The Fremont County record. [volume] (Canon City, Colo.) 1877-18??, 1881-11-12
ASSAYS FOR THE WEEK.

were COtltueuCtu laet FF10aY.
President Arthur has proclaimed
the cath inst, as Thanksgiving day.
|. A slight shock of earthquake was
felt at Contoocook, N. H., on Nom
day.
Beans, cabbage and potatoes are
being imported into this country
from Europe
The resignation of John w Foster,
United States Minister to Russia,
| has been accepted.
The number of barrels of apples
shipped to England from this country
this fall, was sss, ,975.
The President directs the pension
agency at st. Louis removed on the
lst RI Jsnaaryi to Topeka, Kansas,
| The trial 6fs sLfeTtennht -E1SFSss&a
E(colored) for embezzling s., S,7s1.77
public money, has been commenced.
A railroad conductor and engineer
have been indicted in Kentucky for
murder, for killing five men by reck-
lessiy causing a collision.
A fast train has been put ON the
Pennsylvania railroad between Chi
cago and New York, making the run
in twenty-six hours.
The board of trustees of Saguache.
have passed an ordinance requiring
the appointment of an inspector OF
weights and measures.
The loss by fires during October.
throughout the country, was over
5000 ,000, the greatest loss in one
month since the fire in Chicago in
1871.
The Hickory Apache agency will
soon be removed from TERRA Amar-
| lila to Amargo, New Mexico. The
new buildings will be completed in
about six weeks.
The Chicago Inter- Ocean saws that
j. Hobbs. of that city, bought and
sold 60,0G0,O00 bushels of corn during
October, the largest grain deal ever
conceived by one man.
An attempt is being made to secure
a pardon for the Younger brothers.
now serving life term in the Min
nesota penitentiary, for the murder
of the cashier of the Mortified bank.
several years ago.
The London Times SAYS : eve are
able to state that the Bank of Eng
land does not hold penny available
for the payment of Confederate bonds.
The public should beware of buying
bonds intrinsically worthless ON the
faith of such rumors."
Great Britain has never sent us a
minister of more distinguished line->,
age than the Hon, Lionel Sackville
West, whose mother was sister and
coheiress of the Duke of Dorset, a
dignity now extinct. He arrived In
this country last Saturday.
The War departments idea in res
ending the order for a court-martial
for Mason, who shot at Guiteau, is
that he was really insane. He is now
under medical surveillance. Should
he prove insane he will be sent to the
Government asylum. Otherwise,
another court martial will be ordered.
Colonel w. B. Smith, who had been
clerk of the United States Circuit
Court at Omaha, for fourteen years,
was shot and Instantly killed early
Saturday morning, at his Office door.
The cause and the assassin are un-
known. A reward of about $4,000
has been offered for the murderer.
DR.. Bliss complains in consequence
of giving all his time to the late pres
ident that his practice in Washington
is about all broken up, and the doe
tors nearly all shun him because of
violating the code of medical ethics
in holding on to the case after the
presidents family physician, DIR.
Baxter, made his appearance.
The steamboat, War Eagle, one Of
the finest on the Mississippi river,
was wrecked on Saturday at Keokuk,
by running into the bridge. One
span of the bridge went down and
the boat sank in about fifteen feet of
water. The loss to the bridge is
about $50, 900, and to the owners Of
the boat S40.0 There was some
loss of life.
The failures last week were 129, a
much larger number than usual. To
this the eastern states contribute II,
western 30, southern 81, middle 81,
Pacific coast 8. The failures in the
south seem to increase week by week
and advices from that quarter indi-
cate that business embarrassments
will be unusually frequent during
the winter.
United States Treasurer Giifllan
reports that for the fiscal year end
ing June S0ih, 1891, the net revenues
in the treasury were $500, 1S2, ,292, and
the net expenditures $3.50, 7i2, ,s87 sex
cess OF receipts over payments, $780,
oi9. .40i. United States Currency out
standing at the end of the year, $780,
529. .427 redeemed during the year,
$7l ,069. .974; total redemptiops since
the first issue of currency, $780,.
14f ,07S. United States bonds amouht-
ing to $S5, ,S0a, ,050 were retired during
the year, aggregate retired by pur-
chase, redemption, conversion. and
exchange from March IL. 1869, to tho
close of the fiscal year, 81 .98S, ~, 800.
National bank notes received for rc-
demption during the year, $JSs650,-
259; aggregate redemption undss the
act Of June 30, 1874, has been 4t,099,-
634, ,772. The gross amount Of gold
and silver coin and bullion held by
the treasury, without regard to- 'oblt-
cations outstanding against 1t ranged
from Si63, sd4, ,444 in 1873 to 42as, ,7O6,-
99S in 1881 increase last year, e86,-
40o, 900, of which $50, f60, COO was gold
and Sic, ESQ. 600 silver. Tetal amount
Of standard silver dollars coined 70
September 30, 188f,- under the act ~
rebrusry -, 1878. Il ~. sac ,7O5, Of
which nearly 81 per cent. Il In circu-
lation aud the remainder ~ thc treas
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