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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12

NARROW EscArE. Friday Inst.
~ tho northern bound afternoon
freight train left Carpenter on the
Mason City l. 1T. Paul Railroad And
wns nearing tho river north VI Cur.
penfur, the engineer discovered Ill
obstruction on the bridge. IL wh!s-
down brakes, but before the train
could b. stopped tho engine stfns X
u plank which Some wretch had laid
nefons tho track, cneh end of which
rested against braces oi the bridge.
A hard wooden rAll MAS also lnid on
top " tho plank. I'll" wheels u the
engine cut tho plank md rnil In two
Oh one side, and tho whole train
jumped tho obstruction and passed
On without injury Mitchell County
Prrss
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12

The Nationals III tho recent cloc.
tions. carried Tcrrc HAut., Indiana.
tho homo of Hon. II. w. Voorhees,.
beside several other oi the large
cities Of tho state aud have n con.
trolling majority In several of the
largest couutics. beating the com.
kiRed republican, and democratic
vote. The Nationals also met with
like successes In many Of tho im-
p0rtnnt cities III Ohio. X Ii n nota.
bio fact that Fremont, tho home ~
President Hayes was carried by tho
Nationals against the combined ct.
forts VI the robbers league |. g..
hard money Democrats aud kepub.
llcnns. The peoples cause " mnr,h-
Ing on 10 victory,
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HIGHWAY ROO0EAv.


John OIsrIoii, Thomas Murray.
md Martin Havcrty. tho oldest b..
Ing hut ~ ynnrs old, and tho young.
est scarce Ia, were lodged In the
county jail on Tuesday. Thoy are
charged with the gr0ss 0flense u
highway robbery. committed upon
tho person Of Albert Schultz. ON or
noAr thu railroad track In jackson
township. They assaulted Schultz,
chokcd him, And with \ drawn knife
demanded his property. A pocket
book, knife, and watch we're taken
from his pocket. Tho trio were ar.
rested, arrxIgned before Esq, Jacobs
and pleuL guilty. Ball WAS nxcd NJ
the very moderate sum Ut 900 enoh,
but this they were unable 10 give,
and In default we're sent 10 The conn-
~ jAil to await Actlon by the GRAND
Jury. Probably the youngsters Ind
becn reading "CIAndc Duynl." or
some other equally mercfricious
dime curse, mud were striving To en-.
ulKte tho brilliant exploits of Il
gentleman VI tho road. DsG0rnh Ne.
rNbitnHn.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12

rrIln tho irisi, ss'or,d.

HtWln the Ifieh W0r1d.
II n word never 10 be spoken, u
thing never 20 he contemplated, by
Uithor q man or II nation. But II may
~ qultG pertinent 20 nsk tho follow.
1ng questions:
il trusted clerks Or d business Arm
20 Into . conspiracy with outside
rogucs 70 dcfrmnd their employers
BY false claims and false enttIes, arc
not both the outside nnd tho inside
oonsplraeors Liable 10 Ano and I'm.
pFlsonment1
II ! conspiracy was formed In l86D
and l070 By majority inside VI Con
geees With tho bOndholders outside
10 defrAud the nation Oe o6OO ,ODO, 400
Of thereabouts, was ID On undesirable
oi5encef Did NOT the very greatness
u ths fraud md tho position sad
wealth II tho Urinlnsls Increase and
lntAnsify tho crimcl Did want on
necessity lmpal them ~ commit ~
Should not the nnc and imptisOn.
mont imposed on them be- common.
sMsste with the enorn,ity u the
fraud III thu fraud n acknowledged
SvOn by their Own counsel Ii not tho
road 70 tho pcnltcntiary clcAr1s
Are not newspaper owners pnritn~px
rrtmtnle --pArtnkcrs ri the crime
whom they toll you that honor" rom.
mAndu 10 70 pay over 10 thu AwIn.
dlers the full amount ri their fraud?
when they toll you ~ take away, by
~. half the lAborsr's breakfast Tor
thAt purpOsef
II tAefe anything obscure IN thrsc
QueetjOnsS Would there bn any
difficulty In snswerIng them II W
had courts large enough 70 enforce
tho plain provisions Of existlng taw3
EnferCe 4 alike upon the swlndlers
lnslds and Ontaidc oi Con9rcssf
This great fraud, presented u thu
vlew OS tho people everywhere,
would Il not awaken them 81 Il ifur
sense Of "honor," 3 nations yeng.
oenc0 Ageinst . national arimn7
Might Il not rouse thsm vi, ~ purify
through tho ballot. box both courts
and leGtalAAtnrrA, thnt 10 They cOulL
rsa6e And puoish this enormous
u ~ look 4 brief distance into thu
future. Nc so~ the criminals brought
before th. purified conrts. Will w
not 500 TIM sentence " ths court up.
On thCsN criminals summed M IN
this wAy1
ho1e1essioa " ~ amDuns drfr.udetl ~ ,en, ~
- g. rsuporthM. s:oibF th.i =
~ yess1 Ia.pri~,e,.,r,, ~ iii IT,. =
GUaEofelON ~rDIniEltHt w thaF
ee1g10o ~ s.4.s4ss stts.stts4tsf 6si,0ga M
s - IS =
4tN4t4oytUH
With thu nrlminAlsf Would Ii not ~
: relief W TIM criminal COngrssamsn
BY exhibiting ihefn only this once ~
public sc0rn and then hiding them
ANey IN perpetual rctitamsntf
Would Il mt BE- 4 great gain 10 the
kOndhOlder4~ unnatural lut1d III. |
ri on thclf bodice, = sinking load IN /,
tbsir t3alsY Interest ttny would TO |
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12
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WANrNt, ti'ha

RKAaos WANTkp. The govern.
mcnt owes an immense dcht, The
people arc willing md anxious to
curry large portion Of this debt,
without interest In tho slnpc of eur.
Teney. An experience Ut fifteen
yenrs has demonstrated that this
form of currency In the best TINT hns
over been used In this country. Cni.
my ono give n single sound REASON
why the government shall not light.
on III own burdens and confer bon.
elt upon thu people by issuing treas.
ury notes tn tho full extent " the de-
mands OF bmsinessY- 1'errc Hante
Eypress.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12

The Dubuque Telegraph sAyH; II
has b0su discovered 1t Washington
thnt Ohm. sherman IN mot shove do.
ing rcprehsnnIbllitIcs. asirh ~ drsW
lng communication rati0ns for s~lf, III
fuel TINT BIZ don't use, aud FOR h0rsca
TINT he don't keep. When ut Wash.
Inxion he lives 1T hotel heated by
sirHni. yet h. travis ninrtyiwo ion.
vi eOnl yearly. not II ton VI which
dp- h. use. The Amy regulations
require him 40 return NIL ho docs not
unn Of II. bu' b. don't r,turn worth ii
cent. M ~ forage fpr Iia h0rntr.
Tho fofn1e IA scent ~ Ills bruthef'r
thu General having no use
Tor horses III Washington.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12
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WIZ wlla saa Anfyst With IsgAter.
siA Kssl nssf vusnyiains. Constipation
nhi general tIshiIItt wheh sna rnf
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sAllyrt With ~ ssil un Il positive
guarantee III eare soa. rftre 10 ct.
md W 81 rer sala " IN > J..
Clsnmef.
aHACkMETACKs 4 popular and
fragrant perfume. Mold hy III, ] \.
clrmin~r. Crvsvo. Iowa, ~ lp~o~
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12
Aeesss,e~meni u tsAssl he~sys.

The seml.Ahnnel nrpossinnmehi r.
shr various assheuI .liattirss n shs
county, Hpcnlhs~d Nv iRW fuf the
nfst Monday N Arfii h~~ h~~A epsss
rlrt~d NY As,alins revk, and 4 ,lls.
ifihntet mmnng the ri district town.
shIps and independent dlsstlstr IN
proportion IN ihe youth In each The
table below Risea the youth In rnrh
and the snin nrpetilonrd 10 u.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12

DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup should bc
kept In every family. 4 slight cough
II unchecked, Ia often tho f0rernnntl
VI Consumption. md timely dosc
Ut this wonderful medicine hHs rem.
cued mary FROM Nj carly grave.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12

Evsn tho diyInrs Af0 going Intn
bankruptcy. it~v. Robert w. ratirr.
son. = presbyterian minister ~ Chi
cnKo. has handed In to the court
clerk tho account br Wishes wiped
ont. lie Is not out ri theology. but of
cMHii. lhs aN,nc ~ other people.
twenty eight thousand iO'!aia of Ii.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12
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TO All WHnN fr MAY COkcEuS
The commissioner appointed To taeais n High
Ma Ip'lltaheA for H. Mathew Martin AMI atlr'fr
r.iri,,sn.., INK III u point where EaaI 80 !ys III.
trissr n lnan Nh, w, luwhtliipp. Iiah1sa IA w
sfat Township, Howard county. lslnnInx
thence raH N ~sation mac no nilrs hA- riW,it-
"a III favor ~ lueaiing ,irits'. A1li MI ahier.
LOLA thereto. 81 rAInN inr hainaEt%, hN ~
ii"s. III the Auditors office uh er before i4T,ii NJ
iar stii daj 81 iaHs Isis. ar stitch Highway VIII
h. iaaifd without further reference thelet1.
Dated ca~fo. Iowa. March Vi. ISIS.
JpII.s H fkt'k,
~ county Aud.tor,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12
ROAD v'O7,lGE.

III MI NIUM TT NAY VUkEkNN.
lhr GOinluit tlUilur appointed 10 lpcAt0 Or con.
iiH.lu Highway M. ids tNlitiufcd tor by kirll-
ard w Williams and others commencing III lin
IWsANni terminus NJ the N,titlt vert cUrnrf "
ssetiOh HbD.la. III saratoga Township, Howard
isilie 10 lntnrsN uNld No. txa nt the southwest
rttncr " Ace s-Dp ~ has reported III favor NJ The
c0tIt iuMAtIOn lnrffuf, ami IA objections thereto.
itOr'h Oiit" IN Or M'f6fr nOOn III thr eth DAY III
Junu MIA, 0r maiuh Highway WIN M heated Ill.
out further rsfnruncu Thereto.
Dated tTenco. Iowa. March vi, isis.
JOHN 4. PRICK,
~ County Auditor
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12
ROAD N.O TlEE

Tic COMMISSIONER appointed " New ami ~
CAlN = highway. rssttftOMGti ltR by tDOsninlck
y ntlrUii, Communicating M thc kDuth utMt corner
~ thc MugthWCM quarter ~ Ncttuh Jhekfa, III
lnrtn Township. Howard COUhty, running tiMn,s
tnk( on quarter t1tu OIc halt nilic and tntHrsy,
Win rAsl NJ. IN NJ ilsr s0Ath uax4 cUF1Nr Ut tiIe
tNrtl-tast quarter NJ Msiiun M,Vs~ts Msid nsp
~ ~ ~ tiNt Mhtu. han ruDmft4N In fMvM NJ ~.
tAbllklainR thrr'uf, And hli objections thereto
Or claims fOr damages, n,syt n iihsi III thu Aud
itDrn utllur ~ ~ bufMv Hdpn n TIN iDlh dMy II
NM tusAs W sikh Highway Win ie CV4nhtLslss,
Without further Tcfettllcc thereto.
Dated enro. Town, March -. Isis.
JOHN &. pKGk,
~ County Auditor
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12


AN ORDINANCE sss me esa.svassirn
w sidewalk IN A~wlh ei,ls u High
street. HI cresso. t@~A,
w " ordained ~ me Tewa Ceshell "
sAe fswa II ureseo, lswal
That ssAswalh b ssasasnetsd Aad pat
dewA In aid town, commencing and rsa.
sing ~ fsiloeei comMeaelAg 81 . pclnt
where Nigh street lnserssela the weet eide
~ Cedar stfset and rMnniag thence easter.
~ On the soath side VI lltfA STREET. " M
vsst lias " the corporate limits u sAld
tnwW, and that ths aNms ks huin ~ me
property owacrs aLuttlas npsa The sltlr cf
street along which said walk sxtends. Aad
apsn ~ uniform grade ~ ground. and Of
two Inch rlaak laid srcn and nailed 70
ssrlagcrs, AID raid walk y Ls hsc feet
vide, and built within thirty dnys from
The publication " This ordinance
Ayes larnawortA, Webster, l.cnas
AMd Midnss.
Nays None.
Passed mud apprs eyed April q. 1874
e. y. WEBSTER. Mayor.
HENRY wIDkkf. Recorder.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12

ROAD .tsOyNGE.
70 afL nHpA II MAY CoRckMH.
Tn commissioner n.ioiht j IL lafntr n lli.h'
Nay, wtitiahssi tor hy Robert i'laean nfd tsiNfs
commencing III tte North WRIST entnsr ~ sse.
elton MI. fisHf, Township M. rs. kHlige 30. ~
In Paris Township. Howard county. running
thence hutTn III Mstiuh fr. Utie inlir AMI hhii
" intrrwrs ffnli sn III. hls reported TN fatur "
i0.Aiing tlirsnf, nId All ubIrsfians ti.srs'n ~
claims iur dltiytA. niiiti NJ ialsd Iii thu audit
nth fsiiuf iii ~ Urfurr nlpn III thr aisi dts ~
AhS isiAt In Hilsl iiivhNrs NH III. lEai.d " I'LL.
nut further refefunf. li,ufU;0.
Dated treyso. Iowa, March ~. ISIS.
JOHN H. pEtk,
g4A county Auditor,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12

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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12

TNe sp~vA Naswsisw An uls~1hx Ms IL farvvi
&C. sta sess Z II. - rhse.. I. e. hssHr
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-04-12

r1NHOU SHALT NOT HTRAf.. An
i HvNpELONrTZ AEt.r.N HlA
goods cheaper than you can steal
them.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-02-14
Justice will yet unclose her eyes;
Terror yet in wrath arise"

The conviction of Anderson, one of
the Louisiana Returning Board reminds
us Of the above Couplet. The perjury
and forgery that the Wells Board were
guilty of in order to count Louisiana for
Hayes and Wheeler are likely to place
the perpetrators in the Penitentiary.
The language Of Judge Black also comes
to mind in his closing words to the
Electoral Commission:
"The refuge of lies shall be svept away,
"dnd The hiding place Of taL8ehood shall be
"unCOyered. Wait; rctri6ui on aUiH come in
"due time, Justice haveLS Oitb a leaden heel
"but strikes aCtth an iron hGnd"
Wells's trial will no doubt be more in
teresting than Anderson's for he was the
head devil in the Returning Board viii
lainies-was the active agent of the Re-
publican conspirators at Washington,
and, if disposed, could tell story that
would bring them to shame and thrill the
country.
To break the force of expected revela-
tions, the Cincinnati Gazette'8 special
from Washington says that Sherman,
Foster and others of the Republican vis-
iting statesmen at New Orleans, in the
winter of 1876, are about to prepare and
publish statement, defending them
selves from certain allegations as to their
conduct while overlooking the Return
ing Board count. 1t is not yet out, but
1t is healthy sign to see these gentle
men manifest desire to vindicate them
selves. Wells has reached a point, too,
where he may be inclined to make terms
for himself The Penitentiary stares him
in the face, and he had better turn States
avidence
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-02-14
CONVICTION OF ANDERSON.

There have been few criminal trials in
modern times of 80 great significance at
that which has just been concluded al
New Orleans. Gen. Anderson was in
dicted for forging returns at the last
Presidential election. He has been con.
victed. The figures for the Democratic
candidates were diminished, and those
for the Republican candidates were cor
respondingly augmented. This fact has
now been judiCially determined by a
court and jury.
The testimony in the case was over.
whelmingly strong for the prosecution
and yet from the circumstance that there
were two colored men on the jury some
persons apprehended a mistrial. But
after an absence from the court room OF
only forty minutes the jury returned
having agreed in that short space oi
time, and on being polled they all stood
by their verdict. They united in rec
ommendation of the prisoner to mercy
which shows how free they we're from
prejudice or ill-feeling against him.
The conviction of this miserable man
is not in itself matter of national mo.
ment, nor is it of great importance to
any one but himself and his unhappy
family and friends. But when we con-
slider that he was one of the conspira-
tors who defeated the choice of the peo-
pie at the last election his crime looms
up into vast proportions. 1t is not this
comparatively obscure individual in
Louisiana alone who has fallen by this
verdict. Rutherford B. Hayes has fal-
len with him. To whatever steps he
descends he drags Rutherford B. Hayes
down in his company. When he puts
on the parti-colored prison suit, it will
require but slight effort of the imagin-
alton of a just man to see Rutherford B.
Hayes enveloped in similar garb.
How long shall Mr.. Hayes be permit.
ted to hold the highest Office under our
Government by a title which can not
stand in court of justice one hour after
being committed for decision to an hon
est juryP
Anderson has gone; Hayes must fol.
lowl-N. Y Sun.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-02-14
DOCUMENTARY PLEDGES"

When Mr.. William E. Chandler as.
serted, in substance, that a CommuniCa-
ton was made in writing of the agree.
ment entered into by certain leading Re.
publicans representing Mr.. Hayes, and
certain Southern Democrats, by the
terms of which Mr.. Hayes was to be put
into the Office of President, he called
upon Mr.. E. A. Burke, of New Orleans
one Of the Democrats who was a party
to the agreement, to confirm the state.
ment. Mr. Burke, as our readers will
reColleCt, replied in long, abusive tele.
gram, whose entire evasion of the only
point in issue went very far to Corrobo-
rate the assertion of Mr.. Chandler.
A correspondent of the N. Y. Times
Republican, furnishes useful Contribu.
ton to the history of this bargain for
the Presidency. He calls attention to
an interview with Mr.. Burke, report
of which appeared in the New Orleans
Times of March 7, 1877. The following
extract from the account of that inter.
view shows how stoutly Mr.. Burke then
asserted that pledges in behalf of Mr.
Hayes had been given in writing:
The Democratic managers of the Louisiana case
were not 1t seems, led Into any trap. as some sup
pose, by an acquiesCence to the wishes of the Re-
publican leaders, nor did they withdraw their OPP
position until written pledges had been given by
those then In position to, and authorized to-
speak, and since that time these pledges have
been confirmed in most substantial manner by
the same parties, and not those alone, but others
Whatever may be said as to Mr.. Stanley Matthews
Charles Foster and the Hon, John Sherman, and
others having authority to speak for President
Hayes Major Burke is satisfied, from personal ex'
perience Ond observation, that they did have thai
authority, and u is quite probable that his asser
ton will be verified soon. From all that can be
learned from Major Burke, the opposition now
made to the recognition Of both Cows. Nichols
and Hampton is confined to Don Cameron, Blaine
and two or three other Republicans of less note.
That President Hayes does not contemplate i'm
mediate action in the Louisiana case Major Burke
does not deny but, as stated above, he has the
solemn and documentary pledges of the best and
the highest authority to substantiate his ideas,
"Written pledges by those authorized
to speak" for Mr.. Hayes were written
pledges by Mr.. Hayes. They were just
as much his pledges if made by his
authorized agents, as they would have
been if made with his own lips or bis
own pen,
The statement Of Mr.. Chandler is
thus fully confirmed by Mr.. Burke. The
evidence of the corrupt arrangement by
which Mr.. Hayes was placed in the Of
fee of President acCumulates on every
hand. We now all know how he got in;
but the question remains, How shall he
be got out?-N Y Sun.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-02-14

WILLIAM E. CHANDLER is out explain
ing his late letter against Hayes's "treach-
cry to the Republican party" His in
troductory note explains that he did not
intend to assail Hayes's title, but only
his Southern policy; nor did he want to
open the Presidential controversy, He
gives the following extracts from speech
of Hayes when he thought he had been
defeated: 81 do not care for myself, but
I do care for the poor colored men of the
South. The colored mans fate will be
worse than when he was in slavery"
"The loyal people of the South need
special and powerful protection" "Loy-
atty should be respected, and treason
made odious." "If you want a law
faithfully and fairly administered, intrust
power only to friends" Immediately
below this is the following extract from
the letter of William Lloyd Garrison to
Chandler, referring to the President {:
"How he stands condemned out of his
own mouth How ne has broken all
of his oft.repeated pledges of protection
to those who, to save his election, hero
ically encountered terrible sufferings and
deadly perils in getting to the polls"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-02-14

Pic Mono wore his honors with all
meekness, and ever preserved calm.
ness and frmness worthy a man in his
high position. He was man of great
benevOlence of character, and he will
descend to posterity as one of the great.
est Pontlffs that has ever occupied the
position.
His selection as Pope was quite unex.
pected, and the day after the choice the
Austrian Plenipotentiary arrived with a
veto against Mastai and Cardinals enough
in his train to have defeated him.
The whole number of Popes are said
to be 257. OF these 104 have been Ro.
mans, l09 natives Of Italy, 10 French, 8
Greeks, 7 Germans, 5 AsiatiCs, 3 Africans,
3 Spaniards, 2 Dalmatians, Hebrew, l
Thracian, l Dutch, Portuguese, Can.
diot and one English. Twenty-three
have borne the name of John and sixteen
of Gregory.