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Vanderbilt, Gould, and Keone to Put
an Immediate Stop to
the Panic.
The Crew Of q British Bark Mutinv
at Sea Through Fear Of Be-
ing Lost.
Won Bnrcn's Forty Millions tho
Pigment OF Some Bohe- .
mfnn'S Brain.
Hughes, the Pedestrian, Now Ahead
samuel ]. Tildon-0ontral .Pa-
ciRc-Items
RUFUS HATCH.


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1,'n I,s W. T., u,R. ;q .M.s al.enopl r.. pe'oto
o""Bo LIN AGII ~ tho oaP'cMo Iohl' tlhul~
pers. Iho courtroom was crowded with
laWyers a'ti otllef persons liltcres1eu III t'le
imntsei usuisctt III lno s"i'' Ant in1sc's au-
a'tM1tni ai,ls4asit " "as ntst presented so1ttng
'"rtn tl'at alie Nesterl o'i,Ml company coslio
~ MY s'l'c ~ III" ll"I's:i l.eFc!se teleRrap'a-
ms 1ateS. lho COUNSEL 1or Tue american
Union to'l'pa'ts I'lcseh1Su ..---
!,.>M'E NeMNEH or AsFinAvlTs
from o'icoES ana D'rcclofs VI the toh'pany,
AMONG tflc''! one from Mr: Jay Goultl i'ldi-
vlaua'ly' Wnleh lhtler aec!aEet .l'at, prior 10
'o negotiations WHICH resulted III Inc agree
mcnt nstWee,, ,s tae 1eiestapl eo'apahlcs. uao
pln'nt1n' Az h'l,us Hitch, to1oIay 1o""l tha1
~ MI" y stoekiouer III tao american
o!itu'' "1'u I1a"a to Wy 'ai.eLcsts " n,lnseiI
4''a.t tno ut,lol sluehtG'atla icH",lco tl"t ;.l
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su''9o'.tio'' .n.t Mn MI, 'au Mss'o'il ohlon'
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, 1881-01-26

with tho minority fcpnrt1 WINS ordered printed.
Mr. liieknall, VINO has ehnrgo Of fhg sonato
Int before 10 on,tlt mike my motion, Mr.. limbo
hur moved IL uf1l lutirn.
Tho Republicans vntcft ao1fdy for ndJo,1Fn-
i,et,t. mil, brlng reinforced ly few Democrats,
currirtl tho molton.-rcas 10', nnSB lGs,-and tho
UDltbQ adjourned.
, 1881-01-26
CHANGED AGAIN.

SPECIAL DI*katch 70 1As Chicago 1F{6NHk.
OcoSoNowoc. Wis, Jan. 21-Tlse Wauke-
sla Democrat, formerly owned by +, A. Enst-
pnal.. I'LL ex-i'ost,uaster of Chicago, and re-.
Gently; bought by w. D. Bacon ami 4. +.
Gleason, Republicans, has been repurchased
by r. Il. Caruey,. u former owner, who will
publish It III tho interest of the Democratic
purity. This p8per now goes under the natao
Ut the Independent Democrat.
, 1881-01-26

Special Dl,pateh to 1ne Chicago Tribune.
MONTREAL. jan. rr5.-The Crcdit-Foncier
FsaMea-Ca,Intla l.as appointed Alfred PREM
lergaat mid Atr. 1llyanl accountant ind clerk
respectively III their bItlcc. due application
IrceiYulI. -
, 1881-01-26

TlIE 1VEAr1IEN-pROrIIE
Stseta& UtspaetA to Tho Chicago Tribute.
OTTAWA, Jan. :,%5-Vennor IL about to re-
slx, Ills position In the Geological Survey of
Cunadn, having n number Of 1nnro seMunern-
tive cAlls frDlll tho United States.
, 1881-01-26

,,.,r,, a., n,,,.n.,,,, s.,1,.,,,.. ,nw,,,,1nt,,,
Whero .ho company receiving compensation
was not paid for tho transportation of malls
carried by the 0tllcr company, was not, md
Is not, authorized by 1ow,"
1tkut,o-iSrttMoxtA,
Mr.. Fort Inns recently introduced n bill tlo.
sFnnc,1 to furnish ti,e mnrhtnerv for Tim nrc.
ycntioh Of The sprend Of r!cnso~pneufmonla
n'nofiE cattle lit tho United States. Ills plRl,
III brief, is to authorize tho President to M.
point o,io resilient Commissioner Of UonGs-
shnll scryc for periWt OF twO ycnrs, ut i,
compensation calat to Ifs nctunl cxt,tnses
Ills !lut!cs are 70 examine Into the eoul!.ium
Of. food.ntilnals, destined for exportatton
tagoas Or infectious tlsease, % aml "is i1ako f
report to the Commissioner Of Agriculture
once each month.
ii, addition to this the Commissioner OF
Tires veterinary SURGEONS for cacil srajmft
whence buci-cattlc iIay 10 exported, Win
sshnIl inspect cAcll. ,crArEo md certify their
llm.nIisR a'lnn sAeii nlii or MtiinG; nut, IL my
cnG S''''' H., H a1scMSe1. sana! FGl,'so SUCH
.r',.1 ~ .eo,,tt s ~ Ha S,os 'o ew @
Iets1,s sf' Et,y 9 81 So sSrort'nG lissasea n cut
tle sliiil W lliaStl not less tt!nh Sl,ooo nor
'''ofc .na,, ..'uvy aor cae'. olel.se.
rAsMES'r ro CHIPPEWA 1Sn1ASs.
dfans Ut tho l.ak. Superior md Upper Allssls-
lreaty u Scpt..;n. lSi4, the sstnl et siisloo
hrs ben rels ID l< y ,ha c9ttee 9a , e n,
81, ,l!t., the difference l,ctilg "the aggregate
nlrnts ,t,u.le i'll currency ,luring tho yeurs
1867 md 1sl4,, Mt tho tlates Of tic Treasury
Wnrrnnts atMl tllc amounts. tae in coin
W lFeaty stlplliatlnfla, WIN t1itGfest ~ tho
fte oi PER gent ir;1n tug @ .!ato q salu Treas
llry warrants to Feb. Il. 1885," nf ills stin,
, 1881-01-26

:. 'Eptctat Dtspaleh 10 The Chteaeo Tribune.
TonoSrb Jan. :.5.-A rey1ow Of T0ro1lt0's
wholesale trade for 1850 In p,.Dlislied tho ng-
grogatc ynl,,e OF which Is placed Mt $40, ,G50, :
600, and tho business Ill produce at s2',000,- :
600. Among tho exports from, Toronto to
tic Ut,ited States for 1850 arc; Animals
yalue.l ut si5s,!no; bales. sl,oll, ,535; hides,
hpr, s5|1 100; wool, s.s,0lO. Tho totalyqlue
amounts to S. 0jn1, ,8a5,
, 1881-01-26
THE aYNDIOlATE'S CONTRACT.
Special UtspaftA 10 tbs CAleaqo 1rtbant.

TonoNrp. Jim. s5.-Tio Globe says that,
even though the Pacific hallway contract Is
ratified by this Parliament, the. nuxt l'arlia-
nnellt would not be morally bound tn stand
by It, Nnll that It. tic lt1f0fMer8 cams Into
power 1t would DO rcplttliRted.
, 1881-01-26

WALL STREET. !. ,a.sek
THE "BEAlsst,, MAtsE A HOLD AraE .snans,.
8psetat Dspateh y ms cAkaa' .Na a,s4
NEw YoRk, ,Jn1s. @5.-fo'aay s,,ya ~. ~
tenor recently pxeyaillpg IL sposoAA"''
, 1881-01-26

-. $500, -, -. ..-. " :, ,.' s
that' norenitef' the tost'ntster'uchefal n,hy
IN III r7ron.i Toiltes to tho pcrsonai representa-
tivcs Of nny Gini'yh or tho ltatl"ny Null sursce
sy M my s 10 hS a % ~ rr s sry ss1 iot e." s 1srs m
nIsd making lhs provision apply to thn elses t,t
tag men recently burned 10 death whlsu Oil duty
htTInEa csntrt, n =.
80 ilted It ns to evnn thu point nr order, ind
al'lcs further rroyis tlnt tho amount that mny
10 paA to antslyi,n!a shal hp tEcsuctch fru.1 tho
pny on whoao routt tho accident resulting In tho
Injury lpn3 ucoMr.
Aftnr long t}obato tho anol>lmont was re-
railway companies to carry iu nn-uurs safc,y-
heaters A1ll SAWS, hxes ttt,d other irnnleMents,
to !,c ,lse.l III enso 1T accident: Adopted.
appropriation fur s1ecal facilities Oh trunk
linvx from $il0,o0 to S4iJ.Q00.
l'hls nn.Gn.lti,ent Was offered for tho purpose
OF al!owin9 tho Hueond Ass!stunt foatt,,aster-
st, i.oM is, irtIn NC.iltin Il Soiithori ltaiiroas
md was advocated by ,tcksss. Classy, Dunn, and
sir blackburn, IN opposition TO tho at,,ct,l-
tho Sotlci,an syire.l Il, tGe e"rsu 81 Ills re.
,narha ll9 n!l,NiGl to tho Second Assistnnt POST
thle u tiur1j to 10 AlI that was right auu ucl,
thAt WIS ullcstlUnnt!t:.
Attrr further detMto tho amendment wns 70.
''i H. Il i'sn' ,aoyc. @ to a,,on BY increasing Ilo
apptppfINttoN r0r, lnllntl triItisIt,rtptiDu hy
Mr ifaskoll offered m amendment increasing
5ynt1 t7tiSGt to ANjWD The DiinronTiRiio,i fur
transportation by star fu9tea. 49,,
cuaittso M T'o On o Hpror1s.lons III s'at @ recoIs mno
ilrt,tittl al appropriation 81 ySDGIl, In oxat,ss
OF tho nnaint arprOprlutul t0s tho current
, 1881-01-26
NEW YORK.

An All-Night Hearing OF the
Case OF the Anti-Con-
solidationlst.
The Room Filled with MAlion.
aires, All Bent on the
Public Good.
Affidayits by Gould md Others
Showing What n Guiloful, ,
Nun Hatch Is.
Wall Street Experiences a New Sen-
sation, Caused by a Bold .,
"Bear" Movement,
Rapid Decline in Values and a CONSEQUENT
Desire to. Unload by tho
Bulls"
Vanderbilt, Gould, and Keone to Put
an Immediate Stop to
the Panic.
The Crew Of q British Bark Mutiny
at Sea Through Fear Of Be-
ing Lost.
Won Bnrcli's Forty Millions tho
Pigment OF Some Iohe- j.
nlfaI's Brain. +.
Hughes, the Pedestrian, Now Ahead
Samuel j. Tildon-0ontral ,Pa-
cifc-Items.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-14
Herding Lumber.
carson (Nev.) Appeal, March 9th.

Yesterday afternoon, when the lawyers in
Justice Cary's Court were waiting for ver-
dict in a petty larceny case, several stories
were told by the legal lights which provoked
considerable surprise.
Judge Cary evidenced the greatest interest
in these weird tales and edged up to the
group.
| These are curious yarns, gentlemen, but
| believe them all. had dog once, back
in Nebraska, that kept to herd lumber"
Beg pardon, Judge; did you say the dog
herded lumber?"
'Yes, sir, cottonwood boards We always
kept dog there to bring the lumber in at
night"
Everybody now paid the closest attention,
as they knew that the boss was at work
1T was this way. Cottonwood boards
warp like thunder in the SUM- A board
would begin to hump it's back up about 8 in
the morning, and in half an hour it would
turn over. By II it would warp the other
way with the heat, and make another flop
Each time it turned it moved couple of
feet, always following the sun toward the
west. The first summer lived in Brown
vile over ten thousand feet of lumber skip
ped out to the hills the day before had ad-
vertised house raisin'. / went to the coun-
ty seat to attend lawsuit, and when got
back there wasn't a stick OF timber left. It
had strayed away into uplands. An ordinary
board would climb two-mile hill during
hot week, and when it struck the timber it
would keep wormin' in and out among. the
trees like garter snake. Every farmer in
the State had to keep shepherd dogs to follow
his lumber around the country, keep it to-
gether and show where it was in the morn
ing. We didn't need any fumes there for
lumber. We sawed it east of the place we
wanted to use it and let it warp itself to its
destination with men and dogs to head it
off at the right time, we never lost stick
Well, here comes the jury" continued the
Judge. "The witnesses lied so | guesc they
will disaoreeu
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-14
Helena, Montana, Thursday, April "a, 1881,
SlATY YEARS A COMPOSITOR.
And for Thirty-fiye Years a Type.sette,
10 the "Sun" Composing Room.

Leonard Field is one Of the oldest printers
IN New York. Nearly sixty years ago he
began work as type-setter upon book,
Roman Antiquities" published about that
time. Atterward he set type on the CONNER
ctm Adrertiser, where he remained for eleven
years. After that he worked on various
morning newspapers for a few years, and
thlrty-five years ago he became a compositor
in the office of the SUI, where he has remain
ed steadily ever SINCE working every day at
his case, and never losing day by sickness.
On Tuesday he celebrated his 10Th birthday.
but did not, even on so auspicious an ami
versary, neglect his cases. In 1910 he visited
New Orleans remaining away from New
York not over seven months, and two months
OF that time was spent in the journey by sea-
While in New Orleans Mr.. Field was i'll with
yellow fever. Excepting that time he does
not recollect that he was ever sick
Mr.. Field lives with his son in COSY and
homelike apartments on 18th avenue. His
wife is some seven years his junior, and is a
White-haired lady with handsome face and
pleasing manners, who regards with evident
pride and affection the partner to whom Tor
nearly sixty years she has been married.
The sturdy old gentleman clings to his stick
and case with q devotion born of long and
faithful service, and would be broken in
spirit if he could not each day present HIM
self at the copy hook ready for work.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-14
The Products of Tobacco.

Dr. lie Bon, in his researches regarding the
products of tobacco, says: The new alkaloid
found in tobacco smoke with other aromatic
principles, and prussic acid as well as nico-
tine) is a liquid of very agreeable and very
penetrating odor, and as poisonous as nico-
tine, the twentieth part Of one drop sufficing
to paralyze and kill a frog 1t is the prrssic
acid and the various aromatic principles that
cause headachs, giddiness, and nausea in
smoking certain tobaccos that contain little
nicotine Other tObaccos, rich in nicotine,
have no such effects. The tObaccOs contain
ing most prussic acid and collidine are those
of Havana and the Levant. The dark, semi
liquid matter which condenses in pipes and
cigar holders contains all the substances men,
toned, as well as carbonate of ammonia tarry
and colOring matter, etc. 1t is very poison
GUS. Two or three drops of it will kill a
small animal. The combustion of the to-
bacco destroys but small part of the nico-
tine, and most OF this appears in the smoke
The proportion absorbed by smokers varies
according to circumstances, but hardly ever
falls below fifty centigrammes for every 100
grammes of tobacco burned. About the same
quantity of ammonia is absorbed at the same
time. Naturally more of the poisonous prin-
ciples are absorbed when the smoke is in
hailed, as in a room; less in the open air. A
frog placed in a receiver containing solution
OF nicotine. with about drop of that sub
stance to little water, succumbs in few
hours. Tobacco smoke contains about eight
millitres of carbonic oxide per 100 grammes
Of tobacco burned. The poisonous properties
1f tobacco smoke are not due to this gas, as
has been maintained in Germany
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-14
Very UncharitabIe.

The London Truth discharges this unchar-
liable shaft apropos of the Coutts-B Bartlett
wedding: II regret to announce the suicide
of Angela Georgiana Burdett- Coutts, Baron
ess, which took place on the 18th inst, in the
9th year of her age. The Baroness Burdett-
Coutts, better known possibly as Miss Coutts,
was the youngest daughter of Sir Francis
Burdett and granddaughter of Mr.. Thom-
as Coutts, to whose wealth she succeeded in
1887, through his widow, the Duchess of ST.
Albans. Miss COutts acquired for herself a
well-deserved reputation for her great iber-
ality and the judgment she exercised in dis
pensing her charity. She received her Peer
age in 1871, and was admitted to the freedom
of the city of London in 1872, and to that of
Edinburg in 1874 Although the Baroness
has unfortunately now passed into another
sphere, the name of Angela Georgiana Coutts
will long be remembered as that of one of
the most charitable ladies of the Nineteenth
century, and her loss will be deeply regretted
by many thousands who have prOfited by
her bounties.-R. /. p"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-14
The Sacredness of Childhood.

The Rev. DR.. Chaplin says: You never can
exhaust that great truth that is untolded in
Jesus, the illustration of our humanity that
he began at childhood, and showed the
sacredness of childhood as well as Of manhood
and has given it prominence and distinction.
And is not this an illustration, a carrying out
of what we see God has done in natural pro-
visions in regard to children? What cares,
what offices, what tender love he sets around
them! He sheathes them in weak flesh, but
throws around them the more than adaman-
tine armOr Of mothers love. He makes
them unconscious of lifes sin, he also makes
them happy in that ignorance, and they live
for a time merely to grow, to develop, and to
unfold in the light until they shall be
strengthened for the worlds conflict. Oh!
thank God most especially for the care with
which he has surrounded children. In the
beautiful language of Richter, 1.-THE smallest
are nearest God, as the smallest plants are
nearest the SUM-"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-14
Land, immigration and Commerce.

The total area of lands available for wheat
culture in the United States, says the Indiana
Farmer, is not less than 470,OO0,O00 acres
Our entire wheat crop for the past year would
not supply seed enough to SOW so vast an
area of wheat land.
The New York Journal of Commerce esti-
mates that the total foreign commerce of the
United States for January will show S7O,OOO,-
600 in exports against $50,O00,OOO of imports,
or balance of trade for the first month of
the current year of S2O,OOO,OOO in favor of
this country.
! 1t is notorious fact, writes the Minister
OF the United States at Buenos Ayres, that
American hams, cheese, and many other arti-
cles of American product, find their way into
the Argentine markets as English goods,
coming all the way from England simply for
want of steam communication between that
country and the United States.
! There are in the United States, according
to the census report, 25,52O,592 males and
4,632, ,284 females. The natives number 43-
575,506 and the foreign born 6 6,577 800 There
are 43,404,S77 whites, 6,677, Isl colored, 1885,
463 Chinese and 225 other Asiatics There
are 1858 colored persons to each 100000
whites, against Ia, ,52S in 1870; 1889 for
eigners to each 100000 natives, against 16, ,S75
in 1870; and 96,519 females to every 100000
males, against 97,801 in 1870.
A company of Philadelphia capitalists, of
which Mr.. II. Disston, of the keystone Saw
Works, is the leading spirit, have entered in
to contract with the State Of Florida to
reclaim what is known as the Everglades" )"
in that State Canals, communicating with
the Gulf OF Mexico and the Atlantic ocean
are to be cut, which, it is supposed, will ell
tirely drain the country and make available
for cultivation some 100000 or 100000
acres Of valuable lands.
So successful have the New York canals
proved, that Pennsylvania is investigating
whether it can do something similar Three
canal routes are now being surveyed in that
State-one from Lake Erie to the Susque-
hanna, and the other two from the Ohio to
the Chesapeake. 1t is calculated that they
can be built for from S23,OOO,OOO to $4,000
600 each. The price is steep, but then it is
no more than the Erie canal cost, and that
enterprise has paid New York back it's price
twice over.
The trade of the United States with Hon
duras is to be further developed by the es-
tablishment of new steamship line between
Philadelphia and Belize, two steamers having
already been put upon the line. The British
and American mails for that country have
heretofore been sent from New Orleans but
the Postmaster General has directed them to
be forwarded by the Philadelphia line here
after. The imports from Balize are mahogany,
hides, fruit, cedar, ETC., to which it is believed
coffee and gutta percha and Central American
silk can be added. Livingstone, the principal
seaport of Guatemala is the outlet port of a
rich and well-Settled country, and an exten-
sive inland demand for goods Of American
manufacture can be created by means of posts
established at Livingstone, also at Belize.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-14
Elasticity of Ships.

1t is not generally known, writes Captain
Eads, that all material used in the construc-
ton Of ships are elastic, and that large iron
vessels bend and twist during storms to an
extent that seems impossible. No iron
bridges are SO constructed but that the
elasticity of the iron permits them to bend
under the weight of an ordinary freight
train Spans of four hundred feet, when
tested with heavy loads, usually bend from
four to five inches, and ship of that length
will bend quite as much without injury.
Wood being more elastic than iron will bend
much more. Those who have crossed the
Atlantic have not failed to hear the creak-
ing of the cabins during storms. This could
not occur if the hull did not bend and twist
to some extent. The fear of a ship being
strained while in transit is founded in a
want of knowledge of the strength of ships,
and want of the capability of the earth to
suStain the load
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1881-04-14
DRUMMED TO THEIR DEATH.
Singular Slaughter of Rats Over i'm
Newcastle.
From the Newcastle PA News.

- news.
A most remarkable phenomenon was wit
messed in the Second Ward, this city, ON Fri
day afternoon of last week, being no less
than large number of rats being entced to
their death by the roll of drums. A number
Of the small boys of this city, hearing it said
that rates could be brought out of their holes
by the beating of drums, determined to try
the experiment. So procuring q number of
those instruments of martial music and half
a dozen dogs with weakness for rat flesh,
they proceeded to a barn near Pearson's
flour mill, in which structure were known to
dwell many well fed rodents, who subsist on
the contents of the grain bins near
by. StatiOning part OF their number with
drums in the haymow of the stable, and the
others at the door with the dogs, everybody
was eager for the fray. The drummers
brought their sticks down on the taunt calf
skin, and soon the building shook to its very
foundation with the deatening roll. Several
boys had been stationed at various knot
holes in the floor of the haymow, and these
youths peering down into the semi-darkness
below, soon saw little twinkling eyes appear
at certain apertures all around the apartment
beneath. The drumming was continued, and
Sllul II uOctS ttiltt tllSu SltCk
of rats came from the holes. Soon the rapid
rOllings of the drums seemed to excite the
rodents to point beyond self-control. They
began 10 caper and whisk around the stable
floor as if intoxicated. They ran around the
feed bins in wild chase after each other
So rapidly did they turn corners that their
tails snapped with report like that of a
bullwhacker's whip, and making the flour
fly from their appendages SO as to fill the
apartment with dust. Now was the time
for action. The boys with the dogs were
signaled, the doors were opened, and the
hungry CANNES let in on them. The unfort-
unate rats seemed to be under spell and
made no attempt to seek their holes. For
five minutes slaughter reigned supreme, and
when it had subsided the floor was covered
with the bodies of forty-three rats. Again
were the drums called into requisition, and
the same scene ensued again. This time
thirty eight rats bit the dust The boys con-
tinued their operations with their drums and
dogs all the afternoon, and when evening
came there were piled up in front of the
stable, mangled, cut and torn, the bodies of
479 rats-in facts all the rodents which had
thrived for years on the grain in the mill ,
had been totally exterminated