The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-06-01
LATER NEWS ITEMS.

In the General Assembly Of the Pres.
h,tcrIan Church At Springfield, Ill, on the 9th
ut. A telegram Was read from the Moderator
81 the Southern Assembly stating that il the
concurrent resolutions were not modified the
atlanta gathering was prepared to send dole.
gates forthwith. A reply was sent that the
Northern body was nearly ready to adjourn,
and suggesting TINT each appoint delegates for
next year. dispatch from Atlanta expressed
unanimous approval Of the plan proposed, and
announced that delegates and altcrnates had
already been appointed to bear Christian salu.
tations to the next General Assembly, where
upon Rev. samuel Niccols, u. D., Hon. Thomas
u. Hastings and Judge $. NJ. Moore we're sc.
lected TO attend the assembly at Lexington,
KY. ncxt year.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has
had somewhat startling experience in the En-.
CRAVING aud Printing Bureau At Washington.
The other evening, after working hours, two OF
the Government dies, representing the tens on
tho national bank notes. were found lying out
aide the safe and within the reach Of the
Waterman. The dies were sent at once to Sec
Rotary Folger, who took time to satisfy himself
that the event was caused wholly by careless.
ness. Mr. Bell. the custodian OF the plates,
was dismissed, and Capt. Burrows. OF New
York, war temporarily placed in charge Of the
safes. There were wild rnmors that counter
feitera had had access to the Government
plates, and that millions OF spurious money had
been struck OF.
While fishing in Lake SpofEord, near
Chesterfield. n. H., George L. Comfy and Her.
man Reitzel, the basso and pianist of the
Kellogg Concert Company, were drowned.
In the Supreme Court Of Washington
county, r. l., decree was entered diyorcing
Katherine Chase Sprague from v illiam sprague,
giving Mrs. Spragnc the custody OF her three
daughters, permitting her to resume her maiden
name, with leave hereafter to apply for alimony
III rhe chooses.
A Washington correspondent says the
ASSASSIN Gniteau ia beginning TO show signs Of
breaking down, fulfilling the predictions that
have been made about him by those in charge
Of HIM at tho jail. His left eye is very much
infamcd, and the opinion Of the physician il
that this inflammation has been brought on by
great mental and nervous excitement. He
spends most OF the time now lying upon the cot
in his cell, and talks very little with the guards
Advices from the wheat region OF
Michigan are to the effect that the prospect
was never more promising, but the acreage has
only increased in The newer counties.
In nm ailray at Denver, Phil Hubbard,
a Lorse-jo,key. was mor;ally wounded John
Denny was shot in the leg, and man named
Mackay was injured, by c. H. Wood, real
estate agent.
A big impetus to Western immigra-
ton will result forthwith from the decision Of
the Secretary OF the Interior which opens u,
to entry and settlement 1900. 600 acres OF val
nable land in Dakota heretofore claimed by the
Chippewa Indians The land il IN what il
known AZ the Turtle Mountain district, and Ii
every way adapted to agriculture. There will
Ne tremendous rush to secure farms in the
fertile region, which is large enough and rich
enough in natural resources to support al
enormous addition to the population OF Dakota.
In circular sent to each department
clerk IN Washington, cslling for voluntary con-
tribntions for nee in the campaign, the Rcpub
lican Congressional Committee announces, by
authority, that no objection will be raised IL
any official quarter.
The New York IIorid prints lengthy
interview with Horatio Seymour, in the cours.
Of which that gentleman says - do not be.
lievc Mr.. Tilden will be a candidate for Gov.
erIor or that he has any serious thought oil
accepting a Presidential nomination Like
myself, he is an old man and passed mp ont Of
the heat and passion Of battle. The place il
the forefront belongs to Younger men thar
ourselves
Eight prisoners, two Of whom are
murdelcs and one highway-robber, broke
jail at Tuscaloosa. Ala. by saving on an IRON
door with razor.
There was great excitement at Cairo,
Egypt. on Sunday the 18th nlt. The Chamber
OF Notables and a lody OF native merchants
went to the palace and appealed to the khedist
to reinstate Arab Bey as Minister Of War, tta,'
ing their own danger from the army. The re-
quest Was acccdcd to. after the offender had
given certain assurances to the agents Of Ger
many, Austria, Italy and Russia. A telegram
from Constantinople announces the departure
OF Turkish commission for Cairo: that
council Of Ministers was held at the palace, and
that the Turkish ironclads are preparing fol
eea. With the exception OF France, all tho
powers agree that il Intervention becomes ne
cessarv il should be made by the Sultan.