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St. PAr1, Dec 1.-THE annual report of the
st. Paul, Minneapolis S Manitoba Railroad Com
pany for the year ending June 90, 1sSl. was to-
day received by ". t. Marshali, Stale Railroad
Commissioner The following are extracts from
It: Bonded debt, total. 5ls.i07..0O; total amount
OF stock paid up and debt. $J5.lo4,s00: amount Of
stock aud debt per mile of ruud, S:S, ,1S6: tu:.s;
Gust Of construction and equipment, SIS, ,S23.-
sS3e3: average OF cost OF road per mile, ST.
l6s.e5; total length of main line unc branches,
e67 miles: number Of mites iron rnil. 543; num-
per t't miles steel rail- s::1; number Of staton5iu
ainteSvta. IV': nulno1r of competing points ia
Mlnpesotn. 5: mics run by passenger trains
during tue year. 6ss,.a,: miles by freight and
mixed trains dur;rg the year. 1.0:r2e, 80: tut;sl
mtleA.e. 6.es9,G0l highest rate OF speed allowed
@ sairty-tfre miles per hour: highest rat1e Of
speed allowed IN freight trains. twelve to eight
zen miles per hour: average rate per mile tor
local passenx"rs dur '.g the year, ~ cents.
Sumoer OF passengers Carried during the year.
aMtss: total passenger mileage or passengers
carried one mile. .:'s4,s ,s1l: average distance
naseled BY each passenger forty-seven mlles'
oafnsu1s during the year. freight $1,G9t, Isl:
passengers, sslg,ts50; mails. 50 n; EXPRESS,
stA@is5f: miscellaneous. S40.12i.4I: revenue fur
s4 sae hnrthern Pacific Halfway from ing line from
snd a. revenue for the year. entire line. S3.:uy~
e5lss- The earnings in Minnesota, we're s-53
Res iee ce1t 1a. Of the earning of the .se cn1ire
earnings were OF as TO Tbe E aversee ersee
GROSS earnsuxs per mile lsu. miles, Of track
operated. exclusive Of sidtnes we're <537l.S.; av-
operated exclusive Of s1dEgs, s., ~ ST: average
net earnings pcz lrnin miles. Sll3; total operr-
4ox expenses, Ut the entire Inc. being 4s.s0 per
cent Of the earnings. s1..4G ,E5 H.; average oper-
st'1r expenses pcr mile. s.. 4S1j: average oper-
atHe expenses per rrnin per III le, Sl.0l: excess
" earnings ',yer opern1irtS expenses, <ls,.
constructing aeculnr for the year, IT, .ss..11 Is;
.otal payments in addition to operating
expenses S5.0TIa17.S5; average price
amos are offered for sale. sal;
cnnirsctd sr a. ~, iu"us ". .,.,s st,,J frr
sash during the year. i,5sa...N: acres contracted
70 oe sold during the year, $. O.: total amount
VI cash received from sales. contracts. forfeited
Ssnltsacis- stuMfAge. etc. including interest on
esIerrcd Payments received Oy the comphny,
xNG.e'0tM There were tbirty-lwn accidents
pItu,Ins pt,Ins the year. which three passengers were
Ahied and 1ftcen wounded. Twelve employees
Msle Killed and six wnlladed, four other PERSONS
A44ed and one wounded.
, 1881-12-18
THE LAND-LEAGUERS,

Another nIeetsn. III Aid of the - No-
Rents 1Ioyesncnt.
a mass meeting of Irish citizens OF the
Fourth Ward was held last evening in Artnory
Hall on Indiana avenue. near Twenty-n!nth
street. There we're about 800 persons In at
tendance. The meeting was called to order by
Mr. Il. j. Magu.ro, who read the following list of
permanent officers:
Chairman. the Hon. Thomas 4. Moran; Vice
Presidents, the Rev 7. ": R R!ordan' 9er5lhard
itlchur1 O'Cnnnell, John Cndtluhy. Junrl Mu,l
dox, John Wood, Charles Walsh. John 0'Nci.
John c. Burke, Peter cah!lI, owen Murray. r /.
Bowen, II. Hayes, John }. Dwyer, +. ClcAry. =.
Gillespie, james Barnett, and Phillip Mnher.
Treasurer. Dennis o'Conncl
Judge Moran delivered a brief address, In
which he stated that the meeting hAd been called
contributions TO the anri-coercon fund Those
present met not us 1rlshtncn but as Atnericun
citizens, taking aa Interest IL sho affairs Of
the Fashcriand. 1t was ror tnis purpose and no
other that Irish meetings were held Whoever
would try 70 turn the irish movement herc into
The movement mas simply one III the Interest or
Irish tenunss who had resolved to pay no rent
until by. that means they hnd brought The rapa-
ciuu5 landlord 10 terms.
The speaker then introduced Thomas Power
0'Conts,r. II. r. OF Galwar, lrcland. Ar. 0'Cuu-
nor in spoech OF two hours Gillra tlon, reviewed
the lnn1 question in nl its bearings. In refer
enee to the no renr nA''fe5I'', ne said it was
clear, intelliKible, and could not be miscun-
strued.
SUSPENSION OF RENT
was the last weapon lett in the bands Of the
Irish people. aud It WIS IN homer 10 them that
make use of it,, The speaker rnen en-
deavored to establish an nnaEDyy between
Ireland now and the Asner.can States
at The time Of the Revolution. The wnschword Of
ation''; that uf the 1rish ''No Constitution, no
rent" II lsked why the friSh people dld MT
fuse to pay the British Government taxes in-
steAd OF refusing to Day rent. he would answer
tina. coeret'n was demanded and secured by
Irish landlords and the tenants were lighting
oppression from the very fountuin hcAd by
refusing tu pay the landlords their rent. Sus-
pension OF rent had already h:'d the effect Of
alarming the Gladstone Government Four
tifths ot the peasants refused 10 70 % into the
a and Rr,iss H aris,ocrats were r co,n Ij psi!ei
to recognize tnis growing feet1n: at
hntne. Even the Queen had contributed to
Government was up,'n the brink of defeat, aud
with fts downfall came the end OF oppression in
ireland.
Judge Moran then called for subscriptions to
the fund, and In the course Of IN hour the sum
of 1861 was raised. the principal contributors
being Michael and Juhn Cuddahy. wno each
gave $l;0: Charles Nntsh. Sol: Ntnrtin BoyiAn,
$50; lt'chnrd Sanders. 80: Owen Truynur, S!5:
Robert Cassidy. $2S5: Andrew Callahan. $ssi; and
about nfty others subscribed suns RING ing from
s, tn go.
.tudxe Moran returned thsukS for the liberal
response, and announced that the total ant,,urt
ra'sed In the Fourth Ward up to date exceeded
Alter remarks By ": J. Hyaes and John F.
Finerty, aud singing by s1cssrs. johnson and
Flint, the meeting adjourned. ::
, 1881-12-18
The Di-coverer Of Grant,


a striking feature ot Mr. Forney's career tn
politics and journalism WAS bis discovery OF
Gen. Grant us Presidential Candidate. The sug-
gestlon was trst tuude 10 Mr. Enrney In the full
of 1851 just after his return from Europe where
he mad been tu visit the Paris Exposition OF that
yrnr by Chiet-Justlce Cartier. 0t the District ok
Colorado. snd Senator *Thayer, Of Nebrn5ka~
Afler digest.ng tho ieieu far day ur two 1t iul-
pressed Nr. Fornty favoruofy. and-buf he cEn
tell tho story III nis own siury: retired to my
rtx,irs nu s.ap!tol tI'}i and prepared the i've
column article which appeared iu tho Wash
lnvt*m chrontcte and he Pat1adelphia Prs*s
Senntor ThayeE and myself called upon
staN, aud rcud it to him lie instantly
udv,sea that 1t should appear ehe very next d:,yS
hut answered that Gen. Grant WAS not q caudl-
dule for President. anu did not desire to bc. and
ii printed IL without authority there was lfttie
lnubt thnt SOME 6uperstFyiceabsc politician
would cnil upon him and nsk him II he bad been
made Il canuldate With his sanction. He will Of
curse reply eh:tt he never sl~ the article Natl
it was in print and so Ill your schemes 10 mHko
him President will gang ayley- Then Rawalus
tn<k 1t In tD Gen. Gruiit ant stuiu q long tiua.
Whet he returned he said, Gen. Gr7.nE Is quits
pleased With yaur statement nf bis political r. c.
urtt, td surprised thar he proves r1 be SO Et,ud
q Republican, OF course Grant Was predes-
tined to I've President Of the United States, but
there can be but little dt'uot that John ". For
ney WAS one OF tho most pt,tent instruments Ia
the hands Of the fate that shaped the civil career
OF the great Captain. =
Fourteen Weber p, nos ware sold op Monday
q .-S. ~cs- the urailua Ruuse, ~ &ad -
, 1881-12-18
room. crate, and all tho other modern con-

room, CRATE, and all the other modern con-
The first. aoor is 70 be finished with oak and
mahtgnny, the library with black-walnut, aud
rh" th,rtl floor with nine.
Two kinds nj material are >suggested-brown
stone aud pressed brick with br0wn-stone trim
~mings- Which will be adopted Is UNCERTAIN.
One will cost $4,000 and the other f5:2000, ac-
cordtng TO the figures Of u Boston contractor,
who says he will do the work here fnr those
amounts The estimated cost of, the club house
was $4,000. and $,1,500 was, ,puid for the lot But
the cluh+has mn abundance uT money. Two gentle
men having taken $4,000 of the fS0.ttU bonds
issued. As these draw per cent interest,". the
rental wpuld be *4.gN, twu-thirds of which will
be ATTAINED from the sleeping
Building operations will commence In the
spring. Meanwhile, there 1nay be some chuuges
in the arrangement. of rooms, as there Is Talk
Of putting boklsug-Mlley I'M the basement. The
lease ut the prueeut cub-h0slse expires May |,
hut the Directors bope TO renew 1t and remain
until the new house is completed-about year
from uOw
, 1881-12-18

it. These agents krow. very + well tina,
the claims are unjust: that If the man who Is
very apt to 20 down to Blue Island. or whatever
point ne ts summoned to appear ut, and prt've
thnt the claim Is bogus and then rbe Agent Is
out Just the amount be has. advanced: So all
that Is necessary to put II pretty effective stop
IN gnrnsnment proceedings is for the person
summnned to demand his rnoney. and. il it Is
refused him, to see that the fact is indorsed on
. tue @0nnHou3
But this luts not apply to the army of other
cases, where men are sued direct and are com
PEELED tt leave the reity and their business for
the purpose Of going to suburban tow''s.
The Supreme Court, tn its wisdom. saw y,
1T to declare yo!l the The Ia law oo,,aai,c,, %n,c,,
agentS hnve herun their nefarIouS work ngnln
with grcnt vienr. They haye been starving ever
Since the lst Of July, and are
.FEl.oclous AFTER MEAT. H..
Unfortunately, there is no legal way in which
these fellows can be checked, and one mislor-
tune Of this is that since there is ns Legal retne-
ly. the time must come wn"n some muscular
Individual who hAs been tortured and bedevtled
ny these collection agents will turn uptn one OF
fhem-Spcnccr, or Cattle. or s,.no ',ther one
and pound hin, within an inch nf bis life. Any
thing of this snrt IL greatly to be regretted. IT
Is IN violntloo Of the law, which tNrous :: i1lnn
taking the redress Of grievances 'into his
hasty. their passions are q:,czly excited. aud,
after they have been repeatedly summoned tn
20 out to Diue lslnnd, or WiImette, or+Dolton 10
pay bills which they know thev do NOT owe, they
are very apt, in sone uuyunr,lcI mp,uent, when
the devil is ut sner elbow tn let his pro1nptlnyS
get the be1ter OF Them, and Il, thrust both their
fists with great violence into the face Of the col-
lection agent who hus bet:u annoying tnen. And
another #gga :vat.l,R featuruf the case Is that It
would be impossible to find n Jury who would
convict anybs'dy TOR doing this !iega! act, for
any man thus yielding to the Evil One, md
breaking tho law ut his country by poun'ling Il
claim agent, would 5e iin1ne'liirely acquitted on
the ground Of emotional insanity or some nf
those other suhterfngcs which lawyers or Il
wrong public sentiment have devised for tho
purpose Of
EvADISG THE PROVISIONS
Of the law. So it might be Us well. perhaps, for.
collection agents tnsec that they site only weak,
undcrsized ttsnid people, or to cultivate tneir
own muscle in order that ltev nAy be ready to
resist assault Of more hurly t1chtpr.
, 1881-12-18

=. Spfeta1 Dtspateh 10 The Chicago 7rtbuns-
= eeoAR RAPIDS. Ia., Dec. ia special from
-. 4.."mettseurg tonight says the war between
~ tae A11*aukee s St Paul and the. Burlington.
= 9aas Rapids Northern Railways was CAUSED
- ne iotmer tearing up the laster's crossing
~, ~ loe!r track. was Terminated today by the
s.a"*xuKee - 4 st. Paul withdrawing anu allowing
s .s nofl'7ston, Cedar Kapids l. Northern to re-
~ ~ ae'r crossing. the injunction suits in the
oaeols tourt al Agoua and the Supreme Courr
, 1881-12-18

=. "hstRl Uxpdtth to 1he EA1eu9o IF7bssHE
NE" YORK. Dec. 1.-THE New York. Lake
1t's western Railroad Company will tomur-
~" oegin the Carrying OF Chicago passengers
"a 1s'e fast train. which leaves here a1 p. tl'-
tnis train has not here1oiose run over the West
9o Division Of the read. having been known us
ue 1sst st Louis Express, connection being
uaue al Buffalo for the West. 1t will now run
% III; :S;aiananel- also arriving there at a. N, 1t
~ ~ s.ich Mansfield. o., III i p. H. aud Chicago
rt;coN rt2;N a: tn, Chicago time. via the = Erae g
;;.saso ;a.a i.snc. mastnx tho principal iutertue-
49, SaN stops Resides Pullman hutel coach. q
fn ~ 5ch eoach will be run through from New York
W|alcAgo without change.
, 1881-12-18

It covers nearly an acre. extending on the east
street 1t ms been unoccuped tor few years,
since the whule,nIc depaFtsnent WAS moved To-
the Ninth street store l1s dimensions are Isl
for .ho property il ooJo oJJ, and tho rent xl5D-
oMu ye,tr It Is on the site OF tne old Washing
, 1881-12-18

a. a. yes Motnes were both decided In favor OF the
4t7nnk n9tftnxton. Cedar Rapids s Sortner, Company
z9ns avn, E9neraily are Indignant over the al
Nofthern from exteutl l12Y Iileir line -
, 1881-12-18
KGeiMflittfutl,

CoLUMBCs- O., Dec lis. ". FELTON, Jr.. Cen
eral Superintendent Of the Pan Handle and Lit
tie Mfap'i knsds. has resigned 10 accept the po-
sit!on OF General MauHger of tho New York 4
New Englnnd TOAD, beginning Jan. l.
, 1881-12-18

soe~'a4 e'soo1ea to The CHICAGO Tribune.
EtKHARr, Iud-, Dec. I7.-This city Is to have
another railroad In the nenr future, the Grand
lrunE Ltne ha wing decided, 50 we understand,
to eStcnd its track here through Constantine
aho Three Rivers n1nng the St. 10 Valley. This
means an0ther boom here. l.
, 1881-12-18

~ IT Nf1b York Sun,
The large marble building thar was originally
Of A. T, Stewart s CO. is offered for sale or Tease
, 1881-12-18

Fourteen Weber pa nos we're sold op Mondsy
q .-S. ~Ge- the uraiiIR auute, ~ md -
Wabash ara1.a~
, 1881-12-18

TEN SUITES OF SLEEPrG-RooMs~
-parlor and chamber-each having 4 batt
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-12-26
The Modest Father.

Detroit Free Press.
Father" began young Detroter
the other evening, "were you in the
WARP"
eyes, my son."
"Was it awful?"
Eyes"
Odd you kill many?"
"Well, l shouldn't like to answer
that question"
care you very modest, pa?"
81 hope | am too modest to brag."
"That was what Mr.. Smith meant
then, when he was telling the men
down at the drug store that you hadn't
any war record to brag Of"
"Ile did, eh? Smith is liarw
"That's what / thought. He told
the men that you run so.fast he couldn't
catch you on horseback, and any boy
knows that horse can catch a man
with stiff knee" E&a
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-12-26

A Missouri woman has a collection
1900 spools.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-12-26

days. i left him comfortable, and Oh
returning from New York found him
only presenting the sign of fatigue
usual at that hour Is p. Ny. Upon my
return he held out his hand, and at
tempted the familiar smile. ! said:
"Mr. President, 1 have been away for
five hours, as you know, but they seemed
like an age"
He answered:
doctor, you plainly show the effect
Of all this care and unrest. and | am
glad you were forced to take this tenn
porary relief. Your anxious watching
will soon be over"
/ think that then, and probably long
before, the president fully believed that
he could not survive.
Upon the day before his death he
addressed Col. Rockwell as follows:
"Old boy, do you think my name will
have place in human history?"
The colonel answered.
eyes, a grand one, but a grander
place in human hearts. Old fellow,
you mustn't talk that way. You have
a great work to perform"
After moments silence he said.
sadly and solmenly:
"No; my work is DONE"
Often during his sickness, in his
great care for her rest after the fa
tigues of the day, he gently urged Mrs.
Garfield to retire from the bedside,
even when she herself could scarcely
bear TO leave. His heart was not only
great, but tender as that of a child.
Upon this last evening | had Just in
quired Of her if she was not in dan
ger of too great fatigue. She replied
"The general seems so comfortable
and quiet that it has rested me TO re-
main."
After making some arrangements for
the presidents comfort, and after .he
arrival of Gen. Swain, who was the
nurse for the first part Of the night.
she left the sick room and retired. At
lO:lO the faithful Dan appeared at tire
door of communication, and said:
"Gen. Swain wants you quickw He
preceded me to the room, took the can
die from behind the screen near the
door, and raised it so that the light
fell full upon the face, so soon to settle
in the rigid lines Of death. Observing
the pallor, the upturned eyes, the gasp
ing respiration, and the total un-
consciousness, with uplifted hands.
exclaimed: "My God, Swami sthe
president is dyingw Mrs. Garfield,
Mrs. Rockwell, Miss Mollie Garfield.
Miss Rockwell, Mr.. G. 0. Rockwell,
Mr.. j. Stanley Brown, Dr. Agnew, DR.
Boynton, the servants, and myself
were the witnesses of the last sad
scene in this sorrowful history. While
summoning Mrs. Garfield, / had in
vain sought for the pulse at the wrist,
next at the corotid artery, and last by
placing my ear over the region of the
heart. Restoratives, which were al
ways at hand, were instantly resorted
to. In almost every conceivable way
1t was sought to revive the rapidly.
yielding vital forces. A faint fluttering
pulsatiOn of the heart, gradually fading
to indistinctness, alone rewarded my
examination. At last, only a few mo-
ments after the first alarm, at 1895,
raised my head from my dead friend
and said to the sorrowful group: at is
over"
The Modact Eathar
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-10-15

Winslowe caught a glimpse of death
white face, and he sprang from the car,
his heart quivering with nameless
fear. He stopped over the senseless
form, and uttered an exclamation Of
amazement and horror. Hailing
a passing carriage he placed the
unconscious woman within, and
ordered the carriage to be driven to
his own house. He bore the still mani
mate form within, laid her on a sofa,
and sent for his old housekeeper.
Y
"Where am II"
The old cake-woman struggled to a
sitting posture. Captain Winslowe
bent over her.
"Florence-Miss Ellisp he asked,
'for Gods sake tell me the meaning OF
this masquerade ?"
She staggered to her feet.
"Let me pass" she moaned. Ct"
But he caught her hand in his.
sListen to me-" he cried. 'G believe,
upon my word, that there has been foul
play. Tell me, Florence, are you en-
gagged to Mr.. Terrill ?"
"Who told you so?"
"He himself, when he delivered me
your cruel note Of dismissal"
"My note Of dismissal ?"
Florence sank down on the sofa again
in bewilderment. The captain seated
himself beside her, and so at last the
whole truth came out.
How Terrill had been at the bottom
of all this trouble, thinking to win
Florence for his own wife; but his
scheme had failed in every particular.
And then Florence confded to Cap
tain, Winslowe the whole story Of their
financial troubles; and how, unknown
to any one-even her sister she had
been for several weeks engaged in sell
ing cakes on the street, in the disguise
of an old woman, and had really real.
lied quite fair profit. He caught hel
in his arms.
"My poor darling" he cried, show
YOU must have sufferedi B1t thank
God for clearing up all the m1 1stery and
trouble. And nothing can ev9r part us
again, my darling -nothingl save
death"
And, one day last week, I attended
grand double wedding, and saw Florence
Ellis become the bride ofCaptain Wins
lowe at the same time that MIR. Merton
the wealthy publisher, became the hus
band of the fearless-hearted, indepen
dent Irene.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-10-15
relations that existed between the great
novelist and his canine friends.


Dickens sympathy with dogs, and
especially with their humor, was illus
trated by his story of the very comical
dog that caught his eye in the middle
of reading, and, after intently looking
at him for some time, bounced into the
center aisle and tried theEefect Of a bark
upon the proceedings, when Dickens
burst into such paroxysm Of laughter
that the audience roared again and again
with him. The dog came the next
night also, but met with very different
reception for, having given warning Of
his presence to an attendant near the
door by suppressed bark and touch
on the leg, he was caught IN fagrante
delicto, when with his eye upon Dickens
he was just about to give louder tongue,
and was whirled with both hands over
the attendants head into the entrance
behind, whence he was promptly kicked
by the check-takers into the street.
Next night he came again, and with
another dog, whom he had evidently
promised to pass in free; but the
check-atkers were prepared.
The Goldsboro star. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1881-18??, 1881-10-15
Dickens, Dogs.

Dickens interest in dogs, Mr.. Forster
tells us, was inexhaustible, and he well
coined with delight any newly -discov-
cred trait in their characters. The So
ciety of his own dogs he ardently en-
joyed. He invariably kept two or more {,
mastiffs to guard his house against the
undesirable wayfarers who haunted the
high road hard by.
OF all these, his special favorite was
Turk, 80 noble animal, full of affection
and intelligence,J who had as his CO.
mate Linda, vsuperbly beautiful
creature" the scion of st. Bernard,
brought over by Albeit Smith. These
two dogs happened to be with him when
he fell lame, and, boisterous compan-
ions as they always were. the sudden
change in their masters gait brought
them at once to stand-still. As he
limped home, three miles through the
snow, they crept at his side at the same
slow pace, and never once turned away
from him.
Dickens was greatly moved at the
time by their solicitous behavior, and
often afterward spoke of Turks up
turned face as full OF sympathy mingled
with fear, and Of Linda's inconsolable
detection. A railway accident brought
death to Turk and sorrow to his master;
and then cane Sultan, a cross between
q st. Bernard and bloodhound, built
like o lioness, but Of such indomitably
aggressive propensities that, after break
ing loose and well nigh devouring, a
small sister Of one of the servants, he
was first fogged, and then sentenced to
be shot at seven the next morning.
"He went out" says Dickens, "very
cheerfully with the half-dozen men told
off for the purpose, evidently thinking
they were going to be the death Of
somebody unknown. But, observing in
the procession an empty wheelbarrow
and double le-barreled gun, he became
meditative, and fixed the bearer of the
gun with his eyes. A stone deity
thrown across him by the village black
guard-the chief ner--caused him
to look round for an instant, and he
then fell dead, shot through the heart
Two posthumous children are at this
moment rolling on the lawn; one viii
evidently inherit his ferocity, and will
probably inherit the gun"
The description Of Dickens's welcome
by his dogs on his return from Americt
how they lifted their heads to have
their ears pulled, an attention received
from him alone; how Linda, weeping
profusely, threw herself on her bacl
that she might caress his foot with he
large fore-paws; and how the terrier
Mrs. Bouncer, barking furiously, "tor'
round him like the dog in the Faus
outlines show at once the tende.