, 1884-02-28
Picki1gss


an English local preacher, preached
the first Methodist sermon on Amer
lean soil.
Peace if possible, justice at any
rat" IS what Wendell phillips WIS
most fond Of prefixing to his sigma
tTe for autograph collectors.
General Butler has written a letter
to an Erie man III which he states
that he is out of politics for good
He means for the country's good, 30
doubt
The truth cannot be burned. be
headed or crucificd. \ lie on the
throne is Il lie still; and the lie on the
throne is on the way to defeat. and
the truth in the dungeon is ON the
way 10 victory
\ large number Of men en- route
for the Cmur dAlcuc mines have
turned back from Ratldrum, Idaho.
At that point there are twenty men
for every bed. The suffering the
present cold snap IS very great.
The Bradstreet mercantile agency
reports twelve failures in the Pacific
coast states and territories for the
week ending 2lst inst, as against
seventeen for the previous week, and
ten for the corresponding week of
1883.
An ape in the London Zoo is de
clared TO be the most extraordinary
ape ever seen i'll Europe 1t is ID
male bald-headed chimpanzee," pos
sesslng great intelligence The re
port that it Will visit America on
lecturing tour lacks confirmation.
The battle flag OF Grants first
regiment is so riddled with bullets
that it will hardly hold together. \
hentuckian thinks that the confed-
crates committed a great military
error in firing at the flag Instead of
banging away at the old man.
himself.
In Matches valley, near Yakima
City, VT, there was made last sea
son more than 1000 gallons Of sor-
ghum syrup. 1t was an experiment
that will be followed another year.
Twenty-four wagons with eighty
persons came last summer from Tex
as, and the Immigrants are scattered
around III this valley and in KittItas
4 NEBRASKA farmer has sued
young man for fuel. board and other
articles consumed while the defend
ant was sparkling" his daughter
This VIII prove an awful warming to
the rural swains who take 10 thought
Of time in this fuvorite country pas
time and VIII give the American
perent some hold on the girl Of the
period.
George C.Gorham has retired from
journalism, and has left Washington
foT New York, where he will associate
with capitalists who control the
Drawb2Ugh telephone inventions.
For several years he has been editor
ial writer or the Washington RepuG-
iicGn. He has peculiar force in
writing and figured conspicuously
in California politics, aspiring to the
EJyernorshiF, but falling in that
ambition, after which he removed to
Washington. He became secretary
Of the United States Senate. welded
a strong Influence in tae minor
parts Of national legislation, met with
some political TeyGTses, conceutrat-
ed his efforts on his newspaper work.
and finally turns TO Il less exalted but
probably more profitable purpose
lie Is remarkable for shTawdnes5
and energy.
The statement madc by Afr. How
ard that work Oh the standard gauge
railroad between Seattle and Black
river junction would be commenced
at once and proceed 10 completion
was received about town yesterday
with evident satisfaction. The work
has been long and inexpIicably delay
ed. and now that it l. to be com
meGcgd and carried to completion so
that trains may run through to
Seattle from halama, IL really begins
to look as If something Of 4 Daima-
ueu$ character Is TO be ACCOMPLISHED
by IT, Il viii cost bat little to com
plcte the work as all the ties and
rails are distributed to Black river.
y itt:u the next four weeks, should
the weather be az all favorable. We
shuH see the connecting link an ac-.
fact Seattle Chroui-ic.
The Kansas City Tins sees in the
call for Il national Convention Of pro
a Pittsburg, on the DIST
OF May, the knell of the republican