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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26
CIVIL SERVICE REEORM.

The President, as already announced, has
signed the civil service reform bill and III no
long tine VIC shall see the act in practical
operation. As the National civil service re-
form league well says. in its circular on the
subject. the bill is only beginning OF prac-
tical relief for the abuses Of the civil service.
The bill is strictly tentative, ard 1t is at first
closely limited in its operation. It's provls-
ions apply, at the outset, only 10 the depart
ments at Washington, and 10 about thirty
custom houses and pOstoilices. including
about 10 coo of the subordinate executive
positions. The bill authorizes the appoint
mcut by the President, with the consent OF
the Senate. OF three commissioners, net
more than two OF whom shall be gdherents
of the same party, and they shall constitute
Tie united States civil service commission
and il is Tie duty of this commission to aid
the President. It. his request in preparing
suitable rules TO carry the act into effect
such rules 10 provide for OPEN competitive
examinations fer testing the fitness OF ap-
plicants FIR the public service, 50 far us row
classified, or To be classified under tlic act :;
that places coming within tin. act are to be
filed ''from among those graded highest MS
the result Of such examinations; :" that ap-
pointmcnts to the pubic service in Washing
ton must he appouioueI among tie States
and Territories and Tie District OF Columbia
ON The basis of popul, tior: that promotions
shall hc from tLc l,y.er..o thc HIGHER GRADES
,r tho roefs of r,.,., aud c,r,pc,i,ion that 10
,,,,,,, i, ,,,. ,,li, s.,,;,, is f. chat reason
uu,lcr amy ,lIigat:on in cnntfibutc to any no.
liticol fund ~ IL render amy rolIlcal ser
vice md can no, ,r removed o, Otherwise
,rciudicoJ for ,rlusino to do so. that there
shall be ron.conrcli,iyc examinations in all
nrorcv cascs lcfor. tho commission when
competepi parsons ,ftc, Iuc notjcp. do not
,amprtc
The commission i. nutbct rcuuilcd. sub.
i,ct t,, the le,tb.,,h, President may make
70 make rrcuI.,iors fan. fine cxnn,inn,it.ns'und
10 have c1ntra, of tlcm. To make iuyes,iga-
tious 10 10 the opcra,ion of the civil service
rules. and to rcnort anu,lnllv the President
for tr,rsms ssion Ia Ionrrcss showing the
natur, ac,i effect or ,hc examinations, the cx-
cep,iops made to the rules and the reasons
for tuen,. and any suggestions for the more
cfvect,r,l ACCOMPLISHMENT, Of the purposes of
the act. 1t may also designate at Washing
ton and elsewhere where examinations arc to
take place "A suitable number Of persons, not
losa than th,ee, ia the service oi the United
States, to he members Of Boards tt EAami-
ners. Examinations are to be held at con-
vcnicnl places ia the States and Territories,
ord ,,,,,'r, ,lor, ,,r., ,,,sors +, ...x,,,;,od
""", W. NV. ''C p'''V''' w.
not ICES Gan Twice III each year. stringent
prohibitions Of any favoilism OF COrruut ac-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26
Notiu. Church Money.

A correspondent of the Troy Badge' gives
the following interesting account of the vot-
ing of the ministerial money at pownal;
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are the
days designated by the sclectmen Of Powna
when the legal voters of that town are called
out to vote what is called tic Ministerial
Money" Elder Caleb Nichols was the
first ordained minister who moved to Pownal
in 1888. and availci himself Of his 'minis-
ter's right" When he died he provided in
his will that this land should forever remain
lease land and that its yearly rentals should
be divided among the .churches OF Pownal
for the support of regular preaching. Elder
Nichols was a Baptist and when he tied
there was no other organized church in
town. But in course OF time afterwards
the Methoiists built them church
at the south part of the town
and they Immediately laid claim
to moiety OF the ministerial
fund so generously provided for in the will
of Elder Nichcls of course this aroused n
DISPUTE; the Baptist claiming the whole as
of their right, because n Baptist Clergyman
had created the fund and therefore 1t could
have been designed for no other church than
theirs. This OF course cugendereda vigorous
controversy which waxed hotter and hotter
until an appeal was taken to the courts, and
as result of this litigation it was decided by
the supreme court that the distribution of
this yearly fund should be made in February
Of each year by the selectmen, according to
the votes of the legal voters of Pownal regal
larry summoned beforehand by a legal wara-
ing each voter to signify, by writing his
name, to which of the several denominations
he wishes his share of this fund to he given
So in the Winter OF every year our citizens
are called out TO vote their patronage t. the
church which they love best, and TO some of
us it is a momentous OCCASION because il is
the only religious act that We do throughout
the whole year.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26
Tho Indignant Freddie aud the Blood
thirsty Newspaper MAN.

Daring the visit of Mrs. Langtry and Mr..
Gebhardt to ST. Louis the GloJe- Democrat of
that city has been making specially of Mr..
GebhaIdt much to that gentleman's annoy
aucc. A reporter, one Cunningham, visited
''Freldie's' rooms the other day, and was
told he was with Mrs. Laugtry. lie follow
ed up the trail, and found the pair discussing
some roast quail. On being asked what he
wanted, he said he was after an interview,
and would prefer TO see Nj. G. alone. That
gentleman, however, told him to 60 ahead,
and tie rest Of the proceedings were lively.
The reporters first question was n poser
"Nil you state what your object is in fol
lowing Mrs. Langtry about the country z"
Mrs. Lans,ry herself replied indignantly
that Mr.. Gtbhardt was simply a young mar
travelling for pleasure, and that did not con
Germ the public. The reporter continued:
"Do you intend to make the entire Crane
circuit with Mrs Laugtry:'
This was the signal for another painful
outt ur,t, and tile LILY dropped whole quai
on ler lap and her knife and folk went rat
Ting on the floor. Poor Freddie, who wa.
between the fire of the reporter and the fir,
of the LILY, was in pititul state Of conster
nation, but finally managed 10 say that Ii,
did
This is the intcrvicw-rcal OF imaginary
which excited Mr. Gebhard,, 50 that he CAM
very near making personal assault
Cunningham whom he CHANGED OF
to meet afterwards. lie succeeded ii
so injuring Cuuningham's feelings that tn
latter sent him a challenge to fight duel
A St Louis despatch says; The challeng
~as delivered to Mr.. Gcbhlrdt, about dusk
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26

Il IS not in this country alone That self
made men lisc to cmintncc in the public ser
vice. 1t sometimes happens in England and
remarkable iustauc. Of it is the case of RI.
Hon. W H. Smith. His father kept small
news stand in All obscure and dlsreputable
street, but rose in the world by establishing
a newspaper booth at II railroad station,
which was the beginning Of business now
worth $3.50, 600 year. The son acquired a
good common school education and assisted
his fa'Lcr in tie business. After rising al
most to control the newspaper selling bust.
ness in London and making himself useful in
psrocla aud local matters Inc stood for Par
Lament in Westminster and was defeated
But on y second trial lie was successful. Vile
soon made himself prominent in the House
rs a man of business, and DisrarlI made him
financial secretary Of the treasury aud after
wards head Of the admiralty lie retains his
place in the news agcncy and is said TO lie a
a popular member of i cicly in London and
in Buckshre, where he oHns Tine country
seat.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26

Tie English PgJiiha, CrcHlu'a Stats
ties show that during last year jl2i publica-
tions were issued from the English press
nearly 800 less than The ycai before and
only llIG ncw editions were printed during
the period. In the division into classes,
juvenile literature ranks first, ~. new books
aud 2G0 new editions having been issued from
the Eu-lsh house in the year, Theological
works. numbering j9G rev books and 1913
reprint toinc second, while fiction, preceded
by history aud biography together, makes a
bad fourth, with 306 new books auA l2l new
edit ms. Publications illustrated on art and
science count 2Gl new books aud 50 repro
ductions. Poetry and the drama arc repre-
scnted by l5S volumes. on about the same
number year ago, only % have attained
the lease Of life guaranteed by second edi-
ton. The eutirc number of writer's of books
in Lugluud must be ab,ut 1000 annually and
Of these less than 800 sin the acquaintance
Of the Engsh public.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26

lht country has exercised. Every request OF
Golfers has been granted even bis request
70 submit ms work TO the academy in order
TO secure for himself the Endorsement OF Sill
man, under The pretext OF procuring scienti-
nc trl'h Tor the benefit OF an Industry.
Ana IT turns out that The value OF his work
mas been vastly ovcrestlmated. Or the ~
points which he furnished Dr. loring foI his
speech before The Cane Growers association
al St. LOUIS last week, as the results OF his
long ard expensive work in the department,
every one had been reached long before by
me chemists who are engaged in every part
OF ihc country, especially in our Western
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26

VIII appear i'ct US no'' '"'", W "S,''S'"
~ what Is ca1e 'he ueci"c VI '''c "'a''''
IL is decline oil inc right s'f'' au" WI" pe
productive Oh goou IN ''c emu
THEY DOThlNGs D'ffEhtNih IN 'A'AN'
Consul General Van Buren, sends some in
formation regarding the press aud the press
laws of Japan from which 1t appears that the
newspaper business is an entirely different
thing in the Mikalo's Kingdom from whit it
is in the Occidcnt; and it would seem that Il
certain class of our'pcoplc would do well to
emgratc thither. Thus one provision OF the
japanese newspaper law is that all letters
sent to newspaper for publication must be
published; under penalty oil iine ranging
from ten 10 one hundred dollars. What q
perspective this opens up! Imagine law
compelling the American editor to publish all
the illusions of the members OF tn, Aut!-pie
society," the man with panacci for all the
ills Of humanity, the people who want to abuse
their enemies ANONYMOUSLY, the budding poets,
the crauks and visionarics who are almost
daily visitors of newspaper offices The
direful results of such a law are horrible to
contemplate; but they would be of short
Duration for the paper would either die q
rapid death or be exterminatcd by II justly
outraged public. In japan, however, the
easy.g going people seem to endure it nicely,
for the naners mr.. dnily increasing in number
have alluded can not it seems to us, do bet
ter than sail n, once for that much enduring
country They will he sure of gaining a
hearing. if they start quickly, before the law
can be repealed and the work of reforming
the world can be begun in japan just as
well as anywhere. There is. indeed, another
section Of the law which would
appear to conflict with that already gvei
and to largely nulify it and that il, that
the minister Of the Home department may
suppress any paper which he considers dan
gcrous to the public peace. But this is
largely matter of taste and habit. Com
munications which would be dangerous Il
the peace of our people might not have thu
same effect in Japan, and the people OF tina
country might lie bored for years before they
rose 10 frenzy. But "A paper once suppressed
is sqneichcd for all time, and neither ih'
owner nor the unhappy editor can continue
the newspaper business until hc has takcr
several years leisure to reflect upon his in
EQUITY. In that case of course all the cor
| 4 t. lie fav
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26
Qhe. SIRE press.
BURLINGTON, FRIDAY, JAN. 90 1889.
PUBLISHED BY
ake free Press dissertation,
d. d. BENEDICT, Editor,
"a year, always In advance.

This year bids fai: to he remembered MS
the y,m Of disasters Horrors accumulate
OF horrors The latest is dreadful eNplos.
ion at Point Clement, California, which de
stroyed many lives and shattered every house
within radius If half mile
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26

something better we may expect, from what
all history teaches us, that better products
will appear. Let us not, then, he dismaycd
at what is Gale the decline Of the drama.
1t is decline of the right SORT, aud will be
prodnciiYc OF good In tie end
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26

A young lady writes to know what is
meant by The following; GLOW 20 have a
book rebound: throw 1t against the wall"
The best solution of these difficult problems is
to try them practically. Let the inquirer
take book and throw it against the wall. l.,
is mean way to treat most books; but If it
is an English grammar, there'll be no great
harm done If the book rebounds, she will
understand the meaning of the remark. If
it doesn't rebound, she may put down the
man who told her 1t would as person who
is willing to deceive young aud Innocent
girl, such as we judge our correspondent to
be. - Detroit Free Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26

/, viii be some time yet before the ic-
mains At John Howard Payne. author of
"ilomc sweet Home rest in their final
abiding place, secretary Frclingtuysen has
sent . caro despatch to The United States
consul a Malsciil,s to Lod the remains until
further ogd,rs, and nothing further will he
done in regard to the matter until the monu-
ment Which it is intended TO erect 10 Payne's
memory La. been flushed The consul will
then b. ord rcd to forward the remains to
New York where Mr.. Corcoran's agents will
receive item. They will then be sent TO
Waslinatpn, where they will be inferred in
the Oak Hi Cemetery.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26

There umi 10 have been considerable
trouble in getting the remains Of the late NJ,
Gamlrl,s doduitely buried. Upon the ar
rival Of the body in Nice il was taken pos
session Of by he municipal authorities, who
placed ii ol exhibition, ana Iucn, despite the
protes' Of the dead mans relatives, who
wished % have the burial privately and ex-
pc li,ioUsy conducted, the speech making
lcommcpccl and in the end the private
moutuer. were obliged to interfere and tr
effect the intcrmcnl by an cXercis; of force.
iu their ,oaduct over Gambetta's death, tho
Frencb people have given another illustra-
ton OF their sentimental susceptibility.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26

Another once-famiar name is added to The
neurology OF the year-thal Of Dr. Samuel
A. Mudd, who served term in the Dry
Iortugas for ha boring John Wilkes Booth,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26
statement of Mr.. Saunders,

who says: "'Thc erection of the seed build
ing was anticipated, and before the sorghum
seed was sown, it was understood between
DR.. Collier and myself that any portion Of
the patch would he subject to disarrangement,
because ut that time the exact location of the
building could not be determined. This was
thoroughly understood bntween us. and the
chemist said he was willing 10 assume the risk.
Every stalk of sorghum that was cut down
during the growing season was necessarily
cut on account of the erection of the building,
and then not until the last moment when
space was wanted and in no instance was a
stalk touched until after man from the
chemical division had indicated the best place
to clear, and had had an opportunity to make
necessary observations, collect Seed etc. Two
week after the patch had been subjected to
heavy frosts and after the crop was unfit for
any use, the ground was cleared up. II there
was any claim to its value at that time, then
say DR.. Collier was guilty OF gross care
lcssness in not notifying me, for he knew l
would not allow frost bitten aud useless stalks
to lie around the grounds My recollection
is that there was no seed ON these stalks "
1t is perfectly evident that whatever may
have been DR., Loring's views with regard to
the wild and exit ava CANT statements OF LeDuc
and Collier with regard to corns,alks aud
sorghum, he has fairly and judiciously and
literally supplied the chemist with every
means 10 conduct his experiments, and has
endeavored to exercise the same judgment as
the founder of every successful Industry in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26

The official count of immigrants, in 1882
sets the total at 7l2, 542
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26

Even the festive cockroach is TO be pro
tected, duty of ten cents a box having been
put ON borax"-- Philadelphia Record
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-21
Railroad Racket.

The Northern Pacific is within 20
miles of Helena.
Mail service is to be inaugurated
over the Oregon Short Line about
May 18th.
At the Bohemian tunnel the total
progress made at the east end is S46
feet, and for the week ending Satur-
day, AZ feet.
The Denver & Rio Grande has in
troduced the system of checking bag
gage through to any point east
reached by their tickets.
1t is stated that work will begin
on the Benton branch from Billings
early in May, and construction will
be actively prosecuted.
The n. P. tracklayers have reached
the Missouri river, and are making
cracks" for Helena at the rate of
two and a half miles per day.
The Union Pacific, besides extend
ing its checking system so as to send
baggage through to the destination
of tickets, have increased the amount
of baggage which may be checked on
one rate from 100 to $50 pounds.
The late snow storm on the Mussel-
shell tested the faithfulness of many
herders, as quite a number had to
camp on the range with their fiocks.
It fell so rapid and deep that it o
enclosed flocks on the range in a
complete corral, as they would natu-
rally huddle together and keep the
snow Immediately about them
tramped down.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-21
Rescued From a Horrible Death.

The Missoulidn has the following
account of the burial by a cave in the
earth, and the speedy rescue of
Michael Kearns, at Marents gulch on
the 7th inst:
A gang of men were at work exca-
waiting in the side hill for another
tower, when the foreman noticed a
dangerous motion OF the earth at the
upper end of the cut. He shouted a
hasty warning, and before the crash
all the men but one (Michael Kearns)
got out of harms way. The falling
mass knocked him down and imme-
diately covered him from sight. His
comrades went quickly to his aid,
however, and in a few moments un-
covered his head. He was still con-
scious, and though severely. bruised
about the head, right arm and shout
der, was not seriously hurt by the &C.
cident. He says, though he could
scarcely breathe at all, he never lost
his reason, but was a very earnest
and interested listener to all that was
said about and above him.. He fell
with his right arm doubled up in
front of his face, and it was owing
to this fact, probably, that he was
not smOthered at Once-the joint of
the elbow forming a small vacuum,
through which he was enabled to
breathe. 1t was a narrow escape.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-21
Murder at Lion O1ty.

1t is reported that q tough charac-
ter named Ed Tendell was shot and
instantly killed in q Lion City hurdy
house last Monday night, by Mike
Kutt, proprietor of the house. AS
the story reaches us, the two men
had a shooting scrape last Christmas
and bad blood has existed between
them ever since. Last Monday
night Tendell entered Kutt's saloon
and drawing his revolver ordered
drinks for the crowd. The drinks
were furnished and the operation
was repeated several times, Tendell
keeping Kutt covered with his revolt
yer during the time. Finally how
ever Tendell was caught off his
guard and Kutt seized a shot gun
and emptied the load of buckshot
into his breast killing him almost
stantly. Neither of the men have
borne a very high reputation, and
Tendell was regarded as a desperate,
but the fatal shooting seems to have
been done after Tendell had put up
his revolver and is regarded by many
as an entirely unnecessary and cow
ardly act. When our informant left
Glendale the murdered nan had
been buried and Kutt had been dis
charged by 81 examining magistrate.
Lynching was freely talked of, unless
the murderer left the county within
t~wenty-four hours.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-21
Renshaw Opera House.

The Haverly Company presented
last night "The Octoroon," Or Slave
Life in Louisiana, to al audience
which made up in appreciation what
it lack ed in numbers, the inclement
weather preventing many from ven
turing out who would have
been very glad to see the Haver-
ly's in a presentation so well
calculated, as the great slave
drama, to bring out the best talents
of the company. At the matinee this
afternoon, the laughable travesty on
the familiar Arabian Nights tales,
aladdin the Wonderful Scamp''will
keep the audience in a ripple of mer-
riment. Tonight the company pre-
sent a great farewell bill in which
will be presented "Moselle, the
Miners Pet" concluding with a roar
ing farce.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-21
Some Facts.

The Hte,. Mountain does consider
able Dragging about publishing the
largest weekly paper in the territory.
Their weekly contains Sc columns OF
rehash from the daily which is a
week old when issued. The SEMI
WEEKLY MINER publishes 80 col
umns twice every week, or "a
columns per week, of live news
matter which is taken from the
daily, never being over three days
old, and most of it being prepared
for the paper Oh the day of issue.
Each issue of the SEM1-WEEKLY
MINER has three times the circula-
ton of the weekly Inter Mountain.
The .SEMI-WEEKLY and DAILY
MINER have a larger circulation
than any other paper in the Terri
tory. The DAILY MINER publishes
more telegraphic news than any
other daily in the Territory and will
continue to be in the future as it has
been in the past, the leading news
paper Of Montana. The MINER sell
dom blows its " trumpet but we
feel called upon at proper times to
state facts for the information of our
advertisers and the general public.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-21
Produce Market Report,

BUTTE, NJ. T., April 81, 1858
The following are the wholesale
prices paid by merchants and hotel
keepers for the commodities enumer-
ated, delivered from the wagons
Price list carefully corrected every
Saturday:
Flour Ruby Valley, xxx, $3.50
per cWt.
Mill Greek, XXXX, $3.50
percWt.
Kansas xxx $500.
Bakers, $3.50.
Mill Creek, New Process, $3.50.
Gallatin, $40 per cwt.
Union Mills, New Process, Cream
of the Valley, $500
Ruby Valley, NEW process) $500
Union Mills xxx Snow flake.
$3.50.
Utah Common, 1925
Utah Choice, $3.50.
Graham, $500.
Wheat per H., q cts, fair demand.
Oats, $2.00at2.5
Butter, per h., $50 10 cts.
Eggs, per dozen, 26: cts.
Corn Meal, &c.
Beef, carcass, 8 cts.
Beets, 81 cts. perlb.
Hay per ton, $23@$23
Bailed Hay, per ton, $22@2%
Cheese, 5000 cts.
Barley, $2.25@2.5O per cwt.
Dried beans, Montana, 7 cts.
Mutton, 10 cts.
Pork, dressed, Il cts. per To-.
Veal, 12l cts. per ID.
Chickens, 81 e. $3.50 per dozen.
Wood, $5.25 a. $500
Rutabagas, II cts. per ID.
Potatoes, 81. so p cwt.
Sausage, Is cts. per Id.