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

The Kansas rolling-mills, located N
4 suburb OF Kansas CITY, shut down last
week The assets and liabilities are about
$4,000 each Five hundred men were en-
ployed
The Governor OF Alabama issued
proclamation Offering reward Of $500 for
the arrest OF Vincent, the thieving state
Treasurer.
A dispatch from Dublin saws that
James Carey. member Of the corporation
oi Dublin, and seven others were arraigned
In court aud formally charged With
the murder of Gavendish and Burke
In Phoenix Park. 4 witaess named
Fitzsimmons identiiied Carey ~ con-
nectcd With the conspiracy The prisoners
indnlged in loud laughter when the charge
Of murder was read to them.
One hundred persons suspected of
connection with secret organizations have
He'd from Dublin
Very disastrous foods are reported
from Ohio and Pennsylvania At Bradford,
Penn, the waters swept away i've bridges
and inundated 50O houses in the lower part
OF the city. Eighty-fiv families had to fiec
for their lives The Mahoning river ovel-
flowed Its banks ut Youngstown. Ohio. and
forced 800 families to leave their homes In
boats The r0lling-m were submerged
Pittsburgh reports her loss By the flood Mt
ei00,0N. Thirty coal barges were swept
away from their mooringa An Ice gorge ut
Meadviile, Penn. broke and flooded the Gen.
tr'l part OF the city. Three hundred fami-
lies were taken from their houses In boats
Many cows were drowned in their stables
John 4. Coad, an extensive cattle
owner OF Wyoming. states that there will be
no less Of stock by the snow storm, as the
herds can stand siege Of twenty days
At the oil refinery Of Thnrmer 4
Teagle. on Kingsbury rum, Cleveland, some
petroleum leaked from still and exploded
at the boiler-house. The water was soon
covered with flames from Wilson avenue to
Broadway. Three heavy explosions at the
Standard works scattered the oil In every
direction, and for hours the conhagration
went on, the loss being estimated ut sso0,000
The Blue laws of Connecticut we're
invoked for the purpose Of snppressing .
band Of -jubilee singers, who were charged
under an eighteenth century statute with
violating the Sabbath by singing
At Jersey City, fire which started in
L Seabrinski's millinery establishment con-
sumed several other stores, and caused
loss OF slas 600.
A loss Of $500, OOO was incurred hy
the burning Of the Rurd-tte building and
the adjacent store Of Fuller, Warren 4 Co.
stove founders, at Troy \. y.
A London dispatch says the steam
ship James Gray was lost on the English
coast, the officers and crew perishing. The
steamer Tacoma foundcred IN the coast Of
Oregon during a storm. all on board, twelve
In number, finding a watery grave
Near Salinas, Mexico. forty Snug
glers attacked customs officers and l~tock
! from them contrahand goods which the
officers few days before, had cal tured
from the smugglers Four Of the guard
| were killed and many wounded
Flames originating in stable in
| Nashville. Tenn, consumed nearly the M
tire block bounded by Front. Broad Market
| and Wharf streets. the loss being s.n.et.
| Forty horses were burned or sitfocated
! Two fireman were injured by falling walls
Hon. Emory Speer. an Independent
Democrat who represents the Fifth district
OF Georgia in Congress. votes mainly with
the Republicans. and expects TO lie APP
pointed United states Attorney for the At
lanta district
| No MATERIAL progress was made in
the debate on the tariff Oh the ID inst. The
Senate applied its attention 70 the cotton
schedule, and did good deal OF talking and
very little work Mr.. Harris amendments
! fixing the duty ON cotton yarns Of all values
1t "a. 35 and 40 per cent were seyer:lly
voted down, but when Mr. Beck wanted |
| cent taken of the duty fixed in the bill on
the next To the lowest grade Of yarn, and
| cents taken of the duty TN ench high
cr grade, the Republicans seemed
disposed TO compromise. and the
amendment was adopted without division
The House spent three hours ON the schedule
| OF earthenware and glassware. hnt did not
finish IL. Six manufacturers of the wares
sat in the members private gallery and
watched the proceedings. each having h..fare
him printed copy OF the farif hill ath.r
manufacturers or their AGENTS wsfe ean-
spicuous with Tariff bills III th.ir nans's in
the front row OF the public gallery. atlere
they could readily be brought down |, com
sultation In an emergency. The Committee Of
WAYS and Means having learned something
from their defeat yesterday. wisely offered
to-day To change the duty on flint and lime
glas., bottles and vials from acen,s lsaumd
to =, per cent al yalorem. Plain flint and
lime rssSed glassware Was left nj - per
cent. al xalorem which Is the duty under
the present lnw. The committee and the
commission increased the duty ON all articles
OF glass u hen cut. engraved. etched, deco
rated, painted, colured stained, silyercd or
gild-d. not including plate glass sil,ered Or
looking glass plates. from ~ t. 20 per cent