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FroIucIs OF our scctisn-

re i-acisly 0i cu'T- below wta; ". ah'ioi-
r..s'. ulsEys . rs; difference in tie surn-nin; UP
Of; -l,s yrIsS2 Il :ie upper country had farnisi'i
s-.-s .~ la,- eA A. ySas expected the-e would be
>Ir-.! DARN. the harvest year, nearly SIX mil
lam g: bushels Of grain from the upper Coiumoia
t. safrlv form markets while the sotual sarpius
,. tie v. sIirc; reach over orehalf Of that quan-
t.-v It : Noticeable that with osfct of such eI-
t-l.t We ela vel announce that tie trafae on the
,,r.s-la Railway & Navigation Company t7ains anu
hats shows AZ iroEe>e of brsines. over any former
var. Exports f-usa this Upper Columbia resSh
dr su. ell.,;s: merely Of wheat. The We! clip
.,-aar-s to s1rne seven million pounds hi1es are
sh.pael IN l4rre quantity. hut II would b much
better + th-y Na-e tanned II home hai-sesi fr"in
!, Moscow sll s,l.e other localities. forrls STA
lsU. .r.o.t even Il the hitttas AMI Yakima val
lew, hos are grown exclusively AID have oroaShi
r,,s y.-.r very fortunate rsturns 10 lGoky owners
than -a-is: fruits have been shipped IArsety hoIi,
,TaIIt WsIla ani orchards along the Coiufao2 AM
>1,ke riyers Tie trade ~ lumber and feneiii;
ro,1u;s 10 considerable in the way Of local traine
FN-ry yaar p-,liuc:s1n wares and IneTSz.ses - =
natural and necaS.aI. II tie country Is u proIsi
rf,rs interests assume Importance taSn eve.
i...8re our faruers are bree1Ins nj ts;tng svihs
in l.rrs uufnbers and sending tSousan1Is Oh ish
;urke7. % the froai 10 supply Chinese PORK e.'en
ke.f AND mg:JOn boaT suea ot pr.es 'hAi ess
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The oreso. improvement Co.

i-,r,-.ru. fs.tor in the consfructtnp o' Eaiss'.o
Inns IN ur territory, and In i's general ds'eop'nen'
-, ,,-,,n Improv e,nent Co tie otace cs the Sen-
= .-t q sLieh il located 1t Wall. W.uA, snh
At PresSu:t, EnduDtt, Coifsx and through
nut the country cuserrd BY IL operAtsos- iHe
her ysrtts Of this co,npeny Al Nain "u'a ~
,,,s other railroad i,oints are Furnishing tns
with lumber and .encins al hwer r.tes tnAs oo''
g. ,b w..,.rp prairie states The Nsnpsny II dssefv-
,,r ,.,nul.r with oar people An eISint -
..;,.,n, a, ,h,. o,ruursson and - puIp00 ana ~
!. v;y-u in tie hss.nric sketchs Of Hsshing.
-, ,.--;,cr, hy CSl f. T. Gilbert, just Psbi'sneo-
and Is here spp<ndei:
W., tbaers Of develo,.nent vss t.rly nnmeosea
~ he Pacific northwest, the enferpris'ne min~ 'ai
,rs,. interested in The work. amrehensins Ne
1t, n ,p,eysIooad resorrrrs, and he assnAi AsSa
If rspitsI "a pru-ssa.e various ent<rprss' tn.'
ii, ,.sa rewards for investment bat vse srts
.Ily pscrs.ary 10 raeet the prosrao o. Aas
r,op. .uausurst-d ths Oregon lmprovemes'e'' .'n
:. ae 900 capital, and With pose's and soo. ~
included the owning and roanAsemsnf' Oh Any ~"
,,,c-.,.r that uouh invite invotnsnt esno ane'
time only two years aso-&r tAs ins's
80, ~, Ii. si.s of OsApher, 1850. shss comse.y
h.,,.,-,e =. promiosuf part IN many i@2orsAns
-, In tbs, hx,<f sp.cs Il time tAsy peseAan
N. .p-rsr,ysnd rznchss d fths Seattle cn-A -
,.,,...s,o o. owning nina ct Nsvossss. - ense
top. s-a.,,e, they also pannased ~ s'ssss ~
WI. r.ur>d which af resnt bsan IL sAne q
c,,-,nsi. a Puget soa.i r.iiro.a, rnssaAe ssesc
O.. n,r s..t,le 70 Newcastle. va AssAnes q -
,,vh,ch p,.rs ,hey u.rry On nninG op.neans- ID
, 1883-01-06

The following lkstch of old times in the
Wallis Walla by one who was thar, af-
fords realization Of the vast changes which
have Of late years come over the face of the
country and taken place in the pursuits and
lives of the inhabitants:
II was the fortune of the writer to first
look upon tho valley of the Walla Wa.la
about twenty five ycazs ago, and beautiful
indeed was the panorama spread before his
ewes. Since then what changes have taken
place Then there were no settlements, no
farms. no stock In the whole country from
The DsIles 10 Coiville. Previous to that
bme, however, there had been a roTy few
,ettlers bssides the missionaries and Hud-
SON, Bay people. Lloyd Brooke tnow OF
Portland. Oregon hsd brought herd OF
cattle across the plains. and, with his men,
wss located on the TouGhst, not far from
where Dayton now stands Mr. Clarke had
settled upon donation claim about two
miles fro n the site Of tie present city OF
Wslla Walla. Uncle" Bill Collins was
settled on the UmAtilla rire-. and there may
have been few others There were. above
WalIa WL,a, OIL Tukannon, Lewis Marenro,
and on LApwsi. William Craig. both OF them
married 10 native women. The Iudian out
break Of 1855, known n the Yakima WAT.
h,d driven all these people, As well ss the
missionaries and the Hudson's B=v pe"ile at
the "OId Fort Walls Walla. NEAR Hailuia,
ont Of the eoantry, Craig excepted H vas
living with tho Nss Peree-. VIII" y Ser. triend-
iy, Previous 70 the tine referred :o-u the
Fall of lsSs-ths Oregon Vsluuteers had
been up here and bad their four day.' hsnt
With .hs Indians in the hills around the
mouth Of the Touehss lFor particulars OF
the nshs inquire Of the Mayor Of the city Of
W.lla W.llA; he vas one Of 'em-ons Of the
volunteer, not IndiAn.) The Washington
Territory velantesrs. with whom the writer
came, found ne Indians in Wslia WAlla val
lev. They hsd gone aeross the country 70
Gr.nds Ronde, were followed. and nicely
whipped in . RAINING fight from Indian val
lev 70 Cashsrins Creek. Tweaty seven
good Iadians" were found on the field
.fesr The aShl The ". T. Volunteers lost
fear men. About this time. the regular
ds,.chnsnis from the Let dragons and osh
Infantry, eoamAndsd BY Col Ssspsos. then
Major of the oth-eame into the valley. and
The Go,auor Of tbs Tertiary. Stevens. e.
s6sio Sapsnassodsos Of Indian AaAirs .l'0
arrived and ssnt for the Indians and hsld
coasel n which nothing ssisfsctorJ W. &C
eonpli.Aed- He then prepared 10 leave the
country With The vssunsssn. Col. ssepsos
.pd his command remaining. SssveAs had
nareAed saly . fsv miles hon camp snd
r.,ehal uhas i nsv known - Russell creek,
vhsa b ~ attacked By heavy force sf
Iuiiaks; ~ ss6gsl - ssrul In wago.'
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Not least noteworthy in the progress record
ed by this writing are the gruwth and improve
ment of the public schools Of the county. The
average attendance has increased from 200 TO
$500, three new districts have been organized,
q better class If teachers have been employed,
under salaries fully 70 per cent. Letter. new
buildings have been erected and the general
oonGition IL iouri.hinc and altogether crafty
ing. In the new districts, two OF which are on
Eureka Fiat and the other at Hadley, tempo
rary buildings are used. A substantial and
coumsdiou, frame school house tas been CON
structed q rai!es east Of Wal'a Wallis in Dis
trict 81, and the Baker building, described
elsewhere, Is grand Monument tn the years
progrr-. NeY furniture, including patent
scats, has been put in several Of the district
schools. ard new apparatus and copies Of
WebsteTs Unabridged Dictionary furnished
them.
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and stand on the defensive for part o. day
and one night. a messenger was sent, VINO
go. through the Indian ine and made
known the situation to Col. SteptOe, and re-
lief in the shape OF mountain hoSitzer ard
detachment OF dragons soon dispersed the
Indiana With the exception Of a skirrrish
on Wild Horse creek the Governors march
70 The DslIes gss uninterrupted. The reg
uiars were now in Possession OF the country,
and went into camp tsat fall on Mill creek.
One of the cabins Of the cantOnment IS stiil
standing Just above DR.. Glow sdwellIng. Ii
was in IS ~ when the present Fort
.WalIs W,ila vas established. The conn-
try being under military law, there were no
settlers until 50. when 1t was thrown open
to settlement, hy esommendation OF Ter.
Harvey. wLo commanded the Military DIS
triet. Settlers then began TO come IN slowly
saw and srist mills were started, and IN
the iall Of so the discovery OF gold IN large
quantities garo al impetus TO immigration
which continued several years. Nalla
W.lla became at ones .he trading center ct
the whols upper country" Large quanti-
ties Of gold dus. came for trsnspO: tat'on TO
San Francisco and elsexhere. When the
difference" dust came IN large quantities,
much was bought by Wells, Fargo q Co.
The dust was light and the purchaser or
blower had good lungs, Tor he told the writer
that the sSeepings Of the office ''plnned ont
about $50 month. The country was then
supposed to be only pastoral country The
hills were not known to be ca!able OF pro-
ducing grain; consequently the creek bottoms
were frst occupied Ii Is the opinion OF the
writer that Smith GILLIAN, on Dry creek,
was one Of the first, II not the first, VII" made
the experiment of growing wheat Oh bench
land. The first experiment decided the
question that grain could be grown on the
hills as well rs III the bottoms, and expert
ence h.s snce demonstrated that a iaIr yield
say t~enty-tive bushels per acle-is al
most y eestaipty, TOR there has beea no
failure OF crops up to lie present time,
though OF course some s aSons aye better than
Others
For, say ten years, THE ceun'ry wss de
ve!opiug sery -loa!y. was, 50 to sp al,
bottled ur"-no outlet ior its produce
cor ss4uenriy no G,e 10 produce much. The
down frsiskt" WIS not looked on as any
thing by the transpoI tation company. Al
terwaTds it bscame evident 10 them that
there VAS '.son,gthins Ii il" Then atten- !
ton Wa s.ysn to he matter aid caafSes
were put down 10 50 per ton Tor gran. One !
Of the great draw backs heretofore h al been
the land Transportation. Pr weson, to the
river, but now come. Dr.. Bakers railroad, and |
at last thers is a ctsnce to get part OF the |
crop - the .e.bIsri the season i !s raised |
Then came the y heat boom, and with It |
immigrants, and though California and Ore
gon get IN, credit when our thousands OF |
tons OF wheat ere shipped to Europe, yet !
our fame as a yrsiG producing country has |
spread beyond cur borders and il becoming |
better understood cart ol the Rockies every |
day.
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A TRAGEDY.
Suicide Of Sergeant Holland at Klamath.

Intelligence has been received here Of the
suicide OF Sergeant James Hoilsn6, of the
F,rst Cavalry, at Fort klamath. On the 24th :
ui. The Sergeant. who was formerly sta
tened at the WalIa Tslia post, viii be re-
m.mbe,ed as a small rnan, colder Of ex-
cept,on ally strict attendance TO d1cipline,
AMI the hero Of the captGfe Of two desesters.
from whom he refused an offer Of $2,e00
cash for their liberty. He Was fsvorite Of
Captain Bendire's, and trusted thoroughly.
On tine night of the 23l he was accused Of
selling 50 worth Of grain TO an Indian, and
was placed under arrest Tas charge found
no credit among the officers Of the garrison,
but was terrible blow 10 tie feelings OF the
Sergeant. who told his Captain that guilty or
Lot, the disgrace of the arrest would always
cling to hin. Ga tie foilos ing morning.
after deliberate preparations and doIbslsss
night OF agonizsd wakefalnss, he fred the
fatal sbct Sergeant Holland IA, distiD-
guishad for hia cOnrsg. in action. His mill
tary record includes many daring sIploits.
lie fought In .he Bannock, Motioc and Neg
Pe,ces wars. ant in the famous thIes-dsys
fight at the Clearwater, while . nee boy,
he bore Lieut. Williams *. ans!ei bodS
from the field amid hal Of builet.. vh.-.
none other would attempt the perilous deed.
We were a personal isnsis to bis vslostps
conduct throughout this Gght Ha dsAth :
= canse Of genuine sosro~ 20 esery oc1eef
his regiment. No scidi.r had esss nes
sndtared himseH to his spIerioss. pss' ss-'
listed greater degree Of nspses amsns ~
comrades
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IGor the Country HG. Prosper
cd Despite IgFicHitRrnf
Idr0TsiticS.
The Growth in the Mercantile
and Manufacturing Inter.
c.t. Of T;ilIa Nalia.
Something Conce. ming 'he Glow
ing Promise of the Future.
introductory overture.


Tie yaarui our Lpri eighteen hundred AMI
eighty ta0, aith it. .ys and SORROWS, il hopes
:.ag lear. is ioye- and hates, as the school
.5r.s say IN their .-stys with its tooms and
l-.t-up-, ias Guitelu, It's political revolution,
j.. L.u-try -GsuhJr! scandal AMI the thousand
other Ills and well, which the Amcricon na-
"a is heir TO-. has passed away. How stands
tie record oi III. lynn. year. This question.
g-a.ul:.t with Pitch forks and blue ire for the
uah.upy H~rzr,, when l-:nebeI By the king
demon Yf the -BAc. Crook, viii be answered
by the STATESMAN in IT. relation 10 the fair
r,.-iun uf I. ,st-r.. Washington AMI particularly
tie pra.lerIg. a4i growing metropolis Of
N. inland emp.r..
\ A,.,r.,al failure If ia. -r.,sn cr,p. which
.I.fl L.. ,a..rs f.ty discussed hereafter has not
eli tfs.t-i :, stay targuiek u.rra Of rra-rr,s
, 1883-01-06
HEiT or THS aAgEEsI =
H..arsa ofih. unr,t lear E,rr snorn.

go. - ...,l. %. ,-,,
'- ~ '' jas -'' t'' 40
.-..lr- Il h JqIty Columbia = sIan s-s was hoped
ID. r.,y,rnn,r-I-, It~;,. l.ui.tIl October,
F- - -if-tt ei' Va -HF''!! more 'l'4h uNe H'A
HsrI us r-;GsraEd Ih- farmer everywhere =
.-.y.-., h. .r,.., L,,. We rauture N SAY
II
.-'. sik~ eS-hiy su'NA ANA u'' lainil "' N'''7'
t.r.sl ofths intel sIts- vUuii have experienced
.-..,..,. 49,, In, N,,,,,,,,I n.,.,lsr
- iA's rrsl.r"i ,u's lEgI- as have I'm s7'i'iei
.frs.r-a .trA- -rr.r Country our oil Of grain
EN-, ,..l.-,5 .,st ,,f the
"
G-~sT A-AstDLH - IA. .fsi 'L"At-S1'E'l'5 s'h''s
n .rlsafr .-safs Wherever gucsl farming
- .,,l,,,,-l lam,
- =,
. &, 81 u-H..S 10 the G't- s's lrr" ir''i-'i- Ahe
..rn of l,s3 H.. te r-s.- the hopss Ell tel tanned.
.,sa-y - ,ruav- = h. l.u 20 ri, Y lnt SOW III
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Innd once Business.

The Walla Walla Government Land DIS
trict embraces all OF Walls Walla, Columbia
and Garfield counties. that portion OF Whit
man at the junction of the Snake and Co
iumbia rivers, and the eastern ends OF akirna
and Klickitat counties. The Government Office
located in this city. is an ,ng the most i'm
portant Of its character in the United Statcs.
L, is one Of the very few ''maxImum ofhces,
50 called because the extent Of the business
ia snc;i that certain fees allowed the Register
ami Receiver are sufficient in amount 30
swell! the salaries paid each of these officers
from III. nominal amount Of $500 year, 10
the limit of $1,000 In Washington Territory
this anil the ColisI offices are the only onss
which have, during the five years past. come
nnSer the "maximum" ,sd. In the Waiia
W,Ila ctfi.e the fees mentioned have been.
for , number of years, col siderabiy IN eI-
ses. Of the .slny limit. Daring the past
twelve months entries of land have been
most numerous in Garfield county, and OF
late the hilly land between Dry creek and
Touchet has been rapidly taken up, Inc
amour. Of cash payments has been Sreassr
than IN sny year since the Office wss estAo-
lisheG A resume OF the hasinsss Of ths year
"a here presented:
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II ID . curious tsct, though it MAY have
no special asri6cance, that the number OF
marriages oc,arring in the eoartJ Of WAlls,
WslIa, - shosa By the record of the Pro
hsts eoart has ben lsss than Ia either Of
tbs tss yssss prsesdisG notwithstanding
sAs Ases is9sss n population The roll
Of 1850 shoved lis vsddiaes and that of
1851, 13I, vhiie in lS0e there were but l0'
, 1883-01-06
WAIIA WAILA, w. T., SATURDAY, JANUARY 1888

have been noted in another part Of this article.
The establishment has become one sf ths most
important in the city.
A new enterprise i that Of Cooper L
Schmuck. whose furniture manufacso.y on
Third street north ofSumach, began operations
In June The 6nn turn out bedroom ssts in
pine, Ash and walnut writing dsHkaL dining
tables. .iie-boarda. bookcases and other aIsi.
principally local. The extxss:,s maaufAc-
turing required by the furniture business of
Z. ". Everesx h done by Mean. Cooper /
Schmuck. A chop mill, under their owner
ship a1joins, the factory.
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Finiins other valuable lands for sale. the In
provement company also aoQuirsa BY purchase OF
private owneN B 900 ssrs IN Powder river valiey,
beautiful snd fertile rag:n looatsi IN among tho
Bius mountains and % Be snn travars,i by the
Blue mountain divAiOa Known tho Bsker City
branch Of the 0. h. d Co.'S System. Ths land is
10 become valuable. owing to it hotion anon. the
rich mining districts Of Eastsrn Oregon AMI the
small sIa Of good farming land IL plat VICINITY.
The improvement Co. alsO swn 1000 ac7rs uf 'aIna-
BILE ttmber land stustsi in tbs Blue t,ins. En-
terprising citizens Of walIa Walla ani Dayton. real
izins the great nsd of lumber and Imbsr for fuel.
fencing and buiiiing purpSs. ipausurst,, bu.ines.
projack that ineluiad TIC Uwnenhip Of timber land
and lumber mills In tbs aipininS mountain. and
the construction of water fumes % Connect their
saw rills with ths valley down which to hoat luIn
bas, fencing, are wood, railroad tiss, etc They
dersook urs than ~! sosh financially handle and
became insnlvent. When the Improvement Co, see
ing that the prugTD VI tbs oouatry ana the eompl-
o1 The railruad delayed BY their failure por
chased the Aums 10 Dayton. In Warrington TertoET,
and then b Milton. in Oregon. assh nearly ~ rsiles
in length, and onrTicd 10th enterprises 70 ,ues-
m, isue IN sonneetioo with the .-ie OF its lAnis
above su0u.masod, the eunpany hss saopti. aye
TEN Of inproving tho ssns fr the advantage OF the
settler, constructing Lcusss fenses. etc "hsn de-
sired, se k. priss Nan The settler sOud do The ut.
The iaDd b soA h tr>sts not exceeding 100 "
a single peT.n with q vew 10 securing good ou!tiva-
ton md preventing land moooIoly. when she In
provsrnens Co. Commenced opsr.tiors il The u.lla
wslia eoupAy tumteu sold ., sH pr i.ous.ni feat
that nov se,is Snr tis- fhe policy followed = 20
identity tie Company with The settler and aid men
with Moderate means 70 hss 10 advantage AMI
suocosi IN life. 50 far its Ioiiey h. tom uheni
and oozusierses to immigrant and oihers making
homes On rs lands he Gentlemen sonatitsting thr
Oregon Improvement saMpany AN: Hnry Wizard
rsn enes New York City: Director Henry Failing,
Portland, Direstor C. II. L~wis, prtlani; Dinestr
j. n. Buckley. fortla,d; Director s. c. R Cd. Port
land: Directors 4. II. Holmes, New York City. Gro
Il. Pullman. Chieaso, VIM. Endioo.t, Boston; Prss,-
dent and Director, J. y. Iplph. Portland: General
Manager and Dirsstor. C. VI. Prescott. Portlani:
Assistant Manager, J. ". Howard. San Fransiseo;
Assistant Manager. @. ". wisider. Portland seore-
kry, J0rph Simon. Portland; General Agent. r. X.
TSnnait WAlla wsila, v. 7. Gen. Taunstt hrs
charge of tAs land. lurnoss ard hur,s intsrSsts.
, 1883-01-06

1hossh the manufacturing interests OF Wal-
y WAlla have nos kept pace. daring the Year
iuss e,ossl, vita IKE growth Of the city and
s.rrs,.disg resio, and thsuSh still much less
sYtaxise tAn the 6snsrd would warrant yet
s.hsta6A progress tss been made and there
= psaniss Of . steady ineresss IN the future
Or naaufss.ursn and Eialsu AL repsrt pres
, 1883-01-06

In local real e-ts.s there has been . o"os'd-
srsbls hut sce.iy advance during tbs year, ou'
IN no n.rt of the city have prices attained ns'
-,.. =. aupnrsassuabls or unwArrantsd Hap
pilv there has been no "boo0' Of ne Ha.,
sc.sr common in oshersrowing towns Of bnsnt
nrosr,ects. and such As u prevailing !" osoe1
,oxns at ,h;. time, wherein enormous pnoea'
justi6able in come instances, become sn'
,b. thin. for speculation IN lots taAes pos
.;eu of ali Glasses. and the end . TOO ofsse .
e.Ils,se and the ruin Of great nunbe" o. me
inrestora
, 1883-01-06

Th, mAy or may ncs have rslstisn 70 -
general tendency in Earops ard Amessee 70
ward cslihary. xh;eh has of 'ass hrsa ~
subi-c. Of 20 asoch sciea,iiic and newspePss
comment. General prosperity. ai~ays
po.en, IA .sor 10 selling the LIST Of marriages
has J, en- by no meaas wanting here. freos-
bly, 1t ja,s happened 50 and e'om IN
wedding. may come upou rs any time. u
the uog People don't improve the re'osd
,his ,esr heavy ia. on ssehs'orho.d ~i'i
be IN or,ier.
, 1883-01-06

For your s;sssrs % eousius o. ysH snne -
/. pair of tho.e Xobby shces ~ slipgda aissss
kept By Doian. s
, 1883-01-06

poxes. Pselin8 the nesi Of wharf facilities a San
Fnncisp. vhas thex coal asas esos, extensive
markst, the oompany parrhassd shs v.lasbls PROF.
erty Of The Union lamb-r Company of tsss city, vhsTe
they have asre>iy ouostruet~i extensive coal bln-
They also Own large wharf sd have all nssssa.ry
terminal fAeilr4a 1t S>ssls. IN ooansssinn with The
Columbia Puget Sound rsilroed. rhs improve
n,ent Co vii also opss.ss Tie extensive eAi bankdrs
on the EHst Portland siis Of ~ wiuAneses bsiou
Albna. They are slso s1ls oGnsss OF tns Pacific
Coast steamship company. engaged In shs sanspor-
tAtiOn of freight pasengers and mails BY steamship
between San Frapcpco sud all P.cAe so>es port in-
eludias Alaska Ia v.sv Of shs fstars eIpAashA cf
valuable trsctz Of mineral lanis IN Wssra wsaA-
ingtnn Territory Il viI be that this earrprsse
bad alresiy assumed vide scupe and vs. prrArning
An important part IN eoense.ce With The tesiinies
of the Sound rey,o.- They ss destinsd Ala 20 Afe
g strong intero. IN ths prcGos and development u
the upper country eas, Of the Csscs.as- Two yn1
ago The great salus a IL Palolss country uss IN
derstooi by few penus. and attracted TIE at:en-
ton Of the sentlane. i,ssrssts. in the Dragon In
pToveznent Onnpans Biadins the Northern Pacific
RailroAd CompAsy wiling b dissrss Of iAnaA. they
purchased the odd ssos,cns from that sunpany Of
fourteen tovmhirs b ~ vsry heart Of The Pslouss
region confirming lS0 600 ssro of soi seldom equal
sd for nchnsss or Ssssiity This lsHd hs bssn oars-
fully sr.dsd sna has sss. placed .. shs markst at
prioo rsnsins from Is 90 10 so 90 an sers - fol-
lows. plan of pym0t BY siI instaIknats:
4
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-22
LlSCOLN's PROPHETIC DREAM.
How the hartyred President * Said To Have
TorotoiJ His Fate.
iNasb,tt1. 1 tbatal


Ioretoid His Fate,
Nashville liborai.l
IL is not generally known Tint Pres
ident Lincoln once dreamed that lac
would be assassinated. While he was
neither professor of religion, nor even
fixed In his belief In one particular
creed, still he was fond of reading and
discussing the bible. On Sunday even
ings he invariably read a chapter or
two from the scriptures, and then gave
his explanation of II. One evening mt
the White House he read several pas
sages, both from the Old and New
Tcstaments, relating 10 dreams, TO
which Mrs. Lincoln and the children
gave great attention. He began TO
chat with them on the subject OF
dreams, aud said he had been haunted
for some days by dream lac had had.
OF course they all wanted him 10 tell
IL, though Mrs. Lincoln said she didn't
believe In dreams in the least, and was
astonished at him. So he proceeded
TO tell 1t;
About ten days ago | retired one
night quite late. Ind been up wait.
ing for important dispatched from the
front, and conld not have been long IN
bed when / fell into Hlumber, for ]
was very weary. During my slumbsr
! began to dream. | thought there
was u stiffness about me, and | heard
weeping. ] thought that | got up aud
wandered down stairs, The sane
stiffness was there. A. / went from
room 10 room | heard moaning and
weeping. At length ! came 10 thu
end room, which entered
and there before me WIS mag
niiicent dals, on which was /
corpse. Here there We're seDtties and
a crowd Of people. ! said 10 one Of tn,
soldiers, "Who IL dead at the Whit
House7p He answered, THE presl
DENT "How did he die?n asked
"By the hand OF an assassin, WAS tlt
reply. Then ! heard great wailinp
all over the house, and IL was so loud
that Il seemed TO awaken Inc. awOkt
much depressed aud slept no more
that night. Such was my dream.
From TINT time until his sad death
Mr.. Lincoln was haunted by the fen
Of assassination, and Mrs. LipcolD'l
first words after wilkes Booth had
shot him on April 18th, were: Ills
dream was prophetic" The remari
was not understood then, but when
the story of his dream WAS subscquent
/ ~ told IT was explained.