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Show A FiOrsiNU Fxciu'.ment. Corinne I has found a big excitement a hole in the Lake, and the way t lie water is rushing downwards betokens a speedy drowning cut of that sulphurous region over which,' an ill-natured individual suggests, Corinne is situated. If so, lu'-ky Corinne! The Xtv:s of last evening has a special telegram, which states that "a subterranean outlet to Great Salt Lake has been discovered oppo.-ite Corinne, between Fremont and Kimball's islands," and a schooner last Tuesday was nearly drawn into the hole. ''A party of scientific men are to start immediately to investigate the matter," and it's to be hoped they won't find snakes in their boots But how about the saltness of the Lake? Is Nicholas' salt mill in the middle? mid-dle? Or how is it that the livers carrying in fresh water, as the briny element goes out by the underground hole, do not turn the whole Lake fresh ? It's a nice "goak" I |