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, 1881-12-18


4 story so strange that 1t seems almost ~"
credible comes from the Zs'0tug1cal GaEuen, ontaf
Is nevertheless true. Yesterday afternoon @
little squirrel killed rattiesnake about to
dcrour it, and the aExrcs5oT Dccano tne
victim. It Is customary" to =: place live
ansmals, such US tho rabbit, the rodent,
or the squirrel IN tho dens OF the reptiles. The
snakes, when they are nunesy. .yith fearful Dc,
liberation approAcn their terrified prey and
rclentlesiy ievour 1t. The squirrel croMched
trcn.blipgty i'll d. corner Of the snakes abode.
and seemed tn understand that tt would soon oo
food fur the disgusting creature Slowly
but surely the rnttIcsnake crawted
towarl the squirrel, but tho bunnfe quickly
jumpad on a perch above tle deadly reptiles
perch, and the forked tongue spit forth Its
venom hut the squirrel, with sudden spring:
u1igbted on tho buck OF the snake and hit on
one OF his rattles The wounde,i reptile Wheeled
quickly round and struck tho little hero fear
fui blow, breaking tho right hind Leg Brave
little fellow. once more no leaps beyond the
r,:ach OF his maeltteued foe. Another sprtng and
the squirrel WIS triumphant lie caught tho
snake behind tho head. and with one firm thrust
Of his sharp, white teeth decapttatel the stlmy
monster and fell exhausted by the wiggiing
mass: but the battle had been Won and the snake
WIS dead.
, 1881-12-18
KICKERS AGAINST KELLY.
THEIR Address.


Special Dtspateh to 1ne Chicago Irtoune- =
NEW York, Dec. 17.-At a meeIfng of the
members Of the Tatnmany Hall organization
who have recently rebelled agsllnst the
"Bosssul II of John Kelly, and who have re-
signed or have been expelled this
evening, an address to the Democ-
racy of the city was adopted.
declaring against Kelly's autoc1atic rule OF
the past nine years, and holding that 1t has
been demonstrated that lie has neither the
political wisdom, nor the knowledge OF man
kind, nor the true conception OF American
institutions essential to the makeup" Of
a successful leader of the Democracy of
this great metropolis. The address says
further: -
While frequently utterln9 hypocritical CITY
n.slinst the alleged combination of his oppo-
nents, he has himself agnin and again prosti-
tuted the Tamrlany organization to the basest
Republican e1lds, cfecting by its u1d
for three years Republican Govern
or OF this State. and yenr after year
bartorlng to the Republican party the votes or a
few dependents III the D,ar.i 0f Aldermen for
the mere qualification of bis spite agnfnsr DEM
ocratic Mayors, whose self-respcct. and houor
forbade them 10 become his p]iant tools
at this very moment he il Gu
gagged in cocrcing the chuscn representatives
or the people, and to that end has just cxactcd
from the TAmmauy Senators and Assembynicn
self-acsradiug pledge which destroys thelr in-
dividuality, and enables him, If it bo complied
with. to deliver them over to the enemy like
dumb cattle.
, 1881-12-18

year. Vegetables of many kinds do extremely
we'll. Three hundred bushels OF Irish potatoes
have been produced to the acre. There arc large
crops OF tn9f best of sweet potatoes. Beans,
celery. ETC.. etc.. oil do we'll Large crops
Of tinely-iayored, tobacco can readily be
grown. A portion or her territory, leo
miles wide and 400 miles long, is
especially adapted to stock raising. where beet
can be grown at a cost not exceeding IS per
bead. The average profit Of heep-ratsing, IS
fully Se..z per cent, and in many cases It yields
50 per cent a mustang horse Gun he grown for
$40. There are large profits in the goat. espe-
chilly the Arugou. Hogs produce wefl-though
corn is not a very good crop-and cost almost
nothing to raise, rs tho mast Is virtually inex-
haust!blc. 1t must be remembered stock are not
housed or fed ut all. merely hcrded, aud allowed
to Craze, winter and summer. Texas has II belt
of territory 800 miles long by $50 wide, that is rs
good COTTON country rs there is on tho globe.
She has lurxe sugar-belt that produces cane
ten to twelve feet in hight, full Of succharine
matter, and yielding good returns Of sugar;
Tho enst half OF Texas is susceptible Of good
cultivation. The west half is mostly barren
desert. OIL account OF drouth and luck Of wnter.
This is tho greut drawback on IN urca fully as
large US Illinois and Iowa together
, 1881-12-18
THE. WEATHER.
EI~fsaf Service.


OFFICE or TIE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
wAsu1sGroS, D. c., Dec. ls-la. m.-The Chief
Sigul1 Officer furnishes tho following: =.
Fair ,vcuther has prevailed Gust Ut the Rocky
Mountains. There has been slight but general
rise Of tca,perature y warm wave extending
to tho south and Gust, averaging about 10 de-
grecs above tho 1neun for the month. is central
In Minnesota and Olnnitooa. Southwcstcrly
winds arc reported from tho Northwest, tho
Middle States, tho Like Region, and New En-
Gland; northeustcrly in tho South Atlantic and
the Gulf States. Fair weather is iudicated for
Monday for New England. tho Middle ind South
Atlantic States.
wcather. .southwesterly winds, stationary or
lower temperature, rising followed by tuiiing
For The Lower Lake re.ion, fair weather, vest
crIy winds, stationary Or lower temperature, ana
'E Far M tho be- Upper Lake region, slightly warmer,
fair weather. westerly backing to southerly
winds. rising followed by fnlting barometer.
For tho Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri
Valleys. fair weather, westerly backing 10
WARMER southerly winds, aud stationary or lower
Culc4Co. Dec l7-l0:lS p. m.-Tho following
ohsrryuttous are taken ut the same moment Of
time ut I'LL the stations uAmed:
t.rxrn i r. OBSERVATIONS,
, 1881-12-18

On the 1st Of January next the letting Of cou-
rtct labor by contract In the penal institutions
OF California; will cease. When Gov Perkins AS
piled himself to tne task OF discovering suK-
xesttug proper employment for the .conv1cts
which should not work an Injustice OH the tree
in u message to the Legislature, and tho hitter
at once made appropriations tor the erection OF
buildings and tho purchase OF machinery nece5-
arc now up and the machinery in. and on Jan.i
the Wa1dcn Or the snn Quentin will put 800
prisoners Il, work on The mnnutactnre Of lutte
consumption on tho Pacific Coast Millions Ut
these hsxt arc imported; annually and only an
pAlly by Chinese labor Thus, under Gov
Perkins plan, this industry TIT San Queatiu Will
compete with no free white labor. while It will
, 1881-12-18
Abolition of tho Gothic A1fabet In Ger
many
II LII

-
There are signs that tho total abolition Or
what Is called tho German alf:oet. or uncouth
Gothic letter, will before long become II b!trn-
ine question 10 Germany. 1t Is true that AZ the
chief newspapers are printed III the oid-fash-
ionet,, ll-lonklng type. and that Primes blsmnrcx
refuses to rcad books printed In the beautllnl
Is yali1nble; bur the schoars and historians ure
already showing the way. anu N she long run
the general public may be trusted to follow; -
writer in the Cologne Gazette. himself 1n adso-
cate OF reform. has put together nll the nrgtl-
1uents on the conservative side which the ut
1nosr ingenuity cnn discover, und an exantna-
in s,ny other WAY the overwhelming necessity TOR
change The arguments for the present Ger,
mao-Gothc character 'nay be reduced 70 tnlce: n,c
First it Is patrlotsc; secondly, 1t takes less TINE
to read and write, which Is: untrue; and thlrut1,
there are great practical difficulties In the why
OF Il change There is no stch thing ts q imaonaI
German ulfabet-such alfabet. tt it existed: tt
would be Kirlic: the onlS choice Is between the
..round" and the angular" farm Of the Latln
alfabet: in word, the angular German chnracter
is b.stard Latin. and the round character has Just
Us good right to be called Gcrulnn ~ that con-
torted varicty OF IT which uneducs'tcd Germans
arc pleased to consider distinctlvely nauona,. ..
received their civilization. from Rome AN
German books, before the Invention or printing,
were written In what Is now distlneLaveH
called tue Latin charMcter- This IS true. Tor in
STANCE Of Ultila's Translation Of the Bible tA. =.
40O} the Heliand IA. D. S0}, and the whole abund-
ant literature Of the encouragement; ra1snal,
H.
Fuchs. OF course no one writer wrote precisely
like another und the monks In pnrtlcular
amused themselves by Introducing special rarin.
tions OF their own. They pointed and twisted
thp simple Roman characters till they formed an
alfabct like that whose use Is now supposed 20
be incumbent upon every patriotic Ienton: tot a. as
genious perversities naturally came to be- con g,
sidered US the type OF good handwriting: ana.
when printing WIS invented. it was tneir
alfnbct which the FIRST printers; not less
nnrmraIiy. closely initiated. = This con-
torted alfabet was, h9weyss; "sss,x by rne 20
sgnd "a even England at i1r*t used very stmtlar
Chroniee is printed In type closely resembling .eS
h1n,ks had been lost, the existence Ut this type
At some period Of English history would DC sui
page Of q modern "daily" Other countries, COUNT
tneso monkIsh trammcls. and returned to the
Lstia character In its true and nnpcrSertsd PC
mcnt, and were followed BY the Swcdes, Danes,
Bohemians, and the rest; Only tho Germans
tTIris. It became, hoHcyef, necessary ntth tho
, 1881-12-18
TIE POUGHKEEPsIE BANK.

Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
NEW York, Dec. l7.-The late defalcation
in the Pougllkeepsie National Bank has had
No effect III Wall street, where it is hardly
mentioned. 1Ir. st. John. the Cashier Of the
Mercantile Bank in this city, said this nlorl1-
in. that no ban! or deposition would lose Il
dollar. The Pouglkeepsie Bank was very
strong financially, having IL capital Of $780,
600 anu i surplus from undivided earnings
July 1 of S154,0o0. It has all account
with the Mercantile varying FROM S50,-
600 to Sl0o,0oo III its favor. Just
before the defalcation it had to
its credit s100,0 ,000, on the day Of tile defalca-
ton Sex, 1000. and has now Sl0, ,00o. The bank
has Il humber OF tirst-class securities, lpon
which any amount Of money can be raised.
President buckingham wrote to st. John,
asking him to sustain ~ ths nt, poushkeepsie IN
There had been no run, however, and every
thing is quiet there, the depositors having
perfect confidence III the bank. President
buckingham has large private means.
, 1881-12-18


instances whole ranfisies have steen destroyed
will lead =, interesting questions OF individual
s'1svtro.ship as atSectins property rights such
ns that so long deIrlleh fri our awu courts over
the loss Of tho Pulnskf Ar some forty
yenrs agn y casr ni the sorI is now On the trial
docket Of the First Chamber OF the Civil
Tribunal! OF Marscilles, in which Il decision IS
sought as. to who arc the rishtful etaim-
ants to Il fortune of ahaut :,NN,9N francs.
acertain NJ. aud Mmc- Rivnirc, living ut Mar
scillcs. were rowing outside the hArDor when
.rsS stsansr e up s,,Stn$ aus their o1at to be
but the bOtty Of the l.lttcr only WIS recovered
Aiinc. kivoire hui! left will mlkiug her husband
sne lesateg Gr her fortune 10 the M C. exclusion ct
circumstances The knOtty point for the tribu-
nal to settle Is which OF tho two was the
er than his wife he oeeac sae se poassss
Or Of her property, and the French law
would now assign It to his heirs-namely: hts
hand, the husband was nrst drowned, his repre-
sentltives have no ciains. ntd the Two millions
bcIons to tho wif:.s family. In such cases En-
glish and american courts now seek FIRST to u.s.
certain II there are any facts atscoveruble as to
survivorship, ind then to let these 90 before a
jury. In the total absence "r facts the
courts trcAt the question aus thing
uunscertainable, SO that tor nli TINT ap-
pears to the contrary both individuals tnny
American case. where II father: 70 years osd and
his daughter OF IS were osr together III steaDa-
er laundering ut sea, unt when Of the circum-
Stances of tho nss absolutely nothing was
known, it was held that there could bc no pre-
sumption Ut suryivorship, and that there was no
evidence: therefore. on which IL party bringing
suit could recover. In short. unsatisfactory
As 1t may seem as principle Ut law,
whoever asserts claim to property
based upon survivorship must present
sumo facIs or 1Ose IL. In one leading English
case several lcarned Judges were 50 puzzled
that they advised MI 1arties in amy way Inter"
ested in the property IL asrce to eompromise.
are 1ixeiy kew to nrise ia which some cv11cnce viii
not be forthcoming to show which Of two or
more persons LOST in the same catastrophe itve1
marked for :. the 4lf neu4lulIi1a SFipx'e
, 1881-12-18
~ THE CHICAGO FIRE.

oAE OF THE FINANCIAL OPERATIONS WHICH
.> FOLLOWED IN IT'S TRAIN.
~. :peeiat Dispatch to The Cttea.e ;t~1hr::--
=. NEW YORK. Dec 1.-THE lIoc. Edwin D..
Morgan made the following statement to the
itfncs tonight relative to the French artists
lahd which was raised at the time Ut the
great fire in Chicago, and which, according
70 dispatch III the evening papers today, is
now Oil deposit III New York. Ex-Goy.
Aorgan said that the money Which had been
realized from the sale Of French artists
paintings had been paid over. about four
Years ago, together with the interest
mat had accrued upon it. The Mayor
ol chicago had announced that Chi
caso no longer needed help. and
1efe Cor. Morgan showed the reporter the
cotrespondcnce which had passed upon the
SUBJECT On the I'D Of March, 1S1s. Mr..
MORGAN wrote to Mr. E. Meissonier, at Paris,
taat when the money had been realized from
:, ae sale OF the pictures, in 1872, it was found
that
THE HELIEF COMMITTEE OF CHICAGO
Nae Proper boay to receiveit) had sufficient
!unos Tor all asccrtained wants, and the conl-
M!uee IN New York were requested not to
sena the French painting money without
:. " iet6 that the committee III New York
!: ~ rele informed by a communication from tile
Ieacago Relief and Aid Society that the
: tahds were needed for
- TIE LEGITIMATE SUFFERERS
!, = - me hire of 1871, and. ut meeting OF the
committee ss1 of New York, held Dec. 9, 1s7G.
4tsl very carful consideration Of the whole
s4aaer, 1t was unanimously resolved to call
~ ne money at that time out on bonts and
~ ..saoaeages, and. the fund and its accum,la-
cb;s ccSns oelnE all III hand. tn pay it over to the
nn,,ncaso Aid and Relief Society for the very
fe,,de LOT which it had been originally in,
~ f6uea ie oy the donors. "A!l this" continued
Gsaaehts n receipt for SIS, ,G!e;,45.
: p,n vn ne 10th Of February, 1877, Ex-Goy. Nor
Mf- C. G. HAMMOND,
~!es'oent Of the Chicago Relief and Aid So
, 1881-12-18

MISS vAxDERB1Lr's WEDDING.

MISS VxANDERBILTS WEDDING.
Special Dispa,ch Tie Chicago Tribune.
NEW York, Dec. 17.-Afiss Vanderbiits
wedding will be the leading event Of next
week, and, as the cards Of admission which
were issued with the invitations will be
strictly demanded at the door, it is expected
that tile crowd will be limited to the outside
Of tue church.
ARCHITECT HILL
Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
NEW York, Dec. 17.-Grave charges are
made against Supervlsing-Architect Hill i'll
the Washington dispatches to the Times,
and it is intimated that 4 very loose condi-
tion Of affairs exists in his department.
OVERDUE STEAMSHIPS.
Only twenty-seycn of the torty-one steam~
ships which were to have arrived this week
have reached port. The steamship Vandalia
is tweuty-one days out from Hamburg. The
Main, which left Bremen upon the same
date, is also unreported. The pollux is twen-
ty.two days out from, Amsterdam. The
State Of Georgia. from Glasgow, Dec. =, and
the Oder, from Bremen, Dec. j, are expected
tomorrow. .:
BLAISE's NOTE.
The Herald prints slap-lash article on
Mr., B!aine's letters to Minister Lowell, and
aSkS Wlittt tHt OHfttu 0tsttes Ptopooco ~ q"
if England refuses to agree to Il moditica-
tion of the Claytoll-Bnlwer treaty; The
Washington correspondent of the He1ujd
answers the question. The United States
would simply stand off and allow the other
Powers to go ahead with their canal 1T they
can get money enough to build 1T, and when
the time arrived for it to take. action, will
quietly step III and take possession OF It.
TIE GARFIELD NATIONAL BANK
of this city was opened for business this
morning III their Office IN the Masonlc Tenn
pie at the corner of Sixth avenue and Twen-
and City Bank, 4 State Institution, Of which
the Garfield National Bank is the successor.
ENJUDGE HENRY E. DAVIES.
70 the 1Vtstfrn Associated Frts..
New YoRk, Dec. I7.-Ex.Judge Henry E.
Davies died this evening.
RAILROAD MATTERS.
The Baltimore Il Ohio Company has ap-
proved Of the close tariff agreements made
and with the Valley Railway Companies,
establishing Il line to Cleseland; also the
agreement with the Baltimore s. Ohio and
the Buffalo. Pittsburg IL Western Companies
ESTABLISHING line to muiialo !Su M co,.a .n,,
nectel with the Milwaukee, Lake Shore &
Western, has declared dividend Of u per
cent
BANK STATEMENT.
The following is the weekly bank state
mel,t: Loans, decrease, S1,Sl0, 500; specie,
increase. S$S:tS3 800; legal-tenders, decrease.
$500; deposits, decrease. S., 500; circula-
tjon. decrease, SlOS, 600; reserve, increase
s69O,774 The banks now hold SIT, 200 less
than their legal requirements
FIRE
at II, 16, and Is Crosby street tonight caused a
loss Of $3.50. 900 to i. tss E. Naliaelle, fancy
goods, and $50, 900 to Dessor Bros. & Co.,
clotIlfers. The building was damaged Sc,
000. All the losses are covered by insurance,
, 1881-12-18

clety, asking that settlement be made and
sent to him showing for what purposes the
money would be used if sent to the Society,
1ucn ~. y :ststcMent was necessary. to send to
lae aItlsts IN France. as they had understood
mat me money was no longer needed, and
seyen,elgllths Of them had given their con-
sent that 1t should 90 toward the .sFigure OF
Liberty" that was to be erected in the har-
DIR. W1RT DExTER,
as PRESIDENT of the Chicago Relief and Aid
Society, answered on the 20t!l of the same
month. THE money he had would be used
70 meet the necessities Of sufferers OF the fire
OF 1911 for food, shelter, clothing, medical
a.o III sickness. and expenses of interment.
III reference TO the statement that the money
statement had been made because Of Tie
money actually i'll hand, and Of various large
sums reUorted as ready for the society; some
Ct Ct which, however, We're never received.
ING wants to be supplied were much larger
and longer continued than was at first ex-
pected they. would be.
TIE SOCIETY HAD rA1D
the expenses Of inteI1ncnt of 1,27G tre-s11ffcr-
ers and sent to tile hospitals at their own
charge 2,G61 persons. There were, at the
date of writing. on their bouks 1855 families,
embracing 6. .4o7 persons, who were receiving
mere or less assistance monthly.
:, Ex.Gov. Morgan then asked the society
that il separate account should be kept by it
with the fund it received from the commit
tee i'll New York Of which he was Chairman,
as lie desired to senI 10 the donors i'll
France a statement of the manner III which
tia money was dsbursed.
10 this Mr.. Dexter replied by telegraph on
the LIST Of March, 1871, that the society would
cll:erftlly comply with this request.
On the Stl Ut March t:S-(;ov. Morgan in
closed, in Il letter to Mr.. Dexter,
His CHECK ON THE NATIONAL BANK OF
COMMERCE.,
in New York. for 81, ,gIi. IS, being the net
proceeds from the sale of the paintings sent
BY the French artists i'll 1s1:! and the
accunlulatlons thereon, which, pri!lci-
pal and interest, he had that
.lay received from the United States Trust
Company Of New York. with which the
money Il;ld been deposited in June, 1s72,. lie
asked for duplicate receipts. one Of which
was intended for the French artists. The
original amount realized was S30,S45.93. On
the 10Th of March Mr.. Dexter acknowledged
the receipt Of the money, and there the mat
ter ended.
, 1881-12-18
Texas.

Texas is prodigy, not only rs to tho extent of
her territory but in the variety Of her clIsnate.
her soils aud her productions. \ portion Of the
State, tho size OF New York State, Is fairly we'll
adapted to wheat-raislng, producing twelve tu
makes fine tlour. Oats OF tne quality, growing
forty TO 100 bushels to the acse, also good crops
car easily be grown Wild grapes grow in the
greatest profusion all over. the east half OF the
State. Without doubt Texas is the natural
home Of the grape. Shrubs and flowers Of all
kipls do EelI; roses bloom ten months Of the
, 1881-12-18
WHERE THE MONEY WENT.

WHERE THE MONEY NENTs
New YoEK, Dec l1-District-Attorney
Eeasbey filed a bill in court at Trenton, n.
J.. asking for All order to show cause why
the property Of Oscar and Theodore Baldwin
sno,ild not be put into the hands Of Re
ceiyer for the benefit of the Mechanics
Bank of Newark. The bill sets forth, among
other things, that, although his salary was
s.. 800 year, Teller Baldwin is the secret
owner Of tno Park Theatre, at Newark, and
, 1881-12-18
CASUALTIES.
NAooAA = AA11s
Children. Left Alone. 8urn Themselves

Children, Left Alone, Hurn Themselves
UP.
Special Dispatch 10 1he Chicago Tribune.
HARuon SPRINGS, Mich, Dec. 1.-Two chill
dren, aged and years, were burned to death
in August Alhert's house yesterday afternoon.
i pile of shuv,nss hnd been left in the house.
their return they found that the children had
set the shayings on tire, burning themselves. tho
house, and the contents.
, 1881-12-18

500. Between 1S75 and 1875 lie bought other
properties worth S360o0 In seven years.
ending with 1877, Oscar Baldwin became the
owner of real estate worth Ss0, ,0o0. The
court granted the order.
, 1881-12-18
OBITUARY..

Lewis II. Morgan, IffhtorIan.
ROCHESTER, Dec. 1s.-Lewis Il. Morgan, the
historian, Is dead.
, 1881-12-18
THE PHI ADF! PHlA POOR-H0UsE


PHILADELPHIA Dec. I7.-Beforc the commit
tee investigating the mlsmanagement Of the
ams- house by the Guardians Of the Pour. today,
it wns testified the by Flour Inspector that he had
frequently refused to brand Hour for the aims
house on account Of its being lnusty and sour;
contractors whose flour he refused to orAnd. OF
one tirm the witness testified that when he in
formed them that the -four was not fit for human
beings to cat, they replied that it WAS for the
aims house, and good enough.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-05
ToNLoAN.
&1 zoo TO LOAN on city property
wlsOOOJames Gilfllan, capitol. S12s

$50 +: to loan ,,ai n ssn' I :s;sss
rStes. AK. Barnum, 81 East Third street
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-05
CITY GLOBULEs.,

The river is free of running ice.
Officer Rouleau walks his beat on time now
"Fatinitza," at the Opera house this even
ing.
Boston Ideal opera company at the Opers
house this evening.
Mr.. Mayo and company left for Cedar Val
ley, Iowa, yesterday noon.
Hundreds of citizens visited Minneapolis
yesterday afternoon to get sight of the mill
ruins.
The city was distressingly orderly yesterday
not an arrest having been made upto 9 O'Clock
in the evening.
The special song service given at the Y. NJ
G. A. rooms yesterday afternoon by Mr.. G. G.
Helmick, assisted by chorus Of some dozen
voices, was excellent, and greatly enjoyed by
the large audience in attendance. Mr.. E. @.
Varney conducted the meeting.
At the earnest solicitation of many citizens
manager Martin, of the Boston Ideals, has
placed Miss Adelaide Phillips in the cast of
the Bells of Bonneville (Chimes of Normandy,
as well as in Fatinitza, change that will be
duly appreciated by Miss Phillips many ad-
mirers in st. Paul.
Building operations on the Mannheimer,
Gilfillan and other blocks, were prosecuted
yesterday, the same as on week day. In
the good book we are told about rescuing the
sheep that had fallen into the pit, and it is up
on the principle involved in this precept that
this work was done yesterday, the labor OF
hundreds of men during the winter depending
upon their being gotten under roof before
real winter weather sets in.
Tomorrow, the 5th., the Mutual Union
Telegraph will open its office in this city for
the receipt and delivery OF messages in the
states of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois,
and in parts OF Michigan, Indiana and Ohio
It is expected that working connection with
st. Louis and all eastern points will be made
within few days. The office is located on
Jackson street, just of Third street, in the
room lately occupied by the traffic manager
of the Chicago, st. Paul 6 Omaha railroad
Mr.. G. l. Hughes is the manager of the St
Paul office.