is runusar-n every wednepday, by
w. n. dunn.
OmOE IH ROMtfSOW ft BOTTITTIVS BTJILDIffO
ELM STREET, TIOKE3TA, PA.
TKRMS, $2.00 A YF.AR.
No Ruhscrlpl.tons received for it shorter
period than throe months.
Correspondence solicited from all parts
of ths country. No notice will bo taken of
ttnnmiymou communications.
" , .
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
TIONESTA LODGE
No, 309,
I. O. of O. F1.
MEETS every Friday evening at 7
o'clock. In the Hall formerly occupied
by tho Uood Templars.
C. A. RANDALL, N. O.
frlt. HASLET, Boc'y. 27-tf.
j! T10NESTA COUNCIL, NO. 342,
) VfHKTS lit Odd Fellows' Lodge Room,
J J.YA every Tuesday evening, at 7 o'clock.
P. M. CLARK, C.
B. A. VAItNEIt, R. 8
81
I J. E. ELAINE, M. D. R, A. EOnERT, M. D.
j BLAINE C EGBERT,
"VFFICE and residence in house former-
? J ly occupied Dr. Winans. Office days,
Wednesdays and Saturdays. 82tf
i
K. L. Davis,
f A TTORNKY AT LAW, Tlonesta, Pa.
' -ix. Collections-made in thin and adjoin
Ing counties. 40-ly
J. B. ACNEW, W. E. LATHY,
Tloaetta,Pa. Erl.Fa.
AONKW Sc LATHY,
Attorneys at Law, - Tlonesta, Pa.
Omco on Elm Street.
May 18, 1875.-tf
I MXLEH W. TATE,
1
I ATTORNEY AT LAW,
' jrt, . TIONESTA , iM .
F.W.Hays,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Notatiy
Prni.ic, Reynolds lluklll A Co.'s
Jilock, fcieneea Bt., Oil City, Pa. 3iMy
t. KtNNKAR.
If. B. BMILKY.
KtNNEAJt & SMILEY,
Attorneys at Law, Franklin, Pa.
PRACTICE in the several Court of Ve
nango, Crawford, Forest, and adjoin
ing counties. - SW-ly.
tfATIOWAI, IIOTFX,
1TI3IOTJTE., IF.A.1
BfJCKLIX A MORE, Pbopkiktors.
Frlst-Ctas Licensed House. Good sta
ble oonnootod. 13-ly
Lawren.ce House,
TIONESTA, PENN'A, C. E. Mo
CKAY, Pbopriktor. Thin house
Is centrally located. Everything now and
well furniNhed Superior accommoda
tions and strict attention given to guest.
Vegetables and Fruits of all kinds served
in their season. Samplo room for Com
mercial Agents. .
Tlonesta House,
ANDREW WELLER, Proprietor. This
house lias loon nowly fltfod up and is
now open for tho accommodation of the
publlj. Charges reasonable 84 ly
CENTRAL HOUSE,
BONNER t AO NEW BLOCK. L.
Aowkw, Proprietor. This is a new
nouse, and Iias just boon fitted up for the
accommodation of the public. A portion
of the patronage of the publio is Bolioltod.
M-ly
FOREST HOUSE,
SA. VARNER Proprietor. Opposite
Court House, Tlonesta, Pa. Just
oponod. Everything now and clean and
fresh. The best of liquors kopt constantly
on hand. A portion of the publio patron
age is respectfully solicited. 4-17-1 Y
W.C. COBURN, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN fe SURGEON offers his
sorvices to the people of Forest Co.
Having had an oxporfenoe of Twelve
Years in constant practice, Dr. Cobura
guarantees to give satisfaction. Dr. Co
burn makes a specialty of the treatment
of Nasal, Throat, Lun and all other
Chronic or lingering diseases. Having
investigated all scientific methods of cur
ing disease and soleoted the good from all
systems, he will guarantee relief or a cure
in all cases whero a cure is possible. No
Charge for Consultation. All fees will be
reasonable. Professional visits made at
all hours. Parties al a distauoo can con
sult him by letter.
Otllco and Residence second building
below tho Court House, Tlonesta, Pa. Of
lice days Wednesdays and Saturdays. 20tf
Dr. J. L. Acorrb,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, who has
had fifteen roars' experioncein a lnrge
and siwueasful practice, will attend ail
Professional Calls. OtHoe in his Drug and
Jrry Store, located in TldiouU, jioar
'iftUioulo House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND
A full assortment of Medicines, Liquors
Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery. Glass. Paints,
f.itm, -Cutlery, all of the best quality, and
,,vill be sold at reasonable rates.
DR. C1IAS. O. DAY, an experienced
Physician and DrugUrt from New York,
jias charge of tlie Store. All prescriptions
jnit up accurately.
fX. II. KiV. J0- r. rBK. A. B. KBU.T.
MA Y, rARK J5 CO,,
;33 -A. sE K! B IB S
.Corner ef ElrnA; Walnut SU. Tipnesta.
Rank of Discount and Deposit.
f ntorost allowed on Time Deposits.
Collections njadeonall tho Principal points
of tho V. a.
Collections solicited, W-ly.
1
7REE GIFT of a Piano for dostributing
niir firculurs : address U. S. Piano Co.
M)l Broadway, ISew loru.
. ' -m r O A
34
T?KIr OARPETINGS, 35 i ts. per yard.
1 FELT i'KIIilNli for rooms in pbiooof
Plaster. FFIr ROOFING and SIDING
For samples, address C. J. FAY, t'amdcu,
New Jersey.
VOL. IX. NO. 20.
Painting, Paper-Hanging &c,
EH. CnASE. of Tlonesta, offers his
sorvices to those in nood of
PAENTTNO,
GRAINING,
CALcmrmNo,
SIZING t VARNTSHINO,
RKJN WRITING,
PAPER HANGING.
AND CARRIAGE WORK,
Work promptly attended to and
Hat ImIiioIIoii Guaranteed.
Mr. Chase will work in the country
when desired. 13-tf.
WILLIAMS &, CO.,
MEADVILLE, - - PENN'A.,
TAX! DE R MISTS.
BIRDS and Animals stuffed and mount
ed to order. Artificial Eyes kept In
stock. 2-ly
MUST C. til. HEATH,
DRESSMAKER, Tionesta, Pa.
MRS. HEATn has recently moved to
this place for the purpose of meeting
a want which the ladies of the town and
county hava for a long time known, that
of having a dressmaker of experience
among them. I am prepared to make all
kinds of dresses in the latest stylos, and
f;uarantee satisfaction. Stamping for braid
ng and embroidery done in the best man
ner, with the newest patterns. All I ask
is a fair trial. Residence on Water Street,
in the house formerly occupiod by Jacob
Shrlver. 'ntf
TIME TRIED AND FIRE TESTED !
TUB ORIGINAL
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY
OF UABTFORD, CONN.
ASSETS Doc. ft, 1873,
MILES W. TATE, Sub Agent,
48 . T'onesta, Pa.
Frank Ilobblns,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
(successor to deminq.)
Pictures in every styloof the art. Views
of the oil regions for solo or taken to or
der. CENTRE STREET, near R, R. crossing.
SYCAMORE STREET, near Union Do
pat, Oil City, Pa. 20-tf
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
BLM HTRKBT,
SOUTH OF ROBINSON A BONNER'S
STORE.
Tlonesta, Pa.,
M. CARPENTER, ... Proprietor.
Pictures taken In all tho latest styles
the art. 2G-tf
I KHALI, ATTEND
TO MY
Business as Usual !
L. KLEIN,
(in G. W. Bovard's Store, Tlonesta, Pa.)
rBACTICAL
WATCHMAKER & JEWELER,
DEALER IN
Watches, Clocks, Solid atul riated
Jewelry, RlacH Jewelry,
Eye Glasses, Spec
Uiclesi Violin Strings, Sc., f c.
Particular attontion given to
Repairing Fine Watches.
NEBRASKA GRIST HILL.
THE GRIST MILL at Nebraska (Lacy
town,) Forest county, has bweu thor
oughly overhauled and roilttod in tirst
elaws order, and is now running aud doing
all kinds of
JUNTO 91 J It I X 1 I x
FLOUR,
FEED, AND OATS,
( -oikhtvntly on hand, and sold at tUo very
lowest ligurcs.
15-0m U. W. LEDEBUlt.
IIP lillllf
TIONESTA, PA.,
ANOTHER CHAPTER ON TILDEN.
HM MAKirULATIOIT OF THE BRADY8
BEND IROS WORKS.
A correspondent of tho Commercial
writing front Brady's Bend gires the
following:
I suppose that ten years ago no
more thriving town than this edged
the banks of the Allegheny through
the whole length of its industrious
valley. The large mills and mines of
the Brady's Bend Iron Company in
the full tide of prosperity gave em
ployment to hundreds of workmen,
whose little homes were supplied with
the necessities and luxuries from the
pretentious stores of the village. The j
farmers for miles around found a safe
and ample market for the fruits of
their labor. The f ir was noisy with
the concussion of the hammers ; the
streets were filled with busy people
and life here so active and prosper
ous was marked by no doubt of con
tinuous happiness. Sixty thousand
dollars paid out monthly in wages
found currency in the neighborhood,
mademoney comparatively plenty
with every one, and those hands that
earned it were in the comfortable con
dition of well-to-do independence.
To-day it is very different. Sitting j
this afternoon in front of the three
story hotel, the register of which in
forms the curious or idle that there
have been two arrivals during the week, j
but docs not inform them how gladly
one of them, at least, will take his de
parture, it would be easy to muse on
the changes and varieties of life. The
silence is monotonous and suggestive.
Over the river, where a little corner of
Armstrong county pushes up like the
Pan Handle, is seen the long line of
once massive buildings which were the
property of the Brady's Bend Iron
Company. The buildings are deserted,
and the score of smoke pipes and chim
neys pointing idly in the air are empty
and useless. To the right, a long in
cline, on which coal went down to feed
the furnaces, has lost its regularity of
outline and halfway up a box top of
one of the cars lies wbeelless, edge
ways across the rails. Down under
the hill and along the bank of the riv
er two or three long rows of houses, in
which from a hundred to a thousand
persons could be comfortably accom
modated with homes, are empty and
falling into decay. The windows are
devoid of glass and the doors are off
the hinges, while the brick walls, harm
less of paint, are beginning to sag down
as if they felt the weight of nothing to
do, and were tired, of the unnecessary
burden. One tall chimney whose
shadow from the sun is the radius of
this circle of decay, emphasizes the
wholo general effect of the picture by
its costly laziness.
In 1863 the iron works had been
running for some years with moderate
success, but owing to various causes
were understood to befor sale. Mr.
Tilden, as attorney for Mr. William
M. Ogden, and other gentlemen of New
York, came out here, and with his
speculative eye took in the situation.
An offer of $250,000 was made for tho
property, which was accented. A Btock
company was forme i with a capital of
half a million dollars, one-half of
which was to be working capital. The
principal owners were Samuel J. Til
den, Wm. M. Ogden and George A.
Wheeler, a just now suggestive name,
but a distant, if any relation of the
Republican candidate for Vice Presi
dent. Mr. L. R. Dudley, of Massa
chusetts, a gentleman of capacity and
integrity, was the Superintendent, and
under his administration everything
prospered. I have it from the most
reliable authority that the first year
the profits of the new company far ex
ceeded the sum of $200,000. This
would seem to have been a satisfactory
return, but it did not seem to fill the
measure of greed of the speculators.
In a short time, I think the second
year, in spite of the protests of Mr.
Dudley, mortgage bonds were issued
in the sum of $500,000 and ostensibly
sold at eighty cents on the dollar, but
really distributed among the holders
of the stock. The interest on these
bonds was to be a first charge against
the profits, and as the prosperity con
tinued, the bondholders (Mr. Tilden
and company), it is to be presumed,
were correspondingly contented. They
continued for a time to hold enough of
the stock to control matters, and in a
year or so decided to issuo more bonds.
The sum suggested was another half
million, but as the capital stock was
oDly that amount And did cot seem a
sufficient basis for a bonded indebted
ness of one million dellars, the stock
was
watered up to two millions
of dollars, and against the further pro
tests of Mr. Dudley, who then with
drew from the concern ; second mort
gage bonds to the amount of $500,000
were put out, These, too, were taken
by the conspirators, and if sales were
made it was much more likely to be of
slock than ox bonds. Of course tbeso
fi rl
AUGUST 23, 187G.
transactions were known only to those
concerned in them. The ereat anna-
rent DrOSDCritV of tho MtahlinhmAnt
and the expressed desire to largely in
crease the business and means of in
come, was a plausible excuse in the
eyes of the general publio for the issue
of the bonds. The workmen had un
bounded confidence in the solvency of
the concern, and many of them invest
ed what little money they had in the
purchase of houses in the vicinity, and
nos a lew were glad to let their surplus
earnings remain with the company,
and no doubt thought themselves well
off when a little of the $2,000,000 stock
fell into their hands. Mr. TlndlovV
retirement was considered a misfortune
for he was highly esteemed in the coin-
mimitv. hilt . Air TTainno mkt
ceeded him, and who still lives here.
possessed many ot the same qualities
and inspired the same confidon. IT
had not been made conversant with the
reason of Mr. Dudley's withdrawal.
but bein? an energetic, shrewd man of
business, soon found out that it would
require enormous profits to pay the in
terest on $1,000,000 of bonds, and af
terward a dividend on two million
dollars of stock. He remained a year
or two and then auietlv withdraw TTU
successor only knew that he was ex-
Eectea to run the works at a profit, if
e could, but to keen ud a bir show of
prosperity at all events, and being no
less honest than his nredecesnnrn. triad
tO do the first. It Wfta fllirincr hia nd.
ministration, however, that the incep
tion oi me present panic quickly
BURSI IHE ALREADY SWOLLEN BUBBLE.
As Mr. Tilden and his coadjutors had
long Known wnat the ultimate result
of their nolicv would be. and nn tin -ftn
. rf f r
the very day of suspension the works
; r ii ...
wero running at lull capacity With
seemingly lartre Drofits. it mav ho rnn.
fidently believed that the originators
! I 1 - -
oi me Bcneme were not deafened by the
crash when it came. Thev nndnnht.
edly retained considerable interest in
lr. I. .. I I . ' 1 11
mo tuuwiu, uui. it, was nrooaniv in
first mortcaEra bonds, the hold
which would stand in the position of
creditors rather than debtors.
The cause of the bnnkrtint-v n
not generally known at the time, but
u was apparent mat mere had been
treachery and there was a loud out.
cry from the victims. As these were
a .
principally oi tbe poor, of course the
noise had no effect, and thnan nhn rnt
employment elsewhere were clad to
Bnaae me qubi or me town irora their
feet, with curses loud and deep. There
was no attempt made to wait for bet
ter times; as soon as the opportunity
offered they deserted the place as they
would a place of pestilence.
WHAT VOTERS SAY ABOUT IT. N
The ITOOd neODla of tha nmohhrvr.
hood, many of whom were creditors.
and nearly all of whom suffered in
some way, for a while hoped the sus
pension was the result of the panic,
and that when the season of depression
was over tbe works would strain he
starred up, but havo got ever that, now
mat tne anairs ot the concern nave
been looked into. As they have ceased
to expect anything from it, they will
not be disappointed. The discovery
of oil in the neighborhood has bright
ened up matters somewhat, and there
is a good prospect of a return to pros
perity, but not through the Brady's
Bend Iron Company. Mr. Tilden may
rest assured that the manipulators of
this hold. aurlsRions And enorpssfiil
scheme which, while filling their pock
ets, has ruined so many, will not be
forgotten in Armstrong and Clarion
counties, or for that matter in any part
of "Western Pennsylvania. Men who
are good judges of such matters assure
me that Mr. Tilden's name will be al
most universally scratched from the
Democratic ticket' in this section of
the country.
The facts I havo given above are so
well known here that they cannot be
successful!? denied. T helinva flint Mr.
Tilden once said in excuse that he was
acting only as attorney in the matter.
The stock and bond books show that
if bo, he received a very large part of
the entire concern for his fees.
A man went into a furniture room
at Mankato tho other day and sat down
on a wooden bottomed chair. He im
mediately arose and danced around
like a wild dervish. The proprietor
anxiously inquired if he had an attack
of any kind.- "A tack 1" yelled the
man, "I should say so ; and the con
founded thing stood on its head, tool"
An Irishman in Iowa was bitten by
a rattlesnake, but tho liberal use of a
neighbor's whiskey cured him. The
next morning he was seen walking
slowly on the prairie and lookwg ear
nestly for something. Ho was asked
what he was looking for. "For the
boite of a snake," was the reply.
A countryman fell off a ferry boat
at Vicksburg, and his wife, waiting
coolly until his head showed above
water, shouted "There, duru yer, I
know'd you'd do it ! Bel yer never get
out, cither!"'
uun.
$2 PER ANNUM.
GENERAL CROOK'S RECORD.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial, writing from General
Crook's army, gives the following rem
iniscences of itsiommander : General
George Crook is a soldier of whom his
native State (Ohio) can well be proud.
Born in Dayton, he was nominated at
an early age to be a cadet from that
district in the Military Academy at
West Point. Graduating from that
institution a quarter of a century ago,
in the same class with Sheridan, Slo
cum, Stanley and others, his military
career has Bince presented a 6trange
and constant succession of onerous
and dangerous duties, which have, as
his friends believe, fully qualified him
for the ta3k now imposed upon him.
The details of his numerous conflicts
with the savages of the Far West, his
hairbreadth escapes and the trying
scenes in which he has figured as hero
would read like a romance. It is
enough to say that if he is not yet
well known to the people of the East
ern States, on the Pacific elopes his
name is a household word among the
miners and ranchmen who owe to
him the protection from Indian dep
redations they now enjoy. Thoro is
scarcely a tribo on the Western coast
that has not felt the power of his mil
itary talent, from the Klamaths,
Snakes and Pi Utes of tho North, to
the Yayapais and Apaches of Arizo
na. m
The General has been severely
wounded twice, which is an evidenco
of his excellent record. When tho
war broke out he was commissioned
Colonel of the Thirty-sixth Ohio Vol
unteers, and Boon tound himself in
command of the famous Kanawha
Division," mostly composed of picked
men from the Buckeye State, and hav
ing under him as subordinates, officers
of the type of Rutherford B. Hayes.
What the "Kanawha Division" per
formed under the command of Crook
and Hayes is known to every school
boy in Ohio who has listened with
bated breath aud kindling eye to the
thrilling story told by his veteran
brother, by tho crackling winter fire.
The close of the war found Crook a
Major General of Volunteers, in com
mand of the entire cavalry force of
the Army of the Potomac. He had
figured conspicuously in the operations
conducted under General Sheridan,
which led to the destruction of the last
remnant of Lee's army of Northern
Virginia; he was then assigned to the
command of the Department of North
Carolina, but had scarcely entered
upon his new duties when tne threat
ened Btorm-cloud of the Indian war
upon the feeble settlements of Idaho
summoned him to the distant ranges
of the Pacific Coast. There the Pi
Utes and Shoshonees had "broken out,"
and for a while had high carnival of
robbery and death. Eighty-six unfor
tunate Chinamen were massacred in
one place on the same day. Crook
assembled his small forces, moved up
on the enemy in the middle of a se
vere winter, when most of his men
and animals came near freezing to
death, surprised the Pi-Uutes in their
stronghold of the "Infernal Caverns,"
which he stormed. He lost one offi
cer killed and thirty-eight men killed
and wounded. Inflicted upon these
Indians a blow from which they never
recovered. Tho General next turned
his attention to the Shonshonecs.whose
country lay more than five hundred
miles from Crook's base of supplies.
After waiting until thoroughly pre
pared for the campaign, he commenced
operations, which he continued with
out cessation for eighteen months,
whipping those once terrible Indians
so thoroughly that they have complete
ly disappeared as a disturbing elemeut
from Idaho, Nevada, and Washing
ton Territory. Tho subjugation of
this tribe, which bad been pronounced
by experts an "impossibility," natur
ally brought Crook prominently before
tho Government as the most available
officer for the pacification of the Apa
ches of Arizona, another tribe whose
reduction to a state of peace cost a
mint of money. During this cam
paign, which lasted nearly two years,
the Apaches were driven from rock to
rock, their chief and bravest warriors
slain, their women and children led
into captivity. Finally the last of the
hostiles 'surrendered unconditionally
in the open field.
Tbe terms of peace granted thorn
by General Crook were simply that
they should lay down their arms and
ceaso from murdering and plundering.
The Apaches were taught a lesson they
will never forget. It is true they are
now making tho same rapii progress
towards civilization and self-Bustenta-tion
as they were doing two years since,
when Gen. Crook was bending every
energy to tho effort of pushing them
forward, but their powr, as a warlike
tribe, is broken and forever; the roads
of Arizona which once red with blood
of slaughtered pioneers aro now, to
uoo tho enthusiastic language of a Tor-
Rates of Advertising.
Ono Squared inch,) one inortion - $1 f,o
One Square ono month - -3 00
One Square ' throe months - C 00
One Square one year - - 10 CO
Two Squares, one yoar ... 't On
Quarter Col. . . . - ao 00
Half " " . . . . r,o 00
One " . . - . loo 00
Leptal notices at established rates.
Marriage and doath notices, gratis.
All bills for yearly advortisomonU col
lected quarterly. Temporary advertise
ments must le paid for in advance.
Job work, Cash on Delivery.
ritorial journal, "as free from danger
as the pave of Broadway."
We have now brought his career
down to the pending death, struggle
with the confederacy qf the Sioux and
and Cheyennes, who must submit or
suffer anuihilation. It is too soon 1 to
venture on criticism. We can pay
that tho savages General Crook's forces
have to oppose number nany thous
ands of truculent warriors, nurtured
for years in the idleness and rotten
ness of great reservations, without
discipline and without instruction.
These warriors are armed and equip
ped better than the soldiers. Wo
know that they have massacred the
gallant Custer and his gallant follow
ers, and we fear that Crook will havo
all he can do to defeat them.
Just listen to tbe New York Tri
bune, will you, about the Democratic
House of Representatives : "Congress
not only did nothing to solve our finan
cial problem, but the House, which
ought to have led the way, in fact did
everything in its power instead to
make confusion worse confounded. It
repealed the best thing in the Resump
tion act of 1875 that fixing the date
for resumption in 1879 and left eve
ry vicious or useless thing there was
in it untouched. Its one step, there
fore, toward paying our debts was to
declare that it couldn't think of nam
ing any particular time for beginning
to pay them. It utterly refused, to
touch the Bilver question. It made a
ridiculous offer at tariff revision, and
left the bill to die stillborn. It show
ed what it' understood Civil Servico
Reform to mean by turning out tho
oldest and most faithful emploves tho
Government badj- and filling their
places sometimes with incompetents,
sometimes with speculators, sometimes
with peculiarly blatant and offensive
traitors, always with green -horns. It
managed the most of its investiga
tions bo poorly as to secure little act
ual reform, while the partisan unfair,
ness too often manifested brought the
whole business of investigation into
contempt. It kept the Government
employes living from hand to mouth
on payments of a third of a month's
salary at a time, crippled the Signal
Service, stopped the fast mails, and
made its most liberal appropriation
in the form of a myriad little steals
disguised as river and harbor improve
ments on rivers that nobody navigates,
and at ports which have no harbors to
Bpeak of."
A bet made by a celebrated gam
bler nearly a century ago deserves to
be recorded for its singularity. After
a run of ill-luck with Lord Loruo ho
jumped up suddenly, aud Beizing a
large punch-bowl that stood near he
said, addressing his lordship: "For
once I'll have one bet where I have
an equal chp.nce of winning 1 Odd or
even for fifteen thousand guineas?"
"Odd I" replied tho peer, with the ut
most composure. Dash went the
punch-bowl against the wall; and, the
pieces being counted, unfortunately
for the young hero of the experiment
there proved to be an odd one, and he
was a ruined man.
The Spiritualist lecturer who noticed
a lady in deep mourning taking her
departure from the hall, prophesied
better than he knew when ho told her
that the spirit of her husband desired
to communicate with her.. "I know
it," said she "he's waiting at the door,"
"I find that there aro half a dozen
young partridges in the letter," said
a gentleman to a servant, by whom a
lot of game had been sent to him. The
servant replied : "I, Sir, am glad you
have found them in the letter, lbr they
all flew out of the basket." .'
Apropos of tho spelling mania, it
may be of interest to know that a lady
of Providence, Rhode Island, has spell
ed six hundred and fifty words out of
the word "congregationalist," and in
no case repeated a letter in the forma
tion of a word.
On Tuesday, July 18, when the
thermometer was 94 in the shade at
tho foot of Pike's Peak, Col., there oo
curred on the top of that high moun
tain a furious snow storm, completely
covering the peak and sides with a
coat of white.
Thero is a baby, two weeks old, in
Vassar, Mich., which only wi igha ono
pound and a half. Its mother's wed
ding ring will easily pass over the
child's baud and up to the shoulder.
Chicago congratulates herself on
the possession of the "best drinking
water on the continent," whi' .'i, even
in the hot weather, "is fold auu spark
ling." A late French biography vs that
Lady Byron once coldly ailed her
poet husband when he moaut t. give
up his bad habit of makin? vtr ts.
Sixty-two thousand binTri) robes
will be scut East from Benton, Mou
tana, this fall.
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