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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
Relief for lowa Volunteers.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-Thc senate
passed the house bill for the relief OF
volunteers of the Fourth regiment OF
Iowa infantry, amended by a substitute
entitled "for the relief of certain volun-
tcsr soldiers" The substitute provides
The act of April 22. 1872. in relation to
bountics, shall have the restrictive words
before August 6, 1884," stricken out,
and the claims of all soldiers and their
heirs who were denied the bounty of 500
granted by act of April g. 1872, shall be
rcconsidered. allowed and paid. if found
correct and just, provided the soldier
were enrolled or enlisted prior to July %
1861, for three years.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
Confession.

AsousrA. Me-, March 26.-Charles F. Stain
made confession yesterday duplicating his
father and Oliver Cromwell in the Messenger
murder, committed at Norfolk, Mass. 1t was
planned, he saws, by Rufus Goldsmith. Crom-
we'll and his father at the latter's house in
the fall Of 1874. Messenger was known to
have money in the house and the murlcrcrs
tortured him i'm the vain attempt to compel
him to reveal its hiding place. They left him
tied to the bed post in which position he was
found dead next morning. Young Stain says
his fsthcr and the others found 81, 800 in the
house.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
Suicide.

LINCOLN, Neb., March 2s.-A peculiar sui
eide occurred in this city last night. d. Van
Buskirk, a union brickiaycr out of a job, has
been starving for six months. At times he
did not have meat, potatoes or coffee, and
was days without a fire. Afraid Of being
called a scab he did not work. and sold the
last things out of the house to buy the neces-
saries of life.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
HOusE.

w~AsnrSorox, March ae.-Thc house this
morning adopted resolutions that the funeral
ceremonies of the late Chief Justice Waite be
held In the hall Of the house Of represents
tivcs, Wednesday, March Is.
Arrangements were made that when the
house adjourns ON the o7th 1t thall be until
IL 80 Wednesday morning.
The senate bill passed apprsprlating $4,000
to provide for the payment OF the funeral cx-
pcnscs of the late chief justice Of the supreme
court.
Bills introduced and referred:
For the erection of . public building a.
Mount Vernon, Illinois.
District business occupied the rest of the
session.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
Justice Watte,s Funeral.

WASHINGTON, March e6.-A bill appro-
priating $1,000 to defray expenses of Chief
Justlc Waite has passed the house and senate.
The house committee has adopted a reeolu-
ton providing for holding the funeral ccrc-
mony of the late Chief Justice Waite in the
hall Of tho house at noonon Wednesday.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
Don Cameron.

PHILADELPHIA, March 26.-Internal Rcycn-
uc Collector VIM. j. Pollock, d close friend Of
Senator j. d. Cameron, says he ia certain that
Mr.. Cameron contemplatcs becoming a candi-
date for the Republican presidential nomina-
ton and says 1t will be backed by a solid del
egation from Pennsylvania.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
Bad Enough.

BUFFALO. N. V, March 27.-A dis
patch from Union City, twcnty-six miles
south of Eric, Pa, says fire carly this
morning destroyed a number of business
the explosion of a tank of benzine in a
drug store a mar was so badly injured
that he may die.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
sherman Delegates.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio. March 2e.-Th
delegates to the Eighth Ohio distr ct
Republican convention are nearly all
here. Delegates to the national conve
ton and two presidential electors are to
be chosen. and as this ia the Keifcr dis
trict a strong effort will be made to elect
Sherman delegates.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
In High Life.

MINNEAPOLIS. March 3o.-The trial of VIM.
Welsh, for criminal libel against Secretary
Villas, was resumed today. Judge Wclch
gave q detailed account Of an interview with
Villas in Aug. 1881, in which the latter adj
,nittcd appropriat,ng Sls,C0O of the assets Of
The old Madison Mutual Insurance company.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
Justice waitc,s Funeral,

WASHINGTON, March %. The funeral
services of the late Chief Justice Waite
took place today in the hall of the house
of representatives. Bishop Parct Off
ciatcd and DR.. Leonard. of st. Johns, DIR.
Mott. of Ephcsiany, and DIR. Bordinc,
president of Kenyon college. assisted.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
The Iroouois Club.

CHICAGO, March a7.-This is the ami
vcrsary of the birth of President Madison,
and the Iroquois club will observe the
event with a grand banquet, at which
several leading Democrats will delivered
dresses. Covers will be laid for two
hundred guests.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
False Alarm.

WASHINGTON, March est was false.
ly rumorcd about the city this morning
that Congressman Perry Belmont had
died suddenly. His clerk at the capitol
says he received instructions from Chair
man Belmont yesterday to call a meeting
of the foreign affairs committee for Thurs
day.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06

We ought not be too anxious to encourage
.ntired innovation, In cases Of doubtful i'm.
provement. For q quarter Of a century DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy has been before the
public and passed through the seyerest tee
and Is pronounced the most reliable remedy
for that disagrecable malady. Thousands OF
testimonials Of it's virtues. so cents per bot
tie. By druggists.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06

"A Wild boy has appeared in the. Georgia
mountains, near Mount Alto. The child ia ap
parcptly about ten years Of age and almost
destitute of clothing. A hunter came up with
him the other day, but the boy could not or
would not talk. He fingers about the cliffs
but where or how he liv cannot he i!scov
cred,
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06

CHICAGO. Aauh es.-The Burlington engi-
neers and nremen practically cut away from
their leaders and their grievances committees
today and took hold Of the strike with q firm
grip. The reason for this action that the
more impulsivs had become impatient over
the slow and unsuccessful methods Of Chief
Arthur. They wanted to strike the nail on
the head, 90 they appointed committees and
sent them out to work. Every road running
into Chicago was visited and pledges were
obtained from all the switchmen and switch
engineers that under no circumstances would
they move . 70" car. Later in the day a
mass meeting was held. Delegates from oil
the roads were present and the pledges made
to the committees were repeated. Tonight
the strikers claimed that an infexible boycott
against the 90" cars had been established,
and they were positive that not . Burlington
car would be moved tomorrow in Chicago ex.
cept on the Burlington tracks. The strikers
intimated that further steps In the grea,
struggle with the Burlington would be taken
in . day or two.
HELP FROM n EAST.
PlTTsBuRG, March2s.-Seventy-fve knights
Of Labor brakemen and conductors from the
Reading system passed through here from the
east this morning en- route to Chicago to take
the places of the striking switchmen of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road.
NJ ST. JOE.
CHICAGO, March ga dispatch from et.
Joe, Mo-, this morning says all the "Q'
switchmcn there, thirty-flvc in number, wen,
out, and not an engine is running.
AT lincoln.
LINCOLN, Ncb., March eS.-Thc day crew Of
Burlington and Missouri switchmen did no,
strike, and 'wo Of the night men returned tc
employed, and business is not seriously inter
ruptcd.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
Fell Dead.

NEW YORK, Marcho6.-Gcorgc Dclanehurt,
a resident OF Auburn, N. Y, fell dead upon
the door of a Sixth avenue saloon while watt
ing TO be served with drinks. Heart disease
or aloplexy supposed to he the cause. He
had been drinking heavily for the past week.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
Going to seeuthe: Right Man.

Boston Courier: 81 hope I Edon't dis.
turb you, madame" he said as he was
squeezing past her to go out between the
acts.
Not ut all, sir" she answered with q
charming smile; mot at all. I'mplcased
to see you going out. My husband keeps
the saloon nearest the theater."
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
A Broker Broke.

NEW York. March 27.-T. L. Trow-
bridge, a broker. who was arrested a few
days ago charged with holding back GER
tain monies accruing from stocks specu-
lation. notified the stock exchange of his
inability to meet his engagements.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
Visible supply.

NEW YORK, March ae.-rhe visible supply
of grain "a was as follows:
Wheat. .... .95. 431s, 600 .355,O 600
Gomez. 245,NO Barley. $500. .2Ol 900
Oats........ 4,0Sl, 900
CHICAGO, March e6.-Thc visible supply of
grain for the week ending March "a, as com
piled by the secretary of the Chicago board of
trade, ia rs follows:
Wheat ..... y, 44422 600 Ryc.......... 355. 600
Conn. s,i5s.oW Barley. ,ois,o@
Oats........ 4,O5O,9W
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
Cambridge Wins.

LONDON March 24.-Thc great uni.
vcrsity boat race between Oxford and
Cambridge was won by Cambridge.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
Burned

MILWAUKEE, WIS.,, Mar 2s.-sehmidt,s
sash and door factory burned onight. Loss
ASs mn
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
Floods.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, March es.-The only
road open out of Montgomery is the Louis
will and Nashville north, and specials from
all over the state report a tremendous rain.
fall and overflow. The Tennessee is up, aud
the overflow has damaged the Musscl Slioal.
canal, near Florence to the extent of $780,,
900.
The total rainfall siucc Monday night ha.
been Z 17-lO0 inches, the largest on record fol
the same length Of time, The Alabama rive
has been rising at the raic of a foot an hour
for about thirty hours and as the rains have
been equally heavy about the hcadwatcrs OF
the Coosa the greatest rise is not expected till
day after tomorrow. A food higher than that
Of 1SSs. is anticipated.
IN OHIO.
CLEVELAND, o., March 2s.-specials from
Findlay and THIN, Ohio, report higher water
in the Blanchard and Sandusky rivers. In
both towns many families have been driven
from their homes aud great damage to prop
crty is appre hcndcd.
Killed Him.
RICHMOND, n.y., March 25.--This afternoon
Ballard Bronston, eon Of Rev. Cottrcll Brons-
ton, shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Dudley
for alleged intimacy with Bronston's wife.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06
KANSAS CRY, Msrcn 81.

Archie Gutter, who wrote "Mr. Potter of
Texas,'' has soldtwo tons Of books
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-04-06


o. p. Quest, postmaster at Now Sweden,
died Monday night. He had lately founded
'hc Skordclnanncn, a new agricultural paper
published at ST. Peter.
A post mortem examination in the case Of
Miss Holmsen, of Moorhead, shows that she
died after giving premature birth TO a child.
iieveral prominent people are implicated.
Owing to the serious blockades the Winona
Touring mills have been compelled to shut
down at intervals, but they have secured q
large quantity of wheat and are now running
to their fullest capacity.
Vim. McManus, a former penitentiary bird,
got into an alteration with a farmer for
whom he was working, near Worthington,
Thursday, aud beat the farmer and wife both
nearly to death.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-02-16
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

If the oven is too hot when hak-
ing. place small dish of cold water
in il.
If yon would get the most out Of
your feed, grind the grain and cut the
fodder.
-Wctting the hair thoroughly once
or twice day with solution OF salt
and water will keep it from falling
out.
Every one should have eight hours
sleep, and thin. p lie. nervous persons
require ten, which should be taken
regularly in We!l-vcntilated room.
When 4 chilly. creeping sensation
is felt, the prelnonition Of cold, three
or four drops of camphor in little
water will sometimes produce a re.
action and ward off the attack.
Single varieties of hyacinths are
the most satisfactory for Towering in
glasses. A few drops Of ammonia
placed in each hyacinth glass. when
changing the water, is very beneficial.
Those planting the chestnut should
be careful to get trees from seel
grown ut least as far north as where
they are to be set. Seed from the
South will not bring trees which are
hardy North. America Garden.
Ported Shank. Boil a shank OF
beef till tender; chop the meat up and
season it with salt. pepper and df
likedD half nutmeg. Reduce the
liquor to three pints. add the meat.
cool in a mold. 1t should turn out
well when cold.
Trees in the poultry yard grow
very rapidly and afford shade to the
fowls in summer. Peaches and plums
are less liable to disease when grown
in the poultry yard, while the hens
greatly assist in preventing the at
tacks Of insects
German Toast for Dessert. in
thin slices loaf of bread, soak half an
hour in sweet milk. take out the bread,
beat two eggs. small spoonful Of but
ter, n tablespoonful Of corn-starch in
milk. dip the slices Of bread in and fry
brown; sprinkle with sugar and cin-
namon. -Good Cher.
Study the pants. Notice their
drinking habits. 1t will soon be seen
which will need the most water. 1t
will be found that they will take but
very little il the day be dark; if it be
pleasant they will require more.
Especially in the first part of winter
IS this noticeable. The days are short
and often cloudy. The plants have
not filed the pots with roots, therefore
it is better to be on the safe side and
not give too much water.
Gardeners should ga her up all the
bones scattered about the yards, and
prepare them for use i'm fertilizing their
lands. There are various ways Of do
ing this. One is to mash them with
an old axe or sledge-hammer. the finer
the better. and place the broken pieces
into barrel or other vessel. inter-
spersed with layers of good hardwood
unslacked ashes. Keep the mass
moist, not allowing the lye or potash
to escape. In few months the bone
will become ielly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-02-16
The Girl Who Works.

God bless the girl who works! We
care not whether she is in the kitchen,
counting-room, factory, professional
mans office. in the printing Office. or
wherever honest industry demands
her labor. She is preparing herself
for life's duties. Their hands may be
hard from contact with the kitchen
stove. or stained with factory grease
or printers ink, but they are honest
hands moved by the impulse of honest
hearts. And in future conflicts and
misfortunes they will be able TO shield
and protect many an unfortunate but
promising family and save them from
the almshouse or poor asylum-C r.
CarEsOn
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-02-16
"ME AND BOB AND JIM. !"

Yes. sir. we're sailors children:
We live there by the sea.
And father went on with the fleet
Amonth ago. may be.
And mother feels so badly
To have HIM gone away,
II wasn't for u, children here
think she. cry all day.
You see there's me and Bobby.
And then here's little jim,
He always hangs back cause he's 'fraid
That folks Will speak 10 him.
He never knew his mother.
She diNoo long ago.
And then his father. too. was lost
In last years awful blow.
And father said as long as
He'd sailors heart in him,
There's always surely be place
To shelter little jim.
He thinks he's ours for truly,
And laughs and acts so glad
When father comes. you ought to see
Him hug, and call him Dad
But often in the summer
We children like 10 go
To where the Little church-yard lies,
The sailors church. you know.
His mothers there. so always
We put some flowers FROM Jim,
We want him to remember her,
Cause she remembers him.
When father sailed he told u
To watch for the new moon,
For when il hung there in the west
The feet would be back soon.
Last night we saw ii shining
As bright as bright could be,
And mother says the Lively Jane"
VIII soon get in from sea.
You see it's named for mother,
And father says he think
A boat that had name like that
Would never want to sink"
We've come back here TO get some flowers
He loves the violets so,
The posies amt OF much account
Down by the sea, you know.
So il you'll come and see US
The place amt hard to find,
That little brown house by the rocks,
The elf is just behind
And II the Lively Jane is in
With faiher-you.l II see Inn;
But, anyway. you always can
Find me, and Bob aud Jim.
Ala Sse,rau Shelton, in Ghurchmda.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-02-16

The entire wheat crop of tho
United States could be grown off Da-
kota's wheat land if titled. and even
then there would remain vacant area
larger than the combined surface Of
the States of New York, Maryland.
Vermont. New Hampshire. New Jer-
sey. Massachusetts, Connecticut, Del
aware and Rhode Island.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-02-16
Ought to Get Rich.

Musicians are nearly always
poor" remarked a travelling man to
one of the clerks in the store.
"Yes. I've heard so.''
"There is no reason why the leader
of an orchestra should not get rich"
"Why?"
because he always does flourish
ing business. "-Merchd,n Trareler.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-02-16


ii / found the barrel missing. 1t had
been wrenched off. got his tomahawk
and knife, however, together with pow
der horn and bullet pouch, and when
l had pulled the body along and crcpt
beyond it, l caught sight of a mecca
sin in the snow and dirt. 1t took me
an hour to unearth the body, which
was that of second warrior. The
life had been crushed out of him i'm a
second. The mass of rock which had
come down with him had broken every
bone in his body, and a. great share Of
his face had been ground of. His
rifle l could not find. while both knife
and tomahawk were broken. While
searching his cold and battered body
found buckskin bag containing about
three hundred dollars worth of small
nuggets Of gold. and this gave me a
hint to overhaul the other. l also got
from him bag containing about two
hundred dollars worth of dust and
nuggets, and in the search found at
tached to his belt white mans scalp.
which had not been off the victim s
head over two days. They must have
been in ambush part way up the
mountain, intent upon taking the her.
mit's scalp, and but for the avalanche
they might have had mine as we'll.
The day had gone by the time l had
overhauled the second Indians body.
Being at work the hours had passed
swiftly away, and had not given my
self any time to brood over the horrors
of the situation. After supper sat in
front Of the fire for awhile, then wrote
up my daily journal. and when went
to bed l left the door wide open. II
seemed to me that the air was getting
foul down there, and by opening the
door the room was greatly purified. Il
was midnight. as afterward came te
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-02-16

The Stoughton Musical Society
has just celebrated its 1olst birthday
at Randolph, Mass. 1t is one of the
Oldest musical organizations in the
United States. and raany noted New
England musicians have belonged to
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-02-16

"A ship lately arrived at San Fran.
cisco from New York which had as
part of its cargo six tons Of Bibles.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-03-31
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The Hermit Thrush.

No one of pathological tastes can afford
to be without fair knowledge Of the
thrushes At the present stage of classif-
cation they are the climax of bird-life.
Whatever degree of Importance may or
may not attach to their peculiar points of
structure, or however much any one may
admire brilliancy of plumage in other
species, in song, that most charming of all
phases of bird life, the thrushes silence all
others. One may prefer the varied range
of the song of the wood thrush, singing as
If he were in a profound and delightful
reyerie another may prefer the marvellous
tones of the Wilson, as he throws the for
est into sweet vibration of melody by his
rather monotonous notes and another still
may prefer the sacred song of the hermit:
but all must admit that no other music of
any three birds of the same family can
equal that of this trio They are also
harmless birds. adhering almost entirely
to the forest, and so never disturbing the
products of the husbandman. Moreover.
they no doubt do much to aid in the pres
ervation Of our grand forests. With all
their high endowments they are of very
humble habits. The ground, or at best
the lower story of the woods, is the range
of their abode; nor is there any evidence
that the thrushes ever feel the need of fine
clothes. Last but not least, their gentle.
retiring ways win upon us.-Forest and
Stream