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Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1891-11-27
The egg record was:

The cost of feed for the four months
was about $14.OO for each lot. The
average price for eggs was aboat thir-
teen cents per dozen. This gives net
profit OF $19.29 for the mixed lot and
$3O.24 for the Wyandottes; or q diff
terence in the net profits, in favor of
the thoroughbred fowls of $1O.95,
which Is more than it usually costs q
farmers to keep fifty hens four
months. the above seems to prove
that the net profit for each well bred
ben is about one dollar per year. The
net profit for February and March,
when eggs were fifteen cents per dozen,
are tor the mixed lot $9,47; for the
Wyandottes, $500. or q difference
in the net profits o! 1888 for the two
months. That is, the extra eggs layed
by the thoroughbred hen during the
winter would more than buy two
common hens.
"Does poultry pay?'
Experiments in keeping eggs which
were to be used for Matching gave the
following results: OF those which had
been kept three weeks or less about
20 per cent hatched; OF those four
weeks old, about 40 per cent: while OF
those which were kept Eve weeks, only
about 5 per cent Matched. The eggs
were Kept standing on end in q dry
cellar and turned two or three times
each week.
OF thirty-three eggs received from
Marion, S. D., twenty Matched, while
of fiftv-tWo received from Massa.
chusetts, only six Matched.
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1891-11-27

Eureka is the biggest grain point in
the state and it is on the Milwaukee.
One day last week the receipts were
$4,000 bushels. John Fleming arrived
from there yesterday and stated that
he looked the books OF the elevator
over and the average daily receipts
for six weeks had been 81. 900 bushels.
Five hundred wagon loads of grain
arrive daily. Stretched out in a single
column it would reach FIVE miles.
Think OF five miles of grain loaded
into WAGONS coming into one station
daily. Talk about crops, why South
Dakota beats the earth-yes. the uni
verse. And what's more, Eureka is
only one town OUT of 800 in the ct ate.
Sioux Falls Press.
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1891-11-27
Remember.

That Lewis & Hill will be in Brook
ings after the holidays and you will
do well to hold your orders for
photographs until they arrive. They
guarantee to give the best OF salts.
faction
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1891-11-27

Rev. VIM. Fielder has not met with
success in his lecturing tour through
out the state. The Sioux Falls Press
remarks that ''if he fails as fielder
he will probably try short STOP"
Brookings register. (Brookings, S.D.) 1890-1894, 1891-11-27
DRESS MAKING

| We have added complete dress-making depart
| ment TO our millinery establishment, and Mrs.
| N. M. Phillips will have charge. We solicit .
| share of your patronage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-19
srJr no FoREcLosE A BIG MORTGAGE.

Milwaukee, Aug 13-An important suit involving
several million dollars, has been begnn In the United
States Circuit Court by the American Loan ana Trust
Company against the Gosebic Development company.
In 1887 the defendant executed TO the plaintiff trust
deed on vnluable mining property owned by II in Ash
land County 10 secure soO00ooo of lis bonds. This
mortgage provided for per cent interest and the pay
ment OF the principal in 1907, and also tn case OF
default for six months and on demand OF the owners
Of the bonds 10 the amount Of at least S16oOOo that
the mortgage should foreclose. The complainant al
leecs that the defendant sold the whole 81 00oO1 Of
honds at par and that there has been such default
and demand. admits the execution Of the
bond and mortgage and that 800 OF the bonds, amount
ing TO s5OO,OoO. were sold. bnt denies that the
rest OF hem were sold. The latter, II alleges were
fraudulenty nnrceed ont by the former officers a the
company without any value being paid therefor, and
that the present Of them had full knowledge Cd
such fraud
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-19
PLANS FOR COAST DEFENCE.

WORK THAT Is BEING DONE TO MAKE AN INSIDE
CHANNEL ALONG THE ATLANTIC sEABoARD.
Cape May, n j., Aug 1s.-Under orders from the
Government Professor MARI of the United states Coast
Survey is sounding all the channels and horoughfares
between this place and Atlantic City, the object Of
which to establish an inland coast defence plans
proposed by q naval commission which recently re-
ported to the Secretary of the Navy general line Of
coast defence for the Atlantic seaboard The general plan
unoflcialy adopted by the officers is TO establish
line of Inside channels eight feet deep, which will
allow all torpedo boats In time Of war, to run in be
hind the beaches for safety and at times to dash out
the inlets none of which have depth Of water less
than six feet.
The general plan adopted by the Navy Department
IS to have a ship canal from Cape Cod through Mas
sachusetts and Rhode Island opening into Long Island
sound. Vessels OF heavier draught can then come
from Boston to ewYork and enter the Delaware and
Raritan Canal at Rarttsn Bay, pass through that
canal to the Delaware River below Trenton, down the
Delaware 10 the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal and
through it into Chesapeake Bay In the Southern
states the course will be mapped ont to take In
Albemarle and the other Sounds in the Caronas and
Georgia The eightfeet channels to be made in the
OF the islands of the coast 10 supplement the
larger waterways for the general coast defence Those
VIII be dredged between Cape May aud Atlantic City.
When these are finished 10 will be an easy matter
for an American torpedo boat to run in one Inlet ana
up behind the Islands to opposite where an enemy 5
aeet might be lying. to dart out through the inlet
nearest to the feet, place she'll and run back 10
cover behind the Islands. IL would also be easy for
American supply ships to feed the Naval vessels DIV
running through these channels aud out the mets IN
stead of having 10 brave the fire OF an enemy when
coming In open sight.
League island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Is TO be
made the main station on the Atlantic coast and IL Is
proposed to establish companies OF Naval Militia at
every convenient point on the Jersey ana Deiaware
side OF the Delaware Bay and River for q protection
from invasion from any foreign teeS The Government
will furnish vessels and small boats. and have the
mamcn fully equipped for immediate action. II II Is
rrouired An efficient Naval officer will be appointed
10 drill and instruct the squadron.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-19
THE COURTS.

DECISION IN THE BACKER CASE RESERVED
Justice O'Bren, in the Supreme Court. Chambers
Yesterday reserved decision upon the application OF
H. Myers Brothers G. Company. Of savannah, Ga, 10
continue temporary injunction restraining the Mer
chants National Bank, the Central National Bank
Abraham Backer and the latters assignee. benjamin
F. Einsein from disposing of certain securities alleged
TO have been pledged by Myers Brothers Company
with Backer The securities consist of stock and bonds
of the savannah and Atlantic Railroad Company, the
Muscogee Real Estate Company, and of notes. Myers
d Company aege that they asked Backer to discount
their notes and gave the bonds and stock mentioned
to Backer as collateral for the money advanced on the
notes. They declare that Backer had no right to sell
the bonds pledged collateral but he did so never
theless and pledged some Of It with the banks men
toned for personal loans. The injunction which
Myers & Company want is TO restrain the banks from
dsposng of these particular securities until after all
the Others pledged by Backer have been disposed OF
and the proceeds applied to liquidate Backers in
debtedness to the banks The banks allege that they
are innocent holders Of the securities and have right
TO do what they please with them.
samuel and Maurice Untermeyer appeared for the
plaintiff f. L. Jacobs for the Central National Bank,
Charles ZabIislde for the Merchants National, and
A. 4. Dyett for the assignee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-19
THE HUDSON RIVER TUNNEL ALL RIGHT
PUBLISHED STATEMENTS RIDICULED Bf The
ENGINEER AND THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF THE WORK.


In an article published yesterday morning II was
said that cracks had appeared in the roof oil te
River Tunnel in several places, while the structure hau
settled in some places three inches, and tat the u
was in an unsafe condition.
The chief engineer Of the tunnel, W. r. Hutton, wleh
seen at his office, No. 35 Broadway, sid 10 d iiiO0
reporter: "What Others who know nothing ABOUT es
ncerine NAV say about the Hudson River runner Is Oh
little interest to me. 1t is true that the HUDSON Eer
Tunnel is being constructed TN SOIL huu' ~ 10 o.
true that our tunnel is lined With castron Plates Inc
g Clair TunneI s lined with iron not stiff as the iron
IN our tunnel A great deal said THIS morning
about the proposed turn the rock near tle new"
York end thus bringing the tunnel within I'VE 1eet Oh
the bed Of the river. We consulted the best eheoes
in the world and finally decided take the turn over
the rock not because would be cheaper but because
would be much safer i;
uGreat stress has been laid on the fact that the
funnel has settled few inches In some places' ~
not unusual for tunnels to settle in of con-
stuction It is caused by the weight OF the great
shield at the head of the tunnel, which weighs fully
seventy TONS The cracks in the iron segments are
not In the main part of the segments, but are IN
thin connecting web They nothing unusual OF
serious and in no way interfere with the work OF con-
struction.n
The Superintendent Of the tunnel, Ernest w. NOR,
said: "Sr Benjamin Baker, one OF the greatest en-
eineers in the world, inspected our work here over
a wear ago. There were cracks in some OF the cast
iron mates lining the tunnel then. He examined them
and said that it would be perfectly SAFE 10 HaNe thS
plates In their present places they were olGheo i
mn afterward Let any engineer eXalplne our pans
and he will tell you that the tunnel dspaceS mucn
greater weight Of silt per foot than It's own weight
added to the weight Of AZ 6 Se3 pSSnds per foot
run while the heaviest Pullman cars weigh Only l'9o9
pounds per foot We know That nS we %o a oGS oon a
additional funds are rOised."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-19
COURT CALENDARS FOR TO-DAY.

Supreme Couft-General TeTm-Recess continued.
SUPREME OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES O'Bncn, J.-COurt
opens 10 80 Motion calendar Nos TO y, called
al IL O'clock.
Supreme Oourt-Special Term-Pars | and Had.
journed for the term
Supreme cOurt-Circui:-Parts 1. II. III and Iv-Ad-
joured for the term.
Surrogate's Court-For probate: Wills of Susan If.
Wendell, Benjamin Sheehan and Heols. NJ. Acycr, at
10 a. IL Eliphaet a. sch0ppe, Margaret a. nealy and
Carnot Townsend at 10 80 o. IN.
Superior Couft-Specal Tern-Before Freedman, j.
Court opens at u O'Clock. Motions
superior Court-Tria Tcrm-Parts 1, IL and I1I-Ad.
iourned for the term.
Common pless-speeial Term-BefOre Allen. J.-Court
opens at IL o'clock. Motions.
Common Pleos-Equity TerTn-Adjourned until Thurs.
day, August 20
Comm5n Peas-Trial Term-Parts 1. IL and III-Ad.
!ourntd for the term.
City OOurt-Special Tern-BefOre Mccarthy J-Court
opens st 10 o'clock. Motions
City Court-Trial TeTm-Pafts L. II, III and IV.-Ad.
iourncd for the term.
Court OF General Sessions-Parss l. II and III,-Ad-
iOuIned for the term
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-19
s,enhens F. X. Hahn, william Cruikshnnk. o. !"
nongall r. NJ Hoe, and J. A. Murray
THE HICTfM BLINDLY TRUSTFUL.
,,- ,,ppnn THE GREEN GOODS TO MISSOURI
WITHOUT OPENING THE PACKAGE

HE SHIPPED THE GREEN GOODS TO hlS'ooiH
WITHOUT OPENING THE PACKAGE.
coorce Williams. an engineer in the mines al
g,n,,,. Mo came 10 this city on Monday 10 DuS
srnoon ,ocdss He had received one of the circulars
n, nv svinders In the city. and was tempted py lno
ogor IN sell $4,000 in greenbacks OF irauuuie"'
,ssuo for soCa Having only about S15 OF MS OWL
Williams had taken several of his associates m ''o
mines into his confidence, and they had made up
,rrsa IN nav his travelling expenses and to buy inc
counterfeit greenbacks. Before leaving NhLu e
,v,ams had been in correspondence with the swihder
who had sent the circular Following Instructions tic
went to a hotel and registered hmseH uhuei "''
assumed name as soon as he reached the city. les
terday morning man who called himself John ob'lV'
went TO see Williams by appointment and led MN u
the Point View Hotel, at Lenox-ave. and One-huhuIe
and-tentl,-st In room at the hotel Nnliams pun
soos 10 the swinder and received a package whcI'
nrobablv contained sawdust. Williams then went WIN
Tho suiudler TO an express Office at sixthave' anu
E9ttvseyenth-st, where the package was shipped "
Znzite. .,
II was not until Williams was crossing the Nor'i
River on his way to Jersey City, that he began ~
doubt II the package contained $4,000 in coun"r
tet money He spoke TO some mon on the terryDoaV
and was advised 10 go and consult with Chel AZ
pector Byrnes, at Police Headquarters. Two OF pie
men went TO Headquarters with him.
AS soon as he had heard the engineers story, III
sroctr Bvrnes sent Detective Sergeant Won Gerchten
10 the Point View Hotel with Williams There ny
engineer pointed out the swindler who was aIe 49,
Al Police Headquarters the prisoner said ne was goIi
Allen He will be arraigned in a police court 'o""S'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-19
THE ANTIQUITIES OF METHODISM.
AN INTERESTING COLLECTION TO BE DISPLAY
AT TIE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL.


AT TIE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL.
Baltimore Aug. Is EpeciaD.--An interesting feature
of the Ecumencal Council Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, to be held next October I'm Washington viii
he the display Of the antiquities of Hethodism. Tho
Rev. Luther b. Wilson, formerly Uf baltimore, but
now of Washington, Will have charge Of this depart
ment. The Baltimore conference will send probably
the largest and most complete collection These re-
mindeIs Of the early days of Methodism carefully
kept in the rooms Of the American Methodist His
torlcal Society in this city. Among them are famous
documents written by the fathers of the Church, locks
of hair nom the heads of noted bishops and preachers
and spectacles by the pioneers Of American
Methodsm. Bishop Asbury's old tea canister, his
travelling companion for many years, occupies
prominent place in the glass case. The bishop had
weakness for tea and In his long rides across the
country always carried the canister attached TO a
strap across his shoulders. Whenever ne stopped 10
take q luncheon meal he would ask for little
hot water and draw for himself cup Of strong tea
from the leaves he carried In his canister.
Lying beside the ASbury canister In tho is q
little bit OF wood from the "OrDhan Home' Of Whit
field, near savannah, Ga. memento Of the Rev.
George Whitfield Of abe most eloquent preachers
OF his time. Among the other articles the old
fashioned razor cases OF the Rev. c. \. NJ.
Roberts and the Rev. Jacob Gruber; Bishop McKen
dree's clothes brush down to a stump: the
timber Of the first Methodist church among the Indians
at sandusAy; cane from the timber OF StrOwbridge
church at Pipe Creek another cane, from the rigging
l0ft In New-Yorl City IN which the MethodIsts first
worshpped before the building OF Wesley Chapel in
Johnst.: cane from Mount Olivet. ouce used by
Bishop Beverly Waugh, and one which carried
for sixteen years by the bishop: one made from
the wood Of The original pulpit Of the old Eutaw
church. OF Baltimore; another that was carried by
Bishop Francis Burns, of Africa; one cut from a
cherry tree under which S,rOwbrdgc preached, and
one from Wesley Grove, City Road Chapel, London.
But the most curious cane In the whole collection
is Of white oak which IS carved the inscription
Relic from the white oak tree Carroll County,
formerly Frederick, Nd, under which strOwbridso
and Evans preached and held their meeting in
that county y Attle paper box contains locks OIL
har % Bishop Ashnry, the mother OF bishop Asbiry,
bishop Emory. Bishop McKendice and Father smith
The Roy. Mr. wilson j. h. correspondence with tho
officers of conference, in all parts OF the country la
reference 10 the proposed exhibition OF antiquities
There w.ll he dlspIyet collections from New York;
BOSTON, Philadelphia. and many vi the New England
and Southern Conferences
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-19

dated Stuck and Petroleum Exchange belongs TO Kans
Masonic Lodge the Renwick Club, the Greenwood Lake
Association the Union League Club, the Lawyers
Club the Staten Island Athletic Club, the NewJersey
Athletic Club, and the New-York Jockey Club,
Is governor of the New-Rochelle Yacht Club and Is
the cepresdent Of the recently established Insurance
Club of SO Cedar-st besides attending TO prosperous
insurance business and being an associate architect with
T. j. LauritZen. No one would ever Imagine alter
reading this list that he finds time to oheiate at
athletic games but he does, having been referee at
the 1891 all around championships and he appears in
a like capacity, or as one Of the judges. at almost
every important set Of athletic games given during
the year.
Mr. swan IS only thirty four years Of age. but his
connection with amateur athletics dates back nearly
twenty wears when he began rowing, single scull on
the Harlem He never made pluch claim 10 athletic
proficiency only taking TO rowing as an exercise, and
never having attempted track work. But nc was one
Of the winners in much talkedot race, the one
mile straightaway struggle on the Harlem, IN leo,
between the fouroared crew Of the Commercial Union
Association Company ard the team from the Liverpool
and London and Globe Insurance Company.
He has been an active member III athleue
councils In truth the Manhattan Athletic Clubs
grand clubhouse Of today is built from pan
somewhat similar to one which Mr.. swan had IN as
hand on the day when lie first met George W. Carr the
president of the club then, as now, on joining the
Cherry Diamond organization In 1854. There were
only thirty three members in the NJ. A. C. then and
Mr. Swan Is now No. IL in the seniority list OF member
ship lie has now been the vice president for six sue
cessive years. ,. . 49, A.
Sir. Swan is a representative member, OF whom tne
energetic Manhattans are proud Win the ssls'an t
of his wife lie originated and managed the splendid
flashing Thursday in Venice entertainments at ihe
Metr0pOdtan opera House. which netted the Halne-
mann Hospital, OF which Mrs. Chauncey NJ; Depew y
nmsident nearly $1,000. II is likely that ne VIII set
nm some even finer entertainments this winter LOT me
Hahnemann and other deserving charities Mt. swan
l. a yachtsman bicyclis equestrian, nne skater
a good wing shot, strong swimmer, ana taxes ah III
teIest in all sports
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-19
THE THREE COMPANIES ARE NOT LIS TED
THEIR AGENT, HOWEVER, SAYS THEY EXIST
AND ARE ALL RIGHT.

THEIR AGENT, HOWEVER, SAYS THEY EXIST
AND ARE ALL RIGHT.
H. A. Richardson, insurance agent at NO. IL
Wldtehall-st is much disturbed over the publication
of an article concerning his business methods
merchant complained that three companies IN WHICH
Richardson had Issued policies for him did not exist
The companies are the City Of Paris Fire Insurance
Company the Societe Generate Fire Insurance Com-
many and the Atals Fire Insurance Company, all sup
posed TO be in Paris. The names of these companies
are not registered In "The Insurance Year Book, and
John A. Mccall, eXState superintendent Of the Insur
ance Department, said that he at one time tried To ind
Richardson on account of some OF his methods.
The policies were issued through G. W. Peasley, an
insurance broker at Nos Is and 20 Liberty-st. Both
Mr. Peasley and Mr.. Richardson denied yesterday that
there was anything wrong in their transactions Mr.
Peasley said that he had known Mr.. Richardson for
twenty-five years as an upright and honorable man. Mr.
richardson said the companies were perfectly safe.
lie denied positively that Mr. Mccall ever tried 10 ar
rest him The name of the man who got the policies
could not be learned. They were for $500 each.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-19

d rongtness and Ignorance have existed In uhu s
eroportien With the decline Of numbering ana ue
mic the rise OF blnestone quarrying as 300 in
hsbtsns less in PIKE County than in 1850 and Soo e's
than IN 1870. - -, A.. ola turn
LII, which ran through Milford, the county seat, anu
p pr IN owegO In TIoga County, n. " connecting Va.
neieyyare and the upper Susquehanna conptry V th
~" tfad was an Immense wagon traffic DelOIo va
davs Of railroads. Little settlements, taverns 4 anu
1s lined Il from side of the county TO the oIei
Inng lines of teams followed another. Wnen uis
res ed with the bulldog OF the railroad the rnes
seWned the inns had no custom and the farmets
Jed themselves competing on uneven terms WIFI
hos, nearer the railroad Hence the young men ho"
90 agay and the population declines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-19
CLERKS MAY LOSE THEIR VACATIONS

There is much gumbling among the clerks at the
Custom House just because the prospects are
brilliant that few of them will get the vacations 70
which they are entitled To each man Is supposed 70
be allowed each year leave Of absence Of fourteen
working days. Many Of them take their variations
day at time bat rlls year an unusually large num-
Der want TO be away for the full number Of days in
succession. The recent reductions in the force at the
Custom House left most of the departments 50 short
handed that ii is impossible for Of the men to get
away without Gripping the entire service The amount
of work which Is pouring in the employees now is 80
large that ali hands ore needed 10 keep up with the
business
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-19
THE LOWEST TAX RATE IN GENERAIloN'

prpoPT TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN FIXING
THE FIGURE AT 100 PER CENT.
The finance committee Of the Board OF Aldermen
made its report to that body yesterday on the tax Ns
a tho tax rate for the year 1891 at 30 per cent
This Is the lowest rate which has been reached In tis
city since 1862 when the figure was 1.75. Last year
Il was OF and the year before 1875. The committee
saw that the fall TO 100 Is due to combination OK
causes one is the increase Of property values from
~ SOC. O7s 800 in 1890 10 81 In ls9l AZ
e. eone umo the midget was increased from @32JOl
III 80 in 1890 TO S33 100 sol % this year BESIDES
Inc regular tax rate OF 100 the committee recon-
nended the rate of 1856 per cent for the personal
estate NJ corporations insurance companies ana JOINT
stock companies The report will come up for acuoh
at the Boards meeting on september b.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-19
EXAMINATIONS For ElYAL FoREMEr.

The Civil Service Examining Board OF the Navy.
Of which Captain +. NJ. BuHce is chairman was In
session yesterday, but confined itself preliminary
work OF the examinations for the ten positions Of
men in the various departments which will be declared
vacant September l., The Board completed n,
list OF questions to be submitted the forty -four
applicants for examination, and the candidates vii.
begin the ordeal to-day The examinations are open
10 all corners, including tlo present ncumbcnts and