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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-19
Consumption Surely Cured

To TINE EDiTOR--PeAsc inform ,nnr read
IRIS thu havea positive remedy for the above
named disease. by IFS Timely usc Thousands ri
hapeicss eases have been erlnanently CURED
snail Dc glnd tn sena two bottles Ut my RENE.
sumption II they will send me their express
aud psi oiiics address. Respectfully,
I. \. SLoCUM, N. C.. Isl Pearl 81. New York
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-19

English SPAWN Liniment removes
oil Hard, Soft, or Callouscd Lulnps
and blemishes from horses. Blood
SPAWN, Curhs, Splints, Sweeney,
Ring hone, Stiles Sprains, all Swollen
Threats, Coughs, etc. Save $50 by
use OF one bottle. Warranted. Sold
by DR.. j. J. Clelnmer, Druggist, Cres-
co. Iowa. 35t26
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-19

A permanent position guaranteed
with salary and expenses paid. No
experience needed with us. Great
advantages to beginners. Fast sell
ing specialities. Outfit free. Write
quick and get choice Of territory
stating age. H. L. HOOKER s. Co.
45m3 Rochester, N. Y.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-19
Notice TO Keffepl1a.

TO Charles Baker, or other unknown cwn RS Of
the lands hereinafter described:
Take notice that at the pubic
Tax Sale, begun and publicly held III the oiiice
OF the County Treasurer. In CrescO, Howard
County Iowa, pursuant To law, commencing on
the firHt Monday OF December 1885, lo-wii: on
the 7th day OF December 1885. the following
described real estate was sold by the
Treasurer OF said county for the taxes due
thereon for the year 1884 amounting TO the
sum OF 81 81 tO-wit: West half lot fiye l5) block
twenty Eight ts8), Cresco.
That John Steinman became the pur-
chaser OF said land at said sale, and that the
right Of redemption will expire aud deed for
said land be made TO the UNDERSIGNED. who
Is now the owner and holder IN his own right.
OF the certificate OF sale made thereon by the
Treasurer OF satA county, unless redemption
from said safe be made within % days from the
COMPLETED service OF this notice
II. s. WEBSTER. Owner.
Dated Sept. II, 1850. 5OtS
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-19

Iowa's assessment this year will
reach thousand million dollars, at
q one-tfiird valuation. Polk county
has the highest land assessment,
$15. 66 per acre.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-19
knights of Labor

Will meet in regular session ut 500
p. III. every Saturday, in the rea,
basement Of the Cresco Union Saw
ings Bank. All members and visiting
members invited.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-19

It Is that impurity In the blood, which, ~
cnmnlating In the glands Of the neck, pro-
duccs nnsightly Jumps or swcllings; which
causes painful running sores on tho arms,
legs, Or feet; which dcvelopes ulcers In the
eyes, cars, or nose, often causing blindness or
deafness; which Is the origin Of pimplcs, can
ccrous growtlis. or the many other manifesto
lions usually ascribcd to .liumors;" which,
fastening upon the lungs, causes consumption
and death. Being the most ancient, It Is tho
most general Of all diseases or affections, for
very few persons are entirely free from Il.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-19
| IMPORTANT!

Having done business In the United States for
years. our reputation aad respo visibility Is es-
tabltshed. We want three men In your vicinity
10 represent US, 10 whom exclusive territory
will be given. Handsome OUTFIT free. Salary
and expenses or commission paid weekly.
Steady employment the year round. Write for
terms. Hardy stock speciality.
NAY BROTH ERS. Nurser. man,
50t4 Rochester, n. y.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-19

a caller ut this Office from Marshall
town sizes up the prohibitory law ~
follows:
A school house on every hill.
No rum shop IN the valley;
Buy Wh.skey of the druggists
And drink 1t In the alley.
A little short on poetry, but con-
siderably long on facts.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-19

In conjunctionn with the Erie System opcr-
ates Daily Fast vestibuled Trains to tho ssa-
Board. You may travel in the most Ele1ant
and Complete Pullman vsstibuled Trains
ever cons' ructcd. and Save 81. Oto New York
Buffalo and Niagara Falls, 5 8 10 Albany
and Troy, and So to Boston and New Eng
land cities.
No fipdl line offers the advantages
Of n system 0t through first aud Sec
ond- class Pullman Testibule day
coaches and dining cars, Chicago to
Ner York.
It Is the only line operating Pull
man cars to Boston and Nelu Eng
land rin albany.
Entire train Is lighted Jy gas,
heated by steam. Pullman dining
cars run through III either direction,
These luxurious trdins nre open
to all classes OF trdrel. No extra
charge for fast time and unsurpassed
acco
For detailed information. tickets and reser-
vations in Pullman cars apply to your local
ticket agent or the agency Of connecting tines
Of railway. or to City Ticket Offices, l0s Clark
st.; Grand Pacific Hotel: Palmer House; Dear
horn Station. or address,
G. NJ. BEACH. &c DONALD,
General Manager. Gen, Pass. Art.
Chicago,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-18
GOALS AND PHILANTHROPY,
An English Dealer Fined by Magistrate
for Giving His Customers Oyerweirht.

An English Dealer Fined by Magistrate
for Giving His Customers Overweight.
From the London Globe.l
do good by stealth and blush to find it
fame" may have been excellent advice when
Mr.. Pope wrote, but it would require reshaping
to bring it into harmony with modern require
ments. A Yorkshire coal dealer who has been
doing good by stealth on quite an extensive
scale, now has cause to blush at finding him.
self fined by police magistrate. This philan-
thropic trader owns a weighing machine which
gives his customers Il pounds overweight on
every hundredweight. Some time ago his at
tentlon was officially drawn to the fact, and he
received solemn warning that if he continued
his sinful benevolenee he would be summoned.
A weighing machine that gives overweight is
as illegal as one that does the other thing, the
law demanding a perfect adjustment of bal
ance. This coaly Samaritan refused to believe,
however, that his stealthy benefactions were
punishable, and so persisted in adding the little
bonus to every hundredweight of black dia-
monds that left his shop. A fine of 5s. and
costs ls the result, the bench expressing the
opinion that it looked little hard to punish a
man for cheating himself to benefit his custom
ers- 1t does look hard, no doubt, but what a
splendid advertisement Unless all the other
local coal dealers go in for weighing machines
made on the same liberal principle, their Gus
toners will be sure to get their supplies from
the convicted philanthropist After all, there
fore, Pope's line does apply; this enterprising
traders doing good by stealth will bring him
fame of very profitable sort Nor need he
blush for it; there is nothing to be ashamed of
creatures, some small share clings to ones
fingers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-18
TOBACCO AND SUGAR.

The bill for repeating the tobacco tax is
looming up as about the only revenue re-
duction measure that has any possible
chance of passage this session. 1t is not
grateful to Mills ana Carlisle, but it has
Democratic support enough to get it through
the House with the aid of the Republicans;
and the very fact that the Mills wing dis
likes it, is likely to make the Republicans
warm in its favor.
ANY measure to cut off a portion of the
unnecessary revenue is better than none !;
but the motives which control the atti tude
Of all sides on this particular point are far
from that broad ground of acting for
the best interests of the whole country
which should be the basis of all legislation.
The Republican support of the bill is based
on the expectation that it will make tariff
reduction more difficult; the Democratic OPP
position to it is for the same reason that it
will interfere with their pet theories and
the Democrats who support it do so avowedly
in the interest of their especial industries.
Would it net be a rather severe COM
mentary on the influences which control
Legislation if the result of the two years
fight should be to take the tax off chewers
and smokers and leave iton the breakfast and
dinner tables of the land in the shape of an
eighty per cent burden on sugar?
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-18
DANGEROUS FOR AIGFR

The statement that Alger of Michigan,
who was invited to the Ohio banquet to
spite Senator Sherman, publicly declared
his intention of bringing Sherman to ac-
count for reported remarks about the means
used to capture delegates for Alger at Chi
cago, may be disagreeable for Sherman, and
also dangerous for Alger.
The Wolverine millionaire's declaration
is good deal like that of the proverbiaI
man who asserted: Jones called me a
thief and 1 am going to make him prove
it" If Alger should make it necessary for
Sherman to prove it, the outcome might be
worse for the former than for the latter
In this attitude the Michigan millionaire
relies upon his consciousness that he did no
buying of delegates, nor had knowledge of
it. 1t is not understood that Senator Sher-
man or anyone else charges that he had
But if Senator Sherman was forced to back
up the assertion that money furnished by
Alger in such quantities as could only be
needed for corruption, and lodged in the
hands of those who might be expected to use
it in that way, did actually purchase
ignorant or INSCRIPTIONS delegates, we
fancy that the impassive Ohio Senator would
find no difficulty in making matters exceed
ingly unpleasant for his Michigan op-
ponent.
The fact is that Alger's Presidential can
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-18
INSTRUCTIVE FIGURES,

The report from the examination of the
Farmers and Mechanics Bank, on the
Southside, showing S1S9, 900 of assets to pay
$500, 600 of liabilities, is tolerably plain
statement of the results OF leaving fnan-
cial institution to be run without close su-
pervision and frequent inspection. The
disappearance of more than half the re-
sources, including the capital, can hardly
be explained, except on the theory of gross
diversion of the funds on the part of those
who had their immediate handling; and al
most equally gross negligence on the part of
those who knew nothing of the. disappear
ance of the assets, but whose business it was
to know of it. Such things cannot be pre-
vented unless directors make it their bust
ness to direct Even when they do, it is a
great incentive to careful and honest bank
ing to have close supervision BY external
authority. 1t is worth while to remember
that while there have been some half dozen
cases in this city during the past fifteen
years in which banks were completely
cleaned out, none of them have occurred in
the closely supervised national banking
system, which comprises four-fiths of the
banking capital and nine-tenths of the
banking business of the two cities.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-18
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

Hon. SIDNEY L. BARTLETT of Boston, who
last week celebrated his Goth birthday, is still
actively engaged in the practice of law.
DR.. I. H. HAYS, graduate of a Baltimore
medical school, has been appointed permanent
medical officer of the Bangkok Hospital, Siam.
The hospital is under the immediate care of the
King of Siam.
Mrs. JAMES G. BLAINE JR. IS stage name is
to be Mary Nevins Blaine ''She will travel
with an aunt, a maid and nurse for her child,
but without special car and in quiet, unos-
tentatious way"
PHILIP A. KAREY, of New York, wants to
present the New York Park Commissioners
with the cottage on Fordham Hill, where Ed
gar Allan Poe lived long time and wrote some
of his most striking poems.
Z. B. BALL, the nearest living relative of
George Washington, occupies a stall in the
south corridor of the pension building at
Washington, where he sells cigars and fruit to
the clerks. He is nearly so years old, and bears
a striking resemblance to the father OF his
country.
THE oldest school teacher in active service
in Vermont is A u. Searles, who began teach
ing in lSI at the age of 10. He obtained his
first certificate from the poet John G. SAKE.
He is now in control of the school which the
late Sir Curtis NJ. Lamson gave to the village
of New Haven Mills, VT. Lamson was born IN
this village and was knighted by Queen Vic
toria for the part he took in the laying of the
Atlantic cable.
LEVI WooDMAN, Putnam county, Indiana,
farmer has just completed gavel which he
will present to the Vice President-elect. The
gavel is made of Indiana walnut, and is orna-
mented with silver and ivory. 1t is capped
with dome, in imitation of that on the Capitol
at Washington. 1t is inlaid with strips of ivory
representing each State in the Union, and the
silver bands, two in number, are inscribed with
the name of the Vice President, "U. S. A."
Constitution" and "E pluribus unum."
COUNT Won MoLTKE is very old, deaf and a
martyr to bad liver. Yet he carries himself
easily and seems well-preserved man. Tall
and lean, he is slightly bent; his smoothly
shaven face has the color of old ivory; the tall
brow is surmounted by blonde wig (although
his portraits are painted without the peruke);
two gray blue eyes look at you almost cruelty;
the lips are thin, and the nose long, straight
and strong; a pair of long. muscular ears, and
a small and closed mouth complete set of
features which give every sign of discretion, if
not of taciturnity.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-18
FAILURE OF STATE ARBITRATION.

Attentions called to the very positive lack
of results secured by State arbitration, by a
resolution in the New York Assembly ask
ing the State Board of Mediation to report
what it had done in connection with the
recent street railway strikes in New York
and Brooklyn. The Sun pungently says
that the board might reply with equal
brevity and truth: we tried to do something
to earn our salaries, but failed as usual"
1t is cogent fact that during the two or
three years in which New York has had an
official board for mediation in labor dis
putes, no strike has been compromised by
its efforts, though the State has been the
scene of the most bitter and disastrous dis
putes in the country. Other States, Penn
sylvania for example, have had fewer strikes
and more in which voluntary compromise
have been reached. The results seem to fully
vindicate the oft-repeated opinion of THE
DISPATCH, that while the spirit that resorts
to arbitration is invaluable in lessening the
bitterness and brute force of wages disputes,
it cannot be called into existence by legal
enactments. Voluntary arbitration should
be the universal resort; but people cannot
be forced to arbitrate by law.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-18
A HOUSE FULL OF GHOSTS.
Weird and Unearthly sights Observed In 9
Deserted Residence.

CHARLESTON, s. c.. February F.-For years
and years the house of the Trummonds, in the
Joyce branch neighborhood of Barnwell county,
has been known as ''the haunted house." The
story goes that on dismal, rainy nights the
ghostly visitations are manifest by the house
being suddenly brilliantly illuminated by an
unearthly light Doors are slammed and clank-
ing chains proclaim the presence OF an Invisible
visitor who treads heavily about the house, but
never troubles the inmates except by the noise.
The illuminations proceed from the hearths
Without an instant's warning fire blazes in
empty freplaces and throws weird light that
gives the windows from the outside the appear
ance of huge locomotive headlights. This al
ways occurs in the dead of night, between IL
and o'clock, never lasting but a few seconds.
No member of the Trummond family ever
died violent death. Two generations OF the
family have lived there These charges against
thei1 abode are partly admitted by the family,
but they never talk upon the subject when 1t
can be avoided.
On last Saturday night the mystery of years
was deepened. A wagon load of colored folks
returning from meeting passed the house at
midnight. They were singing campmeetlng
hymn, when, as they passed directly in front OF
the house, an unearthly glamor shot from the
windows athwart their terror-stricken forms.
The mule attached to the vehicle darted to-
ward darkness. carrying his shrieking and
praying load swiftly from the scene. The yells
of the frightened colored people awoke every
one for half mile about them. Soon sheet
of flame shot skyward apparently from the
chimney of the Trummond residence, wavered
for an instant and vanished. The air was damp
and the sky cloudy, but no rain was falling, and
the atmospherical conditions were not as favor
able for the ghostly fame as on occasions when
1t had appeared in less striking degree. The
fame was intense. and rendered the smallest
objects In the vicinity distinctly visible. No
one approached the house that night, although
the inmates remained inside. The family were
ignorant of there having been ghostly illu-
mination of mere than usual brilliancy. Doors
had slammed that night and lights appeared.
This story, as improbable as it seems, is
vouched for by persons of the utmost trust
worthiness. D. L. Perkins, prominent
farmer, who lives near the haunted house, says
that he has frequently seen the flames. The
story was published BY the Sun this afternoon,
and telegraphic inquiries from Barnwell bring
the answer that it is correct in all essential
facts
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-18
FORAKER'S YARN.

A story was told by Governor Foraker
the other night at Columbus, which was in
tended to show conclusively the necessity of
a clean sweep upon the Inauguration of
Harrison. II is worth while to consider. it
less as demonstration of the alleged neces-
sity than as an illustration of the logic of
the opponents of civil service reform.
The Ohio Governor related, as told to him
by the President-elect, that an Indiana re-
former called upon the latter during the
campaign and urged that if elected he
should make no removals except for cause.
General Harrison listened and replied:
"My friend, can you name to me single
one of Mr.. Cleveland's appointees in this
State whom could afford to keep in Office
if / should be so fortunate as to be elected?"
According to Governor Foraker, the civil
service reformer could not do so, and went
away very sorrowful.
There are some inherent reasons for ques
tioning the authenticity of the story. In
the first place, while the usual gap between
political promises and political perform
ance arouses not unnatural doubt as to
Mr.. Harrison's views on civil service re-
form since the election, it is not likely that
before the election the candidate was in
dulging in anti-reform talk to. reformers-
especially in a close State like Indiana.
No better proof of that fact need be adduced
&loo ic1 1aff of
to the character Of Mr.. Cleveland's ap-
pointees it happens to be the fact that since
the alleged conversation the United States
District Attorney at Indianapolis, who was
then in Office, has retired, with the praise
and Endorsement Of both the Republican
and Democratic press; which would indi-
cate either that the reformer must have
been very dumb or that the Republican
papers have since been subsidized to white
wash an unsavory official.
But the logic of Foraker's story is even
more shady than its facts. The arguments
that the request of the former was i'm
practicable because of the bad character of
the Democratic appointees. The audience
to which Governor Foraker addressed this
syllogism was not searching for its weak
points. All his hearers wanted was an as
surance ethatthe would be poured out. But
anyone else would have had no difficulty In
seeing that the reform proposition was only
that removals should not be made, except
for cause. If appointees are corrupt or in
competent there is sufficient cause for re-
moval; and therefore the reply attributed
to General Harrison was no reply at all;
and he would be a remarkably weak speci-
men of the reformer who could not make the
obvious rejoinder.
The coming Presidents course on patron
age may be sealed book; but Governor
Foraker's story is solely useful as showing
that Foraker is after bread and butter.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-18
TIMELY SERMON.

Rev. W. J. Hollands sermon yesterday,
on the text Thou shalt not steal, was an
instructive and far-reaching discourse. 1t
started out with a reference to a petty and
vulgar theft from which he and other mem.
bers of the church were sufferers; but did
not stop with the useless work of telling
church members that they must not carry
off other peoples wearing apparel. 1t took
into consideration the much more vital
question Of respectable forms of dishonesty
and ranked them all in the classification Of
infringements upon this fundamental moral
law.
Possibly the principle was not directly
stated in the form that, to obtain the money
or property Of others without a fair return
is violation of the principle of honesty
enjoined in this text; but that was never
theless the foundation of the whole argu-
ment This is what makes gambling an
ofense against the moral law; and it gives
the same status to all the fashionable false
pretenSes among which the. clergyman
very justly included stock manipulation,
the sale of adulterated goods and of staples
purporting to be other than what they are
How great need there is for the pulpit to
attack these evils is shown by the fact that
the financial powers of the country are now
engaged in the attempt to sustain railway
capitalization declared by the highest rail-
way statistical authority to contain s., ,OOO,-
900, 900, or one-haIf of watered securities:
and that the most accepted method of at
tanning rapid fortune is in selling stocks on
which from one-ffth to one-half of their par
has been actually paid in.
1t is the attempt to gain money without
giving the fair and honest return for it
which forms the foundation of commercial
equity that is demoralizing this nation. 1t
is time that the pulpit and the press Joined
in exposing this evil; and we are glad to
count Rev. W. j. Holland among its op-