The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-13
Epit0me Of the Week,
INTE RESTING NEWS COMPILATION.

EpltOme OF the week.
INTE RESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
From WASHINGTON.
The President on the I'd appointed
Charles l. Knapp, Of New York, to be Con-
sui General OF the United States at Mon
treal, and Alexander Reed, Of Wisconsin, to
be Consul at Dublin
The rise in the Potomac carried away
two spans Of the long bridge on the ID
justice GRAY, of the United states su-
prcme Court, was married to Miss Jennie
Matthews. daughter OF the late Justice
Stanley Matthews. on the afternoon of the
:th at the residence of the bride In Wash
ington
On the 5th Secretary Noble accepted the
resignation OF John H. Oberly Comnis-
sioner Of Indian Affairs, to take effect Julyl.
The Postmaster General sent out circu-
lar to postmasters ON the 5th calling ON
them to inform him as to the extent OF the
business transacted at their Offices on sun
day. The Information was desired with a
view to decreasing. ii possible, the amount
Of Sabbath work performed by post-officc
employees.
IT was decided by the Secretary of War
Fort Omaha q tract of $40 acres OF land
about eight miles from Omaha
NOTICE was sent to Surgeon-Gcneral Ham,
ilton. at Washington, on the 9TH that there
was serious danger OF sickness ut Johns
town, Pa, unless active sanitary measures
were taken. lie had given the necessary
orders, snl had had shipped a large guam
tity of dis nfectantS A temporary depopu-
lation was urged.
THE EAST.
OFFICIALS Of the Philadelphia 4 Heading
Railroad Company estimated their loss on
the Sd at $50, ,OOO in bridges and washouts
on the Upper Susquehanna in the recent
freshetS
NOTHING had developed up to the 4th to
lower the terrible estimate put upon the
number of fatalities resulting from the re-
cent Hood at JOhnstown, Pa. Through the
agency OF q bureau OF registration, embrace
ing twenty eight different offices, o system
attic effort was being made to reach the
most accurate figures possible regarding
the fatalities in JOh .stown, Cambria,
Morrellville, Kernville, Conemaugh and
other places devastated by the Hood.
Mr.. McConnaghy, who had charge Of
the work Of registration. was of the
opinion that the number of people who
perished was considerably over ten thou
sand, while Adjutant General Hastings
maintained that the death list would not
exceed eight thousand Nearly two thou
sand men were employed in different parts
of the valley clearing away ruins and ex-
Treating the dead, and thus far thirty two
hundred bodies had been found Money
and clothing for the destitute was flowing
in from all parts OF the country.
81, s<b
dale, n Y. gave birth To three boys
ATRAIN which left Pittsburgh on the 4th
for Johnstown. Pa probably had no par
allel In the history Of the world. 1t carried
forty-one volunteer undertakers and two
thousand collins
On the 4th the Mayor of Williainsport,
Pa, reported to Governor Beaver that thou
sands Of people In that city were homeless
and In want, the Hood having carried away
their dwellings and property.
On the 9Th the annual parade Of the Sum-
day-schoOl Union of Brooklyn, n u, took
place, sixty thousand children being in line.
THE United States Brewers Association in
session on the 9Th ut Niagara Falls. n Y !,
appropriated $4,000 for the benefit cf the
sufferers OF tho Johnstown disaster.
The Nsw Hampshire Legislature in Joint
session on the 5th took ballot for Gov
cIuOI, VucIc 0uvIlDS UceH HO Cuu3Ct ny Lu0
people, and David H. GOodell (leep) was
declared elected.
IT was still believed on the 5th that the
number Of people destroyed in the flood at
Johnstown, Pa, would reach from II, 100 to
1000. Three Thousand one hundred and
thirteen bodies had been recovered Itwas
estimated that the number of orphans in
the Conemaugh valley would be about 5OO
WEST AND SOUTH.
FROM points along the Upper Potomac,
Shenandoah md MonOcacy rivers dispatches
Ut the Sd showed that number of lives had
been lost and millions of dollars worth of
property destroyed at Harpcr's Perry, Point
of Rocks, Williamsport. Md. Martinsburg,
w. Va, and other points throughout that
section by the recent high water
On tho Sd Henry Haighward, who had
been doing a rushing business swindling
old soldiers throughout Michigan was SEN
fenced at Detroit to three years in the Iowa
| reformatory.
In Terre Hautc, Ind Dr. Harry Glover. a
| young dentist, was found dead on the side
walk near his home OH the Sd He had left
his home few hours before, intending to
take train for Chicago, where he expected
to open an office.
DURING a quarrel Joseph Arnold. a
wealthy farmer living near Springfield, Ill,
was shot and instantly killed by his wife on
| the 3D.
In Chicago the inquest into the death of
DR.. Cronin was commenced by Coroner
Hertz on the 3D. One of the witnesses was
the murdered mans brother. who settled
all doubts as to the identity Of the remains
THE report Of the Board of Railroad As
SCISSORS OF Kansas on the Sd showed the to.
tai mileage of roads in the State to be
9,SA - aud the total assessed value Of all
railroad property to be s5i, AS. l2S3S
On the Sd Neill =. Brown. Jr.. reading
clerk of the lower house Of Congress, was
killed at Nashville, Tenn, by being run
over by train
CYCLONE did great damage in Lamar
County, Tex, on the 18th to crops. fences,
! houses and barns and o number Of people
were injured. The cyclone struck the
southern section Of the county and moved
in an easterly direction, sweeping every
thing before IT.
The new United States Court for the In
dian Territory began its first term on the
| 4th at MuskOgee, with Judge James NJ.
Shackleford on tho bench Nearly all the
jurors were Indians.
EARLY ON the morning of the 4th A. +.
Rogers Topeka tKan.) merchant, and his
wife were fatally shot by Lee Oliphant, q
burglar, who entered their house, and who
was captured and lynched in short time.
In the bottoms about Jeffersonville, Ind.
| the corn was on the 4th being washed out
by the overfiowing river.
On the 4th Pat Collins who murdered
Jesse Turner in January, lsSs, broke Jail ut
Lincoln, Kan, but he was pursued and
| captured by citizens, who took him to the
railroad bridge and hanged him.
THE death OF Joseph Labord, tho oldest
man in the Northwest, occurred at st. Paul
on the 4th ut the age Of one hundred and
six years. Hc was born at Point Lewis,
| Que.
DURING services ON the 4th in the FREQ
! Methodist Church near Pomeroy, o.. an at
tempt was made to blow up the building
| with powder, but it missed fire. At least
one hundred persons would have been
killed had the powder been ignited
VERY perceptible shock of earthquake
| was felt at Nashville, Tenn, about nine