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, 1881-08-13

VISITORS Rev. G.. W. Grannis,
Presiding Elder Of the NJ F. Church, with
headquarters at Boise City, Rev. and j..
Mexican, OF Boise, paid us visit on Tues
day as they passed through town en- route
for Portland. They are both old friends
and consequently douJly welcome. Mr..
Grannis is better known as the Fighting
Parson," and it is a title he need not be
ashamed of, for when the Bannocks were on
the war path in IS We met him once all
alone on horseback with trusty rifle intent
on doiog what he said was his duty, which
at that time meant riSking hS life in going
to the relief and defence OF isolated frontier
settlers Both he and MIR. Mexican nave
claims upon the people of this country out
side their religion, and the peop'e appreciate
them all the more There is no humbug
about these gentlemen.
, 1881-08-13
SUMMONS.
TEKRlgoRY oF WASHiNSToN
County sf MaIla N.H4

county ~ " ala " ala.
In the District iaGrt ~ tie Territory of
Washington, and Tor the hr>t Judicial Dis-
tnct thereof. holding terms II Waila Na!Ia.
Na!'a Naila county. in SAID Territory.
John H. Stshl. plaintiff. u. !. True,dale
Defendant
THE UNITED STATES or ANFRICA
To J. lrueSd,ie, defendant Nou arr hereby
required to appear IN an action brought against
you BY John II. Stahl, Plaintiff. H. the district
Count of the Territory of Washington, and for
the First Judicial District thereof. holdiu.
terms at Walla N5ila. Walla Walla coanty.
m SAID Territory, to answer the compliant OF
Plaintiff fled IN Nsila Nala county within
twenty days after the service nf this summons.
exclusive Of the day "f service, il served In
sad county II not served iU said county. but
IN said district. IN tEirty day-. Il served in
any other Judicial District Ia tine TaIritarv. IN
forty days II served 10y publication, within
sixty days after the date II this slIanons. OF
the ssi! plaintiff viii take Judgment against
YOU by driSIit. accnrdins to the prayer of the
complaint, f"s sood~, ware, ana merchandise
aInulntinS 10 the sum 60; four hundred ami
ffty-one dallaFs and - Toe. Seid AMI delivered
by plaintiff To- defendant II HI special instance
aud request, between the 18th lay Of March
1881. and th' -.'th day - = une, tS-i
Witness the Hon. :. G. Vim
- gard. Assac;ate Justice of ;he Sa
prelnr Cont of W9>biu .t"n Tar-
A'- rt"ry, and Juize II sid Co.st.
md the s-al thereof affixed this
Gil day %; July. \ d., 1881.
\ REEVES AYEES, Clerk
BY JoHN MILLER. Deputy.
CAT0N * CroWLEg. Plaintiff Attorneys.
.S-6w
, 1881-08-13

IT, The track Oh the Grange 'ity
,t,.,oa : nalr, out from H"lIes Juue-
,-rg large force of men are engaged
- having Oh tai- branch. As soon as
a. 'l % !. -7mplr,yl To Grange tity, the
~ ,s,, ',,' g,Il o., to the umatlila branch and
Ia "a ,.',, ,'m,.r,r tI,- road to l'endleton'
, 1881-08-13

F,h, amount Of job work COM
.-..-ot-isr i, any criterion to 60 by
MI. W,la !, witnessing a" ""PA'lis,'sa
"'''' I-.,.r,rv. or else ii may possibly be
"a o. P',f ~ sr- dong work cheap and better
t''A-'s -. :. I.s, elsewhere III the Norrh-
, 1881-08-13

d. l,,, IHr ErRorE,y L.rcH-r..
.. 1., a',-, ",y Of sro,iast the Ear.naap ..w ,1
h. ',.n BY Thoia., Lake Of IIlipa;l 's.,n
ta,. ''I-'in-nt "a. male Ey arl-riS.' ,,,l.ri~
,ss,., i,.,'Fy ;e.s $40 Young trees. tv.Irs
..r.1ial ia'A.s high and a, I,rse 4. 'Hsisf hI..t
h~ tss,,-Tl- They rer, Sc, out in $. .tr.iss, aiafs
r.s 'l'af 50 by .horoush plo,ioa mel TFl,
esle-...s s'a nv, 'srs planted with each 1,a. aao
'..,..' .'.sta'r Thi. course va, ,Ia nn,.".; .rsr,
e',d shen 800 more tree. : rar. pursued led
ID - > = 'Hll'FIy treated. All an. .nass' were or
S,.a.s,, ,'.s. = lad grosa 50 well 'sis,' ~;sa
"a, '1 Il. posst, eaI,;T,,.e iG5.s could not pas.
% a ibp' E,s..af m i've anl .a+ them he the third
ts W. ~ .'s SIX ineas. aefsn ia to eighteen
aal W., II. s,sa aaa naE-. o9faa gods March arch is
nd q. Measure .eyse,a:n years
Nc aity eethirh'F Inches IN
, 1881-08-13

: b. bH'".- The Hon draw span for
Tie snake aver bHigs has oIrrady been
~. p. i"m the East Tie span Is 20 feet
'l Fa.i1. and "'iI give 4 clear waterway on
u al SIDE OF the cra,rr pier OF 40 let
l~' J. aiiN let an each passage way or 100
~ ''1-r than the draw IN the proposed
~1s- a.r'' thr Willamette rivrr at Port
NI''r SO many Ar.r sliiiug v,ss /
-, 7. 'r '''v. mp and dunu the stream
-,,..' l..., .'1'N currents. TIL, span viii ad-
,, 80 t'','-r "' luy vessel that r.n u,yi.
sA-r hr water, yi the t.r,,,r,r. St.
, 1881-08-13

=. Nm, Fsav workfr. J. p v.,.,.
~. -. '-''ir. was ra.hrei hy >,af,,.
s.j,., ,'s'.',' .. and malr to deliver up his
sas., '...'',-l'l'n, IT., is from Chicago.
Syes,-. = !, !, iHf rom, lie is re,rutry tr,r,
tsis-, =. 4l', a hrr~ be aas been En;Ii;ml, HIM.,
NJ ,a a., -, -1d has brought with % him I5a
a.! V-,.,',9,n 9n' The Inc between [ m,,iIro
80. 9l'si,aAn Station. HrI,s.,,,.I's, nIi'.I's
a., !. piag, b-id.4s and -, ,.tl I'h'raet~d
i,c9 'a'' lui li,o 'gr e,r,rin' i',' .S Sr'"er9
.a S,,'l ne a9a,h oi Nr.,b,n br''"S ,-,. The road
a-..,a @ From taepse The ,..',i rI,,, ,fgeN to the
N /. : ,r', ~ ''5ani Eou3e valley. Tb = ro.e ro.s
& i.2 II aa, year tis ,ae ',TaI'GS iTaa &S,l Is IN
sr.s = - = lrnohlbIs ,hrst IN ,ba III Nv. WI;
".r "Tail Ropi, ~ pe''ue!d
, 1881-08-13

JrRIES.-The following citizens are on
the Grand Jury iOr the November term lSSl;
Frank NJ. Loudeu, Harvie Gilbert, Thomas
Quinn, VIM Fudge, VI. Fisk, Wm- Ham
mond, W. II. Babcock, Wm. Re>ser, II. NJ
Porter, NJ. A. Caris, Donali Piess, Jacob
Betz, Marcel Gagnon, Patrick 0'Rourke. f.
Il. Webber, James Mcfarland, H. L. Ran
dali, W = Clarke, J. L. Miller, F. NJ Gose,
Jacob MissOhn, Jas. Hughes, l. +. Hender
son aud John Smith. Petit Jury.-Pat
Lyons, l.. B. Geer. F. N. Naught, NJ b.
Dolan, A. A. Blanchard, Jacob Cullen, c.
Sweazea, James Driver r. L. HeSseltine, ID.
Keeling, George Shepherd, {. T. Thompson.
Mark Evans, Frank McCown, Joseph Mer-
chant, +. N. Speed. Robt. Bur'lett, John
Pane, A, Nathoit, d. McGnlivray. f. T.
Hart, Frank Kimball and Antoine Btss-tte.
, 1881-08-13

Eypc Tit PA,,ENGER WE. Capt [.
/ SCOT, thr owner oi the independent
bat. Gold Dust and FieetwO" tied the
!a,'rr up II the loo; oi Morrison street.
Pdt!lui. anil announced his intention TO
ut draw from the river fight This may
bsuglEiri a, the beginning Of the end, and
i g4' asserted that the Dixie Thompson
and Hl,,alo wculi b. removed IN \ lew
Day lal o.l ate, aud Old charges be once
4srl rss'r.ri to. !, is MT known what
Cap Ny:l vail iowith the two new boat:
he ,I.l o. have under way.
, 1881-08-13

THE RUMoRED OPPOSITION. Opposition
between Portland and San francisco has
been rumored upon the streets for the past
few days. but a rigid investigation so far
has demonstrated that nothing is known
either here or in Portland respecting IL
There is little doubt but that eventually
there will be opposition against Willard. now
that he has made this country so largely
productive. and in view of the fact that
Willard is the man to whom the country owe
the blessings of railroad after quarter of
a century's anxious waiting We consider that
ur people owe him debt Of gratitude, for
the reason that he has paved the way and
showed others what could be done and who
are naturally anxious to come in for a share
of the profits. 1t is the same as pioneer
fighting and risking his life among the Indi.
ans, and after conquering the enemy and set
Ting down upon his land finally finds him.
self the envy and malice of new comers. It
is the same in every station of life. that no
matter how much a man might do for his
country he has no right to expect gratitude
If opposition enters. Willard can play his
hand without 1oubt, especially when he
knows the other holds only bob-tail flush.
, 1881-08-13

\. Cr,uu. The couaty jail has but
,l-.. hnpler,. one awaiting examination
tr bar,r stealing on complaint of his father
,.ha one To appear before the grand
.g-r anil the other poor unfortunate is S'rv-
m, .Bt sentence tor some minor crime.
Trr', onr iasir.y IS becoming as untash:ona-
M.a,atrp 10 ~luruP.
, 1881-08-13

o, Is9I Nn Rpmp-rhr,usb Sheriff
Wv. I"'.I'Ioa, OF Baker county. an ex.
'''s .'' ''I!'"ns particulars OF A
,r, ,-''.' -.s.dr"' which occurred lately on
.'' .,l, ,ll.a Il BY the sudden r,,in,, =, =
lam, o.. d. ..'' '.-l D" the hydraulic rlacer
~ -, o. '2Ityl.'er y Jonrs. upar r,k.r
NJ. ;.''y' e. men @e'e bur.ri undrr 4 ar
IN. u7'''''. Two oi them. Jones ,,,J
i. 4, l,T'' 1rre Rescued. being hurt very If.
~, - w a 'addru a,r,oud ami I,r..- - a. !,
Uad-r r,,, ,,' "a. 'a- third man. Parker.
i1-r ~. ~ ,re' " earth aud ro.kS \
Ian n, NJ men S-rr ten hours d,r.ing
.sI t M, N- flrkrr uas an oiI rrs55, 5i'S ny
's ''>!orira citizen or E,k,r ,...r,,,,.
, 1881-08-13

GEwNa. The grazing on the Cmatllla
Brla5. u,.lL Completed IN September. The
aat work /, already completed. The rock
urs !, keyuns the track layers back. Be
tarsl Cma,I! a lni Prndietpn there will be
coa..d-r1ti, trr.tle work, but the track will
olly crl,s the river three times, neceSsitat-
iag the bliliing oi three Howe Truss bridges
, 1881-08-13
VI MARklEil.

BoYFR.-To the wife of Chas Bower. on
Aug. 10th, boy. Mother and child doing
well.
, 1881-08-13

V,.,r Work. The MIlCreek railroad
d. t., nrarns completion, The Mountain
p,.sa. recently haulrl by teams to the
lam, &. o.v IN running order. The track
r.r. smooth anil wei! baiIastrd. It's ex-
,..t,i .g,l the road viii be completed to
-. ~, lm.t, N about two weeks.
, 1881-08-13
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

The tax list far Fast Rose street zrad- i in
nv hands for collection and al amounts M
y.aid in 10 DAYS viii become delinquent. when
casts viii I've aided.
H F. HOLMES. City TEea>ur-r-
, 1881-08-13
:. orrIcI.LCITY PAPER:

caTIkpai ---------=--
1af orrIcI.LcIIY PAPER:
~ man who attempted SUI
BfrTtE,5 S,.n5,y Ia.t, by cutting his throat
odr. Oa s''D = had Is slowly improving.
,,5 ,lashing =. .s ,S,t there is much danger
,,,,.sading hiH'.
Mrs. Krammer, Of Umatlila'
o'ffAl'. n.h.- little three-year-o!d daughter
-, Sas to have surgical 19sJ oPsJI"ib1opt botween pss,
20 TN, e,n , bone disease icca'ei wv"
i''"s,d .. ,ad kues ioin's'
-Wallula Junction can
Jl''1lgi l,.;n. TO being city aud should u.
ueS d. ,,,5on 70. incorporation. Inc me
..-,siaiy Pe'il.'' The depot, mess house
at? nI- ,-.r .,Ioon. The latter Ofe''s' - WV
~ l-tI,, Yesterday.
The Lester Grand Opera
f,1 -, eli play one night only in Day
coal1'; ;,,J,r. Aug llth, at which time !;
,oa-an N'Da- f,--1 "T6e Pirates OF i'enzance-
s.!l 3, p'y't-, t,en,l. should give tbs de'er'-
Our -..5 p-' 4 hearty RECEPTION
,.,orxp->t. Helens IS getting to
- ,,a..s-,as pllre for shIP'' as 'e'ffAi
* 1'- - there III coming up the ryer .s,.
h.s Tl- British ship Vancouver Pt.s.s ~.
ot ~ ~, i .rrrtk bottom there the "thei
bsl'4! l,',., -. N! thrrr at last accounts
.,.,, little faith in the company re,
---,,i,rl " at Lewiston until We read
s','' g,,,r At taeh,ad oi it, That dAl"ns
i''-I. rI,rs and failure are synonyms. ,, We ",
g. if'n' -, 49, no, single share ~ill be
'''- med for nntii i'e steps dow" -'' '"''
r,,5. amount Of job work COM
..,,,i.e +. any criterion 70 90 by
- IN, W,.h !, witnessing an nnparai aieiIed
- Urrsp-TitF. 90 e.
..l ,'4~ y AZ arr dong work cheap and t better
.',- ,.nle !oae elsewhere III the No''"
81;
- The track on the Grange City
,..,.. u.iIr, out from R"lles Juuc-
4 ,-ry large force oi men are engaged
i l.,.,a, g, tbs branch. As soon as
:. ...-,l /. completed 10 "fanSr my ui1
- ~ ',, gi!l % to the umatiila branch and
,"m,I-,- ti- road TO rendlrt"n'
,- tv.ss l,,sr,. Marshall Jones 4
PIT. the eprerpri,ins ionndrymen who
,-..nrr,. bsrarl out. are now eomPlet-
.,I., contracts they can IN sheds erected
'- 49,. rri,,. uf the olG buildings II any
.,1 ~. ..-r deserved success surely tins one
dor
Han, work. The NlrIlCreck railroad
.t., n-arins complexion. The Mountain
u,.. r.r.ptI, haulrI by teams to the
5..o +, now III running order. The track
-. .,r,o,l anil wei! blilaStrd. 1t Is ex-
Prci1i .,''' '"E ',,'.' u. ,,,., 80 n..rs
'-' '''' '''
\. rrsr,u TE. runaty iail has but
TN, .,,r,ir,t;nu
i'ir' '''''''''
ir hor,r stealing on Complaint "i MS i''''e'
,.b, ar. u appear before the grand
.g-y anil the other poor unfortunate is S'rv-
N, .1r sentence tor some minor crime.
T,rr,. ..r- Ia,,l., IS becoming as unf1sh:ona-
GnpND-!h6 grazing on the umatiiia
Bna5. WhlL Completed IN September. The
,r; work Il already completed. The r'ek
UUs !, kesp,nS the track LAYERS back. be
"e'l nan. d ana 'lid'r'oh ,neIe Nv VII. I ~
-, 81. ~ ,lr.s ,;mas p.,as.i.a,.
t.,;Ii,,,', n. ,I,r., u,u-.. Trnss brij.ras
r.,... III, p,..rx.sp W.p Can't +
,,
d N'''' '"' '""'' % '"' '''"' ''''"'
bat, todd Dust AMI f'eet"o"H' lie" The
''- J- an, AN .i iu'',I..r r;"r +, a." " Tb;1 ' maU "
bepglFlei a, the beginning Of the end. and
it Va, asserted that the Dixie Thompson
aut HasSl!H WUu.i b- removed IA lew
, 1881-08-13
NOTICE To TAXPlYERS

The tx list Tor North Thiri street grade i
in my han.ls for collection, aad all amounts
unpaid ia thirty day. vii become delinquent.
ghen costs VIII le added
H. T. HOLMES. City Treasurer.
NrOTITE 'TD TNNI'ANEES
, 1881-08-13
NOTICE IO TNNrAYEEs

The y list for Main street grade J. IN my
hands for collection and MI amount unpaid IN
thirty days vii becnue delinquent whrn costs
viii be added.
, 1881-08-13

Es-HUGHEs.- In this city, Aug S. 1881,
by j. ID. l.aman, ]. F., William NJ. James -
Miss Mary T.. Hughes.
, 1881-08-13

RUSSELI--At kelkee, Clare Co., ireland,
| aged s. years. John Russell, father Of Pat
rick Russell. Esq. Of this city.
, 1881-08-13
Farmer. Opposed 10 the nume Company.

And all others who summer fallaw their land.
should see the Mcconnell Cultivator. The
only Cultiyator ever offered for sale here that
proved a success. Every machine warranted
to give satisfaction. The followin. well
known farmers can testify to their merits :
Patrick Lyons, Philip Yemne,
G. w. Stal!copp. Lew Bowles,
T. p. Page, Virgil Mark,
J. K. Hood, i. COstin.
Il. Walker.
Umatilla County. For sale by Wm. Jones.
dealer infarm Machinery, wagons. etc, corner
Second and Alder streets, Walla Walla lt-u
, 1881-08-13

A man-a millionaire man in France-re-
Gently lost al, of his fortune except about
50. coo. and died from grief His brother
and sole heir found himself lifted from a
state of extreme poverty to comparative
wealth. The shock was too great for his
system. and he fell dead with joy. Two
birds Killed with one stOue-
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-30
THE ELGIN DISASTER.
Graphic Account by a Survivor.
GROSS CARELESSNESS AT THE BOT.
TOM OF IT.

CHICAGO, April GA special from Elgin
says Mr.. Will Long, one of the passengers,
says: l had gone to the west side of the river
on an errand and got on board to return shor t.
~ before clock. aThere were on board about
25 persons. The bottom Of the boat was full of
water up to the floor, and before starting said
to Sullivan and Murphy, who were running
the boat, "for Gods sake men bail her out be-
fore we CO." but they paid no attention to me-
Those on board were principally grown per-
SONS, although there were seven or eight chill
dren on their way to school on the east side.
When we had reached the middle of the
stream the boat had began to take water. The
passengers seemed to lose all control of them
selves and rushed from one end of the boat to
the other. Their action caused the boat to
take more water I got upon seat IN the mid
die of the boat and tried to get the people to
stand STILL but they wouldn't. Then the boat
sank, and the first wave that swept over with
the swift current carried the frightened and
screaming people away. l clung to the seat,
and as luck would have it a long clothes line,
within reach. Seeing a little girl floating along
several rods below swan to her and pulled
myself along with her back to the boat, which
still hung to the cable by the guy rope.
again caught hold of the seat, when the force
OF the current against my body tore it
loose, and the little girl, Bertha Rain, and
myself foated away on the stream. All about
me were men and women struggling in the
rushing waters Some of them could swim
and others sank and rose every minute or two
1t was horrible to hear them shrek and then
go down, some of them for the last time Sew
eral rods in front of us was a little girl named
Emma Berringer. She sank several times
but was unable to reach her. Presently a
great crowd of people gathered on the shores,
and we could hear their confused yels telling
us to bear up a little longer. Then boats came
shooting over from the shore and began gath
ering up the struggling and exhausted swim
mers. A boat came to where we were floating
As the oarsman was about to take hold of us
said, Save the little Be1ringer girl ahead of
us, we can hold out little longer" The man
did SO, and saved the girls life, while another
boat came to my rescue and saved the little
girl and myself.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-30
MINOR KILOGRAMS.

There are five cases of smallpox on steamer
Assyran Monarch at New York and she is de-
tanned at quarantine with 500 passengers
Twenty-six of the crew refused to be vaccin-
ated and were taken to the hospital on Hoff-
mans Island.
j. Whitney, a laborer, was killed. and two
others badly injured by the explosion of a
blast in the subterranean chambers of Flood
Rock, He'll Gate, Thursday afternoon.
The immense cylinder for the new palace
steamer Puritan, of the Fall river line, was
cast Thursday at the Morgan Iron Works. 1t
took $4,000 pounds of gun metal and is the
largest cylinder ever cast in this country.
Jacob Schaefer has challenged Vignaux of
Paris to billiard match of 1000 points at
$1,000 side, to take place either IN London or
New York in December. Schaefer has made
deposit with editor Buck of the Spirit of the
Times.
Morris Carberry, watchman at rolling
mill in Wilmington, Del, ia dispute with
negro workman named Adams, yesterday. shot
him dead and was arrested.
Paymaster II. R. Smith has been ordered to
the gunboat Alaska to take the place of Pay
master Bellows, who has been decided as not
entitled to the position by Attorney General
McVeagh.
Buckley's block on King street, Prescott,
Ont, occupied as stores was burned yesterday
Loss $4,000.
Auo NoW 1Orh Clty SONeruul0ut refuses 10
exempt the Elevated Railroad Companies
from taxation for 1879 and 1880.
The White Star steamer Republic from
Liverpool with S65 passengers is detained by
quarantine at New York with a case of small
pox on board.
Gen. Longstreet, the American minister to
Turkey, left Constantinople on leave of alb
sence for Vienna and western Europe. During
his absence Consul General Heap will act as
charge d'affaires.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-30
THE WESTERN DELUGE.
Devastation Along the Missouri
River.
IMMENSE LOSS OF PROPERTY AND
GREAT SUFFERING.

New YORK, April ga st. Paul special
says the loss by floods along the Missouri river
between Pierce and Sioux City, exclusive of
damages to railroad and telegraph lines and
steamboats,, is So, 2,000, 900. Yankton is COM
paratively isolated city, cut off from railroad,
river and even pedestrian and wagon commu-
nication with the ontsde world. The reports
from James River Valley are meagre, but
there are general advices of the losses of
cattle and horses, and the destruction of many
houses with all they contained. Stories of
great suffering on the part of the inhabitants
are also rife, but nothing definite can be as
certaned, as all means of communication are
gone. ,All the bridges, railroad and wagon
roads, for more than a hundred miles up the
stream, are reported washed away and DESTROY
ed. The same state of affairs exists in Yer
million Valley, which is thickly settled, and
whose bottoms were the grazing grounds for
thousands of cattle. There are vague ru.nors
of many losses of life, but these lack confirm.
alton. Milltown, 40 miles from the Missouri,
is reported completely washed away, not
vestige loft. GAINESVILLE is in little better con-
dition. The losses of stock are enormous
One farmer expressed it by saying when
the waters subside the stencil of the carcasses
will drive US from the country" United
States Quartermaster Wheeler has great diff
Guilty in getting food to sufferers, and has to
use skiffs and yawl boats. Eleven hundred
persons were registered for food on Thursday,
with $4,000 ratious issued prior to that time.
Each adult received full soldiers ration daily,
and every three infant children two full
rations. The number 10 be fed will be
augmented as means of reaching flooded dis
tricts is obtained, and may reach 2500. Capt
Wheeler's estimate is that the government
will have to subsist 1000 for 80 days and 1000
of that number for 60 days.
DETROIT, April 29-Ritchards Dam, near
the mouth of the river AIpena, in this State,
was partially washed out yesterday by high
water, letting some five millions feet of logs
into the bay, and carrying away the bridge
lower down. The ice in the bay will enable
the log owners to recover theis.log
CHICAGO, April 29.-The total loss Of pro-
perty by the food on the Missouri river and
tributaries between Sioux City and Bismarck
is estimated at $2500,000. Below Sioux City
the loss is computed at 81 100000.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-30
LOTTERIES AND THE MAILS.
Important Opinion of the Attorney Gem
eral.

Important Opinion of the Attorney Gen.
WASHINGTON, April %. 9.-Attorney General
MacVeagh has prepared an -opnion upot.-tfe
question of right of the Postmaster General to
prohibit the delivery of registered letters and
payment of money orders addressed and paya-
BILE to NJ. A. Dauphin, Secretary of the Louis
lana Lottery Company. The Attorney Gener-,
al refers to the Louisiana lottery company as
an institution to which the Legislature of
Louisiana has for very large moneycd con-
sideration granted the exclusive privilege of
carrying on the lottery business in that State,
and which, he says, is the only lottery con-
Quoted under the sanction of law in the
United States. After quoting from the Re.
vised Statutes. which authorizes the exclusion
OF lottery matter from the mails, the ATTORNEY
General says:-Those who deny the power of
the Postmaster General to forbid the delivery
OF money orders and registered letters to Mr.
Dauhpin rest their denial upon the qualifying
adjective fraudulent in the statutes which
permit the Postmaster General to instruct
postmasters to withhold such letters and orders
He holds that in the present case the Govern
ment, under statutory provisions bearing upon
the subject, denies certain postal facilities to
those lotteries, ETC., found by the Postmaster
General to be fraudulent, not to those which
are illegal. What is or is not legal is purely a
question of law; what is isfraudulent is either
one OF pure fact or of mixed law and fact. Re-
ferring to the argument advanced by the
friends of the lottery company, that a lottery
authorized by the law of the State in which it
has its chief Office cannot be fraudulent, the
Attorney General says:-''If we concede that
the word fraudulent qualities those words sue
ceeding lottery in the statutes, it by no means
follows that legalized lottery or scheme for
distribution of money by lot, chance or draw
ing OF any kind may not be fraudulent, at
least as to everybody outside the jurisdiction of
the State which charters it but what
ever its nature, the question is one solely for
the determination of the Postmaster General
1t is not in terms all fraudulent lotteries, ect,
that are excluded from the use of registry and
money order system; it is those found to be
fraudulent by the Postmaster General that are
denied these privileges He is sole arbiter of
law and fact upon this subject" The Attor-
ney General therefore concludes that if the
Postmaster General finds satisfactory evidence
that Dauphin is engaged in conducting fraud
ulent lottery he should forbid the delivery of
money orders to him.