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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

As AN evidence of the growing bust
ness westward, we cite the fact that
four of the roads running west from
Chicago have added 800 freight cars
to their rolling stock during the pres
ent year. These We're not to replace
old cars but TO increase the carrying
capacity of the roads.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

EVERY other day the attitude of the
Russian press to Germany changes.
One day the Teutons are pictured rs
demons too horrible for the companion.
ship of ghouls, and tile next they are
considered as rather good and friendly
people. Nothing but the frequent in
toxication Of the boss censor Of thu
press can explain away the strange
conduct.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

1T SEEMS very strange that $4,000
should remain unclaimed in the money
order department of the ~postofice. Yet
such is the case. And persons of mod
crate means are usually the senders.
This department, by the way, does IN
immense business. Over 800, 200, 900
passed through it last year.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

sIF THE mountain will not come to
Mohammed, Mohammed must go to
the mountain" A Sheffield razor firm
whose market is in the United States,
viii remove here in order to avoid the
tariff. All the workmen of the estab-
lishment will also come over.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

FoR some time Alfonso's ministers
were seeking a helpmeet for him, and
after much search hit upon the Arch
duchess Marie, of Austria. Now the
house of Savoy, the royal family of
Italy, offers a candidate for King Al
fonso's hand. As ALI. is engaged to
Marie, we await with interest the an
swer to the proposition.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

1t doesn't always pay TO give the
elephant tobacco, or to twist the lion''
tail. At Mayfeld, Kentucky, opposite
Cincinnati, while circus was parading
the streets, yesterday, N truly good
little boy twisted the tail of a lion,
which hung outside of the cage, causing
the animal to assail and nearly tea tc
pieces his keeper, who rode inside. If,
now, it had only been the good little
boy-but lions do not discriminate as
clearly as they should, particularly
when you have them, SO to speak, in
chancery.
The Weekly LEADER has the largest
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

GEN. SHERMAN is reported in this
mornings dispates as saying that sit is
immaterial to him who is the next
PRESIDENT But If It is all the same to
the people, he might have added, 1
would just as soon have John Sherman
for president.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

THERE are strikes and rumors of
strikes throughout England. The man
ufacturers are endeavoring to make the
people and their workmen believe that
the revival Of trade is only temper
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

TIE country is becoming rs highly
interested over the coming race between
Hanlan and Courtney as if the United
States and Canada were about to en-
gage in war.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

PoPE LEO is said to enjoy excellent
health Notwithstanding the reports to
the contrary. But rumor has continu-
ally been meddling with the health of
the popes.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

THIS seasons shipments of wheat far
exceeds those Of last year. Wheat ex-
portation is growing to be the -four of
our foreign trade.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

A NEW line of freight steamers to
run from Hamburg and London to the
United States will soon be started. Two
steamers have already been ordered.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

ALL PASSENGERS GOING EAST
should bear in mind that this is the
Best Route to Chicago
AND ALL POINTS EAST.
Passengers by this route have choice
of FIVE DIFFERENT ROUTES and
the advantage of Eight Daily Lines Of
Palace Sleeping Cars from CHICAGO
to
PHILADELPHIA and NEW YORK
And Other Eastern Points.
Insist that the Ticket Agent sells you
tickets by the North Western Road.
Examine your Tickets and refuse to buy
If they do not read over this Road.
All Agents sell them and Check the
usual baggage Free by this Line.
Through Tickets via this Route to all
Eastern Points can be procured at all
Coupon Ticket Offices of Union Pacific
and all Western Railroads.
New York Office, No. 415 Broadway.
Boston Office, No.. 8 State Street. Oma-
ha Offices, No. 513 Fourteenth Street
and u. P. Depot. Council Bluffs Off
ces at Union Pacific and Chicago and
North Western Depots. San Francisco
cago Ticket Offices, 81 Clark Street, I'M
der Sherman House; 75 Canal, corner
Madison Street; Kinzie Street Depot,
corner West Kinzie and Canal Streets;
Wells Street Depot, corner Wells and
Kinzie Streets.
For rates or information not attaina-
BILE from your home ticket agents, apply
to any agent of the Company, or to
MARVIN HUGHITT,
Gen1 Mang'r, Chicago.
W. H.. STENNETT,
Gen1 Pass. Ag't, Chicago
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

EAdrerfisers ,oin make note Of heJact
that THE LEADER has a larger circida-
tion than any other paper published in
Wyoming. -
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

IT NO longer pays to run ostrich
farms in South Africa, so the PROPOSE
ton is made to remove to the United
States and carry on the industry.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

"YAzoo" is a good watch-word in
the north. When will southerners
learn to refrain from giving the repnb-
licans campaign power?
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

IT IS very naughty of those Afghans
not to stay whipped. They have a most
d~isagreeable habit Of kicking at the
wrong time to suit the British.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

GEO. w. CHnDs is the godfather to
the Grant boom. and he doesn't know
what to do about it.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13
SPECIAL NOTICES.
ACard,

To all who are suffering IRON the errors and
indiscretions of youth, ner vons weakness,
early decay, loss OF manhood, 6c.,I will SEND
n receipt that viii cure you FREE OF
CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered
by missionary In South America. Send q
self-addressed envelope to the Rev. JosEPn
7. IMAM. Station D. New York. ALL.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

NoRDENsKJoLD cannot get the
northeast passage copyrighted, pat
ented or incorporated. It is of no con-
sequence.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

Col. HARPER, editor of the Okalona
States, gets no encouragement to lee
ture In the north. He has so far struck
empty benches.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

LEssErs wonders whether he is like
the great Fitzhugh-''a bigger man than
old Grant,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

JOHN KELLEY is doing n big work
for Conkling and Cornell.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

THE coming race-That between
Hanlan and Courtney.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

SECRETARY THOMSON, of the
navy. proposes n ship canal from
the Potomac and Cumberland to the
Ohio river.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

Mr.. WELSH contracted his Illness
during fox and grouse hunting.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

Fellows Compound Syrup is composed
OF Ingredients identical with those which
Constitute Healthy Blood, Muscle and
Nerve and Brain Substance, while Life
itself is directly dependent upon some
OF them.
By its union with the blood and its eff
feet upon the muscles. reestablishing the
one and toning the other, 1t is capable Of
effecting the following results:
1t will displace or wash out ~tuberculous
matter. and thus cure Consumption.
By increasing Nervous and Muscular
vigor. 1t will cure Dyspepsia, feeble or
interrupted action OF the Heart and Pal
pitation, Weakness Of Intellect caused by
grief, worry, oyertax, or irregular habits.
Bronchitis-Acute or Chronic, Congestion
of the Lungs, ever in the most alarming
stages. q
1t cures Asthma. Loss OF Voice, Neu-
ralgia, st. vitus Dance. EpIleptic Fits.
whooping Cough. Nervousness, and is q
most wonderful adjunct to other remedies
In sustaining life during the process Of
Diphtheria.
Do not be deceived by remedies bearing
a similar name I: no other preparation is a
substitute for this under any circum-
stances.
Look out for the name and address J. /.
FELLOWS. St. John. N. B.. on the yellow
wrapper in watermark. which isseen by
holding the paper before tho light
Price, $3.50 per Bottle. six for $3.50.
Sold by all Druggists.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

"MAINE went Blaine bent,' says the
Omaha Republican.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC r. r..

Its main line runs from Chicago TO Council BluSs
Sale. Gencseo. Moline Rock Island. Davenport,
S Wsss hab s & DEE asY Ho, Sisy. az has casi,S, s as ioEa;
Wilton Junction to Muscatlnc. Washinrton,. Fair
nefd, Eldon. Delknap. Centrcvile, Princeton. Tren-
ton, Gallatin. Cameron. L~enyenworth and Atehisoni
Wasn,ps,en e s s1s,ou5ney. 3 Rananss,s and ns RfnSSy,lla;
independent, Eidoa. ottamwa. Eddyyiiies .Jsfa,
ioosa. Pelia. Monroe, and Des Molnos, Des Moines.
70 Indianola and Winferset; Atlantic 10 Audubon
and Ayoca % Harlan. Thls Is positively the only
This Company own and controlfheir sleeping Cars.
which arc Inferior to none, and give you 4 double
berth. between Chicago and Council BlufIs. Leaycn-
worth. or Atchison for Two Dollars and Fifty Cents:
a double berth. and SIX Dofiars Tor n section.
Whnt will please you most Will be the. pleasure OF
enjoying your meals. while passing over the beanti-
fuf prairies Of Illinois and Iowa, In one Of our mag
nincent Dining and estauran Cars that aeconpany
as good as Il served In any first-clas. hotel, rur
seventy I'VE cents or you can order what you iAc.
and pay for What you get
ARprssias,nf The met shata y, mnj 5q5sys q the hsIrs ssple
una The enorlnols passenser business o. CHS line
Sonpang fa a. F Ts F, FH 1sssssf E eRfiSPfs c 5ass ' Ies
siceping purposclL and lts PALACE DINING CARS
for Batting purposcA Ono other great feature OF
EAnaACE cane .ys EpS ssSSsTSh 10 r
Tlckets via thla Llne, known as the /.
70: ~ie3sr.ssise si sss ssfsisasis az your
a. KIMBALL.
Gen1 superintendent
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

IN addition to their ordinary bur-
dens the democracy have to bear the
burden of California and Maine.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

THE lead market is always heavy.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

THERE win be no greenback party
next year.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

The Weekly LEADER has the largest
circulation and is the best paper west,
Subscribe for it.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-13

our Palace Cars is-a SMOKING SALOON where
you can enjoy your "Hnvauav NJ all houra of the day.
Magnificent Iron Bridges span the mississippi and
Missouri rivers ut oil points crossed bythis line. and
transfers arc avoided Mt Council Blnfls. Ieaveu-
worth and Atchison. connections being made In
THE PkINSIPAL 2 B coNEEcTIoTs or THIS
AtCHIcAGos with all divergtng lines for the last
a ENoLEyooD, with the Lake Shore s Mich.g.n
Southern and Pittsburg. Ftwayne& Chicnrn Il. Rds.
A WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, with Fittsbure. Tin
AtLksALIE with Illinois Central r. II.
iftP5onIA, With PP %JiP Pill : " ;
pAs k9ck SID VII western cnicn Il j. and
: A. DAyrYpFoRT. with the Davenport y =s-a-
A WIsT LIsEHrY; With the Burlington >ar
Al GRrSyELI. with Central II. II. OF Iowa.
tDK MONIES. with ID NJ q IT, Dodgch II.
At COUNCIL BL-TFs, with Union Pncinc r. X.
AZ OMAHA. with n & Mo. A L. r. tin Echf
na AaS9s Z HoesSes SgSefsos with HufliHat0n' Cedar
L 5s E5Ss city 1 y soat SSsnsT AID q 8 Il i. 9 . !1 /. la
w As ks9 ana B.. w i.oul Ee ksSta RsSE'i 81 \ T1 nss.
. ~ BEvERLY, with Kan. city, 81 Lf Z. p r. 4
AT ATcHfsoN. witt Afchisoh, Topeka 4 Santa Fc.
Atchi,qn = keh. and Cen nr. Union PncincR Ras;
At L~fAvKSwoKru, with X I. and K Cen. H. Rds
DRIA. DIES MONIES. COUNCIL BLuFrs,
real Rock Island nsate.s are sold ny ali
,ne ticket once, address,.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-13
Coal Tar Water for Squashes.

There are several preparations that
will prevent and also kill the borer, the
deadliest of all enemies to the squash
plant, such as strong saltpeter and
alkline water, but they must be renew
ed often, as showers wash the salts into
the ground. The most effectual remedy
that we have had anything to do with
is coal tar, pint to four gallons of soft
water, warmed in the sun to make the
tar dissolve freely. In the application
hollow out the dirt for the space of two
or three inches around the base of the
stalk, and with wisp of straw tied to
a stick to form branch, apply the tar
water freely along the stalk for several
inches, taking pains to stir the tar well
into the water, so as to form a thin film
of tar about the stalks. When the
plants have all been treated, the dirt
can be replaced as if nothing had hap
pened, leaving very unpleasant bed
for the reception of the fly to deposit
her eggs for her next generation. The
tar will not injure the plants in the
least, and one application answers for
the season, saving much time and
money.
We would also suggest the above
remedy as a preventive of the peach
tree borer, after careful examination to
kill any that may have hatched and
got imbedded under the bark l shall
give it thorough trial in this and sew
-eral other ways that may suggest them
selves. ". ID. O. IN Homestead.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-13
A Hint About Drains.

If Vermont expects to attract summer
sOjourners from the cities, her people
must look to sanitary matters more
than hitherto, for every case like that
at Newark calls fresh notice to the fact
that little attention is paid to drainage
by most farmers and many villagers.
There ought not to be a sink slop hole
near the door, and above all things no
sink spout or pipe should extend into
the house without being trapped against
gas. A great many people don't know
what a drain trap is. 1t consists of a
piece OF pipe, like the letter in a hori-
zOntal position, thus, IN, connected at
each end with the drain pipe. The de-
pressed portion will always remain fill
ed with water, and that is generally an
effectual bar against the gas. But if
the drain connects with regular sew
er, or If water closets are used, every
trap should have ventilating pipe, as
large as itself, running up through the
roof And even after all this care has
been taken, sinks aud closets should be
kept clean. The Boston Transcript.
moved by the Newark case, remarks
thus:
Care about such vital matters is not
one of the things in which the country
is superior to the town. Cases must be
familiar in every ones experience
where the summer removal for the
health of family has only brought
death into it with the typhoid fever or
dlphtheria or other form of blood pOis-
oning from sewage and its exhalatiops.
The pump and the sink are too geper-
ally on fatal terms of familiarity in old
farm houses and even in summer-re-
sort cottages.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-13

tar in it; pour water on the tar /; always
have it ready when needed, and, when
the bugs appear, give them liberal
drink OF the tar-water from garden
sprinkler or otherwise, and if the rain
washes it off and they return, repeat
the dose. 1t will also destroy the Col
orado potato beetle, and brighten the
old long potato bug worse than thresh-
ing with a brush. Five years ago this
summer both kinds appeared on my
late potatoes, and watered with the
tar-water. The next day all Colorados
that had not been we'll protected from
the sprinkling were dead, and the
others, though their name was legion,
were all gone, and I have never seen
one of them on the farm since. am
aware that many will look upon this
with indifference, because it is so cheap
and simple remedy. Such should al
ways feed both their own and their
neighbors's bugs, as they frequently
do.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-13
Paris Green the Best Bug Diet.

The Colorado beetles, which appear
ed for the first time to any great extent
a few years since, and which were sup
posed to be only short lived, still "hold
the fort" and it is question whether
they are not to be more plenty this
wear than they were the first year when
they marched upon US from the west.
Certain it is that sufficient numbers
have wintered to lay the eggs for an
immense crop, which are. to appear
about the time the potato tops are
ready to supply them with sufficient
food, and then brood after brood are to
come forth all through the season.
Two modes of destroying these pests
have been adopted First, to hand pick
them off the vines as fast as they come
on and, second, to use Paris green,
the only material to feed them with
which is sure death. Paris green lar
senite of copper has no effect upon this
beetle or any of the insects or worms
which are destructive to plants, when
it is sprinkled upon them it is effectual
only when they eat it and it enters into
their circulation. The use of this pois-
onous material has become almost uni
tClShly HO nON iulnhS vi
picking off the bugs by hand, when, by
going over the vines two or three times
during the season with a sprinkling of
Paris green, his potato crop may be
saved.
How to use Paris-green has been
question for discussion in our farmers
clubs. Experiments have shown that
the safest way to handle it is to mix it
with plaster, and by this means, the
poison can be distributed evenly, while
the plaster is great advantage in Civ
ing the vines luxuriant growth, fur
nishing more food for the bugs and
keeping the vines alive. One atom of
the Paris green eaten by the bugs will
kill them, and the quantity put on need
not be large only be sure to have it
stick to the leaf or vine so that it can
be, eaten with it. .....
The same effect will be produced
upon any worm that eats leaves in the
same way, and Paris green is a remedy
for the currant worm. The objection
to Paris green on currant and goose
berry bushes, cabbage plants, ETC.,
weuld be the danger of eating it with
the fruit or vegetable.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-13

q Baby farming is carried on in
and about Boston to an alarming extent,
says DR.. Dixwell of the society for the
prevention of cruelty to children, and
the mortality of the innocents is terri
BILE. Medical students have no difficult
ty. In finding infant subjects at low
prices, and children's bodies are con-
tnually turning up in the rivers and
IN other places. The soulless persons
who keep baby farming establishments
starve their charges, quiet them with
drugs, and seem to adopt every means
Ior quickly driving them out of the
world. The institutions are being grad
ually ferreted out and DR.. DixweIl hints
at possible. revelations in the future
which will include large farms at Wor-
cester, Westfield and many other places,
most of which are backed by wealthy
men. 1zlJ' GIT q ',a1-l-f - -
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-13

p A passenger on the New York
Central railroad has just secured YER
dict from the New Yort court of ap-
peals which will be of interest to trav-
elers. He took passage at Syracuse,
intending to go to Auburn. Finding no
vacant seats in the regular passenger
cars and many passengers standing, he
took seat in Wagner drawing-r room
car. When called on for extra pay he
refused, but announced his willingness
to go into another car when he could
be given seat. The porter attempted
to eject him, and the passenger brought
suit to recover for the assault. The
case, which has now been carried
through the highest court, has resulted
in verdict for the passenger This
means that passenger is entitled to a
seat, and if he cannot find one in the
regular cars, he may safely take one
elsewhere.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-13

A'MEMENTo OF THE WAR.-Among
the most noteworthy of the recent
mementOes of the war, is the memorial
obelisk erected at Salisbury, N. c., to
mark the burial place of the Northern
soldiers who persisted in the adjacent
prison pen during the last years of the
great conflict. 1t has been estimated
that the eighteen trenches contain no
fewer than 1l,700 men, buried promis-
cuously, without the possibility of iden-
LITIGATION, from which circumstance this
burial ground is known as the cemetery
OF the Unknown Dead" 1t lies about
half mile from the town of Salisbury.
on sioping ground, and has an extent
81 ABOUT seven acres, surrounded by a
massive stone wall. The cemetery
proper covers two acres, the other five
oeng laid out as lawn and planted
with trees. A neat lodge has been
erected at the main entrance, over
which the national colors are daily dis
played in fine weather. The monu-
ment ltself, plain obelisk of New
hampshire granite Sc feet 10 inches in
night' is fIom design by Mr.. Augustus
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-13
Treatment of the Erring.

Brethren. if any man be overtaken in
a fault, We which are spiritual restore
such a one in the spirit of meekness
considering myself, lest thou also be
tempted. Gal. 6: |.
Ye ought rather to forgive him, and
comfort him, lest perhaps such one
should be swallowed up with overmuch
sorrow. 2 Cor. 2: z. Wherefore | be-
seech you that we would confirm your
love toward him. VS..
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-13

l. Nineteen.
2. John Adams, John Quincy Adams,
Martin Van Buren,, James K. Polk,
Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan.
3. George Washington, Thomas JEFF
ferson, James Madison, James Monroe,
Andrew jackson, General Grant.
4. William H. Harrison, Zachary
Taylor.
5. Abraham Lincoln.
6. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson,
Martin Van Buren,, John Tyler, Millard
Fillmore, Andrew johnson.
T. John Tyler.
8. James Buchanan. ..-.
9. Gen. Grant.
10. Virginia.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-13

II Dime novel reading is held re-
sponsible for the practices of the youth
full band of burglars, recently discover
ed at South ROyaltOn. The boys be-
longed to respectable families, but
yellow-cOvered trash turned their heads
and they organized with secret signs,
grips, and passwords. Solemn oaths
bound them, and their rendezvous was
cave in the hillside. One of the
thieves gave his sweetheart an elegant
gold ring, stolen from the jewellery
store, and this led to the detection of
the gang.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-06-13

70 The cheapest freighting in the
country is said to be that of coal from
Pittsburg to points on the Ohio river.
Barges capable of carrying "a, 900 bush
els are built for $500 each, and kept
loaded in readiness for freshet in the
river. When the desired rush of high
water comes, from eight to twelve of
these boats are strung together and
started down stream, with a steamer in
front to guide them and increase the
speed. The boats are sold, to be broken
up on arriving at their destination.