The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-09


Several persons were seriously hurt by fiy-
ing timbers. Strawberries were the prin-
cipal article Of early production there, aud
hundreds OF acres were ruined.
On the I'd J. ii. Willis an old and wealthy
farmer, was found dead I'm his field near
Petersburg Ind 1t was believed he was
foully dealt with.
FROM many points in Illinois and Indiana
reports OF the I'd stated that heavy frost
had done great damage to fruit, especial
ly peaches, which promised SO we'll Veg
etables were badly injured, while much of
the young corn was bitten off level with the
ground.
LOUIS MORTON shot and fatally wounded
Lizzie Hayes and then killed himself on the
Cd ut Darlington, Ky. A lovers quarrel was
the cause.
THREE large steel companies were consol-
idated In Chicago on the I'd, with capital
of s25,O0o.OOO.
COPIES OF an infammat0ry secret circular
recalling the Haymarket tragedy in Chica-
go on the 18th OF May, 1856, and extolling the
deeds OF the Anarchists, were found by the
police on the 3d.
AT Abingdon, Nd, the house of Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Williams was burned on the
Sd, and their four children, whose ages
ranged from six to fifteen years, perished
in the flames
On the Sd three children of family
named Silvery at Ashtabula o., were left
alone In the Eouse. when the building took
fire and the little ones perished in the
flames
THE Nebraska Supreme Court decided on
the Sd that the holder of mortgage on
growing corn could not recover after the
corn had been harvested and sold
OWING TO quarrels with her husband Mrs.
Josephine kissel shot herself on the 81 at
her home in Houghville, Ind She had
been married but year.
On the 3d Frank Sherer, of Youngstown,
O., committed suicide by hanging because
he could not pay his rent
A FIRE on the I'd ut Forreston, ILL.,, caused
loss of s1O0,OOO.
FLAMES swept away the State Institute for
Feeble minded at Frankfort, Ky, on the Sd,
but the inmates were all rescued without
accident ....-
THE Republicans Of the Fourth district of
Kansas on the Sd nominated Harrison
Kelley for Congress. to succeed Thomas +.
Ryan, appointed Minister to Mexico.
In New Castle, Ind, Bundy's Hotel and
stables were burned on the Sd, with sew
eral horses and valuable vehicles.
ROBERT WILLIAMS and Walker Harris
(colored) were Hanged on the Sd at Elm.
peria, Va, for murder.
On the Sd merchant named Welwick, OF
Blair, La, shot his wife and two children,
set fire to his residence and burned the
bodies Of his victims with it and then shot
himself. No cause was known for the deed
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Tryr cift1uro nf tho parnall 1n,nnicci
were resumed in London on the :Ioth ult
Mr.. Parnell was called, and he made de-
tailed denial Of all the testimony against
him by lie Caron and others.
JAPAN advices of the 3ith ult say that
during gale on the west coast numerous
vessels were wrecked and many lives were
lost
The death of Carl Rosa, the well-known
musical director, occurred in Paris on the
3Oth ult.
On the a9th ult the conference of repre-
sentatives OF the United States, Germany
and England to consider Samoan affairs
opened in Berlin On the proposal Of Count
Herbert Bismarck it was decided that the
strictest secrecy should govern the deliber-
ations of the conference.
In the harbor Of Calais France, the
boiler of drcdger burst on the 9th ult.,
killing seven persons and injuring several
others
ADvIcEs of the lst report desperate
fighting at Gunajuata, Mex, in which
thirty soldiers and policemen and two hun
dred rioters were killed The trouble
arose from the imprisonment OF five Jesuit
priests who had been delivering seditious
sermons.
THE Dutch Parliament. owing to the i'm
<l,x - ~.
Holland, passed resolution on the I'd
restoring his power.
AFTER three months session the Canadi-
an Parliament adjourned on the I'd
JAMES WILSON left his home in Windsor,
n s., two years ago. after having had diff
Guilty with his wife. He returned on the
I'd and assaulted her, and after getting her
down cut off both her ears with a jack knife.
On the I'd four young men Mt Midland,
Ont, were drowned by the upsetting of q
boat
At Wada Halfa, Egypt. six dervishes wero
executed on the I'd for cruelties to women
and children.
BETWEEN England and Germany trade
during the last three months was double
the amount for the corresponding quarter
OF lSSS
The death Of Herr Meyer, the largest
ivory importer in the world and brother
in-law of Carl Schurz, occurred Mt kiel,
Germany, on the Sd.
WILLIAM TANsOR, Of Chicago, machin-
ist, went suddenly insane the morning OF
the Str, and after struggle with his wife
seized his six months old b ,be and dashed
tits brains out against the wall. He then
seized butcher knife end tried to murder
his wife who eluded him and escaped to
| the street. He then slashcd his own
| throat, after which he was overpoWercd
| and taken to tho hospital.
TERRIBLE inund .tions have occurred in
| all directions up tho Saguenay river.
Quebec. Nearly all the briiges have been
swept away.
THE Missouri legislature, the 5th ro-
fused to pass bill providing for the in-
spcction OF meat on the hoof. Tho defeat
ID b.ll was identical with the bill passed
by the Minnesota legislature.
TIE first section of passenger train No.
| |, on the Northern Pacific railroad, collid.
ed with . freight train near Crystal
Springs. N. ID. the 5th II was causcl by
| Q misunderstanding Of orders by the oper.
ator at Steele. Engineer Bass of tho pas
sengerstrsiin broke his back jumping from
The engine aud died almost imme d .ately.
Ed Slattcrly, chief postal clerk. received
| fatal injuries Two other postal clerks
received serious but not fatal injuries.
TWELVE cars of freight were destroyed
in smash up that occurred on the Cana
dian Pacific railroad near Monmouth,
Winnepeg, the 5th. Spreading rails
caused the accident.
WILLIAM GiLMoKE, a prominent young
man nf ALBANY ia nn tha oveninp IF Z :, q
4th shot and killed his seventeen year old
wife. They had becn married but few
months and their fe had been unhappy
| PgoF. H. T. Machett principal of the
academy Mt Hanover, ILL.,, was assassina
ted the 5th by George Skene. Machetl
had objected to Skene paying attention Il