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Texas Cattle nri1lionairss,

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Maj. Sayers, the Stephen A. Douglas
of Texas, Is of the famous cattle men.
He is probably about4 5 weighs near 1870
dark complexion, black hair, inclining
to grizzly gray and always worn short,
wears a moustache and goatee, and has
a strong likeness to Gen. John A. Logan
as he appeared 10 years ago, sayer
halls from Bastrop county. John N.
Simpson, a short man 81 years old, owns
the better part of 100, 900 heads of cat
tie. r. Fl. Overall, of Coleman, is an
old M%issourian. He is pleasant in ap-
pearance, light complexion, As to SO
years of age, weighs $50, perhaps, and
is reputed to be worth -, 900, O0Oi in cat
tie and land.
Ex-senator Lane of San Antonio, OF
the firm of Lane & Millet, was a con
%spicuous figure in the Austin cattle ION
vention. He is about six feet two inches
tall, very slim, straight as an Indian
(and, it may be added, as black and
swarthy as % Commanchel, with pierre
ing eyes, straight black hair and very
dignitied in appearance on the street.
He is a native cowboy, delights in hay
ing it known. q lawyer by profession.
somewhat of a politician and an ex-
ceedingly shrewd and adroit opponent
in debate. Lane & Millet own about
125, 900 acres of land and employ 60
cowboys all the time. H. H. Camp
bell of Motley county represented in
the convention - 600 900 in land and
cattle. G. G. Slaughter of Dallas, at
the age OF As, is worth $3.50 ,005.
George w. West of Live Oak was
born in Layacca county, in 81 to SO, is
slender, don't talk much, but
has the most convincing WAYS
at a bank counter of any one you are
likely 70 meet: He owns n pasture
containing 1875 900 acres, has over 20 900
head of cattle aud considers a check for
800, 900 a rather small transaction.
Senator N. G., Collins. WHO hadn't 10
cents to begin with, Is worth,S1 100000,
made in cattle. T.. D.. Harris 10 much
like him. The latter has one ranch in
Tom Green embracing Sc. 900 acres,
which is n half days fide in length and
takes in 10 to Is miles of the Colorado
river.
Dick King is literally king in the
business. He has $50 900 acres of land
in n body, 10000 in another at st
another in Cameron of about
The same extent. and many smaller
in his opinion scarcely worth
mentioning.
A.. w. Pierce of Matagorda vas q
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o1Ix R-Eco1LEcr1oNs.
4 Paper1sAd BEFORE the Pittsburgh His.
torteala0ocasty About 1strolsurn.

AFaper1sAd 1sforoths Pfttsburgh His.
tor1eala0octsty About Petroleum..
From the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
MIR. Drape, the real estate broker,
read q paper on oil production and con
sumption before the Historical Associa-
ton hn Thursday night, an extract of
which is MS follows:
While its Is a source of wonderful rev
enue to the judieious operator, it is at
the Same time q rapid depicting force
to the bank balance of the novice.
The origin OF petroleum is involved in
greater sobscurity than the origin, Of
coal. Some contend that it is q sub
stance OF organic origin, while others
claim it is Of a mineral origin. The
first oil company of which we have any
knowledge. existed in Venango county
in 1929. "A couple Of men gathered a
few barrels of oil from Oil creek, and,
procuring q horse and wagon, began
vending it throughout the country as a
medicine. The name was derived from
petro, 9 rock, or oleum, oil, or rock oil.
The Egyptians recognized it's value
/ 100 BIC. On one Of the Ionian Is
lands there is an old fountain that has
flowed for over Q .tn0 yea,s General
HAYS states that IN 1s0S be n,,rchased
the entire product of the Franklin re-
gion, amounting to sixteen barrels, and
Tetailed it in this city Of s1 Ter gallon
This was probably the frst co,.nar In
oil. In 1915 Lewis Peterson. sr
brought a SAMPLE bottle Of
petroleum to this n;ty from,
his salt we'll at Tarentum.
He, Morrison Foster and David An
derson experimental with it and found
that it could be made an excellentlu bri-
Gator. IL was used in the Hope cotton
factory for ten years, the proprietors
being the only ones cognizant Of the
fact. The Pennsylvania Rock Oil com
lpany, was formed in this wear. and ex-
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III. Valentine, agent os the Wells
Fargo Express company, estimates the
gold product Of the last yeara : $3s,3o6,-
6l0. and the silver ~ ss43, 900, 90. Tie
production 81 silver does not fairy ma
teriaSIy from that Of late years.. Recent
important gold discoveries in the north
west, and more efficient mining in other
sections, are expected TO make the gold
product almost il mot quite equal to the
silyer. Whatever may be said Of silver
ssaiaereis no danger Of . glut Of gold.
The precio,s yellow metal promises to
hold its old time relation for many years
to come. Thevast slnount used in plate
and ornaments is not likely to be de-
creased rs the country becomes richer
and more popnlous,
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White House Re,niniscences.

Mrs. Susan Boylston Treadway, q
granddaughter Of President John Ad.
! ans and y niece of John Quincy Adams,
died III Baltimore Monday, in the S7th
year of her age Mrs. Treadway was
twice an inmate ct the White House,
the first time at the earfy age Of ayears.
Her father was Charles Adams, the
second son of John Adams, John Ounce
being the first and Thomas the third
son. Susan Boylston, named after her
grandmother, was adopted by her
grand parents. Her very e~arliest reg
objections were of the old White House
at Washington, which stood on the
am site snd was built in the same
style as the present White House. The
old one was burned down in 1872. She
remained OF the White House until Mr..
Adams completed his term, and then
Went buck with the family to the old
homestead at Quincy, Mass. When her
uncle, john Quincy Adams, was secre-
tary of State for eight years to President
Monroe, his niece was frequently at HE
house. Immediately after this he wal.
made President and Mrs, Treadway
again became an inmate of the White
House at intervals. At this period
among the foremost figures of Washing
ton society were Henry Clay, John O..
Calhoun, Richard Rush, Admiral Por.
ter and Daniel Webster. Life at the
capital was gay then; but not given. up.
to dress and fashion, as at present.
The age was nppre, quiet, but by no
means somber. The English Minister
Canning, gave his grand farewell bali
ut this time, which was a notable event.
The Wednesday evening receptions of
Mrs. Monroe, given during the term, Of
her husbands service, were described
by Mrs. Treadway as very formal. All
the officials, foreign and domestic. went
them. and the rooms we're crowded.
Mrs. Monroe never sat down, and no
sat down in her presence. Ifvisit-
ors wanted a seat they went off after
paying their respects to seme other
Mrs. Monroe is described as q
large, portly, and handsome woman.
she received very gracefully. The form
aiity was such that Mrs. Treadway, and
others were in the habit of going off to.
spend the latter part of the evening
With Mrs. Calhoun. Mrs.
Ireadway knew Mrs. Madison
she lived at. her own house, but it
was current in Washington that Mrs.
Madison receptions atthe White House
We're very enjoyable affairs. Mrs. Mad
ison always wore 8 turban, and was
always graceful and charming. The
receptions We're informal, and every
went to them. Tables were spread
with beautiful fruit, The receptions
lasted from Z to Il p. m. Mrs. Tread
way remembered Edward Everett as a
nandsom young Unitarian minister and
heard him when he was hardly 81 years
age, preach his first sermon ina Brett
ne street church, Boston, He wore q
large diamond ring on his little finger,
ana preached that 1.-THE fashion Of this
world passes away.n-Baltimore Sun.
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The Incorporate use Of spiritual
liquors, ia some Il the larger towns, is
not 90 common this winter as usual.
Nearly all the first class saloons are
provided with Liebigss extract, and men
whom asked TO take a drink" do not
hesitate " repildiate five cents and call
~ q glass of 'sheeftea The hot water
toraze has also been q good thing. Moth
Is Q common than the call for
goblets Of hot water, which is leisureiy
aippei, and q nickel handed over the
euonn.efs Steady drinkers confess that
Act water Is soothing to . stomach that
ms been inian,ed with liquor, and that
t. effect il cleansing the kidneysis mar
Vicious. He this as II may, thousands
hug the belief that beef tea and hot
water is better than whiskY--and who.
shall ~ that it's q delusion.
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THE BATTLE OF MONTEREY.
Some "reminiscences of the Wa win
Moxico.

Moxico.
From all / IAN gather Gen. Ampudis
was both a liar and bragggart, and .
book published in 1850 by the leading
Mexican officers engaged in the war in.
~sinuates as much. Monterey was one
of the first great battles of the war, and
it's results had much to do with encour
aging our men and discouraging those
Of the Mexieans. The city itself, lying
at the foot of a mountain, was strongly
fortified naturally, and in wars previous
to this it had been besieged but
seldom taken. 1t was the capital of the
district in which it wa situated and
contained, says. one authority in ordin
airy times II, 1000 people. 1t was finely
built, had many stone houses, y great
cathedral, and many pnbllc buildings.
On its outskirts were forts for its pro.
lection, and the Mexican forces at the
time we're more than 10, 900, while Gen
Taylor had only 6 1000. Notwitllstand.
ing this, after three days hard fighting
the city was surrendered and the Next
can army marched out in disgrace. The,
fighting done, SAYS Gen. Van Vliet, was
of a peculiar kind. ssThe city was very
solidly built. All of the streets ran in
to the plaza at the center, where the Ca
thedral and the halls of justice stood
These streets We're barricaded, and can.
non were 50 arranged that they coulo
be swept by them. The tops OF
the houses, which were flat, We're GOV.
cred with armed soldiers
and citizens, and it was almost death to
go into the streets. / was in Gen
Worth's division. After we had stormed
the forts on the outside of the city, and
had taken one of the minor plazas-the
Plaza del Carnia-the serious work be.
gan. We were now in the city, and
shot and shell came down upon us from
all sides. We succeeded In taking it in
a curious way. The streets were i'm
passable, and wetook to the houses with
pick-axes. We would cut our wav
through from one wall to another, always
working toward the Grand Plaza, which
was Ampudia's stronghold, and whers
all of his ammunition and
artillery were. In. cutting
through a wall, if any one happened to
be on the other side, WI would throw g
shell in. As soon as we entered WE
would climb to the top of the house, ana
from thence fight the Mexicans VIZ could
reach. In the meantime others of oul
troops were fighting in other parts o.
the city. At last fighting this way ,ws
came within fifty yards Of the citadel,
when a Mexican major jumped owe ths
walls with n white flag in his hand.
ordered firing to stop, and asked him
what he wanted. He said they were
| ready Is surrender. Ten thousand mei
laid down their arms, and that was the
end of the battleo Monterey."-"Carp,'
IN the Cleveland Leader.
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annual amount he puts by. The actual
cash amount sayedin 50yearsi is S9l2.60,
the difference between that amount and
the grand total OFF, S93.17 viz, $2,,9S
O.67, is accumulated interest. What .
magnificent premium for the minimum
Of thrift that can we'll be represented
by figures.
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There ha good deal Of Dissatisfaction

There Ii good deal Of dissatisfaction
a Manitoba arising from various causes,
and sensational newspapers are endeay-
oringt 70 make few pennies by inculca-
ting the idea that q revolution is at hand
that will disconnect that province from
tho Doalinions and annex il to the Uni
Etea$ Estates. This is the boldest Hfiap-
doodle. aa Gresley would say, that can
" imagined. Tho same sort OF atua
formed the staple Of unprinciplcd ncws-
papsrsin regard to the Rel outbreak, q
tew sytars ago. Sensible people should
net be deceived byanch nonsense. The
integrity q Tie British Empire is not at
~ endangered. 1t will be maintained
~ any cost Of treasure aud blood and
a'gsslinst aii odds: This ii 4 fact, lament
abIe, perhaps bnt nevertheless a fact.
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laaho Territory has, il is CLAIMED, become .
perfect hotbed for the propagation Of Nor
monism, and the safety Of the territory has
1een pnt in jeopardy 81 tho perniaious
a os : N the apostles ii. Joseph Smiths
a adsh brigham Young. Delegate singiser OF
luano, wssil q Wow to checking this esii, has
ftL iepaiel . bill, which will b introduced in.
ne = house, prescribing severe penalties for
sne Prasfice Of polygsxy within the confines
~ ,ne Idf1tory and d~isfranchieing the Mormon
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ih91hoaseof Mr., Dykeman, Whalen,.
MINI, was ht,rned. with lis contents
sars. DYkemsn, who escaped In her,
night clothes. was badly frozen. 4
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-06-26

Hungarian immigrants continue to ar
rive in the Pennsylvania mining region
in large numbers; few have money
enough to take them home again, and
the trouble there threatens to grow
worse and worse. They are simple,
ignorant, stolid people, rarely learn to
speak English, and are very slow to
adopt American ways. Their habits
are intolerably dirty and generally indie
cent They crowd together in novels,
so that twelve wretched little lodging
rooms in Shenandoah had 207 dodgers,
while in one place the floors of two
rooms were found so closely packed
with men and women, sleeping promis-
cuously, that it was impossible to walk
among them. The health authorities
there are trying to stop this herding
abuse and the workmen of other nation
alities want congress to protect them
from cheap Hungarian labor, as the
country has been protected from the
cheap Chinese labor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-06-26
Miscellaneous News Notes.

Illinois Prohibitionists raised $4,000 cam
paign fund.
Hubbard & ParIin Casselton Oak, are re-
ported embarrassed
Gardener & Gates, cotton merchants of old
standing at Mobile, Ala, have assigned Liza
bilities, $165, 900; assets, $4,000
The present senior class at Harvard college
is the largest ever graduated at that institution
or at any other American college.
In Manitoba the provincial crop bulletin
shows the total acreage of spring wheat sown
to be pa, 500 acres, an increase of 10000 acres
over last year Fifty per cent of Che seed was
frozen.
Mr.. G. S Burnap, the artist, has just com
pleted a portrait of Gen. Francis Marion which
was ordered by the South Carolina society as
its contribution to the South Carolina room at
Mount Vernon.
An assignment was filed in New York re-
Gently by Edmund II. Carhart, John ?. Van
Wogener and William H. Witford, comprising
the firm of Carhart, Milford & Co, clothiers,
to Nathaniel Whitman.
Charles Wiltshire was charged by the Chicago
News with being too intimate with young
lady. and in consequence lost his business,
credit and health, and had to go to Europe on
a physicians advice He sues for $40 GOO dam
ages.
Gov. Cleveland has signed the underground
telegraphy bill, which in general terms requires
that all telegraph and telephone wires in
cities of 5000 or more inhabitants in New
York be put under ground before November |,
1885.
D. l. Wing & Co, owners of the Planet
FIGURING mills at Litchfeld, Ill, are embar-
rassed. Their Indebtedness is thought to be
about $4,000 The min property cost s4O0
600 and has bonded debt of s925, eco There
is also said to be considerable wheat and -four
in the way Of assets.
The Mormon press and prominent Mormons
consider the house bill just passed the senate
as a cruel measure, harsh, unjust tyrannical,
and in some respects revolutionary and uncon-
stitutional, and designed to rekindle the fires
of persecution MANY of its provisions they
think will not stand tie test of Judicial exami-
nation, and evidently framed with design to
destroy the Mormon religion.
A prominent Catholic priest, who has just
arrived from Rome says: 'sYou will see at
the Baltimore council strict laws passed gov
erning priests private lives think the fe-
male housekeeper viii be thing of the past
believe that priests viii be entirely forbidden
TO 20 into theafers or wine or beer gardens, or
to any other place where scandal may be Civ
en- either to their own focks or 10 nom Catholic
Christians. Church picnics and bszaars viii
be forbidden
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-06-26

On reviewing the history of the land
grabs of all sorts, past, present and con-
templated, writer says that if the COM
plete history of all the executive depart
ments for the last twenty years could be
spread before the people the star route
frauds and other frauds which have at
tracted some attention would stand by
the side of the land frauds like pigmies
by the side of giant. As the day
draws near when all of the available
public lands will have passed from the
possession of the Government, those
who are striving to take them by frauu
are unable to conceal their rascally
work from the public as the work of
their more fortunate predecessors was
concealed in the past. With rare ex-
ceptions, however, they have thus far
not only escaped punishment, but have
not even been annoyed by legal proceed
mos
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-06-26

The new civil service statute OF Mas
sachusetts, just enacted by the legisla-
ture. regulates the minutest details of
appointment, promotion and conduct
in the service of the state and in all city
governments, and applies to clerkships,
police appointments, and all appointive
positions. One of its provisions is as
follows: mo person habitually using
intoxicating beverage to excess shall be
appointed to or retained in any Office,
appointment or employment TO which
the provision of this act are applicable;
nor shall any vender of Intoxicating
liquor be appointed or retained" Sec
ton five provides that no recon-
mendation of an applicant for Office
from any member of the legislature, al
derman or councilman, except as to
character and residence, shall be re-
ceived or considered. No councillor,
member of the legislature, alderman or
councilman, or any officer or employee
of said bodies, and no executive or Ju-
dicial officer, and no clerk and employee
of any sort, shall solicit or receive, or
be in any way concerned in, any politi-
cal assessment or contribution for any
purpose whatever. These provisions
are pretty strict and far in advance OF
any other civil service rules of the ccun-
try.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-06-26

The lack of guideboards on country
roads is a great source of annoyance to
everybody not familiar with their
routes of travel. 1t is simple thing
to make turn at corner when we
know which road to take, but not so
simple e 90 nl;as1i1y m;;les or more and
find we are on the wrong road. All
roads are liable to be travelled by stran-
gers, and every place where two roads
meet should be furnished with guide
board. Strangers travelling on the
prairies of the Northwest, even in sec
tons long settled, especially where there
are no fences, suffer a good deal from
the lack of guides. Every town and
county should remedy this grievance,
and by doing so will benefit themselves
as well as the public. Guideboards are
necessary in summer, and in winter when
landmarks are obscured, are imper-
atively required. Let everybody help
to "guide the traveller on his way"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-06-26
The Criminal Calendar.

Il G. Hose, editor of the New Brunswick, N.
J., Star, has been arrested on a charge of adul-
terry with Maria ATber, inmate of the county
jail
A man named Pilski has disappeared from
the town of Herman, near Duluth, where Mrs.
Ronman was murdered last week. and foul play
is suspected
Rev A. f. yedder now in state prison in
New York, was communicated from the
Presbyterian church, Monday, at Saratoga. He
had committed adultery
Commission Osborne Of New York has held
Gerald Thomas Tully the submanager of the
Preston Banking company, of Manchester,
England, for extraditlon, on the charge of for
gerry.
The alleged swindler calling himself D. L.
Townsend, agent Of the New York firm of
Mitchell, Vance & Co, who borrowed small
sums at La Crosse and Winona, and was ar
rested at the former place, will be arraigned for
obtaining money under false pretenscs
John Edwards, brakeman on the Utah &
Northern train carrying Coles circus, was shot
through the heart while the train was leaving
Deer Lodge on the N. T. The murderer is not
known. Five of Coles men were arrested on
suspicion of being implicated in the crime
The railroad men talk of lynching if the muir
derer is found.
More indictments have been found by the
grand jury against Mayor Chase and City
Marshal Gutherie of Omaha for bribery by
blacllmailing gamblers, contractors of public
works and prostitutes, and still more indiet-
ments are to follow Indictments have also
been returned against the keepers of few
gambling houses. Marshal Gutherie has re-
signed
The house of William II. Avery of Winona
was entered by thief on June 4, and lady's
gold watch and a breastpin valued at Si2 were
stolen. The articles belonged to Mrs. Avery
and were taken from her bureau Marshal
Miller of Winona received word from Sheriff
Carl of Hudson Wis. recently that he had ar
rested man whom he believed to be the
guilty party, a. he had found the breastpinup-
on him Therenpon Marshal Miller went to
Hudson, and on making closer search of tho
prisoner found the watch secreted in his
boot He broughtthe thief 20 Winona, who
turnes out to be Dick Rogers, well known
prison bird, who has just completed term of
two years and half III the Wisconsin state
prison at Waupun, for robbingsa hardware
store at Amherst, Wis.