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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04
Personal.

q RIcHkRD HowE. of South Cottonwood,
IS IN the .csty. 81 s
fs B L. CUTLER, OF West Jordan, was in
town yesterday. m
CHARLEs- FooTE. Of Nephi, was in
town on Saturday.
]. NJ. PETERSON of the Workingmen's
Co Op., Richfield, is in town.
JOHS BLYTHE. of Blythe & Mitchell.
Ashley. uintRh County, is in town.
C. A. VAS ANDES, supervising agent
and adjustor of the Niagara Fire Insur-
anee Company, sIh the city. a.
W. c. a. SHOOT. Jr., representing
Spencer Clawsop'S popular Wholesale
house, has returned.from the South.
MR. AND Mas. W. w. RITER expect TO
leave for California next Wednesday,
on account OF Mrs. Riter's health.
/ JIM. PETERSON. mayor of Richfield,
has come to the city with the intention
of taking in the Gunnison excursion.
MIS-. THoMAs CARTER. who has been
rusticating in Tooeie County. has re-
turned to Salt Lake to spend the
Fourth. $50
Mrs. JUNIUs +. WELLS. accompanied
by her little girl. left yesterday by the
D. R. G., on a visit TO her mother,
who resides near thew 'eful Thou .
and Islands" rg- ID u.
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LOCAL BRIEFS.

A SOLDIER at the 70. {, who had been
sentenced to one years Imprisonment
in the military prison for stealing pair
of blankets from a comrade, and who
was about to be sent away to serve his
term. escaped from the guard yesterday
morning, and had not been captured at
last accounts, although he had been
traced. as far as the brick kilns. 90
=. TIE, FOLLOWING, members of the Salt
Lake Cricket Club go, to Evanston To-
day, where they play the club at that
place tomorrow: ]. Robinson, captain;
L! Wheeler. X. Collett, A Brown, s.
Potts, w. Tidkin I. Lewis. II. McESan,
J. Piatts. X. Bellamy, ]. Haddenham.
They will return on Tuesday evening
probably with tAciscalps of the Wyom
ing team. -iei t'3Al ilH .,r,
Ar LAST the musicians OF Salt Lake
have witnessed an occasion where they
were appreciated. Every man that
can loot horn. within ? radius OF five
miles sas been engaged for Tomorrow,
and sc eral places have bad to go with
out music though they offered as high as
So and IS a man. The Sixth and Sixteenth
Ward Bands 90 to: Ogden; Petersen
had the pick OF Twelve men for Gunni-
son Olse is Opera House .Band,plag at
the Park and at Callers Farm the
City Band are at Fuller Sew nth Ward
Band plays for the Theatre on the
streets in the morning and at Beck's in
the afternoon, The. Firemen's band has
melted into air. ma ra--- - ru
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The Eareka-Beck Decision.

our iocaEcoiumus show, the deci-
sion of majority ofrthe judges IN this
ceIsbrated case goes N faForof the Ru-
ireka, and sgainst JohnlBeck. ! twill,
of course. be appealed, and the fnilDc-
ton will doubtless remain in forcauntil
It can be heard in tt1e Supreme Court.
Mr. Beck was asked how this hjunc
ton would affect BIN: he replied that
1t had shuthim- of frcm using certain
COMMUNICATION 10 reach valuable
ground which was not in dispute. He
was at work making other means of
connection, however, and nc stated
that he would soon be shipping again.
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Evidently Ineendiary.

At about . O'Clock this morningNight
Waterman Dobson discovered a fire
burning in the rear of KIipple'S black
smithshop, onI Second South Street.
In company with Nigltwatehman Hill
ton. they awoke the men employed az
Grant Brothers stables and soon ex,in-
euished il with a small stream from the
hose. There is every reason TO believe
that the blaze was OF incendiaTy origin,
although IL may have been started from
other causes. Owing 70 TIE prompt di--
royerv. there was no damage dome IL
Il an excellent place for fire. with The
81 able on one side aud The WaSs'fh
Block o. the other,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04
WIN stand.

The famous stallion Gondoher viii
stand at my place. opposite the race
track Tor thirty days only. GOndolier
has more relatives in the twenty five
class ard bitter than any other horse in
the west. Peallas end Jay Eye see are
his aHciesl The horse speaks for him
self and may be seen a. any time at the
above address. Price. $50. ANY mare
failing 10 foal viii be privileged tore
turn aext season. -ii.i1.t
o I b li-ua5.- aS \. W. CLAYTON.
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The Gunnison EXCURSION.

There was considerable indignation
expressed and considerable rustling p-
dulged in. last evening1by the holders OF
tickets to the Gunnison excursion. VIII n
word reached them that owing to the
fact that enough, tickets had not been
sold 10 warrant the sending out of Che
be taken on the regular d. & Il g.
train this morning. However, at about
S O'Clock it was decided that the special
should go out, and 1t accordingly left
at about $50. Carrying about seventy
i've pa sengers,
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IN THE POLICE COURT.
T
A Short Session Before Judge
- Piper Yesterday.

Peter McDuck bodied up serenely in
the-Police Court yesterday. charged
with being drunk and disturbing the
peace. He plead not guilty, but vas.
proven guilty and fined $40.
Dan Russell, plain common drunk,
plead guilty andlyas fued IS. VI t-t
Sargent JamtA plead guilty ocreat-
inc disturbance. and wassfned $40,
which he paid.
Frank Adkins. the driver Of a wagon
cite. was arrested Oh the complaint Of
W. II. Branch. " o charged nun with
al assault. ltsppears thar Branch and
Adkins bad a gisp.ie ~ front Of Inc
Valley House, over ahe pos essioh Of
; me passengers 1ad runks., which
were to De cOnveE Ell to the cepot. and
during the alteration, Adkins tapped
Mr.. Brsnch several times, skinning his
csc and otherwise demo ralizing his
Z .islsppearance. 4fTtsin fFas ARE I'd
{ appeared before Judg' PyVer ar
,locs Yesterday, AZ which gme lhe
stftr was investigated SAID Adkins
t.~ 6ned $40 and cost. SIC 90 all.
E.8 1870 80
- H1yELTIls in. Wash Goods.
bsa si:'iI VI Ct Grenadines. Isce ana
Emo - :. v A.-1vers witL EdziuEs %
match Xix trT-. - elder Serrfs.
Ladies Shade h4i>. u. ia received
at
I. ArEEr II K Bao.
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Rack's Hot sprInrs.

This popular place of resort has now
separate bathing houses for ladies ana
gentlemen. . Excellent rooms, superior
accommodations and all the recreation
at 8. 7.sJ9. and 10, amp. 8, 4, 5, and
6 pm, Regular trains via u. &C.. At 8
am and ogp N. = Telephone 20 stables,
No. 275.
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R.ch and elegant household fun
iture almost new. comprising plush
and velvet parlor SEES. chiiOuleIs ti=cil
walnut hedroom sets. HruSsrls carpets.
Tursisb Rugs. Beds ana Bedd'nes. Din
inc T5,om Furniture. Lace Curtains
silver Ware. CrockeTy. ETC, ~ 22i "
second SOMA Streefgon Tnotsdayi lay
fTt Ike woo1f. Ahc;ioneer.
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not complain OF. the avenues open 10
theh tobpend the Fburth. to-morto1.
They lare as varied as t5et are ru-
merous, and each resort has some at
traction peculiarly its own.
BY THE SAD SEA WAVES.
Five trains will run out to Lake Point
and Garfield over the Utah & Nevada
tomorrow, as follows: Leaving Salt
Lake City at $40 aud IL 10 am, and
Is. 10. $40 aud 8 pm. Returning. arrive
at salt Lake City at $40 and II. 20 .. m,
l.3Q ana Sd pm. and ana. July otn
Fare Tor the round trip, only % cents
children and 10 years of age. % cents
The amusements provided for the, pat
rons OF this resort are pleasing and nu-
merous. In addition Tfo tbs usual
boating, bathing, etc, there will be
dancing during the afternoon and even
ing at BOTH resorts; Signor AieJo zine
appearing at the. Point during the
AFTERNOON in some of hisfasto1eclng
feats. There Is little doubt but that the
i've trains will go out well loaded.
BEcK's HOT sPRISSsOL :
Are also sure to draw an immense
crowd, an attractive programme having
been arranged, prominent among
which is the sparring contest between
Mcdonald ana Fitzgerald for $50 a
side. There will also be boat and foot
races between local amateurs All the
bath houses will be open rs usual and
there will be refreshments of every
kind on hand, and in,abundaneef
+ "a TULLER's HIni. -
\ novelty will be offered the patrons
of this resort in the shape of barbecue
under the management of .Mr. Ed,
Pitts, and ia addiuons toyhich there
will the usual excellent amrsements
At LIBEETY PARK
the Grand Army of the Republic will
hold their services, programme OF
which AssY alreadt Appealed in these
cofuuins. /. Speec Is, WI, be made by
Governor West. Secretary Thomas. and
AT cALDER's Farm.
Olsen's well-known band win give an
boating, picnicing and other attraction
TWO TRAINS To OGDEN
viii run out to-morro~ morning. oat
over the Utah Central and the other
via the d. & X. G. = he Sixteenth
Ward Band goes by tie former and the
Sixth Ward Silver Band by the latter
Both Will doubtless lie well Patronized.
-. -. AI7THE THEATRE
To- sorrow afternoon and eyeaing
the Guv'nor will 65fd the board IN the
hands of the deseryedly popular Home
dramatic Club. Ii is safe to predict a
large attendance on both occasions
N PARK CITY.
Tie inhabitants of the home Of the
Ontario will have 4 rousing celebration
tomorrow. Prosecuting Attorney
Dickson and Judge Powers are among
the speakers. IT, 81 -
II THE NoUSTAfSs.
A number OF parties leave this morn
ing fora two days. camp in the.sur
rounding canyons.
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Julr. the Finh.

OIsen's Brass Band will give an out
door concert at Callers Farm, on July
9th. at 2.30. p. m. Admission 25'cents:
children half price. Boating. Coasting.
Whirligig, ETC., etc, included.
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Lucas q 0oIdard Bros.

Make specially Of Jersey bpiter. gro
ceriss and provisions. No. 81 e. Second
South Street. salt Lake City. Tele-
l,hone No. 2i3. F.. -,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04

tn deIiracy o havOr with true
sflicsc,. 81 action, has cen attained in
The famous California liquid frait
rsn,s5r SufuD, OF Eig-s- ITS pleasing
IA - :nd ber'eficial. Eft ctsl have rem
dered r. sifnmen-efy popular. For sale
by a. c. Smith & Co
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04
-FexS symons

Have reduced the price of photographs.
AL work done by the dry-plate instsnts-
neous process. Reduction permanent. .
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04
Y phl W. Claytln and James Jack.
oPINIoN oFi IL couET:

Powers, ]. The defendants in the
above casts petition for rehearings
Nothing is suggested in the petitions
but what was fdlly considered on the
argument We have time and again
q cided that such petitions show no
ground for the allowance of rehearings.
The petitions of the defendants are
therefore denied.
Zane, G. J., concu'S.
Boreman, a. j., concurs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04
ntll-r-Isr rupuf -.

Manufactured. By the California Fig
Syrup Co., San Francisco, Cat. Is Ma
tires Own True Laxative Thssi pleas
ant CalifornIg liquid fruit remedy maj
be had Of A C-Smith q Coz. at50 cents
or 81. IL Is the most pleasant.
prompt, and effective remsdy known TO
cleanse the system Ito act on the Liver.
Kidneys. and Bowels gently yet thor
oughiy; 70 dispel Headaches. Colds. and
Fevers; to cure Constipation. IBdIges-
ton, and kindred ills.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04
Independence Day.

It should be celebrated at Beck's Hot
Springs on Monday nly 9th. where
you viii find most enjoyable enter-
menf. lrI go i-i.HrB
Tho great contest between Duncan c.
Mcdonald. ichampion of Montana. and
Aii ,hsei Fi-zgarn a. champion of Utah,
for $500 a side and a purse aided oy
Mr.. Beck VIII take place I 3 pm.
lliSpeciai traits via the ID. & &. G att
an. and $50 pm. L. c. regular at 4
pn.Er niGa 90 .fnrIfE feHrs
Don't fail to see the yacht race. sack
wire performsnce-the- nall and other
amusements. A fine band viii be in
attendance 10 enliven the occasion
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04

Private Tuition at pupil iI.-,tr,s
IN BarIN. GERNAS, Fsg Heh,, t-s-her
and ~aANIsH. by an exPerienes' ARE Of
slidress: Br. Godfteg Hessei'
~ fs-5tff- y O'1'' DE- iGoprEET- HISS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04

WHEN DOCTORS cara oeS,. -
ih.n take GiinI5rels Magnetic Elfyir nv
your Throat and Lungs. For sale at
a. c. smith & Co. : Drug store.
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The Office Cases.

The iolloSins pinion was rendered
in the S-preme Court yesterday. The
renIttitur will probably be issued by
the Supreme Court on. Tuesday next;
hae sapss.s coarE, tUtat Territory.
The Peopleex rel. W. H. Dickson. ETC.,
VS.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04

Hssss irlaiaking ops fssIlonhbia -
2. r,ices winch defy competition. -.
aid see cor psW hne Of impog tesiptosa i
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We ABE overtOcked with Pure West
Virginia Lubricating Oil, and viii sell
from One 70 Eighty Barrels at big
bargain. Gall and ses us.
q. T. !CuIMEB & BRos.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04

We have q large and well selected
stock of furniture which we are de-
termined 70 reduce. VIII you examine
our pricesi BARRArT BEorHERs.
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-,ANsQS HpUeH .of, Blackberry, us,
80 = says Sc oa-es ,sis life 20 GilmoreS Mag
40 nstiU iSlziF.5 Try IT, FOR sale ~ A. x
sis Snlith & Co.'S Drug Sore. -l' s.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04

Dinwoodey's Refrieerators.
Use less ice than any Others. Cal
and see them if s.. ..rf
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The Mciher-- Friend shirt
DOES away entirely With the s sss. N ~
- ,ntfons. II j. supplied Wiil -. = 81
Unstable bel. which Is e2sn{ Ibrtto1i
lie, me waist. i washed; me oS--sutlE
,-a svft4g On tie belt, eonssis,iis,r o.
:. 5Sfns5t be torn OF either n N --sls on.y
,ron.ns, Price. 50 cents. FOR ssSsis.
'Ioi''is- /. 6OLDBAA'
otn CA-r IRox bought BY - COS
Lske Foundry and Manuiae'D
,fs0og -fS0fE
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&c Oceiaartal. :

IEssls. s. Ei-st Sosfh street, Pure
gGots ONLY, AMI OF the best quality.
Summer beverages eonc0ctei in the
highest style o. g-t. Family SUPPLIES a
sqccislty. - .-
AUER x MUKPHK. PrOprietors
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04
A DslishlfGi Resort.

Eiublfs Pax House, Situated in
PafIsy's PARK is now open TO the public.
s0afy n Few hd,ns ri5,e Stages leave
Roberts = ,Seldou,s dra@ store every
day At s O'Clock 4. m.a Temperature de-
lighiful. FFOut fishing excellent. Terms
81 50 per day. e-,,l H.. .fas
KINBkLJl& YousG, Proprietor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04

GRASD AMY and other travellers can
save 25 per cent buying their large.
best quality Gram Leather Bsgs at F.
Auerbach & Bros. Mammoth Estab-
ishmeut. Seeing is believing.
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on gHE GLORIOUS FouRTH4
wheB.. Where and How to Spend
the Holiday. oa

The residents OF Salt Lake can surely
not complain Of the avenues open 70
therA tohpend the Fburth. to-mort9Y.
They ARE as varied as tHef are ru-
merous, and each resort has some at
traction peculiarly its own.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04

A number OF parties leave this morn
ing fora two days. camp in the-sur-
rounding canyons.
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Mn. J. Q. ePGcKARD. one of the win
nars Of the Eureka Beck. suit, and Mr..
Dickson. one of the lawyers who won
it for bun. were walking about ing the
cool Of the evening together last night.
Jubilaton would be feeble word
10 depict the expression OF their c0un-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-04

Tie inhabitants of the home Of the
Ontario win have a rousins celebration
tomorrow. Prosecuting Attorney
Dickson and Judge Powers are among
the speakers. "a 81 -
IN THE NoUSTArNs.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-01-14

sofa would allow. $50, if you thought
that your niece Bella would have me-"
My niece Bella!" gasped the elder
lady, the immovable bloom never fall
tering on her face, although her heart
beat wildly and her lips blanched.
Eyes," said Philo. 81 hoped to
have seen her here to-day"
"Nor' said Miss Valeria, sharply.
''She has gone away; and if she hadn't
she wouldn't accept your
Isis she engaged to some one
else?" stammered poor Philo.
YES" said Miss Whitman-"to
Peter Gregson. But, Philo, do not
grieve; 1 am ready to entertain your
suit, although Bella despises you,
and"
But she doesn't auntyr' said a
clear distinct voice; and Bella herself
entered from the adjoining room. ION
the contrary, she loves Philo Lusk
dearly; and she refused Peter Gregson,
as you know very well. Oh, Philo,"
with reproachful glance at her lover,
would you have believed her false
hoods?"
How came you heree" screamed
Miss Whitman.
81 went to Mrs. Willett's house,"
said Bella, ''and she had gone to spend
the holidays with her niece at Med
bury. So l came home; and not wish
ing to disturb you l sat down at my
work in the kitchen. And the door was
partly open, and l couldn't help hear
ing the interviews between yourself
and your elderly visitors, aunty. And
once l laughed out loud, and you
thought it was the cat"
'You are deceitful mink" cried
Miss Valeria, nearly suffocating with
indignation.
Gently, gently" said Philo Lusk,
intcrposing in Bella's defense. mo
calling of names, please!'
"And you shan't stay in my house
another dayr' added the indignant lady.
''Then she shall come to miner'
boldly asserted Philo Lusk. ''Come,
Bella, darling-my sleigh is at the
door, and it holds exactly two. Well
ried this very hour"
And they did so; and Mrs. Lusk,
senior, who was waiting at the farm
house door to receive her son, was de-
lighted beyond measure.
''If it hadn't been me-" said Bella,
laughing mischievously, lit would have
been Aunt Val; for she was determined
to marry Philor'
''The Lord forbidr' said Mrs. Lusk,
piously.
"And after this" said Philo, as he led
his bride i'm. ssthc first day of the wear
will be double anniversary-the hap
piest of happy New Years to us, eh,
Bella? "-Helen Forest GraUes.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-01-14
Mexican Telephone Etiquette.

The Mexicans manage the telephone
quite differently from what we do. Our
short. sharp and incisive style OF ques-
tons and answers would not be toler.
ated in the land of the MOntezumas
There courtesy, and not business, die
tates the manner of communication.
The regular response from the central
Office to telephone call is "Mande
usted," which is equivalent to "At
your command" Then preliminaries
arc gone through something as follows:
Good morning, senorita; how do you
do?' Very well. thank you; what
service may 1 render youp' "Win
you kindly do me the favor of enabling
me to speak with Don So-and-so, No.
TIP" with much pleasure" etc.,
ETC., and when the connection is made
the usual polite introductorics are gone
through before proceeding to the bust
ness in Chicago Tribune.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-01-14
Merchant Navies Of the World.

A comparative table of the strength
of the merchant navics of the world
which has been published in France
shows that Great Britain possesses g.
500 trading vessels, with an aggregate
tonnage of IL, 2O0.O 900 tons. OF these
vessels 4, GAO are steamers with tonnage
of $4,000 tons, or rather more than
one-half the grand total of burden.
The United States makes very bad
second, with $500 sail and 2,7OO,0OO
tons. Norway has 1900 vessels. with
100000 tons, and Germany, which
comes Immediately after her, has 5000
sail, with total of 100000 tons;
France, Italy and Russia bring up in
the rear, each with less than 5000 YES
sells. The proportion of steamers is,
however, of greater importance than
the total number of ships engaged in
trade. and in this regard France stands
second, although she has but 458
steamers, of 667 900 tons in all, to En-
glands 4.649. Germany presses her
closely with 42O steamers and 100000
tons.-M. Y. Sun.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-01-14
A GREAT WORK.
Draining OF Enormous Marshes Under the
Direction Of the Russian Government.

Draining OF Enormous Marshes Under the
Direction Of the Russian Government.
Few people are probably aware Of
the great engineering undertaking in
which Russia has been engaged for
years, draining the Pinsk Marshes.
These are so extensive as to secure
special designation on the ordinary map
of Europe, being, We believe, the only
case of the kind, and in point of area
are very much larger than Ireland.
Situated on the Russo-Polish confines
they have become famous in Russian
history as refuge for all manner of
romantic characters, and have remained
All irreclaimable wilderness in the midst
of a prosperous. cOrn-grOwing region
up to within the last few years. In
1870 the Russian Government first took
in hand seriously the abolition of
this wild expanse, which, owing to be-
ing perpetually more or less submerged
and covered with jungle growth of
forest, prevented not only commune
cation between the Russian districts on
either side, but also between Russia and
Austro-G Germany. Consequently large
staff of engineeI pg officers and several
thousand troops were drafted into the
region, and these have been engaged
on the undertaking since. Up to the
present moment about four million
acres have been reclaimed, thanks
to the construction of several
thousand miles of bitches and of
canals so broad as to be navig-
able for barges of several hundred tons
burden. Just now the engineers
are drawing up the programme for
next year, which comprises the drain
age of $4,000 acres by means of the
construction of 12O miles of bitches and
canals. OF the 100000 acres already
reclaimed, 100000 acres consisted Of
sheer bog, which have been converted
into good meadow land, 100000 Of
'forest tangle," which nave been pre-
pared for timber purposes by cutting
down all the underwood and thinning
the trees, 5000 acres of good forest
land-forest oascs in the midst of the
marshes hitherto inaccessible. but
which have been connected
more or less with navigable
canals and thereby with the dis
tant markets, and finally 100000
acres have been thrown open to culti-
ton, although only 12O, 900 acres have
been actually occupied up to now. Be-
sides making the canals and bitches the
engineers have built 179 bridges, bored
1872 wells from forty feet to eighty feet
deep, and 425 wells from twenty feet to
forty feet, and have made survey of
10000 square miles of country hitherto
unmapped. When their task is finished
Russia will have effaced from the map
of Europe one of the oldest and tough
est bits of savage nature of the CONT.
nent, and a few years will suffice to
render the Pinsk Marshes indistin-
guishable from the rest of the culti-
waited region of the sources of the
Dneiper. From an engineering. geo.
logical and scientific point of view, the
work is one of special interest, and
capable globe-trotters, anxious for a
novel theme, might do worse than
spend a few months amid the fading
Pinsk Marshes, describing the changes
in pro oress. -ENQineerinQ.