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2 SAINT PAUL. ' — — ; "*"" : • H :-•;■ ■'*-. OX DERBY DAY. St. Paul and the Northwest are get ting a bis thing in the jockey club run ning meeting next week, if they only knew it. It will, beyond all doubt, be the most important event, in a sporting way. this section of country ever knew. The term sporting, as here employed, is high class, for such a race meeting will be quite a great society event, also, and few, indeed, will be the St. Paul ladies who will miss seeing the leading runners in America. We have rac ing two or three times a year, but we never have had such a meeting as this will surely be, and there is as much difference between the hum-drum of a trotting race and a wild and feverish burst of a running sweepstakes, as be tween darkness and daylight. The ereat running meeting means a new era in the Northwest. It means a series of events never before seen west of Chi cago and St. Louis. The Jockey club has already planned to lay out $75,000 this meeting, and it goes without Baying it will be a splendid success. * *■ It is proposed to make the opening day, which includes the great Twin City Derby, a brilliant society event, and in troduce such horses as Spokane, Le Premier, Hindoodraft, Bootmaker and Once Again with proper eclat. To that end -it is proposed that persons in the Twin Cities who are the possessors of fine equipages, make it a point to turn out that day. The principal streets leading to the fair ground will be sprinkled on that day, if dusty, and a * pleasant drive afforded. . v.-* . . * * . .-. ....- q . The suggestion has also been made, and it seems* a good one, than business houses generally close their doors at noon on Derby day, and allow every body to turn out and swell the. crowd. This Would not only give everybody an opportunity of enjoying the greatest racing event in the Northwest, but would give the meeting such a booming Inaugural as would make success cer tain. That day will advertise St. Paul and Minneapolis all over the country, as full reports will be telegraphed broadcast, and . merchants perhaps could not do better than contribute to the day by making it a general half holiday. . THE SENATOR PROM BROWN. State Senator Bowen, who knocked out Editor Collins at St. Peter, is any thing but a pugilistic-looking individ ual. " Tall and slim, the senator is more w& **>*. *_^*- I like the pulpit than the prize ring; but un der the smooth exterior there lurks a daring, determined spirit. To Bowen, as the legislators loved to speak of him. will brook no insult. His ca reer in the last legislature dem onstrated the .fearless charac ter of the man. In all the heated debates of the session, Senator Bowen was among the foremost lighters. Incisive. and cutting in speech, with a smart, effective delivery, he as sured for himself high prestige as an orator and a by no means unworthy op ponent. His many friends will regret his pugilistic encounter with. Mr. Col lins, though there " are extenuating cir cumstances to pallate the offense „__ • - ■ *•-•-< ••••'** Mr.'Bowen' kas a great ambition to participate in the field of daily news paperdom. He has made a great suc cess of the Sleepy Eye Herald, and is of opinion that he could carry this suc cess into a wider sphere of labor. He has therefore had his face turned to wards Duluth, where it is reported he was about to launch his treasured en terprise. Editor Collins referred to this, ■and at the -same time the insinuation was made that the' Sleepy Eye editor made the money by questionable prac tices in the legislature. Senator Bowen saw the innuendo in .'cold type, caught the next train for St. Peter, came across Editor Collins in a hotel, demanded an apology, and upon a refusal, leveled his detractor. * - Deputy . Insurance Commissioner Dearth, who is also editor of the Le Sueur News, yesterday told a good story of Senator Bowen. The editor of the Sleepy Eye Ilerald had inserted some thing in the columns of his paper, dis pleasine to some constituent. The lat ter repaired to the editorial sanctum, vowing the direst of dire vengeance. Editor Bowen was calmly seated at the desk and politely received the visitor, who began to fume and rave in the best approved . grandiloquent style. He ended by using threats, and then the peaceful, lamb-like editor opened his desk drawer, drew out a revolver and pointed the Intruder to the door, giving liim ten seconds to get there and out of the building. There were a pair of clean heels in double quick style. CURB CONVERSATIONS. Deputy State Auditor Griswold— you know that almost everybody In Da kota are related to each other? I never in my life came across such a country for uncles and aunts and cousins. Assistant Dairy Commissioner Law rence—With oleomargarine laid low, adulterated milk at almost a premium, the dairy commission is now taking a short respite for recuperation, prepara tory to tackling food and liquor adulter ation. Supt. Brown, (of the Reform School) — Work has been begun on our new school building at Red Wing. The con tracts will be let next month. AFFAIRS OF STATE. County Attorney Lange, of Nobles County, was at the state house yester day. Mr. Lange resides at Worthing ton, and he said the people of that town had received a great many letters from Dakotians, inquiring for work, pleading that the drought had almost destroyed the wheat crop, and famine stared them in the face. • * Prison Manager John F. Norrlsh yes terday had a long interview with Gov. Merriam. Mr. Norrish afterwards stated that the prison managers had * done nothing towards the reorganiza tion of the state prison, but that they were to have a meeting with the man agers *of the St. Cloud reformatory Tuesday, next, when the subject of transferring prisoners under the law to the reformatory would be discussed and action taken. Prison Manager Dunn has returned from his jaunt East, in vestigating the modus operandi for es tablishing a twine factory, but has not yet met the board and reported the best means for the establishment of such a factory at the state prison. * * The secretary of the reorganized state labor bureau is E. B. Evans, of Garden City. In this appointment Gov. Merriam has shown consummate judgment, and, however other of his appointments are open to criticism, and in two instances condemnation, he deserves hearty con gratulations for this. Mr. Evans is an able man; he is more— he Is a man thoroughly imbued with the work of a labor bureau. With his parents he set tled in Minnesota in 1858, and he is now thirty-nine years of age. He has spent ten years in the mail service, occupied the position of postmaster at Garden City and that of the assistant state regis trar at Duluth. Mr. Evans is over hauling- the secretarial duties of the bureau, and at the end of the Merriam administration it is certain that. the practical results of the commission will aye thoroughly justified the money so lavishly expended by the state in its creation aud maintainance. *• '.: ' A Quick and Delightful Trip To the cool resorts of Northern Michi gan by the Soo Line. A RIP-ROARING TIME, City Officials, in One' Solid Phalanx, Will Attend the Derby. Dollars Galore for Street Decoration at the State Fair. Bluffites Uproarious at the Prospect of More Light. Aid. Cullen Will Not Have the City Charter Vio- > -.• . lated. -:'■ -'■"'- ,';'. There was a large amount.of routine business disposed" of at last night's meeting of the city council, which was of a somewhat lengthy and tedious character. ■--. ■ ■ s Aid. Conley introduced an ordinance authorizing the payment of .$3,500 to William A. Van Slyke for services" rendered the city in the care and management of public parks from the year 1884 .to 1889.- Aid. Cul len considered the proposed ordinance directly in violation of the city charter, Mr. Van. Slyke having been an alder man during that period; and on his recommendation the matter was referred to the committee on claims and the cor poration attorney. P.-7J:- The National Subway company re ported that they had fulfilled the terms of their contract with the city by put ting in double lines of the Dorsey con duit within the stipulated time on Fourth street between Broadway and Wabasha streets, on Jackson street between Third and Seventh streets, and on Seventh street, between Jackson and Wabasha streets, making a tolal length of 11,808 lineal feet. The communication stated that the company is ready to extend the system, and awaits the actiou of the council' remov ing overhead wires from the street. The communication was accepted and placed on file. ....'. -.---.•._ Aid. Leithauser introduced and se cured the adoption of a resolution au thorizing the citizens on Dayton's Bluff to substitute electric lights for the gas lamps now use on Maria avenue and certain other streets, provided that the property owners bear any addi tional expense incurred. The recom mendation of the committee on gas to substitute the seventy-six oil lamps on West Seventh street between Smith avenue and Tuscarora street with gas lamps was defeated. -■-• - The board of public works laid before the council a large amount of business pertaining to public improvements, con sisting principally -of grading, pave ment and sewer contracts heretofore published. The recommendations of the board were unanimously adopted, except in the matter of the Minnehaha street sewer, the Livingston avenue and Isabel street ! sewers, and the Jackson street grading contract. Action on the Minnehaha street sewer contract was postponed until the next council meeting, Aid. Fischer and Kavanagh opposing ' the awarding of the contract. The Lexing ton avenue and Isabel street sewer con tracts were referred to the aldermen of the Sixth ward for investigation, sev eral protests having- been made since the action of the board. Col. William Crooks, president of the Twin City Improvement * eomyany, which owns the Kerr patent pavement rights in St. Paul and Minneapolis, pre sented a communication protesting against the action of the board in awarding a contract for repay ing Jackson street _ with cedar blocks on a concrete foundation, claiming that such a pavement would be a violation, and infringement of their patent. The matter was re ferred to the committee on streets for investigation. On report of City En gineer Rundlett a con tract was awarded to Dale & Bumgardner for grading the St. Paul and Mendota road at $7,175. On recommendatien of the committee on ways and means, ordinances were passed authorizing the proper authori ties to negotiate city bonds amounting to $300,000, of which $250,000 is to in crease the sewerage fund, the remain ing $50,000 to be used for the erection of additional city * hospital buildings. Other resolutions -were introduced as follows: ...- r. Ji- ';. . -.- • I*. By Aid. Yoerg— on July 23— Derby day at the state fair grounds— public offices of the city be closed at noon. ...,;,', :,,-.. ; -yy : , . t... By Aid. Gehan— That the committee on streets, with the city engineer, be authorized to make the necessary ar rangements for the illumination of the city during fair week. By Aid Pratt— That that the sum of $8,500 be appropriated for illuminating the city during fair week. , The first two were * adopted and the third referred to the committee on streets. .*".*. 11 ..- ■.-■:' •-•'Vr RELIEF SOCIETY WORK. Poor and Needy, Tough and Seedy, A ll. Cared. For. The regular quarterly meeting of the board of managers of th* Society for the Relief of the Poor was held at the Relief society building, 141 East Ninth street, yesterday afternoon. Hon. Alex ander Ramsey presided. Revs. E. C. Mitchell and H. 11. Hart, Messrs. D. R. Noyes, W. L. Wilson. H. R. Bige low, L. Warner, M. L. Hutchins and R. Hall; also Mesdames J. H. Murphy, J. G. Callahan, R. Hall and M. L. Hutch ins were present. The secretary reported as follows: . The whole number of applications for re lief during the quarter is s(>o against 965 for the quarter preceding this, and against 524 for the corresponding quarter of 1888. All but 45 of these were aided. Thirty three, mostly applicants for clothing, failed to receive, because we had not on hand the articles they needed. Our present supply of summer clothing of all kinds, and of pants for men and boys, ls very small. Fourteen were refused as unworthy or not needy. One hundred and ten of the applicants, or somewhat loss than one-fifth of the whole, were Catholics; a smaller proportion than usual. Respectfully submitted, R. Hale, Secretary. Two hundred and thirty-eight applicants (representing families or single individuals), have received 923 pieces of clothing, esti mated worth. s3o9. oo; 12 have beeu aided to groceries' and provisions; 4 to fuel; Sto transportation; 20 to bedding, furniture.etc. ; 14 to cash in small sums— 2sc to $5 ; Iby payment of rent: 63 persons received 101 15-ceut meals; 38 received 50 15-cent lodg ings; 25 were sent (generally with circular stating condition and wants) to the city board of control for provisions or transporta tion. One case was referred to Plymouth church and by them aided to fuel ; 1 to St. John's German Lutheran church, and rent" paid ; 7to the city physician for treatment or for admission to the city hospital; 4 to Dr. Ogden and treated free. Of this 110 52 were referred to the Catholic central bureau, on St. Peter street, generally with a circular stating their condition and wauts as given to us, and report received from the secretary, L* < * Markoc, in regard to some, but only a very few this quarter. The remaining fifty-eight Catholics we aided iv some way without sending them to the Catholic office, sometimes Dy a meal or a night's lodging, or au article of clothing, or perhaps by sending them directly to the city . bo-ird of control for provisions or fuel or transportation. : Of the 560 applicants 222 represent fami lies, and the rest— were single individ ual v\... The followine items will show the different ways in which relief has been afforded: Two were furnished with medicine : 1 sent to the Hebrew Relief society 3 to Protestant Or phan asylum ; 1 to St. Mary's home; 3 to King's Daughters; 2 to Newsboys' home; 1 to the city coroner; 2 were aided to bury their dead:' 4 were sent to the city attorney for legal advice; 120 loaves of fresh Dread, kindly sent us by Rev. S. Shearin from the commissary department of the Red Rock Camp meeting, ministered to the comfort of 25 families, as well as to several applicants for food. '■:'■' - ■■ •■ . y •-• Three cases aided have returned to the treasury $2.35. ' t ■•••.-." : :•**• •:.-.:;''•;■" The estimated amount of material aid dis bursed from the office during the quarter in THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE; "WEDNESDAY MORNING, - JULY 17, 1889. clothing, furniture, bedding, vegetables, etc., which is not included lv the treasurer's ac count is $377.80. We have said that of the whole number of applications, 222 represented families and 338 were single individual! Many of these single Individuals, as well as now and then a family, were strangers, newcomers to the city. Tramps— from necessity and otters tramps from choice; honest and true men some of them, able and 'willing! enough to work; dishonest and untruthful others, with a plausible, well-learned story of mis fortune and loss to retail for sympathy, and preferring tramping and begging, and steal ing, perhaps, to honest work; fat beggars and fat thieves, some of them, but pale and sick and unable to work, far from home and no money others all applicants, however, to the Relief society. 141 East. Ninth street, strangers to one another, many of them, as well as strangers to us— and the good and the bad, the worthy and the unworthy, the sick and the well— waiting in the hall at the same time to have their cases considered. Once in ■ awhile we have a scene like this; and some days the re ception has kept up a considerable portion Of the day. To afford relief to these various kinds of applicants, whether they come singly, or, as they sometimes do, in groups, and to do it with just and wise discrimina tion, turning away none who ought to be helped, and helping none who ought to be turned away, is not always an easy matter: however conscientious one may be in aiming to do the right thine. Sometimes one is tempted almost to wish, with a whip of ■ small cords, to drive a whole company out of this building into the street, as our Savior did the moral defilers of the Jewish temple; particularly if they an pear to be mostly tramps. But there are some tramps and. some beggars who are as honest and as truly deserving of honor as the richest man in St. Paul. Aye— some who will one day get the honor of companion- ship with wealthy Abraham when Dives is oast out. Woe to that Relief Society then that maltreats or turns away a worthy tramp, or a worthy beggar even. "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these. My desciples, ye have done it unto Me," are words which, as your secretary, I shall hope never to bring down in condemnation upon this society. And yet in every quarterly re port lam obliged to make a record of some cases, as I do in this of fourteen, who were "refused as unworthy or not needy. IN RE THE CROPS. j-r:p.. Reports From Omaha Road Points Keep Up the Favorable Oatlook. Madelia, Bingham Lake, Vernon Cen ter, Kasota, Butterfield, Rushmore, Adrian, Magnolia, Ash Creek, Luverne. Beaver Creek, Jordon, Blue Earth City, Worthington, St James, Bigelow, Otta wa and Lake Crystal, towns in Minne sota along the line of the Omaha road; report all crops doing nicely, weather', favorable to harvesting and barley and oats to be thrashed this week. In some vicinities crops were never better; wheat and rye all cut. Corn looking line. At Butterfield oats will yield forty bushels per acre. Corn slightly damaged by frost. Average yield of all crops about towns mentioned, very large and farm ers are accordingly happy. - Winter wheat and rye ready to cut at Blue Earth. " Sioux City, Rock,. Rapids and Doon, 10., report outlook favorable for large - crop— much better than expected. -- : » • Montrose, Hartford, Sioux Falls," Brandon and Valley Springs, Dak., re port crops will be very good on account of recent and timely rains. Corn about one-half crop at Montrose; harvesting at Hartford and weather favorable all along the line. ■;■■■■ -■■■■ Through Nebraska crops are doing better than expected, late rains reviv ing corn and oats. Heavy crop of flax, wheat in excellent condition, and yield will be large. Mitchell, Fulton, Spen cer and Salem, Dak., report poor crops and prospects for one-third to one-half; crop on corn, wheat and oats. Luverne Creek, Avoca, Slayton, Had-, ley and Lake Wilson, Dak.— fair; . need more rain. Woodstock, Pipestone, Dak., and Cov ington, Neb., report weather cool and grain filling nicely. Fort Wayne, Neb., and vicinity report crops looking nicely, especially corn. The hal storm of Sat urday at Le Mars, 10., commenced about sixteen miles northwest of there and traveled southeast twenty miles. - It was about a mile wide and destroyed all crops In its track. As near as can be estimated now, it ruined 100,000 bushels of grain. - ■ ■ - GRAY MATTER AT REST. v. The Supreme Court Winds Up the Term and Adjourns. ,. « . Yesterday being the last day of the April term, the judges of the • supreme court were busy in cleaning out the calendar and swiping off all extraneous work. The routine was : State ex rel., Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners, relator, vs. The Rail way Transfer Company of Minneapolis, respondent. Continued. The reason for this continuance is that the transfer company want the appeal transferred to the United States court. - • *v : - S. D. Greenwood, respondent, vs. Frederick W. Hoyt, appellant. Sub mitted on briefs. Patrick White, respondent, vs. Den nis Harrigan et al., appellants. Sub mitted on briefs. R. 11. Abraham, respondent, vs, Rob ert Holloway and E. G. Holmes, ap pellants. Application for re-hearlng denied. R. H. Abraham, respondent, vs. Rob ert Holloway, appellant. Application for re-hearing denied. - . 11. 11. Han ford etal., respondents, vs. The St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Com-,* pany, appellant. Application for . re hearing, and cause continued. till next, general term. G. K. Adams, appellant, vs, The Chi.-, cago, Burlington & Northern Railroad Company, respondent. Clerk's taxation . of costs affirmed. J- J 's PJJhx- LUCKY CONTRACTORS. 'IJJ Awarded the Work in Various Permanent Improvements, yp". At the meeting of property owners', before the board of public works yester day morning, it was decided to pave . Jackson street betweet Fourth and Sev enth streets, with cedar blocks on con crete foundation. A contract .for the improvement was awarded to James Forrestal, at $5,100. Other contracts were awarded by the board as follows: < Sewer on Sixth street between Hope and Maple streets, August F. Manke, at I860; sewer on Conway street between Maple street and Maria avenue, August F. Manke, at 11.057; sewer on Charles street between Farrington and Western avenues, John W. Doherty, at $942; sewer on Third street between Maple and Arcade streets, John W. Doherty, at $482; sewer on Hope street between Sixth and Seventh streets, John W, Doherty, at $534; grading East* Fourth street between Mendota and English streets, Charles E. Sandeen, at $10,944. BROWN COUNTY'S LOSS. An Amended Tax Decision Wipes .'*., Out $20,000. • Twenty thousand dollars! That is the sum which Brown county has lost by a decision rendered yesterday in the supreme court. The suit was that of the long standing St. Peter and Winona Land company. Brown county, - early during the term, obtained a decision from the court, which empowered it to collect all back taxes indefinitely, Sub sequently, in the appeal brought by Redwood county, ths supreme court de clared that the statute of limitations af fected the state as much as the individ ual; that taxes could only be collected eight years back. The St. Peter and Winona Land company, when this de cision was rendered, applied to the court for a re-hearing of their previous appeal, and yesterday the judges amended their decision in the Brown county case and made it similar to the one rendered in the Redwood county suit. •;' --«■» • When It's Hot Take the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad for White Bear, Bald Eagle, Forest Lake, Green Lake, Chisago Lakes and Taylor's Falls. i Take a day at Taylor's Falls visiting the. Dalles and many points of interest on the St. Croix river. Take the 9:10 train from Union Depot; returning,arrive in St. Paul at 8:20. giv ing the full day for quiet and recreation. Nothing Like It. The rates, time, and pleasure of a trip to Mackinac Island and. other lovely places in the vicinity by the Soo Line and steamer down the beautiful St. Ma ry's river. .. -ss THE LIFEIBT. PAUL, As Exemplified in Scenes and Conversations About the City. , . '__ . .v Two Differing Phases of Life Seen at the Union lp Station. „ A Bid-burg Man's Version of the Late Pugilistic S Meeting. Gossip Picked Up About the Leading Hotel Cor- . '* . ridors. ~ y Among the passengers waiting, for trains yesterday at the union depot were two small children, who sat all alone in a corner of the ladies' waiting room. They were aged three and seven, and the younger, sobbed bitterly and continuously as : she nestled her tiny head close up to the breast of her older, sister. They have come all the way from Johnstown. Pa., alone, having been looked after by the conductors on the various divisions, The older of the two, a bright-eyed little maiden, talked freely, to a Globe reporter of the trip. •'We ' are going." she said, "to our auntie, Mrs. Bateman, in Dubuque. We haven't got any papa nor mamma now," and the brave little maid trembled from head to foot with erief at the sad thoughts recalled. "We lived iv Johns town, but we were staying at Carrolton when the -water came, and it took our papa ' and mimma away from us. We have never ' seen them since. My little sister cries all the time, and I have cried so much* that I can't cry any more. 1 do hope, we shall get to Auntie Bate man's soon, for lam tired, and so is she,*' referring to the sobbing little one at her side. "It just seems as if we don't belong to any one, now, and it is so awful for two little girls like us not to have any papa and mamma, isn't it,. sister?'-' • •;*■ r-r : p> i Several, ladies', who were made ac quainted with the situation, cared for the poor little waifs during their stay in St. '"■Paul, and they left last night for their future home, snugly curled up in rugs on. a. seat of the coach., and* watched over by a kind-hearted con ductor^ who. had children of his own. i. Thought the I ight a Fake. p* W. S. Magraw, of Richburg, Miss. was a guest at the Ryan yesterday, and left last evening for Chicago. Speak ing of the recent Sullivan-Kilrain fight, which occurred recently in that vicinity, he said:-- "I didn't go to the fight be cause lam" opposed to such proceed ings, but aH the. talk about precautions : to prevent- the affair is just so much Wind. ; That fight could have been stopped just as easily as not, as far as . knowing where the principals were is* concerned, but it came off just the' same. lam ashamed to say that any i attempt to stop it would have been' dangeroris. Public opinion was In; favor of it, and if you had' seen the" l crowds of wealthy and highly respected- : citizens from all the states in the Union, who came, some of them, thousands of miles to see it. you would not wonder that the police couldn't find the battle ground. I talked 'with half a ': dozen men who saw the brutal exhibl-' ' tion, and they ali told me that Sullivan looked twice as big in the ring as the other fellow, and that he just played with. Kijrain as a cat does with, a mouse. •• . I heard some of the insiders down there '' say.that Pony Moore and Mitchell went home with their -pockets full of money. It is current .talk in those < parts now , that Mitchell and Muldoon understood - each other, and that Kilrain's second and backer bet every cent they could place on Sullivan. To my way of think ing, it was a dirty piece of work all around, and 'the? man, j who should be punished is the great "ringleader of all this sort -of,, thing, Richard K. Fox, of the Police. Gazette.".* [ ". is psy' A Romance of Parting. ; The union depot was the scene of a little , romance yesterday afternoon.. There wasn't much in the incident forming it to attract the attention ot the outsider, but a romance it was, just the same. A young man with several trav eling bags, and attired for the road, stood bidding:; an affectionate farewell to a very pretty girl, who seemed much i concerned at the necessity for parting. The* depth- of her affection, however, for the youth with the dark eyes, was shown when the "All aboard" had sounded and he was gone. A lady and gentleman, evidently the girl's par ents, who were standing near by while . the young people said farewell to each other, now attempted to lead her : from the building, but'no amountof persua^ tion could induce her to leave the spot*. She seemed to forget her surroundings, and gazed with* wide-open 'eyes at the now moving train. Then when the last. . car had disappeared from view, she gave a deep sigh and fainted in the arms of her. parents. It was but a mo mentary weakness, and in another mo ,merit ft back had borne the actors in the little scene away. % Nothing is known of the facts leading up to the events re corded,,but-to th'e. ; thinking of the scribe^ it was a romance all right enough. : * .-".•**, Results -of Diversified Farming. ,W. J. Hardcastle, of Beatrice, Neb.. was at.. the ..-Ryan all day yesterday, "I'm up hereafter -threshing machines," he said; When queried as to his inten tions liv a Globe reporter. "The Min nesota Chief ,* isa hot - favorite in Ne braska, and I am going to ship a couple of dozen down to ; Beatrice. • This isa - golden summer, as you might say, for the farmers in my part of the country. The corn crop is one such as only the gumbo soil on the old Missouri bottom will produce." and another source of gratification is that the farmers have -diversified crops a good deal this year; Most people have an acre -or two of* * beets, about the same of onions, an acre ; ih potatoes, and so on. To my mind, ; and I've been a farmer for thirty years, . that is the only way to farm. Wheat is a good crop too, for Nebraska, which is .' not a wheat state. I guess the wheat * in the northern part of the state will go ■ nineteen bushels easy enough, and that is goOd enough. There's one good thing about it, though; the people down .., there have quit banking on flax. Sev- * eral years ago every one was crazed on ■ flax, and after three years of successive . crops the ground was so impoverished that it wouldn't raise anything. It's all right again now, and I think they'll leave flax alone for awhile." PJJsI A Western St. Paul Colony. 7 - Col. E. P. Devine, of Walla Walla, , W. T., was at the Merchants' yesterday •' afternoon, and remarked in conversa tion with a Globe reporter that it was hot enough here to discourage a searcher after cool breezes. "I left Ta coma two weeks ago," said the colonel, "and I have a whole raft of messages from St. Paul people in Tacoma to peo ple in St. Paul, besides a number of letters of introduction to people here. It has been too hot since I have been here |for much exertion by a man of my age, accustomed to the - sedentary life of a solditr in a Western fort, and I • haven't done anything yet but sit in my. room and fan myself, It has taken three bell boys so far to rush the growler for iced drinks, and 1 have kept them * at it about ail the time. Call and see me to-morrow. ; I want to take a nap now." ... - ''-..'.'■■"•.. J'- •■*-;. .. ".-.; Shot by, a. Desperado. "; . j A. C. Kraft, of Menoraonee, Wis., was *. at the Windsor yesterday, and leaves , this morning forSault Ste. Marie. | "My' oldest boy went out there a year ago," said Mr. Kragt, "and yesterday I got a dispatch to say that he was in a critical * condition, having been shot ' by some desperado. I can't think what can have induced a quarrel between the boy and such a character as that' man is said to be, but the shooting was probably un provoked." J ! ; ;..-.-. CAPITOL CCL LINGS. i f j .- . I Railroad Commissioners Gibbs and f Williams left last evening for Duluth. . They were accompanied by Chief Grain \ Inspector Clausen, and the oblect of , tjh.ir visit is to confer with parties in t teres ted in the appointment of chief ; deputy grain inspector at Duluth. I -J '*-' 'P. I [?'-'■,' " V ' ■■-'■ i Jhe . state board of pharmacists held i lihp usual half-yearly examination at the [ capitol yesterday. There were, forty r applicants for certificates— young men [ just, budding Into manhood. Messrs. , WIS Getty, W. A. Frost, of -St. Paul; [ S. JL- Sails, of Lak'eCrystal; W. P. Bar [ clay, of Stillwater, and. H. G. Webster, i neapolis, members of the board,', conducted the examination. The full ! ho^rd-will meet at Minneapolis Tues i dat next, when the result of the exami- - i nation will be made known. ..*.•'* : .J] r- . s * * '.'.'" ■ Tie supreme court adjourned yester day, and .but little will.be seen of the judges until the opening of the October term. "A large number of cases have * been already filed for the next term, and the outlook is in the direction of a cal endar totaling close upon 300 appeals. ... i rl * * .•-.'-■ .*> P. 1 Secretary Williams, of the historical society, is in the receipt of the lowa state directory, and is somewhat puz- '. zled ny the number of saloons adver tised in the volume. He was uuder .the .. impression that lowa was a cold water state, but concedes that the Corn Hik ers know their own business, .will attend to it. *r.V' -sV. * * I •• - • ♦ J By careful and wise expenditure of . the . appropriations granted them, the directors of the state historical* society * are securing the nucleus of what . will eventually be a valuable library to the state. There are already 31,000 volumes massed in the rooms of the society in the basement of the capitol building, which are free to every citizen of the state. Librarian Williams, yesterday*; dispatched drafts of $700 for some rare historical works on. sale at London, Paris, Leipsic and Frankfort.. 'JPJiPJ ■- * _, -..-.. .-.■;•'•..•? *. , Chief Grain Inspector James will.not. quit the capitol until the end Of this month. What he will do is a conhn-.^ drum very perplexing for him to an-" swer. T. C. Hodgsou, deputy inspector, : also'; anticipates he will enter, the cold i world' about the same time. /He, how ever, has one satisfaction: If the state . fails him ot an appointment,tbefe'is"tbe. Farmers' alliance for him to fall back: upon. ' " .'.'/':.. '■'. ;...'" ■'.'.- ' * * ','.' Jy '»' ,"' ! Congressman John Lind .. yesterday renewed acquaintances . among capitol ;' . officials. The tall representative/of the Second district was professionally gag ed during' the day in arguing ih*^ Biown county laud taxability case, be fibre - the supreme' court. He Ls one of '. the brightest legal lights ot the Second congressional district. ..: ,/ '. ■ ••- ■ " *+* •-'* J '/";/••''•; *- •' ; - W. P. Landon, who has lately taken up his" residence in St. Paul, was f j-ester- • day, upon a certificate from the , sjupreme court of New York/admitted . to practice at the bar of this state. 1 I ■>« >. ■■ * » ■■ ..:,- .-.,..7 .*.=:... , i Col. Bronaugh, of Clinton, Mo., ac ; Col. Bronausrh, of Clinton, Mo., ac- Jcampanied by ex-Gov. Marshall, called lait Ipi executive office yesterday with * additional petitions for the release of 'the'** Younger brothers. Gen. Sibley's signature was attached to one of the petitions. Gov. Merriam notrjiaving .returned from Lake City, the • petition - efSjjvill call again. ** -' !ol .'*.:■ *"'-.- *** ■ '■■'■■ » I Gov. Merriam -says that .he heartily e"n|_yed the. review and entertainment pjrqyided by the First regiment Monday eyaning. . ; : . ::\ ; ' _J'n ; ',•-*• —r-rr- •- --• -.--. i 81 - WEST SIDE NOTES. ,* ,% i «.-,„•• . . ' ... ./ yy.-j ;,.'". I The Acme.Dramatic club of West St. j 'Paul is preparing an entertainment for presentation next week. .~— ■ ply. ' A number of West St Paul people will* help to swell the throng at the Mahtomedi assembly. ' '•• '** - j Patrick Kelly and Miss Mary O'Don nei will be married :. at St. Michael's church to-day. "-.v *„' "■'-'■ - The English Lutheran church Sunday school will give a. picnic the .latter part of the week. * :. :, "/'* //:/'-'.* ! The narrow portion of the Wabasha street* bridge is cause for dissatisfac tion to a number of West siders. The widenine of the entire structure to the same width as that of the new portion 'is now regarded as immediately neces sary. The Brooklyn Gun club hold their Weekly shoot at the club grounds on * the lower flats this afternoon.* ;•; The installation services at the West-, minster Presbyterian chuach were of an interesting discription and largely at tended. Rev. George McAfee, the newly installed pastor, delivered an In teresting address, as also did Revs. Herriot, Dysart, Callahan and others. Rev. McAfee has been occupying the ; pulpit for several weeks past, and is an eloquent speaker. " •/.-.•*/.//-" ! PREFERRED THE LOSS :**•. To Showing Up in Court— Judge , ! • :., Burr's Victims. .<;*-• :>: :•:' i There was a big docket before Judge" Burr.in the police court yesterday morn-/ /ing, but there were few cases of. par ' ticular interest. Thomas Phillips,. the. \ colored man accused of '^trimming?? a * yonng -man named Rugg of a diamond: pin » while the two were making -a doc-*. turnal inspection of the city*, was dis charged, Rugg preferring to lose the ,-. pin rather than appear in court... Ed- i ward Olson and Mary Johnson, accused . of drunkenness and fast drivinsvpaidi $15 each. Ole Luun, . another, reckless driver, was assessed 125, CO. Gill, bis companion, getting off with a $10 fine. . Pat O'Toole, drunk and disorderly, went "out for thirty days. Edward Carver, ac- : cused of complicity in the real estate : swindles, had his case continued one. .week. Peter Larson, arrested for slap ping one of : John Foley's children,* whs discharged. ■*.;■- *- : ■■<■ p.*. ir-s ,y i . Gobbled the Wrong Man. iJ i \ A charge of unlawful arrest and false j .imprisonment, preferred against Patrol :nian Marien by. Frank J. Gilmartin, a .phtffographer at 412 Wabasha street, wilhbe investigated before Mayor Smith sat iis o'clock this forenoon. The. officer 'Was entrusted with a warrant sworn out °by 9 yoseph H. Glay. a barber at 171 'Grbye street, charging one James Gil ;mariin. a barber, with larceny.. By mis take' Officer Marien arrested the com rplainant, who is a brother of the man 'charged with the offense, and locked ihimkip at the city hall, keeping him, it 'is alleged, four hours. :,- sr, ■-. s ■ '■'•■ "■'• ■ -•• '" ?* Injured by Falling Tile. T .Two stonecutters employed on the anew Endicott building were seriously injured about 11 o'clock yesterday morn -inggJbv being struck with brick tiling jthat fell with a wheelbarrow from one of the upper stories of the Pioneer Press building. Michael Barry, living at the corner of Geranium and Arcade streets, had his leg badly crushed be tween the. knee and ankle. . He was taken home in a patrol wagon and &9 tended by Dr. Hutchins. John Breen, living in West St. Paul, had two ribs broken. . ./■' -/ ' ■ Prosser Motor Test. j The Prosser Motor, which, says Col. -Davidson, Is destined to take the place of the present steam engine on railroads and as means of peopulsion the world ' over, was yesterday on exhibition all day at the East Seventh street power house. Large crowds of curious people thronged about the curiosity all day, and the Inventor was kept busy all, day answering questions; jj State Boiler In . spector Clarke passed judgment ;on \ the . boiler of the new motor last evening, and "a test will probably be jj made of the i powers : of the motor on the East Sev enth street car line this afternoon. The inventor claims as among the. merits of his invention that no sparks are emitted, it is absolutely noiseless, and can be stopped with greater ease and in less time thau can any motor at present be fore the public. Concert at Leip's Park. - The regular Wednesday concert will be given at Leip's park to-night, with the usual lake excursion. The band, programme will be as follows. ■J 7 s PART I. * March— "Allianz," .......Muehiehbruch Overture— "The Rambler," Moses Selection— "Rigoletti," Verdi Waltz— "Angelo," Czibulka Adelaide..;. .....Beethoven '.'-•■ Fifteen Miuutes 1 Intermission. PART XL. Overture— "Semi ram ide,'- Rossini Selection— "Martha,"...... Flotow j a. Serenade— "Lied ohue Worte," Bach I b. Patrol Comlque ; Hindley Waltz— "Marl tana," ............ ....Dellinger TALES OF A TUESDAY. Bank clearances yesterday were $812, --708.13. Scarlet fever prevails at 81 Sycamore street-and diphtheria at 886 Case street. .. Thirty-four births and four deaths were " bulletined at the health office yesterday. 5. Garfield Post No. 8, G. A. R., will give an excursion and dance' ou 'the stea mer Cleon ana barges on Thursday evening. . --.'-'; William Langevin, a sixteen-year-old boy living at -104 Banfil street, has been missing since Sunday. His parents fear that he has been drowned. , -, -.-..*-. .; -. ..-■■' :Ci J. Irvine has - been appointed superin tendent of the Minnesota division of the American Express company, with head - quarters at St. Paul. T. A. Prendergast received a telegram from C. H. Petsch late last night stating that the f steamer St Paul left St. Louis for St. Paul at s:3o with 20' passensrers. ..-..;-, j The body of Peter Adams, the young man 'drowned..: .in the Mississippi, river Sunday afternoon, near Bauholzer brewery, was re covered yesterday afternoon. - ' Seventeen billion sand flies, by actual count, as the directory says, descended upon St. Pftnl last night and swarmed in clouds about every light. Where do these bugs cbmefrom?- ... y The Minneapolis Specific Medicine com pany yesterday filed articles of incorporation at the department of secretary of state. The incorporators are J. B. Modisette, E. D. Har min, E. T. tJibson, of Minneapolis, and the capital stock is placed at $10,000. ■ The directors of the contractors and build ers" board of trade held an interesting meet ins at the board room yesterday morning to prepare business for the regular monthly /meeting of the board, which will be held in •the ! chamber of commerce at 3 p. m. to-mor 'rott.'as advertised elsewhere. ; .Five dog-catchers began wort yesterday morning gathering in unlicensed canines, and about twenty homeless curs were taken to '.police headquarters last night and after wards. removed to a pen at the upper levee, ..Where tbey will be drowned after an im prisonment of twenty-four hours. ■y 'The directors of the Co-Operative Wage : Earners' association held a meeting in the Globe building last night— H. P. Hall presid .ing— when the location for the proposed la bor colony was under discussion. The direc tors, have thirty sites offered,* but adjourned "over. until to-night, when they will probably -j come to a decision. ■ = --. • - ; i '%£&„ PAUL PERSONALS. • JHaryy'Shearn is home from St. Louis. \ A. S. Lyon, of St. Louis, is at the Ryan. - T.-H-Presnell, of Duluth, is at the Ryan. ".'' W. K. Mower, of New York, is at the Wind sor. * '■'•"".■ *Gss_-' L. '_*. Wanner, of Chicago, Is at the Wind sor. , *.*: ' . ; 1 W. B. Paltrey and daughter are at the Clif ; ton. ;>..,.*:. *■•** -Senator-Holmes is in St. Paul, on a short stay. ;•.-. -v. . - • > ' . • ■ Hon. L. M. Long, of Worthington, is in the city. -••• G. W. Sleet, of Chicago, is quartered at the Ryan. Charles B. Scholes, of Polo, HI., is at the Ryan. .„-:•..', '■J. J. Dow, of Faribault, is a Clarendon guest, . : -. F. E. Dawson and wife are Windsor guests..., -: I. E. Barron, of Detroit, ls a "Windsor guest. ■'■' George J. McGraw, of Milwaukee, is at the Windsor. Harold Barclay, of Stillwater, is at the Clarendon. H.W.Babbidge, of Milwaukee, is staying at the Windsor. " h William S. Snow, of Boston, was a Ryan guest yesterday. ; - ' -. y:y.-'y : ; ..-. C. A. Ludden, of Windom, was at the Clar endon yesterday. - - ■ -.-;. -,:.-.'. --• Hon. F. W. Hoyt, of Red Wing, was a capi tol caller yesterday. W. R. Mead, of the Cresco Plaindealer, was in the city "yesterday. . '•*.*. . W. W. Simpson, of Milwaukee, was at the Merchants' yesterday. G. W. Wedge, of Rochester, Minn., is stop ping at the Merchants'. P. H. Freeman, of St. Cloud, was at the Merchants' last evening. W. B. Barnes, of the Chicago Hotel News, registered at the Windsor. ■ F. Thorn, the manager of the Grand hotel, San Francisco, is at the Ryan. '. Joseph : T. Heslon. of Bristol, Pa., was at the Ryan yesterday afternoon. L. Merchant and wife, of Albany, N. V., were at the Ryan last evening. L. T. Sharpe, of Fredricksburg, Va., is the guest of his son at the Windsor. - Mr. i and Mrs. E. P. Matthews, of Dayton, 0., were guests at the Ryan yesterday. G. Hermann, and Misses Marie Herman and Clara Smith, were at the Ryan yesterday. Mrs. H. B. Strait, wite of ex-Congressman • Strait, was a guest at the Ryan yesterday. Fred Honey, of Duluth, was at the Ryan yesterday, and returned home last evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gray, of Fort Scott, "Kan:,* were quartered at the Ryan yesterday. - H. L. Richardson, of Oskaloosa, 10., 13 a guest at the Ryan, and returns home to-day. r. C. A. Garceton, of Chicago, was at the •Ryan during yesterday, leaving for the West last evening. ■j •H. E. Barrow, of Faribault, waa at the Ryan yesterday, and left for home on the ' evening train. • Ed Hall and wife, of St. Joe, Mo., were at the Ryan yesterday, and left for the East by -an evening train. - Miss Marie Merritt. of 284 Williams street, is entertaining her friend, Miss Jennie . Oconell, of St. Louis, Mo. * James H. Hughes, of the state department of public instruction, yesterday quit the cap itol ona two weeks' vacation. • -"* George W. Somcrville, of Sleepy Eye, was a -Merchants' - guest yesterday, and returned ' to the somnuleut burg last evening. Senator C. K. Davis is home from Wash ington, and has barricaded the doors of his residence against all the world until he has •* hid time to recover from the fatigue of the -journey! ' » County Attorney Somerville, of Brown county;. J. A. Tawnay. of Winona; H.A. Barron, of Faribault; Prof. Dow and H.E. Barron, of the Institute of defectives at Fari bault; Capt. Personell, of Duluth, clerk of the court for St. Louis county, were .callers at the capitol yesterday. .. — i- ■ Pyisis! At the Fish Dealer's. Epoch. ;' '"Please send up to my house to-mor row a couple of nice bass." :: "Yes, sir." Jp- --••. . ." "And, by the way, be sure they are bass. I'm going off a day, and— er—er —the last time I went I told my wife it was for trout fishing, and you sent up a fresh mackerel. These little errors of yours are causing strained relations in my family." ">•. Straight Talk. . Boston Transcript. Head Waiter— Hope you are not go ing to forget the waiter, sir. Guest— No, sir; I'm not going to for get him nor forgive him, either. Why don't you go to work and quit begging? Hang"me,itl haven't" half a mind to have you arrested for vagrancy. Head Waiter— But, sir, I nave em ploy ment, sir; the proprietors of this hotel, sir, are my employers, sir. Guest— Then .why don't they pay you enough to keep you from cogging? Hang me if I don't have them a rrested, 00. as accessories before the fact. -.- «*> Six Daily Trains Over the double track "Manitoba" be tween Minneapolis and Minnetonka Beach and Spring Park picnic grouuds, as follows: • Going:: Leave Minneapolis at 5:25 a. m., 8:55 a. m. (except Sunday). 9:55 a. m. (Sunday only), 1:55 p. m., 4:55 p. m., .5:55 p. in. and 9:55 p. m. Returning: Leave Spring Park at 6:45 a. m., 7:45 a. m., 12:45 p. m., 4:45 p. m., 7:45 p.m. and 10:45 p. m. Leave . Minnetonka Beach three minutes later. -**•- Late Minnetonka Trains Via the Minneapolis <& St. Louis Rail - way will leave St. Paul at 8 and 9 a. m. and 5:25 p. m.; returntng, leave Lake Park at 7:10 a. m., 3:35 and 4:22 p. m. Depot Broadway, foot of Fourth street, terminus of cable line. LINCOLN'S LAST NIGHT. A Letter Written by a Lady Mem ber of His Party in tbe Theater. A. J. Symington, F. R. S., H. A., In Inde pendent. y.y,'. : - ".::*■;.. r- *:-\v> In 1865, a sixteen-page letter, written that year by Miss Harris, who was In the theater box with the Lincoln party when the president was shot, was given me by a friend who had just received it from Mrs. Stowe. Of this letter Mrs. Stowe remarked that under the circum stances it would one day be regarded as historically valuable and of national in terest. At all events. in it intelligent and reliable testimony is borne to the domestic virtues of one of the gentlest, best, and wisest of men. It is sad to know that other tragic events followed the party, for Miss Harris, who after ward married her stepbrother, Maj. Rathbone, was killed by him in Ger many, and Rathbone, I believe, is at present the inmate of alunatic asyl um. Following is the letter: : . "Washington, April 29. —My Dear M., I was very glad to hear from you again: your letter proving that in all the events of your matronly life our old friendship is not forgotten. ' "You may well say that we have been passing through scenes sad indeed. That terrible Friday night is to me yet almost like some dreadful vision. I have been very Intimate with Mrs. Lin coln and the family ever since our mu tual residence, in Washington, which began at the same time, and we have been constantly in the habit of driving and going to the opera and theater to gether. It was the only amusement, with the exception of receiving at their own house, In which the president and Mrs. Lincoln were permitted, according to custom, to indulge, and to escape from the. crowds who constantly thronged to see them; more, than from any decided taste. for. such things, they were in the habit of going very often to hear Forrest, Booth, Hackett and such actors when playing in Washington. "The night ' before the murder was that of the general illumination here, and they drove all through the streets to see it. A less calculating villain might have taken that opportunity for his crime, or the night before, when the White house alone was brilliantly illuminated, and the figure of the presi dent stood out in full relief to the im mense crowd below, who stood in the darkness to listen to the speech. He spoke from the center window of the executive mansion. I had been invited to pass the evening there, and stood at the window of an adjoining room with Mrs. Lincoln, watching tiie crowd be low as they 'listened aud cheered. Of course Booth was there watching his chance. 1 wonder that he did not choose that occasion, but probably he knew a better opportunity would* be offered. After the speech was over we went into Mr. Lincoln's room: he was lying on the sofa, quite exhausted, but he talked of the events of the past fortnight; of his visit to Richmond ; of the enthusiasm everywhere felt 'throughout the country; and Mrs. Lincoln declared the past few days to have been the happiest of her life. Their prospects indeed seemed fair— peace dawning upon our land and " four years of a happy and honored rule before one of the gentlest," best apd loveliest men I ever knew. I never saw him out of temper— kindest husband, the tenderest father, the truest friend, as well as the wisest statesman.' 'Our Be loved President'— when I think that I shall never again stand in his genial presence, that I have lost his friendship so tried and true. I feel like putting on the robe of mourning which the country wears. ;' ' • . : ;•-*-'.;' *.'•". '•l-l. "My own dear father was deeply at tached to Mr. Lincoln; they thoroughly sympathized -in many things, and Mr. Lincoln, perhaps being able to discern in him an honest, unselfish nature. in that akin to his own, was wont with him to throw off the restraints of the politician and talk over things as if with an old friend. "The shock has been a terrible one to him; lie feels his death to be a deep personal affiction. "You are right in supposing the Maj. Rathbone who was with us to be the ''Henry' you knew in Albany. * "We four composed : the party that evening. They drove to our door In the gayest spirits, chatting on the way— and the president was received with the greatest enthusiasm. D"They say we were watched by the assassins; aye, as we alighted from the carriage. Oh, how could any one be so cruel as to strike that dear, kind, honest face? And when I think of that fiend barring himself in alone with us, my blood runs cold. My dress is saturated with blood; my hands and face were covered. You may Imagine what a scene, and so,* all through that dreadful night when we stood by that dying bed. Poor Mrs. Lincoln was and is almost crazy. "Henry narrowly escaped with his life. The knife was struck at his heart with all the force of a practiced and powerful arm; he i fortunately parried the blow, and received a wound in his arm, extending along the bone from the elbow nearly to the shoulder. He concealed it for some time, but was finally carried home in a swoon; the loss of blood has been so great from an artery and veins severed. He is now getting quite well, but cannot yet use his arm. . *'•'.'.-' ' '"'.'. .-"' '■''■ •'I hope you will pardon me this dreadfully long 'letter. I did not real ize how much I was writing. I have been quite ill, and have as yet answered scarcely any of the numerous letters I have received in the last two weeks. * * * Ever yours sincerely, . ; ; "Claka U. Hakris." '.-* * — * — : White Bear Trains Via the St. Paul & Duluth railway leave Union Depot at 8:20, 9:10. "10:15 a. in.; 12:10, 2:20, 4:30, 5:05,6:05, 8:45.10:05,' 11:50 p. m. Nothing is more refreshing than a short run to White Bear and a ; ride around the lake on one of Don nelly's ■••• Naphtha Launches— the only , boats of the kind west of New York; no smoke, no heat and very swift; make land at Lake Shore and all other points of interest on the lake. A very important feature in the way of entertainments at the lake is the sum mer nierht concerts at Lake Shore Park: every Wednesday and Saturday night, under the auspices of Prof. Seibert. A fine programme is assured at each en tertainment. -V - •+ S'y y : . Points on the Coast Of Maine are * reached with only one change by the Soo Line. SH_% SOMETHING NEW! We beg to announce for the infor mation and accommodation of bor rowers that we are prepared to lend M:o_>T:E_nr i In large or. small amounts, at low est rates on first-class improved St. Paul business and residence prop erty, and to give the borrower the VALUABLE PRIVILEGE! Of paying the whole or any part thereof, not less than $100, on any interest day. "On or before" you see applied to regular- mortgages, -p Building loans made with the same privilege. '.' How does this strike you? R, M. Newport & Son, , Drake Block, opp. Merchants Hotel. '•}• ii'S' '■'■". A St. Paul Clothing House Exclusively Owned and Con*. , trolled by St Paul Men. Established, 1870. * i 37th SEMI-ANNUAL REDFIGURE SALE. Our 37th Semi-Annual RED-FIGURE SALE is now in progress, and our remaining stock of Men's and Boys' Reliable Sum mer Clothing is being closed out at prices which are very much below the actual value of the gooda 37th I SEMI-ANNUAL HEDHGURE SALE. BOSTON; ONE-PRICE CLOTHING HOUSE, THIRD STREET, Qa^B£ ST.PAUL N. B.—Out-oUTown Order* solicited. Goods sent on ap* prbval to any part of the West Price List and Easy Rules for Self-Measurement mailed free upon application. Joseph McKey & Ca