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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-01-11
The War on the Lotteries.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Postmaster Gen.
eral Gresham has no idea Of giving up his
fight against the Louisiana Lottery. The In
junction obtained by the New Orleans Ma
tional Bank holding its mail matter could
not be interfered with by the Posteffice De-
partment, Notwithstanding it received mail
for the Louisiana Lottery Company has
been received here with many demonstra-
lions of satisfaction. 1t is remarkable what
popularity the Lottery Company enjoys here.
Nearly everybody in Government employ is.
pecuniarily interested In seeing Gresham
beaten. The case at New Orleans, although
against the First National Bank, was founded
on section 1894, Revised Statutes, which
forbids the mails to send lottery tickets.
Attorney General Brewster conducted the
case for the Government, and 1t Is charged
made himself ridiculous by bullying the
Judge with threats, wearing his hat in court,
and generally staggering about New Or
leans in terrifying style. He returned to
this city two days ago, and he has since been
roundly abused on all sides. Judge Pardee,
of the New Orleans court, decided In favor
of the Bank, making The injunction against
the Postmaster General perpetual. There
was 50 much rejoicing among Government
clerks here, all Of whom gamble In the lot
teIy, that Gresham has issued an order, no.
tifying clerks who patronizs the Louisiana
or any other lottery that they will not only
be dismissed, but prosecuted under the
criminal laws of the district, where found
using the mails to send or receive tickets.
This order created great CONSERVATION in
the Department. A statement has been
filed with Gen. Gresham by Mr.. Slower, of
New Orleans, charging that the proposed
Universal Exposition to be held at New
Orleans Is managed by the lottery, and de-
signed to assist its business, BY drawing
people TO Louisiana, where they will be In
daced 10 invest In tickets. Gresham has
not yet acted in this matter. Yesterday
three lottery agents were arrested In Louis |
VILE on The charge Of using the mails for |
Illegal purposes, and It is expected others |
will follow. The Postmaster General's
Efforts to stamp out lottery gambling in his |
Department Is likely to be followed In other |
DEPARTING nts.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-01-11
JAMES II. MILLS. PUBLISHER

THE Butte Inter. Mountain suggests W. A.
Clark or Thomas L. Napton for President Of
the Constitutional Convention.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-01-11

ONE OF those terrible disasters, awful in
the loss Of life and horrifying In Its details,
occurred in Belleville, Ill.,, on last Saturday
night. The Convent OF the Immaculate
Conception Cor Notre Dame) took fire from
the furnace and twenty-seven persons were
burned to death or these, % were pupils
and five sisters, including the Mother Supe-
rior. On the alarm being given, these girls
and the sisters were In or fed to the dormi-
tories on the third and fourth floors, and few,
II any, escaped-neither the fire department
nor the convent having ladders TO reach these
dormltories. There was no way Of escape
except by leaping from windows, and II ap.
pears none attempted this. The firemen
stood appalled, and powerless TO rescue. TIE
"orphansp slept on the second floor and es.
capped. The building was totally destroyed;
loss 500, 900; insurance $4,000.
GATH: Seven hundred tubs of butteiine,
or bogus butter, have been received In New
York within week, each package contains
ing sixty pounds. II Is composed of lard,
butter, and cotton-seed oil; II Is believed 10
be colored with annatto. Most of II comes
Grom Chicago, but SEINE Is made In New
York IL Is the best bogus product ever put
npon tine market. Plenty of families are
eating Il nov without suspecting 1t. The
real butter 10 bought mainly at Elgin, Ill.,,
the crest butter center OF that State; 1t is
forty miles west OF Chicago. and governs
prices not only there but 1t New York.
Taking the creamery butter made there and
ahe lard obtainable In Chicago ut six cents
pound, mixture Is made which sells Mt
Wholesale In New York At 70 cents pound.
II competes TO such IN extent with genuine
butter that when the latter has been held
mere for some Time The bntterine 10 pre-
6erned.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-01-11

- Aate Field . IN Salt Lake studyius the
mormon question quietly but Thoroughly.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-01-11

THE New York World Is ratified. Finding
the Democratic party, always reliable as
blunderer, has fallen over the tariff question
and broken its neck, IL fairly howied last
Monday: awe certainly do not belong TO
the protectlonists. We certainly are not for
free trade. We denounce the tariff agitation
In the present Congress as insanity. We in
sist on the simple issue In next years cam
paign being driving the party from power
who stole the Government by fraud and cor
ruption, who rob the people, who insolently
resolved TO hold on TO power and resisted the
right of the people TO inaugurate President
they elected" Samuel Juvenile Tilden will
please come TO the front and take his cruel.
THE cold snap In the States, beginning
last Saturday, Is almost unprecedented, and
cannot but have entailed great suffering. As
far south as Charleston, South Carolina,
where frost and snow are almost strangers,
the thermometer registered 49, below. This
means terrible weather where the air is hui
mid and people are unprepared for such an
extreme. More suffering would ensue than
In Montana at 50' below, because, aside
from the humidity and density Of the air,
but few are prepared with habitation and
clothing for such q stress. We will hear
stories Of terrible suffering when the details
arrive. While this polar wave rolled down
the midland and the Atlantic seaboard, the
thermometers were almost constantly above
freezing point In Montana.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-01-11

1T Is reported that Frank James Is dying
of consumption. The inhuman wretches
who caused him to be imprisoned within
stone walls are to blame for this. Mr..
James free and rowing life ill.ftted him for
the close confinement of q Jail. A man who
Is accustomed to robbing trains, stealing
horses and shooting people in the back and
all such healthful outdoor exercises should
not be shut up In the noisome recessess of
cell unless one wants to see him pine away
and die. 1t is also said that the report that
Frank James Is dying of consumption is all
bosh. We are sorry for Mr.. James, and can
not but feel regret that he wasn't hanged
Wdlia Wdlld Statesman.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-01-11

THE Helena Independent and Salt Lake
Tribune are banging it to each other these
days on science, theology, religion and such
other abstruse and unimportant subjects as
no ordinary editor feels any interest in. The
principal point at issue appears to be whether
Moses "knew II all" or not. The 7riJun,
thinks he did, aud the Independent thinks he
didn't. We propose to look the matter up
some of these days and decide IL.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-01-11

ACCORDING TO the statement of the Omaha
Bee, the Union Pacific Railway Co. purpose
adopting the system Of paying the employees
along the road and various branches in
checks on certain designated banking houses
instead Of In cash rs heretofore. II is argued
THAT this will abolish the pay car and lessen
the chances of paymasters being robbed. It
Is new departure to which the railway
boys can easily adapt themselves, but they
will miss the regular visits Of the paymaster
and his ever welcome special.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-01-11

IT WAS generally supposed that, aside
from his other virtues and other claims, the
authorship Of the civil service reform act
would secure Pendleton, Of Ohio, return to
the United States Senate. The Buckeye
Democrats have, however, thrown him In
the river and nominated Payne, of Cleve-
land, In his stead. That shows how much
the Democrats think of straight States
man.
THE Chicago Times Salt Lake special of
the 7th says: In the tabernacle yesterday
Apostles Cannon and Woodruff both stated
that "Mormonism In all Its features and doc
trines would be continued, whatever Con-
gress or the country might threaten, and
that the progress of the church could only
be stopped by killing all the saints" How
quickly those fellows would change their
tune If McCook would throw she'll or two
from Fort Douglas toward The Temnle
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-01-11

New York, Jan. 5.--"If Willard had read
Huntington's letters TO Cotton two years
ago. said broker last evening, che might
saved him trouble. You will find among
the letters one In which Huntington takes
Colton and Stanford to task for giving their
personal guarantee TO raise money for the
Southern Pacific. nThis hurts our snreties,n
said Huntington, ssand I will never give my
personal endorsement 70 raise money for orr
enterprises. believe In running INV bust
ness, aud not letting II run me- Willard
wasn't rs sharp as that. IL be had been, be
wouldn't be broke
Henry Clews said yesterday: 1T Is SELF
evident Willard was frozen out. Public
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-01-11
HIS PROPERTY.
THE NEW oFFICERs.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 4.-Privste advices from
New York give the following as the new list
Of officers of the Northern Pacific: President
and General Manager, Thos. f. Cakes; Gen.
eral Superintendent and Chief Engineer,
Adna Anderson, now Chief Engineer; Super
intendent Of Transportation, j. T. Odell, now
Superintendent of the Eastern Division.
."UNcLE RUFUS" TALKS.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-.sThe Northern Pa.
citic decline has been almost as bad as a
Waterloo 10 me. bulled the stock because
had faith in the property itself. still be-
lieve in IL. Somebody will sell 1t once too
often. Idon't care for my own losses on the
stock. am anxious for my creditors and
such Of my friends as lost money on It. III
was foolish enough 10 bull the stock when
thought 1t was at bottom prices, not knowing
II had 10 drop fifteen or twenty points lower,
that was my misfortune.
SIN the last two months there have been
more 'cold days to week than In any full
winter have seen for several years back.
I'm quite amused just now to see newspa-
pers that two years ago called me o .pessi-
mist aud other hard names because pre-
dIcted decline or a crash, all ranging
themselves on that side now that the tumble
has come. Now as | sit among ruins and
predict quick aud snre recovery, and say
see no fear for the future, they will call me
an optimist, or some oiher frightful name.
Why, don't you see that prices can't 60 much
lower, and in the next fifteen days New Y rk
and Boston viii pay out sl00, 00O, 900 of cash
for dividends? Fully 5000 900 of this
will seek immediate investment.n
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-09
MERCHANTS DEFENSE.
The New Orleans Postmaster Meets the
Charges Against Him.


Charges Against Him.
New ORLEANS, Aug. 8.-Postmaster
Merchant prepared to-day and forwarded
to the Postmaster General fun state
ment concerning the charges and state
ments made by the committee appointed
by the POstmaster-Goner to examine
into the conduct and condition of the New
Orleans post office, which is in substance
as follows:
He admits the inefliciency of the force,
but claims that it grows out of the ma
terial that he has been compelled to an
point, to a great extent for political rea-
sons. He says, however, that the force
is the best as a whole that the office
has ever had. He claims that he pos
sesses thorough knowledge of the actual
work Of the office, that he performs his
duty to the best of his ability, and that
his assistant is competent man. having
served as chief clerk to the large CONNER
cial agency of r. G. Dun g. Co., in this
city, for many years. He shows that cor
rect account is kept Of the mail sacks, and
refers to his monthly reports to the de-
partment to prove his statement that the
sacks found by the Inspector in Junk
shops were sacks loaned under the au.
thority of the department to publishers
which they had misused by sending waste
paper Inefeln 10 Junk shops, that such
publishers had been notified not to make
such use of the sacks again, and he sup
ports his superintendents in every Just
request they make of him. The porter
referred to as performing detective SER
vice has, he says, performed valuable
service in looking after employees and re-
porting their conduct outside of the office.
He says that the charge that he burned
fragments of letters claimed to have been
distracted by his son, or that he
ordered them to be burned, is
false, and that the report to HIM by Night
Supt. Burbank that his son was in the
habit of visiting the office at night raised
his suspicion and caused him to put the
young man, Is years old, out of the office
and to bind him cut to learn q trade. He
says, concerning this part of the charge:
cit is unfortunate for me, and / will re-
gret the balance of my lie that l ever
gave my son, only Is years of age, posi-
tiOn of any kind in the office. His asso-
Citations therein, owing to the class Of
people / have been compelled to employ,
may have led him to commit the act
which he is charged with, and a thing
which | deeply regret. The committee
only called on me three times, first to ex-
hIbit their authority, second to inquire
about the duties Of Barrett, and third on
taking their leave when the Dauphin
matter was discussed. The committee
seem to have learned much from other
sources and outside political intrigues."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-09
SUITS AGAINST OFFICIALS.
The Solicitor of the Treasury Prepare
Tabular Statements.

The Solicitor of the Treasury Prepares
Tabular Statements.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-The Solicitor
of the Treasury has prepared for the At
tOrney General tabular statements eX-
hibiting the results of suits against delin-
quent officers Of the government in the
fiscal years 1880, 1851, 1882, and 1888.
They show in detail the number OF suits
commenced in the years named against
each class of officers, the total amount
sued for, the number of cases disposed of,
the amount of the judgments obtained,
and the total amount realized during the
periods named.
During the fiscal year of 1880 107 suits
were brought, involving $32S, 719. Judg-
ments were obtained during the same
period for S13S,174. The collections
amounted to $l0S,7 7S0. During the fiscal
year of 1881 126 suits were brought, in
vOlving $299,27S. Judgments We're OBJ
tanned for $l7l,7S1 and the collections
were $92. sol. During the fiscal year 1892
IS suits were brought, involving SAG, 169.
Judgments were obtained for $277, 200 and
the collections were $97, ops.
During the fiscal year 1888 1S2 suits
were brought, involving $497,0S3. Judg-
ments were obtained for $112.727, and the
collections were sol ,264. The principal
delinquency is shown in the accounts of
Indian agents which the Solicitor says,
to large extent in some cases, constitute
an apparent Indebtedness only. A great
amount still remains against this class of
officers because of irregular or unlawful
payments which the courts demand.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-09
RATS IN THE MAIL BAGS.
MoRToN's NIBBLINGs IN BROOK.
LYN NOT LARGE.


"lVen the Clue the inspectors have No
Trouble in Unearthine the R,,,'s,...s. -
Assistants RascaIities-Thaortas -
temporary Derangement of tba Mini
not Accepted.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-Inquiries made
at the Post Office Department h<a ~
Veloped the following facts in Connection
with the financial Irregularities and die
appearance of Assistant Postmaster ATar
ton, of Brooklyn:
AT the expiration Of the first month :,
each quarter the employees of the Rrool-
iyn post ofhce were required to sign a nav
roll for the full quarter, although tbey
had received pay for but one month.
Merton, who was in complete control oe
the finances, was thus afFordad
an opportunity, of which be
avalled himself, in making m
the pay roll, to fill in the blanks for tba
lasS TWO months of each quarter with
ngures representing sums larger tba,,
those actually paid out. As the emnloves
never saw the pay roll after the first
month OF the quarter, they praeticalJv
signed II IN blank. The Post Office No
partment was absolutely without n ebeclr
oIi tne assistant Postmaster, and the
scheme might have been operated for
years without detection had II nof baar
Tor the receipt by the commissioner inves-
tlgatlng the office Of an anonvmous nofa
directing attention to the pay roll.
GETTING THE FACTS.
The inspectors at once began =
thorough examination, and every am-
ploye of the office was reouirad
to make oath to the amonnt ~
salary received, and these afidavits
were compared with the payroll. The
hrst discrepancy discovered was in the
case OF an employe named Clark, whowas
charged on the roll with the sum of S1l7
Tor services beginning in january 1884
Whlie as matter of fact Clark swore
that hen had received only Sl3 for
serVlce3SeY Yfendered in March. The
eXamIMFclon included the accounts fo1.
several years past, and tle total amount
OF the discrepancy revealed was S3.99O.
Regarding MOrtOn's disappearance dur
ing the investigation, the inspectors sum-
posed that he guessed the result of the
inquiry and fled to Europe. They do NOT
DelleVe that his mind is affected or that
he is In this country. The general con-
dltlon OF the Office was not wholly salts
factory, and the commission suggested
many changes in the method of the
transaction of business. Recommends
tlOns were also made for a small increase
OF the force of employees, and in a few
instances an increase of salaries
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-09
FLORIDA.

\ large quantity of the finest of honey has
Deen made on the Halifax river, and it is find
ing ITS way to market now.
The work of repairing the capitol at Talla-
added.
The schooner Welaka. Capt. CottreU. ar
rived at Pensacola on Friday, having made
lne voyage from Galveston, Texas, in sixty
eight hours.
John Pratorious, one Of the oldest citizens
OF Tallahassee, died at his residence, on Cal
hOun street, late Tuesday afternoon, in the
seventeen year Of his age. He was a native
OF germany, came TO Tallahassee when unite
2 young man, aud for over half century
liVed at the place where he died. Three
daughters and one son survive him.
Last Friday Key West was startled bv the
report that a child Of Mrs. Augustine Torres
had Iallen out Of an upstairs window and
killed himself. The report was true. except
thal tue injuries were not fatal and the child
Is ailFe 70 date IL appears that he went to
the WlhuOW ana begun to SUSPEND a can tied
10 stT9ng-Oyerbalanced and fell out.
Tallahassee FJ0rfdian: A meeting of the
Board OF Trustees of the above University
was held IN this city on Thursday, July 81.
There were present of the Board A. j. RusSpl.
State superintendent Public Instruction ey-
ofc50 Chairman OF the Board. Hon. H. A .
LEngle. Hon. ". ID. Barnes, Judge j. Wof-
ford Tucker, Judge d. 5. W alker, Col. c. II.
smith The Board completed the faculty as
follows; President, Ashley ID. Hurt, Profess
sOr Of Ancient and Modern Languages: J. y.
Whitner. PrOfessOrOf Practical and Theoreti-
cal Agriculture; J. VI PIckel. Professor
OF Chemistry and Physics: Alexander
q. Holiday, Professor of English Ian
Euage and Literature. The Presi-
dent Of the Board. under instruction
Is in correspondence with the Secretary of
War requesting a detailed officer for the chair
Of mathematics and tactics. The building is
RAPIDLY approaching completion, and viii be
one Of the finest educational structures in the
South. The college viii be formally opened
on Monday, Oct. g. and proceed with the rcgu-
lar work. 1t is designed by the board to
make this college one of the very best in the
land iu every particular. 4 preparatory
school viii be conducted in the college build
ing for the first few years, or until the public
school system or private enterprise shall rem
der such work unnecessary in the college.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-09
AFTER TWENTY YEARS.
Deserving the Army and His FamiIy-A
Woman with Two Husbands


In the summer of 1852, says a Xenia,
o., special to the New York Tribune, a
company of volunteers was recruited at
Washington, o. John Levey cast his tor
tunes with the company, leaving behind
a family consisting of his wife and three
children. He remained with his COM
rades until the return trip from Arkansas
Post. On this trip many soldiers became
dissatisfied. and desertiOns were frequent.
Before the regiment arrived at YOung's
Point Levey deserted. He did not come
home after the war was over, and no news
of him was obtained from the return
ing soldiers. As the years rolled by
it vas believed that he had died.
Mrs. LeVey continued to mourn
the death OF her husband until Oct. 20,
1870. On that day SIZE was married to
ter had grown up and were married and
doing well. A day or two ago a letter
was received from the long missing hus-
band and father. The letter reveals the
fact that for twenty years Levey has been
living in the counties of Pike, Jackson
and SciOta, and never beyond a days
travel from his wife and children. He
had often passed through Washington,
but never took the trouble to hunt up his
family. He has been working as a farm
hand, has accumulated nothing, and is
cd and poor. The letter does not indi-
cate any disposition to disturb the pres
emt family relations of his wife, but mere
ly inquiries about his children and mani
tests a desire to see them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-09
RIVERS AND HARBORs.
A Statement of Contemplated Improv,

A Statement of Contemplated Improve
ments.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.-Capt. Herman,
of the Corps of Engineers, in charge of the
improvement Of rivers and harbors in
Virginia, North Carolina and South Caro-
lima, has made his annual report to the
Chief Of Engineers. Appended is a state
ment giving the work contemplated, the
amount of money available, and the
amount asked for for the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1886:
Norfolk Harbor, Va.-Work contemplated
dredging; available, S2S, 1855; asked for. $3.50
Norfolk Approach.-Work contemplated
widening channel; available, $4,000; asked
Archer's Hope River, Va.-Available, SIPS;
asked for 81, 400.
Black Water River, Va.-Work contempla-
ted, removing distractions; asked for, So. 900.
NO Landing River, Va.-Work contempla-
ted, removing distractions; available, $5,722;
asked for, $4,000.
Meherrin's River n. C.-Work contempla-
ted, dredging; available, 1886; asked for, 81 800
Currltuck Sound, Coanjok Bay and North
River Bar.-WOTk contemplated, improving
channel; available, $4,000; asked for $4,000.
EdentOn Bay, n. C.-Work contaminated
improving channel; available, $4,000; asked
for, $500.
Pamlico and Tar Rivers-Work contempla-
tetl, removing ODsJfuCtl0nS; available, M,333;
asked for, $4,000.
Neuse River, n. C.-Work contemplated,
general Improvement; available, $25, ,S62; asked
for, $4,000
Beaufort Harbor, n. C.-Work contempla-
tea, general Improvement; available, S3l, 1888;
asked for, $4,000.
Club Foot, Harlow and Newport Rivers
Work contemplated, general Improvement;
available, S9,S05; asked for, $4,000.
Trent RIVER, \. C.-Work contemplated,
dredging and removing snags; available, $l0,
600; asked for, $4,000.
COntenean Creek, n. C.-WorS contempla-
ted, removing distractions; available, $4,000;
asked for, $4,000.
Cape Fear River.-Available, $22, ,497; asked
for $1,000.
Yadkin River, n. C.-Available, $23. .23S.
Great Peedec River, N. C.-Work contem-
plated. removing distractions; available, S.
lj4; asked for, $4,000.
Waccamaw River, S. C.-Work contempla-
ted, removing distinctions; available, $3.50;
asked for. $4,000.
Santee River, S. C.-Work contemplated,
general Improvement; available, S32 049; asked
for, S47.427.
Water River, S. C.-Work contemplated,
removing distractions; available, IS, l6l; asked
for, $37, 600.
GEORGETOWN Harbor, S. C.-Work contem-' =
plated, dredging; available, $4,000; asked
for, 81, I5l