The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-03-09
NEWS Of the WEEK.
AMERICAN ITEMS.

Henry W. Longtellow, on his 18th
birthday, was visited BY numbers Of friends
and recsivcd forty letters OF CONCENTRATION.
Tho widow u the great Daniel Web
sscr died few day. ago Il Now Rochelle, N. Y.
shc wss born Ia i7p7.
Henvy rAiur, followed ~ floods and
wAshoatA are reported Ia tho Eastra Mates
and sontL,rn tAnads. Numerous railroad accl-
dcnts. attended with somc Ices OF life, are
among thu natural r,enlts. A fright train ran
Into washont At SwAnton. VI. scaldlng tho
fireman 10 death and wrccki0g nins care. A
passenger train on the Ogdenshurvh road MAS
d,chcl Il Movers fofks, N. y, killing the Ell.
ginccr and irmAn.
West.
A monster Prohibition Convention Is
10 b. held Il oLicago ncxt August
An Alton freight car, loaded with
brick, IN which ten tramrs had sccrctcd them-
sclvvs, MAS d,tehcd near Joliet Two men
wcrr killed and the others terribly wounded.
The bill taxing church property was
defeated in The Wisconsin Assembly
Repeated attempts have recently been
made to wreck trains on the Chicago and Alton
cad q Joliet. Ill
The Iowa Legislature has passed
resolution 10 submit TO The people constltu-
tional amendment on the question Of liquor
prohibition. BY vote Of IS 70 a. the Wisc,n-
I'm Assembly refused 10 order to cngrossmcnt
Z prohlhstive revolution.
Crop reports for tho West and North.
wsst ~ unAni.nousy good.
August Ash, United States Marshal
Cor Nevada, shoe himself through the heart Il
Virginia CITY, on account Of financial troubles.
A characteristic letter from Mrs. Seo-
vile. addressed 10 The senate Of the United
States. hAs been givon 10 The press Il IL
protest against the appointment Of Roscoe
Conkllng 70 The Supreme bench, on the ground
that b = morally rcsponsiblc Tor the murder
= rrssident GARFIELD.
On opening the door Of a school, house,
o0s mule north o. HAlem, Adcms county, Ind,
fcw moenines ago the children discovered
the teacher. Mics Emma NumberA lying on
The door with one arm cut oa, her tongue torn
cut aud lying on the boards beeide her. and
her neck pinned 10 the floor with large
dirk knis~ They ran homo and gave tho
alarm. and within : few minutes the farmers
gathered and began search Tor the pcrpctra-
tors OF the CRIME. A hasty examination Of her
person showed that che had been outraged
The acnds bad evidently entered the school-
house during tho night q early III the morn
Ing, aud when che arriDd befogs the pupils 10
M IA A.. 49, sh>c aEss-ha h.r ~solate.l hne
person aud then. to prevent her from telling
any ,alcA hacked her With an AZ and
stabbed her with . knife until her arm
xa~ chopped On. and her bowels ran
out Oh the tlcsr. Snll fearing that she might
tell IN them. they cut her tongue on, flung il
down On the hoer and left the knife sticking Ia
her lssck. With the poiat driven through to tho
plsnka Miss Numbers waa IL Or II years old.
and il de~cr hcd ~ being . beautiful girl.
At Portland, Ore, Annie Murray,
notorious semaa killed Henry G rrAne, aud
then intli,ssl fatal wounds upon herself
South.
nr. Williforl, Of Memphis, mistook
And fatally a,iarea l,r BY nrtae tLroasha ~a.
dNa.
Five persons were overwhelmed by
the ra>a u Matters. caused Ly The arakns Of
thu N ss,>sappa leve~ near CoacoriA, l..
The three Indian scouts-Deaa Shot,
pNads hm AID Sl,ppy-who gave the s,saal
for the onslaught gu Gen. CArss command,
~~s~ executed =, fSs Grant, Arizona.
Robert Jencs, white man, and VIII,
I'm N n.r, colesrl. were hanged 1t Aberdeen.
Mss. for the murder Of three brothers, named
Walker. Ia NsvsM,sr last.
Many people in the lcwlands Of the
le~,r N.seisspa. valley wcrr compelled to SEEK
refuge u trees from the Hood.