roan a poem woicn ne composes expressly for the occasion. The reconstructed southerner aud brilliant Irish-Amerieun were selected for these two im|Wrtant places, not alone lioeause of their abilities, but to show the brood ami national character of the work.Lake Sitkkioii la the largest Uxly of fresh water on the globe. It has an area of 82,000 square miles; is *00 milea in length and 100 at Its greatest breadth. I Li mean depth ia said to be 200 feet, and ita greatest about 900 fathoms. Its surface ia ttSS feet above the w*a.TifR business men of .JofcnatowD, Pa., are taking steps to determine the legal liability of the South Fork Fishing Club for the great disaster. A committee has been appointed and funds will bo raised to help mako the null of John Thomas Sons against the club a teat one.A cowiBsTONDENT wants to know how Helena, the capital of Montana, is pronounced. A wicked Chlcaen paper eays, “Wo don't like to tell him, but it is probably necessary. The accent ia laid upon the flntt syllable. The name Is pronounced II—ll-lo-her.”The solvation army craze got in its first work at Butte a few nights since.• •vu .«Wuiv lnuiB., ,.,wcolumn with the wrestling boar of the eoBlque. Fred ban an eye to business.The body of a fifteen year old girl was exhumed from the wash iu the business portion of Johnstown on the evening of flie tth Instu, In a remarkable state of preservation.The Leader acknowledges a copy of Hon, Tho'a H, Carter's masterly argument In defense of the lend Interests and •gainst its free importation from Mexico.The Union Pacific railway 1b about building an extension to Port Townsend, W.T.Hr i no wo Behring tea to now belug terio ualy contemplated.O. A. B. Xnuinraciit The Union Pacific excursion will issue, sxcurslou tickets fuom Montana t,. Mil-