The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-24

tMlcn. girl VINO hdu Slept dIiloSt all
the time for the past $50 days, seemed
On the l4th to be recovering slowly.
The Issue of standard silver dollars
during the week ended December L.
was s57s,Ol3. The issue during the
corresponding period Of last year was
s1O6. 5:,5
EDWARD N. FIELD. the son of Cyrus
W. Field and partner in the bank
rupt firm of Field, Lindley, Wiechers &
Co., of New York, was arrested at a
private insane asylum and taken to
police headquarters.
Snow was said to be lS feet deep in
parts of New Mexico.
FIVE men held up a mail wagon in
Chicago and secured $1,000 in cash and
500. 900 of non-negotiable paper from
the stock yards banks.
An Indian at Cham berlain. :. d., was
granted a divorce, the first case of the
kind on record.
EDWARD NJ. FIELD, senior partner in
the firm OF Field. Lindley. Weichers &
Co., brokers at New York. who failed
recently. was indicted for grand lar
ceny and was admitted to bail in the
the sum of $4,000.
A LOSS of $50, 900 was caused by fire
at Florence. Ala
THE Hadfield Company, owners of a
stone quarry and railway interests in
Waukesha county. Wis. assigned, with
assets and liabilities of about 500, 900
each.
THE superior court Of New York de-
cided that Lillian Russell would have
to pay So. 225 S. for breaking theatr:-
cal contract because she could not wear
tights in winter
MIcHiGAN's output of salt this year
is 1850. 900 barrels.
THREE beet sugar factories in Cali
fornia, which have been shut down for
the season, produced s,07o,156 pounds
of sugar during the season. The total
amount of bounty to be paid was
Sl61, 400.
THOUSANDS of cattle were said to be
dying of cold and starvation on ranges
in Montana
GEN. RUSSELL A. ALGER. Of Michi-
gan, was elected president of the
American Shipping and Industrial
league at a meeting in Washington.
SEVEN persons died at Butte, Mont.
as the result Of breathing the fumes
from roasting ores.
AN engineer and fireman were killel
and conductor seriously injured in a
rear-end collision on the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy railroad 10 miles
west of Ottumwa, La.
DANIEL. MILLER made confession on
his death-bed at Blakesburg. Ia, that
he killed Chris McAllister ten years
ago at Ottumwa, for which crime Pleas
Anderson was lynched by mob
JUDGE HORACE CLARK. Of Mattoon,
ILL.,, was shot three times by Frank w.
Hornish. Neither wound would prove
fatal.
THE north-bound flyer on the New
York Central railroal collided with a
switch engine at Newburg. N. Y. kill
ing the engineer and fireman of the ex.
press Many of the passengers were
hurt, but none seriously.
| DURING the first fifteen days of this
month the pension office at Washing.
ton paid out 81, 900, 900 in pensions
GEORGE SEIDI, a bohemian farmer
living in Cherokee county, Kan, was
arrested for numbering his daughter,
aged ls. and his son. aged %.
HENRY NJ. kINGMAN, second vice
president of the First national bank OF
Chicago, committed suicide at Grand
Rapids, Mich, through despondency
On account of ill-health.
MRS. MANUEL FORD and her infant
child, of Columbia. $. G.. were burned
to death by the explosion of lamp
and Mr.. Ford was probably fatally in.
| jured.
THIEVES entered the jewelry store oi
J. v. Zimmerson at Little Rock. Ark.
threw red pepper in the eyes of a clerk
and made off with diamonds valued a
$1,000.
A sToNE-cUTrER at Roanoke. Va.
named Shelor. received word that hi
wife was heir to 5000. 900 by the deatt
of an uncle in Scotland.
SECRETARY OF STATE BLAINE an
nounced the conclusion of CONNER
cial reciprocity agreement between
the United states and all the British
West Indies islands and British Guiana
was StdlSu ShoV AuS StSV VI lHS
Adams Express Company against ex
President Hoey would be compromised
by the return of about $500, 0oO to tn,
company by Mr.. Hoey.
l. q. DELoNE, Denton Duke an,
Joseph Duke were killed at East Bar
nard, Tex. AS result of a quarrel.
DR.. BENTON STRANGE. of Savannah
Ca, was flogged by mob and given
coat of ink.
iured in wreck on the Chesapeake 1
Ohio railroad. near Anderson, w. Va.
THE steamer Prince Soltykoff. from
Barry to St. Naziare. was wrecked of
Brest and twenty persons wer'
drowned
A BROKEN rail threw an express traiI
OH the Pittsburgh l. Fort Wayne roa,
three men were killed and twent,
other persons were injured. SOM
fatally.
BURGLARS entered the dwelling 0
w. II. Rhodes at Altoona, Pa, and afte
chloroforming the family took 81. 600 il
cash and many valuables.
AT Des Moines, Ia. the third ma
tional convention Of the American Sab
bath union was called to order by Col
Elliott 4. Shepard. of New York.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
RICHARD q. DOVE, the oldest employ
In the government service. died il
Washington. He was a clerk in tn
treasury department appointed during
President Jackson's administration.