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INDIAN
CHIEFTAIN.
ST. - c
D ere ted to the Interests ef tbc Chcrekccs Chectaws Chlckasawi ScralHelcs CrccUs and till Other Indian of tho IbcUsh Tcrriter-f.
OH-MFTAIM PUILISHINC CO.
VINITA INDIAN TERRITORY THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20 1881.
VOL. m. NO. 10.
oxjmkt coxse-xt.
-. T"Mk4sia Ualveisitr.whenaslass.
esectioa is. held the mectii is gen
erally Vwesaized Isy liio presence of
the votMg lady students and the princi-
ple -r rn'r sH&age is confirmed bj
the otoctsoa of pac or siorc officers
frosn iJm fak- sex.
i is a chica tree ten. feeiln
eircuMtereace. Its top was torn away
by a settem but six Sect up the trunk
tiro store trees have taken Toot and
growa aa lagfe as the old tree is. Half
way tj the trunk of the original tree a
peach tice stands out.
HoE raSroade arc an old story
hat jlcswcI railway has the merit -ot
noresty. It is aaaaunced that camels
we to be employed as the motive power
oa AeTast section of railroad recently
tast hf KaE&thsBBgh'thc Trans-
Oi spits desert terrsrd India.
The BwBcrs- of tho ground upon
"which the battle of AttSterlitt was
Jst3eidustnouflveiCavatinguic
battle ed ia roaseq-a
lia rosefBince ot a rumor
that the French commander bnned
thf-re a a-usber of "military chests con-
tainlaj more than 1.00Q.0O0 francs.
Tsffi ostriches at Anaheim. CaL are
thriviag well and the younjj ones
abot forty are growing- nicely. One
of the latter four months old was
weighed the other day and lowered ;
the scales at forty pounds a no incu-
bators will be set gdiaj-agaia in. a few
da vs.
!fire pet aversion of a Japanese is
the fate of beizsr buried at sea. The
other day Edo ae attache of the Jap-aasel-egatk)a.atB3iin
embarked at
Marseilles for- Yokohama- To make
sure that if he died at sea his body
should aot be consigned to the deep
he took oa board with him a handsome
coffin aed everything necessary ior
embalmssent.
Mk. Geosge Lcxt the old poet has
foeaA r 6g tree showing in the sca-
caaettuwKof Scitnatc.id5S.. probably
spriagiajc frflw the seeds of a fig drop-
ped is the spot protected by a doorsUl
and warned byacellar. The tree dies
down with every Jrcst but for five
summers has sprung up-again growing
to the height of nearly siffcet but as
yet bearing no fru.t.
Lxft-saxdes penmanship is 3CW
taagL hs a EEsabcr of American
cehoola. The method of instruction is
to sake the pupil write his name iu
peBcil and then go over it with a pen
held ia his left hand. After doing this
for soase time the writer is able to
write his signature withouttheaidof
thepeacilcdsopy. This is keptup until
a sufficient degree of proficiency is ob-
4ied. AGkttk immigrant hauled up in
Xew York the other day seems to have
been bound for Deadwood. As instrn-
saent taken from him which looked
like a largo ivory-bAndled jack-knife
stevelopeda pistol hammer on one side
aad whee it was pulled a trigger Hew
est em the other and when that was
psdled the pistol west off and immedi-
ately a four-inch blade rac out all
Tearr for use if the bullet missed.
As eccentric character has just be-
jueathed to the French Academy of
Tina Arts a rum of money to be de-
TOted to an annual prize of two thous-
aad Irenes which will fall to the pain-
ter who has-taken the lowest position
ia the competition for- the Prix de
Jtoaa. -It has been suggested that the
jry will probably have to consider the
quesdoa "Who is the painter?" before
adauuiag the candidates who stand
fewest oa the lit.
IsarESSE schools of herring; which
were evidently frightened by dogfish
or hlueEsbt were drives toward the
scashorcT nearlfew Biddleford. ile a
lew days ago. The number kept in-
ereatiiafraad when the tide west ont
left a place of about an aero com-
pletely covered with the fish. In some
spots where there was a depression in
the sand the fish were piled in to the
depth of four or fire feet. The farmers '
in the vicinity nocked to the beach and
secured cart loads of the herring to be
used upon their lands as a fertilizer.
Oac farmer obtained sixty cart loads.
TwErrr acres ot land at the north-
western extremity of Manhattan Is-
land were sold recently for 675000.
historically this property possesses
great interest. Irving lahis "Knick-j
' erbocker's History of New York re-! men neglected T send back the danger sig- mously adopted. Bishop Spalding of Peo-
Jers to it as tbc promontorr whirh j nal and a heavy freight which was follow- ria preached "nt night oa "Tho Higher
projects into the Hudson' and from ! insruriatotienarcoicli. Theemigranta Education of the Priesthood."
Ia:.. .Im -Urt tnT ' danger and escaped fa time TnntK was a serious riot a few days ago
which the valorous 'but unfortunate
Vsa. Corlear the favorite trumpeter
ef old Peter Stuyresant attempted.
ia spite of the devil'" to swim across
the dark and stormy waters of the
creek to the Westchester shore. Dnr-
Ib the .Ecvolutionary war it wss at
.. . : .m..;u.i .w un H
auiercni. u.0 .w.. u u-
tending forces.
"
crvx of Rnnlnnl-nm T T.
ABEJDESTOi UT
possesses a gold wateli wtocli lorat-rly
belonged to the ld-tated Alone An-
tninftte. It is about the size of a trade
j.11- :n inrcumfcrcnce and is open-
UUIUl w
faced.
On the back it bears the te-
. . . 1 :.i
vice of the-rencn vuevo -"!"" u"
a cloud worked in gola anu. sivcr.
The features of the boy god are nearly"
pSfaccd bv Ion" wear. The lcgenithc
7-rres Lfthat the watch was the
owner gives -ddt-cl cf
giftof the Queen to the - ol
thc Ttileries. who shot himself through
the htad on the day following her ese-
ratioa by ths nrrolationists. Its pres-
IltTTVBer was a near relative of a
BBt CXH-E was
dead.
welT-teO'Va Ajaexi-aH. poet now
Tie watch csusio into lit? p- - m
44i-ws -r-2'-1"
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rrrg-g WOELD AT LARGE
A. Sunnnary cf the Dally Hews.
tebsotsxt. .vxd rouncu.
Thomas Bevemdce a prominent brewer
and a leading Mason died lately at Xew-
lmr; V. V sr-l renlr-fonr Tears.
Oexset PaiLLirs one of the proprietors ' een also a revolver and pocketboofc none
of the Pittsburg JXfpatt A. President of the of which were on the body. It was ee-
Biard of Managers of the ITest Peniten- j liered he was murdered by tramps robbed
tlary and ex-Mayor of Allegheny City
died suddenly a few days ago of nervous
prostration.
Major-Gexerjll WtLLLui 8. Habxey
the hero of three wars lately set the
tongues of the St. Louts gossips wagging
by hUprivato marriage to Mrs. Marie St.
Cyr his housekeeper.
lxroscro ceremonies were latelr held at
the Baltimore Cathedral ia memorv of the
preia-e .ho dted sinct) xht j plenary 1
Council. Archbishop Conigan pronounced ; In the Santa Fe jail end officers stained in
the eulogium. Among the Bishops spe- pursuit of the gang for whose capture a
ciaCy nnctianed was the-late Bishop Foley ' reward of $L-9 was offered
of Chicago well known to all the members - Secretary McCcllocb of the Treasury
or the Plenary Council and others present. ! received an urgent petition against the im-
Anrncn H. Jaxuart Deputy State ' portation of foreign runs a few days ago
Tnmsnrwnf rjtMtm-rAtL. wns recent! v ar- ' signed by manv prominent citizens. It
Ttxte charged with the -embrzilement of
public funds. He confesjed tie tlielt of
9100 wnicn lie gamueir away.
Services rmnmemaratlmT the one hun-1
dredth anniversary of the consecration of
Samuel Scaimry the first American Epis-
consl P.Ishon. Vnn held recentlv atTrinitT
J Church Sew York and Christ Church
Hertford.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tnx Daxey Opera House ct Anderson
Ini burned a few mornings ago. Loss
$OC0.
Latc advices from Turks Island stated
that the brig Julia E. Haskell Captain
raine saOed from Wavassa October 11 for
Bainmorewmi guano sue encouniereua infect of old rags coming from any and
hurricane October 14 and sprung a leak European ports. Trustiag yourhonor-
wldch rapidly Increased and the brig was j aUe dfptItmelIt jjj the tSTgmt neces.
abandoned two days later and the i crew t-t ;or s aaA dtfinito actJoa. webei
eight in.number took to the boats and made
Cairo Island and in attempting to land
the boat capsized and all on board except
the Captain and one sailor named Grant
were drowned.
ALL but six of the law students at the
Saval University Montreal were lately
expelled for not submitting to the regula -
tions. prohibiting attendance at theaters
and political meetings.
Ax earthquake shock was recently felt at
Salt Lako City Utah. Many people arose
in fright but no damage was done. The
tremors lasted about ten seconds. At Par-
Is Idaho six shocks were felt about the
same time. Considerable damage to houses
was reported and people were affected as
by seasickness. The first shocks were from
northeast to southwest then a swaying
motion from north to south. The succeed-
ing shocks were from east to west.
A baxd of Indians lately attacked Deputy
Marshal Mershor oa his return trip from
the Indian Territory and liberated thirty
United States prisoners. Two Indians
were killed and several wounded. Mer-
shor get into Fort Smith Art with nine-
teen prisoners and lodged them in jaH.
The ilackay-Bennctt cable was lately
rendered useless by iceberg off New
foundland.
A " named E. roppethawer who did
business under the firm name of the Boston
Diamond Cutting Company was lately
missing with diamonds which belonged to
various Boston firms and private custo-
mers rained at a large sum. Poppethawer
was trusted by jewelers of that dry Cmost
implicity. It was his custom to call apen
first-class jewelry firms and request the
loan of some diamonds which he said he
could sell to good advantage.
Tnr Austrian Minister of Finance has
prepared a measure to restore cash pay-
ments throughout Austria and Hungary.
ASotlHBiatng association of archl-
t nt fm-mnil in firmrm mew nt
i. -.. -n. r in-s- I
materials and specimens of tho latest fan-
provementsand patents of interest to ar-
chitects opened in conjunction therewith.
Goverxok Csgsbt of Montana in his
lata Bimnal renort estimated tho increase !
of population In the Territory during the i for forty years a resident ef Oalncy lit.
year at 4000 and the present population at . died lately of old aRe. One of the last acts
abtfuteOOO. He said the cattle ia the Ter- ' of W Hfe was to walk to the iUs and
ritory numbered over VOOfKO and the vote November 4.
value of taxable property which he said; Dlsrutor shocks of an earthquake were
did not represent one-smarter the wealth 'felt a few days ago at Colchester and
of the Territory was between SOMW j K3nRsvHle Essex County Ontario and
and $Xflaopx In other directions Moa- ! simaar shocks at Coaoord Hopkiuton
tana is steadily Increasimr lathe valne of
her material resources and she will at an
early day apply for admission to the Union
as a State.
Cmrr Salsios of the Bureau of Animal
Industry lately submitted a voluminous -mberalbiSSM'W- The story of his ad-
report on the subject of contagious diseases t rentures stuterinpsand Insanity forms on"
among animals to Dr. Loring Commis- of the most remarkable chapters in the
sioncr of Arricultnre. The recent out- annals of recent crimes.
break among Kansas herds was attributed
to ergotism due to earing fungus known
as ergot. The course of treatment which
Dr. Salman laid down for cattle aQicted
with the disease wfll be consulted with in-
terest by stock-raisers everywhere.
A raw dozen working days win see the
Washington monument completsd and
February 22 next will witness its public
dedication. Standing W) feet and ten
inches above its base it now ranks as the
highest structare in the world iU nearest
nnuwmsuiciuiij iuo ui. wo iviuc
Cathedral. j
MoxrcKAL Can lately undcrwentn don-
bleafiliction diphtheria and typhoid fever
the result of defective sewerage. I
ATSAK-LOAa of emigrants had a narrow
escape from destruction at Cornwall Sta- I
!tiony.T. onthoXew West Shore Boad a
f . tj.. j- t-u.
gj gapped at the station but the train-
l vnranM.tirnnM at a mnct lmrrii.u
tatchery in Rondos South America.
The steamer Rodera was recently very
laadlyscorchelatSewOrleansLa. Dam-
ageotKKOwas done to the steamer and
j 5W bales of cotton were destroyed.
I'eau Hempstead Tex a few mornings
ago the north bound trahr on the Houston
& TeXM Cmtnl nay waa wrecked
j j eight peojile were killed oatright and
! fifteen wounded. Prompt investjeation liy
raUroad authonUes revealed the fact that
a diabolical work was done by discharged
y. ln the u who
n-ht to wreck a freight train for spoils
contained. After breaking into a section
houss the wreckers obtained the necessary
I
- JST TTr
rue ruaies arrancea lae rail to viec
... .t. v. ..
U1V Jl9 MlUlgW IBB IGiJ (U tKVU W
----iD-it. It eo happened that the pas-
j aenger train haTinjatbo right of way and
! being behind haadj-a the first to reach
the scene or ditV5It struck a loosened
rail and the engine end. tender got over
s-f-ir.whfle two bagsr-ge carsmadand
epis .-j j- poumaa sleepers went
over jj. thirty-foot einbanlanenT. and into
the creek. Intholitggscar.I-Ciraaza
traveling passenger ages of the 3ew
1 fork. Texas & Meadcaa .Rafiwaj was
.together with E. ?LoribaE.
ster and G. W. Xewat porter.
itho wounded were fataSvsrc
r
itExecaJveCoramneec.arJ-
yjafcr-'op is. ifew .reck cid-4 r?
esntly to restore the east-bound tariff rates
as adopted last July. They will apply to
all classes of freight except lire stock.
Each road and especially the President
thereof will be held strictly responsible for
acy cut hereafter.
Bexjasus Saomxa's decapitated and
otherwise shockingly mangled body was
found on the railway near Berea O- a few
mornings ago. He had money when last
ana leu on tne tracr.
Edward AVnnx and a negro called
"Punch" Collins were arrested at Santa
Fe. X. 3La few days ago charged with
I being implicated in the attempt to wreck a
' passenger train near Socorro on the night
: of October 30. Thetrainwas fired into in
! the hopeof seenring a large amount of
' treasure in charge of the exjiress company.
' bet this was prevented by the courage of
tho engineer. Tho prisoirs were lodged
wassour?entandoniverjallyignedthat
ne responaea wun a promise oi unmemawj
i-uuw3ihi. iiir;iunisuiii.ni..
'We the nnderslgned. recognizing the fsct-
that there is grt danger of the Introduc-
tion of Asiatic cholera into the United
States through the medium of old rags im-
ported into the country and coming from
European ports do hereby-rwpectfnlly
1 xuggrst and urge upon you the neces
sity for immediate and decissive action in
reference thereto. "We are prompted thus
to appeal to yon because of the recent
removal of restrictions on the importation
of old rags and it is our firm belief that
this threatened danger can be averted only
tbf mmt Ujorou-j systematic dis
to subscribe ourselves very respectfully.
Here followed many distinguished names.
At Trenton X. J. the Rev. Henry S.
Williamson rector of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church was lately found dead in a lans an
j the of dtJ twa He
(Jvin - on tho ground with a bullet wound
. - n right fnmtal j tmm whIch
bralnJ Uood boozed out and become
j coagulated. He wore a pair of spectacles
which were blood-stained. Byhissideon
the ground was a brand new irory-handled
Smith Si Wesson revolver. Only one
chamber was emptied showing that but
one shot had been fired. The pistol had
evidently been held close to the forehead.
and it was so doubt a case of suicide
though no reason was assigned.
Ax International Inventions Exhibition
will be held at London in INS under the
patronage of the Queen the Presidency of
the Prince of Wales and tho management
of an executive council composed of emi-
nent Englishmen. It will be opened ia
! May at the Boyal Agricultural Gardens in
South Kensington and will remain open
until the cad of the year.
Cattaw William Wilsox of Menomo-
nee. Wis- President of the defunct Pioneer
Lamber Company lately made an assign-
i meat of his separate estate. His affairs
wern in a confused conHUioa with his as-
sets and liabilities anknown though the
former were estimated at $000.0.
OsC hundred and ninety-one new Na-
tional liams were chartered in the United
States during the past year adding a net
- - je of about $1SW0 to the Xa-
i i V ing capital of the country. Dur-
- '. . sod named eleven National banks
1t. i were 211 failures in the United
States ind twenty-five in Canada during
the first two weeks of Xevember an in-
crease of twenty over ih preceding wet.
Dax Holcohb and Ju4d Crouch wera
lately indicted and placed on trial at Jack
" J"-" f f r"!!"
t1. i mysteriens murder of the
Crouch family.
EbxcxD M. Pcacrxs agel ninety-nine
Tears a pensiener of the war of lSli and
Hdlsboro Bradford and . arner r. H.
ADDITIONAL DISTATCnrs.
Oxr Birch a Eelrian. was recentlv ar-
rested at'lJover. Knrsiul on the charge of
William Ejksitcr a
Denver cignr
maker accidentally shot and killed him-
self a few days ago while ont hunting
about ten mBeo from Denver: His home
was at Wiuterset la.
The projectors of the proposed air-Hne
railroad from Sew York to Council Bluffs.
Ia lately arranged to meet at Springfield.
O. December Z to complete the necessary
preliminaries for ItiikUng the road.
The second week of the Plenary Coon
ci! at Baltimore MiLvwas introduced y wl-
emn xonimcai uigu jiass at roe lauintrai.
which was fillcl to its utmost. Arch-
LUhop Wilhams of B-ston ofjlriated
as celebrant. Archbishop Elder of
Cincinnati preached the sermon which
was on TThe Sobl- OSce of the
Priesthood. The decrees which had ben
formnlatcdin the secreC hum- of the
-hj WTO9verallv iut to the nssem
tied Bishops and thcoToclans and nnanl-
n?ar Dunzannou. Ireland. The colliers at-
tacked the" Protestant Church assaulted
and expelled the worshipers and held un-
disputed possession of the town for two
hours. They were finally dispersed by the
police without any arrests.
The bcretary ot tne Treasury lately in-
structeil the United States District Attor-
ney of the middle district of Alabama to
bring suit against Richard Basteed and
Jacob Stanwood ot that State sureties oi
the bond of General Adam Badeau late
Consul General at Savannah to recover
512000 received by that officer as notorial
fees and alleged to have been aiepdiy
withheld.
Dikectob-QeseraL Bcnsr. of the
TT-1.1I. fJlL. 1.lI-.:en-.l - - n-.
1'' 'TZZZZZ ZZ i T
-" " ' .... . .-. .... ...-..-. .
--. n-Hw to mini aeainst delara
transportation and be in time for the open-
lug December IB. President Diaz ol
Mexico notified the Director-General ol
enormous shipments of tropical pleats for
the Exposition.
Mns.MlcXLLHAlSTXEUwifeof awell-
to-do farmer who lived a few miles from
EUtoa Md was gored to death by as en-
raged b
HarmeU
bull a few xuarniegs ago. ilrs-
went out to mflk her cows and
feed turkeys. When the bull Btt-Ccied hr
she was facisg him tryie? fo drive him
back by swinging her bucket. Uls horn
struck her in the stomach and ripped her
opp. She lived ccly ahsst hair oa hour
'-sfrBrtaris.
ALL OVER.
ITsa lout or the i::eellen--neTeju.as
Offlrl-I riantlltr.
Ktw Tonic -November 17. The Board
of Supervisors met In the Alderni-nic
Chamber t ten o'clock Saturday ntomlns.
and resumed the work of counting the vote
of Xcw Totk County. The 'Fifteenth As-
sembly District was completed without any
material change from the original count.
In one of tho election dbtricl of the Six-
teenth Assembly DL-trirt a lislit emir was
dicovcred. Tiie vote of the district wa re-
turned to "ic Committee on Corrected Ko-
torus. OUawie tliere was no material
change in the count of the Six-
Uxntli District which was completed
it 10:35. The Seventeenth Assembly
DL-trict was completed at 11:13 a. m.
The count of the KIM District of the Eight-
eenth Axsetnbly District was objected U on
the ground tliat tlio total number of vote
lis read was shown to be 1'JS whereas It was
daiiuol that 2iC votes were n-aily cast in
the district and that the Republican electo-
ral ticket received bl votes iustead of St. as
reeurded. Tlic vote or the First Election
Datrict was therefore rtfened to the Com-
mittee on Corrected Return. The canvass
of the Eipbicenth Assembly District was
finished at noon. Xo other errors were found
than the iMie In the First Election D strict
The 'lncteenth Assembly DL-trict wai
completed williout incdenL It was re-
so'ved to reqncit the Committee on Cor
rtcted Returns to give preference to the
electoral ticket. The canca-s of the re-
turns from the Twentieth District was com
pleted at 12:30 p. m. without any objection
being made. In the Twenty-first Assnnblj
District no objections or changes were
made. Five defective ballot and fom
blanks were found. In the Twenty-second
Assembly District the returns wert
canvassed withouf change. There wen
ten defeJlvo and seven blank votes.
The returns of the Twenty-third Aseinb!r
District were canvased Xiitnout change.
The Board of Canvasrs completed the
canvass of the 712 el-etion districts Satur-
day evening. The First Election District
ot the Eighteenth Assembly District by
error returned 51 votes to the Blaine Elec-
tors. The number should have been SL
The Committee oa Corrections will lectifj
the cnor and report in favor of SI votes ua
Monday moraine With tliat the return In the
official ote of the lowest Democratic Elec-
tor in theflity b 13157 and for the high-
est Republican Elector 90033 giving the
lowest Cleveland Elector a plurality ol
43OC L
jrnw vonK r.r corxnKS.
The following are the official funics as
returned by the Canvassing Boards through
ost the State:
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CUnton ......
Columbia
Cortlarol
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IlHtohess.
Bri. .-
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Fulton
Oencoe
Onriif-
IlamHtea.
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JoMeron
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Mwtt-on
Monroe
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PtHTiady
Sekubarie.
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cast as lollows:
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Ceiriria. ......-.. ..... t
OstonMlo . I
Ooaaioilcut l
Delaware ...;... v.. .. 3
Cettrrla IS
IHtooW... S
IwHana. U
Kansi- t
nontBekr...... ......--.. .It ..
IjnuUbina . ....... .... 8
Mateo t
Mrrtaml t
4iKaeiBetls II
MiMj.-aH ....i. ir
MlHnr-ta ..
MtrMMSBia "" . 3
"M-eoHn .... IS
NraVa .. t
N(iadn .. 1
Xew Haaiirbire 4
NewJcTM'i- ..
New York....
North- Carol ins II
limit s
Onatoii :
lOBO-rlrarrJa..... X
nhodelnd.TUC;.'- ... ..
Souiii CudHaa....... 9
Tc-nncsSeo .". li
Tesa.: n
Vermont 4
Mnrtnla K
Wt 1rvinla 6
Wisconsin 11
Total r 1ST
Necessary to a cbofe e. an.
Shot 11 r Aceident.
LmLK Rock Aiul November 17. A
carious accident luippencd yesterday to a
party of distinnbhrd citizens whe
went to roinsett County on r
hunting expnlltion. Tlie lany
was composed of Hon. Paul M. Cobbs
State Land Commissioner; Colonel Frank
Conn-ay of Little Kock and Dr. '. J. Rob
inson. of Mai rem. AVhile lmntins ou ihe
praine for blids they Ix-canie teparated
and tlie Doctor (H-harxnl his gun into a
Irash which he discovered moving. A por-
tion of tlie eonti-nts of lib weapon loaded
Willi tiinMiot entcrvtl Mr. Conway's face.
He was badly lacerated and it Is feared
may oe the sfeht of his eyes. The eeutlo-
men are all fast friend.
An AeriU nt.
Vasdaua 1ll November 15. A party
of hunters belonging tu this city while le-
turnin; home last evening met with an ac-
cident near town. It beta; dark the driver
could not see the way dearly and in driv-
ing over a bridge one of the front wheels
missed It. and striking a projecting timber
bmneht the vehicle to a sudden stop pitch-
ing tlie occupants violently out upon the
ground. Mr. S. B. Stout snsnlned a badly
brnsed hip and was otherwise Injured
Internally. Tho remainder of tie party
luckily escaped with sllcbt Injuries. Tha
horses became Uttcfhsd Iron tile wages &ud
tan to totvn
WEALTH OP THE WEST.
The Wealth Rrprorntett In the M. L m!f
Cattlemen Coorrntlon.
St. Louis Mai yovemUr li. An Ides
at tlie enormous wealth wif.cn iili be rrp-
rcsci.ted by tlie delegates to the eattl: men
"onvention which will assemble here at
once may be i-ained from the followius
referent to a part cf the coransnics anil
associations that hive sent ((derates thf
statement bein obtained from off cars ol
the various cnninie: Tlie larscst and
richest asso-latHm in the country perhaps
. the Texas Live Stick Assoe-ation of
Texas which cxb-mls nearly all over lh-
State and embraeei in its membership the
large number ot members of fourteen of
rxhat are known as district associations.
Wm. Lambert. Its s.'cretary sajs the aso-
eialinn umis 1.609.000 bead of cattle the
sniBC number of sne-p and SsO.OJO horses
and a moderate estimate of their value
nnuUI be tMSO0OGW. Tlie deleicates of
this asm-uLon wear a blue silk badge at-
tirbed to tlie cost with larza fie pointed
-JU sohl stars under which Is artistically
nrracbt a silver row wefcliin: about two
'innccs. The largest of a district organiza-
tion in the State Is the Sotnncrn Texas Live
toe' A.wnSalion whieli owns 429.000 head
f cattle. 45.0M horses ami a large number of
-been ail valne-1 at uver S.09O.00a Tliey
: liare 4.630.600 acres of land valued at
sll.ftJSl)08. They emiJoy 50 men as
leniert Other haze district association
n Texas are the Northwest Texas Cattle
haU-rs' As.ocstioo. tlie Colorado and
irazm Cattlemen .Vociatimi the l"an
Handle Live Stuck Association the Colo-
rado and Concho block Association all of
v'ikHi own iffimeme herds and send lare
leJeations to the contention. From ."Jew
Mexico seven .i.-4iciattons are reiiresenteil
he largest of whidi N the Xortntm Xew
Mexico Cattle firowrrs' Association
Tliose range praelically covers Col-
ax "Mora and San Miguel Conn-
ties and embraces 15.008.000 aTcs
f land ou which 0080 cattle ctaie be-
s des a larjrc number of horses. The other
sociitio;s of New Mexico arc s Anuia
Caliente w'.tli -140.000 cattle ami a capital of
s500000: the Wagon Jlountl .V-soclation
Willi 170060 cattle and a capital of SiOOO.-
000: tlie Lincoln Cmmty Association with
400.000 cattle and a ca;iiial of SSOOO.000;
the Central -New Mexico Association w itli
500.000 cattle and a capital of SG.000.OM;
the Dona Ana Asociatinn with 5000 cat-
tle aud a capital ot SI. 000. 000; theSontb-
westcni Assoeiatkin with S0.0OO cattle with
a capital of $2000000. Of the ranches
owned or controllcl by SL Lnls men.
whose heatUiuarters are in thU city the
Ianet interest Is that or Hunter i Earns
which embraces several ranches in Texas
Indian Territory. Kansas and Nebraska and
has 2&5.OO0 cattle a cairital of S-"C'J0000.
and owns or controls by lease and other-
w ise; 1 L3C4.OO0 acn- of laniL Next cocn-s
the Continental with 95.003 cattle.
cailtal of S27.O00 ciid land amountint;
to Sil.S) acres. The Clark Cattle
and I-and CosBpany with $0000 cattle;
capital $500000 and land bOO.000 &re
The Nyrobrara Cattle Company with 31.000
cattle: capita! S203.000 and land 3.000.030
acres. The IUynor Cattle Company with
l.000 callle; capital 50.090 ami land
160.000 acres The SL Louis Cattle Cotr-
pany cattle. 1-vOOO: cawtaL .0.000: land
taw.000 acres. Tliese w itli one or two small
concerns rdve an accrecatp cattle interest
oeratcd here of sei.OOO head of cattto.
$4.477.000 of capital ami 18.50a.SSO arre
of laud. Anion; the gentle-man most
prominrnlly sjxAen of as chairman of the
convention are Colonel R. D. Ilnnter. of St.
Louis who first suersted ho'din; the con-
vention and wbo lias taken an active lart
in all the r'"e"Biinaiy arranrcments; Hon.
J. D. Sayers formerly IientenanMiov-
eruor of Texas now represcntin one of
tlie districts ot that State in Centres-;
cx-Govenr C. A. Hadlev of New Mcxirx;
Joseph 3L Cary President of U:n Wyom-
ing Stock (trowt-rs Association. andTlioma
Sturrres alsn of W)oniin. A larrenmnlier
of delegates from Colorado New Mexico
Arizona Utah Idaho Kansas Nebraska.
JloaUtia. Indian Territory. Texas and
Louisiana arrived here to-day an-l to-nlzht
and have maile tlie hotels very lively. Tlie
deliatc generally are unusually fine look-
in? awl represent a fine wxly of men over-
Sflw'rB; with plivslcj! awl mental vL-or and
aetirity ami evhlen Jy mean business In its
fuUr-4 seusie. Tlie delegations held private
taaene-i dnrinr the day and tn-nlsht a;
wMeh tt is nnder-toml the question or c-
tablh4rin2 a national trail from Texas to
the extreme Nurt was dleu5cd. Texas
b anxious for the trait. The more Cen-
tral ami Western States and Terrl-
torios lave no particular objections
to it bat there appears to be a rood
deal of enmwtittiHi in the Northwest.
Tlie subject w ill no doubt be vigorously
ili-cHSSetl in the enmenlien and will be one
tif tho principal qstions before iL Quar-
antine also received some attention and
was stroMsly opposed by tie Texas delega-
tions who atlmeate the utmost freedom in
the merentent of cattle. Tho organization
of the convention was also incidentally
mentioned and the general iiui.ression
stttbis to be that CohimJ Hoadley. of New
Maxieo. will be made ierraanciit Cltairatan.
Ex-linveruor ICoatt of Colorado and en-
ral Bridtin. f Idaho were anions tlio
Arn of for CbalnnaiL The Chieaso Liie
Stock ExelMRse has openeil headquarters at
the Soothrn Iteirt and are actively look-
ins after the r nUere-L Thoy will have no
voice in the o jventkm. not beim? in de(ca-
liwi but tbey exiect to exert a strong out-
side InStieree.
The rtrnarr CoaneiL
BALTUiom- November 17. Saturday
the second solemn sesdon of Ike Plenary
Conned ef the Catholk- Church of the Uni-
ted States was held at the Cathedral in tills
dty. Tlie Cathedral was crowded. Ardi-
bisheps BIBis Mitred Abbotts lieadsot
reih-hms orders regular and secular and
seminations were irecnL AreliWhopOlb-
Uais ceuiied the thnme. 1'ontifical and
htch mass was celebrated by ArchbUhup
Wttltams. Tlie music was "ilfesa lapae
MarcellL It was sunc by two clioirs the
Sr-t compoMd of tlie inVial chanters of the
Council iixl forty Seijiinaruus; the second
wider the direction of llev. Joepli I'raf.
lietag eouiiDised of cicht voices tlw resulaj
eborus and two CecHian choirs ot tlio Catlie-
dral and ot SL James Chnrch. Tliere was
also a itoultie ttartettc The sennon was
by Arcabisliop Elder ot OnebinatL Sub-
ject: "Tlie lilestboo;L" After tlie ser-
mon the second sotemn session of tlie
Council begun. In the evening Bbbor
Spauldlnr. of Pciria preaclird on "Tlit
Ulglter Eilueatioii ot the Pristhood."
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About thr N'lero.
New Yonii November 17. Captalc
James Moore Bockvtlle Center Lorn;
Isiaml recrhed yesterday a letter from his
nephew. Leonard Moore first mate of the
English steamsUp XKem wreeked on the
es of Sumatra eighteen months ago. Tlie
entire crew ol the steamer twenty-eight
men. were wade jtrlsooers by natives and
taken inland where for eleven montlis they
wer-- sbjeetetl to agonteinc exierieuce.
Seven dted from starvation. Three escaped
to meet ptrbly a worse fate in the Jungle.
Tlie remainder were findly lonsometl by the
Ilrilin! (iovemmetrt whieh paid 43960 to
the la)ah for their release.
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The Vunlan Jlall Service.
WAsnisKrros Norembei 17. The report
of James S. Crawfonl snperintendeat ot
forehrn mails for the Sseal year ending Joue
30 18SI. shows tlie tola! number of lette.-s
gntfromth United States was3S.-KS.015;
received. SS.4040i5; postal cards sent
LC7S.453: reeeited l-ibS.073; newspapers
and printed matter prices seat. 2o.71-i.40l;
received 217477S4; amount estimated nec-
essary for appropriation for the foreign
mall tervice for tlie fiscal yesr of 1SS3-SC
is 425009. for ocean mail transpcrtation
end 575000 for balance due foreign coun-
tries including the United States' portion
of the expenses of the ctemaUpial Uuresu
of the Postal VaJcp.
CATTLE DISEASE.
ffeportor the Cblrf of tha Rama cf An-
imal InUatrr.
WAsirntOTO-:. November 11 Dr. D. E.
Salmon Chief ot the Bureau of Animal
Industry lias submitted to the Commis-
sioner of Agriculture a voluminous report
upon contagious diseases of animals the re-
twrt being the result of experiments and
investigation made by the vetrrinary divis-
ion. Considerable space Is given to a de-
tailed history ot tlie recent outbreak among
Tattle in Kansas and descriptions of
its symptoms. Dr. Salmon reaches
the cencusion tliat the disease was
ergoUsin due to eating the fungus
known as ergoL Upon tho treatment
and prevention of this disease he says:
When tlie first slcns ot the disorder appear
the most important point to be attended to
is to make a complete change ot food and to
see tliat this is of pood quality nutritions
and free from ergoL Itwouidalso be proper
to give as a doss of physic from one to two
pounds of epsotn salts in order to remove as
much as possible of tha poison still con-
tained in the digestive organs and to follow
this with soft food as mashes and roots. In
most severe cases those In which part or a
limb is alreadr lifeless treatment will avail
but little. Tlie greater number of cases how-
ever have cot advanced to this stage when
lameness is Crst noticed and these will be
greatly benefitted br removing tha cause
and placing the animal under conditions
favorable for resisting poison. A very Im-
portant condition is warmth. Even when
tlie animals are fed large quantities of er-
got they seldom suffer except In co!d
weather and consequently In attempting to
cheek tlie advance of the disease advantage
should be taken of this fact by placing
tlie cattle in warm sheds. Another condi-
tion believed by some to liave mnch influ-
ence in the development of ergotism. Is the
water supply. With plenty of water always
at hand it is believed larger quantities of
ergot may be taken for a lunger time than
.when the water supply is deficient
In cold winters which occur over
so much of our cattle-raising country it is
difficult to Induce cattle to take sufficient
amountjjf water; holes cut through the ics
soon freeze over and the weather Is fre-
quently so severe tliat cattle will drink only
a few swallews of water before they will
leave to seek shelter from the cutting winds
and when later in the day they try to ob-
tain more water. hn drinking holes are
frozen over. Where ergotism prevails
watering should receive close attention
Eigotism can proUibly beentlrelv prevented
by cutting bay before the seeds have formed.
Both In Missouri and Illinois 1 saw tlie
clearest examples of this. Hay composed
of the same kinds of grass eut upon the
same land was free from ergot or largely
Infected with ir according as It had been
cut green or ripe. This matter Is worthy ol
serious consideration llay cut green Is
more digestible and In every way more
valuable titan that which if allowed to be-
come ripe and waddr and the latter is
mnch more liable to produce severe diseases
such as indigestion. Impaction and ergotism.
This fatal disorder may therefore be pre-
vented in future by proper aud careful
management
EXPLODED.
A Tar-rlEe Kxploalon Near Toledo rar-
ticular. Toledo 0 November 13. A largo lot
of power stored in a shed on Delaware
Creek tour miles from the city exploded
at ten o'clock this morning. Tlie report
was heard forty miles ia ever.-direction.
Windows of houses in th quasler
of the city were generally broken. At
the Broadway school three miles
from the scene windows were smashed aud
scholars' slates liolding windows up were
broken. Several persons working in the
shed were seen tuning and shouting: Every-
body near took this as a sign of danger and
fled A terrific explosion followed but
ali were far enough away to escape
except an old man called Fred who had
charge ot the shed He had got some dis-
tance away but was thrown down ant his
hair scorched by the explosion. A spring
wagon containing a msn and thrpj
women in the road a hundred
yards away was blown into the
ditch but no one was seriously Injured.
F-Ticcs were leveled In the vicinity and
limbs blown from the trees. The rains Ig-
nited from tho cxpln-lon. Men arc fighting
the fire to keep it from "reaching a large lot
of petroleum stored near by.
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Toor Out Amrrle-tn Forts
WAStn-wroy D. C November It J.)
IL Saunders agent ot the United Stale
DejartiBCiit of Agr'calinre tosltecd the In-
ternationa! Exhibition at Hamburg in a
report recently submitted to the
Commissioner of Agiieulture says:
-So far as I could gather it I gen-
erally conceded tliat whenever an inspec-
tion of our ierk L made under careful Gov-
ernmental supervision similar to that now
made by the German authorities there will
be no objection to Its sale hi Germany. In-
deed it strikes me that were such inspee-
l' 11 made there would be sieh a strong pres-
sure brought to bear upon the German Gov-
ernment by their own people that the em-
bargo would be jeedily removed SbouW
farther experiments confirm what has been
pattially shewn that thorough curiug In
salt destroys the vitality of triehinw as
to reduce dinger from meat which
haTe been thnronghly cured by this pro-
cess to almost no'hiiig. it will doubtless be
a sttong point In our favor and proper pre-
sentation of tlie facts to the German Gov-
ernment should this be clearly croven
ought at ones to bo made. Until this fact
is clearly established however ami In the
absence of any pretene at Inspection of
American meats cither under Governmental
or individual supervision the position of the
German Government 14 awoiuteiy souna
upon tills question and canfot be assailed
without first demonstrating that their own
inspection Is ueles.
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Cnerelanil's Acknowledgment.
Allkxtowx. Pa- November 14. Some
time ago John J. Shadt or this city sent a
beautifully finished horse shoe bearing the
words "Luck to Grover Cleveland' The
following acknowledgement was received
today: "Since the receipt of your present
Mm- contest has fc-en deckled in favor of tha
party which I represent I shall give due
rrcdlt to the horse shoe for what tas a-
reodv laened ami sball rarefullj pre-
-etve It m the Iiope that it may briftr sue-
- to ray efforts to give the people good
jm emi-'ent"
Wc commend to every reader who
s troubled vrith skeptical donhts the
example of "Mother Strickland." as wo
called her. a venerable lady whom all
uVli:hted to oftun visit and chat with
after she had Ixx-ouie too apeil to lcavo
herhonse. An elderly nriphbor when
talking with her jtwut tho Bible re-
marked: Well. Mother Strickland
there are a preat manv things in it that
w? eau't understand.'' Her quick re-
sponsv was: "Well there are a gr i
many thing we can understand and
tlieni's enough for nic" Prairie
Farmer.
The day of tho crazy quilt are
numbered. An American manufacturer
ha comiOM.tl a new style of silk quilt
called tho "Queen Anne." It is made
of quarters and diamonds of silk hand-
kerdiiefs. to arraaged a to form a
most elegant piece of patchwork. The
inventor intends however to monopo-
lize this peculiar silk quilt business and
has applied for a patent. Ckiwjo
Herald.
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Tno scaffold on the top of the
Washington monument is now higher
than any other structure ever ere;t(ib7
THE PUBLIC REVENUE.
Annual Eeport or tha Commlulontr of Ia
trrnal UcTeane latemtlnff Ilgure.
Wasiiisotos November 19. The aa-
naal report of Hon. Walter Evans Cora-
mtsaioner ct Internal Bevenus for the fiscal
year ended June 30 1SS4 has been sub-
mitted to the Secretary ot the Treasury.
The total receipts from all sources of inttr-
cal revenue taxation for the year Is J121-
r9003) as compared with $ 14433- for
the year 1533 $14W2L273 for the year
1SS2 $11L52-L273 for the year 1S32 ana
51S3239?12 for the year 183L It is esti-
mated tliat $115000000 will be calieeied
the present fiscal year. The payment of
tax on the large produrt'oa of spirits in
ltTSl was a natural factor In tha collections
ciirinc the past vear. The Commissioner
says a falling o3 is anticipated the present
year will tuilow Iruiu the dilninishctf quan-
tities ot becrbon and rye whiskies produced
ln 1SS-J nn which the tax wili mature the
current fiscal year. Another cause con-
tributing to the reduction of re-
ceipts will be the largely Increased ex-
wrtatioa of spirits ln bond on which for
various reasons owners can not pay tax
Something like 10.000000 gallons already
have been forced abroad during the current
calendar year because of Uie stagnation in
trade and the refusal ot Congress to extend
the bonded periods. A comparative state-
ment of receipts for tlie fiscal years 1SS3
and lESt show a decrease of 516041850;
froai tobacco an increase ef 92236810;
from sprits an Increase of 511SJ"KW; from
fermented liquors a decrease ot -1064240i;
from laces under repealed laws anil penal-
ties making a total decrease ot 53.96305.
The cost ot collection tlie past year was SV
100.45L as compared with 13105057 in
1S&S. This includes 558000 for accounts
storekeepers and (augers for the last half of
June. 18S4. ha. were not paid owing to th
appropriation being exhausted and fur
which deficiency an appropriatioa will be
cenled. Total expenses were a little legs
tlian 4 1-5 pet cent a' the amount collected.
Tho Commissioner says the diminution of
the gross receipts could not proportionately
affect the cost of collecLon. as nearly the
same force had to be retained. During the
year 377 stills were seized and 933 persons
arrested for engaging in illicit distillation.
The Commissioner says strong representa-
tions were made in vain to Congress at Its
last session against tlie poiicy of redadnj
the force of revenue agents below the num-
ber ot thirty-rive fixed in Lhe revised stat-
utes. Only twenty can now be legally em-p.oye-L
This leaves too maay avenues for
f niid exposed and the Commissioner says
he fears it wdl result In much Injury as It
is difficult for any one man eScienUy to do
the work belonging to a revenue agent in
territory embracing sometimes three or
more States and never less than two. By
comparing tie receipts
rou THE LAST FISCAL TEAR.
with those for the fiscal year immediately
preceding it the decrease of revenue from
tobacco was SlCOtLtst and by comparing
thuse receipts with the receipts for the fiscal
year ended June 30 lb32 the decrease was
Sil3Z3ii. The last comparison more
nearly shows the effect of the reduction of
the tax on tobacco under the act of March 3
IS;- for the collections of those two fiscal
years were made under the different rat&
of tax. Cut this comparison Is not complete
owing to the fact that the production of
tobacco snuff and cigars for the past fiscal
year shuws a large Increase over the pro
dHction for the fiscal year ended June 30
lsi a decrease in receipts rnninami with
the fiscal ear 15S3 was 58.6483iS on chew-
ing auu SUIUI..U. tobacco 5'o.ail ou snuft
$VUC410 on cigars and $475556 on
cigarettes. There was an mcrrase of forty-
one in the number of grain distilleries regis-
tered the last fiscal year and a decrease o(
eighteen In tlie number operated. Tne in-
crease .a the number occurs as was th
case In tlie preceding fiscal yeir in
the class of distilleries having suullei
capacities for the production ot
spiriu. In the class of larger d'stilleries a
very decided reduction occurs both in the
number registcied and the number operated
The quantity of grain used In the prodne-
tion of spirits the past fiscal year was IS-
9i79S3 bushels an increase of 243195 bush-
els above the amount used In the preceding
fiscal year but 513797 bushels lets than
tlie average of the last five years. A cor-
responding increase appears U the number
of gallons produced from grain during the
year 739Lisl gallon' an excess sf 1439-
406 gallons over 18S3. The eiuantlty ol
molasses used fur the production ot rum tat
fiscal year was 2.259.53 gallons a deereas
of 1 1S.570 gallons from the year previous
aud a decrease 25545:! gallons from the
average of the last five years. The quan-
tity of nim distilled from molasset
was l71L15s gallons a decrease ol
90.S02 gallons from 1SS3 and a decrease
of 204.G74 gallons the last fife years.
A comparative statement of spirits ol
the different kinds known to th" trade re-
maining in warehouses at the tlose of the
fiscal years 1SS3 and 1684 sliows that whllt
there was mcrrase in tha stock of alcohol
gin. hlgbwines and pure spirits held in bond
June 38 lS-"4. over tlie quantity held Jons
S8. ISS2 ef 753.253 gallons there was an
actual decrease in otaer trades of spirits
principally in bourbon and rye whiskies ot
17750601 gallons or a net decreaso ol
19J7142 gallons of the spirits held In bond
June 30. 1SS1. nearly two-thirds of which
was bourbon whisky. The quantity ol
spirits produced and deposited in distillery
warehouses during the fiscal year 1SS3 wai
greater by 1.422.431 gallons. The quantity
of spirits withdrawn from distillery ware-
houses tlie fiscal year. Is greater than the
quantity withdrawn during tlie year of 1S33
bv 3.93L2S7 gallons. The number of gallons
of each kind of spirits removed for ex-
port the first thrie montlis ot the present
fiscal year was 3Si7S31 as against 732.384
gallons removed the corresronding period of
the last fiscal year. The quantity of dis-
tilled spirits removed in bond the past fiscal
year was 95So7S gallons against 82V
427 gallons the previous year. The quan-
tity of distilled sprits In the United States
except wfcat may be In customs hooded
warehouses tlie 1st of October. ISM was
Ml!10.521 gallons. Tlie total assessments
made last year were 943i224. the increase
aver the previous betas in the tax on dis-
tilled spirits remaining In the warehouss
over three years. The estimate of the ex
penses of the internal revenue services for
the rxal year endln? Jane 30 issaart
S4.9S4.3iW. The recommendation for sal-
ar Ci of collectors are based oa the estimate
of their probable collections.
Thank. glTing Ir.
Waiiixgtjv. November 10. The Presl-
iiiit has issued the following proclamation
The season is n:gh when it is the yearly
wont of this people to observe a day ap
pointed for tlm purpose oy tne iTotaentas
an especial occasion for thanksgiving unto
G01L .w uiereiore. in recogniuon o;
this hallowed castom. L Chester A. Arthur
President of the United States do hereby
designate as such day of general Thanks-
giviftc Thursday the 27th of this present
November and I do reccniuiend thst
throughout the land people ceasing from
their accustomed occupations do then keep
it a holiday at their several Louies and their
several places of worship and with hear
ami voice pay reverent acknowlutgment tc
the Giver of all Good for the counties
blessings wherewith He has visited this na-
tion. Stint by mo Officer.
New OnLEAXs. November IL Sam
Johnson colored. was shot and killed last
night at tho comer ot Foster and Royal
Streets by Charles Hyle. who was In com-
pany u it h Special Officer Duprc. Johnson
resisted being arrested by Dupre and shot at
the officer striking him hi the forehead
when llyie fired at Johnson hililcg hta
Uyle surrendered.
11 jy I !
Killed far JffhJL
PALEsnsr. Tex November ll.-y-Lxsl
night at a late hour daring tho Jollifica-
tion City Marshal Chris Kct-ers shot and
killed John Child. Child persisted la
attacking Rogers until tlie Marshal UIIsW
hlo. Eoger was ff'-ay-jp-f 1000.
PENSIONS AND CftO-PS.
Brport of ConadMkxr f ranrfwn
DadJey asd AcricrUtonl Bifsllaul
3-IxareaTh Number aad Cart at tat
Nation's rxutosen Tfce Oattoa. Cms
and Potato Crop.
Washdgtot D. CXovf turn
Commissioner of Peasloas DaiMr 1st
his annual report for the last 1bmI
years says that at the close ef the
year there were 322756 pcnsloaeas aw
the rolls classified as follows: 2199k
army Invalids; 75826 array whlows
minor children aad depeadeat relotkesi
2616 navy Invalids; I.9SS aary wMowa
minor children aad depeadeat iJa-
tlves; 3833 sarrlvors of -the war mt
1812 and 19512 widows of those who
served la that war. During the year
the names of 35;13 peasloaera
added to the roll aad 1G2I
dropped for various causes leavtog a
net increase to the number oa the -rati
ot 19038. The amount paid for pen-
sions during: the year was 598Ir.
Since 1SCI 52t32t disability cbiw aad
323462 death claims hare bees 4ted.
Of the Invalid claims 272621 aad of the
death claims 213032 have been allowed.
At the rate claims have beea filed for Ike
past few years the close. of they-irise
will undoubtedly show 1000000 chUaM
filed for pensions since 1861. The total
amount which has beea disbursed te -pensioners
sirse 1861 is 9678346834.
So general had been the cor-sfJ!-
from applicants for pensloa of taahBHr
to ascertain the whereabouts of compaay
officers and comrades of tea dei crtlasr tiM
allowance ot a claim for want - testi-
mony from thcte witnesses and taa com-
parative limited resources of the special
examination service to supply the waat la
the Urge number of cases of this charac-
ter that the Commissloaer deemed tt aee
essary to Inaugurate some raeAod where-
by the Post-or2ce addresses of as large a
aumber as possible of the s-arriTtec
soldiers of the late war be -sroearetf aad
compiled into a permanent record con-
venient for reference. With this oWcet
in view suitably prepared printed sltoa
for name rank company rcgimcat aad
Post-office address were accordlaaly-
sent out to Grand Array BepaWfe
Posts and as early as April last a saliciarK m
number had been completed aad reutivd
so that their arrangement aecordlatr to
military service could be conmeacea.
In addition to this the examiners la the
Pension OCce were required to nose the
names of all witnesses who had beea ha
the service which they met with latfce
examination of clslms so that f raai tads
source alone some 150000 aaraes were se-
cured. It is expected that by Jaaaary
next there will be arranged aad ready Jar
Lmmedlate reference a record at"
between COO.000 aad 700000 aaraes.
The practical use of this rec-
ord became tamedlatcrr ap-aareat
as soon as reference could be made to It
and the liformation furnished by it "aa
proved of material service in the atj-
cation of claim both as to expedkl
(he work and the ascertainment of the
necessary facts. Many Inetaacea arise
which could be dted If ntcesaary show-
ing the inability of claimants to procare
material testimony for want of kaewledge
of their comrades' whereaboats wfckfc
the information afforded by this rcoord
relieves and often is the meaas of aot
only establishing the right to a peaafea
but of opening the wit to defeat aa aa-ju-st
claim.
The Commissioner observes that tfce
system of settlement of pension cbUaw
has properlr claimed the serious coasld-
eration of Congress for the past two ses-
sions. It has not thus far beea deeraed
wise to change this system Imperfect aa
It may seem la its operations ia setae
cases and remedial legislation has beea
proposed which should take from the
claimant some of the burdens which la
their operations amount to a practical
denial of his claim. On the subject of
remedial legislation the Commiseioaer
-ontents himself by briefly referrtacW
and recommending the passage of the o4U
embracing his recommendations reported
to the Senate apd placed on the calcatlac
in May last where it still reraala.
Crop Keporta.
Wasuccgtox D. CXoTcm-r-r It.
The November returns of cottoa to Hm
Department ot Agriculture relate to Use
rleld Der acre and show the effects of the
long continued drought ln rcdociag re-
dnction. The lateness ot xaitag twata
has less effect than usual la ejuargiatr she
yield as the vitality of the plants was toe-
nearly exhausted to produce a to crop.
The drought had sot been broken at some
points ou the Gulf coast at the date ot re-
lower turns. The indicated yield per acre la
in nearly every State thin In the ceaeaa
year which was one of average pro-
duction. The lowest yields are aowaataea
in Florida Georgia Alabama and Texas.
The reduction this yenr Is very marked ia
Louisiana and Arkansas the region of
most productive cotton lands. The -returns
by States indicate the yield per
acre as follows the figures being saeject
to modification by fuller returns: Vlr-
glnli. 180 pountls; North Carolina 175;
South Carolina 152; Georgia 133; TJa-
da 1C3; Alabama ISO; Mil ill rind. MN
Louisiana 190; Texas 13; Aaatsstatv
200; Tennessee 160.
Tho lndlcatIoapfct to a cm .
what larger than that of 1883 gathered la
unusually fine condition of good color
unstained by storms and f ree frora trash
and dirt. .....
The returns of the rate of yield of cons
indicate a product somewhat la excesa
of 1800000000 bushels or aa are
rat's a small fraction above twtfT-lx
bushels per acre. The best yields are aa
In 1883 in what has been deslgaatoa the
great American desert. The "arid re-
gions" la the vicinity of the haadredth
meridian have produced heavy crefw of
maize of high quality. Thar llae oi
longitude has ceased to be aa absetate
barrier to corn production or geaeral
farming. The quality of cora Is bettor.
than In 1SS3 nearly everywhere aad ia
the Northern belt it is worth twenty-
to seventy-five percent more.
The potato crop is nearly aa avenge
yield or ninety bushels per acre aad ex
cecds 190000000 bushels.
Going to the Mlne-The CaaarHan -faeMe.
FosTLOCD Oas November M.
Pnrtland.was vesteruaT Placed ia tele
graphic communication with the Xastera
States by the completion of anew llae ores
the Oregon Shcrt Line.
Flattering reporta having been reee-red
here from the Cceur d'Alene mines l8e
numbers of men arc leaving dally for the
mines. Parties coming ia from ldoac
the Hue of the Canadian Pacific Railroad
say the road Is belngrushed eaergetiealiy
and but 270 miles yet remains aaeota-
pleted. A large force is eaployed at
either end.
1
rnela gam's Can Toaairj "Baard.
Fujuid Einru Pa- if oreaaJnr 3.
Members ot the Gtm Foaadry Board of
the United States Goverawf wjat to
lie Bothlthem Iron Wot atattMshii
vesterusymoralng. They xete-faed bat
evening. There will be ao far-aW ! if
rdconference with steel laiiaahntotors
though the Soard wfll WMtrta t aslB'
nestings at the roojaa of the AJaaricaa
Iroaaad Steel AssoetaHota lor tkt iri.
pose of talking wttk. WhMwto
whom they have aade layifissf nrs The
next place to be visited Ss Mm Peeasrl-
vaata Sted Works at Steettoa. seal.
Uarrishurg whlttter the Botrd trfli 0 of
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