The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-09-17

Reports from Minneapolis say there
Is more demand for fiour, both for export
and domestic consumption, but that the
millers are not selling at all freely, as the
Offers are mostly below the price they wish.
President Adams, of the Union Pa
cidc Railroad, says the floating debt of the
company has been provided for, but declines
to publish the terms OF the agreement. 1t is
rumorcd at New York that the company has
placed another block OF its securities as col.
lateral for loan.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad will be completed Oct. through
from Kansas City to san LEGO and San
Francisco.
Mrs. DR.. Marshall, Mrs. Paul, and q
lady friend were drowned ut browns Valley,
Minnesota, by boat capsizing in Lake
Traverse during a storm. One body was
recovered
The individual losses from the recent
cyclone ut Washington Court Louise, Ohio,
win exceed $500. About ono hundred
families are reported by the cal relief COM
mittee to be i'll nee OF assistance.
Samuel B. French, private banker
Of Milwaukee. failed for $4,000: and J. c.
Wesscnbcrn, dr. goods dealer OF Appleton,
Wis, was clio cd BY the Sheriff, with liabili-
ties Of S.3.O0o.
The cases OF treason against Capt.
Couch and other Tx aiio:aa boomers on trial
before the United States Court ut Wichita,
Has, have been dismissed by Government
counsel.
Manager McVickcr, of Chicago. has
secured some excellent attractions for his
ane thcatcr during the Exposition season.
Following Mr.. Dcnman Thompson, who now
holds the boards with his delightful charac-
te-ization OF Uncle Joshua Whitcomb, tho
honest old New Ensrlani farmer. will appear
in succession lotta, Joseph jefferson, C. w.
Couldock, and a number Of other brilliant
stars.
MuskeGon, Mich, special: Clar-
cnce and Herbert Morrison. of this city, went
10 South Haven in small salhoat, and left
that place Tor home Just before the recent biz
storm set In. They were accompar led By
two other young men. Nothing has boon
heard from them since. They were un.
doubtcdly caught In the storm ON Lake Mich
igan and lost
Sedgwick. the banner corn county Of
Kansas, ID expected 70 produce e.0Co,O oc
bushels OF that cereal this year.
John L. Sullivan, who pitched in q
game OF baseball ut Cleveland. last Sabbath,
was subsequently, arrested for violating tho
Sunday law. John d. Rockefeller, OF the
Standard Oil Company, procured the war.
rant.
Near Seattle, Wash. Ter, . large
building occupied by fifty Chinese laborers
was attacked by mob OF masked mon. Tho
Chinese fled into the woods.
G. II. Chamberlain has commenced .
suit in St. Louis for sl0o. 600 damages against
the Chicago. burlington and Quincy Railroad
on account OF injuries received in an acci-
dent at woodlawn, Iowa, ten years ago.
The stage running from Fort Custer
to For, Masinnis was held up by three
masked men near Forty Mile Ranch and 5000
taken. Twelve thousand dollars in army
The amount of fraudulent orders
issued by township trustees in various parts
Of Indiana Is estimated ut $.5o.OOO. s. C.
Fenton, Trustee OF Adams Township, War
rem County, is reported missing. Trustee
Clawson. Of Warren Township, who issued
$4,000 OF the fraudulent orders. Is reported
70 be In Hamilton, Ontaro.
Emery A. Storrs, the eminent Chica-
60 lawyer, Ottawa, H.. after q short
illness. He had been complaining OF q dill
Guilty In breathing. was taken to his bed, and
autographed for his wife. She arrived and
found him resting easier. He ordered cigars
and smoked ono Of them in bed. and ap-
peared so much improved that she retired,
and awoke At o'clock the next morning and
found him dead, tho supposition being that
he died several hours before OF heart trouble.
His remains were taken to Chicago for
burial. The deceased was born at Hinsdale.
N. Y, August 12, 1885.