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Show kOtASlOill, Attention Drawn lo Her Mineral Wealth. Ottawa, Dec. 2. Tho tli-covery of gold-bea'ing quartz in the conglomerate con-glomerate rocks of btewlacke valley, Colchester county, N. 8 , and the reported discovery of valuable nickel dejoalUin Queen's couuty, in the same county, once more draws attention at-tention to iheexiraordlnary mineral wealth of Nova Scotia, the dee!oj-ment dee!oj-ment of which, with the exception of coa atld gold, may almost be said to bo In its infancy. Tbe exploration ex-ploration of the conglomerate in the Btewlacke valley, one of the flne-t fnrmlnir districts in Nnvn Smtln. has been thorough enough todemon-strate todemon-strate the richnessof tnedepo-It and It may bo expected that enterprise, backed by the rrquilte capital, will be forthcoming lo extract the wealth from the gold-seamed rocks. AT I'lMB UIIXIB. TlN't Bidoe Agencv, Dec 2. Sleet, soow aud cold weather quit-etl quit-etl everything today. There will be a special issue of rations tomorrow tomor-row to the friendliest It Is reported that there Is a division of opinion among the hostile; that some want to come into the agency. .Eight lodges of Little Wound's people returned re-turned today. KOT DUE TO liUNOLR. WASlLiN&ro.v, Dec. 2. Acting Indian Commissioner Bell today received re-ceived a letter from Special Census Agent Lest at Pine Itidge agency, saying there is no suuerin; there among the Indians for want of food. Ueaseerts that the present trsublv ts not due to hanger. Karaite or Drapsraeloee. SoiiEBScr, Pa., Dec 2. David Nicely, one of the four prisonern who broke out of the county Jail on Saturday night, was recaptured tbi moining and Is again locked up. William Perno, a young uisn residing resid-ing a mile from town, was all of yesterday an J last night aiding In the search fortne escaped prisoners. He returned homo before daylight this morning and found Nicely secreted under some hay In his stable, with bis leg and arm broken. JIcely surrendered without trouble. Ho was almost dead from exposure, being thinly clad and (Uttering great pain from his Injuries. While escaping, he fell from the rope, and broke leg and an arm. His com-panlors com-panlors carried him to Perno's stable, sta-ble, secreted him aud abandoned him. Joe Queer, tbe escaping prisoner pris-oner who fell from the top of the jail to the crcund, is dying from Injuries In-juries received. One of tbe pursuers wbo started out yesterday morning returned late tonight with tbe story that Joe Nlceley, Keyser and Hambcrson have been traced to a cave lu the mountain Just over the Westmoreland Westmore-land county line, where they are eurrounked. Arms, ammunition aud food had been placed there in advance by Iriends, and much dinl. culty will be experienced In taking thesn. |