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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15

There are 100000 boys in the
public schools OF the United States
under eighteen years of age, and the
New Orleans Picayune believes that
if the plans of Lafayette Post, G. A.
R., of New York, Henry H. Adams,
commander, are carried to a success
full issue, every one of these boys, be-
fore the end of the year, will be skilled
IN military knowledge and the use of
arms. ''It is an idea of magnificent di-
mensions that the Grand Army post
has conceived, and the men selected
to put it into active operation are 60
ing about the herculean task in SEN
sible, business-like manner that
promises speedy success. Should the
project be developed into fact it will
give the United States the greatest
force of citizen soldiery on earth.
AiuOet lloui tio tiLiic tnc pogo "a tuc
Nation are taught the first elements
of the three Rs they will be given
military instruction-first, in primary
stages, and later on, the more ad-
vanced courses, as the student in
creases in age. Under this system,
when the average boy leaves school he
will be in better physical condition
than is the case at present, by reason
OF the active exercise attendent upon
military instruction, and in event of
emergency will be ready to serve his
country capably and efficiently with
ont months of training"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15
Iii Hung Chang indicated,

The Emperor OF China has completely vim
dicated Ii Hung Chang from the charges
that were brought against him. His majesty
confesses that after trying others he has
found that Ii Hung Chang alone is trust
worthy. Therefore, he grants to Ii Hung
Chang the fullest powers 10 treat with Japan
for the restoration of peace. The central
government publicly assumes the entire re-
sponsbility for the condition of the national
defence, which Is the result of blindness on
the part of the Chinese to the progress Of
other nations
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15
ENGLAND BEATEN.
Clothing Being Sold Abroad Prohtapiy
i'm Her Great Woolen Market

American wooden manufactures according
to report received by the State Depat,men.
at Washington. d. c., from consul MeeRer d.
Bradford, are being sold at Rro1t III the
greatest wooden market in England.
Bradford merchant showed the consul satli-
plies OF American woolen cloth sulta9ie i9o en
mems clothing, which were purchased Tor oo
or 60 cents yard. The Bradford expert
stated that the goods were of a superior grade
being made OF short wool and that he was
astoaished that they could be procured In
America and sold at so low figure.
Consul Meeker, who will continue MS IN
vestigation of the matter, says If the facts
are as represented, the prediction, mace
upon the passage OF the MlIsUh iIsn Vi lmerican i
manufacturers by free wool, their goods
would be selling in Bradford, the wooden
manufacturing centre of the world, Ill SIX
months, has been realized.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15

The state department at Washington, ID.
c., has instructed Minister Hannis Taylor at
Madrid. Spain, to convey assurances to the
Spanish government that the United States
is taking extraordinary precautions to pre-
vent the organization of expeditions from
this country to Cuba, and that our custom
officers in ports from which contraband ar
ticles might be shipped to the insurrection-
lists have been ordered to be particularly
careful in permitting doubtful vessels to
leave port,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15
NOT A BIG SUCCESS.
"Peg Leg" Williams on The New
Mexican ColoniZing Scheme.

"Peg Leg" Williams, the negro colonizer,
who is well-known throughout the Southern
states arrived from the ranch near Mapimi,
Mex, at San Antonio, Tex, upon which the
700 negro families from Alabama and Geor.
gia were recently colonized. He is thor
oughly disgusted with the scheme of colo.
nizing negroes in Mexico. He makes some
startling disclosures concerning the condi.
ton of those that have been taken there by
him and W. H. Ellis Of San Antonio.
In a circular issued and headed estate.
ment of facts regarding the movement OF ne.
groes to Mexico" Williams says "This is to
certify that the inducements offered by VIII.
Ellis, who claims to represent the Mexican
colonization company, are far from being car.
ried out, although some OF his statements re-
garding the lands and the raising of cotton
and corn are true"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15
xictorino,s Alliance.

Cong. Jose Mariana was shot by the police
during riot at Pernambuca, Brazil The
federal government interviewed and restored
order. An incipient military rising under
Gen, San Paulo, in favor of Peixoto, was
speedily suppressed. vice-President Manuel
victorino is coming to Argentina 10 devise
means for the formation OF an alliance be-
tween ali the South American republics for
the promotion of commerce and the preser-
yation of peace.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15

A miniature Gospel of st. John has
been issued to the Japanese troops
measuring q by II inches. 1t was
specially prepared on very thin paper
bv the three Bible societies at work
in Japan-the British and Foreign
the American, and the Scottish.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15

The sensational suicide Of H. F. Wing,
cashier OF the Grafton Mass, National Bank,
resulted in a partial investigation OF the af-
fairs OF the institution and also of the Grafton
Savings Bank of which he was treasurer. The
national bank examiners for the district,
Hon. |. B. Sayles of Millbury and Alfred
Ever of Roxbury were engaged all day filing
away and preparing papers and books. The
trustees OF the savings bank met and pre-
pared a statement, which a | signed, that they
had examined the securities of the bank anC
found them correct
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15
England and Argentina.

The British house of commons passed the
item of 1000 pounds sterling to cover the
expenses of trying to extradite Jabez Baifour,
the Liberator Building Association wrecker
from Argentina. Joseph Chamberlain said
the extradition treaty with Argentina was
dead letter if the federal government allowed
a provincial government to get upa trumpery
charge as bar to the surrender of a crimi-
nal England ought to make vigorous
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15

A St. Petersburg dispatch to the Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger says that an imperial edict
has been issued abolishing the use OF the
knout in the infliction OF punishment. The
issuance of this edict is due to the fact that
statistics were submitted to the Gar which
showed that within the last 10 years 5000
persons convicted of petty thefts had died
from the effects of the knout.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15

decided drop is noticed in the produce
market. Butter has met with u considerable
decline, eggs are considerably of last weeks
prime Western. Grain remains stationary
with fair market. Flour is unchanged.
Potatoes are little of last quotations, with
the supply diminishing. Pork is on the de-
cline, with only moderate call. Sugar has
experienced IA slight advance. Garden truck
continues at the same quotations with the
exception of cabbages and beets, that are
slightly of. Fruits, both foreign and do
nestle, command the same prices.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15

A cyclone passed over North Georgia re-
Gently. In Atlanta the wind blew seventy
miles an hour for five minutes. In the neigh
borhood of Cedarton The storm was most fu.
rious. Great damageis reported. A railroad
operator above Rome telegraphs that the cy.
clone struck southern train and would prob
ably have wrecked it had not the train en-
tered long, deep cut, where 1t was pro-
tected.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15

The copper production of the world
last year was $50, 500 tons, and with
the increasing use of electricity there
is possibility, thinks the Washing
ton Star, of an almost unlimited in
crease in the demand for it.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15
BOSTON WHOLESALE ElARKETS.

To make the following quotations of Naius
TO buyer and seller alike, ~ will be nrce--r
~ to carefully noie the predatory remarks
prices for every day OF the week, bu' noting
the general tendency OF trade those given
will be found sufficiently close to enable
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15
SMALLPOX in st, Louis,

The epidemic OF smallpox in st. Louis,
Mo-. has spread to such an extent that the
city and state authorities have decided to
take heroic measures in dealing with the
disease. 4 corps of physicians visited the
workhouse and after examining the 400 in
mates, found twelve prisoners suffering from
smallpox. They were quarantined and the
remainder vaccinated. A thorough inspec-
ton of public schools has been commenced,
and ii any pupil afflicted with smallpox
symptoms is found, the schools will be closed
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15

1t was reported that General Benjamin
Harrison was lying seriously i'll at his home
in Indianapolis, Ind, and that his condition
was regarded as such that it was thought best
to summon to his bedside the members OF mis-
family. An Indianapolis despatch states that
while General Harrison has been suffering
from severe attack of the grip,-his condi-
ton is not regarded as serious.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15
MAINE WOMEN GAIN.
The House Votes to Give Them Muhic-
ipaI Suffrage at Last.

The Maine House galleries, aisles and moor
were crowded with people to listen to the @ 1e-
bate on the woman suffrage question Dc
bate was opened by Mr.. Hamlin, and Gov
ernor Cleaves came in to listen. Following
Mr.. Hamlin, Messrs. Plummer, Holprook,
Patten, Powers, Howes ana EairpahNsisPIIIeo WbdIIsu
and Keegan opposed it. The House ilnaliy
voted 70 to 81, in favor of municipal suffrage
for women
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15

George J. Gould, of New York, is much
vexed over the report that the Count de Cas-
telane is to receive, or had received, large
sum of money as marriage settlement. He
emphatically denied that there had been any
financial matters considered.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15
4 Premium on Exports.

1t has been virtually decided that il Ger
many increases her export bounties on sugar
France will submit to the Chambers bill in
creasing the French surtaX correspondingly
on sugar imports. II necessary, France Will
also put premium on French exports on
sugars, to enable her producers to compete
with the Germans. even in foreign markets.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15
Barkeeper is a Manufacturer.

Solicitor Reeves, at Washington, D. O., has
decided that whiskey cocktail is a manufact-
ured article under the tariff act OF 1894. The
article is understood to be made in part OF
American whiskey and foreign gin and no
duty is assessable on the imported gin when
the decoction is made in a bonded ware
no use for export purposes
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15

There are 10000 professional
tramps in the counry, and it costs
the people 50, 900, 900 annually to sup
port them in idleness.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15

The newspapers at Montevideo are informed
from Rio Grande do Sui, Brazil, that Admiral
Da CANA has invaded the province with
force of 8, 200 including naval battalion
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15
Essex County Herald.

The Scotch banks have reduced the
rate of interest on deposits to one per
sent, the lowest rate known.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1895-03-15
STRIKERS YIELD.
The Great Labor Trouble TO End il
Shops VIII Take Operatives Back.

The striking shoemakersa at Haverhlli, Mass (,
held meeting in Lafayette Hall and voted
296 to 1874 to declare the strike OH ana return
to work at once. The meeting was attended
by both men and women operatives.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-09
lTcmsoN TOPEKA & sANTAFE
CONGRATULATIONS


Are You Going TO SOC tho Pisbt,
The Santa Fc Routa has named he
very low rate oil $40 from Denver Col.
ofado Springs and puehlo.t0 Dallas aud
return, for this occa,iun--lcss than one
fare Tor the round trip. Corresponding.
ly low rates will doubtless be- made
from Utah oints. Call at this office lot
full particulars,
Gro. T.. GILMAN,
General Agent Passenger Depart.
ment No. 50 West Second South Street
Salt Lake City. Utah.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-09
THE THROUGH CAR LINE.
Effective Aug. 18Th. 1898.


IraivH
ifoH ~ Itttern points .............. stfam
ftvu tuvr, ioriltnd, San Ffah.
cisco and uElah.s ................. o % an
from oil Eastern pomu. rarE City
ana NFien.,,....u..s ....-.s....... 4 c3 pm
Prom ssu francisco, Cacnn Waller,
ogden ana intermediate painta Z Is mn
- rom hiiord taupstu VALLEY, Jaal
ff1fo aud kurcka ........ .......... ta3un
ittV. l'fminut, N01eio hud GarGcld
hNAthsssssassfss e roo .ssss.ss...s. - v in
Depart
tor ~ lcn, Logan, iafs CITY And al
haatr-u points ... .. ............... IN a m
lnf - o. anu frtffnsfiats nnfnts toI a an
Tor ogden, iutHrugdiate notnfa
latte, Helena, Portland ana
hpfe CIV st.s.sst.sss a........ ttpfa
tof ~ faa.tfn uo'uu Ogden and
tah ifancitcn ........ ....... % nm
'lof lufesG. Provo. NruhI fanrsta
vale aud Milford. .........' ...9tsAm
To- tafioli Beach. teoulo and Tor.
-, NIhuassst sisss.s...sss ...s.......... a. An
anndaf.
b Hun d,lT sxasnt sunday
Through pulmaa Palace fieancrs. Iatsst
improved 10uudt slconora. Ifcs ueellnin
thar Cars Elegant DAY Coaches.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-09

TIiI tnicAoo q Eas1BRN I'm
frtiu.
The limited express for Kansas City,
St. Louis. Chicago and all eastern.
southeastern aud southern points leaves
Ties Rio Gfaude Western stations at
Ogden and Salt Lake every. day via the
Rio Gundc Western, Colorado Mid.
land, and
ArcHlsoN TOPEKA & sANTAFE
Railroads. with Pullman palace slcepcrs
and free reclining chair cars, via Denver
aud Colorado springs, one change only.
For particulafs see George T.. Gilman
General AGENT Passenger Department.
SO West Second South Stree Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-09
CIRCULAR COW BARN.

VIII Get sunshine In Nearly Ever,
window Anyhow.
h''e Is one mans idea Of model
~ y hla room foI cows and horses
s \ Y, slh llii, overhead for grain. Tho
p rs.,l''. l, 20 lascmont stables arc al,
anywhere ." '''' oouiu %
~, - W, Z, barn, or any barn. tho animals
N, ~ nv n. mead outward 30 as to got tie
'l Hsht Tho neat yentilator at The
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-09
DENVER & RIO
GRANDE RAILROAD
SCENIC LINE OF TIE WORLD
The only llGe rrnning Two
Through Fast ITlllI daily
LEADvILLB,
ASPEN, PUEBLO,
COLORADO SPRINGS
AND DgAVER
EFFECTIVE NOV. 20, 1885,

~ ~ AAAh WV AVt Au9h
Train No. 2 leaves Ogden Jos an,
Salt Lake Sos ain, arrive at Pueblo
6n5 am, Colorado Springs 5.st am.
Denver 1880 am.
Train No. 4 leaves Ogden h;iy pm,
Salt Lake $50 pm, arrive Al Pueblo
Ss7 pm, Colorado Spungs tgS pm,
Denver Gas pm.
connections nAds ., Pueblo, Cul1rsa.
Springs and Denver With All lines east
Elegant day coaches, chair cars ami Pull
man sleepsfa on all trains. Tske The
d. a H. q. aud have q comfortable TIP
AMI enjoy the nnost sooncry On ihe oon-
iiuunL
A. q. HUGHES, r. X. HOOPER
1THflc Manager, a. y. 4 Z. A.
Denver, Colo. nenylf, Cola
II. .. NEvtNs,
General Agent
gaiI Lake Gig, N
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15

language, incident, color. character, in
all the features in fact that once made
them delight the world, they had far less
application to Ell Dorado than London. OF
course our great humorist, Mark Twain,
never expected US to take his "Roughing
1t" quite seriously. We have laughed at
his broad charcoal work and it has done us
good. But sentiment tales that people
old El Dorado only with "honest gam ble-s
and virtuous women of the town, swear
ing to noble deeds in London dialect"
mislead the young and disgust the old. Let
us have done with such stuff; and, without
his knowledge or consent, want 10 find an
example of the sort of men | found here
forty one years ago. l find the same sort
of people here to-day, earnest, very earn
est; not only very earnest but better read,
far better read, than people of cities. You
see they have no broad lighted streets on
which to find diversion at nights; no
theaters; nothing but books, music, and
the sweet little courtesies of refined fire.
side life. But here is the paragraph, the
picture from the grandly brave old heart
that has battled and patiently borne de-
feat after defeat here for nearly fifty
years. Not a word misspelled, not even
so much as a comma out of place, yet the
hand that penned it has done more hard
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15

| work than any fifty men to be found in
any city you can name.
'Soon none will be left to tell the story
of that wonderful drama played among
the rocks in the high Sierras-none to
record the frailties or sing the virtues Of
the actors. Soon all will be prospecting
along the shores of that mysterious river
where gold counts for nothing. Yes; we
love to occasionally look back through the
misty twilight into those deeply shaded
gulches, where red-shirted miners were
working out with pick and pan greater
good to mankind than from the hand or
sword of the Cesars.
''But they are going-al going-those
red-shirted miners of the long ago-th1s
time without their blankets. Softly and
silently we see them stealing, one by one,
over the rocks and down the gulches.
Their scattering footmarks grow DINNER
and DINNER as the years go by, and lower
and lower hang the cypress boughs about
their cabin doors.
yonder deeply shaded gulch and see if you
will that brown faced but beardless young
miner bending feverishly over that pan of
clay and sand and gold. Oh, those little
specks of gold! How they glimmer and
simmer and shine in that young miners
eyes. They tell of mother and a home
perhaps of wife or babe or bird in nome
land.
Now he is going home. Home! How
the heart throbs and beats and bounds.
Those little specks of gold have done it.
In his dazed condition he lives over again
the life of a year ago. He stands again at
the garden gate where a thousand farewell
kisses left their sadness and their sweet
ness on his lips"
The strong impulse toward the mines
to-day makes the old times new, and
the old scenery new also. Hangtown
literally smells of paint. They tell you
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15

after entering the door was the Italian
ambassador drinking wine with party
of friends. Lieutenant Young approached
him with proper salute and, after few
words of explanation, offered him the
papers. The Baron haushtily declined
them.
"You impertinent fellow" said he
"why did you follow me all over the town
l am the ambassador OF Italy, and do
my business at the legation OF my Gov
ernment. You should have had the
papers there before / left this afternoon.
Instead OF that you disturb my friends by
entering their houses and intrude upon
my club. I will report your impertinence
to the Secretary of the Navy tomorrow. =
in the face by this time, and made the fol-
lowing remarks:
sYou ungrateful old macaroni-chewing
monkey tanner, l am member OF this club
and you are only guest, but ii you will
come out into the street for five minutes
will teach you lesson in North American
manners. There are the papers l have
spent fifteen hours in preparing. for you,
and be threw them on the table. "You
can take them or leave them, as you like. F"
The Baron called upon Secretary Tracy
the next day and complained that Lieuten-
ant Young had insClted him. The Secre-
tary sent for the offender, who related the
affair as I have told it, including the bene-
diction he had pronounced. The Sec
retary had pressing business in the next
room for q few moments and when he
recovered himself asked what the EN-
bassador had to suggest. Baron Fava de-
manded that the lieutenant be repri-
manded.
"Consider yourself reprimanded," said
the Secretary gravely, and Lieutenant
Young bowed and left the room.
The San Francisco call., 1895-12-15

here that the year now closing has been
the best one Ell Dorado has seen for twenty
years past; not a vacant store, nor
a vacant house of any sort in all
HangtowR. Will it last? do not know,
but believe it will. You remember VIII en-
Australasia got out of mining and had to
go back to her mines lately? You know.
among other old mines, that had been
abandoned, they-by a new process for re-
ducing ores-opened the old "Morgap
Hill mine." Result? The Morgan Hill
mine the past year has yielded twelve
millions net profit in dividends! Well,
we may have fifty Morgan Hills in old FL
Dorado easily.
Hangtown-pardon me, Ell Dorado. 1
am of the old boys, the "has beens," and
Hangtown will always be Hangtown to me-
Call it Placerville and ''resoIute," as YOU
please. Hangtown hides up under the
sapphire heavens that are propped up by
pillars of the whitest snow peaks under the
sun. This means pure water, pure air.
This means health. And do you know FL
Dorado is one continuous vineyard and
orchard, as well as gold mine? "Come
and see." Here is picture or Placerville
as drawn by Haskins and now in mis-
aArgonauts'' The tree before the tavern
is the famous hangman's tree that gave
the gruesome name to the town and creek.
When / went to look for this tree yester-
day located 1T, after more tnan fOrty
years absence, under the porch of new
hardware-store.
'Yes, sir, there is just where the old
stump is, down under the asphalt pave
ment and about where that big plow
stands, said the proprietor. Think of it !!
The antithesis! 1 went and got photog-
rapher. Look upon that picture and then
upon this. Surely the six-shooters had
been turned into plowshares!
The story of the unhappy hanging!
Here it is, taken from the yoluminous his
tory of E1 Dorado:
The sobriuuet of aHangtown.o BY which