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The Mineral argus., 1884-01-24
The Decline of Wmnipeg.
From Correspondence of TIE Boston Tran
scrjDt.

From Correspondence of tke Boston Tran
script.
This is not a very jolly British CITY to
visit just now, although bed and board
were in such demand a year or eighteen
months g that the owner offs canyas
tent tW enty by sixty feet could retire to
the lake of Como for the remainder of
his life after a months rental from il.
But now all is changed: city lots that
sold rs high as 81, 400 a front foot are
held for an offer, and there is no one to
make it. The city has had it's boom and
high fever; and relapse, collapse in fac.
is upon the capital of the Province of
Manitoba, the first city of the great
Northwest. Within two years the rush
was 80 great from Upper Canada that
there was not in the cars nor in
the hotels OF Winnipeg for the crowds.
Demand for anything soon begets sup
ply, OF course, and then more ieisurely
brick buildings followed, and now 1t is
said the hotels III this city are as nu.
m as churches in Rome. where the
learned reader of Glare" and other
gnide-books will remember, there are
- oCCuldlClJ 6OtdklIlR.
a church, for every day in the wear. Be
the number as it may, they are numer-
u and varied in style, from THE
Queens" which is very Enslish in its
musty atmosphere an | in the solid liver
or plated service on the tables, to the
lodging-houses, in imitation of the Eng
llsh, where for twopence one can get a
musty If not nasty shAke.doWn "fou
can live on a crust a day in
Europe" says Bayard Taylor" but
below four cents for a bed vol can't
60"
But Winnipeg, save in the name and
air of its principal hotel, is not in any
manner an English city. You don't see
traveller will remember that a London
policeman is called a dob" and he will
also remember hat an English shilling
Is called a bob-the bob" IN the huge
buffalo overcoat will. tell you that ne
came here from Wisconsin. The people
In the streets are Americans, and the
wares in the shops are Yankee. But
the heavy swell with the glass disc in
his left aye, tethe red by a string to his
coat. Is, of course a Britisher. He is
yawjng uDon n subject or another.
The city is American, and in the char
aeter OF its houses you could imagine
yourself in Kansas or Minnesota.
The collapse has been a serious one,
but the bottom is not touched, and from
the mutterings one hears, it is not diff
cult to imagine that the mother country
may have a refractory South Carolina
on her hands in the neal future; that,
in fact. there NAV be a seeding state
from the Dominion of Canada. Then
the %preoedents of aid and comfortand re.
bel rams will arise to disturb the Brit
isher.
The Mineral argus., 1884-01-24

Superintendent Prior, of the Milwaukee
& s.. Paul, left for California on Friday the
18th, sccompani d By his daughter. Con-
ductor Phelps viii, % low for the same des-
tiLation in a lew DAYS.
The Mineral argus., 1884-01-24

Moses Levy & Co., Loudon bankers, be-
gan suit at Denver recently against Stephen
W. Dorsey for So, 800. The litigation grows
out of transactions in Arkansas bonds in
1871.
The Mineral argus., 1884-01-24

During the year ending October 10,
$50, 4O5 salmon, weighing over 9,OOO,OOo
pounds, were taken from the Sacrament
to river and its tributaries.
The Mineral argus., 1884-01-24

send for the police"
"Send for the policeP Hardly as bad
as that, Jennie. AT any rate / have a
call to make. Come up the walk a little
way"
Uncle John took his companions each
by the arm, and with gentle force led
them up the broad marble steps, up the
very steps, and did not pause until he
had swung back the door ofstained glass,
and the three stood in the stately hall
of the mansion. Turning to the right,
he swung open a door, and motioned
his companions to enter. AS Jennie did
so, she uttered an exclamation of de-
light. She had entered her IDEAL of a
library. The room was flooded with a
soft, mellow light. Shelving, fringed
with bright leather, stamped in gold,
extended to the ceiling on which re-
posed rows and rows of books in dainty
binding, fragrant Russia, polished, shin
ing cali, scarlet and green, and blue mo-
rocco. Huge foliOs of %engravings were
in their appropriate rests. Easy chairs
were everywhere, and there was every
appliance for literary ease or study.
INV dear child" said Uncle John,
taking Jennie in his arms and kissing
her tenderly, this Is the little prown cot
tage, after all. This is home. And yet
what l wrote you is true. l had no
home, no wife, no child; but had hun
dreds of thousands in money. Business
men meet with reverses: but l am not
one of the unfortunate. | wrote to all of
my relatives. You alone responded; you
alone offered the supposed pauper a
home. Had come to you with al! my
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-03-29
WACO EXAMINER.

w4cC MARCH %. 1851
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12
Better Beef and Mutton.

At last there seems to be reason fol
hoping that breeders of beeves and sheep
will turn from the aims and ways Of
breeders of porkers, and instead Of
striving to produce the greatest guam
tity of lat, will aim TO place before the
meat-eating public the greatest possible
amount Of good, nutritious beef and
mutton for given outlay of food and
time. Since the Tribune ca led at
tenton to the gross wastesulness Of the
old system large number of newspa-
pers have followed its example. The
Cleveland Herald says on this subject:
"If it ever comes down to q genuine
beef, not carcass OF fat, there is a
show that the Devons will work them
selves up to the point. Those who saw
the beeves after dressing at Chicago
would hardly select roast or round
from one of them; the fat was so great
that there was a great waste in the pur-
chased beef. We need beef animal
someth ng like the hog OF a few years
since, streak of lean and streak OF
fat. The citizen does not want to buy
tallow he cannot eat, but to get a good
streak of lean he must buy the fat.
The movement in the direction of the
production of mutton and beef, tender
and Juicy. vet free from masses Of tai.
low, may be hastened by offering
Special premiums, valuable enough te
lie worth competing ior, to breeder:
who sail at the fat-stock shows ex
hibit those sheep and beeves which
when stripped Of all superfuous fat
shall show the greatest Quantity and
most nutritious and pa atable quality o.
flesh for the food and time given. 1t il
not altogether unlikely that this woulC
bring into greater prominence thar
they have ever enjoyed breeds of stocl
not now generally recognized as profit
able meat-producing an mails. What
ever else might come from this, t.
consumer OF meat would be tickled il
taste and benefited in purse if not il
health ChlcaJo Tribune.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12
The Jordan Canal.

The proposed ship-canal through the
Holy Land from the Mediterranean TO
the Red Sea has been recei, oil with
great favor in England, and has been
hailed with acclamation by the religious
world because it seems to fulfill .
prophecy to be found in the forty-sev-
enth Iapter OF Ezekiel, where it speaks
about brin2ing the waters toward tho
East country and then down to the sea.
II ever undertaken, this canal w0ill
bring about marvellous chan.c in the
geography OF Palestine. The fall from
the Gulf Of Akabah, on the Red Sea. to
the Dead Sea is only about 1900 fcct.
When the waters the Red Sea fill this
channel, the River Jordan, the Dead
Sea and Lake Tiberias would all disap-
pear, and large extent OF country
would be trans formed into lake which
would fertilize wha' is now an arid des-
ert. Not mere canal would be thus
created, but n wide, open channel ira
versing Palestine from north to south,
nayigable in every sense OF the term,
and with safe harbors on either side.
The Jordon Canal wo Id not cost much
to construct, and would be an unmixed
benefit to a country which only needs
water to be inhabited by dense popu-
lation. Democrats Monthly.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12
A Terrible Birth-Mark.
PHILADELPHIA Press.l

ET6sbsl
A most remarkable case of human suffer-
ing, and one which has steadily baffled
medical science, is reported in Springfield,
Erie County, Pa. William Fergeson, when
seven years of age, was seized with severe
pains in his right hand, and though he Is
now forty.six years of age he has been an.
nually attacked, singularly though at each
time suffering more than the preceding.
Convul' 'ions and paroxysms now visit him
at exactly the same hour in the evening.
He is now suffering the most acute agony,
and is visited by scores Of physicians, who
in every case have been completely baffl ID.
BY this peculiar freak of nature his boly
becomes terribly contor ed. Respiration
almost ceases, and he becomes for the
time being unconscious, and on, awakening
shows every evidence OF aving passed
through most terrible ordeal On being
resto ed he becomes perfec ly we'll, and Is
only troubled at intervals OF year, but
with positive regularity. The case can
only be accounted for by The fact that Fur
gesoh's mother, shortly before his birth,
saw the contortions and evidences Of a yony
in q snake which had been thrown into
fire, and that he has become thus birth,
marked.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12

gists for barbarous and bloody crimes.
If, on the other hand, Republicanism
still means equality before the law, and
the assertion of the ma esty of that
law when defied and trampled upon,
then let the party speak out at the COM
ing Nation Il Convention in tones that
will be heard around the world. Then
sneaks and snivelers, who cringe be-
fors the foe aud who whisper their dis
sent into the ears of editors and corre-
spondents of Democratic and assistant
Democratic newspapers Wien political
crimes are denounced, as in the Sher-
man resolutions, will know that you are
not Republicans, and will go into the
Democratic camp, where tber syco-
phancy and treachery will be appre-
ciatcd.
The despotism which, under the
name of Democracy, rules the South
and threatens to usurp the Federal
Government, justlfies its conduct on the
ground that negro suffrage can not be
tolerated. and that its remedies are
merely the exercise OF the right of
revolution. The Republican party is
sworn to uphold the laws it has enact
ed, and to protect the rights OF those it
has declared citizens. To fall short of
this is to court dishonor and invite d s.
solution. The substitution of namby-
pamby issues about petty details of
mere administration would be like call
inc in man cure to treat man for a
fractured skull.
The Democratic party has dedicated
all its power and energy to the exclu-
sion of the negro from the body pol
itic.
The Republican party is committed
beyond recall to the policy of manhood,
suffrage and National supremacy.
Between these two forces there is an
irrepressible conflict. The question is,
not how the country shall be governed,
but Wlo shall govern it.
If it is to be governed by majorities
of the a0hiteS in the several States, then
the Republican party should abdicate
or be kicked out.
If it is to be governed by maiorities
of the legal luoterS in the several States,
then the Democratic party, now in re-
volt against the laws, should be forced
into submission.
If the Republicans OF the North will
be as true TO their cause as the South
ern Bourbons are to theirs, the victory
will be theirs without single blow
| National Republican,.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12
MRS. pEwEEs BREAKS sILENcE.
MHS, UEWEEo bNEHNo oIIENVEs
Husband and Wife PAS Twenty Five
Years without Speaking to Each
Other.
Canton to9 special.l

Other.
Canton t09 Speciall
An event of considerable importance has
occurre d in little farm house q few miles
from this citv, within a few days. Mrs.
Dswees spoke to her husband. This is
what she said:
william, believe am dying"
However, sh, did not die, and she il
now nearly well again. But the fact that
she spoke at all to her huiband has great
ly ex ed those who are acquainted with
the old coupe. They are past three-score.
This is the first tims either has spoken to
the other for nearly quarter OF century,
though each has spoken to other persons
daily all the while.
Nearly twenty-five years ago Mrs.
Dewees desired her husband to do trifling
thing which he re garde as either impossi-
BILE or unwise, and h, refused. She be-
coming petulent with disappointment,
rashly exclaimed:
If you don't Pll never speak to you
again as long as live"
~ not only will not do it," he said,
arousel TO ang'r, but will not speak to
you until you speak first to me-"
The issue thus Joined lasted longer than
either imagined it would. Until the recent
night spoken of, neither Mr.. nor Mrs.
Devices ever uttered word to the othe~.
The quarrel was soon over, and the best
of feeling was resumed between them.
They have lived together ever since, con-
tented and harmonious, the only cloud
upon their happiness being their silence
toward each other. But even that has had
its advantages. When Mr.. Devices want.
ed to say anyth'ns to his wife he would
say, for example, to one of the child d.en
"Jennie, tell your mother / wish she
would sew another button on my over
alls." Or the mother would say: "John,
tell your father to bring some sugar, oil
pepper and spool of thread, No. 10, from
town to-day" At first it was difficult fol-
them to repress tn, impulse to speak ia
each other, but, being persons of strong
will, they stuct doggedly to their resolu-
tions until habit ma le it easy to do so.
"Yes," said Mr.. Devices to neighbor one
day, 1--WE have not spoken for pretty neal
twenty-five years. IL has sometimes beer
little inconvenient, and Of course il
seems silly to most people, but it has beer
blessing to us in some ways. That one
quarrel was our last. l know from my
disposition AMI he that il we had kept or
talking we should also have kept on quar-
reling more or less. Possibly we'd have
got worse, because we are both pretty
high-strung, and it might have gone SO lal
that we'd have been divorced"
On the night when the silence wa
broken Mrs. Devices had. been ill for sew
eral days, and about one O'Clock in thu
morning she awoke in great pain, ant
thought her end had come. In her agony
she called to her husband:
"William, believe am dyingW
The old couple have been talking to eacl
other ever since.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12
A GREAT STATESMAN.
Mrs. Dawson's Appreciation of the Honor
Bestowed Upon Her Family by Her Hus-
bands Election to the New York Assem-
IN. Y. Star.l

bands Election to the New York Assem-
bly,.
IN. Y. Star.l
Another of the old timers, in my younger
days, some thirty years ago, was Assem-
Lyman Peter Dawson. Many old New
Workers will remember Peter; those who
knew him best pronounced him quite q
genius; eccentric, humorous, original,
Peter knew the history of Ireland by heart,
and could fire off Grattan at you as readily
as youngster its alphabet. The result
of his popularity showed iself in the
frequency of his election to the Legislature.
Peters wife, very nice laiy, was ex-
ceedin ly proud of his first election; in
deed, in those days, it was considered u
great distinction to be chosen as Assembly
man. So, when Peter returned home at
four o'clock on the morning after his elec.
tion over James M. Bard, he was tired but
happy, and could only muster up sufficient
energy to info m his wife of the "glo ious
result" and then drop off to sleep. But
happy Mrs. Dawson couldn't close an eye
that night. Sic was up betimes looking
proud and pleased and attending to her
household cares. Going to the hydrant in
the yard for pail OF water, she met there
her rneighbor AMI crony, Mrs. Shannon.
"Good narnin' tye, this mornin', Mrs.
Dawson," said the neighbor.
"Good marnin' to yoa," replied the As.
semblyman's wife.
SAM how is your good husban' this
morning" said the gossip. SIS he illictedT
Mrs. Dawson paused and reflected before
replying. 1t was crisis in which she must
strive to maintain the dignity Of her new
pos tion.
"Well! now, I'll tell yer. The night be
fore lasht lay beside simple Pether iw
son, and yesterday marnin' 1 rose from the
side of plain Pc her Dawson. But" as she
waxed eloquent on the theme, "Mrs. Shan
non, phat dye thinkp When / rose this
marnin' it was simple Pether Dawson nc
lon ger; for what is he now Mrs. Shannoni
The Honorable Pc her Dawson-honorable
Let me say that rose from the side thi,
mar i'm of him who is now a STATESMAN IL
the Assembly av New York"
The neighbor was overpowered. Sht
wiped her eyes feelingly and replied
"Shure Mrs. Dawson, permit me to con
gratulate you and your good husban'
there's few people that have received
'onors 80 aisy am suddenly, an hope h,
may distinguish himself in the Legislator
fur il he knows as much about the laws O,
the s ate as he does about the Ouli Coun
thry he'll be a great sthatesman vit.U
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12

Some women take a fiendisb de
light in placing piece Of oil-clotl
where their husbands are sure to stel
on it in the morning, when they sprinl
out of bed, when the thermometer il
lowering about zero, and for a momen
the marrow-c chilled man thinks lie ha
d scovered the North Pole. -NorrtStow1.
Herald, tg-t
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12

When Thomas Avery, of Bethany,
Pa, was shoveing snowdrift from
the back part OF his yard he discovered,
buried in the snow, a hen which hal
been missing for ten days. The hen
had packed the snow d wn and made a
room the size of q bushel basket. Be
yond the loss of flesh incident to the
long fast the hen was unharmed.-
Pitis6wrGb Po2t
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12

Mrs. Gordon, residing near Bluff
ton, S. c., now Ill, years Of age, wax
four miles-to partake Of the month";
Lords supper at the Baptist Church,
Detroit Posi- f-' pp N
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12

There are ten incorporated cities in
Connecticut, one of which has less than
four thousand inhabitants. = Hartford
Post
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-06
For Rent.

a restaurant and boarding house near II &
h y: railway Depot. Fixtures may be taken
at valuation. " '"Aen
street, SIS. ~eHPIe
stx rooms, South Temple street, s25.
Two rooms, Third South, between Eighth
and Ninth East streets; SIS. AND
a handsomely furnished houss near the
Courthouse, of Ave rooms, S45.
a store on Fifth South and Second Fast
street; SIG.
a new two story adobe house of seven
rooms and kitchen, hall, closets, etc, wei
finished, near the depot; S25 per month.
and Seventh South; $1a
Handsomely furnis he'd rooms from SS to 500
per month, one block from Main sreet.
Rooms, en- suite, S35 per month.
Office room, feet front by Is feet back. On
Main street, ground floor; $50.
A two story house of eight rooms, brick,
IN pleasant locality; $40.
One or more furnished rooms. near to busf-
ness, First South street,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-06

S2OO AhaFF1LL LOT ON TENTH
$50 A ROD FRONT TTg k0s loc.tisn.
~ ing from three - rOa LOTS RANG
q no. ward, Good cbars 1oos 'front.', in
soil. ~ Complete water ri LEI nome non Tor
$3.50 4, GOOD BUILDING ION -
0oos mi 99I % Street; lot 5I oh ON
0ozo West stree, az LOT ON sECoNn
Q275 BUILDING LOT rods rods:
o. North. near car Iin ns072, ON SIXTH
S225 BUILDING LOS .x0,>
ma, Ieen'h Ward desirable i je NINE
~ WE HAVE SOME o.,
HH lots in the FiTs, Z W BUILDING
from 500 to $500 each. Good soil fa Di ranging
nor SALE, SUITABLE FOR -,
t. yard. ETC., let 1873 font h. HT ~
back, on line Of the D and1R. G. P ~ rods
depot. Can &c: adjoining four.rods tron sttway
S15O A BUILDING LOT ON Tur
~ Tenth Ward Bench-eligibIs Ia na
tlon-3I9 rods, south front Water right SN-
CT A WHOLE LOT OF IL ACRES
y ~ in the 18th Ward.
X905 BUILDING LOT OF SxIo RODS.
south front, with right of aIsyway
LOT carriage drive on sdjoining lot. A solen.
did location, close TO street caT'
u
1919 MOE BUILDING LOT, FACING
south, 5xlO rods, in a spUt that com
ulanas the pest view Of the town. and a
healthy locality. Full water right Gnu 9
$3.50 A SPLENDID BUILDING LOT
on Seventh East street. 3x5 rods.
In nice neighborhood, on car line ana near
Third South street. al" ne'A
$500 a BUILDING LOT IN SIXTH
Ward. rich soil and anon oood
houses; Wen fenced, 6x20 rods
al 600 A BUILDING SITE NEXT TO
Mrs. HopwOod's house on Arsenal
Hill-sireet on each side Of it; lot 40 S es.
front ISS feet back; is the most eligible Site
A GOOD WATER POWER, WITH LAM
= Tor buildings, close to town, for Lease
5000. A FULL LOT IN THE 18th
z ward, fenced, orchard, ditch runs
5000 a LOT 1OxlO IN THE Doth WARD
- fenced and cultivated.
$500 ANOTHER FULL LOT. CLOSE
oy, tonced and in Iueerne.
$500 ANOTHER BUILDING LOT on
u: aud 4. q. r r. trace; Will 500 a
Oe IL ueihano Ior business, 2x5 rods.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-06
Building Lots

G5SO \ FINE BUILDING SITE AID
SOOO joining Captain Hooper's, in Nine.
t!eth ward, stable or lot; lot 31zxl0 rods.
g5SO AN ELlGIBLE BUILDING LOT
SOU on Sixth South street. between
Fourth and Fifth East; lot 5xI0 rods
oOOO A SPLENLID CORNER LOT FOR
GOUU bailding; lotli rods east front By z;
on Liberty park street ear line.
10 TWO BUILDING LOTS, Ski RODS,
9OOO en- street car line, east front; 500
eco A GOOD BUILDING LOT ON
SOOO second south street, between
Seventh and Eighth East street; ot 21Zy2J
rods, on line OF proposed new cable car line
s0I M A SPLENDID CORN Err LOT on
Sz1OO street Car line, Second Wsrd; lot
w. wv o. A FULL LOT on THE EAST
SZOO bench, partly fenced and partly
SOSO0 A TONY BUILDING LOT
pow on Brigham Street, near
DuRelps big house. 4 corner lot 3x10
rods. in a high state of cultivsiion-on
the boulevard Of Salt Lske City-with
fine buildings all around. Not much
land can be bought in the neighborhood.
CSOOO a SPLENDID BUILDING LOT
NOOOO on Brigham street, close to Eagle
Gate; lot four rods front by 10 rods back, and
right OF road On adjoining lot.
TsOO a BUILDING LOT IN THE
SOOO Eighteenth ward, lot 7xs rods.
HOOS A BOILDING LOT, ONE AND A
700 half blocks west Of Nineteenth
Ward schoolhouse, seven and q half rods front
by twenty rods back; convenient to street
car and railroad.
cSOO AGOOD BUILDING LOT IN THT
oCOO Twentieth Ward; lot rods NORTH
front by 10 rods back; water supply.
c1oS BUILDING LOT 3xl0 RODS ON
Q1-O ~ Fifth South street; close to street
car.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-06

4 favorite style of evening bas-
que shows the neck cut out round
and extremely low, the opening be-
ing filled in with thick perpendicu-
lar pleats of crepe lisse, Or some sort
of figured lace.
Pale colored gowns, made in Wat
teau style, with trimmings OF en-
brOidery and lace, are very much
used for morning wear. Those of
delicate blue and the new shade of
pink are especially stylish.
Surah chemisettes, made with
very full gathers or close plaitings,
fill up the front of cashmere dresses
in square, plastron shape just be-
low the neck, or they extend to the
point of the dress below the waist.
Neighbors are very considerate in
Norway. When a baby is born a
placard is nailed on the door in
forming the community of the fact.
Those who wish to move out of the
vicinity are thus enabled to do so in
good season.
A long shaggy trimming for the
handsomest imported brocaded vel
vet cloaks is made of cocque
feathers; this is made in wide
bands, and when extending down
the front of one of these handsome
wraps is most effective.
Young ladies are wearing cloth
sacques, cut very long and fitting
tightly. Jersey cloth in black and
dark browns is the favOrite material
for these sacques. The handsomest
of them are trimmed around the
neck, sleeves and down the front
with bands of undyed beaver.
"Why, old boy, what's the matter
with YOU? You look as though you
had lost your best friend" do l q
was the reply. swell, [ haven't
On the contrary 1 have just gained
friend" "You don't look it" 81
know 1 don't. You see, last night ]
asked little Miss B. to marry me
and she said she could never be &c
me more than a very dear friend.