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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-10
FROM WAshlNeroN.

In the United States the total number of
business failures during the year 1883 was
1O5Ss, against .. 40 in 1857.
In this country the total production Of
pig iron during the year 1888 was esti-
mated at 6,OOO 600 tons, and of Bessemer
steel rails at /, $50, QUO tons.
The public debt statement issued on the
I'd showed the total debt to be $1.6S5 363,-
27l; cash in Treasury, SEQ. d3G 264; debt
less cash In Treasury. &1,134, ,062. 25S De-
crease during December, $l4. 427, 595. DO
crease since June 80, 1888, i3l 81. 3'S
On the I'd Colonel Daniel Mcclure, As
sistant Paymaster-Gene was placed on
the retired list Of the army.
DURING the seven days ended on the 4th,
there were 2s6 business failures in the
United States, against 334 the previous
seven days.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-10
THE EAST.

FARMERS in Franklin County, Mass,
were greatly excited on the 1st over the
discovery of gold among the Buckland
hills.
Ok the 1st Clerk Leighton, of the Boston
municipal court, was said to be a dcfaulter
to the extent Of $3.50. OOO
The New York Legislature convened on
the 1st at Albany and Governor Hill was
inauguratcd for third term.
On the lst Henry q. Stickney left Bos-
ton, taking with him Sl5 600 Of the none Y
OF the Chelsea Salt Company, for which
he was book keeper.
1888 were So. $40 Al, while the imports
were but 81. 944, 3G0-a net loss Of So6. 4o6,-
lO5. against net gain of s32 153, 63O in 1887.
THERE were 3S3, SIS immigrants landed
at New York during 1883, being an in
crease Of ]. .977 over the previous year.
ON the "a w. =. Barrett, editor OF the
Boston Advertiser, was elected Speaker o1
the Massachusetts, House Of Representa-.
| tives.
MIR. AND MRs. DAVID b BRowER, OF
Ridgefeld, n j., celebrated their golden
| wedding on tho 2i.
TnE death or Michael Carney, q native
of Cork, ireland, occurred on the ID at
Waterbury, Conn.,, In his one hundred
and dfth year.
AT Springfield, Mass, diphtheria was
epidemic on tho I'd, and the schools had
| been closed.
An explosion Of dynamite on the I'd
near Sumneytown, Pa, blew two young
men named Erb and Schecker to pieces.
OK the I'd the competition OF artists in
designs for the Grant monument closed ut
New York The fund for the monument
amounted to $3.50 600.
The Soldiers Home at Albany, N. Y,
had 1,O6l inmates on the I'd.
HENRY WERNER, wholesale dealer in
hides at New York, failed on the 81 for
1900. 600: assets, $3.50. .OOO
The steamer Burgundia arrived in New
York frcm Marseillcs on the Sd with sixty
passengers who were adjudged to be
paupers, and they would be sent back.
EDWIN G. BURLEIGH was on the 81 in
augurated Governor OF Maine, and Gov
ernor Oliver Ames, Of Massachusetts, was
inauguratcd for second term.
ELEVEN vessels belonging In Philadel.
phia were wrecked on the ocean during
1883, causing loss Of one hundred and
eighteen lives and 5O.O0O in money.
ROBERT ELDER, aged twenty eight years,
was hanged on the Sd ut Nays Landing,
N. j., for the murder Of his father.
The Electric Sugar Refining Company
at New York had been. it was said on the
4th, swindled out Of 81. .OOO 600 through the
alleged "secret process" of Henry G.
Friend, deceased, and his wife, the "proc.
ess' proving to be humbug Of the most
barefaccd kind.
r. e. Dun & Co, Of New York, in their
annual statement on the 4th of failures
showed that 1860 firms. or triflc more
than in 100, went into bankruptcy IN lssS
The average Of liabilities was III, sos fol
the year.
The death OF Nellie Reynolds. four years
old, occurred in New York on the 4th from
alcoholism.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-10

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murder rate of any country in Europe
1t has abolished capital punishment.
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-16
How Some Girls Walk.
Kingston Freeman.


Why is it our young ladies do not
know how to walk? Look! here comes
one with her head pitched forward,
her hands swinging ungracefully by
her side, her feet scuffiing the walk,
and altogether presenting an appear
ance quite unbecoming one Of Ameri-
cas- lovely daughters, charming in
all else, perhaps, but oh, such gait!
The next one walks with a jerk, her
feet and lower part of her body hav-
ing started OH a race with her head to
see which will get there first. The
consequence is for every step forward
she comes part way back with jerk.
Her sister follows, twitching un-
gracefully from side to side, rolling
from one foot to the other like sailor
in mid-ocean, only he has some ex-
cuse and she has not. The arms usu-
ally follow, but in opposite directions.
The body of the next one makes per-
feet bow, back bent, head forward and
feet trying to catch up.
Not one with the firm, graceful step,
erect head, straight shoulders, easy
arms and hands, to be acquired by
sufficient ambition and determination
to present a dignified carriage. When
will department be taught in our
schools?
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-16
VIM. RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER.
Is List Of Patrons Constantly In.
creasing In San Antonio and

Is List Of Patrons Constantly In
cressing In San Antonio and
Throughout the State.
This medicine is unexcelled as q
blood purifier and appetizer. 1t Is
very pleasant to the taste, similar to
an unsweetened lemonade.
Used for catarrh, it has a fine effect.
Those who use it recommend 1t to
their friends, and are loud in its
praise.
Consumption, when the patient is
able to attend to the ordinary affairs
of life, yields to its magic influence.
Asthma has been cured in many in
stances. in fact. wherever a thorough
trial is given.
If you have chronic neuralgia give
the Microbe Killer q trial. We can
cite you to many case which 1t has
cured.
Try the MicrObe Killer for rheuma-
tism, sick headache, etc.
Sold exclusively in San Antonio by
Richard Gehlert, No. l Commerce
street. Price So per gallon.
NOte-Be careful to get the genuine
article. Since our great reputation
has been established, you can find
plenty OF medicine In one gallon jugs.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-16

Why do you buy solid silver? Sill
yer inlaid costs one fourth the price, Is
guaranteed for twenty-five years, and
will last a life time. Elegant silver
goods, superior steel carving sets in
cases. lust the thing for presents. We
are sole agents for the Improved"
lamp. Headquarters for house fur
nishing goods.
WAGNER & CHABOT.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-16
CITY LOCAL NEWS.

L hOOIlA ANL w No
-Carr's new Col orado Coal is the
best. 81.
Try the new Colorado Coal. st.
j. M. Carr sole agent for new
Colorado Coal st.
No Clinker in Carr's new Colora-
do Coal. st.
No meeting of the Turner's last
night; no quorum.
Albert Richardson, charged with
adultery, is out OIL bond today.
Justices McAllister and Heron
fined several Migrants this morning.
Tomas Casares and Simona VAL
DEE have secured license to marry.
Herman Laux will be out of his
room again next week.
Prayer meetings in the Protestant
churches tonight.
Eighth Ward Bowling club meets
tonight.
y. NJ. C. A. gymnasium class
met last night.
The ladies are in terrible earnest
about that baby show, Manager
Workman!
The Sisters of thias are getting
I'D another entertainment.
Freddie Kalteyer now owns fine
New Mail safety bicycle.
-Issy Cahen and w. Hoefgen will
soon open sta tionery store on Hous-
ton street, in the Webb building.
Millinery opening this week at
1O-l5-3t JOsKE BROTHERS.
-Rouff & Hewitt, the "Boss" fur
niture house; get their prices; II and
q Soledad street.
Eighteen dollars" for a bed
room, suit at Rouff & Hewitt's, II and
q Soledad street.
Call at Rouff & Hewitt's and
see their line of parlor goods, cham
Der suits, and furniture of all kinds.
No. II and q Soledad street. E.
-Drs. M. X. and F. M. Taylor, Of
ace 4O2 Houston street. Tel.363 11-6-1y
Deposit with the Maverick bank
and draw interest 6-27-6m
Painters and artists supplies.
3-27-tf B. G.. RELY u Co.
Just received full line of mil
linery goods at Miss V. Grun der.
Prices to suit all 30 I'm
Large lot Of Carriages, Buggies,
and spring wagons at bargain.
Hicks, w. Nueva street. 0-2S-lm.
Lot of driving horses at reason
able prices. Hicks, West Nueva
street. 9-2S-lm.
Second hand buggies and Spring
wagons, cheap. Hicks, West Nueva
street. 9-2S-lm.
GO to Hicks for anything in the
line of horses or vehicles. West NJ
eva street. S-1S-1m.
See the linen scarfs and tides at
Miss V. Grunder All East. Houston
street. 9-3O-1m.
City Sanitary Works clean vaults
and cesspools. Telephone No. IL. Inn
Misses Kirchner 235 Commerce ST..
make speciality of stamping and en-
broidering. Strangers in the city and
the public generally invited to call.
-Carpenters and mechanics will
find superior line of tools at A. Heu-
singers hardware store, 80 and 3l2
sonth side Military Plaza. 10-4tf
Special drive in kid gloves and
damask towels at Joske Brothers this
week. lO-l5-3t
-Wanted-A cabinet maker. APP
ply at John Bottoms No. and West
Houston street. 1O:l5:S-
The Arkansas Pass railway is ex-
pected to reach Laredo next Febru-
airy.
The best driveway TO the fair
grounds is out South Flores street and
through Mitchell street.
The Farmers Alliance has begun
the erection of an Alliance store on
South Flores street.
DIR. VIM. P. Fleming, well known
in this city, has permanently located
here. Until further notice he will be
found at Mrs. Sapplngton's opposite
new federal building. 10:l5tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-16
DkTT'C For Fine Drinks
s. O. BALL. 8 Main Plaza
Menger Hotel.
H.D. KAMPMANN, II. W. BROWDER
PROPRIETOR. CLERK.
The LEADING HOTEL IN
THE SOUTHWEST.
ALAMO PLAZA. SAN ANTONIO.

Faying been thoroughly Oyerhauled and
renovated throughout, Is now the largest and
most complete Hotel In the Southwest. Fine
billiard and bar rooms attached. HOT and
cold baths. Large sample rooms for COM
merciaI men. Patronage of the travelling
public solicited. Ve5oM
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-10-16

Ten PatagOnians, from the island of
TERRA del FuegO, are now among the
curiositles of the Paris exhibition.
They arrived few days ago.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13
A Preacher Eating His Horse.

There was no church in Van Buren,.
A Methodist itinerant was sent there.
One house was open to him-the tav-
ern-and to that he went and put up.
He interviewed mine host. "What is
the chance for a Methodist preacher
here?" The reply was that it was the
same as for any other man, if he had
money. But if have no money!"
The chances were bad enough. What
do you charge for board?" said the
circuit-rider. The rates were given.
" Look at my HORSE" said he. "What
do you think he is worth?" The ami
NAL, doubtless, was good midding, for
our preachers are not nOvices about
horses, and no men have better use for
them. That preliminary settled, the
preacher proceeded in very straight
forward style with the host. "Sir, turn
my horse into your stable, and when
you think | have eaten up the value of
him, let me know, and l will either
change my quarters or provide other
means of paying my bills" He went
to work-laid siege to the place in the
name of the Lord-and before the
horse was eaten up the town capitu-
lated. The people presented him his
horse, all charges paid, and his own bill
besides, fitted out "the parson" in a
new suit of clothes, and from that day
Christianity has had firm footing in
Van Observation-Disclosures Protestant.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13
Boil Your Beans.

There was once lady in New York
who, before her marriage, had never
been inside a kitchen. Her husband
was Boston man, and had frequently
expressed desire for baked beans.
Eager to crafty him, the young wife
held a consultation with the cook, who
knew no more than she herself did how
the New England delicacy should be
prepared. A bright idea struck the
girl. She had heard of bake-shops,
where the baker, for a triflng sum,
would set pot of beans or fowl in
his great oven, and cook either to a
turn. So mistress and maid, delighted
at the easy solution of their difficulty,
obtained nice, new bean-pot, filled it
with beans and put prime fat piece of
salt pork upon the top. There" said
the young housewife, surveying her
work with satisfaction " I'm sure they
can't help being nice. Hurry to the baker
with them, and ask him to have them
done for tonight" In a remarkably
short time the girl reappeared, breath
less, in tears, and what was more, in
rage. "Oh!" she gasped, 9" never
was so insulted in my life. He Just
looked at the pot, and shouted, go
home, you fool, and boil your beans Z"
Now that may be taken as type of the
ignorance of some housekeepers con-
corning the simplest culinary affairs
San Francisco NeUS Letter.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13

addressed. In our own happy land
the post-of1ice receives the letter, and
Except in the case of privileged
twenty per cent of the people, under
takes to carry it to within five or ten
miles of the person addressed, and keep
it there till called for. This is the
mere barbarism of postal service,
worthy of the dark ages before Row.
land HILL The enormous cost and
loss which it involves becomes obvious
to any one, on few minutes rehec-
ton. For example: A man living
three miles from the post-office is anx-
iously expecting letter of great i'm
portance, which may arrive any time
within fortnight. He goes daily to
look for it, and on the sixth day he
gets it. That letter has cost him twelve
hours of walking, or six hours of travel
for himself and horse. In other words,
the postage on that letter has been
S2.02, or more. The govern
ment does not get the money, but the
citizen loses it.-Dr. Leonard Voolsey
Bacon IN the March Forum.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13

by local applications, as they can not
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inhamed con-
dition of the mucus lining of the eusta-
chan tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and W en- it is en-
tirely closed deafness is the result,
and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing
but an infamed condition of the mucus
surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness Caused by
catarrh) that we can not cure by taking
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars, free. f. j. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
CO Sold by Druggists. Price seventy
five cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13
Cruel SennratiOn.

When Chinese girl is married she
must wait four months before etiquette
allows her to pay her first visit to her
mother, but after this initiatory call
she may go TO the home of her parents
at any time. A writer relates a pa
thetic instance connected with this
marriage custom. A Chinese woman
had one daughter, and only child, of
whom she was passionately fond, and
this girl was married at the age of six
teen. When the first four months were
nearly past, her mothers neighbor
died, and as death is said to bring I'M
cleanliness to those associated with il,
the BRIDES visit to her old home had to
be delayed for 100 days lest she should
become contaminated. Before this pc
Rod had passed the BRIDES mother-in-
law died, and she was obliged to 90
into mourning for three years. Just
before she put off mourning a son was
that the visit should be again DELAYED.
Meanwhile her mother, whose heart
grew more and more hungry for her
presence, became nervously i'll and sub
ject to Authorizations, under which she
imagined she saw her child entering
the door. She declared that she could
distinctly perceive her face, discern
every detail in her dress and hear the
jingle of her bangles. ooh, my child,
you have comet" she would exclaim,
but when she clasped the vision she
found only empty air within her arms.
AT length the daughter, who had all
these years been but two miles away,
really came to visit her mother. The
two embraced each other and wept
aloud, and thereafter the hallucination
ased.-POpuldr Science MOnthN.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13
A Church Where Presidents
WOrshiped.

ST. Johns, from its early days, has
been attended by men and women re-
nowned in the political and social world
of the capital. A little stained-glass
window in the gallery tells this tale
quite plainly. 1t is inscribed as fol-
lows: " Erected by the vestry to the
memory of William Henry Harrison,
ninth president of the United States
John Tyler, tenth president; Zachary
Taylor, twelfth president-who wor-
SHIPPED in this church while in office"
The inscription on another window is
equally interesting: Erected by the
vestry to the memory of James Madi-
son, fourth president of the United
States, who wOrshiped in this church
while in office" Upon the first floor,
in the right-hand wall, is a beautiful
window, representing the angels of the
resurrection in the upper medallion,
and in the lower the annunciation to
the shepherds. This window bears the
inscription: To the glory of God and
to the memory of Ellen Louis Herndon
Arthur, entered into life, January ~.
1880" Upon the window ledge be-
meath this memorial is large brass
plate with the following inscription:
6 In memory of Chester Allan Arthur.
Is placed here by the vestry. He was
the twenty-frst president of the United
States and worshiped in this church.
and he in 1884 erected this window to
the me nory of his wife. He died No
vember Is, 1886" Presidents Monroe.
John Quincy Adams, Van Buren,, Fill
more, Pierce and Buchanan were also
regular worshipers at st. Johns, and
Lincoln, johnson and Grant are known
to have attended service there. -Phila-
delphia Press.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13
An Industrious Needle.

A reporter of the Chicago Herald has
window that commands view of a
sewing-room over gentleman's fur
nishing store. Every morning when
the reporter gets up he sees a slender
girl sewing by the workroom window.
Often when he comes home at night
she is still there and still sewing. She
is making eyelets in shirt fronts. 1t is
nice and delicate work, though she
does it with the persistency of ma
chine. She takes thirty stitches every
minute. That is 800 every hour, or
$4,000 every day. In week she takes
100000 stitches. Her hand moves a
yard for every stitch. In week she
measures off precisely six miles and a
quarter of space with that hand. The
pay for this prodigious amount of effec-
tive labor is one dollar day, and she is
considered a high-priced, skilled work
woman.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13
Out of Joint.

There are times when everything
seems to go wrong. From seven
O'Clock A. NJ. till ten p. NJ. affairs are
in twist. You. rise in the morning.
and the room is cold, and button is
off, and the breakfast is tough, and the
stove smokes, and the pipes burst, and
you start down the street nettled from
head to foot. All day long things are
adverse. Insinuations, petty losses.
meanness on the part of customers.
The ink-bottle upsets, and spoils the
carpet. Some one gives wrong turn
to the damper, and the gas escapes.
An agent comes in determined to in
sure your life, when it is already in
sured for more than it is worth, and
you are afraid some one will knock
you on the head to get the price
of your policy; but he sticks to you,
showing you pictures of Old Time and
the hour-glass, and deaths scythe, and
skeleton, making it quite certain that
you will die before your time unless
you take out papers in his company.
Besides this, you have a cold in your
head, and grain of dirt in your eye,
and you are walking uneasiness. The
day is out of joint and no surgeon can
set it. The probability is that if you
would look at the weather-vane you
would find that the wind is northeast,
and you might remember that you have
lost much sleep lately. 1t might hap
pen to be that you are out of joint in
stead of the day. Be careful and not
write many letters while you are in that
irritated mood. You will pen some
things in the way of criticism or fault
finding that you will be sorry for after
wards. Let us remember that these
spiked nettles of life are part of our
discipline. Life would get nauseating
if it were all honey. That table would
be poorly set that had on it nothing but
treacle. We need little vinegar, mus
tard, pepper, and horse-radish that
brings the tears even when we do not
want to feel pathetic. If this world
were all smoothness, we should never
be ready for emigration to higher and
better. clustering March and weeping
April prepare us for shining May
This world is poor hitching- post. In
stead of tying fast on the cold noun
tains, we had better whip up and has
ten on toward the warm inn, where our
good friends are looking out of the win
dow watching to see us come up
Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, in N. Y. o.
SERVER
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13
DANNY BICKFORD,s ESTATE.

T. SIATE OF VERMONT, Washington District. So.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District the 10Th day of February A. ID. 1889:
An instrument purpOrting to be the last VIII and
Testament of Fanny Bickford, late of Cabot,
in said District deceased. being presented to the
Court for Probate: 1t is ordered by said Court
that all persons concerned therein be notified
to appear at session of said Court he held at the
Probate Office, in Montpelier the 23d day Of
March, A. ID. lSs9, and show cause If any they may
have, against the Probate of said instrument: for
which purpose It is further ordered that notice of this
order be published three weeks successfully in the
Vermont Patchmdn e. State journal, a newspaper
printed at Montpelier, previous to said time APP
pointed for hearing. BY the Court.--Attest,
$500 FREDERICK r CARLETON. Register.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-13
TOsEPHL. CoBURN,s ESTATE,

~ STATE OF VERMONT, washington District, S.
In Probate Ia! Court held at Montpelier in said Dis
f. W COburn Administrator of the estate of
Joseph l.. Coburn, late of East Montpelier, in
said District, deceased presents his administration
account for examination and allowance and makes
application for deere of distribution and par
tition of the estate of said deceased. Whereupon,
it ordered by said Court that said account and said
application be referred to session thereof to he
held at the Probate ONCE in said Montpelier on the
21th day of March. A. D. lss9, for hearing and de.
cision thereon And, IL is further ordered, that no.
publication of the same three weeks successfully in
The Vermont WdtchmdR e. State Journal, a newspaper
published AT Montpelier previous to said time ap.
pointed for hearing; that they may appear at said
time and place, and show cause, II any they may
have why said account should not be allowed and
such decree made. by the Court-Attest,
$500 FREDERICK y. CARLETON, Register