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Eugene tity Guard. (JAMl'UELIi JIIlOTIIKltH PUBLISHERS. SATURDAY. JANUARY - 10, 1880. TELEGRAPHIC. EASTERN. Prepare Die Noom. n,.u fVilnrmln. Ijbc. 2(1. Special dis patches to the Denver Tribuut from Log I'inossay Ouray came up yesterday after noon and me commission imn.,,.,.. Into session. He had promised his col-, leoguesat the last meeting to send them word as Boon as 8oinerwick arrived, but latter come up to tne Agency am here several hour oeiore me ue w arrival reachod the command, t pon the question being asked Ouray where were the prisoner he ejected great surprise and naid he had not understood tliat tue commission wanted the Indiana as pns. on era of war. and had not thought that n.ui ti,.. ir.iin h.id been signaled to him r.r.... i ho nniii end of the bridge at 7:0!) n'..in,.k niseoverinir no indications of the aonroachinif train, the alarmed signal man endeavored to telegraph to the south end of the bridge, but communication hud ceased. Tha Mormou. Nkw York. Pec. 80.-A IHeraMi Salt Lake special special says: JJeiegaie i'..nnnnv l.ytv vinit from Washington is ,.,r.rmitP,l linre ns having been dilated by the anxiety of the Mormon leaden on the proponed measures to be taken by congress for the extinction of polygamy. There la no upprenHiision Monnnim of anv violent measures being toiron nr olnn(Pil mrainst them oo account of polygamy of the past; but it is fully expected by the intelligent men among ilifin Hint after coin-rens shall nave adopted new measures the saints mtiat no longer take more man one wuu wui. auu .Lull hnnrpfnrwBrd five Wee civilized people. Cannon admitted to your corres ttmt unless there was some special divine interposition to protect it nnlvamnv was ooomeuas an nisuinuuii. Ha r ..(insistently looks lor that Inter- rwaitinll. hut nn to the present signs do . ; .' , "' .:...!...: ... .i,..iu .i,.v not lorsnauow us comma v In hnirm slock transactions. The profits j her from this kind of business as revealed by discoveries of Anthony ComstocK are sur prisingly large. ParnrU's Hecp- Roston, Dec. 30.-A largely attended meeting of the Farnoll reception commit tee was held lust night to complete ar rangement for I'arnell's reception. A committee was appointed to go to ow York to accompany Parnell to Boston. A public reception will be given at the Ronton Theatre, where l'arnell will make an address. A banquet will be given in his honor. Sharpen In Western Cltle. Nkw Yokk, Dec. 30 The report from several western cities, that parties are claimina to have authority to sell licenses to introduce the Edison electric light, is positively contradicted bv the otticers ol company here, iso sucn auinoruy uus been given to anybody. ftomnarabulUtle PanUme, Rostov. Dec. 30. Mrs. Uelene Jose phine Ward, livincr at No. 11 Hamilton . ...i . . , i 1 i place, with lier uaughter, ageu w. was enoi last night wtuje asleep anu uieu mis morn He returns to Washington on Wednes ..... rn.,., wn,u in hfl tried, hut he hadl.iuv in i-mirt democratic assistance in thought that all of them were to go to Laying off new legislation. Washington to nave a tain who i k""i i Looking to neiiro. father on the subject of tne r wrongs. . rtpnrture of a Mormon apos tie to the City of Mexico Is looked upon as on nir,.i- in iret a rootlioid oeyoim wie hninwliirvof the United States where it would be very convenient ior mu i.n,iin mnn in kike shelter if at any time I annnntrv lil'ClimA UnP eUS.'UIIiy wuilll. Ui.tinhin informants tell me that the Mex lean minister of foreign affairs in commu nicating with Mormon authorities, sum thut uliilfl there was plenty or land in tho northern states of Mexico which the Mormons could occupy, tlio government wnnlil under no circumstances, permit tho practice of polygamy on Mexican soil, hut would punish with the utmost rigor any attempt to introduce u mere. Waul HeappiiliHiorat. Governor Emery left for Washington iIiih innrnintf. taking a number of letters addressed to President Hayes by leading business men, lawyers, bankers and iner- . . i . ; - r,.:ti.tni A ! i tin Tii mrnniHllil in if (Hill n nmmui uu.i I'fli.'inni wxiicutive oilicer. To tho m;ti also tho signatures of nearly ull th l..,i,liiiL' L-entilesof this and other places asking his reappointment. Want More W(H. 20. Tho plumbers and innumni'h as the principal dilMcuity the 'commission had been struggling against was to induce the Indians to give themselves up for trial, mid as they had finally consented, upon the condition that they should not be tried in Colorado, this all... t iflritl ni miKilllUUroi..llluiiiu ntw uiHln.il of thu commission was too much rnr ovnn tlm natience of tieiieral Hatch and for the second time since the con vening of tho eommicsion ho lost his temper and Tor tne ursi nine no iunv . i r l. : ..iiv.tu lldeuca in the nnui success ui sun cuuno. Rast night ho expressed hiuiBelf to the in.wt tliat hn didn't believe that Ouray had tho power to enforce the surrender of ttlO UtOH. lie 11118, 1 IIUIIK, llliuiljr kucii up the hope that the Indians will sur rmi.lnr ami is making preparations to start out. and Outav was not reproached by him for the display of bad faith or di rect 'ying, but was told by General Hatch that fin would start upon the i'Hth for Al.nni)M.i and would remain ono day at tlm Htm Inn on the CMiimurnn. twenty-live ' miles distan. Should he choose to deliver un the Indians there upon the 2Dth thoy would be received. Ouray then began to entertain the commission with stories of men who had beenlro.nn and lost in the effort to get out at this season a childish iplan to iletor Hatch from leaving. He ovidenily fears the consequences to his tribe should Hatch leave, without the prisoners, and as he cannot evidently persuade or force the Ctes to deliver themselves tin. The lust live days given to Ouray makes the sum total of 21 duys, vivcii to the I ten. I make no prediction as to the result this time ; seeing that llatih is determined the Lies may mr lile decide to give themselves up, hut whether they do or not Hatch will leave tin inlay and if he leaves w iihout the pris oners there will be war. A full list of the uames of the twelve Utes who are to he tried at Fort Leavenworth it has been impossible to obtain Iroin tho commis sioners heretofore and it has been eonliy impoi-aiblo to ascertain when these twelve are to be tried, for the tes luiony of the Meekers, a given to the pie s, convicts only a few of them of crime. The list Is frequently referred to by the commissioners and attorney in connec tion with certain Indians, uiu! always as the Star list. What the list is 1 cannot say positively, but from hints dropped by members and stray remarks made by them when they imagined tho repoitcra were not on the alert, 1 am conlideiit the Star list contains the names of those In dians who committed a crime worse than murder or arson, a crime which is spoken of only with bated breath, and which has not as yet been even hinted at by the newspapers. It is well known that the Ktory of tlm women as given to the public eml their testimony under oath diller widely, and tho crimes of which tliry ac ciijto the Indians in their sworn teiiinniiy w ould sulllce to hung any in.in i f what ever color, without the formality of a trial, in the twinkling of an eye. That ahi list contains the names oftho.se In dians who are accused of this nameless crimo towards these defenseless women is not a sudden conclusion, but one which lias been arrived at by oirofiil considcra tion and which will be fully supported when the trial of the miscreants takes place. Douglass and Person are known to be two of the names contained iu the .list, hut the other names can only be ob itaiued at the time of the trial. Tht (' of Hi DlMiirr, Nw York, Deo. L'S.-A special from Dundee says the appaliug catastrophe of lust evening has thrown the city into a Ui of rantlc tcltomcnt, and the neigh borhood of the fatal bridge is thronged with horror stricken visitors. Not a houl ciiptd that was on the ill-fated train. The gallantry of James Kolrl, locomo tive uperintennent of the. North Hritish Railway of Dundee, and stutionmaster Smith, on venturing on the bridge, is highly commended, in spite of the fury ofthegale, wLicu rendered the attempt doubly perilous. After tremendous ex ertions, their hand laceruted by banging on the rails for dear life, they reached the edge of tho fatal gap. Here they discov nred that thirteen girders, each' 245 feel wide and weighing 2o0 Ions, all forming a kind of tunnel in the middle of the bridge, had been washed awav. Nothing remained but the bare Iron piVr. About one thlid of the whole structure had van lied. Thirteen brick work stumps were to be seeu in the midst of the waves. It Is positively asserted that 315 ople were Kr Wllaram to DlMMrr. Nnw York, lve.).-A Rmdon special to the 7Wyruin aays the tidings of thedia aster were first conveyed by a gentleman who had left his bouse with a friend, a hile the southwest pile was blowing with all iu fury. They begaa diaeuaning whether oo such a night the Uinburg train would venture across the bridge. They then went to a block telegraph signal box. sit- vateu uuiiu eon ol III bridge where they found a number of men also Anxiously awaiting information on the ubiect. Some of then averted that they bad eeen lights or the train enter on the bridge and cross the lower spans im the high girders. Then they - a i.l.i.n ahowerofSre with which the light of the train aeeBiea w aesceoj with rrat locity into the river, then perfect darsneas followed. Minutee and minutes paaaed, but do signs of the train were seen, ami in people asiej tnemselvea, "were thoM really the lighu of the EJiuburg train wuitn in" rau wen so suddenly quencnear- lb horror-etricken be holders made vehement appeal to the ignal man to ascertain the truth. He replied that all he knew f the matter was DiiNVKit. Dei: g.is litters of this city, in a meeting ro solved t'i strike January isi ior uu in creiiHU of 50 centa per day. Krar of Anolhrr Nuucre, Up to this lime nothing has been heard fiom the commission. Communication between Lake City and Los Piuoshas not i nt Iii.imi hriiken. hilt then) has been 110 iiewsodiciiil or iinollicial sinco Mondur niirlit. Hatch was to huve loft forCline's ranch, thirty miles from Los Pinos, yes terday mi rning, but whether he left or stayed Is not known, i no nnxiuiy is in tense, and tliere are leurs 01 anomer mas sacre. rntrnt Hold. ( i.xvKi.ANi). Dec. 211. Charles I. Rrush, of Cleveland, lias just sold bis English patent for an electric lighting apparatus to a larje incorporated company in Lon don for 30.000 sterling. Tliry IMayrd t'nriU. Mkmimiis, Dec. 29. Last Saturday, nt Smith's station, Mr. Redford and Prank Duke, cousins, had an encounter over a game of curds, in which Frank shot Red- lord with adouhle-Uarreieii shotgun, Kill ing him instantly. Bedford leaves a wife and eovcu children. Kroarn to Drath. Sr. pAt l,. Dec. 2!). A Mandun Dakota) special to tho I'ionerr Venn says three men, John (iallagher, (ioorgu Hall and John Monolmn, were round frozen lo death in tho (ireen river country, beyond a point whero a construction of tho Northern Pa cific was going on. The men lived in .Minneapolis. Drownrtl. lHrnawiKM, Pa.. Dee. 20. Two brothers lleiirvand Thomas .immerman, aged 11 and 10 respectively, wero drowned this morning while playing on tho Ice. lrlali N)'mlliy Mi-fllng. Xkwakk.N. J., Dec. 20. There was a ma'M meeting of Irish citizens at the opera house this evening to devise measures for the relief of sufferers iu Ireland. Mayor Henry J. Yates wan elected president, and ono vlce-pre-ident from each ward. Speeches were made bv the Very Rev. icur (icnerul George II. Doano.lortland T. Parker, Rev. D ictor Uambont and others. A committee consisting of nine prominent Irish citizens was appointed to raiso subscriptions. I iploalou of Klr-Inuii, PiTrsnrmi, Dec. 2!). Michael Kistlur and Samuel Kistler were killed, and Cvrus Toy probably fatally injured, by tho my- icrio.H explosion or lire-damp in the minesof tlio Pennsylvania (1. C Company at Puiutci'ton this morning. Auaulnalloii, LtTTi.K IkiH K. Dec. 21). Unknown liar- ties yesterday assassinated Statu Legisla tor N. D. Saddler. Negro far lmllaua. Pltkhsiu no, Va., Dec. 30. One hundred ami seveutceu colored emigrants from tiold.sboro, N. C., arrived this morning en rouin I'T imiianapous. Slrlrhra with XrrlKla. Yankton, Dec. 29. Governor William A. Howard was to-d.iv stricken with neu ralgia of the heart. It is feared he will not recover. Karthquakr. Yankton was shaken bv an earthnuake at half past twelve last night. The ahock lasted about a minute, accompanied by in ternal rumbling. Hundreds of sleeping Hrsons were awakened by the shake, which was lively while it 'lasted. Fort Stilly reKrts a similar visitation. Ilravjr r'allar Xkw York. Dec. 29. The failure of J. Lloyd Haigli, manufacturer of wire, No. S John street, is announced to-day. He obtained a contract for supplying wire for tho Brooklyn bridge, aUo far the Erie Canal Towing Coinpauy and Atlantic ca bles. He has factories in Brooklyn and Morrisiana. The total liabilities are esti mated at fAiO.iHW, while the nominal aaseu are f450,uu. These svt consist of real estate and factories in Brooklyn and Morrisiana, machinery, ateel aud wire on hand aud open accouuu. The cause of th failure W!attributed to tha bri.h.a contract and extensive improvement of ma property. rraadwWal Slw JMb. Tb effort of the New York stork ex chang to break up the business of fraud ulenl dualsre, who tranNut biuioeei Urgsaly through the mails, have resulted ia th exposure of several ronmm an.lln closing th mail to eight firm engaged ing. from what her uaugiucr says it i believed that while in a staie or soinnam bulism she shot her mother, who orcu . .. . !.!.. II- .. 1 nied the same room ana ueu. .hiss ara has been arrested the police believing the crime was premeditated. ChrUtlan John. Cincinnati. Doc. 30. At the Reformed Presbyterian Church Sunday School en tertiiininent last night 10 Chinamen took oart. There are but 34 Chinamen in tho citv and 24 are members of this school. Munlrrer Lyiiclml. Dhnveh. Colorado. Dec. 23. two men Samuel Woodrufl'and Joo Seminole, the latter a half-breed Indian, wno murdered R. R. Hayvard, farmer of Jefferson county on the IUth ol last eptemopr, wero laken from Mil nt Golden and Ivnched at 1 o'clock this morning bv one hundred and fifty masked men. The murder for which the two men were lynched was cold blooded and cowardly. Ihe men Sem inole and Woodruff slopped at the hone of tneir victim, R. R. llayward, near Golden, and employed him to take them to a cattle camp in the mountains. He started out w ith them and was never seen afterwards alive by his family. For sev era) days a search was made lor him, and throe weeks later his body was found in it culvert a short distance from Denver, A cine was obtained as to the direction in which the men had gone, and it was closely followed. It was discovered that on the night of tho murder the men had driven into Denver and putup the team niten'Miig to sell it next day. Un tho morning following the sale was madeof the team for 18.), ten dollars of tho money cash and the rest in u check. The men then hired a team, which they tonka short distance and then cut loose the horses and went off on them. The sheriff, Thomas Jefferson Carr, got a clue where one of theinen(Seminoln) had gone, ami he whs followed to the Piute agency in Dakota, where he was arrested. On being arrested he made n confession and gave u description of Woodruff, who seems to have been a principal in the nuirdur. He says they were riding along with llay ward, he being on the front seat with llayward and WoodrtitT on the back, when tho latter got in an urgnuieut with the murdered man, ami, in the midst of it ho struck him a severe blow which almost knocked him out of the wugon, but before ho fell he seized him and choked him to death. Woodruff then told Seminole to tako the reins, and throwing tho body on tho bottom of tho wagon thev drove on nntil they came to tho culvert, where it was found. Here tho body was thrown out and Woodruff took it and placed it under tho culvert. When found the neck was broken. Deputy Sheriff Hawley. ol tho association, acting upon Seminole's confession ulid description of Woodruff', went to Big Grove, Iowa, thirty miles east of Council Rluffs, where Woor'rulT IihiI a b-othor, and arrested him at the muzzle of a shot gun and brought him back to Den ver. bcuunole was arrested November 10th aud Woodruff" on November 2titli. When tho men wero brought here Mr. llayward and her two daughters came down from Golden and identified the pria oners hs the men who had gone away with llayward. Th Klci-lrlc Light. Nkw York, Jan. 2. Tho Graphic in speaking of tho remarkable rise in Edison electric light shares, says as high as S4,5l0 has been paid for one of these shares, and inside holders will not sell at that price, preferring to take the chances of their at tuiuingu much higher value. About $3000 is bid to-day for the ktock. The JVi'omh notes tho fact that, among tho 45 lamps now placed on exhibition at Menlo Park. several are already burning a little dull. Mtrawbrrry ll.ooiu. RiciiMosii, Virginia, Jan. 2. Straw berry plant are iu bloom in gardens around the city. Advance In Iron. Pirrsiii Rn, Jan. 2. The Western Iron Association this afternoon decided to ad vance card rates on bar iron to 3J cents per pound on and after Monday next. Itrductlon of TarllC Ciiii'.uio, Jan. 2. A petition to congress has been circulating among railroad men and receiving general signature, praying congress to reduce the tariff on imported steel rails from $2S to $10 per ton. Uankrr Arrnlcd, Moist Hollv. N. J.. Jan. 3. Frp.Wii k W. Kollv, an officer of the Mount Holly National Bank, was arrested to-dav. and on being confronted with evidences of his guilt admitted that be was a defaulter aud turned over alt his procrtv to the bank, which will probably cover the amount of the deficiency. Burglar ranl. Chicago, Jan. 2. The city detective ar rested a notorious burglar at Rink Cm von to-day. 1 le was first arrested lor a $40,000 burglary of Schenfeld Rros.. dry goods merchauta, by detective Kellv, now iu California, five years ago, and escaping on straw bail has avoided the city ever sine until to day. Ho ii known all over the country. Tt Twtaljr.Thlrd. Xkw York, Jan. 2. quite a crowd gath ered to-.lay in front of the Grocers' Rank, Rarvtay street aud College Place, on the door which was guarde by a policeman. wav. a notice to the effect that because of emoarrossment lite business or the bank was temporarily suspended. The Grocers' Bank is the twenty-third that has suspen ded during the but eiwht Tears. Mxnhan V. White, banker, ha been appointed re ceiver, on the application ortockhol ler. lpp4 jr ta Cap. N'kw Yore, Jan. 1 The outlook for the cape lrJe lor tne coin in rear la bniriitar than tor a long time post, a many of ibooe who have been under contract withj rail road companie ar about to renew their hipmena viaCap Hora, asln fact sev eral nave done already, or the tout nam bed lust year 4 were ..ii ..i. uouinnKt with General cargo, wiTchsTsD la t year, or about 140,000 tonr. Of the total number of departure, 3 vessels er i from this port, is iroiu rmmuc.pu 5 irom Boston and 4 from Baltimore. The tonnage on berth to Cape trade, including vessels registering, aggregate .Joi tons rif .hia number it is thought 0 will be dis patched to San Francisco and at east 2 to Portland. At the wharves to-day there was not much doing, except closing out vessels which closed Wednesday, and also at Columbus, which are now loading ves sels The tonnage continues to .accumu late, and business in all directions is pend ing for vessels in all of the California lino and one or two will probably be taken early in the coming week. Railroad freights have been very act ive the past week, one or two shippers, whose contracts have expired, taking ad vantage by shipping heavily, ine oiock ade on the isthmus has also helped ship ments in a measure. The movement t he past week amounts to 10,304 packages, iu luding 238 packages of tobacco, 75 cases i f milk, 75 kegs of herring, 25 barrels ol whisky, 25 boxes of candles, 31 cases ot canned fish, 1500 case bitters and 227 pig lead. PACIFIC COAST. A llclaultrr. Sax Francisco, Jan. 2. Gideon M lierrv. hook-keener for ex-Sheriff Niinnn him iIkii missing one day. and as lie still retained control of consid3ruble unfinished business or tho sheriffs office It was de cided to-dav to obtain entrance to the safe devoted to such business, and see if no v defa cation hud occurred. On open in-' tho safe it was found that cash to the amount of $15,000 to $18,000 was missing. It has also been discovered that since tho new sheriff went into office Berry has been selling property on the sheriffs ac count nndnuttiug the money in his noi'ket. nod has also impropriated SUM) that he had been ordered to turn over to the 12th district court. Another strange feature of the case is that the bonds of the sheriff's deputies are not to be found, and it is stated that Berry's bond was not re newed on his reappointment two years ago Suspension, S.m'ramknto, Jan. 2 The Capital Sav ings Rank suspended this morning. The bank is said to be solvent but purposes goingout of business, and promises to pay the first dividend of 10 per cent, on prin cipal to depositors on the 10th inst., and on the same day 4 per cent, on the i mer est account for tho last six months. Other payments will be in ado us assets are real- zed. A New Year' Spree, NAi'A.Jan. 2. There was a shocking accident on the railroad three milesabove this place last night. A wagon drawn by two mules in which were three drunken Germans was crossing or standing on llic truck, ns the up train neurod the crossing on its way toGalistoga, and being run into, tho men were thrown out and terribly niured Ono was killed outright, another probably fatally injured, and the third sustaining a fracture of the skull. The man killed had both logs cut off, one arm brokeu, and the legs of the second were horribly mashed. A r-elf-rosieised Ur A lot of human owls who flit around the Palace hotel barroom at night; un til daylight and the barkeeper drives tliem homo in tho morning, were try ing to outlio each other a few nights when a big-footed, long-armeu miriA in 1111 1 1 Bill UUWU Hi mo "Yes," said one of tho party referred to a curbstone broker wno was geu ago, miner FOREIGN- l lipainllt-lrd Rallroail Acrldcnt. Lokdom, Pec. 28. 10 A. M. The mana ger of the North British Railway, tele graphing from Reuchars at four this morning, savs: Several largo girders along with the last train from Kdinburg were percipitated into the river last night. There were nearly 300 passengers besides the company's servants, nil of whom are believed to have perished. A dispatch irom Kdiuburg dated four this morning, says the portion of tho bridge which fell consisted of several large super incumbent girders nt the central and navigable portion of the river 'fay, which averages from 40 to 45 leet in depth. The train would full about 88 feet before reaching the water. Some time elapsed beforo tho nature of the disaster was as certained. The damage to the wires on the bridge and the bad weather inter fered with the transmission of the news ud it is unknown whether tho girders were blown down before the train en tered the bridge or was carried away with it, aud it probably never will be ascer tained us there are no survivors. The train left Kdinburg at 4:15 in the afternoon. It consisted of four third-class, one first-class un J one Bocoiul-class and brakesman's van. At the last station be fore entering the bridge tickets were taken and the train was then crowded. ust quantities of wreckage, such as loors and roofs of carriages, pieces of bridge an articles of wearing apparel, are coming ashore. The entire thirteen girders of the long central span of the bridge are gone, ihe night was one of bright moonlight, but the wind was blow ing a hurricane. Xo Survivor. 1. P. M. The provost of Dundee, and a company of citizens who accompanied nun to the scene ol the disaster, have re turned. Search was made about the bridge in small boats, but no trace of hiiv survivors could be found. Tile gap in the bridge was about "half a mile loug, com prising eleven of tlie largest spans, each i'4o feet in length, und one spun 145 leet in length. Rondos, Dee. 2J.-The .Sliiiwrif, in un editoriul this morning, says that when the first feeling of horror that hangs over the country shall have subsided, a rearching investigation will be demanded by the people, and nothing shoit of a complete answer will be accepted. The gale to which the bridge siccumbed wai not ex ceptionally violent, the train of cars hav ing apparently nothing to do with the accident which had occurred before the cars reached the broken portion. Our national reputation is at Etake, and the investigation must be searching indeed. Sot o Bad. 6 P. M. The railway authorities now estimate the total number of lives lost at 75. A telegram from Dundee state that only 50 passenger tickets were taken np at the 1-i.t stopping place, but these do not account for the number or young children requiring no tickets, nor for the number of railway employees, nor for passengers forRroughty irry, whose ticket were not Uken up. However, if this statement i correct it i evident that the loss of life na oeen greatly overestimated: Horatio Seymour says that to see gray beard scrambling for" place and tower reminds kirn of Holbein' "Dance of Weata, and he will never be fonnd making one in nch a cotillion. Tne nephew ol the French Minister of i inanee, m. tjt u on a tnp aronnd tha world in the yacht Henrietta, formerly Mr. Roncicanlt'a Shanghraun, having u i rum --ew iora ia( week. orally considered tho most cold-blooded liar on Pine street; "yes, gentlemen, I have had some mighty queer experien- thin enust. W heu I first came out I worked for three dollars a day in tho old Ophir shaft, and I came terri ble near losing my life once while up tliem too." "How'wz that?" asked one of the party, waking up to relight his cigar ette. "Well, it happened in tins way Ugh! it makes me shudder to think or it. even now. lou see, l was uomg hauled up on the cage with another workman, whoa just after we had risen about five hundred feet I saw that the rope over our heads had unravelled and was about to give way." "Great Scott!" said the barkeeper, who was ono of tlio nest trainou lie abettors in tho State. "It was a moment of frightful peril. Our joint weight was too much for tho rope. One of us must bo sacrificed. I mentally contrasted myself with tho other man. Ho was a homely-looking whisky drinking, accordion-playing bachelor; I was a prominent Knight of Pythias, with a brand new pair of boots on, and two loving wives, and say fourteen children somewhere out on the surface waiting for me, I seized the miserable wretch and hurled him down into the darkness. Heavens! His despairing shriek rings in my ears yet! Quick.barkeeper, a little niorejbrandy." "And you wore saved, of course?" asked the big miner rising up and ap proaching tho story-teller. "Well, you see, I'm here," rejoined the latter, blandly. "And tho other man was mashed all to pieces, you think?" "Think, why, certainly. "That's just where you're wrong, old boss. I was that man." "Why why, it's impossible. That was fifteen years ago," stammered the broker. Exactly. I lit on a side beam, about ten foet down, and was scooped up by the next case, and for twenty years have been pruying for a chance to lick your hide clean on for your internal selfishness." Rut this is the most preposterous" gasped the broker, getting on the other side of the table, as tho big stransrer deliberately took otl his coat. Oh, it is, is it.' put in the other, grimly. " You think I'll have a man shy mo down tho Ophir Bhaft, and then go round tolling it for the beer. Isow, 1 11 tell you what I'll do. Set up the champagne for the whole crowd, and 1 11 call it square. If you don t, I'll break every bono in your body with this bungstarter." And tho fizz was according set up. since when the broker bus told the same yarn with - variations over eight hundred times. Ho says ho's paid a big price for that story, and he's bound to get his money's worth out of it, il it takes all winter. A Storm Kin?. One or two old Fhiladolphians are ablo to recall a very bitter scientific con troversy that raged nearly half a century ago. An unknown schoolmaster pre dicted storms repeatedly and foreshadow ed their course and duration. His theories were contemptuously treated. excepting by some liberal members of tho rranklin Institute. The budding meteorologist was James P. Espy and one of his promoters was Mr. Charles Rrown, who does not hesitate to assign him the credit of the paternity of the ex isting weatuer sorvico. Espy must have come to the citv in '28 or 'U'J. He was a nativo of Washington county and where ho got his bias toward meteorological inquiry is not known. The Franklin Instituto was open to all kinds of scientific inquiry and discus sion, ana .Lspy s professed knowledge awoke great interest, if it did not make converts. His main point was the nossi- bility of producing rain by artificial means. His starting point in this theory was derived from observations tending to show that great artificial disturbance of the atmosphere, such as the firing in great battles, was often followed by local : i .. . i . " . rums oi i loieui character, inasmuch as such rains usually begin at what has since got to be called the dew point of atmospheric pressure, he thought that by cutting down, say two hundred acre of forest trees, leaving the foliage on and firing them simultaneously when the atmosphere reached the dew point, rain could be produced. Mr. Froley was the chairman of a large committee of the In stitute, winch w as appointed to inquire into Espy's alleged discoveries, and he was able to persuade them that the perils of ocean navigation could be greatly diminished by a proper comparison of atmospheric conditions and the proba bilities deduced therefrom. Inf44the enthusiast went to Europe to ventilate his opinions. He was listened to with great patience by the members of the rrencu institution and bv London savanta. This kindlv reoentinn m, him more credit anions hi -n countrymen, who styled him the Storm Whenover he appeared in nnt1it. was pointed out as the man who conl.l make it ram even in time of drouth. Prof. Henry, who even then held a very influential position in the Smithsonian Institution, interested himself in having Congressional patronage for the enthu siast. A place was madA tr i.; . small salary nominally as professor of mathematic in the Xavy Department tven tin small bone was stoutly dis puted by many of the -conomio leirisla lators of the day. StiU, ln spite of all opposition, his few friend won the fight and hi official life was saved. Hi bnreau was soon afterward transferred to the Smithsonian institution, although he made his reports throncK th. w.. Department. It was, in fact, the first oikuw wns-e, ana mat now existing i only the elaboration of the idea upon which Eopy pent hi life' labor. The 'Jlclf-iorne Clalmuiit in Prism. Tho "Claimant" had loft Dartmoor fi Portsmouth before my arrival at the former place. I heard a good deal about Lim, of course. He seems to have given an infinity of trouble. His applications to address the Homo Secretary, and to have interviews with directors, Oover ntr,' doctor and priest,' were incessant. He got admitted to the church choir for reasons he obtained u more comfortable seat, and ho was excused from labor on Saturday mornings that ho might attend practice. Tho organist assured mo that he had no notion of singing, and that the noiso he made was something between tho chirp of a crow and the crouk of a raven. It was generally admitted by the more intelligent prisoners who camo in contact with him tliat his habits aud man ners were vulgar. He was doing lug best, by the aid of French school-books furnished hint by tho priest, to master French language; and he made all sorts of promises to a prisoner who was in the noxt cell to lum, and who could speak French, if lie would aid him, but this man told methat he was very stupid at it, and that his progress was very slow. When the Claimant first went to Dart moor, he seeiis to have had a Rood friend in the gentleiian who was at time Gov ernor of the ilrison. He was extremely troublosome, constantly broaking prison rules, and constantly being reported for doing so; but long as tho Major re-' mained in command he was never pun ished, aud whei ho roceived visits from his friend Dr. Kenealy and others, the visits took piuc, contrary to regulations, in the Governors oflioo, and extra time was allowed hinj. The advent of Captain Harris as Governor, was a misfortune for Castro, or Orton, or whoever he may be. I may here takcthe opportunity of doing an act of simple justice to Captain Har ris. I am qnitesure that if the son or brother of the Secretary of State were a prisoner under lus control, he would be treated with precisely the same indul gence us every Jtner prisoner, and no more. The Claiuant when next he re ceived a visit diq so behind the bars, and within the time Specified by the rules. . V hen reported for insolence he was sentenced to tw days' bread and water. and ho got a second punishment for tho same otlense anil somo others. Ry the doctor's orders lie had eight ounces of additional breac per day and eight ounces of potatoes, and on meat and soup days he hall increased rations. I presume his friend Mr. Whalley worried the Home Secretary into havinar him transferred to Portsmouth, where, I am told, he is fetching a tolerably easy "bag ging." Perhaps the air there is not so bracing, but nt partmoor his appotite was enormous. know men employed iu the tailor's shop w ho did not need all their food, and who gave him some con stantly; and the orderlies who carried round the bread wore ill the habit of yielding to his entreaties to shy him a loaf, if a "good screw" happened to be on duty. Ry the way, a "good screw," amongst the prisoners, means a man who does not do his duty. I know a little Irishman who told me that one day he was able to give the Claimant six Goz. loaves, and that he came very near get ting three days as a reward for his good nature. Tho big man was very unpopu lar with some of his neighbors, who say that he was a bad sleeper, and used to putf and blow und grunt and groan all through the small hours. He was un popular with the warders, because it was with tho greatest difficulty he could be got to scrub his cell, or keep his cell fur niture clean. Rut I won't say any more about the follow. I should think the world has had enough of him in all con science. From "Coiieicl by a Tkket-of- Leave Mini. My Utiles p0r hiving, I am no doctor, quack or pill-vender. yet I have had a pretty good long life and a happy one. May I not, therefore, give my simple rules for health in hope that some poor traveler on the up or down hill of life may look at them and perhaps be benefitted by them. I have practiced them for many years and they may have done me good; perhaps they may do good to others, lhey are inex pensive and may be easily abandoned, if they cause any harm. 1. Aeep iu the sunlight lust as much. as possible. A plant will not thrive with out the sunbeam; much less a man. i. Rreathe as much fresh air as your business will permit. This makes fresh blood; but it will never be found within the four walls Df your building. Reneath the open sky, Just there, and only there, it comes to you. 3. Re strictly temperate. You cannot break orgunio law, or aDy other law.with impunity. i. Keep the feet always worm and the head cool. Disease and death begin at the feet more commonly than we think. o. i,at white bread when you cannot get brown bread. 6. If out of order see which of the above rules you have not observed, then rub yourself all over with a towel satu rated salt water.and well dried and begin upon the rules again. . .Look ever on tlio bright, which is the heaven side of lifo. This is far better than a medicine. These seven simple rules, cood for the valid or the invalid, if rightly observed, would save, I apprehend, a deal of pain, prolong your life, and, so far as wealth goes, male it worth having. A Queer Hocse. An eccentric Eng-' lishman has recently built a house in the Quarter Tivoh for the residence.of him self, his wife and eight children, which is the talk of all Paris. It is circular and has neither door nor window exter nally. The approach to it is from the ground floor on to the roof by means of a ladder, which is moved np and down by machinery similar to that of a draw bridge. There'is only one floor, and that contains eighteen apartments, more or less small in dimensions, looking into the center, which is lighted from above by a glazed cupola. One stove for all these rooms ia in the middle, and in summer its place ia to be occupied by an exquisite parterre of flowers. A circular balcony, open to all the apartments, sur rounds this space. The motive of this oddity is is, of course, only known to the author of it, bnt everybody can see that two point are gained by it immunity from the taxes on doors and window, and a perfect preventive of any attempt at burglary. Boston TraveUer. The red rose is the fashionable flower.