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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-10-04
Sale If Slilgl9 NaelilR

WILL SELL. AT PUBLIC oUTCRY, IN FRONT
Of the courthouse square, ct TAllahassee, On The
hrst Monday In November, 1881, It the usual hour
Persons wishing TO purchase can see Il ct Cnairea
Warehouse. Ct Tallahassee failroad depot
Oct 4 1061-4w GEO p. RANEY..
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-10-04

ARRIVAL AND nErAnrUHz On Kama
AY7sos Ooes
u.,,Aeru and Eastern .926PM IOOA n
= Marks Tuesday, Thursday and
eafurday.).. .................lseF =. y. J.U A. ~.
1homasvIlle via Iamonla-Arrive Tuesdaye Thursdays
..d eafurdnys at p NJ; close Mondays, Wednesdays
'1 ne PO:eoce win be open from ga n to $50 p NJ,
.na from IS to ESQ p n, except Sundaya
MoNKY-oRDKR oVVIcx.
4vha Mouey-order Once win be open from A II 20
"a " and lfom P. NJ to p. II. N0ney-oFders are
ssS Al this once payable in any part Of the United
500 and Britain. Switzerland. Germany Italy,
T-snce Algeria and Canada.
FfAn0e' "'S''- W. G. STEWART, p. N.
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Recorl of temperature ut Tallahassee, Fiori-
da, for the past week
observations taken by w. A. Rawls. Druggist and
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Mr.. c. C. Pearcr, Collector OF Revenue now
"AS Tue county Textbook in bis hands, and is
ready TO receive The taxes for 1881.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-10-04

essp The most complete stock AZ groceries III the
~ Ahd alwsy9 sslI q 1.stem prices. p
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-10-04

The committee. with Don McIeOd ut lie head,
ously engaged in securing articles far Leon
enaaiys contribution 10 the State Exhibit NJ
AlAsla 9ggc So
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Bean RtacIk arRianra

- 'o~n at Coles & Beard-EufAula Patent,
Royal Patent, AMI Star Patent. "A
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-10-04

Miss e L. Bythewoosl WIN open a school for
young ladies and small girls and boys, on Mon
day, Oct0btr 81. SOif
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AnIfH RaInIa

IL you want bargain in salt 20 to Coles 8
Beard They have just received 100 sacks. "A
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-10-04

Miss Ella s. Bull will receive a few pupils in
vocal or instrumental music nj her residence
On Calhoun BireeI. - 21tf
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-10-04

-Four thousand pounds nf bran just ID, at
Coles & Boards. q
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-10-04

Have the best stock OF groceries, staple and
fancy, to be found In the city. 90
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-10-04

The besi am. largest stock in Town, at
% n. DAVIS & BRoa
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-10-04
Cotton Siaa-menI.
TALLAHAssEr, FLA, Oct. 4, 1881

B0les
q, ,oped week ending Oct. 1................. 312
Sbinped previously. 1895
Total. Observation-Disclosures. 1907
Price: Low MIddling, 81
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By che Iii. AID Il retail. q
- n. DAvn . EaO'A
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-11-18
Gin Sau m ann tn Der
l1ntpr3ld bt

benz burh Elm letbenbes unb ihretenoes
8inb metrere Ndhte Der Shlaf geraubt
nurse unb ber gu ber usber,eusunS &C..
lanste, bab Mrs. 0tns Ions Soothing
SYrup eerabe ber Mrttfel lst, esfsa er fir
bas 6inb benStbtste, taufte einen gorraib
bappn. Oils er mad 5aule fam unb fsiner
Grau pasun Wtttbeiluns madte, tpeteerte
fe f6, bem &inpe BON Dem @efauften su
Serabrsiden, ta Re cine Mntdnserin Der
5pmGppatbie tpar. Die nGdFe Nadt
wurbe ipieber fhlaFos perbradt. Mls ber
gater am nahlten Sage mad 5auie fam,
fanb er bas &inb idledbter als ie, uno ba
ct abermals etne falaFole Naat befiira'
tete, ssrabreidte er tpabrenb ber Mbwetn'
belt fsinsr Jrau benz 5stnte cine pprtion
bes Sprup unb iaste nidts baSon. Die
glaat barauf fhIisf alles wutl unb Der
fleine Shreier ertpahte am Mprgen nit
bsitsrm @sfdt. Die Muttsr mar erfreut
iiber bfn plSblthen tpunberbaren @ehisl
unb obwobl ite Fd suerit beletbtst fablte,
als iFe @uffldrung erbielt, iette fe ben'
nod ben @ebra4 bes SYrups fort.
Sbreienbe &tnber uno faIaFofe Nadte
ifnb ttr iebt unbsfannt. Cine etn,slne
probe nit benz SYrup bat nod bas Sci.
ben isbes &inbcs unb bas gcrurtbell Der
SHUTTER beFest. Sn alien Mpotbeten ,u
baben; IS Gents bic JldfHe.
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9Nte e2 npu, n a,t ip,trNe m

= Wie es gema1t ,nurbe, baB stpei
@ouberne.re auf Der Saummolle Mus=
iteaung gu Ntlanta am Nbenbe Mnsiige
bon 8aummole tragen fonnten, Die erit
ant Morgen oeiielbem Sages gepfliidt
iuorben mar, bas ersdblt ein We6iel=
blatt tuie folst: u&urs na6 Sonnen=
aufgang ma6ten lib einige Neger
baran, bic 8aummolle su pfliiden; um
balb 10 ubr mar lie gereinigt, furse
3eit barauf geiponnen, uno biunen
elmer tpeiteren balben 6tunoe auf einem
Grompton'i6en @ebfubl getpebt, Der
BON elmer neugierigen Wenge auf inert
Jam beoba6tet tpurbe, 10 baB es faum
m0gIi6 mar, in ber Ndbe belielben
our6sufommen, benn Sebermann pollte
3euge bieier r9ererei" lein. 8om
Webltubl murbe bas Sud- in Die Sdr=
berei gebra6t unb gef6rbt uno getrod=
net, oann puroe bem Gouberneur bon
Georgia, 9errn Gplquitt, unb bem BON
Connecticut, 9errn 8igeloip, bon ben1
beutf9en 9leiberfiini itler @roie bas
MaB genommen, Der @toff sugel6nit=
ten, aui aDbeeler & Wilion Mdbmai6i=
nen 5uiammengefiigt, bic anopfl66er
ipurben auf ber vNational Button=9ole
nit einer Gei6tpinbigfeit
bon 5uei per @finute gen1a6t; UNI 6
llbr tuaren bic &leiOungsitide fir unb
fertig, uno Bel Dem fpater ant Nbenb
itattgebabten formellen Gmpfang fol-
sirten Die beieen &ouberneur in elegant
iibenben, i9marsen Qnaiisen aus Baum
polle umber, Die bel Sonnenaufgang
nod in robem 3uitanbe als f6neeige
SOlben am Stengel bing. Smmerbin
elm fleines Wunber unb 3eugniB fiir
ben ielbit Die fiibniten grpartungen
iiberiteigenoen Gorti6ritt in bielem unb
pielen an6eren 3meigen Der Snbuitrie
un6 Die eeiitungsfabigfeit oer Mai6i=
nerien.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-11-18

- Die ginfiinfte unlerer 8unoes=
reeierung ipdbreno bes nit Dem 80.
SUM- 1881 enOigenben 1iscaliabres
iiberltiegen bic bes porbergebenben Sis
caliabres UNI $27,255,681, ipdbreno
Die Nusgabem Der nit Dem 80. SUM-
1881 abi6lieBenoen 5tu0lf MOnate bin=
ter ienen Der pOrbersebenoen periobe
um $6,930.070 suriidblieben, ina6t
einen 1eberi6uB bon $34, ,185, Isl gu
Guniten bes Sabres 1881. 8on Den
Mebreinnabmen bra6ten bic 3oae
$11, ,637, 7,611; bic Snlanb Steuern
$11, ,255,011 uno anbere @innabme=
queaen $4,363, ,058. Die @eiammt=
einfiinfte betrusen $3.50, 1872, ,292, alio
nabe3u cine Wiilion pro Sag. 9ie
9lusgaben ma6ten Die Summe BON
$3.50, ,069, ,405 aus; es blieb alio Elm
ueberi6uB BON $100,712,887. Sic
3inlen tparen am S9luI1e bes eSabres
Inn $14, 9S2, ,908 reouSirt.
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Graffu8 0eeb.

Das srSbts M6belIager ber
Stabt 1T basisntse bes 5errn 6. @e.b.
WlSbel aasr @rt iinb paielbf In srSbter
Muswabl au ben nisbrisaen prsifsn 3u
babsn unb In Der Sbat fann jsber Sc,
itmad tsfrisoiet werbsn. yarlor. unb
Sdlailtmmsr.Ssts fauft man BET 5errn
s. 8eeo 3u Gabrttpretlen, ba sr fsine MS.
BEL btrett aus ben srGbtsn 5atritsn bss
2anbes be5tebt. 5err 8esb bat aubsr.
bem einen srOben gorratb BON Sspptaen
unb Matten unb alien In bieles Sad ein<
l&laeenoen @aamn. Wer MGbel trasnb
wsl&er Grt sebrau&t, tbut wubl, fa an
5errn &eeb gu renben. Som @swSbn.
liHfen bis gum Maerfstnfen uub 1bsusr=
fen 1T MQes In ietnem Stpre 3u fneen.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-11-18

Bsbinsuns oss psniionats gOrfebsrs
ausiprad unb ben Blid seisntt, iusar als
nutbwsnbis besrinpste, ba empfanb ber
.brlids Deutlde Elm inntses Mitlsib NIT
Der armen Mapsleins, bic ,pobl idon isbt
unb ubne es gu wi6tn, cine babsnoe
Masbalens getuurbsn mar.
Nls Fe NIT einistn fhliGten Wcrtsn,
an bas quite 9srs oss iunssn Wannes Sc
rttttet, eeenbst bate, ea mar berlslbe tn
stn tisfss Nadtenfsm psrfa(len unb idpst'
ssnb fab bic frl,s iippise SdGne ba, tn
Danger @ripartlng gu ibm aufldausno, ,als
pb etne Siinberin b,m 1rtbsil i6res Nia=
ters entsessnbarrte.
gnbltd nod elmer DauIe, wdbrenb Der
fauul su atbmen eewaet, ftaute
Der Muftsr auf uno NIT etnem Son, Der
autin lhon burd feline gntidisbenteit bic
3slpannten Witnen lsiner Nahbarin anf'
,eitsrte, iprad sr:
Sd bahe, mas sic brauAen unb m'l
ano tperbe Sbnen eelien.
(gortfesuns fOIat3
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1881-11-18

= gtad einem einSisen Serilde pirb
jebe Mutter nit uns ibereinitimmen, bas
" # e b tt RS ,Deut d. s
6 moe ermeb I" (Yueootropbine) bas
Bette Nuhrunssmittel fiir Sduslinse unb
tleine ainber 1T. Miitter fSnnen iid pie=
le falaf(oie uno unruhise Nddte eriparen,
menn iie ibre &inber nit 80 Ell d es
6 inbe rme |" itatt Wuttermild,
ndbren. Wenn Sbr @u4 Der @eiunbbeit
unb beS @eoeibens cures 2ieblings erfreus
en- ipcIet, madet ben geriud uub Sbr
werbet eS ME bereuen. Sc 1T bon ber
arstliden Safultdt iebr empfoblen unb If
in allen rencmmirten apcthefen gu ba=
ben.
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I,ie @tenhens finn feine Gh,

= 9ie Steubens iinb feline S6ma=
roger un6 Gei6enfnebmer. Das fie6t
man aus folgen6em 8eri6t oes 8alti=
morer rOeuti9en gorreiponbent":
9as bei6eibene unb taftoolle Benebmen
Der beuti6en @dite Der Nation fennz
Sei6nete li6 in Baltimore aud bur1 Die
9rt unb Weiie, in tpelber Sberf BON
Steuben ein @ei6ent, baB ibm unter
anoeren nmftdnoen setpiB ni6t unanz
genebm getpeien tpdre, ablebnte. Gin
amerifanii6er Sdnbler nit Galifornier
Weinen oiferirte ibm elm Sas6en fol-
den @eins. Ser Sberif batfte unb
erflarte, ein fol6es Gel6enf nidt an=
nebmen gu f0nnen. Ser Meinbdnbler
eripiberte, es iei ielbltbeltanbli6, baB
Der Oberit ni6t Oas Gdsden nit fd)
i6leppen fOnne, er lei aber bereit, es
iofort nod Neu Oorf uno auT ben
Oampfer gu ienoen, auf bem bic @dlte
bic Seimfabrt MAIDEN ,piirben. Ser
Oberit lebnte abermals ab unb meinte,
baB es bic Giite bes amerifaniIden 9olz
fes mibbrau6en bieBe, tpolle ct mad benz
freunbli6en @mpfanse, ben er uno
feline Gefdbrten iiberaa senpHen, aud
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- Nedt befunben.-@S siebt 3ur 3eit
70 piele Oiittel i'm Wtarfte, beren ein5iges
Serbieuft in elmer pcmpSien Ia5etse uno
sroBartisen Yerlpredunsen gu iuden it,.
IS freut uns paber, bas ct. Safcbs Del
uls Elm Mittel empfeblen gu oarfen, mel
DIES hdlt mas eS perlpridt. 5err bon
Weids, @prins Sullep, N. g., ftimmt
uns bei inbem er iast: Das ct. Sa>
fObs Sel iielt mid in ieber Siniiat 5n=
frieoen, es iit wirflih bas, pcfar es aus
geaeben wtrb.
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= Hetdtbum mad,t nidt immer ala

- 8etdthum madt nidt immer sliidz
lid aber ieber mSdte bod 9erne reid
iein. Die Welt 1T nun einmal nidt gu
frieben. Sober mSdte es beiIer baben,
aber ielbit bieienisen, pelde nidt reid
iinb, tuenn fie nur @elo senus baben iid
cine 6laide SOZODONT gu fauFen, INN
ibre 3dbne rein unb ibren Ntbem friid gu
erbalten, fSnnen ii4 ibres 2ebens freuen.
Seoer Orussilt rerfauft e8.
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u. Martiu & Sphu.

Das reidhultisite unb seipdbltelte
Sdahlaser finbet man bei ben 9erren ".
W artin & 9obn, @pmmerceitraBe.
Die Serren iteben nit ben eri ten Sabrt=
ten bes 2anbes in gerbinbuns, faufen
sesen baar unb 1inb besbalb inn Stanbe,
bilis gu perfaufen. Wun iprede bei
ihnen Dor.
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8lauen Napp= p=6lanen fir Damenfleiz
Der gu peridieoenen Yreiien. Danten=
fleioer in alien neuen Woben unb Tarz
ben; beibes iebr piel int Norben setra=
gen, BET g dram u. 60.
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- 9ie feiniten Sleioeritofe, Die ele=
gantefen unb mOoerniten 9errenan3iige
unb iiberbaupt cine pOrsiigli6e 9lus=
mabl aller i'm 66nitttpaarengei6dft
geborenben Mrtifel finbet man BEL s.
eosfe & S6bne. i't5l
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NerlauQt.

100000 Yfuno auOdeu, SSrner,
2umpen, alteS Giien, Weiiins unb Sup
fer. Die hSditen Yreiie weroen fir obise
Irtitel bejablt BON
Fh. 2ouis Weber,
5,5m6W Muffin, 2eras.
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so Dusenb feline Sanbtider gu SO
Gents bas Stad - reidlid wertb 81
baS Stid. Wan fOmme unb prii fe bel
g dram u. 60.
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Sie Serren s. Soste &.
g Obne baben oiesmal Elm auBer=
gep0bnli6 groBes Eager BON 9erbitz
uno Wlntermaaren uno offeriren Mlles
gu ben nieorigiten preilen.
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= I'm fer 2aser bon Semben, nnter3eus
unb 9erren 6uraiibins @OObs tSnnen in
Sualitdt pber YreiS 1,idt iibertrpffen
merben. Yanco & 81 B H.
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Gine berrlihe Nuswabl bon meiBem
Yiquet in ben neuefen Oiuitern 81 rebus
5irten Yreiien Bel $. @renet, Nla=
mcsebdube, cine Treppe bod.
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Infer WScMeublatt.
Wir ienben BON Jest ab unier rDoden>
blatt" fir ben Yreis BON $500 auf elm
Sabr portcfrei rad DeutidIanc.
Die 0eramsSeber
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- 8ilisen ga fel=D Damait, rabmfarz
bises unb rrtbes unb meiBes Gafelleinen,
0amaitene uno tiirfiid rutbe Serpietten,
Sanotader &c. Bel s. @renet, Nlantpz
sebdube, cine Treppe bod.
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- Neue, elesante Serbit= unb @in=
tertuaaren treHen tdgli6 Elm BEL s..
Sosfe & S69ne. fl
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Wetaenmehl!

8opal Yatent, Ylunt's @rtra, Cider
mann. eagle Steam unb Belle Du 2ac,
beim Carload. $. @renet.
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no6 @el6cnfe onnebmen. Ser Nmeri=
faner f6iittelte ben &opf, fol6es Cart
sefibl fonnte er nidbt berfeben."
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8artuffeln &artpffeln!
Gin Garlcab neuer tpeitltder 3artuf=
feln iceben rnsefpmmen bei S. @ren ct.
Serner 100 &ifen Meiina=@itronen.
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= 8enn SIR ben Tabaf Zeal Of
Nprtb Carolina rau4t, fault Yfunb 8cz
zen bei $. @renet.
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&auft Gnrem lSbisfb bel .. 0remct.
ST bat elm tpeitereS Garlpao beS Be-
rihmten MusnOlia erbaltea.
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&esbs Silt Gsse Sonic befOrbert bic
8erbaung.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-29
GENERAL SUMMARY.

The Illinois Southern Hospital for Insane
ut Anna WAS burned Tuesday and one OF the
inmates persisted. The loss IS $4,000
The bodies oftwo infants wcre found in
the canal at Montreal. Monday, evidently
having been murdered.
A discrepancy of $1,000, 900 between the
books of the comptroller and those at the
register OF arrears, has hern discovered IN
Brooklyn.
Small pox has been prevalent in Blissvillu
and Dutch Kills. l.. l., for some days, and
is spreading rapidly. y number Of deaths
have occurred,
Rev. +. W. Gillian of Raleigh, n. C.,
late the Protestant Episcopal minister nj
Clinton n. c., announces thAt he has become
Roman Catholic.
The boiler makers numbering 500. struck.
ut Pittshurg, Pa for an agreement for one
year on the present wages The contest is
on II fixed rate of wages
Robert Thom of Ilavcihlll Mass, who
had been missing tor thirty years came
home the other day aud klrkcd over the
tombstone erected tu his memory 10y loving
friends.
The prospectus OF Il new steam navigation
company which expect, To make arevnlutinn
in ocean travel has been ssnsd IN London.
The company proposes To- have Il capital n
Sl2, 500, 900. md to build at the outset five
steamers, with great regard for safety and
speed aud little Tor carrying capacity. The
steamers are To run from New York To Mil
ford Haven, IN Wales. in seven days, and Ia
carry only first class pnsscnscrs and light
freight,
.l,..r n Il L,st
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-29
BURLINGTON. VT, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 90 1881.

profits for twenty consecutive years of labor
in their native State Year by year their
business has gone on, steadily increasing
until it has reached its present great proper
tiOns
facturc of organs upon small scale in
Chicago, believing they could produce first
class organs there for much less price than
they could be- produced in the East andtrans-
ported 10 the West. The success of their
new enterprise can he learned from the state
ment that they have facilities for turning out
400 organs per month, and are doing bust
ness in them of 10000 per week, manufac-
turing 16 styles of organs and finding a
ready market among their sub-agents.
Their Chicago warcrOOm and business
centre is located at 1sS and 100 State street
The building is Al feet front, 100 deep, five
stories IN height, entirely occupied by their
business, with the exception of the second
story. They carry stock that seldom falls
shor: of 1000 Instruments. Story & Camp
were the first to fit up elegant and beautiful
piano parlors for the better exhibition and
display of Instruments and the pleasure of
customers. They have two Of these parlors,
ich ~ by 81 feet, with decorative art paper
unique design, and carpeted and furnish
i in the most attractive artistic style.
Not long since they astonished the trade
iy opening branch house in st. Louis, on
olive street, where their business grew to
such proportions that they were soon forced
to move to their present capaciOus house on
Fifth street, which is the largest establish
ment devoted to pianos and organs at present
in ST Louis
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-29

Tuu resignation Of Second Assistant Post
master General Brady has created rrcal
sensation in Washington, and the most as
founding revelations are promised. 1t Is ie-
nori,L that the department has information
in lis po>sessiun which will justify II IN
bringing an action against the late second
assistant for the recovery Of moHev ilaudu-
lenty misapproprialed The Washington
St,,, saws. There are very ugly rumorS
ailoat touching the Star route, AMI General
Rr,iIv's connection with the caHtraci"Is-
One Of these, and it is not denied at The
Postnilicr Department, is that the end VIII he
mn indictment. When Col. James took hold
of the Pnstatlicc Department he began at
once, on mn Investigation of the Star route
contracts. lie has not completed this work,
hut has zone far enough to convince himself
that great frauds and abuses exist Mt
Ianes is satisfied that with the cNlraV-
asance he can lup oil in the Star Route
Service tina, in two fiscal years he can make
The Postoiiirc Department absolutely sell
supporting.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-29

GKN. JOSEPH LANE, who died in Ore
son, Wednesday, was born IN North
Carolina, in 1901, and, removing 10 II
diam, served in the Legislature OF that
State almost continuously from 1922 to
1916 lie served with credit in the Mex.
can war (whence his military title and ia
1919 WAS appointed Governor of the Terri
tory OF Oregon. From 1851 to the admission
Of Oregon as State, in 1859, he WAS its
delegate in Congress, and in the year last
mentioned he was elected Senator, serving,
however, only until 1861. In 1860, he ran
for the Vice-Presidency with Mr.. Brerkcn-
ridsc-having eight years before been an TN
successful candidate for the Democratic
nomination for President. Since the break
ing out of the civil war he had completely
dropped from public view.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-29

THE GREAT WALL OF CHrNA. The great
wall OF China was measured IN many
places by Mr. Unthunk, nm American en-
pincpr. lately engaged ON n survey for n
Chinese railway. His measurements give
the height at i feet and Il width on top
Of L. feet. Every few hundred yards
there is 4 tower q feet square and from
20 ia - feet high. The foundation OF
the wall is solid granite. Mr.. Unthank
brought a brick from the wall, which If
supposed 10 have been made 200 years
before the time OF Christ. In building
this immense stone fence to keep ont the
Tartars, the builders never attempted tc
avoid mountains or chasms to save ex
pcuee. For 300 miles that wall goe,
over plain and mountain, ani every foo
of the foundation is in solid granite anc
the rest of the structure m,solid masonry
In some places the wall is built smooth
up against the bank, or canyons, or prec
ipices, where there IS sheer descent o.
1000 feet Small streams are archedo over
but iu the larger streams the wall runs ts
the wafer edge, aud tower IL bnIlt or
each sile- On the top Of the wall are
hrrasiworEs or defcnccs, facing in and
out, 50 the defending forces can pass from
one tower to another without being ex
posed to the enemy from either side Tc
calculate the time of binding or cost o
this wall is beyond human skill. So ia
MS the magnitude of the work IA concern
el, IT surpasses anything IN ancient o
modern times Of which there isany trace
The pyramids Of Egypt are nothing com
pared to it -LDrdOn NcCs,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-29

Nor by any means Il new swindlc, but one
hitherto unparalleled in extent, is that just
AMI which consists in insuring the lives of
superanuated persons and paupers. Tie
amount of such insurance obtained in sin-
gle county is estimated at from s.. 000, 900
to $1,000. 900 and one company alone issued
policies to the amount of $500, ,G0e. Tie
policies are generally taken out fOr the benz
tit of parties in nowise related to the person.
insured. The medical examinations, ii re
quired by agents at all, are merely nominal.
Agents representing various companies IN
Pennsylvania are the principal operators
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-29

The latest bulletin issued from the Census
office shows the distribution of the popula-
tiOn of the United States in latitude and
longitude According to it 9S.2 per cent
live between lalitule3 80 and '45 and 96.3
per cent of the population live east of the
Tooth meridian, while the arid region of the
CordilleIan plateau contains, as yet, only
about Is per cent, the remainder consisting
of the population on the Pacific coast.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-29

ELECTION bribery is carried on in England
to an extent never paralleled in this country.
At the last Parliamentary election in Gou-
cester an investigation shows out of 1901
persons who voted, 2756 were bribed and OF
the remainder 2SG were bribers. Included
in the black list are two aldermen, three mag
istrates, fifteen councilmen and four over
seers of the poor.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-04-29

TIE TEoY UoNFEEEN'E :CADEMY.
At meeting of the trustees of the Troy
Conference Academy, the matter OF leasing
the academy at Poultnry, Vt, 10 Professor
Charles ii. Dunton was discussed. Mr.. Dun
ton submitted n proposition 10 lease the acad-
emy for five years, at an annual rental of
$1,000, provided the trustees would from time
to time, as the eXigcncirs required. expend
$1,000 for necessary repairs and furniture.
and further that if the enterprise should prove
u loss to the lessee that he should hc released
from his contract AT the end of two years.
The proposition was accepted. The treas
urer reported the academy receipts for the
past year at S4j63. 81. expenditures Sil2i Al,
! leaving balance of Si.,g &c