The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-01-14

repeal of the Bank Stamp Check act. The
petition was enclosed in handsome wal
nut box. I, is 7o6 feet or one-eighth of a
mile in length /; it contains 30,219 names,
representing thirty-three States and five
Territories. - Washinqtoa Star. ~
The Plymouth Church methed of secur-
ing fair trial Of the points of difference
between it and Mrs. Moulton is substantial
ly the same as that adopted by Mr.. Beecher
in the early stage of his little controversy
with Tilton. To insure perfect fairness
and strict impartiality the church proposes
to select a council of ministers known to be
friendly to Mr.. Beecher; and in order to
prevent the wasting of time upon extra
ineOus matters the church viii itself prescribe
the points to be passed upon. It is gratify-
ing to be able to state that, in Difference to
public opinion, the Judgment of acsuittal
and vinlication win not be made public un-
til the council shall have gone through the
form Of rendering it. i+ss9f = 7fsfsi +
"L'Homme Obus," Partisan trapeze
performer, allows himself to be shot out of
mortar about forty-five feet before he
catches the swinging bar. The mortar is
charged with gun powder, fired as usual, and
makes loud report. The explosion loosens
spring, which gives the gymnast vlgor-
GUS send off. At first the spring was too
strong, and the performer was projected six
feet too far, resulting in dislocated shoul-
der and broken rib. But perseverance
and practice have reduced the arrangement
to the required perfection.
Blondin, the famous walker, appears
to have been even more fool-hardy than
public opinion has credited him with beng
A friend who was on the Poonah on her
last outward voyage informs the London
World that Blondin, who was among the
passengers ON his way to Melbourne, created
immense excitement by performing feat
hitherto uninterrupted even by him. The
hero of Niagara " walked along rope
stretched from the main to the mizzenmast,
1870 feet long, at height of 60 feet. TIE
motion of the engine and the swaying Of the
vessel made this difficult operation, espec-
tally as the rolling at that great height was
much more perceptible than on deck. When
Blondin descended to receive the congratu-
lations of those who saw him perform this
unique feat he was quiyering and perspiring
from sheer excitement, and his face was
deadly pale; he exclaimed, well have
done i'll knew it was to be done, but
never attempted anything like it before"
The dead body of Jackson Frailey, vet
eran hunter of Martinsville, Northampton
county, who had followed the trail for thirty
years, during which he had killed two thous-
and deer, two hundred and forty three
bears twenty-five catamounts, three panth-
ers and unnumbered wolves and foxes, was
found, On the 18th instant, near his favorite
hunting grounds, on the Welsh Mountain,
where he had gone, two days before, with
two companions to hunt for s'bar." The
S1iaGCLo AaO OCCssLlC esId1MCu bb HIS pIS.
longed absence, and sent out search party.
! When found the body showed signs of a
severe struggle with some wild beast, his
clothes having been torn from throat to
knees, and his face, neck, breast and ab-
domen being terrible lacerated. Nothing
further was found until the party reached
Tamarack swamp. The body of Frailey
was taken back to Martinsville by three of
the party. While going about the swamp
one of the men found Frailey's rifle stand
ing against tree. Both barrels were
empty. A short distance to the right, in
hollow, was the body of an enormous cata-
mount. It was covered with wounds, one
being made by o rifle ball and the rest
plainly by knife. The snow having been
scraped away about the tree against which
the rife stood, the hunters knife-a long
clasp knife with buck horn handle-and
pieces of his clothes were found. It was
evident that there had been fearful strug-
gle, for the ground was covered with blood
for several feet around, and the underbush
was bloody and broken. Later his two
companions were discovered. They had
heard nothing from Frailey since the first
day, when he had started home for the
dogs to track lost bear.