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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
NORTH CAROLINA METHoDIsTS.
The Flfty-First Annual Conference Mt
wllson-Work on the Canals.

The Fifty-First Annual Conference M
wllson-work on the Canals.
Correspondence OF the Richmond Dispstch.l
WELDON, n. O., Dec. 8, 1890.
The Methodist ministers of this town
and vicinity and lay delegates will all
leave here Wednesday morning for the
fifty-frst annual Conference of the North
Carolina Methodist Episcopal Church,
which will convene in Wilson on that
day, with Bishop Keenor presiding.
A general pastoral change will be made
for all the Methodist churches in this
county.
A cold wave struck this town Satur-
day night. The thermometer fell about
20'. All day Sunday the rain fell in
torrents, followed to-day by heavy sleet.
Icices are hanging from every tree and
available point, aud a general wintry
appearance spreads over the fields
around. I learn that there is no ice
twenty miles below here.
CANAL WORK.
There is only one more mile Of the
canal here to be eJcavated. The exca-
vator5 and the wOrkmen on the large
basin mills are racing now to see which
can finish up their work FIRST.
1 learn that work will commence on
the new canal of the Great Fails Manu-
featuring Company about tho LIST Of
next February. The canal Of this com
pany Will be only about one mile in
length, yet learn that a splendid water
power will be developed.
FOR THE sPEAKERSHP.
Captain II. b. PEBBLES of Northamp-
ton, will enter the race for the speaker
ship of the next House. Captain Pee
bles will make a most excellent presiding
officer and his friends will do all in their
power to have this honor conferred upon
him.
Cad Ivey, colored railroad employee,
formerly Of this place, fell speechless in
Wilmington yesterday. His wife was in
this county and was telographed for.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
MARAuplNe OYsTERMeN.
Complaints of oyster Pirates in the North
Carolina sounds-Pastorai Changes.

CarOIInh HOund5-FastVtlN tuVHEt1'
Especial telegram 10 tne DisDst,h.l
RALEIGH, h. c., December S.--Com-
plants are again being made to Governor
Fowle Of depredations by oystermen
from other States in tue upper sounds in
this State. The Governor will give this
important matter special consideration
in his message.
Rev. J. s. Dill, pastor of the Baptist
church at Goldsboro', goes to Los An
geles. Cal, to take charge OF church,
and Rev. Frank Dixon, Of Oakland,
CAL, is called 10 DO pastor Of the New
berne Baptist church.
The weather has turned very cold, and
there is heavy seet which extends rs far
east as Goldsboro'.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
WE'LL ATTENDED,.

The closing services of the mission of
st. Joscph's Catholic church yesterday
and last night we're exceedingly inter
esting and impressive, and nothwith-
standing the incement weather were
very largely attended.
Among the best-behaved and most
trusted prisoners in the city Jail is the
negro Randall Watson, sent here from
Greenesville county under sentence Of
death for MURDER but who is now await
ing the decision OF the Supreme Court
on an application for new trial. be
has become very pious and takes promi-
nent part with the Young Mems Chris
tian Association in their services at the
jail. He sings and prays with feryor,
and exercises a good influence among his
fellow-prisoners. ROBIN ADAIR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
PHILADELPHIA, RIOH- <fRsH
AoND AND NORFOLK
STEAMSHIP COMPANY

Appointed sailing days Every TUESDAY
and FRIDAY aIl2 N. aud every SUNDAY ats
A y.
Freight for TuesiGys and Fridays steamers
received I'll Ii;S0 A. a.; for sundays stesn4sr
MI p. N. Saturday Freight received daily giil
sP. n.
Fare, S.
For further information apply %
J. ". hCCARRICk,
General Southern AgsnI ocsse RocxstiA
". PCLlDR d CO.,
mol General Agents, Philadelphia
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
RESIGNED.

N. r. Young, for two years manager
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany here, resigned to-day to so to
Washington, and is succeeded by John
Il. Brown, OF the latter city.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Death of Miss Julia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Northern Insane Asylums.

Death of Miss Julia Norment-InspectinG
Northern Insane Asylums.
Correspondence Of tho Richmond Dispatch.l
WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Dec. s, 1890.
The County Court convened to- day,
but owing to the inclement weather a
very small number were in attendance.
Mrs. Harriet Richardson qualified
upon the estate of her husband, DR.. r.
b. Richardson. Judges Henley and
Warren were witnesses to the will.
A special grand jury indicted sable
son Of Africa from the county for hog
stealing.
Miss Julia Norment, who Was reported
as being dangerously i'll, died yesterday
morning. She was a daughter OF Dir.
d. r. Norment, q popular young farmer
in York county, and IN tins affection he
has the sympathy Of al; large ts. number OF
morrow
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAIL.
~ WAY CONpANf.

sCHEDULEIN RgFCCr DgCElrERLI.n
LaAyu Hi.ININn
60 A. NJ. Loral Freight except 6fuil 20
lhariUteHF.IH.
$40 A. ". Daily for OiI Point aui Nnf'I'l
HOO a. N. EXprn.- daily f0r OrrlnnAH lI,.
Wau sleeper thaI.fls.UIs U 90
c.lnau chair Car OLA FUlt o. DllN
i0tfHsYille.
800 r. n. rKpresa. daily for Oi pin' f.I
Norfolk. Chair car Ctar.1iis.I..l
g. OH Point
$50 r. N. Accommodated, g1cer, SUNDAY ir
Clarl0tfesFl'.
1890 =. NJ. tbs F.E g.. Limited daily pu nsa
S.cepiugCar MefnUni t0 Hinton.
FOLD vrsfbl.' uliu. Fitl Mling
Csraud rliimsns lharloiloeFlIs q
Cincinnati ami Pullman " il..s
Vile.
TRAINS AHRIgH AT RICHMOND
$50 4. VI. ami 1868 q. ~. daily from Cincimtt
200 Z. n. daily. except sunday from a.,
l0tfcsTile.
1880 A. VI. ana $3.50 y. n. daily from NorioA
station: Broad street near Seventeenth.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
JANEs-RiyER DIVISION
Rlchmlnl and AllsgnAny ialIroafl

LEAVE afClMOND.
600 A. NJ. daily Tor Lyohburg, Lexington, al
Clifton Forge.
$50 4. ". Tor lYnchhIrR, except eIIi3t
Sleeping Car for Clifton targ. 5
traln leaves Lynchburg ~ A. 70
daily Tor Lexington AMI Cf.
Forge.
TRAINS ARRIVE ar RICHMOND,
$50 z. VI. daily from Clifton Forge.
$50 a. ~ cXccpt sunday from CnfiQ1 lgA
Lexington, and lynchinrg
Station: L sltl ana Canal streets.
II. W. FULLER
General Passenger hgc.t
q. W. STEVENS. General supenntelloaL Z. !
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
EARMvILLE AND POWHArAy
GENERAL OFFICE -1 BAsr NAlS .raPE.
SCHEDULE IN KFfRCrAU8UsTAtl

SCHEDULE IN KFfECrAu8UsrAr.
LEAvE uiCuK0sn
9i5 A. ", ria Atlantic C01sf flno f.r ra--t.t,
sos z. u, ciI Atlantic Cost lins or H.rt..
pOck sud inisrmniia', stations.
300 p. NJ, rit Richmond AMI naurlUe frFt--.
vile, AMI si stations Ec8sof ....y
Junction.
600 r. ~, ri1 Richmond ari Danyilo. fr,t..
quarter au1 Wsutfrp0.k.
AsElVE AT RlCEhDNh
$40 A. ", ti1 Atienu' Cosst iiue, from MI-f.-.
peck AM intermediate staH.rh
eco 7. NJ, rif Atlantic Coast itue from Ffr1.IfN
SIS A. n, rif Richmond h0i Da1Yfe o.
Farmvllle, sui al stations at.i
hCscloy JunclIon.
Gf5 A.. W., rfI hichm0lI ami ll1r,i. fr.a
SNnguArter ani Wlutsrla.L
All trains daily except sunday.
ror tickets. nngrHg0. .leUfs. tiWH.flt'Hs a..
coll upon A. W. CAREER. Atlantic C1ast Ll.
aud Richmond sni DauViie deplfa
"a. a. IAlrNINN
General Freight sui Passenger Afs.l
JAMES r. WEErn, General hauasel sll
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
The SEASON OF ELECTIONS.
Officers Chosen by Some Organizations
and Installed by Others.

and Installed by Others.
The Jefferson Literary and Social Cir
Gle have elected the following officers for
the ensuing year; President, N. H..
Asher; Vicc-President, S. l.. Bloom
berg Secretary, Joseph l.. Levy Urea
surer, Charles Hutzler; Librarian, NJ.
S. Block; Library Committee, Charles
Hutzler, Leon Wallerstein, and DIR. II.
Ii. Levy. Entertainment Committee !:
NJ. II. Asher, G. +. Schaap, NJ. l. Bins
wanger, Monroe Levy, 5. l.. Bloomberg,
A. d. Whitlock, and Nj. Ganss.
SONS OF ST. GEORGE.
Sir Walter Raleigh Lodge, SO, at its
last regular meeting installed its officers
for the ensuing term as follows: Henry
i. Taylor, worthy president John $.
Walters, worthy vice-president Arthur
HAYES, worthy messenger James A.
Walten, worthy treasurer John }.
Gam, worthy secretary; Robert Q. Jer-
vols, worthy assistant secretary; Rev.
Aaron Jones. worthy chaplain Herbert
G.. Chilver, worthy assistant messenger
John II. Hazelhurst, inside sentinel f.
w. Shaw, outside sentinel. This was
the first meeting in their new hall in the
Wilkinson building on Ninth street.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
LOUD PEALs OF THUNDER.
The Citizens of DsnvfIie Aroused by the
storm-Snow in Henry and Patrick.

Especial telegram 20 the Dlspntchl
DASvILIE, VA, December S.-There
was thunderstorm here last night and
many people were aroused from their
sleep by the brilliant flashes of lightning
and loud peals of thunder, and when
they arose this morning they found the
ground covered with snow. The
weather has been in an unsettled con-
dition all day, with the mercury below
the freezing point. The snow-storm ex-
tended through Henry and Patrick
counties.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
SYLVANUS JOHNSON.
DEATH OF A PURE, UPRIGHT, AND
GENEROUS CITIZEN.
Farther Litigation Over the 0dd-FeIlovs'
BuiIding-Piacod Under Restraint
Editor Barham Ill.
correspondence OF the Richmond Dispasch.l
PETERSBURG, Va, Dec. 8, 1890.

correspondence Of the Richmond Dsps,chl
PETERSBURG, Va, Dec. 8, 1890.
Captain Sylvanus johnson died SUM-
dav afternoon about 4 o'clock ut the resi-.
dence Of his son-in-law, Mr.. J. K. White
horne, after an illness of several months.
He was seventy-eight years of age,
and leaves seven children-only two OF
whom reside in Petersburg-viz., Mrs.
]. T.. Whitehorne and Mrs. James M.
Williams Captain johnson was born
in Nottoway county, but had
been living in and near Pc
tersburg for nearly forty years. For
many years he resided on Fleets Hill, in
Chesterfield county, now the site Of the
Virginia Normal College. For a long
while he conducted an extensive milling
business in this city, being the proprie-
tor OF one or more of the largest mills
in the South Side. Captsin johnson was
member of tho Disciples Church, but
as that denomination of Christians have
no church or pastor here his funeral
will take place tomorrow from the First
Baptist church. He was man OF sin
gularly pure and upright character, ex-
tremely generous, courteous in manner,
and loved by all who knew him.
AN INJUNCTION.
When Judge Hancock opens his court
here tomorrow motion will be sub
mitted and argued 10 dissolve the In
junction recently awarded on petit
ton Of W. \. Boiling, executor OF
George W. Boiling, deceased, restrain
ing the Odd-Fellows' Association in the
erection of their new buildings on Syca-
more street from interfering with or
injuring the footings of the walls of the
adjacent property belonging to Mr..
Boiling. The case is one OF great inter-
est to the Odd-Fellows and covers points
Of much importance.
Mr. Il. w. Spiers, a well-known citi-
zon OF Prince George county. formerly
a merchant of this city, WAS placed I'M
der restraint here to-day on suspicion OF
being of unsound mind. His delu-
sion is that his friends are arranging to
perpetrate some outrage upon him.
SORRY TO REAR IT.
Mr.. II. p. Bsrham, editor and proprie-
tor of the Lqder-Appe0t, has been con-
fined to his bed for several days with
an attack OF pneumonia.
Little Laura Rives (colored), aged
about twelve years, went into Mr.. j. o.
James's shoe store Saturday night, and
while the clerks were waiting upon Gus
toners appropriated pair of fine shoes.
She was caught by the proprietor and
turned over to the police, and this morn
ing was sentenced TO jail.
Hail fell this morning to a depth of
between one and two inches, following a
steady rain all day yesterday.
WE'LL ATTENDED,.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
A TLANTIO COAST LINE.

RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG EAILhO"
TIMETABLE
Commencing SUNDAY. S0yemof' - ..,"
sA. a., trains on this rplh All rla or .'.
TRAINS SOUTHWARK
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
Y0RK-RIYER LINE, VIA wssr rop,
THEFAyoRITg ROUTE SoRrn.
LEAVE RICHMOND;


TRAIN No. 80, Si0nM.
LOCAL EXPRESS, daily, exnr, Sat.
stops A. 81 stagons A. Lessor fal. r...-.,,
with stage Tor Wslkertol: vim r4.r-.-,
steamer az West Point
TRAIN No. 81 s.3sp a.
BALTIMORE LIMITED. daily ot-ept st-f,,
f0r West Point connectug with iurs.F....
steamers for baltimor.. AtEAumUr. ..ls.-..,
connect with Baltimore AMI Olio uIf.sf ia,
Washington. Philadelphia. sni Naw Y0rf.
Steamers leave Baltimore : 81. ~ DAILY. er...,
sunday.
Trains STRIVE y, Richmond 9iSA a. u aai,,
A. N.
TRAITS Nc. 70. 7DAM
LOCAL MINED. daily except SUNDAY. is,r.,
Tweniy-third street Tor Wcsl l0.ntauI lrt.,-'
diato points.
Iickot-o'ice NJ station loot n Ylrsais s,-,.t
Open A. NJ. 20 8 z. n. aud fum 8r.W
A. NJ.
city ticket-onics-cornar Of Tcnm ani VA,
streets.
SOL HAAS. IAsI TtYtGp
Iraric Manager. General Passenger hf.rt
JOSEPH = iOlls. Division Passenger ga
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
YIN ANCEAE-
JOHN |. WILLIAMS & Son.
BANKERS.
AND DEALERS IN
HIGH GRADE INVESTMENT
BONDS.

BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND LETTERS OF
CREDIT on EUROPE AND SOUTH AMERICA
RAILROAD AND MUNICIPAL LOANS NE
GOTiATEO.
Speculative AMI marginal accounts are not
desired. De 7-iw
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
NO INCREASE.

Governor Fowle is preparing his bi-
ennial message to the Legislature. Ii is
unofficially learned that there will be but
little if any necessity for an increase Of
taxation.
The proposed tonnage tax on fertilizers
is to DO applied solely to fertilizer con
troll, in strict accordance with the deci-
sion of the United States Circuit Court.
A special meeting Of the State Agil-
cultural Society is called for tomorrow,
at which the important question Of
State exposition at Raleigh next year is
to be considered.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
For TILE spEAKERsHrP.
euARplAN.EuND sAoRTAaE.
The Ex-ClerlS Of Wake County Superior
Court In Troubie--Statc Exposition.


Court In Troubie--state Exposition.
Especial telegram 70 tho Dispatch.l
RALEIGH, y. c., December S.-There
is much talk hore of an alleged shortage
in the guardian fund of Charles D. Up
church, clerk ofthe Wake Superior Court.
who went ont Of Office Monday. Upchurch
is a Republican and was defeated by the
Democrats. There are al sorts OF ru-
mors as to the extent OF the shortage
many putting it at $4,000, the
amount for which the Official bond is
given. A careful investigation OF the
affairs of the Office is now in progress.
Several suits in behalf OF wards have
been entered. tt is stated that the
Guardisn-Fund books caLnot be found.
Upchurch held the Office twelve years.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
TRAINS SoRTHwARn
'Daily.
STOPPING PLACES

STOPPING PLACES
NoS a. 81 AMI - make no s.op> -. 4
y .fop on signal AG Manchester DreHt .f !
Centrslla, and Chester ". ~ -. ~ 81,
at Manchester sod Chester. 20 q =. t..gi
chester. Ne q stops on sisnsi az -. 4. ..rl.
only for passengers pgrcns.in 'lS~ ~ g,sa-
lar stopplag places ter tbs sFAin - III -
burg. Nos. 81, 81 =, an 81 VIZ 49,
tious FOX passengers. .....,,..,
pULLNAs-CAssERVlCE -,
On Trains Nos a sni e s'sepins,e,i.' -.
Nav York aud Tampa, ia "a ~ ..f,sss
on Trains Nos "a zni < sl'ef tt,s "a
Nav York and Char'eslon. On .fsi u "a
and ~ alec 9ing-csgs bogvssa Ne" -
Jacksonville. .. 90, soRgQlA
TaK ONLY ALL-RAIL LINE TO wa
p,.,nons' '.Sto AN Surfolk.... In Ia i
p,csmcnd. .asS p. NJ. Norfolk, Z
SariaIs' $50 A. H. hchmoa9 ..oP 4.
NOTION. '.oO y. NJ. hcbno'l..,' Al Al
the trains leaving Richmood a. - .s,s,s "a
xcrsott at&P n are solid usln. 80, .tibllt
t~o oota,s and passengers 30 tA'NeN -
snxsrs ef cara Cloeo soDneSt.s' 20 IVA
M sds AZ Petersburg by the s y i, y. -, Nor.s,
p,'.emond ana he 40 A. N. Iaia ~. Is. 81.
Irsins lsasipx Nichoona ., .'.st \. ls;5 ~
iiseu II. N. aud srriysos 81 Ne..',.loa IS 70.
N. snd s:6S 4. NJ. mare cioee 49, Lyseh3o4A
tersbarg % sud fsOn eeF~'"'S'
aHa ''s'A n. II. sVIIY. snPsrs,s.l
q n n Nxxaa QsaerGl sapsf'ns- Assas
~. Fnsssvx, 0sasesi rssssSs"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-15

EoIroR's TABLE.

One Of the N -, charming OF recent books
is the Far West Sketches from the pen
Of Jessie Bealon Fremont which has just
been issuei iroli the press Of the d. 10th
roS Company. Almost from her youth hiss
Mrs.. Fremont been fronterswoman. 4,
the daughter of Senator Benton Of Missouri
she saw and heard mneh of the gYosing
West 10 the days WHEN her father vas
power In tie councils Of tine nation ~ the
wife Of Fremont, 'ihe Pathfinder" only
recently gone 70 The great majority.
she has been part Of much that
has been stirring, dramatic and
abb Of b ng 10 the story Of the great West
Tbs eolls e,inn o, Par Yves. Sketches
the latest con Elbati a to American liters-
lure from her p,n, Is based upon that shs
has seer ant " Lat she Las b. en- . part OF
on TIE far Western frontier. Here are
story-skstehss of a Christmas Day in South.
crn California, of the troublous times when
Fremont was leader and power in the
New Californis, of the Sierrxs and the big
trees" of bali on the border, Of camp life
in California and Arizona, and Of many
other times and places all told in the direct
and taking way that makes Mrs. Fremont
peculiarly acceptable delineator Of Ameri-
car frontier life 10 which she can see 20
clearly and pick out so deftly the pictur-
esqae, the trsgical, the humorous and the
noble.
FAR WLsr SKETCHES By Jessie Benton
Fremont. i2mo, cloth. 20c pages, $l.00.
Boston D. I)tbrop Company.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-15

The wonderful development within
the past three years in the strength and
character of high explosives. has made
10 necessary for the War Department to
make change in the musket now in use
and commission is soon 10 select sub
stitutc for the Springfield rifle. With
the use of the " etterin smokelcss pow
der an Initial velocity of about two
thousand feet TO the second Il given to
the proieetle. while with the ordinary
powder the velocity ia only thirteen
hundred aud ilfty feet per second Tho
new smokeless powder has two elements
Of superiority over common powder.
1t has greatly increased velocity
aud only small amount of smok.
which is quickly dissipated by the air.
The increased velocity, Ms a matter of
course. gtves flsttcr trajectory to the
proiectlle. With the new gun which is
To take the place Of the Springfield rifle.
a much more accurate aim can be taken
~ - hNbFtf va WV thti'N- AttF hTtthr- lfNiNs
rin, has to be elevated at high angle
to secure effectiveness, but with the new
gun the angle of elevation Will be com
paratlvely slight. This change In the
gun in use by the army and militia will
render necessary the practical saeri
flee of one hundred thousand mus
kets now in use, which will, however,
be held in reserve for an emergency.
The change In rifle contemplated hy the
War Department. also proposes redue
ton In the calibre from u to 30. II is
understood that combination OF the
lee and Hatchkiss guns will be the one
which viii take the place of the Spring
field, and 1t is believed by experts to
make very satisfactory weapon.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-15
Our Public Dcmsiu.

Our public domain is rapidly disap-
peariug. During the year ended June 80
more than ie.e0o,0oe acres has passed
from the ownership OF the government
Into the hands of scttlers,--a tract at.
most equal tethe combined areas of New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,, Rhode Is
land and New Jersey. Besides these
lands taken up for settlement, large
areas have been patented to the
states under the Swamp Gran,
act and to corporations under
special grants. still further. the
patcnting of coal and mineral lands has
been unusually large, indicating that a
great development Of our mineral re-
sources may be expected in the immedi
ate failure. The figures given BY Judge
G,otf, the commissioner of the General
Land Office 10 his annual report. en-
phasiyes the necessity Of iealousiy
guarding the public domain from
frauds and depredatlous, and
the fact that the most valuable tim
Ter GA the public lands Is being rapidly
exhausted, aud that the present laws
relating to the subject are utterly made
qratc TO presces the interests Of settlers
on the ciie hand, or the public forests
FROM unlawful appropriations on the
other, suggests the necessity Of fmme-
A.. -.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-15

The Minneapolis Bulletin says there IL
mo longer any doubt that sugar beets
will prove one Of the most profitable and
productive crops for South DsiSota. \
farther near Pierre raised twenty acres
Of sugar bects this year that yielded
t~enty tons to the acre, which are worth,
when manufactured into sugar, 81 per
ton. ar $50 nn acre. These hcets were
raised without irrigation The soil OF
the Sioux reservation. west of the river,
Is particularly well adapted TO beet cnl-
ture, 10 IA said, and next year will see
many thousands of acres there planted
fc beets. This il just the relief which
ptntcction designed for overprodueing
wheat growers. BY turning few hun
,lrcd thousand acres OF cereal growing
t,nl 10 the production OF sugar bects.
The farmers Of the West viii quickly get
rid of the present depression in agricul
ture.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-15
Railroads & STEAMBOATS,
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.
IIfangensnt Il Trains in Eject Oct
18Th, 1850.

Qstil further aetsss trAias Leave Augusta a
como WE0T-S.c A. II. for Lewiston
9oekiand, FostlA1A, Boston and Montreal; 20
1. u. for HalloueH, Gardiner and South Gard.
Ger. 1910 a. II. for Lewiston. Farminsion
RoekhHd. Portland and Boston: eco p. NJ
fos HAilowslI. Gardiner and South Gardner
Portland. and Boston; s.A5. (expsess) Port
land and Boston; SOS p. n. for HalloWell, Card
nsr and south Gardiner; LOO r. n. might Pull
uAa) for Leviston. Bath. Portland and Boston
GOING EAHT-2.lo 4. n. (night express) fos
skoyheg.a. Belfast Bangor. Bar Harbos. St
4. 70. wsterviie, stowhesa., Newport. Bangor
and vanceporo; res r. N. for watersine
jas r. u. for WaferviIe, Skowhegan, Bel
fast. Dexter. Dover 4 Foxcroft, Bangor,
Sc. Stephen, St. John and AroOstool County, and
= 10 r. y. saturday: oalyl for Tsterville
s,9 z paper train for w''srv'l' and Bangor
The Night Pullman Trains run each way ever
aight, Sundays included. but not TO Showhegar
or Belfast On Monday MORNINGS, or TO Decker,
or beyond Bangor, on Sunday morning.,
The day express trains going East ut 34s r. N
and West At 1o.1 A. NJ, run daily, Sundays In
ciaded, between Boston, Bangor and St.
John.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN for Augusts
leaves South Gardiner, 6.25A A. NJ; 100 and As
y. NJ. Gardiner, 6.S A. n; LILO ana AS p. M;
HaiSoweii. 6.4s A. r.. rs and 4.59 r. N.
Through tickets to California and ali points
South and West may be had Of Z. II. Walker,
ticket agent, Augusta, the only ONCE selling Wis
all routes and checking all baggage free Of ex
penss.
PAYSON TUCKER. Vice Pres. 3 Gear Manager,
y. u. BOOTHBY. GcnI Pass. and Ticket Ag't.
Portland. Oct, sth leoo.