The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-25
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a FIRE deStrOyei large barn owned by
J. Mccarthy at North Easton, Mass. on
the 18th and seventeen horses perished in
the flames.
road on the 10Th near Mauch Chunk, Pa,
killed six laborers and seriously injured
twenty seven.
On the 10Th the Cameron colliery at
3 .amokin. Pa, was burne Loss $lOO, OOO
One thousand men were thrown out of
work
FIRE on the 10th destroyed one Of tho
historic building, Of the Baptist CON-
munity at Ephrata, Pa, erected one hun
dred and fifty years ago.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were made
on the 10th as follows: New Jersey, Third
district, John Kean, Jr., (Rep) renomin.
ated; New York. Eighteenth district
Samuel b. Sanford (Dem Pennsylvania,
Twenty fifth district, Samuel Or fiiths
tDem !; Rhode Island, Second district, w.
{. Baker DEM; Massachusetts,, Sixth
district, Henry Cabot L ,dge (Rep.).
On the 10Th the first Of the ten worlds
championship games between the New
York and st. Louis base bali clubs was
played in New York and resulted as fol-
lows: New York, 2; st. Louis. I.
On tho 18th the sec md Of the worlds
basel ball championship games between
New York ana st. Lou Browns was
played in New York. Score: st. Louis. 81;
New York, O.
THE annual report Of the Indian Govern
ment Training School at Carlisle, Pa,
showed that there were 6S7 Indian boys
and girls ut the school ON the l7t,, AID the
Apache Indians constituted the largest ele-
ment Of any one tribe.
On the 18th Matt Burns attacked John
Walters with rAd-hot iron paddle in the
Valles iron mill at Pittsburgh. Pa, burn
ing him fatally.
THE General Executive Board knights
Of Labor at Philadelphia on the 18th acted
on Thomas B. Barry's resignation by rc-
jecting it and expelling him.
The Boston economist, Edward Atxin-
son. said on the nth that New England
genius had discovered q cheap method Of
dissolvng zinc, and that the au d. when
applied to certain kinds OF WOODS, would
make them freproof.
OK the nth the potato crop was said to
be an average one in New England and be-
low the average in New York. the aver
age price was sixty cents pcr hushel.
BURGLARS robbed the post Office at North
Hayer.ill, n H.. on the 18th and tho two
safes were r.tied and the building set on
fire.
AT It's fourth annual meeting ut Phila-
delnhia on the 17tb the Commandery- in
Chief Of the Loyal Legion Of the United
States elected ex president Rutherford B.
Hayes Chief
H. s. BRIGGs. safe manufacturer, alb
seconded from Rochester, N. Y, ON the
18th, after committing forgeries aggre-
eating $1,000
PASSENGER trains coliided on the 18th on
the Cumberland Valley railroad on q
sharp curve near Shippensburg Pa, and
one man was killed and many persons
were badly injured.
IN New York the third OF the worlds
base ball championship games between
New York and the st. LOUIS Browns was
played on the 18th. Score: New York. 4;
St Louis, 2
CIV the 10Th Mrs. Cynthia Leonard,
mother Of Lillian Russell. the actress, an.
nounccd herself as candidate for mayor
Of New York City.
THE Women's Christian Temperance
Union met in fifteenth annual convention
In New York on the 10Th. with delegates
present from all parts Of the United States
Mis-. Francis Willard delivered the annual
address.
ALEXANDER MCCLURE, the paymaster of
force Of four hundred men building .
branch Of the Lehigh Valley road, left
Pittston, Pa, on the 10th with twenty
thousand dollars to pay the hands. He was
accompanied by young lrishman. While
going through lonely strip Of woods they
were shot from ambush and killed and the
money stolen.
the firm Of George A. renham e. Co..
boot and shoe dealers Of Boston, failed on
the 10Th for Sli2, 600: assets, $4,000.
DIR JOHN ScorT, p Pittsburgh (Pa)
dentist. died on a train on the 10Th while
en- route homo from Chicago. He was 90
conf ens that the end W - appro .ching
| that he had the conductor forward tele.
grams TO relatives informing them Of the
sad event.
THE Democrats in the Twelfth New York
district on the 10Th nominated Roswell p.
Flower for Congress and renCminated w.
G. Stahlnecker in the Fourteenth district.
In the fourth Of the worlds base ball
championship games between New York
and the st Louis Browns, pia cd in New
York on the 10th. the score was: New
York, Il; st. Louis. 8.
AN express train OH the Baltimore &
Ohio road was wrecked on the 10th near
Washington, Pa, BY running into an open
switch, and two men were killed and near