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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

md where, on the uplanis, the company
propose to build quarters for their work
men, using the railroad to convey the men
to and from their works in the harbor to
their homes The forests will at once be
cleared away along the proposed route OF
the canal from Greytown to Lake Mica
ragaa, and telegraph line will be built
across to the Pacific coast Ample funds
are In hand, and within y few months, Mr..
Cheney says, the work of carrying out this
great engineering project, to which he in
tends to devote his entire energies, will be
fully under way,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28
TRE LLsTo-UUAkE.
A Strange Malady Which Sometimes A
tackS Grnve-Diggcrs.

A Strange Malady Which Sometimes At.
tacI<s Grave-Disgcrs.
A strange sort Of mental affection.
known as ''corpse-quakc," has often
been found to exist among grave-dig
gers 1t is no uncommon occurrence
that person employed in cemeteries
for many years is suddenly afflicted
with q shaking similar TO that expert
enccd by persons suffering from ague
A gravc-digger who has been em.
ployed at Cypress Hills cemetery 70,
fifteen years was seen yesterday by s
reporter.
Il know Of a number of such cases.
said he. Ten years ago We had three
diggers here who had worked togethe,
for quite while. One of the three,
who used to be very lively chap and
always willing and ready to tell good
yarn. became very quiet all at once.
His companions noticed this and, think.
ing that Joe was not feeling well, let
him alone. There was to be a funeral
in the afternoon and we went over to
dig tho grave. As soon as Joe stuck
his spade In the ground he began to
shake. His companions told him to stop
working if he didn't feel we'll. but Joe
paid no attention and continued with
his work until the job had been fin.
ished. Three or four more graves were
made that day, and every time Joe put
down his spade he shook The other
two tried to make fun OF him by imita,-
ing his shaking while at work.
A few days later Joe's compan.
ions had tho corpse-quake, too. and a
week later had to stop work entirely.
Il thought that the three men had
contracted malaria, but. strange to say,
they never would have that peculiar
shake while away from the cemetery.
,Joo came back TO us, but every time he
would pick up spade and try to work
that old trouble would come back. We
insisted upon his giving up the job, as
he was falling away. He remained at
home about o week. and his wife told
us he was getting better again. when
one day his boy mentioned the word
spade in his fathers presence. 1t was
the strangest thing in the world-no
sooner had the boy said spade than
Joe took the corpse-quakc again. He
didn't last long after that He would
be thinking about digging graves all
the time. and this made him SO sick that
he died shortly after / don't remem.
Der what became of the other two men.
They had to give up the job, and.
think, moved away from here altogcth-
err"
Superintendent Thomas Merchant. oil
Greenwood Cemetery, said that his
mon had never been affected by corpse.
quake. ''Our men are old hands ut the
business" said he. land have never
known one to suffer from any such
trouble. IN World.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28
THREE LIVES LOST.

An Aged Woman and Two Little Girls
Burned to Death In Massachusetts,.
BALDwINsyu4IE, Mass, March % A house
situated near Days mills, one mile from
this village, was burned Tuesday afternoon,
and Mrs Russell, aged ~ years. and two
daughters Of a neighbor named Trueheart,
aged and - years. perished in the hames
Mrs. Russell was making gum when the kettle
of pitckwas overturned and took fire. The
fire spread rapidly, preventing the escape
OF Mrs Russell and the Trueheart girls.
Mrs. Russelrs daughter escaped by jumping
from the window. Mr. Russell, who was nj
work near the house, made an attempt To
rescue the victims but the flames and
Smoke drove him back
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28
A GREAT SCHEME.


Searching In Ohio for u Site for tho Pro.
posed Governments Fish Hatchery.
DAYTON. o.. March -. John Gay, OF
Washington, Inspector OF stations for tho
United States Fish Commission, and Cyrus
Y. Osborn, president Of the Ohio Fish Conn
mission, left Tuesday evening for Sandusky
to select there or ON some one of the Lake
Erie islands site for Government
tish-hatchery. The proposed hatchery will
be for 2,o00 jars, which will be four times
larger than any other hatchery In tho
world The scheme Is colossal, contem-
plating that the Government will first sup
ply with fish eggs all the hatcheries Of the
States h1rdering on the great lakes
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
CONGRESSIONAL.

q. .. SENATE IN SPECIAL SESSION.
TUESDAY, March 19-The President sent
to the Senate the names Of Whitelaw
Rcd, editor OF the New York Tribune,
"a, Minister to Paris, and Julius
Goldschmidt, of Wisconsin, as Con-
sular General to Vienna The nomina-
ton Of Eugene Schuyler, to be Assistant
Secretary Of State, was withdrawn, he hav-
Ing declined to serve. A large number OF
appointments previously made were con-
firmed. The following select committee on
the April centennial celebration in New
York was appointed: Senators Hscock,
Sherman, Hoar, Voorhees, and Eustis.
WEDNESDAY, March 90 - The following
nominations were sent to the Senate by the
President: Frederick d. Grant, to be United
States Minister to Austria Hungary; John
G. New, to be Consul General to London.
communication was presented from the
Governor of Rhode Island stating that tfc
resignation OF Mr.. Chace had been present.
ed and accepted.
THURSDAY. March 81 The President sent
TO the Senate the following nominations:
Miles G. Moore, to be Governor. and Oliver
G. White. Secretary, of Washington Terri
tory; Henry NJ. Blame. to be Chief-Justi:e
Of Montana sur rene Court; John ID. Elem
ing to be United States Attorney for the
District of Montana. A number of po>t-
office nominations were also sent in.
FRIDAY, March q. The Senate met, but
Immediately adjourned upon learning OF
the death of Justice Matthews.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

GusT WERNER, q merchant tailor at To-
pcka, Kan, In o quarrel over rent on the
Goth, shot and killed John Spendlove ard
then killed himself.
BoY named David Barkey, OF Milton
township. o., who had severe attack OF
hydrophobia, was recovering on the 10Th
Physicians and scientists were writing to
know what treatment the boy received
The Governor Of Colorado signed live
stock and meat inspection bill on the 2lst
which practically prohibits the importation
OF meats from Chicago and other Eastern
packing houses.
UNITED STATES troops drove nearly three
hundred boomers out OF Oklahoma on the
2lst
FoUR masked men robbed passenger
train Oh the Atlantic 4 Pacific railroad on
the 2ist at Canyon Diah:o. A. T. The Wells
Fargo cxprcss-car was rified, but the
amount secured was not known.
THE stable Of Pohlman Brothers In St
Louis, was destroyed by fire on the 2lst and
fifty horses were burned to death. The
stable OF J. II. Manor was also burned with
ten horses
The livery stable of Gordon & Warner at
Newport, Neb., was burned on the 21st, and
J. b. Gordon, who was asleep In the Office,
was burned to death, rs were also eight
horses.
On the 2lst Lake Eric was opened for nav
igation.
WHILE burning brush on the ed Andrew
Stroupe farmer living near Atwood, Ind ).
was stricken with apoplexy, fell into the
fire and was burned to q crisp.
MONROE WILKINSON tcolorcd, was hanged
on the I'D at Scottsville, Ky, for the murder
of Berry Manion (colored) on the I'D of
September last
In the storm that swept over New Han
over County. NJ c., on the 2ad, Benjamin
Moore was killed by hail-stones
PATRICK TRAISoR, of Cincinnati, q worth
less fellow who for some time past had al
lowed his wife to support his six children
and himself, ran q rcd-hot poker through
the woman's cheek into her mouth on the
ed Physicians said she could not recover.
Her offense was that when asked why din
ner was not ready she responded that there
was no food in the house.
OK the aad A. G. Mcllette was sworn in as
Governor of Dakota
On the 22d Wesley Cornell, a prominent
and well-to-do farmer of Deer Creek town
ship, Ind, committed suicide.
InE execution OF Timothy and Peter Bar
rett. two brothers took place at Minneapo.
lis on the I'D for the murder Of q man
named Tolcfsen, q street car driver on the
night Of July 20, 1887.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

WHILE out for an airing tho other
afternoon q red-headed Washington
girl was stg1.ck. with the. injustice of
the ironical remarks She overheard
about white horses. Being an advo-
cate Of the movement against cruelty
to animals, she had four Of the most
original of these punsters arrested.
who were promptly fined five dollars
apiece as. nuisances, soundly lectured
by IN unfeeling judge, and compelled
to apologize to the lady with the
erotic locks. What blessing to CIV
ilization 1t would be if there were forty
such girls in every city in the land.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

AT the head of Henry Ward Beech
er's grave in Greenwood Cemetery,
Brooklyn. is a very simple monument.
1t is a block of gray granite. perhaps
six feet long and half as wide and
high. Two faces Of it are polished.
On the southern face. directly over the
grave, is this inscription: Henry
Ward Beecher. June 81. 1Sl3-March
8, 1887. He thinketh no evil.'" On
the reverse side are the names Of the
infant children buried in the same plot.
with the dates of their births and
deaths Four Of Mr.. Beecher's children
died in infancy and four survived him
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

FOR the last twenty years Pltila-
deiphia woman has been constantly
and vehemently declaring that her
husband was not worth the salt even
In his bread. A few weeks ago hs got
killed in railway accident, and now
his wife has sued the companp for
$4,000 damages. Salt must be high
in PENNSYLVANIA.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

THERE is said to be maiden lady at
E.berton. Ga, who is SO constituted
that she can not live out of water but
a couple of hours at time. If she
leaves her bath-tub for any longer
period than this she is oppressed by
Il sense of suffocation. and can only
get relief by having her entire body
covered with cold water. What a sight
Of trouble some ladies do nave!
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

THERE is living near Sycamore.
Mass. a family that occupies farm
that is said to have been handed down
from father to son for six generations.
When the father of this line, Thomas
Tupper, settled on the land in 1924,
the place was an Indian village,
known as Shaun.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

Its Construction to He Commenced at
Once ut Grcytown.
WASHINGTON. March GA. G. Cheney. OF
New York, president of the Nicaragua Canal
Construction Company, who has been in
Washington for several days, says work
will be begun at once on the
canal Operations will first begin at
Greytown, on the eastern side, where the
harbor approaches have to be deepened,
and railroad has to be built across the
swampy land ten miles into the interior,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28
THE great Eiffel tower in Paris will

THE great Eiffel tower in Paris will
be finished by April l. The tower
stands at present 825 feet high and
weighs 1880 tons. Only 800 tons re.
mains to be added. To approach the
summit of the tower there will be
three distinct kinds of elevators. Two
will 60 to the first platform. two 9TH
ers to the second and third platforms
in a vertical line. The whole trip
will take five minutes and the elevat-
ors will be capable Of taking up $50
persons an hour.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

"How TO Graduate is the name of
. new book on the market. Once upon.
time proficiency in learning was re-
ouired, but now. If young man is a
hard hitter, q good fielder. can pull a
strong oar and do a one hv6dred yard
dash in lOa seconds, he will get through
all right without dallying with He.od-
Otus ut all.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

KATE FIELD has poor opinion Of a
professional fashionable woman"
She says that woman who aims to be
fashionable must neglect home, hus-
band and children. put away comfort
and convenience, be a first-claas hyp-
ocrite and good slanderer, and at
the end OF ten years break down and
become physical wreck.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28
Its Days Are Numbered

BALTIMORE, Md, March 22.-Barnum's
Hotel, fronting Monument Square, known
to travellers all over the world, will bo
closed on April next There was time
when the equal OF Barnum's was hard to
find in this country. The hotel was estab.
lished In 1876 by David Barnum, and some
owners
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28
CHOSEN BY BEN.
The President Appoints Few Terrific
Onicers and Several POstmasters.

TnO PfeslOcnC appoints rev r6rrItOT1os
Onicers and Several POstmasters.
WASHINGTON. March 22.-The President
sent the following nominations to the
Senate:
Miles c. Moore. Of Walla Walla. w. r, TO
be Governor OF Washington Territory.
Oliver G. White, OF Dayton, w. T., TO b0
Secretary Of Washington Territory.
Henry N. Blanc, OF Montana, to be Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court OF Montana.
John ID. Fleming, Of Colorado, to be United
States Attorney for the District OF Colorado.
Also the following postmastcrs: Illinois
NJ Iledgeville, Carlos g. Wilson: Flora, Allason
H. Reed: Peter r,burg William r. Parks. Wis.,
consin--Wcst Superior, Graham l.. RICE.
fndiana-Unon City, james 5. Reeves. Ohio
New Philadelphia. Daniel korns; Nelsonville,
John +. WEIGH; Athens, George w. Baker.
Michigan-Fowlerville Dewitt G. Carr.
HAVE NOT GONE TO WORK
The 1.a cn6.an6
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28
Wizards scheme s.iids to Have Burst

New YORK. March "a few weeks ago q
company with an authorized capital Of
si2,0O0,O ,OO0 was chartered in the State OF New
Jersey for the purpose Of consolidating the
four organizations which have hitherto d.
vided the business Of manufacturing and
selling the Edison electric light appliances
Henry Willard undertook to accomplish this
reorganization and to obtain from his Ger
man friends several millions OF new capital
Il is said the scheme has collapsed
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28
MHITELAY REID,

uia, TO be Associate Justice OF the Supreme
Court OF the District Of Columbia
John X. McFc. OF New Mexico. to be Asso.
ciate justice OF the Supreme Court OF the Ter
-itory Of New Mexico.
Frank II. Aikens, OF Dakota, to be Associate
Justice OF the Supreme Court OF the Territory
OF Dakota.
COMBINATIONS.
Among the nominations confirmed by the
Senate were the following:
Rathbone Gardner, District Attorney for
Rhode Island; Ebert O. Weed, District Attor-
ney for Montana; Brad D. Slaughter, Marshal
for Nebraska; Smith A. Whitfield, Second AS
sstant Postmaster-GeEeral: Abraham D
Hazen, Third Assistant Postmastcr-General !;
Samuel II. Thayer. Minister to the Neither
lands; William w. Thomas, Jr., Min .ster to
Norway and Sweden.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

Ex-PREsIDENT ARTHUR's grave in the
Rural Cemetery at Albany. N. T.. is
soon to be marked with . he:u::;;..;s.
monument consisting OF q sarcophagus
copied from the Egyptian tombs and
resting on q granite platform.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

1T Is estimated that the value of the
land contained in Central Park, New
York. which originally cost Sc, SOC, 900,
is now worth at least over 500, ,OOO,-
OOO. The maintenance of the park
costs nearly 800, 900 a year. It comes
high, but the Gothamites must have il.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

GEORGE KEENAN,, the Siberian trav-
eler, is said to be the only known
American who ever completely mas
tered the Russian language. except
Caleb Gushing. formerly Minister to
St. Petersburg.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

THERE will be nine eight-cared
crews at New London, Conn, next
summer. The university and fresh
men crews Of Yale. Harvard, Columbia
and University of Pennsylvania, and
the Cornell crew.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

ASHl AMaAACl
and third Assistant
Postmasters- General
have not yet entered
upon their official
duties. Mr.. Hazen is
in the city and ex-
poets to take charge
Ok his Office next Mon
day or Tuesday. Mr..
Whitfield has re )
turned to Cincinnati,
but he is expected to
return here within a
few days and begin
work.
James N Tynery yes
kl II
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

OVER in England gas meter has
been invented whereby you drop coin
in the slot and get as much gas as you
pay for. A penny buys the light OF an
ordinary burner for six hours,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28
FROM WASHINGTON.

FoR the first eight months OF the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1850, the collections Of
internal revenue were $s3,3H,2I1, an in
crease of s2,GC3 IA over the collections for
the corresponding period of the last fiscal
year.
On the 2Uth the United States Consul-G Gen.
eral at Shanghai informed the State De-
partment at the request Of the Shanghai
Committee of the North China Relief Fund
OF the distress existing over large area of
China Thousands were starving and dying
from exposure in Northern China, and aid
was requested
THE statistical report of the Department.
Of Agriculture for March gave OH the 2lst
the result OF its investigation Of the average
weight OF wheat by States. The general av-
erage was sos pounds, the lowest average
Of six years.
THERE were 249 business failures in the
United States during the seven days ended
on the 22d, against l05 the previous seven
days.
THE death Of Justice Stanley Matthews, of
the United States Supreme Court, occurred
at his home in Washington at ten o'clock on
the morning of the I'D at the age of sixty
five years Justice Matthews served through
the war as Colonel of the Fifty-seventh
Ohio regiment, was elected United States
Senator from that State in March, 1877, and
in ISL he was appointed all Associate JUS
tice of the United States Supreme Court by
President Garfield. He leaves wife, three
daughters and two sons
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

EMERSON thus foretold, in way, as
Tar back as 1851, what is now the
phonograph: THE sun paints; pres
emily we shall organize the echo, as
now we do the shadows
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28
COLORADO will found Soldiers
Home and build it in the San Luis val

The highest position in the gift of
the President is that OF postmaster at
Mineral Point, Col. 1t Is twelve thou
sand feet above the sea level.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28
Amerlcan Reauty Triumphs.

ROME, March o3-Mrs Pierre, OF New
York, who competed In . beauty contest at
Nice, has been awarded the tirst prize. She
has returned tho trophy, to be used for tho
benefit Of the charity In tho interest oS
which the show was organized.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

1T has been calculated that not less
than twenty million OF meteors, each
large enough to be visible as a s.shoot-
ing star" enter our atmosphere daily.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

AN Arkansas man who bears the
name OF Jerusalem John johnson
wants it changed to John the Baptist
smith in order that he may inherit
ten acres OF land.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28
Tho Record .t Monte Carlo.

GENOA, March "A Genoa newspaper
states that there have been fifteen duels
and sixteen suicides ct Monte Carlo since
January1 l.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

TIE stomach daily produces nine pounds
Of gastric juice for digestion Of food; its
capacity is about five plnts.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

WHICH, liiG Dur
rctt boys cxpi-
ated upon the
gallows was the
murder Of Thos.
i o | | G I s on, q
street car driv-
er in Minneapo-
lis, on the n ght
Of July rs, h,
l 3 81. I h cr o
were three bro
theirs, Henry,
known as Red
dy," Tim and
r te Barrett.
On the night
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28
CREsCO, IOWA, THURSDAY, MARCH %, 1889.
MURDER AVENGED.

Tim and Pete Barrett were hanged in
The county Jail at Minneapolis. by Sheriff
Ege on Friday the 22d day Of March, 1859
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28


sprung at IA .
M, and life was
extinct in IA min.
utes after. and
they were OIL
cially pronounc-
cd dead by the
medical attend.
ants at 11:47
The bodies were
turned yer to
the coroner who
in turn passed
them over to the
u n q e r tax er.
one OF the most
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-03-28

One acre of land in small fruit can,
with good management, be made a.
profitable as five acres in corn or oats.