Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-10-17


The ri er rings its regular suppy e.
drift IL brlGgs cOrdwOnd dropped from
passing vessels; piles which have rntted
away Dated away and are cruising
about TO mud decent sepulture, camp
slolIs tossed from excursion steamers,
Old boards new boards shingles. ST lis,
chips, bark old brOOms worn out scrub
bling brushes, bits of torn aud lans Ell
seine. ruuaWn, Cel.pnts. dead dogs, dead
puppies AN OcCasi ma dead horse. lie.
gally pitched at night of some New York
per: Old oXc, and barrels, old pantalOunS.
bottles some smelling Of medicine aud
others of VIII sky, corks without bolt e.,
more bottles without cOrks, hats b own
overheard, some old. some new; slrad'
10 Is, bean poles, hoop-pulcs, lunch bas'
kes. water soaked bread, empty sarline
and Lobster cans, the debris of Healing
lunch parties cabbage leaves decomposed
fruit and vegetab es, sometimes a fish
pole. with line and hDok attache | old
PAINT brushes everything ANYTHING, aud
thing cast oil, flung oil, worn oil, torn
rubOed of the world surface, in
GLIDING also Old boots aud shoes. so long
as they Oat Every morning ! INSPECT
the lit of strand near my door ~ see what
the river has brought Ii is an interesting
lottery. somctimes ] Ind lalu news
aper, akel. 10 he sure, but whc drred
ON the rOCkS il Tea S aS well aS II Just
Issued As We have 10 resu ar supply on
this bank Of the stream. news three or
four DAYS old reads Just rs well, aud
seems quite interesting until one looks
at the date. Some of tbs drift, when 1t
comes. comes 10 stay. PARTICULARLY Old
boots and shoes stuck in the mud.
| have become well acquainted by sight
with several impaired specimens re u
larry appearing before my door ut low
tide especially one gigantic boot pre-
sumahly the former property OF some
cOlossa 70 ted Jersey shadman. 4 pair
of panlaoOns cling tenaciOusly to my
beach, changing their position but little
with each tide aud having startling re.
SrmblanCe in the various attitudes of the
legs, as flung about by the waves. 10 the
lin cd part Of DIR, wned man
Did Columbus ID scoyer America
Ua all Nal lye;te
A short time ago we referred to the
violent dis ute going on in Central Amer
lea as 10 the last resting-place of olum.
bhNs A'hh 'tAAAN ~ hhA Nhbh hNlLll AhN
claimants for this honor 4 solemn con.
Claye of The representatives of various
governments recently met in san Domin 20
10 settle the natter but now another
discussion has been raised, the question
this time be ng whether Columbus ever
set foot on the American continent at ALL
1t was COMMONLY believed, and is stated
in most modern histories, that the great
navigator Ia his fourth and last voyage
landed on the coast belonging TO the
present republic of Honduras
Three years ago Don Solo, the presi-
dent OF the republic. desired tn com
mrmOrate this great event by creating a
new Administrative district at the place
and calling ii Colon But he determined
first to look into the original authorities
himself aud having done SO found reason
10 doubt The accuracy of the popular be.
lief on the sub, Having cOmmuni-
Gated his doubts 10 Ion Milla a learned
Guaemalan. who has written history Of
Central America, in which he reprOduccs
the usual statement tue latter re eN
.amined all the documents of the time aud
came TO the conclusion that an error had
arisen throug IA misrepresentation of a
sing,e pas a ein an old chrUnicler aud
that Columbus really never landed on the
continent