The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-16
NEWS Of The WEEK.
AMERICAN ITEMS.
Tant.

AUOut AOV btuucuU0 Va VAO AeOCHOOIOK
University, most Of whom were Seniors, created
great disturbance ct Oscar Wilde's lecture in
that city. They occupied seats mostly In tho
gallery, and during the lecture they kept up :
running fire Of misses, groans and hootings
which compelled the lecturer to pause moro
than . dozen times. When the lectur-
or had proceeded about quarter
of an hour, IN old darky dressed with swal-
low-tailed coat, ono white kid glove, and .
bouquet OF flowers - big ~ ! peck measure,
walked down the central aisle with many antics
and grimaces, = Ia Bunthorne, and took front
seat. Tho Intervention OF the police WAS in
voked, the students beat a hasty retreat, and
the esthete concluded his lecture in the pres
ence OF small audience.
A collision on the Pen nsylvania road,
near Altoona, Pa, killed conductor, IN en-
gineer and fireman.
Near Newburg, N. Y, two men were
blown to atoms by an explosion Of giant pow
der.
The surgeons at the University Hos
pital, in Philadelphia removed from lady
tnmor weighing ll2 pounds.
Hazing Mt Cornell is to be stopped,
even II it results in the depopulation Of the
university. Several recent offenders have been
expelled.
West.
Three burglars were instantly killed
at Tunnelton, Lawrence county, Ind, while At
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The names Of the men slain were Nicholas
Vaughan, Virgil Wilson and 8. Whitted. They
we're all hard characters. A confederate named
Willoughby, who had agreed to participate,
betrayed them, and men posted in the saloon
shot them down.
Mrs. Vogelesang, of Canton, Ohio,
who was afflicted with cancer Of the stomach,
died after q fast Of fifty-one days.
A vaccine farm has been established
at Chicago by physician from San Francisco
who commenced business with 200 heifers..
The Supreme Court Of Kansas has
pronounced unconstitutional 80 much Of the
Prohibitory law AZ prescribes punishment for
drunkenness, on the ground that the provision
The deficiency in the winter hog crop
is likely to exceed 1,0OO,O 900 head.
William Miller, the oldest Mason in
the United States, died At Caldwell. Ohio,
aged 90.
A car containing seven smallpox pa
tients has been side-tracked at Rawlins, on the
Union Pacific.
Charley Hing, a Chinaman who killed
one Of his countrymen, Was executed at VIM
nemucca. New.
d. w. Vanderhoff, first bookkeeper
OF the First National Bank OF St Paul, Minn..
has been arrested for embezzlement Of an
amount variously estimated at from $40, 900 to
$4,000.
At the residence of James Sweetman,
on Michigan avenue Chicago, George Robin
son. employed as the driver OF an ice-wagon,
shot and mortally wounded Mary Began, who
refused his attentions, and then blew out his
own brains. The girl was serving as nurse for
Mrs. Sweetman, upon whose enfeebled system
the tragedy inflicted terrible shock.
Henry H. Hall was executed for MUIR
der at Tucson, Arizona.
South.
A negro named James Luckey, en-
ployed on the farm of Mr.. Thomas Collins,
in Randolph county, W. Va, fell in love with
Collins daughter, beautiful girl OF 20 years,
and induced her to elope with and marry
him. The father of the misguided girl
visited the miserable cabin where the twain
were enjoying their honeymoon, for tho
purpose OF compelling his daughter to return
home A fight ensued between the two mon,
and during the struggle the colored man drew
revolver and shot Mr.. Collins dead Friends
of Collins oserpowered Luckey, took him to the
woods in front Of his cabin, aud hanged him
to the limb OF tree.
William Neal, one of the murderers
or tho Gibbons family at Ashland, KY, has
been sentenced to be hanged April IA. Graft
has been convicted, and will probably mount
the same scaffold.
John L. Sullivan, Of Boston, and
Paddy Ryan, OF Albany, fought mill At Mis-
sissippi City, Miss, for %, 500 side and thu
championship OF the United States. Nin'
rounds were fought in twenty-six minutes
Ryan falling sen se!ess at the conclusion. HI
was terribly punished about the head, hii
upper lip being cut through and his jaw
broken. Sullivan showed no injuries, and raj
to his quarters at lively gait. Large sums o
money were wagered on the result
Maj. d. w. Washburn, a prominen
railroad man, together with Mr.. Stall. hi
vito and little boy and two negroes, wer
riding upon hand-car, near Waco, Texas
when they were run down by . freight train
and all Of the party, with the exception OF tn
negroes, crushed to death. Maj. Washburl
was Chief Engineer Of the Pacific Improve
ment Company, the International Construction
Company and the Mexican Construction Con,
pany He was, III short, ut the head OF tn
construction department Of tho Gould system
| in the South west. He was about 81 year
old, and held the highest position in his lin
of service in the world. He was from Elmirs
! NJ
The Virginia Senate passed q bil
abolishing the whipping-post.
Guy Powell, colored member Of tn
Virginia House Of Delegates, has introduced
bill in that body which provides that the issu
of unlawful alliances shall be considered III
legal heir Of the male offender, and shall tax
his name. The aim Of the bill Is to break u
the system OF white men keeping colored mil
tresses.
Lewis Powell, n white citizen {
Lynchhurg, Va, has been sentenced to l.
lashes on the bare back for housebreaking al
robbery.
Sergeant Bush, Of the Tenth cavalry
stationed in Texas, killed himself because
was reprimandea and sent to the guard hous
Jesse Barber, a negro, was execute
at Wnnsboro, =. O., and Quirino Gaitau,a Me-
lean, at Brownsville, Texas.