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New-York tribune., 1881-10-01
Diuioeno ayotlees.
Gopartnsrsbip Notices.
Business Gbanres.
CONTRACTORS,

'V'O ARCHITECTS CONTRACTORS,
II STONE DEALERS ec' We win lease tom parttes
III working our quarry in Old Lyme cu boat
able tdewaer aud the shore Line Rarosd The stone
Ilch red 10 phyy granite similar to the Egyptian. but 0f
deeper color and for building and much
br1lantt a. that or the SCOTCH II - the te
beautiful new Claiming Memorial Church Newport send
for circulars CHA ]. McCUR DY LYME. Conn.
EDWARD T.. SALISBURY, New-Haven, Conn.
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Clip Real g:staIr for Sale.

DEEKMAN-ST., near GOld.-Five-stOry SUBJ
I'D stantia marble building FOR sale; excellent Investment
kULAND q WHITING, III Nassau-st
l OCATION UNSURPASSED.-The houses on
73ds are elegant cheap and convenient Of access, by
6have. road 2dst station Experts have said TO pur.
chasers they built 10 SELL Look and you ara
almost sure buy. Inquire OF \. o. ROWE, Az W. 7Sist
nLIVER-ST. LOT for sale; price, $1,000.
" rutland Il WHITING I2f Nassau-sL
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THE SHEER CREAM COMPANY,

CALCUTTA,
LATE STUART. DUNDAS CoMPANni
Purchase for export part Of the world lndln NOR
ehandise and produce ~ description Otrs must nav
u1I REMIT attached 10 tho extent Ot 20 per cent
estimated value balance drawn Tor under cover o Hocu
mruts. ..
The silver Cream Company commission and ano
non sale In ihc Indian market merchandise and tho produc
tiuns Of other countries - 49,,
The s. G. company IN better position Than any house
Iudi, cigars pf brands, the Company having
their own tory Burnah Every cigar ~ guar
nneri e the best material prOcuraD' IN
india also uf the Companies spccil-
non recent dollars m American postage stamps
very choice samples viii be dispatched posi-
paid. ..,.., ,.-..., -, ,t, Gam.
pay business they shipping very largely to Australia san
fIah'i''" "hn th' '"p' VI ' a. H. STUART, Manager
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COLLINS, B0UDEN & JENKINS
BANKERS,
25 Pine Street, NeW-YOrk.

ACCOUNTS or HNNKs. nANNEI7, MENCHANTS
AND ISI IVGDUAIS RECEIVED.
INTEREST BEARING CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSITS
ISSUED
BONDS AND STOCKS BOUGHT AND SOLD on COM
MISSION. AND FULL IMPORTATION GIVEN RE.
GARDING SECURITIES.
DESIRABLE INVESTMENT SECURITIES ALWAYS
ON HAND.
ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO A GENERAL
BANKING BUSINESS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT AT
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Ciip propertn Go feI.

HANDSOME 3 Story Brick Houses Finished
4 In the hest manner with all cOnycueuces beautiful
home rent $500 Hcndersoupiace, East e0th-sL j.
EDGAR LEAYCRAFT. l,jE Broadway
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Gin i)roper!p tl)antro.

NNANTED.-On Park-place, Murray, War
rem thamberst. JONlOO feet, for easn customer
RULAND q WHITING, l2l Nassau-st
New-York tribune., 1881-10-01
Brouhlnn l)ropertp for Sale an> 90 fst

AT $4,000 PER ACRE, we will sell two
"a land in brooklyn near Two lines horscars ana IN
Immediate vicinity paved and severed streets hU l-AND
q WHITING. l2l Nassau-st
HOUSE IN BROOKLYN TO LET, with
L grounds: fourteen rooms; Improvements comPiets
order healthest DeghbOrhOod; rent s5OO E d. bAhEiS
10 Murray St, New.Nork, 2d hoor
TINO LET.-3-stOry high stoOp, brown stone,
Il $50 Carlton.ave. near Prospect PARK hObAND ~
WHITING, III Nassaust
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financial.
GAS STOCKS.
All YORK a1d 3c)oIlyn Stocks AMI llsD all kinis
OfBrOoKlyn In vest nent seo Irlties ieAlt Ia by
G.EDRGE 4. PRENFI5S.

4 IL who are interested in railroad business
Il and mileage statistics should get THE TRIBUNE ALI
LANAC .or N,l. nor 20 ~. Jree - eslti OynML
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Dipi0cn1 Nollccs.

OFFICES
NEW-YCRK, SUSQUEHAyNA AND WESTERN RAILROAD co"
93 LIGEkrY.sT. NEW-YOGK ClrY. }
coupons of the FRS MORTGAGE
~ BON DS Of the MIDLAND RAILROAD COMPANY OF
NEWJ EEsI.Y, due october l. 1851 VIII be paid on and
alter that the National Park Bank ZIG Broadway
New York. A. l.. LEE, Treasurer
THE HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILWAY co. }
HOUSTON. 1ENAs, Sept 2l, ISL
JPONS OF HE GENERAL MORTGAGE
X SIX PER GENT and CONSOLIDATED EIGHT PER
CENT BONDS Of this Company due oct. |, 1881, will be
paid by JOHN j. CISCO ~ son, No. 80 Wa-st, NewHOrk.
f. W CAVE, Treasurer.
OFFICE sToRNOYT SILVER MINING CoNPAyY
NAssAU-sT.. COR. WALL NEw.YORK. SEPT l3, 1881
nINIDEND No. 4.-Ihr Board of Trustees
r. have this day declared a MONTHLY DIVIDEND Of
FIVE CENTS SIIAkL able on the first day Of October
at this Office.
The transfer the 18Th and reopen
Ociobcr3 WILLIAM :. CLARK, President.
JOHS r. boutwell,, secretary.
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THE AMERICAS DISTRICT TELEGRAPH COMPANY
EXECUTIVE OFFICE - SCUM JiilAyE, COR BLEECKEG-sr,

HOLDERS the American District Telegraph Company
will be held at the OccD e company No. - south 5th+yr
October Is 1881, the elcc.
tpn Of nine @ directors and three t inspectors Of election
ding Polls viii - O'Clock, nOOn and
dose ~ o'clock. The trn Ter books viii De closed
Oco at o'clock, aud reopen ~ 10 clock a. M
on October ~, l-sI r.. ". ANDREWS. President
SIDNEY ". CEIIuE secretary
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GENERAL MARKET REPORT.

NFW-N ORR, FfIUdYi ptPV VV' I7'''
,,,,o oriot INT steady; Pots 4aid5c; Pearls 6siGoc.
PEESNV X-Dul aud stll weaS AT Z=-2~-i'' ''i 1900
nnd Southern Yellow. ,..,,,. ,or,in,l
'"RROOM.CORN-Qu and wholly nominal
GASDIES STEADY ana fanny ail!Ne' I'll. cru,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-19
The Fresh-Air Habit.

Early impressions are very enduring,
and can make useful habits as well as
evil ones sort of second nature. In
order to forestall the chief danger of
indoor life, make your children love
sick after fresh air; make them associ-
ate the idea of fusty rooms with prison
life, punishment and sickness. Open a
window whenever they complain of
headache or nausea; promise them a
woodland excursion as reward of ex-
ceptionally good behavior. Save your
best sweetmeats for outdoor festivals.
BY the witchery of associated ideas
boy can come to regard the lonely shade
trees as primary requisite to the en-
joyment of a good story book. ''Only
the movement of my feet seems to set
my brains a-going," says Rousseau,
and it is just as easy to think, debate,
rehearse, ETC., walking as sitting, the
peripatetic philosophers derived their
name from their pedestrian proclivities,
and the stole sect from their masters
prediction for an open porch. Chill
dren who have been brought up in hy-
genie homes not rarely ''feel as if they
were going to be choked" in unventi-
lated rooms, and l would take good
care not to cure them of such salutary
idiosyncracies.
Every observant teacher must have
noticed the innate hardness of young
boys, their unaffected Indifference to
wind and weather. They seem to take
delight in Drawing the extremes of
temperature, and, by simply indulging
this pe,schant of theirs, children can be
made weather-proof to an almost I'M
limited degree; and in nothing else can
they be more safely trusted to the guild
ance of their protective instincts.
Don't be afraid that an active boy will
hurt himself by voluntary exposure.
unless his chances for outdoor play are
so rare as to tempt him to abuse the
first opportunity. Weather proof peo-
pie are almost sickness-proof; merry
hunting excursion to the snow-clad
highlands will rarely fail to counterfeit
the consequences of repeated surfeits,
even girls who have learned to brave
the winter storms of our Northwestern
prairies will afterward laugh at
''draughts'' and ''raw March winds"
DR.. F'elir L. OswaId, IN Popular Sci
eace Monthly. .,.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-19
gor poung Readers.
MAMMA S LITTLE MOUSE.

SUSAN good sister Susanl was gentle girl of
eight,
And Totty was but four years old, when what
Came to the happy little pair, one bright No
vember day
Sunday, too-wnile good papa was many
miles away.
"Good-by, my darlings! don forget. The
little ones went forth,
Ineir hearts all in sunny glow, their faces to
Their faces to the chilling north, but not whit
cared they,
Though the pretty church before them stood
full half a mile away.
For mother, with her smiling face and CHEEKY
voice, had said:
II cannot go to church to-day, but you may go
instead.
Baby will need me here at home-the precious
:. little petl
But babies grow in time, you know She'll go
to meeting yet.
Take care of sister suel" she said, while ty-
ing lofty hood
And, Tottykns, L IN sure you'll be- oh, ueIYJ
still and goo1l
Good-by. my darlings! Don't forget. Now,
Sue, you know the pew
Ana, Tot, be manlmas little mouse, and situp
close to Sue"
A pretty sight it truly was, to see the rosy
pair t III -
sweetly solemn air
And Susie soon was listening. her manner all
INTENT
While little Tot sat prim and stiff, and won
dered what 1t meant.
The quaint old-fashioned Westinghouse had
pew-seats low and bare,
With backs that reached above the heads when
they were bowed in prayer.
And thus it was when suddenly scratching
sound was heard,
Faint at the first, then almost loud-but not
person stirred.
All heads were bowed; ana yet it rose-that
scratching, puzzling sound,
The staidest members rolled their eyes and
tried to look around;
Till Susie. stately little maid felt, with u
startled fear,
That, whatsoe' or its cause might be, the noise
was strangely near.
Out went her slyly-warning hand, to reach for
Totty there;
When, oh, the scratching rose above the clos
ing words of prayerl
An empty mitten on the seat was all poor SUI
sic felt,
While on the floor, in wondrous style, the
earnest lofty knelt!
Poor Susie leaned and signaled, and beckoned,
Totty was very much engaged and would not
heed, twas plain.
When suddenly, a childish voice rang through
luc CTOMu6u uOuSSs
"DoN'T, Susie! cause I've dot to be my man.
mas little mouse!"
Many sober face relaxed, and many smiled
outright,
While others mourned in sympathy with SUI
sizes sorry plight;
And Totty, wild with wrath because she could
be mouse no more,
Was carried soon, a sobbng child, out through
the wide church-door.
Now, parents ponder while ye may upon this
sad mishap,
The mother, not the mouse, you see, was
caught within the trap.
An lest your little listening ones may go be-
yond your reach, ...
Be chary of your metaphors and tigurative
speech
Joel Stacy, in st. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-19
IIerOlsln.

Last winter little boy playing on
the wharf of river town in Pennsyl-
vania fell into the river. The current
made by passing steamer carried him
into deep water. 1t was late in the
evening, and nobody saw the accident
but little lame girl of eleven, named
Katy Breschkowsky. With the aid OF
her crutch she hobbled out on the pier,
and then. dropping on her face, she
climbed down to the edge of the water.
The boy was wedged between two
blocks of ice near the pier. Katy
climbed like a cat out to the end of the
timbers, and then dropped into the
water, stretching out one feeble hand
towards him, but she could not reach
him. A step farther-and another.
She was now up to the neck in the icy,
surging current She caught his arm
and pulled his head above water, hold
ing to the timber overhead with the
other hand. In this position she re-
manned for an hour in peril of death
every moment, until at last she was
seen by some passers-by, aud with
difficulty rescued. The boy was I'M
known to her.
Another heroic child, boy of six, in
New York, left its baby brother for a
moment to bring drink, and return
ing, found it had crawled near the
stove and its clothes had taken fire.
The little fellow wrapped the child in q
blanket and battled with the flame until
he put it out, but not before his own
arms and breast were badly burned.
Now every boy and girl would like
to do heroic acts such as these. In
deed, young people are apt to spend a
good deal of time dreaming of the valor
and GOODNESS they will display in saving
life when an emergency comes. The
emergency seldom does come, and
when it does, there is usually no heroic
self-sacrifice to meet it, either from
children or men and women. The
reason of this is that one person in %
thousand makes self-sacrihce constant
habit in tritling things, while the other
nine hundred and ninety mine are plan
ming for the supreme opportunity. That
one alone is ready for the opportunity,
and rises by habit to meet it. The 9TH
ers are appalled, by it into INDIGESTION or
cowardice.
We are sure that this poor little Grip
pie, Katy, and the six-year-old hero are
unseltish, gentle children in their daily
plays. Surely the habit of unselfsh-
ness is worth cultivation, for if the
crucial moment of trial never comes,
it makes of the life of any man or
woman a high heroic strain. which up
lifts the souls of all who hear it. =
I0UthS Communion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-19

and he conceived the plan of the uni
verse and of the law of gravitation. as
it is called. He was the first to dis
cover that famous law. He showed
that the heavier body always attracts
the lighter; that as the apple falls to
the earth, so the earth is drawn toward
the sun; that all the planets feel the
law OF gravitation, and that all the uni
verse seems to obey one will. Newton
soon became the most famous of living
philosophers. But at the same time he
was the most modest of men; he never
knew that he had done anything more
than others. nor felt that he was any
more studious or busy. Yet he never
ceased to show, even in late old age,
the same love for mechanical pursuits
and the study of nature he had shown
when boy. His most famous work,
the PTInctDtG, proving the law of crawl
tation and the motion of the planets,
appeared in 1857. He made beautiful
prisms of glass and other substances,
and fine rejecting telescopes, the best
that were yet known. He wrote yalu-
able histories and works. He was al
ways a devout Christian and scholar.
He died in 1927, and was buried in
Westminster Abbey.
Thus the puny babe that was scarcely
thought worth the care of his nurses
became an active and healthy boy and
man, with the clearest mind of his
time. He was stout, ruddy, healthy,
and never, it is said, lost TOOTH But
he preserved his health by avoiding all
that was hurtful. He was phiioso.
| pher at twelve years old, and the world
owes much of its progress to Newton's
well-spent childhood. Harper'S Young
People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-19
GRANDPA AND GRANDPA.

Grandpa in his cradle lies; golden hair and
Dimples rwinkling here and there in his little
face so fair,
A dainty, darling Grandpa he, sweet as baby
boy can be. s..at. 4.,,,l
Grandpa walked alone to-day-timid, trem-
bl ng all the way;
Growing when his walk was done, and the first
grand victory won.
Happy little Grandpa he, growing fast a man
to be. y.
Grandpa is scholar next, Ger "Rule of
Three" and fractions vexed,
Then--oh very sad to say-a truant, leaving
books for play.
Careless little Grandpa he, merry as rogue
". can be. r .....i... ..s.I, -tt.t -.
Grandpa to party goes, meets grandma
sweet as any rose; ,...
Shyly sit they side by side, conversation vain
ly tried. y - a
Bashful little Grandpa he, as any little beau
Grandpa soon his jacket doffs, and at young
sters' grandly SCOTS;
Boasts a cane and 'stove-pipe" hat; sets
Grandmas heart a-pitapat
Until at last engaged is he, proud as lover
Ger can be.
Grandpa Grandma, glad together, have their
. Joyous summer weather.
Summer DER, down hill they go, dear old heads
as white as snow,
Children clinging lovingly to Grandma'S neck
and Grandpa's knee.
Grandpa, meath life's winter skies, daily walks
with dimming eyes.
Wrinkles gathering day by day where the
dimples used to play.
Grandpa, Grandma, side by side, faithful
whatsoeer betide.
... ~ --Harper'S Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-19
LOngHellOw's First Poem.

When our great poet was nine years
old, his master wanted him to write a
composition" Little Henry, like all
children, shrank from the undertaking.
His master said:
"You can write words, can you
notp'' ..
Eyes" was the reply.
"Then you can put words together"
eyes, sir"
Then" said the master, ''you may
take your slate and 90 out behind the
school-house, and there you can find
something to write about, and then you
can tell what it is, what it is for, and
what is to be done with it. and that will
be a composition"
Henry took his slate and went out.
He went behind Mr.. Finney's barn,
which CHANGED to be near, and seeing
fine turnip growing up, he thought he
knew what that was, what it was for,
and what would be done with it.
A half hour had been allowed to Hen
ry for his first undertaking in writing
compositions In half hour he car
ried in his work, all accomplished, and
the master is said to have been affected
almost to tears when he saw what little
Henry had done in that short time:
MIR. FINNEY's TURNIP.
Mr.. Finney had turnip, .....
nn And it grew, and it grew;
And it grew behind the barn,
And the turnip did no harm.
And it grew, and IT grew,
Till it could grow no taller;
Then Mr. Finney took 1t up I.
And put 1t in the cellar.
There it lay, there it lay,
Till it began to rot;
When his daughter Susie washed it,
Aud she put in 1t the pot.
Then she boiled 1t, and boiled it,
AS long as she was able;
Then his daughter Lizzie took it,
And she put IL on the table.
Mr.. Finney and his wife
Both set down TO sup;
And they ate, and they ate,
Until they ate the turnip up.
Southern ChuFchnlGn
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-19

The habit so long popular of ladies
kissing each other when they meet has
almost gone out of fashion. Leaders Of
society argued that the meeting with
and being kissed by score of friends
in one afternoon s calling was disastrous
to the paint, enamel and other neces-
saries of life used on the female face d.
vine Cor otherwise), and that it should
be Stunned as a dire devil. The new
style is to simply touch each others
finger tips, murmur the usual conven-
tional prevarication, $50 glad to see
YOU" and pass on.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-19

The ladies of Dayton, New, have
taken to field sport, and it is not unu-
sual now to see acharming young wom-
an dragging shotgun by the muzzle
with one hand while the other dainty
fist is clenched tightly around the hind
legs of jack rabbit.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-19

Neither old Mr.. Crawford nor his wife knew
anything more concerning their young neiyh-
boris evening call than that it seemed a some
what shortened one 1t had been quite plain
that he had had yet another Grand Cup the
road" They knew that by the rapid gait at
which he rode away ~
Virginia was well satisfied to spend the fol-
lowing day " in town." and even that her
fathers business at last compelled them all to
remain there over night. When, however, on
the next day, they set out for home, she was
conscious OF feeling OF uneasiness, which in
creased with every mile they travelled Her
ia her seemed to share it with her, but sheun-
derstood that better when he at last remarked
" They do say the prairie was all afire, here
away, last night You can see the smoke of
1t now. Reckon it didn't git across the slough.
10 couldn't onless thar was high wind but
then the winds risin' and it's a-blowin' the
wrong way to suit me-"
Meantime IL had been a great relief to
Marshall Hayne to have a large job on his
handsome he could push along feverishy,
:" so we can get at work at the corn shueis-
ing" ...
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-05-27
A Star Route Bonanza.

u. P. Williamson, superintendent Of the
Bismarck and Tongue river mail line,
supposed to be one of the star route bo-
nanzas, is in the city. A TRIBUNE re-
porter was dispatched to interview him
but he declined to furnish any statement
tor publication. He remarked, however,
that so far as this route was concerned the
contractors were ready for the closest in
vest cation He said the fines fo1 the last
quarter were $11, 1,282.74, and for the cor
responding quarter last year $13 5000
thousand dollars week. They have lost
considerable stock from Indians and have
had three drivers killed by them, and to
replace stock lost during the past winter
from the cpizootic and other causes, they
have paid 81, 200, making a loss, including
fines, during the last quarter (asidc frem
expenses increased in winter) of f$16,482.-
u. Mr.. Williams said that notwithstand-
ing the increased compensation for expe.
dited service the line has always been op.
Grated alta loss. The schedule time be
tween Bismarck and Miles City is sixty
five hours. The average time during the
winter was five days, with occasional loss
of trips, and the fines were on account of
this loss of time and trips. .e e
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-05-27
Change or Time.

The contemplated change of time in the
running of passenger trains on the Dako-
ia Division of the North Pacific road has
at last been officially announced, and the
new order is to take effect on and after the
first ofnext week. Commencing at that
time the eastern train will arrive at Bis.
marck at p. IN. instead Oft 10 p. m.,and
will depart at a. H.. instead Of Z a. IN.
This will be convenience that will be
duly appreciated by merchants desiring
to answer letters and communications re.
ceived at night, and will be Of advantage
to hotel men and all other persons. This
shortening of the time between Fargo and
Bismarck is made possible by the replac-
ing of the iron with steel rails as far west
as jamestown. When the track between
that place and Bismarck is replaced it is
expected that the running time will again
be reduced. For this is the travelling pub
lie truly thankful.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-05-27
The Freighters' Fight.

The Deadwood Times of the 18th inst.
has the following in regard to what it
calls the freighters' union: THE freight
crs between here and Pierre have pooled
their issues, and propose, if possible, to
make little money this season. A large
and enthusiastic meeting was held at
Pierre on Wednesday of this week, which
after being organized proceeded to busl-
ness. Ncwbanks, Shoan and others were
appointed committee to draw up bill
of rates between the river and the Hills
cities. After due deliheration the com
mittce reported the following rates for
bulls: TO Deadwood, $3.50 per 100
weight; to Central City, $2.65 per 100
weight; to Lead City, $2.75 per 100 weight.
All freight hauled by mules will be fifty
centy per 100 more. The rates were
adopted by the members unanimously,
and to make it fmore binding effect each
member entered into heavy bonds TO not
carry freight at a less rate than agreed
upon in the compact. There was 5000, 900
pounds of transportation represented by
the union. S.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-05-27
KEOGH CONES NEXT.
OutOn the Line.

!, The TR1BUNE's Sentinel Butte cores
pondent, under date Of May %, sends the
following: "This is pay day, and every
body III the camp is happy. Some Of the
boys have Aot received any pay for five
months, and it is only natural that they
shoAld feel jubi]ent.-Winston Bros. have
been laying track very rapidly, and are
now at Beaver Creek or Tom Rush's
Ranch, eighteen miles west Of here. and
are confident that they will reach Glen
cvo by June 15.-P. H. Mullen, of Ell
kadcr, Iowa, is looking ar ound here for a
good point to build hotel, and thinks
Miles City the best location. Mr.. Null
len has had had twenty five years expert
ence in the hotel business, and if he runs
any will run good one.-J. G. Duncan,
the gentlemanly bartender at the Hotel
de Quinn. is still smiling, and ever ready
10 set it up for the boys with or without
sugar.-Tom Reilly, one Of NJ, j, Quinn's
best men, is getting ready to go to Powder
River with large stock of goods. "Tom''
is 4 good business man, and all his
friends wish him success in his new en-
terprise.-Me Messrs. H. A. Rurns & Co. are
louding fifty teams a day for their several
stores along the line.-More TR1BuNEs 8,
are wanted, everybody reads 1t. The
Mandan department is extremely inter-
estlngto those who have friends in that
lively little town.