The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-10-07
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Il Ashe King.
A New York paper declares that the
country must be more prosperous this
year than it was last year. because more
people are getting married.
An inspection of the 500 mail-bacs
that were sunk in the Ore on. and have
since been recovered. shows that the
ladies smugglc a great many French
gloves. with laccs. ribbons, etc, in
newspapers sent BY mail.
Young wooers at Narraransett Pier.
when surprised by pas-crs-by in the
midst Of confidential chat, have til,
habit Of saving .And-er-;hen, YOU
know.' which occupies the time until
the intruder is out Of hearing.
The Indian mounds in the vicinity Of
Oakland. Illinois, are being opened. in
one Of them there were found stone
wall ten feet sguare. half dozen skele-
ions, fifty pounds Of silver ore, and cop
per vessels. axes. and tomahawks.
Deer are reported to be unusually nu-
merous in Maine this season. and many
even leave the forests and are seen neal
the settlements. The greatest deer park
in Maine, or in fact on the Atlantic
slope. is in the vicinity OF Nicatou-
Lake.
Toronto is not good city for doctors.
According TO the income tax list just
published only one medical man in the
city receives 5000 yearly. and that in
cludes ..intercsl on investments. Oily
four others make as much as 5000 per
annlm.
Bob lngcrsoll is growing fat. He isn't
any balder than formerly. for that i,
impossible. His eve. las>es have changed
To spectacles and his chubDiness is turn
ing into fcshiness. His Years are be-
ginning to tell, but his smile and twink
ling eyes are the same.
M. j. Simmons. Of San Francisco.
claims the distinction of being the
youngest soldier who wore the blue
during the great Rebellion. II. was
born Ang. l.. 1850. and enlisted in New
York Dee. 81. 1868. Thus he carried 4
mu,ket when but little over Is year,
old
Andrew Low. of Savannah. GA, who
died abroad few weeks ago. leaving
three or four millions 10 his heirs ami
charities, was blockadc-runner during
the war. He made his millions snip
ping cotton to Liverpool through the
blockading fleet
1t has been the custom from time i'm.
memorial for the children of Florence to
20 out to the Cascine on Ascension Day
to search for crlcke,s. and little cages &c
contain the pets are regularly on sale
If the crickets survive for ,rar the
household is guaranteed against all
harm and endowed with luck.
Gen. Lawrence S. Ross. who has been
nominated for Governor Of Texas. fought
in 135 engagements during the war,
beginning as private and fighting up
to Brigadler-General. and vet he is not
quite 4S years old. He had no incon-
siderable reputation as an Indian tighter
before the war. young rs he was.
An immense quantity Of jewelry is
now made from thin layers OF gold up
on an ingOt of brass. formed while it is
hot. On the ingot cooling it is forced
between steel rollers into long, thin
ribbon, each part of which is Of course
still covered with the gold alloy. meal
culably thin, but which wears for years,
and can be nodded into any shape.
An old Californian inserts growl in
the Sacramento Bee because all the
ranches Of San Mateo county have
become ..villas.'' Furthermore, the
plutocracy is becoming entirely too Eng
lish, you know, and social position is
measured largely by the degree of nobil-
ity with which the imported coachmen,
footmen, buffers, ETC., served in Eng
land.
A citizen of Waco. Tex, had re-
markable experience one day recently.
He went to visit his mother. who is
nearly 60 years old, in neighboring
town. but found she had eloped with
man half her age. On his return home
he was met by the startling information
that his own wife had eloped with
handsomer man. He has now sold out
and gone to Utah.
There is boy in Dover. Me-, born
without eyes or eyclids The part of the
face in which the eyes ought 10 be. ac-
cording to all presidents. is as smooth
as the check. The boy is fourteen years
Of age, and his name is StimcfQrd. His
parents have repeatedly refused offers to
have the child exhibited as a curiosity.
The lads mother Is very near-sighted.
A new and plausible explanation Of
the destructive fires occurring in pine
forests is offered. The pin. RESIN eNnd-
ing from the trees is often Of lens shape.
and before it thoroughly hardens fire.
quently Of crystalline clearness. II is
surmiscd that while IN that condition Il
resin lens may focus the suns rays up
on some light twig or resinous point
and So start a blaze that quickly eats up
forest.
The Egyptian lotus has been natural
lied near Bordentown, n. D., where
was sown the seeds some years ago.
The lilies now cover half IN acre of lake
surface, with leaves two feet in dia-
meter. above which the flower stalks
rise fully six feet The blooms them
selves are six inches across. of a bright
peach-blow pink, and delicously frag-
rant.
1t is said that in Maine town the
Postmaster was a republican and APP
pointed his wife. who is a democrat. us
his deputy. With the change of adj
mnistration the husband lost his place,
as an offensive partisan, and the demo-
cratic wife was apponted and she has