liyMtttlttlSI wfIfltfPft KifffC. i,,, i 1 j Editor and lublllicr. ME IS A FREEMAS WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE, Terms, $;2 per sear la advance OLUME 4. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1870. NUMBER 5 -fi'ANEWTHING.IA I!, A I TIIIXG, 10 Ili j, GOOD THING in EBENSBURG. v 'OYALTY SUPERCEDED ! "Hcas cf Tudcr" Surrendered 'T0 THE SMALL FRY ! i STORE! iW GOODS! je Inuucenients I i r ?!rii Street ! -j Lew Prices ! ' J V J a.. oTipx-s- lea ;v-.'."io' 01 l'!e rooms. ou High .lt:, (nine uouri from Centre Streit.i t.e;.ji occupied by It. II. Tudor, ii'o h:t'Li l.e L is j'J-st intioJucci s iBHTimoMi apsorirnwit of aY & DRESS GOODS Groceries Hardware, &'c., ;,;....( evtrvthug aitvl much more than jonltr in t i I - " neck of liaibt-r " has (v(r preeiale.l o keep, ami every srii-Ie of which will be IiVl-HY CHEAP FOR CASH ! ucuASCE koh c-ism rccia-oic. ;ei.eh keeps hettkii goods; 0 ?'t ALKR KKI-TS MOKK GOOliS I 'o UK A I.Kii SELLS OH E A PLK ! SO DE.VLEII SELLS iloRE ! 77 1" F:Y.'.' THY FRY!!! S:.jj fa-in Frv! Buy from try 1 1 YTUY IF VOL WAST TO BUY j ;.c.-t Dress Goods at tUo fairest prices. T FKY IF YOU W.1NT TO 151 J Y !'a. Ci:ok, Giiihams, Tickings, Shut :i, D!:!mi, lriii.-, Je:ir.j. Cio'.ln. Cas ieres. Satiuetts, PcLu.tu. Lawna, l'riult t io., c, and wih to gfct li.e full w .r'Jiol your moiiey. V FRY IF YOU W.1NT TO HUY iii.i Pl oes for Men. Ladies' and CLil tijcn's tar, uucKoe'.Ied in qu.iluy aud Ej' litre uiidvis ild iu piicc. Y FRY IF YOU WJNT TO BUY wjre, Qui.'OJij'n are. G!.i-sn are. Carpets. sfr.'e3 at ilie Jowest tiLres. T FIvY IF YOU WANT TO IJU.Y ,S: :e-.S'ioi;l lers. Me Irk, F,s:i, Salt ;i. l'.iit:er. IVs. Chce-e. Cofi'oc. Sa-;-f. Te-i!. S'Ktj'o. C;itid'(9, Spic 8, r ul '.iii:. clc in that line. TFRY IF YOU WANT TO IlITY -. ;.-.liJ ev-prj ih'ng wortii buvin, and be -filstuta!! i;m!' voti tvill bo plied "t'ue LOWEST CASH KATES. Oh itt ! mv eve I it is ro He -' : i'.s Dry 0..ods Store and Grocery Just opcntJ by A. (. Frv, ti:e streot callvd Hipfi, Mi.re your cir.ney you cm buj --a l.-uia a;:y cie e!re,'(ur or uijU. TV-t!?1 ,'p":--'! to lfert a full line of -. DKFss unnrw ..r r--: ;r-' f ' w i uic uiuri siiirs anu texture, 1 I U-Arniinia.i a. II i" I I T A I, t v 'i , ' 1 re-Ft'CUullv solicit .1 call f-"'i '- e r',;, ar.d esprciull v trom those f Have Ijrcn in v e h..l.!t tUi.in, ' t-j r ..e t' f:r r . . w?. . ."iiu.t; ursi io irv me etorc A. G. FRV. fl- L. OATMAN, DEALER IS 11 III! CoNsIaTINQ CP :Hf &lra amilj lour, CRUX, FEED, f COH, SALT, FISH, FRESH VEGETABLES, p KMDS OF FRUITS, XGARS, TEAS, COFFEHS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, &c. A:. a Urge et ock of the H 3 . Uld-'Q3 ct Cigars and Tobacco, UliE ON HIGH STREET, e ar ""j v-iuitij:eu our muck vcr, I ... , r j n-parra to tell -1 I),', 1 wn'cr I)r;cc.s. Out at a great ur ttock con- Mpi'i.M., T..r. t. . H i. eriuincrv, rancy . 1,,'' f'!-;iai:.l i t w.,," T..,- :! -'.'u i,:ntmc:". Plasters. Lirimcnts, ... : - t i r. tn .. t- 1 lit r- a, x.,b Jamaica "Sir;; c;lv,ora:- Extracts. E..ciice8. Wi.."'.'.'!0?5"";? Syrup, Spiced Sviup, k,.(S;! tli tobaccos. iasii.- 1 ' "' anu lioncs; Uao, iv;1 ,in'1 H,kisJi Of Note Paper; ila-az 'f K1"' Pockft and VM -Ub "-cw'papers, JS'ovels. Hm 'a i;;'t'1'S'OU3,Prayeraud Tov BookR. E JEV?rv 0dtd to our stock a lot of lt'ea::oiw.r.- 'rt0 rh!c!l we would invite V6r tg'ero s ,rB JM:5 at lower prices 'al C7 ,u l1'!3 fi-cf.. Ipars Rold either wjj0lei,a,e Q . lctH m -0N & MURRAY, UL1J.UIL1 KROGEBIES E V A 11 R I V A L AT THE EBENSBURG . STOVE, HABDWAEE, AND M 11 li HULOLi 1 LIUUiHIlll 32? 3J7 o CONSISTING OF The LatvGest Assohtment of SLEIGH BELLS Ver browjht to jCbensltirg I j The Lai-gkst 1 fl J jnn?T f Ever Lronglit ! LOT OF ) Mil lillllSl l to EU-Qibarg THE LAk jKST STOCK.. CP BOYS' SKATES AND SLEDS Escr LruvgJit to EbennLurg I Also, a larpc 'ork of CHOPPING AXE. SLEIGH BASKETS. SO A P 3 ION E CAKE GKIPDLES. HORSE COLLAKS, UORsE idllUES aud HORSE allOE .NAILS, Cook & Heating Stoves, tnd a general assortaicr't of all articles io tny like of busincm. ALL WILL BE SOLD W FOR CASH. GEO. HUNTLEY. Ebcnsburg, Dec. 2, IbC'J. 3m. E T E It CAMPBELL'S BEE HIVE. Tlie Miider!ined lias seemed letters p:ttfii' of the LTnite('. .-jtate?, d.ited Deccrubei' 14, 18i i), lor nu iuiprwvement in t he construction of I'eo Hives, ard claims fur his invention advantages po?sesed by tk other h;re'o!ore patented. The j riiK-ipal feature of this Pec Hive is the arrangement by means of which it ia thorough ly veiiiihited. thus precluding the possibility of t lie beea gniolhei '111. '.he coiiib moulding or tha lionev Fouling. This desirable end is accorn plihcd by a vertical pcilor.ited tuoe. rciming cci.trally through the hive and open at the lop and bottom. All pi ri-ons interested in apicul ttire will Ht once st-a the great advantages te enred iiUis ;mprovemeut. The ventilator is for tlie iiicre.ise ot bce The peculiar construction of the box, partic ularly in the arrangement of the inner com partments, whereby it cat) be cleaned at siiv time without disturbing iho beep, is another valuable improrement which will be obvious to any person who examines this Hive. An exa.iwi-atioii of the workings of the bees or the condition of tho interior can be made at any time, as the sides me cased with glass. Bees can be trasfened from a diilercn?. hive to the improved one without any dilliculty whatever. It would require too much ppace to enumerate here all the advantages claimed in this inven tion, but full ir.formaiioii wi.l be promptly fur-ni.-hed by applying in person or by letter tb the p;iien:ee. 1 nin now repared to riifpoi-e of territory fir the sale of. the Improved Bee Hive iu any portion of th United States. PETER CAMPBELL, Carrolitow n, Cambria Co., Pa. AUTOMATIC RAILWAY BATE 'I he patentee ol the adove has also invented and oaienied an AUTOMATIC RAILWAY GATE, to which he invites the atteution of railroad men. Full information will be fur ni-hed on application, and Company Rights will be disposed of by the inventor. Address as above. jan.l l.'7U.-tf . FARMERS, Lock to Your Interests, AND B"T ONE CP SPROUT'S COMBINED THE BFST AND ONY PERFECTLY COMBINED Hay Fork and Knifa Tilanufactiirefl. EVERY FORK WARRANTED. A only a limited number can be supplied for this county, orders fur tl is celebrated Hay Fork and Knife should ' Le bent in early to GLffi 1ISTLEY, IBifffiG. PA. Sole Agent for Cambria County, Who can also supplv WOODEN PULLEYS, nhich are far superior to Iron Pulleys. Also, STEEL GRAPPLES for jastcnining Pulleys to Beams or R titers tlie most convenient fas tenings yet introduced, as they can te put up or taken down without the use oi ladders. Etietisbuig. Dec.. U. lc-G3 :in. jp A R M E 11 S AD OTIIEES SHOULD KOT FAIL TO GET ONE OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED Lima Woiible-fStarcd VOOD-SAWINS MACHINES, FOR WillCU GEORGE HU2TTLEY, !s Sols Agent for Cambria County. J. LLOYD, successor to R. S. P.nw T,..l t ir -7- Paints, tc. Store on Mai.i Btreet. opposite luw "Aiansion ut.use," Ebensburg, x a. S EG 1ST E U S NOTICE. Notice Is hereby given that the following Accounts have been pased and filed in the Register's OfiLe at Ebensburg, and will be preseniejl to the Orphans' Court of Cambria county, for confirmation ar.d allowance, on Monday, tuk 7th uay or March k.xt, to wit : The first and partial account of Geo. 1Vehn, jr., puardiau of Chiistiann Amanda Wayne. The second account of Peter U. Lehman, administrator of Levi Weaver, late of Rich land towu.ship, deceased. 1 he first and partial account of Ceo. Wehn, jr., guardian of Annie M. Wavtie. The second aud final account of Paul Yahner, executor of the last will and testament of Francis Glosser, late of Chest tow u.-diip. dee'd. The account of Wm. Constable, admijistr.i tor of the estate of Samuel UOruer, late of Yodcr township, deceased. The account of Mrs. Catharine Robert, administratrix of Wm. Roberts, late of Johns town borough, deceased. Thft third and final accoin.t of Catharine Connelly, executor of Bernard Connelly, late of Sutnmeihiil township, deceased. The lirt and final account of Alex. Shelly, administrator of John Skedy, lute of Sumiutr 1 ill township, deceased. The first and final account of John Hogue arid Philip Schcttig. executors of the hiat wiU and testament of Aloysius Wasser, late of Carroll township, decea.-ed. The second account of W. C. Leis. adm'r de bonis nou of David Hite; late of Johnsdown borough, Cambria county, deceased. Thclirstand final account of J.n. A.Brown, adm'r of Catharine Oitcrson, late of Suuiuiii ville, Cambria county, deceased. Tlie first and final acoouut of A. A. Barker, administrator of Julia Am Carney, iaio of Ebensburg borough, deceased. The first and final account of Joseph Croyle, Lite of Croyle twp., Cambria county, dee'd The account of John Martin, executor of the last will and testament of David Good, late of Susquehanna twr.. Cambria county, dee'd. The account of Philip J. Sanders, executor of the last will and testament of Peter Sanders, late of Munster township, deceased. The account of David D. Goughnour. adm'r cu:n testamento nmicio of Henry D. Gough nour. late of T-vlor tv. p., Cambria co., dte'd. GEO. W. OATMAN, Re-ister. Regiftcr's Office, Ebei;sburg, Feb. IU, lc"d.4t. "TOTICE OF APPEALS. Appeals i-' fiom th ASse-smcnls fur JfeTOwill be held at the Office of the County Couimtasiou cip. in Ebensburg. as follows : Fbruary 2L-T For Carroll Township and Carrodtuwn ami Ebfnsbiirg lioroughs. FtcuLACY For Jidmstown, (G wards.) CoLeinaiigh, (2 wards,) E 1st Conemaugh, Mill iile. Pro pecf. and Franklin Boroughs P'l-DuUAny Ild Fur Cuiper.-dale Birot:gh and Allegheny, Cambria, Munstcr, Blacklick and Chest Townships. F 1 b M' a r t 21ih Clearfield. Conemaugh, Crv!o, Richland and Summerhill Townships an: CaniJiria II. Fi Bit laky Che-t Sptings Borough and Giliit.in. Jackson, SusqueUannah, Taylor atd Voder Tuai. ships. ilAi;cn 1st Livctti. Summitville and Wil more Borough and Washington aud White Townships. At the same times and p'ace appeals from the Militarv Riills will Ue heard. J O II X A . K E V N EDV . MAUI1ICE M NAMAUA) Com'rs. JAM ES E. X EASOX, ) Attest T J. Glass, Clerk. feb.3. 4t X THE OKPIIAXS' COURT OP C A M PRI A COU N T V. Notice is hereby ii-f-n that the follow ing Appraisements of cer tain por-onal pr perty of decedents, Feiected nt;d set apart for llir widows of intestates, un der Act of Assembly of 1 1th April, lc.51.hare been filed in the Register's Ollice at Ebens bnrg. and will be presented to the Orphnr.s' Court for approval, on Wednesday, xutOta day ok Makcii ni-xt, to wit : 1'he inventory of the goods of Lewis Co haugh, dee'd. retained by his widow, Susannah Cobaugh, !?fl1.70. The appraisement and inventory of goods and chattels of Christian BIbch. late of Conerriaugh borough, Cambria county, deceased, $173. The appraisement of the personal property of James H. Mitchell. dec'd4 appraised ar.d set apart to the widow, Margaret Mitchell, $300 Appraisement of certain real estate set apart for the use of Sarah O'Donnell. widow of An thony O'Donnell, late of Millville borough, deceased, 1:75. GEO. W. OATMAN. Clerk. Clerk's Office. Ebensburg. Feb. 10, lt70.3t. ORPHANS' COURT SALE. By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Cambria county, to me directed, there will be exoi'sed to Public Sale, at the Hotel of Felix Beck, in Loretto, tut WEDNESDAY, the 2.1 day of MA RCH. 1H7D, at 10 o'clock, a. tn , the following Re.ii Estate, of which Henry McKeever died seized, to wit : A PIECE OR PAHCEL OF LAND situate in the Township of Minister, CVuritv of Cambria, and State of Pennsylvania, bounded by lands of John Crist e, Joseph Cramer. John Bird, and otl ers. con taining Il'J AUia-.Ss.ml 1M ri'.lllUth ana allowance, about (ii) Acres of which are cleared, having thereon erected a LOG HOUSE and a LOG STABLE. TERMS: One-third of thp purchase money to be paid on confirmation of sale am'- the res idue in two eqiial annual payments, with inter est. to be secured by the judgment bonds and mortgage of the purchaser. P. II SHIELDS. 7 T-n FRANCIS O FREEL, iruaiees. Loretto, February It), 1S70. 3t. OttPlIANS' COUUT SALE! Es tate of Wm. A. Piatt, ptc'd By vir tue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Cam Lria countv, to me directed, there will be sold at Public Sale, on the premises in Su-quehan-na township, mi FRIDAY, thf 25tm pay of February. I7D, the following described Real Estnte, to wit : All the right, tit'c, interest and claim of the faid William A. Piatt, dee'd. in and to a certain piece or parcel of L-AND sit uate in Sasquehanna township. Carifnia coun ty, eontainining EIGHTY ACRES, more or less bounded on the north by land of Abram B irt'ebaugh. on the eat by land of Dale. on the south by land of J. D. Shaw, and on the west by land ol Darter & Kinports. Tj;rms Cash en confirmation ot ealc. G. W LOVELACE. Guardian. Susquehanna Twp., Teh. 10, lb7U.-3t. UDITOU S NOTICE The un.Ter figncd Auditor, appointed by the Or phans' Court of Cambria county t- report dis tribution of the funds in the hanihs of Geo M. Reape, Esq., Adm'r of the Estate of Robert Davis, dee'd, upon hi fourth account, hereby gives notice th-a he will attend to the duties of Said appointment, at his cilice in the Bor ough of Ebensburg, on FripaY, the 4ih day of Map.cii next, at 2 o'clock 1. m. Feb. lit. 3t. T. W. DICK. Avditor. OOD, HETTEK, BEST. The Lest JA and cheapest Tobacco aud Cigars ra town are tt 2d- L. O&tmao'o. Go and tee. THE WARNING AT THE BRIDGE, i In tlie year 1851. I was superintendant of the HoA i ich and Rocky Itiver Railroad. Il was a line which done a good run of business:, connecting as il did a great city with a flourishing back country, and we run a pietty good number of trains over the raila in the course of twenty-four hours. The daily trains were every Lour, but afttr nine iu the eveuitrg there were only one train until the steamboat accommo dation of half-past three in the morning. This intervening train was the Belport mail. It was mads up at Balpoit, and ran as far as Ciintun, express all the way. Belport was the large city of which 1 have spoken, and it was there my office was located, for the business of the road was nil stttlud and arranged at that end of the line. Of course I give fictitious names, and the reader need not expect to find Belport on any railway nup. The 12:30 train, or the midnight mail, as ii was more frequently designated, was run by Earl Lodgers, a young man of seven or eight and twenty, who had been employed on the road Lr several years. lie was the best engineer driver on the corporation, and for that reason he had been elected for the train, because there was a better lookout requited by night. Eail, taking all in all, was one of the finest fellows 1 ever saw frank, hand some, geneions to a fault) and very well educated. lie had fallen into the vocation of an engineer more for his love of excitement and danger than anything else, pet haps ; and if theie was any particularly perilous business to be done, Earl Kodgers was our man. Per se:ue time he had been desperately in love with Laura Deinain, the daughur of a iich old fellow just on the other side of the liocky liver, a half dozen miles be yond Belport. This love was fu'ly returned, for Laura was h nobli-heat ted girl and did not care for weahh and ambition when weighed in the balanee with love ; but old Demaii: and she were two, and there was no prob ability of his ever giting his consent. He hi d te'. his heart on her marrying PriiiCJ Cailetcn, a young blood ct the vicin.ty, reputed wealthy, and of an old family. Demain's opposition naturally made the lovers mote determined, and they only waited an increase of Earl's salary to be married, in spite of pupa De main. Earl was a faithful follow, and 1 was doing my best with the company to get an advance for him, with every prob ability of success. Somehow, I took a strong interest in Earl's love affairs. I am an eld codger, and love matters are rather cut of my line, my t'oitc being the calculating of accounts, the regulation of freight rates, smd the management of but-iness so as to secure the fattest divi dends to the stockholders. Perhaps my interest in EaiTs love for Laura might be because I most cordially detested Prince Carleton, He was al ways "blowing" our road, finding fault with the rate of speed, with the grade, wl h the carriages, with the ventilationj with everything in short, for nothing suit ed him. '1 hen upon one occasion he and I had a few words neither very pleasant nor very choice, and he had called me an old scoundrel, and I returned the compliment with interest. After that we were worse friends than ever. One dark, rainy night in November, just after the nine o'clock train had got off, and I was sitting in the oliiec trying to balance an account that would not bal ance, the door opened and Earl llegeis walked in. He had on his waterproof suit, the hcod over his head. and the col lar buttoned closely, but I saw his face was very pale and Lis eyes gleamed with an unnatural tire. "What in the world has happened, Rogers V said L "You look as glum as it you were going to your own funeial." "Mr. Woodbury," said he, earnestly. "Lo you believe m presentments?' "2So," said I. "1 certainly do nor, they are old women's whims !' "Perhaps so. 1 w ih I could think so," said he sadly. "1 have been trying hard to." 'What is it Earl? Anything gone wrong with Laura ?" for 1 did not know but the little judo had been playing off with him after the manner of women. "No. You will laugh at ine, Mr. Woodbury, but 1 must tell somebody, or I will go out of my wits," Said he, half laughing, "and before heaven I tell you it is all truth. Thursday afternoon I took a hand car and went over to Rocky River Bridge. I do not mind confessing that 1 went on purpose to get a glimpse of her homo perhaps of herself. 1 stood at one end of the bridge, looking across at tlie house, enraptured at the sight of a scarlet shawl, through the shrubbery of the garden. 'And while I was looking at her 1 heard footsteps, and glancing up I saw myself coming np from the opposite side of the biidge ! I was dicssed in this suit of waterproof, my face wits as pale as death, and my wide open eyes were blank aud expressionless I "Sir, jou think I am dazed, but I am teliiig you only the troth! Wtnle I stood staring at the vision it disappeared, and weak nntf trembling I carco back to town. By the next day yesterday I had rea- ooocu uiyaeu oui or ine oeuei in anyuims of the kind. It was a hallucination, I said, aud to prove it so I would go out there again and see if it would appear for the second time. I went again yesterday, and, sir, the same thing was repeated ! It will come once more and then I bhall go to my death !" "Nonsense!" said I. "Compj Earl, be honest, and confess that you have beeii taking too much whisky." "I never drink anything, as you know, Mr. Woodbury," returned he, "and this thing was fearfully real. If I run the Mail train out to-night I shall be kilted, and heaven knows what will be Ihe fate of the train ! I suppose it could not be taken off to-night!" "Taken off"! What the. deuce do you mean ?" snapped I, ''this road runs trains is advertised cowardly engineers to the Contrary notwithstanding.' He looked at me sadly, reproachfully and I could have licked myself for the way I had spoken to hini. "It was not on my own account, sir, said he, "but it is only a few days before Thanksgiving, and the train wid be n fu!l one. If there is an accident it may be a tad one." "Accident I" said I, contemptuously, "fiddle-sticks! Come in to-morrow; and let us laugh at you." He bid me good-night gravely, and went out. Prtsently the clock struck twelve; and j riving at their camp and spreading their I heard tiuee sharp successive whistles j gaily colored blankets out adtnirinjy td that told me Unit the train was neatly gel her wiili their trinkets purchased at the redy. j station, some of the tribe, wanned mute A ttrange feeling of apprehension siezed j or less by "fh e water," demanded their u"i " miij iui.1- mourn napptn Yielding to an impulse whieh would not be controifeii. I tinew on my overcoat, c aimed more, than an eopial share, c!ii:n lurned out the gas, locked the office aud : ing to have cotiiributed nnu-o to the pro hurried over to the depot just in season to ! lection or general good, glory or di-ni'y catch Ihe tail of the rear car aiid swing j of the ttib:. High words' were about . myself on board. j bi followed by bh 6 .'shed, whin their Earl Rogers stood at his post, pale and ; chief deiri itn'e 1 silence, and proposed b sihn', yet alt red and watchful. j them to wi.it tili th morrow would iojI By the headlight on the locomotive he iheir excited brains, and they co il l listen could see the track for half a mile ahead, ! to reason and words of counsel from older and his keen eye scanned every inch of j men. t!i3 way aS the train swept oh. j A truce was finally cfjecfed, and fj liet Past Roman station past the Mill Out ! once more reigned thto ighodt the cam;), past 1 1 ill's Embankment, and they j when the chief, regarding tho poll as a plunged into the neck of woods which ! cause of evil instead i f a blessing, stole skil led Rocky River. j quietly out, carrying ihe p t of gold with Suddenly, as ihey swept around the curve, Eail's cheek whitened and he drew his breath in quick and hard! What he saw bef jre the trm warned him that only death and destruction lay ahead. He could probably save himself by leaping off, but that would doom all on board Not a second did he hesitate. The sharp whistle to down breaks sounded, he reversed steam and did every- thing in his power to step the train When he saw that his cli'oi U were vain, that the obstacle which lay across the track only a few rods in advance could nut be avoided, he sprang over the wood box ami unlocked trom the carriages the oti(ii-- vf'fiti'h rM.i4nM iftim flu nruii ' shot ahead, aud next instant plunged fur ward into the gulf. There was a crash, a Succession of shrill whistles from the escaping steam, and all was still ! Not one of the carringes went down, the first one having halted on the- very brink of the abyss, as if the me re fearfully to impress upon the minds of the passen gers the terrible danger they had escaped Before the train had came to a stop, I hr.d jumped out and was flying forward, looking for Earl Rogers. They pointed into the river in answer to my inquiries, and seizing a lantern from the hand of one of the brakesmen, I soon climbed down the bank and found him. He lay under the wreck of the locomo tive, pale and bloody, with ho breath com ing from his iy lips. The. IWO Stokers were a littlo vfcfiV ofT. J , stone dead. 1 am an old man, but I didn't feel the weight of that pout" fellow ns I carried him up the bank, and on to the house of De main, which happened to be the nearest residence. Uf course old Demain could not refuse admittance under the circumstances, and i:i five minutes Laura wan with me, trying to restore the lifeless mau to consciousness. She was all courage and hope But for her we bhould have given him up f.r dead; and I to this day firmly believe that her presence and Ler cure brought him back from death. She never flinched while the surgeon amputated his leg at the knee It was the only way to save him, Doctor Green said, and Laura held the head of her patient lo her bosom and his hands in hers through the whole operation. The accident, it was found,- had been occasioned by a stick of timber pinned across" the track, and the tailroad company offered si' reward of a thousand dollars lor the discovery of the rascally perpetrator. No mailer how we found it out, but it was ascertained beyond a doubt that Pii'nc Catltton was the guilty patty. "He confessed it when we had him snug and Safe, and STaid that because he wanted Lvnl Rogers out of the vvay and hated the whole concern meaning the railroad and the corporation he had formed this plan His father was a millionaire and bought up our hilence handsomely Piitice went to California, and I do not kixrw what ban me of hita. Old Demain proved himself a trumo t aner all, ana cave in "racelullv. lie is dead now. and Earl and Laura live at the old place, as happy a couple as you ever saw. As for Earl's warhin-:, you may believe what you like about it. 1 have no explanation to ofler. wabassa's lake. An isdias msTonr. dur correspondent writes" : About 8 miles from the village of Greenville; in the county of Montcalm, State of Michi gan, is a small lake now known as Wa basha's Lake. It is a handsome little sheet of Water, with a tine shore free from swamps or brush, and affording a pleas ant resort to the lovers of the piscatorial sports. There is a romantic jet truthful j history connected with it, which sounds mo e like a:i Indian tradition of centuries i ago than an actual occurrence of fifty 1 years since. While, cn an excursion a few days ago, I gathered the following story', and its truthfulness has since been j vouched for by other early settlers: , A ttibo of Indians was then encamped ' on the shore of this Jake near its outlet, a j small but beautiful stream cf the same name, and had just been paid by thecov eminent q-Zite a large arhount of gold and silver, which they took to their camp, as was their custom, undivided, held in charge by their chief, Wabassa. On ar- poiuou o; itieu goiii. jjisputes afore : io the nlative thate ot each. Some i him. and enteting the canoe, naddh d : quickly and noiselessly to the ecntic of j tlJtf :.e, where he consigned the put of . gold to tlie deep waters of ihe lake. j In ihe morning he did not deny what J he had done, but was in the iriidst of a ! sneech. telling them of their foil v in heir.-r I like the palefaces, slaves to 'gold, when' with a loud whoop, the cntite band set upon him, murdering him, and mutilating his body in a horrible manner. His j grave is slill shown, and many have seen his son return to the grave, within the j last twenty vents', to mourn over it J Greedy hands have often searched for the ; lost gold, but to no purpose, for the waters j are many bundreds of feet in depth, strange j as it rfiay seem for so small a lake mere pond. But the storv is often told of the "Pot of Gold in Wabassas Lake " Detroit Free IJrcS3. A Very Lively Ileast fu Oregon. A correspondent of the Salem, (Oregon) "Statesman," writing from Polk county, sends the following interesting statement : "A huge monster was captured last week on S rap Cheek, near the South line of Polk county, by two farmers by .the names of Millei an I Tripp. It has the head, feet and ears of a Won ; is about three feet in height, and between seven and eight feet long ; the color of a yrizzly bear ; tail Lke. a wolf; about fifteen inches long : arms eighteen inches hi circumfer ence ; breast and throat about as huge as a three-year-old horse. The animal has been the tenor and scourge of that. part of I llio pnnntiv f.r tnvi-ivit ivurt T.itrnvii, I ...W W-.... . .. ......... V...,.. j ..-0 I horses, cattle, hogs and sheen. It has j been repeatedly hunted with the best trained bear dog? in the country, but a! ways whipped its pursuers and sometimes killed them. The dogs fought it so cour ageously that it took Io a large widow tree ; but the tree bru"ke down under its weight ; it did not want to fight, being too lull of mutton, but wheii the tree broke down it sailed in and made dog hair Ily and dog blood IIjw, till thev were glad to - retreat and let it alone It i .ever was known to attack persons but once; then it attacked a couple of school boys, who i fiighiened it away with matches. It is ! said to have infested that part of the conn j try lor about tvverr'.y yeais, growing bold- j cr every year, till within the fast year or j two it got lo coming around the farm ! bouses at night, and sometimes killed thai watch dog almost on the door, and this J winter it killed a pet deer on Mr. Blake's i doorstep. It was an implacable cnemv j to dogs. It teemed to folly understand the clJracter of gunpowder, and ale-ays kept out of the way ot any one with fire arms. It was caught by one hind leg in a bear trap,- set for it by Mr. Miller at a dritt wheie it was" in the habit of Cross ing Soap Creek. When they found it the h? was bitten ofF, excepi ihe hamstring I utid this woufd have been if it had nut "pent iwo nuich of its rage on ihe imp nod broken out ail i;s teeth b'store it 't 'l i the ehuiely olT" I RuVKLS is a new nutue bui i.u; a tbi iu tL United Smuts Stoat" - The Muskegah, Mich., Enterprise ro- i lates the following singular adventure i. When we were publi.-diinii a naner in lewisburg. West Virginia, several Years years ago, a very singular accident befel a young man there, which we narrated briefly at tlie lime. A few days we chanced to meet Lira here in Muskegan, and La narrated his adventure at our rerpi: at. It occurred on tlie farm of Gen. A W. G. Davis, in Greenbrier coun'y, in 13o(J. we give his story in Ids own words, as near as we can recollect them: "I was ploughing on Gen I) ivis firm in ISo V said he, "unsuspicious of being on secure ground, when suddenly the earth seemed to fall beneath me. I saw the horses do scendino;, but was too fiightened to let zo the plough handles. The pitch of tha horses with the earth gave my fall an ini : petus, and somehow I caught tl of utu of ihetn in my f.di, and so held j instinctively. What I tliou'-ht when i le m.itia ori fall- ing I can hardly tell. At any rate, I did VYI.n" I 1 1.1 f some rapid thinking. fell on the horse whose mane I had hold of, and although the horse was instantly killed, I was merely sltiririod and confuted". On recovering myself I looked up, and the whole through which I had failed looked ! Sl- small I concluded I must have fallen full 1Z0 feet. My first thought syas tj call for ni I, hut I instantly recalled tlu fact that 1 was at least a mile f-ora Gen eral Davis' house, and that th'ore was not the reir.ntc-st probability that any or.e had seen my descent into li.e earth. It was then er'y mnrninor, and as I had brought out my dinner will; me, no nno would miss ine before nih'fai!. While "oW 1 over these facts i.i my ow:i mind.. I heard the rush ot water near at hand, and it occurred to m 3 that I im'st hive fallen upon the b:d of Sinking creek, w hich, as you know, fahs into (he c.nih above Frankfort; and does hot c nie o :t but onea till it reaches ihe banks of the G eenbrier river. To s iy where I was, or to attempt to follow the subterranean passage, was the next question. I someti'nes t.iok the team to my own tenant stable, and, there fore, might r.ot be mi.-sed for days; ej I determined to follow the stream. I waded in it, and, j nlging fiom iis depth of from one to three feet. 1 concluded it must bj the identical Sinking creek sunken of i Leaving my dead companion b.hiud rue. I ' f 'Mowed the stream. Tor the tuor: part j 1 pretty easy work .f it, but soma j times I came to a deep place, where I was forced Jo swim for a considerable instance; "gain was often precipitated headiong into deep water by the meciratous nature of j rocky bed of ihe stream. Talk about i Gie darkness of the grave ! A crave itself ! could not have been more impalpably datk ! 'I'51'1 1,lC passage I was f.dluwinc. Tha ' occa.-ional rippling of ihe watirs whs an. inexpressible dear sound to my eats Dav and night weie the same to m- At last, wearied with rhy efforts, I UM down on a ccrapaiittively dry rock to test, and rnust have slept for hours When I awoko again I took lo the water, carefully ascer taining which way it ran, so as not to lose my labor by retracing my steps. It seemed to ma that the farther I went the more difficult progress became. When I Iim gone perhaps a mile I came to a place where the archway narrowed so much that I had to crawl on my knees in the water. Here was a dilemma I had not looked for. I uied either bniik of the river, but found no passage. I could swim under water for a considerable dis tance, but lbs distance before me was un known, and I haf ed long before maki.-." the dangerous ventuie. At I a.t I conclu ded that my fate was rrf-ially doubtful in returning as in proceeding, and plunged bodily into ihe current, and Soon found that it was so svift in, its confined pas sage, that I only needed to hold ray breath' to go through. In the course of 20 or j SO feet I again got my head above water, ami !' a long breathing spell. Again the archway above seemed to enlarge anil the bed of the stream became more even,' I sped along comparatively rapidly, keep ing my hands outstretched to prevent ray running ngainft the j igged rocks Wear ied out,' I again laid down and slept sour.u! iu my wet clothes. Oa awaking, t pur- sued my course down the subterraneati stream, and at last, in the lung distance ahead, saw a glimmer that looked very Ltlght in the darkness I was then nut in." Neating this, I found that it did not in crease in brightness ; and when I had gone pet Laos a mile-. I cam-.; to cvolher place where my path narrowed to the very tunnel filled by the water. My case' was now become more desperate I c'euld not possibly reitaee my step, so 1 submitted mi self to the cut rent, und was immeasurably ovtijoyed to find mysolf rabidly swept into daylight. Exhausted! and hall drowned, I crept out upon the land and was not long io i ecogi.is.ng the' I ohp da about nte. I had comu eel into' j the Greenbrier river, ns I knew from the' familiar look of General Davis mill on' the bank. On reaching hou.A I found that I had been forty-eight hours in mak ing my perilous journey of six miles under grouhrl. The hole where this man went1 through is now fenced round. On linten- ! ing one can iliitlv hear the ru6h of tho' w;er below, and a sine thrown down' will' sooe'irn: l i !.i;. j spt-!!i in thiV I , T'"? !? tfaieUn a quilt cciitaiurrg 3,423 pieces. j v it
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