The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-02-25

and completely free people-no mas
ter aud no slavc--no degraded caste,
and no DISTINGUISHED and sullcn mi
nority whose rights have been forfeit
ed for rebellion. Let US hold out the
hand tf reconciliation aud cntrsat
thcsc who were misled into Rebellion
TO share with US in fur inca sure the
rights vindicatcd in cur Union tri.
umph, not for party or class. but
for our country and for all mankind. "
Amen.
More than seven millions Of acres
Of land have been granted by the
State Of Iowa to railroads This is
about one fifth of the asrcs of land in
tue entire State.
Rcvcrends Hatfield and Liver.
more are having a lively discussion
as to the benefits and per'ls of female
suffrage. In any question in which
the issue is the damaging effects Of
female government, Brother Liver
more ought to have the best Of it, AZ
be will be able to argue from expert
cnce.-Chicago Times
The West Liberty Enterprise states
that VIM Meade, Of that place,
while getting out timber on the East
Wapsic. recently, found in the cen
ter If walnut tree an ounce rife
bail The troe measured two feet in
diameter. 1t is tie opinion of old
citizens that the ball must have been
in the heart Of the ,rce for sixty
years.
The appropriate time for the pro-
posed Fifteenth Amendment to 20 in
to cffec.-the LIST Of April.
Brigham Young, it is said, objects
to the present manner Of Mormon
scaling; for that reason, proba bly,.
he has sent his son abroad for more
Plaster Of Paris.
There is great deal Of talk about
the Cuban resolution in Congress
but wo should like to ace some reso-
lutien iu that body to accord the
struggling Cubans beligerent rights.
The lessen of the hour which nest
Radical Congressman should learn
lesson IN grammar and photography.
A transition showing the elasticity
Of the female mind-from heart
breakers to stock brokers.
Senator Carpenter. of Wisconsin,
has been read out Of the radical party
by Dick Yates, the occasion being
the denuncis.ion Of corrupt radical
aeeisla,ion by Carpenter. So they
60 AS soon asa radical ventures
to d~nounce corruption he is no
longer held worthy to belong to tho
party Of moral ideas.
Representative Cox was making
little speech about beast Butler in
Congress the other day when that in.
dividual suddenly left the hall. No
ticing this. Mr.. Cox ceased speaking
and went out ut once to look after
his ovcrcoat aud hat. Butler is new
CT trusted alone in the ante. re o,ps
and halls. where there are coats and
yalua tles.
Louisville has tsrned out . niger
baiy with ten 6ng~rs on each hand.
When it arrives 1T tho ago Of radical
discretion. how it will reach for
things.
The papers say that Nellie Grants
costumes are Of the rarcst aud most
costly kind, and yet her father is too
poor 70 pay express charges onsa dog
sent him by friend. ''Yat coun-
try"
A nephew Of Senator Spraguo died
in hospital mt Kansas City few
days since. He was about to en-
bark in tho Mona gerie business, hav-
ing large collection Of snakes in
his boots.
An Alabama man claims the word |
!. 'ridiculosity." having uttered it in
1860. Il there absolutely no chance
" finding something original in Sum.
ner'A speeches?
In Wisconsin prices Of all kinds Of
um Der have become 6rmer, and the
demand il good, both for shipment
md the retail trade. Shipments
rom Oshkosh average about twenty
;srloads daily. and the local retail
rsde Is much better than last month.