, 1869-05-18
THE LAKE SURVEY.


Fro,n tie Rtrot TRIBUNE, Mayl4
The Programn,e Of operations Of tne Lake Sur
pteted, and the wnrk, Win the exception Of the
river gaag:ng By Assistant D. F. Hensy. VIII be
- a. usua', T viii be Gnaer ~ Tic Seaefs, % caas7e Il Usn
eral ". F. Reynolds md Lieutenant ]. r. Gntzor3.
Of the Engineer Corps, Will have the Immediate d.
He will comiuand tho steamer Search, which VIII
be raed for general OF shore duty and for supply
,ns nc rnz ne.c On n sna r
r. Rurtu, Frst Lieutenant EnataeeEI
Y,Es Een1enaut J. {. Aalle3. Of The Engineers,
duty, and shous the Apostle Ialaads, and wilt
survey the outer Islands Of the group, connecting
"a sss ne sns Sa9sT sse1e aIesS Command sho.
party. commencing work nt the most eastern po.nt
reached by the survey Of the !ake III 1853. un! con-
also ! surrey Of the western Apostle Isaad4
Aszi.tant L. {. Lomson will have charge Of q
Foi poin; ,esesst IS eu,enao, lena ;s IN Is sSoui
len miles west Of Montreal River, ami moving to-
wards assistant Ma5ef, making surrey Of par:
Assts:aut d, F, Henry viii have caa,se OF the
ra!ttcs etnstnGin2 he EauRtnE Of the rseEA
Flint, and Mari, wlil hare eaasse Of tae seve.ai
parties
Assistant Henry, Assistant i. r Aa}er to Assist
ant J. Il. Mayer. Assistant 4. T. t:ha1te 70 L!en-
| tenant J. {, Mal!ery and Assistant F. H. Toxar to
ably leave before dune l..
Hut little viii be done By The lighthouse depart.
msna nsse ss ssease thS f., n %":s on aaaa
course OF construction n NcGu:Etn's POM.
Ccfoucl Colt, tho Revolver Nan-A
Miswaukeean VITO knrw aR1ns
Well Gives u sketch OF Colonel
Co1t+s Enrly Lie. and OF f7ls Re-
ystrinE Pistol.
! From fhs 5fH.ac1stex Tiae7Tsia NtY:S
Epnok W'scoHsIS: In yuur Issue Of tae :sta
Southern rnper. ltaan2 that Colonel Colt, while
| worktu1 as maehtuls1 ID L shop In Naahville-
tWenty- eve years aEo, obta.nel from 4 poor fel-
ruto,, sE1, hy hts uajaN appropriation. died
worth T. roo. while the real inventor d:ed IN
! poverty and obscurty.
There certa4nly incss Be nsstske In TIL. story,
for in The year 1s23, hie engaged In uy prules-
slou, tn R.chuond, Va, Colonel Col: bo1r1ed IN
Te We necessars!y became 1ers ,nst,n.se aad iearn:
from him much Of bis history. Colt catne ~ kica-
EDud ~ lect1te1 on The caec.s Of l1nzhtn2 Has.
and he Informed Tie th1t he hal followed tha,
business for two or thrce yecH with SUCCESS. and
that with The proceeds he waA penec:ing his re-
yolstnE firearms. He had with bin a: that stsDc
either resofrtDg ptssot or rne, forget which IA
took iltsle Interest In the matter at the time
shou1d Judge that he ahout % years old stral3:
i've fcs. ien. He saJed u Ricamos.d sbout
three months, and n be could hardly write. and
certainly could not spell did most Of his COTE
spcndence With his WusNusn, who lived In Bait
more He said his parents lived on q fsrru IN New
England Il think In Rhode 1slandh and tnak be
conceived the idea Of hts pistol while working on
II then. he WIS engaged III manufacturing thtA
pistol thtrfy. .nse yeaE1 ago hnr could be have
stolen tbs idea twenty-five Jca.a since In Mash.
The lady who kept The boarding house WIS MD
and amt 10 TIC IT. Moore sho vas eIeIa Il
Mitchell Bank In Milwaukee. some cighs or ten
/ wv naxrxr1 k.4 Main .+,a.t