FOREST AND STREAM 
V heh 2 d i, 0b ‘ a,nc ? three judgments against the 
FI S' a 7 • J ? s , eph Pf ! ce - V - tb <? dealer who had been pro- 
" gaiDSl for 80,,ing game ouf of season, but found 
po . s i essed , n ? Property. He theu obtained an cxe- 
f«r « a ? uin8t ^ nce y 8 body, and bad him confined in jail 
for five days, when he was brought before Judge Donohue 
on., ror P u «- The Judge released him on the limits on 
buit ; but should circumstances require such notion Raccv’s 
bondsmen coula be proceeded against. He hud commenced 
six suits against small dealers for selling prairie chickens 
quail and venison, since March 1, and twelve similar suits 
were in the hands of the Secretary. Considering the ex- 
traordinary watchfuluess of their detectives, this he thought 
indicated pretty well how generally the law w*s observed, 
.wo game was sold in this city out of season. People could 
get it in New Jersey, but not iu this city. On March 1 
thousands of prairie chickens were sent out of this city to 
Boston and other places throughout the country, the deal- 
ers being afraid to keep them in New York. This was an- 
other instance of the necessity of having uniform game 
laws m all the States. If a uniform law existed people 
^ U i kl . U ? tbub f , T" S “P large 4»antities of game during 
the last days of the season, and transporting it over the bor- 
der to other States. In relation to the suits commenced by 
C,at I? n aga » 18 t dealers iu.game in Albany, lie had 
two of tbe parties gave iu their adhesion to 
TnH^tv ' i W " ? a ,h,rd ' wh0 went to trial before 
n "^, a J obtained a verdict on the de- 
fense that what he sold was not quail, but curlew with the 
bills cut off. On this defense the jury gave a verdict lor 
the defendant, which was another instance of the difficulty 
of getting a verdict in such matters from a jury, no matter 
wJihnl' 7 T f n8e , may be raade out - The filing there 
l e dua er bein ? a well-known citizen was perse- 
cuted by a wealthy association. However, he thought the 
Affianv ^!iii ,a ? , ev - cry , T 80 " 10 congratulate itself on the 
^ ba "^ 8 “ ,t8 ' bi »Y ln e tft ken action against prominent deal- 
ers, and stopped in the capital the trade in game out of sca- 
The meeting then ndjourned. 
To Correspondents. The necessity of patience, both 
on the part of contributors and publisher, as regards the 
early insertion of articles intended for publication in the 
Forest and Stream will be best appreciated by a glance 
at the subjoined list of accepted favors, which will be 
printed as rapidly ns our space and a judicious selection 
will permit. The wide range of territory and topics em- 
braced in the annotation, is a curiosity in itself, as well as 
an indication of the wide spread popularity of this paper 
and the personal interest which its supporters take in itV— 
nrS"? 6 ' by A Prnirio Wolf Hunt, by ‘•JacobsUff"; Im- 
Snn« d Fleh ,"^ y81 by Manhattan; Practical Fish Culture, by A. Kent- 
Sportsmens' Recpes. by Me; The American Woodcock, by •‘IR-copper " 
^Lighting by Etectncty by ••Tea.;" Cariboo Hantl’ng InNovaSo- 
h«\ » £'\ A Brar Race. by Bee; Three Iluuared Miles in a Whale- 
boat, by Fred Beverly; No. Four and It, Surroundiugs. by Amateur- 
hv C F » r 8 !’ 1 Kl ° ri<ln ' by “° ld Scout: " Dcer Hunting on Orassy Pond' 
W N O The S® i V w° rn , eM p 0r by E ; IIi9torlc Onondaga, by 
’ Tbo back Woo<ls Canvasser, by Fred Beverly; Hunting on 
Big dear by C. C. Markham; Wild Wood Sports, by Ollipod 
Mill Hunting, by F. B., Hartford; White River, Arkansas, by "Guyon-" 
Coot Shooting at Cape Ann. by U. M. W. ; Protection of Game, by N 
^ b S ” Portlanrt; Hunting in Alabama, by "Mon- 
Sei r r Loa,ler "' by D - K - Boston; Fish Culture, by 
Beth Green, Insect Life. Nos. 3 and 4, by "Keuku;" Natural History of 
SiZ m " d n b r. M H.; Parasites, by J. H. Batty ; 'Adirondack 
Slaughter, byC. I-enton; Newfoundland Scenery, by Cliff English 
Sparrows on Long Island, by J. H. Batty; Gun Charges, by Royal. Mon- 
(real; Indians of Leech Lako, by J. M. B., Albany; Southwest Florida 
^Nos. L.,3, by \A1 Fresco;" Michigan Memoranda, by onrowncorre* 
^.ndent. Barker; Minnesota Notes, by Haviland; To Canada, for Flftv 
Dollars, by Mantlet; Sporting Reminiscences of Illinois by A H M 
Z a 'Z' DS J>°l ,ln Ad,rond ' lck Hiuner; The Coming Rod; Black Bass 
Tacktc; Fish and Frog showers, by J. W. Milner; Birds iu Extremis by 
Ollipod Quill; Garden Notes, by do; The Pompano Question by s (• 
Clarke; Indian Canoes, by Mortimer Kerry; Tea Taster's Story by W 
M. Tlleston; Our Forests, by E R.. of Rochester; Yachting near Ncw- 
bern by N. U.B.; Frozen Fish and Spawn, by Fred Mather; Grilse 
Fishing in San Francisco Bay. by E. G. Hooper; Salmo Salar, by Jas 
B. Thompson, New Hope, Salmo Gloveri, by E. M. Stillwell of Maine- 
and twenty other minor articles, including poetry . 
Hereafter, lo suve great manual labor involved in writing 
acknowledments of correspondence, wo shall print a list 
of such articles received as do not appear in the then 
current number. 
| We will add that the articles by Messrs. Stillwell of 
} Maine, and Thompson, of Pennsylvania, contain facts of 
great importance to scientists and fish culLurists. We shall 
print these in our next. 
VYe have in type a synopsis of the Maine Fish Com- 
missioners Report, which is unavoidably deferred until our 
next. 
73 
A Grand. Game Preserve in Illinois.-A number of 
forZ nrn, CI T“ °/ OUervi,Ie have forn, °d a " relation 
? gam ° “ nd flsb and on ^orcomont of the 
Sril? 8 10 Je J SCyc0dnly The following n a me<l gen- 
tlemen have purchased of George I. Foster a tract of land 
7; eS ab " Ve Gra I' on . kno '™ as Phinny's Landing. on 
mehari Pi T t H °°- Wni - M ^dams. John Buckles. 
Richard Chappie, Lewis McAdams, and Samuel Darling- 
ton. They have nearly finished a comfortable house on 
he premises, and expect to have their share of enjoyment 
during the hunting and fishing season. One of the mem- 
( ’ hers writes to us as follows: 
“ We have good fishing in the Illinois River sometimes 
nv« l , h Ki e i! > °, 8Uch f ame fisb a8 ‘rout, salmon, graying or 
f t , b,ack . ’’I 158 - ,n so,ue localities wo have green boss 
dl 1 a 7, bad ': oor succ , e88 gating anything to rise to ,i 
iim« In tb l ake8 Wo bavc crapuie and havs, with some- 
mes a pike, quite easily allured by a minnow. 1 „ boU, 
the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers we have catfish rousing 
fh !m VS t ' at ™- qU,re n- 1 your ski11 ftDd strength to land 
them. The Illinois River, at its mouth, is a deep slue. 
gish stream in which are great numbers of fishes that 
would be objects of curiosity to many. We saw some fish 
ermen draw a large seine and bring to shore a great num- 
ber of strange creatures that most forcibly brought to mv 
mmd the illustrations of the remains of fossil fishes from 
the Devonian or Old Red Sandstone-gars of two or three 
species, including the great alligator gar and huge <^ar ila 
ginous sturgeons, and “shovel fish," as the llshemw c 1 
them, lhesc latter fish somewhat resemble a catfish wj 
the exception of an extension of the upper iaw imn . 
long flat paddle-shaped beak of hard gristlc P Tiiev weigh 
someumes fifty pounds, and have not a single bone about 
them Some fishermen have presented mo with some 
singular fishes, which I have preserved. One of them s a 
cartilaginous fish covered entirely with a peculiar ,„nj 
armor It somewhat resembles a sturgeon, and doubtS 
is lelatcti to that family It was a great cuiiosity to the 
fishermen, and I shall send it to some one conversant with 
such matters for recognition. o„ t . 0 f the objects of our 
“ur 0 wS. ,s ,0 m " k “ “ e,rorl ,0 inlTOl "» »«v fl.Ee. imo 
l !l e vic ' mi,y of lU ? moutb of the Illinois River there is 
good deer hunting. In the marshes and lakes near our 
camp we have snipe in their season, und ducks most of the 
yeay - J* tbe c «f» ^d 8 ,aod stubble we have an aCunclanco 
of quail. On the brushy hillsides there are ruffed grouse- 
known here as “ pheasants.” Great numbers of geeso am 
* 
Oor West Florida ExpEDiTiON.-Circumstances of a 
peculiar nature, accidents and obstacles interfering with 
the writing and transmission of letters, have prevented the 
receipt and publication during the Winter of prominent 
correspondence from our Floridian Commissioner “ Al 
Fresco.” The expedition, however, has proved a com- 
plete success, and much new and valuable information has 
been gained which we shall proceed at once to plncc before 
our readers. The first instalment will be given in our is- 
sue of March 18th, and the rest will follow weekly until 
the entire nnrrative shall have been consecutively printed. 
The information will not be impaired by the delay, and 
will be of great benefit to all who purpose visiting Florida 
next fall. 
brants frequent thisvi'Sy, and 
P a «« fl H I |V htlr ^ eedl ! lg grounds in the fields to the smuf. 
bars and lakes. Notwithstanding the almost unprecedented 
cold Winter, a considerable number of geese and ducks 
have remained with us, and are here now. There are a 
number of places in the Mississippi, near the mouth of the 
Illinois where the current is too rapid and the shallow 
waters too turbulent to freeze at any time. Both geese and 
ducks (mallards) frequent these open places. 
Besides the advantages presented iu this vicinity for 
\v‘P , ln f g nnd , bsbin e. w « bave one of the finest fields in the 
Wwt for collecting geological specimens and Indian relics. 
Wuhm ten miles of the Illinois River are outcroppings of 
all the rocks that lie between the coal measures nnf the 
Lower Silurian, und includes both of these formations 
mck 7 i arC lhC . |,1 ^ a8aal days I have spent among those 
rocks, hammer in hand, lyjvcr failing to find something in- 
teresting. If any of the readers of the Forest and Stream 
wish to exchange for some of my duplicate fossils I will 
be happy. I have some particularly line trilobites lOale- 
Blumaiibachii) from the Upper Silurian. 
The vicinity of the mouth of the Illinois River was in 
the past, a great resort of the aboriginal inhabitants of tnix 
country. There are hundreds of mounds of various kind- 
Curious relics ol these people are often turned up by t la- 
plow or washed from the hillsides. I always endeavor to 
secure such of these relics as come within my reach. 
t or the last twenty years most of our party have made 
this our hunting ground, camping in the Spring and Fall 
on the banks of the beautiful river, und the only wonder is 
that we did not long ago conceive the idea of bt-coming the 
aC Q l !J a ^ <!r8 0f OUr °i d campin s ground. Of course we 
FOIlE ?T Stream und appreciate your noble 
efforts to ennoble and dignify the more manly sports und 
more especially your emTeavors to draw out from snorts- 
men truths m natural history. Many important and inter- 
or U rtl? faClS “lift 11 1 ® arned f rom auy intelligent hunter 
or fishorman. YVhy should we not compare notes! 1 ” Me. 
A New Firm.— ^ The old firm of J. C. Conroy & Co 
long known and esteemed us a leading house in the manu- 
facture of fishing tackle, has been succeeded by the new 
house of Conroy, Bissett & Malleson, at 65 Fulton street. 
They have paid special attention to their stock of new 
goods, embracing every variety of wares known to the 
trade - nd required by the sportsman. Among many of 
the s jecialties may be noted the McGinnis rods, 3IuUaly 
flies, etc., known in the market most reliable and ser- 
viceable articles. 
A Beautiful Sight. -The officers of the United States 
steamer Endeavor, stationed at St. Augustine, celebrated 
Washington s birthday by illuminating the old castle of 
San Marco. The Florida Press says that the materials for 
the bonfires, within und without the forlificution, had been 
prepared, and at a certain hour a flood of light suddenly 
blazed forth from the old fort, illuminating the city mid 
surrounding country with the light of day. Never before 
since the old buccaneers danced by the light of burning 
earavals, had St. Augustine witnessed such a sight. The 
light was so brilliant as to dazzle und bewilder the guests 
to an extent which wrought optical delusions on every side 
Some fancied they saw the Spaniards of old stalking about 
in glittering armor, and one lady addressed the veternn 
cavalier, Ponce de Leon, on the subject of the Fountain of 
Life, but tho indignant hidalgo vanished into air. 
Death of a Veteran Si-ortsman.— Died at Princeton 
N. J., on the 4th ult., Mr. Archibald T. Clow, in the fifty! 
seventh year of his age, widely and favorably known as 
a skillful and energetic field sportsman, au excellent shot 
well-skilled in woodcraft, and an indefatigable walker 
In the management of his dogs (a very desirable aceom! 
plishment) he had few superiors. Among his other good 
qualities, he was always honorable and courteous toward 
his shooting companions in the field, and ever desirous to 
give them a good day's shooting. The large number of 
his fellow townsmen who followed his remains to their 
last resting place testified to the good repute In which ho 
was held. 
§ht giftc. 
the international RIFLE MATCH. 
pROM Dublin wo learn that tho Irish Rifle Association 
On Friday the Joint committees on our 
charge of tho arr-ingcment* met at tin it. i ’ 
sll^ 
■licalloa f Mr .Tkd’wIw ' vi “'p ""i' “ 
“ITi 1 2*— .325, VX £ 
M— April 8(1. Tho followlug^™ ,1^ 
WM 11,0,1 discussed, and was finally adopted; C, ‘ 
"-'-w™ n-0 
Of Irelu.1, by ^ "■! "“rt"™”™ 
»sro«l upon, on ll.o following Zm. vll: «>>l*»i-tn.onIly 
, '?, ,u - E,U -' b t0,,m l0 OOB8Wt Of not more than 
{&£."" "■ aoWdSSTJwffi: 
pJl ,, !r^«"« 1 S pound.- weight; minimum 
with rifles of bona Ji.te Amerii-au ..mnur^i C .7ho\ 0 r|\h°m 
Shoot with rifles of bona jij, Irish manufilSi. 1 
--re 
-hsssjsr sswffs- 
peStoE b ° r ° f 8hote ” Fif,oon at e,,oh ««»go by each com- 
j:r, l r prftClic, °r Th0 Am ® p l«»n l«m to lie allowed tho 
the match nmg ° f ° r 1,,ac,lco for at lo «‘ ‘wo days hoforS 
Position— Any; no nrtilloiol rest to bo used either for tl... 
rifle or person of the shooter. 1 1,10 
largets, rnngo, and all uecossorlcs for earrvlmr out tlm 
match to devolve on the Irish; the Americans mi ( f Irish , 
choose a referee to act for their respective toams 1ml . ! 
two referees sl.all mulimlly sel.-et an umpire, to whom 
ssl & assrs?^ oph,io "' ihuy 
S riflemen^ 1 " 1 IU1 Ul “"" ulh "’ 1 ' 1 *«Ml>. IwMf of iLu 
Duplicate copies of this programme to ho oxcliumrod and 
present nmy claim the championship. 
-Edmund Johnson, of the Irish Team, has sent a dial- 
lenge for an individual match to Captain Fulton the chain 
pion of the American Tcnwi. In the International match 
at Croedmoor last September Fulton mode 171 po |„t* 
while Johnson, who was very unwell, made but 150. The 
new challenge Is for twenty rounds at 1,000 yards. 
—Owing to a press of matter wo were unable to give a 
I. report of the meeting of Directors of the National 
11,1,0 Association in our issue of last week. Gen YV Q 
YVnrd presided and General YVoodwanl, McMahon and 
Mollncaux. Colonels Campe, Glldorsleovo and YVinimtc 
Major Scuttle, Captains Storey, Casey and Fulton und I- - ’ 
A. Sanford were present. Tho Treasurer reported a boI-‘ 
ance of ^t, -108, 41, with $5,500 due on demand from tho 
htntc. 1 lie Range Committee announced that the range 
wns now ready f.j* any wishing to practise. They recom 
mended the raising of the embankment, as threats of an 
Injunction hud been made by parties owning property be- 
bin. I tho targets. Such on injunction at the present time 
It was thought, would endanger the existence of the , W8( / 
elation, as it would check all shooting for an Indefinite 
length of time It. was moved and carried to put im n 
fence about eight or ten feet high along the top of the c m 
bnnkment, of sufficient thickness to stop any wild bull* .V 
a cost not to exceed $2,000. 3 at 
The question as to whether the State should nay tho 
markers used in official practise was raised. The millil. 
men claim that as the practise was ordered by tho Stole It 
should bear nl expenses. On motion of Gen. YV'oodward 
It waa resolved .that the names of the delinquent regimen! 
be sent to the Adjutant General, and that In- lie requested 
L”d°' duct the amount from the annual appropriation of 
$•>00 to each regimgnt. 
Much regret was expressed at the withdrawal of Colonel 
Church from the position of President, and nftcr rcsolu- 
sed he was elected u per- 
thins to thin effect hud been pm 
mauent honorary director. 
The Executive Committee were ordered to make tin « 
programme and arrange a date and prize list for tl... „ n ' 
mg Spring match The offer of a $150 rifle was announS 
from Remington & Co. I he selection of a design for litn 
members’ badge, was decided in favor of an umhlem 
offered by General McMahon General Hhaler and GcnS 
YYojdward having become directors ex-officio by virtue of 
their nos, yon m the mil tia, and Colonel Church having re 
signed left the hoard three member* short, and tV,u 
Sf ‘;'tteuZ‘ eC,l °° 10 "" *• '..Kpi. 
