The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-10-01

a 0L. Louis pOue0m0n VINO n9Q been
whipped several times by people who object
ed to being arrested, killed himself while
insane from injuries and fear.
According to an enumeration Just
taken, the population Of Des Noines, Iowa,
il 3s,469, an increase Of lo,O6l since 1850.
Strong opposition to the proposed
sale of tho lands known as the ',Oklahoma
and Cherokee strips has developed among
the Seminole, Creek, and Cherokee Indians.
Joseph Fisher and his three children
were burned to death in their farm dwelling
near Waubcck, Iowa, a dispatch from Ana
mosa, Iowa, gives the following particulars
Of the shocking affair:
About midnight Mr. Fisher was aroused by
the cracking and glare Of flames. which Wero
eating their way through the lower portion Of
IN infant child from his wife's arms he at
tempted to descend the stairway with 1t, but
was driven back by the fire and smoke. Sec
Ond effort also failed: then he attempted to
cross . small corridor and enter the room
where the other two children elelt, TO rouse
them, but was suddenly oyerpOwered by the
smoke, and fell to the floor with the child
wife endeayored to wake him from this deadly
stupOr, but it was in win. With the energy Of
despair the wife burst into the room where the
children were sleeping, intending to throw .
feather bed ont upon the ground :na drop the
children npon Ii. She was also overcome hy the
heat and smoke, and when her sense returned
she found herself lying upon the ground near
the smOldering ruins OF her HON. bereft of hus-
band aud children. TIL CHARGED remains of Mr..
Fisher and the infant chi d We're found in the
ruins. but no trace OF the bodies of the other two
children has been discovered.
A special from Fargo lDakota) says:
'.Prairic fires are still spreading over q vast
scope Of country between the He'd and James
Rivers. as wei as farther west. The past
few days losses have been heavy in Barnes
and Stutsman Counties, and the fires arc GO
ing south into Lamoure and Dickey. Only .
heavy rain, apparently. will stop them. It
lie Impossible to give total losses, but they
must be good many hundred thousand dol
lars in North Dakota"
Mitchell Ind.) dispatch: @The bond
swindles OF X. b. Pollard and his gang in
volye nearly Sl,OO0,O00 This amount ia lndi-
ana township bonds is known to be on the
market, and how much more may be in
volved is only matter of guesswork, and
the full extent or the swindlc will probably
never be known. Eleven township trustees
are involved, and their issues of bonds will
average over $50, 100 each.''
A locomotive spark ignited pile Of
lumber in the heart Of the lumber district at
Chica1o. and started conaagration which
lasted for six hours and destroyed over $780,.
600 worth Of property.
The mare Adelaide, record 2:l6, has
been purchased by Mr.. Schw artx, OF Chicago
for $4,000.
Eight thousand people attended the
Sam Jones campmeeting ct St Joseph, No.,
Sunday.
.les G. Pusey. the defaulting Chief
t4erk Of the Kansas penitentiary, has been
sentenced to eight years imprisonment.
At Cottonwood Point, No., two far.
mcrs quarreled. They clasped their left
hands and exchanged seven shots with revolt
vers held in their right. Both were killed.
The Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail-
road Company has declared quarterly divi-
dend of 81 per cent. ON It's preferred stock
and of 2A per cent. ON its common stock.
Judge Powers, of Provo, Utah, in
structed the Grand jury that separate in
dictmont could be found for each day during
which polygamist mad lived with more than
one wife since the passage of the Edmunds
act.
A serions riot occurred between riot
crs and non-nniOn hands employed Ia
Laughlin's mill. near Martins Ferry, Ohio.
A large party OF men armed with shotguns
attacked the mill hands, and some hundreds
OF shots were exchange between the forces.
A number of the hands were wounded. The
rioters retired after the conflict, and their
losses. If any. are not reported.
Near Xenia, Ohio, Mrs. Parsons
missed her four-year-old daughter, after
having seen her playing in the yard.
Making search, she found the child's dead
bod. beneath \ bulldog, that had Killed her
and was eating her flesh. The dog had to
DO killed lore the child's body could DO
recovered. The brute belonged to q neigh
Dor.
A citizens meeting at Seattle, il
Washington Territory, adopted strong rcso-
lutions in favor OF the vigorous enforcement
OF the Chinese restriction act. deploring the
presence OF the Mongoians. and urging tho
use OF all lawful means for their removal.