The Mineral argus., 1885-04-23
PASSING EVENTS.

the BODY Oh fucDo luuith SuaPPe"
To "A tree, in Valencia county. An OK
animation showed that the Indian had
been fastened to the tree alive and left
there to starve.
Robbery has become SO common in
Cheyenne. Wyoming. after night-faii
that it is dangerous to traverse the
streets. A number Of vicious elements
have been notified by the authorities
to leave the place.
The president of Hartford fire In
surance company, being impressed by
the evils Of over insurance. ask Tor
legislation to forbid the payment. in
any case, Of more than three-fOurths
the amount Of the loss.
by order of the city authorities. every
saloon in Abilene, Kas., was closed y
few Sundays ago. The salOon-keepers
promptly gave expression to the gen.
eral feeling of woe by hanging heavy
folds of Grape on their closed doors.
A shark measuring fifteen feet four
and three-Quarter inches was captured
by an italian fisherman in San Fran
cisco pay. Upon being cut open It was
discovered that its stomach contained
a boot, an old hat, and a number OF
bones.
A hog was recently killed at Bloom
ing Grove. Sullivan county, New York,
and when dressed thick wire four
teen inches long was found in the
lights and pressed against the heart.
Though twisted and coiled in different
shapes and forced into the vitals. the
hog was apparently as hearty rs ever.
According to the United States sur
gcon generals annual report. the
death rate for colored troops has. for
the first time since their organization.
fallen below that for white troops.
Their mortality from respiratory af-
fcctions-usually pneumonia more
than four times as great rs that Of
white troops.
The Indiana Pharmacist says that .
woman. who has her letters directed
10 the New York post office, claims to
cure cancer by means of direct rev.
citation from her ''dear Lord" Her
circular winds up with 4: "Praise God,
from whom all blessings flow four
ounce bottles. S. eight-ouncc, 49,"
The editor says: ut will be seen that
the financial part Of the business is the
big end Of the log"
An ingenius continuance for pro-
serving the records Of ships lost at sea
has been invented by a Mr.. Duncan
Sinclair. q resident of New Zealand.
1t consists of an inner and outer case.
the lower ends of which are open and
connected by plate in the form of
ring. This has a cork filling and
separablc tube attached at its lower
end to a cap plate screwing into tho
bottom ring-shaped plate.
A person writing to an advertiser
of "a lot Of stock cheap for speculative
or schedule purposes" was informed
that certificates representing an origin
al investment of $5O.OOO in q mining
failure could bs bought for 500, and
the purchaser. In case he deemed II
worth while to turn bankrupt, might
put them in the place Of their face
amount in cash. and then inform the
creditors that they stood for . loss OF
cash."
One of the United States topograph-
ical engineers says in The Carson dp-
peal: Attention was attracted to-
ward the hot springs at Steamboat by
the discovery that cinnabar was being
slowly deposited by chemical action.
The government accordingly sent out
four of us to make typographical
survey of the locality. The survey
will embrace a tract three miles wide
by four in length. The length runs
east and west. and the wonderful
springs are in the center of the area
Wei nd that cinnabar is being depOs-
tied, and this is the only known place
in the world where the interesting pro-
cess is still going on"
Some day, writes Washington cor
respondent Of The Boston Post, Lieut..
Garlisgton will be found to have done
brave deeds and to have made a more
successful fight against the elements
than any one else who has been con-
nccted with tho signal-service Arctic
expeditions. His retreat over six
hundred miles in open boats, and the
consequent saving Of the lives OF all
his men, was pluckicr and showed
more judgement than ANYTHING done
by the last expedition. He was prac-
tically in the same situation and was
further north when his ship was lost
than Greedy was at Cape Sabine.
Greedy, too, had boats, as Darlington
had, but the latter took to them. made
his Journey and saved his men, while
Greedy knocked his boats to pieces for
fuel and lost most Of his party by
starvation"
In New York there is not much in
fluencc attached to the stage. A play
10 looked on as a advertisement. There
is no doubt that good plays create n
good tone Of thought, but they are not
calculated in this self.willed age to eff
feet a reformation in modes or man.
ncrs. People in these parts 60 to the
theater to be amused and interested,