The Red Cloud chief., 1878-06-13

RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA
EDITORIAL NOTES.
SpcnRrAny SugsMAH thinks he will
have In the vaults BY January LEI
oSos, 10000 II coin 70 meet rssump'
Non. He now hes eos, 900. 900.
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The Legislature Of Ohio, u " late
ssssicn. passed . law requiring . rigid
annual examination II The Investments
a Insurance companies.
AnoNo the recent applicants for di.
vorcs In Boston II Ruth A. Povneroy.
mother Of Jssss Pomeroy. the boy muir.
dsrsr. She claimed . divorces from
Thomas J.. Pomsroy for drunkenness.
The court did mot consider the sllegs-
lions sustained. and dismissed the peti.
ioa without prejudice.
SonR two years ego the people In tho
vicinity Of the Bald Mountain. In North
Caroline, wore thrown Into great oon.
starvation BY rumblings and inesplics-
bic noises heard In the interior Of tho
mountain. Tho matter attracted the
attention Of scientists generally. Tho
rumblings lasted for about two weeks.
and thcn ceased. Real estate became
almost worthless In the vicinity Of tho
mysterious mountain. A few nights ago
the noises commsnced again. Tho
mountain shook. and noises like thunder
wsrs heard. On the morning Of May
30th those who ventured near found tho
mountain literally split In twain, leav.
Ing = chasm three hundred feet In
length and from eight 10 ton feet In
width. No smoke or lava was thrown
from the crater. but there IL said TO
havc been . strong stencil Of sulphur
about the place.
John Sherman, Secretary Of the u.
8. Treasury, has wilton . letter TO Rep-
rs~ssntativs ClAskson N. Potter. chair
man Of the COMMITTEES appointed TO In
vestigate the alleged Presidential cleo
ton frauds, In relation TO the resolution
paased by the House, under which tho
committee Ii organised. He mentions
the fact that he Ia singled out personally
By name from among twenty or moro
who were present 1t the request Of
President Grant and the Democratic
National Committee 70 witness the 40
tion Of the Louisiana Returning Board,
and asks q fair and candid scrutiny Of
al hIs acts In connection with bic pres.
snos on that occasion. He dcsIgnates
Hon. Samuel Shellabarger TO cross
examine witnesses before the commit
10 In relation 70 charges against him.
NEAR Cedar Blum. In Cedar county,
Iowa, ON scwell Covers farm. thero arc
three mounds. each about 70 feet In di.
ameter. They have long been objects
OF curiosity among tho people IN that
vicinity. A few days ago u trench was
opened through the center Of ono Of
them, which resulted In the discovery
OF human bones, the larger n baing
best preserved, and Of such size a 70
indicate that they were the remains Of
= man Of gigantic size. DR.. Semple. Of
Upton, on comparing Thorn with sim
liar parts Of = skeleton In his posses.
sion. which had belonged 70 . man
known 10 have been six feet In height,
thinks the newly-dlscovercd remains
those Of . man. nearly. II not quite eight
Sect In height. Tho smaller bones In
tho mound had orumbled 10 dust. They
doubtless belonged to . representative
Of the Mound Builders, Who have bssn
q subject Of 90 much speculation among
scientists
Professor Psckham and Peck, bsforS
the coroner's Jury In the Minneapolis
mill disaster. summed up their conclu.
sion TO the effect that . fre originating
between the stones Of one Of the six
sstts used for grinding middlings on
the east aide Of the mill smoldcred for
. tow minutes until famed into q blaze
BY The strong draught Of air. The
dust In the spout was iguitsd. producing
IN explosion which blew out 1t the end
Of the spout near tho southeast corner,
and also In tho opposite direction.
burst the -four dust-room. producing
at the same time . shock that Jared
The dust into the air all over the mill,
and also . mas of flame which passed
On from story to story. until the dust
In the mill was ignitsd from top TO bot
tom. The finest dust burning instant.
". ignited the less fine particles. which,
BY their moro gradual combustion,
produced an increasing expansive force,
which nothing could withstand. Prof.