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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20

The less occasioned by the Mississippi
river floods viii run up into the millions,
and the Philadelphia Record thinks that
this disaster makes it clearer than ever
before that more thorough levee system
is absolutely necessary on that river, and
It is equally clear that this can only be
secured by well considered. legislation on
the part Of Congress. 1t says: "The
river should have a well-defned channel
and be as closely kept within its
boundaries as the best engineering skill
can confine it. The several States
of the Mississippi valley have proved
themselves unable to cope sue
cessfully with the perplexIng ques
ton Of properly embanking the river,
and it remains with the General
Government to erect adequate barriers
along this great national highway. The
action of the House Committee on I'm
provement of the Mississippi river, in
recommending the passage of Represen-
tative Gibson's bill, Will meet with gen.
eral commentator. The prosperity
Of the whole country is affected by the
prosperity Of the region submerged by
these foods It is of national importance
that the navigation of the river should
be safe and easy, and that its power to
infiict damage should be reduced as
much as possible The Mississippi is
the boundary line for ten States, but
single power should direct the work of
improving its channel and curbing the
rush Of its waters.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20

The Joint select committee of confer
ence on the additional accommodations
for the Congressional Library recently
addressed to General Meigs a cOmmuni-
cation, asking his opinion as TO the pro-
iect Of raising the dome Of the capitol
fifty feet, in order to make room for the
library underneath it. General Meigs
has sent his reply to the committee.
After describing the construction of the
dome, and the capacity of the central
portion of the capitol to bear weight,
he declares that he does not think it
prudent TO put the additional weight
upon il involved in the project in which
his opinion was asked, which is to raise
the roof Of the centre building fifty feet,
and the iron roof of the dome the same
height. He says the walls under the
dome are Just proportional to bear the
load NOW upon them. He says the NOR
tar used in the construction of those
walls was made of lime and sand, as
cement was not used in those days, and
the soil upon which these walls rest is of
moist clay; that the key-stones in some
of the arches over the lower windows
under the dome have dropped, some
more than others, and upon the whole
Gen. Meigs SAYS the suggested raising of
The dome would be dangerous and fatal
enterprise. He says it is possible to
take the dome TO pieces and rebuild, but
that the proportions of the Capitol for
bid this, as well as any attempt to raise
the dome. In conclusion he says: ''No-
where is to be found a great building Of
such rich and graceful composition as
the present capitol of the United States.
And be maintains substantially that any
change would not only be dangerous.
but would destroy the architectural
beauty Of the capitol.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20

It has been often noted how careful the
authorities of Rome have been TO COM
memorate the residence in their city Of dis
tinguished foreigners, by placing upon the
houses In which they lived memorial tablets.
Thus, near the Piazza del Popolo is a slab to
mark the spot where Goethe Thought and
wrote immortal things" and in the Piazza
de Spagna another to perpetuate the knowl-
edge of the house in which poor Keats lived
his last days. 1t is now intended that the
house occupied by Sir Walter Scott shall be
honored in a similar way. Scott's visit to
Rome was not, however, pleasant one for
him. He was in failing health and had to
be fastened away to his home in the North.
1t is doubtful even II the city really had for
him the interest It has for most men. Some
one has recorded as fact that upon travel
ing in the Apennines, the clear sky above
and bright landscape below had few attrsc-
lions for his heart, but when he came upon
a heather truly Scotch in appearance 1t
brought tears to his eyes.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20

Abiding to the anti Bourbon move
ments in various Southern States, the
Chicago Tribune, ultra Radical, says that
they have spread with determination
and enthusiasm which will either com
pei the Bourbon Democracy to adopt
more liberal platforms or turn these
States over, for a time at least, to the
Republican party" From which it will
be seen that Republican papers North
and West recognize no difference be-
tween Independentism and Simon pure
Republicanism.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20

Whether dealing in futures is or is not
gambling seems to be a question hard to
be decided. A Judge in Chicago holds
that it is, while Judge in St. Louis
holds that it is not within the meaning
and limit of the statute" Chicago and
St Louis are such bitter rivals that they
cannot agree even on a question such as
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20

Ex-Gov. Edwin d. Morgan, of New
York, who is a shrewd business man and
financier. takes a hopeful view of the
prospects of the country. He says:
Money is more abundant, the railroad
war is over, the crops promise well, pro-
perty, in all probability, is to be worth
in 1882 about as much as it was in 1881,
and the general affairs of the country
will go steadily forward" He adds that
''the country is rich. and the producing
power of the United States exceeds the
most sanguine anticipations of the most
enthusiastic statesman or political econo-
mist"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20

Ii considered now as reasonably Ger
tain that Edmunds is regularly entered
for the Presidential race. This is evi-
IDENTIFY the meaning Of his refusing the
offer Of a seat in the Supreme Court
He wants it understood that he was cut
ont for q bigger place.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20

In Wheeling, W. Va, q few mornings
ago, the driver of a ''bob-tair' car was
knocked from his car while going down
grade. Panic seized the passengers and
they jumped from the car as quickly as
possible. but in so doing one Of them,
Mrs. William Dimmey, was instantly
killed, her right temple having been
fractured and her face and head dread
fully bruised.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20

One Of the millionaires Of China is an
Irishman named Hart, who is an army
contractor and purchasing agent for the
Chinese Government Cinnamon who
want his berth are unanimously OF the
opinion that ''Ilishman must 60"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20

Senator Jonas says, from rough cal
culation made by him, the land under
water or in danger Of being submerged
along the Lower Mississippi produced in
1889 a total Of 80, O63 bales of cotton.
which at the ordinary price, $45 per bale,
amounts to $50, 752, 235, over double the
sum asked by friends for the construc-
ton Of a permanent system Of levees.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20

HAYES at last fills a Presidency to
which he was legally elected. 1t is of a
savings bank in GAINESVILLE, Ohio. He is
also eminently qualified by nature to
nreside over q savings institution.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20

The stained glass window IN memory
of the late President Garfield has been
placed in position in St. James Eplseo-
pal Church at Long Branch.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-03-20

An enthusiastic admirer of Mason
wants everybody in the country to sub
scribe one cent towards the support OF
his wife and child.
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-20
killing Grizzly and an Elk ut One
NhOt

II. j. Sheldon left his camp at Coop
er City, on the Pecos, last Saturday
afternoon, in search of game. Satur-
day night he camped at the upper
forks Of the river, and Sunday, bright
and early, was again on the march.
About o'clock in the afternoon the
burro, which had wan !ered ahead,
came running back, apparently in
great terror, ears and tail erect, eyes
glarlng. making that peculiar mourn
full sound, for which its species is not
ed, and refusing to be caught or COM
forted. Not beng able to make out
from the report Of the confused
burro just what had happen
ed, Mr.. S. cooked his gun and advanc.
ed slowly and cautiously on the I'M
known enemy. Crawling along on his
hands and knees for about quarter of
y mile he at length doubled bend in
the river, and there, standing in full
view in the meadow, and not more
than $50 yards away, he saw huge
grizzly bear with three cubs, and, Just
beyond the bear and in direct range
with her, an animal that he at once
recognized as the long sought for elk
Neither of the beasts was aware of
his approach, so, quietly rising upon
one knee and resting his rifle across
the other, which is Mr.. SIS favorite po-
sition of shooting, he took deliberate
aim. Bang went the gun, away went
the bullet, and down fell two animals
in fact, three-the bear, the elk, and
Mr.. S. himself. The bullet had cut the
backbone ofthe bear completely in two
and, passing on through, had lodged in
the heart OF the elk; and the extraordi.
nary task to which the rifle had beer
subjected produced such violent recoi
that the huster himself was Frustrated
Hat upon the ground. Recovering him.
self speedily Mr.. S. advanced upon his
prey, hunting knife in hand, but life
was extinct in both animals. The lit
tie cubs, on hearing the report o.
the gun, fled; but, being only few
weeks old, were speedily captured, tied
in bags, and fastened on the back Of
the horses. -Sdnta Fe Neacs
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-20
i,ame1lpps OF Horses.

D. ID. Slade, professor of agricultural
zoology, Harvard university, gives in
the American agriculturist for June a
very full account Of the symptoms that
will enable owners of horses to detect
different varieties of lameness, and
their treatment. He says:
shoulder lameness is frequently
due to a strain, or to direct violence,
and is shown in repose by the hanging
of the limb, from Discrimination to
move the muscles, and during motion
by the dragging and difficulty to bring
forward the limb, which is done by a
rotary movement. 1t is also shown by
the finching when the foot is lifted and
carried forward and backward. If the
elbow is affected, there will be a singu-
lar changing" of the limb and excess
i've nodding of the head in motion.
In splint, lameness is usually much
increased by exercise. Pressure on the
limb shows tenderness, and there is in
creased heat with more or less swell
ing. A small. splint, in developing,
may give much more pain, shown by
lameness, than one fully formed.
Ring-bone and ossifed side carriages
in their early stages, may be recognized
as causes of a peculiar stifiened gait,
with the weight thrown upon the heels.
The lameness nearly or entirely dis
appears before the bony deposit
appears about the middle or lower
pastern.
Strains Of posterior and other liga-
ments ard tendons Of the lower limb
evidence themselves by the local symp-
toms and alienation in gait. But
there are cases of temporary lameness,
from very obscure causes, attributable
rply to a sudden strain Of some liga-
.nent whose exact situation can only be
surmised.
Ihe short, quick step of the horses
with that Inflammation of the feet
known as chronic lamiritis in which
the weigh. is thrcwn upt'p he heels of
the fore limbs is easily recognized. In
the less frequent affection, navicular
disease, the weight IS thrown upor the
toes, the gait Is short and the lameness
slight at first, Is increased by exercise.
Corns are discovered by rapping and
pinching the sole at the space between
the bars and the quarters in the fore
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-20
The Wool BUYER.

The wool editor CT q. S. Economist
weekly returns to the subject OF buying
wool in the country. 1t has fascina-
ton for him that he can't resist. For
the benefit of the buyers, we give what
be says in the issue of June "a:
The typical wool grower sits on his
rail fence whiting and tobacco chew
ing, while wool buyer after wool buyer
rides over the country outbidding one
another for his poorly grown wool.
What do these men who buy wool in
the country know about wool? One-half
of them can hardly tell it from cotton.
They buy with their eyes shut, not
knowing or caring what, rather favor
ing the grower then the man who en-
ploys them, for the grower is perhaps
neighbor, while the man who gives
them the order TO buy, and furnishes
the money, is stranger. And how
often does ne get fieeced. One thing
must be done sooner or later, and that
is more care must be exercised in buy
ing the clip or wool dealers and manu-
facturers will have the same old story
cd minimum of reck less buying and sad
losses. There is no time when this thing
can be brought more clearly before the
minds of the wool trade than now, az
two bad years in succession in which
losses have in the aggregate overlapped
profits by large amounts make it
obvious that some new plan of business
must be entertained.
If wool only sought market it would
be all right. AS it now is, the wool is
sought, and that with an avidity which
makes it natural to go up at the clip
time. There are tens of thousands OF
men who look to the buying of the clip
as .heir principal means of livelihood
for the year. They are men who live
in the farming regions and know far
more intimately the grower than the
buyer, and the buyer though fool
should know the result.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-20
Cattle Of Switzerland.

The native Swiss cattle are mostly of
a dark brown color on the body, with a
light mouse-colored stripe on the upper
line. They are generally above the
medium size, with square and compact
bodies, heads large and coarse, thick
necks, with heavy hanging dewlaps.
With the improvement of agriculture
in Switzerland, which has been very
great in recent years, the i'm provement
of stock has kept pace. Many of the
Objectionable points in these cattle
have been bred out of them by selec-
ton. They still retain their claim as
superior race for the dairy, and furnish
one Of the greatest sources of revenue
to their native country. The OK, and
very often the COW, is used for doing
the work on the farm. They receive
the kindest treatment from their own
ers, and in consequence are usually do
Gle in disposition. From the practice
of wearing bells, it is said, they evince
a love for music, giving rise to the
country saying that dairymaid with a
fine musical voice will increase the
quantity Of milk given by the cows in
tie dairy. The cattle have fine musca-
lar limbs, with feet apparently as hard
as iron, and well adapted to the steep,
stony regions of their native land.
Their milk, though not so great in guam
tity, is that Of the Channel Island cat
tle--very rich in cheese and outer
qualities. The Swiss cheese is among
the fines, made IN Europe, and finds
ready export sale. Combining these
excellent qualities with that of great
hardness and fair beef. producing
structure, they would unquestionably
be valuable cattle in the mountain
Gus districts Of this country, especially
where but little grain food is grown
Farm and Workshop
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-20

Production limited by the monopoly to create
artificial shrnkage.
How much further this monstrous
monopoly will be permitted to run up
the price of coal unrebuked and IN.
checked, time alone can tell. Daily
these millionarics violate statute which
makes such combinations INSIDE
meanor, and no Acknowledgement is
bold enough to call halt by the inter-
position of the strong arm of the law.
The people who invest state and legis-
lative officials with authority are call
ed endearing names and are palavered
with fulsome fattery during political
campaigns, only to learn, when too
late to apply remedy, that their in
terests have been betrayed and their
confidence violated. Voters have the
power in their own hands, and only by
Withholding their support from men
who are in sympathy with soulless
corporations can they strike a death
blow at the ruinous policy of monopo-
lies.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-20
meal. Thought it would be = pleasant
sight and enliven the proceedings.


meal. Thought it would be = pleasant
sight and enliven the proceedings"
''Did it,
at did. There's a great many fac
tons in our county, but they agree
that the fountain enlivened the pro-
ceedings. You know we all sat around
the table on benches, and we men
carved the pies while the wimmin
dipped the lemonade. We was all TO
be helped before we turned the foun.
tain loose and then We was to catch
the soda in glasses as it came out"
''Did you catch any,
"We did. We didn't catch much in
the glasses but we got the soda; that is,
a good deal of it. Some of it got away.
Why, sir, just as soon as the parson
turned the spiggot you should have
seen that picnic Fizz! Whoopl And
there we was!"
"Where were your"
well, we was scattered. The table
has been heard of twice, and some
letters from Connecticut think it look.
ed as though it was falling Pie! You
should have seen them pies! One big
apple pie, with top and bottom attach
ment and scolloped edge, went
through that picnic like a circular saw
You ought to see the timber fall around
that part! A custard ditto went clean
through old Aunt Betty Bigelow and
smashed against barn with a report
like sham pattle. Pie! Friend, We
carry sheet iron umbrellas in our sec
ton nowP
anyone HURT" asked the cashier.
Not to mention. We havnt go
en- all down out of the trees yet, bu
those we have saved seem TO be all righ'
with the exception Of an edge or join
knocked off here and there. don't
know that anyone was killed, though
half the picnic is yet to hear from
But the point want TO make is, tina
we amt having any more of then
things"
chats where you're all wrong" sug
gested the cashier. That very exper
fence was just what you wanted"
How demanded the farmer.
"You were trying to raise IL church
debt, as | understand il. Now, VIII,
don't you open another soda fountain
right under the debt''
That settled it, and if tornado is ev
er reported from down Suffolk count,
way that cashier will have somethin,
| to answer for.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-20

ions-eyery dollar of which has been
wrung from the sweat and blood of the
toilers. The people of New Jersey saw
and felt this, and Mr.. Potts received a
fitting rebuke at the polls. The les
son, however, had no apparent effect;
for to-day this coal monopoly is more
strongly intrenchei than ever, and its
impudent message to the perpetual
complaints of the people is:
"Buy your coal at the prices we see
fit to establish, or shiver in cold until
death by freezing ends your sufferings"
The properties possessed by the coal
monopoly represent an aggregate value
of $100,000,000. By the free use of
the watering processit has been placed
on the market at the enormous CAPT
talization of $250,000,000, and in order
to meet the demands Of speculation
and TO yield return on an altogether
unnatural and wonderfully expanded
valuation, the Consumer is tax d al
most out of existence; and this system
of base inequality in prices will go on
until the people rise in their maj esty
and sweep from power the few who
thus prey upon the dire necessities of
the many.
The anthracite coal trade of the
United States, all in the hands of this
monopoly, is of marvellous proportions.
1t began in 1920 with an aggregate of
365 tons, and has steadily increased
until it reached %, 437 ,24S tons in 1880.
Since 1870 the annual output has
been.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-20
The Wool Market.
Helena Mt. Herald,

Montana is considerably interested in
the wool market to-day, and looks for
ward with increasing interest to the
future. Our clip for the present year
Will probably be over two million
pounds, which at twenty cents would
give us $500 900, and every additional
cent per pound would increase the sum
by $25, 900. At this time when our
f1eeces are pouring into the marketiand
our sheep men want to realize from
this years labors to meet accumulat-
ing bills, unfortunately the market is
fiat. Manufacturers report dull sales
and the dealers are full handed. The
mild winter of last year did not call for
as many wooden goods as expected. Is
there case OF over production Ger
tainly there cannot be said to be in the
production of wool, for the statistics
of the country show that during 1881
over 65,o0O,0oo pounds of wool of var
ious kinds were shipped into the coun-
try to supply the demands OF our fac.
tories. Gu, apual rate of increase in
population is now y million and half.
These require in addition to the rest an
average Of WOODEN products. Certainly
none can point to n single item of all
the products of wool for which the de-
mand Is falling away. On the contrary
it is increasing in every direction. Wool
is as much of a staple as wheat, and
there is little possibility of overlooking
tie markets. During the heat ofsum-
mer the immc date demand for wooden
goods can be suspended, but it will not
be long. Our facilities for shipping
wool are improving every year, and
there seems no good reason why our
producers should expect lover prices
this year than last. Some may feel
obliged to sell at what is offered, but
we advise them to hold on. There are
more chances for the market improving
than getting worse by delay. Even if
the river should fall so that shipping
by that way be enjendered by delay,
the railroads can carry at rates equally
as advantageous so the shippers say.