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A Singular Malady.

CONCORD, N. c., March s.-Mr. wilhelm,
of Calarus county, passed through here TO-
day with his sick son, aged twenty, on the
way to Salisbury, to consult physicians about
an extraordinary malady with which the
youth Is afflicted. An ordinary bathing tub
can be filled with cold water and the boys
feet placed therein, and in eight minutes the
water will be made so hot that the heat can
be felt through the slaves Of the tub. The
boy suffers agony, describing his sensations
as like having his feet In bed Of hot Goals
all the time. He was carried from his faith
er's house to Salisbury with his feet in tub
of water. Between his house and Concord
Mr.. Wilhelm had to change the water four
times, and shortly after being changed each
time 1t would become hot again. At times
the pain suffered by the boy Is almost be-
yond endurance. Morphine used In treble
doses does not effect him.
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Illustrated Correspondence Ne,r North Vest.
As . lawyer, statesman and debater, Sena-
tor Edmunds ranks among the highest. The
country hears from him on all great public
questions, which do not seem to have been
thoroughly discussed until the illumination
of his learning, cool judgment and perspicu-
Gus statement have been brought to bear
upon them. He Is emphatically safe man.
While stauch TO his party, he Is not narrow
or unfair, and is regarded by the opposite
party with a respect As nearly like the vener-
alton with which his own party regards him,
as the circumstance of political opposition
admits of. He is q genial man, warm and
longtime brotherly association with Senator
Thurman, with whom he was insepsrsbls,
excepting In the Senate, where party lines
divided them. That he Is . good man,
against whose fair name calumny would be
powerle.s, needs not to be said. In 1880
several leading newspapers strongly urged
his nomination for the Presidency.
Senator Edmunds Is a Vermonter by birth
having been born at Richmond, February !,
1928. He received a public school educa'
ton, read law and was admitted to the bar
At twenty-six years of age he was elected to
the State Legislature, and continued to assist
in its proceedings five years, during three Of
which he served As Speaker Of the House
In 1861 and 1862 he acted as temporary pre-
siding officer in the Senate of Vermont. Hi:
seat in the United States Senate has beer
held continuously since 1865, when he re-
ceivsd an appointment to fill the vacancy
created by the death Of Solomon Foot. Nc
public man commands greater respect thar
Senator Ednunds. His honors are univers
ally felt to be due to his superior talents, ex'
emplsry diligence and exalted character.
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To Protect Boys.

An act to prohibit the sale, or Gift, Of firearms
and ammunition to minors.
BE IL Enacted By The Legislative Assembly Of n,
Territory Of Montdna.
SECTION 1. Any person VINO shall after the
passage of this act, sell, barter, give, or in
any manner dispose Of. an firearms or am
munition OF and description whatever, to
any person under the age OF sixteen years,
shall be deemed guilty Of o misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction thereof before any
court OF competent Jurisdiction, shall be
fined in any sum not exceeding one hundred
dollars, or be imprisoned in the county Jail
for any term not exceeding three months.
Approved February ., 1885,
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GOVERNMENT FRHIGHTING.
Opening of Bids at st. PauI-The Lucky
Bidders.
81. Paul Pioneer Press.


There was quite large gathering of the
leading representatives of transportation yes
terday in the Office of the chief quartermas-
ter at department headquarters, on the occa-
sion of the opening of proposals for trans
porting military supplies in the Department
of Dakota during the coming season. The
progress of the railroad system on the
frontier, and notably the construction of the
Northern Pacific and Manitoba roads, has re-
suited in making many of the larger military
posts more easily accessible, so that much of
the freight which for many years had to be
carried for long distances by steamboat or
wagon can now be transported more cheaply
and expeditiously by rail. The proposals
were opened by Col. Charles Bird, assistant
quartermaster, in charge of the chief quarter
masters Office, and were as follows:
Steamboat frelghting on the Missouri river
from Yankton to Bismarck: Thomas C.
Powers, Helena, Montana, "a cents per 100
pounds per 100 miles; Thomas c. Powers,
Helena, Montana, 80 cents per 100 pounds
per 100 miles; E. D. Comings, St. Paul, 523
cents per 100 pounds per 100 miles; E. D.
Comings, st. Paul, 27.7 cents per 100 pounds
per 100 miles; Fred. T. Evans, Sioux City,
go cents per 100 pounds per 100 miles.
On the Missouri river from Fort A. Lincoln
to Fort Benton: Thomas c. Powers, Helena,
80 cents per 100 pounds per 100 miles; Chas.
Wright, St. Paul, 24a cents per 100 pounds
per 100 miles.
The lowest bid received for transportation
on the Upper Missouri is that of Charles
Wright, of st. Paul, who is understood to be
backed by Commodore Kountz. During the
season 1882, 4,3l2,356 pounds Of stores were
transported over this route.
W. S. Wetzel and Fred. T. Evans are the
lucky bidders for the wagon transportation
over the routes in Minnesota, Dakota and
Montana. Nearly 5000, 900 pounds of stores
were carried over each of these routes last
year, but it is estimated that the amount will
be considerably less this season.
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Sprssue Married Again.

RICHMOND, Va, March s.--Ex-GovernoE
WIN. Sprague, II Rhode Island, was marrisas
tonight, 1t Staunton, to Mrs. Dora hezs
Calvert, Of Greenbriar county, ". Va
There was some difficulty In obta&aiag the
license, neither party being actual laaidcnts
Of Stauuton, aud the Governof vas consider
ably perplexsd for some ai,aa before .le'
necessary papers were Obtained, The hEid~'
ID native Of Coaaseticut, but LIKING ~
West virlipiA fpE ipuutsen ysars
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Lease of the YeiIowetone Park.

WASHINGTON, March I0.--The Secretary
Of the Interior to-day formally leased to G.
+. Hobart, Fargo, Dakota; Il. S. Douglass
Fort Yates, Dakota, and Rufus Hatch, New
York, number Of tracts Of land In the Vel.
lowstone National Park for period of ten
years. The lease comprises seven tracts
aggregating ten acres. Provided the several
parcels of land shall not be within quarter
Of mile Of any geyser or Yellowstone
Falls. The parties agree to construct ons
principal hotel at Mammoth Hot Springs to
cost $3.50, 900.
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Electric Motors.

NEW YORK, March 9.-Experiments will
soon be made with . view Of introducing
electricity - motive power on the elevated
roads in this city. These experiments win
be conducted By Stephen B. Field, the else
trician. MI. Field has been at work expert
menting with electric motors long tims,
ana claims priority on his idea TO both Sic.
mems, the originator Of the electric roads In
IN Europe, and Edison, whose road ct Msnlo
rark nas been mining for experimental pur-
poses over two years.
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A TELEGRAM says the telephone was very
successfully operated between Cleveland
and New York, Sunday last. The distance
via the Erie railroad line is COZ miles. The
transmission is said TO have been better than
Is usual between local Offices in New York
City, and was due to the superior kind of
wire used. We hope the Montana Telephone
Company will, as soon as possible, stretch
that kind Of wire on their main lines.
While the present lines do work, they do
not work as we'll as desirable and should be
replaced.
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Eleven Men Burned !. pe.,n

DEADwOoD, d. T., March 12.-Hood &
SCOTS lodging shell, at Brownville Wood
Camp, terminus Of the Black Hills & Fort
Piercs railroad, burned q midnight SATURDAY
night. James Chalmers, Thomas Finlsss.
=. Y. Wright. Lewis Hanson, Peter Hanson
=. Tensslef, Harvey Wood, Wv. n. Andrcvs
Charies Hammoree, Fred T. Peters and
sam Hays were burned to death. Fcnr
otnerS, names not learned, were seriouslv
injured. Ths origin Of the Arc ID moi
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A YEAR or two ago Ex-Governor Sprague,
Of Connecticut, was reported to be drunken,
jealous, desperate, halfcrazy bankrupt, rush.
Ing around Canonchet trying to shoot some
body with a shotgun. Subsequently he was
divorced. And now lie is married again and
renominated for Governor. Sprague must
have braced up or been fearfully lied about.
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Railroad Proorsss.

SALT LAKE, March 8.--Passenger coaches
viii begin running on the Oregon Short
Line from McCamnon, on the Utah & North
ern road, to Shoshone tomorrow morning.
This reduces the time from Salt Lake TO
Bellevue, Wood River, 70 thirty-six hours.
There are now but twenty miles Of the Dem
yer q Rio Grande railroad to build to COM
plets the road between Salt Lake and Dem
ver Tho weather ID favorable for railroad
building and the gap will be closed by thu
hrst Of April.
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Good Telephoninu.

NEW YORK, March 13.-Cleveland and
New York were connected by telephone for
several hours Sunday afternoon. Gentlemen
In the Office Of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany in New York spoke and sang before
the improved telephone. A party In the
Cleveland Office did the same and their
voices were more distinctly heard in New
York than is usually the case between con.
nected telephones in this city. Prof. Elisha
Gray, inventor Of telephones and patentee
Of harmonic and other devices in use in the
postal telegraph system, conducted the ex-
pertinent. He said their success was due to
the superior conductivity Of the wire in use,
composed Of steel core surrounded by cop
per. James r. Keene was one of the party
and conversed with friends who had been
called into the Cleveland Office to meet him.
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The Crown Prince and Princes of Ger
many will be represented at the coronation
Of the Gar by an ambassador. That's
prudent. They will doubtless see that his
remains are properly inferred.
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DELEeATE MAeIyNTs appeared as wit
ness in the Star Route cases Monday, and
stated that In response TO. petitions he had ad-
vocated the establishment of and increase
and expedition Of service on the Bismarck
and Tongue River routes, as that was the
eastern route 10 Montana. General Miles
also testified to the same effect. That was
all right. II is Delegates duty to present
and advocate petitions Of his constituents
when they are proper. The knavery Of
this. Star Route business came In In the let
ting Of contracts for these services to favored
parties at swildllng prices, and in failure
frequently TO perform the service as con-
tracted. It would be well for the press TO
keep this distinction in mind. We need new
routes and more frequent service all through
the western country, and our Delegates
should assist us and we sustain them when
our petitions are just and their services are
earnest. At the same time the letting Of our
routes ut exhorbitant figures TO contractors
who do not perform the service, or at starva-
tIon prices to foreign bidders who cannot
and do not perform the services at the con-
tract rates, are both detrimental to our well
fare and gross wrong 10 the Department
and Government. The present system Of
letting would be vastly improved by making
the Delegate OF Territory and the Special
Postal Agents who have il under supervision
an Advisory Board In determining the SER
sice on routes and In making the award OF
contracts, aud they should be present when
hese things are done.
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JAMES H. MILLS. PUBLISHER

THE State Board Of Equalization has fixed
the assessment Of the Central Pacific Rail-
road In California at $1,000 per mile, al
which said company INDUCES in an elephan-
tine kick.
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And also six Delegates at-large-two from
each Judicial District-but each elsctor to
only vote for one Delegate-at-large. These
are to meet at Helena on the second Monday
in January, 1884, 10 frame a Constitution,
which Is to be submitted to Congress with q
petition for the establishment of Montana as
State. Delegates are to be allowed mile.
age, but no per diem, so there will be no in
ducement for prolonged convention.
While there will doubtless be some vacancies,
it is probable Montana will be represented
by some of its best ability, and a Constitu-
ton drafted under which the Territory may
worthily become 8 State. We are going to
acquire wealth and population rapidly.
When we have the quota of population, 1t will
only be by division among ourselves, or
gross injustice at the hands of Congress, that
we will be refused admission. Let us labor
with common purpose to achieve the great
result and We will not fail. Montana should
be a State when she attains her majority
May "a, 1855.
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Governor Crittenden Pardons Hite, Ono
OF the James Ganu.

Governor Crittenden Pardons Hite, One
OF the James Gang.
ST. LOUIS, March Ex-Governor Crittenden
has pardoned Clarence Hite, noted men,
Der Of the James gang. who pleaded guilty
to train-robbery In February, 1882, and was
sentenced to twenty-five years imprison-
ment. The pardon was issued on the recon-
mendation Of the penitsntiary physician and
guard directors. Hite Is in the last stages Of
consumption. He has started for his fathers
home in Logan county, Kentucky. There is
speculation - 70 the effect Of Hitss pardon
upon Frank James prospects. Il is believed
that II he went on the witness stand, or
made deposition, he could send James to
the penitentiary.
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The Arizona Legislature being led to be-
lieve that there was crookedness in the
management of its prison fund appointed an
investigating committee which made q re-
port In substance as follows: The commit
Tee report that they found fraud and corrup-
tion in the prison management; that the
prison board had been careless and reckless
and should be prosecuted; that there Is a
discrepancy of $4,000 in the amount received
for boarding United States prisoners and the
amount accounted for; also discrepancy Of
$4,000 between the vouchers presented and
the amount expended for material and sup
plies. The committee recommend that the
Office Of Attorney General be created and o
prosecution for Encouragement be common
ced Immediately.
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THE Independent publishes an item to the
effect that the cause Of the introduction OF
the bill to remove the capital from Helena
TO Bozeman, was that Governor Crosby had
refused to appoint Mr.. BoIley, Butte man,
Auditor, and had instead appointed Joseph
p. Woolman, Esq. Charley .Warren's ver-
sion of the story was, that the Butte boys,
forming the second relief delegation, found
the Legislature running too tame when they
got there, so he sat down, copied the act re-
moving the capital from Virginia to Helena,
substituting Bozeman for Helena, and then
got Mantle to fire it into the Legislature just
to have some fun. And everybody else ex-
cept Helenians enjoyed it. That was about
all the "cause" there was in that matter.
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THE FIRST MOVE.

The State Constitutional Convention Reso-
luton passed the Legislature and was ap-
proved by the Governor. 1t provides that
on the first Monday in November, 1888, an
election shall be held for Delegates, appor-
toned as follows:
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BosroN, March 9.-The State Homeopath-
ic Medical Society have petitioned the Leg
islature to authorize the erection Of Q new
insane asylum, at cost not to exceed $780,
600, to be put under the care of Homeopathic
physicians.
New YORK, March Ida II. Hormer,
three feet, and Robert Fl. Huzza, three feet
six inches in height, were married on the
stage of the Brooklyn Museum, in which
they are attractions, to-day.
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EDWARD l.. Is the eldest son Of the illus.
trious Ned-the Hon. Il. j. Curtis-who for
years was Governor, Territorial Secretary,
&c. Young Ned began as page in the Leg.
islature, and for two sessions was the chief
executives private secretary when still q
mere boy. Going east he spent several years
in the postal service as clerk in the New
York City postofiice. He is q young man Of
brilliant natural and acquired abilities, and
will without doubt make the most efficient
Territorial Secretary Idaho ever had. His
appointment will be hailed with Joy by the
whole Territory, regardless of political feel.
ing. We congratulate noble mother upon
the honorable promotion Of q dutiful and
worthy son.-Iddho Democrat.
When the name of L. L. Curtis, Of Idaho
came In the kilograms as appointee to the
Secretaryship Of Idaho we thought it mus,
mean the old Secretary who held years ago
but the above, from the Idaho Democrat, ex
plains IL still more pleasantly. 1t is more o.
a compliment TO the former Secretary thar
his own reappointment would be.
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L. +. SINGIsER was recently Secretary of
Idaho. He was, last fall, elected Delegate
from that Territory. Judge Lawrence, First
Comptroller of the Treasury, holds that
Delegate Singiser cannot draw any pay until
Secretary Singiser settles his accounts. There
Is no charge that there was anything wrong
In his accounts; they are merely "not
settled" Now if Secretary Singiser has not
made out and sent to the Treasury his state
ment of receipts and expenditures, with the
balance of money in his hands belonging to
the United States, there may be some excuse
for brushing him up; but whether he has or
not, the Secretary Is under $50, 900 bond that
runs until he does settle, and that is more
money than he would handle in any two
years. But if he has sent in his final state
ments and vouchers, and balances and re-
ceipts for United States property, and has
not heard for two years from the Treasury
Department whether they were even audited
or not. 1t seems to us it is the pay of the
dilatory officers Of the Treasury Department
and not that of Secretary Singiser that
should be stopped. We can lay our hands
on an ex-Secretary IN precisely the situation
above stated, but as he was not elected Dele
gate last fall, and has no Congressional
salary due him, he don't care fig about the
delay. singiser though is in on a new con-
tract with the United States and ought to
get his money on it as soon as 1t falls due.
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The Washington correspondent Of the
Butte Inter Mountain furnishes the following
recent ruling Of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior, concerning publications Of applications
for patent, which Is important: "The regu-
lations Of the mining laws require publica-
tions of notice Of application for patents to
appear for ten consecutive weeks in week.
ly paper to cover the legal period Of sixty
days; but this, according to Q recent ruling
only applies when the question of the time
of publication is an important element in
connection with an adverse claim. In Mon
tana case where the publication appeared for
only nine weeks, 1t was held by the Secre-
tary Of the Interior on an appeal to him from
an adverse decision of the Commissioner Of
the General Land Office, that 1t was not
shown that injury had been done to the
rights Of others by the irregularity in publ
cation, and as the error was one of the gov
eminent and not of the applicant the pro-
ceedlngs would not be declared void"
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TX THE printed pamphlet of Marks and
Brands there are a number of little wood
cut engravings, showing better than any
combination of ordinary. type, or letter press
description, would, the form of said brands
as they appear on the animal. 1t was good
to have these brands so printed. We believe
each man who records brand with the
Treasurer has 30 pay the Territory s1.00 for
such record; also Sl.00 for q copy Of the
pamphlet containing the published list. This
pamphlet is printed by the Independent
which has contract 10 do the Territorial
printing, but which contract certainly does
not require the use OF any other material
than that In general use In printing offices.
These little engrayings cost some thirty or
forty cents each, If we recollect Alright When
the Legislature met bill was introduced
and passed appropriating 500 TO pay for said
cuts. Governor Crosby vetoed 1t. What the
precise terms of the bill were we do not
know, but II the price was reasonable the
Territory should have paid Cor them, made
the Treasurer custodian of them when they
were not In use In printing reports, and have
authorized him 10 have all brands subse-
quently recorded, and which could not be
fairly represented In type, engraved In the
same manner and used MS these were.
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THE Bozeman papers think Mr.. J. V. Bo-
CERT has been badly treated in the appoint.
ment of stranger to succeed him as Regis.
ter Of the U. S. Land Office at Bozeman when
he was an applicant for reappointment. 1t is
stated Mr.. Bogert worked up and secured the
establishment of the Office for the conven.
fence of the settlers in Gallatin valley; that
he applied for the appointment of Receiver
at the solicitation of residents of Gallatir
county; that the fees were so small for years
that no Register would hold the office fol
them, and that Mr.. Bogert gave all his fees
to the Receiver to secure the continuance Of
the office. 1t is further stated he was an ex
cellent officer and was assured he would be
reappointed. If all these things are true hi:
supersedure is discreditable to the admins
tration or whoever procured it.
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TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.

BADEN BADEN, March u.-Prince Gort-
schskof, ex-chancellor Of the Russian en-
pire, Is dead.
NEW YoRK, March 12.-Samuel ]. Tilden,
Ieputed large holder of Union Pacific, Is
increasing his holdings.
LIMERICK, March 8.-Two hundred girls
started from here to-day for New Hampshire.
Almost the entire population assembled 10
bid them goodbye.
BERLIN, March s.-Negotiations between
Russia and the Vatican have so far pro-
crossed that twelve vacant Polish Sees will
be filled by the 18th.
DENVER, March 9.-Theo. Thomas and
his grand orchestra have definitely arranged
to give series of seven concerts here In
June. A chorus of six hundred voices IL In
at,tn