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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13
Aaatrim0nial Statistics.

In 1883 thirteen per cent. OF all tho
men married in Pennsylvania married
women older than themselves Eighty
per cent married them younger than
themselves, and the remaining seven
per cent took wives their own ages.
The average age Of the men waa
twenty-seven years. and OF the women
twenty-three years. More men are mar
ried at twenty-three, and more women
1T tMenty-one. This seems the favorite
time. A woman Of fifty-nine married =
man Of thirty-one, and girl OF twenty
three took an old man OF seventy-four.
The youngest couple who ventnred into
matrimony WAS boy OF seventeen and
Q girl of fifteen. One man OF fifty-tour
married girl of eighteen. His age
was just three times hers; and man Of
orty-eight took girl Of seventeen.
Where tho men are older the difference
in ages varies, but where the women are
older. it rarely exceeds Ave years Two
boys OF sixteen were married. and two
graybeards of eighty tried the same
thing. probably not for the first time.
OF Ii. 728 women married, whose ages
were given, :. O65. or -. per cent. were
less than twenty years old.-N. Y.
Ledger.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

WASHINGTON. Nov. A-The state
ment is made here with some showing
OF authority that the President will
probably appoint Judge Gresham
Justice o: the Supreme Court, and
place Senator Spooner in the posi-.
tion noH held by Gresham. Should no
decide te place Attorney-Genersl Miller
on tie Supreme Bench, he would prob
abli make Spooner Attorney General
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

WHAT this country seems to need is
National law on the subject OF kissing.
An Ohio court has just fined man
two thousand dollars for kissing wom-
an against her will, while an Illinois
man has been mulcted only fifteen dol
lars for taking similar liberty. Either
the Ohio man got too much justice or
the Illinois man too little.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

ACCORDING to Captain Wissmann, of
the African exploring parry, the para
disc of birds seems TO have been found
on the shores of a lagoon communi-
the Albert Nvauza
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

THE total original capital OF the
eighty-seven British breweries which
have been converted into joint stock
companies is t50. 500. 900. A list Of the
last dividends paid by these companies
in no case shows distribution OF less
than five per cent. while eight and ten
per cent. are quite common, and in three
or four cases fifteen and twenty per
cent. have been reached.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

THE greatest height upward in the at
msophere at which u sound Of cannon
has been heard was twenty thousand
feet when Mr.. Glaisher at that height
over birmingham heard the firing OF the
guns being proved there
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

EIGHT THOUSAND Indian families
built houses last year. That means
that 40. 600 have left the tepee forever.
The Jesuits obtained last year the
lions share-some S3s0,O0O out OF the
S506, 900 appropriated for Indian con-
tract schools-first come first served
The Presbyterians received $4,000. and
the American Missionary Association
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

THERE are twenty million acres
OF unsurveyed land in the State of
Washington. and much of that great ex-
tent Of country is almost impenctrable,
being covered with magnificent growth
of the finest kind of timber. Surveyors
have literally to cut their way every
foot, because of the thick underbrush.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13
LAT Err.
A Close Senate,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-In the senate
Of the United States there are now for.
ty-seven Republicans and thirty-seven
Democrats, giving Republican major
ity of ten. At the beginning Of the
legislative session in Idaho and Wyom-
ing next month two Republicans from
each state will be elected, making the
majority at the close of this congress
fourteen for the Republicans. On the
4th Of March next six Republicans, dis
placed by six Democrats, will leave the
senate bare Republican majority Of
two. The new states of Idaho and
Wyoming, it will be seen, are all that
gave the senate to the party that ad-
mitted them into the Union.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13
Cond tson OF Trade.

Go S weekly review OF trade says: The
volume OF business, both domestic and
foreign, continues large beyond prece-
dent, and in character prosperous. The
elections interrupted business but little,
and the result has no pUrceptible effect
as yet upon trade. though some fear
that the extension OF manufactures
may be checked by uncertainty. Tho
monetary situation is substantially un-
changed. The reports from all parts Of
tn. country show that business Is large
and healthy
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13
THE NEXT HOUSE.

A Tahie Made UP from the --latest H.
turns Showing Its Complexion-How the
SENATE Stands - Candidates for the
EpeakorshIp-N0 Extra Session Probable.
Below is given the best possible
estimate Of the Fifty-second Congress,
based on returns received to the mo-
ment OF going to press. Several Of
those elected from Kansas and one o.
two other States counted with the Dem.
ocrats we're elected on Farmers Al.
lance tickets. The figures credited to
Idaho. Maine, Oregon. Vermont and
Wyoming are taken from the results oj
recent elections held in those States:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

BONANZA FLOODS wealth has beer
guessed at ali the way from $40, O0o. OOo
to S25. 600. 900. The executors of the will
have just settled accounts with the
court and asked to be discharged. The
total value Of the estate was found to be
81 o3O AIT
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

THE Indian Government has pub
tished return showing that in the
years 1887. 1883 and 1889 312 males and
i32 females were tortured by Dacoits in
the central division OF Upper Burmah.
One hundred and eighteen cases re-
suited in death.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13
Eritome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION.
FROM WASHINGTON,

FROM WASHINGTON.
To GUARD against nnintentional vio
lation by publishers OF the recent act Of
Congress excluding lottery matter from
the mails the announcement is made
that the act in question prohibits and
Furnishes not only the mailing OF lottery
papers or other publications containing
any advertisement Of any lottery or gift
enterprise of any kind Offering prizes
dependent upon lot or chance.
In the United States the visible sup
ply OF grain in store on the Sd was:
Wheat, 81, 235. 3Sl bushels; corn, 7,Ol7,-
335 bushels; oats, 4. 161 .657 bushels.
A STATEMENT from the Treasury De-
partment shows that during the month
of October there was q net increase Of
S9a5,O0S in circulation. principally in
gold coin. and net decrease OF $40. $780,
72: in money and bullion in the Treas
ury. The amount OF the new Treasury
notes in circulation was sl1. 1875
BRIGADlER-GENERAL STANLEY, COM
manding the department Of Texas, in
his annual report refers to lawless op
erations and murders in the territory
south of the Southern Pacific railroad,
and says that to prevent such tragedies
force should be- kept there.
THE board Of management for Gov
ernment exhibits at the Worlds Colum-
bian Exposition have determined to
project its plans upon basis Of 81, ,OOO-,
900 expenditure, inclusive OF building or
buildings, the cost of which is limited
by law to- 4 10, 0G0.
THE returns of the 9th from the State
elections indicated that the Democrats
would have 23f members in the next
House of Congress. the Republicans
95 and the Farmers Alliance Is.
The Democrats elected Governors in
Wisconsin, Delaware, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania and Michigan. and the
Republicans were successful in Nevada,
the two Dakotas, Colorado and Califor-
MIA. The result was doubtful in Kansas.
Connecticut and Minnesota. In In
diana the Democrats elected their State
ticket. also in New Jersey. The Re-
publicans carried Ohio by about Is, 900
majority and probably Illinois and
Iowa by small majority. with the
Legislature in Illinois in doubt. In
the eighteen States that elected Legis-
latures which would each choose q
United States Senator the Democrats
were probably successful in majority
of them.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13
Three Hun.irsd Dead.

SHANGHAI. Nov. S.-A terrible acci-
dent has occurred ut Tai-Ping-Fu, at
which place are situated the Government
mills FOR the manufacture Of powder.
While the workmen were employed about
the mills an explosion occurred which
entirely demolished the buildings. Tho
loss Of life WIS enormous, 800 persons
being killed.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

GENERAL DANIEL MACAULEY, of In
dianapolis, who has just returned from
Nicaragua, thinks ships will pass
through the isthmus canal within six
years. At present three thousand men
are employed on the work.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

A LAW has been promulgated at
Hardangcr, in Norway, to tho effect
that no girl shall be eligible for the
marriage state until she is proficient in
spinning, knitting and baking.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13
A Pioneer AbO.ittOnist Gone.

KALAMAZOO. Mich. Nov. S.-Randall
Drake. who was born in New Jersey In
1899. an active abolitionist in his time
and an old and respected pioneer OF this
place, died here, aged 81 years.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

SENATOR MoHHILL, Of Vermont, Is
the third man who has been elected for
fifth term in the United States Senate.
The other two were Benton, Of Missouri,
and ANTHONY, OF Rhode Island.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

Rev. JAMES W. FoED, for more than
half a century missionary in China,
says he has studied the Chinese lam
gnage for fifty years and has not yet
mastered it.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

AN English scientist, John Aitkin.
demolishes the popular notion that
dew falls from the clouds 1t is no
such celestial visitor, but an exudation
from growing vegetation itself. He
has carried out a series of experiments
which remorselessly exclude all doubt,
for even the leaf inclosed in an air
tight vessel has shed from its own
veins the bright translucent drop. One
statement which may be verified is that
these liquid crystals are always found
poised at the extremity of vein and in
i position where they could not have
remained under the laws of gravity If
poured downward from the air.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

For the first time in history Mikado
OF Japan is to visit Europe. Next sum-
mer with suite of sixty the reigning
Mikado is going to Wiesbaden.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13
THEIR CREDITORS MOURN.
Two New York Men Disappear. Leaving
Heavy DcbtA

Two New York Wen Otsappear. Leaving
Heavy DebtG
NEW York, Nov. S.-Thomas Harper,
president and treasurer OF the Harper
Bros. Company, manufacturers Of dec.
grated lamps and shades At Bar
clay and Church streets, and
William Harper. manager Of the
factory at Van West. Westches-
ter County, have disappeared, leav.
ing debts reported At from $4,000
to 1900. 1t is said that they have not
been at their Office for over ten days
and the creditors are OF opinion that
they sailed for Europe about week
ago. Executions against the company
for 81, 800 and against the Messrs. Har-
per for S3 800 are in the hands Of the
sheriff. but there is nothing to attach.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13
Hard 10 JJnderstanS

Office Boy-The editor wants the proof
of his editorials.
Proof f-Reader-What for?
Office Boyle wants to read 'em.
Proof of-Reader-Humph! No account
ing for tastes.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13
THE EAST.

bHE EAST.
At Huber, Pa, BENJAMIN II. Huber,
store-keeper and postmaster, was found
shot dead in his store by spring gun
which he had fixed to shoot thieves
FIRE destroyed the Wells elevator at
Buffalo. N. Y, causing a less OF $3.50
O0o. MANY persons were injured by
falling walls.
FL MES swept away three mills at
Glastonbury. Conn. Loss. 100000.
FLAMES in a business block at New
Rochelle, N. Y, caused loss Of
$3.50. 900.
Our Minister to England, Robert r.
Lincoln, arrived in New York on the
steamship City of New York. He
brought with him the remains of his
son Abraham, and they would be inter-
red at Springfield, ILL.,, by the side OF
his grandfather, Abraham Lincoln.
In Pittsburgh a mortgage for SIS, ,O0o,-
900 was placed on record given by the
Pittsburgh. Cincinnati 4 St Louis Rail-
way Company to the Farmers Loan &
Trust Company and w. N. Jackson, of
Indianapolis, trustees. This was the
largest mortgage on record.
AMONG the passengers on the steam
er Teuton;c, which arrived in New
York from Liverpool, were Henry NJ.
Stanley and wife.
In a train wreck near Mayfield, Pa,
three passengers were killed.
In New York Henry Humphrey died
from an epileptic rit caused by hard
drinking Ten years ago he inherited
a fortune Of 800, 600 and he had scarce
ly drawn sober breath since.
FIRE destroyed the cooper shop of the
Philadelphia Cooperage Company, the
soap factory and spice mill Of p. c.
Thompson and large storage ware
house belonging TO the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company at Philadelphia,
causing a loss of Sls5.OoO.
AT meeting in Philadelphia for the
relief Of the suffering in ireland at
which Messrs. OBrien and Dillon made
speeches, subscription list which
footed up Sl2, ss5 was presented.
By falling pier under railroad track
upon which they were at work at
Doyelstown. Pa. Two workmen were
instantly killed and third badly hurt
Mrs. JOSEPH LAMrHECMr, of Phila-
delphia. while temporarily insane killed
her infant child. fatally cut the throat
of her 6-year-old daughter Mary and
then fatally stabbed herself.
On the 7th Signor Succi, the faster,
began a fast of forty-five days in New
York.
A STATUE to the memory OF William
Denning, manufacturer of the cannon
used by the Americans in the war of the
revolution, was unvailed at Sewville,
Pa.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

"A traveller recently found in Swiss
hotel volume with the word Bart"
ON the back rs the name OF the author.
On examination he discovered tnat the
volume was one Of the works of Sir
John Lubbock, Bart
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

One Of the most sensational court
room scenes enacted in Connecticut for
years was witnessed at Litchfield re-
Gently when the end was reached in the
trial OF the Knowles family, of Lanes
vile, DIR. George +. Knowles and his
wife and their son, George, Jr., for man
slaughter for the killing of John Waters
at Lanesyille on the night of August 20
last The jury after ten minutes delib-
Grafton found all three prisoners guilty.
and Judge Thayer at once sentenced DR..
Knowles and Mrs. Knowles to ten years
each in State prison. and the son George
to seven years. Both the doctor and his
wife are past sixty years old.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

MosT people seem to think rumor Is
like subsc iption list Every time it
comes to them they add some thing to it
and pass IL along to the next.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

IN Buenos Ayres the police alone have
the right to whistling in the street.
Any other person whistling is at once
arrested
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

ONE HUNDRED AND sEvENTY-TwO
acres OF white paper was used in print
ing the ballots for the New York elec-
tim
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13
. lrcIsail N use lJls.

OTTAWA, Ont., Nov 2-The Cabinet
Council has, after due deliberstion, de-
cided that BirchaIl shall be executed on
tho l1th instant
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13
1t 10 Merriam.


ST. PAUL, Nov. 1O--Official returns
have been received from all but fifteen
counties. Yesterday the returns were
received from Swift, Cook, Yellow Med
icine and Murray counties increasing
Merriam's plurality from 1919. as given
Sunday morning, to 1882. These fig
ures add Is to Merriam's plurality.
making the total votes as officially re-
turned, from all but fifteen counties:
Merriam s7,a74, Wilson s5,34a and Owen
56,675.
In England an extraordinary impor-
tance is attached in the popular mind
to the defeat Of Mckinley, the author
of the tariff measure, and in some Of
the manufacturing towns up North the
eftigy OF Guy Fawkes, which the En-
glish boys have burned for generations
on the eve Of each recurring 5th OF No
vember, gave place to a supposed
efiigy OF the noted American politician
and was labeled Mckinley.
AT a Democratic jubilee at Marian,
Ind, on the sth. negro drew revol-
yer and fred promiscuously into the
crowd. AL Powell a white teamster
was killed, and three others wounded.
The negro was shot twice before he was
arrested. Prompt work only saved him
from lynching.
IT was announced upon authority on
the sth, that Robert 4. Lincoln, U. s.
minister to England. would tender his
resignation and not return.
On the sth the President issued his
proclamation announcing Thursday, the
18th day Of November as Thanksgiving
Day.
A VETERAN Of three wars, Gen. David
B, Mckihhen. L. s. A., died at Wash
'ington on the sth, at the age OF 60 years.
/ TUE town of pictou. n. s., was dam.
|aged by fire On the sth to the extent Of
$500, eco.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13
l,@iI9@eYQReE% w..

THERE have been twenty-five Presi-
dents Of the United States, and all but
four OF them have been LAWYERS.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-11-13

-Skinley-'I owe you an apology,
Biggs, l." Riggs-''Never mind the
apology. Skinley. Pay the s. you owe
me ~ Boston Herald.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-25
Iorrev1tv Of Aniuanfs

The average age OF cats is 25 years; of
squirrels and hares, : or 8 years; rabbits,
:. bear rarely exceeds 20 years; dog
lives 20 years; wolf, 20; fox. II to l6;
lions are long lived, the one known by
the name Of Pompey lived 20 the age Of
20. elephants have been known, il is as
serted, 20 live % the great age OF 400
years When Alexander the Great had
conquered Porus, king Of India, he took
a great elephant. which had fought very
vahantly for the king, and named him
Ajax. dedic.t.pg hiTn 10 the sun, and let
him go with this inscription: 'tAlexan-
de-, the son of Jupiter. dedicated Ajax
% tho sun" The elephant was found
with this inscription go years after.
Pigs have been known 70 live TO the
ago Of 20. and the rhinoceros to 20; a
horse has been known TO live 70 the age
OF 62, but average from q to 80; canels
sometimes live 70 the age of 100; stays
are very long lived; sheep seldom exceed
the age Of 10; COWS Bve about 10 years.
Cuvier considered II probable that whales
sometimes I've 1000 years; the dolphin
and porpOise attain ths age OF -; an
eagle died az Vienna az the age of i04;
ravens frequently reach the age Of 100;
swans have been known tolive 500 years.
Mr Malsrton has the skeleton OF a swan
that attained the age OF 600 years. Peh-
cans are long lived; the tortoise has been
known 70 live 20 l07.-Journal Of Health
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-25
A Lesson In Manners.

That the manners Of our fathers is not
ours Is well enough understood, and the
phrase "of the old school, has come to
be used rather as a reproach to tho de-
generste present gsnerstion. An old
lsdy who belonged 70 the times when
courtesy was perhaps more general, rs it
certainly was more elaborate. than il q
now. administered rather neatly q rebuke
70 n lad who did not come up tO her ideas.
She had known the boys father when
be was in Harvard, "a now was the son.
and ne th- latter could hardly remember
his parents, who died in his infancy. be
vas always eager TO learn all he could
shout them
The youth was invited TO call upon the
old lady. who Is now beyond the term set
by the Psalraist for mans hfe, az a coun-
Try place one day lat summer. and had
AT interview with hor upon the wide
vsranda. whore she was sitting when he
arrived He lifted his hat. and then. -
placing il upon his head. went on talk
ing with the old dame. who regarded
him With looks II disspproval
do look ike ny father the young
nan asked ne length
L cannot tel. toe old LADY replied.
f-viy II never ssw him with his bat
~ whrr, te talked with a lady. y."-Touth' S
Companion.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-25
Campbell & Underwood


Morton House Block Telephone ~.
Have for sale a. low prices and ou 10y
terms
On fhe origins 0-ffais Para plat p resi.
tenef Hrf D. bus' ness lcff
0r the Silver ~esi Para addition a. naffsif
Para. tN uice roe drncf lpte above infs htiA
feet with aIiFr harf
Ass ~ choice residanaf iofs on Mad ison ace,
ard A6susst. Street ca runs it front ~
fhese l0fF
Flrhrr fsf beapffu iots on theirusv Ninf
A. rari addlfiOn. hd1eofnf ~ Nfnsef tt-
dffiar. ThsT ovh 81 the sbess irff $40 when
Desired viii furnish lumber g. thqss Wishing
o. 1uiif
Tfpv hsfe alec q very choice iofs isfl o. fns
oririrsI WfnHor addition uesf corner q Best
81. Hnf Iffa-av'
Ttsv vfsh o. eel ~ lrts before gnoe arc
fr order ta do 80 TIH maize rerF Iov urIrfs
I.nf perfect ADs'raris fnrr shec fe every
rafrhseer
Hfbef fus nsss taxing fheIf ffrnf enc effen-
f.nr Al. fI tHfr hf~f decided fU rffr -Hf ae'H
fff'f benuf lnI -feurt grounds seffe sf ffe
tern mss ~ the ~, J. rrrhurfer fft
road. nearly onf auarfef rIi.e f-rT faf1 rr ffr
eruff If- ~ Red irrFf tE 0Nw TDff
raVlf Ilnn nov - .e refrrIsfsf a.F0 bass taN
Tsft efc. These f-t te iar thf finest grouHcs
nr feef f.sFs
Trey wfii sell fhIs r.sgr m rerf properly ~
lov br - change i1i vacant CTS ~ slfhfriaf
lcfs
Hers iss uuiet fortune fof nls riEhf mar
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-25

Joe Gssper, lasmber q ths City Coun-
Ell of indianapolis lad, las ons - ths
oldest watch oasrlLs ia SAlstencs.
Several years ago tws 81 his toes were
smputsd sad he preserved them in
alcohol Aftsrward ths bottle was
broken aud then Councilman Casper
threw ths tees IN box III the gsrrst
where they rensinsd uatll recently
Meanwhile they had Petrihea and
turned black, sad had beooms hard
Though shrunkea IN size they con.
tinusd Psrfsct IN form, and 50 Mr.
Casper had them gold mounted aud
now wears them pendent from his
watch chain. He claims that they have
brought him good luck and that lie Is
not now compelled to carry rabbit :
foot in his left vest pocket.