The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-08-01
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FeoM wAsH,NcToN.

FROM WASHINGTON.
In the I'm ted States the total production
OF pig iron in the frst six month OF 1850
amounted to 4.lO7. NJ net tons OF 1900
pounds against 3, $50 GA net tons the pre-
vious six nloltha
An order was Issued by Secretary Noble
On the I'D directing DR.. George Ewing and
II. l. Bruce. o. the Board OF Pension
Appeals, aud Judge Frank l. Campbell, of
the Assistant Attorney Generals office, a
committee to investigate all reratings OF
pensions made during the last twelve
months.
THE death OF Rev. Father Curlcy. director
Of Georgetown observatory, occurred In.
Washington on the a4th, aged ninety three
years He was the Oldest priest in tho
United States, and, rs far as known. in the
world
ADvrCEs Of the 18th from the European
Union Of Astronomers announced the dis
covery Of q bright comet In the southern
heavens BY Prof.. Davidson, OF Queensland.
rhe EAST.
MASSACHUSETTS, Prohibitionists will meet
In State convention ut Worcester Eeptem-
ber4
THE death Of Rev. Edward E. Randkin,
d. D., one OF the best known Presbyterian
ministers in the country, occurred on the
2od at Newark, N. j., aged seventy years.
The steamer Lorenzo D. Baker wns
burned recently while on her way from
Jamaica to Boston. The passengers and
crew numbered twenty seven. Of whom all
but two were saved
THE death of John Murphy occurred In
New York ON the I'D of consumption. He
was probably the best known and most
- mrl -
horses that this country had ever seen
BEFORE the referees In the Kemmler cleo
trio execution case In New York ON the
23d Inventor Edison testified that an alter
mating current OF electricity would kill d
man instantly and painlessly.
On the 23d john l. Sullivan came into
possession Of S3O.OOO in New York 1t was
the stake money In the recent fight
The yanderbilts secured control OF the
Chesapeake 4 Ohio railway on the 23d.
On the ed Mrs. Mary Brady, who enjoys
the distinction of being the only woman in
New Jersey ever convicted of being q COM
mon scold was fined twenty five dollars
and wa1ncd to keep civil tongue in her
head.
THE latest statistics, carefully compiled
by the board OF inquiry, showed on the
2ith that the number of lives lost in the
devastated district OF Johnstown, Pa, was
six thousand.
The four tinsmiths who arrived at New
York from Germany under contract to work
for . Milwaukee timer were sent back on
tho 24th
BALL Bros. glass factory and works a.
Buffalo, N T.. were burned on the 9th and
several adjacent cottages were badly dam
aged. Loss S1O0,O
ArPhiladelphia Charles Orbann, tifteen-
year old nawsboy, received . check for
~, ,62a - from the Traction Company for
injuries received by one OF their cable cars.
CHAUNcEY KNIFFIN. of Lake Mahopac, n
Y, fatally shot his wife on the oath and
then killed himself. Domestic troubles
were the cause.
In Boston on the o5th J. Fitzpatrick broke
the worlds record In a running high Jump
by three-quarters of an inch. He jumped
8 feet ~ inches
FIVE Of the six brcweries in Paterson, n
J., had on the 18th been purchased by m
English syndicate for an aggregate OF ~
3SO, GOO, the owners to retain q one-t third in-
terest in the concerns
THE well-known dry-goods firm of Lewis
Brothers 4 Co.. Of Philadelphia, failed on
tho 25th for $4.OO0,O0a It was thought the
assignment would only be temporary
At the homo of Peter Rollins tcoloredl,
near Summit, Mass, a barrel of whisky cx-
pl0ded ON the 18th, causing the death OF his
danUhtnr md mOrtallv wOundinD hiR ROn