Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-12-11

Mr.. Taylor, of Illinois, introduced in
the House Joint resolution requiring
the Secretary of the Treasury to pur-
chase, at the market price, not to ex-
ceed 81 for 37l.25 grains of pure silver,
the thirteen million ounces of silver
now in the United States, and here
after to contine the monthly purchase
to domestic products.
William c. Grainfield, the census
agent for the Yukon region, returned
on the steamer st. Paul last week
with his population schedules. ''This
enables me to fix the population of
Alaska approximately said Ivan Pet
rolf, who has charge of the twenty-tirst
division of the census bureau. Com
plete returns have been received eX-
cept from Yukon, Kuskoquim and
Nugashak, where only Il partial enum-
Grafton has been made. l do not
think the population of Alaska will
greatly exceed 10000. The white in
habitants will number between 1000
and 5000, and included with these
there are about 1900 creoles or half
breed Russians. The EsquimauX will
probably number 1900 and the In
dams or Athabascans, as they are re-
turned in the schedules, less than
5000. The Alcuts, | think, will not
exceed 200. In the whole territory,
which at one time boosted II consider
able Russian population, there are
L., u InI
Russians"
The largest income of any single
man in England is said to be that of
the Duke of Westminster, who has
miles of tenement houses and many
square miles of agricultural land. He
is said to receive $50 every minute,
A or $1,000 an hour, or $4,000 II day.
0 Queen Victoria has also a nice income,
Il and it is estimated that she has re-
o ceived nearly Sloo,o00,Oo0 since she
: assembled the throne. The Dukes of
l. Devonshire and Norfolk and the Mar
l. uuis of Butte have each rents amount
II ing to 1000, 900 per year, and the Duke
e of Portland, after eXtravagances like
those of Monte Cristo, accumulated
r. SlO, OOO, 900 of unentailed property dur.
70 ing his life. Mr.. Grassy, II railroad
n contractor, acknowledged to having
rs $50, OOO, 600 personality, and Mr.. Morri
X son, dry goods man, S2O,OOO,OOO
ID Lord Dudley, one of the large owners
y, of England's coal mines, had for year
,y an income of over s., 100000 from thi
No source alone, and the Duke of Buc
q cleuch gets sl,l3O,OoO a year from hi
al lands.-The Argonaut.
tv 1t is ofticilly estimated that no fewe
lis than 10000 wolves are roaming q
large in Russia, and that the inhat
itants of the Vologda last year kille
On no fewer than 40 600, and of the Casa
al district 2l,OOO. In the Canada
at Northwest there are also wolves, bu
IN these are not, like the European ones
'er of very dangerous character. Th
to coyote are, however, at times yer
MS troublesome on the plains, especial
IRE to tlocks of sheep. Some time ago $
ne John Lister-Kaye imported numbt
ost of Belgian and French wolf-hount
~, and Scotch deerhounds for the purpo'
to of hunting down these coyotes, viii
nc. other breeds of dogs have also bee
the tried with fair success. BY means
these the number of coyotes has bee
his much reduced, rs many as seventee
er. having been brought down in a sing
.he day on the Cochrane ranch. II
en- hounds are, however, scarcely ia
an enough, and with view to givil
ks them greater turn of speed, u,
yer Gordan, the veterinary surgeon at {
in tawa, Canada, has just imported tv
vas of the fastest and best-bred grey-houll
his ever shipped from England-namel
un. Justinian, by Cut Bono, out of Styli
Two Lady, and Jestsom, by Royal Stag, G
lree of Castaway.