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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
THE OUTLOOK ON CEREALS.
The Corn Condition Higher Than Any Year
Since 1850, Except Last.

The Corn Condition Higher Than Any Year
Since 1880, Except Last.
The June report Of the agricultural de-
partmcnt, says a Washington dispatch,
shows slight improvement in winter wheat,
which advances the general average be-
tween two and three points or from so to
nearly 90. The winter wheat region, not
including the territories, now promises
about 215, 000, 900 bushels.
The condition OF the spring wheat CON
tinues high though the average is slightly
reduced, being nearly 90. Indications now
point to a crop of about 143, 900, 600
bushels, making an aggregate OF 800, 00O,-
900 bushels.
The corn condition is higher thar in any
year since 1880, except the last. The area
is 1000, 900 acres.
Cotton has made material Improvement
during June and the average condition in
creased from % to SO.
The month has been favorable to the de-
velopment of winter wheat. A slight i'm
provement is indicated which advances the
general average between two and three
points or from 60 to nearly 65.
A very slight decline is reported in Con
necticut, New York, Pennsylvania and in
some OF Une southern SUaUeS. In Nllcnlgan,
Indiana, Illinois, and also in Missouri,
there has been an Improvement, as well as
in California and Oregon. The winter
wheat region, which does not include the
territories, now promise 215, 600, 600 BUSH
els. The condition of spring wheat contin-
ues higher, though the average has been re-
duced slightly, the average being nearly 90.
Indications now point to a crop OF 49,
000, 900 bushels for Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Nebraska, Dakota, and all other territories
and northern New England. This makes
an aggregate OF $50, 900, 900 bushels. TIL
immense corn area last year has appar-
entity been increased 6 per cent, or at least
1000, 900 acres, making an aggregate OF
1900. 900 acres. The largest increase is
in the Missouri valley. The condition OF
corn is higher thar in any year since 1880,
except the last. 1t averages "a against 90
in 1884. 1t is the highest in the south and
higher on the Atlantic coast thar in the
west. The Kansas average is SO, that OF
Michigan and Missouri 81, Wisconsin So,
Illinois 90, Iowa 90, Minnesota 95 and
Ohio and Nebraska 81. Tit average OF
winter rye has increased from 70 to 81
since the LIST OF June. The general average
for oats is 81 in place OF 90 last month.
Oats lave shared with all cereals in theim-
provement OF the month. The only states
below 80 are New Jersey, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi and
California. The condition OF barley aver
ages so; OF tobacco 90.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
.mla~~
Ingersoll's BoyhOOd.

Col. Robert G. Ingersoll is often said
to have formed in boy hood a preJu-
dice against orthodoxy, because his
father. a Congregational clerg man,
reared him so r gorously as to deprive
him of every rational pleasure. The
paternal Ingersoll, of whom Robert was
extremely fond, was remarkably liber-
eral, and on account of his lberality
was always in trouble with the mem
bers of his church, and other evangeli-
cal persons, who made him very UNI
happy. This seemed so narrow and
unjust to Robert that he came to hate
tie name of Calvinism and all its teach
ings. His hatred has increased with
his years, and is vigorously expressed
in his anti-religious lectures. A native
of this state-he was born in Amsterdam
his family led a wandering lfe until
they settled, when he was 10 years old,
in Southern Illinois. For years he
called Peoria his home, but of late he
has spent most of his time in Washing
ton, where his legal practice is report
ed to be worth $40, 900 per annum.
Albeit an ardent politician be has new
er held any public office except that OF
attorney general of Illinois. After
having been beaten IN looO as q uem-
ocrat.c candidate for congress from
that state, he resolved never again to
seek the sutfrages of the people, and
he has kept his resolution. He refused
in 1877 the mission to Berlin, which
had been rendered him by the state de-
partment. He is doubtless aware that
his aggressive attitude toward ortho-
doxy would be successfully used
against him at the polls. At his house
in Peoria one day, a visitor seeing a
fine edition of Volta're's works in his
l brary, asked how much it cost him.
His answer was, The Go~vernorshlp OF
Illinois," Personally Ingersoll is ex-
ceedingly popular. He is a delightful!
talker and companion, being full OF
interesting "reminiscences and humor-
Gus anecdotes. He numbers among
his friends many persons whose theo-
logical opinions are Numerically OPP
posed to his own.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

romantic village of Yonkers. This
still stretches out expansive wings of
white, has a regiment of windows
along both fronts, and each entrance
is ornamented with stately columns
and corresponding pilasters.
1t was the very ideal of a hospitable
mansion in its prime; and here, n
winter afternoon in 1856, George
Washington refined up his horse on h S
way home from Boston. 1t was the
10th of March, and I have nc doubt
that, in such a lonely region, the three
daughters of Frederick Philipse III. rssn
to the windows as the tall, straight
Virginia colonel of % halted and hand
ed his reign to m of the black slaves
in livery who rode behind. At any
rate, Lere he remained with his ad
and servants for many days, and dur
ing this time he laid siege to the heart
of the second daughter. Mary. He was
completely captivated by her beauty.
winsome manners and fine figure-not
less than a million.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
ELI PERKINS.
He Visits New Orleans, and Gets tho I'M
preston that it is
Dangerous TO FIirt with trac Crc-
ole rcclies.
A Reminiscence of War T!mcs In
Virginia.

The old residences of the Creoles are
usually one story. Twenty years ago
they were covered with terra Gotta t le,
but now they are singled with blue
stone. They are cheap homes and not
very clean. think 1900 will buy Il
very good Creole home in the center of
the city.
The Creole is an unenterprising citi-
zen.
He has no ambition, no hope. He
never takes n risk. He never builds.
He is a parasite. He may keep a store,
but he never works. He calls himself
white, but he is as dark as a Chinaman.
He looks like ar octoroon. Moth ng
disturbs him. During the war he
didn't are whether Jeff Davis or Ben.
Butler commanded the town. There
are thousands of them here who have
never been to the exposition. His chief
aim is to raise a handsome family, and
marry the daughters of well.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

Washington rode up to this mansion
and hailed a black man:
Here. uncle! Who lives here?'
''Cunnel Morris. massyl But he
haint heah now. Gone Anyway from
hum"
.'Where is hep
s.Doan know, massyl 'Spect he are
gone to fight the debblish rebbils down
in Car'liny. Jes lef Uncle Ben to look
arter things"
"Are you quite alone, Uncle Benz
everybody gomez
'.Coase l be, You don't imagine mis-
sus 'ud stay heah, do you, when the
rebbils is all round and right cross
de ribbcr dere is dat dam traitor, Gun
mel Wash ton, as missus calls himl l
recken she'd be skeered."
just then an orderly and a squad of
''debbli>h rebbils came up and took
possession of the house and Washing
ton went in and made it the headquar-
tiers of the American army all summer.
1t is a traditi that the lares and pen
ates of the Morris family were not
treated very tenderly. Everything
portable that could not be put to mill
tary use was slowed up in the broad,
lonesome garnet.
Gas the cradle was brought in from
the bedroom and hurr ed up stairs, a
chronicler says, General putnam. to
whom the history of the house was I'M
known, said to his CHI eff, That has a
sort OF home look General Wash
ington merely said, Yes; very"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
W~ASHINGTON'S ROMANCE.
How lie Loved a Lassie Of High Degree.
Who Married His Rival. the Col
Onel, and Lived in Style at
the Upper End of
Manhatten Es-
land.
ARare Bit of Ancient History,

Last Sunday Visited two of the old
est buildings in America. intimately
associated with the romance of Gener-
al Washingtons life and equally connec-
ted with the career of others almost as
distinguished. One of these was the
great fhilipse Manor house, now the
city hall of Yonkers. 1t was built in
1852 by Frederic Philipse, the richest
man in the American colonies. In his
youth he was poor, but he was frugal
and energetic, and instead of idling
around, as many boys do, he went into
business as a save-trader with Africa
and soon rose to the position of pirate
IN the Mediterrean sea. He earned
a great deal of money in these trades,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
CeIIuloid Wedding Presents.

N. 7. Times.
Up at the Grand Central station the
other day / found an agitated young
mar and an agitated young m
Bride and groom they were, and it
was a wedding tour they were taking.
In a big Saratoga trunk they had
packed their silks and their broad
cloths, along with a toilet set with
which some generous friend had equip
ped them. The toilet set vas of cellu-
lo'd, and in its rough journey the cell
luloid had ignited, the good Big trunk
was in ashes, and a wedding tour IA
brought to a sharp terminal on. This
opens up sad possibilit es for the reci-
pients of wedding gifts.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
A Curious Electric Freak.

Ch1cagOJournaI.
Quite a curious freak of an electric
character occurred in the telegraph de-
partment of this office the other day.
A package of lead pencils bound with
a paper band, were lying between the
telegraph keys. All at once the tele-
grapher noticed a small spark coming
from this paper band. The sight was
ano,el one to him and he called in an
other member of the staff to witness it.
They watched it for a minute or two
and sat SIZED themselves hat if left as
it was it would soon cause a blaze,
and the package was removed. This
goes to show how a fire might possibly
occur, and its origin never be ex-
planned.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
less than a million.

To the Virginia colonel's great cha
grin Mary declined the offer of his
hand. He lost no time in resuming
h s journey. He plunged anew into
the
INDIAN WARS OF THE ALLEGHENIEs.
and Captain Roger Morris, less ilnpet-
uous and more patient. won Mary
Philipse. Morris and Washington had
been companions and friends in the
BraddocX expedition, but they were
b tier foes henceforth. They never
met again.
The lucky red-coat captain, with
some of the money that came to him
w til his wife, built on Washington
Heights. near the lower end of Phi lipse
manor. another great brick house in
the midst OF a charming landscape,
stand ng 80 high up ON its rocky perch
as TO overlook the Hudson and the
East Rivers and the growing city to
the south. There Mary and Captain
Morris lived many years, and children
were born to them, and he was pro-
noted to be a colonel.
When the Revolutionary war broke
Il Colonel Morris abandoned the
house and kept his family within the
British lines. In May, l776 General
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
lure of Negotiation. with Spain.

Pashington dispatch-It is said that Col
John w. Foster, who represents this
ernment in Spain, has failed to negotiate
numerical treaty between that country and
UNITED States. He is expected to return
ne at an early date. Foster was sent to
Pin about two months ago with instructions
negotiate n new commercial treaty in place
the one which he had previously negoti-
fd, and which was considered by the senate.
The proposed new treaty, as agreed to by
/ new Administration, uid not differ greatly
pm the first treaty. The changes were made
khc Interests of the business men of this
Rntry, and were principally in relation to
Pacco. The Spanish officials have not
Pked f%avorably upon a second treaty. The
(nister of Foreign Affairs especially was
disposed to negotiate. He minated that
B first treaty sholld have had a final con
P~eration by the ~Senate-either ratified or
lected- and not Withdrawn before final
ion was taken. Under the circumstances
could not continue negotia-
As. y
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

THE CAMP CHEST WHICH NAPOLEON
CARRIED THROUGH THE CAMPAIGNS
OF MOSCOW n WATERLOO.
In one corner of the library is what
looks Ike a burnt log, some five feet
long. Close examination shows it to
be a leathern trunk, bound about with
brass and iron hoops and locked with
a secret lock. Madame Jumel declared
that she got it from that faithful
Count Bertrand who shared with
the exile at st. Helena, and
he sa d this was the camp-chest which
the Little Corporal carried with him
through the campaigns Of Moscow and
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

At Jacksonville, Ind, Albert Ross, n
w%ell-known grocer, shot and fatally
wounded his wife and then killed himself.
The cause OF the tragedy was jealousy.
The couple were aged 81 and 20 and had
been married only two weeks.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

Waterloo. Under the complicated
chandelier stands an inlaid stand of
various colored marbles, in ant cue de-
design, and on this the principal arti-
Giles of rertu are photographs of Cleve-
land and Hendricks.
The old manse IS a rare and curious
museum, containing thousands of
treasures and souven rs, and II is for
tunate that it is in the hands of those
who will preserve it and are wiling to
share the en-. oyment of it with visitors.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
''THAT TERRIBLE BLACK HORSE CAV
ALRYr'

"All killed but us" they commenced,
''The black horse cavalry-''In Wash
ington q few hours afterwards, l sup
dose | saw 800 Zouaves.
Yes" they said, wringing their
hands, "a few of us escaped and"
Two weeks afterward u call was
made in New York to reorganize the
Zouaves when 1900 responded to the
roll cali.
you see," they said, 1--WE had or
ders to fall back. and as no one coun-
demanded it, we fell clear back to New
York;
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

A German physician defines the main
difference in the effects of whisky and
beer to be: "Viskey makes you kill
somebody else. Mitt peer you only
kills yourself
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
RowsED rN.nAKr M1SNsToNxA.


Pleasure TIP
Minneapolis dispatch of the 18th: Shortly
er 5ytclock this afternoon a heavy wind
d rainstorm passed over Lake Mime
hka, The small steam yacht Minnie
OK with eight persons on board, cap
and the entire number drowned.
wa OF the accident spread rapidly and
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

"Mon ami tex some cognac. You
will fin it YER fine. All, you lax it
ehp
Now mon ami, you lax to know for
wat 1 want see you-eh bieuP | have
notiz yo' attentions to- my daugh-
ter"
Then after telling you that he is not
displeased he goes on with his own
family pedigree, and finally gives his
consent to marry the daughter before
YOU ask for it.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

1t is dangerous to ilIrt with a Creole
girl. Ii you call once, the family set
YOU down as a su.tor; twice, a lover;
three times and must be engaged.
Then the old man VIII tap you on the
shoulder and say
M'sieu, I would lax to- see you n
minute alone" Then conducting you
into the dining-room he will continue:
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
FREDERIC PHILIrsE's coAT OF ARMS.

especially in that of a marine landlord
boarding merchant vessels. Hay
ing got rich by his savings he came o
New York, joined the Episcopal church
and bought all the upper half of Man
haitian Island and the whole of West
Chester county. His position was equiv
alentt to that of a lord, he was the fore
most man in all things in the valley Of
the Hudson. His estate was called the
Manor of Philipseburg. Its headquar-
tiers were established in the vast, ram
bling building in the heart of the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

1--WE are all there are left" they
said. "All the rest were killed. That
terrible black horse cavalry cut us all
up, and-"At tho end of the Long
Bridge 1 saw a few hundred more
XopaVas
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
HISTORIC HILLS.

covering Alexandra and the orange
and Alexandria railroad. Here after
the first Bull Run, 1 saw the first
struggling Zouaves, from Ellsworth's
reg ment. They were gunless and
hatless.
INTO VIRGINIA.
The only bridge from Washington
into Virginia is the historical Long
Bridge. Over this bridge there march
ed. during the war, more than two
m lion men. First Mcdowell went
over with 100, 900 men, four ffths OF
whom came back after the first Bull
Run. Then Mcclellan marched over
w. tn 800, 900 men aud sat down for a
wear within sight of the Capitol. Then
Burnside and Hooker experimental
before Fredericksburg, while McClel-
Ian spaded up the swamps OF the Chic
kohominy.
While Mcclellan was returning from
the disastrous siege of Richmond, Leo
swept Pope back at the o uli
Run and then started for Maryland and
Pennsylvania. Now came Mcclellan
back over the same bridge to meet W tn
Burns de the entire Confederate army,
al Ant etam. AT err Ant etam and Get
tysburg the entire Union army again
marched back owe Long Bridge and
encamped from Arlington Heights TO
Fredericksburg. Now came Grant, the
Wilderness and A~ppomatax, and the
two notorious arm es ~re-crossed the
same bridge. aud Lincoln reviewed
200, 900 victor'o u veterans from Geor-
gia and Gordonsv lie.
When l first saw Long Bridge, in
1861, a squad of Confederates guarded
the Virg MIA end, while a few regulars
guarded the Wash ngton end. All the
wagons had to pass both
pickets. 1t was a common thing, in
the early morning, to hear a picket
challenge Ike this:
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-14
MarShal'S Sale.

DURSCANT TO AN ORDER OF SALE TO
1 me directed by the Third Judicial District
Court of the Territory of Utah, shall expose at
public SALE at the front door of the County Court
House, III the City OF Salt Lake, County of Salt
Lake and Territory of Utah, on the DIST day of
August. 1885, at u O'Clock m, the following de-
scribed property, situate in Salt Lake County,
Utah Territory to-wit:
The east half of the northwest quarter, and
Lots Nos one and two, of Section 10 nineteen.
in Township one u. south of Range two t2)
west of Salt Lake meridian, containing one
hundred and sixty (160) acres. Also part of
the northwest quarter OF section (29l twenty
nine. in Township one % south of Range (2)
two west, described follows, to-wit: Com
mencing eighty-seven and a half (S712) rods
west from the southeast corner of said quarter
section, and running thence west seyenty-twO
and a half t72l3) rods; thence north one hun
bred and sixty (l60) rods; thence east seventy
two and q half GEO rods thence south one
hundred and sixty (1C0) rods TO the place OF be-
ginning, containing seventy-two (72t9 and a
half acres.
Together with all and singular the tenementS,
hereditaments and appurtenances theTeunto
belonging or in anywise appertaininE.
To be sold as the property OF Obadiah n
Riggs and Annie Miller. at the suit of Philip
Steinhart.
Dated July 2s, 1885. L.. $. Marshal.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-14
GOLD IN THE ROCKIES.
soldier i'm the Army Said to be
Entitled to the Honor of Its
Discovery.

A good deal of interest has always at
tached to the question where the actual
first discovery of gold in the Rocky
mountains was made, says the Park
County (Col) Bulletin. Two or three
localities have put in claims for the
honor, and at the risk of tearing them up
with dissension, we shall advance new
competitor for that position. In the
spring of 1857 six columns OF United
States troops were started from Sioux
City, Iowa, to reinforce General Albert
Sidney Johnson, who, with small force,
was emcamped upon the Wasatch range
in Utah. and preparing himself for an at
tack, as the Mormons, whom he had been
sent TO subdue were in very threatening
attitude. The mounted reinforcements
hurried toward the front, but on reaching
Lodgepole creek, in Wyoming, their
animals were so jaded that an enforced
halt for day or two was made. During
this halt Lieutenant j. III. Alexander,
who was in partial command, left camp,
accompanied by soldier named Slater,
for an antelope hunt. They were on the
bank of the creek some distance from
camp, when, on STOPPING to get drink,
Slater scooped up some pebbles among
which were particles resembling gold.
He called the lieutenant's attention to it
and they decided it must be gold, but on
going back to camp, the engineering corps
pooh-poohed the idea of finding gold any
where east of California, and the matter
dropped. While returning East the next
year Lieutenant Alexander heard OF the
discoveries at Pixies peak, and before he
reached the States met multitudes of peo-
pie coming westward in search OF the
precious metal. Active duty kept the
lieutenant too busy to look the matter up
and at the breaking out OF the war he re-
signed from the regular army to enter a
rebel regiment from his native State,
Georgia. In the meantime the soldier,
Slater, died. A short time since the
writer met Lieutenant Alexander, who
was visiting Colorado for the first time
since 1857, and he then related the cir
cumstances we have narrated. His story
is entirely credible.
Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-14
Application for Patent.
Notice No. 1917
USITED STATES LAND OFFICE.

CNllkD STATES LAND OFFICE.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. July %, 1885.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT DEN
- mis- c. Murphy and the heirs OF Samuel
Kahn. deceased. whose postofice address Is
Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, have made ap-
plication for q United States patent for the
Murphy No mining claim situate In Little
Cottonwood Mining District Salt Lake county
Utah Territory, consisting OF AGA linear feet OF
the lode, and surface ground 100 feet wide, he
Ing Lot No. IL, and described in the field notes
and plat OF the official survey on file in this
office. with magnetic ysriation at Is degrees 10
minutes east, as follows: Commencing at the
discovery point OF the Murphy No. mining
claim, and running 50 degrees 10 minutes W
S74 feet to the center of the westerly end line OF
said claim, and thence degrees 20 minutes
r % feet 10 Post NO. l; thence y degrees 80
minutes W 100 feet to Post No. .: thence S.
degrees 10 minutes + l,464 feet to Post No s;
thence 5 : degrees 20 minutes 100 feet to
Post No. 4; thence s 50 degrees 10 minutes W
], 464 feet to Post No. OF the exterior boundary
lines OF the surface ground OF the said mining
claim, containing an area of 2 1913 acres after
excluding therefrom the areas in conflict with
the following named mining claims, to wit
Lot 81, Honey Comb, 0.43 acres; Lot 81, Cincin-
natl, 0.OO2 acres: Lot 1885, Alta, O. % acres; Lot
liz, Ravine, O.23 acres; and Lot l6S, Real Estate
O.l5 acres. From Post No. U. s. MN. No. bears
S y degrees is minutes W 1882 feet distant
office OF the Recorder OF said mining district III
Alta, in Salt Lake county, Utah, The nearest
known locations being the Cincinnati, Alta
Ravine, Calcutta, Honey Comb and Real Estate
mining claims.
l direct That this notice be published in the
SALT LAKE EVENING DEMOCRAT, the newspaper
published nearest the said mining claim for
the period of sixty days
II. MCMAsTRR, Register.
BIRD x LOWE, Attorneys for Applicants