The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-10-18

The following congressional nomln0-
tions were made on the 11th: louisiana
First district, P. 3. s. Pinchback tRep);
Michigan, Fifth district, g. II. Lafleuro
Labor.
The strike Of street-railway employees on
the North and West sides in Chicago still
prevailed on the 1lth. Several cars were
run under police protection, and, although
the strikers made an angry demonstration,
there was little violence shown. A proc
lamation ISSUED by the mayor requests all
peaceable citizens not to congregate on
the streets; and says that the "law inl-
poses upon the authorities the duty Of pre-
serving order and protecting property, and
this will be done"
The Minnesota Labor party Executive
Committee met on the 18th at st. Pau! and
decided to withdraw the State ticket
headed by Ignatius Donnclly for Gov.
ernor, from the field
LADY BUNKER was sold on the 11th at
Lexington, KY, to Garrett Lang, Of Buf.
falo, N. Y, tor x6, 500, tho highest price
ever paid for trctting brood mare in the
United States.
A BLAST OF six thousand pounds OF pow.
der was on the nth set OF in y quarry on
Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, which
shook the earth for miles around and dis
lodged from thirty thousand to fifty thou.
sand tons Of rock.
AN accommodation train and a freight
train colllded on the l1th near Massillon,
o., fatally irJuring several persons.
A CATTLE steamer sunk on the 18th four
miles below Evansville, Ind, in thirty feet
OF water Fifty head Of cattle. four horses
and some freight were lost, but the crew
reached shore in safety.
CLOVIS SoUcY. ex-supcrvisor OF Cahokia
township, Mo-, was indicted on the 12th
for the alleged embezzlemcnt Of $4,000.
The post-ofice at Houston, Tex, was
robbed on the 18th, and it was estimated
that the thieves secured fully sle0OO in
money, checks and draftA
In the Thirteenth Illinois district the
Republicans placed DR.. Charles Kerr iE
the field for Congress against W. N.
Springer.
The West side car-drivers and con.
ductors In Chicago agreed on the 18th to
report for duty the following day and take
their cars out. They adopted . resolution.
however, respecting the wages to ce p i'd
to the North side men which might not be
accepted by President Yerhes, in which
event they threatened to ''tie-up' the
West side system again. Julius Kaesebcrg
was held in 81. 600 for placing dynamite on
street track on the North side.
ACCORDING to the October report OF the
State Department issued on the 18th, tho
Michigan wheat crop averages 1857 BUSH
els per acre, indicating total yield Of
q, 5Sl, 5O4 bushels.
ON tho 18th Minnie Boyd, aged seven
years, was burned to death at her home in
Mexico, Mo-, her dress catching fire, and
the smoke suffocated her two baby sisters.
The parents were absent.
TIE grand jury on the 18th at Rawlins,
Wy. T., found twenty-one indictments
against conductors and brakemen Of tho
Union Pacific railroad for systematically
robbing the company.
ON the 18th three masked men attempt
ed to rob the pay. car on the Black Hills q
Fort Pierre railroad, but the paymaster
| killed one and mortally wounded another.
THE quarantine ut jackson, Miss,
against yellow fever was raised on the
| 12th, stores were reopened and business
generally was resumed.
PAULINE McCoY (colored), aged nineteen
years, was hanged on the 18th At Union
| Springs, Ala, for the murder Of Annie
Jordan. . afourteen-year-old white child, In
Eehruarv lasE