The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-08-29
TRANSATLANTIC TiDlNGs.


TIE total number of bodies registered as
buried in cemeteries used by London Is
THEY have politics in Japan now, under
the constitntioa,. and one. of the parties 10
called the Jijito.
TnE Duke Of Fife was revealed lately as
.a.partner' in ta,A banking Arm or Hcnries,
EarquhaF + Cos as. we'll - in Scott;& Co.
The fashionable London wedding ring has
recently been Of dull gold, but, PRINCESS
Louise went back TO the old fashion and
chose hers bright. ...
: TnE Czar Of Russia has purchased new
dog 70 rspiaee his favorite mastiff, recently
killed in q railroad accidents. The Car is o
great lover of dogs. IL. 5.
!" ENGLAND will adopt the German, method
OF having the price Of the journey printed
on every railway ticket. Il Is a convenient
facility for travelling. W.. .
PARIS talks Of building three more Eiffel
towers and then turning the four into. the
legs Of huge platform whcrcon b sani-
tarium can be built for invalids. 49,. -.
TnE Countess OF RQseberry recently un-
vailed q fine Maltese cross, erected as a
memorial above the hitherto neglected graves
of Charles Dibdin, the great sea song writer.
THE Paris drcssmakers. are said 10 be de-
termried on the complete 6nhihilation OF
tha hustle. The simplest dsapcrlcs are now
the most stylish. Fashions NJ last accords
with common sense. I.
THE Emperor Of china. Who is young
and prDgr0ssivo 1,1ln,l s dn1ious 10 make q
trip.to this country. He is in constant COM
hunication with the Ch,ncse Minister at
Washington on the subject.
TIE heat in Russia and other parts OF
Northern Europe has been: intense uf.late.
The Central Obseryatory .at ST. Petersburg
has not recorded such g high temperature
at the same time Of the year. nse l77A
| o. the occasion Of the fornGr yiait # the
|: Shah TO England NE tried earnestly to buy
|. the Duchcss Of Manchester, and went so far
IS TO offer an .enoa4lons price for that lady.
These facts were brought ia liaht BY his
present visit, az the Dnchss: positively re- r..
fused to.meet him.: ''..'tt =" - :. NJ.
|: The great bell Of .HunsLwu; .whick has
lpng lain hall. buried. in: the :grnpnd, has 1t
length been lifted by foreign machinery
and hung Id b pdsoda built Of ironpy for
'eigu. tilm..-, According prophecy, this bell
WAS never, to. be lifted .lvs,M China had
9ea.elsa upon nss ca career & pEespeEi.y
cUC VI tu0 EACuiAuHO 4c1cSTApu SOWp0uV
two thousand honses In. the principal cities
of Roumania have been mortgaged ip.order
that the owflers Maysvfsit fhe! Paris expo
sipon. Many ladies' have pawned their JEW
clS in order to raise the necessary funds
| THE English Lo,rid's Day Observance: So
ciety.has hegiin'.,A vigorous effort. against
the cheap Sunday. fraaacl.onerrd t0thA pub
Jig BY the various railways running out Of
London. A circular u being 'sent AROUND,
signed by seventy -four shareholders 81 the
Brighton road, condcmninP .she.chcxp sys-
tenn. The road shows no inclipesiqp to COM
ply with their request. -
:PArRtorIc Germans arb Hard III work
wedding out words of French 64tractioi
from their vocabulary. Among them Is q
tobacconist of Dusseldorf. who. wishing to
Danish the. word 1igArre4ron thS German
dictionary, o4ered:prixes for substitutes TINT
should be thoroughly Teutonic. Two Of the
words offered are sdid 70 have been gTimni-
steagel .tbsrning, stalicI and giftnudeln
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