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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-09-12


KILLING FLIEs.-A restaurant keeper in
the Allegheny Diamond during the past
week, like many Others, has been infested
with flies. Patent gum paper poison,
everything known to fy-exterminating
science has been tried, but still they come.
Sunday last was good day to experiment.
The room, with closed doors and windows,
was a perfect buzz Of flies. A train of very
fine gun n-powder was laid in narrow strips
over the floor, and the spaces between the
strips were carefully painted with molas-
ses. In an incredibly short time. all the.
flies in the room seemed to be on the floor,
enjoying the luxurious repast SO tempting
ly set before them. It was but the work
of an instant, fash. cloud OF smoke, the
work was done, and pounds 8 ounces of
fly carcasses was the result when carefully
weighed. The proprietor of the restaurant
is happy, and is about to apply for patent
on the new process. II Pitts5urg Tetsgraph.ll
y
= EsTATEs OF PRESIDENTS w ashlngton
left an estate worth $500, 900. John Adams
died moderately well off. jefferson died SO
poor that il Congress had not given S20, 600
for his library he would have been bank
rupt. Madison was economical and died
rich. Monroe died SO poor that he was
buried at the expense of his relatives in New
York. John Quincy Adams left about $780,
600, the result Of prudence. His son,
Charles Francis Adams, gained q large for.
tune by marriage. Jackson died tolerably
we'll of. Van Buren, died worth some
$9O0,0C0. It is said that during his entire
administration he never drew any portion
of his salary, but on leaving took the whole
800, coo in lump. Polk left about $780,
600. Tyler married a lady Of wealth and
accomplishments and died rich. Taylor
left about $3.50. 600 Fillmore was always
an economical man, and added to his wealth
by his last marriage. Pierce saved about
$50, 1000. Buchanan left about $500, 900
Lincoln, about $4,000 johnson, about
$50, 600. .s.... 80.
AN American engineer, who, being en-s
gagged in the construction OF a3 railway In
China, has had unusually favorable oppor-
tunitlss for examining the Great Wall
built to obstruct the incursions Of the Tar
tars, gives the following account Of this
wonderful work The wall Is 1928 miles
long, 18 feet wide and fifteen feet thick at.
the top. At intervals Of between 900 ard
800 yards towers rise up rs and so feet
high, and "a feet in diameter. On the top
of the walls and on both sides or it are
masonry parapets to enable the defenders
TO pass unseen from one tower TO the other.
The wall itself ID carried in = perfectly
straight line from one point to another,
without the slightest regard to the con6gu-
ration Of the ground, sometimes plnnging
into abysses thousand feet deep. Brook
and smaller rivers ara brideed over By the
wall. while on both banks Of larger streams
strong tlanking towers are placed.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-09-12
Blanks for Sale.

We have In stock the following Justices
Blanks, adapted for any township or county
in ontana. and in conformity to existing
laws. The following are the prices:
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-09-12
NEWSPAPER DECISIONS.

l. Any one who takes paper regularly from the Poss
oHce-whether directed to his name or anothers OF
whether he has subscribed noss responsible for the
payment.
q II person orders his paper discontinued ns mus
all arrearagez the publisher win continue TO ssRG
1t until payment Ia made and collect the whole amount
whether the paper 10 taken from the office or not
3 The courts have decided that reueing to take the
newspapers periodicals from .he Post-ofce or renov.
Ing and them uncalled for is pra aea evidence
Of Intentional fraud.
Papers ordered TO any address be changed to ano
or address at the option of the subscriber. III e
Remitances by draft check money order or registered
letter, may be sent at risk All Postnasteys are r
quired to register letters g. esp!icaton. q 80, =
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-09-12

GRAIN GRowIHG At HIGH ATTITUDES.
The Idaho Democrat says: Many of our
citizens are inclined to be skeptical 10 re-
gard TO raising grain and frnit ON the high
valleysin our Territory. For the benefit
of such we give the attitudes of several
points at which the matter has been tested: /:
Ogden, Utah. 4300 feet; Franklln, Idaho,
400; Logan. Utah, 400. CaHhs Valley,
Utah, is one Of the best valleys 10 III this
country for wheat and other grains, also for
vegetables, and IL LES on an average of over
5. 200 fest above the sea level. Great CAM
as Prairies in Idaho, lies 900 feet; Wood
River. $500; Litsls salmon valley. $500;
Upper Weiser, 1900: Long Valley, On the.
Pagette, 3700 This valley ia so mica
long and from TO 15 miles vide. Rniss
City 10 $500 feet. OF course the fgaEesaare
not exact, but will not be found more than
100 feet IN difference either way.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-09-12

/ "A New York artifcer, CRUDE, has CON-
structed vhat be purports to be the lar
gest globe of the earth now in existence,
showing all the prominent features of its
surface. It's diame ter is four feet and one
inch, the scale being one to 10000. COO
The globe Is made sf wood the relief
formed by wax. 9
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-09-05
Greenback Sophistries.

1t is the opinion of Mr.. Solon Chase,
of Maine, that the country ought to
have more money, Not in unlimited
quantity, for Mr.. Chase, unlike many
Greenback statesmen, does not believe
that if legal tender bills were as plenty
as sand on the sea-shore, or leaves in
the forest, they would still have value.
His idea is that the general average of
prices is twenty-five per cent. lower
than it was in 1860, and that this ought
to be remedied, in the interest of the
debtor class, and can be remedied only
by an additional issue of legal-tender
notes. 1t does not seem to him that
this would be reputation; it would only
restore property to what he considers
its normal value. That he may be mis-
taken as to what is the normal and
proper value of property does not seem
to him possible, nor has he ever con-
sidered, apparently, that the normal
and proper value of property of many
kinds has greatly changed since 1860;
in consequence of inventions, which
have cheapened the production of many
articles; in consequence of the cultiva-
ton of new lands and the reduction in
the cost of transportation, which have
reduced the sum necessary to repay the
farmer for the production of each bushel
of wheat or corn; or in consequence of
the great changes in price which have
occurred in other countries.
Like many enthusiasts, Mr.. Chase is
careless as to his facts. The average
of prices has at no time been reduced,
since 1861, to a point twenty-five per
cent. below the average of 1860, year
of great prosperity. The lowest level
was reached about October /. 1873,
when the average was about $S5,
against 800 in 1860, a decline OF
fifteen per cent. But an advance in
average prices began in 1873, and has
continued all this year, with little in
termission. The level was hardly ten
per cent. lower than that of 1860 in
January last, and there is not single
economist of repute, probably, who
will contend that the average OF prices
now is more than six or seven per cent.
below that of 1870. This is certain, at
least; that the most elaborate tables of
prices, embracing several hundred arti-
cles, show that the decrease has not
been, at any time since the war, more
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-09-05
The Confederate Ideas,

Never before have doctrines so fatal,
so subversive of authority, of Govern
ment, of National existence, been so
boldly asserted as those proclaimed by
the Confederate dictators at the late
extra session of Congress. If these
doctrines prevail; if it be true that the
Nation has no Representatives and can
have none; that it has no elections and
can hold none; that it has no voters and
can create none; then indeed Is ito fato,
its doom, a mere question of time and
at no distant day we may exclaim with
the Trojan exile, "what place, what
region of earth is not filled with the sad
story of our fallr'
Through a succession of crimes uD-
paralleled in the annals of political
atrocity, this demon has already sub
verted the great principal of majority
rule, by subjecting the two Houses of
Congress to the usurped control of
bodies other than those which should
rule by constitutional right. A dozen
Senators and score of Representatives
hold seats therein against the will of
majority of their several constituencies.
Efrontery has not the hardihood to
deny the crimes and frauds upon the
elections under color of which they
have obtruded into their seats. Only
Senator Thurman palliates them on the
grounds that the elective franchise
should be restricted to wealth and in
telligence. If these intruders had
usurped their seats by the military
force at Washington, the crime would
have fired the Nation and enkindled
revolution. What difference is it
whether the usurpation be at the source
or at the seat of power, whether the
usurpers bear certificates of title Sc
cured by armed force against the will
oftheir constituents, or employ that force
without color or title at the doors of the
CapitolP
Shall this usurpation perpetuate it
selfP The authorities of the several
States in which it has its origin are
under its dominion, the creatures of its
creation. Can any one be so innocent
az to suppose they will restrain the
hand that created them and clothed them
with power; prevent the crime that Sc
cured to them position; purify ballot
box upon whose corruption, or protect
right upon whose extinction, their of
Hclul tenure uepenuST III is not cr6ul-
BILE; they could not if they would, they
dare not if they could; the power be-
hind them is greater than they. VIII
they enforce a more righteous rule in
the Congressional electonsP mo. The
crime that subjugated these States will
perpetuate their subJugation, and
through it perpetuate the usurpation
on the government of the Nation,
TO this the National election laws
are the only impediment. Shall nulli-
ficatiOn strike them downP Why,
then, not submit the selection of Con-
gressmen in these States to the rifle
clubs, red-shirt bandits and Ku-Klux
clans, without the mockery of an cleo
tion farceP
The American people consented to
be governed by constitutional MAORI
ties, not by the usurpations of violence
and fraud. If the Nations laws can
not protect them, if the several States
will not, then revolution must. From
the Speech Of Judge w. II, West al
Urbaisa, Ohio,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-09-05
A Remarkable Woman.

A Georgia lady recently became de-
ranged while attending revival meet
ings in Worth County. She went raw
ing about the house and yard with a
bucket of water, baptiziug everything
in her pathway. She baptized her hus-
band and children, and while doing it
sang songs that she had heard but once
or twice. Although an unlettered wom-
an she reads any chapter in the Bible
readily, pronouncing correctly and dis
tinctly, paying attention to punctuation
points, etc, She breaches nearly all
the while, uses the choicest words and
displays great knowledge in the hand
ling of different subjects. Although
not Mason, she knows all the mys-
teries of that mysterious craft by heart.
Dozens of Masons have gone TO see her,
and they all come away dumbfounded.
She neither sleeps nor eats. Her hus-
band has come to the conclusion that
she is witch. Georgia Paper.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-09-05
YELLOW FEWER TTEmS.

At a conference, on the 26th, between the
Superintendent of Quarantine at Memphis
and representatives of the colored churches, it
was agreed that all places of worship should
be kept closed until the disappearance of the
epidemic. Seven deaths and twenty nine new
cases were reported.
Ten deaths and twenty-five new cases at
Memphis on the 27th.
Gen. j. B. Hood and daughter were re-
ported sick with yellow fever at New Orleans
on the 9th. His wife died on the oath.
Ten deaths and seven new cases at Memphis
on the 2Sth ult.
The National Board of Health, on the Goth
ult., sent $4,000 to the health authorities of
Louisiana TO be used in the wSrk of isolation
and disinfectiOD. Should the fever continue
to spread, New Orleans win be shut I'm, under
the rules of the Board, very much as Mem
phis now is.
The fever was again ON the increase at Mem
phis on the 10Th ult. Ten deaths and twenty
cases were reported.
Gen. J. b. Hood died at New Orleans on the
sOth ult. His daughter, Lydia, died on the
3lst ult,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-09-05
Horns of a Democratic Dilemma,

The Yazoo affair has become part of
the history of the times. The assassi-
nation of Dixon was political murder
committed by the Democratic party,
not of Yazoo County alone, but of the
State of Mississippi. This is not and
cannot be successfully disputed. Now
we propose 10 show that the Northern
wing of the Democratic party is parti-
cipS criminis- that it shares in the
guilt of the bloody deed, Such an out
rage would be impossible at the North
Northern public sentiment, whether Of
Republican or Democratic origin, would
revolt at the spectacle of apartisanship
so violent as to cause bloodshed here.
A political organization at the North
which should be suppressed by murder
would instantly reassert itself with four
fold strength. Why, then, is the DEM
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-09-05
WEST AND SOUTH.

The Louisiana Republican State Convention
will be held at New Orleans October 20, and
the Democratic Convention at Baton Rouge
October @.
On the afternoon OF the Goth a respectable
looking man walked into the Capital City
Bank at Columbus, Ohio, called the attention
OF President Rickley and entered into con
Versation about the purchase of some bonds.
A few minutes after another man came in aud
also engaged Rickley's attention concerning
some other business. The first man slipped
away, walked over to the water cooler, and
Rickley supposing he merely desired TO
get drink OF water continued his
attentiou to the last visitor Presently he
saw he was leaving the bank and going to the
vault discovered that 5000 in currency and
$4,000 In bonds had been stolen. He was
Wild with excitement, and returned from the
vault just In time to see the confederate leave.
The large brick tobacco factory at Rich
mond, Va, used as prison for Federal and
Confederate prisoners during the late war,
aud known as "Castle Thunder,n was de-
stroyed by fire on the 26th
1t will be remembered that some weeks ago
horrible murder was committed In the east
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-09-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON.


Attorney General Devens has decided that
the arrears of pensions due soldiers in National
Homes must be paid to the inmates of such
Homes in person, and not to the Homes as
claimed by the managers.
The decision OF the Attorney General rela.
tive to the arrears Of pensions affects 1900
soldiers in the different Homes. The amount
involved is about 81, ,5O0,0OO
The proceedings and findings Of the court
martial of January IA, 1864, by which Surgeon
General Hammond was dismissed the service,
have been annulled and set aside and his
name placed on the retired list of the army
as Surgeon-General, without back, present
or future pay, or allowance Of any kind what
ever.
The Internal Revenue Bureau has prepared
statement showing that the number of gal
Ions Of spirits produced during the fiscal year
OF 1879 was 7l,S936l7 against 56,103,O53 gal
Ions in,lS7S The gallons withdrawn from bond
with tax paid In 1879 numbered 81, 500, 10; in
1873, G9,573, ,639; balance withdrawn from bond
for export in 1879, 14S315Sl against 5, ,499, ,252
In 1875. The gallons landed abroad in 1879
were 7,199,07l; in 1878 the number was 1884
GIG Gallons remaining in bonded warehouses
June 30, 1879, were 19,2OS476; on June 80,
1873, only 14,0SS,173.
The Comptroller of the Currency reports
the amount of National bank circulation out
standing on the Both ult., $329, ,344, ,147, exclu-
sive Of 81, ,44S, $40 OF National gold bank notes.
The total increase of National bank circula-
tion since the LIST of January last was S7,O2l,-
293. The amount of increase in the month of
January was S607,995 February, 81 l,64S, 4O1;
March, $l,OSl,0 ,026; April, $2,0lS,634; MAY,
$S93,9Ol; June, $l51, 1886; July, $266, $40; Au-
gust, $S53,4l0. There has been an increase of
legal tender notes deposited for the purpose
OF retiring circulation since the 1st of Janu-
ary, 1872 of $2,2S5,273. Amount of 1O4O
bonds on depc:!t as security for circulating
notes of National bank ks, $10,5l2,90J
The debt statement shows decrease of the
debt for August of $3,527, 1896. Cash in the
Treasury, $243, 500, ,22S; gold certificates, Sl5,-
l2S,1OO; silver certificates, $3,2S1, $50; cur
rency certificates, $35, LIS 900; refunding GER
tihcates, "a, 1885, 800; legal tenders outstanding,
S346,6Sl ,Ol6; fractional currency outstanding
Sl5,164O6i. There were redeemed during
August, of called bonds, S37, ,595, 400; of the
proceeds OF which $25,O494lS was fixed by
check and $l3, l55,376 was credited on the loan
account to depository banks. Balance on loan
account In banks July 3lst, $50, ,537, 17O; at the
close OF business August Both, $25, ,529, $40,
showing reduction OF balance during August
OF S6l,0l6 1893. Amount of called bonds out
standing, $43, ,S46,074.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-09-05
How He Was Cured of Heart Disease.

Earl Fitzpatrick, fve-years-old
son of Rev. jesse Fitzpatrick, of this
place, has been ailing for some months
with obscure heart disease and dropsi-
cal symptoms, which baffled the efforts
of physicians TO cure. A few days since
the mysterious disease was explained.
Earl felt very badly and complained of
an itching on his breast. His father
examined his breast and discovered the
point of a needle protruding through
the skin. which he pulled out and
foundS % be a good-sized sewing needle
unbroken and but little rusted. The
needle had probably been in his body
for great many months, and perhaps
for years, and was undoubtedly the
cause of sickness, as he is now in much
better health,-CIintOH (Aich.l NetOs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-09-05

A Washington special says a new feature in
the management OF yellow fever I'm the South
by the National Board Of Health is a PROPOSE
tion to buy all the clothing, bedding and other
textile fabrics supposed to be infected with
the germs OF the disease and destroy It. 1t is
claimed that the outbreak of the feverthis
year was caused by the infection of 1873 con-
talned in the clothing Of poor people who
could not afford to destroy their garments
last year.
Ten deaths and slxty-Hve cases were report
ed at Memphis on the Both aud 3lst ult. The
Howards had POS nurses on duty in 1913 families
-132 white and 81 colored.
Eight deaths and sixteen new cases at Mem
phis on the 1st.
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-09-20
SUM MON -.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
4 Seventeenth judicial District of the
State of California, in and for the
county OF Los Angeles.
Ella d. Cook. plaintiff, VS.. Vining A.
Cook, defendant.
Action brought in the District Court OF
the seventeenth judicial District OF the
State of California, in and for the county
of Los Angeles, and the complaint filed in
said county of Los Angeles, in the Office
of the Clerk OF said District Court.
The people OF the state of California
send greeting to Vining A. Cook, De-
PENDANT.
You are hereby required to appear in an
action brought against you by the above
named Plaintiff IN the District Court OF
the Seventeenth Judicial District of the
State OF California. In and for the County
of Los Angeles, and to answer the COM
plant filed therein, within ten days lex
elusive of the day of service) after the
service on you OF this summons-if served
within this County; or, II served out
of this County, but i'll this District, within
twenty days; otherwise, within forty days
or Judgment by default Will be taken
against you, according to the prayer of
said complaint.
The said action is brought to obtain
Judgment and decree of This Court dis
solving the bonds of matrimony now
and heretofore existing between the said
plaintiff and defendant and awarding
the care, custody and control OF the
minor, Fannie ID. Cook, to said plaintiff,
and for such other and further judgment
and decree as may be proper, and for
costs OF suit.
Reference is had to complaint FOL par
ticulars.
And you are hereby notified that if you
fail to appear and answer the said COM
plant as above required, the said plaintiff
Will cause your default 10 be entered and
apply to the Court for the relief demand
ed in the complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal of
the District Court OF the Seventeenth
judicial District of the State Of California,
in and for the county OF Los Angeles,
this Goth day oil July, in the year oil our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-nne.
TSeai.l A.W. POTTS. Clerk.
By A. RIMPAU, Deputy Clerk.
iV29 Pm
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1879-09-20
SATURDAY, THE 4th DAY OF
OCTOBER, A. D. 1879,

proceed to sell at the Court
House door, in the city and county
OF Los Angeles, state aforesaid,
est and best bidder, for cash in
United States gold coin, TO satisfy said
judgment, costs and all accruing costs,
all the right, title and interest of said
defendant, The Black Star Coal Mining
Company, in and to the following describ-
ed real estate. to wit:
That certain real property, situated in
the county of Los Angeles, state Of Cali
fornia, and more particularly described
as follows. to-wit:
Being a part of the Rancho Lomos dc
Santiago, particularly described 81 fol-
lows: Commencing at the NV corner of
Sec one (l) 7 8 = RS W, S b NJ, said cor
ner being marked by a sandstone post
set by Mimic, U s Deputy surveyor, on
first standard south; running thence at
right angles to said standard line north
40 chains; thence at right angles east 40
chains, intersectS the random line of
the eastern boundary of the Rancho Lo-
mas de Santiago, surveyed and marked
by G T Haley in March, 1873, 40 G3.IG0
chains to point on the true eastern
boundary line of said ranch; thence
along said true boundary degrees
minutes E 40 l0-l00 chains to a redwood
post feet long and six inches square,
marked l.. y. No. 2, at q corner of said
rancho ON said standard line from which
corner a sandstone 4x4and feet, marked
81, bears $ 62h degrees W 81 links; thence
along said standard line w d 50-l00
chains to the place of beginning, con-
tanning 1853 26-l00 acres of land, more or
less, together with all mines, coal beds,
thereon or therein; the above property
being the same property heretofore occu.
pied and possessed by The defendant and
described in deed executed by James r.
vine to w A Witte ct al, recorded in
book So of deeds, page go, Records of Los
Angeles county, TO which deed reference
Is hereby made.
An undivided one-fourth Of the above
described property Standing upon the
records of Los Angeles county in the
name of August White and the remain
ing three -fourths standing upon the rec
ords of said county in the name OF the
said defendants. the Black Star Coal
Mining Company.
Given under my hand. at the city and
county Of Los Angeles, State OF Califor-
mia, this the 10th day of Septem Der, A. ID.
1870. II. Nj. MITCHELL,
sheriff.
By j. g KAYS, Under Sheriff. sellid