The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-08-24

fNEHIl PARAGRAPHS.

Carr. CRAro's wife writes that they
would not undertake to cross the Al.
lantic agnin In cTklc- shelf for consil.
erahlc. She tainted twice during the
voyage. slept ia Il wet Mtl for seven
weeks, and hal achcs In every bone III
her bosly.
A Sr. PErkRsnrRo letter IN the New
York World wayx that since the first
battle of plcynn Russia has hccn In n
turmoil of enthusiasm. indignation, ha-
trcsl and political passions. The people
seem united In demanding more vigor in
the conduct ii the war, and with this In.
tcnse war feeling gocs Indignation against
England.
TnE Eastern qMcation In temporarily
l0.t sight III In England la tho general
nlMrm over the American potato. hug.
Tho Trivy Council has taken np tho
hug, nnl In considering him wolrMnly
anil seriously. Each American pilgrim
will bc searched for bugs nj tho custom.
housc hereafter, and il they are found
on his person both the man and the hug
will bc condscatesl.
INDIANA and other Western Htatcs,
heretofore noted for the facililie. they
fnrnisliul IN obtaining divorces, may
now yield the palm 10 the District III
Columbia, which Inns acquired Il rMvml.
iNr fame for dissolving the marriage
tic. One of the Judges II kept constant
II busy In this branch vi business, aud
the reports of hix dccreeH I'LL 10 small
space IN the daily papers ut the capital.
In the absence Of exciting news ny 10
battles and important army movements.
We arc receiving elaborate accounts Ut
horrible atrocities pcrpctratcd by the
hostile armies IN Bulgaria and Ronmc.
liz. Each party IL cnlcavoring Il pref.
u.licc the civilized world against the
ether, and tho accounts arc undoubtedly
exaggerated. II hall tint il said IN true,
MI civilized nations should promptly 60.
operate Anl interfere in the name oi hm.
manity.
kkvxnAL newspaper paragraphs havc
been publishsSl stating that nll the pub.
lic land. available for cultivation have
passed out of the Governments control
by presumption, nMl,.idies. ctc. Another
estimate alleges that not morc than onc-
fourth of the surveyed lands have been
iiaposed of, and TINT there arc still
|, ,l32, ,0N55, 244 acrcs of public lands In tho
Statcs and Territories over which the
surveyor has not run hia chains OF
"hlMxosl" tho corner trees.
HrTlxa Butt stands upo.a his dignity.
A letter from Fort Ellia, Montana, N.
ports that Chen. Miles attempted mission
n him failed because the chief refused
~ NO amy ono who did not come with
full powers ~ negotiate treaty. The
old savage gives himself thu Mrs vi 4
sovereign. II the President has Mny.
thing ~ communicates hc must acnd Il
Minister plenip0tentiary. Sitting hull
- not 70 lN Coaxesl out from un.lcf the
tail0f the British lion without prclimi-
nary diplomatic guarantees.
Tux death of tile late Lewis Drooks,
III Rochester, N. r., who had ains.s4x
4 large fortune In the manufncture oI
w0olcn cloths, I'm. revealed 4 public
bcnciHctor. He retired from bnnincs,
forty years ngu. and has since attended
chiefly ~ his private concerns, nnd Ind
~ disappeared from public view TINT
his name waA comparatively unknown
oven III Rochester. Aince his death,
however, IL has been discovered that Ii.
Ind given elO, 900 to the Rochester Cit,
Hospital. 1lO,O ~ the ~. Marys Hos
pitAl. "a. .OOO each 10 the industrial s,clloo
an,l Female Charitable Hncicty, md
lno@t muniiiccnt u MI, sl3O,OOO 10 Iii.
Virginia University, and In neither cas.
was the giycr known. Numerous olhe
gifts Mrc now known to have come frun
the same generous han.l. lie seems Il
have sought his opportunities for hoint
g0Al from the pure love IT charity All,
with M avcnion 10 public noloricty, nm
contributed them IN such mAuner tina
they could not be diverted from thei,
proper purp0ac. IL hia casr tho BhAk
spcArcan maxim II reversed. The g0N
that he has done livca after him and |,
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