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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-14
NEW YORK.
Statement Of the elevated Railroad

Statement of the Elevated Railroads.
NEW YORK, June l3.-A statement of the aggre-
gate traffic over the elevated roads in this city
shows marvellous figures. During the first year the
roads carried 40 COO persons and during the past
year nearly 100 900 600 The first years earnings
were SIT O00 the last years nearly 81 ,00u0uU
There was steady progress each year. The sggre-
gate earnings since the first road built in 3d.
are S32 600 900; the aggregate passengers carried
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-14
BOARD.
To LET.

ITO LET-With board, at 80 High street, cor.
rooms. mill
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-14

FOR SALE.-Refrigerator at manufacturss
IL ers' prices, and exchanged, repaired and made
to order. The largest stock in Maine to select from
In all STYLES and sizes. Call and before buying
j. E, MERRILL. No. so Gross street. may 22-4
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-14

Crops i'm California Damaged by Rain
SAN FRANCISCO, June 13.-Heayy rains the past
| week have inflicted great damage on crops. Re-
ports received today from fifteen different localities
announce the hay crop almost completely destroyed
and wheat and barley seriously injured the losses
in some sections being estimated as high as 10 per
cent of the estimate Of two weeks ago.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-14
BUSINESS CHANCES.

LNOR SALE.-Best bargain in city of Boston.
III Lodging House on Beacon HILL Boston, fur
nished in black walnut furniture and tapestry car
pets, lambrequins &C., rooms always let at good
low rent. W. F. CARRUTHERS, "a fremont Row,
Boston. in14-1
EHOR sALE.-S45e buys the furniture and fix
IL lures of lodging house of rooms located on
great thoroughfare on line of Eastern and Nor
thern depots, one of the best bargains In Boston,
now paying $50 per m nth above all expenses. W.
F. CARRUTHERS "a fremont Row, Boston.
inl4-1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-14

EOR SALE. $500 buys a physicians prac-
Il tice ina smart village IL miles out of Boston,
population $500 and growing fast, no competition
Of $1,000 per year can be easily increased to $4,000
III health compels a sale. W. F. CARRUTHERS, "a
fremont Row, Boston. jn1A-1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-14

ENOR sALE.-S25O0 buys the stock, fixtures,
Il team, including route and butchers cart of one
of the best provision in the State of Massachu
setts located in large city, good lease. low rent.
Trade 500 per week. W. F. CARRUTHERS, "a
fremont Row Boston. je12-1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-14

The first ground for the Edwards Manufac-
turing Company's new mill in Augusta, has
been broken and the work of erection is to be
pushed with all possible despatch. crew of
70 men are already employed preparing for the
foundation, and trench over ten feet in depth
has been sxcavated at the southwest corner on
the clay bottom of which the foundation stones
will rest se IS4 ess e.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-14

ENOR sALE.-S22oo buys the stock and fix
Il lures of frst-class family and cash grocery
and provision store, fine set customers, business
$500 per week, located within three miles Boston
State House. established years. of the best open
ings for business ever offered. w. F. CARRUTH-
ERS. "a fremont Row, Boston, je12-1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-14

BANGOR, June 13.-At a Democratic caucus
this evening twenty-four delegates we're chosen
to the district convention and twenty-six to
the State convention. The caucus was strong
one, there being contest between two sets of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-14
WANTED.

MI AN with $500 to establish an agency for the
w State of Maine for the sale of a new and use
ful patent; sell in every family; large profits quick
to sell; q great thing to all who buy. splendid
chance for the right man; part cash balance from
profits. Apply to W. +. BERRY, Preble House,
Portland, Ne. je12d3t*
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-14

EOR Controlling interest in a 1st-class
IL Coal and Wood business in a large manufac-
turing town. so miles out of Boston, business $500
per year; well equipped throughout, fine horses,
teams, &C.; splendid set of customers; established
15 years. W. T. CARRUTHERS, "a fremont Row.
Boston. je12-1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-14

Mrs. Cunningham who lives on Beacon
street in Bath, was in carriage Wednesday
evening, and the horse backing suddenly tip
ped it over and threw her out and stepped on
her, iujuring her considerably internally.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-14

IL lures of one of the best Village Provision
Stores in smart town 20 miles out Boston, doing q
ttsd ~ 81 s PEI goSe Sea rsn ~
per month. w. f. CARRUTHERS, "a fremont
Row Boston, ie12-l
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-14

LNOR SALE. Two Thousand Dollars buys the
IL stock and fixtures, besides miscellaneous Ar
ticles of long established rst-class Hair and Pat
ever offered in the State of Conn., Centrally ated
Main ST., City of New Britain, Conn. Address Lock
Box AZ. je11-4
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Wanted.

GALESMAN to introduce a new household arti-
- Gle. Sells like wiidfre. Profits large First
dozen free on receipt of 12c. in stamps. WES-
ss.N MAN'F'G CO., Providence. r.. L.
may30 dim
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-09-09

bardment with conspicuous incivility.
Among the French sailors there is said
to have been threats of a mutiny if they
were not allowed to fight China, and
this helped Admiral Courbet to make
his decision. In China the war party
has the upper hand by large odds.
A Chicago dispatch of the 9th says:
The day has been marked by the great
est excitement on Change witnessed in
many months, owing to the steady and
heavy advance in corn. Trading in all
other commodities has been dwarfed in
comparison.
The report that subjects Of England
and Germany in the Chinese service
have been recalled by the governments
of those two countries is declared un-
true.
1t is reported that China has called
for %, 600 men to defend Pekfng and
granted the Minister IL, 900, 900 francs
to purchase munitions OF war.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-09-09

was no ad valorem duty on that
class of wool under the old tariff.
To this reduction of one half,
or at most one cent per pound
in the tariff on wool, many wool grow
ers attribute the depression in the
wool market this season, but such re-
spectacle authority as the Boston Econ
onlist says that the crash in the eastern
money market has reduced the price of
wool from four to eight cents per pound,
because the banks would not advance
money for investment in wool.
Now let us see from the record,
whether the assertion that the Demo.
cratic party is responsible for the re.
duction of the tariff On wool above no.
ticed, is founded ON facts. In 1882 3
both houses of Congress were Republi.
can. A cry went up from all over the
country in favor of reducing the war
tariff, and commission was appointed
by the President in accordance with a
joint resolution of Congress to investi-
gate the operations of the then existing
tariff laws, and report their conclusions
to Congress. This committee held SEES.
sions In various parts of the United
States and heard arguments for
and against reduction of the tariff.
This commission, a majority of the
members of which were Republicans.
reported in favor of general reduction
OF the tariff, and Congress passed bill
to that effect. making the reduction
less, however, than the Commission
recommended. That bill was passed
by Republican House of Representa-.
tives and Republican Senate, and was
signed by Republican President, Gen.
eral Arthur, whose acts are so highly
recommended by the Republican plat.
form of Nevada.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-09-09
PUBLIC NOTICE.

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK,
WINSEsucCA, Humboldt County, New,
September 9th, 1884. J
Notice ia hereby given, that the Assessor Of
Humboldt County, Nevada, has this day, in &c.
cordance with law, delivered to me his
Tax List, or Assessment Roll,
With his certificate attached thereto, and the
Map Book and Original List Of Property given
to him; and that said Tax List and Assessment
Roll is open in my office for inspection.
Notice is also gwen, that
THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
VIII meet at their office on
MONDAY, september 18th, 1854,
At 10 o'clock A. NJ, and will continue in session
from time to time, az provided by law, until
the business of equalization presented to them
is disposed Of
A. T. gibson, County Clerk
And EXOffieio Clerk of the Board OF County
Commissioners Of Humboldt County, New.
std .
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-09-09
'CELEGR APHI G NEWS.

Maine has gone Republican by a
large majority.
A dispatch from Dublin states that
the informers, Casey and Philbin. who
have claimed that they swore falsely
against Myles Joyce, in connection with
the Maamtrasna murder case, are again
talking. Casey declares that there
were seven men concerned in the muir.
ders-hlmself, Michael Casey, Patrick
Casey, Patrick Joyce and three others
One of these was wealthy farmer.
still living near Maamtrasna. This
man instigated the massacre and held q
lamp while the family were being muir.
dered. 1t was he, too, who compelled
them to return and murder the aged
grandmother. Casey asserted that the
Joyces, Tom, Myles and Patrick, and
John Casey and Martin were not present
The interviewer was impressed with
the feeling that Casey is now telling
the truth. The Freemans Journal
alleges that the Government is well
aware of the truth of Casey's state
ments, and again demands that a new
public inquiry into the case be made.
A dispatch from Indianapolis says:
Sergeant Julius Fredericks, of the
Greedy party. is in this city, visiting
his brother, j, w. Fredericks. In an
interview with a reporter, he corrob-
Grated Sergeant Brainard's denial of
the story that the expedition was di.
vided into parties. He gives the par
tlculars of the shooting of Henry under
the orders of Greedy, saying that the
sentence was executed by himself and
Sergeants Brainard and Long. They
shot Henry in the back, two balls
taking effect, producing instant death.
They were compelled TO this course,
because Henry was strong and as active
as ever, and had he suspected their
purpose he could easily have killed
them. Fredericks says his experience
has not satisfied him, and he intends to
visit the Arctic regions again as soon as
possible.
A special to the Philadelphia Times
from Mount Pleasant, the center of the
great coke region, says: A very close
estimate shows that fully five per cent.
OF all the ovens in the region are out OF
blast. This throws out OF work Just
that proportion OF laborers in the coun-
try. There is more restitution among
the 10000 beings who inhabit this
stretch OF blackened country, sixteen
by tfty-six miles, than anyone. ever
dreamed of. Hundreds are out of
work, and others who have money are
afraid to use it, lest they leave their
families destitute. The Hungarians are
being driven out from sheer necessity.
The London Times correspondent,
who is the only journalist on the spot.
declares that Admiral Courbet has done
his utmost to provoke the Chinese, and
that he treated them before the bonn.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-09-09
NOTICE.

There will be a meeting of the Humboldt
W. Lewis Office, in Winnemucca, on TUES
DAY, September 9th, at o'clock P. NJ.
R. w. LEWIS, Chairman.
Winnemucca, September 8, 1854. I'd
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-09-09

Notice is hereby given that the Tax on Pro.
ceeds OF Mines for the quarter ending June
s0th, 1884. is now due and payable. at my
office, in the Courthouse OF the County
Humboldt, and that the laws for its collection
will be strictly enforced.
W. PERKINS,
Assessor OF Humboldt County, Ee,.
Winnemucca, August ~, 1854. 4w
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-09-09

RUNNING RACE Premium. s225: free n,
all; four or more To I'll; three or more a
start; mile heats, two in three; first horse.
sizes IS, second horse, $50 %.
Trotting or Pacing Race Premium. s22s. M,
Tor all; four or more to MI; three or more h
start: mile heats, two in three. 10 barnes.
first horse $lGS 20; second hore. $50 25
Running Race Premium, SIS; free for an.
four or more 20 fill: three or more To start.
single dash OF 300 yards; FIRST horse asa 25,
second horse, SIS rs.
There viii be no money paid for walk over.
NO entry will be considered without IL ia AZ.
companied With the entrance money All en-.
tries must be made under cover, and b. ESQ
o'clock the day preceding each race
The entrance fee will he fifteen per cent Of
the whole amount offered
All entries must be made with L. A. KENT
Secretary OF the Club
Except in short races, the rules OF the Pass
BLOOD Horse Association iii govern; NGtionA
lrotting Association rules to govern trotting
races.
sl-td l. A. KENT, Secretary
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-09-09
SECOND DAY-Thursday, October o..

RUNNING RACE Premium, $I75: free q.
all two-year Odds owned in Humboldt eonntv.
four or more to fill; three or more 10 s.a,,
single dash Of one-half mile; first barss
Sl3l 25; second horse, SI3 rs. '''
Trotting Race Premium, $500; four or m ors -
NIL; three or more TO start; mile heats t,so
IN three, to harness; for Robert O'Nesrs
Wallace" r.. W. Crutcher's GRAY Mare
VIM. Stocks Brown Mare" J. r. Haryey.
Lodi, and o. r. Crawfordis Dexter" ars.
horse, $50; second horse, $50
Running Premium, $50: free for an.
three or more 10 fill, four or more 10 star,
hali-mile heats, two in three; first horss
Sll2 so; second horse, So So
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-09-09
FIRST wedne, day, October ~.

RUNNING RACE Premium, $50; free ..
all; four or more to fill; three or more ~ y
start; single dash Of 500 yards; first he,. |"
SIP 80; second horse, s37 so.
Running Race-Premium, 200: free IA, m.
four or more to fill; three or more IN s.a ~,
single dash OF one and one-quarter mile. a.,
horse, $50; second horse, so. ~"
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-13
Deep Gravel Mining.

From an old resident of the Com.
stock, who has been visiting in
Plumas county, Cal, it is learned
that novel prospecting shaft is
being sunk in American valley, neal
Quincy. A tube of boiler iron Al
feet in diameter is being sunk, and
is now down 208 feet; inside oI
which is an immense plunger
weighing 800 pounds, with a nose
or point of steel which loosens the
earth, which the plunger receives
through a valve, and when filled is
hoisted to the surface. Whenever
large boulders are encountered, the
machinery is removed from the
shaft, and the miners go down and
blast them out. This company,
which is an eastern one, and man
aged by man who has had large
experience in the Lake Superior
copper mines, and in the oil regions
of Pennsylvania, expects to find a
rich deposit of gravel, and the ma
terial being taken from the shaft, OF
tube, seems to justify the belief that
such a deposit exists in the vicinity.
This method Of prospecting tor
gravel mines is something new, and
the result will be watched with
great interest by all miners s.-Reno
Gazette.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-13
Montana Wool.

Under the cover of a personal let.
ter to a prominent woolgrower Of
Montana, the preferable quality Of
the Montana wool is set forth in a
most decided manner. 1t has come
to light that Montana woods are
sought after more than those of any
other Territories. The reason is
obvious, our wool is clean and
the Merinoes crossed with the
Cotswold and Southdown (favorite
breeds in this Territory has pro-
duced a beautiful fine and long
fibre. The difficulty heretofore in
the States was to produce a fine and
long fibre at the same time. Here
in Montana this desideratum has
been accomplished by crossing and
by the requirements of cold eli
mate, which is known to be favor
able to the growth of fine fibres.
It is known that our woods are
generally sold on "p. t." (private
terms). The knowing manufactu-
rers are seeking our woods, and as
the demand makes the price, there
is no doubt but Montana woods will
not only increase in price, but will
command place in the market
that their real value justly entities
them to- Helena Herald.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-13

so closely consumed at home as to
make our prices relatively higher
than rates current beyond the At
lantic. Prices for what we might
send to Great Britain are not par
ticularly tempting; in fact, are
rather low; but our independence
as yet of that market is evidenced
by the comparatively high prices
which American producers are re-
ceiving. The following figures show
the decrease in our exports Of vari-
GUS products during the first half
of this year as compared with last.
The total values OF the exports Of
domestic cattle, hogs and sheep,
pork and dairy products for six
months ended June 80, $43, 1897 ,419
against S54 ,357 ,904 in the same pc
riod last year. The beef and pork
during the eight months ended
June 80 were $57 ,570,53S, against
$67, 679,841 in the corresponding
time in 1888. Dairy products for
the two months ending June 80
were $2,662,966, against $4,000. .420
for the same time last year. Dro-
1cr's Journal.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-13
No Danger Of Over Protection OF
Beef.

There does not seem to be any
imminent danger OF over produc.
ton of livestock in this country
though we are told oftentimes now.
adays that the country is full o1
hogs, cattle and sheep ready to eat
the immense crop Of growing corn,
and that in a year or two we may
look for vast over-supplies of all
kinds of meats. On the contrary
however, our population is very
rapidly increasing by natural mul-
tiplication and by immigration,
and at the present time our produc-
ton of meat food seems hardly to
be keeping pace with the growth Of
the demand. Prices for all kinds
of live stock and products are well
maintained in this country, and
have for some time been at rates SO
high that the margin between
American and European prices have
been so narrow as to make the ship
per's margins above freight and
charges rather problematical. tits
not because prices have been partic-
ularly low on the other side that
our exports have not been larger,
but because our supplies have been
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-13
Been Here Half o Century,

Charles Mercier, now living in
Choteau county, eighty years old,
has lived in Montana since 1927.
He came from St. Louis with the
first party that visited this territory
after Lewis and Clarke. The win
ter of 1887 was spent at the mouth
of Hart river. The following sum-
mer they came to the mouth of the
Marias and remained there for some
time. Mr.. Mercier assisted in the
building of Forts Cotton, Brule and
Benton. He smiles when the re-
ports reach him of an old-timers
association being formed in Helena
of people who for the most part date
their residence back only from 1860
to 1S63.-Ex.
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-13
Dickens and Bulwer.

1t is a curious fact that large
majority of literary men invariably
seem anxious at some period OF
other of their career to test by the
anonymous publication the value
of public opinion with regard to
their own work. "It is not, perhaps,
generally KNOWN" writes a CORE
spondent of the Pail Mall Gazette,
''that the "Lady of Lyons was
brought out quite anonymously,
and that on the night of its first
production, beyond Macready and
Bulwer Lytton himself, no one in
London had been allowed to know
the secret of the authorship of the
play. Between the acts Dickens
who had been one of a delighted
audience, went behind the scenes to
talk over the play with Maeready
and Bulwer, congratulating Mac
ready on his wonderful impersona-
ton of Claude Melnotte.' Dickens
was in raptures with the whole
thing, and asked Bulwer what he
thought of it. Bulwer affected to
find some fault with the plot, and
suggested improvements here and
there in the various situations.
Come, now,' said Dickens, tits not
like you, bulwer, to cavil at such
small things as those. The man
who wrote the play may have imi-
tated your work here and there per-
haps, but he is deuced clever
fellow for all that. To hear you
speak SO unfairly is almost enough
to make one think you are jealous. !"
The Billings herald. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1882-1885, 1884-09-13
HORATIO C. BURCHARD,
Director of the United States Mint.

The operations of the United
States mint are directed by clever
officers, of whom Horatio G. Bur.
chard, Washington, D. c., is the
head, his title being director of the
mint. His salary is $4,000 year
and his position one of great labor
and responsibility.
By the coinage act of 1892 the
United States mint was established
in the city of Philadelphia, and the
next year coming was begun with
the copper cent of 1898. Silver
dollars were coined the next year
after, and the first making of gold
coins was in 1895. We learn from
the official report of the director OF
the mint that the total coinage from
1898 to 1888 inclusive, amounted
in value to s1,729, ,543, ,165.46. Dur
ing the last three years the coinage
of gold and silver has been larger
than in any country of the world,
amounting to about $3.50, 600, 600 in
gold and S75, 100000 in silver. Di-
rector Burchard's duties include
the general supervision of all mints
and assay offices, reporting their
operations and condition to the
secretary of the treasury, and other
services Of scarcely less magnitude
and certainly involving no less
labor.
Mr.. Burchard, who is serving his
second term as director of the mint,
has proved most capable officer.
At his suggestion congress passed a
law providing for the compilation
Of information with regard to the
production of the precious metals
in this country. His reports on
this subject have been enlarged by
reports considered as authority in
all countri, S, as to the money pro-
duction and coinage of the entire
world. Director Burchard's indus
try has earned him great honor and
given him a proud position among
our public men.
His full name is Horatio Chaplin
Burchard. He is native of New
York state, and was born in 1925.
When he was very young his par
ents removed to Beloit, Wisconsin,
where he received his preparatory
education. He became student
at Hamilton college in 1S47, and
was graduated in 1850. After read
ing under the direction of Professor
Dwight he was admitted to the bar,
and began his professional career at
Monroe, Wisconsin, from whence
he removed into the state of Illinois.
In 1862 he was elected a member of
the Illinois legislature. Having
served during several sessions with
he was elected to congress
in 1869, to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by the appointment of the
Hon. e. B. Washburn as secretary
of state. He was reelected four
times as member of the house Of
representatives. His extraordinary
familiarity with matters relating to
coinage was recognized, and in 1879
President Hayes made him direc-
tor of the mint. The four years of
his first term expired in the present
year, when President Arthur reap
pointed him.