1
VIcPlKE, Editor and Publisher.
BE IS A FKEEMAX WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FlItE, AND ALL. ARE SLAVES BESIDE.
Terms, S2 per year, In advance.
ILI MK VII.
EBENSBURG, PA., FKIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1S73.
NUMBER 30.
S SALES. By virtue of
i s I' I.tcari J-'itcius, Vend. Kx-
.i. v'ci., issued uit nf the
a I'll us "I Camtuia county ami
,,.!! Will !! 'XHISt'll to l'u L lie
II m-e hi l'hcnhurr. on
I si d.-i.v of S f'ptfin op nrxl,
.. the following iteal Estute,
;::; ;iu.l iii 1 1' rest of Mrs. Jane
. ! with 1 .alley,) of, in and
-.'round sitsmtc in V.iIiiii--
i : : i i 1 i .i county. iKi.i'iiniiiir lot
11 tt:e
, i i liavuiif l Hereon erected a
,,, :. ;-r an. I a tilling stiiblo, now
, , ,.l Mrs. Jan? Mullen. T.iken
; : . i Ijc sold at the suit of Wood,
i- i title and interest of John
,sl.i ! In- tollowinir real estate, to
. iu . tracts of land siloutc in the
I . mn.uli. in the'County of C'ain
i.. ,,i Pennsylvania, one thereof
induct, on the Portage Kail
.: : i the t'oiKiiiiiUit li river and
.'. tarai lately owned by Geo. War
n i i"; :;so acres and 1 perches,
i uce of a warrant in the name
' nt her situate in and ud.ioin-
... -i hed tract mid t he said 1 arm
i,i ..orifc Warner on the south.
.. 1 - thereof, and contninin
j -- altel deducting the part of
' ;:itc, together with the ho
:; ; ii'iiiirtenanees. Taken in ex
; - -I'M ut the suit of the Cum-
i; .... ' V .
: ut. t itle and interest of Mary
: iliiu'le, of. in and to ii piece
;, ,-i - ru He in Jackson township,
in. ...:j...;iirijr lauds of SarahTei
m:i I others, containing about
: i about 40 acres of which
. !- thereon erected a two-story
;. the occupancy of Suin'l Kip
. c ut ion and to be s.dd at the
. 1 I; -:i-r, wdinini.strator of Peter
i ! !:t, t ill." and interest of TCvun
; i ! to theune undivided thrce
r ei land situate in Washington
ti'.tiu count-, adjoining lands of
i'i o r Myers and V. Quartz, and
' IT aeresand H7 perciie.more
i. Alsn, the one undivided
; ! land situate in (.'::im Una twp.,
m . adjoin intf land ol K. Itoliei ts,
: i lonu'iiii.' to t he estate of Ja'ocz
f John Scchler Sons, James
i -. containing- I M acres and 110
,i; ! ss, uninipro. ( d. -ttso, tile
iiii : .,f a t met. of land situate iu
-i.., i a m hria eou n ty. ad joint n
. .... .! . U "irer. A. A. llarker, uml
i i :-sad l'.'' pel fin, more
., . ; , iii the undivided Imif
: -.: i i' - :o Cainhria township.
lauds of David l)n
,! . v ! liiin to the estate of
. ; ;. ail 1 others. contaiaiuf 5
' mure or less, improved.
. i. l third oi a lot oi ground
i : .. o' i j -!i of llocnshu rr. Cam lu ia
i. eii ili.rner street, extending
; ; eei. t hercc -. tending a lon
: i teet, liounded on the ca.-t by
i on the plan of Mooretown,
. a lot of rroiiml situate iti Kt-
i ;.i. ( 'aiiiliria county, f roiitinsf on
: t tie east and extendinu' hmk to
ciujr lot of T. '1'. Spciiee on the
oley on the sou'.h, h;;vin ths.ro-vo-st
ry Ir.itne house and frame
the occupancy of liob'i It. Thoin
i .vards. Taken iu execution and
ae -"tit of liicliard 1 1 . Tuor.
i .t; lit , title and interest of IVter
.:: a nd to a piece or parcel of land
; li. Li t . vn hi ;, t 'am hi la nunitv,
P.I'
a Is
if John N i;,rle, jr , I'htlip ip-
' r-'. coo I aiiinc; 7; acres, more nr 1
'I cies of which ail cl-ai"ii. having
t i rcted a t wo-sio: y I rauie house mi l a
4 n, now in theoccup.ii.cy of I'efer -Mc-
-1 'o, a piece or pa i eel of laud situate
field tow ii-hip, I'amf ria i-oimty, adjoiu
Js of .lo'.ui Neason, Andrew liii'yoon,
.rs, eontainiiir irjivJ, more oi less,
Ula i eoti creeled a u jter saw-null, now
li.ipatn yof I'utt-r Jltliuimli. Taken in
iii and to tie sold at the suit of the
iii .Mechanical Works.
.k '. the ri'ht, title an 1 interest of Mary
f A and A 11 rod t'onstalile, of, in and to a
-i -reel of land situate in Jackson twp.,
..:.:..; 1 1 ..r w.....l L.
enr
!
o;' , aiijiioiiii; 1,11111 t.i .-.nil vii.
.-.iv. and lleiii'V Uaijer, eontaitiin
i or less, about 't'i acres of which
;i.tvni!f thercm elected a two-story
. I : loir burn, now in the occupancy
n JJ
1 i . llodyors. Taken in execution and
'i . ' 'ie suit of (leoife Wehn, sr.
,4 . i i iy ht, title and interest of John
i iu and to a let of (r round situate
jj s , , Washiicj-t n t wp 'uiufu ia
on the Pennsylvania llaiiroad
ji J t - of l!ei:ry A lien ha ua h and
ji e ee!,, ha inv thereon erected a
(J; ;. house, now in tin' occupancy
ne i i;. (i. Taken iu execution Ulid
i .. -i, it of .1 u lius lilumciitbal.
.-.i : i.j :f, title uinl inlerest of .las.
U ' " ' ' a piece or pa reel of land sit
l ; i'-!iii. Cambria county, ad-
- Vi ,' s-herly. hri' ti in Kelly,
- t ("dnsr 17 i acres, inure nr les,
1 . ' ..I which are cleared, havinjr
si v t. ! a oiie aud-a-lnlt'-story lo
tit v . v.- oi cupaiu y of James Hose.
'. :'. n and to be'suld at thesuit of
Iifr
d. title and intert-stof Adam
to a piece or parcel of land
lianiui township. Cambria
lands of Wa.hinjfton I.loyd,
others, containing 5 acres,
having thereon erected a
i i plunk house, now in the
a Itovvers, and a one-and-a-use
and a shoemaker shop,
ru, Aiiam llowers. Taken
. ne olil iit the suit of 1'eter
I inn s braliiiin. now for use
.1 .lolui 1. ltlair, administra-
ii. iteceased.
i, title and interest of John
! iece or parcel of land situ-ii-hip.
Cumbria county, ad-
ph ifouk, I'lamis 1 ait her,
i mif l." iii ri'S. more or less,
iiieh are cleared. ha inir
one-nnd-a-half-story plank
barn, now in the occupancy
Taken in execution and to
I U. A. Shoemaker.
. It. HONACKKK. Sheriff.
-t nsburir, Au. 5, 1 ST'.i.
- S SALES! By virtue
" writs of i. fa. and Al. I'i. !..
Court of Comuum Picas of
' "' ind to me directed, liiere will
'" l e In- - ,!,., at the Court House
-' 'i IT KSUAV, theU't'.TH KAY of
e- at i i.e o'clock, r. m., the follow
r. t :
title and Interest of Joseph
:: i'. I to a p ece or parcel of land
I town-hip. Cambria county,
' - "i .. acre, more or less. ha ititf
' I a ; ,ii-.tury house, not now oc
i i e or parcel of land situate
"A ;' -la 1 1. Cambria county. Pa., nd
b.,iu otts, sr., Kicil'k llauvr,
' ' ' ' 1 iiuair la acre, more ir less,
'' rp e winch are (bared, tiavinif
" ' I a on.-ioid -a-half-story plank
' - "!.n -a . not now occupied. Taken
'-nd te br sold ut thesuit or Mich'l
' r -''it. title and Interest of Paul
iii mi. 1 to a piece or parcel of
l'1 Coi'.bl-i:! t.iwtlshto I'iittlriil
its.
"''i lands of John Hun lies.
; 1 ins.loiies, and others, coutuiu
' ,l;"i e or Us about ijo acres of
.' ' "' 1. f'.iviiur thereon ermteil a
o iii.. Ii..ii-e 011(i jdank stable, not
Liken i ii exi cut ion and to be
' "T 1.,-wis I., lvi-i-ards.
. i.-':!. title and interest of Jane
!'i mi l to a lot of (rround situate in
' '' ii-hip, Cambria countv, Pa,
I"?;'' "f M. tieorie, Mr't sharp,
Co ha; t hereon erected u one-and-
ei i and i t ame stable, now in t he
bine v., oeny. Attn: a lot if round
' .i In i iu ton township. Cam bria eoun-
'"u.. no. I, of J. M Gouu;h, M. Kui-
'''"''I'i in and ti
' 1 'I. liaird, for us
bo sold tit the
of K. S. Ward,
''nire
W. H. NONACKFU,
l-beiisburtf, July ji).
eflieriJ.
lSoi.
f'l'i: NOTICE. Havinp: leen
on the
of the
iiubria.
indebted
. ... ..w... r
i'ii ""; hu nijr claims iyrainst
mnt. 'l lUe,u ,luy 14 'thentioited
up .July
Adintnistrnti'ir.
W lb73.-Ot.
I .s..'''u"r of Administration
4 ,.t iV M Lai oiiLlN, late
1 I ... 'l" ii!iton. Countv of Ci
',". ti1,;,lir bartios
i
EGISTER'S NOTICE ! Notice
-" is hereby given tliat the following Ac
counts have been passed ami filed in the Reg
ister s Office at Kbensburg, and will be pre- I
sen ted to the Orphans' Court of Cambria '
county, tor continuation and allowance, on
Wkdnksuay, Sevtembek ;kl, lb73:
The fust and Anal account of Cyrus L.
Periling, executor of Francis Sthwcrt, late
of the borough of Johnstown, doo'd.
The first account of I iieinda II. Roberts
tvest, .Mrs. Murphy on j administratrix of Evan Roberts, late of the
borott.'h of Johnstown, detail
The tir.st account of Solomon TSenshoof,
exe?utor of Petvr Alibaugh, late of Jackson
township, dee'd.
The second at i ouut of Geo. J. Rodders and
William Kittcll, executors of Jane Wherry,
lae of Ebeusburg lioroueh, dee'd."
The account of John Shatter, guardian of
Harriet, Caroline and Alexander Riblett,
minor children of Da vid Riblett, late of Con
HMn'h township, dee'd.
The first am', final account of Francis (V
Friel. administrator of Margaret McCiough,
late of Allegheny township. lee'd.
The first account of John Wilkinson, guar
dian of George Wilkinson, a minor child of
George Wilkinson, late of Jackson town
ship, dee'd.
The first account of John Wilkinson, guar
dian of John Wilkinson, a minor child of
George Wilkinson, late of Jackson town
ship, dee'd.
The second and final account of Margaret
Mitchell, administratrix of Jas. IJ. Mitch
ell, late of Johnstown borough, dee'd.
The first and final account of Kdw'd Rob
erts, enecutor of Evan R. Morgan, late of
Cambria township, dee'd.
The first and final account of 1'eter Oar
mau and Isaac Itite, executors of Joseph
Lute, late of Susquehanna township, dee'd.
The first account of Harriet Orr and W.
C. Lewis, administrators of William Orr,
late of Johnstown liorougli, dee'd.
The first and final account of John J.
Ivrise, one of the administrators of Henry
Krise, late of Clearfield township, dee'd.
The third and partial account of James
Yost and Augustine Yost, administrators of
Jacob Yost, late of Carroll township, dee'd.
The first account of Win. H. Sechler, ex
ecutor of Richard Thomas, late of Ebens
burg borough, dee'd.
JAMES M. SINGER, Register.
Register's Office, Ebensburg, Aug. 2, 1S73.
WIDOWS' APPRAISE M E X TS.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing Appraisements of Personal Property
of decedents selected and set apart for the
Widows of intestates, under the Act of As
sembly of the 14 111 day of April, A. 1. livil,
have 1een filed in the Register's Oliice, at
Ebensburg, and will be presented to the Or
phans' Court, fur approval, on Wkuxusday,
SEi-TEMur.K 3.1, A. D. 1S73, to wit :
1. Inventory and appraisement of person
al propel ty appraised and .et apart for,Mar
garet ('raver, widow of Ludwig Craver, late
of Carrolltown borough, (b'e'd.
Inventory and appraisement of person
al property appraised and set apart for ltar
bara Rose, widow of John Rose, late of Jack
son township, dee'd.
M. Inventory and appraisement of person
al property appraised and set apart for Mary
C. Diiinin, widow of Peter J. Dumm, late of
l'.arr township, dee'd.
4. Inventory and appraisement of person
al property appraised and set apart for Eliza
.J. Mills, widow of James Mills, lateof Cam
bria township, dee'd.
r. Inventory and appraisement of person
al property appraised and set apart fer Sarah
J . Glass, widow of John J. Glass, late of Al
legheny township, deceased.
ti. Inventory and appraisement of person
al proixTty appraised and set apart for Cath
arine McCarty, widow of Michael McCarty,
late of Clearfield township, dee'd.
7. Inventory and appraisement of person
al property appraised and set apart fr Mary
A. Chardon, widow of John Chardon, late
of Clearfield township, dee'd.
o. Inventory and appraisement of person
al property appraised and set apart for Eliza
Nooiian, widow of Jeremiah Noonau, late of
Minister town, hip, dee'd.
!. I n ventory and appraisement of person
al property appraised mid set apart for Or
pha J. Evans, widow of E. D. Evans, lateof
Wilmore borough, dee'd.
JAMES M. SINGER, Begister.
Register's Office, Ebensburg, Aug. 2, 1873.
Till
for L LIST. Causes set down
to be held at Ebensburg, for Cambria coun
ty, commencing on Monday, Sept. 1st, 1873 :
FIRST WEEK.
Malzie vs. Pringle.
Wagner vs.
Craver vs.
Lut ringer vs.
Prill trie vs.
Miller.
Hips & Lloyd.
Callan.
Malzie.
SECOND WEEK.
John Forsvth's use. ..vs. Cambria Iron Co.
George Cupp vs.
Finney & Harrons...vf.
Suiumerville vs.
l'erry Bolsinger.
Stephenson ct al.
Redmond, Mellon,
and others.
Stephrnson & otbers..vs. Finney it Parrons.
Hips & Lloyd vs. Swartz.
Pedan . vs. Keller, with notice.
Suppes vs. Hawcs.
Casev, Fogarty & Co..vs. I. & It. McGougli.
noun ass vs. reason.
Executrix of Riehey..vs.
Smith vs.
Suppes vs.
O'Donnell vs.
Strauss vs.
IJraokan vs.
Summerville vs.
Jamison.
Ibmacker,
Hawes.
Arble.
Tiley.
lirckan.
Mellonsatnl others
J. K. HITE, Prothonotary.
Proth'y's Otfice, Ebensburg, Aug. 4, 1873.
ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE
Letters of Administration on the Es
tnteof Anuiiew Wkibf.u lateof Cum brut town
ship, Cambria county, deceased, havsmr been
praiited to the undersiprned by the Kcjnster of
said county, ull persons indebted to said Es
tate ure requested to mako immediate pay
ment, and those having claims ajrainst the same
will present them properly authenticated tor
settlement. A. WEI RLE. Adm'x.
THOMAS HOOVElt, Adm'r.
Cambria Twp., A ug. 8, 1S73.
IXECUTORS' NOTICE.
i -i Etate of Petek Weaki.and, dee'd.
I-tfera Testamentary on the estate of 1 ktbk
Wkaki.ano, lute of Carroll township, deceased
having been granted to the undersiifned by the
Ke-ister of Cambria county, notice 13 bereb
i en to all persons indebted tosatd estate that
payment must bemhdo witliout delay-ind those
Iiavimr claims against the same will present
tuem properlv probated for settlement.
CM AHI.KS W'KAKIiAXU, ! Executors.
IfENHV st'ANliAN, I
Cnrrolltowu, July IS 1673.-t.
lVIiM FOR HxVIK
THH subscriber offers nt orivate sale on
lib-
1 eral terms and at a LOW PKICE, 32 Acres
of Ioind iu Monster lownshio. aboJt half way
ivtwcen Minister ami Wilmore, some ! Acres
of which are cleared, well fenced inid in rood
conditi with a Lojf House, a first rate Lor
iiarn, perfectly new, and other Outbuildinjrs
thereon erected ; also, an excellent Orchard of
choice fruit and an abundance of pure water
pn the premises. JAMES FUKV,
July ii. 173.-!t. Portage P. O.
T? ARK WANTED. Four Tnor&
J and Cords OAK AND H KM LOCK HARK
wauled at the new Tannery. Wood vale, Johns
town. Cash paid on delivery. Apply to or ad
drew W. H. RQ3EN STEEL i SON,
une , lg73.-4in. Johnetown P. O.
IjITTIjE lillOWX JIIXDS.
They drive home the cows from the pasture,
Up through the long, shadv lane
Where the quail whistles loud in the wheat
fields
That are red with the ripening grain.
They find in the thick, waving grasses,
Where the scarlet-lipped strawberry
grows ;
They gather the delicate snow-drops,
And the first crimson buds of the rose.
They toss the new hay iu the meadow,
They gather the elder bloom white ;
They find where the dusky grapes purple
In the soft-tinted October light.
They know where the apples hang ripest,
And are sweeter than Italy wines ;
They know where the fruit hangs the
thickest
On the long, thorny blackberry vines.
They gather the delicate sea-wceds,
And build tiny castles of sand ;
They pick up the beautiful sea-shells,
Fairy barks that have drifted to land.
They wave from the tall, rocking tree-tops
Where the oriole's hammock nest swings,
And at night-time are folded in a slumber
By a song that a fond mother sings.
Those who toil bravely ate strongest ;
The humble and poor become great ;
And fiom these brown-handed children
Shall grow mighty rulers of State.
The pen of the author and statesman,
The noble and wise of the land,
The loving and motherly woman,
Who'll wisely mold all with her hand.
Cling to 'Those Who Cling to You.
There are many friends of summer
Who are kind while flowers bloom,
But when winter chills the blossoms
They depart with the perfume.
On the broad highway of action
Friends of worth are far and few ;
So when one has proved his friendship,
Cling to him who clings to you.
Do not harshly judge your neighbor
Do not dcein his life untrue
If he makes 110 great preteusions
Deeds are great though words are few.
Those who stand amidst the tempest,
Finn as when the skies are blue,
Will be friends while life endureth
Cling to those who cling to you.
When you see a worthy brother
Bufleting the stormy main,
Lend a helping hand fraternal,
Till he reach the shore again.
Don't desert the old and tried friend,
When misfortune comes to view,
For he needs true friendship's comforts
Cling to those who cling to you.
ABOUT NEWSPAPER REPORTERS.
From a long article in Bailouts
Monthly for September, written by
"M. Quad," of the Detroit Free J're,
we extract the following :
"Years ago, when we had no tele
graph or railroad, news was news any
time within a week or a month after
its foundation occurred. Everything '
is exactly opposite now, and every
body cries out for the latest news. '
The people must have it, and as they
can only get it from the daily journals, !
the daily journals must furnish it or ;
go down. 'Energy,' is the watch- :
word of every good reporter. lie
must travel his own round, take that
of a brother reporter on the same
paper, if necessary, and yet hold him
self ready for a dash into the suburbs
if a 'big thing' occurs. Take two re
porters just alike in everything else,
and the more energetic one will secure i
the most news, lie will take less
sleep, spend less time on the corners,
and will have more time left after
midnight to look ror tiie vy latt..' ,
I said that every reporter must le
somewhat of a lawyer. So he should,
and for more reasons than one. He
will secure many an item which must
be delicately handled or left out alto
gether, because it would hurt national
pride, some sect's religious views, or
conflict with the 'policy' of the paper.
Nine times out often he must use his
own judgment in such cases, and he
will need a lawyer's reasoning powers.
Then again he is often made the vic
tim of 'sells.' It is tiasy enough for
some jealous-minded reporter on a
contemporary journal to 'put up a job
011 him,' and reason, experience and
guess-work are called out in defence,
it is not sufficient to 'take their word
for it ;' one must know from actual
observation, or fret his information
from sources wn'ich experience has
proven trustworthy. '1 wonder how
they pick up so many things,' is an
expression oftpn used by the readers
of a daily paper. There are times
when the 'so much' is 'so little' with
the reporter, even if the constant read
er does not detect the falling oir, there
are times in his experience when mur
ders, burglaries, elopements, tires and
railroad accidents will all come with a.
rush, and then there will be a dead
calm for davs or weeks. In such
emergencies the energetic son of the !
pencil will devote his time to 'city im
provements,' made or contemplated,
or startle his readers with an account
of some new invention, or something
new in the method of propelling steam
boats or horse-cars. As to how tjiey
get tjieir news depends upon the man.
In cities the police are great collec
tors of news. Accidents and incidents
In Oioir wi' vcrv rflttirnllv. and
A . 1 A 1 - ' - ' " ' ' " 7
little goes on but what they catch in
some form or other. The station
house and police courts are included
: in the round which the 'general news'
reporter makes, or are divided up
among two. If a reporter 'works in'
with the police he has a luna 01 mior
-i , I' 1 411. 1 TI c
mation almost mei.uituaiiDic.
The of
ficers will take pains to jot down
names, dates, etc., and will even iden
tify themselves so closely with the
paper that they will aid the reporter
in keeping sensation items from the
knowledge of his rivals. Then, one
should make the acquaintance of the
firemen, city and county officials, hotel
keepers, railroad and steamboat men,
and can, if 'born for the business,' se
cure the aid of a hundred men to help
him in gathering news.
"There is no labor more laborious
than the task of the reporter on a
morning paper. lie mux be said to
never sleep. Starting out an hour be
fore noon, he may finish up at mid
night, but is lucky to get ofF before
three o'clock ; and the chances are that
he is routed out after a nap of three
or four hours. If called upon to make
a trip into the interior, to report a
convention or a calamity, he may be
thirty or forty hours without sleep.
There is a constant wear and tear of
the nerves and muscles, and, alter a
time, a nervous feeling accompanies
the man day and night. There is no
time to doctor or to le sick, but it is
one push-and-rush year in and 3-ear
out, until everything gives way at
once, and the man drops into the grave.
The rivaly which nearly always exists
between reporters on contemporary
sheets is a wear and tear which of it
self will take off a pound of flesh per
month. The reporter who is derelict
in securing all the facts in connection
with a 'big thing,' secured and pub
lished in an opposite journal, would
feel a self-disgrace which he could not
shake olf for a week. This rivalry
leads often to the expenditure of large
sums of money by all dailies of a city
to secure certain information. I have
in mind a case of steamboat explosion
about twenty miles from one of our
lake port;. The rumor created the
greatest excitement in the city, but no
particulars could be learned, as the
point where the explosion occurred
was not connected by telegraph. There
was only one tug in the harbor which
could be secured, and three rival re
porters boarded her at once.
" 'Fifty dollars to take me to Duck
Point and back !' fchuutcd one at the
captain.
" 'A hundred!' cried the second."
"'A hundred and fifty !' veiled the
third, in a triumphant voice.
"They continued their bids until the
first bidder finally named five hundred
dollars, and the services of the tug
were his. He steamed down to the
scene of accident, procured a full list
of the killed, injured and unhurt, and
the proprietors of his paper very cheer
fully handed over the large sum. 1
do not defend the profession from the
charge of being tipplers, but I say tlT;'!
men of the craft who do drink, and
otherwise render themselves incapaci
ated from the full performance of their
duties, are seldom retained long in one
position. Not many years ago, in a
Western city, several reporters, all
representing opposition journals, trav
eled together to a point in the State to
witness an execution. The victim had
committed a heinous olfence, and the
particulars of his execution would be
eagerly devoured by every reader.
One of the men represented an after-
1IWI1 I ... I fV. . , u.vT iKo .
fixed for noon, he had been ordered to
telegraph in "a full report, so that his
paper would have a long start of all
others. It was of course an object
with the other reporters to prevent
this, and they laid their heads togeth
er. The afternoon man did not drink,
the telegraph operator was strictly
temierate, aud the quill-drivers were
on the verge of despair when one of
them got a happy thought. He went
to the police magistrate, swore out a
warrant against the ojcrator for biga
my, and had tho pleasure of seeing
the man walked otF to jail and his office
closed. The excitement over the ex
ecution was so great that the operator
could find no friend to go his bail un
til it was too late for the afternoon
paper to receive a line, and the object
of the conspirators was accomplished.
"Perhaps one of the most audacious
displays of 'cheek' ever made by a re
porter to 'get even' with a rival can
be narrated here. A railroad acci
dent occurred about six o'clock in the
evening, some thirty miles from a city
which sustained two morning paiers.
A reporter from each paper reached
the city depot at the same moment,
and both rushed for a locomotive which
was ready to start out with a freight
train. he president 01 rue roati was,
half proprietor of one of the dailies,
and, having an eye to the interests of
his employer, the engineer refused to
take up the opposition reporter. The
man saw that he was '11 go rod,' and,
after ascertaining that he could secure
a hand-car and four stout men to pro
pel it, he went to the telegraph office,
and sent a message to the city mar
shal of ti town on the line, fifteen miles
awav, saying:
"Young man on engine No. 8, com
ing down"the road. Blue eyes, light
hair, small moustache, Attest him
for murder, and hold him until I send
man in the morning. He will proba
bly give you the name of (men
tioning that of the reporter). Look
out bedon't shoot you !'
j "The locomotive stopped for water,
I and the reporter was not only arrest
j ed, but handcuffed and shackled, and
i the engineer went along with him to
j jail on a charge of aiding a murderer
to escape from justice. The hand-ear
was placed on the track, and in three
hours the 'cheeky' reporter was tele
graphing 'full particulars.' lie was
arrested next day on some charge or
other, but the joke got abroad, and
the prosecution was suddenly dropped.
"Knowing the thirst of the public
after latest news,' and that the pnper
will suller in character through negli
gence on their part, reporters often
risk their lives while seeking after in
formation. A year ago a vessel in
attempting to enter a lake port struck
on a bar, and was at the mercy of the
waves. The storm was raging with
great fury, and the crowd congregated
on the piers had little hope that the
ship would hold together above a few
hours. She was a new vessel, un
known in port, ami her position was
such that her name could not be seen.
There were no life-boats at the port,
and no crew could be made tip to take
an ordinary" row-boat and row out to
the rescue of the unfortunates. While
all were talking and none doing, a re
porcer on an afternoon paper was seen
pulling a light skitF out of the river
an over the tremendous waves. "He
is lost!' 'Come back! Come back!'
Khouted the crowd, but the man bent
to his oars, ami, despite all predic
tions, reached the neighborhood of
the vessel without mishap. Holding
the boat's head to the sea, he shouted :
" 'What schooner is that?'
" 'The Princess,' replied the amazed
captain, who hail taken to the rigging,
along w ith the crew. i
" 'Where from ? what's your cargo?
and how large is your crew ?' v. i re the
next inquiries from the reporter; and,
after being replied to, he continued :
"'Hold by for un hour, and I'll take
you all oil'!' i
"He then set about the return voy
age, and successfully performed it,
entering the 1 iver-amids.t cheers which 1
even reached the ears of the half
drowned sailors on the bar. Ie
sp.itching his information to the office,
be was about to row back to the ves
sel, when she suddenly broke up, and
the crew floated ashore on a spar.
"The desire to secure lie news ex
clusively for the Journal, Whij, or
whatever paper he may represent,
often leads the reporter iijto indulg
ing in strange freaks. A wealthy and
widely known gentleman, living in a
city on Lake Michigan, committed
suicide one day by throwing hinisejf
into the lake. His action was not no
ticed, and there was great excitement
throughout the city when it w a s known
that he was strangely missing. Iay
after day went by, telegrams were
sent here and there, and no one sus
pected that the body was in the lake.
A reporter, out for a sail, came across
the bod-, after a week or so, and he
at once recognized the sensation which
would be created at his news. This
was Friday afternoon. All three
dailies would publish on Saturday
morning, but his daily alone would
have a Sunday edition, lie there-
f Vir I otnrm r rkt t r oo vn tile -- - -J
too late for tiie other papers to make
use of it. Sailing to an old dock, lie
fastened the body to a spile, and it re
mained there until Saturday evening,
when he had a hoy 'discover' it, called
a coroner, and had the satisfaction of
knowing that the Suiuhnj Bugle sold
five thousand extra copies on account
of his article. i
"One of the saddest thoughts in
connection with the terrible accident
on the Grand Trunk Mailroad, which
occurred a few months since, arises
from the death of a well known West
ern reporter a man who had served
twenty-one years on one journal with
out the loss of one day's pay. He
was caught in the wreck of a car and
fatally injured, though no one knew
that such was the case until death
had closed his eyes. Stretched out in
a freight depot with two score of dead
and dying, he stated that he was not
badly injured, and requested the sur
geons to attend to the others first.
Taking out his diary and pencil, he
jotted down an account of the acci
dent, procured a full list of the dea 1
and injured, and his report to his pa
Ier in tho distant Western city was
the first which passed over the wires.
-fter sending his first account, he
proceeded to gather more minute de-;
tails, and had just finished his work
when death overtook him. When the
surgeon came back and kneeled beside
him he found a white, cold face, closed
eyes, and a. cold hand holding fast to
book and pencil. The last sentence
which the man had written was, 'oth
ers will die before morning!' His
second report was sent over the wires,
followed by these words from the
operator, 'Your reporter is dead V
The line was read U thirty com
positors in the office of the reporter's
paper, and every man shed tears. ,
"Reporters, after two or three years
of service, have little or no excitement
left in their natures. They run to
fires, go up in balloons, down, into ttui
' nels, and attend, murder trials because
duty calls them there, and not because
of the excitement. They may not be
come so hardened that they cannot
feel a sympathy for the wailing widow
of an '.accidentally killed' or a 'found
drowned,' but the same thing over
and over makes monotony in any
thing. Their business i to secure
news, away to the office with it, and
there is really no time to grieve with
the public over its woes and sorrows.
While a good item can lie written
from second-hand matter, a lntterone
can lie written from jK-rson:d exin-ri-ence.
It is not every one who would
care to don the dress of a submarine
diver and take a walk on the lake bot
tom, with fifty feet of water between
him and the surface; but several re
porters have made the experiment,
and have wtitten thrilling descriptions
of w hat thev saw and how thev felt
down there in the silence and gloom.
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I he following incident has never ap-
pea red in print, but is strictly ti ue,
and is used here to show that report-
crs Income permeated with the idea
4i i ,
that an item is an item wherever you
find it, no matter what the circum-
stances. The reporter of a well known
Southern daily was one of a laiov
number of passengers on a river
steamer. Without an instant's warn
ing the bo'Jer.s exploded, blowing
everybody 'sky-high.' and killing or
wounding half the passengers. The
reporter and live others were lucky
enough to alight in the water near a
fragment of the wreck large enough to
float them, and they had no sooner
crawled upon it than the newspaper
man drew out his liook and pencil and
demanded names and residences, jot
ting thcin down with the exclamation
that the blow-up was worth a clean
hundred dollars to him to furnish two
columns on 'What 1 know about
Steamboat Explo.-ions.' The wreck
floated wit hiu a hundred feet of the
shore, and he swam to the bank, and
started for a telegraph station three
miles away, leaing his late compan
ions to float on until picked up two
miles below. j
"There; is in Kansas, or was Up to
three, years ago, a society of newspa
per nun called 'The Uob Ellis'
Friends.' The society was founded
to perpetuate the name and doings of
a reporter named Ellis, who made his
name famous on the Pacific coast b
his startling adventures, and whose
career finally closed with a balloon
ascension. Jt seems that a gentleman
who had mado one or two ascensions
had advertised to go up from a fair
ground on a certain day, and that a
large crowd assembled to witness the
expedition. Ellis was sent to make a
report of the aihur, and he took it
into his head to have a ride with the
professor and write up his experience.
His company was accepted, and as
the hour approached he took his seat
in the car. The balloon wa- inflated,
but just as it was le.nlv to rise the
c 11 " 1
professor had some excuse to leap
out. Lased of his weight so sud-
denly, the balloon jerked away from
the men, and Ellis went skvward
alone. The man knew all about news-
, . ii
paper business, but he was ignorant
as to aerial navigation. He however
tooiv tilings as cool as it liothuio; un -
nan iiHp'eueti.
There was no
wind below, and while the balloon
hung oyer the grounds, half a mile
above the heads of the excited crowd,
the following message came floating
down : 'I am all rignt, and intend to
see the thing through. Tell the
(his paper) to lookout for a telegranj
from me to-night.' It was about five
o'clock iu the afternoon of a June
day, and the balloon and its freight
finally floated away to the northwest,
and at last were lost to vie w. No one
in that crowd ever saw poor Ellis
again. In fact, it was months and
months before he was heard of. Days
passed, and letters were written and
telegrams sent, but there w as no news
of the balhxin for a week. Then a
hunter found this mes.-aire- on the
nrairie. 'Am still all rio-ht. and am
Laving heaps ot fun. I have found
the valve cord, and can descend when
ever I wish ; but I am going to see
the thing down to a tine point.' He
did. Months and months afterwards
a hunter passing through a forest a
few miles from the Santce. Ageiicv,
on the line between Kansas and Da
kota, found the wreck of the balloon
hanging to a tree, and, half covered
with leaves, the skeleton of Robert
Ellis.
"While speaking of the West the
fate of a Colorado reporter, named
V hitman, may be called up, as it has
never been published. He was em
ployed on a weekly paper cal-'d the
Spectator. With the shoot "g slash
ings, murders and :c-idents which
happened almost dtd-'y, Whitman hid
plenty of local hems. Uut he grew
wearv of the monotony at last. Jt
was hie same tiling over every week :
Comanche Rill put a l-dl through
Ruekskin Joe' for such or such a rea
..0 ..e .!. slushed Pill or some other
C,en, ui " '
TUllian Kiiueil a companion w .1 ..i..... . on me outsiue ana ticep crimson wiltuu.
er Comino- into the office one morn- and presents the appearance 0 Uavmvf Gaf
ili.r" Whitnvin wrote the following a piece bitten out of it. It is fso a deadly
etdin-s- ' m Hour with the C'riz- . P?n. These two tacts have caused it tA
lica nigs. t ... , receive the name of "forbiddeu (k' o-r.
zlv What our Reporter thinks ot the ; t-Evc.-s appiv. Tho iUbomruedan Tcoq
Varmiut A Thrilling Experience,' sldered Ceylon as the site of Paradise."
'What b you men,,? a.sked the cdifor
as he perused the lines.
" 'Just what tliissayR,' replied Whitiwan
'I'm oil over the range to look for a grizzly.'
"He took his ride and departed, ami in
less than two hours Jus body had fimiished.
a dinner for a bijr bear, A hunter wir.
lii'ssed his fate, without being able to sT;
him. The reporter had not lieeiv Absent,
an hour when a rougk walked hlto the of
l:ce and shot the oil. tor de.ol, aud a mob
threw the hand-pross and cases ovrr a ciifc,
thus wiping out the entire institution.
"Kvery man who has ever had any con
nection with a newspaiier establishment;
will aoree that the reporters arts fie-pient-ly
ctt'.'.cd ujH.n by tho individuals who want
'blood or a retraction.' Political ftrtioles
seldom vuu ii I, but the uolunins devoted
to home news will often contain things
which stir tip wrath, anil lead to broken
heads and libel suits. When alhiilin to
the rougher portion of his lioino popula
tion the reporter may intend to malitf hi
wortls scorou and stui, but he is as id leu
, c;l,led to ;,ount for thrusts which he did
""L VYi r . nTi " n riUM
oery paper is fair-minded, auu will tii'so
both sides of a question. It conietincs
hapjx-ns, however, that the offended party
had rather trust to his muscles than t
tyis for satisfaction In such cases he u
almost sure to come off .second Lost, as thij
tables are wilIl ,,, Cllts; amf
seasoned hickory is often standing in
convenient corner. A few years ao the
IH,i r a ci,v md a laid on the gam-
biers, and arresttd a score or more. Tho
reporter of one of tho papers wrote an ar
ticle which was anything but con.,: nation
to the spoi tinir gentry, and several of tho
more vindictive laid a plan to trap and
punish him. It was his custom to fpj to:
certain restaurant every niyht at midnight
for a lunch, and six of the gamblers wnt
to the place, all armed with hor6ewips,
and made preparations to give tbo uu of
the pencil a lesson v. hich should long; ba
remembered. They caught a Tartar,
however. When they commenced whip
ping he commenced shooting, and two of
the men were killed and another badly
wounded before he got through,
"livery reporter gets in time to be a do
tective. It is his busbies . to go every
where, see everybody, and thus he H
brought into contact with all clas.r.s.
Few detectives know niorw of human na
ture, and few have hcttc ropiiortmuti? f'r
Spotting rogues. In return for his polico
informal ion, the j-Mirnalist is expected Ut
render the police what service he can, and
through his assistance many rascals havo
been brought, to justicr. In a Northern
city, some rive or six mouths ago, the re
porter of a morning paper was given a
description of a iiiiorious rascal named
Hums, wlui bad escaped from State prison,
where he was serving a sentence for mur
der. The police hunted the whole county
over without succesn, but the ivjHirter hap
pened on the man one day in au empty
warehouse, where he hail been biding.
A desperate struggle took place. Jseither
was aimed, but both were powerful men,
and the convict, went into the battle with
a determination to kill the journahit.
The journalise was the better man in :
square tight, and the convict finally rushed
in and clinched him. Swaying, striking,
biting and kicking, the pair burst upon 4
door and fell into the water. Here tb.9
c uivict would have drowned but foy tbo
help of his assail. tut, who held 1dm up
until both were rescued, and thtm saw him
safely secured behind the bars. Another
reporter, wdio had a bad physiognomy but
a good moral character, and who was 8'1
adept at understanding and speaking tha
' 'flash' language, was approached by a bur.
R'ar once, and -tipjiing the nod' iu return,
he was presently on good terms with tha
rasi.;il lA yUn wa8 t ,enffth fnned to
! entei ;t house, and the two parted with tha
agicemcnt to meet at a certain hour. Thq
house in question was filled with police,
aml at midnight, when the two burglars
filtered, the one was kuocked dowu and
1;anu.uflt.tl? and Le wcnt te glat0 prisol
, f,r ten ve;rs.
, "'Aiv women tilted lor newspaper
woi-k - is an inquiry often made, ami
probably never answircd twice alike,
There are female cmposttois in many
weekly and iu some daily oilices. ar.d in,
sotne instances they give satisfaction.
There are several daily journal,; employ
ing women on the editorial staff, hjie tha.
departments of the p;iper controlled by tha
ladies have never Lceu noted for wit, gos
sip or superior excellence. The facttlH$
none of them are paid above a very mod-:
crate sum per week or mouth seems proof
that their services are not ia great de
maud. No one can dispute that femala.
book authors succeed well, but if there 15
a lady attached to a daily journal wUq
gives the paper any additiunal reputation,
each fact has not come to th notice of
ft her journals. As to female reporters
there have been a score ierhaps during
the past live years I fcpeak only of lho$
reported but it is doubtful if one unw
pursues the profession. Women cannot
push tfi. ji way into crowds, rush to fires,
climb staus, and trot vp and down, Jie-
tvr nult, ,U tl,Ls' a.n' ,n,"'h "-ore,
the y must take the weather as it comes.
exercise vigilance, patienc.5, prudence and
muscle, and it is a fact settled by Pa ma
Nature, loiigj bvJur tewspajers wore
known, that ladies hate very little tif
either qtudilic.it ion to spate,
"In a SouihVrn city, two ox tlaet? yean
ai.i, :.-.i adventuresome young lady ao
r.qited a place as reporter on a morning
paper, and for the iiri-t month succeeded
veiy we!!, the stall" taking :' tho hard
wm'k. Hie was ;.t length ent to report a
marrUge -ri motiy. .l to write up a UV-
f-eription of the 'oo.-t prominent cosc:uiei.
It was iu.sf -''C field she wanted, as she do-.
sired
ot even Wit 11 cen.-n'J aiiMit:
ri-Mis wn nail inrix'.c Mir" hw t
1.1. 1 .... V. . A 4.
the mention of lo r tailing. Phe wrote a
long article, full of spi.-e and revengeful
hits, anil it passed into the papy.r without
being ovci h.uded. i"ext inrt,Hg, as. tha
letters thieafeiiitig libel suits came fH-ur-ing
in. the young lady Was handed her
balance,' and jHiiilcly requested U. give;
her placer to a. uau.''
F vk's Appi.k Tiii:r The island of Cey
l.iiiaboiiud.s iu vcyelaUe furiosities, not the
least singular of which is a tree galled,
'Fve't. apple taee," 1 he color of the fruit
is very striking aud beautiful. I einor nrarifrt
ir