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ASSOCIATED PRESS MARKETS.
Milwaukee Produce.

MrLwAukxE, July ls--FIour quiet but firm
Wheat stronger: No. ? s5&S, July s5iSc- An
gust s6c. September ssse- Corn frmer: No.
sss55e: rejected scarce and wanted At s31c. Oats
steady; No. : SEC; No ewkite sc. Rye scarce
and srm. No. sc Barley inactive: No Sep
TENDER see Provisions quiet, mess PORK SI5-e0
cash and Jriv. s15-a5 August; ta-d. prime steam
s7.ts!s cash and July: sT.Is August; Sweet
picked hams firm AZ Ilss G125sc- Live hoes
steaEiy ~ S5-08D5-G0. Butter Erner- choiee
creamery fsE,1Sc, fair 10 good ISfsl7cs best
dairy 1s2 ilc- Cheese. steady Gnd fair demand ,
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ceipts, 9,Ss2 barrels Of -four; 26,016 bushels of
wheat; 575 bushels OF barley. shipments, 1911
barrels Of -four; 49, $50 bushels OF wheat; 4,375
bushels Of barley.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO. July 1s.-Flour. quiet and
unchanged; good to choice winter wheat
flour, S. 65 soft spring wheat hou, S4.0O0450;
Minnesota bakers Si.50G5.1o; patents $3.50
@6,25; low grades S..oo3s.s5; rye -four $500
$3.50; Southern Illinois and Missouri winter
wheat dour S5.5OG5.T5; Michigan winter wheat
81. 1906. so; common to choice Minnesota $3.50
@4.O0 Wheat, frmer and fairly active
opened unsettled, advanced q q sc, declined "a
advanced 1c and closed e @iMc above the
closing quotations on the afternoon board
yesterday; sales ranged: July s3@S414c,
closed at Ss1@s4c; August s3al@s5ac,
closed at S4Bc bid; September SAX 0S6%c,
closed at S61sc bid; October S5Is Da7c closed
at s48c bid No. 2 Chicago spring sold at
S2HQS3c. Corn, unsettled and active; opened
about unchanged, advanced A@1c, declined 81
@4c, advanced 11sc and closed 1h@14c
above the closing the afternoon board yes
terday; cash 539s@532lc. closed nominally at
54l4c; July 5S34054Ae, closed at 54Ac;
August 54@5515c, closed at sac; September
54@551lc, closed at 554ac; October 53@55c,
closed at 54%c; year 44a@f54c, closed at
45hc; May sold at As 1s@46 he, closed at Acc.
Oats quiet aad easy; cash 3oAc; July 50a@
30s C, closed at 30alc; August 26A@271sc,
closed at 2sAe; September 257s @26asc,
closed at 2s1sc; October 26Ac; year 251s
@a25 3 c, closed at rs sc; May 29Ga91sc, closed
at CSC. Rye, firm at 62c. Barley quiet at so
@62c. Flax seed dull and nominal at 81 so.
Pork, dull ard steady; cash SIC .G0017. 90
July and August Sas so; September S22. COG
% rs; October $a1.00@2t.25; year S11 30
@12.00. Lard, was irregular and fairly active !;
receded 5@7lsc, and closed the same at me-
dunn figures: cash and July 81. 150T.17Is
August S7.12A go, closed al S7.15@T.1T1a
September 81 .25@7. 32H, closed at $3.50
@7.321s October S7.371s 9T.5, closed ut
81. 4o07.42Is: year S1.071 az 1879. closed at
7.121s Bulk meats quiet shoulders $500;
short ribs S7.70:. short clear $50. Butter
steady and unchanged; choice creamery 17B@
1870; fancy dairy 14@141ac. Eggs. in fair
demand at 15c. Whisky steady and unchanged
at 81 10. Freights-Corn to Buffalo 1Ac
Receipts 5000 barrels of -four; 90, 900 bush
els Of wheat; 10000 bushels of corn: 114.000
bushels of oats: 1900 bushels of rye; 1900
bushels of barley. Shipments, 5000 barrels
of flour; $4,000 bushels of wheat; 3s7,-
600 bushels of corn; $4,000 bushels of
oats 1000 bushels of rye; none of bar
Leg. ~
$50, D. m. On the afternoon board wheat
steady aad unchanged: Corn, lower: July
declined &c; August and September declined
&c: October declined sc. Oats lower; Jnly
and August declined &c; October quoted at
a5@261lc. Pork unchanged. Lard, September
and October 2!ac higher asked.
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Direct Teleeraph Facilities.

Direct IeIegraph F'aciIities.
Buy, sell and carry for customers Provisions and
Stocks in large and small lots, margins to suit
all Trades placed in Chicago or New York.
Room 12 GiIhlIan Block.
The following list, showing the quotations on
stocks in New York yesterday, are furnished Ly
j. ". Bridges, and are carefully compiled from
dispatches received yesterday.
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CHICAGO cLosrSs
FOREIGN

LvEzrooL, July Is, IL m.-wheat firmly
held; corn strong. Cargoes OF eoast-wheat
quiet but steAly; corn unchanged cargoes on
passage-whe4t firmly held: corn rather frner
MARX LASE--wheat and corr firm. Country
marketS-eEiet but firm
PARIs.-Wkeat and hour quiet. Weather IN
ettled.
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WORK.
Grazing Alley in Clock 80, KittS0n's
addition.
orr1cE OF rHr BoAED or PUnLIo Works.

OFFICE OF THE Board OF PUBLIC WoRKs
CITY or ST.. PAUL Mimi. July 8. 1884.
Scaled bids VIII be received by the Board Of
Public Works in and for the corporation Of the
City of st. Pail, Minnesota, at their Office in said
city. until II m, on the 21st day Of July, A. d
1884, for the grading Of alley in block 30 Kilt
son addition. in said city, according TO plans and
specifications on fle In the Office CT said Board
/ A bond with at least two (2) sureties in
sum Of at least twenty 20) per cent. Of the gross
amount bid must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
JOHN HARRINGTON. President
Official: L. L. GoRaAS,
Clerk Board Of Public Works.
19i-2G1
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Minneapolis Markets.

The following were the quotations OF 'change
yesterday afternoon:
FLoUR-Pstents. 1913; s,raights, s5.s5
G5.60; clears, .50G5.0J; low grales. S1-s9Gt
S.z5.
wHEAr-yo. I hard. sc bid: No. 2 hard,
Sse bid: No. northern. see; No 2, 76c-
CoRS-Rejeeted sic.
oATs-No. mixed s73ssc; rejected. s5325c.
BRAS-Bulk, IS 8oG25e.
SHoKTs-Sl1- 0J3 L. CO.
NrxEp FEEp-Sf5. 09Rl90C
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Assessment for Change Of GFdie On
Douglas Street
OFFICE OF THE BoAzD OF PuBLIc woRKs,
CITY OF 81. PAUL. Mimi, July Is, 1854.

The Board Of Public Works In and for the cor
poration OF the City Of ST. Paul. Minnesota wiz
meet at their Office il said city ct go O. m on
the LIST day OF August, 4 D. 1884, to make an as
sessEe1s Of benefits damages, costs and expenses
arising from 4 change OF grade OF Douglas
street fr1n Goodrich asenue TO Ramsey street.
N said city. on the property on the line Of said
Douglas street and such other property a. may
be deemed benefited or damaged thereby.
to he present al said time AID PLACE os making
said assessment and VIII be heard
JOHN C. TERRY. President, pro tenn
Official
lss-20l
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New York DR., Cool :,

NEW YORK. July 1s.-The Il arset Is quiet in
the general demand, altheugh in seasona5le spe
cialties and in some quotations. of brown cottons
there has been fair Tolaaic Of business.
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RAILWAYS.
DEPARTING TRAINS.



Milwaukee & Chicago Ex.
Milwaukee d Chicago Elk.
La Crosse, Dubuque, Roel
Island Il st. Louis Elk.
La Crosse Passenger.
Iowa & Mimi Division.
Mason City & Davenport TX.
Calmar Accommodation
Marshalltown & Des Moinei
Express. .......... -.
Hastings & Dakota DIV.
Milbank Ex. ...... ......
Aberdeen & Mitchell Elk -.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-19
PILES! PILES!

A sure cure for Blind Bleeding, Itching and
liberated Piles, has been discovered by DIR. VIII
liam, ian Indian remedy called Dr. WILLIAMS
INDIAN OINTMENT. A single box has cured
the worst chronic cases of 25 years standing. No
one need suffer five minutes after applying this
wonderful soothing medicine. Lotions and in
struments do more harm than good. Williams
Ointment absorbs the tumors, allays the intense
itching particularly at night after getting warm
in bed,) acts as poultice, gives instant and pain
less relief, and is prepared only for Piles itching
of the 4riyate parts, and for nothing else. For
sale by all druggists, and mailed on receipt Of
plice, 81. MOVES BROS. g. CUTLER. Wholesale
Agent, st. Paul. Mimi.
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= Paul Live stock.

There is no prime beef in the market; medium
Is in good supply with fair demand rORga cattle
aTe slow. Yesterday : sales included esr steers
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FINANCIAL.
MORNING REPORT.

NEW YORK, July 1s.-t1 a. m-Stocks
Hrmer At the opening few shares recorded
lower figures, but subsequently prices rose A@
III per cent, Missouri Pacific, Lake Shore, Chi
cago, Milwaukee 6 St. Paul. Pacific Mail and
Union Pacific being strongest After 1880 the
Improvement was partially lost The market is
now quiet
AFTERNOON REPORT
Money 203 per cent. Prime mercantile paper
bH@7H per cent. Bar silver, S1.1oH. Sterling
exchange steady at S4s24 GA. sSA long; Sass
Ihort.
Governments-Flrm.
State Bonds-Quiet.
Bonds-Railroad bonds irregular.
Stocks-There has been renewed frmness IN
stocks, with a recovery in prices under the lead
ership of Missouri Pacific, which advanced from
e42s to 961s under purchases to cover shorts
1t is reported that large amount of sellers op-
tions are about maturing. Stocks continue IN
brisk demand. Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
was buoyant and rose, on large transactions 10
72%. Louisville & Nashville sold up to 20, Lake
Shore 75A, Pacific Mail 49, Y, Western Union Tel
egraph So Il, Chicago s. Northwestern 92A and
Union Pacific 34A. Round amounts OF leading
aharc1 were taken freely for long account In
the GnA sales the market weakened on reallZa-
ri6rz: hut closed strong.
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cinrinnr ,ghiskx
Dulnth Wheat.

crSCrxxArI. July 1s.-whlsxy. was steady
ii l.o7.
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EVENING REPORT.


Money in abundant supply at 10th per cent,
closed offered l. Prime mercantile paper $40
y. per cent. Sterling exchange, bankers bills
unchanged at S4.s3A do ez. demand, S4.S5A.
Dry goods imports for the week, 81, 10000.
Governments-Firm.
Bonds-Railroad bonds firm and higher.
State Securities-Georgia gold sevens sold at
no.
Stocks-The stock market, while strong in
tone during the early part of the day, with
moderate advance in quotations in the entire list,
presented no specially new features except that
such slight reactions as occurred invariably
brought in buying orders, which promptly re-
stored quotations. During the afternoon, how
ever, this quiet condition Of affairs gave place to
An active and buoyant market. The bears be-
came alarmed and made efforts to cover, but
we're afforded little opportunity, as prices adj
vanced rapidly. Chicago, Milwaukee q st. Paul
and Missouri Pacific we're the features through
out. Both stocks were fayorably affected by re-
ports Of Increased earnings, and as the short in
terest in them is especially large they were fore
most in the advance. In the case of Missouri
Pacific, the fact that large amount of sellers
options about maturing stimulated the rise
In the stock, which is scarce. Delaware, Lacka-
wanna s. Western was another prominent card,
and the improvement in the coal trade was used
with effect in advancing prices. This stock Is
controlled by the same parties who have made
several remarkable movements in shares the past
few months. Union Pacific, Chicago Il North
western, Western Union Telegraph, Northern Pa
cic, Pacific Mail and Vauderbilts all attracted at
tention and advanced sharply. The improve
ment ranged from l@31l per cent. In the final
sales there was reaction of lS@H per cent.
from the highest point.
The transactions aggregated 241,OOO shares ::
$4,000 Delaware, Lackawanna & Western !;
$4,000 Lake Shore; 1900 Missouri Pacific :;
81 200 Chicago & Northwestern; $4,000 Chicago,
Milwaukee Il St. Paul; $4,000 Union Pacific ;
10000 Western Union Telegraph; 1900 North
ern Pacific
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
EPPS'S COCOA.
BREAKFAST.

"By thorough knowledge of the natural laws
which govern the operations of digestion and nu-
triton, and by careful application of the fine
properties of wel-seleeted Cocoa, Mr.. Epps has
provided our breakfast tables with q delicately
favored beverage which may save us many heavy
Doctors bills. It is by the judicious use OF such
articles Of diet that constitution may be gradu-
ally built up until strong enough to resist every
tendency of disease. Hundreds of subtle mala-
dies are floating around.us ready to attack wherev-
er there is weak point, We may escape many a
fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified
with pure blood and properly nourished frame. "a
Civil Service Gazette.
Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold
in tins only O. % and by Grocers labeled thus
JAMES EPP5 & CO., H'm Gospos E Chemist,
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MINING STOCKS.

There was large increase in the transactions
in mining stocks to-day market ruled exception
nlly firm. The sales included Bulwer at 40@39
Q49, Bodie 2o0G225, California 81, Consolidated
Pacific As, Caledonia B. H. rs, Horn Silver IS
ask 05S, Eureka 2250250, Father De Smet,
seller thirty at 200, Oriental Miller 10, Robin
son 81, Mexican 2OOGa1O, Standard 100, Sutro
Tunnel Is, Sierra Nevada 200, Sonora Consoli-
dated O3, Union Consolidated POS and Red Ele-
rhant o.
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Consolidated Va. IS
Crown Point. $50
Eureka Con. $50
Gould & Curry 200
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Union Consol. .175
Utah ............112M
Yellow Jacket. 200
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[special Teleerarn 70 the Globe /

THFVNI1I taill . tt-t IlJVc.
DULurH, July 1s--Wheat-The markets on
change to-day were higher and several small
sales were made at the aiyancei prices Sellers
are still firm. however, and but little wheat is
offered. Closing prices: No. hard cash s7lzc;
September CSC: No. hard cash Gle: No. cash
Ole; No. , cash s5c: SO. cash 79c. rejected
cash e.. Shipments ss.001 bushels of wheat In
store 727.c00 bushels OF wheat; 1868 bushels Of
corn; s,s0a busheis of oats
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new cream 71a@sKc. Eggs easier at 15@t5hc.
Lake freights firm; wheat to Buffalo &C. Re :
ceipts, 9.ss2 barrels Of -four; 26,01s bushels of
wheat; SIS bushels Of barley. shipments, 1911
barrels of -four; $3.50 bushels OF wheat; 4,375
bushels of barley.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-19

A. means daily; c, exceptsundays; E. except Sat
urdays; F. except Monday.
Additional trains between St Paul and Minneapolis
via short Line" leave both cities hourly For par
iicuIars see short Line time table.
st. Paul-Chas. Thompson, City Ticket Agent, Isl
East Third street. Brown Enebe, Ticket Agents,
Union Depot
Minneapoiis-G. L. Scott. City Ticket Agent No. !
SicoIlet House. A. b. Chamberlain. Ticket Agent,
Depot
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ARKiviSe TRAINS.
pirar niuisinr

River DIVISION
Chicago & Milwaukee Ex. .
Chicago & Milwaukee Elk. /.
Fast Aail -.
La Crosse, Dubuque, Rock
Island e. st. Louis Elk.
Iowa & Minn. Division.
Calmar Accommodation .
Mason City, Sou. & West. Ex
Marshailtown & Des Mofnes
Express
Hastings & Dakota DIV.
Aberdeen & Mitchell Ex. /.
Miibank Pass.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-11-15

Mechanically Mr. Comerford took the note
and, turning from the house, he saw his
name written in heavy back hand, the let
tiers in the familiar long strokes He dared
not open IT, Half dazed he walked to the
corner and broke the seal Out Of the white
envelope, lined with green, he picked letter
with a shaking hand. 1t read as follows.
George Dalton believes you are unworthy.
You have neither an honest name nor word ,
therefore your answer is mo-
CEciL TrREsA DASoERrrEID.
Across the corner was written one word
Figaro.
Mao l0k 7tieg7am
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-11-15

General ADVERTISEMENTS.
CASTLE 8 COOKE
Horotvtg. HI
Would call attention to Their. Large and
varied Stock o(
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Ioosis,ns Vi s,s amivAlIsd PAis stysl
breaking Pto,C.
The Moline Steel Breakers, and rurowing Plo~, Mo
line Steel Plows-ell sisss-Planet, Jr., Guilt
vstors, Drt Serspsr,
John Deere's Gang Piows,
Planter Hoe, Of tb. b-.t make.
plssroNs CELEBRATED CANE KNIVES
mad: , to s5d' o. A"; c,,s shoi Sas ssd Sy.d
Bow, Yokes, Chains, Fence
Chains.
Sugar Mill Requirements.
SUGAR BAGS, SUGAR KEGS,
Cumberland Coal,
'p and R Raio sso5iii oil. P.ri.e,
Lubrieator:, Plunbaao Al.
bany Grease, Dsston's and
s. and J. Files, all sizes and
kinds, Steam Packing, Fla,
and Round India Rubber,
Asbestos and Soap Stone,
Flax Packing, India Rub
Der Hose, to sineh, Pipe.
and Couplings Nuts and
Washers. finished. Machine
Bolts all siIes, Cold -prssssd
Blacksmith's, Engineer 40,
Carpenter. Hammers Pipe
Cutters, Winehes, inch TO
a inch Anvis, Vices, Tube
Serapers, Crindsones. Bcs,
American Bar Iron and Tool
Steel, Builders HardwAe,
all kinds and styles Hub
bucks Paints and Oils, raw
and boiled, Small Paints in
OIL In large variety, Dry
Red, Ochres, Metallic, DC,
ass'td sizes, Manila Rop,
Staple Groceries,
No 80 M nd
Crushed Sugar. China and japan Teas.
Oysters, CLAIMS, Salmon, HOLSTERS.
Finest Table Fruits Fruit. from tss raiMsHI
Cocoa, SPECiALTIKS The Pal
ace Kerosene Oh, Weston,s CEN
s ,;s az a,r dmo :. h 5ssh h ;s..
in ano &e.. f sl sts. Bosl s Feed. JaIe. or
| Molasses, Irrigating q Vacuum Pumps
Weston's Patent Centrifugals Complete
ALSO ON CONSIGNMENT
California Hay, Barley, Potatoes, Barrels
Salmon Hams, Asbe.tos Mixture for Boilers
and Staples. Galvanized Roofing
SEWING MACHINES,
Wilcox and Gibbs Automatic; Singer Manufaeturi
Company, Assorted; Remington Company, Family
Wilson Machines, the best s''0''insn' 10 o' ''a''S
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-11-15
General ADVERTISEMENTS.

Cl MAI HhWS HALL, SAN
,,,s. su,.-l
heated BY steam and are u every way arranged fo the
-
INVITE fHf difENrfoN or rHh
.,o, . -
varied Assortment OF
,,., ,.o.,v., r,,, :, ..Ln,.,.,,
world All Of one quality
Photographer. suppiie.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
nprcs
CHEMICALS.
PATENT MEDICINES,
svu kept In this Kingdom
..,... from Europe. ire. from
pApy, - ,>,,
LOLl.ISTER q CO.,
s.,u,. # III. .,,.,..
Rheumatic Iinim.p,
e ~ - a II ~ + " N AVA
Agents for VIM s. ki"sAii q Cos
Fragran, vanay Fair.
,,.,, ,... :. ,,.,,. tn.
PLUG 1osACCo AND S''ANs !"
A.. always been recognised I. III.
Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-11-15
ENVELOPES.

ENVELOPES. ENVELOPES.
In sock, and on he way. q full assortment d sizes
and Different qualify Of
ENVELOPES. ENVELOPES, ENVELOPES,
Via No. 5, \ and Xxx u, ~hirs, amber and eAa>sy.
No. a, o and Xxx ~fite No. tH, ., 70, "a, ~ and
4, Xxx aad Xxx -hi,s xxx b~foaisl shifs snd
Cabinet. HssrstssG ksrsfsPss. Cioth.iinsd In
vsnpes--~hi,e, frsm Ma. 10 ~, AZ IN tbs regular
cossfaasn' s1ss and shapes Or sPss-i s'sss nas w
TAOS @. TBhUN's
NsAcnAsr sraxsu AND TesT Syassy sseaa
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-07-26

The following extract from the Wash
ington correspondent of the Chicago
Express shows how the bill to forfeit the
Back bone Land Grant was defeated in
the House. 1t will be Observed also that
the writer states the secretary promised
several senator's Of the Land Commit
tee of the Senate, not to issue patents
to the Rail Road Company until the
senate acts on the billnow pending be-
fore that body to forfeit this same
grant
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 10, 1884.
The backbone" land thieves, in and
oat of congress-, certainly think that
they have hard road to travel. By
fraud chicanery and what is by many
thought to be downright corruption
they defeated the bill to forfeit this
land grant. The man above all men to
whom this matter should be laid is L..
E. Payson of Illinois, for it was to his
superhuman efforts that the bill was
defeated. True E. John Ellis, John
Ketcham and others on the floor did
their part of the dirty work, but these
men were so spotted that what they did
did not have much weight, but with L..
E. PaysOn it was different. He had an
rogated to himself the title of the 'peO-
ple's champion and when he took the
floor to lobby and speak on this matter,
he not only misled some men
but he furnished his reputation as a
shield for men who were in the pay of
the roads, but were too cOwardly to vote
for the men they belonged to. How
many of these men, who when brought
to the bar of public opinion, will plead
in extenuatiOn of their crime the fact
that the self-cOnstituted champion OF
the people"? and the terror of the
thieves" L. E. PaysOn, worked and vo-
ted for this particular bill. 1t was q
sad sight indeed to see PaysOn take
| this step, and il ever man should be
punished at the polls, then indeed is he
the man. But I will pass Mr.. PaysOn by
till future time, and then will publish
| the whole history $Of this matter. But
| let's see how the case stands now. There
| is bill pending before the senate pub
| lie lands committee to forfeit this grant
| and before this congress expires much
may be done. Out of abundance of
caution, Senator Hill, Van Wyck, Sla-
ter, Morgan and Walker, five out of
nine of the public lands committee filed
written request with Secretary of the
interior, Henry M. Teller, asking him to
take no action looking towards issuing
patents or certifying this land, claimed
by the Backbone" or rather its assign
nee, the New Orleans Pacific. | am
credibly informed that Secretary Teller
has given his word that things shall
stand in statH quo till the senate acts.
To say that the land thieves are furious
but mildly expresses it. They have
painted their left ears red, seized
their tomahawks, taken the war path
and are after scalps.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-07-26
The papers are already beginning to

The papers are already beginning to
criticise the Legislature unsparingly.
The Natchitoches Democratic Review
of July 10 contains a sharp attack on
that body for its sins OF omission and
commission. We extract +:
"When the people ask for little
more money to educate their ignorant
children, w no must, one day guide the
destinies of our State, it is mere senti
ment, but if a measure is proposed
which appears the least likely to cur
tail the value of bonds held by specula-
tors and representing debts contracted
bv carpet bag and negro legislators, a
dozen faithful guardians OF the peoples
rights will spring to their feet and pour
forth such torrent of tears and Fourth
f-July-spread-e eagle OratOry over the
yawning grave of LOnisiana's honor,
that the wicked regulators who had
dared to invade the sacred precincts of
a brokers' office will feel as it he had
been struck by respectable cyclone.
The New Orleans Exposition gets cool
100000, with scarcely q questioning
voice in either House, while our repre-
sentatives in the National Legislature
play the role Of beggars for our people
and draw the most blOod~curdling pic
lures of the thousands of men, women
and children whom the raging waters
have made homeless and who are starv-
ing for meat and bread. The most
careful provision is made for the pay
ment of foreign creditors, while the cit
liens who serve their State-other than
the constitutional otficers-get 10 cents
on the dollar for their warrants.
"The inevitable conclusion from a
careful view OF the situation is that
those who are in power are less than
ever disposed to carry into effect the
reforms which the people demand, and
cling more tenaciously than ever to the
weapons of trickery and fraud which
were wrested from the carpet-bag lead
ers of 1879; that the empty forms of
popular government are observed, while
the spirit thereof is wholly ignored !;
that the State is the hands of ring,
and that ring is stronger than ever be-
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