The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-11
NEWS OF THE week.
AMERICAN ITEMS.

Some one in Boston audience made
n iccring remark while the Ford brothers
were exhibiting themselves, aud tho Mis-.
sourians sprang from the platform with
their revoycrs and made for the center of
the hall. The spectators disappeared like n
flash, and the fords were arrested hy stal.
wart policeman.
Tho only sister Of Nathaniel Haw.
thoIne died ut Beverly, Mass. aged ~ years.
Breaker No. 10. Of the Pennsylvania
Coal Company. near Pittsburgh, burned.
causing loss Of slao,uoa
The term Of Mayor Galley. OF Salem,
Mass. expired, and he celebrated the event
by committing suicide by hanging.
While cutting through high land to
open street ut Auburn, n. G., three labor
crs were killed by the caving in OF earth
Wcll-known capitalists have sub
scrihed s5ono,uo TO build railway from
New York to Hartford, to afford the New En-
gland road connection with the metropolis.
A package from Arizona. containing
over lco loaded cartridges, was found In
mail bag In the New York postoilice
An accidental fire in the rolling-mills
AT Cohoes, \. T., spread to the Pilot knitting
mill, and the factory Of Powers 4 OBricn.
The less Ii ss75, 900, and the number OF per-
sons thrown out Of employment is STA
West.
The Friend building at Milwaukee,
the largest mercantile block IN that city,
was swept away by fire. The total loss is
s,Nn.oo0 most Of which was sustained by
Friend Brothers, although the stocks Of
Iandauer 4 Co and Straw, Ellsworth & Co
suffered to degree not exceeding ) per
cent OF their value
During 1882 Peoria's production OF
whisky amounted to la,ooo, 600 gallons
Mrs. Stillwell, now dying OF con-
sumption at Mount Vernon, Ohio, confessed
having poisoned her first husband. benjamin
Swigert. at Marysville, No., and stranger.
and having strangled her daughter at Rulo,
Neb, beside making three attempts to kill
her present husband. in, V. Stillwell
In the County Court ut Denver, by
agreement between the attorneys. Mrs Ia
bor was given a divorce from the Lieutenant
Governor. on the grounds Of dcscrtion, with
$aao. coo alimony.
W. H. Hooper. formerly delegate in
Congress from Utah, died at Salt Lake City.
Seven stores and dwelling Mt Man
istec, Mich, valued ut $4,000 were swept
away by fire.
The elevator OF L. l.. Williams at
Keokuk, valued Mt sloo,Ooo, was totally de-
stroyed hy tire,
A number Of frame dwellings,. an un-
used elevator, the old passenger depot Of the
Hannibal and St Joseph railroad aud several
box and Hat cars were destroyed by iire at
st. Joseph, No Loss, sloo,aA
Two boilers in hox factory ut Mus
kegon, Mich, exploded, killing John Con-
nors engineer, and his sons John and Fred,
aged Il and years; also seriously injuring
John Hawk and Silas Blodgett. who are not
expected To live The buildings, engine, etc. !,
are total loss, estimated at slnoa
st. Mary's Provincial School. at
Knoxville. H.. the largest Episcopal mstitu-
tion for girls in the country, was destroyed
by fire. the loss being sloo,nA There were
sixty scholars and twelve teachers in the
building. and many reached the ground by
means of ladders Miss Gillette. of Buffalo.
had a Icy broken, and Miss Hosiorl. of nu-
buuue, VAS injured by Il fall All wearing
apparel and books were burned
The shipment of flour from San Fran
cisco last year was 5,nooooo barrels
The Rev. John {. Smith. Il pioneer Of
Indiana Methodism. died at Indianapolis,
aged H.
A package Of IS 900 sent hy express
from the First National Bank OF Indianapolis
to the Citizens Rank of Mnncie upon being
opened was found In contain hut two 81
bills, aud sufficient muslin cut To the size of
the currency to help the deception,
JAY Gould has heen chosen Director
IN the ncs Mcincs and Northwestern road,
and is expected to make il broad gauge and
connect it with the Northern Pacific
South.
A race riot at Oeonec. Ga. resulted
In the killing ot several white men,
Blu ord Smith. a colorel man, who
killed Charles kenser. was taken from Jail
ut Taxowell Court House, Va, and riddled
with bullets
Dave Roberts, a negro, charged with
cotton stealing and murdcrous assault, was
| taken from the Abbeville Is C,l Jail by a mob
aud lynehed,
A fiat containing thirty convicts aud
two guards was sunk ON tho Tnrkascegee
river, in Jackson county. n C., and nineteel
OF the tota, number were drowned Ths
consiets were mostly negroes
| Flames which broke out in the furni
/ ture store Of Rasenhaum 4 Ties at Fin,
! Blutf Ark, swept onward until propert,
valued ut slaa Uso VAS destroyed
Plans are asked for building for ths
\ cotton exposition n, Louisville, to cove
thirteen acres
lsham Scott Was executed at Paris
Texas, for killing and rahhing Joseph Speers
NJ, I. Polk. State Treasurer of Ten
ncssec, Is u lcfa1i,er for spNo,N The Stat,
Senate has ordered, as rolk's bonds do no
cover that amount. that the Attorney Gen
eral attach his property to cover the deficit
Polk, whose whereabouts In unknown, il
| nephew Of the late President James X
/ Polk and with his familv pytnniei "A hiol