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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
Tho sheen Industry.

There are Sara 53 sheep in the
United states. worth s;e5, aO9, 2G4 an
average value of about sa.75. We do
not know how much capital is invested
in sheep farms, etc. The wool prod
net in 1890 was 5000, 900 pounds, the
mean price of which was 80 cents; the
total value thus being So, 00o, O0l We
have no record of the value of sheep
used for food Almost no part of the
cost Of wool is labor. Sheep may be
raised with very little care on land
good for no other purpose, and the
amount brought in by selling the wool
is almost clear profit SO far as the item
of labor is concerned, In 1890 the
capital invested in wooden mills was
$50, 4lTao4. The wages paid in the
same wear were SD, SCI; the prod,
ucts were valued at s33S.s9l, lO9; that
is. about % per cent of the value of
the products are represented by the
labor.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

IIce present residence Is room nine
fcpt squarc. II Is IL house on Brook
hn heights. kept by Mrs Bonita,
whose mother was second cousin OF
Mrs Green's father II is four story
old. fashioned house, with five rooms
sem each floor. the prices of which
range from sl3 week down to -.
The lowest priced room in the rear
hail IS q bedroom and this is MfS
Green's There Is an ancient bureau
in the room and rocking chair
that has gradually descended from
the best room in the house. The bed
i small single affair and the WASH
stand * nothing but frame work TO
sunnurt large bowl and pitcher
overhead Is swinging tower raeN
which has often served TO support the
clothes she washes She Is her own
laundrrss. and the result OF her indus
ttv in this direction is often displayed
not only on the towel rack but on the
caue.,cated chair and the foot OF the
bed. Mrs t,rcen hasn't an extensive
wardrobe. She has no trunk, ana lngs
around her clothing in paper parcels
from one boarding To another
She ha. nm old carpet-bag which some
times 4 used TO carry wad of bonds
and on another occasion as likely as
not the receptacle for pair OF ora
rubbcrs She has picked mp at p@l
gain she Is not particular about
keeping buttons sewed on her shoes
Her general appearance Is SO shabby
that the landlady refuses TO allow her
to eat In the dining-room, and inc
richest woman in America e IS IN the
kitchen
Her day begins in the kitchen oil the
honrdipr house after she has MADE
her bed. She finishes her break.
fos, on the rough pine table ana hut'
rics out A typical day with her =
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

described. She first put on jacket
which cost 81. 30 aad walking out the
back way hurried to the bridge. Most
people ride across that structure when
in a hurry, but Mrs. Green saves ~
cents by walking, except when the
weather is stormiest
Her hands and feet are Of generous
proportions She is not only square
iawed but her whole head is singu-
larry square. She has high check
bones firm, straight nose, thin lips,
and keen, gray eyes, set well back un-
der the broad forehead Her hair,
which was once brown and which has
not yet completely succeeded in turn
ing gray, looks as II it had tinge of
green in il. IL Is combed down straight
on each side OF her forehead not neatly
but aggressively There is an ag-
gressiye air, too, in the poise of the
| head and the weil-squared shoulders
and erect figure. A bonnet of uncef-
tain date. IA faded black dress and
heavy rubbers over the coarse shoes
made UP, with the $3.50 sack aforesaid,
the attire OF this female Crgsus
Tightly clutching the little carpet
bag the woman OF millions walks
through the crowded streets TO the
Chemical National bank ii is $3.50
o'clock and only the porter was
around, but Mrs Green is well known
10 him. She is one OF the heaviest
stockholders in that rich institution.
lie let her in without question and
upstairs she tramped TO her desk All
day long she sat there examining
papers reading reports and shrinking
back from the number Of begging let.
ters she received Mrs Green get'
scores Of these. In fact She says il !,
10 avoid the senders that she lives il
quiet places The stock reports in
terested Mrs Green. She has $1,000,
! 600 in government bonds for one item
! and several millions in other securitIe
; which are quoted on the New Norl
G stock exchange. She stopped he
i work at noon TO eat lunch, which sh
r had brought from Brooklyn. In IN
. afternoon she resumed il and kept
= up until dark, when home She started
+ IL was walk again. then supper j
e the kitchen and evening there unit
= bedtime Then she retired To IA
e little back room, the window-shutter
q Of which were tightly fastened wit
s rope. excluding air and light
e The richest woman ia America
= also the most eccentric. She can thu
n dress and live like peasant and q
the same time can accumulate dia
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

conductor and from him receives or
ders for the entire crew.
Here are a few Of the things they
talk about while balancing themselves
on the tops Of high cars while the
wind Is blowing q gale.
The conductor expresses a desire TO
have the engine cut loose from the
train Al this the brakeman clenches
his right hand on a level with his
stomach and the left above his head.
Then he quickly reverses the positions
The engineer understands just what is
wanted
The engineer on entering a town
sees the rear man touch his forehead
then extend his arm and point TO the
right, and he knows that the train is
10 enter on the right hand siding or
switch. Should the extending OF the
arm be straight ahead it means just
that, that the train is not u take the
siding.
The opening OF the hand fat, fin
gers down, with sweeping motions
from right to left indicates when the
train Is at stands;ill that it is 10 be
uncoupled so as TO allow teams TO pass
/ through
When. in switching, it is desired to
/ give cutoff cara shove strong enough
TO send 1t clear upon the switch, the
brakeman stretches out both arms and
wriggles his fists violently,
4 IL the train is 10 stop at the next
station TO dump way freight the
brakeman, with both hands, goes
through motions not dissimilar TO those
Of man cutting wood
The car-counting trick is ono Of the
most ingenious perhaps Of all the sig
nails. In doing this both hands are
brought sharply together above the
head, each clap meaning one car, or
| dinarilv used toilet the engineer know
1 how far he must back to reach GER
tain point or car. After one of these
claps, should the hands part, describe
n scmicircle, then pause, both hands
horizontal. he knows that means half
cars length.
Holding up two fingers of the right
hand. palm in, indicates that fiat
coupling pin is needed. Spreading all
the fingers Of the right hand, then
closing the hand smartly, means that
coupling link is required
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
GLORY OF THE NATION.
The Latest warship Added TO Our
World Beating Navy.

horld-BeatiDB navy
In size, the cruiser Montgomery diff
fers materially from the battleship;
but in the characteristics of modernity
and the features of progress and great
power within its scope the smaller
craft is of equal interest. Congress
makes appropriation for the construc-
ton of vessels and describes loosely
their type, speed, approximate ton
mage displacement. and limit of cost,
but upon the genius of the navy de-
partment falls the task of making the
most of that allowance, and combin-
ing as many effective qualities within
those bounds as the skill of the naval
architect and the marine engineer can
devise; and in the Montgomery the re-
suit is decidedly praiseworthy.
This vessel, like her sister ships, the
Detroit and Marblehead, is an exam
pie of the simple coal-protected cruiser
type; j. e., her coal supply is so dis
posed around her motive power and
magazines as to afford considerable
protection to those parts from gum
fire. Over the boilers and engines,
and, in fact, throughout the entire
| length of the vessel, there is a light
water-tight deck. The deck is intended
to preserve the vessels buoyancy rather
than to afford any defensive bulwark
| to the region below. Shou Id the sides
adjacent to the water-line be injured,
the coal stored there in the bunkers
would limit the admission of water,
while the water-tight deck would pre-
clude flooding of the compartments
beneath.
The Montgomery is built of steel
has triple-expansion engines, each in
separate compartment, actuating
twin screws, and is schooner rugged.
with sufficient sail-power to add to her
steadiness in a seaway. She is re
quired to maintain contract speed of
seventeen knots an hour for four con-
secutive hours on trial; but should she
. equal the performance of the Detroit
she will run over eighteen knots, and
; remunerate her builders handsomely.
: Her principal dimensions are, length
5 on load water-line, 257 feet; breadth,
r extreme, 81 feet; mean draught, II feet
; 6 inches; indicated horse power ICON
: tract, 5. 400; displacement, 1000 tons
Her offensive powers will be concen-
trated in a main battery consisting OF
r eight 5-inch rapidfire guns and two O.
r inch rapid-fre guns; secondary bat
r terry of six 6-pounders, two l-poundeI
S rapid-tire guns, and two Gatling guns;
5 while there is provision forward for
n three torpedo-launching apparatuses-
e one in the stem for the Howell automo.
d bile, and two, one on either side, on the
main deck, for the Whitehead torpe
l. does. All of the guns are of the rapid
# fire type, using fixed ammunition.
e by which means great celebrity of dis
l. charge is obtained. What this vesse
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
A Giant pnlIey.

The giant of the pulley family is
now doing service at the Willimantic
thread mills, Willimantic Manufactur-
ing company, Connecticut. This mon
ster wheel is twenty-eight feet in di-
ameter and weighs seventy tons. The
face OF the wheel which is made for a
series of belts, each separated by q
rib" is nine feet across. IL was
cast in twenty-six parts. including the
hub The metal in the spolses alone
weighs 10000 pounds and that in the
rim, which is in segments, each seq
meut carrying spoke, weighs 6ooo
mounds The twenty-siN pieces of this
gigantic piece Of mechanism are fas-
tened together with 40 bolts Of vary
ing lengths and size.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

Although the animal is the veritable
original Of the mermaid, her scientific
name is not so supple on the lips as the
soft, pet names given to the marine
sirens of mythology. She is known as
the dugong, and while she is more or
less interesting to the naturalist as
being the inoffersive cause of the mer-
maid myths, she is still more interest
ing to him because she is dugong.
For the dugong has been battling for
existence in the marine world for
centuries, and is about to lose her
identity among her aquatic neighbors
Of the southern deep The dugong is
becoming rapidly extinct A specimen
is seldom captured. and the one in the
possession of the academy is regarded
as an extraordinary prize.
Every nation under the sun has con-
tributsd to the mythical evolution OF
the dugongs from member of the
manatee family of mammalia TO beau
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
An rnhcrprnnnd Cnnal.

The cities OF Norsley and St TIelens,
in north England, are sixteen miles
apart, vet they are connected by the
most wonderful canal in the world, \
tunnel has been cut through the great
vein OF coal which underlies the whole
of Lancashire, and this, filed with
water from the drainage trenches of
that great system of mines, makes Il
remarkable underground canal in
which the water is constantly five feet
deen This canal is provided with n
regular system of coal boats, which
are constantly moving thousands of
tons of the bituminous fuel between
the two cities
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

Green the richest woman Ia America
and perhaps in the world.
Whoever reads the newspapers
knows of Mrs netty Green, the noted
woman who lately dropped ont OF
sight 80 mysteriously Scarcely a
paper ~ importance ia the country
hut las printed more or less about her
daring -pt culations in stocks, bonds
and real estate. her eccentricitics Of
dress. her economical method OF liy-
ing hrr extraordinary desire 10 avoid
ursspnPsr publicity, her apparent ig-
noruure a. the truth that her cccen.
tr.cities aud her great wealth make
per shining object ~ public curl
t.sttg she i estimated 10 be worth
ti.uor.0 H9 cold American dollars That
+ money enough TO support the gran
,ltur ~ !. prince 81 the blood
A sAase u that money large enough
SO satisfy most people is invested la
buildings and real estate in and near
chicago She has mortgages on choicr
uuas county property besides aud Sh,
Has uu.mpyuvcd land worth many dol
.ar NOR, .han She paid for il Mfs
t-reu eng light with the Grant 10
cuuat.y. works syndicate l. remem
nrret la many real estate men She
was marked figure Ia real estate cir
cEc- far year or two 10 Chicago Sh'
,t.il yissis the city occasionally au'
stops 81 moderate priced quarter
uh.lr here bu; this winter, Will
wnalnr hcr investments Ia New
N,-a ,ts lives IN "a s. week room il
ljs11alyu boarding house.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

loses in defensive properties she equals
by the great effectiveness of her bat
teries: and many a larger, heavier pro
tected craft would stand but poor
chance against this active ship, Her
individual hits may be less dangerous
considered singly, but their compare
tive l!ghtness is amply augmented by
their frequency.
Upon her full bunker capacity Of AS
tons of coal she will be able to steam
5. q5a knots at ten-knot speed: while
Mt eighteen knots an hour she will be
able TO cover /. 6s4 knots in $40 days
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
CONTINENTAL. $50 BILL.

tinental currency" bill, dated Phila-
delphia, Sept %, IT'S, calling for
'ifty Spanish milled dollars and
numbered 535S oddly enough, DR.
Fuller had in his possession the bill OF
the same issue numbered 5357-just
one number ahead of the Lewiston
relic The inclosed engraving is a
fac-simile of the bill in possession Of
DR. Fuller Its printed by permission
of the secretary of the treasury.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

Holding both hands extended on a
level with the hips means set the
brakes. TO go ahead is indicated by
waving one hand slowly above the
head. Reckoning means TO back, but
in switching both hands are waved
above the head TO indicate going
ahead.
If the wrong ear has been uncoupled
the brakeman makes n circle Of thumb
and forefnger OF left hand and iabs
the forcfuger of the right hnnd into
IL several times. 1t is not graceful,
but very effective.
These IRE only few of the things
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
RAILROAD LANGUAGE
HOW TRAINMEN SIGNAL TO
EACH OTHER.
The Apparent Frantic GesticulatIODs
Have Meaning Known to Brakemen
aud Conductors in Every Land-The
whistle Signals by Engineers

HE SILENT Lam
guage of the mod
ern railway EN-
ploye is a mystery
TO the uninitiated.
W lid movements
of arms, hands,
body, head, rolling
Of the eyes and dis
torting the face,
when gone through
in rapid succession,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
THE REAL MERMAID.
NOT AS BEAUTIFUL AS PIcT-
URED IN LEGEND.
The San Francisco Academy OF Sciences
Has on Exhibition Genuine speci-
men of the Human-Like Tenants of
the Ocean.

HE LATEST AID
dition to the mann
malta department
of the San Fran
cisco Academy of
Sciences is a real
IN e rm aid. The
strange specimen
arrived from Aus
tralia a few weeks
ago and is now in
the hands of the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

taxidermist The process of curing
and stuffing will be completed in few
days Then the public may visit the
academy and take good square look
at an honest siren of the seas.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
llhleaeo Corresnondlnce.l

fORTU NE, THE
yield OF which AT 3
per cent amounts
TO over $4,000
a week and an ex-
penditure for meals
and lodging of s. a
" eek 4 II . 5 e
figures are the most
salient facts in the
extraordinary his.
tory Of Mrs lietty
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

nursing progress is carried on by the
mother above water The baby dug
ono is pressed against the exposed
breast with one of mamma dugong 5
fippers and in this position the AMI
NAL swims horizontally through the
water. using her remaining ripper to
propel herself along, 1t is this singu-
lar characteristic of the animal that
has given rise to the fable of the mer-
maid.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
A. Intelligent cat

A eat belonging TO Mrs Mary Brom'
well of Wilmington. Del, has a habit
az ringing the bell whenever IT wants
IN he let out of the cellar
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

Tbr CITY of Caracas, Venezuela, had
!, ,,onplntion Of 90, O0o in 1910 and ~
900 in 1891.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
REMARKABLE WOMAN
HETTY GREEN RICHEST OF HER
SEX IN AMERICA.

she Pays ~ Week for Her Board
and Lodging, Does Her own Washing
snd sewing and Keeps out of the
Way Of Newspaper Reporters
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
AN OLD WILLIAM. /"

Worth $50 aud Was Issued by Congress
la l55S,
A few days ago DR.. L. NJ. Fuller Of
Fernwood. Illinois, read in the papers
OF the discovery in Lewiston, Me, Of
an interesting relic namely, con
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RAILROADS.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PIEDMONT AIR LINE).


~ Schedule in effect October q, 1894.
All trains arrive and leave at Pennsylvania Pas
senger Station, Washington, d. c.
o;Vo Am daly-LOcal for Danville and inter
the Norfolk and Western railroad westward daily
day.
:01 a.m THE GREAT SOUTHERN FAST
New York and Washington via Charlotte and Co
iumpia 10 savannah and Jacksonville, uniting at
Charlotte with Sleeper for Augusta, also carries
lnrough Pullman Buffet Sleeper New York to Mont
gomery, win connections for New Orleans Con
meets at Atlanta for Birmingham. Ala, Columbus
and Greenvlle, Miss.
4:45 p.m.-Daiy for Orange and intermediate
Stations stat and through train for Front Royal and
1913 pm.-WASHIEGTON AND SOUTHWEST
ERN vESTIBuLED LIMITED, composed of Pull
man Vestibuled Sleepers and Dining Cars runs Via
charlotte and Columbia to Augusta, Savannah
SacksSnv,iie and Tampa. carrying Pullman Sleeper
New York TO Tampa and to Augusta. Also operates
Pullman Sleeper New York to New Orleans Via
Atlanta and Montgomery, New York to Asheville
wa Salisbury, Washington to Memphis via Birm-
lnghan, and Dining Car Greensboro to Mont
TRAINS on WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIvI.
sion leave Washington at $40 am, daily, 4:32
pm, daily, except Sunday, and 1898 pm. Sunday
only. for Round Hill, and 6:33 pm, daily. for
500 pm, daily, from Round Hill, and G:53 am.
daily, except Sunday, from Herndon only.
through trains from the south arrive Washing
ton 7:l3 am, 2:20 pm. and $50 PM Manas-
sas Division $40 am, daily. except Sunday, and
. Tickets, Sleeping Car reservations and inforna-
tion furnished at offices. 511 and 1900 Pennsylva-
MIA avenue. and at Passenger Station, Pennsylva-
MA " ha a GaEE WXashGi hing NJ d. C.
w. A. TURK Gen. Pass. Agt.
l.. 5. BROWN, Gen. Agt Pass. Dept. OcS
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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Station corner of 9th and B streets.

In effect June "a, 1884.
O:30 A. NJ. PENNSYLVANIA LIMTTED.-PullmaD
Compartment, Sleeping, Dining, Smoking and Obser-
yatOn Cars Harrisburg to Chicago. Cincinnati, In
danapolis, Cleveland and Toledo. Buffet Parlor
1880 AN. FAST LNE.-Pullman Buffet Parlor
Car to HARRISBURG Parlor and Dining Cars Har-
S:lS PM cHickGo AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS
Ing and Dining Cars Harrisburg to St. Louis, Gin
cinnati, Louisville and Chicago.
Ing Car to chicago and Harrisburg to cIsvsianS
s, 7:iS Pm; s3STG&EsrERN ExrREss:-Pr IIn
nf 90 FAT Ea f Sleep
ing Car to Pittsburg.
1850 am. for Kane Canandaigua. Rochester and
for aa Emra and Remove daily
and DC Niagara Fas aa Saturday
Sleeping Car Washington to Rochester;
puaS daily and ri: Niagara daily.
and Saturdays Cnly @ashinston to R0e iS .,
M fofL MI fs ali
Ne Co: S9 R Sl s5 weeks a
i il go @Ss csf o. s,d isS sl' iSSS
Carr, 800, 90 DINING Csr) am, 1918, s:I5.
10 1000 and Il ss pm Fo, phaSeIpsia only
For Boston without change, 1850 am. week day.
For baltimore e:Ss, 5:so, 1850, 7;s5. 200. s:.o.
1880, leo and II go Am, 1915, 2:0l. S:1b,
600 Limited, 400 a;se, $40. e:1t, 7;io. 1870
1855. 900, s:oS. 1880. m:oo an, I2:lt. i:ls.
FOL S:i5 600 Limited. 40. $40. 8:lA. 7:lo'
For POpe's Creek Line. 100 am. and 4:ae pm.
For Annapolis. S:2o, 600 and II 80 an. and
4:9o pm; daily. except Sunday. Sundays. 800 a.
sonyiile snd Tampa. 80 am. $40 pm: daily;
Richmond and Atlanta. $50 pm. daily. Richmond
only 1857 am week days.
Accommodation for Quantco 7:45 am. daily.
For Alexandra, .:se: e;ss, 1;4s $40, e:s,
$751; 6:15 500, 1905 and II 80 pm. On Sunday
at 4:30. 7:45, 9:45 a.m 2:45 6:l5, SOP and 1905
pm.
Leave Alexandria for Washington. sos, 6:43,
7:O5, 500, 9:1O, 1918, 1O:2S an, 100, 2:l5,
800 s:23. 500. $3.50, 6:13, TOO, 7:2o g:15 1882
and II :0S pm. On Sunday at 6:43, 9:10, 10:2S a.
M, 2:15, $50, TOO, 100 9:15 and 1852 pm.
Ticket OH, es northeast corner of 18th street and
Pennsylvania avenue and at the station, 9Th and
B streets, where orders be left for the cheek
ing of baggage to destination from hotels and resi-
dences.
s. NJ PROVOST ]. r. WOOD,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. Agt.
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BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD.

Schedule in effect June 8, 1894
Leave Washington from station, corner of New
Jersey and street.
For Chicago and Northwest veetibuled Limited
express trains IL rs am. 500 pm.
'I For PittsSars and Cleveland express daily l5
For lexington S : and staunton. lI:15 an
For Luray. Natural Bridge, Roanoke, Knoxville.
Chattanooga, Memphis and New Orleans. 1905
pm, daily, sleeping cars through.
For Lnray, $3.50 pm. daily.
For Baltimor r week days 14 80 go S;Ss
= od minutes IN AM 5l2o9 l2os 2s 2
and ii IS pm Sundays, x4:2o 1880 500 Is
1920 SEQ as minutes), 1925, 4si, 1905, $50,
For Annapolis 7:10 and $50 am. i2:I5 and
APPS pm. Sundays, $50 am, 4:31 pm.
For Frederick. a11:l5 an, c1:l5, a4:3O. Assoc
For Hagerstown, a11:15 am. and 80 pm.
For Boyd and way points, be:4O pm.
amor Hs sa5e asSO ana Say
For 70 Washington Junction and way points, cs:oo,
ROYAL Blue Line FOR NEW YORK AND
east, daily 40 500 1000 am ex Sun. Dining
Carl, u2:OO Dining Carr, 800 (5:O5 Dining Carr,
500 Q1:3O Pm Sleeping Car. open at 1000
Buffet Parlor Cars on all day trains.
For Atlantic City, Cape May, Sea Isle City and
II 90 noon; Sundays, 4:2o I'm. and 1900 noon.
Except Sunday Daily. Sunday only.
Express trains.
Baggage called for and checked from hotels and
residences 10y Union Transfer Company orders
left at ticket offices. 619 and 1851 Pa. ave.. and
su2 Gen. Manager. Gen. Pass Agt
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Government Printing Office.

Col. j. NJ. Wilson. commissioner of public
buildings and grounds, has perfected all
the preliminary arrangements for the
strengthening and repair of the govern
ment printing office building under the re-
cent appropriation of Congress. Contracts
have been made for all the material re-
Quired, and also for three fire escapes to be
placed on the outside of the building. The
public printer is having all the floors clean
ed out in order to facilitate the work Of
Improvement, and the work will be COM
menced at an early day and pushed for
ward vigorously to completion. The work
on the southwest section will begin within
the next ten days. and the fire escapes will
be built during the coming month.