The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-08-14
LATER NEWS ITEMS,

The Muskegon Base Ball Club
Northwestern League has disbanded.
Reports from Fargo, u. T., state the
wheat crop is the largest ever known In that
part OF the country.
Texas fever has swept away thirty
nine head OF cattle in one herd at Lemars.
Iowa. The State Veterinarian Is on the
ground, ana has established rigid uuaran-
tine.
John b. Dawson, clerk in the pen
sion bureau At Wfshington, who died the
other day, weighed 43s pounds. His bai has
been placed In a grape arbor until coffin
can be manufactured.
Reports received at the Department
Of Agriculture ut Washington ind ate that
the cotton crop will be larger than last year;
that the corn crop will be more abundant
than In any year since lssd; the tobacco crop
Is quite promising: and the wheat crop will
be larger than at any time since 1877.
An iron firm of Louisville has sent
circulars throughout the country urging that
all furnaces be banked for four weeks, with
Il hope of increasing prices.
BY the falling in OF some walls DUR
ing the progress of n fire ut Catlettshurg,
ky., three men were killed and number of
others were seriously wounded. The damage
to property amounted to $4,000.
At Arlington, Texas, II. 4. Lindsay
entered the house Of his stcp-fathcr, james
4. Wright, and shot him dead in bed. Then
he killed his stcn-sister. Fannie fired several
clo III
capped to the woods. The cause for the
murders is a mystery.
Helena (Montana) dispatch: "Mea-
ger particulars are received of another
slaughter of horsethieves in the Musselshell
region, $50 miles northwest of here last
week, by cowboys. While In pursuit of
stolen horses, a log house was discovered in
the timber on the mountan-side. 1t was So
cretly watched Il day or two, during which
time several small parties of men came and
went. some by day, others by night. having
in their possession horses evidently
stolen. II becoming evident that 1t
was a rendezvous for horsetheyes, the
cowboys congregatcd, and last Monday night
crawled up close to the house aud attacked
fourteen hor c.thievcs who were about the
premises at the time. Nine were killed aud
fvc escaped. The cabin was fired and burned
There never was period in the history of
this Territory when so much horse thieving
was going on. The citizens are now deter
mined to efiectually stop it. Fully nifty
| thieves have been hanged or shot within the
past month"
A severe shock OF earthquake was
| felt along the Atlantic coast on the afternoon
OF the 10th inst. extending from Philadel.
| phia to Portland, Maine, and as far iaaad as
| Cleveland. The shock lasted about ten
| seconds and caused very serious alarm, par.
ticuarly in New York City. No serious
damage was done, though houses were badly
| shaken and some ceilings were cracked. The
people in the tenemcnt-housc districts were
almost frightened out OF their wits, children
screamed, women tainted. and prayers aud
imprccations were mingled. Before the
shock heavy. dark rainc ouds appeared in
the sky and there was rush of wind such as
usually prcceies heavy rainfall. II was
some hours before the people got over their
fright. Many nervous persons were pros,
trated by the occurrence. A second shock
was felt at several places.
In an interview at Saratoga the other
day, John Kelly is reported to have stated
that Cleveland did not represent the Demo-
cratic principles, but nevertheless the Tam
many organization would recogni. &c the party
nominations. but would not make efforts to
secure their election. While not directly
boiling the ticket, the Tammanyites would
vote individually, and indications pointed to
the fact that Gen. Butler would receive a
large majority of their ballots. Mr. Kelly
feels that Butler will play an important par;
| In the pending election.