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" HE IS A FREKMA5 'WHOM THE TKUlil MAKES FltEE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE."
Terms, S2 por year, in advance;
EBENSBUUG., PA., FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1875.
NUMBER 2(5.
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STATEMENT of SETTLEMENT
i wiili the Supervisors of Clearfield Town
: Bhip Tor the year 1ST:
Vi iu aki. .1. W ;i x, Supervisor, Iu.
I To amount f iiutdlente S 7S0 14
" 1 ns.-iitcd Ko-id Tux from "o. Treas'r. 317 1Z
" C'uifh feeuived from Taxablcs 43 !
1.140 S7
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Ity Oath or Mfn.'o .irvt Imt.licate 7S
" Work .lone liy Taxubi'es 7!"J :isl
" Kx'.iktu! Ions 2270
' I'l'tnTs' i'iti ;ftr:tc. lan'l" n-t'j 14 0:j
Si-rvlf'n,.r.J cliiys Hi ilny lol 60
" 1 MS' Tti'it niontiy p.il.l to
coili nuue. Win. M Cralfv..
'ah j. ii. I .Inn. MWlul'.vn. lor-
131 83
incr .0)irrior. I inler as. . .
" Ca. Ii John Krutzor, for-
iinr .Supi-rviiior. Order M...
4 'ash I :i I lmn'l. nn r.m.ls ..
' Suni'iry piniill imi."1i orlera. ..
" on.; il i"y at Ail liiorj' sett lciil't
Bu'rvco Jik." Towjifhip
4? 93
17 25
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I Wm. M'Cai i i;y, fupi-rvlsor, Drt.
Tu mm. lint of Iaiilic.ile 05
" I rwatn! llo.i.l tst rci'M from M. J. V114 l:il M
" roc'.l lronj Trixables 31 1'4
tM'j 77
II r f!h of Off', o f
' V'rlS t'.-t: ry Tttsabli 01B 1'4
" Kx i ii.'fi t-u .ii j 4 0,i
" ( fcrlifieato, lanil3 retM. PI. 44
" I'ii.-Ii l ai.i Ini'i'l. work on rn!il! fi'J oo
" S -rvl.-i s. T'J'.-; Jiiys at 2 V 14.' .'
' i sie ilay jVuiiiioi-s' sctl.'cmciil a 00 i6S ?.4
M;il.ince itue S,:i('rvlfor
1 17
HI'llTS TTB BV TOWNllll'.
Aru't of Oriicrs f i 1 t -an !ry i-.tso!,?. . ti71 44
iiIWAMIIMI tlTKI.S rUli T fv NMI'It-.
I'aliiiu'i ot jn-jtiifnl. interest un.l copl In
i-ifj of t'l'-nrinl. Toiviifliip s. i'.
i- uml .l;uol. Xnal. liiiil 4'.' t)S
H:il. iu.l iiii'iit iiirrtinsl F. I lelorfiT, . elf . . 3117 i
.lit'nr? ivlcAiulltii. Onler from Clm rles 51c
(roiluti mi Jos. Iiys.irt l Son 6fl 00
F. 1'. 'l i.Tnev. liitmir froia l'rot lionotiiry'a
otii.-e of Heioii'r . rVal ju-lnif at 125 47
M. J. Ul. lale Suiervlsor 11 Kd
18
June l.ltli. 17.V vrr. tho under. Iirneil Auditor of
'I:m: tii-ld liiinhiji. Wo hi"rely ci-rtify that wo
huve examini-.l tin; almrr ni'i'inintii and Gnd tUoia
correct. .MHN 11. 1I H'lfLASS, )
JOHN tUJKUlN, V Auditors.
II. H. MiKIi,
Attest 1. A. Mcdutou, Twp. Clerk. 7-2-nt
I KCKTTS k EX V EX I) I TURKS
of tin! CMi-nrfiflil Tov-nship School Dis
trict fovr 1 lie yt-ar ending- June 7th, l."T5:
Tl Cr titi l'ri-iaiirnr llu
vrrd 4-jr tho cure- xi Stntp ai.rriatiri ... .' V4
' " Cms-U from Jm. SI'Cov, tvil'r 1k;d-'7J. .Ml 21
v ( ry- f.rl.i. In ray f.ic-; j-iUs Ada.in. TrtusT "l-'i W
; -it u rcii: i...,ir. 'n f., , ji:lrl, .i,r.nnl. t d r 17. tftriliO
, .wliii-i. i-i rod me. . It.nt or Sch-.ol ir.ijs-,Ny. :j (.-l.-otion) i ITJ
' 'M.T. " l'uli ricmri'.! Iiuin .'.i. Trea.-Hirer,
;.'.... t.hrr.!nirx. Pa., ' :vtr-I s.-l.o. d ta x 879 2
.".:'"t 4. I vh AVt., " ( -avi-truiii s-lf. Cailrt'tr for 1S74 ... 1.2L"0i)
t.J.Hl.1 0.1
Tit.
Uy ut'h ;;i!.l Jrso. II. Ii.ni-Iaea.
late ". rrasuriT S!6 03
" edd -ird' i in Ti.Ht-li'.'ri and
t-..st.. 2.--I ri;
" t-iish m ill T("ii-irr in ll.. l.Ci M
fur In. I tri I-T4. . ln:t i
ic'iiuirs in 74. 7'.' no
" " " IM. l'l-t. K'i;,t-r 5 00
" Pi'iTi.t iry's wil.irv 30 I M
" Hit liii rxpontos, trioii-
nial l ii-i tion t4 Co. np't 1" 00
" oa-li ln;!i!"il ")
" pi r cc!i' . ' ! "d'r und Trca-t. lu"'.'7
i . c.tMi i- 1 iin iisniji ii. n:ii s,
j-ottlii'.ii tfo;iiidl 1 1 x-asun;r
0 50- i"4 (X!
i,i.n m
Ki.liin-'fc ii hntids of Trc-asnrer
IU'WAXIlIMi TlFHTS ITF. IHSTntfT.
IVoiii S ilits Adams. 'i i a-;;iicr in I - '7-. "'
ll irrv Shr n.ird. Ci: li-clor In Is74... 17'' f,"
" l. A. at I :ik. Cnilf, lor in l"7i iii
Cash loaned 1 JO w
-!! 4.1
Vi'c. aiin iirnlrr'-iK'nf"l A'idilor? of f 'I'-arHel-l
Hi it virt. I';in:l.'i:i ft u :il v. Iihv il if oaf f uily 'X-)itiiin-d
tin- ati.. in c-oiinls of thr Trtnsu i x-r,
tin. I I'n m f-orn-L't to tl)? best of our ktujwItHiifu
and tif.-llvf.
joiin H. norriLASs, i
JOJIV pritlllN. ..Auditors.
II. II. NOIX,
Atp' t- P. A. M -liin-'iii, Twp. Clei k. 7-2 St.
qTATEMr:XTfI)wiiig tho IIecfii)t4
aipl l'Iiii-iiil!ttin s .f thn Uo;ul Snpi-rvi-..r
of ;a!liti;i I'uvrnsli p from April '27th, 1171,
t June 7tk, 1--7.1 :
Iamki. Hi r.rz. Supervisor for 1S74, 1 it.
To anioiiut ol llnpli' iitc -'l93 79
reti'ived iruia Coini!ii.Jioiifrs. . . 4U i u
Tt:il ntnount rpcolvp.l.
4'.e 7a
12 .'
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CR.
J U kJ 2. IxlX JL l!y Vxon, -rations on liiTpltrato
" Sm.Tvisor" ti in ..." davsat ai.fKJ 1 day 17 .VJ
rK .li'TH' i'v t a i iep-.
" 171'' Iff oak nlank at ls pr thousand. 30 14
" i:;:'..t ' fprm.-'j ' " li " " . 'IH'SI
- I'.in'el C. I'urk. 7'4 'I n s at l.fi0 V day 11 2.i
H. Hurk. days n't I..H t day 11 '25
" Team two ifavs'at i4 y d.iv 8 tu
' I irdi-rs Nos. Jr.. 4'J. 41. 4rt. 47. 4!. cuncel'd 14 .",0
" lJiwipts for cah paid to hands IS
1'rolialc
T -t 1 amount exprn lod lil'i 1
Total aniotint r ei ived 4i:i 79
I JJalsnne duo Panic! Lurk. Sup'-rvlsor, 174. 4 Vi
! J as. A. M 'Ci.cskhv, Supervisor, 1S7I, Hi.
To amount of Iinj lir iie V0
: reeei ,fd from t 'oiiiiiils.iloDiTi. . . 2a 13
Total aniomit received
21 33
Ott.
, ;,wt I'v Kxonrratii.n
S S.I
- ". orS ilri" I'V taxal'l-s zii 31
" Or. It is ;.!. 4') mi l ) ancollod V.i ii'i
" .!"m M 'l..?ki v's t.-ani. 11 days at 4 p.d. 44 no
Supervisor's time. 4.1 days at 1..VJ p day 64 JUt
" SH i'lmir I'ick Hiid ."Vfatix k I f J
" nm't paid i 4eo. .I vers ..r w.irk on road. V S'l
- - J'irnar l .C over. ' . n l.i
" John Kis.m lor " " " . 1-0
for i.rolmto 'i
-'- ' J OjlO.OOO T.'.l amount cx.n ltd 4!0 81
. U'l.iiU 's an 1 pal l i 'uCt n ceived JMM
'' TZ O T7 YfUl IJalanee due Sup rvisor 51 4S
' '- '. A JXVJ II. tiuuiandiiiif Orders mrainst Tuwnslilp, o.
i , . i i 4.-, oi and .tl SI 2t
t- r ;, ' n SY:in f, "Rt ff,,e- -
' "i"U(,t. i (o.? Wk. theunderslirne.l An litorsorfJallltnln Twp.,
' ljr ' '. 2 tt ii',1 Street New York ' do ci-r'.iry Ilia' we liav.i carefully settled with Ian-
! 1 lei Kurk and James A. M'Clopkcy, Supervisors of
V 8 nines 50 .r.vt f:il iiWin Township for the year 1x74, And fouud aa
-yl Xrtti, eiJum,.,-. from now above stated. CHKMY. Auditors.
. u' i i K rts. Addro-8 The ! JOHN JRAlXr.R.f
" AIM-1) avi r Toms, Twp. Clerk. 7-2.-31 J
RECKirrrt k EXPEXDITUIiES
OT lALI.!T7.IS St HOOL DlflTBICT for
the year er.dinu June 2itli, li7.:
William Cuuistv, Treasurer, Dr.
To amount ol llupliciit 8-15.70
" " Slatf appropriation Ino.o3
" Tax on I'nsonl.-d fjitids.. H'.eT
from sale of property 12.00
IJeetioii Ktiiits 8.05
" " sale of Copy Hooks 2 73
1 1,159.33
Ctt.
I)y amount paid Teaeh. r? 970.03
" ain't p"d ndli ttorandTreas r '
Kxonerations 4;l.74
" amount paid Win. Hawsoii for
saiarv ki1 pulntln It. Hoard
" attmiint paid Oeo. Myers, re-
pnlrirnr fx-li-xds nnd eoal 23.13 ,
" amount pah! H. Farley and C.
Hunter, to s.-hool convention. 4.00
" amount paid Clms Hunter, rc-
pairii school. snndrirS. ete.. I2.IW
" am t i lid I lan t Uurk for Coal 2u.rt4
" " John Porl'-r, haul 2 'JO
' " r. Keenan an! 1.
airllrarety Tor work 3.00
" ain't paid J. 1'. Murray, broom 40 f 851.58
r.nlanee In hands of Treasurer 3U1.76
Am'nt due Iroia Alletflu-ny Township for
joint st'iKd at Asnland urnace... !:13
Wk. the undersigned Auditors, lo certify tho
ab3ve statement lo If correct.
1IAVII1 lOltlN. I Au,iltor.
JOIi.M Tit AIM ER, J AU,lU0rg'
Ciallitzin Twjn, July 2, l676.-wt.
THK HAllY'S ASLEEP.
Tlie girlKsh yoiuig mother starts up to her
feet,
She knows woll whose footsteps sound out
in tho Htreut,
And Hies, in her dread of a noise-waking
shock,
To open tho door ere her husband can knock;
Hot yet, ere she ushers him into the room,
How softly she whispors this fiat of doom
"Jlo careful, tread softly, and ailouco pray
keep,
llecanso the sweet cherubjthe baby's asleep."
They take tea together, and quietly chat
Of friends and relations, of this thing and
Hint,
Tlt chiefly of baby, a favorite theme,
That keeps the wife's features with pleasure
agleam,
Ydt often shn gives a fond glance to the spot
Where baby's asleep in its wirkerwork -ot.
A utir, thr least sound, urakes her mother
heart leap,
And anxious she; looks to where baby's
asleep.
She clears tea away, and how noiseless she
moves,
Like well-kept machine in its neat-fittiug
grooves:
She c uiies ai d slp goes with tho tenderest
grite
There's haste in her movements, yet care in
her p:n-o;
; She know it is rijjht buoyant spirits to curb,
I l.r I oi t . o is gU; the baby's rest will dis
turb. ' And k'ften she'll pause, and with gentleness
t peep
j To see if tiiereV comfort where baby's asleep.
: O, hies! is tho wife foil of motherly eare,
! or sure ber child harvest few wild weeds
will liear;
A fifr for a wfsinan who raves of her "rights,"
Shw knows not her sex's divine heart de
lights; She knows not the pleasure, the heavenly
bliss.
The rapture ecstatic, a soul-stirring kiss;
(Vh timorous tip-too she never doth creep.
And, angel-like, hovet where baby's asleep.
A WKT.SU MIXING FEUD.
Dr. Peter Williams, the recently deceased
coroner of Flintshire, Wales, was at tho
the time of his death the oldest coroner in
Great Hritiiiu. lie was very deaf, very old,
ami brimful of "yarns" connected with Lis
ofiicial experience. What he tenned tho
"Iluckley Mountain Feud" was one of the
most iiiteir-Ktiiig and sangriinary of the
many cases ui which his professional ser
vices li;id Ih-oii called in requisition.
What is called lluckley Mountain is an
elevated table land about three miles east
of tUe nuuket town of Mold. Its inhabit
ants were formerly a savage, quarrelsome
race, divided like tho Scottish Highlanders
into "olans." There were the Williamses,
the Joneses, the llughescs, tho Oriflltlis,
tlio Morgans and tho Shepherds, and bitter
family feuds often raged between them.
Coal in initio; and coarse stone pottery man
ufacture employed most of the adult males;
and it was mi infrequent occurreuce to see
tho military ordered fron Chester to sup
press their internecine conflicts. The soil
is mostly freehold, and the coal mines aro
worked on the principle of shares each
mine being divided into thirty-two shares,
and each shara being designated "a half
an otinco."
At muc time eight relatives of the name
of Hughes were associated with an equal
number of tho name of Giiffith in working
what was tenned the Great Ath mine, ao
named from tho fact that the shaft had
been put down clohe to an immense ash
tree. Tho coal lay deeper here than in most
other sections of the mountain, but it was a
thicker scam, and of superior quality, aud
tho Hugheses and the Griffiths were henco
esteemed particularly fortunate all over the
mountain. There ero a good deal of ii
valry and frequent quarrels among them ;
but it was mostly good natured rivalry car
ried on by boasting, feats of strength aud
physical prowess. Hut when it became
widely known that Evan Hughes, a hand
some, stalwart young man of twenty, and
Samuel Griffiths, an equally lithe and
promising young Hercules, weie bitter ri
vals for the heart of Miss Anne Shepherd,
everybody in Buckley knew thero was strife
a-b tewing.
Anno was tho daughter of a stone-pottery
mannf.icturpr, who, vilhout education,
had risen from tVo ranks and accumulated
a handsome fortune. Wealth did not make
him arrogant. He was still "hail fellow,
well met !" with every hard toiling miner
on the mountain ; and he did nt hesitate
to stfito, when in his cups in the Tied Lion
parlor of a night, that Sam Griffiths and
Kvan Hughes were the two brightest young
men on the mountain and that bo would bo
satisfied with either of them for a sou-in-law.
flam and Evan bad wrestled, and run-,
and jumped, aud pitched the stone, with
varying success and with eager animosity.
Nothing but Annie's threat that she would
discard the first ono Who made a black
guard of himself kept them from open and
deadly hostilities. Both knew she was a
girl of pWtk and would keep her word and
henco their fierce spirits wero kept in tho
outward bond of peace.
3Icantinie, tho Groat Ash colliery wa
turning out well ; the seam was promising,
and the "dip" was very gradual and uni
form. It was, therefore, resolved to sink
another shaft directly north of and about
two thousand feet from the Great Ash shaft,
and it was estimated that, by the tinw; this
new shaft was put down, tho workings
would bo driven from the great Ash to meet
it and thus secure perfect ventilation by
means of an "upcast" and a "downcast"
shaft. Evan Hughes nnd Sam Giifnths
wero employed tosink the new shaft, which
was christened tho Great Oak. They took
alternate shiftsof four hours, one "boring.'
while tho other, assisted by an old bank's
man, uamed Kill Conway, dre w up tho clay
and stone with a rope and windlass. "When
they descended to the limestone, each man
drilled his blast hole with a hand hammer,
like that used by stone dressers, drilling it
about twelve inches deep, and then charg
ing it with coarse blasting powder. No
fuse was used for igniting the charge ; but
a copper pointed "needle" was placed on
the powder, and allowed to stand until the
hole was tightly stemmed with clay slate.
Then tho nedle was carefully withdrawn
and the hole filled with a finer grain of
powder. The "shot" being thus far pre
pared, the man below sung out for the cord,
when one end of a line wait let down the
shaft, and then securely stemmed into the
top of tho shot-hole. The bottom end of
the line being now secured, and surround
ed by line powdor, and the othor end in the
hands of ttie bank's-man, the man below
gave tie usual r-ignal, and was forthwith
drawn to bank. A red-hot ring, three or
four inches in diameter, was then taken
from the "hut" fire ; the end of the cord
was quickly passed through it ; tho ring
shot down the shaft, and the blast was flied.
One fine spring day Sain and old Bill
Conway were at bank, and Evan below had
just prepared his blast in the manner de
scribed, and had aiven tho signal to bo
hauled to bank. It was narly noon, and
a half-witted son of the old bank's-man
was walking quietly along behind an ad
joining hedge with his father's dinner,
lie heard tho ''shot" fired and hurried to
the pit-head. Thero he saw Sam Griffiths
jumping and sweating around ; he saw tho
smoke pouring up the shaft; he saw neither
hisTather nor Evan Hughes.
"Where's fayther and Yeaven?" asked
the poor, half-witted lad.
Sam's blood was up and he struck poor
Dick on the cheek and blacked his eye.
The lad ran home and Sam wont half-way
to the Great Oak shaft, howling wildly for
assistance. The fearfully muti'inted bodies
of young Hughes and the old man Conway
were brought to bank and few hours af
ter Coroner Peter Williams IwlJ an inquest.
Sam Griffiths was tho only important wit
ness. Ho testilied that Bill Conway, being
old and stupid, had, at Evan Hughes' sig
nal to "wind up," gone f i" the red hot ring
by mistake. That, seeing tho old man's
tcrribhs blunder he (Sam) had rushed from
behind tho "hut," where ho had been
asleep, to prevent the mischief, but that he
only arrived in time toseo the glowing i tng
shoot down the shaft. Almost instantly
tho old man had discoveied his fcarfial er
ror, and, stricken with h'-rror and remorse,
he had plunged head lrstdown the shaft
just as tho gBiokc and debris from tho blast
were rising. "It was all the work of half
a minute," he said to the coroner and jury;
"And it was all over before I could reach
the spot. As for 'shouting,' I was struck
speechless with fear." The jury ccepted
the explanation there was nono other to
offer and, though the silly lad Conway,
by his curious antics and expressive panto
mine, seemed, to have something on his
mind, he did not understand the nature of
an oath and was consequently not sworn.
There were imposing funeral services in
Buckley on the following Sunday. The
village maidens, with white handkerchiefs
on their heads, and sprigs of rosemary, rue
and balm, in their hands, walked before
Evan Hughes coffin, singing pathetic
dirges until tho graveyard was reached ;
but imie Shepherd had been seized wit h a
fit when she heard the fats! tidings, and
was unable to attend the youny; mau's fu
neral. Time passed. J The Hughes family began
to repine less for tho untimely end of the
prtdo of their family. The Great Ash and
the (treat Oak shafts were now each in op
eration, and the workings underground had
been materially extended. Anot her cousin
fiHed Evan Hughes' place, and there was
still a sharp rivalry between the eight
Griffiths and the eight Hugheses.
In order to make plain what is to follow,
a short explanation of the mine is necessa
ry. The two shafts, then, occupied each
an end of the long side of a parallelogram
the (Jreat Ash, or "downcast t-hart,' at
the south, and tho Great Oak, or "upcast
shaft,' at the north. From each shaft a
draft two hundred feet long ran duo east,
and the parallelogram was completed by
running another drift north and south,
joining tho ends of these to easterly drifts.
Thoy had thus cut clear around a rectan
gular mass of coal, two thousand feet long
by two hnndreal feet broad, which they
would work away by sections and pillars
until it was exhausted. Tho air that de
scended tho Great Ash shaft, had it beeu
permitted, would have rushed along the
straight gallery and right up the G reat Oak
shaft, without ventilating the three other
sides of the parallelogram where 'the men
wero working ; but there were massive
doors placed closo to the foot of each shaft
In tho straight gallery between them, to
divert the air through the workings. There
was alargeescapo of gasfrom the coal face,
and the pure air that descended the Great
Ash Shaft consequently ascended tho Great
Oak very much charged with carburetted
hydrogen. Tho mine was worked on two
shifts. On alternate weeks the Hughes
patty went down tho Great Oak Shaft at 4
p. in., and worked till midnight. Each
party had their own dowkeeper, whosesolo
duty it was to seo that the door was kept
shut at all limes, or closed instantly after
any person connected with the mine had
parsed through it. Although there was a
1 considerable escape of gas, the air-current I
1 was so direct and stronc that the men
worked with open oil-lamps; and, albeit, j
there had been pretty severe "blowers," as :
( sudden spurts of local gas are termed, no
danger was apprehended by either of the
gaugs who owned and worked the mine.
It was now threo years sir.eo Evan
Hughes met his sad fate; and on aline May
morning there was great rejoicing in tho
village. Bunting waved from every avail-
able Hag-staff, aud the gutters In front of 1
the four ale-houses literally ran with beer. I
The Griffiths were in high feather, for Sam
and Anrie Shepherd had been married in
the morning. Long before noon the bride's
proud sire was purple in the face with j
pledging the young couple, aud with nrg- j
ing others to do likewise. Gayly dressed
groups of youths aDd maidens danced j
around the May-pole on the Village green, j
and everybody was in a supreme state of
enjoyment all except Mrs. Hughes, poor j
Evan's mother, and Hannah, his twin sis- i
ter. The merry-making palled on their !
hearts. It recalled the lost one the flower j
of tho flock who had so miserably peribhed
and who to-day might have been Anne j
Shepherd's husband. Therefore, they ro- I
tired early in tho evening, and by closing
doors and windows tried to exclude the
sounds of meniment. While the day's
festivities were being prolonged far into tho
night, the mother and daughter retired to
rest- Sleep fell upou their sad eyes; and
each woman dreamed a dream a dream so
marvelously uniform in detail that it was
as if the two had sat and watched the same
tableau.
Thoy saw the three men sinking the Great
Oak shaft ; they saw Evan charge and
prime his shot, and then attach the end of
the "filing cord;"" they heard hira give the
signal to be hauled to bank ; they saw old
Bil! Conway begin to turn the windlass;
they saw Sam Griffiths steal out of the
"hut" with the red Lot ring and slip it
down tho rope ; they saw the old man quit
hold of the windlass in horror ; and they
saw tho jiowerful young murderer dash the
oi l man down tho shaft in the face of the
fcliowor of stones thrown up bytho explo
sion. Mother and daughter awoke in tho
solemn midnight and discussed their dream
with trembling and -villi awo. And they
citing to each other, and comforted each
other, and tried not to believe, it. Just
thou John Hughes, the husband and lather
of the two women, entered ; and after some
banter he was in liquor the women again
felopt.
"It was a most extraordinary circum
stance,' Coroner Williams ui-ed to say,
"but both these women dioamcd tho self
same dream over again." .,
In tho morning Mis. Hughes met Dick
Conway, the idiot lad, took him aside,
aud questioned him about whathe saw that 1
day when ho lost his father. He indicated
by dumb show how somo ono was thrown
down the shaft, and how some ono else
was struck on the f.tco, meaning himself.
Mrs. Hughes ehortly after died. Tho
doctors who attended her wcie not agreed
respecting her malady ; but Dr. Jones, of
Mold, was certain that her mind was gone,
and that she was tho victim of hallucina
tions. Hannah, tho twin daughter, now
devoted herself oxclusively to her fatiier.
Sho would frequently descend tho Great
Oak shaft while he was at work, and carry
ale, hot coffee, tea, etc., to him ; and con
sequently sho achieved a kind of envied
notoiietyon tho mountain for her bravery
in descending tho coal-mine. Sho had
several admirers ; but her kind words and
light looks seemed reserved for her father.
On his part, ho icpaid her with an affec
tionate admiration that approached idola
try ; and it was his boast that when his
head was laid low Hannah would be a lady.
On a dark December midnight, a few
months after her mother's death, Hannah
Hughes and the idiot lad Conway sjole
quietly away from Buckley village and pro
ceeded toward Great Oak shaft, llcr fat her
and his companions would have stopped
work at twelve o'clock and the two noctur
nal pedestrians avoided the road by which
the miners would leturn to their liomes. j
When Hannah and Dick reached the pit- !
j
heap all was still as tho grave. The horse j
had been loosed from tho "gin" windlass S
and lay sleeping in his straw, and not a
star cheered the git omy v:.ult of heaven.
Hannah Soon obtained a light; the stable .
door was opened the gin horse was har
nessed and hitched iuto the accustomed
shafts for raising the coal ; the young
woman took her seat on the "corve" or j
basket, aud told Dick to "lower away."
Into the black, yawning pit she descended
without fear or trepidation, and when the !
bottom was reached she stepped hriskjy '
out of the "corve," proceeded to the air- '
door near tho bottom of the shaft, and
securely propped it open. Then she walked
along the two thousand feet that separated I
her from the Great Ash shaft, and reach- j
hig tho air-door there, securely, propped it
open. Tho air-curront now shot directly I
along the shortest route between the two
shafts, and by its violence extinguished '
her light ; but she returned undismayed by '
the darkness or the inequalities of the ru;r- I
gcd tramway, until sho reached the shaft j
where she had descended. Then she
t
shouted io Dick, who started tho horse, ;
and she was wound up until she reached !
the bank in safety. The horse was now
uuhitched aud relumed to the stable, and
i
the girl and the crazy lad mada quick
progress hotneward.
Before daybreak, every roan and woman
on Buckley mountain was plunged into a
paroxysm of grief and wailing. The Great
Oak and Ash collieiy had exploded, and, :
with the exception tf the door-keeper,
every man of the Griffiths gang, who had
gone to work at 4 a. m.; was torn and
scorched into shreds and j a'ches and scoi ia
of humanity. As far as the coroner could clima0'0gical or physiological to invalids,
gather from the door-man's ante-mortem a,H 8e"king the same from those of robast
statement, he had gone down the pit as j constitution.
usual, but had almost immediately been '. IIer conversation was alwys prefaced
honor-struck to discover that the door was wit1 ,ie i'ltrodiictory inquiry, so common
open and that the air was blowing straight to visito,'' "Did you come here for your
along the Great Ash Gallery instead of lieal,u?" She thus addressed a stalwart,
coming along the eastern workings. Thero- ' ruddy visaged young man at the dinner
upon, he had slammed the door and had table of t1" Metropolitan a fow days siuco,
run as fast as he was able to sfiut the door a,ld ,ne lowing dialog, tnsimd :
at the end of the gallery. The rniuers, ' "YR madame, I came here-, prbahly
meantime, had returned into their work- t,,s weakest person you ever saw. I had
ings and were shouting and swearing about ' no use m? ,nhs, in fact my liores w ere
the air. When both doors were closed, 1)1,1 ,;t'10 tougher than cartilages. I had
the idr ret4irned into its prcper course, car- no intelligent control of a single muscle-,
lying with it all the gas that bad accu- j nor ,be use of a single faculty."
mulated during theso four hours. Of "Kwa.l Heavens," exclaimed tho aston
course.it ignited like a spark of gunpowder, j isl" d a"ditor, "and yon lived ?'
and with irresistible foicc swept through ! "I did, Miss, although I was devoid of
the mine and burst up the two shafts with fiihr as ahsolutely toothless, unable to
a gigantic tongue of name and a report like a, tic!tc a sing'e xvord, and dependent
Titanic artillery. j Pn others for everything, Tricing com-
Theidiocboy had remained out of bed P'etely deprived of all power to help myself,
in expectation of some catastrophe, and commenced to gain immediately npoa
when ho saw the two vivid flashes and arrival, and have scarcely experienced a
heard the heavy reports, he danced arennd sic!i siuc.- Hence I caneonscientious
the village street, cry ing "lloorah ! boo- j recommend tho climate."
rah! for llaunah Griffiths and mo! Who's' "A wonderful ca.o !" said the lady,
got a blafck eye now ? Hoorab I" "but do. J'ou think your luugs, were af-
By tliis demonstration of crazy Dick j feefced?-'
Hannah was sustiected, and she mado an 'They were probably sound, but pos-
open confession ot tho Urrible crime to
Coroner Peter Williams, stating, at the
fcame time, that Hie had been incited to the
deed by the double dream and the certainty
that Samuel Griffiths had murdered her
twin brother. She was hsdged in Flint
Castle lo await her trial, but evaded her
probabio fate by suicide Aipettit Jour
nal. MoTiiERi.Eha. Three little golden bead
at an upper window and a long line of car- '
riages in tho street below. Nurse holt's j
"" ! m i.iiikii iinti cm is ins lime
r. , t ,
(limn nd bAmls is 1ns i.tn m - n r.l 1 K,r ll.c
t.K, ... 1. 1 i . l i r ,-..! i
1 - J
nodding plumes on the hearse ; ami pres
ently the procession moves down tho street,
and mother has gone forever. Tho men
from the undertaker's remove all traces of
the funeral; the parlors-are in their wont
cd order, except perhaps the curtains are
not looped gracefully, the furniture is not '
disposed as tastefully, and the little orna- ;
inentsand bijouterie aro not in their accus
tomed places. In mother's room there's a
chill and a prim air about everything so
different from its usual lHk of cosy 'com- '
fort. A bright June sunlight is gleaming '
through the half-opened blinds, but it does
not seem to give warmth or cheer. The .
toys are brought out, but tho children soon !
tiro of them. There's something gone
they scarce realize what. By and by baby
begins to fief, and ntirso gets cross. Poor
little darling! mamma's pet ! how tenderly
she would have toothed him with soft lul
abys. And then papa comes home and
gathers them aroni.d his knee and tries to
tell thoin mamma has gone; but they want
her sadly here; they cannot think w hy the
Good Father fehould w ant her so much more.
Movixo a Ph?stitg--Offick. Not long
siuec, in a Country village of no moan pre
tensions, and not a very great distance
from this city, a lire broke out, ami among
other places threatened whh destruction !
was a printing office. As usual vheie was
a lush of excited persons, some of whom
proiTered their services to remove any arti-
clcs of value to a placo of security. Among
tho rest of the volunteers was a tall-, lank,
lullow-haiivd fellow, evidently a recent im
portation from some verdant ami secluded
valley. Tho proprietor entrusted him w ith
a full case of type, and told him to tak it ;
down stairs carefully, leave it in a place of
safety, and return for another. He seized
the 'case, and rushing down, reached a con
venient sjxit, where ho dumped the con
tents. Then, hastening back with empty
case, he encountered the astonished owner
with the hurried exclamation: "Mister!,
just fill this ere box up agen, will yon ! '
The fire is biirnin like thunder !" Tho re
quest was declined in no complimentary
terms. Cleveland Printing Gazette.
Sue Was Tiki Bat-it. fcbe uas about
seven years old, two feet eight in bight,
aud fashioned something like a pair of
tongs. But sho as "tied back," like big
girls-. She was badly tied back ; so much
tied back, in fact, that locomotion was bn
peded. Men turned to look at the little
gul'c with its jaunty hat ami lloating rib
bons, its clinging diaery and tho bare
stockihgs below. Newsboys gaaed at her
as she passed, and broke out in screeching
laughter, with a "Hi Squinty ! Look at
that !" But not a whit did this little lady i
care. She tossed her head in scorn of their (
ribald comments, aud her check glowed j
with the proud consciousness if living in
the fashion. She was tied back like the
big girls and that was enough for her.
Her littlo Grecian noso stretched its carti
lagoti in the c-ffint to tuiu up as she passed
other little girls who wero not tied b;tck,
and no doubt sho entertained a profound
contempt for them, either liecause they
didn't know the fashion, or had bad figures.
W'Oiulerfnl Effect vf Vtimatc.
SI:e cAmc from Detroit, Michigan, ai u
1,er grcat 1ride was in boi"K an invalid,
She 1,,st no PP' tuuity in stAting that
,s;be CJlme to MinneiKU to recuperate the
cellular tissues of the left auricle of her re
spiratory anatomy." She did not hesitato
to enter into conversation with any person
sho came in contact with, giving advice.
: essed of so little vitality, that but for the
most careful nursing they must hava
coased their functions.'
"I hope you fouud kind friends, sir?"
"indeed, I did, madam; and it is to
them and the pure air of Minnesota that I
owe my life. My lather's family were with
me, but, unfortunately, my mother was
prostrated w ith a severe illness during the
tiino of my greatest prostration."
"How sari Pi ay, what was your treat
ment aud diet ?"
.-iy met wan the simplest consisting
i .1 . , - ..,
' only or milk, that being Uie oirty food my
. ' J '"J
KVStPIll WOllltl luar
As for treatment. I
depended ei tire'y tippn h lifc-g'.Tiog pro
pensities of the air of Minnesota, And took
no medicine except an occasional lignt
narcotic when very restlssw My improve
ment dated from my m rival. My limbs
soon became strong; my sight and voioo
came to me slowly ; and a Tull set of teeth,
regular and fiiin, aopoared."
"Itomaikable mirarulous Barely, sir,
3'ou must havo been gieaLly reduced hi
llesh?"
"Yes madams I weighed but nine
pounds. I was born in Minnesota ! Good
day." St. iavl Pie-netr Pre.
A Lkssox ix Proxcnciatiox. How
m.-wiy can pronounce the words in the fol
lowing "test" Correctly ? It was first pub
lished by the tcacheis of Toledo :
1. A courier from St. Louis, an Italian
with italics, began an uddress or recitation,
as to the mischevious ualional finances. .
2. His dolorous progress was deiuonMia
ted by a dc'DoiistraMon, and'the preface to
his sacerdotal profile gave his oj nents an
irreparal.lo and laoiculaMo wuliud.
3. He was e'enf and isolated, and the
envelope ort tho furniture at the depot
was a covert for leisure and tho reticence
from the first grasp of the dancing legis
lature of France.
4. The dilation iT the chasm or trough
Vr.ade the servile satyr and virile optimist
vehemently panegyrist the lenient God.
"i. He was An aspirant after tlie vagaries
of the exorcists and an inexorable coad
juror f the incfiagible jet exquisite Fari
i ago, oil the subsidence of he despicable
final aud the icroguition of the rtcogtii
auce. A .Touf. ivy TF.i.KCRAni. Denver, Col.j
gives an instance of a joke Ix-lng harried
too far. It was ieretiated years agtij
but only came to light a shoit time sinco.
Some time after the Atlantic cable had
been established, a telegraph ijerator at
Denver seifl the fo! owing Tispatch :
To the E.-iieror Najmleon, Gaideu of
the Tuilei ies, Paris France : Gov. Gilpin
will not accede t; tlie cwinti of Italy to
Franco. PiVasc lei Bohemia alone.
The operator supioscd it would mal o
some fun in the Omaha office and stop
there, as the station agents have a general
understanding th regard to each otfcot'
jokes. By some hook or crook I he dis
patch went on and dived under the cva t
and camo up luiiiliiigly hi the Garden of
tho Ti.l'.leries, in Franco. The mannei, of
its reception by Napoleii has been ht Ut
history Ail lht is kuown i that the Em
peror did not pay for It, and the facetious
operator was hunted up and obliged lopay
tho bill of $!S7.-"i0 in gold for his little joke.
The oiiciator was entirely satorficd with
the result of Sedan.
- ; .
A Nkiiiiaska farmer sneaked around ono
night to the place where nu ai Iny 'f milliwn
v( grasshoppers were sleeping prt-puratoiy
to wading into his nl.ont on the morrow,
and after Knowing a lt of hay nvmitd he
set fire to it. Well, it was death to tho
gnisslioi peii ; but l y the time the farniei
had run four miles over a burning prairie
and climbed a tree with bis hair and eye
lashes burned o!f, he had ce.asioM to take
breath and say, "I'll lie cussed if Ithonrht
I was going to get up a ciicns like that.-"