The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-09-13
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

says: @Adyiccs from representative point
in the corn belt make il positive that fros
has wrought great destruction. Michiga,
seems to have Jared badly. nearly every
thing In the vegetable line having beer
killed ut battle Creek and Sangatuck To
baceo III Dane and Rock counties, Wis
was ruined with the corn, and Grant erie
at Stuge IN Bay got nipped. Light frost!
are reported at nes Moines. Atlantic anl
Burlington, Iowa. and 10, ut Dubuque
Vegetables wee injured mt Elkh IT ant
Huntingdon. Ind Ice formed a. Ma
comh, ILL.,, and frost was quite general
throughout the central part of the state
but the dry atmosphere saved corn Il. som,
points. Reports from Northern Wisconsin
Minnesota, Dakota and ohio are TO the ellcc'
that the standing corn has been irreparabls
corn il ain ost entirely destroyed Tn higher
ground the frost was not 50 serious
and less injury was inflicted"
pcs Moines dispatch says: "Reports from,
different parts Of the State tonight indicate
that the damage to the corn crop Of Iowa
has been almost wholly confined to the low
lands and has been slight" dispatch
from Sioux Falls Dakota reports: Another
heavy frost last night has left no room to
doubt the ruin Of the corn crop of this
section
The completion of the Northern
Pacific railroad was formally effected forty
miles west of Helena, Montana ON the sth OF
September, Ias Cooke. the man that began,
and Henry Willard, the man that finished the
work, were accorded the honor of diving
the golden spike,
The Utah Commission has agreed to
recommend the enactment Of marriage
law which will provide that all marriages in
the Territory shall be null and void unless
solemniscd publicly before witnesses The
witnesses and those who officiate and the
contracting parties shall make affidavit in
every case that they are not rol,gamists
Every marriage and the circumstances con-
nected with it, the names of witnesses, con
tracing parties, etc. shall be made matter
Of public record, A heavy penalty is pro-
posed for violators of this projected law
Col Godfrey. OF the Commission is sanyuine
rs to the adoption of this law and as to its
efficacy after adoption
Tcnnyson took his medicine. The
hard Of Ralaklasa has written memorial
poem on John Brown, the gillie,
The Irish League has arranged the
platform of its campaign for the coming
autumn and winter There are to be sue
ccssive demonstrations Mt all the centers,
and Mr., Dillon has postponed his trip to
Colorado 10 attend the meeting ut npperarv.
The platform will insist ON an extension of
the Land act and salaries for Members OF
Parliament The landlords and private in
,iucnces in Ireland are trying to induce the
Government to forbid the league demonstra-
uons,
Col. ID. 7. Holloway. who was Com
missioner OF Patents under President
Lincoln died last week in Washington
A register of the Interior Depart
ment Mt Washington has been prepared for
the blue hook. There are .,Ol persons on
the rolls Of whom I'll are women, and ?ui
negroes Seventy one clerks receive salaries
ranging from $40 TO si,sco, one lady from
Illinois drawing Ecu
Two serious railroad accidents &C.
Cured at kenosha mountain, Col, on the
South Park railroad, by which three men
were injured, 1t is feared, fatally, and four
others seriously. The accidents were
caused by heavy train getting the mastery
over the engine in descending the steep
grade,
The Democratic boilers of Cincinnati
held convention, and placed new ticket
In the held, headed by Thomas sherlock for
Treasurer The State platform and tickle,
received hearty In 1assemcnt