Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-12-19

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| 1T " +. III.
| Before tn, winter is over there is to be
| a systematic rial of the rural free de-
livery service covering large areas in
| differ mi parts of the country. Nothing
in the mechanism of the government has
been so surprising as the successful APP
| plication of the free delivery service to
small farming communities. The practice
hitherto has been to take individual
routes along certain well-defned roads,
| but now an effort is TO be made
| to extend the service TO whole counties.
| Hitherto the only complete county SER
| vice has been in Maryland, where a spe-
/ eial postal wagon or travelling postofice
| has been operated in Carroll County. 1t
is proposed now to inaugurate the regu-
lar rural delivery service without the
use of any specially constructed vehicle
! in Washington County, Tenn; Kent
| County, Delaware; Fair field County.
| Connecticut; Niagara County, ~ y;
| Washington County, Pa. and Keokuk
| County, Iowa. These different counties
have been selected with special reference
| to varying conditions which obtain all
over the United States. and when the STR
vice Is satisfactory in these isolated
| towns it can readily be extended. lit is
! believed that by year from! now the
/ experiment will have proceeded so far as
| TO allow of an attempt to deliver the
mail everywhere in the United States
where the population per mile will at all
| justify it.
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| The official returns of the late presiden-
| tial election are beginning to come in.
! The electoral vote of Ohio was the first
to arrive, and then Alabama and Missis-
| sippi. Those are the only States heard
| from, but it is expected that the remain
| der will come with a rush within the
next few weeks. One set is sent by mail,
and a duplicate by messenger, the former
| going to the Secretary of State and the
| latter to the Vice President The count
will take place III the presence of both
houses Of Congress at l o'clock on the
| second Wednesday in February in the
hall of representatives. 1t is a singular
fact that there is no provision of law
for notifying the President and Vice
| President of their election, but if they
| do not hear of it it is their own fault.
/ -
/ is singular fact that the only blood
| thirsty communications received at the
| White House and the Department Of
State on the Chinese question come from
| ministers of the gospel, especially from
missionaries. Forgetting the gentler
| teachings of Christ, they insist upon the
| application of the old Mosaic law in the
punt hnent of the Chinese-an eye for
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utter destruction of the cities in which
| the wickedness has been committed They
| demand the lives of the Emperor and
| Empress dowager, and all the members
of the court and the wholesale slaughter
of the officials of the government, Many
| of them demand that Pekin shall be burn
| ed to the ground and the site sown with
| salt
There is now in the treasury of the
| Omitted States $474, 10S,336 in gold coin,
IN increase of $T6,000.000 during the
year. The increase during the last three
| months has been over $iJ, 600. OF this
amount $3.50, 755, 500 is held to redeem
/ outstanding gold certificates. The re-
mainder, amounting to S243O00, 900, be-
| longs to the government. 1t is estimated
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| which, in addition to that in the treas
| ury, makes a total of $3.50. 100000 under
| control of the government, while the total
| gold supply of the entire country is esti-
mated at 81, 1O0,000,000.
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Robert Wilcox. the new delegate from
| the territory of Hawaii, will receive the
largest mileage pay that has ever been
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five. In order to reach Washington. Will
| cox has had to travel nearly 1900 miles
i by sea and rail- This, with the return
| trip to Honolulu, will make his mileage
| account, at the rate of 10 cents per mile,
| 81, 400 for each round trip. Wilcox will
| be entitled to draw this sum in addition
to his salary once a year, thereby max
| ing his income second only to that of the
| Speaker.
| The census bureau issued bulletin
giving the results of the enumeration OF
| the domestic animals in Enclosures, but
not on farms or ranges. OF 1.S7S.207
| barns or Enclosures reporting domestic
animals, which was substantially one
| third of the total number of farms in the
| United States, 7oi,S00 contained 1866
| go neat cattle, t,35j63G Enclosures re-
porting horses aggrega ing 2,S33,ST and
| the aggregate of other animals reported
follows: Mules, 1872. is; asses, 72,S70;
sheep, 156,470; swi1e, 1,592,161, aud
goats 47,6 52.
| Those who c,lsh to send magazines and
other re.ding matter to the soldiers in
| the Philippines can avoid transportation
| charges by forwarding the books to any
| eommissary department of the army.
| These books must be in good condition
| and the literature of a wholesome char
acter. The books aud magazines must
| be packed in substantial boxes, but not
addressed to any individual. They should
| be addressed to hospitals, commands or
| libraries.
The report of the third assistant Post
! master General shows that the total re-
ceipts from all sources of postal revenue
during the year amounted TO $102,354,-
| so. while the expenditures reached
| $780,, T4O, 267. The value Of the total
number of pieces of stamped paper issued
to postmasters was S97,GS7,77 net in
crease over the issue Of the previous year
Of $7.536,111.
The extreme penalty for military