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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,


On the coust of Great Britain severe
gales prevailed on the 9th. Many wrecks
of vessels were reported, but no lives were
known to be lost
AT Montreux, on the lake of Geneva, In
Switzerland, a reservoir used to work an
electric railway burst on the 9th, destroy
ing numerous hou ses and drowning many
persons.
Mn. GLADSTONE said to q deputation
from Walsall which waited unon him at
Birmingham, Eng, on the 9th that he con-
s.dered it his duty to remain in public life
until the Irish question was definitely set
tied.
PARLIAMENT rcassemblcd on the 9th. In
the House of Lords Lord Salisbury stated
that England had assented to cooperate
with Germany to prevent the export Of
slaves ana the import of arms on the coast
OF East Africa. France would also coop
crate. The combined fleet would form
blockade and have the right to search ycs-
sells sailing under any flag.
In collision at Calcutta, India. a ferry
steamer was sunk OH the 1th and sixty
persons were drowned.
A RAILWAY accident occurred on the 7th
on the Southern Russian line near kovel,
Russia, and many persons were killed.
ADyIcEs of the 9TH from Melbourne an
nounccd that fire destroyed a whole
block of buildings at Brokcnhill causing
loss Of 500 0o0
Ok the 9Th Michael Dinwoodie, who dis
appeared from Toronto, Ont, thirty years
ago under circumstances which led to tho
belief that he had been murdered, turned
up aud was looking for his relatives. He
had been among the mines Of Central
America and had made large fortune.
NASsES, who. with four Norwegian ath-
letcs, started from Copenhagen in May to
explore the interior Of Greenland, succeed
Ell in safely crossing the inland ice and
arrived at Godthaab on the 9th.
NJ. LABoRDERE's proposal to submit the
new constitution of France to a popular
vote was adopted by the Paris Commune
on the 9th.
By the collapse OF house in London,
Eng, SIX persons were killed and twenty
injured on the 9th.
CAIRO advices of the 9th say that seven
tv thousand followers of tho Mahdi at
tackled the town Of Sedai, west OF Oar
foor The garrison repulsed the assail-
ants and killed three thousand, but the
| Mahdists reastaclsed and captured the
| town. ekae
! AT Quebec. Can, six inches Of snow fell
on the 9th.
On the 9th another woman was myste-
riously murdered in London and her body
was irightfully mutilated.
| AT Salgotarja Austria, the coal mines
were flooded on the 9th, and twenty min.
ers were drowned.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

AT St. Louis few days ago vcter-
mary surgeon, and formerly a dentist,
filled three dried teeth of valuable
horse, the third case OF equine teeth
filling on record. The animal had
suffered terribly from toothache and
was unable at times to eat or drink.
The operation lasted about an hour, and
the horse bore the pain without winc-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

JUDGE RAMSEY, of the Missouri
Court of Appeals, recently decided ut
Kansas City that a person riding on a
railway was entitled to damages for
injuries sustained, Notwithstanding
one of the conditions of the pass was
that the person using it assumed all
risk of accidents.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

THE thimble was originally called a
thumb bell by tho English, because
worn On the thumb, then thumble,
and finally its present name. Thin
bles were formerly made only of iron
and brass, but in comparatively late
years they have been made of gold, sill
vcr. steel, horn. ivory. glass and pearl.
In China beautiful carved pearl Thin
bles are seen with the end of gold.
The first thimble introduced into Siam
was O bridal gift from the King to the
Queen; it is shaped like lotus bud,
made of gold, studded with diamonds
and arranged to spell the Queens name
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15
THE FAST,

On the 9Th q magazine of nitro ylycerine
exploded at Shannopin. Pa, shaking the
earth for miles around and wrecking many
buildings. No one was killed.
On the 5th the post-ofti,c g at Higganton,
Conn, was robbed for the sixth time
within a few years. The thieves secured
about Sla0 worth of booty.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania de-
cided on the 9Th that the mechanics lien
law was unconstitutional.
SAMUEL RAY was sentenced at New York
on the 9Th to two years and four months
imprisonment for illegal registration.
Ok the 9th the fishing schooner Gold
smith Maid, with thirty thousand roundstof
fresh fish, was run into and sunk in Boston
harbor, and Peter Landry and Howard
Monroe were drowned.
A FIRE OF Haverhill, Mass, which started
i'll the city hall building on the 9th,
destroyed several business houses, caus-
ing loss Of over 100000.
The announcement made in Pittsburgh,
Pa, to the effect that DIR. David Hostel
ter, the well-known millionaire aud Bit
tiers manufacturer had died in New York
was not correct 1t was learned on the
9th that he was alive but sinking rapidly,
his death being expected at any moment.
AT the annual convention in Boston on
the Sth of tho Noman's Home Missionary
Society Mrs. II. Il. Hayes, Of Ohio, was re-
elected president.
On the Sth one of the biggest gas wells
in Northwestern Pennsylvania was struck
about fourteen miles from Warren.
DANIEL PHILLIPS, Of Louisville, N. Y,
who voted for Madison in 1903. cast his
twentieth Presidential ballot at the recent
election for General Harrison. MIR. Phil
lips is one hundred years old. and has
voted at every Presidential election since
1903.
DURING the past ten months of the cur
rent calendar year the total amount Of fire
losses in the United States and Canada
was sl0i, $685. 500, against s102, 953 3a5 during
the same months last year. and s95. 800 ,O0G
during the same months the year before.
The Total loss in October was s5,9i5, 800
against 50, 769, ,S25 in October, 1851, and sla,
OO1, ,O01 in October, 1856
On the 9th an unknown man jumped into
the river at Niagara Falls and was carried
over the falls.
A FIRE in the steam gauge and lantern
works ut Rochester, N. Y, ON the 9TH re
suited in the death of six persons -four
others being fatally wounded. The smoke
was so dense that the men could not reach
the tire-escapes, and were compelled t6
jump from the third story.
SOME two hundred workmen at the
Brooklyn IN. " navy yard were dis
charged on the 9th because of lack Of work
The carpet mills of Sanford a. Son, a
Amsterdam, N. Y, which had been shu
down for some time, resumed operation
on tho 9th, giving employment to tw,
thousand persons
On the 9th Steve Brodie jumped from tht
Poughk eepsie IN. " bridge into til.
Hudson river, two hundred and twclv.
feet, and received injuries from which h,
may die. The leap was made for wagc
of SSn1
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

HORACE SMITH, of Philadelphia, is
said to have the largest collection of
newspaper clippings in the world. He
began saving them fifty years ago, and
has items on every conceivable SUBJ
lect. alphabetically arranged and prop
,crly indeyel
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

WHEN DIR. Fulton married Miss
White down in Maryland the other
day the ring used was made of IL gold
button that was on the wedding-gown
of the bridegroom's mother, and a
marvelously-tattered shoe was sent by
an old darky along with the informa-
tionthat it was one of the last pair
that ''marster, the brides father,
bought for him in slavery times, and
so he wanted it flung after young mis-
trcss to insure her good luck.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

Miss FLEEsos, a Pittsburgh lady,
who is now Il missionary in Siam. re-
Gently had tho honor of an invitation
to dine with the King and Queen of
that country in their new summer pal
ace. The dinner was served in t..ue
Siamese fashion, but Miss Flecson says
she was spared tho pleasure of eating
some OF the delicacies, among them
angle-worm croquettes and chopped
chewing tobacco.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

A BISHOP said to Il child of nine
years: MY little friend, tell me where
God dwells and | will give you an Or
ange." "Slr. answered tho child, ''if
you will tell me where God does not
dwell ! will give you two oranges
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

CHICAGO, Nov. a committee from the
so-called "Anarchlst Amnesty AsSeria
tion - called upon Mayor Roche yesterday
to ask permission of the city authorities
for the society to parade on Sunday mkt
the anniversary of the hanging Of Anarch
lists Spies, Parsons, Ensel and Fischer.
The mayor emphat' cally refused u com'
ply with the request, and the parade il
"ofI"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

SUCCI, the Italian faster, has Just
completed a thirty-day starving trial
at Barcelona. Spain. during which he
walked, talked and fenced with the
vigor of a full-fed man. Mr.. Succi's
only nourishment was an elixir which
he claims renders food unnecessary.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

JAMES NJ. EDDY, Of Providence, II. l.,
recently dug up fifteen hundred silver
coins in his back yard, at Horseneck.
They were planted there by an ancestor
OF his who sailed with Captain Kidd.
buried his treasure on his farm and
left 4 chart locating it. Mr.. Eddy
would keep en- digging
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

REV. c. A. JOHNSON announces that
rs result OF much study, ''in just
thirty-two years from now the cleo
tricity stored in the earth will come in
contact with the heated matter inside
and blow the whole world up.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

A MAN who was severely injured in
row in New York the other day had
his wounds photographed SO that their
extent could be shown in court after
they had healed.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15
A Historical BUILDING Damaged.

ALBANY. Ny, Nov. 10.-The south wing
of the Historical Albany Academy buiidj'
ingwas damaged by fire Thursday nlght,t
and it is feared that all the records are de-
stroyed. They can not be replaced. In this
building, which has stood for nearly M
century, Joseph Henry, while Professor
of Physics from 1928 to 1882, made his first
experiments with electricity through
circuits of wire The building holds An
important part in the State history. -
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

Mrs. FRANCES HoDGsoN BURNETT is
to receive fifteen thousand dollars for
writing serial story for a New York
weekly. This is the largest, sum ever
paid to a woman for n similar service.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

In order to test the question of how
many cigars man ought to smoke in
a day Cincinnati man smoked fifty
one. The question was settled. lie
has gone to an idiot asylum.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

The aprons worn by the female en-
ployes in the United States Mints are
never washed. When too soiled for use
they are burned to save tho gold that
Rdhcrcs to them.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

Mrs. LANGTRY has fortune of $780,
200. Clara Louise Kellogg has $500, 900,
Fanny Davenport $500 and Kate
Claxton is said to be worth S125. 900.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15
VIII Increase Their Facilities.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Nov. 1o-The Fall
River Iron Works Company, which is now
owned by the American Printing Com
pany, proposes to erect at once four new
print-cloth mills, each Of $500 spindiss,
which vii supply cloth for .he American
Printing Company.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

SAMUEL L. CLEMENS ("Mark
Twain } is trying to perfect new
type-sctting machine. with which he
expects to rcvolutionize the art Of
printing
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

LONDON, Nov. TO- - The garrison At
Wadai, according to dispatches received,
with the assistance of the Egyptian gar.
rison in West Darfur, repulsed an army Of
&C, 900 followers of the Mahdi, killing 1000
of them. Subsequently the Mahdi,ts raj
lied and reattacking Wadai captured the
town.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

FIRE destroyed the wholesale grocery
house of Jacob Wellaucr at Milwaukee on
the 5th, eau sing loss Of 100000
FIRE swept away the Indiana Paper and
BagGing Company's mill at South Bend
on the sth. Loss. 100000; insurance, :4o,-
600.
-. A nrGHwAYMAy held up the stage near
Downiev1lle, Cal, on the 8th, and secured
$500 from the express box.
THE death OF Mrs. Hannah Sharkey,
aged one hundred and eleven years, oc-
CURED on the Sth at Youngstown, o. She
was the Oldest woman in the State.
On account of financial troubles James
G. Hutchison, Of Charlottesville, Ind.
hanged himself on the sth.
GOVERNOR GORDON, of Georgia, in the
recent election received 122, 1S5 votes, with
not more than 400 against him.
WHILE playing with revolver the eight
year-old son of r. g. Darrs shot himself
through the heart on the Sth ut Shelby
vile, Ind.
smRks jewelry store at Anderson, Ind.
was entered by burglars on the Sth while
the proprietor was at supper and robboi
Of $1,000 worth Of watches, rings and
chains.
TIE hotel at Long Branch on the coast
twenty miles from Les Angeles, CAL. was
entirely destroyed by fire on the Sth. Loss,
100000.
4 FURIOUS snow-storm prevailed all over
Kansas on the 9th, the heaviest ever known
at this season Of the year.
An explosion in coal mine near Pitts
burg, Kan, entombed one hundred and
fifty eight men on the 9th who were at
work one hundred and twelve feet from
the surface, and it was feared that all per-
ished.
JoHN LocKLIs, OF Monroevillc, Ind, q
prominent business man, while crossing
the track Of the Fort Wayne road on the
9th was struck by a train and instantly
killed.
On the 9th Samuel Brown, q farmer liv-
ing near North Liberty, Ia, was mur
dered by his insane wife.
The White and Muskatitusk rivers over
flowed all the bottom lands near Seymour,
Ind, on the 9th. A number OF live stock
were drowned and thousands of bushels OF
corn were washed away.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

The record OF yellow fever cases at
Jacksonville shows that patients have
uine chances in ten of recovery.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-11-15

WILMINGToS, Del, Nov. 9.-Cleyeland's
plurality in the State is a444. Congressman
Pennington. Dem, Is reelected by over 3,40l
plurality. The next Leg stature will sfand:
Senate-Democrats, Z; Republicans. 3. House
Democrats. Z; Republicans, II. This gives
the Republicans majority Of on joint ball
Mt
The Republican journal., 1888-04-05
The Quintessence of Trash.

Protection means nothing to him except a
thwack on the head. Does he want hoe:
There's tax on it. Or IL bundle of shingles to
patch his barn with. or few boards to mend a
fence, or an undershrt or pair of stockings
There is a tax on all these things, and he has to
pay it. The Herald.
And this trash in the New York Herald. The
farmer buys hoe. and he gets a better hoe for
less money in the United states than in any
country OH this green earth. The Press chal-
lenges the Herald to prove to the contrary.
The farmer buys bundle of shingles, and he
gets more shingles for less money in the United
States than he can in free trade England. The
Press challenges the Herald to prove to the con
trary.
The farmer buys an undershrt or pair of
stockings and he gets better undershirt and Il
better pair of stockings in the United States for
the same money than he can buy in free trade
England. And this The Press can prove, be-
it has these articles right here in the office
and knows what it is talking about. and that is
saying more than the Herald can. N. y. Press.
The Republican journal., 1888-04-05
Brighton Cattle Market.

BRIGHTON, March 81, 1888.
Amount of live stock at market-Cattle, 62l
Sheep and Lambs, 6GOO; Swine, 1880; Horses
POS; Number Of Western cattle $50; Northern cattle
81.
Prices Of Beef Cattle 100 b live weight
Extra, $5 371aa5 IS; first quality, IS OOa5 %;
"a quality - 37l1a4 s7k; third quality, So 1i21s
p; poorest grades Of coarse Oxen bulls, etc,
- OOa3 80.
Brighton Hides, &C. v h; Brighton Talow
SIC v b; Country Hides, .5a54c 3; Country
Tallow, 1Aa2alc. v fb; Calf Skins, 6s7c v n;
Dairy Skins, l595Oc each; Sheep and Lamb Skins,
75c 81 .25 each.
The demands for beef have been very moderate
the past week. with a light supply Of cattle in
market for SALE The quality of the beeves brought
in were of a very ordinary grade, and best lots
being owned by W. II. Monroe. which was taken
to the abattOir for slaughter. The trade Boston
for beef has been very dull the past week, and
prices have ruled low, the markets being fully sup.
piled with western dressed beef. Prices for butch
ers cattle ruled from "a 25a5 so per 100 lbs, live
weight.
Sheep and Lambs. Those from the West were
all owned by butchers, costing from u a71zo v b
live weight, landed ut the yards.
Swine: Prices for western fat hogs still rule at
6s61c v b live weight. landed at the slaughter
houses.
The Republican journal., 1888-04-05
Newspaper Notes.

Here is bees whack from the bright and busy
Bee of Richmond: "rhe worthy poor usually pay
for their reading. 1t is the rich and unworthy that
are in the habit of lying awake nights and stud;
ing how to beat the printer"
The New York Evening sun has entered ,on
its second volume although we can hardly believe
it has been published year. 1t mus, be that this
bright, original and enterprising daily has made
the time shorter. For the entertainment of
those who are to come after us we hope that the
New York Evening sun may never die. Its first
issue indicated that ii was the Cumming paper.
The New York Evening Mail and Express was
recently sold by Cyrus w. Field, Esq, to Elliott W.
Shepard, Esq, but glad to know that the
transfer does not involve any change in the policy
of the paper or in its staff. There could be no
change for the better in either direction as we
look at it. The Mail and Express is staunchly
Republican, and is a clean, able and enterprsing
newspaper. We wish it continued prosperity
under the new management
The Republican journal., 1888-04-05

In the Dominion House of Commons, March
23d, Minister of Justice Thompson introduced Il
bill to ratify the fisheries treaty. lie explained
that the bill had been delayed by the continued
illness of Sir Charles Tupper.
The Knights Of Labor are still under the ban
of the church. it is alleged, because Mr.. Pow
derly has failed to make good his promise in
submitting to Cardinal Gibbons the constitu-
tion of the order to be approved or censured.
In view of the fact that eating the meat of
diseased hogs grown in France and Germany
has caused fatal cases of trichinosis, President
Cleveland recommends legislation to prevent
the importation of swine or hog products from
those countries.
Gen. Lew Wallace, the author of ''Ben-Hur,"
Is said to be cOmically absent minded. He has
been known when at breakfast to put two
heapipg teaspoonfuls of sugar on soft-boiled
egg. and then, almost before the laughter had
died away, to salt his coffee with great deliber-
alton.
The Republican journal., 1888-04-05

RARE COINS. Several Belfast people have been
collecting the silver quarter dollars of 1888, with
rays under the mistaken idea that they were very
rare and worth - each. In IA package of - one
gentleman found three of these quarters and 9TH
ers had numbers Of them. 1t is the quarter dollar
of lS3, without rays, that is and quoted at 81
The Chicago Tribune gives the dates OF rare coins
as follows:
The price given for 1904 United States dollars is
from $500 to $500, while the genuine coins of this
date (not re-strikes made in 1859 in Philadehhia)
are worth from $1,000 to $l20O. The half dollar Of
1852, quoted at Sl.15, is worth from 50 80 to SlO
while the half dollar of 1853, without rays, Is
worth 80 to $50 The quotation of $l5 for 1888 and
1858 silver United States dollars is very wide of the
mark, these pieces being worth from 25 to $75 each
(at recent New York coin sale an 1888 dollar
allied $S4). The 20-cent pieces of 1877 and 1878,
quoted respectively at $l.5O and 81 p, are worth
about % each The 2cent pieces and 3-cent silver
pieces of 1873. quoted at 30 cents worth al so
each. The statement that the "lS56 nickel cents
sell for - each is also an The price is from
33 to So, at any dealers store. The gold coins of
the Uniter States were alloyed in 1884 and all pre-
yions issues are worth six per cent more than
subsequent issues.
The Republican journal., 1888-04-05
A "PersOnal Liberty" Lyric.

"Whcn BibO went down to the regions below,
Where Lethe and Styx round eternity flow,
His soul it was thirsty and wanted some sack,
So he begged of old Charon to ferry him back.
But Charon replied, You were drunk when you
died,
A nd ne er felt the pains to which death is allied ,
Row me back replied Bibo, Il mind not the pain,
Ii was drunk when died, let me die once again.
But Charon replied, 'ris in vain to REBEL
You're bansled from earth, and now you re in
hell
That's TRUTH, replied Bibo, Il know by the sign,
For It's hell upon earth to be wanting OF wine.''
The Republican journal., 1888-04-05

on one of these the Spanish army encamped
This was the mound now occupied by the
Plaza Mayor. East Of it was a larger mound,
and between the two the conquerors laid the
foundation of their city, because the stones of
which the artificial hills were builded We're so
great a convenience in economiZing the labor
of the Indians, whom they Immediately set to
work tearing down their own most venerated
structures and building new ones therefrom for
the cruel taskmasters.
This Franciscan convent was founded in the
year 1541, only five Years after the arrival of
the Spaniards in Tihoo, and history expressly
states that it was built ''upon small artificial
mound,' one of the many which obstructel the
laying out of the streets, on which. it is added,
were "some ancient buildings which We're ill.,
| cOrporated into the Convent" Therefore it is
quite certain that this strange arch and the
corridor below it formed part of some pre-
historic temple, where religious rites were
celebrated Of which no human being has now
any knowledge.
In all their historical accounts Of the Indian
town Tihoo. the Spaniards make no mention of
these mounds except as mere Instructions or
as furnishing them with ready-made building
material Probably that on which tue convent
stands would not have been mentioned at all :,
but that Padre CogOlludo, the historian, was
himself Franciscan, and wished to pay
tribute to the memory Of the blessed Father,
Luis lie Vilpan,lo. the Convent Superior. He
says that the Adelantado had fixed upon this
mound for the site of one of his fortresses, but
on the application of the venerated Superior,
he readily yielded it to him. The same historian
speaks of a formidable "obstruction' they
found in the mound called El granite de los
Kues adorotorio yue era de idolos. meaning
the greatest among the places of aboriginal
worship, or the temples of their idols. In the
Maya language. which is still spoken among
the Indians of Yucatan. the word Hues means
''place of Worship" and ddoratorio, as defined
in the Spanish dictionary. is the name given by
the ConqnerOrs to all the idol-templeS they
found in America. FANNIE b. WARD.