The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-09
WESTERN.

The trial Of Joseph G. Mackin, of
Chicago, for perjury in connection with the
recent election fraud inquiry, resulted in a.
verdict Of guilty, and sentence of five
years Imprisonment in the Pcnitcntiary.
The sensation of the week in Chicago
has been the great strike Of the conductors
and drivers OF the West Division Horse Rail-
way Company, causing tota suspension of
street car traffic on the West Side, embracing
over half the population Of the c ty. Public
sympathy was entirely with the strikers, and
attempts to run the cars were r.et with de-
tcrmined resistance on the rari o. the pop
ulacc. The company woad start cars out
from the barns guarded by squads
of police AM Deputy heriifs, but
vast crowds would Liock til. tracks,
drive the men from the platforms.
and return the cars TO the arns or turn
them upside down III the streets. scvcral Of
the drivers :ia conductors were q. assaulted
with stones and clubs and sc.ti.ig injured.
and numier oi tian strikers II ested on
charges of iiet and tiisorlerly conduct. All
one time MAYOR Harrison appeared on the
scene and at .elaptcd 10 reason vi Ii the mob,
but he was com eied to beat Il hasty re-
treat. Oma.l,asss, cspfass We ons, and
other conye,ancas ai II !..r-te business in
carrying passengers
At an inceas;:ary fire in Cleveland a
mother and two :ti.sirsa were burned IL
death, and Il III nber vi persons injrGcd
In lcapiny fraa. 7 napws.
Estimates Of tic coming Minnesota
and Dakota wheat crop Place the san,c Il,
3i,OJ0,0o0 and .i.GOa.OtO ius:ic.s, rcsscc
lively.
DISPATCHES from St. Paul intimat,
that the Ghisago, Milwaukee and Il. Pau
Railroad has absorbed the Far . Southern
Henry Grotcnheimar, Cincinnati
commission merchant, made IN assignment
Liabilities estimated ut $4,000. and assets
between Si5.oO) and $1,000.
Adolph i. Spreckels. charged will
assault and intent 10 murder NJ. II. ID
Young, proprietor or the San francisco
Chronicle. has been acquitted by jury.
Three hotels, eight shops, and sew
cral saloons and dwellings, al .slitgo, Wis.
were destroyed By fire i,;cs broke out il
the Duket House. The IS reaches $4,000.
Heavy rains in Kansas have resulted
disastrously to crops in low lands, and com.
PEELED many families to move away. Rail-
way tracks have been washed out and bridges
swept away.
1t is feared at Tombstone that Lieut..
Hanna and six men, who were sent from
OpntO TO san Beranrdino in charge of the
prisoners captured in the recent fight at the
former place, have been massacrcl, as they
have not reached their destination, and no
traces OF them can be found. The settle
ments on the Maneos and dolores Rivers in
Colorado are threatened by the Utes. and
the Governor has been appealed to for pro.
lection.
The little city Of Stoaglton, Wis,
was visited las. week ay a most destructive
condensation. i i estimated that over
s6a0.ooJ OF property Mas dsstroTel. Thir-
teen la TO acco warehouses; the Chi.
cago a!l2.ft,Sre and -. Paul Rail-
way toi.R depot. and several
their eoatest wer, huracd Til. fre
originated N tn Old hay-press build
ing used a 4 toAaeeo warehouse. About
one hundred ears wcre in the yard at the
time, inany Of With .ycg. blt,a:ea. The cars
greatly ham re tlt tei-a.c and the
citizens N their g tr, s;,, i:ie The flames.
Tho total los 81 Tobacco is nearly eleven
In md
case. The losses are 'nise well covered by
insurance.
immense damage has been done ia
the crops in Eastern Kansas and Western
Missouri by continuous cold rains. The loss
Of wheat in Kansas is estimated at 1000, DOC
bushels. The crop estimate OF the State
Board OF Agriculture is .D,.a0,GCO bushels,
instead Of l2,O3O,Goo bushels, rs telegraphed.
Schwabacler L Sciig's wholesale liq-
uor house ut indianapolis wa; clio ed by the
Sheriff. The liabilities arc said to be $4,000,
with the assets in excess OF that amount.
Tramps stole the clothing of an un.
known man who was bathing in the Missouri
River at Omaha. He remained in the water
all day, and when nc came out at nghtfall
he was found to lie insane, ana died few
hours later.
Having been refused her hand in
marriage, Hiram Chamberlain fatally shot
his sister-in.law, Il widow. ut Mankato Mimi.
and then SHOT himself tainher ain viii re
cover, but will be bhad
1t has been decided that the new
compulsory-ediiea.ion act in Minnesota il q
penal one and that children must he either
sent 10 u pubic school CT educated at home
according to the usual course OF public
school study in the English language
Lena Swallow, the tlOtter, which
won the a:a3 class race ut Chicago a few
weeks agQ, has been sold for S4.5OO. The