, 1878-04-13

was destroyed by a mob in 1865,
was lately found in the streets
of New York, sick, destitute and
in a dying condition, and died
soon after. He was a man of
marked ability, genial temper
and improvident habits.
THE MAINE Ice CROP AND
MINT JULEPs.-It is estimated
that 3,500,000 tons of ice will be
cut in Maine this winter. Now,
allowing a quarter Of pound of
ice for mint julep, and making
allowance for those who don't
drink, the rest Of the people in
Maine can have about torty-nine
drinks each. Saying that seven
drinks will make man feel
tolerably happy, out Of forty
nine drinks he can manage to
have seven drunks, and one man
drunk seven times is, of course,
equal to seven drunken men; so
the whole ice crop will yield an
aggregate of 100000 drunken
men. Suppose that from every
ten of those who get drunk
seven times one has the jim
jams, 100000 men will thus be
afflicted-about one-third the
total population OF the State!
If each Of these unfortunate
men sees one thousand snakes,
there will be 100000, 900 snakes
seen; and allowing two snakes
to a boot, they will fill $780,
900 pairs, which insures brisk
work in the shoe shops.-Boston
Post.
1t appears that a notion pre-
walls that a reward of $4,000 is
offered by the State of Nevada
for the discovery of a good
workable mine of coal Of a quail
" equal to the Rocky Mountain
coal. For the information of
some who have inquired in re-
gard to this matter we may state
that we have put the question to
Professor W. Frank Stewart,
and he says no reward has ever
been offered by this State for
the discovery of n coal mine.
The Professor pronounces some
Of the specimens sent to this
Office for examination, and sup.
posed to be the groupings of
coal, igneeus matter-basalt and
obsidian. Some Of these speei-
mems closely resemble anthracite
coal in color and luster, while
others, of gray color, are
crystalized and may be said to
be miniature columns Of basalt.
Enterprise.
Emilio CASTELAR,, in late speech
to the Spanish Cortez, urged an
increase of the army and a par
ticipation IN the present Euro
pean complications. He said that
Spain had two wounds, one be-
ing at Gibraltar and the other
on the Tagus. Gibraltar, he IN
sisted, should, as a part of Spain,
belong to it. He also said that
the German and Latin races
would ultimately fuse, an init
nation probably of his expecta-
ton Of future aid from Bismarck
in realizing Spanish autonomy.
Pope Leo NIL, in addition to
finding no use for his palatine
guard Of 200 men, proposes abol-
ishing the pontifical navy, which
comprises sixty officers and men
under Admiral Cialdi. The fleet
consists ola dispatch boat, which
has lain in the port OF Toulon
since 1870, awaiting repairs. Its
title is the 1maculate Concep-
ton, and a crew of twelve men
are attached to 1t, who give place
to other sailors of the papal
navy regularly every three
months.
The story comes from Dead
wood that q member Of q GER
tain church congregation was
bowie-knifed by Jealous dea-
con for putting a counterfeit
quarter in the contribution box,
and the excited pastor, without
leaving his pulpit, shot the good
deacon for creating a disturb
ance during divine service.
We were informed by a gentle
man, last evening, that he had
just received letter from
Washington when stated that
Camp Harney, in Eastern Ore
gon, was to be abandoned, and
that the prospects were very
bright for making Fort Boise a
four or five company post, prob
ably three of cavalry and two
Of infantry.-Mahoan.