The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-10-17
WEST AND SOUTH.

An inca andiary ON the It'll set fire to tho
barn or John Sawmiller's farm nahr Lima
o., and ten horses, three cows as91 guam
tity OF grain wero destroyed with the build
ing.
Mr. DRIscoLL shot his wife on the .th
who was acting as dining girl in .
hotel at Wolcottville, Ind and then killed
himself. She would recover.
APRAlRIE fire nearly destroyed the town
OF Estherville, Ia, on the Eth. A number
of farm residences were burned, but citi-
zens turned out and by their support the
town was we'd
IL Arkansas. Mississippi and Louisiana
frosts on the 7th injured small crops
IN Northern and Central California tho
firat rain Of the season fell on the sthL
On the night Of the 7th James Dean, a
farmer. OF Frankfort township, Minn shot
and killed his eight-year-old son by acct
dent The boy was o somnambulist, and
wandered into u shed, and the father took
him for thief.
GEORGE BELoAr was ON the 7th found
guilty ut Princeton, Ind. OF numbering
Henry Tribble several weeks ago and his
punishment hxel at life imprisonment.
JoliN DEvAULr. JR-, shot Miss Lulu Will
hanson. slightly wounding her, and then
killed himself ON the 7th ut Barton, q.
Jealousy was the cause.
FLAMES in the Bates House at Indianapo-
liz, Ind, on the 7th caused . loss OF S35, zoo
and great fright to the two hundred guests.
No one was seriously injured
IT was stated on the eth that the Repub-
licans would have majority on joint bal
lot in the Montana Legislature. thus Sc
curing two United States senators
WILLIAM EDWARDS 4 Co, of Cleveland,
o., wholesale grocers. were damaged by
fire on the 6th to the extent Of sl35,tDO
NEAR Lexington, N. C.. Robert Berries
killed his mother -in-iaw, Mrs. Walker, on
the Sth to get possession OF his child, and
then He'd with It
SEVERAL persons were badly burned
while visiting gas we'll on tho Sth near
was instantly killed by the falling over Of
tho pipe through which the gas escaped
CP to the Sth over two thousand tons of
raisins had been, shipped East from Fresno,
Cal, this season.
MANI acres Of celery in the vicinity OF
Kalamazoo. Mich. were destroyed by tho
recent hard frosts
In the Cronin murder case In Chicago
+ ur more Jurors were sworn In on the Sth,
making eight jurors secured since the case
opened seven weeks ago
NEARLY all the business portion OF
Rocky Mount. Va, was destroyed by tire on
the 8th
THE death Of Zephaniah Webster Bunce
occurred on the Sth at Port Huron. Mich,
ut the age OF nearly one hundred and two
years. He was horn In Hartford. Conn.
November -, 1857 During his life he held
many public Offices
EXCITEMENT existed at Mexico, No.. ON
the Sth over an organized attempt made to
burn the principal resident portion OF the
town
in Chicago on the 6th Mrs Fritz Katz
aged twenty y-seven years, killed her six
weeks-old child and herself with carbolic
acid. Insanity was the cause
On the och Robert Branton shot his vito
fatally and killed himself In q drunken
jealous fit ut Salt Lake City.
ON the 9th occurred the eighteenth
anniversary OF the great Chicago fire, in
which saU, ,OO0, ,G0O worth OF property was
destroyed.
FIRE DESTROYED Taylor Il loves hydraulic
cotton congresses, six cotton sheds and t.
TN bales Of cotton at Savannah, Ga, on
Ehe 0sh Loss. Ss0',Go0
An appeal for fuel. food and clothing