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About The Coast mail. (Marshfield, Or.) 187?-1902 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1880)
--. iT"V kf mfV"rt?mr!VvA BrtMji jjTjtta yw -T" -rr- 52-! i i itfFilpi iWMSjW MT--.IW"'-.tmiiKHiai 'C2 I The Coast Mail. I'tlllMSIIKII KVJ3HY SATURDAY MORNING IIY WEMTER AND HACKER, Mnrshdeld, Cimw Co., Or. . Term, In Ailraiirc. Omjyonr Six months Throo liHiiilliH ism 1 GO 1 IK) OFFICIAL PAPKIt OF COOS CO. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. The State of Oregon. vi'rnr y. w. Thayer Socrctary of Stale It. P. Enrhnrt Stale Treasurer Kd. rN., State Printer W. H. Oiloll Slip't Public Iiih( rtu'tiou . A. I.. Powell 'M Judicial Dhtrlct, Circuit Judge - . .J. v. Wulson District Attorney - J. W. Hamilton IhoH Count if. County Judge - - - - J. II. Nosier GoimiiiMloiioni j Ar'iibake'r Shorlll' : Joint Lane County Clerk - - AIux. Btnuir Trciisiircr F. Hclioiler Assessor J, Lamb School Superintendent - A. II. Camp Surveyor E. Prico Coroner Louis Munroc II U S I X E S 8 C A It I) S. C. W. TOWBIt, M. 1). PI1YSICIAH&SURGE0N M.uinintxn, Oiikoos. W. ANGEL, M. I). HYSICIAN and SURGEON CitquUle City, Ogu. ' H. II. HAZAltD, ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Will practice in tlio vurious courts of tllCStllte. omci: at kmpiiii: crrv, Otis. 0. 3UL SIO-LIZST. ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, M.H.siiriKU),oKi:aoN. WEHSTEK .vCRAWFOIM), AHORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW M.wtxiit-n:i.i, OumioN. All business intrusted to our giimi will rcccivo prompt attention. .A. G BBOWN J ISTICK 01' TllllPKAl'K ANO Oora.y ey a-n.cex , M.UHitni:i,i, Oit. Agent fur tlio I'liientx of Hartford and Flremau'H Fund IiiMirniiro Company In Collections and other bwdneiei placed In my bauds m III rveclvo promt pt intention. vMiMMf GILMORE & GO. 020 F Street Washington I), C. -0' Maka Collection, Ncgotialo Loans, and attend to nil business confided to them. La.vii Soitn Soldier s Addition al Homestead Mights, and Lund Warrants bought and fold. llAMIKHT K l'AV.SK, Lute Commissioner of Patent, JlKN'J. I'.tlllAITON. StOKY 11. LAD!) TOAWSrSOTW a lAY.Nr.,UltAlTON&LAIH), AltorneyfuhLnie, imf Solicitor 0 American anil Foreign Patent. Hi! Finn St. Washington, I). C. Practice patent law in all it bran ches, in tho Patent Olllce, and the Supremo and Circuit Courts of tho United States.- Pamphlets sent free. THE LOGKHART HOTEL, Situ. I!. M. Loclihavt J'roprletres EMfiin:CiTY,OaK. Steamer Myrtle, n VITA IN. - H. DUNHAM T KAVK8 MAHSHFILIWg-yj m ovory morning llt ' iM, Wr Knipiro City. Hoturning, leave Marshnild at VIM lr VU0,',0! U'ttvcs Utter City for Marshlleld at C p. in. E. A. ANDEltSON, LIVERY AND FEED 8TABLE, MAH8IIFIKLD, on. SADDLE MOUSES, To let ul all hours. HAULING DONE AT BHORTNO tlco nml at very tcasonablo rates 8 to per day a homo, touunlo. worto 0 free, Adtlress Stinhon & Cos Portland, Maine. r a week. I3 a day l '",n!!i ly mode. Costly outtlt eu Address T UK & Co. Attauitu, Mttlui. COAST VOL. II. Wo print below nn extract from tho columns of tho Wllliuuctto Farm er, relating t tliu wicck of a. Coon Hay vessel. The Htutoment is full of errors, and whether it has cvon foundation of trutli may ho doubted. Tlio Star King did not nail from Coon Hay on her last voyage; she loft Han Francisco for Coon Hay nboul eight years ago und was i ever heard from j Mi. Spraguo wan not ivpansen gor. Capt. Paik HuLlor, of North Hcnd, was ono of her victims. It was Ilia schooner Vi,7t that carried Mrs. Spraguo, hor two children and tho fa ther of Mr. Sprngno, nono of whom woro ever neon again, Nono of tho erow or passongois wcio saved, bo far an J known. Hut wo print tho article an wo find it, eoareely hoping that it will lead to anything not already known with legmd to cither of tho ill fated sehoonersor those who woie lost with them:. About five yenis ago (ho schooner Star King sailed from Coon Hay and never hoard from again. Vessel crow and cargo must have been lost iif the measureless depths of ocean, and there was also on board a .Mrs. Sprngre and berchildien and some of their effects, and tho anxious husband and fu'.linr waited and watched a long timo but was dually compelled to believe that his lined ones were lost. Mr. T. Wil laid, a resident of Coos county, assur es us that no news was ever heard of the lost ccscl or of those on board, at that place, but lately while at Weston, I'matilhi county, he met a man named John lions, working at his trade as a carpenter, who claimed to have hem a p.n-stuger on the lost schooner, which ho says went down in mid-ocean, and as it went down ho took refuge in a small boat, which ovei turned, blithe and a man named I Joe Coleman clung to tlio keel mid were dually washed aslioro and saved, after sudoring great hardship. Mr. uinrci informed us that too man Irons spoke of nil poisons on boaul, of Mrs. Spraguo and the children, and knew what Mr. Spraguo bad on board, and was so well advised 0 the cireuuetanees that his story hears the impress of truth. It is strange if these men were saved in this way and never told their story, and it seems more likely tho story was told but never reached our informant. If his supposition isconcct, those interested in tho schooner will desire to make fuller iiu)uiry. I'lxliinfr In I.upluiul, The water is very clear at Hammer- fcBt, in Laplanil ; you may sco every thing that goes on among tho ilsh. A few feet down you may see tho voung cod snapping at your hook, if you have one; a httlo lower down the coalllsh, and thehugo plaiconnd hal ibut on tho white sand at tho bottom ; in other places, as large ns a plate, and purple and gicen shell tishof all sixes. Tho plaieo is taken in tho fol lowing manner: "In calm weather tho fisherman takes n strong cord, to which ho has fastened a heavy spear head, like n whale harpoon. This he holds ready over the bow of his boat, whilo another person paddles it for ward slowly, When tho fish is seen 11' tho bottom, tho boat is stopped, and the harpoon is suddenly dropped up on him, and thus tho tlsh is caught. In two hours tho fisherman will get a boatload. Tho halibut aro nought with hooks. They sometimes weigh COO pounds, and if drawn up careless ly will overturn tho boat. In many of tho mountainous dis tricts tho rivers swarm with trout, tho habit of which is to conceal thorn solvor beneath tho boulder rocks In tho bed of tlio stream, vontuiing out to feed only at night. Men, each with a heavy hammer, will enter these waters and strike one or two blowh on tho sloncH, wlion the Ilsh am out from their lurking blaees ptutly stunned, and aro easily cnucht. Hki.I' tub Ciumjuus to Onc-w Eukc.t William Hhickio.tho author of "How to Cet St.ong and How to Stay So," spuko beforo tho Hrooklyn Teachers' Association iccently on 'physical education." "1 want." ho 'i.i'hi, Cn.. ir I iv mi informal talk wo enn'thit upon wino way In which we can tiring ino pnjeiwn v....v... of school children, who are healthy and buxom when thoy. begin school work, come out pale, ickly and with round shouldered. If jo rep.iro tho chlldion under you baikonftohair and to hold their 1 bins up you will cro thoni of being round 1 oulderod.andtl.o lungs aim tholr vital organs will luivo free and en Illy ly. Auothor s mplo plan s Imvo the children bond over book, w. ml imtl they can see the ceiling. Tl, oxerei 0 for a fow inlmitM onoli ti hvsleal devolopino.il 0 the .chil dren tlio best icsulis wouiu uo see... MARSHFIELD, OR., SATURDAY DECEMBER 11,1880. PolyermHy as hm InrcNtmcnt. 8. F. Chronicle. Wo halted at u way station for din ner. A whilo haired ttut not vnrv sunctinionious saint occupied a scat next me. "A resident of tho country?" I asked. "Oh vc: for 25 vcars." "Married?"' "Some." "Morn than ,0110 wife?" "I think so. I'vo got a lew scattcrod about hero and there" "Holievo in polygamy, I presume?" "Certainly. I'd never have made a living if I hadn't. "How's that?" 'Well, you sco, stranger, I used to think 11 good deal ns you do. I had 100 acres of laud and 0110 wife, but didn't mako such headway. There was too much work for one man. Finally I froze to a second wife. 8ho took her part of tho burdens liko a perfect brick, and affairs moved on in bettor shape. Then I got to thinking that if two wnes were hotter tlmu one, three would be better than two; consequently I took 11 third mid my adairs improved still more. I manned out tho business of the ranch and gave No. 1 her part, and gnvo 11 part to No. 2, and a part to No !t, and took a nnrt mrself. Everything went-on liko clockwork. Our little community was thoroughly organized. Finally I concluded that a fourth wife would bo quite an advan tage, ami I looked around and secured her, I found that tho mora wives I had the moro land I could woik. I now operato 240 acres of ond kind had I another, and have six wives to assist me, and I've got things so systemat ized down that everything goes on quite lovely, and I don't have much to do myself. Polygamy is a great institution, my friend, and you'll never succcd in the world until you marry a few times. Sometimes one of my wives gets a little ollish like, lint instead of making a great row about it and getting a divorce, ns you do in California, I simply stay away from her a day or two, and then when I do happen around she smiles all over her face and loves mo in n des porate fashion. Oh, yes, I may marry several times yet beforo I dio, and the moro women I marry the richer I ex pect, to get." This talk was by no means iropnisiry, ns 1 niicrwards ascer tained. A largo portion of the wo men of Utah aie slaves. ATougltrttoi-y. Arthur Fitr.patrick, who returned from Colorado, a short time ago, gives the following account of an occur ence in the mining districts, of which he was an oyo witness: "A miner and some companions were crossing the Continental Divido when it was cov ered with snow. Three miles bolow them, down a decline of forty-five de grees, deeply covered with frozen snow, lay a spot they desired to reach, whilo to go around by rail was fifteen miles. Tho miner took 11 tin pan used for washing gold, spread his blanket over it, got in himself in a squatting position on his haunches, tucked tho blanket around, held his rifle and other traps over his head and got one of his companions to givo him n push. He li. formed 1110 he wont down at the speed of sixty miles u niiunto, and sliot far out into tho valley at the foot of tho mountain. Wlion ho stopped ho found tho soldering of tho pan molted from friction, and his blanket on fire, and it was his impression that had ho gono much further he would have- been burned up, together with all his traps." Pittsburg Telegraph. . rut-liiiC (1H OrnHR-OtilRiig;. Tlio London correspondent of the Liverpool Post Bays: "The missing link who parted her hair in tho mid dle, and has been for some timo past on exhibition at tho Westminster Aquarium namely tho orang-outang has not escaped falling a victim to to tho malady which hns proved so fa tal to so many of his kind in our cli mate. Tho stranger caught cold, which nuicklv dcvolopod into a sovoro attack of bronohitis, and on Friday night last his medical nttondant hold out Httlo or no hope of tho patient be ing able to survive tho night. How ever, Mr. John E. Carrington, F. It. S. tho naturalist of tho aqurium, wo de termined if possible to save tho crea ture's life. Hofntupnll night with him, nud by motning tho symptoms were so favorable that tho orang-outang was declared out of danger. Since thou, by dint of careful nursing, tho animal has boon brought aronnJ, and is now happily conveloscont. His patlonco under his sufferings wns, I believe, aboyo all praise, and ho took Mr. Carrington's hot baths with all tho complacency of Major Pondcnnis." Huchnnan, tho bogus diploma deal or of Philadelphia, is aqultted of tho ohnrgo of using tho mnils to defraud tho public, ns thoso who purchasod the diplomas knew thoy woro frauds. TDE3CB3 i- jaJyijnsHB27 A IIuk;o Hplrfer. They have in tho slib-lrcnsury, at tho custom-house, Bnltlmorc, a spider which is making itself quito a public character. Several months ago it wns caught from a bunch of bnnnnns that had co.no fiom tho West Indies, and it is about the si 7.0 of tho palm of a man's hand. It was captured and put in a cigar box with a glnss top, so that its movements could be watched. Shortly afterwards another 'spider of tlio same species was captured in tho same way, and placed in the box with the other. They proved to bo ninlo and female the first being of -the lat ter gender, About threq, days after they had been placed togothcr dur ing which timo thoy behaved very amicably the female suddenly killed and ate up Dr. Tanner, as the male was called, (becauso ho never ate any thing). Whether Dr. Tanner proved a lasting antidoto to hunger, or whether remorse tortured tho soul of tho heartless fair one,shehus never eaten anything since, although six weeks havo elapsed. Prior to that timo she would snag a honey bee placed in the box with astonishing facility, ami flics stood a poor chance when they caiud within rango of her enormous anteunie. One morning about four weeks ago, sho was discov ered carrying around clasped to her bosom, a small white afTair, looking like a marshmallow drop, but which was really made of finely woven web. This sho carried with her all the time, and would fight like a tiger if anyone tried with n stick to dispossess her of it. This small sack she carried, and was very reticent concerning it until tho other day as every ono was get ting disgusted it swelled and burst, and about ten thousand tiny spider lings swarmed from its interior and roosted around tho maternal back and legs. The doings of'the mother and family are now objects of tho greatest interest to almost every ono in the custom-house, and sho will be kept un til the rears them. Improvement In -f ern-ulem. Jerusalem is looking up. The streets arc to bo lighted with gas, and aliorsocar eomimiiy is eoiiiK to run a lino of ''bob-tails'' to tho top of the Mount of Olives. Tliore will uo some nrcttv stccn grades on this route, un less it is laid out with a long detour cither to tho North or the South. Extra tow-horses must be used, or clso most of tho possengors will have to get out and push. On tho down grades tho vehicles will bo in danger of similar disasters to those which re cently occurred in Jersey City and ou Statcn Island. In ono of theso a car came down on a run, and in thoothor tho vchielo tumbled over from a prec ipice into tho valo of woes below. Tho spectacle may soon bo. presented of near rolling whcols-over-hoad down the steep slonc from the graveyard cast of the city wall into tho Valley of tho Kidron, tho driver and passengers vainly running after it with a view to putting on the brakes. The horses in that section nro even worse looking than any which servo as niotivo power for street cara in this country. Tho sound of a bell-punch in tho highways of rusty old Jerusalem will be ns great a novelty as a party ol nousouoluers enjoying their leisure by lounging in tho light of a street lamp. Tho world moves, and oven slow Jcrusnlom must bestir herself. Solomon had many costly novelties to show tho Queen of Shcba, but in all his stables there was nothing liko a strcot car. AmroHonitcal C-iibsch. A few years ago astronomers wit nessed two romarkablo appearances. In 18C0 a tenth magnltudo star in tho constellation of tho North Crown suddenly shown ns a socond magni tude, and in 1870 a new star became viBible in the constollatiou of Cygnus, subsequently fading so as to be only procoptablo by means of n telescope, Like all others, theso stars aro doubt less great suns, glowing Avhh inlio heat und constantly convulsed by tho most prodigious internal commotion. Proctor in his latest works, considers tho effects of a change 111 our own sun such as was witnessed in tho case of each uf theso stars. The star in tho Not thorn Crown shown with more than eight hundred times its formor lustra; while the otar in Oyn gus became, perhaps, thousands of times as brilliant as bofore. Now, if our sun woro to increase even ton fold in brightness all the higher forms of animal life and nearly all forma of vogetnblo lifo on tho earth would unquestionably bo destroyotl. Florida advices says that tho repub licans will contest both seats in con gress on tho ground of gross frauds by tho democrats, MAIL. The NUcIcfen In Tc CI esc t. It has been said that every house haa a skeleton in the closet. It is a strange assertion, wholly incapablo of proof, yet onc.tiint we foci and know contains much of truth. A skeleton in the elosoti Yes, it is there; not, perhaps, literal, ghastly and awful, but in a form whose ugliness calls for concealment and secrecy. It may long bo covered or concealed, but it cannot bo banished. It will stalk forth in conscious form at a casual word passed between members of the family. It Comes unbidden and casts its chilling shadow over even the brightest hours uf gayety. It has a multitude of forms, as various in char acter as tlio minds of its associates, and its ago is as various as its forms. In some instances it has come down from a past generation, while again it is the youngest of the family. Of what docs this skeleton consist? Perhaps a sera) of family history, never written never even discussed among those whose lives aro chilled by its existence. Perhaps it exists in a habit or propensity of somo near and cherished relative, who, though fully conscious of its hateful presence, is powerless to drive it hence. It may bo but an uncertain shadow, or it may have assumed tho form of a well defined und indelible stain, that no amount of repentant tears can ef face. This skeleton is useful in its way; its account is not all on the debtor side When temptation presses near, and we lend a listening ear to her siren-like voice, tho ever present skele ton lifts its linger of admonition and we pause ; we retreat ; we are saved. Hut however useful it may be, it has no clement of beauty, and its place is in tho closet. None should become so familliar with the skeleton as to suffer it to intrude upon neighbors or friends, however intimate. Bear with him, because ho must bo always with you ; respect him for his useful ad monitions, but never let him come forth in company. And it should bo our aim so to live that our particular skeleton will not descend with our es tate to heirs and kindred. Civil Service Kefn Horace White and F. W. White- bridge, representing the independent Republicans of New York, presented Gen. Garfield an address congratula ting him on his election, which scaled the approval of tho principals ho had advocated, and promised him support in carrying them out. They gave him their cordial support becauso of his avowed and determined advocacy of civil service reform. Thoy dwelt on tho danger of Ihe quadriennial election of tho President when spoils are tho reward of party supremacy. No other government exposes its trusted servants to begging on the hazard of an election. Abuses of half a century's growth aro not re formed iu a day. Wo believo, how ever, public opinion is in advance of any reform of the civil service hither to attempted and that you may estab lish rules for entrance to all subordi nate positions which shall make ascertained merit tho sole test of ap pointment, discarding both partisan service and party affiliation from the list of qualifications. In this way a now basis may bo gained for civil ser vice to rest upon, so that hefcnftor no political party in its hour of triumph, shall look upon public offices as an enomy's camp, subject to indiscrimi nate pillage. If civil servico shall re ceive the sumo statesmanlike treat ment at your hands as President that you have bestowed upon it as a mem ber Congress and public teacher, you will bo entitled to the gratitude of your countrymen and to tho verdict which history awards thoso who have wisely used great opportunity. Horace White, president, Henry 8. Van Dusen, Secretary, F. IL Whithrtdge, Geo, Walton Green, Geo. Haven Put nam, Felix Kaufman, N. S. Spencer, Clarenco Doming, executive commit tee Independent Republican Associa tion of the county of New York. Gen. Garfiold having received the paper, entered upon a discussion of civil servico, iu tho course of which ho said ho hoped to havo the corpora tion of Congrcts in establishing a le gal basis for ull routined appoint ments so that it should not bo in the power of anybody, oven the president, to remove any capablo and faithful appointee during his term of ofllce, whethor tho term bo long or short. Advices from 8olomon Islands say that tho natives aro on tho war path ngninst foreigners. Vessels arriving aro attacked and tho crew mur dered whenever it can bo done. The causo of tho bad feeling is tho re. cent killing of somo of tho natives. NO. 50. The ItorthcrM FaclNcKallread A Philadelphia special fnrnishes ad. ditional facts concerning tho North ern Pacific syndicate. From the en gineer's estimate it is thought that 40,000,000 will prove moro than enough to complete all the lines. The syndicate take this amount in first mortgage 6 per cent, bonds, which nro to be issued at the rate of 125,000 a mile. As tho entire line will be over 2,000 miles in length, it will be noticed that the issue will be exhausted before the limit is reached ; but of tho total issue; an amount eqaal to the bonds on the Pen d'Orciflo division, which is bonded at tho rate of $25,000 u mile, and tho bends of the Missouri river division, which is bonded at half that amount, will be reserved to retire those bonds at maturity. The syndi catc agree to take $10,000,000 of the issue during the coming year, and this is thought to be all that can be expended with advantage by the com pany. The Northern Pacific is" to build the road itself, dealing directly with the contractors who do the work and without the intervening of a con struction company. As the company has now completed road enough upon which to issue the entire amount of bonds that ro to be sold during the first year, work on three divisions of the line will bagin simultaneously. The advance guard is now grubbing the line oh tho Montana division. The surveyors-are locating the line on the Yellowstone division of 420 miles, and work will soon begin on the Cascade division on tho Pacific coast. The ex pectation now is that the company will bo nbloto complete a mile a day at least during the coming year. . Handle alry Steele Kindly. Mr. Parcel), in the report of the New Jersey agricultural society, says : "It is important that dairy stock, from the young calf to the old cow that is being fed for beef, should be handled and treated kindly. If a calf is handled roughly and becomes wild and vicious thereby, when it becomes a cow you may expect the same, but( if handled carefully and treated with kindness, when grown up she will be mild and gentle. It may not always be so, but in general it is. There have always been many cows spoiled by the person liavine the caro and milking of them, by whipping or frightening them whenever they come in his way, or if when milking, a cow hoists her foot or kicks (which ia gen erally caused by pain), such a fellow stops milking aud commences whip ping, or, worse, kicking the cow, and she becomes enraged, holds up her milk, kicks back and finally is ruined. Never whip a cow for kicking, if she does kick the milk pail out of your hand and sometimes upsetand knock you over, but bo kind and gentle with Iter, and milk her out with as little excitement as possible, and if she gets over ho, kicking propensity it will bo by mild and not by harsh treatment. Mever whip a cow because she kicks, for it will do no good, but it will do a great deal of harm." Fatal Accident.- The Moscow correspondent of the Palouse Gazette writes the sad news of the accidental death of Mr. James Jones familiarly known as "Friday" Jones which occurred on the 19th inst. Deceasca had been to Northrop tfc Moore's saw mill, where he loaded his wagon with about 500 feet of green boxing and about 11 o'clock started forborne. When about half way be tween the mill and his home, on Mis souri Flat, in driving over a long slid ing grade the wagon was overturned and the heavy load of green lumber fell on the unfortunate' man, mang ling hi& head and chest fearfully. He was found tho next morning by Mr. Burke, who, judging fram appearan ces, said that he must have met an instant death. The team stood quiet ly from the time of the accident until fonnd the next morning by Mr. Burke Justice Fry was immediately notified and summoning a jury repaired to tho scene of the accident and rendered a verdict according to the abovo facts. Tho remains woro taken to the Jus tice's ofilce in Moscow, from where they wore taken to the burial ground last Monday. As far as we can learn, deceased was a single man and so far as known is respected as an honorable and industrious citizen. His team and other effects were taken charge of by Justice Frye and the proper au thorities notified, 1 I. Grant is expected in Washington at the opening of Congress. He will remain there only a few days. Most of the winter he will spend iu a house which he ha rented in this city. His son, Fred Grant, will it is rumor ed, soon leave the army and engage in railroad business. fif The Coast MaiL DEVOTJ5I) TO axiXi xx-va xi w. THE INTERESTS OF SOUTH ERN OREGON ALWAYS FOREMOST. The Development of onr Mines, the Improvcinentof onr,harbon,nnd rail road communication with the In terror specialities. NNSCELLAWOVI. The New York Tost says: Frivtr advices arc that the large movements ' of gold to this country are at last At tracting serious attention in LonAen. It is not likely that the batik of Eng land will use its large power to pre vent it. You may rise early, go io bed late, study hard, read much, and devour themarrowof the best authors ; and when you have done alf,'b as meagre in regard of true and useful knowl edge as Pharaoh 's.Iean kine after they had eaten the fat ones. A man ws urRe4 to take a Galves ton newspaper. "What is" the uae f taking it? I ncrcr open it; e I don't-' know what's in it. What good woabi it do. me?" "You take liver pilfc occasionally.don'tyou?" "Certainly ." "Do they dj you any good?" "Of, course they do." "Doyoii ever open them and find out what's in them-?" That made him shell out the sub scription price. Jackson Furguson, supervisor el the census for Nevada, has just com pleted returns for that state. Official figures are not yet published. He in forms the Reno Gazette that the total population of Nevada is within 100 or 200 of 60,000, showing a general gain throughout the state over the last census, contrary to expectation. Storey county has gained, having at present a population between 1G.00O and 17,000, an increase of about 4500. The heat of the springs of Chan4e8 Aigucs, which reaches about one hun dred and eighty degrees Fahrenheit, is used by the inhabitants for pur poses of cooking and healing their dwellings. M. Berthier has estimated that the heat furnished duly by these springs equals that produced by the comubstion of more than four and a half tons of coal, and it is suf ficient to comfortably warm the houses of the village, and even the streets throughout the winter season. Advices rom 7IonoluIu, by steam er City of 8idney, describe the erup tion of MaunaLoa, now in progress, os one of the grandest ever witneMed. It broke eut2aavember StU, -afeeHt six ;. miles from the summit, the crater throwing out two great streams of lava, one of which is thirty miles long, 100 to 200 yards wide and about 20 feet deep. Terrible explosion accompany its flow. Some fear? are entertained for the safety of Hilo, aU though the flow seema turning in another direction. The Ashland Tiding says: "The . gentlemen who have been in lake county sometime engaged in examin ing swamp lands in contest hare eon eluded their labors in that aeetien, and passed through town Ink "week upon their return to the WHhaimUo valley. The party was composed of Gen. R. V. Ankeney, oMowa, aajent fortheU-S., Dr. Whiteaker, agent x for the State, and their assistant. Mr. Perkins, special agent for the State to select new swamp land, ha ' also finished his work in Lake county and accompanied them upon hi re turn home." On the elopes of Amethyst moun tain, in the Yellowstone Park, are ex posed at different level a large num ber of slicified trees, many being root ed in the position in which they grew, and from twenty to thirty feet iu height. Some lying down are at im mense size. The series of sandstone and conglomerates in which the tree are embedded, ia more than five thou sand feet thick, forming a vertical mile of fossil forests. The weedy structure is well preserved. Where cavities have been formed by the wood they are filled with crystals f amethyst and quartz. -' A IXarrevr Steenjte. Last Saturday evening Sufene McAllister; who lives on Hewell's prairio, says the State maH, went out into the neighboring wood after a load of wood. After getting hi weed he started home,,and when near the edge of the woods jumped from hi wagon, and as he did so he heard the ohnarp report ol a rifle, and, looking up, saw tho dash and just caught a glimpse of a man running through the bushes. The ball from the ride passed directly through his ltt, abeut . two inches above his head. Yesterday a number of men went into the wood, lookimr for seme sign that mieht lead to the discovery of the man who attempted the mnMer, It sucli it was. Aeeut Juoyi where the man stood whend there were evidences of a ' ine been tied, and also U it went away. Owinjf U vrtmml the tracks coutd Met 1 ed. Mr, McAllister he itainir in the, country that he knew of, s4 can assign no reasou for. suck an at tempt to tako Ids life. HU HWH Hiet, PsMfr- j1 -r.v i '4 Vfs 1 Sv v't - wi y t m 21 V' A - -m .-TO3sri."B &m e . ,4. A( H- - -i-" -4J- -