The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-30
WEST AND SOUTH.

Howard CUNNINGHAM, of Knoxville,
Ia, sold the trotting stallion Advance
to Mr.. Nuttall, of Michigan, for SIS, ,0O0
THE doors of the Merchants national
bank of Fort Worth. Tex, were closed,
with liabilities of S50o,000; assets,
81, 200. 600.
In planning mill at Lake View,
Mich, the boiler exploded, killing f..
q. Perkins, Robert Gregory and his son
Edward.
THE oldest woman in the country.
Sarah Davis (colored), died at Indian
apolis, Ind, aged 133 years.
Bishop FOLEY confirmed thirty-two
convicts in the Michigan state prison at
Jackson as members of the Catholic
church.
AT Upper Sandusky. O.. number oi
recently married people were agitated
over the discovery that Rev. Albert
Cushion, who officiated at their we'd
dings, was not an ordained minister.
This invalidates the marriages.
STRIKING miners at Coal Creek,
Tenn, over 1000 strong. captured the
state troops located there to keep the
peace, together with the convict miners,
and took them to Knoxville. The gov
ernor proposed to appeal to President
Harrison for regular troops.
AT Kansas City, Kan. the Central
bank of Kansas failed for $780,
THOMAS LocHRIDGE's wife in Maury
county, Tenn, killed her three young
children and then committed suicide.
THE residence of II. =. James, near
Flora, ILL.,. was burned, and with it the
! remains of the entire family, five in
number. who had, il was believed, been
previously murdered by James.
DEsTIrUTIoN among residents on
both sides of the Rio Grande river in
Texas for hundreds of miles was said
to be appalling, owing to the failure OF
crops.
NEARLY one half of the business por.
tion of Chrisman, ILL.,. was burned,
causing loss of 100000.
THE record of the sixteenth camp
meeting at Bay View, Mich, was over
100 conversions.
JAMES DAVIS shot and killed his fa-
ther and brother during family quar-
rel at Birmingham, Miss.
AT Charleston, S. G., the thirtieth an
niversary of the battle of Manassas
was celebrated by the unveiling of an
obelislx in city hall square.
A CENSUS Office bulletin gives the
population Of Michigan at zoos, ss9, an
increase in ten years of 456. .95o.
In Nicollet county. Mlnn.. hail
storm damaged the crops to the extent
of $1,000
THE death of Maurice Lee, the oldest
man in Chicago, occurred at the age oi
lo7 years. lie was born in Ireland in
1854 and came to this country fifty
years ago.
THE st. Louis circuit court decided
that express companies were liable fol
goods received from owners until they
arrived at their destination.
JAMES DOVER, JR., and Peter Pascoe
Jr.. We're suffocated by smoke in q
burning mine ut Marquette, Mich.
On the alst statue of Gen. ''Stone.
wall" Jackson was unveiled at Lexing'
ton, Va, it being the thirticth anniver.
sarv of the first battle of Bull Bun.
AT Olmstead, ILL.,, George w. Hig
gins, the leading merchant, was killed
by Miss Minnie Reddy, who was hand
| ling revolver which was supposed not
| to be loaded.
LIGHTNING killed Searle Hill, prom.
| inent farmer at Warren, Wis, and his
| two sons and two horses.
The doors of the Citizens bank oi
jefferson, Tex, were closed with liza
| bilities of $780, 900.
through the northern part of Cloud
county, Kan, cutting the corn crop all
to pieces,