The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-07-04

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Court House.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS
Ne copy, one year strictly In advance. 81 .oo
REv. 7. $. TwIrTY. OF cuthbert, ia,
= organizing an anti-kissing society in
that town.
Two COMPANIES have been formed
IN Nebraska for the manufacture of
bect-sugar, and machinery for their
factories is being purchased in Ger.
many.
MRs. ABRAHAM LANSING, OF Albany,
N. T., has in her possession the first
American flag ever flung To the breeze.
1t was bequeathed to her by her
grandfather, Colonel Peter Ganse-
WORT, who commanded Fort Stanwix
when the flag was first hoisted.
FOR several years there was stand
ing offer OF ten dollars for partridge's
nest containing more than twelve eggs,
the record at the smithsonian insti-
tute giving that as the greatest num-
Der Of eggs Of that species to nest.
A party of Worcester (Mass) girls
recently won the money by finding .
nest with fifteen eggs.
-.
Ar the recent commencement exer-
cises at Brown University in Provi-
dence, Il l.. 1t was announced by the
president that the Governor of the
State had donated to it an observa-
tory and its equipment, and that BY
the will Of another alumnus 800, 900
had becn given to it for the erection
and furnishing of physical labora-
tory.
JOHN MCDONALD, of Waterbury,
Conn. who has just got over sickness,
has suddenly regained his eyesight, of
which he has been deprived for more
than thirty years. He says that DUR
ing his recent illness he experienced
dizziness and other peculiar sensations
in his head. and at one time heard a
strange. swapping sound. His case is
one of great interest to tho medical
Profession.
Mrs. ALEXANDER A. WILLIS. OF San
Francisco, is said to be the only native
Samoan woman in the United States.
Her maiden name was Laulii Maleti,
aud she was woman of rank and sta
tion. She is distant relative of King
Malietoa and connected by marriage
with the families of native chiefs and
officials. She is well educated, and
has written an interesting book de-
scriptive Of her country and it's
people.
A REVELATION through q Paris will
case is the claim OF the late Auguste
Maquet that he was the chief author
Of Monte Cristo" and others OF the
most important works of elder Dumas.
The administrators Of Maquet's estate
say that they have it in Dumas
handwriting that Maquet did the lions
share OF Dumas work. They were
left charged with the responsibility OF
seeing that his reputation was main
tained and defended.
The Eiffel tower in Paris is likely to
have many scientific uses. The build
er announces that three laboratories
have already been arranged on the
tower. One will be devoted to astron-
omy, another will contain registering
apparatus from the Central Bureau OF
Mcteorology. and the third will be
used for i variety Of important cleo
trical experiments. Some valuable
scientific results are expected to be OBJ
tanned from that dizzy eminence.
ALL the batteries for the new ships
OF our navy are given coat OF bronze
color us soon as mounted. the guns
being Of Il bright steel color when re-
ceived from the proving grounds at
Annapolis. II was at one time the
custom to carry the heavy rifles bright
y pOiAouONs buU ~ W Wdo louIu cCTNlC0
that the glare from the pieces greatly
disturbed the aim of the gunners. be-
sides serving as reflector to the rays
o. the sun and making known the To-
c;tlity Of the guns.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has received
from William Candy, Il stonemason OF
Melbourne, Australia, a photograph
Of y beautiful and imposing monument
10 tho memory OF the late President
Garfield, which Candy erected in his
front yard. The monument is OF
unique design, being summer house,
and has suitable inscriptions on the
stone front. A bust of Garfield orna-
ments niche over the door. Candy
states that he is an Englishman, but
has a great love for Americans.
In Admiral Porter's annual report
to the Secretary of the Navy he ex-
presses his belief that the best school
for the education of seamen will be
found in the old-fashioncd sailing YES.
sells. and he hopes that this class will
not be entirely superseded BY steam.
lie recommends that few of the sail
ing class be kept in service for the
training Of cadets and apprentices.
The experience gained on these ves-
sells. tho Admiral declares. will be of
lasting nso to officers on any sort OF
cruise or war-ship that has yet been
devised.
TiE amount Of coal gus and oil that
Is noy being drained from the interior
will. says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
prad,:cc something of vacuum in
Mother Earth sooner or later. The
present supply Of gas is enormous.
Statistics for oil show that in 1883
Pennsylvania produced IL. 49l, ,O83 bar