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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Frank Ball have
met with sad affection in the death
Of their daughter, Jean X. Ball, who
was bright little girl and the pride OF
her parents hearts. She was only two
years and four months old, and died OF
membrapeous Group yesterday, after a
short illness. TIE funeral will take
place from the residence OF her parents,
No. 900 Washington street, ON Satur.
day afternoon, At 4 O'Clock. The 81
pathy OF the community Ia with the
parents in this, their hour Of affiic.
tion.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
Blaine the Mau.
From the New York Tribune.

Il =
The raturps from Nav vorl s,.,.
lshow a safe pluralitv Tor Rlsire AND
Looan. Estimatcs from the chairmsr
/ Of the County Committa.s v,th m ,tis i.
llv revised official rstnrns "a Given An
the table helov make the MIN ra1i,v sAa
RI, In ,bst ,ah,a 49, - p,..I..,n ..
cincts I'm various conptis. So,na p N
those nrecincts ara included n ,hs
A ssociated Press reports made nv slac.
tor di.,r,a.. II - 10
election districts In the stats s~csn,
twelve give a RepnbIjcan niur.ii,v ~
a6s In thos. 10 distr;c,. Iaraaia "a
| loo plurniitv in 1Ss0 There "a no
douhr Tho, he cownla,a &C.,. IL,
.bow a Renuhl,cau hin ral;,v 81 a. L.,
| 900 in the state.
Tba oriv cnrrac, r.,rrs nm 81. -.
of The state are by election distric,s
Table. hv connt;es NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ~ q.
many cases mere estimates And in form.
er wears have al ways carried LARGELY from
the & ffi,ial RETAINS. Rnt ~ the ms;or;,,
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
Deas.

The Queens Lace Hardt...,,..
holds the boards 1t H avs,lv,a I
street Open house. Philad.lrtiss d
comic opera IL put upon thu pA a..
the way that characterizss III. sag
me most popular resort in the P na.
CITY. TO be amused you sbon ~ x
miss this treat. " 'nou'a
e. W. Grieves, formerly dram
man In the car SHOPS o. Tho H Lay
Hollingsworth Company bnt na y
Ing master car builder Of tho n u
Railroad, has disposed OF hi. hon. D,
GIL West Fifth street, through 1t tSs
| cy OH. 9. Pickles Il Co, 10 Job']
y udson, and will move his fs uOI
Baltimore this week. '"'
Anna Ayars, the yorn, dar,,,
Peter Il. Ayars, who was h,,, asn's
pet dog On Wednesday ybils ~.
was suffering from a iii. i, s,,,i ue
Ing from the effects of the womb
had been cauteriyed and evs,n
taken to prevent the impending
ger incident to Dog bite. ''"s
The steamer Wilmipo,o, :. ,o
Ing her broken wheel renat,ad ~"
consequences did no. run ysstsr5.n
number Of people assembled os
wharf yesterday, but were comnsIi
retrace their tteps. P''
A Western newspape. sav, III,
latest sensation Is a ST. iopis
that chews tobacco but tbs o,a
sensation 10 DR.. Bulls Conyb e.
now used by every sensible psr,on]
The Old Folks Con Ger, ,ha, wa,
enbySt. James church over Eleven IN
bridge, last night, at National Hail.
be repeated on Saturday evening
Admission 10 cents.
KenDard K Co., in their old fasbil
place. GIL Market st,eet, show
line Of Lupin's celebrated black
rneres ut exceedingly low prices.
The regular quarterly love. feast
be held In st. Paul's N. L. church
evening ut 1880 O'Clock. The serj
wiz be conducted by presiding
Hill.
Tickets are out for the iirst &
ball OF the Esmeralda club, 10 be ID
In tho lecture room Of the Opera lid
on Friday evening, December 18th.
Kennari & Co., in their old .fashid
store, show the largest, finest and
blanket In the market at five iollaI
The o. U. A. NJ. viii give nut
and literary entertainer, in the
Fellows Hall tomorrow evening.
Tilghman banner has renewed
I'll South jackson street 10 80i Je
son street. Call and rec HIN.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07

The special revival services are still
In progress at the Green Hill Presby
terrain church, under the direction o
the pastor, the Rev. Hugh Walker. Ar
address to the new converts WAS deliy
cred last evening by the Rev. C. p
Mallery, and this evening the CLOSING
sermon will BIS delivered by the Rev
II. ID. Lindsay. Fifty-fve person,
were publicly received into the churci
last Sunday, eight by certificate and
the others on confession,
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
~. John Burnod IL. Emxv

G, i9fEkA KANSAS, Nov. 6.-Jobn p
o. So, oohh was burned in effigy here to
asn,' and such wild scenes were en-
ao,ru az were never before witnessed
III topeka Fully 5000 men and bow,
wacned the image of 81. John 90 mr.
~ ~ names from telegraph pole in front
r, .ne western Union Telegraph Office
S Sapt. r. H. Coney made a short speech
t,.eolasringtaat StJ ohm had violated eyerv
" ast and confidence of the people Of
ne " hs' and the State should be cleared
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
,..,er, Granted.

Letters have been grar'ec" , ~
ter Grub as follows .,ns exec
letters TO Nathaniel WI" u, .,ooJ,
Of the will of Sarah 7. Loeh"v ,rrI.l
OF ST.: Georges Hundred ' SDrau,ed
ad ADMINISTRATION were LA Of 81
John Is. ViuiDg, on me ".,sle.
M. Vining, late OF Ne" oT Ppuci
win Of Reuben Roy, late - p nroo.le,
Hundred, WAS admit,eu Ian, ;. Roy,
letters granted 10 " i
executor. -. yrauted ie'
aaaSentary to Elizabeth " y lat,
u ,hs estate OF Edwin Wor'"aIa' ~
Oh ristiana Hundred.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
Tho Kew York Ca.v.ssiux BOARD

Tho NeW York Camvasslng BOARD
The following is q summary Of the
law regulating the canvass of votes fol
Presiden tial electors in theState of New
York
When the count is made in each
county, certified copies of the statement
Of votes given for electors are sent BY
the County Clerk to the Governor and
the Secretary of State at Albany. These
statements are delivered to the State
Board Of Canvassers. This Board now
consists OF Secretary of State Carr,
Comptroller Chaplin, Treasurer Max
well, Attorney General O'Brien and
Engineer aud Surveyor Sweet. Tn.
first named is a Republican, the rest
are Democrats. A majority constitutes
Q quorum,
The Board is required to meet at the
office OF the Secretary of State and
canvass the votes for electors on the
18th of this month, or sooner, If all the
certified statements of the county can
vassers are received. On these certi-
fed statements the Board must proceed
to determine and declare what electors
have been by the greatest number Of
votes duly elected. They next make
out certificate OF such determination
and deliver it 10 the Secretary of State.
The Secretary of State is then required
without delay to cause a COPY, under
the seal OF his Office, of the certified de.
termination of the Board of State Can.
vassers to be delivered TO each of the
persons therein declared TO be elected. 9"
1t will thus be seen that the Board of
state Canvassers IS empowered to de.
termine and declave OFF cially what
electors have received 4 he greatest nun.
Der Of votes and have been elected: that
the Secretary OF State must give 10
these electors certificates of their cleo.
ton, and that he cannot lawfully give
certificates 10 any other electors.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07

Conkling had his revenge against
Hlaine on Tuesday. Oneida county, In
which he resides, gave Garfield q ma
Jority OF ,9i8; whereas, now 1t likewise
reverses that and goes for Cleveland by
l9. These results show pretty conclu.
sively that people who fancied the
"Stalwarts were al unknown guam.
tity In the campaign have made CAPT.
tai mistake. 1t was q silent force, but
ne vertheiehs one potent enough, from
the present aspect Of the returns, TO do
fatal werk as against Mr.. Blaine.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
s,.,v Ges, uiHe ks''r 1,,

Gen. Carr who lives in ~
ssta az =" There is no chance y ,'' +
ing this state, DOT 40 7 uvp't pFOp
charge Of the sffair. ,.a, the STATE,
that that anybody shall stea. u,IIuurality,A
IfMr. cleveland has The sans
or ;9n sn ne .b be other s 'ssaadsS.s zane
propose to play any sa s%@ or foe With
matter whether friend o. ,t GEM
he has to have his J JnS crstaIl
Car. is "a E xSS@ the returns "''1
sent.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
Reech es's stab NJ Biatp q.

The Second ward in Brooklyn, which
has usually given 900 or 600 Republi.
can majority, now reverses that and
gives Cleveland 49S. This ward is the
~ Ward Beecher.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
Elf tn EOITIO
Now York sta,s

$50. no.h ~ parties continue to cla,,
~ I, o. New York. This i. , aa,'l
20 ,S Sinerence in the reported M "s y io
~. me several counties publi.Hl .,
The Tribune and Herald. PTrSI s.a ed
Difference asr in the total vote a
:. ~ !! me . official returns as each ch s ~
that its report Is the most v rsIi. /. IN
may be possible to correct tho "'soiej
= Gay or two,as We think tho ' ,s ZIG
will vii ,n:sdly remain an open ' on..
until the meeting Of the Rsa, as !.
board 1t Albany on the lSth inst
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
Contested EISctsou

James X Chalmers has announced that he
will contest the election of Catching, Denn
crat to Congress from the " Shoestrinun lis
trict of Mississippi, on the ground of fraud
John L. Finerty, the defeated Independ-
ent candidate for congress in the Second dis
tirct Of Illinois, announces editorlaliy in hi,
"a pei the Citizen, that he will contest the
cleo tion Of Frank LAWYER, Democrat.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
DEATHS
BAL.I.-in

BALL-in this city on the 9th inst. of M EN-
braneous Group, Jean r., daughter of J.
FRANK and Ida M. Ball, aged q yeaas and
fuperal from the residence Of her parents
NO 5t5 Washington street. Saturdav atter
Don, November .. Services at 4 O'clock.
Cemetery. "'"N
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
WHIP kaOlon.

The person who purloined the whip
from the stable ON 9th street, between
Madison and Monros streets, iskuown
and IL req uested TO return 1t Immediate
" or he will be dealt with according to
law.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
Hbe W cath or.

On Saturday, lair TO partly cloudy
weather will probably prevail On Sun
day, warm, partly cloudy. It is likely
that after to-day we shall have a com.
paratiyeiy warm spell, lasting to or
beyond the middle of next week.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
Hest calf Cater.

For S2.sO In Delaware. Button Con.
Rress or hook lace real calf, every pail
warranted, at Babcock's, 1905 Marke,
street.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07

INFE hk Will. BE AN OLDE fULkEs
4 Concert and Entertai ment given IN
national Hall, Ninth and Walnut streets
Thursday, November q, lsst. for tho bsneft
OF ST James Church. yer nth street bridge.
The committee Will spare no ra'nsto make
TINS inter sting " II who may favor us with
present and furnish som cho ce and select
music he Universal Band, Thomas Hard
Ing, leader, has been enpt ged TOR the occa.
sion. Also the ables will contain tns dain.
sies OF we season. Admission. BE j; cbildren.
o to II year, l0c Grand march nj q o'.iocI
led by W. II. Furro~h and lady Commit,
tee OF Arrangements w. n. FurrOwh. i
Carty, W. II Morris, W. =. M iiler Il. Money.
annie Money, Mar ha j. Morris. hannah
c8rty: REV CHARLES WALKER.
""i-"' Pastor.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07

Gem 8 Goa thermometer registered
esterday, 52 degrees at 8 p. M, a. at
y. H., and AZ ut 10 d, m.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
Upholstery Department

shows many desirable goods.
A white lace Etimene, very
desirable for bedroom cur
tains, at l2bc. per yard, is
pretty and cheap. For it we
have walnut poles, rings and
fixtures complete, Coo. Coun'
it up, and your curtains cost
you Sl.30 per pair, ready for
your windows. If you want
heavy curtains we have plain
Turcomans, with handsome
borders, $3.50 per pair, from
$1,000. Tassels, fringes,
balls, silk pushes, Turk sa-
tins, all colors and kinds tor
trimmings and fancy work.
Ebony poles, brass trimmed,
81.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07

cba oh, your money spent, If you Dur.
cn n%e your winter footwear At Bah.
COCKS, 2I6 Market street.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07
N ARRIED.

MOTIVATION Thursday evening
NOV: 9th, by Rev. +. II. Burbank. at the
residence OF the bride, Mr.. Thomas Knott
and Miss Lucretia Wyatt, both OF his city
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07

kennard q Co., GIL Market street,
offer good beaver shawl at 81. 90. Won.
dsrlully cheap.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07

State of tn . THERMOMETERS
- the REPUBLICAN office in the shaie
O'Clock 10 o'clock IL O'CLOCK
80 ago asu
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-11-07

w M. Is. SHAKP.
Coat Department. Second Floor
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LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Hennepin Canal Company met III
Chicago on the 18th.
HYATT, LEvINGs & Co., bankers, Vim
cennes, Ind, suspended on the 18th.
FRAGMENTS of the head of a mastodon
have been unearthed at Shrewsbury,
Mass.
SEVERAL cases of cholera have been re-
ported at Santiago.
The British squadron in Chinese waters
is to be reinforced.
The Metropolitan National Bank of New
York will go into liquidation.
DURING quarrel over a game of base
ball at Pleasant Unity, Pa, on the 18th,
one boy struck another with a bat, and he
IN turn stabbed his assailant, inflicting a
fatal wound.
THIRTY loaded coal cars were wrecked ON
the Susquehanna Railroad near Parryville,
Pa, on the 18th.
kHALIFIA, leader of the last Tunisian
-insurrection, is reported dead.
THE one hundred and sixteenth annual
banquet of the New York Chamber of Com
merce was given the evening of the 18th.
IHE Swain court martial was formally
begun at Washington, d. c., on the 18th
by the reading of the charges and speci-
fications.
The number Of casualties in the railway
postal service during the last fiscal year
was 154, including seven postal clerks
killed, twenty EIGHT seriously injured and
sixty slightly injured.
THE President has appointed Noah P.
Loveridge, of Michigan. Second Deputy
Commissioner of Pensions, vice Calvin B.
Walker, promoted.
A NEGRO girl was burned TO death in an
incendiary fire at Tazewell Court house,
Va, on the 18th. Much valuable property
was destroyed.
HIRAM BoDTNE, Of Ohio clerk in the
Sixth Auditors office Mt Washington. d.
O., committed suicide on the 18th by shoot
ing himself through the heart while seated
at his desk
A FRENCH transport will sail for New
York in May next with Bartholdis statue
OF Liberty Enlightening the World"
A PERMANENT organization of the Ma
tional Cattlemen's Convention at st. Louis
was effected on the 18th by the election of
Governor John L. Routt, of Denver, Col
President; General N. M. Curtiss, of Og-
densburg, N. Y, first President, and
A. p. Atwater, of st. Louis, Mo-, Secre-
tary.
THE strike at the Brandford Conn
Lock Works ended on the 18th by the COM
pany resembling the order reducing the
wages and working time.
The official canvass of Cook County, Illi-
nois, elects Brand, Democrat, for State
Senator, instead of Leman, Republican.
This gives the Legislature to the Demo-
Gratis on joint ballot.
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THE PACIFIC RAILROADS.

Figures Presented by Railroad Commission
er Armstrong The Earnings of the Union
and Central Pacific Roads During the Last
Fiscal Year.
WASHINGTON. d. c., November ls.
Commissioner of Railroads Armstrong
has prepared comparative statement,
which viii be submitted to the Secretary
of the Interior, showing the earnings and
expenses of the Union Pacific and Central
Pacific Railroads during the years ending
June 30th, 1888 and 1854.
The total earnings of the Consolidated
Union Pacific Roads, the Union Pacific,
Kansas Pacific and Denver Roads,
amounted In 1854 to Sl9,077, 1873, against
S2l, 1919, 66S in lSS3--a decrease of S2,902,-
lS5. The expenses during 1884 were
S1O,259, S9l, against 50, 1924, 707 in 1888,
an increase of St3j,lS4. The net earn
ings of these consolidated roads in 1884
amounted to SS,Sl7,59l us against Sl2,-
l54 800 in 1888, decrease of S3,337 1868.
The earnings of the Central Pacific
Road and all its branches for 1884
amounted to S23, 639, 2l5, as against $25.-
053,9ll for 1888, a decrease of Sl,4l2,-
500. The expenses in 1884 were Sl7, l5l,-
052, as against 6,907, l25 in lSS3-an in
crease of S243,927. The net earnings of
the road and its branches in 1884 were
S6,4sS, 1853, as against SO, LA, $50 in 1883
a decrease of 81 ,G56,623.
On the subject of funding the debts of
the several Pacific Railroads, Commits
sioner Armstrong renews his suggestion
that the present uncertain mode of pay
ments be committed to one of fixed obli-
cations, having the same lien. He favors
funding the debt on an extension OF time,
and requiring the payment of fixed
amounts at stated periods. All future
earnings for Government transportation
over all roads owned, leased or operated
| by these companies should be pledged UNI
| der laws to the payment of the accruing
installments of the debt as they mature.
Should Congress not adopt this plan, then
the discretion of the Secretary of the
| Treasury as to the investment Cf the sink
| ing fund should be enlarged.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

ACCORDING to a recent investigation the
the losses sustained by the strike in the
Hooking Valley, Ohio, since June 9th,
will include: Loss of trade to members of
the Board and Coal Companies, 81, $3.50, 900:
loss to business men outside of the Board
$3.50, 900; loss of freight to railroads center
ing there, 81 100000; loss to furnaces in the
Valley, $4,000. Aggregate losses, $4011,-
600. OF this it is estimated that the loss to
tho City of Columbus is S3,511 900.
OK the 18th the general commission on
the extension of the Methodist Episcopal
Church resumed its sessions at Philadel-
phia, Pa
A SHANGHAI dispatch to the London
Times ON the 18th stated that rumors
of the fall of Tamsui were current in that
city. Later advices deny the report.
THE Singer Sewing Machine Works at
Elizabeth, N. j., discharged 600 employees
on the 18th, and it is said 800 more will be
discharged this week.
THE Spanish newspapers hail with salts
faction the prospect of a conclusion of the
treaty of commerce between the United
States and Spain, and the matter will be
among the first measures submitted to the
Cortes in December. The highest hopes
are expressed of a prompt revival of COM
merce.
THE National Evangelical Alliance met
at New York on the 18th.
On the 18th the corner stone of the Pas
sionist Monastery of st. Joseph, two miles
west of Baltimore, Md, was laid with inn
posing ceremonies in the presence of up.
ward of 5000 people.
On the 18th the National Cattle Mem:
Convention began its sessions in st. Louis
Mo-, at the Exposition Building with q
large attendance from all parts of the
country. The delegates were welcomed tC
the city and State by Mayor Ewing, Gov.
ernor Crittenden and General W. T. Sher,
man. Major Rainwater, of st. Louis, wal
chosen temporary chairman, committee.
were appointed and the Convention ad
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journed until the 18th. A notable featur
of the gathering was the presence Of tho
Cowboy Band from Dodge City, Kas.
TICKETS were selling on the 18th from
Kansas City to Chicago for one dollar by
all competing lines.
A NUMBER of Germans engaged as Of
ficers in the Chinese army are reported to
have arrived at Tien Tsin.
HEAVY frost in Paris has had the effect
of materially checking the spread of the
cholera epidemic.
& THE New York State Board of Health are
issuing strict injunctions to local boards
to look well to the sanitary condition of
their several localities in view of the
possible appearance of cholera.
THE coal operators of the Cumberland
Valley have announced a general reduc-
tion of wages.
OK the 18th eight car loads of Maryland
exhibits were started for New Orleans.
THE Lighthouse Board, in its annual re-
port, asks an appropriation of $225,OOO for
the lighting and buoyage of rivers.
THE tanners, hide and leather dealers of
the country held National convention in
st. Louis, Mo-, on the 18th and 18th, wind
ing up with grand banquet at the Plant
ers' House.
THE employees in the New Haven Comm
Iron Works struck ON the 18th against a re-
| duction of wages.
For the last fiscal year the net earnings
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway were
81, 100000 The aggregate surplus fund is
now 81, 7O3, 796.
On the 18th the workmen of the Branford
Lock, at Branford, Conn.,, 325 in number,
struck against reduction of ten per cent.
in wages and the cutting Off of one hour
from the days work.
THE Postmaster General has issued an
order which provides that unclaimed let
tiers inclosed in envelopes upon which
hotel cards are printed should not be re-
turned to the mailing office unless such en-
velopes have written or printed upon them
the words "Return to" in addition to the
| hotel card.
THE employees of the Eagle Cotton Com
pany of Taunton, Mass, have been notified
of reduction of seven per cent. in wages,
to take effect November oath.
THE Commissioner of Patents, in his an
nual report for the last fiscal year, shows
that $500 applications for patents were
received; 1872 caveats filed, and 24,61S
patents, ETC., granted. The receipts from
all sources aggregated $1,145, 1870, and
the expenditures mot including printing!
were 1901 ,413.39, leaving a surplus of $244,-
019.71. The increase in the receipts during
the last fiscal year over those of the pre-
vious fiscal year was $49,54S.40
AT Lewiston, Me-, the Androscoggin
Mills, employing 1900 hands, have an
nounce an indefinite shutdown the last of
the month.
A COUPLE of German citizens of Wheel
ing, w. Va, made a bet on the election
that, no matter what the result, the one
was to wheel the other through the street
The terms were carried out ON the 17th
and there was gEestt procession, and the
fun over the incident was unbounded.
On the 18th fifty soldiers in the garrison
at Olmitz, Moravia, were arrested on ac-
count of being connected with Socialistit
organization. Many seditious documents
were found in their boxes.
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RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.

Report of superintendent Thompson of the
Railway Mail Service-Its Extent and In
crease-Thc Years CasuaIties-Appropri-
alton Asked-Suggestions
WASHINGTON, ID. c., November 10.
w. b. Thompson, the General Superin-
tendent of the Railway Mail Service, in
his annual report shows that on June
SOth, 1884, there were H. 60 miles of
railroad upon which mails were carried,
as compared with seventy-eight miles in
1884. During the last fiscal year the in
crease was G,952 miles. The number of
railway Post-oflice lines in operation
June 30th, 1884, was $40. The increase
in the number of pieces of mail matter
handled during the fiscal year was $685.
IA ,220 pieces. The percentage of in
crease in 1884 over 1888 was 1882.
The number of casualties during the,
year was l54, in which seven postal
clerks were killed, twenty-eight seri--
ously injured and sixty slightly wounded.
When clerks are injured while on duty it.
| has been the practice of the department
to grant them leaves of absence with pay
| for period not exceeding one year, and
fill their places with temporary clerks.
| During the past year this action cost the
department $685.. Recommendation is
made that the Postmaster-General be
authorized to pay to the widow or minor
! children of all clerks killed in the service
a sum equal to one years salary of the
| grade to which the clerk belonged at the
| time of his death. An appropriation of
| 81, COL 900 is asked for to run this bureau
| Turing the next fiscal year.