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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26
blE6 WITH HER BABE0.
4 Mother and Four Children Perish In
burning Tenement In Brooklyn.

4 Mother and Four Children Perish In q
Burning Tenement In Brooklyn.
New YORK, Feb. ia woman and
four children were suffocated and q
man was probably fatally burned in .
fire that occurred at Delmonico
place and Hopkinson avenue, Brook
lyh. The building In which the
fire occurred is three-story
frame structure. The basement
and the ground loor were
used as bakery, and two families
lived on the floors above. Jacob En-
rich was at work in the basement over
q pot Of boiling fat at half-past
o'clock 1 m. Wednesday, when
the fat boiled over and run.
ming to the floor set fire to the
surrounding woodwork. In few min.
utes the building was on fire, and dense
smoke was pouring through the
halls. Enrich was badly burned, and
the doctors say he can not recover. An
alarm was sent out and the fifemen
responded and were quickly at work.
They managed to subdue the flames
after the bakery and second floor had
been gutted. The fremen rs soon as
possible made search of the building,
and on the top floor found Mrs. John
Henry and her four children dead.
The woman and her children were
asleep when the fire broke out
and were overcome by the smoke before
they could escape. The bodies Of Mrs.
Henry and two of the children were
found in the hallway at the top Of the
stairs. The bodies of the other two
children were lying just inside the door
OF one OF the sleeping apartments. The
members of the family on the second
floor were aroused in time and managed
to escape.
AKRON. o., Feb. 19.-Fire Wednesday
destroyed the paper mill Of the Thomas
Phillips Company, causing . loss oi
$4,000, insured for s65,0OO, and the
works of the Enterprise Manufacturing
Company, causing loss of $4,000, in
sured for $4,000. Meta Cruza wal
burned to death.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26
MANNERS OF MEN.

IF fathers could be sons to themselves
what good sons they would be.
We never see poor man without
wondering why he never got rich.
WHEN the fires of youth 60 out IN q
man he wonders that they burn IN
others.
WE don't suppose there ever was
small boy who could be made to be-
lieve that there are only ten command
nents.
A MANS boasts are = great deal like
the diamonds he wears; the larger they
are the more apt people ars 70 say thsz
aro paste.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26
MANY BILLS WILL FAIL.

There Arc About 1900 Measures Which
Congress Will Be Unable to Act Upon.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-At the close
of this Congress there will be in the
neighborhood Of 1900 bills on the cal
endar of the House which have been
favorably reported. but which will fail
for want of time for their consideration.
Some of the appropriation bills will
probably be signed within an houa Of
the time of final adjournment, and it
may be, as has often occurred, that tho
hands of the clock will have to be
turned back to prevent the failure of an
appropriation bill.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

/ AN ingenious Chicagoan has per-
1ectcd an electrical device for stopping
runaway horses, the electrical fluid
three volts-being conveyed to the ami
mails through the bits. The curious SEN
sation has never failed, it is said. in a
number of experiments to bring the
frightened animals to q standstill. and
without i'll effects on the subjects of ex-
periments. Runaway marriages will
20 on the same as ever.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

JOHN F. HEWITT, Of Los Angeles, is
an old soldier and an honest man. He
served in m Ohio regiment, and has
just been GRANTEES a pension on account
OF disease contracted during the war.
But he declined to receive it, saying he
believed it would be wrong, as Il am
well enough to make my own living at
present" That is the stuff true man.
hood is made of
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26
In the House Of Representatives of

In the House Of Representatives of
the present Congress, now nearing its
close, there have been twenty-six
changes in neutrality-suspicious. by
death, six by resignation, and nine by
unseating in favor of contestant. The
deaths were as follows: s. s. Cox, New
York; James Laird, Nebraska; James
N. Burns, Missouri; James p. Walker,
Missouri; Edward J. Gay, Louisiana;
r. w. Townshend, Illinois; David Will
Der, New York; William ID. Kelley,
Pennsylvania; Samuel J. Randall, Penn
sylvania; L. F. Watson, Pennsylvania,
and James Phelan, Tennessee-the
largest death roll of any Congress-.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26
Dropped Dead.

EMPoRIA, Kan, Feb. 21.-Rev. James
Pashe. of Ottawa, Kan, dropped dead
of heart disease in restaurant at the
Santa Fe depot in this city late Thurs
day night He was Baptist minister
and the secretary of the American Bap-
sist Publication Society of Philadel-
phia, which he represented for this
State and the Indian Territory.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26
FROM WASHINGTON.

ADMIRAL PoRTER's funeral took place
at Washington on the nth. He was
buried at Arlington Cemetery.
IT is stated in a bulletin issued by the
Census Office that the center of popula-
tion in this country on June l, 1890,
was In Southern Indiana, near Green's
burg, and twenty miles east of Colum-
bus. Ten years ago it was eight miles
west by south of Cincinnati.
THE business failur in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the Goth numbered 295. against 297 the
preceding week and 271 the correspond
ing week last year.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

WILLIAM CARouTHERs, young Pc
destrian of Napa County, Cal, will start
March Is for little jaunt from San
Francisco to New York. He has bet
that he can make the trip in less than
nix months, and expects to do it in four
months
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

A REMARKABLE petition was sent
from India to Queen Victoria. 1t is
more than sixty feet in length, and is
signed by more than 10000 women in
India who are anxious to have the legal
marriage age for girls raised from its
present limit of ten to fourteen years.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

CAPTAIN CHRrsToFFERs, Of the steamer
Aller, lately completed his one hu1;-
dredth trip from Bremen to New York
and back. In honor Of the event the
Emperor decorated him with the Order
of the Crown of the fourth class.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

A MEDICAL gentleman of Philadelphia
explains DR.. Koch's statement about
his lymph in this way: 1t wasn't
written for lavmen, but it can be made
clear enough. Let US suppose that the
bacillus is but a small mosquito; that
1t stings the flesh and injects virus.
snow, Koch takes the mosquito, kills
1t, extracts the virus, dilutes it-for it
Is more powerful than the strongest
drug known-and then preserves it in
glycerine'
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

| A BooNvrLLE IN. w. man has evolved
= new reason why he should be given
an office. In his application for the
post-office he argues that he deserves it
because he has been thirty-four years
in the Presbyterian choir without COM
npnSafi0n
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

THE estimates of numbers and values
of farm animals, made at the end of
zach year and returnable in January to
the Department of Agriculture, have
been consolidated. The number of
horses on farms, as reported, is 1885,
$50, and the average price of all ages,
S67. Number of mules, 1895, 532, hav-
ing an average value of $77.SS. Num-
ber of milch cows, 16,O19, ,591, having an
average value per head of ss1.6a Other
cattle aggregate s6,s75,64s. The esti-
mated number of sheep is 4s,4s1, 1873,
having m average value of Sa51. The
aggregate of numbers of swine is 5O,-
625, LOG, having an average value of 81. Is.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

THERE are more diamonds in the
world than ever before, In 1870 the
African output was about 1,5oo, 600
carats in 1889 above 400, 600, 900 carats,
and last October the trust which con-
trolls the principal mines said 6,oOo,-
600 carats were in sight!
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26
HE WAS POSTED.
Il Horse Sale That was Made without Any
Trouble.

Horse Sale That was Made without ANY
Trouble.
The owner Of boarding stable ad-
vertised a horse for sale. Early one
morning a man appeared and asked to
zee the equine.
.sSee here" said the owner, as he
squared off at him, Il like to have
fair understanding about things. Now
then, is it for you or some one else?'
s.Some one else.
.Do you know all about horse or
nothing at all?'
Il know every crook and turn about
. horse, sir"
.Oh, you doo All right. We now un-
derstand each other, and Ill show you
the beast"
In ten minutes sale had been eff
fected, and the horse was being led
away.
why did you care whether he was
green or posted?" inquired man who
had stood by.
Made great deal of difference to
me-" replied the late owner. The
horse is spawned, pigeon-toed and weak
In the back. Had he been an amateur
should have felt bound to tell him.
But he knew all about a horse"
EXACTLY, and therefore knew moth
ing. Easiest sale | ever made to any
detroit Free Press.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26
He IL q Candidate.

New YORK, Feb. 21.-Ex-President
Cleveland, in an interview Friday, en-
phatically denied statement to the
effect that he had decided mot 10 bs =
Presidential candidate in lso9
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26
Three Lives Lost.

NEW YORK, Feb. 19.-The German
Lloyd steamer Havre while on its way
down the bay Wednesday afternoon
collided with an Italian bark in
bound The bark sank almost i'm.
mediately off buoy 20, near Bay Ridge.
The steamer proceeded on its way to
Bremen. The vessel sunk proved to
be the Mascotta, from San Domingo
City. Three lives were lost.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

CUSTER COUNTY, in Montana, which
contains thirty-six thousand square
miles, is larger in extent than the
States OF Vermont, Massachusetts,, Con-
necticut, Delaware and Rhode Island.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

DIR. McIsTosH, of Harrisburg, says
he recently visited a Pennsylvania town
where no one could understand English.
He also saw working-men's notices
posted in four different languages.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26
Approved by the President.

WARRINGTON, Feb. 19.-Thc Presi-
dent has signed the bill for the con.
struction of suitable Indian industrial
schools in Wisconsin and other States.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26
THE EAST.

FIRE destroyed the new power-house
of the Duquesne Traction Company at
Pittsburgh, Pa Loss, Sl00, 900; no in
surance.
At Pittsburgh the Allegheny and
Monongahela rivers were both near the
high-water mark on the 18th and still
rising. Reports from different points
in Western Pennsylvania showed very
high water and much damage from the
flood. The loss at Pittsburgh and Alle-
gheny alone was placed at $3.50, 900.
Thousands of persons have been driven
from their homes.
In a collision of trains at Railway, N.
j., three men were fatally injured.
THE doors of the American Loan and
Trust Company of New York were
closed. Depositors would be paid in
full.
The death of Mrs. Rose Mccormick
occurred on the 18th, at Green Point, N.
Y, aged 1O4 years. Her father died at
the age of 102 years and her mother
lived to be 104 years old.
In burning building in Brooklyn, N.
Y, Mrs. John Henry and her four chill
dren and Jacob Enrich were suffocated.
THE McKinl,y tariff law was de-
clared constitutional in test case in
the United States Circuit Court in New
York.
GENERAL SHERMAN's remains were
on the 18th borne from the family resi-.
dence in New York to the depot and
embarked on train for st. Louis. The
ceremonies were attended by Presi-
dent Harrison and his Cabinet and
many other distinguished persons, and
thousands of old soldiers were in the
line of march.
BY collision of railway trains on the
New Haven railroad in New York City
six trainmen were killed and seven in.
jured.
In Green County, Pa, the STANDARD
Oil Company has purchased 20, 900 acres
of oil lands. This corporation now
owns nearly all of five counties in Penn.
sylvania.
AT Johnstown, Pa, the bodies of two
victims of the 1889 food were found in
the Conemaugh river. They were sup
posed to be the bodies Of females
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26
A PIONEER GONE.
death at st. Paul Of Henry HI Sibley
Minnesota's First Governor.

death at st. Paul Of Henry H. sibley,
Minnesota's First Governor.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. 19.-Gcneral
Henry Hastings Sibley, q Minnesota
pioneer, and first Governor of the State,
died at his home in this city at 4:3C
o'clock q. m. lie has been lingeriue
near the verge of the grave for some
time. and for nearly sixty hours prior
to death was unconscious. He was S(
years old.
mr. Sibley was born at Detroit. Mich, in
1871, and came to Minnesota November 4
1884 In 1898 he entered At Mendoza the
first private store DWELLING in Minnesota. Ht
was appointed justice OF the peace is 1853
thus becoming the first civil officer IN the
State. It lS48 he was elected Delegate k
Congress from what was designated - Wiscon
sin Territory. In 1859 he Was appointed com
mandcr OF the forces raised to queu
the Sioux outbreak. He subdued the In
diahs, taking 2,000 prisoners, thirty
eight OF whom were hanged Since
that time he has almost constantly flled some
civil oii,e, among them president Of the State
Normal Board, regent OF the State University
and president Of the State Historical Society,"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

ACCORDING to the new census the
South has only six cities which exceed
fifty thousand in population. Florida,
Mississippi and North Carolina do not
contain city with twenty-five thou
sand inhabitants.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

The numerically smallest religious
denomination discovered by the census
takers is that of the Schwankfeldians.
There are three hundred and six of
them and they dwell in Pennsylvania.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

OVER three hundred and fifty dele
gates representing all branches of labor
employed by railway companies met in
convention at Kansas City on the 2sd.
An organization was effected to fight
the attempt of various state legislatures
to reduce passenger and freight tariffs.
This is the first of series of meetings
to be held throughout the country.
THE ship Elizabeth, of New York,
which went ashore on the rocks at
North Head on the night of the 23d, had
twenty men on board, the captain, two
mates, the cook and sixteen sailors:
also, the captains wife and two chill
dren. 1t is known that the captain and
seventeen sailors of the ship were
drowned.
GEN. SHERMAN was buried in Calvary
cemetary st. Louis on the 23rd. The
city was crowded with strangers. All
of the public buildings and many pri.
vate residences were draped in mourn.
ing. 1t was what the old hero wanted
a military funeral and was one of the
most impressive ever seen in the coun.
try.
HIGH water capsized house on the
Missouri river at Kansas City, Mo-, on
the esd. The inmates, Eve in number;
were drowned.
THE Ohio river at Cincinnati, O., on
the 2srd, stood tifty-four feet and foa,
inches above low water.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

Miss ANNA w. KELLY. the new read
ing clerk of the Colorado Senate, is q
young and very pretty woman. She
reads rapidly. clearly and with correct
ness OF accent and pronunciation. She
is the first woman to hold such a posi-.
taon
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

ADMIRAL PORTER, who died recently
In Washington, was nearly IS years old
and had seen nearly sixty years serv-
ice in the navy. He was the son of Cap
tain Porter, of the navy, who in 1914
made the great fight ON the Essex.
Admiral Porter entered the war for the
Union as commander of the Powhat-
tan sent to re-enforce Fort Pickens. He
commanded the mortar fiotilla in opera
tions against New Orleans and later COM
manded the Mississippi squadron which
operated against Vicksburg, and CON-
manded the naval forces at the capture
of Fort Fisher. On the death of Farra-
gut, Porter succeeded him as Admiral.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

The comedian, Toole, has been
sentling more presents home from Aus
tralia. He sent Maoriland sheep and
lamb with his compliments to the Lon
don Lyceum, but somehow the animals
were delivered wrong. Henry Irving
rot the lamb aud Miss Terry the shssp.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26

NEARLY three-fourths of the States in
the Union have passed laws restricting
in some way or other the sale of cigar
Qffo
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26
Women and Matrimony.

It would seem that woman is
fayorite with the Lord, and that there
fore he has made more OF that kind.
From the order Of the creation in Para
disc it is evident that woman IS an I'M
proved edition Of man. But whatever
be the reason for it, the fact is certain
that she who selects a husband has
smaller number of people to select from
than he who selects wife. Therefore
q woman ought to be especially careful
in her choice of a lifetime companion
ship. She can not afford to make
mistake. If a man err in his selection
he can spend his evenings at the club
and dull his sensibilities by tobacco
smoke, but woman has no club room
for refuge and would find it difficult to
habituate herself to cigars. If a wom-
an make a bad Job of marital selection
the probability IS that nothing but
fnneral cal, relieve It. h.-~Talmage in n. \.
Dbasr rvsr:
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26
INDIANA SOAKED.

Furious Rain-Storm Visits the Hoosies
Stato-Two Persons Drowned ut Colum-
bus-A Long Drought Broken In Illinois.
COLUMBUS, Ind, Feb. 21.-For thirty
six hours there has been q constant
rainfall in the southern half of this
State, such as has not been witnessed
for years. All the rivers are out Of
their channels and rising rapidly. The
house of a fisherman was thrown into
the river by a falling bank and two peo-
pie are reported drowned. In several
places the river is changing its channel
and great damage will be done.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 21.-The
tunnel under the Union railway station
is half-flled with water. Several man.
ufacturing establishments and many
houses in the northeastern part of the
city are flooded, and inundation of the
section of the city lying west OF White
river is threatened The rise of the
water has been SO rapid that in the in
undated district in the neighborhood Of
the Atlas engine works many families
have had to leave their houses through
their windows.
VANDALIA, ILL.,, Feb 21.-The drought
in Southern Illinois is at last broken.
Rain has fallen almost necessarily dur
ing the last twenty -four hours.
PARIS, ILL.,, Feb. 2i.-fhe drought in
Edgar County has been broken by
heavy rains during the last twenty-four
hours Some districts were greatly in
need of water. Farmers for the last
two months have been hauling water
from springs for their live stock.
GAVE UP THE LAKE FRONT.
All Worlds Fair Buildings to he Located
at Jackson Park - The Budget Conn
mittee's Estimates Of Receipts and Ex-
penses.
CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-The Lake Front
was abandoned by the worlds fair di-
rectory Friday night. There were
thirty-two directors present at the
meeting and by a vote of 25 to
they let the old Lake Front 60. There
will not be a building placed upon
it and the great Worlds Coiulii-
bian Exposition will be held in jackson
Park. The Lake Front is to be adorned
with statuary and become lounging
place for tourists. The directory also
adopted the report of the budget COM
mittee, which presented estimates for
the expense of running the fair, which
shows that the directory expects to
spend approximately Sl7,6a5,45s and
realize from all sources S21, 900. OO0
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-02-26
LATER.
A Hundred Killed.

SPRING HILL Coal MINES, N. S., Feb.
aS.-An explosion took place in the
west side of the coal mines yesterday
afternoon and the effect of the dis
aster is most acute. Grief is depicted
On every face The work of recovering
the bodies was pushed forward and the
searching party entered the mine at IL
o'clock last night. A number Of bodies
were taken up and to-day the work has
been going on steaCily. The dead are
being brought up more rapidly, and it
is expected that most of the dead will
be out of the pits to-day except those
who are buried beneath the falls of
roof. The total number of dead il now
placed at III. Two of those injured
died last night.
The scene of the explosion was in the
immediate vicinity of No. 6 and bal
ances in the east slope. There the
greatest number of deaths occurred.
This particular part of the mine was
visited by Deputy Inspector of Mines
Madden on Friday forenoon. Madden's
statement declares that he found in two
places fire damp registering from to
| 2-5 per cent.
Ninety-four bodies had been reccov.
cred at midnight.
Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Nev. County, Ark.) 1885-1???, 1891-02-19

Health is improving somewhat.

Health is improving somewhat.
The middle of February has passed
and but few have sowed any oats.
The fact that he is now called papa
causes Charlie Hudson to smile all
over his face.
Mr.. w. b. White, of Prescott, is
now engaged selling the Lane stock
of goods, which are going very cheap.
The boys tell it on Ed Purtlc that
he is getting so much in earnest on
the subject of matrimony that he has
been sparkling the widows of late.
The school at this place will close
next Friday, the 20th. Prof. Muir
ry, the principal, will go at once to
Fayetteville, Ark, to enter the ln-
dustrial University at that place
Bunyan has made very fine i'm
preston here as an instructor. Both
pupils and patrons regret to see his
school close
The Rosston correspondent in adj
vocating the removal of the county
seat right at this time, it seems to
me, is a little too previous. OF
course it would suit the convenience
of many of us on this side of that
Accountable stream to have the
county seat in the centre, which
would be at or near Laneburg, but
such a thing now is so far out of the
question that discussion is foolish
waste Of time. just wait, friend
spot Me-" until we get that rail
road, and have a big town among
these pine hills, and the center of
population is moved southwark about
six or seven miles, and then, and
not until then, will it be of any use
to make an effort in such direction.
Coop LUCK.