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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

QUEEN VicToEIA's family now num-
bers no less than fifty living descend
ants. including sons and daughters,
grandsons and granddaughters. great.
grandsons and great-granddaughte
She has also four sons-in-law. four
daughters-in-iaw. Ave law
and one granddaughter-in-law II all
the descendants were living the imme-
date family would number seventy.
frnr
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11
The assets were given at $685. and
the liabilities $500. 900.

The assets were given at S640, OOJ and
the Liabilities $500. 900.
THE Manitoba quarantine against
American hogs has been raised.
The Office of the Allerton Packing
Company at the Stock Yards in Chicago
was entered by two men who compelled
Cashier Osier to deliver to them q pack
age containing 300 and then made
their escape.
AT San Francisco Mrs. Elizabeth Hol.
lenbeck gave $3.50. 900 to found home
for INDECENT women and homeless chill
dren in that city.
WILLIAM c. BRADFORD, of Seymour,
Ind, aged 80 years. a aone-armed veteran
soldier who was partially demented, set
fire to his house and perished in the
flames
In Cincinnati Isaac M. Jordan, one OF
best-known members Of the bar and q
member OF Congress from 1885 to 1887,
fell down the elevator in the building
where his Office was located and was in
stantly killed.
NEAR Delphi, Ind, Mrs. Mary Turpie.
aged 80 years, mother OF Senator David
Turpie, was burned to death by her
clothing catching fire from fireplace.
GEORGE BURGESS, saloon-keeper al
Williamstown, KY, shot and fatally
wounded Miss Alice Mckinley. and was
himself shot dead while resisting arrest.
The United States flagship Charles.
ton arrived in San Francisco from Hon
olulu with King Kalakaua, OF the
Hawaiian Islands, aboard.
OWING to the failure of the crops 10,
600 families in Nebraska were in want
and would have to be assisted.
In the Scotten tobacco works at De-
troit, Mich, fire caused loss of $500.
600, and two firemen were killed and
two others were injured.
AT Pennsboro, w. Va, q wedding
took place in which the groom was 20
years old and the bride, Mrs William
Dixon. . widow, 81 years
The most famous sire of trotting
horses in the world. Electioneer. died
at Senator Stanford's stock farm in Cal.
ifornia at the age OF IS years.
On the Chicago & Alton road pas
senger train was run into by Wabash
freight at Jacksonville, ILL.,, and two
men were killed and four wounded.
By the explosion Of tank in chem
ical mandatory at Cincinnati three
workmen were fatally injured.
NEAR Pickens, S. c., Henry johnson
(colored) was lynchcd for criminal
assault upon Mrs. TIL omas Walters, q
white woman.
A BLAST furnace of the Illinois Iron
4 Steel Company at Joliet collapsed
| and nine men were killed and nine
| others were injured.
THE State Board of Health of Indiana
in its annual report to the Governor es
Inmates that the grip epidemic in In
diana in 1890 caused q money loss o1
more than 81, 900. 900.
RESIDENTS of Rawlins County, Kan,
were said to be in destitute condition
and many would starye unless assisted
The Inauguration Of Governor Till
man and the State officers of South
Carolina took place on the 4th a.
Columbia.
WOMEN crusaders destroyed stock
of liquor that was to be used in opening
. saloon at kyana, Ind.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

TIE Southern law papers tell story
OF a colored justice of the peace in Mis-
sissippi who was very careful TO enter
on his docket every item of public bust.
ness that came before him. lie did not
have any ordinary cases to decide last
year, and the only entry on the blank
forms sent to him to fill out was this:
'Plaintiif, Bill Jones; defendant, Silvia
Johnson; officer, justice of the peace;
Judgment, married; costs paid by plain.
tiff; satisfaction by both parties
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

MARRIED women would do we'll to
paste in their scrap-books the following
statistics relative to woman's work:
In one year woman gets dinner 365
times, washes the dishes 1905 times,
gets the children ready for school twice
day for 1870 days, gets the baby to
sleep 1.460 times and makes about 800
calls. Who says that woman has moth
ing to doo
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11
LOST A BIG SUM.
A United States Express MessenEer Robbed
Of the Contents Of His Sachel.

Untt0O StNteS EKpFSeS ~ M6ak0n1ep M0UUOU
Of the Contents Of His Sachel.
ZANEsviLLE, u. Dec. 5.-At o'clock
Wednesday night the United States FIX
press messenger left sachel con tanning
several thousand dollars in packages
hanging up in tho Office at tho baltimore
& Ohio depot whilo he stepped out on
business. lie locked the door. but when
he returned Ave minutes afterward the
door was unlocked and tho contents OF
the sachel gone. The express officials
are very reticent, refusing to give tho
amount Of the loss. Detectives are 1t
work.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

Ex-GOvEENoRL LONG. of Massachusetts,
possesses the rem arkable ability Of recol-
lecting what he has written without
reading it over even by himself. It is
said that during his most anima ted
speech he has in his minds eye vivid
impression of his manuscript, SO that he
knows where every page ends and every
line ends and even where there are in
tarlinea tinpS
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

THIETEEN years have elapsed since
the death of Oliver r. Morton, the old
WAR Governor" and Senator Of Indiana
On every anniversary his widow and
other Ilembers Of the family quietly
visit and decorate his tomb. On this
':..,t e,aas.on company of teenty-three
friends assembled, and short address
was made by Mrs. Morton's pastor, who
prefaced il with prayer
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

The probable value Of all the dia-
monds i'll the world. according to a re-
cent estimate. is about 81. OO0. 700, OOO
The worlds diamond trade is carried on
by about 5000 dealers. with total
stock of not far from $3.50. 100000. The
stones are prepared for market by per.
haps 4,5e0 cutters and polishers, prin.
cipally in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Paris
and the Jura.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

IT is said that there is in the Bodie
mining district Of California a spring
which produces gold. The spring is not
exactly geyser, but the water is hot
and as it flows away and evaporates II
leaves deposit That deposit contains
gold. Whether the water disintegrates
gold-bearing rock far below the surfac
and brings the gold to the top. OF
whether there is going on in the labor
atory of nature chemical process which
produces gold in solution is an unsolved
nrOhlnm
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

THE Rio News says "the coffee crop
Of Hayti this year is unusually large
and that the generally good news from
cofiee- producing countries this year
promises to cause much lower prices for
the next year or two"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. a-Electioneer,
the most famous sire of trotting horses
in the world, died Wednesday at Senator
Stanford's Palo Alto stock farm. Elec-
tioneer was 25 years old. He was the
sire of Sunol, 2:lOk; Palo Alto. 2:llk,
Stamboul, 2:ll1, and hfty-eight others
with records better than 2:3O
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

came a physician,
and In June. 1861,
he cnt cred ho
army as surgeon OF
tho Twelfth Masss-
chusetts V olu a /.
tccrs. and the next
year became brig.
adc surgeon. At
the close of the war
Surgeon Baxter en-.
tered the regular
army and was 2p.
pointed mo dical
purveyor. with the
rank OF Lieutenant
Colonel. In 1871
President Gran I
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

THERE are more public holidays in
Honolulu than in any other city in the
world. Among the days observed are
Queen Victoria's birthday, Coronation
day, all the French and Portuguese hol-
idays. the American Thanksgiving day
and the Chinese New Year.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

AN advertisement has been running
In Bristol, Eng, paper for the last
year, Offering fifty dollars reward for
any well-authenticated case of child
being carried away ny an eagle. no
matter in what country. No eagle ever
did IL
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11
DUTY on the 0AnRe, ua -

WAsIINGToN, Dec. 5.-Assistant Sec.
retary Spaulding, Of the Treasury De-
partment. has rendered decision hold
ing that the bondsmen OF the famous
painting, "'rhe Angelus," are liable for
e'a, 500 duty On the painting.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11
WEST AND SOUTH.

THE thermometer ranged from 6 to "a
degrees below zero in Minnesota on the
I'd and heavy snow-storm prevailed.
FLAMES swept away the business part
Of Collinwood. a suburb OF Cleveland, o.
THE doors Of the Bank Of Commerce
st West Superior. Wis. were closed.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

WAsnlNGToN. Dsc. 6-The President
sent to the Senate several recess NOM
inations and the following: Romualdo
Pachec" OF California. to be Envoy Ex-
traordinary and Minister Penipoten-
tiary Of the Unitsd states to tho Central
American 1eNtSs
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11
Brave, Honest Words.

Rev. DR.. Ringgold. rector Of st. Johns
Episcopal Church at Knoxville. Tenn,
preached rousing woman suffrage SER
mon recently, in the course OF which he
said. among other pungent things:
There never was time, there never
WAS . country in which virtue and intel
ligence could accomplish more than 1t
this time. in this country. And right
hero and now. you may double the pow
or Of virtue and intelligence by giving
the best half of your population voice
in selecting tho men to make the laws
that govern the country. In this year
Of grace 1890, these disfranchised mill
ions Of Christian women are doing more
to save this country than any portion Of
its citizens. They are one Of the chief
instrumentalities by which Almighty
God Is saving the world. They make
real and palpable to the eyes Of men the
spirit Of the Gospel They illustrate
the worlds advance by showing the
rapid progress made since that very re-
cent date when woman was mans beast
Of burden or his toy or plaything They
are the best teachers in your schools.
and are training the minds and forming
the characters Of the next generation.
They are writing some of your best
books, and they stand at the head OF
your highest schools Of learning. They
sanctify your homes, and make life
beautiful and blessed. But with al
thoir virtue and intelligence, they may
not nullify the vote of tho grog g-seller.
the alicn or the tramp With all their
virtue and intelligence. . hundred or .
hundred thousand OF them may not
nullify the vote OF the man too ignorant
TO read his own fallOt."
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11
Or. BAXTER DEAD.

rhe Surgeon -Generai Of tho Army SUO-
cumbs tn y stroke Of Paralysis.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-ssurgcon-G Gem
eral j. II. Baxter. Of the army. who was
stricken with paralysis last Monday,
died at his residence in this city At ,
o'clock a. m.
lDr. Baxter was born In Vermont in 1891. He
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

AMONG the many cases OF saving life
from drowning which have recently
been reported to the British Royal Hu-
name Society for recognition there are
thirteen in which the ages Of the heroea
ranged from eight years to sixteen.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11
Frozen tSp 4. = sth In Has Wagon.

Mippl.ETowN, N. Y, Dec. 6.-John s.
Clemo. of Wayne County. Pa. was
frozen to death on Monday night while
driving from Honesdale to his home in
Aldenville. His dead body was discov.
cred stretched over the dashboard of
his wagon the next morning.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11
wonaa.s Medical College Of Geors,a.

wOmaa's Medical College Of Georgia
Tho Woman's Medical College OF
Georgia was organized last year 1T At
lanta. 1t is the only medical college
exclusively for women. south Of Balti-
more, and it has met with strong sup
port and good patronage, many Of tho
students coming from States quite dis
tant At the opening Of the second term
recently. about twenty-five students
were enrolled, who came from every
part Of Georgia and the South. Tho
wives and daughters Of clergymen and
old soldiers are admitted on payment Of
half the regular tuition. A training
school for nurses Is connected with the
college. and furnishes additional oppor-
tunities to women. Tho list OF the
faculty contains the name OF only one
woman, Mrs A. O. Pickering, NJ D., ad-
junct-lecturer on nervous diseases.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

the chief medic ii purvcyorship OF the army
which position he held until August Is, last,
when President Harrison appointed him Sur.
geOn General1
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11
EVERYTHING N TIE LINE Of
JOB WORK,
Bill Heads, Cards, Pos
ters, Circulars.
saiisaelIn h neatless, p1oDt1ess a.
prieo eg1raltee1.

velop each one to It's highest Tho
sense Vt beauty. denied by tho Puritan.
has been born, and she Is learning all
secrets OF form and color. and laying
the foundation OF art, which is the her
itage from the past, and which. with
liberty for its soul, has before 1t future
of which as yet We may but dream.
Through every shock Of prejudice, every
changing creed, every falling away OF
old shackles OF law and custom. tho
larger life shows its face divinely fair,
and. BY that divinity. compelling the
worship women give. Under all the ma
terialism Of the age strange spiritual
forces are at work, and even the most
sluggish feel their power. 1t Is no
longer question Of man against woman,
or woman against man. Side by side,
eternally unlike yet eternally equal.
the two walk together. the samo hope
and the Same goal for each.'
To no woman on earth IL there tho
same opportunity or the same hope. II
Is the spirit Of liberty that moves IN
her, and that opens the door for every
captive woman. The hope Of the wide
world Is here and in tho hands Of wom-
en-. This light Of the world 10 here. ana
tho torch is held by woman. whose
voice, full and sweet, speaks the word
OF present and future:
Justice IL mine. and 1t grows by loving;
changing the world like the circlins sun;
Evil recedes from the spirits proving, -
mist from the hollows when n ght ID dono
an the test, o si ent tolers holding the
scAes Of error and truth;
Proving the heritage neld by spoilers from
hard hands empty and wasted youth.
Hither, ye blind. from your futile banding;
know the rights and the rights are won;
Wrong shall die with the understanding; ono
truth clear. and the work is done.
Hither, ye weary ones and breathless. search
ing tho seas for kindly shore.
am Liberty! patient, deathless set By Love
1T the nations door
Helen Campbell In Lcsies Ill News.
mi
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11
A FOUL MURDER.
A south Dakota Farmer Murders Hi
wsf. with . shovel.

wsf- with . shovel.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. AT Gem,
Brown County, ). D.. Friday morning
Otto Gunderson, q farmer, murdered his
wife. The only evidence as to the kill
ing was that OF the man himself. An
alteration arose about an alleged i'm
proper intimacy between his wife and
an Aberdeen man during her husband's q
confinement in , lunatic asylum At
Iankton several years ago. From words
they came to blows. lie finally seized
q shovel and hit her blow in the head
that caused her death.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

A BosToN chemist claims to have dis
covered chemical preparation which
will turn living person to marble in
six months, the petriflcation being COM
plete one month after death. Every
man can hcnceforth 10 his own nonu.
NcnE
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

In the Puritan days cord of oak
wood was worth the same as bushel OF
turnips-thirty-seve cents.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11
EARTHQUAKE IN MISSOURI.
LAID ASIDE HIS SHOVEL.
An lows Railroad LabOror Fails Heir -
Very Large Fortune.

Very Large Fortune.
FOR1 DOD0E. Ia. Dec. 6.--Swan Gus
tafson. . young Swede about 70 years
old, who has been residing at Cherokee
for some time is reported to have fallen
heir to S. OO0. OOO by the death Of . rich
relative in Pennsylvania. The estate
left is valued at $50. .0Oo. 600, to be divid.
ed equally among six. At the time he
was notified Of his good fortune he was
working In railroad gravel-pit The
notification was accom- panied with the
necessary funds TO take him to Philadel.
phis, 70 wbtsh peins no hss departed.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11
Two stea mers Collided.

NEW York, Dec. THE French
steamship La Champagne, which sailed
from this port for Iavre at noon on
Saturday, returned to her dock, at the
foot of Morton street, at noon to-day,
having been in collision at 5:35 o'clock
this morning with the freight steam.
ship Lisbonese, bound to Brooklyn from
Rio Janeiro. La Champagne lost
piece Of her stem, about ten feet long
and three feet wide, above the water
line. The accident occurred about two
miles south of Sandy Hook. A hole 20
feet long was knocked in the stern Of
the Lisbonese.
THE long looked for split in the Irish
National party occurred at London,
England on the 9Th. At the opening of
the meeting OF the Irish parliamentary
party Mr.. Parnell said they were as
sembled to receive the report Of the
delegates on the conference with Mr..
Gladstone. A resolution that the dele.
gates prepare their report brought about
a sharp fight and the motion was de-
feated. Justin Mccarthy with forty
members leIG Iuo FOOu anu IOrIueO y
separate organization with McCarty as
chairman.
SPECIAL agents of the Treasury De-
partment captured gang of counter
feiters at Dearborn, Mo-, on the eth.
The officers also confiscated their entire
plant, consisting Of plates, dies and
presses and over $4,000 in spurious
money. The counterfeit money made
they have been shipping East for cir
culation, and Mr.. Mason says it Is q
very dangerous imitation, especially
the $40 bills.
AT Navajo Springs, A. T. on the 9Th,
Bud Blake, a cowboy and desperate,
was killed by r. L. Alexander, a t ele
graph operator. The sentiment is that
the killing was justified.
A MAN named Morse from Manches
ter, To-, was murdered by tramps al
North Lawrence, Kas., on the 9th
Sc everal hundred dollars were secured
Two tramps wero arrested but ths
money MAS not found.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11
Female Physicians in Russia.

The status Of female medical practi-
tioncrs, about which there has been so
much trouble and discussion, has now
been definitely and legally As we'll IS
very sensibly settled by decree just
published in the Official gazette OF Rus
sia- Lady doctors may now practice
freely in all parts OF the empire and
will wear certain decoration denoting
their profession. They acquire the
special right Of practicing in all institu-
tions and gymnasia and schools for
young ladies and in all benevolent cs-
tablishments for women. They also
have the privilege OF practicing in hos
pitfalls, dispensaries and ambnlances be-
longing to the Zemstvos, and are exempt
from the obligation imposed by law
upon their male colleagues Of attending
whom called upon rs experts in criminal
tFialA
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

VERMONT is the fourteenth State t.
adopt ballot reform, its Legislature.
which has just adjourned, having passed
ballot law similar to that of Massa-
chusetts 1t applies to all elections in
towns and cities of more than 1000 in.
habitants. and provides for the custom.
ary booths and an official ballot pre-.
pared by the county clerks after the
names Of the candidates have been
officially certified by the chairman Of
party conventions The existing laws
relative to elections are retained, the
new law merely providing for secret
and official ballot, the expense to be borne
by the towns where the law is opera i've.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

NATURE seems to be doing its best to
keep down the population of the world
by its destructiveness in Oriental coun-
tries Some months ago the Yellow
river, swollen by heavy rainfall, spread
over the country. submerging over 5000
square miles. Ten thousand persons
were drowned and 5000 soon died OF
starvation. 1t is estimated that 1000.
600 more will have to depend upon ch" r
ity until the next wheat harvest in
May, 1891. A storm swept over the Chi.
nese sea, causing the loss of over thou
sand lives. Many thousands died from
the cholera epidemic in China, Japan
Corea and along the Cochin-China coast
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

A FOREST of giant redwood trees has
been discovered in Washing. ION.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

TIE average length OF life is greater
in Norway than in any other country in
Europe
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11

IT is calculated that ~. .ss3 persons
die per day, 3,T30 per hour, 90 minute,
or one every time the clock ticks.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1890-12-11
CAUGHT BIG GUNS.

Preminent Railway Onlclala IndIcted for
Violating ths Interstate Commercs
Law. :.
CHICAGO. Dec. 6.-Thomas Miller,
general freight agent of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railway Com
pany; John NJ. johnson. gener-
al freight agent Of the Chicago.
Rock Island 4 Pacific Railway Com.
pany, and John NJ. Egan, pres.
ident and general manager Of the Chica-
70. St Paul 4 Kansas City Railway
Company, have been indicted by the
Federal grand jury and will have to
stand trial for violating the interstate
commerce law by giving rebates to vari'
GUS parties.
The law on the subject is clear, and
unless the indicted officials can prove
the testimony addnced by the grand
jury Is false they will have to accept
the only other alternative, fight the in
ter-State commerce law before the
United States Supreme Court or pay the
penalty provided by law. which is fine
OF q. 100 or two years imprisonment Al
penal servitude, or 10th.
NO TeLuEU Ol IuGS0 lulpOFIOuV 1uulCt
ments is the result Of several weeks in
vestigation on the part Of the CRANE
jury on general charges that the inter
State commerce law had been vio
lated relative to rates on grail
shipped from North western and West
ern points to Chicago for rate
less than those established by law.
EARTHQUAKE IN MISSOURI.
Three Jistinct Ahocks Foit at Lockwood
Tho People Alarmed.
LOCKWOOD, Mo-. Dec. B.-FOr severa
weeks past explosions have been heart
and their force felt in this vicinity lik,
heavy blasting. They have been grow
ing louder and more violent each day
Friday morning two distinct shocks o
earthquake we're felt between 2 ant
2:lO o'clock. At o'clock thir,
and very violent shock was fel,
Houses were shaken. and the swayinl
OF their dwellings brought the peopl
out of their beds The whole populs
! ton fled into the streets for safety.