The morning call., 1895-01-18

and accompanied only by his collie, he took
the field. With him he carried big eagle
mounted on standard with the American flag
draped about it, and the New Testament
and the American constitution in the eagle
taions. His pony was shod with silver shoes to
Indicate that free silver was in his platform,
ana thus equipped Reeve started out, as he
expressed 1T, to look for the lost and wandering
members OF his party and try and reclaim
them. If Reeve did not succeed in electing
himself he at least did succeed in bringing the
Popuhst candidate under flood of ridicule."
Ar Datekof, one OF the engineers OF the
SIBERIAN railroad, who was recently in the
Occidental, gave the following information re-
garding that great enterprise: "By the open
Ing OF the western section 495 miles in length,
there is now an unbroken line of railroad from
st. petersburg to 0nlsk. distance of 212S
miles, the time between the two places four and
nail Gays. The western division runs from
Ichehaplnsk 10 Omsk, and a fourth-class ticket
can be purchased for 81 20 or less than half a
cent mile. There are over 200 miles of noun
famous country traversed by this division, but
all tunnels have been avoided. 1t is expected
10 nave the permanent iron bridges over the
rivers crossed finished by 1896, but wooden
structures are used in the meantime, but they
must be removed before the ice breaks up next
spring. AS the road runs through the agricul-
tural portion OF Western Siberia, it is expected
mat II VIII have heavy traffic in wheat, the
estimate being about $4,000 900 bushels q
year. lea VIII also form an important item of
through freight, and il is expected that the
road VIII carry $500 tons annually"
"The telegraphic reports as TO the career of
Lee Mantle, Montana's new Senator, have been
quite accurate as TO the more notable events
IN his LIE, but have said nothing of his early
erorts," SAID f. I. Mason of Butte, at the Occi-
dental yesterday. "In 1879, two years after
he came to Idaho, he entered the employ of
the Western Union Telegraph Company and
was given charge of an Office at Williams
Junction, On what was known as the old
Corinne stage line. From 1878 to 1877 he was
telegraph operator and stage agent at Pleasant
Valley, and IN the latter year he went to
Butte and opened an express Office for the
same firm he had been working for in Idaho.
He was identified with the organization of
large pubiishing-house in which he still re-
tains an interest. The first Office held by Mr..
Mantle was that OF Alderman, but his rise since
that time has been very rapid"
C. NJ. Hartley of Vacaville, who is engaged in
the propagation of large fruit orchard in that
vicinity, is at the Grand. He says the fruit
outlook for the coming season is very fiattering
and that the only thing to be feared now is a
warm spell followed by frost. All work has
naturally been delayed for some weeks past
owing to the rains.
Wingste P. Sargent, wife and two daughters
are at the Palace. Their home is at Melrose,
suburb of Boston, and in the latter city Mr..
Sargent was at one time the senior member of
the dry-goods firm of Sargent Bros, which,
prior to the great fire, did the largest business
in that line of any firm in that city.