The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-06-04

A vein Of natural gas, with IN esti.
mated daily now OF 10000 cubic feet, haa
been struck ut Findlay, Ohio.
Ashenhust, Roush & Co., millers and
coal merchants ct Manchester, Ohio, have
failed for S65, 600
Z. G. Whiteside and other Chicar
goans have secured . license to organise Tho
United States Ballot-Box Company. with Z
capital stock Of $500. 900.
A verdict for 81. 900 damages against
the Chicago and Grand Trunk Road was -
cured by Edward Meyer. or Chicago, who
was knocked out Of carriage by locomo.
tive two years ago, and escaped death by Z
miracle.
The business quarter Of Medford,
Wis, was nearly destroyed by nre. the losa
being very heavy. Twelve buildings q
Phoenix. Arizona, valued 1t $4,000, were alsa
burned.
The Lumber Manufacturers Associ.
alton Of the Northwest held its annual re
sion at Eau Claire. Wis. The Secretary -
ported decrease in net resources for the see
son Of 1856 Of 1850. 0O0, 500 feet, and the feel
ing il that an advance or 10 per cent. win b
ordered, and that travelling statesmen win b
dispensed with. Tho financial affairs OF tn
organization are in a healthy condition.
Gen. Terry, at st. Paul. received I
dispatch from Fort Assinaboine announcing
the capture Of Gabriel DumOnt, the missing
Lieutenant OF Louis Ricl and . companion
No av~H
ure was made by Sergeant Perkins and I
private. In reply td>the question what die
position should be made Of the prisoners
Gen. Terry tclcsraphed that they should b.
held until further orders.
Theodore Hunt, q well-known turf
man OF st. Louis, has been sent to the insan'
asylum.
mo Indian raid for tho Inst tea
years cauaicd the present outbreak 70!
cruelty" says dispatch from New Mexico
s.Al along the CHA River out from Silve,
it, TO distance OF seventy miles tn
D,caeh hing remains Of whole families hav'
been found. which tell the tao OF how ont
rayeous.y the Apac.ies have broken Gen
Crooks poor peace Oicy. Men, women
and chill lrcn have bce.l bntchcred unmerci
fully A epntleman from silver City tells
hesrtrendiag tale Of Apache inhumanity
He was one Of party Of thirty-fOur citizen
---at on. the other day 10 protect thci
~ :. sasss,'nled BY Apache
families VINO wei. =. diiA. Rsfep'
making twelve miles they had buried -.
persons two OF whom were women. All til,
bodies Merc hacked into unrec0gnixabls
shapes. The women had been outraged and
their bodies pinned to tho earth by wedge,
driven through them into the ground. ON
of the women had IN iron rod completely
driven up her body. The mon suf
fered like fates. their bodies b
ing mutilatcd terribly This gentleman
confirms the reported murder OF Col Phil
lips and family. The daughter waa hung III
alive By a lneat-hook stuck In the back Of bel
head. Mrs. Phillips eyes were gouged out
hcr cars and breasts cut on, and her pod1
otherwise brutally manglcd. Tho bodies IN
hea.treLding and s;ckcning sights A SAM
Ia Fe dispatch 50 tn total number OF muir.
ders known to have been committed by the
Indians reaches s.ycnts-fivc.
Louis Rolume, a crazy fresco-painter,
belonging III .etsoi s.nr.si from Kansas
City for Chicago BY Il wabash i,min Whiic
en- route he appTrel in til $50 OF ,Es
chair-car swia IL q rcvoi er, and M.
nounccd that he wa :cins ,u.su by
men desir IL To ~, Ii him Won The o.
licenaa at Ic,.a Attempted 10 G y ,,rs. iM
he ret rcd to i"c WASH RI i. and Dc. an rily
toward hi. ell. pa.scn;scrs. An att mpt
was m,.a II II T. 10 H., - cut ont tue o.. Oh
he occi,,,iel. u al h" st.n,...i tho .thc,.. by
shooting rom the l,;s.. j. On teaching
Englcwoot, a subusbtf hicslyO, he era Oh
tho neck Of All intruder with q bill ct. When
Chicago was reached the mailman Iii led
Patrolman Cornelius parrctt and struck
Lieut.. Laugh'n on the forehead with i ~
volvcr. general Lring by squad Of
police blongh' tn, unatic down, with fatal
wounds.
Isaac n. Holland has been awarded
$4,000 DANA against the Chicago nnd
Eastern illinois ioad .or injuries received
two years ago.
Harrigan. Chief of Police at St
Louis, has becn suspended on charges OF ac-
ccpting brides frs n, va b,rs and OF play ing
poker Tor stakes. Capt. nucbler has been
placed in charge OF the department.
Special crop reports to the Chicago
Times show largely increased acreage or
corn throughout tho Northwest and fair
condition OF the plant. notwithstanding the
lateness Of the season. In parts Of Kansas
tho Holds have been planted three times.
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