The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-29
EASTERN ITEMS.
The Louisiana Farmers Alliance
Denounces the Lottery.
The Governor Of New Mexico Wants
United States Troops to Sup
press White Caps.

The Pennsylvania crops will be far be-
low the average.
The drought will almost depopulate
certain portions of Kansas.
1t is said that the lottery crowd is GER
talnly on top in North Dakota again.
John W. Mackay has been elected a
Director in the Canadian Pacific railway.
The net debt of PENNSYLVANIA in 1880
was SIC, ,94O, ass, and in 1890 it is 81 1885,
026.
Kansas City, Kan., has a population
OF IS, ITO, an increase in ten years of 2S,-
822.
The Governor of New Mexico wants
United States troops to suppress the
White Caps.
Careful estimates of the growing Or
ange crop in Florida place it at 2,O00, 900
boxes, or about the same as last wear.
The wheat crop of the Dakotas and
Minnesota is estimated at 100, ,O00, 900
bushels. one of the largest ever har-
vested.
Pinkeye has appeared among cattle in
the vicinity of Kirkwood, ILL.,, caused by
the unusually dry pastures and scarcity
of water.
A war of ice dealers is threatened in
Baltimore by the announcement that
the SalOOnkeepers' Association will sell
ice at 55 cents DQr 100 Mounds
The Louisiana Farmers Alliance de-
nounces the lottery, and is negotiating
with members of Congress and candi-
dates to support its principles.
Cattle in large numbers are dying in
the vicinity of Shullsburg, Wis. It is
thought they are poisoned by drinking
water drained from lead mines.
The two new battle ships designed in
the Navy Department agree closely with
the 10, ,000-ton battle shi ps which France
has determined to build for it's heaviest
line.
Missouri is now the only State or Ter
ritory in the United States where gov
ernment lands may be taken up at pri-
vate entry or purchased outright at 81 .25
an acre.
The total estimated cost of the United
States Postal Service at present is $685.
700, 900. The net revenue is $56, 100000
leaving the cost of the service $6,750,0O
more than the income.
Philadelphia's population is reported
to be l ,044 1894, an increase of about 2314
per cent since 1890. In the decade be-
fore that the growth of the city was at
the rate of 251s per cent.
The Florida Central and Peninsula
to each of it's engineers running sched-
ule trains who get through the month
without killing any cattle.
The National Bar Association, at it's
meeting at Indianapolis last week, deci
ded to recommend to the State Legisla
lures the adoption of a uniform law on
wills in the different States.
Blair, in behalf of a majority of the
members of the Woman's Suffrage Com
mittee, has reported favOrably pro-
posed constitutional amendment to give
women the right of suffrage.
Cyrus w. Field has sold to Charles
Henry Butler 700 acres of his magnif-
cent Ardsley Park at Dobbs' Ferry, n.
Y. The consideration is said to be in
the neighborhood of 81 100000.
Hereafter in Canada cigar boxes must
be destroyed as soon as emptied, the
same as in the United States. Dealers
are kicking, but it is the order of the
Commissioners of Internal Revenue and
will no douht he obeved
There is some talk in Washington to
the effect that President Harrison con-
templates sending a special message to
the Senate, in which he will point out
the Importance of passing the Federal
Election bill this session.
There are three elevated railroads in
BROOKLYN, and they have applied to
Judge Bartlett of the Supreme Court for
writs of certiorari to review the action
of the Board of Assessors in fixing the
taxable value of their property.
Superintendent Porter expects the
work of counting the population OF the
country to be completed before the end
of the present month, and Congress, If
it so desires, can proceed to pass an APP
portionment bill and so determine how
many members shall constitute the next
House. The population of the country
is estimated at 64,00O,000.
The Senate Committee on Appropria-
tions has completed consideration of the
general deficiency appropriation bill and
reported it to the Senate with number
of amendments, which, with one excep-
ton, do not largely increase the total OF
the bill as it came from the House. This
exception is the provision for the pay
ment for French spoliation claims aggre-
eating 81, ,239 ,6SS.
The struggle that has existed at Ur-
bana, O., for the past year and half
over the issuing of bonds for natural gas
purposes is ended. The City Council
has passed an ordinance to issue $225,-
600 for that purpose The work of pip
ing from Mercer county has been let at
a cost of 1921 900, to be completed by
November Is. There is general satisfac-
ton expressed by the people.
All the amendments to the river and
harbor bill affecting the Northwest have
been agreed to by the Senate. Among
them were numerous surveys OF navlga-
BILE streams in the new States, particu-
Iarly South Dakota and Washington. A
change was made in the extent to which
work is to be carried on on the Missouri
and in Montana by substituting Fort
Benton for Great Falls, which was made
the upper end of operations according to
the first draft of the amendment. Since
the bill passed the House good deal OF
argument has been made to individual
men on the need of these Northwestern
improvements, and the members inter
ested believe that some important works
which were refused by the House Com
nittse will be allowed to stand when the
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