The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-11-29
WESTERN.

n ulSpatcn from Duluih, M1nn., saws
that grave fears are expressed for the safety
Of the passenger propeller Manistec, running
from Duluth 20 Ontonagon, and the facts are
such as 10 warrant the belief that the boat
ard all on board have been swallowed up in
the icy waters Of Lake Superior. The boat
left Bayfield,. Wis. Nov. Is, for 0ntonagon,
since which time nothing has been heard OF
the proI cllcr or her crew of nineteen souls
Portions of wrckage have been recovered
hut thus far no bodies have been found. and
tugs arc engaged searching the shores of the
lake in almost vain hope that some of the
scancn may have escaped
The main BODYBUILDING of the wool
IN and cotton mill at New Albany. Ind. In
which l.5 men were At work. was set Oh fire
by n hoy carrying greasy waste past gas
Jet. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Edward Payne, bank cashier at
Rushyilic, Ind, while descending back stair
way in his residence, was halted and shot in
the right lung 10y man carrying II dark Ian
tern.
The verdict of the Coroner's Jury in
the case of the Wisconsin Capitol disaster, at
Madison holds the contractor. T. r. Nowlan.
OF GAINESVILLE, guilty Of gross negligence in
causing certain Iicr to be improperly re-
paired; and Supervising Architect Jones.
of Madison, and Consulting Architect
IL. &. kock. of Milwaukee. for de-
signing the interior construction with
out due regard to its safety durn; erca-
ton, thereby contributing to It's falling.
Judge Buckholdt, County Clerk at
Salt Lake. confessed polygamist, gives
notice that he will not relnluish his Office to
the man elected under the auspices of the
Itah commission. He IL not the only polypa-
nous ofcia who takes the ground that the
recent election was Il mere farce
Pogue's run, at indianapolis, over
flowed last week. inundatiny dwellings and
business houses in the nortaea tern part Of
the city. The loss is estimated at Sa5o.00J.
The recent food in Southern ILL
nois and Central ana Southern In
diana was u notable one. Great tracts
Of country were inundated, fences
and other farm property were destroyed
or seriously damaged. numerous coal
mines were flooded, many miles of rail
way track and number.ess bridges were
swept away and good deal of live stock
drowned. The rainfall was Unprecedented
amounting to from four 10 six inches in thirty
six hours. The loss will amount to hundreds
of thousands OF dollars.
A horrible quadruple murder was
perpetrated in IA farm house seven miles from
jackson, Mich. Jacob ID. Crou Ii. his da CATER,
son-n-law, and u stranger from Penns yivania
named Policy, were murdered In their beds
while asleep. They were all sho. by re-
volver Of the same caliber. in precisely the
same manner, each bullet entering the victim
Just behind the car. They had evidently
been chloroformed before receiving the fatal
shots. Tracks showed that the house had
been guarded outside while the deadly work
was going on inside. Two servants who slept
upstairs heard the robbers, but were afraid
TO make noise. Policy. the stranger, had
shown considerable money before going to
Crouch's house, and stated that he was going
70 purchase fine cattle. Crouch Is said to
have had over $1,000 in currency In the
house, ali Of which was secured by the muir
dercrs. Crouch was one of the wealthiest
farmers In Michigan.
The alleged Sibley murder, at Mar.
shall, Mich, which created quite sensation,
turns out TO have teen a case of suicide.
Independence Mo. telegram Frank
James Is reported to be dying of oonsump
ton. A visit to him sclo ed the fact that he
ID losing flesh rapidly. He says that he will
do before the courts reach a settlement of
the case He il also penniess. and his cell ID
no longer richly furnished and upholstered
% it was year ago
Ellen Beardsley Reed, wife of Chas
II. Reed, who was the attorney of the assassin
Guiteau, has filed a petition for divorce in
the Superior court AT Chicago
Horace Allen, his brother, and .
servant were bound and gagged in their resi-
dencc. ut Newton Falls. Ohio. by masket
burglars. who carried away s.o,0no worth 81
property
Fora Burns father went To Lincoln
ILL.,, last week, because a 80 called clairyoyan
had sent him word that she could disclose IN,
secret place OF the dead girls yalise and hat
The seeress Nine. de Silver, utterly failed Z,
get up even plausible yarn.
SnvTTurnN