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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05
THE STATE or TRADE.

RuNalo. Feb. Aspiring wheat dull. but limits firm
so | hard, closed at 30 SC. NO Northern, ~ &c
I'm store O6 7sc track. sales, cars at ooc 80
Northern, % 34c; winter dun. No. red, DOG
III &C NO | white 06c on track, asked. Corn very
scarce strong and higher: early sales OF ) cars NO
s yellow Mt "a 20 45c closing at ~ &c, asked u
ears 30 . al ~ - i-Hc. closing at fjc asked oats
EASY demand HIGHT: sales : cars No. = white az
81 ~ % BIC: No. white, 34c; No. MIXED DC
asked. Barley quiet fancy. Western Csc; No. " 40
- l-9c. state G5@7jc. Michigan y n ojc; Canais'
asa GOc Rye No offerings. Flour dull best spring,
- 95a - Oj do winter. - 1Oo ~ %, rye nOur'
3 - Mllieed quiet. coarse winter bran, Sl6, ~
~pring +I6 80. Receipts-Wheat, 5000 bush: corn
20 900 bush, oats. 5000 bush. shpmentS-Wheat,
= 900 bush: corn, 1000 bush, barley, 1000 bush
baltimore, F'b. Flour steady and unchanged re-
c"pt- 500 hb- shIuenu 31?o Dbl sales, 800 bbls
VIVA, steady. 80 rcd SPOT. Ei. u,l2c; the monh
Ga4 a09gc March. OK d99tc May, FidTl Oos steamer
so r,d. 90. 90'c receipts, ,ls26 bush shipments
- coo bush. stock .G3 OF bush sales - 900 bush
southern wheat easy; FuitI, 9ocGsi lonsb"Ty H,c Z
- =, Carn strong; mixed. spot and the month. 4sss
$50 March, 4-za ts''c; Apu. tsrc May fs,,c
mcnts ~ bush stock. ljl2 So7 bush sales, 10000
bush. southern corn Arm; white 45a t9isc yellow Z,
dioc. s,rady receipts. 1900 bush STOCK, s4Oi2
bush. Tyo duh: No =. ~ Sc; receipts IOt bush
stock 25b bush Has steady good 20 choice timothy
+lS 5Odsl5 50 Grain lrcrht- dun aud unchanged Cot
quiet mIddllng. &c. Pm slon- stesdy and m
changed. Butter stadv and unchanged. Eggs scarce
and nm ~ &c Office stsody Rio car-oes. fair lie
40 = 1i4r. Sugar steady and unchanged Copper
study refined. 1890. Whlskey firm and unchanged.
Chicago Feb THE leading future, RANGED follows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05
ETrROPEAN FINANCIAL.

London Feb. 4, 4 p. m.-COnsols. % 91s for money
and 95 lIl6 for the account Canadian P1chc 81 "a;
Erie 10 a. Mexican ordinary. 30 IA New York Cen
,ral ~ "a Pennsylvania, 81 4 : Reading. 20 -.
The rate OF discount In the open market for both short
and thre-montis' bills i . per cent Paris advlres
quote per cont rnee at % francs go ceitimes for tho
account -.-.--... -. Al. D.. "A
France shows an Increase Of 1617jOOO francs In gold
and . $50 900 francs In silver.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05
EI,RnpEAN PRnDrCE MARKETS.

fair demand IIams-The demand has fallen on.
Bacon-Thc dema,d has fallen of. Cumberland cut,
about - to 20 lL>.. steady at IFS: short fN about
% b. steady Mt 33s III long clear mlddles. nh mt
a. lhs steady AT 3}S: long and short clear rnddes
about - lbs. steady mt 32s I'd. Cheese IN FAIR
demand TaIlOw In poor demand. Turpentine and
ro.In In fair demand. Lard. spot and futures. In
poor demand prime western spot, February; March
No. . red winter dull at Is I'd No. rcd spring.
easy at Is I'd. Flour in poor demand. 'crn-spof:
western spot steady at A. I'D: February, steady
at A. 3 I'D March steady NJ IS 2d April; steady
at * I'D Hop, Mt London Pacific Coast In go,d
demand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05

"wHAT THE SENATE FRAUD FOREsIIADOws -
TO the Editor of The Tribune.
sir Under the above caption Your correspondent in
yOur Issue Of today. truly sets forth the fact that
Democratic party intends to count out" the Republi-
ran President next November and that. while some Of
the more respectable Democrats claim to Glsapprove
the unlawful proceedings under Hill OF stealing control
OF the Legislature. Of them will vote for him
any other nominee Of the party, all the This
Is undoubtedly true
Your correspondent however. has his hopes centred
in the great army Of stay at-homcs." Vain hopes
Tho writer has little confidence in that miserable set
and but small hope that anything arouse the
ees mass Of the Republicans to energetic action. 1t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05
a CRUEL PRACTICE SANCTIONED BY FASHION
Y N I he i d or 81 T n % T T. I'm

4 CRUEL PRACTICE SANCTIONED BY FASHION.
TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR ~ his article on The Lesson Of the Horse
Show" contributed 70 the February number Of "Out-
Ing Mr.. 1revclyan has thi, 10 say so complete
has been the revolution in the accepted taste In
h0rsefesh that he the New Yorker would not
believe the same public that has & openly confessed
their attachment To the ong-tailcd flyers OF the
trOtng-tracS could have entirely transferred their
allegiance 10 the bighstcppinr. broad backed dock
tailed horses Of which the hackney NAV be taken a,
the epitome," and this without one word of con
demnaOn for the barbar0us cruelty OF which fashion
is guilty I'm this connecticut II infinitely bet
ter shat horses should not step so HIGH and that
their backs should be narrow, than that they should
lie Inumanly mul;ilaed at The bchest OF Omnip potent
fashion. But why IS IT necessary to chop of a
horses tail IN order 10 make him high stopper or
broad backed
The true lesson Of that Horse Show TO reveal
the guilt and folly Of this dOninecrng fashion. II
did have that effect tlpIk God, for the Society FOR
the Prevention Of Cruel. 10 Animals has taken hold
OF the matter In serious carnct and the delicate lady
who could not allow pin to scratch her child. can
longer visit her stable 10 look tile laceraed
stump that is tnced up To the ceiling while her horse
is undergoing this dannable process.
JOHN GOODMAN.
st. Denis Hotel. Jan. 81, 1892.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05
1--WE STOCK MArKrrs-nY rrLrGEArn

Chicago. Feb. The Evening journal" reports
Cattl-l;.t slpt-. II 600 head shipments 1900 head
market nodco:y active. steady t. shade higher; go.d
a1Gf4 so extra steers sale 20
Il -ncntrs 81 NJa - -: II 2bat2 81.
Receipts. 21o0o head shipments. II coo head market
olen.d active. strong closed weak lowe. ROACH aud
cnruon - ioa - - mixed and packer ~ 50d.i 80
prime and butchers weight ~ Cja+i -. lsh,
- "Ja - -, sheep Receipts 5000 head; shipments.
900 h,ad market slow. Steady o. Wlhcr 'Ws. SJcsl -
mixed. - 500 - - wehrr~, - SOdtJ 80 West,
% 20; lambs, fJat6 %.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05

tnent $500 bales; coastwise. 013 bales s""s' IT,
bales stock, 93,4G7 bales. ,. ddItnc
New Orleans Feb. 4-cotton 1 s, 1rSIysrv Ssc
net receints I4g bales: gross, e.452 bales w
ports to Great britain $500 bales 70 me Son'nG'
800 bales; sales. 1880 bales stoch' fff''--
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05

The Tribune Almanac tables. showing the take kemp
II IN laws In the different States the interest and mar
aiagc and divorce laws and the for voting
give information that every man and woman may
Wish to possess.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05
JUDGE MAYyARD's UNPLEASANT POSITION.

TO the Editor Of Tho Tribune
Sir In your editorial today. Maynard the guilty
man. You say. "Colonc Bliss has pursued tho
stolen goods into Judge Maynard's pocket and crn
afford 10 leave them th'rc." Can the Court of Ap-
pcals afford to have thief as one Of II, MEMBERS or
the great State Of w. York afford 10 have such man
administer It's Lws7 "Tun the I7lscas out aud then
send them whore they belong
y York, Feb. . 1892. CONSTANT READER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05
AN EPIGRAM BY GARRICK.

TO the Edit OF The Tribune.
Sir: In this mornings issue is extract from The
Troy Times which is very old friend. 1t was re
ported in 1885 1886, | think. in The Sheffield
Iris" the OF the well known Scotch poet James
Montgomery. The scene the Quaker meeting
Louise in Sheffield, which visited In 1887. The lines
were attributed to the pencil Of David Garrck. who
had been performing In sheffield. The meeting house
built on the side OF hill with the front door and
yard fading on one street and the cellar opening the
street below. Garrck passing the winner roll
ing out the casks Of wine lie mounted the steps
in the alleyway adjoining the meeting house and look
Ing in saw the Quakers in their quiet Finhday Meet
ing" The incongruity struck him forcibly and he pen
cllled on the meeting house door the lines:
There is q spirit above. and "A spirit below
a spirit Of peace and a spirit OF woe
The spirit above l. the spirit OF love
The spirit below Is the spirit OF woe
The spirit above is the spirit divine
The spirit below Is f.e spirit OF wine.
1ne Sheffield Quakers needed no further rebuke.
They Immediately bought the lease from the vntncr,
paying him back every penny received for five years
rental, the time the lease had run. This has been
spoken OF by Mrs Sarah j. smith, formerly the super
intendeht OF the Reformat0ry for Women at In
dianapons. Mrs. Smith came 10 this country from
Sheffield and was a sheffield Quakeress w. JAY
Harrison, N j.. Jan. 30, 1892.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05
WHEAT. NO. =.

cash quotations were follows Flour quiet srriny
bakers, g 'o@Si 90 Str1sh' ? ;5@si 30 No spring
~. 20 corn. i04c No. 3 s6l 1860; No. . oats
-sl,620c. No. white BOO NJ. white 29i2U30 &c .
80 . rye. 7Sc No. - barley. 50diSc, NJ. 3 +. O. b
2a5oc; 80. T. b.. 3'u'2s; No naN
ICED g5ag3Lc: prime timothy sod. 81 27arl 3
rrcs, pork per bbl. - 80 mrd. per loo n. 70 s.
10, short rib, sides. oo> - '2-,5 - dry sailed
shoulder, boxed t.ade - short clear sides boxed
- 95asG. Nhi,S.y. d,tiues>' finished goods per gal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05


Crop movement: "a s;,o o o%t S5q
NI''pI. s'lp5,,- .... III 9pj 1882
Txrofts % Great Britain. y days. t1:oi oi'2.C
i-NpoIeN y. i,'-ftncnt - Ssl Al ,!JG
Effort. " Channel, , d1y~ 'f-o
Stock in Ncw-Yok In licensed ware ~, ut, ,oo ,,-
hou-- counted daily y, i-It 80
Tn other plaOe> ('-LHatodl i"'oo low
Total stock New York, 10y running o.o.oo go 400
STOCK in all United Stat, ports 2i- 900 $40 y"
Liverpool telegran-. 70 j.. n-ltc,'p l,VVo JIM
90 which American 1000 tsN. Sur' J. wv 49,, ~
hich for fT,cuation and export Loo I,- American
II coo bales SPOT market seadIer' MIuulhR OP"u''
15.lGi. -, w., II hvr.,s, c,,o- C,o,bs
Very n:tle doing , On American standard n elassnca
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05
OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL
MEDITERRANEAN LINE.

NTEDT FN MN
wi ENpiess Passenger steamer Service.
New. York 70 Genoa In e>s than Eleven Days.
NORTHWESTERN LLOYD =. >. Co
DIRECT ROUTE TO SOUTH OF FRANCE,
RIVIERA AND ITALY.
Touching Gibraltar, 70 land passengers 20 Spain.
Avoiding the Northern la,tudcs OF Atlantic the channel
Crossing and Long H. Il. Rides.
Fuds. Sat FEB. 9, 2p. IN. Wcrr, sat. apr g p m
Fulds Sat Mar. II. > D Werrs. sat, Nay T. D.
Passage sIoo, 1928 or $50 berth ri!,t C4on
LLOYD STEAMERS Nov. . and every fortnight there
after from GENOA e. lSMALIA.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05

Warehouse deliveries sdce Fcbrubfy !, ioo<.--N'"-
york % 40 bags; Baltimore SCI bags: New-ofleanS.
1901 bag- total, 1884 bags
COTTON-slot trading light but prices were net
disturbed Sales lO6 tales for cOn'uHpuoi h"ceipt'
9Os bales. against To- $50 Dh's TINS
~ ,si Ir,.k and u Ge5 bale> this tne last year
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05
- HORT ROUTE TO LONDON.

- NEW N2kERDsE5yGEffhh RRNMfft5S2fBB RNtANkSS
Steamers ,ai from piers foot OF dist. Hoboken.
FAST EMPRESS STEAMERS.
EMS sat. Feb: 9. p m. eAALE Tues Feb. 10 sam.
LAIN Tues. Feb .. | pm ELDER sat. Feb2o. II an
EI.HE sat Feb 10, a. m. SPREE Tues. Feb. % I pm
cabin sj and upward, berth; second cabin. sc
berth. SteWge At low rates.
- OELRICMS 4 CO. No. Rowling Gr,en.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05
DED STAR LINE,

IL FOR ANTWERP AND PARIS,
$1,000. sailing for NewYork and Antwerp weekly.
RiIii,tNLANp Wednesday February 10. $50
FINLAND " odncsd day. FEBRUARY Il, 80 a. ~.
First Catin; $50 and upwari: Excursion ts5 and up
Md second Cabin &3s Round Trip: % per cent fseaI
tlon STORAGE az very low rates INTERN ATlONAb
NAVIGATION co. General Agents. Rowling Green. -
SAVANNAH LINE-FOUR STEAMERS
s. :. TALLAHASSEE Friday Feb 3P. NJ
= :. KANSAS CITY. Sarrrday Feb. O. 3 =. NJ
Con MnCmW' M IitE Wedge ID F. 20
Tor for all points IN GEoRGIN FT.ORIDA. SOUTH CARO-.
- M. ALABAMA and LOU lSIANA. unsurpassN ~
somodatiohs Frst-csss table dhote. For freight anu
b. T. s W Ry ?9l B'way. Cent? r. r.. az Bwsy
- u. SORIsEL. Manager New Pier 49, North Mvo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05

RED "D" LINE OF STEAMSHIPS,
IL FOR LAGUAnRA, PUERTO CABELLo. CURACAO
NORo MD NNRACAIBO,
- . - Pier 80 Fast River. a,
= y EFNEZU Ella. Thursday. Feb II, 7 y
:. ). VALENCIA saturday. Feb. 20 T. n
:. :. CARACAS. ........... "Wednesday March p T. W
The'e American steamships specially built for the traas
nave very superior accommodation, Tor plssengers
,,,, BOuLToN. BLISS DALLET,
Tourists Agents. General Managers. II Wal-st
TiIOS. COOK & SON 2Gi and Se5 broadway .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-05

DACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S
LINES TO CAlLFoRNlA JAPAN, CuINA.,o
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA AND MEXICO
From New-Yors pier foot o; Canal.st. y. Y,
for san Fruncisc, VIA the Isthmus Of Panama
NEWPORT sails Wednesday rebruar, 10. noon
From san Francisco. 1T aud Brsnnan sts.,
FOR JAPAN AND CHINA.
CHINA sails Wednesday. February II, 3 ~ m
For freight, and general information apply 70
company's Office the pier foot Canal.st. y. X.
II. J. BVLLAI General SuperntendenI
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-20
VIRGINIA OYSTER BEDS.
Monopolists Would Like to Control Them
at Nominal Cost.

Monopolists Would Like to Control Them
| at Nominal Cost.
| RICHMOND. Va, Feb. 19.-The committee
which has just made its report and others
who have given that subject consideration
believe that Virginia's oyster lands will
| yield an annual revenue of more than ST.
100000 the first two years. They express
the opinion that after that several millions
may be expected. To accomplish this de-
sirable result. however, it is necessary,
| these gentlemen contend, to throw open the
grounds to bidders of the world, allowing
those who will give the highest price tho
choice of the beds. 4s
This is opposed by the representatives in
the legislature from the oyster districts and
by the people in those localities. There is
q sentiment based. too, upon the organic
law of the commonwealth, that the privi-
| lege of taking the biyalves is confined to
Virginians. Those who take the rosy view
of the oyster situation and see millions i'll
their scheme contend that the constitu-
tional inhibition is confined only to tho
natural oyster rocks, and not to the beds
and planting grounds.
There are now before the legislature two
or three propositions having in view the
object of increasing the revenue from Vir-
ginia's oyster industry. AT preeent these
do not pay the expense of the navy MAIN
tanned for the protection of planters from
the maurauders The more conservative
computations place the prospective increase
very far below the figures named.
1t is not likely that the sentiment which
has prevailed in the tidewater sections for
mole than a century-that to Virginians
belong the exclusive right to take tho BIZ
valves from their waters-will be violated.
1t is. however. almost certain that without
doing this the present legislature will
adopt some plan which will largely increase
the amount of taxes received from the
state's oyster grounds.
There are capitalists rsady to invest in
this property if the state will enact such
law as they desire. Tho plan contemplated
by some of these would give the monopolles
control of all of the most desirable lands at
merely nominal cost. These schemes will
not be successful.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-20
A Pilfering Postal Clerk Who Was
Content With Reasonable
Percentage.
His Name Is J. w. McMurray and
He Ran on the Helena
Division. .m..4.H
kins. Who Effected His Capture--On
the Way to Helena

ST. PAUL, Feb. 13.-l Special. Post office
Inspector w. Watkins, Jr., Of Helena has
just completed one of the cleve.est pieces
of detective work ever chronicled in the
annals of tho department. Thursday at
Chicago he captured J. w. McMurray, an
ex-railway postal clerk on the Helena di-
vision. and obtained the mans confession
in full to numerous thefts from registered
mail matter. McMurrny received his ap-
pointment to the railway mail service Feb.
IA. 1880, as clerk in the Helena u st. Paul
railway postoffice, between Helena and
Miles City. He was quiet, clever, and we'll
liked. and had unique method of rif1ing
registered packages. Instead Of going
through letter for it's entire contents, he
abstracted modest percentage Of the en-
closure and sent the remainder on snfely to
its destination. In his confession he
owned up to twenty such cases, and
thought his pilfering would amount
to about $500. He was in the
service little over year and half and
left for parts unknown in December, 1889.
Soon afterward cases began to be reported,
and Inspector Watkins was detailed to find
McMurray, as the slight evidence in hand
pointed to him as the guilty party. The
inspector passed through St. Paul about a
week ago on still hunt for his man ana
soon located him at q cheap boarding house
at l15 North Clark street. Chicago. When
he was confronted by the inspector, Nc
Murray broke down completely and
confessed the record of his crime in full.
He also consented to return quietly to
Helena there to stand trial, and the pair
passed through ST. Paul this evening, leav-
ing for Helena over the Northern Pacific at
4:15 o'clock. Inspector Watkins is highly
complimented by the railway postal ofici-
ais in this city for the neatness and dis
patch in McMurray's capture.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-20
THE MOTHER-IN-LAW.
Young Mrs Blaine Lays All Her Troubles
Her.


on Her.
DEADwooD, S. D., Feb. 19.-At last the
Blaine divorce case has come to trial, and
all testimony 10 in. This morning Judge
Palmer, plaintiffs attorney, read the com
plant and the defendants answer, and be-
gan reading depositions. The depositions
of DR.. Fuller and Dr. Wynkoop, after con-
tirming thar of Gsn. Mcmahon as to tho
nlnity in which the young couple apparently
passed the first few months of married life,
related chiefly to the condition of plaintiff g
health after the unhappiness began. This
afternoon Mrs. Blaine on the stand recited
the story of her marriage, which was has
tened because her husband did not want
her to go on the stage. She spoke of the
happy first year and detailed the visit of
the young people to Maine, where her hus-
band was kept away by his mother; told
how she was foiled in her attempts to be-
come reconciled; gave details of her return
to New York and her subsequent sickness
and suffering in that city. She had como
to South Dakota for q home and wanted
especially to secure the custody of her
child, which she is able to support by her
pen. After the submission of some law
points, the ease closed.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-20
EXTENDING THE EXCLUSION.
Tho Senate Passes Bill tn bar the Com
ing of Chinese.

The Senate Passes Bill tn 1sAr the Com
ing of Chinese.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19.--Ihe senate to-day
passed bill extending for ten years the
operation of the Chinese exclusion laws.
The bill was substitute for similar
measure introduced by Senator Dolph. It
has wider scope than is indicated by its
title, for, in addition to re-enacting the
present exclusion laws which arc about to
lapse, it contains section intended to
meet the difficulty the treasury officials
have encountered in returning Chinese to
China through judicial decisions and ad-
verse to their right to return them further
than 70 the country from which they en-
tered the United States.
Under this construction Of tho law the
treasury department has returned number
OF Chinese to Canada instead of to China,
and they were soon again smuggled across
the line, which il was impossible to guard
at all times and places. Another new sec
tion provides severe penalties for the return
to the United States of Chinese once sent
out of the country.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-20
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MRS. JOHN A. DAVIS TITLE.
Luck of One Of the Parties to ths Butte
VIII Contest.

CHicAao, Feb. 10.-rhe Inter- Ocean SAYS:
Living quietly with her aons at kenwood is
n lady who has just fallen heir to d COM
Portable estate in Ireland and has succeeded
to q title. 1t is not tho first time fortune
has smiled upon her family, for IL is but a
short time since that her husband was de-
clnred by tho courts to be heir to an estate
valued at moro than $f4,O00,O 600.
Mrs. John A. Davis, M the only surviving
granddaughter Of Lady Elenor Stanhowe,
succesda TO the title of Lady Thrush stan
howe ard to Gwen House and tho Clanta-
lien estate. Mrs. Davis is 4 niece Of the
late Lord John Russell, of England. Tho
valuation OF the estate to which she sue
ceeds is not known, as 1t is but recently
that her title to claim ii was ascertained.
Modest and retiring in disposition Mrs.
Davis has shrnnk from making her fortune
known. and her neighbcrs in Kenwood arc
yet unaware OF the fact. tho first intima-
ton reaching the city from friends Of the
family in Montana. where John A. Davis
has been until recently as claimant to the
vast estate loft by his brother in Butte.
Mrs. Davis returned to this city last week
from Rockford, Ill, whore she had been to
Boyd, who died Jan. 28, after an illness Of
several years. and who, it is understood,
had stood first in succession to the estate.
The heir to the Clantalieu estate has re-
sided for BOtne time with two of her sons in
Kenwood, Morris A., n young boy, and
George W., who il connected with the Her
aid. Her other children being married,
| reside away from home. They are: Ed
| ward A.. and Charles e., who reside in this
city, and John T., and Andrew j., who
make their homes in Butte, Mont, the lat
ter being the cashier Of the First National
bank of Butte.
Mrs. Davis spent her youthful days in
New York state, coming to Illinois in the
early EOS. In 1882 she was married to John
A. Davis, and in the early '6Os, with her
husband and four small children, she re-
moved to a portion of southern Iowa, known
to those who have followed the the details
of the great Davis will contest as Salt Greek
township. Shortly before the great fire the
family came to Chicago.
The property which Mrs. Davis inherits
from her grandmother has been tied up for
some years, and it is only recently that
proofs Of title to it have been secured.
John A.. Davis returned to this city from
Butte some days ago and registered at the
Palmer House, where he has been UNDER
going medical treatment. He was accom-
panied here by John Talbot, special ad-
bonds in the sum Of SO 600, 600 for the faith
full performance of his duty. Mr.. Davis
has been quite ill. serious outcome was
feared at one time, but with careful atten-
tion he improved rapidly, and yesterday he
was we'll enough to take his meals in the
dining room Of the Palmer House.
In the suit for the millions left by his
brother Mr.. Davis won, but the contest is
continued by the other claimants, and legal
proceedings will again come before the
Montana court early in April.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-20
She Has slept Eighteen Months.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 19.-In the insane
asylum is a patient. Bridget Pendergast.
who has not been awake for eighteen
months. A year and a half ago she showed
symptoms Of drowsiness, and despite all
efforts she soon settled into deep slumber
During the day she sits in a rocking chair
near a window. and at night is placed in
but the lids can be opened BY force. Her
only food is milk, of which she takes about
three quarts a day through silver tube in
her nose that connects with the throat.
She is gradually wasting away. and, as no
effort arouses her, it is not likely that she
will live much longer.