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Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-12

nss Bs1cuER CROSSING THE SARB0ws.
married minister, So that before my
marriage / understood the life / was
entering on.
Il made il my first effor, 70 spare Mr.
Beechsr's time by attending - his cor
respondence and % financial matters.
Our desks stood in adjoining windows,
and II was only with the most impor-
tant letters that troubled him. Some
Of these he answered, Oh others he
would write four or five words as a
guide 10 me The checks for his salary
were made payable 10 me, and II he
wanted money ne came 20 me for il, ex-
cept that he retained the proceeds Of
his lectures, making himself fund of
spending money
II saw all callers who came TO the
house. 80 many Of them only curiosity
seekers. When be was in the house l
never left it, and so his energies were
not drawn on except in cases Of impor-
ta~ce and urgency.
81 was not able To do in addition
great amount OF parish visiting. though
! did what was possible. In my early
married life | was asked To lead the
female prayer meeting, but it was very
hard for me and | did not continue.
~, was IN the war days that we were
Tilted out Of ourselves completely. l
remember the dispatch that came To us
ono day at Peel1sltill. where Mr.
Beocher was recuperating from hay
fever, saying that his boys-the Brook
lyn phalanx-and the other regiments
at Fort Schuyler were without food and
without clothes.
Il came down to the city immediate
" aud crossed 10 Fort Schuyler 10 see
the condition OF things. l wouldn't
think of being pulled across the Mar
rows in a rowboat now, but then one
hadn't time to think Of being afraid
Then | went about TO the bakers for
their stale loaves, and with an express
wagon to the shops for mattresses and
blankets and-but / can't talk about
/ ministers wives. II had thought the
/ "reminiscences | have been writing
| would have taken me back through so
many years of my life l could not have
begun them" and Mrs. Beecher's face
beneath her white hair became thought
full
The wife of Rev DIR. Theodore l..
/ Cuyler, whose influence through his
books has been worldwide, believes
that the work of the minister's wife can
/ be done most gently and efficiently in
. her own home.
( "a minister" she says, sometimes
marries before he fixes on his profess
/ sion and usually marries to suit himself
\ rather than his congregation II his
wife makes him happy in his home and
/ leaves him as free as possible to pursue
his work untrammeled, She aids him
most effectuslly.
''Nhen some of his Pensioners asked
me for my portrait for memorial they
were designing in conlmemoration of
Mr.. Curley's thirty years pastorate.
declined giving it, on the ground that
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-12
II Hsu, rs.t H.ss shan a. egv.a.

- I'D ~ EtsEts -ttNtt " 'FiFTs-
He-I d1n't tank tse world Is sxartIr
FAR - men
She-Whv nofr
He-WsIl. tie man who has bad
fs~ inStaree. gets ahead while IRE naE
v~h, hasn ere d,ssn t-Iarv
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-12
MINISTER'S WIVES.
,rhstr Place n ths Parish ana Tesis
1<szHI11.casioE-.
Ma Lyz..@ As1ots ss~a2- ~ . k~sssE's
wBs's Oyp@stEa4risz fiSsaaiaas fF~A4
L.. ra4..zs. MRS. bsoshsz 2ea
Ia. HbssaDF. A.. 1@Et@<s



I Rev In. Talsna.ss at N his study the
otnsr eseninz his eyes axsd saizzieal-y
"a a tTenzs bay q Asy pslaS 4sgset
- Ia st5.sa patieutly b tzs doorway eaT>
Eytng eaas.ies.
81 aaed - read. he sad. "a good deal
az literature "a The sa5.sct ~ lnlalz1eE.
wives.
Il wish ny wife woald tel Jon how
unsrue we're al those stories 4 paAing
.and hauling. u constant deIaan1s, Il
lthndlag
Congregations 40 rule are com
pOssd q .al,les snd gentlsHsen. ~no
InaAs the position Il tne minister - 70
"a especially pleasant oas. ~ wife
knows Il hundreds. yes. u thousands,
% ministers wives, az happy. al hon
ored
The plaes a pastors wife shoali
saags III the congre cation depends on
hsrselt Her call may be- e. Der hus-
bands docs or Il may Dc simply - the
taiags II her household This u mat
I'll FOR her owa decision.
The qualification she needs especial.
~ ~ -~mmon ssnse, for she may Dc a
Rrsat hiAdranse - her husband work
Ca a strong reinforcement"
When QUO has a glimpse Of the eNpe-
rieuees. the chances Tor observation,
the rcspousibllitios and the oprortuni-
ties that come - such a woman ~ Mrs.
Lyman Abbott, the wife II the pastor II
plymouth church. one hssitates over tho
question how mucA one II justified IA
making known
For Ms. Abbott lives In her home.
IF my children,' she says felt them
eolves detra aided or my husband wished
IL otherwise, even II my Judgment did
not agree with theirs, could not 20
outside.
IL the early days Of their married life
Mr.. Abbott was slewysr and Mrs. Alb
:: bott studied his cases with him. copied
legal papers aud absorbed herself IL his
1abors When 10 felt himself drawn u
tho ministry still her thought was 10
forward his undertakings. 80 IL has
been during the years given 10 tho pull
pit and to editorial duties.
II know OF no demands" she says,
l''mede on a minister's wife. bur | see
priv -leges. A pastor must oe in some
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-12

ea1y lses Il ether Peeple. 81 IL
Lz.dass soe-sty - Riyua.ss11h ehareA
Mr4 Hsury Wari BeeehsE Is president,
zEd % RAINY sttsru.soEs tzs u-ela s.srs
spssse ksr k1e lzbssF oS gong oua ~
gaiherlag IA TIE garlors 4 hsE bone IA
Orange sEneet, rssser1se1~d al 1891
vii bird songs
Re- ~ofx 81 = pastors - ife. says
Mrs.. DsseasFs Eaasl dlEsx sttely "a
different eslses- sore ministers brlisye
thsiF wsves can All t1sla Rsoss sEt1elsnt-
" ~ gisDg thein quses and rsstfal
bones others like - sc Their ~lsxs
ac5igs also in parish datlss
I'm my own case. Eve = my seven
brotheFs became ministers All . sister
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-12

Prevention = better than cure. ard
vcu rnsY prevent atfacxs 81 rheunls-
t1sgn ~ taxing Heed : Ssrssparliia.
wh-ch vii keep your hood pure and
free from acid ard germs Of disesse.
Isst ends IN carpets st exsrsord nary
bargains.
VoFer, HssPo1saETaER q CO.
Euv whser.
The valley city NIliug Company has
no peer N the mauufsefure ,f hour
It's products sre IN great deusansf. au3
especially the LILY Mhite- Try e.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-12

had not done any pastoral duty. Why
they said, you have been our sister
and friend A minister's wife should
know her husbands Pensioners by
name ard visit all who need her. IN a
large city parish - do more than this is
not possible"
Rev Dr. Meredith. well known for
his erpositious 81 the International
Suuday-sehool lessons, has a wife who
places first among a minister's wife's
qualifications. tact and the ability TO
hold ones tongue. Il have been 4 min
ister's daughter" she SAYS, "all nv life,
snd minister's wife for twenty sevaa
years, and I speak from experience %
IL i the minister's wives who sec the
social side - their husbands charches.
q whom men End women alike make
cou63ants. who must perfoTce have
wide experience Thrust upon them anf
- whom. ne country over. are carried
q large share II humanity = troubles
EEfzA PUTNAM HEgox.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-12
$1,000 REV ARD.

Fof ahs ease isss iaH T. care samfhg unarf
theiI lrVstarat Is f. lsN ~ Their oirecttsuS
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-12
PRIVATE Diseases of MEN

= special study aha psactite Ter mAus sears.
PRIVATE DISEASES ca ed h : slor uiat
Gttk>, "a ..Ot.>. lsLoIsuts ea Ihs
face ~ body. cured without Ky lHE mrrcufs or
other polsoa> NJ renfs l. q curse % re
huuaA facr. oar ell ARA vii sunsf 1 em ~
effects Avoid IL - yUu ~ oiild aNold SliN o. al
y drug. and usr Is no mais. These alsvasrs
ar eng cured ia this disiraS@iS ~iihoui
br. Grafton isa graduate Of Rush Medical c.
lrsc. hlgdgo Ia. l. Uril khosh al ustT tie
tEittd states aua tanadA y a0u>auas ~ GA
qua y"uAs meh Ar has e.ilrd. aiiG i 1, "vl'
kuowa fsct tuat Tor Yeas he las confined ilM-
sell - Tie - udS ANA Treatment ~ ~rAua. and
Chronic diseases. thu, obia an adsaHtsges
Few Joss Medicine. Ike al other sciences. i
Progressive ant every year SLOWS proof ~ ~
advance. by a ConthlHA .ioa of remedies ~
great curative power hr has - airfnsrl Ills
treatment thai IL Viii AFFORD N9i oHiN n re
dlatr rel Vl, but pc maAcpt cures. Al iDfIu>
of Throat Luns. Nerve ana hioid Diseases.
al IhToale Di4easr lar IA aassncs 81 suy o.
-tiiutiou Ia ths country. Those W. Sc M
Plat going 10 II Z springs Tor ibe n, "a ...t
oI ans Private or Blood hlseasr can Re cures
al or--t ina TIE cost Il cur Dlspenssrs. IA hast
RUPTURE cured without pain or hiadrance
from business.
Ia1iac By this treatment a pure. lovely
AuNiOO complexion. Ire oin sailoMu Ness.
iiecklss, blackheaas. erupti as. etc.. brIlltan
eyes and perfect health ctA be had. 1hat
"tred' ,ce inS and al iemsie Weakness
promptly currG. Nervous Pfosirai on, orh-
FfHt DEBILITY. Slrerft sSiltsN. JfrNtfeN NA ana
Indigestion. Oyarai lrOub r.. ILLUMINATION
and liberation. Fal lIg and Bi>plac -meuis.
spinal Weakness. kidney Complaints ANA
change OF lir. Consult The old Doctor.
Eve and Ear hs1Is or q, O mr. hs laA or
Globe. and Far aud Near sishtedness. lnyer-
sion OF the Lids. Scroiutous hyes, llcarali0ns,
lnhammatlon'. Abscess. Dimn - Of Nlsioh OF
one or both Eyes. and Iumors OF Lad. lnnam-
alton 0i the lar, Iteration OF tatafI Z. IN
ternai or External Deafness pr Paralysis. sing
ing or Roarns Noiss. Thlckened Drum. etc.
Nervous Debility s spsT@ai' La.sss.
Night Emissions. Loss of'yitgl Power. eep
lessness ID spondency. Loss of Memory. con
fusion OF ideas blur before the eyes. LAnsu9 r.
! Gloomiuess. Depression OF spirits. Ayersi. 10
Society. Easily Discouraged. Lack OF Conn
deuce. Dun. Listiess. Cnfit Tor Study 81 Bust
ness and fnds lie "a burden. safely. perman-
entity and privately cured.
Private Diseases R RiG9a pPl rsin T.
Gle l. Structure. Seminal Emissions. Loss OF
| Sexual Power. " eakness of the Sexual organs.
Want of Desire in Male OF Female. whether
from imprudent habits OF young or sexual
| habits of mature years. or any cause that de
bilitatcS The sexual functions, speedily and
| permanently cured.
Both Sexes G IN aSy ro oaaa ca or Write
Delays are Dangerous.
Send 10 cents stamps fer Medical Guide on
Laws of Health.
OFFICE HOURS-9 a. IN. to S p. IN.
Corner Bridge and Canal. Grand Rapids. Men.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-12

isenso.s ieader, and his wife, too, can do
much In the service of humanity.
There's good deal of talk against
the churches. but much of that comes
from people who don't know what the
churches are doing. | would like to see
n church 50 organized that every woman
ON becoming @ member should be asked
mt once on wha. committee she could
give much or 4 little tsrae. Then once n
year there might be a grand rallying
day with accounts OF things done.
Plymouth church has its mission
churches the Meyfowcr and the Bethel.
and is Is constant pleasure 20 watch
the transformation % women who come
in with shawls over their heads, poor,
discouraged
Then there are two working girls
clubs with their educating influences.
The little girls OF the Junior club sew
nnd cook. and one day not long ago
when they gave an exhibition was UNI
able - attend they sent me box with
n beautiful biscuit and piece of pie
and some cake and a great variety OF
things. all daintuy made in the cramped
quarters OF their own homes.
Then there Is the Young Women's
league. They have made towels for
tho gymnasium, bringing the young
mon OF .he church into sympathetic re-
lations with ia cultivated young WON
on. Last summer they sent n trunsful
az linen 20 the Holiday house of the
working girls We read together Whit
n -
est stitches on the under side. for
wanted the things msdo fne and neat
for girls whose low wages often press
them - think moro or dress than Of
underwear
Then shore are tho boys md girls
classes The b0vs Rre masking picture
screens for The hospitals and the girls
make covers for the bare bureau tops
In she rooms Of the colored girls and
the Indians az Hampton institute
They are helping 20 educate an Indian
boy and 81 orphan in India
There is The sunday school tesohinE
There must - nearly two hundred and
fifty teachers.
"And votr work.
"I have the infant class. Then there
arr tAa broader charities Of The city.
which want The pastors name. and his
wfte's sympathy one could give one a
fte ia each II 81 many directions The
needs that force themselves on ones at
tension would discourage and over
whelrn. I'D not help and sympathy also
appear At every turn. Money some
times "a sent me anonymously, articles
OF clothing have been left ~ the dor.
and II che sees necessities one also
se>s how many stand ready - relieve
tt
8, strangely near Dos woman Ike
Ms. Abbott stand % the trials. the
jrvs ard ne sorrows that naalxs gp The
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-03-12

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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-08-06
A CURIOUS OLD BILL.
ITO Repairing Nebuchadnezzar's Beard. "
One Of Many Items.

ITO Repairing acknowledgements Beard,"
One Of Many Items.
That old diaries resurrect strange
things was once more proved recently
when Lawyer Simon Stevens, IN making
his yearly overhaul Of treasure records.
came across curious reminder of 4
visit to England some twenty years ago
1t was copy of a bill from painter to
a noble lord, prcfessed connoisseur and
! large collector of pictures. for repairs
to contents of the noble lords art gal
lery. While not claiming to have afflda-
Wits from his lordship or the painter, Mr..
Stevens says that he has no doubt the
bill is genuine.
1t is itemized as follows:
To filing up the chink in the Red sea
and repairing the damages of Pharaoh's
host.
To cleaning six of the apostles and
adding an entirely new Judas Iscariot.
To pair Of new hands for Daniel in
the lions den and set of teeth for the
lioness
To an alteration in the belief mem
ding the commandments and making a
new Lords prayer.
To new vanishing Moses rod
To repairing Nebuchadnezznr' beard.
TO mending the pitcher of Rebecca.
To pair Of ears for Balaam and
making new tongue for the ass.
To renewing the picture Of Samson in
the character Of the fox hunter and
substituting a whip for the tirebrand.
TO a new broom and bonnet for the
witch of Endor.
To a sheet anchor. a jury mast. and
long boat for Noah's ark.
To painting twenty-one new steps to
Jacobs ladder.
To meuding the pillow stone.
To adding some Scotch cattle ~
Pharaoh 5 lean kline.
To making new head for IIolofernes
and cleansing Judith's hands.
To giving a blush To the checks of
Eve on presenting the apple to Adam.
To painting Jezebel in the character
of a huntsman taking flying leap from
the walls OF Jericho.
To painting a new city in the land Of
Nod.
To painting a shoulder of mutton and
a shin Of beef in the mouths Of two Of
the ravens feeding Elijah.
To an exact representation Of Noah in
the character Of general reviewing his
troops preparatory to their march with
the dove dressed as an aide de camp
To printing Noah dressed in an
admirai's uniform
To painting Samson making a present
of his jaw bone to the proprictors Of the
British Museum.
To repairing Solomon'S nose and
making a nov nail 10 his middle finger.
y. y Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-08-06
THE EAST.

THE death Of Frederick c. Havemey-
er. who, with his cousin. William +.
Ilavemeyer. founded the sugar refining
business in brooklyn, y. V, occurred
al his home at Throgg's Neck, l.. l.. in
his s5th year.
AN indictment was found against
James Gordon Bennett. proprietor Of
the New York Herald, for publishing
an account of the Sing Sing electrocu-
tions.
NEAR Phillipsburg. Pa. miner
named wilkins fatally injured Mrs.
Joseph Wilson with base ball bat and
then shot himself
GEORGE LEMON, Michael Manning
and T. Corkhill were killed at Pitts
burgh, Pa. by the collapse of the new
pudding mill of the Pittsburgh Oil
Well Supply Company.
THE resignation of Joel b. Erhardt as
collector of the port of New York was
accepted and J. ;. Fassett was appoint
ed a his successor.
T;iE failure of the Suffolk Suspenders
Manufacturing Co of Boston for $780,
600 was reported.
THE republicans of New York will
hold their state convention at Roch-
ester September 9.
\ HEAVY rain flooded portions of the
town of Williamsport. Pa. and the
wind carried thirty-five houses OFF their
foundations.
THE Centennial Land Il Security
Company, with a capital of Sl.0JO.0OJ,
and whose offices are located at BOs-
ton. New York and Denver, made an
assignment for the benefit of its cred
itors.
Is Johnstown. Pa, an organization
was completed at mass meeting to
sue the South Fork club for losses sus-
tanned by flood.
1T has been decided to indict all the
New York newspapers that published
accounts of the deterioration" at Sing
Sing prison ON July last.
l. y. BAKER, private secretary of
Robert g. Ingersoll was fatally
wounded by O. y. Anderson at Croton
Landing. y. Y. as "A result of quarrel
between the two men.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-08-06
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

By the capsizing of a boat fourteen
employees of the waterwcrl1s were
drowned at Essen, Germany, while
crossing the Ruhr.
ADvICEs from Mecca, Egypt, state
that the death rate from cholera vas
140 per day at that place and thirty
Oily at Djeddah.
IN Canada the house of commons re-
fused to consider resolution for imme-
date reduction of the tariff ON necessi.
ties.
O.BRIEN and Dillon were released
from Jail at Galway. Ireland, after
serving six months, and were enthu-
siastically received by the people on ar
rival at Dublin.
DISPATCHES from China report an
other Christian mission burned; also
the sinking of a steamer 10y a collision,
with the loss of 260 lives.
BY the forgeries of a clerk the
Deutsche bank of Berlin lost S295, 900.
The Jamaica census just completed
shows an increase in population of
.. GS7 in a total of $50, S02
IL the interior of Japan sixteen VIII
lagos were swept away by floods and
many lives were lost.
IL the province of Guierat, India, a
heavy rain flooded the codntry and over
800 persons were drowned
IL England a company WIS organized
with a capital of -, 800. 900 to operate a
line of flour and grain-carrying steam
ers from Lake Erie PORTS TO Liverpool.
THOUSANDS of ba les of cotton were
destroyed by fire which broke out in
London, and it was estimated that the
damage done would amount to $3.50, 600.
THE closing of the lobster-canning
factories on the west coast of New
foundland was said to have created a
panic among thousands of workmen
formerly employed in them, and they
were actually starving.
IT was said that Mount Vesuvius was
again in a state of eruption, and that
the lava had reached the village of Rio
del Cayallo.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-08-06
LATER.
Kentucky Election.

/ LOUISVILLE, Aug. 3.-kentucSy to-
day elected a full state ticket adopted
a constitution and chose a legislature
To enforce it.
/ The state officers elected are: Cover
nor, John Young Brown; lieutenant
I governor, NJ c. Afford: attorney gen
eral, W. J. Ilendrick: auditor, treasur-
er. superintendent of public instruc-
ton. register of the land office and
clerk of the court of appeals. All are
/ Democrats and go in by majorities
ranging from 30Ot0 to 10000.
4 The Alliance has devoted itself to the
Legislature and probably has practical
control of that body, and so will con
troll the revision of the laws under the
new constitution. In only a few in
stances has the Alliance put on. candi
dates in opposition to the Democratic
nominees, but IT has taken care 20 con-
troll these Democratic nominations. So
while the legislature will be nominally
Democratic it will have strong ALI
ance affiliations and tendencies. The
/ Peoples party polled about 90. 600 votes,
nearly all of which came from the Re-
publicanS. OF 223 candidates for legis-
lature ia are farmers.
ONE of the heaviest failures for years
occurred in New York on the Srd.
Adam Baeker. dealer in commercial
paper made an assignment with esti-
mated liabilities of $1,000. 600.
THERE were sO.O 600 visitors in Detroit,
Mich, on the 3rd to attend the twenty
fifth annual encampment of the G..
A r.
NEAR Lake Char 5. La, on the 3rd,
at Lock. Moore * Co.'S tram road. an
ployed took place. in which ten men
were shot. six of whom were killed at
once and one mortally wounded. The
remaining three ale are seriously in
! jured. but may recover.
THE large retail store of Siegel.
/ Cooper < Co, corner State and Adams
SITS, Chicago. vas burned on the 3rd
Loss $1,000. GOO. Three watchmen
known 10 have been in the building are
not accounted for.
IN 1857 Jack Marion, was convicted
at Beatrice, Neb., of the murder of
John Cameron. and was executed. An
uncle of Marion. believing him limo
cent, devoted his time to proving the
same. IN the 3rd of the present month
he found Cameron alive and well at
La Crosse. Kan.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Railway Co. has sued the Pullman Pal
ace Car Company for one million Of dol
lars.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-08-06
The News OF the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
From WASHINGTON.


A STATEMENT by the treasury Iart-
ment shows that tine commerce "a the
United States has increased during this
fiscal year So. 1871. 500. The total com
merce Of the past fiscal year aggregates
81. 80. $50. $40. The total value of i'm
ports for the year was Ss44, g95, 40l, and
OF imports. Sss4. 425. 4O5.
STATISTICS from the treasury depart
ment show that the total number of
immigrants arriving in the United
States during the last fiscal year was
$50. 500. against 85l.219 in 1890, showing
an increase during the last fiscal year
Of IO4. pa. The increase was largely
from the following countries: Italy.
% 354; Austria-Hungary, 14.sj1; GER
many, 2I,l12; Russia. including Poland,
p. 24j.
The gold and silver exports from this
country during the last fiscal year were
Sos. 129, 2ss. and the imports were $50.
PIP. S34, an excess of exports of S72. SIC, =
954. The exports of gold were ssh. 363, =
622 and the imports SIS, H. no, the
largest excess of exports of gold in any
year Of our commerce.
MATTHEW = QUAY at a meeting in
Washington Of the executive commit
tee of the republican national commit
tee resigned as chairman of the ma
tional committee and " W. Dudley re-
signed a. treasurer. J. :. Clarkson. of
Iowa. was chosen as chairman until
the meeting of the committee in No
vember
\ TREATY Of reciprocity between the
United States and San Domingo has
been signed.
In was estimated by the census bu-
reau that >. $50, 600 families in the United
States occupy and own incumbered
farms and homes.
OVER $4,000 entries for public lands
were made in the United States during
the year ended June 30 Taste
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 3lst ult- numbered %. against Pa
the preceding week and ls9 for the cor
T, spending week last year.
IT was said that J. f. Baall. real
estate expert. testified before the Rock
Creek Park commissioners at Wash
ington that eN-Pre>ident Cleveland
bought hIs Red Top property for
$500 and sold it for SAC, 1000, realizing
Sll+.O0o profit
ONLY - miles of railroad have been
built since January /, heavy decrease
from tae figures of last year.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has issued his
proclamation announcing the compile
tion Of "A reciprocity treaty with Spain
a. To- certain products Of Cuba and Porto
Rico and the United States.
THE exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 1st aggregated
S323. 9Ss. I56, against S9O3. $50 the
previous week. As compared with the
corresponding week of 1890 the decrease
amounted 10 IS.
THE statement of the public debt is
sued on the lst showed the total debt
10 be Il, OO4. 24S. 9jS; cash in the treasury
Sl55. 81. Tl5: debt less cash in the treas
ucy. SI.551. S91. GGI. Decrease during
July. -, i41,5J9
THE reciprocity treaty between the
United States aud the republic of San
Domingo has been signed by President
Harrison