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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

THE failure was reported OF N.
wholesale grocers at Shreveport, 4, ,
for s2a6, 900.
FIRE destroyed the livery stable Of J.
Il. Cook & Son at st. Paul, Mimi, and
sixty horses perished in the flames.
The firm of H.P. Thompson & Co., Of
Winchester. the largest tobacco buyers
in Kentucky, failed for 100000.
JOHN 5. GARRISON, of Iowa. was
elected president of the National
League republican clubs at the Cincin-
natl convention.
THE chief justice of Oklahoma has
decided that women are eligible to any
public Office in that territory.
THE worlds fair commissioners of
Wisconsin have resigned because of the
small appropriation 1855, ,O00) made by
the state legislature for an exhibit
The arrest of Dick Liddell, a former
member of the Jesse James gang OF
robbers, was made at Richmond. Mo-,
for the murder Of Wood Hite, cousin
of Jesse James, in 1882.
In Cincinnati George Graber, drunk
ard, killed his wife and committed sui
eide. Four little children were left or
phans.
In Perry county, Ark, William
Gross, farmer. committed suicide by
hanging himself, having first hanged
his wife
On a farm near Huron, s. D., an
artesian well, believed to be the great
est in the world, has been sunk. Its
flow was estimated at 10, 900 gallons per
minute.
WHITE caps dragged Walter Lowe, a
farmer living in Spencer county, Ind, j,
from his bed and gave him sixty-five
lashes on the bare back.
AT Wolcott, Ind, Martin T.. Ferrick,
prominent railway man, shot and ia.
tally wounded jeff Bunnell, another
prominent citizen, and then put bull
let through his own heart. No cause
was assigned for the tragedy.
IN the Galveston (Tex.) street-car
stables sixteen mules and six cars were
burned.
Gov. FIFER, of Illinois, has signed
the bill for weekly payment of wages.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
LATER
Growth Of Trade.

WASHINGTON, April 27.-Advices from
New York state that the reciprocity
treaties and the postal subsidy act are
already bringing to that city business
men who hope greatly to increase their
South American trade.
Manufacturers and iobbers are get
ting down their aliases and making
inquiries about the cities and provinces
along the coast and the products which
they export and the American articles
which they are most likely to want.
The tide of business turns to the south
ward the more quickly because it is
believed that it is not yet most advan-
tageous to try to attack the strongly
intrenched European companies for the
European mail service. In Central
America and the West Indies, however,
are fields for the American producer
and manufacturer and the American
ship owner.
AT New York City on the night of the
Goth, Miss Anna Dickinson lectured to
a large audience on personal Liberty"
The address was wild, rambling and
denunciatory. Her imprisonment in
the insane asylum was her chief theme.
Her vast audience was convinced that
her reason had tottered.
BY the sinking of warship in pos
session of the rebels of Chilli on the
23rd, over 200 of the insurgents lost
their lives.
The miners of Hooking Valley, Ohio,
have agreed to nine hours AS days
work for the coming season.
JOHN II. Reagan, United States sena-
tor from Texas, has resigned to become
chairman of the state railway COM
mission. His resignation takes effect
June l. Gov. Hogg has announced that
he would appoint Horace Chiltan of
Tyler, senator to succeed Senator Rea-
gan. Mr.. Chiltan is u lawyer, thirty
seven years OF age, and is regarded as
the most eloquent orator in the state.
The new tabernacle of Rev. T. De-
Witt TalEage was opened in Brooklyn,
on the Goth. Nearly 1000 people crowd
ed into the edifice at morning service.
The crowd was SO great that the efforts
of the police were necessary to keep
people from being crushed. The church
is 200 by lls feet, Romanesque in archi-
lecture, and has a seating capacity of
1900. The total cost of the editice thus
far is $4,000, and $4,000 more will
probably be required to put on the fin
ishing touches.
AN Italian named Michael Rose, ut
Newark, N. j., on the Goth, fatally
stabbed two men for talking about
"Dagos."
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

AN Italian named Miraglia, who
made 81, 500 in five years in America,
was robbed of the entire sum two hours
after having set foot again on his ma
tive soil.
MADAGAscAR advices say that the
Sakalavas of .Marrombo have mas
sacred the governor of Tubear and
fifty-seven Hova soldiers. Thirteen
Hova customs officials were also muir
dered.
NATIVES of Portuguese Guinea re-
volted, and in battle with garrison
they killed over 400.
THE banking firm of B. & A. Hon.
arjee, at Bombay, has failed with liza
bilities of nearly sa,50o,0Oo.
In official circles it was said that Ger
many was about to cede all the west
African district south of the Congo to
England.
FLAMES destroyed 1890, 900 pounds
of sugar cane belonging to the Laber-
into estate near Cifuentas, Cuba.
A DECREE has been issued by the
Russian government expelling all Jews
from Moscow.
AT Albrechtshain, Germany, gar
dener named Damn murdered his wife
and four children with a hatchet and
then hanged himself.
WHILE out in training boat f. w.
Oxenham and s. Campbell, of the Me-
Leander rowing club, were drowned at
Hamilton. Ont
THE memoirs of Jenny Lind have
been published in London. They show
that she had strong antipathy to
stage life.
| THE Cuban census, which has just
been taken, shows that there are now
nearly $4,000 Chinese men in Cuba and
only eighty-four Chinese women.
A ROME dispatch says that Baron
Fava in his report to the Marquis di
Rudini on the New Orleans lynching
expressed the belief that there was no
way out of the situation as the federal
government had no power to give Italy
the satisfaction demanded.
SEVEN persons were killed by the ex.
plosion of 265 pounds of powder a few
miles from the city of Rome, Italy, and
over 200 injured. buildings in the vi
cinity were demolished and many struc-
lures in the city, including the vatican,
were shaken.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
HUMOROUS.

-Sanso-.'Of what use is pull to
man. Rodd--'.lt enables him to draw
salary. N. Y. Herald.
-He-.So Jack isn't devoted to Kate
any more. Did they fight?' She
Yes: they had an engagement Yale
Record.
Signs of Spring. ng.-Teacher-''Tell
me some annual. regularly-rccurring
signs of spring" Pupil-''Bock-b beer.
colds, summer-gardens, open street
cars and rheumatism. ."-Fliegende Blat-
ter.
-Curio Dcaler-..Here's ) a skeleton Of
George Washington pet cat" Collec-
tori don't want one SO large. What's
this small one?" Curio Dealer-''That's
skeleton of the same cat when it was
a kitten
A Narrow Escape. pe.-Clara-"Doyou
think Jacks proposal was serious?"
Laura-''No: but it would have been
serious if had accepted him. for have
found out since that he has only fiv.
hundred dollars year. chicago Sat
urday Herald.
Sympathetic Cousin-"Yes, it must
have been terrible disappointment
when Miss Golding refused YOU" Jack
Van Broken-'.It was crusher. felt
exactly as though had been sentenced
to hard labor for life
When Gen. Alger entered certain
railroad Offices in Jacksonville the other
day he was asked his name and gave it.
''Well, said the agent, I'm glad you're
general. cause these Florida woods
are just full of colonels."
Clara" said Nellie, dropping the
fashion paper she was reading. what
would you do if you had mustache on
your lip?' After he took it away |
should tell him that preferred to be
married in June. boston Herald.
Not Sure She'll BE In It Herself
You will let me go to your wedding.
will you not ?" said one girl to a
companion. Upon my word | can't
promise. My folks are in such rage
about my wedding that am not sure
they will let me go to it myself.
Brooklyn Eagle.
AT the only bar-room in a we'll
known Jersey coast resort the other
day farmer brought back a bottle OF
whisky and clapped it on the bar.
Look at that" said he. the blamed
stuff must be more'n half water. It's
froze solid" The bartender looked al
the trapped spirits calmly and remark
ed: 'B'gosh. old man. I'm blamed il
didn't make mistake. | must have
sold you our summer whisky"
The Worlds Fair Right at Home.
Little George Mamma where is the
worlds fair going to be- held?' Mamma
In Chicago, dear: why:" Little
Georgie-.'Oh, nothing: only while
was hiding under the sofa last night
heard Charlie tell Grace to come over tc
him and he would show her where the
worlds fair ought to be held, and wa.
just going to peep out and see wher.
when the gas went out.-Harvard Lam
poon.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

THE heavy losses by fire in April have
already carried the aggregate of the
first three months and half of 1891 far
beyond the corresponding period of
1890. For the first quarter of the year
the loss has been S35. 1877 .O53. against
S.4. .592 in the same quarter of 1890.
During April the loss was S5.435. s45. as
compared with S3,6OI. 800 during the
same time last year. The total is S4O,-
6:3s:s9s in 1891. as compared with S27,-
S4S552 in 1890
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

The bill providing municipal suffrage
for women has again been beaten in
the Massachusetts legislature. This is
the twenty-fifth annual defeat which a
female suffrage measure has encoun-
tered in that body: and as the adverse
vote was quite as crushing as on any
previous occasion, the reform seems as
far off as ever. However, the Massa-
chusetts reformers are patient and
long suffering: and the measure will
put in an appearance at Boston an
nually for many years to come, per-
haps until it is adopted.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
THE death of p. L. Barnum elected

THE death of p. 4. Barnum elected
numerous press comments on his career.
His name is familiar to the people and
has become incorporated in the French
language. Hon. Whitelaw Reid said:
"Barnum had many excellent qualities.
Horace Greeley agreed with Barnum on
tho questions of temperance and uni
versalism, and always spoke of him in
the highest terms A few years ago Bar
mum sent me his autobiography with a
dedication on the fiyleaf saying: AS |
cannot live to correct the proof sheets
of my obituary, l offer you these pages,
where you will find all the facts of my
life correctly told"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

THEODORE TILToS is living in Paris,
where he is writing articles ON the
syndicate system to earn subsistence
and writing poems to satisfy and graft
fy himself. His articles go. but his
poems are to be published only after
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
Three Colored Murderers Hanged.

COLUMBIA, s. c., April a5.-Waite s.
Martin (colored) was hanged in the
Jail yard for the murder in January of
Alice Mcleod, a white woman. Bill
Miles tcolorsd) was executed at Pick
ems for the murder Of Jake Gritfen
Edmund Holiday (coloredD was hanged
at ManAing for the murder of John w.
Dubose, white,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
DON'T GOSSIP.
Talk About Something BETTER Than thu
Flaws and Mistakes In Other Peoples

Talk About Something Better Than the
Flaws and Mistakes In Other Peoples
Lives.
So much has been said on this sub
ject of gossiping that it seems almost
time to stop, but still women are at It
yet, and it appears as though they knew
no remedy for the disease.
You go out for few afternoon calls
You come home and think how profit
ably has your time been spent. What
has been talked about, and what inn
provement made upon the mind? The
art of conversation has been abused.
You might better have stayed at home
and have read Emerson. Itwould have
done You infinitely more good. and
despite what others may say. think It
would have been much more interest
ing.
was beseeching some friends the
other day not to make their neighbors'
business ever their source of converse
ton, when one said, ..Maude, what
would you have us talk about?'
Let me answer that question in print,
that all my sisters may have the benefit
of it, though it be the outcome Of such
poor mind.
In the first place let us talk about
something that will be helpful to all
persons participating. visited nearly
an hour with a friend recently, and the
only thing we talked about was bread
making. came away feeling satisfied
with my call, and since then we have
both made better bread. DO not imme-
diately draw the conclusion that wish
you forever to talk on the subject OF
bread. do not, but let me whisper
this: If more of our girls talked about
and made more good bread, instead OF
studying the latest recipes for French
candies, there would be more clean
compilations and more bright-eyed
women.
II your tastes are in that direction
consider books great educators in con-
versation. Discuss good authors. Above
all. read good, instructive books in or
der that you W i'll have fruitful matter
to chat upon. Talk about matters of
public interest, and that does not in.
clude the weather.
Lastly, let me say this: talk upon any.
thing in preference to the little flaws OF
mistakes of other people. Remember
you are not perfect yourself. The Bible
itself protests against idle gossip. and
common sense is disgusted with it. Let
| us. dear friends, deal out our word,
| with some Christian Charity.-Maude
Wolff, in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
THE EAST.

1HE uedJH VI SyTuS w. holmes. dReu
10 years, occurred at Monson, Mass.
lie was president of the Monson ma
.ional bank and was believed to be the
oldest bank president of the United
States.
ANGELO GABoTH killed his mother-in-
law. at Hoboken, n. j., dangerously
wounded his father-in-law, and was
hen shot dead by the sons of his VIC
inns.
MARY f. COUCH, widow of the IA
nous temperance lecturer. died at
Boylston, Mass, aged Il years.
A YOUNG couple who registered at a
hotel in New York as p. Bertrand and
wife were found dead in their room,
having committed suicide by inhaling
gas through rubber tubes.
THE pioneer advertising agent of
New York and Boston, Samuel NJ. Pet
;ingill, died at his home in Brooklyn.
AT Luzerne, Pa, six acres of land
over the Black Diamond mine sunk in
upon the workings and many buildings
we're ruined.
BECAUSE he was too poor to buy cigar
cites Robert Tone drowned himself in
the Hudson river at New York.
AT the Edgar Thomson steel works
in Braddock, Pa, general resumption
Of work took place, giving employment
TO 1000 men.
In Boston Gen. Il. F. Butler was
elected from the United States district
court room by order of Judge Carpen-
ter. who declared the famous lawyer q
iisorderly person.
In the hustle of a deceased maid al
Greensburg, Pa. $4,000 were found.
THE firm of Robert T. Almy & Co..
clothiers at Boston, failed for SllO, OOO
LICENSE to retail Intoxicating liquors
in Washington county, Pa, has been
granted for the first time in twenty.
three years.
A PITCHED battle was fought be-
tween the deputy sheriffs and the Hun
garians during attempted evictions o1
strikers at Uniontown. Pa. and one
girl was killed and many of both par
ties were wounded.
The National league baseball season
has opened.
HENRY PARKERsoN, aged II years
fatally shot Mr. and Mrs. Peter Seible
and then shot himself at Chatham
N. Y.
At Newark. n. j.. Max Hunger, q
German. fatally shot his former sweet
heart, Martha Marawsky. and himself
FIRE destroyed the Wiggins, Dickin
son, Pritchard and Wilson blocks a,
Rome, n. Y. Loss, 100000.
TIE census returns fer 1890 from tn.
manufacturing industries of the Unitet
States show that Philadelphia leads al
the cities of the country in the value o
their annual product.
THE New York state Farmers Ali
ance in session at Hornellsville declared
against the third-party movement.
THE sheriff while making eviction
at Leisenring, in the Pennsylvania COX,
regions, shot woman in the thigh ant
man in the mouth, and was himsel
wounded in the ankle. The familie,
finally were put out of their houses b,
the assistance of the militia.
THE marriage of Miss Gabrielle Gree
ley, daughter of the late Horace Gree
ley, took place at Pleasantville, N. Y.
Rev. Frank NJ. Clendennin, an Episco
pal clergyman, being the groom.
THE death of Philip l.. Moen, presi
dent of the Washburn 4 Moen Manu-
featuring Company, occurred at hi
home in Worcester, Mass, aged
years.
EIGHTY Mormons in charge of tw,
"lders en- route for Utah arrived in New
York from Europe.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

THE often-used ejaculation ''IIurrah!'
has curious origin. In her book on
The Normans," Sarah Orne Jewett
traces it to the time of the Norwegian
King Rolf, whose name in French is
proponnced Rou. There was law in
his time that if a man was in danger or
caught his enemy doing any damage he
could raise the cry "Iia Rou!" and so
invoke justice in the name of the sover-
eign. At the sound of this cry every
body was bound on the instant to give
chase to the offender, under penalty of
heavy fine for failure to comply. From
this law was also derived the old Eng.
lish hue and cry"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

CHICAGO, April 25.-Two persons are
known to have lost their lives in the
fire on Chicago avenue Thursday after
noon. Old Mrs. Bjornson perished in
her house on Smell street and the infant
son of Gustave Swanson was burned to
death on the second floor of the tene-
ment at 34l West Chicago avenue.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

BUFFALO BILL and his Indians are
now exploring the picture galleries of
Antwerp. They will have ample OPP
portunity for seeing the historic nymphs
and madonnas whom Sir Joshua Rey-
nolds described as all being faithful
pictures Of ''fat Mrs. Rubens up in the
the clouds" They will also see Euro
pean reproduction of their own Pine
Ridge society-women and dogs draw
ing street-carts. while the men smoke
and walk behind the procession. If this
does not civilize them. nothing can.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
Mangled by Dyna mite

BOURBON. Ind, April a5.-.Fred
Lesser was killed by IA premature ex-
plosion of dynamite near here while
handling blasting cartridges. His body
was badly mutilated. buildings in the
vicinity were badly wrecked by the ex-
plosion.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

ONE of the largest pieces of tunnel
ing ever undertaken in the world has
been completed at Centralia. Pa. 1t is
six thousand feet in length. and en-
tends into the workings of the Hazel
Dell mines and through the basin of
the mammoth vein. This tunnel will
drain the entire Centralia basin. 1t is
eleven feet wide by seven feet high,
and although it was driven through
the hardest kind Of rock was completed
in fifteen months.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
KILLED BY THE CARS.
Terrible Death of an Iowa Pioneer and
His Little SON.

His Little SON.
WAsHINGToN, Ia, April a5. John
Graham and his 6-year-old son Samuel
Were killed by a passenger train on the
Rock Island railroad about mile east
of this city Friday. They were riding in
a one-horse buggy from Mr.. Graham's 5
farm and undertook to cross the railroad
track before an approaching train when
they We're struck by the engine and in
stantly killed. Mr.. Graham was one Of
the pioneers of Iowa, coming to the
state in 1889. lie leaves but one child,
about II years old
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

The great, arid desert of Sahara has
been tapped and found to be full OF
water An enormous reservoir only one
hundred and twenty feet below the
surface has been discovered at El-Golea,
/. small caravan station in the middle of
.he desert. The Importance of such Il
discovery can scarcely be appreciated
10y the people of this country. Ell
Golca is one of the stopping places in
the Sahara desert of caravans which
travel across that region. and this dis
covery is expected to develop greatly
tho caravan trade. The desert of Sa'
hara may in time cease to be syno'
nym of all that is vast and desolate.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
An Exploring Party perishes.

SAN. Francisco, April a5.-Steamer
Bertha just arrived from Alaska. She
brings no news of the Wells exploring
party that was lost early in the win
ter, and it is now almost certain the
members Of the expedition have per-
iSha6
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

A NEW perfume delights the olfacto-
ries of the opulent. 1t owes it's discov-
cry and was brought to this country by
Mrs. Stanley. 1t is called Lily of the
Nile" and is distillation of the odors
that linger along the great African riv-
er. Some enterprising dealer has dis
covered that its subtle aroma may be
easily duplicated from the common
lilies which CROWN marshes, and has put
his idea into profitable practice by not
only utilizing the scent but also the
stalks of this plant, the latter being
woven into STANLEY mats
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
An Old Offender.

Judge-What is the charge against
this prisoner?
Officer-Assault and battery, your
honor.
Judge-Give me the facts.
Officer-Well, he met man who had
always been his friend: without provo
cation he took his hand broke every
bone in it, punched him in the ribs,
bruised his back with an ugly blow,
and then had the impudence to ask aft
or his health.
Judge-Six months in the county jail
without benefit Of clergy.--N. Y. sun.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

OMAHA, Neb., April a5.-A sewer
trench caved in Friday evening bury
ing six laborers under feet Of earth.
Charles Holmes and Frank Olson were
KILLED
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30
Four Girls Drowned.

ST. JOHNS, N. B., April a5.-At an
early hour rowb containing twelve
persons returning from ball collided
with the steamer Dominion. Four
girls, Nellie and Mary King, Ethel and
Mabel Allen, were drowned.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

A DOCTOR in New York has discov-
cred that carelessness in his practice is
not excusable because he did not ex-
pcct to get his pay. The court held
him guilty of malpractice just the same
for the pauper as for the millionaire
natlenf
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

JUICE VIRGIN said. in granting a
divorce at Skowhegan, Me-: mo wom-
an who is decent should be obliged to
live with a drunken husband. and if
she comes to me l will grant her di-
vOrce every time
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

A SCHEME is proposed for building a
railway to run over the tops of the
houses in New York city. The princi-
pal material used in the manufacture
of that road will be supplied by pow
crful imagination.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

The dust collected by small patch of
snow between November 81 and Decem-
bcr - last indicates that one Thousand
tons of SCOT settle monthly on the one
hundred and ten square miles of London.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

Ar Yakutsk. Siberia, the ground is
l'erpctually frozen to depth of 61a feet.
Every citizen of Yakutsk can have a cold
storage cellar without extra expense.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-04-30

J. NJ. MCMAHON, an American, has
patented in Europe a nitro-glycerine
shell which can be thrown ten miles
from cannon with ordinary black
powder. Mr.. Mcmahon has also pat
snted this cheerful device in the Unitec
States