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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-14
Notice of Christian Drain Letting.

Notice is hereby given, that 1, G. II. Mason
County Drain Commissioner of the County of
day of June, A. ID. 1895, at the farm Of Charles
Christian, in the township of New Haven, at
ten o'clock In the forenoon OF that day, proceed
to receive bids for the construction of q certain
drain known and designated as "The Christian
Drain" located and established in the said
township OF New Haven, and described as
follows, towit:
Commencing at q point 7.47 chains south and
Is 10 chains east of the west quarter post of sec
ton SO in Il s N Il 3 T.. From thence N s94o
Is 10 chains to the west line of said section 80 at
a point TAI chains south of the said west post
and across the 90 acres of the w = S w u of
said section, and there is 1910 chains Of this
drain on this description. Thence N S9l4o
OBS chains N 1ko e 2.45 chains thence N s9Ho
1920 chains to the upper end and on the N Il 4
S T. a of section 81 in said township and there
is 12 80 chains of this drain on this description
of land. The whole length of this drain is %
chains. The width of the bottom is to be 2 feet
and the drain Is to have slope OF one foot on
each side to each foot raise, the width of the
top is to be feet or less to be calculated by the
grade or depth of cut at each stake as shown by
the profile and grade hereto attached and made
q part of the survey records. The depth is to
be feet or as shown by the grade: strip of
land 30 feet wide will be required for the drain
and to deposit the excavated earth upon.
Said Job will be let by sections The section
at the outlet of the drain will be let first and
the remaining sections in their order up stream,
in accordance with the diagram now on file with
the other papers pertaining to said drain, in the
office of the County Drain Commissioners to
which reference may be had by all parties in
terested, and bids will be made and received
accordingly. Contracts will be made with the
lowest responsible bidder giving adequate secur.
ity for the performance of the work, in a sum
then and there to be fixed by me, reservlng to
myself the right to reject any and all bids. The
date for the completion of such contract, and
the terms of payment therefor. shall be an
nounced at the time and place of letting.
Notice is further hereby given, that at the
time and place of said letting, or at such other
time and place thereafte: to which l, the Drain
Commissioner aforesaid. may adjourn the same,
the assessment for benefits and the lands com.
prised within the "Christian Drain Special
Assessment District" will be subject to review.
The following is description OF the several
tracts or parcels of land constituting the Special
Assessment District OF said Drain, viz The
nc Il of Sc Il of sec 50, the sc \ of ne Of sec
80, the n 30 u of W of swK of sec 30, the $ 10 u
OF W y of sw 4 of sec &c. all in u Snr @, New
Haven; also the township of New Haven at
large.
Dated, this 9Th day of June, A. D. 1895.
c. II. MASON,
County Drain Commissioner of the County of
Shiawassee.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-14
THEY COLLECT.

Herr Nordau treats the mania for COL
lecting useless trifles about one as a
species of degeneracy. What would he
think of the child's collection of wish
bones mentioned in the Critic?
A Topeka girl is making a collection
of the neckties against which her sunny
curls have nestled.
A collection of old theater programs
is valuable not only to dramatic editor
but has a certain money value.
Making collections of newspaper clip
pings, classified according to topics, is
a recognized industry, and such collec-
ticns are frequently sold for consider
able sums
The queen of Italy and n man in Keo-
kuk collect shoes. The former has those
worn by Mary Queen Of Scots, Marie
Antoinette and Joan Of Arc (doubtfuD.
The latter treasures insoles made for
giants and giantesses.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-14
HYDRAULICS.

A gallon of water GU. S. Standard
weighs s 1-3 pounds and contains 23l
cubic inches. A cubic foot of water
weighs 621a pounds, and contains 1,72S
cubic inches or ~ gallons.
Doubling the diameter Of a pipe in
creases its capacity four times. Eric
ton of liquids in pipes increases as the
square of the velocity.
The mean pressure of the atmosphere
is usually estimated at 147 pounds per
square inch, so that with a perfect
vacuum 1t will sustain a column of mer-
curry 29.9 inches or a column of water
1873 feet high.
TO find the pressure in pounds per
square inch of column of water, null
tiply the height of the column in feet
by 1874 approximately we say that
every foot elevation is equal to u pound
pressure per square inch; this allows for
ordinary friction.
To find the diameter of a pump cylin.
der to move a given quantity of water
per minute 600 feet of piston being the
standard Of speeD divide the number
of gallons by A, then extract the square
root, and the product will be the
diameter in inches of the pump cylin-
der.
To find quantity of water elevated in
one minute running at 100 feet of pis-
ton speed per minute: Square the
diameter of the water cylinder in inches
and multiply by 4. Example,: Ca
pacity Of 5-inch cylinder is desired
The square of the diameter g inches) is
20, which, multiplied by A, gives 100, the
number of gallons per minute (approxi-
mately).
To find the horse power necessary to
elevate water to a given height, multi
ply the total weight of the water in lbs.
by the height in feet and divide the
product by $4,000 Gan allowance of %
per cent should be added for water fric-
ton, and a further allowance of % per
cent for loss in steam cylinder).
The area of the steam piston, multi
piled by the steam pressure, gives the
total amount of pressure that can be
exerted. The area of the water piston
power and the resistance to move the
pistons at the required speed-say from
20 to 40 per cent according to speed and
other conditions.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-14
FOLLY AS 1T FLIES.

The pathway of the magazine that
pays on publication is strewn with the
pale corpses of starved authors.-At-
lanta Constitution.
In spite of her boosted independence
in nine case out of ten the new woman
couldn't get along without the old man.
Boston Globe.
Would-be progressive people some
times forget that the freight train
makes more noise than the fast line
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Touching the question Of the anti
guilty of man, how comes it that even
the scientists fear to discuss the an
tiquity of woman ?-Philadelphia In
quirer.
A Tioga undertaken heads his adver-
tisement,; "A step in the right direction"
and concludes it with Children half
price. "-Philadelphia Record.
YES" said the literary man, with a
sigh, style is a fine thing for writer
to have, but when his wife's got it too,
IT. takes all the profit away" Texas
Siftings.
London does not think much of New
York society, New York does not think
much Of Chicago society, and Chicago
does not think much of London society,
and there you Decentralization Star.
They may succeed in reducing the
price of the telephone service, but they
will never be able to thaw out the voice
Of the young woman who informs us
that the lines are in use.-Washington
Post.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-14

The rich farmer should be happier
than the rich merchant, because he
has more of natures bounties and less
6Are.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-14

Let all EPwoRTH LEAGUERs
remember that the EPwoRTH
LEAGUE TTAINING ASSEMBLY
RESORT, located at LUDINGToN
ON LAKE MICHIGAN, will soon
be opened for the season of
1895. 1t is to be one of the
great features in the outings of
the League for this summer.
This ideal SUMMER RESORT
is far enough north to escape
the trying heat of summer but
not so far north as to be sub.
ject to the chilly winds of more
nothern points. The situation
and conformation of the
grounds are indescribably
beautiful. Take the FLINT q
PERE MARQUETTE RAILROAD
from it's various junction
points with other Roads in the
State of Michigan, or it's
STEAMERS FROM MILWAUKEE
OR MANITewoC. Through
trains, parlor cars and the fin.
est train service.
A steam tram road will take
passengers from the Railroad
Station and Docks direct to
the grounds.
For further information,
apply to
A. PATIARCHE,
Traffic Manager.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-14
Farmers Butter.

and pay farmers Is cents per pound for
their fresh sweet butter, if made and put up
as l want it, 1t must be bright fresh grass
flavor, no sour or weedy goods, and all one
color. If there are two colors in same tub
will pay 10 cents. We take all you can
bring in, from now till October, There is
no limit to quantity. Call at Storage for
any further information.
K. +. DUDLEY.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-14
A Fruit Barrow.

The following Is from American
Gardening:
The ordinary wheel-barrow is UNI
suited for wheeling baskets and boxes
of fruit, such as plums, grapes, straw
berries, etc., because Of the shape Of
the bed. The accompanying illustra-
ton shows a fruit harrow that
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-06-14

IS free from this objection, and
one that will be found equally cOnven-
lent in wheeling other articles that
must be kept quite horizontal to avoid
spilling. 1t can easily be made, IL one
buys one of the light iron wheels that
are now sold at hardware stores for
Just such uses as this.
1t is extremely difficult to form q fair
opinion of the true value OF different
varieties of either our small or large
fruits. This is demonstrated in every
horticultural convention. At Madi-
son last week one of the speakers de-
nounced the Louden raspberry and
said he had discarded it, as it produced
too small berry to be valuable. This
brought several fruit growers to their
feet, who declared their establishment
at such an assertion, for with them 1t
produced the largest berry of all. 9th
ers then rose to support the first speak
er in his claims that it was OF no
value. A comparison of soils seemed
about to show that it did well on low
heavy soil and poorly on high, sandy
land, when even this theory was de-
molished by one of its friends saying
that the soil on which he had had
XOOQ SUCCESS Will Iuc hOuutn wac
that same high, sandy land. The fact
Is that there are absolutely thousands
of incidental influences brought to
bear on the same plant in different
localities, and these combinations Of
circumstances are never the same.
There may be a hundred variations
in culture, hundred variations in
drainage, a hundred variations in soil
composition, variations in warmth Of
the soil, warmth Of the sun, protec-
tion and so on to great length. For
this reason the Farmers Review has
ceased to report much of discussions
of how varieties succeed, unless the
preponderance of testimony is strongly
one way or the other, as such reports
are very likely to mislead some.
The rich farmer should be happier
than the rich merchant, because he
has more of natures bounties and less
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-04
LIBERTY BELLS TRIP.
1t Will Stop at Many southern Towns on
the Way to AtIantn.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4-The special
train over the Pennsylvania railroad
bearing the Liberty Bell and the official
escort, pulled out of Broad Street station
at o'clock this morning for Atlanta,
where it is scheduled to arrive at :
O'clock of Oct. s.
Enroute the-,rain will saop at various
cities and towns in the south in order
that citizens may be given an oppor-
tunity 10 see the bell.
CThe train is made up of five PuIimaus,
a com bination Car and a fat car upc n
which the bell rests, and is in charge IF
Thomas PuVdy, tourist agent of the
Pennsylvania railway.
a eABesides the committee of twenty five
councilmen, the official escort includes
Mayor Charles F. Warwick, and several
others.
Wilmington will be the first stop, the
train arriving there at S:t3 and leaving g
at S:55. At E kton. Md, where the citi-
zens have arranged for big reception
to the bell, the train will stop II minutes
and then speed on to Baltimore, arriving Q
in the monument city at 1O:44. Here a
stop of 81 minutes will be made.
Washington will be reached at 1917
p. m, and will remain until z o'clock.
Brief stops will then be made at Alex
andria, Fredericksb burg, Milford. Dos
we'll and Ashland. At 7:i9 Richmond
will be reached Here one of the longest
stops of the trip will be made, the train
not pulling out of that city until s o'clock
Saturday morning.
The following stops will then be made
in Virginia: Petersburg, Nottawa c. H.,
Crewe; Framville ynchburg, Bedford,
Roanoke, Christiansburg, East Radford,
Wytheville and Glade Springs
At 2;31 p. M. October 6. the special is
due to reach Bristol, Tenn, where a stop
of thirty minutes will be made Short
stops are scheduled for Johnson City,
GreenviIle, and Morristown, Tenn, the
train arriving at Knoxville at z y. m,
October q. AT 8 O'clock the folIowins .
morning the special will leave Knox
vile, making brief stops at Loddon,
Athens and Cleveland, Tenn, reaching
Chattanooga at 1880 a. N.
The bell will be on exhibition at Chat
anooga until the following morning 1T
7 O'clock. Brief stops will then he
made at. Rome, Ga, Atlanta being
reached at P. 3D., Oct. s. At the latter
city an elaborate public reception has
been planned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-04
Committee.
THIS Is CRIMINAL.
A Doctor Does Not Report a Death From
Dlphtheria-No Quarantine.

Doctor Does Not Report Death From
Diphtherii-NO Quarantine
A prominent physician who does not
care TO have his name mentioned unless
necessary said today:
There are many cases of diphtheria
that are not being reported to the city
physician
People don't like to be subjected to
even the loose quarantine methods that
now prevail and try to offer inducements
10 physicians TO say it is simply tonsiliiis.
l know OF a case myself was called in
to see a man whose little child had cied
from diphtheria and he, too, had an ag-
gravated case. Aud don't you know the
former physician hadn't even reported
the case to the city physician.
Il reported my case and told the city
physician if other doctors weren't going
to report their cases l wouldn't.
"Why, just think of it, there was a
child died and another sick, and neigh
bors passing to and fro. Such careless
ness is criminal"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-04
LESS LAND BUSINESS.
The Work in Government Land Omce
Continues to D ecrease.

Continues to D ecrease
WASHINGTON, Oct. As. w. Lamor-
eaux, commissioner of the general land
office has made his annual report to the
secretary of the interior. The decline of
land Office business noted in the las.
report, still continues. Compared with
1894. there has been a decrease in land
entries of 19,045 and of 6,016, 685 acres
entered upon; a decrease of final entries
to the number of 6. 6.5s4, and 356,059 acres
entered upon, and a decrease of cash re-
ceipts of $734,370.
The business of the Office for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1895. was as follows
Cash sales AT, ,37S acres: homestead en-
tries. 5,009, 491 acres; state selections,
626, ,169 acres; railroad selections. 1861
479 acres; swamp land patents, pa, TIA
acres; Indian allotments; 81, 455 acres;
Indian lands sold, AZ, 548 acres; total cash
receipts, $2.033, ,454; patented or certified
with the effect of patenting to railroad
companies, g. 184,333 acres; surveys ac-
cepted by the land Office, 10, 1873 653 acres
Commissioner Lamorea1x also renews
his suggestions of last year that surveys
of public lands be made by the govern
ment direct, instead of under the contract
system as at present.
The total area of vacant public land in
the United States in acres, is as follows:
Surveyed, 313,S37, 1888; unsurveyed, 1885,
245,6)7
Discussing the act of the last congress
granting lands to states for irrigation
purposes, Commissioner Lamoreaux says
he believes that the necessity will arise
n the near future for the creation of a
national commission whose function it
shall be to regulate the distribution OF
these waters which have their source in
super djacent state aud which have
heretofore been used in common by the
people of that and sab adjacent states.
The commissioner closes his report with
the following recommendations:
\ law to compel the attendance of
witnesses at land Offices in contest cases.
An appropriation Of $50, 900 annually
for making examinations necessary for
the establishment of forest reservations
and for the protection OF reservations
already existing
Legislation for the protection and dis
posal of public tim ber
Placing the surveying OF public lands
surveys uader the geological survey.
Legislation creating the Office of sur
veyor general of Alaska.
An appropriation for eighty copyists
to transcribe the press copy records of
the land Office into permanent records.
Esta ablishIRent Of a district land oifice
for Alaska with register and receiver.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-04
CHICAGO MAKKEr LETTER

Furnished by Topeka Grain and Stock Ex-
change, 52G Kansas Avenue.
Wheat-This market today after it
started out somewhat under yesterdays
closing figures but got some strength in
purchases by the parties who had an idea
that as long as the crowd had cotton
short, the break was enongh
for the present, SO d number thought
it was Just about the proper
time 10 take in the short stuff They
bought it and now they have sold it out
again. The wheat market pcts weaker
once more. The receipts in the north
west are quite large. The market is
very narrow but offers some chances for
moderate profits if quick ones are taken.
Buying on breaks and selling it out on
a hard spot Foreign advices are
without much influence. The weather
on the other side is more settled in char
acier. Gables intimate rains in Argen-
tine The average man thinks that
what Argentine desires. Closing cables
were trmer, and the market on the Sec
ond break steadied. In corn the market
ruled firm. 1t is difficult to see any one
who believes in the buying side of corn
at present quotations.
us altogether too'popular to sell corn
and this cereal should be bought for a
fair turn. Oats dull.
Provisions-Hog products started out
easier with some on sale. Products
should be sold on every bulge. There
is little or no trade in provisions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-04
USED THE MURPHY BUTTON
Operation for Appendicitis in Which 33
Inches of Intestine is Removed.

Operation for Appendicitis in Which 33
Inches of Intestine is Removed.
That modern surgery accomplishes
wonerIul things is exenpliied in the case
of man named Switzer from Scranton,
who is now at Christ hospital.
Early last week he came to the hos
pital and physicians pronounced his case
appendicitis in its worst form. An oper-
atior, it was agreed, was the only hope Of
saving the mans life, and DR.. J. c. Mc-
Clintock, with thu assistance of other
physicians, put the man under the intiu-
ence Of auRsthetics to perform the usual
operation for appendicitis.
They were surprised when they reach
ed the seat of the trouble to find that the
intestine was perforated in many places.
DR.. McCiintock concluded to make an
effort TO save the man in spite of this
almost hopeless complication and he
took out 33 inches of the diseased iu-
tes-ine and Joined the ends with the
Murphy button.
The operation was performed a week
ago last Thursday and the man is speed
lily recovering. He has no fever and his
pulse is regular and there is now but lit
tie doubt that he will recover
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-04
TODAY's MARKET REPORT.



CHICAGO, Oct. 4-Wheat was weak
again today. Gables were lower There
were rains through the west and north
western receipts were largely in excess
of last year. December opened p lower,
at 6O2s sold from COZ 20 G058 and re-
acted 10 the opening price.
Corn was steady on receipts under the
estimate. May opened unchanged at
2914, touched &93s, and reacted to 2914
and sold to 1885.
Oats were steady with corn. May
opened u cent lower at 202s and sold
to 293I.
Provisions were steady, with moderate
buying supposedly for packers.
January pork opened unchanged at
$945
January lard sold at $3.50 and ribs
al $4.6219-
Hoes-Estimated receipts today a.
00o; left over 1900. Trade slow. Light
and packers SC lower; others steady
to strong. Light. S3.75@435; rough
s3 360@aS0; mixed. $3S0@4 30; heavy,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-04
COLD AT THE STATE HOUSE
Not Sufhc Heat in Some Parts of the
BuiIding-OfTics Closed,

I3uiIding-O1ics Closed.
At noon today Secretary F. D. Coburn
of the state board of agriculture locked
his office doors and told the clerks to go
some place " here they could keep warm
and not come back to work until Mon
day.
There are now ten people employed in
Secretary COburn's office, but there is no
ire In that part of the state house, and
every clerk i'll that office has been com
planning about bad colds. Secretary
Coburn said to STATE JOURNAL re-
porter that he did rot propose to take the
responsibility of causing a half dozen
cases of sickness, and would keep his
office closed until the weather gets
warmer or the heating apparatus in the
west wing of the state house is in work
ing order.
The trouble is that new boilers are be-
ing put in the west wing of the state
house and the executive council, did not
start the work soon enough.
The clerks in every office in the west
and south wings are shivering at their
work, with their coats and wraps on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-04

ratify an action that has 5sopardized the
lives of their little 9nes,
The board of health aud the mayor
propose to be "frh' if the children die
by DOZENS
Despite the assurance of the board of
health, that there was perfect safety in
attending the Harrison school, less than
half the enrolment is present today.
Out of $50 pupils barely 200 are in
attendance.
In the "fumigateG" room. out of sixty
pupils that were in attendance, only six
teen are present today
At the high school there is also de-
crease of sixty pupils.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-04
HAMMERSTEIN HERE.


BERLIN, Oct. 4.-The Vorwaerts says
that Baron Won Hammerstein, formerly
editor of the Kreuz Zeitung. against
whom serious charges have been made
since his sudden disappearance from this
city, sailed for the United States from
Havre some time ago by the French line
of steamships and that he Is now suppos-
ed to be in Washing gton
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-04
ElIz beth cady- ssan+on's Birthday

The Equal Suffrage club met in the
pArlors of he Throop hotel last evening"
Owing to the disagreeable weather few
were present Ways and means were
discussed for the celebration of Eliza
beth Cady Stanton's 80th birthday. A
meeting viii be held Tuesday afternoon
to complete arrangements.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-10-04
ENTERTAINED MR.. VEST.
j. j. Frey is a Lifelong NeighbOr and
Friend of the senator.

j. j. Frey a LiIaI0n@ NelgMDor and
Friend of the senator.
While Senator Vest was in Topeka he
dince on Wednesday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. J. J. Frey, his lifetime neigh
bors and friends.
1t was on this occasion that Senator
Vest expressed his pleasure at the aspect
the prize fight matter has assumed at
Dallas.
Senator Vest says he is glad that the
northern people have learned the lesson
that just anything one pleases to do
doesn't go in the south.
The senator is an ex-cOnfederate and
still has a feeling that the south is very
likely to be misrepresented.