The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-01-31

THERE are twenty-five Legislatures
aow In session. and the bill business is
running at high pressure
Mrs. HARRIET BEEcHER STOWE has
largely regained her health. and is
able to walk about on fine days. She
writes letters to her friends in firm, TuE
strong hand. - sa nl
POVERTY SIMMONS Is the name OF ,"1 1eSs =
cOlored auntie in North Carolina who MED /
is one hundred and nine years old and bin.
who owns . few thousand dollars With
worth Of property. ae ZION
AN alum mine has been discovered ,ssS 1e.oe
In Utah. It yields eighty to ninety per W.
cent pure alum, which can be ex- res /,
tracted by simply placing the crude vote
material in bOilino water 6enat
-, Tor :
r.r, - l-- consu
- '0"s0t eonu0 'Ao s'OoS the
est numoer OF emigrants 70 this coun- Tho
try. being behind Scotland and En- comb
gland. The influx from Italv also prOdt
bids fair TO Overshadow that from Ire . =
land ounu a,n
TIE Duchess of Marlborough has we
sent TO her attorneys in New York for ,nn.s .ion
$50. 600 with which to furnish her Tn,
new house In London. She has her lutiol
Duke in England, but hcr ducats are Of
In America. adop,
= resre
A~a~ In Corroct;cnt no, fr,o,tod | tlar Q
"a sea-calming cartridge" which, sa .n,
when filled with oil and discharged, ino.
will pacify the stormiest sea. It Is Of in
only Yankee who would dare bid tho 800;
mighty ocean when to roll dis.r
- pensi
A BosroN debating society is trying ,.n:a. u.s.s
to decide whether 1t Is correct to refer the j
to an unmarried woman physician as cussi
Miss DR.. Smith" It would seem to bill.
be correct. unless her name is Brown, priva
Jones, johnson or something else than
SU.ith. r.,
...-."-. crop
RICH finds OF gold in the Honqua- ever
Hula mountains Of Arizona are re- one-h
ported. one man claiming that he and PRI
four partners took out $685. 600 in seven pIovs 10y.
days The 'diggin's" are sixty miles PAW
from Seatinel Station on the Southern who
Pacific railroad. Gree
| Co.
The Philadelphia Ledger persists in souri,
= n. -. ~ his b
iisoh' "H.cu causes an eAcnanse In
to rise up and ask: '.Was there never the \
Benjamin but that he must be named the {
after Philadelphia's eminent citizen, eliza
-'-'o =. !. 80 -. Rach
FoR tho space Of one hundred and mr.
eleven years from January We are to s5th
have the figure 9 in our years. and the the [
occultists who nut much stress unon sever
n,,,,h... .,;. =. ~ -, Unit
mankind will be greatly improved -"
over all past times during this
period. Ox
Ave
A NAN In Butler County, Kan, while hms
boring for water struck wind. Kansas Will,
people regard the discovery with far M lnol
more alarm than curiosity, for in Dig Pa
ging hole in the ground to get out char,
OF the way of a cyclone, as they have the :
been In the habit of doing, they may them
-.o ""o.no.. hard
THERE is decided movement In ,.a,; 81
west virginia In favor OF changing Of hi
the narne OF that State. Its promoters on Il
say that every State should have q IN
,1;st;nsk c.,co ~ q. Zr -. I'D
s .'' ~ ."' elect
otAte that no confusion OF names can I'D .
arise West Virginia is so near like amer
Virginia that tho naonla do MT or;o, the
!. T.-,. eA'os liquo
furious enough lney all agree On
that Aanawna - the name Tor the uine
State. Gard
BET has been made that Winfield SHIN
Blakes. coored man at Media. Pa. At
can eat In one hour one-halfa a bushel OF hanR
tmrrira cro-h.lf ,,oc,- - ,.h,.a .... ceivt
r' PoSn - "n1S0 PoSo youn
toes. six cups Of coffee, four loaves Of Sc
bread. one-half q pound OF slowed ia. I,
pruneA four pounds Of beef. six small Yorl
pies. three spring chickens, three am
oyster stews. fifty raw oysters. ono can ",
OF salmon. and wash all this down with Of Il
pint Of whisky. The trial is to come comr
on in the near future. hima
A NAN in Newark. N. j.. tells q pitt cnle'
full tale. His name was Limburgu., NOR
and the Supreme Court granted his the {
petition for q change OF name to Tn
Burgur. The unfortunate gentleman its 81
says that every mention Of his name ,,so ..so
provoked laughter and that his chill IN
dren were ashamed to 60 to school, as from
their playmates held their noses and witt,
exclaimed cheese" and rats" In OF el
short, Mr.. Limburgur's life was far 'os. r.
from happy one. This story takes the 4
the cheese. book
-- 18th,
WHEN last years cherries were ripe Al
the ive-year-od son Of K b. Rooms. a ar"u
grocer in Akron, O., poked cherry Inc s-
stone into his ear. OF course his ..ra
parents were not informed of what he Co
had done. and nothing came of it un- quau
I'll few days ago. when the boy be- tho
Ean to suffer horrible pairs in his ear.
The stone had begun to swell and n,
yerminate, and tiny sprout was al elec,
ready sticking out II that boy Shel
,ould only have endured the pain. ton
think what valuable "freak" he nv M
might have been for q dime mu- tDer
scum! III
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1HE use OF the telegraph instrument and
has become 80 much Of an everyday Tn
thing and such q convenience that men islat
secm to forget what wonderful thing o.s. ~.
L IL. A newspaper man telephoned to trac
the cable Office the other day and to {
asked il London special dispatch had estir
some in there yet The operator re- n =
piled that It had not. and said: wait .a.,.
minute and Ill ask London il the wear
oopy has come In there" In few Tn
minutes. not moro than ten or fif- Char