The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-08-28

his wife and himself with revolver.
Eight prisoners escaped from the iail
~ II. Joseph, No. by way OF the scwcr,rim
Texas fever il raging among herd
Of cattle owned by tho brothers Hughes,
near Osborne, Mo. They were recently par.
chased a, the Kansas city stock-yards
Henry Ten Eyce. farmer living near
hroadhcad, Wis.,, became cnrascd NJ his
wife and stabbed her three times, intiictiny
fatal wounds Ten Esce left the house, an,i
the next day his body was found swinging
from the limb Of tree, he having commit.
ted suicide.
A fire at Pomeroy, Ohio, DESTROYED
forty-two buildings. The loss is estimated
NJ sso.ooo and the insurance u, $4,000,
The total loss caused 10y the fire at
Anoka, MIMI, Is placed Mt s;oo,ooo, aud tho
insurance II about saoa.uoo. The sufferers
are not dependent. Many merchants burned
out have resumed business, II Ia felt that II
the washharne Mills are rebuilt all the losses
Will he made good IN ,wa years.
BY the request of relatives tho body
ef Private william whistler. who accomra.
MED the 6reely expedition ind persisted,
were exhumed near kned, Ind. tho other
day, An cxamin alton showed TINT tho flesh
had hccn cur from his limits aud portions of
the body. cannihalism had doubtless been
practiced ON him,
Eighty tramps took possession Of
GAStie;on, Dakota, drove many families from
k.ss-
Four Of the tramPs we're captured ny the
sherin. Thc others escaped.
The large brewery Of e, Magnus, a,
""n,ds, Town. was sctaca by the author.
'arns Ut violating the prohibit.
y. On the promises ncinR
wVse found In the building
beer. which tho proprietor
~ uade previous to the sth oi
n Roseburg, Ore, DESTROYED
polttan Hotel. the general stors OF
o.. the United States Signal Office,
.acr buildings, Louis xctslcr, tho gro
't0s et tho hotel, In trying to save the
sHessa WAS burned 10 crisp. Mrs, lohahscn,
a. Astoria, was fatally injured. The total
No will hc about Sl00.ua.
A. ID, Sly, formerly driver of nm
American Express wagon at -. Joseph, Mo-.
where he canfesses having stolen $40. 400 las,
September and spent II, was last week ar.
rested In Minneapolis, and will return 10 the
scene ~ his crime without n rcauisition,
The Illinois Central Railroad have
jus, issued nea, little pamphlet entitled tho
"worlds Exposition Messenger" givin. a
synopsis Of the great Centennial Exposition
tina, opens NJ New Orleans en- the ars, of
reccm.~r, The publication contains much
valuable attenuation, and large correc,
map III the tresccn, city, A copy can be oh.
tanned free by addressing Thomas norwin
General Northern Passenger Agent, l2l
Randolph street, Chicago.
The convention Of the lumbermen oil
the Nor,hwes, mef at Chicago las, week. The
attendance was quite large and represented
IN aggregate capital Ut $500, 0o0,ooa Mr.
Van Schaiek. President of the association, In
his address referred 10 tho depressed condi
tion Of tn. lumber business, and suggested q.
possible remedies temporary closing OF tht
Several favored the latter resolution
while few preferred the former. Aftel
= lengthy debate IL was voted ipea pedicnt Il
rlosc the mills before the first OF November
Paul Populorum, an extensive tanne
of Chicago, has suspended payment. III
debts are 100000. and he is liable for sloo,
mo more a. an indorser. Hts assets are cs
tima,ed ut $4,000,
The Commissioner OF Agriculture an
noanccs the existence of what Is supposed Z
be contagious pienro pneumonia anon
several herds Of Jersey cattle In Illinois, an
requests owners Of Jersey stock TO stop shi,
mcnt until after Oct. l. The infection ha
been traced back to the cattle sale of NJ,
Ipier. in Virginia, Ill.,, last February.
Judge Hoffman, Of the United State
Court nj Fan Francisco, decided that
Chinese iaherer who left the United stat,
prior to the passage of the anti Chinese Law
and who attempted To come back subs.
auently, was properly refused readmissiol
The soldiers and sailors reunion q
Battle Creek, Mich. was addressed by Ger
John A. Logan. Fifteen thousand Poop
were present.
A passenger train OH the kankake
Line collded with All indiana, Illinois m
Iowa excursion train near kankakee. Jam,
Penn was instantly killed, u boy MAS fatal
injured, and several passengers, ineludin
Father O'keliy, were seriously hurt.
SPECIAL kilograms to the Chicag
HtMss from seven States show that the cor
sop will be an enormous one, although theI
are limited regions where drought still pr,
saiis
Chicago millers complain OF the Al
pegrance Of .'smut' la wheat received frol
eouthern Minnesota and Southern low,
The smut renders the wheat almost uss
les foF pons purposes