The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-06-21
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

| The Prohibition Convention of Ohio.
in session at Columbus, nominated ticket
rs follows: Governor, Ferdinand Schu-
macher, Summit county; Lieutenant Gov
ernor, II. r. Ogden. Hamilton county: SUI
preme Judge short term, z G. Payne,
Franklin county: Supreme Judge dong
term, d. C. Montgomery, Knox county
Clerk OF the Supreme Court. j. II. Beach
Ford, prcble county; Attorney General, J.
". Eosenborough, Fulton county; Auditor
Of state, Gersham Lease Hardin county:
Treasurer of State, v NJ Whiting Huron
county; state Commissioner Of schools. II.
A, Thompson Franklin county: Member of
Board of Public Works, G. T. Cruzen, Hardin
county.
4 tornado visited the town of Neligt.
Neb,, demolishing number of houses and
seriously iniur1ng two women severe
thunder and rains storm occurred in North
ern and Central Illinois At Kansas City,
Mo-, there was great fall of rain. submerg-
ing the low living sections of the city, and
flooding Easements. Eastern Nebraska was
visited by a terrific rainstorm. doing consid-
The Posto!fice Department has sent
an agent to examine the Niobrara and Rapid
City mail route which was created by Con-
gress on the representations made by Hon
L. X. Valentine. If Nebraska That gentle
man claims that the hostility of Senator Van
Wyck to the project springs from personal
motives Mr. Valentine admits the absence
of population along the route, but insists
that over 20 miles are saved between the
Elkhorn valley and Deadwood
The Grand Jury of the District of
Columbia has found another indictment
against Gen. Thomas j. Brady. formerly
Second Assistant Postmaster General, for
frauds in connection with the star mai,
route between Socorro, New Mexico, and
Silver City. The indictment was found upon
the evidence OF John A. Walsh, ]. B. Price,
and others
The failure of Peter McGeoch. one
Of the heavy operators on the Chicago
Board of Trade, caused the widest excite
ment in the commercial circles Of the city.
The failure was caused by an attempt to
ho.d up a corner in lard From the T;a,s
we yiean the sabioined particulars: The
events on the Board of Trade in Chicago
yesterday were of an exciting character
AT the opening notice was given by McGcoch,
Eyeringham 4 Co, who have been
since February engaged in running
corner in July lard, that they
wer. unable To put up margins any
longer, and their holdings aggIegating over
100000 tierces, were thrown upon the mar
ket The decline in prices was rapid, bot
tom being touched at nearly ST ticrce be-
low the opening quotation Armour,
Hutchinson, Kent and other wealthy
operators bought all they could lind at the
decline, which brought about sharp
reaction, quotations being advanced So n
tierce from the bottom In consequence of
the failure of McGeoch, Eyeringham Co.
half a dozen smaller firms, most of them
having been acting "a brokers for them,
We're forced to the wall One interesting
feature OF the panic is the development of
the fact that the options held by McGeoch,
Everingham 4 CO., represented more than
twice the amount of lard on the market 1t
is the opinion of Board OF Trade operators
generally that yesterdays events will, On the
whole, exercise beneficial influence upon
the market, no one denying that lard had
been given fictitious value by the forestall-
ment of the market by McGeochn
parnell will visit the United States
in the autumn.
His serene Highness Prince and
Duke Of Teck, who married into the British
royal family and has ever since been subsist-
ing upon British taxpayers, has been losing
so heavily on horse races that he has been
obliged TO quit the kingdom.