, 1886-12-09
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the other OF fraud.
The silver mills of Montana rep
resent on investment OF S2O.000,OO0,
and mining machinery as much
more.
\ company with a capital of $780,
0lG has been organized at SpTague
t. build q RAILROAD into the Big Bend
country.
In America, forty years ago,
millionaire was as rare as a prince;
so was a tramp. Both classes are
increasing III numbers.
In fourteen Of the thirty-three
counties of the territory the office
Of superintendent of schools is held
by women, five Of whom are unmar
ried-
The Cunari company has refused
to carry the British mail across the
Atlantic, and the government Is
considering the propriety of their
prosecution.
Female voters in Vermont are re
quired to own $3.50 worth of property.
That's easy euough. 4 sealskin
saque and about one pair of stockings
viii about average 1t.
In the territory of Montana at the
recent election 32, 2G2 votes We're cast
-5293 more than in 1854 The Off
cial democratic majority on delegate
in congress Is BIS
Geo W. Goodwin dem has filed
notice that he will contest the election
of I. j. V. Clark trep.) to the legis>
lature from Yakima on the ground Of
Illegal votes and fraud.
The Pre- ident has appointed Geo.
\. Allen to be United States attorney
for the western district of Pennsyl-
vania vice VIM. A. Stone, suspended
for offensive partisanship.
The Richmond Wing says that no
rich rascal has been convicted in
Virginia since the war, and that the
penitcntary is full of poverty stricken
wretches whom the law has no mercy
for.
The orde" of United WOrkmen has
had 1000 deaths and has paid cut
nearly Sl4,000,000 in death losses
Who can compute the value of this
amount of money to these 1000 fam
lilies?
Secretary Lamar in his annual re
port, says that of an Indian popu-
lation of 100000, less than 100 have
been engaged in opposition and re
sistence to the L. S. government dur
ing the past year,
The Tacoma mill company is at
work getting out three large sticks of
timber about 130 feet long, together
with al! the frame and heavy timber
for three ships which Will be con-
structed at San Francisco.
Little Niagara boy (nineteenth cen
tury)-'Ma, can l swim the whirl-
pool this afternoon?" Mother-"No,
my dear, not this afternoon, but the
first time we go to New York, perhaps,
| will let you jump off Brooklyn
bridge"
The Lewiston Teller states that q
careful estimate of the population of
Idaho shows but 10000 people, and
that admittance into statehood is out
OF the question, unless the north an
nexes to Washington and the south
to Nevada.
NJ Y. B. Stacey, we'll known as the
head center of the ''feverish flush
element among Washington terri
tory boomers, is in Omaha, where, as
he tells San Francisco Post report
er, he has made piles of money
daring the past year"
An agreement has been concluded
between England and China, by
which these countries have entered
an offensive and defensive treaty
against Russia. The agreement
further provides the cession Port
Hamilton by England to China.
Nine employees Of the burned La
Camas paper mill, including super
intendent, engineers, firemen and
machine tenders, have shown their
sympathy for the proprietors by
volunteering months services
gratuitOusly as soon as the machin-
cry in the rebuilt mill is ready for
work.
One of the principal agricultural
productions of the Puget Sound
country is oats. The three great
producing sections are Stilaguamish,
Swinomish, and Samish. The three
sections named produced this year
232 900 sacks. The price received
by the growers ranged from $40 to
S22 per ton.
The California & Oregon railroad
has now a force IN the vicinity of
Yreka of 4,500 Cinnamon and 1000
white men working IS rapidly as
possible through the mountains to
the Oregon line. At the present rate
of construction the connections will
be made south of Ashland within the
next ten months.
Liberty fell in with a very pokey
set when she cast her fortunes with
the New Workers, who, now that
they have the statue safely anchored
IN their harbor. want outsiders to
put up the $4,000 year necessary to
keep the torch ia the old girls hand
ablaZe. 4 warranty deed to the
earth is what New York pines for.
The United States hatchery on the
McCloud river, California, has lately
received from Peru an order for 75O,-
GOO salmon eggs, which are now beng
Prepared for shipment. The eggs
are packed IL moss and then covered
with ice, that they may be kept damp
during the long trip. An order for
100000 of salmon eggs was lately
filed for New Zealand. From a
salmon about $500 eggs ere secured
from trout about $50.
In Santa Barbara, Cal, they have
had four days celebration of the
Santa Barbara missions centennial
The principal events consisted of re-
hgious services at the old mission
chapel, the foundation of which was
begun December 4, 1855, that dav
being chosen to consecrate the foun-
dation because it was the annual fes
tiyal of the virgin Santa Barbara.
Two thousand people attended the
services, many Spanish ladies being
dressed in p@nish costumes in vogue
100 years ago.
The secretary of war in his annual
repOTt calls attention IN fba ,tto,I,-