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Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-26
A Great Gun.
Successful Casting of a Monster Aceelera- ting Cannon i'm Pennsylvania.
 TFron, tbe NeU Yorl, Herald

Successful Casting monster AcceIera. ting Cannon i'm Pennsylvania.
 From the New York Heraldl
 READING, Pa, Oct 24-The casting of a great cannon, twenty-five feet in length, at the Scott Works of the Reading Iron com pany in this city this afternoon attracted quite number of scientists, patentees and ordnance officers from New York and Phila- delphia. They came here by invitation of the New York patentees and after brief en- tertainment the visiting party, numbering about twenty five, together with the officials of the company and invited local guests, pro- ceeded to the works. On their arrival they found two large reverberatipg furnaces charged with about 60,0OO pounds of metal. Fronting the furnace was deep pit, which contained the mould for the great gun, stand ing upright ready to receive the molten met al The flask or mould had two openings at the top to receive the fluid iron. At o'clock the furnaces were simultaneously tapped. The fiery metal from one ran through an iron trough lined with hard clay, while the metal from the other furnace ran into an eleven ton ladle, with which it was poured into the flask The mould was filled from the bottom, and by the careful pouring. it evenly ascend ed to the top In six minutes the flask was full
 WHAT Is CLAIMED FOR THE GUN.
 The casting, so far as is known, was suc- cessfully accomplished. It will remain as it is at present for eight or ten days and possi- bly longer, when it will have sufficiently cooled to be raised to the surface and taken to the machine shops of the company to be finished. It will then be removed to Sandy Hook, N. J., to be officially tried. This gun is known as the Lymann-Haskell accelerating or multi charge cannon. It is a six-inch bore, and along the bore.are four additional cham bers for powder, the latter being successively discharged after the initial charge of powder in the chamber has been fired. It is calculated that 130 pounds of powder will throw a solid iron projectile weighing 15O pounds at least ten miles, and that it will go through a solid mass of wrought ron nearly two feet thick. The inventor claims that twenty-inch accelarating gun is irresis- tible, far eclipsing the celebrated 100-ton Arm strong gun made for the Italian government. The pockets are loaded in the same manner as breech- loader, each pocket to contain twenty-eight pounds of powder The cham Der is to contain eighteen pounds. A ve- locity of 5000 feet per second is claimed as attainable with the new gun.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-26

1 If the correspondents of various newspa- pers rightly interpret the situation 1n V1r- | ginia the Malone party will be victorious A correspondent of the Boston He70gd says that if all the people who are longing to assist Malone were able to vote his ticket it would
 have 10000 majority. Of the principles at stake in the contest the same correspondent gives this summary: People at the North, who are inclined to look at the financial part of this campaign, would be surprised to see how little the debt question enters into it here. There is no party in Virginia that pro- poses to pay it's debt, and I venture the pre- diction that there are not 100 men in the State who are to-day in favor of paying the debt The debt question is not worthy of being considered by any man who desires to know the real facts about this canvass The Democrats would to-day father the most ob- noxious scheme of repudiation if it would help them to carry the State. There are greater questions than the payment of the State debt which wait upon the result of this contest, questions which will seriously affect the future of this country and the future of the two political parties. The Democrats un- derstand that it is fight for the future, and that the success of Malone this year means the political freedom of half dozen other States of the South, now bound hand and foot to the Democracy by just such meth ods as have kept Virgipia so long in bond age"
 The novel Cape Cod Folks" :" written by Miss Sarah P. Mclean, a young daughter of Justice Mclean, of Simsbury, Conn.,, has caused considerable stir in literary circles, and it now seems likely to make it's publish CTS trouble It is 8 record of the authors experience while engaged as teacher of a school on Cape Cod The author gave to the types of character drawn their real names. The manuscript of the novel was presented to Messrs. A. Williams $ Co.,, of Boston, by merchant, and upon his expres. sion of confidence in its profitable accep- tance, if published, an examination was given it, the result of which. was determination to put it in type. The publishers were then, it is understood, ignorant of the use of the names of living persons in the novel. An edition of 1000 copies was soon exhausted and second of 500 followed Then the fact of the use of actual names became public.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-26
asDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 26. Iss
eSourual ano Courier.

EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
 HARRINGTON & CO.,, No. 800 State Street, Courier Building
 JOHN B.. oARRnSeToN. EDWARD T. HARRINGTON. JOHN B. oARRINaToS JR.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-26
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Those who are tired of losing money in ''mines' might vary the monotony by taking ia fyer'' in Confederate bonds.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-26

The scarcity of water in Brooklyn has made it necessary to stop the use of water for street sprinking, fountains, gardens, washing sidewalks and fronts of houses.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-26

The publication of the report of the Treas ury department investigation last spring con- corning the manner in which Mir. Pitney, ap- pointed by Secretary Sherman custodian Of the public property of the department, per formed his duties, only increases the sur prise that the investigation was brought to an end when it was. It is also 8 matter of surprise, inasmuch as great deal has been said about the report not being based upon sworn evidence, and objection was made in the Senate to calling for the evidence taken because it was not taken under oath, that it should appear that all the evidence upon which the report was made was given usder oath, except only the statement of MT. Pit pey himself who declined to be sworn.
, 1881-02-04

RELIEF BILL FOR CAPT. GEORGE d.
HILL, U. s. A.-House bill 6S33, Intro.
duced by Mr.. Brents, directs that the
fourth clause Of section 1860 of the Re.
vised Statutes of the United States be
amended SO as to read as follows: Fourth
No person belonging to the Army OF
Navy shall be elected to or held any civil
office or appointment in any Territory
bat this clause shall not include officers Of
the Army OIL the retired list" The above
is evidently intended to apply to the case
of Capt. George d. Hill, U, S. A., who
was recently reelected to the office ol
County Treasurer Of King County. A
suit has been instituted against Capt. Hill
who is retired officer of the Army, to
determine his right to hold the office
Eminent lawyers have rendered opinion:
in the affirmative. Judge Burke, OF the
Seattle County Court, however, has helt
differently, and the case is now pending
before Judge Greene for bis decision.
, 1881-02-04

We are grstihed TO NOTICE that the
agent Of the Mcpherson colony has
visited the northern portion of What
com county, and that he has found
it to be substantially as represented
by the editor hereof in writing up a
description Of it last Spring for the
the immigration pamphlets publish
ed here, Those pamphlets were
written, not with a view OF attract
ing people hither by glowing and
highly colored accounts OF our re.
sources, but OF imparting authenti C
and reliable information about the
country as it is, and hence it is that
those who come after reading them
are not disappointed. We expect
to see Whatcom County's vacant ag
ricultural lands settled upon and i'm
proved by class OF desirable citi
zens.
, 1881-02-04

IT bas been stated by all the Sound
papers, we believe, that Capt. L. NJ,
Starr is suffering from cancer OF the
stomach, at Paso Robles Springs in
California. We are assured that
that is mistake, and that the affec-
tion is a disordered state of the
nerves Of the stomach. Capt Starr
expects to return to the Sound short.
L.,
, 1881-02-04

THE Kamloops outlaws we're hung
at New Westminster on the 31st
ult. They consisted Of the Mclean
brothers and Alex. Hare. Their
crime was the murder Of John Ussh.
er, at Kamloops, Dec. s, 1878. This
thing of killing ones fellow man in
British Columbia seems to be Sc
rious business.
, 1881-02-04
THOMAS JACKMAN, Defendant.


10 THOMAS JACKMAN. said Defendant:
In the name OF the United States of
America you are hereby required to ap-
pear In al action brought against You by
the above named plaintiffs In said Court,
and answer the complaint Oa file therein
in the Office OF the Clerk of said Court In
Port Townsend. Jefferson county, Wash.
Ter, within sixty days after the date of
this summons, or Judgment by default will
be taken against you according to the
prayer Of the complaint. The cause and
general nature OF the said action Is as fol-
lows, to wit:
Said action is brought to recover bal
ance due from you to plaintiffs upon an
account stated on or about the 10Th OF
February 1850. between you, amounting
to $4,000, which sum you then promised
to pay plaintiffs, but have not paid, nor
any part thereof. and which sum Is now
due from you to plaintiffs with interest
thereon at I'D per cent. per annum, to-
gether with the costs OF this action.
Witness the Hon. ROGER 5. GREENE,
Judge of said Court. with the
~~~I seal thereof affixed hereto, at
LIS. Port TowDsend, w. T., this
aN~~~. 2Sth da OF December 1880.
JAMES SEAYEY, Clerk.
ID. w. SMITH. Plaintiffs Attorney.
, 1881-02-04
Notice for Publication.
U. S, LAND OFFICE AT OLYMPIA, w. T. !

January ~, 1881.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named has filed notice OF his inten-
tion to make final proof in support of the
Heirs at law and secure final entry there
OF, and that said proof will be made be-
lore the Judge of the Probate Court, of
San Juan county, w. L. at his office mt
Friday Harbor, w. II. on Saturday the
18th day of March. A. ID. 1881,
JOSEPH SWEENEY, administrator
of the estate OF HENRY QUlNLAN.
deceased, on homestead application No.
1919 for the of wqr OF section lG
and !. Of II W or of section q twp 35 n.
r 8 W, and names the following as his wit
nesses to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of said tract, viz:
p. L. Peterson, Timothy Boggess, Fred.
Jones, and j. G. Archambault, all Of San
Juan. San Juan county w. L.
slow J.T. BROWN, Register.
, 1881-02-04

THB South American war is un.
doubtedly drawing to close-judg.
ing from the news of the capture of
Callao and Lima both by the victori-
Gus Chilians. The Peruvian govern
ment is reduced to the last extremi-
ty and must now submit to humili-
ating terms. Leaving the merits OF
their quarrel Ous OF the question,
Puget Sound business men will not
be sorry to hear of approaching
peace. 1t means an in crease Of for
eign trade Of all kinds.
, 1881-02-04
ANNUAL MEETING.
PUGET SOUND IRON COMPANY,


Notice is hereby given that the
Annual Meeting of the Stockhold-
crS of the Puget Sound Iron Com
pany will be held at the Office of
the Company in Port Townsend,
W. T., on Monday the 7th day Of
February, A. D. 1881, at the hour
of 10 O'Clock A, NJ, for the election
of Trustees and for the transaction
of such other business as shall come
before the meeting.
LOUIS POOLE,
Secretary.
Dated: January 9th, 1881.
, 1881-02-04
y. 4. HALEY and CHARLOTTE T.. HA
LEY, Defendants.

LEY, Defendants.
The United States OF America to n. c.
Haley and Charlotte Il Haley, DEF, UdantS
~ the above entitled cause.
You and each OF you are required 10 ap-
pear and answer the complainl on iie in
said cause in the Office OF the Clerk of said
Court ia Port townsend Jefferson county
Washington Territory. within sixty DAYS
after the dare Of this summons, or iudg-
ment by default will be taken against YOU
accrrding to the prayer ot Tie complaint.
This action is brought to foreclosc a
mortgage executed hy You the said defend
ants. Of date the first day OF November,
A. ID. 1873, to one B. +. Lovciand, upon
the following Real Estate situate in Isl.
and county W. r., to-wir:
The North Fast quarter Of section ten
(l0) in township No. 81, North OF Range
one u East. and a tract described as fol-
lows: Beginni = at the quarters, rtion
township and ran re, thence running south
along section line 2.S7-l00 chains to a
post; thence West - 7l-lO0 Chails to a
post; thence North T-lUO chsins to a
post, Northwest corner OF Hugh Crock.
ei;'s claim; thence East 3S 75-lOO claims
to place OF beginning. Which mortgage
was given to secure the payment Of a
prOmissOry note OF even date Herewith,
with the interest tor the sum OF one thous.
and dollars exer ted by said n. g. Haley
To said LoveIand. which said note and
mortgage Is now the property Of plaintiff
herein.
Witness Hon. R. S. GREENE,
Judge OF said Court with the
.~--~* seal thereof affixed at Port
sp., Townsend this Goth day OF
! November A. ID. 1850.
*~~~-* JAMES SEAyEy. Clerk.
j. K. LEWIS, Plaiptiff's Attorney.
, 1881-02-04
THAT JACK KNIFE.


during the late political campaign,
offered jack knife to the newspa'
per that could tell the most outra-
geous campaign lie and baretaCed
political falsehood. 1t was a matter
of doubt for long time as to wheth-
er it should go to the Louisville
"Courisr Journal" or to the \. y.
"World"-and even yet the matter
remains undecided. We beg leave
to claim, in behalf Of q Western
journal, the coveted prize, and as
sured OF success, present the name
of the editor of the "Oregonian" as
a candidate for the unusual honor.
On all ordiaary subjects, we admit,
be would not shine with the head
centers of the Eastern journals
named, but just whisper the name Of
John H. Mitchell in his ear and he
can, even when no political campaign
is raging, discount any eastern ed
itor,-any ancient or modern writer
in real downright Misrepresentation.
We have read with curiosity his as
founding reply to Mitchell's open
letter, and also the editorials that
from time to time have appeared in
the "Oregonian," and need only to
point to the Inconsistencies his bit
ter hatred of x.Senator Mitchell
has led him into to convince any can.
did mind of whatever party that the
"Tribune" jack knife surely should
be sent to Oregon.
The editor of the "Oregon:aa"
holds up Mr.. Mitchell as creature
of corporations and monopolies, and
attempts at the same time to make
himself the special champion of a
corporation, viz: the Northern Pa
ci6c r. r. He attacks Mr.. Mitchell
as unworthy Of confidence for advo
eating certain measures in the Sen.
ate, and yet proclaimed aloud his
unvarying confidence in Senator
Blaine who had advocated the same
measures. He is ever sounding the
trumpet of free trade, and yet be.
cause Mr.. Mitchell advocated free
trade with the Sandwich Islands he
is most vehement in season and out
of season in attacking him therefor
and the Hawaiian treaty as well,
which was partial free trade meas.
urs.
Men who permit their prejudices
and personal feelings to triumph
over principles; who, to obtain
sweet personal revenge, would tram.
pie party success and party princi-
Piles under foot, are unworthy any
position of trust or influence, and
least Of all that Of leader of pub.
lie opinion and conductor of great
journal. Any man who knows any.
thing of the political history of the
Northwest during the last ten years
knows that when Mr.. Mitchell was
in any way antogonistic to the N North.
ern Pacific Railroad he was only act.
Ing as a guardian Of the best inter-
ests of the people Of Oregon-not as
an enemy Of the railroad. We in
Washington Territory felt injurt d
bee ause he SO earnestly looked out
for the interests of Portland and Ore.
gon, in his amendments to the North.
ern Pacific Bill, and it is the barest
faced SANDER to now charge him with
being traitor to Oregon. Take the
jack knife Mr.. "Oregonian" man!
, 1881-02-04
A CARD.

TO all who are suffering from ihe errors
and indiscretions OF youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c; |
will send you recipe that will cure you
FREE OF CHARGE. This great REM
edy was discovered by missionary in
South America. Send a self-addresscl let
ter to the REV. JOSEPH I. INMAN, Station
ID, New York City.
, 1881-02-04
The Oregon kidney Tea

The Oregon kidney Tea.
If your back aches, or if you have any
trouble with your kidneys or urinary or
gans, don't buy some nostrum that you
know nothing about, made in some dis
tant city to sell, but buy a remedy that
has never been known to fail, made from
herbs produced in Oregon and put up by
a firm known all over the Coast. Patron
ize home Industry and be cured at the
same time.
, 1881-02-04

The Old "Western Farmers AL
manac," published by John P. Nor.
ton & Co., of Louisville, Kentucky,
is the best publication for the price
no cents) in The United States.
, 1881-02-04

Our readers will please excuse ty.
biographical errors this week. We
had to hurry TO issue on time.
, 1881-02-04

Return when Hostetter's Stomach Bittcrs Is
Systematically used by q bilious dyspeptlc
sufferer. Moreover, since the brain sympa
thiZes closely with the stomach and its asso-
ciate organs. the liver and the bowels, as
their arrangement Is ,ectiied by the action
Of the Bitter, mental dependency produced
by that arrangement disappears.
For sale by all Druggists and Dealers gen.
orally,
, 1881-02-04
SUMMONS.

IN the District Court Of the Third Ju.
dicinl District of Washington Te ritory
holding terms at Port Townsend in jet.
rson County.
PHI. LEWIS, PlnintiiE
, 1881-02-04
SUMMONS.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
the Third JudIcia District OF Washington
Territory, holding terms a: Port Town
send.
J. II. TURNER and II. G. BEETON, part
ners doing business under tln name and
style OF Turner Beeton & Co.." Plain
titfs.
, 1881-02-04
NOTICE.

Our Descriptive Illustrated Price
List, No. 40, OF Dry Goods, etc., viii bo
issaed about March 1st, 1881. Pricee
quoted In No. n8 will remain good until
that date. Send us your name early for
COPY Of No. 40. Free to any address.
MONTGOMERY WARD CO.,
Dg5 u aae Wabash Ave-, Caicngo, Ilk
, 1881-02-04
This is the Boss
chance ever offer
ed on Pug,'t Sound
All goods are
marked in plain
figures. Send Or
ders, or come in
person.

Our prices in gro
ceries, hardware,
crockery, carpets,
ship chandlery,
iron, steel, black.
smiths and me.
chanics' tools, as
well as farming
implements, lime,
cement, brick, and
plaster; in fact
everything else,
have been largely
reduced.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-11
Miners Union Rail

This event will take place on Ruby Hill
next Monday evening, It being the seventh
social affair given by the Union. 1t is an
annual occurrence that is looked forward to
with more than ordinary pleasure. All
the past efforts Of the Union have been at
tended with great success. and the ensuing
entertainment promises to add to its
laurels. The gentlemen who have been
entrusted with its management are men OF
marked social standing on the Hill, and
their appointment is a guaranty that all
the guests will be well taken care OF, and
that the surroundings will be conducted
to the enjoyment Of all. Frank Riegel-
huth has been engaged to furnish the
music, and he will organize an orches-
ira suitable for the occasion. The
supper will be provided by Mrs.
Kavanaugh, who has made quite o reputa-
ton through her supreme catering sbili-
ties. The ball is deserving OF a large at
tendance from this town. and will no
doubt receive it.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-11
Carson Mint Politics.

It Is expected, says the Index, that in
the course OF events the Administration
will make a change In the personnel con-
nected with the Carson Mint. Just how
sweeping the change will be cannot OF
course be predicted, but that this institu-
ton will hereafter be in accord with Re-
publicanism OF an incorporating order
cannot be doubted. 1t ia scarcely possible
that corporation influence will hereafter
be able to repress that definite party spirit
which Federal officers and employees are
expected to represent. Nor yet is 1T to
be- expected that the Carson Mint will
again be the seat and hotbed Of political dis
sension or Of organized insult to that class
OF Republicans who are in the habit OF
supporting and voting for Republican
principles. Who the new Superintendent
will be no n knows, and speculation 10
comparatively useless, but this much IL
certain, that Senator Jones has now an
opportunity to serve the Republican party
In this State which has been denied him
ever since the Administration Of Presi.
dent Hayes began. II can hardly DO sup
posed that he will fail in his duty to the
Republican party in Nevada. 1t 10 in hii
power to contribute very largely to q 70
organization and strengthening OF the
party here, and any failure OF his duty In
these respects will not be looked upon
with patience by those who r at heart
Republicans. The dissatisfaction over the
present status Is wide spread and the fe
termination prevails that Republicanisn
shall hereafter be the strong agency
through which this people are to improve
their condition.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-10-11

Virginia Chronicle: In the counties Of
Storey, Lyon, Ormsby and Washoe there
are ten job printing offices, each Of which
contributes more or less to the profits Of
the Virginia & Truckee Railroad Company,
. very wealthy corporation, Of which the
Chronicles readers have often heard.
Whenever this wealthy corporation re-
quires any job printing, 1t might be sup
posed that, like our merchants and bust.
ness men, IT would patronize some one OF
the ten printing offices which patronize II.
But such is not the case. Most OF Ito
printing is done, we Believe, in Cincinnati,
Ohio, or in Canada, and when time does
not permit Of sending SO far, the order
goes to California. The little handbills
scattered about town to-day, announcing
a special train during the State Fair week,
is q case in point. The cost Of this little
job did not probably exceed $40, yet the
economical V. & T. Company-whose road
was built entirely on subsidies from the
people and mining companies-grudges
the expenditure here Of even so triding q
sum. In fact the Y. d T. Company buys
nothing In Nevada that it can possibly get
elsewhere-not even q gallen of oil or .
box OF matches. Is 1t to be wondered at
that q corporation whose sole aim seems to
be to play the part of a gigantic leech-
sucking the life-blood out OF the whole
community-should have become an object
OF general d~etestationf Its motto prac-
tically IL, "Live and let s~tarve"