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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27
TWO KILLED.
Fatal Result Of q Cyclone In Miss0uri-A
Village Destroyed.

Fatal Result Of q Cyclone In Missouri-A
Village Destroyed.
ALBANY, Mo-. June 33aa.--At 2:3O p. N.
Thursday this vicinity was visited by two
cyclones, or one In two prongs 1t struck
the frame residence OF II. p. Williams,
three miles east Of this city, and
completely demolished it Mr. Will
iam's o year old son and his
mother in : law, Mrs Crispin, were
instantly killed. Mrs. Williams was fatally
injured and three children were badly
hurt The cyclone wiped ont the little
village OF Lone Star. destroying the
store-house and goods Of A. G. Towns
end, the Baptist church. school-hous
and many residences. MIR. Townsend, the
postmaster, is thought to be fatally injured.
as Is also Mrs. George Stineman Many
other farm houses and Out-buildings were
destroyed, and it is impossible to estimate
the damages At citizens meeting here
Friday several hundred dollars was raised
and clothing for the sufferers provided
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27

4 RECENT issue of the Patent Office
Gazette reports the granting of patent
No. 100000 by the department at
Washington. The first 100000 were
issued in the eighty years which ended
in 1870, since which three times as many
have been granted in less than ii quar-
ter OF the time. These figures illus
trate fOrcibly the fertility Of modern
invention as compared with that in the
first part of the current century. BY
the time it closes the number OF pat
cnts now out will have been doubled il
the present ratio Of acceleration be
kept up for twenty years.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27
PLAIN DEALER.
EVERYTHING IN fHE LINE OF -,
JOB WORK,
Bill Heads, Cards, Pos
ters, Circulars.
Satisfaction h Meainess, proMptaess aal
Pfic. guaranteed.
sEGive rs . tsial before sedsrins el5ewhaes-
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The largest circulation On record
s that attained by the volume Hymns.
Ancient and Modern" TWENTY million
copies have been sold in the eighteen
years OF its existence.
Mrs. Eliza j. Nicholson, editor of
he New Orleans Picayune, says that
he happiest moment OF her life was
when she saw her first poem in print
md received ten dollars for it.
Success in literary life was held to
De rare by speaker, Joel Benton. at
banquet in New York. He said that
the successful men among those who
lived d. Bohemian existence. depending
On the receipts from the sale of their
writings to magazines and newspa-
pers. could all but be gathered in
Fifth avenue stage.
DR.. Alvan Talcott, Of Guilford.
Conn, who has given $25. 900 to en-
low a professorship OF Greek at Yale.
is one OF the oldest alumni OF that
university. having been graduated in
1928 He Is past eighty years old,
still practices medicine. and reads
Homer daily with far more earncstness
than ever in his undergraduate days.
-Isaac Pitman. the inventor Of the
system Of shorthand writing that
bears his name. is good example of
vigorous and Industrious old age. He
is past sixty-six years Of age. and
works daily from six in the morning
until six in the evening. He used to
work from six in the morning until
ten at night, but now says that he is
getting too old to work all day.
Mrs. Burnett received recently a
letter from an Englishman who claims
to be genuine Lord Fauntleroy. the
last of his line and unmarried. He
thinks he bore strong resemblance
in his childhood to Little Lord
Fauntlcroy. He described himself
and his circumstances at length. and
asked Mrs. Burnett to write him how
she happened to use his name and bi-
ography in her story. He also invited
her to visit the Fauntleroy estate in
England. Mrs. Burnett never knew
that there was Lord Fauntleroy in
the world till she received this letter.
he selected Fauntleroy as the name
Of her little hero simply because it
pleased her fancy.
Rev. w. A. Sunday is gentleman
Of the muscular Christian school ap-
parcntly, il recent reports Of his ex-
ploits are to be regarded as typical.
He plays baseball six days as right
field, and breaches on the seventh
when he gets "A chance. On a recent
sunday, fresh from the victory Of his
club over the .1;iants' on Saturday.
he delivered sermon in the New
York Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton hall. taking as his text "A cer-
tain man found himself and behold
he was wandering in the field" Ii
was baseball text, but the sermon is
reported to have been practical. elo-
quent and impressive. In fact, Rev.
Mr.. Sunday may be said to have scored
/ Il success.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27
CAST OFF THE YOKE.

yenezuelans Revolt Against the Guxman
Power. which Has Practically Con.
trolled tho Country for Twenty Years
Civil War May Follow.
New YORK, June a-The people Of
Venezuela have risen in revolt against
the power Of Guzman- -Blanco, the die
tator, who for twenty years has
ruled the country with rod Of iron
Blanco Is now in Paris, from which point
he ordered the present President OF
Venezuela, DIR. Paul. to resign. Paul did
SO. but the people of Caracus implored
him to reconsider his action, anti he COM
piled Guxman's followers arc now In the
minority. and the deposed potentate Is
expected to return and inaugurate civil
WAR
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27
Worse Than the Chinch rug.

MARION. Ind, June ia small green
parasite threatens to destroy the wheat,
oats and rye crops in this and adjoining
counties. lhe bug appears by hundreds in
every head and is rapidly sapping the life
out OF it.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, June la.-The long
continued rains in this section have
drowned out the corn in the low bottoms
and lodged ripe wheat ON higher grounds
so badly that it can not be cut. A small
green bug has appeared in myriads and IL
damaging the growing wheat The clover
IL also injured by the wet weather. To
haeee which is a staple hereabouts, will be
sseft crop.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27
A Victory for the Yale Grow

New LONDON, Conn. June 222.-The eight
cared four-lnile straight-away race between
the Yale and University Of Pennsylvania
crews was rowed Friday evening over the
Thames river course from Gales Ferry to
Winthrops Point. and was won by Yale by
one and one half lengths. Official time,
Yale, $3.50; Pennsylvania. aO:H The inter-
est in the race ccntcrcd almost wholly in
the exhibition given by Yale as u means of
Judging her chances in the face Of next
Friday against Harvard
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27

PHILADELPHIA, June 22-Two lads, Harry
and William lesser were killed ycstc rday
by steam explosion. They were greatly
interested in mechanical experiments.
For few days past they had been gener-
ating steam in an old range boiler which
they had set up un Ter shed. Steam was
conveyed from the boiler by gas pire to
an engine about eighteen inches long It
was the intention to attach the engine to
an ice cream freezer and do way with hand
turning With that In their minds the
boys built hot fire and while walking
about tho machine the boiler exploded,
KILN" both Of them.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27
HOLOCAUST IN BOSTON.
A Fiye- Works establishment burned
Five Persons Known to Have Perisliesi.


Five Persons Known to Have Perishod.
BosroN. June "a disastrous fire no.
cOmpanied by o serious loss Of life occurred
early Friday evening In the fire. works cs-
tablishment Of Heycr Bros at Sumner and
Haw!ey streets Five dead bodies have been
taken from the ruins, and one other person
received injuries which will probably re-
suit fatally. IL is feared that there may
be more victims among the debris. Tho
building. which is q four story brick struct-
ure. Is occupied on the ground floor by G.
E. Browning, milliner, and on the three
upper floors by Heyer Bros, dealers In
fancy goods and fire works
Albert Gage. aged - who was employed
In the third story, hung from window
until he was obliged to release his hold,
then fell to the ground, striking two avn
ings in his descent, breaking his back.
He will probably die Charles F. Callahan
and Thomas Paine, who were working on
the fourth floor, jumped from the window
In their fright Paine was killed, while
Callahan's injuries arc fatal WILL
icm Bzenenstuhl, ON the second fioor,
lost his way and rolled down
the stairs and was picked up badly
injured. He IL also burned internally by
smoke, and it is feared that be can not live.
A body which was taken from the building
was recognized as samuel Cord, one of the
oldest employees of the firm Another
body, that Of . boy, was taken to tho
morgue, whe-e it has not yet been identi-
fed. It Is charred and burned SO badly that
identification will be difficult
The loss on building and stock will be
about $1OO,0OO
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27

DAVE FLETCHER, of Sumter County,
Ca, was passing through his field re-
Gently when the strange noise made by
mocking bird attracted his attention.
He walked to where 1t was and found
that it was being attacked by hawk.
He stopped down and picked up piece
of fence rail and started to slip up on
tse hawk for the purpose Of killing it.
lie cautiously approached the bird.
when to his surprise the hawk showed
fight Mr. Fletcher walked up to him,
and fight cnsued, but the hawk was
soon ovcrpowored and killed. ltmcas-
ured four feet and half from tip to tip
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27
TWO MEN KILLED.
Fatal Rcsult of . Railway Wreck IL AIa-
bama.

Fatal Rcsuit Of . Railway Wreck IL Ala
bama.
BlkMISGHAM, Ala, June ia railroad
wreck resulting in the death of two men
and the injury OF loo others occurred about
o'clock Tuesday morning near Pratt
mines. The Tennessee Coal. Iron & Rail-
road Company runs train every
morning to carry the miners from
Pratt mines to the different shafts
The train carrying about :NU men was
running backward at the rate of ten miles
an hour when 1t struck two cows lying on
the track Six of the cars were thrown
down an embankment and piled on each
other Henry Mccauley and Walter Beasley,
carpenters We're instantly killed On one
OF the cars were about thirty convicts
chained together. and. strange to say. they
were about the only persons who escaped
injury. The worst injuries are broken legs
and arms
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27
HUMOROUS.

The coal dealer some times. by
mistake. gives the cart driver a weigh.
Washington Critic.
Can Il girl be called magnate be-
cause she requires an armaturc 10 COM
plete the circuit?- Courant.
speaking Of an embarrassment Of
riches, the man who held five aces
ought to be able to offer some valuable
remarks. Merchant Traveller.
jacques THE girls, l fear. would
not answer well at a political conven-
tion." Miss D. why not?' Jacques
We'll, for instance. when the
Chairman asks: Are you ready for tho
question:? Time.
Agent for Jewelry Housc-.'rvo
got il fine line Of diamonds I'd like to
show YOU Man Addressed-..You've
made Il mistake. sir. I'm the propri-
etor of this hotel, not the clerk. -
Sonoma Valley Whistle.
-Goyernor-.Yo been running
ahead OF your allowance. Jack"
Jack-.I know it. dad. I've been
hoping for Il long time that the allow
ance would strengthen up enough to
oyertake ne. IN. \. Ledger.
The names of the defendants of
the Washington family were published
the other day. and since then a great
many people have probably ceased to
wonder why Washington il called the
father Of his country. Savannah
News.
Little Dick What does money
talks mean?" Big sister, don't
know" Big brother-'.It means,
Dick. that any lunkhead with cash in
the bank can come here and sit all tho
evening without saying word. and
yet your sister finds him an interest
ing conyersationalist." ."-Philadelphia
Record.
.'How do you account for Georges
| not coming for the past three days."
asked a fond mamma. who had aspira-
tions for a millionaire son-in-law.
..Oh, he isn't coming any more. at
ALL" '.Why. my daughter. you didn't
throw such y chance overboard?"
mo, mamma, no; but Georges father
is bankrupt You are dear, good
girl. Hartford Post.
-..Dear john" wrote his wife. 81
am sorry to say Willie fell out of u
swing yesterday and disabled himself.
lie will not be able to use his arms for
month-so the doctor says. He is
getting along all right. but it makes
him restless to stay indoors. When
you return from the city please bring
him something he can amuse himself
WITH willie said the father.
kindly, as he patted the little boy con-
solingly ON the head the next day. Il
have brought you that drum prom
ised You year or two ago you should
have some timc.'
-Grievously shocked. - Grind
stone, is that the morning paper
you're reading?' ..Yes. It's full OF
that divorce case. tell you, Kill
| Jordan, there ought to be- law against
publishing such stuff $50 there
ought. And any man that will read it
betrays most depraved taste. When
you are done with the paper. Grind
stone, I'll just. look ut ii Il moment :"
lit is simply outrageous. How any
man-how ary man-can--' (be-
comes deeply absorbed). waiting
nervously for about four seconds) -
"Seems to me, Grindstone, it's taking
you a blame long time to read that
paper. Chicago Tribune.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27

Az American traveller in Trinidad,
the island that Columbus reached
and christened after his long and anx-
ious journey Of 1893, says the asphalt
tnm lake there that supplies tho world
covers ninety-nine acres and contains
millions of tons OF pitch, which is re-
newed as fast us taken out. Trinidad
Is tho place where oysters grow on
trees. The bivalves arc raked off like
fruit from the roots OF the mangrovc
running through the cliffs into the
WHfar
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27
The Battle Ground selected

New ORLEANS, juno 2a-It is stated by
those who know that arrangements have
been made for the Sullivan Kilrain fight
and tho ground for the battle agreed
upon. 1t will be near Abita Spring, in St
Tammany parish. The railway company
has offered to erect an amphitheater on
the battle ground capable Of seating 2OOO
people. Tho people Of st. Tammany agree
that there shall be no interference and no
int.midation-a fair fight and tha hest man
to win.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27

Spokane Again q winner.

CHICAGO, June 22.-The sixth American
Derby was won by Spokane to-day in the
presence Of the greatest crowd that has
ever assembled on an American race
course. Fully $1,000 people were in at
tendance Sorl ento was second. q head
before Retrieve third, followed by Don
Jose, Long Dance, Once Again and Proc
tor Knott.
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Honorcd q Murderer.

CHARLESTON. s e.. June .2-The Lafay-
cite Artillery Company. the oldest organi-
zatlon Of tho kind in the South, has elected
DIR. Mellow to the office OF surgeon. Nc
Dow is awaiting trial for the killing of
Captain Dawson. The company is COM
posed of solid citizens" of Charleston
and il commanded by Captain Bolger, one
Of the county judges Among the member
ship are a number OF professional men
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27

CHICAGO, June ga new arrest was
made today in the Cronin case The pris.
oncr is Michael Walsh. plumber, who
has been working at Joliet He knew
Martin Burke. the Winnereg suspect, in
Chicago. Burke, it Is reported. turned up
in Joliet the day after the Cronin tragedy,
and remained with Walsh practically PEN
niless until June ., when it is thought 0
money order came to the Winnepce man
from Chicago.
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SHOT TO DEATH.
4 Brutal hut Insane Negro Killed by q
south Carolina Mob.

Brutal hut Insane Negro Killed by .
south Carolina Mob.
COLUMBIA, : g., June "a negro named
Andy Caldwell Friday morning attempted
to assault Mrs. Beckham, respectable
woman. at her home near Ridgewater, s.
c. Mrs. Beckham's daughter tried to shoot
the negro, but her gun failed to
fire. The negro then took the gun
from the girl and shot her In tho
leg. He then went to Ridgewater and
created o disturbance in store, when the
proprietor shot at him and he ran away. In
the meantime 1t was learned that the negro
was IN escaped lunatic. The sheriff finally
captured him and placed him in charge OF
a guard from the State Lunatic Asylum,
who started for Columbia with him. When
near Rockton the party was surprised by q
body of forty armed men who took Cald-
well into the woods and shot him to death.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27

TH'E San Francisco Bulletin says the
Makahs are the only Indian tribe on
that coast that have saved their land
and accumulated money. Neah Bay.
the second harbor on the coast, is on
their reservation. They own three
scaling schooncrs and run the only
store in tho whole country. During
the scaling season most OF the bucks
go Us hunters, getting from three to
five dollars for each skin.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27
WEST AND SOUTH.

DURING the absence OF their parents on
the 18th Elizabeth and Caroline Leavitt
aged sixteen and eight years, were mur-
dered at their homo in Gresham. Neb.
FLOOD in the Humboldt Kan district
had ON the 18th ruined ten thousand acres
of wheat
HRs DAVID B. WILLIAMS, aged eighteen
years. was accidentally shot and killed by
her husband ON the 18th near Inde-
pendence, La
A STORM in the vicinity of Charlottesville,
Ind, on the 18th extended over scope of
Ia ad ten miles long and one mile wide, and
ended In regular cloud-burst The dam
age to property was great.
IT was reported from San Francisco, Cal, !,
on the nth that 81, 100000 had been SUBJ
scribed for the proposed cable between San
Francisco and Honolulu
NEAR Urbana, Ind, an attempt was made
on the 18th to wreck the cyclone express on
the Cincinnati, Wabash 4 Michigan railway.
pile of ties and other matter was placed
on the track, and the engine struck the
mass. but did not leave the track.
A BILL was signed by Governor Francis.
OF Missouri, on the 18th that was opposed
by all the saloon keepers In the State. 1t
prohibits the use of pianos, organs or any
musical instruments in saloons The bill
also prohibits the use OF cards, dice, bill
iard-tables, pool-tables, bowling alleys ana
boxing gloves
A DESTRUCTIVE storm passed through Pc
IN, Ind, on the 18th, doing many thousands
of dollars worth Of damage throughout the
city and country.
On the 18th the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railroad Company recorded a mort
gage in Chicago for Sl5O, 600 to tho
United States Trust Company of New York.
The mortgage was executed fer the pur-
pose OF taking up all indebtedness of the
road and for improvements to be made
A TRAIN run by the Tennessee Coal, Iron
Il Railroad Company for the accommoda-
tion Of it's workmen was thrown from the
track on the 18th near Birmingham, Ala,
and two men were killed and nearly one
hundred others were injured
On the Raleigh Il CASTOR railroad test
was made on tho 18th OF a process invented
for telegraphing from moving train.
Messages were received while the train was
running at the rate of thirty miles an
hour
On the 18th the remains Of John Sewer,
che first Governor of Tennessee, were ex-
humed from near Montgomery, Ala, and
were reinterred Mt Knoxville, Tenn. They
had been buried seventy-four years.
DESTRUCTIVE bug about the size Of u
pm head made its appearance on grain in
Indiana on the 18th, and farmers feared
they would lose most OF their crops
At Elkhart, Ind, Nettie Colburn, o thir-
teen-year-old girl, committed suicide on
the 10th by taking morphine. Sensitiveness
about her personal appearance caused the
act.
HARDY HAMILTON was executed OH the
10Th at Rome, Ga,, for numbering China
man.
The death of Colonel q. H. r Cary. vet
eran OF the Mexican war and of the civil
war, and one OF the oldest citizens Of
Marion, Ind, occurred on the 18th.
On the 10th Mrs. Charlotte Allen, aged
seventy years, living Lear Washington, IEd !,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27

A NEEDLE which came out of the toe
OF Mrs. G.. nj. Alexander, Il nonogcn-
arian OF Brookfield, Mass, the other
day was supposed to be one which en-
tered her thumb just week before.
The attending physician said he had
often heard of needles travelling
through the body, but never before of
a case where the journey was made in
seven days.
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OR HOAR reached his

SENATOR HoAR reached his home at
Worcester, Mass. a few days ago after
his Western trip with the Senate Com.
mittcc on Trade Relations with Cam
ada. He said that the impressions that
the Notifications at Esquisnalt. Van
couver, were Il menace to the United
States We're unfounded, rs the island
has not the natural advantages neces-
sary to made it formidable fortifica-
tion. He was satisfied that the ties of
affection between the Dominion of
Canada and the United States were
d guarantee Of peace and are likely to
remain SO.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27

For the first time in thirty years.
Levi Clowdis, Livingston MO
farmer, went into saloon the other
day and took drink of whisky. He
did this on the invitation of two
strangers. The whisky being drugged.
the strangers straightway went
through the farmers pockets and re-
lieved him OF 81, 800. which they knew
he had just drawn from the bank. The
bunko men escaped with their plumber.
Observation-Disclosures is likely to wait
more than thirty years between drinks.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27

In the south OF France SO many
birds have been killed for their plumes
or frightened away by the constant
warfare against them that the country
is almost consumed with armies OF
gnats and other pests of vegetation.
Scientists have warned the Govern
mcnt that serious calamity is now
ppndiur
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27
His Voice For War.

VIENNA, June 23-Emperor Francis
Joseph IN receiving the delegations yes
terday said that Austria's foreign re!a.
tons and policy was unchanged. He
asked for special credits that the army
may be strengthened and armaments in.
creased. The speech of the emperor Gre
ates alarm in London.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27

Isaac PIrMAN. the inventor Of the
system Of shorthand writing that bears
his name, is a good example of vigor-
GUS and industrious old age He is
past seventy-six years Of age, and
works daily from six o'clock in the
morning until six o'clock in the even
ing. He used to work from six o'clock
in the morning until ten o'clock at
night, but now says that he is getting
too old TO work all day.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27

GEORGE Wssa.NSycN Cp,yns las
made good his promise to Sheridan and
Sherman. and presented their portraits
u West Point, to be hung with that OF
General Grants in the old mess hall,
now bearing the name Of Grant Hall.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-06-27

MANY women who could have easily
escaped death in the Conemaugh val.
ley food refused to do SO because it
was impossible to rescue their hus-
bands. Sooner than accept lifc on
such desolatc terms, these brave
women, in scores, calmly permitted
the rush Of waters to sweep them
away. Instance after instance Of the
sublimest hcroism will crowd the an
mails of that ill-fated valley.