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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24


under the house capable of holding 200
gallons of water, descent into which
was by cedar pegs set into the solid
rock. Nearly every ledge in this exten.
sive canyon has it's ruins of similar
structures, some occupying positions of
inaccessibility that must ever be con.
si:ered objects Of wonder as places Of
human residence.
The cliff dwellings are found through.
out the valleys and canyons of the
southwest. In the San Juan valley are
houses on a series Of lodges sixty feet
above the trail, without visible means
of access, and which can be reached
only by the aid Of ladders.
This article must close with a very
brief description of a cliff fortress. In
the valley Of the Mancos there is one,
and it is only one among hundreds, that
is located six hundred feet above the
river level, the first five hundred feet
of the ascent to which is over a rough,
cliff-broken slope, the other hundred is
massive sandstone wall, almost per-
pendicular, and full of inches and
caves. The upper fortress shown in
the cut is in deep cavern one hundred
feet from the top Of the cliff. The
front wall is upon the very edge Of the
s -ddy precipice. The other fortress 10
in niche thirty feet below. One OF
these structures is Is by go feet. the
other 40 by 100. They are built Of
stones, and each contains several
rooms. All the stones Of which they
are built had to be brought from the
valley six hundred feet below, and the
work Of getting them (some weighing
hundreds of pounds) up the dangerous
ascent is matter Of wonder that
leaves one in amazement as well az
mystery before the ruins Of this re.
markable civilization Of which there
are SO many evidences on every hand
and yet Of which we know so little.
GEORGE s. Mcdowell
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24

OF supervising architect In Germany.
England, France, or even Portugal,
poor as she is. would receive ut least
double the amount Of his salary. and be
decorated with all the honors the gov
eminent could bestow. II is only a
question of time when congress must
awake to this fact and act accordingly,
otherwise our colleges will be useless,
our scientific schools be closed down for
want OF patronage-there will be no in
centivc to higher education.
Mr.. W. J. Edbroolse. the present SUI
pervising architect, is an energetic gen.
tleman who has become quite popular
during his brief official life in Washing
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24

CASA GRAyDE IN 6ILA RIVER VALLEY.
the country possessed Of distinctive
civilization. Farther south in Central
America and Mexico development is
still more advanced Here in the last
ages of American ancient history was
the seat Of Aztec civilization, and yet
there are monuments older than the
Aztec period and as unknown to the
ancient Mexicans as to us; and there
have been recent discoveries of ruins in
the dense, almost impenetrable forests,
suggesting that there are doubtless
many still to be discovered.
The ruins in New Mexico and Arizona
had public attention drawn to them in
the last congress by an appropriation to
provide for saving from decay that re-
markable ruin in the ella river valley
known as the Casa Grande. and by
other proceedings looking to similar
care Of other ruins equally important
Stone ruins are common, although
wood and adobe seem to have been the
usual building material. Some of the
stone ruins were inhabited when the
country was conquered by the Span
iards.
The four outer walls of the Casa
Crande and most Of the inner ones are
standing. Three stories are plainly
marked by the holes in the walls where
the ends Of the beams once rested. The
upper portions of the walls have crum-
bled considerably SO that the building
must have been at least one story high
er. In the center there was q sort Of
tower that is still ten feet higher than
the outer walls, and may have been one
or two slD,ries higher than the main
building. The walls are between four
and five feet thick, perpendicular on
the inside, but sloping on the outside,
built Of blocks Of adobe, containing
white clay and lime to give it adhesive
ness, with pebbles mixed in. The in
side walls are covered with hard fin
ish that retains the polish still after
centuries of exposure. The building is
20 by so feet divided into the five rooms
on the ground floor. In other Casas
floors have been found intact, and had
been constructed by laying cross sticks
over the joists and covering them with
. layer of adobe. Charred timbers in
dicated that the building had been de-
stroyed by fire, suggesting the ravages
Of the Apaches. The entire Rio ella
valley is strewn with the rubbish Of
ruined edifces, many Of which were in
habited by the Pueblo Indians when
the Spaniards entered the country 400
years ago, but there were no traditions
Of the building of them nor of the peo-
pie who originally inhabited them.
In New Mexico there are several
ruins of stone buildings. The walls
are constructed with considerable skill
of stone dressed to uniform size and
laid like brick at the present day. each
succeeding layer breaking joints with
that below it. The most important of
these is in the valley OF the Pecos.
There are the ruins of two stone build
ings SO ancient that the traditions of
the present race do not reach them, and
this race is the intelligent Zunis, whose
mysterious priesthood is supposed to
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24
1892

Will open up Red Hot campaign, and the
Plain Dealer will be in it all over, supply
ing its readers with chapters of political in
cidents, sketches and history, with deduc-
tions entertaining and instructive. The
National. State and Local fields will be
thoroughly explored for features of interest
to all classes of readers, and at the same
time it will lead in County News Sample
Copy sent free.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24
A Wasted Article.

Rosalie-Here is an article on "IIow
to Utilize Waste Space" have you read
it?
Louise-No, indeed! Waist space
HIM; suppose the man who wrote IL
was born without arms.-American
Clubman
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24
For Summer I-xa.

Tenant-The furnace in this house Il
no earthly good. 1t kept the house a
cold as ice all winter.
Owner-ies, ma'am; but see the ad-
vantage Of having such beautiful re-
frigerator in the house in the summer.
Judge.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24
Especial Cincinnati Letter.

Especial ClncIhnatl Lctter.l
Ruins and other vestiges of an ancient
civilization superior to that of the
Mound Builders and Indians exist
throughout the whole southern portion
Of North America, as far north as New
Mexico. Arizona, Colorado and Utah
In the part Of the United States desig-
mated are found ruins Of great buildings
Of style Of architecture unlike that of
any other people on either continent,
indicating high degree Of architcctur-
II skill and proving those old settlers OF
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24
Mutual Symnathy.

Lawyer-I'm sorry for you, Mr.. Short,
but snipps the tailor has put his account
against you into my hands for collection.
Shorthand you are going to try to
collect it, ell? Well, I'm sorry for you.
-Munsey's Weekly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24
More Likely,

Mrs Snooper (readingl-The longest
word in the Winuebago language is
Observation-Disclosures. Il
means: IL will give you a horse"
snooper-It is more likely to give one
the lock jaw.-Judge.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24
Fatal yQlOr.

"A tough fred at a policeman yester.
day with heavy caliber revolver"
"And what did the policeman dot
Did he arrest the tough?"
"No. He arrested the bullet PUCK
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24
A Just Claim.

Van Duder-I can trace my family
tree clear from old Peter Stuyvesant to
myself How is that for long descent?
Bronson-Well, it certainly Is pretty
big drop.-Munscy's Weekly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24
Not Particulars.

Space Reporter-Can't you give me
something to write up to-day?
City Editor-Haven't thing.
Space Reporter-Well, then, give me
somebody to write DOWN.. Y. Weekly.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24

Trouble with tho Scales.
A Query.

Is an upstart aristocracy known as
Goldfish aristocracy because it has more
bone than blood?-puck
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24

"0F"tH NOI AIWHyb AUSBu16 Oh VUIUs
Gcrtrude-A GOODNESS between George
Ferguson and Laura Kajones? don't
believe it!
Irene You can see for yourself
There they are at that table over there
eating ice cream from the same DISH
Chicago Tribune.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24
VERY OLD HOUSES.
Remarkable Ruins Found In the
Southwestern United States.

% Ancient the Spaniards Found No Ira.
dltions Of Their Builders Com
munity Houses-The Wonderful
Cliff Dwellings and Fortresscs.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24
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A Word
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-24

Tommy (yawning)-"A river must
have a good time" Disadvantages
Tommy-'.Because it doesn't have to
get out Of its bed. Lowell Citizen.
AS they stood on the beach where the
wavclets play
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-22

cash. 81 Use; July. "a 5-sc bid: August, SO $50
nomins September, 81 3-4c nominal December, 81 78
bid COrnTnough trading light tie Local Ia eDt CIV
ing their attention principally - wheat yet the MARKET
was strong and advanced siiiy. July sold l-2c up
and closed al the top, while August was 7-5c ND,
close yesterday No. 2, cash. Gle; July, 50 40
nominal; August 81 5-sc september, 81 i-565i l-4o
bid Oats-rhe strength in wheat and corn caused
higher prices in oats. No. =. cash. 80 34c. July,
80 3sc nominal August &c september. 2Gc nominal
Rye dull lower No. @ east track delivered To elevator
this side soc. Bran lower. this side. SOC. Butter
shows no change in values. Eggs quiet. steady at
lie. Lard firm; July delivery. 1-4c. spelter $50.
Flaxseed entirely nominal C0rn-meal firm. - loo
cotton ties, Il asa q 90 ProysnsIrSe market was
strong to-day, with further good advance in prices
all round. Pork. Sll so. Lard. 51j Is. Dry salt
meats-BOxed shoulders. - so longs and ribs. 81
shorts. 81 Is. Bacon-Boxed shoulders. % 81 IL
longs, 81 so; shorts. 81 25. Receipts -four. 1000
bush wheat, 152.00) bush corn. $4,000 bush: oats,
$4,000 bush; rye, none. Shipments. -four 10000
81 900 bush; rye. none.
Peoria, July 21.-COrn firm: No. 3 5sc; No. 3, SIC;
No. A. 56c. oats active. irregular; No. white. 350
CSC: No. white, 36036 I &c. RE nominal Whisky
firm: wines, al IL spirits. al 10. Receipts-Corn,
10 200 bush: oats, $4,000 bush Rye 1850 bush.
barley 800 bush. Shipments-C0rn. 81 ,29s bush:
oats -. 900 bush rye. 1900 bush barley, none.
Toledo, July 2I.-wheat steady; cash. ssc; July,
Sc l-2c: August 20 7-6c; september. - &c; De-
cember 81 3-4c. Corn dull; cash. 63 l-2o. oats
quiet: No ., Ale: No. white, A. l-oC. Cl)verseed
steady cash. "A 20 october. 81 % Reeepts-Wheat.
43056l bush; corn, loss bush; oats 2}9 bush rye'
0,9O5 bush. shipments--Fl0ur, 4.sj0 bbls wheat,
236l72 bush corn, 5000 bush oats, 1,76o bush rye
400 bush.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-22
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

TTssfay ivy eSods oasgdsG dts; lG
5ons sauehreTs ig carloads for EastTan COMPANY 20
carloads for export hlye and single carload fog t
average. al q 80 pr 100 D. Market nomnaly steady
Cfv dressed beet slow at 5ad02c for TO good
Texas sides ache for Inferior to choice native car
Private cable adces received Monday quote refrigerated
beef T s eq for wndSy include 42 cattle
the ltala for snamberg Eppstein 40 90 on the gd-
Schwartzchnd suzberger. who will also send out 6@l
mead 5sI lne Ene1n T OF paris With 9so qaar Of bel
Montreal shipments received TO-DAY give me to'a fr2g
american port last Week 1880 cate o2 quarters Of
MILcH -G6wS-EeceDts head No trade Nominal
CC'ALVEs-Inciuding Washington Market and miscel-
Best Iarems and Bucks County sold promptly at
90. nc, and the indications are for good cali trade
buttermSs 5d6'sc for common 10 choice veals.
ssed calves have not adyarccd prc. in proportion
The 1--we market DRESSED huttermilk and graser. are
SC country dressed veas at Gdoc; and city dressed at
SHEEP AND LXMBs-Recepts. 20 carloads Of 477o
head all az Jersey CITY, Win tne exception OF hea
many are needed by butchers and pce. not quotby
higher The sales were at 81 7jasj 20 for common
There moderate inquiry for lamb: and choice
and medium as low yesterday. Very common to
One S d. HOPEFUL Indications today for the lamb mar.
ket that there less scale exercise add dress
ring rot can be discontinued with safety to al
hands concerned.
Sllef~Wiikerson & Sherman 464 Kentucky Lambs.
IS average at - 12e per 100 n 24o do 20 \ at sc IS
as Western sheep ~ =. at - Is.
Jqdd Baeh2gaam l24 yrsine Lam 7a 50 So :, at
lucky DO ~ -. AZ - S7-2.
J. \ Pidcock & sons. 30 Kentucky Lambs - r. at
&c - 80 DO q - Sc 50 3g7 do - n go so; 245
DO 70 - 122 los Kentucky sheep 1O5 H. at - IS
D. Mcpherson & Co: $50 Virginia Lambs 80 =,
81 coz q3 Kentucky do "a n at IS G22 S. Kentucky
sheep III n az ~ - Bucks. IA n. a SO so
HOGS-R ceipts. 50 carloads, o. 63l head-22 car
loads at 4oths aad 81 carloads Jersey Citv Market
firm pc higher STATE hogs sold at - j0dS5 = fOr
heavy and butchers prime light hogs would be
worth - 90 carload Of very Ohio pigs brought
- Report says dat carlold Of Western pigs sold
Monday - s. 80 and q lot Of stat hogs - S..
Country dressed higher at 72dsc FOR medium and sd
Size for light.
Sales-Red 4 Shea 208 Ohio pigs common. 1o6 .
average at s. u per 100 -.
Hume & Mullen % state hogs. 300 =. al a. 80
Jelllfe Wright 10 hogs. 23O IS 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-22

contract with Edward v Valentine Of Richmond N
is bronze statue of jackson of heroic size TO be
and the statue was finished in Decernber Is9o ana
sleiy housed IN Lexington. As the work approached
the remaining funds necessary Tor the conpIetion ~
tno WORK In the fall of 1890. the ladies Of licking
~ ,a heia another bazaar by which sum was raised
,eien, 70 complete the monument.
IN anticipation Of todays ceremonial the people Of
dsson nave been engaged for several DAYS in
ue.oIao ,s me town. A large arch was thrown
e enue length Of this thoroughfare is bright with
nafs anu notices. on the route leading from the
wa " SS1on handsome arch was raised with the
bnar o.s in large letters; another arch has
oSen erecte1 lust outside the Gateseand still
9 1,r over the main entrance of the cemetery
- Sf"are ana all the public buildings OF the
town were beautifully decorated while flags and ban
III Wefe nylhg IN every direction from private houses
me GROUNDS ana buildings Of the Washington and Lee
University and the Virginia Military Institute were
re>ptsndent win bunting and appropriate notices.
u, E eS " Valentine, whose genius has preserved
hero, was born in Richmond. Va, on November IL,
leoo Al an early age he developed talent for sculp
The Governor OF Virginia and Mrs Anna Cora Mowatt
kitche both Of whom sat TO him for portrait busts.
In Iosg p Young Valentine went abroad studied in
Rome, Florence. Milan and Paris At Florence he was
instructed by BOnauti who had been a favorite pupil
OF the great Danish sculptor ThorT-aldsen. Mr.. Val
entne next went Ia Eerlin and studied under Kiss.
whose great work in bronze The Amazon Attacked
BY a Tiger had given him word-vf reputation
yaeniine remained In Rern fonr years, and became
stl with HIM and Madame Kiss desired that her hus
hanCs favorte pupil should remain with her a
presented HIN with a great many things which had
belonged TO her husbandamonc Others the tools with
which Kiss had executed his great works
In SEQ Valentine returned to Richmond and de-
voting himself 10 portrait sculpture eyscuted success
ful bus-s Of Generals f. B. stuart st-newaH7 Jack
his lannon's r7oumbent figure Of General Lee already
mentioned. The magnificent statue which has been
unveiled here today win add fame TO virginia's
celebrated sculptor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-22
THE TRADE IN CHICAGO.

Chicago July 81 (speCial-Wheat scored decided
though unexpected advance. II had closed 50 weak
ard sluggish on the preceding evening that 1t was
thought safe 70 sell calls close the market. so
much bullsh news came In before the start Mat the
opening price was away above the calls and sellers
of these privileges forced buy for protection.
As the temper OF the trade was bullish they found
offerings scant and ran values mp rapidly. Frightened
shorts helped quicken the pace later Local receipts
were 40 less than expected. The stocks atoat
decreased nearly 100000 bushels December started
al &c "a and sold to - "a. closing at 90 Ia Corn
developed some strength. but by no means as
strong as wheat. Receipts were $50 less than
expected but the crop reports generally favor
able: and II the impression that most Of the shorts
had covered yesterday. Near futures strOn ger
than deferred September opened at SO IA. sold to
SO SIS and closed at SO IA July oats made sharp
gain but other months while strong did not advance
correspondlngy. Provisions were again strong. but
the rise greater in lard and ribs than In pork:
September pork opened al FL 40 sold 10 Sll 80 and
SI1 3J and closed at 81 ~ IL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-22
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
FEATURES OF NrwvopK DEALINGS.

FEATURES OF NEw-YoRK DEALINGS
wheat was active yesterday. the sales at the Prod
uce EXCHANGE reaching 1l.7s4,O00 bushels The
temper throughout nr1n and the active months
July and December-closed at an advance Of . "a
cents and "a cents respectively. The frmness was
based on hrmer cable accounts lighter receipts than
mac been generally expected, and liberal cearances
Inc amount Of grain on passage was also bnlish
feature indicating decrease Of $4,000 bushels from
90 confines higher The English visible supply showed
decrease Of 100000 TO 100000 bushels. July
cents; August ranged from % IA to "a "a cents
ana closed at % S-e september closed at % afsI
O6 SO cents. advanced 10 9s IA. and closed at 0s
a Inc cash market was higher In sympathy Win
1900 bushels for export and $4,000 bushels for
Corn also ruled firm. in sympathy with wheat. The
amount on passage showed a decrease of 10000
bushels, and the receipts were less than expected.
50 cents 70 81 IA closing at the higher price August
from "a to O. IL closing at O. Is cents september
only 1900 bushels.
oats were dull here. though at Chicago there was
some excitement due 10 the covering OF july shorts.
July sold down from Al to 40 Ii cents, closing at
40 IL August from "a to 80 "a cents closing at the
Lard excessively dull the speculative sales for the
day being only one contract or $50 tierces Prices,
the close Indicated an advance Of from to 10 points
The spot market was dun. but without essential change
August. 04 5-s September o5: october. 90; Novem-
Der. O.; December %: January. 30 1-s May,
II % II. COTn-July, G5 Il cents August, 81 Is
september. 81 - October. 90 3-5 December, 50 Ia
Oats-Iuly, 40 1-2 cents August. 80 "a september.
30. White July, a.. Lard-July. S6 %: August.
sc "a september, Sc 55; october, &c 80; December
81 Is.
The receipts Of grain and -four reported Yesterday al
New York, Philadelphia, baltimore and Boston were as
follows Wheat 3G3,260 bushels; corn, 1910 bush
els oats. 1887 bushels total grain. oo1 800 bush
els -four. 33.275 packages. At Chicago Milwaukee,
and - Louis the arrivals were Wheat. 3s4.057
bushels corn 316.012 bushels oats, 2245 4o bushels
total grain 92G,417 bushels; -four, l2,j43 barrels
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-22
COTTON MARKEr&BY TELEGRAPH

Liverpool, July II, p. m.-The sales % the dav
included 800 bales American. Futures closed dull
American middlng. low middling clause July delivery
4 I--G4d buyers July and August delivery, sod
BUYERS August and september delivery 1 1000 buy
ers September and October delivery. 23-j46
4 24-64d. October and November delivery. 4 27-64d
i 2--64d November and December delivery 1 1864
81 cid; December and January delivery, 1 32-si
3364a January ana FeoTlaTy denver = 'io3id
Galveston, july 21.-COuOn nominal. mddlnc.
sc: low mddlinC, 1-lGc. good ordinary, 5-l6
net and gross receipts. 80 bales, sales. % bales
stock. 5.153 bales.
Norfolk, July 21.-Cotton nominal: mddlinr. SC
net and gross receipts 20 bales exports. cOastwise
IA bales sales II bales stock, G5l2 bales.
savannah. July ELECTION easy mifdlng. 0-l6c
low middlinC &c good rdinary, 7-16c: net and
gross receipts. 2G7 bales exports coastwise 49, bales
sales. 30 bales stock. DIG bales
New Orleans. July 21.-COttO1 irregular. mddlnG.
1876 low niddlng. 1-lCc good ordinary. 3-'c
receipts. AGA bales gross, 426 bales exports -
France 1772 bales 70 The Continent 2T2 bales sales
900 bales STOCK 637O4 bales.