Show 1 EDITORIAL INTES 11 n i IIII 1111 tio III t I I 1 the cincinnati commercial says it ino ille hew suitan sultan of turkey has found good places under thet goderum government nt for all his law nephews neph ers ets cousins aird personal friends he must have made a close crose study of the way it has been done at washington tuii duning during d the past eight years W in feinbe there thero were vei fast year marriages mirria gee gep and TWO 71 separations about oue one halt half of or lih lib the latter atter legal in america the proportion of sepa separations ratio d s is said to be bd much greater greaten but then this is a free country a land of liberty what is the use of liberty unless you use it H S Bl II reeter recter a highly educated physician of gray co N NY Y having jeo become orue criminally in intimate imato with a number of his patients youn you gand old oid was exposed pos edby by a fifteen year sear old olg girl whose mother had bad her ber to him the nei nel ebors threatened to hang him and he fled to herkimer Her limer jimer putting whip to his horse tho the entire distance and expecting the sting of a bullet every step of the way he then hired another horse and rode to unea A saratoga gara sara toga girl writes home thero there are ate plenty df of lisping silly leair parted in the middle swells but 0 for the sight of one genuine manil maul well there are a few genuine men nien around here herer herey and there are arc the genuine evidences too 1 twelve hundred Ice iee iceland laders ers era are on their way via quebec to a settlement in manitoba the washington star baye bays our cour english cousins will begin to t think hinl we are sending them odd specimens of dip for their wire wise and discreet representative kenta senta tive at washington sir bir edward thornton the schenck scandal has nob not yet setd died led out and mr pierrepon t has sea Bc arcely arrived in england egland before his indiscreet dinner table tabie utterances over there are introducing him to the british people in a way most mortifying to our national pride and now the publication in the new york papers of a batchoff batoh batch eor tor letters received by the spiritualistic I 1 medium flint now in jail in new york for fraudulent practices shows mr P pierrepont in the light of 0 a correspondent respondent nl sending a 2 fee for an inquiry in spirit laud land aa as to the english pedigree of the amerie american air Pierre ponts our minister opens his diplomatic career inauspicious jy thu thus the boston transcript while creditors are making wry faces all around equipages equi pages at bye rye beach this year are thought to outshine any former season the washington star says ithe the attorney general has allowed fees to tap tb counsel in the st louis whiskey trials aa as follows to gen hendlerson Hent lerson 10 to mr brodhead who buta succeeded ceded henderson 1 1 3 and to bucieri faton it evidently pays to be government counsel and as assistant sistan t counsel it is safe to say that either of thi these e persons would have cheerfully accepted one fourth of the sums they received respectively for perform ing the same amount and character berof ef services for private part parties escil A newspaper correspondent with crook crooks 8 arly ariy army says sass a great battle or ag a great reat race is the next th ingin order of news from that ba bady at deadwood city black hills the arrival of the tax collector toris is announced with of tsia the pioneer because if the miner sare taxed it is consider eda edo government acknowledgment that they have a right to be chicago bargone has baa gone to cleaning her hospitals which are said to be so sd offe ofie offensive Us v 0 as to cause ause the death of hv a very bry large p per er of the pal pAt patients lents i great indignation Is said fo to be fel fei felt feit C in boston over the he failure oi of the governor of massachusetts to affix his name to the warrant for the execution of the boy murderer jessse jesse pomeroy i ELECTION AND WEBER COUNTY FINANCES insl considerable dissatisfaction having arisen in and other portions of weber county concerning the assessor and collector for that county resulting in the puling up of a peoples ticket and a be re ticket at the late lato election in ogden R ballantyne lester J hernek herrick and gilbert belknap rise to explain to the taxpayers tax payers of weber county the junion janton and present a few facts foz foi the tile ca candid consideration of the public the selectmen state that the law requires requires the county Cour courtat tat its an haual ual uni december term to appoint an assessor r and collector who gives bonds to twice the amount of the taxes to be collected that he be is required to assess property at a il fair cash value collect the taxes thereon ony and pay the amount less the sum allowed for his services into the county and territorial treasur les within a specified time that he i is ell cli charged arged the sum total of bf the taxes to be collected and required to make it IE good ilat that for many years yearb the taxes in the county were not collected and the scrip consequently qu antly was greatly depreciated and improvements detar PEtar retarded ded that in 1872 the county deficiency w was that in 1873 the balance due the county was settled by note besides a lare large sum due duie the territory that a change was wag absolutely necessary that 66 the county Court consisting of the predate judge and three selectmen after due duo deliberation appointed the th present assessor and colli collector atoe eton that as a result for the fa girst first time the taxes county and territorial rit orial in weber county were collected and paid in according to law and county dounty scrip rose proportionately that the same assessor and collector was re reappoint appointed cd and the taxes were again assessed and col lecter according to ll 11 law aw thaile that the present assessor was originally in to assess property ata at a fair nir cash valuation that it was deemed necessary to raise fermer farmer valuations somewhat much property having havinga appreciated ap pp and revenue bein being needed d fon foe the erection of a county court ourt H house ouse that in june the county court examines the assessment roll and hears complaints of errors according to law t that hat no complaints of the kind kind have ever been made to that court but that the court in revising the roll found it necessary to raise the valuation of several pieces of property which the court thought were assessed too low that so far as the selectmen are aware the assessor and abd collector has assessed and collected the tax according to lawi law to the satisfaction of those who appointed him that for these reasons he ho has bas been continued 1 ed in office and that if proper representations had been made showing snowing that the people desired a cha change n ge I 1 the court would not cot have attempted to force that appointee upon the county nor does the assessor and collector desire to retain his position against we the popular wish TIIE THE BANK OF or I 1 c IP PARIGI ARiar in the st louis louls lode lobe democrat has a letter jetter upon banks generally and the bank of france spee specially lally w which alch ha he claims to be the greatest money power powe r in the ori world orl dand and that in respect to credit ity iti conduct and ana abundance of cash it may be said at this moment to be without a rival aval anthe on the globe the dankof bank nank of pranee prance as at present organized commenced in 1803 1603 and its charter expires in ih 1897 1597 I 1 it t has abou about sixty two brane branc branches hesia in the prom proy provinces inces the government appoints a governor and two deputy governors au aia stockholders the council of the bank numbers twenty members elected by of the principal rin cipal shareholders the capp capital ta lis ils Is but its business I 1 is s enormous it bisci discounts aunts receives depos deposits ls and hasa has hns a monopoly of issuing notes which are in den denominations 0 m of from awen twenty ty francs and up upwards yards Tards the correspondent continues thus bathe the confidence of the french and indeed of all europe in the bills of the bank is unbounded as may be seen from the fact tha that notwithstanding the milliards milli ards exacted by germany at the close of the war the bills were then and are still eq equivalent U to gold an annual statement in detail of its circulation assets liabilities loans and all particulars is made and what Is more made with the strictest atric test integrity the yearly dividends are limited to 5 per cent all prods over and above that amount being invested in 5 per cent consolidated stock to ir be e divided among the shareholders at the expiration of the thy charter its shares are 1000 francs each and the quotation at present is nearly or four times their original value athas it has enjoyed remarkable uniform prosperity athe the wealth that the bank contains is enormous it has in its vaults at present in cash and securities what is equivalent in our our money to seven hundred and fifty millions of dollar dollars and in the bank cellars private deposits of bonds plate ingots ingols and jewels what is worth perhaps two hundred millions more nearly one thousand millions of dollars what a magnificent concern to rob or pillage Is it not in hourly danger it would be in the united states it is the country where the police are so skillful and vigilant and where crime seldom escapes the bank batik too is aamir ably protected d it has bm any quantity of bars bolts iron doors and the burglar who could get into it must be superhumanly expert besides the greatest native scoundrels are dot bot without a cert certain alti alii love of france they reverence in a degree the mammoth financial institution in the rue eue de do la today to day france is as rich and prosperous as any laud in the old world and far more affluent and in immeasurably better credit than the model republic of the west we could learn some invaluable lessons from France francey but we will not frenchmen do dd not often steal from their country when in public office aln and nud d places of trust americans to put it mildly have a strange way of confounding the property of the nation atlon with their own sandwith and with us alas a ri ak b arek arik of france is fi simply impossible bl e byj THE INDIAN WAR durina during the week past pasi ibe ibo iho tho the ibe 1 most 1 I startling rumor concerning the indian war has been that of a severe engagement between terrys forces and sitting bitting bulls Ind iud indians lifis the reports have come in various shapes but to the effect that the indians were badly wh whipped lapped with xvi severe rovere ro loss on both sid bid aldes aides ea there des does not seem much room for of the truth of f the story the indians let terry and crook sit still in camp ever since the custer ouster and reno beno lighting and recruit their commands if the indians had beau anxious for a night fight in force they would have attacked ta eked on one e or other body of t the he troops agthe indian camp must have been within two or three days forced march of the troops much of the time if the troops do not know of the whereabouts of the main body of the indians there is reason to believe that the indians have known the location of the main bodies of the troops all the time As the indians did not make any attack in force that is ground for thinking that they did not want n f fight of that kind if they did aids they could have had iland it and ahey they must have known very well welt where to find it at any time bince since the custer ouster slaughter IA late report that may bedon be considered trustworthy is in our dispatches today to day tot he effect the loth dinst terry and crook formed a junction and the combined forces were follow ingia large indian inolan trail toward the powder river scouts from terrys column two days out arrived at fort buford on mondoy the ath which would make the latest from terry the two days after his junction with Crook aud one week from today to day loth irth terrys intention id Is reported to td have bt been en to follow the trail and force a night fight if possible butia bui but if these reports are true then theu there is no truth in th e recent reports of a great battle particularly disastrous to the indians indiana taking all the into consideration the situation appears to be that there has been no battle or engagement of importance since the custer and reno keno fight that the indians do not desire but are seeking to avoid a great or general engagement that the troops do desire and are endeavoring to bring on a heavy and decisive battle that if such a collision is effiec effected ted the advantage is likely to be with the troops that rat berthan rather than risk such a conflict the will breakup break up into divers small and scatter over ever the country that in such case the troops will bei be almost certain to come across some of these theme bands but hut that if they do the conflict will be slight in the nature of a running and aad fight and the result com comparatively parate parati vely insignificant ean can t und and indecisive anat if a great battle is effected irwill it wiil will be by surprie surprise sur prie or acel accident dent it may also be stated that it appears that the indians are not anxious for a continuance war but that the government t is sending fending all available troops bouhe suppo support tNt ot terry nud aud crook aud and is evidently determined to push hostilities tili ties as as pos possible until it shail shall be coul considered dered desirable for the troops to retire into w inter winter quarters it is very un likely that the war will end cind thia 3 year if it has to be fought out to the bitter end enil JW PROMINENT TOPI TOPICS aiki As cengr congress ess has adjourned i d there W will ill lil be little more to be sait satT said about its proceedings by the press for four months the space it has been cc espying daily during thelast the past portion portio n of the present year I 1 will be at liberty for something else the topics of importance left before the country are not very numerous the hot weather is passing away but the very cold wont be here yet the centennial Centen nial uial may resuscitate a little as the cooler weather comes on thera thele is no particular fuss fuss being raised about utah the harvest and timm tire grasshopper may take a little servia bervia turkish war al also aiso but the news does doos not nott enlist a great deal of interest yet sitting bull will undoubtedly be bo beard heard from again but whether in ili an art absorbingly interesting manner remains to be seen of wagners magners Wag ners trl logic Ni beling thero there will not nob bis be very much more to be said although thol gh its festival representations are not yet over the of trade and the lack of the needful need dir fir are not subjects sufficiently cheerful to be breque frequently dilated for truie rue born b orn americana alney Arnet leans ieans and turbulent political naturalized americans me merl meri ricans cans eans the fall elections and especially tile the presidential elec tion will be the great topics to many these things with the preceding campaigns will be events eventa of absorbing importance insomuch that they will not liot need much other matter matten mat ter ten of a sensational order to spice their dally daily dish of new blam BLAINE AS A im is considered the champion masculine scolder on the american rostrum but the we sew new W york jyerald seems to think that blame e ai is not noi no far behind bim him him J judging by the foll following from that tha t paper i mr blaine made ins his first appearance pe arance in public since leaving washington Wash ington lugton the other day 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