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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25

| present time; it is compiled by Messrs
Kelsey & Gillespie.
SCHEDULE OF PRICES ON BUSINESS AM
ACREAGE PROPERTY.
Per foot
First class business corners, 165 feet Deep 81 80
First class business, inside, 165 feet deep LAO
Second class business, corners, 165 feet
deep LOO
Second class business inside, 165 feet
deem -O
Third class business, corners, 165 feet deep 60
Third class business, inside, 165 feet deep 40
First class residence, corners, 1865 feet deep 15t
First class residence, inside, 165 feet deep 10(
Second class residence, corners. 165 feet
deep G
Second class residence. inside - 4(
Third class residence, corners - 9;
Third class residence, inside 10 to q
Lots in first class additions within and
contiguous to the city, two miles from bus
mess centre, 25xl40 feet, $40 to $50 per foot
second class, S. to sl2; warehouse and lum-
Der yard sites, 500 to $3.50 per foot, vary
ing from 165 feet to $50 feet in depth
1t should be borne in mind that the above
figures, which may seem high to people
OutSluc VI Odlt lIdhe, are DdSeu Oh 1OO-IeeL
depths, while in other places values are
based on 125-feet depths; practically,
therefore, the figures will be about % per
cent lower than they appear.
RENTS
can hardly be classified into any table,
owing to the wide variety of buildings,
and distances from the bus
mess centre. 1t can be definitely said
however, that houses are scarce, so scarce
that we may almost be said to be on the
verge of house famine. Anything rents
that has roof to it, and prices have al
most doubled. Houses which formerly
brought $40, SIS and $50 per month, now
command $50, $50, $40 and $50, and families
are doubling up'' to accommodate each
other; rents of business houses are ad-
vaucing every day. 1t may generally be
said that no one builds who does not ex-
pect to get 10 and IL per cent. ON his
money.
THE BAROMETER
hat best indicates the rise in the realty
trade is the fact that up to December Is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25

ing up in advance many CT the pieces Of
property now Affected by their enterprise
Without doubt an important factor in the
rise in prices, though of a speculative
tendency, is
THE POLITICAL CONTEST
now going on. At the county election in
August last when it was demonstrated that
People and Liberal-had for the first time
in history risen to an almost equal height,
when the prospect of controlling Salt Lake
city, which the most sanguine Liberals
prior to August, would hardly have
counted as being nearer than four years
distant-when these things began to rise in
the horizon-real estate began to loom in
proportion. No one denied that the pro-
gressive steps taken by the city council as
enumerated above, had started the appre-
citation of property-s nd few if any denied
that it was the policy of the Liberal party
lift attained power, to further inaugurate
booming system of municipal changes,
which would send Salt Lake into the whir-
ling malestrom procession of trade
procession out of which Wichita,
Los Angeles and Omaha have just tumbled
exhausted. ga BOOM is the real battle
Cry of great wing of the Liberal party,
and as they have fancied the chances in
creased for their gaining the city, their
investments have increased also, and the
nearer we come to February, the higher
the real estate transfers swell; the pee liar
spectacle of markets sympathizing with
court rulings and registrars maneuvers,
has been witnessed during the past month.
and with each decision that knocked
Mormon off the voting list, or opened the
door to Liberal registration, the prices of
cornor lots have moved a successive notch
upward.
THE HERALD,
which though opposed in politics to real
estate Liberals, is heartily with them in
any step of progress commensurate with the
needs, desires and abilities of the city to
sustain-does not take the view that all is
lost and ''chaos come again" to real estate
dealers, even should the Liberal party be
disappointed of the plum for which it is
now so eagerly reaching. The sun will go
on shining, the rains will fall, the trains
will keep running, the mails will still be
opened, and the tax gatherer make his
rounds, regardless of whether People or
Liberal stand at the helm: and whether
People or Liberal win in February, we
look to see real estate transfers increase,
real estate prices keep stiff, and real estate
firms multiply. THE HERALD owns its
own valuable dirt and pile OF bricks;
whether under Liberal or People rule, it
expects to do some further building in the |
spring, and it has no fears that the town will |
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTING.

This year has also been signalized by the
adoption of the arc light for street illumin-
alton in lieu of the gas lamp, and the result
attained has been most satisfactory. Lines
of electric lights, glimmering like huge
diamonds, now reach out into various
parts of the city that heretofore have not
been illumined, and there is promise that
the extensions viii be continued just as
fast as is possible. 1t will not be long ere
this city, considering the immense area it
covers, will be among the most brilliantly
lighted in the west.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25

Mason and Hamlin pianos and organs al
D. o. Calder's.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25
MAcADAMIzrNG THE STREETS.

Main street, the principal business thor
oughfare, is now being macadamized and in
other ways put in good shape This adds
another to the list of the years improve
ments. Treading, in Importance, close on
the heels Of the sewerage works, as fac
tor in the advance of the real estate prices,
is the inauguration of
THE ELECTRIC STREET RAILWAY,
which, in the first weeks CT its existence,
created almost a revolution in the values of
realty, annihilated distances, and sent the
hitherto limited and exclusive area known
as desirable residence property within
five minutes walk of business into the
realm of chestnutry and disuse.
For years past street railways have been
in successful operation, their lines thread
ing through the principal streets and add
ing much to our attractiveness as a CT ty.
The festive mule was the motive power,
and, for time, he gave good satisfaction.
But there came a change. As residents of
Salt Lake in the '70's, we hailed the mule
with cry of delight; as residents of Salt
Lake in the sos, we sad he was delusien
service possible to be performed by mules.
Realizing this fact, the Salt Lake City
Railroad company, early in the spring of
this year, made preparations to turn the
mules out to grass. However, the substi-
tuition Of electricity for the mule service
was matter of considerable expense, and
many there were who endeavored to frown
down the idea, remarking that an electric
line would not pay interest on the invest
ment for at least five years to come. The
gentlemen connected with the company,
however, thought differently. and after an
visit to the eastern cities where
electricity is employed as a motive power,
they returned and announced their inten
ton of at once going to work on
an electric plant Soon after
this, good-sized block of the street |
railway stock was purchased by the Jarvis
Conlzlin company, of Kansas City, who had
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-25

ing up in advance many CT the pieces of
property now Affected by their enterprise.
Without doubt an important factor in the
rise in prices, though of speculative
tendency. is
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-02-13
AMIGOS DE TODOS
PlLDORAS HOLLOWAY.

Millenss do psrncnss, o. todas las partss
nundo, recomiendan diohas P1doras como
msjor Fcstaurstivo Dc Ia sAlud qus 90 conooe
Elias DURAN tolas laa afsocionea del cOrAx6s.
del higsdo, del sst6maxo, Dc los riaonss y
loo intestinos, y rsmEsvsn ls acrinonia, /
natulencia y ID oardislgiA, expslsAndo do
sangrS toGa imPxresa, fertalsclendo Sompis
tameate sl Estoma nsryiose = danda an ton
udsbls 4 10 organization GSnsral.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-02-13
LIBROS
recibidos por eI GItinno -.
Por-correo ca Ia impPentA
' Gel BoLETIN MEkcAN.

Noe POF 81 UttImo ~
por-correo en Ia impPentA
Gel BolETIN MEkcAN.
Pereda. Los Hombres dc pe6. !
. Isne Isinues'-Hija, esposs , nadsA
. Bsorioh.-El Martir del asiscsA
O6digo Penal Milits,. @f I
An Ancora de salvaci6n, Dsvoun.
Castahos.-Teneduria de lil
t4uia del Comercio , de 10 boneC
NOvELAs DE PEREZ aAr.s
D!NOS.-Memorias ! = deun Oortesane -
1910, Hl Grande Oriente, in TSssos
de 1924, On Voluntario realiSte.
Los Apost6licos, Juan MsYtfn
Empecinado, Los Oien mil hijoe e
San Luis, On facoioso mas. Rl 49,
de Julio, Batslla de los Arapiles
Bailen, M equipaje del Rev -.
Napoleon en- Ohamartfn. hi 10 ~
IA MARIO y el2 de Mayo, Gerona, Tra.
laigar, La segunda casaca, q O..
to de Carlos ~, Oadis, Zaragss..
Tormento, El DR.. Oenteno. ~ -
hibido, La Fontana7 de- orr
Amigo Manso, Doha Perfects. 0io.
ra. Fortunata y Jacinta. Ia
mllia. dc Leon Roch, L. beshereds.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-02-13

los COlOres pAlidos, 0fecciDR tan RDns-
FQlLZNaG entrS lQs I6Denes en- ei Derloao
10 sNlOfMactOn; IA GAnemlo, ia Clos ri,nis,
afocNfSOFAs dol MAYOR AaN1er0 40 0fsc-
edohes cF6Rlcas, SO eNRb0teR enc02meAts
e0N n eDlpbee 1ae1t9f asfNltaAe DRAvN4
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-02-13
c. A r T Ell s

con las pesas y medidas del Sistema Ma
tric0 Decimal, en- Ia Imprenta del BOTE
TIN MERCANTIL e..s,.us ~ J
Sc hallan ademas otras muchsas noyeda.
des y Sc esperan mas del extraniero
En- trabajos de Imprenta, Encuadernacihn
y Ltografia, se pueden yer satisfechos tn-
pos los gustos y cumplidas todas las cyl.
gencias Baratura en- los precios; elegancia
en- la ejecuci6n. o-.'
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-02-13
|EL MAESTRO De INeLEs,

Be aeAbAn de recibir ejemplare,
dc IL Ultima edici6n publieada en-
New York On Ia 1mprents de
ReasFza hascAxT1s { aa~so :,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-02-13

La OIENOLA DE TENEDURIA DE
u1BAOS 81 aplifcada por 10 aplicacion de
INA regla u salible para acertar eli deudor
! 81 acreedot, aoompahAda de numerosos
slemPios dc cAlculos mercantiles, por g
}. Marsh, traducido de ID 90. edioion in
slssA por A. g. Beck, bajo ID Immediate
peocion del autor. Un tomo elegants
I! ante encuadsrnado ss-sS, en- L. Inn
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-02-13

40 produce c0IGnArss, RfIuttsu asi sstC-
mage, n dtQFreN nj eStrekAnAeakO do
OlRRtre. No tLeRe RL1Rum saAer mt 0lOP
alto eOn1UnlcG al OLI1O, az aqua nj d c00E-
qNt0F 0kr0 NQNId0 Goa u cNGt pNede t.
HeGceA. AMAS EkkEAhEcE Ane DlENTE4.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-02-13
SOBRES PARA CARTAs.

aran aurtid do todas slases , ureeios
Sobres o 20 centavos 100
Id. 4 80 i'd. i'd.
III. de un doblez & 20 id. i'd.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-02-13

-'Administrat;on du BoIstin Mer-
ssntH . lhonneur de prier Messieurs
Is Annonciers francais de vouloir bien
Eemettre leurs ordres de PublicitG 4
MID. AMEDEE PRINCE g. Gle, qui
.scni les Agents uniques ct exclusifs
44 &c Journal pour Ia PablseiN FrassaiH
kxgIaNs.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-02-13
Unguento Holloway.

Este maravilloso D&lsamo sans infaliblems
to las hsridas antiguas, Las llagas, y los NAL.
dc piernas , de pecho. Por medic de su inAaes
Oia las &loeYas virnlentas toman may pront.
IN aspecto oopvalscisnts y dessparscsn. Js
mas dela, este unguento fsrrigerAnts, dc Pre-
dlcir ana cura psrfscta dc las afscciones do Ii
miel, les censtipados, les toses y 81 rsamaa
no, aun Ozando % ha apelAdo On 7sno X
dos losdemks remedios.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-02-13

The Proprietors Of the " Bolstia
Mereantn have the honour of re-
questing English advertisers to hand
their orders to Mess. AMEDEE
PRINCE & c. who are the sole
Agents for all English II F,eveb
Advwtisixp.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-02-13
ENCUADERNACION
DEL "B0LETlN MERCANTIL, y.

I'm esta secci6r de La casa, montada con
tOdOs los elementos necesarios proyista de
materiales de primera cIase, sc hacen encna-
dernaciones en- holandesa, cartone, pasta e.
pamela, piel de levante con relieves. todo mar.
fectO y precios reducidos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-02-13
ES EL MAS BARAT0.
AiBClSIe N "a DOCflIll 1lSfILlA
ssHpsssso per 81 PSdrs Rips.Ga.

Tsxto para Las Escuelas do 10 isis
de Pusrto-Rico segtn Decreto del
Exemo. 8 limo. 6f. Obispo de ssts
Di6cesis d. Juan Antonio Puig On IL
de Dicismbre dc l8S0,y pubioado On
81 Bs!stts EeIssidstsce en- L. do Enero
de 1881, que dice Asi:
"Deseando facilitar, segdn su impor-
tanciA rsquiers, 10 adquisici6n del o.
tecismo dc la Doctrine Oristiana & toda
clAse de personals, venimos On declarar
tambi6n de tsxto para 10 Di6cesis el
antique , popular Oatecismo del P
Ripa!da que { pesar de su reducido vo-
ltmsn, oomprende en- sus Sencillss y
concisas pleguntas y fespusstas Ia su-
ma toda de Ia ensehAn1a cat6lioa; rem
niendo { La ves In inmensA ventsja de
sstar por su infmo precio al alcAncs de
a. familias pobres."
PBAmo.-2 chAvos uno, IS cts. doce.
ma = $3.50 cts. gr4esa.
30 vende on 10 lkPRHNTA. ALMAonn
SPArALY 7 LDRzRfA del BoGzrM Hxs-
OAMT1G Fortalexa "a, y en- IL do D. JOSH
GoNx1Lnx FoAT, Fortalssa 81. 50
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-02-13
:1IICORp,BREAl |
; Vegeta.1
. Da. GONZALEZ

Ounce Aiios de exito y mas
do Setenta Mil enfermos cura-
dos, algunos de una manera pro.
digiosa, son Ia mejor prueba para
e demostrar que el LicO1. B0ls0.
e etatc0 Ee Bre0 a'egetGx deZ .
x DR.. GO9ss'0Le% es el que mejor
81 combate los Catarros cr6nicos,
81 Toses rebeldes, Espectoraciones
abundantes, Asma, Bronquitis y
demAs Afecciones del tubo respi- :
ratorio. Preservs de Ia Tisis, es {
1til en- los Catarros de la vejiga, 1
> purifica ls sangre de sus malos !
! hamores y tiene una aeeion t6nica :
- sobre todo el ORGANISING, de tai !
~ suerte que con su uso Sc sbre el /
81 apetito y Sc engorda. (
II Los enfermos cansados de tomar !;
H otras medicinas han recurrido al (
n LicOa' de BseN de GOse-
H %1Le%, y su benefco inAuio han
81 recuperado el don mas precioso de !.
Ia vida, que es Ia salud.
II El pdblico no debe confundir el )
q LtCOS' de BfeG de Con.
AG1teH, con otros composites que I,
% anuncian con noi1bres pare. :
sidos y que no son mas que imisA.
clones sin s6cacis.
SsAk<Asas~aasN1a
~ L1cos' ae Bre1 se Vemde
En- todds lac Bpficus osreditadas
ae As lslas ds Cuba y
Puerto Rico y "a RY6blSsa d MEstoo.
I De venta en- la Farma-
cia de &
-w r 0uiltermety. re-,
1C4.seoj.seoo %
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-02-13

Vendese & so ctvs. en- r6stlca Y
% idem encuadernado en- La Inn :
prenta del BoLRTIN MxHoAHTn
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-05
AN .ALMIGHTY BIG SCOOP


An Interesting Legend About Dakota.
Territorial Capital.
From the Omaha World.
"You reporters think you have lone N
great act when you scoop one another"
said &. &. Valentine, the official stenn0-
rapher of Judge Doane, 'but I'll tell you
of an almighty scoop that l got once that
never found lis way into print. The time
was shortly after federal legislation had
given birth to the territory of Dakota, and
i was i'm Yankton, q guest OF the Morrison
House. The great question was the loca-
ton of the capital, and n number of poll
ticians had come on from Washington
and points in the territory to settle this
important matter. Among those political
nabobs was Governor Ordway, A. Hughes
and Alexander Mckenzie. The proprie-
tor of the Dakota Press was of an inquir-
ing mind and very DESTROYS of showing
where the new capital would be. The
very slow TO give out the desired informa-
ton. The Press man learned that upon a
certain evening i'm executive session they
send the news ~oadca the next day
through his paper, but how to get the facts
was q difficult matter. He sent for me
some scheme. / wen, up 70 his office at
once, and he told me his wants. We had
learned in the meantime that tho meeting
would he held in McKcnzie's room i'm the
Morrison house, and l proposed to enter
the apartment by stealth and hear the pro-
ceedings. shortly before dnsk l Went up
cNkAa paw o1sa kes 1911
tered, and seeing no one i'm, crawled UNI
der the bed. lay. with my face to the
floor and awaited Developments. In due
time the politicians came i'm and began To
discuss the capital question. Mckenzie
was i'll at ease and seemed to think some
body was under tho bed. He thrust his
long arm under the bed a couple of times
and his powerful hand almost touched my
face. 1 didn't like the situation hut was
afrid to stir. Mckenzie and his confreres
were bent ON making. money out of the
scheme and N proposition to locate the
capital i'm several different places was car
ried unanimously. They proposed to 60
| up to Huron where each would buy q good
chunk of real estate, give il out that
Huron had been selected as the capital
unload their investment at q big profit,
and then move on to MITCHELL. etc.
After this plan had becn settled
upon they all left tho room bu,
Mckenzie. He locked the door, set a
big flask of liquor on the chair before hi,
bed, yawned and retired. He took several
copi0us ~draughts, rolled and tumbled and
I Thought he never would go to sleep. A
last ] heard q noise like the click of n fasa
moving ratchet wheel. I was delighted
and / knew I would soon be at liberty.
crawled out from under the foot Of the
bed, turned the bolt and passed into the
hall. I went down to the Press Office ant
all was darkness. / returned to the hote
and went to sleep. I kept my adventurs
u secret. The next day 1 went to Huron
weeks sold Il for $3OO. l next investet
ZOO i'm Mitchell real estate, which l sole
in a short time for 1900. When 1 had com
pleted the circuit 1 WAS about 800 ahead
but the politicians made thousands wler,
/ hadn't made hundreds.o
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-05
OFF WENT THE GOLD
Daring Robbery From N 0(les q tAa
Northern Pacific Express Company.
Dallisa vslluea at $500 stolsn - Phil-
lpsburg-"Kansas City Kkh" asd
Two Others Arr~sted by De-
~tectives ON Susptci0a.

PHILIPsBURG, Oct. 4.-About ten days
aeo Agent Rsece OF the Northern Pacific
Express company, WINS relieved from duty
~ this place tn take Charge of the express
oflcc at Missoula, to which place he pro-
seeded OH the following day, leaving his
relief i'm charge. That evening the Hope
Mining sent to the express office
- was their custom, several bars of gold
bullion, and received a receipt for
them from the agent. The agent
left the bars ON the scales, and VENT to
his hotel for the night. On returning i'm
the morning he found that the Office had
been broken into during the night and
two OF the bars, valued at $4,000, had been
removed. He reported the case to his
company and the police. An investi9a-
ton was held, but not the slightest clew
20 the robbers could be found. To-day a
faro dealer known rs Ramsay City Kid"
. carpenter named Brown, and a woman
known as "Blaze" were arrested OH sus-
picion i'm connection with the robbery by
detectives employed by the express com
pany. Just connection they had
with the robbery il not KNOWN, as the off,
eials refuse to speak concerning Il. Fur
Their Developments are expected in q few
days.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-05
TOLD IN A LINE.

Baby carriages mt cost mt the Bee Hive.
Picture frames made to order at the Bee
Hive.
Lo;:ht repaired and keys fitted al h
Complete line OF cartridges as Anacon-
da Hardware Cos.
Go to Halves for nne work I'm photo
graphs.
Excellent is the finish OF Hawcs's photo
graphic art.
Guns for rent Mt Anaconda Hardware
Co.'S.
Have you ssen those fine hanging lamps
Estes 4 Connell have received their new
fall stock Of clothing.
Guns and ammunition mt the Anaconda
Co.'S.
Photographic i'm all the latest novelties
Mt Hawes's Palace Studio.
For style, good goods and II perfect ut,
GO To Estes 4 for your clothinR.
Loaded shells Mt Anaconda Hardware
Co.'S.
New underwear, over-shirts, neck wear
hats and caps, boots and shoes, mt Estes
& Conncll's.
Guns and rifles at Anaconda Hardware
After the 18th inst. Mr.. b.. r. Mahar
will receive the mining stock quotation,
of the 81. Louis market daily.
stock Of clothing and furnishing goods an
prices that will please all who want frs
class goods.
order call at Estes Il Conneii. They have
over 80 samples to select from. and guar
antee u perfect fit.
Call and see those pushes at % cents u
Estes 4 Connell Mercantile Co.'s
The Montana Lumber & Produce com
pany will name you bottom prices ON hay
grain and feed i'm large and small lots
They carry the largest stock i'm town.
Ladies', call and see those ~ cen
pushes now on sale at the Estes & Con
nell Mercantile Co.'s.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-05

army % worker which wa marching
through the next street.
"What do you shine boots for 8 rents
for ?' he continued. "Youo ought 10 charge
20 cents. I can pay . cents or Is o. e26.-
600. and that's more than any dude Who
contemptuously at the man I'm the next
who began To feel uncomfortable.
sBut you ought not to work to-day, any
how, Ita1ianO. Some day we are going 10
make these fine gentlemen who smoke
cigarettes [another whitening look at the
man i'm the next chair, who Wished the
boots. ! wouldn't black pour boots to-day
for $1,000. I~taiiano," and he Rrasped the
patient Italian Piayfuliy. by the hair, and
down a little tighter. "Tm a nihilist, !
am, and I've got money enough tn buy out
the whole crowd of these cane-twirlers."
..SpIendidissiniog" he said, as he got out
of the chair. ''Hang it up till l come
round tQ-mOrroW.S
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-05
WHAT NEW YORK COST.
Only Twenty-four Dollars for the Whole
Island of Manhattan.

Only Twenty-Eour Dollars for the whole
Island Of Manhattan.
One OF the most successful of land
speculations was the purchase of Manhat-
tan island from the Indians by the Dutch
West India company i'm 1925. 1t has long
been known that the astute Dutchmen
bought this island very cheap, and there
used to he n tradition among New York
~school-boys that the price was two bottles
of rum. This, however, says the Youths
Companion, is now proved to he an error.
A few weeks ago Gen. James Grant Will
son, editor of "Appleton's Encyclopaedia of
American Biography" discovered at Ann
sterdam tho original decd of sale among
the papers of an old Dutch family. The
price paid was about equal to $24 of our
present currency.
The island contains II 900 acres of land.
In the month of July last William Astor
of New York bought a corner lot OH this
island, 80 feet wide by 200 feet deep, for
S15O,OOO. 1t is evident. therefore,, that the
original expenditure of $24 has been justi-
fled by events.
But, on tho other hand, il may be re-
| marked that il any one had taken $24 i'm
161b and put IL mt interest at q per cent,
and IL he and his Successors had each
year invested the interest money at the
same rate h capital would now amour,
to about $4,000.
This is not 40 much as the land of New
York is worth, but il would have been q
very "tidy" investment.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-05
LOST.

A spaniel pup, three months oil. lie wore q
collar, no name an 10. A liberal reward Will bs
given for the return of the dog Ia its owner
james NJ. Moor, postmaster.