Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-09-08

ulu1ou Government for charter for a tele-
sraph system throughout Canada in harmony
with the Mutual Union, with a capital OF
100000.
\ GAP Of only thirty five miles remains
70 be filed on the Canada Pacific road to con-
meet Winnipeg with Lake Superior A tract
Of 5000 acres Of forest near Rockport, Ont,
has been destroyed by fire, and the st. Law
renee river is nearly unnayigable from smoke.
WASHINGTON.
MUTmATIoN Of silver coins is the sub
iect Of a circular issued by the Secretary of the
Treasury. Int he intimates that Government
iiiclls may refuse TO take such coins at their
lace value, but may purchase them by weight
~ bullion. Congress will be asked next session
70 make a law declaring the utterance Of mu-
uiatcd coins Illegal.
FOLLOWING is the regular public debt
statement, issued on the LIST inst;
SIX per cent bonds, extended .......s I7s,O55, 1850
iisa Yer cents, extended. ............ s0063l,950
Eve per cent. bonds ................ 2I,3J4, 800
Four and ouc-half per cents .......... 25OO00,OJ0
-Four cent. bonds ................. 73S 703,4JO
Reminding certificates. ................ $4,000
Navy pension fund. Observation-Disclosures. l4,0OO,OOO
Total coin bonds. s., GO3 $40 500
NatnlVd debt ........... ............ l4,l99, 655
legal tenders. ...........s 3lG,7H,O76
Certificates Of deposit 9,625,OO0
God and silver certh-
Gates ................. 62,97Q.33O
Fractional currency. 7,09s,55l
Total without interest 42S,443,s65
Total debt. 81 O43 9,5 $3.50
Total interest. Observation-Disclosures. l2S53.02B
Cash in treasury. 24O 49s, 7SS
Debt 'ess cash IN treasury. ....Sl, sl6,339,567
Decrease dining August ........ ..... l41S1.22I
Dec Ie D. 5 zee j
Current liabilities ,,.a
llit on Which interest has ceased lii9s'seS
Interest observation-disclosures. sOJ,94s
aod and silver cert featcs .......... G2,979,230
tlltcd STATE. notes he'd Tor redemption
% Oyl,,'l'es ID Htl'osi.. "e1o'oge
A'@'"O' as = A''i'''' oV'1o''o'o
Total 90 49s 78s
Available ASSETS
ash IN treasury ..................s alo, 49s, 7ss
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h'hor lSsued !" facihe railway compan-
~ , Ie| lasnue n 1"l"l money! COO
ttrsf ,r,,rd ,,,,,i , yet mad az 9q1
interest paid by United Ststds,.'. 81 .4s3'7?2
Interest repaid by eompanles
interest repaid by transportation OF
haliS .....'.... :.:........ r.. H,44l,7l9
= ,.,7. l.'> 'l''l'''" - TT cent OF Ae'
,,i, 3, i,i,t ,,1 H., AZ i,;,ci O'''i'o
states. 800 SO $40 9ss
CAPT. HowGArF. whose stealinps from
tb,. United States Amounted 10 sbopt s5oo ooo
+. noNLere to be found. and it is believed thai
Ia has ,led from, tho country IN cor,,,orr vi
81, mistress. leaving lis ioudsmen no settle
..ltlt lie United States Goyerurnpnt Tho al
l.t thing al ont the whole Tair. perhaDS. is
30 fact that Howpato leaves his NOR wife
NTH tulv 5000 the amount allowed nv lin,
.Iaiii+c.
~ o,o
~ sctllllB vi course G0U on tle
Washington monument has been finished. max
ma, a mot ,Iiit,o,, ~, tl,o b,;,,L+ 90 o., ,,,,
~
+'lIt since me W"rh OF continuation was re-
'sI'u V' tieniy ieet me la't TOUR courses,
'Nu MclBhihS aoout 40 tons, nave
,''i' ild IA ~ the rate Of a course every Two
N.Y. lhG won N@k ana machinery VIII
-" ~ H'H''tu' "iieit Wy "oIk OF laying lhe
- WIZ DC Pfos'c nteh 70 conrse z59, when u
~ "e nee ,l ssoty 70 make another shipment.
~, Ere IVY 7t2n,eu, teIs ny WORK. ana y Is
cason the monument will have reached
eight Of 260 feet
POLITICAL.
GEN GRANT SAYS there is no truth in
la ,a,,,s,,e,,.r stcr;o tl,4 ~, hos ho5 sr,,,,,,t
-
gons'l'"li''iS "Au conferences win 'lce5IreSl-
dent Arthur and other public men in New York
IN reference to political contingencies at Wash
metOn growing out Of President Garfelds dan.
gerous condition. He saws he has
met Gen. Arthur only once since the at
tempt on the Presidents life and then
no one Tut the Vice President and he
were present. The ex-President says that nc
person is more concerned than Gen. Arthur at
President tiarheld's dangerous condition
the New York X publlcans will hold then
state Convention Oct. s..
FOREIGN
A MALICIOUS sco,1ndreI ran,oved soma
u ioii''e" Soiio
raiis rom the railroad track between FrejuS
,h an. AYay' france, and as the train for Nice
Nere thrown from the track upon the T6k son On
Tho seacoast The engineer and fireman we're
pom hlltd, and llne persons, in ,uding
nv laaleS' were severely injured =.
Inc recent hcaVy rams throughout Ireland have
FUSED great manage 10 the crops. This Will