The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-11-20
NEWS ITEM1.

IOoOI"k .nc uaAIS paving suIOukI
his hands. Several plundered let.
tcrs were found on his person, one
Of them containing $500. The ex.
tent of his robberies has not yet
been ascertained.
A Cincinnati paper says Mr.. Val.
landigham has withdrawn from the
Dayton Ledger.
A bold and unsuccessful attempt
was made to rob the National Bank
at Cobleskill. Schobarie county, New
York. Wednesday night, Nov. 11th.
Chicago, according to the school
census just CT mplcted has popula.
ton of 252, O54, an increase Of 9,671
since April last.
The new railroad bridge spanning
the Mississippi river at Quincy, Ill,
was finished last week. The bridge
is about 8, $50 feet long, and built
Of iron. 1t has two draws, each 16O
feet long. The cost ofthe structure
was 81, 500, 900.
Mr.. johnson, Democrat, is elect
cd to Congress from the northern
district Of California. g.
Six inches Of snow fell in St.
Paul, Minnesota, during the storm
Of Monday and Tuesday, Of last week.
Seymour carries Oregon by about
200 majority.
The total vote of N. Y. at the
Presidential election was 1885,
Of Philadelphia 12O, OO6. Of Brooklyn
64,717, Of Chicago 80, 6s1, of St.
Louis 20, Chicago ranks as
the fourth city from its vote, St..
Louis the seventh.
It is said that on the first day Of
the next session, Congressman KEEL
ley, of Pennsylvania, will introduce
constitutional amendment, provi-
ding for universal suffrage in all the
States.
The burning of the bridge on the
Union Pacific railroad, at Potter
station, occasioncd no delay to pas
songer trains. The crime Of burn
ing the bridge is saddled upon the
savages, led on by white outlaws.
Olive Logan thinks that any one
who can protect herself in q horse
car. is qualified to vote, and cx-
claims, ''Now, girls, be men!"
The oldest house in the United
States is believed by some to be q
stone edifce in Guilford, Conn. It
was built in 1910. the stone being
brought on hand-barrows from .
ledge some distance from the site Of
the building. The cement with
which the walls were laid up is said
to be harder than tho stone itself.
The first wedding in Guilford took
place in this edifice. the supper pro.
vided being pork and peas.
Anna Dickinson is lecturing upon
"Children and Marriage" which
induces an impcrtinent Journalist 10
inquire it the cart hasn't been put
before the horse.
Some radical rural members elect
to the assembly say that Matt. H.
Carpenter will certainly be elected
United States Senator. On the
other hand, others say that they
want no more renegade trimmers,
who stand fair to play the role Of
Dsolittle.
Nu1sANcEs.-C ross-eyed spinsters.
misunderstanding women, grumbling
old bachelors, dilapidatcd sidewalks,
children, frouzy wives,
dirty postal currency. and q subscri.
Der who does not pay for his paper.
The election is said to have been
very quiet in Texas, Mississippi and
Virginia. It was the quiet of death.
No one doubts that under . free
franchise, the states of West Vir-
ginia, Tennessee. North Carolina,
South Carolina, Florida and Mis-
souri, would have cast their electoral
votes for Seymour. Virginia, Tex
- and Mississippi, if allowed to
vote would do likewise. These
states would have secured Scymour's
election.
A Mobile paper says Of = guitar
player in tkat city that "his play
ing would give any well conducted
saw mill the tooth ache"
The English Liberals will, proba-
bly,, have majority of ono hundred
in the new House Of Commons.
Dispatches from Italy report that
the Papsl army continues to be de-
pleted by assertions. which are on
the increase.
Tho Louisville Courier and the
Journal have been con
solidatcd, the new paper to be called
the Courier Journal.
The Chatauqua County Press has
been enlarged. Some of the many
people from that county in this Vi
ciAity should take it. To US it is a
letter from home every week, and
such it would be to them.
The New Jersey politicians say
the Democratic Legislature Of that
State will elect John p. Stockton,
who was ousted two years ago by
the Jacobins, to give them ; two