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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
Marked for Life.

CHICAGO, June AS q. Il. Murray, .
travelling salesman for an Eastern house,
was writing note in the rotunda of the
Adams Express building on Dearborn
street. yesterday, q. T. Bell, a city drum
mer for a lithograph firm, coolly entered
and walking close behind Murray drew q
razor from his pocket, and with one blow
severed Bells left ear from his head,
placed his trophy in his pocket and left the
building. Bell made no outcry or attempt
to arrest the progress Of his assailant, but
proceeded at once to secure the services Of
q physician. The affair is shrouded in
mystery, even the usually keen scented
Chicago reporters being unable to unravel
it. From all that can be learned, how
ever, it is thought that Bell, in the role Of
an injured husband, took this novel method
of revenge
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
AL DOUBT DisslPATEo.

IGr. Blaine Sets 1t Rest all Speculst1os
Concerning His Candidacy In Another
Letter, In Which He Absolutely Rsfuses
to Enter the Race.
New YORK, May 3O-The Tribune Of to-
day publishes the following letter from Mr..
Blaine:
PARIS, May II. Iass- WAn4law Reid. Egg.
Editor New York Tribune-My Dear Sir: Since
my return to Paris. from Southern italy on the
8th inst. have learned what did not before
bclieve) that my name may yet be presented
to the National convention rs candidate for
the Presidency by the Republican party. A
single phrase Of my letter OF January 25 from
Florence (Which was decisive OF every thing
had the personal power to decide) has been
treated by many Of my most valued friends
rs not absolutely conclusive In ultimate and
friends equally devoted and disinterested
have construed my letter (as II should
be construed) TO bo an unconditional
Withholding OF my name from the Nation
al convention. They have in conse.
Qucnce given their support to eminent gentle.
men who are candidates for the Chicago nomi-
nation. some OF whom would not. l am sure,
have consented to assume that position II had
desired to represent the party In the Prcsiden.
tial contest OF 1883.
III / should now, by speech or Dy silence, b.
commission or omission, permit my namcs in
any event, to come before the convention
should incur the rcproach Of being uneandid
with those who have always been candid
with me. I speak. therefore. because / am
not willing to remain In doubtful atti.
tudc. I am not willing to be the cause Of
misleading single man among the millions
who have given me their su6rages and their
confidence. / am. not willing that even one
OF my faithful supporters in the past should
think me capable OF paltering In
double sense with my words As
suming that the residential nom.
ination could, by any possible chance. be
offered to me. Icould not accept II without leav-
ing in the minds OF thousands of these men the
impression that / had not been free from indi.
rection. and, therefore, could not accept IL at
all. The Misrepresentation OF maAce have no
weight, but the just displeasure OF friends
could not patiently endure.
Republican victory. the prospects OF which
grow brighter eveTy day, can be imperilcd only
BY lack OF unity in council or By acrimonious
contest over men. The issue OF protection 10 in
calculably stronger and greater than any man,
for 1t concerns the prosperity Of the present and
OF generations yet to come. Were II possible
for every voter Of the Republic to see for him.
self the condition and the recompense OF labor
in Europe, the party Of free trade In the United
wage-worker between the two oceans. 1t may
not be directly IN our power az sphilanthropsts tc
elevate the European laborer, but II will be q
lasting stigma upon our statcsmanship IL VIC
permit the American laborer to be forced down
TO the European level And, In the end, the re
wards Of labor everywhere will be advanced Il
We steadily refuse to lower the standard a'
home. Yours, very sincerely.
JAMES G. BLAINE"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
FROM WASHINGTON,

DURING the seven days ended on the st,
there were 1856 business failures in the
United States, against 2l3 the previous
seven days. The total failures in the
United States from January to date is
4,55l, against ASIA in 1857.
THERE were no new unfavorable symp-
toms in General Shcridan's case at eleven
o'clock on the evening of the 1st, and yet
there was no encouraging Improvement
visible. During the day he received his
commission az General of the Army
THE public-debt statement issued on the
list is as follows: Total debt, 81, ,sO6, AGO,
4l3; cash in treasury, So, ,2l7; debt less
cash in treasury, <l.1sO,Ol4,l l50 Decrease
during May, sl,6lS,69o. Decrease since
June 80, 1887, 500 Ala, 517.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
A Serious Fire.

South PITTsBURG, Tenn, May 2S.-The
immense buildings of the Perry stove works
were burned here Saturday night. The
buildings, including foundry and ware
houses, occup ed three acres of ground.
The large dry goods house Of Payne q Co.
was also burned and the Are is still burn
ing. It Ia feared the town will be burned.
Losses were roughly estimated at midnight
Mt 500 600
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

MERCHANTS employing collection
agencies to realize on slow debts will
do well to be careful rs to the methods
used. A dry-gcods dealer Of Mexico,
Mo-, has been fined five hundred dol
lars and costs because a collection
agency sent one of his customers bill
inclosed in an envelope on which the
words bad Debts" were printed in
largo fynn.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
Services Mt Hancock's Tomb.

NoRRIsrowN, Pa, May s.-Memorial
services were held over the tomb Of Gen
eral Hancock in Montgomery Cemetery
yesterday. Maxwell Stevenson, the ora
tor Of the day. denounced the interference
of Grand Armv posts with politics, and re-
buked political leaders who would cast
venom at the departed defenders Of tho
Union. The speaker was frequently aps
plauded while making such references.
About 5000 persons were in attendance in
the cemetery.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

The new plan Of regulating saloons
in Massachusetts, limits the number to
a certain basis of population. In Bos-
ton recent ordinance limits the
license to one for every five hundred
inhabitants in the business portion OF
the city and one for every one thou
sand elsewhere. There are now LOO
saloons in Boston, and under the new
law the number will be reduced to
seven hundred and eighty.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

An Arizona hotel keeper saw his
guests at breakfast refusing to eat the
principal dish set before them. He
stood at the head of the table. and lay
ing long pistol down with flourish,
said: ANY man who does not like
hash is liar!'' His sauce created an
appetite Immediately, and all ate
heart,ly.-M o. Picayuac.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
FoaElcE INTELLIGENCE.

AT UhtngtOn, Ont, Frederick N. Tove,
township clerk, his wife and three chill
dren were burned to death in their house
on the Goth.
LEpRosY was on the Goth said to be
spreading at dreadful rate in Russia
Thir y cases had been officially reported in
Darvat alone.
saved the crops and insured a good yield.
TnE Finland Government decided on tho
Goth to adopt capital punishment for the
crime of murder.
On the 3Oth ult. DIR. Windthorst, the
leader of the clerical party in the German
Reichstag, celebrated his golden wedding
in Berlin.
The Turkish Government recently re
fused to allow certain Armenans to emf
CRATE to America, claiming that their do
ing SO under u contract would be viola
tion of the laws of the United States.
A BILL was passed in the French Senate
on tho aoth ult. imposing a surtax of five
hundred francs on alcohols imported from
abroad.
SIX women were burned to death in y
fire on the 3Oth ult. in the establishment Of
Edward Il Robert Garrould, linen and silk
MERGERS in London, and many others were
injured.
On the 3lst ult. Honore Cote, account
ant Of the rich DeLislc estate at Montreal,
disappeared, taking with him over $4,000
of the funds of the heirs.
LORD STANLEY, the newly appointed Gov
ernor- General of Canada. with his wife,
sailed from Liverpool for Montreal on tn
3lst ult.
THE statue of Christopher Columbus in
Barcelona was unvailcd on the 1st by the
Green Regent of Spain. The ceremony
was made the occasion of great rejoicing.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

Docs are often killed for hydrophobia
when they have been only enraged by
toothachc. Old dogs often suffer much
from loosened teeth, and may bite
when approached or touched. II their
diseased teeth were extracted it is
thought they would enjoy life many
years and be less dangerous
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

A FIRE on the 3lst ult. destroyed the st.
Paul Mimi knitting works, causing q loss
OF sl17.OO
MAY MozLEr and her sister Nellie, aged
twenty one and nineteen years. were
drowned on the 3lst ult. in the Missouri
river at Kansas City by the capsizing OF q
boat.
OK the raft boat Inverness an explosion
on the 3lst ult. near Quincy, ILL.,, caused
the death Of five men.
On the 3lst ult. David A. Colbert,
young man, accidentally shot and killed
his bride Of two weeks at their home in
Chicago. They were playing with pistol.
A wISD-sToRM passed over several coun-
ties in Virginia on the 31st ult. demolish-
ing barns and fences and uprooting trees.
The Prohibitionists in National convcn-
tion at indianapolis on the 3lst ult nomi-
mated General Clinton b. Fisk, Of New
Jersey, for President, and DIR. Joseph A.
Brooks, of Missouri, for Vice-President,
both by acclamation. The platform calls
for the absolute suppression of the liquor
traffic in every form as State and Nation
al policy, and advocates woman suffrage.
A BOILER exploded on the steamer Fulton
on tho 3lst ult at Pass Loutre, La, and
Edward Perkins, the pilot, and Captain
Biddle were killed
FRANK b. FLEMING was nominated for
Governor by the Democratic State conven-
tion Of Florida, held at st. Augustine on
the 3lst ult The following were named
as delegates to st. Louis: T. W. Shackle.
ford, w. A. Whitledgc, John F. Dunn,
Thomas A. Jennings, +. j. Vann, JEFF B.
Brown, s. X. Mallory and Andrew John
son.
HENRY WEAVER, who killed Miles West,
was hanged on the 3lst ult. in Early Coun
ty, Ga.
HARVEY NEwcoMB, better known as
Bobby" Newcomb, and for twenty two
years leading variety and minstrel per-
former, died on the lst at Tacoma, ". T.,
aged forty-two years.
On the 1st Mrs. America Rawson, of Chi
cago, the wife Of the banker s. W. Raw
son. and complainant in the notorious d-
vorce suit, entered Judge Jamieson's court
room and fired five shots at H. G. Whitney,
her husbands attorney. Two of the bull
let's hit the lawyer, but he was not serious
ly injured.
The death Of James B. Hayes, Chief Jus
Cured at Boise City on the 1st, at the age
Of forty-eight years
FRosTs were reported on the 1st from
East Towas and Tustin, Mich, as having
damaged vines, clover and fruit, and Sc
we're hail-storm from Springfield. Mo, that
injured all crops and ruined some wheat
and corn fields.
In the lumber-yards at Gull river, near
Brainerd, Mimi, q fire on the lst consumed
over fourteen million feet of lumber.
A FUNSEL-sHAPED cloud passed southeast
of Springfield, Mo-, on the lst, doing great
damage to crops and buildings.
On the lst Andrew Grandstaff, a young
desperado, was arrested for the recent
murder of Reuben Drake and his wife and
two grandchildren near Viroqua, Wis,
and confessed the crime, and soon after.
ward was taken from Jail by mob and
hanged to tree.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

WARREN B. JOHNSON. Of Webster.
Mass, thinks he can make an interest
ing book by writing of his journey
across the continent On June l, 1882,
being then sixty-two years old, he
started for Webster from Eureka City,
CAL, with a horse. a wagon load of
provisions and cow. In his journey Of
three thousand miles he took his time,
stopping wherever the grandeur of the
Rockies or the beauties of the scenery
attracted. Two years later he reached
his New England home, having seen
more Of this country than most men
who have gone over the same ground.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

Some years ago man called on
prominent Chicago lawyer, rendered
him a retainer, and then made start
ling confession of crime. The lawyer
let him tell his story and then handed
him back the fee. you don't want a
lawyer remarked the attorney, "you
want steam engine.' The man took
the hint and loft town on tho lrst
train. - Chica9o Times.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

JULES MAROON. the well-known
geologist and geograpllcr, has pub
lished statement to the effect that
America owes its name to an Indian
word which means "the land of the
winds" and not at all to Vespucci.
whose Christian name was not AM
erigo at all but Alberico. The story,
he says, about Amcrigo was flake /"
on the part of Canon Basin.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
THE EAST.

ON the Goth William Emery was nomi-
mated for Congress by the Democrats of the
First district of Maine.
THR conservation of the six Methodist
Bishops-elect, Drs. Vincent, Fitzgerald,
Goodsell, Joyce, Newman and Missionary
Bishop Thoburn, took place in New York
on the 21th.
A LETTER written by James G. Blaine to
Whltelaw Reid, of New York, under date
of Paris, May II. in which Mr.. Blaine posi-
lively declines the nomination for Presi-
dent, was made public on the 29th. He
says he could not accept it without being
deemed guilty of duplicity and paltcring
with his words in the past.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS read an address
on 1.-The Reason and the Result Of Civil
Service Reform at the annual meeting in
New York on the 18th Of the National
Civil-Service Reform League.
The Curtin Opera House, the First Ma
tional Bank and several business buildings
were burned on tho 9th at Bellefonte, Pa
Loss, $30O,O0l
ON the 39th Pennsylvania Republicans
renominated John Dalzcll for Congress in
the Twenty second district and Thomas NJ.
Bayne in the Twenty third.
MRS. HEPsIBAH EVERETT and Mrs. Sally
Cole, Of West Dedham, Mass, twin
daughters of the late Isaac and Elizabeth
Colborn, celebrated their ninety first birth
day on the 29th.
A Row-BOAT was capsized in the river at
Fall River, Mass, on the Both ult and three
men were drowned.
In all parts of the country Decoration
Day was generally observed on the 3Oth
ult. In New York City President Clcye-
land reviewed the parade.
IN New York on the 30th ult. George
William Curtis was reelected president
of the Civil-Service League. Resolutions
were adopted censuring President Cleve-
land for disregarding civil service rules.
THE General Synod of the Reformed
Presbyterian church adopted resolution
at Pittsburgh on the 3lst ult that the con-
stitution Of the United States is virtual
agreement or compact to administer the
Christian religion,
Mrs. ANNA McCLAFFERrY was accident
ally shot and killed on the 3lst ult. by her
son Hugh at Yorktown, Pa. The boy was
fooling" with pistol.
THE Methodist general conference at
New York adjourned sine die on the 3lst
ult.
REV. s.. p. HALLIDAY, for twenty-five
years pastoral helper in Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn, resigned on the 3lst ult
THE recent tornado which swept over
the Pennsylvania oil regions caused loss
| of $1,000, 600. Hundreds Of houses were
unroofed or blown down. The tornado
Travelled at the rate of seventy five miles
| an hour, and was accompanied by water
| spouts and terrific whirlwinds.
The charter making Ithaca the twenty.
ninth city in the State Of New York went
| into operation on the lst.
A COLLISION of trains on the 1st near
Wavcrly, N. ", killed two men and fatally
| injured three others
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
AN inventor has completed

An inventor has completed expert.
ments which. he says, show the prac-
ticability of making stone type. They
are. of course, Of large size. to substi-
tute for wood letters. The material is
an artificial stone. pressed into molds,
and then hardened. afterward being
polished on the surface. There will be
no warping and no expansion or con-
traction. and each font will be exactly
the same as that preceding.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
An English school boy was sudden

AN English school-boy was sudden
y and sternly asked by an examiner;
"Who signed Magma Charta?" and
though he knew very well that he per-
sonally was guiltless, he couldn't help
trembling at being suspected Of any
thing which could be spoken of in
such tone. and Mt once renounced
the act with alarm and indignation:
"Pleasc, sir, l didn't" adding. to
make sure of safety, land if l did I'll
never do it again." "Why, you stupid
fellow said tho master. nobody
said there was any harm in it. On the
contrary, it was very proper thing
to do" please. sir' called out am
other boy, "it was ME, sir. l done it
myself, SIR"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
Ingerson to Nominate Gresham.

NEW YORK, June 2.-Unquestionabl
the great oratorical event of the Repub.
ican National convention will be the
speech Of Colonel Robert q. Ingersoll, as
It was in the Republican convention OF
1876, when, for the first time he christened
Blaine, the Plumed Knight. Colonel In.
gersoll has been invited by the delegates
Of Illinois, his native State, to present
Judge Gresham's name to the convention,
and has agreed to do SO. This will be the
Colonel's first participation in politics for
several years, and II Gresham should be
nominated he may DO expected 10 take the
stump.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

SECRETARY STONE, Of the Chicago
Board Of Trade. has made public his
report for 1887. 1t is commercial
record Of the past year, and its conclu-
sions arc based on facts and figures
While the corn crop was below that Of
its immediate predecessor, its valua-
ton exceeded the former by some $685.
100000. The wheat record is not SO
good, as it was $3,613, 600 short of the
previous year. The oat crop was an
increase, both as regards volume and
value, over 1886. The livestock val
uation was $l76. 644,597, against $166.
741,75 for the previous year.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

EX-GOVERNOR BERRY. of New Hamp-
shire, now residing at Bristol and in
his ninety-second year, organized in
1926 the first Temperance society in
that State. It was formed at Hebron,
where he was . manufacturer Of
leather, and was known as the "Tan-
ners' Temperance Society.n
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
uses plain stationer

-Coningsby uses plain stationery
now. He had the motto Securus
Judicat. stamped rs heading, and by
mistake enclosed blank sheet to his
butcher He got a reply to the effect
that Judy cats were very scarce. but if
a striped Tom cat with yellow eyes
would answer, the market was over
stocked. lid Bits.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

Or the 16,5OO persons who have vis-
tied Shakespeare's birthplace during
the year. 5000 were Americans. 80 ma
tionalities being represented IN all.
The amount derived from visitors fees
Is about E8OO a year.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

Miss MARY MCCUTcHEON, of Soc
orro. N. NJ. has parrot that sings
to the accompaniment of piano A
party of friends were gathered in the
residence of this young lady, when, for
their amusement the parrot was
brought into prominence. The bird, as
soon rs 1t was brought into the room,
commenced to whistle popular tune.
1t whistled the tune over aud over
again. until one of the party suggested
that the tune be changed, whereupon
the parrot stopped quickly, and, cast
ing look Of contempt at the young
man, cried: "Chestnuts."
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
"A few wears ago a citizen of East

"A few years ago citizen of East
ern Maine lost his wife. Owing to n
storm on the day of the funeral the
choir could not go. Several days
afterward the bereaved expressed his
disappointment at their not coming,
because he thought that "singing was
all the beauty of funeral. ."-Lcwis-
torn ,yOurua,,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07
LATER.

esS &"U
JOSE. II LEWIS alias Hungry Joe," who
swindled Oscar Wilde out of 500 during
his visit to this country some years ago,
was released from the penitentiary at Sing
Sing, N. Y, Oh the I'd.
ROBERT 4. LINCOLN sailed from New York
for Europe on the 2d.
AT Paw Paw, ILL.,, on the I'd, John Powell
son committed suicide by hanging himself
| to his bedstead. His son took his life in the
same manner four months ago.
GEN. SHERIDAN, after passing comfort
abe day had another bad spell ON the
evening of the Sd. The bulletin issued at
4o,clock on the morning of the 4th annouced
that he had had two attacks of coughing.
DIR. Pepper had been summoned from
Philadelphia.
IN the race for the base ball championship
Chicagoled the National League, Des Moines
the Western Association and Brooklyn the
American Association ot the close of the
games played OH the I'd. Judge Lochren
made an order for a perpetual injunction
against Sunday professional base ball play
ing in Minneapolis.
PROF. ANDERSON, principal of the Spencer
(nd high school, and the Misses Lille and
Clara Horinaday We're drowned in White
river, near that place, on the I'd, by the cap
sizing of their boat.
THE Call newspaper at Winnipeg was
burned out on the Sd. Loss, $4,000.
ALBERT NJ. kENNETT, on trial at La Crosse,
Wis, for the murder of Anna Dannel was
found guilty by jury on the I'd.
P-TER WALL, aged twelve, was killed At
Minneapolis on the I'd in attempting to jump
from freight train.
TrE German Lutheran Synod i'm session
| at Madison, Wis, on the I'd adopted resolu-
| tions strongly dcnouncing secret societies.
FURIOUS storm swept over Washington
County, Ark, on the I'd causing much loss
OF life and property.
Mrs. CATHERINE SMITH, the first white
woman in Winona, Mimi, died on the Sd.
A DISPATCH from Port Huron, Mich, on
the I'd says the steam barge Ogemaw was
fined $500 at Sarnia for evading the Cana.
dian customs law.
CLARENCE BEAT lE was run over and
killed by rain at Battle Greek, Mich, or
| the I'd.
| "A woRK-TRAiS jumped the track al
Anoka, Mimi, Oh the I'd. instantly killing
John Gl iftin and wounding six other men
| THE House on the I'd passed the agricult
ural appropriation bill. .
/ AtAyE-IN occurred at the st. Lawrence
copper mines at Bate, Won't, on the Sd ant
| four miners were cntombed An attemp
was being made to rescue them.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

Miss NULA Twice. seventeen years
old, who has been employed as servant
in private family at Portland, Ore,
has fallen heir to 500. 600 in England.
BY means Of advertising she was dis
covered
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-07

MAYOR HEWITT seems to have an
unhappy time with the coordinate
branches of the New York City gov
ernment He has had serious falling
out with the board of electric control,
of which he is member, on the ques.
ton of compelling the placing of wires
under ground, and the board. in his
presence. passed resolutions rejecting
upon the mayor. He withdrew from
the meeting, declaring he would never
sit with the board again.