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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

Nh. ROYAL MERRILL, an old Boston
reporter, relates the personal greed of
the Boston poets, like Lowell and Hol-
mes, who, on occasions of Harvard's 5
commencements, would sell their poems
for - low as $50 to some periodical,
and refuse permission to the reporters
to take copies. Mr.. Merrill says that
he once waited OH Holmes, who was to
make \ college address. and finally
Holmes said to him: II ought to have
$3.50 for this, for l could make that
much out Of it by selling it to Fields. =
Edmund Hudson, the Boston Herald
reporter, once outwitted this coterie by
taking down one of the poems in short
hand and publishing it next day.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
An Indiana Husband.

Indianapolis Special 3Oth ult:-David
Harris is Al years old and has been married
five times. His last wife was widow, Mrs.
Jane Wallace, and the wedding occurred
about five months ago. The two lived
gnhappily almost from their wedding day
and qaarrels were regular. The pair resided
with his wife's father. About four weeks
ago Harris hegan proceedings for . divorce
but the action was withdrawn and FORMER
relations =, resumed; resi- ned, To,aight Harris came
During the meal he suddenly rose from his
chair and taking his wife by her hair, which
was hanging loose, he pulled her head back,
placed revolver to her forehead and fired,
the ball passing through her head. He then
turned the we4pon tb his own head and
fired, the ball inhicting q fatal wound. in the
head. He also 'gashed his throat with a
knife. Both viii die, their injuries being Of
such o character that the physicians arc
unable to dress them.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
Northwest Notes.

In collision near Parker, Oak, Engineer
Blackwood, Of Minneapolis, and his fireman
Charles Gust. were instantly killed. Gov.
Mellette, Of the State OF Dakota has issued
his proclamation convening the legislature
at Huron, Dec. Is. A two weeks old baby
was found under q bridge at MankatO,
Minn.. frozen to death. There is no clue.
Duluth capitalists will form q syndicate
to secure lands to he reserved for manufac-
turing purposes. The internal revenue col
lections for the Minnesota district for the
month ending Nov. ID were &S5, ,j69. It il
generally understood that Attorney Wood
has been dismissed by the Sioux City, Iowa,
Law and Order League.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
Il Death Palnless9

A Philadelphia doctor, altar years Of
careful observation. says that our demise =
- painless as our advent to the world.
This Is certainly reassuring; yet notwith-
standing these great inducements, We still
use DR.. nerce's infallible remedy, the
ssGolden Medical Discovery" for consump-
6on, splitting of blood, shortness Of breath,
weak lungs, coughs, bronchitis, and kim
dred affections Of the throat and chest. e
= unequAlled. BY druggists.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

A fresh earthquake shock on Sunday
wrecked o cotton mill dam near Columbia,
8. G. The water rushed through in q flood
from the pond, swept away halt q mile Of
the track Of the Columbia Il Augusta rail-
way, and badly damaged the tracks OF the
South Carolina railway. All the new and
expensive work recently completed on the
former road is totally ruined. and it will
be at least a week before the damage can
he repaired. The water flooded the ad-
jacent country doing much damage.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
Suddenly Killed.

On Monday James Stewart, wealthy
contractor of Lancaster, Pa, and who had
the contract for grading that part OF the
Chicago, Madison T. Northern railroad
branch OF the Illinois Central, lying be-
tween Madison and Monroe, was Instantly
killed by being thrown from a carriage
down steep embankment near Belleville,
Wis. Three other railroad men were in the
carriage at the time Of the accident but
escaped serious injury.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
Ruslnes. Troubles.

Shipley, Drisy Il Co., Cincinnati dry
goods house, have been failed. No state
ment Of their condition have been filed yet.
Edward Heyman wholesale dealer in silks,
New York, assigned Wednesday, with
$l1 900 preferences. Liabilities sd 600; as
sets $4,000 1t is thought that he can set
tie for fifty or sixty cents on a dollar. The
Wholesale millinery house OF William Swale
T. Co., the oldest in Milwaukee made an
assignment to Thomas Beecher. The liza
bilities are unknown.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
Fires and Casualties.

man who registered at Parsons, Kan,
hotel as "Jim', Cummings, shot police
man dead who tried to arrest him, and es-
capped.
The Detroit, Mich, Pipe Foundry Com
pany's Works burned on the 3rd, with vast
amount of machinery, patterns, etc, Loss
SlOO, loo, insurance $4,000.
An unknown brig went ashore at Handker-
chief shoal, of Chatham, Mass, Friday and
the east. Boats from the Monomoy life sta
tion were unable to reach her.
Col. James N. Stratton, q well known
lawyer and formerly Judge advocate of the
national guard of New Jersey, committed
self in the head. Dependency on account
Of illness is the supposed cause.
Friday morning at o'clock house at Ty-
rome, Pa, occupied by family named Pow
ely. was discovered to he on fire and before
assistance could be rendered was entirely
consumed. Two Of the inmates, John Bar
and child Of Powely, were burned to death.
Thursday evening cultivated, handsome
ly dressed woman, wearing diamonds and
jewelry, registered and took rooms at the
Grand Union hotel, New York city, under
the name of Mrs. A. Dunbar, Newark, N. j.
Nothing more was seen Of her till the after
noon, when her room was broken into by the
hotel people, and she was found entirely nude
lying across the bed, almost dead from the
effects OF chloroform and a dose Of chic
raj. Medical aid was summoned, and
after she had been revived to some extent
she was removed to a hospital, where she was
finally brought out Of danger. In her delir-
ium she constantly called for her little boy.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
Anarchists Revenge.

An attempt was made at Chicago
Thanksgiving day to shoot Harry Gilmer.
witness for the state in the anarchist
trial, whose testimony was very damaging
to the accused, Henry Jansen q rabid
anarchists made murderous assault upon
his wife Friday and the woman will prob
COMES aoS ae ont % that Jsnssen Insw who % tsrew y
the bomb at the Haymarket riot, and about
ten days before had told his wife who did
it. It is now believed that his attempt to
get her out Of the way was because he re-
did, and was afraid that his disclosures
might eventually lead him into greater
trouble than merely killing his wife. Ow-
ing to the feebleness of Mrs. Jansen and
the nature Of her wounds, it has been inn
possible to obtain the name Of the bomb
thrower. It sounds lake .'Surlbudt." The
police believes she means the missing sus-
pect, Schnaubelt. -"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

=. A. Buck, the publisher of Wilkes
Spirit of the Times, leading horse
mems paper relates that Leland STAN
ford, whose horses sold SO high in New
York for carriage purposes, was recently
applied to by himself for subscription
to put up monument over old Ham,
bletOnian, the sire of so many good
roadsters. Mr.. Stanford replied that
Mr.. Buck might draw on him from
800 TO $500, according to his necessity
for that purpose.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
X. Of l.. ApDeal.

General Master Workman Powderly has
issued an address to the knight of Labor
making an assessments of twenty five cents
per capita for the benefit of locked out
members Of the order who are in enforced
idleness with suffering wives and starving
order has reached the most critical period
n its history.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

A fire in = general merchandise store at
Mason, Nebraska, burned to death three
persons who were sleeping in the build
ing. A gang of marauders in Miller county,
No., are killing the citizens and terrorizing
the community. Maxwell, the murderer of
Preller, has had his sentence reprived for .
month. Thomas Rollins the leader Of the
Lake Shore switchmen during the recent
strike at Chicago had an old indictment,
nine years old, revived against him, for
theft. He has been arrested twice for at
tempted train wrecking, and will now be
prosecuted on the old charge to insure his
conviction.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
New r. q. stamp.

The design for the two-cent postage
stamps, to be put in circulation about jan
nary psxt, has been seisctsa. V6sy airs
ever issued by the department. The de-
sign represents an embossed head of Geo.
Washington in profile, upon blue tinted
background.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

Geo. Hazlet and Miss sadie Allen, a re-
spectacle girl, IS years old, petite bru-
nette and rather pretty, went through the
rapids and whirlpool Of the Niagara Falls,
Sunday, in the barrel used by Hazlet in his
exploit last summer The start was made
from the '.Maid Of the MIST and landing
on the Canadian side, They were in the
whirlpool five minutes and in the eddy
three quarters Of an hour. The voyage
was made safely.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
Washington Matters.

The President is suffering from a slight at
tack of rheumatism. The public debt state
ment for the month of November shows a
decrease of $3,OO5, ,24957. The commissioner
Of agriculture, in his annual report, deals
largely with the pleuro- pneumonia question.
The secretary of the interior has decided
that Frank A. Bidwell, of Mitchell, Oak,
and George w. Venum, of Jamestown, OAK,
will be no longer recognized as attorneys or
agents before the interior department or at
any bureau or Office connected Herewith.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
Wire Talk.

A gang Of robbers attacked a moving
camp of 80 Chinese hands near Martha, Tex,
and tortured them horribly until they gave
pp lheir money. Emil F. Kempf, Of Boston,
charged with the murder Of his brother-in-
law, G. F. Emmonson, Thanksgiving night,
waived examination and was recbmlitttea
without bail tor the grand Jury Several
barns on tho stock farm Of J, W. Allea. at
East Syracuse, were burned Tuesday.
burned to death, large amount OF eraln
and hay, and number Of farming imple-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
Montana storm.

From the Fort Keogh, Montana district
news is constantly being received Of heavy
losses of stock In the recent blizzard. In
the neighborhopd Of Sarana the losses were
particularly large. The storm was the
worst on sheep, while hocks having been
lost, aud presumably perished.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
senator sabln.

A Washington special Of the 10Th says that
senator Sabin's family have returned and
every winter since he entered the senate and
says he could not be quite at home else
where. The Senator ID in New York for q
few days, stopping at the Gilsey house.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

Susan Sgarlock Of Pittsburg, aged GO,
lost her life from fatal burning. She and
Mary kprigg, aged ~ years, occupied the
same house. Before retiring the women
quarrelled over some trifing matter when
the younger woman thew . lighted kerO-
sene lamp ut the elder striking her In the
face. The lamp exploded and Susan Spar
lock was almost roasted alive.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.


D0mestic News.
The Reading railroad has abolished the
free pass system.
Eightlight earthquake shocks occurred at
Summerville, 8. c., Thursday.
Lieut.. Greedy has been made an assistant
to Gen. Hazen, who is in illhealth.
Gen. Robt Potter is lying i'll at Newport.
No hopes are entertained for his recovery.
Over =, 100000 has been withdrawn from
the San Francisco savings banks during the
past 10 days.
d. B. Frankel & Co, the oldest mining
stock firm at Virginia City, New, failed.
Liabilities, $915,OOO.
Secretary Whitney's orders about the con-
centration Of the departments Of the navy
are being carried out.
The President has promulgated the extra
dition treaty with Japan. which was ratified
after being amended by the senate last June.
The Senate and House are making an at
tempt to compromise the differences between
them on the Northern Pacific land forfeiture
bills.
Jim Cummings" !" the Adams Express rob
ber, writes to the Globe Democrat that he
will refund $25,OOO If the detectives will let
him alone
Charles Carter, who swindled parties at
Chattanooga, Tenn, out of $4,000 worth of
land, has been arrested at Birmingham,
Alabama.
Reports from Albany are to the effect that
l3 grain laden boats, en- route for tide water,
are frozen in the canal between that point
and Little Falls.
The comptroller of the currency today
authorized the First National Bank Of
Shreveport, La, to begin business with a
capital of $9O0OOO.
Mrs. John Davis, daughter of the late Sec
retary Of State Frelinghuysen and well
known in Washington social circles, has be-
come hopeless paralytie.
Theodore s. Nike, the confidential man of
Miner T. Ames, the millionaire coal-dealer Of
Chicago, has made way with a sum said to
be in the neighborhood OF 100000.
The steamer Western Land. from Ant
werp to New York, encountered hurricane
Nov. -, during which four seamen and two
passengers were killed and fifteen other per-
sons injured.
Nearly every available tract of land within
10 miles Of Bear Mountain, Is miles west of
the Hot Springs, Ark, has been taken up and
located under the mining laws. Develop
ment in the lead and silver mines OF this Sec
tion have caused much excitement.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

vICH-PREsIDENT HOxIE did not die /,
rich man. Had he been SO minded he
could have made fortune last winter
by speculation in Wall street on the in
side information he had regarding the
Snuth-Xestern railroad strike.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
- ='-~'-i7s-
Political.

The Republicans Of Boston, Mass, have
nominated Thomas N. Hart for mayor.
do on congressman: Symes, Republican, r.
III, Reed, Democrat, 1892, Murray, Prohib-
itionist, 35,97. Symes plurality s1 as
against 9, 727 two years ago. The vote Of
the state was 3, S93 less than in "a.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
Queer Man.

Mr.. Gorham, Of the Agassix mu-
scum. accordingto Providence Journal
writer. INDUCES in the pleasant idiosyn.
Grassy Of keeping loose in his bedroom
several full-grown rattlesnakes which he
has tanned and Of which he makes pets.
He sometimes honors his most cherished
friends by admitting them to his apart
ment, and It's usually found that one visit
is all they are anxious to make. Mr.
Gorham is said to be i natural snake
charmer and TO have the power Of call
ing snakes from their covortS by
whistling.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
Seven Men Lynched.

Fort Smith, Ark, telegram Nov. %: Bud
Starr, Vance Barnes, Bill Brown and
Frank Moore, charged with robbing a store
in the Chickasaw nation, were expected
here yesterday, but they did not arrive, and
to-day it is reported on good authority
that the four named above and three other
vigilantes near Burneyville and hanged.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
How It Felt.

stranger-.:lou say ypp ha been
ship-wrecked four times2'
sailor-:Aye. aye, mo hearty
stranger-..And what are your sem
sensations when the wild waves break
over you and you feel yourself sinking
under the watere'
Sailor-..Damp."
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
The Public Debt.

The public debt reduction for November
amounts to about 100000. The lessened
amount Of the reduction is principally due
to the fact that nearly Sl4, ,OOO, 600 were paid
out during the month for pensions. The
receipts were about %, ,OOO, coo and the dis
bursements about ~, 100000.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

At Milwaukee in the cases Of the three ri
otous socialists Carl Mussfeldt, John Rung
aud August Gutz, Judge Sloan suspended
sentence. The prisoners were Immediately
freed. Mr.. McKenny said that AZ far as he
agreed with the Judge and did not insist
upon punishment further than to make the
defendants and other foreigners know that
they must conduct themselves In accordance
with the laws Of the country. Judge Sloan
said that he thought the trials would have
the desired effect without insisting upon
punishment.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
Eyerylay Events.

The discount clerk Of the Canal Bank Of
Portland, Maine, succeeded in getting s25,-
600 not his own. Two steam barges the
Arundel and the Maggie Marshall, were
wrecked Of Manistee, Mich, in the gale of
Tuesday night. The crews Of both were
debris from the recently burned building
Of the Ware Vinegar Company, In Gin
clnnati, the east and west walls fell, fatally
injuring John Lamphir. A half-dozen
others narrowly escaped.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

HERR WILLIAM HERR, the famous
Berlin manufacturer Of ladies cloaks.
recently celebrated the completion of
the 1OO,OOOth cloak OF this seasons
make with a grand banquet to all his
ovp ,,1nvnc
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

Rev. GEORGE w. PARRY, an en-
thusiastic student of natural science.
has been made State Geologist Of Yer
mont.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
POstmasters.

The following postmasters were appoint
ed Saturday; Henry J.. Dane, lie Sueur,
Mimi, Frederick b. Smith. Columbia, OAK.
Geo. Paul, Iowa City, Iowa
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

The official returns from the two
disputed counties in Washington Ter
ritory show that the Legislature is Re-
publican on joint ballot by two majority.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
Minnesota News.

The Minnesota supreme court has denied
the motion for q reargument in the king
Remington suit The net profits Of the first
Minneapolis Exposition exceeded 81, ,OOO
Gov. Hubbard has heard the arguments in
the contest over the removal OF the county
seat OF Traverse county.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
CREsCO, IOWA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER g. 1885,

ments were destroyed I'd. The loss is $4,000.
An inquest will be held to determine the
cause OF the recent fires which destroyed
the mills OF Charles Draper Il Sons In
Canton, Mass. There are many suspicious
circumstances connected Herewith which
are being investigated by detectives.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
Crimes.

Adams Express messenger Fotheringham,
has been indicted ut st. Louis, and held to
hail in the sum Of $4,000, which he could
not give.
Two laborerS named John Dorr and James
Mclaughlin, at Cherryfield, Mo-, quarreled
over some work, when James Mclaughlin
beat and kicked Dorr to death. The muir
derer fed.
I'm the trial 0f Jennie Saxton at Burlington,
VT, Tor forging tho name OF Mason, a bank
and railroad official to checks for money, the
testimony is sensational and duplicates the
moral character Of Mason.
Lavina Brown, wife Of jackson Brown,
living near Trenton, Ark, had some words
with him about some trivial matter recently
while at breakfast. Soon after the wife
stepped behind her husband and killed him
with an AK.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

ARCHBISHOP WALSH says he is con-
vinced of the equity and necessity of
the campaign against the British land
lord in the matter of rent.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

JOHN MACKAY is said to have lately
squeezed $2,OOO.OOO out of San Fran
cisco mining-stock operators.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

The trial OF nine garden rioters at Milwau-
kee was concluded on Saturday, the case
going to the jury at 1 p m. and at 10 O'Clock
q verdict was returned finding Carl Muss-
feldt, John Rung and August Gutz guilty,
and acquitted the other six prisoners, who
took minor part in the riots. The three
rioters found guilty were among the leaders
of the mob in the conflict with the police
when an interchange took place.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

THE father Of Governor Gordon, of
Georgia, is seriously i'll at Coldwater,
Ala. He is over ninety years of age.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

PROF. Won TREITsKE has been ap-
pointed Historiographer of Prussia to
succeed the late Prof. Won Ranke
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

MAD. PATTI is to eat her Christmas
pudding on the Rio Grande. She is to
journey into Mexico.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.


6!r Michael Hicks Beach, chief secretary
for Ireland, Is formulating scheme for the
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09
NOTES OF THE TIMES.
IT is said that the Sultan of Turkey
is in fearful dread of assassination.

Mr.. STURGEON and his enemy, the
gout have gone to the South of France.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

An active New York city stock bro
ker, conversing upon the return of
Henry Willard, being asked what might
be expected of his second advent upon
the American stock market, replied:
"Nohoay knows. He has waited
until therc Il . general boom. and such
is his market. If he brings over
plenty of backing from Germany he
may cut some figure here. He made
q good deal of money for his factors at
one time, and. though he rather lost his
sleep. and with it some of his head, he
may now be restored and ready to 60
in again. 1t IL not often, however,
that past men come to their future.
There is Jim Keene. He arrived here
when the market was very bad. aud
was one of 3he first to try to pick it up.
The trouble with him was that he was 2
gambler pure and simple, not buying
stocks with reference to any stability
but to make them win money for him
o he sent them to and fro. However,
no was good customer as long as he
lasted"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-12-09

A FEW evenings since, a young man
in the guisc of a customer, stole tray
containing tifty-four diamond and ruby
singer rings of great value, at john
ton's jewelry store on Broadway New
York City. This is the fourth time Mr..
Johnston has been robbed. So far the
thief has been caught and convicted
every time. The first time was iD the
fall of 1877, when u man got away
with 81, 200 worth of diamond earrings.
The. second robbery was on Christmas
eve. 1882, when man tried to run off
with sl,7OO opal set. but young Al
bert Johnston caught hiM before he
had gone three blocks. He got two
ard \ half years. In February. 1885,
= man tried to run offwith e575. worth
of diamonds. Fhe clerk caught him at
the corner of Houston and Crosby
streets.