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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.
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Mr.
BED CLOUD.
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KRBRA8KA NEWS ITEMS.
The mail from Columbus to Madison
is now tri-weekly Land Commis
sioner Davis la having a record and
lease book prepared for every county,
which when written tip will contain
the entire school land basinets of the
State. ..Mr. Stewart, of Johnson Co,
has received the appointment of Beg
ister of the Land Office in the .Black
Hills. . . .The high water at WeeTBofnt
recently, washed oat part of the dasa in
the Elkhorn river at that place.
FOBJUtfft KSWS.
A Paris speelil'. says the popular
clamor against President IfacMahon is
great The circulation of foreign
newspapers in France will only be per
mitted after a nrinuto censorship. ..An
Athens special says war between Greece
and Turkey Is considered inevitable.
... .It is officially anneunced that Em
peror William has recalled Prince Bis
marck to consider the situation in
France and the probable effect of the
change of the ministry upon the rela
tions of France and Germany.... A
London dispatch says the stock market
is depressed and prices have declined
on the report that Bismarck was re
called. . . .Sir Mathew Digby Wyatt, the
great English architect, is dead.-
A California Bear Story.
A few days ago a very exciting but
also ludicrous incident occurred at the
upper end of Hunter's Flat, some ten
miles north of West Point, Calaveras
County. John Giles, who has been
profitably engaged in trapping in the
mountains above the past winter, vis
ited a Mr. Hall, who owns a small ranch
on Hunter's Flat A few hours previ
ous to Giles' arrival a bear had paid his
respects to one of Hall's Berkshire hogs,
leaving the smaller portion of it under
an oak tree for farther lunch. Giles
owns a large steel trap, weighing sixty
pounds, which was hauled to the oak
tree; a pine some nine inches in diam
eter was then cut down, the butt nearly
reaching the oak. The heavy chain at
tached to the trap has an enormous
swivel at the end, which was securely
fastened to a strong iron bolt inserted
in the butt of the pine. The ghostly
remains of the Berky were carried up
the oak tree and lashed to the trunk so
as to be in sight Thetrapwassetand
Giles proceeded to obliterate footmarks.
All at once Hall yelled in a scalp-raising
tone, "Here he comes P Sure enough,
an enormous and apparently enraged
bear was making rapid headway toward
the mourners under the oak. Before
Giles got started in the ensuing race
Hall had taken the lead by a good many
lengths, leaping wild coffee bushes six
feet in height with ease. The roaring
of the ferocious brute in the rear ac
celerated Giles' speed until he was ex
hausted, when he ventured to look back
and note with grateful heart that Bruin
had given up the race. He shouted the
happy fact to his friend, who was some
400 yards ahead, but Hall continued the
race until he reached his cabin. The
two now concluded to wait some two
hours. Giles had no weapons with him,
and when the time expired Hall ad
vanced trivial objections, but offered to
lend his rifle. As Hall is acknowledged
to be a bold and skillful hunter, Giles
pressed him to explain his apparently
cowardly' behavior, and the blushing
and stuttering friend said that he was
recently engaged to the reigning belle
of West Point did not fear death but
seriously objected to the possibility of
Bruin's unkind scratching under the
circumstances. Giles shouldered the
rifle and started in the direction of the
trap. He found the Berkshire epicure
with his left fore paw in the trap wnlch
he Had dragged some 500 yards, tree and
alL When the monster caught sight of
his jailor his rage knew no bounds in
his efforts to get at him, but the trap
and the tree which had become fastened
in the undergrowth held him securely.
Giles says that he lodged five balls in
the bear's ears, which all ineffectively
flattened. Balls fired at the head only
penetrated the skin. Several shots in
the region of the heart finally brought
him down, but he did not die until three
hours after. When the monster had
been skinned, his head, back of his ears,
was iound to be two feet ten and one
half inches in circumference. Thecar
cass when dressed weighed 1.468K
pounds. It is probably the largest bear
of its species ever seen in California.
The skin is a very fine one, and Giles
intends to present ittoPresidentHayes.
Calaveras, Cat, Chronicle.
In examining property left by Mrs.
Chas. Q. Clapp, a lady who died at Port
land, M&, a few days ago, the heirs dis
covered, carefully packed away, a very
handsome china service that once be
longed to the unfortunate Marie Antoi
nette, Queen of Frince.
The Baron GustavedeBothschild has
no gorgeous peacock-decorated rooms
in his Paris mansion; bat he hat a
salon of light carved wood heightened
with gold, and ornamented with scenes
from Tasso "Jerusalem Delivered," ex
qeMtely painted.
Joaquin Miller's hobby, they say, is
net that nek a great poet, but that he
is the ost accomplished -masher," or
lady-killer, of the age. A few of the
sex still survive, and Miller claims he
has not had a fair chance all around.
One of the daughters of Bobert
Soutbey, namely, Mrs. Hill, died a few
days since, at Iieamington,in the sixty
ninth year of her age. This lady was
often affectionately alhtnsd to in -m
peft correspondences "UtttoBerttuL
Mr.
.Spexgeon has not renovated, his
Hard work hsataU its tale on
him. Oft a recent Sunday ha comld
rd1yitttlKWUtoacciiitosaeaser-
THE
A special to the London Timm of
May 17th says a great battle to impend
ing on the Danube, and heavy cannon
ading was in progress. Far several days
the BmsUni had been concentrating
a large force to force a passage of the
Danube at Gfargero. Opposite, in
jRustehukn the Turks were in strong
force, and determined to resist any ad
vance of the Russians. Turkish moni
tors were hurrying to the place, and
taking positions in front or near the
point where the Russians hoped to lay
their pontoon bridges. The town of
Totzokan was fired by the Buaitfui-guns
and also U JowofJMtohilTuxk
U'h troops propose to move against the
Herseg ovinias insurgents. Thousands
of Christian refuges were expected to
crass the frontier to increase the
number that are already in Dalmatia,
and who are already dying of starvation.
A writer from near Galatz says: The
Russians have projected prodigious lines
of fortifications, behind which were
assembled thirty divisions aggregating
175,000 infantry, 15,000 cavalry, and a
great mass of artillery. Hence south
ward to Ottenitxa the army forms a
continuous front embracing a total of
450,000 men; to the westward, at a dis
tance of from one to three miles from
the Danube a thinner line stretches to
Widdin. The Russians in Asia have
advanced to Kars and Kalira in great
force. The Turks will confront them
at Tapenak and Kala. Both armies are
preparing for a pitched battle. A dis
patch from Jassy, says a Russian in
fantry corps of 52,000, accompanied by
a proportionate force of cavalry and
artillery is marching in the direc
tion of Slminitza, where it is thought
the main body of the Russians
will attempt to cross the Danube.
A special to the London Telegraph
from Vienna, reports that the Turks
altogether have captured 200 Russian
vessels in the Danube, containing over
180,000 hectolitres of wheat A dis
patch from London asserts that Persia
has declared her intention not to join
Russia. A Constantinople dispatch
says : The capture of Sukumkaleh and
the rising of the Caucasians who mas
sacred the garrison and burned the
town is officially announced. The
Roumanian government has published
a note stating that it can no longer
doubt it is at war with Turkey by the
fault of Turkey, and it must take
measures accordingly. The Sultan has
determined on the admission of Chris
tians into the army. The report that
the Turks intend to seize the church
property in Bulgaria causes much ex
citement Many monks are accom
panying the Turks to Caucasus to in
cite a holy war.
A special to the London Telegraph
of May 17tb, says: The Russians have
just attempted to bombard Kars with
four heavy seige guns. They miscalcu
lated their range and the shots few over
the town without any damage. Kars
replied briskly and the assailants were
compelled to retire, but they subse
quently again attempted the erection
of siege works. Monkhtar Pasha has
lost some munitions in consequence of
having been suddenly attacked on the
flank by an advance of 2,600 Circassi
ans. The Russians are purchasing arms
largely in South Germany. A special
from London, dated May 18th, says:
The absorbing interest in Russian oper
ations is for the moment transferred to
the diplomatic world. Emboldened by
his triumph in Parliament and certain
of support from the nation. Disraeli is
believe to be preparing to precipitate
England, joined by Austria, into the
conflict Russian diplomatic circles con
fess that England's participation is a
foregone conclusian. Extraordinary
preparations' in the armament of both
land and naval forces are reported in
all parts of the Kingdom. All home
transperts from distant colonies are
under orders for troops. Great fleets of
troops and ships are preparing from all
naval rendezvous, and a prodigious ac
cumulation of naval and military stores
are on the route to Mediterranean
stations. Orders have been sent to
India to mobilize the Mussulman con
tingent In English houses, even among
the lower ranks, a feeling of intense
hostility against Russiais marked. They
charge upon the Czar's covetous ambi
tion the hardships arising from the rise
in the price of bread, stagnation in bus
iness, and all the accessories that accom
pany war without advantages. Eng
land's interests will be the pretext and
the first Russian success of magnitude
the occasion for intervention. That
this will be the end, the best informed
in Parliament the press and public life
concur in declaring. Disraeli and of
ficials of the government have been in
cessantly in cabinet council since the
defeat of Gladstone's peace resolutions.
The war party clamor for the instant
protection of England's interests. The
Russian Ambassador has gone home to
warn the Czar of the impending danger.
A Bucharest dispatch of May 18th says:
In the Turkish village of Tatorkoi there
is quite a Christian element, though
subordinate in numbers to the Turks.
On thenightof the 16ft the latter made a
general attack upon the Christiana. The
males were imt to the sword; many of
the elder women shared the same fate,
and the younger were brutally out
raged. The cries of the victims were
distinctly heard by the outposts of the
Roumanian army, and Is farther cor
roborated by the reports of two Bulga
rians who escaped the slaughter. Prince
Hassan, son of the Khedive, with 4000
Egyptians, has left Cairo for Constant
inople, and the remainder of the con
tingent to to follow. It is said that
Serviaisreadyto take the field -with
etWO inenc condition rbJrtBuesiapays
the expense. A Widdin dispatch says
thattAQ00 Caucasians are joining the
Turkish army as volunteers. There was
great rejoicing i Constssittaople ba-
of the 9ekuakaleh victory.
TheBaosIseasscinlein their
position in the neightaxhoei of Kara,
and a battle to expected shortly. A
dispatch says a Roumanian vessel fall
of Russian soldiers has beam sank by
the Turks. A Beteum eJammth says:
The Russians in a vicinity of Tchwenk
son have sacked and burned all the
villages and massacred the
children. The eomsaander'of
pol has ordered civilians to quit that
dty.asan attack to expected. Advices
from Sratari announce that the Mlri
dites have been defeated tn'tbe neigh
borhood of Gosinfe, and two chiefs
were.takeri prisoners, fit to now:statsd
thatSerria will not ta part Jajhe
war? The Soften has sdiiresseifa proo-
lamation to the troops sent to tbe Cau
casus, saving that he entrusts to then
the mission of delivering their Circas
sian oo-rellgionista from domination .
The Turks have sent reinforcements
to Nikopolto to guard againstany at
tempted passage of the Danube there.
The British Consul at Rostchuk has
had a serious dispute with the Turks,
owing to their preventing the landing
of an American missionary. It to re
ported that the Consul struck the Turk
ish officer. A Constantinople dispatch
says: Shlek-uMslam has proclaimed
a holy war against Russia. The impe
rial irade is published. Several minis
terial changes are considered probable
Members of the Turkish Chamber of
Deputies are quarreling and govern
ment troubles are feared. The follow
ing account of the battle of Ardahan is
telegraphed: "The outworks of Arda
han, its fortifications, the citadel, sixty
guns, immense stores of provisions and
ammunition, and the camp formerly
occupied by the fourteen battalions of
Turks, lie at the feet of the Czar. On
the 17th of May the admirable fire of
our artillery, between three and six
in the afternoon, made a breach in the
walL At six o'clock the Erwan,Tiflis
and the sappers advanced to the assault
The enemy could not withstand our
strength and fled, leaving a great num
ber of dead. At nine o'clock our troops
traversed the whole town and fortifica
tions. The troops are full of enthusi
asm. Our loss is believed to be one
officer and fifty soldiers killed; four
officers and one hundred and eighty sol
diers wounded." A Constantinople dis
patch says the Russians aie perpetrat
ing frightful massacres on the Caucas
sians. The new Greek ministry is dis
posed to adopt a warlike policy. The
people will support the ministry
A St Petersburg dispatch says: Along
the entire coast from Cape Adler to
Cape Ptcherthyr Turkish men of war
are bombarding and burning unde
fended and peaceful settlements and
landing Circassian emigrants at various
points, who seek to excite the Abeha
siansto rebellion. Troops have been
dispatched to suppress any rising. At
Ardahan the Russians captured a
Turkish Pasha and 82 cannons. Their
efforts commenced with a heavy artil
lery fire, whioh was as hotly returned.
From Kara we have intelligence that
the Russians attacked the outer line
with a furious determination, having
preceded their attempt by a heavy but
ill-directed cannonade from siege ar
tillery. Powerful guns in the Turkish
batteries replied with better effect
The duel was vigorously maintained
until the Russians brought up a column
of infantry as close as they dared to
the fortifications, apparently purposing
if possible to take the place by storm.
The Ottoman commander, observing
this, drew together a large body of
troops behind the ramparts and
launched a tremendous sortie upon the
Russian flank and rear. A bloody en
gagement followed at close quarters
and at its termination the Russians
were obliged to retreat beaten, leaving
upon the field 900 corpses and a large
number of wounded. There was a
slight encounter in the meantime be
tween the cavalry without any special
result A St Petersburg dispatch says
the bodies of 800 Turks have been al
ready buried at Ardahan. The fall of
Ardahan is regarded as a great advan
tage to the Russians, as it will enable
their forces to attack Kara.
Great preparations are being made by
the Russians for an attempt to cross the
Danube between Rahova and Kikopo
lis. They have brought down by rail
to the bank of the river pontoon bridges
and small steamers, and are erecting
large fortifications at Ialates and Terner
MaguirelL The Turks are rally pre
pared to resist the attempt The Lon
den DaUyNewt special says: The Rus
sians crossing in boats from Ibrail to
Ghiaco, burned the latter place. The
Russians have dismounted their Car
baschi fortifications, considering them
of no further use, as from Thrall to
Reni the river is sufficiently prelected
by strong batteries and torpedoes. A
Constantinople dispatch says the' Porte
has been inquiring of contractors about
the time in which quantities of provis
ions could be stored in Constantinople
A St Petersburgh dispatch of May ad,"
says 800 Kurds, 12,000 BassJ-Basouks
five infantry battalions and artillery, are
moving northward from Lakevan to
join the Turkish forces at
The Turkish detachment which
pected to attack BayazM has fallen back
toward Lakevan. The body of the
Turkish Chief of Staff was found
the slain at Ardahan. The troops
posing the garrison at Ardahan have
retreated. The Russian column left
Kagtoman to reinforce the central divto
ion before Kars. The Turks attacked
the Busaian position at Adler. A se
verely contested enpgeaeent rswncd
Adtopatch'from Cosfltantinopto, May
23d, says that since the capture of Ar
dahan the Russia appear to be pre
paring for a yiguioue attack, on Kara.
The Turkish lnliitoleja have resolved
to draw no salary during the war. A
dispatch from &esrbum reports that
the Baesiam center has driven the
Pww wwBmm wmemmp asmmmVteen seat "an? anssw
AH ladteatieas) denote thai the Bmv
onwestenBolfarlar TnelarrlSMsra
at Sett-
the Toaeoki. They
have ordered fortineatioee at Alexanitx
and Irvar. The Tarks have stationed
a strong corps ef observation at Adlto
Serria. It to reported frosa
that the council of minis-
have resolved that Prince Milan
shall inform the Caar that after the
Roumanian proclamation of independ
ence Servia cannot maintain neutrality.
The lipodee Btwmdmrd reports that er
eers have been received at Portsmouth
teas the five great Indian troop shins,
which ate new lying idld Bathe
tn ffmaennsnsn of the rinse nf
for sending reliefs to India, are not to
be subjected to any alterations which
cannot be completed in a few days, so
that they may be ready to proceed te
sea if required. A Constantinople dis
patch aaya: The Abebadiana are in
fall inemrrectien, and arms have been
distributed to them. The Sultan has
ordered the purchase of 30,000 revolvers
to be paid for from his private purse
for distribution in the Caucasus. The
Russian force which attacked Ardahan
numbered 8,000, besides which several
thousand encamped before the town.
During the IghtttY the Turks the Rus
sian cavalry inflicted a less or 700.
A correspondent in describing the
movements of the Russians near Bato
am says the Russian investing army
was driven back on the 17th of May
with great slaughter. The Turks were
incited to battle by impressive religious
ceremonies. The gunners were given
arrack and powder to drink, and met
the Russian charges with the ferocity
of madmen, pursuing their historic
tactics. The Cossacka swarmed to the
charge a dozen times, bent on bearing
the Turks down by dint of numbers,
and three times the outworks were
scaled and the entrenchments fairly
won. The infuriated Turks, by relig
ious appeals, rallied and drove their
enemy back. The Russians captured
and turned the artillery upon the
Turks, and they broke in a panic and
fled headlong from the defences. At
this moment of Turkish stampede
women and priests came to the rescue
with a green flag shouting the Mussul
man's war cry. The needle guns, fall
ing from the hands of the slain, were
seized by the new comers, and the Rus
sian advance, shattered and repulsed.
withdrew, and the onslaught ended in
a disastrous defeat Between four and
five thousand Russians were left dead
and wounded in the rugged hills be
tween Batoum and the Russian lines,
and the roadways and woods were
strewn with arms, equipments and
every substantial token of victory.
Russia has declared to Tunis that if
military or pecuniary aid is rendered
to the Sultan the Bey must prepare to
see his capital bombarded. The Tunis
government is disquieted by the concen
tration of a French force on the frontier.
A Yienna dispatch says: The Shiek-Ul-Islam,
proclaiming a holy war
against Russia, and the almost simulta
neous announcement from Constanti
nople that the departure of the Sultan
for the Danube has been decided upon,
would seem to show that the advice of
those who all along looked upon the
present struggle as one of existence of
the Ottoman empire has gained ascen
dency in the councils of the party. The
Russians, it is stated, have closed in
upon the rear of Batoum, which isonce
more seriously threatened. A few
mornings ago the Turks fired upon an
Austrian steamer, which after several
shots, caught fire. There is an eager
clamor for war among all classes in
Austria. Montenegro has postponed
the recommencement of hostilities
until the Russians have actually crossed
the Danube. Advices from Asia Minor
report that the Mahommedan insurrec
tion in Caucasus has proved a serious
check to the advance of the Russian
army. The insurgents are constantly
harrassing the Russian outposts. A
large force of Caucasians attacked the
Russians near the frontier and com
pelled them to retreat It is believed
that Russia, Germany, France and
Italy, will recognize Romanian inde
pendence, in the order named. England
and Austria are expected to delay
recognition. It is believed at Constan
tinople that the Russians have arranged
for passsge through Servian territory.
The Servian police removed placards
from the walls in Belgrade threatening
Prince Milan's expulsion unless he re
news the war. The general opinion in
Vienna is that he will do so when the
Russians cross the Danube. The Greek
minister at Vienna has given the most
decided assurances that the rumors that
Greece to to join in the war are untrue
Seven hundred Jewa are deprived of a
livelihood by the closing of the naviga
tion of the Danube. The destitute and
homeless, and almost starving in Wid
din, have taken refuge under the walls
of the fortress, in the rear of the bra.
bardment Grand Duke Nicholas is re
ported to have resaarked that be intends
to enter Constantinople to make the
Turks feel that they are crushed, al
though he does not intid to retain the
city. Another battle at Batoum com
menced May 33d. The Russian force
had been strengthened by 30,000 seen,
who arrived from Ardahan. A desper
ate engagement was expected. A VI
enna dispatch reports that tbeTmrktoh
troops which fled from Ardahan have
been defeated in a mountain pees near
Kara. The Turkish eHrial account of
the taking of Ardahan admits the Ices
of SOO killed and wounded. A Parte
dispatch aaya Duke de Cases ha
a circular protesting against the en
siticn that the new ministry eatertains
any idea ef departing from neutrality
or tolerating manifestattone of any
party in France against foreign powers.
The Turkish commander ef theArda
will be cosafcrnarrialcd
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ennuuL news summary.
Coltoder of Internal Revenue Beeves
from Virginia to Washing-
that Collector Jeslyn and femr
shot snLeseeeatyta
ef their dety-oee mortally
..Qutojley,the wifemureer
uged at Phfmdelaeis, May
nth.... Five candy makers la Boston,
have been Indicted for po toons as adol-
with bonds Axed at fajOOO
lagebery, a tsartisr in a
at Oregon, Mtosomri.
having occasion to punish an unruly
boy aasaed Was. Payne, aged 13. a few
days asm; wee restored, the hoy .striking
her several blows with his fist in bar
immediately tamed to her
fell over and 'expired. A post
ation revealed the fact
ar lunge were diseased, and her
so badly involved that death
might have been caused any time by
over-excitement.
The St Louis Kifmhliaan calls atten
tion te the fact that an organization of
lawless men exists in several border
counties of Missouri and Artaasaa who
call themselves "Ghouls," but are more
familiarlv known as Kuklux. whose
chief purpose is to run and protect
small illicit distilleries in the moun
tains, and kill or whip or otherwise
punish all persons who oppose them
and show aay disposition to enforce the
law. There is a reign of tenor in those
counties. .. .A man namd Henry
Jeffreys, under the influence of liquor,
shot a negro in Kut Corondolet oppo
site St Louis, May 19th.... A fire at
S orth Vernon. Ky.. May 30th. destroyed
Are stores and dwellings. Loss heavy
. . . .The town of CreswelU N. C wan
totally destroyed by fire a few nighu
ago. AU the United States mails in the
postofflce were destroyed. Great dis
tress prevails. There was but little
Insurance .. .The city hall and several
other buildings at Ottawa, III. were
burned a few nights ago. Ixms, $14,
000; Insurance, $5,000 A severe
storm passed over Wsshington, D. CL,
on the night of May 20th, doing con
siderable damage in the northwestern
section. Houses were unroofed, fences,
trees and telegraph poles were blown
dewn and carriages and wagons over
turned and demolished.
An elevator, freight house, and tee
cars of fright together with 500 oarrels
of flour, and 1.300 bushels of wheat
were burned at Winona, Minn., on the
night of May 17th. Loss, $00,000 to
$100,000.... A fire at Oshkosh, Wla,
May 17th. destroyed a saw mill, ware
house, and a large quantity of lumber.
Aggregate ef loss, eoo.ooo, and total in
surance, $45,000.... A $10,000 fire oc
curred at Peoria, Illinois, May 18th. . . .
Samuel Orr was hanged at Mt Vernon,
Ma, May 10th, for the murder of a
farmer named Davis, in 1873. . . .Collec
tor Wells telegraphs from Lynchburg,
Va, that it was illicit distillers and not
officers who were shot in the recent raid
In that district. . . .Edward F. Beale has
tendered his resignation as United States
Minister to Austria, to take effect upon
the appointment of his successor....
John Seumbel, a brewer, at Terre Haute,
killed himself by cutting his throat
from ear to ear. May 1Kb. Cause un
known A convention was held at
Deadwood, May ltth, to consider the
project of a new territory to be called
Lincoln, and resolved to petition the
next Congress.
The Saratoga, a large iron steamship,
which was being launehed at Chester,
Pa., May 23d, started from its blocking
sooner than was expected, killing and
wounding many. About 40 men were
under the Saratoga when she went off.
Seven men were killed, and some of
the injured may not recover. . . A young
man and a younJ tody were out on the
lake at Chicago, rowing on the evening
of May 31st when the boat overturned
and the young woman was drowned. . . .
At Blandville, Ky., a few nights ago a
party of disguised men went to the jail
and with drawn pistols demanded and,
received the keys. They then seized
the negro criminal, Levi Pile, tied a
rope around his neck, tied him to a
mule and dragged him away to the
woods. His body was found hanging
to a tree with several bullet holes in
it and tne clothing burned off Two
boys were killed at MinervUle, Pa
May 33d, by the explosion of a fire
damp in a colliery.... All the old New
York pool sellers have left the State
and moved to New Jersey and opened
establishments in the different cities
near New York. There is no law
against betting in New Jersey The
Residence Fire Insurance Company, of
Cleveland, has decided to retire from
business ...Twenty buildings in the
heart of the town of Gkrrersville, X.
Y, were burned on the night of May
31st l4se, $100,000; ineejasM3e.t0,000.
!Te warehouse of KreesACoCol umbos,
0,in which was stored some 30000 or
3O000 bushels of corn, was totally de
stroyed by fire, May 33d. Loss, $35,000;
insurance, 97,000.... A tlOO.OOO fire oc
curred at Pittsburg, Pa, on the night of
May 23d.
By the fall of a scaffold, May33d,in
Baltimore, one man was killed, and
three seriously injured Some years
age when Dr.E. W. Beck was county
physician of Hudson eonnty N. Je
man registered ea Aloyeiue Molnar,
committed suicide at Hebekea, and Dr.
Buck was appointed administrator of a
large and valuable amount of property
and money found in his room, and has
since held it Emperor Francis Joseph,
of Austria, has now instituted a suit in
the New Jersey Court of CTianrssy
Back for the recovery of this
rting that Molnar was
really named John K
sieved under the
in n railroad ossee, frees which he stele
a large quantity of bonds ami fled to
ft morisa Tht frrrnirTi jury in the
ones of the court house ilisestsr at Rock
ford. 111, after thirteen days work, ren-
averdtot that Heary L. Gay, tee
afehtoset threegh aegJest te provide
fcrteiisjiimthe neJldie seserdsng
to the asena,to gafltyef theeeethef
the ewesaeed, ami that the Bevel of
nserrteon fsOei to use the
eaetioa in filling the ptoee and spetia
eetkma, and acted unwtotiy in not
employing a competent arcailvct to su
perintend the cenetroctkm....A eV
tractive trtoecurres at Bardetown.X.
J, May s&d.... The will of Wm. Palm,
a prominent German ciim of St Ioek.
who died in Rome. In 170 has been
It bequeaths the bulk of V.U
amounting to about fl0OD00,to
the Wasbiagtoe University at St Lock.
1 Frehtotark City.
Tk ! UMlmm !Kr4 U IK
vur r u abJm. 1 :.
Prof. Hardee has given South wweern
Colorado a new Interest by discovering
and describing the ancient ruins In that
sectiou.and in Southeastern Utah. Tbr
stories told about the ruins are vrry in
The fertile valley of lb
drnarly luhabita) and
highly cultivated by an enlightened
race of people centurite ago. The ru
ins of the house, corrals, towns, forti
cations, ditches, pottery warn draw in,
non-lnterpretable writing, rto, show
that many arts were cultivated by thmc
prehistoric people which are now en
tirely lost Their hotUN were built of
most every kind ef stone, from small
Boulders to the finest aandstooe.
The finest of thee ruin, and the
nearest perfect are situated about
thlrty-dre miles Mow Animan City, in
a large valley fifteen miles Ion;; by
seven wide, on the west side of ihr
river. This valley ha been coveml
with buildings of every size, the two
largest being 30Sxd,000 feet and alout
300 feet apart. They are built of block
of sandstone, laid in adobe mud. the
outside walls being four feet, and the
inside walls from a foot and a half to
three feet thick. I n the lower story are
found portholes a foot square. There
are rooms now left and walla for about
four stories high still standing. About
the second story, on the west side, there
was once a balcony along the lrngtn of
the building. No signs of a door are
visible in the outer walls, and the in
gress must have been from the top. in
the inside there being passages from
room to room. Most of litem are small.
from 8x10 to 12i 14 feet, the doors being
2x4 feet The arches over the doors and
portholes are made of small cedar pol en
two inches wide, placed across, on which
the masonry is placed. The sleepers
supporting the floors are of cedar, about
eight inches thick, and from twenty to
fifty feet long, and about three feet
apart A layer of small round pole
was then placed across the sleeers, then
a layer of thinly-split cedar sticks, then
about three inches of earth, then a layer
of cedar bark, than another layer of
dirt then a carpet of some kind of
coarse grass. The rooms that have been
protected from exposure are white
washed, and the walls are ornamented
with drawls m and writings. In one of
these reonw he impression of a hand
dipped in whitewash on a joist is as
plain as if it had been done only yester
day. In another room there are draw
ings of tarantulas, centipedes, horses,
and men.
In some of the rooms have !een found
human bones, bones of sheep, corn
cobs, goods, raw hides, and all colors
and varieties of pottery ware. These
two large buildings are exactly the
same in every respect Portions of the
buildings plainly show that they were
destroyed by fire, the timbers being
burned off and the roofs caved in, leav
ing the lower rooms entirely protected.
The rock that iliese buildings were
built of must have been brought a long
way, as nothing to compare with It can
be found within a :adlus of twenty
miles. All the timber used is cedar,
and has been brought at least twenty
five miles. Old ditches and roads are
to be seen in every direction.
The Navajo Indians say, in regard to
these ruins, that their forefathers came
there five old men's ages ago (Wjo years),
and that these ruins were here, and the
same then as now, and there is no rec
ord whatever of their origin. !
City, Col, Correspondence If. T. Hun.
An Kngitoh Duke's Curiees lleU.
A curious form of wager was once hit
upon by Old Q a familiar soubriquet
by which the Duke of Queensbury was
known to the sporting world. The
Duke was famous for eccentricities in
a betting way. The match he aaade to
drive a carriage nineteen miles in one
hour without changing either of the
thorough-bred horses with which lie
started, made a sensation at the time,
and the actual achievement of this feat
was perhaps as remarkable as anything
of the kind in the annals of coaching.
But the wager to which reference wm
made was of a more original character
than this, and at a time of day when
railways were not thought of, was cer
tainly an Indication of no little invent
ive talent He made a bet that he
would have a letter conveyed fifty miles
within an hour. In order to do this, he
caused the manuscript to be inclosed in
a cricket ball, stationed expert cricket
ers at intervals over a certain distance,
and the missive, being thrown from one
to the other, was delivered at the end
of the journey, within the stipulated
time. A very good story is told of this
nobleman by which be very neatly ehek
mated the vagaries of certain specula
tors who secretly offered his Grace's
jockey a large sum of money if be would
lose a certain race. The jockey appear
ed to entertain the proposal, but quietly
carried iniormaaoa or 11 10 nu em
ployer, who at once toM him to take the
he would bear him
ras taken, and
accordingly, but to the
horror of the esgerprising blacklegs, the
duke himself came to the pest, and
quickly divesting himself of a great
coat, was found to be in riding attire.
This to a very nke hone, said his
6raee.nthinklwmrtoasyeslf." And
He did it and won without a struggle
Huge
attrfwates his good
te hH
tore of cold
Cesmtry Hfcertaa.
TmT V(l
Tttt.
Tbe Itafttoe Jeeermttl prists a !Ur
frosn Hopkiaton, N. 1U la whUh U
following oM-Ume !&cidS ar de
scribed: " Yters ago Iherv Ht4 la t&S
town two tadirkteai acted for Uri:
nabUual indolence. Publteopialon v
un4eckled whkh was U Uri, Or
day awag sjuKmaoed that tb cfcmM.':
point had been settles, an etVctiT !&
having been applied. la rrm ti
particular eequtrUe h lil tht! th
two net had been rsade to tUaU ua&r
adripplfig roof, th4r beads tipped Uck
so that thy wouUl receive thdrippa
rain directly i their eyr. Tb jUn
atieetsd the fact that one of tk douM
ful imlirUluals would wink when th
doendl element laiptagnl upoa hi
naked eyetialls.wkilUeotarwot;Mnl
budge the breadth of aa syvlMh. W
presume all cavil ceseed, la th fc ol
this remarkable explanation.
I,ols FasHmin was a tn vpai aw
tie. IWog also a pauper. h a aa
nually fanned out to the lowest bidder
For years her lot was cast wtlh a tea
ily living about a mile wmt of U-.f town.
At thai tiaie public thoroughfares wcq
leas directly defined than afterward,
when travel had assumed man direst
courses. On day a stranger knocked
t the door of the house where IiU
lived, and was art by I.0U. of whom
he Inquired the way to the villain.
IjaW directions were Tou go right
down by Joe l'utney's tui nip-yard, bjr
tne sweet apple tree, and so on down U
John (Jauea,
This was, tndetd. a part of Hi wjr to
the village, but the stranger unrtei
1 don't know anything about your
turnip yard, sweet apple tree, or John
(iajje s either.
I Alls lost her patience In view of such
intolerable Ignorance. 'Well.' she said,
then you are one peaky fool If youduul
know the way to John (iagvsr
For years after. If a person of imr
mental capacity apwtared in Siwn. It
would, perchance, b said of him. he
'didn't know the way to John (JagrV
One individual of Inebriated habit,
like other similar unfortunatm. m
some timm In debt One day, being
under the Influence of drink, he cn
celved something of an affront at th
familiar approach of a youth who ht
fairly got into the stiff collar and o,uam
cravat age, and who demanded the pay
ment of an lndebtment of a no lri con
siderable sum than 23 renta. lilbuloui
took its fair an occttlar Inspection of
the youth as his unsteady condition
would allow.
"Ah! yea. I thicjknow you. I know
your father, loo; a sight (hie; morn
spectable man than you. Hut 111 hto
tell you one thing you may depend upu
As for beln harraase! and Larraseil tJ
over town for the (hie) small matw of
2.. cents, I won't. I (hie) wilt pay you
eventually."
There used to !e well known hrrr
bmroof Judges of prominence in U
earlier history of the State. They wrr
Judge H. and Judge 8. Judge II. wm
gotten up after the patient of a broom
handle, and Judge 8. bore a corpimaiily
of decided corpulence. One day, whm
spending a leisure hour togrthrr, the
conversation of the two gentlemen
turned upon the subject of lite trans
migration of souls. Judge &. w'io was
a most incorrigible joker, reinarkn!
"Ildo you want me to tell you my
pinion of what will become of you If
that doctrine is truer"
"I should be rvry glad to hear your
opinion," replied Judge II.
Well. I think you will do one or the
other of two tilings; you will either go
Into a very small humming bird or else
into a devil's darning-needle.' suggwtnl
JudgeS.
"Since you have been
so gi aa u
give me your opinion
chances,' sld Judge II,
of my futur
'I am going U
make free to give you
my opinion of
yours.'
Go on.' said Judge 5.
I think,' observed Judg JlVyuu win
go into one of the big squash-brllisd
garden toads, and won't have to chang
much either.'
We give another one from Judge 8.
One of the churches In town was desti
tute of a pastor. Brothers A. and R
were speaking together about the matr
of a supply. Judge S. overheard and
suggested: "I know where you can set
a minister and have a deacon thrown
in." u
Brother A, who was also something "
of a war. replied : That's nothing; if
you go down to Andover, where ther
have a mill, they'll give you a minister
and throw in two deacon."
Brother M, a more serious man. die
liking to bear Brother A. speak so
lightly, suggested: -Pont you think.
Jodjje S it would be a good thing If
Brother A. should go down and r
through the mill T
-it were no use to try,' a!d Judge
S, 'he'd go out at the smut'
We will tell just ooe more story. Th
bar-room, or oflloe, of a country boel
is most always a familiar resort of
loungers. The fact was the same years
ago, when a certain landlord in the
ncrth part of town experieeced sotne
annoyance frem winter loungers, w&o
sometimes forgot to ckee tbe door after
them when they came in to enjoy th
Ore. Oneeawageame in. and tbe land
lord, observing he left tbe door sjar.
called out impatiently: 'Do you know
what that door was made for?" Thewag
turned, surveyed tbe door with a most
inperturbable ceuatonano. and an
swered: Seventy-flve cents oradoUar."
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ounces of fine breed crumbs half a
pound of beef suet chopped very fine,
one large tablespooaful of four, the
grated rinds of two less one, strsJaed
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In well loured dotes, and boil
an hoex. The eemptinge will be
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