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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-04-27
FOREIGN MEws.

Garibaldi has returned 70 his island
home, CaprerA
Spain Is suffering from an unusually
long drought The Government il helping the
Andalusian peasants with work.
Gen. Meikoff has been summoned to
st. Petersburg to advise measures for securing
the personal safety OF the Car during his cor
onation.
In response to the request of Presi-
dent Arthur, Queen Victoria has respited d..
Lamson to April q, 70 await the arrival OF doc
uments from the United States.
The Prefect Of Police at St Peters
burg received casket Of eggs emptied OF their
natural contents and filed with dynamite.
The expense Of administering the
Land oct thus far il go. 900. Reductions or
rent made BY the Land Commissioner esd
mated 1t f3O,OOl
Advices from Siberia are to the effect
that the steamer Rodgers, which went in
search OF the survivors Of the Jeanette. has
been burned and sunk, and that Lieut. Berry
and his officers aud crew, numbering thirty-six,
are near Cape sordxe.
Sunderland, England, an explosion
in coal mine caused the death Of thirty-dve
persons.
Russia says we needn't protest against
her exclusion Of the Jews, - We are playing the
Same game ourselves with the Chinese
A bailiff in the service Of the Emer-
gency Committee WAS killed while going from
Limerick to Kiltealy. Forty tenants on the e.
tate OF Lord ClancaTry, in County Limerick,
have been evicted.
There was q riot at the Camborne
mines, Cornwall. England, caused by ill-feeling
The former wrecked the Catholic Church and
the houses Of the Irishmen.
The trial of McLain, the man who
fired 1t Queen Victoria, was held at Reading,
Berks (noar Windsor Csstie). Lord Chief Jus
tice Coleriigs prealded. and Mr.. Montague
Williams defended the prisoner and pleaded
insanity for him The jury returned verdict
OF " not guilty. on the ground Of insanity"
Bismarck caused the suspension for
two years Of comic PAPER Of Berlin, and the i'm
prisonment Of another journalist for inserting
ablasphemous letter In regard 70 Gambstta.
| The French Cabinet Council has APP
proved the scheme Of De Lesseps TO I'LL up the
Desert Of sahara with salt water, and separate
Tuns and Algeria from Tripoi
An American colt, Passaic. won the
City and Suburban Handicap, an important
English turf event.
| The King Of Durmah has had aaothsr
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-04-27

devolved the duty Of executing the decree Of
the House, and II suing him Kubourne Vi.
tually made the House defendant TO the %
ton. The jury wers instructed to bring in
verdict for the plaintiff and to regulate the
amount Of damages in due proportion to the
suffering sustained by his feelings, person and
property on account OF the imprisonment.
Fitz-John Porter, claiming that his
acts saved the Union army from disaster on the
2sth Of August, 1862, has made fresh appeal
to the President to remit the nnexecuted por-
tion OF the sentence OF the court-martial and
carry into effect the recommendation Of the
Advisory Board
The bill to place Gen. Grant on the
retired list has stirred tho friendsof Gems Ave-ill
and Pleasonton to insist upon the Same honor.
Gen. Averill, the famous cavalry leader, il said
to be in almost destitute circumstances.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-04-27
An Important Factor.

Retailer Yes, s.r, inciyility costs
nothing, but ii is d very important factor
in business success. Treat man grufI-
~, and he Is almost certain to return to
yonr store. Keep lady waiting as long
as you can. and then ask her rndely what
she wants. In nile eases out uf ten she
will 20 hnns AMI tell her husband, and
then lie will come aud clean out your
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-04-27
POLITICAL POINTS.

The Governor OF Colorado has ap-
pointed George N. Chilcott, Of Pueblo, as
Senator to succeed Henry n Teller. The ap-
pointee is > practicing lawyer, and was once >
Delegate IN Congress- He il native Of Penn
sylvania, and had lived in Iowa and Nebraska
previous to settling in Colorado.
The State Republican Executive Com
mittee Of North Carolina favors m alliance
with the Liberal movement, and has called !
State Convention for June Il
The Prohibitionists met in State Con-
vention at Hartford. Conn, and nominated
George p. Rogers for Governr.
A delegation from New Albany called
upon James g. Blaine and asked him to deliver
an oration on Decoration day. He replied that
he expected to be in Europe before that time.
The Republicans Of Oregon nomi-
mated F. R. Moody for Governor and NJ G.
George for Congressman. The platform de-
mands the abrogation Of the Hawaiian reci-
proeity treaty. and condemns the attitude
Of tho President in regard to tho Chinese bill.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-04-27
MISCELLANEOUS orEAN1ros.

Ben Butler is out in letter favoring
the suppression Of Chinese immigration both
by land and water.
A New York telegram Of the 10th
inst. says: "Seven ocean steamships landed
6,Sss immigrants 1t Castle Garden yesterday.
This makes total Of over II 900 landed this
month. Officers at Castle Garden believe
that the entire number OF immigrants during
April will reach 10000, and that next
month it will be fully 100000. Those
who arrived yesterday are principally
Germans, HollaDders, Russians. Bwedes
and Irish. Superintendent Jackson says that
most Of those who como thus year . . rule Are
Of much better class than formerly that ID,
they find fewer pAupcrs and undesirable per.
sons among them. Most OF them are well sup
Piled with funds. The Germans and Dutch
seem to have the most most money!"
A Quebec dispatch says the people on
the Labrador coast are in . state Of starvation.
Two men named Lawrent and Pierre Crepeau,
with some OF thoir children, died from want OF
food. The Indians, having no means OF sub
sistence in the woods, arc swarming down upon
tile settlers.
Oscar Wilde expects to spend por--
ton Of the summer with Henry Ward Beecher
on the Hudson, aud the remainder with Julian
Hawthorne.
1t has been discovered that the Usage
orange is the best food that can be fed to silk
worms.
The heaviest snow-storm of the season
prevailed on the 18th Of April in the peninsula
Of Michigan.
A party Of 100 Danes and Norwegians,
converts to Mormonism, have arrived 1t San
Francisco from Australia.
The United States steamer Iroquois,
lying at the Mne island navy yard, in CAlifor-
nia, viii be dispatched to the relief Of the ofi-
GERS and crew Of the Arctic steamship Rodgers,
which was wrecked on the Siberian coast.
Four executions under authority Of
Law took place on Friday, A.,r,l 2l, in different
parts Of the country. The persons upon whom
the extreme penalty Vas vislted were William
Sindram, in New York city Bent Taylor, at
Corning, Ark. W. W. Ray, At Pulaski, Tenn. !;
George Bohannon, at Rolla, Mo.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-04-27

Persons lnnmAte with Capt Howgato
say ne is in the mountains Of Pennsylvania,
and that he win not return for trial until be
desires to, and that, in the meantime, he win
be supported BY those who are connected with
him in the frauds in the Weather Bureau, who
are very anxious to keep the trial from taking
place until after the adjournment OF Congress,
or the passage Of ! certain bill IN which they
are interested.
There Is general surprise expressed
at the verdict rendered in the Kilbourne
GAG. The prevailing opinion d that il j. Ok
cessive and ought to be set aside. There y
some sharp criticism OF the manner in which
the Government interests in this case have
been defended, OF, rather, been neglected.
There ar. those who openly express ths opinion
that the Government case was given away, OF
allowed pretty much 70 go by default
Guiteau received letter from John
R. Reynolds, Of San Francisco, offering him
S300 for the clothes he will wear on the day he
is to hang. The writer adds: IF you won't
sell me or any ono else your clothes, III give
ESQ for your hat" Guiteau was very mad
when be received the letter, and tore It up. he
had previously had quarrel with his nstsr,
Mrs. Scovilla, vhom b drove from biz call
door.
"A committee 81 the Cotton Exchanre
in New York has been investigating the
charges Of wholesale adulteration Of cotton
with sand, and have come TO the conclusion
that the alleged frauds have bee0 greatly OK
aggeratsd Tho American representatives in
England seem to have accepted for thsir ~
ports the ex.parte statements Of the Engliah
brokers. The adulteration which has been dis
covered wxs not intentional, but incident to
the handling Of the cotton.
The dreaded Asiatic plague has ap-
peared in Persian Kurdstan.
Doris, late Assistant Secretary Of the
Land League. has been released from Dundalk
Jail with proper warnings.
Rev. Ralph Fotheroill- 1 Method;.N
r..tor 80 E.n R;v.- u... a,.a ]. .u
leaving four children III With the same disease
He would permit neather himself NOR his family
to be vaccinated.
In the United States court at Charles.
ton. & G.. the c.nv.aser. a. snmter conn.v
pleaded suiltv to refns;no 70 corrt -. vcaa.
Of three precincts. Judge Bond announced
that the Government only desired the vindica-
ton Of the Law, and therefore allowed the
prisoners 70 60 without sentence.
The city of st, Louis was visited bv \
terrific rainlstorm. 1.ss inches Of water falling
in two hours. Tho main sewer Of the CITY,
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II is an uncommon thing in LApland
for . person to have two Christian
pames. One u all they can live undss.
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-16
HEALTH HINTS.

To cure earache take pinch of
black pepper, put it in a piece of cotton
batting dipped in sweet oil, and place
in the ear, tie bandage round the
head, and it will give almost instant
relief.
DR.. Denker, of st. Petersburg, treats
diphtheria by first giving the patient
a laxative, and when its operation has
ceased he gives cold drinks acidulated
with hydrochloric acid and then a gar
gle of lime water and hot milk in eq ual
parts every two hours. His method is
very successful.
Obstinate cases of rheumatism have
been cured by the use of the following:
Take every night, till the trouble
leaves you, two teaspoonfuls of gum
guicum, diluted in half a tumbler of
water. This is a dose for a grown
person. If the stomach is weak, less
quantity. 1t acts as a powerful slim
ulant, and produces gentle perspira-
tion. If the limbs are affected by it
they may be bathed in hot whisky OF
rum, well seasoned with cayenne pep
per-
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-16

ENGINEER MELVILLE gave to the Jeanette
board of inquiry, after Lieutenant Danen-
hover had concluded his testimoney, a de-
tailed account of the life led on the Inflated
steamer during the time that she was i'm
bedded in the Arctic ice.
CENSUS statistics concerning petroleum
manufactures: On May 81, 1880, there
were in the United States eighty-six pc
troleum manufacturing establishments
with an invested capital of $27, ,395, ,746. The
amount of crude oil used during the year was
731 ,533,127 gallons, and the value of manu-
factured products S43,705,218.
SECRETARY FoLaER has issued the one
hundred and nineteenth call for the redemp-
ton of bonds of the five per cent funded
loan of 1881, continued at three and half
per cent from August IL, 1881.
ENeNEEB MELVILLE, in his narrative be-
fore the Jeannette board ofinquiry, said that
in the retreat from the vessel Captain
De Long relieved Mr.. Collins from duty on
account of disobedience of orders.
ANNUAL reports from the eseveral Indian in
dustrial schools have been received. At
Hampton Va, the total attendance during
the year was 96, and there are now there 81
pupils-30 girls and 81 boys; at the Forest
Grove (Oregon) school there are 81 pupils
81 boys and 81 girls-and at the Carlisle
(Pa.) school 1SS boys and 102 girls were in
attendance at the end of the fiscal year.
There were over $1,000 worth of wagons,
harness and shoes made by students during
the year. The progress of the students in
their studies is regarded as highly satisfac.
tory.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-16
South end Hest.

The steamer Isis, while crossing Big Lake
George, in Florida, during heavy gale,
foundered when midway across the lake.
The chief pilot, fireman, cook and deck
hand were drowned.
DENVER, Col, and other places in its Vi
cinity have been well shaken by an earth
quake.
Two colored men in jail at Vienna, La, on
the charge of having robbed and attemptedto
murder an old white man, We're taken from
confinement by crowd Of men and shot TO
death.
DURING n row between whites and blacks
at Varnville, S. c.. white policeman was
shot dead and four other white men were Sc
verely beaten.
AUGUST KEUMM, of Baltimore, made de-
spondent by the recent death of his wife, cut
his throat with Il butcher knife.
THoMis j. NlyIX, ex-mayor of Adrian,
Mich, who escaped some time ago after
forging city bonds, has been arrested at EI
Paso Texas.
A PASSENGER train collilel with a freight
train near Quincy, ILL.,, and many cars we're
demolished. A fireman, a br2i4man Sa9
passenger were badly hurt.
Two colored brothers-Samuel and Milton
Hodge--were hanged at Knoxville, Tenn,
for numbering their brother-in-law.
A LOUISVILLE (Ky.) dispatch says that
Congressman John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky,
has announced himself as a candidate for
speaker of the next House of Representa-
tiyes AMI that he expects most Of tie Western
! Democratic members will be for him.
! FATHER J. B. ODoNoGHUE, pastor of the
| Catholic church at Morrow, Ohio, died from
| tho effects of blow from a monkey wrench,
received at the hands of Timothy Green, a
railroad employc. Green declared the priest
had denounced his wife as a thief before the
congregation.
RECENT measures to suppress polygamy il
Utah have been answered by the Mormons
at n meeting OF the higher priesthood by
their compelling every priest and bishop tc
marry more than one wife or resign. On(
! monoganist resigned his Office; the other:
obeyed the order or pledged themselves tc
do so.
Syow twelve feet deep is reported from
the Northwest.
TOTAL nulnDSt o. SCl!OW icNeF cEScS az
| Pensacola, Fia., up to the 1lth, 2,@23; total
number of deaths, 1872.
FLAMES destroyed a cabin in Lunnenbura
county, Va, occupied by colored family,
every member of which was burned tc
death.
FIRE at Frankfort, Ky, destroyed the
Major Opera house, belonging to the city
and containing portion of the city records
and other property.
A DISPATCH from Santa Ana, Cal, says
"Josiah B. Smith, fisherman, murdered
his fourteen-year-old son by cutting hi
throat. He and his wife are insane on re
ligious subjects, and claim that the Lore
commanded the sacrifice"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-16
NEWS-OF THE WEEK.
Eastern and Middle States

BARKER, the American checker champion,
and Wylie, the British champion, played
match of fifty games at Boston. Each con-
testant won one game, and the other forty
eight were drawn.
MRs. LANGTRY made her debut in America
at Wallack's theatre, New York, before a
large audience. She is generally pronounced
handsome, but less so than many women
that one can meet in almost any American
city. As an actress the New York critics do
not think her first class
The late Jerome G.. Kidder, of Boston,
Mass, left bequests amounting to nearly
100000 to various charitable and other in
stitutions.
OIIvEB's wire mill-the largest of its
kind in the country-situsted at Pittsburg,
Pa, was partially burned, entailing loss of
100000, and the cessation from work of
sO0men.
The fourth serious fire which has visited
Red Bank, N j., during the past three years
destroyed four acres of the best property in
that town before its course could be checked.
The total losses to the various firms and the
Methodist church reached an aggregate of
about $250,000.
HEAVY failure is that of the Globe Rubber
Co., of Trenton, n. j. The liabilities are
put at S175,000.
The public schools of Bordsboro, Pa,
were ordered closed on account of the preva-
lence of scarlet fever and diphtheria. In
one family five children died.
AT banquet in Now York, rendered by
~ 10 4la
English philosophical writer, on the eve of
his departure for England, William NJ.
Evarts presided and addresses were delivered
by Henry Ward Beecher, Carl Schurz and
others.
Four tons of powder exploded at the
Keen an lime works, Smiths Basin, N. Y.
Dennis Golden and Joseph Cameron, who
had charge of the powder house, were blown
to fragments, some parts of them being
found half a mile distant.
The palatial SIMMER residence of the we'll
known artist, Mr. Albert Bierstadt, at Irving
ton, on the Hudson, known as "Malkasten," :"
has been laid in ruins by fire. SO quickly
did the flames spread that not more than a
score or so of the many valuable oil paint
ings in the building could be saved; the re
mainder, together with many other valuable
works of art and curiosities, were reduced to
ashes. Mr.. Bierstadt estimates his total loss
at 100000.
PARADE at Buffalo, and banquet in
Boston, were the methods by which the
jubilant Democrats expressed their satisfac-
ton at the election of Governors Cleveland
and Butler both of whom made addresses.
The one-mi!e running race between Myers.
American amateur champion, and George,
the English champion, took place in New
York and was won by the latter.
A TRAIN near Ciarisyille, Pa, was derailea
and the engine, tender, baggage car and two
passenger cars weco thrown down a gorge
thirty feet deep. Tic engineer was killed
and The fireman seriously hurt
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-16
From Washington,

GENERAL SHERMAN, in his annual report as
general of the army, says that the fear of
exceeding the limit of 25,00O men, or the
difficulty of enlisting men in these prosperous
times, has kept the army below what the
honor or the necessity of the country de-
mands, and he advises change of the
limit to $4,000. The troops during the
transition period on the frontier,
he says, have lived in holes in the
ground, in houses made of green cottonwood
logs, infested by vermin, in temporary shan
ties, generally without murmur; but now
this battle with poverty is over, or nearly so,
and appeals to Congress to confer on the
President, the secretary of war, or on q
board of general officers, the power to desig-
nate the places strategic Importance at which
to erect suitable permanent buildings for
properly quartering the troops. During the
year there was a loss to the army by deser-
ton of 1921 men, and General Sherman ad-
yises as remedy " a more liberal treatment
of a good soldier and more certain punish
ment of the deserter."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-16
A Giant Bird.

In the neighborhood of Rheims,
recently, NJ. De Lemoinne found suf-
licient remains of a remarkable bird
(of new species), belonging to the
cocene epoch, to give fair idea of its
structure. A thigh bone Of the same
animal had before been discovered by
NJ. Plante, the well-known physicist,
at Meudon; it was about eighteen
inches long. The bird was of gigantic
size, having a height, when erect, OF at
least ten feet. The skull was com
paratively large, and less dispropor-
tionate than that of the ostrich. In
the opinion of NJ. Alph. Milne-Edwards,
Judging by the skeleton, the bird had
afIlnities to the duck, but it has pecutli-
arities which forbid the ranking of it
in any of the present natural groups,