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New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
LITTLE TRADING IN CHICAGO.
THE MARKETS DO NOT PICK UP-A MIXED sITUA-
TION.

THE MARKETS DO NOT PICK CP-A MlAED sIIUA-
TION.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUEE.I
Cu1cAGO. Feb. 28.-This was another dull
day about the pits with outsiders keeping almost ato
ober aoof and the local scspers having things alto
tber their own way OF orders from the outside there
nome The betting has by the professionals. Wheat
Tonight is 10 cent under nights figures; Il cent
upder; pork is 20 cents barrel cheaper. Lester Co.
were sellers OF wheat. Edredge Co. d0led II out IN
small lots apparently anxious to break prices tnan
10 get short Of property. Armour Co. appeared
70 be sellers Of pork; Singer at one time
offered 10000 tierces of lard in one lot.
The trading in all tho pits, however small. The
operators appeared to be playing for position Wheat
certainly does appear very weak and the clever arg
ents are all on the side OF decline. There practi-
cally no foreign demand the visible supply and the
local stock are enormous the growing cIops are reported
m right nm 10 thr present moment and the next spring
harvest ia getting closer All these encourage
selling and II ID being done. On the other hand tie mar
in The crop There has been a steady decline
cents within ten days from being bullish the crowd
has beash and II prccedents are to be followed
Wheat opened at the top, 0si4 for May, and declined
and closed at 97asc The cables ana newolosK "ere ere
hammerng Of tho local operntors VINO want either 70
buy Ia ther shorts got further pront on tho bear
side
Corn moved about within range OF lcent tmoved more
down, however than up and stopped NJ night NJ .sd
inspection little better IL per cent grading No. 2. Al
the decline however. there were plenty OF buyers ant
eod wave that sot here last and wkoh was
pected ut fslled to steady wheat did little to weaker
corn OF course, Ii improved the inspection.
Armour's sales about tho provision pit made pork
little Sick but they really amounted TO very little Tn
% r Ss wnR %ay TO @ sS%n as
axiom here that II Armour really wanted 10 Unload VI
red1es ne would set & bis $50 sn 20 o bva.
body ID greatly mixed In the situation-
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
DISEASED CATTLE IN ENGLAND.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Ihe department OF
State has received information from the United States
Consul at Birmingham, England TO the effect that the
foot and mouth disease prevails among the cattle in
almost every county in England The Secretary Of the
Treasury, having been furnished with this informaon
has written TO Secretary Of State requesting him TO
instruct United States Consuls in Great Britain not 10
certify invoices Of cattle unless after examination Of
the animals by veterinary surgeon, they are satisfied
that animals free from disease Thls action also
grew of the fact that some booded cattle latey
rived at Portland, Maine from England developed the
foot and after landing communi-
Gated IL TO other cattle IN the Vicinity.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
CLOSING PRICES OF PHILADELPHIA STOCKS
Renorted oil IOIS L DANs Z %. II WAtL
TurRsnAY. Feb. 29-P. ~.
ftTNT-uAT. IIII

THURSDAY, teD ZS-P NJ
For the first time in several days the stock mar
ket to-day developed q positive character. FROM
the openlng to the end and without rally worthy
of the name stocks were pressed for sale so freely
and 80 continuously as to forbid 9 hypothesis
that the selling was for the short" account Dur
ing the early hours prices were moderately sus-
tanned by the buying in of shorts" because bears
have had a ate lesson that taught them TO accept
small pro1its whenever they were presented. III
was not till after midday that the character OF the
buying ceased to be a feature of the market! Wheh
il did cease there was more rapid decline IN
prices than there was before, and from
to o'clock the shrinkage in values was slow, but
steady and uninterrupted. The TRANSACTIONS tor
the day amounted to 419,52o shares against NO.
sOOyesterday but the business was more gehelally
distributed Stin four stocks contributed Z44,ooO
shares TO the days total. Union Pacinc led WIN
sales of 20. 300 shares OF from 704 down 10 |'s0
77Io: Delaware Lackawanna and western tollowed
with go 100 shares at 1898 to l27 st. Paui came
in with ~ 200 shares at 907sGSS7s; and Lake
Shore made good fourth with Al, 100 shares at
1O2 down to lOOli These four stocks were repre-
sentative of the whole market Yet 1t should DO
mentioned that In some instances the closing quo
tations were lower than the lowest sales. For IN
stance. Central and Hudson sold at 16t0lloi2,
but closed offered at 1853; st. Paul preferred
sold early at 1T. but it closed offered at 1l0'9; ana
oragon and Transcontinental sold at 2040l8l2,
and closed offered at 1914. The market closed
demoralized.
Governments were more than usually dull Duttne
quotations are steady as follows:
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
COMPLAINTS OF SECRETARY CHANDLER.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The Senate took up
agan yesterday the bill to authorize the construction OF
steel vessels for the Navy the special subject being the
amendments of MI Mcpherson. letter was read from
RearAdmral Rogers, who asserted that not Krupp gun
was mounted on an English fohcaon or IN an English
ship Eneland's Whitehead torpedoes were made IN
England What this country needed was gunnakers and
"pant" for making In the debate Mr. Bayard SAID
that while he could not support MI McfheTsons amend
rnent because there need of prompt action yet
was impossible Senators TO ignore the fact that there
was for one reason another great deal of dtrust IN
the head of the Navy department MI HaTey defended
rho Secretary the Navy Of the abest men VINO
had ever been placed In charge OF the Department MT
McPherson's amendment TO reduce the number OF ships
from seven rejected FOR MS secOnd amend
ment this substitute offered by Mr.. Hale was agreed TO
And said vessels shall be designed and constructed IN
All respects in accordance with and sdbect to the cOnd
tons aud provisions OF the Naval Appropriation acts or
August 1882 and March g. 1883, authorizing the con
strIIcfion of fonr steel cruisers"
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
A NEW TARIFF BILL.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-At meeting of the
eight Democratic members OF the Ways and Means Com
mttee 1t was unanimously agreed to report substitute
for the Morrison Tariff bill The substitute is identical
with the bill introduced by Mr. Morrison except that the
free list Is confined to SALT coal nd lumber Other ar
eles on The free list prepared by Mr. Morrison will
under the provision providing for per cent
tzontal reduction. Democratic members OF the COM
7nttee that time has been agreed upon for re-
porting the substitute TO the House, but that IL will be
presented az an early date.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
wHEELER's NOMINATION REJECTED.
WHAT HIS FRIENDS AND OPPONENTS SAY OF THE
REASONS.
TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l

TBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-The nomination OF
Ny Wheeler to collector Of internal revenue in North
Carolina has been adversely reported to the Senate by
the Committee on Finance Though several times before
the committee Mr.. heeer unable to convince Its
members of the alSty Of the charges made against him.
He retained said while collector one months salary
from Government employees for political purposes lie
appointed deputies and put them the payros at -
day. while only giving them 50. He filled offices ny the
appointment OF relatives, who never did any work. but
whose pay he collected and in numberess ways showed
himself unnt TO perform the duties of the Office His
friends assert that rejected becanse Mr sherman
opposed him. In 1880 IL appears MT wheeler was the
collector of the district to which he hss been hoh
nsied now. . - -, 100000, NJ
e was an ardent Grant man, and as such opposed MT
Canodv the present OF the Senate VINO
sci up the Chicago delegation IN favor OF sherman
When Mr. sherman became Secretary OF the treasury
Mr. Wheeler removed for cause, say MS opponents
20 nav him up for having opposed MT Shelnan say
ms friends Lately Mr. Wheeler had become an aldent
supporter of the Administration and as such WOMB u
donhtqdly render valuable services to the PRESIDENT
They will have TO be employed in different direction
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
CONFIRMATION BY THE SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The Senate con-
Armed tue following nominations to-day. Max Weber of
New York Consul at Nantes; H. b. Trist, District OF
Columbia Consul at Mozambique; George b. Clark OF
Georgia Consul at Ian Luis POtos Cornelius S. Palmer
ofVermon Justice OF the Supreme Court OF the
1erriory OF Dakota; Byram C. Tiffany, Register OF the
land Office at Grand Forks Dakota Samuel W. sherfey
Receiver OF Public Moneys at Las Cruces
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
TO OPEN UP ALASKA.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-A bill was introduced
IA the Senate to-day by Mr. Pendleton to facilitate the
settlement and development OF Alaska 1t provides that
an appropriation Of 900 be made for the survey,
poration and construction of highway from Fort Wrsn
gel TO tho and most available station the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad, az may be practicable
10 the line OF ll4h degree OF west longitude and for the
opening of the agricultural and grazing lands Of the Ter
riOry Of Alaska 10 settlement under the Homestead laws
IN quantities of $40 " Leads Of families and 800
acres 10 persons, male aud female over twenty-One
aud unmarried.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
Ne, 70 Penn. Railroad. 81 OslO07 s6l6OSS sl.O5e5s
EUROPEAN FINANCIAL MARKETS.

ToSpoy Feb 2s-l239 p. m.-Consos 1Ol 1916 for both
nx and the account; ETe 26i do second SHnsOis 119
New oTk Central 81 Illinois Central 1884, Pennsylvania
Bl a: Mexican Ordinary. 4jI2 . ,.,, -, ,o.o,
D. m bullion IN the Bank OF hnSl"iu nus inOio'o"
% 100 during the paSi week -, .. o, ,,o ht,,,,
% ,rtiI Uf the Bank Of England reserve 10 haDny
wes was 10 3-l6 per cent is now 4u' per cent
~. New. York central 1885 PenOSy Vanla,
e6z heading 261 Mexican Ordinary 81 Ii tansdlah eacho
o2os nnote Three Per Cent at 76 franOs
o. sniies Tor the account and Exchange on London AT
25 francs "A centnes for checks - ~, ~, ,...,.
Eco weekly statement OF the Bank or France
show an 2j500JO francs IN gold ana adece@se
of 30 600 francs in silver.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
TO ADJUDICATE PRIVATE CLAIMS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-A bill was intro
duced in the Senate to-day by Mr. Wilson to provide for
the judicial asccrtanment Of facts in private claims be
fore Congress and the executive departments 1t pro-
yides that the United States Court OF Claims shall have
Jurisdiction to ascertain and report to Congress the facts
In all private claims for relief by special act OF COngess
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29

few weeks Itis for use in the Treasury Department
I'm all the houses OF the country ana loresh oon
eulatee II not for free distribution among czehs
generally but it may be well for Importers
others interested in customs aalfs 10 hoT LIN liz
under existing laws any person may he iuIhisnSu WIN
one or more copies application to me f%hpc %
by paving therefor the actual cost Of the book ana
per cent additional.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-Real Admiral W. G..
TEMPLE Just promoted will probably be retired tomorrow
He s esrous of being placed the retired hist that
date after forty years service.
Cnief Engineer Cipriano Andrate has been detached
from duty as Inspector of Coal at Philadelphia and
dered "a the Yantc Chief Engineer John Lowe from the
Yanc and ordered to the Bear Lieutenant n. X. Usher
from the Saratoga and ordered to the bear; Lieutenant
William H. Schuetze, having completed the special duty
with the Jeanette search has been ordered TO
r,rnc hnme and aMalL orders
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
A NEW MOVE IN THE PORTER CASE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-A bill was intro
duced in the Senate this morning by Mr. ingalls,, having
reference TO the Fz John Porter cOurtmartia IL pro
vides members and the Judge Advocate of the gen.
eral courtmartIa which convened at Washington No
yember 25 1862 for the trial of MsorGenera Fz John
Porter be relieved from the operation OF much OF the
SAN Article of War relates disclosing aud discover
ing tho vote opinion OF any member OF said courmar
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
NEW CUSTOMS REGULATIONS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2s.-The revision OF the
customs regulations OF 1874 Is In course OF preparation
in the Treasury Department part OF 1t had already
been printed and the work. containing about 900 octave
pages will be completed aud published IN the course OF
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
CQuRT OLE APPEALS.

ALBANY, Feb. 28.--In the Court of Appeals
today Chief Justice the Hon. William c. Ruger and asso
ciates present. the following business transacted
No 4s-Catherne Waldele, administrative, agt the New
York Central and Hudson River Railroad company Agned
No s6-Andrew HaTpending administrator agt stephen
T. ArnOt and others. Argued
The following is the day calendar for Friday:
Nos 10, 80 ~, rs, "a, 81, s. and 100.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29

which have not been adiudcated upon their merits py
some tribunal or commission created by CONGRESS, po
yded that il il shall appear that the party bringing me me
ioI,n hos a legal and equitable demand against tue
T;, States the Court shah render Judgment thereon
s nndcr existing laws and either party shall nave 'ne
SSght of appeal 10 the United states supreme Court
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
at. LOUIS LIVE STOCK MARKET.

sr. LOUIS Feb 2s.-Hoos-dun KeceiPis, 80 hsadgs
shipments 900 bead Lgt 81 4Odsd 60 Packers 81 100
80 10 i3utchera % 9UdSi -. .o., -.
era NJ 5,iG UC Good Choice smppers ~ nOgso ~
Common Meiun s. ooss' 7'i stoc&ers and feeasrs'
sSSSD~Recelpts 400 head shlpuients 800 head falr
20 Medium - OOa aSA Oh oou W caVS % o~se "' ~AsJ
~ v0aS6 IA
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
rur IArR REpREsENrATIYL HASKELL.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-In the House to-day
appropriate tributes paid to tho memory of Dudley
c. Haskell late Representative from Kansas Speeches
were made by Messrs Ryan, Kelley, Tucker, Mckinley,
Rice Russell Browne, Burnes, Belford, Hanback, Petit
bone and Perkins As marx Of respect the House adj
iourned
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29

In the other markets the clearances were: Oh CIy
I2e2O 600 Bradford 0,390OOO; Pittsbhrg l4,ZZo'oOo
barrels. ..,.
The refined market s extremely dull, but quotations
rule unchanged No charters were reported Today
BRADFoRD, Penn, Feb. 23.-CrIde oil steady total
runs Wednesday 745ls bbls; total shipments, 67,923
bbs; no charters; cearauces, 1l,G5G,0Oo bbs United
Pine Line certificates opened at ~ 002 and closed az
al 0O9l, highest price, III Ole; lowest, 81 OO4.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
MINES AND MINING.

sALEsAr THE vEWYORK MINING Ey0HAYGE
NEw-YoRK FEB. % 133..
New-York tribune., 1884-02-29

State bonds we're dull with sales Of Tennessee
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
Rice s4;s!ke a;eHi2,

From the Times
Burglars robbed the Cameron de
pot of fifteen cents cash and several
pairs of blankets last week.
The camp on Bear creek run by
Arthur Richie last winter was des-
droyed by forest fires last week.
Bishop Welles, of tie Episcopal
church, will be here the first week in
June, and several combinations viii
be made at that time.
Breen's saloon building at Spooner
has been put in shape for an eating
house until the new hotel is construct
ed, which will be about 80 days.
An average Of about 1000 trout are
captured in this vicinity on the day
when everybody is at church-accord-
ing to the combined reports of those
who cast line on that day.
At last we are one ahead of Chetek
if the story Of one Of our citizens is to
be credited, that he saw one day re-
Gently on our lake a turtle which
measured five feet across the back.
We anxiously await yarn from w.
R. to dwarf this.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
Origin Of TfsT Dark sE9rsc."

At the present stage Of the presidential
campaign the greater part Of those who
speculate upon the probable results Of The
republican convention, except those whose
clear sightcdncss is somewhat dimmcd by
their enthusiasm for pet candidate, seem
inclined to regard the chances Of success
for each of the prominent candidates as
but small, and the prediction is frequent
thai the -" dark horse viii again win the
race.
In this connection the story of the origin
of the phrase F." dark horse, used to denote
an unreyealed or undevcloped candidate, is
extensively retold The anecdote is about
as follows;
On Kentucky race track the last entry
foran exciting race, was Il coal black ami
nal entirely unknown to all present except
theiudge He recognized the horse as a
stepper of dangerous record and remarked
to the Gentlemen, there's
dak horse in this race that will make some
Of you smell He'll before night" The con-
G5,,,oo ., tho ;ndoo e not I;s nrofanitv
roy ;,s,;fo5 ~ Tho ros,It os tbn STRANGER
a.. ~ .:o. ..daul
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
In a Logging Camp,


Bill Nye, who now lives in Hudson, this
Stale, visited a logging camp and writes Of
it as follows to the Denver Opinion:
= put up at Bootack camp, on the rag
Jog Willow river, where the gay plumaged
I chiPmonk and the spruce gum have their
/ nome.
Winter in the pine woods is fraught
with fun and frolic. 1t is more frausat
with fatisue than funds, however. This
winter man in the Michigan and Wiscon.
sin llmber camps could rise at 4:3O a. m.
/, eat patent pailtul of driel apples soaked
with Young Hyson and sweetened with
Persian glucose, 60 out to the timber with
! a lantern, hew down the giants Of the for.
est, With snow up to the pit of his stomach,
till tue owl in the gathering gloom Whom
ed and hooted in derison, and al for SI2
per month and stewed prunes. | did not
try to accumulate wealth while | was IN
the camp. just allowed others to enter
into the mad rush and wrench fortune
from the hand OF fate while studied hu-
,,o,s nature ond tLo ooo,- IL,a
many pleasant days there too | read such
literary books as 7 could find aronna ,ba
camp and smoked the royal Havana smols
mo tobacco of the cool,;e Tbose who boya
not numbered much. do not know much of
true Joy of sylvan smoking tobacco.
They are not using a very good grade Of
the weed in the lumber REGIONS this winter
When say lumber regions do not refer
entirely to ,he circumstances of weel,
back. MONKEY wrench. oiI.ean and scyew.
driver sent with this Joke: also rules for
working it in all kinds of goods.) The
tobacco used by the pine choppers Of the
northern forest, is called the Seandihoo-
Wan. do not know why they call it that,
lnless it is because you can smoke it in
Wisconsin and smell it in Seantihooyia.
When night came ON we would gather
round the blazing fire. and talk over old
times and smoke This tobacco. smoked
! mill ,.st VOL. tbeo bouobt now
,,onth and resolved 70 load d;tf,.reut isa
fshalI never FORGET the evenings we sneut
boetber in that lop shack in the heart Of
lie farest They are craven on nv mem.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
a Brave B0y.

On Tuesday last Freddie Hagadorn,
aged thirteen years, a son of Mr. and
Mrs H. }. Hagadorn, saw two Swede
boys about fifteen years ofage fall into
the Mississippi river from a jam of
logs above the old ferry, and the boys
were Immediately drawn under by the
current. Freddie at once ran to res
cue them, and to do so was obliged to
90 where many old rivermen would
have hesitated about venturing. He
caught a glimpse of a hand of one Of
the boys, and grabbing for it, man
aged to seize one finger. He then
dragged the boy out and got him on
the tirmer part of the jam. Moved
by a seemingly groundless hope Of
saving the other boy, he hurried down
the jam, watching intently for any
sign. Soon he caught sight of bub-
bic between the logs, and quickly
thrusting his hand down he caught the
boy by the hair and drew him forth,
senseless but not dead. The rescue
was very remarkable one, and the
courage and good judgement of the
boy who performed the heroic deed,
needs no comment. The Swede bows
were strangers to him, and we are I'M
able to learn their names. -Bralnerd
Journal
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
Discriminating Against Duluth.
There has always been a eomplai

There has always been complaint
made against the prices charged by
the ST. Paul & Duluth railroad COM
pany for way freight, but since it
has become controlled by the Chicago,
Milwaukee q ST. Paul it has simply
become outrageous and the merchants
are beginning to kick about it.
Freights from places halfway between
here and St. Paul are higher great
deal than freights from Chicago dis
lance five times greater. For instance
eggs can be shipped from Chicago here
cheaper by nearly 20 per cent per 100
pounds than they can from Rush City,
thus cutting off all hope Of the ship
pers from that point competing with q
market 500 miles farther away. An
other thing too the ST. Paul & Duluth
when it was built up here was given
in land all that its conscience would
allow it to ask (and it was pretty elias
tic at that time) and have been selling
these lands to settlers who hoped TO
make homes for themselves. They
settled and built up little towns only
to be choked by the road which
should have proven their benefactoE
This matter is one in which none OF
eur merchants wish to take the initiar
tive as they do not wish to be made
the target for the road to swing back
at, which it can very easily do, and
cause great inconveniences in manr
ways The chamber Of commerce
however, might find it fruitful field
Of labor and possibly might do some
good. At least it is worth making an
effort for.
We clip the above from the Duluth
Herald Of Wednesday evening and
there is no doubt but it is all true and
the half not then told. We have had
some deal and acquaintance with that
road, and are free to say that it is the
meanest crowd that was ever permit
ted to hold charter. Tie settlers
along the line Of the road are becom-
ing exasperated and it will take but lit
tie more to drive them to committing
acts of violence either to the manage
ment at the property, We were sur
prised to find such state of feeling as
we did find along that line as we did
recently in making short trip over it,
and we think the company would hear
from Gen. Baker, if his attention was
properly called to the matter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31
Patents 10 Wisconsin Inventors.

Erwin & Benedict patent lawyers
at Milwaukee, Wis, report the follow
ing Patents issued to Wisconsin in
ventors recently:
Nalye-Gear G. NJ Coneyay, Milwau
kee; Table-leaf support H. J Goold,
Boscobel; Sil-press mat G. s Hamil-
ton, Milwaukee; Pressure-feeder for
pulp-grinders L. f Willard Marinette;
Toy w B. Sales, Oshkosh; Bow-fac-
ing rowing mechanism J. p. Willard,
West Depere.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-05-31

Evidence of the asinine stupidity
and gross ignorance of the editor of
of the Duluth Tribune is found in an
item contained in Thursdays issue of
that paper in which we are informed
that the Supervisors of Douglas Coun-
tY consisting of Geo L. Brooks of Su-
perior, Robert lnglis of Bayfield, and
man from Cumberland, condemned
the right of way for the Omaha Rail
way in Superior and that one of the
members of the Board accompanied
the appraisers and valued hisown pro-
perty at nothing. The idiocy of these
misstatements is only equalled by the
assumption in conclusion that the
company is procuring this right of
way solely to gain an entrance to Du-
luth. The board of supervisors of
Douglas County have no more to do
with the condemning right of way
than Mr.. Mitchell has Messrs. Brooks
of Superior, Inglis of Bayfield, and
Mead Of Shell Lake were appointed
by the circuit court To make the APP
praisal. They were not accompanied
nor interviewed while here by any
member of the Board of Supervisors.
No member of the Board of Superyis-
ors owns any property included in the
proposed depot grounds or right Of
way. The commissioners are men Of
probity aud Judgment and performed
their duties in a fair and impartial
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