The Northern Pacific farmer., 1880-03-11

turing establishments of that place have
advanced wages without any petition.
The advance is small but is very satis-
factory to the employees. ~
THE municipal election in Portland,
Maine, March LIST, resulted in the election
of republican mayor by 1884 majority.
The republicans carry Pennington,
Shohegan, Lewiston, Auburn Gardiner,
Bath and Saco. The democrats elected
their mayor at Ellsworth.
THE paper makers of the northwest
representing all the principal manufac-
tories, met in Chicago March End, and
unanimously agreed to make vigorous
fort to prevent legislation by congress
abolishing the tariff on articles used in
the manufacture of paper.
THE republican state central commit
tee of Iowa met at Des Moines, March
3rd, and issued call for the state con-
vention to meet April II, to elect %
delegates to the Chicago national con-
vention. The state convention to nomi-
nate state officers will be held some time
in September. :
J. W. MACKAY, the California mil
lionaire, authoritativelY stated on the
3rd inst, that he had purchased the en-
tire interest in the Comstock mine owned
by J. o. Flood. The price paid is sup
posed to have exceeded $5,000,000. Mr..
Flood will hereafter devote his attention
largely to banking.
AFTER the American Union Telegraph
company seized the wires of the Western
Union company on the central branch of
the Union Pacific railroad in Kansas, on
Friday last, says dispatch of March 1stf
the American Union has applied to5
Judge Ais of the district court of Atchi.
son county, for an injunction to prevent
the Western Union from interfering with
the possession or control of the eWires
along that road and the application wa
granted.
Two carloads of Cinnamon arrived i
Kansas City, Feb. Goth. They took tn
st. Louis, Kansas City and N Northern roa
for St. Louis. At that place the compan
will divide; some will 60 on to Toled
over the Wabash, and others will tai -
the Vandalia road for the east. FL
hundred more arrived March 1st. The
Cinnamon are all from California, mo
ly from San Francisco, and are bound
New York. They came to Omaha OK
the Union Pacific, and from Omaha
Kansas City over the Bluffs road. The
are two causes for the migration. T
principal one is the treatment they hs
received at the hands of the ''hoodlum
The secondary cause is the cut now
ing on between the Pacific Maii< Stes
ship and the Union Pacific 1ailre
companies. Until recently these
ganizations have been working under
agreement. The steamship comp:
withdrew from the agreement and m
rate of its own. The railroad c.
panies then agreed to take these celest
from San Francisco to New York for
per head.
The Washington creditors of
Cooke & Co., have received pril
pamphlet of216 pages, containing
criptive catalogue of stocks, bonds,
ern lands, town lots, ETC., belonging
the estate of the bankrupt's, says a -
patch .of March 1st. The sale Of
these assets will heg in in Philadall
on the 31st of March, and continue d
until the entire catalogue has beef
fered. The list of the stocks and b.
alone fills over seven pages. Their
several valuable pieces of landed
erty in Pennsylvania and Ohio, inc
ing the celebrated (Ogantz) estate, -
the island of Gibralter in Putin
The description of the township Ian
Iowa, Kansas. Missouri and Wisc'
and Minnesota fills about 1870 +
Such large sale will attract great
| tion, and many of the creditors
Washington and elsewhere have
mined to attend. OF course muo
both the real and personal prope
not very desirable as an investmer
from the immense quantities of D.
considerable return may be exp
0va1 So sfa ~
that the estate will ultimately pay
full it's entire Indebtedness
The Titusville, Pa, Herald, pub
the following statement March 1stE
ing the month ending yesterda,
were completed 268 wells, ,-22O in
per and 48 in the lower oil fields
a production of 1868 barrels, W
average Of II barrels per we'll, "
the preceding month 320 wells we
ished, producing 4,16 barrels, '
average slightly under the Fe
showing. Number of wells con
in February less than in Jan
more than in December, 81 more
November, we'll for we'll in Octt
more than in September, and 81 le
August, the crack bear month
petroleum year. Wells drilling
ruary were 585, against 593 in j
40 in December, 391 in Novem1
in October, 291 in September, an
August. In February the rigs
building were 648. while in I,
they were 562, in December 49ss
vember, 400, in October 40A in
ber 118, in August 332. In F.
there were developed Is dry
against II in January, II in De
% in November, 20 in Octobs
September, and IL in August. 81
From Rev. ]. E. Rankin, &
June 10th, 1873, the Rev. j. E. Ranki
Washington, D. c.. certified as follows
known Of several persons who regarded
as greatly benefited and some Of them