Show ED EDITO ITO it EALS A LS wilkes WILKES ANTARCTIC NENT C CAPTAIN A gred FRED D STUART Tj of washington D C writes to the star of that city in regard to the statement of hynes of the british discovery ship chatlen Challen challenger geri that no such land egista in the vicinity eln ein lt of the south roie pole as commodore Wilkes claimed to have seen in 1840 11 1 1 captain stuart was a member of wilkes wilke expedition Dv divesting esting captain stuarts letter of personalities we may give the he following lowing as tho material portion of its substance that there can be but a shadow of a doubt that land was discovered as claimed by the tile wilkes expedition and by the officers and men on board of three of the vessels composing the squadron the peacock vincennes Vincenne sand and porpoise and at ahe the same time the day of january 1840 1810 which the log books aud nud the journals of the officers distinctly and emphatically y state that this land was called Ringolds Knoll located in lat at 67 deg south long deg 46 min east eust that january 19 the well defined outline of land not less than feet feyt high thigh loomed up in the not very far distance towering toweling far above the tallest iceberg some of them not less than feet high the latitude of the ship peacock being at the time 66 leg deg 37 min south longitude deg 40 min east the peak bearing southwest that jan 30 the officers and crew or of the tile vincennes Vinc erines being in what admiral wilkes named Piner bax Bay latitude 66 deg 45 min south longitude deg 0 min ea east stand and on soundings of 30 fathoms hard but tom torm noi nol more than half a mile from irom many volcanic rocks projecting in above the surface of the water there was plainly in view a range of high land stretching esst east and west some sixty miles that sketch es were carefully made at every point of discovery by competent persons on board of each of the vessels and these together with the astronomical observations taken at the tilo time to determine position were critically examined and compared and in every essential point found to agree that the vessel vessels of the squadron traversed the antarctic region in close proximity to the icy barrier and among icebergs from the meridian east to the meridian east a distance of about seventeen hundred nautical miles and that frequently observations were made on high well defined ranges and peaks of land as on oil the lot island and of february by the vincents that hynes add had one ship mem meb and perhaps at ab most three to five chronometer while the U S expedition had three vessels ve men and twenty chrono in meters eters that in 1842 officers of the expedition who had kept the records affirmed under oath trat all the discoveries claimed to havn have been made by the vincennes and porpoise he had been made and commodore wilkes character for veracity was declared pe ea ched ached and that when half a bozen dozen otter other english navigators go go over the route of the american explorers pl orens and each verify tho the others observations and the whole are found to agree with hynes that wilkes discovered n no 0 land in the vicinity of the south pole then it will be time enough to doubt our claim to the dh discovery of gheant the antarctic continent THE ST louls MUIS mississippi BRIDGE ST louis had bad a great day on the ath of af june when the first railway train passed over the great bridge blidge which crosses the mississippi at th that aily ally P sid bridge ridge being according ine lne 4 kh ils missour lis sour democrat the finest finest structure the world ever saw 11 ddll gen sherman droye drove home homb the last last spike hah haf handling idlIng lithe the heavy sled siede sledge sleda a liani hammer nier aier with wonderful dexterity the first ami train n lo tonero cro consisting of a locomotive baggage baggage car and two passenger coa coaches belonged lo 10 lyge ilee d to tho gul gui vandalia mandalia and terre haute hattte railroad company and proceeded from the east side of the i river iver across to st louis says the Dento democrat crat the train proceeded slowly over the beautiful iron trestle work and climbed up the passage way and so along until ur I 1 the turbulent mi mississippi sis shone like liko a sheet of silver beneath the passengers were wild with delight at the scene spead cut on either side not ajar a jar nor a quiver as the staunch network of iron and steel held its living jiving freight on went the engine amid the screams of the whistle and the shouts of the people above and below it passed the west end and looking down main street the passengers saw on both sides of the way a delighted crowd of citizens who cheered and waved their handkerchiefs the train entered the tunnel and as daylight disappeared lamps were lighted now as tile the train passed fourth street and the tile engin engines eng ines inea elti whistle whittle brought out tile tiie startled neighborhood the train stops passes on again and lands passengers between fifth and sixth tits not far from the lindell hotel the levee presented a splendid appearance as the cars rolled into the city and clerks and salesmen rushing out of the stores boarded the train bound to have a ride into st louls louig leaving hats hata and coats behind among the tile passengers besides gen wm T sherman bherman were various officials connected with the bridge and railroads and distinguished citizens of st louis and vicinity captain james B eads conceived the design of the bridge and superintended super intended its construction a assisted by col henry flad william lately deceased dr william taussig betard B allen alien and james H britton P citizens or of st louis threw their private fortunes into the enterprise after which its success was aured assured the he tunnel is expected to be completed iu in a few weeks and it is said to be clear that the revenues of the bridge and tunnel will be amply sufficient to make the fortunes of thoe those who invested means means tp in the enterprise HEAT AND MORTALITY the medical maxim that heat Is ilfe lire and cold is death appears not to be true rue at least only to a very partial extent judging by the following from the new sew york times evidently nothing kills in this community so surely as excessive heat the brief spell of tropical w weather eather left its impress on the vital statistics of the weak ending may 16 in the record of fifty deaths above the average of the season while the low temperature which prevailed has during the week ending yesterday has reduced the deaths to fifty below the average with all its inconstancy the spring has not been an unhealthy one and our average death rate for the last few months will compare favorably with the tiie recent average of the great cities of england awen ty five per 1000 per annum in the disparity between birth sand deates however the comparison is decidedly unfavorable jonew to new york in every million of people in england the annual excess of births over deaths is about so bo far as can be judged from recent returns the aun ann annual ual deaths in new york exceed the births by about 2500 the reproductive power of our population falls fails to make up for the natural ratio of decrease and but for immigration our numbers would bould summler a steady diminution this terrible consumption of life in new york is incontrovertible evidence that there is something in american city civilization yet very sadly imperfect and reminds Il lids one of the ob observation of the present lord lurd derby that the sh shadow a cast by a large city is in many respect respects s a very dark oark one tim tiie BE nebb dyus deus we have u 0 t heard beard nuch much about the Be benders riders of latey late and perhaps some or of our sedi seri gatlon gation loving readers may be hungering 9 fing and thirsting for a litte little news newa of that interesting f chilly the irom from the winona minnesota republican of june 10 is the tilo latest we have seen been after all the tilo arrests that have been made of persons supposed to belong to the bender family who committed so many murders in kansas kansa sr all ali of the family are arc still at large laroe tho the person arres arrested in utah recently as tile the elder bender bedder and who lt it was mus reported had been sat rily proves to be a demented old mail by tile the name of kosh hosh the county attorn attorney ev for labette county hansas kansas publishes a description of the senior bender in which the crimi criminal nails nalls is described as a man having an aru intelligent cot countenance nten ance anee and resembling in no way the tile vagrants so frequently taken for members of the bender family he adds that all of the benders notwithstanding their fieldi ii natures appear agreeable an and pleasant basant in their manners man tiers and 11 as 14 the they are supplied with money it is not likely that they will be found acting the pait palt of or va vagrants rants 11 DIPTI lerra ierra EPIDEMIC IN yew NEW YORK the th e new now ne v york sun of june 6 says that since the beginning 0 the year sear in now yow york and adjacent cities diphtheria dip theria has been epidemic the mortality of the malady having been more than double that recorded for the same period last year the health boards record records show that since sines the of december 1873 gos persons have died of as against in the corresponding period of 1872 2 3 the disease is attributed to the long continued humidity of the atmosphere the attending physicians describe the malady as a pus tulou 4 ulceration m mucous i membrane the point in which it is usually developed is the throat where it forms a false membrane em rane and unless checked in time this causes a closing of the air pas fas passages geb says bays the suh sut un physicians differ concerning the treatment of the disease but all gree agree that as yet there Is no specific remedy lorit some gome preA prescribe cribe an in warrn warm warra vapor and andi strong doses of of chloride of iron and sulphate of quinine others preer preter an application of nitrate of silver sliver to thip the ulcerated part still others favor a disinfectant application such as car carbolic bolle acid ol 01 permanganate of potash alcoholic stimulants are strongly recommended as the disease is always accompanied with extreme exhaustion A liquid diet beef te tea or rich cream is generally used the australian perfect cure for this dreadful disease as related in the NEWS a few weeks ago is a few drops of sulphuric acid diluted in water ANOTHER DESPERADO allce alice since the capture of tiburcio vasquez the california freebooter free booter Cle CIe ovara chavis his bloodthirsty blood thirsty lieutenant 11 1 has been considered the most dangerous man at largo large in the state governor booth has offered 2000 for his capture it is stated that chavis Is ia engaged in gathering the scattered forces of the infamous gang of vasquez to resume the plundering and murdering business the san ban francisco chronicle Chro niclo of june juno 13 says chavis wag was born in san juan monterey county and is now 23 years of age his nather father was a few years since sinco since s sent ent to the insane asylum under treatment he be recovered soundness of mind and is now engaged in herding sheep sheep not far from stockton his mother and sister live near hollister before he formed the acquaintance of vasquez chavis had the reputation of eing being an inoffensive industrious y youn ung man but from association with tiburcio he imbibed a love of adventure and the latorr after instilling into the mind of his yol younger ng confederate an intense hatred of the americanos and the idea that they are the usurpers usurp ers of the birthright of the native californians found in him a brave and reckless reckless aux auxiliary illar i ia his boldest schemes L listy lirty iffy W week 1 lu chalvig spent two or three days in the tile mountains north of the new idra mines and among hi hir countrymen declared that for him there was no greater delight than to idil hill a white man inan and that he would do something in that line beffie long iong cha chavis vis has the reau antion 0 of f being poa poz hoew sered ed of more courage than had without lilu lile caution and cunning of the latter which elia eila enabled bled bied him to so BO long elude capture all the information which the officers engaged in breaking up this gang of bandits could obtain led them to expect chavis chavia to fight to the death deith even if cornered while as to his superior they looked for a bloodless capture if they could only get geft the di Idi him chavis is about 5 feet S or 9 inches in height and heavy set his complexion is quite light for fon fora a spaniard and he has but a few straggling hairs on his face rotten borten iROT BOTTEN TF BOROUGHS I 1 T 1 the I ie 0 omaha in aha hera d thus thui takes up a current slur upon a neighboring nigh boring Terr territory itry they thes they call colorado a rotten borough down east with remarkable unanimity but if our neighboring territory is a rotten borough 1 what in the name of his satanic majesty is the state of pennsylvania sylv ania aula and the district of columbia b 1 a our omaha contemporary new rew york namesake rejoices in the use of tile the phrase in question concerning in colorado colorado is out of dett debt and at the last reports had a handsome handsome balance in the treasury can new york say as much if colorado is ig a rotten borough what call can the worst governed city in the world be rightly termed IOWA grasshoppers iowa has gm grasshoppers shoppers in vast numbers and with disastrous effect more or less leas in pottawatomie crawford kossuth humboldt and clay coun ties in those counties devastated last year it is said none have ap api j feared this year BIT HER OWN NOSE OFF there must be truth in the titular phrase woman an enigma cheeng the english house 0 of commons has been discussing the subject of increasing the punishment of husbands who whip their wives and a number of very aul ani amusing narratives have been elicited some of them reminding rem reminding indin 9 one or of the old idea that he be who interferes between husband and wife goes between the blades of a pair of shears and may expect to get hurtin this parliamentary discussion cassion cus eus sion slon sjon sion among the narrations pf af cases were ablin abundant dant where wives being outrageously abused I 1 turned savagely against meddlers peddlers medd lers who came to the rescue rescuer but the marital climax was capped by a woman whose nose had been bitton off by her husband the man was arrested and mid brought to trial and when the woman was put on the stand to testify she electrified I 1 bench and bar by swearing that she had bitten her nose off her hei herself after that who would have the temerity to interfere in a caso case or of quarrelsome connubiality unless ho he did not mind having his own nas lias ual protuberance incontinently bitten off PROBATE COURTS AND COMMON nav LAW lav in the presentation of the poland utah bill in the theu U S house of representatives june 2 mr nir poland remarked concerning probate courts and their jurisdiction juris dicton the third section rela reia relates testo to the respective jurisdictions of the courts and giving jurisdiction to the district courts which are held by the judges appointed by the president and taking away the jurisdiction the probate courts that is confining the j jurisdiction diction of these probate courts to the proper business of tho the settlement of estates and I 1 think the gentleman who sits here as its delegate of that territory knows as well as I 1 know the supreme coutt court have agreed upon a decision and it was only deferred in consequence of the of this bill wherein they have decided the territorial legislature had noi no authority to confer this kind of jurisdiction which these |