The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-12-25
"GENEaAr GRA... saws a Wash.

"tkSERAL tkAN1, says a Wash
ington. telegram, ''freely expresses
himself in opposition 'to the Ed
Tauds bill or any other bill remand
ing Georgia to provisional govern
ment ~
TIE Rushvllle Times has tho tol-
lowing cool item: Mr. James r
Davis brought with him from Texas
a complete outfit Of a Camanche In
dian, consisting of bows and arrows,
shield, &c, and also the gentleman
scalp. ~
The Erie railroad cost $50, 900, 600.
New York punches billiards at 1900
saloo9s. 49,.
The whole Upper Mississippi
country in Minnesota is overcd
with nearly two feet of snow.
Ii is reported that General Grant
will offer the sccrotaryship of war
to General Me Clellan. If he should
do SO. what an immense amount Of
"Pain Paint would be required to
soothc the anguish of the heroic
radicals who led the home guards
during 1.-THE late unpleasantness!'
It has been fully decided that
state convention Of newspaper pub
fishers will be held ut Indianapolis
on Tuesday Jan. 5, 1869. The OBJ
jcct of the convention will be the
advancement of the interests Of pub
fishers, especially Of country jour=
nails.
A few days since the passenger
train on the Southern Minnesota
railroad was suddenly brought to a
halt, by pocket handkerchief be-
ing waved by small boy, mounted
on huge log beside the track. The
traiu was stopped. On being asked
what was the matter. and why he
had stopped the train, he coolly re-
piled that ''he didn't know but
what somebody might want to get
off,
The President on the 10th inst,
accepted twenty miles Of the Union
Pacific misunderstanding from
$50 to 900 miles-and ordered the
bonds to be issued on the same,
amounting to $64O, 900. w
Judah P. Benjamin is fourishing
as barrister at Lincoln's Inn,
London.
The prettics. girl in Norwich,
Conn.,, works for living-and new
or had beau,
Both houses Of Congress adjourn
ed over the holidays until jar. 9Th.
A train of emigrants from North
Carolina, which lately passed
through Richmond, Missouri, told
the local editor that they left the
"old North State' because the
"bottom rail was on top there now.
The New York Times thinks 1T
is time the curtain had fallen on
the Jefferson Davis farce.
The appearance Of beggar il
the streets Of Salt Lake City is no.
ted by the Deseret News as an evil
dchce Of advancing civilization.'
The Austin Register mentions sad
accident that occurred in Rusk 4
Officers Touring mill at that place
A miller was engaged in fixing the
alarm bell on the ceiling ofthe mill,
when his right arm was in some
way ca ugbt in the gearing and bro
ken IN two places. His shoulder
was also broken, and, terrible to say
his right ear was torn out by the
roots.
President Johnson will retire from
Office comparatively poor, and will
resume his profession as a lawyer.
The expenses of the impeachment
trial absorbed the little he had been
able to lay up for the future.
The Rothschilds have bet $40,
600, 900 on. the Spanish revolution.
That is, they have loaned that sum
to the new government.
Brigham Young has had an attack
of paralysis. What an extensive
widowhood his death would cause.
The aggregate population of the
several Indian nations now Oil the
war path is 20, $40. OF this num-
her it is estimated 5000 or 1000
are warriors.
A Pennsylvania grocer ingenious
~ tried to clean out a bombshell
with red hot poker He succeed
ed in cleaning himself out most ef-
fectually.
They hayo TRAITORS in Michi-
gan. That is what Chambers
friends call the truly loyal who OPP
pose his reelection.
Il say. ma, exclaimed a little
mink Of thirteen, do yon know what
the pyrotechnical remedy is for
crying infant?' Gracious goodness
me, no; | never heard of such
thing Well, ma, it's rocket.
4 popular speaker has got up
lecture on Getting Ahead. 4
head is good thing to get-if there
are any braies in it.
Women ought not to be called ex
trAvagant, since they waist round