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OREGON FOSSILS.
Interesting Relics Found in.
Eastern Oregon Region.
SCIENTIFIC .INVESTIGATIONS.
Th Waiderfal Mascam of a Borird Frehii
torle Wrid Uifct Jbhn Day Bf io
Recect DicoTrU..
The John Day region in Oregon
was the scene in the Princeton
University scientific expedition
last Hummer, and as a result a grand
collection of fossils was obtained.
From the Blue Mountains west
ward to the Cascades the country
is a great volcanic plateau, made
up of lava sheets piled one upon
another and indicating ancient vol
canic outbursts upon a stupendous
scale, in comparison with which
such vents as Etni ami Vesuvius
are the meerest pygmies. Through
this mass of lava the streams, aided
by the atmosphere, have cut deep
valleys, some of them broad and
open, others- deep, gloomy can
yons. This country is very dry, but the
Hoil is excellent, and where irri
gated produces well, tho vegetables
and fruit being of particularly fine
quality. Great acres that arc now
arid sage brush deserts will one
dav be turned into fertile farms bv
means of artesian wells, and the
mild climate will insure success.
At present the great industry is
wool raising. The enormous bands
of sheep utterly destroy the grass
of the country over which thev
range till it looks as if a plague of
locusts had visited it.
The scientific attraction in the
John Day region is the vast assem
blage of fossil animals which is
entombed in the rocks there. The
entire district was in a former
geological age the bed of a great
fr.sh-water lake, into which the
streams brought masses of sand
and mud, and volcanoes showered
cinders and ashes. Animals which
were swept into the lake in- times
of flood became covered with silt,
and as the latter was in the course
of ages consolidated into rock, the
bones of the victims were gradually
petrified and thus indefinitely pre
served. Now the reck is slowly
disintegrated by the action of the
rain, snow and frost, and the Imnes
exjwsed to view or washed out en
tirely. For the most part, how
ever, the specimens must be cut
out with pick liammer and chis-el,
a very laborious process, as the
rock is often extremely hard and
the blazing summer sun makes the
face of a white cliff anything.but
an ideally comfortable place.
. Could we produce a view of that
ancient Oregon when the John
Day lake existed, we should find
ourselves in a very strange animal
world ; little three-toed horses, not
larger than donkeys, rhinoceroses,
camels, peccaries a great as
semblage of large and fierce cat
like, dog-like, hyena-like animals
not to mention hosts of littlo rabbit
and squirrel like creatures. The
animals of this time were all rather
small, the largest being the entelo
don, a beast not unlike the hippo
potamus in size and general ap
jiearanco. As the list shows, this
assemblage has a very Oriental
character. The climate was per
haps rather milder than at present
and the forests, of which the leaf
beds on Bridge Creek give ample
illustration, were like those now
found in the warmer pirts of the
United States.
This wonderful museum of a
buried world has been scaled up by
the subsequent lava floods, and is
accessible only on the sides of the
canyons and valleys, where the
streams have cut down through the
overlying volcanic masses, Scien
tific American.
who was suffering from disease '
contracted in the army, learning
tint a jiension agent was in the
vicinity, looked him up and made
an application for a pension. This
case was also taken by the agent
who shortly afterward returned to
Detroit, and while in conversation
with Mrs. Dennis one day, chanced
to think that the Missouri man's
name was the same as that of the
husband of Mrs. Dennis. He in
formed the lady of the similarity
of the names, and it was decided
to write to the Missourian. This
Mrs. Dennis did, and strange but
pleasant results were the outcome.
Tho correspondence revealed the
fact that they were the man and
wife who had been separated for
nearly three decades.
Mr. Dennis arrived at Detroit
from his far western home, and
was met at the depot by his son.
The meeting was an affecting one,
long to be reincmlered by those
who were about the depot. The
meeting between the husband and
wife was a joyful one, and tears
flowed freely as they clasped in
one another's arms "for the first
time in over twenty-eight long
years.
From the story told by Mr. Den
nis it was learned that "the corres
pondence ceased because he was
taken prisoner by the rebels and
placed in Libby prison, and was
not given the privilege of writing
hen released at the close of the
war he returned to his New York
home, only to lind that his wife
and Hrild had moved awav, and
those whom she had informed -of
her new residence had died or
moved away, and all trace ot them
was lost. Mr. Dennis searched
the country for manv months, in
hopes of finding his fiamilv, and at
last, after corresponding and ad
vertising in every direction, he
gave up in despair and settled
down in a remote part of Missouri,
where he expected to remain th
rest of his days without seeing hi.
wife and child, who he supposed
were noui ueau. iNeitner he nor
his wife had ever remarriad.
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WITHOUT CITV OFFICERS.
Th I'nique Situation of Affair at
Watertown, Wis.
The city of Watertown, "Wis., pre
sents the unique example of a city
without a city government, some
years ago, in a lit of thoughtless
generosity, the city voted a larire
amount of bonds as a bonus to an
incoming railroad, an amount so
large that it threatened to bank
rupt the municipality if paid. To
avoid paying the obligations the
city officials, except those of a mi
nor degree, resigned and left the
corporation in an acephalous con
dition. Now the officials are
elected annually, meet in secret,
vote the appropriation neoessary to
keep the municipal machine
greased, transact whatever busine
is necessary, hand in their resigna
tions, and once more the street
commissioner, or some one of about
the same degree, is in charge. The
railroad has tried in vain to find
an officer on whom to serve a sum
mons. Detectives have been in
the city hoping, to surprise the se
cret council meeting, but the in
terests of the people are so united
as to prevent a successful coue o;
that sort. In fact, instances have
been known when the meeting was
Inking neld in an upper room of a
business block while the emmis
saries of the railroad, armed with
formidable legal documents, were
watchfully patrolling the idewalk
below. "A public office is a pub
lic trust" seems to be directly ap
propos to the situation. Here are
some railroad bonds that our Eng
lish cousins might invest in alter
buying up all the obligations of the
late conteqeracy.
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HoibMd aad Wife CnlUd Aftor
Twenty-eight' Yaara.
At the outbreak of the late re
hellion there lived in. a quiet little
village in New York state Nehe-
miah Dennis and his family, con
Sisting ot a young wne.ana an in
fant son. When the. government
called for volunteers-Uennis was
among tho first to respond, and,
leaving 'his family, went upon the
battle-field to fij;ht for his country.
While engaged in the bloody con
test he kept up a constant c rres
pondence with his wife and regu-
Jarb' forwarded to her his month)
tal.irv for the supjiort of herse!
and child. Several, months later
the letters and money ceased to he
received by the wile, .who waited
week after week and month after
month to. hear tidings from her
husband.' Not receiving any word
ehe wrote to the officers of the
company regarding her loved one's
whereaboats, but her. letters re
mained for some cause unanswered.
Some time afterward she was in
formed by a soldier from the same
regiment, who had secured leave
of absence to return home, that her
husband had been killed iu a des
perate engagement.
Mrs. Dennis tor some months
remained in New York state, and
afterward disposed of her home
and removed to Pennsylvania, in
which state she resided for a short
time. Becoming restless, and still
mourning her husband's loss, she
again moved, thia time to Wiscon
nin, where she and her only on
resided for some years. They
made -everal other moves, and a
few years ago they settled in Gene
see "county, Michigan. Her son,
Harry, who had in the meantime
mannoou. renieu a lanu
Secretary Winriom Wants tha Old
fttracture Tara Dawn.
i ne local politicians are some
what excited by the report that
Mr. Windom expects to remove
landmark known to all New York-
era ana iamous as a reuc ; mat is
the ohl Castle Garden, at the end
of the Battery, the congpicuous ob
ject at the lower part of the city to
those who cross the ferry from
New Jersey, once a fort, later the
scene of Jenny Lind's triumph in
oiera. anil for years the first land
ing place in America of all immi
grants. It is said to be Secretary
Windom's purpose to level this
to the ground, and, so far as utility
is concerned, this purpose will
meet the approval of everybody.
It is an unsightly old ru n and im
pairs i lie heauty of the Hattm1.
.Mr. Windom intends to have the
stone building near by used for the
purpose of the Immigration Com
missioners, and it is also his in
tention, if possible, to have these
commissioners become federal in
stead of state olticers. It is with
great responsibility and a go:!
deal of power that llu Immigration
Commissioners are entrusted, for
they control the finding of a gre.it
many hundred thousand immi
grants in the course of a year. Tim
state of New York has always
claimed the right to this supervis
ion, and, legally, there is no doubt
that it possesses this ruht, so that
if the commissioners become Fed
eral appointees it will iiave to be
done by arrangement with the
legislature. . The legislature would
undoubtedly cenc to the govern
ment any rights they may have,
but Governor Hill is equally likely
to interfere with any such arraign
ment. The patronage is quit j i n
portant, and while there may !e
some politics in Mr. Windom's j n -lose,
lie is undoubtedly imjel e 1
bv his conviction that it will be
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Dealers m Drags, Medicines. Stationery, Etc.
SPECIALTIES
ubont three miles horn Detroit, j tetter for -the gener.d government
Ha ennnorted his mother. 1 1 control o.mpiei
-ft (i,M tvi-ntv-pk'bt 1 immigrants.
uuiiu a mm..-". ......... -j
years Mrs. Dennis thought ner
lmsbnnd dead, and remained true
to his mcmorv. A short tune ago
i he Jipplied to a pension agent for
a 'Ar'iow8 pension. About this
tui' the agent was called to Mis-r--wi
on business, and while there
a j ;u nttmed Nehcrni;ib Penui:,
iv in the case oi
ylr. Windoni is ex-
ccted to spend two or three days
here this week, and so'i:e of the
republican leaders s;;y that one of
his purpoi' in doing s is to con
sult with them a'.!:ui tl is matter.
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