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Morris tribune., 1880-04-15

tend to lend my aid, humble though 1t may
be, on all occasions to every kind Of investiga-
tiOn, and to swell public opinion as far as am
able to assist in doing 1t, to humanize and civ
i.ize, and, il possible, to christiaIize West
Point. That ought to be done or the institu.
ton should be abolished. Whether it is be.
cause they are being educated to war with
their kind or whether it is the fault OF the
management do not know. | take no stock
In the thought that this young man cut his
ears off. 1t is absurd and ridiculous
to my mind. 1t is part OF that system OF
Outrages that have known committed upon
young men from my own Congressional dis
trict when was serving in the other house;
part of that system that makes young man
fight for Lis ght to stay there while being
educated. Senators Bruce and Hoar, spoke in
the same strain. The Ute bill was taken up
and Senator West addressed the Senate. Sew.
eral other Senators spoke upon the bill. Sen
ator KirkwoOd moved to make the amount to
be yearly paid to Mrs. Meeker. Miss Meeker
and Mrs. Price each 5000 inst-ad of $4O0.
Adopted. Various other amendments were
suggested, some adopted and others rejected,
and a running debate kept up for some time.
1t was finally unanimously agreed that gener-
al debate on the bill should cease on Monday,
and the final vote taken. After an executive
session adjourned till Monday.
House, April 9.-Mr. De La Matyn,
introduced a bill establishing a temporary
government for Alaska; referred. The speak
er called committees for reports of a private
nature. Afterwards the House went into
committee of the whole on the private calen-
dar. Between 5Gand 75 bills were reported ad-
versely from the committee Oh war claims and
laid on the table. The pending bill was that
for the relief of L. Madison Day, of Louisiana.
on account of property bought by him from
the government with defective title. After
debate OF TWO hours and half vote was
taken on the bill which resulted yeas 72 nays
%. The point no quorum being raised, the
committee rose and the House adjourned.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-15
CASUALTIES.

Two men were killed by Indians March
81, near La Joys. New Mexico.
By colliery explosion in Anderlues,
Belgium, ~ persons were killed.
Brunners' steel and iron works at
Portsmouth, o.. burned on the morning of
April 5.
The Gloucester, Mass, fishing schooner,
Annie c. Norwood, Capt Hunt, and crew Of
IA men are supposed to be lost in the March
gales.
A fire at Alta, Iowa, April 8, destroy
ed half the business portion of the town. Fiji
teen buildings were burned. Loss, $25,O00-in-
suranre $1,000 The fire was the work OF an
incendiarY.
On the Afternoon of April 8, an explo-
sion Of gas occurred at Preston, No. colliery,
near Girardville, Pa. by which William Grin
age and Girls. Conrad were fatally, and three
others seriously injured.
A collision between Lehigh Valley
passenger train April g. and coal train at
Coalport, Pa. pitched eight coal cars into the
canal, badly damaged the passenger engine
and severely hurt the fireman. The road was
u blockaded for several hours.
At8 o'clock on the evening of April 8,
- at Winona, Mimi, frame house corner Of
SANFORD and Carmonia streets, belonging to
Mrs. s. A. Lyman, was struck by lightning
and almost destroyed. A family Of ten per!
sons moved out of the house last week.
The night express train that left Bos-
ton at 10 o'clock on the night of April 6, for
New York, via Springfield, was partially
wrecked by the caving in Of an embankment
about three miles north Of Meriden, Connect.
cut. The train was composed Of two extra
passenger cars, two passenger coaches, mail
and baggage car and three sleeping cars. The
Morris tribune., 1880-04-15
The Aurora BOrealis.

Herr Esmark, who has spent many
years in surveying the northern lights,
says: "The aurora is never seen dur.
ing extreme cold or northerly winds,
but appears when an ordinary Arctic
temperature is raised by southerly and
westerly winds, and is generally fol.
lowed by snow. In the southeastern
part of Norway it seems to be especially
caused by southeasterly winds, which
are there very moist and rather warm.
It's appearance is always accompanied
by falling barometer. In my opinion
the phenomenon is due to the following
causes: When q wind laden with
warmth, moisture and electricity comes
in contact with q body of cold air, the
moisture is converted into snow, the
warmth and electricity are thereby re-
leased, and the aurora is the result of
the disturbances. The northern lights
cannot occur in very high latitudes, be-
cause the warm, moist air is cooled long
before it reaches them" In this way
Herr Esmark would account for the
splendid appearance of the aurora in
Northern Norway, where the sea winds,
bringing warmth, moisture and cleo
tricity from the ocean, are met by cold
land winds from the interior. Messrs.
Lottin, Bravais and Siljerstrom, who
spent winter at Bosekop, in Asten
latitude 70 degrees north), saw the
northern lights 160 times in 210 nights.
The determination of the chemical ele-
ments involved by means of spectrum
analysis is by no means the least of the
numerous scientific results to be de.
rived from Arctic exploration.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-15

built this year. Troops cannot well live In
that region without warmth and shelter, and
stoves should be sent forward in September
for the whole OF winter. Secretary Ramsey in
his letter, concurs with the view of Gen. Sher-
man, and recommends an appropriation of
100000 be made Immediately available.
At 8 o'clock on the morning of April
9, John G. Whitaker, q colored cadet Of the
West Point class Of 1876 was found bound
hand and foot in his room at the barracks
with piece Of one ear cut of. The other ear
was slit and his head was bruised. He stated
that three masked men attacked him when he
was in bed, some time about midnight and
committed the outrage. Gen. Sherwood and
Commander Lusede are investigating the AZ
fair. 1t Is believed the outrage Yves commit
ted by cadets. Cadet Whitaker made a state
ment to reporter in which he said three
masked men entered his room sometime after
midnight and jumped ON him as he lay in bed.
He struggled but was choked and pounded
and told II he made noise he would be q dead
man. They tied his hands and feet and plac-
ed him on the floor and tied his feet tothe bed.
stead and one said, "Let's mark him like they
do hogs down South" They then cut the low
er part ef his ear of, and slit the lobe Of the
other ear two or three times, and again eau
toned him not to holler and left the room
An Indian club was found near him smeared
in blood. Two of the men wore dark clothes
and the third light gray pants and all wore
black masks. Whitaker had received warn
ing on Sunday to keep awake. There is yet
no clue SO the perpetrators, though the COM
mandant has been Investigating all day.
Whitaker was found in half unconscious
condition, but he is able to walk around. Each
member of the cadet corps has been question
ed about the occurrence.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-15

The HIGHEsT STRUCTURES IN THE
WoRLD.-Tke following are the heights
of the highest buildings in the world:
Spires of the Cologne Cathedral, 524
feet IL inches cathedral spire at Rouen,
4S2 feet; tower of st. Nicholas, Ham
burg, 473 feet inch; cupola of st.
Peters, Rome, 469 feet Q inches; cathe-
dral spire at Styasbourg, 465 feet II
inches; pyramid of Cheops, 449 feet 8
inches; tower Of st. Stephens, Vienna,
443 feet 10 inches; tower of st. Mar
tins. Landshut, asa feet 8 inches;
cathedral spire at Freiburg, 40 feet !
inch; cathedral spire, Antwerp, 404 feet
10 inches ;cupola of cathedral, Florence,
800 feet 5 inches (Campanile, 292 feet);
SD. Pauls, London, 365 feet / inch;
ridge tiles of Cologne Cathedral, 800
feet 8 inches; cathedral tower at Madge-
burg, 839 feet ii inches; (Campanile.
st. Marks Square, Venice, 322 feet);
tower Of the new Votive Church, Vien-
M, 314 feet IL inches; towerof Rathaus.
Berlin, 2s8 feet 8 inches.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-15
The Ghost Of Alice Greenfield.

The Syracuse Standard gave the fol-
lowing story of haunted house" in
Richland, Oswego county, N. Y, where
murder occurred:
Smith is the occupant. The story Of
the first appearance of the apparition is
told as follows: One day, not long ago,
Smiths wife made half dozen mince-
pies. They were rice-crust short and
crispy, and the interior raisined and
spiced to that degree of excellence that
Smith remarked as he came home to
supper that he could "eat the hull of
'em at one meal" He ate but three.
That night Smith awoke about II
o'clock from deep dream of peace.
The light Of the moon, shining feebly
through the window. disclosed to his
vision the ghostly outline of female
form looking into his bedroom door.
He knew it was the murdered woman,
Mrs. Greenfield, from the torn night
dress and the red mark around her
throat. Smiths hair stood on end as
the ghost slowly raised its arm. It took
one step into the room. With cry of
horror, he jumped out of the bed and
tried to escape. He couldn't do it. The
ghost grappled with him, and threw
him to the floor. and buffeted him, and
boxed his ears. After about half
an hours hard fighting, Smith
swooned, and when he came to he found
himself in bed. A mustard plaster of
twenty horsepower lay on his stomach.
while two of ten horsepower made it
hot for his feet. On the stand was
cup Of catnip tea, while over him stood
Mrs Smith with red stocking around
her sore throat. Mrs. s. remarked:
Smith. if ! thought you'd ever eat
three mince pies again, Just before GO
ing to bed, I'd never make another
mince pie in my life"
Morris tribune., 1880-04-15
4 Wooden Watch.

A North Carolina paper, the Abing-
don Standard. has the following: (:
"Some time ago Mr.. E. A. johnson, Of
johnson Brothers, jewellers, of this
place, made plain, open-face, wooden
watch that attracted q great deal of at.
tention, but was subsequently eclipsed
by Mr.. Doriot, Of Bristol, in watch
somewhat more elaborate in design.
Not to be outdone, Mr.. johnson put to
work on another watch, and has turned
out a handsome double-case stem-win-
der and stem.setter, every piece of
which, save the main and hair springs
and crystal, are of wood and made en-
tirely by his own hands. Even the
springs to the cases are made of wood
It keeps splendid time, and is suti-
ciently strong to be used as O pocket
time-keeper. It is of ordinary size. and
when ornamented, as he expects to, it
will be handsome tribute to his skill
and ingenuity.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

The last of the piano strikers OF New
York have returned to work on an increase of
10 per cent.
The overflow of the Mississippi river at
Sharpe, is closed and the water is running off
rapidly.
The Dutchess of Marlborough, says the
distress in ireland is on the decline, and she
believes the various funds will suffice to cope
with it.
1t is reported at st. Petersburg, that
Chinese troops 10000 in number, have crossed
the Amoor river into Russian territory.
The liberals of London are providing
for great demonstration in honor Of Glad
stoue, when he returns to that city.
The discovery of a scheme to send a
filibustering expedition to Cuba from some
point on the coast of the United States, is re
ported in Washington.
A Paris paper of April 4 says vote
from the vatican to the government is on its
way to Paris expressing regret at the meas
| ures against the Jesuits but abstaining from
| any encouragement to its religious contra
terHities to resist the decree OF the govern
| ment.
j. o. Donovan Rosa, the Ferlan, is
about to make an attempt to organize revo.
luton to free ireland from the British rule.
They are to hold T. convention in Philadelphia
next June. They want to raise two or three
millions Of dollars, and to ship 100000 rifles to
ireland and put them in the hands of men
trained to their use by army veterans.
The only official information received
at the war department April Z, relative to the
mysterious cutting of the colored cadet Whit
taker at West Point was telegram from Gen.
Schofeld substantiating the information con-
tanned in the general press dispatch published
in the morning papers. Secretary Ramsey
has instructed Gen. Schofeld to employ de-
tectives to werk up the case If he deems it nee.
cessary.
The case Of Jessie Raymond against
Senator Hill came up in the circuit court at
Washington, April 6. upon the melton made
by Senator Hills counsel that the case be
stricken from the docket on the ground that
the suit was instituted without her consent
and against her protest. The court took the
papers. Later in the day Mrs. Lockwood ap.
peared with Miss Raymond and the later
swore to the affidavit that she had authorized
the institution Of the suit andstill authorized
its prosecution. and that her claim for dam.
ages was o just and true one. The court tool
the motion Of Senator Hill's counsel under
advlsement
The secretary ofwar in communica
tion to the Senate April 8, recommending ar
appropriation of 100000 to build new mill
tary post at the junction Of the Gunneson ant
Grand Rivers, says Gen. Sherman has reported
to the department that Gen. Mackenzie will
be ordered forward as soon as wagons can b
put on the road to the Uncompagne country
and hence to reconnoitre forward as far al
the junction Of tie Gunneson and Grand riv
ers to select site for considerable post re
gion. For this purpose 100000 win be indis
putably necessary, and earnestly recommend
you to ask this sum Of Congress at the earlies
date possible. because the post ought to b,
Morris tribune., 1880-04-15
How Animals Play and Enjoy Them.
selves.

Small birds chase each other about
in play, but perhaps the conduct of the
crane and the trumpeter is most ex-
traordinary. The latter stands on one
leg, hops about in the most eccentric
manner, and throws somersaults. The
Americans call it the mad bird, on ac-
count of these singularities. Water
birds, such as ducks and geese, dive
after each other, and clear the surface
of the water with outstretched neck
and tapping wings, throwing abundant
spray around. Deer often engage in
sham battle, or trial of strength, by
twisting their horns together and push
ing for the mastery.
All animals pretending violence in
their play stop short of exercising it /;
the dog takes the greatest precaution
not to injure by his bite, and the
orang-outang, in wrestling with hid
keeper, pretends to throw him ans
makes feints of biting him. Some ami
mails carry out in their play the sem
blance OF catching their prey. Young
cats, for instance, leap after every small
and moving object, even to the leaves
strewed by the autumn wind. They
crouch and steal forward, ready for the
spring, the body quivering and the tail
vibrating with emotion; they bound
on the moving leaf and again spring
forward to another. Benger saw young
jaguars and cougars playing with round
substances, like kittens. Birds CT the
magpie kind are the anologues of mon.
keys, full of mischief, play and mimicry.
THERE'S story of tame magpie that
was seen busly employed in a garden
gathering pebbles, and, with much sol.
emnity and studied air, burying them
in hole made to receive post. After
dropping each stone it cried @cur ack |"
triumphantly, and set off for another.
On examining the spot poor toad was
found in the hole, which the magpie
was stoning for his amusement.-Pas.
sions of ArainaGls.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-15
A Long Hill.

A tavern-keeper on the San Bruno
road was aroused one night by an an
tiquated old granger, who sat over the
front wheels of an open lumber-wagon,
and who was evidently disturbed about
something.
81 say, mister" said the rustic,
scratching his head with the butt of his
whip; this here's the road to Frisco,
amt it?"
Certainly; but, old man, what have
You done with your hind wheelsf"
"Great Scottl" exclaimed the old
party, rubbing his specs and looking
behind him, "if haven't gone and lost
them wheels. That explains the whole
thing, though, stranger; seemed like
I'd been going up such an ALFRED
long hill was beginning to think
had lost the way."-Saaa francisco
paper
Morris tribune., 1880-04-15
NUMBER 50.
A SAD SONG.
From Frazer's Magazine.l

From Frazer's Magazine.
Love once kissed me,
Unfolded his wings and fled,
Hath friendship missed me?
Is faith in all friendship dead?
II spell could summon
These phantOms that come and 60,
or men and women,
Their very selves TO show,
Knight find (alas meD
My seeking both night and day,
But pass them, they pass me,
And each on a lonely way.
Soul. art thou friendless,
A loser, sorrowful. weak?
Life is not endless,
Death is not far to seek.
Thou sailest ever,
Each moment, if sad or kind,
Down the great river;
It opens, it closes behind;
Far back thou seest
The mountain tops faint azure;
Below, as thou feest,
The ripple, the shadows erasure.
Why dost thou, weeping
Stretch forth thine arms in vain?
1t breaks thy sleeping;
o drop into trance again.
In dream thou may'st go where
Child Island is fiowery grass'd;
Deep skied-it is nowhere
Save in the Land of the Past.
Time is dying,
The World, too; forget their moan;
The sad wind is signing,
Let murmur, this alone.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-15

A MAN named his potatoes r Gold
smith Maid,' because they were fast
gotters.
Morris tribune., 1880-04-15

IT is the man with the rheumatism
who is every inch King.
KISSES by telephone taste like a
boiled china egg on toast.
F1a trees bear fruit in California the
second year after being planted.
WARM feet and q moderately cold
body are better than warm body and
moderately cold feet.
A wELL-KNowN itterateur and humor-
list modestly says that his chief literary
requirements are the books he has bor-
rowed and never returned.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-14
THE PISTOL At LuHuY.
Tim Slack Shoots John Clark
someshisg OF the Me.-Another
ARRAY There.

A dispatch from Bodis under date Of
the 18th instant says:
"Tussday afternoon Frank Morton
shot Pat Tallant In o saloon at Lundy,
twenty-five miles from Bodie. One shot
took effect in the hip and another grszed
the cheek. Neither wound was serious.
Another shooting scrape took place In
the same town on Wednesday evening
between Jim Slack and John Clark. In
which Clark was MORALLY wounded. He
received two shots-one in the right
side and another in the wrist, besides
being severely cut"
Jim Slack and John CLARK were for.
msrly residents OF Virginia, and are well
known by many now living on the Com.
stock.
Clark Ia the man who years ago kicked
General Glass;" as he was called. In.
HictinR injuries OF which the latter died.
He was also the i~nstigator Of q sort OF
promiscuous shooting uffray In front Of
the Silver Palace Soloon, Virginia, In
which White was accidentally shot in
the leg. receiving injuries Of which he
subsequently, died.
Slack will be remembered from bis
participation In Q wild shooting ARRAY
ON @ street below the International
Hotel, In which four or Ave shots were
exchanged between him and Professor
Melons. to the great danger OF the
crowd and the full assurance OF each
others safety.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-14
EASTERN DISPATCHES.
fhs oil fire Burning Afresh.

BsADroRD, Pa. May 14.-Shortly after
noon yesterday the FIRE again started In
the timber land at the head Of Foster
Brook Valley. eight miles from Brad
ford. That section IL thickly studded
with dsrricks and tanks. The wind was
blowing . gale and the FIRE swept over
the ridge. consuming everything like
reeds. Continuing. the FIRE swept down
Tram Hollow. . prolific portion Of the
oil field, burning rigs, small tanks and
buildings. The villages OF Oil Center
and Adaughville. with the exception OF
one or two houses, are entirely de-
stroyed. At 10 o'clock last night the
Is, 000. barrel iron tank Of Mitchell Il
Jones was In flames. No villages being
located near, the danger from that
source IL not considered great. At Par.
ker Trestle, on the. Kendall 4 Eldred
railroad, seven miles from the place Of
starting, o 5000 barrel tank 10 now burn.
ing. The railroad trestle will be de-
stfoysd, thereby preventing trains from
running. About dark this evening the
town Of Duke Center, Q place OF about
1000 inhabitants, Wal threatened. The
Are organization from this city went to
that place, In response to . telegram for
assistance. Near the town are . dozen
huge iron tanks from which hundreds OF
men are now driving back the flames.
A mile above Duke Center Q nitro.glyo.
crime repository came in ths course OF
the flames and exploded with terrible
force. The territory Yer which the FIRE
swept 10 90 wide and the points arc 80
inaccessible that It IL impossible to gain
correct information a. to the actual loss,
which has been estimated ct 200 rigs,
beside the volume OF oil which has been
destroyed. Duke Center was reported
still safe ct midnight. A falling tree
struck o man named William Reid. in.
hiotipg probably fatal injuries. No other
person Wal hurt.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-14
STRIKE IN the NEW YORK.
Feur Feet Of Miili.g ore In the
South Drift. 1900 Level.

Last Wednesday, when Superintend.
emit Canavan Of the New York mine gave
to the News his weekly report, a. pub
lished. be said that the south drift on
the 1900 level was getting into some
good rock. but % he did not know the
extent OF Il, and did not like to raise
false expectations, he preferred 10 report
simply an improvement In the vein In
that direction.
Yesterday Q few mining experts OF the
Comstook visited the mine TO form their
own opinion a to the merits OF the
strike. This morning 0 representative
OF the News interviewed some Of these
parties and among Others Miles Finlsn.
All agree In pronouneing the prospect .
very fns one indeed. The surround.
ings are all kindly and the quartz has .
promising look.
Miles Finlen says the south drift 10
about four feet into the ore body. Speci.
mems OF the ore which he took from the
strike show II to be indeed . dne pros
poet. Picked samples Of the ore assay
$40 TO $3.50. while an average taken
from both sides and across the face by
Mr.. Finlen gave the following: Gold.
% rs; silver. $l6 80; total, e26 II. An.
other assay made from . similar average
gave the following: Gold, % 60; silver.
SIT IS; total. cat 45.
All those who visited the mine report
the formation to bs improving a. Il 10
followed south.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-14
AZ and from Austis.

In conversation last evening with one
Of the returned delegates from the Be
publican Convention at Austin, bespoke
we'll Of the Nevada Central Railway, ~
O very we'll conducted road. and ioonsid.
eripg the season Of the year In which 1t
was built, Is In good condition. especially
the Battle Mountain end OF II. A few
miles toward Tho Austin end, being built
amid the heavy frost and storms OF win.
ter IL rather rough and unsettled a. yet,
and the trains make slow time over
II. The Convention closed Its labors
Tuesday evening in good time for supper.
and had plenty OF time during the even.
ing to see the sights and fashions Of
Austin. attend q very pleasing and inter.
esting church concert, and shake hands
with old friends and acquaintance, In.
Guiding Uncle John Booth OF the Reueals.
whom everybody knows, and who
knows everybody In this section. Rev.
R. 8. Eastman, formerly Of Gold Hill,
IL settled down with his family 10 Q per.
mansnt addition to the society Of Austin.
He likes the people there and they take
to him kindly in return. The railroad
folks accommodated the delegates BY
waiting till about l o'clock A. ~, when
they left for homo we'll pleased with
the trip, and came In on the lightning
train yesterday oil right.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-14
Tho struggle in Illinois.

CHICAGO, May l3.-Ths condition Of
Affairs In Illinois IL % follows: Eighty.
-. h.,. h.,d conventions. Tbs
VA 0o1 .
arans men eiaim 'na' EXCLUSIVE o'
county these counties have given Grant
q majority OF about thirty.nve In .the
State Convention. The anti.arant men
claim that they will have . small major
ity In the State Convtntio which the
sixteen counties to DO heard from Will
increase. They feel certain that the
Cook county delegation OF ninety.two
members will DO added; In fact the Nom
bsrs Of that delegation decide to accept
NO compromise and to be admitted y 2