The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-11-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

Several craft were lost in Chesapeake
bay during the recent gale. The Captain and
eight men OF sloop were drowned. Three
coal-laden barges were lost in Long Island
sound. and eight men persisted. on the
Highland light, Boston harbor. the wind for
more than twcnty-four hours blew at the rate
Of sixty miles an hour. A dispatch
from New London, Ct, says the
barges IDA, Dundcrhcrg and Osprey
were lost and seven of the crews were
drowned 4 Providence tK. H. telegram,
says James Island was strewn with wrecks,
and twelve lives we're known to have been
lost. A Cleveland dispatch. says that tho
steamer Francis Smith, with 100 passengers
on board is believed to have been lost on
Lake Huron.
As train on the Mexican Central
sped around a curve in lonely spot near tho
little village of La Jarita, Mexico. the engi.
neer. discovering that rail had been re-
moved, reversed his lever. but too late to
prevent wreck. simultaneously forty
masked men attacked the train, robbed the
express car, and were about to rob the pas
sengers. when ii was discovered that one OF
the latter had escaped and gone for assist
ance. The outlaws Immediately took to their
horses and decampcd. They are believed to
have crossed to the American side of the Rio
Grande, and scouting parties are in hot pnr-
suit.
The Unitarians throughout the
United States have subscribed $500 to es-
tablish headquarters ut Boston, and steps
will a, once be taken toward the erection of a
building.
Notwithstanding the cold weather OF
last week, the Fat Stock show n, Chicago
proved a great success. II Is said by the en-
thusiastie that the exposition equaled the
celebrated Smithfeld show which has been
running in England for eighty years.
The recent gale on the lakes was the
sevcrest and the most destructive Of life and
property experienced in n period of twenty
years. 1t il believed that when a fun and
| accurate statement of the ruin wrought shall
have been obtained il will be found that not
less than fifty craft have been totally lost, and
as many more badly damaged. The loss OF
life on the lakes will reach nj least loo and In
the entire country fifty more. The property
loss will mount into the millions. In Maine
alone the storm inflicted a loss of 81, 900, ooO
largely in valuable timber. Reports OF dam
age by the great blow continue 10 he flashed
over the wires. Following are the last report
ed: Grain barge Milwaukee, with her Captain
/ and Ave men, was lost on Lake Ontario
The propeller Fred Mercur, loaded with Goa
for Chicago, went ashore near Erie
and was scuttled to prevent pound
| ing on the rocks. Her crew wer,
taken of by the lfe-saving service
The tug Torrent put out from Port Huron
and rescued the barge Merrimac, fifteen mile
OF the Canada shore. She was nearly mas
| Of ice. and her Captain and crew had beer
without food or sleep for four days. An I'm
known vessel. with her crew OF eight, wa
lost OH Lake Erie.
Business failures in the United State
last week numbered 2o5, a decrease Of -four
teen from the preceding week but thirt,
eight more than in the corresponding perlo
of lsss.
1t is believed at the Mexican capita
that the men who robbed the train nea
Laredo were AN organized band from til
| United States.
This has been the greatest Yea
known In the sheep and cattle export trade q
Canada, the sheep shipments alone being 1
per cent. In excess of any other year.
The earnings of the Union Pacifi
railroad correspondingiy decreased Sls6,a;
in September, and $4,000 in October. In tn
first week Of November the earnings il
creased about $4,000.