Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 26, Number 48, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 October 1884 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

C. XXXAtXK, Xhibllsthew.

TASTS.

INDIANA

TOPICS OF THE DAT

WW! ii wfTi RVfryWIHrVi

OonuuL w outicutr U preparing to be-

UW UM ascent OC Wt Jfile October iMH. OlU XT and Blaine had a conference Mow York on Urn Mkh.

Mow. 0oua M. PawBticTox, C Ohio,

li recovering from a hvwi siege of sick

In

Ca. H. Watmucax, of Rew York. ac

cepts tbe nomination for Vioe-President

Mgr mm American Political Alliance, mid

will tank an extended oanraa.

It i reported that Priddy, tin Pittsburg,

oarsman, is almost paralysed In tbe arms,

Mid rumor has bm started that bo wm tampered with before Uls recent race with

Worm, Mm Boston isu.

U07KMX0R Crittixiucx o( Missouri hut appointed Mr. 8. D. Harlow, of Um Iron

mountain juuway, agent of tbe gtata to

Mkf selections of and obtain patent for

certain lands granted by Congress, July

Thomas Hu.utocsa, of Xew York, Pre

(dent of a Trust Company, in Um latest

MUM proposed Mi th suooeteor to th late

Judge Folger. Gresham has declined, and

m ui Jorton will not get the appoint

OK Um 18th Minister Foster had a throe

Mmr conference with the Under Seere

wjr 01 oretgn Anrairs in Madrid, pre-

vmmmy- ujon the subject of the proposed

-ommwcial treaty between Speinaad the

UMMd States. A dwpatch stating that Sir John Mao

ifmatu wm 10 ue eievaMU to um peerage

w received at Ottawa, Can., on the 19th. Upon being congratulated, Sir John stated that the announcement wan premature. Km had no official information which would Mad him to belters the report corrack M. Br.AiXK ha written a letter to Win, Waiter Phelps, telling him about hie marring. He says he wae secretly married in Kentucky, when a mere youth, and that he was afterward married in Fetmylvua, ac there wm o record filed In Kentucky. He gives the date of the birth of his ftret child, and many other points concerning hU doineitlc affairs. Commhmsioxkr Dtruutr, of the Pension Bureau, has resigned to go into the banking business. A xrw eontet bus been discovered by Dr. Wolf, of Zurich, Austria. JPnacw Bismarck is going to pay a

viu io uw X'ri no of Wales.

UK Um Slt Captain James B. Kads

arrived in Rew York from Europe.

F. B. May as, the Republican nominee

lor Congress in the Fifth Massachusetts

Btawtot, died on the Kh.

JKAXMiHMtR, tb Anarchist murderer,

was aangeu ac Vienna on the tttb. For L6 has granted ,0A for tbees

taMUSmeat of a hospital at Home.

Jf. Cask, owner of Jay-Eye-Sec, wants

to match rbalias against any stall on

lxlhikti a fund l being raised to assistlbe fnmilios of Daly and Kgau, who

are undergoing life iui;riniueut for cunt mlttitttf outrages by the use of dynamite. cmiMjM juoTcawajutim, Wmilu cruising Cowee Mountain on Um l;h, Uenoral 8ol, the Umovratio ran didafr for Governor of North Carolina, was thrown dowu a precipice by the upeettiug of his buggy. The Oeneral MUgbt In a tree, which saved bis life, but the buggy was smashed to pieces and his horse killed. Tne renldenoe of John Bylow, East Toledo, U, was burned to the ground on the morning of the 10th. His daughter, aged four, was burned to death. The mother

ami babe made a narrow escape wish their lives. The mother was slightly burned, and the babe severely. Tmb town of Milton, Ind., was almost totally destroyed by nre Um night of the IStb. The Operahouss, drug-store, hotel, business homes, in fact, almost every thing uxeept the Wayne Agricultural Works were consumed. DtfMNa a political demonstration at Utica, lad., the night of the 18th, Melvin Uwarts, unmarried, was shot and killed by

a bystander named James Clark. Swartx

was taking; part in the parade. No cause

is assigned for the murder.

At Berlta, Wis., on the ltth. sixteen

frame relclHoss ami stores burned. An hour after ths flames broke out the build

ings were consumed. It was feared the whole town would burn. All the Inhabi

tants were out lighting the Are.

Ox the SOch John Lanse. of Dubuaue,

la., shot his wife through the hand and

uien killed himself.

A TIUtATT of

eluded between Russia and Corea.

At Dundee, tfeotland, a monster meet, lug in favor of the franchtee bill was held ontbeftHfc. Ix the Province at Canton the Chines huv destroyed the Catholic kael and six thousand Christlaus are rendered

homeless. A UffMoxsTKATlOK of Irith NatlouAllns at Castle Mellau on the Hh resulted in a riot in which many head were broken. A nntriAX. Is made of the reported reorganisation of the anthracite coal combination. Tux National League, at a meeting In Dublin, adopted resolutions iu favor Irish independence and peasant proprietary. Tit it Art berg Tunnel through the Rimetien Mountains, establishing railway communication between Austria and JsVitzer-

was inaugurated in royal style on theftXh. Tmx collapse ef the siege at Khartoum Is oMciallv connrmed. At Davenport, la., and Kock Island and Molina, 111., the tailors all left their benches on the 23d and went out on a strike. At Shanghai a panio prevails in eonsequence of the Franco-Chinese difficulty. Ox the SSd the receipts of wheat at Minneapolis, Mian., were over ,W bushels, the largest this season. A dispatch was sent by General Woleeiey to the British War OiHce on the Sl to stop sending troops to Ejypt for the present. Tkk mouth of the Woo Sung River has

been blocked by the Chinese with th x

Ox the 0th robbers gagged a widow feeption of a passage fer neutral ships.

in

mm country, to trot in October, on the

rss that may be decided upon.

Attorxxts for the plaintiff in the Blaine-

Otnmtt libel suit, at Indianapolis filed

answers on the 90th to the interrogatories

ten y tMtondant. Xr. Blaine says 8, L,

Stelae and Sarah Stanwood were wic neases to his "secret marriage" in Ken

tuoky.

Ok the 2th Oeorge W. Buchanan, an old m a m v . mm, - ...

ftiufMr or n asningion Territory, died at

Ohobalts at the advanced age of ninety

yeor. He went to the Faciflo Coast over

ntrty years ago. Buchanan was captain of the com pany that attacked and killed the Mormon Apostle Joseph Smith, at

vMnaage, in., in June, 1SU. He also took a very active part in the Black Hawk

war.

Skcrrtaky Kvanrrr. chief the A uteri

n lgattoa la Berlin, has restated.

Ox the 90th messangers arrived at Cairo bringing word Utat General Gordon had vaan,lttMd numerous tribes and their

enters were begging for mercy. Many

inns nave come in and laid down their

Ox me SSd Captain W. I. Cmrk, of Gen

eral BwerMaa's stair, died at Washington,

Bl Maxim will, It isVeported, materially

inereaee bis fighting forces in front of

Khartoum.

Ox the Md James Gordon Bennett, of the

Jivrmu, was iMttuy shaken up

n nurodu acciuenc near Ban Francisco. Cal. ' Ok the SSd Hon. Harry Clay, of Kh-

y, gramisou or the illustrious Henry Clay, died from the wounds inflicted by CouneUman Weplv, of Loutsyllle. Maxky CoBR'a owner is willing to accommodate Mr. Case and trot his horse against Fhallas. Ok the 99d Kdward Claytor, of Wheeling, W, Va., defeated Prlddy, of Pittsburgh, In a three-mile senll race tor J1,(K0 a. side. OXthe.Jtd Sadie RoWnson, a twelve-year-etd girl of Farmingham, Mass., packed a valise with H0.0O0 worth of diamonds and negotiable bonds belonging to her mother and prepared to elope, but was arrested at Boston. XX DxiTKll StaTKR SaXATCMt Nxumith, of Oregon, is now an Inmate ot the Insane Asylum at Salem, Oregon. ItMPKkOK Wn.UA, during the recent manwttrrwi of the German army, declined to receive a deputation with an address from the Catholic nbbillly of Westphalia, remarking t hat the parade ground was not a fit place for polemics. Mn. Cook, Acting Secretary of the Treasury, has direeted the Collector of Customs of KewYork to admit, free af itii Tn.hr k"'

named Gait at Heath, Mass., and obtained a large suta of money.

By a Hro on the Slat at As burr Park.

X. J., ten families were made homeless. During the Are a panic occurred at a Sal

vation Army meeting and many women were injured,

By the burning of the Grand Trunk

shops at London, Ontario, on the Slst, a loss of half a million dollars was sustained. Five hundred men are thrown out of

work.

Ox the Slst Cleveland was visited by an

othei4 ftro in the same locality, but on a smaller scale than the conflagration of two weeks previously. Circumstances connect

ed with the Are lead to the belief that it was the work'of incendiaries.

A nottdCK exploded la Emerson Calen-

dar' mill t Vinoonnes, lad., on the 20th.

The mill was destroyed aud one man was

fatally Injured.

Ox the 21st Theodore Dwrer was killed

by James Ptterson in a saloon at Butler, Fa.

IX Pesth, Hungary, a bomb with lighted

match was found at th door of a crowd.

ed synagogue on the 30th just In time te prevent terrible loss of life.

Ox the 90th Isaac L. Lang, Grand Secre

tary or the independent Order of Chosen Friends, of California, being $,000 short in his accounts, swallowed a vial of laudanum, and at last accounts wa at death's door. Ox the 20th a band of Mexicans crossed Ue R o Grande at Presidio Del Xnrt

and ouickly re

killed three Mexican turned Into Mexico.

A young man named Henry Martin, of Youngstown, 0., while running with an open knife in his hand on Um night of Um 30th, stumbled and fell. The blade penetrated his heart, causing instant death. Surgeons were called, and upon examlnaUon it wss found the heart was nearly cut in two. Ox the SSd one of the finest ltin

Thkkk were 4M fresh eases of cholera at

Xaples, and deaths during twentv-four

hours ended the evening oftheS3d. In the province of Xaples the condition of affairs was almost ac serious. Kkxtucky owners of Jersey cattle in. fected with pleuro-pneumouiahsve agreed to kill the stock if the Breeders Association would reimburse them for the loss. Attkxtiox is called by the Aseietsnt Adjutant-General of the Grand Army of the Republic to an article in the rules which prohibits the organisation being used for partisan purposes.

Ix Chicago the price of corn on the 22d was five cents higher than was paid for Xo. 2 spring wheatone of the features of

modern markets when corners are constantly being made. The 4,Komxe" I one of the tightest In the history of spW lation. Suit has been brought by R Presbyterian clergyman against the JVcwm's Jw not, of Dublin, lor r,WW damages, because of a publication charging bltu with having etoped with a Mrs. Brown ; snd the latter wants $3t,0J0 damages from the same paoer. Fox the week ending September 21 the issue of standard silver dollars was $4I,. 80S. For corresponding period last year, Pxksibxkt Ewixo of the Pennsylvania and Maryland Miners' AseoeMtiott hat

issued a call for a reunion of the miners of Pennsylvania, Maryland and West VirgiNta, to be held at Huntington, Pa,, October 1st, Sd and 3d.

A TffHftlffl.l CiVJUL

Memt af Mm Knit Famtlr Dead

FWMu ta- Wllbeiii rf iNriwktec W nter r'raen n FaliiniBsl Well. rxioMTowa. ., 8.ptinber M. Intense excittmeut has uau caus. d hcr by the discovery of an atrocious attempt te take the lives of the Nutt family. The well lrora which the supply of water used u the -Vutt househuld was drawn Was iM;oned by some unkuowu tuiscreant. Two of Um yunug ladf ( a are si ready dead and other members of tbe family are 111. As iarascanbe asccrUinud there is ho apparent reason lor the deliberate crime, and all efforts made, thus far, to trace the person engaged in the horrible affair have proved a failure. The first intimation of the cotulug horror wss tbe announcement last evening of the luddcii death of Mies Annie Xutt, alstcr

of Miss Usxle Xutt (whose betrayal by M. L, Dukex was followed by the tragic death of the rC girl's father, and subsequently of Duke, who wss slain by James Nuit a

girl of sixteen year. Up to Tuesday last she had been In tbe enjoyment ot her usual health. The foilowlnir dsv she and

all other members of the faniilv were

taken suddenly III. In tweutv-foiir hours

Aunlo was dead. The explanation given by tlto family was tbathedled from iiidl.

gestion, caused by eating a large quantity of uuripe fruit. YrstcrUny morning, however, the horrible suspicion valued currency that the entire family had beeu poisoned, ami that MUs Annie was the

nrt victim. This wao con firmed by an examination o( th well, in which It was fouud p ilsou had beeu thrown. Dr. John Fuller, the family phyxlcian, has advised the holding of a post-mot tern, and, although Mrs. Xutt wa at nYt utiwitilag she rtualiy gave her consent. Ltt evening Miss Nettle .Vutt, another ot the sisters, expired, and the news of her death

was quickly circulated through the town, intenaifylng public opinion over the horrllylns; revelation. The water la the well It being analysed and all are Waiting the report ol the physician.

A qi'AklMJ TIME. rorUwns f Indiana, Ohio nwd Mlrhtgna 8fcakH Up by mh KHrtHqHakn Snrt-k

mhhk Kekwl, lh. shaki.a and l'epl Rrfv rHgkteiHHt, Hut Xo SerleiM Coi.r.uHiTs, 0., tcptemberH. At2:40p.m. yesterday a shoe ol earth

quake wa felt In portion of the city, the vibrations lasting over thirty seconds. At the Capital University, the chandeliers tiwayed and the students lelt their rooms in great excitement. At the M. Q. Ulley estab!i5hiuent, the employes jumped out the four-story hulldins adjoiuiug; gas nstnre. ywayed, and stock on shelves

rauiea and moved. It was also felt at the Ohio State University, fhakiug the windows and rattling th chandeliers.

"IT LS ALL MJiUtltM

FMneval 4err (MrC wlf, the eirmed Cwnvtet MHU MiMiMit te Mew Ywrfc. A . pnt a imm. m TriUate KrtMM TImm HUom. W wtfAfe Ue MuMKbt M 1'ruuttr, Nrtw Vuk, tpint r 31. On dark bk groUud a few white fl wora snelM out the simple yet touch., lug story of Jvrry Mc"auiy's death wltn lt l All Right. M K also said the, preacher at the Broadway Tabernacle yesterday, and the groat crowd that looked into tn lace of the dead mis.

alonary repeated t "It la all rlght. The funeral services wt re anu 'Unt cd for S:30 o'clDck. lung before tbtt hour every eat In the large chttrvli was fl led, and a squad of six poitceiueu barred the doors. Hut still the crowds inured into the chuah on Klxth avenue, at the cor. msr of Thirty-fourth street, and, by the Ume the nutor rose to speak, there was another congft'ga. lion outside the church trying to ffvt In. Kvery doorway was tried, the eager visitors pushiug their way Into private entrance, aud li( lug every available space. A younjr lady, one of tbe choir, arrived just at tbe opening ot the crvices to Hud the way completely blocked. In vain sue (deeded that some one must give way; that she must get in, or the ex

ercises cou u uot go on. The crowd was too great to be forced outside, aud with tears In her eyes she turned away. Rut the admirers of the ex convjet aud mis. fclonary continued to pour into tbe street, and at three o'clock the police kept guard over the Sixth avenue car tracks, so that the cars might uot be blocked. Many grew tired and left, but their places weie soon tilled by others tainting id.y, patiently waiting for a glimpse of the man they had learned to love. It was a heterogenous assemblage thm lingered, about the church. Here were old women, wrinkled aud seamed, who had known "Jerry" before hi conversion, and touching their elbows were young mu who had learned to live sioca meeting

me rarncsi iiin-ionary. ueie and there through the crowd the juluted hen ot the scarlet womiu bowed luclf, aud by her side pushed the young shop-girl who had been saved from temptation by the man who lay in his cOtHu inside, Toe tail hats of half a -score of brokers overtopped the straw hats of a few hoiuelcHi tramps who had known Jerry Irom childhood. For over two hours the crowd waited, and then a Uw stragg.'cra from the church, announced tb;tt services were over. There waa ruh to Kke a, last look at the face of the f rlemi of all, and for two hour longer a continuous stream (lowed dowu the center aisle pst Um coffin andoutof the side door. Inside the church the s Isles held almost as many people as the pews, and when Dr. Taylor, paitor ol tbe church, rose to speak, he looked into the laces of 1,600 worshipers. The pastor referred briefly to his lone; acquaintance with Mr. McCauley, and said that during ail ihoto year he hd never known tile dead wis tftooary to do au unchristian act.

blocks In Portland, Ore., was ilestroyed by death.

, LATI XEWS ITEM.

Mick am. Muajuy wm hanged at Kricns-

our Pa., on Um 881 for Um mtird-r of

J on n iianeuK in October, If i. Tmk cholera record for Italy during the twenty-four hours ended Um evening Of the 23 J. was 43& frsh osm and Hti

re. Eureka, Xv., was also visited by a disastrous conlHgration.

uMitaexta two large buildings of the Middlesex Bleaehery and Dye Works at j

SontUMrville, Mass., were burned. The

mi tidings covered two and a half acres, They were filled with valuable fabrics, and the total loss Is estimated to be ik..

vw, on wnicn vnere is w,0W insurance. It

was the oldeet and largest establishment

of the kind in the county.

UX tne Sid Chas. F. Honker. U..

smttu, banged himself, in Um Seventh

Lib-

Tmk Logan National Bank at West

rty, U., clcMed its doors on the 2kl.

Joaern Sakveh, who murdered his father, was executed at Indiana, Pn., on the SW. El. Masdi has twenty Krupp cannon, awl lO.tM) of his followers are armed w4th American rifles. Jdtics Fitu delivered an opinion on

ine wki in rnurenoe to mm Utolnese queition at Sau Francisco.

Ink eleventh annual convenUon of the

nMn.kunt.n.i i ... ...

Ward rstic wigwsm at Fort Wayne, opMwa ,t Toronto, Out., m t 23,1. mu. tie leaves a wife ami nix ckiidmu. I t n ... .......... .

Xo cause ufel Tr ni m OMlwu suites no cause asaigttwi. Tmunrv en i i,. .....

Anotrr half the busimns imrt of UrontoM .

Mteb., wa burneii on the night of the 2lst Eighteen business houses, two dwelttam

and several barns were consumed. It hi snptMSed to have been the work af mm lu.

cendlary.

MMOXZXANJCOVS. Tug wives and sisters of the striking

miners around Coal Centre. Pa., ha v nr.

ganised a "tin.pan brigade." and iM-oHe to serenade the non-Uition men every morning until they qnlt work.

mn Austrian Consul at Khartoum t.

not leen heard of since last AnrlL Tt u,

mongnt ne wns Killed.

Tng Bureau of Agriculture sends imt a

report In reference to "wheat in India," and endeavors to show that Uiat country has no advantages over America.

O.V the 18th a distinct earthiua!f .tuu.1.

was felt at Detroit and other points In Michigan; at Toledo, Clereland, Clnclnnati and various other nsrts of OuU

aho many parts of Indiana and Kentucky. In soum towns buildings were almost shaken down, and the greatest excltensent followed.

Tmk police arrested twenty -one Amtrehlate at Vienna on the 23l. RccatVKRg have Imh appointed In Xew York for the Bankers' and Merchant Telegraph Company. "Ihk llrilish gunboat Waip wns wreckl off Tory Inland, norUiwest cewtet of Ireland, on the 31. Fifty-two men Were lost.

Tmk visible supply of wheat on tb S8d was 2l,&7,(WO Imthels; corn, 6,:JT7,-W

mianeis; oat4, :',7W, w intlteK Frkokhick .S'. NtcMow, willv.r of the Memphis Atattuch; died suddenly at UnveMiw., la., oh the S3 1, .f ptiralyss of Che Urahi. Pnor. Jtmx LorbTavlor, an eminent Cngrzatiocat divine ot Andov er. ilatt..

dil en tbe S3 J, in the seventy-third year of hi age. Thr Mpulac of nruaeeis, IMgium, made a Kreat demonstration against the t; .r

eminent on the 2.M, creating intense excitenmnt. Tt.x Kvck defeated Riley 1h a tliree.miie scull race at; Peektktll, X. V., on the 21.

RiiWtx 11K.XKV was killed at llaySvill,

Tnn Ports la said to have addressed .

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""" v irungll nrCHHLffUP B lnr I rIi .it eh.. hM V V tL.. . ri t

rtf , mvr w nvijuvi snj ervss CTTS insists U( 11.1 sfe

at IndianaHlis last year.

Catox, 0,, September . Shortly before three o'clock yesterday afternoon alight earthquake or subterranean shock was felt lu this city. The walls of buildings la man utaete: ring establtobmente moved. A telegram from Middiebfanch, eight miles worth, says dishes were shaken In cupboards, A telephone jutt reel red from Marshall aays the shock was felt plainly there.

Acarnx. I.v., September 90l A heavy shock of earthquake was felt at 2:15 p. m. yesterday, lasting about ten seconds. Brick blocks were iMixeptlbly rockel, ami much excitement prevalleJ. Xo d image was snatained. The shock was felt aio'sr toe line of the Postal Telegraju from loonier to Wellington, Ohio. Chicago, III, September. Dispatches received here J'e.terdsy afternoon Indicate that the earthquake

shock was viry generally felt through

out Ohio, Indiana aud Michigan. At Cecil. Ohio, goods were thrown from shelves in stores, anil people rushed from tn lr houses. At Ilertance the Wet hod 1st Episcopal Central Conference was In aloa. The meeting adjourned suddenly. iMxaum, Mich,, eptember Atmut, 8 p. m. yesterday a tef neon this elty and vtelnlty wss frceptlblv shaken

by an earthquake, easing the large capltol to tremble. Xo serious damage has been heard irom. jBi.kiiaht, I.vt)., RepttnlHTSO. ThU olty was shaken up by an earl hquake yesterday. Building- were wked to and fro by the violence of the shock.

Mu.ncik, l.vii., Sepimbcr:0. This olty It a strong earthquake at L':M yesterday afternoon. Tim shock was rihtlnly diatlnguisbable by a loud rumbling and Vibrations shaking large buildings, breaking glass and morlng furniture. People mn Into the streets frightened. The shock lasted ten st'l and alrat created a panic Htiiuug the mhool children.

WAmabh, ijch., ifoptemlter .

An earthquake: shock, lasting About live

debts.

For the seven iUv MdMl tii 191. l.

r.n.. .i . . r. - "F

'"'" inronxnout UteeouHtrv huU.i

total, 218, as compared with a total of )

iu w ireeetiing weex. Tk French fleet has tlestravMl ti. nut.

w-n!Hce j in as in Mtti Kiver.

Johnson con,ls was felt throughout this section

A ."SKW (mk conipany has purehnaed 30100 acres of cultivated land In .New M x.co, and will found aa SpiscoMtl colony of Eastern people. Hoikkmb dug a sixty-feot tunnel under the vault of the First XaUmiai Bank of

KKAtRS l the Choler... rV V' . ... V"

v.....u. .4.i... i" r "a""" eoverwi

w snow n improvwl

condition.

Ox the Slst the lM-mlt rsM.i m t......

Mo., between C, xt Anderson, obanmlon long-distance rider, ami three Broadway mule drivers, was won he tk u. i.i

Jteafly two mite. 3

on UM rMt a Mexican Went in

tbe cellar ami meeting one of the excavator, shot hint dead wlUiout a won), Tm Supreme Court of Ohio rmmveu'ed on the 21. Motion was made to take up the rases under the Scott liquor law nut

Of the regular order, and the fmtstton was to be argued on the Swth.

yosterday. Beyond shaking buildings ami frightening people, no injury wtM done. Heports from poluts Within a

radius of fifty miles Indicate that Uw vlbratlons were general. Eat XAatXAW, Mien,, Ceptmnlifr t.

Yesterday afternoon about 2 i3Q a slight arthqnaka waa felt throughout the whole city. A trembling of htone snd rlok bhlldlttfs was obsurved. rmet Wavx, lx Septomber If. A alight kheok f earthquaka was felt

fcnre at f n, m, yeetordty, kstlmr but MM MtkHtSJ.

A MONSTER FARM. e Tliowaawd Wx HuMdrpd mI Ten iware CHw f I.hiM Ih Mrxlow hi tn m r"M' eat ttt Mrltlitlt lMrMNr-.OMe f sn t1t Sr hh ltoewrd. Montkrkv. Max., Septemberat. Z JtithUt chronicles the conclusion ot probably the largest sale of lands ever made to private purchasers on this continent. The lands in question are situated, In northern Mexico, and were purchased by a syndicate of Kaglhhand Scotch gen- . tlemeu named Mcl'herson, Grant and Jim, Ialel. Although the price paid

was only 81,000,000 down, yet the area of country sold was larger than some of the New England States. The possetdous are tdtaatcd la the States ot Cftl-. huantia snd Durango. The tit of the lands was perhaps TIIK MOST AXOIKXT of any upon the American continent. Tills Mas the first transfer lhat had been made In years. Longer ago than that , tbe King of Spain conveyed this tract of country to the ancestry of Pom Aatoalo Aneuni-uta, where It had remained and descended tfom generation to generation nntll tbe present time. More than 1,000 people, m Unents, are living upoa their sol!, growing corn and coffee sad wheat. In tbe villages, and jdieep, and cattle In

the mountain. The lauds Were bonded .over two year. ago to Co one 1 .1. 1. IiwKoii, of Colorado, who paid $100,000 for a three year' bondment. TIIK tJTII'tt.AI Kl i-Mitin of the land Is 1,000,000, H additional million to be iuveoted in cattle, blooded horn and agricultural Implement. Otto bail of this additional million has already arrived fr.m London, and is now deposited in the City of Mexico and Chihuahua to the credit of the tt.cal agent of the syndicate. The estate consists of two Im

mense ranchcH aub-dtvided Into six oontlEtioiH hacleudaM, upon each ot whkh there Is a village with an organized municipal giivernmeut, Two-thirds ef the estate ilea within the southern, boundary of the State ot Chihuahua; the remaining third in Durango. The are embraced by these piopertles U twentyheven .Spanish leagues in length by an. average wid.lt ot nine leagued, or an equivalent lit KnglUh measure of seventy by twenty-three miles, or 1,610 sffuare miles. Irge tracts of these lauds are uxiikk cur;nv,tTi(i.v, the crop couidmlng prlncltally of Indian com, wheat, Imrley and Irish and sweet IHttatoes. In addition they are capable of grnxlug 100,000 head of catUe and 600,000 Kheep. BeHldeo the above six haciendas, the same syndicate baa purchased two other ranches adjacent, containing 600,000 ores. The deeds of record show thnt there Were, also Included in this sale, for special stipulation not given, nfi.COO head of sheep, i,200r head of unbroken lior.e.if 800 saddle horses, fcOO broken mu les, o0 work oxen, 2,000 hog?", 1,000 saddles and bridles, amlii W0 seta of harimss, together with ln HHtnee nnantltlea of farming tools, many f which are of ancient patterns.