The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-07-24

WESTERN.
According to reports from the vari- |
Gus counties Of California the loss caused BY
the June rains will aggregate l35, 600 tons Of |
wheat, amounting to ~ per cent. Of the en- |
tire crop and 100000 tons Of barley, or about |
II per cent. of the crop. A large portion OF
the grain IL lodged, and the harvesting will |
therefore be expensive.
J.K. Armsby & Co. of Chicago, dealers
in canned goods, who have b. en- doing bust
ness of three to nine millions year, have
failed for about 100000.
The private banking house of Fetch
Or Sharpe, at Indianapolis, suspended pay-
ment last week, and made an assignment to
william Wallace, who gave bond In e50O,0OO.
The failure caused quite run on other bank
ing houses. The suspension 10 said to be due
to large advances on grain and pork paper,
on which currency could not be obtained.
Assurance is given that the assets are ample
70 meet Ill claims by depoeitors.
The boiler in Carter's saw-mill in
Monroe County, Ind, exploded, killing three
men and fatally injuring four others.
Dawson Brothers, manufacturers of
mill machinery at Wilmington, Del. have
failed for $50. 600. and the senior member Of
the firm has absconded.
The wife OF William Scholes, q
wealthy cattle dealer at Bettsville. Ohio. fed
with the hired man, Eugene Eldrdse, in her
husbands absence. and the latter, upon his
~hn sirer hc.ls -
an infant In his deserted house.
Hiram Campbell & Sons, who own
the Mount Vernon and Sarah furnaces at
Ironton, Ohio, have suspended payment, with
liabilities of 100000.
BY the capsizing Of rowboat on the
Illinois River at Henry, H., Rev. l.. Q.
Thompson, the Presbyterian clergyman at
that place, his son. boy Of Il, and son Of
DR.. Bishop, Of Medina, n y. who was on a
visit to them. we're drowned
The first carload of beer ever sent
east from California was shipped last week
from San Francisco to Chicago.
Rev. DR.. L. n. Potter, President Of
Hobart College, has declined tho Dishorric of
Nebraska. TO which he was recently elected
Reports have reached Ottawa, Ont,
that foot and.mouth disease prevails among
cattle at Helena. NJ. T., and an investigation
viii be made.
The members of the wrecked bank
ing frm of Fletcher & sharpe. of Indianap-
oils, have decided all their rcal-estate TO u
trustee for the benefit of creditors, their
wives joining in the conveyanccs.
Lair, one of the men on trial at
Grand Forks, d. T., for the murder OF the
Ward boys, has been acquitted. the verdict
causing much excitement One OF tho jury
men has been arrested, charged with perjury.
In that he went into the case determined that
the prisoner was not guilty.
Sewers & White, bankers at Ovid,
Mich, are insolvent.
w. F. Burgct, saw-mill proprietor
near Delphi, Ind, has failed for $4,000.
Thomas Brigham. farmer near
Whitewater, Wis, went TO the pantry ut night
for a lunch. He mis,ook for custard plate
Of poison prepared for rats. and died il great
agony within nm hour.
Mrs. Harry Culver, Of Bay City,
Mich, locked up Ter young son for dis
obedience. Finding some matches In the
room, he set fire to the bed and was smoth.
cred. II IL feared that the mother will die
from grief.
Mr.. Shewell's new drama, Shadows
Of Great CITY," which had Its first repre-
sentation at Mcvicker's Theater. Chicago,
last week, has made great hit. The story
is, as they say Of certain rovels one of "love
and crime" the lover being, Of course, ac-
cused Of the crime, hut coming out ,indicated
in the end. II introduces the auditor to
many OF the celebrated places in and abou,
New York City. showing them only so far re-
allied rs Is necessary for stage purposes
While the play Is an exceptionally strong one
its moral atmosphere is pure, and II is abso'
lutcly free from Objectionable language.
A Helena Montana dispatch says
that ave horse-,hieves, whose names are
unknown, were hanged near Rocky Point
on the Missouri River, by band OF COW
boys, organized for the purpose OF clearing
out the thieves infesting that sect on
Thirty-two stolen horses were recovered
This makes . total OF thirteen horse.thieve
hanged and shot in the Judith and Muscle
shell section within the past three weeks.
Two blocks in the business distric
OF Cedar Springs, Mich, burned during tn
prevalence of high wind. Two hotels, tn
railroad depot. johnson Il Links mill, m
fully two.thirds of the residences are amonI
the structures destroyed. Three men and
boy persisted in the flames.
The st. Louis Hot-pressed Nut ant
Bolt Manufacturing Company, William II
Stone President, has made an assignment,
Liabilities, $4,000; assets, $4,000.
The private clearinghouse Of 4. 4
J. C. 1. Harrison, At Indianapolis, suspende
last week, and by order Of the local eour
WAS placed I'm the hands Of the Sheriff. Tn
liabilities are estimated at $500, 900, ard ID
depositors number from 80 to 400.
A dispatch from Helena, Mont, say
that Belknap, the famous entrep2t TO tn
Crur d AIene mines. has been destroyed b.
nre. Only Ave houses and The depot ouildin
are left. The fire started In an unuse
house. high wind made the nrc sprea'
fast. There Was no IRE department IN tn