The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-23

The victims Of the Yachting disaster
ct Lake Minnetonka were buried ut Mimic
apolis. Busincfs Of all kinds was entirely
Tho funeral procession was the largest ever
seen In that city. being mile and half
long. The streets along the route were lined
with people, and fully 6,OO1 were 1t the Gem
etery. The bodies of ex-Mayor Rand, his
wife, daughter. son. and nephew were buried
In one grave, uni those Of Mr.. Coykendall,
his wife, and daughter In another.
George johnson, . farmer living
near Eldora, Iowa, murdered his sisscr-in.
law, Grace Knnd, with razor. johnson
and his wife had had = quarrel, and 1t Is sup.
posed that in the dark he NJ ook the I'M
fortunate lady for his wife.
Cleveland dispatches state that the
Iron mills in that city have shut down In.
definitely, and the strikers there are re-
ported ar still showing signs Of nm intention
to make trouble. There arc fact ons among
tho strikers, however. and some OF them
are in favor of returning to work at once.
East Saginaw mill-owncrs tire ten to shut
down for the year II the labor troubles thore
continue. One or two proprict0rs have
already taken tho course indicated. At Bay
City work has been partly resumed.
Since July l, when . high license
law took effect, go wine and bccr saloons in
s.. Louis have been closed.
Gen. Howard, commander of the
Department OF the Platte, has boon ordered
b. tho President to maaEe oil possible prepar-
ations for any emergency that may srisO IN
the near future in Utah.
The State census of Nebraska, just
completed, shows tho State to have popula-
ton Of about 100000. In 1880 1t was 45., 900.
In the same period the city Of Omaha has
facreased in population from 81, 5ds to 81, s3a.
Advices from Fort Buford, in the ex-
trcmc northwestern corner Of Dakota, are TO
the eject that the grasshoppers had made
their appearance In that vicinity. and wcre
devastating the growing crops. A dispatch
says the grasshoppers began work on ono
wheat field o. one hundred acres. and had
destroyed the grain for a distance Of ten feet
entirely around the ne d.
Neal Thornton, . desperado, who
murdered Policeman Eanicl Ehechan ut J0p-
Lin, Mo-, was taken flc,n Jail and lynchcd.
4 report comes from Fort Keogh.
Montana, thai IN m engagement between
Carpenter and Robins6h's cowboys Ave cow
boys and seven Indians were killed, and that
there IL great excitement among ranchers
and settlers on Tongue and Rosebud Rivers.
u is stated that If the military at-
tesapt TO disarm the redskins of Ind an Tor
ritory. WHO have cause the array Of such :
large body Of soldiers against them, there
will be resistance u The death. Tho North.
ern Cheycnnes are reported Q9 the war-path.
and troops have icon sent from Fort Keogh
to the scene OF the troubles.
The reports Of ravages by grasshop.
pers in Colorado have been investigated by
an agent OF the Department of Agriculture.
and found to he grossly exaggerated. No
traces Of the migratory species were found.
In hard glove-fight' near st. Paul,
betwesn Thompson, Of Cleveland, and Had
ley, colored, ut It. Paul, live rounds wore
fought whom the Tsferec gave the tight
to Hadiey because OF Thorn pson's unfair
work.
There will be no exposition at Gin.
cinnati this year, the merchants or that city
having determined to hold monster bazaar,
patterned after the famous fair at Mini
EOyg0rod. Russia.
The Governor Of Minnesota issued
IN appeal to formulate petition to Con.
eress to take action looking to opening up
the mines OF the Northwest to tide-water
navigation as tho surcst means to avoid tho
present exorbitant transportation charges.
The Dakota Central Railroad Com.
pany will begin work at once on an cxtene
sion from Centeryille to Pierre via .Yankp
ton. The Mineral Narrow-Gauge Railroad.
extending from Hancock to Calumet. Mich.
has been sold to 4 New York syndicate for
32OO,0OO.
A dispatch from Centralia, Ill. states
that the apple crop in that vicinity viii b
larger than for many years past.