The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-16
EASTERN ITEMS.
A High Fence to Be Put Around
the Lincoln Monument.
The Michigan Supreme Court Holds
the New Liquor Law of That
State Unconstitutional.


State Unconstitutional.
Over 100 colored men now contrt
newspapers in the United States.
There has been general increase i
the Newfoundland tariff of to 10 DE
cent.
This seasons food is making remark
able changes in the Mississippi rive
channels.
1t is said that there are nearly 200. 90
ex-Union soldiers in circumstances ar
preaching destitution.
Gary Pittman, cashier of the Bank G
Nottingham, Ala, has skipped. Th
condition of the bank is not yet known
1t is now claimed that Edwin Cowle,
the late editor of the Cleveland Leader
was the first to propose holding World
Fair in 1892.
Michigan's Supreme Court holds tina
the new liquor law Of that State is un
constitutional. The engrossing clerk ha4
made unauthorized interpretations.
There is still much quarreling over dis
puted rights to property in Oklabom,
towns, and rival claimants easily secur
the backing of disorderly element.
A speedy settlement of the Behrin,
sea controversy seems improbable. It i
expected, however, that temporary ar
rangement may be made for this season
A high iron fence is to be built arount
the Lincoln monument at Springfield
H., to protect it from relic hunters, VIII,
have mutilated the statues and the sar
cophagus.
1t is understood that there will be M
more caucuses on the silver question By
Republican Congressman, and that tn,
Senate will pass bill favorable to silver
and that the House will agree to it.
The two warning baseball leagues il
the East are getting tired of losing money
and, it is said, will change the dates O
play so that the two organizations will
not play on the same day in any one city
Aarons & FEEDER, clothiers of 95 Prince
street, New York, failed a few days ago
and it has since been discovered that the
firm was instituted for the purpose O
swindling all who trusted it. Crimina
proceedings will be taken.
The President has approved the bill
authorizing the construction of bridge
across the Brazos river in Texas and the
Joint resolution authorizing Lieutenant
Henry R. Lemly, o. S. A., to accept {
position under the Republic of Colombia
Prohibitionists in Iowa believe that the
decision of the United States Supreme
Court that Iowa cannot interfere with
the importation of liquor into that State
in unbroken packages will have a Gamag
ing effect on the prohibition law of thai
State.
A strange maladv has made it's appear
ance at Muncie. Ind, with which 10(
Dersens have been suddenly stricken
Doctors disagree regarding the disease
Claims are made that it is la mona, the
prevailing epidemic in Germany and 1t.
ally, which was preceded by la grippe.
The run of the new torpedo boat Cush.
ing from Newport to New York was the
quickest on record between those cities
she ran against strong winds and heavy
seas, but nevertheless made it in six
hours and ffty-sven minutes, or seven
minutes quicker than any other vessel.
Judge Wallace in the United States
Circuit Court at New York denied the
application of Henry Hilton to reopen
the suit of Fortin & Co., glove manufact-
1rers of Paris, against A. 7. Stewart &
90. for breach of contract. which was de-
;ided in France some years ago and judg-
nent rendered against Stewart & Co. for
S195, 900. Judge Wallace holds that the
decision of the French court must be
to be fairly arrived at.
In a letter to the Speaker of the House
;he Secretary of the Interior estimated
hat it will require $S3, ,S06, 1852 annually
20 give service pension to every survivor
If the late war not now ON the rolls and
&c, ,642, ,817 annually to- increase the pen
sions of those now on the rolls to So per
month and $9,776,7 ,768 to grant pensions
20 widows of deceased soldiers. The total
annual expenditure would be $1O0,226,-
}27.
The members of the scientific expedi-
i'm from Philadelphia have ascended
in Mexico Barometical
measurements give it an elevation of IL,
L5O feet. A glacier two miles long was
ound to descend the western slope. 1t
s the first glacier on record as existing
n Mexico. On the summit the ther-
registered % degrees. Butter
lies were found imbedded in the ice at
IN elevation of 800 feet.
The E. H. Hammond Beef Company
If Chicago and the Central Trust Com
,any have issued to Alex Harvey of New
Y ork a mortgage of 81, ,645, 800 on all their
property in all cities from Albany to Chi
ago. The Hammond Company is in
,orporated under the laws of Great Brit
Tin, and the mortgage calls for an Eng
ish equivalent to 81 ,645, 800 in American
money. The mortgage will be divided
md sold to English capitalists.
Serious forest fires are reported from
he northern part of Wisconsin. Much
iamage has been done around Mason,
alopg the Omaha road, where the woods
ire ablaze and two or three houses in the
own burned. The fire in stumps and
between Hurley and Iron:
wood spread with great rapidity along
he section bordering on the mines from
Ashland to Aurora, burning three or four
Liners cottages. All the mills and fac
ories at Rice Lake, Benton county, were
zept closed so the men could protect
heir homes.
James Pollock, Ex-Governor of Penn
,ylvania, who died at Lock Haven Sat-
irday, was the first man to urge Con-
.ress. of which he was a member forty
years ago, to build a Pacific railway. He
predicted in 1848 that railroad uniting
New York and San Francisco would be
,uilt within tven' 'y-fve years The road
vas finished in 1859 and Mr.. Pollock
passed over it two years later, md an
walton was given him in San Francisco