The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-19

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master W.B. Merchant. The case cam
up on motion TO dissolve the injunction
J againgt Postmaster Merchant from inter
! fering with mail matter addressed to tn
bank, such action having been taken b
Merchant in obedience to the postmaster
generals order, on the ground that its let
ters were intended for the louisiana lOtter,
company, who have been denied the use o
the mails to carry ON the lottery business
The court decided in faver the bank, de
creeing that il is entitled to the full and free
use of the mails, and furthered ordered
that the motion to dissolve the injunction
| denied.
| The first mails from the country par
ishes since the great storm, which set in on
the 1st Of January, reached Quebec on the
5th. The bags were carried in on snow
shoes. Such a complete stoppage of COM
munication in the country has not been
known for twenty years past.
The suit of Mrs. C. F. Mutt, widow of
Captain Mutt, against the Accident Insu-
rance Company OF North America, to re-
cover So, 200 on the life of the deceased, has
been withdrawn, the matter having been
satisfactorily adjusted.
Mayor Martin, of Boston, was inaugu-
.ated on the 7th, and his message fixes the
nearly 81, 800, 900.
Judge Love, of Keokuk, Iowa, who
has been frequently mentioned in connec-
nection with the circuit judgeship resigned
by McCrary, utterly refuses to become
candidate for the position.
Three hunters, Henry Shields, Ed
ward Shields and James Anderson, were
frozen to death on the prairie in the Chick
asaw nation, the night of the 9TH inst
Reports from twenty-six leading
clearing houses in the United States for the
week ended January 5th, gives the total
clearances at II ,03l 1916, 0S6, being decrease
Of 800 per cent. compared with the cor
responding week last year.
A gentleman of Chicago forwarded
a small donation to. Sergeant Mason on the
occasion of his liberation from prison. He
is now in receipt Of letter from ''Betty''
Mason, dated Locust Grove, Va, stating
she does not know the present whereabouts
of the sergeant. He was in Philadelphia
the last she heard from him. several weeks
ago.
The woman suffrage party state eX-
executive committee of New York denounce
Senator Edmunds' proposition to disfran-
chise the women of Utah as a gross wrong to |
n-polygamy and to polygamist by COM
pulsion and as punishment without trial for |
those who believe in polygamy. The New |
York senators and representatives have |
been called upon to resist the proposition.
The annual meeting of the Iowa
Cane Growers association was acid at Des |
Moines on the Sth. An address was de- |
ivered by Hon. G. +. Clarkson. president. |
Reports of production, mode of culture, |
etc., were made by a number OF persons,
widely scattered over the state, all reporting |
good success, and many samples OF syrups |
md sugars made by members were exhib-
ted.
The Illinois railroad and warehouse
commission gave decision holding that
he state freight rates for live stock apply
o car lots, without respect to size or ca
pacity of the ears. The point was raised
Igainst the Burlington road, which claimed
he right to charge more than the specified
ate, owing to the fact that their cars are
hrty AMI thrty-two feet long, while the
Usual size OF ears is twenty-eight feet.
The president, in a special message
o congress, recommends an immediate ap
,ropriation of 500. 900 for Mississippi river
Secretary Folger has submitted to
he senate an itemlzed account of the ex-
lenses incurred in the star route eases.
belongs remains will be placed in Il
emporary vault upon their arrival at New
'ork.
The O'Donnell correspondence was 1
eferred to tie foreign affairs committee.
A bin has been introduced in the Nir-
inia legislature to prohibit Sunday trains.
Brewster Cameron, general agent of
le department OF justice, has rendered his
,signaton to accept the position Of re-
siver OF public moneys at Tucson. Ari-
Dna.
All railroads at Kansas City ON the
h made reduction of n on New York d
ckets OF the first class and So on the sec
nd class.
An Independence (Mo.) special says:
rank James condition is growing worse
Try fast. His friends have given up hopes
his recovery. 4
Robert Bunner, So years old, living :
one in Kentucky was found ON the Sth :,
irned to a crisp, his clothing having taken a
e during the night. :.
+. ID. Atchson was taken from jail
Monterey, Va, and hanged by mob. a,
The concurrent resolution requesting b
c Texas congressman to urge the passage b
the bill giving the Texas, Oklahoma and n
,nsas railroad the right of way through Il
G Indian Territory, passed both houses of
e Texas legislature ON the 10th. 4,
A New York jury gave Bridget t,