The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-05-31

Tho Honse Committee IN Exp~n.li.
snfss IN The stAse Dvrarm~nt has Arr~ed 10
rsrrrs Articles of Impeachment against Consul
General nrsdfmd Il shanghai. Tho i.puhN.
ran n'emlrss have donsas that she el,icv ii i'm.
leachahle under the constitution.
A Washingtun dispatch raya "thc
sa'e n the a.lsr-~nt. bonds has alreatiy
reached such ~ amount - viii shortly Justify
TIN issssc n call for i've miliicn pcf cents.
Witch will IN replaced by p~r ccnts. sher.
man denies that the syndicate hs. made an
"t'cr for III hundred millions ct pr censr. a
par, provided II WAS given monopoly of thc
sale. lie says that under no circumstances
viii he give any bankers monopoly of thc
four. They are, he consid~rr, the peoples
bonds, aud hs intends they ahall remain so."
Tho President has appointed William
r Chandler. of Illinois, Surveyor Ocnerai a
Idaho Territory.
Secretary Sherman submitted iinan.
cial statement to Tho Cabinet. at 4 meeting
tho other day, showing that therc IA falling
on In the revenue receipts NJ the present A.
cal year. thus far, u tii,000, 900, 4. compared
With thu corresponding tIme last year, also,
showing decrease of 4s.0nO, 600 in tho Gov.
ernment expenditures.
Numerous localities In Illinois and
Wisconsin were visised On tho evening III Man
~ BY tha storm.king, and suffered vast DO.
strnction Of property and serious loss % illc
AT Mineral Point, Wis. the tornado appears
from the results 10 have been the se,erert
- I.ssN Nt...x l.
buildings being utterly demolished aud Az
many moro nnroofcd and otherwise IN.
lnred. The contents ef some were
blown fully half \ mile away. Eiph,
persnns were killed outright and many
others wounded. somo of them beyond hope
OF recovery. Tho loss of property Ia erti.
mated NJ over ti00.0tl0, without reckoning
horses, cattle, cte. Ever, thing In tho limo Of
tho tornado II laid low. huge trees being
carried hundred. " f,ei, huge rocks being
misplaced, thc ground plowed up. etc. At
Faeli, Oregon, Mount Vernon aud other
towns Wc1 " Madison thu hurricane was
nearly ~ se,e.o ~ at Mineral Point. flonses
were uufoofsd, barns and fences prostraiet,
aud man, rersons injured. On tho same day
= tornado swept through Tia town of barring.
ton, coak county, ILL.,, making havoc wherever
II struck the earth aud killin. three rursoi,a.
Another tornado swept through Brown county.
ILL.,, and three ises are reported lost
The President has nominated Charles
rAyson, of Massachusetts, Third Assistant
Secretary u State \. A. nrowi,, tho prcscnt
Chit of tho State Department, u DO Consul
1t Birmingham. England q. n. Npsuccr, of
Iowa, 70 be Consul General II Melbourne.
Australia. consuls. Charles NJ. Murphy, u
New Hampshire. At Moscow, Rnssia John Y.
llszeltnu. u New York. At Genoa, Isai,
Charles i. Jackson, of Wisconsli,, Il Antigua,
aud John u, Gould Al Afar.eiler, FrAaco
Tho customs agents Of the treasury
have discovered An extensive scheme for
smuggling cigars into New York BY throwing
thcn, overheard In rubber bags from income
ing steamships outside u aAnly Hook. This
practice has bcen conducted with great success
M The Florida coast on cigars imported from
Havana,