Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-11-14

he ever made any promises as to Mr.. Spring
er.
Mr.. p. W. Winston of Chicago has been
rendered and will accept the mission to
Persia.
First Auditor Chenowith has submitted
to the secretary of the treasury report of
Interpretations of his bureau for the fiscal
year ended June 80. During the year there
was audited 6,S42 accounts of receipts,
amounting to 81 1,0S9, Dos, ,ss6; 2,6S2 accounts
of disbursements, amounting to 81, 152, 49,
050, and 1 ,139 warehouse and bond accounts,
ammounting to es6S, 1888 ,249, not included in
receipts and disbursements, were adjusted.
The Utah commission have submitted
their report to the secretary of the interior.
The commissioners say that up to the pres
ent time there have been about ninety-three
convictions of MOrmons under the new law
at Salt Lake. A number of these were re-
leased upon payment of fines, while about a
dozen of them have gone to the peniten-
tiary. The convicted are given sufficient
their clOcks' and their friends then send
them of with serenads and a full stomach.
The same performance is accorded the
martyrs" at the expiration of their impris-
onmsnt.
The post-office department has issued
modified circular of instructions to post
masters concerning the special delivery
service. The new circular includes postal
cards and sealed packages i'm the matter en-
titled to special delivery of property. Post
masters are required to report monthly in
stead Of weekly, and where the business Is
so limited as to preclude the employment of
regular messengers the pOstmasters are di-
rected to make other arrangements for de-
liveries, having regard to the provision of
law that forbids the payment of more than
cents for the delivery Of each letter. Post
masters are also directed to make notice
upon the face of registered packages con-
tanning special delivery letters. informing
the postmasters at points Of delivery of the
nature of their contents SO that the packages
may be opened Immediately and the matter
delivered.
A strong syndicate of Eastern and West
ern capitalists have the assurance of Secre-
tary Lamar that he will grant them new
lease of hotel privileges in the Yellowstone
National park when they show their plans
of organization and the outlines of the i'm
prOvements they propose to make. The
Rufus Hatch & Co.'s lease has gone the way
of the hotel that company built. The new
syndicate comprises Chas. Gibson of st.
Louis, JnO. ID. Perrin st. Louis, G. b.
Wright and j. G. Bullitt of Philadelphia,
Frederick Billings, ex-president of the
Northern Pacific railroad, j. c. Casey of
Memphis, Tenn, and NJ. d. Carrington of
Toledo, o. All are wealthy and practical
business men. They will not take the Hatch
hotel off of the hands the old concern, but
willIbuild hotels at Monmouth, Hot Springs,
Norris, Geyser Basin, Upper Geyser Basin,
Grand Canon, Town Falls and Yellowstone
Lake. They will build steamer for pleas
uring on the lake and will provide ample
staging. They will also erect telephone
lines connecting all parts of the park.
1t is reported that the southern rice grow
ers will make personal appeal to their
senators and representatives to urge legis-
lation this winter requiring granulated rice
| to pay the highest rate of duty. They rec
ognize, 1t is said, how utterly helpless they
have been on the eve of the fall election In
| New York, when ruling in their favor
would have arrayed the entire brewing in
tersst against the treasury department and
directly or indirectly against the candidates
supported by the administration. When
political ends are no longer involved the
southern rice-growers hope 10 get the pro-
lection they claim they are entitled to. 10
reply to the question, "What would the
brewers do If congress should make granu-
lated rice pay cents poundT' the attor'
ney for the brewers replied: "They would
not import rice at all, nor use the product OF
the south, but would substitute corn.'