The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-10-19
Ilnrtmr f,stl,matcs.

ucn. lInmphries, Chief of Engineers,
hnH submitted his estimates for nppru-
printinns for river nnl harlOr improve.
mcntx for the fiscal yenr ending JMue aD.
1871. The cntifc amount asked for IL
Sl3. .3l2, 600 The following ARE the csti-
mates for river and hariNr improve
mentn IN the Northwest
Improving Missouri river Il ~. Jo.eph
thi. NM improving Mis.uttri river NJ Nebraska
tht,, +75.Ot imrruvihK Missouri river u Vel
low~tom river. 1000 improving Mivi~sippi
river hetwWn iIlinoir and Ohio rivers, @tfkl-
NM. improving upMr M,ssinsipp river. tai ,uO0.
removing lar "ppn.ite Dubuque. s20 thn
burlington hnthor. Iowa, t25t ttM pe. Molne~
rapids. tils,iAN, iluek Island Rapids 46O.OO0
lili'oi- f.sef, @iib,Mh' improving Ml~sr-.ppl
river wl,a,r ~, Anlliui,v 4aa,OjD Minnesota
riser, I'm. ON. feri Masltsun hnfhur. Iowa,
taI n,0 HID river II sln North. FstMHp nhlu
river, .5.3tH'O Wabash fl,pr. si,Nl,nO,
sarvrior hAy. Wa. +7.M" nninth hafhor,
Eagle hartpr. Mich. +iOOOo, Marquette. Mich.
tN, ,0Ol Msnnn,lu.e. Mirh.. 2b,0tA, tire.n
lias. Wir.. 4l5.nOu kt,irgspii HAY canal.
th,aOD AhnAiNc, VIA. -91,MMi Two laiyefr.
Wiz, t2l,D0O MMullown,. Via. ~, D,OtAl. kAe-
bnssAn -d,u#Nl rart Washington. 4t10N,
Milwaukee. t1D, ,0stus ~. Josepi,, Mieh.. +5l..
uDi At. Mars'~ rIsut And fAll4. slO0,O I'M, liar.
bur ~ h.f,igr. Lake Huron. tsi0, nm, NJ.
clair riyar. ,5aN Drtrolt river, 49p',, I'M, NJ.
clair Hats, &a.OdN NAkinNw river, I'M INN /
chsho,gsl harlnr. w, mo Montoe, Mleh.
tli.Wn Toledo Ohio, 4lio, ,otH, Fort Clinton,
ron. ul.in. -l,.AA, vern.ilon 4p.N,O Gles..
land iIvakMa..f, ta0s,, INN, tirand ri,er, tb,.
On. llaelnr. s2l, ,O0Ni kef.esila, ~, ,Mtp. Fos
aid Wisconsin rivers t150,M0l Chicago hAr.
bur. tisn.0o, tAlnnlsl. sasl.DO0 Michigan
.,ls, silu,Ms, tha,ls.sis. Miel,,, w no !,
4sil.nD i.ndllWtnu, Mich. f2d.O1 ientwA.
t.r. Mich. ~, 40 White river, Mich. IVA OOt'i
Grand Haven, Mi.h,. tx7.ufD. Hack LAKE.
Mich, l,N,u kauRat,lrk, Mich. fiOtNNl,
sh,tl Haven. Mich, 49a.D .D01l AsistahMlA bar.
inr. +h,Mw Erie. 1lenna hArhnr, tti, ,iNH.
Dunkirk hAsbur. -ii,UNl buffalo harbur
t1UO.fWO.
TrOMhlcsOmc TrAMps.
The trnmps lluve lWr0mc nncnlurs
able ~ tllr inhabitants u Eastern Penn.
SylsnniA. In Il petition A.l,Irrssrd to
Grand lmries, TIM Citizens Executive
Committee of Chester, Delaware, and
Montgomery counties" declare TINT ,tDO
tramps are now roaming over the terri.
tory incl,t,le.l In the counties named,
aud TINT the loss to tho people through
their illcnesx amounts a. fully III, ,thO
yearly. They then make The following
snggcsti0n Ia regard ~ workhonH4. for
the trNmps: Your petitioners wm,ld
respectfully suggest TINT few fnrm.
houses. or other buildings, In different
paits of Tho country, might ln hired NJ
u smnll annual cost, 10 which frame
sleeping apartments could eleAply br
added. With lNlgingH thus provided nj
fonr or five points In the county, your
petitioners believe tl,at work could l,e
found upon roads. luarrics. and bridges.
which would Aayr tie county mlcl, year.
" outlay, while by truck nnd house.
work caeh III these houses could l,o
nla,ls nelfsnppnrting'
Thc British tiraia Trade.
Since the beginning of the present
year, w hnvr imported ~, OtO, n0lcwt.
VI wheat, against IN, ,ODO cwt. last
year. Omrioialy enough tho increased
Hmpplics have not yet come from The
United States, which sent IN nearly
I'M, ONO cwt. lcss this ycAF than last.
Onr chief sources nj tho cxtm supply
have bccn british India, Nassia, (lcr-
,aa,,y, Fnnes ana Egypt NJ doubt
stimulated tn export m0rr largely than
nx,,al hy their financial nrcc.sittrs, but
the ilgnrc~ arr none the lesS significant.
On TINT NavoMnt II II Just possible the
corn dealers In tllc United htAtns may
hol,l hack little too long In the hope "
obtaining higher prices, nnd u II quite
evident frOm the ense NJ thu market nj
present II will mot yct. III VII events,
MMr squeezing. London 1inies. fAf. IN.
1'rrM's silver Misses.
The Ccrro IL paxo mines In Peru Mfc
attracting general attention. The works
ARE bcinR pres*,d forward with All ps,A.
.ihlc dispatch. A distinguished cnsincer
haA given hin opinion that ai,0vo thu
present wntrr.levcl II the mincs there
Hre 400, NM. ltlO toms VI metal that will
yield six marks. or 90 70 the cajou of
three ton. that IL 70 sAy, 20 pr t0n.
He says thc Cerro DE- paxo viii produce
more silver than all tha mines In tho
world.