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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-17
Rice & Irvine's Addition to st. Paul.
Supposed owner and

Supposed owner and
description. Benefits.
90, and w Cullen. Commencing
at point on the My line Of Third
St - It Ely from SW corner OF lot /,
block IS, Rice Il irvine's addition TO
ST. Paul: thence My on q line par
allel with Market st. TO q point on the
center line Of said block Is, distant
14.4 fl Ely from the dividing line Of
lots and 2, said block fS; thence WY
at right angles To said dividing
line to said line; thence My
along said dividing line to sly line
of 9Th st thence Ely along Sly lins Of
4th ST TO point 100 It WY from NE
corner Of said lot thence to beginning
being part of said lot 1.............. s2a5 Is
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-17
Confirmation Of Assessment for Paving
St Peter Street
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi. Aug. ~, 1884.


Cry OF ST. PAUL, Mimi. Aug. 12, 1884.
The assessment of benefits, costs and expenses
arising from the paving and curbing of st. Peter
street, from Third (Srd) street to Martin street,
in the City of st. Paul, Minnesota, having been
completed by the Board of Public Works in and
for said City, said Board will meet at their Office
in said City, at 2 p. m.. on the 1st day Of Sep
TENDER, A. D. 1884, TO hear objections (if any to
said assessment, at which time and place, unless
sufficient cause is shown to the contrary said
assessment will be confirmed by said Board
The following is list Of the supposed own
ers names, description of the property bene-
flied, and the amounts assessed against the
| same, to-wit:
St. Paul Proper.
Supposed owner and
description. Lot. Block. Benefits
sans Mann ct al e e $50 49, 60
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-17

St. Paul City Railway. For that part of
Fourth street lying within their tracks :.
from jackson street to Seventh (7th)
stleets .........' .34loo %
All objections TO said assessment must be
made in writing and fled with the Clerk of said
Board at least one day prior to said meeting
JOHN HARRINGTON, President.
Official:
r. L. GoRMAN, Clerk Board OF Public Works.
23O-232
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-17

Supposed owner and
description. Lot. Block. Benefits.
Gaiusha 30 # Of n
100 Northumberland IS s14l 90
Chas Dorion ~ II Of W
IS IT of y 100 ft off,. IS S06 50
r Nelson ct al W AZ II OF
y lOS It ef......-2 10 BOG so
Supposed owner and
description Benefits
Albert Armstrong. Commencing so It
from Sc corner Of lot 2 block rs Rice
and Irvine-s Addition 10 Sc. Panl:
thence y TO a point on lsne % 9Th st
&c Il { sysD w corner Of sail lot ,.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-17
Rice s. I-vine's Addition to ST. Pan

Rice s. I-vine's Addition to ST. Paul.
Supposed owner and
description. Lot. Block. Benefits.
M L Potter. ..............10 10 $3.50 90
Alex Crawford, Eh off,. 10 297 so
Subdivision of Lot 10, and Ely 4s IT Of Lot 8.
Block 10, Rice g. Irvine's Addition to St. Paul.
Supposed owner and
description Lot. Benefits.
E H Judson, Geo NJ Brack and ]
y scent. q 800 10
Montgomery. .............6 $136 80
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-17
st. Paul Proper.

Subdivision of Lot 10 and Ely 4s It of Lot o,
Block 10, Rice & Iryine's Addition to ST. Paul.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-12-25
Musing by the Fire.

Musing here by the sleepy fire, this
stormy night, about lone thing and
another, the chime of bells. little and
big, comes sweetly to my ear through
the snowy air.
Those sounds are mnemonic-they
are the sweet bells of the past; and in
the time of a single note, we are back
again into the vanished years in a
winters night, the moon at the full.
somebody very near,n aud the merry
bells ringing as they ring now. How
silvery were the laughs that issued
then, from beneath the downy muffiers
and quilted hoods. How bright were
the eyes that glittered through green
wells then, like stars through a leafy
wood. Bells! There have been knells
since then, and those who make no
new friends must journey alone
You who yaunt upon life and station
and the permanence of things earthly
return to the scenes of your youthful
days of a winters night. And the
TURNOUT let it be as of old. and call
here and there, where dwelt the COM
panions of brighter time. Here the
stranger, there the estranged, and
there, echo answers to your impatient
rap.
The horses are at the gate. eager to
be gone, and shake music from those
bells at every toss of the head. But it
is not music to you, and turning slowly
homeward, you pass in the moonlight
field furrowed with many drifted
heap. 1t is God 5 Field,H and maay
who were your companions on just such
night, lie silent there. Aye! muffle
the bells of memory, and pass on, a
sadder but wiser man-B. 4. Taylor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-12-25
L0NGFELLOw's CnRIsTaAs BELLS.

L0NGFELL0w's CHRISTMAS BELLS.
l heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
vi peace on earth, goodwill to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
VI peace on earth, goodwill to men!
Till, ringing. singing on its way,
HE world revolsed from night to day,
A voice, chime,
A chant sublime
vi peace on earth, goodwill to men!
Then from each black, accursed mouth
The cannon Numbered in the South,
And with the sound
The carols drowned
Of peace on earth, good will to men,
Il was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones OF continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, goodwill to mcnl
And in despair bowed my head,
!" There is no peace ON earth, / said;
I" For hate is strong.
And moeks the song
OF peace on earth, goodwill to menr'
Then pealed the bells more loud and
deep:
"God is not dead; nor doth he sleep.
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, goodwill to menr'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-12-25
Hanging the Stockings.

Three little worsted stockings hanging all in a
row.
And have patched two scarlet heels and darned
a crimson toe.
over the eyes of azure, over the eyes of brown.
Seemed as though the eyelids could never be
coaxed fast down.
l sang for a good long hour before they were shut
quite tight;
For tomorrow win be Christmas. and st. Mich
olas comes tonight;
We laughed as we dropped the candies into heel
and toe
For not one little stocking was missing from the
row.
But oh the empty cradles-the tears that pill
lows wet.
The voice of Rachel crying my soul cannot
forget;
For there is no child tonight, in many home
know,
Where little sock was hanging only year ago.
And when our work was ended we stood little
apart,
Silently praying the Father to soothe that
mothers heart
Who looks on her unworn stockings amid her
falling tears,
Whose darling is keeping Christmas in Christ IS
eternal years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-12-25
Memories OF our Loved ana Lost.

Lost friend, lost child. lost parent,
sister, brother, husband, wife. You
shall hold your cherished places in our
Christmas hearts. and by our Christmas
fires. In the season of immortal hope,
and on the birthday of immortal mercy
be all ungentleness and harm ex-
cluded from the temples of our household
Gods, but be those remembrances adj
mitted with tender encouragement.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-12-25

The track of Christmas is ever gain
ing breadth and taking to itself new
glory. Christmas is kept in islands of
the ocean which little while ago were
occupied by cannibals. To-day the
islanders are Christians.
India. China, Japan. Syria. Africa,
are joining the multitude who worship
the Savior born in Bethlehem Where
ever there are idols, and wherever
there are misery, want, and sin, the
true religion is slowly but surely max
ing its way. And before many years
shall have gone, Christmas will be
kept the wide world round. The
notwithstanding child may see that
happy time when all tongues and ma
tons shall say g Merry Christmasr'
Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning., 1884-06-04
John EricssOns soImaslxill

Tidni gen Scientihc American for den IL
de maj meddelar efter den franska tidningen
La Nature en- kort beskrifning jemte illu-
atration af denna af kapten Ericsson nyIigen
afslutade storartade uppfnning, hviIken
anvandande af kol eller bransle ondiggores
och angkraft en- genereras genom solyarmets
Maskinen bestar af tga delar, generatorn
och motorn. Generatorn best&r al en- stor
konkay re6ektor, vsag- eller tragform,
eller, annu battre, 1iknande halfdelen af en-
rund; urgr6pt frukt. SIS. ett apple eller en
melon, fran hyilken sedan tvA sidoyaggar
parallel franskaras. Solens stralar falla
emot denna refektor och koncsntreras
genom denna emot den yttre ytan al en- no
risontal stang eller upphettare, som strac.
ker sig ofvanom och midi Oliver re-
dektorn. Sagda stang ar ihAlig och sa
aro sidopelare, som uppbara stangen eller.
upphettaren; de aro ihaliga och innehalla
vatten och utgora de facto EN- del af:
angpannan. Mar der ihal,ga stangen ell
Ter bommen ar hogt upphettad genom de-
fran generatorn emot densamma reflekte.3
rade solstralarne, sd f6rvandlas yattnet nti7
densamma till anga hyarmed sedan
sjelfva maskinen drives. Denna senarel
ar en- angmaskin, hvars verkande cylinder
ar tum diameter med Stums Stag.
Pistonstangen, som passerar genom bott
nan at cylindern, opererar en- tryckpump
af fem tums diameter. DEN kan appliceras
lika val till att pumpa upp yatten som
till drifkraft en- fabrik eller hyilket an
nat andamal som heIst. Maskinens me-
delhastighet under de fors0k som anstall-
des forliden sommar var I20 reyolutionerl
per minut, med EFT absolut tryck pa den
verkande pistonen af 25 pund per qvadrat
tum.
For tropiska lander och / allmznhet Of
perall hvarest der ar rikt pa sollJus synes
denna nya angmaskin bestamd att yinna.
den storsta anvandning och egnad att helt I
och hallet omskapa jordens produktisd
formaga dessa trakter. Det ar den snill
rikaste upp6nning. som var store, snillrike
landaman framalstrat, och kanske den snill-
rikaste, som nagonain bls: {sis z;<pssl1 til
slna ysrkningar kommer an utan tsifTsl
stt ] en- framsid std rang s6n Iii ii ds
storsta. N,
Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning., 1884-06-04

irrblosset. Embetet kallade genom folkets
rost fran sin kandldat, och han kom, han
sag, han sesrade. GUY. Marshall traffade
rigtigt dea alfmanna meningen, da han
helsade kongresskandidaten Gilfllan med
de orden: "Mr. Gil6llan, allow me to say
that the time has come when the office
should seek the man, and not the man the
Office" Dstar denna princip, som till stor
del bestamdt SIX. & NJ. s. T:s hallning
denna SAX. vi hafva upptradt afgjordt och
bestamdt emot Fletcher's ndidatur, hvar-
till fera andra, forut tillrackligt omordade
orsaker bidragit. vi hafva icke bsstamdt
yttrat oss for nagon kandisat, utan hafya
yantat. att embetet skulle s6ka upp sin
man, och under tiden hafva vi kampat ne.
gativt, sd att saga. vi gladja oss ofyer att
den CODA saken segrade, och vi hoppas ate
Gilfllan blir Ale distoiktets congressman.
vi hafva j Svenska Folkets Tidning haft
en- mycket hatsk motstandare. vi trodde
icke att nagon skandinavisk tidning skulle
villa draga j ok med Fletcher. Naval, var
tro kom pa skam, och den namda tidningen
egde full ratt att hysa egen politisk ofver-
tygeise, afven om denna ofveriygelse var
81 Verk at Fletcher, men det ar skilnad pa
en- politisk meningsstrid och en- lagsinnad
personlighets field. Till svar pa ALA de
klara och .ovedersagliga fakta vi standigt
har den namda tidningen endast
ofverost oss med de grofsta genmalen och
besky yllningar. vi anse det under var VAR
dIghet att vidare byta ord med en- tidning,
som lamar spraket fran afsomnade skandal-
Iidningar och "upplysningens tidehvarf"
agerar "rothuggare". vi vile pa fullt
allyar foresla. att ''Svenska Folkets Tid-
ning afiagger den lanta skruden. och ar.
igt framtrader sin rata gestalt.
Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning., 1884-06-04
En- Olyckskust.

Nova Scotia den Kanada tillhorande half
o, som skjuter ut Allanten nordost ON sta
ten Maine, ha f0rskaffat sig en- sorgl1g rykt-
barhet genom de manga skeppsbrott som
est rum vid dess kuster.
Sa gick ang aren "Daniel Steinmann''f fran
Antverpen under med 1913 menniskor ON
bord, nara den lila klipp0n sambro pa
New Scotlands kust, 20 mil sydost ON Hall
fax. Sambro Island tillhor en- grupp af
klippoar narheten af infarten till Ha-
lifax' hamn. Helal kustenl fran Cape
Sable till Cape Breton, DIR pa grund al slit
langs ut i hafvet sig strackande klippref
mycket farlig for si0farten, och sarskildt ar
delta fallet under morka, stormiga natter,
sadana som den, under hviIken Angaren
"Daniel Steinmann" krossades pa Sambro
Islands ref. Denna nya skotlands kust har
sedan ett fjerdedels arhundrade tillbaka vi
sat sig vara en- verklig olyckskust.
Den 81 november 1859 forliste der pa h0j.
den af Guysbrough engelske angaren I'm
dian" hvilken befann sig pa .vag fran Lii
verpool till Portland, Me. De feste ombord
varande raddades dock lyckligtvis; endast
tre omkommo.
Samycket forfarligare var olyckan af den
10 februari 1s60,da pa holden af Cape Sable
den likaledes pa vag fran Liverpool till
Portland, Me-, varande engelske angs1en
Hungarian" forliste och 2O5 menniskor
drunknade. Den 4 anguish 1868 f5rliste den
pa vag fran New York till Liverpool va
rande angaren "Feorgia" pa holden af
Sable Island, dock utan forlust af menni-
skolif. Il narheten af samma stale, der 'Da-
MEL steinmann" forgicks, sjonk den 20
febr. 1871 angaren "Zoe," som befann sig
pa resa fran New York till Brest; menni
skolif spildes dock icke. Likaledes blefvo
ALA raddade, mar den april 1872 engelske
angaren ''Dacian," pa vag fran London till
New Yok gick under narheten af Hall
fax.
Dock, foljande ar intrafade den f6rfarli.
caste af ALA pS denna kust timade olyckor
Den april 1873 forliste namligen, % mil
fran Halifax White Starliniens angare
Atlantic" Den hade 976 passagerare
ombord, och af dessa motto SAG doden; an-
garen rande vid 2.tiden pa morgonen under
EFT starkt morker upp pa en- klippa obj
brast inom en- kort stund.
Mindre betydande voro skeppsbrotten ps
namda kust under de harpa foljande aren
Den juIi 1873 gick engelske angaren "Ci
ty of Washington" pa resa fran Liverpool
till New York, f0rlorad 20 mil fran Sam.
bro; passagerare och Desattning raddades
Den 80 november 1883 forliste enge!ske an.
garen 'Cedar Grove" pa vag fran London
till Halifax, och sjonk pa holden af Cape
Canao, hvaryid menniskor omkommo.A An
nu fera andra skeppsbrott, vid hvilka docl
ingen forlust af mennlskolif varit att bekla
ga, ha under senare tiden egt rum vid sam
ma kust.
Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning., 1884-06-04
g'assfed at The Post Office at 81. Paul,
tsafs.. as second class matter.
~ Vid adressforandring uppgifves alltid
y val det postf fontor. der tidningen f0rut
sfhemtats, som def postkontor, till hyilket
faan onskar ia tidningen sand. 1,

satt en- heder uti att numret & dem
rSdn Adrcsslappen eli ar efter dagens
lbpnntie nltmmer som Dir 3ss. Hn-
sandf6rnyad prenumeratiOmsafgi
Om tfdningen 6nskas fortfarande;
0m mi ssstoPpa" imsiind betaIningen
TOR uPpiupen it'd. Enligt FSrenta
htasernas P0stIagar tilIh6r det pres
numeranterna att yid f6rfallen It'd
sJelfye til1siiga Om tidningens upp-
h6randc, om de ej vidare villa ma
dem sig tiilsiind, och enl. samnaa lag
aiagges dem som tager emof en- fid-
ming att jemv&l beta1a densamma.
De som ssstOpPass Htan att betaIa pu-
bliceras efI8dan sasom sky dige.
Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning., 1884-06-04

Ryssland. Ryska regeriugen har be-
s!utat h6ja tullen pa tackjern till Is kopek,
SAINT dessutom inf0rs en- tull pa kol af II
kopek guild per pud. Koltransporten Of
yer Ostersj0n skall dock liksom hittilIs for
blifva fri. - Eft Petersburg utkommet
verk 0fver Skobsleff ar foremal f6r1ganska
mycken uppmarkaamhet. F6rfattaren, den
bekante Gradowski, anmarker f6retalet,
att Diet kanske annu ar for tidigt ait 0ppet
uItala sig om Ell man, som varit Rysslands
afgud och fororsakst sa mycken f0rvirring,
att EFT krig varit nara att uppsta derai, men
han anser det vara sin plIgt ait yttra EFT
sanssdt ord till silt folk och slit fadernes-
land. Gradowgki foIjer SkobelefF4 bana an
da till dess slut och skingrar den nimbus,
som omgaf honom icke blot de simpla
utan afven de mera upplysta
klassernas ogon., Hans faltherregeni re-
duceras skarpt och hans patriotism fran.
trader icke sallan en- h5gst tvifvelaktig da-
Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning., 1884-06-04

VI villa icke nu upprulla nagon tafia,
som framstaller spelpassionens ALA folder.
men skredo vi till verket, skulIe denna,
tafas partier blifya lika morka som de-
hvarmed drYckenskaps ofyan lifyits
betecknad.
Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning., 1884-06-04

ItalIen, Stora festligheter ha dagar-
ma egt rum Pompeji, hvilka anordnats till
forman for de nodlidande pa Ischia. Fe-
sterna aterforde de bes6kande till den rika
romerska landsortsstadens glansperiod for
nara 1000 ar tillbaka. Det intress antaste af
hogtidligheterna var mahanda en- br6llops-
ceremoni, som pa akts fornromerskt Wis
forsiggick ruinerna. -- Pa arsdagen af
Garibaldis landstigbing vid Marsala, af-
tackles det forsta Garibaldi-monumente i
ltalien. Hogtidligheterna hade en- opposi-
tionell anstrykning, det att festkomiteen
endast utfardst inbjudningar till den histo-
riska venstern och de radlkala medlemmar-
ne af deputerade kammaren. Bland de tu-
sentals deltagarne voro 92 af Garibaldis
gamla vapenhr0der. F. d. konseljpresi-
denten Carroll h0ll festtalet under allmSnt
jubel.
Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning., 1884-06-04

ma mottogo anfallet, men ledo EFT nederlag
och togo sedan till fykten. Kraftigare YER
kan hade Diet elektriska ljus hvarmed ON
neJden kring fastningsverken upplyses. Da
ijusen ON aftonen taudes, hydde rebellerna
at forskrsckelse utan att begagna sig af sin
seger. - d. khediven Ismails aterupp-
ssttande pa Egyptena tron ar enligt den re-
geringsvanliga tidningen Pail Mall Gazette
foremal for hemIiga underhandlingar mel
Ian stormakterna. Italienska tidningen Pi-
colo uppger, att furst Bismarck arbetar pa
ltaliens likstallighet med England och
Frankrike ofverinseendet ofver Egyptens
finanser.
Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning., 1884-06-04
Westindien. Fan Kuhaa renressn.

Westfndien. Fran Kubas represen--
liant ispanHka senaten, Don Jose Rsnty,
har undergraduates Canovaa del Ca
| ailo erhallit en- skrifvelse, hvilken yttras,
att situationen pa den vigtiga On iir mycket
| betanklig SAINT att handel och industti aro
hog grad hotade. Den kubanska senatorn
f0rklarar, att Spanien oviikorIigen kommer
att forlora On, ON regeungen icke beviljar
den sjelff6rvaltning, undertrycker exporla-
garne, tillater on sjelf faststalla sin budget,
| fordelar embetena rattvist mellan spanio-
rerne och kubaneserne, afskaffar den tryc.
kande armeen, organiserar en- friviIlig ar
NEE af 100000 man. ,enatorn f0rsakrar
minlsterpresidenten, att han under en- till
on for korl It'd sedan f0retagen ress har for
visaat sig ON de dersiades herskande sorgli.
ga f6rhallandena. och hans Asigt ON ons
framtid delas af ALA Bubaneser. Dessa den
kubanske representatives allvarlga utta-
ianden har uppvackt stora bekymmer hos
'panska regeringen, hVilken besutat att till
hvad pris som helst salja sin pockande ko-
lon. Underhandlingar paga som bast for
0fverlatelse till F0renta Staterna, hyartill
Kubas befolkning sages vara sardeles bepa-
gem
StOrbritta nnien. | en- af I.ondons
nordliga forstader ha kopporna utbrutit.
Sjukdomen griper ALT mer omkring sig; of
yer | 900 personer ha redan insjuknat. He.
la disriktet Dir afsparradt och 6fverallt f0rs
eedt med svarta haggor. MelIan Eng
lands och Rysslands regeringar har notvex-
ling egt rum anledning af turkomansta-
den Merws annektering. England uttalade
forst sin foryaning 0fver Merws inforlifnjng
med ryska valdet och sporde, hvad Ryss-
land nu amnade CORA och huru det Vile ord
ma f6rhallandena Central Asien. Ryska
regeringen svarade harpa, att Merws infor-
lifning kommit helt ovantadt for henne
self. Observation-Disclosures ombud hade
sjelfmant kommit till befalhafvaren for en-
liten vid gransen staende truppafdelning
och tillbjudit underkastelse. Ryssland ha-
de mast ga in harpa, emedan en- yagran
skulle ater kallat till lii de turkomanska
rofvar- och plundringstagen. v. Giers. den
ryske utrikesministern, f6reslog i samman-
hang harmed, att England och Ryssland
skulle samfaldt ofverenskomma ON en- fast
grams mellan Afghanistan och det rvsl.s
omradet, SAINT lofvade, att han d sin sida
skulle CORA slit basta att forebygga, att AT.
ghanistan oroades fran rysk sida. - Harpa
pa har England annu icke svarat. -- Fran
London ingick den so maj underrattelsen,
att 6era dynamitexplosione egt rum, hyar-
vid bade menniskolif och egendom gait till
splllo.Ett stort antal sarade vardas pa hospi-
talen. Senare pa dagen fam man IS kistor
med dynamit, ALA f6rsedda med tandror
Hade dessa dynamitkistor exploderat skuIle
helt sakert manga lif gait forIorade ,synner.
ligast som den plats der kistorna bIifvit an
lagda standlgt hvimlar af fotgangare. Ex-
plosionerna vackte altman best6rtning sta
den. Tidningarna forenta Staternas rege-
ring, och delta med RATA, for Diet skydd
den sd frikostigt lemnar de feniske dyna.
mitbanden.
Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning., 1884-06-04
PrOfnunnner.

at Skaffaren och Minnesota Stats Tidning
sandes fritt till hvar och en-, som till It'd
ningens expedition 231 e. 7th street st.
Paul insander sin adress.
Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning., 1884-06-04

Osterrike. Aterigen ha en- mangd ar
betsre blifvit haktade Wien. De aro miss
tankta for socialistiska och anarkistiska
stamplingar. Defas hakining star SAM
band med fyndet af en- koffert, innehallan
de revolutionara skrifter, pa en- af jernvags-
stationerna.
Skaffaren och Minnesota stats tidning., 1884-06-04

EgyDten. En- ny falsk profet har bor-
jst upptrada Sudan. Den nye Mahdi pa-
star att den gamle forut varit en- af hans
Dervischer.- suakim angreps torsdagsaf-
ton af 500 rebeller. De egyptiske trupper-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-01-31
,THE PACIFIC RAILWAY BONDS.

\ Senator Edmunds' bill for secure
ing payment of the government bonds
issued for the benefit of Pacific rail
way companies is a positive, but at the
same time fair measure. The bonds
issued to the companies were origi-
nally $64,OO0,O0O in amount, in addi-
tion to the large areas of land granted
them. The lands were a free gift;
the bonds were a loan. It was ex-
pected that the companies would pay
the interest on the loan and make
provision for payment of the loan
itself; but they refused to do
either, and the courts sustained
them in the refusal, and decided
that, under the law, they could not be
required to pay any part of the inter-
est, except in transportation services
rendered to the government, till the
bonds fell due. The interest, there
fore, is steadily accumulating. 1t is
already about S40OOO.OOO, which,
added to the principal, $64,OOO,OOO,
makes the debt at this time $104,OOO,-
600. By the time the bonds fall due,
ten years hence, it will amount to
$120OOO,O0O. Six years ago a bill pre-
sented by Senator Thurman, requiring
these companies to make pro-
vision for the gradual pay
ment of their obligations to the
government, became law, but it has
remained imperative. The Edmunds
bill now proposes more stringent re-
quirements. 1t provides that the
compar les shall issue to the govern
ment per cent bonds to the amount
of their entire Indebtedness; that
the entire debt shall be divided
into one hundred and twenty equal
parts, one bond to be paid every six
months until the entire debt shall be
settled. Under this proposition the
companies secure very great exten-
sion Of time, and if they refuse to ac-
ceed to the plan, the fact may be Ia
ken as proof that the companies do
not intend to settle.