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OF ANY PAPER IN THE COUNTY.
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SLOAN P. SHUTT,
Editor im 4 Proprietor.
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;.. Business lovsls will be charged at 10 cents per
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after. '
Ijegal advertisements will in all cases be
charged to the party ordering them, at legal
rates, and paid tor before affidavit is furnished
feubsvrlvtliin Kates. '
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VOL. 2. CONDON, GILLIAM CO., OREGON, FRIDAY. APRIL 15, 1892. NO. 4.
THE OFFICIAL AND LEADING PAPER
OF GILLIAM COUNTY.
GLOBE.
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Kntertd itl ihn PnMnJfWt at CwuUm, Oregon, iu
tmmtl-cUtii miM nntltr.
OKKICIAL IIIKKOTOKV.
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President ..
Vice I'mnlilnut
Heoretary of H'ate
Hwretarjr of Treasury...,
Hmiretary of Inturlor......
Heoretary of War
Huoretaiy of Navy
Post inaiuir-t iunnral
Attonj.v-deijural ,
beorotary of Agrieultur
Benjamin Hasrisom
iti" I.KVI V. MoHTOM
JsMKS (i Hf.AINK
..,, CHAS. FOSTKK
. ..J. V NOHI.I
iyfKf HKN H. Kl.KIN
p. P Tracy
...John Wamamakkr
W II. II. Mii.i.k
.......JCHKMIAII K(!K
; Statu of Ores;
Oovernnr.... .,.,.....,
Hm'retsrr o( Htate
1resnrer..
Bupt. of fubllc ln.lruo Inn.,..,
Beualors ...
Cons ' essmau
Printer
... PnHNoviia
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K. H. Mi.-Ki.hoy
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It. M. HlKANAK
Supreme Jn1irqs..
AN.
Seventh Judicial District.
Joint Sanator ....CllARt.r.s Milton
Circuit jHilge , W, I.. tiuenv
Prwwcutlug At.oruey W. II. Wii.wik
Gilliam ('ounty.
Kepresentrntlre..
,.W. J. Mdlkry
'Jiidgo
Commissioners....,
Clerk ..... ;.
Hherlff.
Tn-anurcr,.,.,..,
Asmsor
Surveyor..., ,
Mtlioul t)upriutail.M .....
(nrmirt
Bietik lnur.,.. ............
W. J. Makini
(T. 0. WOOKLANO
W. J. KlIWAMP
....... Jay V. Mjcas
W. 1 WllXO
... H O. Kwiku
.David Mason
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....I.PCIKN Parskr
it. U. Hanhins
...,.,.ALKI DllTHIK
Condon Tr.rilnrt.
Justice of the Peace Ororor Tatom
Coiisiable. ... Dan Hinihaht
Union Pacific Railway Time Card.
Taking effuot January I 1MM, trains will arrive
and loare Anlugtou as follows vis.:
ASr-ROUND.
Train No. S, fast mall, ?eares Arlington daily
at A. M. ,.
Hi, f, PeclAo xpreas.lcaret Arlington dally
at 8:10 r. u.
WSST-RODNB.
Trsla No. 1, fast mall, Waves Arlington daily
at 13 a. m.
No. 7. Psolfle ei press, leaves Arlington dally
at 8.61 r. at. a
HRCrNRR RRANCR YRAINS.
Train No. SI arrives from Hoppner daily,
Matttuudsy at 11 A. n.
Mo. i Inavcs lor Huppner dally, eiccpt Ha
day, at I'M r. M.
' Tnr.ugn tli kets sold and bsggsge checked
through to ell points In the United ruatos and
Caaatia.
COUJNH, Ticket Agent,
Arlington, ur.
4 f . A.
. M -MT. MORIAH UIDtiK. No. M-
A.
evenln
Hiatcd commanii atlous on Drt Saturday
v.uliiKS after ftrsl Moiidarsof each niontn. bo-
I'lnrniiiR bre'hren In goods' and ng are cordially
nan
. M.
luviteii to stu'tiu. r. r. tAon, n
IUkhkht Hai.htsao, Secretary.
RKV. W. C. WIHK WIU. HOLD 8IRV1CK8
evety 2.1 and iti Bunlay tuiach roou'h at
t ondnn, morn'ng and eveufnc, aud. st Matnry
school house at 'i r. m. Kv.ry 1st and Sd Sunday
be will urracbatMvyvllle.truiuganievnulug.
' TRY ONE OF
ED Ii. HUTIiEY'S $10 SUITS
For gentlemen, worth $20 for wear. Twelve cloth samples, fashion pUto
nd measurement blank free. Postage, 6 cents. -
Ed L. tfantley fi Co., Wholesale Gentile Tailors,
'' 184 MADISON 8TREET, CHICACO, ILL.
' When ordering sampUs please oiention ConDOif (Gilliam countj,
: Or.) Globe. . : " -.- ' '
A 30-MILE SAW MILL
Is five miles east of Fossil and fifteen milei southeast of Condon. This
large new mill turns out, and has on the grounds at all times, as good
and clean lumber as can be found on the Paeific Coast. First-class
seasoned lumber of all kinds in any quantity. This mill is the most
accessible for the people of Fossil and southern Gilliam county, and
keeps better lumber and sells cheapor than any other mill in that sec
tion. Lumber will be delivered on top of the hill without extra charge.
Viva. S-i.-ww T DV
GEO. J. METTEER
Condon Livery and Feed Stable,
SOUTH MAIN STREET, CONDON, OR.
BILLY MACK, Proprietor.
Good horns for hire, at reasonable rates. Special attention given
Ia Transient stock.
. If vou have a horse or anything
sure to see Billy. He makes a specialty of trading horses, etc.
EXCHANGE
P. SKELLY, Proprietor,
vvl'.v:; KEEPS OS HAND
Fresh. Beer, Wines,
TXESH WALLi WALLA STEAMED KEQ BEER UPCH IOE.
' f A fine billiard parlor in connection. Whea you feel like having
little amusement call around and see Pat. He will treat you well.
JjK. J. , U00AN, -
: PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Condon. Or.
Office Oregon are., Dsit door to Olobt ofTies.
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JOHN N1CEI.IN,
Condon, Or.
OITIce
avenue.
t retldenc of Major Lucas, Oregon
AY P. U'CAJI, Comity Clerk,
DORK AM. UN i Of
LAND AND NOTARY BUSINESS
In a neat and careful manner.
1EOKOK TATOM,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Condon, Or.
Collections msde and prompt returns given. .
jj WT darIino,
"Notary Public and Conveyancer,
Condon, Or.
Collections mails with dispatch.
Kcprvsents the (Inrman-Ainerlcan and the
Nortbueit rite and Marine Insurance Company.
JlO RK KI.I A BLK FIRE INHCRANCK
AfffcT TO THK ,
PHaNix of Hartford."
C'asft strts, A,M J.
Herbert Halsiead, Agent, Condon, Or.
y T. THURNAai..
CONTRAOTOR AND BUILDER,
Condon. Or.
Estimates furnished on application. Will guar
antee to make, anything In wood from a ten
story building dowujo hornets' nest. ,
.KllR H. M. BOSS,
'CARPENTERS AND CONTRACTORS,
.'. ( Condon. Or. ., t, .
' All kinds of carpenter work done with dis
patch at the most reasonable chaiges.
OfDoe on sifewt wherever yoa can find thess.
A. 0(OUWIN,
'painter and Paper-Hanoer,
Condon, Or.
All kladsof painting and papering don at
modurata ratot. Olva me a chance.
I.EX BALSIMIER,
Shoemaker.
I have been on the bench over twenty years,
and an maitr at Vie buMness. Bring on your
orders. All my work guarantied,
Shop In the Klx buildtnn, at scales, Condon,
Or.
ARM NUTO.N-POBtil L DAILY STAUE LINE.
K. A. Melson, Proprietor.
rARR VROM ARUKIilON TO
fossil 00. Return, 10 00
Mayv He..... ft 00 ....Re urn. t 00
tJondon.. 00 Return, 7 M
Clem 8 00 Return, 00
Olet. .: 2 00 .. Return, I 00
Lavee Arlington every moraine (Sunday e
cepted) at 6:30 o'ct'ick. la due at Condon at a r.
..aodarrlvesatrossllat7r.il.
i'Ciass, vis:
rCUgli, VAV.
& CO, Proprietors.
else that you want to trade, be
; SALOON. j&
Liquors and Cigars.
Several of the members of B&lm&ce
da's Contend, admitted to bail, are in
such a wretched condition through prison
base that their lives are despaired of.
The center of the French ribbon trade,
St. Ltienne. has been shaken with ez
citement on the rumor of the betrayal
of valuable trade secrets to loreign firms
It Is affirmed at Rome that Baron Fava
will rename his duties as Italian Minis
ter at YVashiri2ton soon, if the Question
of indemnity in the New Orleans affair
is arranged. ,
The Spanish government is said to be
trying to farm out the Cuban custom
houses for a period of ten years to a syn
dicate of London, Hamburg and Amster
dam capitalists. ,
Russian Jews are prohibited from
passing through Germany, and manr in
stances have occurred where they have
been shot down by German soldiers for
persisting in crossing the line.
In the British House of Commons a
resolution favoring the payment of mem
bers of the Commons in order to enable
the representatives of the industrial
classes to be elected was defeated.
The German steamship Eider, which
was recently wrecked off Atherfleld. Isle
of Wight, has been successfully floated
irom the rocky bed, on which she has
rested since the night of January 31.
Deeming, the Australian murderer.
while being taken to Melbourne came
near bein lynched. The windows of bis
car were broken, and rushes were made
to the train wherever it stopped. The
women were especially violent.
A mass meeting of workmen at Syd
ney. IN. H. W., protested against the in
troduction of colored labor into the col
ony while white men were without work.
The Legislature will be urged to prohibit
tne importation ot black laborers.
The depression from which the Hong
kong and Shanghai Bank shares have
suffered for a week past in London is
explained by a telegram from Hongkong
saying the comprador of the institution
embezzled 1500,000 and decamped.
Til ManvlisV aVts AAnrviViiirAil au 1vttr
VU 1MHUIIVI TV IIV WI1V' IUUMAI t7U UU
and so attractively to the pictorial feat
ures oi funeh, was once asked how tie
managed to keep no so well with the
changes in women's fashions. His an
swer was : ' Yonng man, when you have
a wife and three daughters like those
girls of mine, yoa will know more about
lashlon than yoa want to know."
10SDON-U!lf, ROCK DAILY STACK I.INB.
D. M. Khlaehart, rroprletr.
Leaves I'ondoa everv moraine (Bandars ez-
eepied ; at :.' o'clock, and a' rives at Loue Ruck
at iz M. via Metner and uo Valley.
fare, S.OO. Round Trip, 93.50.
I08TOFriC VARIETY STORE,
Lumi Ruck, Ok.
9. B. Go IT, Proprietor.
Keeps always oa band Mellclnes. Cisars and
Tobaccos, Sue Candles, School Supplies, Toilet
Articles. Stationery, Harps aud Toys, and every
thing else usually found In a country variety
store.
Everything I handle Is flrst-class. aud ray
prl'ws are I he lowest. Give me a trial.
VENDOME HOTEL,
ARLINGTON. OR.
G. T. WELLS, Proprietor.
Belter accommodations (or families csn be had
at this house than at any other hotel
in town.
Board and lodrlnr per day
Soard without lodging per week...
Beds.....,M........ ............,
..11 00
.. 6 00
.. 26
.. 35
Give this aoUl a trial and be convinced that It
la the best place to atop at tu Arlington.
Mala Street, One Block From Depot.
BENNETTS
DEPOT . HOTEL,
ARLINGTON, OB.
Headquarters for T. P. A. N. W.
Adjolnlnt; the depot, It Is very eonvenlent for
passengers irom tne oaca country wno .
have to leave by night trains.
Ifter tt'trd Deultch getprochen.
On park
Jfrancatt.
No Chines. Meets all trains.
J. W. BKNNKTT, Proprietor.
UR
Dr. Grant's Syrup of Wild Grape Root.
The great blood purifier and
19 the product of Oregon soil. Ketau price, $1.
Dr. Grant's Kidney and Liver Cure.
For the cure of Bright'B Disease, Diabetes, Biliousness, Sick Head
ar.he and all kidney troubles. Retail price, $1.
Dr. Grant's Native Discovery.
The great female remedy. For
peculiar to females, bold
price, $1. .
Dr. Grant's Cloalo.
The great dyspepsia conqueror;
all its kindred ailments. Every bottle sold under a positive guar
antee to effect a cure or money refunded. Retail price, $1.
For Gale by L. 7. Darling & Co., Condon, Or.
PACIFIC COAST.
The Portland Shipments
of Wheat:
IDAHO'S WARDEN REMOVED.
A Disease Similar to the Grip Prevails
Among the Horses About
Boise City. ,.
Astoria is to bare a can factory.
The British Columbia canneries pro
pose to cat the salmon pack down one
half. Millions of crickets bave made their
appearance on the Warm Springs reser
vation in Oregon.
An English syndicate is trying to bar
the plant of the Electric Light Company
of Bait Lake for (500,000.
The horses about Boise City. Idaho.
have a disease similar to the grip, though
it i fatal la nearly every case.
At the present term of the District
Court in Ada county, Idaho, some fifteen
divorce cases are to oe tried.
The Santa Fe is preparing to compete
with the Southern Pacific in its ixwaen-
ger business at Santa Monica.
A New York syndicate has paid 17.-
500,000 for Hubbard & Bowers1 Harqua
Hala gold mines in Arizona.
The troubles of the San Diego Sun are
tided over. Warren Wilson has obtained
full possession of the property.
Portland's shipments of wheat from
August 1 to February 29 to foreign ports
were 3,028,985 centals, valued at
000; to domestic ports, 830,021 .centals,
valued at $1,305,285. The exports of
flour to foreign ports were 245,492 bar
rels, valued at $1,062,960; to domestic
ports, 81,036 barrels, valued at $396,780.
The receipts of wheat from the inland
empire aggregated 4,618,948 centals;
flour, 100,747 barrels; valley wheat,
705,491 centals ; nour, 227,003 barrels.
W. 8. Mack, for the past year Warden
of the Idaho penitent ary, has been re
moved and Frank S. Janne of Weiser,
Washington county, installed as his suc
cessor. The new Warden will assume
his duties at once. Mack's term of war
den ship has been fraught with a thou
sand scandals. Among other things the
practice of allowing glove contests in
the prison yard created a big rumpus
last fall. Mack was appointed from
ilailey, having for backers Senator Du
bois and other prominent persons. Soon
after he became Warden it was alleged
by John Mitchell, who filed affidavits to
that effect, that he bad swindled cred
itors in Spokane and Seattle. Other al
legations of crookedness were made.
Those of the Prison Commission who
asked for his removal were Governor
Willey and Attorney-General Roberts.
The Columbia river centennial cele
bration is to take place at Astoria May
10, 11 and 12 next. The present plan's
are to have the 10th occupied with an
address of welcome by the Mayor of the
city and responses by visitors, an excur
sion to Fort Stevens and the government
jetty, a parade of civic societies and an I
exhibition drill by the Astoria fire de
partment and in the evening a musical
concert and literary exercises. The 11th
is to be centennial day. There will be a
national salute at sunrise; an imitation
ship Columbia will proceed to the en
trance of the Columbia with specially
invited guests, while a convoy consisting
of steamers, sailing vessels and other
water craft will leave in time to escort
the ship back again. Captain Simpson
of San Francisco and Gray's Harbor has
promised to make all possible efforts to
provide a vessel which will be as nearly
as possible like the Columbia, which
discovered the river 100 years ago. At
noon there will be a grand salute, an
them by bands and chorus of cheers,
whistles and bells, to be answered by 100
guns from Forts Stevens and Canby. An
oration by Prof. John Fiske of Massa
chusetts and other literary exercises will
follow ; national s&lute at sunset and
a marine torchlight procession of steam
ers, tugs and fishing boats in the even
ing. The 12th will be occupied with
excursions to different places, as visitors
may choose, and probably some addresses
by a representative speaker from each of
the States drained by the Columbia
Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The
Secretary of War and the Secretary of
the Navy have promised that their de
partments will co-operate in the celebra
tion, and the Pioneer Associations and
Indian War Veterans are invited to be
present in their respective bodies.
OIMDERFUL KEIVIEDIES.
system tonic. Purely vegetable, and
the cure of diseases and complaints
unaer a positive guarantee. Retail
will positively cure dyspepsia and
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
The Emperor Desires to Have a Fine
Display of German Silks and
Velvets at Chicago.
Austria will make a fine exhibit of
glass, porcelain, bronze, leather, artistic
iron and cabinet work.
In the Illinois State building a room
32x64 feet has been assigned to a kinder
garten exhibit, which will be made
chiefly under the direction of the women.
A choral hall, 160x120 feet, will be
erected near the horticultural building.
There Prof. Tomlins with 2,000 trained
voices will furnish rare choral music
during the exposition. The Welsh In
ternational Eisteddfod will occupy the
building for a week.
Michigan's building will measure lOOx
140 feet and be three stories high. It
will be constructed of Michigan mate
rial, which with the furnishings will be
donated. Though but $20,000 of the ap
propriation will be devoted to its erec
tion, it will in reality be a $53,000 build
ing. The governments of Norway and Swe
den have respectively asked for World's
Fair appropriations of $61,288 and $53,
6,;0. In Norway a number of private
citizens are laising a fund of $10,720.
with which to build and send to Chicago
a counterpart of the Viking ship, which
was exhumed near Sandeflora a few
years ago.-
Tne Independent New York Scheutzen.
considered the elite corps of German-
American sharpshooters, have decided
to attend the exposition in a body. The
organization has in its membership
many prominent business men. It has
made two or mon shooting tours of Eu
rope, on one of whidi it was entertained
by rrince Bismarck. . " t
Through misinformation a "World's
Fair note " recently stated that the
Rhode Island building wonld combine
the architectural features of the present
capitol building and of the one formerly
usea at in ew port tiac.a is not the case.
The structure will combine the features
of the "old stone mill" at Newport,
which is of unknown origin, and which
is alluded to in Longfellow's "Skeleton
in Armor," and those of the "Arcade," a
business building in Providence erected
about sixty-five years ago.
Baron de Berlepsch, German Minister
of Commerce, has written to the Cham
ber of Commerce of Crefeld, the princi
pal place in Prussia for the manufacture
of silk goods, that the Emperor ardently
desires that there should be as fine a dis
play as possible of German silks and vel
vets at the Chicago World's Fair. A
majority of the silk and velvet manu
facturing firms in the Rhenish prov
inces will comply with the wishes of the
Emperor, whose interest in Germany's
share of the exhibition is having a stim
ulating effect in all directions.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mrs. Edison Prefers Candles to Elec
. tricity English Baronets are
Said to be Long-Lived.
Turgenieffs brain is the largest one
ever weighed by scientists.
Carl Scour is engaged in writing his
Reminiscences of Public Men and
Events."
George Alfred Townsend has gone to
Spain to get material for a biography of
Columbus.
General Edward S. Bragg is small, vig
orous, alert, able and bitter, lie has a
sharp tongue and an honest purpose.
T. Jefferson Coolidse. a wealthy mer
chant of Boston, is prominently men
tioned in connection with the. mission to
France.
General Bullock, a representative in
Congress from Florida, was a Captain of
volunteers in tne Indian war of 1858-9
in Southern Florida.
Mrs. Edison, the wife of the man who
has applied the electric light to domestic
purposes, prefers candles to any other
torm oi nousenoia illumination.
Lucy Hooper says that Americans who
go to Paris forget all about the Salon and
the Institute and remember the Casino
de Paris and the Moulin Rouge.
Colonel Goodwin-Aasten sava &
Chogo glacier in the Himalayas is one of
tne most oeautiiul in the world. It is
an almost impassable sea of ice waves
on edge.
ine tiapa cures are Dy far the richest
among the reigning families of Europe.
The private fortune of the Emperor of
Austria may be reckoned at about $10.-
000,000.
The houses occupied bv three Con
necticut Governors, Richard D. Hubbard,
Phineas Lounsbury and Morgan G.
Bulkelev, stand in a row on one street
in Hartford.
One of the largest salaries received bv
any man in this country is drawn by C.
A. uriscom, the chief of the Interna
tional Navigation Company, who receives
$00,000 a year.
Ex-Attorney-General Garland, who
has resided in Washington these three
years since he ceased to be a part of Mr.
Cleveland's administration, is going back
now 10 i.iiiie xvocx, Am., k live.
English Baronets are long-lived. Sir
James Bacon is 94; Rev. John Warren
Hayes is 92, and at a like age Admiral
Sir Lewis Tobias Jones is the senior of
the navy list and the oldest Knight of
theuatn.
The most remarkable railway robber
of modern times, the gentleman bandit
of romance, Athanasius, the Greek, who
has been living and practicing his " pro
fession " for years in the cold glare of
the last decade of the nineteenth cen
tury, has reformed and become a gentle
man farmer in the famous Vale of Lar-
issa. no raises orcnias when he can,
and talks oyer his wine about the days
wnsn ns raisea purses. ,
EASTERN ITEMS.
Loss of Stock and Sheep
in Colorado.
MICHIGAN'S GERRYMANDER.
Arabs Arrive in New York With a Stud
of Thoroughbred Arabian
Horses Eto. .
New York will repeal its nrison-for-
debt law.
The new city of Niagara Falls claims
a population of 10,000.
The Pawnee Indians in Oklahoma
Territory threaten to give trouble.
Injunction suits were filed against all
the saloonkeepers at Muscatine, la.
Ohio is considering a law making it
criminal to discharge employes for union
ism. The Pennsylvania road will test the
constitutionality of the Indiana tax
laws.
Members of the Board of Education at
Chicago are found to have been in the
scramble for boodle.
United States engineers are consider
ing a project for a new bridge at the en
trance of Duluth harbor.
Kansas farmers are still paying off
their mortgages. The total decreased
$500,000 during February. ,
It is estimated that the losses to stock
and sheep men of Colorado by the recent
blizzard will reach $200,006.
Chicago is securing Nebraska grain by
rate manipulation, which shuts out St.
Louis and Kansas City buyers.
The latest tad among aimteur singers
is to hare part of the cartilage of the
nose removed to improve the voice.
Secretary Foster ays that the govern
ment has as available assets $64,000,000,
exclusive of the $100,000,000 gold reserve.
An effort is to be made to have the le
gality of the Michigan gerrymander de
termined by the United States Supreme
Court. '
The window-glass manufactory at
Spiceland. Ind.. has shut down on acv
vuuui. ui me wiiure oi iva naiurai-gaa
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Secretary Foster says emphatically
that the gold reserve of $100,000,000 will
be held intact in the United States
Treasury.
A company has just been formed in
Chicago to run 'buses on the boulevards
propelled by accumulators or other elec
trical appliances.
There is a great strike in New York
against the employment of hod-hoisting
machines. The complaint is that the
machines can't vote.
It is said to have cost three corpora
tions a total of nearly $500,000 to get
three franchises through the Chicago
City Council recently. c
Nearly forty committees have been ap-
pointed to canvass among New York's
business men for funds sufficient to com
plete its Grant monument.
A great derrick picked 1.000,000 eggs
from the Hudson river, ana never broke
n . 11 . 1 1 " A
uub. iucjr wm wauuuni m eigut -freight
cars on a sunken float.
The President has signed the bill giv-
inor rarlftin lartrt Mnlitnwni ti thA I .!lr
Observatory to the astronomical depart
ment of the University of California.
It is stated that General Miles expects
to have his staff at Chicago increased to
seventeen, making it the largest of any
department headquarters in the army.
The corner-stone of General Grant's
monument in New York will be laid by
President Harrison April 27 the seven
tieth anniversary of the dead hero's
ourn.
Postmaster-General Wanamaker a few
days ago received a $60 Confederate note
from the Postmaster-General of Italy.
and was requested to casb it. bat It was
returned.
Ferd Ward's term of ten years in Sing
Sing will expire April 30. and be will be
released. He was sentenced October 31,
1885, and about one-third of his time
has been commuted.
- The Missouri river at Jefferson City is
moving a sand bar up stream so as to
cut off the ferry landing, and threatens
to go over to the uallaway side and cut
out a lot of rich land.
The Thirteenth Infantry, the Fifth and
a part of the Seventh Cavalry will soon
hAnmflnul MthAI hvnna ind Artiu.
hoe reservations to clear squatters off
before throwing open the lands to settle
ment. The committee appointed by the Ohio
Legislature to investigate the charges of
corruption in the re-election of Senator
Sherman has been unable to find a sin
gle item of proof to suetain the accusa
tions. .
Mrs. Homer G. Baldwin, who was in
jured so terribly in the New York Cen
tral collision at Hastings on Christmas
eve, has sued the railroad company for
$2 1,000 damages. Her injuries are of a
fearful character.
Exports of breadstuff's continue enor
mous, and chow wonderful increases in
value. For the eight months, July,
1891, to March 1, 1892, their value was
$210,000,000, against $73,000,000 for the
samepariodin 1890-1.
The Illinois State crop report places
the area of winter wheat at 1,895,000
acres, or 4 percent. larger than last year.
Condition of the plant is reported to be
fair except in the southern part ot the
State, where it is peer, i
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