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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-11-25
w. w. BROWN,

Money to loan on long or short
time in amounts to suit the borrow
er, at the Bank of Camas Prairie.
The Vollmer & Scott flour mill is
running night and day and turning
out fine article of flour. Mclean
is a miller who knows his business.
Alexander & Freidenrich will
display the finest line of holiday
goods ever seen on Camas prairie.
Look out for it.
Joseph Pfeufer arrived here on
Fridays stage. 1t is his first visit
since his brother was killed in the
late railroad accident and he was
the recipient of much sympathy
He will spend the winter in the
Sound country and return again in
the spring.
All sizes of iron pipe at Bunnell's
Pioneer Hardware Store, Lewiston
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-11-25

For Furniture of all descriptions
call on E. w. Bell, Grangeville.
The late severe windstOrms have
blown much timber down on the
mountain trails.
The Gordon Boys are building a
trail on this side of Salmon from
Shearer's ferry five miles up stream
to avail themselves of the iron
bridge crossing at French creek,
The boys are packing the mail into
Warrens this winter and the bridge
will greatly facilitate their transfer
across the stream.
The "Charter Oak" stoves are
the best in the world. They have
the celebrated GAuzE DooRs which
ventilates the ovens, No more
burnt pie crust; E; no more underdont
biscuits. Call and examine then
at c. c. Bunnell's Pioneer Hard
ware Store, Lewiston, Idaho.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
SURPRISING FIGURES.

THE saloons of London if set side by
side would make distance of seventy
FIVE miles.
THE cemeteries in London cover 9, 1000
acres, and the land they occupy repre-
sents capital of $40 200, 900
DURING the past zoe years 45S, 854 pat
ents have been issued in the United
States. Only three were granted in the
year 1890.
DANIEL A. WELLS, the statistician,
says that the waste through drink in
the last forty years has been SIC, 600, 600.
a sum which equals the aggregate
savings of the people from 1888 to 1857.
The estimated wealth of the United
States, that is. the value of all lands,
buildings, railways. etc, is put at s64.-
900, 900, 600. The amount of money Of
all kinds is estimated by the secretary
of the treasury to be 81, los, 100, 092.
IT will surprise many people TO know
that on the average as many people
freeze TO death IL Massachusetts Is are
killed by Lightning For the ten years
to the end of 1888. the mum Der that per
ished from either cause was the same
80, or an average of only a little more
than three persons year.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
BRIEF LITERARY NOTES.

PAUL BoURGEr, the distinguished 1T
erary riva1of Dumas, was once Paris
ian reporter.
LORD ALFRED TENNYsoN is the eleven
hun lred and seventy-third person buried
in Westminster abbey.
THE longest word in the new Century
dictionary is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The next longest is transubstantiation
alist.
TIE manuscript of Edgar Allen Poe's
Tale of the Ragged Mountains" was
sold in New York at auction recently
for sos.
The number of pilgrims to the house
at Ecclefechan, in which Carlyle was
born, is yearly Increasing. During the
past three months three hundred names
have, says the Glasgow Mail, been
added to the visitors book
GEN. CAssIUs NJ. CLAY, the veteran
diplomat. soldier and anti-slavery adj
vocate of Kentucky, has presented his
fine library and his statuary and paint
ings to the county in which he lives, for
the nucleus of public library. Cen
Clay is eighty years of age.
EVERY year a great many hero-wor-
Shipping pilgrims go to the house in
which Carlyle was born and try on the
sagc's old hat. which is preserved as a
relic ofiaterest. OF the thousands of
visitors during the last few years only
thirty-four had heads large enough to
fit the hat
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
A4>1ALL.IAAots

3sa~1 ELL.IALotN
ssf
~ Ef -s 1sss 49, 81 - - .f-5. -
- Aess q s4-sfl t-s 80 tsfssF e+ asslesas
fsss s.-s sta tlS AeN sbnFs 1ts1. ails
,s-asa lSArshe -i.isa.zas flia sl.4se.'
z hTonss s4se{aa-s ana chair ezsp nsshguf
Eiaa-s Is .tG4{4 IA - l.sGtz Elk
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
THE PEOPLES COLUMN.
Your Wants Supplied.

lY-ANTED-YoU To GAIL At BARNES 3
w Newconab and sec their ms stock q pianos.
organs maHdons. guitars, VioltEs ma iEl1Sc eoxrS
dJstf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
LITTLE BITS.

SwTTzERLASD's new census shows =
population Of 2,917,754.
TIE ST. Louis new water tower is
said to be the highest in the world
THREE times as many behring's are
consumed as any other kind of fish.
MORE births occur in February than
il any other mouth. July is the month
OF fewest births
II IS said that the pungency Of strong
vinegar is due 70 the pointed shape OF
the salts that float IN IL
A HEN II Middletown, Pa, lately pro
duced two ordinary-sized eggs, joined
in Siamese twin fashion
SToCKNEN in South Dakota are i'm
porting Russian wolf hounds for the
protection Of their herds
Is the Boston assay Office are scales
so accurate that they Indicate the ten
milionth part Of pound
SEVENTY mining companies we're in
full blast in Maine twelve years ago.
Now not one Of them is IN existence
TIE swords OF Toledo and Damascus
were SO popular IN the middle ages that
they sold for their weight in gold
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
IoLAD

S-zOhADE re- 49, y Ai-t hpi ~fe seH
- f.sal AID ailEust B.s ElHs. So bs1s- "a
.yeIbs Gid hsAts = ssst& t-acs g. A.. Asa-s-7
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
HEY WERE EIRST.

TEE first dictionary YVES made BIZ Chi
uese scholars. T. (. IIo2.
THE first pair Of spectaeles was made
bv Spiua. an Italian l@gS-
TEE first silver coin was made By
Phidcu. king q Argos, see 3. c.
TIE LONDON museum contains the
frs envelope ever made J. was nsea
n May, 1876.
TIE first steamer 20 carry petroleum
- C4lc1tta was recently chartered 20
carry Io0. 600 cases q oil at nineteen
cents a case. There have been lzFze
exports q lais oil from this eoHntry 20
India. but heretofore the bushes. h-s
heeu done with S.5iirz vs~.slA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
DECAYED PLANTATIONS.
Historic Georgia Estates Now Converted
Into Piebeian Truck Farms.

Historic Georgia Estates Now Converted
Into Piebeian Truck Farms.
A map in the advertising columns of
Friday mornings News tells the story
of the wonderful changes going on in
the South. The Savannah river, from
Savannah for one hundred miles west
ward, has many historic plantations
which, from the days of the colonial
government to the end of the civil war,
were noted for their extent and fertil-
ity as well as for the hospitality of its
owners. Possibly the best known Of
these places near Savannah was the
Potter plantation, or, more properly,
plantations, as there were three places
They were principalities extending
from the islands opposite the main land
on the southern bank of the river miles
back into the pine lands
Potter's Grove, as part Of the bluff.
covered with massive, moss festooned
oaks, was known, was as famous as Bon
aventure. In Whites Statistics, publish
ed nearly fifty years ago, Is full page
illustration OK the spot. These places,
as grand as ever in natural beauty and
productiveness, are still there, but the
old plantation life and customs are no
more. The descendants OF those who
were once lords Of the manor now live
at the North and feel no interest IN the
homes Of their ancestors
The Potter place, nearest 1 city,
known as The Grange" which was
sold several .>ears ago, promises to be
come a farming settlement The river
front IS a high bluff. covered with ma
jestic trees a good road extends from
that point through the center OF the
plantation 70 the Augusta road and the
Charleston and Savannah railway,
distance CT two miles The land on
each side IS laid off IA small farms
Probably there Is 10 spot n the conn
try so well adapted for truck gardening
The land Is fertile apd the means OF get
ting produce 10 market are Unrivaled-
Nothing would be more IN keeping with
the progress OF the age than that this
cid plantation should become The cen
ter OF colony OF prosperous farmers
On the river tie scenery Is beautiful
enough to induce people who are 10.
farmers TO invest 30 a. % have qu-ct
country resting place
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10

I AbE EA1E q AssLsA5-a LAsE - a. 4
- sss - eos ~saEs EEasA -
80 gesf a.FfF q y IT, --s-lT - -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Nv Iclnrrann.

NV lcleGrapn-
KANSAS CITY. Dec 9.-CAr1L E-ReceIpts $500,
thipments l;1a Market active aud higher Dressed
beef and shipping steers ~ 6,opt 81, cows and
hefers 81 UuR@ 6j. Texas and Indian cows
~ 60B2 20. sjocSers and feeders 81 $500 %
HCGN-kecepts 5uUu, shipments 49,. Market active
ana higher all grades. Ranged s. 0l0p6 ~. bu \
50 O. ct IL. SHEEP beceipts l.AN, shipments ..
Good sheep firm, 25JUc higher Than last week,
mon dull MuttOns s. 1904 p, lambs . ,.
1T. Louis. Dec. 9-CAITIE - Keceipts 2Sl1
s pments 2ieL Market active firm. Natives - $40
IS Texas and Indian -teors - 1908 10. Texan and
Indian cows 81 .UG2 IS. HOG ~-Receipts 5.Ul,
shipments 4lo0. MARKET active and strong. Heavy
81 JJS6 0. packing 5 S0a6 q. light 10 1906 d.
~4III P-Ec,eipte ,Nl shipments tgl M4raet
-lsady. Natives s; U.Gl CO.
CHICAGO, Re. p A = rIE--HeCelpts $50 ship
wenlS $40. Market steady 10 strong. Christmas
becyeS - 75l6 H. others 81 .Oe5 s. stock ST j
- -; COWS 81 ll@2 - Receipts I.uOu, snip
meuls l5ttl Market opened strong nut closed &c
lower. Common g S@a s., packing 5 sOt4G D.,
heavy 81 Slo6 10 butchers Is 2Gu -. ligut - 100
-. ~iiktl llt~ .uln shipments $50, Sheen
strong lambs hjch,r va ives 81 0U@5 ~, westerns
" 6Oa5 W, lambs a. iisab o.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10

Trains marked tlIH- risa siaf,r
est hound train. No. :. hss Ps'iliDsu car.
NeSt hound train. No :. connects ~ Burton raf
Pueblo. Nsw Mexico ags,i Southern Is,,iioraiA
Ea>t bound. No. =. : "a sold train 20 ~. Iarj.
ith char xrC pulltuau Sleeper. makes cn3sasL
tou- tor y. Srhh. Little Eock snd Fart- Texss
fa>t aouf1d No. might -SrEsz< % ~ aus. ID.
free reclining chair CsT ard Pullman steepeF-
tiiv IE'eE Z icsei once Coz Main and - ssgsss
and Cation DegsOS Dere las Avshn..
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
R4TLROID TfgJE TABLES

ATCHIsoN, TOPEKA & SANTA FE PR.
TRAINS ARRIVE LEAVE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10

Eierslt rec'tu'ns chair cars or All f~aIns. aai
Pullman sleeperS from WlUhlts - Kansas {'ity ami
Chicago without change night trains. Tickets
sold aHi baggage checked through o. ai5 points
north south. east and wes;, and steamship '.cksts
sOid 60 AT European yaiuts 81 lowest rates. CRY
ticket Office 100 Ess; DouglSs avenue corner Man
street; passenger station coFasC Douglas ABd Head
sveHRvs. Telephone pa
" y. wISHARr T7ckAt A-sa.
INo. SEBASTIAN. G. r & 20 CairaCo. I'll
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
REPREsENTATIvE SALES.
The following are the REPRESENTATIVE saIes OF cat
tie sc the yards today;


There were no really good hogs on the
market, but all received sold readily at adj
vanced prices, the market being strong at
l0615 cents higher than Tuesday.
RFPREsFNTAT SALES.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
wichita Produce Market.

WICHITA. Dec, g.
FLoUR-Highest patent, 81 90 second patent,
] -; extra fancy. 81 IS.
BUT LEk-rirSt creamery, 2Sc: other grades 2g9
S5C.
EGGS--Sa2Oc.
Pot LTRN- boosters. 81 5Oas2 20 per dozen or 80
Ter pound; hens, 81 00S2 80 per dozen &c per
pound spring chickens. 81 15a2 50 per dozen 7Ltc
per pound; turkeys, ICpSc per pound. DUCKS-t teal
81 IS; mAlisrd r. 70 per dozen. Dug geese DC per
pound.
POTATOES-Choice. G5d 75c per bushel,
APPLES t4a5 20 per barrel.
GBAL-AnthTacte. ali So anon City. IS On; Weir
City 81 so FronJ,nsC a So PiLUsDurg 81 so ILL
pOis Ct W. ACA ester 81 %.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
Brief Mention.
BTltl VI 'lblOAA
Hogs higher.

Hogs higher.
Cattle in demand.
Eighteen cars of Texans fed at the
yards.
The following shippers had stock on the
market today:
Townsend e. Gilihous. Andale. cattle
and hogs
Bosley Bros, Cheney, cattle.
II. W. Meyers, Wellington, cattle and
hogs.
j. A. Mum, Arson, hogs.
Ninety sucking mules were shipped to
Cullison, Kan, today. They were pur-
chased 10y Barbee g. Jenkins at Marshall,
Nc
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
Situations ~ aI'ted-Mdie.
miscellaneous.

NVASTED-A POSITION BY A YOUNG UAN
w who j. st-dglug iaw- place g. ri dHri3is
part OF Tie day si-i4l bOok Siua bIs 80
Address b. "a u liz UlEce- ~ 81
IA ~ El5- -lEt "a b., u b Krsss - h8.f-D
w p.-Asil4as 80 q y ye@Fs g szrIesge- RET %
references. Adde'S y % -sOatG Ia ave
MhLlld. lEtf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
Wichita Grain MARI

Wichita Grain Market.
WICHITA. Dec. O.
Following the closing quotations:
GkAIN-CR lots on track.
WHEAT SIC.
CORN-N elbow. 2Sc.
OAIS-g2r:
HAY-Faled, g. OOat 50 per ton; loose. - O0a5 %,
GROUND CORN Chopin car lots, 15c per lOJ
pounds; corn and oats. SOc per lou pounds; bran,
sacked. G0c per 100 pounds.
ELAASEED-UbG7uc.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
,7caISox. TorEkA IsAxrA rrRa-


NORTH ANb EAST-
80. lls- hausa. CsLy express
Nc as { hiCs=o vestiiga4 e.
~ VI 49,
-. 4,cs atiSSostrt River ex-
80 S-a~s=s -s 90
10. A. ing ie~o-p-s c.F3Ess.
-oUTa ASn WIT.
No &C. oklallUua CITY an1
DAla.io1ls express. -
No - Caldwell and pas.
Ea7lds~ -Kprr-Sf-...-..--...-.
- AZ ~ North. Gs3Ves-
tsn an,i IeARs express.
No- AS Wichita EapTc-s
No. as Eugie~VoG Aeon, ....I
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
DIR. CARRIE Z. TIFFANY

Teacher of Physical Culture. Rooms in
basement Of the Fletcher Building.
Office hours TO 10 Il. N, and TO p.
N. d-IS2-tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
a9le
FINANCEAND COMMERCE.
WICHITA MARKETS

The Receipts of Stock at the Wicnl'S
Union Stock Yards for the Past "a
Hours Were: Cattle, 10; Hogs IoA'
shipments: Cattle, ID; Hogs, none.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
New Nork prnnncn-

New ORR Produce.
NEW YORK Dec 9
COTFFF-Srot Rio steady, in moderate demand.
No e, l6sl7c,
SUGAR. eined fairly active and firm. stand
srd ll-lOsa}sc sranulated ll-l6G,c, cut loaf
= 5-ltG5'yC.
ColToN-Easy, NIiddhng uplands g34c mid
ding Orleans l5-lec
New YORK Money.
NEw YORK, Dec Q
Money on call easy at per ceuL closing offered
at I per cent
Prime mercantile pal rr 800 per cenE
exchange ntm al 8 S54Gs4 50 Tor sixty-day bills,
and ~ S'ssSI 81 FOR uenlaaO.
Kansas CITY Produce.
kANsAS CITY, Dec. g
FLOUR-UnchanSed- Patents 50 S0Gs2 IS extra
fancy sl 3Gs .. fancy s. Us2 Is choice 81 90ss %
xxx al adSl2 ~.
WHtAT--No. ? red. GalSa6Sc.
toRN-No. mixed. - SC.
OAFS-No em.xed. Ness
81 IHEk-UnChAnged
LGGS-SteGdy
az &c.
HAY-Firm. Timothy 81 o. fancy prairie 8 OOa
sou
ELAXsEED-SteOdy at Sc on a basis Of pure
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
WICHITA. Dec. 9.

The demand for cattle continues good
with the market steady. Prices the same
as Tuesday, there having been no receip'S
Wednesday owing to the storm.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
ARTICLES

Chicago Grain ana Produce.
Wheat Steady.
Corn STEADY
Oats-Ste4Gy.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10

Tn. ouotanops mere presented are to give IN, Ile
Il. 49, an idea on the general range OF prices ne
Various classes and grades sell within the me- q
these quotations. acc 4idinGto INC 9u These ouo-
tafions are only changed when there mas The
rrasapistye sales should referred TO to get the
daily fluctuations. ., IA m
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
PHYSICIANS.
DIR. e. EMMA COBB,

Females sad Tl!ldreDs Diseases speciality
Rene lUg lslies during confinement. strictly pri-
Naie When g desired also permanent homes pro-
Weed iCr children. when desired. Letters OF iuCu
y confidential ana aswered promptly home al
Ida Avenue, Wichita. Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-10
EoR SALE-Real Ezate.
ron TRADE
FOK KENI-KooHis.

IGOR TR-NDE-CLEAl. WICHITA ELAL ~
II tssis Ter standard upSTl~ht plane. Apply "a
A. r. over NiChitR \atiuuul hank diz a.
Smyrna times., 1892-12-07
Isolated Quarantine

Unless the subject should break out
again land it is hardly likely to, after
the outcome of the Budd-Cochran-
Chester Commissioners visit to Bombay
Hook there is little probability thai
the latter place will soon be disturbed
Little Tinicum Island seems to
be the spot. Members of the CITY
council of Philadelphia, aud Fire aud
Health Committee, visited that island
on Saturday. Is minutes sail from
Chester.
The island is shaped like a big
spoon, and the location is Just isolated
enough for quarantine purposes. At
the present it is wild, lonely and unin.
habited to the extent of about 600
acres only small portion of which is
submerged at high tide, William l..
Elklns, owner of the island, told Mayor
Stuart he does not want to sell it, but
Is Wiling to accept q rental from the
CITY OF $4,000 annually for five years.
with option of purchase for $4,000.
Director Beiller expressed himself as
satisfied that in Little Tinicum island
the city would find the best place for a
quarantine station in the Delaware
River, and he thought 25 acres would
be enough. He added that it would
be necessary to build dyke or stone
wall TO resist the action of the tides
and the ice in winter, but the labor
would be done by House of Correction
inmates. The disinfecting apparatus
for cargoes aud passenger baggage
would cost about $4,000, aud the
wharf to receive steamers, $1,000.
About l20 feet from the island the
lead showed a depth of "a feet, SUN.
cient for ordinary vessels to unload.
THE risk of cholera reaching Ms
next year is 80 great" said Health
Omcer Veale, that the quarantine
buildings should be begun by the be.
ginning Of January"
Smyrna times., 1892-12-07

The Inder and DelawGrean want
Tariff Reform and no fOOling, the plat
form on which Mr.. Cleveland was
elected, declaring Protection to be q
fraud. The latter paper argues:
The party is not only pledged by its
platform to do this, but it is pledged
by the speeches of every Democratic
orator who spoke to a Democratic aud,
fence, and by the entire Democratic
audience in every section of the coun-
try. Indeed many papers and many
statesmen of of the party went so far
as to say that the repeal of the McKin-
ley bill was the only question of the
campaign. Since the election, some of
the leaders and some of the newspa-
pers of the Democratic party, are sing
ing by innuendO another tune, and are
calling upon the members of Congress
and upon President-eleet Cleveland to
go slow and not be in a hurry. They
argue or say that it won't do to rush
things. That the business interests of
the country demand extreme caution in
the matter of amending the revenue
laws Of the country.
Such talks is all 1nsense and fool.
ishness, and only shows that those who
have such talk are not fit to lead the
Democratic party.
Smyrna times., 1892-12-07

The Peninsular Press Association
sustains great loss in the death of ]
b. Clark, of the SUSser Journal, and
that, too, at the early age of 36 years
before he had reached the prime of
life and the fullmessure of his abilities.
Though not possessed of that aggres
siveness that drives most politicians.
his tastes and mental characteristics
being of the thoughtful and candid
kind) he was from his position as edi-
tor of a party paper, called out into
the active duties of the campaign at
times, and it was one of these occasions
that he caught deep cold resulting
in typhoid pneumonia, terminating Fl.
nally in his death on Thursday last.
As brother of the Association and as
q rising citizen of the state, we regret
his loss. As man of mind, man of
conEcientiousness, a man of incorrupti-
bility, he stood out, clear and we'll
defined, a man whose only impulse
was to do good. 1t was he, more than
any one else, that several years ago
worked up, by his well digested arti-
cles, the strong sentiment for New
Constitution in our state, and which
was only defeated at the time by a set
OF conservative politicians, who had
more regard to themselves and the
offices, than the public good. His
paper was always trustworthy, and his
ambition to espOuse that which he felt
was for the public good he moved in
high and honorable lines, and the un-
scrupulous politician never found in
him, factor in the execution of dub
ious methods. His quiet, unobtrusive
ways, the respectful manner that al
ways marked his bearing to others, the
consideration manifested to those who
differed with him in opinion: these
and all that went to make a good
editor, good citizen, consistent chris
tian, good husband and warm friend,
makes his loss the more keenly felt in
the town where he lived az we'll as in
the Press Association whose Offices he
had filed, and whose companionship
had in it the full measure of brother
hood.
Smyrna times., 1892-12-07

IN a month the Delaware Legisla.
ture will have convened. The para.
mount question, when the interest OF
the state is looked at (Uide, our courts
Ofjustice and our election laws) will be
a New Constitution. Another thing
that has claimed the attention of the
farming community, whether this has
been affected or not, is the revision of
our tax laws. The DeIGwarean in a
brief reference to this subject, says
The Legislature of Delaware is
pledged to 3 revision of our tax laws.
and there can be but little doubt that
there will be action taken during the
coming session of the General Assem-
bly,. That the tax laws need revising
goes without saying, because everyone
knows that the system now in vogue is
not just or fair to the people. The land
Ia tAe state pays about eighty per cent
ot t-a county taEes. This certainly is
wrong, and should be Femedied by all
means at an early date of the session.
so that the new law should 90 into
effect before the county tax duplicates
go into the hands of the collectors next
April or Nav.
Smyrna times., 1892-12-07

The MiddletOwn Transcript, that has
been a Democratic paper from its first
publication, has changed ownership
and politics, Abram Vandegrift having
sold it to Martin B. Burris and H. G.
Browne, two young lawyers of that
town. Negotiations have been pend
ing for several months, but the sale
was not confirmed until last Saturday.
An effort was made to purchase the
plant by members of the Republican
party prior to the election, but Mr..
Vandegrift refused to permit the poll
tics of the paper to change during that
critical period, although he was made
quite handsome offer for it. The
paper will be Republican in the future
and Mr.. Vandegrift will remove to his
farm near Port Penn.
Smyrna times., 1892-12-07

THE annual report of the Commits
sioner of Pensions shows that there
were on the Pension Rolls on Jnne 80,
1892, S76,O6S pensioners, an increase
during the year, of 199,9Os. These
added to the rolls during the year,
222, ,9S7 new pensioners, and 2,447 pen.
sions' previously dropped, were re-
stored to the pension lists. During the
year %, 1906 persons we're dropped from
the rolls. The total amount expended
for pensions during the fiscal year was
$139,035,612. The Commissioner esti-
mates that a deficiency appropriation
Ofl$1O, sos, ,621 will be necessary to sup
plement this years appropriation. An
estimate of $165, 100000 is submitted
for the next fiscal year, but the Com
missioner says that amount will not be
large enough.