The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-16

over wagon at a crossing, containing two
persons, John Toole and Bridget McCarth y,
both of whom were instantly killed.
Fire in Baltimore destroyed two frame
buildings. The police rescued 13 persons
from the buildings. The body OF Mrs Ann
Peck, aged 30 years, was burned to crisp.
Loss, 1850.
Damage to the amount Of 5000 was yes
terday done to the new st. Pauls Re
formed Episcopal Church, on the corner OF
Winchester avenue and West Adams street,
Chicago, by flame which arose from an
overheated furnace.
A st. Johns, N. B., dispatch reports that
the schooner Edith, OF st. Pierre for Lang
laid. was lost Sunday on a reef near Mique-
lon Island. All the crew, numbering thir-
teen, rerished. The vessel was loaded with
provisions for the winter supply Of Mi
quelOn.
Clement A. Loster, q sophomore Of New
York university, was found dead in his
room Sunday evening. He had been exper-
imenting with dydrOcyanic and nitric acids,
in connection with photography, and it is
ated by the fumes Of the acids. He must
have suffered for some minutes before he
died, for across one Of the negatives was
scratched: .'Oh, my God, help"
At Shore, Pa, on the 9th Beech Creek
railroad engine, which had just left the
shops and came to q standstill near the
station exploded killing Phil H. knight and
James Wearne, the engineer; Allen RAM
sey fireman, and j. G. Field and j. HI. Sta
pletOn, machinists, were seriously injured.
The body Of Engineer knight was gathered
up in small fragments, and the body of the
fireman was badly muttiated. The body
OF child was thrown q distance OF 800
feet: 1t is thought the steam gauge did not
work properly, as itonly registered 14O.
Willie Arnold, the II years old son Of .
Reading, Pa, millionaire, has been alb
Quoted mysteriously.
I A customer quarreled with I w. H.
McMartin, Philadelphia jeweler, over a
rival matter, and shot him dead.
At East st. Louis, Ills, L. p. Warner has
been fined $50 in the United States court
for the southern district Of Illinois for sell
ing oleomargarine as butter.
In the McQuade, aldermanic bribery case,
at New York City, eight days were consumed
in getting jury for the second trial, and
~ talesman were examined.
A. r. Jarmor, prominent business man
of Kerrsville, Tex, was murdered in cold
blood at that place by Mexican. No par
ticulars of the tragedy are given.
Judge Hare. at Burlington, Vt, has de-
cided that Jennie Saxton, accused OF for
gerry, was probably guilty, and bound her
over in $500 to await the action Of the grand
jury.
At I 80 Sunday morning call was made
upon Mrs. Eliza Goebel, a doctress, q
Moorhead, Mimi, and upon her opening the
door she was shot, the ball entering just be-
low the heart. The man that did the deed
Is supposed to have gone east on q passing
train.
At st. Louis, Mo-, the supreme court af-
firms the finding of the lower court senten-
death on the charge Of murder. Payten at
tempted to shoot L. 7. Matthews, but in
stead the ball struck and killed an infant
which Matthews held in his arms.
The citizens and business men of Little
Rock, Ark, are complaining of the loss of
letters sent in the mails from there. Nu-
merous letters containing money and sew
eral money orders have been lost or stolen.
The amount of money lost in this way is
way is large but is not definitely known.
The postotfice officials are investigating.
H. Il. Crosse Of Bombay, N. Y, has been
arrested charged with forgery. The Peos
ple's National bank loses about $4,000. the
Third National, SIC, 600. and other creditors
smaller amounts. Mr.. Cross has always
borne good reputation, and has been doing
business in Bombay, tor many years.
At Buffalo, n. Y, the dead body OF Emf
Penseynes was found in his room. He was
shot through the heart. His wife is sus-
pected. She was arrested. "He never used
said, was formerly an inmate Of a house Of
i'll fame.
At Eaton, Ohio, on the Sth, William Mus
sci, farm hand, undertook to rob the
house of Daniel Christman. He killed
Christman on the outside OF the house with
an axe and then entered and struck Mrs.
ChriStman, who was in bed, securing 500.
He attempted to fire the bouse and fled.
The effort to burn the house failed. Mrs.
Christman will probably die. Intense ex-
prevails.
At Henderson, Mich, Fred Joslin school
teacher, shot and killed Thomas Morrison.
The teacher had punished young Morrison,
as his father thought, too severely, and
Morrison visited the school to investigate.
He entered the school room, and, walking
up to Joslin, told him he was about to give
him the same treatment, whereupon Joslin
drew his revolver and shot Morrison dead.
At Washington, on the Sth, John G. Mil
Ter, a well-known stenographer and patent
attorney who resides in Hyattsviile, Md,
was shot ON F street uear Ninth, by con-
tractor named George N. Walker, brother
Of Maj Walker, the chief Of police. After
Walker had fired Miller did not fall, but
rushed upon Walker and attempted to take
the pistol from him. They then had
struggle upon the sidewalk, Walker beating
Miller over the head with the butt of Of the
pistol until they were separated. Walker
charges Miller with insulting his wife, and
Miller saws Walker ''sent his wife after him."