The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1869-01-01
NEWS ITEMS.

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The pension appropriation bill
reported to Congress and postponed
till January fifth, appropriates ten
millions for invalid pensions under
various acts, and thirteen millions
fer pensions of widows, children, &c.
The January interest payable will
reach the unprecedented sum Of
$50, 900, 600 in gold.
The Treasury receives 800, 900
worth Of worn-out money every week.
The Milwaukee Sentinel demon.
mates the President amnesty proc
lamation," Andy's Christmas gift to
the rebels ra44s 5fari q sInvs g
A work recently published contains
q spirited picture Of Hendrix Hud-
son discovering the river Of that
name BY sailing up it on high
pressure, stern-whceler steamboat.
A new candidate for q place in
Grants cabinet has sprung up in
Peoria. He drank in one day forty.
nine glasses of whiskay, and was
still sober enough to say ''let US
have peace. r X ~, s<ar... ed.
The English, to revenge them
selves upon Stewards mischief-ma-
king administration Of the State
department., have released George
Francis Train anc sent him home.
A new style Of hat is called the
Grant hat We have not seen it,
but presume it has q brick in it..
The amnesty proclamation has re-
ceived the approval Of several radi-
cal congressman, one of whom pro-
poses to introduce bill removing
all disabilities from confederatcs,-
this measure to be accompanied by
a universal suffrage provision. =
A car on the Pacific road was
broken into On Saturday, at St.
Paul, in open daylight and $500
worth OF property stolen. The rob-
Der was captured at Austin.
Minnesota has now . population
of 400, 900, an increase Of 70 per
cent. in three yenrs. At this rate
her population will exceed 600,O 900
in 1870, when the next general
census is taken. ....-
John Simpson, of Waterford MINI.
raised 112 bushels of wheat,
machine measure, weighing 62ib
per bushel, from four bushels of club
wheat, recently brought from Cana
da.
The "Hon. Jesse Grant" old
Jesse, the father Of Hiram Ulysses,
has SUDDENLY become-.is not to edit
the administration organ under the
new President, neither is John W.
Fawney.
The official record of the Spring
field Armory is said to show that the
men have actually done moro work in
eight hours than they formerly did in
ten.
The nearest point on tho Union
Pacific railroad where good coal can
to obtained, is at Carbon, one
hundred and thirty-eight miles west
of Cheyenne. No coal is found he-
tween this point and tho middle Of
lowa-one Thousand miles. The
country between Omaha and the
Black Hills has been strip ped of
what little timber there was orig
inally upon it.
Tho Supreme Court of Georgia has !
given 4 decision sustaining the de-
eision of a lower Court, which held
that the consideration of a note CIV
en- for borrowed Confederate money
was a good and valid ono The plea
was the failure ofthe Confederation,
and that the Confederate money was
an illegal money hot money or any
other thing Of value.
A young lady Of indianapolis re-
Gently used corrosive sublimate to
remove light mustacho on her up
per lip. The application removed
the mustache and portion Of the
lip:
A convention is now being held at
Houghton, in the Lake Superior re-
gion, to secure the separation Of that
section from Michigan and its erec-
ton into territory.
One Miller Of Pa, concluded bis
eulogistic essay on Thad. Stevens
With these fresh quoted lines:
s:Like the dew on the mountain,
Like the foam on the river,
Like the bubble on the fountain,
Thou art q goner, and forever!o
Thirty Three millions Of dollars
were appropriated by Congress for
the expenses Of the War Department
for 1868. This was before the
election. Now the Secretary Of
War anne unccs that an extra appro-
priation Of ninety millions must be
made to meet the deficiency.
The name Wisconsin is Indian for
Gathering Of Waters" and was
given by the natives to the Wiscon-
sin river.
Good Advice.