Show the warrant WM kot the worst scare I 1 ever had remarked superintendent of police colbert was one night when quigley john lowe and myself sneaked into a boarding house without the inmates knowing of conr presence we went up stairs into the room of a boarder for whom we had a warrant to wait for his coming he was likely to be in sometime between 12 and 3 and was said to be a very slippery citizen we kept very quiet as we want any one to know wo were there A large coal oil lamp was burning in the room and instead of putting it out john lowe who had a skin coat undertook to shut off the light by holding the coat around it pretty soon lowe fell asleep we woke him up and he promised not to do so any more but the promise was hardly cold when we beard him snoring this was worse than ever and enough to wake up every one in the house we punched him and as he awoke with a start he pitched over and the lamp came to the floor with a crash that in the dead silence of the night could have been heard half a mile away there was nothing for it but to rush out of the room and down stairs into the street As I 1 went down stairs I 1 felt awfully queer my hair wag standing straight up and I 1 was expecting at every step that some one would take a crack at us thinking we were burglars the nest day the papers all had a sensational account of an attempted burglary and one or two of them spoke of the inefficiency of the police As for us we said nothing indianapolis journal the latest about salton aake A prospector who has just come from the colorado deaerts after a six months trip says that he has ridden around the greater portion of the salton lake and that in his opinion there is little likelihood of its drying ap in any event it could not all evaporate should the flow cease before the freshets fresh ets of next season when it would again pour into the basin he thinks that next year the breach already made will be enlarged and that a greatly increased volume of water will flow in making the lake a permanent feature for many yeara to come the past summer has been eventful in desert history as there have been an almost unbroken of brainstorms rainstorms rain storms band and electrical storms immense quantities f rain have fallen and the thunder and lightning have been something terrific san francisco chronicle yew york heal estate as an investment if you can pick up an unconsidered trifle of real estate anywhere about manhattan island said architect A J horgan yesterday grab it as yon would a gold mine I 1 bought a little slice not more than thirteen feet wide down on dey street not long ago for some and have already been offered double my money for it it is singular how some lots for a generation or two the record but as nn transferred on soon as a change of title takes place purchasers crowd upon each others heele paste this in conr hat if yon york real estate for piece of new buy a there will be within ten days ten men who will reason that it that land is worth to you its worth or to them new york herald |