The Van Buren press., 1895-09-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


"a man named William Hare Slxaegs
has been In Jail at Brownsville. Ky.
several months charged with tho
murder of missing citizen of that
place. A few days ago the missing
man returned to Brownsville in the
best of health, and naturally was
amazed At bearing Of the jeopardy
Skaggs had been in on his account
How slraegs and the police feel about
the case is not related. -
Alaska papers tell Of . traveller
named Clifton who few weeks. ago
was making preparations In Juneau for
. journey up tho Yukon river. which
he intends shall extend 1000 miles
further into the mysterious 'northern
region than any white man has Jet
reached He had hired twenty Indiana
to accompany him. and had bought
several packs OF dogs for iise In sleigh
ing. 1t Is said his expectations a. to
the results Of his trip run to great
gold discoveries IS much - = 70
geographical glory s-sgs.s. sfs
il declining in Italy, says
Dr. Raseri. director Of the hygienic
institute in Rome, the sdeaths from h
in ave years from 1887 to 1909 being
in 1000, while for the Eve years pre-.
ced.ng they were In 1000 ALL places
/, 500 feet above the seq are free from
It In the valley OF the Po the rate b
! to to 1000. at Rome II is .. in the
country south OF Rome ., the Adriatic
coast north of Mount Gargano h
healthier 1t y =. curious fact thst
malaria Is most prevalent in the parts
that were most thickly populated IN
ancient timea {. { -, -. :
"A decided change was made in our
national flag in l7oA.. On january -
of that year law wss passed that
after May l. 1795, the dag should be
composed of fifteen red and white
stripes and fifteen stars in the blue
field. This was the dag Of the war Of
lsi2 The change was due to. the sd-
mission to the union Of Vermont on
March 4, 1871, and Kentucky on june
/, 1872. masking fifteen states In the
union. The act originated in tths
senate and when it went to the house
it provoked great discussion. but the
bill was passed. iss sIzt# .ss sszfsii = + !.
"A slight epidemic Of gold fever l.
sweeping over Cleburne county, Ala,
induced by the recent rediscovery Of .
gold deposit at Arbacoochee. thirty
miles from Admission. The deposit was
worked prior to ls49, but the California
gold craze which became virulent ct
that time took al the prospectors and
miners from. the Alabama field. and
the existence of gold in the region wss
almost forgotten and the location of
the deposit preserved only in the form
| Of . legend A week or 30 ago the
ledge was rediscovered. Samples Of
the quartz have been submitted to ex-
perts, and there seems probability q
the mine becoming profta bIs property,
and leading 70 considerable prospect
ing in the region. sfsoss
Tho regimental eolors Of the
United States infantry are of blue silk
and bear IN the center the arms of the
United Statea Below the eagle is =
red scroll, with tho number and the
name of the regiment in white. The
United States ARTILLERY has scarlet reg
mental eolorA with two cannon
crossed in the center. with ~. s." IN
yellow above and the regimental num.
ber below. The cavalry regimental
standard il sbeaatiful ssamlcss yellow
silk with = four-foot Ay and three feet
on the lance. The arms Of the United
States are in blue in the center. and
beneath the eagle red scroll bears the
name and number Of the regiment in
yellow. The United States epgineefu
carry scarlet colora. bearing inFthe
center . castle with ~. S. above
and sEnRineeu' below. castle and let
tering being In silver. i.s ss-zIss q !