The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-12-20

Both houses of the Virginia Legis.
lature have passed a resolution, instructing
the Virginia Senators and requesting the
Representatives In Congress to secure tho
unconditional and immediate abolition of the
internal revenue SYSTEM.
Congressman Haskell, OF Kansas,
died ut Washington, after a somewhat pro-
longcd illness, brought on, it is thought, by
ovcrexertion In the last session of Congress,
when he was the leader Of tho protc ctonists
in their opposition to the Tariff bill. Repre-
scntatives Hanback, and Ryan of Kansas,
kasson of Iowa, Burncs of Missouri, Browne
OF Indiana, and lie Fcvrc Of Ohio, were APP
pointed a Congressional committee to accom-
pany the remains to Lawrence, Kan.
The Indiana State grange, recently
in session ut indianapolis, selected Columbus
as the place for holding the next convention,
and the second Tuesday In December, 1884, as
the time. A determination was expressed to
put more vigor into the workings of the order
hereafter. The Financial committee report
cd n balance in the treasury, after paying all
Indebtedness, OF $l,sa0. The Wisconsin
State grange, In session ut Madison. elected
the following officers; Worthy Master, 8. G.
Carr, Milton Junction: Worthy Oversecr,
NJ. Anderson, Cross Plains; Worthy Lect-
urer. Aaron Broughton, Evansville; Worthy
Steward, II. A. williams, Hnlsboro; Worthy
Assistant Steward, w. A. Sprague. Reeds
burg; Worthy Chaplain, 8. N. Jones, Fenni-
more; Worthy Treasurer. Miss Hattie NJ.
Huxley, Neenah; Worthy Gatekeepcr, Enoch
Wood, Black Earth; Worthy Ceres, Mrs. n.
f. Huxley, Nccnah; Worthy Pomona, Mrs. s.
c. Carr, Milton Junction; Worthy Flora, Mrs.
A. nroughton, Evansville; Worthy Lady
Assistant Steward, Mrs. W. A. sprague, Reeds.
burg.-The Pennsylvania Grange, in ses-
sion ut Harrisburg, adopted resolutions
favoring the introduction OF additional in
struction pertaining to agriculture in the
public schools: urging that the State College
be restored to a technical school or agricult-
urc; that corporations claiming immuni,es
as common carriers be forbidden by law to
discriminate in freight rates, and that taxa
tion he eaualized.
The schooner Mary Ann Hubert,
which carried fifteen railway laborcrs and a
crew of Ave men, foundered OF st. lgnacc
island, Lake Superior.
ODonnell, the avenger, was hanged
in Ncwgate prison, London, at SOC o'clock on
Monday morning, Dec. Il. The execution
occurred without hitch. OtDon-
nell was calm and collected and made
no statement on the scaifold. johnson
Pool, for the murder OF John Kennedy, was
executed at Dublin on the morning of Dec Is.
Peter Wade has been sentenced to be hanged
at Dublin on the 10th Of January for the
murder Of Patrick Quinn, in October last.
A cargo of 10O,O 900 cwt of American
wheat has just arrived at Laube, in Bohemia,
the first ever imported into Austria.
The situation in Egypt is growing
more gloomy every day. The recent defeat
has dcmoralizcd Baker Pasha's recruiting
force, and men arc now being employed 10
kidnap unemployed negroes, and II the En-
glish troops will not help them, il is predicted
that the Turks will have to be called in.
There will he deficit of about f1,aa50, 900 i'm
the Egyptian finances for the year, and
Egypt, besides, has to pay 81, ZOO 900 for En-
glish troops, who arc threatening to leave her
every day.
The st. Paul Pioneer Press pub
fishes an extended account Of tho railroad
construction In the northwest during the
present year, obtained from the general on
GERS of the companies interested. The fol-
lowing table shows the miles of track laid
and cost rf irnprnvCment. l..