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Daily globe., 1882-08-13
Homes for Bachelors,

lmprovident marriages are often at
tributed to the fact that many men,
weary and disguised with boarding
house life, rush into matrinony to es-
cape the misery they have suffered. To
remedy this it is proposed that houses,
fitted up with commodious but not ex-
travagant apartments, be built for the
exclusive use of single men. The expe-
rience tried in New York some time ago
has proved so successful that the Bene-
dict-teneInent-house system is to be ex-
tended.
Daily globe., 1882-08-13
A Poor Qnini0n.

When mans wife dies. and the ed
itor OF the local paper prints an obitu-
ary which wind up with the words,
"The young husband has met with q
loss which can never be replaced" he
may appreciate the soothing words at
the time, but about week after marry
ing his second wife he must have a very
poor opinion of the prophesying powers
OF the editor. r.-Norristoac Herald,
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The Temple Of Pleasure.

There are many ways for man in
search Of amusement I" pass Il pleasant
evening in Butte, but there is only one
well provided theatre, and it is t" Il
theatre that seeker after pleasure
naturally turns his steps. The Theatre
COnlitil,c is too well known To need any
special mention in this connection,
since it is recognized a. th.: theatre Of the
city; hut there are special attractions
to DC found there now, and other and
varied sperialtic~ will soon appear on
the ConliIuc boards. The addition ri Il
complete stage :3,sx:4 feet. and If entire
~ new scenery, painted by Mr.. laxsOn,
o: this city, will make the Co'niquc one
oftl'e largest and hest appointed theatres
in the Rocky Mountains. On Thurs
day, the 18th inst, the following bril-
liant specially artists will make their
tirst appearance t" Il Butte audience:
Harry l.saviit and Jennie Allan; the
Pr"tcan sketch artists; Mile L"r:,in
and Albert Lawrence, celebrated tr;.-
pee performers, Ill! um.iualIcd in their
peculiar business.
Last night Adams, in his blrlcs.,uc
,rx:rzc acts, Charley Blair in Irish
comedy, the ZaM,rctta Sisters in their
new double dances, and Tommy Marsh
in his character sketches, :.'mts>'"du large
and well-rle"~..l audience.
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Marriage.

Last evening ut eight O'clock in tin
Methodist Church, in this city, Mrs..
Eva \. GWdrich was married to Tie
pastor W the church, Rev. John ). Gar
vim, by Rev. Mr.. Hall, Of sun River.
and Rev. Mr.. Shannon, OF Virginia
City.
Mrs. john Wanl,lcr, Mrs. Will Ar
h!ita::c and Miss Kate Ecgtlcy acted rs
bridesmaids. and A;..~r~. Wan.pi,r, Ar
mitagc and Ilc".i,y as groo,,i>n,rn.
Durin" the ceremony Mrs. i:;"".,
played Mrmdt!~"hn'S wedding march
on the church organ After til: .rr.-
m"ny tn" newly married couple stood
near the altar an! received Tie ,.,l,"rat-
ula'i"nS O: their numerous friends. Tie
MINER wishes then, Il l,;.:,..n: vuy,u.
over :!W So: Of married life.
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The Public Schools.

I'll" l.uI'ii" >,':."ol rooms in the Ca
Ilicc binding are no, yet iii Il condition.
t" BE- use'l effectively. The floors arr,
still rough, and the tr:.,,sol,,- are moi in
working order. The lupi'< were Ills
missed yesterday al three o'clock. NV,
little boys were f"uns! Yesterday ju.! af-
ter school was dis:'Jt~cI dangerously
near the walls" i ,!'c":'! :"hon; building.
They were exploding: fire cr.,c.crs AND,
"rpc'!ocs near the SOU, beast enc: q; th,
structure and making Il great n,iss.
When reminded that they wcr. vin;"t-
ing a city ":''in:.nc: they cxr.,:as: them
selves and hl,,si,..i, hut finally con-
itsSct' that they were trying +" "kn,n.k
The Old thing down. /, i>to Iu ho,u,,
parents will forbid such practices.
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Special Notice.

The following articles ratified of ut til,
Butte fancy table Of the Ladies' Fair
were not called for and may Ike obtained
to-day ut two o'clock ut the residence o
Rev. J. J. Dolls:
l. Bedroom set, NJ. McNamee, No. p
=. Chair tidy, NJ. Mahoney, No. -.
;. Work box, Mrs. Lavellc, No. CD.
4. Afghan, Mn. Jacobs, M. IL.
). \ cup, Joseph Daft, No. ..
6. \ hantlkerchiefl,ox, Mrs. Doncg.n
No. Is.
7. Brackets, Annie Pe:tton, No.5.
3. Envelope case, Annie Peatton, No.
ID.
-. Clothes tidy, Thos. Rogan No. u
IL. Fancy basket, Ann McAulifie.
No. 10.
II. Toilet set, Mrs. AlavcI,c~St4.u,
No. -.
II. Fancy cr'>s, Mrs. Maxwell, No. -.
IL. Silver card receiver, J. Brown.
No. II.
II. lcrfumery case, Jno. Dow,l, No. 3.
u. Pinctlsllion, N"wlan, No. IL.
III. \ Madonna, =. J. Collins. No. ).
wALkERvILI.E FANCY TABLE.
!. suit Of clothes, NJ. J. Foley, No. :.
=. Letter case, Temple, No. ~.
=; Dolls bed. J. Philips, No. Ii. i-l,-l,
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Police News.

Yesterday WAS busy day in Judge
Wilcox 5 'sn,ri. \ good deal Of the com
centr.tcd wirkc,ineS> OF Butte un.orI,.,l
itself sunday, making it the painful du-
~ Of the Judge I" cork it up again in
the county Jail. There were DRINKS an
diA'rtlcrlie>, men vii" l~a, women and
women who tried to heat men, Young
men VIII" got drank AMI were falsely a.
cn-ed Of burglary. ami Young women
VIII" accused them wr"n"tully; indeed
all the fav"ritc sins were well REPRESENT
ell by APT sinners, Even handed it's
was metcd out I" al: however. and the
young Mcn accused of burglary were
found not guilty and discharged.
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Railroad News.

Hon. Samuel Wore! returned night
before last from his visit to Omaha and
other points cast. lie reports business
extraordinarily large on the l.. T.. and
all its branches:
\ large number Of men Will, blankets
AMI provisions passed. through, Butte
yesterday on their Way to the scene Of
operations in the Silver Bow canyon.
Ii they join the Utah l. Northern force.
now ut work there, this company will
be represented hy numerous and cner-
getic body If men. The track of the
I. 4 y. in that direction is fast nearing
completion.
Nj. J. 1retOn, who has charge Of the
Northern Pacific graders ut work in the
canyon near the Hump, called at the
MINER Office yesterday. There are
some fifty men now ut work there for
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The Public Schools.

The average attendance Of pupils al
the Butte public schools this year will
probably moi number less than five hun.
drt''. \ beginning was made yesterday
III the rooms in the Caplicr building.
nut the seats are not yet nailed down,
and the rooms are in so much confusion,
Naturally t" he expected at the COM
Increment "f sessions in the new u,,ar-
'ers--that hut little can he accomplished
This week. by next Monday it is hoped
that all tcacl'cr~ and pupils will I've again
ready I" fall int" that routine which, is
ut the same time the bane and the nc<cs-
>;'ry accompaniment If school life.
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Pest House Closed.

To-day the City Smallpox: Hospital i.
closed. Otto Abeling, the only remain.
ing patient anywhere in this vicinity
Is now discharged, and the u,,ar..ntin,
Mt the lx'~t-house is ut an end. TIL.
maintenance "f the quarantine and VI.
ri"us expenses If the m>t-l,ou<c cost
the city MT much lers tl.an 80 per day.
amt 1t Is consequently, in every respect,
" matter Ut sincere congratulation that
the smallpox terror, with all ito alarn,-
ing and expensive acc.'n,pani,,,ents.i is
now 1T an end.
All bedding. clothing and articles Of
every sort u-.i BY the patients " no died.
will tx ut once destroyed by fire. and
the entire premises will Ike thoroughly
fun'igatei with sulpl,ate IF zinc and
CsarbOlic oil.
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In the 6uprems Court AZ 1pntapl
lest Saturday morning the celebrated
case Of Cannon ". Gilmer & Salisbury
was taken up and argued ct length. ThiI
h an action for personal damages sue
tanned by plaintiff being thrown from
oneof deSendant's coaches, and having
bis lex broken. some time ago. ana b In
teresting because Of several novel law
points involved. Mr.. DeWolfe, Of thin
city, appears for the appellants and
Messrs. Napton and Robinson Of Deer
Lodge, tor the respondent.
On Friday the motion to dismiss ap-
peal in the case of Kleinschmidt We.
Barclay was overruled.
The case Of Manton VI. Igler Yves sub
mitted on briefs.
In the case Of McKinstry VI. Clark
the motion to strike out a portion Of the
record was rad and Overruled.
It Is runored in Helena that the gov
eminent contemplates beginning suit
against Gilmer, Salisbury L Co., for
SOU, go paid to them over and above
the original contract price on various
mail routes operated by them.
For most Of the above information We
are indebted to the last issues eff the Hell
ana independent 0"d Herald.
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THE PUBLIC ADl41N1sTRAT0R,
Legal Oigations Arising in Case OF
Sudden Death.

There have been Il number Of insta,c
es In tho last few months of sudden
deaths in Butte and in Silver Bow Coun
ty. In new countries, where the large,
part ut the population is composed o
persons without immediate family ties.
and comparatively unknown tn cs.cl,
other, there arr certain duties which the
law imposes on the friends anu ac,, ,l,,int-
ances Of any one dying suddenly, and
even on the public at large, in regard to
which there is \ general ignorance oi
the law.
Chapter thirteen If the probate prac.
tice act provides that 'cvery public adj
mtnistrat"r duly appointed, commissioned
and qualified, M"xftake charge of estate
ofpesons dying within his countyv. Yet
in several recent cases it is alleged that
the estates "f such persons have li~aI,-
peared completely before the public a.i-
ministratOr was even notified Of their
dcceasc. by section ::;:ss5 of the same act
it IL declared ''whcncvcr Il stranger or
alerson without known hcirs, dies in
tcstate in the house or premises of an
other, the lessor "f the premises, or any
one knowing the facts, must give in,n,,.-
diate notice thereof to the public admin
istrat"r Of the county, u~' M h:Jr"H
Of =" "oi"N, hC tx Ht'hhc for o"v d,,u,ty,
M't "''ty liz <"*tui",d Mr,rhH.'
BE section RS it is made the
duty Of all civil officers to
notify the public a,in,ini.t r.tcr |
Of the existence IF property OF any such
tlccsslcnt, and 10y SECTIONS $40 and :;lI
the latter officer is empowered to bring
before the probate Judge Ivy due process
of law, any and all persons who c,ni"z-
z'e, conceal, or in any way t.n,~r with
the property of the deceased in any such
case.
With such an efficient officer ~ Mr.
F.. i. Waterbury, the present public adj
of this county, there is no
danger that public interests in s,icl,
matters will not lc well guarded. hut
very resident Of this county and city
should read and remember carefully
he provisions "f the law as:.bove given.
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Railroad Time Table.

The north bound passenger train o.,
the 'ta!l X Northern r.r,; arrives =,
the Butt" depot ut lH:iop. ~.
The south bound train leave. H.,
Butte ,ivi"i 1T ! O'clock every nnrn;n.
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Corroobcr.ience.

We have received letter from, Mr.
r. d. Brown, IT PhiliI'sburg, NJ. r..
'atc'i January eth, 1881, in which, with
IN enclosure for HOLIDAY MINERS. il
IL stated that ''they give greater salts
1actio9 than anything in that line ever
turned out before in the country"
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Attention.

PERSONS who have mailed copies O!
the HOLIDAY MINER will take notice.
that the postage required ut the l,ost
office Is four cents, and that a number
M copies OF the paper mailed by private
individuals are now detained ut the
Butte office on account of insufficient
hostage.
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the II. p. company, this being the great
ct number able to work there to advan-
tage ct this season Of the year. MI. Ire
ton reports that work Is being pushed
vigorously all along the line from Pen
d'Oreille lake eastward, and he conf
IDENTIFY predicts that trains from Port
land, Oregon, will be running through
to Butte before another spring.
The first general prospectus of the
Northern Pacific road showing, the
schedule time for trains running into
Miles City, has been received at this
Office. The regular through passenger
trains run only ~ far as Glendive, the
construction trains for the present rum
ming into Miles City. According to the
map on this prospectus the main line of
the Northern Pacific passes through
Butte, while branch road via Helena
Hamilton and the mouth Of
the Bear. This Is also according to the
opinion Of the Ogden Pilot, which
says that maps Of the Northern Pacific
show the main line running vim Butte,
and branch via Helena. Ifthis be 80,
says the lMutlisomian, it is probable that
Butte will have the main line running
here "A year or two before the lOcolno-
i've shoots through the Mullan Pass
tunnel to the capital.
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Strike in the Bell Of Butte

On Thursday msrning body az or.
ten feet wide was struck in the Bell of
Butte ut the depth of 100 feet. Only one
wall of the vein has 81 far been reached.
the Ore showing native lind wir,.
silver.
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We acknowledge the receipt Of the
Rtrky Mountain 1Nswx Mwstruttd ~
Ma"''c for 1857, . handsome pamphlet
full Of interesting western railroad and
mining news, and well illustr.ted.
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Anlleuser Busch beer from 1t. Louis
,s one OF the most recent arrivals in
Butte.
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BOULDER CITY, Jan. Z, 1859.

BOULDER CITY, Jan. :, 1862.
EiifOr Butte Miner:
DEAR SlR-EnclOsed nnd one dollar,
for which please send me HOLIDAY
MINERS. Your HOLIDAY MINER gives
great satisfaction all over the country as
far ~ can hear, and am we'll pleased
with the numbers that you sent me. ]
wish to send them to friends in the
Fast. II. C'Ok.
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Supply Of Coal at the o. q n. Depo,

Supply Of Coal at the q. q n. Depot
Mr.. f. +. Hulaniski, of the L. & n
road, has now on hand seven or eight
car loads of coal for sale ut the depot.
He has just received the following tel.
egram from Mr.. J. r. Clark, ut Omaha,
in res.arl to the sale of coal to the pub
liz generally:
OMAHA, Nebraska.
f.. r. Lfutanixki, Butte: We have ar
ranged to ship you two or three hundred
tons Of coal to sell ut Butte; il not sold
on car, arrange to unload in one end of
the new shed. J. r. CLARK. (.
by letter previously received from Mr..
d. u. Clark, Of date Dec. y, the follow
ing prices were fixed for coal, in car
loads ut the L. l. n. Butte depot; Alma
coal PR ton, If taken in Cur loads, $l6.
This coal il Of good quality, coming
from near Evanston, hut is more suit
able for engines, etc., than for house
The other grade, called
Wcher, from Weller Canyon, comes
from near Echo, and is excellent coal
for household use. The Weber coal, if
bought in car loads, is sl7.N per ton.
The hardware merchants of Butte
will 10 well to send immediate orders
For house and kitchen coal stoves, a. ut
these prices there is no reason why eoal
should not lie generally used.
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The best means to prevent the undu
e1c1oechnent Of cheap Chinese hbo
ON the legal rights Of whitemen b t
pursue strictly legal course Of discour
aeemeut towards both the Chinese EN-
ployes and their white Employer. w
are glad to see that the workingmen o.
this section oftle country appreciate thu
immense advantage which results to
their cause from having law on their
side, and that they have organized, a.
shown by the following communication,
which we print in full, for the purpose Of
mutual protection. There can be no
doubt that all other things being equal
the public and enlightened sentiment Of
this a. of every other community ON the
Pacific Coast IL in favor Of white native
labor ut any cost AZ against cOlOred or
foreign labor at cheap rates.
PARK. Silver Bow Co., Jan. l, 's2
Editor Miner:
DEAR SIR The wOrkingmen Of the
Park and vicinity convened this day for
the purpose Of organizing society
which shall liz known as the Working
mems Union.
The meeting was called to order at ::
p. M, James Mattingly in the chair af-
ter u speech by the chairman, setting
forth the object If the meeting, the FOL-
lowing officers were elected:
JnO. Jones, secretary.
A motion was made and carried that
the SECRETARY act as treasurer.
4 motion was made and carried that
all persons wishing to become members
have their names enrolled.
Number enrolled, one hundred and |
fifty men.
1t was announced by the chair that |
We hold our next meeting ut TalbOt's
wood camp.
4 motion was made and Carried that
he minutes of this meeting liz published
in the Butte MINER.
JNO. JONES.
Secretary.
All the remaining whitesnen who
nave been in Jail here, bound over to ap-
'ear before the grand jury, have been re-
eased on hail. The entire party left
yesterday for their wood camp. The
welve whitcncn ch0pping for Talbot
lear Dixie Gulch, say that there are no
'hinamcn now cutting there, and they
ID not propose that any shall come.
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LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining In the Butt" I'',siOtlicr Jan. S IS,

Anderson e. F.
\ Beet JulI,eA-2
i. TX t;rO w
l:.,.l:r"r 4. \
u nu>.alt Josephine
I3rnhNk"r Geo
Bother VI
t:m'nr,ir IhCN
EUtt:rr r. II
lsuckh,an lZur.: >
l:u''i,'eT (;nti}irh
t'lliidS - II
t'l,Ni,:ard u
cnc!'"tt Isaac
t"p.'l:'n't VIM
t.ntrlt .Ia.r"S
t"iliHgWn<xi Il
Collier Joan "
tr0l ley John
cunningham e. !
t'rMiIncv 1'h,,>
laws Miss Emma
bailey Mis-. Lizzie
!'an> Joseph
l"Wd lavuu
N"',:."!lv Edward
honey WIN
bolton John
lumbar W A
run Geo a
Drak" Mis-. I,ihh;r
riahrIiy pa;r,c.>
NZ'Airick('
Fisher Geo
Flynn Owen
Forest i;ean
'a:.;,pher ~
Gal!aGs.cr owen
tieH"r'ch II
Hilbert l:Obt
Gr"gy.j
l;rl.i,tlI 4 X
HA,,>c hiI> Carrie
Is;irnr .v 81
HALL Mis- l)il!a
Haskell John y
Bal':cnrK SirS Sarah
i'A.riS Frank
Harrington John
Hubbard J 81
i jar Ni~i~--:.
link james -
l.a;k:n James
J.'Arcn chris
J :sCTin Felix
J Later Arthur
I.a:."n>lcv Ernest
az or. il;c,c 4 lie
lLacr.1ix Js.xcpn
."Xr:s gideon
Lehman III
l.t.Slsa-r John r
10. .0fxl lila NJ
Laraway Bert
long Frank
PcrxOns calling for
ssase say advertised.
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Lynch (':Ias II
iIni'.igrsn pr
Aj'hiiY Th,,S
Mcdonald DJ
, MciIerl.lOt. Mrs y!
M:Elroy Sai,.ue:
McIMIrl iIavi.i J.,
Met OiIncli Harry :"
Mrk~en YRS Ann.
MCKENZIE john :,
Marshall y
Martin WIN
M:ckio VIM
Ma.ss.u pa,.
Marin E.Iwac!
Martin Jasu"r "
Morrison Is r.
MtM,r.' i...im.i {;
MOreau Heniv
Morrison SIR, Ma.
Moore NJ j
Mnrr" DANES Al
MulTy Geo
Murphy j ! :.
Mandy jo..:,
Murray l''"", !.
Murphy Com
NOiS" Geo
Noble geo Il
Price " l.
Pr'"'iOv Clarrn."
i'y"r jesse \
.:..>!Tii$en ltfrr +.
't", INOnal & I
e:s "
Ross (il'
n: J
il. .liins y!
Enw" l. y
Er ger A
ini,ia +.
N' cr> r.
Robinson K /;
SnIjLil j
Sar.r;sEi =
Sclul,.'Hc. :: -
seat; " -
Seward ~ y
SMILING !. y
SilsD III
S!!iv"iv
Southland T.
Siei'rIs ~
SuxEOIl" T. NJ
SfOver mr. Ii
StOver 4
Swayrr J
T~rry J
TseItN:ih W
A1.ner II
White susan
Williams \
WOOlT
.OPtliI,gtOn {; T.
Tho above letters will
I0DERT SMITH.
Postmaster.
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Suh3ect--Tho Holiday Miner.
The following letters have just bcen
received ut this Office:
HELENA, Jan. 8, 1S6s.
Editor Butte Miner:
DEAR Please find enclosed
stamps for u sample copy Of your Holi-
day paper, which IL the top Of Montana
Journals. W. N. MANN.
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PcrxOns calling for tho ahnvo lo,,ors will
psase say advertiser,
". E0DERT SMITH.
POstm0ster
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-12-07
The Dog Law.

The bravery of legislator is test ed by his disposition to tamper with the "dog law" The average Arkan- sas statesman would rather strike a ton of dynamite with a sledge- ham mer than to creep into the misty caves of law making and drag forth a full l-fsdged law prescribing the rights of an internal cur. Sheep may be banished from the land and hy- drophobia rage as an epidemic, but the right of every citizen of this glo. rlous country to rear up and foster an unlimited number of lousy, mangy, sore-eyed CUTS, free from taxation. shall never be denied, questioned or abridged. The legis- lator that stands up in opposition to this brawny tower of freedom-free hounds, free flee, free CUTS. free set. ters and free bull dogs-must be tumbled into an abyss of forgetful- ness quicker than a Iap-dog can lick the butter-dish.-True Democrat.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-12-07

IT HAS been some time since the SUI
 preme court of the United States de.
 clared the cotton tax of lS8S-'6e-'67
 illegally collected, and yet no effort
 has been made to have the money
 refunded to the people of the South.
 The southern member who will have
 the courage to stand upon the floor n the halls of congress, and advo- cate and secure the passage of bill authorizing the return of the cotton tax to the respective states, will be indeed a public benefactor. $1O,- OO0,OO0 was the amount collected on cotton produced in Arkansas; and. If this sum was refunded, how the financial condition of the State and people would be improved. It will be urged by many that the scheme is impracticable. Not at all. Let the amount collected from each this can be easily ascer. tained-be paid back to such state. Then let the legislature of each of said states provide for the appoint ment of a court of claims, whose du- ty it shall be to ascertain and de- termine the amount due each pro. ducer on account of payment of such tax, and then distribute the money by the general government. It is not necessary there should be any complicated machinery in the of distribution of the fund, and if at the expiration of specified period of time there should be any part of it unclaimed, then it can re- vert back to the state treasury. We have thus hurrisdly and crudely stated our views of this question, and hope to hear from those who have given it study. To all such, the columns of the DEMOCRAT are open.
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-12-07

contract from the beginning, and proved himself first-class contract or, and a man who does exactly what he says he will. He has the gin house ready for the machinery, and Mir. Haney moved the bat cards in last week. The press is at the depot and will be put in at once; it will be placed by the door openiug on the railroad, and will press the cotton bale upwards, where when finished it is dumped onto platform and from there onto the platform on the railroad. Mir. Cox says he will complete his contract this week. He has done model job and should feel proud of his work.
 Walter Scott has the contract for whitewashing the gin, fencing, the cellar, the mill and all the out-hous- es around, and has his work nearly finished. He is doing good job, ard everything looks so neat and fresh that it reminds one very much of a New England town around Mel rose,
The Russellville Democrat., 1882-12-07
A Timely Communication.
BROTHER FARMERS:

iJhOihEh I AhMEhS.
 Have you worked the following problem: What is the difference be. tween raising 12 bales of cotton at s cents per pound, or bales at II cents per pound? Count all the cost of each, and see how much bertter the poor farmer could better his condi- tion by substituting that extra land in corn, or small grain, or grass, or potatoes, or fruit trees, or portion of the foregoing mentioned products. Then he would be likely to have a hog to sell or beef instead of buy ing. Is it not reasonable to suppose that we would realize II cents per pound if we adopted the foregoing plan, and be more prosperous five years hence? Have you ever figur- ed on farming, or ever kept diary of your work while farming2 If not now is good time to commance, as times are very close, and it will require rigid economy to make buckle and tongue meet this winter.
 Yours fraternally,
 Hfale OBSERVER.