The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-07-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

MOnVefey, M0NlCo, WIN cutefeU Nv y mon Oh
Meaicans, and the Rev Shaw, Acting United
States Consul ut Monterey, was attacked
and beaten nearly to death The furniture
and papers belonging 10 the Consulate were
destroyed Mr. Shaw. after being beaten
scnscless, revived sufficiently IN crawl to
one VI the public hotels aud give an account
of the outrage. but Ia u few moments he
came again insensible, and ut last accounts
was still unconscious So says 4 recent
Telegram from Laredo, Texas
The United States steamer Pinto. on
which 100000 was recently expended for
repairs left Norfolk navy-yard tho other
day for New York, but was compelled toput
IN at Hampton Roads to remedy defects In
her machinery.
Tho hop crop in the Ottawa. tOnt.
district has been ravaged by small green
fly, and the yield will be- fur below the
average.
yellow fever is prevailing with I'm.
usual severity at Vera Cruz There were
thirty deaths In May, MI inJune and IA In
the tirst half Of July
The Mexican consul at Tucson. Ari-
sonia. has advices to tho effect that near the
point where Gen. Crook left the hostiloe
they attacked a settlement and killed i've
Mexicans A detachment OF Mexican infant
ry which followed the savagcs was re-
pulsed with loss of seven
Tho co,ton.worm has done much
harm The army worm il ravaginy the to-
bacco. fields in the region Of Lancaster, IA !,
and has attacked the grass in the parishes
adjoining Alexandria La
The members of the Brotherhood Of
Telegraphers employed by the various lines
struck with remarkable nnaaimity shortly
before noon Of Thursday, July In The
cause II thu strike was refusal OF the
Western rn,on and other companies to &C.
ceJc 10 the demand OF the operators
Tor an advancement and reimbursement al
salaries The operators desks from Maine
To California We're abandoned promptly q
the word from the Executive Committee oi
/ the brotherhood, the men walking away In
quiet and orderly manner In large meas
are the places III the regular operators were
| ut once nilea, either by persons In the en-.
rloy OF the company who had risen
| from the operators ranks 10 posi-.
items II greater responsibility, ~
by men who had been secured In an.
,icipa.iaa III the strike The Ros,on office
was the most badly crippled on the line Il
the Western Union Company, being en-.
tircly cut on from communication
with New York, The press was FUR.
nsshcd With its usual quantity Ut news
though the commercial world suffered
much On account of the inability to secure
tclcsraphtc service with the leading com.
n,reial cent.rs In New York 40 opera
tors went On the strike, in Chicago 30, and
in other cities the number was proportion.
a,ely as large There was no violence ol
disorder of amy sort upon the part OF the
strikers
The Toronto Globe SAYS the Cana.
dian crops have suffered no mere from the
Wet weather of this season than from other
causes in previous seasons The general
average Will he about =, per cent
business failures Increased eleven in
number for the week .nlina July u. as com
pared with the proceeding seven days III,
total was l,N
A general railroad war has been tenn
pararily avertca by the action vi the meet
ing in New York city III the trunk line man
ayers
The United States Consul ut Yer.
Cras has orders IL advise all vessels houn,
for ports In the Southern States 10 stop u
Ship Island for inspection m Maer To avoi,
being sent hack there from the port 0
destination
Mangmans day was commemorate,
at Canton, ohio, by the execution Of Gearp
Mcmillan for killing his wife; at Lexington
Ky, by the hanging Of David Ttmbcrlak,
tceloredn Tor criminal assault ON Maggi
Lawson, teclorcdl and at Memphis Tenn,
by the swinging OF u Robert Wilson
leoleredl for shooting Frank H. Russell