The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-04-12

EDWARD HOGAN, an aeronaut. dropped
from o balloon at an elevat on OF two miles
with parachute and landed safely ct jack
son. NJ Gil. on the 4th
wISD-sToRM struck Faribanlt. Mimi, on
the Ith. doing much damage to church
roofs and steepIes, unroofng several busi-
ness blocks. leveling telegraph poles. etc
TIE total loss was about flOO. 600
MICHIGAN Republic ms will meet in con-
vention at Grand Rapids May to select
delegates 10 the National gathering
FIRE near.y destroyed the business por-
ton OF yassar, Mich. on the 9TH.
A wISD-sToRM at SleetEs, Ind. wrecked
several houses OH the 9th, and o freight
train W: s blown from the track.
PEoErBITIoNIsIs of California met in San
Francisco on the ) Ia end elected delegates
to their National convention.
AT Marietta, O., the celebration to CONF
memorate the one hun.lredth anniversary
of the first settlement of thu territory
northwest of the Olio river. from which
were cirved the States of Ohio. Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, COM
menced on the 9th
THREE coaches of n passenger train on
tho Ch;clgo. Milwaukee 4 st. Paul road
jumped the track on the ). b while crossing
q bridge nezr New Hairpton. Ia, and
sons were killed and nearly thirty others
were injured, some fatally.
SEVERAL buildings in Sioux City, Ia,
were destroyed by a tornado on the 9th,
AMI another cloud tore up the Illinois Gen.
trll track at Marcus fifty miles distant
THREE young children Of Frank Dent, Of
Springfield. D.. died on the 9Th from the
| effects of drinking water fro II an old well
into which rats poisoned with arsenic had
been thrown.
AN order was issued by Mayor Roche, of
| Chicago on the 9Th that after May l no
| licenses will be issued to saloons within
| two hundred feet OF churches and schools,
| and that all saloons must be closed at mid
night
REPUBLICANS of Wisconsin will meet at
Madison on the 9th of May to elect dele
gates to the Naiona! convention.
AT Mankato. Mimi, many houses on the
flats were on 9th flooded up to the middle
of the windows and the river was still RS
| ing. West Manhato was submerged.
LIGHTNING struck the new $4,000
soldiers monument on the 9Th in Mount
Hope Cemetery 1t Log .nsport, Ind. and
badly shattered it
EIGHT miles OF farming country near Con-
nersville. Ind. were swept by cyclone on
the 9th, many buildings being wrecked and
/ fences and timber SWEEP away.
| On the 9th the banks of the river at Rock
| Falls, Ia, oveIfiowed and carried away a
| mill l-dam, barn and three houses
THE Legislature of Ohio on the 9th passed
| a law creating State Board Of Pardons,
which is to be appointed by the Governor.
On III, evening of the 9th tEe founding of
tue Grand Army Of the Republic on April
g. 1866, was celebrated at Decatur. Ill, by
| a reunion of Decatur Post, No l. the trst
post instituted.
IN Chicago on tie evening OF the 9th Rt.
Rev. Bishop Ireland OF s.. Paul, addressed
| large audience at Central Music Hall. his
suIit c. being The Saloon" which he said
was the evil of the century and the curse OF
mankind The Bishop said the remedy was
to be found in law, a restrictive license and
religious instruction
ADYSaMITE explosion killed four men on
the 5vh ct Ml,ers Station, Ind.
In the Cedar river az Wayerly, IA. q
food had on the 9th submerged one-half OF
the city, causing great damage