The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-24

1t is said that Blaine has written a letter
to Chicago gentleman in which he denies
emphatically that he has ever said or done
anything which would warrant anybody in
forming any judgment as to what he will do.
He declares that he will observe the etiquette
which always governs the conduct of
new senators and that he will not speak on
the subject at all.
A Detroit taxidermist has mounted an in
teresting group, CT insisting of the heads of
two stays, with their antlers fast locked to-
gether in the last terrible combat which
ended the lives of both animals. The dead
stays were found in .Houghton county by
two land hunters and at the time of the
discovery were being feasted upon by
huge black bear. The bear was killed. and
after many unsuccessful attempts to olsen
tangle the antlers the hunters were obliged
to bring the heads in just as they were
found.
The sea serpent has been seen again by the
passengers and crew of an East Indian vessel
in the straits of Malacca. The spectators made
affidavit to the facts on the vessels return to
London. The creature resembled huge
salamander, was over 200 feet long and trav-
eled for long time as fast as the steamer,
appearing to paddle ITSELF by the help of IAN
undulatory motion of its tail in a vertical
plane" The body and tail were marked as
buOct vi tliC cuiQlldiluOi dlC inuA hCu-Wlll
alternate bands black and pale yellow in
color. ''The head Immediately con
nected with the body, without any indica-
ton of neck" Both witnesses state posi-
lively that the only resemblance was to some
creature OF the frog or newt kind, while ope
of them 1.-THE surgeon) says that the longer
he observed it the more he was struck with
its resemblance to gigantic ssllamander. Its
back was oval in form. No eyes or fins were
seen, and il did not blow or spout in the
manner of whale. The greater part of its
head was never seen, being beneath the sur
face.
William III. Vanderbilt, the chief legatee
1 the late cDmmodore has lately been in
erviewed on the subject of his will. He said
it was the wish of his father that the prop
erty he had accumulated should be distrib-
uted as he devised. and to insure such dis
tribution he availed himself of the surest le-
gal methods, and left the execution to those
in whom he had the most confidence
Whatever my feelings may be- or whatever
the consequences may be-" said Mr.. Wander
bilt 81 propose to execute the will. In my
ather's judgment it was the most judicious
disposition he could make, and can not set
against his Ii is not my will but his that
am to execute, and can not compromise it
by saying, before 1 am even qualified as ex-
ecutor, that will give this one and that one
so much TO avoid having it contested. If
such were the practice what is the use of a
mans making a vill7 For instance you
might leave $50 or 800, and will SO or $40
to one friend and the rest to another, as you
would have a perfect right to do; but the
more fortunate one has no right TO say to the
other, Here, take so much more, and don't
make any fuss about it. That would be
carrying out your own will"
Great Britain has been experiencing a re-
msrkably severe season of weather. A re-
cent Herald special says: "Deluging rains
have saturated the country districts and
swelled the rivers with destructive floods
and oyerspread the low valley lands with
extraordinary foundations. Gales have
swept the coasts and strewn them with
wrecks The utmost anxiety prevails in the
agricultural districts regarding the planting
of crops, for IL the season continues bad to
its end the consequences TO the farming in
terests VIII be very serious. The state
OF the weather has caused even
the conference at Constantinople to be
forgotten in great measure, and Yesterday
il was lost sight of altogether in the fog. All
the papers are discussing the extraordinary
manifestations OF nature. Some insist that a
permanent change has taken place in the
meteorological conditions of the British
Islands. and the theory that this has been
brought about by the DETECTION of the course
of the gulf stream from the English coast is
gravdy advanced and seriously entertained.
Public opinion on the subject is gradually
growing panicky. and the most absurd
statements receive weight in the leading
peperx"