The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-01-18
NEWS OF THE week.
AMERICAN ITEMS.

Il. ID. uOWeH WIS Te-eleCteu TeSl~
dent of the Reading road, vandetbilt's agent
giving him 1900 Votes
Thomas Donahne, u farmer OF Will
iamstown, Mass. has petitioned to be placed
desire to kill somebody.
A dividend Of 25 per cent. has been
made by the Tribune Association of New
York. It appears that Whitelaw Reid and
his relatives own l43 shares out OF 100 The
incumbrance on the new building Ii only
sl0O,0Ol
4 boiler explosion in blast furnace
Mt Bethlehem. Pa, killed four men and
wounded several others.
The auction sale Of pews in Beecher's
church nctted s37,COG
The mills along the river at Camden,
Maine, are running on half time for lack OF
water--something never before known
The Hon. Lot NJ. Morrill, died at
GS years. Mr.. Morrill, has served three
terms as Governor Of Maine, and sixteen
years In the United States Senate
Miss Alice Livingston, of New York,
who sued merchant named Henry Fleming
for breach Of promise, was awarded 81, ,oOa
The verdict was followed by deafening ap-
plause, which the court was unable to sup
press.
The City Bank, Of Jersey City, has
suspended on account Of overdrafts by the
President cashier and book keeper to the
amount Of the capital stock
4 shin-kicking match for $3.50 side
was fought at Camden, n. j., by coal
miner and saloon keeper. the latter giving
up OH the twenty third round.
At Fairmount, W. Va, Mrs. Hettie
Cunningham threw her young son from the
suspension bridge into the Monongahela
river, and leaped off herself. Both fioated
over the dam, but were rescued and rcsusci-
tated.
West.
The canal within the limits of Cincin-
natl has been declared a nuisance. and q
bill will be reported in the Legislature to
sell that portion Of the bed which is valued
Mt $a,OoO, 600, and reserve the proceeds a.
fund to keep the canal system In repair
What was known rs the Telegraph
block In Detroit on the corner of Griswold
and Congress streets was ruined by fire. AT
the first alarm twenty five employees Of the
Western Union Company found their means
of escape cut off, but all were fortunate
enough to reach the ground by the firemen's
ladders.
Near Ulysses, Neb., Mrs. Thompson,
while insane, put poison in the tea and her
self, husband and an adopted son died in a
short time
Near Mill Greek, Indian Territory,
Alexander Hamilton murdered his wife and
man named Smith and then committed
| suicide.
John Cody. a Wisconsin veteran
! died ut Manistee, Mich. after fasting 1G
| days His disease was liberation Of the
| stomach, and during his fast he lost eighty.
three pounds
Sixteen millions of dollars were ex.
! pended in building in Chicago in 1881 The
! number of buildings erected was 3.lla
| A severe shock Of earthquake. lasting
about thirty seconds. was experienced oi
the morning of the nth in Missouri, Ken
tucky and Southern Illinois, rousing peopl,
from their sleep
The Pennsylvania Company bough
ut auction the Columbus, Chicago an,
| Indiana Central road for sl3.snn.ooa
The city of st. Louis has had sen
/ sational case of abduction Miss Zelda Gar
rison, belonging to a wealthy and aristocrat
| ic family. was the victim. She was KEEP
concealed for aweek. The affair is wrappe,
in mystery.
Philip Matthews, who murdered Ann,
Geyer. his sweetheart, last May, was hange,
in the iail-yard ut Belleville H.. on the l.tl
inst The culprit said he was going straigh
to heaven Mr.. Geyer father Of the victim
was indignant because the execution wa
not made mere public,
4 broken rail threw II Wabash trail
down an embankmcnt near olmstead. III
Five passengers Were fatally injured an,
nine others seriously. Two coaches wer
consumed by fire
1t is believed Mt Denver that the Bur
lington road is soon To absorb the Rio Grand
lines
s. Il. Galloway, general manager o
the Grand Trunk road. has been electe
President Of the Western Indiana Compan,
drunken Jake Sheehan, II st. Loui
character, killed his son James. aged IL, b
striking him a heavy blow on the chest rs h
lay in bed i'll
South.
Treasurer Polk, for whose deliver,
on Tennessee soil the Legislature offered
reward Of $1,000, was arrested Mt San An
tonic. Texas. and released ON writ OF ha
beas corpus He then started for Mexico
and was again arrested by Deputy Unite
States Marsha, just before reaching the ri
tirande Polk offered the officer $500
let him 90. but the latter was incorruptibls
Detectives Price and Cameron, VIII
accepted bribes from Marshall T. Polk, to ru
their prisoner into Mexico were arrested .
san Antonio, and will be prosecuted rs ~
ccsspries
Cleveland capitalists have organize
n company to build, at Chattanooga, IN
largest stove factory in the South.
The Hon. Z. b. Washburne met wit
painful accident, at San Antonio, Texa
being thrown from his horse while riding.
A party Of masked white men went
the house of n negro named Lindsay,
Faulkner county. Ark, intent on mischie
but Lindsay and his friends were prepare'
and fired ON the intruders, killing ma
named Hubbard and an Observation-Disclosures
and mortally wounding another party.
DIR. Samuel A. Mudd, who served
term at the Dry Tortugas, charged with ha
boring John Wilkes Booth, the assassin
President Lincoln, died near BryanstoM'
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