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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

PRICES this year at water-plaee hotels are
higher than last season. II is owing to the high
price of eggs last winter, and the disturbance in
ireland.-NoyTistOr Herald.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

To TAKE GREASE FROM SILK-ChaIk or mag
nesia rubbed on silk or ribbon that has been
CREASED, and held near the fire, will absorb the
grease 50 that it may be brushed off.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

A HORSE in Oswego became frightened at the
sight of Dr. Mary Walker recently, and the Buff.
falo Courier meanly says that 0swego horses art
not accustomed to women of genius.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

Miss BRowSsTuNE says that if she has q dog
she wants one of those great Sarah Bernharli
dogs that dig those dear old monks out of the
snow in Switzerland.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

Poor lie Due Now that his head is of, let us
remember that he was the man who spent three
years in trying to give this country a strawberry
which should work on hinges.-DefrOit Free Press.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

IT is said that if castor oil is mixed with give
crime, and . few drops Of oil of cinnamon aided,
the taste of the castor oil can scarcely be recog-
nfzed.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

ssNo KISS n he said pleadingly, ''no kiss from
INV darling tonight" "No."sh said emphatic.
ally, 'no kiss" ~ hear that there is humps in
your family
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

PROFANITY never did any man the least good.
No man is richer, happier, or wiser for it. II
commends no one TO society; it is disgusting to
refined people and ABDOMINAL to the good.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

A HARTFORD divorce lawyer said to his minis
ter, the other day: "You and live in the right
State for one another-what you Connecticut =
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

IT WAS a tramping printer who snapped boots
with a sleeping wayfarer, and chalked on the
soles of the worst pair, unidentified exchange
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

THE Detroit Free Press says that when Cana
dian can not make apostage stamp stick he sews
IT on.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

A CERTAIN young person lately cut his finger
with a pen-knife, and ran in alarm to we'll
known surgeon, who is more celebrated for his
skill than gentlencss of manner. The surgeon
looked at the finger, and then calling n servant,
told him TO and bring plaster: run! run
make all possible haste" cried he.
'oh heavens" exclaimed the patient, i'll a
trembling voice, sis the danger so great ~
'Yes," answered the surgeon, 1.-THE danger is
very great; for if he does not run very fast, the
wound will heal before can put ON the plaster
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

THE Buffalo Commercial IdrertiSer gives us the
song Of the youthful apple peddler at the cOun,
try railway stations in Pennsylvania: apple
Sapples! SaPples! Two for five; Maple, mis-
ter Mister, Rapplei Wan tanaple, mister
Six for five cents 7 Ere sheat nappuls; Nj seatiI
napples seven forannickel! Maple, mister
Mister wantanapple' Want smappuls, mister
Nine furanniekel' Here's yourappuls! Ten fur
anickeltr
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

LONDON Csokoo says that up to . certain age
puppies are more intelligent than babies.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

FARMERS, look to your fences.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

No pent up IIits c0nti1tet- our powers,
Tia, Snail, 81 tbiirt al claim ourrs
The Courtesy al the >'rlir doth i'Iai"
That We have ersryth.sg that ace doss'e'
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-16

T,,oi, f,,.;e,. JnTIesg,le 0persfta ia Three Aeis
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10
ER WASHINGTON TERRITORY THURSDAY NOVEMBER TO- 1881

in two or three locks at these falls light
draft steamers of 50 or 100 tons burden
can navigate North river for more
than 40 miles. For or 6 miles above
the falls there is a belt of the finest
spruce timber we ever saw; and we
will simply say that for numbering
region it can't be beat anywhere.
Above this belt of timber is wide,
almost continuous alder and vine ma
pie bottom for many miles, with wide
openings in many places where we
could see out through the brush and
dead timber for more than half mile
on either side of the river. Outside of
the bottom are what are called the
bench lands, which the surveyors told
us was from 40 to 60 feet higher than
the bottoms, equally as good as the
bottoms for farming, extending back
from two to three miles on both sides.
Ancient fires have burned and killed
the timber, and it Is now only covered
with small brush, and there are many
wide spaces with scarcely anything
growing but fern. Outside of the
bench lands there is rim of sharp,
steep hills, that, the surveyors say,
rise up 500 to 1000 feet, covered with
immense quantities of large fir and
cedar timber. The survey of these
lands is about completed, and are now
subject to entry by homesteads; and
we have no hesitation in saying that
settlers can open their farms in North
river valley as easily as can be done
in any timbered country, and get as
good lands for farming as can be found
anywhere in Oregon or Washington
Territory, with many other superior
advantages. Making roads will not
cost near what some pretend to think.
a good pack horse trail from below
the falls to Mr.. Willis place, II miles
above the falls, can be completed with
ten days work, and it passes through
the thickest belt of timber in the bot
tom. Ten good men can make pack
horse trail along the falls in a week,
and ten good men can make such a
trail from the upper part of the valley
to Montesano on the Chehalis river, a
distance of six or seven miles, at the
rate of a mile a day. We noticed it
much colder on Shoalwater bay at the
mouth of North river than up in the
valley above the falls. We found Mr..
Amos Smith. and Mr.. Isaac Smith
very clever and accommodating gen.
tlemen, and believe them to be honor
able and reliable in all they say or
write about the North river valley.
We fell in with Mr.. Dodge, who is or
ganiZing cooperative colony to set
tie in North river valley and utilize
its water power, and who is there with
compass and chain to show settlers
the section lines and corners, and to
give the numbers of lands to those
who come to take homesteads.
Respectfully yours,
JAMES p. RICHARDSON,
E. l.. RICHARDSON.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10
NUMBER 12.
Why They Come Here.

A representative of the San Fran
cisco Post has been interviewing the
passengers on an immigrant train
from the East and was surprised to
find that the majority of them were
bound for Oregon and Washington.
The Post man says:
In conversation with an intelligent
immigrant, he gave the following
reasons why this Statereceived so few
immigrants and why the bulk of them
went north into Washington Terri
tory and Oregon:
"Your people" he said "have few or
no agents east to offer inducements to
immigrants. You keep your state
entirely in the dark. If you have
lands here that can be secured by inn
migrants we do not know it. We
never have heard of land in Califor-
mia that could be obtained at reason
able rates and on favorable terms.
Common report has it that all your
valuable lands are held by capitalists,
who offer no inducements whatever
to settlers. With Oregon and WASH
ington the case is different The Ter
ritory of Washington, know, is to-
day more thoroughly advertised east
by agents, pamphlets, etc., than any
other section of the country. The
Northern Pacific Railroad has 2,OOO,-
600 acres of land in Western WASH
iugton, where a good living, no doubt,
is to had, and money made in farm
ing, fishing, numbering, milling,
manufacturing, trading and mining.
The company is now building its
road in Eastern Washington, from
near the mouth of Snake river, on
the Columbia, to Lake Pend d'Oreille,
and here they offer 100000 acres at
$500 per acre cash or S4 per acre, one
fourth cash down and the rest in
three yearly payments. The immi-
grants who can pay the quarter down
on 160 acres can secure all the credit
necessary to put in crop and keep
his family for year, at the expira-
tion of which time he has gathered
one of the crops, and very often can
pay off all his Indebtedness. These
are the inducements that bring inn
migrants from the old country. Then
in Oregon the railroad there sell lands
on as equally reasonable terms. The
result of this is that those sections
are filling up rapidly with hardwork-
ing, industrious and intelligent peo-
pie, while your famous Golden State
is neglected.
The foreign immigrants were mostly
from Germany, Holland, Norway and
Sweden and could speak no English.
There was an entire absence Of Irish
people en- route from Europe.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10
A Marrow Escape.

From private letter to the editor
of the Falls City we learn some of the
particulars of the burning of the Etis-
dbeth Iring in British Columbia on
her way to Yale. Mr.. Chas. Jennings
well known here and at Oregon City,
was the engineer, and the fire had
completely shut off every passage
from the engine room before he dis
covered his danger. As a last chance
for escape from the fire he jumped on
the pitman rod and rode out through
the opening toward the wheel, and
thus saved his life. The coat was
burned off his back and his other
clothing scorched. The skin was
roasted from one side of his neck, and
all the hair burned from his face, and
off his head where it was not protected
by his hat. The cargo consisted
chiefly of hay, which caught fire from
the sparks of an Indians pipe. Two
Indians, two squaws and three In
dian children were burned to death.
Charley lost everything save what he
had on his person. The last thing
saved from the destructive element
was box Of live geese.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10
From Portland Oregonian.

Middleton, Washington Co. Oct. %.
For the benefit OF many persons in
terested please publish the following
facts:
In compliance with the wishes Of
many friends we went to see the much
talked of North river valley in WASH
ington Territory. On our way there
we met many persons who for some
cause make great opposition to immi-
grants going to North river, and who
make It their business to give most
discouraging accounts Of 1t. Some
said, "North river is great bilk,"
and others said "North river can't be
navigated for any distances skiff
will ground on shoals below the falls;
the river above the falls Is dead wa
teri" and "there are no good lands in
North river valley, which is barred in
by mountains on all Sides" etc. But
we went into North river, and up II
more than 25 miles, finding a large,
bold, navigable stream, that will float
large ships for 2 or 5 miles from Its
mouth, having Z feet of water some
thing near miles near the foot OF the
falls. We went up over the falls in .
skl6 with very little trouble, finding
to our great surprise fine large stream
above. and W believe that by putting
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10
A Remarkable Case.

ABBEvILLE, S. c., Oct. 31.-Jef'
Davids, who was convicted of murder
here six months ago, was to-day ac-
quilted and set at liberty. 1t is one
of the most remarkable cases on re-
cord. Davids is negro 20 years old.
He was convicted of the murder of his
former master-an old white farmer
and his maiden sister, who lived near
Indigoes Springs, in this county. The
evidence upon which the accused was
convicted was entirely ycircumstantial,
but pointed so clearly to the accused
as the slayer as to leave little room to
doubt his guilt. Since his conviction
he has mounted the scaffold five
times prepared to meet the penalty of
his alleged Offense. On one occasion
the moose was adjusted about his neck
and the sheriff stood ready to pull the
trap. Five minutes later and this
would have been accomplished, but a
messenger covered with dust galloped
up to the spot hallooing to the officer
to hold on as he drove the rowels into
his steed. The respite he bore from
the governor was received just in the
nick of time. Davids always per-
sisted in denying his guilt. He had
remained an inmate of the Jail so
long that he had come to like prison
life, and when he was acquitted he
bade the jailer fearful farewell.
The old man said he would rather
continue in custody II 1t would be per-
mitted, but he could not do SO and
he left the Jail with manifestations Of
regret.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10
The Olympia Standard in well
~ ii TON % RI inlo disonssns fho snhioof Of

The Olympia standard in a we'll
written article discusses the subject of
"Our gravelly prairies." In closing
his article our neighbor says: "a
well-to-do farmer living about six
miles from Olympia, informs us that
he has raised this year thirty bushels
of wheat to the acre on the same kind
Of gravelly prairie land that his indo-
lieut. neighbors have been all their
lives condemning to the eternal bow
vows, and he says he can do this year
after year without failure, by paying
proper attention to the rotation Of
crops and expending no more labor
than many other people put upon
lands much yichsr 10 fsrtilisins ele-
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10

Some trappers, who have just re-
turned from the northern part OF
British Columbia, near the line of the
Arctic circle, represent that during
last winter, which they spent on
Black river, quicksilver froze suffi-
ciently solid to be made into bullets.
Notwithstanding this intense cold no
i'll effects were experienced, as the
weather was calm and bright. They
camped with only an awning above
them the entire winter with the ex-
ception of three nights. The summers
are tolerably dry and but little time is
lost in consequence of rain.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10
peonle have wondered why 4

People have wondered why men
were buying up confederate bonds at
an advance on the price Of old paper
lately. 1t is said that the confederate
government had funds in bank Of
England to the amount of a million
dollars, at the time Of the smash up
when Lee surrendered, and as no
heirs or administrators were left the
money has remained there ever since.
Those who are buying up the bonds
want to get hold of that money, but
It Is not certain that they will be
successful. Nor Is 1t certain the
money 10 there.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10

one q The BeNoO0Nbuo PbeAsuree
OF life, properly cooked meal, affords little
or no present enjoyment. and much subse.
quent torture to confirmeQ dyspeptic. But
when chronic Indigestion Is combatted with
Hostettcr's Stomach Bltters, the food Is eaten
with relish, aud most important Of all. is as
slmilated by and nourishes the system. Use
this grand tonic aud corrective also to rem
edy constipation, blliousness, rheumatism, fc-
YER and aguc.
For sals D. III drugsists and dealers gss-
orally.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-11-10
Portland stage Line.

Daily stagcs leave Pacific hotel at p. N,
shsrp; returning, leave the Occidental hotel
In Portland at r. n. On Sundays leave Pa
ci1c hotel at 7:80 4. ~; returning, leave fort.
g $50 r. H.; roturnlng, leaves Portland at
S:S0 ,. =. Special attention paid to carrying
Sackagss an1 1l1lng ordsrA Fare. 70 cent?
~ ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22
UP THE RIVER.
The Mississippi Still Rising al
Some Points,

ST. LOUIS, October ga report
from Hannibal says the Mississippi
rose six inches in the last twenty-four
hours. No break occurred in the Sny
levee in this vicinity. The levee in
many places is only few inches above
water, but still stands firm. The
break near Rockport is constantly
growing wider, and the water has
already covered a great part Of the
land subject to overflow by break in
that vicinity. Refugees from Illinois
continue to arrive in great numbers,
moving their stock and household
goods. Gangs Of laborers continue to
work at the weak places in the leyee.
and the Wabash railroad plu9kily
keeps up efforts to prevent an over
flow. The water is now one foot six
inches below high water mark, and
twenty feet 6 inches above low water.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22
The Stock Market.

New YORK, October %, II am
The stock market opened strong and o
fraction higher, and speculation inthe
general list has been strong in tone up
to this hour, prices showing an ad'
vance on yesterdays closing quotations
/ to 4c. Coal shares and Union Pacific
leading in the upward movement. 1t
is reporte semi.officially that the diff
culties between the Texas Pacific will
soon be adjusted, and that neither
will fulfill threats of the former Of
building to San Francisco and of the
latter to Galveston. The Texas &
Colorado Construction Company has
contracted for building the first TWEEN.
ty.five miles of the road, also for 16,-
600 tons Ofsteel rails and other equip.
ments. There is a fair borrowing de-
mand for Western Union, Union Pa
cifc, Lake Shore, Michigan Central
New York Central and Texas Pacific
The banks have gained four and ;
half millions from the treasury opera,
tions this week, and a better banl
statement is expected to~day. Whes
is shade better and quiet.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22
Washington.

WASHINGTON, October 22.-It is
now stated with considerable positive
ness that only two cabinet nomins.
tions will be made at the present ses.
sion of the Senate, and that they will
be Morgan, of New York, fol
Secretary Of the Treasury, and
Howe, of Wisconsin for Attorney
General. There is evidently some
guessing, however, about this, for il
does not seem to come from Presiden.
tial authority. A prominent Repub.
lican who backs Longstreet maintains
that Longstreet's friends have pretty
good assurances that he will be nomi.
mated for a Cabinet position.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22
MORNING TELEsRAMs IN BRIEF.

Break in Missouri levee caused an
overflow.
sl50i0OO incendiary fire at Lynch
burg, Va.
Ross don't wish to row Hanlan al
st. Louis.
The Land League offices in Ireland
are all closed.
Sanford Noe murdered his wife at
Greenville, III.
Kankowski was convicted Of the
murder of Nina Muller.
Little Rock held mass meeting to
sympathize with Parnell.
Mrs. Van Bibber was shot dead BY
her husband at Cincinnati.
Socialists met at Chicago and openly
declared war on the capitalists.
The American Board of Foreign
Missions are in session at St. Louis.
LOrrillard's laborers struck at Jer-
sey City and he removed to St. Louis.
Henry Williams confessed at Co.
lumbus to have murdered his sister
with poker.
st, Louis fire department was in.
vestigated and exonorated Of charges
of ineficiency.
An Iowa City landlord threatened
to hold CORPSE for rent, and he is
threatened with mob law.
Eddie Kilberry, boy, found guilty
at Lancaster, Ohio, of numbering an
other boy named Stroake.
Two Newton, New jersey editors
were sentenced to a 5000 fine and one
months hard labor for libel.
AL. Smith was sentenced to the
penitentiary for 80 years at San An
tonic for stage coach robbery.
The Dayton, o., rolling mill hands,
non union, quit work. Cause un-
known, as the strikers made no violent
demonstration.
Father Clark, who presided overthe
Parnell meeting at Brackton, Mass,
advised that local paper which con-
demnea ParnelPs course, be boycott
ted.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22
BY CABLE.

LONDON, October 22.-A Lahonc
dispatch says Chaman was evacuated
and left in charge Of the local levies
The county is peaceful. The Land
League meeting projected at Pomeroy
yesterday was suppressed.
DUBLIN, October 22.-The Bishop
and clergy, of County Kildare, have
adopted the resolution indorsing
Archbishop Crokes letter.
e. Dwyer Gray will move in the
Town Council on Tuesday next that
the freedom of the city be conferred
on Parnell.
LIVERPOOL, October q. = Hon.
Lionel Sackville West, the newly ap.
pointed British Minister to the United
States, sailed to-day on board the
American Line steamer Indiana fol
PHILADELPHIA.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22

The Little Rock Daily Republican
OF October 20, volume l, No. 45, con.
tains an announcement of its suspen.
sion as a daily. The weekly will be
continued and "the daily may be re.
sumed whenever the needs of the
party shall seem to demand it" The
editors of the paper, W. Jasper, and
Charles s. Blackburn, seem to be
personally popular with all parties,
but the paper died a natural death
because there was 10 opening
for it. Parties do not support
papers or make them. Even
campaign sheets published at small
expense and in times of such
excitement that they have a large cir
culatlon, arc generally a loss to some
body. Journalism, to be financially
successful, must be financially indie
pendent OF and above parties. If the
Republican had been able to start out
as a better newspaper than its cotem-
poraries, its politics would not have
kept the people from reading and
patronizing it. But the field was
already well occupied, and mere
party name created no enthusiasm, no
uprising Of subscriptions and adver-
tisers, even among Republicans. Pub
fishing a newspaper is a matter of
business, and not of sentiment. The
South is not yet a profitable field for
Republican dsilies, and is not likely to
be SOON.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22

THERE seems to be quite a stir at
Nashville in regard to bribery investi
cations. What there really is in all
this smoke an outsider can only conr
lecture. The High Tax papers appea-
greatly exercised about it. 1t is
known that majority of the jury were
in favor Of finding a true bill against
B irrett, and it is said that Attorney
General Washington was in favor
Iof bringing in bill. The
jury heard the testimony of a number
of witnesses, but failing to agree, was
discharged. Another jury was EN-.
panelled, and the attorney will have
to do his work over. The members Of
the jury being under oath, are sup
posed to do their duty and know what
their duty is as well as outsid
ers, who do not hear the testi-
mony. The 1908 act is not on trial al
though some of its friends may be in
volved. The constitutionality of that
act will be tested in the Supreme
Court, and that does not depend upon
the means used to secure the passage
of the bill, as Judge Williams clearly
set forth whel he granted the iniunc-
ton. The guilt or innocence
of Barrett or any other member
Of the Legislature does not max the
1907 3 act right or wrong
1t may be constitutional and still be a
wrong and an outrage. IF the Su-
preme Court had declared the Dog
Law constitutional, that would not
have prevented its repeal by the Leg.
islature. So with this or any other
obnoxious act. Why the investigation
at Nashville creates such futter we
cannot imagine, unless the friends of
the 1908 Act fear that something
crooked will come out.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-22
Movements of RaIlrOnd officials.

ST.. Louis, October 22.-The officer:
and directors of the Pensacola rail.
road arrived here last night. The
party consists of Geo. B. Roberts,
President; J. N. McCulloch, VIM.
Shaw, Thomas D. Messler, Vice
Presidents; D. W. Caldwell,
General Manager and the following
Philadelphians, most of whom are d.
rectors: Winston Morris, Alex M.
Knox, N. Parker Shortridge, Henry
D. Welch, John Price, William Elkins
H. N. Houston, j. N. Dubarry, John
P. Green, John NJ. Harding, Thomas
B. Kennedy and w. G. Sutherland.