Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 12, 1884, Page 4

~ #500/600, still stands azainst her. The THE OMAHA BEE Omaha Ofoe, No. 910 Farnam 8t unoil Blufs OfMoe, No. 7 Pear’ Ig:m-. Near Broadway. New York Office, Room 65 Tribv.ine Building. e Pablished every mworning, except Sunday The only Monday moraing daily. .00 00 AXLY BER, PUSLISHED RYRRY WEDARSDAY, FRRMA TOSTPATD. 20 ywedeal: Amerioan Gompany, Bote Arjunte ‘ors In the United States. CORRRAPONWNO. na rolating to Newn and Editorial ..‘n-?.""&".‘.‘.'.‘:‘%‘."&a.—.. s the Korro ov T LY onemne LAY, All Business Tottors and Rowittanoes should be to Tun Ban Prauismne COMPANY, QMAMA- Dratts, Chooks and Postoftics orders to b poy “able 8 the order of the company. {HE BEE PUBLISHING 0., PROPS E. ROSEWATER, Editor, A. M. Fitoh, Mazager Daily Circulation, P. 0. Box 488 Omaha Neb. Ent Perxens writes to the \ Ohicago Tribune about natural gas wells, Eli is -ontinually writing ahout himself. Ir the Union Pacific 1d reduce ite fare, instead of reducing its ranning time, ita enterprise would be appreciated by the people. Posstury the editor of the Lincoln Journal is considerably out of Gere just at present. It looks that way by a ma- jority of two to one. Tur Western Union is preparing to submit to the inevitable. It has bor- rowed $1,000,000 to pay the expense of putting its wires underground in oities. Ir Mr. Test's calculations of the popu- lation of Omaha is as accurate as Schal- ler's Iatest figures of the circulation of the Omaha Herald it will have to be taken with a grain of allowance. Taere will be considerable pipe-laying in Omsha this season. At present, how- ever, the weather is unfavorable to every- thing of the kind except political pipe- ., aying, which is being carried on very ex- " tensively. Bos InaErsoLL was defeated in his at- tempt to Bo a delegate from the Districy of Columbia to the Chicago convention, The absence of his friend, Mr. Dorsey, in his hour of tribulation, must be a great trial to him. We have been patiently waiting for Dr. Miller to give Mr. Calloway, who has just been appointed one of the new man- agers of the Union Pacific, the usual dose of taffy. It is all in vain, however. What is the matter? Is the dootor out of taffy, or is he at outs with his benefactora? PriuApereuiA has a funeral every half hour the year round. Itis no wonder that in such a field Mr. George Washing- ton Childs, of the Ledger, has made a princely fortune in writing obituary poe- try. It is safe to say that the concluding stereotyped line of his elegies, *‘Climbed the Golden Stairs,” has alone netted him many thousands of dollars. Mz, Carroway, who comes to the Union Pacific as assistant to Managing Director Ames, under the new arrange- ment of conducting the road, has for many years been the general manager of the Chicago and Grand Trunk railway. Heis to be the practical manager of the road. He issaid to be a very capable man, and will prove a valuable aoquisition to the Union Pacific. Tue Philadelphia Press is responsible for the following, which will be appreci- ciated in a state that gave Garfield over 26,000 majority: . *The Nebraska democrats have pre- vailed upon J. Bterling Morton to retain his position as chairman of the party’s state committee. His resignation threw the demooi into such » panic that it was feared Nobraska would go republi- can this fall.” THz supreme court of the United States has docided that s man who is acoustomed to having more than one pair of breeches may bring a second pair home with him from a foreign country without paying duty on them, even if he has not worn them; and so with his wife's petticoats But the poor devil and his wife, who are not accustomed to having new clothes, must pay duty on what they don't wear they cannot bring into the country mere than their ordinary supply. Butsuppose the wife weare the breeches, will some astute lawyer tell us how the decision of the United States supreme court would apply in such & ¥, — BomeTiMe in the year of grace, 1777, the state of Georgia furnished to the ‘being appropriated by the present con- nish coal st reasonable rates. But tae Rock Island road which owns or con’arols all the track thereabouts, and is run in the interest of the Cables, stands in the way. The hope is thatif tha. Vander- bilt interest, which is 8o iniraical to the Cable pirates, yains contrcl of the road, equal rates will be given to all coal ship- pors. In that caso th's Cables williose their present grip upon the trade, and the price of coal wiil fall at least four conts a bushel. That will mean jthe re- newal of the trad'aof a great extent of country in the tr/o states, EXTRAVAGANT APPROPRIATIONS. The recklessnees with which money is gress for public buildings is enough to make the average citizon gasp for breath. The forty-seventh congress has been held up by domooratic philosophers as an awful warning in the way of extrava gance for two years, Unless the senate shows a wisdom in economy, which the house has failed to exhibit, the forty- eighth congress is going to out-do all previous records. Bills for new public buildings are sliding through the house with astonishing ease, considering the difficulty and slowness with which im portant legirlation moves, Some of these buildings, undoubtedly sre necessary, but the greater number are steals. Keo- kuk, for instance, is to have a new pub- lic bnilding that will cost $150,000. There are about 12,000 people in that decayed old town, and they need a new public building about as much as they need an lce-palace. Waco, Tex., a town that most map-makers omit, gets $1.0,000. Probably all the public busi- ness transacted there could be done in an ordinary store-room. Small places in Illinois have their grab, In all there are over forty of theso ap- propriations, all of which are excessive and most of which are entirely useless. The most surprising thing about this reckless disposition of the revenuo is the total indifference with which congress- men seem to receive all objections and arguments raised against the different items. When the Keokuk steal was under discussion, it was shown very plain that thero was not the slightest necessity for a public building there, and that all the government officers were DEATH (OF CHARLES READE. Charles Reade, the novelist, is dead. He was born in 1814, and graduated at Magdalen college, Oxford, in 1836, Al- though salled to the bar, in 1843, he paid more attention to literature than to law. His first literary effort in the field of fic- tion was ‘‘Peg Woffington,” which gave him an immediate reputation. It was this success, no doubt, that determined his future career. He at once devoted himself entirely to fiction. His *‘Christie Johnson appeared in 1853, “‘Never Too Late to Mend” in 1856, “‘Love Me Little, Love Mo Long” in 1859, “The Cloister and the Hearth” in 1861, ‘‘Hard Cash” in 1863, “‘Griffith Gaunt” in 1866, “‘Put Yourself in His Place' in 1870, and “*A Terrible Temptation” in 1871 These are his principal novels, although he wrote scveral others, besides a large number of short stories. Mr. Reade's works generallyare skillfully and smooth- ly written, and are noted for their sensa- tional and intricate plots. Ho wrote with some political or social cbject in view, his aim generally being to create some needed reform. His novels are by comfortably and conveniently quar-|p;any ranked with those of Dickens. tered in buildings advantageously |y, point of popularity Reade leased for ten years to come.|cetainly stands next tc Dickens. Yot the bill had a clear majority of a hundred. It was so with all the rest of the items,. Every one went through swimmingly, in spite of protest and ar- gument, republicans and democrats bolting the whole thing without opposi- tion. Many of the appropriations were rushed through in a haste that was scarcely decent. None seemed to be given any serious consideration. The manner in which this singular unanimity was brought about is, of course, evident enough. Every congressman who had a job simply pooled with every other con- gressman who had a job to work all the jobs through, and the thing was done. Having been all determined beforshand the reading of the bills and the voting upon them were merely matters of form. In this way $5,000,000 of the country’s revenues were showered around with lavish hands, The most fruitful cause of congression- al extravagance is the surplus revenue. It is impossible that there should be $900,000,000 more in the treasury than the legitimate expenses of the govern- ment require without there being frauds somewhere. The presence of such a sur- plus temptation to extravagant ap- propriations that few congressmen can withstand. The amount which each one wants in his district is small in compari- son with the whole, and certainly seems as though the government could afford so trifling & sum, even if the purpose is a little shady. So long as the sarplus con- tinues to be a feature in our financial operations, there will be a constant invi- tation to unnecessary expenditures of all sorts. Of courso, for the fact that there is a surplus, the stupidity of previous congresses, who have neglected to reduce the tariff in spite of the evident fact that it was too heavy for the needs of the country, is to blame. The people set the seal of their disap- proval on the excessive appropriations of the forty-seventh congress in a very sum- mary manner, It seems very strange that the forty-eighth congress should have so quickly forgotten that lesson. S—— Reade was also a dramatist of copsidera- ble merit. Most of his novels were dramatized by himself, and he also wrote several independent plays. He was a strong advocate for the rights of authors, and also the international copy- right with the United States. In this country his works were read as eagerly as they were in England, and he was a freqaent contributor to leading magazines and periodicals. THE BEE'S SPECIAL DISPATCHES. Tue Bre publishes alieged ‘“‘special dispatches” from the east. Tur Bee's telegraph lines would be struck by light- ning if somebody should steal the shears. —[Republican, bth, In reply to the above Tar Bre pub- lished a receipted bill from the Western Union telegraph company showing that Tue Bek received during the month of March over 8160 worth of special dis- patches from Chicago, Washington and other eastern points. The Republican of to-day has to acknowledge that its in- sinuation, that our specials were bogus, was without foundation. It says: “Tur Bee claims to have received a considerable number of special telegrams during the last month, and quotes a re- ceipted bill from the telegraph company in support of its assertion. By this bill we learn that ninety-nine one-hundredths of Tue Beg's special service comes from Chicago. This is simply nonsense. THE B has not had by its specials from the «east a single item of consequential news which was not covered by the associated press. However, this is none of our funeral.” As usual the Republican has succeeded in making itself supremely ridiculous Anyone who knows anything about news- gathering knowa that Chicago is the prin- cipal center in the west for the collection of news. It is the distributing point for the whole western country. TrE B through its Chicago special corres. pondent receives news from all over the couatry, and news that is either not re- ported by the associated press, or is given more detail. Tre Bee is willing to let the public pass judgment upon its special dispatches, but we are unwilling to sub. mit to the opmion of the Republican, paper that does not know what news is. Notwithstanding the assertion to the contrary the Lepublican takes our en- terprise to heart as much as if it really was its own funeral., Our specials count for Tug BEE every time, and that is what hurts the Republican, Tae fight between the Cable interest and Vanderbilt for the control of the Rock Island road is soon to take a defi- nite shape in the' election of director. ‘Vanderbilt is supporting John Newell of Cleveland, and Cable has threwn his in- fluence in behalf of H. H. Porter, the present incumbent, At first sight this ocontest looks very much like a plain case of dog wet dog, in which the publie had no other interest except that the two contestants shall hurt each other as much as possible, There is, however, as ‘& matter ot fact, a good deal of difference between the two sides, and & good deal of reason to hope that Vanderbilt may eventually win. Vanderbilt is & monop- olist, and a thoroughly unscrupulous man, but he is not as mean, grasping and grinding & monopolist as Cable. His methods are larger and more extensive, GoverNoR SHERMAN has not yet filled the vacancy in the lowa railroad commis- sion, although it was understood that he weuld do so on the 10th of April. Major A. R. Anderson, the commissioner whose term Las just expired, ex-Senator Mc Dill, John Y. Stone, an almost forgotten politician, and Lieutenant-Governor Man- ning, are candidates for the place. So far a8 porforming the auties of the position are concerned, the governor might as well throw a club at the four and take the one that he hits, The commission is continental army, then in its borders, a certain amount. of supplies, for which it has been trying duriug a ocentury or so, £ get payment. The Forty-seventh con. gress finally allowed this claim snd ap- propristed the sum of $35.000 to pay it, ‘The controller of the currency, however, refased to deliver the money to the au- thorities of Georgia, but had the ameunt credited against the debt which Georgia ‘owes the United States government, In - 861 & generat direct tax to provide for ~ the expenses of the war was lovied on all of the states, Georgia, with.the rest of 4he states that seceded, refused to pay the asssessment, and the awount, had the $35,000 credited ¢his account. Now this watter B ) an important question ss to the st of the states that refused to pay their If ¢he claim is good against #s the controller’s action indi- , it is eertainly good egaint the slates. About $5,000,000 are i snd he has got past exacting tribute from particular localities, There is reason to think, therefore, that if he wins control of the Rick Island road, the infamovs and shameful moncpoly in coal which the Cable ring has kept up o long in western Illinois aud eastern Lowa will be breken up. This monopoly, which for many years has kept the price of every pound of coal sold in all that region exorbitantly high, has absolutely powerless for good, aud the most devoted railroad attorney would not be much less effoctive than an honest man would have to be. The duties of the office are very light, its salary com- fortable, and the whole position entirely pleasant, 8o far as heing of any practi. cal use is concerned, however, the rail- way commission of Iowa stands about on a level with the Keeley motor, OMAHA DAILY BEE,~-SATURDAY, APRILZ12, 1884, commerce of France. Besides this he filled several other important public posi- tions, hoth of a political and literary character. DI‘HRRVLANI)S TFHAN OURS. The passage of much discussed fran- chise bill was one of the principal events of the week in England. Mr. Gladstone in behalf of his pet scheme made a pow- orful speech. He maintained that it was @ good thing for the state that the largest number of capable citizens should possess the franchise, and he defendod the ex- tension of the franchise in Ireland as an act of right an ustice. It was no doubt gratifying «him and his support- ora to see the bill passed by such a de- cisive vote as 300 to 210, The act is properly entitled the ‘‘Rep- resentation of the People Act.” It pro- vides that a uniform household and lodger franchise at elections shall be es- tablished in all counties and boroughs throughout the United Kingdom, and every man possessed of a bousehold qualification or a lodger qualification shall, if the qualifying premises bo situ- ate in a county in England or Szotland, be entitled to be registered as a voter, and when registered to vote at an elec- tion for such election; and if the qualify- ing premises be situsto in a county or borough in Ireland, be entitled to regis- ter as a voter, and to vote at an election for such county or bor- ough. When a man himself inhabits any dwelling house by virtue of any office, service or employment, and the dwelling house is not inhabited by any person under whom such man serves in such office, service or employment, he shall be deemed for the purposes of this act and of the representation of the people acts to be an inhabitant occupier of such dwelling house as & tenant. Subject to the saving in this act for existing voters, the following provisions shall have effect with reference to elections: (1) A man shall not be entitled to bo registered as a voter in respect of the ownership of any rent charge, except the owner of the whole of the tithe rent churge of a rectery or vicarage. (2) Where two or more men are own- ers either as joint tenants or tenants in common of an estate in any land or tene- ment one of such men, but not more than one, shall, if his interest is sufficient to confer on him a qualification as a voter in respect of the ownership of such es- tate, be entitled (in the like cases and subject to like conditions as if he were the sole owner) to be registered as a voter, and, when registered, to vote at an election. Provided that whore such owners have derived their interest by descent, succes- sion, marriage, marrags settlement or will, or where they occupy the land or tenement, and are bona fide enfilged a8 partners carrying on trade or business thereon, each of such owners whose in- terest is sufficient to confer on him quali- fication as a voter shall be entitled (in the like cases and subject to the like con- ditions as if he were the sole owner) to be registered as a voter in respect of such ownership, and, when registered, to vote at an election, and the value of the inter- est of each such owner, where not other- wise legally defined, shall be ascertained by the division of the total value of the land or tenement equally among the whole of such owners. Every man occu- pying any land or tenement in a county or borough in the United Kingdom of a clear geurly value of not less than £10 shall be entitled, after the passing of this act, to be registered as a voter, and, when registered, to vote atan election for such county or borough in respect of such occupation subject to the like con- ditions respectively, us & man is, at the passing of this act, entitled to be regis- tered as a voter and to vote atan elec- tion for such county in respect of the county occupation franchise, and at an election for such borough in respect of the borough occupation franchiso. Bismarck’s early retirement from the Prussian ministry seems to ba an estab- lished fact. Speaking ot the reasons which lead him to the step, he recently said: ‘I am seventy years old, My nerves are in bad condition. I have not time to be unctious. The telegraph fearfully multiplics my work. Germany in interested in whatever happens in the capitals of the world, including New York and Washington. The world is a chessboard, and I must watch moves af- fecting Germany. It 18 necessary now to study not only dominant politicians, but also wire pullers, financiers and cur- rent opinion everywhere, aud to act nr- idly upon information telegraphed in haste. The chancellorship is no sinecure. Its duties might overtax a younger man’s strength. Without the Emperor's sup- port I could not get through.” While the cable informs us that Em- peror William, who has been in feeble condition for some time past, is convales- cent, his advanced age, he being now 87 years old, renders his permanent recove ry very doubtful, In fact, his death may announced almost at any time. The accession of the crown prince, K'rederick, to the imperial throne will inaugurate a radical change of policy, and of course put Bismarck on the retired list. The crown prince has very decided views on questious of public policy, and tiey are known to be radically at variance with tkose of Priuce Biswmarck. Ic is by no menus certain, howover, that Emperor Frederice will put into practice the views and pet theories of Crown Prince Frea erick, The crown prince of Russia, it will be remembercd, was opposed in the wost respects, to his father's policy, but when the nihilists made him emperor he was & changed mai. Anglo-Egyptian war that would appear comical if they were not tragical. No- bedy either in England or Egypt appears now able to say clearly what the fighting is ahout. The British appear to have fought Osman Uigua because he came ) about $100,000. The Indian govern- ment is also urged to obtain the money by sterling loans in London at 3} per cent in perpetuity on the capital invested, because of the scarcity of capital for in- vestment in India. This would make some thousand millions of dollars to be expended on railways in India in ten years. This _ loan is of interest to us in three ways. In the first place, it would make an era in the history of these modern loans of English capital. Hitherto they have tended to- ward the west and southwest. Hereafter if this loan is made, they will tend to- ward the east and northwesc. In the neonn:u;lme, it would immensely increase the trade of India with Great Britain, the product of the loan being in fact mer- chandise snipped to India, in retura for which merchandise would be shipped to England. In the third place, such a loan, if properly expendes, would tend to largely increase the capital of India as a wheat and corn growing country, and thus still further depress the price of these products in which we are so greatly interested. When political arrests aremade in Rus- sia the victima are generally described in the police reports as ‘‘nihilists.” that being the faction which is most dreaded by the conservative portion of the peo- ple, but by no means the one which is regarded as most dangerous by the gov- ernment. Between the fierce sanguinary hue of the nihilists or anarchists parties tone down through a great varioty of shades to the moderato advocates of a constitutional monarchy. Next to the anatchists, who make war upon all politi- cal institutions and regard dynamite as a legitimate agent of revolution, are the socialists and communists, who advocate entire social equality and community of goods. Then there is the agrarian revo- lutionary party, which holds with Henry George that there should be no private ownership of the soil. These factions are separately organized, and ae fre- quently in hostility, which greatly lessens the task of the government in keoping them in check. One section of the ter- rorists insists that the entire organization should be controlled by a central com- mittee at St. Petersburg, issuine its or« ders in secret, and unknown to the agents who are called upon to do its bloody work, while another demands lo- oal organization as a better means of en- abling the members to co-operate in pc- litical movements. Growing out of the anarchist faction is an organization called the ‘‘League of Youth,” composed of both sexes, whose object is to educate the young of Russia in revolutionary doctrines. Altogether separate from these factions of terrorism and anarchy, and having no sympathy with their aivs or methods, is the ‘‘party of the people,” which de- mands that the subjects of the czar shall have a voice and influence in the management of the political affairs of the empire. This partyin turn ia divided into factions, one of which urges cautious advances until the people are better fitted for participation in public affairs, and the other insists upon the duty of the people to use all legitimate means to secure their political rights. A still more conservative party is enthusi- astic for some form of constitutional government after modern European patterns, The programme of this party includes the creation of a legislative body in which all projects of laws shall be epenly discussed—but that the con- sent of the emperor shall be necessary for their adoption—freedom of religious worship, the abolition of the censorship of the press and a general amnesty for all political offenses. Demands so mod- erate as these indicate how small a share of political or personal liberty exists in Russia; but not even the party of Nihilists is more obnoxious to the govern~ ment than that of the conservatives, who merely ask for the shadow of a constitu- tional system. The ratifications of a treaty between Peru and Chili have been exchanged at Lima, and the war may be regarded as at an end so far as these powers are con- cerned. Between Chili and Bolivia no settlement has boen effected as yet. The terms imposed upon Peru are as harsh as might have been expected. They involve the cession of those southern provinces in which the deposits of guano lie, and which furnished the occasion for the quarrel. It is announced that England and other European pow- ers have recorded their objec- tions to the cession of these pro- vinces, on the ground that Peru had made concessions to their subjects which are not guarded in the treaty. In the view of international law, however, no private rights can militate against the cession of national territory. The new government takes the territory subject to all the obligations -incurred by the old. And foreiguers must address themselves to its sense of justice in order to secure their rights. 'The limits set by interna- tional law in these matters have not been much respected in the treatment which Peru has received from Europe- ans, It was the encroachment of foreign claimants upon Peruvian rights—an encroachment somewhat par- allel to that of Egypt—which plunged these two republics intoa bloody war. If Mr. Garfield’s policy with reference to @ congress of the American powers had been carried out, we would have been in & position to prevent repctitions of the Egyptian tragedy on this continent, and perhaps to secure such terms for Peru as would have made this peace a permanent settlement rather than an armed truce. But under the policy which abstains from uuited American action, lest the sensi- bilities of Europe should be offended, we can but stand and look on. —— Senator Van Wyck on the National Convention, Editor of Bloomington .) Guard, Many thanks for your very kind letter. Provious thereto I had written The Ne- nces can 1 sed as dele- gate to the national convention. I have always believed that the dele- gation should e of new men, fresh from the people, who can better know thuir preference the question is what the repablican the state desire, not STEELE, JOHNSON & CO.,, Wholesale Grocers ! H. B. LOCKWOOD (formerly of Lockwood & Draper) Chicago, Mane ager of the Tea, Cigar and Tobacco Departments. A full line of all grades of above; also pipes and smokers’ articles carried in stock. - Prices and samples furnished on application. Open orders intrusted to us shall receive our careful attention Satisfaction Guaranteed. AGENTS FOR BENWOOD NAILS AND LAFLIN & ‘RAND POWDER CO Double and Single Acting Power and Hand PUMPS, STEAM PUMP Engine Trimmings, Mining Machinery,§ Belting, Hose, Brass aud Iron Fittin, Stoam Packing &t wholosale and rojail, HALLADAY 'WIND-MILLS, OHURO! AND SCHOOL BELLS, Corner 10th Farnam 8t., Omaha Neb. 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AND JOBBERS OF DOMESTIO GIGARS, TOBACCOS, PIPES $ SMOKERS' ARTICLES CELEBRATED BRANDS: Reina Victorias, Especiales, Roges in 7 8izes from $6 to $120 per 1000. AND {HE FOLLOWING LEADING FIVE OENT CIGARS: Combination, Grapes, P;:g::?{aflebuska, Wyoming and WE DUPLICATE EASTERN PRICES SEND FOR PRIOE LIST AND SAMPLES, 72 strumentality of the Rock Island road crush out every competition to their own woves, or to force every other mine owner in aregion of two hundred miles to unite with them in their gouge game They have kept the people so completely in awe of them by threstening to use the give thom, that although these faocts are known to all men, yet no oue dares 1o breatho & complaint, In this way wil. Lions ot dollars are being wrung by these these vultures All the timo there are great numbers of mines in that region, which could fur- been maintained chiofly through the in- The Cables have used 1ts freight tariff to immense power which the freight rates Mz, Rannaiy told the democratic con. ventien of Penusylvania that he had pursued an aggressive course in congress *‘in advocacy of the cardinal principles of Jefleraon, Jackson, Polk aud Buch:iuan,” Those who remember that ths ouly *car dinal principle” which Jawmes Buchanan had was to have all the nation’s arms stolen and secreted among rebels in the south will thiok, if Mr, Randall's own statement is true, he had better be muz ed. S—— Juan Barrists Dumas, who died yes- terday in Puaris, av the age of 84 years, was a celobrated chemist. He was at one time minister of sgriculiure and| too near Suakim, while he said the rea- [ what the prejudiges or advantages of son he came near Suakim was because | official position may sugges they would not leave the eountry. After| As to your othef suggestion, just at beating him, however, and slaughtering | this juncture of atfuirs, the less scheming thousands of his followers, they have left ! ix# state aud national conventions the it. Then Gordon is at Khartum trying to | better. Any sttempt to override the make the Mahdi ruler of the Sudan, | wishes of the people may repeat the los- but the Mahdi will not be made ruler|son of the last few years, that the ballot of the Sudan by him, and says he will | box has healthy revenges where the mass kill him if ho catchea him, of the party have been over-reached or betrayed. Yours, C H. Van Wyoxk. \AITL T INAARIT The Bombay chamber of commerce has —— nads a proposition to the government of | ARE YOU GOING TO £ KOPE? Tudia, which a fow years ago would have | 1, auother column will be found the an- oxcited & mere ripple of attention in the | nouncement of Mossrs. THOS, COOK & SON, United States, but which at present is of | ‘Yourist Agaute, %61 grm oy, New York, Ominous importance to our agricultural ve to o o Wy o o Intoreats, The government is asked to ma;dm.d:fl Er“mu;x: w:fi;u::f conatruct railways to the extent of from | e, Put AN DI (Pt two thoussnd to three thoussud miles | will be wailed to any on recalps of 10 sunually, and at a yearly expenditure of | cents YVILLIIYIRIV I Willimantic 8pool ( otton 1s entirel and is pronouneed by experts to be the Lbfi sewin, orld FULL ASSOLT or sale by mé&e the product of wachive thread in the VIMENT CONSTANILY ON HAND HENLEY, HAYNES & VAN ARSDEI, LM THE BEST THREAD ror SEWING MACHINES 1%] Home Industry, and Omui