The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-08-22
EpitOme of the Week
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON.

POsTMAsTER-GENERAL WANAMAKER had, 1t
was stated in Washington on the 18th, con-
sente ] TO the rate OF one cent word for
telegraphic dispatches until regular rate
was fixed The action was taken to
facilitate communication between collect
ors and others. The above rate was pre-
vailing until July last when the Post
master General ordered it reduced to one
mill, and the company refused to transmit
their messages.
WASHINGTON advices state that Assistant
Secretary i chsnor left that city on the 18th
Tor Lura Springs, Va. He was very i'll with
rheumatism. and had gone away for the
benefit of his health.
The Treasury surplus a. Washington,
owing tn the light offerings Of bonds, on the
18th amounted to SO. Sp. 100. that being the
highest point reached since last October.
The Washington Treasury Department Is
sued an order ON the 18th prohibiting the
reuse of casks and barrels by distiliers.
The order does not apply to breweries.
WASHINGTON advices of the 18th state that
an extra session of Congress would be held
THE EAST.
The New York Produce Exchange report
cd the visible supply of grain on the lUth
as follows: Wheat, 3.33sU. Cos bushels. an
increase of t;S2, s3l bushels: corn. 693S, 4a.i
bushels. q decrease Of 9,9i6 bushels: oats,
4,OO3 754 bushels, an increase of 2S4, OOl
bushels
The defaulting New York railroad presi-
dent, Eben s. Allen, was indicted by the
grand jury in New York City on the 18th
for forgery in the first degree and utterina
forged paper.
KEYEs r CooL, a pensioner Of the war oi
1912, residing III Glens Falls. n Y, died on
the 18th. aged nil ETY. four years
A GREAT revival In ship building In
Maine WINS reported on the 18th. Over
thirty ship-yards were In operation. en-
ploying from thirteen hundred to fifteen
hundred men.
PRESIDENT HARRISON was on the 18th .
guest Of Senator Hale at Ellsworth. Me- He
held a reception in the evening and shool
hands with hundreds of people
yIcE-PREsIDENT JAMES BLANCHARD, ol
New York. presided at a meeting of the ex.
ecutive committee of the National League
of Republican Clubs at Saratoga, n Y, or
the 18th
The remains Of two women and two chill.
dren were unearthed at Johnstown, Pa, OF
the l4th 1t was expected that more
CHASTITY finds would be made during the
next few days, until all the excavation.
were made.
On the morning of the l4th a fire Mt No
72 Warren street. New York City, caused ;
loss of $6l,OOO
The demise Of Judge John Irwin, one O
the oldest iron masters OF Bellefonte, Pa
was reported in that city on the 1ith o
paralysis, aged eighty-one years.
The trustees OF f. and A. II. Batchello
Co, Boston's bankrupt leather firm
which failed recently. on the 18th issued ,
statement placing the liabilities ut 8, 3oO,
co., The assets were sufficient to pay fift.
cents on the dollar
The death Of Elias Loomis, III. d.
Munson professor Of natural philosoph,
and astronomy at Yale, took place on tn,
18th at New Haven, Conn. He was seventy
eight years Of age
DIVINE to q prospective advance in COX,
and freight rates Bessemer piy-iron ad
vanced one dollar per ton in Pittsburgh
Pa. on the 18th.
The Republican State Committee at New
York on the 18th decided to hold the Stat
convention in Saratoga, September %
In the vicinity OF Greensburg, Pa. snow
fell OH the 18th