The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1867-10-25
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name of daily and weekly newspa.
per, established at Des Moines, and
to be of republican politics. The
prospectus says "The imbecllity and
pcrfdy Of public men, as we'll as
faithful and efficient public
service, will be considered fit sub
jects for comment, and no party
shelter will save political tricksters
from just and proper exposure. y
When it is known that Il. G. Or
wig, late private secretary of Gov
ernor Stone is to be its editor, it
will also be known that an endless
amount Of ''inbecility and pcridy'
can be divulged, unless party shell
ter" screens "political tricksters, y
for of course, under the promise
made in the prospectus, the editor
will give full confession of his own
and governor Stones rascality in
:robbing the school fund ofthe State.
Send US an exchange brother Orwig,
We are spelling to see how we'll you
keep your word in lashing the scoun-
drcls "naked through the world. -
Poker is a game INDUCED in to
some extent by young men as we'll
as old. Its dangerous character is
disclosed in the fact that a man in
England recently lost his life while
engaged in the game. His wife
held the poker while "his hand
consisted of the tongs.-Clemmcr
will open his new drug store at lie
Roy, next Monday. Mr.. Frisbee a
capital salesman and accomplished
gentleman has charge of the store
there. THE Cleveland Plain Dea-
Ter is responsible for saying that
ithc bitter contest between Wade
and Schenck for the Scnatorship
has been scttled-in favor of Meth
.er of them.-Levi Bulls of De-
'corah looked in upon US this week
lie is of the class spoken of by the
,poet as "the noblcst work of God. ="
"A Col. Gilbert recently aided
by squad of soldiers, destroyed a
newspaper office in Arkansas. He
was tried by court martial fined
$4,000 and reduced to the rank of
captain. The sentence is approved
by the President and Gen. Grant.
Verify the elections have done some
=, good already. A few mon tbs ago
a commission in the army was a
commission to commit crime, if the
holder thereof chose to use it for
that purpose -Purdy has bought
out McKinnie's hardware store at
this place. c. G.. Schellenger is to
be in charge Of the business at Lime
Springs, for the Purdy's. From
his intimate acquaintance with the
people there-away he will do them
any amount Of good.-Sincc the
recent elections, to open our ex-
changes from Ohio and Pennsylva-
MIA is like opening hen coop
BOOSTERS everywhere.---Ma
Hammer of McGregor looked in up
ON us. He thinks carrying off the
purse at the horticultural trot of
our county Fair was no great shakes.
This was not said however in dero-
cation of Howard County trotting
stock.--The Wisconsin State
journal is one of the most violent
republican sheets in that state.
The Milwaukee News inquiries of
the Journal what his politics we're
when he sncaked from the draft.
Why Mr.. News, how can you ask
such question? Loyal of course,
and friend to the soldier. jay
Cooke has written a FIVE column let
ter for the sandusky Register, de-
Tending the wisdom of a system of
national banks. Jay, can undonbt-
eddy see all the beauties of the sys-
tenn for it has lined his purse with
several millions of dolla- $, everv
cent of which is lax paid by the
labor of the country. There is no
wonder the beauties of the system
is not as apparent to the people as
to him. building goes briskly
on in Cresco, nearly or quite fifty
buildings having been erected the
present season while many others
are in process of cons truction.-
Thurlow Weed says that a dinner
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