The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-29
rent crazy on the I'D and was a raving

went crazy On the "a anu was d raSlnE
maniac.
JERRY TAYLOR (colored) was lynched in
ST. Helena Parish, La, on the I'D for
criminal assault on a young girl.
AN Oregon farmer, with his wife and
three children arrived at Denver, Col,
on the I'D. and claimed to have been bum
coed out Of $4,000 in New York.
On the 2od James Philbeck, q farmer Of
Cleveland County, N. C., was called to the
door Of his house and shot dead by an un.
known man, who entered the house, shot
Phiibeck's wife and robbed tho house.
A CRY of fire was raised by pickpockets
in a crowded store in Chicago on the I'D,
and in the panic which ensued many
women were badly injured and also SUI
fercd the loss of their purses
OK the 22d the State Bank at Valparais so,
Neb, failed for 100000, and it was re-
ported that the proprietors, r. Scoville
and G. A Crafts, had fed
Ok the night OF the I'D Frederick Dost
and his wife We're suffocated by coal gas
from a stove at their home in Clevc
land, q.
FIEE swept away tho business portion
of Pokomoke City, Md. on the 22l, causing
loss Of s5oO.0oo. Four newspaper offices
were among the buildings burned.
On the 22d three fourths of the SWITCH
men at indianapolis, Ind. struck becau 50
the superintcntents refused to conccde to
their demands for higher wages.
A CONSTITUTIONAL convention will be
held at jamestown, ID. T., December 5, to
into the Union.
FIRE on the 22i in Marlin, Tex, de-
stroyed 500 900 worth OF property
On the ed Levi Mceker, his wife and
their eight year old daughter were killed
near Wellington, Kan, while attempting
to cross the tracks of the Southern Kan
sas railway.
THE official canvass on the 2od of the
electoral vote in North Carolina showed
14S. 336 votes for the Democratic candi-
dates and 1874, 100 for the Republican can
diiatcs.
AT Livingstone, Ala, on the 2al tho
house Of Henry Jones tcolored) was burned
to the ground and three children who
were in the house were burned TO death.
A FIRE swept away the greater part OF
the business district OF Eureka Spring
Ark. on the 23d. Loss saOo. .00a
MOSES SMITH, Brazil tInd.) miner aged
s ixty years, and without family, was on
the 2;il informed that he had fallen heir to
fortune of 100000 by the death OF a
relative in Wales.
FIRE destroyed the Jenney Electric Light
Company's plant at Fort Wayne, Ind. on
the 23d. Loss, s250,000.
THE General AS ,embly OF the Knights
of Labor on the 23d at Indianapolis re-
elected I. V. Powderly general master
workman.
CARL WoEBBEKISG's hou 20 near Water
loo, Ia, was burned on the o3l, and two of
his little children were suffocated by
smoke.
OFFICIAL returns on the 23d from New
Mexico show the election of Joseph tDem. J
to Congress over Otero Rep by l,730 ma
jority. The Legislature stands: Rcpub
licans, %; Democrats, l3
| JouS HOLINESS tcolored) was executed
on the 2id ut Marion, Ala, for the murder
of his paramount, Celia Johnston, and
George w. Millken was hanged at Shaw.
neetown H., for wife murder.
On the 23l Cashier Barker, Of the Ar
gcntine (Kan.) Bank, was robbed Of s1,O0(
on a strcet-car in Kansas City. He had
| just drawn the money from bank
OS wager John Conger, of Woo lsfield,
| o., drank three pints of whisky on the
| 23d and died few minutes later.
| THE tobacco factory of Nackerbarth &
Joseph at New Orleans was burned on the
| 23d at loss Of $l00.OO0