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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
Foreign summary.

A general strike of compositors is threat
eLed in Nerlin. The men contend that the
tariff recently decided upon is proving un-
fair, and they give their employers until
January first to cons der the M liter. The
strike will involve almost every newspaper
in Berlin. The imports into Great Britain
bales. The exports s 267 naIes. Since jan
uarv first imports 2,Sl3,O61 bales, exports
3a5 81 bales. Rt. Rev. John w. Bewick
Roman Catholic bishop OF Hexam and New
Castle, died at Tyntmonth, England Friday
Advices from Brailia, Roumania, says that
feverish preparations for war are being
made in Southern Russia. A number Of
iron-clads are expected at sebastopol, sew
eral transports are riding at anchor In the
aarbor OF Odessa and torpeco boats are
leaving Sebastopol for Varna. The Neue
Freie Presse say that proposed meeting
At Sofia to overthrow the present Bulgar-
Ian government and proclaim . ministry
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
In M0mOriam,

At Bradford N. H., on the 25th, Hon. Ma
son w. Tappan. attorney general, died at
his home in that place. He was stricken
with apoptexy on the morning of Oct. ],
and remained in q semi camatose condition
up GO his death. Rev. Robert West, editor
OF the Chicago Advance, and well known
theologian, died suddenly at Sycamore, H.,
DIR. WesG was . native of Ohio, AID wns
forty-one years of age. When . young
man he was connected with the daily press
in Cincinnati. He had received good ed
ucatiOn, and In 1870 entered Lane TheOlOg-
ical seminary, Cincinnati. where he
graduated in 1875. In July, 1882
the Advance was purchased by q
Boston syndicate and DIR. West elect
ed editor, q position he has since filled
with marked ability. At st. Louis Judge
William 81. Horner, of the circuit court,
died Saturday Of congestion Of the stom-
ach. He was the son of Hon. J. s. Horner
who removed from Virginia to Wisconsin
when the latter state was territory, and
who was appointed territorial governor
by President Jackson, and was afterward
prominent judge in that state. He was
born at Green Bny, March %, 1916, and re
ccived Ills legal educ tion in the law de-
partment of Ripon college and the Univer-
sity OF Michigan, graduating in 1865.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
North Star Dots.

When "Red Ray" Sanford, the Brainerd
murderer, was landed at Saltwater it was
found that he had been there before, hav-
ing been discharged in 1854 after serving q
tern for larceny from Oimsted County.
There was snow storm ON the 18th at Pipe
stone. Adolph Deffelinger, while descend
ing l5O foot well on the farm of Steven
Sullivan, in Rice county, Mimi, was over
come by foul air and fell to the bottom,
He was taken out dead. First Assistant r.
NJ General Stephenson has visited st Paul
and Duluth, Mimi, but only to visit friends.
Patents have been granted to the follow
ing Minnesota claimants: III. J. Brink
man, Minneapolis, middlings purifier: E.
h. Foster, Fairmont, door sill "a Harralson
ard q. r. Anderson, Minneapolis, sofa bed
stead; Chester Roach, Minneapolis, punch
ing machine; q. E Sly. Glencoe, sleigh; G.
+. Trancheil, Wlmar, game. At Plain
view, Minn.. John Rawiins, while assisting
in loading some hogs last Saturday after
noon, was observed to stagger from the
wagon, and III an instant fell to the ground
and was dead. He was " years old.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
They Made Him Exn,afn.

Portland Oregonian: A man and his
wife, with eight children. running from
a babe in arms up to boy of Il,
crossed on the transfer boat yesterday
to take the Atlantic express. The
children were chubby, healthy, and
sunburned. The man said he was
going back to Kansas. In answer to
inquiries he said he had been living in
the State eight years. Some surprise
was expressed by bystanders that a
man should wish to return to Kansas
after being SO long here, and he was
asked in what part of Oregon he had
beec living. He ssial at French Prairie,
Good heavensr' said man ..what do
you expect to find in Kansas better
than French Prairiep' ..Why. that Is
one Of the finest portions Of the state. y
said another. .You will never be con-
tented to live in Kansas again" The
man looked a little sheepish and said;
well, you see, my wife's relations live
there, and she kind o. wants to be with
them.' That settled the matter.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
WISCONSIN.
Il. II. Disaster,

The limited passenger express on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee Il st. Paul railroad was
derailed at 1870 o'clock Thursday NOR ming
- h inst, at Rio, Columbia County, Wis
consin, l5 miles east ol Portage. The train
was plunged into stone quarrey, the bag
gage and express cars and one coach are
reported burned and three sleepers wrecked.
lhe loss OF life among the passengers is
stated in the first report at seven. and no
report of the number in pjured. Among the
sleepers none were killed.
LATER-A special to the Milwaukee
Evening Wisconsin says that thirteen
passengers we're penned up in the day
coach and all burned to death. No list OF
the injured has been obtained. The en-
tire train except one sleeper burned.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
Current Matters.

Capt. William johnson, U. S. A., has
been found not guilty Ct duplicating his pay
accounts by the court material, but Gen.
Sheridan, who received the evidence. set
the vcrdict aside. The secretary Of th.
treasury has issued the 144sh call for the
redemption $lO,GO0 600 of the per cent
bonds. 1t is not likely that the President
will go to Buffalo to vote. The Hartley
Reclining Chair Company, Of Chicago, has
made an assignment to w. d. Gibson.
The liabilities are stated at t19,0O aud as
sets at $25, ,O0O. Judge Donahue, OF the
New York supreme court, has granted an
attachment against the property of the
Charter Oak Life Insurance Company in
favor Of George 3. Studewell In suit
brought by him against the company to
recover $3.50 3l5, the amount Of 81 policies
that he owns by assignment Alfred Rus
sell Wallace, the distinguished English
naturalist who shares with Darwin the
honor Of first propounding the theory of
natural selection, has arrived in Boston,
and began q course of lectures in the Low
ell institute on Monday. He will prob
ably remain In this country during most
of the winter, and will lecture in the prin-
cipal cities.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
THE MARKErs OCT 80.

ST. PAUL.
WuRAT-No. I hard cash re u bid; No.
Northern, .sg731ac bid; No. Northern
E:our-Patent, ,5oOa5s5; straigh,
70 75a4 80 asked; bakers, % oO93.5O aske
rye, t3l0,9a5o.
Corn No: 2, s5c asked, October, SIC bid
Oats No. . mixed 25c. bid, a6
asked No. white 26,Sc. bid.
Barley No. ?. 43cta4 43c. bid.
Rye NO. 2. 45, ol..
Flax Seed. 95c bid.
Baled hay, ~ so asked timothy t1O.5-
Dressed beef, choice steers 51Sr.'9Osc;
veal, Sc,I9c.
Butter. extra lSc112Oc. bid.
.,heese l2ct1lat.
Eggs, extra 81 &c q p asked.
toiauoes, .Sc per busnsl,
Live Stock-Sales Of steers ranged %
as3D per 100 lbs. sheen sold at g /
per 100. Hogs IS 5a$3 SO.
MINNEAPOLIS.
WHEAr-No. hard. cash. 7l1s; Nov
1K; No. Northern, cash 6915c; NJ.
Northern, cash, 6s,.
Flour Patent In sacks held a
s4.25 t4.35 In barrels. $4350I4. 40; ~ 8.
% % delivered at New England point,
s4.7sta 30 delivered New York and Penn
sylvania, points; bakers ss3k9s4O
CHICAGO
Wheat-Cash, 80 November 72Ac.
Corn, Cash, 81 &C. November 35Ac.
Cats, cash 255sc; November 2oIc
Flax seed No xgsc.
Pork, cash SS95asa00:
Live Stock. Cattle sa6@3.75; Hogs
&3 SOS 80; Sheep, $3 .0t9$3 ~.
DULUTa
WHn.--Cash No. hard 73c; No. North
ern 7OKc.
MILWAUKEE,
WHEAT-Cash 7lH. November 1Oh.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
Iowa Doings.

The quarterly statement Of the state
treasurer shows the debt Of the state to be
$500, ,5ie.62. Britt has fears of q water
famine. Nearly all the wells are dr.. The
Chicago, Milwaukee a. st. Paul water
tank supplies large numbers offamilies and
a large amount of stock with water. At
the Baptist State Convention held at Cedar
Rapids, Z. E. Higgins, State Superintend-
ent of missions, made the following report !:
During the past year we have employed II
missionaries, supplied 81 churches. preach-
ed ALA sermons, administered 3O6 bap-
tisms, added AZ members, collected for
convention incidental expenses, pastoral
support, Sunday schools, permanent inn
pr0vement and other benevolent objects,
s30 las Is Among the $1,000 Scandinav-
laLs, Council b .uffs, Cedar Fails and At
lantlc empl yed missionary for the nine-
teen colored churches, and supported a
missionary evangelist. The present fiaan-
cial condition is worthy oil considera ion.
$3.50. 10 having been received, while 81,
$50. As has been disbursed The added OBJ
legation of S1.2OO makes deficit OF $l,>59 :
~. He recommends an increase of $500
from the Sunday schools alone, and a
larger Incl ease from the churches.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
CaiaInitfee.

Treasurer Barkley, of Laurel township,
Clermont county, Ohio, took $1,000 to Gin
cinnati early in September, aud suddenly
disappeared. He was found Friday wan
dering about the streets of Cincinnati, evil
dently suffering from blow on the head.
He says he vas assaulted the night Of his
arrival, and rs since been kept i prisoner
BY strangers. The business failures
throughout the country during the week as
reported by r. Il. Dun Il Co., number for
the United States 1876, and for Canada ~. a
total of 2l5 failures. An ore bank at Dills-
burg, Pa. caved in, killing two men and
wouLding several others. VIM. w. Sanders,
formerly editor Of tie Carviilis Leader,
has been sentenced to hang for the murder
of Charles Campbell at Albany, Ore, last
June. Elihu b. Washburn has somewhat
recovered from the sudden attack OF illness
which he experienced severa. weeks ago,
he is still in = very weak condition, aud is
unable 10 remain in the open air for more
than q few moments at q time.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04

GABRIEL DUMoUT, lieutenant OF
Louis Ricl during the late rebellion in
the Northwest, was connected with
Buffalo Bills show on Staten Island
during the past summer. The Cana
dian Government recently extended a
pardon to the rebels, and Dumout is
now on his way to Canada. He is a
fine specimen of manhood, forty-nine
years of age, six feet tall, and weighs
2lO pounds.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
Casualties.

A grocery store on Pennsylvania
avenue, Washington, D. G., burned on the
18th, with the loss of $4,000. During the
progress of the fire q barrel of gasoline ex.
ploded, which seriously injured twelve
persons, none of whom, however, were ia
tally burned On the evening Of tho 25th
the Eastern express ran into freight
train at the east end Of the Altoona, Pa,
yard and five cars, tive express, one
baggage ami two passengers were over
turned. seven persons were injured. The
large Welsh distillery near Owensboro,
KY, owned by Triplett = Walden, burned.
Loss $4,000. Fire incendiary. On farm
near Burlington. Mich, E. J. Wilcox, aged
20 waited until the other members Of the
family had retired and then stepped out
side the door and exploded q dynamite
cartridge under his arm. The report was
terrific, and the fragments of his body
were scattered in every direction. At
Cleveland, Ohio. child ~. years old
attempted to play with q black bear
chained in the rear Of saloon, and was
killed, the animal crushing her head and
body. The owner Of the bear was arrested
for granddaughter.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
Unveiled.

The famous Bartholdi statue of Liberty
was unveiled and presented to the Nation
at Bedloes Island, New York harbor on tn
2Sth, with the most imposing ceremonie.
witnessed aud participated in by m,llion
people. Tue land and naval professions
ana the decorations were most rotab e.
The presence Of the Sculptor Bartho.di
was loudly cheered. Count FERDINAND d..
Lesseps made an address in French,
Senator Evarts the presentation address,
President Cleveland giving the signal for
removing the veil and making the accept
ance response, Chauncey NJ. Depew fol-
lowing with an oration. President
Cleveland and the Cabinet reached
Washington at Ii :i5 in the evening.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
wraps and Frocks for Little Girls.

Flower O. Fall: Little girls are given
coats, outside garments of check or
plaid to be worn over plain stuff
frOcks.
Young girls wear mantles as well as
jackets, shaped very much like those
Of young ladies over IL.
The frocks of girls of Is and upward
are simply modified duplicates Of the
dresses of their older sisters.
Costumes for children are made
mostly in blue or white. White WOOL
en- goods especially make lovely yet
simple toilets for little girls, silk and
lace being banished.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04

The train was running 10 miles an hour
and the accident was caused by q switch
being left open by q freight train crew.
little additional news; it is believed that
the lives lost will reach twenty six, though
the names Of but few have been ascertained
and among these are Mrs. T.. X. Scherer
and Mrs. Rasina johns, the wife and
mother of Conrad Scherer a merchant OF
Winona, Minn.: II r. Hankey the con-
ductor of the freight train fled into the
woods after the accident and has been
found wandering about in d raving con-
digion. He Is likely to become q hopeless
maniac. None Of the occupants or the
sleepers were seriously hurt. All the
baggage being burned that means ef
Identification Is cut of.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
From the Wires.

Hewitt is a favorise in the betting in New
York for tn. mayorality. The President
has discharged two United States attorneys
for electioneering while holding office. A
son of Charley Sarrell, living near q wings
vile, KY, accidently discharged . rifle and
shot his sixteen year old sister through the
head. She will die. Two Indianapolis
girls were abducted by colored procuress
from Chicago, but gentleman who acci-
IDENTIFY met them, saved them from ruin.
A wild engine collided with a passenger
train near Madison, Wis. One man was
killed and several badly hurt. All the
mail was burned. The Secretary of the In
terror decides that the marriage of singlc
woman who had not made homestead
entry will not defeat her right to make
final proof and receive title to the land under
the homestead law. This decision reverses
the commissioner Of the general land office
in the case OF Maria Good, nee Wilcox, Of
Kirwin, Kansas.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04

WASHINGTON CITY will this season
be source of literary inspiration.
Mrs. Dahlgren, Mrs. Burnett. William
d. Howells and Miss Rives have in
contemplation novels for which the
capital will serve as background.
1t is also rumored that Miss Cleveland
will picture in fiction her impression
of Washington. Boston as back.
ground for fiction seems likely to soon
lose her prc-eminence.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
Done In Mfnnasofa.

The Sauk Center railroad line has been
surveyed as far north as Wadena. Charles
~. Loomis, a prominent citizen of Pipe.
stone died of typhoid fever. He was
formerly a resident OF River Falls. Wis
The Rochester board Of trade subscribed
500 for .he preliminary survey Of the pro-
posed railroad from Duluth to Red Wing
James Holden. OF Norfolk, lost his house
with it's contents by fire, during his
absence from home. Loss about Sl.0OO;
insured. John Borin, OF Alfsburg, Sibley
county, was gored to death by bull. An
employe OF the Polar Star mills at
Farlhault was caught in the machinery
while oiling up and was literally torn to
pieces. At Vermillion q newly married
couple were given hideous serenade ard
the young groom discharged shot gun
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04

KING OTTO, of Bavaria, is still in the
same condition. but his physicians say
that he is less aDathetic than formerly.
He asks for the papers every now and
then. but throws them away as soon as
they are handed to him. The Queen
Mother. who has not been at Munich
since the death of the late King, has
decided, at the instance of the Prince
Imperial Of Germany, to visit King
Otto at Furstenried,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
100000 Stolec,

The Adams Express car on the st. Louis
ard San Francisco r. h. which left st.
Louis at :25 p. m, Monday was robbed of
$5g,OUO III money and other valuables. A
man giving the name of Cummings (now
believed to have been a me mber Of the
James gang rode in the car with the mes
senger on permit purporting to he signed
by the officers of the Express Co. When
near Merrimac the messenger was over
powered, the safe rifled and the robber
made his escape. leaving the messenger
gagged aud bound, locking the car door on
the outside. 1t was two hours later before
the captive was able to attract attention
aud secure release.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04

GOETHE's house in Frankfort is now
thrown open to all tourists who pass
through that city. It is sort of mu.
scum of curiosities relating to the great
poet. Among the recent addition to
these is Punch and Judy box that
used to be the great delight Of the
author of Faust when a child.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04

The White House is enlivened by
the presence of little child. May
Cadman, a cousin of Mrs. Cleveland
is attending one of the public schools
Of Washington and living ut the Exec
utive Mansion.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
Public Appointments.

The President has appointed d. L. Lock
wood, of Buffalo, New York, to be attor-
ney of the United States for the northern
district of New York; Lucius NJ Lamar, Of
Georgia, to be marshal Of the United
States for the Southern district Of Geo gia
The following to be consuls OF the United
States: Seth Pratt, OF Massachusetts, at
Zanzibar; G. X. Mccall, of Alabama, at
Santon; William II. Greathouse, of Louis
lana, at Tampico, Enoch j. Smithers, OF
Delaware. at Tien Tsin; John T. Campbell,
Of California, at TamaJava; Leopold
Morse, of New York, at Hull.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
IOWA.
Feature Of tho Haddock Murder.

Feature Of the HaddOck Murder.
The disappearance Of Henry Peters, one
Of the important witnesses Of the daddock
murder at Sioux City and the intimation
that he has Leeu killed to prevent his tell
ing tales, has been nearly confirmed. On
the 4th of THIS month the body of strang-
er was fouif IN the willows about a mile
from Crescent, near Council Bluffs. 1t
was badly decomposed aud could not be
identified The body was buried in the
Potter's field at Council Bluffs. An exam
ination of the clothing has now made
leading to the almost complete identified
was killed by the Haddock murderers to
Irevent. his revealing the first assassina-
ton.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
Chicago Fire.

The six story knight q Leonard printing
house building, East Madison street,
Chicago, became q heap Of as es aud
ruins between and 4. m, Oct. 81. The
lower floor and basement were occupied
by firms carrying stocks Ut the value OF
one hundred TO one hundred and fifLy
thousand dollars and the upper floors with
printers, book binders, paper stock and
offices. The roof of the building fell
through tc the basement burying q number
of men in the debris all OF whom were
injured and some fatally. Three or four
men were caught under falling walls and
the havoc made with the limbs and per-
son Of firemen and policemen was beyond
all precedent. The fire originated in the
knight a Leonard printing office and the
total loss above Insurance is put at $780,
OW. An incident of the scene was the
fight of gamblers from q dezen rooms in
the vicinity, some OF them merely escaping
with life.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
UnfOrtunates.

VIM. Dillman, Minneapolis man, was
murdered at Lylton, b. G. Three men were
arrested have been sentenced to be hanged
Oh Nov. "a Dilman leaves a widow and
seven children in Minneapolis, having gone
to British Columbia to make home for his
family there. While Ora Stone, young
man living near Pelican Rapids, was out
hunting Monday, he accidentally dis
charged the contents Of shotgun into his
mouth, tearing away his lips, teeth aud
a moving freight train at Delano and was
badly cut up hy the wheels and died. "A
man civ ing his name as John Bailey, was
found unconscious near Huron. He claims
to have come from st, Paul.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04

ceived. 1t Is estimated that the expenses
of the postal service for the next fiscal
year will aggregate ..5 34a.f50, an increase
Of $916, 81 over the current year. Cana
dian merchants are ciamoring for an extra
dition treaty with the United States. The
heavy losses by the Rotchscbild fsiInre at
Toronto are the cause. The Episcopal
convention, which had been in session in
Chicago % days adjourned Friday to meet
in New York in 1899. Miss Quick, daughter
of wealthy parents IN Ithaca, N. Y, was
killed by falling under train, she missing
her footing while standing on the plat
fOrro
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
Minnesota the Land of Corn.

The Chicago Farmers Review gives the
following corn crop report: The reports
from the corn belt last week outline the
actual yield Of corn from hnsking. In the
II counties Of Illinois the yield is given at
"a bushels, in |. counties in Iowa 30 bushels,
IN counties in Kansas "a, in counties in
Nebraska 32 bushels, in counties in Mis-
souri, - bushels. il counties in Indiana 81
bushels, in counties in Minnesota 81 bush
els.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
Obituary.

Mrs. Cornelia M. Stewart, widow OF A.
T. Stewart, died at her New York resi-
dence quite Unexpectedly Oct 25th, Of
congestion OF the lungs and heart failure
She was born in 1902 and married Mr.
Stewart in 1923. She never had any
children and her nearest relatives are
half sisters aud neices. Her remains are
to repose at Garden City in the Stewart
tomb.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
ALucky Man.

"A iucKy man Is rarer than . white
crow" says Juvenal, and xe think hs
knew. However, we have heard OF thous
ands oflucky ones and we propose to LEI
their secret out. they were people broker
down in health, suffering with liver, blood
and skin diseases, scrofula, dropsy, and
consumption, and were lucky enough to
hear of and wise enough to use DR.. Pierce'
.sGolden Medical Discovery" "thesovereigr
blood purifier, tonic and alternative Of tht
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-11-04
Iowa Affairs.

The supreme court Of Iowa has decided
that in a trial for carrying concealed
or malicious intent. A New York officer
passed through Des Moines Friday with
a prisoner supposed 70 be Gus Bender,
wanted for murder in Oregon. J. +. Han
negan, general passenger agent Of the
Burlington. Cedar Rapids Il Northern
Rapids to Mrs. Fannie Hall. A prosperous
farmer living with his wife near Gilmore
City, named Geo Gardner, while in u state
of religious craze took his own life by
sinking hammer an inch deep in his
forehead and afterward nearly cut his
head of.