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Fairfield Tribune

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1885

Page

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Unsuccessful Wiota Bank Robbery and Local Trials

An attempted bank robbery at Wiota failed and the would be robbers were captured at Adair. The Eldora Grand Jury indicted Nathan Rainsharzer for murder in the first degree and he was arraigned by District Attorney Stephens. In Washington Loona, eight hundred kegs of beer were seized from a brewery with no one appearing for the beer and warrants directed destruction of beer and vessels.

Wiota Adair Eldora Nathan Rainsharzer Stephens M. Weaver Washington Loona McLaughlin Green Jugenheimer O’laughlin A. R. Dewey J. F. Henderson County Alliance Johnson County Utecht Ottumwa Mary Ann Geiger Burlington Garret Brink Fifield Sherman Warren Parret Marshall County Parret Iowa Dubuque & Northwestern Minnesota Loan and Debenture Company of Minnesota N. B. Stickney St. Paul Dubuque Company Minnesota & Northwestern Ra‘boat Tri-State Old Settlers’ Association Keokuk Illinois Missouri Oglesby Marmaduke Cedar Rapids Davenport M. H. Crosby Fort Dodge Brooklyn CIA Thenuiet Miller Bem New York Dispatch Dick Short Walker J. Elliot Snt J. F. Kearney Phelan Rossa Short Kearney Kossa Charles F. Brooks van Brunt

Elegant Burglary at Milwaukee Millionaire Residence

A bold burglar cut telegraph lines and forced entry at Charles Ray’s Prospect Avenue home. He terrorized Mrs Ray and her daughters, took cash and jewelry totaling about a thousand dollars, then fled by train to Chicago. Ray, a Chicago-based broker, reported the loss as heavier than first thought.

Charles Ray Prospect Avenue Milwaukee Mrs. Ray Ray Chicago

May Department of Agriculture Crop Report Highlights Delayed Sowing

The May report notes delayed spring sowing for cotton and other crops, worse wheat damage than earlier estimated, and lower wheat yield prospects. It lists state conditions for wheat, rice, barley, hay, and pastures with regional averages and forecasts.

WashingTon Department of Agriculture Central Belt New York Michigan Ohio Kentucky Tadiana Ilinois Missouri Kansas

Western traffic pool plan eyed after Northwestern exit

Vice President Potter of the Burlington proposes a division of Western traffic into pools for routes west of the Missouri, cattle from Wyoming and Nebraska to Chicago, Nebraska competition among Union Pacific Burlington & Missouri River and Northwestern, and local business to Omaha and Council Bluffs. Managers agree in principle but adjourn over mill rates. an adjustment is hoped to enable the pool.

Chicago Dispatch Northwestern Railway Potter Burlington Road Missouri River Wyoming Nebraska Chicago Union Pacific Burlington & Missouri River Northwestern Omaha Council Bluffs

Fire at Logan Home and Mills Routs Waterloo Losses

A fire at the Logan residence in Waterloo New York killed John A Logan and his wife. Mrs Logan was found burned near a second story window. Mr Josan and the youngest child were in his arms in the same story. The eldest daughter is badly burned with slim prospects of recovery. The blaze also destroyed the engine house a rail mill and the Lackawanna Iron company steel mill along with valuable machinery. Estimated loss 250990 with only partial insurance.

John A. Logan Waterloo N. Y Logan Lackawanna Iron Company Lemont Ill Poe Metropolitan Museum Central Park New York Lackawanna Iron and & Coal Co. Steel Works Blooming Mill 66Th General Assembly Ohio Stuart Taylor San Francisco Wiliam D. Ihanter California Pierre Lorriler New Yorkk Joseph Nimmo Bureau of Statistics Manning William A. Switzler Missouri Oklahoma Couch Arkansas City Caldwell Collinsville Navy Yard Portsmouth N. H Pennsylvania James Vesick Vesick Amalgamated Association Miles City Montana Newark N. J Lucy Gilchrist John Gilchrist Irelani H. J. D. Miner’s Bank Dunkirk Pople Secretary of the Interior Snake River Reservation Nebraska Brooklyn Atlantis Avenue Atlantic Avenue State Street D. J. Lowry Atlantic Coap Detective Daily Frank W. Miller Berzer Street Menninger Atlantic Street Edward Butler Edward Langtry John Muntz Henry Durst Adolph Martin Fred Eggler John McGrath Daniel Loughenry Long Island Hospital Station House Col Iee Hicks Street

Destructive hail storms and fires hit the coast states

Weekly Review reports Judge Dealy upholds Hoult railway bill preserving 4 cent fare and no freight rise, plus no discrimination. Storms lash Virginia and North Carolina wreck crops, barns, and homes. Brooklyn fire collapses Abbott buildings. twelve killed overall. Michigan Central figures show high earnings. Several officials and cases noted including suicides, perjury arrest, epidemics, and naval plans.

Dealy Oregon United States Circuit Court Virginia North Carolina Surry County Brooklyn N. Y Abbott State Street Michigan Central Railway Company Harvey M. Munsell New York Erickson J. H. Daily Trinity M. E. Church Jersey City New Orleans Plymouth Wilkesbarre Committee of Physicians

Dam bursts on Karaband river flood hits military roads

A Tirpul dispatch reports the Karaband river dam burst seventy miles from Sarakhak, flooding miles of terrain and hindering Russian built military roads. Russians race to repair and prevent further damage while other fronts see frontier talks and arid diplomacy unfold with Britain and Russia seeking arbitration and new accords.

Tirpul Karaband River Sarakhak Penjdeh Herat

Georgia Justice of the Peace Rules Against Tobacco Marriages

A Clark County Georgia justice of the peace discharges a tobacco plug ban for officiating weddings. The report notes this unusual policy in local English shipbuilding era context.

Oy Iron and Steel Clark County Georgia Justice of the Peace

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