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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS.


The Home Rule members If the Brit
ish Parliament have organized Tor tho coming
sessions work with Parnell as President and
Justin Mccarthy as Vice President. Resolu-
lions were adopted pledging the members to
abide By the decision Of the majority on oil Inn
portant measures, and binding them to nit in
opposition to any administration that should
refuse the demands OF The Irish people for leg
islstiye independence.
An explosion Of fire. damp occurred in
q coal-pit at st. Eticnnc, France, xhil. the
miners were 1t work. number Of them we're
killed.
0ale, the English pedestrian, who nm
dertook to walk $500 miles IN 1000 hour.
broke down Alter having covered 2,2ss miles.
by the collapse Of the roof Of crowd
Cd church in France several persons we're
killed and ffty or more wounded
The state trials opened ut Dublin
last week, q dense crowd being in attendance.
Chief Justice May refused to take part, and
Justice Fitzgerald took the chieS scat Eightren
Of the twenty-fonr Jurors called Answcrcd to
their names, from whom twelve were selected.
eight being Catholics. three Prctestan:s, and
one Quaker.
The remains Of George Eliot were
buried at Highgate Cemetery, London.
Among the mo,rncrs we're rrofs. Tyndall,
Besley, and Calvin.
BY the fall Of church In Sailligott,
France. during the Christmas service, seven
persons were killed aud fifty injured.
Official returns show that the foot and
mouth disease is seriously spreading among
cattle in all The large countie, Of England.
There are 6,754 GASES Of the disease In Norfolk
and 2,S78 in London.
According to the latest advices all the
powers except England have assented to the
Greek arbitration schemc. Greece has prom
ise1 to make definite statemcn. az soon as the
proposal il officially submitted. ana the Porte
il undecided.
China has agreed to open the entire
, empire to Russian commerce.
The British steamer Garnet was lost
on the North ga, with crew OF seventeen.
Spain has contracted with ENGLAND
. for several war vessels, aud ia building sey-
eral gnnLoats and fast ships at cost Of nearly
| $4,000 600.
An immense anti-Jewish meeting has
been held in Berlin. Several members OF Par
lament were present. and thousands of people
were unable to gain ainit.ancc
/, The Vatican has sent pcremptorv or
.lers to the Irish Episcopacv to abstain from
language tending to create an impression that
the Pope fayor- the operations Of the Land
League.
| The Irish militia regiments will not
he called ont Tor tlfill this year.
4 Zig Turkish army is 10 I've stationed
on the Greek frantity.
! All persons imprisoned for debt III
Scotland were released ON New Years eve. UNI
der the new Law.
| Severe fighting is expected between
!, the Russians and Tureonans in Central Asia.
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POLITICAL POINTS.

Secretary Ramsay has announced his
purpose to make vigorous contest for Senator
McAIllan'a seat in the Uaited States Senate
from Minnesota.
A call for meeting Of New York
Democrats to reorganixe the party In that
city was responded TO By a large attendance.
Abram y Hewitt, was the chief speaker. the
audience rising 70 its feet when he saii Tam
many Hall il thing or the past. II was re-
solved that the Chairman appoint n COM
miitee Of fifty citizens to reorganize the party.
At a special Congressional election in
New Hampshire. Ray. Republican, was elected
to succeed the late Il. w. Farr.>
Hon. r. G. Parsons, u Cleveland,
Ohio. Lately SAID to newspaper correspondent;
"Foster vii go into 0arield's Cabinet. That
can be set down Al certain. Stanley Matthews
win be put upon the Supreme bench, and sher-
man will be elected United States Senator.
The correspondent says he spoke with the siI
Of authority.
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Ones know poor old pcok
Aged with work and want and care,
Aud the boen that mout he lonped TOT
Anawered not his life.lonR prayer.
rAlniAhing, h. harr hia burden
lsravelS, ~ the poet can;
1IMnRry fnr euitlO APPRECIATION
From hts sn.iiah fuiluAsniA
uy.and.by he died. when curing
Nu,l.itR hluru Ter love Or santeA
Men is~a.ii 10 Wruasho laurel
Nnund thu poor old l,oet'a naFaA
And Amy built tomb " marble
his last ressina.plAee Alvve~-
Shutting out thu rain and aunnhtne,
And The aoWera pt~tA love.
YestardAy, m I Wa going
slowly Own 4 crowded atreet,
Mere than uhea heard soMe cliiidrop
A sweet serte ~ HE repeat.
wWhen l prr the tnau wh0 wrote i,
Ono locked lip ~ mo and raid
~ Ahall toll him thai love him.
"Ah,a answered, "hs u dead ~
raHslna hy tho deAda etiii city.
Raw whore 4 peoples pride
Rearca . piie Of lrcary marble
O'er tho ht ART that arsed and die6,
WAh," thought, ~ poor old poet,
II thu childrsn,s words ore knuwu,
Counts th,n NJ tho avcetrst tribute.
Asked fnr bread, wssN gasN : stcnes"
MlocToN. WI.
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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
Eost

Rev. DIR. T.. H. Chaplin, the WELL
known Unversali-t divine. has just ,.ietl in New
York.
At Red Bank, N. j., two men persisted
in the saow-stornl.
Hon. John Rowe, formerly Surveyor
General of Pennsylvania, has just died at
Chambersburs.
The Massachusetts Railroad Commits
sioners refuse to grant locations for elevated
railroads in Boston.
Three men were instantly killed by
boiler explosion in E. +. Dudso's shoe factory.
at Ncwbnryport, Mass.
james Knowles uni George Owen
were drowned in the canal II lIolyoke. Mass..
while drunk.
A statue Of Gen. Phil Kcarney was
unveiled at Military Park, New Jersey, last
week. Gems. Grant. sherman and Mcclellan
were present.
Jacob Gozel and his wife, who resided
near Allentown. Pa, were murdered In their
he'd Chrittmas night. bloody AZ was found
, in the apartment where the bodies lay. indi-
eating the instrument II the murder. Joseph
snyder, a boarder, was suspected OF the crime,
and lie was seized and lynclicd by an intuil-
atod mob. He confessed his crime. He court
ed the daughter Of the Gezels, and, ~ they
did not encourage him. he determined to NJ
| move them.
| Charles O'Conor has become 4 citizen
Of Nantucket, Mass.. and is understood to be
ut work on law treatise, w..ich will be his
| hnal professional effort.
DR.. Smiley, Of Plaintieltl, N. j., went
out to vlsit patient on "Wednesday evening.
and was frozen to death almost in sight 81 his
home.
The payments ut the New York Clear
| ing House for the year 1850 were not only
larger than ever before, but larger than those
Ut eny other city in the world. They exceeded
4 the entire amount received and expended BY
the United States Government from its first
establishment dowa to the present time.
1t is asserted ut Albany, N. Y. that
The costly state Capitol, which was built uroa
Inicksand. j. likely to aide into the Hudson
,Ner.
Susul0S DcNhNI huu NSSOSG xIuSSuS,
said to be two Of the most expert forgers III
the verdi have been arrested IN New York.
There were 3,044 failures in New York
city during 1850, with aggregate liabilities d
.l9.s9i.5 So.
The estimates agreed upon ior III,
city Government IL New York for the current
year reach s29, s54,3e2
The assignee Of the bankrupt coifct
firm Of u. =. Arnold 4 Ca.. New York. report.
its liabilities Ut a2.25l. SEQ. and its assets y
Sl,5i9,is3.
West.
When the Ute Commissioners returned
to Los Pinos from Denver. they found 40,
savages waiting to receive their installmenta o.
s27 each. Just after the silver was disbursed
white man arrived with tho body OF JOHNSON
the Indian whs was killed by the freiyl,ter
Jackson, and for two days the Widest demon
strations OF rage were made, whe,
the Commissioners fled to Denver. whicl
they reached after a.aash trip.
4 dispatch from Fort Bufurl Says tina
, Scout Allison has arrived there with Groy
. King. the leading soldier Of sitting Ball.
camp, and Crooper. cousin Of Sitting Bull
both noted c1icfs. NJ delegates from Sitting
Bull to hold a council with Maj Rrothcrton. s.
, as to make some definite settlement about til
surrender. Allison left Sitting Bull At tn
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-06
Was There Glacial Nan II Americai

But was there any Glacial man in
America? 10 this question the answer
is distinct, though given with the reserye
which the subject justifiea. For the
best TINT il known, We ara chiefly in
debtel to DIR. @. G. Abbott. who was the
first to call attention to the stone imple-
ments found in the glacial deposits ei
the Delaware valley. These implements
arc chiefly If argcllite. though examples
II flint occur ut higher levels. They
have been found 1t tho bluffs near Tren-
ton, both in p0aiti0n where deposited
and among the debris at the hose. DR..
Abbott says: Perhaps il 10 = Wise
caution that is exercised. In but provis-
ioAally admitting the great antiquity Of
American man, hut were these rude i'm
rlements not attributed 70 IN inter. glacial
people. their eo-eQnal ago with containing
beds would never have hesn questioned. !"
On this point tho curator Of the Peabody
Museum at Cambridge observed, in his
tenth annual report: DIR. Abbott has
probably obtained data which show that
man existed on onr Atlantic coast. during
thu time If, ii net prior to. the formation
III the great gravel deposit which extends
towanlshe c>astfM,n the Delaware River,
near I'rentu,, ard believed IL have lsen
formed hs glacial action. FrcM . visit
Is Tie locality with nr. Abbott. l see no
rcasen 10 lani,t the general conclusion
he has reached III regard to the existence
Of man in glacial times On the Atlantic
eaast Vi North America ~. +. dc.
t,a,std Ia iupalur Ncience Monthly.
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Murder For Sport.

II Is said the Earl Of Cawdor aud Ave
friends killed 500 hares in one days
shoot in England. II the noble hunts
people had ''shoed EN-" into corner,
and exploded : quarter 81 = pound q
dynamite over their tame aud doclle lit
tle heada, they might have saved just
twenty three hours and forty minutes
valuable time. We should just - snon
think Of shooting sn old house tabby with
half dossn kittens ut tho breast baskine
on the kitchen doorstep - 70 60 hunting
tile more than half -domcsticated rabbits
and other game the gentry II TREAT
Britain pride themselves IN DESTROYING
Tor sport.-N ]. Com. Bulletin.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-06
Complimentary Mention.

A couple At 0alvestonians, who have
lust returned from . hunting excursion,
tell pleasant little incident Of the trip
near kichmond They went up 70 the
house Ut farmer 10 get some milk. and
experienced considerable difficulty in
getting the gate Qpen. One vi the party
said TO the sturdy old granger:
Two had good deal OF trouble get
ting the eate open."
Yea, responded the granger. Jrily,
II 6xed il up to keep the hogs out !"
-G0icsst0n Neps.
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porrlatio" Of Statcs and Territories, II u In
hevcd to be very near the official iiuurcs.
,rrsoElLANEous oLEANINcs.
The census Of the Dominion Of Canada

The census Of the Dominion Of Canada
ID to be taken on the IN day n April
A newspaper Of Quebec states that or
ders have been issued on the citadel TO serve
out fifty rounds of cartridges 10 each man,
double the hcntics and pull in the draw
bridges. This IL believed TO have originated iii
the Investigations " an Imperial Government
spy into The strength u the Irish people III
Canada.
The following statement shows the
according to the United States census Of lssO.
This statement II still subject to possible cor
rections By reason u the discovery Of Onis-
sions or duplication OF names In the lists Of in
linl ~ mt na<ad
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New BARS.

When they told the Secretary II the
NAVY that four new liars hal heen dis
covered of the Maine emst the tarry ald
son Of q nor westcr shock the briny crystals
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-06

TIE Russians are line drivers, the
Huncarians iine riders. the Englishmen
line walkers. the Germans nne thinkers.
the Frenchmcn and Americsns line
takers.
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mouth OF Milk river with instructions not 10
leave there Until he feturiied fof him.
Nv Nm ordinance passed by the Com.

mouth Of MIX river with instructions not to
lcave there Until he fetdriied fof him.
BY Nm ordinance passed by the Com.
mon Council Of Chicago, the manufacturers Of
Substitutes for butter will bc compelled to
stamp upon each package the ingredients u
thc article.
The Criminal Court Of st. Louis Inns
sentenced to the gallows Thaddcus Baber, who
killed his mistress ana her mother, and James
Banks. who shot his wife.
Several members Of the family Of
Nathan lockwood, living near West BROOK
Ign. H., have died from trichinm eaten In raw
ham.
Gov. Scott, who killed young Drtry
1t Napoleon, Ohio, has been committed TO
prison TO await trial. having b en- refused baiL
The boiler Of a shingle-mill ut vesta-
burg. Mich, exploded with such force a. to
tear the structure to pieces, instantly killing
Frank Filkins the engineer, and Frank !Ainsly.
the night watch. The main part Or the boiler
was thrown forty-five rods, causing the death
Of c. cenkey and fatally injuring George VIII
cox aud n. Turk.
AT New Albany, 1nd., twin bal,es Of
William and Fannie Johnson were frozen to
DEATH The father went ava; 10 obtain en-
ployinent, leaving his family without fnel.
Detroit reports the erection Of twelve
hundred buildings during the past year.
The death-rate Of Chicago for the past
year has been 20 to every 1000 irhabitants.
There have been twenty-cight muir
ders and ifty-seven suicides il 81 Louis dur
ing the past year.
The Cincinnati district reports The
payment Of ei2SoG.O00 Of internal rcvcti,,e
this year on whisky.
Eight etiigrant cars we're wrecked BY
4 collision on the Union Pacific road, near
Lojgcpc!e station, Neb Five passengers were
injured.
In fire which destroyed Norwegian
hotel at Madison, Wis.,, Mrs D. NJ. Miller and
her infant child porishcd.
south.
Three miners were killed by The cav.
ing in Of mine in Chesterfield county, Va.
Three persons were killed and two
seriously injured BY collision on the Air Lime
road, near Charlotte, n. G.
Anthony Deiters, Of Wheeling, w. Va,
has Just died at the age Of o. He was, in hi,
younger days, soldier in the French army, and
took part in most Of Napoleon's great battles,
He was one Of the few survivors Of the Old
Guard of glorious memory.
The Southern States have ben ex,
pcticncing an unusually severe spell Of weather
In the Carolinas snow fell to the depth Of
fifteen inches. At Sherman, Texas. the ther
mometer registered 5lcsree, below zero.
Al,e Rothschild has been acquitted d
the charge u murder, for which hc was tr;et
in Jefferson Texas.
Henry Washington. a negro who het
! murdered II. II. fill, neat Jackson, Miss. VA
executed ut the latter place in presence Of ~
spectators.
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from His salty beard. MI s.,id hc always
told Ncal Dow TINT he couldn't enforce
his nbsur,lly imrracticable lnws against
the liqnor traffic.
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which - = YgepaEea b trim anA furnish on short
1eeice, anA q such style and nannse 9 ordered q
~ mooe eoo0oaablo prices.
1hAnktnG the public Tor fAvsgs "a ~ confidence
b tAe past - 6egs 70 aesure hie friends that he 10
Goeeg01noA 00go than ever 70 merit their conf.
0eoees ss1Usse - eo0tiAued patroaage.
q. MEvERDEN.
QDeeea, -. q, ISIS.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-19
COUNTY RELIEF.

The hill introduced by Assemblyman
Dre,lsr intended to prevent County
Commissioners from paying out county
money injuaisiously to INDECENT poor or
sick persons. is . good one, so far
a. the real intention goes. although
1t might work hardship in many
eases. It il susceptible Of improvement.
The idea. a. We understand II. 10 that
Commissioners should not be too free to
individually render county assistance to
the poor and needy before each case 10
duly brought before and passed upon
BY the Board. Many such cases b ave
necessarily to be acted upon at once.
with no time to wait until the next reg
ular meeting Of the Board. Life and
death. or at least actual suffering. is in.
volved. With such q restriction, each
Commissioner would simply have to act
upon his own personal and separate re-
sponsibility. and advance the necessary
relief and take chances On the Board
ra.iiying and indorsing his action. 9th.
srwise, hs could shut up his heart aud
pocket and let the sufferers suffer until
the Board would take action in the
premises.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-19
Miscensneous.

SALT LAKE. January l8.-Ths weather
has settled and al fears Of further enow.
aides ct Alta are past. A meeting oil
miners and nins-ownsrs was held at the
Cliff House last night in aid Of the
sufferers and to send assistance to those
remaining in the camp. Volunteers left
this morning TO search for the missine
bodies and bury those recovered.
BoprE. Cal, January T.%ames ].
Murphy. q miner. started from the Tioes
district for Lundy four days ago. and
vas caught In . severe snowstorm. &c
cane to Lundy last night with his feet.
hands and sars frozen. He had been
without food and blankets during the
four days. Edward Manton started Il
the same time. They became separated
during the storm. but both rssehsd
Landy barely With their lives.
Los ASoELEs, CAL. January ls.-Cap-
tain Sanford. . boatnan Of Wilmineton.
while attempting to carry Q crew Of sail.
ors to . British bark lying OF wilmina.
ton, vas struck BY . heavy sea while
going over the bar. and his boat CAP
sissd. Captain Sanford and Ave men
ware drowned. Nine men we're saysd
by othss boats going 70 their rescue,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-19
EASTERN DISPATCHES
Horrible Murder.

PLAIN Crrr. Ohio, January ia
hsrribls triple murder wa committed
near here last night. A oolored man
Arst notified the authorities. and II was
then learned that Mrs. Matilda Scott, q
widow. aged forty; a~daughter Of twenty.
two, and an adopted son, aged fourteen,
named Charlie Good. were dead on the
floor. their brains being scattered about
the floor and snearing the walls OF theii
slsepipg room. A large hickory olub lay
near, horribly smeared with blood,
Robert Garner. the oolored man, has
been arrested on suspicion. He lived
with the Scott family ak or eight years,
but left them in anger three months ssc
because they refused to rent the farm u
him. He tells csutradietory stories. Mr..
SCOTT was a.wealthy oolorsd man, and
great excitement exists amens tho col
orsd people Of the vicinity.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-19
WESTERN DISPATCHES
n Lick Telescope.

SAN Francisco. January Is. The
trustees Of the Lick estate have at last
contracted for the construction Of an
achromatio astronomical object glass
having ~thirty-six inches clear aperture.
for the sun Of $50. 900. The contractors
are Alvah Clark & Sons. OF Cambridge
port, Massachusetts. The telescope 10
to be 6uishsd by the 1N Of November.
1883. Twelve thousand dollars were
paid on the signing Of the contract.
The contract provides that the glass
shall be In all respects not inferior to
that constructed for the United States
Naval Observatory at Washington. and
also that II the details OF the contract
are not carried out within four months
after the notification OF any defect. tho
contract 10 null and vsid. and all moneys
paid must be refunded. The glass il
guaranteed for I'VE years.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-19

for bill Ne. 8. concerning expenditure Of
State moneys.
Mckenzie, Of Committee on Mines and
Mining, reported against the adoption OF
Dill No. 3, defining misdsmsanors In Ger.
tain cases, and prescribing penalties
therefor. introduced by Bell.
Messages from the Senate were read
transmitting Senate Bill No. "a, 10 amend
the Act relative to officers, their time OF
service, conduct while In ofise. etc.;
Senate Bill No. Q. granting pensions to
veterans Of the Mexican war; and also
Senate Bill No. 8, to amend the law rel
alive to elections.
Tuska gave notice that he would intro
dacs . bill concerning the formation OF
corporations.
Waldorf. without previous notice.
introduced . bill to amend the ACT 70
provide revenue for the State govern.
ment. Bill rssd second time. ordered
printed and referred to COMMITTEES on
Trades and Manufactures.
Cohn's bill TO amend the Act to pro-
vide revenue for the State government
vas read . SECOND time, ordered printed
and referred to the Committee on Ways
sno Msans; 49,,
oisnouAs Dill concerning me Psy,,
ment OF demands against the several
counties OF the State Was read . secono
time. ordered printed and referred TO
the Committee on Ways and Means.
seus.e bill NO. 2. creating BOARDS Q.
IA."'nets ! Toe several coont,es, ~
fsso . second % and referred 70 the
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-19

New bills are thicker Ethan leaves in
vallambrosa" down at Carson now.
Since the Senatorial question was SET
tied. all the Legislators seem TO have
settled down 10 regular work. and each
one deems 1t necessary that be should
father or produce some sort Of . bill to
bring before one House or the other.
Senator Povniug seems to be endowed
with . peculiar degree Of fecundity in
that respect. He produced 60 many and
90 fast n to make himself sick and con-
husd to bed. The chances are that he
will introduce % many a. all the rest
OF the members put together. Mean
while the State Printing Once is kept
steadily at work night and day printing
bills. This 10 . decidedly bilious Leg
islsture.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-01-19
C0NGREssI0sAL

Senate.
WARRINGTON. January IS. The cen.
sus returns were submitted and referred.
The report Of the Secretary Of the In.
terror was submitted on the alleged
fraudulent returns from South Carolina.
together with Q letter from the Superin.
tendsnt OF the Census. Tabled and or.
dered printed.
Mcpherson. from the Marine Com.
mittes. reported fsvsrably the bill to
squalize grades and regulate appoint.
msnts, etc.. in the Marine Corps.
Vest moved to.refer to the Foreign
Affairs Committee the bill on the cslen.
dsr to incorporate the I%ntsrocesnio Co.
nal Company. Agreed TO.
The B. F. Holiday claim bill wal
considered.
Cameron OF Wisconsin defended the
report and replied to its opponents.
After . long discussion, on melton oil
Cockrell, the bill was amended 30 a. to
pay Holiday sos. 600 In full for all
claims, and the bill, a. thus amended.
passed. and the Senate adjourned.
Mouse.
Keller. from the Elections Committee,
reported that Bisbss is, and Hall 10 not,
entitled to Q seat from the Second
Florida District. He will soon call up
the case.
Sparks. from the Military Committee.
IIN ~
8. Grant on the retired list.
McCook submitted . minority report.
Both were referred to the Committee oil
the Whole.
The House then went into committee
on the Funding bill. debate being lin.
tied to one hour and ten minutes on
each substantial amendment offered.
Csrlisle's substitute for the flth sec.
ton was agreed to-l28 to l01.