The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-05-28

There were Isl failures in the United
States duriug the wcck-an increase OF TWEEN
" Is compared with tho previous week.
Lrads'reet's Jewrrrl, In its weekly review Of
the trade outlook, says:
The movement oil general merchandise
throughout the country the past week. % re-
ported TO Bradsf,'.r' :. la not varied much
from that Of the prccc. ing week. Dealers in
staple lines at leading d stribut ny centers do
mot look for any perm n mt s.r or activity In
mercantile circles durin. the CO ing quarter.
Again the word IL pas>el that no Improvement
10 now looked ior until next autumn. D.y
goods merchants at Nv York and St. Louis
ere moro cheerful than elsewhere.
Al the leading wool markets ire quiet. Manu-
facturers secured supplies some weeks ago:
cheap small lots are scarce. aud the proximity
Of the new clip counse's delay before complet-
inx stocks. The movement Is therefore dull
ana prices ore unchanged The coming six Or
eight weeks will winners three or four weeks
stsppage Of work among Eastern cotton, naper.
and nail milla. and among the nail and glass
works at the West Some special brands Of pig
iron have cut prices 81 per ton that is have made
actual prices asking prices. There is no other
change OF note either In iron or steel Cop
per In the home market has declined some.
The reports from the winter wheat region con-
tinue favorable The Commissioner Of Agricult-
ure tclegraphs to this journal that his reports
indicate . shortage Of l17.Ooo.Ooo bushes u
winter wheat The specials from WASHINGTON
Territory and Oregon point to gain Of 4.Ooo.oCo
bushels IS compared with last year. and there Is
now no known reason for believing that the
total spring and Pacific coast crop will fall
much. IL any. behind that Of 1874. In that event
the outlook for the aggregate Of wheat this year
10 306, 600 bushels. It may run below this.
and It 10 equally poss BILE that the total may be
larger. There are too many uncertainties ut
present for definite forecast The movement
In Rr0cery staples in general shows no change.
Sugar and coffee are higher.
The steamship City of Berlin struck
an iceberg on the hanks of Newfoundland,
while running at half-spccd through tho fog.
breaking iron plates and ratings and carry
Ing away her b0wsprit.
The frontier Of Salvador was crossed
~ 40 Guatcmalan troops, Honduras having
failed In her attempts ut mediation. Seventy
nve conscr:pts were taken from Ia iDertHd
by military guard. Mcnendez, the rebel
leader. has bceu driven back by the army Of
Salvador.
The volunteers belonging to Winni-
peg who were killed during the fighting at
ia 1uchc were buried with great military
pomp at winnipeg. They were buried In
Que large grave. Thousands turned out.
Three volleys were frcd over the grave by q
nring party selet tod from tho Montreal gar
rison artillery.
A Winnipeg dispatch says Gen. Mid
dloton had sent word to Poundmakcr that he
must make nm unconditional surrender or he
would march against him with troops. Tho
pr0spects arc that there may be fight with
the Indians, g Poundmaker will be fearful
Of being hanged II he gives himself Up.
A Chicago man has been granted .
patent for telephone Eased upon q system
radically different from that OF the Bell tcle-
phone. Hitherto the Eoll Telephone Conn
pany has had . cloar monopoly because OF
| the broad claim In It's patent, and it has been
maintained that the Dell system was the only
one ON which telephone could be prac-
] tically constructed, which was the use or q
| continuous current OF electricity. The pat
/ ent granted to the hica.o inventor Is oper-
] ated BY IN intermittent current, on plan
resembling the dots and qashcs Of telegraph
| instrument.