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ana severely cold weather in getting into
the mines. Whrr once there no very
severe, cold weather was exp srienced
untll after the 20th ot last January.
snow then fell very deep: about eight
'e't altogether for tho whole winter, but
not over three and onc-half feet WAS ON
the ground at any one time.
These mines are situated near the
summit, on the eastern edge of the main
range of the Cascade mountains. About
one nan as much sno is estimated TO
have fallen where the mines ARE located.
MS they judged fell lower down, and to
til, westward on their route out. They
are supposed to he some 5000 feet above
the sea, yet ARE below the summer snow
line. among the timber; sufficient of
which is found there for mining pur-
poses.
The main stream prnspected is called
the Ruby, the best creek, where the most
claims ARE located is called Canon creek
The Ruby diggings extend some so
miles mp and down that stream. Some
~ or 30 miles more ot paying ground
will lie found On tributary branches.
Probably there are upwards o: fifty
miles Hf stream and branches that it will
pay to mine on.
There were several other streams that
prospected well ut the mouth that were
not fully explored, because difficult to
prospect. These streams have prccip.
,ous banks. High mountains coming
to the water edge.
No gold WIS taken out rhe past win
ter. Last fall the five there, some three
working at II time, in two days took
out some $4,000 worth of gola, which
Was worth $500 per ounce. 1t is ex-
pected the gol,iwll about like Carl
hoo mining. Al in bed Of creek on bed
rock. and will probably pay well to work
it. The original party expect to return
soon, and 20 to work for the summer, AS
they heliev" they can make good wages.
No claims are opened. 1t will take
about to months to open claim. The
working season will be from July 1st to
Dec. LIST. Representative day on the
claims is July LIST. Claim holders will
probably not he required to work their
claims over tour months each year. A
regular mining district has hren formed,
called the Ruby District Mr. Pierce OF
La Conner is the Recorder. The dis
trict embraces all the Skaget river and
tributaries above the jam.
The route there is by steamboat to
Skagit city From which place 1t takes
loaded canoes six days to get up to the
head of canoe navigation, distance 100
miles. From thence it is four days
packing to the mines, called so miles
farther. There is pretty good foot
trail for those who know the route; at
present it is impossible for animals.
The river has to be crossed three times
At upper crossing there is boat built
by Woods last winter.
Should the mines he developed, ferries
will be established at the two lower
crossings.
Judging from all accounts received,
the prospects are the most favorable for
paying PLACER DIGoTNGs of any thing
vet reported on the Sound. The gold ls
sutti' iently coarse and heavy as well as
much purer than the average, so that it
s to he hoped that those who have pros
pectcd that region, may he rewarded for
heir trouble, 10y finding well paying
liggings.
-e-S-S-
EDISON'S COURTSHIP
, 1879-03-22

tract with Sheriff Billings for keeping
TrrritOri. prisoners.
The Prison company purchased twenty
acres nt of ground OF Mr.. Shrni, aljn
;ng the old mill and near the banks of
the Siookum Caurk. Work began ON
the prison buildings in F,brulry 1873.
OIJuly lst. 1873, t-e bull Inss were
officially accepted by the committee
appointed by the legislature t" receive
;nrm.
The buildings are surrounded by n
stockAde tcnce II feet high, formed of
two thickness OF two inch plank, put up
80 they break joints. This yard is divi-
'led into two parts; the on IN which the
NUN building is situated is 200 by 100
tert. The other part is 200 icct square.
THE MAIN PRISON Build No
Is $50 tcct long, by 36 feet wide and
2i high. The lower story contains II
hall the length of the building and l2
feet wide Erh side of this hail are 1S
cells, 3G in all.
The upper s,ory is divided into rooms
as follows: An entrance room, 10.x Ii
tect, guards sleeping room, 10 IS feet;
sitting room, 13 Ii ccl; Doctors room,
| l x L feet; adjoining winch is the arm.
0ry, with pnsslgr way ly it to clothes
room, | | Ia lret. The next room be-
yOnd which is the small ball at the End
oi the building, where the Stairs come
up from below.
On the south side OF the builing is
the wash room and the large hall where
the prisoners are confined during the
day time, the two together being 30 ieet
long, by "a wide.
Adjoining the prisoners day room is
tho dining room, "a X 25 feet. The west
end OF the building is taken up by u
kitchen 32 feet long by ~ feet wide,
with an ell II feet wide branching off
from the end nearest to the dining room,
81 MS 10 make that end of the kitchen
nearest the dining room "a feet wide.
Therc is also at this end OF the build.
ing, store room 10 feet square, off from
the kitchen, md the women's ward, %
by 2l feet. The warden's room is off
the entrance hall, and is III by IA feet.
Each cell door is made Of boiler plate
iron, and the warden has different kind
OF lock and key tor each door.
The outside prison walls are 10 inches
thick, made of plank, which are placed
one top oi another and so spiked togeth-
er tnat they cannot be sawed or cut
apart. The floor of tho cells Is 10
inches thick. The floor OF the lower
hall is seven inches thick. The cell
partitions are six inches.
The floor up stairs is 7 inches thick,
the inside partitions are all Fix inches.
These are ull filled with spikes so it
would be n desperate job to attempt to
cut through even six inch wall. The
attic is unfinished. 1t will be made into
work rooms The only entrance to the
prison is by stairway to the second
story.
, 1879-03-22
EDESON'S COUR TSHIP
His Eccentric McihOd Ofma king
Love and Marrying.

The story OF Edison's courtship, while
it lacks the roseatc tinge of romance,
illustrates the mans faculty of going to
the heart OF things with the smallest pos
slble amount OF circumeocu'iou. When
, 1879-03-22
OFFICERS OF TIE PRISON.

The officers of the prison nre J. D..
MAllster, Warden; Oliver Shed, Super
intendent; Physician and Surgeon, DR..
]. D. Reynolds; Guards, D. B, Morrell,
j. c. jameson, W. G. Hawk, and j. X.
Smith; Night watchmau, Jacob Eng :
strOm.
, 1879-03-22
PRISONERS ETC.

It is now nearly one month since the
prison was visited by us, ut that time
there were SO prisoners, 35 men and one
woman. There had been as high as 80
at one time, This woman was sent to
prison 1s months for bigamy, She had
served IA months and then had only 4
months longer to stay.
Being the only woman there, it was
compulsory almost on the prison officers
to make her lot that OF solitary condne-
ment, which more than doubled the rig
or of punishment, over the ordinary con.
, 1879-03-22
A HAPPY MARRIAGE.

"HellO, ToGl" cried the visitor cheer
lily, what ARE YOU doing here this late!
Aren't you going home2"
What time is it2" inquired Edison,
sleepily rubbing his eyes and stretching
like lion suddenly.
Midnight, easy enough Come along"
is that so2" returned Il lison in
dreamy sort OF . way, "By George, ]
must 60 home, then. 1 was married to-
day.
Marriage was an old story with him
lie had been married to electric hobbies
for years. But. in spite VI his seeming
indifference on the eventful day" IN hls
life he makes good husband. The
demure little woman of the prrforating
machine smilingly rules domestic drst
tinies at Menlo Park, and proudly looks
across the fields where cmmneye rise
and her husband still works on the
problems that made him truant on his
wedding day. A swarm of children
pluck her gown to share their mothers
smile, and lay in wait to climb into their
fathers lap and muss hair with as great
Q relish as il he was not the greatect
genus Of his time Washington Post.
, 1879-03-22

he was 'Sprrim,,'.ur some yrnr, MOO
with the L,tllr u ltOmlt,c t,l,ur,ph So,
tea. he perfected u contuvtncc 5ur pro
curing prrforarions in prp,r hy means
OF key y'hoId. Among the young
women whom he employed 20 mrnipr-
late these machines with n view I, Ipa
ting iheif capacity for speed WAS rnthe-
demur- Young person who attended t.
her work and never raised her rrr4 7,
the inciplrnt genius. One day Eclsor
stood observing her as she tlnve down
one key after another with her pump
fingers, until, growing nervous unde.
his prolonged stare, she dropped her
hands idly IN her lap, and looked NJ
h-lplcssly into his face. A general smile,
such ms lrrcvclend psmyraphis's have
referred to us "the Ellison grin" over
spread E,lison's iare, and hc presently
inquired rather abruptly.
AN AD&OEl ENNIbSAb
"What do you think of M, little girl?
Do you like mr2"
why Nj. Edison, you lrgh.cn me,
THAT ,s--I-"
Don't he in hurry about telling me
1t don't ma'.er much, uuless you woul,
like to marry mt"
The ynung woman was disposed to
laugh, bui L ison went on:
"Oh. mean it, Don't be in u rush
though. Think 1t over talk to your mo
ther about ii, and let Inc know MS soon as
convenient Tuesday, say How will
Tuesday suit you, next week Tuesday.
| mean2'
Edison's shtp was at Newark in those
days, and one night friend of his EN-
ploye, in the main Office of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, in New York,
returning home by the last Train, saw u
light in Et,son's private laboratory, and
climbed the dingy stars to find his trienc'
in ohe of his characteristic siupors, hnlI
awake and halt d0nzing over some lntri--
cate point in cpctrial science which was
ba fling him.
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HAVANA MARKET.

HAVANA July 10, 1879.
Sugar in active demand owing to the
the United states sales were restricted
of tho si0us OF ecrs
PEELED for suitable qualities at gradually advancing
prices: Nos 10 to H. Dutch standard 81 IN reals gold
per arrooe Nos 70 90 Dutch standard s4 "a reals
sugar. common TO fair. 81 Ga reals; centrifugal
sugars Nos IL to ID in boxes and hogsheads. ga "A
$1,000 boxes. 1890 bags and 400 hhds Receipts Of
the week-6.2uO boxes. 400 bags and 800 hhds. Ex
ports during the week-9ioo boxes, 50 bags and $40
asses nominal Bacon. SIS SO currency per cwt But.
terSuperior American. So $J6 currency. Quinta
Flour sal 80 So 80 currency Dbl. for American
Jerked beef ~ ~ reals. currency arrobe Lard In
Kegs 49, So 30 quintal; do in tins S4
$50 80 Potatoes $ii a $i2 currency. per Dbl.
Onions, $t2 x13. currency. per bb. for American.
Coal oil in TINS 81 81 reals. currency per gallon.
Empty bogshsads. $3.50 gold. Lumber nominal: white
pine sss sA gold; pitch pine ss2 s:,a shocks nom
inal box. reals gold sugar hhds, IL reals moasses
hhds = =: reals White navy beans 20 y reals cur
arrobs Hoops nominal Freights quiet but firm tonnage
Is getting scarce loading At Havana for the United
StatesPer box OF 37sc. Doe currency per hhd
of sugar. 81 a S2 .5 Falmouth and orders SOS s2s
Cd loading ports the north side ports
for the United StatesPer hid. Of sugar 81 IS 9 u rs
per hid of moasses 81 10 S. Tobacco quiet Spanish
gold, 2l2is. Exchange firm.
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DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON. Jaly 10 1879.
good ordinary L. Net receipts u bales Exports
Cotton dull middling, like: low midding. iiasc. ;
good ordinary lie Net receipts 20 bales Sales %
MOBILE, July 49, 1879.
good ordinary. lie Net receipts, 20 bales stock. $3.50
SAVANNAH. July 49, 1879
good ordinary lI1sc, Net receipts, b bales o.
Spirit, Of turpensins dull and lower to sell zee Ro;in
Crude grgen',ne steady; hard, 81 yellow Dip 81 70:
oswKeo, July ~. 1870
Graham ssf 81 sales 80 S so s on
Event white state held a 81 ioasi ~ 'p' rcd state
eeed ss oar. steady sale. 900 bushels State at ss
for mixed So for wni,e and toe for fancy white ~,
S sess ssa VI 50 .sS 70. Ss.'d s Y W.
ton Canal freghts- aud peas she. rye
s Ssw = 80 80 lsy s.a y 80 80
do; lumber, $4,000 feet shpmcnts-tcur, sto bbs;
Flour steady; sales OF $50 bills at unchanged figures
and ssesSy sales 1900 bushels No a%ssi"rn at iSss
sss ar 90 .as @
S Ga Il SO No. wss IN % a SSs s
articles unchanged Canal frcghts more steady; quot,
"ss G "a oss s 20 as~ fsss
wheat bushels sssss'' d. b
Flour, 100 bels wheat % 900 tushes corn. 1920, d.;
SS sai 50 e. %s SsF'is ,e SIS IS sss
bushels. o ~ aH nG % CS wsas
bushels $500 do oats, 434o do; barley ioOO
NsSsaS s nsw White rS
s, ~; saly, 81 oe,s August. ~ os'a september,
y sg' S i'sA%S s.s limited ss%.f
31c. No. mixed, Soc. No. 3ilbc.
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Officer McCauley, of the Eghtyeighth street
police, late on Saturday night picked a drunken man
out of the gutter, and toted him toward Captain Rob-
bins station house. On the way he met John Bolt
man, who told him that John Quinn had struck him
(Boltman) with u club. Officer McCauley thereupon
laid his inebriated friend stoop and went
in search OF Quinn. whom he found and
arrested. While taking Quinn to the station he met
Peter Kahn, having on his back the drunkard whom
McCauley had abandoned short time before. Still
holding on to Quinn McCauley ordered Kahn to lay
his burden where he had found it, as he (McCauley)
was coming back tor him. KAN paid no attention.
and McCauley after depositing Quinn in the station
house. went after Kahn and locked him up q
charge of aiding in the escape of prisoner In the
Harlem Police Court yesterday Justice Wheeler
mitted Quinn to await trial, but discharged Kahn.
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COURT CALENDARS-THIS DAY.

SUPREME CouRr-CHAMBERs-Held by Judge Pot
tcr.-Thrd Monday motion calendar. Court opens
at halt past ten A. NJ. Calendar called at eleven A. NJ
SUPREME CouRr-GENEnAL TERM--Adjourned until
September l.
SUPREME CouRr-SrEcIAL TEnM-Held by Judge
Donohue.-Court opens at half-past ten A. NJ. No
day calendar.
SUPREME CouRT--CrRcurT-Par 1 and AID
journed for the term. Part 3.--Adjourned sine die
SUPERIOR CouRr-GESEnAL TERM.-Adjourned sine
die.
SUPERIOR CouRT-SrEcIAL TERM-Held by Judge
Freedman.-Court opens ut twelve NJ. No day cal
endar
SUPERIOR CouRr-TRIAL TERM-Parts 1, and
3.--Adjourned Tor the term.
COMMON PLEAs-GEsERAL TEnM.--Adjourned sine
die.
COMMON PLEAs--EoUIrY TEnM.-Adjourned for the
term.
COMMON PIEAs-SpEcrAL TERM--Held by Judge
Van Ho scn--Court opens at e.even A. NJ. No day
calendar.
COMMON PLEAs--rRrAI TEnM-parts aud 2.-Ad
journed for the term. ~
MARINE counr-rnrAL TrRM-Parts l. aud g.
Adjourned Tor the term. or
poURr Oh GENERAL SEssIoNs--Parts 4 and AID.
journcd for the term. .. i.
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sisant United States treasurers TO make no dscrin-
nation against the standard silver dollar in making
payments. Owing to tho incapacity of the SUBJ
Treasury at Baltimore to store tho vast amount of
silver received the Assistant Treasurer has
dered pay ont standard silver dollars for the
tionai silver coin offered in exchange,
The general freight agents the railroads enter
ing Chicago propose to weigh all freight cars.
The line loaded up to $4,000 and
$4,000 pounds and the Chicago people claim that the
way bills frequently fall several thousand pounds
short. rr sill &. H.srt+is ~ ~. .,.
The CHrocie of San Francisco, fears that the COM
rleion of the Northern Pacific Railroad to Puget
Sound and the Atchson. Topeka and Santa Fa to
Guaymas Is going to injure the first named city, II
thinks that if the destiny OF San Francisco remains
in the hands of the present railroad monopolists of
California mo future event can be more surely
counted on than that we shall lose control of the
commerce of the Pacific and perhaps within the
lifetime of boys now attending the public schools
city north of us and south OF much richer
and more prosperous than as Liverpool is
to Bristol or Chicago to New Orleans"
III the United States District Court for Tennessee
the Judge has just rendered decision OF great in
terest all municipalities that have issued bonds
lie holds that "there is no implied power in . NUM-
cpal corporation to issue negotiable bonds in pay
mont Of debt which it is authorized to contract
No decision OF the Supreme Court Of the United
States of the Supreme Court of Tennessee has SO
adjudlcated; and. in the absence OF any controlling
decision to that effect, this Court holds that the
power must b., expressly conferred or necessarily
implied from some power given other than the bare
authority to contract debt for particular purpose
whether it be corporation purpose or not. Public
safety requires that the implications in favor such
power shall not be extended beyond the point to
which they have already gone. Bond Gde holders
will be protected against the irregular exercise Of
granted authority. but the authority itself should
not be created by judicial decree upon unnecessary
implication" THIS decision is said apply directly
to the wilamsport (Pa.) case. where the authority
to bonds to the of 5000 900 granted by
the Legislature stretched to cover an issue Of
three times that amount. r..
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PIGEON SHOOTING IN ENGLAND.

THE RETURN INTERNATIONAL MATCH FOR TWO
HUNDRED POUNDS BETWEEN MR.. WALLACE
AND NJ EIsEN AT THE GUN CLUB
LONDON, July Z. 1879.
The first contest between Mr.. Wallace and M
Elsen was one which arose from the recent intcrna-
tional meeting held here and at the Nottingham
club. aud in that instance Mr.. Wallace easily
successful that when they met in the return match
odds of and to 4 were freely betted
on the Englishman. The conditions stipulated that
they should shoot at 100 birds each, thirty yards
rise. tor Goo a side. and when the preliminary
arrangements had been settled NJ. Elsen
''opened the ball." and with u succession of
or eight kills took slight lead,
which, however, he held but for o very
short time. and Mr.. Wallace drawing level, 1t was
u most exciting struggle between them up to the
Hfteth round. Here IL was announced that they
were exactly level. both having dropped ss. After
this the Belgian appeared go rapidly of his shoot
ing, missing fewer than ten birds out of his next
twenty. This enabled Mr.. Wallace to stand at the
SEVENTEEN round with six birds in hand and holding
this position to the end, he by just that num-
Der ut the ninety fifth round, while his total the
conclusion OF the Tooth 70 kills to M. Esen 69
The score foows:--
Match for Goo at 100 birds. 30 yards risc:---
MIR. Wallace / 10O11lO11 10101111
O01111 111O1O11111111 O11lO1O1111O
11011011 1901 Total, rs.
NJ Elsen-1 1111O1I01 O0111101111O
0011O11 IL 111OO11 10iOl11
OOO00111O O1111111l1OOll1
0101 1901 II U Total, GU.
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Summary Of the Week.
Business.
FACTS AND FIGURES.
WALL STREET,

SUSDAY, July ~, 1919
Last week was q veritable SURPRISE not only to the
neophytes of the Board room but to the Oldest
stagers OF the street. The mixture Of such antago-
nistc conditions active market. vigorous prices
and sweltering midsummer weather was certainly
judged by all precedent, most unusual one for the
time Of the year. 1t was nevertheless very graft
flying one to the ''can t-get-away" broker, who's TILL
usually low enough in funds at this has been
thus replenished in most unexpected manner
The unwonted activity in the stock market
was principally due to vigorous speculation
in the grnngers, Lake Shore and Michigan
Central. the advance in which ranged from to Is
per cent. The movement may be accepted as de-
feat of the crop croakers. perhaps Of
them to the opinion now generally held, that the
harvest will be fully up to that of last year. if not
more abundant and that foreign demand of unex-
amped extent is certain to set in shortly. The good
feeling thus spread the whole list making
things lively even when no great Improvement was
effected. This especially the case with the tele
graph stocks. which early in the week were in
cined to succumb to the incubus Of the rival
American Union line. and barely recovered
their loss at the end. The may
said of the coal carriers. which ir-
regular. except New Jersey Central. which gained
shade over per cent. There an unusual
furry in the Hannba, and st. Joseph properties.
which first knocked them down and afterward set
them up again, the rally being due to report that
their lease OF the Missouri bridge to Kansas City
and Northern would not be renewed after December.
The much to be regretted outbreak Of yellow fever
at Memphis acted injurously to the Southwestern
roads. causing decline OF per cent in Louisville
and Nashville and of from Il to per cent in Iron
Mountain. With the above exceptions there was
more or less improvement in all other stocks. with
the highest prices of the week made before noon on
Saturday. although quotations dropped of in final
hours the natural consequence of extensive reai
cations
The following table shows the extreme fuctua-
tons for the week in the leading shares
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BASEBALL.

CHAMPIONSHIP TABLEs-RELATIvE POSITIONS
OCCUPIED BY THE CLUBS CONTRASTING FOR
LEAGUE, NATIONAL AND LOCAL CHAMPION
SHIPS.
The Chicago Club still leads in the race tor the
League penDant. and has added another to the num-
Der which separates it from the Providence Club.
the one holding second place. in addition to which
the latter have more game added to the lost
record of difference between them and the leading
club. Meanwhile the Bostons. the present cham
pions of the League. who two behind the
Bunalos last week now with them. in games
won and are only one above them in games lost.
From the tie which existed one week since between
the Cincinnati and Syracuse clubs in games won, the
former lead the latter three while games lost
the figures of the latter three greater in difference
than the at tho date of the last publication
of their records. The Cevelsnos. who had for some
weeks been tagging behind. have likewise improved
their condition, and now lead the Troys by two
games won. The following table shows the number
of games played, won, lost and to be playei-
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.


The championship series commenced with nine
clubs In the arena of the National Association On
about the Sth day of May the Capitol City Club, Of
Albany 10 wholly different organization from the
Albany Club tit to release all Of their players
In body the hired to frm in the city of Roch
ester. who desired thereby to advertise their bust
ness. This club because it was composed OF the
same who had played for the Capitol City Club
undertook to play out the they had been
engaged upon. Thus far no serious objec-
ton arose, but the matter has been
ventilated. and their games are thrown out
They never were elected by unanimous
vote-the only way they could enter the arena-to
occupy any position in contrasting for the pennant
of the National Association. As the Capitol Citys
had not played with each other club one game, none
played by them or with them can be counted. On
about the 9TH of this month the Manchester Club
disbanded. All games OF other clubs with them.
therefore. must be reduced to three-the number
they played with the Nationals. of Washington
being the smallest number they played with any one
club On about the 18th inst. the Utica Club dis
banded. The lowest number Of championship games
they had played with the Albany Club was one. The
following table shows the present situation Of each
club