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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-07-27
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A. Ha,turee'a large foundry aud machine
rllnrr, nj Pittsburgh, Ia, were burned las,
week. Loss estimated nj Slp0.fsO
man died HI N.w York. tho other day. with
what the attending physicians pronounce a
genuine car, ~ Ariasic cl,nl.sa."
Tfm Hartford 1nMant advises tho public tia,
i aiI hu very foolish for any one who hods
peliey In the Charter oak ilfe Insurance Conn.
rAny u sacrifice II. Tho lowest estimate sd,
lsa.lc by my oi,e u thu value ~ the assets u
iI,ocompany puts thcm nj td.OO0,OOO. Even NJ
that policy h worth saving. and ~ soon NJ
receiver IL appointed thc l,ecesrity for making
payments ceascs and nj sone ti,nr cacl, policy.
l,alder viii receive his dividend ~, the li.se,,t
yaluc of bis lolic,s
furest lires ara rAgtnt, In lilo vicinity of Fprt
Fairfield. NJ. Nael areas ri tih.l,cr-lanL aYc
burned over hnd man. buildings destroyed.
EA-tioy 1iklcn sailed from, New York for
Europe lasl week.
Gonrtenay and ltiicy. two professional oars.
men. were matched torow araee on a.ecn~ood
lskc. mt far fron New York. Large sums ~
n,any were siakel on thu result, anl IN In.
nenr~ crowd cnngrcgAied 10 witness tho ron.
test. Jnst before tho start Gonrtenny Mas taken
suddenly Ill. liu and his friends claim that ~
WAS l,nl,ol,e.i b, n.,ne of Illcy l.ckera tiruat
perturbation Among tl,c roft. In consequence
West.
Lieut.. Col. NJ. Y. kheridAn RETURNED ID rhl.
cA.oa fow days ago from thu battle ground
where tho iraye Custer and III. trpops we're
slain. The bosiies uf some NJ tho dead were
found 10 bc dccomlosd luyo,d recognition
Tho hOdius ~ tllu private. which could he
identified wcro properly buried and the
graves marked The rcmAins VI twelve officers
Wero boxed and brought 10 Fort l.ii,coin
Tho bonnH VI the gallant Custer viii H.
taken to Wcst Point for intrrn,cnt. Tl,pEa ~
Col. Custer. Capt. iAtcs and I.iout.. smith,
Calhoun and Mcintosh will bo removed 10 tho
National Cemetery u Leaycnworti,. Tho ~.
mains III thu other officers await thu action II
thrir friends. Ihnso VI I.iuml. crittsnslcn
werc given ,~rnlsnont burial ou the siUt where
hr fell III obedience u tho Wishes ol l,IS father.
who ohjecse.i tothcir removal
Following the failnrc u Tho Butchers. and
DRIVERS and NcconA National Hanks IL NJ.
Louis. cosnea tle announcement of tl.c cia1ing
~ ~ lllc North ~. ID,iia savings InHlitutiu,,
sld the bank of NJ. Louis.
Tho Chicago Journal 1ays The crop new.
eo,,ttnnea good-ony gooh. and sery gpod.
There N 10 exception ~ thu rule. From tho
Fast, West aud Nonth Tho nuws Ii Il, tho high
eSt degree cheering, aud embraces thc entire
range u tho products u thu earth"
A Walln wAlla (0ugon) dispatch rx,. tl,s
indians have killed thrce msn and n.,e gitl on
Tow creek.
A day sdoings In The nlArk Hills il thus
losed ~ dl1patel, from DcsAwooli a cam,
NJ ffeIghter. near Gruk city wAs attacked BY
\ gang ~ horr thieves. ~hn stampcslr.i and
got Away with ai1ut seventy hor~a and mules.
4 war rart, ~ tblrty.hve Indian. wrr. scen Oh
tpcatti-h creek. A party u ten Indians eame
down upon ranch on thc llsd Water. iircsl ~.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-07-27
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~ iuTsisns N.te nvvs-l siuNn l's ih. l.s 4hl.
nnaak.trs. hut oshefs risms~f,d ost 'hsil
lrah laaii~s. A,h franiiealis snnaIi f,sragr
Tins tie iattiv eeIsimns, all ,las tasp. The
ilna.ians l~ins f,infar.si IN ihc aft..m2a is
several battalion. ~ n.ninanians fr,m Imns
crossing Ia lspats VI milnishi, Arhn.,i Iasha
eall,nlascd. Over G.Ua Turks. 10 t4ecse ~
artillery and monitors w,fo captured i, the
Russians.
1lr report thai ihr Rn~Hians Ind crossed
the i,sihAns II officially confirmed. Thc a,i
vAnerl guard nuw ~uth ~ The munntAias IL
commanded by tiei,. uunrkl,a AMI consists of
cavalry, infantry and artillery.
TWent,.ihrre members u leading kuidish
families, inhaiating isu--Ian territory, have
l#en coart .,aar,ialc,l and hanged ly or,lsr u
Ocn. MclikoH.
Dispatches from bucharest of the 10Th an.
mol,ncc that thu Russians lad completely sur
rounded l.nrtehnk. that column of 90 1000 aaa
marching Oh Wi,lin. and that these two places,
together with slnnla, would bc bcsiegrd with
infantry.
Abdul kcrini. urneralissimo III tho Turkish
army has hccn dismissed, and Mchcmsi All
appointed 10 succeed him. Mehemcl Al IL a
rrnssian. whose real namo II Schultz. H. has
shown himself Capable ~ division commander
IN Montenegro aud elsewhere.
a Cunrtanlinn,,lc dispatch, states that largo
section u soeicty tlloro bcli.ycstha slahu,atsl.
l,e,lif and Abdul kerim have ~oll the conn,ry
"a llmSxIa, aud that tho Transaction was nsgo.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-07-27
More Troops Tor Cuba.

4 t.itar from Malri,l saya tin Stnnisll
authorities nrt' preparing to ren.l .1,s
imen to Cuba Ia October, u I'LL In gapa
caused hy disease anl death. Tin Min.
listers prumas IL raiso tte necessary
funis IL forward t'rnr rrinft,n'em, min
hy anotlnr appeal 10 tliu nneoeiatinn oi
planters anil iiilanei.rs who furnished
thu advance fnr feinfulcemsnis nsnl ont
year a,r,. rl.eir privilege over thu
Cuban customs revenue will .H Increased
anil prolonged ~ iilenm payment II tho
interest and annual sinking iun,l. Tho
Minister. have allowed sll. c.ri.a III III.
.lefstand that, II necessary, tie dns.fl.
mrnt will make even greater ra,fitise.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-07-27

The rre.isien, has arp"in.ci lssari 1a,i.r
Minister ID Russia.
Thu Treasury Department has issued The
iif,v-sceol,d call Tor ihc redemption os thc 52o
hotris W 'G5. 1hc enll II for si00on.On con-
sas u %. pf which .T.o00, ,0o0 arc coupon anil
.J,oooooo registered bonds principal AMI In.
tcrc-t To t. paid on aud after tlc ieth u Octo-
ler next. Tho interest will reAsc on that day.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-07-27

Htoncwall Jnckaon slept II greni deal,
though the men of hin command believed
that hc never took rcrone. Whenever
he had nothing clsc to 10 he slept, ~.
pccinlly In church. H. could sleep any.
where nnd IN nny position, on chair,
under tlre or Oh horseback. During Il
niglt-march toward Richmond, after the
battles with Mcclellan, writes Col. kyd
D0nglnH, In the Pennsylvania 7lmrs,
The wns riding along with his .lrowsy
staff. nal,ling and sleeping M hc went.
We passed by groups III men sitting
nlong the roadside, nni engaged III
roasting new corn hy tiren made of iencc.
rails. Ono group tok ns for cavalry.
mon, with Nh incbriatcd Captain. nnd one
II thu party, delighted III tie sight III Il
man who lln.l found whisky enough To le
drunk, spr,ing up from tho fire nn.l.
brnntlisllinR rnnsting enr In his lland,
lealNsl down into tho rond anil. scizing
tho Generals HORSE. cried out, say,
old fellow, where tho devil lid yn, gut
Your liquor2 III mn instant, I'M the
General awoke. tllr fellow saw his mis-.
take !; an,l then, bounding from tho roa,l.
hc took the fence III Il single lenp, cx.
claiming, Noul dpi, it's nll Jack I an,l
disappeared In tlc darkness.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-07-27
Black Mills Currency.

correspondent III tlir 1T. Initl IaS0-
neer-l',rss ,leMrilrs tho nsc ol gvld
dust m currency as Tho grratcst nuisance
VI the Hack hills. Encl, man III pro.
vi.lcd with his bnckskin sack, nn.l, NO
mnttrr wllnt i, buys. lm II 4 plug II Il,
bntxN for IN ecitA. or mn outfit for sev-
eral hundred dollars, liz must weigh tiu,
amount out IN ,lust. This iH n vcxatiu,,n
prtceNM. Anu III course il cannot hc ntlen
repeated without a considerable percent.
age III WASTE. uoll liz taken nj Sin la
grNmhAekn, an.l MI sllopkrcMrs giy, twu
priccs. 4 movement Ii on foot to remedy
this evil by adding considerable per.
ccntAgc ~ tlle prices u gonln soll ior
dust, aud many ii tho more sensible
mincrx nre beginning ~ nrll their ,imsl
~ they bring Il In. ansl 10 their tunling
with paper money. Formerly there was
much risk In taking gold ,lnSt, M II was
mixed with material that II wa. impns.
sihle 10 detect by my test except that of
Aci.l, nnd few NMl.l spare thu time III
submit the dust 10 that process. Now
tho dust II comparatively clean nn,l Knfc
10 handle.
4 singular Result VI Emancipation.
Strange n II may .cem, the cmauci.
patton u tho serfs In Russia has III
crrAsesl tho number ri wolves In that
country. Tho MrfH used - net M their
maxterx drivers In the great wolf hunts.
which formed national lAstime; but
aiucc the liberation the w0lf-hnnt hns
gradually become unpopular, md consr.
quontly wolves Arc having hcttcr time
u 4. Thus. NJ. I.axarewski. lii d PAM
phlet pnblishcd by thc Russian Minis.
trriAl printing Office, estimates thu mum.
l,cr u wolves In European Russia nion,
~ not lcxs than NM, ,OlbD, and shows tha,
while tho average annual I'm. Of human
lives In tho ycars lHiD was only i2b,
the number of victims In lH75 wa. M
lcxH thMn III. Tho loNs III domestic mi
mails IN valmesl nj about 81, ,bt)D, INN An,
nnally. nnl TINT III will animals ~ alu,,,i
sl2 INN. NM. NtD iiuk t',ni,,y Ifmt
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-07-27

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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-07-27

A FHkScH wl,s'inslist. NJ. EniIr
Honherslrn. recently role l5i milrs Iii
twenty.thrce hnliiN, including stop.
page.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-07-27

viii Try atieainn sai'S VI amy Inrt ~ III. country
anl guarantee rat Faction er lu pay, Ttrtnr IRA.
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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
Science i'm War.

The present Russo Turkish war can.
not well be less interesting than those
that have SO recently preceded it, and
we may especially point out two direc-
tons in which fresh examples of scien-
tiic warfare will probably manifest
themselves-ln connection, namely, with
the cavalry pioneer and the Whitehead
torpedo. Both of these will probably
be seen in warfare for the first time, and
before many days are past we may hear
OF their dolngs in action. The cavalry
pioneer must not be COMPOUNDED with
the Prussian uhlan, who played SO con-
splcuous a part in the last war. The
ubiquitous uhlan, terrible as he was,
did not work the injury which some of
the Cossacks will have it in their power
to infict If accouteGed as pioneers.
These are selected from the smartest and
most daring troopers, lightly armed and
we'll mounted. In belt round their
waists they carry a few pounds of gun
cotton or dynamite, and with this high
ly-destructive explosive they may work
incalculable harm. A small charge of
guncotton placed simply upon a rail and
fired with fuse srffices to blow several
feet of the iron to distance of many
yards, thus rendering the railway I'M
serviceable on the instant. A trooper
may dismount, place charge at the base
of q telegraph pole, fire it, and be in his
saddle again within seconds. Wires
may thus be cut and communication
stopped in the heart of an enemy's coun-
try by fearless riders, who have but to
draw rein for an instant to effect the
mischief, while lines of railway in the
neighborhood are entirely at their mercy.
Even light bridges and well-built
stockades may be thrown down by the
violent defamation of compressed gum
cotton, and forest roads considerably
obstructed by trees thrown across, which
are never 50 rapidly felled as when q
small charge Of this explosive is fred at
their roots. The influence of the White
head torpedo, of which we have heard SO
much of late, will likewise be feltfor the
first time during the present war. An
implement so ingenious in it's character
that, as Lord Charles Beresford the
other day happily remarked, it can do
almost anything but talk, is in the pos
session Of both belligerents, and will
doubtless be heard of before long on the
Danube and in the Black sea. These
torpedoes are manufactured at Fiume on
the Mediterranean, and, like hrupp
guns, are to be purchased by anyone
who chooses to pay for them. -Scjentifc
american. #.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
! Turkish Surgery.

4 correspondent in the Turkish camp
at Shumla writes: 81 was present to-
day in the doctors private tent while
he saw his mornings patients, and a
curious experience it was. Two non
commissioned officers stood at the en-
trance by the sentries and ushered in
man after man for about two hours
The doctor, seated on a medicine-chest
just inside, felt pulses and prescribed
with the regularity of clock ticking.
Two native doctors assistants, who
squatted behind, handed pill or gave
draught as directed Now and then,
when an unmistakable case of fever was
discovered, the man was told to go into
hospital, but the majority were dosed
there and then. One man came up with
toothache. At signal given, up jumped
one Of the Turkish doctors, seized a pair
of blacksmith's pincers, and, going be-
hind the fellow, threw his left arm round
his neck as if be we're about to strangle
him. In an instant a capital double
tooth, as, sound as young elephants
/ sucking tusk, was lying on the. earth on
the other side of the tent. The patient,
who had never winked, mildly SUGGESTED
/ that the wrong one might have been
| drawn, as he felt the offender at work
STILL Haide, haide! BE off, be off I
said the operator, pushing him out Of
the tent with his pincers. Then, calmly
resilming his seat on the floor, he lit up
fresh cigarette and politely handed the
live charcoal IN the tongs to me- ii
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
The Value OF a Dollar.

A silver dollar represents a days work
for laborer. 1t is given to boy; he
has no idea Of what it has cost or what
it is worth. He would be as likely to
give dollar as dime for top or any
other toy. But if the boy has learned to
earn the dimes and dollars by the sweat
of his face he knows the difference.
Hard work is to him measure Of values
that can never berubbed out of his mind.
Let him learn by experience that a hun
dred dollars represents hundred weary
days labor, and 1t seems q great sum Of
money; thousand dollars is a fortune,
and ten thousand is almost inconceivable,
for 1t is far more than he ever expects TO
possess. ID When he has earned dollar,
he thinks twice before he spends it, He
wants to invest it so as to get the full
value of days work for it. It is a
great wrong to society land to a
boy to bring him - up to mans
estate without this knowledge. A fortune
at 81 without it is almost inevitably
thrown away With it and little capital
to start on, he will make his own fortune
better than. anyone can make it for him.
Hunts Merchants Magazine. 1g
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
The SuItansS Jewels.

The chief attraction of the Seragio is
the treasury. Here, in chamber by no
means large, is gathered treasure such as
one reads of in tales of the genii. The
actual value of these stores is almost be-
yond conception. Each Sultan seeks to
exceed his predecessor in the richness Of
his additions to the collection, and the
result is dazzling but not very impress
siye array of notwithstanding proper
ties that might just as well be made of
glass and tinsel-the effect upon the
spectator would be as pleasing. Imag-
inc to yourself a carpet crusted with
pearls, many of them as large as sparrow
eggs; a throne of gold, frosted with
pearls; draperies for the horses ridden
by the Sultan, embroidered with pearls
and rubies; cradle coated with precious
stones; inlaid armor, jeweled helmets,
sword hilts-one of these is decorated
with fifteen diamonds, each one as large
as the top of a mans thumb; coffee trays
of ebony, with double row Of enormous
diamonds, set close together; pipe stems,
sword belts, baskets, and bushels of
necklaces Of the most splendid descrip-
oAOA, AC<1POu cOSOCuC1 LIZ Sldoo nlIoW-
cases, and flashing like fire-fies in the
dark. The most costly article IN the
treasury is a toilet table of lapis-laz1li
and other valuable material, richly in
laid with precious stones Of every de-
scription. The pillars that support the
mirror are set with diamonds; the stem
and claws of the table are covered with
diamonds, emeralds, rubies, carbuncles,
etc. along the edge of the table hangs a
deep fringe of diamonds, with immense
solitaire tassels. The whole is "a gor-
geous-bore. Multitudes Of attendants
are stationed through the apartment, and
you may be sure that you are never left
for a second unobserved by these watch
full guardians Of the treasure house. =
| Letter from Copstdaattaaople.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
TWENTY-FIVE Years i'm Prison.

Here is little story: Twenty-Five
years agoa young man in New Haven
was engaged to marry woman there.
For some reason she transferred hel
promise to marry, if mother affections, to
another person. The first sutton, who
was a respectable mechanic, disapproved
OF the match, and declared that his rival
was disreputable person. who would
lead his afianced wretched life, and
that, while he could surrender her him.
self, he would rather she should die than
marry that man. Accordingly, and, as
he said, to save her from the awful fate
OF such degrading marriage, he killed
the girl. He did not attempt to conceal
his crime; he justified it, and regarded
himself as the savior of the girls happi-
ness
He was tried formurder, and acquitted
on the ground of insanity, although he
stoutly denied that he was insane, and
said that he acted upon his cool convic-
ton OF what was best for the girl, and
was ready to suffer the penalty OF the
law for the homicide. Acquitted, he
was remanded to the county jail by the
court. He remained there seven OF eight
years, all the time protesting that he was
in his right mind, and that the State
should either hang him for murder OF
release him. He was then transferred
to the State prison at Wethersfeld, by
what authority it does not appear, under
no sentence. There he has remained
until this day, in the same state OF mind,
apparently rational on all subjects, ex-
cept that lie insists that he had right to
kill the girl to save her from dishonor; and
that, if the State thought otherwise, it
should have punished him as a mar
derer. .'l" faet-
ta This is the story of Willard Clarke,
who has now petitioned the Assembly to
remove him from the State prison to the
Insane Asylum at Middletown. If he is
sane, he has right to his liberty, hay
ing been once acquitted on trial for his
life. So far as it appears, he has now
been in jail nearly quarter of a century
without authority Of law; for if there is
anywhere existing legal commitment
OF Clarke as alunatic, the State prison is
not legal place for the confinement Of
lunatics who have not been convicted of
crime. 1t is quite time that the Assem-
bly, relieved the State of the disgrace of
such sllp-shod proceedings. ..t..
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
A Boston Mystery.

) Mary Ella Harrington, a Boston school
girl, went to visit friend in Newton,
and her family never saw her afterward.
Her movements after she parted from the
Newton friend could not be traced. A
few days after her disappearance her
mother received this note. written in a
masculine hand: 81 send you this so
that you needn't worry for me-. I have
found friend, and am never coming
home any more, at least for good long
while. Ny friend is writing this for me
because / have burned my hand The
police searched thoroughly for the girl,
but did not find her. This was last fall,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
Curious Steamboat.

A little steamboat has Just arrived at
New York from Baltimore which was
propelled the enJire distance between
the two cities without wheel or screw.
She is called the Alpha, and in outward
appearance resembles the tug-boats
which ply in the harbor. Her length
is forty-three feet. She is supplied with
a sixteen-horse power tubular boiler,
which drives pump. From the pump
to the stern and bow of the vessel are
two lines of pipe which strike the water
about three feet below the surface. The
pump drives through each pipe two
and a half inch stream, which enters the
water through seven-eighth inch noz-
zle. With sixty pounds Of steam the
pump make $50 strokes aminute, each
stroke driving astreaminto the outer body
Of water. The invention is the result Of
many years of study, and it is. asserted
that it can be applied to ocean steam
ships with success. In moving through
the water there is no ripple astern, and
but slight displacement perceptible ex-
cept at the bow. By shutting off the
discharge from the stern pipes and fore
ing the water through the bow pipes the
boat is backed, and by using one bow
and one stern pipe she can be turned in
her own length. The propelling power
can also be used to steer the boat, the
nozzles being used alternately as levers
on the principle of the oar. The boat
consumes but quarter of a ton of coal
per day, and is considered to be well
adapted for use on the canals.
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Steam and, Sail Craft on the Lakes.

-. The rapid increase of steamers on the
chain of the great northern lakes is the
feature Of the lake trade during the last
three years. The number employed in
1876 is reported to have been 1856, their
tonnage being 190,367. The number of
sailing vessels has fallen off heavily, de-
creasing from 3,2O8 in 1872 to 1852, the
tonnage, however, not going down in
quite the same proportion, but to such
an extent that there were 100000 tons
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AT Monaco recently an EneEshroa

AT Monaco recently an EngEshrnan
named Walker lost $15, 000-the last Of
his money-by gambling, and the next
day he flung himself headlong from a
steep rock and was almost instantly killed.
Hisiwife and only child were staying at
the time with friends in Munich. Walk
er's total losses amounted to $75, 000
He had amassed a considerable fortune
in the cutlery trade at Sheffield, England,
and squandered it all at gaming tables
in various parts Of the Continent.