The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-08-25
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

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4 new clue to tho resting place Of the remains
Of the late A. +. Stewart IL being worked.
Some ten days ago boy left It detective agen-
y crude oil painting, representing scene
In lonely spot, with the words in one part Of
L: Stewart's body lies here" The following
note accompanied It: This location y In Cy-
press Hill Cemetery. De very careful
when approaching the grounds. You
will DO watched. Don't be seen max
ing observations, for they will zee you
and follow you" After consultation with
Judge Hilton, II Was decided to make search.
The cemetery va visited on Saturday, the
spot indicated found, and four grave-diggcrs
spent the afternoon ct work. Nothing but
cofin-screw WAS found, though there appeared
70 be evidences that tho ground had been dug
up at the plsce indicated In the picture. The
digging il to be resumed to-day.
The will Of Mrs. Millard Fillmore, Of
Buffalo, disposes Of an estate Of t300, 200, Of
which amount public charities will receive
$4,000.
Advices from New Mexico report an
other encounter IN New Mexico between the
troops and the hostile Indians, in which Lieut..
Smith and four soldiers were killed. George
Daily, well-known mining expert, Was also
killed in the action.
The Ohio Board Of Agriculture makes
an estimate for August Of n per cent Of full
crop Of wheat, 70 per cent. Of corn, and l,0OO,-
600 bushels increase Of oats. The figures for
wheat were taken from measurements from
1000 thrashing machines during three weeks.
The Gaze stove works, located near
the foot Of Harrison street, st. Louis, were
burned. The loss Il elOO, 200, and tho insur-
ancc $5o,0OO.
The tug-boat A. B. Ward blew up in
the river 1t Chicago the result being the loss
Of three lives and tho destruction Of $2O,O
worth Of property.
An incendiary fire at Irvine, KY, de-
stroyed tho business portion Of the town ex-
cept three stores. The loss viii be at least
100000
A destructive fire ON Gravier street,
New Orleans, severely damaged several whole
sale stores. Loss about $4,000.
An overheated journal set fire to the
douring-mill Of Webster 4 Dillingham;. on
Peters street, New Orleans, which was totally
destroyed, the loss reaching $4,000.
Wheeling, w. W., suffered from q
disastrous fre. Damage, about e6O, 900.
Postmaster General James has issued
an order that persons annoyed by postal cards
from any particular place may have them do.
stroyed by the Postmaster By making the re-
quest in writing.
United States bonds held to secure
national-bank circulation, Aug. 20, 1881,
amounted to s363, 32O, 900. - follows: Cur
rency 6s, g, 3,5O4. 900; s per cents. $4,000; 6
per cents, $s,7l5,45O; ~ per cents, ss2, 1885,
600; 4 per cents, e9l, ,l64, 800 /; sl per cents,
$232, $50 200.
Tho developments in the Howgate
investigation show that the original amount oi
| $4,000 will be ultimately increased to $780,,
600. The peculations are found not to have
been confined to false telegraph bills, but ex.
tended to nearly every branch Of the expendi
ture OF tho s500, 600 annual appropriation fol
the signal Service. The rascal robbed tn.
Government Of . large amount Of none,
through the fitting out OF the Gulnare, xhicl
was ostensibly paid for ont Of his own pocket
The Spanish elections resulted ii
heavy gains for the Liberals.
The quantity Of grain available for ex
| port from Austria to Hungary which may b.
relied on ID valued It over loo, ,OO0. 600 forms
| This is almost - much AZ in 1868, when th
export Was the largest on record.
! Parnell moved in the House Of Com
mons for the release Of Michael Dayitt, charac
terizing his arrest ~ the most contemplate &C
ever committed BY any Government Tn
motion was defeated BY 60 TO ~.