The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-17
Gratis on tho 10th rcnominated George /.

Gratis on tho 10th rcnominated George l.
Seney for Congress.
CoMMoDoRE NORMAN w. K. KITT,oS, Of
Minneapolis, one of the wealthiest mon in
the Northwest, died suddenly on railway
train near Roberts, Wis, on tho 10th. He
was seventy five years of age.
The Republicans in the First district of
Tennessee nominated Alfred A. Taylor for
Congress on the 10th.
EARLY on the morning OF the 10th Enoch
Mcmahon, wealthy farmer OF Madison
County, Ind, and his hired man, Mr.. Treat,
were burned to death in their beds by a
fire which destroyed the house.
CHICAGO officials Of the Burlington &
Quincy railway stated on the 10th that the
recent strike OF engineers on their road
cost the company about g.. .O0AOOO
The Maryland Democratic convened at
Baltimore on tho 10th and elected a. P.
German. Garmon H. Hunt, l.. v. Baugh-
man and John B. Brown as delcgatcs-at-
large to the st. Louis convention. The
platform indorses the Presidents Admins
tration and instructs the delegates to cast
their votes solidly for his denomination.
MICHIGAN Democrats met at Grand Rap
ids on the 10th and chose ]. NJ. Weston.
George L Yaple, NJ. IL Chamberlain and
Peter White as delegates at large to the
National convention. The resolutions
adopted indorse the administration of Pres
ident Cleveland and his tariff policy, and
favor his denomination.
A FIRE on the 10th at Henry Grove, Tex,
destroyed twelve dwellings.
AT Hamlir, Mich, the dam went out with
the flood on the 10th, and two million feet
Of logs in Hamlin lake went into Lake
Michigan, carrying with them seventeen
homes along the stream.
AT Winslow Siding, Ind, sixteen cars
were blown of their wheels during tor
nado on the llth. and at Wanatah, Ind,
roofs, chimneys, fences and trees suffered
severely.
OK the l1th some one stole from hotel
at Lexington, KY, the cash. box owned By
William Riley, the Chicago book maker,
which contained about 5000.
ON the nth cyclone passed south OF
Freeport, ILL.,, demolishing the brewery
buildings of Haegelc e. Roth, causing
loss of $4,000, and running the brick resi-
dence and barns Of William Brockhausen,
few rods distant, and causing an equal
loss.
THE execution Of Rev. George McDuffie
(colored), married man, who murdered
another negro who was courting a woman
of whom McDuffie was enamored, took
place on the llth ut Greensboro, Ga.
AT Quincy, ILL.,, the Mississippi river was
ten miles wide on the nth. The farms
across in Missouri were inundated to the
bluffs and an immense amount of damage
had been done to the crops
THE Pratt National Bank at Pratt, Kan,
was entered by burglars on the llth, while
the officers were ut dinner, and stole Si.Ol6.
AT Rock Island and Moline, Ill, high
water had on tho llth caused damage
amounting to about 100000 and at Galena
nearly all the streets were navigable by
boats.
A FIRE destroyed Woodwards coffin fac
tory at Owosso, Mich, on the nth. Loss,
500, 600 Over seven thousand caskets
were burned.
IN the South Memorial Day was gener-
ally observed on the llth.
WILLIAM SPENCER, seventy six years of
age, and Mrs. Mary Shaw, aged seventy
two years, were married at Shelbyville, ILL.,.
on the llth. The groom has been married
four times and the bride five times.
Mrs. ANN TYER, of Wabash, Ind, over
one hundred years old, fell down cellar re-
Gently, receiving probably fatal injuries.
A FIRE on the llth destroyed thirty
| stores and dwellings and the gas-works at
Hot Springs, Ark, causing loss Of $50,
600