The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-06-11
WEST AND SOUTH.

A NEGRO was killed and three others
were lynched in Pointe Coupee parish,
La, on account of quarrel in q game
of craps
AT Indianapolis L. e. Rheinhold, .
lawyer, was found guilty of conspiracy
with burglars and sentenced to ten
years imprisonment and $500 fine.
In South Dakota cyclone complete
ly wrecked the village of Hazel and
killed three persons. Near Watertown
several buildings were destroyed and at
Waverly barns and sheds were demol-
ished. A large number of cattle were
killed.
On the Sac and Fox Indian agency in
Indian territory, three white men were
killed by the Indians while attempting
to steal horses. The Indians were ar
rested.
In st. Louis many men and their fam
lilies were starving because the city
council refused to pass an appropriation
bill to pay them for services already
rendered.
EUGENE STORY was hanged at Lex
ington, Miss, for the murder Of p. b.
Kleinfelder.
A wINDsToRM passed over Freeport,
ILL.,, and vicinity, leveling many barns
and destroying an immense amount
Of property. At Belleville numerous
fields Of ripened oats were laid waste.
The velocity of the wind was so miles
an hour.
In railroad accident near Talladega,
Ala, w. H. Harrington, an engineer,
Frank Elwood, fireman, and a man
named John Hammond were killed
THE terrible fact was revealed by the
exhuming of the remains of Miss Alice
Woodward, at Douds. Ia, that the
young lady was buried alive. The
body was found to be lying face down
in the coffin, and the appearance clear
ly indicated that terrible death strug-
gle had occurred in the grave.
A TORNADO did great damage to
buildings and crops at Lima, O., and
several cattle were killed in barns, and
at Salina the Friends church was
wrecked and eight houses were un-
rooted.
The following ticket was nominated
by the peoples party of Iowa in con-
vention at Des Moines: For govern
or, A. J. Westfall, Woodbury. county;
lieutenant governor, w. s. Scott,
Appanoose county, railway commits
sioner, d. E. Rogers, Dallas county;
superintendent public instruction,
C. w. Bean, Buena Vista county;
supreme judge, T. f. Willis, Page
county. The platform favors the Aus.
tralian ballot, censures the old parties
for constant efforts to reopen the tenn
perance question to the exclusion Of
grave economic questions, favors q uni
form school book system for the state,
books to be furnished at cost to pupils,
and favors state legislation directed at
the ultimate suppression of all private
corporations.
NEAR Bedford, Ind, sawmill engine
exploded killing five men and wound
ing three others.
On the Sd $4,000 persons were at
Galena, ILL.,, to witness the unwilling of
the bronze statue of Gen. Grant pre-
sented to the old home of the hero of
Appamattox by Mr.. Fl. II. Kohlsaat, Of
Chicago. Chauncey NJ. Depew, of New
York. delivered the grafton.
In Chicago three men were caught
under the ruins of house which col
lapsed and were instantly killed.
A TORNADO tore up trees and demol-
ished several buildings at Seymour, Ind.
Mrs. IDA DAVIS, the first female
county superintendent of schools in In
diana, was elected by the trustees Of
Terre Haute.
THE doors of the City national bank
at Marshall, Mich, were closed on
account of the embezzlemnt Of so, 900
by Z. J. Kirby, the assistant cashier.
THE death Of Delilah Vaughn oc.
CURED at her home in Jacksonville, ILL.,,
Mt tho noe 0f 100 voara