The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-01

Latu Wae IOOUcu Uy TWO MN1A00 utABia1d
OF large amount Of valuablos on the 23l
near Stems Pass, A T.
Ar the session Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic of Indiana on the 23d, at Indian
apolia. Argus D. Van Osdel, Of Madison,
was elected Commander
On the 23d Colonel J. W. FeighAn, Of
EmporfA, was elected Commander Of the
Grand Army Of tho Republic Of Kansas at
its seventh annual encampment in VIM
field
CoLDwArEl, Kan, was almost entirely
destroyed by lire on the I'D
On the 23d sAunt" Matilda Riley. Of
Bardstown, Ky.. completed her one hun
dred ana twenty years Of age, and was said
TO be spry snd active.
On the 23d Mra Julia Sandgren was found
IN dying condition IN . house In Chicago,
and In tho same room vers found tho dsad
bodies Of her two young children Nra
Sandgren died IN short tima S.arvation
was thought to have caused the deaths
LEWIS Moo1E. . negro, was hanged on the
23d at Georgetown. Va Moore ascribsd his
misfortune entirely to whisky, and begRed
al TO beware of It
THE canvsss being made by tho Commit
tee OF One Hundred 70 revise the regist1a-
tion In New Orleans had on tho 23d result
cd IN finding sbout twenty-four thousand
names illegally registered
Ar the National Encampment on the 23d
Of the Union Veteran League at Youngs-
town, O., General A. L Pearson, OF Pitts
bulgh, Pa. was elected Commander.
On the 23d the g. A r. Encampment A.
sociation OF Missouri. Kansas, Colorado,
Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska waa
organized at . meeting Of Grand Army men
in Kansas City, ME-.
KNloHrs or LAsoa met in convention q
Cairo. Ill, on tho 23d and nominated 7. T.
Robinson. Of Pomona. Jackson County, for
Congress-
THE Oregon Republican State convention
will be held ct Portland April IL.
JAMss CoPLEY. . Cleveland (O) bar
tender. died on the oath from cigarette
smoking.
TIE steamer Isle Of Martha sank on the
Oath at New Orleans, carrying with Il dry
dock. causing . loss OF $2OO, ,OOO
FRANK T. RIEGEI. assistant cashier Of the
Metropolitan Bank OF Cincinnati, charged
with being an embezzler for o large
amount. was arrested on the oath.
JOHN DoNAHUE who lost both his legs In
. railroad accident. brought suit at Troy,
O., to recover $50, 900, and the Jury on the
Oath awarded him SIG, 600
NURLocK BRoTHERs' Exchange Bank OF
Canon City. Col. failed on the oath for
$l44, 500
On the oath Senator Stockbridge, of Mich
igan, sold his famous trotting stallion Bell
Boy TO Kentucky parties for $50. 600 The
Senator purchased the horse one year ago
for $5. 600
OFFICIAL returns Of the oath from Oceana
County. Mich showed that it had gone foi
local option. making thirty one counties in
the State % far declared dry.
ON the Oath Daniel J. Wren, one Of the
convicted Chicago boodlersI was taken ia
the penitentiary at Joliet under sentence
Of two year.
FRANCIS HERBERT, Of Detroit, Mich, who
assaulted . thirteen-year- old girl, was on
the 24tn, under the new law, sentenced
for life in the penitentiary at hard labor.
JOHN LEE PAcHE. late treasurer Of Colfaz
County, Neb., Was reported missing on the
oath, and his accounts were said to be short
$50. .OOO
A wIND-sroHx on the oath at Haubstadt
Ind, blew down several cottages, unroofed
houses and barns and killed several cattle.
TREAsURER DICKSON, Of Marion County
O., charged with being q defaulter to the
extent of $4,000, was arrested on the
24th
.RAH On the oath caused great suffering
among the people at Mount Vernon, ILL.,,
who were made homeless by the recent
cyclone.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
TIE Minister OF Agriculture said in ths
House of Commons on the 10th that thou
sands Of acres of land had bcen permitted
to 70 out of cultivation. zoe. 600 agri
cultural laborers were unemployed, anl
that those working were receiving greatly
reduced wages
ON the 21st Peter Shandreau, OF Napanec
Ont. fatally shot his wife because sh,
joined the Salvation Army and then kills(
himself
THs authorities Of the State Of Durango
Mex, announced on the 21st that they has
captured and shot most of the members o
Bernal's band Of robberA
A LARoE building at Cruz de Pieria, Mex
used AZ the headquarters for the Twenty
| fifth battalion. fell during . storm on ths
22d, killing four soldiers and woundina
many 0therA
A COMET was Visible ON the 23d In Mel
bourne and New Zealand.
THE Dominion Parliament was formal!
opened ct Ottawa on tho 23d BY Lort
Lansdowne
LkT8Hs
| A ADIJpATcH from San Reno, on the a6th
sAys that the German physicians in attsn
dance on the crown prince OF Germany
have discovered with the microscope can
cerous matter in the phlegm coughed up b,
the patient
A rIaE ct Sioux City, Iowa, on the 26th
destroyed livery stable and large mum
ber Of horses. Loss about ,O00
| A FIRE at Buffalo on Goth destroyed
$3.50 900 worth OF property.
1HE Tilley hotsl ut Shreveport wa
burned on the night Of the 10Th, and r
Craig, . commercial traveller from Cinciu
matt, psrished In the flames.
THE SECRETARY Of the Democratic Centre
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