South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-05-27
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A Cannon rs Feet LoDg.-Au enor.
nous cannon, called the Lyman-II.skell
Acceierating or Mul;icharge Gun, 10 10
be made at the Scott foundry Of the Read.
Ing. Pa, Iron Works. 1t is 10 he twenty
five feet long and have bore six inches
Ia diameter. 1t is calculated that -four
or five months will be consu ned in it's
manufacture, as in making the patterns
and boring out the "Oockets," which
are located along the DO g. the greatest
accuracy will be 'equi ed. L per:s who
have seen the drawioys and have made
the sub Get OF the menu -acture CT heavy
ordnance study. have expressed the
opinion hat Tue eun w'Ii tn or q br. ,
d's.toce Of .en O. twelve m:.es. vine g..
as five miles s a good range for ue
best cannon. The charge OF powder will
he $50 pounds and the weight OF shot
loo pounds. 1t is calculated that q
shot from the gun will penetrate through
two feet Of solid wrought Iron. 1t will
be taken TO Sandy Hook when complet-
ell, where it will be thoroughly tested.
100000 BUFFALO KILLED LAST WIN.
TER.-It is estimated by competent au.
thorities that 100000 buffalo hides will
be shipped out of the Yellowstone coun.
try this season. Two firms alone, says
the Souc Cds Journal, are negotiating
for the transportation of $4,000 hides
each. When TO this is added the i'm.
mcnse amount of skins and furs Of other
kinds deer, elk, antelope, bear. beaver,
etc.-some idea may bc formed of the
extent OF tue Yellowstone pelt and fur
ira &c.
GHOST Of our citizens saw the big load
of buffalo hides that the G.. h. Peck
brought doT last season, q load that hid
everything about the boat below the
hurricane deck roof. There were TO-
600 hides in tina: load. and they were all
brought out OF the Yellowstone on one
tip, ,nd tran ST, FRED TO the c. X. Peek.
How such load could have been piled
on the little Terry not even the men on
the boat appear to know. 1t hid every
part of the boat, barring only the pilot
house and the smokestacks. Bnt such
load will not be attempted again
For such boats as ply tho Yellowstone
there are at least / 5 full loa.ls of buffalo
hides and other pets. Reckoning coo
hides TO three car loads, and adding to
this fifty cars for the other pelts, it will
take ut least three hundred and ffty
box cars to carry this stupendous bulk
OF Peitry East TO market. These figures
are not 9uesses. but estimates made by
men whose business it is to know about
the amount of hides and furs awaiting
shipment.
Nothing like it has ever been known
in the history OF the fur trade. Last
season the output Of buffalo hides was
above the average, and last year only
about 10000 hides came out OF the Vel
lowstone country, or less than third of
what is there now awaiting shipment.
"fhe past severe winter caused the
buffalo to bunch themselves in q few
valleys where there was pasturage, and
there the slaughter went on all winter.
There vas no sport about it, simply
shooting down the famine tanned ami
mails as cattle might be shot down in a
barnyard.
10 the credit of the Indians it can
be said that they killed no more than
they could save the meat from. The
greater part OF the slaughter was done
by white hunters, or butchers, rather,
who followed The business of killing and
skiuDing buffalo by the month, leaving
the carcasses to rot. When the buffalo
are all killed off, as they bid fair to be in
very few years at this rate, then every
body will wonder that the government
did not do something TO preserve this,
the noblest Of animal game, or at least
prevent the killing Of The buffalo for tie
hides alone"
MEs. BELL, wife Of the inventor Of
the telephone. is deaf mute. is fre.
qucntly tue subject Of remark that II is
most singular coincidence that the in.
ventor Of The telegraph and the inventor
Of the telephone, Professor Morse and
PTofc- sor Bell. should each have bad
deaf mute for wife. An interesting
story is told with regard 20 what inAu.