Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-01-30

A relic OF the Spanish armada mas
been drawn from the bottom of the
sea at Slams, Scotland, by salmon fish
ers. It was a large gun from the spot
where ship belonging to the armada
is known to have been wrecked, and,
strange to say, although it has been in
the sea for over 200 years, it seems as
good as ever. The gun is eight feet
long. thirteen inches in diameter at the
breech, and with bore Of four inches.
It is loaded partly with nails Of ham.
mered iron. Several guns from the
same place have been heretofore raised
and presented to tho Queen.
The st. Petersburg Herald is respon.
sible for the statements that nihilist
prisoner, who committed suicide in
the fortress of st. Petersburg, was in.
induced to make disclosures Of the
highest Importance to spy who was
shut up with him for fivc months
under the guise of being q political
offender like himself. The organiza-
r ton of tho revolutionary party, the
names of its readers, and their meth
DDS of procedure arc said to have been
laid bare, and the explosion of tho
palace traced to q man who is already
in the hands of the police.
While the population of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
has increased since 1865 from 29,S61,-
90S to 81, 800 ,043, that Of Ireland alone
has decreased by more than quarter
of million, and the number of mar.
riages has decreased by 5000. While
pauperism has decreased in England
and Wales from 971 900 to S37, 900, and
in Scotland from 121, 900 to $4,000, tho
returns for Ireland show an increase
from $1,000 to 100000.
The way Texas cowboys cook their
meat is this: They kill and dress one,
two or three year old animal, accord
ing as their number needs, cut it in
halves, hanging one-half up on stakes.
then build a rousing fire and roast the
other half all at once. At the next
meal each man takes his jack.knife
and slices Off for himself. This is the
manner of cooking meats at tho usual
round-ups. The practice, it is said, is
not so customary cs 1t used to be, and
is gradually dying out.
A man at Antwerp, Mich, thought
he discovered way to throw his sis.
tcr-in-law out of his house, without
committing what tho law would re-
gard as an assault. This was to take
up the chair in which she sat and
dump it through window, including
its occupant. He had legal right,
according to his theory, to do what he
pleased with his own furniture. He
executed this plan with violcnce.-
Though he was careful not to touch
the woman, she was badly hurt by the
fall. A Justice disregarded bis argu.
mcnt and fined him S25.
There is very valuable brick
building in Cheyenne. 4 resident
of that town noticed shining yellow
particles in the bricks, and, imagining
that the colors were gold, no took out
brick from tho wall for the purpose
of ascertatning the facts. This brick
he first pulverized, and then "panned
out" the colors. lie could not get rid
of all the dirt, and concluded to
send tIie rcsiduum to an assayer in
Denver. In few days the assay cer-
tificate arrived, and showed that there
was thirty-eight cents worth Of gold
in the brick. The gentleman then
took out two other bricks in diff
ferent parts of the building, and pull.
verified and PANIED them as he did
the first. To Same assayer gave his
certificate as follows: Sample No. l.
gold, forty-seven cents; sample No. 2.
gold, twenty-four cents. With re-
markable secrecy the gentlemen pro.
ceeded to learn whence came the
bricks. After considerable inquiry it
1aorno1 hot thu l,,.faHa
made in yard that was formerly sit
uated on Crow creek, near Cheyenne,
but which is now oblitcrated. Fur
Their investigation among tho oldest
residents diyulgcd the fact that pla.
Ger mining was at one time carried on
along the creek.