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Vrol. V . Fort Benton, Montana, Wednesday, December 15, 1886.

-. . .. .. .. . . . . .. . . ..... . . . . [ I 1 , 1,, o f• PQA c1;lIn t 1n p il ze• in t hi;s cit y fo r ,ESCAPE OF A HORSE 'THIEF. ti

lie is Closely Ptarsaed by the Indian Police aWith Fair Prospect of Capture.

About December 2nd or 3id' Stock In-

spector Billy Watts arrested a man named

Marshall at Choteau, who was acoised of thorse stealing. Inspector Watts placed

the prisoner in charge of Charley Munn to

guard while he went to Helena to securewitnesses against him. A few nights af-

terwards while Munn had .hs, ponr In a

close room under guard a gertletent 0op-

ened the door and stepped inside, not a

knowing the state of affairs;. seizing .the,

-opportunity the prisoner quickly stepped,out of the door on the street and hed. The

:gentleman who camein. natural•y ciosedthe door after him all rasolus what

had happened. Munn sprang to the door

and out into the darkness; he could see

nothing, but listening could_ hear the

prisoner running and fired one or' two

shots after him without effect. Munn se-

cured assistance and tried to find his man

that night but was unsuccessful.Subsequently it was ascertained that

Marshall wept up to Sam Mitchell's place

about two miles above Choteau and stole a

horse, saddle and bridle from the stable.

He was next heard of at Birch creek, for-

ty odd miles north of Choteau, where .he

again entered a stable and stole a horse

from John Wren who happened to be there

with his team. The horse stolen from

Sam Mitchell's was found on the prairie

near by next morning much jaded. Maj.

Baldwin, at the Blackfoot agency, being

informed of what had happened immedi-

ately sent three of his trusted moented

Indian police, with fresh horses on Mar-

shal's trail, and in all probability theywill capture him. Munn and pursuing

party were only five hours behind at the

agency. A short distance north of the

agency a cow was found lately killed,

from which but a few pounds of meat had

been taken. This was supposed to have

been done by Nlarshall. The horse stolen

from Wren had been driven al4 the

day previous and was in no condition to

travel.

The Northern Pacific will Get Left.

Now that the Hauser railroad is to work S

the country on one side of us, and the Jim

Hill road is to run to Buford and in the

spring to Benton, it is time that our own

road, whose interest we have at heart,

should begin to reach out and penetrate

the cattle country in this vicinity. The

Benton road will construct a transfer boat

at Buford with capacity for eight cars, s

which, after transfer, will be run on a

branch to the stock yards which they will '

build on:he Red river, thus entering the

very heart-of the industry. It is said that t

the Northwestern is reaching after some

of our local trade. We desire to see our C

own road, the Northern Pacific, which C

has done so much for the development of E

the northwest, make timely efforts, by

branches and stock yards situated where i

the cattle men can be within easy reach, to s

secure that. business that so justly belongs

to them as a reward for their pluck and

energy.-Stockgrowers Journal.

MaCtea Notes.

John Fisher arrived in town Friday

from Maiden where he has been hard at

work the past summer prospecting and

mining. John thinks he has some valua-

ble prospects and says Maiden is bound to

be one of the best mining camps in Mon-

tana. Just before leaving he shipped sev-

eral tons of ore to-Omaha from which he

expects good returns.

The mine owners of the-camp have been

shipping ore extensively this fall and in

most cases with decided profit. Most of

the ores of the district are high grade and

warrant the necessary expense of $50 a tdn.

for transportation.The Maginnis company are running

their mill and mine constantly, with both

day and night shifts.

W. H. Burgess who was dangerously ill

some weeks ago has recovered and is about

once more. Mr. Burgess is interested in

some valuable mines in the camp and has

a fair prospect of making a stake some of

these days.

Accidents at Great Falls.

Last Sunday a freighter (our informant

had not learned his name) from Helena

met with quite an accident while fording

the Missouri river at Gieat Falls. He had

a four horse team and a load of some five

thousand pounds and not- being familiar

with the ford got off the regular route and

into deep water. Three of his horses were

drowned and he was rescued himself by

parties riding out for him. The animals

were fine ones, so that his loss was hardly

less than $450. The wagon and freight

were saved in good shape. A subscription

amounting to $150 was raised among the

citizens of Great Falls for his benefit. Joe

Gauvreau, of this city, was on the wagon

at the time, leading his horse, and got the-

benefit of a bath and a good scare.

A short time before Dave Thomas in at-

tempting to crosson the ice broke through

and narrowly escaped being drowned. He

5crambCedl upon the ice two or three

titres, only to go down again, and was

nearly exhausted when some parties from

as near an approach as possible threw a

lasso over his head and dragged him out.

He had taken a cramp in the water and

was unconscious when;rescued. Thelasso to

was a happy thought and the rope was not al

thrown a minute too soon to save Dave's b4life.

The IMtoat a 'Central.h

,Work upon this end of the Montana gcentral railroad ,has been progressing Lsteadily for the past two months, and o

graders to the*numnber of about two hun- Rred :and are Aoi••r n strung along the o

uienfor a distance of six miles above towi4 ti

This force will be added to, we understand, b

and teYAork pushed for ward witho~in- d

termission until the bed is ready tiieceive

the ties.The workis comparatively light-most- t

ly earthwork -but still it will be some 'j

time yet before it will be completed. The c

road will cross Sun river a short distance I-above the mouth, and the Missouri, likely, 4at the 'bridge site, at the head of Central (avenue. Sun river will be a compara- atively easy stream to bridge, at this point,the approaches being excellent and the

water shallow.--Great Falls Tribune.

From the Husbandman.

Charles Severance, of Oka, lost 500 1

sheep by smothering, on the night of the

21st ult.

The Northern Pacific railroad company

have promptly paid their assessment on

lands in this county, amounting to some-

thing over $4,000.

The enterprising stageman, William

,Coates, of Martinsdale, has recently pur-

chased W. R. Bramble's stage line and

mail contract between Martinsdale and

Ubet. It is a tri-weekly but will doubt-

less be carried daily when spring opens,

running in connection with his Martins-

dale-and White Sulphur Springs line.

J. V. Stafford and Thomas Wall, com-

missioners of Meagher county, and John

P. Barnes, E. P. Chandler, commissioners

of Fergus county, and Wm. Berkins, com-

missioner of the two counties, are in ses-

sion for the purpose df-adjustihg the ma4t-ter between the counties of Meagher and

Fergus; but it will not be possible fore them to complete the work until after the

n meeting of the commissioners next week.__, --- •.-+t~)t+C

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Haul Coal.

The high prices readily realized for coal a

should prompt everybody with a team to

go to hauling it while the roads and e

weather are as good as at the present time.

Even those with small teams, if not more

than a single span, can make fair wages at

this work. This is not a busy season with

our farmers and we do aot know how they

could turn an honest dollar better or more

easily than by rigging up "outfits" and

hauling coal to town. There is good wa-

ges in it. Some parties in town have

small teams that might profitably be sent

on a like mission. In fact everybody in

this section who has an idle team

should start it to Belt creek.

By so doing you secure good wages and

perform a eood deed. Haul coal.

Court House Chips.

County Attorney McIntire will occupy.

the office heretofore held by the deputy

district clerk.Mr. D. G, Browne, deputy clerk, is as-

sisting Clerk Rogers this week. Dave's

"bold and familiar fist" in the records is

as plain as print.

Judge Tattan was busy to-day taking

proof in land cases. Since the receipt of

the new blanks (generally designated as

"Iron clad") there is a good deal more la-

bor connected with "proving up:"

Treasurer Minar and his efficient depu-

ty, Mr. Genzbergar, are still busy issuing

tax receipts.Sheriff elect Black is a privileged char-

acter at the court house. He is just now

engaged in getting an insight into the du-

tieT of the sheriff.

About four hundred warrants were is-

sued by the commissioners this term, the

most of them for small amounts. They

will be issued on Tuesday probably.

Great PFall Lodge A. O. U. W.

Mr. Sol. Genzberger, D.' G. M. W., re-

turned from Great Falls last eveniing

% where he organized Great Falls lodge No.

18 A. O. U. W. The lodge has a charter

membership of eighteen. Following are

the officers for the'first term:

P. M. W.-J. K. Clark.

31. W.-J. J. Gibbons.Foreman--H. H. Chandler.

Overseer--VWilliatm Roberts.r Recorder-'W. J. Kennedy.Receiver--M.; Harris.Financier. H.P. Rolfe.Guide--Thos. W. Murphy;e I. W.-Alex Lut.

a The Canadea ' Pacific's earnings for the

o ronth of November, compared with 1885,

were, for 1886~,$1;073,00, and fir 1185,

-815,000, an increase of $257,000. Thj.

considered a rmost handsome showingsa

e Is duo to the '-rge i uL of ••"thi

e traffic now operating ovetr the line.

A SPLENDID SHOWING. huiha

The Good Work Done in Minnesota by the adNorthwest Indian Co mission.

hiThe Indian commission has submitted

to Gen. Adkins, commissioner of Indian m

affairs,a report of their operations and la-

bors up to Dec. 1st. From this report we

make the following extracts:Two separate and distinct agreements tg

have been effected as a result of their ne-

gotiations;one with Indians of White Earth

Leech L tk,, Cass I-ike, Lake Winnebag.

oshis :itd olther scattered bands `

was concltiuded August 11th, 1886, the un-

occupied lahds of the White Earti reserva- y

tion are thrown open for all the tribes and v

bands of Chippewas in Minnesota. In- L

dians now occupying the reservation, P

wh'ich h c,•tains about 800,000 acres, being

first permiti d to make selections for

themselves, and qu:•ntity of lands each. S

The Indians will be entitled to receive un-

der this agreemelni as follows: Each (e head of a family, 160 acres; each single g

person over 18 years of age, 80 acres; each t

1 orphan child under 18 years of age, 80 1

acres; each other person under 18 y'ars of .

, age, 40 a'cres. Indians are to have the

e benefit of and subject to the criminal laws

of the state in all offenses, the penalty for

which is death or imprisonment in the

state penitentiary. Provision is made for

0 the support of Indians removing to White

e Earth, to be continued until they are able ,

to take care of themselves; butin no

event to exceed two years. Each Ihead of family and each male Indian over

18 years of age, when he becomes a per-

manent resident upon his allotmem•u, t~

be provided with comfortable he, . ;-.. g

n houses, cook stove, yoke of oxen, a plow,

~ wagon and cow, an axe and other imple-d ments of husbandry. Each Indian shall

d have five acres of land broken for him and

t be provided seed for the first crop. In-

s, dustrial and district schools are to be es-

6 tablished for all children in the reserva-tion.

1- To enable the government to carry out

n these designs, the Indians cede a large

rs tract of land belonging to them north of

3- Leech Lake, which is tc be sold upon the

s- mo• advantageous terms possible. The

-agreernw t contains-sevea-~ --

id ions ii.tended to protect persons and prop-

>r erty, and improve the moral conditions of

te the Indians. By terms of the agreement

k. concluded with the Red Lake band of

Chilppewas concluded August 23, 1886,

about two-thirds of their reservation or an

area estimated to contain 2,000,000 is ceded

to the United States to be sold for the ben-

d efitof Indians. The portions ceded em-

brace vast timber lands, said to be .of al-

most incalculable value.

at The report says that these Indians re-

th quire immediate help, and it was agreed

that the United States should expend $10,-S00 in the building of a. agency, saw and

d grist mills, and in the erection of comfort-

able houses and the purchase of certain

y ieedful implements. Schools are provid-

e ed for as in the case of the White Earth

in Indians. As with the White Earths, the

im criminal laws of the state of Minnessta are

k. extended over the reservation in certain

cases. These agreements cannot become

operative until they are approved by con-

gress.

Luciiy ienis ryan.

Special to the River Press.ST. PAUL, December 12.-A private tel-

egram from Chicago says that the mine

purchased by Denis Ryan, of St. Paul,

has proven the greatest investment that

lucky man ever made. The mine, which

is at Mullan, Idaho, was purchased two

weeks ago by Mr. Ryan for $200,000. Ex-

pert T. J. Lovett, of Chicago, who has

just returned from an investigation of it,

says there is $50,000,000 in sight. Mr.

Ryan, when asked about the matter, ad-

mitted the purchase, but declined to make

any further statement. Mr. Ryan is asso-

ciated with Mr. Hill, Col: Broadwater and

others in the great group of mines in Red

mountain, which promises to be as great a

bargain as the one noted above. Mr. Ryan

never makes a mistake in mines.

Amusements.

Special to the River Press.

EUTTE, December 11.-Manager Ma-

guire returned from San Francisco this,

morning. He reports that he has pooled

the Montana circuits with the Alcazar

theater of San Francisco, and has four

regularly organized companies which will

soon be on the road. John L. Sullivan

will be in Butte December 17 and 18, Jef-

freys Lewis about January 1, Pike's Opera

company about January 7, and the Emma

Abbott company about February 21. Min-

nie M:adlern will al•o favor Montana with

a visit. Mr. Maguire promises to bring'

out theo.WhiteSlave in Montana in a few;

weeks, which is now scoring a grand suc-cess at the Alcsz;r, inr-Sn Francisco.

Delegate Toole indorsed at Bismarck.

Special to to he River Press.-,BtSMARCI,5 December 12 -- Delegate

S''oole having last week secured the ap-ent of a democrat to be postmaster

•Adge, is now eongr tulate~I uponc thuat every jresWd n:i41 ofice iii

his territory is held by a demorat. He

has been a persistent and very successful

advocate of changes in those offices, and

it is noteworthy in this connection that

his r~ajority for re-election last month was

fieie times greater than any democratic c

majority before given in Montana.` The in

people of that territory rightly appreciate B.

the man whose democracy is thorough- ta

going, as the people of Dakota would if a

they knew they had such a man. fr

Gone to Deer Lodge. tr

Secial to the River Press. of

=HELENA, December 8.-Kemp Roberts di

yesterday took his leave of Helena and gwas escorted over the range to Deer g

Lodge, in fulfillment of his sentence lately

passed. tl

Fire at Fort Assinaboine. k

Slecial to the River Press. e

FORT ASSINABOINE, December 9.--The g

Chinese laundry at this post burned to the n

ground between three and four o'clock e

this morning. Nothing saved; inmates s

barely escaped with their lives. Cause of t

f fi'e unknown. i

Montana Appointments.

r Special to the River Press.

SWASHINGTON, December 8.-Delegater TOole claims the championship so far as i

e patronage goes. He has secured the re-

e moval of all republicans in his territory

a (i.e. presidential appointments) and has

7 had democrats appointed in their 1

r stead. This is something that no other

- .dmocratic congressman can boast of.

Our Washington authority must cer-

tainly be at fault, in a slight degree at

least, in this matter. The collector of cus-toms for the district of Montana and Idaho,11 Mr. T. A. Cummings, is a republican andd has not been removed that anybody has

-heard of; neither has Postmaster Flana-

_ gan of Fort Benton. Nevertheless Dele-

gate Toole has dene remarkably well andto his credit and that of the administrationit can be said that most of the new ap-it pointees are, citizens of Montana and not

e carpetbaggers.Sf Sudden Death,

e Sp~eial to the River Press.

)- teilay about 4 p. mr Mrs Anthony $hairpe>f died very suddenly. She had eaten a very

t hearty dinner at 1 p. m. and was found on

f the floor dead when the children returned.

3, Heart disease was the cause.

d The Surveyors.

" Special to the River Press.C'- FORT ASSINNIBOINE, December 10.--

`1- Engineer W. D. Barclay, lecating the

iroute for the Manitoba railroad, arrivede- here last evening from Belknap, where he

d left his party. He will return to Belknap1" to-morrow and then proceed with the finald survey in this direction.

Death of Chas. A. DeWitt.

Special to the River Press.HELENA, December 10.-News reached

here yesterday afternoon of the death of

Chas. A. DeWitt. Deceased was a mem-

ber of the Helena city council from the

first ward, who, six weeks ago, was strick-

en down with paralysis and shortly after-

wards, in hopes of recovery, proceeded to

Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where he yes-

terday died. He was well and favorably

known in this country, having resided

here for many years, and was at the time

of his death associated with Mr. Arnold

ini the Rialto market, on Bridge street.

The sympathy of the community goes out

to the bereaved family, whose sorrow in

their affliction is inexpressible.

The Commission-Coming.

iS cial to the River Press.

4LENA, December 10.--The Indian

c nmission is coming to Montana very

sQa for.transportation across the countryfrom Glendive is being provided for them.

There will be no postponement of that bus-

iness on account of the weather, but, in the

meantime another right of way bill, spec-

ifying the line to be followed, will be

pressed upon congress and the president.

A Failure at Helena.

Special to the River Press.

IIELEXA, December 11 .-John T.. Mur-

phy & Co. yesterday levied an attachment

on the store and stock of Herman Richter,

Henry Richter and Waldemer Stein, part-

ners doing business under the firm name

of Herman Richter' & Co. The amount

isued for is $5,000 and the stock and prop-

erty at the corner of, Bridge and BErecken-

ridge streets have gone into the hands of.

he sheriff pending a settlement. The

rm hopes to resumne business ehortly.Last evening in a conversation with Her-

roan Richter, one of the parties sued, he

iselaimed any present connection with

the firm, having sold out abouta year ago.

fie states howevei', that the firm had made

bad debts and transacted too much credit

business. He xdered it perfectly sol-'

vent and .that( it would shortly liquidateits indebtedness.

.There s a large amount of travel over

She .Hel.t & bHento ritage line from Great.

I F lls.

COMMUTATIOlN OF A HOMESTEAD. liV4fey

The]Wyoming Decision, Will Not be Sus- tai

tained by the Land Office.

Washington specjal.-Noticing the re- Bocent decision made at Laramie, Wyoming, bein the case of the United States vs. Babez hoB. Simpson, Judge Blair held that the sutaking up and subsequent commutation of leaa homestead entry did not prevent a man thbfrom making a subsequent homestead en-

try, your correspondent called upon the in

assistant commissioner of the general land

office, Stockslager, and asked him if thedecision would be acquiesced in by his of-

lice, "I do not understand upon what m

ground the decision could have been shmade," he re.plied. "Possibly the judge qithinks a commuted homestead is equiva- p3lent to a pre-emption. If he holds that, scthen of course the man's pre-emption was yexhausted when he commuted his home- instead. We have always held that when aman commuted his homestead entry he had itexhausted his rights under the home- bstead laws and could not make another en- atry. Yes, we shall adhere to our old rul- le

ing. We shall not allow men to enter yhomesteads who have previously taken up aand commuted homestead entries." The ofacts in the case referred to are as follows: c

Simpson had taken up a homestead entryin the state of Wisconsin and afterwardscommuted it to a cash entry. He after- twards removed to Wyoming and entered ahomestead there, and in proving up,sworethat he had never made a homestead entry

prior to the one made in that territory; 0and the point involved in the case waswhether or not the homestead entry madein Wisconsin, which he afterwards com-b muted, exhausted his rights under the

homestead law. In the instructions given1 to the jury by Judge Blair he decided thats Simpson's entry in Wisconsin aid not ex--haust his rights under the homestead laws,. and by re-entering in Wyoming he did not

commit perjury. The general land office,- however as above stated, does not acqui-

esce in the conclusion.

Working for Admission.

WASHINGTON, December 8.-Delegate

Toole, of Montana. appeared before thehouse, committee bn thetttriest to-da andmade anargbumeii aL faor, adf missiony to the Union of that territory as a state.

n {.I. Report of the Secretary of the Interior one

Public Lands.

WASHINGTON, December 5.-On the sub- i

ject of public lands the report says: The f

commissioner's report upon the public s

surveys, though interesting, is a painful a

exhibit. It appears from this document t

that the available agricultural lands in imost of the public land states and territo- i

ries have been largely returned as survey- I

ed and paid for by the United States, but

in many instances the reported surveys 1are so erroneous as to be without merit

and misleading, and that in other cases no

actual surveys were made, but plats were 1

manufactured upon the basis of fictitious

field notes.In California, Colorado, Minnesota, Or-

egon, Washington and Wyoming the un-

surveyed areas are generially mountainousor heavily timbered. In Florida the un-

snrveyed lands are principally in the ever-

glades and islands and keys of the coast.

In Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada,New Nexico and Wyoming the country is

reported to be largely occupied by cattle

ranches. In the presentcondition of these

surveys it is very difficult for the govern-ment to prosecute successfully trespassers

upon public lands and depredators upon

timber.

Trade Dollars.

WASHINGTON, December 9.-The bill

introduced by Senator Sewell to-day for

the redemption of trade dollars provides

that for the period of six months the Unit-

ed States trade dollar, if not defaced, mu-

tilated or stamped, shall be received at

their face value in payment of all dues to

the United States for the same period. The

holders of trade dollars on presentation of

the same at the U. S. deposifories may re-

ceive in exchange a like amount in face

value standard silver dollars or subsidiary

coin. Trade dollars received shall not be

reissued but shall be recoined into stand-

ard dollars.

Minister Manning.

CITY OF MEXICO, December 8.-Prelim-

inary judicial proceedings have been taken

to bring criminal libel suits against the

authors of the recent reports regarding

M inister Manning's conduct at a private

dinner.

Bagged the Fugitive.

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-The enterprisingperson who recently sold $30,000 worth of

uniauthorized tickets for the Patti concerts

in the City of Mexico, has been captured;it is believed, by Mexican detectlyesaFrom dispatehes received at HenryAbbey's

office in the city yesterday, it is supposedthat the swindler has been found withinkthirty miles of the City of Mexieo. The

man is supposed to be one Cliarle bour-

to~, an alleged Parisian journalist, :who

lived at 80 Clinton Place in this city for a

few weeks last fall. The information conS

tained in the dispatch was very meagre

and it was not known positively by Abbey's

representative in this ci" y, yesterday, that

Bourton or who ever he is, had actually

been arrested. It was known to a certainty,

however, thata. man was under police

surveillance and would not be allowed to

leave the country. It was thought that

there was a very good chance of recover-

ing the money.

Interesting News From Washington.

WAsHINGTON, December 10 -The ad-

mission question seems now to be in this

shape: Dakota is practically out of the

question. Her internal squalbblings will

probably result in keeping her out for

some yeats. Mr. Toole thinks that if Mr.

s Voorhees will take the ground that Wash-

- ington is really a republican territorya when only party interests are involved, as

I it undoubtedly is, there would be no tron-

ble in securing the admission of Montana

and Washington together at this session,

- leaving Dakota to take care of itself. Mr.

r Voorhees has been twice elected on an

P anti-railroad issue, and no conclusion fav-

e orable to the democrats of the territory

: can be drawn from that fact. If the house

Y were convinced that Washington is really

is a republican territory Mr. 'Poole thinks

r- they would willingly admit both it and

a Montana.re Mr. Toole has been busy for the past

y week in opposing the proposed allotment

; of lands in severalty to the Indians on the

as Cheyenne reservation. It is said that the

le agent of these Indians is a cousin of Up-

n- shur, the assistant commissioner of In-

ee dian affairs, and that he opposes their re-

an moval, naturally not wishing to find his

at occupation gone. If nothing more can be

X- done it is probable that action in the mat-

9, ter will be delayed until a special agentlot visits the agency and reports upon the

,e, matter.

The Cooke City Line.

WASHINGTON, December S.-The offi-

cials of the Billings, Clarke's Fork &

Cooke City railroad company, including

Geo. V. Simes, president, Geo. B. Hulme,

secretary, and P. M. Gallagher, chief en-

gineer, are here and are working hard fora bill providing for they right of way.

through the Crow reservation, a distance

of 7314 miles, although the line is des-tined to be 149% miles, from Billings toits destination at Cooke City. The officers

feel greatly encouraged, from the expres-

sions they have had from congressmen

and territorial delegates, and' they now

think that it will be one of the first bills

passed, as the right of way question as to

reservations is becoming urgently pushed

for legislative action by powerful influ-

ences which are in a measure pulling to-gether. ' Mr. Sparks' objection to the ori-

ginal map of the engineers of,the com-

pany has, it is understood, been satisfied

by the new map and profile of the line,

and to serious drawback is expected from.

that quarter. The officers say that they

will engage in the work of construction

as soon as they secure the right of way.

Big Coal Boom in the Northwest Territory.

OTTAWA, December S.-A seam of an-

thracite coal, seven feet six inches in di-

ameter, has been struck at Banff, N. WV. T.

This seam is only one out of six in that

locality, the smallest being six feet in

thickness. The six seams contain coal

enough to supply the entire northwest ter-

ritory for the next fifty years.

Forty Miles More Accepted.

WASHINGTON, December 8.-The presi-

1 dent has accepted a section of forty miles

r of the Cascade branch of the Northern Pa-

s cific railroad in Washington territory, from

-the 125th to the 165th mile west of the

-Columbia river.

The Wire Chain Completed.

f BUFFALO,;ecember 8.-The Baltimore

& Ohio Telegraph company to-day made

connection with the Canadian 'Pacific rail-

way lines. This connection establishes

e communication between the Baltimore &

Ohio system in the United States, and the

Canadian Pacific system from Quebec to

British Columbia, Pacific coast. It is ex-

pected that the line from Vancouver to

San Francisco will be completed within

thirty days.

Another Congressman Dead.

WASHINGTON, December 10.--Represen-

tative Dewdney, of the twelfth district of

New York, died at his residence on Mad-

ison avenue, New York City, at 8 o'clock

t this morning. He was stricken with

apoplexy while entering his home last

8night. __-___

Western Union Meeting.

s NEW YORK, December 8.-At the regu-

1 lar quarterly meeiinag of the Western Un-

I iion Telegraph company to-day Presidehit

ie Green isubmiitted his report- which shows

Ithenet revenue for-the last quarter to be *, about $1,0,00,000;