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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22
FOREIGN fNTELLIcENcE.

At 4 meeting in Dublin on the Is h of the
Irish National League it was announced
that $25, 900 had been received from
America to aid evicted persona
EXTENSIVE floods in Aastro- Hungary were
reported on the 18Th Bridges had been
swept away and large areas converted in o
lakea Several villages were submerged
and large number Of persons had been
drowned
A Y,Rr destroyed the market place at
Cabin. Hungary. on the 18TH. and many
persons pershed In the flames
Ar Lowestoft. Eng, Q fishing sloop was
wrecked on the 18th and nine persons
were drowned
AT SOssin, Germany. the bridge was
broken by drifting ice on the nth, and
fifty persons were thrown into the water
and many were drowned Eleven bodies
had been recovered.
ON the l4th the Belfast steamer Galgorm
Castle went ashore near Drumoro. and the
master and five men were drowned
uLDERIC RoUx's house ut Ste. Sophie,
Can. was destroyed by fire on the 18th,
and his three children and wife. the latter
bedridden, perished in the fiimea
On the Mexican railway tr lin jumped
the traci on the 18th near Saltillo, and one
car containing thirty laborers rolled down
an embankment, killing six and seriously
injuring twenty.
The late Emperor Williams funeral took
place in Berlin on the 16th. and was in all
respects an affair Of extraordinary splendor
Almost every civilized nation on earth was
represented Memorial services were also
he'd In all the leading capitals Of the wor d
On the 10th n wedding party OF sixteen
persons were crossing the Ice on the Dan.
ube at Neus atz. Hungary, when the ics
gave way and all were drowned
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22
Mr.. Weaver. In October last.
MIR. Randall. Earlier than that.


Mr. Randall. Earlier than that.
Mr.. Weaver. II was inauyurated
in October. as understand it that
i, the present extended policy; but
the law was passed in 1864. and to a
limited extent banks have been designa-
tel BY all the Secretaries. The policy,
however. of depositing the par value
Of 4 ] per cent bonds and per cent
bonds was inaugurated by the present
Secretary of the Treasury during last
summer or fall. The policy therefore
obtaining only gave the banks from 50
to 80 per cent,
Mr.. McMillin. win the gentlemen
from Iowa not state that that was
because the bonds were under par when
the system was inaugurated?
Mr.. Weaver. know: but SO were
the deposits under par-yery far below
the value of the bonds in the market.
Our bonds have not been below par for
many years, and the policy Of increas-
ing the deposits was ordered b, the
present Secretary, as am advised.
Mr.. Chairman. The time Of the
gentleman from Iowa has expired.
Mr.. Bayne. / ask unanimous con-
sent that the gentleman ) time be ex.
tended.
Mr.. Mills. | must object to that.
We have not the time. We want to
get 4 vote on this. if possible. The
gentleman from Maine will now take
the floor. occording to the arrangement
Mr.. Weaver. | am very mu, 1
obliged to the gentleman from Texas
for his courtesy already extended. |
know he desires to secure speedy action,
and shall not insist: and | therefore
ask leave merely to print the list OF
national bank repositories in the Re-
cord.
There was no objection.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22
Hermit Crabs.

Longman's Magazine: These crabs
are very quarrelsome. and will light des-
perately. especially if two specimens be
elected from their habitation and one
of the shells removed At last the
stronger puts the weaker 10 flight.
sezes upon the shell, and whips into
it as if shot from spring. The home
less one tries in vain to pull him out,
for ut each attempt he only retreats
further into the shell. pressing his legs
firmly against it, and blocking up the
entrance with his lighting claw. which
is always very much larger than lis
fellow. In consequences of this COM
batitiye nature the crab is sometimes
called hy the name Of ..sol,lier' Some
times have caused much amusement
by removing hermit crab from its
habitation and supplying it with a
shell about two sizes too small for the
accommodation of its body. No other
protection being obtainable. the crab
picks up the shell, twists it round and
round with marvellous dexterity and
quickness. measures its capacity with
his legs. and at last makes the best OF
\ bad business by forcing the tip of it.
body into i, as far as can be done, and
then walks about disconsolately, know
ing that the greater part Of its soft
person is unprotected. When it has
had time to become thoroughly un.
comfortable a large shell should bs
placed in the vessel. In momen,
the crab pounces on it. twists it about
and with a movement almost too quick
to follow, drops the little shell an,
jerks itself into the large one, where i
rests with IN air of absolute conten
! which Is iniansely ludicFaus
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22
LATER.

A CALL for q mass convention t, he held
monopo les, was issued on the lIth.
A PETITION WIS p esented in the House
on the 18th from the st. Paul Chamber Of
Commerce asking an appropriation of $780,
coo for the improvement Of the Missis ppi
bove st. Antaony Falls.
The Ontario Legislature on the 18th
passed to second reading the bill to es-
tablish manhood suffrage for elections to
the Ontario Parliament
THOMAS NEWTON, found guilty Of the
murder Of John Irego, was sentenced at
Winnip 6 on the l7th by Judge Balm to be
hung on April 80.
DIRECT t-legraphic communication be-
tween New York and Boston was restored
on the 18th. The re ent blizzard necessita-
ted the entire rebuilding Of the lines in sew
eral places.
The Secretary Of the Interior ON the 18th
gave "a decision in the case OF
homesteader who had endeavored in good
faith to compy wi b the requir ments OF
the law but who was denie patent by
Commissioner Sparks because OF unavoida-
BILE absence from his claims in favor of the
claimant.
HON DAVID GRAY, Of Buffalo, avictim of
the recent Delaware, Lackawanna + West
ern raj road, died at the city hospital at
Bin hamton N, z, on the 18th.
The first section of the fast mail train
from New York to Jackonsville went
through q trestle at . point seventy five
miles south OF Savannah, Ca, on the 18th.
Nineteen persons were killed and thirty five
injured, some of them fatally.
F. CHRISTOPHER, q hardware merchant,
at Madison, Wis, shot himself dead or, the
18th in the presence OF his wife. Financial
troubles were said to be the cause of the act.
Mr. PHELPS, Minister to England, was on
the 18th granted leave Of absence, and is ex-
pected to leave England for New York
April.
On the Sth the Chairman of the griev-
ance committee at Kansas City requested
the engineers and firemen on the Santa Fs
system to return to work pending settle
ment of their difficulties.
JUDGE DUNDY, - the United States Dis
trict Court at Omaha, ON the 18th decided
the injunction suit brought by the Bup-
lington against the Union Pacific company
and engine srs In their employ that the en-
gineers cannot under the interstate com.
merce law, oonspire to prevent the Union
Pacific from handling Burlington cars, nd
that the strikers are liable to fine and i'm
prisonment
PREslDExr C1zvsIAxD celebrated his fifty.
6sst birthday On To 18th.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22
IT pays a man to go happily about

1T pays a man to go happily about
his work. Two years ago man
named Bernard was singing at his car
penter bench in Paris when NJ Hart
mann. the music publisher. chanced to
be passing. M. Hartmann stopped
and learned that the singer knew moth
ing of music. but he had beautiful
voice. and NJ. Hartmann sent him to
the best schools. That poor carpenter
is now M. Bernard. the favorite French
tenor at the Paris opera-house. and is
making more money in week than
he could saw out of pine boards in a
year.
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THE NEWS.
COMPILED From Late Dispatches
FlFTiETH CONGRESS.

TUESDAY, March l3 In tie Senate al
most the ent re session was deyo ed to
sp seches OF Senator'S Co.quitt and Dolph op
the Presidents message. resolution was
adopted for a SPECIAL committee o invesu-
gate the oniisioa of the civil service in all
branches Of the Gov .rnmens In tn. House
the b II providing that the first session OF
the Fifty r.. Congress shall begin on
March 4, 1889. was reported adversely.
Other bills were reported to discontinue
the coinage OF one dollar and three dollar
gold pieces, and the omnibus bill for the
admission in o the Union OF Dakota, Mon
tam. W shinguon AMI New Mexico
WEDNESDAY. March IA Petitions were
received in the s nate for an increase Of
duty on wool. for protection OF the wool
TN WOO en- inaus ries, againss the forma-
ton of trusts and combinations. and tn t
the tax on tobacco and spirits BE- retained
until Q war de s paid Mr. Brown % -
spoke in advocacy OF his resolution declar-
ing II the imperative duty Of Congress to
r.peal the internal-revenue laws In the
House Speaker Carl sle resumed his post of
duty. The Committee on Elections in the
Post-Worhtngton confessed case unani-
nsously reported In favor of General Post,
the sitting member A bill was passed fix-
ing the charge for passports at one dollar.
THURSDAY, March 5 I'm the Senate q
bill was introduced providing a uniform
law covering he arrest and extradtion Of
criminals who escape to another State or
Territory. A bill was reported for the for
nation and admission OF the States Of
Washington and North Dakota Mr. Teller
spoke on the Presidents message which, he
sad, was an attack, not on defective
tariff. not to 'medy Inconsistencies, but to
destroy the pro ective system. Eulogies on
the fe and character of the late Mr. Moffatt
OF Michigan, were delivered In the House
the time W 8 occup Q In considering the
Senate amendments to the Urgent De-
ticency bill
FRIDAY March 16 Bills were introduced
in the Senate for the admission OF Utah
as State; authorizing the President to
appoint and retire John C. Fremontas a
Major and to provide u me hod
tor the settlement by arbitration of the
controversies between Interstate railroads
| and their employees The bill to prevent
fraudulent undervaluation by importers
was passed Adjourned to the 10Th In
the House the bill to annex a portion OF
Idaho to Washington and Montana, the In
dian Appropriation bill. and the bill reduc-
| ing the rate OF postage on seeds, bul, =,
plants and sciOns to one cent for each two
ounces were reported An adverse report
was made on the joint re- olution TO dscon-
tinue the green lwo-ceni postage stamp
and return 10 the terr.l-cOtta colored
| stamps At the evening sess on thirty tive
pcnBion-bills were passed
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

A PAPER at Clarendon. Ala. tells of
two brothers who married two sisters
and who live i'm the same house with
their nine children. Of the thirteen
persons not one uses coffee, tobacco,
snuff or whisky. and the paper offers
to bet that there is not another family
OF that much virtue in the State. Nor
is that the worst of it. Nobody has of
fered to take the bet.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

The champion sneak-thief has been
operating in Baltimore. In looking
. about him he cast his eye on--wcll. on
a little object in the shape of a disused
saw-mill. full Of old machinery. He
went to a teamster, represented him.
self as an insurance agent, and said
he had come to dispose of the ma
chinery in 1.-The old shanty." Pursuant
to instru ctions the tcamster carted the
stuff to junk dealer. who paid 800
pcash to the thief for it. The recipient
of the greenbacks invited the teamster
TO dinner, and then excused himself
and left for the West
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

OTTAWA. IL, March l7.-ln the case Of
Ell Mcdonald, one of the Cook County
hood ers, who was tried with McGarigle,
the State supreme Court has granted .
snpeis sdeas, suspendsn. the execution
Of the three years sentence until
arguments for new trial can be heard
Bail is denied In the case OF the other
county boodiers. the supreme Court has
appointed next Tuesday for hearing the
niuumenlS for a new rial
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

w. p. BENNETT. for many years
superintendent Of the towns and stages
of Wells, Fargo & Co, still has the
Norwegian snow-shoes with which for
twenty years or more he has traversed
the Sierras. They are of white ash and
ten feet long. In 1867 he carried the
comPany's express packages across
the mountains and was fifty-two hours
in snow-storm. When he got back
the widow Bryant-now Mrs. John w.
Mackay-told him that in twenty
years his snow-shoes would be con-
sidered as great relics. She was
right
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

sulphur acid, which burned out her eyes
and otherwise dfshRured her handsome
ftce The woman was the mistress of the
doc or's son, and 1t was alleged caused him
to lead q shameful life, driving his parents
to .straction
NAVIGATION on the Mississippi river
opened on the 1Itn at QUINCY, ILL.,, the first
boats of the Sc son arriving from st Louis
ARKANSAS Democrats will hold their State
convention at Little Rock Nav 80
The engineers and firemen on the At
Gibson. Topeka i Santa Fe system struck on
the 18th ut all points on the lines The
strike crea ted great surprise, as the road
had not been ndling Burlington freight.
AT a fire In Milwaukee on the 18th fall
ing wall killed two firemen and injnrc five
others BY the fire about $500. 900 worth
OF proper v was destroyed
The Illinois Union Labor party viii hold
their State convent on for the nomination
Of officers at d acatur on he 2Gth of April
In the Ohio river at Browns Island, O..
coal boats col!ided on the 18th and nine
boats and eighteen barRes were wrecked.
Over four hundred thousand bushels OF
coal were scattered along the banks or
burcl In the bed of the river No lives
were lost
INDIANA Prohibitionsts held their State
convention ut indianapolis on the 10th and
nominated q full ticket, with Rev j. s.
Hughee for Governor. and adopted plat
form dem,nding strict prohibition and
woman suffrage.
On the 18Th farmers ut Winchester. O..
tarred and featherel two Mormon elders,
and then chased them to the OHIO river,
which the fngitives safe.y crossed.
The Wisconsin Democrats will hold their
<atn Ma~ 4 ne Madi.np m nj oCA
delegates to st Louis
REPUBLICANS OF Kansas will meet at
W,cnita on May to elect delegates to the
National convention The convention for
the nomination of State officers will be held
at Topeka. July p
The engineers strike on the Chicago,
Burlington l. Quincy road was on the 10Th
pronounced a complete failure by the Off
cials Chicago. Passenger and freight
trains were running with regullri and
there were no indications of dissat sfaction
apparent. The Union Pac fc engineers who
struck ut Council Bluffs, Ia, rather than
draw Burlington cars, had returned to their
engines
THE strike Of the engineers on the Santa
Fe system was spreading rapidly on the
10th, it's effec, having extended to points
on the Pacific coast, and other roads seemed
certain to share in the fhculty The d.
termination seemed to be to compel the
Burlington road to surrender 10 the Broth
erhood
WHILE insane on the 10Th John Dean, Of
Belleville. O., retired farmer, seventy
years o'd and worth $4,000. killed his
wife and then committed suic de-
The Wisconsin Republican League at the
convention ut Madison on the 10Th elected
Senator Spooner presid mt
TIE Nevada Republicans will hold their
State convention ut Winnemucca on the
10 h of May
THIRTY FOUR Michigan counties had mp to
the 16 b declared against liquor licenses
and two for license.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

IHE most sensational result of the
revival in progress at Parkersburg,
w. Va. is the conversion Of Hon.
&. /. Caldwell. an ayowed infidel.
who has been named the Inrer-
Sol OF the West Virginia bar. His con-
version is so thorough that he has de-
cided to abandon his lucrative prac-
tice and enter the ministry of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

Mrs. FIDA LEWIS died recently at
South Hadley Falls. Mass. of dis
ease which it puzzled the doctors to
diagnose, but which was treated as a
tumor. 1t was learned after her
death that twenty-s years ago. when
q girl Of twelve. she had fallen and
driven a darning needle into her lip.
and Il pOst-mortem examination showed
that this had been the immediate cause
Of her death
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

AN extensive system ot fraud upon
hfe-insurance companies has been dis
covered in South Carolina. The plan
was to procure fresh corpses from the
cemeteries. insure them AS live per-
sons. issue certificate of death, per-
feet the proofs and collect the insurance
policies. A number of arrests have
been made
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

COLUMBUS, o., March l7.-While Dallas
I III Al was driving across the railroad
tt ck at kimbtllton, in this coanty. an en-
CINE On the Cseye4ani 4 Marie IL road
struck the yeaicc, wnlch contained besides
himself Mrs Msry Dawson. Mrs Anna
" hte and several children Tarnell was
xii 20 in.t My and the two ladies named
seriously injured One OF the horses was
IL Ii lad
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

HE story comes from an Illinois
town that a boy there has two big
Cochin China roosters, which he has
"broke" so that he can drive them
double to a small sled or Wagon" The
last boy that got into the newspapers
for doing this lived in Maine.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

SOME genius with fancy for
handling babies has figured out that a
piece OF wood the size of a month-old
baby would be worn down one-half in
six months if handled as much as the
average baby is. The dear little things
like it. however. and grow fat on being
tumbled around and m,lssed up.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

pieuro- Pm cum o II 10
bill. says tha con-
t. z Gus ca tie disease4
cspe clally pleurO-
pneuinonia, have not
on Y caused a direo
less to the country of
500, 600, 600, bu; their
II erlerence with In.
ter-State co III III crCe
and / h 0 res .rictions
tLey have rought up
on our export trade In
live cattle have COCA
S.uneu a loss of many
millions more. 1uhef-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

A COFFEE merchant IN Copenhagen.
OF large means. proposes to tit out an
expedition for the exploration of tho
interior regions Of Greenland. Nobody
knows any thing about that country
for any great distance from the coast,
and if the expedition should succeed in
sledging and snowshoeing itself into the
bowels Of that frozen land and then
out again the result would doubtless
be interesting.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

AN exchange gets at a popular weak
ness in this manner: "Think twice be-
fore you believe every evil story that
you hear, and think twenty times be-
fore y"1 repeat it. especially if it is
about Il woman"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

MATTHEW ARNOLD has been telling
English audiences that one of the
things which displeased him while
doing the States was American town
nomenclature. and "Griygsville."
"Briggsville" and the like set his
teeth on edDe.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

A FRIEND of the Garfields. living i'm
Cleveland. denies emphatically the re-
cent rumor that Mrs. James A. Gar
field was soon to marry a wealthy
Cleveland landowner. asserting that
there was no possibility. near or re-
mote. Of Mrs. Garfield marrying any
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22
FROM WASHINGTON.

THERE was over six hundred millions of
currency. including god and silver coin.
greenbacks and National bank notes In the
United states Treasury Oh the l4tL
THERE were 2u2 business failures in the
Uni -ei States during the sev II days ended
on the 10th, against 195 the previous seven
davH
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

A YOUNG lady in Morristown, Tenn.
has created sensation by the singular
power she exercises upon tables. chairs
and other inanimate objects
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22
WEST AND SOUTH.

In the First Kansas dis,r.c, on the 18th
the Prohibitonists nominated Rev. II. Shu-
maker for Congress-
b b lNGRAHAM's large dairy barn near
Flora, ILL.,, was consumed by fire on the
18th, and thirty-tive fine milch cows per-
ished in the tiames
REPUBLICANS of California will hold their
State convention at Sacramento May l.
SAMUEL WHITMEYER. living near Polo, H.,
on the lIth shot and killed George Al
bright iyoung farmer, sent bullet
through the head Of Albright's sister, and,
going to the barn, shot himself The re-
fusal OF Miss Albright to marry Whitmeyer
caused the tragedy.
JUDGE GRESHAM de- dded in the Burling-
ton Wabash case in Chicago on the 14th
that 1t was the duty of railroad as q COM
mon carrier to receive and deliver freight
that may come to 1t In the regular course OF
business, and that q road could not lawfully
suspend reciprocal relations with q con-
Meeting road through fear of precipitatin0
strike He, however, did not think there
was any cause for complaint against the
Wabash As to the Brotherhood strike the
Judge conceded the right of individuals to
cease working for . railroad company. but
denied their right to combine In the Grip
pling OF a road
DR. GEORGE NJ Cox, United States Pension
Examiner, met woman named Effie Ellis
at the railway station in Springfs Mo,
ON the l4th, entered q carriage with her.
thsn beat hsr with . bottle containing
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

A RELIGIOUS revival. which started
In 1865 among the freedmen at Talbot
ton. GA. is still in progress 1t is
probably the longest ''protracted meet
ing Oh record
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ALL railroad clerks leaving Kansas
City III now supplied with arms and
ammunition
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MIR. Rergn buried.

New YORK, March 1.-The funeral OF
Henry Bergh. late presd mt OF the Society
ior ht Prevention Of Cruelty To AnimalS
lcoa place yesterday from 81 Max
Cgnies and was largely attended
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

his j, ero year Tor John Haight,
OF Hai-ht County. Md. lie will be S3
on the 9Th day of the sth month Of
1899
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Two CRASKs IL, Buffao are getting
really to shoot Niagar. Falls in bar
rel Of peculiar construction.
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Granted Il suneI>edeaS.

PARIS. March 17-Senator Hippolyte Car.
not, tie father of PRESIDENT Car2ot died
YESTERDAY, aged 81 vaars
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22

The Canadian Government has de-
ter,nined TO grant no further aid to inn
mirrgnfa
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Losses by pleur.,.Pne

WASHINGTON March Ex-senator Palmer
MicA), in his report 10 accompany the
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-03-22
Iata, Accident al a Crossing.

AMI cholera among swim have SO become
dangerou To our foot supply.