The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-17

DURING quarrel on the 9th between Mr.
Schaffer and Mary Jane Valentine, with
whom he had been living ut Toledo, O.
Schaffer shot the woman dead and ther
killed himself.
THE Governor OF Utah declared in Wash
ington on the 9th against admitting that
Terr tory Is State He said that four
ffths Of the population Of &c. 900 were
Mormons, who were absolutely governed
by the ''one-man power''-the head OF the
Mormon church.
GOVERNOR MERRIAM, Of Minnesota, was
inaugurated at st. Paul on the 9th.
On the 9th 81 rry d. Echall, OF Chicago
assistant cashier OF the Chicago e. North
western Railway Company, was dlscov
cred to have fed with over $l1,0O0 belong
Ing to the company.
many private residences at Lima, O., or
the 9th, and hundreds Of derricks and
J prmping-houses were blown down In tho
!, ol-fcld.
A BLIZZARD ragged over the entire North
west on the 9th, and o heavy fall OF snow
delayed railway trains.
+: Af-Wheeling, w. Va, q wind-storm OF
the 9th did great damage, MANY building.
being unroofed and several demolished
In the immediate vic nifty farm-houses
barns and fences were wrecked.
The death OF Mrs. William Molsberry, {
granddaughter by marriage Of Genera
Nathaniel Greene, Of Revolutionary wa,
fame, occurred at Mason City, Ia, on thu
10th. in her ninety-third year.
THE National Farmers Alliance begar
its annual session In les Moincs. Ia, OF
the 10th, delegates being present from Da
kota. Iowa. Nebraska, Wisconsin, Kansas
and Minnesota.
TnE Indiana Legislature convened at In
dianapolis on the 10Th.
| A FIRE on the 10th at Shreveport, La
destroyed ten buildings and caused q LOST
| of t1OO, OOO
7, Ar THIN, O.. little boy was foolinf
| with shotgun on the l1th when tho
| weapon was discharged, killing MISS Belle
Egbert. sixteen years Of age.
| On the llth Ex-SherifY G. C. Mckinney
Of Mitchell County. N. c., was frozen L
death on Roam mountain.
| A FIRE swept away fifteen busines,
houses at Leland, Miss. on the llth.
FINANCIAL troubles caused Georgs
Bishop. q farmer Of Knox County, Mo.
to commit suicide on the 1lth by cutting
hole in the ice on q creek and plunging in
drowning himself.
IN session on the 18th at Des Mo. mes, Ia
tho National Farmers Alliance elected J
Burrows. OF Filley. Neb., as president
Resolutions were adopted that the Govern
nent should issue money direct to the peo
pie instead Of through the National banks
and that United States Senators should b,
elected directly by the people.
OWEN BROwN aged seventy-four years
son OF John Brown. the abolitionist, and
last survivor OF the Harper's Ferry tr &
edy. was buried at Pasadena, CAL. on tn.
| 11th.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
A FIRE destroyed tho mansion Of Hon
Percy Seawon Wyndham in London OF
the 7th. The pictures and plate were saved
Loss, $5O0.OO
GREAT distress was on the Sth said x
exist among the crofters on the island o.
Lewis. Scotland. Crops were exhausted
and in some districts people were on In,
brink Of starvation.
MANDALAY aiv ces OF the Sth state tha
| battle had been fought between the Brit
ish forces and the Karens, II wild tribe O
the country, the British losing i've killel
ami the Karens over two hundred.
A sLEET-sToRM on the 6th at Kingston
Can, did great damage to the telegraph
wires. and manv orchards were destroyed
In portions Of Canada q wind storm die
great damage on the 9th, the greatest dc
| struction being done between Cornwall
and Napanee. including Kingston. Hun
dreds of trees were torn down by ice ant
wind, houses were wrecked, and the tota
loss was estimated at nearly s1.OOO CO.,
Peru adviccs of the 10th say that IN
riot ut La Plaza indiscriminate firing by
the troops killed 137 men, women and chill
dren. and sixty others were wounded.
On the 1lth the oldest musical society II
the world, the Antlitzgesellschaft, Of st
Gall, Switzerland. celebrated its two hun
dred and SEVENTEEN anniversary.
ADvIcEs Of the 1ltn say that tho steam
ship MacGregor was wrecked on reef II
Ascension bay, Yucatan, and that boil
vessel aud cargo were total loss Tn,
passengers, crew. mails and valuable
| were saved. The ship was valued ut $40,
Nl
The damage done by the recent storm i.
Ontario and Quebec was on the llth sal,
to aggregate s2,OOO,OO Wrecks OF houses
and barns were seen In every direction
ARRANGEMENTS wero completed by tn
Mexican Telegraph c mpany on the It'll
for the laying Of . new cablc across tn,
Gulf Of Mexico from Coatzacoalcos t,
Galveston, Tex, distance Of one thou
sand miles.
LATER.
On one day Of the weeK ending Januar.
9th not drop of rain or snow flaka fel
In the United States This is the first da,
Of the like on record
Two boys at B nwood, w. Va entered q,
unoccupied building on the 11th and bull
a fire, in q few minutes heavy object rat
tied down the chimney. An explosion
followed and both boys were horribly man
gled
THE Supreme Court of W. Va on tn,
18th quash the writ of prohibition
against udge Gutherie. This takes th'
election matter ont If he hands of til,
Court and d,sposes of all obstacles prevent
ing the Secretary Of State from certifying
the returns from Kanawf0 which elect
Goff, republican. by majority Of lO0
At New Bedford. n, ss. on the 1otl
while some boys were PLAYING in lnmbes
yard pilo Of joists feil upon them. DAME
O.kes was killed aud Joseph Msrtin's lei
was broken.
On the 11th White Caps served notic'
ON p H Grimm of Sioux City, To-, to leav'
the city. Alr. Grimm has been quite prom
inent in liquor prosecutions
ALARGE steamer was wrecked on th,
IL b. on the island Of the Sissarga. groul
25 miles northwest OF Spain. Nearly Ion
were lost
The government December grain TepOr
makes the TO lowing estimate of the more
important crops. Corn 1887, 700, ,OO(
va u ID ut "a per bushel Wheat Ala
SOS. OCO bushels with an av.rage farm
value Of 90 q cents per bushel aga.ns- SO {
for 1887. The oat cropis valued at s.. 600
OOO less than the previous year
HERMAN SEILERNBAUM, Of Baltimore, Md
aged Is years found . railroad torpedo
He placed it on chopping Llock and htti
with . short hlnd.ed ax. A terrific ex
p osion followed and the boy VIA killed
The metallic case, completely seyeriug BIZ
windpipc.
THE town Of Ingalls, and Cimarron, Clay
frv ~ 1N1nov