, 1878-05-04
From the Daily of wednesday.

HESIhUC1lON b l. vi III
day afternoon last the beautiful res
idence of Col. Eldridge, near What
com, was entirely destroyed by fire,
there being no one at home at the
time but Mrs. Eldridsse, her daugh-
ter Belle, and Mrs. Marston. 1t is
said Col. Eldridge had one of the
most valuable private libraries in
the Territory, with many fine works
of art and scientific collections.
The Nail says: "They were only
able to remove from the burning
house the piano, bureau, q few
stands and chairs, and some bedding
on the lower floor, when they were
shut off by the flames, and further
efforts were unavailing. All other
articles of furniture, pictures, books,
trunks and wearing apparel, ready
money, jewelry, business papers,
deeds and patents involving the IL
tie to thousands of acres OF land.
were all destroyed. In one shor.
hour it swept away the accumulation
of years of industry in all mat
ters pertaining to the building up
and tasteful furnishing of a home.
Mr. Eldridge and family have borne
up under the misfortune with COM
mendable spirit Of cheerfulness that
is gratifying to their friends and
neighbors who, by the way. prompt
ly realized the embarrassing situa-
tion by sending up at once such ar
ticles Of furniture, cooking utensils,
wearing appaerl, ETC., as were of i'm
mediate necessity for the comfort of
the victims. They have fitted up
one of the outhouses for tempora
ry abode and. We are happy TO say,
are again as comfortably fixed as the
emergency of the case will admit
Of"
A REVOLVING CAsE.--We notice
in our exchanges revolving ease,
in which one Sam Diilman, of Pa
louise City. is charged with dis
gusting crime. When made known,
he tried TO flee the country with his
young wife, but her father, a Mr..
Vest. followed them and wculd not
permit her to accompany a man go
base and inhuman. Diilman, see
ing his wife's Willingness to return.
drew a knife and severely il not ia
tallp wounded the father. and then
took to the prairie and woods. Il
appears that he is trying to kill
Messrs. Covel and Cary, who in
formed on him. 4 posse is after the
fugitive and reward of 800 Is of
fered for his arrest ~. ~ IFutcA
man.
H1GEwAy 3nE277y --F2Io!rE CIR.
April 2j-A Aan La4ied l'uuti.ar
was robbed of $500 about o'clock
to-day. The robbery occurred FIVE
miles from Laird S, on the Coos Bay
road from Roseburg. and was one OF
unusual daring. The men. with
faces blacked, stepped out and told
Panther they would have his money
or his life. and ne surl endered all
the money lie had with him. Oae
of tie robbers was heavy, strong
man, ard the other small man;
one dressed light and the other hal
dark clothes A reward of $500 l.
offered for the arrest of the robbers
by Panther. and it is thought they
will try to reach the railroad.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. -
Mr.. William S. Wiggin, late joint
proprietor of the Occidental Hotel
and American House. dissolved
partnership with Mr.. Fox on Mon
day. Last night he disappeared and
no trace of lis whereabouts can be
found by the strictest search. No
one seems to be aware of any reason
for his leaving clandestinely, and
fears are entertained that he has met
with some fatal accident in some
mysterious manner, or is victim Of
foul play.
ELK HORN. Tuttle, a gentle
man residing ON the other side of
Lake Washington, brought into cur
Office this morning large-sized elk
horn, which he found underneath a
large cedar log on his place. 1t is
quite a curiosity, as no elk have
been seen in this country for num-
ber of years, and as a relic of days
gone by it is especially valuable.
MORE NEWSPAPERS. - We learn
that a weekly paper is soon to be
started at Whitman Station, also one
at Milton and one at the terminus of
DIR. Blaleck's hume. The citizens
about the Lone Tree are also form
ing stock company and have al
ready secured an editor. Let the
good work go on. There is bread
for all.
DANGEROUS. - Several kegs and
cans of gunpowder have been for
the last day or SO lying on the wharf
in the vicinity of the depot, within
six feet of the track, where the trains
are passing at all hours. A spark
from the locomotive ray at any in
slant cause q terrible explosion.
The railroad authorities should move
II at once.
CHINAMEN. 1t has been decided
by Judge Sawyer, of the o. S. Cir
cult Court, at San Francisco, that
the MOngolian is not a white person