Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-10-12

BCRlRD ANCIENT Town DIscevEREp.-
i be Portland (0re esn, Heraldof the q; ult.
says: Travellers from Monticello to Olympia all
have noticed the singular formation Of grcu nd
IN what is known a. Mound Prairie. There Il q
lsrge mound-say 800 feet high and $40 yards in
diameter At the base-st the southe m end OF the
prairie, stout twenty-five miles from Olympia,
ana scattered over the prairie for distance of
hiten mhts are many smaller mounds, not
more than four feet high snd twenty or thirty
IN Ciameter. Many oo0jectures have been
made for the last twenty years as 10 what could
have cause so singular form alton, but no one
vas ever curious enough till within the last few
DAYS TO make any eNamnxsisn of the enterior u
OF these mounds. A few DAYS ago one of the
engineers Of the North Pacific railroad opened
one of then and found remains OF pottery. and a
more thorough examination of others revealed
other curious relics, evidently the work of
human hands, In fact in every mound that has
peeh opened there is some curious relic of a
long-forgotten race discovered. The theory now
is that this prairie was the cemetery of the peo-
pie who inhabited the country in anti historic
TO Professor Agsssiz, and it is expected that ne
will make visit to the place aud make a
thorough examination personally.
TIE RIVAL RAILROADS To PeINr LOOKOUT.
On luesday; an order for an injunction
granted by Judge Ford to the Washington City
and Point Lookout railroad company, and served
by The sberltf on the county cuR isSoner. en-
JOINING hem from resembling the conditional
oroer passed by them in favor OF said company
on the 9th OF July last relative to tie di position
OF he fund provided by the state for railroad
of
sald company, as set forth in the bill by their
attorneys, Messrs. Combs aud Downs aad Jas
Ia. Wilson, that such action, "a they hal reason
To believe was contemplated, would irrepar ,bl,-
iniuTe the prospects of said road and cans. the
contractors to abandon the building thereof
and capitalists to refuse TO advance the na,,cs.
saTy iui.Gs etc, etc. Considerable excitement
was developed in railroad and other circles nv
this abrupt termination al the supposed purpoSe
OF the county commissioners to reScind their
original order and TO ask the treasurer OF the
Snrfh
Maryland railroad. The writ of Injunction is
made roturnable Oh the first Monday of Decem-
Der ntAt-St. &ary's Beacon.
TIE FAITH OF DETROIT GIRu.-The De
troit Free Press of Monday relates the story of
marriage in that city a few nights ago: IL
seems that John Doe and Mary Roe had been
"eDgRged' Tor year or more, he being a rail-
road man. and she a fine girl OF eighteen. A
day was set for the marriage, and John spent
about two hundred dollars for new clothes. en-
gIaved cards of invitation. and preparation for
a banquet. IL had been announced in church
that the marriage would take place at a certain
hour in the morning, but it didn't The even
ing before the day set down, John called at the
house, handed the bride elect the invitation
cards, and went OFF with heart as big as tur-
nip. He had only been gone a few minutes
when an old lover came to the house. was
grleved and astOnished, and pleaded with such
eloquence that the girl took his arm went 10 a
proper official, and in less than half an hour
they were married. When the invited guests
assembled next morning Mary Roe was in Chi.
caeO. on her wedding tour, and John Doe was
lust starting for the depot, butcher knife hid
den under his vest and the butt end of a re-
volver TO be seen in his hip pocket.
AN AFFECTING STORY is told in connection
with the collision on the Parkersburg Branch
OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroad on Saturday
last. Oar readers will remember that John
Walker, the fireman of one OF the engines was
caught between the foot board' OF the tender
and The hot wall of the engine furnace from
which position all efforts to rescue him were nm
available. The poor fellow, suffering the most
excruclating pain, begged his companions TO kill
HIM rather than let him die in that position, but
hhaiiy became calmer, and taking from his |
pocket a small blank book and pencil wrote .
farewell message to his wife, who lives in Potts
Vile, Pa. The devotion of a man in such a
fearful position rs the one described above must
be very great to cause him to forget his terrible
agony, and impart sufficient strength and nerve
to bis hand TO indite even the shortest farewell
NE; sage TO the loved ones at home.-Cambsr-
land, (Md.) Nevs.