The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18
q GxNR0AL skWs.

Tho cholera is spreading in Sou
America.
The mining stock craze in san Fra
cisco still continues.
Thomas Moonlight has been sppoii
ed governor Of Wyoming.
Silver IL quoted 500 All ounce, an.
leai Sass per hundred pounds.
Tho Union Pacific has adopted the
twenty four O'Clock system Oh all its
lines.
John 4. Owens. the veteran comedian,
died u his resideucc In Baltimore. las,
twsek.
President Cleveland 10 suffering frcm
rheu0atic Gout and II may possibly l,e.
come serious.
Lord Salisbury in,imaies that ireland
! yp.sh - compelled. through coercion,
% Selu - l,s demands u EnGia,sA. -
I1ss ocean steamships krr,lewsrrs
and ilslen NicLoil collidesi of Queens.
land. resulting In the drowning Of forty
iwo EsrSoaS.
Ex.Governosnor =. ". Pitkin Is con.
line,i To his bed at Pueblo with extreme
weakness, and II Is feared lir will never
leave Il alive.
Two Of the Jurors in the Aspen min.
ing suit have become indisIo.ed--one
os them breing Harry Evans, but Is not
Considered very serious.
President Cirvcland's expression of n
desire for the negotiation of new com
nrrciai treaty with Mexico has been
well received by the prcss and govern.
n,rnt OF that country.
Patrick Riley. foreman of = gang of
men working on the Midland grade near
l.easiviil~. was instantly killed by the
explosion of n stick II giant which lie
~Aa uhawin. out over All op-n firc one
day last week.
The coolest place known Ia nj Work.
hojanck. Siberia. observations made
during issj giving tho mean trmpcra-
,asc of the year as degree Fahrenheit.
Il the month of January ~ ~ below
zero. and the lowest temperature u the
,amr mout, N ~ l~low.
J~hu liakrr. Congressman. elect from
Illinois. who defeated William Il. Nor
riSn. plead guilty tn n charge Of assault
and battery t'rfosr l,cllviilr Justice.
and was naed 81 and c'-ts. II aprars
thst = shortly after the election hc hal
IN alteration with = rvisstrr. aud
slrnek the latter with u cane. Hence
his oSesl
,Nui1a4 u. Nlnsr. the RecshlScaa
c13fssasas1 sos <ssr rsssss~ sv~n Isssss:,
lATimer and Grand COUNTIES. has ..ryed
notice On Judge ballard. his successful
r'rmpctiior, that ~ would contest his
light 10 the srai In the s~naic. The
.rpunsis of cnni~st are that t-fsons were
allowed to vote who hal not Lrcn regis
,rsesi In = certain precinct in North
Park.
The millcrs of Minneapolis are con.
s,dering = scheme To consolidate the
mills under one management II Ii =
matter which has been talked Of more
ds lcss for the past three years. II the
combination is formed tho company
soah have capital Of si0.D.uO. It
sill take In all the mills except the
Nnshburn mills which. under the will
4 the late Governor washburn. cannot
become u party 10 such All organization.
Tha4i,lcus Fowler. who died In Scy-
a,ssir. Connecticut, recently. wa, pro-
lie invcaicr. His inventions consis,
u machines for sticking pins in paper.
for manufacturing iron pins. for sorting
pins. for making pins. head and all, at n
single stroke. for making needles. for
pointing wire, for making horseshoe
nails. for sharpening bors.-clipping ma
chimes. and for stamping metal. lie
also invented reaping and binding
machine. and the sewing bird used
on ladies' work-iablcs. lie died com
pzratiyciy poor. AZ he had little business
ability.
From one ton of ordinary gas coal
may lie produced 30 pounds Of coke.
~ gallons Of ammonia water and 40
pounds Of coal tar. l,y distillat!on the
coal tar will yield On pounds Of pitch. IL
pounds Of creoso,e, II pounds Of heavy
oils, o pounds Of naphtha. . pounds Of
8 pounds OF naphthol. 2
pounds Of alazarin. = pounds solvent
naphtha. !. pounds plicnol. pound an-
rins. I pound bcnzinc. pound analine.
O.s OF q pound toluidine, 0.5 OF a pound
anthracinc. and 90 OF pound tolucne.
From the latter is obtained the sub
stance known as saccharine, which is
30 times rs sweet as the best cane
sugar.
Charley McComas did not live long
after his father and mother were killed
by the Apache, says Tombstone man.
AS soon as Judge McComas and his
wife were slain and stripped Of their
- saws this man. "uie Indians
hur H., mountains with THAR