The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-08-21
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LATER NEWS ITEMS.

Recent rains have greatly improved
the Kansas corn crop and II Is naw predicted
that the yield viii Ia targe beyond precedent.
A fire broke out in tho city Of Anoka,
| Mimi. ahoa, twenty miles from Minneapolis,
AM tciore tho tamcs were suhlnc thu en-.
| tir business portion III the city, the litsh
| School building, thrNe banks, two nnuring
mills, an elevator, ana several other tmror.
taat structures were destroyed, The tire
spread With extraordinary rapid y, aud dr.
ted every eaon IL stop it, progress, The
hcat was intense, ana many wire prustrs,iea
while trying tn suniuc thu tamrs lhe
losses arr Isl matcl AZ sl,e,n,aaa ". H.
wasahara \ To-, are the heaviest sufferers,
Mr., Hiram Price has rendered his
| resignation "a Indian Commissioners he
does NOT care u 1--we at Washington, where
he would To separated from his family.
A lightning and rain storm visited
Pittsburgh and Allegheny THY, cellrrs hcing
flooded ami buildings hlowa down or
wrecked hs lightning, Water in some places
was two feet deep IN tho streets, and the
damage viii he heavy,
Tom Griffin. notorious Cherokee
outlaw, was shot dead NJ nntaaa whtlc pcs.
pc,ratiny n burglary,
The cotton counties of Arkansas sur
rrised the sta,i>,sanS by repar,tns an az,
yresa,e yield III l,ouo,ua halcs.
Ex-senator John Pool, Of North Car,
DINA, died suddenly u, Washington, n, C., Of
| aropleNv, lie was Senator from lSas To
lss&
sevents.eigh, haillings comprising
two-,hiris the business portion Of 6rcna,
ia, Miss, were destroyed Ivy nr> The loss
Is estimated AT Ssao,ano, The insurance l.
about Seatna
Lord nuserin has assured the Sui
tan that lord Nos,hhrooss mission TO Easp,
does no, indicate amy change in highlands
.gyps'aa policy,
Visitors to Loadea from India are
| sad To have recently inn oetcd IN Their bag
saec large aameers 1T mosquitoes of very
poisonous ehana ter Tnes ar causing much
annoyance To tn louieners,
The American Board of Foreign
Missions makes an appeal for siaao % during
August, To keep up its work,
Sixteen deaths from yellow fever have
| occurred at Hermassll,A M,stea. and cases
arr reported at Ave aa9a~eas eitss> The
| disease apparently orisiaatea i'll germs ~.
msining dormant slnee last YEAR,
Warren Z, Sutton. Consul General
10 Mexico, reports u large emigration across
tho Rto esanle, AMI states that ss,suoN. oRa OF
American capital has been invested IN rail.
4 road, ranches, aud msainr in Northern Mex.
seo withm few years
Roscoe Conklug, in a letter refusing
an cleetsea as Honorary member OF the A.
hans Plume Knights, says
w, H. Nichols, scsFc,asvs SoslaS souss, an 4
thanking yoa Tor the oslrr OF an honorary mem.
hesshin vi the political organization rctcssva 10.
! mus, ak Noa 10 excuse me | am quite out
Of politics, and don't Wish IN any wSy To he
drawn into the lseaatas Canvass Nuur ahctient
servant Ro>,og CaSSliSo,"
Alsop and Graves, the ringleaders oi
the gang tha, eroke tatl al Frankfort, n.y.,
| recently, were discovered ahuat nine mses
from Lexington Aleruts sheriff and posse
went in pursuit The convic,> resisted, and
| killed George Gasse,a, farmer, in Who's,
geld they were ioana, aud Who had ha, jas'
Joined the POSSE, Roth the seeanarc,s were
then shut dead, the members OF the pursuing
party evidently not caring To capture thea
alive.
The Executive Committee of the Anti
Monopoly party assembled in Chicago las
1
| Mississippi Tor Siee President, II was re
solved To issue an address urging Vigorous
efforts in ela>c Ton 'res>ianal aissr lets, and
union Of all The Butler forces, under th,
title OF tie nor'e's PARTY. was advocated.