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BAYARD IOWA STATE RWS. A destructive fire Tisited the town of Hanson on the evening 30th. It broke out In livery bam, des- troyioglfc aad belonging to Enoch BkUmer. Theloawa iuwt JL 3. Grfswdd, hare, buggies, aleigfea, no insurance.

Enoch Skinner, building, $1,600 insured for $1,000. John Josscn, occupying -upper st6ry foV harneaa "shop, Insurance, Pat lower atorj with implements, 11,000, with no Insurance. Damage to other about $3QQ. Total losft, $6,000. BoUi wold were burned ont In the fire of two ago.

The fire is aapposed to be incendiary, Harrison Lyoa, a wealthy and prominent citizen of Des "Koines, died on'the 20th of March, alter a- Somewhat protracted illness. He was one of the early settlers In thafc city, and many donated to state about one half of of ground oh which the new 8tate' 7 'capitol Is situated, He also contributed largely toward the erection of the old capltol li Des Molnes. He was born in Indians in. and removed to Des Moines at en early day, where he purchased a considerable portion of the land on which East Des Moinesis now situated, and also several tracts of land in the vicinity of the city. George Bowman, proprietor of a brewery at Marshaatown, seized by the sheriff, forcibly ejected the guaid placed in charge on the afternoon of March 2l6t.

The sheriff was absent at the ttme in Mason City. When the seizure was" first 'made, Bowman gave peaceable possession, but on advice of his counsel, a Mr. Blmn of Chicago, took the violent course despite his promiss to the sherifE that he would not moiMtfe deputy until his A. fireman named Marcus Latiritzen the NEW V40IEU. On evening of March 25th, the alarm fire announced that Music HaU, in Buffalo, N.

was in The flames spread rabidly, and at 8 o'clock it was evident that the entire building must go. The wind was blowing the burning on. St. Louis' German Catholic dmreh on the opposite corner, and the attention oi the firemen waa directed towards it It was the opening night of the McClnre company, who were to produce' "Falka." There were about thirty neople in the auditorium when the fire broke out and fiiey had time to escape. At 8:20 o'clock all hope of saving music hall was given np, and It was head by an engine on the fe rail- conviction.

road near Vfllisoa, March 22nd. Engineer F. Ell Ion and Engineer-Ed Emery were both seriously injured at the name time. The accident was caused by an expected collision, anc the jumping of the engineers and firemen from their engines. A shoemaker named Thomas, ble to secure anything to drink in the prohibition town of Marion, imported a package of the ardent through theexpress company, took it to his shop, invited, a Mend to join him, when both filled up, bad a war dance, aad wound up with an unsuccessful attempt to pulverize and carve each other.

They were both jailed. "'Two hundred tod fifty barrels of beer were seized in Bowman a.t-efoalltjwn,; March. 25th. Tne claimed. beer mad for ejjfoorVbat Ati appca will be, taken.

The court will decide for a Council Bluffs subscriber and the "telephone company how much profanity the wires are expected to conscientiously carry without breaking tbe connection and contract. A farmer named Wilson Walters near Stuart fell dead from heart disease while engaged at work on the afternoon of Starch 31st, He waa to heart trouble for eral years. The fine, large skating rink at Harlan, erected at a cost of nearly four thousand baa been turned into 7 "an house, the skating fever having died out. The ministers tf Cedar Rapids are alarmed at the inactivity of the matrimonial market. One of them states that he has tier- formed but pne ceremony the past year.

Several companies of the Iowa Ka- guard will accompany-the governor in his attendance, on. Iowa the New Orleans exposition, April 29th. The total cost of the new state capitol building up to date is given at $2,666.910, and an estimate of $189,000 it is said will complete the structure. The question of girls sew- Ing in the public schools of the state Is recciv- ing favorable comment. A Minnesota farmer named Hen rick Witman, dropped T5Q while viewing the elephant in Sioux City.

There were 246 deaths and 669 births in Davenport the first two months of the year. The census gives Davenport a population of 23,811, a gain of 2,000 In four years. Progressive spelling matches are Methodist novelties in Des Mbines- Manchester refused to "bond itself $8,000 worth for a school. Frank M. Robinson, one of the most promising lawyers in northern 'Iowa, and a leading citizen of Dubuque, died" March 25th after a brief illness, 57 years.

Mr. Kobinson was born In Vermoat and came to Dubuque some thirty years ago, where, by strict attention to his calling, he amassed considerable wealth. He was a former partner with Judge Adorns, of the Iowa Snpreme martin Jong contested case-of "Slater the Burlington, Cedar Rapids Xonhern railway company for damages by a train running carriage containing plaintiff, the jury at lowa'City, March rendered a verdict for plaintiff of S. 1-. Fairatl for plaintiff and Geol J- BoaVde- fMiiiit, were the leading flgt had a bitter oae.

now a matter of gerioos doubt-whether the fire could evsn be Confined Huge glowing brands were carried by the wind to great distances aad were falling In all directions, Foosnaenwho had been directing stream uponjflie church which was blazing in several nlaces were canght on the roof, but all but one man Jrlmm escaped. G-rimm dropped from the roof. His head struck the atone steps of the church and his brains were scattered beneath the truck which tried to render help. Manager Beeves, of the Falka" company estimates his loss on properties as The loss on the buildings is over $300,000. The Insurance cannot be ascertained.

The wedding tour of Jnlius K. Dillman, aged 25 years, a resident of Detroit, has come to a sad ending. In the superior criminal court of-Boston, March 23d, pleaded guilty to several charges of forgery and was sentenced to the reformatory at Concord for five years. DOlman recently victimized several Boston firms by presenting checks which purported to be signed by Boyce Broei, Doe, Hunnewell fc and other firms, and to be genuine. The defendant ts a eon of CoL Diilman, a prominent citizen of Detroit.

recently married a young-lady of good family, and came to Boston in February last on his wedding tour, and for. the purpose of obtaining business. Getting short -of cash, he took thismeans of raising money. The wife is broken hearted; TheBfrode conven state P. Ifeotentantrgov- ernor." 67 North Elweato t- Wmjlon blM burned March 19 $73,000.

Two hundred and fifty of employment. A buflfling iwngnig to the Ckmti- nental Svgin' Boston, burned to Loss, $85,000. for a reservation "York wan shot bytjhe owner schobl- house ia St. Johns? erected at of $18,000. The fire caught froa sparks falling on the roof from the chimney.

Willie King, 16 years old, was caught in the machinery of a cooper shop in Cleveland, Ohio, March 21st, and was 99 horribly mangled that he died shortly after. Fogel's large tannery near Milwaukee, burned March 21st Loss, Insurance $55,000. On March 21st the Lanfhanvhons6 lrge "five-story hotel fn Chicago "hy-fire. were and the utmost sn Dense volumes of snioke and. fire acedttp the -elevator shafts and flaed portion of the bofldingr4-- jrnesta servants "Srashfc wfldly down the Xn fifteen minuter buik? from basement In a window of an.

two children appeared. A ladxiexpeas AP and.they were rescued Behind ffiemsfelMrs. Belknap, a traacieat guest JfroM Hfesji, who, was frantic with iSsfxxeii! firemen could seize her she jumped id the window and was instantly later a section, of the" wall felly two firemen, who were also kmetL which cost $3SO- of the addition The inent, the the.ordersJi! fivafi' poandg. celved In tudc the The annual, meeting of-the Union Pacific stockholders was held In Boston, March 25th, The following, directors were elected for the ensuing year: Charles Francis Adams, Frederick L. Ames, Elisha Atkins, Ezerah Baker, F.

Gordon Dexter and MahleenD- Spaulding, of 'Boston; Henry'H Cook, Sidney Dillkm, David Dows and Andrew H. Green, of New York; S. TSL Calltf- way, of Omaha, GranviUe M. Dodge, of Council Bluffs; Hugh Riddle, of Chicago; James Runnell, of Springfield, John Sharp, of Salt Lake City. Messrs.

SpauMing, Cook and Galloway will be new directors. Ex-Goxiiiciraan J. B. Windsor, of Providence, R. waa arrested March.

2Iet, and taken to Wayne county, to answer ap. i tthqj. ago. A mat living In Hbnesdale, under an assumed name, was left tea thousand dol- lara by a will. Windsor sought him out out divulging the news to him and bought up his claim for a thousand dollars, and then presented the claim for ten thousand dollars, and accepted the interest then amounting to three thousand dollars.

Charles Allen, alias Frank Lander, arrested in Boston, for obtaining money under false pretences, is wanted in nearly every city in the union for obtaining jewelry by means of forged checks. Hie photograph was identified by Detective Pinkerton of Chicago, ae that of a person wanted at St. Paul and San Francisco, in which cities he Is said to have secured over two thousand dollars' worth of jewelry by forged checks. Detective Pinkerton will go to Boston after tbe prisoner in a few days, Three hundred striking operators at the lace mills of Duden fc at Williams Bridge, Westchester county, N. March 223, came Into collision with a number of hands troueht over front France by the firm to talJLe the strikers 1 places.

During 1 the riot a number of men were seriously injured- Frederick Roe, a spectator, is thought to be fatally hurt, A portion of the New Jersey state capitol at Treuton was destroyed by fire on the morning of March 21st. Many valuable riTics were turned, as well as the records of the courts, state deeds, etc. The loss will not fall below The part ot the building destroyed was erected in 1705. The entire building cost $500,000. Tbe fire waa caused by gas explosion.

A freight train on the Central Railroad broke apart four miles east of Lockport, N. on tha night of March 20th. While stopping to be connected the second section of the train crashed Into the first, wrecking the engine atd fifteen cars. The latter caught fire and seven cars with their contents were completely destroyed. The Democratic State Convention of Rhode Island made the following nominations: Ziba O.

Slocnm of Providence, governor: Jonathan Wheeler of Cranston, lienten- ant-governor; Thomas Robinson of Pawtuektt, secretary of State; John G. Perry of Kingston, treasurer; Frank Jackson of Providence, attorney general. There is a strike among the laborers moae at the shops of the Susqnehanna" Coal Com- pany, at Nanticoke, which may extend to all the mines operated by the company. The strike is due to an order to dock the laborers for roct mixed in the cars of coal. Ten thousand coal miners in the vi- tinity of Pittortrarg are on a etrike, and have already lost one hundred thousand dollars.

Coal is Retting scarce and a number of manufacturers have compelled to close for want of fneL 000, is a fboijis The loss to the and property of the guests Is not beldw $P1. This hotel was one of ttie erected after the great fire of By orer President Cleveland, a Tenth Infantry arrived at Narlfcxico, March 18th and escorted to Vija for safe keeping the besieged officers, lee, Kfniberly and Hlxen- baugh, flayersithe three desperadoes, Rogers, Cunie River" Tom in ihebr attack on the aE While many of the cowboy avengeri'lef: tero tnaav mined to death of their comrades aa Boon thetfEcers made aheir aacc. Of toisscatter were-advtofed, -hence for the military the regnestofs: Governor to escort'thHEkt of towsu, the' arrival of the-trail inhabitants flocked on the housetops, md the greatest excitement prevailed-at isras expected that an attack would bJB.inuim the soldiers and an attempt made to Befceie officers and hang thenr. No demonstrate were made, however. The train Yegas on the evening of the 19th.

desperado Carrie was the who sband killed actor Porter gome years while: the latter was fayiiut tTotect some ladles from insult. The IFkirbanka Canning com- paoy of has received during seven for canned beef, for the use my coupled with an received an the 25th pped, million pounds, from the war atlon of the being ill require two weeks to fill hand. The Armour pack- ia receipt of orders to four hundred- thousand the largest orders ever re- and owing to their magni- is that they are to meet ilng houses are work- in order to meet these de- day Capt. Trunk proj Haven, loss of hisj all the crewrtal ir.i has been la weeks. Tt the Arctic built 5n IS ly insured, S- E.

of the MineJ. telegraphs ttaij long that furth'C cumbed. Shawuce aa left out, Uon. having iville, of the Grand reached Grand irch and reports tue The steamer sunk, but MCCEI off by the tug Arctic the time. The Michigan In the Ice for nearly four reached the shore from Ice.

The Michigan was ros valued at $145,000, ful- acretary and treasurer of the Hocking Valley, rcss March 19th the Tbe miners Ince was useless, have suc- and miners of the Straitsvtlle districts arc la very distressing condl- iefood and clothing. The On the morning of March 28d the boiler in Ruffner wholesale grocery, exploded and set fire to the building. The flames soon communicated to the Sale house, whfch Is adjoining and which was entirely destroyed. George Webster, the colored porter of Kuffner was kflled by the explosion and hia 'remains were charred beyond all recognition. Joel RuHner, a clerk, was seriously injured by the" explosion.

The total loss Is $80,000, with an snrance of $35,000. It is tmderstood that an effort soon be made to. divert the cattle trade of Texas from St. Louis and Chicago to Cincinnati. intended route Is over the narrow guage road, special rates from Cairo east having been It is estimated that such an agreement -will result ia a saving of twenty per cent tiine and jfreight over present prices.

Prominent bankers and men are in the scheme, and are sacguine of Ite nl- timateuccess. The Prohibitionists" State Convention, of Kentucky, was called order by General Green Clay Smith. A small delegation was present. After much discussion a reeolutton was adopted declaring for prohibition, the economic administration of the government, State and National, and against Monnonisra. Judge F.

E. Fox, of Louisville, waa nominated for State Treasurer, the only nomination. On the moraing of March 23d it fire broke out at Anderson town 45 miles from Raleigh, N. C. The fire spread rapidly and by "SnTelock fourteen business nouses were troyed.

Assistance was asked of the Raleigh nre department but at nine the fire ported under control. Loss roughly estimated dying at JCoM, Balghnn. Otay aent The -'Port' 1 that the Roasjan Embawv wsk the Bngttah Crorennneat if It is trae England eup- piled the Emir of Hermt witjh.gnna^ and ammunition-" Northcqte will withdraw from the comiuons at the close of the present session owing to the nnabated discontent of many membenrf the conservative party. He wffl be sQCceeded hy Hlcfes Beach under the ganc- tion of, the of Salisbury and the ap- proral of Randolph Talk is Mexico not only taking hand to puiHsh Barrios, bub even go; ing so far a to ahjeorb two or three contiguous and Gen. Alatorre, in troops, -has been ordered Charles W.

Gould, proprietor of eighteen cheese factories Kane, and Lake counties, Illinois, assigned March 21st to Wilsou J. Hunter. Liabilities reported- to be $100,000. The assets are not stated. The First National Bank of Elgia is said to be a creditor to the amount of $40,000.

Mrs. Bridget 1 was found dead QrlcapSj 1 she had been gagged and strangled, aud her place robbed. There is no clue to the perpetrators of the horrible deed. immediately to join his forces with 7,000 men now in the state of Michoacan, and procead to the state of Chiapas, which borders upon Gcnatenaliv These troops iitmotion, The advance of this Mcxicanarmy of observation in' Chiapas, which will occupy the Mexican frofetigr and- watch the movements of Barrios, wfll consist of 10,000 infantry and cavalry, with seventy-six pieces of- heavy field artillery, under the command of General Alatorre. General Graham telegraphs General Wolseley the result of operations has been to- establish a strong- position commanding the Hasheetyr3illey and protecting his right flank and line of communication ia ensuing operations Toma.

All portions of the force he says, worked admirably gallantly on very difficult ground covered with high thorn hushes and occupied by agile and determined-enemy, thue showing that the men are able to master the Arabs in any position. The friends of Zebehr Pasha, who is now held by the British a prisoner, accused of aiding El MahSi, are endeavoring by threat of personal violence against the Khedive to Induce him to use his influence for Zebehr'ft release. As the British retired from. Hasneea the rebels reoccupled it, Mahdi's declare that before the summer is far advanced Gen. Wolseley's army witi be cut off from Cairo.

Scouts report that Osman Is prepared to give battle between Tamal Tomanieb, The Arab is estimated from 7,000 to 10,000. Lieat. crroagoualy reported ia oouds ox aust and north the Marines were on the maintained enemy at bay, Howard pork pa for the shows ihe; tered for pi was 4,5 tered dur head; TO pe the dresse A meet Bakers', burg and tl St. Paul, cided todi now at The the safe bl of the Iocs Goye: has refusi stitution, two and lags insl ia the ordii Wro. on Ice chici: Go's, review of the iduEtry, at Chicago, Jtng March 1st, 1S85, tnumber of hogs' slaugh- ruos tlie period, xumber of cattle- slaugh- pcrlod was 1,270,000 rtqnired for ic.V".

ie Western Cracker 115 bakeries, territory between Pitts, river, New Orleans and March 25, it was body. Each bakery is ie ite own prices. I'at SaJeto, Ohio, was of March 24tb, and Sfcc hundred' dollars In lumber of 1 The total value rn ayet. lan, of California, bill amending the con" lilroads would be' taxed cent on their gross taxad on their property killed at Mnncie, March Slth while fitcal- hen ho'jso. la- FOKEIOB.

Wliile detachrnents of the Ensclish 1 and Indian infantry zcreba, Aoutawest; March 22nd, they were suddenly curpruied'by a rush of Arabs, who were massed aad concealed In the defiles west of The English formed a square as quickly aa possible, but the camels, mules and horses were driven back in confusion on the troops, causing ft fitamyitue, ami the Arabs penetrated sides of the square. and the Berkshire regtj east and west aides of a continuous fire, holdinj while the charge of the cavalry and the fire from the guns at the Haslseen zercba, checked the onslaught of at the onset threatened serldwf disaster to the British. Gen. Graham reports the English losses as far as known at two officers and twenty-two men killed, and thirty-three wounded. The losses of the engineers, transport corps, and the Indian troops have not yet been reported.

An unofficial estimate places the British killed at 52 and wounded at 85. Nearly all the casualties are due to epcar thrusts received In h.ad to hand engagements. The Arabs got between the transport train and Zereba and speared the men of the transport corps killed the animals. They fought savagely, refusing to give or take quarter, (ren. McNeil, who commanded'at the Zerebay reports vaguely tbr.t ttcre were several thousand rebels In the fight and over one thousand killed or wounded.

McNeil is blamed for not taking precautions against surprise. Later official accounts place the loss of the rebels at 1,003, all told. If these figures are correct, the losses of tbe enemy exceed those of the British, which is less ttttin'in any battle of the past thrpe Osmau Bignaa has 25,000 men at Graham will reach Tamaj, and give Osman Digrna battle. Jt will bc a pitched and more decisive than; that has yet occurred. General McNeil will be forced to shift his position from the Zcrcba on account of the rapid decomposition of the dead bodies of the Arabs slain in the recent battle.

There are in ready for service at any moment. The military authorities are confident oC their Ability to repulse an. attack on Herat without the assistance of England, but they consider that England might send troops enough to end forever the Kussian menace. It is reported an order was received from England to concentrate from twenty to thirty thousand troops at Quetta and Allahaha, Orders were issued to mobilize an aTOiy corps "aggregating thirty thousand, with two strong divisions as reserves. Earl Dnffetin, Indian Viceroy, has departed for to" attend a conference with the Ameer of Afghanistan concern- Ing the frontier dispute Wltn Russia; of James Stephens, the Fenian recently expelled from Prance, jirapbcd E.

Dwycr Gray, Irish member of par- Haaient that her husband was and is all right. He had his. horse shot from uader him. and killed four Arabs with his own hauL Tae Arabs'IbVs ia the eogagecaent Is Osman" Dignm's last orders to the Arabs were, to withdraw in order to lore the English among the when Osman intended to sally out from Tamai and prevent the British from retreating. A London dispatch of March 23d eays: In Commons Nortbcote agaIn demanded a postponement the discussion of the Egyptian financial agreement.

Gladstone refused postponement. Northcote moved an atfjournment, saying that the house was entitled to leisure to digest the mass of papers bearing on the subject. Gladstone, in reply, said it was the absolute duty of Parliament to discuss the agreeamcnt fcefore the Easter holidays. The Egyptian finances had reached the end of the tether. la early April the amounts for the month will' be due which wfll be unable to pay the flnaa- be Tfit whole financial burden would devolve upon England.

De.Giers,, the Russian foreign minister, has assured Granville that Russian troops will not occupy Pcnjdchif the. Afghans evac- pending the csecisloa of the commissioner as to the boundary line. Sir Peter Lumsden, the British boundary commissioner, informs the government that be has discovered Russian Intrigue 1 intended to cause uprising at Penjdeh which would afford a pretext for armed interference subsequent anacxalion by Russia. A Vienna dispatch of March 21st says: A sack purporting to contain garden seed exploded in. the Tcmcver postofSce.

wounding two employes. It is believed tht explosive substance was dynamite forwarded by German anarchists. It is stated that French men of war have been ordered to proceed to Colon and Panama tojirptcct the Interests of' the canal company, in the event of further political disturbance in Columbia, Timothy Harrington has received ten thousand dollars from the national Irish leajrue of America through Treasurer O'Kelly. of Detroit, to be used solely for parliamentary agitation. THE WAIUNUOSPT.

General Graham Upon Tahistl. StTA-RiM, Mareb. Sappers are now cngsgeil in making a road through the brush toward Tamat. A convoy of provisions and water liftve gone to tbe zereba at the scene ol Sunday's battle. Osman Digna's famous chief, Taggiah, was killed In Sunday's fight.

The scarcity of camels delays the advance on Tamai In the attack on the.guards and ma rices several Arabs' were Armed women were seen among the rebels. The transport and cpnimissariftt of the British service lost 150 men killed In Sunday's engagement near Tansai. The latest returns regarding the casualties in Sunday's encfasement show that including the Indian troops and exclusive of'camp followers, six opLoers and ninety-four Tnen were killed, and six oiiScers and one hundred and thirty-six wounded. One officer and seventy mwwere renorted missing. The aurus and marines while advancing from Hiishcen zereba-to-day to meet tbe con- vov from Suakim had several musketry skirmishes the rebels, during wjiich.

sfxteefc of the British were wounded and oae killed. Osnmn Dijjna has ordered his Arabs not to attach the- British position sin entrenched ze rebas 6n th'e roaa to Tamal, but to" intercept, and destroy all convoys of water and provisions, so aa-65'starve the garrison. The dead Arabs found ori the field near Tamai after the recent engagements were very much emaciated, provdfing Daman DIgna short of food. Two powerful native tribes rebels are to be led the MahdL The ditries'of GA. Gordon have arrived at At the end firat volume Gen.

Gordon wrote that the Diariea ahoold belonsr and, if printed, mart be careful- pruned..