The Mineral argus., 1885-01-15

Wash Conner figures ont Jay Gould's income
at sG,oV0,OV year.
The total railway construction for 1884 was
$3.50 miles, the lowest since 1878.
The anthracite coal conference agreed on
3O,OOu, UOO tons as the production Of 1co5.
B. Plat Carpenter, governor of Montana,
left his home at Poughkeepsie, n. y. for Helena.
/ Henry Biswanger If Philadelphia dropped
dead while sitting at table telling joke to a
friend
The Louisiana sugar crop is said to be very
poor, and planters are gloo' ever next years
prospects,
New York newspapers are said to be in a
very hard-up condition, owing to sadly de-
creased calculations.
Friends of the Blair educational bill say they
intend TO push ii to the front in the house soon
after the reassembling Of congress.
Mrs. Lucia ". Roebling, widow of the late
John A. Roebling, the famous engineer, died
recently after protracted illness at New York.
Gen. Wolscley has received small piece OF
paper with Gen. Gorlon's genuine seal on the
back, dated Dec. IA, saying Khartoum was all
right.
Merrells 4 Co., iuE. DER dealers of Pittsfeld
are embarrassed Liabilities, $4,000 to $780,
0OO largely to Western lumberpen aud in
dOrsers.
Chester Holcombe, secretary Of the American
legation at Pekin. asserts that the Chinese re-
gard the United States more highly than any
other nation
Ex-Gov. Ordway mas organized . Dakota
banking and investment company, with q
branch Office in Washington and headquarters
ct Bismarck.
Tie Christmas club, benevolent and char
table institution of which Miss Nellie Arthur
ID president gave Christmas dinner to go
poor children
It il reported iat Hon. J. W. Morford of
Watertown, OAK, has made arrangements to
leave his extensive farms and return to Owa-
tonna to reside.
The newspapers Of new York are said to be
experiencing season of very hard times. nearly
All Of them having suffered seriously from
loss Of subscribers
Cards are out at Gordonville, Va, for the
marriage of Master Willie Scott Of Gortlonville,
aged four years. and Miss Jennie Perry OF
Charleston, W. Va, aged six years.
At 1ifRn, Ohio, Young Man Buckley gained
the affections and tho fortune of Widow Crom-
we'll, aged seventy five, eloped with her, and
is now missing with her $4,000.
1t 10 said at Omaha that Superintendent
Ravens, of the Union Pacific bridge division,
recently made determined effort to commit
suicide with morphine. He has been sick for
some time.
In the Christ church cathedral, Berlin, re-
Gently, Lord William Conyngham Plunkct, lord
bishop Of Meath, was consecrated archbishop
Of Dublin. The bishop of Limerick performed
the ceremony.
victoriano Nienez, q mill oaaire of Carmen,
Mexico, celebrating his ,'den wedding recent
", sent s5O,OCN in lump TO the ust-eaten
district, and gave his government $4,000 to
help pay its debts.
Sylvester Marsh, protector and president Of
the Mount Washington railroad died at Con-
cord, n. H., recently, aged eighty-one. He
was one of the pioneers in the pork packing
business in the west.
Gen. Fremont il goiis 20 Mexico to examine
the title to li,0oo,oOo acres of land purchased
by an American syndicate. II is proposed to
bring over from Europe ID colony of 700 per-
sons to settle on the tract
In consequence of the receipt from London
Of information that a plot existed To destroy
property in Manchester, extra guards and pa
trols have been placed On duty at the public
buildings and In the streets.
The tug Admiral exploded at Chicago. As
soon az the smoke cleared away a search was
made for the crew, three IN number. They
were Capt Andrew Green, Engineer Joseph
Hogan and William BONE, fireman.
The will of Rev. Henry DE koven, who died
in Switzerland last july, was filed in Chicago
He disposes of 81. coo worth of real estate and
83o,Uc worth of personal property, and leaves
1t all 10 his wife, Charlotte DE koven.
Prof. Doremus of New York says the --,yp-
tan obelisk in Central Park is steadily and
surely disiniegrating under the Influences of
American weather. He predicts that in 5Oo
years the hieroslyplcs viii be ilegible
Building and other improve ments IN Fnrgus
Fails tine past year were "a follows: Business
blocks. 900; RESIDENCES, ss5,oto; street