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about $4,000, insurance $1,000.
Arrangements have been made in
Lake Valley for supporting a public
school. A school district has been or
gained containing A scholars Of school
age.
The Atlantic and Pacific railroad
company has reduced passenger fare
oyer its line to eight cents pet mile, and
promises a further reduction 10 six
cents on the first OF April.
Governor Downey has published a
card IN which he scouts at the tramp
theory Of the Tehachipa disaster, and
charges it to the caTelessne5s of the en-
ployes. He announces his intention OF
SUNG for heavy damages.
1t rs thought that the rush to Alaska
will thoroughly drain the mining pOpu-
lalion of the Pacific slope of all surplus
labor before another year, unless some
extraordinary excitement should be
created by new discoveries neal home.
The village heretofore known as
"CoOper City," on the Pecos river,
where the new and rich copper strike
was made, is 10 be known hereafter as
Hamilton, and a petition has been
forwarded to Washington asking for a
semi-weekly postal route from Glorieta
to that place.-New Mexican.
On the morning of the first instant,
wheel mill number four of the Ameri,
can Powder company's works at Ac on,
Mass exploded with terrific force,
shaking the houses for many miles
around and demolishing wooden frame
buildings, as well as damaging four
buildings for the company. No work
men were killed or injured. The loss
is considerable.
One Of The queer things about the
Mexican mail service is that if you post
a letter in that country addressed to
any post-oiiice in Mexico, it costs you
twenty-five cents; whereas you can
send a letter from any part of the
United States to the same ofice for five
cents. For instance, you mail a letter
ut FL Paso del Norte for chihuahua
and you pay twenty-five cents postage;
If you post it in FL PasO 1t goes for five.
On the night of the 3lst ult., at Crest
ed Buttes, Colorado, occurred the most
serious snow-slide ever recorded in the
Gannison country. Near the works OF
the anthracite coal mines, about three
miles northwest Of the town, the slide
struck a building containing thirty
men, crushing 1t TO atoms and hurting
it with its occupants down the noun
tain side, killing seven. men and fatally
injuring four. At Silverton, near the
Yankee Girl, a slide killed Tom Bren-
an, and covered up another man. Ten
mules were killed by the same slide.
The first of the month witnessed Sc
we're storms of snow, sleet and rain in
the north and east, causing much dam
age and delay IN travel by rail. ana
breaking telegraph lines in many
places, AT one time only one wire
was working between Chicago and
New York, and that under frequent
interruptions. Northern Ohio gener-
ally, is flooded, Cleveland apparently
being IN the center of the deluge. AT
Akron, the little Cuyalloga rose three
feet in three mlnuets, being i've times
its usual volume, submerging most OF
the factories in that section and food.
ing the New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio Valley railway tracks, doing great
damage. The storm extended over the
greater portion of western Illinois, and
was most disastrous to railroads and
telegraph lines. The railroads IN Hi
nois especially were blocked. but few
trains attempting to run into Chicago
OF the Bird. The roads running east and
west through Minnesota were obliged
to temporarily abandon all efforts look
ing towards opening west of Min
nesota river. Wyoming experienced
the heaviest nOw storm in the history
of the territory. The trains on the
Union Pacific were biockaded in the
Rocky mountains for forty-eieht hours.
AT Cleveland, Ohio, on The 3rd inst,
$1,000 barrels of petroleum were de-
stroyed by fire, the loss being estimated
at about $4,000. Early in the morn
ing the water In a small creek called
Kingsbury run. rose far beyond its uSu,
al height and spread over hundreds of
acres of low land surrounding a leaky
petroleum still of the Standard oil
works, located at a considerable dis
lance above the cOmpany's man works.
The escaping oil and refuse was swept
down the stream and carried under the
boilers OF the Great Western oil works,
which were nearly submerged. The
oil ignited and floated to "A tank con-
tainlng five thousand barrels of crude
petroleum which took fire and explod
ed with violence. spreading oil IN all di-
recti0ns, some being carried to Mer-
Ram 4 M0rgan'S works below, which
also fired. Continuing down
stream the flaming food attacked the
works of the Standard oil company,