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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17

construction constantemente ciento cincuen-
ia pares de maquinas con sus correspondence ac-
cesorios agricoas, y ell empeo de 1400 operarioS.
Las ventaJaS que orece I'll arado al vapor al prope-
tario. son ndependencia reativa con respecto los
jornaleros fuerza animal que empea estos
trabajos, consgui6ndose ademas tener las tierras
mejor aradas istas mas atiempo resultando de ese
modo grandes economics en- ell cultivo mayores
productos.
Las ventajas que ofrecen las mejoras arriba indi-
cadas. e tener igual fuerza de TRACTION madui-
mas mas ligeras manuables; mayor fuerza de re-
sstenca en- las varas pleas por e usO del acero en-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17
SEVERE BASTON.
45.-S A N FRAN CISCO-45
GAN HAN DVTCDTA DTCO

SAN JUAN PUERTO-RICO.
Gira letras en- todas cantidades corta vista
sobre los siguientes capitales puebos de Ia
Peninsula isias Baleares las Canarias-
Il CHA,
Betanzos, Bayona, Caldas de Reyes, Camar
has, Coruha Corcubion. Ferr0l Guardia, Lu
go, Lage, Muros, Mo4dohe1o. Noya, Orense
Ortigueirs Santa Marital, Padron, Pcnteve
dra, Pue ntedeume, puenteareas, Rivadec
Santiago, Tuy, Vivcro, Vigo Y Villagarcia
ASTU RIAS.
Aviles Cangas de 0nis, Cangas de Tineo, ca.
dillero, Uolunga Castropol, Figueras, Gijon,
Grado, Lastres Llanes, Luarca, Oviedo, Pola
de Siero, Pola lie Lena, Pola de Labaua, Pra.
via, Rivadesela, Salas, Tineo, Tapia, villavi
ciosa InfestO.
RestO de La Peninsula,
Bilbao, Barcelona, Cartagena, Cadiz Grana
ds, Leon, Madrid, Pamplona, Santander, San
Sebastian, Sevllla, Valladolid, Valencia Ia
ragozS
ISLAS BALEARES,
Ciudadela de Menorca Palma de Mallorca.
lSLAS CANARIAS.
Las Palmas (Gran Canarias) D II
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17
AN u " dHO.

CATECISMO DEL SLSTEMA METRICC
decimal teortd de las nueUds pesdS, me-
didds y m0nedds legales, por ID. Pdscas'd
Sanceyrt, 2.'ediclon.
Esta o5ra, declarada de texto por ell Gober-
no General para las escuclas Indispensable
al comerrio por estar anunclado oflc'almente
el pr6ximo planteamiento del Sistema metrico
en- todas las operaciones, Sc vende en- esta i'm
prenta al ininlo precio de RS. ejemplar va
20 rs docena
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17

Los aparatos para cultivar la TERRA por medic del
TaDor, fabrteados por la de los sefiores John
Fowler Comp. de Leeds. han obtenido en- las expo
siciones de cast todos los paises eel mundo ciento
c1neo premos de primera ciase "a medalls $45 900
en- dinero; 10 que prueba snlcientemente la exceen.
cia cia gran utilidad 20 estos aparatos Sc han expe-
dldo do a fabrca hasta la fecha sobre 1900 juegos
oe Hparatos completes. ademas de gran nnmero par
cialmente Las meioras introducidas en- los tltimos
tres amos para adapar mejor estos aparatos al cult
vO 0e la cana. han producdo resultados tan buenos
que para cumpir con los pedidos es menester des-
pachAr commandments seis aparatos completes te-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17
AM ANAQUES
DE
PARED Y EN- FORMA DE LlBRo

InN IA IMpRENTA DEL BOLETIN."
Sc ven len Almanaoues para 1880 esfolia.
dores de Jared y dc libro de lnucho lujo y
de todas classes.
DE LrBao los hay de venta a los precios 81.
guientes:
"ALaANAauE HrsPANo-AMERIcANo,
nor p. NJ BARRERA en- collaboration cor
Alarcon, Aguilera, Blasco, Campoamor, Ca.
noyas. E,.hegaray, Hartzenbuseh, Ayala, Pa.
lacio, Revilla, Selgas, Sepulvedas Tamayo
Trueba, Villergas, Zorrilla y otros ilustres
escritores. Esta ilustrado con ocurrentes
iAninus.
"calendario para Espafa sus colonas,"
sIstenla americana, en- pasta .pequefa enci.
clopcdia de conocimientos utiies, con yarle-
dad de anecdotes, efemerides, epigramas
charadas, reglas de economic domestica etc,
con una cartera para hacer apuntaclones
40 centavOs unO "a decena.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17

ugar del hierro; eli proporcionar una fuerza motrz
para cargar cana. bombear aqua. aserrar maderas
mover centrifugas, amentar alambiuues, etc. todo
10 cua Sc puede hacer con la mayor faciidad en- los
nt6rvalos de la araeion. y por dtimo Ia reduction
preco que le pone al alcance de oda hacienda de
mediana extension. Para mas detales dirigirse en-
Ponce al que suscrbe. ingeniero. como tameien So
arroz maiz ladrios, helo. maderas ferro ocarriles.
anvas, remocadores. cual1aiera clase de maqui-
maria colonial.
ronce, Puerto Rico, febrero de ls7s.-RoBERro GnA-
HAM apente. Vier,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17
EIeteI hiSpanO-americanO.
H MATHIS, PROPIETAR RIO
loy11, ARUNDEL ST COVENTRY STREET W.
LONDRES.

Este hotel especial para familias, esta situa-
do en- el yerdadero centro de la capital, ofre-
CO todo 10 comfortable que Sc pueda desear
Los senorcs viajeros que Sc dignen hOnral
al nor Mathis con su asistencia, eEcontra-
ran tiampre su disposition un magniiico sa-
lon de cctura IN jardin para su recreo
Peri6dicos nacionales y eXtranjerOs. Mesa
redonda y comidas particulares. 'riados &
interpretes espanoles. n. 30 M
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17
ia itusTHACloN"
LIBERIA 7 ENCUADERNBCION
De ANSELMO CAMPlNS.
PLAZA ArRlNcIPAla Ponce, tPuerto-Rfco. ]
La Moda Espa51ozn Tl,.styo


La Moda EspGf10lG Tt.tstYuda
Peri6dico fgurin para sastres. ;,remiado
en- La Exposition Universal de Paris de Is7s.
publication dc modas para caballeros. seflo.
ras ninos unlformes para Ell eiereito Y ia
suscTit0res. Ss'F
Esta interesante publication sale q luz to-
dos los meses en- Barcelona Sc envfa I'M nli-
nero como mtlsstra q Ia b fsona que solicl.
10, den!endo ultielrse d la Librerfa y Encuar
:dernaeaen * da Anselmo Qampins, oalle de-
dsaest " ess. Is1s Ponce lPs B, Upico agente
~ faAa hlh \, N iazQ,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17

La casa marcada con dicho nGmero Sc alqui
la en- ~ pesos mensuales propia para un es.a-
blecimiento de pulperia y tener ademas apa-
radores. En- la casa n1mero as ealIe de Ia
Fortaleza haoita ell encargado de ella D. Fe-
dericO Caro-.
Puertc-Rico, o de febrero de 1880. 5-6
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17
ssele!sl aataiaa
MERCANTIL.

Capital social. .......... So. 0V0, 600 :. noM
LII. rcalizado $50 de
JUNO 1879 ~ asa, 38l II etvo
Accionce suscritast3 80 de
JUNO 1871 l0,997
Id. sin SQscribir r.... 4,O03
oDeraciones dc cue SO ocapa la Sociedad.
Descontar, prestar, girar, evar cuentas CO.
! rTentes, admitir dep6sitos de toda case, re-
cibir Mposicicnes ahonando intel6s, verificar
cobranzas por cuenta ajena, negociar valores
| con sin su reseonsabiidad, y cuantas otras
operaciones de credito banca que no Sc
oPongan 4 sus Estatutos y Reglamentos.
Tipos acordados para las operaciones.
IL p% apual para los descuentos.
Is p% anua para los prestamos.
tpM comision de cobranZa.
ip2S al trimeetre sobre ell valor de los DC
pcsitOs en- cuStodl2.
Las cuentas correntes son evadas gratui-
lamente {; no exigisndose NADIA de los interesa-
dos por los cobros pagos.
La siguiente tarifa expresa ell interes que
sbona la Sociedad por las imposciones q p.a-
20 fjo:
De $500 arriba desde 4 IL meses, 8 p%
anual
De i'd. ID. por l3 meses en- adelante 8 p% i'd.
Ofcinas - Plaza principal.
Director. Marques de Ia Esperdnsa Sub
Director, ECcmO. ST.. d. Pablo Ubarri-Se-
cretario, d. Jose Antonio Canals. Contador,
D. Rafael Perez y Garcia. .-Cajero, D. Ldu.
redno Vega. Alb, 5.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17
COnSuladO de Francia.

Ell Consul de Francia en- esta Capital ruega
al Sr. Imbert Charles Hilaire Angnste Sc pre-
sente en- este Consulado para recibr un doca.
mentO importante que lie perteneee
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17
IA HIsillEIlI PIIli1 lIlIIIl.
CENTRo DE PUBLICATIONS.
Y TALLER DE ENCUADERNACIoN.


OBRAS RECIBIDAS por los iltirnos Co.
rreos de la Peninsula, ilustradas con I6-
minaa.
Pesos os.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17
San Juan, P. R., enero 80 de 1880.

San Juan, p. R., enero 80 dc 1880.
Sr.
Muy sefior nuestro Participamos 4 " que
desde esta fecha queda disuelta la sociedaa
que ha yenido girandO en- esta plaza bajo la
rayen de DomingueZ, BOlis ar & Co, por venta
que ell socio gerente ID. Domingo DOminguez,
reDresentado por poder por su hermano Don
Ramon, este con su hermano D. Vaentin,
como socios liqHidadores de la sociedad de
Dominguez, Pons d Co., han hecho ID. Cor.
gonio Bolivar de todos sus derechosy acciones
sobre ell activo pasivo, segun escritura oter-
gada hoy ante ell escribano ID. Demetrio Cine
nez Moreno. Poniendo la vez en- conoci-
miento de V. que ell expresado D. Gorgonio
Bolivar ha traspasado 4 la socieiad Comas, Go.
nil d Co. que hoy Sc eonstituye segun circular
que sgue, la compra del active Y pasivo de la
sociedad referida quedando su cargo la H.
Quidacion de la msma
Ddmos V. gracias por la confanza que Sc
ha servldo dispensarn0s 10 rOgamOs la haga
extensive la sociedad que de nuevo Sc cons
tituye.
Quedando de V. altos s. s. @ BsM.
Donai'g,tez, BoNvar d Co.
San Juan, P. R., enero 80 do 1880.
Sr
| Muy senior n1estro: Re1rieRdonos la cir
cular que antecede, tenemos el gusto de parti-
ciparle que hemos tornado una sociedad bajc
la razon de
COMAS, CONZLL & Co.,
para girar en- esta plaza en- ell rame de provi.
stones, frutos del pals conisiones; sendo So
clos gestores ID. Pedro Comas, ID. Juan Conill
yD. Gorgonio Bolivar, comaRditario d. Pc
dro PoDs.
Asi mismo debemos manifestarle que nos ha-
GENES cargo de la liquidacion de la extinguida
sociedad Dominguez, Bolivar e Co., por ad.
quisicion hecha de su active y pasivo segun es-
critura de esta fecha
Rogamos v. Sc sirva tomar nota de nues-
tras irmas al pie, asi como de la de d. Martin
Pons, cuyo efecto lie concedemos poder
general y le suplicamos les merezcan a.gun f.
| vor.
Somos de v. atentos s. 8. @. B 8. M-Pe.
dro Comas. -Gorgonio Bolivar.-Juan Conill.
Pedro PonS. h 80 F.
i N/1xaf frrr or az
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17
LA ELEGlNCIA GUIANA.
SOMBRERERfA.

OMBEERERlA.
fstasn 10 al Iado Dc Ia Rtiassn De lgsns 70 F0asa
Este acreditado establecimiento que dia-
riamente esta hacienda notables mejoras en-
Su ramo, ofrece sus favorecedores al pU-
bllco en- general un variado y complete sur
lido de sCmbrerOS de todaS classes precioS
sumamente baratos; asi como tambien Sc
lAvan Y reforman toda clase de sombrerOs
con la perfection nunca vista, pues cuenta
con un sombrerero de los mejores que ha
tenido la HABAEA.
Con la mejor intencion
Y con la conciencia sana,
Os llamo en- esta OCCASION
A LA ELEGANCIA GUIANA.
Venid tomad apuntes
DE tan variados surtidos,
Amigos y transeuntes
Que ser6is bien recibidos.
Desde ell fino Panama
Que lieva su puro nombre,
Miles sombreros tendra
Sin que su pTecio te asombre.
Para seiioras tambien
Tiene esta sombreria
En- sombreros un Eden
De elegancid y fantasia.
iiY que Tica novedad
De sOmbrer0s para ni1as,
Vengan d yer la verdad
Cue este no produce rnaSll
Para nifios, infinito
Me seria enumerar
Eel surtido mas bonito
Que ell genio puede i1.ventar.
Y os puedo s.ecir sefiores,
Que recibo roercan las
Por difere1tes yaporas
Cada ounce veinte dias
Pues mi sola pretension
Sc cisra tan solo en- esto
St,ndo toda ID ambicion
s.,o ,uan sszss.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17
CIRCULAR.

Velas de composition en- El Colmddo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17

Anis del money aceite de anis en- III Co
xsdd0.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17

Almidon tngies en- E Colm0do.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1880-02-17
MulenhOf & Korber
AGENTES GENERATES DEL
HELVECIO.

Compafiia de SECURES maritimos de Winter
thur. Arreglo dc reclamos con liberalidad
prontitud
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-04-17

bridge was finished. He said it was
impossible, as lie would have TO pull
every thing down, and It would take
two or three months to replace tho scat
folding and pile-driving mschines. lie
went to the Ministers Of Marine and Fl
nance. They only said "If the Sultan
says it must be done, il must, or we
shall lose our places il not our heads. I"
So the ship came out, at cost Of a
little over fl00.0 600 and delay of three
months in the completion Of the bridge,
all because the Sultan found his small
son crying in the harem one day, the
child's grief being that, though he had
just been promised to be made an ad-
miral, he could not see his flag hoisted
from his own particular ship from the
nursery windows. So large iron-clad
was brought out from the. dockyar,l and
moored in front of Dolmabagtcheh 10
CRAFTY his infant mind, thus causing
enormous Inconvenience to the whole
town for months, to say nothing of the
waste of money, Of which the Sultan
paid very little, and for the loss Of which
l might imagine he cared still less.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-04-17
Woman In q New Role.

WOMEN, it seems, are employed SIS
"spotters ION the New York Central
Railroad, and are provided with note
books and ingenious little mirrors by
which, with their backs turned to the
conductor, they can see just how many
passengers on coach give up tickets or
money for fares. The wells and wraps
worn by them readily conceal their
movements and disarm suspicion. A
few days ago, one Of these spies got on
train going out of Utica. She took
one Of the front seats in a coach and
was seen to keep her hand TO her face
and peer into the little box which con-
tanned two mirrors set at angles, so as
to reflect all movements made behind
her. The honest conductor passed
through the coach, collected tickets and
received money, giving, rs he always
does, punched duplex ticket, as a re-
ceipt for the fare. After he had left the
coach, the woman responded to the flirt-
atoms of drummer who had noted her
performances and wished to have some
fun. The woman received his atten-
tons cheerfully, and made room for him
to divide her seat with him. The drum
mer was persistent in his attentions, and
succeeded in inducing her to leave the
train with him at one of the stations
Before he did this, he succeeded in re-
yersing her jacket pocket so that the
little mirror, notebook, her instructions
in her trade, schedule of fares and other
articles Of her trade, fell on the coach
seat. The train passed on and the
"spotter did not miss her Z" kit " until
it was too late. The train boys captured
the articles.-NeU York Tribune.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-04-17
English PrOpriety.

The god of English social life next in
dignity to Mammon is propriety. Now,
propriety rightly worshiped is very
good god; his very rites are sweetness.
order, decency, and in their practice
they involve their consideration for
Others which is the highest form of
morality, and even of piety. But the
British Philistine (and all England is
more or less given over to Philistinism,
which invades the very social regions in
which it is most dreaded and decried)
makes propriety a Moloch, before
whom he prostrates himself, and before
whom he often makes his very children
sacrifice some of the beauty of their
youthful lives. The highest social aim,
the greatest social law, to this sort of
Englishman is to do the correct thing.
Having attained this he feels that be has
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-04-17
absolved himself of every social duty

absolved himself of every social duty
and clothed his soul in a panoply of
proof. Whether the correct thing be
really the right thing he does not know,
does not seek to know. That so it has
been, and that so it is, are for him both
logic and religion. In his mouth the
greatest reproach is unprecedented"
the mere statement of the fact that an
act has not been doLe before, that a
word has not been spoken before. being
to him its condemnation. Wherefore
he lives his life surrounded by dead,
shriveled forms, eyeless, brainless,
bloOdless, whose only voice is from the
grave of dead past. If he breaks
away from this oppression he is likely
to run into extremes which violate all
decency, all decorum, all propriety.
Freed from his accustomed restraint he
is apt to add grossness to vice which
makes it more hideous. if not more
Observation-Disclosures Monthly.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-04-17
A Child's Cry That Lost Half Million
Dollars.

THE following incident is told in Mrs.
Brassey's new book, Sunshine and
Storm in the East:''
We went down as far as the French
bridge, over which the contractor lost
an immense sum of money in the fol-
lowing manner: The bridge was to
have been finished on a particular day..
but the contractor found that this would
be impossible with Turkish workmen,
unless he worked day and night This
he obtained permission to do, and the
necessary lights and torches were sup
piled at the Sultan's expense. All went
well for time, till the unfortunate con-
tractor was told that he must open the
bridge to let ship from the dockyard
pass through some time before the
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-04-17

STRANGE stories come from India of
the feats performed by native mes
merizer named BUM, whose magnetic
power would appear to be found quite
irresistible by the lower animals, upon
which he exclusively exerts it. He gives
seances, to which the public are invited
to bring all manner of feroeicus and
untamable wild beasts, and holds them
with his glittering eye. In few see
onds they subside into condition OF
cataleptic stiffness, from which they can
only be revived by certain passes which
he solemnly executes with his right
hand. A snake in state Of violent IL
ntation was brought to BUM by men
agerie proprietor, inclOsed in a wooden
cage. When deposited on the platform
it was writhing and Kissing fiercely.
BUM bent over the cage and fixed his
eye upon its occupant, gently waving
his hand over the serpent's restless head.
In less than a minute the snake stretched
itself out, stiffened, and lay apparently
dead. BUM took it up and thrust sey-
eral needles into its body, but it gave no
sign Of life. A few passes then restored
it to its former angry activity. Subse-
quently . savage dog. held in leash BY
its owner, was brought IN, and, at Buni's
let loose upon him. As Il
was rushing toward him, bristling with
fury, he raised his hand, and ina second
the fierce beast dropped upon its belly
as though stricken by lightning IL
seemed absolutely paralyzed By some
unknOW aOpncy and WAS unable To
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-04-17
Chinese Wills.

chinese Wills.
"
WHEN Cinnamon feels that his term
OF years may De brought at any mo-
ment to close, and when he Is the for
tunate possessor OF more or less real or
personal property which he Will be COM
pened to leave behind MN upon earth,
ne usually makes a VIII: ms, howev-
er, IS by no means invariably the case ;
neither are testamentary documents so
common as IN England or America. On
the other hand. many chinese OF all
states and ages die leaving no written
instructions behind them, and without
having had time to deliver nuncu-
patlve or verbal expression OF their last
wishes. The Chinaman very frequently
divides his estate as fairly as he can into
equal portions Tor ms sons; and them
fearing lest one should be aggrleyed by
any deficiency or defect IN the part
allotted to him as compared with those
gwen to the others, he Will arrange that
his sons shall draw lots among them
selves as to the ultimate proprietorship
OF each. The drawing IS all important;
1t IS sometimes registered at the
local magistrates yamen, and a
record Is always Kept IN the
family, each son taking a copy, upon
which document any or either of the
b,o,ho-, 49,, s,,h,o1ror.,,- ,,,o ~ h.,
oio.hoiS may subsequently sue vi oe
sued We now come to the will proper
"a documapt drawp nm nv a Chinese
-,
testatOr With just rs mucn care anu IOr-
mality as in any country in the world.
- ooS:'o "e" ou, 'no
teStatOr himself, but more usually by an
amanuensis, who signs in such capacity
i. .L,s. e .t., :. -
u tne ieit VI tue tcStatOT signature, the
witnesses, never less than two. signing
in a s;m;lar mapnar tn tho r;ubt ~ tb;S
will copies are made and signed, like
the ORIGINAL for distribution among the
I. ~
Ndr1Ous itSdteeS: tnOuSu IL Is not I'M
common If the prOperty is extensive
onJ tho will of cops;daraTlo 1on@,h 80
anu 1no VIII VI CousiueIaoic ieuSth, u
have copies made for the legatees con-
tanning only that part which refers to
the particular legacy OF each, prefaced
by the semi-formai exordium with which
every Chinese will begins. A wealthy
Chinaman recently died, leaving hi,
property to be divided among his five
sons IN certain proportions. Here Is
literal translation OF the will, all names,
OF course, being suppressed.
"I,--,----.-,t the maker of this will, re-
over The Mayes NJ hSne and abroad On r mssh
by the rain and combed by the wind, have at
lenSS.n' Win mne n, scnemlng' gathered to,
land, all Of which was acquired with the oh.
ls +; Of insuring a competency to my wife and
Il a nS ow and fb nrIner ts o,G
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-04-17

THERE is now in Japan = surplus Of
rice valued at $4,000. 900, which can
not be handled on account of the ex-
elusive navigation laws Of the Empire
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-12-16

The press dispatches have much to
say about Gen. Howard of late, and
the following, sent from Washington
on Saturday is fair sample of these
dispatches, which are about as intel
ligible and thoughtful as the average
of the correspondents guesses:
The president had long talk with
Gen. Howard, in the course of which
he admitted that he had called him to
Washington to make him commander
at West Point, but had been dissuaded
from doing it by Gen. Sherman and
Secretary Evarts, not OH account of
personal opposition to him, but be-
cause they held that the change would
be too violent in view of Howard
we'll known variance, in what he re-
CARDS as the correct policy, as con-
trasted with Schofield's administra-
ton. He promised Howard, however,
that he should have some good place
in the east as soon as he could settle
his affairs in Oregon and take it. He
told him, also, it is understood, that
he should make Gen. Terry comand-
ant at West Point.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-12-16
NEWS ITEMS.

Ford, Republican G reenbackerin Missouri,
received a certificate of election to congress.
The final canvass gave Ford two majority in
over 43, 900 votes.
The smallpox has spread with. great ra-
pility in San Francisco and is now fairly ep-
idemic in Virginia City, where over thirty
cases are under treatment.
The pope has conferred on D. j. Murphy,
a wealthy merchant of San Francisco, the
hereditary title of Marquis, in recognition OF
his great service to religion in America and
Europe
A Russian gentleman created considerable
surprise in Chicago, the other day, by ap-
pearing on Change and making heavy pur.
chases of wheat to be sent to his country.
He reports great scarcity of wheat and rye
in Russia.
A He,uH's Washington dispatch says
Some leading democrats in the House have
conceived the idea of capturing the organi.
cation of the next House by making an ALI.
ance with the greenbackers and supporting
greenbacker Ladd for the speakership.