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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31
LATER,

IN the race for the ass. ball championship,
Des Moines led in the w. stern Association,
Cincinnati in the American Association and
Chicago in the National League at tho
close OF the week ending on the 10th.
An explosion occurred in the Montreal
Gas Company's reservoir at Hochelaga on
the Goth. Five dead bodies have been taken
from the ruins, and thirty persons wsre
more or less injured. The damage to
property is from Sis 200 to $4,000.
JOHN w. McCLUSG, one OF st. Paul's
prominent citizens, aud well known
throughout the northwest, died on the 27th.
WILLIAM Ii. Roe was hanged at Anderson,
No., on the 27th, for the mur Ter of his wife.
GAIT. Il. s. MoC~AuGnREY, the Cook
County Il l) "hoodle" County Commission
er, was pardonsi y Gov. Ogleshy on the
Goth. McClaughrey was the only one of the
boodlers who accepted his sentence without
resist :nce. going to prison and paying his
fine.
AT Albany, N. Y, on the 10th, Joseph
5 erer shot and killed Lizzie Mccarthy, to
whom he was englged. and then fatally
shot Ii rself. jealousy was the caus,.
A CAUCUS Of Republican members OF the
House was he'd on the 10Th, at which it was
decided to oppos, the Mills tariff bill se.-
ton by section, aud not formulate any bill
as substitute. The caucus also decided in
favor OF the passage Of the Blair educa-
tionai bill
FRANK STINf, en- engineer. was instantly
xii ed on the u h, near Ollie, Iowa. His en-.
gine struck ow and turned over.
A wATER-spoUT broke in Dave, County.
Neb., on the .6th. Fives miles of track
were su. merged and number OF bridges
were washed out. Farmers along the
h.ts and Lone Tree rivers wers forced to
andon their houses, and number were
washed away. White r.ver ros, sixteen
feet in forty minutes.
A LONDON dispatch Of the a7th s,ys
Osman Digma's camp in Egypt was bur ed
by incendiaries, and two thousand Of his
follow. rs are said to have perished.
AN Italian boarding house at Pittston,
Pa, was burned Oh the eth. Three chill
dren of the proprietor pershed in the
flames. Several men w.re hurt, some
fatally.
GES. SHERIDAN was very low on the 27th,
and his death was expected at any moment.
His physicians, in ulletIns issued by h,m,
annou lce his disease as iatty degen ,ration
Df the heart.
The Louisiana Democratic convention
was held ut Baton Rouge on the Goth. Pres
ident Cleveland's administration was in.
dorsed and delegates at large were elected
to the st Louis convention.
MIS-. A. 4. HorF committed suicide al
Hall0ck, Mum, on tho 2Cth, by hanging,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31
WEST AND SouTH.

For committing murder David Moore and
Willard Hall (both colored) and George
Graham were hanged on the I'D at Green
vile. Miss.
The Louisiana Legislature on the 2oa
elected Hon. Randall l.. Gibson as United
States Senator to succeed himself.
REPUBLICANS of the Fifth North Carolina
district on the I'D renominated J. NJ. Brew
or for Congress.
E. B. BRADLEY, general teller of the
Union National Bank Of Chicago, was on
the 22d said to be q defaulter to the extent
of $4,000. He had fed to Canada.
DEMOCRATS of the Thirteenth Illinois
Congressional district on tho ed renomi-
mated William NJ. Springer.
Mrs. SARAH RoTHscHILD, of Chicago, eel
ebrated her one hundrcth birthday on the
22d
On the o3d Mississippi Democrats met at
jackson and named W. II. Sims, r. A. Tay-
lor, w. r. Martin and +. b. Calhoun as del
cgates at large to ST. Louis. The platform
indorses President Cleveland's Administra-
tion and the Mills Tariff bill
TEXAS Democrats in convention on the
.3d at Fort Worth named the following as
delegatcs-at- large TO st. Louis: James w.
Throckmorton, ID. G. Gidding, George
Clark and Horace Chiffon. The platform.
fayors tariff reform and opposes further
agitation of the question Of State prohibi-
ton.
The Democrats of Illinois mot in State
convection at Springfield on the I'D and
made the following nominate ions: For Gov
ernor, John M. Palmer; Lieutenant Gov
ernor, Andrew J. Bell; Secretary, N. d.
Rieks; Auditor of Public Accounts, An
drew Welch; Treasurer, Charles H. Wack-
er; Attorney General, Jacob X. Creighton.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing Prcsi-
dent Cleyeland's denomination and approv-
ing Of the policy of tariff reform. The fol-
lowing arc the delegato os- at large to the
National convention: William Il. Morrison,
James L. Ewing, N. E. Worthington and
William G. Goudy.
On the Rock Island railroad Il freight
train went through IA bridgS on the I'D
near Randolph Point, Mo-, crashing into a
ravinc twenty y-five let deep and five men
were killed. -,
THE North Carolir Republicans met on
the I'D in Raleis.. nominated u full
State ticket with ii. Y. Dockery, of Rich
mond, for Governor.
AT Nappanee, Ind, Mrs. George Reed
took her three months old child in her
arms on the 23d, leaped into well and
both were drowned. She left note saying
she was tired Of life.
WILLIAM j. MCFARLAND while drunk on
the 23d at Cleveland, O., shot his wife and
little daughter and then shot himself. All
were fatally wounded.
JOHN F. and Charles G. Fuhrmann throth
scsN were found dead on the 23d in hotcl
rom in st. Louis 1t was believed that tho
hen committed suicide by poison, but ~
cause for the act was known.
DEMOCRATS of the Third district of North
Carolina on the 23d renominated Charles
w. McClammy for Congress-.
On the 23d cyclone swept over Brown
ton, Tex, and the Methodist, Baptist and
Presbyterian churches were demolished
and eight houses destroyed, and Amanda
Willis (coloredD instantly killed. The path
Of the storm was three hundred feet wide,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31
Fearful Fire In China.

San Francisco, May 25-News from
China says disastrous confiagration oc-
CURED on April at Ohno, in Yechi2en.
Out of 2,0o0 houses in the town l,Soo were
destroyed, and several people lost their
lives. Among them was the chief officer
of the post Office. Great apprehension is
felt by the medical authorities that
Manila will shortly be scourgcd by
cholera or some other terrible epidemic, rs
buffalo are dying by the thousands in the
provinces.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

A HANDSOME marble tablet has been
placed on the front of the house at No.
203 Main street, Charlcstown. Mass,
bearing the inscription: Here was
born Samuel Finley Brcesc Morse. q
April, 1901; Inventor Of the Electric
telegraph"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

1t is said that Washington's only
joke was during debate in the Cont
mental Congress on the establishment
of the Federal army. A member pro-
posed that it should never exceed
three thousand men, whereupon
Washington moved an amendment
that no enemy should invade the coun-
try with u force eAceedina two thou
sand men.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

, The New York Herald says that
Rev. Lyman Abbott, who succeeds
Henry Ward Bcechcr us pastor of
Plymouth Church, is one of the men
whom it is unsafe TO Judge by appear
ances. While he looks consumptiyc,
he never is sick and he works rapidly
and almost necessarily. His face is as
solemn as cage of owls, yet his chat
lis merry; he has the head of II poet, but
is intensely practical, and though tre-
mcndously orthodox in theory. he
would give the right hand of fellowship
to Mohammedan striving to live up
right.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

A BIG railway syndicate has been
formed by Canadian and American
money magnates for the purpose of
constructing railways and encouraging
colonization in Brazil. 1t has cap
ital of $l0o. 000, 900, and proposes to
build lines of railroad penetrating To
regions hitherto inaccessible to com.
merce, but rich in diamonds. precious
metals and agricultural resources
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

NEWSPAPER life in Poughkcepsic, N.
T., is by no means tedious, to Judge from
this paragraph: 1.-The night force of
the Eagle Office was rendered a gem
uine surprise the other evening. 1t
was in the nature of visit from the
young ladies connected with the res
taurant OF Smith Brothers. a big force
OF them. who took possession of the
Office. They brought with them large
baskets filled with good things. and
Tor an hour or more merry time pre-
vailed. The printers forsook their
cases and tho editors their desks and
all joined in entertaining the party"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

EDITOR CoED. of Lockport, N. Y,
tells this story of Roscoe Conkling's
remarkable memory: In the fall of
1866 Mr.. Conkiing went to Utica to
make speech upon the exciting issues
OF the hour, and the Herald wanted to
report it in full, but couldn't unless the
orator would give it copy in advance.
This he did on the afternoon of the
evening when he was to speak, and in
the evening he delivered the speech al
most word for word as furnished in
advance, although the effort was to all
appearance cxtempore. 1t made over
eleven columns of the Utica Herald.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

LEE MAckEY. while plowing recent.
ly OH c. s. Maxwell's farm, near
Buffalo. Pa, found pot containing
$3, 600 in gold coin buried under Nat
rock. Mackey resigned his job inn
mediately, and went to his home in
Green County to enjoy his good for
tune. The money is supposed to have
been buried by Robert Dryden. miser
who many years ago occupied cabin
near the place where the gold was
fOlnd
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

The best way to get an idea of the
speed at which train is moving is to
run along the track in front of it. II
the cow catcher catches your coat
tails it will be sure indication that
the train is moving ut a greater speed
than YOU arc,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

SENATOR RSoUTHwoRTII. of Litchfield,
ILL.,, who was injured in railway
wreck fourteen months ago. has been
awarded $1,000 damages in spite of
the fact set up in defense by the rail-
road company that the plaintiff was
travelling Oh free pass backed with
the usual waiver Of claim for damages
in case of accident
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

A CAREFUL estimate places the av-
erage forest defamation of the country
at 90, $50. 600 acres yearly. The arbor-
day movement did not start an hour
too soon to countcract the evil results
of such q wholesale destruction.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

Mrs. DENNIS, wife of Il South Caro-
lima farmer, had dispute with her
husband. and he attempted TO whip
her. She defended herself with piece
Of iron, and in SO doing struck him Il
blow OIL the temple from which he died
almost Immediately. The wife was ac-
quilted by a coroner's jury.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

The United States Government has
advertised for five thousand American
white marble hcadstoncs. Congress
on March 30 made an appropriation of
$2O.0 600 to pay for them. The head
stones will be used for the unmarked
graves of Union soldiers. sailors and
marines in various parts of the coun-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

A MONTANA man had valuable
marc stolen from his stable. He adj
yertises his loss and says: II will
give the mare and fifty dollars cash
for full and reliable particulars re-
gar.ling the funeral of the thief.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31
ACROSS THE GRAVE.
Kate Wilton's Loyal Love-A Me-
mortal Day Story.
Written for This Paper.l

+ You nad cnanceQ to
see Kate Wilton's
face, among a crowd
Of others. your gaze
might have fingered
a mo nj G n tt ng
enough, perhaps, for
you to ask why it
fingered and to fail
to find satisfactory
answe r. b G h i n 4
that quiet face was
the magnetism Of a
greatly 10y al and
loving nature. Men
looked and felt the
spell, and thought
themselves deceived
because, in the face,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

A NEW use has been found for
the nickel fivc-ccnt piecc-it can be
used as :, unit of measure in calculat-
ing by the metric system. 1t is ex-
actly two ccntimetcrs in diameter, and
weighs five grains.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

IT is said that the new Italian gun Is
tho most awful weapon of destruction
ever devised. If it is only half as fatal
as the "gun that wasn't loaded" the
Abyssinians will soon be one of the en-
tinct race
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31
FROM WASHINGTON,

CARDINAL GIBBoSs laid the cornerstone
of the new Catholic University of America
in Washington on the 24th with appropriate
ceremonies.
DURING the seven days ended on the 2Ith
there were 2l3 business failures in the
United States against 1S2 the previods seven
days.
COLONEL MARYLAND, who had charge of
the Government mail service i'm the South
during the war, and who was close friend
Of General Grant, died in Washington on
the 25th.
THE President on the 25th approved the
act authorizing conference Of American
nations and the act limiting the hours Of
lcfter-carriers
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

Utility Lady (hurrying in breath
less, five minutes after the call for tho
distribution of parts for the new spec
tacular production)-"What do l
gete" Stage Manager promptly
"You get fifty cents fine for bin late,
and you're the Empress of India in
the prologue and Queen of Night in
the last act; and you don't want to
show up in them dizzy old blue stain
shoes again, for you've got to sit on
gold throne ten feet high, and put
your foot on the neck of the King of
Persia in the last act. Now you come
here tomorrow ut ten, letter-pcrfcct
or you'll be back in the second row.
carryin' tin sword, first thing you
know?-PucE.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

THE United States Fish Commission
Is experimenting with shad culture as
far South as Atlanta. Three million
eggs will be hatched and distributed
In the streams of that State
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

CLAUS SPRECKELs. the California
sugar king. will hereafter reside with
his family in Philadelphia where he is
about to build a mammoth refinery to
tie carried on in opposition to the sugar
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

The new twenty y-doliar silver certifi-
Gates will have portrait of the late
Secretary Of the Treasury, Daniel
Manning. in the center of the note.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31
1
Gold ExpOrt from New York.

New YORK, May %. - The locll gold
shipped and withdrawn for export SO far
this month amounts to s., 600 900. The assay
Office has sS5, 5,0oo,0OO in gold bars on hand
and Sll 500, 600 in double eagles deposited to
its credit in the sub treasury.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

THE deadly car stove is now off on
It's annual vacation. Every body is
glad, and hopes that it will never come
back.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31
FOREIGN lNTELLYcENcE.


in Brazil had, on the I'D, given freedom to
thousands Of slaves. One of the first acts
of the frecmen was to have the marriages,
which were contracted in slavery, legal
lied, thus making their children cgitimatc.
IT was announced on the I'D that the
agricultural laborers on the hacicndos in
Mexico were almost in a state of scrfdom.
They were employed for four dollars Il
month, and actually did the labors OF
beasts of burden.
A DECREE was issued by the German
Government on the 23d imposing strict reg.
ulations upon travellers entering AlsSce
Lorraine from France. Every person mus,
have a passport revised by the German
Ambassador mt Paris.
AT Point dc Gale, Ccylon, the monsoon
was blowing on the ed
SEVEN Ii hghway robbers were shot dead
recently by the police and soldiers OF
Durango. Mex.
A BILL was passed in the French Senate
on the 23d cxcmpting school masters and
theological students from serving three
years, and letting them of with one year
of military service.
CoREA adviccs of the a3d say that eight.
cen hundred out of two thousand houses al
Olino, in Yechizen, had been burned, and
that several people lost their lives.
On the 24th the Queen Victoria Niagara
Falls Park, on the Canadian side, was
thrown open. 1t contains lis acres.
LONDON advices Of the oath say that one
hundred and three persons belonging Il
the fishing feet lost their lives in the re-
cent gale off Ireland
On the 24th Lord and Lady Lansdownv
sailed from Quebec for England.
AT Herlot's fire works and cartridge fac
tory in the suburbs of Paris an explosion
on the 24th destroyed seven buildings anC
killed eleven workmen.
PRINCE HENRI, second son of Emperor
Frederick, and Princess Irene, third daugh.
ter of Grand Duke Ludwig, of Hesse, were
married on the 24th at Berlin.
SEVERAL wealthy merchants Of Moscow
were convicted on the 25th of adulteratins
tea, and one of them was deprived Of hi.
civil rights and banished to Siberia for life
THE town of Harlan, in Roumania, wal
destroyed by fire on the 25th, and foul
hundred families were homeless.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

LAsy year japanese students inn
ysrtcd $1,000 English and l19, 900
American books.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

LoNpoS, May 25-It is estimated that 10s
pefsons belonging to tho fishing ilect los,
their lives in the recea. gale Oft Ireland
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31
Explosion In a Fire Works Factory.

PARIS, May a5.-A terrible explosion
took place yesterday in Merlot's cartridge
and fire work factory, between Pantin and
Bre st. Gervais, by which seven buildings
were destroyed. Eleven dead bodies have
been taken from the ruins and twenty y-one
persons-all more or less injured-have
been rescued. The search for victims is
proceeding
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-31

and crops, buildings, trees, fences and
every thing in the danger belt were swept
away.
The gold and silver output OF Montana
last year was on the 24th estimated ut over
ss3. .OO0,OOO
WISCONSIN Prohibitionists convened at
Madison on the oath and made the follow
ing nominations: For Governor, +. q.
Durant; Lieutenant Governor, ]. H. Dahl;
Secretary Of State, Nelson La Due Collins;
Treasurer, ID. Cline Prescott; Attorney
General, General Charles E. Pike; Super
intendcnt of Public Instruction, J. H.
Gould; Railroad Commissioner, E. w.
Drake; Insurance Commissioner, s. nj.
Bixby. The platform denounces the liquor
traffic; insists upon State and National
prohibition laws, and opposes all forms Of
license. T. G. Richmond, s. ID. Hastings,
+. c. Durant and Mrs. Amy Kellogg Morse
were elected delegates tlargc to Indianap-
oils.
THF Colorado Democrats met at Denver
on The 24th and named the following dele
gates to st. Louis; T. NJ Patterson, Z. A.
Ballard, 7. B. Ryan, James Carlisle, DIR. w.
I. Cockrel and c. Borcld.
A SEVERE wind storm on the cath dam
aged business and resident property at
Corsicana, Tex, to the extent Of So. 900,
and in the surrounding country the dam
age was very large and over dozen build
ings were unroofcd.
THE Democrats Of Maryland made the
following Congressional nominations on
the 24th: First district. c. II. Gibson ire
nominatedD; Third, H. w. Rusk: Fourth,
1sadore Raynor (rcnominated); Fifth,
Barnes Comton (renominatcdD; Sixth, II.
X. Douglas.
At the National meeting of Dunkards at
Wabash, Ind, on the 24th it was decided
that members must quit using tobacco be-
fore they take baptism.
JUICE NASH decided on the 34th that the
act Of tho Legislature of Washington Ter
ritory extending the suffrage to women was
unconstitutional.
On the 25th Reuben Drake, a we'll to-do
farmer, sixty years of age, and his wife and
two grandchildren were murdered i'm their
home in the town of kickapoo, Wis II
was supposed the murdcrer's object was
robbery.
DEMOCRATS of the Eighth North Carolina
district on the 18th renominatcd w. H. H.
Ccwlcs for Congress.
OHIO Prohibitionists in convention on the
25th at Toledo nominated the following
| ticket: Secretary Of State, Walter +.
Payne; Board of Public Works, J. w. Pen
| field; Supreme Judge, John 4. Moore.
THE Prohibitionsts of the Seventh Wis
| eonsin district on the 25th nominated j. II.
Moseley, of Tomah. for Congress.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-11-22
!, MISSISSIPPI, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER %, 1s&.

But I'll see If l cannot remove it
from thence,
lis not nonsense, tbs plain common
sense.
| mean what say, and this You will
find,
| don't often change when | have
made up my mind.
At THE William seemed quite per-
picked, F''i f-
But she said, If you talk all your life
| won't finch,
And he talked, but be never could
move her an inch
At length he cried out with look
and groan,
Oh! Alice, your heart is' as hard as
stone.
Although her heart beat in his favor
quite loud
She still firmly kept to the vow she
had vowed.
And then without even q look or a
sigh,
She said am going, SO William
good bye,
Nay stay, he then cried, I'll choose
one Of the two,
III give up the liquor in favor of you
Now William had often great cause
to rejoice,
For the hour he made lovely Alice
his choice,
And he blessed through the whole
ofa long useful life
The fate that had given him his dear
little wife,
And she by her frmness, won for
us that night
One, who in our cause is an orna.
ment bright.
Oh that every fair girl in our alb
stinence band
Would be careful in giving her hear,
and hand
And say when you are wooed, I'm
a foe to the wine'
And the lips that touch liquor shal
never touch mine.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1888-11-22

ments IN the South will all 20 to re-
publicans. Ho will not appoint
democrat to any Office. He Is too
much OF a partisan for that. But he
will appoint no carpet-baggcrs; none
OF the rapscsllions that have been
placed over the Southern States be.
fore. Some Of tho border states are
now very clogs. He will try to draw
them into bis party ranks. / think
he will be with his party on the edu-
cational question, on the pension
question, on the tariff ard ali those
issues. The picture that Mr.. Dalton
has drawn is brighter one than
most democrats can see just at pres.
ent, but We shall see later.
Already, before it IS officially set.
tied that the republicans will control
he House of Representatives, they
are HSHtlng among themselves about
the House Offices.
The country at large is to be I'm.
plimented on the campaign just pass.
ed; it was entirely free from uhe dis.
gusting personalities of 1884, and
the result has consequently left no
bad blood. The democrats we've
beaten. but their leaders have no
apologies to make; on the contrary,
they insist that tariff reform shaf;
continue as the motto of the party,
and they express confidence thai
Tong before 1892 o msjority of the
voters of the country will endors,
the position taken by the democrati.
party in 1883.
There is rumor around bere to
the effect that Harrison will call ar
extra session of the fifty first Cou.
gress early in March, for ostsnsibls
purpose of passing tariff bill, bu
IN reality to admit all of the repub.
lican territories, in order to get tn,
benefit Of the additional Senator
and Representatives.