The rustler., 1891-08-21


THE present population Of Iowa l.
i.pii.ppd according 10 the census re-
turns This n an Increase Of go. 2si In
the past ten ycarA
THE Bly-Mycr Ice Machine Co. Of
Cincinnati. has made an assignment
The company had an extensive trade
all over the United States and south
America The liabilities are $50. 600;
the assets s60o. 200
THE split In the democratic party At
Chicago has been healed by a love
feast The party lost two elections in
consequences Of the Carter Harrison and
Cregier factions
LITTER carriers In session Et Detroit.
Mich. voted In favor of an equalika-
ton Of salaries
A hold bank robbery occurred at
Columbus Grove. a town Of about :. 900
people In Ohio The robber shot and
wounded the cashier and killed an old
farmer and wounded a bystander lie
snatched up o., 500 in greenbacks and
escaped
WILLIAM J. ELLIOTT, convicted Of
murder in the second degree for the
murder OF A. c. Osborne last February
at Columbus, o., has been sentenced to
the Ohio penitentiary for life. A new
I trial was refused.
DETAILS OF the earthquake disturb
unces in Lower California show that
/ the phenomena was accompanied by a
terrible tidal wave from the gulf up the
/ Colorado river while BLUSH purple
wave OF fire descended.
FoUE young persons were drowned
/ recently in Lake Pewaukee. near Mil
wsulSec by a sailboat upsetting.
/ A SEVERE storm was reported at ASH
/ land. Wis At Washburn. on the OPP
posite side Of the bay. a small circus
/ tent was blown down and two boys
were killed
a DISPATCH from Minneapolis. Mimi,
ON the 10th said that the baseball club
OF that city had been disbanded. Pres
ident llach had released the players.
Poor business the cause.
REVENUE officers have seized 50, 0OC
worth of opium in Shasta, Cal, and
broken up nine Chinese factories.
A DISPATCH was received 10y Senator
Farwell at Chicago on the 18th from
Prof. Dyrenfurth, at Midland, Tex,
where he went 10 produce rainfall by
the firing OF dynamite in balloons sent
up for that purpose. The experiment
proved complete success, rain falling
copiously for several hours
W. W. ARMSTRONG, who IL was claimed
was the oldest living Odd Fellow in the
United States, died at Salem. Ore, OF
the 1fth, aged 50 lie was initiated in
to the orde- at Buffalo, n. Y, in 1854
TnE steamer Major Powell, which
was taken 10 Green river, Utah, by raj
10 navigate that stream and grand riv
er, was launched on the i2th. u is in
tended TO investigate the ancient elf
dwellings along those rivers and reacl
the Colorado river n possible
Tons OF wool and tallow and thou
sands Of hides were destroyed by fir
in the big warehouses of Georg
oBerne and H. NJ. lIosiclS at Chicag
. on the l2th. The loss is estimated a
about 100000.
THERE is war among the brewers Il
I Kansas City, Mo-, and beer has tumble
from seven dollars barrel to four do
lars. Outside brewers wanted TO rails
the price TO eight dollars; local brewer
would not agree to it, hence the war.
A SPECIAL committee of the South
western Railway q Steamship associ'
, ton was in session at St Louis on th
18th for the purpose Of considering tn
adjustment of rates on grain, pac<in
house products, etc, from points
Kansas TO Texas.
REV. DIR A. L. LINDsIEY, a professc
: in the Presbyterian theological schoc
y of Oakland, Cal, and one of the mo-
prominent ministers on the Pacif
: coast, Is dead.