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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-05-23

STATE OF New YORK,
County of New York.
Geo. T. Hope. President, and Cyrus Peck, Sec
retary of the Continental Insurance company.
being duly sworn, depose and say, that the fore
going is a full, true and correct statement of
the affairs of said company, that the said in
surancc company is the bona fide owner of at
least one hundred thousand dollars Of actual
cash capital, invested in the State and United
States stocks and bonds or in bond and mort
cages of real estate unincumbered and worth
double the amount for which the same is mort
gagged; and they are the above DESERT bed officers
of said insurance company.
GEO. T. HOPE, President.
CYRUS PECK, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this DIST
day of January, 1881.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-05-23

Auditors Office, Yankton, Dakota Territory,
February 1lth, 1851.
1, L. NJ. Purdy. auditor of the territory of Da-
kota, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a
of the Hamburg Magdeburg Insurance company
on the Slst day of December, A. d. 1850. and, d,now
on file in my Office. l.. NJ. PURDY,
[Seal.1 Auditor.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13
The White Majority.

We ask attention to the relative numbers
Of white aud black votes 10 Virginia as
shown.by the statement from the Auditors
office which we reproduce this morning.
We have heretofore claimed a white major
ity Of only sixty thousand. The official
figures show, however, a uhite majority Of
SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND. The
capitation-tax is levied only upon persons
over tweuty-one years OF age; so that the
same number OF persons owe the capitatlon'
tax as are voters (the difference is not worth
noting). This is a bad prospect for the Co.
alitionists. They must get all the negro
votes aud over lhirty.fve thousand white:
n all the voters are out.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13
DEATHS.

Mrs. HARRIET ". CAUTHORN. wife OF
Riehsrd CauthOrD, died at her residence. No. lJ
east Clay street, SUNDAY evening, llth Instant, az Y
O'Clock.
The remains were Inferred IN The family burial
ground, in HeDrico county, on Monday evening.
Died, az her fathers residence, September II,
1881, al five minutes 10 9 o'clock. after a long and
painful illness, MARY A. believed wife of A. y.
Timbeglake and daughter OF Robert and Mary
Pearman: eyed thirty two years
she leaves four small children 70 mourn their loss.
Hear what the voice from Heaven pr0clains
For all The piOus dead
sweet Is the savior Of their sames
And soft their sleeping bet
Hey funeral VIII take plaee AZ 3 o'clock SHiS
Tuesday EVENING at Laurei-Slreet Methodist
chupeh. Friends q the family arc respectfully in-
viteS TO attend.
D4ed. on the nieat OF September nth. ar the resi-
denee OF her mstheT. Mr. Martha WinEbe,d. ia
| UsaOyer county. after a short but painful Illness,
Mrs. ELLA GILMAN, In the ihirty-sscond year Of
her age.
She leaves a devoted child and many hends 10
mourn their loes.
The funeral viii take place FROM tho residence
THIS (Iuesdagl EVEhskNG at 3 O'CLOCK
Lynchburg papers please copy.
Died. septsmbsr Ia 1881. at his residence. Ma
62l north Sixth street GEORGE N. NOsELEY, 81
the thiriy-pnIrd year u his age.
The funeral will take place TO-DAY from At
First Ba ytisi church, corner Twefih and Raeac
streets. a. 4:30 4. 81 Friends and aequainlan0es OF
the fApkO are Invited 10 attend.
Died. al Hunlly, in Nelson eoualy. on Friday eve
mug, September oh, CHARLUrTE M. vife Of
William Gordon, Esq, In the sixty.fourth ycar o
| her age.
s5SiAern cAsrcAman and Charlo,tesvIae cAron
tcje will please copy.
Died, at the residence OF his paTeIAs, NO. 81:
feEih sixth street, Monday. september ~, 1881
Al llH6 Il, NJ JANIS LkWfS, only child az len
ME and Lewis Clinton Davis; aged zen mouths an
friends OF the family and those o. his Grand
falners james 4. nayiI and David " isen. arc lp
' vited 70 atiekd The funeral al the residence TIL
tTsesdayl LvEAING al 8 O'Clock,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13
Richmond vs.. Baltimore.
correspondent writes US as follows {:

A correspondent writes US as follows:-
RICHMOND, VA.
Dear Dispatch The Baltimore papers are
making q good thing OF our great water
famine on and are greatly iDiuring our
city and benehting themselves by southern
trade. Why do you not say that Richmond
has little sickness and sufficient water to
preserve health and comfort, and settle peo-
pies minds on, the subiecti think II wise
to do so at once. Yours truly,
A CITIZEN.
We have day after day, and daily, told
u readers all about the w~ater-supply.
There has been no sickness that we know
OF resulting from the want OF a full supply.
For the last two weeks and more every
water.taker has had the water in his house
from four to six hours a day, and the priVi-
lege OF storing as much water as be chose.
We trust that the Baltimore papers are
not libelling Richmond. We call their at
tention once more to the facts OF the case.
The National Board Of Health Bulletin
gives The mortality in certain cities OF the
United States for the week ending Septem'
Der Sd. We copy a few significant figures
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

The CONGRESS q the Unitsd States and
the Legislature or Virginia meet respective.
" % the at.t Mosday and drst WEDNESDAY
In DseenOsr. Mr.. ~RrDDLhHsaosn will Of
so,use got Washington, there TO be-e elect
cd sergeautat-Arms Of The UnIied states s
senate. WIZ, then, does be not resign BIZ
seat IN the virginia Senate, as Major DAN
III. has done his, ard let the voters OF the
district choose his successor at the regular
election why should there be two cleo
tons, why should the State be made 10
undergo so useless an expensef Is Mr.
RmpLEBERoEn afraid Of losing both places
Come now; play fair. Let the poor, ola
Impoverished Commonwealth you so oiten
described escape that waste of money. III
you don't. you onght TO pay the expenses
OF the special election out OF your
nockpt.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13
The Conflict Between Newport News
Landowners and the Railroad.


The board recently appointed by the
County Court to assess damages TO several
pieces OF land at Newport News sought to
De condemned to the use OF the Chesapeake
aud Ohio railway viewed the land last
Tuesd,y, and met at the courthouse We'd
nesday and heard evidence and argument
of counsel in one case-that OF Mr.. BeDja.
min West-and adjourned 10 meet again
Friday next, when they will bear evidence
and arguments In the three other cases be-
fore passing upon any OF them. A great
deal OF bitterness seems to exist between
the SCENTS Of the company and the land
owners, the latter claiming that the CON
pany wants to condemn land for specula-
tive purposes which is not necessary TO the
use Of the road. The company, on the
other hand, insists that it is necessary, and
the owners want to make them pay eXlraya.
CANT and unheard-oi prices for II. One
witness, MIR. GroOme, stated that Mr.,
Vests river front was worth, in his
opinion, 800 per front foot, the depth
being 100 feet IN some pisces and 20 in
Others. II was also in evidence that be
was renting small lots without any river
front at the rate Of 500 per acre.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

The Minnesota supreme Court on Satur-
day last issued a writ OF prohibition against
further proceedings on the part OF the tri-
bunal authorized BY the last Legislature TO
adjust IFS defauIted bonds.-New York
WcTtd.
And the Virginia Supreme Court of APP
peals has under our Constitution original
Jurisdiction "in cases OF hobeas corpus,
moadamGs, snd prohibition; aud IL the
RIDDLEBERGER bill should. ever become
Iaw, as OF curse II will not, our Supreme
Court would stop proceedings under II Just
as constitutIonally as the Supreme Court Of
Minnesota stopped proceedings under the
Minnesota law. 1t is to be said, however,
In behalf Of the MInnesotisDs that their re-
adjustment was TO prevent, not TO consuw'
mate, Reputation.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

A HINT PoR RICHMOND President WHITE,
late Minister TO Germany, has arrived in
New York. In an interview with a World
reporter he said
"The Siemens Brothers, OF Berlin. > >
Their electric railway, as laid in Berlin and
Paris, is a perfect success. i think 1t will
create a revolution before long. The ele'
waited roads must soon adopt that system,
for 1t does away with the wear and tear OF
heavy engines. The Siemens Brothers are
preparing TO establish a new road in Berlin
about four miles long. The only apparatus
the car carries is contained In box under
meath the floor about 3 feet long, . feet
broad, and Is inches high. The car stops
and starts as easily as a horse.car, aud runs
at the rate OF about fifteen or twenty miles
| an bonrv
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

One year since Dir. II. Young, Of Kanka.
kee, Ill.,, fell from a roof eighteen feet high
and broke his wrist. Since that time il has
given him great pain, which nothing would
subdue until st. Jacobs Oil had been ap-
piled, which relieved him at once.
Colonel II. E. Peyton, executive clerk OF
The United States Senate, rented his farm in
Loudoun county to the Messrs. Norman, OF
the same county, for a term Of years, and
on the 9Th instant sold bis household goods,
farming implements, and stock at fair
prices.
Memorial services were held Sunday In
| honor OF the late DIR. Chaplin in the newly
and riehly-decorated Church OF the Divine
Paternity, New York, in which a bronze
portrait tablet has been erected TO bis mem
DRY.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

The Constitution challenges the American
press on one point. We have never writ
ten an obituary of President Garfield. OF
the thousands Of columns Of elegiac matter
that rest upon the consciences OF Journalists
who doubted when faith was heroism, none
can be charged to Us. Heaven be praised
our pigeon-hole is clear.-AudntG Ga Con
~stitution.
Nor have we. We have not written q
line on TIE subject. We suppose there are
many Journals that can say the same.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

We notice that Mrs. JOHN Holy is to en-
terrain the Cabinet officers at her husbands
splendid Long-Branch mansion. Recently
a worshipper Of those whose ancestors had
titles asked Mr.. HoEY TO tell him something
about his father. 49," said J0HN, " he wa
q knight" "That's splendid" remarked
the manufacturer Of ancestral trees. eyes
continued Mr. HoEY, she was a nigh
waicbman.v
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

BURNETT's COCAINE WILL SAVE II HAIR
aud keep it in ? strong and healthy condl.
ton, because il VIII stimulate the roots OF
the hair, and restore the natural action upon
which its growth depends.
Burnett's FlavOriDg Extracts are abso-
lutely pure.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

Baltimore makes no report. But we have
said enough to let every reader see that
there is no unusual sickness in Richmond.
1t is wrong for Our goodly city TO have TO
suffer from such false stories.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13
NEARLY 1000 PEOPLE WERE PREsENr
straixntout speeches in Louisa.

c~EFEEHbEh t, IOOt'
Editors Dispatch; Arnold and Lester.
two ~straighout Republicans, spoke here to-
day, and there will be 10 Readiuster' Re-
publicons in Louisa. Arnold's speech was
unanswerable, and the Mahoneites were
shown in their true colors. Lester made a
strong speech. Il.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

The lung trouble is a serious compiIca'
ton in the Presidents case, but we trus''
as reported last night, that the doctors have
II under control.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

The New York Herald says that the naval
preparations for the Yorktown celebration
are so extensive that a visit to the historic
locality will be desirable, even II only to see
a feet of vessels under the American flag.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

Senator J0sEs, OF Nevada, gave q dinner
In New York on Saturday evening TO Vice
President ARTHus and Speaker SHARPE.
Yet mr. CosKLTNc cordially despises Speak
or SHARPE. what does this meani
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13
EXCURSION To BALTIMORE AND
II NEW YORK.
BUSINESS AND PLEASURE CONFINED AT
GREAJLY-REDUCED RATES.

An EXCURSION TRAIN win leave the Danville
depot At Richui0ld, 0Ga York River railroad, on
TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER H.. 1881,
a, $50 o'clock =. M arriving at Baltimore at 8 A.
N. next day, IN time hor New York tain.
Baggage checked through.
Fare 70 Baltimore aad return (ticAet coed for ten
daysh "a. Rane 10 New York aud rel IAN lticket
good for hftesn, dRxsA tl2. so.
The Undersigned Will spare no pans OF expense 10
render this tho most pleasant exenrshOn OF the sea-
sOAfor busisess-nsea and tourists. Ticket and fur-
Tier Informal ioR can he had OF II. r. Adams. No. 20
kourteents street. ). X. Perdue. NA 9l09 FrsnklNa
street; &. T. .h00sSton. 9ls MaAn street; Z. A. Bec-
nan. Seventeenth and Main streets, RichmOud ane
4 Frsns h)obe> Sycamore street, Petersburg, Va
and At the depGG on the 18Th.
| Sc 3.&N PERDUE Il ADAMS, Managers.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

A storm Sunday afternoon played Wild
work among the trees, fences, sIgn-boalds,
&c, OF Alexandria. Richmond was blessed
with refreshing rain unaccompauied by
lightning or wind.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

The heads OF bureaus at Washington in the
various Government departments are now
busily engaged in preparing their annual
reports, recommendations Of which Sre 10
he embodied IN the reports Of the Cabinet
officers.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

Our w%aler.pump has come, vegetation is
refreshed by the recent rains, and Rich
mond is In a condition now to sympathize
with those cities which have suffered from
storms.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13
Not so Very olo, Either.

IPhIIadeIphIh Ilnlts.J
Some old letters seem to have turned up
to plague Mahone's candidate for Attorney
General in Virginia. His disrespecttul re-
ference to the colored voter will not be cal
culated to make him solid with that class OF
Virginia's citizens.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

WOLFE, the Independent Republican csn-
didate for State Treasurer Of Pennsylysnis,
Is a strong man, aud violently opposed TO
the CA~NERoSs,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

The Executive Committee OF the YORK
town Congressional Commission VIII meet
at Washington on the 14'h.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

And now, to add TO our national humll'a'
ton, they say that China has a heel oil gun
boats powerful enough TO whip our navy
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

Dartmouth College has the smallest fresh.
man class II has bad for more than toity
years.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

RICHNoND, VA. August lS, 1881.
A MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS OF
IN THE WESTHAM GRANITE COMPANY OF
VIpGiNfG will he held al The Office of the company
on THURSDAY the 22d day OF SEPTEMBER. 1881,
for me election Of q Board Of Directors and Tor the
tranSaction of other business.
X. SNOWDEN ANDREWS.
Treasurer, and StOckhO'der representing more IMAM
one fourth Of the stock OF The WeSiham Granite
Oompany of Virginia. ah l9-ISezo
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13
nANKERs AMI BROKERs.


GEo W. WARREN, WI. Or NRags,
late Real Estate Broker. hate cash'r PITS MAI. Rk.
WARREN Il QUARLEs,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
lll7 MAIN STREET, RICHMOND. VA,
BUY aud SELL STOCKS, BONDS, GOVERN
NENT, STATE, CITY, aud OTHER SECURE
TIES on COMMISSION.
LOANS NEGOTIATED On real estate.
COMMERCIAL PAF'ER BOUGHT and Sold.
Pay special attention 10 the Investment cs funds
iy la-aml
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13
HALLS
1T Is USEFUL IN EvsEv FAMILY
RIO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS KRErkk'

no ROARDINGrHOuSE kkkrhSS6
Il AND HEADS or FAMILIES lhSNxTFN.
no BOARD VISITORS DCRlNo asesitNuY
being DESTROYS OF ascsTtaining tue sAists amt.
deness OF all PARTIES who VIII tsss oS~IaStf nfyss
she celebration al forktowH, "NAld 49, he,riinf-
! honses 10 report al once " Mr., WY VSrh
PLGASANTS the commttee's eltrA. AZ ~, - bs
Elevenih street. stailng the nenlost
accommodated aud The nIiee per aAS. h. kept -
full lisa OF all those repor'ing W 49, gued
that stranger eomilg into The city may
| without delay ~ Lonhie.
""e WnIIkWM IA. PLEASANT, 800.
Ms-lat 'N No. : aog,h Eleiva'u WV
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2,57s,4s7 o6
Increase in IsaO.......
se7,ss9 II

10 -
These figures, as we have heretofore said,
are encouraging. They show a good state
OF things; but must not be Interpreted to
mean TOO much. We Therefore add that the
Value of real estate as assessed
with taxes for 1880 was. ,.....f20l 242,5OZ 90
Deduct the value Of real estate as
ascertsined by the rcaSSeSsInent "a
IN lSSO.,."..."...ts.s''''''' Zo4iSfzi1oi VIZ
Decrease..,..",...,"""S l6,969,55l 80
In other words. the taxes OF 1880 were
based upon the assessment Of 1875, DIETER
ments included.) There is no conflict be.
tween these figures and those first above
given. The reassessment OF 1880, and the
value OF real estate as assessed with taxes
for 1880, are two different. things.
Some OF our Democratic contemporaries
have committed the blunder OF not distin-
gushing between the permanent and an
nusl assessments. The tax collected on land
last year amounted to s1,2j6 ,2l2.5l. The
tax on land this year will amount to about
3 LII, 475-some eighty thousand dollars
less. But this will be Offset by an increase
Of GO, 900 in the capitation.tax; $4,000 in
tax on personal property; 81. 600 in income
tax ; aud s31. 600 in tex on business-licenses
&C., &c. The outlook Is bright. The bust
ness Of the State will not allow the low
assessment Of 1880 to reduce the State:
revenues.
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NOTICES.

ITTENTION. GOVERN OR'oE
N GUARD, COMPANY y, FIRST REGi-A
MENT VIRGINIA VOLUNIEEkS-A sseln1ie y
Ming Al 3 O'Clock, In fatigpe u%niforni,i Tor oattslloh
drill. Every member Is expected 70 be present.
SeIs-It j. @. BIRCHETT, o. :.
HRAYS, ATTENTI0N.-Assemble ats
regImental armOry on THIS l1hursdaylH
NJCuT an 3 O'clock FOR battalion drill, uDdress-W
uniforms-white pants and t'eket. No dril n
wednesday night. BY order Of LOUIS o.; Dos
70 .. Orderly.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13
ULEAR THE TRACK.-HERE WE co

~ The last excursion OF the season TO WASHING
TON, BALTIMORE r, and NEW YORK eta the
Chesapeake and ohio and Washington and Balti-
more aud Potomac railways. leaving the Chesapeake
aud Ohio depot SATURDAY NIGHT, October let,
at $3.50 O'Clock. All the way by rail. No change OF
cars.
Fare for Round Trip Richmond 10 Washington,
New York. &l2.50. Tickets good for fifteen days.
10 return on any regular iTain.
This will be the last chance fOi merchants and
Dleasure-seekeYs 10 enjoy themselves at ~ sueed
rates, as II Is positively the last excursion 10 be given
norih this season. special arrangements for eebred
| people.
Tickets for sale nv the committee. VI. Th0mp-
I son q Co. Boot aDd shoe Dealer. BIB eas5 Broad
I street &. =. Johnston, Newsdealer, 9lS east Main
street; K. T. Adams, corner Fourteenth aud Prank
In streets at the depot, and on the train. Nc berths,
| No meals 10 he PAID foe on this excursion.
Sc 1911 .1&l1ls.2l .2~4,2o,2SAOcl
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13
DRrGS, MEDICINES, &c.

TOILET ARTICLES.
ENGLISH HAIR-BRUsHES,
ENGLISH TOOTH-BRUsHES,
FRENCH PERFUMERY,
TOILET POWDER,
sPoNGEs, FLEsH-BRUsHEs &c- Sc.
For sale by j. Dr7sZisN
and corner Broad and NntA streets.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-13

we received yesterday ne ioliow'es
note:
u,cxsyoRp. VA, September 10, 1881.
Editors Dispatch WsiI you state IN your
naper The assessed values Of real anu pei.
sonsi nropesfy or vifeInfzf os-he- seats
1875 ana 1881; also the amount receiver
srnm licenses Of all kinds Tor saia years,
art ch.sgs E @. THEDwAfs
We published some Of the figures called
for very recently. but IS many persons m'y
have overlooked them, We will give them
again. They are from Auditor MAssErs
last report:
The value OF real estate In Nlr'
osnia. xccofding 10 ASSESSMENT 40 n.A ao1 40
OF 1875. was...-.. sss..r".tF
The value or the same under lhes,o. oSo OK ~
Q . sll.77s,A46 ~
Decrease IN looV'' ====@
put we deem It best TO give In the same
.onnection the following statement, when
vas furnished to US recently by the chiei
o,e,t in Auditor MAssEY's office, and
vouched for by him as absolutely accurate;
~.rxNxrr IHE COMPARATIVE IN
Is ertsr OK DECREASE IN TIE cAPliAiE,
TAx AID IN III LICENSE TAA, ND coMT
1HIus or THE PERSoEAL PROPERTY, iSConn,
1eD REAL ESTATE. AS ASSESSED WIN lAA
ron THk YEARS 1879 AND lccu
MONWFAITH OF VIRGINIA.
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nanIain and George Wise.

THEIR TRIUMPH IN THE soUTHwEsr-A GREAT
NETTING IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EARyEsTyEss, AND AEGUNENT-TWO THOU
SAND PEOPLE PREsRNT-THE 0 of
MALONE, CAMERON . co.
TgE BLAIR LETTERS READ WITH GREAT =
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14
The Work OF Texas Despera does

DENVER, Col, April 1.-THE
Tribune special from Santa Fe says :
Saturday afternoon at the railroad
camp on the line of the Denver and
Rio Grande, forty miles west of
Chama, n. NJ, a desperate from
Texas named Baker, with two COM
panions, entered the place, rode up
to each store and saloon. and robbed
each proprietor of all his money and
valuables. At the last store, kept
by Frenchman, the roughs collect.
ed every man in the place, number
ing forty, marshaled them into line
under ix-shooters and compelled
them all to take a drink at the
Frenchman's expense, Baker doing
the honors. Finally Baker made
them all sit on the floor and started
away, threatening to shoot any who
moved. AS he turned the French
man sprang upon him, took away
both revolvers and shot him dead.
The other men then arose and fired
volley at the other roughs, wound
ing one, but both escaped on their
horses.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-04-14

A THREATENING controversy has
arisen between the Governments of
France, England and Italy, growing
out of mutual jealousies regarding
Tunis, on the African side of the
Mediterranean. A great French
banking company - the "Societe
Marseillaise"-has recently under
taken to acquire that valuable por-
ton of the territory Of Tunis known
as Eutida, twenty miles square, by
purchase. An English land owner,
adjacent to the property in question,
makes claim to prior right to the
purchase OF said property under q
Tunisian law, and he appeals to En-
gland for intervention. In the mean
time Italy has for long time had
designs upon Tunis, and has certain
rights in that quarter. The Tuni-
slams lately assaulted and murdered
French exploring expedition sent
out in connection with the proposed
railroad across the Sahara Desert.
The claim of the French banking
company, the murder of the explor-
ers, for which France claims indem-
nifty, the known ambition of France
to annex Tunis to her Algerian pos
sessions, taken together with the
claim made upon England by one of
her subjects to have bis right Of
land-purchase protected, Italy's
jealousy of French Entertainments
in Northern Africa, and the fact
that Tunls is really a province Of
Turkey, make mixture of interna-
tional controversy which has finally
assumed q very formidable aspect.
War between Italy and France APP
pears to be imminent, in which
event it would be difficult for En-
gland and Turker to keep their
hands off.