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Show Ef THE ODD CORNER. which contained everything uncomplimentary he could think of, and to which the bravest would not QUEER AND CURIOUS THINOS affix his name. AND EVENTS. Excitement of the patient at receipt of such a letter and the concentration How Pack of Card lhvd Many Uvee of his mind upon the problem of findAa iaclilaal of tha Tarbaloat Tlaiaa ing out the author of the abuse would la Ireland fright an a Cara for Dle- - cause a decided change and melancholy or hypochondria would soon take wings. Dr. Mlchea has tried every sort of Oaaar Khayyam la Whitechapel. methods, and, according to frightening At a dinner of tha Omar Khayyam no his the effect is always benstatement, dety. In London recently, Barry Pain re- eficial. cited the following: FilxGetiJd? Don't egnecly know tho It is an acknowledged fact, he says, nlme rheumatic patients who have that FitsThompaon though (whort'a much either witnessed or experienced a railnbart the nlme) tw t with, and e allua plda way accident, begin to recover from -- yo9Ki the beak busted 'imaa mare's the their malady. Hysterical and epilep-tlcshlme. cases are curable by this fright Trenail ted Omer. did ? Id began method, he asserts, while deaf and Ter fancy aa PltxThompson weren't yer dumb persons have, in many instances, man regained hearing and speech through Mlndjer. o mlde a book tho alma aa same means. the yourn. But bookiea mikea em on a dlff'runt plan. Of course this cure can only be apI once were nuta on booka I wud fre- plied in nervous diseases. It would have quite the contrary effect were it quent Suny achulea, night achulea, anythlnk to be applied to organic diseases. whort'a ment Ter learn yer. Yuan, an' avrythink I A Royal Tima. eard Come art by thet alme door In which It A monarch sat on bis golden throne, went. beAn them whort got It an whort 'eld It did he; and his knightly lot he did moan: he be, said, Id thoughtfully tight. Knowed all the Colllce or did erections with an ominous frown, if I could but riht. from my throne step down and help la they all turned ter heraprora fur the boys to paint up the town, happy. their pinea? A stranger entered his presAwat em yeraelf nort by a Jolly eight. ence stern, did he; and said: Oreat A eong (an chorua) In a well-l- it bar king. Ive money to burn, you see; I Pot o beat bitter an two d. cigar Thet an a frlenly barmldea all yer beg that you come and see a sight that exceeds your expectations quite; well wornta. Pleasure! Why, books ont tike yer art sleep all day and revel all night, on aa far. me. So the king he went with the stranger fine to spree; both Come, flu my glawaa! The liquor 'ere la and night day he drank his wine prime. Dont worry me abart no Mgh aurbllme but when he returned in a gladly; Ter know, we aint gort all the night week they say he knew not if he was ter stye. a king or a trey. A deuce of a time An In a little while It's dosin' tlm Ive had while away, said he. How a Pack of Cards Bared Haay Urea. And he laid him down on his costly The Knave of Clubs was long bed he did; and tried himself r his known as Ireland's friend, and the monstrous head to rid; and his wife observed his helpless case, and a queen-hig- h saying had Its origin in a very interflush oerspread her face, for she 1657 In 'the year esting incident saw a king full as an ace. Forbid! Queen Mary, at the Instance of Dr. imCole, Issued a commission ordering Shot gnu Prevent a Wedding. mediate prosecution of the Protestants Edward Youcom secured a license to of Ireland. The commission, duly signed by the Queen, was to be car- marry Miss Nancy Goodwin, the daughter of John Goodwin, an ried by Dr. Cole himself; and overinfluential farmer of Brazil, Ind. The rewas a for trust he at his joyed lentless persecutor, hated by Catholics license was obtained on an affidavit and Protestants alike he set off oh that the girl was of age. The wedding Dec. 19, 1567, promising a merry was set for Thursday night The girls Christmas to Irish heretics. On the father and brother were warned of the fwsy he had to stop one night at Ches-te- r, Intended wedding, and each secured a where he found lodgings in the shotgun and vowed they would kill .house of a Mrs. Edmonds. As Queens the first one who attempted to take from the house. One of tho messenger and a churchman of dis- Nancy friends attempted prospective tinction, he was visited by the mayor to conciliategrooms but was orthe father, jof the city, to whom he boastingly dered to at the leave the premises Mid; "Here is a commission that shall son his a and Goodwin of gun. point lash the heretics, at the same time Miss Nancy constantly under surhave drawing a box out of his cloak bag and veillance and' it Is evident that the displaying the small square parcel the will be postponed for some (commission formed. Now it chanced wedding time. that the landlady heard what was said, and, as she was a Protestant and Haabaad aad Wlfa Drop lMad. 'had a brother in Dublin, she was much Emil Reuter, a flour dealer of Brookalarmed and upset Not long before and his wife, Ida, attended a thelyn, he had been rating her son for gambon their way home when were and ater him a from taken had pack ling, and Reuter to the sidewalk. She Mrs. fell of cards. Ihe size of the packet prowas carried the house in front of into duced to the mayor by Dr. Cole was and doctors were had fallen she which and of a cards, exactly that of pack was dead when Mrs. Reuter when the mayor left and Dr. Cole, called, but Reuter arrived. left to tell a with great ceremony, attended him they and was reof his wifes friend death, down stairs to the door, she quickly her body which the house in out entering took seized the box, opened It was he when suddenly strloken the commission, slipped off the oil- lay who had been The doctors down. skin coverings mJ put them over the were called Mrs. summoned Reuter for in she which placed pack of cards, too late, for were but In, they again commission the she while put the box, When the doctor ar- Reuter was dead. Mrs. Reuter's death 1& her pocket. rived in Dublin, and, having notified was caused by heart disease, while her his arrival at the castle, the Lord Dep- husband succumbed to apoplexy. summoned the Privy uty Cblld Punished with not Iron. Council to hear Dr. Coles mission. The tender flesh seared and scarred Her he in which a doctor made long speech, a hot and of poker and bruised with blows, his by the coming, object explained then presented the leather box with its Maggie Bretz, 15 years old, was incontents to the Lord Deputy. When the duced by relatives and the Humane soDeputy opened It for the secretary to ciety to swear out a warrant for the read his commission, his surprise may arrest of her stepmother, Mrs. Mary be imagined when nothing appeared Bretz of Chicago The child Maggie but a pack of cards with the knave of is said not to be the only victim of the cruelty of the stepmother. Two clubs face uppermost The doctor children are alleged to have been Counand other the Lord the Deputy The father is a cil that he had a commission, but knew similarly treated. laborer not how or where it could be gone. who if in stock the yards, "Then. said "you go employed own household. to his rule we unable and another commission, for b&k WV1 shuffle the cards in the meanDreamed He Was Fighting. while. The doctor withdrew in great made and Taylor, residing just out of of mind, eventually Dugal trouble his way back to England. Here he West Union, Ohio, was badly burned ' was soundly rated and abused, and not about the face and hands under pecultill October, 1558, did he get the fresh iar circumstances. Taylor was sitting commission. With this, however, he in a chair in front of a large open, firedallied some time before starting, and place. He was soon in dreamland and Just as he was about to sail Mary's imagined he was in a fight. Reaching th rendered it null and void. The forward, he aimed a blow at his imThe movement Woman whose ingenuity balked the aginary antagonist was rewarded overbalanced become to him the caused of persecutor plans a of with Elizabeth fell upon and forward pension he wueen and pitched by his face in the hot coals of lira fifty pounds a year. -- letters, i al Fits-Walte- rs . u-sur- ed mild-mannere- Fltz-Walte- d, good-natur- ed rs, - . . . Fright aa a Car Royal Wadding Cake, Dr. Mlchea, a leading English physi-rl- ", Royal wedding cakes are never sent has advocated a most original out until they have matured at least Method of treating diseases. He cures six months. The actual baking prochis patients by fright He had ob- ess lasts from five to seven hours. So served that in certain cases a sud- -. great is the demand for rake on the occasion of a royal wedding that the den shock or fright produced a healing effect upon the patient He then makers have always a stock of more carried his idea Into effect by writing than 2,000 pounds in the seasoning and sending to the patient anonymous room. MARKET NORTHWEST NOTES. REPORT; TEMPLE AND TABERNACLE. Smallpox has broke out at Victor, Cola, and the town has been quarantined. L. A. Wrfght, ehief Indian agent for the southern California Indians, says they are suffering greatly for want of food and clothing. At Los Angles, Cal., under the direction of lYof. T. S. C. Lowe, a aeries of experiments are to be- made at arti- CmtVUUUUMUVMMMV Bishop Peter Loutensock, of Eureka late president of the Uerrnan mission, hss readied home safe and in excellent health. The Salt Lake stake quarterly conference will be held in the Malt Lake taberuade Sunday and Monday, March and 13. A new paper called "The Northern ficial Star is about to be published by the Consolidation of the electric and cable street railway lines of Denver presidency of the northwestern states has been effected, under the name of mission in the interest of that mission. The unparalleled cold and stormy the Denver City Tramway company. weather lately prevailing in many of The sale of the Colorado Smelting the southern states has greatdy imand Mining company's property at the labors of the missionaries in peded Butte, Mont., to a New York company, is announced. The price is 8- -, 500, OOO. those regions. A series of meetings are being held Reports show that almond and cherry in the Fourth ward meeting house at trees in California are in blossom in addressed Provo, by elders who explain many places, fully a month in advance the of the gospel as they principles of the usual time, owing to the warm would do in mission field. the weather. A. Elder P. has been rewho Kesler, There is fear of trouble at the Vulleased the first by presidency from the can coal mines, near Gunnison, Cola, of the eastern states misas the result of an effort of the com- presidency will New York for from sion, start pany to replace striking union miners home on March when Elder W. II. 14, n with miners. Smart will succeed him. The Montana legislature having So great has been the demand for the passed a bill legalizing prize fighting, under certain conditions, Butte has Improvement association manual of 181)7-which treats on the life of the offered a $25,000 purse for the Fitz. Savior, that the first and second edisimmons-Jeffrie- s fight. tions have lieen and a third It is rumored that the Santa Fe has edition is now inexhausted the press. secured control of the California & Professor Talmage delivered a lecNevada road in order to establish a ter. minal that will afford more easy means ture on "Successes and Failures in the Nineteen wanl meeting house, Salt of access to San Francisca Lake, Sunday evening last, under the The claim of Nevada for moneys adof the Y. 1.. &. Y. M. M. I. A., vanced in aid of the suppression of the auspices to a large and attentive audience. rebellion were referred back to the F. Smith arrived in President secretary of the treasury, with direc- Salt Lake Joseph City Monday, March 0, from tions to report to congress at its next an extended trip to Honolulu. He went session. there on business connected with the Senator Teirney's bill making gamb. church, and among other things acling a misdemeanor in Montana, and complished, assisted in dedicating a providing penalties, graduated accord- new meeting house. ing as to whether the offense is comThe licber stake house is one of the mitted on the ground floor or upstairs, best in the state. It is built of red and according to the population of the laid in courses; its dimentown where it is carried on, has passed sions are 50x100, 30 feet to the ceiling, both houses of the Montana legislature, with a ion feet high to the top tower and will become a law. of the vane. The seating capacity of the A bill has passed the Colorado senate is 1,300. which divides El laso county and building The students and faculty of the Unicreates a new county, to be known as Teller county, which will include versity of U tah celebrated on the 7th the Cripple Creek mining district: This lust, what was considered by them the division of El Paso county has been most important event in the history of the institutiou the removal to the vlgoriously opposed by the people of Colorado Springs, and it is openly beautiful site on the east bench. The members of the legislature charged that a large fund was raised governor, and the university regents were the to buy votes against the measure. of honor. Never before has the guests Charles Govin and Patrick Foster, so two men with unsavory reputations, great building presented animated, brilliant and joyful a scene. attacked Dr. K JL Vaughn, a Denver One hundred and fifty missionaries dentist, and almost beat him to death. have been engaged in Mutual ImproveThe injured man claims that one J. I). ment work, in the various stakes of Alkire hired the men to assassinate Zion, during the past winter. Their him, and had it not been for the labors closed at the end of February. screams of Vaughn's wife, who was Much good has been done. In one present when the attack was made, x have been the doctor would have been killed. stake (Ulntali) eiglity-siin to added the church baptism; by Govin, Foster and Alkire are under x reare another twenty-sibaptisms arrest. ported as the result of the work of Regarding the loss to stock occa- these missionaries. The enrollment sioned by the recent severe weather in also of the ward associations has in a Wyoming, reports are very conflicting, instances been Increased. but all agree that up to date losses great many A cable message has been received at have been above the average, probably the president's office, sent by C. F. as high as 10 per cent Some sections of Paradise, at Liverpool, report cattle very weak and feed scarce, Wright, England, announcing that the Ameriwhile others report all cattle being can line steamer Wmselad had arrived cared for, but fears of losses in March. there safely. The vessel made a good Sheep losses much heavier than cattle across the Atlantic, having left losses, probably 15 per cent to date. trip Philadelphia on tho evening of FebruAll grades of cattle are scarce. ary 18. Among the passengers were Five men and a woman are buried Christopher I. Kempe of Arizona, R. P. under an avalanche of snow which Herrick of Ogden. Elder Robert Shercame down Granite mountain, near the man of Salt Lake City, and other Utah Magna mine at White Iine, Colo., people. The missing, who are supposed to be A movement is on foot to raise a dead are: Mrs. Margret Stout Miover the grave of Elder monument chael Welch, James Jordan and three John Morgan, of the first council of whose names are unknown men, who for so many years was These persona were all in the boarding-- seventy, president of the southern states mishouse kept by Mrs. Stout which sion, and those who labored in the was crushed by the avalanche and carunder him are particularly inministry ried with the snow down the gulch. vited to take part in the accomplishJohn Sparks, the Nevada cattle king ment of this tribute to the memory of says that as a result of the recent this widely known and esteemed misheavy snowstorms there will be the sionary. His successors in the presiheaviest loss of live stock between the dency of that mission. Elders B. II. Gulf of Mexico and the British lines, Roberts. J. G. Kimball and Ben E. in the maine range belt ever before Rich, are tlie committee apointed to successful comknown. Ilia acquaintance is extensive carry on the work to a pletion. and he says its just simply terrible to A reunion of tho old folks was held He says Nevada is incontemplate. at Alpine on Washington's birthday, deed fortunate, for the loss of stock in a very enjoyable time was made and that state will he comparatively none for all over sixty years of age. At 1 at all other than the natural loss. was par. E. A. Eads, the brother of the fam- o'clock a sumptuous repast and grea tly enjoyed by old ous engineer James Buchanan Eads, taken of an excellent who designed and constructed the and young. After dinner rendered was for the prepared program bridge across the Mississippi river at entertainment of all present. Bishop St Louis, and who also demonstrated, William B. Preston, of the Old Folks' denpite the opposition of government central committee, was present, and engineers, the feasibility of deepening sesponded to the speech of welcome. the channel of the Mississippi by the At 0 o'clock p. m. a royal banquet was construction of jetties, was found dead served to the old folks and at 8 o'clock in his cabin near Ellistoo, Montana. p. m. the old people enjoyed themEads, who was seventy years old, evi- selves iu the dance.1 dently had died from exposure or some natural cause. - rain-makin- March 7. 1800. ILVXH. uy New York San Francisco Luu duo 6V 71 I.EAU New York ExchanKe New York brokers II 04 85 4 10 SO COPPER. New York Exchange New York lirukers 617 is 117 60 76 W 13 Salt Lsk Mining Kaoliang. are the closing sales: g. non-unio- 8, sand-ston- e, Following LISTED STOCKS. Hid. Asked. Anchor....... .....a......... .....0 Uullion-Hee- 1.43 1 .00 .00 6 U0 . XI SO 39 4.36 k Centennial Eureka Chloride Point Daly 4.u) V0 l.is Daly-We- st Dalton A Lark Daisy Dexter. 44.1)0 1.16 (.06 0.90 0.30 .08 40 9.65. .4014 C.0U Engle.' Four Ami Uerser-Mxrio- 0 .76 Ajax Alliance Albion OS .10 4114 S5 .41 n 44 Galena,.. Grand Central HersuhcL Horn Silver Mammoth Merrur. Lower Mammoth., 7.50 .80 .46 16.00 Uj 1 .04 4.5714 .86 1 4.64 .064 IA Northern Light Ontario. Sacramento Sunshine Silver King Star Consolidated. L tah... ....... a a .................. .78 76 7.xi .44 .40 48 60S . Congor 13. UU 1.31 .40 60 1.23 .86 .75 15 01 .20 .16 LISTED PROSPECTS. Blue Bird Sacramento Consolidated STOCKS. ...... ...a,.... .... .......... Heck Tunnel AllCO a Hurkeye .......... ................ Uright Light Bouton A De Ln Mur lMl Nve. Crusader . .... .. Crown Point Camp Floyd Central Muiumoth Columbia Dalton Eagle A Blue Bull ......................... Emerald PrlNco, Golden Gate Extension Golden Star Golden Engle Gold Hill Howes take . .... .. .. .... .... ...... International Joe Bowers ....................... Joe Mowers Extension La Heine Little Pittsburg Monarch Midnight Bowers May Day McKinley Martha Washington Manhattan North Swan nee Omulia Orient Klrhmond-Anacon- da Kulililt's Foot Swansea Sunbeam South Swansea Sliowera Consolidated Success.. .......... ...... .......... Triumph Tetro.. .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Valeo Doss Tweed ....................... West Mt Blue Bird Extension Sen Swan ......... .......... ...... Silver Cloud ...................... Salt Lske City. Wheat (Torn ( 'racked Kye 100 VCwt..0 corn Hurley Holloa barley. . Out Oats, rolled.... Alfalfa Mixed hay 1 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 20 00 90 80 nit 60 65 Timothy Straw, per bale Live Turkey Gobblers Live Turkey Iiene Chlekene, bene Old roosters Broilers, each 26 11 V 12 0 6 26 0 ,,,,,. Old duck .... Tame Geese 46 66 II 0 1)007 00 Utah, per ceae Hutter, creamery Ranch butter 12H01 Han Francisco, .11 Wheat Cash Muy . .. December Harley New May 1101I IS IT so 1.04 1.90 . 1 LIVE STOCK. Chicago, 70 00 45 85 90 40 3 30 3 SO 4 96 3 60 S 60 3 75 4 80 4 00 05 5 4 3 8 Fancy cattle Choice steers Medium gnu lea Hcefsteero. Miockers and feeders Hull Cuws and heifers Calve Western fed steers t Texas steers Inferior tocholce sheep..... F.wea Yearlings 7 .am tin 05 65 04 04 04 04 04 06 05 04 u4 04 04 04 00 46 05 30 45 90 00 86 40 00 40 06 46 00 Kansas City. Native eteera Texas steer Texa Cow. Native cow and helfera Stocker nd feeder Hull and slag Lambs Mutton ....... Omaha. Native beef ateer Western ateera Texas steers. Cows and heifer Gunners....' Stockers and feeders 5 45 66 03 70 04 35 05 60 03 00 04 66 04 95 04 00 3 80 3 60 05 80 04 195 04 36 80 03 04 04 04 04 04 40 00 00 00 60 8 3 4 8 3 3 Calves Hull and stag Native muttons Westers muttons Stockers ................ Lambs 13 85 8 80 8 00 1 60 8 19 8 86 4 00 3 75 ...... fO 04 4 80 75 80 85 75 03 4 00 (44 10 30 95 75 16 Denver. neef Cow steer.... 03 60 8 96 . . 8 86 Feeders, freight paid to river. Stockers, freight paid to river,. Bulla and stag Good fat muliSna.. . . Lambs . 4 UO 9 00 I 40 4 26 06 00 04 00 04 40 04 80 03 00 04 00 06 00 Live stock receipts are ns follows: OMAHA. Cuttle ........... Hugs.............. Sheep 000 1,700 6,400 IIKNVBN. Cattle Hog Sheep 000 400 |