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Doings of the Week Recorded in a
Brief Style.
CONCISE AND INTERESTING,
aOurglar were Foiled by a ISarglur Alarm
t South Kuckwood and One Got a
IlulW't Wound and vfmn Captured
Another Uanc Umtucceimf ul ut Delray.
- factory Hutlnoia on the Increaae.
lu.bor Commissioner Cox has issued
advance sheets of his annual factory
Inspection report which pive in a con
form the results of the inspection
lnrin the year. The total number of
factories inspected was 4,739 and the
number found running on the date of
the inspection was 4,43tf, the number
idle loin .'J01. The employes enn
vasstul had worked on an average 10.4
ltours per day and hail been employed
a an average 10 1 j months during' the
year. If the factories had been run
ning' at full capacity 1SS, .",:() workmen
ivouht have been employed, which
would bo an average of 40 for each fac
tory. At the time of inspection there
were, employed i:il,:t3'J males and ',
221 females, a total of 1 S4,5.3 employes.
Of this number 4,014 were between the
;iTosof 14 and HI years. Under the
law no child under 14 years of age is
permitted to work in a factory and this
provision is said to be rigidly enforced.
The pay rolls of the factories canvassed
aggregated i?:.' 13,004 per day, an aver
age of 1. '!'.) for each employe. The
averages vary in the different inspec
tion districts and are highest in the
northern part of the stiite. Nearly 75
Ir cent of the factories report in
creascd business averaging alout IS
per cent over that of 18'JS, and 5 45 fac
tories report nn increased investment
of capital amounting to Srt, 531,884, or
an average of nearly $12,000 to each
factory. There were also 1101 new es
tablishments reported with an invest
ment of nearly $3,0.)0,000. Accidents
were reported in 153 factories aggre
gating1 10'.) persons killed or injured.
Of thit; number nine accidents resulted
from steam boiler explosions.
otton nd IU until Mont Stand Trial.
Judge Wiest, of the Ingham county
circuit court, on the 10th handed down
his 021'inion in the motions argued a
short time ago to quash the indict
ments against Kli It. Sutton and Ar
thur F. Marsh. I'oth motions are de
nied. After reciting at some length
the form and contents of the indict
ments, the opinion says: "The respon
dent has moved to quash the indict
ment alleging several reasons, the
principal one being that the indictment
against Sutton does not charge that
any criminal offense had been commit
ted by White, but merely recites that
nn iudictment had been found by the
(fraud jury against White, and does not
charge or allege that any offense had
been committed by White. In this
state; an accessory before the fact may
Ik; charged together with the principal
indicted as a principal. The statute
provides that
"All persons concerned In the com
mission of a felony, whether they di
rectly commit the act constituting the
offejis:, or aid and abet in its com mis
sion, though not present, may here
after be indicted and punished as prin
cipals, as in a case of a misdemeanor.'
Iturslttr Shot at South I took wood.
Shortly before 1 o'clock on the morn
ing of the 15th burglars were detected
at work in John Strong's store at South
Jlockwood. Mr. Strong has his house
and store connected by a burglar
alarm, and it worked to perfection on
this occasion. At the first sound of
the alarm Mr. Strong hustled out of
lcd, donned his clothes as hastily as
possible, and, summoning several
neighbors repaired to the store. As
:thc party neared the store building its
members spread out so as to surround
it. Then as a warning to the burglars
Tdr. Strong shouted "Come on boys,
we have them in a trap." In an in
stant there was a crash of breaking
glass, the burglars jumping through a
rear window in an effort to make their
escape. Fire was opened on the flee
ing men, about 10 shots in all being
fired. One of the men sank to the
ground, but his partner escaped. The
wounded man gave his name as Jas.
Jlurphy, of Wyandotte. He made a
fnll confession and also gave up the
name of his accomplice. Murphy is
about 18 years old.
HurKlars Unauccenafal at Delray.
Safe crackers who evidently knew
their business but lacked nerve made
an unsuccessful attempt to empty the
lig safe in the Delray Savings bank at
Delray on the night of the 13th. The
Imrglars gained entrance through the
rear door of the building, which is a
one story brick, erected as a temporary
home for the bank. They cvidentally
used dynamite as the force of the ex
plosion shattered the six-inch outside
door on the safe, while the burglar
proof htcel doors were badly bent, but
not enough to loosen the lock lolts of
the. big lock. Aside from the theft of
two fine revolvers and the damage to
the safe the bank lost nothing.
An organi7.ed gang of thieves are
operating in the vicinity of Willow.
It is now expected that electric cars
will bo running between St. Clair and
lort Huron by tho first month of sum
mer. Twenty thousand brook trout were
received at Coldwatcr on the 15th,
which will le planted in the streams
of 15 ranch oounty.
i Preparations aro now completed for
the annual meeting of the Oakland
County Pioneer association which will
le held at 1'ontiac, Feb. 22.
Kev. J. II. Herbener, for three years
pastor of tho Northville Presbyterian
church, will resign his pastorate" and
entcr the insurance business.
15.103 . A. Il.'a In Mlrlilffn.
The report of Michigan department,
0. A. It., just made public, makes a
gratifying showing. Tho report, which
is for the last half of 180'.), shows that
at the close of that period there were
in Michigan 3S. posts with an aggre
gate membership of 15,10?. The net
loss for the period named was only 31,
while the death loss alone was 171.
When it is considered that there is no
young blood to be infused into the or
ganization, the work of Commi'iuler
Pealer and Adjt. Pond in the direction
of having all the veterans enrolled in
the order is quite manifest. They pre
dict further substantial increase dur
iug the present six months. Four
years ago there were 373 posts and 1U.
70 members. Since then there has
been a gain of nine posts, but a loss of
1. fiOi members. Of the latter 1 ,4 :j
died, leaving a loss of only -39 from
honorable discharges, transfers, etc.
A Tiny lilt of llumunlty.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Dukes, of Ithaca,
are the happy parents of the tiniest bit
of humanity ever seen in that section.
It is a baby boy born to them about 10
days ago, which weighed at birth a
little less than )i pounds. The child
is perfect in form ami feature. Its
head is surmounted with a heavy
growth of black hair, and would just
fill a teacup. Its little lingers are the
size of small straws, and an ordinary
linger ring could have been slipped
over the hand and worn as a bracelet.
The child is healthy and thriving.
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.
Crj-stal is to have a bank in the near
future.
Lansing is to have a new Catholic
church.
There is a good opening for a tem
perance hotel at Northville.
The local hatchery at Alpena has
received 1,000.000 lake trout eggs.
Riga will purchase voting machines
in time to use them at the spring elec
tion. The state fish commission has planted
130.000 trout in streams around Plain- i
well.
Flint parties are considering the ad
visability of starting a new bank at
Flushing.
Stall saloons in Detroit must go,
Supt. Martin of the police force having
so ordered.
Six weeks of revival services in the
M. K. church at Allegan resulted in 50
conversions.
Free delivery of mail was inaugurated
at Monroe on the 15th, and Monroeites
are now happy.
Navigation is now open between St.
Ignace and Mackinac Island tho earli
est in man' years.
The roads in many localities in south
era Michigan are so bad these days as
to be almost impassable.
The village of Dayton was almost j
entirely wiped out by fire on the 10th. j
The loss is about SI 5,000. :
The Citizens' Telephone Co.. of Grand
Rapids, ljas increased its capital stock J
from 53 )0,000 to $500,000. ;
The FowU-rville Agricultural society
have selected Oct. 2-5 as the dates for
holding their annual fair.
The old Macon telegraph line is a
thing of the past. Its poles will be
utilized for telephone wires.
Fourteen thousand trout fry were re
cently planted in Heaver and Itivcr
Road creeks in Lenawee county.
Oil and coal have been discovered
near Hattle Creek, and a company will
be organized with a capital of S'200,000.
The lino brown stone high school
building at Marquette burned on the
17th. Loss, 840,000; insurance, 20,000.
The 17th annual convention of the
Ingham County Sunday School associa
tion will be held at Mason, Feb. 21-22.
The wooden buildings which were
destroyed by fire at Shepherd recently
are to be replaced by nice brick blocks.
The West Hay City Sugar Co. on the
15th paid more than 830,000 to farmers
who have furnish beets for the factory.
A movement is on foot looking to the
consolidation of the cities of St. Joseph
and Henton Harbor. The project is
meeting with favor.
Mrs. Timothy Edwards, who was re
cently appointed health officer at Helle
ville, is the first woman to hold that
office in the history of the township.
Calumet's new theater is about fin
ished and will be ready for the initial
performance on Mar. 10. It is said the
place will be a revelation to its patrons.
A reward of $1,000 has been offered
by the board of state auditors for the
apprehension of (Jen. Will White, who
has been a fugitive from justice for two
months.
Arrangements are being perfected at
Houghton by which a new city hall
and opera house will be built this sea
son at an estimated cost of upwards of
5100,000.
The Presbyterian society at Brighton
has puchased a large residence in the
village for a parsonage, and expects to
build a 510,000 church on the adjoining
property.
Farmers around Brighton are being
victimized lately by a man who claims
to have lost his farm buildings, cattle
and crops by fire, and is soliciting con
tributions to give him a start again.
It took the ice crusher Algomah 4s
hours to make the trip between ' Me
nominee and Sturgeon bay, but that
was not so slow when one considers
that she was obliged to cut her way
throught ice from 16 to 21 inches thick,
with occasional windrows from five to
eight feet thick.
Two men met death in Detroit on the
13th by accidents on the Michigan Cen
tral, Jos. Odien, aged 20, employed at
the M. C. round house, and Frank
Stcfanik, a labor. The former fell be
tween the cars while returning homo
after his day's work, and the latter
was struck by a passenger train.
There arc 2,072 farms in Cass county,
averaging 120 acres each. This average
is higher than that of any other county
in the four southern counties except
Livingston, in which the figure is 121.
The board of state auditor at its next
meeting will probably consider the ad
visability of offering a substantial re
ward for the apprehension of (ien. Will
White. There is no incentive for anyone-to
chase after him.
The promoters of the proposed Flint
Fenton electric road now say that they
will build it next summer. It is also
their intention to extend the lino
through Holly, Davisburg, Clarkston
and Watcrford to Pontine.
Chicken thieves are getting in their
work in the vicinity of Oxford, and
poultry raisers the legitimate kind
have to sit tip nights to see that their
biddies do not mysteriously disappear
during the wee sma' hours.
Some unknown men who want to
raise all the money they can while the
price of iron and steel remains high
are stealing farm machines from farm
ers around St. Louis, breaking them
up and carrying off the iron parts.
Situated near Brighton ami only a
mile from the railroad, are marl beds
of about 100 acres in extent which
averages about 12 feet in depth, and
the the villagers .are hoping for some
one to come along and establish a ce
ment factory in the place.
When Sam Smith and his wife, who
live near Osseo, returned home on the
10th after spending the evening with a
neighbor, they were attacked by two
men secreted in their house, who used
sandbags with good effect. Bobbery
is supposed to have been their motive.
Sparta citizens have petitioned the
council to give them a chance to vote
on the proposition to purchase land for
a public park and playground some
where in or near the village, and it is
likely that the request will be granted
in time to settle the matter at the reg
ular spring election.
In the county jail at Marquette is a
man who has neither hands nor feet.
All four members were frozen off three
years ago when he was working in a
lumber camp. Some of his friends have
chipped in and purchased him artificial
feet, and now he is looking for someone
to give him a pair of hands.
The big cooperage plant which was
destroyed by fire at Escanaba recently
will be rebuilt immediately in that
city, notwithstanding the rumors that
the industry was to be removed to Me
nominee Its capacity will be increased
50 per cent and it is expected the en
tire plant will be in operation again
within four months.
'.'A couple of brutes at Tompkins tried
to make a balky horse go by tying a
cord around the animal's tongue, hitch
ing the other end of the line to another
horse and then starting the latter. The
first horse's tongue was torn out, and
the animal had to be killed. A soft
hearted or soft-minded justice let off
the offenders with a fine of S2 a piece.
It has been discovered that the rec
ords in one book of deeds in the Wash
tenaw county register's office are rap
idly fading out, and they are to be
copied into a new book before they are
gone altogether. The book in question
was made back in 1S.1S, and the ink,
unlike iiio.it of that which was used
years ago, was apparently of a poor
quality.
Four divorce cases were commenced
in Van Buren county in one week re
cently, while in the same week there
was not a single marriage license is
sued. The Dowagiac Republican is of
the opinion that this state of affairs is
the result of the large consumption of
applejack, which is the favorite tipple
in Van Buren owing to the local option
law in force there.
Although blanks were sent out in De
cember to 2,215 manufacturing and
mercantile corporations calling for
their annual reports as required by
law, so far only 394 concerns have filed
their reports. The time limit expires
on March 1. There is a fine of $23 and
$5 per day for failure to comply with
the law, and the secretary of state will
enforce the penalty this year.
The Burrell Chemical Co.'s retort
plant at Manistique for the manufac
ture of wood alcohol, an improvement
over the kiln methods, has just been
completed and was started on a trial
run on the 19th. The plant contains
10 retorts and will convert 50 cords of
wood to charcoal daily. The plant is
the largest of the kind in the world
and the only one in the state.
The villages of Morrice and. Perry
have long been rivals, but in the last
two years Perry has had a little the
best of it in the way of a boom. Lately,
however, Morrice has made a rapid
stride forward, the principal thing be
ing the electric lighting plant recently
secured. Now the village is offering a
bonus of $4 a car to any drover who
will go there and buy stock and ship it
from that station.
Dissatisfied with the conduct of their
pastor, Rev. C. V. Northrup, Owosso
Baptists expelled their leader on the
15th. A Miss Jessie McDonald, of the
same place, was also expelled from the
church. Dame rumor has it that the
young lady visited the pastor at his
summer residence at Long Lake last
summer and also that she staid with
him two clays at the Battle Creek sani
tarium, registering as "Mrs. North
rup." She is a pretty brunette and an
accompliced musician.
At a cost of more than 52,000 a jury
was finally secured for the Bamberger
murder trial at Detroit on the 13th.
After all this expense which Wayne
county has got to stand, the trial of
the young man for murder may not
proceed. By an affidavit made by the
father of the boy, claiming him to be
absolutely insane, and the statement
of six physicians endorsing it, Bam
berger's attorney will seek to have the
young murderer committed to an
asylum without being tried on the
charge of murder.
Eighty-nine couples received divorces
during the last year in Jackson county.
News of the Day as Told Over the
Slender Wires.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN NEWS
Ix-ConitaI Mtcrum (llvei III IteitAon
for Oulttlnic 1'retorU The Frlck
Curnrgle Trouble to be Aired In the
Court Other Ileum.
A Truce linn been Headied In Kentucky.
The agreement entered into at
(Georgetown, Ky., on the Kith by which
the Taylor and Beckha-m injunction
suits were postponed till Feb. 23 is to
operate as a truce in the legal battle
over the state offices and it is not prob
able that there will be any decisive
changes in the situation till then, un
less the return of the Democratic legis
lature at Frankfort adds some unex
pected feature. A part of the attorneys
on both sides held a meeting on the
Kith and discussed several plans for
consolidating the various injunction
cases in order to avoid a clash between
the different state courts, in which
they are pending, but a final under
standing was not reached. A proposi
tion, which is said to meet with favor,
is that all of the cases be consolidated
and be submitted to a judge of one of the
neighboring circuit court districts, ex
cluding both the Jefferson county and
Franklin county court.
Mo-rum S ;, kg at I.t.
Chas. E. Maerum, former l S. con
sul to Pretoria, at last gives his rea
sons for leaving South Africa. It
seems that since the war broke out he
had been obliged to serve in the" posi
tion of a British consul and not an
American consul; that orders issued by
him to Americans in the Transvaal, in
structing them that they must remain
neutral, were disobeyed, many of the
IT. S. citizens taking the oath of al
legiance to the republic that they might
assist the Boers, and finally his vice
consul. Mr. Van Amerigcn, closed up
his business and went to the front as a
burger. All this together with the
fact that his mail was opened and read
by the censor at Durban, after being
held for weeks, prompted him in pur
suing the course he did, believing that
his report of the existing state of af
fairs at Pretoria should be made by
him in person to his home government.
Largest Suit Kver Started In America.
The announcement in the papers on
the 14th that the long threatened clash
of the steel kings had been finally pre
cipitated by H. C. Frick filing the
widely heralded suit against Andrew
Carnegie and the Carnegie Steel Co.,
praying for an equitable accounting of
the ex-chairman's stockholdings in the
giant steel company, created a sensa
tion in financial and manufacturing
circles at Pittsburg, Pa. The suit is
regarded as the most important ever
filed in connection with the steel busi
ness, and it is said more money is at
stake than in any legal proceedings
ever brought in this couniry in which
all the parties were simply citizens.
Steel manufacturers view the trouble
as a bitter personal struggle for su
premacy and are watching each move
with intense interest.
Soudan Chletaln NuftVrt a Crushing Defeat
M. Decrais, minister of the colonies,
on the 15th received a telegram from
the governor of the French Congo, M.
N. Do Lainothe, announcing the de
feat in battle of Rabah, the principal
chieftain of the central Soudan, by a
French expedition under M. Gertil.
Rabah has long been the strongest op
ponent of the extention of French in
fluence in the Soudan. He was for
merly a slave of Zebe.hr Pasha, him
self a great Sudan ruler, but revolted
and formed a kingdom of his own in
central Africa, subjugating potentate
after potentate until ho became head
of a vast empire. His career of victory
gained for him the name of the "Afri
can Napoleon." The French have been
fighting his power for years, and his
overthrow was a surprise to" many.
His loss is estimated at between 2,000
and 3,000 killed.
Fonnd Dead In the Street.
Congressman Charles A. Chi-ckering,
of Copenhagen, N. Y., was found dead
outside the Grand Union hotel, in New
York on the 13th. Be had either fal
len or jumped from a fourth-story win
dow of the hotel. The speculation
about the manner of death led to the
conjecture that the man may have
been seized by a fit of temporary in
sanity from rheumatic pains and jumped
out of the window in the night, or that
he was a somnambulist and had walked
out of the window and clambered over
the fire escape. The body was taken
to Copenhagen for burial.
Salvation Army's 20th Annl vernnry.
The Salvation army of the United
States celebrated its 20th anniversary
of its establishment in America at New
York on the evening of the 13th. Dur
ing the 20 years just closed 500,000 per
sons have knelt at tho penitent bench;
1,315,000 meals were supplied to the
starving poor, and 50,000 people secured
employment through this agency. Be
sides all this three farm colonies were
started at a cost of 800,000.
Homer is striving to secure rural free
mail delivery service.
Ice jams caused about $150,000 dam
age at Montpelicr.'Vt., on the 14th. By
the forming of an ice jam in the river
the streets of the city were underwater
four feet, and every inerchantile house
and hotels on the principle streets were
flooded.
Dr. D. K. Pearsons, of Chicago, will
deed to colleges and charitable institu
tions his fortune of $1,500,000, reserv
ing an income of $30,000 a year for him
self and wife from the interest on the
money, which will cease when 1 j and
his wife are dead. The doctor has al
ready given $2,500,000 to public institutions.
TRANSVAAL WAR ITEMS.
A British dispatch from Rensburg
dated Feb. 13, says there has been
hard fighting for, two days near Coles
burg, the Boers making strenuous ef
forts to outflank the British left. Tho
Boers occupies btrong positions from
Achtertang, through Potfoutein to a
point five miles south of Jasfontein.
The fighting at the outpost camps ha i
been very severe during the last few
clays. On the 13th the Boers attacked
the position of the Worcesters, to the
southeast of Colesburg. Fighting eon-
tinned all day, and after dark it wal
considered necessary to withdraw to
Rensburg. Our losses are not yel
known.
The British army, for the first tima
since the war began, is inside the Boer
frontier. Lord Roberts, with at least
40,00 ) infantry, 7,00!) cavalry and 150
guns, has turned the Magersfontein
lines, before which the British force:!
have been encamped for 10 weeks, and
with half of his corps, he is already
operating on Free State territory. A
battle has not yet been fought, buti
large tactical advantages have been
gained. The relief of Kimberley is
within measurable reach, and the way
to Bloemfontein is appreciably easier.
The besieged diamond city, Kimber
ley, which has been shut up for the
past 122 days, was relieved by (Jen.
French's forces on the evening of the
15th. One of the principal reasons for
the siege of Kimberley by the Boers
was to effect a capture of Cecil Rhodes,
who was held to be responsible for tho
Jameson raid into the Boer territory,
and also for bringing on the present
war. If Mr. Rhodes was still at Kim
berley when Gen. French reached
there he was doubtless overjoyed at his
presence.
Dispatches from Maseru say that
large forces are being sent from the
Transvaal to the Free State, under
prominent generals. It is also said
the Free State is making desperate
efforts to collect an army to face the
British at Koffyfontein. An official
proclamation orders out all males be
tween the ages of 10 and 00, and en
thusiasts declare that everyone up to
the age of 100 must go.
The British embassy, upon inquiry
being made authorized the statement
that there was no truth whatever in
the story contained in the Paris dis
patches that President McKinley had
sounded Lord Pauncefote, the British
ambassador at Washington, to ascer
tain how an offer of mediation in the
Transvaal difficulty on the part of the
United States would be received by
Great Britain.
2 A dispatch from Chieveley dated the
10th says the Boers' line of fortresses
is broken. The British have achieved
a decided success in capturing the
enemy's position on Monte Cristo. The
Boers, however, effectively executed a
retreat, removing their guns and con
voy wagons. The British had compar
atively few casualties.
During the fight at Rensburg the
British had one entire company killed
and two companies cut off. Col. Conyn
liam was shot through the heart at the
outset of the engagement. Nine
wounded officers and 35 men were re
ceived at the Naauwpoort field hospi
tal, but the number of dead is not given.
It appears from advices received at
tiourenzo Marques that the loot cap
tured by the burghers on the 18th near
Koffyfontein included over 3,000 head
of cattle and a number of wagons, 18
of which were loaded with provisions
intended for the relief of Kimberley.
A number of prisoners were also taken.
On the 12th Gen. Botha, a Boer com
mander, with a small force, crossed the
Tugela river to a deserted British camp
where he encountered 50 Lancers, of
whom 13 were killed, five wounded and
nine taken prisoners. One of the pris
oners was sent to tell the British to
fetch their wounded.
Fifty-seven young and stalwart
men sailed from New York on the
French line steamship La Gascogne on
their way to Boers lines in South Africa
on the 15th. The corp3 was recruited
in Chicago by the United Irish societies
there and will aid the Boer sick and
wouded.
2X London dispatch dated the 20th
says that Gen. Cronjeof the Boer forces
is hopelessly surrounded, and that tho
sole purpose of the British government
withholding good news is that confirm
ation and more details are awaited.
Lord Roberts has issued a proclama
tion to the burghers of the Orange
Free State in which ho warns them to
desist from further acts of hostility to
ward her majesty's government and
troops, or suffer tho consequences.
The British forces on the 12th at
tacked Fort Eloff, south of Gaberones,
but the Johannesburg men under Van
delweig forced the British to retire
leaving six dead and four wounded on
the field. There was no Boer loss.
Three hundred mounted volunteers
for service in south Africa, the third
section of the second Canadian contin
gent will sail from Halifax for Cape
Town on the 21st.
Roland B. Molineux, of New York,
who poisoned Mrs. Katherine J. Adams,
has been sentenced to be electrocuted
at the Sing Sing prison on March 20.
The British army agents have let an
other contract for 2,500 mules, to be
delivered at New Orleans, La., as fast
as the animals can bo purchased.
A revised list of the British casual
tics at Potgieter's drift from February
5 to February 7 shows: Killed, 20;
wounded, 310; missing, 5.
At Kimberley a report is current
that Mafeking has been relieved, but
that the Boers are trying to conceal
the information.
Heavy fighting is said to have taken
place around Kimberley on the 10th,
and that Gen. Cronjo held his own.
During an engagement at Colesburg
on the 13th the British had CO killed
and wounded and 80 captured.
Typhoid fever is said to be playing
havoc among tU Boers at Coles berg.
A MINNESOTA FA101EK
WRITES OF WESTERN CANADA
WHERE HE IS NOW LOCATEO.
The Farnia In Ilia Nelz?iborlioo-l Are
Dfluif Kapldly Taken Up by Former
Kealdriita of the United State.
The following extracts from a letter
written to Mr. Benj. Davies, Canadian
government agent at St. Paul, Minn.,
give an excellent idea of what is aid
of Western CanadA hy those who havo
gone there during ths pa&t two or tarea
years.
"When we first arrived here and took
up our homes on the prairie near
Dalesboro, As.?a., for a short t!rn wa
had a fit of the 'blues,' but now all
hands are settled to busings, hale,
hearty and contented, enjoying tho
finest winter we have ever seen. We
have got very comfortably situated,
with considerable preparations for a
crop, ami all hopeful. I think this !
a very fine country, and if tho past rea
son's crop is nut an exception, which
they claim not, I believe thi.s is roir.c;
to bo the wheat field of the West. It
is filling up fist. In this township last
spring there were Zo q;;:ir:er-s"etio;n
of land vacant and today there is not
one. I can stand at r.:y house an 1
count t'"n honker, where there was not
one laiit sprlr.g. with fix ia .Te to u;
this spring. This Is only a pimple o!
what is going on all round. We intend
to build a church next summer, riht
close to my pl-.iee, r.o we will be strictly
in line. It would have amused you to
have befn hero last spring. Then
were crowds cf land-?e?!:or3, and some
times in the t:prlng the prairie is in:
very Inviting, and of course lots were
discontented. There was one In tho
crowd who jumped on me for putting
a letter In the paper, only for which
he never would have come here, an I
he was very hostile, but eventually he
got a place and today claims he would
not take a thousand dollars and move
out, so I am glad he Is satisfied.
"Well, my dear sir, as Arthur Fin
ney Is about to move out In March,
with his family, and also one of my
sons, anything you can do for them to
assist them along and to malic things
smooth 33 possible, will be greatly
appreciated by me. I will close for
this time, and will write from time to
time to let you know wo are living.
Drop U3 a few lines to let us know
how things are moving In St. Paul.
"Yours Respectfully,
"ALEX. CAMERON."
TO MEET STFAMSHIPS.
A New -orlce by the 'ew York Ccn
tiiil Rullroail.
George II. Danlel3. general passenger
f.gent cf the New York Central and
lludson River Railroad, has added a
steamship bureau to the equipment of
the passenger service of the road. Ho
has engaged Captain Iouis Ingwersen
and F. A. G. Sthultze to superintend
the bureau, and one cf their duties will
be to meet all Incoming trans-Atlantic
and the principal coastwise steamships
to a?sist passengers who wish to leave
the city via the Vanclerbilt system.
Capt. Ingwerscn will have charge of
the American. Cuna.- d, White Htar, At
lantic Transport, Wilson, Anchor and
Allan-State lines, and Capt. Schultzo
has beenass'gned to the North-German
Lloyd, Hamburg-American, French,
Rotterdam, Red Star and Thlngvalla
lines.
They will meet all Incoming steam
ships, and will be prepared to furnish
railway tickets, pailor and sleeping car
accommodations and to assist passen
gers with their baggage and check it
to points on the line of the railroad,
after it ha3 been passed by the customs
inspectors. They will also furnish pas
sengers with cabs operated by the rail
road company, and furnish time tablei
and general Information to passengers.
The two men have also been directed
to assls-t passengers who come to thit
city with a view of going abroad, and
such passengers will be met at thw
Grand Central Station on incoming
trains and conducted to the steamship.
Their baggage will be attended to, and
steamship tickets can be procured la
advance by communicating with Mr.
Daniels. From tho New York Com
mercial Advertiser.
Unlntrn tlnnnT.
A London exquisite went into a West
End restaurant, says an exchange, and
was far from pleased with the manner
In which his order was filled. "Do you
call that a veal cutlet?" ho demanded
of the waiter. "Why, such a cutlet as
that is an insult to every self-resepect-ing
calf in the British empire." The
waiter hung his head for a moment,
but recovered himself and said, in a
tone of respectful apology: "I really
didn't Intend to Insult you, sir."
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1900
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