The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-10-05
NEWS OF THE week.
AMERICAN ITEMS.
EAST.

who rot n chance Mt the goods under the
preto,se Of wish to make some purchases.
4 coalslide in the Dodson mine nt
Wilkcsbarrc, Pa caused an explosion OF fire
damp, killing one man ard seriously burning
four Others
A fire in Philadelphia destroyed the
ninc-story sugar refinery Of Harrison, Have
meyer Il Co, causing n loss estimated ut
nearly sl,OO000o One Thousand men are
thrown out Of employment by the calamity
and two men are missing.
A gallery of the Exposition building
ut Pittsburgh gave way, and precipitated to
the floor beneath u distance OF thirty feet,
many PER ons, two Of whom were fatally
injured About the same time outside the
building, on temporary shel, were num-
ber Of people intently watching display Of
fireworks when that also collapsed, causing
the serious woundny OF two Of Its occu-
pants
Wellington & Co, the Oldest dry
goods firm I'M Boston, has made IN assign
ment Their liabilities are placed ut $500,
CO.
Maltly, Stevens & Curtiss' factory, ut
Birmingham, Ct, burned, causing \ loss of
! sl50,OA The insurance amounts TO s5s,ooo
Acolored miser of fphiladelphia. sport
Ing the name Of Rev. Joshua Provnc Bond
Eddy died in filthy hut, leaving slo0,0O
to a brother. lie was born In Virginia in
the last century, Travelled circuit III New
Jersey married a daughter of Bishop Allen,
md became soured against humanity on
learning Of her iniidclity.
The Ford lrothers. who killed Jesse
James, are IN exhibition Mt a museum In
Brooklyn, where they claim to have seen the
wife Of Frank James heavily veicd, and
grew quite excited over it
A Philadelphia dispatch says that at
meeting Of the Keely Motor Company, the
Trustee appointed by the court stated posi-
lively that the motor would be completed
and patents applied for by December.
A fire at Emporium, Penn, des-
troyed seventeen OF the principal business
places, causing loss of Sl5a.0W!
w. &. Whitaker. residing ut paschal-
vil'e, Philadelphia suburb, has been ar
rested fer poisoning his wife and family and
u boarder named G ,per, by putting Arsenic
in the water with which tea was made
4 runaway accident ut Albany, \. Y,
caused the death OF Mrs. Lewis Rathhone,
wife of Il prominent retired manufactures,
and the fatal iniuring of x-Asscmb.yman
Amasa |. Parker, Jr. Mrs Parker and another
lady We're slightly injured
West
The Chicago Tfittne says there has
L..n !. sr.ne .tcai 81 frost a,.il,,sac to late
corn upon low lanls IN Illinois The corn
upon high and wesl-,lraincl lands has had
the double advantages OF being further ad-
vanced and of being more lightly touched
by frost"
The Western Hardware Company. Of
Atchison, Kansas, has closed its doors, Liza
bilitics, sai0,W.
The annual report of the Chicago
1t Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha railroad
for the year ended June 30 shows the earn
mgs to be si,s1 t5a.aa, and the operating ex-
penses sa,6a,. aaasH
A shock of earthquake, lasting from
fifteen to sixty seconds, was felt in the re-
gion between st Louis and Springfield ON the
eth OF September
Five persons attempted to cross tho
Miami river at Lebanon, ohio, and during a
PLAYFUL struggle Tor tho oars the craft cap
sized and four OF the occupants were
drowned
Gov. Murray's appointments TO fill
vacancies in Utah, caused by failure to
hold an election IN AUGUST, are nulliiied by
rh., tbx,,N
sitions in obedience To the orders of church
officials
William Dyniewicz, the publisher and
editor of the Garctta PolSkd. a Polish weekly
of Chicago, shot and killed an unknown
man, who was attempting to force an
entrance into his residence and business
place. and who in drunken frenzy attacked
Dynicwicz and his family with heavy piece
OF timber and Threatened to kill thc.a 81
4 Chicago detective has hagged tho
fourth confederate in the kewaunee bank
robbery
/ The showcase Of G. Oskamp, in the
Cincinnati Exposition was eoolly robbed OF
saco worth OF diamonds by two men who
had keys To the padocks
wheat and note brokers Of san Francisco,
have failed with liabilities Of sl6aoM The
Pacific Bank caused the arrest of Hansen on
charge OF grand larceny, and lie gave bail
in sal.en
George Ames, while insane and at
tempting to escape capture by officers and
physicians, Jumped from the third story Of
~. 4 Stas,,s "A
fatal injuries. lie is II grandson of bishop
Amas and his mother is sister Of Senator
Booth.
A losd of new corn was hauled into
Dcs Moincs, lowe, hy 4 farmer on the 1Hh
ut, anl attracted u large crowd OF specta-
tors
south.
The Baltimore National Bank was re-
.icyea of sia.ooa in bonds In bread daylight
by sneak thieves.
The sugar-cane crop in Louisiana is
in splendid condition, and all aavices are
favorable for u large yield
Five convicts escaped from the Texas
penitentiary by crawling through the sewer
One was killed. two captured and one
wounded
George Hallenbeck an4l William
Stratton quarrclel fifteen years ago a.
Palmyra, n Y, AMI again met the other day
near Carrie Pass Texas went into a
darkened room and fought a duel Strattor
was brought out a corpse, but Hallenbech
was nnnjnred
Mrs. Bush and her five children were
drowned ut Heathsyille, Va, by their hous.
being carried OIL by a food
During the session Of the Baptist As
socaton ut Hampton Cross Roads, tw.
young men under the influence of liquor be
gan pistol combat in the church, causing
panic among the worshipers Levi Brysol
was fatally shot by Jerry Cox, but succeeded
in fatally shooting Cox. Both died in tn,
church, Many We're injured by bein,
trainnied during the panic.