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THE cHARTER REFORM C0NMITTEE.

The committee appoin ed at the Cooper Institute
meeting on Thursday night is disposed To lose mo-
time i'm the furtherancc of the object for the promo
uon of which II was created. The chairman VIII
lam NJ Eyarts has issued q call for meeting 10 be
held nj ! o'clock to-day i'm Room on the first
hoor OF the Mills Binding when an organization
will he effected and work of the future outlined.
The gentlemen having charge of the movement are
greatly encouraged by thesuccess of Their niuatoy
step. They regard the meeting a. thoroughly rep
reseutativc iu its composition, even including thc
two or three whose faint voices I'm the negative ac-
compauicd the adoption Of the resolutions. he
viii carry great weight. while I'm the opinion of
many The striking words of Justice Davis on the
subject of the influence of the liquor traffic upon
reasoning i'm he same line by Mr. Coudcrt and Mr..
EVaIte added moral force 10 tine proposition
which I'd d., believed viii be felt M marked degree
al ALBANY.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16

Kinney-st. entered by sneak thieves on hurs-
day night and robbed Of jewelry worth ~, ,0O0
The special Legislative Committee accompanied
10y representatives Of the Plank Road Company
drove over the road yesterday afternoon for the
puIpOSe Of insnectOn.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
Announcements

Beware of a slight irritation in the throat.
BRt MELLs CRLEDHATED COUGH DROPS always ahofd lmne
datc relief. Keep box Of them I'm your house
Johann HoAs Matt Extac has SIGNATURE OF Johann
AoTiH Esncr neck OF every bottle ludo7et by
all ply ians, genera. debility Beware of limitations
If a Hacking Cough is disturbing yOur nights
rest get box of EE DiFLLs CELEGAILp CoUGH DRofs
They will lnord immediate relief
Ifthcre ever wa q specific lorany one COM
paiut then Carlrs lie Liver Pills specific i0r sick
headache, every should know t- only one pill
dose.
The pipe o. cigarette smoker, who uses Black
wes Durham Long mt 'sarm much prejudice against
sn0k ng the CONSEQUENCES that he IA intro
duCug nothing deleteri0us into BIS system
HENRY A. DANIELS VI. D.,
144LeNlngton-syc. between Pm and 3jth-7sL
Hours t0 l. Co. Diseases Ot the Nervous 4y1tNn
Gcnito. Uriug-y organs Impotence and 5terubE
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16

ing the wells in the oil country which are now ~
the ewes of traders but nothing tTustWorthS WIS
received that Is likely to change the recent slIu'
tiou No failures were announced, ana many III
der, were looking for a reaction when the cNclhE'S
closcH The criticism of the standard 'il N"h-
many as the author of the recent break was KEPT up
by indignant brokers.
TIE ILOYDS NOT AFRAID OF MIR TARBOA
The information that Insurance Superlnt@ndent
Tarbox. OF Massachusetts had forbidden the nted
States Llovds from doing business there ana nor
create nipple of uucaslueSS i'm this city YestrrdaN
among the l06 banking and other firms composing
the Lloyds. 4. Foster Higgins, of Higgins N Cox
the attorneys said:
The facts arc that superintendent TT'ox VINO "ds
appoutcd hy Governor Butler IS anxious 10 nave lnt
public believe that he l. energetic. So hcCdu" on '"
respondent in Boston, Mr.. Magoun, who has u'ch el'
for several weeks has not filed his annual statement o
business done there in 1883. not above Tl,OGl nc ~
advised Attorney General sherman 10 sue lAo}us @ @
81 900 penalties He does not seem TO know tl1 !,'t
are not obliged by law 10 submit our annual H'"ta ,,
and though w6 have done heretofore ht9 "Sri,.d
courtesy only. This organization Is .not uiy ~ H.,
under an act of Incorporation nor under ,,,na1
cOrporaton but we are formed under ailcI' W ~ T,rth
agreement We have had lueslohs llsVu -. as IA
Carolina South Carolina, Virginia ana 0lhei a., Nc,
olr being ameuable their tax ana oh'I 10" a. tt.
have won every time. Even the l'N W. laI lI,,,,t T.,
state * Maid undcr protest, ana Whth "rl"' "r,nr i
81 sum sufficiently large we shall proDaoP con''9' III
being paid absolutely
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
Hoods SarsaparilIa

R,znay according to directions with occasional dose II
Hoods Pills. uuul used bottles; it did me great
deal Of good Ny general health been gool through no
summer and Ia had from rheumatism.
Ny side does not pain me, and indeed think sleep
more my LETT side than on my rvht Think 10 I'D my
whole system gOJl' Mrs +. A. NICHOLS ) srlaud.st.
+ lst0n Mass
One Hundred Doses s..
Hoods earsaparlla sold by druggists II; six FOR s..
Prepared by G.. l. nOOD q Co. Lowell Mass
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
TAKING HIS REVENGE on Mr.. PEARSON.

william T. Young Post Office clerk who re-
cctIv left the service after threatened reduction
of salary has formula ed charges against fOsllnlS
fer Pearson which ne has sent 10 PoStnaSteI-Uch-
eral Gresham. The charges are:
That mail has been frequently stamped ln me
csy the public as to time of its arrival at the Post
Oficc 1900.
That certain preferences shown 10 certain mas ~
suecialtlcs. 10 the detriment OF other mail matter.
That the business now being done 10 sun the nths
OF one John Richards. superintendent dctanS ana mas
detained certain mail matter from one 10 twelve hours
Postmaster Pearson said yesterday that he was
ready for anv Investigation into the management OF
the Post Office. The complaints had arisen rom a
change in the system of distribution. made in the
last wear by which greater efficiency was secured.
The clerks We're subjected to an examination To test
their efficiency and the salaries were regulated ac-
cordiug 10 merit. Mr.. Young failed toreach the re-
Guired standard. Mr.. Pearson SAID that none oil the
charges could be substan lated.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16

Edwin ~ Wad~worth of ue-huudred-aud-tor-
tv-~eyeuth-,r and ST. Ann usavc. flied plan, ON de-
ccmb.r l3. I~~3 for three iye-stoIy dwelling
bou>e, 10 be- erocied u SIAty-oIgbtu--t., 10 feet
,y..t of EIcvcuth-ave Work ON ihe foundations
wa. begun several weeks ago audtHc walls are now
.ua> t4r3~ the second story. LNamILor Na.l.h oi
.fuc Bindings Bureau reported to Inspector Ester
IIoo, l few DAYS ago that the foundation, mad uoi
I..,. constructed Iu agrcdmeul with thr -p.ch!.3-
't.u- that tle materials used inI tIc "tI- were H'l
I. fu. tho -frur IIt t>a- unsafe. Mn. I-itIHiYnh
-.ut word to fue owner that VOLS o1 tine houses
must mot proceed iIe ALSO sent several other cN-
..f,I. t1 INSPECT tu. g.II, and Io.4I Idatiuu-. aud
fI.I.I..orI agreed with tu.u ot Mai ou. line lu-
,.-.tor Nu- informed yesterday tAlt fDr "oIA oI
tI, buildings Was proceeding ODD defiance "i h~ proc
r..uIr-t That tine owner should ue eHJuMed from
completing tLc houses.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
OVINGTONt BROTHERS,

WHO have recently received large selection personally
chosen by NJ Ovington italy Last October which arriving
too late the Christmas sales viii be sold below the costs
Of importation.
IT, PENsEROSO nv Gelindo ............ $3.50
A STREET GANIN by Rertocca "a inches high .... 100
THE STORM by Dagnni 81 inches high 1875
THE PLUNGE by Barannix - inches high...-.....- 2O
sOPpREsA bv Lsuint ............. 800
ay THE ar ,OEsIDF "a inches hieh ............. 10
GIL ApDItArI. by Lapini ................. $40
SPRINGTlME, by Cont 81
UH COM T. FREDDA, by d. Zoi exactly one mere.n
height. ........... 400
And two beautiful statues by Lapin 33 Ischcs high.
oUANTO ri vO, BENF .............-... 900
NON CT tREDO ............... 29O
besides thirtysI other large and beautiful pieces
In connection with the largest stock America OF Decorated
China Glass and Fancy Goods Eight floors filed with
and beautiful objects.
Free deliveries in New-York every morning and evening
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
nm lnMuLl, ILLLA.Ln.

1uc Acvtovn. J.. J.. courtroom was crowded
yc-ic.day. ul,u il, case oi john and Anu, t""-
and Rate Co.l,r 300 ImIt. Hl was ,ou-
r..u.I t.l.l. Robinson -aI t.af I, .,-.I,d
.. r.t.N..t fI. complaint. a.I Distinct Attorney
.......F consented. Iu-..t Mcdonald f..I'i0I,
.....,. f.,....I .III.. nf f.r II..I,.. HIu wore
...,.... H. f.'I H...- a..l applause Whom
f.... ...... I..I,. d.. r'. It..E.. ......
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New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
CARRARA MARBLE.

An opportunity Of selecting superior piece Of italian
satnary without paving eEoIOtnt prce s offered by
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
ImL InEnLn nEnnkLlN UINuNlI-.

It was asserted yesterday t.u Kings County
would De- liable tor money pud ont iof a'In"nl
and counsel ices upon thr forged aud fraudulent
DEGREES of divorce VDph have recently been d'scot-
cred. and lur which Deputy Clerk john g. Law, of
tlc Supreme Court, .r held to hn largely Ic-p"hN-
II, I - certain Chat .u some oi the ,-r- orders tQ
l.,t aI.uou. and counsel foes NtIr made and
ob,,cd Deputy County C.eIL Barnard -ud yc,tcI-
Gay that Dee uld uuf believe t.Ii tlD county would
Boz. .I,...u..IU. In -..U cases. Hr Eluud with Dc-
.t,.f.,t ~LUIf visited N.rIH AaW-- office at No
y,4 Hu.t.a.. a.H found utIr. sa,u,r against
Ian. IIr...I t..f "I.' Ir H|t I.a'H.i would h"
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
OVINCTON BROTHERS.

oN1YTHREE MINUTES FROM BRIDGE TERMINUS
246 2is. $50 and 552 FULTON and 11O CLARK SITS.
BROOKLYN.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
THE LADIES' FRIEND
Il lsanny 10 - Good.

.I.m .1saI a1 1do"uaas',ei a tn.' -. .a. t.' 1lyo
fI. g.i'' -I, IIH 1901 ID. IIif tl i
I.I.s eHu aI. discouraged aut '.el n ont ID. sorts,
... m. .c lleH aHd tcir i1mi. IS very unhappy. AT
fI..-. H.H m tu.r troubles, ue easily driven away lI
l.rr.ne- 0..rrlua.t aHt I.,e titt t1,r PLACE. .'y
..-t-.F NAU..t Avs EfrTLAIINF PILLS Hll. i'N .F'l
.. l happy suI -.. ~ vII viii only 1872 fI.I AII y1l
r|..t,r ,.eiI. JIl bless la"t ii "i 'i7 '' long s'
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
BLOOD POISON.

Let an suffering the above from form Of Blood
Poison or Blood Humor. skin Diseases scrofula, Rheum
atism or Cancer call At the oacc Of the SWIFT sPE-
CIIIC COMPANY, No 159 West 23d-st., New York.
our physicians will give them important Information aud
nhrlce-FEEE OF CHARGE
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16

formed ~ the progress Of science IN all i branches % gvJ
WellmatuTed views Of scientific men upOn
all questions connected with the Increase OF knowledge
THE SCIENCE COMPANY Of Cambridge, Mass,
Owners and Publishers:
D. c. Gilman OF Baltimore President Gardiner g. Hubbard,
Of Washington Alex Graham Bell, OF Washington. Vice
President o. c. Marsh, OF New Haven Simon Newcomb, %
Washington
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
II--T-TT-TIT OUTNTY-

Y.<..E-.-N. So. l1N ha- ptil off t.r bonded
.,.l.I.f..l..-4. oi th. Presbyterian Church ptr-ln-
. ....,l.,trf.. tl $ uUOO. 900 condition tI1' tAr
...t..r, ,l.ar. p. increased lrm T5 900 20 rl 100
l.. bonds url. burned r tuD presence "i t"'
trustee. and rIc pi. ioi.
u..rfTly..-IhD -trtuug ounouurrW,u, n
IJ, Go.H md ilfh yesterday morning of 1n al
t....p.,.I vI..-u.Iipr tui suicide lL mau whose
u...' .... gwen 20. HIHHm u''r.t.. I- pl'n"un. 81
I.tII,I.t Police g. Lawrence fl Hr without in.H-
aatI.u. I.etr D.. u0 p,i-ou oi Chat uauc living
u tH.- .UI'..
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
Radmav,s RaluLalial oLL-5.

Perfectly tl4t.os. roa nifty c.l.D fr f.e ,1r" n. H i-
n.... u ff. stomach l . bowels. >.I..- at. .. ..t A
.l .t. .ar1.. .0rls. nervous diseases -.t.
.0-f......4 .uI.-.-tuu. tv-Dep-t H..0.-H.- 1.-' -
u.a.I..H .' t.r ulg- pill aIt N. tfI l,'' 'i '
Internal r..UeIL PRICE -5 tLN rs lt.- h'N. -'-'''
a. druggists.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
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I.....f Aston. .l I. I.t Department. ~. 3d.
I.t.... ..... t.. .f... '...0- ..I'd If.t,f.
... t. |r ..... I'. ...H' H' it'h Ic
.... ..t.H' ....f I'.I
"I '.'.
........ ..I0 ..'IN'IH It
Ia.f '. .'r'
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New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
.u..-. nL-.-L--u l. I --.L--

James N.Cumoa. o. to. 81 ut"r-.- H
H.. tt1.-.f. p. -o. .t I..F...I....t . ..... ..
dis. .v.rDI taat ii- companion 'a>H m"u --'.'u.
dI-el.-eI. A .l-1"r .It ID r-t'...' 'r
ssiIi.t. tuI Succeeded 3D. .u.- t street. A.-
gust Hans. t-. t'g. -1.O. .. '. i
and iu t..r I.--eN Nar.f Police. Court .s.t.IaI
Iu au ,pI.piIc 1J III. uIt r...I. .l .. D.I.I.' 'i
81 uuubII. u h-...I l- t.... ... H.N ... ..
f.rreI to Bellevue Hospital. I.. Is.'.... ' '''f'
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16

N..nI V U.a... . ...
I||f..U..f..... 1914.
r.f. .HU... I.....
N ...U..... ..... .. .
I...D.|
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
LONG ISLAND

N.lr.N.. BONUS /Itp.d t I.N .I.r. on h'''-
rI.I. WIS robbed uf f.. -I'i "aI. H.- 'H
......I ...t tuI..I.. HI.u Nu" escaped.
D..... Ut. Owing f. f.r ..U.Hurd .II.'. "I
t.....I U.l... f.. ..I..Ia.I". "' "''
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I...... ..t' N"....II|.
I.H.. I..> >..f. O. '.
u. u...... ....... ......|. .. IH. .I
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New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
-.I-.-- -. l-LL

ThcIaI, NmuI Association mct .s...a.r '..-
uiugu u,unou,o.-. with 1920 attend. .' 90. ...'F
A ulr.r 0a, read Dos Prof. .tu- j. b .uH... .l
flr Sheffield Scientific School. o. ~..r.0.
Tafth" Ur,ad u part. . l.r idea .s ,u".D'.-
that .cicuc. hl. nothing t9 oI wit. la.tI. ~.e...
stand. a..u- ou the -IuI.d of .a.th. Our most pose
Know Icdr, i, based upon laIth aui ou tae 'l' use
sumption of uniformity W nature. Analogy aud
INA -Iuutiou are tle mos valuable working l'riI'-
lrn. of the scientist and iu amy u-c of analogy h.
assumes first. the identity ui plan ,n nature. 1hd
second rhc relation between fhe rlud oi ciea'ius
God and Ai- oUu.'
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
-AN.N - S.-OOl ~.

Carl sturtI. age lori}-hfc 90 N0 -Il East
Seventy -louth-st. ha. been missing ilum bIs home
Since Wcduc-dUy mUuIue ~tuH/ hi' h.',
,I,ed fan -..ycral yrar. a- book keeper IHr Jared
Irn. a tailor OF No. % broadway. tr i- a uJu "i
steady habits. and had accumulated some DOB. iu-.
with which Dee Was about tD start business I"l hH.
..it ON tLc morning fI4fI, I,ft H.ur Nr. ~urtt
-4.- be- had 90 least - 600 HIt. N... iIti .r I.
t0 make u-, of Iu hi. Ur" r.f.I|I..' Iir |.-.I'I
friend .n Brooklyn. Ir4f rE hU If N''N. f.' DOT.
ha- boon Heard from IUI e..... D. .. |.I.'. .I..
ust Istr been OBJ. victim .f i... ."I '... ..t
uHI UuU I. rt.l.I.l .. ... ..
..,l. tI..H.,I tI.H -.f.I I.....t..
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16

T.crusucs- IGu.- during ,ae last .eyou days
a. reported to Is. o.. DIu g. Go. IuH. i.I o..
.u.t.. States 2.t. aHi f0r ..a ll- I.'.-
Ir.... l2 or 70 total u. -I-. a. HlaIa- -t~ 4..
,,.,. .l. increase uI twenty. l.e casual ..r- apo
....r,.r.itIl..t I..ut u t.r E-.,-.4E.aud Iau i.-
N.aU.e ud ~oUueu States. 900 .ur "r.I'li
States and ODD tle Il.uicroH.. It. iI r. -IlI ..H-
,....... .,u.I..u .....l-. ,.,. u..r heavy u--
..r,.-ol I4sI. ..s.e. d. noticed u Canada.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
FOR TRIAL OF THREE MONTHS,
SCiEN CE.

An Illustrated WEEKLY Journal Tor al persons INF
lu the Progress OF science
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
u}CII1

JP. Smith. o. trenton. "lu $50, trr. t"a 'n th1t
.,. o. I.u.-iIr.I.a. cl5.r.I with Stealing -iiI
,t cI.. .a.- I1m B.. j.. I. ... '"H'.d. was ol2na4
....-..t ....d U. I,U.n. ..- r,-i uu charge
|I.la1 mmup.r Ie.at..ut .ul hs wife. Ar-
II...If u.t- arrested. Smith dst-- having st"i' q
,I.D..lI|- clothes. and a, e..s tuat hI- wife aud
3d. l..lId have formed % -FIa.E to geo Am QUO
.. 81. ..,,..- "a. fI.. l...f ..u 1881. I...tu,l
New-York tribune., 1884-02-16
HENRY A. DANIELS. VI. D.,

1s4IeVngt0nsyc., between 18th and 3Jth7tL
Hours : t0 l. 3 tp7 Diseases OF the Nervous 3y5tN y
Gcnito.U riugry organs. Impotence and 5terubE
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-04-18
A SANDER on the Mormons.

Salt Lake Special: The Salt Lake
Tribune of Sunday contained a long ar
ticle p%urporting to be a stenographic
report of a discourse delivered at Juab
by Bishop West on the Sunday previous
and an editorial indorsing and empha-
sizing the main features of the report,
which were to the effect that the Bishop
had received a revelation ordering the
assassination Of Gov. Murray and gen
eral attack upon the Gentiles. On
Wednesday the Reseret News contained
q REPUTATION of the story, showing that
there is no such person in the Mormon
Church as Bishop West; that there is no
bishop at all at Juab, and that on the
day when the sermon was alleged to
hsve been delivered, in consequence of
a washout on the Utah Central railway,
so many persons from that small village
were engaged in repairing the break
that no meeting was held there at all.
This morning the Tribune acknowledged
that the reported address was bogus
and claimed to have been imposed upon.
Great Indignation is expressed by Gen
tiles and Mormons alike over the publ
cation. The Mormons charge that the
article was concerted for use in the
East by Gov. Murray, who started East
a few days ago.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-04-18
A Fortunate Canadian.

There is o pleasing little anecdote in
connection with the carnival of aFronch-
mans getting erich in q day." q fact al,
most unparalleled in tn history of pro
vince OF Quebec Frenchmen. Baptiste
Laporte lives in a little story-and-a-half
gray slate-colored house near the Bon
secom market, where he kept a smallre-
tail fur store. Here he has lived for the
past fifty years on the hill just over,ook
ing the old Bonsecour Church, the old
est sacred editice in Canada, being built
a hundred years ago. Baptiste was poor,
for though his furs We're always of the
best quality and ''the finest in the world
his establishment was comparatively un-
known and consequently little patron
lied.
Things went on pretty much the
same for Baptiste for twenty-five years.
He left with his dog, gun and snow
shoes every fall, and returned home in
the spring to his Marie, with his to-
boggan well packed with precious and
valuable furs to be sold for the next
season. He generally did not manage
to sell more than half his stock out
from year to year, but by an ingenious
plan his wife managed to preserve these
furs, so that when the time came for
Baptlste to summon up all his enter
prise and attract customers to his shop
they were in as perfect order ASH he
had just stretched them on the little
pine twigs after shooting the animals
in the bush. Baptiste decided to re-
main home this winter to enjoy the
carnival. He did not wish to take adj
vantage of the opportunity to make
money, like too many other tradespeo-
pie, but merely to enjoy himself. How
ever, a happy thought struck him, and
he advertised his furs in all the local
papers.
1t grew very cold n day or two aftel
the opening OF the carnival, and as an
American gentleman said, "the mercury
having got so high up in the glass dur,
ing the first part OF last week that il
almost took two thermometers spliced
together to gauge it, was now to be
found down knocking the bottom out 81
the conceln." This change persuaded
| the American visitors who had come
here unprotected against the frost fur.
Their than by plug" hat and a silk
handkerchief to Ego in for" furs an6
Baptiste's was soon found to be the
cheapest place in the city. In two
days his whole stock was sold with the
the exception Of half dozen red fos
skins and half as many silver fox skins
the latter bringing him in the pelt, $15t
for the lot. Boptiste yesterday wa.
a poor French Canadian furrier. To
day he is, thanks to the carnivals
worth $4,000. He had several daugh
ters, who We're always employed even
ings making up the furs he brough'
home.-Montreal Correspondent Butia
10 Commercial.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-04-18
The Drain-tile Theory of the Ohio
Floods,

A correspondent of the New York
Evening Post lays special stress upon
tie agency of drain-tile in producing
the Ohio floods. He says that more
than so, O0O miles Of d~rain-tile had been
laid in the state since 1876" The fever
has ragged throughout Indiana and Ohio
with equal violence, and though I have
no official report of the work done there
/ feel confident I am safe liz stating
| that in the three states more than
100, 900 miles of the tile have been laid.
| Now let us consider the effects. The
general surface of this whole region is
so level that it abounds in swamps,
| slouchs and areas of low, wet land of
| e~reaten or less extent. There is hardly
q farm which has not more or1ess of
| such land, which heretofore has been
| useless, but which, when drained, has
proved to be the most productive land
| on the farm. These areas consequent
ly have been everywhere the
first to be drained, to the immediate
| and manifest Improvement of the pro-
l~llCtlNeneSS Oh the JuInl. Gllu uiui Cl
| he health ofits occupants. But, on the
| other hand, these areas have heretofore
| been the reservoirs into which the rains
| and melting SHOWS Of all the tributary
| surface have slowly found their way by
utilization; and after days and weeks,
| during which evaporation was constantly
in progress, the surplus or overflow has
reached the river. Now they have boon
| provided with artificial substitutes for
natures slow methods, and the i'm
mediate discharge is secured of all these
natural reservoirs through the drains,
which carry off in a few hours an acces-
| sion of waters that would otherwise
have reached the river only by compar-
atively small installments, after pre-
| colatimg for weeks, or perhaps months,
through sloughs and swamps, and losing
a large portion by evaporation. This
effect is perfectly Obvious and undeni-
able; and, taking into account the al
most Incredible extent to which this
work of drainage has been carried, is
the result disproportionate to the cause?
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-04-18
Thvee Months raiIpraa

Bradstreet's Journal of N. Y, publishes the
following: We find the first quarters failures
in 1884 in excess of any like total IN preceding
years, the total number being $500. This
points to a record of over 10, 400 business
deaths within the current year. The probable
total of failures for 1884 MAJ exceed that of the
heaviest of the list 1878, yet such n result would
IL, no way liken the commercial healthfulness
to that in 1878. AS pointed out a number of
times heretofore, the commercial death rateis
always greatest during periods o ftrade deprcs-
sion. If then, witt; the enormous increase in
the number of traders throughout the country
which has taken place within the past six
years from an increased population of at least
six millions, the list of commercial deaths
barely exceeds that of 1878, the death rate per
LOCO in business as compared with 1878 will be
much lower. Not more than 81 per cent. of the
firms and business enterprises of the country
are employing each 5000 or less capita. The
failures in the different districts for the first
quarter of 1881 are:
Eastern states AS
Middle 700
ooutueiH. go
Pacific States 101
Territories. I. {. 81
The aggregate liabilities were IS, lSS, IA.