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, 1881-09-08
Vanderbilt Opens n Bitter War;
ii,rc OH tho IcnnsylvAiiiA
Company.
All the Roads Leading to the East
Take a Hand in the
Fight.
Articles Of Incorporation Filed al
Springfield Of tho 81. Paul
g. Omalfn.
Confirmation Of the Lease Of tho Oino!n-
natl Southern to F1cd Wolfe.

BOTTOM RATES.
1fAny one Inns my doubt atHIut Vanderbilt be-
'l9 ill the warpath. and h1a wagt1tg terrible war
xal,st n,i win hsoss ills path to tho litter end.
thusu tlOul,ts will he removed by hurvGying the
fcEuuIty with which 110 bus p0llueeu upon The
Pennsylvania lka!lrOnd Company nnd Ia fulow
lng ny tho ut.ack. bccnnsu tho lattor short
tEts,o uKo established u through i1nr TO Boston
viii Suw York unI contrary tn agreement
ellargct tho samn rato to l3oston as tho vundcr-
btst roads charged via AIbany. Thu agreement
WIS that thu ratio 10 floston vta Now York, all-
rAi[ should bu Sj.i5 higher than VIII Albany.
Tic Pennsylvania, baltimore s. Ohio, and
Grund Trunk lsuads wore taken completely by
surprisu whon they rcud in Ills TRIBUNE yes-
ter,lay thut tho Two Vanderbilt ruads
Michigan Ccntrat mud Lake shuro s;
MichIgnn Sniltilor!l-had lnaugnr1ttcd
wnr un passenger rntes to seuboard
pun,s. and wcro selling tickets to New York for
sl02a. to l!tstuu vim Albany and Troy $li.::5. aud
10 huston vim New York ut $40. 1t did not taku
thosn lonx. bowovcr, tu comprehend tho s!tuu-
ton an1 10 orguuizo for defense. Tho punuSyl-
vAtliA hung uut posters at Once. announcing
ttAt II would Aaso sell tickets TO New York for
$lU...:. ,nd to lloston vim Ncw York for Sl1.si,
tho IAsler r.te being &575 lowor thau tho rutu
announced W tho Vanderbilt roads. Tue 1tRi-
tiHore Y Ohlt also ean1e to The front, and au-
FhiMlrluiiht. and Hultiiilofu for tho uniform
rate Of Slua aud that II would scll these tickets
fuii W!nuut ut1d lrnT Il rGbutu ut tho other end
AZ IL tlollo by tho uthor roads. Thesc tickets,
however, uru ~ closely lmiiut as Uy tho utlur
l,os, and bagEagu Is chuukcd only to drst!til-
tion, which viii tnrce passengers 10 70 through
just thy saue Il, us r thoy had rebate tickets.
AFTERNOON urd tt,ok n hand in tho scriIn,iitur.
It nllutlierll thnt gonyuoncnk tliB InorlliIlx it
would sell rnnd.trip tukels t, Huston ant1 re-
turn Tor flU, gtlud for thirty dnys; limited
stuRlc-trlp rebate Tickets " New York Win tho
Ur.nI Trunk IjtIffllu tllld Er;c for SlU. and v3k
tho Vrrn1nnt Euntrn mud Huston r3r t0, Also
slnHic-trip limited rebate tickets to uufrulo for
, 1881-09-08

Special nlsr,seh to Ins Caieaon Tribune
0ALESA. ILL.,, Hept. ia remarkable change
has takr1, p!acu IN tho wcnt,or In this lucnlity.
Yesterday the atmosphere was opprcsslsely hot,
ttlu nerllry ranging from " 10 l0) IN tho sha,lc;
the same II: midnight. Anst ut O'Clock this
nnrnIs, Ito mercury stood ut IT, Tnls t.t..,, III
IL il et'lIl and raw Hfid HtNyBs have bGen called
tulO regulation ty tlsiny families.
, 1881-09-08

DEADWGol,, u. T., Sept. 1.-Tharu WIS heavy
suuw-Sttnlh lu tllO Hunk Hills Monday lsAt.
Tuesay n,urnl,l8 tho snn~ VIA Ave Inches VI, II
level hero md thrcn tncllea ut Custer CITY. AT
Laid oluuutAIn 1t WIS twu lect dutps
, 1881-09-08
a NEW HIsANCJI,

Special DlsBaleA to IAa C1ttasa TtibusA
Mc0HEnoa, Ill, sept 1.-Tto chieaso, Mtl.
waukeo s 81. Paul lsstlwax have enmase!'sod
bVldlus u line txealy.tHa wllet loag ;fEosl
s,enoet, ia Clay couatf. H.. tn Spirit Lake. IN
0tnkiaaoa County, Tha FlYhs pe way has been
, 1881-09-08

secured. Four carloads Of hsnts and tools
passed through here Sunday en- ruuto for
Spencer 10 work upuu this ltne. The RfndiDg
vii! be p,shct a. fast "a possible md The traok
laid thss fn!t II .Hcnther will permit.
, 1881-09-08

Spftfai uLpateh 10 1ht th:eapo Tribune.
MctiltEtu,s, IT,, Sept. IA stnrm of torrll!c
vIele.ire visited this portion Ut luwt Monday
l,t4ht, blowing down trees, fGt,ces, n!o out
lliiIs.s. As tar It's kt,Uwi no lives were lust nj
thuaxh tho ssurtA waS turrllu And iastuu fvr
sQtllu klttle.
, 1881-09-08
TOLEDO, CINCINNATI u ST. IOU1s.
snsetat USpateA 10 TAs Ch.eaqv 1Htus

ErNikaPlxLl,, ill.,. SUpt. S..-Tho Tnlet1, Cl1l"
ctnnntl s. 6t. Loula ll4ilruad IL snaklug Kuu<l
proxrrss, mud Will be II, npes1ttlon fFotu Tnloao
to Charleston, colos County, Mud perhaps bu.
yunll,'ty OUt. IL Portions Vt tue trick aro UNIV
boiux lat.. at NcoYa. This rt,ad viii Ic through
no from ~ l@4M 20 1e'sn" Sses ss,t,. ios.y ra
tbgul III rrzurtl to tho croAStnva. except tue In
u,unMpalts, l,egatur i Springfield. with Which
lua&iuts hnyp ilUt yet bectt adtAatcd.
, 1881-09-08
y.,terda7 the Warmest Of tho Season,
tho Thermometer Reaching
100 in the Shade.
n,,foess for tic Month Of August De.
yOud Boil, Precedent and
Expectation.
gha Record Mover Before Surpassed Ex-
capt in June Of This Same
Year.
rAyNIBAI s. ST. JOSEPH.

fA
s~ssat D1pue. . - s r,,,. ""sn 11..,.,us"I &, Ct
SEx YORK; aept. '.no ti".l,''ua. l'!',a.,,.. ~, M
joseph corner WIS .no ta"su VI epnnu"u t4'. ,..t
tetest In Wal! street nRA.n .oaus NV p't.o M,
e0mmon stock WA 'll'FAeo up tton iD ,%. ~ -
" rapidly that " .'"'. u"so l'uo ~ .Sas s..a
of tho snofts iat.. a"!n' ". s'pss ~, ,,,nn !,
wao "ete sno.t ~ ~" o. ~ -, 49,. .,s .o,.
soueneu lnu a's"!nI IL. sra,, +,,oI.
of'housanusoI VI uo , o.r "". ,s,s ~,
, Tsp ~ i"o" .,ata .o,-ntr,r NJ, tho s.,,t Er.
tHt quo1tu ,u'a 49, " ..ne - ~: .rI,
change and fhe fss SUE . was nsc as ~. t
pfeo aasauSe" " 1''' 1''' ''1Ao 1'' "''A'''
n|uules' ana
THE sliolErs FELT "ns.at'.l "..A..a44u' .,n
Cash was songht tor, anu tho sum OF loo casn
fnbid without securing sho'samo; In u very
ehort uo tae ps'c" .,',.na ~ ~ ;.n s,%
At 10; rev ' m1hatos later r.ts 10 was ola
fhe prco had atlvancod to :0o. Ut which ratio tho
s,ocx vas hold firmly. Atll o'clock 10o sllarcs
~. sn,d ot m cash. md operators ea.d tho
Fst eua ~ wv s"o'.s $50 UF -. ,
holdcss eou'a Ra1 "ny pf.so 'noy 'sns ...,.. noa.
inc ao!aets ~eto !s". aAu ,.,.s, .oau ....,a .se
to bold as tohe as tney ll1eut wnno .uo
shorts wero compelled 70 buy. "somenody IS
bound to be hurt," sai.i ono operator who was
tla today Of ~ TO q aaort Ut yestu.aay
..,emnt ~ 1vo wns ma,,o n nroak Tho hIub ruto
iVea,p' was t,nuu 'tun "n, u srrr,a .t,,ot1
a1ofsy uiteI - ouM'oA' a'u eui'' VIZ s'o ,|.
VA sold Mt 100, and still later
Il vsch ri M tho hol,,ors soomcl t,otcrm,nod to kcon
!. "r.a Tna arn,nu. ,uu ~ stncI sn .,n. mt rcrv
latsa In number. andonly certain
FEW WILL. he AFFECTED. W
1as preferred STOCK waa on'y sl'9at'y movea ps
tho excitement III tho common Stock aha
dropped few points from tho rnto at which
II xss sold Mt tho opcntn1 Of tho
rrct,ncc Tho trortncttona IN rf,pmon
A'eaa1se' Ano l1""e.'t'ohe !" eoln'O"
ttsk up to noon today wero gl'o,i US
,,'v"'' , m S aSara ~ ~ IN .h,rcs y. @ ~ TAX I'M
;mps at I'll i,S. % io0 nhurcs Ut ito. aud 1'So shures
Khe ,a' vas saf1x I Ravor nr soxcrn1 1o hnn,lrsd
Ets Itandal1 4 Wtruru,n bought .1j
shsea At Eli t.o,iis. Davis / invv fN,irht W0
Henry CLOVIS bought 100 at l00 Sheldon & Wuds-
1ossh sold :oo eharos at 700, nsll also 100 ut lW
100 & Hayes at :U0>
, 1881-09-08
ITEMS.

Following a custofn ndtptesl by tho Chicago &
Northwestern fur ycars Ago this rtn,I hns
uyatn issued II spucal tarN u1l Hrcen APPLES for
lASt, which natnpa rttes TO over Il thousand ut
tho principal piaccs reached by that foad and Its
CONNECTIONS.
Tho following appointments on tho NUw York.
ChlcMgo & st. Louis Itoa,l hnvo l,ept! nIIrinlly
utltaInccd: Superintendent ut tho Western t,f-
ten.icnt ] ii sbo MI1iiio ijivison. Nr. Z. il. Cury
ut FtAtDrIn. o.: Superintendent OF Telegraph,
Mr. q; 4. William; nf Fostntln o. The super.
tutcnacnt fur tho Eastern Division bus not yet
becn appointed
Thu Chicago. Burlington s. Quincy fsallrona IL
hayinR n,ntitifActurcd 1T its car-khoEs ae Anrort
ss ~ s1ts 81 ho Ide of re
the uotnrnny claims shoy will surpass it eie'
Hatare Hid convenience my pnrlur ear 10 Amer
aud will include every lAta and deasruDln I'M.
u!nytincnt. When cnulpctr. tho cars wtEi cost
% sna Katsas ctty, B Hcs s' Mues IL s md oata.
James ]. lin, Ucncra. Manager .ocf tho st.
l'nul. minneapolis Il ManjtoUa NAflrunL. hns
!ssussi u eIrcuior announcing tt!o npiMihtnlent
for his ro..i. Cot. Power was tor several yrura
In tic service sf tho Northern laclllc, nsid no
nun IN the cnnatry u n!nro pcrfect'y fH,alllar
north @ % nnl sess III oi 81. Pa'l. lio il sn'i'.es,ty
Y,lnlii1nti TO mike the valuable Iands Alt,np his
Se Se xS% sy g r1se. Tho o IT, ra 'asS s
uHuia j. Munt4lta hallway tnay congratulate
Itself upon having been able ~ si.eure the Serr
lees of e!licleut tnnn to tko chArgr " their
| land business.
The st. Louis, Scwson 4 Northwestern Is the
nn,ne or q new rond TINT II tu run fEon, Fnrt
Dodge. yia N.,xtop,m II IT, to rome pu,nt 9i the
in tho Interest uf tho Wabash. nnd ts to lccolnc
nntthor feeder for Houl,l'h barge lines. The
%i FSft oss s % sossa II .S III
i pcr cent. When tho tnx Is pnid tue subscril,-
cfs viii yet certiaeates Tor tho fult amount Which
, 1881-09-08

!ino Of tho Omaha Divlafon, near tho Town OF
rlnln'so1u. IN VIII County, In en,,theasterIy d..
rectlon to tho City or Joliet. IN will c!unty. and
fr,u. .ht b.Snoh e ,,o e9al;e!ls sI netr WI.
t""s i@ ,slsi1Ste M @ % a. tho b. .ioiet Bsaneh, and
viii l'r at,Hut shirty. ilvo mile. IN leuRtL.
.tntthor granch frtnn 2 po'nt upon tho mall!
!lnr " tho 0!nHhn Division. !lcnf thu Town nf
:iircctlon to tho CIV ot atroator. in IL sa!io
tr"ia Tits branet, al tho tnost c"vcnont ro'nt
tn thc CITY u Morris. in }runtly county. and tho
gas hst ,ny st S rs!p1I an 9a
Stro.t.,r lsranch, and will bo about thtrty.i,sc
'1v Anos,,ar f,rai,ct from tho ,no.t convenient
point upon thu 1nin ling Of tue OnAha Division.
y M t1' y CS,saty @ H. II Ln sai!, r. soshsr'y 1, irGs
branch. aid will hc Mbu.lt eight mcs In length.
Anothcr branch sron. tho most sEnsenle,It
IN The CnInty nf lu Bal,e. ln s.'utharly tliscc-
tIon tu tho Cities OF La snIl1 and Pcr,t and tho
% e. a' s ~ r o t @ se @ was af 3ras srash 'pnS
.tnttl,or branrsi from the tnost convenient
nUrtheriy 10 tLo Clt,ss Of isock lsIand ani Mo-
ne II s"sx 'st.1 onnty whtch ..a ;ss r" max nX
vii W IL t ws,va NJ tuies IL R a''
Pun & Dllafa liallrmd. Including rs two tnnin
Tle headquarters and PRINCIPAL business Offices
n,n0,,nt Ut capital stfxk is 10 be $iO.OUU,GN. Tho
fitc1rpUr1,t1r4 nrD George 4. fl0Wcn. chicaKu;
I'llc5f. Wu.tl, Aurora; Mhsss Miller. aurora:
Thomus II. Holden, Auroru; and 1. N. Hardin,
Chtcag0
Spsetat DApateh to The chttaoo Tribune.
srhiSasiEL,. ILL.,, Bcrt. 7.-.trticlcs Of I,,cor-
porntton wcre today flied with tho Secretary Of
, 1881-09-08

'ltnrnmetnr corrteei tur laEpurnsuFs, eieratsuu.
and Instrumental Grtslr,
Mean bt.etItuntEr. 3.nkh
Mean tNerlnDf1etGn 12.t.
3iu,ln humidity. 1?rL
lllktiukt temperature. NH
LuHuat 1ulnsj1EnturH. til.
HESEitAl. u uh1EHvATfOS8.
iIllCA Ailu. Suut. 7-lQ.tan n m
, 1881-09-08
L.. II. Il w,


Tho indianapolis, Bloomington & Wcstorn ltntl-
Ton,, w,cn IL sunlu 40 miles II, la.nth, mud runs
from indianapolis thrt.ugh HloOMinRtan to
1'cki,t. waH Mostgngcsl nsany ycnrs ago
for suvcrnl millions Ut tl0lsarA. Tho mort.
euEc WINS afterwards torctloscd and the
road solil and dollvcrod 10 tho purchHs-
css. There wura existing ut tho tttsic
Of snlu largo. liuutl,sg claims against tho tuad
fur tnlsnr, materials, nIr.i supplies Furnished.
Unuer tho deusIua of tho United Suites s!irr.M!o
hnsl III tho 1ndiana. llttant1iKton y Wosturn
tlu been (atl ou tn,ltls Md whit at'ttnt hlttl
Lt,u expended fur pers1,h,Ignt tgnprsy Ct,otis.
bett.rtnGnts. md r9al-ot- -wny. un tho foa'l
which should hive bcVlL rcsily j,afl nycr for III.
f,ur anu u,aterlAls 1'hu Mister lhntg Il report
VI, the subject IL Tho United Slttes Circuit Court
nj ltlfuIiuIstIs whrru tho foreclosure trIeGftl.
inQs wryc hau, tn which exceptions weru llle.!
b3 l4lth sIhca. TlIcs0 exceptions Wero AtHueu
before Judge nrItnn!ond TIL bis last clrcult
wilt To lnlIMntp,alis.
Jttlvu lIrt,lu,iiGlil has pxnllIt.l Into tho nnt-
ter nI.lt ulntlD nj, hih m ~ III hI5 t!t!stt!'1, ANU
Il drureu Will In cntcrGl w,nH thu lutli9Iul CIR
cult Court nGtts during this month. Ito hultl*
tAAt thu HnIy question IN the rasso fs ~ ~ what
pxtciIt md which Ut thes0 clAltna shnt! to paid
tlut Of tho fund IN court or ty Tho llurclMgcras
tho property huyIn3 beun sold subject to thesu
elailns.
ctnIius fgr ll,r, ll,atorlit, uIld supplies rnr tho
perH,Hl.ent huttcfncut Ut tho Funu vii! ho palu
Without Aulay,
, 1881-09-08

WASN1EETf1N9 ID. c.
WAs1tlst,rDS, ID, e., Sopt. S.-lltnt !nton3r:
Thermometer ut 1 y. tn l0..: hottcr ut ths WMito
lIpilsu,
, 1881-09-08
IOWA IsA1LItOAD MATTERS.

hpfc4ot LoFTfsp0natntd ~ 1no Ih<ago 1fWHRe-
uEs MolsEs, sopt. I'LL. d. skccis hus becn
appointed Superintendent OF tho st. Louis. ucs
NoInes & Northwestern narrow gngo fruul this
city to Jcil0ra3u. in Greene County, and which is
10 10 pushed OH northwest into Minnesota md
uukotu. The probabilities nrc 1t Will be Wild
enrtl and TORN purt OF tho WAbnsh trunk l!nc..
Tho roRl has bcen operntud by tho Dcs Muincs s.
Fl. Dodge. connecting ut "aukee.
t*elvc sns!cs west OF this city.
and waukec Will 10 closed. md. as tho Fart
DtNigu Koa.! is n feodur Of thu Chlcago & Rock
island. TIC Wnbnsh probably destrcs 70 central
fru,n Aibia il is rury likely thu Chicago. llur-
lsI9tou & Quincy will recalvt the tra.!ic Of tho
nnrr1,w RaYxs ~ II seems to DO on good terms
basd project called the Mississippi d Northwest
St Su froa o a pSp NV Wapsa - @ md cc
SostSeta o ais pasi!s: via ~ wosta Gs.ats; W hut I
i i pna, A u Or . s,s.r Noriewood, across wstth,
Wlnncba9o. and kossuth Counties 70 tho M!s.
vii vii sa, t. &c sseeved v IL Il
freight ANl teansportutl0n; thAt work will be-.
Ei,' ~ stun ~ tao people show thy ~ It9 - seady
lllIlnAry work III charge, Ia now Out Mlo,1R tho
ropte with tho necessary papers for WORKING up
Westward from Hastings tho Chicago. Durliug-
ton s Quincy Hre bAIasting their new truck With
tW0 fcct nf br1Ken stone, aud llYin9 Iron sixty.
six puInd IL tho ynsl.
W. Ii. Aiarshuls, contractor on tho MIlwasl-
kee Roud nrnr Cnrrollton. tnnnuvcsl IL get III
debt generously. by giving chattct mortgages
On property III t,tssuasnn atd thotl sxipl,ea u!'t
prlnclpnl creditors urc rhoso whu seldom xct
caught Iii this WY. -....
Tho branch OF the Chicago & Northwestern
from Carroll tn Audubon Will reMeh Manning
this month u,ld .iusutnln by Mus. i.
il IL reported that Tho si.!aenpuls s; u. Louis
will build from OXtletb, III UuOsc County. direct
IL Cresto,l. whcru running arrnr9etnsnts VIII
lc 1nale with lhe ChlGngo. burlington j. Quincy
oser ta st. Jor & l<nns,,s Ctty lsltlch to ka,lsts
Gity. ThIs VIII give II ", l'anl cnnncction sixty
i've miles shurtGr than via OMtAhA.
II. ~. IioHiG, rueently nrn0iHtPa UGncral Mum
nger Uf tho 1T. Louis, frA alnu1atn Southern
and international & t;reut Northern ltlilroals,
III Il lies sio!ncs boy. III WAS ono Ut tho tlnnccr
settlers in thA county. Ills numerous frlrlt;4
bore itr., well pleased with tho Gril1Rnt rcCura
~ Iluh" has liildU Aa Il railroad nn!MRel.
Alexander l'ctlp, Huelit for tho Seottlsh Land
| Company, aa purchased a0UN ncrts nf thu ~.
0 ntrt,s oI lllliI l,einuatng tu the Chcago. NIL.
sMukua 4 II. pNE, lying In the southern tier u
tuWNHhips fiji lllEkGi,suH CGI'nfy. Tit lAna vii!
10 tlivftctl IN Into aHinil tar,ns. occupied aud
| improved by Scotch innlEEtits NeAt ycar.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-06-22

AS to the increase of currency the
Financial Chronical gives some facts
that ought to satisfy those Greenbackers
who are still clamoring for "more money,
to supply the demands Of trade. 1t
says:
Since January l, 1879, the total out
standing currency (not including frac-
tional silver nor silver dollars in the
Treasury has increased 1924, 900, 900,
aud the holdings of the people have
increased $263,OOO.OOO. Calling the
population now 50,000,00O and estimat-
ing five persons to family, each family
ON an average actually holds in curren-
cy (gold, silver and paper to-day about
$82, besides fractional silver And the
whole currency now outstanding (that
is, in the hands of the people and in the
public depositories), including, however,
fractional silver, reaches now, say
about S27 per capith.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-06-22
A SADSCENE.

Mr. Cheney, a farmer of Indianv hav-
ing a married daughter living in Neb-
raska, was shocked by telegram from
her husband saying that her body would
arrive the next evening. The family
was overcome with the sudden blow.
Hurried preparations for mourning gar
ments and preliminaries to the funeral
were made, and Oh the dismal evening
dressed all in black they went to the
station to meet the corpse. The hearse
and two or three carriages were dsawn
up in line, and numerous crowd,
attracted partly by curiosity and partly
by sympathy, accompanied the bereaved
household AS the train approached a
solemn silence settled upon the assem-
y,and as it stopped there was respectful
hush until the ceremony of receiving the
corpse was concluded But the train
hands did not share this feeling. The
baggage master pitched his trunks about
and swore as briskly as ever, and just as
if part of his load was not of a charac-
to call for decorous behavior. The
conductor came upon the platform laugh
ing and trying to joke with the station
agents daughter, who told him he
ought to be ashamed to carry on that
way at such a gime. In the meanwhile
the long narrow box which so quickly
tells its story had not made its appear
ance, and after a painful delay Mr..
Cheney stepped forward and asked for
the corpse The baggage man stared
at him as if he were crazy, and making
noreply went on overhauling the trunks
as if it might be under them somewhere.
Suddenly Mr.. Cheney felt an arm about
his neck and kiss imprinted upon his
cheek. He looked 1t was his daugh-
ter. The female members of the family
went into Mysteries. There were
shouts and tears and laughter. The
daughter appalled, at the somber dresses,
the hearse and cortege, was frightened
almost into a fainting fit. She could
offer no explanation of the telegram. She
could not tell positively whether in a
moment of absent-mindednes her hus-
band had sent the dispatch as received,
or whether he wrote, it so blindly that
the operator misread it. At any rate
she refused to ride home in the hearse,
and tooklher seat in the carriage with
the chief mourners.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-06-22

The National Lighthouse Board is
making large number of Improvements
on the lakes all of which will be Of in
terest to mariners. A very substantial
beacon is to be erected on Belle Isle,
Congress having appropriated $4,000
for the purpose. A beacon is being pnt
up at Oswege, on lake Ontario. A
lighthouse to cost $10, 1000 is being erect
ted on Passage Island, Lake Superior.
Over $150,000 is being expended in the
lights on Stannard's Island, Lake Snpe-
1ior, this will cost in all when completed
about $25O,O00. At the next session Of
Congress the Board will ask for an ap-
preparation Of $4,000 to experiment
with electric lights as beacons. France
has already appropriated ], 10000 francs
for this purpose and will this year put
up fifty lights upon her coast. The
Board is very desirous of experimenting
with the light as it is believed that it viii
prove a great service in the heavy
storms peculiar to to the Atlantic coast
and the upper lakes, when an ordinary
light is useless.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-06-22

Illinois, Ohio, Iowa and Michigan. They
are now staring, half in amazement, half
in menace, at each other, and it is no
wonder, if for time bills like the Irish
land league bill arel brought in ''to main
tain the present SOC al relations TO eff
feet this supreme object the most cardinal
precepts of the 'dismal science" have
been disregarded, discredited and de6ed,
aud the worst has yet to come. Instead
of persuing western policy, instead of
drawing closer the bonds of union with
our "kin beyond the sea-" we have scrap
ed among the expiring embers Of the far
ther east and contracted Anglo-Turkish
conventions. At this moment India is "a
sucked orange" and our wisest statesmen
know but too we'll that there we are hope
lessly drifting towards inevitable catastro-
phe
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NO.. SO
PETTY THETVERY AMONG SER
Want GIRLS

One of our Police Captains informed
me yesterday that there was an epidemic
of carminality among the servant girls in
his precinct, and curious case, OF which
/ myself was cognizant, has given quite
shocking to confding householders. A
youn9 American girl of gentle manners
and pleasing appearance had been em-
ployed in a family to take care Of child,
but had been dismissed on account OF be-
ing absent on certain Jay and giving a
false account of the cause. In spite of
this her mistress parted with her in kind
ness, and she came back from time to time
to see the other servants. In the mean
time Mrs found her stock of dia-
mond rings, clothes and money growing
'fsmall by degrees and beautifully less"
She was naturally troubled, but knew
not whom to suspect One day the waiter
ress came to her in great excitement, and
said that the dismissed girl was down
stairs and had two of her rings. With
much presence of mind she told the wait
to keep the girl in conversation and, run
ming to her room, rang the district call
for the police. The girl was found to
have distracted rings and other property
amounting to something like $1,000 in
value and to have realized on them the
magnificent sum of $612! She pleaded
guilty, and secured the restitution of all
the stolen goods. 1t WAS declared by an
eminent Judge of the Supreme Court
that he had never on his whole expert
ence on the bench known of theft put
ting his or her own head in the lions
mouth by coming with the property in
possesioa to the place from which it had
been stolen. Through bis service and
kindness Of the employers, sentence was
held over the girl, much to the disap-
pointment of the officers who made the
arrest. In speaking Of this case to me
and Of the gentle manners and good be-
havior of the girl, the captain told me
that woman had recently entered the
service of four different families in sue
cession and gained their entire conf
dence. "Why" said she "she used to
make the children kEeel down around
her and say their prayers, anu she stand
ing in the midstrof them lifting up her
eyes to heaven And all this time she
was just skinning all those houses.-New
York L or. Boston AdrertiSer
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ORIGIN OF The ENGLISH MILE.-In
a paper recently read by NJ. Faye be-
fore the French Academy of sciences, and
published in Nature, the English mile
is shown to have very ancient origin.
1t was meant to represent minute Of
arc based on a calculation by the Greek
astronomer Eratosthenes, of the meridi-
onal arc between Alexandria and Syene
in Egypt, made more than 2,100 years
ago. This ancient measurement, says
NJ. Faye was very precise, and the
English geographers were fully justified
in taking it for the basis of a valuation
of the arc of one minute, or the sixtieth
part of degree, and of offering it to the
navigators of their country. Only they
believed that the Greek astronomer of
Alexandria must have made use of the
Glees foot, which is one and haf hun
dredths larger than the English foot.
In fact NJ Faye contends that he used
the Egyptian or Phileterian foot.
Hence the English mile instead Of being
the sixtieth part Of degree, is really
the sixty-ninth part.