The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-05-08

being carried on as q business by >
company we'll backed as regards capi-
tai and having headquarters at San
Francisco.
TEMPERANCE meetings held at Mar
shalltown. la. by Francis Murphy,
closed on the 29th ult.. over 2, 600 persons
having signed the pledge.
FLAMES destroyed the entire business
portion Of IIartsyille, Ind, on the goth
ult.
OwISa to family troubles Richard
Sneitke, . farmer living near Rochester.
Mimi. killed his 3-year-old boy on the
Goth ult. and then took his own life.
In Chicago on the 29th ult Frank
Woodruff. who attained notoriety in
connection with the Cronin case, was
let of with six months sentence for
hors,-stealing.
MARION WYMoRE and James and
Thomas Belts lbrothers) were drowned
on the Goth ult. near Woodland, Wash,
while -afting logs.
THE Supreme Court OF Michigan on
the 10Th ult. decided the State liquor
license law unconstitutional.
THE steamer II. h Plant was burned
on the goth ult in Beresford lake in
Florida. and two men and . boy (all
colored) lost their lives.
ON the 3oth inst George Swartz was
given twelve years in the pnnitentiary
for robbing the post-office at Hope, Ind,
OF 500.
On the 30th ult. an incendiary fire
burned the business portion Of Carpen-
tersville. Ind.
Ar Canton. o.. three brothers named
Merriam were fatally injured on the
3Oth ult. by the fall Of a scaffold.
The death of Edward Little. veteran
of the war OF 1912, occurred on the 31th
ult at his home near Marcellns. Mich,
aged 100 years and IA days. He was the
father Of twents-one children.
AT Louisville. KY, national organiza-
tion was perfected on the 3Oth ult. BY
the Society Of Sons Of the American
Revolution, DIR. William Seward Webb.
Of New York, being elected president
LYMAN j. GAGE was elected president
Of the worlds fair association in Chica-
on the 9th ult and r. r. Eryan and
Potter Palmer vice-presidents.
AFTER serving for ten years in soli-
tary confinement In the jackson Mich. }
prison for murder. Edward Murphy was
on the !s0th ult proven innocent
IT was discovered on the S0th ult. that
Gary Pittman, cashier Of the Noting
ham (Ala) Bank. was $40. 900 short in
his accounts. He was missing.
NEAR Cumberland Gap Tenn, .
dwelling was burned on the 3Oth ult.,
William Holden. his wife and one child
perishing in the flames. Six children
escaped.
MICHIGAN wiped out every dollar OF
its bonded indebtedness on the 30th ult
THE Republicans in tn Q Fifth Illinois
district on the lst renominatcd A. j.
Hopkins for Congressman.
THE Wells-Fargo express messenger
on Southern Pacific train was on the
1st robbed Of s45. 900 at Eagleville, Tex.
THE grand jury in Chicago on the 1st
indicted Alderman J. B. McAbee. M. J.
Corcoran, John Horn, w. Fl. Mitchell,
John Dingwell, James Lynch. Stephen
Cowes and Captain James White (all
Democrats) for election frauds.
AT Blooming Grove, Tex, the new
Baptist church and many residences
were demolished by cyclone on the 1st,
and the post-office, the Presbyterian
church and several business houses were
partly wrecked.
THE death Of Rev. William Barnes,
aged "a years. q noted Presbyterian min
lister, occurred on the LIST at jackson.
vile. Ill. Mr. Barnes preached the
funeral sermon of Daniel Webster.
IN the negro settlement in Oklahoma
destitution was said to prevail on the
1st. and immediate supplies were needed
to prevent deaths from hunger.
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