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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-20

ing Per cent interest and running from ono
TO ten ycsrs, the treasury having pr.st-
ous'y paid out IL the silver dollars
Some paaasgcs-at-arms took place between seed, q
Maine and Randall, the 70: mer accusing the latter
Of something Ike dcmagcgy: Frank Hird also fclt
Myers, OF Indiana, aud rose - personal cxplana-
uon.
senator Hoar introduced bill In the Senate
on Friday, Jan. II, providing that ex-Presidents
shall 10 entitled to an annual pension equal to ono
fourth Of the saiary paid them while In oface. Mr..
johnson, from the Committee on Yorktown Celcbra-
tion, reported fssoraby the resolution inviting
the French Government and pcope to participate IN
the celebration. rlr. Voorhees, offered .
concurrent resolution instrnct'nR tho Chair
men Il tho Naval Committees ol
the two houscs to cooperate with the Secretary Of
Of Admiral Fsrra2nl's statue. The Army Apprc-
pri.'ion la ..d the District Tramp n were passsd
.sos. y as m snssr dnEns
= victory over P,c-ident Hayes Tho Presi-
dent appointed cne Haskell Postmaster Of
Albany 70 succeed the present occupant, 4. crrsis. r
once c,i,mittee reported IN favor Of Haskcils con-
friuation. Mr.. Coikling opposed y On
The ground that - the .x sppo,ns'mecn' pss,'rsc Ths s
report was recomnlitted By unanimOus vote'
Inc House INTO committee OF tile whole on the
private calendar. III the ucDatc on the Dlu LOT tho
relief II Within Rclus, for cattle stolen by Usage
Indians. Mr.. Springer demonstrated the necessity
of cont for hearing all private claiinA
Tho House Of Representatives spent Satur
day, Jan. Is, the Funding bill, leaving two sec.
ttons unfinished First in order was the pcrding
amendment Of Mr.. Anderson, to replace bank note,
With legal tenders rapidly the former are re-
tired, proposition rejected q not being germanc
Mr.. McLAns offered . substitute for the
whole bin, embracing Secretary sherman's
plan Of bonds or ccrtiHcascs, drawing not over w
per cent, which WAS lost The Randall amendment
70 the first section then adopted, providing for
sam. 900 of bonds, pay able IN fve 70 ten years.
snd $3CO OOO0 0O0 Of ctrtncates rtdecmabc In one to
tell .carr, each hearing Per cent interest, the tTras
ury having previously paid cut on maturing
bonda a the silver dollars In store and Ill gold above
&50,OO0,0OO. Tho second section, amended, au-
thorizes the Secretary Of the treasury. in rcfundn2
operations, to exchange any bonds except
thoso issued to the Pacific railway comps-
n!es. The third section restricts 10 one-fourth
Of per cent. the expense Of placing the
new bonds and certificates. The fourth section
thorixcs the use OF S50OOO 600 in coin In redccmng
aud G-pcr-cent. bonds, which are 10 bc cance.ed.
The fifth SECTION, which action has been taken,
provides that tho new bonds shall be the only ones
receivable security for natonAl-bank circulation
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could bc put into circulation In day,
which gives the country m actual
money circulation of 300 1000, 900. or
$50 per capita This 81, ,Q0O, ,OOO, 900 Of
credit money IL the soul ind life of tho
banking business. II il an extra issue
which costs them no.hing, aud for tho
use of which tho ill.lustii = ii tho co,in.
Try arc paying them sl50, 10000 to
300, 600, 900 y year. When til policy
Of substituting legal tenders for bank
credit Ii mentioned, q howl of imitation"
from the gold dcns and usury pits goes
up which frightcns half the people out
of thoir senses. Does any Intelligent
nlan suppose that 81 ,O0D, 10 l,UOJ VI Ml-
ditional grcenbn 'ss would initiate tho
volume moro than the addition Of 81 900.
600, QUO of certified current bunk checks
would ?-(Nicag0 Eaprcss.
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Re cot Hold OF Tneln.

He had never eaten a Malaga grape,
and he squeezed the outside Il ono he
tween his thumb and finger. expecting
the pulp to fly into his open mouth like
any decent sort of grape. Tho tough
skin hell, aud looking at it obviously he
tossed it away and tried another one.
This ono crushed in his fingers, tho
Juice flying all over his thirty-sescn-cent
nscktis. With = look Of nnutterahle
disgust hs appealed to a street gamin:
Here, hub, l thought green grapes
wnx gone by, but I'm burned ii they
amt selling en- yet, Ill give you ten
cents il yoasl eat these dnrn things"
Aud tie hoy sat on dry goods box.
swung his feet, wasged his jaws, licked
his chops aud carnei the money. the
ru.tic occasionally exclaiming between
his fits OF uncomfortable laughter: :. Eats
'em skins an sll. dnrnsd ii he don't |
Skins an all, like cow cheMin . pum-
kin. .s-New Haeea Register.
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That the condition Of the national
bank currency may be improved, Treasurer
G!lfillan directs that holders Of notes may for
ward them IN even thousands for redemption,
free Of cypress chargeA
The proposed Congressional Library
building embraces rectangular structure 40
by 800 feet, with height Of seventy two fest,
divided int two stories, Tho style or archie
lecture is . modified form Of tho French
Renaissance, and tho building when completed
win cost q, 600. 600.
The Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury, Mr.. Upton, is Of opinion that the attempt
portion Of it, At 3 per cent. will cause serious
contraction Of the currency.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-20
lr1scEILANEous oLEAN1Nos.

The cold wave OF the 10th inst. was the
most intense ever known in the Northwestern
states, It, only parallel being that Of New Years
lay in 1864. At Stevens Point, Nis. the mer-
cnry proved useless as an indicator, and spirit
thermometers fsl - low - 56 degrees below
zero. The storm in Northern New England
vas the most severe OF the winter. In some
portions Of Vermont nearly two foet Of snow
fell. Western Louisiana and Texas were vis it
I'd by heavy fall of snow.
OLeary has accepted Sir John Ast-
ley's challenge to walk Vaughan . thirty-days
heel-and-toe match for e10,0O0.
1t is believed that tho basis on which
the Western Union, American Union and Atlantic
and Pacific Telegraph Companies have been
consolidated il that tho new company's stock
shall be $50, ,0OO, 900, OF which the Western I'm
ion is to have e5s, ,oo0, 900, the American Union
$4,000, 600 and tho Atlantic and Pacific t7.-
0OO, COO. Jay Gould engineered the whole
scheme, and Is said to have profted very large
y BY the operation.
Gen. Grant has been elected President
OF the Worlds Fair Commission, and has signi-
fled his acceptance.
A dispatch from ST. Scholastique, Can
ada, says that Jean Baptiste Narbonne. who
confess ID the murder Of his brother Dan, with
his father and step-mother leach 50 years old),
At whose instigation he committed the decd,
were each sentenced to be hanged ON the 25th
OF February.
The number Of looms for the manu-
facture Of cotton in the United States is $780,
223; the number Of spindlcs. lO,02l. lat; !;
bales Of cotton nscd, l,5s6. 4sl persons en-
ploycd, including agents, overseers, clerks, me-
chanics, watchmcn aud operatives. ISL. .62S
Hosiery mills, or any OF the mills knoan -
woolen mills, where cotton may be q comro-
ncnt material used in manufacture, arc not in
cluded in the above figures.
A double tragedy, cxplainable only
upon the ground Of insanity. was pcrpctrated
on Point au Pelee island. Lake Erie. where
Henry Reinheimer killed Andrew Henderson
and himself with . revolver.
The Mexican Central railroad project
promises TO be complete success. Bonds to
the amount Of s5,7l5.OOO were placed in the
market, and already more than double the
amount OF subscription has been offered. Jay
Gould has purchased 666, blocks Of tho stock.
valued at S2,997, 900, and Gen. Grant has re.
ceived ten blocks. valued at $4,000.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-20

The great pattern Of biblioklepts, .
man who carried his passion to the most
regrettable cxcesses. was Spanish
priest, Don vincente Of the Convent Of
Polla in Arragon. When the Spanish
revolution despoiled the convent ibrar-
les, Don Vincente established himself ut
Barcelona, under the pillars Of Los En-
cantes, where are the stalls Of the nler-
chants Of bric-a- brac, aud the seats Of
them that sell books In gloomy den
the Don stored up treasures that lie hated
to sell Once he was present at m allc.
ton where lie was outbid III the conf
petition for rare, perhaps . unique.
volume. Three nights after that the
people of Barcelona were awakened by
cries of "Fire!" The house and shop Of
the man who had bought Ordinations
per los Gloriosos Reys de Arago," were
blazing. When the tire was extingnishcd
the body Of the owner Of the house was
found with pipe in his blackened hand
and some money beside him. Every one
said: HE must have set the house on
fire with spark from his pipe Time
went on, and week by week the police
found the bodies of slain men, now in
the street, now in ditch, now in the
river There were young men and old;
all had been harmless and inoffensiye
citizens in their lives, and-all had been
bibliophiles. A dagger in an invisible
hand had reached their hearts; bat the
assassin had spared their purses, money,
aud rings. An organized search was
made in the city, and the shop Of Don
Vincente was examined. There, IN
recess, the police discovered the copy OF
Ordinations per los Gloriosos Reys de
Arago," which ought by rights to have
been burned with the house Of its pur-
chaser. Don Vincente was asked how
he got the book. He replied in quiet
voice, demanded that his collection
should be made over to the Barcelona
Library. and then confessed a long array
Of crimes. He had strangled his rival,
stolen the Ordinations" and burned
the house. The slain men were people
who had bought from him books which
he could not really bear to part with. At
his trial his council tried to prove that
his confession was false. aud that he
might have got his books by honest
means. 1t was objected that there was
in the world only one hook printed by
Lambert Palmart in l4Sa, md that the
prisoner must have stolen this, the only
COPY. from the library where it was
treasured. The defendants counsel
proved that there was another copy, in
tho Louvre; that, therefore. there might
be- more, and that the defendants might
have been honestly procured. Here
Don Vincente, previously callous, uttered
an hysteric.l cry. Said tho Alcaide:
AT last, yincente. you begin to under,
stand the cnormitv Of your ofence?''
.Ah, Signor Alealde. my error was
clumsy, indeed. Ii you only knew how
miserable / am." If human justice
prove infiexible, there is another justice
whose pity is inexhanstible, Repentance
| ii never too late All, Signor Alcaltle,
my copy was not nnique! With the
story Of this impenitent thief, wo may
close the roll Of bihliokleptA
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or Course She Failed.

$50 she's all broken up, ell re-
piled Detroit landla4ly when she heard
Of tho failure of another woman in the
same business in Toledo. "Well, /
knew il was only question Of time. !
was in her house for week, and saw
plainly that she had no economy about
her. I tell you ; landlady must think
and plan" !,
sNot only in great things but in
small. There's philosophy in running
q boarding house"
"How
"Well, I can't stop to tell you moro
than one instance. / have buckMheat
pancakes every morning for breakfast
for fourteen boarders. They use butter
on their cakes. I keep The butter on
ico until il il as hard - . rock. The
cakes are all placed on the table, not
smoking hot, but mildly warm - just
warm enough to soften the outside Of y
lump Of butter. In this way make y
saving Of two pounds Of butter per week
over theusual way Of rushing ON hot pan.
cakes. It's only one dodge out Of 100.
but the landlady who doesn't play more
or less Of them must ultimately come to
ef."-Erec Press.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-20
Do1Nos IN CONGRESS.

Ar. logan introduced Ii tho Senate, on
Monday, Jan. 10, hill % p.ace Grant tho retired
List Of the army with tho rank and pay q General
Mr. Dayard presented ) bill % require signatui =
on na.ona-bank notes 70 Re written, and Mr. Logsn
ono to extend the franking privilege 10 all
odhcial business Of senators and Rerresen-
istivea. Mr.. voorhees, submitted . res
o.ution to exclude the Icrr,or,cs from
the operation Of the Posso C,m'tasus
act Mr.: MsDona'd urged the payment of the claim
II he Government nsuiin9 mail contractors against
oss by the depreciation. OF Indians. In the House,
Mr. Carpenter presented constitutions! amendment
prviding that the bulk of civil ofic of the United
States shai hold th ir positions for four years, and
that Congress may provide Tor hs election q Post
masters aud other local efli,ers. NJ bnckner ii-
trodaccd bull to negotiate with Mexico or Gen.
tral AMcrca for the cereicn of territory on
hica 70 colonize our negro pcpn alton.
Tho House went Into committee Of th
wuoic on the Indian cppropriation, and Mr.. Frost
charged that tho removal q Chief Josepa aud his
band to the ma 'arions Inl.a, Territory WAS q crime
Mr. shers;n introduced bin 10 Regulate the in,pcr
stion Of limitations ef butter and cheese resolu-
.ion was passed. authorizing the invitation OF tns
inycrnm, ut aud spe of france to take part In
the Yorktown centennial celebration.
Nr. Cameron mado IN adverse report on tha
bin 70 reorganso the militia Of the United States 10
the Senate, On the morning Of Jan. II. Mr.. Window
reported the Wcst Point appropriation, and Mr..
Morsy bin for the relief Of Gen. Ord Mr.. Slater
introduced . bill! fixing the prce cf even-numbsred
sections, "witllin tho limits Of any rail-
road, military, or wagon road grant
70 prc-cmption settlers,s at SITS Der
AGRA The senate spent moet OF thcs,ay IN discna.-
ing the bill for the relief Of Bcn Holiday and the
District Tramp bill During the discussion Of the
former some sharp passages at arms took place be-
tween Conklin9 and AIcPhereon. No Anal action
vas taken on either bill In the House, Messrs Con-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-20
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

East.
Tho commission having in hand tho
arrangements for tho worlds fair 1t New York
.&,c agreed upon the Imwood site, above Har-
N.
A 3-year-old negro boy in Philadel-
phia killed taby by forcing red-hot poker
down its throat
By an explosion Of q kerosene lamp in
Reading, Pa, residence was destroyed aud
three children fatally burned.
Justice Ames, Of the Massachusetts,
Supreme Court, has resigned bis position on
the bench on account Of advancing age and
declining strength.
Mrs. Stone, the well-known lady phi
!anthropist Of Boston, has made the following
requests in addition to great many previously
announced: To the Hampton Institute, Fortress
Monroe, Va; Oliyet College. Olivet, Mich;
Ripon College, Mpon, Wis.; Illinois College,
Jacksonville; Deloit College, Beloit Wis.,;
and Robert College, ConstAntinople, 100000
each !; to Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio, and
Berea College, Berea, Ky, $4,000 each. She
sives e25,OOO TO tho Howard University at
Washington, el5,0Oo for evangelical work in
France, and 2,500 to tho New West Educa-
ton Commission.
At Petersboro, N. a., Hatch Walsh
killed his wife and cut his own throat
One man was killed and two fatally
burned BY an explosion in oelluloid factory at
NewLuryport, Mas.
Warren Longmore, Of Pembroke, Me-,
aged years, has been sentenced to the Reform
School during his minority, for numbering .
playmate.
Frank Walsh, a Brooklyn burglar,
who was serving . torn OF twenty years at
Sing Sing, attempted to run across the Hudson
on the ice, and Was shot dead by guard.
BY fire in building in Cortlandt
street, New York, owned by the vAnderbilts,
and occupied BY tho Waterbury,CIock Company
and Charles Bruno \ Son, large loss was sus-
tanned.
A highly sensational story i tele-
graphed from Carson City, New. It il to the
effect that "while Col. James G. Fair, the
millionaire, Was in Oandalara, plot was con-
cocted by two men to kidnap him, convey him
| to the mountains, and hold him there until the
demand which they proposed making 0: half .
million dol!ars ransom be paid to them by the
Colonels family. Col. Fairs business, how
ever, took him to Aurora on the night on which
the kidnapping was to have been done, and he
thus escaped tho impending danger. The men
in the plot, il hard pressed, were TO have killed
| the Colonel, and then 6ed TO Mexico"
Miss Mary Stack, Of East st. Louis,
while kissing the lips Of dead and dearly be
loved cousin, fell hfeless to the door, from
grief.
AtAlpena, Mich, Mrs. Alice Williams
as sacrifice to the Lord. severed her tongu'
with razor.
Two children have died in Chicagt
from tho careless administration Of morphin
in mistake for auinine.
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Hayes, confined il
thh Minnesota insane asylum, Was choked I,
death BY another inmate, named Mrs. Olive
Andrews.
The mysterious explosion Of fve pack
ages Of gunpowder, in store At Climax, Mich.
seriously injured nine persons, some Of whom
were blown through windows into - stsss
and thsiE elsthing sst = ac&
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Beneficial Eject Of Yexation.

A French paper mentions the follow
ing as fact: "A shoeing smith. resid-
ing in the Rue Princesse. who had been
for some time partially deprived Of the
use Of his legs by rheumatism, perceived
that some thief had taken away num-
her of horse shoes. He was 80 excited
by this discovery that profuse perspi-
ration hurst out oil over him, which to
his amaxement, had the effect Of restoring
the use Of his legs, aud tho first use he
made Of his recovered powers was TO
walk to the commissary of police 70 make
= declaration q ths theft,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-20

TIM great publishing house OF Har-
ner a brothers was founded by four
young mon, graduates from the printing
presa.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-01-20

MEVERDEN'S
NEW
FURNITURE
WARERooMs,
Two Doors North Of Trunbulps Stors,
cREsco, IOWA,
FURNITURE Of all descriptions, and Of the best
grades and qualities ever offered in this market.
cverVthino New---Latest STYLES.
NO OLD GOODS.
Consisting os
EXTENSION TABLES,
SECRETARIES, BOOK CASES,
WARDRoBEs. BUREAUS,
BEDSTEADS. CHAIRS.
SPRING BEDS. MATTRESSES.
LOUNGES AND SOFAS,
BRACKETS. wHAT.NoTs,
LOOKING GLASSES.
PICTURE FRAMES,
CURTAIN CORNICEa
n ssort every article belonging . the trad. ana
UNDERTAKING
In a its branches promptly attended to- either day
q night.
He has large assortment Of
Oofins, Burial Cases and Caskets,
which he q prepared to trim and furnish on short
notice, aud IN such style and manner - ordered, .
the most reasonabls prices.
Thank1ng the public for fsvors And ~ conAdencs
In the post hs begs to assure his friends that he ID
Getermined moro than ever TO merit their conf.
Asacs, respect and continued patronage.
G. MEVERDEN.
0esoeo. Dee. q, 1875.
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e. Y. ooxsz.


Wnl keeD constantly On hand q good a assorsmenl
- can b bad In this part d the country. N whole.
sals or retail. for cash and nothing else.
Credit need not b asked fse, - vlu ncs b mana
cd. an bound to sell - cheap g any one for
cash, and hope 70 rive general rstiafactiou.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-06-30
4 Romantic Storys

There 70 quite . romantic story told IN
connection with the land slides ON the Bal.
tmore Il Ohio Road. A McKeesport PA. J
young man named Gardner was engaged to
be married to . West Newton (Pa.) Young
lady named Miss Nellie Downs, and the
wedding had been arranged for Thursday
evening, and accordingly the ardent lover
boarded the Uniontown accommodation on
Thursday afternoon, with the intention of
reaching West Newton in time for the cere.
mony. As fate would have It, however, lust
~ the train reached Scotthaven large land.
slide was encountered, and as q matter of
course further progress was barred, and, to
make matters worse, when the train was
run back to Armstrong another land slide
was encountered at that point, and thus the
train was held on both sides by great bar
riers of earth.
This was not the worst, however, for when
the young man bethought him of telegraph.
ing to his lady love he found himself in
still greater dilemma, upon making the dis.
covery that the heavy masses of earth and
rock which fell from the hills had broken
down number Of telegraph poles, and, of
course, carried the wires with them. thus
cutting of all telegraphic communication.
But even under these adverse circumstances
the young man did not give up, for he
procured . torch, and. together with
nine or ten other male passengers and
two ladies, was piloted over the
mountainous obstruction by the train
hands, who supplied the party with \ torch
to light them on their way, and, after he
roic and wearisome trudge over ten miles,
reached the residence of the lady late at
night. and, although muddy and weary,
arrived in time to have the ceremony per.
formed, and at eleven clock that night tho
happy couple were made man and wife.
The lady is said to possess equally as much
nerve as her husband, rs she was at the
time night operator at McKeesport, and
during the long hours Of the night sat with
very pretty little revolver by her side, pre-.
pared to defend herself against all intrud-
ers.-Pittsburgh (Pa.) Dispatch to Cincinnati
ENQUIRER.