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The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-03-18
A 2,4o Tax.
lMayneld Democrat

In 1874 Congress passed an infa-
nous law requiring the payment of a
tax of $4,000 on every acre Of land
planted in tobacco, provided it pro,
luced one thousand pounds. The
Congress which expired on the 4th in
slant reduced this lax to $4,000 Oh
sixteen cents per pound, which insures
to the benefit of the farming commu-
nifty, and, as a natural sequence, that
class is in much better spirits since the
removal of the burden which bore so
heavily on it and feel like exclaiming
all honor to the Democratic Congress.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-03-18

81 Fahrenheit and lowering. Don't
despair, its long lane that has no
turn in it, and you can finish up that
spring poem in time for the early
waslc-basket.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-03-18
HoPKlNSvILLE, MAR. Is, 1879.

Andrew Jchnson, son of the late
ex-Presideat, died at his home in
Tennessee OIL the 18th.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-03-18
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SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.

West Virginia will try the Moife,t
register.
The state tax of Florida has been
fixed at six mills on the dollar.
immigration from Europe is increas-
ing, especially at the port CT New York.
Mrs. Dickens, relicit of Charles
Dickens, is reported dangerously ill
at London.
Shipments of horses and mules to
the West Indies are being made frl M
New York.
Captain Paul Doynton, in his life
saving apparatus, is swimming from
Piltsburg to New Orleans.
The sensation of the season in Col
orado is the discovery OF a new silver
and platinum mine at Leadville.
1t is believed that there are gold
mines in Virginia that would pay as
well as those of California, if they
were worked Systematically.
The Liverpool strikes have colap-
scd, and the poor laborers have only
made themselves still poorer by their
i'll advised proceedings.
Congress has granted sos 900 to
the Commissioner OF Agriculture for
the purchase and distribution of trees,
shrubs, vines and seeds.
Butterflies and humming birds werc
seen in California valley ten days
ago, and twenty miles away the noun
tain tops were covered with snow.
Ceara, Brazil, has been almost
depopulated by famine and small pox
and new disease has appeared. which
it is feared may be the plague.
The bell punch bill has passed the
lower house of the Texas Legislature
and it is thought it will go thro 81
the senate.
In the Texas senate, Friday, fav
orable report was made on the amend
meut to the constitution prescribing
the poll tax as a qualification TO
suffrage.
| A fellow who went crazy because :
| Missouri belle Tilted him. is wander
ing over Texas with a cow-bcll AROUND
his neck hunting for another sweet
heart.
A bill before the legislature OF Ala
bama appropriates $4,000 for the pay
ment of seventy-fve dollars each t,
soldiers who lost an arm or leg in tn
confederate service.
There are only eight survivors 0
the famous Palmetto regiment tina
went to Mexico. 1t had 100 me
when it left South Carolina. WheI
it returned it had but 223. III
gallant Pierce NJ. Butler was its colo
mel.
Railroad agents are spreading a
sorts Of ridiculous reports about tn
attractiveness OF Kansas, in order t
, induce the negroes to immigrate there
They are creating a perfect Juror
among the denuded darkics of man
parts of the south:
: The census bill as passed by tn
house provides that the enumeratio
shall commence on the first Monday i
June in 1880, and that the return
| shall all be made by the LIST of Jul,
$ In cities of more than ten thousan
, inhabitants the count must be con
J. pleted in two weeks The presider
is to report oncs hundred and fit
d. supervisors Of the census, and the Coz
of the enumeration is limited
$500, QUO, FIVE sixths of which amour
is appropriated by the bill.
i
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-03-18

BY free use of cotton seed manure
and deep blowing Governor Drew, OF
Florida, last year raised $50 bushels
OF corn on an acre Of ground.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-03-18

The Canadian Government has re-
Gently increased import duties on
nearly every article of farm and
home production except tobacco.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-03-18

The Democrats held Congression-
al caucus in Washington last night, 10
select a candidate for the speskerShip
of the House.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-03-18
ESTABLISHED 1868.
lNVEM TORS

Should address EDISON BROS. Attorneys AZ
Law and Patent solicitors, I'll q Street, Wash.
lngton, ID. e., for circulars OF Instructions.
Reasonable terms. Reference and advice
business, Reissues. Interfcrences, and cases
rejected in other hands specially.
Trade-marks and Caveats solicited Upon
receipt, OF mohel or sketch and description We
give our opinion as TO patontabllity, FREE ioP
Ell Of Patents and all commissioners who
have served within tho past fifteen years.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1879-03-18

Hewitt adds Graves to His Vote,
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04
COMBINES PRESIDENTIAL ATTITUDE.

Here ia another version BY = correspon.
dent of thu New York Sun, friendly to Sen.
Conkling, If that gentleman's preslden-
tial altitude:
"a question which appears to have agita-
ted come Of the newspapers Of late is Mr..
,1,nkliug's possible cul, ,ection with the
presidenli i .mpaign Of 1880. Il he . can
.iidate fpr president Or not? l put the quea.
ion bluntly to a man Who enjoys his conf.
.ience TO an unusual degree, and received
hi answer:
"'The New York delegation to the repub.
lican tat onAl convent. n in 1880 will be sol.
ID for Conklinx. Ii he will counent to ,esve
as q deleg tie Vt large, bis name will head
the list. Whether he leads he delegation,
in person or only in spirit, iis vote will bt
cast ~ he desires il to be. He il not anxiou,
. y. cure the presidential nomina,ion. H.
is = comparatively = youny man, on the sun.
~ side Of fifty We aud be can afford IL
ut. But if il sh,utd come t. a perso lal
rivalry between him and some Of those with
whom lie hx. been more or less in contr0
ver>y, he might be CO npelled Il tax,
It, al u mea.nre OF sele.detense. Otherwis.
II i-hiss aeiite tn c6atiRue inqahe ,ensle
He does'not hesitate to say that there in IN,
man whom he would rather. see presiden
ihan 10 ne president h,mself.'
"'And that man lisp
"'UIy,ses s. Grant,"
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04
AslAapeR oa7sAYaap TAYLOR

Somebody haa revived the old stosy shoaa
Baron Humboldts having described Mr..
Bayard Taytsr ~ . man Who had traveled
mott Ind seen less than any othSt man ~
had ever heard Of. The IfspetitiSn@ Of tAis
story & thls particular ,iXs curioualy illoss
trates the vitality of 4 lie if it be only ma.
licious and witty. Baron Humboldt never
said anything Of the kind. He took some
pains 10 assure Mr.. Taylor, and to aaeurs
many others, that he had never thought or
said this, or anything resembling il, and had
never heard of it until it came to him from
America. He emphasized afterward his
cordial regard for Nj. Taylor, and one Of
his beat descriptions VI have Of his later
days ia to be found in the account given by
Mr.. T,ylor Of his l.st visit to the Baron.
So much for the facts. Now for the origin
Of the story. A month or two before it first
.aw the light in an American Newspaper, a
rather seedy New York writer Addressed .
note to MI. Taylor requesting from him the
gift of 4 complete set of his works. This
amounted q thas time (sven n. Wholesale
rates) 70 fqseGt sfot = gin Of $40or $50;
and Nj. Taylor, whose means were the linn
tied, and who knew Of no sort of claim which
the applicant had upon him for such a
declined. The applicant was en-.
ragged, and B ,asted that he YOU d pay Mr..
Taylor for what he conceived to be an af.
front. Within 4 fortnight he coined this
story and act it sfl ,at. The man has long
D. en- dead, aud there is no occasion for fast
eninx hi. dirty trick now TO his grayestone:
nut the fact. have been 10 we'll known for
many years that it is surprising 10 see the
did calumny coming up agsin.-New York
Tribune.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04

The Sioux City Journal strikes a respon.
sive chord in public sentiment up this way
when it says.
Gen. E. Merchant, the superintendent Of
the D .kota Southern road. il one Of those
born 20 d men who puts himself right into
the good graces Of the people with whom he
has to deal, without any apparent effort up
on his own part. 1t il not the facu ty OF
every man to be popular, AMI at the same
time have his own way and his owe mind
about dong business; bnt this faculty NJ.
Merchant seem. in u large measure to have.
THIS quality Of heart and mind has given
Mr.. Merchant, hosts Of friends at the Yenk.
ton emf Of the road he manages 20 we'll, aud
the general wish here is that his admins.
tration Of the affairs of the Dakot. South.
ern may be continued until he strikes = bet.
ter thing. Then We would part with him
r%esretfuliy.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04

Resumption day 10 New York brought
disappointment, almost lud :cr 'us. to dealers
in gold who so confidently expected q visi-
BILE margin to ensue from Q demand for
met .llic currency aud the consequent deple
ton Of the st 'ck on hand. The general
opinion now is that the treasury gold bal
ance will increase instead Of decrease. The
following press telegram of the Fad inst.
tells the story:
At the sub treasury to day men who pre-
sent d gold cert tcates answered The cteIk's
questinn, "GntL or gceenhscks?" with
'Greenhacks are good enough for me" or.
GIVE the bills" The clerk sad two hours
alter he had been paying out gold, IN"
body want. il; we have been receiving
ennrmnu. quantities OF gold certiicates.
and The messengers demanded other notes
or clearing h.sus- Certificates
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04

Of Mississippi, who was the oaly Officer g:
tually Win Gen. Jackson atthe time he -
wounded. In the words Of Gen. Early
@Els acconnt q ~ Whole afair shpws ~!
very erreSeous are the gsnerally received
Accounts; and Il new appeats that inaeade d
ridinr Is the ffoas 10 rsconooitrs ths enemy
toward his own line, Gen. Jackson was
slowly riding TO the front, while making
every effort to hurry forward the tr.ops.
when he was fired on By . portion OF hie
y men on the right (south) Of the road,
and o~bliqusly from the rear, and that then
the horses Of his party that were not sho!
down wheeled to the left, and he gaftoped-
into the woods on the left 10 escape the nre,
when he was fred upon BY another body 81
troops on the north aide Of the road." 1t]
was bv this last 6re that Gen. Jackeon WAS
vonaded. One ball. struck him 10 the LETT
Nm two inches below the shoalderjoint
sbstterinR the bone and severi6g the chief
artery y second passed through the same
Ann between the elbow and wriet, making
its exit through the palm Of the hand, aud
|. third ball entered the palm Of his right
hand, about the middle,knd passing through
broke two Of the bones. All the circum.
lance. surrounding the %wounding, - well
those Immediately preceding and aucceed.
are told with graphic di.tinctness aud
picturesque de,ail, and Gen. Early's article,
apparently intended ss 3 reply to
,ome erroneous statement Of Gen. Revere,
n his book untitled Keel and Saddle, is
.eally : most valuable contribution 70 the
Of. the VA:
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04
op1HEsA-,1s CAUSES AND 1aEA1mEn
F.. n. Burdick. NJ. D.. in the vermulion Republi:
can.

F. n. Burdick. NJ. D.. in the vermilion Republic
can.
As this dreaded disease has appeared il
this section, spy facts or reasonable theorie.
relative 10 it will be of interelt. From all
tina, has been learned o. the disease BY care.
ful observation aud . udy by m+d,csi men.
it 10 pretty thoroughly ptovep tlnt il IL .
disease ot 6l,h, bad sir, bad Diet and bat
water, and hat t Is communicable nv iu-
lection and probably ~ c'btsx,On. The
tirst Gases 10 suv s. ct,on are generally found
in small, close, filthv, ill.venliIIsted houses.
The drinking Of water contaminated b,
drainage from manure piles, privies or sew
ets greatly pred,sposes to The disease II !,
my not produce it. People in inf cted
ae,x hhorheois should keep their houses
clean, themselves aud children clean, kee,
| their rOams we'll ventilated. snd IN care al
small prairie houses of one ri two rMpms Q
disiufectant ike chloride Vi l,me or carbolic
acih should be used every day OF txo. Ii
families whore the disesse extsts these
measures should be strictly enforced. IL
cases of exposure 10 the disease Ne sh0ulc
give quinine three Zines . day, for ct leas
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04
STEALING FROM ostE,s SELF.
A Dakota Justice oftAs Psaee Decides that
the Thing Can b Deae.

A Dakota Justice ofthePsses Decides that
the Thing CAR bb Dove.
Sioux Falls PaGtsgraph
Yesterday morning. OTIS q. Burgess hso
warrants issued fnr!t ID arrest ~ ID, Y. Hail
W P. Mcdowell g. aeise,, Jnseph Nc
Cune and james Leslt.. Hsllll q laIt,e,
at Burgess In the saionf business, and il
charged with emb.x ziemeLt OF certn,,
LIQUORS aud cigars Vt tne value Of $50. TIL.
. tner defendants wcrc charged with larceny
ut same sorl Of gsN,dS nj d fsrent timer
from the salonn OF Hail d Burgess
Tee trIai Of Hall came before Squir'
Hawkins on yesterday mOrning. P.rI,na,
i Wilson spp+aring for the p%rnsecullon
and q. II. WludsDr for the defense. NJ,
Windsor admitted sii that the prOsecut,m
sought t. prove IN fegsrd# Ia. the removal q,
'he gonds as specified. and The proseLut,m'
rested the case. The defense made in Ii.
argument WAS that u partner cannot be held
for enhancement when The goods Of which
be takes individual possession belong II,
the firm. In this view Ut the case MI.
Windsor WAS seconded by The opini"
Of marty every attorney at this bar.
and he III .de The point a. strong a. it could
be put; but the prosecution came in with
such al acute dovetailing ofthe statute.such
an artistic presentation ot The views that a
partner may be liable for prosecution for
emiezz'em-nt, that a decision to this effect
was secured from the court. and Hall W.
held for trial in the sum o. $500 bail. Tt.
ppint made BY the prosecution il that a part.
ner is q trustee Of tie prop rty or funds
which may c me into his pos %ession, and
that a trustee Of any sort NAV be prosecute
crim'nally for misrepresentation Of funds in
his charge.
Joseph H. McCune and James Leslie
we're. discharged upon motion Of the prose.
cution it leinY evident that the charge
agalnrt them were unfounded. u.
Helset was also III, charged, he having simp
ly been connected with ,he care ~ an ex:
prs. driver. without knowing.. anything
sbout what was going on. w. p. Mcdowell
Was held t" the sun Of 500 Tor his appear.
ance, il being proven that he knew there
WA something ~underhanded about the re.
moval Of the x.Qds.
D. c. Hall has instituted habeas 'eorpu,
proceedings.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04

The full text IF Gen. Sberidan's report
tn Secretary Schurz takes up the d.tAils Of
the past years laundering operations in
connection With the Red Cloud and Spot.
ted Tail Indians and. 10 an ipferential way,
places the blame right where it belorgs-
with the interior department. which weak.
ly Welded 10 the Vaccinations of persons
interested in trading and f~reiehtine and per.
mi't.d the Indians to 90 back into the 10.
terror away from all established, lines of
communication. The lieutenant general
say:
Let Us now come down I the matter OF
the rem, ysl Of the Red Cloud end SDpited
Tail Indians and their return To points fur
ther west last fall. 10 reference IL th,s
matter | made no accusations ngain.t ,ht
lni,an bureau. I simply slated, Il had
hoped that the agencies of these Indians
(Rsd Cloud aud .SMDl,sat Ts,) would have
been retained on the Missouri, river. where
they could have been fed. a0d l.n,ked ait .r
1T comparatively small exp.nse, but ihIs
would snt have u ted the traders and Gun,
tractors WIN, l 'ear. labnred sy,tema.icnI '
last su,nm.r and fall, 10 work 10 tue result
which has been 0b'a,nef, and now these
1nd.aD are ON worse grou I'd th 10 tine Nil
touri river bottoin. and located Y, p.nu,s
b+y0ud the river lines Of transportation
for instance. Red Clouds band, where the
expense of feeding will probably be fv.
tunes rs great rs nu the Missouri river. In
addition. these Indians are now located
near the line Of travel 10 The Black Hills
and are ON the extreme western limit Of
their reservation. and where contact with
ihs whites Is liable to frequently occur, and
! doubt It, 10 tn. present frame of .nird Of
the Rid Cioui indians, the Iva races car
live so closely i0ge,her without d. ching
THIS dnes not charge anything on the 10
dian bureau, SO that it will he seen thu
sgatn the honorable secretary pu's charge
into my mouth which l never made. an,
gives them I, the public in tho same way
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04

The criticisms Of the Yankton Herald rs
applied tn Grand Forks and the Grand
Forks Plaiudealer have reused the lion slum.
beriup within the heart of Father Lhivef,
who publishes his thoughts 10 the Plain
dealer and they are not at all complimentary.
The editor of the Plaindealer also takes oc-
cas,on to hit the Herald a thump yer the
head, and altogether our neighbors down
the street are 10 a. fair way to hate them
selves for having inadvertently put their
foot in il. asa.r- $50 .tSsar& SCI
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04

The Sioux Falls Paragraph publishes a
list Of improv, ments 10 81 III Fal's during
the year 1873, which foots up $2S6,750. An
itemized statement Of the business buildings
is made, and Tie residences, numbering one
hundred aud ftty, are averaged at $9OOeach.
The P ,ntsgraph record shows that Sioux
Falls has pro-pered wonderfully during the
year just ended. All Of Dakota takes pride
in it. growth, and joins in the pr. dic',on
that another year will do still more towards
its DEVELOPMENT.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04
TERRIBLE TALES OF THE PRINCE Of WALES

London Correspondence Philadelphia Bulletin,
His Royal H,ghness the Prince Of Vale
does well 10 attend the debates. HIS pre-
sence 10 either Of the houses 10 edifyibg
which is much more than could have beef
said of his presence the other night in th'
box Of q fashionable West Fad theatre.
His c0mpa0luns on The Occas,on were tw"
%well.known ladies OF fashion, wh0sc pnr-
traits nre tn he seen in the shOp-windOws
all cver London. He was in q fesliv,
mood, and SO, it would appear, was ore oi
the besuties. At airy rate, be was sert
with hts cn,nplaisaut arm around her SYM
meir,cal waist. Perhaps this sort of tn'"R
Is one If the habits and customs ut the
cnurt I don't know: | only know. on tnt
testimony Of two gentlemen connected With
the ,hra,rr In gu. sti0u, ,h.t some such
scene MS that which | nave roughly descr'0
ed took place. On tue same occasion b,
sought and 0bta,uei admission behind 'b'
scenes ''L-t W. see" snid his royal high
ness, "hs~ they set q drawing rm'm." AM
they saw. I dare saw there will be reader
OF The ep,.t U who will declare hat the 1T
tie auecdute which l have related. precisely
rs 1t WAS related u the, without garnish
ment or ornament ,fany kind, Is y fabrtca-
lion F; the sort vt thing used by writer's ui
my emit 10 imps,t the proper p'quenl q ,v"'
/, q u London letter prepared especially f'
he American market. Well. l must ri>L
yur %incredulity. lean only repeat what !
have said before, that Alnert Edward
prince ii Wales, WIS seen. Two or thre.
night, since, 10 q privat, b"x, in q Yves
Fad theater. with his arm around the wa,s'
ut q married woman. nj his royal high
ness wife. We do MT. b"r obvI"us rrs-
sons, take j.,urnnlis,,c c"xnizsnce Of this
k,nk Of thing here but the Cast. in qnesti",
WAS 81 q grant, IL will MT surprise int /;
nne or tne ,tner vi the soci.t. .urnai'
uotices It. We Can forgive P,iuce Hal
R""d deal, in view ot his really good ns
lure. hut be must not q .aBthis peccndiIl"tl
IN the Eyes or the w"ridss be did The othe.
night,
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04
S4e 9sily gre,s aud 9atatst1u
vANkToN, DAKOTA
Saturday Evening, Jan. 4, 1879
Council Bluffs improved $4,000 worth
during the year 1878.
Mrs. Bruce. the colosed wife ofs colored
senator, gave the most popular New Years
reception in Washington,

The Catholic sisters Of mercy are conduct
ing a public hospitalin Deadwood. The in
stitution is under the management Of Sister
Superior. Mary Edwards and Sisters Mary
Passion, Mary Marciana and Mary B~assilla,
of the Holy Gross, parent hoS&., sosth Bend;
Indiana,
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04

two weeks a. . prsventlye Of tho disease.
|SAAa1leay beins of aitpaoid character the
rJlvsthent Of IL consisia1 os % much 10 meas.
pres directed I the hfuat - sloSee who's
objects to support tle Vial plFseie seatess
the ihtoads Of probably zy6attAs pois1n.
ull ~ emergency ispsA. But the esse1-,
Vial thing for the public to know ID that TIE
d seass can be largely prevented BY hygienic
and Il not successiul 10 prevention.
greatly mitigate the virulence Of the disease,
should 1t make its appearance.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04

The Kansas City Times ia making q Wig
orous effort to secure the secession of Kansas
City from the state Of Missouri and its At
tachment to the state of X .nsas. The city
is now located upon the boundary and a part
of it runs over in:o Kansas, causing nuner-
Gus annoying complications. The people OF.
Kansas 0,ysgensrally favor ths transfer.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-04
st0NEwALL lAcksoNs DEATH WOUND.
Charleston Is. c. News. Dec. ~

Charleston Is. CO. News. Dec. II.
Gen. Jubal A. Early contributes to the
December number Of the Southern Hi-tori.
cal sociesy papers an elaborate article on the
wounding OF Stonewall jackson. which will
be read with painful interest BY every ex-
confederate. It. includea . long and plainly
written narrative by Capt. r. E. Wiblourn,
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-08-15

II i said thAl there will be no contest o.
the will Of Mrs. sarah A. Dorsey, who be-
qneathed her property, valued At several
hundred thousand dollars TO JET Davis
President Of the late southern Coniedera.
cy, the would-bc contestants bcine unable
to raise a retainer. AZ no lawyer can -
found who win take the case on contin-
gent fee, there i but little show Tor the
contestants
John J. Knox, Controller IT the Curren-
cy, read paper At the Bankers Conven-
ton at Saratoga, the other day. showing
that the number Of banks IN the United
States Is 400, with total capital Of
SOS, $50, $50, containing deposits amount
ing to Si,2f2,Tsi,s0S. There are 1925
in the Middle State, with deposits amount
ing to s5fi,O75,5Sa, while the Southern
States have only $50, with si7,77iO7i de-
posiis.
Auditor D. Howard Smith has issued a
circular, saying that, owing to the deple-
ton Of the Treasury by a reduction Of
twenty-five per cent on the taxes imposed
on property IN the State, a shrinkage In
values, the reduction Of taxes on railroads,
the failure Of sherii- to pay the public
due- into the Treasury, and the continued
increase Of the expenses Of the State, he
has been compelled TO cease auditing any
claims against the State until the Trea-u-
~ l. replenishe,.