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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29

BRIGHT's DISEASE IN WOMEN The
genter sex, for variety Of reasons per-
feotly understood by them, are peculiarly
liable to those attacks which ends in
Bright's Disease of the Kidneys. Upon
the special attention of women. therefore.
we urge the great virtues of HUNTS
REMEDY, the Great Kidney and Liver
Medicine This superb medicine has
saved many a good woman from an early
grave. 1t is excellent in all of the peculi-
ar diseases Of the sex, No medicine equals
HUNTS REMEDY for delicate women.
Sold by all Druggists. Trial size, IS
cents,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
Cured! Cured! Curedl Cured!

W WOODS, 4S7 Broadway, N. Y. Cured of Chrou-
ic Catarrh.
j HAsLETT, $50 Broadway,N NY, 4 years Catarrh.
BRUSH, 44S Broadway, NY, 10 years Catarrh.
S BENEDICT, Jr., Jeweler. 697 Broadway, n. Y.
Qady friend), cured of Chronic Hay Fever.
Mrs EMMA HowEs, 80 w Washington Square, N =.
Y, cured Of 80 years Chronic Catarrh.
Rev GEO A RErs, 169 Jay St., Brooklyn. ut re-
stored me to my ministerial labors."
REV CHAs JONES, New Brighton, S. I. "Worth
ten times the cost"
Rev ALEX FREES, Cairo, n. z. sit has worked
wonders in six cases in my parish
L T NEWMAN. 3O5 Fulton St, Brooklyn, cured Of
years Chronic Catarrh.
MRS SwARTz JR, 200 Warren St, jersey City,
cured OF Is years Chronic Catarrh.
&C. &e. &C. &C. DC.
A real cure for this terrible malady, is the
most important discovery for the relief OF human
suffering, since vaccination. Wei De
Meyers Catarrh Cure is sold by all Drug
gists, delivered by D. B. DEWEY d Co., do
Dey St., N. Y, for 81 so package. To Clubs,
six packages for $3.50. DIR. Wei De Mey-
er's Treatise, with full explanations and over
whelming proofs, is Postpaid and sent free to
anybody.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
EEW YORK.

New YORK, Dec. 29.-The table mat
ufactory of Brown & Bliss. $50 Cherry
street, Ave story brick factory. was des
troysd by fire this morning, as were also
she adjoining buildings 328. $50, 332 and
3S4 Cherry street. occupied By various
manufacturing firms. All the buildings
were owned by Mrs. Ellen Sampson. 3o7
Madison street. Loss estimated at $780,
900; probably insured.
A snow storm of last night and this
morning interferes seriously with the traf.
6c and greatly impedes travel. Horse
cars and stages doubled up teams, and all
trains are delayed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
Climax

Pages Climax SaIVe,
A Family Blessing for rs cents.
Tt heals without a scar. No
family should be without it.
W0 WARRANT it to CURE
Sores, Ulcers, ScrOfuIa Sores,
Fever Sores, Salt Rheum, Sore
Breasts Or Nipples, Erysipelas g,
Swollen Glands, Infiamed Eyes
Scalds, Burns, Cuts, Bruises,
Fistuia, Piles, BOils, Chilblains,
Frosted Feet, COrnS, and all GU,
tane0uS diseases Oh man or beast
1t has been used over twenty,
five years, without one failure,
Tt has no paralIel-having per-
fectly eradicated disease, and
healed after all other remedies
had failed. 1t is a compound of
Arnica with many other Extracts
and BaIsams, and put up in larger
boxes for the same price than any
other Ointment.
EEy- Sold by Druggists everywhere.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
Due Rock Island County, sss1 IS

The sum of 1921. 40 difference between
the commissions as allowed by law and al
charged in the year 1869. occurs by reason
of law passed in 1865, the provisions oil
which were extended to Rock Island
county April II, 1869, which gives te
Troasurers 10 certain counties additional
com peusatiou. The Treasurer charged
com mission on revenue assessed for the
year 1868. as the revenue for this year
was assessed and indeed mostly collected
before the law was extended to this
county. We are advised by counsel thai
in their judgment this law does not author
izs the charge of additional compensation
on the revenue assessed for the year 1868
No abstract OF taxes for the year 1869 can De
found.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
The Weather.

RICHMOND, Dec, 29.-It is showing
heavily oil ever the state; no let up.
Fort WAYNE, Dec. 29.-The thsrmo-
meter is 20 below; many cattle frozen to
to death.
DETROIT Dec. o9-26 below zero here,
PEORIA Dec, 29.-20 below zero at this
point.
GALEsBURG, Dec 2e.-24 below zero at
this place.
WATERFOWL N Y. Dsc. 29.-There
was another IL to Is inches of snow last
light and still falling; trains delayed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
wAsHINGTSE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 29-The president
will decide to give Whitaker q court
martial in few days.
Secretary Ramsey will be retained
Secretary of the Navy, although under the
law his appointment expires every 20 days.
Marshal Fitzimmons. of Georgia, will be
heard in his own defence before the active
prosecution begins,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
OHIO.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 29.-The maximum
of cold was reached here since sunrise
this morning. about 10 o'clock thermo"
meter showed ten below zero, since then it
has heeu rising.
kilograms report the murder of George
MeGirk by his insane brother Taylor Nc
Girk, at McGirk's station. Pacific Rail"
road, Moniteau County. Mo-, yesterday,
The homicide had just returned from an
insane asylum
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
MASSACHUSETTS,

BosroN, Des. 90 Quite panic oc-
cprred 10 horticultural Hall last night,
but fortunately no one was injured. The
curtain caught fire from the foot lights
during the performance. The flames were
extinguished by the actors. end beyond
destroying the curtain valued at 5000 Fdid
little damage.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29

CHRIST, GERBER Wholesale Hardware
Toledo, Ohio says:--The Excelsior Kidney
Pad has accomplished more for my wife
IN three weeks than all the medicine she
has taken in three years. Refer all
skeptics to me-See Adu.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
Ladies All

use SOZODONT who wish to make them
selves pleasant aud pretty. Better than
enamel on the face, or tawdry dresses, it
sets Oft the human face with pleasant
smiles and dental beauties, and gives
fragrance to the conversation. No ladv
should neglect to have a bottle on her
toilet table.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29

DETROIT, Dec. 29.- A drunken murder
was committed at one o'clock this morn
ing at the Caledonia House, cheap lodg-
ing house and saloon Of uusevory charsoter
near The Michlepu Central dtrot. The
proprietor John Ferguson was thot dead
by his wife. as she alleged. and probably
truthfully. while in fear for her HE
Ferguson had been drinking hard all day
nd bad been very quarrelsome and abu-
a;va
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
THE COUNTY TREAsURERs.
The investigation by the Beard Of
Supervisors.
Official Report of Committee.

Gully Session Of Board Of supervisors.)
Sup'r Ballard. of Andalusia, offered the
following:
WHEREAS, There Is an impression in the minds
Of many OF the people of this County that there
has been crookedness in the Treasurers books of
said County, especially under the iucEmbency of
Treasurer Wait, therefore
ResOtDed. That there be Committee Of three
appointed by the Chairman of this Board to exam
Inc said Treasurers' books from the beginning OF
Treasurer Waits to the present time, with
power to employ expert in book keeping II
necessary, and report at the September term,
Sup'r Ballard's resolutions were voted
for by all accept Reid, Hirsch and Zieg
Ter. and the chair appointed Sup'rs Bal.
lard, of Andainsia, Cone, of Port Byron,
and John A, Wilson, of Rural, said com
mittee.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
Ola medFord.

Nothing is Superior to the old genuine
Medford Rum from Daniel Lawrence &
SOP, Boston. They keep only a strictly
pure article. For sale by all first class
dealers in Rock Island. Inquire for
Daniel Lawrence & Sons genuine old
Medford.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29

WASHINGTON, Dec, 90 Indications for
this upper Mississippi and lower Missouri
valleys; Clear or partly cloudy weather.
stationary or slowly rising temperature.
northwest TO southwest winds. and durine
the day stationary or slowly raining
harnmRfpr.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
ponder on These Truths.

Torpid kidneys. and constipated oowe's'
are the great causes OF chronic Diseases,
Kidney Wort has cured thoussIo .Ia;.
Try it ard you will add one more 10 enei'
number. :,,;.s ~
the American people. Kidney Wort WILL
cure il,
Kidney Wort has cured kidney com
plants of thirty years standing. lfs IT,
Eschange.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29

COUGHS. .-"B "Broton's Bronchial TToch-
eS" are used with advantage to alleviate
COUGHS, SORE THROAT, HoARsENEss
and BRONCHIAL AFFECTIONS For thirty
years these Troches have been in use,
with annually increasing favor, They are
not new and untried, but having been
tested by wide and constant use Tor nearly
an entire generation, they have attained
well merited rank among the few staple
remedies of the age.
THE THRoAT.-"Brosoa's Bronchial
Iroches" act directly on the organs of the
voice, They have an extraordinary effect
in all disorders of the Throat and Larynx,
restoring a healthy tone when relaxed,
either from cold or over exertion of the
voice, and produce a clear and distinct
enunciation. Speakers and Singers find
the Troches useful
A COUGH. COLD, CATARRH or Sore
Throat requires immediate attention. as
neglect oftentimes results in some incur
able Lung Disease. ''Broson's Bronchial
Iroches' will almost invariably give
relief. limitations are offered for sale,
many of which are injurious. The geou
inc ''Broaoa's Broechaul Troches" are sold
ia bO1es.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
J. W. BALLARD,
A. z. CONE, Com.
JOHN A. WILSON,

The county treasurer, Robt. E. Reid,
appeared before the board and stated that
he would not allow the books and papers
belonging TO his Office to be taken from the
Office by the committee on inyestI CATION,
but that he would furnish the said com
mittee with desk room, pens, paper. ink,
ETC.. provided said Investigation was car
ried on in his Office
Sup'r Zimmerman offered the following
resolution:
ResOlpsd That Committee Of three be appoint.
ed take counsel with reference to the status of
the 'ald in relstion to the investigation of the
various County offices and as to the power of the
Board in regard to the books and papers in the
custody OF each Office.
Yeas Zimmerman, Holister, Vain.
wright, Reid, Hirscb, ZiegIer, Atkinson,
Ritter, Mosenfeider, Lloyd, Gilmore, RAN
son. Wilson. Ballard and Mardoek is.
Nays Mcconnell and Drury-2
Absent-Cone. Liphardt aud Osborn
Resolution adopted.
The chairman appointed as such COM
mittee Sup'rs Atkinson, Gilmore and
Lloyd.
The committee consulted Osbora &
Curtis, and Sweeney, Jackson & Walker
and they gave their opinion that the Board
had undoubted control over the books and
the right of access to them at any time
and Sup'r Zimmerman then introduced
the following, which was adopted, viz:
Resol0ed, That the County Treasurer be direct
ed in business hours. to keep The books Of his Office
open to the free use ef The Committee OF this
Board at the room now known as the Supervisors
of the Treasurers office, and II necessity of his
employment of extra help occurs the County will
pay the necessary expense he may incur therefor,
not to exceed three dollars per day,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
December Session of Board OF Supervisors.

December Session of Board OF Supervisors.
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors
of Rock Island County:
At your July IS8O meeting your Hon
orable Body did appoint a Committe to
investigate the accounts of the Treasurers
of Rock Island County for former years,
and the undersigned. as such committee,
do respectfully report to your Honorable
Body that in accordance with your wishes
they commenced the task August 23d
last, and as the result of labor thus accom-
plished do submit the following Report for
the years 1860, 1861, 1862. 1868, 1864 and
1865, viz:
That in consequence of the mutilated
condition of the general cash book of the
Treasurer's Office during the above terms,
and in consequence of the absence of
books and documentary evidence as to the
transaction of said Treasurers. your Com
mittee foel that they have not sufficient
evidence to enable them to make lucid
and intelligent statement as to the condl-
ton of the accounts of the Treasu.ers
during that period; and after frultless
search tor said evidence the investigation
as regards the above years, was aban-
doned.
FoR THE YEAR 1866.
Chg. Cr.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
Ca tarrhal t
POI s ON

Wei De Meyers Treatise on Cetarrh
explains the following important facts:
1. That Catarrhal Colds become poi-
sonous infection, at first local, and finally
constitutional.
2. That, being Constitutional. the infection is
beyond the reach of mere local remedies.
3. That Impurities in the nostrils, are
necessarily swallowed into the stomach and
inhaled Into the lungs, thus poisoning the
Digestive, Respiratory and Genito- urinary organs
4. That Catarrhal virus follows the mu-
cous membrane and cauAes Deafness. Dyspepsia, :,
Chronic Diarrhea, Bronchitis, Leucorrhea
and Consumption.
5. That Smokes, Douches, Inhalations, and
lnsoluole Snuffs. cannot possibly remove in
ectious infammations from the organs named
6. That anTantidote ior Cstarrh must pos
sess an inocu1ative affinity for, and the quality
Of being absorbed by, the purulent mucous
wherever located.
Based upon these plain Theories, DR..
Wei De Meyers Catarrh Cure has proved
infallible. It not only releaves, 1t cures
Nata arrh az Samff ffTnnJ
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
Ch5Hago Market.

CHICAGO. Dec. 90
Wheat-Strong and higher 95a4096 cash: 96ls
bid Jan; 97h Feb.
-Corn-Righer; 96al cash; 81 Jan; S7as Feb; 42ss
May.
oats-Firmer; 80 cash; 3O% JAM sOss Feb; SAX
May.
kye-S3
Barley-1 OF.
Pork-Firm; II 25 cash; 10 40 Jan; 10 So Feb.
Lard-Strong and higher; IS cash 471s Jan
60 Feb.
Whisky IL.
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs-Receipts IL 600; active and firm; SC high
er; light 50D4 rs; mixed packing 50O4 50 {;
shipping s0QD5 90.
Cattle Receipts 1900; very strong: exports 40
az 90; good to choice shipping sO95 %; com
moh TO fair 9004 SO; butchers 2093 50; stock
ers 6043 Ga.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
VIRGINIA.

DAsy1LLE, Va. Dec, 90. "A trenen-
agous spow storm commenced nore last
n;oht and still RACES. This is the thiro
storm within q week, and snow now blocks
Tho roaHa
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29

'"Its beauty truly blent whose red and white,
Natures own sweet and cunning hand laid on >
Pozzoni's powder imparts q richness
Making the skin as soft as down.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
September Session of Board Of Supervisors.
The committee on investigation submit
ted the following report which was receiv.
ed and plsce1 on file.


The undersigned James w, Ballard, A. +, Cone
and John A. Wilson, heretofore appointed to
examine the Treasurers' books OF this County
from the commencement of the official term Of A.
L. Wait. former Treasurer of this County, to the
present time, with power to employ Gn expert If
necessary, respectfully report:
That said examination has been in progress for
the past three weeks and an expert has been en-
ployed for that purpose; that the further progress
OF such examination has been interru pted on
account of the refusal OF Robert r Reid the
present Treasurer, to allow this Committee and
SAID expert the further convenient Of the books
OF his ONCE for the purpose of such investigation
Your Committee has had from the beginning of the
examination to the present the possession OF said
books, but they have now been taken from us by
said Reid; that the use ofs4id books by this Com
mittee is necessary to enable this Committee to
matter for which we were appointed. Your Com
mittee would request your Honorable Body to take
such action in the premises the situa tion NAV
rsn Ira
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
IREL AND,
Ez AECE.

PARIS Dec. 29.-Ssven person were
killed outright and fully fifty injured, some
seriously and perhaps fatally, by the fall
of the root of the church In Saillssot
during Christmas service.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29

SPALDTNG's GLUE split on chair, will
prevent man who sets down on it from
getting up easily.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29

There In no civilized nation In the Western Hem
isnhere IN which the utility of Hostetters Stomach
Bitters as tonic. corrective, and antblieus med
icine is not known and appreciated While IL is 3
medicine for all seasons and all climates 1t is es
eciaIiy suited to the complaints generated by the
weather being the purest and best vegetable slim
ulant in the world
For sale by Druggists and Deaere. to whom ap-
ply for Hostetter's Almanac for 1851
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29

To GIVE tone to the stomach s.1ra sno
stimulate digestion there is nothing hAo
Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
ROSSMAN'S CURE

ITCHING PILES is generally proceeded by a
moisture like perspiration, producing a
very disagreeable aud distressing itching,
particularly at night after getting warm in
bed. No humbug as a trial will prove.
For sale by all respectable druggists. Sent
by mail for SO cents. RossMAN & Mo-
KINsTRY, Hudson. N. Y. Prop.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29

Our LIGHTNING LrNIh.ENT Is 'odrn
fr..~d to the afflicted Try It gen'y
Sold by g. Speidel, Rock Island anu
Richards & Sohrbeck, Moline.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
THE ARGUS JOB PRINTING Kot

THE ARGUS JOB PRINTING Rooms,
turn out Cards Circulars, Note Heads,
Bill Heads, Law Briefs, ard all Other
kinds of Printing in the highest style of
the art, apd on the most reasonable terms.
And THE ARGUS Book BINDERY is doing
all kinds of work in that line, neat, quick
and cheap. Thefriends of the paper and
the public generally are invited to give our
work trial. dwt.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
~ exg z ork Market.
NEw YoRR Dec q

FINANCi3L.
Gold 90
Money-506
Government Strong.
@. 8. Bonde 6ss cent s0'e 1881 .a.04%
i.
NEW I.U1
COMMERCIAL
Wheat-Winter white A0sSc lower: red hGxc
better; moderately active; No l white Jan 1915
al 14l4 Feb 1874 No red Jan 14a1D1 17sl
March 1919
Corn Shade lower; moderately active; mixed
western spot 53G57 do futures 55057.
Oats-Quiet western 4IGo45.
Pork-Nominal.
Lard-Flrmer; 90.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
Io-Dav's Dispatches.
FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND

LONDON. Dec. 29-Ofioisl returns show
that the foot and mouth disease is serious
~ spreading among the cattle in all large
counties of England. There are 6.754
eases OF the disease in Norfolk. and 2, ,376
in London.
Heavy rains caused great foods in Mon
mouthshire.
IRELAND,
DUBLIN, Dec, 2S.-Parnell aud several
other traversers were not present at the
opening of the trials to-day. The law
officer OF the crown referred to the humble
occupation of most of the traversers and
said doubtless they found the agitation
more profitable He denounced the
agiatation as an intolerabls conspiracy, and
said the government intended to protect
rich and poor from their frightful terror
His remarks caused much feeling in court.
and especially when he quoted traverser
NRllys WORDS ''Terrioks murder was
worth hundred speeches,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
PrLEs-yrCHtya PILES

Positively CURED, also Blind and Bleed
Piles, Flstula. Salt Rheum, and all disea'
ses OF the skin by the use of
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29


Wheat 11.02c higher; No /, 81; No ., q5 cash !;
9515 Jan: 96A Feb; No 3, 70; No 4, 20.
Corn-364.
Oats-30&
Rye-S3.
Bsrey-$2.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-29
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LEI E / Z .EIalz.R.A.P.HE1Ic. :

t7sIsgraphed tothe Rock Kssond 1rou. !
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-05
Svis, Lakes Frozen Over.

LONDON, January ga dispatch from
Geneva to the Times says "FOr the fourth
time during the present century the Lake
OF Zurich Is frozen over. The lakes OF Mo-
rat, Neufcbatel, and Bienne, and the river
Arve are also frozen over"
Recent adyices by mail state that no cold
us severe as that which was then prevailing
in Switzerland had been experienced in
that country for many years. In the early
part of December The whole Alpine region
was visited by terrific sDOw-storm,
which continued without intermisSion
for twenty hours, and caused many
disasters in the mountains. The storm was
accompanied by a very high wind, which
attained the velocity OF hurricane on the
9th Of the month. la the forests OF Zoiin-
gen, Lcnzburs, aud Lausanne thousands Of
trees were ad low and many buildings Sc
riously injured. In one hamlet OF the Ber-
nese Jura all the cottages were unroofed
and the unfortunate inmates on that bitter
night,expOsed to oil the fury OF the storm.
but ,the saddest misfortune OF all was one
which betel near Tavannes, In the same To-
,cality. Three children on their way home
from school blinded by the thick-faliug
snow, wandered from the road, and after
many hours' search their parents found
them, their li4le arms twlued round each
others -necks. frozen 10 death. A SIM
guar effect Of the terrible cold was 10 drive
thousands. OF .Iiouettes- or lake-gulis, from
their homes among the rocks OF Savoy 10
Geneva. Theyfew aud foated all day long,
when the sun ~shone. about the Pont du
Mont Blanc, dispsting with the swans and
ducks the food tilfown 10 them by the spec
tators, who watched from the bridge their
graceful! msyenepts. These birds are sRch
general fayorites tuat no one.is suffered TO
harm them, and tbes are fed and protected
by the ,munie paIity- There was a great
suow-storm In switzerland and over large
pact OF the continent about Christmas
time OF The year 1875. In Lausanne 20
such storm bad been known since 1929.
In the Rh0De Valley all the tains were
stopped. III Geneva no fewer than
go iaborers were employed in clean
ing the streets and pufiic places. The
saloon steamer Heiyetia, on fhe Lake OF
Zug, which carries 80 many tourists from
all nations TO the Rigi- Arth, Mountain rail- |
way ia summer. was sunk by the mere |
weight Of the eBor&olis mass OF snow |
which fell upon it. The binding storm |
on the Lake OF Geneva et0pfed the steam,
boat traffic after the CygBe had been driven
upon sand-bank near viiIencbge. One
year ago there was some severely cold
weather In Switzerland. In Jan nary OF
last year the forests OF the Bernese Jura
were. AS the resalt OF the intense cold, IN
Tested with droves OF wild boars, which
were s,metimes so numerous rs 10 defy At
lack. The farms were frequently attacked
by wolves. aud buudreds OF chamois de-
scendtd into the valley IN search OF food.-
Telegraph.