The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-04-04
EASTERN ITEMS.
Inc Dlrect Tax Bill Favorably
Reported to the House.
Inc Farmers of Pope County, ILL.,,
Alarmed Over the Spread
Of Chambers.

od Inc colored people now control abo,
LOO wee ky newspapers. ~
Jay Gould and party have started
tneir trip through Mexico.
Governor Burleigh of Maine has q,
pointed April as Fast day.
Gold has been discovered in grav,
. oank just east OF Sioux Fails, S. D.
The Northern Pacific have in proie,
ine placing OF steame rs OH the lakes.
Henry Kunsel, late defaulting treasure
OF blue Earth, Mimi, has been captured
The steamship De Ruyter, which wen
foated. '''' o0ol
PRESIDENT Harrison purchased $21 ON
worth OF property at INDIANAPOLIS las
week. '' las
New York Russian Hebrews. in mas
meeting, declared that the Car sbould h.
killed. ~
Fort Dodge, Ia, has passed an ordin
ance, taxing peddlers and travelling sales
men IS per day.
Senator Vest has introduced bill an
proprlatlng $5,62I 900 for the improve
ment OF tie MISSISSIPPI river.
The wool features of the McKinle,
aarlt bill are indorsed by the Ohio Woo
Growers Association.
Boston, New York and PHILADELPHIA. il
Is said, have subscribed thtis far 500 0OC
toward the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
The Indiana Supreme Court holds the
school-book Law, over which a big fight
mas been made, to be constitutional.
The State of New York proposes to
purchase the fores of the Adirondacks
and preserve them as public trust.
The expert accounts find that ex-
State Treasurer Hemingway of Missis-
siPpi is $500, 900 short in his accounts.
close estimate of the amount of iron
ore the different mines expect to shin
this season will foot up 2,760, 900 tons.
The Direct Tax bill has been favorablv
reported to the House, and will be passed
IN due time and approved by the Presi-
dent
The Standard Oil Company at Lima,
o.. have advanced the price of oil 2
cents. The rise causes great excitement
ia the Gil fell.
The Fostoria Oil COMPANY and the
Wabash Oil Company have sold out their
wells and leases to the Standard Oil Com
pany for 81 200.
A bill before the New York Legis' ature
to make rate of interest per cent. is de-
nounced as involving great injury to
business interests.
In few months the debt of the United
States will probably drop one of it's ten
figures. The $1,000, ,0J0,U0J line is only
$34, ,0OC,0C0 distant.
Many of the farm owners of Sonth Jer-
sey have reduced their rents to the ten
ants. some farms being leased for $1CO
less than they brought last year.
The mill district of Minneapolis is
tbickly infested with rats, and PETITION
has been circulated calling for the ap-
po!ntment of public rat-catcher.
There is to be wild rush to the Cher
okee strip. The Oklahoma Territory
bill, which passed the House, declares
the Cherokee outlet public land
Reports from the great tobacco coun-
ties of Western North Carolina show
that at least one-third of the plants have
been killed by the Geld weather.
George Osgood, who was prominent in
social, business and religious circles at
st. Louis, has deserted his wife and
child and is supposed to be in San Fran
cisco.
The Cattlemen's Convention at Fort
Worth has finished it's labors, which, it
IS believed. will prove of benefit to the
raiser, dealer and comfort in transporta-
ton of cattle.
The North Dakota Upper and Lower
Houses are at enmity, owing to the fail
ure of the lottery scheme, and each
promises to kill the others measures in
1t is emphatically denied by officials of |
the Pennsylvania road that their road is
in the Burlington and North
ern deal, or that it has any idea of ac-
quiring the Manitoba road.
The farmers of Pope cnunty, III are
alarmed over the spread OF glanders
among tn ir horses Many valuable ami
m lis have been killed or condemned by
order of the State veterinary surgeon.
The Seventh day Adventists of the
United States have presented to congress /
a petition bearing 253 900 names, pr rtest- I
ing against the passage of any bill in re
gard to any observance of the Sabbath. I
A general demoralizasion of passenger
and freight rates exists between Chicago I
and the Missouri river. The old rate of /
$12 30 has been reduced to S. open rate, I
and of this amount SO is paid in commits
sions, leas ing tut 81 to,the road.
Secretary Window has transmitted to
the Senate letter from Secretary Blaine,
asking for an additional appropriation OF
s31 900 to meet the expenses of the In
ternaiional Marine c. inference. TIL.
original appropriation was $4,000.
The mileage OF the new railways In
process of construction, according to care
Iul statistics. is 5,038; 7.041 miles are
or under survey; 2, 831 miles OF
lines are not yet surveyed. The new
will call for probably 2,0c0,-
300 tons of rails.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
bv a compromise with the city, will do
l.,
it's New YORK division in Philadelphia at
-, oox;r,o<od cost of <1 5f1 000 Couau-