The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-03-06


rooted and several were des troyed.
A TORNADO wrecked the old observe
tory and . number Of frame houses At
Hot Springs, Ark, ON the 96th, and In
the region round about \ number Of
farm houses were destroyed.
AT Hamilton, O.. the Big Miami river
was fiood-high on the 26th. and many
houses were submerged. In Cincinnati
high water in the Ohio river was doing
great damage.
The death of DR.. Martin b Anderson,
LII D., for thirty-fva years president
Of the University Of Rochester, N. Y,
occurred on the 26th at Lake Helen,
Fla, aged IS years.
fell to 45 degrees below zero on the
26th, freezing to death q herd of 100
cattle in the stock-yards belonging to
tho Miner Cattle Company.
Bon POPE and his 1l-year-old son, Of
Hampton County. s. c., were shot and
killed on the 26th by unknown parties.
On the 27th ult tornado did . great
amount of damage at Torrance, Miss.
THE loss Of life by the recent bursting
Of the dam in the Hassayampa valley in
Arizona was on the 27th ult. placed at
$50.
On the Norfolk & Western road pas
senger coach was wrecked on the 27th
nit. At Roanoke, Va, and ten persons
we're injured.
AT Lexington, KY, Thomas O. Brien
was hanged on the 27th ult. for the
murder Of BETTE Shea March 81. 1889.
TaE through mail for San Francisco
on the mail storage car Of the west
bound fast-mail train was destroyed by
hre on the 27th ult.
Ar Des Moines, Ia, Governor Boies
and Lieutenant-G Poyneer were
duly sworn into Office ON the 27th ult.
An attempt to wreck the limited ex.
press on the Baltimore & Ohio road
near Independence, O., was made on the
9th ult., three ties wedged into cat
tle-guard being found and removed .
few minutes before 1t arrived.
SEVERAL train-robbers and consider
able OF their plunder were discovered
ON the 27th ult near Spencervillc, O.
| FIFTEEN lives were on the 27th ult.
said to have been lost in the recent
blizzard In South hwestern Kansas, and
many persons were destitute OF food and
fuel.
OK the night of the 27th ult an nm.
successful attempt was made by an IN.
known man to assassinate DR.. Alexander
Neil at Columbus, @.
ON the 9th ult. the house of Daniel
Hebron (colored) was burned At Lynch.
burg, Va, and his two children, aged 1s
months and years, perished In the
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
HENRY JzURRIErA's tobacco ware.
houses ut Cardenas, Cuba, were burned
by incendiaries on the Gath. Loss, oS0O,.
600.
/ THE National Law and Order League
in session on the 2lth at Toronto re-
elected G. G. Bonney, of Chicago, presi-
dent.
ON the 25th seventy murdered bodies
OF infants were found on the premises
Of Skobiski, whose house was burned
recently 1T Warsaw, Poland.
ON the 26th the schooner Oliver Now.
at cleared ut Toronto. Ont, for Bright.
on. This was the earliest opening oi
navigation ever known.
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN, son of Robert +.
Lincoln, United States Minister tc
Great Britain, who was reported te
have died 1T London on the 96th ult,
was still living on the s7th.
Il
| Later
0tillwater BensatiOn.
OTILEwATER, March "A double
tragedv Of q sensational character oc-
curred here this evening. August Gorth
. German employed as . cooper in the
Northwestern brewery, murdered his
wife and then committed suicide. The
Ideed was accomplished In each case
with razor, and all the surrounding
circumstances lead to the belief that
both man and wife had agreed to thus
lput IN end to their existence. Gorth
was Of an intensely jealous disposition
and has frequently accused his wife OF
being intimate with other men. Their
lquarrels on this account have been nu-
lmerous. During the past few days
Gorth's jealousy seemed to have been
Increased and he charged his wife with
numerous instances of infidelity. What
lreally occurred between them to-day
will never be known, but it said that
the woman confessed that she was init.
mate with policeman in Germany sir
years ago.
WIN Rob NO More.
MERIDEN, Kan., March 3.-A man m.
lswering the description of the robbel
who stole "a, 600 from Hicks & Gephart'e
bank at Valley Falls, Kan, yesterday,
registered at notel here last night
Police Oflicers Smith and Summerfield
. who had been notified of the arrival oi
J the stranger, armed themselves with
Winchester rifles and at midnight went
to the hotel where they requested thai
J the stranger be called. When the
stranger descended to the Office he wa,
confronted with the police officers and
told to hold up his hands. Instead ol
doing SO he drew . revolver but WA
shot and immediately killed by The
|, officers. All Of the money was found
, upon his person.
TELEaRAMs from New York Cit,
says the storm OF the End remind.
, New Workers of the famous blixxart
. two years ago. A binding snow storm
, set in about 0 o'clock, accompanied BY
|, . brisk south wind, and the city wa
soon covered with . mantle Of white
; Many acci Tents, due to falls on the slip
. petty sidewalks, were recorded at tn,
various police stations and hospitals be
fore midnight. At midnight the SNOW
was still falling.
Ex-Gov. ENGLISH Of Connection. a:c;
. ut his home in New Haven Of pneumo
mia of the End.
MARCH lst was the coldest know
} throughout Louisiana and Georgia 70
} years. The mercury fell below freesinl
] and great damage was done to corn