Richland beacon., 1888-11-10
HERE AND THERE.


b.rs.
A ten per cent. increase in the number oi
cattle 20 be fa,teued calls out the prediction
OF extra good beef ~ reasonably low prices
for the coming year,
captain K IT. Pratt, chairman Of the SIOUX
lndisn Commission. say there is no longer
any doubt of the Indians and the govern
uent coming TO terms.
Notice is given bv the treasury department
HAT The limit Of derosiis tor the reduction
of national bank circulation has been reached
/ Tor ID mouth and no more deposits win be
received during the month.
The French board of trad, OF Montreal has
passed Il resolution requesting Wholesale
merchants TO refuse discharge to any man
| iuIued oat whose stocS no. insured 10 the
amount of at least 80 !; er cent.
/ Tho annual report OF The oomm.,,. Nor os
/ The general land office shows tha' .uc.u- tie
! year ,Go5 lOi acres OF land hay, .cu convey
/ ci from the government, either o, pa.cnt or
| b: cortlfCation under specific grants
! Francis W. Williams, senior partner Of the
| firm OF Williams Biac> x Go, au OH and cx
,ensive commission house in New York,
which recently suspended, committed suicide
lcca;i,e II losses growing our Of The Chicago
wheat bulge.
The window glass factories Of ;he country.
which closed June -, foy the annual shut.
down, started up again week ago. Ah,ut
11010me are cmpoyed in this industsr, and
the output for the coming year is expected :.
be unusually large
The collector at Port Townsend ore. r.
ports that Chinese latorcrs are arriving from
British Columbia with ploier return certin-
cate, and asks if they shall he allowed "a
land. Assistant Secretary Maynard aasw. Is
by scULing him the Chinese exclusion biii.
and saying tina, it went into ciIcc. oct !.
The 81. Paul MINI P.oulsrPftS, publish.
Is = statement giving Tie actual result Of this
seasons throshing in eiGhty-thrcc coun,.ci
OF Minnesota ana Dakota. 1t shows a uet
decrease as compared with last years wheat
crop OF forty per cent, which would make III,
present wheat crop Of Mime, Ola and Dakota
ji,C00.0C0 20 G0,OU0,0.d.
-Four New York Cinnamon returning in
bond through Canada from points in the
western states, where they had been visiting,
were refused rcadmssiOn into the states at
tie port of the Suspension bridge In New
York. The refusal was based on the recent
law excluding Chiuesc rom the states.
They viii now have to raY a tax Of 40 or
leave Canada. toe.
The Farmers R,g.s0 of Chicago, in a careful
estimate Of the corn, puts the total yield fur
lS~S a; 2,ll0,9!A,SJS bushels The seven
states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nj,
souri, Kansas and Nebraska show an est
mated yield OF l,t3j, Isl, 50 bushels as com
pared with 80, i2j, 600, the yiell reported hy
the department Of agriculture for lSc1, or
gain Of 654, 159 SIS bushels.
Sir John A. Macdonald, PREMIER Of The Do
minion Of Canada, In an interview expressed
the opinion that the Liberal party is ire
trievatly committed 20 some sort Of political
and commercial surrender hy Canada TO the
United States, call 1t what you will-unrc
strlcted reciprocity, commercial union OF
annexation. The next federal election, he
says, will be fought out on these lines.
An amusing case Of absence OF mind was
the recent one Of 4 lady who called at a house
where she is frequent visitor and where are
employed US servants two sisters One being
away, the other answered the bell. The lady
taking her TO be the absent one greeted her
amiablv with Good morning, Jenny"
Then, vaguely impressed with the thought
that she had blUndered, she followed up
with, 'Oh Molly, amt you your sistcr."
New Brunswick farmers have been heavy
sufferers by the foods in that province. Hay
and buckwheat crops were in some instances
destroyed, barns were swept away and a
number Of cattle are said to have been drown
4 A - ~ 4
Cinch d Sons was carried away. The loss
will be about $1,000 heavy blow TO the firm.
Extensive damage has been done 10 other
mills and bridges in the 81. John river re.
sion.
Judge O Brien, in the New York su,reme
court, granted permission 10 Attorney Gencr-
al Tabor TO bring an action for annulmenj of
the charter Of the lIavemeyer Il Elder Sugar
Refining company, on the ground that in
becoming party to a sugar trust, which, it
Is alleged, is n conspiracy under the state
laws. against the welfare Of the people, the
company has forfeited its corporate rights.
and is exercising privileges not conferred
upon 1t by law.
In Paris and in Rome no young lady Is allow
cd to walk without her maid, governoss,
mother or protector. Even at thirty-nve an
Italian single woman would consider herself
compromised should she walk half a block
alone. No young girl in Europe Is allowed to
20 to table d'hote, in her own city, even to
dine with friends; the dinner must be gwen
in private ROOM This is done to project
Young girls from the adventures who fire.
quent tdbJe d'hois, and who might call or
leave card. .-..-
There are two dogs, one on the Canadian
end another on the American side Of the
Niagara river, just below the railway suspcn
sion bridge. out Of human reach. Tic one on
the American side Is small black and tan.
which was thrown into the river some four
months ago, aud manages to live where he
landed. The other is a large Newfoundland
dog, which IVES thrown from the bank. lie
landed some one hundred feet from the top
Of the rocky preclpice and st.ll lives roaming
about and wagging his tail at bis smaller
across the way.
The Philadelphia TDes saws there exists
popular delusion that the Quakers, at least
Tic old time lroaG- brimmel sugar scoop
luakers are dying out. II IS no, so IN Phi
adelpha. Teu or tweaty years ago people
'ald the same thing, but the high-backci
benches in the meeting houses arc as full ROW
Is then. The truth is that, after coguet:ln.
with 'worldly" ways and fashions for a sea.
ion, the young generation Of friends undcr-
20 reaction aud gradually fail into the Same
Enys and the same austcre lie, even 10 n.
)lain garb, Of tneir granifaiLcr5 AMI Crane.
mothers.
The making Of big guns Z. long anI
elaborate process. Colonel Whittcnore. the
Of the Watcryi.et Arsenal at
Vest Troy, y. y, estimates tha, the IN