The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-19
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WARRINGTON.


INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON.
AT tn, leading CLEARING houses In tho
United Safes the exchanges during the
wock ended on tao 1sh aggregated
t.S;,.4l. Il. against sG,.. AZ! ,3S3 the pre-
responding week OF 1855 the increase
amounted to ll.2
Pre- IoESr HARRISON on the 11th re.
ceivei tbs resignation of Corporal Tanner
as COInmiss,O OIer Of Pensions.
o. tha llLb the one hundredth anni-
versary o. the opening OF the United States
Treasury Department occurred.
THE EAST.
FIRE on the 9Th in AcArdtes rag and Junk
warehouse at Albany, " Y, caused q loss
Of about s1OO,OO0. The employees became
panic-stricken, and three young women
were fatally hurt.
ON the 9Th Taylor's hustle manufactory
at Bridgeport, Conn. where about six hum
drcd girla were employed. shut down in-
definitely the hustle b, ,.ving gone SO largely
out OF fashion that comparatively no de-
mand Tor 1t remained
Ar Wilkesbarre. Pa, and surrounding
the evening OF the 10TH At about the same
time Ave acres OF the Delaware l. Hudson
mine at Plymouth caved in, but no one was
hurt.
ALONG tho Atlantic coast storm of
great severity was sweeping on the 10TH
At Coney Island and West Brighton hun
dicds Of payilions had been destroyed,
causing loss OF s25O. 600, and the beautiful
surroundings OF the big hotels at Brighton
and Manhattan beaches had been made q
scene of desolation. From Bay Head to
Barnegat City the damage, both by wind
and wave, had been unprecedented in the
history OF the coast 1t was also reported
that several lives had been lost by the
xrecking of vessels.
THE death OF Congressman s. g. Cox oc-
Cured on the evening OF the 10th in his
home at New York, ut the age Of sixty
i've years The cause Of his death was
heart failure. Mr. Cox was first elected to
Congress ir 1857, and had been a member
Of the lower house ever since with the ex-
ception Of two termA He had a reputa-
tion as an effective and humorous speaker,
writer and lecturer.
JOEL s. ORDwAY, aged eighty years,
living near Loudon. N. H., was robbed on
the 10th or $500 by two confidence men
at the point OF q revolver.
The famous horse Bourke Cochran fell Mt
the water jump In 4 steeple- chase at
Albany. N. u, on the 10th, breaking both
fore legs below the knee. and had to be
shot. thus ending the career of what was
once the best steeple- chaser In the country
The Democrats OF New Jersey in State
convent on on the 10th at Trenton renom-
mated Leon Albeit for Governor.
ON the 10th tho eighth annual National
encalnpment OF the Sons of Veterans was
formally opened at Paterson, N. j., by Com
mander-in-Chief Abbott
IN the vicinity Of New York the storm
continued With undated vigor on the 1lth.
Several wrecks were reported along the
coast and accounts of damage at seaside
resorts continued to come in. Ocean steam
ships were arriving all right At Iewes
Del, many ships were reported wrecked
and over forty lives were known to have
been lost Ocean City. Maryland's leading
summer resort, and Atlantic City, n j.,
were wrecked.
ON the llth the body Of Miss Anna Mead.
the Bnghamton young woman who CON-
mitted suicide at Niagara Falls on the 5th.
came to the surface on the Canadian side
of the whirlpool and was secured
A HALF mile Of ground just outside the
town Of Plymouth, Pa. settled over u coal
mine on the l1th. and several mules in the
mine at the time were killed The miners
escaped
Ok the llth Mrs. Margaret A. billiard. OF
Easton, Pa. whose husband was murdered
recently, confessed that her paramonr
William f. Bartholomew, fired the fatal
sho. and that she was an accessory to the
crime.
JOSEPH ARLINGTON claimed to have dis
covered a silver mine in the mountains
near Conneilsyille, Pa, on the l2th.
On the 18th the two hundred and fifty
fourth anniversary Of the settlement oi
Concord. N. H.. was celebrated. Wilton, "
H., founded one hundred and fifty years
ago, also celebrated
OVER forty sailors were drowned OIL
Iewes, Del. in the great storm. and score:
of ships were on the 18th making hard
battle for life there The storm was sub.
siding in the neighborhood of Atlantic
City. n. j.. and reNorts OF the great dam
age to property inthat vicinity continued
to come in.
THE death OF Captain James Rees, aged
sixty-nine years, the celebrated boat-build
or. occurred on the lath ut Pittsburgh, Pa
after prolonged illness Captain Reei
was the frat manufacturer in the world t.
make Bteel-pIet0 BOAT
AT their National cncampment at Pater.
son, n. J., ON the 18th the Sons OF Veterans
elected Charles f. Griffin. OF Indiana, Com
mander-in Chief, to succeed General Alb
bott
DR. BARTLETT concluded his six days
shooting at Buffalo, n. u. on tho 18TH hav
Ing broken in that time u, OF glass balls
beating DR.. Carver's record by over 400
Bartlett also broke 800 balls in fourteen
ninutes, and broke ten in eight seconds
WEST AND SOUTH.