The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-02
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LATER NEWS ITEMS

PRESIDENT Arthur, Ill company With
Secretaries Folger and Lincoln and Post
master General Gresham left Washington for
Louisville on the morning of the 10th inst.
After participating In the opening ceremo-
nies of the Louisville Exposition, the party
visited Chicago
A frightful railroad disaster hap
rcned on the Rome, Watertown and
0gdcnsburg railroad, near Carlton Sta
ton, n. y. The accident occurred west
OF Rochester, In Orleans county. Twenty
two persons were killed and thirty wound
cd. The train was carrying party Of
and was running fast to make up lost time.
A gale prevailing ut the moment had
blown freight-car on the main track.
Notwithstanding the passenger train had
two locomotives. 1t failed to hold the truck
against the obstruction, and great
heap OF ruins was made in an in
slant The crash was heard three miles
away. Hon Thomas Hoyne, one Of the fore
most citizens Of Chicago, was among the
victims Prof Z. W. Stone, of Battle Creek,
Mich. was also killed The persons killed
bclonged to elias SEES having 4 wide circle Of
business and social acquaintance
Fire at Lincoln, Neb., DESTROYED ten
business buildings Loss, sa5o,ooa Leight-
on 4 Brown. wholesale drugs, were the
heaviest losers
The Syndicate block, in Minneapolis,
was damaged by fire to the extent Of $780,
CO., while merchants doing business in the
building suffered to the amount of Sir, 0oa
The case Of ex-State Treasurer Polk,
OF Tennessee, who Is under a twenty years
sentence, has been appealed to the State
Supreme Court. and the criminal admitted
to bail in the sum of siso,,oa
James Carey. the Dublin informer,
Is said to have reached Montreal with two
detectives He travels under the name Of
Pat o'Neil, and has cut of his flowing beard
and mustache.
Upon Recommendation OF the Super
intcndent of the Military Academy. the Sec
retarv Of War summarily dismissed Cadet
Thomas !. Hartigan, of the senior class Of
haxing two cadets
Elk. -Congressman William L. Ian
sing. Of New York, died suddenly Of heart
disease at Syracuse,
The body Of Capt. Webb was found
In Niagara river, near Lewiston, \. Y On
the head was cut OF three inches, evidently
received by striking rock, and his limbs
were somewhat bruised
Pope Leo NIL. is preparing an en-
cyclical letter against divorce
4 man named Terry crossed the En-
glish channel on floating tricycle.
| Everything is quiet in Ireland, and
the Government has dispensed with special
magisterial service.
Subscriptions for the benefit Of the
family of Webb, who was drowned while at
| tempting to swim through the Niagara
whirlpool are being taken up in London
Queen Victoria is slowly recovering
from the effects of her recent attack OF
sickness
English physicians repudiate the idea
that Asiatic cholera has obtained foothold
| in London. and declare that there is no rea-
son to anticipate m outbreak Of the disease
this year.
The Catholic Bishops of Germany
have begun to use the powers recently
granted to them, and have ordered all
Wears and candidates for the priesthood to
return to Prussia
The Ohio Board of Agriculture esti.
mates the whea. crop of that state at u,
| Ss3.t % bushels
Judge Okey, of the Ohio Supreme
Court, holds that the Scott liquor tax Law
Is unconstitutional The other four Judge,
| sustained the law