NHIUFRT A FORSTKU, Editors.
VOL. I.
Or (Crntrr jOrmorrnt.
Term* tI.AO por Annum, in Advance,
3. T. BHUQERT and R. H. FORSTEn, Editor*.
Thursday iforning, April 3, 1079.
THE Berlin mission supplied lit last.
The Hon. Andrew L. White,.of New
York, carries off the prize. lie is
spoken of ns a competent man, and
one of the very few yet named by the
fraud who will be a creditable repre
sentative abroad.
Tin: Hon. IX J. Morrell,by instruc
tion of the American Iron and Steel
Association*, has issued a call ii.r a
convention of manufacturers of iron
and steel and all iron-producers in the
United States, to meet at Pittsburg on
the titli of May next.
LOUISIANA HA* abolished the lotte
ry system which has existed in that
State for several years by repeal of
the charter of the State Is.ttery Asso
ciation. Tiiis was a mammoth corpo
ration of great power and made a
vigorous fight to maintain the iniquity.
The war will now be transferred to the
courts on the question of vested right-..
THE Philadelphia Timet says : "It
must have been a very pleasant sort
of experience to Senator Hoar to sit
as a member of senator Wallace's
• committee and bear a reputable citi
zen of Philadelphia, who had all his
life been a Republican, tell how he
became a Democrat in consequence of
the the theft of the Presidency. As
Mr. Hoar was a conspicuous member
of the Electoral Commission he bad
unusual advantages for observing how
some things come home to roost."
Cot. TV. K. REYNOLD*, of Belle font",
claim* that be has acquired n title t<> the
spring from which that place derives it*
water supply, aud will ini*t upon being
paid for the water used. The case will Is.
taken to court.
We clip the almve from a Philadel
phia pajier. If Col. W. F. Key nobis
ever tries a suit to recover the claim
indicated above, it will be when his
avarice has run away with hiscaution
ary judgment. He jsissesscs about as
much legal right to our spring as the
King of Biam,|and just as much claim
as one of his horses—the right to slake
his thirst in the refreshing beverage,
when dry.
GEN. FITZ JOHN PORTER. —The
board of officers ap|>ointed to revive
the cruel and unjust scuteuoc pa.-sod
ujK.fi this gallaut and accomplish
ed officer many years ago by a biased
court marshal, have reported his com
plete vindication to the President.
Gen. Porter never lost the public con
fidence in his integrity or patriotism,
and but few doubted a favorable re
sult, if the case was ever submitted to
review by just and impartial officers.
He and bis friends labored persistent
ly for yenrs to obtain this simple act
of justice from the tyrant who presid
ed in the White House, without avail,
aud it is creditable to Mr. Ilaycs that
soon after his induction into office, he
gave the case the attention that could
not be drawn from his predecessor.
THE Washington papers announce
the occurrence of a miricle at Mount
Vernon. An Ohio man, one of Hayes*
constituents, on visiting the tomb of
Washington, was tempted surrepti
tiously to appropriate one of the eaues
growing upon the Mount Vernon es
tate, for which a charge of 25 cents is
made by the managers of the property.
After getting l>ark to Ohio with his
plunder, the relic troubled the con
science of the thief, and ho was forced
to remit one dollar to appease the
spirit guarding the sacred tomb of the
Immortal. By returning four-fold,
according to the Divine command, the
spirit subsided. But how about that
other man from Ohio,jrho stole the
honored chair once occupied by Wash
ington in the federal city ? IsjMre
any spirit of sufficient pospet<tdwuch
his consciencef Doubtful!
"EqUAL AMI. It*ACT JUSTIC* TO ALU WEN, OK WHATEVER HTATE OK I-KRKI'AMON, KKLIOIOIH OK KoI-ITH AL."-Jrff,o.
IK there i.s one man in tlii.s hroaii
land, outside of a lunatic asylum, who
really believes that the Democratic
members of Congress are pursuing a
" revolutionary " course by insisting
upon the repeal of certain obnoxious
ami disgraceful laws in a particular
maimer, that mau is probably General
Garfield, of Ohio, lie says he be
lieves it, anil expects, of course, to be
taken at his word. We have grave
doubts, however, whether this would
be* altogether just to the General.
While his utterances as a rule may he
cutillcd to respect and credence, we
still cannot help but think that upon
. the present attitude of the Democrats
at Washington they should be taken
with many grains of allowance. It is
true he shouts " revolution," but he
docs not moan it. He knows better,
; and 110 doubt fully realizes that his
| erv of alarm will not disturb the
nerves of any one, unless it be a timid
old ludv or a weak old man. lie
knows that it is only an illusory
spectre, with no more substance than
the gleaming "Jack with a Lantern "
that darts to and fro over a distant
marsh, that he conjures up. Hut it
will not do. Strangely enough, while
sounding this alarm, General Garfield
is so disingenous as to entirely for-
get to inform the country that some
of the laws the.-o wicked revolutionary
Democrats have determined to wipe
out were passed by Republican con
gresses in precisely tbe same way in
which it is intended they shall be re
]>ealed,nnd that among those who sttp
ported them and forced tln-ir passage
by congress in that manner was this
same able and conspicuous Republican
leader, General Jamc* A.Garfield, who
now see* danger and revolution in
their IT |M-al by the same method* that
were adopted for their enactment.
Oh, no. General Garfield! the prece
dents for similar legislation are too
numerous, and when you helped to
make them you used no magic art to
call forth an opposition of danger.
Your sense of propriety was not even
startled, and it is too late to raise a
false alarm now.
THK traveling caravan of $50,000
men which the Stalwart* are getting
up to meet Grant, at San Francisco,
for the purpose of proclaiming him
the Republican candidate for Presi
dent in 1880, won't pay. It is stupid
ly conceived, and will die of its own
weight. The 50,000 pilgrims of every
shade of political views ran readily IK>
found to take a free or cheap ride to
the golden state, but it will take a
great ileal more than that to place the
old tyrant again in the Presidential
chair, against the free American states
as now organized with free Stale gov
ernment*, supported by a free people
who cauuot he agniu coerced by bayo
nets, or overawed by the tyranny of
political power.
When this man wa* elected Presi
dent in 1860, Indiana, Illinois, Massa
chusetts, Michigan, New York, New
Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania, had
ninety-three Republican congressmen,
to twenty-seven Democrat*. Before
the end of his second term the repre
sentation in the same states were fifty
eight Republicans to eighty-one Demo
crat*. This does not indicate such
rising strength, as to render the novel*,
ty of a traveling convention alarming
to the Democracy. •
K U.LOGG, the only remaining carjiet-
Inigger of the United Htatea Henate,
does not sit cosy in his chair. Judge
Bpoffbrd, the legally elected Bonn tor of
Ixmisiana, is after him, and says that
if he, Hpoflord, cannot prove his right
to the seat, Kellogg can be unseated on
the charge of bribery.
Is Tr possible that Garfield would
exaggerate the truth and falsify fact
and history ? The "stalwart*" of the
republican party will be loth to be
lieve this, but Ihe record seems to
prove it. larfield boa evidently put
himself in a hole, an he wHI have
some trouble to get out.
BKLLKFONTK, LA., THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1871).
The Turning Tide.
The most gratifying evidences of the
continued increase of business and rc-
turning prosperity reach us from every
part of the State. The Car Company,
at Harrisburg, start out with contracts
that warrant the employment of five
hundred bands. The same activity in
that branch of business is apparent in
Reading, York, Wilkcsbarrc and
many other places, while the iron
business at Pittsburg, Reading, Allen
town, Scrnnton, I'hoctiixvillc and else
where appear to be ablaze with excite
ment and activity. Indeed all branches
of biisim-ss and trade are springing into
life every where, giving employment
to thousands who have heretofore been
idle, or working on short time to avoid
starvation.
'I hesd evidences of returning pr<s
pcrity, and many others we could give,
do not come to us too soon. Tlte js-o
ple, pressed to desperation by taxes
and debt, need the gleam of hope they
present, to enable them to recover
from the most terrible prostration they
tiavc ever experienced.
THE New York Herald docs not
gush with admiration over tin- lute
speech of Mr. Garfield on the army
appropriation hill. According to that
journal, "It was merely a piece of vig
orous licclatnatioii. Whatever truth
it contained was exaggerated even 1k
yond the usual license of declamatory
rhetoric,'while some of iL* most impor-
taut statements are not true in fact
and are contradicted by history. Even
if all Mr. Garfield's statements lie true
and given without exaggeration the
speech would have become nlmo-t any
other mouth belter than bis, inasmuch
as his own previous declarations and
votes on this very subject conic within
the scope of his denunciations. If
facts, logic, candor and js-rsonnl con
sistency are of any value in parliamen
tary eloquence, Mr. Garfield's speech
larks them all. It is a mere passion
ate harangue, better suited to tbe
stump than to a legislative assembly."
THE Oliver-Cameron breach of pro
mise ca*c has alxiut reached its con
elusion, and wo* submitted to the jury
yesterday, which, after a brief consul
tation, returned n verdirt for the de-
fendant, as was expected. This dis
gusting trial has occupies) a large space
in the daily paper* for some time —more
we think than ought to be given to it.
Gen. Cameron is not a saint, but we
give him credit for his courageous re
sistance of*the attempt of a vile or
crazy harlot to blackmail him. We
have avoided soiling our columns with
the disgusting details, is our reply to
an expression of surprise that our re
port* of the trial were so meagre.
MR. IIA u., of the Senate, on Mon
day introduced a concurrent resolution
providing for the final adjournment of
the Legislature on the 115 th of May.
aside under the rule. It is not
nt nil probable, however, that an ad
journment will take place at *o early
a day. The Ten iXdlar boys have
something to say on that subject.
IT WM Mr. Garfield who, in 1872,
ranged to be attached to the appropria
tion bill, the partiznu election law,
which the democrat* propose to modi
fy by a clause to the appropriation
bill. Garfield now call* this kind
of Icgialation "revolutionary." Then,
what was it in 1872? Garfield should
explain iu hia next.
THE carpet-bagger, B|>cucer, has
forgotten Alabama, the Slate he once
pretended to represent at Washington.
At laat advices ho waa giving hia lu
minous thoughts entirely to mining
iu Caftbrnia.
IT ia gratifying to know that Sena
tor Thurman, who ha* lately been con
fined to hia house by sickness, ia again
able to occu|y hia seat in the Senate-
No mtgre IhyoneL elections! De
mocracy acctffe the issue.
I * M
A I.KHRON or two like that given to
Senator Anthony, of the great State
j of Rhode Island, during the closing
moments of the Monday session, of
the United States Senate will, it is to
I be hoped, in due time, give the Repuli- 1
lican Senators a realizing sense of the
fact that they no longer constitute the
majority of that august body. Sena- '
tor Anthony, according to the rejiorts,
desired an executive session for tin
purpo-e of confirming some of the i
nominations to office that have been
-■• ill in by Mr. Hayes, and would!
; doubtless have be<-n grati(i>-d had he ;
IM-CII content to make his motion with-
out prefacing it with a fi w- preliminary
remarks insulting to the majority.
" If," said the Senator, " the chairman
of the various Democratic caucus and
stib-r .mucus committees have no bui-
LIES* to attend to, or H|M<CCIICH to make,
I will move that the Senate go into
Executive session." To tiic astonish
incut of Mr. Authtiny, liis motion was
immediately met by auotlicr motion
from the Democratic side to adjourn,
and no nominations were confirmed
tLnt day, notwithstanding, the effort
of tlie offending Senator to withdraw
bis words—Mr. Kernan meanwhile
remarking that while the Democrats
were willing to help to roiilirm goisl
nominations they would do so when
the million for an Executive session
was made without a breach of good
, manners. Anthony, if none clae, will
profit by the rebuke administered to
him. Ib-ttcr tilings were to lie ex
expected of him, but from henceforth
he will probably consider who rub*
in that chamlier before attempting an
other display of cheap wit at the ex
pense of those upon whom he must
dejieod for favors.
—- - a
Wild ti-c*e.
: soxt ISTBRKSTIKO LOCAL FACTS costs ax
ISO TliriH MOT SMKSTS.
I'r m ll# ID| (liHf'f !■! >e• •
j Mr. Henry Faucett, of Rilworlhtown,
si one timn purchased a pair of wild
geese from winch be has raised a flock
of seven. These geese have become
very tame and inore rea-Uly caught ami
handled than his domestic ones, but
sull they have a strong dc*ire to migrate,
and to prevent which he has been com
|>elled to clip their wings. <n Sunday
morning he waa surprised to find his
flock had increased to eleven, aud were
quietly feeding in his liaruyard. They
have since remained there and in the
immediate vicinity, evidently endeav
oring to persuade Mr. Kaucett's geese
to accompany them. They keep in the
immediate vicinity, at no time going
, more than a mile distant, when they
will alight in some wheat field and
again return. They disappear at night,
and notwithstanding Mr. Faucett has
made strenuous efforts to discover their
roosting place, for the purpose of cap
turing them, be has been unable to do
so. On Wednesday morning they re
-1 turned with an additional number.
'■ making the flock eighteen. They fly
very close to the ground, at no time
soaring higher than the house top.
j When they alight they keep the same
j position as when flying, ahowing that
I they hold themselves in roadinea* for
any alarm that may le given. Another
singular circumstance ia given of their
movements, which is that each bird has
his place in the procession when flying,
which was shown by tbe shooting of one
next to the leader. Sinoe then our in
formant states that place is vacant and
the following one keep* his station in
the line as he did before his predessor
j was shot.
Suits have been brought against the
county of Iterks by the six gentlemen
who served on tlie Coroner s inquest
upon the laxly of Mrs. I.eali F.ngle, to
recover the fees due them for their ser
vices. Six suits were brought, one for
each of the jurom. The cases were
tried before Alderman Krmenlrout,
who rendered judgment in favor of
each plaintiff for $4 and costs. The ju
rors served two days, and the sutn of $2
is claimed for each day under tlie Act
of 1873, entitling all jurors to this
amount for each day that they served.
The county suthoritiee claim that the
jurors are only entitled to receive fifty
cents%ach day, which sum is all that
has heretofore been paid. The case*
have been oettioraried.
A despatch from Toulon, France,
says that the French floating battery
Arrogant# foundered off Hyeres on
Wednesday. Forty-seven men were
drowned out of a crew of 122. A storm
arose during the firing practice, and the
Arrogant# sprung a leak. The ahip
Souverain, near by, waa unable to ren
der any assistance. An effort waa made
to beach the Arrogant#, but she sank
about a kilometre from the ialee of
Ifyeree. The Arrogant#'* armor was
five inches thick at the water line. She
carried nine eix-ton Runs, and waa of
1,338 ton* burthen, tier engine* were
500 horse power.
Ms. -v
GENERAL NEWS. #
Ibe Indiana Legislature adjourned
on Monday. '
At Lebanon, Ky.,on Monday, sixteen
boiUee were destroyed by fire. Loss,
$5<l,000; insurance $5.000.
tpieon \ '-toria bos arrived at Hivene,
on Lake Magglore, where she will re
main during her stay in Italy.
An incendiary burned Trimper's wad
ding mill, at Uiwrvillo, N. Y,, on Sun*
day night. Loos, $70,000: insurance,
$36 OUQ.
I h woman suffrage nn-nsuic wan de
fentitd in ih M iismu-hu-cttx liou-<* of
Representatives L>.t Friday by a vote of
85 to 82.
At meeting of operative weaver* nt
Hlackbtirn f Knglsnd) on Saturday it
wit* agreed to accept the five per cent,
reduction.
The storm on Monday did considera
ble damage in KfHtighaui county, Geor
gia. A sou of Fx (yongressman Bawl*
was killed by u falling tree.
I In- I rc-d man's linspitid, which was
owned and supported l y the city of
Augusta, fin., was destroyed by fire on
Sundny, entailing u loss of SIO,OOO.
Tin- f'lty flour null at Minneapolis,
Miotl., owned by the Firt National
Iltiik of that city, was destroyed bv fire
Sunday morning. K-lima ted loss $70,-
ism ; insurance email.
An east-bound passenger train on the
Carolina t'entral railway ran off the
truck near Pedeestation on Friday, kill
ing a colored brukemun and slightly
wounding one paasenger A broken
wheel caused the accident.
The Senate of Virginia, on Wednes
day lost, concurred in the House amend
ment to the Senate bill providing for
the <-tU< mi nt of the State debt known
a* the "McCulloch Com prom is# bill."
it now goes to the (iovernor.
I*r. Carver, the American rifleman,
gave an exhibition of rifle shooting re
cently at the Welsh Harp, Hendon,
and, although the weather va> unfavor
able, Sport* ma* nays "aucb consummate
skdi *M never before displayed in Kng
- land."
j 'l"h* executive committee upon the
world's fair proposed to be held in New-
York, ho* decided to hold the fair in
| ""entral Park. The action fixing the
' date in 18*5. w* reconsidered and it is
! probable I**3 will be decided upon at
the next meeting of the committee.
John Clark, of Chester, I'a.. n mo
rocco dresser by trade, in Burke's
aloon Mohdsy evening, fell dead. He
had been drinking freely all day rind
: wo* nt the act of taking a drink when
he drop|H*J. His death ia supjtosed to
, have been caused by heart disease.
The Cincinnati AV/mrrr published on
Monday morning careful estimate* of
the wheat and fruit crops from neatly
etarv county in Ohio, Indiana and Ken
lucky, from which it is indicated that
the wheat crop will be bounteous while
there is a jioor pros|ect for apples and
peaches.
It is officially announced that the
Mexican government i* not di*|io*ed to
enter into a commercial treaty with the
United States on the basis of the Mc
l.can Ocampo treaty because it would
be disadvantageous to Mexico. The
country is congratulated that the treaty
was not ratified.
About two third* of the employes of
the Heading cotton mill struck Monday
morning against a ten |>er cent, reduc
tion in their wages, and operations at
the mill are completely stopper!. The
hands number about 250 people. The
*ii|>erintendent state* that O|ieralion*
will not bo resumed except at the re-
Mi** Ixwmer. after excelling the best
quarter mile record ever made by a fe
male, was withdrawn from the track at
Alston Hall, Boston, at 10 minute* bc
loro I o'clock Monday morning, having
made 3.004 quarter miles in as many
consecutive quarter hour*, the last quar
ter having been made in five minutea.
Her condition at the close was excellent.
Nearly the entire business portion of
the town of Xeni*. 111., was destroyed
by a fire that occurred last Saturday
night. The flame* originated in under
Hill's hall and quickly poead toother
building*. The town being without fire
apperatu* all effort* to stay the flame*
proved fruitless. The loo* ia estimated
at $50,000; insurance, SIO,OOO.
From a late estimate ve see that
among the English speaking people of
the world Kpiacnpeliens rank first in
number, with 1 <.750,000; Methodist*
are next, with 14,WO,000; and Iben
come Roman Catholics, with 13,500,000;
Presbyterian* witli 10,000,000 ; Baptists
with 8,000,000: CongregationaliiU with
7,000,000, aud Unitarian* with 1,000,000.
The fastest time* in which a mile has
been run are 4m. 25., by W, Lang, down
hill, at Newmarket, Kng., apd 4m. 171*.
by W. L*og and W. Richards, on level
f round, in a dead beat si Manchester,
he fastest quarter mile is 48)*.. by U.
Buttery, and the faalost 100 yards 9}s.,
by George .Seward, an American. The
fastest time for a mile walk ia 6m. 235.,
by William Perkins, of England.
The Democratic State Central Com
railtee and a large number of represen
tative Democrats met at Columbus,
Ohio, and spent five hours in dfacuming
the time and place for holding the next
State Convention. Governor Bishop's
friends all favored the holding of the
eonvention prior to June I, while the
friends of (fan. Rice and den. Thomas
Kwing favored the holding of in there
on June 4, that being the day the State
Greenback Convention will meet there.
The State committee after an executive
session decided to hold the convention
at that plane on the 4Ut of June.
TKKMN: s!."><) JMT Annum, in Advanee.
The stable attache! to a lime kiln 5
Brooklyn was burned on Monday night
together with four hones. The body of
David It. I'ulver, who 'occupied part of
the building,. wa* found completely
burned under several feet of charred
embers.
A Boston despatch say* that at G
o'clock Tuesday morning the night ex
press from Bangor on the Lantern road,
with two locomotives, jumped the track
and both engines, with the express,
mail and'baggage cars, were comnletcly
wrecked. No pernon was injured.
1 he bill l/efore the House appointing
a commission to adjust and pay the
losses incurred by the Pittsburgh riot*
wus discussed at length 011 Tuesday, and
motion to | ostpnne action on it indefi
nitely was defeated by a vote of 76 yea*
to Hi nays. The bill came up yesterday
for a second reading.
In the United States District Court
before Judge Butler, Tuesday morning,
an application was made by Lucius It.
Warner and other* for a receiver to
take charge of the a. -et of the Mer
chants and Mechanics' insurance Com
pany of PolUville. Hi *||ege<J that
the company h* been mismanaged
by its < ltieers. tin h. halt of tlie do
fendiinta it w.is stated that an assign
ment of the property of the company
under the State Jaws had been made,
and that security was about to be en
tered by the assignees. Judge Butler
decided to hold the matter over until
1* relay, until such bond be given, beforo
giving an opinion in the matter.
On Friday evening la*t Mr*. John
Nye, who live* aix mile* northwest of
Iterator, 111 , wa* ri ling toward home,
having in ft faring Wagon with beraelf
her daughter Kate, aged IG, ''l'uw,"
*g-d 12, and a young man by the name
<( Kohin*on to drive. A heavy thunuer
•hower prevailed at the time. When
one-fourth of a mile from home a thun
•li-rbolt atruck the wagon, nroatr&titig
the hr,r. throwing Mr. Nye to* the
ground wriM-lem*. and killing the daugh
ter Kite and young' HoLinoon'inMantly.
The younger daughter, who *al on the
neat l*-teen the mother and Kate, e
ca|M-d unharmed. Th* horaea noon re
vived and ran home, and Mr. Nye,
meeting them at the yard gale, imme
diately got into the wagon and drove to
the •< one of the terrible di*atcr, where,
placing loth the dead and the living in
the vehicle, he took them to hi* *ad
home. Mr*. Nye, though autfering
much from the ahock, will prohaWiy
recover.
A Jire broke out at one o'clock Satur
day morning in the office of the Tre
nton t ilouae, Clareinont, X. 11., originat
ing, it i< supposed, from a defective
i chimney. About forty person*. includ
ing boarder* aqd help, where in the
house. The fire spread so rapidly that
the building KM soon filled with smoke
and flame, cornj-elling most of the in
mate* to make their escape from the
windowa and roof. Notwithstanding
strenuous efforts to rescue them, five
j-run pcnabed. Their name* are aa
follow*: Mra. Hannah P. Gibson, of
Cheater, VL, the mother of one of the
proprietor* ; Charlea Morgan, a boarder;
Lydia Merrill, table girl; Anna John
aon, chambermaid ; Mra. S. A. Place,
cook. William butler, of Brattleboro,
Vt., and Frederick Marvin and wife
were injured by jumping from the win
( dow. Mra. Marvin, it ia feared, ia dang
erously injured. There were many
narrow escapes and the criea for help
were heartrending. The hotel, a four
story wooden structure, owned by Au
rehu* Dickinson, waa totally destroyed.
Boa* rs.1,000; insurance, t'.KMO. F. 11.
Gibson and Riley Deming. the landlord*
jof the hotel, are insured for $5,0U0:
their loss is not stated. Additional
losses are aa follows: A. C.Stone i Co.,
occupying a wing of the hotel, loss un
known : insurance #2,000. F. J. Cle
ment, livery stable, loss unknown; in
surance, #I.OOO. Three frame buildings,
| occupied by 11. A. Dickinson, boots and
, shoe*; L. D. Potter, harness; Mrs.
Harlow, dressmaker, and E. Lafebre,
upholsterer, were completely destroyed.
Several adjoining buildings were in
jured.
The Fate of a Herd of Buffaloes.
An army officer who recently arrived
j in Chicago from the Yellowstone valley
tells a story of what happened to a
herd of buffaloes as they were migrating
1 southward. The herd numbered two
thousand five hundred head, and bad
i l>een driven out of the Milk river ooun
J "7 by ibe Indian hunters belonging to
, Sitting Bull's band. When they reach
ed the river they ventured u|on the ice
with their customary confidence, com
ing upon it with a solid front, and be
ginning the crossing with closed rank#
I he stream at this point was very deep,
i '•*. hen the front file, which was stretch
cd out a quarter of a mile in length bail
nearly gained the opposite shore the
ice suddenly gave way under them.
Some trappers who were eye-witnesses
of tha scene said it seemed as if a trench
I had been opened in the ioe the whole
length of the column. Some four or
five hundred animals tumbled into the
opening all in a heap, titbera fell in on
top of them and aunk out of sight in a
twinkling. By this lime the rotten ice
was breaking under the advancing herd.
The irappers say that in leas than a
minute the whole body of buffaloes had
been precipitated into the river. They
were wedged in so thickly that they
oould do nothing but struggle for a sec
ond and then disappear Iwneeth the
eakee of ioe of the swift current. Not a
beast in all that mighty herd tried to
escape, but in a solid phalanx they
matched to their fatal bath in the "Big
Muddy." In a minute from tha tiuo
the first ioa broke not a buffalo's bead
or tail was to be seen.
NO. 11.