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FINANCE AND TRADE.
FINANCE.

The money market is quiet, Sos per cent,
discount being the ruling rate. An increasing de-
nand is apparent, but easily met at above quota
tons:
March ......S 154 253 20 54,4Oj IS
Thus far this week.. sss O54 Sc 2l6 eS3 80
Same time last week.. 900 7s9 90 $4,000 20
6ame week last year.--.... ,03s 1877 o. H5,Sy9 2s
Exchange on New YORK buying at par, selling
at u premium. Eaitsrn cotton bills buying ut q
per cent. discount, selling at par; and exchange
en- New Orleans = discount buying and par
selling.
Bank stocks-Bank of Commerce. 1876; First Ma
tional, l0291i0; German National, 2OO92l0; Man
and Planters. 135.
Insurance stocks-Home, 67td71; Bluf City, 100;
Peoples 529s7: Planters, lis; Phenix, 90; Mem
phis City, l00 fernando, 1927; Vanderbilt, l36l5.
Railroad stocks-ChesApeake, Ohio and South.
western nrst mortgage, par; Mississippi and Ten
nessee, 60965; Memphis aud Charleston first mort
gage bonds, Is, ll29ll6; do. second mortgage
bonds. rs QSS5), l029lO5; do. conSols. l07ol09;
Memphis and Little Rock first mortgage bonds,
s. 100; Mississippi and Tennessee conSoIs A, I26
do, B. ITO.
Miscellaneous Merchants Storage and Com
press Company, new issue, 105 Memphis Gas
stock, 50; do. bonds, T9l00; Memphis Water
stock, 100; Memphis city bonds, old, 30. compro-
mise bonds, S.; coupons from old bonds, 30; from
compromise bonds, GO; ledger balances, 2S; tudg-
ments on coupons and bonds, 3d. paving indeot-
edness, Is; shelby county Memphis and Ohio rail-
ROAD 6s, IS; warrants, 98gl0- btd-nons on the
market; Mississippi levee bonds and coupons, Lis.
trict No. l, 1l@i21z; do scrip. 129l21z; Bank OF
(Ark.) warrants 20; Desha county, 81; Mississippi
county. 50.
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MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN STEAMERS
New YORK, March 23-Arrived: Fuds
Bremen
LONDON. Msrch 23.-Arrived out: Wis
consin New York.
New ORLEANS, Msrch %. - Arrived
I Nantes Ihyarnool
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dEMPHIs COTTON GTATRMENT.

New York, New Orleans and Liverpool Ex-
changes are closed in observance of Good Friday
the first two 10 resume Monday and the latter
Tuesday morning. We append spot and future
quotations at the close Thursday evening:
New York.
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PROVISIONS.

BuTTER-Creamery, Ss@4oc; dairy, ESQ
soc; butterine, 1S920c.
CHEEsE-Prime flats. 1Oc; New York factory, IL
dl2c; full cream, Ice; 7. A, Ice.
MESS PoRK-t2o per barrel; sugsrcured hams
12s49lSAc; breakfast bacon, 1255z91S1zci clear
rib sides, III a1lssc.
BULK MEATs-Packed-clear sides. 05ss1e54c;
clear rib. l05S9101Sc; shoulders, 75s974c.
FRESH MEATS-Beef, headquarters, 697c; fore
quarters, SSic. City dressed hogs, l0c; country
dressed, 71Saec
LARD-1ferce, 1l7se; half.barrels, 121sc; kegs,
1870; 2olo pals, 125sc; half pals, l2Sc; 10-lb
tins 12szc; 5lb tins, l25Sc; S-lb tins, 12c; leaf
lard 81 hlRher per cWt
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RIVER NEWS.
CLEANERS LEAVING.

STENMEHS LEAVING.
THIS DAY.
White RiVer--....JosIE HARRY, Harry, pm.
Aadison..--.--...--J.S S. RRASsFoRD, Holder, p m.
New orleans-......CITY OF ST. LOUIS. Able, pm.
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUE>DAY, WEDNESDAY.
Yicssburg ......--. CoxNoSwEALTH, Sunday, 10 an.
st. Louis .......... CITY OF CAIRO Sunday, Ios
FriGrs Point.-..--JANEs LEE, Monday, 5 p m.
Arkansas City-..KATE ADAMS, Monday, pm.
OsceolA...........-...DEAS ADAMS, Monday, pm.
Dyenburs..-.... MARX TWAIN, Monday, pm.
stFrsnciS RiverTIeEg, Tuesday, 5 pm.
Cincinnati Ohio. Tuesday, p.n.
Arkansas River. h ATIz HOOPER, Wednesday ,5 p m.
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N Office.

DARTIE5 having claims against the estate OF
L A. J. vienna, dec zased. will please present
them 10 my attorney, Henry F. DIX, IS Madison
Street Par les indebted TO said estate can settle
with nv Attorney, or with A. J. Vienna d Co., at
the olu stand, 345 Main street.
JOSEPHINE VIENNA, Exeeutrix.
March IL, lSSS.
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soR nHrrE and BLACK I'm ERs.

MILF n ARRY LINEMempbts white
aud BIRck river U. s. ali Packet.
For Indian Bay, St Charles, Clarendon, Deyalls
Buff Des Arc. Augusta, Jaeks0nport, searey,
Batesville, Powhatan and Pocahontss-Ihe new
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q credit and honor alike to the mechanics and
owners. She Is differed as followed: Captain,
Dan Able: clerks, VIM Mason and Tony Ed
redge; pilots, Henry Partee and John L Reed.
Among her passengers enjoying the first on her
are G. ". Alien, wife and nurse. Miss Johnso n,
Ms.V o. Minor and niece, o. ?. Green and wife,
F. Ksime and wife, Mrs. J. f. Kaime and
daughter, G. W. Shaw and wife, Ms. Stenson, Dr.
W. L Barrett. Mrs Ross and son, T. c. Taylor and
wife, W. Il Wilton AMI wife. Ms. D.. Spencer.
two eklidren and nurse. Hiss Eliza Carr, J. T..
Bradford and wife. Capt. John Howard, vile,
daughter and son, of Louisville. Mrs Perry, Miss
Pulliam, Mrs Blossom. Miss Blossom E d. Bios
som, z. F. wickham and wife Miss Blanche Wick
ham, T. Saunders Foster and wife, Mr.. Kirkland
and wife Mrs. Charles II. Turner ana ia a ily Wal
ter Carr, J. z. LsUghlia, Sidney WitkousEi. John
C. Schwsrz, Andrew Gardner, John p Q Iinn and
James T. Merryman. The City of St Louis arrived
at Cairo at O'Clock yesterday afternoon, but her
time of departure is not announced in the Asso-
ciaied Press d Spatches. STE will probably not
arrive here till after dark tonight
RIVER AND WEATHER.
OFFICE SIGNAL SERVICE, U. 8. A.,
MEMPHIS, TENN, March q, 1883.
The following observations are AIKEN at the
same moment Of time Il :os p.u.) at al the stations
named:
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To the Netherlands.

The First-Class Steams ships of this Lne-AM-
DAM, LEERDAM, W. A. SLH0LTEN, =. CALAND,
MAS, carrying the United States Mail 10 the
Ne herlands, leave NEW YORK regularly every
WEDNESDAY, for ROTTERDAM and AASTER-
DAN alternately. First Cabin, $50; Second Cabin,
$50; Storage, SO; from Rotterdam and Amster-
dam, SO. "a CAZAUX, Gen'I AzeaI,
No q knIfh Millia nsiraAf New Ynrk
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THE COTTON MARKETS.

Ths Memphis market opened and closed
quiet. Gales, 225O bales, including 1850 Thursday
svenisg-I2oe 70 exporters, 1850 to spinsers. Clcs
Ing Quotations were az follows:
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FOG WstIE RIVER.
LEE LINE 81 EAN ERE.

yer slesozIe. Heisas sss.i FrisTs Paiss.
ssassses z1eS, 49,
L. W. Whitlow... MASTER A. B. Brown. eierA
.il Leave as ABOVE every
MONDAY. WEDN kSDAI and FRIDAY, at pm.
Ofice, No Madison street.
JAMES LEE JR, superinten dent
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Josie Harry, -

n. z. Harry-master,
Will leave Memphis EVERY SATUhDAI AT D
O'Clock D m connecting direct with the new Back
River United states Mail Packet MILL HAkki |,
for Powhatan and Focahontas and Win tne Oal4y
Packets 10 Balesville and Upper White rlVer.
Through es 10 all points
Freight consigned to Milf Harry Line, memphis
or Terrene, viii be promptly forwarded.
&. W. LIGHiBORSE. Agent
No. Monroe street, Memphis
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THIS PAPER p k Ell g IT. :" SO - 80
.i's<zssa asaa&s s asse
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PETROLEUM MARKETS.
COAL OM-Wholesale lots, 16c per gallon
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-07-28

A STRAIGHT MANA chap who
pumped off the wharf at the foot OF
Randolph street the other day was
promptly pulled out by three or four
men who witnessed the action, and
when the victim was safe on the planks
one of the men remarked:
"Did you fall in"
"No. sir l jumped in"
"Did you intend to commit suicide 2,
"No, sir"
"But you must have been tired of
life to take that leap. Tell US your
trouble, and perhaps We can assist
you"
"Gent'emen," said the stranger, after
swallowing a glass of whisky which a
boy had run for, I'm a man Of straight
business principles. I've jumped off
the docks along here some six or seven
times this spling. I'm always sure of
being pulled out, of securing a big
drink of whisky. ana the cash collec-
ton runs from seventy-fye cents to
three dollars
well. you won't get no cash ont of
this crowd said II of the men.
II realized that, as soon as you pull
ed me out and | sized you up" replied
The stranger, ''and l may as well add
that the whisky you sent for is the
poorest st uff l ever drank. Take it al
together, I'd have made more to faint
away or had a fit in a saloon"
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1t is not ar all likely that any
of our readers are troubled with
corus, nevertheless we give the fol
lowing recipe to destroy them.
Take one fourth cup of strong vim.
egar. crumble into it some bread. let
ii stand halt an hour, or until it softens
into a poultice !; then apply on retiring
at night. In the morning the soreness
will be gone. and the corn can be pick
ed out. 1t the corn is a very obstinate
one it may require two or more appli
cations to effect a cure.
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MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE.
But Nerer a Cent for Board.

"When l first KEN to Cleveland" re
marked a silver tongued member of the
Cuyahoga bar, q child Of tie land of
Burke O'Ccnnell, blowing the froth
from a glass Of beer and setting it
down on the bar to settle, "when l first
KEN t" Cleveland l was fresh from ta-
chin echool, and BY no manner Of ma
mes, the wide awake lawyer l am at
prisect.
"Wan day Jim Corrigan. q sailor.
rushed into me Office and said he had
been sued for 81 so by Charlie Hutchin
son, keeper Of the St. Charles board.
ing house. Il want yez to deind me-
said he. DO yez owe the claim " sails
/. ''Av coorse l does be OWN it.
said he. 'Thi" 60 pay it, sails l. Pay
him. is it, sai> C"rrigan. Bad luck to
him, In spinl tv inty dollars before I'd
pay that BILL Mr.. Corrigan,' sails 1.
there's no use in litigntin' yez W. tie
bill. and he'll bate you in the suit.
$50 he went over to Bob johnson
and stated the case till him. lido you
owe the money! sails Bob. 'Faix l do
sails COrrigan, but divil the color Of my
money will Hutchinson see. I'll spind
twinty dollars to bate him. Give me
the money sails johnson. Kin you
bate him in the law case I" asked Jim
As aiey as breaking sticks returned
Johnson. Give me thin twinty dol
lars.' I
vivid that Corrigan counted put the
money and left. promisin' to he around
the next day at 9 O'Clock to attend the
case. As soon as ever he was out Of
sight johnson went down to Hutchin-
sons and ped the claim ; then he went
up to Kolbe's and ped the costs, which
amounted to %, and put the the SIS so
in his pocket. The next day Corrlgan
KEN around and together they wint
over to Kolbe's. Divil the suspicion
Of the other side was prisent, and John
son had the case called and dismissed.
LAWN Corrigan to 60 home pulled up
wid pride over his Gee
''Sinee that time." continued the emf
nent hasrister. after putting the lager
where it would do the most good
"I've never advised a defendant to sit
tie the claim"
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In a certein neighborhood in this par
ish. five men and their wives reside
or have resided until recently when
one or two of them may have died-all
of whom have passed the fftieth ami
versary of their weddings. This is evi
dence that life is long in this parish es
pecially in married life. when the par
ties are temperate and have good hab
its.-St. Landry Democrat.
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THE CHILD-EACE.

At the morn or eve, where et I 20,
In crowded streets or hlcezy hill,
In Summer rains or Winter snow,
A wistful Child-face haunts pIe still.
When all my life is ont Of tune,
And Sorrow spreads der cherries night
1t breaks forth like q gracious ~ ,on,
And gilds NY gloomy clouds with light
On the dull laoors Of the day
A glOry beam it seems to pour
Eerbids all wild thoughts when l pray,
Aud makes them purer than before.
know not when l saw the face ;
I visit not how or whence it came !;
What'er the time, what'er place,
1t haunts aud follows me the same,
Wa it a vision gave it birth.
Or some chance memory that I keep?
Is it q habitant Of earth,
Or but u dream. child born of sleep?
IcannOt paiut its form in words;
Its wOlslrous grace l cannot sing,
No more than can the April birds
Lay bare the mystery Of Spring.
/ feel that Face VI i'll never go
As long as l draw living breath
Twill be my guiding star below,
And then twill beacon me in death.
Perchance when I have crossed the stream
Ard stand upon the holy hill,
Ill find twas truer than a dream,
still.
-Chambcrsf Journal.
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We believe that the principle OF tariff
for only is an element of the
Democratic party without which it can
not exist. We believe it is the priuci
pie on which the Democratic party viii
eventually ascend to absolute power
and that a failure to put it into practi
cal operation afterwards will sink the
party into oblivion.-Vienna Sentinel
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HIGHLY

Our Police Jury, at its last session.
adopted an ordinance which is certain
" highly commendable, and deserving
of emulation by every other police
Jury in the State of Louisiana. Expe
rience has thoroughly demonstrated
that q preponderating majority Of our
citizens are determined not to pay their
poll tax if their is any possible avenue
Of escape therefrom. Therefore the
Jury passed an ordinance restraining
the Parish Treasurer from honoring the
warrants Of any Juror. witness etc On
til they shall have obtained from the
tax collector al endorsement upon said
warrants. setting forth the fact that
they have paid the one dollar poll tax
prescribed upon the statutory books Of
the State.
We say the law is 90 excellent one
and will prove to be eficacious mas
much as it will increase our present an
nual school revenue at least five or six
hundred dollars.
Every citizen in the parish twenty
one years Of age owes the State, or par
ish. in the purview of the law, one dol
lar per annum. and if he is dishonest
enough to evade the payment of the
same. the State or parish should most
assuredly enact some method of compel
ling him to cancel his obligation. and
we think the ordinance above referred
to is the most feasible way to do it.
True, this law will not reach all.
since all are not called to serve on the
juries or to give testimony every year.
but it will reach a great many, and
that will be accomplishing some good.
It is to be regretted that some law
cannot be adopted which would reach
every non-tax- paying voter in the par
ish. Then We would be enabled to
have two or three scholastic months
every year. No law, however severe,
can be looked upon save as a just one,
which would force citizens to pay one
dollar for the education Of our youth
and any man who refuses to pay said
amount is unfit for, or to be a citizen
of any community and should be dis
qualified.
Had it not been for the Kansas hegi-
"a, the Constitutional Convention
would have settled this question once
and forever, and they, no doubt, made
a serious blunder when they allowed
the foolish. selfish and sinister cry
of "Emigration to Kansas to deter
them from doing what was right and
just.-St. Mary Herald.
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Crops are still as fine as they can be
in all parts of the parish We have been
able to hear from this week. Corn is
mostly made, and peas, potatoes, cane,
ETC. are doing finely. The present dry
weather is just what the cotton needs,
and it is unnecessary to say it is doing
its best, notwi bstanding the report
that has gone out that the recent rains
dit it incalculable injury."-Vienna
Sentinel. Is
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SsbssS0e f6e T. ~sokta0 yswWmn
sAssk ~ asan - 1osass asar $50
ss1Gseos6 Isetsr. q stak ~ - A1
THE T1NmDE(omANk SS
Ne0N~
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The Portland daily press., 1883-09-01
The Minnesota Tornado.

Mr.. Williams, who lives across the Zum-
bro on the rise beyond the Cole mill, was
out when the cyclone first reared its front in
the southwest, and saw it coming, writes
correspondent of the ST. Paul Pioneer-Ex-
press. To little boy who was with him,
but whose name he does not know, he said (:
"That's cyclone, sonny. You come into
this hazel brush with me. Catch on to the
roots and hang on for dear life." He had
never heard the word, or knew nothing of
its import; and instead of obeying instruc-
tions, sought refuge in a hencoop near by.
the man watched the three clouds join, saw
the work of destruction commence in the
southwest, and then ran into the hazel
copse. He found fence between him and
the storm, lay down face to eartn, and with
the crown of his head against a fence-post,
and grasped the hazel brush near the roots
with both hands. He kept his senses
through the storm. but with difficulty. The
first gust toyed with him as if he were a
whip-lash, beating him up and down against
the ground aud through the bushes-but
still he clung as for his life. There was
little lall. and then, as be expresses it, 'the
dern thing commenced its monkey work in
airnest." A lot of boards from some far off
clubhouse were blown on top of him. Then
his body was torn from the earth and his
hold broken, while he and the boards were
driven so yards into the copse. A sort of
shelter seems to have been there afforded,
as he escaped without serious injury, though
his sbraided face and swollen hands attests
the truth of his story of the struggle. When
the storm had passed sufficiently TO allow of
his walking he started in search of the boy
After long search he found him and his
hencoop fully 1000 feet away and on the 9TH
er side of the intervening ravine. The poor
boy was demented and reason had not yet
returned. As to the man who first found
him, he says to all, go way;go way you're
sly COON"
The Portland daily press., 1883-09-01
Domestic Markets

fBy Telegraph.D
NEW YORK, Aug. 31-FIour market-Receipts
% OIL bbls exports 2038 bbls choice patent Sprng
Wheat scarce and held firm other kinds heavy again
shade easier and in instances 5 lower with light
export and home trade demand: sales "a, $50 bbls.
Flour quotations-No at 45G3 so; Supertne
Western and State at 2593 85; common to good
extra Western and State s094 30; good to choice
do at 6047 25; common to choice White Wheat
Western extra at 25ll7 90; fancy do 1007 DO;
common 10 GOOD extra Ohio at lOg6 70; commo3
to choice extra st. Louis at 00f07 90; Patent
Minnesota extra good to prime 60ll6 so: choic
to double extra do at SO07 so; including 1900
bbls City Mill extra at 30(a5 30: TOO bbls No 2
at 2 45C03 6O;s6OO bbls Supertine 3 25d3 85 700
bbls low extra at 3 90a+ o5 5000 bbls Winter
extra O0a7 so, Southern tiou weak; common to
fair 1905 30; good choice 35a6 rs. Wheat
receipts 4O,500 bush; exports 81, 1853 bush; cash
h4Ac lower: options closed stealy, FAC "A above
trade little more active, largely in october; sales
2,so8,000 bush futures, l64,go0 bush spot; NO 4
Red at No az ~ and nd, u l aeverea senst
No Red State at II; No White do 20. ~ Z.
quiet Western 72@721sc. Gsrs-spot 1s9Ac
declined &se closing somewhat stronger vi fair
export inquiry and very moderate speculative trade;
receipts 81, 400 bush; exports 1920 b.sh sales
@621ac; No at 6314a64 afoat and delivered;
No White 64c Western Yellow do at 62C062 12 C;
No 2 for September at e2@62ssc, closing at 621sc;
62@sc, closing at 62ssc Oats-%spot 1aa1c and
options IA aas lower, closing firm and more doing
on spot anu idlr OpuOnSi recelpJe iol 4
bush. exports - saes 455 900 bush futures,
131 200 bush spot::No At S3c, White 34c;No 2 at
34*s@S41ac; White s5aa at s55aazc; No at s5ci White
a3tc; do White at 36a42c White State 4O048, /,
including $4,000 bush No 2 for August at SO. 10
600 do for September 341ac, closing at 3414c; 235
600 do october sac, closing 35, 10000 November
at 357 a 36c, closing 36c. Sugar firmer refining
9-ibCa6 II-I6c refined steady; q 61a q 6T Ex c
7C17A; White do 7as s07 1ac; Yellow a6Ss; offEA
7ssn8c STANDARD A at aS14c; powdered at 8s4 q
&c; granulated at S6s@S Ii l-l6c con. 8 o1sas14c;
cut loaf and crushed &c Cubes at 8Mc Molasses -
Foreign dull; Orleans firm; sales 37b bbls 3oa 65c
inferior TO fancy. Petroleum. united oS%s; re
fined at IA g75s. TaiiOw is steady; sal les 1000
lbs al 73s@7 Io-16c. Pork rather weak sales y
| 10 75@l6 90. Lard less active and 3G6 points
lower, closing weak; sales 600 tcs prime steam spot
The Portland daily press., 1883-09-01
PROPOSALS..
Water Supply Of Washington. ID. G.
Proposals for Censtructions of Dau,, Tus-
mel and K Keserv0ir.
OFFICE OF THE WASHINGTON AoUEDUcr,
WAsHINGTON. ID. C.. August %. 1883. {

OFFICE OF THE WASHINGTON AoUEDUcT,l
wAsHINGToN, d. c., August 20, 1888. !
GEALED PROPOSALS, in triplicste, for the
- wsrk required for increasing the water supply
of the City of Washington, In accordance with tn
Act of Congress approved July 18th, 1882. will b
received this Office until IL O'Clock noon, FRI
day October 9th, 1883, when they will be publicly
opsned the work to be done comprises three differ
ent classes, viz:
1st of raising the present masonry dam across tho
MARYLAND Channel of the Potomac River at the
Great Falls, by coping 10 inches thick; (2dl the
extension OF the dam across Conn's Island by a
masonry structure about 1920 feet long with an
average height of about feet and 3d) the further
extension of the dam about 450 feet across the
Virginia Channel by superstructure of crib work
filled with stone, and substruc ure of masonry, to-
gether with about 300 feet Of masonry dam to make
connection with the Virginia shore.
CLASS B.-AoUEDUcT EXTENSION being the ex-
tension Of the Washington AQueduct by q TUNNEL
about 20 SI6 feet long with cross section of about
n square feet most, If not ALL Of the tunnel will be
through hard gness rock.
CLASS y. -REsERvoR CoNsTRUoTIoN.-Th
work will consist mainly of earth excavation and
embankment, the purpose being to construct a res
ervoir capable of containing 100000. 900 gallons.
Separate proposals, in triplicate, must be made
at this office for blanks for proposals. specifications
and all information being careful tostate which
class or classes Of work blanks are desred but
prima facie evidence that they able financially
and by experience, to undertake the work on which
they propose to bid.
Each bidder must submit with his proposals writ
ten evidence which he relies to establish his
capacity to perform the work, reference being had
to his experience work of like character to the
plant al his disposal and which he proposes to use
and to his financial ability to do all that is necessa
ry for rapid prosecution of the work. Before pro-
posals are opened each bidder must certify to the
UNDERSIGNED that either personally by a duly
authorized agent he has inspected the natural feat
Of the locality In which the work located and
examined the drawings file in this Office.
The right is reserved to reject any and all bids
parts of bids. G. j. LYDECKEk
au3ld6t Major of Engneers U. 5. Army.
The Portland daily press., 1883-09-01

/ note each gracious purpose,
Each kinaly word and deed;
Are ys not ali my children?
Shall not the Father heed?
III. G. Whittier.