Show IT ITEMS IF M S FROM TUESDAYS DAILY A STRANGE WAGER during the recent saratoga races the following sin singular ular ulac wa wager 11 er was won inthe in the barro barroom bar ro room oin oln of the union hotel a number of the tho sporting fraternity were assembled and in the course of the miscellaneous conversation carried on an official from new now york city declared his ability to eat the corks that had been drawn from every bottle of wine that had been drunk by the company during the evening A congressman in the crowd offered to bet loo on each cork that he do it the bet was accepted and the believer in ill light lit tit diet immediately set to work and lna ina in a few minutes won 2500 having masticated and swallowed that number of corks the con corkish cor kist two days afterwards declared that he had not suffered the least inconvenience from his unsavory supper BIG MAIL mall mr swan our courteous chief clerk in the post office informed us yesterday that night before last two tons and a half of mail were received from the east and as much more was expected last night the repeal of the restriction on the P postal law has come into effect ANCIEN MOULDS ms yesterday G ba M ottinger eq firm of 01 savage s ottinger accompanied dr meacham cham of camp douglas and major majon D B huntingdon indian Inter interpreter pieter on a visit to the ancient mounds about eight miles west of the city dr meacham had with him a detail of men from camp supplied with shovels for excavating purposes we ye are indebted to mr ottinger for the accompanying description of the mounds the principal mound consists of a fine white sand so drifted and blown about by the winds and washed and worn by the rains and time lime as to preclude the possibility of det determine determining ermint ng with exactness its original shape size and height at present the sand Is heaped in affer ent elevations over some thirty square rods varying in height from three to fifteen feet Several beveral shafts have been sunk but thus far nothing of importance has been found A foot below the present surface a little south ol 01 the highest elevation where the wind has se scooped 0 aped out a hollow in the sand were found numerous burnt stones large quantities ol 01 charred bones so broken and decomposed as not to be identified as human or animal numbers of pieces of crockery ware and quite a variety of stone arrow heads principally flints several beads of stone and pieces of obsidian the sand a and hd bones and stones around for twenty feet are burnt and charred plain i that the original rig inal inai builders had here offered up their sacrifices whether human or animal it is impossible to say our impression Is that here ages past existed a religious altar some fifty yards square and pro probably babis babiy twenty flye five or thirty f feet in height with others of smaller dimensions ca clustering US around it which are now almost level leve with the plain the arrow heads which mr nir Ott luger showed us are very evenly jagged at the sides side and they are of different sizes the pottery ware la Is coarse and black blaek on the out ont outside side light colored on the inside and it is difficult to say whether it was originally burnt or sun dried thou thod though it has evidently been subjected subject ea to the action of fire rire at some ome time proba jy durin during some sacrificial rites this is the place where major huntingdon found the ancient indian mills T TRAGIC gic ar ra A very distressing and fatal affair recently occurred at poughkeepsie N Y resulting in the death of a young toung lady named bunnel by the hand of other her brother at about six inthe in the evening of the uit ulta miss bunnel stood in the doorway of her parents residence in catherine st awaiting their arrival for the evening meal which was spread in the basement below while she stood there carelessly playing with a kitten her brother about 16 years of age passed her on his As way up stairs to put a small breech loading pistol he had in his hand into his trunk his sister asked him if etwas it was loaded he replied in the negative and raising raising it asked her if he should shoot her cat she sho gave him some playful reply when he pulled the trigger and a ball from irom the pistol lodged hi in the neck of the young girl causing inisher her hor death in about five minutes another feard fearful nl instance of the folly of playing with firearms fire arms progressing we jve saw bishop E P F sheets this morning just in from tho the north fork of echo I 1 ana and bro alma L smith also just in from the contract of john W young esq next to that of bishop sheets gave us a eail cail call cali 1 from these gentlemen we obtained the following facts john W young has about igo lan men mon with a proportionate e number of teams t eams cams and carts at work on his contract and Bishop sheets has something like the same number the cool weather and the men being accustomed to the work enable them to make much greater progress now than in the hot weather soon after the job was commenced seth dustin and judge hinckley with their hands are at wo work rk on mr youngs contract amos neff with a party has subcontract sub contract ed a portion of bishop sheets and although tho the woric work is very heavy and the blasting considerable the whole is expected to be completed by the wheelock thurber rawlings and tucker with their companie sare at work on the contract of phineas where the heavy fill 2200 feet long is and it is expected that it will be comp completed letea at the tho same time the finishing of these jobs will wil complete president youngs contract in echo kanyon but the work above his contract though being pushed hed forward by miller patterson patters on will va 1 not be finished so soon bro A L smith is in for grain and supplies to push the work on mr youngs contract with increased vigor OUR OUK THEATRE the virginia 24 thus th speaks eaks of temple tempie althe of the drama the hait halt lake theatre Is a model establish ment pieces are put upon the stage there almost as well as in any of the theatres theartres the atres in the large cities ettles the company Is excellent the cos are rich and the scenery splendidly painted the utmost order and cleanliness prevail the stage Is very large and the house seats 2200 spectators comfortably there Is a splendid paint shop a tailoring shop for lor the manufacture of wardrobe a room for ladies dressmakers a well awell stocked wardrobe a quantity of elegant dressing rooms larie large green rooms ac POLITICAL wyoming territory our nea nearest T e S t nel nei neighbor 11 abor east is being stirred by an election campaign aen gen J B S todd is the democratic candidate can didato for delegate to t congress tha SAFEGUARD 11 we have received the first five ii umbers numbers of the dally daily safeguard published at virginia no nevada ada aoa john 1 I ginn glnn editor it is printed with the old trespass 7 stass material and nd typographically presen presents much the sa same me appearance it itis Is published in the interests of the democratic party and is cleverly edited POLICE eben buckley was a drunk and disorderly case on katurd saturday night for vilich which he handed over fifteen dollars ollars yesterday john A martin similarly occupied last night and drawing a pistol was wag this morning cal cai called led on to donate a similar amount for public purposes durpos as wm van also got on a bender last night and committed an assault on jemmy dwyer for which he was fined twenty nive five dollars hes by 11 draughts ts or tangle leg was in a condition that ahat rendered it necessary to furnish him a lodging in the city hotel this mom ing where he was growling himself into a compos mentis state when our reporter visited the institution MAGIC ard arb asb AND MYSTERY we attended a dress rehearsal of professor bascos magic and mystery in the theatre yesterday afternoon the professor is a clever magician and proved himself a dexterous manipulator and an exceedingly good palmist his instantaneous growth of flowers sphinx handling of the rings pass passi s S i ing money and other tricks were done don I 1 in n a very finished and illusive style though lack of time militated against bim him we believe there is a likelihood ot of our citizens having an opportunity to witness an exhibition of his ability before long SALT lare LAKE flurr the editor of the frontier index green river acknowledges led oes the receipt of a basket of delicious salt lake Laki grapes peaches and apples sent in by the pioneer fruit stand opposite the empire tent sixth street should the hoppers and devourers devour ers keep away and our next seasons fruit cro crop e equal ua I 1 the average of a few years past we aly will 1 be better able to give our green river neighbors a taste of our quality in irule growing HOMICIDE is 15 VIRGINIA C CITY the virginia nevada safeguard ot of the lith instant contains an account of the killing two evenings previous of or a man named john T ahearn by one george Swe commonly called blach black george the circumstances of the homicide are briefly as follows it appears that deceased and his brother arrived from san francisco at virginia on the evening of the dinst lust and the deceased had bad formerly resided in virginia city and being pretty well known went round to see a number of his old friends during the evening both the brothers became intoxicated soon alter atter 1 they entered the saloon of doyle doyie rainey and the deceased being belsom 1 attempted to create a disturbance when black G george interfered and curtil during the altercation that ensued called deceased a liar ilar when a fight was immediately inaugurated the two were separated and ahearn was put out of the saloon by the barkeeper bar keeper the fight however was renewed in the street and in the sc ummie uffie black george stabbed deceased in the neck severing his windpipe and jugular vein causing causin in bl his bis death in a few minutes Swe in made d e his escape arrived arrive D OUT OCT by a letter to bro ton we learn that elder eider jesse N smith arrived in copenhagen on the september after a very pleasant journey |