New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-29


in Canada. had then joined Riel and taken hand
in the fight at Batouche But alas for the historical
value of this information. there is not a word OF
truth in it, Captain Aylward is here IN Ncw-York.
Since he came to this country he has not been out
of it, Instead of helping Rel, he has been continu-
ously occupied in the prosaic task of making liv-
ing, and has tried all sorts of ways of doing it.
What he is after at present. lie says is not lighting.
but money.
If Secretary Manninqs time is to be taken up
comforting with His Fosslian Majesty at Grey
stone, Cleveland had better appoint Minister Resi-
dent for that court.
1t is to he hoped that the persons who fishing
with dynamite at Claverack will be detected and
severely punished. No could well do more
than they are doing to ruin fishing ground. The
explosion of a cartridge beneath the surface of the
water not only kills or stuns a few fine fish that
may be near, but it is still surely fatal to the
little fish yet large enough to be of value and to
the eggs The practice can only be compared to
cutting down a tree to get at the fruit
While the monthly magazines are deyotng their
pages to historical discussions by actual performers
in various interesting real life dramas, them
should cap the climax of enterprise by securing a
series of articles from each member of the Cabinet
on the question: /" Which of Us is the Worst Blum
dererp Few contemporaneous problems offer such
wide room for research and speculation
Decidedly the worst news Of the past week, if not
exaggerated, is gwen in Western dispatch which
states that millions of grasshOppers are coming
out Of the ground" in the region from which those
pests start on their destructive Eastern tour. But
It late in the season for the grasshOppers
to out, in localities far south as the Arkan
sas River, that the dispatch may reasonably be re-
glrded with hopeful distrust The Insects that are
Matched below the 10th parallel after May are apt
to be more numerous an destructive in the neigh
borhood OF the wheat pit in Chicago than anywhere
else.
1t is rumored that the fetes in honor of Sunset
Cox are not getting along with eatire smoOthness.
tie should visit the Hon. Jimmie Oliver and see how
thoroughly systematzed that kind of thing is in
Paradise Park.
The City of Kingston presents tho odd spectacle of
a memorial service on Decoration Day at which
several notorious Copperheads booked 10 deliver
oratons IN honor of the heroic dead. THIS is the
work Of Democrat who las managed to get
control Of the Grand Army Post there If the Cop
perheads are 10 be employed TO insult the memory
of dead patriots it would be better to give them
llhSlOHS dDIOIu anu BcJ lHbu Oub VI bhO CohhNl1'
rh is a time when the people must content them
selves with the least of probable evils
The citizens of the little village of Magnolia, Mo-,
are wildly disturbed. They no longer sit in groups
on the streets, whiting aud settling the affairs of
the Government On the contrary, they are
hustling around in the performance Of public duty
that appeals TO the conscience of every man. 1t
seems that some temperance people have succeeded
in passing prohbitory law for the town. This
was n calamity of course but the intelligent tOpers
of tine village soon bit npon a beautiful scheme to
get around it, Local sentiment allowed the liberal
use of wh,key in the of snake bites and 1t was
surprising how soon many people were unfortunate
enough to he bitten by snakes But in the midst OF
this saturnalia of whskey and snakes came a doctor
ono of those new-fangled smart fellows who know
it all-and knocked the whiskey cure theory higher
than Gilderoy kite, by curing snake bites in an
other way. Hence the anarchy IN the hearts of the
cll-tmers when they looked at the nefarious work
of this bold man. A meeting was held, IN which
speeches were made denouncing him. and warning
him TO leave tho town. He has not left, and the
end is not yet But the doughty citizens are deter
mined that science shall not be allowed to destroy
their dearest privileges.