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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-03-26
Our ODiniOn.

After selling numberless prepar-
ations, We are convinced that BEaGs'
TROPICAL Oh is unequaled. For
Pain, Cuts, Bruise, Rheumatism
Frost Bites, Chiiblains. ETC., it Is
warranted by us, For Sale by
Lathrop & Slawson. 18m3
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-03-26

When Baby vas sick, wc gave her CASTORTA,
When she was Child, she cried for CASTORIA,
When she became Miss, she chung to CAST0R1A
When she had Children, she gave them CASTORI
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-03-26
stR0u0h nm Cnuv has
sROuSh N Rate,

Ask for Trough on Coughs, z for Coughs, Colds
sore Throat, hoaTseness. TrocheS, lie. LID
ufd 25e
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-03-26

Bill heads, letter heads, note heads,
statements. envelopes, visiting cards,
business cards, posters, dodgers,
duQning letters and Ill other kinds
OF job work executed promptly and
ut satisfactory prices ut the PLAIN
DEALAR Office. lltf
The North Star Lung and Throat
BalsamNs sure cure for coughs and
colds. lltl7
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-03-26

Clears out rats, mice. reaches, flies. ants.
bugs, skunks, chipmunks, gOphers. l5c. ID
gists.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-03-26

Will Rice dropped down among
his Cresco friends on Tuesday, hail
ing from the temperate state Of KAN
sas.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-03-26

Squire Eddy is In Cresco from the
Medical College In Chicago, and will
not return there until tho fall term.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-03-26

pi. and wherever mare was found with any
breeding or trotttng speed they We're sent To
bis embrace; Le was blessed with the oeGefit OF
noted mares OF the King Ierod family and the
best mares In the country, and SO the test Of
the horse as q producer and the investigation
OF his breeding commenced here IN his new
field. Well, things went along delightfully."-,
t$5ol until his get had age when they should
show some Indications OF speed Here trouble
commenced. But that was overcome In a Meas
ure ~ Informing their patrons that the II IN
OletOn1anS did MOI trOt young, they wanted 10
be 5 Or 8, then or I, and 50 on. (rheg would
have been perfectly safe IN saying 10 or 2D.)
And 50 the test. the Investigation and the farce
borrowed light weakened ana contracted until
It scarcely reached over Is yard fence, and
finally went out, and here the old horse Is In
d !.rsn twenty.fs years old this spring,
three minutes, that lever heard of, without .
son that ever sired any speed, without o daugh-
ter that ever produced any speed from any
circles or In any OF the volumes that make any
requirements OF admission wha ever, without q
son or daughter TO take up hts banner that
OF mares here, he had the embrace OF the dam
OF Billy Barefoot, record s.2SA. The produce
was handlei md re- handled without any cred
table results, and finally he was placed In !,
mares he produced about the speed as would
reasonably be expected from the average drat,
sire and such mares. A pair OF small bays here
horse and n rom sSoa Sp Morgan e., :. thai
show, | Judge, about q 8 50 giant, have been
driven considerably, about what a twO-year Ole
ought 70 show as soon as cleverly broken, 4
heavy draft horse Is miles nerth OF here, callet
the Donnal horse; l have known some OF hi
produce from good Morgan mares to trot II
2o4, executing In speed any OF the produce o
this old horse, SO far as l know, and yet THU
little bundle OF egotism sitting behind this oil.
horse, with all the foregoing facts staring hin
In the face, VII! attack horse that Is registered
and numbered, which carries with II the dis
tlnctlve badge OF authority from the Natfpna
Association. saying to them, 1--WE do not nrtz
or recommend the kind OF breeding you l@v
placed In your standard department" KIM
HeiOd mo, OLD came TO our neighbOring ton
tDecorah) IN the early settling or this part
| the country when the breeding OF the 'trotii
was scarcely thought OF, when i race track VA
almost unknown. when There we're no faclsitie
Tor 2 ndllng OF developing the trotter, Whe
manage To BE- abe 10 yet any kind VI a pla
teaM usS wvuad pavws dg00t aad ~ pletr wvgl
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-15
FOREIGN NEWS GOSSIP

Among the demands of Japan upon China in
settlement of the trouble in Corea, is one for
over 81 100000 indemnity.
Canadian parliament adopted an amendment
to tho Scott act allowing the sale Of beer, ale,
porter and light wines III counties where the
Scott act is in force
The chamber of deputies adopted 3os to 81,
the treaty concluded Aug 81, 1883, between
France and Anaam NJ. de Freyclnet minister
for foreign affairs. explained. that the treaty
had been virtually iu force during the past
eighteen months. A credit of $l20,UO was
adopted by the chamber TO defray the expense
OF laying submarine cable to Tonquln
The progress of negotiations between Gran
vile and De Staal tends to be a simple declara-
ton by Russia that she is ready to submit
to arbitration, failing concord in the irterpre-
tatlon Of the convention Of March H. The
rise Of English and foreign securities reached
the 9th inst. what is believed to be the highest
point, under bear purchases to cover. There
were new symptoms of d slight reaction.
Advices from St Vincent report that while
the Messageries Franchise steamer Viii de
Mar SELL was on her way to Bnenos Ayres the
emiSrants on board mutinied, owing to the bad
food furnished. They We're finally oyerpow-
ered after desperate Eight in which the cap
tain and several OF the crew were badly
wounded Ten of the passengers were killed
OF wounded. The vessel put into St Vincent,
where ehe is guarded by a French cruiser.
I'm the commons a Conservative amendment
t, the English registry of voters bill, provid-
ing that the cost of registry be charged to the
treasury instead of local towns. was rejected by
24O to 81 The result of the vote was received
with loud cheers the opposition Northcote
asked Gladstone whether, i'll the face of the
small majority, he would further consider the
question. Gladstone said ne would abide by
the decision of the house
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-15
Meeting Of the Grand Lodge OF UniteU
WOrkmeu.

The ninth annual session Of the Grand lodge,
Ancient Order of United Workmen having
jurisdiction Of Minnesota, Dakota and Mani
toba, was held in St. Paul last week.
The number of delegates present was 125.
Fifty four new members were admitted. Re-
ports were presented by the grand master
workman, grand receiver, grand medical d.
rector, grand recorder, and the representatives.
to the supreme lodge. Following is recapit-
ulation Of the report of the grand recorder for
the year ended April l, 1855:
Number of new lodges instituted, 8; charter
membership of new lodges: 1876; lodges discon-
tinued, 5; number of lodges in the districr, S.;
total membership, 1920; average age Of men,
bers, 40; number deaths, Is; number ASSESS
ments, II. General Fund-Receipts Balance
on hand April 1, 1884, 2,240 rs; received dur
ing the year ending March 81, 1885, 4,408, 05;
total, $6,64S. So Disbursements-Dis burse-
ments as per itemized expense account
$4,4S9.9; Old Warrant No. So paid by grand
receiver, 81 80; balance on hand April |, 1885,
Receipts-Balance on han:l April 1, 1854, Vs.
058. IS; received during the year ending March
81, 1855, $45, O49; total, $50,09725. Disburse-
ments-Warrants drawn as per itemized &C
count, $5O, 600; balance on hand, $97 IS; total,
Following are the officers elected for the en-
suing year:
r. NJ. W., DE Vance, Winona; G. NJ
W., E. 3. Stevens, St. Paul; 6. F., A j., Bills
ser; G. O., 81. F. Burch; G. Rec, J. w. soule,
Rocheste !; G.. r., J. J. McCardy, st.. Paul; G.
q, B. F. Goodwin; g. w., ]. N. Bell. Repre-
{ natives to the supreme lodged. f. Vance,
E. Roberts, William Cheney '4r -
After the election of officers the session ad-
.ourned, to meet in St Paul IN May, 1886
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-15
The wahpeton Murder Case.

Tho case Of Mrs. Dill for the murder Of, her
husband, was tried at Wahpeton recently and
resulted in verdict Of guilty with arecornmen-
daton that she be imprisoned for life. Mrs.
Dill, on being commanded to stand up, was
calm and self-possessed. In answer to the
usual question why sentence should not be
pronounced, she replied in low tone, in Ger
man, "Not guilty" The judge sentenced her
to Imprisonment at the Sioux Falls penitentiary
for the rest of her natural. life. Mrs. Dill,
while the sentence was being pronounced, was
noticed to tremble, and at its close she tainted
away She was carried from the court room
found to be either feisning or else insane in
reality. I&.&
The following is her testimony in regard to
herself and husband: ~ 49,
married Dill in 1871; had one child living
then. Dill had two. One is yet alive and
ago. / have had four children by Dill None
are living now. was home on January 26 A
machine agent called at tho farm that day.
The agent and my husband got into a quarrel
which lasted three hours, After the agent
went away, my husband went out; and after q
little while Jnlias Ebetts, the hired man, and
the boys, Paul anG Herman, went to bed. I
laid myself on the bed Afterward my hus-
band commenced to quarrel with me. He
said was lazy; I got nothing, he got everything.
He seized me and threw me on the bed. He
said would yet die by his hand. I was
afraid and reached to Ebbetts coat and took
revolver from his pocket. My husband then
came at me again. He had a cast-iron stove
litter told him not to strike me. dumped
up and rali out He got me by the hair and
said, ''Before let you go you will have
enough" Then shot and he sank down. I
did not know what to do. l took pillow and
put under his head. I saw he was dead. I
put him on a sled and covered him with the
pillow cases, his clothes and sheet, and
dragged him to the COW stable dug grave
with an az and 3. spade, and buried him. It
was about O'clock IN the morning WHEN got
through The shooting was little after mid
night .. :. 't ~
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-15

\ GEORGE CROWNINsHIELD, who at his
own expense brought back from Hall
fax in 1873 the remains of the hero
Lawrence, of the Chesapeake, was an
uncle of William Crowninshield Endi-
colt, present secretary of war. Mr..
George Crowninshield first took the
body Of the dead hero to Salem, Mass,
where it was then inferred, and the
event created quite q commotion in
the town. for the people Of Massachu-
sets were mostly opposed to the war
in which Lawrence, whose dying
words, Don't give up the Ship
have become preverbial, lost his life.
Secretary Endicott. in referring to this
in conversation, said that one of his
ancestors, an Endicott, and another a
Crowninshield, were on opposite sides
in politics then. when party spirit
made divisions in society and even in
families. This makes the contrast.
very marked between the bitterness of
partisans tnen and the amlable spirit
of almost embracing former oppo-
nents which is Witnessed in Washing.
ton now u 81 ". .s5s5@
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-15


u u the Are on South Water street Chicago
Martin Nullery, fireman, and Charles Bird
were buried in the debris and killed.
I. a hre II Lacon, near Peoria, I'll, destroyed
the pork house Of j. B. Martin Loss, &5O, 0OO;
no insurance. The FIRE was incendhry
A fire caused by : man burning brush on
the Chiselhurst track in Camden county, n. u,
did some damage. It broke out second
time and burned fully 440, 600 worth OF timber
and an old barn, and endangered the villages
Of Blue Anchor and Cedar Brook The fire la
under control, but is liable to break out again
At any time "a 5sB5
The principle buildings destroyed at vincen-
nes. Ind, by the fire were Green's opera house,
Smith 4 Co.'S drug store, J.. E. Green. grain
dealer; Garrison's poultry warehouse, Benja-
min Kinhem, grocer; postothce, speigel, Gar
diner q Co, furniture; Baltimore & Ohio, the
Western Union Offices and the Office, wharf,
boat and warehouse of the Vincennea Steam.
boat line. the oddfellows hall was damaged.
The loss 10 now put at $15O,O00.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-15

.Uudseasivs zr,aish v1th 1isl,s xorosa.
B Telpsl ans from Batoche'Sg VII Winnipeg,
accounts of q engag cement on the 9th
inst between Riel's forces and Gen. Middle
TOMS. There ars accounts Of thering hre''
snd s.daadly discharges etc, but tho following
appear TO Be the only casnaltie on the British
side: sA Battery Gunner Phillips. shot through
being carried Ia. Thomas ]. Stout RIM over
by q carriage; not fatal Charpenter, shot
through both legs, one fractured Gunners
Fairbanks and TWOhuy, also shot. in the legs
Grenadi ers Capt Mason, No. 2 company,
slight xound IN the thigh French's
the leg; Curley Allen, ii the shoulder
a Canadian account Of the 9th inst, says:
We left the camp at o'clock this forenoon,
leaving all supplies and tents behind, and
marched seven miles without seeing or hear
ing anything OF the enemy This morning was.
bright and warm Suddenly there came
sound Of the steamers whistle blowing con
tinuously, and as We drew near We heard the
sound Of heavy firing on our front in the
direction Of the river. Directly the firing
was heard we fired a signal gun, and
the scouts and Calling then pushed rap
idly ahead and came upon two houses near
cipitous. An advanced party Of rebels were
met, who fired and retired behind house to-
ward hollow. The Calling was brought to
bear on them, when they ran into house near
the Church Of St. & Laurent, which was also
fred on BY the Calling, when they ran out into
y rush and got into position, sending
several shells after the rebels; The
Grenadiers advanced, diminishing through
the bush on the right Of the trail, the
Calling gun beng rushed forward down the
declivity toward Batoaa4e's, now plainly visible
in the valley below. Here battery unlir1-
bored on the top Of the ridge, and, whilst doing
SO, was almost surprised by number of reb-
els who crept up through the brush, not being
discovered until twenty yards distant. They
made q rush for our gums, firing and yelling
rs they ran. Capt Howard, who operates
the Gatling. gun, saw the danger, and with cool
daring ran his gun q couple Of yards in front
Of the battery, and opening fire. literally moved
the rebels down. Those remaining turned and
ran for 1t, reaching the shelter Of the bush
They opened fire again, and Howard escape
from injury was something marvellous, the
bullets flying all around him He gallantIy
maintained his position, and the rebels, unable
to stand the terrible IRE, returned to the pits
constructed in the rayine running from the
river ~, 'E5za%E5b -. '--r, - -&%'-.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-15
PERSONAL MENTION. ].

Ex-Attorney General Brewster sold his valu-
able law library Of 5000 yolumns last week in
Philadelphia, and will sail for Europe in June.
Y Gen Mcclellan will visit the Antietam battle
field on the 30th inst, for the first time since he
was in the battle there. He will deliver the
Decoration day address. S5
Hon. Roscoe Conkling argued case he had
in a Chicago court, and there was not
standing room, the crowd was so great, many
ladies beng present After court adjourned
he was surrounded by admiring throngs, and
had to give his autograph to numerous appli-
cants >,
At the "eunion Of the Army of the Potamac
at Baltimore, Gen. Grant was re- elected com
mander Gen. King read the following tele-
gram from Gen Grant: 3Please thank the
members Of the Society of the Potomac FOR
their partially in electing me for the second
time their president \ wish my health prom
ised the probability Of my being at the next
meeting: / would regard it as providental
should be able to attend I accept the honor
without the hope of performing the duties of
the Office. Wishing all members many happy
reunions, remain" etc.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-15
capt. Pc~lan q the stand.

4 The trial Of Richard Short for the attempted
killing Of Capt Phelan is going on in New York.
Assistant District Attorney Fellows made tae
opening address and gayo q sketch Of the crime
at some length. He claimed a conviction Of
assault in the first degrees assault with intent
to kill Capt Phelan then took the stand and
told the we'll known story Of the assault upon
hlm by Short The complainant detailed how
he received the stsb wounds and
three eNts. In cross examination Phelsn
saia thai on the way down to Rossa's
Office he said chat he would teach Rosa that
neithe. he nor any one else could publish things
about him with impunity. He had been in the
habit Of sending subscriptions to Rosa He
always carried pistol and had three on his
person in court He laid the weapons on the
judges desk. The witness admitted that he
once used . dagger ON bunco man and stab
bed man in Kansas City Ths captain de-
MED that he had ever foughta duel He was
challenged once, but the challenge was with
drawn. -s.r q. r. at*4 Is. Z
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-15
SUM 7 or NEW or THE WEEK.
= pakot. JuAici.l Appointmsnt.

q y OekOt8e y U61aC11 Appoa0GWo0ts sa&E&
Capt William B. Mcdonnell Of Fargo Oak.
has been appointed associate justice Of Dako-f
II, vice A. a Hudson, whose commission has
expired He was endorsed BY the entire bar
of Forge, Grand Forks, Janestown and Bis
marck, "a we'll IS by the Dakota legislature,
the Indiana senators and members in congress-
Fargo, Oak, SPECIAL. The appointment OF
W. b. Mcconnell of this city to be judge OF the
Sixth judicial district vice Judge Hudson,
commission expired, gives very general salts
faction. The most Formidable opponent of
Judge Mcconnell was Hon D. Benton OF this
city, but Senator Vorhees of Indiana pushed
Mr. McConnell's case with such vlgor as to
overcome Gil opposition. Judge Mcconnell is
q Democrat of unquestioned integrity and will
make an exceedingly satisfactory Judge. (.
W. B. Mcconnell was born in Angola, Ind
thirty nine years ago, where his father attained
to political prominence, being a member of the
territorial legislature and friend of Lewis
Cass His mother was sister Of Gen. Nc
Pherson. After graduating ct Notre Dame,
South Bend, Judge Mcconnell studied law at
indianapolis and was admitted to the bar He
went to Dakota in November, 1873, and COM
menced in the practice of his profession In
1881 he married, in Indiana, the niece of Gen.
Mcpherson. He successfully held the position
Of attorney for the Northern Pacific at Fargo
and member Of the board Of education, and do
clined IN election as city attorney. &
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-15
cen eral nEcDowsll Dead.

Brig. Gen Irwin Mcdowell died on Tuesday
the 5th inst, at San Francisco His death was
due to piloric disease Of the stomach. He had
been in critical condition for the past two
weeks. Gen. Mcdowell was born in Franklin
county, Ohio, Oct IS, 1878 At the age Of
sixteen years he entered the military academy
at West Point, having received his preliminary
education in France. Graduating from West
Point in 1883, he was appointed second lieu
tenA Of artillery in the army. From 184l to
1876 ,e was adiutantat West Point He served
gallantly through the Mexican war az aid de-
camp to Gen Wool, and was brevetted captain
or his conduct at the battle Of Buena Vista
Appointed brigadier general May 14 1857 he.
was three days later assigned to the command
Of the department Of Northeast Virginia and
the defenses Of Washington on the Virginia
side of the Potamac, and on May "a to the
army OF sthe Potomac, which he commanded at
the battle OF Bull Run. At the opening Of the
war Of the rebellion Gen. Mcdowell was COM
sidered one of the greatest soldiers OF the army,
but the disasters at the first battleof Bull Run,
for which he was probably ia part responsis
bic, clOuded his fortune, and it was very likely
that it was o., hataccount that be never rose
above = secondary position dufng the civil
war. sss II Sss.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-15
A Frightfu1 Experience on the Ocean.

A Erightfu1 Experience on the Ocean.
New York Special: The steamship Germanic,
of the White Star line, sailed into this port
last Saturday looking so prim and neat that no
one would have imagined her to be the vessel
that came so near to being wrecked off the
Irish coast in the terrible storm of April She
resched this city for the first time since the
trouble. Capt Kennedy, her commander, your
correspondent found on the ship, telling the
story to n score of assembled friends. The
captain is o seaman of forty two years. exper-
fence. He said: /. va ~ ~
Ishall never wonder any more how it happens
shat q stout, we'll built vessel puts out to sea
and is never heard Of again. In my expeli-
ence have encountered bad storms, but never
such sea as the Gernanic on that Monday
morning. If she had not been q good ship,
none would ever have known what had be-
come of us. He was prepared for the storm,
and had been fighting heavy waves fortwenty-
four hours. stood here in the wheelhouse
at 10 o'clock, and the air was SO filed with fly
ing spray that could notsee 100yards. When
the water appeared like wall as high as the
the ship, it is not more than a hundred feet
away We pointed right into it, and the boat
tried hard to ride, but she could not do much.
Sho was buried from stem 70 stern; you can tell
what water weighs by the result The winch
7 h s6a s ds1s il weighs and o a and
stove big hole in the deck. A sailor was also
washed overheard I was in the wheelhouse
when it stove in, and was unconscious for 3
minute or two. was struck otfthe head. Ny
compasses were gone, and tho ship was
stripped Heavy seas were still running and
it took three hours to get turned around and
pointed back to the shore. The cabin was full
Of water, waist deep, and many passengers
and sailors were hurt It the bulwarks had
been solid instead Of ratings which let the
water off more rapidly, We would have been
sWamDed. !" 5t ts T. l5r55<.
:sWas there apanic among the passengrs?'
They were badly frightened, but behaved
well under the circumstances
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-15
Phelan's Assassin Acquitted.

The trial OF Richard Short, for the attempted
assassination of Capt Phelan, in New York, re-
suited in Shorts acquittal. Richard Short was
sworn in his own defense, and related the same
story rs told by other witnesses on the same
aide. The jury then retired. Having made
known that an agreement had been reached,
they were brought into court and asked what
their verdict was. ''Not guilty." answered the
foreman. Shorts friends set up tremendous
shout, but were quickly suppressed. The judge
said: Gentlemen, I am astonished at your
verdict You are discharged from all further
service on this panel" The prisoner was then
discharged
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-15

Hon. JoHN G. PARK, now police
Judge in Newton, Mass. is the Oldest
living graduate Of the Boston Latin
school (182O excepting Robert Treat
Paine l816). Hon. Robert @. Win
throp graduated in 1924