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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
HUMOROUS.

The Apaches are great believers
in fresh hair rs q cure for all political
and social evils.
Young men are respectfully in
formed that when tho young lady's
father stamps his foot. he is preparing
to send it through the mail.
-Lawyer-.'I have my opinion Of
you." Citizen-.'WclL you can keep
it. The last opinion got from you
cost me $3.50" "-Yonkers Statesman.
Photographer (who has been sum-
moned to photograph a dying MANI
Now, then, all ready! Wink all you
want to, and look pleasant. Judge.
Through the efforts Of public.
spirited Mr.. Bones, an Adirondack
lake is to be stocked with trout. The
eternal fitness OF things would have
been better exenplified il Mr.. Bones
had devoted himself to shad.
-Firs. Coal Merchant-'.Sav, saw
man in very moderate circumstances
walk into coal Office to-day, order
two tons and plank down the cash.
Second Coal Magnate-''My gracious
We must raise the price mt once"
-Sunday-School Teacher (touching
her bosom) m)-.Johnny, don't you feel
bad in here when you have been doing
wrong?' Johnny (bashfully)-'.No'in.
ma uses the back OF brush and takes
me over her knee. ."-Burlington Free
Press.
Actor Ito friend )-."Didn't tit strike
you. Charley. that q large number Of
the audience were considerably moved
over my soliaoquy in the second act?'
Friend-"O. yes; ! noticed quito y
number got up ana moved out. -
Epoch.
Mrs. McCorklc--.'John, dear. the
Doctors sermon this morning was
from the text, .Ye are tho salt of the
earth Where do you suppose ! can
find the passage?" Mr.. McCorkle-
II should think you could find it in the
Psalter. brakes Magazine.
Sir" said she, .'do you expect
me, saleslady ut Tapcly 4 Jaxon's
dry-goods emporium, to marry COM
mon clerk?'' II am not p common
clerk" he answered; II am a sales
gent" She fell into his arms and
mnrmured II am thine. ."-Terre
Haute Express.
Benevolent old gent-..H0w my
heart bounds when I see the happy
faces of childhood. Note the beaming
smile of the little boy now approach
ing. Heaven itself seems TO have
illuminated those little features.
will speak to him. One moment. little
boy. Why arc you SO happy?" Lit.
tie boy (grinning) Ma got mad and
| spanked me with her new four-dollar
hair brush and-she broke it. Phil.
adelphia Record
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
SEVERELY HANOL 60.

Editor O'Erien's Struggle to Keep from
Wearing the Prison GarD Leaves Him
In such . Condition That the Presence
OF u Pricat Is Needed.
DUBLIN, Feb. William OBrien was
lodged in the C.cnmel Jail to undergo the
sentence Of four months imprisonment
imposed on him 0t Carrick on SUR
for offenses under the Crimes act.
When ordered to remove his civilian
clothing ant don the prison garb Mr..
O'Bricn refused to obey the or.
der, whercupon he was seized by warders
and his clothing was forcibly removed.
His beard was then shaved Off He made
q desperate resistance. and was exhausted
by his efforts TO prevent the removal Of
his clothing. The prostration OF Mr..
O'Brien after his struggle with tho
warders was 80 severe that It WAS deemed
best to summon priest to him.
The National SITS are greatly agitated
over tho report that Nj. William O'Brien
received sucn rough treatment at Clonmcl
jail. 1t Is stated that lie Is severely in
jurcd about the body and Is completely
prostrated by the brutal handling ne re-
ceived. He is naked with the exception
OF shirt, as tho wardens stripped his
clothes off him. AMI Mr. O'Brien refuses
to wear the prison garb.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
oeEYEo ORDERS.

The New York Police. BY Command ..
Inspector williams, shoot to Xxi IA
Mob Of Street-Car strikers Fired Upon
The Crowd Returns the ShOts-Several
Persons Hurt.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The most rcmarka.
BILE and striking feature OF yesterdays de-
velopments Ia the strcct-car troubles was
the command OF Inspector Williams to
his men: "Shoot TO kilt. When the do.
tails were being made for the day he
sad: "1f the crowd uses clubs you uso
your pistols. Have no nonsense about it.
want no play, no foolishness Unnecessary
use your pistols and use them well. Shoot
to liz Inspector Williams was asked
why he had given such strong ord srs to his
men. He replied that he had been told that
the strikers were to organize in gangs, and,
armed with clubs, would assault the new
men at every OPT ortunity.
A number Of cars were run on various
lines early in the day without signs Of
trouble. Although running with tolerable
regularity, they we poorly patronized,
the major ~ OF people rreferring to walk
to their places Of business.
Late in tho afternoon the police dis
perscd mob at Tenth avenue, which was
engaged in blockading the Belt road.
Clubs were used and several heads were
cracked
A little later the strike assumed most
alarming aspect. The police charged tho
crowd. The latter resisted. The officers
remembering their orders, drew their re-
volyers aud opened fire. The strikers were
armed, and for q few seconds bullets
whistled thick and fast One striker
was badly wounded and several others
are thought 10 have been hit Half an
hour later a mob Of striking Broadway
men dumped large truck on the track on
Seventh avenue. Officer Patrick Lynch
was the only one on duty there atthe time.
He chased the mob through Forty-ninth
street TO Eighth avenue, where he caught
James Nesdalc, Broadway driver. While
taking him to the Broadway stables the
crowd rushed at the officer. knocking him
down, ami one Of them made .
Vicious kick at the policeman's head.
but the latter lodged. Lynch fired
his revolver in the air, bringing Officer
Thompson, VINO raiscl him TO his feet. Tho
prisoner was again seized, and the crowd
again rushed forward and both officers
fred revolvers in the air. A numter of
strikers drew rcyolvers. Bullets whistled
past the officers head. One Of tho shots
struck the prisoner In the knee. The
firing attracte! a squad Of ro'ice. They
swept the avenue and drove the crowd be-
fore them. The two officers were consider
ably battered. Tho wounded man was
sent to the hospital. HIS wound is seri-
ous. Another driver was also arrested in
the row.
| BROOKLYN, Feb. Ia serious encounter
| occurred Thursday morning when q car
arrived at Fifth avenue and Tenth street,
where barricadc of trucks and building
stonc lay across tho track and . mob Of
| 1.0OJ mea opposed the police. The mount
| ed police charged and dispersed the mob.
The car maic the trip, but was bajiy used
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

SAMOA consists OF u group OF four
islands in the Pacific Ocean, about as
far from the Sandwich Islands rs the
latter are from San Francisco, and
about thirteen hundred miles north
east OF Australia. Tho names of the
four islands arc Upolu. Savaii, Apoli-
ma and Manono, with u popula. ion in
1887 OF 200 foreigners, mostly Ameri-
cans. Englishmen aud Germans, and
$4,000 natives, and with an area OF
1850 square miles. These islands are
the dominating power in that part OF
the Pacific Ocean, and the center Of
commerce.. -.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
DARING BURGLARY.

Tho Residence OF Colonel White, Secre-
tary of the American Legation at Lon.
don, Entered. and 03J,OOO Worth Of
va.uab.es Carried On.
LONDON, Feb. IA daring burglary
was committe at the residence Of Colonel
White, secret sry Of the American Lega-
tion, Wednesday night. The house.
which 10 In Ramstade, near Ascot-was
Entered BY thieves some timc after
midnight aud robbed Of jewelry and
other vaiuables to the amount Of $35 900
All the jewels were in q casket belong
ing to Mrs. White. The burglars seem TO
have been infcrmoi OF this, for the
moment they secured it they LETT the
house.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

A GRANITE figure of Captain Miles
Standish Is to be erected ON the old
Standish farm at Duxbury, Mass The
monument will be fifteen feet high.
and will represent Standish in the mil
itary dress Of the colonial period. The
original homestead was burned in 1866,
but another house was erected by his
con In 1867. The land was given to
him by the colony in 1880. and re-
mained in the family until the middle
Of tho last century. The hill where
tho monument will stand Is 18o feet
high and commands fine view OF
Plymouth and DuxburY harbors-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

CAMPAIGNING JOnN ALLEN was
made Chaplain OF the Maine House in
the famous fusion year. His petitions
IN opening the meetings Of tho body
were generally timely and sometimes
unique. Oncc he prayed: 20. Lord,
II Thou canst, cndow this body with
wisdom and discretion"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

The statute providing for execution
by electricity in New York State con-
tains the following clause: mo account
OF the details OF any such execution be.
yond the statement OF the fact that such
convict was on the day in question duly
executed according to law ut the pris-
on shall be published in any news
paper. Any person who shall violate
or omit to comply with any provision
OF this section shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

DELAWARE has been selected as the
place for holding the next reunion OF
tho Smith family. This, an exchange
thinks, Is unfortunate, as many will be
prevented from attending by lack of
space. II Texas were chosen then the
sign standing Room Only" need not
occupy such prominent place in the
proceedings.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
commerce

SOME time ago Miss Virginia Knox,
OF Pittsburgh, lovely and accom-
plishod young woman, married the
handsome and dashing Count do Mon-
tercale. Of Italy. They went to Paris
on their wedding tour. where the Count
treated his young bride with such
shameless cruelty that she left him.
This was bad enough. but there is still
worse to tell. The Count was no Count
at all. The mayor OF Pittsburgh has
received letter from the real Count
do Montercale saying that the o-called
Count who married Miss Knox is the
son OF his gardener.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

ANTHONY HIGGINS. the recently
elected United States Senator from the
State Of Delaware, is forty-eight years
OF age, is a native of that State and q
graduate of Yale College, of the class
OF 1861. He began the practice of law
in Wilmington in 1864. He has al
ways been a Republican, and during
General Grants Presidency was United
States District-Attorney for Delaware.
lie is said to rank among tho ablcst
lawyers Of that State.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

7. L. WILLIAMS, Commissioner of
Schools in Utah, in his annual report
Tor 1858 says the taxation for school
purposes is insufficient A census of
children Of school ago (between six
ind eighteen years) showed that there
were in the Territory 94l boys and
3.64l girls of non-Mormon parents,
N,OS2 boys and 23, 253 girls OF Nor
mon parentagc.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

Rev. Robert j. BuRDETTE, the
humorist. addressed an audience of
collegians the other day. and said:
.'sSome of you boys arc going into the
pulpit by and by. / don't believe
would take many jokes into the pulpit.
There is not a jest in the Bible from
Genesis to Revelation. 1t is earnest,
earnest. earnest. all the way through. I,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

A NAN In Tennessee has been ar.
rested for setting fire to hotel on the
European plan." says an exchange.
We are not acquainted with the Euro
pean plan Of setting fire to hotel,
but suppose the result is the same
the building burns.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
SKIPPED WITH THE CASH.
County Clerk sullivan and His book.
Keeper Suddenly Leave Indianapolis.

1AOCRCS SWOWOsAsy AS00SS AuWsbsbsSpUAhSs
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Feb. a-John Il.
Sullivan, clerk Of this county. disappeared
Thursday night, and thcrc Is every reason
to believe that he has gone to Canada to
escape criminal prosecution. Three
days ago he made an assignment with
liabilities OF S1J.OOO and assets half
that much, turn ng over his office To his
deputy and bondsman. w. &. SIroulc
Sullivan operated immense poultry and
produce establishments, and had claimed
to secure certain creditors by ware.
house receipts fer goods. Thurs
day evening it became known
that many Of these receipts were
frauduicntly issued. and that the stuff they
represented di 4 not exist. This undoubted-
ly caused Sullivan's hight. The amount OF
tho fraudulent receipts is not definitely
known, but must be many thousands Of dol
larA County Treasurer Loftin, to whom
Sullivan owed SCI. 0OO. held $4,000 OF them.
Tom J. Neil, Sulliyan's book-keeper, who
drew the receipts, Is also on the missing
list and is supposed to have joined his
principal. sullivan took every dollar OF
cash in his oillce.
Eullivan's wife says John has gone to
New York to raise money TO tide him over
and pay his debts, but the statement is
debts are estimated to run any where from
S5O.OO to $150.O00. He made q clean
sweep of the money in tho county clerk s
Office aud did not leave enough funds to
pay the salaries due his deputies lie
raised money in every conceivable way.
and tho presumption Is that he carried .
good round sum away with him. Hrs en-
bezslements. aside from his legitimate
debts, now reach about $4,000
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

BY q recent decision of the United
States Supreme Court the lifetime OF a
patent taken out IN this and another
country is extended to the extreme
time to which it may run in the for
eipn country.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

A GEORGIAN. seventy years old,
rodo sixteen miles horseback to pay a
fifty dollar note. The item is worthy
OF record because OF its oddity. the
general custom being to let the other
fellow do the riding.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
WEST AND souTh.

In TIE First Indiana district +. b Posoy
(Rcp.l wa on tho .9th elected to Congress
TO All the vacancy caused by the resigna-
tion Of General Hovey.
ADvlcEs of the 30th ult say that gold
and silver had been found in paying guam
titles In the northern part Of Iowa County,
Via 1t was procured by surface DIGGING
and was said 10 assay from tA26 to 90 per
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

Miss MARY d. GREELEY, Of East
Lebanon, N. H., is entitled to honor
able mention. She recently saved
nom drowning three men who had
broken through tho ice while skating.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

The fires in the car stoves die out
slowly, but they are dying all tho same.
Many OF the leading roads have them
only in the cars for an emergency, and
heat with steam. The reform will not
so back ward
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
O'Brien Again In Prison.

DUBLIN, Jan. 3l.-Mr. William O'Bren
was brought from Manchester Wednesday
and taken to Clonmel prison. The l. RI
Mayor and other Parnellltes awaited his
arrival at the Westland Row station in this
city. but the police changed the roats and
conveyed him to Clonmel via the Kings
Bridge station.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
HoMEWARO Sound.
Mini.tsr Phelps ana His Wife bid Fare
we'll to England.

:. .LoNDoN, Feb. L-Mr. Phelps. the
American Minister, and his wife have
sailed from Southampton for New Yera
on the North German Lloyd steamer
Lain. A largo number OF Americans
anl memters OF the diplomatic corps
gathered at the railway station III London
and bade them a hearty farewell Baron.
ess Burdettc .Ccnt,s presented Mrs. Phelps
with lovely hou ,ftsf The naavar ana
municipal authors, rs u Southampton &C
companied Mr. aad s.rs rnsi:,s on tie
tender which cea-gy ~. .l.ea, - he Lain.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
Cotton Mi,ls Burned.

AUGUSTA, Ga, Feb. a-Fire was discov-
cred at noon Friday in tho warehouse Of
the Graniteville mills, twelve miles south
OF this city, which ragged until dark. The
mills wcro heavy buyers of cotton. and ths
build ne, l30xSO feet together with 2, BAG
bales OF cotton, were destroyed. Loss,
100000; insurance, $4,000 Origin Of fire
unknown.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
Terrible Deed Of an Aged Scoundrel In
New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 3l.-Etrenne Dcs-
chamrs, aged 60 took Juliette and La
nance Dietz, oged respectively 10 and 2
years, out walking and subsequently to
his room. He told the girls 0 lie down on
his bed. Jutiette compl ed, but Lamaces
ran away and reported the occurrence to
her father. Deschamps asked Juliette to
smell his handkerchief. which was ev.-
IDENTIFY saturated with chloroform When .
the father with an officer arrived. Jul ette
was found dead and the man dying He
can not recover He had chloroformed
himself after assaulting the unconsc ous
girl. He was an old friend Of the Dictz
family and . well-known dentist
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
The Debt Statement,

WARRINGTON. Feb. 2.--The reduction in
the public debt during january rat
amounted TO slaalG, sS Tho total debt
now less cash in the Treasury amounts to
Sl,12l841 Sra Tho net cash or surplus in
the Treasury is S6l,93a eaS, against s6e,.
6a60o4 month agc
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

CARTHAGE. ILL.,, Jan. Silt Is announced
that o religious denomination OF Chicago
will erect young ladies' seminary at
Niota, opposite Fort Madison, on ten acres
Of ground given by three farmers Build.
iugs 70 cost SO, oo0 will be built
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

A WOMAN at Huntington, Conn.,, who
Is only thirty-live years Of age, has
had nine husbands. Next!
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
Three Person. K.l.ed by tho Cars.

BELLEvILLE, ILL.,, Feb > Three persons
were killed At atdi6erent times hare Friday
by railroad trains. A. J. King, of St
Louis, conductor OF . freight train on tue
along the car tops fell beneath tho train
aud was killed, his body being
horribly mangled. He was 80 years
old and had family in st. Louis.
At 10 o'clock Absalom Badg!cy, while
viewing tho spot where Conductor King
was killed., was struck b. locomotive and
fatally injured. He died at noon. Badgley
was 81 years old and a lifelong resident Of
St Clair County About noon John Frel,
q blacksmith, who had been on o protract.
OIL spree, committed suicide by throwing
himself under the wheels OF train.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
'Englsnd.s Navy IN poor Condition.

LONDON, Feb. 3.-The committee ap.
pointed to inquire into the condition Of
tho navy, as manifested by tho recent
'uaneuvres, report tha. the ships, with few
exceptions, are unsuitable for modern war.
fare., apd indeed are wholly deficient and
that tho fleet rs ii exists IS unit to com-
mand the seas against IN enemy.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

PEORIA, ILL.,, Feb. 2.-.The revenue col
lections for the month Of January amount
Cd TO &. 2Al, ,s0a52, tho largest ever collected
In this or any other district The tar paid
gallons were 2. aS!. 4S7 and 5ll packages
WAro AxnnrfAd
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

TWENTY years ago Daniel Daul was
murdered in Page County. Va, by a
man named Hall. The story Of the
murder has just come to light
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

The death rate of the veterans Of
the war Is now six thousand per year.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
Freight Train Preclpitated Down .
M0untain-Sldo with Terrible Results. n

CALGARY, n w. T., Feb. la freight
train was descending the steep grade
which runs down from the SUNNI Of tho
Rocky Mountains on tho west side into
Beaver when an axlo on tho locomotive
tender broke, causing the engine and nlne-
teen. cars to jump the track, and precipi-
tating them down the side OF the mount
ain. The engine and cars were badly
smashed. Fireman C.. Fiddler, Brakeman
J. G Phelan and five Cinnamon were in
sta2tly killed.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

Two Sous remain OF tho band OF
twenty children who once called John
Brown father
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07

The Duke Of Sutherland owns only
1,358.545 acres Of land in England and
425, 600 in this country.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-07
THE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches.
FiFTiETH CONGRESS-.

Second Session.
TUESDAY, Jan. 29-ln the Senate IN
amendment TO the Consular and Diplo-
matte Appropriation bill giving to our
Ministers abroad tho title Of "Ambassa-
dor" instead OF Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister'S Plcnipotentiary" was
adopted. Senator Sherman spoke at
length on tho Eamoa difficulty, maintain
ing that our rights must be asserted. In
the House petition Of thirteen thousand
citizens of Utah against the admission Of
that TOritory as . State was pres sentcd
The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was
protection Of the fur, seal and salmon
fisheries Of Alaska was reported.
"WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3O-Thc Senate re-
sumcd consideration Of the d plomatic
and Consular Appropriation bill, tho
tfmc being occupied In discussing the
amendments affecting the Samoan islands.
The Brit sh extradition treaty was also
considered. In the House tha time was
passed in discussing the Oklahoma b II.
THURSDAY, Jan. 3l-In the Senate tho
House amendments to the bill to increase
the pensions Of those who have lost
both hands were concurred in. After the
passage Of few private bills considera-
tion Of the Diplomatic and Consular Ap-
propriat on bill was resumed, the pending
question being On the amendment re-
ferring to Samoa, and tho bill was finally
passed. In the House many petitions
were presented In favor OF the Sunday
rest bill. The Oklahoma bill was further
discussed
FRIDAY. Feb Ia message was re-
ce.ved In the Senate from the President
vetoing bill granting u pension to Mrs
Helen Hand. Too House amendments
to the Senate bill for the admission Of
South Dako,a as State were non. con-
Cured in. A resolution was adopted in
struct.ng the q mmittee on Foreign Rela-
tions TO inquire into affairs in the Samoan
islands. and to report VIII It measures were
necessary to protect the interests Of
American citizens therein. The British
extradition treaty was rejected. Ad-
journed to the 4th. In the House the con
ference report on the bill to create tho
Department or Agriculture was agreed to-
The bill making Oklahoma Territory was
rassed-yeas, l4S; nays, 1O2. At the even.
ing session twenty-five private pension
bills were passed.