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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-16

A GENTS FOR PUGET MILL COM.
- panys tug boats; for Dominator New
York; Cigar Factory; for Raymond &
Archipelago Lime Company.
Ships disbursed and charters effected.
Have on hand, for sale to the trade, all
kinds of
Local, California and Oregon Produce,
Capitol Mills extra Flour,
Salem Bakers extra Flour,
Oregon City extra Flour,
Sperry's California extra Flour,
Ground Barley, Chop Feed, Wheat
Oats and Bran,
Bacon, Hams, Lard, Butter, Etc.
Liberal advances made on consignments
Of Wool, Hops, Grain and Produce.
SO. 81 and.33S Commercial streetecor-
ner Of jackson. Seattle. w. T. jyiS q
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-16
Fire In Chicago.

CHICAGO. Nov. ia ire broke out
this afternoon in the heavy ware, oar
riage and wagon stock warehouse of
8. D. Kimbark d Co., Nos. 81 and 81,
Michigan avenue, adjoining the Illinois
Central Railway general Offices. The
third and fourth stories containing all
the lighter portion of the stock were de-
str0yed. Goods in the basement below,
belonging to Ried, Murdoch Il Fisher.
Wholesale grocers, were damaged to an
unknown extent by the water. The
Illinois Central Offices we're saved by a
fire wall. The loss ON the stock will
reach 1000; on the building $25. 600.
The insurance ON the stock 10 $2a5, 600;
on the building xh0OO.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-16

PoRT townsend. Nov. 15.-Arrivsi-
Steamer Wilmington.
PoRT GAMBLE, Nov 15.-Sailed-S chr.
John g. North.
SAN Francisco, Nov. 15.-Arrived-
Ship Valley Forge, from Port Diaoov-
cry; whaling bark Wanderer, from Foy
Islands.
Cleared-Steamer victoria, for Victo-
ria British steamer Barnard Castle, fol
Nanaimo.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-16

GALvKsToS. Texas, Nov. ia Ne,es'
Sour Lake special says: Twelve tramps
were noticed about the depot last night.
The agent supposing that they we're in
tending to rob the incoming train wired
the Superintendent Of the facts, and he
ordered posse Of twenty men aboard
at Liberty. As the train pulled into
Sour Lake the tramps rushed for the
express car, but we're halted by q SCORE
OF Winchesters. The passengers, es-
pecially the ladies, were almost panic
stricken. Valuables we're hurriedly BE-
creted or thrown away. The gang, how
ever, stated that they only wished to
steal ride.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-16

SAN Francisco, Nov. 15.-Alpha 1.8O
Best and Belcher $40, Bodie Con-
solidat6d $50, California 25c. Chollar
1.6O, Consolidated Virginia 4Oc, Crown
Point 50, Exchequer $50. Gould l. Curry
1.35, Grand Prize $50, Hale Il Norcrosa
lao, Mexican 2.35. Ophir $50, Potosi
55c, Savage 500, Sierra Nevada $50
Union $50, Utah go. Yellow Jacket
30. Bullion $50. Northern Belle l.
Mount Diablo 81, Mexican $50, Martin
White $50, .Overman Zoe, Silver King
7.75, Belcher so, Bullion 45, Eureka
Consolidated 1856.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-16

M.z.s .kotAUW SQ0 example Oh t2o
- kelling Mill Company. and
mt down or largely reduce their
employees, ON account Of the
~ market.
- NsstAern racinc withdrew
~ Ian Francisco Ruslaess
sauL. Nov. l5.--At the time the
kss.. tdcific had announced its irst
q being party to the con-
1eem Muir and his subordinates
loated among the merchants of
eeleeo written pledges for them
y which they pledged them
3s r. import his road in q fight with
49, facific. Sufficient time was
Pants to consider the matter.
~. eeaaed for signatures there
angle merchant to attach his
5s2 ~ circular sent ont, though In
oeA all we're profuse. Suoh
eese, the Northern Pacific
onclnded it was to their advan-
eVory way - withdraw alto
xxspln can Francisco, in 50 far "A
nat place as q competitive
f ~ Sonocrned. The object OF the
- President Cakes and other
NJ y faoidc officials to the west
49, r. toad is said to be TO con.
u: imitation commenced some
r. G sele end. A general man
e ~ Northern Pacific Interests
= talked Of; but previous to
II nothing had been decided
U0 n that r1ror,<,ustSns.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-16

RoME, Nov. l5.-It is said that Aneri-
can Bishops suggest that Papal Nun
oie be appointed for the United States.
Destitute Lab0rers.
MONTREAL, NOV. 15.-Five hun lred of
the thousand men hired by the Canadian
Pacific Railroad at 81 per day to work
on the road north of Lake Superior,
have arrived here absolutely destitute,
and have entered three hundred actions
against the company for wages and
damages. The msn are all French
Canadians and great indignation exists
among their compatriots.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-16
ana Lee.

~ ia FIRE occurred at
ss,6 upper floor Of Mandell
soe largest retail dry goods
~. The loss on the stock,
will reach S26O0, and
1900. Both fully in
llan and Geo. w. Lee,
b the city tonight. On
ksanoisoo from Whouee
narses, pc.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24


The Herald is permitted to make the
following aggregate extract from the off,
cial report of Governor Crosby to the see
retary of the interior of the condition of
the National banks of Montana to the I'd
day of October, 1883. The condition
shows an extent of banking facilities that
could only be expected elsewhere Of
state or territory of greater population
and older growth. The resources of the
National banks ef Montana, including de-
posits, loans and discounts, U. s. bonds to
secure circulation, U. s. deposits to secure
deposits, bills of other National banks,
legal tender notes, specie and cash on
hand, as taken from the official reports,
foot up $7,2sO, 1886. The capital
stock paid in, 81, 1,175,0o0.00. ..,f
In addition to the above official sources
there are estimated deposits in private
banks of $1,soo,ooo, with capital stock
of 100000. Y Z @ HH'
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

publicly are ready to build two heavy
water-j jacket smelters in or near the Emil
grant and Mill Creek districts, and only
await the result Of working the ore to de-
eide the matter. If the smelter tests to
be made this winter prove that there j.
reasonable profit in the ores Of those dis
tricts, the machinery mentioned will be
placed on the ground in the early spring,
and set in motion before the summer is
over. The exact location of these smelt-
ers is not yet determined, but they will
be within the circle which includes Emf
grant gulch and Mill creek. The inves-
LEGATIONS made by the company's repre-
sentative thus far have been of the most
satisfactory character. Their practical
assayer, while mentioning no specific in
stances, has expressed himself in general
terms of conviction that there is in those
districts an abundance of paying ore, and
that everything needed in handling ore
may be obtained in. that vicinity without
the enhanced cost that is 50. frequently ex-
perienced in mining camps. Fuel Of
excellent quality, iron ore for fuxing that
will pay enough in gold and silver to pay
for using it, and limestone are all found
in the immediate vicinity Of the proposed
sites of these smelters, and are a strong
inducement for their erection.
This article ha, already exceeded its
proposed limits and further reference to
this and kindred subjects will be deferred
to another issue.
The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1883-11-24

The game Of billiards was invented alb
out the middle of the sixteenth century by
a London pawnbroker named William
Kew. In wet weather this pawnbroker
was in the habit of taking down three balls
and with the yard stick pushing them, bill
lard fashion, from the connter into the
stalls; in time the idea of board with
side pockets suggested itself. A black
letter manuscript says: "Master William
Kew did make one board whereby game
is played with these balls, and all the
young men were greatly recreated thereat,
chiefly the young men from St.Pawles;
hence one of ye strokes was called 'can-
non' having been by one of ye said clergy
men invented. The game is now known
by the name of billiard, because Will
lam or Bill Kew did first play with
yard measure. The stick is now Gale
kew or .kue." It is easy to comprehend
how "bill-yard" has been modernized into
sbilliard,' and the Transformation Of
skew" or sskue'' into :. cue" is equally
apparent.
A Baltimore girl is in luck, although
it is possible she does not appreciate the
fact. Her father is millionaire. Sir
Henry Herbert the owner Of the Lakes of
Killarney, Muckrdsa castle and an exceed
ingly lean pocketbook, ID Ireland, was
attracted by the Baltimore mans lucre, and
proposed to marry his daughter OF course
he was accepted. The .sSir" produced its
usual effect. But when the Baltimore mil
lionaire insisted upon keeping the fortune
cf his daughter in trust, the impecunious
aristocrat's love for the charming Balti-
more belle suddenly ceased, and he failed
to show up at the marriage ceremony.
This iisaTanged the programme and tho
wedding did not come off. The Balti-
more belle wcpt, Of course, and her mil
lionairc papa wasted vast quantity Of
vigorous and ardent Language nevertheless,
they are bolll in \ much better position
than the daughters marriage with i pow
erty stricken and heartless aristocrat would
have left them. They arc to be con. atm
Lated .isl.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-10-30

the cant Of science is becoming the fsv.
orite cant Of our time to visit every COM
munity and "forcibly' seperate thousands
of uncongenial married people who are
not breeding scientifically.
These perhaps are extreme specimens
of incorrigible folly; bat that the Amer
lean idea of marriage is a loose and in
many cases base one seems unfortu-
nately TO be proved by American prat =
tees. Here lies the great difficulty in
the way Of the only remedy which prom.
ises any result--a national divorce law
enacted under a constitutional amend
ment. The laws Of the States range al
the way from nearly scrirtnral strict
ness to nearly polygamous license. II
an attempt should ever be made to sub
s,itute a law Of Congress for these diff
ferent epactments, the advocates Of the
two systems would probably compromise
on something between the two, and the
number Of divorced men in Congress and
in the district conventions would have
much TO do in determining where the
line should be drawn. Then there
would be the same tendency in Congress
which we now see in the State Legisla-
tures TO relax the law more and more by
amendments, until our condition under
the constitutional reform became worse
than it was before. The only way to
guard against this danger is to cultivate
the public conscience. Unless that is
first aroused, laws will not help us.
The protests Of clergymen win have
an influence. Indeed, we are inclined
to suspect that the silence, the indifer.
ence, nay, worse, the connivance of min.
sters, has had more effect than almost
any other single cause in producing a
a state of things which all the churches
lament. Any divorced person, however
guilty, can find clergyman to perform
an illegal and morally bigamous marriage
without asking inconvenient questions.
There are ministers--many of them
who will marry anybody, just as there
are lawyers who will take any case.
Some Of these lax persons would not de-
liberately make themselves accomplices
in a crime but they reason that they
may throw upon the contracting par
ties the whole responsibility for the
transaction, and that the clergy
man may assume that sit is all
right or they would not have come to
him II is no wonder that the laity lose
respect for the churches when preachers
seem to care SO little about public NOR
ais.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-10-30
DIVORCE AND PUBLIC OPINION

n. Y. Tribune,
DIVORCE AND PUBLIC OPINION.
The usual divorce scandals continue
with the usual regularity; that is. the
rate Of about one celebrated case week
in high life. no account being made of
the undis,inguished crowd, or the thou.
sands who procure divorces without pub.
licity in order that they may commit
bigamy without risk. Yet once in a
while we are encouraged by sign of re.
action. Recently eight clergymen Of
different Protestant churches in the city
Los Angeles united in public declar-
alton that they would perform the mar
rage service for no divorced person ex-
cept the innocent party to divorce
granted for Scriptural reasons. This is
yomething. twill not prevent divorced
persons from remarrying 50 long a. there
are clefgymen less particular than the
proclsiming eight, or Justices of the
peace who do not profess to be particular
at all. But it will have an efec. upon
public opinion. We wish that other
ministers would follow the Los Angeles
example.
When DR.. Dix attached the abuses Of
divorce last March we published two OF
three communications on the subjec,
which seemed to US significant indica-
tions of the prevailing disorder in the
popular mind. One writer resented the
liberty taken BY the clergyman in discuss.
ing the moral aspect Of q bad law as ar
attempt to ''unite Chudch and State,
and seemed to assume that clergyman
when he took orders lost his rights as
citizen. Another admitted that divorci
was an abomination and an immortality
yet argued that lax morality, was prefer
able to hard and cruel lsw,-that is t,
say, that it was better to be abominabl'
and immoral than to be unhappy. AM
one Of the letters recommended the ap
pointment of "scienti6c" com missio
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-10-30

SILVER CoIN.-Silver is at discount
in Texas. The Houston banks are OBJ.
liged to receive the legal tender silver
dollars in payment Of notes given by
Texas traders for goods bought 10 New
Orleans. So long as they had balances
in New Orleans, or gold or paper to for
ward, there was no trouble, But the
point has been reached when the silver
must be shipped, and that costs money.
Thirty thousand silver dollars weigh a
ton. The cost of carriage therefore be-
comes charge upon these remittances,
and wi | be paid in the first instance BY
the New Orleans merchant. But it will
be charged fourfold on the next bill Of
goods sold to Texas customers. This is
the first emergsnce of trouble which
will Prove to be very serious before we
get through with it. Silver is too bulky
for large payments in q commercial COM
munity it will inevitably create two
prices, silver price and gold price
and in the end. the silver will drive out
the gold.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-10-30

r WHOSE AUTHoRITY.-An old story
is perhaps retelling to indicate what sort
of man the Postmaster General Is.
Once. when he was on the United States
Circuit Court bench, the District Attor-
ney announced that certain important
case. just called. would be Withdrawn
from the docket. by what authority !"
inquired Judge Ores ham. by instruc-
tons from Washington" "But whoss
instructions ," The answer was Lnsais
isfactory. "We do not recognize the
right of anybody at Washington, even
the President himself" said Judge Ores.
ham, "to interfere, whether BY instruc-
lions or by request, in the trial Of q cause
before this court. Proceed with the case.
The trial went on and conviction was
secured. -.-i 80 ... ...
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-10-30
THE LOCAL PAPER.

The local paper" says Whitelaw
Reid, editor of the New York Tribune,
sis the best read paper in the world. All
the city papers cannot supply the place
Of the home paper. No other contains
the marriages and deaths, to say moth
ing Of divorces and births. No other re-
lates the scandals happening before the
doors Of the townspeople !; no other dis
cusses the affairs of the town ana county,
or gives in detail the local news, which
cannot be obtained from any other source.
Everybody reads it, and that is why
the local paper is the best read paper 10
the world"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-10-30
FREE TRADE IN ENGLAND.

The poverty among the silk-weavers
Of Coventry, England, whose condition is
the topic of Mr.. Robert p. Porter's letter
in the New York Tribune, differs from
the wrotchedness found elsewhere among
the laborers in the United King
dom. 1t is clean. The houses are
meanly furnished, and the weavers and
their families hardly have enough to eat,
but their condition is not aggravated by
CRIME and SCOT as in the iron and coal
districts. They are an intelligent class,
too, although the result Of their intelli-
gence will hardly find favor in the eyes
Of English statesmen. The toilen at the
loom in Coventry say pointedly that free
trade has ruined them. They ask Bit
terIy what is the use of having low
prices if your wages will not allow you
to bny the necessaries Of life even If they
are cheap. They might as we'll be dear.
English roast beef and mutton chops that
we hear so much about are not for men
who earn only 81 40 a week. But these
people do not accept their situations "a
those who are without hope. 1t is signi-
tcant fact that the poor weaven are
much interested in the commercial heresy
Of Fair Trade which has recently
found some footing In England Its ar
approach to Protection that makes ORTIZ
odox Free Traders shiver.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-10-30

GOOD morning, john" said one Of
the leading pastors in Scranton, Pa, to .
young friend whom he met on the street
the first warm day of the season; "how
does your father stand the heat :" The
young man made no reply, but went
away with clouded brow. And when
the good pastor learned that the young
mans father had died only week be-
fore, he understood why his cordial greet
Ing vas met so coldly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-10-30
WARNING TO PENSIONERS.
SCHEMES OF DISHONEST CLAIM AGENTS.
AN OPEN LETTER ny z. X. HARNoS, Iso.


Portland, Me-, Oct. 10, 1883.
To the pensioners
Now that the names of petitioners have
been published, giving yor residence,
amount of pension received. and cause
of disability. you will be flooded with
letters and circulars from claim agents
in Washington and elsewhere, all offer
ing or assuring you that they can get
your pensions increased. Some will want
q dollar or two to help pay expenses OF
investigation, &c, while others will say
nothing about fee until they have got
the claims into their hands; then they
will write you something after this man
ner. quote from Autograph letter Of
one Of them:
Your case looks very favorable and it Is
our earnest desire that you may receive
good big pension soon; you may rest as
surred that no efrJrt viii be spared on our
part, five are properly encouraged; OF
course you do not wish 10 obtain the al
lownnce OF your claim AZ the sole expense
Of your attorney, and you should enclose
fee 10 cover costs OF prosecution, and
unless this Is done we fear your claim will
be rejected.
Now such talk sounds very plausible,
and so much encourages applicants that
they fall into the trap and send on the
fee. When that is obtained the interest
of the solicitor for the dear soldier is at
an end. Letters of this character are
sent to all-invalids, widows and moth
er,. One firm assured two poor widows,
whose husbands had died by accident
long after the war. that they could get
them pension and got fee of five dol
lars from each, and Of course their claims
were rejected. Another Washington firm
sends Autograph letter inclosing blank
TO be filled for increase, saying:
From records now In our possession we
find that you are clearly entitled to high
er rate OF pension, which you should APP
ply for Immediately in order TO have the
Increase date back as far as possible.
Now this is all false, They could not
and did not know there was such PEN
sioner until they saw his name in the
printed list. This same letter goes to
pensioners all over the country, to induce
them to believe the solicitors have some
special knowledge about their claims.
more than the pensioners the mselves have,
when in fact they do not know anything
about it.
My experience for the past few years
in claims for increase has been as fol.
lows; have bad probably hundred
applications for increase. Only twenty
one Of these had sufficient grounds to
satisfy me it was worth while to make
claim for them. OF this number twelve
were rejected, two were reduced from
what they were already drawing, and
seven ware granted an increase. Ia our
whole list Of Maine pensioners, | do not
believe more than eight or ten 10 hun
dred could obtain an increase. l am in
favor of our soldiers and their heirs get
ting all the pensions they are justly en-
titled to, but do not like to see them
swindled. Respectfully submitted,
z. K. HARMON.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-10-30
~on-Uc.,deut TnxeS

IN int. ~ o. peuuS.t 10 the County ofONford,
.ps -lsls uf Nain-. l.r The year lSsl
THE & NV i1g let - tANes, 90 real estate, 81
.r,st ID. 60 pa usra a th~ toEr VI Den msrk for
The year iss1 10 til. e"mmitird 70 h1wh rr.
- COLLECTOR Of taNrs 0i said town. On the 3ist
,sy 81 AuE ~. ht- been returned ol bin IN me-
:. r-maini urpaiI Oa the lath dsy Oi jaw
I.-s ~ h. CERTIFICATE O. % u late, AMI
-. man n u 40. suit notice i hereby given.
traf A. the .sid tax-s interest aud charges are DOT
H. a into ne treasury o. -sit town ct Denmark
1ifh.n rlg ntern months RON the dAe ~ me com
rritu,snt o. s.d aye 30 much % the r-A' estate
600 =. 4tI ur .uihci-nt % pAy the amount das
tb.r fr Including interest snd charges, viii with
t fir hrr notice, De I'D ~ pablo aGcson Al tne
Po-- o4ir- ir all town on the 10; day Of Mach
ls-. a. Do o'Slock \ y
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1883-10-30
NUMBER 43.
FRANK JAMES IN POLITICS.

rhANh JaMEo IN POblllCS.
We commented. at the time of the &C
quiital Of Frank James on one of the
Numerous indictments against him, says
the It'buss, upon the curious fact that
in western Missouri this outlaw seemed
10 have a certain social standing, and
upon the hardly less curious fact his rec
ord as Rebel AMI Democrat was of i'm
mense service to Inn with the jury. There
is an interesting Confirmation of this view
in the following recert extract from a
rural Democratic paper in MissO1ri-the
Lathrop Herald:
ave believe Frank james To be 4 thief
and a murderer, and We don't care who
knows it. Aud II any one wants TO stop
our paper because we cant class this red
handed william with such patriots rs Rob
ert T.. Lee and 'Stohcwalr Jlckson, they
can do II, and the sooner the better"
The pluckiness Of this editor is, in all
seriousness, worthy Of admiration. But
II discloses strange state Of society that
the editor should 'xp'ct subscribers to
cut off the paper, tie ,Atrcme mark Of
their observation-disclosures he takes the
liberty of saying 'lai Frspk James is "a
Tho and muidtru.' Tie editors al
fusion 10 Lee and Jackson shows that his
feeling toward james does not arise from
any lack of political sympathy.
But not ell of the Rebel Democracy
in the State Of Missouri are of the
same mind. Here i, the Huntsville Her
aid:
There arc some cow0rdly, hair-brained
Democrats who are calling for the convic-
ton OF james. To the devil with such
Democrats, aud lit laukcedom howl itself
hoarse."
Here We see that desire to have
James punished fo- one Of bis many cruel
and cowardly crimes is regarded as an
act Of disloyalty to the party. That ver-
dict Of acquittal Feed never be called a
mystery again.--Er