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GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE, t'
Northern Pacific Time Table t
"Montana Short Line." c
New Time Table Taking Effect Nov. at
1st, 1884 N
TR SINS ARRIVE FROM THE EAST -HELFNA 1
No. I- Pacilic Express.7:25p. i. n Mouilnta in titme
TRA.INS flING ECST FROM HELENA V(
No 2.-Atlantic Expresx................. 1 am
TRAINS ARRIVE FROM TIOE WEST
No '-Atlantic Express.................7:30am b(
TRAINS G'ING usweST FROM IELENA fc
No 1-Pacific Express..............75 pm
Wickes Branch.
Arrive at Helena at............. ....7:45 p m ax
Leave Wickes at............... 11,:x) p m
Leave Helena daily at...............3:29 a in P
Arrive at Wickes at...................5:it a m
Helena and Butte Accommodation tr
Leave Helena... ..................8:30 am
Arrivo at (irrrison.................12:0 pm
Leave Garrison..................... 1:45 pm
Arrive at 1elenut....................311 p!m II
Pullman Palace and Dining tars run through
between St. Paul and Minneapolis and Helena
and Portland on Atlantic and Pacific express lo
trains.
Time from Helena to Portland, 39 hours; to S& in
Paul, 52 hours; CIhiago. 7At hours.
S. GI. FULTON, General Agent. T.
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ARBORCULTU'RE. tit
Reminder of Its Importance--The tr
Aii.1 Region-Tree Literature. at
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In a recent issue of the Salt Lake w;
Tribune, A. C. N. Howard contributes in
a valuable paper on the importance ar
of arborculture in the arid regions of of
the west. As the subject is receiving pI
Some attention in this section we pub- w:
lish it for the benefit of those of our m
readers who are interested in its fur- m
therance: lu
The culture of trees, both forest h;
and ornamental, has in all ages of the
world's history been intimately asso- tb
ciated with the permanent prosperity ll
or the vital decadence of national life. ut
The Teutonic and Gallic races have t1
at all tidies held the science of for- of
estry in high esteem. and in their it
cases national thrift and a keel appre- ra
ciation of the leafy monarehs of the iv
fore-t. seens to be coincident virtues. ti
The laws of the t zerlman Empire IpI
are very 1tringit a.1.n11t the wantont o
cllttilng ii thenr to. e4 growth. the
annual felli 1 of timber being comi
pensated for by annual planting.
she military rtads of the lintt Na
polo )n are lined on either side with
stately trees. and so ,treat is the care
taken of their hoalt hat 115niircries tI
are established into which sickly ort
drooping tries may be transplantedt
anl healthy subjo ci s pat nit their n.
places. Wherever hea1thy trle; aret
Ioailnt:ulned in nii nnce. a fertile soil
is the lsil)l accom> }panibilll1t. and as it.
husll a:ry is the p)'i:e basis of nl ]
t1on1l1 wealth the c iunnction letwee- ~;
hortieniticure and the wealth of a to
coluntrv is obvious. or
Gre ce in the palny days of her il
intL'eCtnality, lost sight in a great til
measure of the tillage of the soil in r1
her mad tle-ire for supremacy in l ft o
ters. Thile consequence was that while in
Greece obtained a pre-eminence in cc
literature and in art which to this o0
day is unquestioned and unassailed, li
the country was gradually stripped of er
its forests. The hard, dry earth re- tjI
fused to yield her increase, and a bar- tli
yet land is the present heritage of her Sc
St
sons. p(
The English people have always li]
been fond of trees, and the forests of at
England are proverbial for their pro-h
fuse and varied growth, while vast p
sums of money are being continually hx
lavished on the planting and culture sc
of ornamental species. In short, it d
may be taken as an accepted fact that ht
European nations have a just appre- dt
ciation of the necessity for tree cul- the
ture as an auxiliary or accessory to w.
national well being. Just as certain o
festivals of the church are kept, and fo
as certain notable events are celebra- du
ted, so in Enropean countries are one hi
or two days in every year set apart t
for the public planting of trees and cc
the delivering of addresses by pro- no
fessors of forestry on the advantages tbe
to be derived from their healthy cul
ture. m
In our own country the question of L1
tree planting to compensate in some fr
measure for the felling, has become a at
vital question. Our northern forests in
are being rapidly depleted by the in
lunbermen; the younger growths are G
being heavily drawn upon for fuel, w°
and it is only a question of time, a
when in the absence of vigorous and
systematic planting the fertility of
our soil will be sensibly diminished
and we shall be compelled to import th
the material which now forms one of w.
the staples of our national wealth. uj
THE ARID REGION. di
There is another aspect of the ques- it.
tion, however, and one which is fore- ca
ing itself upon the attention of our pi
State legislators. Our surplus popu
lation, aided by the liberal law of the si
United States, enabling settlers to oc- tb
cupy and acquire the wild west is in- in
ducing a steady flow of capital and ci
labor to the plains and fertile slopes cc
and valleys of our Western mountain w:
ranges. In the comparatively tree- A:
less country the necessity for and the
wisdom of tree culture is freely recog- d(
nized by our pioneer tillers of the soil. ci
By Congressional enactment all tl
lands occupied under certain statutes b,
must be planted with trees in definite
proportions of the area occupied. to
This is a wise provision, and in the T
course of time will bear fruit in in- fc
creasing fertility of soil. Whether w
the awakening among the farmers in in
the West to the necessity and utility K
of liberal tree planting is directly ty
tracable to the compoisory provisions
of the timber culture act, is a matter
of speculation, but the fact remains Se
that all over the plains of the western
country the tablelands of Colorado
and Wyoming and the valleys of gr
New Mexico and Arizonia. a strong th
public feeling has been created in fa- ve
vor of Arboriculture. TI
Arbor or tree planting days have a]
been set apart by the State authority ca
for the promulgation of information re!
respecting the utility of tree culture be
and the most desirable varieties for af,
planting in different sections of the go
1 country, as well as the planting of mi
trees as a public cermonial. th
THE LITERATURE OF ARBORCTLTURE. ro
Has received a hopeful impulse, while a 1
provision has been made in different du
localities for educating our farmers L
in the practical details of the science. fif
The pioneer who first breaks sod on fri
treeless plain, depending upon irriga- th
tion for the raising of his crops, is sh
apt to look upon the planting of a few j u
trees as a needless expense or at least bu
an unnecessary luxury, forgetting tbh
that a few acres planted in sapling st]
will, without appreciable labor, be- tw
in a short time an .ornamental grove ha
and in the course of a few years a belt fo]
of timber which if wisely planted will di;
protect his crops from destructive thb
winds, attract to his soil natural no
moisture, having a value beyond all of
momentary consideration and be an an
heritage to his children when he shall da
have passed from labor into rest. mi
There can be no truer philanthropy tbi
than the promulgation of information is
among our farmers respecting the foi
utility and beneficial effects of liberal lii
tree planting, and the judicious care of
of the growing timber by protecting wi
it from injury by stock. and as far as po
may be from the ravages of destruct- dr
ive insects. The science of arborcul- pa
tar lies at the root of our national ab
proplrity and te ' asre of the rec- so'
ognition of r, impedance by our ag- hu
ficu1tursts - 1ay ho tilcw as indicat- of
ling th ' sou netý o' our national
I 01 ing _ all
( )OLI ii M ElbNURT. th
to
I The fanding of goldl colors on the
bar below to\.n has revived some of
1 the tailk of ten (ears ago relative to
rthe(' poibilhtid 'Of lar-o gold deposits
at tae great fal.(Gold was taken 1
out of }nti liar, i i the Misrouri,
in 1aii : in large 0] 'antities, and the
claims have beta worked every year
since. On a bar in the Missouri river
near Chestunt. parties were working
- lid year and raaikia good wages.
SMany old miners reason, and justly,
I toon that all of the great discoveries
of go't in Montana have been made
on tributaries of the Missouri, and
l hey seemh to th1.lA that a larne quan
t tits of float gold must have been car
1 ried down and deposited below the
falls. The fact that good colors are
fouid anywhere in this section would
e indicate that their deductions were
n correct. In 1876. we believe, one of
s our residents wrote a long article to
the Record giving information that
a party of New York capitalists had
engaged in a gigantic scheme to turn
the channel of the Missouri above
the falls for the purpose of mining at
r some point below for the fabulous
sums which were supposed to be de
posited there. The information came
s like a thunder clap upon our people,
f and for several hours excitement ran
high. Land below the point claimed
by the company was secured by other
parties, and a general stampede would
y have taken place to the falls had not
e some individual discovered that the
t date of the paper containing the ac
count was April 1st, and then the
hoax of one of our fun-loving resi
dents was discovered. However, the
theories advanced were good, and
o were it possible to change the current
of the Missouri river, an immense
n amount of gold would probably be
I found. We heard a gentleman say a
day or two ago that he has had it in
e his mind for years to go to the falls
t and prospect on the island just below
to see if the theories of gold deposits
could be verified, and it need occasion
no surprise if several people went
s there is fall.-River Press.
The island below the falls, above
mentioned, was prospected last week
f by a couple of old California miners,
from Great Falls, and although colors
and some little gold was found, it was
in too small quantities to justify them
in continuing their work. Above
Great Falls there are numerous bars -
which yield quite handsomely, and
are worked every season.
I THE SEQUEL.
f
1 Many of our readers will remember
t the Mingusville affair last spring, in
f which a number of cowboys "held
up" the N. P. train and made the con
ductor dance a jig, just for the fun of
it. They were arrested and their trial
came off recently at Miles City. A
r press dispatch says concerning it:
The [nited States court was crowd
ed with cowboys today on the conclu
sion of the trial of Bill Jones, one of
- the three cowboys arrested for delay
ing a Northern Pacific passenger train
I carrying mails on Feb. 26th at Mm
gusville, Mont. The trial was ably
conducted by District Attorney De
i witt for the United States, and Hon.
- Andrew F. Burleigh for the defense.
This was considered the weakest case
for the prosecution of the three. The
defense showed the previous good
L character of the accused, and while
I the shooting by the boys, the dancing
by Conductor Clark, and the few min
utes' delay of the train were not de
e nied, it was claimed that no damage 1
f to person or property was intended
e The jury deliberated two hours and
- found the defendant guilty. The
cor r imposed a fine of $10, which
r with costs makes a heavy bill for a few
1 minutes' fun. The other two, Jule
SKleini and Jack Tisdale, pleaded guil
v ty and were fnied $100 each.
as INDIAN HORSE THIEVES.
or Si
as Serious Phase of the Indian Question. u
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lo A Billings, Montana, special tele- h
of gram, Sept. 13, says: One phase of a
ag the Indian question is fast becoming t]
a- very troublesome in Montana. Last f(
Thursday night some Piegans made o
ve a raid upon Bobtail, a Crow Indian rn
ty camped near the Yellowstone, on the m
)n reservation side, and stole four of his b
re best ponies. Bob being too much a
or afraid to make any resistance, they ti
he got away with the ponies without
of much trouble. The next day a lot of u
the same tribe, in broad daylight, sur- x
rounded and proceeded to drive away u
,le a band of horses belonging to Sud- A
nt duth & Fratt, whose ranch is near C
rs Lavina, on the Musselshell, about sl
,e. fifty miles north of here. Two men 4
n from the ranch were just going out to h
a- the band to bring in some horses for Z
is shoeing, and came upon the Piegans q
,w just as they had the band surrounded, 0
st but the Indians were too many for ra
ig the whites, and drove them off and s,
ig started away with the horses. The 1<
e- two men went back to camp, and all I
ve hands turned out and pursued and g
It followed them so closely that the In- n
ill dians dropped out all but four. These m
ve they got away with. A few miles $1
al north the Indians came across a band fi
dl of horses belonging to a Mr. Wilcox, a
in and stole several of them. Last Sun
ill day they drove away ten head of a
mares and colts from the ranch of o
)y the Dilworth Cattle company, which
)n is located near Clark's Fork, some
ne four or five miles from the Wyoming )
al line, and about sixty-five miles south
re of this place. They started away t]
ig with the whole herd, but left the 5
as poorest as they went until they had t
!t- dropped all but ten head. The same d
i- party stole a lot from Mr. Dilworth a
al about a year ago, and he was put to tl
e- several hundred dollars expense in
I hunting them, and finally found part a
t- of them on the Piegan reservation,
al worn out, broken down, and praetic
ally valueless. Now to have the same ti
thing repeated is a pretty serious loss, N
to say the least. What makes it the n
ae more serious to all these parties is the
offact that the fall round-up is just a
ts commencing, and a round-up cannot a
nn be conducted without horses. k
ri, This is a serious phase of the In- t]
C ditan question that demands immedi
ar 1
era atotention. So long as the country a
was filled with game the Indians could
5. live on the products of the chase, sup- c
splemented by the supplieis of the gov- t
mernent, but now the country is be- a
id coming settled and the game is no
n- longer to be found except in the fast- 1
!r Yesaes of the mountains. The buffa
e10 lees are practically extinct, and the
re,
Id Indian is no longer able to procure a
re honestly anything for his subsistence, t'
of except what is doled out to him at the 0
t agency, and he must be content to t'
Wd live a miserable, half-starved tramp,
rn or substitute the white man's cattle n
ve and horses for the game he used to h
at depend upon. The reservations are a
us no longer of any use to these wild b
ne tribes, as they do not and can not use i
Le, them in any manner. It is the opin- P
In ion here that the time has come when ,
sd they should be forced to give up theirI
ld wandering, unsettled mode of life, t
ot and be put upon a tract of land of P
Lie suitable extent for their accommoda- b
ic- tion, and should be trained to call I)
i-that their home, and be shown how to r
beadopt the white man's method of life. b
id The immense reservations should be n
at sold for their benefit, and the pro- a
seceeds used to civilize them. By~ this
a' means the country would soon be set- b
in tied up with people who would be e
Lls able to care for themselves, and this t
iwhorse-stealing and cow-killing would 58
nbe stopped. t
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THE TERRITORY.
Butte has 756 school children.
Hay sells for $17 per ton in Miles
City.
Townsend uses her skating rink for
church festivals.
The monthy output of the Drum
Lummon is between $75,000 and $90,
000.
Dr. Thiele a Butte quack doctor
has skipped, leaving numerous cred
itors.
M. D. Scott was killed by a stroke
of lightning while boating on the
Yellowstone lake.
The coal company at Timberline
has issued a notice to its employes, to
the effect that they will be expected
to patronize their local merchants, or
their services will be dispensed with.
The U. S. astronomers have got the
Dakota line down to a question of a
few yards, and it makes a difference
of about twelve miles; making the line
only about six miles east of Mingus
ville. This will bring the line across
the Yellowstone about the mouth of
Fox creek.-Times.
Some surveyors, presumably in the
employ of the Northern Pacific rail
way, have been taking geographical
observations of the country from here
via Judith Landing to Fort Assinna
boine and the Canadian Pacific. They
are on a still hunt and give out no
pointers, yet we feel confident they
are looking for a natural route for a
railroad connecting the Northern Pa
cifie with the Gentral Pacific roads
an thro ithe Great Judith
con try. Argua.
The Helena and Ten Mile railroad
survey progresses rapidly. On Sat
urday Col. Dodge and his assistant, 5
Beckler, with their crew of workmen,
had the preliminary line to a point
I above the Hot Springs. Today the
? the line will probably be advanced t
t four miles further west. At this rate
e of progress the engineering party will
a reach Remini before the end of the
e week. Whether the survey will now
s be prosecuted further on we are not
5 advised, but there are some indica
y tion that it will.-Herald.
t Madison county horses made a "way
up" showing at the Chicago meet at 1
Washington Park last week. In the
Y mile race on Thursday, Mr. Noah E
Armstrong's three-year old colt, Grey t
r Cloud, winner of the two-year old E
t stakes at Helena, last fall, sold in the t
field in the pool box; but came in
0 handily a length ahead of Guydette,
r Thistle, the favorite, being third. t
s Time, 1=434. On Friday, he took see- f
o, ond money in the three-quarter mile 1
r race with Hermine, who came in at
I second to Lord Clifton, and two
e lengths in front of the favorite, Gold
'1 Ban. And on Saturday the same l
I gentleman's horse, Monarch, won the 1
mile face easily, coming in a rattling
e winner in 1:43g. The trotters and
s flyers of old Madison have made a
I first-class record this season, and 1
were proud of 'em.-Madisonion. t
September 16th, a courier arrived 1
at the Coal Banks and reported a band t
of Indians in the Bear Paw moun
tains. Another courier arrived on the
e following day, reporting a skirmish
b letween eight men of H troop, 1st 1
cavalry and numerous Indians, near
the sheep ranch on Eagle creek.
C Sergt. Stafford, commanding the de
tachment, first sighted the Indians at
e daybreak on the morning of the 14th
at Woody butte, in the foot hills of
0 the Bear Paw. When the Indians
a sighted the soldiers they opened fire,
and it was returned briskly by the
sergeant and his detachment, result
ing in the death of one Indian. When I
0 the Indians saw that the soldiers
were determined to capture them they 1
e made for the brush. Shots were ex
0 changed all day, and when darkness
approached, the Indians dispersed
and secreted themselves in places un- ,
known to the detachment. During I
the engagement one horse belonging t
to H troop was shot through the ear.
and Sergt. Staffcri reeceived a bullet
Sthrough his hat, giving him a very
close call. Lieut. Backus, with L
troop is now on the trail of the Indi
ans. -River 1ress
A DNIiK OUTLOOK 'Ol MONTANA.
A prominent Montanian stopping
at the Ryan has the following remarks
to make in regard to the recent rulings
of the interior department on cutting11
timber on mineral government lands: t
"Like the fire alarm at night, the
new ruling of the interior department
has filled all Montanians with sudden I
alarm. Fifty thousand people are lia
ble to be thrown out of employment
in the territory by the present ruling 1
prohibiting the citizens from cutting
timber on unsurveyed mineral lands.
It looks serious for all the interests of I
the territory. The mines will becom- I
pelled to suspend work, building will
be at a standstill, and fuel itself pro
hibited from being cut by this now 1
ruling. We are building towns, I
bridges, and other necessary improve
ments, opening and developing mines,
and for every step we take our moun
tain pines are as necessary as the foot
bills' grass for our cattle. Almost 1
every town and isolated ranch in the
territory depends upon the mountain t
sides for fuel, fences, houses, and all I
the comforts of a new country. If 1
this order prevails, Butte, with its E
eighteen thousand inhabitants, will be t
compelled to shut down its stamp 1
mills and smelters. Other mills and
smelters in Montana will have to close E
and our mining interests be paralyz
ed.-Pioneer Press.
FOREIGN FRAGMENTS.
t
The maharajah of Cashmere is
dead.
Hans Canon, the famous Austrian t
artist, is dead.
It is reported that the sultan of s
Morocco has ceded the oasis of Fi- t
quig to France. d
There has been a great revival in
the iron trade in Dean Forest Glou
cester. The demand is chiefly from s
America.
The St. Petersburg journals assert
that Russia has has made no political
treaty with Corea, but only a commer
cial treaty.
Sir Thomas Bateson, member of i
parliament, who acted as chairman of
a reception committee in a recent vice- I
regal tour of Ireland, hap been raised
to the peerage.
Raron Von Schoezer is going to
Rome, bearing an autograph from the
Emporer William to the pope, look- E
ing to the settlement of the of the re- 1
ligious disputes that have been pend
ing between Germany and the Vatic- 8
an. i
A Chinese loan of $40,000,000 has
been negotiated at Paris and Berlin
for the constructiou of a railroad from
Taku to Tungchow, twelve miles south
of Peki n. A c fester fir hasA
tamed the cntiract, for bnildin the,~
road.
I BO TABTEIR.
t, Something About the Bold Cattle and H
florse ¶fhief Who is the Terror of
Three Territories.
e"" o"Tarter; famous in the stock- d
thit annals of the borders of
e Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, says I1
a Lander (Wyo.) correspondent of the a
e Chicago Tribune, has been identified 1;
as the chief of the Teton Basin gang
of horse thieves. He has been arrest- a
ed time and again for crimes, but c
such are his intelligence and shrewd- c
Y ness that he always escaped when the
legal proof was called for. As an os
e tensible stockman, he bas been located 3
on the outer edge of one of the fron
Y tiers of the three territories. His real
d occupation has always been, however,
e the stealing of his neighbors' stock.
a Passing for a Jegitimate cattle breed- a
er, he has had the best of opportuni
L ties in the theft line, and has never 1
failed to improve them. Always in s
e league and communication with open
a thieves, he has now thrown off the
3 mask himself and put in motion one 1
of the most dangerous bands of vil- s
e lains that ever terrorized a mountain Y
e border. Tarter has a genius for com
bination, and the desperate ruffians (
who acknowledge his sway work on i
a systematized plans. Order and regu- t
larity characterize the pillage and c
the disposal of the plunder. The
i band h_ been largely reinforced from c
I the desperadoes whose flight last year 1
saved them from the Montana cord c
e and bullet. The lawless from all parts c
of the frontiers have gathered to him,
t however, and his band is the aggre- c
r gation of all that is desperate and c
dangerous. The success that has at- 1
tended his infamous operations, and r
t the apparent immunity he enjoys, has
h made his name a tower of strength
I to the lawless element, and Teton
s Basin is looked upon as a sire refuge
and haven of security. In the basin
e itself is quite a settlement Tarter is ,
a man of family, as are also some of
n his followers, and the basin has not a
few women and children within its
Y limits. Grain is raised, and garden t
vegetables, hay is cut and comfortabole
s dwellings have been erected.
S This is the stronghold of the band. I
All its approaches are guarded by c
gmounted men. and the defenses of the
eplace itself have been carefully streng- =
thened. It is said to be so strong that
half a dozen men of the desperate
stamp of the gang can held it against
all assailants. The basin is the point
to which all stolen horses are driven;
at once. Here have been built cor
rals for convenience of applying the
hot iron that obliterates the ownerst
a brand and replaces it with one better t
s adapted to the thieves' peculiar meth
"s ods of stock-raising. On the rich
grasses of the basin the stock run un
til recovered from the burning opera
e tion, when they are ready for sale.
It The thieves have been known to seek
n a market as far as Colorado. The
internal affairs of the "colony" are
it also systematized. Supplies are regu
g larly laid in from some railroad point.
g Green River, on the Northern Pacific,
saw wagon loads hauled out by the
~fthieves last fall. This season they
Spropose to purchase on the Northern
11 Pacific.
An incident is related of Tarter's
life that shows his character in a strik
ing light. In 1880 he was operating
on Snake river, having a ranch there.
In that year the Indian department
shipped a large number of wagons
and farming utensils to the Shoshone
reservation. The wagons were loaded
at the railroad with the-other proper
ty and sent to the Pacific Springs, a
point on the old Colorado & Wyom
ing Stage line. Here they were park
ed for some business reason for some
time. Tarter wanted a wagon and
harness, and came over to the Springs
after them. He selected his wagon,
saw that it was loaded with harness,
and one night hitched to it and drove
off, telling the watchmen they had
better not say anything until morn
ing. They followed his advice. Tar
ter was pursued the next morning,
but no trace of him could be found.
He had driven until daylight, when,
unloading his wagon, he took it to
pieces. He then dug a broad and
shallow pit in the ground and buried
therein both wagon and harness. In
dian Agent Hutton made a trip to
Snake river a few months aftewards
and recovered the harness-fifteen
sets.
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Archdeacon Farrer will lecture in
Quebec this month.
Five members of the Canadian cab
inet are still taking a vacation.
The property valuation in Texas
has increased 100 per cent. since 1880.
Silver Dollar Bland is advancing on
Washington with a gripsack full of
"views."
The stripping of Saratoga began
Sunday, when six hundred visitors
left for their homes.
The Austrian government is taking
steps to bounce all Prusians residing
in Galicia.
The colony of fugitive Indian town
ship trustees in Canada is daily re
ceiving accessions.
Ex-Gov. fBa in of Michigan says
debatable 'rpod.
The skeleton of a ma
inch long was found i
gon county, Mo., ree
The run on nine u
burgh mills is us a
daily and will soon
Since Mrs. Grant an fa '
left Mount McMreg ho re has n
a notable falling off of rotors he
house. 1
Frank Hurd, of the Toledo, Ohio, t
district, says he will get into congress
claiming that Romeis, his successful
opponent, was elected by fraud. I
In the upper and lower Luzerne s
districts in Pennsylvania, the Molly C
Maguires are reorganizing, and a gen- 1
eral outbreak is threatened in Novem
ber.
The dominion government has dis
allowed the ordinance passed by the E
Northwest council last year, exempt
ing property to a certain amount from c
seizure.
There is some kicking among the
Tammany hail men against John Kel- c
ley's letter dictating the candidate for
sheriff; but it is thought Kelly will
have his way.
Albright, assistant to Appointment
Clerk Higgins will succeed the latter,
if Higgins gets the doorkeepership of s
the house of representatives which he c
covets. c
Lieut. Greely, the arctic explorer, t
will open the winter session of lee
S
lures of the Scottish Geographical so- t
ciety, in Edinburgh, about the mid
dle of November. f
The United States Hay Fever asso
ciation, at their recent meeting, dis
cussed the use of cocaine and Turkish
baths as remedial agents, but came to
no conclusion.
An experienced arithmetician in t
Washington estimates that nine Dem- c
ocrats out of every ten hate the civil a
i service law as it stands, and will buck I
against it next winter.
Carpenters, bricklayers and labor- C
ers are pouring into Washington
Court House, Ohio, in large numbers.
to c-et jobs repairing the fearful dam
age done by the late cyclone.
The Democratic politicians of
Brooklyn are grumbling becau e, in {
every department of the navy yard,
adherents of James G. Blaine are
found at work and drawing fat pay. i
Briant. proprietor of a Trenton, N.
J.. hotel, has taken steps to have the
ovation Army, whose barracks ad
joi0 his hotel, enjoined, bocauso they
are raining his business.
Legal steps have been taken in In
dianapo'is to test the rightof the state
to regulate telephone charges. The
telephone company have thus far re
fused to obey the 3 a month law.
At a meeting held at Danville, N.
Y., Mrs. Clara Barton, president of
the International Red Cross society,
announced her intention to vote this
fall and take the oath if challenged.
Newton Hammock, a prominent cit
izen of Conyers, Ga., joined the Bap- 1
tist church by immersion. The core- i
mony drove him crazy, and he has -
been committed to the asylum.
A company has been organized in
New York to utilize the block sand
on the Long Island coast, as it con
tains a very large amount of pure
iron, from which a very superior
quality of steel has been made,
Two hundred tons of excellent tin
ore have recently been tekan out in
Rockbridge county, Va., recently.
The veins extend through an entire
mountain, and the specimens yield 70
per cent metalic tin.
The coal superintendents in the
Hazleton region of Pennsylvania say
they paid the Hungarians, who are
now leaving, from 50 to 88 cents per
day. In a few weeks 2,600 of these
people expect to emigrate.
The American Architect advises
New Yorkers to abandon the monu
ment to Grant in Riverside and chisel
a colossal frieze, 1,000 feet long on
the face of the Hudson palasades,
with appropriate inscriptions.
W. D. Foulke, a mugwump state
senator in Indiana, is organizing a
state cvil service association to insist
upon the actualization of all civil ser
vice rules in all appointments of pub
lic officers in the state.
Albert D. Swan, banker of Law
rence, Mass., recently killed by A. K,
Goodwin, provided in his will that
his executor must pay $5,000 in gold
dollars for a Scotch granite monu
ment to be set up in his cemetery lot.
The nine surviving children of the
Confederate general Hood, have been
distributed in five different homes
and about $20,000 have been collected
for them. When Hood and his wife
died in 1879, they left eleven child
ren.
Curtiss, secretary of, the South
American commission, says that in
stead of being extravigant in their
expenditures, the commissioners were
painfully economical and the expense
will not average over $4,000 a year for
four persons.
The Cleveland United Presbyterian
church has added that an organ
which has been set upin the Youngs
town, Ohio, churc, `must be
down ad 'out. ThUnited c
egrsthe orba t pro fanity.
els of whisky belonging to John
. Thompson, brother of Congresman
homnson, at Ashland, Ky., for irreg
ularities. The tax on the stuff
amounts to $36,000.
Prominent theatrical men in New
York are making an effort to have
n half the money collected on theatrical
ie license paid over to the actors' fund,
instead of giving the whole of it to
the Society for the Reformation of
s juvenile Delinquents.
11 Judge Clarke, recently returned to
Dallas from the Texas copper belt,
e8 says that "tons of the richest kind of
y ore can be picked up in the grass ly
1- ing on the surface of the earth." Gen.
McClellan is a large owner of the belt
in Hardeman and Cottle counties.
Leave has been granted by the
1e governmenl for the filing of a suit in
t the federal court in Memphis to va
cate and repeal the telephone patent
granted to Dr. Bell. It is proposed
to show that Bell is not the inventor
te and that the invention is the property
of the public.
I1 PRESS EXPRESSIONS.
it The iron industry is one of the
r, first to feel~a change in times. It is a
sort of business barometer that indi
te cates the future for all lines. It is a
cheering indication, therefore, that
the iron trade is reported as looking
r, up. A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa.
states that an adjourned meeting of
the Western Nail Association was
held there, with a full representation
from mills west of the Alleghanies.
Trade is reported to be looking up,
and manufacturers anticipate an early
h resumption.-Madisonian.
:0
The Chinese of Butte are not; a lit
tle exercised over the anti-Chinese
demonstrations now being made in
[ various portions of the west, The
manifesto against them issued at An
aconda last week, being nearer home
- causes them the greatest uneasines-.
Quite a number of the Anaconda Chi
nose have already quit that town and
- come to Butte, and more are coming
daily. What the local Chinamen fear
is that the movement will be extend
ed to Butte, and that war will be com
menced against them here. They
are rather conservative in their ex
pressions as to what they propose do
ing about it.-Inter Mountain.
Tne following decision is important
to those making final proof on gov
ernment land: "The Devil's Lake
Land office is info mied that final
proof on government land of David
B. Weliman, Foster county, has been
rejected because notice of publication
of final proof was by Register I. W.
Lord inserted in the Inter Ocean, in
stead of the New Rockfor Transcript,
which, being nearer the land, was, ac
cording to law and departamental in
structions, oft-repeated, the proper
medium to publish the advertisement.
The claimant is allowed to make new
proo', the expenses to be paid by the
register.-Tranchant.
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