The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-05-14
WESTERN.

8. w. Tallmadge, the Milwaukee
crop Statistical furnishes The Chicago later
Ocedn cop:ous reports CONCERNING the present
q whole show the winter wheat to be in
very unpromising condition: and not~ith-
standing the recent rains and warm weather
have given the PLANT . better appearance. no
improvement can be reported in the promise
Of the crop. IN the contrary. the
rood weather has developed the act
ual damage done by winter killing
and other causes. Thousands OF acres
In large winter-whcat producing States have
been plowed up and sown to oats and other
grains. The decrease in area ami DANA &c done
by .'winter-killing'' seems to be general in all
tho winter wheat States with but one cxcep-
ton, that OF Mishi an. That state reports
but slight decrcasc in acreage sown, and no
winter-kiling VIII tcver. or DAMAGE of other
kind. with this one exception the loss to the
winter wheat States is the greatest ever
known. and VIII prove q scrious bow to many
6 the States that depend largely upon their
wheat product
In Chicago, soon after noon of Fri
day, the Sth inst, fame; broke out in the
yards Of the Chicago Lumber Company,
along the river ii the vicinity or West Thir
ty-nfth and Iron streets Nearly every en-
CINE in the city hurried 10 the .. enc, and six
hours were required TO bring the eoniagra-
ton under cOntro. Four squares were
burned over. the sufferers being the Chicngo
Lumber Company, HgelOw Brothers, Adams,
Hastings + Co., and J. W. Hincklcy 4 Co.
The losses aggregate s69d GOA, on which there
is insurance to the amount of 81 3, 500, wide
~ dietri;u cd.
Wayman Crew, one OF the oldest
merchants OF A..uis, died N that city last
week.
A package shipped by the American
Express Company. ana supposed to contain
$l.OOo, was opened at Indianapolis and found
to contain only waste paper.
While boring for natural gas at
Of petroleum at depth Of l,26O feet. The
quality is found to be equal to the PENNEY
wanna product
In the Federal Court at Salt Lake,
sentences OF six months imprisonment and
Zines Of $:sCO were imposed upon Angus Can
non. Milton Mpsser. and J. c. Watson, con
victcd or unlawful cOhA. itatiop. Each 10
fused to make any pledge for the future.
The Chicago University was sold d
auction last week to satisfy the claim of thu
Union Mutual Life-Insuracce Company f0i
money borrowed and interest accrued there.
| on. The total amount due on the property
was a. out $slO.00,. nm | It was bought in by
the creditors for SIT, no, that being the only
| bid nude or the property.
The register of the Southern Hotel
nj st. Louis Was turned over to the police to
comp ire the Signature Of Dr. w. H, Lcnnox
Maxwell. murder. OF e. Arthur Prcller, with
tho inscription, $50 perish oil ira tors to the
great cause" found In the trunk containing
the body. Experts in handwriting examined
both. AMI d.c nrcd they were written by the
| same man. A | testimony necessary for the
extradition is now roady.
William Wright, Who served in the
rcsular army and has been cowboy in
Texas, has boon arrested for tho reccut tram
robbery near Harr0ls urg, Ind His photo
graph was promptly identified by Peter
Weber. the baggage whom he 10
nearly mu. dercd. Wright was captured ut
Tcrrc Haute.
Chicago telegram: The price Of bay
hns ready advanced to high igure IN this
market as direct consequence of the un-
geasonably cod weather. The grasses 40
! wsli ~ ihs cereals are langnishing for want
Of littio sansAi4c: Gsop reports from Iowa
represent that the regent colo westher did
little or no damage to the growing whcst IL
that sect on. Tac strawberry crop In South.
ern Illinois has been badly injured by the re-
cent heavy frosts.