Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-08-25
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 CAMP ISLAM, Gr5sventre River, Wyo,
 August l6-Vis Fort Washable, w.
 E.-The President and party left Camp
 Lincoln this morning and continued the
 march down the tributaries of the GrOs-
 ventre and the main stream a distance
 of nineteen miles, going in camp at a
 grassy point on the main river, which
 has been named Camp Isham. in honor
 of Hon. Edward $. Isham, of Chicago.
 Secretary Lincoln and Captain Clark
 and two Indians started early this morn
 ing in pursuit of elk. The country
 sbounds in game.
 NEW YORK, August lS.-The Worlds
 Saratoga special says: Mackay was iu-
 duced to go into the Postal Telegraph
 Company by reason of his feud with D.
 O. Miles. When he heard Mills was
 going to stand firmly by the Western Union, he determined to take up the
 postal telegraph cause. Jim Keene was
 principle negOtiator of the business. A close friend of Mackey, here, say 8
 Mackay does not intend sticking to the telegraph business. His plan Is to build lines competing at all points with the Western Union, and then offer them to the Government at a fair profit.
 NEW YORK, August 1S.-A special to the World says, in reference to a suit against the Willard syndicate of an illegal sale of the Con- psny's stock, of that Company to themselves as directors of the other company. Legal counsel of company claim that the transaction was pefectly legitimate and that the gisI of the suit IS to test on the validity of the sale. The transaction is known on Wall street as the Oregon blind pool.
 NEW YORK, August G.-Superintend- ent Humeston, of the Western Union Telegraph company. was kept busy this morning receiving applications for re- employment from striking operators. About 100 male operators have been taken back since the strike ended. Five more were re-employed thls morning. Sixty ladies went into the strike. and out of this number only 20 have been taken back. It Is expected that 9 more l will be taken this week. All hnemen ! who apply for reinstatement were re- iected with the answer that their places | had been filled. Nearly all branch oii- ces are open this morning. Jay Gould | has expressed great satisfaction with General Eckert's management during the strike and the success resulting from | it. It IS expected the company will be able to find positions for nearly all the strikers within a couple of weeks. He emphatically denies any disposition on the part of the company to punish strik- CTS by refusing them employment.
 the Board of Directors of the Florida | Ship Canal and Transcontinental Com l pany, adjourned to-day, after a days | session. Among those present were | Hon. Jno. c. Brown, President; Geo. C. | Gorham, Secretary; Governor Cameron, | Senator Malone and others. Chief En- gineer Howe made an exhaustive report | as to the practicabihty and cost of the 1 construction of the canal If the canal | wcs eminently satisfactory It can b. | constructed at a total cost of $46,000, l GOO. The saving of distance on steam 1 vessels between New York and New Or leans is 300 miles; New Orleans and l Liverpool, 412 miles.
 FALL RIVER, Mass, August 2l-Han- Ian was beaten in professional scuil ! race last evening, his boat and two others having been upset by an excUr- | sion steamer. The first prize was awarded to Turner. who made ? miles in IS minutes.
 NEW YORK, August 21.-The steamer, Holland, from Havre, brought 1S0 Per cheron stallions. This is the largest shipment of grown stallions ever impor- ted from Europe. None of the animals were lost on the voyage. All were ship ped to farm owned by ". Dunham at Warren, H., tonight.
 GALLATIS, Mo, August 21. The trial of Frank James was begun ID the crIm- inal court today, but nothing ot im- portance was done. The real work be- gins when the jury is impanelled and will commence tomorrow.