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, 1876-04-22

S"HF<11nl AHC1Nos
UKEoIH Or TIE LAW APPoRT1oN1Nd TIN NuM-
TIE FoRcE-A DtscuAAaE OF 600 SOON TO DE
MADE
Correspondence iYtto Toyk 7rib,.ne.
WAsM1soros, D. G., April 1a,-Dy an ameud-
ment to the sundry Civil Appropriation bill,
passed gear ago, 1t WAS provided "Thas on
and After jan. !, 1916, the appointments OF this
(the Treasury Department shnll bo 80 arranged
- to ba equally distributed between tho several
Htates OF tho United States, Terrltories, and tho
District Of Columbia, according to population"
In anticipation Of ths day When thiB act would
take olfect, ths Secretary Of Tho Treasury sub.
mftted to the Attornoy-0 General wtothcr MI en-
tie reorganization aud equalization Of tho ceri-
raj force Of tbs Department WAS necessary at
Tho beginning OF tho year, or wi,eshor tho law
simply, applied to future chsnEoH. Tho latter
Vas decided to be the proper Interpretation OF
tho act, and The following tahe haa boe1l nre-
pared, showing tho urtuber OF clerks now iu tho
Treasury Department who nre credited to cacl.
State. the number each State is entitled
10 nudor tho lsw, and tho e1coss or dotIot
Of tue present number when compared With
that to which each State IL entitled. TITO wllolo
Treasury Department ID 1850. and tue baas Of
tho apporttonment ia the ratio Of 2, 100 employes
(which is groater than tho avoraRe numbor will
be IN fntuta} to On, 55B,371, tho total population
Of tue United Htatea At the limo tho !aht ceutus
wns nude. Reduced. tho ratio giyQa one an
pointmeht 10 1G,0ou Of population.
Table thowing the present number OF smployes Of
tho Treasury Department from each Hlats the mum.
her each 9tate il entitled TO- and the excess Or d.
Rcit Of eSch Atatcs "
, 1876-04-22

Terrible Double suicide In p1,11n.
dolphin - Jealousy thp Supposed
Etluscs

Terrible Double suicide In l'h11n.
dolphin ~ Jcaiousy tho suppuscs,
/ Cause.
| Dtsnaseh 10 N<,u Yors MraEd,
masa raa,1nEhr .1sa.n r., Ap1il IA tegtbe do
tng. resulting in tue lohth by suicide Of . bus.
hand aud wife audof circumstances "a slopk,np
| as ttey are tnyatorfou,.
Dir. and Mrs. Poser schuk resided until this
morning Ut No. lG09 Bouyior Btgeet, ih a psrt
Of tho city called Fnstcaviiie. ijut little WIS
known Of thom by TUG noHhbuss except tLat tho
mah was phynician, both wero entrees from,
irusala, and that thor wcro apparently neil.to.
10. TIER .i nonao being Furnished in good stvie
anu a tao doctor seeming to haYo a good PRACTICE,
1hoEa vas disparity Ia the ages or ti,o Two.
she uoctoF being a6ott 6f.y years old, and th,
Wsfo leaa than twenty-sour, but they seeaod 10
Yo sogst1aoG ,1 niotwti.ssud'ng. u much bar
mate Of tho ncghbp1, horovor, Say that ia
tho privacy OF thefr psa homo tito Doctor AZ
h;nited tho noss tuten.a Jealousy Of blu wifa
we Wss refy pretty yoanE i4dy. II this s trus
mystery surrounding tao aulcle OF tho psir.
The facts attending tho double tiaredy, to
follows; ~ "3~NE ~
:. Shortly ..ter breslta.. tho doctor won't Into
tho front parloF. wllcto he found lis wife Iynu
on aota suffering tha most intense pgony. On
t4o tae'a xas HtnsaI bottle which lad con-
ta'nod pErss'o sc1s nd WAS sskea from tho
ooetot htNuy. ~ WR malt eMntY, showing n
portion OF tho contelts had been swallowed bv
tae unfortunate WoMal. The doctor rushed out
OF she house and nso Mrs. K,lasys, on tho o..
poslto side OF the st.stt bogg.ng her for Gods
sake, 70 go for a phYsici4u, ~ hls vie
iad poisoned heraols The lady Immediate.
y lott 70 comply NTH tho ru9pDst and
brought Dr. CrAndolto tho house, o. oaterin9
the Parlor, tIs horrible spectacle was presented
o. tne "ife ly!ng on tho door dotd, u though
sho had rolled OF the epfs aud slouasitla of her
lay her husband, also dead, win = bu,iet wonnI
over tue heart. Que Of his 4snds vss pointod
toHarda the Hifo, nhls batwcen them lAy o voy.
eh.studtor Derrngar, - y
lbs suppos!tlon ~ That soon sftsr hayiur ra,
4Ressad hrs.. RtlueF to go for = pbysican for
Ms VITO the doctor lad roturued TO the pnror'
Hnd hndipg bis wife On Tho floor dad, haj, In =
moment OF uugoyefpahle oxciteu,eut fred
Tue fatal ehot which took hfa nw1,
tho CAUSE which Induced tAo Wits to
poison herself. la tho diniuK-toom tbs Iro.ts
iass table Wan still set, shoa oalpx they had par-
tasen ot thst mesi together. 4 caupie OF tst,
tes9 Written 10 derman were found. o14o OF
Which "aa from = huw York solicitor. Prom
Wbat can be asceststnod thelo is teaspu To- b.
AoYe M taht willis tie husband treated lii wifo
VitA naifo!m klnaneas In public thclr b,ckeriurs
tu!ou31 lealousy IN private wbrp 3rs1pent. i
brosaer uf tho lady livod with them, bus. bc,r,,
9tnployod A. tho Centennial grouud., Nss abneni
when tbs affair occurred, ~N"S1'
, 1876-04-22

difficulty will bo to tan 1oador upot whon
all oah agrse. The tifst stop is ths SECURING oI
RuAfatltee fund. tt.d ibis tnny not be a, easy
task, a. tun,ors hAya saaclIod hero that thd
gnafantors Of tho Ioa4oD t}tln,pre Jubilee had
to pay round SUN for tho honor, wlnio tl,oeo
VINO aligned similar Ruarnntea In Cincinnati arc
now hay1ng to "psy tho tdd en-
8rniNa RMoguENTs,
Thoto will be no nants grand Displays Ia ao-
Glory this spstag, unl<ss entertainments arc
Eiren bv Soma Of this ftrelRn Ministers 10 .s,r
nstlons. Hut theEs will be 0niol parIoe dauccs,
drtyss 10 the plntusss1u. grounds Of rho ah!lsss'
Home. boatlng on tho Potomac, horseback can.
tefs bsfors nreakfass a1d-,u sius sia,s-ssraw.
oetry-sensts. The losscn has been sovats one.
but II will do denl Of god, and pave tho vay
Tor seober. sonalblo way Of living under Tho TO-
fornnh 1fcpnblIran rrtsil'en. who IL 10 ho lti-
auguratcd on tho 9th Of March, 1877.
RACoN1Eun,
, 1876-04-22

THE LATE LEsrEx sEAsoa---A. r, srew4nr-rvo
FusEnA1B-FHE LINCOLN STATUE urp1cArtoH-
EStea.uE-GaE ,s,."itsnH!,, 19LxsAF IMpEAouAcSR-
sn1ls", |,,.r...a4.,.s4 .o.esieaL ~. tast1sAL.
W.s.,-,nrn,, .,s.I,n e"@.'e nr, ."oans'
,hsaa snr ,,,a.a ,si.tas" ~. 'oao'ouS uaaea
corco,,oI T., ,,a,a a"' a,asa. "n' nA'o sAso.oaa
nirat,on" v";on. 'ssD ~ ..',' @au 4taaaaeasA ~
pn, s,,.a.,. s ~ 49,, " tA.aoea suena5 ooaas.
~"' eao0'o ~ 80" uoeceute' los oonRfcsAonal
sols'ees lennerea' tFo0nle tAatf sleep Ard dis
tnrb their days. They 500 tho popular hand.
willing On tho wall. and feol that Al lat t,,o
MIA of iheao 1rn,t,n s,.t.s no ~ -. ss ~ poo-
aa,o.;.;... x... ~ " =" W. !" tae'1
orpo.'''oa ~ tAo pfnhlo1loa OF gFsbbsrb and
plaauorese to high position. It has been mar
vel to many an honest constituent low tht Non,
tsssntatiye from, hta D;st,i,,t .x,,o .,. ,,.r.
rnsn when bs f,rst o.n. - ,v.",ss HaS w." po'S
.u,,,,s, ~ ~ n'o' eAn.' W Meen!"Bson, has been
80 a ~ ~" enoaen OF h'S sAlary to purchase
ana 10 furnish = 1ns house. to inyont In local
stocks. and to becoms wealthy man. Dnt Il IL
YesY evident that t,te sye. NJ ~, Too,,to .s..
.,n. onsnEr;as . .as % u, .ao neopla sFe get
s.,s,'1a. g.. opeu '-Auu 'aa a'seloures made
ua.'ae .no pAs. season OF tho s1tsAyakauces
and foillea Of Washington aoc!oty boya dona
much towards PRODUCING tue .,eaire1 ,nva,I,n. vao
tioua and ,nnn,.io. '"'''s'SA'
49,, ,.,+,..,
TIE fEh19taf1Ah sEAsoH,
1uas concluded, hAa tcsn observed hero with 4
I4eptsn Htsictnesa noyer bsforo known, ,n,, tho
dn.,}ay of Easter n a4hionv to,dav Ia ~, ,"..,.
w.s Int war Tin vn,,n, ~ 1a',,as y" "os VIII. IL
, 1876-04-22

An examination, Of this tnblo will shoy tia,
fne HoH Engiaud sta.ea With tue exception Of
Maryland Yssia md ss bs9es
Of Co!umbla. now have the I.ou'a share OF tha
patronage 10 the Treasury Department, vbiie
tiia remainder Of tho Southern aud aft Of lilo
WosteEn btatcs, except Auvuda, hayo less tbAu
tlloir quota. Tic discrimination aehtuut tho
Southern States Ia greater even than IL anneara
10 ne. In many inHEances, it IS aa,t, clerks aro
csed1ted to reconstructed States who do not bo-
States from which they nomfnally hail. l'llcso
appointments Aaye haen obtained by Northern
Politicians who have been allowed to control h, NJ,
lasko messllte tho patronage in the South. Ao-
eosd.ns 10 Representative ChaEies Lays, who has
lately bad guaEEel filth Sanator sI,aoeer In re-
gsrd to tho Goyernsnchs patronage for tho state
Of Alabama, Of seysuty-thtos eppoiDtuo mi \
cfateed to tlat State only three ARC AlaLau,iaun.
WAlio nhout oue .tlatf haFo mover been tu ths
which, tho patronage Las bouu DISTRIBUTED By ,ls
carpet-hA2gcrn,
Assna oosluniuE Of tho next fiscal wear a
largo reduction will 10 Maue in tia clerical forcs
Of tho Treasury Depastasnt wl,cL viii re,irr
nncesaary thu discharge OF several lut,]reI ~
the present employees Ihe amount Of tb,s ra.
auctio9 viii dBpend upon tho action wnicl, CON.
gtets hnally takes on tIe Appropriation bin now
Tona.nE ~ ana HOUSE, ana ih' inteteatiug qnes-
tho Treasury Department, the HecJet4ry viii bo
required, by tho law alreaIy refoireu TO- 10 eeect
1or Dismissal nrst, clcrkn from those Ktatas
Nhich aIfeadT have M o1cess Of pat,ou,ge, or
whether he may DO guided tY other copsjItro.
tons, II Obliged TO putsus tbs former courao.
tue d'snl,ssss would 10 confined 10 ciarks 40.
pointed from tho ton States a!ready enumerataa
aud fom .hs District Of Columbia, atI would
probably lncsude aoins Of the luost a1,c.nt am.
ployes Of tho Department.
Many Of the caoEks noH charged to tho DIa-
t1ict Of ColunblA are persons who hayu boet,
many y6ats Ia tho sarytce at the United btatav
and who havo acquired much skill aud o11,erl.
eace 10 the duties which .hoy have to pc. furp.
In bc!ng tranaferled from one department to
AnotlcF, sitter loug sesidence In Washington.
tleJ have boon credited 10 the District lua.osI
To discharge the GOO clsrkB NOW Charged 10
Washington III e1coss Of ita quota, would thsro-
fore pot on!F bring great hardship upou k,a4s
number OF pesaopn who permanently res1ds in
Wshhingtons bnt would alHo doprlye tho Qoyetr-
msnt Of many Of iIa most valuable aud Sllpient
ampioyog.
, 1876-04-22
SUICIDE.

dps0fa1 Ulzoa9eh o TN Chtaaoo Tr1.naa
Nnr1o1E, Mich, April 2i.-A young man
nsmod william 0felman, who for several months
has shown uumis!adoable signs Of insanity
committed, suicide to-day by shooting Ltm,olf
In the head. 3@A-'''
An old aormAn at Greenfield. usm.d Jobn
Aaaalae, t1sed Of domestic psoils, hung himself
ysstsrday. '''A'''@
!sueeidl IIspa.eA u tn CAteage 11ttux.
DAsv4tLz, ILL.,, Apnl Alp. Ii. Harlsr ths
pssson Who lsaped. in TT Of lnsanlty, from the
te!eKrsphoa yoy, died from Tho sifeoss Of iSs M
tA!' ~'sbsn throo hours. uts remains viii hs
takon to Chicago for intsrmsns, N.Y. w
, 1876-04-22
caution and cntertalnn,ons Of tho AsaooIa.ion

oontion and entertainment of tho ABaoolhtton
~iitie floro.
a.. u sc'as i4snatth To IN Chtraas 7rfoun.
AAptsoN. Wis., April 2t.-rhe 0nvernor has
iasnuo1nted j. " Edwards, Of Winneaonne, ~
Iin,her Agent for the Flftl, district. comprising
W"ol, Portage, Waupaca, bhawanoe, aud Outa-
gAtuie Counties.
NJ te,at Usrnteh II Ths Cnhaan rr,hp.A.
hrhIsuFlEf.p, H.. April 2l.--A Btiort.hosn
cattle Hhie nf leading doafors IN Contrat Illinois
~ to be hnl a. tho iair grnunhs hare Nav 2, 8,
s. ana 9, About 3uD nsad will bu ofForod fur snle
SAS FhAHcIac1. Cal. Anril 21.-Tha coal and
stores af thu Pacific sfaff Com,ans wers A.
day.
, 1876-04-22

GLASGOW. April 2l--alidnight.-A flrs broke
ont to-1'sghe on buchanan street, ons OF The
pflnc'p"' .'aoronzsF=ias Of tho city. A whole
square " buildings Ia now burning. TAe txmes
hsFd ieached tue office Of the Glasgow HerulI
ducp little oIcos. F@~'
, 1876-04-22
Thank Cpd and the knpfems Court,
tEathiNdt41 kxffaf h Genslaad Rlaladkaikr.

=, "HF"IFD6Hs 1<st1z* p Cf#3lada F1d081kdET,
Ars:, aalps sstd ssmathius' to-day which
strongly sem!naea 4e q Ethan Allsa. she is
OF couEso it can't DO IRON age, hacauxa shs isa't
nuoh oyas 10. ts,aaa . nonssstHlatluR hef
upon tls lste dso;sIoa OF lbs Hupfslus
Court. ahp langhea-thas hsar+y laugh
vii .iss;s rswepEsr aug s.id, t't5f VIZ
COURSE III. Klaa You know doa't hr.r vars
readly,. 90 oas OF my lady fsieosls had 10 repe.t
to n. the aession, &c md whsR beard i tass
aud say. THANK God AMI tbs supTsms.
Gourt J." Doesn't That round ! iittle Nks
Ethsn Allsue lie aasontat.nt "tLa dfe.t
Jehosla a4d tue Conttneutal EuupteAs,* tbourh
not III 70 daFeus spirit ~ cur latly friend,
, 1876-04-22

Tbs Now York lierQM publisher = 1tst NJ
ehuIeb aud otlor property i4 ksv York sxn,nt,t
fsom ta1sttou: 1t slpxs that 1000 lota, ysluej
y s!.a. .!l7.ooo, pay no ta1aB to tha 4uppost q
she Clty toysFameat. Tha coss Of Caa' to tho
lamps keps burning before the oh9rphsS II III
expense Of tho city " y50,vuQ, >''
, 1876-04-22
FRANCE.

PAnls, April 2l.-Queen Victoria arrivsd to.
dty aud pzocacdol to Cherbourg, On her way 70
England. Ptes!de1t Masiiahon paid nos hin
respects.
, 1876-04-22
III has heen possponod BY tho House Commit.
70 on Pacific 1tailroAtls to Tuostlay uo1t.
ITO Ehs AtA'etated iress.1

rACiFIu nAfLMOAns.
WARRINGTON. D. c., April 21.-The House
:ommittcc on raoif'o Railroads today ,csumod
confederation Of tho Senate bill to osteni ths
.ime for completing tt16 Northern pac.tl. Hail
mad, and Of the proposition Offered By Mr..
Throckn,orton - au amendment, to extclnl tho
tin,o also for this Texss Pacific Conn a,,y. A
letter Was submitted addressed to tho Chairman
by Z, r. Huntingdon. proposing M at suend.
nlent to this Arendment thai e1s soutlcrn t's-
cttic lsa,lrosd Company Of Callforn,n shall be
allowed to construct u road eastward from tho
Colorado nivos aud recetye thr Texas Pacific
1and-9rant for such portion Of tho trsnsconti-
nentst line Of railroad Us 1t anticipates tho lat
Af III building within tho next six years.
stNa. AVERY.
Attorney General porrerons aaya tn regard to
khe story that Mrs. Ayery mas before him yes-
te1dAy and implicated Dabcook, Iuchov, and the
PRESIDENT thss shoro ie not word Of trnth In
It. and that eho rimpiy como to ptead for tho
parton Of her husband. shs WAS ~ inoolletent
and wandering IN lier language that he fea1s aho
"a Temporarily demsnted.
THE FoHTAL APPROPRIATION.
Tho Poat-Ollce Appropriation bill las bean
aEroed npou. Tho Rnlonnt Ia e31, ,000, 900, about
tS, COO, ,0dj lsaa than laat year.
, 1876-04-22

TREASURY CLERKS.
UKEoTS or THE LAW APPoRT1oH1Nd TIN NuM-
Der AMONG TuB sTATEs-rnEsEST NATURE or
TIE FoRcE-A DISCHARGE OF 600 SOON TO DE
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-08-17

The struggle between great guns and ar.
NOR plates is going on in peaceful way pre-
paratory to some use of both in war. The
great krupp gun at the Centennial Exhibi-
ton and the armor plates in the British Sec
ton are mere pigmies when compared with
projected guns and armor plates. The Rus
sian ironclad Peter tile Great has been plan
ned to carry 20-inch armor, and the English
S1-ton gun, firing shot of 1850 pounds, has
been made with the expectation that its shot
can pierce twenty inches of armor. Sir w.
G. Armstrong is trying his skill on 17-inch
gun that will carry 1900 pound shot and
MIR. Fraser, at Woolwich, has suggested a
l6O-ton gun to carry shot 2,240 pounds. Sir
Joseph Whiteworth proposes, by the use of
q hexagonal bore of compressed steel and
flat-headed, elongated shot, to make gun of
less weight than 81 tons, which shall smash
an armor plate of "a inches in thickness. Mr..
Krupp has actually begun to make monster
of 100 tons, but there is yet no ship stout
enough to accommodate that colossal piece
Of ordnance. AT present the big guns have
the best of the armor plate, but It is not long
since twenty inches of armor plate had the
advantage of the most powerful gurs of the
day-those which could penetrate fourteen
inches of plate.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-08-17
An Austrian Almanac.

The Printers Register tells of UNIQUE al.
manac for 1877, published in Austria. The
date of the day occupied the center of each
leaf, and is surmounted on the left by the
name OF the saint to whom the day is dedi-
Gated, and on the right by a maxim. The
lower part of leach leaf is divided into two
columns. From January to June the left
hand column contains a course of lessons in
six modern languages, and the other column
contains Schiller's poems. For the other
half of the year one column is devoted to a
romance by Jules Verne, and the other to a
German vocabulary. AT the back of the
leaves are notes on mythology, cooking, law,
household receipts, and arithmetic. The
leaves are so prepared that during the sum-
mer months they can be stepped in water as
t1y-killers, and October to April can be made
into cigarettes.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-08-17
An ArkaIIS,lS Cow.

The yield of milk from Northern dairy
COWS is incredible to people in regions where
cattle are raised mostly for beef and hides.
Judge Grant was in Little Rock, Arkansas,
in attendance at the United States Court.
One morning he saw farmer with slouch
hat and genuine butternut suit, trying to
sell COW in the market there. It was a
large long horned animal, and the planter
was informing a man that the COW would
give four quarts of milk day, if fed well.
up stepped the Judge. "What do you ask
for the cow?"
'Abont $50. She'll give five quarts Of
milk, II you feed her wel,' replied the
planter, and he proceeded to describe her
good qualities.
Said the judge: Il have COWS on nv
farm, not much more than half as big as
your COW, which give twenty to twenty-five
quarts of milk day."
The planter eyed the judge sharply mo-
mcnt, as if trying to remember whether he
had ever seen him before or not, and then
asked: ''Stranger, where do you live 2"
''My home is in Iowa."
eyes, stranger, don't dispute it. There
was heaps Of sogers from Iowa down here
during the war, and, stranger, they was the
all-firedest liars in the whole yankee army.
Mabbe you mout be an officer in some of
them regiments p
The judge slid for the Court House.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-08-17
POLITICAL.

A ''soft thing "-Hendrick' letter.
The German-AmericanH Hayes and Wheeler
Club in San Francisco is large and enthusi-
astic.
Is it true that Tilden was dr-dreadfully dis
couraged on the night he received the news
of his nomination.
| Wisconsin promises to return to the next
Congress six Republicans. and to give Hayes
from 10000 to $4,000 majority.
| Rochester Democrat: Sam Cox looking
anxiously around the House" Has anybody
seen anything of my reputation
! Illinois Journal: The "Shirt of Nessus y
which is burning itself into the flesh of the
Democracy and which it cannot tear off-the
"Bloody Shirt"
New York Tribune: That initiation bolt in
Indiana means trouble for the Democrats. If
| Gov. Hendricks can't hold the soft-money
vote, OF what use is he to the ticket?
''Let the long banished ring be returned
to the country" says Tilden. Some think
| this refers to hard money; others to the re-
! call of Tweed and the rest of the Democratic
chiefs in exile.
Illinois Republicans claim that the Liberal
| and German vote of that State will be almost
solid for Hayes. The Stats Zeitung, owned
by Hesing, the convicted whisky thief, is
solid for Tilden.
New York Herald: "Grant Will be me-
morable and honored figure in our history
long after Tilden and Hayes, Wheeler and
Hendricks, and all the statesmen who are
abusing him are forgotten"
After while it will occur to Sunset Cox
that he has been making very pitiful exhi-
nf hinoco1f icf no oh
Enquirer that remarks: 1T is to be regret
ted that Mr.. Cox forgot his sense of justice
and misconstrued duty to party so far as to
apologize for cold-blooded massacre of the
negro prisoners"
The Toledo BLADE represents Nasby as say
ing that when 1ilden and Hendricks met at
Saratoga, each convinced the other of the er-
ror of his position, and now Tilden is an in
tlationist and Hendricks hard-money man,
whereupon the X roads philosopher svears
he never again will Consent to PIT two such
able men upon the same ticket.
John w. Defrees, in letter giving his
reasons for supporting Hayes and Wheeler,
says: The st. Louis Convention selected
very nice, prim, little, withered-up, fdgety
OLD bachelor of about 120 pounds averdupois,
who never had generous impulse for man,
nor any affections for women, the very
Prince of "Wall Street spectators and cou-
pon-clippers, as true representative OF the
Democratic party.
A CALL FOR TWEED.
William, dear William, come home to me now
Your Sammy feeling forlorn
He misses your hand and he misses your voice,
Which he knows would be raised for reform.
The "barrel -" is empty, the canvass ahead,
And still they are crying for more.
Oh! W VILLAIN, my love- if you only were here
To shove a check under my door!
Come home come home!
Dear William. ny William,
Come home!
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-08-17

The family of ex-Chancellor Halsted. of
Newark, n. j., appears to be a fated one.
Six sons were born unto the venerable gen.
tleman, five of whom have met violent deaths.
Caleb, the eldest, was killed at fox hunt,
near Elizabeth, some forty years ago. He
fell from his horse, was caught in the stirrup
and dragged until his brains were dashed
out. Robert was captain of the bark Griffin,
owned by the famous "Pet." In it he car.
ried round the Horn to California, in 1848,
Pet, Abe, George and Frank and other
Newarkers, among the first at the gold fields.
The captain was carried off in his prime by
an attack of 'Yellow Jack" The terrible
fate of ''Pet," the most famous of all the
Halsteds, is yet fresh in the public mind. A
woman Of Babylon, the mistress of char
coal dealer named George Bolts, wiled Pet
from his household gods and to his death at
the hands of Bolts. Not long after, Abe Hal
sted, the fourth OF the brothers, had both
legs mangled by a horse-car accident so that
he died. His friends said he was assisting a
lady when he was caught under the wheels.
and now comes Frank, whose body was
found drowned in Minnetonka lake, Wiscon-
sin, few days ago, with sack of stone
about his neck. A coroner's jury says he
suicided, but his father thinks differently,
and has sent his son, Major George B. Hal
sted. to look after the deceaseds in the West
and bring the body home for interment
Meanwhile the poor old Chancellor lies at his
home at Lyons farms, wondering if even his
boy George will be spared to close his fathers
eyes in death.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1876-08-17
California Losing Ground.

The San Francisco Alto of July Is says :
immigration to California seems to be
steadily diminishing. The net gain to our
population during the first six months of the
present year is little more than third of
the increase from the same source during the
corresponding period of 1875. The figures
show 1924 gain in 1876, against 26, 149 in
1875: The passenger movement by sea shows
but little difference between the two periods
mentioned. After careful comparison of
the immigration returns for the past three
years. we may safely conclude that the total
decline this year will amount to upwards of
forty per cent. of the net gain of 1875. This
is not very cheering prospect for California,
which stands in such urgent need of popula-
ton to assist in its progress and development,
and, should the decline continue, will be very
apt to embarrass us seriously"