The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-10

special reception 20 the delegateS.
The Pension Office issued 1860 original
pension certificates during the three
months ended September 50, against 8, 105
during tho same quarter of last year.
THE Postmaster-General on the Sd ap-
diana, Superintendent of the DE Letter
Office. vice George B. Halt, of Minnesota,
resigned.
THE EAST.
TEXAS fever was raging at Erie, Ia,
among cattle with fatal effect on the 3Oth
ult
A BcsToN tradesman stated on the 3Oth
nit that the four principal rubber firms in
the country had completed the formation
Of trust with capital of $50, ,G00. COO.
MRS Dr. WILLETTs' barn at Harr sburg,
Pa. was burned on the seth ult. with six
horses, several head of cattle, this years
crop and all the farming implements. The
charred body Of an unknown man was
found in the ruins
ON the :Uth ult. John Brennan. an in
mate of tho poor house at Shamokin Pa !,
was notified that his slst !, Mrs John Car
rOn had died in San Francisco, leaving him
$2,N0.UOO
Gnu FONG, q Chinese capitalist of New
York, announced on the sith ut. his inten-
tion to start a Chinese savings bank 1t
would be the first of its kind in this country
On the lst the National Civil-Scrvice Re-
form Associa ion met in annual session at
Philadelphia
New YORK Democrats met in State con-
vention on the lst at Syracuse and NOM
mated Frank Rice for Secretary of State,
Edward Wemple for Comptroller, Elliott
Danforth for State Treasurer. Charles r.
Tabor for Attorney General and Dennis
q Brien for Judge OF Court of Appeals. Tar
ton were indorsed
jumper, leaped from a !5D-foot tower into
a net below at Trenton, N J.. fell fiat on
his back and was instantly killed.
Is session at Philadelphia on the I'd the
National Clvil-Service Reform League re-
elected George William Curtis as president
MASSACHUSETTS Democrats in Stat con-
vcntion at Worcester on the 2d nominated
W. f Russell, of Cambridge, for Governor.
OK the I'd Stratford Conn, celebra ated its
two hundred and fiftieth birthday.
The state convention OF the Woman Suf-
frage party met at Saratoga, N. Y. Oh the
Sd. and a resolution was adopted to aid
candidates for the Legislature who are
friends to WON N suffrage, without regard
to party lines
On the 3d two miners were instantly
killed aud one fatally inl red by fall of
cath in a cOlliery ut Hazleton. Pa
CHARLEs PRATT. of Meridcn. Conn
cashier of the H Wales Line Company, was
arrested on tho I'd for the embezzlement of
$lO,OI, H. confessed his guilt
In b. ,klyn on the 81 Daniel Robins. a
ship-rigger. aged sixty -four years. shot and
ioI his Vvif Hffs. tix,a nd
then shot himself dead Tho couple had
frequently quarreled over property.
GENERAL. LESTER 5. FAULKNER was con-
victed on the I'd ut Buffalo, n Y, of max
ing false report on the condition of the
Dansville National Bank and was sentenced
tc seven years imprisonment.
WEST AND SOUTH.
RICHARD KOBILLARD. Minneapolis en-
g:neer, has invented a machine which he
claimed on the :3sJth ult was a solution of
the problem of perpetual motion. 1t re-
luirea no fuel. and little oil is all that is
needed to keep it in motion.
In the Jail n Waterloo, Ia. three prison.
crs attacked Sheriff Hoxie on the 3lth ult
heating him fatally and effecting their es-
cape
AT Vernon, La, A. q. Poole. editor of the
News, and Lee G. McAlpin, sheriff of Yer
non parish fought duel on the 3oth ult
in which both were killed
At Waterloo. Ia, NJ. +. Billings. con-
victed OF the murder of County Attorney
Kingsley, was on the 30th ult sentenced to
the penitentiary for iifo.
The report for September of the cotton
crop in the South indicates that the yield
will be about seven per cent lighter than
It was last year.
RrPUBLIcANs Of Maryland in State con-
vention on the LIST at Westminster nomi-
mated George l. Wellington for Comptroller.
The returns from the elections on the ls.
in the new States indicated the success oil
the Republican tickets IN the Dakotas and
Washington, with the result in Montana In
doubt, both parties claiming the State. Pro-
hiDition and woman suffrage were said to
have been defeated In Washington, while
In South Dakota prohibition was success
full and the minority representation
scheme was rejected The Republicans
have about liO majority on Joint ballot in
the Legislature and sioux Falls was prob
ably chosen rs the capital In North Da.
kota the vote on prohibition was reported
close and It might take official figures to
determine the result
FIRE nearly destroyed the village oi
Cambria, Cal. on the lst Loss. &I25, ,O0.
CHARLES STEVENSON shot and killed WILL
lam Johns at Ogema, Wis. on the lst and
then blew out his own brains The cause
OF the tragedy was mystery.
The baseball season of the Western AS
sociation ended on the lst, Omaha winning
the pennant with st Paul second, Mime
apolis third. Sioux City fourth. Milwaukee
fifth. Denver sixth, St. Joseph seventh
and Des Moines-last years champions
last.
On the lst w. G. Smith, treasurer OF the
Harry p. Harding Post q. 4. L., of st Louis,
left for parts UNKNOWN, taking with him
all the money in the treasury, some sl2.0oo.
FLAMES swept away the principal p rtion
of the residence district of Grand Haven,
Mich, ON the 1st Three churches were
among the buildings burned The total
loss was estimated at $4,000.
The doors OF the Bank OF Woodstock at
Woodstock, Mimi, were closed on the lst
owing to . lack OF business.
VALUABLE iron ore WAS discovered in
large quantities On the lst on u number ci
farms IN the famous Middlctown valley oi
Maryland.
DURING prayer-meeting in the Presby-
terian church at Moss Point. Miss, ON the
I'd some one discharged q shotgun through
the front door OF the building and instantly
killed Mr. Dan L. McInnis and mortally
wounded his little daughter Nellie.
On the I'd the general executive board oi
tho Knights OF Labor convened In St Louis.
FIRE DESTROYED the livery harms of Rank