The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-01-15

.4As vss, ANA that che loascs wsao srauou.
lsntiy issusI.
Secretary NcCullo6h believes ths
business depression has touched bottom. 4
sreeiai Dispatch from waahingtsn 70 thu
chicago Trflssne says:
secretary McCulloch stetes that 10 has bcen
miUepgesented III reference to tho business
depression. The Secretary says be has mot q.
pressed tn opinion thAt greater dspsessjoa 4
10 b expected. on tho contrary. hs thinks
thae every indication points 70 befses t1mea
unless Con9ress b guilty Of some crave esros.
In refersnce to the rsvspues. he does not think
that the increase Of the debt IN Novembsr md
December can Be- repeated. Ths revcnoe1
for January Will b greater than ~ sithsE
q the preceding months. and February Win
doubtless show . NOR. pronounced improve
ment. The change Tor tho bottce = tn
revenues, ~ In The business Of tho country. Will
b very gradual. and viii prcbsbly date from
the Let Of January. when the depression reached
IT, worst The agitation Of the silver quest On,
and long delay and uncertainty - 70 the course
% Be pursued. would l1ad 70 : hoardina Of gold
that would soon make ~ IL elects very -
rarent.
The committee on Inauguration. says
Washington dispatch, expect ,ooe people
IN the olty March !. Co. 4. r. Wright 81
Chicago II Chairman Of the Committee on
Public Comfort. lIe has already peen con
PEELED % Sit Alexandria II search Of quar-.
ters. Arrangements arc 70 10 made for -
duced fare with the railroads.
Statistics Of the year confirm the o..
pectatim Of the 70 tofIico Department con.
ccrniils The effect Of tho reduction ID lettcs
postage asd inlioate sAss he servLc viii
soon be . . raging basis Ono result, Ut the
rsductjon has becn larss decrease in tn
NJ Or p91tai-cardA
But netle progress seems ~ have
been made By tic snais COMMITTEES In 1T
investigation Of tho leases u Indian Ianda
Senators Vest aud Ingalls, appsar - have
lost 10 crest In No matter.
Congressman manifest . disposition
70 settle the Oklahoma question finally, either
By opening tho country or BY ADOPTING some
effect We msasures to kce3 people from going
there. A party Of Senators called upon Pros.
ilent Arthur the other day 70 obtain BIZ.
Views upon tho subject. Mr.. Arthur said
shat, In biz opinion, II WAS right that intrud ii
should be kept our Of the indian country b
force Of afms v necessary. Oklahoma wal
small tract Of fow hundred Thousand
acrce, surrounded On III sides By Indian rea
ervations There was no owl Law there, ant
tween the Indians and whites. II mo trac
Was to b opened 70 settlement tho wal
should b prepared By Tho enactment .
proper laws.
The Secretary Of War viii mot oSdel
| Dlou; .-ma rita for the trial OF Lieut. Gar
fn4ton on tho charges preferred ~ Gen
Hasc.s
The Texas Congressional delegation
n. asking for IN app. OPERATION Of $1,000, 90
or the Galveston hersOr. which thcy pro
.,.e 70 improve under tho plan submitted b,
..,p.. End4
According 10 tho ANNUAL estimat,
m-se " Director Burcharl Of the Cnitc'
!, ates Mint the total amount Of soid coin Il
.:ren alton n the ntted etates - o6e3, :la
81. The total amount Of silver coin y sal.
0;,Ss9. The total MT increase or silver an
Rol, coin u estmatoi at ela.296, ia. I'll,
amount Of gold used il the arts = placed .
/ SA,s ON.
An effort will b made By Tho Exeou
tive Committee On Improvement Of Westeri
Waters to induce Congress 10 appropriate
ss,O0o ooo for tho Mississippi Eiver instead 0
the loss than 3, O0e, Oco proposed. The com
,nittcc consists Of representatives = vartou
commercial orGanL ations INTERESTED IN d
improvement Of Western wntcrwayA