The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-05-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


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The intentions Of the late Henry w.
Longfello~ regarding the disposition q his
estate win BE- to considerable extent fruArat-
ed br the decision of the Probate Court 70 ths
Effect that the erseures which occr are 20 be
considered no part Of the viii. ard that the IN
teslineatsOns are u no effect. This view il
baset upon the prnciple that the man ~ko
makes will can onir alter 4 By oodirL
Prof. Dorenus, 6 New York, finds
that the gun-co.;on sent % ". H. vanantat
and Cirrus ". Field va@ the toughest kind and
Of foreign manufacture.
4 negro a. a Pittsburgh boarding
house put poison IN tie bread. ylne pxson
~.1. pylroned. Of whom one or tvo mar not
survive.
Gen. Grant and W. 81 Vanderbilt
oftciated as time-keepers for Frank work 1t
the Geniiemens Driving Park IN Ne~ York,
where Edward and Dick srsveiieE, hitched to
q road-xagon made Z half-raile In l1ys;1 and
. nile in 2-13,...
The Senate Of Massachusetts, passed .
bill to double-track the Hoosac tnnnei and i'm
prove the Troy and Greenfield railroad
A staging on the new railroad bridge
at Greenfield. Mass, fen fo1y-six feet to the
ground. Or eight men It vosk one was fatally
and two others badly hurt
Polk Wells. the train-rbber, aided by
conv,cts named Cork and Fnsgesald, escaped
from the Iowa pemtentia1v eaEr onthe morning
Of the LIT inst All three sess N Tie bospital
They ovespowered and chkrofcrmsd John
Elder, the guard, and broke through the iron
roof. whence they went over hs prison ral.
Elder soon died from the e4ect. Of the chlorD-
fern.
Jack, . noted chief Of the Ctes, vas
Killed at Fort washakie while s4tempting to
evade anest. He had boro.ed gun Il 1
ranch and shot . sergeant dead Capt Norton
framed . mountain hoxifzer o1 the cabin
where Jack Was concealed, and bler il to yaeces
with shells.
The Michigan peach belt and other 10
calities IN the adjoining States suffered severely
By the recent frost
Denver took . holiday and ssid the
cornerstone Of the Nstional E1poGn n ba:id-
ing. in which ceremony several thoooDd per
sons participated.
The Secretary of the Ohio Beard of
Agriculture reports damage * 10 pr cen:
to the wheat Of southern Ohio i,r frost
The report of the Chicago, AI~aukee
and 81. Paul road for 1881 show g-o<s earn
ings Of sl7.ez5. .46l and expenses q t1o-sl7.-
a3L II owns A2i7 miles Of tr11x. and nas
bonds and stock outstanding ii excess Of
siIa,o00,0O0
A farmers wagon drove mp to the gates
of the Iowa pemtentaary. the other s.av. ~ash
Polk Wells and Charles Cook. undr srrrag
guard. They we're found Ia . bzra fse clAee
away by John stenger and son, AMI we -aon
forced to surrender 1T the muzzle of . ii esgua
reward OF s25o ~as paid to the Ssass-A
The prison birds have teen indicted fo- tie
murder Of John Elder. the guard
The annual meeting Of the Michigan
Ceniral Railroad Company xas held .. Ds-t .
Tie net earnings for the rear were a.os-.Sss.
81. as against IS. .2ll. sz3 IS for lsse
Dynamite was exploded in the saloon
Of Con sweeney, ii C-iaryilie. Ohio, throwing
the entire family cut Of Ted and blowing cur
one end Of the building. An attempt xss made
to blow mp Coldselrs drug store. bat the
charge failed TO explode.
The reports Ct trouble in Wyoming
Territory by the Snake and Baunock Indians
arc considered by the Washington authorities
as much more serious than the Arizona tronb-
les. The Snakes and Rznnocks are abou, z go
strong. and very shrewd. hard fighters.
Chicago Inter Ocean !. ALI reports
about the fruit aop being senonsly damaged
BY the late frvsts in Central Illinois srs gam
mon The prospects for . large crop we're
never better. Two-thirds Of the pesch crop
and other small fruits xerc destroyed by the
recent frosts IN the Michigan fruit belt.
Chicago has lost Ly death two Of her
old and honored c1tizens-col. ". B. snow
hook and Hon. r p. Derickson.
There have been els entries for the
July trotting meeting It the Chicago DRIVING
/ PHk. for winch purees Of s57.o.S hare been
] hung up.
| There is supposed to be in existence
eeoo, 900 IN surveyors scrip, falsely represented
to have been Issued II Santa Pc BY N Assist
] ant Treasurer OF the United States. John d.
Cameron. OF Sioux Falls. Dakota, has been ar
rested for connection with the fraud and taken
/ to YaAktoii.
0OO1A,
An attsche of weekly journal in New
/ Orleans was called TO account b. the son Of A.
torner General Egan for an abusive arhcse.
Shots we're exchanged in st. BERNARD parish.
. without effect.
Hon. Horace Maynard dropped dead
OF heart disease at Knoxville. Tenn he vas
born IN Massachusetts. but went 10 Tennessee
after graduating Ut Amherst He xss eight
times elected to Congress. ani served ~ Min.
istcr to Turkey and Postmaster General Dur
ing the war lie Was exiled from his home. and