The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-01
WEST AND SOUTH,

GEORGE AKIN and George johnson were
in stantly killed on tho 23d by falling
derrick ut Mitchelrs stove works at FL
lcttsville, Ind.
On account Of the prevalence Of diph-
liberia the public schools Of Athens, O.,
were closed on the ed.
On the 23d the skeleton OF Union SOL
dier was found under the flooring of tho
hotel kitchen at Dlnwiddie Court. House,
Va. Close to the skeleton was mEsket
and canteen.
The residence Of Joseph Whitaker tcol-
ored). at Blacksnear. Ga, was burned on
the 23i, and his four children. who were
alone in the building, perished in the
flames.
JOHN SHELLEE, Of Cincinnati, in a fit of
jealousy on the oath, murdered his wife and
then killed himself.
IT was said on the I'D that Thomas AK
worthy, city treasurer of Cleveland, o.,
had fed with $40, 900 Of the city's funds.
He was supposed to be in Europe.
In q fight with circus employees at Mount
Vernon, KY, three men were fatally in
jured on the cath.
On the Montana ranges great numbers OF
sheep had on the 24th been destroyed by
wolves.
ON the oath ar organization to be known
as the British American National Associa
ton was effected at Chicago, with George
+. Gooch, Of that city. as president. In
order to secure membership applicants
must declare allegiance to the constitn
tion Of the United States.
CLEVELAND, O., was on the Ath in an al
most bankrupt condition owing to the de
falcation OF Axworthy. the city treasurer
On the oath David Crack, said to be one
hundred and seven years old, was married
at Marlboro, Md, to Susanna Oaks, .
widow of seyenty-fve years, by Rev
Joseph Humane.
The seventh game of baseball of The
series for the worlds championship was
played on the 24th at st. Louis and re
suited: st. Louis, Z; New York, 5.
In Santa Cruz, Alameda and San Joaquin
counties, CAL, forest fires were raging or
the cath, and great damage had been done
to the fruit ranches and wheat,
Hoo cholera still ragged in Hancock
County, O., on the cath, and swine were
dying by the hundreds each day. In Port
age township alone over six thousand hogs
had fallen victims TO the disease.
A NAIL pouch from Boston which arrived
in Chicago on the 24th over the Michigan
Southern railroad was robbed of all the
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stolen package consisted of registered let
ters.
ON the oath Frank Hill, J. b. Strathburr
and William Foster were fatally injured
at Kansas City, Mo-, by being crushed
under hay press.
THE raisin pack this year in Californis
was on the 9th estimated at between
], 1850, 600 and /, 45O, 600 twenty pound boxes
An increase of 800 600 boxes over last wear
AT Provo, Utah, the grand jury re
turned two hundred and thirty-four in
dictments on the 25th, principally fol
adultery and other offenses growing out ol
the practice of polygamy.
On the 25th trains began running through
the Wickes tunnel on the Montana Central
railroad. The tunnel is sixtytwo hun
dred feet long and cost 81, 100000.
J. A. SWAN, late treasurer of Knol
County, Tenn, was found on the 25th to bt
S25, 200 short In his accounts.
ON the 25th the eighth OF the world.
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