HAS THREE TIMES THE CIBCULATION
OF ANY PAPER IN THE COUNTY.
PUBLISHED tVBBY FRIDAY St
SLOAN P. SHU T T,
Editor Proprietor.
ADVERTISING BATES.
lrofesslonal oardi..- .. II 00 per month
One square s 1 50 per month
One-qtiaiter column SO per month
One half column ti w jior month
One column lu to per month
Business locals will be charged at 10 centi per
line for first Insertion and 5 cents per line there
after. Legal advertisements will In all case be
charged to the party ordering them, at legal
rates, and paid for before affidavit la furnished
On year (Invariably lu ad r ante) II M
Six mouths , 100
'three imuilhs , 7o
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VOL. 2. CONDON, GILLIAM CO.. OREGON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 27, 1893. NO. 45.
THE OFFICIAL AND LEADING PAPER
OF GILLIAM COUNTY.
CONDON
t
Knternl at the Puitofflc at Condon, Oregon, ai
$cci)iul-cUii mnit matter, '
OFFICIAL DIKKCTOItY.
' ' United States.
President Kkn.?ahin Harbiso
Vloel'rwslilent I.lfvi K Morton
Kwtretary of Ht.eto Joiim W. Fohtkr
hwretary of Treasury ....(JIias. Fontkr
secretary of Interior i. W Now,
Kecrelary of War..; ,...Hfiii'llKW B. Ki.mwt
Hecirelaiy of Navy B. F. Tracy
Postmaster-General John W ana ha hub
Attorney-UHiiural W II. H. MlM.an
secretary of Agrleulture , .Jcbkmiah Husk
fcltato of Oregon. '
Governor . Prbhoybr
Heitrelsry of Htate i W, McHbuir
Treasurer Hurl, Mktsohan
Alturut-y-iieuerHl UNO. Ciiamnkhi.ain
Bunt, of Public lustrnoiiou K. H. McKmiov
Ssnator J. N. Dm,.
Co.mrc.smon . ...v..,.......:,............... j
PrinU'r.. Fbamk (1, Bakkr
if. A.. Moors
W. P IXJRO.
It. B. It AN.
eleventh 'judicial District,
Circuit Judge W. I Bbakhiiaw
I'rrM.Hiiitlng Attorney. .....W. H. Wii.hoh
Member Istala Hoard J. h. LutKKV
OlllUnt
Joint donalor
KHiiruseuUtlva.
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Trt'anirur
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Surveyor.,...
Hnnoul Kiiperiutuadtml...
. Coroner
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Arlington......
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,., W. J, Mabinkh
IVV. J. Ktiwukds
Jjo. R. Ualston
Jay P. I,iii;as
W. I,. Wilcox
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P. K. Oasob
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Bam Donaldson
, ..Z. J. Mahtin
, L If. 1Ial
T. K. Babton
Union 1'aclflo Hallway Tint Card.
Tralusarrlra and leave Arlington at follows:
Atr-aoonn.
Train No. 2, fast mall, leave Arlington dally
t 2:02 A.M.
No. x, A'lantlceiprosa, leaves Arlington dally
at 8:4j t M.
WBST BOONB.
Kn. 1, Panlflo express, leave Arlington daily
M!:llr,N.
Train No. 7, fast mall, ltave Arlington dally
At Vi At A. M.
IIKITNia BRANCH TRAIN.
Train Ko. 10 arrive from Ueppner dally,
win HiimUy, at 1:16 r. m.
Ni. lfvs tor lluppuer dally, except Ban
day, t3;.vi p. m. ... .
Tiir ugh tl keta sold and baggage chocked
through to all poinu In tli Uuitvd Htate ana
Canaua,
8. COLLINS, Ticket Agent,
Arlington, Or.
A P. A A. M. Ml'. MOUIAII IAJDHK. No. -,
H-nted ro'nmnnl. atl lis on Brut BtHri1ay
evuoliiKS llir first Moiiilavsnf ai'b month. Ho
Iroirnlio bre'hreti lu kihhI stand iigarrnordlally
luvlie.1 to au. ud. P. P. C'AHON, W. N.
Jay P. I.lcas, Becrelary.
' i UI,tStiTON-K088lL, DAI1-Y 8TA0K LINE.
K. A. ln, rroprlftor.
V fAH KKOM AHLIN0TON TO
Kons'l p 00 M Hetiirn, I0 00
Mavvlle 6 00 Ho urn, WOO
Coiidmi , 0U.. Keturn, 7 to
(litiH (nt Keturn, 00
OIx , iOO Return. 00
l,vrs Arllug'ou every morning (Hiimiay ex-i-i'pte.n
al o'l-l s k. 1 1neai Coudou at 8 r. M.,
ami arrlvi-n at Fossil at 7 r. M.
Coiiiftir(ble couihes and tmrefut, experienced
drivurs.
lONDUN-LONB ROCK DAILY BTAOK LINK.
1). M. Klnehart, Proprietor.
.Leaves Condon every morning (Hnnday ex
repiuil) a' 6:SK) o i liH-k. and arrives at Loue Itoek
at U M., via ilaiuey and Lost Valley.
Pare, .00. Hound Trip, 3 SO.
IR. J, J. IIOOAN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Condon, Or.
omcp Oregon ave., between CathollO Church
nd residence of r. P. Bliutt.
JJR. JOHN NIC'KLIN,
Condon, Or.
Office-First ooor west of GlobroHIco.
G
ORO. W. OOODK. W. . BURNHAM.
HODK 4 ItURNUAM,
Attorneys at Law,
Condon, Or.
Absl ranting, collecting an Insurance business
RttUllllL'U to.
JJARLIN0 4 HENDRICKS,
Attorneyi at Law,
Notaries Public and Conveyancers,
Condon, Or.
Collection and Insurance. Term reasonable.
Ollice between drug store and postoffiue, Main
street.
J AY P. I.UCA8, County Clerk,
DOR1 ALL LINKS Og
LAND AND NOTARY BUSINESS
; In a nat and careful manner.
port KKI.IAHLB FIRE INSURANCE
Arm to tiir
PHaNIX OP Habtfoi?o."
Cash Ameti, trl,Ct,,81,.1S.
Herbert Halstead, Agant, Condon, Or.
Postoffice Variety Store,
LOME ItOCK, OR.
J. B. GOFF, Proprietor,
KEEPS ALWAYS ON HAND
Medicines, Cigars, Tobaccos,
Fine Candles, School Supplies,
Toilet Articles, Stationery, Harps
and Toys,
And everything elsensnally found lu a country
variety store. Kverythiug I handle Is first-class,
and my prices are the lowest. Give me a trial.
Condon Blacksmith Shop
G. S. CLARK, Proprietor.
General Blacksmttblng ind Wood Work.
The only first claaa horsi'thoer In the oonuty.
Come to my shop If you want first-class
work at low rates.
The only flm'-oIsKs blacksmith In Condon, and
the only one who 1 able to advertise.
Khop In large new building on Main street,
Condon, Or.
The Gelelrated French Sure,
""JcC1 WHRODITINE" 2
I Sola a
positive
guarantee
to cure any form
of nervous dlseai
or any disorder of
the generative or
gans oieiuicr sex,
whether arlsluu
fmmthnereeiuli-A
BEFORE Uool Stimulants, AFTER
Tobacco or Opium, or through youthful indisew
tlon.ovi'rlniltilp-iico.Ao ,suc ha Loss of llrulu
l ower, WnUefiTlncKSiLearliigdown I'alnslntlm
back.Heinlual Weuknem,IIysterla, Ncnous Pros
trntloo, Noctuniul Lmlislons, l.e lcorThd-a, Dix
xlues,Wealt Memory, Lorsof Power aud impo
teney, whli h 1 1 neglected often leail to prematura
eld a-o and Insanity. Price $1.00 a box, fiboxca
furf.vdO. Hentby malloniwelptof price
A WRITaKN 17AUAMTKR I given for
every .VC0or!or received, to refund the money if
a Permanent er.ro Is not effected. We hav
thousand of testimonial fromo'd aud young,
of both sexes, who have been permanently rnn J
by tbeusoof AphrodlUne. Ctrcularlree. Address
THE APHRO MEDICINE CO.
WnsUiru Branch, BosS7, Pobtlaku Ob.
FOB flALR BY
In W. DARLING CO., Condon, Or.
Faber's Golden Female Pills
.Relieve Suppressed
Menstrua t Ion. Used
Bcceasfully by thoaa
andj of prominent la
dle monthly. Thor
oughly rellaole and
sale. Worth twenty
time their weight in
gold lor female irrtg
tWartfiet. Merer known
to fatL
Sent by mall sealed
fort. Address
Tbe Apbro Hedlcloe
COMPANY,
Western Branoli,
Bos 7. Portland, Oregon.
FOB SAL BY
L. W. BAKLING CO., Condon, Or.
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
D. CANTWELL.
A. CANTWELL.
Lost ,;Valley -.'Saw .Mill.
CANTWELL BROS., Proprietors.
Eepreeentative Wilaon has received
assurance that an appropriation will be
made for tbe uray'a Harbor light.
Despite protests to the contrary, It
transpires that lion al, Dickinson of
Michigan is to be in Cleveland's Cab
inet.
The President has sent to tbe Senate
the following nominations: Postmasters
California, John L. Merriam, Booth
Riverside: Idaho, Miss Emma F.Ste
vens, Blackfoot.
Baker of Kansas has introduced in the
House a bill for the free coinage of silver,
making it unlawful for any person to
make any contract, note, draft or bill
payable in any specific coin or currency.
Representative Hermann has secured
a favorable report upon the bill paying
II. W. Shipley (2,487 for excess work
and money expended on tbe Nes Perce
reservation in 1380. Shipley is now a
resident of Jackson county, Or.
The House Committee on Commerce
has decided to report the two bills to
amend the Interstate Commerce law to
meet the Snpreme Court decision in the
celebrated Coanselman case, and also
J udge Gresham's recent decision.
The Senate Mines and Mining Com
mittee has considered Caminetti's
bill. Senator Felton, ex Representative
Berry and Caminetti made statements,
alter which the bill was reported to the
Senate with Felton's amendments,
heretofore printed, and Berry's pro
vision, prescribing a penalty for viola
tion of the law by the miners.
Commissioner Ranm of the pension
bureau appeared tbe other day before
the subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on Appropriations, which is pre
paring tbe pensions appropriation bilL
The original estimate for 1894 made by
the Commissioner was (165,000,000. A
subsequent estimate a few days ago
placed tbe amount required at (172,000,
000. He was asked as to the reason of
the increase, and explained his former
fixures by saying be had presumed the
new administration would not do as
much work as his had done, but admit
ted, if it did allow as many pensions,
(172,000,000 would be needed.
The President is still giving close con
sideration to the subject of freight
brought over the Canadian Pacific. Two
new points have been discovered, vis. :
That the original law specified that the
consular-seal system was to be applied
to freight which was the product of con
tiguous foreign countries only, and that
by the Canadian law United States con
sular officers guilty of fraud in the
United States are not amenable to arrest
so long as tbey remain in Canada. A
large bulk of the freight handled by the
Canadian Pacific, and which comes into
this country under consular seal, is the
product of other foreign countries, nota
bly Japan and China. Did this class of
freight not enjoy tbe privilege of the
consular-seal system, they would enter
this country at an American port and be
transported by American railroads.
These two points are considered impor
tant as giving the President, if he
chooses by exercising it, the right of
suspending the operation of the consular-seal
system without action by Con
gress. .
All Kinds of Surfaced Lumber, Rustic, Celling and Flooring Always on Hand.
All timbers 4xG and larger discounted 10 per cent, in number of
feet, v All lumber discounted 10 per cent, for cash.
EXCHANGE 7 SALOON.
P. SKELLY, Proprietor,
KEEPS OS HAND '
Fresh Beer, Wines, Liquors and Cigars.
4 S FEESH WALLA WALLA STEAMED KEG BEEE UPON IOE.
A fine billiard parlor in connection: When you feel like having a
littla amusemepjt call around and see Pat. lie will treat you well.
ONLY
LINE
RUNNING
THROUGH
DAILY
TRAINS
Leaving Portland, 1:45 1. M.
" " 7:30 P. H.
1 DAYS TO
2 CHICAGO
7 Hours Quicker to St. Paul.
23 Hours Quicker to Chicago.
40 Hours Quicker to Omaha and Kansas
City.
PULLMAN and TOURIST SLEEPERS
FREE RECLINING CHAIR CARS,
DINING CARS.
For rates and general information rail on or
address W. H. HURI.BURT,
Assistant General Passenger A rent, 2M ashing
ton street, cor. Third. PORTLAND, OK.
OCCIDENTAL MELANGE
Elk Being Shipped to the East
From Southern Idaho.
RESERVOIR ON THE BIG SAlfDY.
Uch Strike Made In the Grand Canyon
i ef the Colorado Trouble Over
f : Land Brewing.
The Populists of Idaho are organising
an industrial legion.
Arlsona is knocking vigorously for ad
mission into the Union.
The Idaho Legislature proposes to fix
railroad fares at 3 cento per mile.
Tbe Farish Reservoir and Canal Com
pany has been incorporated at Phoenix,
A.T.
The Chino sugar factory announces an
increase in the price of beets the coming
season.
The reported trouble with the Indians
in the San Juan gold fields is declared
without lonnaation.
A rich strike has been made in tbe
Orand Canyon of the Colorado, about
seventy miles north of Flagstaff, k. T.
Tbe gold mines in Utah are adding
largely to the population of that Terri
tory. Tbe new comers are all anti-Mormons.
The Yountr Men's Christian Associa
tion at Fresno. Cal.. is so deeply in
debt that it wants permission to sell its
property, valued at fisu.uw.
William Weishtman of Ban Francisco.
who at one time acted as private secre
tary to the late Senator Hearst, will be
appointed State Bank Examiner for
California.
A rancher near San Qaintln. Lower
California, while dinning a well the other
day found an old George III. penny bur
ied about six leet In depth. The Inscrip
tion could be plainly read.
A : new industry has opened up in
Southern Idaho, namely, the shipping
of elk to Eastern States. A c&rload of
these animals were sent from Idaho
Falls recently, which will net the lucky
captor about (250 a pair.
The Bradstreet mercantile agency re
ports fourteen failures in the Pacific
Coast States and Territories in the past
weex, as compared witn eignteeo tor the
previous week and seventeen for the
corresponding week of 1892.
There is trouble brewing over the
possession of the land in the South re
cently decided by the Secretary of the
Interior as having been illegally sold to
settlers by the State of California, it be
ing a part ot the public domain.
The combination of pottery manufact
urers has opened war on the Stockton
Terra Ootta Company in an endeavor to
freeze that Institution out, and is now
offering sewer pipe for sale in Stockton
at one-third the price a year ago.
Suit has been commenced by the Attorney-General
of California against the
Central Pacific Railroad Company and
five other railroad companies to recover
taxes levied for the year 1887, aggregat
ing with penalties about (1.0J0.000.
A New York syndicate is now making
a survey for a reservoir and dam on the
Big Sandy river, near Signal, Mojave
county, A. T. The irrigation scheme is
an extensive one, and the intention is
to cover with ditches about 126 miles.
At the Fort Tuma Indian School the
cadets are remarkably proficient in mili
tary drill. The commands are made in
English and given by one of their own
members-. Tama was the other day
treated to in exhibit by the Indian boys.
Nanh K McWhirter, widow of Louis
B. McWhirter, the Fresno lawyer who
was mysteriously killed a few months
ago, has commenced suit against the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany to recover (15,000 due on a life-insurance
policy.
The Commissioners who are collecting
specimens for Montana's exhibit at Chi
cago have received from Fort Belknap a
number of curious Indian relics, among
which are a pack of playing cards made
from human skin and a history of the
Gros Ventres tribe painted by squaws
on hides.
Jacob Mills of Pendleton declares he
has invented -a perpetual-motion ma
chine. He has worked on the contriv
ance since he was 12 years old, and is
now 60. The machine has three wheels,
from which drop twelve balls the size of
a marble into a set of cups, which are
thus forced downward, dropping a?ain
into other cup, and carried up by a
miniature elevator to start down once
more.
THE
ONLY
ONE
DAY
CURE.
TRY IT.
HATTEIES
at QHBMri
OWR. MF'q C9P0RTIAMD. ORE.
THE PW
OF THE
IS IN THE
E1TINC.
TRY IT
For Sale by L. V. DARLING & CO.
. , . Prtoo aU.00 and SS.00 par Bottle.
INDUSTRIAL BREVITIES.
The Large Clear Profits Accruing to Mr.
Edison From the Sale of Phono
graphsRice Crop.
The latest luxury is electric litrht
, -
Dams.
Rubies are more valuable than dia
monds.
Bahama Islanders use American fer
tilizers.
Women are practicing dentistry in
Holland.
The four ocean routes employ 1.100
steamers.
There are thirty co-operative dairiea
in Ireland.
Boston, it is said, is the favorite citv
for tramps.
Women are successful house-builders
in Finland.
Pennsylvania is the largest ciear pro
ducing State.
Thousands of Bostonians dins- to their
2 o'clock dinner.
The Danes are said to lead the world
as butter-makers.
Aluminum slate pencils are among the
latest inventions.
Canada has produced a cheese welsh
ing 22,000 pounds.
The editor of a Missouri paper takes
Opossums on subscriptions.
Wooden shoes are worn bv more than
70,000,000 people of Europe.
Nearly 2.400 netrroes are employed in
Washington by the Government.
Twenty tons of gold was taken from
one Australian mine in fifteen years.
There are considerably over 100.000
acres devoted to tobacco in Virginia.
It has recently been estimated that
ninety meals can be cooked by electricity
for(tt.57.
A new industry is reported for Os
ceola, Florida the raising of alligators
for market,
Minneapolis mills made 9.750.000 bar
rels of flour last year, against 7,878,000
Barrels in ltiyi.
There are 7.000 loan associations in
in this country, with a membership of
2,000,000 persons.
With a capital stock of (20.000.000 the
wall paper trust is contemplating an in
crease to (38,000,000.
There were 4,498,058.233 citrus and
3,210,402,937 cigarettes manufactured in
this country last year.
Artificial erass for the irrounds of sea
side cottages is one of the industries at
Manchester, England.
The year 1892." says Dun' Review ot
Trade, ''has been the most prosperous
ever known in business."
The world's production of the trolden
metal in 1891 was 6,010.000 ounces : of
silver, 140,865,000 ounces.
The Pennsylvania railroad is reputed
to transport more passengers than any
other line in this country.
The rice crop in the South this year is
reported to be exceptionally large. It is
estimated at 225,000,000 pounds.
It is alleged that the syndicates which
have been buying up surface railroads
in various cities will consolidate.
It is said that Edison has already se
cured a clear profit of over (1,500,000
from tee sale ot bis phonographs.
The Union Pacific has fifteen long and
a great number of short tunnels, the
aggregate length being 6,600 feet.
An entire dinner, comprising several
courses, was recently cooked by elec
tricity in a hotel at Ottawa, Canada.
Three hundred millions of eggs are
used every year in this country in mak
ing albumen paper need in photography.
According to the best estimate the
wool clip last year was 333,018,405
pounds, a gain ot 25,606,898 pounds over
1891.
PURELY PERSONAL
Mr. Labouchere got (410.000 for his
share of the London Daily Newt.
Carlisle, it is said, really aspires to
the Supreme Bench, not the Cabinet.
He is comparatively a poor man.
William LI yd Garrison's statue in
bronse, of colossal size, will be unveiled
in Newburyport next Fourth of July.
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is the
best-paid member of the British govern
ment. His salary is (1UO,000 per annum.
Princess Galitzen, a member of one ol
the oldest aristocratic families of Russia,
is now a stable maid in a French circus.
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge of Eng
land was as bright and witty as ever on
bis 7lst Dirthday, which occurred not
long ago.
Franklvn W. Smith of Boston is still
agitating tbe establishment of a national
gallery of history and art in Washing
ton, to coet ultimately siu,uuu,uuu.
Pope Leo XIII. owns a pearl left him
by his predecessor on the throne of St.
Peter, which is worth 20,000, and the
chain of thirty-two pearls owned by the
Empress Frederick is estimated at 35.-
000.
Rev. Henry Fairbanks of St. Johns-
bnrv. Vt.. has tnven SL'5.000 to th
academy at that place to lound a scholar
ship in memory of his son Albert, who
died about a year ago while a student in
that institution.
Colonel Carroll D. Wright, who has
been reappointed Commissioner of
Labor for four years more by President
Harris n, will probably resign, it is said,
when Mr. Cleveland comes in, bat it is
regarded as doubtful whether his resig
nation will be accepted.
The King and Queen of Italy have in
vited Queen Victoria to spend a few
days with them at Rome during her
next visit to the Continent, and, as the
sovereign of Great Britain has frequently
expressed her desire to visit tbe Eternal
City, it is quite likely that the invita
tion will be aaeeptea, .
BEYOND THE ROCKIES
Important Patent Decision Made
by the Supreme Court.
WAR ON SWEATERS IN BOSTON.
The Number of Victims That Judge Lynch
Has Executed Daring the Past
Tear-Other News.
The authorities of North Dakota pro
pose to enforce the prohibition law.
The Carnegie mills at Homestead,
Pa., are running fuU in every depart
ment. .
The New York theater ladies have
taken to removing their hats daring the
performance.
The boys in the State Reform School
at Topeka have jost finished putting up
350 tons of ice.
Dr. McGlvnn says he never ridiculed
the Pope, although charged whh the ec
clesiastical offense.
A combination of manufacturers of
wire goods and cut nails is being formed
by large Western firms.
George G. Slosson has challenged any
body in the world to a match game of
billiards for (1,000 a. side.
The principal operators of silver mines
in Colorado have practically agreed to
shot down until silver advances.
New Orleans is finding much difficulty
in enforcing the Sunday law. owing to
the apathy of the police officials.
The Carnegie Company was a great
financial loser by the recent strike, and
it is economizing in its management.
Gidon Marsh, the fnr tive P. esident of
the wrecked KeyeUme Bank of Phila
delphia, is said to be in South Africa.
In Boston the bosses and the clothing-
cutters have joined hands to compel tbe
sweaters to grant the demands of their
workmen.
The (Vmanihfl. Jtinwa. unil A nanha
agreement for the cession of 2,500,ou0
acres of land has been sent to the Sen
ate by the President.
The train bearing the nld lihArtv Kll
to the World's Fsir will rnnnnlr h
day, in order to givo people along the
IVUW t'USUtH w vco lu
The industrial and financial conditions
in South Carolina are reported as grati-
iviag Decauee ot me improvement in
the agricultural interest.
It is reported that unless prompt meas
ures of protection are adopted in the
natural-gas district ot Indiana the sup
ply will soon be exhausted.
Chairman Hood of the New York
Board of Assessment estimates that
fully (400,000,000 of personal property
in the State escaped taxation.
Philadelphia is entitled to be known
as the city of tisterly love. According
to a recent police census the city boasts
of 23,000 mora women than men.
A New York letter to the Philadelphia
Preti intimates that Baby Rath is to
have a rival, and there will likely be a
birth at the White House this spring.
President Harrison has received a cane
made from the wood of a honse on Porto
Santo, one of the Madera Islands, in
which Christopher Columbus once lived.
Congressman Dalzell is going to make
another attempt to get through Congress
me dui providing tor a survey lor a ship
canal, to connect Lake Erie and the Ohio
river.
It is estimated that Judge Lynch has
executed during the past year 234
people an increase over 1891 of forty-
one. - His victims were 231 men and five
women.
The railroad construction in the
United States during 1891 does not reach
high figures, being only 4,000 miles.
The total was the smallest since 1878,
except those of 1884 and 1885.
Major General Schofield does not
think the massing of troops at the
World's Fair for display would prove a
pod idta or that.it would give any
beneficial return for the expense in
volved. The Cotton Bureau ot the National
Alliance at Memphis, Tenn., has issued
an address to planters, advising the
planting of a less acreage to cotton.
This season's crop is largely reduced,
and the planters have got better prices.
Michigan's war Governor, Austin
Blair, received a certified check for
(4,125 as a Christmas gift from promi
nent residents of that State. The ex
Governor is writing his recollections of
the war, and the money will be used in
getting out the book.
In the case of the Dr. Brizgs heresy
case the New York Presbytery, without
expressing approval of the critical or
theological views embodied in Dr.
Brings' address, or of the manner in
which they have been expressed and
illustrated, pronounces Biigga fully ac
quitted of the offenses .alleged against
him.
The Mutual Life Benefit Insurance
Company of Hartford, Conn., has de
cided to go out of business, and has
md i arrangements with the National
Mutual Insurance Company of New
York to take all its members who apply
for a transfer.
The Supreme Court has denied the
motion to advance the case ot Merrick
ex rel. vs. Charles Foster, Secretary of
the Treasury, popularly known as the
silver brick case. This is the case
wherein the plaintiff sought to compel
the Secretary to coin into dollars a silver
brick offered at the mint for that purpose.