The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-08-07

Forty structures. including two
banks, an hotel. the Postofiice, nine dwellings,
etc, were destroyed BY fire at Devils Lake,
Oak. The loss Is 100000, and the insur ance
about e60,000
81. Panl's new city directory contains
~, TO names, an increase OF 1855 over the
number In last years volume. It 10 estimat-
cd that about 81 ,00o,0 900 will be expended on
new buildings In that city during the
year. In recognition Of It's increased pop
ulation the Postmaster General has given
II ave additional letter carriers.
Portland (Ore.) dispatch: @News has
been received here that An organized band OF
etock-thicvcs has been run down and cap
tured BY party Of regulators at willowa
Valley. Ore. Seventeen thieves were caught
with large number OF valuable horses. The
short order, and the remaining fifteen are
held In custody. They win be handed over to
the regular ofhcers Of the law for trial"
Some days ago the dead bodies Of
seven horsc-thieves were found hung from
trces near the mouth or the Mussel-shell
River in Montana Territory. Two OF the
bodies have been recognized 40 those OF Felix
and Downcr, noted desperadoes Of the North
west. The other men were subordinates In
oil probability. II IL reported that twenty
cowboys are In pursuit OF another gang OF
horec-thieves who have sought refuge In the
Woody Mountains. The cowboys are well
armed, and II they capture the thieves they
probably viii not walt for the formality OF
an indictment and trial.
The Barnum wire works at Detroit
has made an assignment throwing 500 mon
men out Of employment.
Twelve carloads Of Texas cattle
which arrived At the Chicago Stock Yards were
found 10 be greatly afiiicted with Texas fever.
rorty-nvc head OF the consignment died on
cara.
The Commercial Bank OF Brazil, Ind,
has suspended, 10 liabilities being about
$4,000. with assets nominally reaching
$4,000. II 10 alleged that the concern took
IN deposits after refusing 70 pay checks.
The report OF John s. g. Harrison,
receiver OF the Indiana Banking Company
10 TO the effect that he holds certificates of
deposit for Sasos Ne his only credit against
elol,si7 with which he Ia chargeable, and has
mortgased oil his property to secure HIS
oondemen. He was arrested and held to bail
N 3s0, 600.
Lightning struck the farmhouse Of
Nathan Miller, near Maryvills, Kan, killing
his four daughters while asleep. Their ages
were II, IL, ., and !, respectively. A boy of
8 was badly hurt The mother 10 in critical
condition from the shock OF the bereavement.
Charles Wright, l6-year-old boy,
fatally shot his stcp-fathcr. Joel Laws,
farmer living near shclbyvillc, Ind. Laws
had ouarrcled with his wife and tried to get
into house where she was staying. Wright
resisted Laws, and In doing 90 fred the fatal
shot.
At her residence in Cincinnati, Mrs.
Upmeser assisted her boy In breaking open
six-pound rocket by striking II with Ratchet.
Tho explosion which followed MORALLY
wounded the woman and her little daughter,
injured two children, and wrecked the
premises.
The school census Of Chicago, Just
completed, indicates population Of ess,ss5.
an increase OF l2H per cent. within Q year.
Tho Chinese number 2s7 and the oolorcd
people s,5l7.
A boy named Bentley. IL years old,
fell from fiag-stan sesentv-nve feet to the
ground at Flint Mich, and was not fatally
injured.
The Grand Central Depot at Gin
cinnati, which cost $500, 900 was opened BY .
rsception to President Ingalls, by the Order of
Cincinnatus
It is estimated that the wheat yield
Of Minnesota for this year viii exceed that
Of last year BY 4.llo.o0o bushels, an increase
Of 10 per cent: the entire corn crop will yield
from u, ZOO, 900 TO 2sOoO. 900 bushels; the bar.
ley crop will produce 7,0o0, 900 bushels, the
largest ever known IN the State: and the oats
crop will be about IS, COZ. 600 bushels, 10 per
cent. more than the crop of 1883.