Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1862-05-16
Northwestern Patents Recently Issued
From the United States Patent Office.

e. R. Brown, of Chicago, H., for i'm
provement in ticket recorders.
F. N. Dubois, of Chicago. Ill, for i'm
proved machine for lgamating gold.
Conrad Furst, David Bradley and
John Lacey, of Chicago, H., for improve
ment in horse rakes.
j, W. Sykes, of Chicago III, for i'm
provement in floating grain elevators and
dryers,
D. R. Fraser (assgnor to himself, P.
". Gates and Thomas Chalmers,) } of Chi
oago, H., for improvement in valves for
steam engines.
"A. s, Jones, of Joliet III , for in-
provement in mill stone picks.
&C. D. Stevens, of Mendoza, I'll for
Improvement in apparatus for evaporating
saccharine juices.
"A. j. Luckey, of Bradford, Wis, for
Improvement in machine for cutting the
bands of grain.
Alexander McFarlane, of South Gen
nessee, Wis, for improved device for cut
ting marshy land.
j. L. Race, of Port Washington Wis,
for Improvement 10 mode of sustaining and
protecting couplings Of shafting.
William Ackerman, of Flint, Michi
gan, for improvement in machines fr cut
ting trees and logs.
W. 3. Burns, of East Saginaw Mich,
for Improvement in Sawmils.
j, S. Gage and P D. Beckwith, of
Dowgiac, Michigan, fer improvement in
seeding machines.
Joseph Ridge, of Richmond, Ind, for
Improvement in coal oil lamps.
j. L. Jones, of St. Louis, Mo-, assign
or to himself and W. Porter, of U. s. Ma
Wy, for improved defensive armor for water
and land batteries
E. H. Williams, of Clermont Iowa,
and D, R. ". Williams, of Werner, Wis,
assignors to said f. Fl. Williams, for i'm
provement in excavating, plowing and
grading machines.
Daniel Hellig, of Nebraska City. Ne
braska Territory, for Improvement in
stoves.
Aaron Smith, deceased, late of Bloom
field, Mich, for Improvement in grain sep
arators Patented April II, 1876. Pat
ent extended
DEAD-LETTER SYSTEM ABoLIsHED.-On
the 21st of January, 1862, the President
approved an act passed by Congress, au-
thorizing the Post Office Department to re-
turn all dead letters to their writer's. The
Post Master General was Of the opinion
that the revenue derived from charge of
double postage on such letters would more
than equal the expenditure caused by an
extra CLERICAL force in the department.
Thus far the system works very smoothly,
and all letters not reachieg their destina-
ton, instead of being burned by the car
load, are now carefully sent to their writer's
and double postage collected. Of course
many valuable letters are returned, but of
their value the writer, nor the Department,
should be the judge. The following notice
on the cnvelop inclosing the dead letter to
the postmaster explains the further object
of this law:
The inclosed letter is sent to the wri-
ter, under an act Of Congress, approved
January q, 1862 if not delivered and
double postage collected, as required by
this new law. it must be returned to the
Third Assistant Postmaster General with
in one month, with the reasons for monde
livery indorsed on it, according to section
199, of Post Office Regulations.
IF retained longer period, the post
master will be held accountable for the
postage, whether delivered or not. The
date of receipt at the post-ofice must be
marked on the letter :"
''The postmaster will not allow the Gu
velope to be opened before receiving the