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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In Montreal A. Dupree placed frozen
dynamite cartridges on the stove to
thaw and they exploded, and he and
his three daughters were fatally in.
jured.
ELECTION riots in Hungary caused
the loss of twenty lives.
In a colliery at Horononai, China, an
explosion killed seventy persons.
The government of Austria has in
structed all the frontier officials to stop
all moneyless Jews seeking to enter
Austria and Hungary.
f By the capsizing of their boat four
sailors of the British war. ship Belle
Isle were drowned at Dublin.
IN Santiago, Chilli, incendiary fires
caused loss of $s2 0O),OOo.
IN the famine districts of Russia the
thermometer registered so to 40 de-
grees below zero and many people were
freezing to death.
DRIFT ice tore thirty barges from
their moorings, at Breslau, Germany,
several of the barges sank, and forty
persons were drowned, including many
women and children.
JUDGE FOSTER passed sentence at
Valparaiso, Chilli, in the Baltimore as
sault case of October 16, 1891. Carlos
Arena was sentenced to 920 days i'm.
prisonment for wounding William
Turnbull, Jose Anumada to 800 days
for injuring Turn bull,
and FREDERICK Rodriguez to 14o days
imprisonment for wounding Charles w.
Riggin.
AT Nensatz, Hungary, a judicial in
quiry resulted in the indictment of
three old women for the murder of ten
peasants. T.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

Mr.. AND MRS RICHARD ANeUIN, who
had lived sixty years of their lives to-
gether, died within a few hours of each
other at Galena III, of the grip
The Oklahoma supreme court has
sustained the sooner law ousting all
settlers who entered land before the
hour set by law.
In San Francisco Jacob p. Leese, the
first white settler in California, died at
the age of 81 years
FIRE destroyed the historic old APP
pomattox courthouse building at Rich
mond, Va, and all of the county rec
ords were entirely consumed. ID
DURING fight between officers and
outlaws in Paris. Tex, two of the lat
ter were killed and one of the officers
fatally wounded. ss
In Milwaukee Frederick Niedick,
aged 63 years. killed his wife and him
self in a quarrel over money matters.
They leave thirteen children.
AT Kearney, Neb., the Commercial
loan and savings bank closed it's doors,
with liabilities of $15O,OOo and assets
about the same.
The Wisconsin supreme court has
authorized the attorney general to
bring suit to test the reapportionment
act passed last winter by the legisla-
ture
JAMES MCGUIRE, an iron worker,
surprised his wife and six children at
Youngstown, o., by suddenly return
ing after an absence Of ten years. He
is a mental wreck, and can give no ac-
count of himself except that heswas in
California -
The disappearance OF Jones' Rrosss&
Co., the cotton factors, from Memphis,
Tenn, revealed gigantic swindle, and
it was said the absconders got away
with n0re than St.000.NQQ
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FROM WASHINGTON.

THE president has issued a proc1a-
nation in regard to reciprocal trade
relations with Germany and making
public the notifications Of the tariff
laws of the German empire as to Ger.
tain products of the United States !
Our minister at St. Petersburg re-
ports to Secretary Blaine that 14,Ooo,-
900 persons in Russia are in starving
condition, and that the loss to Russia
by the famine was placed at $500, 900,
900.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 5th aggregated
S1,S19, ,s74. .432, against $1,20s, 579, ,Sl7 the
previous week. The increase as COM
pared with the corresponding week of
1891 was Ill.
THE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the 5th mum bered 3l9 against 297 the
preceding week and 293 for the CORE
spending week last year.
THE president has issued his procla-
nation promulgating reciprocity
treaty with the British West India col.
OnieS.
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HE YIELDS.
Thomas NJ. Thayer Notifies Gov. Boyt
That He Is Ready to Vacate Nebraska.
Cub ri..l

Thomas NJ. Thayer Notifies Gov. Boyd
That He Is Ready to Vacate Nebraska g
Gubernatorial Chair.
LINCOLN. Neb., Feb. Sat noon
Sunday Gov. Thayer received letter
from his attorney stating that after a
careful consideration of the subject of
his retaining the gubernatorial chair
of Nebraska he had concluded that it
should be surrendered to Gov. Boyd
Gov. Thayer Immediately acquiesced,
and dictated the following letter to
Gov. Boyd:
STATE OF NEBRASKA, ExECUTIvE DEPART
MENT, LINCOLN, Feb 6, 1892.-Gov James E..
Boyd, Omaha-Sir: When commenced pro.
ceedings one year ago to test your title to tho
office of governor I did so in the be-
lief that there was great doubt in the
public mind as to your citizenship and eligi-
bility. / then took occasion to publicly
say that as soon as your citizenship was estab-
lshed by courts would gladly surrender the
Office to you. The contest was not one of per-
sonal strife, nor to satisfy any ambition Of
my own, but to comply with and uphold
the constitution of the state. Now that
the public press has announced that the
highest tribunal has declared under the
constitution and laws of our country and
state your right to the office of gov
ernor, without awaiting the mandate OF
the court, as I am about to leave the
state Monday to be absent some weeks.
it would be convenient for me to turn over the
office to you at o'clock p. that day, if it is
your pleasure to accept the same at that time
Very respectfully your obedient servant,
n yrIS
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THE EAST.

AN alcohol condenser exploded in a
hat factory in Newark, N. j., causin G
the death of three persons and injur-
ing several others.
The legislature of New York has
passed bill allowing newspaper men
to witness electrical executions and
publish the details thereof.
LABOR organizations of New York
state have indorsed bill to enable all
self-supporting women to vote at all
elections
The bank of Lattimer & Winton, at
Addison, n. Y, was entered by burg
lars who secured SIS, 900 in money.
Miss HARRIET RurLEDGE, of Duryea,
and Anthony Brown. of Pittston, were
suffocated by gas in a room at Wilkes
barre, Pa They were to have been
married the next day. F~e1 s*
WHILE crossing on the ferryboat
from New York to Hoboken seven mail
pouches were stolen from mail wagons.
In Pittsburgh street car filed with
non-union employees was blown up
with dynamite by strikers, but no one
was seriously injured.
FLAMES in the factory of Joseph E..
Farrar at Danvers, Mass, caused a
loss of s15O,OO0.
The cable between New York and
the Bahama islands has been COM
pleted
The firm of S. V. White & Co., stock
brokers, of New York, which failed re-
Gently, have been reinstated by the
stock exchange.
IN New York the steamer Button,
from Brazil, was quarantined with yell
low fever on board Five of the crew
n ad died and four were down with the
disease.
FIRE destroyed the braiding shop of
the John Roeb,ing's Sons Company at
Trenton, N. j., causing a loss of
$3.50, OOU
AT Bridgeport, Pa, Miss Bridget
McCaffrey died at the age of 10 years.
She was born u Ireland.
In Pitts burgh four newsdealers were
fined S25 and costs each.sfor selling
papers on Sunday.
The dissolution of the barb wire
trust, which comprised all the barb
wire plants of the country, was an
nounced .s ~ z
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The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
FlFTY-sEcoND coNoREss,

flf f-SeCONO CONGRESS-. SK
TUESDAY, Feb. "A joint resolu-
tiOn was introduced in the senate Is
amend the constitution SO as to have
United States senators elected by pop
ular vote. Many memorials were pre-
sented for the closing Of the Colum bian
exposition on Sunday. In the house a
bill was introduced to prevent aliens
and alien corporations or associations
from coming into the United States
and buying up and owning Aarge bodies
of land. The proposed new rules were
further discussed. v-ga n 81
WEDNESDAY, Feb SIN the senate
a bill was introduced continuing for
ten years all laws now In force pro.
hibiting and regulating the coming
into this country of Chinese persons.
The joint resolution sproposing an
amendment to the constitution of the
United States relating to marriage and
divorce was discussed and the bill for
the creation of a fourth judicial dis
trict in the territory of Utah was
passed. The house spent the day in
the discussion of the rules. 4aeg.} /
THURSDAY, Feb. "A bill was in
troduced in the senate for the erec-
ton of monument at Put-in-B Bay, o.,
to commemorate the battle of Lake
Erie in 1918. The report of the COM
mittee on privileges and elections in
the case of the Florida senators (declar-
ing Mr.. Call entitled to the seat) was
adopted. Adjourned to the sth. In
the house the new rules were adopted.
Resolutions were introduced directing
an inquiry into the affairs of the
Worlds Columbian exposition, and
directing the committee Judiciary
to make an Investigation and report
whether congress has the constitution
al authority to appropriate money for
the exposition.
FRIDAY, Feb. 5. - The senate was
not in session. In the house bills
were introduced to place duty of one
cent pound on tinplate or taggers
tin; to repeal, after July /, 1898, the
duty of four cents pound on pig tin;
providing for a patent on any new
plant, fruit or flower. A resolution
was introduced instructing the ways
and means committee to report a bill
for the admission of all agricultural
implements free of duty. In the con-
tested election case of Craig VS.. Stew
art, from the Twenty-fourth district Of
Pennsylvania, Craig (dem.) was. given
the seat. g.. e--..-....s .. p
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COUNT ToLsToI has written a long
letter to New York paper giving his
personal observations and experiences
in the famine district of Russia. 1t
may correct some impressions in Amer
lea to know that this celebrated phil
anthropist and author acquits the gen.
eral government and the local function.
aries of either Indifference or pro-
crastination in relief for the sufferers
from famine, but he finds that. with
all that has been done, and with all
that Russia can do, more than half the
suffering must remain unless people
more fortunately situated contribute to
their relief. a
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LATER

AT Memphis, Tenn, the night of the
sth, the building No. 23O Main: street,
occupied by the Bruce-Bein Hat COM
pany, dealers in hats, caps and straw
goods, was discovered to be on fire.
The entire rear portion of the six-story
building from basement to top seemed
to be ablaze in an instant. The fire
quickly communicated to the front por-
ton. The firemen were forced back
from the roaring furnace of hats and
straw goods, and directed their efforts
to saving the trunk factory of S. Levy,
adjoining the hat store on the north.
The loss is estimated to be 100000.
By the explosion of an engine on the
Reading railroad in Philadelphia the
sth, the fireman of the engine, George
Reardon, and two unknown boys, who
were stealing ride, were instantly
killed and five other men injured, one
fatally.
AT Sing Sing, N. Y, the sth, Charles
McIlvaine, who murdered Groceryman
Luca in Brooklyn two years ago was
put to death by electricity.
The famous De Stuers divorce case
came up for trial at Sioux Falls, S. d.,
the Sth.
THERE will be a great scarcity of
labor in the Red River Valley in the
Spring, and farm hands can secure
good wages and stand good chance of
securing a farm of their own. Many
of the well-to-do farmers began life in
the valley as farm laborers or renters.
For further information address John
Birkholz, Grand Forks, N. D.
The supreme court of the District of
Columbia has declined the writ of man
damus in the celebrated silver brick
case to scompel the secretary of the
treasury to coin into silver dollars all
silver bullion presented at the United
States mints. The decision is construed
by those interested to be blow against
the free coinage of silver.
AT an adjourned meeting of the New
York Life insurance Company at New
York the sth, w, II. Beers resigned the
presidency. The resignation was ac-
cepted and Mr.. Beers granted q pension
Of $4,000 per year.
THEODORE GREEN, a prisoner in the
county jail at Milwaukee, Wis, await
ing trial in the federal court on a
charge Of selling liquor to Indians,
hanged himself in his cell the Sth.
ONEof the Russian treasury vaults in
Siberia, has been despoiled by robbers.
Gold rubles to the amount of $500, 900
have been taken.
Gov. BOYD assumed control Of the
Of the state Of Nebraska at noon Of the
Sth
Warren sheaf., 1892-02-11

The postage stamp will be ffty-two
years old in May of this year. It's in
ventor was printer, James Chalmers,
of Dundee, Scotland, who died in 1853
England tifty-two years ago introduced
the new system of preparing letter
postage, and according to a decree of
December 21, 1889, issued the first
stamps, which were to be put before
the public on May Of the
following year, as noted above.
year later they were introduced
in the United States and Switzerland,
and within three years had be-
come common IN Bavaria, Belgium and
France.
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Tornad0 ia ONO,

CYGNET, o., Feb s.-A tornado
passed through the southern part Of
Wood county at o'clock Sunday after
noon, unroofng houses, uprooting
large trees, blowing down fences and
oil derricks and doing damage to the
oil tanks of the Standard and other oil
companies The loss in the vicinity Of
.Cygnet is figured at s., 1000. No loss of
life is reported
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SoEos1s has been discussing in Bos-
ton how best to manage hus bands, and
about all the memb bers had something
to say on the subject during the de-
bate. Probably the best suggestion
came from Lily Devereaux Blake, who
proposed, as the best rule for marital
happiness, that the wife should not al
ways ask her husband where he was
going when he went away, and where
he had been when he came back.
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THE people of Paris consumed within
the last year 21, 291 horses, 229 donkeys
and forty mules, the meat weighing.
according to the returns 4,615 tons.
At the 1SO shops and stalls where such
food is sold the price has varied from
2 sous to 1 franc n pound, the latter
being the price of the best horse steaks.
Only about one-third of the meat is
sold fresh and undisguised; the rest is
used in making sausages, 4o2 horses
having been seized and condemned as
unfit for food before being turned into
SAUSAGE
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NATURE has dealt bountifully with
the Canadians this year. The grain
yield in Ontario, according to the bu-
reau of industry, has been unusually
large. The fall and spring wheat crop
is estimated at 3S, 5s4, O26 bushels, near
ly one-half larger than for 1890. The
oat crop exceeds by 22, o00, 900 bushels
last years light crop, and the average
prairie crop is the highest in ten years.
One hundred and forty thousand fewer
acres were sown in barley than last
year, but the yield is 54l,73 bushels
more. The root crops are described as
enormous. Fall wheat has averaged 25
to 80 bushels an acre in many sections.
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FERDINAND WARD. the ex-Napoleon
of finance, who wrecked the firm of
Grant 4 Ward, will be free man in a
short time. His term in Sing Sing will
soon expire, Ward has learned the
printers trade in prison. From the
prison printing office Ward issued on
New Years beautiful and artistic
souvenir calendar, designed and exc
cuted by himself. He has been a quiet
prisoner and shortened his term by
good behavior
Warren sheaf., 1892-02-11

THE following is given as a reliable
formula for invisible ink. which can be
mace at a cost of about one dollar a
barrel. Dissolve in pure water as much
common baking soda as will dissolve.
This is your ink Write on clear white
paper with clean pen. No trace OF
the writing will be visible after it is
dry. To bring the writing out dip the
paper into clear water. After the
paper has dried the writing will again
disappear, but may be brought out as
before at any time by redipping in
lear water
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The national bank of Silver City
and the First national bank of Deming,
N. NJ, have closed their doors The
two banks are allied. a.,. 1
DR.. 81. C. PEXsLEY's wife and child
wereasuf ffocated by coal gas in their
hons at Norwalk, @ IS
Al Omaha, Neb, earthquake shocks
caused bank Of earth to cave into the
street, crushing a house and fatally in
iuring one of its inmates. Shocks were
also felt in Portland and Astoria, Ore.
1T was announced by John A. Nor
ris, the principal owner and director
of the Louisiana Lottery Company,
that he intended to withdraw his prop
osiition Tor the re.charter Of the com
pany, and that the concern would wind
up its affairs and retire from the field
when its charter expired in 1894.
JOHN FERRIES died in Garry Owen,
jackson county, Ia, aged .l12 years.
Ar Fairbnry. Ill, Mrs. H Mary Wray
scelc brAted Her Tooth birthday anniver-
sary. She was IN good health.
A. NJ. LENN1G's house at jackson
vile, Fla. was burned, and his wife
and two children perished in the flames.
In Cincinnati Meredith Stanly and
his wife, both dressed in tights, jumped
simultaneously from the railroad
bridge, 100 feet, into the Ohio river.
Neither were injured.
Two MEN were killed and six injured,
three fatally, by the falling of a scat.
fold at the Sloss furnace in Birming.
ham, Ala
The Iowa democratic convention for
selecting delegates to International con-
vention will be. held at Council Bluffs
May II.
For neglecting to cancel the stamps
on empty liquor casks twenty-five
saloonkeepers at Ottumwa, Ia, were
arrested.
The Texas supreme court holds that
receivers of railway companies are not
liable for damages resulting in death.
THE failure of the Western Farm
Mortgage Company at Denver for ST.,
900. 600 was reported.
THE oldest postmaster in the United
States, Hamilton Gray, died near
Kingston, Tenn. He had served as
postmaster at Gray's Hill since his ap-
pointment by President Polk
The liberal territorial convention at
Salt Lake adopted memorial to CON
gress protesting against the admission
of Utah as state.
THREE men were hanged in Ken
lucky. William Pickett at Irvine for
the murder of William Hall; Robert
Charlton (colored) at Henderson for
the murder of Minnie Hoskins, and
William Bush at Stanford for killing
his wife
The Wisconsin prohibitionists will
hold their state convention in Madison
May 81. ...-...... ..
The death Of Rev.. B. j. Frey, for
twenty two years editor Of. the Central
Christian Advocate, organ Of the Meth
odist church, occurred at his home IN
St Louis, aged 6s years. ~~
The village of Hamilton, N D., was
nearly destroyed by fire. -s
In Michigan representatives of the
prohibitionists and peoples party met
in jackson and decided to consolidate
the two parties.
The firm of E. Goddard & Son, mill
ers at St. Louis, made an assignment
with liabilities of $4,000 and assets
of S97,O95.4s.
FLAMES nearly wiped out the town OF
Morganfeld, Ky.
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Killed llY the Cars

SHIRLEY, III, Feb. s.-Miss Eva Mel
son, bright young lady of attractive
presence, was instantly killed Sunday
by the Chicago & Alton nortl- 5ound
passenger train. She attempted to
cross the track ahead of the train, was
struck, hurled high in the air and, fall
ing between the track and the depot
PLATFORM was horribly mangled.
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THERE is new kind of pavement
made partly of cork. Cork and several
other ingredients are pressed into
blocks which are said to make pave
1nent at once moderate in cost, dura-
BILE, silent, non-absorbent and afford
ing foothold for horses. Some of it
has been in use in London with salts
factory results
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The young men of the country ap-
pear to be very uneasy lest they should
be married in spite of themselves this
year. A large NUN ber of the girls are
not earning salaries that would justify
them in taking a husband to support,
and most of those who are in receipt
Of comfortable income prefer the
life of independence which it brings to
the esponsibilities of marriage Really,
If he only knew it, the average young
man has not the slightest cause for
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Embezzler ana Forger.

TROY, N. Y, Feb SIT has been
found that Charles 81. Benedict, conf
Dental clerk and bookkeeper for II.
Clay Bascom, of this city, is an en-
bezzler. He disappeared nearly a
month ago and is believed to be in
Georgia The extent of his EN- mbezzle-
ment, it is believed, will reach $40, 900.
He also forged note for 81, 500.
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JUDGING from some Of the recent po-
lice reports the ''merry-go-round" in
Chicago is taking the place of the
ROLLER rink as mischief maker in
demoralizing young people in search of
amusement. Nothing equals the home
circle for keeping our youth from dan
ger and dissipation.
Warren sheaf., 1892-02-11

The late John Sharp was the last of
the old Mormon leaders and had been
resident OF Utah forty years. Scot
land was his native land, and he
worked for years in the coal mines Of
that country. After joining Brigham
loung's society he became director
or stockholder in many Mormon enter
prises. Of the Deseret bank he was
president, and even of the Union Pa
clhc he was director In the church
ne was bishop His wives We're
three in number and his family was
larre
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Got His Deserts in Denver.

DENVER, Col, Feb. g. Elmer Beck,
alias j. S. Stratton, was convicted here
Saturday Of having forged a $4,000
check. Stratton is one of the gang OF
street letter robbers who have oper.
ated in nearly every city and were ar:
rested at Atlanta, Ga, in October last.
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GURDON, Ark, Feb. S.-Frank
Tyler. well=to-do farmer, and his
wife were crushed to death while at
tempting to repair an out-building.
With the aid Of his wife Mr.. TYLER
tried to prop up the building, when Il
collapsed. Almost every bone in their
bodies was broken
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Thrce British Sailors Drowned

Madrid, Feb. s.A violent gale
ragged at Bilbao Friday, causing much
damage to small shipping. A boat was
capsized in the harbor and three Brit
ish sailors were drowned.
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Favor Z doom Watcrwav.

ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. s. s. The nine
teenth annual meeting Of the New
York Changers, before adjourninp.
passed resolution asking their con. n.
gressmen to vote for the deep water.
way through the lakes. IS.
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FRANCIS M. DALE, a colored man,
took oath in Judge Broaddus' court in
Kansas City, Mo-, that he was 10
years old and had fought under WASH
ington in the Revolutionary war. The
old chap would swear to anything.
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Died While Dancing.

PITTsBURGH, Pa, Feb. s.-Miss
Kittie shaw, daughter of a prominent
physician of this city, dropped dead at
$3.50 o'clock a. m. Saturday while dane
ing at the reception given by the Pitts
burgh club, in honor of the reopening
of their clubhouse.
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THE census figures show that total

of 1,OO1, ,297 acres of land in the arid
regions of the United States were un-
der irrigation in the last census year.
The acreage was as follows: Arizona,
65,S21: New Mexico, 81, ,745; Utah, 1858, :
47S; Wyoming, 229,676, and Montana,
$50, $50. Irrigation must be depended
upon to supply the cereal food of the
future. 1t will not only bring under
cultivation untold millions of acres Of
land hitherto deemed worthless, but
will be applied to doubling of pro-
duction in large part of the area now
devoted to agriculture. Plenty Of
water and sunshine is all that is needed
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Local scientists are much interes ted

Local scientists are much interested
in a curious piece Of gold bearing
meteoric rock recently found in Calav
cras county, Cal, by Geologist Fl. W.
Turner. This meteoric stone is about
rs big as mans fist, but its peculiar
feature is that it is flicked with gold,
and the precious metal in one place is
fully one inch square on the surface
When cut the rock shows white like
nickel. Turner says he considers this
proof that there is gold in the stars.
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LIABILITIES q Quarter Of . Million.

LoRDsBURG. N. NJ, Feb. 8. While
the bank examiners report on the
Deming and Silver City banks has not
been made public, it is learned authori-
tatively that the total l;abilities will
foot up 1852, O00 Tie available assets
are largely in the shape of notes OF
prominent cattlemen in this section.