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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14
HUMOROUS.

Householder to tramp-"No. yor
can't have any thing to eat here. &c
right away" Tramp-"That's what
they told me over the way. They said
YOU had only one meal a week here.
Sorry troubled you. Ta-ta. ~. 7.
World.
An Irishman stopped ut hotel.
got supper. breakfast and lodging. and
told tho landlord in the morning he
had no money. The landlord asked
him why he did not say SO last night
.'Och, / thought you would feel sorry
enough to hear itthis morning!"
~ don't see why you can: get
rich. You sell a handspring for S1.5C
that only costs you ten cents That
may be true. sir, but wo have to keep
three clerks to wait on tbs lady shop
pcrs. and We must get our money back
in some way. Jewellers Weekly.
Bobby has been imparting to the
minister the important and cheerful
information that his father has got
new set OF false teeth. Indeed.
Bobby" replied the minister. indnl-
gently; land what will he do with the
old setp' .Oh. l s'pose," replied
Bobby, they'll cut 'em do-gn and
make me wear en-. - Harper's Bazaar.
Friend Ito sick man)-"Don't you
find the long days lonesome. John.
confined AS you are TO your bed and
easy chair?" Sick man-'Lonesome.
friend? That decent express it. Why,
the gas collector called this afternoon
with a six months gas bill, and paid
the bill and put my arms around his
neck and called him brother. ~. I.
Sun.
-.Brother Dumley, do you suppose
I can get your wife to give our Young
Ladies' Domestic Economy Association
an address on housekeeping or some
thing OF that sort? Her books and
magazine articles are SD much ad-
mired that think she must talk de-
lichtfully.' ..Oh. laws! my wife can't
talk" why. what's the matter with
:lcr?'' ..She's all write. "-Springfeld
| Union.
-..Did any one in this car drop any
money!" called the conductor, rs he
opened the door, There was painful
silence for half minute, and then q
man held up his hand. .'How much
was it?' asked the conductor. Il.
dropped forty-tive dollars ut faro last
night, but can't expect to get It all
back. Give me thirty-tive dollars and
let the rest go to experience DO
troit Free Press.
A Lesson in Derivation" Ia, y
said little Johnny Fangle. what
does the word .cornucopia mean? !. !,
1T is derived from the Latin cornu..'
which means horn and 'copia.
meaning plenty Now form the
meaning yourself. Johnny. ! Plenty
of horns! Must be the Latin name tor
a saloon. brakes Magazine.
=. Have you done any thing for
me?' asked the condemned man, in
pitiful tones. as his lawyer entered
the cell. Yes. indeed" said the 10
ral gentleman, gleefully. "Oh. what
7 is itp, demanded the murderer. "a
nardonp, mo" "A communication
| If sentence?" No" Then, in
nercy's name. what?" i have sue
,eeded." said tho lawyer, lin having
Ishe day OF your execution changed
from Friday to Monday. Friday II
| III us lucky day. you know, ,"-1aakaa
Blade,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14
DEATH IN THE BLIZZARD.
Two Men Perish In Michigan lnton
Cold ThrOughOut the Northwest.

Two Men Perish In Michigan Int cnse
Cold Throughout the Northwest.
DETRoIT. Mich, Feb. 7.-Intensely cold
weather prevails here, and reports seem
to indicate that much suffering is being
occas onel BY 1t. Fred Close, street Ia.
borcr, was frozen to death tuesday night
at Bay City. George Lutes. Of Ogerr IN
Springs. was caught on his way home BY
the blizz .rd and fatally frozen. The trer-
M meter is 20 below zero Ut Marine ( ity
and still falling.
SAND BEACH. Mich, Feb IA blz,a ard
from the northwest has been blowing for
two days. Tho mercury Is at zero. The
air is full OF ane frozen particles and t is
almost impossible for man or beAs' to
move. Twenty inches Of snow has fallen,
but it is heaped in drifts b. the gale, and
all travel and business is suspended.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14
BISMARCK WANTS TO TALK.
He Suggests That = Consultation Regard.
lna kaanna l1e He'll In lRHriln.


Ing samoa I3c Held In Berlin.
WAsHISoToN, Feb. Count Won Arco,
the German Minister, called at the State
Department Monday afternoon and had o
conference with Secretary Bnyard In re.
9 rd to Samoan affairs He informe
the Secretary that he had received
o communication from Prince Bis
marck to the effect that tho Ger
man Government proposes resumption
at Berlin Of the consultations which took
place in Washington between representa-
tlves Of Germany ana Great Britain and
the United States in 1857 on the subject Of
Samoa. The above information was
furnished to the press BY Secrc-
tary Bayard with the statement that
it was all he would say on the subject at
present 1t was therefore inposs blc TO
obtain the full text of Prince Bisaarck's
commun cation. II is probable, however,
that it will bo transmitted to Congress to-
morrow or next day with Secretary Bay
ards views on the subject
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14
FAILURE or A BANK.

j. v. Knapp Of Marquette, Mich, forced
to Suspend Business.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Feb. "a placard
has appeared on tho door of J. v. Knapp's
bank announcing its suspension. No state
ment can be- made yet. There arc large
number Of depositors in sums rang
lag from 5000 20 $50 Mr.. Knapp
enjoys good reputation, aul it is
believed the de ,ositoTs will not lose. Mr.
Knapp Is SICK at home. Tho Immediate
cause Of the collapse is said to- be the ~
tretasly hard s.yilestions aud a large draft
wn'ch could not pc met. Tbs Sailnrs
rsohabIy repre@enA fran s31Oo0 - s:o. 900
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14
ALL WERE DROWNED.

Tho Steamer Sunk In Collision or the
British Coast Known to BE the Glencoe :
Her Entire Crow Of Fifty -Four Men Lost.
LONDON, Feb. SIT has been ascertained
beyond doubt that the steamer which was
sunk In collision with the British bark
Largo Bay of Beachy Head on Monday
night was the Glencoe, belonging to the
Glen Line, OF Glasgow. The Glencoe
was bound from Liverpool for Lon-
don She carried crew numbering
fly two men, all OF whom were presuma-
bly, drowned. She had no passengers She
was last reported as having passed Prawle
Point on Monday. The Glencoe was o
three master, iron-screw steamer Of 1901
tons She was built ut Glasgow In 1873, wae
owned by McGregor, Cow & Co, and was
rated 100 Al at the British Lloyd's
1t il now learned that the crew Of the
Glencoe numbered ffty-t men, including
twenty three Cinnamon.
Mrs. Altl,ouse Awakcns from Her Remark.
tio,,.
ATTIcA, N. y, Feb. S--Mrs Emma Ait
house, the sleeping woman, awakened
Wednesday from her trance, having slept
thirty five days and few hours For the
past few days she had shown signs THAI the
crisis, whether she would awake or not. wa.
approaching. After what appeared t. he !.
struggle she opened her eyes her nose bleo
freely, and her breathing increased in force
and rapidly until the respiration exceeded
fifty aminute. Her temperature was ordinar,
about ninety eight. the pulse unsteady anc
!iuctuating. Mrs. Althouse was very veal
and several fainting fits followed her awak
ing. Some nourishment, the first since Jan
uary 2, was then given her.
-~ . -
Tho Irish National League Issues q Gal
for q Convention 10 BE Held In PhiIatsl
phia In July.
CINCINNATI Feb S-The council of TIE
Irish National League In America met herr
Thursday and decided to call convention
representative OF all Irish organizations {,
whatever nature to meet in July ut Philade:
phia and to take action In aid Of the IriAs
people. It was resolved that rrnell bs
asked to send representatives t. the con
vention Treasurer o Reilly was authorizes
to send ut once $4,000 to aid ParnelL
long address was adopted cxtolling the Irisl
people and denouncing tbs Tor, Govern
meut OF England and the Parnel s,onlnais
Son. An ai,ash is made for asissaase 10
Par,aM
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14
LAID OFF.

Mayor Roche. Of Chicago. Suspentis from
Duty Inspector B0nfteai. Captain
schaack and Detective I.oewenstcin
Pending Investigation of the "Times'"
Charges.
CHICAGO, Feb. by direction OF Mayor
Roche. Superintendent of Police Hubbard
has suspended from tho police force OF
this city John Bonficld, inspecsor and
chief OF detectives; Michael J. ;schaack,
captain, Ind Jacob Loewenstcin detective,
pending an investigation Of the charges.
made " tho Chicago Times. L,sutenant
Elliott cviil &C: ~ ca!ef Of detect,ves yioe
Benfsid
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14

Dir DAVID u. STEWART declares in
the Medical News OF Philadelphia that
hundreds OF people are sent to their
graves annually by chrome yellow in
pastry. 1t had long been our opinion
that many were sent to their graves
by s,mple pastry. let alone this dis
ast.ous yellow.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14

STATISTICS Of the Indian schools
under management Of the Government
chow steady growth in the important
wcrk Of Indian education. There are
eiyhty-ave day schools and twenty-five
operated under contract, with an ut
tendance Of 2,7l5; sixty-nine boarding
schools and forty-nine contract schools,
with an attendance Of 7,289, and eight
industrial training schools In all there
are 23S schools. an enrolment OF 15.-
2l2. and an average attendance OF H.
420. The expense last year was 81, ,20S,.
7sa In six years the average attend.
ance increased from 4,O42 TO II, APO.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14
FROM WASHINGTON.

ALL except thi,ty-four cert ficates of
members elected to the House in the Fifty
first Congress had been received on the
9Th. and when tho list was completed tie
Rerublic majority would be seven.
Tue German NJ mister at Washing gton
was notified by Secretary Bayari on the
9th that the United States Government ac-
cepted Bismarck's propo >itioa for q re-
sumption at Berlin Of the Samoa confer
ence OF 1887.
On the 1th Secretary Bayard asked Harold
NJ scwall. Consul General to the Samoan
Islands, to resign. on the ground that Ibis
views are not In harmony with those of the
Administration =
DURING the seven days ended on the sth
there We're 265 business failures in the
United States. against 90. the previous seven
days The total Of failures In the United
States January l to date fs ISL, against
l,6S6 in lSSS
TREASURY experts who had been engaged
In making an estimate Of the effect of the
Senate substitute for the Mills Tariff bill
upon the revenues OF the Government an
nounced on the Sth that the Senate bill
would reduce duties nearly s5O,OOO, ,OoO
yearly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14

AN odd book soon to be published in
New York for private circulation is to
contain a catalogue Of the very wealthy
men Of the United States. About forty
years ago similar book was printed
and the standard Of wealth then was
fixed at 500. coo. Now it is 81 900. 600.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14

The quantity of pine logs and round
lumber shipped from the United States
to Canada during the last ten years is
$50. .OOO,0OO feet, valued at $4.5OO. OOa
In the same period Canada shipped to
the United states 20. 600. 600 feet, val
ued ut $l6O, 600.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14

A YEAR ago at Lincoln. Neb., a
colored man named Warwick had q
barber OF that city arrested under the
Civil Rights bill for refusing to shave
him The case was appealed to the
supreme Court. which handed down a
decision the other day in Warwick's 8
"a
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14

The people Of Louisville. Ky, seem
to think that 1.-The English language
as she is spoke is good enough for
them. and. by a vote Of % to l. the
School Board of Louisville has decided
that German shall not bc taught in the
public schools.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14

A CAMERA, called detective" was
shown at o late meeting of the Photo
graphic Society OF Great Britain which
contained some novel features. The
instrument consisted Of tin camera
ut the back Of which was drum, also
Of tin, in the circumference of which
six plates We're ranged. BY mechan-
ism an inner drum bearing these
plates was made to revolye. presenting
them i'll succession TO the action Of the
lana
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14
The population OF the United State

The population OF the United States
January l. 1889, was close to 64.SOO.-
GOO; for the immigration during the
previous twelve months was 5l8.5l8,
and at tho rate OF increase maintained
for three previous decades, with ,the
actual immigration added each year,
tho population should have reached
the figures above given. At the same
rate, II the immigration during the
period remaining should amount to
500. 900. the population at the date OF
tho next census--July |. 1890. would
be about 67.OOO.UOO. The increase is
now more than lOO. 600 q month.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14

A CASE OF wonderful growth after
death of hair and beard was brought
to light by the recent disinterment Of
AMI Colyman, who died in Belleville,
n. j.. four years ago. His beard was
BILLY twenty-four inches long, and COW
cred his breast, while his hair partly
rested on his shoulders, and, with the
beard. almost hid his features. Dur
ing his life the deceased, it was said !,
never allowed his beard to grow more
than too inches in length. and always
kept his hair short.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14
A REMARKABLE instance a

A REMARKABLE instance showing
how a person OF advanced years may
ne able TO retain the interest OF young
people comes from Taunton. Mass.
Mrs. Mary c. Patton. ninety three
years old. has had charge of tho infant
class in q Methodist Sunday-school in
that city during the past forty-eight
years. She never misses a session of
the school. and the children almost
worship her. Hero is youthful heart
and head despite the lapse of almost a
century Of years.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14

Rev. EDWARD EVERETT HALE wants
the Government to pension all school
teachers who have faithfully served
Tor fifty consecutive years. This plan
/, oil right. but how many female
school-teachers can you find who will
confess to being over twenty-five years
of noe?
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14
WEST AND sOuTH.

ALL over Nebraska heavy gale pre-
vailed on the ith, and considerable DAM
age was done in the western part OF the
State. build ngs being unroofed and trees
blown d,,wn.
ONE HUNDRED kegs Of beer, captured in
recent rails in Illicit liquor places, were
Knocked In the head on the 5th and
emptied into the sewers at Lcayenworth,
Kan, by order OF the chief OF police.
On the 5.h thieves broke into the post
once At Edward,vi!le, H.. and Sot 800
worth Of stamps and $3.50 in postal funds
USxEowH persona took George Hagser-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14
THE EAST.

OS the Oth The Oiamund cOlliGry oil the
Lchigh & Wilkesbarre (Pa. Coal Company.
the largest in thu region. shut down for
good. owing to the fact that all OF tho Goa
had been removed for miles beneath the
surface surrounding 1t. The colllery was
opened eighteen years ago
The death OF Mrs T. Loughlin. aged one
hundred and three years, tho oldest
woman in Northern New York, occurred
on the 5th at Beekmantown She was in
good health until a week before her death
MICHAEL DAVID and John Kchn were
killed and G sorge Stevens was seriously
hurt in the Perryn shaft At Pittston, Pa,
on the 5th.
STRIKERS attacked o street-car in New
York on the 5th with stones. One OF the
officers guarding the car was hit in the
face, and fired into the crowd, shooting
one Of the assailants dead. The strike had
been declared off by :he Knights of Labor
THE steamer Harold arrived at New
York on the 9th and reported a fierce fight
in Hayti. Legltime's fleet bombardcd the
town Of St Marc and afterward sheered
of, leaving on shore . large body OF SOL
diers, who were m rcilessly slaughtered By
the followers Of Hippoyte
AT Haverhill, Mass. twenty parents
were arrested on the 9th for sending tho =
children to o condemned French Catholic
school,.
CHARLEs f. ORDAuS, Philadelphia
newsboy, was on tho 9th awarded 80 0OJ
damages against the Traction Company
OF that city for injuries received.
WORD was received by Mrs May, OF
Reading, P,.. on the 9th that she was to in
herit $500. 600 from an uncle VINO died re-
Gently in California
FIRE destroyed the large brewery of
the Niagara Falls N. ~ Brewing Com
pany on the sth.
On the eth Mrs Emma Althouse. of Attica.
n. Y, awoke from trance which lasted
thirty five days
A HEAVY fall Of snow occurred In Western
New York OH the eth, and all trains on the
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg road We're
abandoned
CALEB NJ TAIcoTT, Of Hartford Conn. a
dry goods merchant, failed on the eth for
$aOO,00N
THE statement that seventeen mon were
drowned recently in Pine lake, Fulton
County, N Y, proved on the sth to have
been entirely unfounded
On the 7th Elihu Stevens, of Belgrade,
Me-, was given reception by tho Legisla-
ture of that State. Mr.. Stevens is one hun
dred and one years old in good health, is
the father OF twenty-five children and q
pensioner Of the war Of 1872
THE failure OF the Pacific Guano Company,
located at Boston, occurred on the Sth for
81, ,0O0,00h.
The discovery was made on the sth that
A. s. Gookin, cashier of the Manhattan
Elevated Railway Company of New York.
had gone to Canada with between SjA,0O
and 1900 Of the funds of tho company.
IL New York on the Sth the coroner ) Jury
In the case of the striking street car cmploye
McGowan, who was killed by Officer Snyder
during IN attack by the strikers OH street
car brought in a verdict commencing tho
officer the conductor and driver of the car for
their heroic conduct in repe,ling tho mob In
the attack on the car and eNoncrated them
from NIL blame.
The coke strike ut Pittsburgh, Pa, col
lapsed on the sth. and all the works but two
were In operation.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14

PORTRAITS OF the Emperor Of Japan
give him a yearning, dissatisfied ex-
preston that no man ought to wear
who has o yearly allowance Of 81, 5OO,-
OJO for his household and kitchen ex-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14

Mr. JOHN WATERS. an Ohio school
master, has been discharged for smit-
Ing pupil over the head with slung-
shot because he did not know how to
parse sentence. The teacher himself
is now q past tense.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14

The United States Supreme Court
has given q decision which upholds
tho validity Of State laws for the IL
censtng of physicians and forbidding
those who have not complied with
them to practice. The particular
case went up from West Virginia.
the plaintiff claiming that the law
OF that State intcrfered with his
Liberty and property" in viola
tion Of the fourteenth amend
ment The court was unanimous
~ OF the opinion that the Med
ical act In question was constitu-
tional.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14
EpitOme of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FlFTlETH CONGRESS.
Second Session.


TUESDAY, Feb 5-in the Senate the
House bill Tor est blishing Territorial
government in Oklahoma was presented
an !, after lengthy discussion, was re
ferrc to the Committee on Territories. A
10 Mt resolution for pay mcnt Of 500 600 to
the repre tentative, OF the late James B
Eads was passed. In the House favora-
Bile report was made on the Natural zation
DILL. The tim, was mostly occuplcl in
discus sing the Nicaragua Cinal bill.
WEDNESDAY, Feb 6-The time was oc-
cupied in the Senate in discussing the
Lcg'slatHo, Executive and judicial APP
preparation bill, the pending quest on be-
Ing the amendment to increase the clerical
force Of the C.vi:- Service Commission, but
no action was taken. In the House the
bill to divide portion Of the Sioux Reser-
vations in Dakota into scparata rcserva.
tions and to secure the rclinauishmcn. Of
the Indian title to tho remainder was dis
cussed The conference report on the Mic.
aro0ua Canal bill was agreed to- Frank
B. Po ey was sworn In as q member from
tho First Indiana district to succeed A. p
Hovcy. recently elected Governor.
THURSDAY, Feb. :. IN the Senate the
conference report on the bill to incorporate
the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua
was agreed to. The bill now goes to the
President for his approval A bill was re-
ported to remove the charge OF dcserton
from soldiers Of the late war ard Of the
Mexican war who afterward served faith
fully till the expiration Of their time. 4
favorable report was made on the PROPOSE
ton to present Mrs Irene Ruckcr Sheridan
SO, ,OOO in token of the country's apprecia-
tion OF the services rendered by her hCs-
band, General Philip H. Sheridan In the
House bill increasing the pension Of the
widow of Brigadlier General w. H. Emery
to so q month was passed The Senate bill
allowing persons who have abandoned or
relinquished their homestead entries to
make another was passed
The Naval Appropriation bill and the
Fertilization Appropriation bill were re-
ported with amendments to the United
States Senate on the sth. The resolutions
heretofore offered for an inquiry as to the
state of suffrage throughout the United
States were referred to the Committee on
Elections The House bill to quiet title of
settlers on the Des Moines river lands In
Iowa, and the Pension and Legislative ap-
preparation bills were passed In the House
the Army and Agricultural appropriation
bills woro passed A bill was reported
favorably to erect lighthouse and fog
signal at the outer breakwater of the Chi
cago harbor, at cost of So, Goo.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14

In one fiat in st. Louis there are
families representing nine nationali-
ties, and all cook onions for dinner after
their national custom.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14

OVER cighty-three ounces of altar Of
roses was bottled in Turkey last sum-
mer. besides a good deal OF bogus stuff
that altar not be used.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-02-14

The Portland papers speak with
pride Of A. NJ. Cannon. who peddled
sowing-machines through Oregon nine
years ago. and who 10 now worth So.
100000. Mr. Cannon evidently sho,
~ his mouth with grsnt profit.