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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23
DUEL TO THE DEATH.
Desperate Encounter Between Two
Colorado Ranchmen.
Laramie City Telcgram.l

Three men in white-covercd wagon en-
tered Laramie City by the North Park road
last night Two occupied the seat in front,
the other, pale, haggard, and blood stained,
groaned upon bed of blankets in the box.
At DR.. Harris Office they halted and then
drove 10 the hospital, where the sufferer
was placed He was Charles shelton, a
wealthy householder last Friday night he
had shot and killed Will Keys In duel at
Snyders ranch on the Little Grizzly, in
North Park. His companions were August
Henderson and Fred Lawrence, who
Shelton is proprietor of horse
ranch in the park. Last Friday he
was ut Snyder's ranch helping to put up
hay. Keys, who had IN interest in Snyders
ranch, was present While eating supper in
tent near the cabin Keys asked boy in
refill the teapot This the boy refused to
do, saving he was not in Keys employ. KEYS
abused the boy. shelton interfered, and
quarrel ensued. Keys left the table, and,
taking the teapot went into the cabin, re-
turning In moment with tea and VIM
chester rifle He sat the teapot down and
turning to Shelton said: "Do you know, sir,
that have notion to kill you for this in
suit
~What INSULT rejoined shelton, rising
from Ills SeaI uitTe YOU To Sil6ot.
Il will not shoot YOU down like dog, hut
vii. give you chance for your life in
duel
when and wheres am ready ut any
moment"
@Now and on this spot"
Keys finally stood the weapon against the
side of the tent, poured out the tea, and sat
down again Shelton walked out of the tent,
got another Winchester at the cabin, loaded
It, came back to the tent, and, standing in
the door, said that he was ready.
In minute seconds were procured,
and Keys jumped from the table and, seiz-
ing the rifle. brought 1t to his shoulder. In
SANITY two reports rang out almost to-
getheE shelton dropped his gun and ran
out across the Prairie holding his hands to
his lace Snyder started in pursuit, while
Anderson raised Keys head The wounded
man CAPPED, Tel Lacy, my wife, my
wife" and fell back dead
Snyder returned in a few minutes with
Shelton who had been shos in the chin, the
ball ranging backward and to the right. His
companions thought he too, would die. He
could not speak. but made signs for his
coat, which was given him. He took paper
and pencil from one OF the pockets and
wrote: lis Keys hurt" Sydney wrote be-
neai h the question the words. HE is dead
The ball from Sheltons rifle entered Keys
side in front of the left armpit, passed
through the body, and came out just above
the right shoulder shelton had fired his
weapon without bringing 1t to his shoulder.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23

Agents Of deportation Of the Irish
have talxsn up the queer idea Of ap-
pealing to the Irish In America to come to
the aid OF the English Government In Its
efforts to expatriate the poor Of Erin
In the English House OF Commons,
Parnell threatened that II the shortcomings
OF the land act were not soon remodied he
would lead an agitation deeper and more
desperate than any hitherto experienced
In Irish politics
A Jew representing a London housc,
who was prpvited with British passport
and letters to banking firms, has been cx-
PEELED from Russia. Tho decree forbidding
Jewish manufacturers from employing
Christian workmcn IL ordered by the
Minister Of the Interior te be strictly en-
forced.
An Alexandria dispatch says the
French mission to study the features Of the
cholera has arrived there. The total num-
Der Of deaths thus far from cholera among
the British troops In Egypt ~ - The dis
ease n on the increase in Alexandria
The German Emperor gives $4,000
marks to relieve sufferers by the Ischia
earthquake
The khedive visited the hospitals
and spoke words Of encouragement to the
patients suffering from the pestilence. A
suez dispatch says 1000 Bcdouins attacked
the knnitarium at Sinkat and were repulsed
with loss of sixty killed The soldiers de-
Tending the place lost seven men and the
civilians five
Twenty-Five students Of the st.
Petersburg University have been cxiled to
siberia for being connected with Nihilist
journal.
Active operations have,beghn in Ton
quin. small French success IL reported
Great Britain has asked Russia to
explain why British Jew was recently OK
PEELED from the Cars dominiona
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23
CURIOUS STORIES OF ANIMALS,

THREE milk white deer have recently been
seen In the forest of Washington county.
Alabama
A MAN I'm British Columbia has COW that
dives for salmon, catches one and feeds il
TO her young.
A CLINTON Ind cat with family of three
kittens has adopted three young coons and a
flying squirrel.
IN the San Diego, Gal Court House yard q
brood of valley quail have made their home,
and are quite tame.
JoHN D. GARNER, of Lawreucebury. Ind
saw u fierce fight between a turtle and q
large rat The turtle beat.
A CHATTANOOGA COW committed suicide
holding her head under the water and ii and
ing until she fell over dead.
In spingdale. Iowa, large timber wolf
attacked a Norwegian girl but she over
powered him after desperate struggle, and
held him until help came,
As THE dog of Samuel King, q fiagman at
Elizabeth, n. j., was trotting along the road,
Il swallow flew so low that IL went Aslto the
dogs open mouth with such force that the
dog narrowly escaped choking to death
The bird wa finally taken out
A TINY gold ring inscribed Pet was found
In the craw OF a wild gooss killed by J. Is.
Hopkins, Ut Ellsworth, Kan newspaper
note brought out the fact that the ring had
been LOST ny a child OF Dell Gobh's OF Silver
City, n NJ, while travelling through Kansas
A nAu.-eAEglER of Newberry, Mich shot
and wounded buck deer TIE buck starte d
for him, and before he could Jump a log.
pinned him with his horns tight to it. The
man had 10 wait fer the buck TO die before
he could cut oil the horns aud release him.
self
A SPOKESMAN sat very still in the woods
and began to whistle an air to red squirrel
In tree near by In u twinkiing the little
fellow fat up leaned his head Oh one side
and listened In moment more he
kciAmbled down tho trunk, came within
four feet OF the sportsman, and looked IL
him with syss bsAminx with pleasure On
changing The tune the squirrel skspp.
away
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23
sOUTHERN.

The yellow fever is at last fastened
1t Pensacola although very late in the sea-
SON The proper precautions are now being
taken The bark Salone, from Vera Cruz,
Mex, by way Of Galveston, Texas, arrived
on Fortress Monroe, Va, with yellow fever
on board
Joe Payne. negro, having con-
fsssed to tho murder OF Towns sayle, a
young merchant At Oakland, No, the people
OF the town held a court, at which the
Mayor presided, and the verdict of the a.
semblage Was death by hanging PAYNE was
Immediately executed and the people dis
pcrsed
Three criminals were executed for
murder in the South on Friday, Aug. IL
Taylor Banks being hanged at scottswood.
Ala. Ben Perry At Greenville, s C., and
Demo Casat ut Little Rock, Ark. The two
former were negroes
A train on the Kentucky Central
read. one car Of which contained iua
kegs Of blasting powder, stood on the
crossing 1t Lexington, when a Chesapeake
and Ohio train ran into it terrible ex.
ploston followed, In which two conductor.
were killed, five others were fatally in
jurcd, and the depot and one engine were
blown to atoms
Reuben Robertson was lynched al
Spring Creek, Ga Two other participants
in . horrible woman-murder, mis- comrades
had previously been lynched
Martin Bradley (colored), for at.
tempted outrage, was taken from lail n,
Terrell, Texas, by q mob and hanged in the
asylum grounds
A contract has been signed by the
Government for hospital at Hot Springs,
to cost ssd. a5s
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23
THE STATE ELECTIONS.

An Accurate List ofthe Oniccrs to be Elect
cd and tho Date Of Election.
The State elections held this year are not
many, but some of them are OF much i'm
portance to the States concerned. Follow
Ing is complete and accurate list
Connecticut will elect Nov one-half its
Senate and its full House of Representa-
tives
Georgia elected April "a Henry n. Nc
Daniel, Democrat, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Alexander II. stephens
Iowa will elect Oct y Governor and other
State officers, part Of its Senate and its full
House Of Representatives
Kentucky elected Aug. q Governor and
other state officers and Legislature. and
voted affirmatively upon tn. question Of
holding convention to revise the consti-
tuition of the State.
Maryland will elect Nov Governor and
two other State officers and Legislature.
Massachusetts, will elect Nov d Governor
and other State officers and Legis' ature
Michigan elected April = Democratic
Greenback Judges and Regents Of the uni
versity.
Minnesota will elect Nov q Governor and
other State officers, and vote upon TIN co
proposed amendments to the constitution
OF the State, which provide "a that general
elections shall be held hereafter in Novem-
Der in each even year, t.) that the Sccre-
l6IN OI StSttc. TIC lICdSuIer anu Tile AtUOr-
ney General shall serve two years and the
State Auditor four years, and 60 fix the terms
of service Il the Judges and Clerk Of the
Supreme Court, and Of the Judges OF the
District Court OF the State.
Mississippi will elect Nov 6 its Legislature
Nebraska will elect Nov. G Justice of its
Supreme Court and Regents OF the State
University.
New Jersey will elect Nov q Secretary of
State, part ofits Senate, and it's full House
OF Representatives
New York will elect Nov Secretary Of
State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney
General, Engineer and Surveyor and both
branches of the Legislature, and vote VI ON
proposition to abolish contract labor from
the State prisonR
Ohio viii elect Oct Governor and other
State officers and Legislature, and vote upon
three proposed amendments |, the constitu-
ton OF the State which Il and . regulate or
prohibit the ta'e of Intoxicating Ii uor and
I'D ieoreanize the judiciary of the Stste.
Pennsylvania vii elect Nov. Auditor
General and State Treasurer
Rhode Island elected April 4 Republican
Governor and other State officers and Legis-
laIufe.
Texas voted Aug. IA, mt a special election,
upon four proposed amendments to the con-
sttution OF the Safe,
Vermont adopted March two amend
ments to the constitution of the State, max
ing officers under the Federal Government
ineligible to seats I'm the Legislature. and
providing for the election by the popular
vote of Secretary of State and Auditor OF
Accounts ON the general state ticket
Virginia wiz elect Nov. u Iart Of its Sen
ate and it's full Assembly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23
FOREIGN.

The yield of wheat in France this
year will be 20,0oo0O hectoliters about
56,ooo,ooo bushels less than any year since
1871
Juror Field has sold the furniture Of
his house in Dublin, despite the efforts Of
Doycotters, and will quit Ireland.
Many sergeants who participated in
the rising at santo Domingo, spain, have
been shot, and died without making any
statements
An insane asylum at Ealing, Middle
sex, England, was burned Five of the in
mates persisted and many were hurt The
proprietor and his son both lost their lives
while trying to rescue their unfortunate
charges
A cablegram from Dublin states that
James Carey last year sent two men TO Lon
don 70 shoot Secretary Forster, but their
courage failed them
In mine near Relruth, Cornwall,
England, while thirteen men were ascend
Ing, the rope broke and by the fall twelve
OF the men were instantly killed
Some depositors wrecked small
savings bank In London because they were
unable TO draw their money on demand
The police refused To interfere in the
matter.
Reports from Alexandria show that
the cholera has taken possession OF that
city. and that the death rate il increasing
daily Cholera exists not only among the
natives, but in the barracks of the English
foldiery and in the European hotels and
private houses. The plague, whether it be
endemic or epidemic, Il spreading, and
threatens 20 90 farther than Alexandra
The Electrical Exhibition was opened
ut Vienna by the Crown Prince Rudolph
with great ceremony. The weather Wa m
favorable Tor the opening, but nevertheless
Thousands d people were u atssndaaeA
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23

The hasollant wae = pension agent He
Tailed to chastisc Gen. Boynton, lost his
spectacles and hat and was taken % the
station house
Inspector Hnworth reports rapid
nrnyirss In the construction and equipment
of Indian school houses, which by January
will accommodate l0aO pupils. The red
men have learned that In tho future they
must not expect to feed themselves by hunt
Ing.
Maj. Kirby, Of the Railway Mail
Division Of the postofficc Department. was
removed BY Gen. Gresham, on suspicion
that no had made excessive allowances u
the publisher Of the u,stus ,nsfa.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23
NEWS CONDENSED,
tTelegraphlc summary
EAsTERN.

Vhe De~en Inn NJ Eagle, Pa. m,
aSansS 70 the ground, involving 4 loss o.
aA'M There worn aA persons on tn,
rfemises md none were injured III,
tncs.s, except In \ few instances, saved nj
hrii hngGNxM
VnW, Selfri,lgc. Commandment rf Iii,
e"sl*do station at Newport n /, VIII hnv,
chr only vun.eottcn MAMnfactory In tn,
soantis IN operation within three months
heretofore the Government has been ohlre,
to derend upon foreign dealers
L. u. Hong, ex.Nlavor Of rockport,
\ \, the hackcr Of tho liquor how're ol
Ncclc, Torrance 4 Co, has Ma,le an assign
mcnt with liabilities Ut suu,0O
AZ Trenton, n. j.. Mrs. knohlacl,
'hfcw hrr husband into the canal, aud the,,
Jumped IN heisct She was drowned, but
hnoeiteh was rescued
Arthur II, Blancy was sentenced a,
Boston to revon years imprisonment for
embcsslinv, while cashier, sio,o 900 belonging
to the American Lam and Trust Company
The Amalgamated Iron and steel
Workers convention IN session at rittsharg.
refused by IN unanimous vote to pass tho
motion presented Tor separating the Iron and
steel workers Into two distinct ofVnniza-
tons Thu plan to make each lodge sup
rofttts own members when they are on 4
strike was also defeated
Capt. Rhodes, who purposci swim.
mig the Niagara whirlpool, after viewing
thu waters decided no. to attempt the feat
4. {. Stelman 4 CO.. New York
brcksfs, have failed Mr. stcdman Is we'll
known a. poet and prose writer
For the year ending Aug l,l6o per-
IONS we're killed and 4ol injured on New
York State railroads
Tho Tooth anniversary Of the battle
~ Pennington was duly celebrated In that
city Aug III
On the Rochester track, Jry.eye-sco
made mile In 2sli, the best time on record
Tor s-sear old, and took the special purse
OF sa0a
While driving at Stowe, Vt, Jesse
Town and wife were thrown from their car
riAgc and killed, and Mrs stockwcll was
seriously injured
John Dewey, Of New York city. sen.
fenced to sixty days imprisonment for
ibelnv August Belmont, has been released,
having completed his term
Joseph Schroeder and John Farrell
fought according to the prize-ring rules for
poescssion Of nsoang woman At woodside,
l. L Farrell was knocked out" In the
nfteenth round
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23
WESTERN.

The wife Of United States Senator
W n Allison, while suffering from an insane
attack, drowned herself In the Mississippi at
Dubuque, Iowa Mrs Allison left home in
the afternoon. telling her Servant that she
was going To one az the near ncighbors
instead of this however. taking her
EoseAmer on her arm, she went In an oppo-
satc dircctiou toward the country, where
she has hecn accustomed to take almost
daily walks II II Asccrtaincd that she wan.
dcrcd around in the outskirts OF the city
by several persons walking rapidly and ar.
rArently somewhat excited Not returning
by O'clock from the place where she was
suppose TO be the alarm was given, and
search Was maintained during the entire
night The following morning her body was
discovered In the river, about mite below
che city She had cut up her gossamer,
placed scmc stones in Il, aud tied them Sc.
curcly about her neck then walked delih-
cratels into the river, about thirty-iire feet
from the land, laid down aud drowned her
self where the water was only two and 4 half
feet deep Mrs Allison was OF . highly
nervous temperament, and during the past
two or three years hSs suffered from and
been treated for mental diseases While ct
awatcr cure establishment In Western New
York In 1881 under medical treatment, she
attempted suicide In much the same man.
ncr, but was fortunately rescued She was
Aniccc and adopted daughter Of the late
Senator Grimes, IT Iowa, and has been
married for ten ycarN She had no children,
The Illinois Central Railroad Direct.
orr elected James c Clarke, President, L Y.
r Randolph, Treasurer. and L A. Catlin.
Secretary, The Vice Presidents are ". X.
Alderman date President who declined a
reelection and stuyvesant Fish
j. I. Williams, 4 banker OF Erie.
Col, was robbed by highwayman Of slo
600
A vein Of petroleum which flows for.
" barrels per day has been struck near Can.
on City, Col
The managers Of the Wabash, Alton,
and Illinois Central roads have agreed to
make the passenger rate eS,0 between
Chicago and 81 Louis and ESQ between
81 Louis and Kansas City. 10 take effect At
once
The srortsmcn Of Illinois and Wiscon.
ain are well represented on the stubble in
Iowa and Dakota where the prairie chickens
are Of inc sire and fully m numerous ~ last
year
The Iowa Board of Health is to in.
vestiEase charges made by A.scicntist Of
stockholm that there are several cases OF
leprcsy In Winneshiek county
X. NJ. Fitch, cashier of the Second
National Bank Of Warren, Ohio, is reported
70 be short In his accounts some s,o,ooo
Tho bank has failed.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23
PASSING EVENTS.
Preparing 10 Squeeze monopoly.'.1hs
Ischia Calamity.
Our Forests. Tho Cholera. Cheering
Agricultural Prospects.

The completion OF the Northern Pacific
railway 10 fraught with vital interest to the
people Of the Pacific coast Heretofore, In
the opening Of the new routes, the Central
Pacific combination have been enabled, by
geographical and othet infuetces, to SO
maintain fare and freight rates that the new
routes afforded no relief to anybody. The
completion of the Southern Pacific, the
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, the Denver
and Rio Grande and the Atlantic and Pa
eitic, has In no case resulted In . reduction
III fare to California, for ths reason that the
Central Pacific, controlling, rs u docs on
Ill sides, the Western outlet OF these roads,
refuses to make concessions. With the
completion OF the Northern Pacific q new
era will dawn. That road is under oblign-
ton to nobody. 1t reaches tide-water with
Its Own line, Ind the Pacific ocean In free to
bill It can make its own rates without tear
of reprisals in any direction 1t can cut the
fare to San Francisco to $15-luite enough,
by the way--and force its rivals to follow
suit or lose the business It can make It's
own freight rates. make Its own contracts
with Pacific coast merchants-in other
words. do exactly as 1t ploases, and the Gen.
trail Pacific combination Is powerlcss for
either redress or vengeance.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23
TRUE STORIES.

ERATH county, Texas, has an infant indus
try which needs protecting just now. II il
little girl, years old, who Is an expert
telegraph operator.
As THE dog Of Samuel King, a fagman at
Elizabeth, \. j., WAS trotting along the road
dog narrowly escaped choking to death
The bird was finally taken out.
A MAN In East Dougherty, Ga, has front
tooth which he plugged with lead with his
own hands over thirty years ago He used
m awl 70 clean out the cavity, and packed
ssstsnS Il OH = sS!s 8 pesssSis 81 q sav l
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23

Gen. Drum Anxious to Have n Grand
Militia Force Of 100000 Men,
Washington Telegram


Washington Telegram.l
Some unnecessary alarm has been created
by letter recently sent by Adit. Gen Drum
to the Adjuant Generals Of the several
States asking for information as to how long
it would take to make up their quota of q
regular force of 3oO,0 go men TWAS thought
by some that the Adjuant General was pre-
pairing for a war. either with Germany or
Mexico, or to secure protection for q possible
labor outbreak. Drum, however, declares that
nothing OF the kind il contemplated. He
simply desires to see the militia improved
With the exception Of PENNSYLVANIA,
New York, and Massachusetts, none
of the States would be ale
to furnish more than handful Of
trained men on short notice. The Adiutant
General desires to establish national
militia of 10000 practical soldiers lie
thinks that II would be . good protection,
and avoid the nece ssity for increasing the
regular army. He believes that the Govern
ment can well afford to spend four or five
millions in pcrfecting such an organization,
and one or two millions yearly toward main
tanning it He does not look for war except
in the remo.e future The subject will not
be mentioned in his regular report, but will
probatl ~ furnish material for special re-
port to Congress next winter
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23
The Cholera.

Il it IL true TINT the cholera, which has
caused such dreadful ravagcs in Egypt is
not the genuine Asiatic disease, there is, Of
course, every reason for believing that we
will escape . visitation from the plague
The physicians S'ho were first sent over by
France and England pronounced it Asiatic
cholera of the most malignant type. The
physicians sent from India into Egypt by the
British Government say the disease is moth
ing like the plague with which they are
familiar in India There is doubt, then, as
to the character of the pestilcnce. Ii it is
an endemic disease. there is no occasion for
alarm either in Europe or America. If 1t is
an epidemic disease. It Is certain to take
the grand tour around the inhabitable
earth
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23
WARRINGTON.

The total collections from internal
revenue during July were o. 27s, SIS, which
y u. 000. 900 less than the total collections In
July, l66a
Another aggrisved individual has -
nulse6 Gen T. v. Beyaton, Of Washangton
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-08-23
Cheering Agricultural Prospects.

CHterIhk AkFlcUItUFAt PROSPECTS.
In the midst Of somewhat, to say the
least, doubtful financial and commercial
outlook the prospect OF most bountful
harvest, and consequent plentiful brcadstuff
supply at moderate prices, is such as should
insure popular content and tranquility. In
deed, the agricultural prospect Is SO hope
ful as to constitute silver lining to the
somewhat darker than ordinary cloud that
just now obscures the horizon of trade and
enmmprca