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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-10

A Maine Woman Maries bead Veteran
10 Sesmre Ills nension.

Augusta Me- Dispatch To Chicago Scws,l
Samuel H. Robbins, born in the little village
of Appleton ii wears aga, served iu the civil
war AMI received wounds which entitled him
10 a pension. Last July he hegan 10 fail rap.
idly. and a mouth ago il WAS evident he could
Ike only short TIM. Ii he died his pension
money would be lost, tor his vile Was dead and
he had mo- Children. In this emergency il was
,irrdct thai "A hF sAc must he obtained
for tie dskng soldier. I'm ogatand MAS found
a woman Who Was willing 60 become n wife
and WIG. IN succession, and Ieh. 20 the
lanRs wsre palelisht.,l. The law requires i've
DAYS notice tesare the marriage. March 2
Iobhsns f. into matose condition. and
,iid Not recoR.s has lenses hetore he died,
Marco I. IN IL said thai when Squire pease,
al" pension agsattt. laFEed LeN near diss0lu-
ton i&aasls5ns Ma. be sent psst haste 10 hock-
land 4sr Eafe hs 4de, but j. sad the
wuaHaa LID M arrive MEt1a Atinighf.
mine hours after Robbins astth. The story
pn r. tt4a ft8H woman was hArrssl@g taken TO
thp thamasaF Mapge NJ Alb n lay lead. and
the harrai h. susael,org ~ Il marriage ceremony
80 sstssn tie BsluE Woman Assa tho corpse
MAS gan. aAEa*aeh. Some SAY that pease' 4
san 1ouk fhe e5ssG43ny hsnI al tas dead man
aEd l8as "a if sH that o. 'be ssnsnan. while
sst.egs ~ ats&ang tnaa nam Il Fuller per-
4 gga4u4 lii fssnas nAnt uslBet. ~ aAa funeral
al ~ Rtas &NffaA ts.sA ~ Aahhsns Nitss. and. III
As understood. claims ttte psns1aa money.
ltas 49, has kaa2stea su much scandal that u
4 gal iHxt Il 4pat40n waii hc he'd.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-10
Railroad W. Settlers.

Does 1t not seem strange to you, dear
readers, that not one person out of 500
in this grand and glorious State of Iowa
knew before tho campaign of 1888
opened, tina. away in the western part
Of tho State there is band of honest
laboring people battling with railroad
monopoly for the homes?
Does it not seem strange that q sim
gle member OF this prosecuted band can
lie down Mt night and sleep in peace
when he knows no, hut that ere another
day shall close lie will be homeless?
Does il not seem strange to you that
in u country which boasts of being "the
land of the free and the home Of the
brave" the people can allow such in
justice TO he evenattempted?
Does It not seem strange to you that
this band Of pioneers, who are now
struggling for their homes, can desist
from rising in open rebellion against
such injustice.
Does il not seem strange to you that
Government which claims Justice for
NIL" can allow the most sacred of its
bonds United States land patent to be
declared nall and void, thereby taking
the very homes from widows and or
phans, for the benefit of thing which
has ITO soul.
But stranger than any of these mys-
terious facts, does it not seem to you,
dear readers, that the people of this
Government, Of this State, even of this
little band If homesteaders, aye! dear
! reader, that even you, may, year after
! year, be going 10 the ballot-box and
| casting your vote for the very repre-
sen,asir.s of these soulless corpora
tons, to continue the injustice which is
| being prrpeira.ea against you and your
neighbor?
these are questions which should en-
gage tie attention of every thinking
/ man, Nonnn ard child. You should
/ col.s der tltem for your own sake; for
/ the sac of your wives, mothers and
! children; for tie sake Of carrying ont
! the principle on which this Govern
j mcnt WAS founded: and first, last, and
! all the time, for the sake of the most
sacred spot Oh earth, home.-Hcme
] .iRr cate.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-10

OF 100 business men who are kepuh.
leans who were interviewed ~ Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. 90 per cent. favor Rlaine Tor rrestaca,
al d Lincoln tor Vice President
Gov. Bourne, Republican. has been
reelected Governor af Rhode Island. The
Republicans have Is majority In the Senate
and Il In the House.
The statement is again made upon
the authority of Oliver Payne, that his
father. Sena,orcleet from ohio, will under
no circumstances consent to he candidate
for the Presidency.
Judge Field, Of tho Supreme Court,
writes from Washington To ex-tsov. johnson,
of California, that he Is not aud does no, wish
to he considered y Presidential candidate,
The municipal election in Chicago
resulted In the success OF the Democratic
ticket. 4 very light vote Was pollea, The
new City Council viii stand Il Democrats 10
Is Republicans. Mr.. George A. riilshary.
the Republican and high license candidate Tor
Mayor OF Minneapolis, WAS elected over
Ames, Democrat, tho present incumbent,
by IN estimated majority OF Soea,
The municipal election IN Springfield, H., 10.
suited in u triumph for tho Republican cam
didates for Aldermen. who made the canvass
ON a uniform $500 saloon iecass issue.
Emil wallher Republican, was elected Mayor
of Milwaukee,, the Democrats carrying all
tho other Offices Charles IL, Parker.
high lieense, was chosen Mayor OF
Reloit by .a3 majority, The Democrats
swept Madison, Wis, selecting H. ], stevens
Mayor, and secured most of the ottieers af
GAINESVILLE and WATERFOWL IL, H. navis,
Peoples candidate, wac elected Mayer OF
Eau Claire, aud A. j. Webster, Democrat,
Mayor of Menasha, The Democrats carried
Racine, La Crosse, Chippewa Falls, oshkosh,
Appleton, aud Prairie du Chen. aud the Ke,
publican ticket were triumphant at Wauke,
sha and rortase. AT Leasenwarth, Kan.
the Democratic municipal tieke, WAS elected
by about two To oae.
The Minnesota State Democratic
Convention viii meet at 81, Paul May -,
The Ohio Legislature has passed
till providing for graded saloon lleenses, Ae-
cording 10 this measure all retail liquor deal.
crs have To pay license Ice al Slna for 81,
Icons on which the sales are over ssoaa "a
per cent, is TO he levied on the surplusage in
addition, and whea the sales exceed Sill, oaa
the tax l. per cent,
Senator John L, Miller telegrarhs
the Republican state samsaittse nj San Fran
cisco, declining IL lea eaad,aa, at the ,al-
eago convention, =
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-10

Recent deaths. John J. Cisco. wall.
known New y,rs hanks, f,r,.crl, ,xs,s,an,
Treasurer ot M. .,,,,t.a S,u,u.. ,..,,.x. a
Hurlha,, of Cleveland a praasacn, railroad
man; lion. Henry G, Laaa, a leading citizen
Of sinelnnatl; Francois Nignet, Preach
historian; James Hamilton. al hath Cauntr.
Kentucky, the largest Short.horn cattle.
dealer in the word; Editor nanielson, of the
Providence 8R. H. ~,sass4agt. Mr.. sarah Smith.
If Mattoan. III, who had used rol.acya all
her life agea iaa wears; AhSalam Watkins.
IF Chattanooga. Tenn. olae 81 tue oldest ana
hes, snasa editors IN iht, South; Mrs, Kate
\. nogeet,. OF nhieasss a praminen, adsa.
cate al female suffrage. aud prx.>ld,n, If the
Woman congress fur several tcrms; nj
eussa$ Se'ten, "a veteran banker and nsma~
cratic politician eg Mex York; Matt IA.
Eineh. proa!neas LAWYER I'll Nauau.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-10

them and not TO be humbnggcd by af.
fectations OF accuracy and laboriousness
where mono exist. 4 fair return on the
actual capital INFESTED is oil the rail-
roads are entitled tJ. The needs OF
public policy arc warrant enough IN
demanding that they be pnt under n
supervision which should SEQ that they
charged every one the saline rate, divided
their business into few simple classi-
ticntions, and charged only enough to
bring them in u moderate dividend on
what Tie reads really cost. Chicago
Tribune.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-10

Before the Springer committee at
Washington George Bliss testified thai his
charge a. counsel I'm the star-ronte cases was
So. sas. Of which ss3,4i was fur expenses.
The House Committee OH Post-H TOAD.
adopted resolution declaring il iaeKpedtent
for the Government either To construct
postal telegraph or purchase my existing
line.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-10

gHEKE aFe EniAmatBens IT a cut IN prices
among watering glaee Eot H.
AaE it4xxAN&a. tAs ienAss tSanla outlaw. As
back n b. as& hA4Mts ga4e Missouri climate
4 a nol asnSe wtit l3a.
E,FIsA kear sanse ba.n1a repraa actions Of
tic Af4a 81 Milo arr ssds I3 mart 4 raasteT,
gcraa ao4sa. ctr AMI said ln Euneter
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-04-10
WASHINGTON.

A recent report by special agent IT
tho Land ONCE, thnt tract of 10 900 neres
Of public lands In Colorado hnd hecn fenced
In by parties without the slightest authority,
Inns attracted tho attention OF Congress.
Commissioner Mcfarland recommends TINT
fencing public territory be mnde pena Of
Tense.
A lo-year.old boy, who killed 4
farmer by hitting him with n stone, pleaded
guilty To mansaughter ut Washington, aud
was sentenced 10 the Reform school for
eleven years.
The following is tho regular monthly
statement of the public debt, issued on tho
1se "a
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THE TRAIN ROBBERS.

AN EMPRESS MESSENGERS ADVENTURE.
Ialways knew / served the company
in dangerous capacity, but / had been
an express messenger for so many years
that thought little or nothing of the
risks / ran. NV route was through q
rough region, too, after / was changed
from the Central Pacific to the Southern
Pacific road; region but half-settled
and civilized. where IndiaaS-apd ruffians
were as plentiful as ChinamenS Tn-91fsco
My run" was long one, through a
new country, where railroad stations
were often one hundred miles apart; and
the loveliness of the scenery, combined
with solitary confinement In an express
car, which looked more like cell than
anything else made four days of every
week hang heavy on my hands, though
was often kept busy for hours at time
generally had mixed assortment of
express matter, with plenty of gold and
silver in bricks and specie; and occa-
sionally, not much to my liking, a coffin
or two going eastward. each inclosing a
dead body. / would not mention this.
but it is necessary, as WI be seen
further on.
/ left Los Angeles every Monday
morning ut 9:50, and from that time un-
til the following Thursday did not
leave nay express car. having to 90 to
FL Paso aud return for my weeks work,
distance of nearly fifteen hundred
milesl
This may seem long "run, and so
it was; but as the stations were few
across the southern part of Arizona and
New Mexico, had opportunities to take
my much needed rest, which | did after
| became accustomed to the situation.
was always glad TO get back to Los
Angeles, however, for travelling ninety
six hours without any change is extremely
tedious, even in drawing room car.
Imagine the contrast between riding
that way and riding in a heavily-loaded
express car, with two small barred win
dows TO look out of, and hard bunk in
one corner to sleep on, and You NAV form
some idea of the monotony of my trip.
The miles passed slowly after / had
assorted and billed the expressage; my
pipe was kept burning; and the constant
roar and rumble of the train sounded
during the day, and lulled me to sleep
st night, when the windows were securely
fastened, the lamps lighted, and several
rifles and revolvers hung around in case
OF an emergency.
/ ran as express messenger several
years without being in . railroad acci.
dent, or having the train stopped by
robbers. Some Of my brother messengers
~ jth adventures on nearly
Zip, but for q long time
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oysfels To his wonder, as he was about
to step from the curbstone ct the corner
of the postofice he was seized with q
| fit of trembling and terror, and since
! then he has never been able TO command
himself to cross at that point, though he
has often tested his self-k ontrol by try
ing it.
Another patient had the same terror of
the Jersey City ferry at the foot of Cort-
landt street. The Brooklyn ferries have
no terrors for him. the Desbrosses street
ferry is not Objectionable, but if his life
depended upon crossing to Jersey Iisy
at Cortlandt street he could not cam
mand his nerves to accomplish It. AS in
the other two, there is no as. :gnable
cause for tho morbid impression in this
case. 1t came suddenly. and has beer
in existence for foIr years.
Sometimes continued the doctor,
g the victim has terror Of u certain
street, avenue, or public squase a9d one
man | know cannot pass the Statue oE
Lincoln at Union SOU re with,st expes
riencing a nervous tremol Cut, with
regard TO some of our outdoo, etatuary,
nervous dreau is natural enough
"0ne of my patients he cent on,
"a literary man of some reputation, has
nervous terror of words ending in or
containing the diphthong ch This man
will take any trouble to avoid the rela-
tive pronoun swhich. He has not for
years written any one of the words termi-
mating In tch-such as catch, fetch,
scratch, batch. latch or patch. For
match he always writes mcifer or Vesu-
vian, for fetch either bring or obtain;
for catcls he uses capture or some other
proximate. He has often tried TO over
come the prejudice; but some how his
hand begins TO tremble, his breath comes
short, and ne cannot form the letters.
For character he always writes disposi-
tion, reputation, kind, description--any
thing that will pass muster as a substi-
tute"
Cases of neurophobia as concerns
colors are not uncommon. One of the
doctors PATIENTS woman this time
is driven into hysteria by certain pale,
cold shade of blue And a nervous,
fdgety little man, who called upon him
to be treated for musicians cramp, boxed
his ears in his own Office for wearing a
.SlIl.s.usn scarf, and begged his pardon for
slas.in3 thai be could rot CONT
irnself If his life depended upon It.
The peculiar nervous affection illus
rated in the preceding cases must not be
with the mere whimsical
rejudices and fancies common with M
Aids. The latter, though persistent
nd often not easily banished by the we'll
re by no means unconquerable, while in
the symptoms are physical.
4 their dpcf 1intion Yhp natient shrinkG
nd shudGers, and the terror, though
roundless, is unconquerable es the dread
+ death. .-Nelo York Sun.
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IN AFTER DAYS.

after days, when grasses high
hrtop the tomb where / shall lie
Though well or i'll the world adjust
hy slender claim to honored dust,
lall no. question nor reply.
n5t sea the morning sky,
not hear the night-wind sigh,
be mate, as all men must,
~ In aftgr days.
And ye.. nov living, fain wers
- a's5ss s-ssesis-a- one tlsea-@lolld txssifv.
Saying-He held his Pen in truss
To Art, not rving shsme or lust.
VIII monet. Then let my memory die
in after days
Austin DobsoR, in Centuf 4.
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trembling all over like leaf in the wind,
joined the doctor and began to speak
apologetieally: mo use, you see.
can't stand it. You really must excuse
me, doctor"
''Pooh! pooh!" laughed the portly
physician. "Youll conquer the thing
by and bye. Try again, my dear boy.
CPL step across and take the elevated
downtown, with your permission, doc
tor, said the thin gentleman, making no
direct reply to his friends exhortation.
He lifted his neat Derby hat, with hand
that was almost pellucid in its delicacy
and whiteness, and was gone.
a4That man, said the doctor, ''is one
of hundred cases that have come under
my notice in the last few years-a strange
ease Of nervous impression. lie is not in
the least timid; will ride downtown in
Third avenue ear, Broadway stage. or
an elevated train, with perfect compo sure,
but he has a morbid, unconquerable ner-
vous terror of the Fourth avenue, and
would suffer any inconvenience or incur
any expense rather than ride in Fourth
avenue car. ! can't trace this impression
TO any tangible cause, nor can he. He
has never met with an accident on the
Fourth avenue, so far as he remembers.
1t is simply one of those inexplicable,
unreasoning, spontaneous impressions Of
the nervous system that no science can
explain The man is not crank, nor in
the least given to eccentricities Of opinion
or manners. On the contrary, his name
e familiar as that of a shrewd banker.
As to courage. be is as brave as a lion, as
have occasion to know, and would fight
3das of ten to one, if his blood was up.
Only. the moment he finds himself ON a
Fourth avenue car he is seized with a
paroxysm Of nervous terror which he can
not control; and that is the end of it.
The doctor unused a moment 'sWalk
across with me to my Office, he said,
''and I'll talk with you by the way.
Such cases are by no means uncommon,
though no paper has ever been written
on the subject, and there is 40 name for
the malady in the medical books. The
late DR. George NJ Beard-as able and
acute as he was eccentric-invented the
term neurophobia TO describe the condi-
ton existing IN such cases, and the
singular thing about this neurophobia is
that lit seldom occurs with women, given
as they are supposed to be, to nervous
impressions and hysterical fancies" /"
In one of the doctors Office journals
there were notes of this case: A patient.
q man of tolerably robust and we'll
nourished physique. forty-six years old,
lawyer by profession cannot bear to
cross Broadway at the Astor house. He
viii walk down to Fulton street or up to
Park place, but cross under the shadow
Of the Astor house never. There il no
assignable cause for the terror; it simply
exists and that is all. 1t came upon him
suddenly one afternoon two years ago,
after hard days work in court. He
started for the Astor house to get egS
cf coffee and his regular half 2c<sn raw
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A Milwaukee girl got mad, chopped
off her finger and sent it with the en-
gagement ring upon it to her faithless
lover. AS soon as the lover saw that
she could no longer play the piano he
rushed to her side and married her.
Philadelphia Cal.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-05-15

Although we have less pigs than peo-
pie, We have more than any other coun-
try on earth, and we have almost u sheep
apiece, or nearly twice as many of the
fieecy family as the United Kingdom, and
we have more mich cows than all the
British cattle together We have about
as many horses as families, allowing an
average Of five persons to each family,
and there is one mule for every thirty in
habitants During its first century this
republic doubled its population every
twenty-five years, and Mr.. Griffep, an
eminent English statistician, recently at-
tempted to excite alarm by predicting
that our growth viii continue at the
same rate until the soil will not be able
to support 50 many people. II viii not
be equally perplexing to know how to
reduce the animal census, should there
ever be danger Of oyercrowding, a. in
dicated by the present rate Of increase.
Neso York Nail and Express.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-05-15

If you don't believe this il the ~
prosperous country in the wofl
tice carefully the marvellous a. y cllees - !
increase of veterans Of to- Mexican war.
We have an impression that not less than
half hundred Of them land from every
arriving emigrant ship. HesoEeye
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-05-15
vOLI. NO. 4.


God is good, AMI viii not leave ma.
When die;
love, know, VIII not decsive me.
p cruel doubts He wiz not griewa me.
Wien On deaths bed lie.
Tod has done too much for me
For death 70 end
locmy night upon ths shore,
hope he yves forsvermore
To foe and friend.
hcati my soul on lakes of light.
In spirit land,
Pnd t1s shadow and the blight,
pad the reach Of human sight
BY angels sfann'd.
makes my spirit all devout9
Who hends my kneeg
dwells witan ami guards without
saves my soul from waywari doubt
BY all SIC,
inountain's mol, the valss embrace.
The vault atoye
soul which fills the boundless space. -.m6DG
yields me thought and seea
In Gods sweet love- IN % ard grace
in spirit, If man Y
And lcok to q I'm pray,
|neart Of conscienl bd,
NnIfamumku.nt..rl e win be gay,
80 Z J 81 its sway
attn and love all COOL is given, -
For naught TO sever:
lie holy prayers the sxep.ic's leaven,
sguls the l'gatning-rol of heaven,
Immortal ever.
--Hugh F'arrar McDsrmott.
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Cur Animal Census.

The number of people in the United
States increases about 1, 800, 900 year,
but the number of farm animals increased
1000, 900 during 1888. according to a
report presented to the commissioner
of agriculture by Mr.. Dodge, statistician
of the agricultural department. The
worldwide attention recently excited
by the American hog gives especial in
terest at the present time to the animal
census of the republic, which Is - fol.
lows:
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Happy AeopIe.

People who aIwalb appear well and
happy are the most p4 4pular. When any
body asks about youAhealsh make IA
vorable reply if at all possible. It doesn't
make you feel any worse and your inter-
locutor will 90 awaF In great deal bet
ter frame of mind than if you had given
him full and detailed account Of your
aches and pains If you must tell your
internal troubles 20 to the doctor, who
is paid for isteningto to such things.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-05-15

4 German makes good living in New
York city keeping dover hospital,
where he takesin SICK plants to cure.
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4 REMARKABLE AFFECTION
EKz STRANGE YAHCrRs xEAT DIS
T1MGuxsH MEURoPKOBxA.
Persons with a Dislike for Certain
Streets. Places or ObJects-Others
who bread Letters or Col0ras

In the afternoon of one of the sunniest
days last week two men got on Madi-
son avenue car going down town at the
corner of Fifty-fourth street. One was a
thin. pallid, rather emaciated gentleman,
possibly forty years of age, with rather q
peculiar transparency Of the temples,
restless eyes, and singular nervousness
of manner: the other large, well nour-
ished, massive and rather corpuient, with
the placid, self-satisfied countenance of
the man who has succeeded in the world,
and feels on good terms with it. The
pair might readily have been mistaken
for madman and his keeper, only the
feebler OF the two was evidently not past
the verge of sanity, while the placid COM
panion was a trifle less vigilant than the
custodian of maniac ought 10 be, and
moreover was recognized by at least one
passenger as famous physician.
The thin gentleman shifted his posi-
ton uneasily, gazed out of the car win
dow a moment, then studied the faces of
his three or four fellow passengers with
the rapid intensity of a physiognomist,
and glanced furtively at the open door,
In which the figure of the conductor was
framed like full-length photograph.
Fares, gents" grumbled that func-
tionary, stalking into the ear. The thin
gentleman paid for two, and again
glanced in the direction of the open
door. His hand shook as he replaced his
pocketbook, and shiver passed over
him. His portly companion turned and
spoke to him in a low tone The words
were inaudible. and the intonations were
soft, soothing, and evidently expostula-
tory. Suddenly the pale passenger sprang
20 his feet, pulled the bell violently, and
sushed out of the car, which was now
midway between Forty-eighth aud Forty
ninth streets. The portly physician rose
his seat in leisurely, comfortable
Acy. and alighted. at the corner
= street, where the car