The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-05-10
MISCELLANEOUS,

The degree of LII. u. has been con-
ferrcd on tho Marquis Of Lorne by the fac
ulty Of McGill University Of Montreal.
Tho championship games Of the Base
Dali League began OH the LIST II May. The
Chicago Club present champions, met the
Detroit team and won. : to 4, and to was
the score by which Cleveland beat Buffalo
The New York Club defeated the Boston
combination 10 5, and Providence won, 4
to X over Philadelphia The sea-
son Of tho American Association and
vi tho Northwestern League also
began on the lst inst The clubs in all three
of the organizations showed up in good form
more skillful play being exhibited than at
any opening in former seasons The contests
WIRE witnessed in most instances by large
audiences, tho crowd in New York being es.
tinatea at la.ooa
Numerous labor strikes were in
augura,ca IN various parts of the United
States On the lst II May the most note
worthy being that of the railroad coal
miners ef the Fan Handle" district of the
Pennsylvania railroad Sixthousand miners
| posed reduction Of wages In numerous in.
| stances cigar makers who had heea refused
an advance Of II TER thousand struck work.
An lynn, Mass, there was general strike OF
sh,cmakerS
Capt. laas has received dispatch
from fe'uaatepee that his ship railroad had
| lren commenced with due ceremonies at
Sanyatllla, on the Atlantic side OF the 18TH
lnES
Tho steamer Africa il supposed to
have foanlesc,i She left New York, March
y, for Lei,h and Hamburg,
A contract for the Improvement Of
the hathor Of Vera Cruz has been let by the
Mexican Government To French company
! the cost of the work heing estimated ut
so,a.tSA
The breaking Of rope caused tho
TELL nt cage ia which some men were being
Scotia six of the miners being killed and
femr mos,alls injured
The steamer Grappler, running be-
] tween PUGET saand aud Alaska. burned on
! the Pacific coast and sixty lives are reported
lest The victims were mostly Cinnamon,
who became uncomfortable wien the fire
\ hr ke oat, ami jumped into the boats TO
| their own destruction
| Tho directors of the Vanderbilt rail-
/ roads~-the New York Central. Lake Shore
and Michigan southern, and Michigan Cen
/ tral-~have Just elected officers Theposition
ofIlairmau OF the board was created I'm each
/ instance, the incumbent 10 have general
| sui cryisorr control Cornelius Vanderbilt
/ was chosen Chairman af the boards of the
New York Central and Michigan Central, and
! William X. Vanderbilt Of the Lake Shore
/ the latter retaining the Presidency OF
the Nickel-rlate, William II Vanderbilt
/ retiring from the presidency Of the sew
erai roads James II. Rutter was
made President If the New York Central,
/ Iotn Newell If the Lake Shore, and H. ID.
| I.edy ard of the Michigan Central The senior
Vanderbilt thus relieves himself of the
active management OF the three railroad
! companies although still q member Of the
+ i rec.orlesl, the task desolving upon his two
S ten~
/ Business failures for the week ending
TIL 9Th hst. Numbered l3a, dscrease of
! i3tty-ioor from tie preceding week. hu,
tlr s.. \ more than IN the corresponding
! week of iSS