New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-04

,re.aad ma thu more on account Of the amusins militia
erpretsons that have been made regarding ths aspsr
ous dyus mite Woman suffrage convention IN dsgass
or somothinr Of that order 10 which II has about ri
much relation a. 1t hes to the Eleusiuisn counciA"
The recent returns from the various counties
Of Iowa. the State AUDITOR Of the assessed valuation
of real property show increase Of $21e47s2l FOO
1883 as compared with 1881 The assessed values arr
more than one-thrd less than thu cash values Follow
ing are the totals for the two yesrs: 1ss1-Landa
S241, 1896, 1896; town lots $780, total 1921
079. 1883-Lands, $44O613,330i town lots, S75l
626,670; total, $516.24O0Oo
The enormous value of land In the heart Of
London has doomed another ancient relic 70 destruction
and Sion College Will disappear from London Wan
TO reappear in more commodious quarters near the
Thames Embankment The most valuable feature Of
Sion College Is library Of $4,000 volumes which q
open to all the licensed clergy of the city and s suburbs
"a we'll as to the fellows Of the college, Any clergy.
man. moreover can easily obtain the privilege Of read.
ing In the library and borrowing books The college
was founded By virtue Of letters patent granted nr
by Charles lin 1880 and afterward by Charles II IN
1864 in pursuance Of the will .of Thomas White, D. D.
canon of Christ Church, Oxford and Vicar Of St Dua-
STAINS in the West who died In 1923 The purpose Of
the founder was the erection and endowment OF college
"for corporation OF all the ministers, persons Wears
lecturers and curates within London ana suburbs
thereof AZ also for convenient howse place fasa
buy, to make convenient alnsho"sc lor b"cuye per-
sons, viz, and tence women = and In order
to carry out this project he bcqueathed sum OF $4,000
and OF &160 per annum charged on CERTAIN iands
OF which 3120 year TO be settled on the amshoue
forever.
Senator Logan, who has just returned from
his long tour IN New Mexico gives the following descrp
ton of the wonderful salt springs which be and bic
companions discovered in that Territory about twenty
miles northwest Of Moore and Casey's great ranch,
Here is salt basin about mile IN diameter, and the
waters ebb ana flow regularly do the tides Of the
When the tide goes out the edge of the basin
shows salt instead OF sand In the midst OF the lake are
three mountains 100 feet in height BY
100 feet in diameter. which apparently composed
entirely of cinder such left In ordinary crate
after the coal ID burnt One OF these forms an island 10
the middle OF the basn but the others are so situated
to be accessible when tide lie out Fortunately this
was the case when we thore, and, actuated by
desire to see all the wonders climbed to the top Of
one OF these mountains IL fonnd to be hollow just
as IL an immense funnel had been thrust into the top,
and at the bottom about eye, with the water In the
main basin outside, spring which we discovered
was of several peculiar features The water
was found TO be very strongly impregnated with salt,
and its density great that person In bathing would
find IL impossible to sink stand up In IL, or do
other than float upon its surface. The depth OF the
spring unknown, and this too, like the water In the
use of siphon hundreds OF barrels OF salt could be
obtained from this spring daily Taese springs coDsst
"A of aLout 200 acres which nave been reserved
from entry sale by the Governmen as saline LANDS