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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-04-04

the continual employment of coronets,
has brought forward small flowers Oh
every species, while larger blossoms
Diminished in keeping, swell the list. But
as change, some few very large roses
are seen. Nature is closely copied IN
general, however, even to her defeots,
but again, and particularly in view OF the
great prominence Of green, leafy coronets
and gsrlands are imported; familiar
flowers bloom quite unnaturaily in green
or impossible ones are in tone with
preaent fashion. RosALIND MAY.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
RAvAGED ~ A CYCLONE.
Many Lives Lost and Much Property De-
strOyed In Parts Of Georgia and Ala.

Many Lives Lost and Much Property De-
strOyed In Parts Of Georgia and Ala.
bama.
ATLANTA. Ga. Feb. l9.-Thc southeastern
oart OF Banks County was visited by terrific
cyclone before daybreak Monday morning.
The house of Thomas Stevenson was blown
70 pieces and the whole family were lifted
up and carried high into the air. Steven
son and one OF his sons were blown into
/ tree and killed The rest of the family
xere seriously II not fatally injured.
w. NJ. Meadors' house was similarly
,orn to pieces, and both Mcadors and his
wife were killed by falling timbers. Twelve
other persons were hurt by flying timbcrs
and by being blown against trees and
houses. The storm passed on to Nicholson,
place on the Gainesville & Jefferson rail-
road where about a dozen houses We're torn
from their bases and scattered IN all direc-
tiOns.
CoIEgA, Ala, Feb. ia cyclone passed
over Clinton County. five miles south OF
here, Monday morning. Much damage was
done to property and two persons are re-
r0.se fatally injured
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Feb. ia cyclone
passed through Bibb County, fifty miles
south of here, Sunday night doing great
damage to property and causing the death
OF several people and injury to many
others
A big rain-storm in Shelby G ounty Sunday
night ended with tornado The track OF
the storm is some distance from any rail-
road, and the particulars received are
meager. The path of the tornado was
twenty miles in length, and crossed a
rather thickly settled country. A large
number of houses were unroofed or blown
down. cattle and horses killed and number
Of people badly injured 1t is reported that
1--WE or six persons were killed outright.
The damage is estimated at 100000.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
BAYARD AND SAMOA.
He Insists Upon the Independence Of the
Ialasasls-Tlao Saclrx,illn Natter.

He Insists Upon the Independence Of the
Islands-The Sackville Matter.
BALTIMORE, Md, Feb. l9.-The SUMS
Washington special says that Secretary Bay
ard has received no official information
concerning the report that the German
Government is willing to effect
settlement of the Samoan question
upon the basis of joint Ameri-
can, German and English control Of
the islands. Great as this concession ap-
pears to be, Mr.. Bayard will insist upon tho
restoration Of native independence, for
which he has cOntended during all the ne
gotiations Germany recognized this prin-
ciple rs the basis OF the negotiations
conducted at Washington, but departed
from this position during the con-
ference and put in claim for preponder-
ant control, to which the English represen-
tatives acquiesccd Mr.. Dayard would not
consent to this and the conference
fell through Mr.. Bayard understands
that the proposed conference at Berlin
is to be a resumption of the
Washington conference, and that Germany,
according to the declaration Of the German
Minister, only desires to create a condi-
tion which offers permanent security for
bringing to an end bloodshed and decapita.
llou, uiiu which SIdhoe pc1Hsauehe eaicly W
the commercial interests OF the three treaty
powers in Samoa
The President will shortly transmit to
Congress the correspondence relating to
Lord Sackville's dismissal. 1t is understood
that the British Government maintains that
Minister should be permitted to remain 40
his post until his Government Is satisfied
that his usefulness is impaired, while Mr..
Bayard holds that he may be dismissed us
soon as he C, .ses to be acceptable.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
ABOUT foRElGN LANDS.

UGANDA, in the eastern part of Central
Africa, has an area Of $4,000 square miles
and population of 100000.
THE greatest emigration society at pres.
ent is the Argentine Republic. 1t will spend
this year $5,0OO,O0O to bring immigrants
from the north of Europe alone. Ships
from England, Holland and France are TAX
ing them over In thousands.
The land is SO valuable in most Of the set
tied districts Of China that hay has to be
made out Of the stalks of the grain that was
raised for man. Corn-StalkS are cut down
the moment the ears Of golden corn are
plucked, to make food for the animals.
LII HuNG CHANG is reported as saying:
Before half century has passed China
wall be covered with railways US with net.
Its immense mineral resources will be de-
yeloped. 1t will have rolling mills and fur
naces in many parts Of the country, and it
is not impossible that it may do the manu-
featuring for tho world" The Viceroy is
exceedingly sanguine, but there is no i'm
mediate reason for American and European
manufacturers being frightened at the pros
pect of the competition OF the Flowery
Kingdom. A place once lost 10 rarely re-
covered. The Chinese were once the lead
ers Of the world, and fell behind in the race.
It Is not likely that they will again take the
lead. Turkey was once in advance OF Eu.
rope.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
QUEER QUADRUPEDS.

A KITTEN ut Norfolk, Va, has been trained
to drink milk through straw.
A RESIDENT of Washington. d. c., has an
animal which presents . curious cCmbina-
tion. Its father was a half Mexican hair
less dog and half rabbit, and its mother was
q cat. Its hind feet are like dogs, with
the claws of cat. Its skin is smooth, with
the exception of few hairs On its back,
and its face is like that Of q cat, lacking,
however, tho whiskers and eyebrows. Its
tail is long and pointed and is curled up by
the animals side.
CONNECTICUT coons have many peculiar
traits, but Meriden has perhaps the only
pair that are not prohibitionists. Their love
for beer is SO strong that they will drink
nothing else. Like many other topers, they
are unable to realize when they have had
enough. They get boiling drunk at every
opportunity, and usually end their spree in
savage fights. Neither will drink beer
brewed in Connecticut. They drink New
York or Milwaukee beer.
A FARMER living a few miles cast of
Honey Grove, Tex, has mule that is IL
natural curiosity. The most prominent
feature about his muleship is that he is just
exactly eighteen and half hands high, or
six feet two inches, SO that o man who
stands six feet in his stockings standing by
the mules shoulders, just lacks two inches
OF heing as high as the animal, and he
weighs in proportion to his height, tippir g
the beam at 1919 pounds.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.

Labor Commissioner Wright sends Hi.
Report ON the Subject to C0ngress-In
terosting Statistics.
WASHINGTON, Feb 2l.-Carroll d. Wright
Commissioner of Labor, has submitted t.
Congress special report on mar
riages and divorces from 1867 K
1856. During the twenty years GOV.
cred by the report there was tota
of :ss.,s, 72l divorces granted in the Unitet
States, increasing from 9,931 in 1861 to 2, 5as
in 1886. OF these alG,s3 or Is per cent.
were granted to wives, and Ill ,9S3 We're
granted to husbands. The causes in which
wives are the petitioners more largely thar
husbands are cruelty, where the wife seek
divorce as to |; il desertion, where
the proportion is over to l; in drunk
enness where it is to l. Desertion wa,
given as the cause for l26, ,557 divorces ant
66 635 were obtained on the ground OF
adultery. The commissioner says it is ap.
parent that the dive. ces granted for drunk.
enness the total being l3, S43- can not rep.
resent the total number in which drunken.
ness or intemperance Is q serious factor
In the numbe, of divorces during these
twenty years Illinois takes the lead with 36,
OS.; Ohio comes next with ~, ,367; Indians
granted 25,l93; Michigan, Is. 1873; Iowa. l6,
sol; Pennsylvania, l6,U2O; New York, 15.3i
Missouri, 1928; California 12llS; Texas
II, AZ, and Kentucky, 1O.246
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HORRIBLE.
A Dissolute Laborcr ut Epson. WIS.,. Kill.
Ills Wife, Two Children and Himself.

A Dissoiutc Lsborcr ut Epson. WIS.,. Kill.
Ills Wife. Two Children and Himself.
ASHLAND, Wis. Feb. 2l-One of the most
atrocious murders and suicides that has beer
reported for some time occurred at Upson
in this county. 4 laborer named .losepi
Brogan killed his wife and two children, the
latter aged ) and years respectively, and
then committed suicide with 4 dull razor n.
s:3O a. m. Brogan drank heavily and had
heated quarrel with his wife. She protested
because he spent all OF his earnings foi
whisky. The couple quarreled frequently
and nothing was thought of it. This
morning when several persons were
passing by, the fiend attacked his
wife with a razor and nearly severed hei
head from the body The little boys awoke
from sleep and We're both horribly cut by
the raying father. He started for the dooI
and cut his own throat, his body falling
against and barring the opening OF the door
lie was about - years of age, and had nt
particular business.
When the neighbors broke in it was u hor
rible sight. The single room OF the house
was literally covered with blood. The
bodies of the victim and murderer wert
still warm, but all were dead The affail
has thrown the little village into an uproar
Brogan has wealthy parents living in the
East, who have been telegraphed to-
Marks upon the body OF the woman ex
a,nined at the inquest show that they had
had struggle before the cutting occurred
Her face looked as ii she had been strucl
several times by the villain. The little boys
Hugh and John. were murdered in bed
The murderer was big man and very dis
solnte the wife having had to support thu
family
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
PERSONAL AND IMPERSCHAl.

Prince Bismarck, though capital
French scholar himself, detests every
other German who parades the same
accomplishment.
One Of the best lawyers in Virginia
says he would On no account leave his
children any considerable amount Of
money, and he gives away not less
than $1,000 year.
The will OF Edison, the late mil.
lionaire who was one Of the founders
Of Oakland. Gal., il one Of the brief
est on record. It disposcs Of $1,000.
GOO in less than one hundred words.
"A retired merchant, aged eighty
three, OF Providence. and Il Boston
widow just one year his junior, were
married the other day. 1t was case
Of love at first sight. the couple hav.
ing met for the first time only three
weeks before.
A certain English comic opera
librettist went to see Mr.. Gilberts
..Brantinghame Hall" He came back
quite enthusiastic. Its fine play,
lie said. II like il very much. II
fact. think like il better than any
man in London-except Mr.. Gilbert
MIR Barney Bamato is the ''dia-
mond king" Of South Africa. Sixteer
years ago he was a pennilcss boy ol
nineteen years. Three years later he
had $4,000. Then he bought fou,
claims at Kimberley which paid him
net 81, 900 Il week for four years. and
then he sold them for 100000.
] The late Lord Eversley was I
most successful Speaker Of the House
4 of Commons. and never failed TO rec.
Y ognizc the right man when score OF
more sprang to their feet apparently
/ ut the same instant II have beer
shooting rabbits all my life.'' he onct
explained, land have learned to mark
the right ono.
The story is told of Mortimer
Mempes, tho portrait painter. that "A,
the beginning Of his career he went K
Miss Ellen Terry, who Is one OF thu
hardest persons for an artist to ge'
hold of. and said: Look here, Miss
Terry, I'm young Australian, with
few or no friends here, and | want Il
make my way in the world. Won
you let me paint your portrait?" She
consented. and it gave him a long lif'
toward success.
Miss NJ. +. Orr, Of New York. a pale
delicate-looking young girl, recently
gave remarkable exhibition of rapie
work on the typewriter in the as
sembly room Of Packard's Business.
College. She printed sixty-six char
acters in five seconds, or an average o.
over thirteen characters a second
Then she printed from memory l3s
words in one minute correctly. Upor
a second trial she printed 1873 words IT.
il minute. Miss Orr holds the golc
medal for the championship. whicI
she won last August by writing ninety
eight words minute for ten consecu
tive minutes.
--Zebulon Hancox, aged seventy,
nine years, of Stonington, Conn, was
Tilted by village maiden many years
ago. and since that time he has lived
in 4 little hut, cooking his own foot
and wearing rags. BY fishing he has
accumulated money sufficient to buile
nine good houses, which he rcnts, ans
$1,000 more which is lodged in tho
Stonington Savings Bank. He neve,
purchases any thing he can make.
Buttons on his clothing are whittlec
from pine wood; he weighs his fish IL
wooden balances Of his own making
and in catching eels he uses a wocder
spear. His yearly expenses average
less than $50.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
a LITTLE NONSENSE

A little girl. being asked 20 define
IA volcano. answered.: Its a mountain
that throws up fire. smoke and liver.
-''De darkey's hour am jes' befo
day." said Uncle Aaron. as he invaded
his neighbor's chicken-roost at three
Il. III. Puck.
The churn must co. says ar
agricultural exchange. OF course il
must. in order that the butter may
come Burlington Free Press.
Somebody recently tried to blow
up Chicago distillery with dynamite
but the whisky blew its breath upon
the dynamite and it went out ane
roasted on the prairies. Mag
azine.
Mr. Popiniay-.. They say that
Judge Pompous has lost his voice. my
dear Mrs. Popinjay-''lt was SC
heavy should think he would have
heard it drop. Burlington Free
Press.
-Aunty-.So you're studying ko
man history, Bobby? Why did C;esa,
hesitate when he came to the Rubi.
COM" Bobby oh, cause he wantet
To see If he had the Gaul to cross it,
Harvard Lampoon.
Tommy You ought TO see how
much butter my stepmother puts or
my bread JOHNNY guess it,
some of this bogus butter. and she is
just trying it on you before she eats
any of it herself. Texas Siftings.
.Senator Gordon possesses tho
lineaments Of George Washington,
read Mr.. Fangle in the evening paper.
Il wonder why Congress doesn't bu,
them for the Washington museum
commented his wife.--Drakes Masa
zine. -
-Wormley-..I've at last discovered
the answer to the question: is mAr
riage failure?'" Wife Have you,
my dear? Why, that's very interest.
ing" Wormley-''When it takes
place it's failure. and when il
Hoesn't, it's success. Epoch.
DIR. Ebbonie chile o. yours
am lookin' poo'ly Mrs. Yalfttby.
What's he done gone an swallowed
this timc?' Mrs. Yallerby-" A bit OF
lead-pencil, docto'." DR.. Ebboaia.:-
Him! What he wants now, ma am.
am an erasive remedy. | recommend
him ter chew piece OBJ Injy-rubbel
half an hour afore each meal. judge
Il
- George ..That is Il beautiful
piece. Laura, and you have played il
most ..soulfully. But what is tlnl
rumbling noise | have been heariua
nearly all the time since ! came iRee'
Laura-.'It must be the wind. Ex-
cuse me moment. (Goes into the
kitehen.) Mothcr, can't you take thai
washtuh into the back basemente !,
doesn't chord with the plane. -.
Chicago Tribune.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28
TOOK HER OWN LIFE.

A Young Texan Lady, Long . Sufferer
from Disease, browns Herself la the Gulf
Of Mexico Rather than Continue u Bur.
den to Hor Friends.
GALVESTON, Tex, Feb. l9.-MissC e. Horton,
q passenger on the steamship Nneces, which
arrived from New York Sunday. committed
suicide by jumping into the Gulf of this
city. Miss Horton. who was about % years
Of age, had for the last two years
been u patient In several New York
hospitals where she was being treated for an
injury to her spine. Physicians finally pro-
nounced her case hopeless, and she was adj
vised to return to her Texas home. As the
vessel neared this port she told the captain
that she hated to return to her good friends
to be burden upon them No suspicion
that she intended suicide was had, however.
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bachelor.

The largest cargo ever taken from
the port of New York was cleared re-
Gently for Liverpool by the steamer
Cutie OF the White Star line. ltrepre-
sents 1000 tons. dead weight, equaling
5000 tons measurement goods. The
cargo in detail was rs follows: Six thou
sand one hundred and forty-two bales OF
cotton. 66. 429 bushels corn. 51S boxes
bacon, l79 tierces lard, 100 barrels pro-
visions, 200 pals lard. 325 hogsheads
tallow. 81 hogsheads tobacco, 5, $50 bags
flour. 9 bales hops. 18 bales leather, II
cases maple lumber, 10 packages mer-
chandise, 1875 slaves. 900 head cattle.
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WILL REMAIN A MYSTERY.

Frank Silvers, Who Killed His Family al
Tecumseh, Mich. Dies without Reveal.
ing the Cause OF His Awful Deed.
TEcuMsEH. Mich, Feb. 19-Frank Silvers,
who murdered his wife and two daughters
and then shot himself Saturday night, died
ut o'clock Monday morning, not having
uttered o word since the shooting.
In letter which was found Mon
day. Silvers directed the city marshal
to dispose OF his property and to erect .
monument to himself and his family, but
gave no reason for his horrible crime further
than that it was q mystery that would re-
main unsolyed
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28

seven years, respectively, with razor. and
then slew himself with the same weapon.
EMMA BENNETT, clerk In store in San
Francisco, fatally shot Emanuel Davis ON
the 10Th aud then killed herself. The cause
was unknown.
Asa BRowN and J. w. Smith, citizens of
San Saba County, Tex, were on the 2Gth
hanged by unknown persons. The cause OF
the lynching was unknown
On the 2lst George Dunaway, Of Euther-
ford County, Tenn, murdered his uncle, fa-
tally shot his aunt, and then cruelty beat his
cousin, whom he had been courting
AT Columbia. s. C.. the heaviest snow
storm on record in that region prevailed on
thn 2lst
THROUGHOUT large portion Of Dakota
furious gale prevailed ON the 21st, the
wind reaching velocity OF sixty miles an
hour.
JOHN 4. KENNA was reelected to the
United States Senate on the 2lst by the West
Virginia Legislature.
OK the 2ist the United States man-of war
Monongahela sailed from Mare Island. Cal,
for Samoa
OSCAR EVANS. contractor, near Romn.y,
w. Va, on the 2lst killed jacob Kirby and
mortally shot A. l. Hoke, both men having
assaulted him.
MICHIGAN Republicans, in state conven-
tion on the .lst Mt Detroit, nominated
Judge G. B. Grant for Supreme Judge and
renominatcd Regents Cocker and Draper.
UNKNOWN persons on the 2lst hanged d.
D. Smith, a negro, who had been inducing
hands to leave the vicinity Of Artcsia, Mss,
for Arkansas.
NEAR Atkin, Mimi, timber wolves recently
OF Ea1 f@vS, IN rh3 10
ing from school and killed and deyoured
them.
On the I'D Miss Minnie Marsealcs. OF
Norwalk, O., died in dentists chair
She had taken chlorpform preparatory to
having teeth drawn and 1t caused her heart
to cease beating.
On the I'D Rev. James Gibson, promi-
nent Baptist minister Of York County. = G.,
was drowned while attempting to ford q
stream.
4 PASSENGER train was boarded by five
men on the I'D near Pixley, Cal, who
robbed the express car, and made their es-
cape after fatally shooting two passengers.
JAMES NJ. LANE, treasurer of Pickaway
County, O., was on the I'D said to be $4,000
short in his accounts.
GEORGE DUNSAwAY, of Lascassas, Tenn,
had been paying attention to Miss Melissa
Dunnaway, daughter Of his uncle and aunt.
who objected to his advances On the I'D
Dunnaway went to the house and shot both
husband and wife, killing them
A MOB lynched Wesley Thomas (colored)
on the ed at Port Gibson, Miss, for Grim
inal assault upon young white lady.
THROUGHOUT the Northwest extremely
cold weather prevailed on the 22d the
thermometer ranging from degrees below
in Chicago to p degrees below in Minnesota,
Nebraska and Dakota
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28

IRISH emigration has taken a new
direction. During the month Of JAN
uary sixty-eight British steamers took
$4,000 cmigrants, mostly Irish, to
Buenos Ayres. A small proportion Of
these, as might be expected, are skilled
working-men. They arc principally
the sons of small farmers. Not more
than fifth of the entire number were
females. The Argentine Republic is
bidding high for those emigrants.
They are given each about 200 acres Of
Government land for settlement and
are guaranteed employment when they
arHiYn
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28

A PENNSYLVANIA paper says: 1.-The
Shakers are among our longest lived
citizens. An instance strikingly COR
roborative of this assertion is fur
nished in the case of a native Missis-
sippian. who boasts that he has had
The ague twenty-seven consecutive
years and still weighs one hundred
and fifty pounds.
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The sons of the late President Gar
sield are practicing law in Cleveland.
under tho firm name of Garfield 4
Garfield, and they are said to be
Succeeding better than they ex-
pected. Harry is married and lives
in Cleveland with his young wife,
while james, who is unmarried,
Nv1s at Mentor with his mother and
goes i'll and out by the train every day.
Webb Hayes. the son of tho ex-Presi-
dent, also lives in Cleveland. where
no is secretary and treasurer Of the
National Carbon Company. He is a
hachalnr
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28

The annual income of the young
German Emperor is estimated at $4,-
100000. 1t is to be hoped for the sake
Of their own peace of mind that when
the German people contemplate these
figures they feel moved to exclaim
philosophically: '.Emperors come
high, but we must have them"
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A CHINESE MILLIONAIRE.

Baron Il Yen Pang, Worth $4,000. 900,
Arrives In New York ON His Tour of the
World.
New YORK, Feb l9.-Baron Ii Yen Pang,
who Is said to be worth $40, COZ, coo, and one
of the richest men in China, arrived in this
city Sunday night. The Baron is making o
trip around the world, and came to New
York by way Of British Columbia. He II
stopping at . lodging house in Pei street,
In the Chinese quarter, preferring Chinese
food and accommodations to the best
American hotelA
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28

No SUCH storms have this season vis-
tied the United States as have heset a
large portion of Western Europe with
IN the last few days. In some places
in Germany the snow was five or six
feet deep. Of course railway and other
traffic was obstructed, as it was in
France and the British isles. In Hol-
land the visitation assumed the form of
sweeping floods, and many cities and
towns were more Or less inundated.
The loss to industrial interests was
simply inestimable.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-28

A GANG of Italian railroad hands at
tempted to thaw out a frozen dynamite
cartridge the other night near Will
iamsburg. N. Y. They succeeded be-
yond their most sanguine expectations,
and every one in this vicinity thought
an earthquake had materialized.