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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
FROM WASHINGTON.

THE death of Washington Mclean,
for many years we'll known in journal
ism as the proprietor Of the Cincinnati
Enquirer, occurred at his residence in
Washington in his 18th year.
In the United States the visible sup
ply OF grain in store on the sth was:
Wheat, "a, 500. s34 bushels: corn, a,27S,-
Ss5 bushels; oats. 3. 500. s75 bushels
IT was said the total population OF
the country, including Indians. etc.,
would reach 63. 0JO. .O00
THE death Of Spencer Morton Clark.
who designed and printed the first
greenback. occurred at his home near
Washington. aged so years.
At the War Department. renorts were
received that tho hostile Indians were
giving evidences OF SUBMISSION. Gen.
eral Brooke stated that the Indians near
White river had turned loose the cattle
which they stole, and were preparing to
come to the agency.
IN his annual report the chief of the
Bureau of Animal Industry says the
year passed without the discovery Of
pleuro-pneumonla in any new district.
The expenses during the year were
ss7i.3s5, and 2S3, 599 animals were in
spected. The report says ''there is no
foot and mouth disease in the United
States and has been none since 1884"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
A Christmas Reel ne.

Take about eight quarts of nnselish.
ness and unadultcrated charity; mix
briskly with liberal supply of generos.
ity, kindliness and forbearing love.
Simmer gently over a SLOW fire OF for.
giveness, goodwill and good-feliowsh
Put in dash Of cheerfulness and plen.
teous sprinkling OF smiles, and serve
piping hot with your Christmas dinner.
Judge
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

THERE is an impression that an En-.
glishman who commits murder
in Central Africa can not be pun
ished, because no man can be indicted
for murder out of the county or country
where the crime is perpetrated. A man
who ic interested in the recent African
horrors has called attention to recent
statute which is in force in En-.
gland providing that when any
murder or manslaughter shall he
committed on land out Of the
United Kingdom" the criminal may be
tried and punished in any part OF En-
gland or Ireland where he may be ap-
pretended
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

frightened little qniver about them now,
~ their owners looked up timidly at
tho stern. handsome man who was SO
earnestly Regarding them.
Come to your what?' repeated Mr..
Roman.
ITO our nauction." tho boy explained
.'Papa's gone To Heaven, and we's goin'
to hayc : nauction: It's TO det money,
you see: we's soin' to sell all our sings.
Mamma sa"s .e more We folkes come, We
moro veil dot money; and If deres
enough, we's not goin' 10 sell my wockin'
horse. Use dot Pickle, dis here chickic.
safc-mo anl Rosy take turns holdin
hcr--hut We tan't hole ye horse. ] dess
wc'll do now"
"D;d your mamma send you?" asked
Mr.. komain.
'Oh, mol she's cryin', an We du.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
Judge Mitchell. Dead.

GOSHEN, Ind, Dec. 13.-Judge Mitch
ell of the Indiana Supreme Court died
Thursday night lilo was one Of the
greatest jurists Indiana has produced,
his opinions having been widely quoted
in courts all over tho United States. lie
was An alumnus of DePauw University
Ind was one of the principal lecturers
IN tho law school OF that insti tu ton.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
WEST AND SOUTH.

AT Topeka. Kan, a workman named
Deegan fell from the dome Of the State
House and was instantly killed. He
was the ninth workman to meet death
while employed on that building.
In Montana the Crow Indians decided
to cede 24O, 900 square miles Of land to
the Government
THE indictments against the assass.
ins of Chief-of-Police Hennessy, Of New
Orleans, were quashed owing to the
presence OF q stenographer in the grand
jury room.
On the 9th John Boone (colored) cele-
brated his 1Ood anniversary at his home
in Rocheport. Mo. His wife is 9s years
old.
In Walton County, Ga. . cyclone
blew down several houses and killed
four persons.
The firm Of Kendrick, Pettus e. Co.,
tobacco dealers at Clarksvillc, Tenn,
failed for 100000.
NEAR Brimfeld, ILL.,. three tramps
set fire to barn by smoking. and were
burned to death.
DOMESTIC trouble caused Hathaway
Wall. Of Henrietta Mills, n. c.. to shoot
and kill his wife and brother-in-law and
then commit suicide.
THE Legislature passed over the veto
of Governor Steele the bill locating the
capital OF Oklahoma at Kingflsher.
Mr. AND Mrs. E. I. Tom, OF Sioux
City. L., and their daughter, Mrs. Slay-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
The Direct Hot Springs , Inc.

Beginning Saturday, Dec. goth, and ev-
cry Saturday thereafter, ''The Burlington"
will run Pullman Sleeper from st. Paul
and Minneapolis to Hot springs, Ark.
Everybody who wants to go to Hot Springs
should 70 ollect that 1.-The Burlington is
the onl road by which yon can reach the
Springs from the North~ est without change
o cars. For Tickets, reservation in Hot
Springs Sleeper, and further information,
apply to the o-al agent, or write to w. J.
C. Kenyon, Genl Pass. Agent, c. b. d N.
r. r., St, Paul, Mimi.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

EVERY advance in the improvement
OF the telescope has brought to our
knowledge still closer double STARS, the
distance between them being 80 magni-
hed as to become visible and measura-
BILE. But the spectroscope has revealed
to US double star SO close that no tel
escope will show the distance between
the two stars. although each one of
the two stars is bright enough to be
visible to the naked eve.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

THE number OF women in America
employed in remunerative occupations
Is SOC, 9s9, or nearly 80 per cent of the
total female population. In the pre-
vious decade the percentage was only
2l.33 per cent OF the whole. Out of the
eleven classes of occupations. women
have increased comparatively in nine,
viz, Government service. professional
and domestic service, trade, agriculture,
fisheries. manufactures, and as appren-
tices, while they have decreased COM
paratively as laborera In 1873 there
were nineteen branches Of industry in
which women were not employed; in
1885 the number was reduced to seven.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
SEVEN NECkS SAVED.


A Rcverssi of the Verdict Which SEM
fenced Captain Freass snd Ilis s.x Com.
rades to Death.
CANTON. Tex, Dec IA private
telegram just received from Washing.
ton says: Attorney-General Miller
has confessed error in the Supreme
Court OF the United States in
the conduct OF the lay Camp
killing case, in which seven men
were sentenced to die on December 10
by the United States Court Of the
Northern District OF Texas This
alone will reverse the verdict and
sentence of the Texas court
Captain Cyrus Freasn. of the
Nineteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
formerly OF this count, and six other
citizens Of Iugotown, Kan, were in
and two companions from WOodsdale,
Kan. whose dead bodies were found in
No Mans Land. slip Of ground be-
tween Western Kansas, Indian Terri
tory and Texas.
The evidence was all circumstantial.
Sam Woods. Woodsdale leader. was
shown to have worked up the prosecu.
ton. and u 1000 was spent in the
name Of the Government to convict
and sentence these men to death.
Captain Frease's trends from tho
start have been confident of his
ndica.ion. Grand Army raen and
various society organizations all over
the country have been movirg in be-
half Of tho prisoners. ono Of whom was
county commissioner and another
IA Congressional candidate. Senator
Henderson, OF Nebraska, has been
active in endeayoring to have the
! wrong righted. The verdict and
sentence At Paris tTexD last June, was
immediately followed by q statement
from Judge Bryant who tried the case
a, Paris, United States District Attor-
ncy Wilson and all the court officers,
that Captain Frease was not guilty.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

MECHANICAL devices to make the i'm
provident careful o: their nickels and
dimes are many, but all on the same
principle that what you put into those
banks you can't get out until five or ten
dollars. as the case may be. is deposited.
The latest is . bank in the shape OF a
small tube. which you carry in your
pocket 1t Is for dimes and only opens
when five dollars il denosited.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
EpitOme of the Week.
NEWS COMPILATION.
EFTY-FIRST CONGRESS-
Ann1aaA SAnaiHsN

second session.
MONDAY. Dec. g. The session OF
the Senate was occupied in discussing
the elections bill In the House the
Mckinley bill providing for a rebate on
tobacco was passed. A bill was intro
duced for the erection Of new post
Office building in Chicago to cost 81
900. OO0
TUESDAY, Dec. Q. - In the Senate
bills were introduced to reduce the
amount OF United states bonds to be
required Of National banks and to re-
place their surrendered notes, and to
provide for the free coinage Of silver.
and for the amendment OF the tarih bill
on the subject OF cables cordage and
twine. The elections bill was fur
ther discussed. The bill to establish
public farm in each county within
the limits OF the Republic was indef-
nitely postponed. In the House the
resolution to remove the remains OF
General Grant to Arlington Cemetery
was defeated by . vote of 1853 to 93.
The Congressional apportionment bill
was introduced. 1t provides that after
S0O kulIU u6y Va N0TCus loJOs tuO IlOu60
shall be composed OF $50 members
WEDNESDAY, Dec lO.-Bills were in
troduced in the Senate to provide for
coinage at the branch mint At Den
yer, Col; to amepd the silver act Of las.
session, and to define the line OF the
army and to increase its efficiency. the
number Of enlisted men not to exceed
80. 900. The House bill to authorize the
payment OF draw back or rebate on to-
bacco was passed. In the House . bill
was introduced to restore the law in re-
lation to importations OF tin-plate IS it
was before the Mckinley bill was
passed. A bill for tie relief Of the
mission Indians in California was
passed. J. w. Hathaway. OF Montana,
was elected postmaster Of the House.
THURSDAY. Dec. II. - In the Senate
bill was reported favorably ap-
propriating $500, 0o0 for the education
Of children in Alaska. A resolution
was presented to inquire into the prac-
ticability and the advisability OF estab-
fishing postal savings banks. The
elections bill was again discussed. In
the House bills were passed to prevent
the manufacture OF counterfeit dies and
molds; providing a penalty for any per-
son who shall violate tho election laws
OF States. and the Notifications bill.
Bills were introduced to pay to the
widow of Chief-Justice Waite the bal.
ance OF the sala~y for the year in which
he died. and to readiust the salaries oi
oOStmaSters.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

On the highest point of Hollywood
Cemetery at Brookline, Mass, nature
long ago left as memento OF her glacial
process great bowlder fifteen feet
high and twelve feet square-seventy-
five tons OF rock, solitary. massive.
majestic, . perpetual landmark. Into
the face OF this great stone tablet will
be let, and on the tablet will be written
the name OF John Boyle OReilly.
Other tombstone will he have none.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

Ez felt two tight arms g!vn' bcar.hug
'raound my neck.
Scch a time ez We had-sech hollerin'. you
could hear Us far an near
I'll never have a better-f live till hnndcrd
year
Oh, neighbors. don't be stingy when II comes
to Chr:s'nn day:
Be clus the hull year tilro'. hut N n put savin'
thoughts away
Let's have On. hearty laughin' time an let the
troubles gG-
Fergit your pocket books an give your hearts .
chance to grow.
Florence E Pratt. In Judge.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

I. G. CRAWFORD, the well-known
Washington correspondent who left
newspaper work two years ago to take
Buffalo Bill through Europe, has re.
turned. bringing his sheaves with him.
Buffalo Bill has made over $500. GOO
clean cash by his European business,
and Mr.. Crawford S soiourn with Buffalo
Bill profited him to the extent Of $780,
600, as he has not only received SAL
ary, but was interested in the venture.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

A PEERLESS curled grain black walnut
tree stood on the side of Big Black
mountain in Harlan County, Ky. Its
like was not known anywhere. 1t was
from five to six feet through at the
base. A sharp New York dealer paid
an ignorant mountaineer $50 for it, and
then paid $500 to get it moved to q rail-
road. But after that his profit begins
He expects to make about S.. 600
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

balmy as spring! Exquisite. If one had
some ono to enjoy it with: but I'm lone
some. Poor Tom. How l hoped to see
you again. to tell you that the fault was
mine in that quarrel; and you are dead
buried only last week, they tell me-
and / am back in Old Virginia. with
never child or chick to bid me well
come"
.'Dood-mornin', Mister Man; will yon
please tum to We nauctiOn?"
As these words fell on his ear, Mr..
Roman turned and saw two little chill
drcn standing on the steps, a chicken
held tightly under tho arm Of one Of
them.
Taey were pretty children. too-a boy
and a girl, exactly the same size. Blonde
curls crowned each shining head; brown
eyes. with long, curling lashes, looked
frankly out from under straight, clear
cut eyebrows. and two little pug noses
turned up merrily from the little rosy
mouths that were always smiling be-
meath. No, not always; for there was q
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
WHILE pre.

WHILE preaching at New Brunswick.
N. j., Rev. DR.. Strong said: "A man
might fall as easily as a star from
Heaven" The next instant he turned
pale. clutched at the pulpit and fell to
the floor in fit OF apoplexy. He died
the next morning.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
BIG CRASH At BALTIMORE.
The Druid Miils Manufacturing Comp u,
Goes Under.

Inc Druid MtIts Misunderstanding Comp NY
Goes Under.
BALTIMORE, Nd. Dec. l3.--The fail
ure Of the Druid Mills Manufacturing
Company. which was announced Friday.
was not altogether surprise to the
trade. 1t has been expected for some
months Mr.. s. kipwith Wilmer,
the trustee. gave bond in $500, OOo. in
dicating assets ut half that amount.
The liabilities are estimated at from
500, 900 to s5oO.Oo0 The plant is the
most complete in the country. and the
cotton duck manufactured there is the
finest in the world.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
MILiTIAMEN BOUND OVER.


MufOFr ut ANtl !KTDOFs
ANN AEBoH, Mich, Dec. l3-In pre-
iminary examination before the Wash
,enaw County court Friday morning
Mi!itiamen 5. 4. Granger, Adolph
G!atzell. +. {. Root, William Binder,
Ellsworth Thomas and Edward Morri-
scn were bound over TO the circuit court
on the charge Of numbering Student @
J. Denison, Of Toledo, on the night Of
November IL last The men wero
tIacad under bonds Of $500 to appear be-
fore the circuit court at its March
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

A PATENT was issued in Washington
recently for steel fence post. 1t is to
be made of steel tubing seven feet high,
with neat cap, and with bands to hold
the barbed wire. 1t is said that these
posts can be furnis ed complete for
placing in position at twcnty-four cents
oanh
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
rHE EAST.

an annual session at Pittsburgh, Pa,
the National Tailors' Association elect
ed 7. J. Cunningham. OF Philadelphia,
as president.
DANIEL d. FAYERwEATnER, the late
millionaire leather dealer OF New York,
in his will gave S. 1O0 900 to different
colleges and sos, ,OOJ to hospitals
ROBERTS, CUsHMAN & Co., dealers in
hatters' materials at New York, failed
for about $500. 900.
THE mercury was so degrees below
zero on the 9th ut Lydon vile, Vt.
NIGHTINGALE Bros. & KNIGHT, silk
manufacturers at Paterson, n. j., failed
for 100000.
THE secretary reported at the annual
meeting in Philadelphia OF the Ameri-
can Sabbath Union that there had never
been such an awakening throughout the
country to the necessity of observing
the Sabbath day as at present Colonel
Elliott L. Shepard, of New York, waa
reelected president of the union.
WHlTTEN. EURDETr & YOU'VE, whole.
sale clothiers at BOSTON. failed for
s7OO, ,0Oc. and G.. w. ingalls, & Co.. shoe
dealers, failed for s2OO,OOO. They op'
Grated thirty stores in Massachusetts
Polk WILSON was sent to Jail at Cham
bersburg, Pa, for eighty days under the
''blue laws act of l79A for swearing
eighty profane oaths.
VENABLE e. IIEYMAN. wholesale liquor
dealers in New York. failed for S4O0, 900,
and Henry Siebert, a tobacco dealer,
failed for $3.50, 900.
The death of T. F. Shaw. inventor oi
seamless stockings and the machine te
knit them. occurred in Lowell. Mass.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
A CURIOUS STORY.
~ HEARD such .


curious story
OF Santa Claus.
Once, SO they
say,
lie set out to find
what people
were kind
Before lie took
presents their
way.
Z This year ! w0
give but to
gtt rs
To those who
make presents
Selves"
With q nod OF his
head, old Santa
Claus said
To his band OF
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

VIcE PRESIDENT PRocroR OF the
Singer Sewing Machine Company is
reported to be worth So5, 200, ,O0o. He
shared the inventors poverty with him
and afterwards married his daughter
Singers original capital was $50, which
grew to be $50 600. 900.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
A HEARTY LAUGHIN. TIME.
How We Tried Not tO Keep Christms
and How We Failed.

ONEY wnz skerce
tn ~ Chris'mus: :
we hadn't = eont
to spare
Fer foolish and
wasteful presents
that wasn't to eat
nGr wear.
Pa he carkilAted an
que IS ed it wuz
better so,
But We on'y thought
o. til shillin's an
not once o. little
ice.
On'y ez time KEEP
ere epin' o n d
Chris'mus wuz al.
vrnCs hare
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

LITTLE PHIL" SHERIDAN, who IS now
Just ten years. old, is said to be perfect
counterpart of his father. He gives
promise Of exhibiting the pluck and
endurance Of the great cavalry leader.
He is destined for West Point
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

THE distance travelled BY Stanley in
the interior OF Africa is estimated by
him at S, 400 miles. Of which all but
1000 were on foot The expedition oc-
cupied three years and rescued 800 per.
sons, at cost OF less than $3.50, ,OOO.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

THE largest room in the world under
one roof and unbroken by pillars is at
st. Petersburg. 1t Is six hundred and
twenty feet long by ono hundred and
twenty in breadth.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

WARSAW, Dec. .s-The p1rce.ain
factory at Cmeilow, owned by..prince
Lubescky was destroyed BY are. Eight
Of the employees in the factory lost their
lives In the burning building.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
RAILROAD statistics show that no one
car on train is safer than another.
SOMEBODY has coined the word mo
toneer,' to designate the person who
manages the motor on an electric car.

NEARLY fourteen thousand horses are
annually consumed as food in Paris. In
Vienna and Berlin the annual consump-
tion is about six thousand horses each.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
Indians and Cowboys.

RAPID CITY, S. D., Dec. l3.-An en-
counter took place yesterday between
band OF cowboys and number OF In
dians at Rav's ranch, above the mouth
Of aBttle creek, west Of the Cheyenne
river. The cowboys were secreted be-
hind wood pile in Daly's yard, and
the Indians attempted to ride through
the gate into the ranch when cowboy
named Thompson shot and killed one
of them. The other cowboys opened
fire and two more Indians fell. The
Indians returned the fire, and one OF
the cowboys was seriously il not fatally
wounded.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

The wife Of Count Waldersee is an
American. and she is tho only person at
the German courts who declines invita-
tions 10 dances on Sundays and who is
permitted to do SO without offense.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

TRE floating island in Sadaw1a lake
at Whittingham, Vt, contains over one
hundred acres and 1t actually floats on
top OF the water. 1t is not attached to
the mainland on any part OF the lake.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

MEN who are near the scene of action
and have thoir mbney invested in the
business do not expect the supply OF nat
ural gas in the Pittsburgh region to hold
out much longer. The gross earnings of
the leading company engaged in supply
ing it to consumers were ~, 445, ,965 for
the first ten months Of this year, while
the expenses were only el.314.9so. Out
of the difference dividends to the amount
OF $3.50. 900 have been paid, leaving a sur
plus Of $62I,O56. Yet the stock OF the
company has declined to 80 per cent Of
Its par value, now being quoted at SIS per
share. II the supply should fail the
plant would be omparatively worthless
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

THE bodies Of ? men were found on
the l4th, near Clay Court House, Va,
The unfortunates wero Geo. Serker and
James Lane, farmers, who had started
from their homes Wednesday morning
last to go to the county seat, and are
supposed To have frozen to death, as no
parks OF violence were found on them.
GEN. MILES left Chicago on the night
Of the l4th for tho North western In
dian cOuntry
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18

THE movement originating in Philar
aelphia to address y remonstrance to
the Gar against con tinuance of the ban.
ishment of political exiles to Siberia
has awakened over 10000 people, and
secured their signatures to the petition
TO his Majesty.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
ROMAIN'S LEGACY.
His Christmas Present to f1rs.
Blake and Her Children.

My two days
untilChristmas!
nO W different
this will be from
the one | looked
forward to this
year, thought
Mr.. Roman as
b 9 restlessly Y
paced the wide
porch of his
b a n d $ o N g
home.
"How pleasant
the air is-as
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
Cattle Dying from nm Unknown Caus

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 49, 1t is esti-
mated that cattle to the value of $50 600
have died in Nebraska the last month
from some unknown malady.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-18
A Bank. Wreck-r j .i,ed.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. l3.-George F..
Work. OF Philadelphia, who with his
associates Is said to have wrecked tho
Bank Of America and the American
Life Insurance Company, was arrested
Oh tho charge OF pothecating stock
and conspiring to cheat and defraud de-
positors Of the bank. His bail was
fixed at $4,000. In default OF this sum
he was committed to Jail.
Cattle Dying from an Unknown Cause.
OMAHA, Neb.. Dec. 49, 1t Is esti.