The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-23
SPIRITOF THE NEWS.

Our National game-The turkey.
The orange crop has been dead
failure in Louisiana.
In Northwestern India heavy hood-
are destroying the crops.
Lady Randolph Churchill i clever
pianist and often plays at charity con-
ccrt>.
DR.. Paaren has been ordered to
Texas to investigate alleged eases Of
pleuro-pne,lmonia.
Secretary Manning says he has no
thoughts Of re>igning. and that hi.
health is improving daily.
The knitting mills at Cohoe~. n. r..
have resumed work. terms having been
made with the Knights Of Labor
Susan b. Anthony says that twenty
five members of the United States Sen
ate are in favor Of woman suffrage.
The twenty-scvcnth international
convention Of the T. NJ. G.. A. will be
held in San Francisco early in MAY.
1887.
The average Mississippi library con-
sistS Of i stone jug. two packs Of cards.
and 4 volume Of Hoslc. PhilaieipLia
| Press.
One Of the Boston book sellers reports
the sale Of Mrs. Dcland's new volume
| of poems. 1.-The Old Garden. a. phe-
nomenal.
Warren Green. ex-Consul to kana-
| gawa, says that the wife of the Mikado
Is charming woman. and u graduate
/ of VasSar
| The Harvard Grafton BY Mr.. Lowell
and the poem by DIR. Holmes have al-
ready sent the December Atlantic into
4 third edition.
Mime. Christine Nilsson has received
almost unprecedented social and offi-
cial atcnntion during her artistic tour
through Holland and Belgium.
Miss Ella Martin. New England
| girl. is editor of the North Nebraska
Argus. The Argus has sharp tongue
II we'll rs keen eyes.
Gretta O'Connor of Donegal. Ireland.
has received f3oo damages in Il breach
of promise suit against Frank
Loughertv, who recently returned from
| America
Senator Edmunds' bill to make our
marriage and divorce laws uniform
throughout the whole country is 4 ter
rible blow to some Of our fashionable
winter resorts Boston HeraH
n The report that the Pennsylvania
railroad companies are about 10 abol-
i>h free passes makes it doubtful
whether there will be any session Of
the Legislature this winter.-!St. Lonis
Republican.
John Conness. who represented the
State of California for six years in the
United States Senate. was recently un-
successful in his aspiration to become
III alderman of his native village of
Boston.
Senator Vance is the only member OF
the United States Senate who takes 4
religious paper. Surprise at this an
| nouncemcn; will be modified when it i
known that the Government pays the
BILL
!. The first half of George w. Cable
two-part story. ..Carancro, a story oi
the Louisiana Acadians. will appear III
the January Century. with illustrations
Q by kemble, who recently visited Louis,
: lana to obtain sketches for the work.
The Raphael La Vicrge ~, Sein.
which was discovered about a Year ag,
in a dealers shop at Lausanne by Prof
Nieolie. who bought il for IS. has beel
sold ut Geneva to 4 French collector
for fs,OoO.
The latest move in the fight fol
Lists body is made By the maestro
. eNecutriN, the Princess S:lyn-Wittgen
stein. who declares that his tomb >hal
be in Rome. where she will live hence
forth. Under the law She i owner 0
the body.
. The insolent henchman recently sen
n by the Car to incitc crime in Bulgari;
q is responsible for new adjective TO tn,
. German language. When any one i
particularly high-handed. unprincipled
= and insulting, they describe him a
G .kaulbarsch.
II W. j. Arkcll of the Judge has de
= vised 4 puzzle scheme to raise fund
i for the building Of the Grant Monu
! ment. The greatest puzzle heretofor
. has been how to get mosey from tn
Y board OF millionaire director, Of tn
y monument project.
!. Miss Anna Dickinson has for sever;
Q months been watchingat the bedside q
Q her iniirm Quaker mother. in We>
!. Pittston, Pa. Her pecuniary resource
II are said to be nearly exhausted. and
:, is announced that she will take To tn
e lecture field again.
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