The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-03-26

munity from danger Of that descrip-
ton. On Oct obepS J. 1871 & the 1 great !
armory or store house to the eastsofs 81. u
Peter,s Chaps was burned to- the
ground by ia fire caused s;hY the over
heating Of the hueS Of 81 stove in !; the
Round Oh Bowy Tower mmediately
adjoining On this occasion 100, 900 4
stand Of small arms were DESTROYED
and the Great Of. w bite! Tower, as we'll
as the Jewel Tower narrowly escaped.
The Regalia,were saved mainly by! the
agility and tourageo Of q snperintend-
.ent Of the Metropo litan Police, Mr..
iPierse, who sque ezing himself through
q small aperture hastily made BY
crowbars in the iron grating Of the
roomsin! which the Jewels were kept,
handed out the Various articles, of fhe 4
Regalia, remaining at his post. at: the
risk Of his life until they we're ali
rescued. q <. SSl
The site of the structnre covers
about twelve acres Of ground and is
surrounded by a moat, which for the
past forty years has been occupied as
a garden. On the river side,i an en-
trance called the Traitors Gate..,,,''t
through which disting uished person
ages were conveyed in boats after their
Mt n cate, misnamed through which l before
Went Sydney, Russell, Raleigh, Cranmer, More.
Within the famous structure are nu-
merous buildings, Including the Bar
racks, Armory, Jewel-house, White
! Tower, St. Peters Tower, Bloody
Tower, where Richard 4 III. murdered
his nephews; the Bowyer Tower, whore.
the Duke of Clarence was drowned ina
butt Of Malmsey !; the Brick Tower, in
which Lady Jane Grey was confined;
the Beauchnmp Tower, 1.-The prison of
Anne Boleyn, and numerous other
buildings. In addition to the ToWer's
original use as a fortress, it, was !: the.
residence Of the monarchas Of England
down to the time of Eliza beth !, and q,
prison for state criminals, and tnnmer-
GUS are the kings, queens, warriors
and statesmen who have NOT only been
imprisoned but murd ered within its
Il walls. The histories; of Lady Jane
Grey, Catherine II Howard; Annie
\ Boleyn, Sir Walter Raleig Lord VIII
liam Russell, the Protecto Somerset,
Sir Thomas More, William Wallace.
+ and King John of France live in the!
rememb erance Of every hist rical read
j er. Queen Elizabeth, ssArmory filed;
with. arms and relics, Is located within
the walls Of the w hite Tower, which
are fourteen feet thick. & The room in
which Sir Walter Raleigh was immured
is here shown; he was confined three
different times in the Tower. and here
4 his son Carew was born. Lion Tower,
4 on the right, was for 600 years the
Z royal menagerie; the few animals re-
manning were removed to the Zoologi-
4 cal Gardens in the reign of William W.,
The jewel house known as the Wake
4 field Tower, which has apparently es-
capped injury, contains all the. crown
/: Jewels Of England; they are enclosed
in an immense case. Prominent among
n them is the crown made for the cOrO-
nation Of Queen Victoria Vi to g an e I, $
3 pense of about $500, 000. Among the
profusion of diamonds lis the large
ruby worn BY the Black Prince; the
4 crown made for the coronation of
II Charles IL; the crown of the Prince of
Wales and that Of the late Prince Com
+ sort; crown made for the coronation
Of the Queen Of James H., also her
ivory, sceptre. The coronation spoon;
z and bracelets royal spurs, swords of
I Mercy and Justice, are among the
i other Jewels. Here, too, is the silver
i gilt baptismal font, in which is deposi-
b ted the christening water for the royal
children, and the celebrated Koh-i-
moor diamond. the present property of
Queen Victoria, and the object of
great interest at the great exhibition
% ii HYDE Park in 1851. Ii formerly be-
longed to Runieet Singh, chief Lahore,
4 and was called the "a 0nnt tain Isl Of
Il Light. ~ !.
The Oldest portion Of the TOT is
the isolated square, keep OF donjon in
the centre, called the lite Tower,
4 built BY William 4 the sConqueror in
aIO7S;a the architect being Bishop: Gun:
olph, OF Roehes This, as STATED,
was 4 the scene of the exp osion and
wreck. The structure was refaced and
the Windows mo- ernized BY Wren, hut
Al its interior remains 81 pretty much as
5 originally constructed. winding
stairway at the corner, at the foot ,s q .
which the murdered princes were
found, leads to the Chapel of st. John,
long used, as well as other chambers,
as place Of deposit for record .bnt
now. removed. 1t is one of the best
preserved OF and oldest spec imens! Of
Of early Norman style in Britain, plain
and massive piers supporting round
arches and q barrel vault; Ihe, east a