The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-08-29
WEST AND sotJrh.

Wayne, Ind, fell, fatally Iniuring three
men,
WORMS were on the 10th doing great
damage to the cotton crop in five counties
In Arkansas
CHARLES w. CLIsBEE. secretary of the
National Republican conventions Of lsSl,
1854 and lSSS, and Reading Clerk of the
National House OF Representatives for six
years. died Mt his home at Cassopolis, Mch..
on the 10Th, aged fifty six years
On the 18th the reported robbery ut Terre
OOO was said to be false.
TAE death OF Judge Henry C. Whitman,
distinguished for his legal attainments and
tWell knqayA. throughout Ohio and the
East occurred at Cincinnati on the 10Th
!: ALEY1NDER CUNNISGHAM. who claimed he
.Naaa 9pachrnan for Sir Walter Scott, and
{ well rsmembered the great poet, died on
! tha 10th ut Jacksonville, Ill, ut the age Of
<ninetE. years
ONthe Goth Moses Fowler, president OF
the Fowler National Bank of Lafayette,
kA and one Of the wcalthiest men in
Indiana died, aged seventy -four years
ArGraptsburg; Wis. and vicinity water
spout on the Goth swept away many bridges,
cllSSEts and dams.
On the 2Oth Mrs. W. A. Cochran, OF. Shell
shgytIle, Ill sold the right. to her recently
p3tep9ed dish-washfng machine to De-
ca4nS tnl firm for. several Thousand dol
lale sAshsapd the promise of. a royalty on
a1M&@ines Sold :.
..Hs1Fl.a fast Of sixty -aeten days, the long
A166Gs seocrd k0f6i6fts Marvel, aged eighty
five years, died at his home in Indianapolis
Ind, ON the 10Th :. -.
4 f1feE quantity OF bogus. silver dollars
Nrs0tA ~ ss.jv vSy,v0 Tho sAlfh nff
Forks ID. T. -,
THsvictims Of tho recent disastrous floods
in Tucker, Tygart and other creek valleys
In West Virginia were houseless and home
less on the aOth, and but for the ch!fity OF
their neighbors. the hill farmers, their suf-
ferings would be terrible. There were
miles of desolate territory with scarcely a
house left standing and not q yestige OF
crops.
NEAR Rome City, Ind, an attempt was
made on the 10th to week a passenger
train ON the Grand Rapids 4 Indiana road.
On the 10th it was announced that tho
wife Of N Ike Mcdonald, the noted Chicago
politician, had eloped with Catholic priest
named Joseph Moysant. The guilty pair
were supposed to have gone to Europe
A DAM at the top OF the hill above Dult.th,
Mimi, burst on the Goth in consequence Of
heavy rain, and the business portion OF
the town was flooded.
Ar Louisville, ky., the largest sale of
tobacco ever made at auction in one day in
the United States and probably in the world
was made on the 2lst The total number
Of hogsheads sold was COZ This amounts
to about 5000 pounds worth in the
.hogsheads over 100000.
NEAR Rush City, Mimi, twelve freight
cars were ditched on the alst by q washout
ON the Duluth railroad, and three men were
killed.
On the 2lst Adolnh BraLdt, one of the
most prominent Hebrew lawyers in the
South, dropped dead while attending a
meeting of the Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows
at Rome, Ga.
A FIRE destroyed nearly the whole bus-
ness portion OF Samoa, Cal, on the 2lst
At Minneapolis the fourth annual cxposi-
ton was opened ON the alst with an i'm
posing street parade and formal ceremonies
at the exposition building.
On the 2lst the Governor, Attorney-Gen-
eral and Chief Justice Of Kansas said that
woman suffrage at municipal elections in
Kansas hGd proved such great public hon.
eft thpt they advised other States ~ adopt
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