New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-25
AROUYD 1Nn AB0Ur THE CITY.


Il. G. McCord remarked 70 me. the morning after the
meeting Of Ecplb lean County Committee with the
least touch Oi sarcasm In his lone: "lh wonld be a
good tiiuo tor IN, N,ic To, Taes jump ia and yell
traor and ire4chery. wonder that 1t dii not improve
| the OPP Ortunity."
Not long aftcrwari heard another similar shot at TIE
Times from a Republican Member OF the Legislature.
Mr.. Jones Is unvittuty dong Tom II. "a great
service" sad ne. PLAT wa, growing weak ID the
country, where he has always beou strong Th attacks
OF The Iimes have given him grounds OF strength
with TIE country members Of the parry"
hear from lumber dealers that largo movements
/ have tA.en place the lumber market within few
days The Ottawa manufacturers OF lumber have sold
their eutiro cut for tho ensuing year to English and
American dealers at considerable advance over lat
years prices One Transaction. amounting To 40OO0OOO
| or JO,OpOO0D feet Is reported from Arupror,
! Canada at an advance OF 81 per thousand. Tho
purchasers Shepard. Morse & Co. OF Burn gton
VI, the selling firm Mclaughlin Brothers, II IL tho
general belief among lumber men that owing to the
ar.e building prospect ami the decreasing supply of
lumber. prices Will be higher for the entire season than
! they were last season.
Tns Is the time when there annual nnux here OF
persons living along tho Northern Pacific road. While
/ the great Northwest Is snowcorerrd, they to
NSv-York with their schemes for building railroads
opening mines. and developing the country. There are
! hail dozen Washington Territory people hero now.
A. NJ. Cameron. the banker AT spokane Falls. IL pre-
semtng the Northern Pacific managers plan for
feeders 10 tap that limo MS one line Ia
southwark Into tho P~Onso River region, which Is aroh
wheat county and The other southwest into gruzing
| lands. No rOai has yet been built into tho Cnur
dAiene gold fields but several roates have been sur
! ,sycd Mr. Hopkins ono OF tho heaviest Investors IN
! that region. told mo vest rday that and
gold silver being every mouth, but
has got he old story and very ltlo heard
! abOuti It. He added "Mr Harrington, who is presi-
! M hank lie IAN he fr4 viii me tha
other day when he said that gold came Into his
! bank from the CBur dA1no region than from all
the rest OF that section combined"
J. H. Montgomery OF Portland, Ore, who Is at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, original aud active Blaine
| man at the last Republican National Convention lie
asked yesterday about thr present political bias OF
the Republicans Of tho Pacific Coast and replied "Thcy
are already looking ahead To 1888 There IL only one
! man 10 nUininato-Jamcs q. Blaine Tho forco OF
cumstances would require that he should bo rsnOmi-
mated. The Democrats will rcnomnate Pr sldont Glove
land There is deal Of bitterness against him
his own party hut they cannot refuse him renominI-
ton. have just spent week In Washington. Demo
cratic members OF Con nave cursed Cleveland be-
tod them they wound 10 Obliged TO put him mp again.
Their has been that he could not be rerlocred
carry wi 1t Mr. Balnrs. Mr Blaine would get all ce
ihls time The entire Pacific Coast viii DO ag,in for
! Blaine as Enthusiastically rs ever
! Mr. Montgomery when asked aboat tho election OF
Senator Mitchell in his state replied: " II the contest
had run along little further to another ballot Mitchell
would have had fve-s xths OF the members. The at
tncks hat made upon INN had begun To react Is
Told me that there nothing IN the charges and be
| lteyr he told tue lie able and with
DOlph will give our state splendid Iepresen
| tatOn III the Senate.
| Mr. Montgomery mentioned incidentally that Senator
Jones OF Nevada has made Ten strike IN Alaska and
when asked about II said Tue gold mine that he and
others have discovered and developing there Is
ledge OF lying along the of cliff II Is
800 feet deep and indefinitely as to engn. There
are hundred millions in sight wouldn't that IL
there was any their part 10 stock the mine
They are wO King H. the gold. II them only
about - take IL out and they get ~ for II
the spot Jones to congratulated on his renewal Of
| fortune"
Senator sabln Of Minnesota. who was here yesterday
WAS asked by RIBUSE reporter about the outlook at
Washington and replied Z" Affairs arc running along
quietly the Senate Is concerned. We not
hayinga very exciting time though there Is considerable
sparring sor position The President To be giving
more satisfaction to Republicans than TO Democrats.
There is not likely be great fight on his appoint
nents where nominee Is shown To nave Dad
record incompetent he Will certainly be rejected
There are many such IL IA probable that where
nominees personally obnoxious 10 the Senators from
any they will he rejected That has always boen
| the the Senate"