The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-11

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tions will continue mills of ST. Anthony Minnesota
have stopped and hundreds of consequently thrown
out of employment and unnecessarily offer to work In the
ity cut one hundred million feet of logs last winter
the Market and consequently do not need the services
of the men this season.
| From Sacramento Cal, we learn that that which was
declared be impossible by nneenths of the people of
this four years ago. and by strongly as by those
whose opinions supposed to be valuable has become
accomplished fact The locomotive has climbed to the
NIT of Sierra Nevada mountains and has passed through
the great tunnel and for distance beyond
line of the Central Pacific railroad.
There were 292 bushels of grain received at Chicago
the past year. barrels of -four SCI 900 feet of
lumber 1995069 hogs 93S head of CATTLE $685. 900
pounds of hides, 100000 pounds of WOOL and 2ol36OO
pounds of butter.
For four years past party Spruasts in Chicago have
been diligently bearing hole in the earh the western
edge of the city, in quest of oil. medium led by an
invisible spirit promised that by the exercise of much faith
and small augur the well would spout oil but the the
deuded borer bored the less signs of oil they depth
of hundred and ninety feet was reachedand there
prodgious artesian WE'LL with plenty OF water but no
OIL few days ago, however, phenomenon actually oc-
Cured The Chicago Tbunetels the story seems that
not satisfied with their previous experiments and the rich
flow which has followed their explorations they have been
boring still deeper. All concerned were startled day or
two since at finding of their holes monopolized by
gaseous emanaon plenteous the water which
pected to flow from it, and noxious enough to threaten
to poison the atmosphere for miles around. 1t is de-
scribed by those who have seen it as dense gas,
which burns red, with slight blue tinge, not at all
Pickering and with full carbonaceous blaze AS this
blaze be put out the Tribune proposes to utilize the
miniature by placing around set OF rehector Tor
the purpose of illuminating the city from the direction OF
the setting
The following story terrible in its breviy is told by the
Providence r. L. Journal: fisherman of Hull, Mass, went
the other day in his boat usual and while on the bay
dense fog up and hid the shore and all surrounding
objects Taking his to pull towards home he unorun-
atey took wrong course and his boat stuck fast IN
mud bank, from which he could not start It, lie then
attempted wade the Shore but the mud held him fast
until the incoming tide overwhelmed and drowned him. His
on land but the fog dense and mpenerabe he could
not be seen and aid to him. His body found
next day standing where he had met his fate rigid IN
DEATH with his garments icy and stiff inclosing him.
INCOME OF ED1ToRs.-The following the returns Of
incomes in New York city: Horace Greeley $4,000 H. D.
Raymond $45 OO0 Erastus Brooks $685. 000 VIM Bryant
$8i 900; G. Nordhoff $1,000; Thurow Weed $4,000
Robert Bonner $200000; Frank Leslie $91 900; John t.
Young, $4,000; William Swinton, 900; Moses Beach,
ST. 900 William Prime $32 000 James Gordon Bennett
$29200O; James Gordon Bennett j9nr 81 200; John D.
Stockton $4,000; G. W. smaley, SIS, 600; Thee Tilton
$l1 OO0 Kane ODonnell, So 400 Jas. Mcconnell Sc 400
Benjamin Wood, $1,000 F. j.. Ottarson, $4,000; G. 2
Dewey, $780, Frank Felew, $4,000; G. A. Townsend
$1175; c. G. Halpine SCI ,O00 Manton Marble, $4,000
William 6. Hurbur, 81 ,250; G. A. Dana, $4,000; e. W
Abyssinia.
correspondent of the London Daily Ne writing from
Annesey Bay respecting the progress of the English expe
dition against King Theodore, says:
"Our transports than 400 500 yards from
the Shore and all agree that they well protected from the
weather the bottom gives good hold to the anchor and
the shore favorable for the Decentralization of animals and
stores.
"The pioneer brigade have already effected good deal
pier has been 200 yards into the water and
upon this is placed iron tramway extending short dis
lance inland another wooden pier, is also process of
compleon large quantities of stores chiefly forage of var
descriptions have also been disembarked and piled
rather dangerous proximity to the water and road has
been adethat is passage has been through the brush
wood-for many miles inland.
"The chief difficulty with which the expedition has yet
had contend is the absence but the small supply
water Fortunately most if not all of the steam vessels en-
gagged in the transport service condense water which, except
that the deficiency of dissolved air renders it slightly fiat
toeraby palaabe in fact present. instead of those aoa
being supplied with water from shore they actually land large
+ quantities for the consumption of the transport animals
Wes have been sunk the point Of Decentralization
but with two exceptions these have proved failures
and the efforts Of the commssarat officers have consequently
chiefly directed pushing the troops and animals into
the interior lessen much possible at the landing