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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
PLAIN DEALER.
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EVERYTHING IN The LINE CT
JOB WORK,
Bill Heads, Cards, Pos
ters, Circulars.
Satisfaction In Meatness, proaptaess and
Price Guaranteed.
r~G Give us q trial before cEdering eI,ewhe1e.
FANClES or FASHION.
Notes and Suggestions on Themes Sleasln 3
To the Fair Sex.

Notes and Suggestions on 1hcmes Pleasing
10 the Fair Sex.
What Is known to the trade as oak,
with .anti1ue fnish," will figure con-
spicuonsly again this season in furni-
ture for halls. dining rooms and librar-
les. etc.
Mahogany. now a. ever, is . pre-
ferred wood for fine furniture.
Cherry in mahogany finish is much
used in furniture and is often sold to
the unwary for mahogany.
Ash, maple and birch are favdrite
woods for cottage furniture.
1t has been announced that '.thc first
lady Of the land is disciple Of the
art OF china-painting. Hence it is pre-
sumcd that painting on china will again
become fashionable recreation.
Parasols covered with India silk are
furnished to use with costumes Of the
same material.
Ribbon embroideries are included
among the new dress-trimmings.
Ghallies are revived for summer wear
in charming designs and harmonious
colors.
Graduating dresses for schoolgirls
will have Enpire-belted waists, with
sleeves.
Boating and tennis costumes are be.
ing made in cotton and wool Scotch
ilannels.
The close Princesse dress will con-
test favor with the Directoire redingote
for street wear this season.
In silverware for the table forms re-
main for the most part low and flaring.
A popular style in silver tableware
is combination Of the bright finish
with chased work.
Spray brooches and floral brooches
are as fashionable as ever.
The fancy for decorative picture
frames continues.
4 bracelet which. abroad. is termed
the ..fetich.' is in bright silver. with
gold trefoil for an ornament.
A bracelet Of French origin. chris.
tened the ..aumoniere,' is circlet ol
bright silver from which is suspended
a small purse in old silver.
Many OF the open-faccd silver watches
have gold hands and enameled numer-
ale.
Plush il shown in al. the new shades
TO make up in association with new
spring dress fabrics.
Silk Indian null. in all the elegant
pale shades. is a popular material for
evening dresses for very young ladies.
Embroidcries as well as other orna-
ments are much mingled with gold and
other metals.
Printed pongees promise to be fash.
ionable summer fabrics. These come
in polka dots. gcometrical figures and
floral patterns.
For quite young ladies there are
finger rings Of blue enamel set with
pearls; also rings set with turquoises
and pearls.
The colors in gloves for the street
include four or five shades of gray and
ter or twelve shades OF tan.
4 pretty gold brooch is the one that
copies the outline OF a rose and clover
leaf, held together with ribbon.
Among the novelties in the millin-
cry limo We note thick-repped or bro
caded ribbons with gauzc cdgcs.-,N.
Y. World.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
HIS MOTHER WILL PAY.

Colonel Fred Grants Answer to tho suit
to Recover Fees from Batleau.
New York, May IL Colonel Fred Grant
filed an answer Friday In the United states
Circuit Court in the silit Of the United states
against General Adam Badeau to recover
fees receivedhy him when he was Consul at
Havana to the amount Of about q. .OO. Mr..
Grant says that his father who was q surety
for Badeau. did not leave an estate from
which any judgment OF the court could be
recovered. but that his mother is able and
willing to pay any Judgment, should 1t be
found that there is any thing due 10 the
plaintiff for which. his father would be
liable,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

Wns no jail in Ozark, and the prisoners wer.
taken to Springfield. Mo-, for safe keeping. =
jail was promptly built however, and the Bald
knobbers transferred 10 Ozark.
The first bearing OF the Bald -Knobber case
was in August 1881. but Chief Walker was not
tried untI April. 1885, In March, 1885,, three O.
the prisoners confessed. so the trial OF Dave
Walker was merely formal. he admitting Tho
assault Of the Bad-knobbers on the Edens
home, but pleading he did not arrive until after
the shooting had ceased.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
ALI RECORDS BROKEN.

The City Of Paris Makes tho Quickest Of
All Trips FROM Queenstown to SANDY
Hook. t
New YORK, May 9.-The steamship City Of
Paris, OF tho Inman line. which arrived ut
Sandy Hook at Isis o'clock a. H. yes.
terday, has broken all records from
Queenstown. Her corrected time Il
days =; hours and minutes. The bes,
previous record, which was made by the
Etruria, was days hour and ~ minutes
It il the tirst voyage across the Atlantic
made in less shan six days, and there were
many men in maritime circles who
prophesied that the trip would never
be made in less than that time. The City
OF Paris was commanded by Captain Fred.
erick Watkins and brought large nuns
ber Of saloon passengers, among whom
was David Dudley Field. who. though 81
refuses to go slow. The whole distance rur
BY the City Of Paris was :, ,sl5 miles
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
WILL NOT 6E A NUN.

Miss Drexefx Retirement to Convent
Only Temporary.
PHLADELPHIA. May lit is now stated
that Miss Kate X Drexel's entrance into
convent at Pittsburgh is only temporary
and that she has no intention oi
becoming sister Of mercy As il
well known, Miss Drexel has for a number
Of years been interested in the Indian anG
colored missions, and has contributed large
sums for founding schools for the edncatior
Of colored and Indian children. She now
desfrGs TO devote her entire life to these
mhsiaAs and has gone into temporary re.
tileMent for few months in order to de.
eide 3hat course she will pursue.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
GAVE UP HER FORTUNE.

A Daughter Of the Late Francis DreAel,
who Was Left tho sum of $4,000, 900
by Her Father, Enters u Convent.
PHILADELPHIA, May s. Miss Kate Drexel,
daughter Of the late Francis DreXel, who
left S6, ,OOO, 900 to each Of his three daugh-
ters, has practically renounced the fortune.
The young lady has entered a postulate OF
the'order of tho Sisters Of Mercy in Pitts
burgh. Those who know Miss Drexel
know that this amounts to complete re-
nunciation OF her family, her friends and
her wealth. She arrived 1t the uonvcnt
Monday uisht end sntsfsd formally on ksr
We thSsN
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

RED CLOUD, the Sioux chieftain who
recently called on President Harrison.
is sixty-four years old but looks much
younger. His hair has slight sprink-
ling of gray. but his form is erect, his
step firm and his eye bright. He is
not il handsome man, but he is an inn
posing Indian and looks like what he
iS--a great chief. He speaks very
little English. He owns big farm.
raises corn for sale and is rich enough
to live without doing work with his
own hands. He hires younger Indians
to work his farm.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

The Washington HQreau Of Animal
Industry has issued d report on hog
chol4ra as result of numerous in
quirles and close investigation by DIR.
Salmon. The point Of greatest interest
In the document is the statement that
hog cholera is bacterial disease,
WHICH is contagious and infectious,
and may produce in the hog fatal
form of the disease after having been
transmitted through other animals.
This is contrary to the opinion long
ente tanned by observers and by men
who make it Il business to handle hogs
for the market.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
A LONG VOYAGE. ).

Four Of Our New Warships to Cruise
Around the World.
New YORK, Nav s-News has reached tho
Brooklyn navy yard that the steel cruisera
Chicago, Boston, Atlanta and Yorktown
are to be fitted out as flying
squadron and sent on cruise around
the world 1t is thought the squad
ron will sail rs soon as the Yorktown
receives her battery. The vessel can quick
ly run to Washington and take aboard six
Of she .six-inch rifles now awaiting con-
tignment there. 1t is said that Commodore
Walker will command the squadron and
that the Chicago will be his flagship
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

1HE State OF Nebraska first inaueu-,
rated Arbor Day in 1872. Since that.
date il is estimated that six hundred
and fifty million trees have been plant
I'd in Nebraska and twenty-four other
States have adopted the custom. The
man who plants trees and preserves
them is the friend Of the generation TO
come after him.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

Mrs. MARGARET ARNOLD. the Oldest
person in Ohio, was born near Rich
mond, Va. on July 1, l777. Her
father was Robert kiscr. four of whose
twelve children are still living. Mrs.
Arnold spends all her time now in bef
md is totally blind. She has u re-
markahls appetite and weighs one
hundred and ten pounds. Her height
is five feet two inches. Since the year
1919 She has been addicted 10 the to-
bacco habit. and even now lights her
nipc now and then.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

A FRENCH scientist has found nine
forms of microbes in the juices Of II
healthy stomach and concludes that
they play an important part in digcs-
,ion. Every stomach seems TO be n
little inhabited world in itself. and
sometimes the population appear to
indulge in revolution which may be-
fun TO them, but plays the mischief
with the owner OF the organ.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

A CRANK walked into the Office Of
the Secretary of War at Washington
the other day. and taking the Secre-
tary's chair opposite to General Benet.
who is. acting rs Secretary. declared
that he was Secretary Of War, having
been appointed by Mr. Cleveland. The
officials humored the man, who busted
himself in giving orders and discharg.
ing the appointment clerk until police
officers arrived and took charge of him.
He was identified rs man named
Baker, who had taken charge OF the
police headquarters few days before
in d similarly informal way.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
SUPERINTENDENT PORTER ,

SUPERINTENDENT PORTER expects in
short time 10 have a hundred clerks
engaged on the preliminary work Of
the eleventh census. He will have,
sixteen hundred ut work next year,
but the smaller number will serve.
until the actual work of enumeration
is nearer at hand.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

SPEAKING of Parnell in the witness
box the London correspondent Of the
New York Times says: His mental
alertness was wonderful. He> had to
carry in his head all the various
minuti;c Of the last ten years Of poll
tics. from unimportant events in coun-
Gil meetings to actions in the House Of
Commons: He had to watch for u
trap in every question. 1t was the
most wonderful conversational game
of chess l have ever seen. 1t was an
occasion on which to tell the truth.
1t Was sufficiently difficult to tell any
thing else's
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

Denmark, is OF sc
serious q nature that
his family and friends
are much alarmed ii
his condition. Con.
tinned hemorrhages
of the lungs have re.
duced him to a pitt.
full state of weakness.
His physicians have
informed him that'an
attempt on his part
to cross the ocean
would result in his
tlpath Under these
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

tan County. which nd
Joins Tame first
adopted Bald knobb-
ism in Isl. s.j. Dave
Walker was the first
leader, and the mem
bership soon reached
between ~ and iW.
Each newcomer to the
county was invited TO
Join the order. and the
AapriS did 50. There
was = fearful, ordeal
Tor the can didatc.
who expecting 10 be
indrcted into some
fratGrn nj ene:att cavr,-
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

MEs. ISABELLA T. BARRows. OF Bos-
ton, recently accomplished one of the
most remarkable fcats in modern
journalism. She wrote verbatim re-
port Of speech made in German by
Carl Schurz, which she turned into
English while her pen was flying
across her paper in stcnographic char
aciers. To write stenographically and
translate from German to English
simultaneously Was Il remarkable
piece oil shorthand reporting.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
r PITCHED BATTLE.


Onc 81 n Tri0 0f Robbers Killed aud An
Othsr NOunsled In "a Desperate EncOun-
ter ~ifh Posse in Colorado.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Col. May s - The
mest daring robbery in the history Of the
county was pcrpetratcd mt FIcrissant Mon
dav night. About $ O'Clock Frank Cos
teIe, postmaster and stn~c-kcepcr OF the
town, with his two clerks was get
ling ready To close tha office when
three men entered, covered the oecr-
pants with guns and said they wanted
,nOney. One of the clerks, named Putnam.
Degan to parlcy with the robbers, when he
was severely dubbed. Postmaster Costello,
seeing the robbers had the drop on him.
handed over $40 in Government money and
500 Of his private funds Putting tho
money in their pockets the bold intruders
| backed to the door and escaped An alarm
was at once given and ii party started in
pursuit The rOblsers were oyertaken n
. sued, in which one Of the pursuing party,
William Brady, was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded The rob
bers succeeded in getting away and
reached the mountains. deputy
sheriff and weil-armed posse started after
them early Tuesday morning The robbers
were lodged behind barricade OF rocks.
After a terrible fight of half aa hour one OF
the roi,berx was killed and anotl or wound
cd, but the third, ut last accounts, was still
holding out. The attacking party had three
horses killed. but nobody was shot, al
though the bullets fell like rain around
them
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

The rock on which the proposed
salt trust will split is a rock Of salt re-
Gently discovered in Kansas. II is
three hundred miles long, twenty-five
miles wide and four hundred feet
thick. A trust i'm seashore sand is
about ;is practicable as a trust in salt.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
HINTS to HoUsEkEEPERs.
Valuable Informn tiOn Presented In HON
Opat htc Doses. =.

Valuable 1NfOrmh tiOn Presented In Home
0paihic Doses. IL:
Remove warts By rubbing several
times with the hall Of an onion dipped
il salt.
Silverware can be kept brighton
months by being placed in an air-tiaht
case with A good piece of camphor. !.
To whiten yellow piano ieys, rub
them with sand paper and finish with
Ii piece Of chamois. =.
To cure and heal running sore,
apply alum water twice day.
For a cough boil one ounce Of fax.
seed in Il pint Of water. strain and add
Il little honey. one ounce of rock candy.
aud the juice Of three lemons; mix aaid
boil well. Drink as hot rs possible.
By rubbing with a flannel dipped i:
the best whiting, the brown discoloc-
alton may be taken off cups in which
custartls haye been baked. !.
Never throw away cOld potatoes, %
there are SO many delicious ways in
which they may be warmed over and
made into new dishes.
Useful napkin rings are made by
erOcheting them out o! old-gold mac
rame cord. and are made glossy and
stiff by. an application of val'nish.
Work baskets. waste-paper baskets and
whisk- broom holders nre all durable
and pretty made in this way, and
frightened by bows nf ribbon. !.
70 mend china or glass, mix unslaked
lime with the white Of an egg. and see-
ing that the edges OF the broken parts
are quite clean, put the paste on with
Il match. '"'
Ringworms will yield to treatinaht
Of beeax. Wash with strong solution
three times day. AMI dust over tho
fine. dry powder. !.
Agood rule for the use Of the differ
ent kinds OF flour is IT, use pastry fo6r
wherever baking ilour is used iand
bread flour with yeast. -
Among the poor popular remedy
for rheumatism and other aches .and
pains is piece OF new flannel applied
to the parts affectef. If one inquiries
why new flannel il selected. the .sy-
PLANTATION given will probably be that
there is mysterious 'oir'. in new fan
mel which is goM FOR the pain; but as
4 matter Of fact The merit seemsS4b
consist in the power of irritating the
skin, which new flannel possesses in
greaterdegree than old. It is in SIGH
cases II mild counter-irfitant. Bpst3n
budget. i. -.
Phalny' Phowler phancied Phs5iS
Phulton. Phelix phelt phairly pha,h-
islied phor Phanuy. Phanny phishad
phdr phellow phrQm Philadelphia, PIN
nally phetching Rhefix phrom ph6lA
phrieh1s. Phinis: Phelix, phiapGsf;
Phaanyi .phiancee. Phelia ;suhunlAd
phanny's phyee phrightfulfy phi Eh
'"Phahhs,' phrom Phelix. 'phati3r
phurnishes phunds phor phlat. Phan-
ny phro%ned. "Phelix, phorget, pbar-
get Phanny. Phoolish phellow. PhlS!
Phanny Phowler phorswears Phelix
Phulton- phlat !" Phanny phainted.
Rlelix phlew.--N. Y. World.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

PRoF. WILEY, Of the Agricultural
Department, has laid plans for cxten-'
sive experiments on the Maryland ex-
pcrimental farm in growing and manu-'
featuring sorghum. Similar expert
ments will be made in Louisiana. Iowa.
and Kansas.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
st.rve., Herself to Death.

Du QuoIS, ILL.,. May o. Miss Annie vancil
Of this city, died Tuesday OF starvation
Several weeks ago her mother was ad
Judged insane and sent to an asylum. Mis-
vancil declared she would eat, nothing un
til her mother was released She livel
seventy five days, the last thirty of which
sho tasted absolutely nothing
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

,uuFIGI dcdllt lOF tue
murder OF charlie s
Green and William
l.,lens March II. 1877.
They were 10 have
been executed May ~.
1883. b,.t on ali aDIeal
10 the Supreme Court
escape | the gallows
temporarily. Last De-
tOber tho Supreme
Court affirmed The de-
c;>ion Of the Chr stan
County eirciiif court,
and fixed December
IS as the day OF exc
cut'nn. Through var.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

in the leg. The out.
rage brought about o
elimination OF public
Indignation. and Zach
johnson. the fearless
5 heriff OF Christian
County. with i picked
posse, started after
{ b g murderers. an
" IL hin forty eight
hours had all save
Bill Walker under ar.
rest. He was captured
three weeks later IN
Douglas County. where
he had gone for safe
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
Fatal Case OF Sunst stlt,ke.

working In Adam Weckler's brick yard IN
ClybOurne avenue, was overcome by th
heat about o'clock Wednesday afternoors
DC was taken to hts homo on Hoyne ave
aus, near Belmont avenue. Lake view
whsye 40 died q . o'clock p q.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

The next census ought to give q
complete enumeration of the George
Washingtons living In this country.
and show how many hundred thousand
Of them are surnsmsd Smith, Brown
and Jones.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
Tossing Copper. Not Allowed.

COLUMBUS, o., May o. The supreme Cour
has granted new trial. to William Goings
who was convicted in Allen County Q.
murder in the first degree and sentenced
to imprisonment FOR life. This was done
because the jury, after being out Tor manl
hours and unable TO agree, finally reached
verdict by tossing coppers.'
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
Their. Lives 1ru.,,e., out.

CHAMPION. Mich. May 9.-Matt Iast ans
August Yonev, employees OF the Champion
Iron Company, were letting down cars a
the pocket. A train Of ore cars behind es
capped from the brakemen and Rast AMI
Yoney were crushed and killed between
two sections Ut the train.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

4 PITTSBURGH man has devised a.
method OF playing the piano by cleo
tricity. Thus do two methods cf tort
ure, music by electricity and execution
by electricity, walk along the. cor
ridors Of the present with arms.
MI
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16
MlcHlGAN's LOSS.

The Damage To the Homestead District
by Forest Fires Estimated ut $3.50, 900
Rain Exiting guishes the Flames.
NEsroRIA, Mich, May ll.-Reliable adj
vices from the south-shore extension in
the homestead district arc to the effect
that fully s2i0.ON damage was done
by the forest fires of this week. A
number of houses belonging to home
steaders we're burned, but the loss was
principally on standing pine. The fires ex-
tended from Matchwood to Hill Crock and
tar into ths interior, Heavy ya1us have
fallen and All danger u pssL
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

SECRETARY HALFORD says there is
no truth i'm the stories OF the Presi-
dents ill-health. He has known Mr.
Harrison for twenty years and hiss
health was never better than it is now
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

, MRs HARRIET BEEcHER STOVES ILL
ness has given "Uncle Toms Cabin
another boom. and more than one
thousand copies Of it are again sold
every week
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

Mrs. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON Is
in her seventy-fifth year. Susan b.
Anthony. her colleague in the woman
suffrage cause. is seventy years of age.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-05-16

AMo>G myriads of other trusts. In
these Over-trustful times, chewing
gum trust is announced. This, likely.
Is the sprucest trust of all.