, 1877-03-20

ntlovg table considerably. Tho rt.hca and mrht
Ts1s ssas prS . + gtnsy tg t"% e. rSTt G.9 nS1 @ ""
tho vicinity Of Grunala and Sargent, near tho
TGo Kansas Pactfc Company has ulso latt
large anlo,int OF tts kind Of freIuht. The slip.
EASTERN rnatketa were very large until rear Or
two luek, On the Union f'aclEic. between Me-
phtrson and Julcsb,irg. the first three years af-
shipments OF Hides, robes, md rnbce; bit for 4
year or two back they have ceased altogether.
TLa fact is apparent that the wantun slaughter
Of buffalo by sportsmet, during the three Or
four years immediately aftcr the oponins OF tho
ttfic 10 Kit Carson, amt again from tho Influx Of
tourists aud hunting nartcs from the Etst, and
even from Europe, during 1870 to 1874, Inns
ALMOST AMOUNTED TO KxTEnMrNATiON.
uvcr 1oforc. Thcrg arc now no buffalo At all
vest ut the Rocky Mauntotns. None are scca
in Tho Vicinity sf MePtsrson Or Julc;h',re;
eea eoaus sa'ses esc.dsfe ts% the va3a SG,A eIc n1
w'ere the Grand luke Alexis, Hen,. shcriiat''
Il tho winter of is7l, report very ittfe success.
4 A vs s s 0t o Fs. ksa.' pa:s sss ss 70
have been taken by antelope, who have pushed
out on tho plains further than uslia,, and
locked about tho stations MD settlements.
Tho Upper Republican, where buila1o ranged tn
couple, Of winters agot Is almost deserted OF
Their. this winter. There scc.ns 10 be only ono
very lntgc herd left on the plalns Of Khnsas and
q o and = ssp H. to s. nf s"Fog zen 'f t
Dodge: large numbers of hunters fitted
inir ,suesess. The uto Indians, to whom the
snsnl nn[ahnt w ra1t 81 .hr1r oTIst
Ing threats and retnaiat1nE to SONIC extent upon
thu cAttlcmcn, whom they accuse o. having
destroyed thcir, game. It Is claimed BY army
officers md ol.t platnsmen that there Is % t,ow
only one locality In tho countty wherp buffalo
can be found IN ala great number in which ttny
used 10 appear on tic Plains. Tilat place Is III
the Upper Missouri region.
TIE 1.A1tuK SALE OF RoDAs
by tho Indians ut Fort Benton and other pofnts
ii that vicinity would scom to show buffalo 70
lte plenty somewhere In that country. The
principal rangc as claimed to nc between tho
Missouri mid Saskatchewan, ant! there arc snh
T. bo considerable NJ Tusfs a!so IN tue Ds
Those who, in the tlnc slclghing OF TINS win"
ter, have more than ever appreciated tho COM
forts Of the huffa1o-robcs, probably l!nre never
given much thought as to the source from wliicl.
future supply Of them. Tho roles offered tu
market have not improved 10 quality during the
past fow years. Thoso ntco large ones, 20
heavy and warm, that wore 80 nle1Ity and tala.
bic twenty yeurs ago, have to large cstent
who operated at bcnt's Fort, IN Kit Carson's
day, forwarded to the Mlsaouri-Rircr towns,
then the borders Of Wcstesn civilization, ySry
they took In trade from tho Indians,
who lnave q process for preparing them that
the wt,itcs hayc not been ablc to match. During
the past few years tanncrica md robo-factorics
lave been started at sevcral places. 1n tho
northern country, for the heaawaters Of tho
Missouri, Ut, Paul las secured the lnrgrr share
Of this business, mud works up the most Of tho
lD, 000 robes that arc every year collected at
On Important trading market, especially for the
North Platte country; but In TINT, as III all other
respects, hor glory sccms to have departed.
Three years ago, sumo VI
THE CoLoHtsTs AT 6nEELBT,-
a scttlerpent that Is moro thoroughly Yankee
than a,1y other in tho West, t,-tindinR co|ony-
llfe rather monotonuus, md In the pur.
aults which It Immediately offered nothing that
pall very well, causl.t y the ldea that TITS
s, =: and 70 @ i@o three astoss tse aiart
cd y small way. Tle results arc that nine os-
ta6lishnlents for treating md manufacturing
| robes and skins arc now in operation. They
wear. They have capacity for doing four times
this amount Of work. But the last half Of the
year was dull. Tho ,Eastcrn market seemed
oyeratockcd. i Is sald that thousands Of robes
?l a. 1870, .,.: and thsso' he, being put ,h into
| wus no dalnand, and being, too, Of a ssl.
ncrior quality, loft little room Or rencournggnent
hare becn 1oek!ng AAcad to better tlmcs, hare
| enlarged their facilities, and extended thcEl
| range Ut work. These Factories now give stoa.ly
employment to over nifty Incn and women, al
lnadc up intn goods. Their rango Of worl
covers oulalo-robcs, butlalo-clovps, fur-backc,l
gloves and mits, oycnoats, btickskln gauntlet
gloves, ctc. Tliey pay from <l.1o to IS 10.
NJ ~
for lnarsst, they bring from 81 10 'sl5.
With tho disappearance Of tho buffalo frotr
thc moro accessible ieIlunttng-9rounts, the sports
men on tho Plains aHd In tho liocky-slountait
| country arc not without
| PLENTY or ornEn CANE,
10 drnw their Are. Antelope, ln ,:rcatef nun
hcrs than eyer i,efoEc, appeared III along TIN
Knusas Fncl!lc ltnllEt,a,l, between ELLA und Den
| ver.-a distance of BU0 miles. During sulne q
thu severe hturlns Of tho winter they hnyO yen
ter, and hare often invndea tho shecjs-:orrale,
and l,ecn found hMltle4 in somo pre.cHlptor'a
deserted cabIu. euvcral times they haye bcct
sccn almost within the ctty-llnits of Denver
Valley, bclnw Greeley, and along tho Denve
pactilc Railroad, bctwcel, Hrec1cy and Cl'cy
ennc. ~ tho Arkansas Valley, along tho I'm
Of the Atsh'son, Topcku l. Santa FL itailroad
hcen found III abundance. pralrie-caltckcns
qaait. gccsc. aud other tma1l gano hAyc bcel
plenty, Especially aaolsg thu Atc!ltsun, Topeka
Santa Fc line, between Enporia nlil Granada
Jack-rabbits, wF,tcl, thr,llsE'i tho winter al
ways found Al tt,e Ineat-shups iu the towns 0
Coforado,. are ldllnl a1oIg tho feot-hilla
Willie the markcts ot Denver hare beGl
entirely wtthout bulfalo-meat, this wt,ltcF, fU
the first time III ten yours, there bus been NOR
ti,ax, the usua, amount of antelope And tnaaiie
game. Hunting tn the parks aud mountains
wlscrp thu black.ta!l dccs, elk. 1nountai,-shecI
bear. and other game, arc fuunl, haa bccn ut
tcnded with great difficulty, owing to tho yer
deep snow; and, aa ronsea!!cnee. but ltt's q
]. A. b.
| Tho New Englah Cardinal.
/ St,e Ynrk tp1rid, MaroA II.
A fourth EnClisll.sp clking Cardinal will b,
added today 10 tho saercl College; and - til!