The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-08-20

James w. MafBQ0ll, the original dis
coverer of gold in California, has Just died
IN poverty at his home in that State. His
age was a.
Hine and Stewart Pond, sons Of the
late Elder Pond, ex-Indian Commissioner,
were leading Holstein bull to their farm,
about twelve mi es from st. Paul, when he
became irritatcd and attacked the men, kill.
ing both almost instantly.
Vincent J. Scott, private banker Of
Detroit, has made an assignment. His assets
arc given at $4,000. which, 1t Is thought,
viii cover the liabilities.
The Missouri Monumental Grant As
ISOLATION has been organized at st. Louis to
raise funds to erect q monument TO the d.
parted hero in that city.
A San Francisco dispatch announces
son, tho well-known authoress. Her disease
was cancer of the stomach, and she literally
starved to death.
In collision with riotous strikers at
Bay City, Mich. Sheriff Brennan was
wounded In the head. None of the mob were
arrested.
A San Jose (Cal.) dispatch says .
great sensation was caused there by the bold
daylight robbery Of the San Jose Safe Do
posit Bank of Savings. A man entered the
bank and obtained bill: of exchange for
$3.50. A few minutes after the stranger
departed the Cashier missed tray contain
ing $4,000 Of gold In twcnties. The alarm
- isr.v -
but without avail. 1t is believed two or moro
man were engaged in the theft, and that
while the attention Of the bank officers Wa
engaged by the men in front others slippsd
iuaide the counter and stole the money. The
bank has offered $1,000 Tor the capture Of
The thieves or recovery Of the money.
: sensation has been created il
youngstown. Ohio, by the assertion OF . 10.
col clergyman from his pulpit that several
society ladies' of that city lave been un.
der treatment for delirium tremens. Indis.
nation was high. and the reverend gentle.
man will be asked to name his authority.
The seventh anniversary of the iusti-
tuition Of the Independent Order OF Foresters
in Illinois was celebrated at Chicago. There
was an imposing parade under command or
Chief Marshal william Fitzpatrick, with Chief
of Police Doyle as his aid. At the conclu.
sion OF the parade addresses were made in
the Dasc- Ball Park. There were about 400
men in line.
William Duff Haynie, of Blooming
ton, ILL.,. has been appointed Chief Clerk to
First Assistant Postmaster General Steven.
son.
Postmaster General Villas has left
Washington on vacation. He win be ab-
sent from duty two or three weeks.
Sixteen mills at Saginaw City ard
now running on eleven hours timc, and only
four icn-hour mills are in operation.
John Gate, an aged farmer, living
alone near Missouri City, Mo-, was found
dead in bed, with his hands and feet
bound, and several wounds IN his head.
There is no clew to the murdcrers or their
motive.
In the Chickasaw Nation, I. r.,
David Hunter shot and killed Samuel Smiley
10 quarrel about some horses. Hunter
fed, but was pursued BY smiloy's friends and
slain.
Wheat in Minnesota, north Of st,
Paul, has been damaged by blight and I'M
ects, and south of St. Paul by hot weather
and storDls. Corn In the same territory il
doing well. In Indiana there il an increase
In the acreage Of buckwheat and tobacco
and . decrease In the acreage Of naxseed and
potatoes as compared with 1884.
Cherokee Indians who are dissatis-
ned with the leases Of their lands to the
cattle syndicate win petition Prcsidcnt
Cleveland to proclaim them invalid ana
order the immediate removal Of the cattle.
The corn crop in Central Illinois will
be one Of the largest ever known, many
fields averaging seventy-nye bushels to the
acre.
Near Eddyville, Iowa, one section Of
railroad train carrying Forepaugh's circus
ran into another, wrecking several cars ana
seriously injuring number Of employees.
It is reported from Billings, Mon
tans, that party of cattlemen attacked Z
band OF twenty Piegan Indians on the Mus.
selshell River. killing Ill Of them, ana 70.
covering sevcnty.1vo stolen horses which
were in their possession.
A new gss.well was struck at Find
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