New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-30

calculated that tho gift VIII rot be available for ahou,
niDeyix years, at which time the fund Will amount 70
some Sl7C00JO.
John Senk, miner, kept giant cartrid es
and caps abont him In Denver b,ardinghou e, SD re
he was temporarily staying. The explosives v "a
stored IA leather yallse which was deposited he
kitchen behind inc stove and the door. On F. -.
day evening john Bonnie aud Matte the lonGlll "a
children and PLAYMATE were PLAYING casino near 20
stove Suddenly there was sharp crack, rs Of -
cracker aud then Il terrible explosion, as OF cannon
TIC children fed terror while the pasterog of..hs
ceiling fell around and tie oor beneath their faet
WAS torn up Every pane 81 glass IN the Window "a,
shattered and end Of The stove WAS blown out ~
the time tho wRbtened children bad made then sHt
bl od was streaming from taer bodies, EicD was Gov.
cred with cuIs and g1shcs perhars 10 the number 4
sxy seventy, ranging In depth from surface scra
to ha' an inch.
A remarkable centenarian lives near Green.
mp. Ky. Andrew Hood born near winchcs'of Va
October II. 1863 Accustomed TO wild frontier lie. hs
father eo tired Of Virginia tue advancing cyiiz..
ton approached his settlement, and whom A"dlew
was eleven years Old the Major removed lhsnes
10 0 place eight miles below Prestonsburg and snols-
qurntly to the mouth Of the Little Sandy. IN Gr-enrp
County, where be died and was buried He sScsAs
Familiarity OF Daniel Boone. who was blnuag
COMPANION OF his father. and whose deparafs
for Missouri fltbottomed boat be distinctly reco!
lects Were for his almost total deafness
interesting facts might BE- learned from him. HI,
habits are quite peculiar. He sleeps all day, g Fsg
the rises, and sits up from sunaef III the
IN, rning. He takes three meas day, never smokes
chews moderately; used To drink whisky, bus
reformed. AMI loves to oke fire which burns oG he
hearth summer and winter
A dam has created bad feeling between
General and the Donegal church Trustee. The
General who property adjoining the churca
the spring. built a dam Donegal Run for the pr
pose o. making a shpond and, az the trustees ssg,.
greatly damaged the church property by flooding tbs
water back on the spring. he was requested ~ TIE
trustees TO remove the obstruction which he IA ed
do stating reply that 1t not he but the State who
owned it, The trustees believing the stream TO be- the
line resolved to have survey made. He pad no a;
tention 10 the notice. and The survey when ma H-sf
the middle OF the stream the line between T.
e'ties. General Cameron was theieup0n res etihy
requested 20 remove the obstruction. which be usNn
failed TO do After w3iing reasoDaDle uue Ire
churcb authorities removed the IN " Ten General
Cameron bad said belonged 10 the STATE toge'hf VIA
chat portion OF the fence across tne seam "hcD STOOD
he church Rfohnds.
The population of the Empire Siae Is
estimated by The Albany Journal at 100000 Ihry.
three counties containing all important centres o pOpE
latou are gwen the table found below: The 9' rease
in the repairing counties except Westchester, bvoan
1870 and 1875 was only 1872 Westchester OF 81,
78l by annexation TO NewYOrk during those five y,arA
80 that the total increase for the tw' yseven uas
woud be but 10 1873. But the 1--WE years si 1875
the increase can fairly be assumed 10 be 1897, making
the total estimated population Of tie ate 20 Joe abut
$3.50 900 This denotes an Increase Of 6992ii acda
rae of 1873 per cent while the increase between 1880
and 1870 was 500 O24 and the rate 1911 Or the thirty
three counties five give decrease during the decade
Cbenaugo Delaware, Oswego, Schuyler and ai1gl01.
All the others exhibit a growth large Ia tie cs9ues
having important manufacturing Inter ST., sma or n
the forming stricts.