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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-01
ILLINOIS GREENBACKERS.

Fifteenth Congressional District Conven-
tion-Le,ter from Gen. Butler.
At Greenback meeting of the
Fifteenth Congressional District of
Illinois, held in Urbana, the following
persons were chosen as delegates to
attend the National Greenback Con-
vention at Indianapolis, May %: II.
A. Coffeen, of Vermilion, and w. w.
Jones, Of Douglas County; alternates,
E. ID. Waggoner, of Edgar, and E.
Eaton, of Champaign. Delegates to
the National Anti Monopoly Convention
in Chicago, May IA: c. B. Fenton,
Vermilion, and j. II. Scott, Cham
paign; alternates, II. Eaton, Cham
paign, and j. X. Paullin, Douglas. The
following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That we will unite with the voters
OF any or all parties In q convention called to
nominate an independent candidate for Con-
gress, whenever aud wherever it may DO
called.
The following letter from Benjamin
f. Butler was read to the convention:
LOWELL, Mass, April 4, 1884.
note Of the 30th ult. on my table, asking me
to write you a letter embodying my ideas
upon essential matters OF high political linz
portance and significance, and relative to tho
laws to he passed and administered by the
General Government.
l. AS to transportation: am heartily In
favor of Mr. Reagan's interstate commerce
bili and q firm believer in the right Of Con-
gress to prevent any discrimination by trans
portat.on companies in rates OF freight and
fare between tic States.
2. As to gambling In grain: | hold him
raising the price of food, to be public enc
my. rs he is by the law a criminal.
3. As to the taxing of mortgaged property:
Clearly the tax uuon that portion conveyed
by mortgage should be against the mort
gage. II nortgaged il no longer belongs to
the mortgageor, aud should not be taxed to
him.
4: As to the tariff: 1t would require much
more time than have At my disposal to give
full and satisfactory answer to that very
broad question; but l can state some prin-
ciplcs:
OF raw materials not OF the product of this
country, and such articles as have become
neccssaries Of life, such rs tea, coffee, salt,
and others.
2. A tax upon Injuries up to the collection
point.
nomical expenditures of the Government by
imposts upon imported articles, SO levied as
| incidentally to foster American enterprise
and protect American industry.
1. The abol tion of the internal revenue
tax upon spir ituous and malt liquors and to-
bacco, except In so lar as Is necessary to pro-
vide for the care of the soldiers oil the war,
and pay their pensions. and to raise q SUN.
cient fund for that purpose. Respectfully,
BENZ. +. BUTLER.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-01
EASTERN.

The twelfth week of the weavers'
strike ut Fall River. Mass, has passed, with
no indications OF a settlement.
An analysis ordered by tho Board of
Health at New York shows that mustard sold
In that city is adulterated with naphthal vel.
low, -four, and terra alba.
John Coyle was hanged at Gettys-
burg, Pa. for the murder of Emily Myers.
A committee of the United Presby-
terrain Church In Pittsburgh has decided to
ask tho Legislature to make the use of instru-
mental music unlawful.
English capitalists are said to have
offered Trinity Church, New York, $4,000. 600
for its block on broadway, opposite Wall
street, with the intention To erect mammoth
ofiicc building.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-01
WASHINGTON.

Secretary Lincoln, by direction Of
the President. has ordered committee OF in
curry In the case of Gen. Swain.
The internal revenue receipts for
the first nine months OF tho fiscal
year which ends June 30, 1881, were
rs follows: Spirits, 554e7,393, an increase
Of S.. I02, 44O over the corresponding period
Of the previous year; tobacco, sls,s54,535, a
deere ase OF s13155,3a3: fcrmcntcd liquors.
S1a,65s.s5a, an increase OF $sa5.1s3 banks
md bankers, $500. n decrease OF s3.141, 534 !:
miscellaneous sources, $40, a0i, a decrease OF
s6,G0s.53e The aggregate receipts we're So,
454.0si, which arc $50, 505,253 less than the
collections Of the last fiscal year.
Four reports on the woman suffrage
question have been prepared by the House
judiciary Committee. The adverse majority
report declares that 1t would DO either
useless or pcrnicious to permit the en-
trance Of political contention into the
homes OF the pcope-usclcss IL man
and wife agreed and pernicious II they diff
ballots alone would be increased and in the
latter the peace ana contentment OF nome
would he exc hanged for u bedlam of political
debate and become scene of base and de.
meralizing intrigue. While few intelligent
women would defy all obstacles In casting
their ballots, the great mass of the refined
women would shrink from rude contact with
the common crowd leaving to the ignorant
and vile the exclusive right to speak for the
sex in public affairs. The minority report
holds that woman has an equal right TO the
ballot with man. Mr.. Dorsheimer says that,
while not willing to have the bill come up at
present, yet he thinks the time will soon
come when women should have the right OF
suffrage. Mr.. Poland declares that he can.
not believe that any large portion OF the in
tclligennt women OF the country want SUI.
frage. or would perform the duties II grant
cd to them.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-01
Lords OF the Land.

Secretary Teller sent to the House
q supplemental report relative to the
unlawful fencing OF public lands in
Nebraska. The report is special one
by United States Deputy Surveyor G.
w. Fairchild, who says: "The whole
country embraced in my contract
Northwestern Nebraska) is occupied
and run by capitalists engaged in
cattle-raising, who lave hundreds Of
miles of wine fence constructed to in
close all desirable land, including water
courses, to form barriers for their
cattle and prevent settlers from &C.
cupying the land. They also represent
that they have desert and timber claims
upon the land they have inclosed.
Upon their fences they have posted at
intervals notices, as follows: The
s. OF b who opens this fence
better look out for his scalp The fences
are built often SO rs to close several
sections in one stock ranch, and the
ranches are joined together from the
mountains clear round to the mount
aims again. Persons going there in
tending to settle are also notified that
if they settle on the land the ranchmen
will freeze them out; that they will not
employ man who settles on or claims
the land, and that he cannot get en-
ployment from any cattlemen in the
whole country.
"My chief object in addressing you is
to report the wholesale destruction OF
valuable timber on Government land in
this whole region by cattlemen, who
pretend to own and raise it, There
are acres after acres Of bare stumps
which but short time ago were grow
ing timber. There We're thousands of
logs cut last summer and hauled out to
accessible points to be used for fences.
corrals, landing chutes, and houses in
Wyoming and Nebraska. Washington
dispatch.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-01

Monroe. walton County, Ca, for tho brutal
murder of 4 fclow-ncgro.
John Henderson, colored, was hanged
Ivy mob and the body ridilcd with bullets
In Bolivar County, Miss, for criminally as
sanlt.ng Miss Ida Davis, the accomplished
daughter of wealthy planter.
Frank James, the bandit, was acquit-
ted by the United states jury at Huntsville.
Ala, but was Immediately arrested by the
sheriff of Cooper County, Mo-, for completely
In the Ottervillc train robbery.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-01

President Endicott states that the
Oregon Transcon,inental Company has lost
more than 90, 600, 900 by the shrinkage in
Northern Pacific and Oregon railway stocks.
Hon. Isaac N. Arnold, ono of the
oldest and most prominent citizens Of Chi
cago, has passed away In his Goth year, lie
WAS the earliest City Clerk OF Chicago, and
served two terms in the Illinois Legislature
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-01
SOUTHERN.

Charles Wright was hanged at Cen
tire Point, Ark, for completely In the murder
Of Thomas Wyatt last July. The doomed
man met his death brayely, denying even u
knowledge of the crime. About 5000 people
witnessed the execution.
Judge Bond, in the United States
Circuit Court at Richmond, has killed one Of
the Kiddieberger readjnstment laws by de-
clsion that any treasurer who levies on prop.
srty after coupons have been rendered for
taxss 10 = naked trespasser.
Henry Curry, eolored, was hanged at
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-01

Mr.. john ROGERS, Of Home, Henry Coun-
~, is over hundred and six years old. He
was In the war OF IL, was wounded at Lun.
dys Lane, has been married twice, and has
ten children living.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-01

from the Newaygo mich. Tribunel
FTho following correspondence explains itself,
and furnishes the first authoritative statement
Of the views OF Benz. I. Butler upon the ques-
tions now agftating the country given to the
people. say authoritative, because, after re-
ceiving his letter, wrote asking the privilege OF
publishing the entire correspondence. and re-
ceived the following characteristic reply:
WASHINGTON. ID. c., April 10, 1894.
my DEAR SIR: ] never write any letters l
am ashamed Of. Very truly. yours,
"BENJ. r. BUTLER
william d. Fuller, ESQ. Newaygo, Mich"
. This correspondence Is not published as .
boom for Gen. Butler, but to enable men OF
oil parties to act ntelligenty regarding his pro-
posed Presidential candidature. which question
will certainly be all absorbing one In most OF
the coming standardization 1ribunp.I
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-01

THERE was no session of the Senate on
April 2s. The HOUSE Of Representatives passed
the e-ship bill, with m amendment provid-
Ing that any American citizen may import free
Of duty iron or steel steamships OF not less than
four thousand tons measurment.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-05-01

Prices as low ~ the quality Of Goods and
Work will warrant. Cloth bought of me for
Garments will be cut FREE of charge, when to
be made up elsewhere.
- Come and examine Goods. learn prices
and leave your orders. Att
The National tribune., 1884-12-04
FOR THE LADIES.

Mrs. Lowner, wife of Col. Iowner of Fort
Totten is of the best shots in Dakota She has
killed Ia prairie chickens this Fall, and the first
deer ever brought down on Moose River
American young ladies who have been abroad
assert that it is dreadfully hard to find an honest
Count.
- Mrs. Mulheen, of Boston, who bet $50 against
$500 that Cleveland would have plurality of 10 900
i'll New York, the $50 to be made by her selling
peanuts Boston Common, settled the bet on the
2oth of last month by fulfilling her engagement to
the letter She sold ~ bushels of for S2l5
netting $50 by the operation. which sum she used
in providing Thanksgiving dinners for poor fami-
lies
- indianapolis contains a larger number of
women engaged in gainfll operations than any
other city in the West. AS operatives they are
where their labor and skill can be utilized. AS
saleswomen they are found in nearly every branch
of retail trade. AS bool;kceperS and type writers
they serve in insurance real estate, and railroad
offices. AS propretrcsscs, women are at the head
of dry goods millinery and notion stores grocer
les, bakeries, restaurants, and hotels Two are
boot and shoe dealers, one owns and attends to a
flour and feed store and another IA stove and tin
store. Two young ladies have been commissioned
notaries public, and are getting their full share Of
the business
- Chinese ladies wear robes of silk of any or
every coor--their frightful little feet protrtlde
from the legs of n straight pair of satin pnaoons
much like the European garment in form. The
custom of martyrzing the feet always affects the
legs, which invariably become thin, atrophied, or
deformed.
even four husbands. When a rhibet woman wants
a bonnet she has only to let the fact be known
and tho four husbands start ON IL race to the mill
store,
The National tribune., 1884-12-04

bad. Our boys were shot down like hogs and
could not stand it, and fell back each man for
himself Then the same scene was enacted as
before. This time the Yankees charged after
them, and as l had no chance at all and all
around me were surrendering 1 was COM
PEELED to do so, as rascal threatened to shoot
me. l had to give up my sword to him. He
demanded my watch also and took it; but
appealed to an officer and got it back had
no means of defending myself For the first
time in many years / cried to see our brave
men slaughtered so. / have never felt SO in
all my life. 1t is now said that our brigade
was never ordered to charge such place, and
that it was mistake. If So it was sad one
Being brought behind the works, we found
three regiments drawn up in line. and all Of
them fighting our 42d Ala alone. | helped to
carry a wounded man to the depot with Lieuts
Marshall, Contra and Preston, they being the
only unhurt officers who were prisoners from
our regiment. We and the privates were soon
marched to large house, having partition
for the officer5-the men, about 400, in next
room. heard firing again, but fear we can
do nothing. We were treated very politely,
more so than 1 expected
The above is from rebel Lieutenant Of the
the AID Ala. There are some things in it that
perhaps the boys will hardly take on, yet from
what / saw and from what others told me since
then 1 think it very correct statement in
regard to the terrible conflict that took place
on the Sd and 4th of October 1862. The regi-
ment to which l belonged 10Th Ill) suffered
heavily from the amount of men engaged. Out
of about $50 men engaged 20 were killed, So
wounded and 81 captured.-J. E. STINzER, Co.
/, 9th ILL.,, Leesyilie, Henry Co., Mo.
The National tribune., 1884-12-04

went down to my cabin and tried to think
over the singular fate which had made us the
preservers of this ships crew. l could not
divest myself of the idea that some supernat-
ural agency was connected with that paper in
the desk, and trembled at the thought of what
might have been the consequences if we had
neglected the warning. The boat coming
alongside interrupted my reverie. In few
seconds was on deck.
! found the Captain talking to fine old
sailor-like looking man, whom he introduced
to me as Capt. Squires. Capt. Squires shook
hands with me and we remained talking some
time. / could not keep my eyes off his face;
] had q conviction that had seen him some
where, where l could not tell. Every now and
then ] seemed to catch at some clue which
vanished as soon as touched. At last he turned
round to speak to some of his men. / could
not be mistaken-there was the long, white
hair, the brown coat. He was the man / had
seen writing in the Captains cabin!
That evening the Captain and told the
story of the paper to Capt. Squires, who gravely
and in silence listened to our coniectures. He
was too thankful for his escape out of such i'm
minent peril to question the means by which
it had been brought about. At the Captains
request he wrote " Steer n. W" We compared
it with the original writing. There could be
no doubt of it. 1t was in the same odd, cramp-
ed hand.
Can any one solve the mystery?
The National tribune., 1884-12-04
A Costly Pair OF Boots.
TAustin Dis;,atch.1

In the last few weeks of the war, Confed-
crate, serving under Lee, wrote home to his
father that he was almost barefooted, and COM
pletely discouraged. As soon as the old man
received the letter, he mounted his mule and
set off at gallop but was soon halted by an
acquaintance, who called out:
Hello has there been another fght?"
" Not as I've heard OF, but I've got letter
from Cyrus"
What does Cyrus say"
He's out o butes and clean discouraged"
"And where ye going?"
Down to Abner Smiths to borry 100000 to
send TO Cyrus to get cheap pair Of shoes, and
were going to write him long letter and send
him box o. pills and tell him to hang on to
the last; for. if Cyrus gets low-spirited and be-
gins olet go, the Internal Yanks will be riding
over rs afore We kin back mule outer the
barn"
That's so-that sol" nodded the other az
kin LET you have the money myself, as well as
not. was saving up to buy three plugs O.
tobacker and box O. matches all to once, but
the army mustn't go barefut when it only
takes 100000 to $800,000 to buy purity good
pair O. Shoes
The National tribune., 1884-12-04
PERSONS AND THINGS.

- In the past 80 years the average of mans life
has improved per cent. and of woman's per
cent OF every ,0O0 males born at the present day
Al more will attain the age of 80 than used TO be the
case previous to ISL and every eco persons born
since 1870 will live 81 years longer than before.
This IS due to civilization, and especially to inn
proved sanitary methods, through the establishment
ofsuch efficient organizations Health Boards,
which are addingan average OF nearly 10 years to
human life IN every country.
- England Is at the head of the mirror manu-
featuring industry of the world, producing 5O,0G0
square yards annually. France produces $50, 600
square yards and Gerinnny 1900 square yards. In
this country the principal manufaetory, at Lenox
Furnace, Mass, produces about l0000 square yards
year. There are other smaller manufactures in
Kentucky. Indiana and Missouri.
john Il. Cough in % years on the platform,
has delivered .0e0 addresses only three of which
Prank Henry, the lighthouse keepers at Presque
Isle, Lake Erie, has saved over 100 lives from
drowning during the le years he has been there.
Canada during the days of slavery.
- Kaiser Wilhelm went the other day to call on
Russian lady IS years old. On taking his leave he
said: " At our age people say good-by' when they
part. am two years older than you, and you
So" True, your Majesty but you appear in
great many severe fatigues,' said the Emperor.
They hardly count,n replied the old lady. Where
would you be if you had borne eight children l
have?" The Emperor went away laughing.
1t would take 100000 ships of 600 tons each to
carry the reghs transported by the railroads of the
United States in one year alone. With all the talk
of the English carrying trade. that nation has but
$4,000 ships, with average tonnage of 2S3 tons
each.
- Kide. an attache of the Japanese Legation Mt
Berlin recently embarked at Marseilles for Yoko-
hama TO make that if he died at sea his body
would not be consigned to the deep, he took with
him beautiful coffin and everything necessary for
embalmmcnt. All his papers and his WILL in such
an event, are to remain in n box which has been
placed in the hands of the captain of the steamer
Sindh. Gen. Kaweggi, the Japanese prefect of
police, who was in Paris four years ago, took
similar prccaution and died at sea.
The sensation in West Virginia is the elope-
ment of 35-y r-old woman with her adopted son,
aged 20, to whom she had acted as a mother for 10
years.
The National tribune., 1884-12-04
A Pretty Yarn of Five Little Fishes.
portland Oregonidn.l


Capt. Beckett of the British ship Amara
now in port, has a shark story which merits a
place in nautical literature because it bears
the imprint of reality, and can be proved by
the afiidavits Of Capt. Beckett and of every
member of his crew. When his ship was off
Montevideo she was becalmed for several hours
A shark, with five little ones, hung around the
vessel all day. So soon as there was commo-
tion on the water, the mother would open her
mouth and the little ones would dart inside for
protection. For amusement, the sailors threw
bits Of refuse overheard among the family, dis
turbing the water, each time with the same re-
suit. The young quintet Immediately disap-
peared down the capacious countenance of their
protector. On the following morning shark
hook and line, baited with pork, was thrown
overheard, and in a short time a shark was
hauled on deck. Upon being opened it was
discovered to be the very same fish which bad
amused the boys the day before, because five
young sharks were safely stored away under
her tongue.
The National tribune., 1884-12-04
Goodness in q Trying SituatiOn.
Every Other Saturday.


The GOODNESS and self-possession of that very
remarkable man, Sergeant S. Prentiss, was
strikingly illustrated in the following anecdote
of his second duel with the late Henry S.
Foote Gen. Foote), which is taken from his
memoir by his brother The meeting occurred
on the right bank of the Mississippi River,
opposite Vicksburg, and at the first fire Mr..
Prentiss's pistol snapped, while Gen. Foote
missed, shooting over him. This increased the
eagerness of the large crowd assembled to wit
ness the affair to such a degree that they
pressed up on each side of the line, until there
was left quite narrow space, scarcely room
enough for the passage of the balls. After the
parties had resumed their positions, pistol in
hand and triggers set, awaiting the word for a
second fire, everything being as still as death,
Mr.. Prentiss observed n little boy, who, anx-
ious TO see "the fun" was climbing Il sapling
in his rear and said to him, My son, you had
better take care; Gen. Foote is shooting rather
wild"
The National tribune., 1884-12-04
Rio Grande Politics.
TTcnnS SIRfnns-1


On election day gentleman at Laredo, on
the Rio Grande, observed large number Of
MeXicans in the town.
Where do all these Mexicans como FROM"
asked the stranger.
From the other side of the river" replied a
candidate.
"What are they going to do over here?"
"Ob, they arc going to be voted"
"What for?"
For dollar apiece"
"Why, that's outrageous"
Yes, il is too high; but what can we do
about it? Our opponents, the reformers, have
run mp the prices on us. Before the reform
party was organized we could get all the
Mexican votes we needed, delivered at the
polls, for 30 cents q head, but now the lowest
price is dollar head, spot cash. / tell you
it takes money TO be elected TO Office on the
Rio Grande"
The National tribune., 1884-12-04
SCIENTIFIC CHAT.

"A process has just been perfected in Ptsburg
Pa, by which natural gas may be burned under boil
in the form of hot air II is claimed the discovery
reduces tho amount of gas required e-half while
it doubles its heating capacity.
- There is in New Granada u curious Tegetable
product known under the name of the ink plant
Its juice be used ir writing without any pre-
vious preparation. The letters traced with it are
of reddish color first, but turn "a deep black in
few hours. The juice also spoils steel pens less
than common ink. The qualities of the plant seem
to have been discovered under the Spanish admin
istration. Some writings intended for the mother
country were wet through with sea-water on the
voyage; while the papers written with common
ink were almost iIlegible those with the Juice of
the plant qifite unscathed. Orders were given
in consequence that this vegetable ink was TO be
used for all public documents