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Tho Haytian Army.

Ignorance and vanity are the prevail
ing traits of the Haytian soldier, from
General to private, and indeed are marked
characteristics of vast majority of the
people. The average Haytian is an Afri-
can savage, with French veneer. The
Minister of War, in a report on the army
published in 1867, placed its numerical
strength at 10000 men, of which number
1880 were general officers, staff aud regi-
mental officers, and G,50O were private
soldiers. As each revolution brings forth
fresh batch of officers and kills off a
number of private soldiers, the propor-
ton Of officers to privates has not been
materially changed. The nominal pay OF
a private is So q year, but even this amount
cannot always be collected from the pay
master. BY an order of President Hip
polyte no regiment is permitted to re-
main in the same post for a longer period
than one month, for fear that the soldiery
may conspire against the Government
with disaffected civilians. - Harper S
Weekly.
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THE ST CLAIR TUNNEL.
One of the Great Engineering Feats {
the Day.

the Day.
The ST. Clair tunnel has been con-
structed under the river of that name. at
the foot Of Lake Huron, for the purpose
OF superseding the ferryboatS which have
hitherto conveyed the trains of the Grand
Trunk route across that river.
The actual tunnel itself under the river
Is 6,O26 feet long. II is lined throughout
with solid castiron plates, bolted together
III segmentS-each segment being five
feet long, eighteen inches wide and two
inches thick, with tlanges five inches
deepi the whole thing weighing 28OO0
tons. The bolts and nuts for CONNECTING
the segments together weigh 1000 900
pounds. The permanent way through
the tunnel Is laid with steel rails, weigh
ing 100 pounds to the lineal yard. The
interior diameter of the tunnel is twenty
I feet, and ample means have been pro-
yIded :or thorough ventilation. and for
lighting 1t throughout, when required. bv
the electric light. The road is practically
level under the river, with approaches at
each end on gradients of l in so. The
total length of the tunnel and approaches
is II ,553 feet.
The tunnel was constructed bv means
of heavy wrought iron shields, with
sharp edges, fifteen feet three inches long
and twenty-Cne feet six inches in diam
eter. Each shield was pushed forward
by twenty-tour hydraulic rams. the bar
rel of each ram being eight inches in
diameter, with stroke of little more
than eighteen inches. Each ram eyer
cised a force ofl25 tons.
From the date when the shields were
first lowered in position at the portals to
the meeting of the shields III the tunnel.
the time occupied in constructing the
tunnel was twelve months. The cost OF
the tunnel proper was 81 10000.
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New Incorporatfons.

The following articles of incorporation
were filed in the Secretary of States
office yesterday:
Ruby Mining and Milling Company of
San Francisco. Capital stock, $4,000.
Directors-Paul Seller, John w. Searen,
w. c. Corbett, L. e. Lee and f. NJ.
Lee.
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church, abbreviated 4. NJ. Z. u. c. of
Fresno. Directors S. A. Knox, J. c..
Pegram, John i. Bost, J. P. Phillips,
Douglass Hargrave, A. L. Most and Allen
Lawrence.
Francisco. Capital stock, S3,Sl5. Di-
rectors-A. Nachman, +. Steel, G.. Alli-
son, II. Sultan, Leonard Haas, Pane
Steel and O, I'll. Bogart
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''What hymn did I understand you to
say2' inquired the Sunday school
teacher of the young lady who presided
at the melodeon, and who had Just asked
him TO close the service, the superintend-
ent being absent.
Sing half of 246,'' she answered. smil-
ing at his nervousness and confusion.
I'VE will now close by singing he
said, addressing the school-"by singing
hymn 123."--Harper's Bazaar.
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THE MERCURY.
A Cool Wave Sends 1t Down all Over
the Country.

the Country.
The weather reports for yesterday show
quite a change in the temperature over
what it was for the twenLy-four hours
preceding, not only for the vicinity of
Sacramento, but for the entire country
from the Pacific Ocean eastward to the
Mississippi River, and from the Straits of
Juan del Fuca to the Pass of Tehachapi,
being an area Of many thousand miles
whose temperature WAS reduced in one
night from 4 TO 20o. The mercury fell at
Cheyenne TO within o. of the freezing
point, and no doubt frost was visible in
the early morning over the country
around the windy city of the plains
(Cheyenne).
The highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday in this city were but So and
66o, as against So and 57' for a CORE
spending date last year.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago to-day were 92o and 620.
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Captain sam's Successor,

The several hundred Piute Indians who
are employed on the hop-ranch of J.
Camp, near Brighton, and who oper,,
under the direction of Captain Sam, who
is the chief of that tribe, are having a
grand jollification. The cause is that one
of his daughters has given birth to son,
who is now the heir apparent to the chief
taincY of the Piutes.
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Real Estate Transfer.

The following real estate transfer has
been recorded since our last report:
w. H. Devlin, receiver in the case of
Nellie Fox VS.. J. A. Parker, r. c. Doug
lass and /. S. Taylor, defendants, and
National Bank Of d. .. Mills 81 Co., in
tervenor, to Mrs. Nellie Fox-Block X
and Y, Twenty seventh and Twenty
eighth streets 81 .g29
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BACK AT WORK.
The Dissatisfied Car-Builders Are
ApDeased.


The difficulty at the railroad shops. oc-
casioned by the refusal of the carpenters
in the car-building department to work
under the new contract schedule, has
been amicably settled.
Both sides acted very fairly toward
each other, and there was no cIashing.
The new schedule was simply an expert
ment, and when the men became aware
that they were falling short Of their usual
wages they complained to the company.
They stated that they were willing to
work In crews of six, and turn out cars
for $40 each-a raise of s. per acre.
James Smith and John Stock. as a com
mittee from the carpenters, went to San
Francisco and laid the matter before Col
onel Crocker, who, upon hearing their
statements, acceded to their request and
telegraphed to the shops here to allow the
request of the men. Upon the return OF
the committee, and a statement that this
amicable adjustment had been arrived at.
the men resumed work Immediately.
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The Woman Dies.

The Chinese woman who took an over
dose of opium on Tuesday afternoon died
yesterday at noon. Her husband arrived
here from San Francisco on Wednesday
night, and the Chinese occupants Of the
brothel did everything they could to
keep the woman alive.
The body was taken in charge by the
Coroner
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AVOIDING ARREST
Capitol Park Watchman Mccarthy
Leaves the City.

Charles Mccarthy, the special officer at
Capitol Park, has not put i'll an appear
ance nor reported for duty since his en-
counter on Wednesday morning with a
Chinaman. The supposition is that he
has left the city for good.
All the members of the Capitol Com
mission are not in the city at present,
but at the next meeting it is expected
that McCarthy's successor will be elected.
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was filed in the Superior Court yesterday.
The total value of the estate is appraised
ut S34, ,753 81, and consists of money, the
homestead at Seventh and Fl streets and
outstanding promissory notes.
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HR HAS A PARTNER.
Otherwise Manager McCIoskey Would
be Happy,
McGuirk and He Do Not Look Through
the Same Glasses-A Ball Game
Here This Afternoon.

Manager Harris and his aggregation of
baseball stars from the metropolis will
arrive here this noon and proceed to the
ball park to entertain the Sacramento
experts for nine innings in competition
with the Senator'S
Darby will pitch for the Sacramentos
and Cobb for the San Franciscos. 1t will
be the first appearance of the former in
this city, and before the week is out the
players predict that he will be a great
favorite. he is quick, has more speed
than any pitcher in the league, and is a
man generally calculated to inspire gin
ger'' into a team.
To-day's competing teams will be made
up as follows:
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The latest fad is to have yourself and
your family photographed on your cups.
This is better than being photographed
in your cups.
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Corner and Fifth Streets, Sacramento.
CENTRALLY LOCATED AND CONVFN-
- tent TO ali places of amusement The best
family hotel in the city, The table always
supplied with the best the market affords
Street cars from the depot pass the door every
five minutes. Meals, % cents
Q. n. EINLELEION Prnnrietnr
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RoBRRT ALLEN.s EsTATR.

1t Foots Up the Very Snug sum of
About $50 900.
An inventory and appraisement of the
estate of Robert Allen, who was muir
dered by garroters several months ago,
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. y n.
McCloskey and McGuirk are at logger
heads. The former has found out that
'BeeSie'' does not know how to captain a
team, and has tried to give him some ad
vice; but as McGuirk has good deal to
say i'll the management of the club, he
pays no attention to what McCloskey
says, and tells him to mind his own
affairs and he tMcGuirk) will attend to
the fielding and batting of the team.
There has got to be change some
where" says McCIoskey, "and that right
away. Why, we're doing a fine business,
even though we are playing losing ball,
and what ought the proceeds to be when
we shall be winning games? don't like
to say anything TO McGuirk, because he
has as much to say as myself, but he has
either got TO do different or we can't get
along together"
The fact of the matter is that McCloskey
and McGuirk will never work together
harmoniously. The former is of nerv-
Gus disposition, while McGuirk is a
happy-go-lucky sort of fellow, who has
more time than money, and never wor-
care now whether he plays ball or sits
down and watches the game. He is a
'magnate" at present, and directs mat
ters with a wave Of the arm.
Holiday is in Sacramento looking for
work. He is only an average outfielder,
but his hitting is his main forte. II was
his batting that won more than half the
games for Stockton last year.
IN honor Of BaltimOre's three victories
over st. Louis, Captain Van Haltren's
picture was given in fire at ''The Siege Of
Vera Cruz at Baltimore the other even
ing. 1t was the first time in the history
of baseball that Baltimore had ever done
anything like that, and her people took
quick possession Of the opportunity to
celebrate
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FREMONT HOTEL,
MRS. z. BRYDING, Sole Proprietor.

NEWLY FURNISHED AND RENOVATED
~ fine family hotel; woil-supplied table;
airy rooms; terms moderate; accommo dations
excellent. 1l2 and ia J street. ap4-Sm
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WINDSOR HOTEL

Corner Eighth and j streets.
TWENTY-FIVE NEW ROOMS JUST
L added ana complete for occupancy. New
furniture, carpets, etc. Best accommodations
TOR families. Terms moderate. Electric cars
pass the door every six minutes.
se2-f NEARY II FLAHERTY, Props
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PACIFIC HOTEL.

EINE COMMERCIAL LUNCH SERVED
Il daily from ! a, NJ. TO . z. N.
aul9u SILNEY & MONTENEGRO, Props.
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Changes patlp fpr the sern Gloass.

GD BLANKETS!
Our fall stocks Of Blankets
are now in. The assortment is
large. For quality and sizes the
prices are lower than ever before.
Not one lot but what possesses
extra value:
No. r-Blue Ridge Kersey Blanket full size weight
pounds, s. So
No. Ozark Gray Wool Blanket full size, weight OK
pounds Sf 774 pounds So So
No 3Prinston Blue Kersey Al-vool Blanket 81 pounds
So
No. 4-Baken Silver Gray Wool Blanket IA weight o.
pounds So 25
No. 5-San Diego Scarlet Blanket guaranteed warp and
filling all pure WOOL 1914 SO So
No. 6-San Diego Scarlet Blanket guaranteed all pure
woe, extra large size, I2-i weight OF pounds s. So
No. White Wool n-4 Blanket superior quality weight
pounds 81
No. S-Ths is Extra-large Fine Al-woOI Gray Blanket
(made by l. Walker WOodland) weight 1o}s pounds
size Io-4 Price s. So
No. 0-The Eureka Brown Blanket 4Sx6S suitable for
three-quarter beds cots saddle blankets 81 Ok
Large variety Of COmforterS from 75c to s.
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UNION HOTEL.

THE LEADING HOUSE OF SACRA.
L mento, Cal Meals 2 8 cents WAI LAND,
Proprietor. Free bus to and from hotel
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THE SADDLE ROCK
Restaurant and Oyster House.

TIRST-CLASS HOUSE IN EVERY RE-
L spect. Ladies' dining-room separate Open
day and night. BUCkMANN & CARRA-
CHER, Proprietors. No. 1919 Second street.
between and X. Sacramento,
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FSLUNE & FLOBERG
J
VAT
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second Street, J and x.
CONDUCTED ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN.
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dAS t DAVIS Furniture and Carpets.
US 4" Wall Paper Of Ali Kinds Send for Price List
FNLUNE

a11-A1s x srteet. Sacramento.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-27
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.

A Virginia boy gets drunk by inhaling
the fumes of gasoline.
F. +. Blair, u pioneer Milwaukee bust
ness man, is dead at the age of &C.
School Board Treasurer Doerfiinger,
Of Pittsburg, Is defaulter to the extent
Of ss0,0oo
Kittie Cole, an ls-year-old girl of Potts
town, Pa, has died from the effects Of
tight lacine.
j. NJ Shelly, one of the oldest residents
of Keokuk, Ia, and prominent in busi
ness and politics, is dead.
Walt Whitman is completely paraly zed,
and while he may live for years is in dam
ger OF dying at any moment.
As result of two weeks nearly con-
tinuous rain many Of the rivers of Eng
land are out of their banks.
Unthreshed wheat to the extent Of % to
80 per cent. in Kansas fields has been
damaged by wet weather, so that IL is al
most ruined.
Ellen Cadigan, of Fitchburg, Mass
kissed her friend Mrs Boyce on sleep
ing car at Fitchburg and then fell dead.
Heart disease.
Colonel j. NJ. Weaver, Sunday school
superintendent, temperance lecturer, and
editor, Of Van Buren, Ark, is missing,
and SO is large amount of settlers
money.
Daisy Lee, beautiful 17-year-old girl,
committed suicide at st. Mary's w. Va,
because she had been reproved by her
father for accepting the attentions of q
young man.
A vein of natural gas has been struck
on the farm Of S. A. Hyde, at Rising,
lis, while boring for water, at a depth Of
los feet. throwing gravel aud water to q
height of thirty feet.
Herman Hoffer, Of Trenton. n J., is
but years old, yet he acts like young
man of 20, has a full blown mustache, can
lift 200 pounds and is terror when at
home. He is in the reform school,
The office of street railway in Omaha
was raided by burglars The superin-
tendent and two assistants were kept
quiet by leveled rcvolvers while the safe
was blown opened and 81. 200 secured.
The war record board reports that
twenty-one books of war history have
been printed during the past year and
four more put in type. This brings tho
history of the military operations in put
ting down the rebellion to the close of
the Wilderness campaign.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-27
A Knock-out Fight in Wisconsin.

MILWAUKEE. Oct. 2Z-Ed Kinney, the
Wisconsin middleweight, was knocked
out in the fifth round Sunday by Joe
Tansey, Of Memphis, at Attention, Wash
ington township. In the first round, be-
fore hall dozen passes had been made,
Tansey struck Kinney in the jugular and
he went down like a log. After taking
punishment on the jaw and neck for
three more rounds Kinney entered the
ring in the fifth to receive repetition of
his experience in the first. and his seconds
were compelled to carry him out.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-27
NO DEPRESSION ON THIS FARM
A Missouri Granger Who Seems to Have
Done Pretty Well.

Done Pretty Well.
BUTLER, Mo-, Oct. 27.-Captain John
Scarce, who lives just across the line in
Cass county, in Everett township, has a
farm of $50 acres, and had 100 in wheat
and the same area in corn. His wheat
has been threshed and his corn has now
been cut and is in shock. From the hun
dred acres OF wheat land the captain re-
ceived total of $500 bushels of wheat,
which he sod at the railroad for IS cents
bushel, bringing him in s2,975 His
corn field has been estimated by those
who are good judges to have an average
yield of fifty bushels to the acre, which,
IL the estimate holds out, will amount TO
at least $500 bushels of grain, worth not
less that so cents per bushel, or total of
s., $50 making total of IS, 725 for the 600
acres.
Pretty Good Interest on the Capital.
In addition to this grain the captain has
twenty acres in hay. and has an orchard
of twenty acres full of bearing trees,
which this year are loaded down with
fruit. He has feed lot in which fifty
head of cattle are ready to be fattened.
while his wife and daughters have poul-
try yard that is one of the best in the
state, and which nets them enough every
year to pay more than the ex-
penses of the household The captain es-
Inmates this year that his farm of $50
acres, which he considers worth SIS an
acre. or a total of 24.0o0, will net him,
over and above all expenses, not less than
SO, 600, which he thinks cannot be equaled
by any kausas farm, no matter where it
lies
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-27
SAUCE FOR CHILLI.
a Rather Cold Dose for the
Junta's Benefit.
EGAN TALKS SOME UNITED STATES.

Duly Notified That Uncle Sam Feels .
Little Hot Under the Collar and Wants
Some Explanation Ouick-ATeged Re-
marks of an Official at Washington
Julio Foster Criticises the Haste of the
Washington Administrations Patience
Urged and Justice Promised-BIaine at
His Post-Omcial Items.
dispatch from Santiago, Chill, says:
Acting on instructions from Washington
Minister Egsn yesterday, after making brief
but pointed summary OF all the facts involved
in the recent trouble formally demanded rep
aration from the government of Chilli. Mr..
Egan expressed in distinct terms the feeling
of great Indignation which the state depart
ment at Washington feels over the whole az
fair, and informed the junta that this is no in
formal suggestion; that his government ex-
poets some kind Of satisfaction for the assault
npon the Baltimores crew, and demands an
Immediate explanation Of the whole affair
and reparation for the injuries inflicted. The
opinion prevails among foreign ministers that
the junta will Immediately make the repara-
ton demanded. The sympathy of the foreign
residents is entirely with Captain Schley, and
Minister Egan's action gives general satisfac-
lion.
Has Expressed No Regret.
MI ESdn referred especially 10 tne brutal
conduct of the police at Valparaiso, in joining
with the mob in the latters' attack upon the
Baltimore's seamen and in drawing their bay
onets and using them against the unarmed
Americans Mr.. Egan also particularly called
attention to the additional brutality of the
police of Valparaiso in using horses to drag the
Americans to prison. Chilians try TO smooth
over the assault upon and imprisonment of
the American sailors by CHASING it simple
street row. Up to the present time the junta
has expressed no regret for the attack made on
the American sailors.
Another View of the Affair.
state department official in this city
is alleged to have made the following
remsrks anent the affair:
The situation has never been serious. There
was saloon quarrel down there in which
some Of our sailors appear to have got the
worst of it, and that is all the matter. There
has never been the slightest reason to doubt
that the Gillian government would investigate
the emeute and take the proper action after
ascertaining the facts. Both Captain Schley
and Minister Egan have seized this incident
and made it pretext for embittering our
government against the Chilians by coloring
their reports to show that the authorities
winked at the assault and were not disposed to
punish the offenders.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-27
larger sum IS required rp carry them INTO
effect Besides Tins &yoU, UUU VIII be ap-
propriated by the states for independents


Fire in the Pension Ofiee Building
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Early yesterday
fire was discovered in the basement of
the pension Office building. An alarm
was turned in and the firemen worked for
an hour before the fire was all out. Not
much damage was done as the flames
were confined to one room which is used
as receptacle for waste paper, and was
probably caused By spontaneous combus.
ton
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-27
The Loss of the pispatch.

WASHINGTON, Oct 27.-The court Of in
quiry. Captain Sicard president, to ascer-
tain the responsibility for the loss Of th>
United States steamer Dispatch on ASA
league shoals, Va, met at the navy yard
here yesterday. Lieutenant Cowles and
Lieutenant Mulligan, of the Dispatch,
were present and made statements giving
the details of the loss.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-27
Bids for Ocean MaiI servIc..

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Bids were opened
by the postmaster general yesterday under
the act of March 8. 1891, providing for the
proposed ocean mail service between ports
OF the United States and foreign ports
Thirteen bids were received, with offers
ranging from 65 2-3 cents to a per mile
for tee different classes and routes.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-27
THINKS UNCLE SAM TOO HAsTY
A Citizen of Chill Gives His Views on the
Difficulty.

A Citizen of Chill Gives His Views on the
Difficulty.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-A correspondent
called at the Chilian legation Sunday
Don Pedro Moutt, the junta representa-
tive, was absent from the city, but the
legation is kept open by Mr.. julio Foster.
who wanted it distinctly understood that
be is not in any way officially connected
with the legation, but simply private
citizen of Chilli. Referring to telegram
stating that his son would have charge Of
the investigation into the recent attack
on American sailors at Valparaiso, he
said he expected as much, and added:
The Inquiry in Good Hands.
He is the criminal Judge in Valparaiso, and
more just, honorable and honest man does not
live. ! never believed the repoft that the
Chilian government had taken no steps to fer
ret out the perpetrators of the outrage, il it
was an outrage. Such report is an insult to
Chilian justice have believed all along that
the facts in the matter have been exaggerated.
The row evidently occurred In q saloon. Fights
between American sailors. and, in fact, those
of any foreign country, and the Chilians are
by no means infrequent.
Premature Talk of War.
The United States Cover nment has been
little hasty, think Has it any right to de-
mand an indemnity before the crime is
proven? The trouble is that the Chilian people
are not understood in this country, a fact
which is due to meagre information contained
in the ordinary textbooks about that country
and its inhabitants. The talk about war being
declared against Chi Ii if she does not make an
apology and give money indemnity for the
lives lost is. | think premature. These mat
ter viii all be Strengthened in the most hon
orable way to both countries.
A Little Patience n ecessary.
There is no doubt that the United States
could come around the HorL and eat Us up,
but in doing so she would find the whole of
South America with the exception of Brazil,
arrayed against her. What then would be-
come of that great scheme Of reciprocity that
seems 70 be the pet idea of this government?
But the idea of a war over a common street
row is absurd Have little patience. and
give Chill chance.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-10-27
Earthquake Eject. ON Arte.Ian weIl,y

JERsEYvILLE, Ills, Oct. 25.-The earth
quake which recently unsettled this part
Of the state played havoc with artesian
wells. The deep well ct this place still
supplies q fow, but at Carrcllton the pipe
has broken and . cement formed over the
lower valve Of the pump so that no water
flows nor can the pump be raised, the
,and having cemented about the lower
end a. compact as stone.