The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1883-10-13

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they were charged by the police
and dispersed.
A dispatch from Chicago says
that the Seamen's Union have de-
cidcd to demand that their wages
increased from $3.50 to $500 per
day on lake vessels.
Sergeant Mason who attempted
to shoot Guiteau while the latter
was in prison will apply to the
President for a full record of the
proceedings in his case.
The profit to the United States
treasury from the coinage of the
standard silver dollar during the
five years ending June Both, 1888.
will be about ST 7,342,113.
Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Weaver
Of hudson, Mich. Mr. Warick, Briar,
Ohio, and an unknown man We're
killed in a railway accident at
Pittsburg, Mich, on Saturday.
The director of the mint at Wash
ington authorizes the purchase of
412,OOO ounces of fine silver for the
use of the Philadelphia, New Or
leans and San Francisco mints.
Victoria, B. c. has become the
rendezvous for Chinese who wish
to cross over into United States.
Smuggling Chinese across the bor-
der has become a thriving industry.
The directors of the Northern
Pacific railway have decided, sub
ject to the approval of three-quar-
ters of the preferred stock holders
to issue S2O,OOO,OO0 of additional
bonds.
Yellow fever is dreaded on the
Pacific coast as it is extending
northward along the Gulf of Cali
fornia, nearly ali the coast cities of
Mexica being afflicted to an alarm
ing extent.
The business failures for the week
throughout the United States and
Canada number 1873, as against 1SO
last week. In New York City the
failures were insignificant in num-
bars and amount.
A grain elevator, cotton yard, cleo
trio light building, livery stable etc.
were destroyed by fire at Dallas
Tex. on Saturday and at latest re-
ports the fire was still raging loss
so far 81 100000.
King Alfonso has instructed Due
De Fernandes, Spanish Ambassador
to France to contribute 10000 francs
for the relief of the poor of Paris
who, a few days ago, hooted him
through the streets.
The Railway Age shows in a cur
rent issue the amount of main track
added to the railways Of the Union
during the nine months ending
September 30, is Al pa miles
against sos miles in the same
period last year.
Five hun lrel letters for foreign
countries have been deposited in
the New York postotiice this week
with only two-cent stamps affixed
The postage on this class of letters.
except in the case of Canada, has
not been reduced.
The Dublin correspondent OF the
London Globe says: An lnvincl-
bIes' vcngence committee has been
torined to hunt down all intormers
Tnc committee has spies through
out the British colonies and IN
North and South America.
The captain OLA whaler just ar,
rived at Dun>,cc, Scotland, reports
he hal an interview with the natives
near Dalrymple Rock. They said
they saw a party of white men east
Of Smith's Sound, who were sup
p,5a, to bal,ls t) Lat. Irc1iy' 5
pa.'t,.
\ Madrid dispatch says that Chal.
cement Lecour, the French Minister
o.' Foreign Affairs has advised that
tn. tuil t.xt oi' Crews apology to
Alfonso b.. officially published and
that the leaders of the da.nonstra.
ton in Paris against the King be
punished:
Enlistment act of February, 1868
ordering that, when recruit TO the
army declares at enlistment that he
is twenty-one years of age, he car
not afterwards set up plea OF his
lesser age IS a a bar to punishment
for dcsertion. has been declared In
operative.
Wells, Fargo & Co., express
agents, have filed a bill in equity
a-ains: the Pacific Coast Steamship
Co., becausa the latter will not carry
their EXPRESS matter, but give tha
entire privilege to the Northern Pa
cific express company.