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WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY.
Court met pursuant to adjournment
Present, judges Gentry, Tayl snd Ander
son, Sheriff Murray and Clerk III. Y. Field
Called to order 10y Judge Gentry. Aftel
routine business the following proceeding:
were had:
\ dram shop license was ordered Issued
TO Ben Benson for six months
Warran's were ordered issued as follows
To Chsys. Hye & Co., for Blankets
1cr p'upers.. ..........S 9 DC
10 Phil Kelly, Tor wood Tor pau
perS......... .................. ............ %
10 John R'ppey, for repairs on jill / %
To l.. s. Murray, for service IS
sheriff AMI material furnished. III 50
To j. West Goodwin, for books fur
plshed county.-.......-......... 10 90
To w. Baker, for assistance to pau
Pef"-.'..-'.-' .......'' .-...-.. ..,-..--..- w
humber OF road oyerseers settled &C
coun's with the court snd warrants were
ordered issued for the amounts due them.
The court being informed of certain i'm
proper proceedings on The pant of John s.
McKeau, ere of the court house architects,
while exercising the dnties of architect.
He is hereby discharged from said position
and shall not hereafter have or exercise
any authority, or in any way represent
Pettis county, and the court hereby accepts
the proposition OF ]. q. Cairns to carry out
the contract made by Mexican & Cairns as
architects of the Pettis county court house.
and that this order be Forwarded both 10
said John S. Mexican and 10 John G.
Cairns.
After transacting business of minor i'm.
porianoe the court adjourned till this morn
ing,
THURSDAY.
The entire day was spent Yesterday by
The county court in contesting a suit for
damages entered by r E. Jenkirs against
the county OF Pettis for having opeEed a
road through his property In the northeast
part OF the county. Over twenty witnesses
were examined and the evidence was of a
decidedly conflicting character. The case
was tried before jury at the circuit court
room to where the county court adjourned.
in order to accommodate the large crowd
in attendance. County Attorney Henry
Lamm appeared for the defense and Geo.
+. Lopgan appeared for the plaintiffs
side of the question.
The jury retired about p. m. and in
few minutes returned q verdict in favor of
the county.
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STATE FINANCES.

Annual Report OF Auditor walkerlAssess-
ments-Taxable Wealth Of Missouri
Criminal Costs-Stats Debt-Psniten.
tiary, Etc.
JEFFERSON CITY, No., Janaury p.
The Auditors report for the fiscal year be
ginning January !, lssI, and ending Deem
Der 81, lsS4, has been completed.
An unusual amount of care has been taken
in gettins it n, and Il is one Of the most
6oinI T thensive and valuable documents o.
the Kind ever issued.
ASSESSMENT.
The aggregate assessor mt OF real estate
and personal prop srty Tor the taxes of 1871
s owS the ag Eregate va ne To be SiSj, SO, I; II
S4SO,
Ho ses, number, 60, sS5. .S27ISS7l5
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HEART PAINS.

Palpitation, Dropsical Sxellings, Dizzi-
ness. Indigestion, Headache, SleepIessness
cured by Wells Health REVIEWER"
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THIN People

Wells Health Remover" restores health
and vigor, cures Dyspepsia. importance,
Sexual Debility. 81.
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Hughesville Helps.

Perhaps one of the most strikiug exam.
pies of whOle-soHled and uuselish generosi.
ty and charity that has been brought out
BY the cry of the poor and distressed of Sc
dalia, is that explained by the following
letter, received by the mayor yesterday:
SEDALIA. Mo-, Feb. 4, 1885.
Hon. John Hickman, Mayor Of Sedalia
At meeting oil The Scott mite s. cieiy OF
Hughesville, held last evening, al the resi-
dence OF J. A. Burns, the fund in the treas
ury of the society. amounting 10 S25. was,
by an unanimous vote, donGted to the poor
OF Sedalia, and We were appointed CON-
mittee to place the money in your hands, TO
be used where most needed.
J. HUGHES,
+. ID. MCQUEEN, Com.
ID. w. BoULDEN.
SEDALIA, Mo-, Feb. 4. 1885.
Messrs. J. s. Hughes, R. ID. McCubben and ID. W
Boulder:
GENTLEMEN Il have the honor TO &C.
the receipt of S25 from you. do
mated by the mite society of HughesviIle 10
The poor of Sedalis, ard TO request you TO
convey to the members Of the mite society
he thanks of the city, and TO assure them
Inst the money will be expended for the
Denefil of worthy objects of charity.
JOHN B. HICKMAN,
Mayor of Sedslia-
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Fouud.

A dress bonnet, the owner can have the
same by calling and paying for this notice,
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Following this Is an itemiZed statement of
the valuation of railroad companies, bridge
and telegraph companies, which swells the
total valuation for taxes for the year lisa to
SIS. 7I5. 25a.i5 The increase in valutlon from
loS3 to lisa is shown - follows:
Valuation for Valuation for
Taxes of lso3. Taxes of 1854
Assessed valua-
ton OF real estate 43, IA AS % $40, 80 6oS %
Assessed valua-
ton of personal
property.......... l23,345, 1871 90 ls7,ll5,75l 90
Assessed yalua-
ton of railroad
companies......... Sssl,955 ~ SSY5SOy3l6 Is
Assessed vaiua-
Nun of bridge
companies-.-..... 2,t2j,OU0 20 100000 90
Assessed valua-
ton OF teie4 raph
companieS.....--. 463,sl2 - 5iS,52S a
Aggregate assess
ments for taxes
OF 1888 .25O.4l4 IS SIS, ,aa59 IS
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STATE DEBT.

In 1SSS and 1854 the interest bearing debt
was decreased S2,I4,0GO by the redemption
and purchase of State bonds, and during the
same pertOO it was increased $685. by
reason of certificates having been issued for
the benefit 0f the state school fund and the
University, as contemplated by the act OF
March 81, ISIS. The actual reduction of the
debt within the time named Is, therefore,
s., -S5, 900, leaving the total indebte lness on
the LIST day of January, 1875, SIS 100, Us de-
scribed I'm the following table.
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Total interest bearing debt Ian.

udLy Il 100. I'D
In lssl and lsSs few bonds were sold on a
basis OF ga per cent, so that in lSS2 q bond
having ten years to run was worth I20.S4. At
no time during the last two years could as
many as ffty or 100 Missouri bonds have been
bought on the open market. From January
LIST, lisa, to the present time, purchases have
been made on basis Of per cent, conse-
quently Missouri bond having zen years to
E2R u now worth A25&
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TAXABLE WEALTH.

Not including the valuation OF merchandise
and ra irotd property, tie following table
Will snow tine taNable wealth o. the stat for
each Year from IS6O To ISL
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1l.lls
The total number of convicts in the Peni
Tertiary on the 3lst OF December, 1854, was
1,5i0 ~
CRIMINAL COSTS.
The amount paid by the State for costs In
criminal cases, apprehension of criminaIs
suppression of outlawry, etc. since Noyem
Der 10th, $50, is as follows:
Costs in criminal cases since $40 Il s12 15e no
Special appropriations for pay
ments of costs in criminal cases l4ns0 "A
Execution and enforcement OF
civil law; 1894 81
Apprehension of criminals and
SUP preston OF outlawry los Oa5 m
Maintenance of the State Peniten-
tiary.......-- 2,Ssl ,o5e n
Total amount paid for the sup
preston OF crime. s. ~ SaI "a
CHARITIES.
The following table will show the amount
OF appropriations by General Assemblies for
the various eieomosynary institutions OF the
Afa.e.
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Pacific Railroad bonds $3.50
North Missouri Railroad bonds...... L4j7,0OO
IT. Louis X Iron Mountain Railroad
bonds. .................. I,ls2,OG
Cairo u Fulton Railroad bonds ...... 2lS,OOO
Platte County Railroad bonds. $1,000
Hannibal 4 St. Joseph Railroad
bonds. .....-................. I,ssO,OOO
Hannibal x II. Joseph Railroad
state renewal bOnds................ l,l40,0O0
Consolidation bonds................. 3,4Si,UOO
state funding bonds. 6lS,OOa
state Bank stock rounding bonds. $1,000
state University bOnds............... 1905
Northwestern l.unatic Asy IN binds. 10000
Penitentiary indemnity bonds $4,000
Missouri consolidated six per cent
certificate of indebtedness, held
in trust for the state school fund. 3 29O9,OOO
Missouri consolidated five per cent.
certificate of Indebtedness, held
in trust for the state Seminary
fund...:............. ................ $4,000
Missouri fye per cent. certificate of
indebtedness, Issued July, /, 1855,
Tor the state school fund $4,000
Missouri live per cent. certificate of
Indebtedness, issued July =, 1888,
for the State seminary fund ...... 242OOO
Missouri rve per cent. certificate OF
Indebtedness, issued July 20, 1883,
for the state seminary fund. ...... 10000
Missouri five per cent. certificate of
indebtedness, issued November I,
1883, for the state Seminary fund. 5000
Missouri i've per cent. certificate OF
Indebtedness, issued January 80,
1854, for the State Semir ary fund. 5000
Missouri five per cent. certificate OF
Indebtedness, issued April 10, 1884,
for she State seminary fund. ...... 5000
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PENITENTINRT.
I-nd, this heading tine Auditor sovs

buutT lllS nestuinS the AuultOr says.
From January ist, iS:6, when the Peniten-
tiary Was opened Tor the reception OF con-
vets, To DE, enber 5lst, ISL, il has cost the
State IN eNCtsS OF itS earnings, = Isl ~ -
or mOIe HIN oue-tEird Of e whole aInoun.
expended IN tine l OTccment or our crm-
ipal laws
IT II tine in the IA Ory of this Institution
his L approxmated being sells staining
ox, ept during the pend, ncy o. the second
IeJs e a peri Il OF ten years from October 1T
fSi2, to September 30th, IN55, when the total
cost, in excess Of earnings, amounted to
only S4,5.SS
For eight years, beginning October lst,
3d. and ending se ,.t smber .itl H. 1850 tie ex-
pehdItu es exceeded the earni Igs $780, 3D. 40
Prom October LIST, lsoc, to Uectmuer 3Ist
lcSS eight years and three IN nEEs, the Cx-
cess OF cost amounted to $50, "a 50 For
eight years. be si!niT -.JT nu Iry Ist, 1852 and
ending December 5lst, lS16, the g xTe ldt ures
over earnings amounted to Ss5J,04S.tl, aLd
for eigi wears ending December 3lst. 1884, il
mas cost the stare, in excess OF earnings
SOL, l22.10.
While the outlay for the maintenance OF
the Penitentiary has very largely exceeded
Its earnings, indulge the hope. heretofore
expressed, that with additional shop room
and other facilities which the prison now has
for the profitable employment OF conyicts
and with wise and economical MANAGE
ment of its affairs, that the institution will
soon cease TO De charge upon the state
Treasury.
The expenses OF the last eight wears re.
TERED to were divided as follows:
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LOAN OFFICES.
Under this heading very interesting chap
ter in the history of Missouri is given. In the
year lS1i the entire civilized population OF
Missouri consisted of 81, l29 free white males,
81 9tS free white females, 32l free persons of
color, "a slaves and 90 persons bound TO
seryice-in all, 1861 souls. How TO aid and
encourage these pioneers in their efforts to
build homes, open farms, construct roads
and subdue the wilderness surrounding
them was matter of serious concern
tn tine General Assembly of that year. The
amount of gold and silver in circulation
WAS wholly insufficient for the proper trans
action OF business, nor could the inhabitants
secure loans essentially necessary to sur
round them with the ordinary comforts of
life and to assist them in developing the re-
sources OF an infant state Actuated by
patriotic but mistaken policy, the Legisla-
ture not only determined to supply the place
of specie currency with a circulating me
dunn of the state, but TO furnish loans at
reasonable rate OF interest based upon the
credit and faith of the State. This determi-
nation resulted in the establishments of what
were known As loan Offices, and the division
OF the state into tve loan office districts, as
provided in the act approved June "a, 1871.
The First District was composed of the coun-
ties of Ray, Charlton, Howard and Boone,
with Office at the town of Charlton. The
Second District comprised the counties of
Lizard, Saline Cooper and Cole, with Office
a; BOonville. The Third District embraced
tie counties of Rails, Pike, Lincoln, It.
Charles, Montgomery, Galloway, Gasconade
and Frank n. with Office at St. Charles. The
Fourth District included the counties of II.
Louis, Jefferson and Washington, wish Office
at -. Louis. The Fifth District comprised
the counties of Ste Genevieve. Perry, Madi-
son, Wayne, Cape GiIartieau aud New
Madrid, with Office at Jackson. Each
loan Office was under the manage
ment of three Comm ssiOners chosen
by the lGeneral Assembly, who were en-
powered to make loans OF the certificates,
described, 20 citizens of their
districts for period not longer
than one,year, and ut rate OF interest not
greater than six per centum per annum.
The certificates were loaned tO citizens Of
comprising the loan Office district
In proportion to the number OF Inhabitants,
and the amounts loaned were secured by
mortgages on real estate or personal prop
eTty, provided the loan on real estate should
never exceed 1000 To any one individual,
and on pc rsonal property il was required to
5e q sum not less than $40.
These certificates were made receivable not
only for taxes and debts, but for salaries and
fees of Officers. The amount issued and put
in circulation WAS SlsI.1S. as shown by
Trea -urer's report, but according to- the Au-
ditor's report of lSO, $3.50 in excess of the
above amount was redeemed and destroyed.
The loan office failed to- meet the eXpects-
of frIQ fnsa Of na
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The appOrtionment of school moneys as
made for the years 1855 lSSi Is shown to be:
lSSl. 1884.
twenty-five per cent. of
the State revenue. 1892 l13 46 S427, 205 IS
Income of the state
school fund........... l545lO 90 $1,000 %
State school money re-
funded and apportio'd
in lSsj................... s. IS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-20

TNHOS. ]. FISHER & CO.. Auctiolieers
ING NINETY-TWO-AND FEET ON
LAFAYETTE SQUARE ANDIMPROVED BY A
LARGE BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, KNOWN
RESIDENCE OF THE LATE BENZ. OGLE
HALE SQUARE OR BLOCK OF THE PRES
AND THE ARLfNGToN HoTEL "a i" ~ N-'> !
:. BY virtue of a decree of the Supreme Court of
the District Of Columbia passed on the 9th day
OF March, a. D. 1883 in Equity cause, No. 9269 g. Al
wherein Mary Lomax Tayloe, Eugenia Phebe. x:sl
misses on THURSDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF
APRIL A. D. 1885. at FIVE O'CLOCK p. NJ
n of 9no Lots @ and eleven
city of Washington in the District of Columbia with
the improvements, consisting of spacious Dwelling
House and Stables The south eth feet Of this prop
partially on the north, the property is bounded by
wide alleys, making the same most desirable for a
hotel or stclass apartment house.
e sale e sss5 BY said wit
four years, with interest from day OF until paid
by prOmssOry notes of purchaser secured by retaining
the title until the purchase money is paid all cash.
Ct the option OF the purchaser deposit Of $500 to
sale be not complied with in two weeks from day Of
sale the Trustees may resell the risk and cost of de-
fauting purchaser upon giving two weeks notice by
public Advertisement
Further information can be had of the undersigned
GEO. F. APPLEBY, Trustee,
VIM E. EDMoNsroN. !s NV
VIM TAYLoE SNYDER, Trustee ."'
mh14-d&ds 500 d st.
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CONFLICT IMMINENT IN CENTRAL AMER.
fcA.-A dispatch from San Juan del Sun, Mica
raugua, dated yesterday, says: News from the
interior is TO the effect that the NicarsuausI
and San Salyadorian troops are massing on The
frontier of Honduras, and that an attack Will
probably soon be made. Honduras A roporfed
TO be In o state OF iusurrecuon.
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MIR. HIG6IN0' APPOINTMENT.
A Possibility that it May be Reconsid.
cred As . Violation Of the Civil Service
Rules-An Involved Question.

nules-An Involved QueStAOn.
The selection Of Mr. Eugene Higgins for the
ONCE Of chief Of the appointment division Of the
Treasury department has caused a good deal Of
unfavorable comment No official attention
was, however, paid to the matter, but ques-
ton has arisen In connection with this Office
which is receiving careful attention, and which
in its settlement Is liable to disarrange or per-
haps rearrange the civil service rules In rela-
tlon 70 offices under the government, and which
may prevent Mr.. Higgins receiving the ap-
pSintment to the office for which he has been
appointed, but simply designated to the duty Of
the office pending the leave OF absence Of Mr..
until the last Of March. The civil service COM
mission holds that only those government offi.
apt S tns SI q
and confirmed by the Senate, and few minor
cases Of officials holding positions Of financial
service rules eSieis Of division or bureaus are
exempted from examination. Chiefs OF bureaus
are nominated by the President, but chiefs Of
DIVISIONS are not, and right here Is the hitch.
Inc apparent inconsistency IL said to have been
the result of the opposition Of certain promi-
thorough application of the civil service law.
Ch1efs of bureaus in the State department are
OF equal rank with chiefs of divisions In others,
the others should be- Before the close Of the last
administration an effort was made to secure q
uniform classification In all the departments in
accordance with the intent OF the act as con-
strued by the civil service commission, in
which chiefs Of divisions should be included.
II Mr.. Higgins is permanently appointed with
OUT examination to the Office for which he has
peen selected, 1t is claimed that 1t will be in
Sloiaton Of the civil service law, but yet In per-
feet accord with the rules Is published by the
civil service commission
IL 1s understood that the matter has been
brought to the attention of President Cleveland,
and that he has expressed himself as DESTROYS
OF carving out to the letter the civil service
ACT, without regard to special rules. II this
rs done, Mr.. Trevitts place as chief OF
the appointment division cannot be filled by an
arbitrary appointment. A prominent official
Cleveland will immortalize himself II he
straightens out this civil service business"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-20

a LEI lf.h HE WkoTE THOS. j. BRADY NOW
BROUGHT UP AGAINST HIM.
A letter, which is alleged was written to Gen.
7. j. Brady, in 1880, by Postmaster Pearson, of
New York city, it is said, has been used in the
fight to turn Pearson out Pearson was known
as reformer. His strong point was that he be-
lieved in pure civil service, and opposed all
partisan uses of public offices In $50. though
Mt James. afterwards Postmaster General, was
postmaster, Pearson really managed and di-
rected the Office. According to the story money
was needed for the republican campaign in New
YORK, and the party leaders thought the post
office employees ought to contribute Pearson
could not assent to this without violating his
civil service pretensions, but, under pressure
he arranged to take the II. O.. us" Of the post
Office clerks: Each clerk gave his note for the
amount Of his contribution, and Gen. Brady
cashed these notes. The sum realized amount
ed to several thousand dollars, and it was badly
needed. After the election Mr.. Pearson required
each clerk to take up his note, and in remit
ting the money he wrote letter to Gen. Brady
thanking him for the OppOrtune aid he had rem.
dered. A gentleman, who asserted that he had
read this letter within two or three days past,
gave STAR reporter the information, and
added thatthe President either had been or
would be shOgn the letter to convince him that
MIR. Pearson IS not a sincere reformer.
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The Public Printership.
MR.. sTOLL THE CHOICE OF INDIANA DEMO
Gratis FOR THE PLACE

Gratis FOR THE PLACE.
There was report in circulation to-day that
some of the Indiana democrats had gone to the
President and urged him not to appoint Mr..
Stoll, OF that state, public printer on the ground
that he was not acceptable. Representative
Lowry, of Indiana, in reply to the question of q
STAR reporter, said to-day that there was no
truth in the report that there was any opposi-
ton from the democratic Congressman Of In
diana to Stoll. He said that StoIl was the choice
OF the democracy of his state, and that II any
Indianian is appointed public printer, IL will be
Stoll. Some of the Indiana democrats expected
the nomination for public printer to reach the
Senate to-day, and were really disappointed
that 1t did not. It was stated to-day again that
no change will be made in public printer for the
present The Indiana democrats, SO one of
their number says, have not urged their man
Tor immediate appointment, but recommend
that he be chosen whenever the President shall
see III to make change.
1t Is reported that during his visit to the
hite House yesterday afternoon Public
Prlnter Rounds was assured by President
Cleveland that he did not contemplate any
immediate change in his Office.
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To-Day's Nominations.

TENNESSEE DEMOCRATS NOT PLEASED AT Ex-
GOV. PoRTER's NOMINATION, BUT DELIGHTED
AT MR.. ATKINS SELECTION.
The report that Senator Harris, of Tennessee.
would, in obedience to the wishes of democrats
of that state, oppose the confirmation fex-Gov.
Porter as Assistant Secretary of State is with
out foundation. Gov. Porter has been identified
with q faction of the Tennessee democracy
which is not popular with the party there at
large. In the last campaign for state officers in
Tennessee Gov. Porter and some others anita
goniZed the regular state ticket. Senator
Harris took the field for the regu-
lar nominees and carried the state, get
ting q vote Of about 10000, while The
other faction polled only 1000 or 5000.
Some of the representatives Of the regular wing
of the democracy who are here say that the
selection Of Gov Porter will be distasteful to the
mass of the party, but there is no idea Of oppos-
ing him. Senator Harris says Gov. Porter is an
Intelligent, heightened and chivalrous gentle
man: that he is honest and entirely capable,
and that no man, no matter whether he wanted
the nomination or not, could say otherwise
All there Is OF the reported opposition grows out
Of the fact that on the adjustment of the Tennes-
see debt Gov. Porter differed with por, ion of
his party, but all concede his fitness nd his
eminent qualifications The nomination of ex.
Congressman Atkins is most acceptable to all
the democracy of that state. He has Tor years
pnst been one of the most popular lead ers of the
democracy of his state, and during lis service
in Congress he attained national distinction
On every hand his selection is pronounced most
fitting and satisfactory.
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The demand for space In the advertising COZ
umns OF THE STAR ia unusually large for this
season Of the year. and advertisers viii confer
favor by sending In their orders as early a. prac.
ticable to insure insertion and classification N
to-morrow's issue.
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FIGHTING THE GAMBLERa At WRHELrN0.-
bitter hight is going on between the mayor
the question Of suppressing The gambling
houses. The mayor Il determined that the
gamblers must 60, but the chief Of police, who
raid the houses. The gamblers have offered to
elect the mayor sheriff Of the county Ct the
evil has assumed astounding proportions in
.Wheelings It 10 said, and hundrode o. clerks and
young business men are nightly habitues OF the
dens.t The gambler, It II said, Are willing to
give $4,000 for immunity nom disturbance
Tor single yoax.