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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-10-18

on the hay, they crept out of the
barn and started for home, running
almost every step Of the way. The
moon had gone down and it was quito.
dark; but this they thought was fa-
vofable, for if the tramp, or hand
organ man, or lunatic, or whatever
it might be, awakened by their exit
from the barn, should follow them, he
could net readily see them.
They reached home, and, finding
the back door ajr, crept up TO bed
with happy sense Of safety and
comfort. 1t never occurred to them
to ask how that door chanced TO be
open at that time Of, night. They
were only too glad TO ascertain the
fact, without asking any questions
about it; but, If they had been look
ing out about ten minutes after their
own arrival, they would have seen o
familiar figure enter, bolt the door,
and walk softly up to Joe's room.
The next morning they slept SO
sonndly Nanny had to ringth bell,
an unprecedented act, for they were
generally up at dawn. They came
down very hungry, very happy and
quite content to find themselves in
their own places at the breakfast
table, cossetted by Nanny, instead
Of waking up in the hay on the top
Of Captain Ingram's barn. Some.
how, seen by daylight, their plan Of
going to sea looked very silly and
dreary.
While they were eating breakfast,
Baasha said there must have been u
traveller along the night before
Traveller was the old country name
for tramp" The grass was trampled
about the buttery windows, and she
had found deficiency Of doughnuts
and cookies, and there was not so
much cold beef for breakfast as she
thought there was. Tom and Bert
did not dare to look up while she
was telling this, If they had they
would have observed an unusual
twinkle in Joes eyes, as he looked
at them, and suspicious twitching
at the corners of his mouth.
"Poor cretnr!" said Nanny, who
always had a tender spot in her heart
for hungry folks. 81 hope the Wit
Ties tasted good to him..
In conclusion, will add one very
mysterious incident. II will be re.
membered that the boys packed their
provisions in large tin pail, and
they certainly never thought Of
taking it with them on their rapid
retreat from the barn; but you should
have seen Toms eyes when he point
ed out that very pail to Bert, as it
stood on the kitchen dresser that
morning.
, 1882-01-14
II. Il. NyS8um.

The Colonial Council of st. Croix.
The Chairman further notified the re
ceipt of a communication from the Presi-
dency dated 18th November last, No. 1906,
agreeably to which His Majesty had been
pleased 10y Royal Resolution Of It'll Octo-
Der last to nominate Lawyer c. s. Wassard,
Manager of the st. Croix Central Sugar
Factory, as Ind Crown Member OF the
Council in lieu of L~andphySicus kalmer.
Lawyer Wassard was present and hand
ed in his patent OF nomination, which was
examined and found i'll order.
The Chairman then declared Lawyer
Wassard to be entitled to a seat and vote
as Member of the Colonial Council, and
LAWYER Wass.rd signed the prescribed
formular OF oath.
The Council proceeded to the Order of
Day viz:
|, Discussion on Report from the Com
mittee to revise st. CroiX Communal Ac-
counts for lS76-U. q
The Report reads as follows:
COMMITTEE REPORT.
The undersigned Committee, appointed
by the Colonial Council to revise the
Statements of ST. Croix Communal Ac-
counts for l876-77, beg leave to render the
following report =
, 1882-01-14
3 G.G45.7l

This is certainly a considerable sum
Of tranSgreSsions Of the expenditure. AS,
however, the transgreSSiOns sub No. ], .,
3, 4, 6 and IL are not very considerable,
we would recommend that they be sane
toned by the Council. And as, further.
more, the excess Of expenditure sub No.
Z originates from the smallpox epidemic
that prevailed here in st. Croix III that
financial year as the excess sub No. 8
must have been unavoidable, and as, fur
ther, the excess Of expenditure sub No. 10
must have been caused by the damages
done by the hurricane of 1866 to public
buildings in the lsland,-the Committee
would-While adding that it would have
been more correct, il the Presidency had
in due time submitted to the Council the
necessary supplementary grants under
those several items, and while referring to
the explanation and thepromise, which the
acting President gave III the Councils
meeting on the LIST August 1881 during the
discussion on the Report from the Commit
tee appointed by the Council to revise the
Communal Accounts for 1S7S-79,-recOn-
mend that the abovenamed items of excess
of expenditure be sanctioned by the Coun-
ell. For the items named above sub No.
5 and 8 there are no grants under the
Budget. These expenses are therefore no
tranSgresSionS Of expenditure, but they
are simply an expenditure which without
any warrant at all in the budget has been
effected, and then entered on the State.
ment of accounts. AS, however, it may
be presumed that the amount sub No. 3
would have been granted, if q draft Of
grant to that effect had been submitted to
the Council, because there was great call
at the time for the measure in question;
and as the amounts sub No. 5 have already
been paid out to the parties concerned and
must be considered as having been neceS-
sary, we would,-while referring to the
promises which the acting President on
the same occasion made in the Council
and to the Council, viz. that expenses
would not be incurred, before they had
been granted under the Budget, except
in very special and urgent cases, where
time does not allow of the necessary
grant being submitted to the Council for
that purp0Se,-recOmmend that the two
items of expenditure be sanctioned
With reference to the Versur-Items the
Committee, in consideration of the declara-
ton which the acting President gave in
the Councils Meeting of 21st March 1881
regarding the receipt. of sum into the
Colonial Treasury. to cover payments
to be made at the Chief Chest in Copen-
hagen, would make no further comments
here in this respect beyond merely remark
ing, that in the financial year for which
we nave had the accounts under revision
such receipts nave amounted to q total sum
of $20,3S0.55
st. Croix, 10Th November 1881.
JAS. P, BRULEY, P. LEMMING.
, 1882-01-14
THE REVENUES.

With reference to these we would
remark, that the items of revenue sub A
B. & G., both as a whole, as well as in the
several special items belonging under each
heading, show a considerable minus in
the actual revenue, compared with the
figures in the Budget the only special
items that have given a surplus above the
sums entered are under A. Quarterper-
cent-Tax with $40; under B. "Dues on
Inheritances' with $1875, and under G.
"Revenue from the School Department"
SIS; while the item " Fees for appoint
ments" sub B. has given the same amount
as was estimated. These shortcomings
Of income are, as is well known, owing to
the failure of the crop of this Island in
that wear.
, 1882-01-14
NEW
gn al 81 ..a aa a 3

G2HE public is hereby reminded
90 of the existing regulations re-
curing every change Of residence
and of servants to be reported at the
Police Office, before the expiration
of forty-eight hours, under a penalty
of a fine from so Cents to 5 Dollars.
Christiansted's Police Office 18th
January 1882.
, 1882-01-14

Q e r T s II I "A N $ II K d.
Jan. ID aeEe d.
IL Dan Schr "Atlantic" sgt rs, Hughes,
st. Thomas, merchandise.
" " Schr i" Active" 81 tons, Berry,
St. Thomas, merchandise.
" " Schr "Vigilant" 45 tons, Thomp-
sen, st. Thomas, merchandise.
!" " Schr " PetreF 81 tons, homas,
St. Thomas, ballast.
" Eng Sloop Willing Maid" Is tons,
Wanterpool, St. Martins, salt.
y Nor Bark Corona" $50 tons, M0ller,
Newcastle, Goals.
he "a A. q d.
IL Dan Schr"Atlantic" 5%2tons, Hughes,
West End, Sundnes.
" " Schr "Actiye" i tons, Berry,
West End, sundries.
10 " Sclr "Vigilant' 40 tons, Thomp-
sen, It. Thomas, sundries.
" i" Schr i" Petrol 81 tons, Thomas,
ST. Thomas, ballast.
" Amr l'rig Water Lilly " 218 tons,
Perry, New York, sugar, rum,
m0laSSrS.
Mohave County miner., 1882-12-31

If the Postmaster General would send out special agent to investi- gate the mail business in Northern Arizona, and if that agent would make an honest and truthful report of the, condition of postal affairs here, we think it would contain some rich developments that would sur prise even the officials at Washington, familiar as they are with the Star Route and other cases. But then for some reason or other these postal agente all fall in love with the Press colt office and never get beyond it when they are sent out to this part of Arizona.
Mohave County miner., 1882-12-31

ly, especially by sd ? of the Mex cans, and that is, riding through the main streets of the town at full speed. We like to see good horse mansh1p as well as anybody, but we don't want any performances of the kind on our streets, either in the day or night time. Again, we want some of the ''howling drunks" who infest our town arrested and fined; we mean the ones who make practice of staying drunk for days at time and singing and bowling around town
 and making themselves a general
 nuisance to everybody, especially at night. There are laws against each
 and every one of these offenses, and we want to see them enforced and
 because they have not been properly
 enforced heretofore is no reason they
 should not be in the future Our town has reputation for peace and
 quietness above any other in the Ter ritory, and we want this reputation to be maintained. There have been
 fewer murders committed in Mohave County, and fewer men sent to the Territorial prison from 1t than from any County in the Territory. But this will not continue to be so if something is not done to stop these smaller offenses, for the smaller crimes if unpunished invariably lead to heavier ones. Let our new sheriff and district attorney co operate and work together in these matters and make it their especial business to see that no crime however small goes un- in Mohave County For the time is coming now that will bring a class of lawless men among us who will be quick to take advantage of any leniency on the part either of the Sheriff or District Attorney.
Mohave County miner., 1882-12-31
OUR NEW OFFICERS.
And What the People Expect
 of Some of Them.

Tomorrow our new county officers enter upon the performance of their duties, and it seems to us to be a good time to commence a new system in the management of some of them. We refer especially to the Sheriff and District Attorney, as being the ones who have the power to bring about the changes we desire to see introduced. We want a different state of affairs 1naugurated from that which now prevails in our midst. We want this indiscriminate draw ing of pistols and poking them into peoples noses without any cause or provocation stopped, and it appears to us that the Sheriff, who is the exe- cutive officer of the law, is the pro- per person to see that this practice is stopped. This business has been carried on so long and no one arrest ed for 1t, that 1t has become quite fashionable. Of course it is alright so long as no one gets hurt and the assailed party is unarmed, and it is customary among parties indulgiug in this amusement to invariably pick upon an unarmed man, as being more safe, but some of these days al man will be jumped who happens to have a pistol and who will use it with such good effect that the assail- ant will get killed which will be good enough for him. But we don't want any of this business in this communi ty, neither do we want the idea to go abroad that such customs prevail among us, and we call upon our Sheriff to stop this practice at once and efectually, by promptly arrest ing the first man guilty of drawing a | pistol or any other weapon, unless in NSsary self defense. We would
 e to see an end put to the
 of selling whisky to Indians
 klnately, is a very com
 So common that some
 wn are known to
 There is anoth |
 yery frequent
Mohave County miner., 1882-12-31

There must be something wrong in the Blackberry postofice. The through Prescott mail sack which left here one day last week came back from Blackberry the following day with the Prescott mail still in it; and this is not the first time this has occurred either. Whose is the fault this time?
Mohave County miner., 1882-12-31

The work of setting up all the reading matter of this issue of the MoHAvE COUNTY MINER was done bp J. J. Hyde, the printer of the firm being absent on business, which is doing pretty well for for a man who never sat at a case until about two months ago.
Mohave County miner., 1882-12-31

We hope that our fellow-citizens Messrs. Krider and Wright, who are now in Washington, will seek per sonal interview with the postal au- thorities and give them some points about the way the mail service is not performed in this county.
Mohave County miner., 1882-12-31
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Letters reach this office in five days from Albuquerque, and in seven from San Francisco, and yet it takes eight and ten days to get letters from Prescott, and fifteen from Tombstone Who is responsible for this state of affa1rs2
Mohave County miner., 1882-12-31
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
ADVERTISING RATES |:

MINERAL PARK, DECEMBER 81, 1882.
Mohave County miner., 1882-12-31
Cheap For Cash!

We buy for Cash and sell for cash. Our style ..of doing business gives
 the cash customers show to get
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07
VANCOUVER INDEPENDENT.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER :, 1882.
The temperance organ in this city
aan< vwook pnhlishod n lnnO n nr hnso

The temperance organ in this city
last week published a long and abuse
i've article, stating in substance that
the county auditor violated the law in
issuing liquor license to G. H. Short
at Washougal, and had done 1t to aid
the Peoples ticket at the last election.
By referring to See. Of the license
law Of the statutes OF 1873, which law
governed In 1880, and is still in force,
It WILDE seen that the rates Of license
are fxed at $500 per year, except in
the discretion Of the board Of county
commissioners, when it may be placed
lower, but not less than 800 per year.
Under this law on the Sd day Of No
vember, 1880, the board of county csm-
missioners of Clarke county, w. T.,
made and entered of record an order
fixing the rate for liquor licence In the
city Of Washougal and vicinity at$15O
per annum. This order is still in Of
feet and full force. Therefore the
county auditor violated no law In CIV
ing license to Grant H. Short for six
months for $75, and If Grant Short
sent $50 to procure license for six
months the auditor could not do other
wise than to return SIS to Mr.. Short.
This plain statement shows the false
hoods resorted to by the temperance
>villifiers in order to make out support
for their unnecessary abuse Of pub
lilo officials. What will they resort to
next?
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07
A newspaper paragraph says "Grain

A newspaper paragraph says "Grain
shipments down the Mississippi do
not fulfill the expectations formed
when the barge lines were organized.
During October the shipments of both
wheat and corn averaged but 100, OOO
bushels a week. The railroads make
rates which render river shipments
impracticable."
If the railroads can underbid the
steamboats, and barges on the Missis-
sippi where there are no serious OBJ
structions to river navigation, what
will be the future Of river freighting
down the Columbia, INSTRUCTED at the
Cascades and the Dalles? 1t would
seem that under such circumstances
the money expended by the govern
ment on locks now building is thrown
away.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07

The Whit rivsr faetssy tarssd sst 6fty
tons Of chess this saDnsf.
spsnsss, Who 49, and killed Mr.. Dewitt
as New Taoeoa - ysar. be- bssa asquit-
ted.
Thsrs are Il prsssst Ill inmates in the
hospital IL insnss. q Stsilaeeem, - Of
Who's ~ fsoaIss.
Tie ship Hasvss1sr \ lying It Seattle,
w. T., usah1s - ~ . s1sw = aseusnt ol
H. bssstly tvsa1nsat a sailss b. the on
csss.
Dssisg pssset ~ y walla walla two
handesd ~ q Aessu1ssmsnAs 80 three
Gu.s vsss dss1gsyst ed . nnnbss Il ri6ss
i.jsss4 y = vhisA v'ss ~ psoprsy 4
4 ~ sst - ~ ekaGt last vssk nsas-
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frut ~ ~ ~ tppofy-lqlr let u lsnGth,
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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07
1888.
harper's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED.

Harper's Magazine begins its sixty.sixth
volume with the December numher II h
not only the most popular illustrated period.
ical In America and England. but also the
largest In its scheme, the most beautiful in
Its appearance, and the best magazine for the
home. A new novel, entitled aFor the Ma.
jor," by Constance Fennimore Woolson, the
author Of Anne" was begun in the Novem.
Der number. In literary and artistic excel.
lence the Magazine improves with each sue
cessive number. Special efforts have been
made for the lighter entertainment of its
readers through humorous stories, sketches,
&C.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07
Turkish affairs are progressing In

Turkish affairs are progressing Ia
the usual style. The sultan 10 .sotfsar-
full OF assassination that he no longer
appears In public. Arab Pasha being
placed on trial on Monday pleaded
guilty to the charge Of rebellion. He
was sentenced to death, but the Khs-
dive commutsd the sentence to BAN
ishment for life, and he will probably
be sent to some English colony. The
trial and sentence were controlled by
English influence.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07

Washington Territory, says the
Sacramento Bee, is looming. up into
commercial prominence. "A telegram
dated at Seattle on the 10th, ult., states
that the cargo shipped that day by
steamer was valued ut half q million
dollars, and was composed of oats, SAL
mon and hops-of the latter there be-
Ing nearly 1900 bales. For compar-
atively now country, whose resources
have hardly begun to be developed,
the shipment of cargo Of produce of
that value few times year shows
that the Territory has great future
in store.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07

During the first nine menths Of 1852
the Northern Pacific Company oper-
ated l., 140 miles of read, and earned
S4,470, 400. During the same months
of 1881 the company operated 1888
miles, and earned 50, 66O,942 The COM
pany had so per cent. more road and
80 per cent greater earnings. During
the same months the Oregon Railway
and Navigation Company earned 3d.
10l,s79 in 1881, and s,7O6, 900 In 1882.
The o. r. & N. Co. had this year per
cent. more road and 10 per cent. greater
earnings.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07


NOTED Scour-W. E. Everett, noted
scout, who has probably led one of tho NEST
reventfui lives Of any man now livingin the
United States, il on this coast. When quits
young he was captured by the Sioux Indi.
dians. where he remained seven years, liv
ing a. they lived and becoming perfectly fl.
miliar with their language, habits and tradi-
tions. After leaving the Sioux, he was in
active service for number of years a. gov
eminent scout. being most of the time con.
pscted with Gen. Miles command in that
officers campaigns against Sitting Bull, hav-
ing charge Of 80 Indian scouts. He was the
only scout who would undertake to carry Q
message into Sitting Bulls camp conveying
the terms under which he might surrender,
and thus opening the negotiations which f.
nally led to the surrender. Mr. Everett il
now travelling in the interest of the Smithso-
MAN Institute, at Washington, gathering
data concerning the languages, manner, hab-
its and traditions Of the different Indian
tribes, with view to preparing complete
ethnolcgy of the race. He speaks thirteen
different Indian languages, making it point
to acquire the language of every tribe he
he visits, and his natural intelligence and
keen observation, with his extensive knewl-
edge Of the habits and traditions of the abo.
rigine, will enable him to prepare treatise
of great interest. He has been at Vancou.
yer several weeks, and il now at Siletz
agency, where he expects to remain about
three weeks, after which he will visit the
tribes of Eastern Oregon and Washington
and Idaho.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07

first number for January of each year. When
no time is mentioned 1t will be understood
that the subscriber wishes to commence with
the number next after the receipt OF order.
The last four annual volumes OF Harper's
Bazar, in neat cloth binding, will be sent by
mall, post PAID orby express, free of expense
provided the freight does not exceed one
dollar per volume) for 81 per volume
Cloth cases for each volume, suitable for
binding, VIII be sent by mail, postpaid. on
receipt Of 81 each.
Remittances should be made by post-oficc
money order or draft, to avoid chance of loss.
Newspapers are not to copy this advertise.
ment without the express order Of Harper &
Brothers,
Address. HARPER 3 BROTHERS,
New York.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07

In the 4sth Congress, which will
convene on the 4th Of next March, the
republicans will have . small major
ity In the Senate, and In the House 81
Representatives, the democrats will
be in majority by an excess Of about
ene-fifth Of all the members over the
number Of the republicans. Approx
matsly stated, the division will BE- 1876
democrats and l27 republicans, . very
easy working majority.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07

The complexion Of the next legislature, a.
near as can now be ascertained, will stand as
follows:
Whstcom, Snohomish and Island-Jas.
Power, republican. 4l.tA
Jefferson, Clallam. Mason and San Juan
r. c. Kerr. republican.
King-Jshn Collins, democrat.
Kitsap aud PIERCE. H. Houghton, 70.
publican.
Thurston and Lswis--C. H. Hale. indie.
pendent republican.
Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, Pacific and Cheha.
lis-J. A. Burke, republican.
Clarke, SkamsniA and Klickitat-P. H..
Harper, democrat
Walla Walla-Sswall Truax, republican.
Columbia and Garfield. E. Edmiston,
democrat.
Whitman-T. J. Smith. republican.
Walla Walla. Columbia. Whitman and
Garisld-N. T. Cation. democrat.
Yakima, Spokane and Stsvens-Dr. j.
Whitehouse, republican.
HOUSE.
Whatcem and San Juan-Orin Kineads,
republican.
Island and Snohsmish-E. C. Fsrgeseu,
republican.
Kitsap-C. W. Young. republican.
Clallam. Jsdsrssu and Mason-J. A. Kuhn.
democrat.
Kins-Jossph Foster, democrat, and N.
H. Martin, independent.
Piercs-W. B. Blackwell, republican.
Thurst0n-P. Turpin, democrat.
Lswis-Henry Miles, democrat.
Chehalis, Paei6c, Wahkiakum and Cow.
litz-B. Barlow. republican, and N. z.
Goodell. democrat.
Clarks-B. F. Shaw, democrat.
Clarke. Skamania and Klickitat-J. B.
Landrum, democrat.
Khckitat-W. D. Smith, democrat.
Yakima-Gsorgs Taylor, democrat.
Walls Walla-A. G. Lloyd. H. H. Hun.
gate, dsmecrats; G.. Bssssrsr, republican.
Garield-Wm. Clark, republican.
Columbia and Whitmsn-A. Bsrring r..
publican.
Whitman-Jaceb Hoover.
spokane and Stsvsns-Jaesb Stitssl, ~
pablican.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1882-12-07

The question Of raising the saloon license
to $1,000 at Walla Walla, says the Union, il
being quietly agitatsd by saloon men.
We are informed that party of gentle.
men from New Jersey have purchased about
1900 acres Of land about four miles from II.
waco, with the intention Of raising cranber.
ries thereon. They will doubtless be sue.
cessful. The soil and climate are peculiarly
well lifted for the culture Of such fruit.
There is vast tract of land in the western
part of this county, notably on Clatsop
plains, that could be made handsomely re-.
munerative in this same way.-Astorian.