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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-20
For Sale.

THE BEST brands of French Gold Paint,
SEARS & LIDDLE's.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-20
Boston wool Market.

BosroN, December l9.-Wool, steady
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06
A Railroad swtud1e.

report of the alleged fraudulent attempt to
induce English capitalists to invest in bonds
of the New Castle & Middlesex railway, which
has no corporate existence, has just been
made public. Advertisements were inserted
in London newspapers Offering for sale 1900
6 per cent first mortgage bonds of e10O each.
The road was to be completed by Oct 1, and
the money thus obtained was to be used for
rails and rolling stock. Tho prospectus in de-
scribing the new road exactly describes
the line Of the New Castle & Northern
railway, and names the American Loan
& Trust company of New York as the
trustees and Messrs. Harper .& Ballack,
Road Lane, London, solicitors, and William
Patterson, president Of the Lawrence county
a of New Castle, Pa, William Van Kirk,
president of the Tradesmcn's National bank of
Pittsburg, and John Todd, vice president of the
New York, Pennsylvania g. Southern road,
Cleveland, Ohio, as directors. The New York
offic is given as No. Is CORTLAND street. Sec
Rotary Sterger of the Commonwealth can find
no trace of such a road as the New Castle &
Middlesex, and Messrs: Van Kirk and Patterson
deny all knowledge of it, and say their names
are used without authority.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06
Cooling the Flames ofLove.

One of the young bloods of Portland, Me-, has
been counting a girl for som time past, but he
was not liked by her father, who al last told
him to come no more. Since that time his visits
have been secret The other night he went to
see her, and, placing a ladder against the back
Of the house, succeeded in getting high enough
to reach the window of his girls room, and
there he stood for some time on the ladder
talking with her. In the meanwhile the old
gentleman observed the proceedings, and going
softly to the cellar, turned on the sebago and
getting the hose in position sent a stream of
water directly upward, fairly lifting the poor
fellow from the ladder. Then the young man
tried to go down the ladder, but the old man
continued to send q stream of water up his
back. When within four rounds of the ground,
the fellow slipped, fell and lay on his back in
the mud and water. Then the old chap turned
the full force of the sebago on his head and
shoulders, Utmost trangling the unlucky lover.
At last he gained his feet, gave one yell and
darted off. Aftcrward he s&id: ST didn't mind
the wetting so much, but that internal old fool
ruined a $45 suit for me and my old man won't
give me any more money for q month"
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06
THE PITn OF THE NEWS.
Washington News.

The Swain ourtmartial has been postponed
in Washington until Nov. 16, as Gen. Swaim's
chief counsel will be unable to appear before
that time.
IPo,sof;o, estlb!i shea: Minnesota-Lake
Itasca, Beltrami county, Wisconsin-shipps,
sawyer county. Postmaster Commissioned
Nathan 5. Gilbert, Central City, OAK.
The following special examiners of the pen
sion Office were appointed recently under the
civil service act, to rate as clerks of Glass 1:
n%esota,. G. B. lockwood, Miss Nathan Picard,
Mrs. ": W. Dedric, A. c. Harding; Wisconsin,
H. A Richards.
1t has been decided to postpone the meeting
of the court martial for the trial of Judge Ad-
vocate Gen. Swain from Sept. 10 until Novem-
Der Is, and notice in tho date of assembling
has been sent to the officers composing the
court. 1t is not known whether this action is
at the instance of Gen. Swaim's counsel, who
mas been urging delay, or is done to enable
Maj. Gardner, the attorney for the government
to prepare his case. Friends of Swain say he
means to fight to the bitter end, and the trial
lslkely to be protracted.
A curious case in the settlements of official &C.
counts has just been brought to the notice of
viz GO1ouAy. oOAAo GWCuGS -uAue
years ago Willis A. German, as governor of
Minnesota Territory, was ex-ofiicio superinten-
dent of Indian affairs. In this latter capacity
he gave bond in September, 1852. His disburse-
ments began tho following year and ended in
1885. His accounts were not settled by the Soc
ond auditor until February last, that is twenty
six years after he ceased to be o disbursing
officer, when a deficiency appeared Of
$ll,2s9 The comptroller passed the account
March 8, and the case was sent to the
auditor for suit on the bond of Gov.
German. The papers were forwarded to the
United States attorney for Minnesota and
they have just been returned with the infor-
nation that all tho bondsmen are dead and
their estates distributed, 1t does not by any
means follow that there was anything dishon-
est in this case. The chances are that if the
Indian officer had undertaken . settlement
while Gov. German and the generation with
which he acted were alive, the discrepancy
could have been explained. The case, howev-
or, shows more pronptncss in settlement than
that of Rev. J. L. Bardwell, a missionary well
known in Ohio, who, thirty years ago made
some disbursements of public funds, and
whose accounts, by a late settlement, were
found to show = balance due the government
Suit on his bond was ordered q few weeks
since, but the solicitor stopped proceedings on
the ground that all the responsible parties were
long since dead.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06
Youthful spendthrifts.
From the Now England Journal of Educat

From the Now England Journal of Education,
One very great fault of the American
is the recklessness with which he spends
his earnings. It is especially noticeable
in the citv-bred. We are inclined to
think with DR.. Baar, that the fault lies
back in childhood. Children are not
taught when young the value of the
money they spend SO thoughtlesslv for
trities. DR.. Baar would have them
work for every cent they receive. II
will not say" he remarks. Chat every
trifing labor should be rewarded. Oh,
no! I mean to say that every child
should perform q certain duty. and that
in fulfilling this duty conscientiously
it should receive a small amount of mon
ey. There are various duties with
which we can intrust a child. For in
stance the II can be directed to keep
the library in order; the other can be
sent out on regular errands; the third
can be charged to assist the little on IS
in their lessons; the fourth can be en-
ployed in copying letters or documents;
the fifth can be used to see that the
house in front and in the back is always
kept clean and tidy; the sixth can be
told to collect or to pay our weekly or
monthly accounts, ard the seventh and
eighth can be made responsible for the
order in the play-yard, and for the neat
appearance of the garden"
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06

The London Economist, a leading
authority, if not the very highest, in
speaking, August 9th, of the wheat and
other crops, says that the then recent
weather is worth many millions (sterl-
ings) q day to the country. And goes
on with the celebration that the wealth
er has settled the question of cheap
wheat and other grain during the re-
mainder of the year. The prospect is
from a survey of home and foreign
fields, that wheat in 1884 bids fair to
be cheaper than at any time during the
past one hundred years. This estimate
includes of course the supply from the
United States, Europe and the East.
In other words the price of wheat in
Liverpool will be fixed by the competi-
ton. of Europe, America, Australia and
India.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06
Market Rauorfs.

ST: PAu1-Wheat. old, No. 1 hard, 92@95c;
No. 9, &c.
Corn. No. z. 4905Oc; No. 3, 470O49c
Oats. No. 2 mixed. 23@25c; No. 9 white.
25c; No. 3 white 24c; rejected, aOc.
Barley. No. Z. soc. I; No. 3 extra, 45c. /; No. 8.
40c. -
Rye. No. 2, Sic.
Baled Hay, wild, $3.50; timothy 49, 5o@1o,5o {.
Eggs, 13@l4c.
MnwAuKEE-Wheat, No. 2, 775kc
Corn. No. =. rejected, Sic.
Oats. No. 9, 29@291144c; No. 2 white, BIO
Rye, No. 1. 53c; No 2 53c,
Barley. No. 2. old, &c
Mess Pork. S17.2 Is
Lard. $3.50
Butter, choice creamery, 2Oy02lc: fair Ia
good, 17@l9c; best dairy, 14@15c.
Eggs, 13@l319c &.
CmcAao.-Wheat, No. 9 Chicago spring.
Tk@774c;No. 3 Chicago spring 64@66c; Nc
cred, Sl@slAc; No. 3 red, h@nKcS
Corn. 52@5214c.
Oats. 24Ac.
Rye. Soc.
Barley. 62%c. .
Flax Seed, s1.0L.
Pork, slS.5 O@$l9.0.
Lard. $7.35@s7 55kc
Butter, creamery ,i1S@1s111c; dairy. 14@l41<e
Eggs. 13@14c
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06
Importance of Raising Cattle as
Well as Wheat.

James ]. Hill, ESQ, President of the st. Paul
and Manitoba Railroad, running through the
famous Dalrymple wheat farm, gave a reporter
q little lecture on domestic economy worth re-
peating:
"But how much better, he said, ssf all these
vast farms were cut up into smaller ones
of 100 or 800 acres each better for the farmers,
better for the railroads. Where there is so
tons are crowded into five months of
the year. The other seven he lies
idle. Ii his wheat fails, his year is lost
BY and by even this fertile soil will be worn
out without rotation of crops. If no raised
fewer acres of wheat and cultivated it better
he would make moro money. Crowding all
his operations into the brief summer months,
his teams are worn out and his expenses for
labor greatly increased. 1t is not carelessness,
but too great haste, that lets those weeds out
there grow; but wheat growing need not inter
fere with the raising of stock or other crops.
The truo economy is for all to go hand in hand.
But they tell you this is not a stock raising
country: There is no better in the world
Hogs, sheep and cattle all do well. 1t is true
they must be housed in the winter, but SO
enough is burned off every year which, if fed
would realize more money than the wheat
brings. Enormous crops of turnips, potatoes
and other roots can be raised, and, as you see,
corn can be cultivated to some extent Com
pare the relative profit if grain and stock rails
ing. Always i'll q new country they raise wheat
as long as they can, because it is the easiest
and quickest turned into money. Once Ten
nessee was a wheat state. Now they are buy
ing Minneapolis bran. How do English farm
ers manage to pay Is to rs shillings rent per
acre for land each year?
MORE THAN THIS,
land here is made more valuable by stock rails
ing. Why they buy our cattle and buy oil cake
to feed them and still make money, because
they turn it into high class beef and mutton.
Do you know the Windsor hotel, New York,
pays 40 cents a pound for it's beef? The only
real economy for the farmers is to raise stock
with his field crops, and the best stock obtain
able. Then all waste is worked up and a fail
ure or drop in the price of wheat is not ruin.
The true policy of the railroad is to promote
population. Some 1G per cent of even our re-
ceipts are from hauling w~heat-about half tho
passenger receipts. So firmly am l convinced
that this is the true policy for both railroad
and people, that 1 have spent $50, 900 in pla-
cling one or two Thoroughbred bulls i'll most of
the counties through which our lines pass, and
l think it the best investment 1 ever made"
President Hill expressed his emphatic be-
lief that the farmers of Minnesota and Dakota
need education on this point
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06

Some years ago. half crazy man named
Thorean, camped ON tho banks of Wal
den pond in Massachusetts,, and VIZ ote
transcendental nonsense which bothered
the brains of the people to understand,
and is bothering them to this day, though
Thorean has been dead for a long time.
He died at the comparatively early age
Of forty-tive, after bathing every day
and rs often denouncing those who
thought that bathing, like many othc,
things, might be carried to excess.
Bathing is a good thing, and greatly to
be commended. on many accounts, but
it is not an essential to good health OF
long life, as the statistics of the countries
where bathing is almost unknown album.
dainty show.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06

I have often thought of the extraordinary
number, if girls are included, or children
about whose existence and surroundings there
is something suspicious"
Has this hunt for Charley ever resulted in
the return Of any lost Children to theiI
parents?"
Yes, OF . number; for, though mine was
the first case on which q ransom had been
put, other children have been stolen by
tramps to beg for them, and even in
n moat r eaies 'aa 4 e for personal revenge: The
stolen from his fathers garden by two tramps,
who had a woman with them, and wanted q
child to beg; Mr.: Lachmuller offered large
rewards, and employed every available means
and several times in this country advertising
his loss, but all in vain.
We'll, one day Ireceived a letter from Ches-
tor, ILL.,, describing the tramps who had been
pr brutal Tal in their treatmentofa child supposed to
into his face, badly disfguring him, dyed his
hair and Scared his poor little body. My
brother James went on at once, and saw that
was not our lost lamb; but the publicity given
the case by the papers reached MI. Lachmuller,
he came on, and found, indeed, that it was
his child.
Strangely enough, though the villainous
trca tment he had been subjected to had made
the boy forget even his name INT the place
where he came from, he recognized his father
other class of cases in which, though the prop
er parents could not be found, the children
have been taken away from the wretches who
had them in charge and been properly taken
care of by the authorities"
Elbow do you account for this large num-
Der of stray children?"
"a great many of them can never be account
ed for. Some have left asylums or homes;
many arc illegitimate, and quite o number be-
long to families in which domestic %unhappiness
has prompted either the father or mother to
take them away and keep them in concealment
There are also instances where the children
have been purposely put on trains and desert
ed, or where they have run away from guard
ians glad to get rid of them. Children are
not unfreqnently found among italian OF gypsy
bands who cannot be accounted for,
eyes" continued Mr.. Ross, in reply to a ques-
ton, "dozens OF children have looked me in
the face and said their name was Charley Ross.
In fact that name has become the synonym of
. lost child, and it is frequently given in poor
houses and asylums. Hardly a week passes
sent to me now, and, of course, the claimants
are frequent. Why, a fortnight ago a little
tramp calling himself Charley Ross looked me
right in the eye and said he remembered my
singing him to sleep with Moody and Sankey
hymns. 1 never sang a tune in my life"
"DO you believe your son is living nOW?"
81 do not know what to believe any more
than you do; but until I know he is dead his
mother and I shall watch for his coming,n
concluded MI. Ross, with emotion.
Six other lovely children played about the
Ross homestead, ono of them a fury girl bear
ing q striking likeness to her lost brother, but
as 1 walked back through the shady lanes to
the station I was struck by the fact that, though
ten summers had fled since the cruel robbery,
nota child could be seen frolicking on the
highways.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06
River improvements.

"A Memphis dispatch to the st. Louis Globe.
Democrat says:
The board of government engineers, con-
sisting of Maj. Amos stickney of New Orleans,
and Capt c. R. Deans of Memphis, recently
made the awards for the distribution of the
$4,000 allotted by the Mississippi river COM
mission. The claims of various districts were
set forth by the practical engineers, and the
following is tho disposal Of tho funds named:
For repairs and preservation of levees in Yazoo
front, Second district, $4,000 providing that
100000 be expended by the state levee board
Of that district; if not, this amount goes to
the Yazoo front of the Third district. For the
Tensas front in the Third district, $50, QUO.
For the Tensas front in Fourth district, $4,000.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to. sink a
large willow mattress recently in front of the
city, where the banks are caving. The mat
tress was 27O by 400 feet. 1t broke in two be-
fore sinking and q portion Of the mattress
foated away.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06
Record of Casualties.

Fire at Ainsworth, Wash, cost the Northern
Pacific $4,000.
Fire at Ainsworth, Wash, destroyed the
sheds of the Northern Pacific air compressor
pumps used in the construction of the Snake
river bridge. Loss, $4,000.
Bannister's shoe factory at Newark, N. J.,
was almost totally destroyed by fire. The
damage to the building and contents is estima-
ted at fully 100000; insurance unknown.
Alarge part of the business portion of the
village of Adams was burned Thursday morn
ing, including Ripley's harness shop, Clark's
saloon, Gilby's clothing store, Chandler &
Lamson's shoe store, j. Q. Brown, grocery,
arms, etc. Hungerford, dry goods; Taylor,
dry goods; Kelly, clothing Ripley, shoe store;
Overton, grocery; collegiate institute and many
law and other offices. Loss, $500, 600.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06
The Criminal Calendar,

Samuel Roberts, a Wilkesbarre, Pa, coal
company -paymaster and Sunday school
superintendent, is short $4,000.
The %defaulting paymastcr, Samuel Roberts,
i'll at his summer residence near Wilkesbarre,
Pa, attempted to shoot himself Wednesday.
Thomas @. Haworth, clerk at the Nashua &
Lowell freight house at Lowell, Mass, is a de-
faulter and fugitive. He left a note. stating
thathe lost money in telephone stock.
b. LOOMS of Algona, Iowa, was arrested for
attempted rape on a child twelve years of age,
an adopted daughter who has been Keeping
j. Y. S%tratton, a prominent criminal lawyer
of Fort Wayne, Ind, attempted suicide by
cutting his throat with a penknife. He was
discovered in a few moments, and his life
saved by prompt surgical attendance.
Police Officer Henry Shepherd evidently not
a good shepherD of Leavsnworth, Kans., has
been arrested on a charge of barstardy, sworn
to by a young molatto girl, Jennie Green, who
gave birth tot child in Kansas City, a few days
ago. Shepherd became acquainted with her and
seduced her, she says, while he was teaching
her class in Sunday school.
At the Redfield, Iowa, camp meeting, Thurs
day night, q man named Charles Evans was
found, dying in o few moments after, only ex-
claiming that he did not know who shot him.
The evidence tended to show that Charles Evans
thc man killed. had started to let his horse 20
home, and in passing by a buggy jerkeda whip
out of it, when some one said 'halt." The
not being obeyed, some one shot, the
ball entering his back under the right shout
der, passing through tho body, and was plainly
visible through the skin in his right breast 4
policeman was arrested and held for examin-
alton in So, 600 bail.
Constable Mccain of Glidden, Wis, went to
q house ofill fame is that place kept by one
Lawrence Moran to arrest Tom Moran, his
brother, for burglarizing o store at Glidden.
Lawrence Moran had threatened to kill the
constable, James Mccain, if he ever attempt
ed to arrest any of the inmates of his house,
and as McCann entered the door the keeper Of
the house sprang upon him. They had a
short struggle, when the officer, freeing him
self, drew his revolver and shot MORAN
through the head, killing him on the spot.
The citizens justified the officer in killing
Moran, and consider itperforming his duty.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06
The Course Of Trade.

Bradstreet's Journal says the movement Of
merchandise has been lighter than q week ago.
Trunk line troubles have foreshadoweda prob.
able trunk line war of rates, and some heavy
shippers have held back goods to take advan-
the seaboard moro freely, but receipts have
fallen away at primary market, the farmer hay
ing concluded to hold his grain for better fig
ures than are ruling. Tho movement of goods
is distinctly below that of former years, al
though from several western cities, notably st
there is a fair volume Of fall trade reported.
The general feeling in mercantile circles ap.
pears more hopeful Of an improved, though
delayed, demand.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06

One of the d~oorkeepers of the house
of Lords refused admission to the re-
porter's gallery to q member of the staff
of the Pail Mall Gazette, at the same
time saying, "Why, I wonder you're
not ashamed to show your face here at
all after what you've been writing about
their lordships." Lord Rosebury, how
ever, happened to approach and passed
the scribe in. The doorkeeper added
that for his part he would never have
admitted the enemy into the precincts
at all but eff his Lordship chose to do
it then it was his Lordship's own look
out"
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06
Texas is making fast and long stride

Texas is making fast and long stride.
in progress. The growth of the state
is extraordinary for the south, and is
only rivaled by some of the newer COM
monwealths in the far west. The pop.
ulation increased during the decade be-
tween 1870 and 1880 from s1s, $40, tc
1851, 749, or at the rate of almost ten pei
cent. q year, and the indications are that
the growth has been even more rapid
since the last census was taken. The
state assessment for 1884 shows a gain OF
about $50, 900 900 over that for 1883.
and the total is now nearly 5000, OOO,-
600, as against less chan $312, 900, 600 in
1880.
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06
M1soe11aneou. News xot.s.

The grandlodge of Iowa Good Templars re-
solved not to ally itself with any political or
ganization.
Tho house of G. NJ Harrison on East Fourth
street, Huron Oak, was entered by thieves.
who distracted $3.50 in cash and q watch and
chain valued at $50.
The Adrian Mich.) Savings bank suspended
Wednesday. II. LOOMS the cashier, saws the
trouble was the inability of the bank on Mon
day to meet a check for ST. 500.
The sale of A. F. Hayward's 4oo-acre farm.
Just outside the city limits, Yankton, for s25, 900
cash mas been fully consummated. The pur-
chasers areJ B. Swinhoe of Swinden, England.
and Il. Mcclure of Canada.
The Central Wyoming association has shipped
$4,000 worth of machinery from Pennsylvania
to the oil fields north of Laramie. There will
pc Q gang of mon with derricks and machinery
IN that country within two weeks drilling oil
wells. Several gangs are at work there now
sinking shafts.
The Second National bank of Xenia, Ohio.
closed its doors. There was a run on the
bank Wednesday, but payments were made SO
promptly that confidence was restored, and
many renewed their deposits Cashier s.
hands Of an officer detailed by the Comptroller
of the currency. Cashier Ankeny dealt in
wheat and grain He allowed r. n. Smart to
overdraw SIG, 0O. Other accounts not entered
show a total deficit on his accounts Of So. 600,
Thu rest were natural losses in business. Dol
lar for dollar will be paid.
Milwaukee Special: The rumor started tia,
the Western Union Telegraph company had
purchased the telegraph lines lately put up
between Chicago and Minneapolis and St Paul
by the Bankers and Merchants' Telegraph
company proves on investigation to be- well
founded. General Superintendent Clowry, OF
tho Western division of the Western Union,
and q number of other prominent officials Of
the company, were in Milwaukee, and when
the Bankers and Merchants company had nc
The Dickinson press., 1884-09-06

The school-book question is one Of
the issues in the California election
this year. A constitutional amendment
is to be submitted to the voters, which,
if ratified at the polls, will result in the
State assuming entire charge of the
business of printing oil the text
books used in the public schools. 1t is
proposed that the State shall establish
a printing office, buy it's own paper and
type and pay its printers and foremen
fixed salaries; that there shall be q
superintendent directly responsible to
the administration, with a board of ex-
aminers to pass upon all bills and u
veto power in the Comptroller, with
full authority on the part of the Legis-
lature to overhaul things b%iennially.
1t may safely be predicted that this
latter p%rerogativo will be called into
regular use, if the amendment is ratified.