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CRIME;

NEDRAsISA VICTIMS OF THE STAKE.
5Fsaraev' t4Yfb.) Frsks.
At noon to-day the bodies, or rather utlat re.
mains Of the bodies, OF Michel aud Kctchum
were brought to Kcarnoy.' They wcre found III
shallow grave only short distance from Their
funeral pyts. We havo no intention Of attempt.
Ing description of these resnalns. The En-.
llsh 1sngusRo does not contain words, and Va
; have not command Of expressions, ssroug
enough to paint the accna which Is illustrated
by those charred and mutilated bodies. Re.
ports which havs been received during the past
week wero sufficient to cause a cry Of inutg.
nation 70 arise from avery man In tho cnn'-
munlty, but tho reports arc nothing as CON.
pared with tho reality. The two bodies l.o ul,-
On table In the undertaking establishment 81
T. J. swltx. They, ara burned, blackoned, and
Rashcd, muscles contracted, and a look OF hor-
riblo agony upon tho faca Of each. Tho marks
ot tho "lo2ae ropssn arc upon their oooka, lhc
aud the marks OF the torturing- -knlfo arc unon
their boles. The knifo did not cut deep
enough to kill, but onlI deep enough
to eaaso ~ ths ths .hr,ns,n no.t sTscatnf ;tc @ @
alfalr were without foundation In fact. anil
merely tho creation Of the most sensational
uoycl.uriter Of this country, Is could not be
They were hung BY their nlauaclcl wrists Just
high enough to keep them from getting awa}
from thctr barbarops captors, and then thry
were mutilated, cut, and gashed, and tortured
the akin had beon scmnsed, until q death, long
prayel for caro to put i!'nlt to their terrible
aulIeTlnEs.
trattng the dcTlllsh Ingenuity Of tnfuriatcd men
u tlIs.
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lAaued B,il0 licenses to carriers al,1 Others dur.
Ing, the last reat, tho revenue for wlIjth
aft1f1lntrlf IN $t:l Xit1

iaaued s,il0 licenses to carriers an1 others dur.
Ing the last reat, tho revenue for wlitl
anlhnnted .o *43,sio.
>Tha week viii 1T observcd bv the local Evan.
ReltcaD Alliance us week VI PRAYER.
The PAyn1a*tcr VI tho Incl.!ne Canal uiII.r hIi
l,ccis discharged by thu Donl!nlt,n Government.
The reason Is stated to he. that hu touK all aet.
ise part y tho dominion elections tn support u
Tho Uka indian ease Will proceed, Al st. .scho,.
astique, IL thc Civil Court, on tho 20tt Inst. q.
which time The difficulty between tho Ola IN.
dtans nnd the Seminary will como up.
op1 rs teStgs Ss ita. y; s Ss5t '9s INK Rs, s1t % w:
sn<e,", iss Sseasss q d = n afasisa &r'ss.3.
,QcEnEc, Jan. BIN connection with thu
memorial to thr Dominion authorities asking % tor
u. dismissal has luss como to light, which lnu.
entes that the Qncbec Conservatives are de.
sirous OK pastlnR ores The Marl,uta Of Lurue and
enttfe!T ,gn2snE hiua, exactly at theydm .,eu,.-
A gcntfcmnn who saw The mc.,rofat decinres
positively that these gentlemen. sflcr quoting
tho 59th section Of tho BritEsi, Nostb-Aincricaa
act, advise the rtvs Council Of Ca,!ada, for
reasons alleged. to uto ~ right, md dismiss sl.s
l:1sutenant Governor; Not word Is sata abous
tho Goycrnor-Gcncfal. Their conception ol ths
Crown L.. TINT H. is an ornament, ind nothing
more.
4. number Of c!t,tens arc u.tuR tnsIr cxcr.
Mons with Mr.. 7. NcGrecfy, NJ. r.. TO- Induce
i!m TO proceed to OTTAWA aud plead, with tho
Minister of Just!ce fof q coln'uutalioh nt Ear.
rslls M deati.sentence; wlilo sssmmiscratinr
rlaccd hlm, ail laW-ahid1nE and thoughtful
citizens arn etronEiy Ut opinion that, II capital
punthtnent Is TO be put Into execution at nil, Ii
certainly should I'd 10 ln the ca4e OF Farrell,
whose crime was attended by no cxtenuatinS
circumstances. md whose disposition seems
only 10 have been hsr1c.cd by lis sscape from
punishment for tho brutal murder OF man
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Coa's faliluv FROM u etale III Itouui 81, Oh tho
fuurth aoar Of NJ. lis Randolph street fklpvs-
bury bIvck), caused All aluru, frum Box u, al .
quarter Of Inst evcutng. tbs apartment was
Nt'uplcl bya woa,a1I WHO wRs not Ut home.
The enFpat !Knttrtl. aud sllacp six feet os aful
tires feet vide was burned In tho tlt,or gn&utt-
tnE luss Of $I), ~ tilu relIng Ut Iii. ruuu,
beluw was torn uoWu by tho 1Irg1.,uu. All thv
turAtuss WaA rrllure1, though Autue Of II whs
slightly damaged. a Eural piece Of business
WAS perpclralttl III trout Ut lliu butuIuv bY
hor'nAn Holt. Captain VI ljabeuek NJ. l. lie
HGutrted the ch0n1lcal preparation III over tt!p
llorses aud driver u the Fire.latrol. Thu man
was not hurt, but ILLS clothing was bur.lrtI by
the acd. ~ was tbs llalr Ut ehs nnluials, lii,
lzttsF benK very restlcsa trouI Tho stiuxilx sem-
sAtlop. Chiet NenurF ought 10 look Iuto tnts
luattcr, The only }osstbla tcAsou fur Aolt's
conduct was Jeaou4y arising Grua the fark thas
ttt klre- fAssol beat lin tA guttiLg IL thu tru-
The aiasul tfuln box ~ 1t / Us yestcr,lay
ftalna building M. i:J Ucs,,!alucs street.,
owned anu occupied ~ . jaunary hy T4u,I,as
amith. Damages u bunting aud to clothing II.
lauu1ry, $lUu. Causs, soiur I1ueux Catru,uv tfe
1tutn drying K.suDyu.
Iha al4ru fEoul Box LIS Mt $40 yesterday
afternoon was ca4seQ by I lsu tctxeeu tho sell-
lux aud upper Hour " u slone.itout resltcnra
u No. ~ Ihfuup xtrcet, owned hy lIale a. Cu.,
aYd Occupied - q tesl1o,,ce by Mrs. X. Patlcs-
son. damage lu furniture, -; l,1surud lus
$500 tu thu ph,iadelpata ttre. uzl,,:xu lo
bu4lulug. $5A l'ho bru communicated with No.
~. Occupied hy Ds. y. &. Pratt D4maxe, Y:.1
euyersxa by $4,uk0 potiey !n MILLER = Dtcw's
Axeucy. Cause, detective tue,
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CAN ADA.

A.. - 49,.
1,o.J..sx'r 'r,tawa I.,,,,o "a s,,,"." an ~sa tae'no
tlyns IrnorIun t,,e nor.nso.rsSN.T.~.
re,l. the Aturderyr-rho .Toronto Muvo,-
alty.
Eutciai DtspatcA to ma 7stbuas
OTTAWA, Out, Jat,. "a gentleman lust ar
rived from tho Pacific rroytnce states tl,at ,luo
mass Of the people there nrc Indifferent as 10
which route 10 adoptel 80 long as tho Canada
Pacific Hallway Ia speedily commeuycu At tts
western terminus. The manjiestu threatening
separation II the union bc not carried ont. has
III support Irolu ths mass Of tho peopta. aud ID
anIy the vo,co of q few schomiur poIl-
ticans. Eyeu should thu pcoo.o Of Van
couycr's Island dc,iro to form 4 Crown
cotony. annc.at,no m tha atat.s q m, 'no..i.
,,,... ,r,'a .sS,,s .s,s. ~ :. WV *. p'"s'
u'RN 4Ae "nole mountain region viii Do
loyal to tho, Donlnlon. Tho people Of tho
reoylncs arc willing to teaye tho question OF
ropts to bs decided IN profe...on.i t.stI,nanv
it, rc,na.r,h,o t.,t am. ,S,,,,., as.h,,,sn;.
'ea' N.e ""o'e ~ '4es '.'4ss "u"ss s,' uto,s"s''e
Of Iats! cnasaeteF psesalls 10 an asaffnln0 ex"
tent IL the Eurul districts, th!s city IL hlmost
freq from IL. Thcfs hnyo bceu hut VERY fcw
S,,a, e..ee hc,o
'suas "s..N e~Sss 1', "s,t'
Inc toHttnl&stohaf OF lEo*h-l.anda Ior tho
Province OF Quebec has notified the several
, 1879-01-06

EinlN. ILL.,. Jan. h-rAe' rr.ulsr monthly
mcc,!ng Of the Irustees Vt tho EIGn Iusans
As,lu'a WA held ut that Institution yesterday
afternoon. Thcro wcru prc4cnt |. e. Buswosth,
President, OF Eight Frc1csiri ht2hl, OF tlalens:
tLe Hon. 7. ". Msrsh, VI sycGmoru; Il ".
Psdettord. Cieek; aud tic flon. j. A. l:gspon-
ter. ieeasuses, OF Eig.h. kouttus business WA
tfa4x&rtgd.
, 1879-01-06

8NFtf03 Wkpo9tA 70 TIA 778NNe.
8r. PAUL, Jan. b.--Ex-uov. Marshall lott this
evening 10 seasrh OF his 15.Scar-uld son ueurac,
whu ran awaY trotu homo Friday. The buy hal
sa'Iroad ticket for Eh!csgo, hut WIS not on
the tsath when It REACHED Milwaukee Saturday.
TITO run eway IL only txplaluable BY the lad
having lately devoted hi,nselt to Tcadins stories
" adventure ln trlshy papers published for
boys.
TITS total !ncou1o of tho Vt. Paul Poat-O OAlce
last year wan StiJ Ilci iueo,ne oycr Expenses,
$1a.5lU. Thu ulouoy"osler huhtne&s amounted
u $l.8HGI9; weight Of ulaila originating Ut
this ui!!te,' iKt, ,QlY pounds.
, 1879-01-06


8T. Louis. Jan. 5,-Tha extensive establishment
Of the St. Lon.s beef Ginning Company, rorncr
Of Fourteenth and Poplar streets, caught hrc At
aquatter TO II o'clock Tonight, and, at this
writing, all tint part OF tho building facing
Fourteenth street Is nearly destroyed. In the
rear Of this building t. m alley, TN the opptsite
aide Of which Is aiother 1arrc buldt " tisol br
tho Company. which the ftcmen arc now trying
To sayr. with some stdw Of success.
vi. louIs, Jan. 1-l:D a. .m.-Tho Aremen
succeeded IN saving the rear building, but the
front rart Of tho establishment b entirely de-
siroycd. The firp originated In the process
room, but how noba1v knows, os no work hati
been dont there sincc to o'c1nck Saturday night.
The loss /. estimated At s75. .o0o 10 sl0doW on
stock. Tho building, Owned ny Charles n.
lrIssk, vas wort', si5.o@ 10 s2ot-
q the Canning Company is a follows: Homo Of
New York. Phenix Of Brooklyn, North British
and Mercantile Of Springfield, Fire aud Marine,
Commercial Union Of London, RhntIe tsland
Association, md tho Hamburg -s|aAlQeburg,
e5,NW cach; London 4: Ltycrpool & Globe,
$3.50: uuattlfan Of London, Shoe and Leather
0f boston, Mechanics and Traders of Now
York. Connecticut insurance Company. liam
burg Bremen. and the tjoscph Fire antl AfnrInc
$2,b00 each; on fixtures, tools. ETC., American,
q Philadelphia, mud Manhattan. Of New York,
IS COO each; Continental, OF New York. aud
American, of Newark, N. j., So, zoo each. Tho
building was covered by Insurance, bat the
names Of the otllccs are not ohtatbablo TO-
night.
, 1879-01-06
AT CLEVELAND. D.
EpfesqI N8k,atcA 10 J4e TttbHss.

CLEVELAND. o., Jun. h-At 4 o'ciocx this
niotuln9 lire Lsose OUT iu the large xoo%ieu
block belo,.9'ng 70 Johu Aock. situated on the
carnes of Woodland arepae aud Kinstnan street,
and AsfoFo tne aams4 could be checked, tiu
building MS entirely destroyed. Tho lrst auur
yas occupied W koSk's d1y-gootls stoss, Aard-
ware stotr, and mrtchaut tailoring establish
lneut. The seroad noor waA occupied by uluu
families a dwellings, aud thcsc peupl. lost
everything. GREAT lluiyu1ty MI. experienced III
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YOUNG CUAInACK,

Ian1AEApoL1s, lnd.. Jan. t,.-Last night james
II. 'Cumback. nephew OF tue Hon. VIII Ctm-
back. and for some years publisher OF the Bhei.
byvills I!ep"Ntcan. became intoxicated. While
Ia that condition he was robbed of $50 aad IN
oscrgost. aud then throWn helplcsa and
wounded into an Alldy. Wheo found ho VA
nearly dead with cold, and his condition Is yss
critical.
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NEW ORLEANS.

6VfT0$ A1pukCR 70 1&& 1ffbHH&.
New ORLEANS, JAN g." Ona hundred and
forty Tires, With loss OF only &s4O, ,U0O, for tho
year ending Dec. st, 18T9," Is tho report ut
Thomas O'Counor, the Cbtet OF tho Fro De-
pazsmeut. How Ii this for wooden c!tyl Al
regards thu epidemic, the Chief says: "1t ,s
needless to describe tho trying onlcas through
which the Association has passed during the
nast year, and propose to record only tndt for
PEELED to appeal to departments abroad for aid
70, ensblc t.: to discharge its obligation
towards It's widows and orphans. Tho generous
responses OF our brGthreu abroad arc registered,
md will be preserved III our archives while tho
Department cndures. its whole duty l,as been
performed, and, but for the inability .; tho city
no foreign aid would have been needed. Tho
Department. has encountered all trials with
lrmncss, and discharged its duties rs ono man,
ordinary Of extraordinary, whether among It's
ArB,H -
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s,' e,1.,r mi III what might In called extra.
"r! tus 'li,i'. Char vi anil bla.Ecnr.t ,nsok.,
!, IT. et AMI tru'ta tc'ltHc.. drip,fng water
ttss- ~ Il df,.usI, lu''cs iu tic At.ors, pfccrH
u. :I'c t".r~c, eieratnr wheels. wre,Iect psnctt
n'rI h,:r" i''otks uf lse ''1c up Gou.i deal of
wf,at VIA 10 hc seen 1T this ec-
.slstd- nusItinn. There ua1 decidedly un-
t,'nfnttal.fe chflnc*s ip the atr, md the leo
ns, which sipr tcpnttcr .walkc.t Ind rictnus
:,t. ei !mpaftin1 =: roll 10 ~; fees; a" after
:. the extent Of the unpcr ruins, ha turned aroun,
said hts prayers, aud skated down The four OF
fvo pairs OF stairs that brought him TO tho
RtEkek >. -. =:
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foar WAYNE, Ind, Jan. BE-. II. MEl t
Co.'s dsur-ators was fnccndtaszea tonight. tho
dre doing q, ,5U0 damage to the building and
stoct: Insured for $4,000 In tic Commonwealth
Of Philadelphia. Tfa1sfs' ut Chicago, Hhawmutt
OF noHt0D, and Royal Canadian.
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AT MILWAUKEE.

ISpteiaI pifpulch TO- 1as 7Tf1u14.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 5.-At llalf.past 8
o'clock tonight fro broke oat at the. residence
Of E1uli Ktuwert. No. 459 Marshall street, by
tho I0nitlon OF Christmas tree, eauspg dam
RKck to tho extent OF $1,aaO0.
, 1879-01-06

AT 1lAN11INsvrLLE, TIA.
jAcKsosvlLLE, Fla, Jan, ga large ware
house ia which The Post~Of1lco was kept at
lIankinsyil1e, Fla, burned, with mall matter,
including number of registered letters.
, 1879-01-06
AT GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.

0RAND RAr1ps. Mich. Jan. "a fire this
morning IN Deprcna blsters' women'a Furnishing
goods store. In Putmun's stone block, destroyed
tho stock and damaged tho bnilding. LOSS,
about 2a,000, which waa pretty much covered bv
insurance. Tho origin OF tho dre Ia unknown.
, 1879-01-06

were most agreeshly surprised ~len they TT.
rived 1t the rutns Of tho Honore Building. and
found that most Of tile property left IN this
burning building was sull in excellent condition,
aud hardly damaged at MI. Tho papers wcrs
a. dry Is powder in the cases In
which they hnd been left, and tho
largs ansn!int OF Tickets which bad to be LEFT BY
stehcfal iiekct anu PASSENGER agent .. Ghaf'-
i.c, riths az 1 ,ssr. nu S;sh ,9.. r., t,s s1'
ing a, liz time OF tbe fire. rcnei,,s In a. rotsl
condition as crcr. Hardly any darnsge whnt.
ever has been done TO Judge Reckwtih's rooms.
..rii 49, 1araoces e'o.k tcsasea on III .ao
cn:in1 H.. rorrc"i timo ~ ,i;e .,av' Th. .,csts
anu tahlcs In President BLACKSTONE and General
Manager Mcsiu'lin's Office were covered
.ish a crust crust Of Ice. but all thsy nee.l I'd
n,aka item ss cooi I'1 a. % sycr Shout
SoO0 will tnake a,xd tho er,Ira loss OF The RaIl-
road Conrnny. Tie vvnerni ofiicca 1.-Two aeuin
been located In the Cotnpenp's old hcadnuayters,
Nos. aud i Wcet Vup Buron strc.t, car!, o[lrer
reoccupyiuR hts old uuarte-s, Tho Eompally
intend to remain At this place until the Honore
Building mas been resturcI. tho agent OF The
Connscticus Mutual having promised to haye
that part Of The building used by the Railroad
established in tic roons from hciI its o!licers
were 10 ullyercmonjol,siy driven by the l3rc.
-
trI1iTTEa 1fp THE f,nvEnNNEv,r
hplLi'iSn'
II having been eugEcated that the now Gov
eFnment building should 30 hited up ot oncc
for the accommodation Of tue Post-OfIlcc, a
Ta1nusn reporter called on supt. Mcdowell
yesteruay 10 aseetIa1a u u eoula 1e uohe "1sn-
out utsltn'ty. .-----. ..-..
"oh! yes, could gtYe them temporary oriar-
tcFa,'' sid he. ubut 10 do 80 woull bc btercr
tol, Than onc routi, tmartna.u
:. ,vs..t,. 49,. ,1..,",,,
:, 's'A'. WA '"''
"s!xtv days"
" How much money would be requirsdtn
"About 100. .vop,n
.syvbot rortton ~ tba t,,,,a,,o ,,,,,a v., Il.
1. ~. ~. w." VI t''o ooao'oe eoo'o ~" 'c1
them hava"
~ Gould cut OF the north eud-two.tbirds
81 ~ r,s... "."N. 49, op.a sas 'As3.
u Wlah eonGjt,an !. thst nv ~, 9" ,,nss ,,w
u lntv n" hrsct arcl,aa hpra hscn III Tho
hoors ef,uLl ie invnlel m wifh trrnsot Ell .Ms
wnnt1en xindnx. and Ionr.,ran,.. rut \, e1I
.znli etrn thsm nj In, sr,,.rs Tcst ~ r4.t M
shsnIy ounrtcrs'n II ~ 's"-1' '''' "a 'o'"~
Il H;,nnnsn vo,,r ma, vo,ta1 n,oht o;,d a,v
how Iot,r wouiI .s % ,ak" ~ ,naks ~, ii,dys dy,
inhat,itabIsim ~ 'A~' ~ A'""' ''' ou''a'HS
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making the engines work, and three In surccs.
sion gaze out, anu others llal to hc sent for.
s: On aegi,ins, s2ooo g. ~ snd
Ing, 1900 IN Enstcrs, companies.
tn fhs tt'ts&ern .4ssoetatsd F.rrts.
CLEvBLANp. d., ian. 5-lsock'e Building,
corner Of Woodland and Wilson nvcnt,es,
caught f1re IN tho basement this morning. It
Tas two-stoFy franc, Occupied by stores aud
families. Tho building and its contents nesc
destroyed. Tho bMi|llin9 vns valued Ut $4,000;
1nsurnnSs, q 10; loss Of contents, $1,000; In
litosruta and Forcit City III Cleveland cacl,
kt.ooo: Western Mutual, Of urhana, O., aud
buckeye Mutual, of Shelby, O., each g., ,00Q.
, 1879-01-06

n = 0s 9kVNI1t4'5y VIZ Fst
QuEnEc, Jan. 5.-A fire today destroyed
]nrgc portion Of 1iarlmeau's saw.1ntll md fac.
torv at st. itoche's. Tho wntchtnnn, Francois
Phitbert, .sui1ocatea whilst cudeaYor1ng to es-
ChD9. w
, 1879-01-06

At meeting of tho dsputation st Csatrala,
on tho 9th, Col. Whiting IN tbs chais. tho to-
lowing was offered BY Mayor Black, ot M!'wsa'
kee, and seconded by Nj. Huskp, VI Cleveland,
anl unanimously adopted: '
WMxnkAt, Mt. pottsr Palmer. Of the Palmer
House. CticaRo, Aas. tr0a, ths inception u lls
industrial dspulatlpa ta Acxtco. uYldencs4 tus
wRfmust In ths sntsrprIss. 4nd oY pfsetcs
enraestness aud cordial support conlsbuleu largely
tu atA Baccu1tt
Httoistd, I'hat ws hssebY place on recosl out
eratsta appreciation 0f hIs sateanel co.opsfutfou
snd pFufuas hospitality, especially to regard to tss
exeuinS Ut shs departure Of tbs atpatsttun frona
ChIcago.
Hts1lrfd. That tho SetFslaSy OF tbs dsputstfpn
Western As4Hctnted frsas. ''.-
, 1879-01-06

Drs. Murray and Spencer. Medical Director AMI
Attending SURGEON, fionnl No. IS.
capt:, J. ". Reilly, Chief ordnance Officer,
=. Maj. Fmnk Bridgmsn, rhymsstef, u. q. A.,
Room No. 40.
Capt. Il: !. Lydcckes, Engineer cosps, Room.
Nos. O and 7.
Capt. Gregory. Room No. 10,
II ia thought hy }c,,. Sheridan and the officers
Of the staff that the Department wilt suffer but
ltttlc delay IN the transaction Of business, and
that everything Will bo running snl1otbty at the
made visit 70 his Office during tho flse and
plnccd all tho valuable rccon1a in his charge I'll
the sale. He czperienccd toms little difficulty
while getting out, a. he was about tho last Of
tho staff to leave, but had no serious ttuubc
except from the smoke. No general est'mata
Of tho loss to the headquarters could be Oh.
tanned yesterday, and Il viii be some lttla
time before complete Inventory Of the thtugs
saved can ho taken.
, 1879-01-06

MORTON M'MlcAhEl.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 5.-The Hon. Morton
MeSiichacl |. dangerously Ill oi Rheumatism.
, 1879-01-06

y. Al stated in The TRIBUNE yesterday, tho
walls arc intact eome seemed to think that
the damage as reported had tecn oscrestamatctl.
But rough inspection Of the premises BY thosd
F., conyersant with tho business induces COM
clusiou In this connection similar to that here.
toforo e1presaed. Tho fact that no nero
! dArnsse wAa cntatlcd and the walls not weak.
ened was dus to ths efforts of the fireman.
The flu Vas eottcn under control before tho
noors wers permanently injured or destroyed.
Had this not been don't the walls would hate
been deprived Of any substantial support and
1ahls to crumblo and fall. As 1t IL,
the building can to soon put In or.
dor for occupation, and bo as GOOD
as, II not better than, before tho fire, When
tho confagration was ut its hight Marshal
Ntushaun, With two squads Of pIoamcn, secured
bass OF operations In the centre Of tito hall-'
way, and, With two strcams playing north and
mouth, succeeded In drowning out tho flames on
this Noor+ Marhfa1a Shay aud fctrc pursued
means thus employed gained victory over the
elements.
Tn1 Tribune man cpl'cs. on Henry fshsm
last evening to ascertain, II possib1ct what ac.
yard 10 rebuilding: slr is!,am il the agent.
After some preliminary conversation. lie was
asked what would be done. and replied that the
building would be put In order ct once.
d49O t44 A%NiA AlO1At t1E AuoUtaHlG NOu-
panyl"
'tYcs; ! received telegram to-day"
Gnu you EtVo mo hetcnor of the dtspatchIH
"The Company instruct NC to pfntect tho
interests Of lcsacts Ms Tnr u | I'm al1fc.n
"Dtd the telegram Indicate what would b.
done about rcbuildIngl"
am empowered 10 proceed at once"
How long before you will Dcgin!"
Not long. AZ soon as the fosscs are Ill.
tustet."
When will that bc1''
hops to get TO work ahla week. Indeed, /
ehalt turn ON the stcam tomorrow and cDdcnvor
To get rid Of the ice In tho butdfug."
"Wi!l the same a:yle of architecture be
II think II will bc rebuilt on plans similar to
thoss cmpfoycd In tho building prior to tho
flrc.".
'Mansartl ruof aud ALI"
~ suppose so. All these details, however,
Will 10 settled by tho Company"
"l!ow much will It. cost to repair thebuid-
ut ia Impossible to tcll.r
What u tho loss as near as II LAD be approx
"ASout 500, o,ou.n
It might require ttis amount to reconstruct
tie ed!flce, and It might not. He wus uncertain
as to that. Ono thnE no entertained no doubt
about though, and that was the immediate
restoration Of tho building 70 its former contl.
ton OF excellence, aud "a near hreprool ~ it
ean be made.
, 1879-01-06

Vancouvcr's Island und tl.e Cnnada Pacific
ltat!way-OttaVa 1slhlc SooIoty-Co.,ssrva-
tlvrs ignoring the Gov0ruoE- General--Far.
rnil, the Murdersr-Th0 Toronto Mayor
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-02-21
Beauty and Homclincss.

Beauty gets plenty Of praise. Poets
sing of it, romancers furnish it in
abundance to their hcroines, dramatists
use il as the motive of their most stir
ring plays, painters and sculpinrs de-
light to portray tall the world wor-
ships it; aud yet there is much to bo
said about the noble qualities of ugly
little women. There is often more
charm in the vitality, energy, aud gay
ETY. of an ugly little woman than in
half dozen tall, quecnly beauties, who
have to be on the watch all the time to
pose well and make their points effect.
i've. There have been men in the
world who thought it a fine thing to
say that san ugly woman has no place
in the economy of nature" But If the
records of the world we're inteligibly
written, it would be found that ugly
little women have been the beroines
the helpmeets ct the heroes. 1t is the
function Of beauty to get men into
trouble Helen of troy. Cleopatra
Mary Queen of Scots, and hundreds oI
others, wherever they came they
brought calamity. Beauty and anguish
have walk ed hand in hand the down
ward slope Of death, aud whenever thu
poet dreams Of fair women he is sure L
dream something doIeful. If he wer'
to dream of ugly little women il woulc
be full Of brightness. loyalty, devotion
sincerity, foriitude and all those othe
lovcable female qualities tha, max;
some one happy. Tall Beauty is epic
Little Ugly is lyric, homelike. Jus
think what deep seated compliment j
Involved in calling irregularity Of fea
ture homeliness. 1t means that she i
not for the bull room. but for tho hous
for the friendships that cluster aroun,
the hearth; for the merry little socia
bio, the tea table, the picnic or of
hand game, or the darkened sick room
where she brings rest and comfort
Pretty is AS pretty docs" is an oil
maxiu, whose truth is only half appre
ciated; for in the plainness Of featur
and insignIfcaace of person OF homel
! women, there is often found an earnest
ness, a whole-souled sweetness and SYN
pathetic expression that wins love "a
quickcr than mere beauty. The worl
could lar more easily afford TO lose il
supplies of beauty than to give up ii
store Of ugly little women. Beaut
waits to be loved; the others delight i
loving.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-02-21
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Indiscrimiuate Praise.

The present Legislature Of Idaho has
been pronounced by of its enthusi
astic friends ''better than the average. "
The journal passing this eulcgium has
puffed the members, good, bad and in.
different of every Territorial Legislature
for the past ten years. There is
neither Journalistic decepcy, sense
manhood or independence in such .
course. To praise up and strive TO ex
alt men whose conduct stands out in
bold relief as characteristic Of genera
incomnetence. stubbornness ard worth
lessness is simply mockery, and re
veals depth of toadyism tpo contempt
ible to notice. God help the average
II the present assembly is better than it
---Ardldnche.