Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1877 — Page 2

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EPITOME OF THE WEEK.

The celebrated trotting mere Ledy Twenty-two persona have bees recently drowsed by Inundations In the Province of deaton AOo., henry shipping merchont* aod traders, Of London, here felled for £500,000. . im _ The President hen Appointed Gen. Willleae 0. Lodvc, of Minnesota, Commissioner Of Agriculture. , , , Gen. Sherman has started far the Yel lowstone Riser, for the perposo of tospectTbe town State Democratic Convention, for the nomination of State officers, has been called TO meet at Marshalltown on the 20tli n « •«, »i; * , ii ?, W A«|Wl> L, Cass Carpenter, an United States Revenue Collector, st Charleston, 8. C., has hoes arrested and held to ban upon the chsrjps sf “ rala’lug'’ State revenue warrants. Tha Deputise of the Cretan Assembly have sent a telegram to the Sultan, asking for a mined Commission to examine the question at Issue between the Mnaaulmen and Christians. fL-V’.! ZE:,J A potato field at Mulheim, on which the Colorado beetle appeared, has (men covered with petroleum’hnd tan-bark, and set on Are, the German Government Iwtesanltyinf the owner. »< •„ ••■<'»* ’ The house of Mr. ILhtreUle, at RochestarvUle, Cap.; torn burned a few nights ago, and his son, eleven ydkra old, perished In the flames. Mr*. L. and her mother were also fatally burned. The Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, Just published, contains 188,196 names, whleh, allowing throe and s half persons to each man, as ordinarily estimated, would show a population of B*l^4l. The American Tract Society has Elected the following-named officers for the ensuing year: President, Wm.C. Chapin; Vtee-Pres-Iflents, John G. Tappan, Gem Eraatus Blakeslee; Secretary and Treasurer, Arthur .Gilman. «. , 1 ,, ,v The amount of United States currency outstanding, on the Ist, according to the official statement, was: Old demand notes, legal-tender notes, $359,764,832; notes of 1863, 1WJ.285; compound Interest notes, 8100,260; fractional currency, $20,403,187.34; total, 83f»,«27£7«.8*. The stage from Deadwood was jtopped by higfcwiytnen, near Cheyenne River, S few nights ago, and both the treasure boxes taken. The robbers sent word, by the driver to the managers of the stage line to send them a pair of gold-scales, as dividing dust with a spoon was not glwaya satisfactory. The balance of the $1,500,000 advanced to the Centennial Exposition has been paid over to the % Unlted States Treasury by the PresidentoT the Centennial Board of Finance. The Government allowed the 820,000 advanced by the Board to pay the salaries of facial customs officers In the early days of the Exposition. _ The ooinage reports from all the Mints n the United States, except that at Carson aty, Nev., slate tha| the aggregate ooinage for the fiscal year is 871,000,000, showing an increase over that of the last fiscal year of #14,000,000. The total amount of stiver coin issued up to the tat was f«,191*587, of which 111,09!,526 was issued on account of currency obligations, and 821,140,081 in redemption of fractional currency. A statement has bean published by the President of the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company, of Hartford, Conn., to the effect that the Company not only has all the assets It claims, but that they are worth all the Company claims them to be, and that Jt will pay every Just claim. He urges policy-hold-ers everywhere to renew their policies. This la in reply to the recent report of the Insurance Commissioners of Um State, reflecting upon the financial standing of the Com/ P“J. J A colored barber, named Riley Covingtoe, was recently arrealed at Cairo, IIL, for the murder of two men at Osceola, Ark., about a year ago. He was taken to She latter place, and immediately after reaching there was taken from the Sheriff' by a crowd of white and colored men, and dragged to the outskirts of the city, where ropes were tied around hia neck and feet, and a male hitched to each rope and driven In opposite directions, literally tearing the man to pieces. ■maeffißMMk Some yean ago, a Mrs. Sarah M. Victor was convicted In the courts of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be hung- Sentence was commoted to Imprisonment for life, After eereral years’ confinement ip toe Penitentiary, toe prisoner wearied of the life sate applied to the Columbus Courts to have the original sentence carried out, on the ground that alto had not consented to commutation. The Judge had the matter under advisement for eighteen months, and, on toe 26th, rendered to opinion that Mrs. Victor was, to toe eye of the law, *n escaped prisoner, and isausd an order for her delivery to toe authorities df Cuyahoga. An application was subsequently made to the Supreme Court for leavpto file a petition in error, end Mrs. Victor was remanded to the. Penitentiary to

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crossing of the Danube, and promising the people protection and equitable treatment. A Pern special of the 28th ult. announces the capture of Batoum by the Ruaflflj A London telegram of the 20th sava the Turkish forces In Montenegro were menacing Cettlnje, the capitalThe Russian Commissariat has telegraphed to hurry up eupptice for the army, representing that the country south of the Danube Is entirely destitute and that famine Impended In Bulgaria. It was reported from Constantinople, on the 78th ult,,that the Russian bridge at Matchln had been destroyed by the Turkish gunboats. A Nlcopolis dispatch of the 29th ult. says the attempt of the Russians to cross tbe Danube at that point on the preceding day was a dismal failure. Ten of (be boats employed were sunk and toe slaughter was frightful. A St. Petersburg dispatch of the 30th ult says tbe Osar's proclamation on crossing the Danube was regarded there as the signal for a Bulgarian Insurrection throughout tbe Peninsula. A dispatch from the Cxar had been received aanounctag that the Turks had retreated and, that all Bulgaria except the quadrilateral might hd considered In the hands of the Russians. A Turkish monitor, on the 80th ult., sank a Russian gleamer embarking troops and warlike material near Wtdtn. A Constantinople telegram of tbe 80th ult. reports a terrible battle progressing near Sisters. At last accounts, the Turks were ksstily sending forward reinforcements and were taflicUmg great damage upon the Russians. A Sfaumla special of tbe Ist reports the defeat of a Russian force advancing Inland at Biela. D was also reported that the Turkish monitors at Nlkopolls had been abandoned, and that the Town of Nlkopolls hud been evacuated. The Porte has published the following official dispatch: ’‘ The Russians, defying the rights of humanity, and without any military necessity, have completely destroyed the flourishing Town of Euutckuk, which Is now nothing but a heap of ruins. They spared neither mosques, churches, hospitals, nor public buildings. We hereby make known their act to the Justice and humanity of Europe.” A Bucharest dispatch of the 8d says that all able-bodied Bulgarians had been summoned to present themselves at the Russian camps, to be organized into a force for their own protection. According to Turkish reports, tbe Russians In Asia have been defeated five times since June 16. Their losses on the 80th ult. were believed to be 10,000, and their wounded filled 800 wagons. The advance of the Russians across the Danube has aroused an intense wnr feeling Id Constantinople, and all available troops, Including the Imperial Guards, have been ordered to the front. The Czar has issued a proclamation for. mally declaring the independence of Bulgaria. On the 4th, Mukhtar Pasha telegraphed to Constantinople that tbe Russian left wing In front of Kars had been almost annihilated, and was retreating In.great disorder in the direction of Bayazld.

GBNBRAL. The steamer Lady of the Lake exploded near Plymouth, Mass, on the 28th, and eighteen were scalded—six fatally. There was a strike among the compositors of the New York Tribune on the evening of the 29th ult., the managers having asked a reduction in the rates for composition of six cents per 1,000 ems, and having come in conflict with the Printers’Union on one or two other points, new men were put to work at once, and the proprietors of the office claimed that they would get along without re-employing any of the strikers. The New Hampshire House, on the 29th ult., debated a resolution Introduced by Mr. Sinclair, a Democratic member, indorsing the Southern policy of President Hayes. Without coming to a vote, the matter was laid on tho table. It was stated in Chicago, on the 30th ult, that the Secretary of the Chicago Life Insurance Company had disappeared, and waa a defaulter to the amount of SIOO,OOO. The President returned to Washington from his New England trip, on the 80th ult He Intends, It is etated, to spend the heated term at the Soldiers’ Home, near Washington, occupying the cottage used by President Lincoln. Severe tornadoes passed over portions of Illinois, Indiana and Pennsylvania, on the Ist, causing great destruction of life and property. The little Village of Ereildoun, Pa., was almost entirely destroyed. Twenty houses were rased to the ground and one woman waa killed, five other persons were Injured, two fatally. A London telegram of the 2d ssys the British Cabinet had finally, after a warm discussion, resolved to extend no material aid to.the Bui tan. A small fleet had been ordered to Bestka Bay, but this was believed to have no sinister signification. A Bucharest dispatch of the 2d says Koumanla had decided to Inaugurate offensive warfare against Turkey, with the intention of securing the acknowledgment of the absolute independence of Koumanla, the dismantling of the Turkish forts along the Danube and full indemnity for war expenses and depredations of Turkish Armies. the Russians have occupied Tiraova, the ancient capital of Bulgaria, and Prince Tcberkoski has been proclaimed Provisional Governor of the Province. A Shumla telegram of the 2d says already 200 women and children had been killed by the bombardment of Rustebuk. It waa reported that the Csar would attend personalty to the reduction of that stronghold. A London dispatch of the 2d says the Turk* in Kara made a desperate sortie on the morning of the SOth, but were compelled to withdraw, after several hours’ fighting, with heavy losses. The Roumanians crossed the Danube on the night of the 80th ult near Kalafat, and have commenced the Investment of Wldin on the land side. t . The warlike sensation of the 2d was the offer of Gen Garibaldi to the Roumanian Government to send experienced officers to form an Italian legion. By advleo of the Cmr, the offer was declined with thanks. Austria has warned the Porte that she will not permit Montenegro to be crushed, and sanoonem that she will enter Bosnia If Ife* Turks menace CstUnjs.

Two men named Bellinger and Pierce, were carried over the falls at Niagara a few evealags ago, and, of course, were killed. They had been boating In tlienver above toe falls, and gut Into tbe raptda, when they jumped oat of the boat and attempted to swim ashore. A companion who remained In the boat waa rescued. According to the public debt statement there were coin bonds outstanding. nn toe Ist, to the amount of 41,697,886,500; total debt, 82JMA, 184,1 b 8; cash In Treasury, 8186,085,960; debt less cash in Treasury, 82,060,156,228; decrease during June, 83,229,189; since June SO, 1676, 889,761,121. A large block of warehouses at Brad, ford, England, waa burned on the Bd, Involving a loss of 1500,000. A Constantinople telegram of the 4th announces the death of tbe Grand Sheriff of Mecca. The Pan-Presbyterian Council opened In Edinburgh, on the 4tb. A targe delegation of Americana participated. A Romo dispatch of the 4th says the Countess Lambertine, who asserts that she Is the natural daughter of the late Cardinal Antonelll, has commenced an action claiming the whole of bis property, which Is estimated at many millions of francs. A special election for Mayor was held at Terre Haute, Ind., on the Bd, and Henry Vairbanks (Rep.) waa elected by a plurality of eight votes, his opponents being A. M. Black (Dem.) and C. M. Foote (Ind. Greenback.) The Commission to investigate the charges against Senator Grover, of Oregon, met at Portland, on tbe 2d. Many prominent politicians of tbe State bad been summoned as witnesses, apd the preparations made indicate a thorough inquiry.

FACTS AND FIGURES.

It is estimated that 2,000,000 buffalo hides are awaiting shipment from the trading posts west of Dallas, Texas. They are proud in San Francisco of their Hack Company, with a great stable of 100 teams and a capital of $250,000. Mu. Dodge, the statistician of the Agricultural Department, states that during the past year 4,000,000 hogs, of all ages, have died of cholera, being a money Toss of $20,000,000 to the farmers. One-fifth of toe loss was in Illinois, and next in order are Missouri, lowa and Indiana, Florida,*Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. They have a wonder in full blast near Yankton, Dakota. It is a large rock that, burns constantly, looking like an immense coal of fire in the night, and sending up columns of dense black smoke by day. It burns constantly and of itself. The rock looks as if it might contain coal, but of very poor quality. The fire reduces the rock to a very bright red cinder, which snaps like artillery, and the cause is as yet unknown to the people of the neighborhood. Taxation in Great Britain is $875,000,000 a year for National purposes, and $161,5(g),000 for local purposes—total, $588,500,000. This is at the rate of fifteen or sixteen dollars per capita. The National debt is $3,600,000,000. The National debt of Great Britain is about $900,000,000 less than that of France, and the annual burden of interest it imposes is less than half what toe French debt imposes. Our National debt, less cash in the Treasury, was $2,068,377,842 on the Ist of June, of which about $1,700,000,000 was interest bearing. Our local debts, including $367,146,023 of State debts, were estimated at $1,007,907,890 in 1875. These debts aggregated $545,427,650 in 1870, according to toe United States census. The Cost of Wars. —The Economist places the loss in men during the various wars from 1852 to 1877 at 1,948,000, of which 750,000 died during that of the Crimea; 45,000 in that of Italy, in 1859; Schleswig-Holstein, 3,000; United States civil war, 800,000; war of Prussia against Austria and Italy in 1966, 45,000; Mexican, Cochin China, Morocco ana Paraguay expeditions, 65,000; Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, 215,000, of whom 150,000 were French and 60,000 Germans; and loss by massacres of Christians in Bulgaria and Armenia, during 1876-77,25,000. The exDenseof the Crimean war is placed at $1,700,000,000; Italy, $300,000,000; United States—Northern section, $4,700,000,000, Southern Section, $2,800,000,000; Schleswig-Holstein, $35,000,000; Prussia, Austria and Italy in 1866, $330,000,000; Mexico, Cochin China, Morocco and Paraguay, $200,000,000; Franco-Prussian war, $2,500,000,000; Total, $12,065,000,000.

A Photographer’s Fright.

Hk is a young photographer, just starting in business and love. The other afternoon his girl's mother called for a sitting. He desired to make a moat favorable impression upon that portion of her mind which could appreciate photography, and so he became a trifle nervous in the work. But he got her settled finally, with her eyes fixed glassily on a certain object, as is the Custom. Then he drew the cloth, took out his watch, counted off thirty seconds, restored the cloth, and drew out the case. “ Gracious!” he unintentionally ejaculated, “I forgot to pull out the plate.” The old laay had to sit again, and she prepared for the ordeal, but with confidence in the operator considerably abated. He was more nervous now than before, and it was some minutes before he had her arranged to suit the focus. Then the cloth was again removed, the watch again palled out. He counted off thirty seconds, removed tne cloth and drew out the case. *• Great Heavens!” he exclaimed, in a frightened voice; “I forgot to pull out the alide." - —— ; —~ —r. The prospective mother-in-law sprang to her feet, snatched up her hat and shawl, and pausing long enough to inquire if he was drunk, shot out of the door, leaving the pallid-faced artist grasping a chair for support.— Alta California. _ —People who make a habit of chewing paper are hereby warned not to use postal cards for mastication purposes. During the letting of the contract for printing tliem last Week, it was developed that the linen rags from which the cards are made are mosSy imported from Egypt, and are obtained by stripping mummies. Many tons of mummy wrappings are imported every year by American paper manu—When a Cincinnati reporter tried to interview Mr. Samnel Bowles, the latter Mid: “ I have a newspaper erf my own, and if I have any views to disseminate I’ll give them to the public through its columns.” ■% —lt is seldom that a sick man leaves a will that somebody doesn’t attempt to break; but has anybody recently heard ol an attempt to break a woman’s will ?

SENSE AND NONSENSE.

Always speak well of the dead, and once in a while a good word of the living, if you have tbe time. In n late atyle of marriage announcemenu only the names of the bride ana clergyman appear. As civilization advances, the groom becomes of less and and lees importance on sudh occasions. An aged Chtcneo lady is rind there has been a law 'made against “ pools.” She says that pools are nasty and unhealthy things to have around, anyhow, and, be. side, they propagate mosquitoes. Eight hundred New Jersey cows were the other day found in one grand pen, each one with eon feet under her and die., tillery slop before her. They furnish " pure country milk” for New York. The Baltimore man who hanged himself because his wife devoted so much of her time to decorating the grave of her first husband has his revenge. The woman has two graves to decorate now and no time to look for a third husband. The following epigram was written on a Mr. Wellwoou, wno was much given so exaggeration: ” Yon double each Starr von tell. Yon doable each rfew that you ms; Youi- name's double u e double I, Doable u double o d.” Unto tlie good little boy shall be given the picnie ticket, but the wicked son shall recline on his mother’s knee. Yerily, in the day when she waxeth it to him with her slipper his heart will he full of repentance, and his howling tshall disturb the neighbors.— Rome Of. T.) Sentinel. ' Young Lady— “ It was a stylish dinner I” Learned Uncle—“ Stylisul are you using the word correctly f Do you know the derivation of stylish?” Young lady —“ Certainly, from sty, a pig-pen, and lish, the noise made by the ho —animals when eating.” Learned uncle in despair. Taw is the season when newly-married couples make their appearance at the watering-place hotels, languishing on a four-dollars-a-day diet for one week precisely, and then go home to the realities of oom-beef and cabbage for toe balance of their natural lives.—JY. T. Commercial Advertiser.

SAYsthe Rochester Union: “A young rnah who was detected in toe enjoyment of an innocent flirtation with one orthc scholars of the Packer Female Seminary, at Brooklyn, has been indicted by the Grand Jury. The course of true love never did run smooth, but this is the first instance Where courting was considered criminal.”

On the out-going steamers, conversation is often of a cosmopolitan nature. A Boston merchant on a recent trip was considerably impressed by the earnestness of a Gennan passenger. “ America,” said the returning Teuton, ‘‘is der best counclry in der vorld. I has lived dere more as den years, and failed vive dimes, anil now I goes home to lif mit a fortune and my vamily!" The decision of the Bupreme Court of the United States that the Government cannot receive bequests of real estate, comes just in time to prevent the turning over to the Nation of immense tracts of landed property. Had the decision been otherwise, there are thousands, no doubt, who would Bequeath all their real estate to the Government, to save their heirs the burden of taxation— Detroit Free Press.

A man on West Hill has brought peace into his family circle forever. Last week he moved into a new house, containing a bay window and twenty-three closets, and he bought his wife nine miles of clothesline, a cord of clothes-line props, and one hundred and twenty-four dozen clothespins. Arid the angels just come down and sit around on the side fence and envy that woman’s perfect happiness.— Burlmuton Hawk-Eye. The other day a traveler stopping in Gardner, Me., got up in the morning awfully thirsty, and, approaching the landlord, said he must have a drink of cider. He was assured he could not buy it in the city. “ Can get it by the gallon, can’t I?” he said. He was told he could. So he went up to a store and inquired if they had any cider to “sell by the gallon.” He was told they had. He wanted to try it, and drew a pint dipper full and drank it. He said he “ thought it was too hard for mince pies,” and threw a dime on toe counter and left.

The ignorance of some of our most wealthy citizens is absolutely humiliating. A man who pays taxes on any quantity of real estate stopped us yesterday and asked to change his Evening Herald to a Morning Herald. “ But our paper only appears in the evening,” we exclaimed. “All right! I’ve been a friend of the paper for twenty years; but that settles it. If you haven’t got accommodation enough to print me my copy in the morning, you are not a live newspaper man, and can’t keep up with railroads, and progress, and sichl” and he went off on his ear.— San Antonio Herald.

It is not curses alone that come home to roost; blessings frequently act in the same way. The friends of a Staten Island ferry Captain presented him recently with an elegant gold watch, in token of his promptness and geniality. Touched by the kindness of li{s friends, toe Captain told them that the boat thereafter should run upon the time which they had so munificently provided. He began the very next morning to carry ont his promise, and in doing so started three minutes in advance of toe town time, leaving his generous friends to wait for the next boat. The next time they give a watch to a fer--3f Captain they will have it regulated and uly set. When toe pxyhydrogen microscope was first exhibited in Edinburgh, a poor woman whose riches would never hinder her ascent to the Kingdom above, took her seat in the lecture-room where toe wonders of the instrument were shown, and which were for the first time to meet her sight. A piece of lace was magnified into a salmon-net, a flea was metamorphosed into an elephant, and other like marvels were performed before toe eyes of the venerable dame, who sat in silent ( astonishment, staring Open-mouthed at toe disk. But when at length a milliner’s needle was transformed into a poplar tree, and confronted her with its huge eye, she could “ hold in” no longer. ,r My goodness!” she exclaimed, “ a camel could go through that! There’s some hope for toe rich folks yet"

The Indian Outbreak in Washington and Idaho.

Thk original cause of the dispute may be said to date from the treaty 'which Gov. 1.1. Stevens, of Washington Territory, made with the Hex Farces and other tribes in June, 1887. At that time Gov. Stevens refused to recognize the hereditary Chief of the hex Perces, and practically elevated Lawyer, a cunning and tractable Indian, to the Chieftainship. The Nea Percea were then, and are yet, the most numerous of any of the tribes of that whole region. TTiey are generally peaceful, and live quietly on the fine and extensive reaervationtm the Snake and Clear*

water Riven, near toe Town of Lewiston. They cultivate Urge farms, have n well-to-do people. But some of their tribe are “ wild" Indians, and, instead of believing with the majority of their bre&ren in the policy of n somewhat civilised life, they prefer to follow after the traditions and tobita of their savage ancestors. Among the Chiefs who very reluctantly signed the treaty of 1867 wn Joseph—the father of the Chief of the same name who now heads the outbreak. Old Joseph was not a Nez Perce. He was a Cayuse Chief Yet Tie claimed the Wallowa Valley, and waa recognized aa a leader of his people. Some of the Nez Perces who were dissatisfied with toe treaty, but mere with the oondnrt of Guy, Stevens in elevating Lawyer to the Chiefship. measurably sided with Joseph, and toe disaffected of still other tribes joined them, so as to swell the number to somewhat formidable proportions. Before that time a very cunning Indian had begun to evolve anew faith or superstition among toe Indians. He was known as Hmohalla, or “ The Dreamer.” He had been taught by miasianariea, and he turned what he had learned to account in a way hit teachers never intended or expected. Of all the Bible-lesson* the one he most and particularly set store by was that which is contained in Judges vi., vii., as to Gideon and his band, reduced from many thousands to only 300, overcoming the Midlanltes. Smohalla preached to his tribe the doctrine he derived from the text, and inspired them to believe that, although the whites, or Midianites, were powerful in numbers, yet could the Lord’s own people, Gideon’s hand of 300—the Indians themselves—triumph over them and drive them from toe land. During the Indian War of 1858, when the late Gen. Wright severely whipped the Indians of the upper country and obliged them finally to sue for peace, he put a stop to Smohslla’s preachings and influence by keeping him a close prisoner. But after Gen. (or Colonel, as he was then) Wright made peace he allowed toe mischievous “ Dreamer” his liberty, on condition that be should cease his efforts to propagate his peculiar incendiary doctrine among toe Indians, and until Gen. Wright was called away from there, during our own Civil War, Smohalla found it advisable to refrain from openly seeking converts. Since that time, however, he has been very active as a prophet and missionary to spread his faith, and his success has grown into alarming magnitude. It is not only among his own tribe that he has found converts. He has gone every season to the buffalo country and other hunting grounds to the east and sooth, and everywhere he has found followers, for it is a most inspiring idea, or hope, to the average savage that he shall yet see the day when he can glut his never-dying revenge upon the white man, exterminate the race, and again redeem, to himself and his peoSle the lands from which toe whites nave, riven them.

To thoroughly indoctrinate his believers Bmohalla impresses upon them certain cardinal duties. They must be “ wild Indians ;” they must not practice any of thwarts of civilization, hut live as their fathers lived before toe coming of the whites. They must not tolerate the approach of the white man, hold any intercourse with him, accept any_favor from him, enter his house or deal with him, exceDt for firearms, powder and lead. They must not go upon any reservation, enter any church building or school-liquse, allow any clergyman or teacher to preach or to instruct them, listen to anything spoken or read irom a book, or hold converse of any kind with any of their own people who persist in friendship with or copying after the civilization of the whites. In short, they must absolutely resist and abstain from any effort or act calculated to bring them into toe association or under the influence of the whites in the slightest particular; but they must never neglect to seize an opportunity to advantage themselves at the expense of the hated race. It is to this exclusively savage doctrine young Joseph has committed himself. His father, the old Chief, is dead. Young Joseph is his successor. He is now in the full vigor of manhood—about forty vears of age, and is a model of a warrior Chief —tall, well formed, of bold bearing, dignified demeanor, and every inch a leader. He has a haughty scorn of white men, and despises any of his own race who will consent to he at peace with and submit to them. With him are allied the renegades, or “ wild Indians,” of the various other tribes of that, wild region, and no doubt there are nearly 1,000 of them in all. That they arc generally well armed and equipped for prolonged hostility is very probable. They have been for years preparing for war, and toe country is entirely favorable to their hostile purpose. Before troops can reach them they can secure large supplies of provisions from toe stores of the whites they either massacre or drive away, and it will be almost impossible to hunt them In their many ana quite impregnable hiding-places in the mountains, along the rivers and tributaries, among the rocks and canyons. They have a range of hundreds of miles in extent, and thev are familiar with toe whole country, ft Is their chosen season for war, and their ponies are in good condition for a prolonged campaign.— San Francisco Examiner.

Strange Discovery in a Care.

A coiuiEsroNDENT, writing from OneontA, N. Y., to a New York paper, says: A discovery, which has created no little sensation in this part of the State, liras made a few days since by three men. named W H. Wwger, Pi A. Strong and J. W. Shove, in the Township of Laurens, on the Otego Creek, Streeter’s Gorge, at Laurensville, a wild, rocky and in some place a almost inaccessible glen, which has recently come into some celebrity as a resort of* excursion parties and curiosity, seekers. Among the old settlers in the Susquehanna Valley there was a badition of the existence of a lead mine some, where on the Creek in that vicinity, and aftor the Indians were driven out of the valley straggling members of the tribe frequently returned and spent weeks in the neighborhood, and brought lead into the settlement to sell. No signs of Ary mine were ever found, however, but it was believed, if it existed .at < all, to be somewhere in the gorge. The three men named were exploring the gorge a few days ago. Strong fell from a ledge of rockto tne margin of the creek, striking in% mass of driftwood that had been left by freshets at the toot of the ledge, lo extricate him. Widger and Shove removed a large quantity of this drift, and in doing so came upon an opening in die rocks which had the appearance of antstrance to a cave. Strong was notinjured, and, upon his being drawn from the creek, the three men crawled into the opening. Pars lew feet they crawled through a dripping, slimy space some three fret square, when ft became dry and dusty, and gradually widened. After following the tunnel twenty feet or so, and encoun-

taring a strong draft of vciy cold air, the exploring party retraced their steps, and, procuring lights. . returnedjt) a thorough examination of tfie cavern. For fifty feet the tunnel extended into the ledge. Tbe sides and top weroof.jagged, .flinty rock. It then terminated in an apartment some thirty feet square andlnine or ten feet high. A very high wind prevailed in the cave, but there was not tire slightest opening except toe tunnel entrance. A dry, palpable dust characterized toe cave, os it had the tunnel. In one corner of the apartment the lights of the party revealed a mound of what seemed to be this dust. This proved to be a collection of nuggets of lftuh uhon which several inched of the dust Bad either settled orbeeapUgqff Near byjfte mound of mineral a partially-decayed human skeleton was found. The skull and large bones wqre yell preserved, but the rest of toe bones fell to dnit on being touched. Scattered about the cave, a number of implements, of curious construction and made of copper, wore Tridked up from beneath the dust. The relics were removed from (He oavu, and;tbdpieces of mineral were weighed and found to ipaks over a ton of .pare lead. N°tKha# In the rock or earth in the cave, or anywhere about it in the gorge, indicated the presence of lead or any qtbfer mineral, and how the large amount came ip this, longunknown cave is a mystery that no one can explain. There is no tradition in the valley of toe existence of this cave, and the formation of the implements found and the material from which they are made would seem to indicate that it was known to, and occupied by, representatives of a race different from the Indians who peopled the valley a hundred years ago. . There is a theory advanced that the Indians brought the lead from the lake country, ana, aware of the existence of this cave, used it as a storehouse for 'their mineral. The attention of scientific men has been called to the copper implements and the skeleton, and several offers have . been received from colleges and museums for their purchase.

A Chinese Giant.

Fourth. We entered the store-room where he hold* his levees last evening, fqliy«persuaded to meet wftlr a 'hmirbug. -We left firmly impressed with thf fapfcihat we had met with one showman who did not exaggerate in annoilncenteriv of -his exhibition. The giant a shrewd, good-natured and rather dignified Chinaman, who has donned a mandarin’s costume and site in a chair large enough for a summer-house. He is toe yfl°#' inas ' sive man ever seen in this city. A largehanded man cannot encircle his wrist with one hand, and two of the giant’s fingers make an ordinary hand stretch to encircle them. A man five feet eight inches esn stand, erect qndsr,,hte outstretched arm ana not touch it' with his head. Ordinary mpn have to tilt (heir bats upon the organ of philoprogenitiveness and look upward .to his face as Chicago grain-buyere|do to Hoosier teamsters. He stands seven feet nine inches high, and elaims that he weighs four hundred and twelve pounds. He is a finely-propor-tioned man. not at all corpulent—is, indeed, hard-muscled and compact in frame, and moves with the ease of ordinary pen. Sacramento (Gal.) Record Ifinion.

Curiosities of Commerce.

W. W. Kimball’s Piano 'Wateiooms, cor .State and Adams Sts., Chicago, are conceded to be toe largest in the fJ. 8. This house sold over sl,ooojooo worth of pianos atod organs last year. This does not look muchlike hard times. Wilhoft’b Tonic !—Unfailing Asi> Ix-FALUin,E!-‘-Tbi» grist Chill Tonic- cures Chills without the intervention of (doctors and their bills. No consulting visits—po prescriptions to be filled—nb huge blits, entailing pecuniary embarrassment®, added to loss of health. It is the friend of the poor man, because it enables hirii to 'earii a living, and of the rich, because ft prepares him to enjoy bis wealth, This to mankind is cheap, safe and prompt. G. R. Finlay & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. lon sals nr all Druggists. Hatch’s Universal Cotagh Syrup takes the lead of all eough remedies in our trade. We keep many others. None receive such general commendation. Our customers Will be put off with nothing else. We* warrant it in Sold by H. A Rurlbut A Co., Chicago, 111. Both Prudence and Ambition' cbiacur In Urging honest men to do the best' possible thing, each in his own line of bu&taeM. It is this feeling which has made PooleY b Yeast Powder the best in the marfcCT. The 6kns are always frill weight, and the cbntests chemically pure and moij skillfully compounded.

Mothers, Mothers, Mothers.

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THE MARKETS.

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