The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-10-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

the alleged new buse- ball association that
is to worry the magnates OF the National
League this winter and next spring 1t Is
said that the chief financial stay of tho
new ball league will 10 the bicycle house
Of the Overmans. who 60 about this scheme
as a means Of being avenged on the sport
ing goods firm OF spaldins & Bros. re-
Gently a rival OF the Overmans in the
manufacture OF wheels. Almost all the
old timers Of base-ball-ox- managers.
ex-captains. and x-presidents-are mem
toned in connection with IL. and II few OF
the hackers OF tho defunct brotherhood
League are said TO be deeply interested in
it. thus far the Overmans are the only
people concerned in 1t that have any capt.
tai to speak or All the others are poor
II 1T were not for the fact that tho cycle
men do not deny they are dabbitug ia the
game the story could hardly be credited.
The proposition OF the Pullman CO.
operative Club to establish car works at
Hiawatha. Kan. was accepted at mass
meeting.
Water was struck in an experimental
artesian we'll sunk on the farm OF G S.
Grant in coded Sioux Ian Is. near Cham
berlain. s d., solving the water pr biem
in region comprising about 1000. 900
acres
Governor Altgeld appeared before the
Illinois State Board OF Equalization Tues
day and made II lengthy statement rela-
tive to tho property OF Pullman Palace
Car Company and its assessment He
showed that tho apital stock i, 1886, 90,
and it pays quarterly dividends Of 21a per
cent on that amount: and that it has Ac-
cumuIated a surplus OF $25.oOo. 0oo. which.
added to the SIG. O0o, 600 of capital stock.
makes Sol. 600. 900 that the capital stock
represents. appears from The testimony
OF Mr. Pullman hinlself. In a report made
to the stockholders for the year ended
June 80. 1898. 1t ia stated that the net
earnings for that year were Sc. $780, 4a
Out of this dividends were paid
amounting to So. $4,000 and 81 COG. 44s
was carried to the surplus II the
surplus for that year vas that
much. the Governor concludes that
for tho next yea. 1t must have been very
large and that it must nos be nearly $50. .
0O0 600. The total assets OF the company
at the date mentioned were SCI. 79l.643
They must now be considerably larger.
The average assessment OF other property
that Is assessed at all in Illinois is found
TO be from 90 to 8 per Cent of it, cash
value. Therefore. II the stock OF this com =
pany was asses>c | In the same proper; ion
to its value as othtr property 1t would
| make an assessment OF from ST. So. 600 to
| SIS. 000,o00 Instead OF this 1t was as
| sessed last year ut only ST. Cos. 500.
| A Mexican placer miner. working on
the Hasaijamoa about fifteen miles from
| Phoenix. A. r.. discovered rich float that
had been turned up by the recent rainS.
| Following it up he found poke: from,
which he took over $1,000 worth OF sod
! Since then the spaniard and two COM
| panions have taken out $1,000. Further
| search resulted in the discovery OF rich
! ledge.
AT Harrisburg. Pa. Judge McPhers~ n
! ruled that raffles were gambling and IL
| legal
| SMALLPOX has broken out at Wells :
| boro. Ind, Eleven cases and Que death are
| reported.
| "A skeleton discovered near Wichita.
| Kan. is believed TO be that Of one Ellin-
wood. who disappeared in 1867. bunch
| of keys found near by bears the name an d
the bones OF one hand clasp a pair OF
| shear.
With Tuesdays games the season Of the
! Western Base ball League came to an end.
The Sioux Citys landed the pennant The
ToledcS. by a great squirt. managed to Gu,
tho Kansas Citys out OF second place The
Minneapolis Club failed to keep up its
former good showing and Is credited with
! foHrth The Grand Rapids team i Ia fifth
| ptHce. with Indianapo polls sixth. Detroit
| and Milwaukee following in the orde,
named. The detailed standing was as FOL
| lcHs:
WESTERN LEAGCE-