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Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-03-02

the natural outlet. We are
linked indissolubly together by ,s
the waters of the Missouri, and >-.paa,ssTEI5sz ,sEIs
the union is rendered doubly aississfEs&@
enduring by the bands of the #
Northern Pacific. These two 7=*=
highways reaching, the one into -
northern and the other into IT,
southern Montana, meet at Bis z
marok, we are thus so closely AgI
allied in interest that major Moi
portion Of this business will 6HnA
naturally be transacted with
US. and through. US with the II
metropolitan markets of the
east. While the foregoing IK6lkM
might be sufficiently convlnc- n
ing as to the future of Bismarck
yet one other point demands 4AAl
conspicuous notice. Upon the ~
completion of the Northern
Pacific railroad the commerce
of the Pacific will be between
six and seven hundred miles
nearer New York by this 94
route than any now used. There ~
can be but one result follow -
ing the consummation Of this -
Northern Pacific enterprise. -
This distance is too great to be
ignored. Commerce will seek
the new and nearer channel.
The result will be revolutionizing Q
the former laws of trade, and i1
stead of our purchasing our teas, spice
and other articles of Chinese and Japanes
commerce in New York, We shall receiv
them direct from Paget SQUAD. The value o
Bismarck then az a wholesale point become
apparent. Her facilities a. distributing
center, both from the east and from the west
will, upon the completion of the contemplate'
lines of railroads, with those now enjoyed
make her a city in the near future grander il
wealth and population, in, enterprise and il
intelligence, than our present most sanguin
anticipations. Her beautiful location. fer
tility of soil, pure and healthful climate
together with her geographical position, mus
make her the great commercial center of th
northwest.
ADDITIONAL LINES OF RAILROAD
will connect with the North Pacific from tn
south and east at Bismarck, because q! thi
point they can make an effective contest TO
fair proportion of the trade of the north
west, and with view of heading of. these th
North Pacific will extend branch line a.
the Missouri river to Fort Benten, opening
nm q countrv that will sustain PROSPEROUS vii
lagos every few miles, and is already famous
for it's vast herds of cattle. st. Paul has n
natural advantages superior to those of Bis
marck. In 1860, only twenty-five years ago
it was no larger than Bismarck now is, AM
there was far less country tributary to it. Th
settlements in the country west of st. Pau
were sparse, and nearly all the people lef
it following the Indian massacre of 1862
And yet st. Paul is to-day city of over 60,
600 people. It has 120 daily trains, and 10,
600 transient people daily visit it.
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foster and encourage every enterprise CAL
culated to make life as desirable here as
in their early homes, and one of the
first enterprises inaugrrated is the estab-
lishment of good schools. Bismarck has
at present four graded schools, in charge
of tried and experienced teachers from
the eastern states. The school board of
Bismarck are unit in their desire to
make our city schools as efficient as Dos
sible. The best teachers, the most ap-
proved school furniture and appar.
atus have been provided, and every effort
put forth to make our city schools .
grand success. The rush of immigration
has made our present facilities for room
inadequate, and the board Of education
in December last purchased an entire
block in . convenient location, costing
over $4,000, and plans are now being
perfected for tho building of school
edifce to cost when finished $4,000.
Work will commence a. soon a. the frost
will permit the foundations to be laid,
and the building completed, and ready
for the fall term, commencing Sept. l..
Az to our future it is only necessary to.
mention that two sections of land, ,l6 and
!. 96 in every township are by act of congress
set aside for school pur ,cses; that is,
one-eighteenth of the entire land in each
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-03-02

The total weight Of freight brought d.
stream was $500, 600 pounds.
RAILROAD BUSINESS.

From Agent Davidson the following table
showing the amount of freight received at Biz
marck from the east, during 1882, was OBJ
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-03-02

TIE number Of deeds recorded in the regis.
ter's . flee during the first month of each Of tho
vearn is:
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-03-02
ooNPETE WITH THns1 RAT1s.

He has his own country tributary whore the.
freight rates are IN bis fsvor, but WHEN be
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-03-02
NEWS COMMENTS.

TIE section of the sundry civil appropriation
bill which repealed the pre- -emption law was
stricken out when the bill came into the hands
of t6e senate committee. .-.' ~.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-03-02

SENATOR FERRY. of Michigan, is now tinan-
cially ruined, politically dead, and lying in
Washington according to the dispatches at tho
threshold of the dark valley of the shadow of
death. The maghgnity of even Jay E1bbell
nhould now b. satisfied. It would be in: e1estiog
70 know if he really enjoys his revenge.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1883-03-02

A sPAsM of good sense seems to prevail among
southern editors just now on the subject of duel
ing. The st. Louis Globe Democrat now &C.
knowledges that the assertions of northern
journals that respect for life and law is less
manifest in the south than in tho north, il we'll
grounded. The Little Rock Gazette admits that
the evil exists in the south to considerable extent
and that it is mainly attributable to . lack of
moral sentiment. The Knoxville Journal Joins
in and says it proposes To "help make the pistol
0 disgrace to the man who carries il" The
south IL laying foundation fer "boom."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
A Chinese CITY.


To stranger a Chinese city always
looks as if it were en-fete. Every
body hangs out as many signboards,
lanterns, banners, and figures he can
afford. understood from my guide
that many of these notices indicated
not only su line admiration for the
goods sold in the shop to which they
belonged, but profound contempt for
rival stores-a sort of Don't go over
the way and be cheated like an owl,
but come here and buy next to moth
ing the wonderful cats legs that we
have in the window" Stop, do the
Shanghai tradesman an injustice. The
only shop where cats and dogs are
sold for food belongs to an enterpris-
ing Cantonese who has lately come
among them. This eminenl restaura-
teur is, in fact. almost the only seller
of Canton luxuries in the place. Other
people may attempt to initiate him,
but he alone has the genuine pressed
ducks, the faultlessly black eggs, the
fat Southern pork, and the putrid cab
bage of Canton. He owns eighteen
signboards.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
HORRIBLE AFFRAY AT McDADE.
Three men Hung, Three Shot and
SeV raj Others Wounded.


MCDADE, Dec. 25.-Last night about 80
O'Clock Henry Pfeiffer, Wright McLenOre and
Thad McLenore were taken out OF the saloon
here, by masked men, and carried about mile
into the brush and hanged to a tree Thad
McLemOrr had been arrested late in the. even
ing ON charge of burglary made by ). +.
Walker, Of McDade. He was under arrest at
the time the masked men took him, while the
other two parties happened TO be present.
Pfeiffer WAS charged with horse theft il this
county. The party who did the hanging was
about 40 or 80 men well armed. To-day a
party Of SIX men, friends and relatives Of
the men hung. came H. town and
ra Sed trouble with Tom Bishop and George
Milton, light with shot guns and pistols took
place, III which Jack Baily and AZ. Ba ley
were killed, II yward Bailey badly wounded.
but who escaprd. Willie Griffin very esti-
mabl young man of our town, waS sh t
through the head and mOrtally wounded by
Hayward. Griffin was assisting Milton and
Bishop in defe ding themselves.
The five dead bodies Of the McLemores,
Baleys and rfriffer are lying in the market
house, none of their friends having come for
them, and it is thOupht the town will have
serious trouble Tonight wuen they do come.
1t will be several days before the jury Of in
quest will get through
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
A Bloody Affair,

ST. LOUIS, Dec. PA very exciting and
bloody affair In which two ne en- were danger
ously, and perhaps, fatally, and third pain
fully wounded. occurred at the boarding house
of Mrs. Gibson. 1909 washington avenue, be-
tween and o'clock this evening. 1t appears
who is q contractor and builder and his wife,
who have not lived harmOniously some
time past and separated about three months
ago, since when he has been in Texas
building mills there. There had also be n a
bad feeling between him and John Burlington
husband Of one Of Mrs. Gibson's daughters by
a former husband. and Arthur and Eugene
Mulhol and, two Of Mrs. Gibson's sons, and
Gibson said, 81 have made threats of violence
against them. Friday last, j. A. Smith, under
taker. received a telegram from Fort Worth,
Tex, signed Geo. Peyton, stating that Gibsons
body had been shipped, and ordering him TO
go to NJ s. Gibson for Instructions. Smith-rs
saw Mrs. Gibson, and she and her family were
greatly shocked at the information, but for
some reason the truth Of the statement In he
telegr.m wss Suspected, and the coroner
he replied that he had rec lived 10 such
man died here. To-day Gibson returned to
tire city and was arrested on G. arge of threat
ening 10 Shoot one Of the Mulholland BOYS to-
night. While the family and boarders were al
supper, Gibson en- cred from the rear and
passed into the dining-r0om, and with drawn
revolver and opened hre on Burlington The
! first shot ssed aim and struck Arthur Nut
holland IN the shoulder and pass~a up and
neck, and the third struck him in the |. It arm
and Gibson then turned his weapon on him.
self and sent a ball into his head. Burlington
| and Gibson are believed mortaily W. unded
| they were taken to the hospital. Mulholland
was not dangerously hurt
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
nnanne GInss for CoHans

DR.. A. Mayer proposes new mode
of burial. For wooden collins he
would substitute glass ones; the glass
thick and Opaque, and hermetically
closed with silicated mastic as inai-
terable as the glass. So enclosed, bod
les would give out neither gases nor
liquids, and would have no Injurious
effect on the public health. The body,
moreover, might be preserved indefi-
nitely from decomposition, by substi-
tuition of an antiputrid gaseous at
mosphere. under suitable pressure, for
the air contained in the coffin. For
this purpose two tubulers would be
added-one for entrance of the gas,
the other for exit of the air. If car
bonic acid were used the difference of
density of that gas and air would rem
der the operation very easy. This
mode of preservation, it is claimed.
would present all the advantages of
embalming, without mutilation or
great expense. Glass coffins would
allow of deferring burial. as is some
times desirable. In the case of death
during voyage the body need not be
consigned to the sea, but could be
kept till arrival.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
More Of 1t.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25-The following
are additional extracts from the COltOn-Hun-
tington correspondence relative to the Texas
and Pacific subsidy scheme, written by Hun
Oct. 10, IS77-Went to Washington night be-
fore last; think have the bridge question set
tied for the present: found it harder than eX-
pected. The secretary of war tOld me they
had him up in two cabinet meetings and con-
cluded not to do anything, as Congress would
idea in about twenty minutes. Thtn 1 saw
three others of the cabinet. Then 1
went and saw the President. He was a
Oct. 18th, le77.-Think Stafford had better be
In washington at the commencement session
to get Congress to confirm acts in AIiZOna.
aw Axtell, governor of New Mexico, and he
said he Thought if we would send to him
such bill as we wanted passed, he could get
1t passed with very little or 10 money, but if
a large amount. He said if you would make
the bill and send it to him or WaIdron, it
co Id be passed.
Oct. goth, lS77.-The committees are made
up for the Congress. think the railroad com
mission Is right, but the common Territories L
do not like. a different one was promised
me.
Nov. "a, 1877 When heard that one of the
commissioners to examine the Southern Pacif-
ic route from Yuma was To go fir m this side, l
ma;te objections which would not have done
had | known 1t WAS Sturgis that has been so
long in the interior department and 1 hope
you VIII explain it to him. He is one of the
ment and can do us good in our land matter
Dec. 8, 1877.-Just received telegram
from Washil gton City stating that Matthews
railroad committee in place Of Howe and Ferry.
This looks as though the Texas Pacific railway
had control of the Senate as far as appointing
the committees is concerned.
Dec. is, 1s77.-Jay Gould went to W:shiog-
ton about two weeks since. and know he saw
Mitchell, sen tor from Oregon, since which
time. money has been uSeu very freely in
Washington Some parties have been hard at
work 1or the Texas & Pacific and Union i'aci-
hc with Salt Lake Branch; never would eX-
not for us as he was, although he says he Is.
but know he is not.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
The Cheap Manufacturins Field.


There is much significance in the
fact that while so many industries in
the North are declared to be overwork-
ed and Improbable, while trade is de-
pressed, prices declining. the demand
dull and wages falling, the few manu-
factures in the South not only give
out no camplaint but show a face of
contentment. Georgia cotton mills
are shipping their goods to China;
nay, they are even sending them to
the overstocked markets Of the North
and selling them at satisfactory prices.
There is no mention of single cotton
mill in the South forced to suspend or
to run on half time or cut down
wages; all are running along as usual,
and some are devoting portion of
their profits to enlargementS. 1t is as
safe to open new factory in the
South at this time as it is hazardous
to open new one in the overstocked
North.
This plain condition of things can
not but have an important result in
the present inactivity of idle capital
in the East. The fields for the profit
able investment of money in the
North and East are being gradually
narrowed. Government bonds are be-
ing paid off at the rate of $100OO0,0O0
a year, and state and corporation debts
are shrinking also; there is no profit
in shipbuilding railroad building has
begun to stagnate and manufactur-
ing establishments have been multi
piled beyond the needs of the home
market. And yet in the midst of all
this the manufacture OF iron, the man
ufacture OF cotton and the manufac-
ture of WOO in the South con-
tinue to be profitable for the SIM
pie reason that, because of cheaper
material and lower wages, the cost of
manufacturing in that section is Is to
25 per cent lower than at the North.
Eastern capital is finding this out and
beginning to take it in:O serious con-
sideration. Sooner or later, and
sooner, perhaps, than many im3gine,
the idle money that finds no field for
profitable investm snt in the North
will be taken to the South and in
vested in iron-making in Alabama
and Tennessee at $12 ton, or cotton
spinning in Georgia and South Caro-
lima, or wOodenware manufacture in
the still heavily timbered districts in
nearly all the Southern states. The
South is being recognized as pre-emi-
nently tie theatre for cheap manufac-
turing, and its advantages cannot
much longer remain unimproved.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
WASHINGTON.
News Gathered About the CapitaI
City.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25-Mr. Buckner, chair
man OF the committee On banking and cur
rency, is pre- ljarlng bill to introduce when
Congress ecOnyeneS, which provided for the
Issuing of treasury notes. Without legal tender
quality, 10 take the place Of bank notes going
out of existence the purport Of the latter Is
the same AS the bill introduced by Buckner at
the first session nI last congress
Ihe PROPOSAL vi Com trOl,e Knox 70 take on
one per cent. OF the riff on eli culatlOn and
allow bal hs TO issue on market value instead
OI par Value, Is not favored by the chairman OF
The banking and currency committee. Mr..
Buckner Sd, 5 If the plan of Knox is successful
III avoiding contraction of irculatiOn of bank
notes, II Will sifUrd but temporary relief, ana
IN seven years from the present time when II
become, necessary TO begin redeeming AZ per
cent bonds tIere will be recurrence to the
present trouble. The nati0 al bank system
can not live without the national ba k as that
ueDt is Icing wlprd out gradually and certain
~ BucKner Is Of the opinion that the time
iaS come 10 prepare for permanent circulation.
lie Is hot 'yorably Inclined to the removal Of
Tax or circulation. giving as his reasons that
while III th EASTERN ST tts where interest is
low aud tie clI cul ,IiOu not valuable, the bank
is valuable and worth all The government asks
In the Western states, BucklIer said, the fran
hlse Is still more valuable, because rates OF
interest are higher. ihe originator I'll the pro-
posed measure is oubtful, prObab y. ana legis
Iation on this subject will not be present d at
this session, owing TO tn: diversity OF opinion
among members.
Mr.. Dingley, who heads the list Of Repub-
lican members o.. the committee on banking
and currency, said tonight that the most i'm
portant question in relation to national banks
IS that Of providing for the stability of circula-
tion. He thought that there were but two
plans proposed to this end practicable; /;
one was 10 provide for the issue OF
circulation notes in amount of 30 per cent
of the market value bonds deposited TO secure
the circulation, and after haSty examinati n
OF the list of members of the COMMITTEES he
said he was Of the opinion he was more likely
TO find favor with the committee. He would
not We ture to give his opinion as to the treat
ment as to the other plans he had in mind
circulation
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27


Our mints have coined during the
years 1883 $15, ,34191 minor
coinage-Dronze, nickel, copper, etc
which we do not see in the above
table. even in part. But this is doubt
less as correct an estimate in the main
as can be made, and constitutes con-
siderable commentary on the control
Ter of the currency regarding the pos
sible dangers arising from the con-
traction of the national bank circula-
tion. The avijity with which gold
and silver certificates are sought
shows that the government is con-
sidered safe custodian. and we can
look with comparative Indifference on
the slight contraction which is about
all that Is probable. and which will
offset by increase of other forms of
circulation.
Of the above total the treasury held
on October 1, S438,842, ,499, of which
above $163.OoO,OO0 was represented by
outstanding gold and silver certificates.
We stand second of nations in respect
of the aggregate circulations, both
specie and paper. France alone, with
So 2O37 ,494, ,46S circulation, exceeds us.
India is third, with a circulation es-
timated by Director Burchard at
81 ,O89, ,383,126 Great Britain and Ire
land come fourth, with 1884 1881 .617,
and Germany fifth, with $764. .484. 1872.
Observe this curious but at
the same time momentous
fact, Germany has 100000 people,
France, 100000 only; France paid
Germany an indemnity of $1,000 ,OOO,-
700. and in that war suffered incalcu-
liable losses; yet France has total
specie circulation of $1,470,9O0, or
$39 Al per capita, while Germany has
only $556,S2O,OOO, or IL 81 per capita.
The per capita proportion Of paper is
$15.16 for France and $3.50 for Ger
many. France has republican institu-
tions. deeply imbeded in republican
traditions, and An excellent land sys-
tenn; but her astonishing economical
and recuperative powers speak vol
umes for the character OF her people.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Copying the Milo Of Venus in Ivory.
Na,rr Xcrlr Trihiiina


a singular work of art is shown at
F. j. Kaldenberg's, No. 125 Fulton
street. 1t is q reduction In ivory of
the Venus of Milo, done by IF itz''
Kaldenberg, brother of the proprie-
tor The young man is AN enthusi-
astic in sculpture. About u year and
IA half ago be studied The original of
the Venus at Paris, and chose it for
his method because OF its universal
popularity. Upon returning to this
city he secured an elephants tusk,
eight feet in length, which weighed
1877 pounds. Cutting off the hollow
portion at the butt of the tusk, he Sc.
cur ID block from the middle, almost
without flaw, which weighed fifty
pounds and was twenty-five inches in
length. Ivory carvings usually do not
excted seven or eight inches In height.
But this block which was nearly nine
inches in diameter, afforded an oppor-
tunity for a work of extraordinary
size. Tn copy is rather restoration
than reduction, rs it represe ents none
of the roughness and defects caused
by time in the orit inal. 1t is valued
at $50On. The TUX from which ii
Wa, carve was worth $5 pound and
the estimated value of the selected
block $40 a pound. Tn, labor required
to perfect such a model may he learned
from the tact thai the statue weighs
only fifte. pounds, all the rest of the
block ha, ing been cut away.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-27
Blushing Monkeys.
entleman 5 Magazine.


Mr.. Darwin remarks the fact no.
ticed by Mr.. Sutton, that the face of
the macacus rhesus when much en-
ragged grows red. Mr.. Darwin himself
saw the face of this monkey redden
when attacked by another monkey,
and he also adds that the "seat pads"
also seemed to redden under the influ-
ence OF anger, although he could not
positively assert that this was the
case" My monkey, Jenny, blusheI
and obscured the normal yellow tint
of the skin of the face, and l noticed
that the "seat pads" occasion
ally also grew redder. Anoth-
er curious fact concerning this
monkeys behavior when enraged con-
sisted in the variations she exhibited
when she was irrif ated by myself and
by another person. If irrltated by
another p rsoA, she shook the cage
and chartered, while her face flushed
like that of a human being in anger.
Ii, Oh the other hand. had occasion
to reprove her. she darted down to the
bottom OF the cage, lay down, and, as
often as not, concealing her face in
the straw. The analogy between that
Ineffective or suppressed rage in hu-
man being, which is shown by the
person throwing himself down on the
grOund-a feature seen familiarly in
some children-and the behavior OF
Jenny under my reproof, appears to
me to be too exact to escape notice.
Paddy, the Capuchin, on the contrary,
when enraged or frightened, used to
retire 10 "A corner of the cage and stand
Oh his head, uttering, meanwhile,
the most plaintise cries in the we'll
known shrill and musical voice of his
race. On one occasion, when a ser
want had allowed Paddy to imbibe
nearly half a glassful of hampagne
he showed his alcoholic dissipation by
standing on his head and vainly en-
deavOriDg to emit his familiar cry
DR.. Darwin mentions the case of a
young female chimp NEE who. when
enraged, presented a curious example
to a child in the same state. She
screamed loudly with widely opened
mouth, the lips heing retracted so
that the teeth were fully exposed
She threw her arms wildly about,
sometimes clasping them over her
head. She rolled ON the ground,
sometimes on her back, sometimes on
her stomach. and bite everything
within her reach"