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NUMBER 21).
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KOIt THE
0& AGAINST NATIONAL FRAUD.
rr v.'-nt W!,s not elected by the peo
, i,.,.M ttiainroruted at Washington
; ' ., i (f Iruu'l. we call upon hon
' 'ml pirtifS to rally toirether In a de
: I .',,! ,.ristfiit effort for the cnrrec
'r il irri-iir wioiiir ami for t he u nish
ti!C (Tuiity. to be. enforced through the
' '.v'-'oultnt- urmi the rljrht of aelr-frov
nt'tln-lirr'ihlic'Hi party and its present
''.I-; me rmi:irilv responsible; but tho
!'v ("nan-taken othcetliroiijrh such im-aiH
",'! iV.- net u:illy exercising the power of
', .vt'rniiietit upon such authority, are
v l'-- triiilf than they who conceived
" ', .riuttil tliis unparalleled political swin-
Frui'liilent President nnd his advisers
a'Uriith'!! II' OO rA'- "nnin iv n i n j a
.'.'If.-.uMic!in party, and having1 invited a
'"o-.t'atfl former Iteliol to occupy one
'. . '., i important others it) the Ciiliinet,
. .' .. .l..ii;i iich the honest public senti
the iiHli by tln-lbi-stowMl nt ollicea
i nn tinininnii sysiem of UovernmeTit
V-i- i: railrnt"! imi canals, hopinir thus
,,',n ,;e in corruption the work luifim in
-, It me same time, with hypocritical
J.'- ,t ri-foniiiit the civil service, they
vanity it Northern theorists, to the
. ' . -i v if i -rlii ci one iii which this Admiii-
j f. uri kil may be overljoked and
, ! J 'oinple.x Pfheme, ns PR-ainst the
. with whom it orljftnatcd. we call
: , j., , I'll- to commence innneiimtely u
.I :i;:k" tiiercilt s- Hnd pertinacious.
. iiii-iii that from iM'ifinnmjj- to the
;,);.!'" -ti:i!l never be found Iniil.iril or
, ...mi ini lioly c ruaile ; ami we invite
...i.- Iioiii tvci j i Hurler to join in Ihe
,r i. i fii' tnls n ri 1 1 renders -n fcndy of
, i:. .;. i t wmis-flie same tiumlier as
, u I hite . ii l.i ns who, in Novem-
.. 1 ..r SatiiiH I .1. Tlldeti for l'resl-
m :: .1 mi nii that we s-ha'l confitiue
:!. :n tlie past, to content for hoi-
(-!.. in- economy, and justice in
' .:v. an-: that ve Miull still endeavor
. :. ; l, 11" iy 1 1 i j ! t our colutuns
, ... i ripltie, ami trustworthy ac
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. win!" from Wil-liiliif loll ei-...iii-
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ASSIGNEE'S SALE
OF VALl.'ABLF.
TZ IS W I 1Z fS rr .V T JJZ I
TN ptir'itnnc of an order of snle issulnjf out of
ti e Court o. Common I'leasot Cambria county,
there will be exposed to puidic sale on the prem
ises, on
TVKSUAY, AUGUST 2S, JSTT,
at 1 o'clock, p. m . nil the foMuwinsr real estate
of Charles Johnston, assijimr. to wit:
A Certain PIECE or PARCEL of LAND
situate in Washington township. Cambria county.
I'A.. contain!!)!? 1- lerexand 17 lereli's. nP
or nearly all of which is cleared and in meadow.
bein-Jt well cnltiTated and well fenced. The land
is deliicht luliy located for a summer hotel r for
summer residences fur those desirinif to spend the
heated term on the inoiiniain. beinir situated on
the Turnpike, one mile east of the railroad station
and "Mountain Hous"at Cresson, and ad jo ninif
the liorouifh of Summiiville. on the Vkrv si mmit
of the Allegheny Mountains, where the wateraml
air are pure fresh and inviif.iraf ina. anil where a
m a-jniti cent view of the surrounding eonntiy can
at all times he obta ined. Thetrncl will be divided
into lots of one-and-a-ha If acres each and sold with
the mineral riif lit reserved. The several veins oi
coal for which the locality is famous, underlie this
land and will be ?old separately, and beinir very
valuable and convenient to tho railroad and to
market, no better investment could be made.
TkRM.s of Sai.k.- One third of the purchase
money on confirmation of sale, one-third in six
months, and one-third in n ne months payments
to bear Interest from confirmation of pale and to
be secured by judictnent note or bond and ruort
KUifC of the purchaser.
JAMKS McCLOSKEY, Assignee.
August 3. l)77.-3t.
WILLIAM CIiniSTY, Treasurer
cif Gatlitr.in Township School District,
in acc't for the school year ending Julie, 1877:
Dr.
To State appropriation. tl'21'44
" balance from last year .Vt.eo
am't from Co. Treasurer 114 65
" ' taxes front all Sources 335.1 t24.8S
Or.
By am't paid Teachers t(S0 00
.. f,,r t,iel . ao.oo
i. fees of Collector and Trea
surer 21.00
,. o sceretarv's salary 'JiLOO
' paid Tunneihill bor-itigh.. f.O 0t
" of other expenses 4S.iff 6W.19
Balance die Township , e5:'
We the Auditors or Gallitzin Township. hae
examined the nbove nccotitit and find it cor
r,.c.. OKOIttJK MYEKS. I
I). C. Hl'HK, r Auditors.
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UNIVERSAL HISTORY
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WO.MKS A?fl HIXR.
Pop ! went thfi gay cork flying,
Sparkled the pay champagne.
By the light of d.ty that was dying,
He filled tip their goblets agaiu.
Let the last. Iwst toast be to women,
'Women, dear women," said he,
"Kmpty your glass, my darling,
When you drink to your sex with me."
But she canght his strong brown fingers,
And held them tight as in fear,
And through the gathering twilight,
Her fond voice tell on his ear :
"Nay, ere you drink, I implore you,
By all that you hold divine.
Fledge a woman in tear drops,
llaiher by far than wine.
"By the woes of a drunkard's mother,
By the children that begged for bread,
By the face of her whose beloved one
LiOokB on the wine when 'lis red,
By the kisses changed to curses,
By the tears more bitter than brine,
By many a sad heart broken,
Pledge no women in wine.
"What h.ts wine brought ti women ?
Nothing but tears and pain,
It has torn from her heart her lover,
A lid proven her prayers in vain,
And her household goods all scattered,
Lie tangled up in the vine.
Oh ! I prithee pledge no woman
Iu the curse of so many WINE."
Itl ST, SOI.ltII.lt, Itl.ST!
Tl'.ere was a Bnssiau came over the sea,
.Just when the war was growing hot,
And his iiatib' it was Tjalikavakaice
Jva lindubroli kaii almd a rot
Si hibkadirova
I varditz'ova
Sau.ilik iKuierik
Varayobhot. A turk was landing upon the shore.
Bight where the terrible Kussiati crossed,
Ami lie cried : "P.ismillah ! I'm Ab El Hut-Bazaroukiigonaiitosgobross-(reifinpravadi-K
liege kosl ad ji-lirivino-B!i
vido
Jenidodosk I"
So they stood, like brave men, long and well
And they called each other their proper
names.
Till the lock-jaw seized them, and where
they fell
They buried them bothiiy the Irdoshames
Kitlatalnktctiuk 31 ischtaribustceup-Bulgari-iMiiiiary-SaKharimaiiifc.
Duriinrton Hituk-Etje.
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HliADY'S lt:ai
One of the famous characters of the
border, a hundred years ago, was Satndel
Biariy. lie seemed to have possessed the
qualit ies best, calculated to win and hold
the place and honor of a hero among the
pioneers. In him were combined immense
strength, the most astonishing neility,
nerves steady as steel, and ci eat endurance.
He was brave to recklessness, vigilant as a
weasel, and cunning as a fox, gifted with
peculiar tact and fertility of device, and
skilled in everything pertaining to frontier
life and warfare. Many times he outwit
ted and overmatched the wiliest and ablest
of the Indian chieftains.
To such qualities he united those that in
spire the esteem and confidence of friend's ;
lie was generous to a fault, affable and
sympathetic, courteous in manners and en
tertaining in conversation.
Indeed, so numerous were the excellen
cies atid exploits attributed to him, that
he might be deemed a mythical pei son
age, he lived a few centuries farther away
in the past.
But the writer lias known ro many rela
tives and intimate friends of Captain Brady ;
has seen such positive and still existing
proofs of his courage and prowess, and vis
ited the very spot of so many of his deeds,
some of which yet bear his name, that his
place among American celebrities is Fully
established. His relative, Major General
Hugh Brady, of w hom General Scott makes
such honorable mention in the battle of
Chippewa, used to say : "Captain Sam
Brady is the bravest of Americans, com
pared with wbotn the rest of us are little
better than cowards."
He reached maturity of body and mind
so early fts to have borne a part in the
siege of Boston before he whs eighteen
years of age; and as a liedtcnant. though
not 'wrnty-one, was the most efficient in es
caping and saving others from the massacie
of Patdi. Owing to the butchery of his
father and a brother by the Indians, he had
in boyhood registered a vow of vengeance,
which, pei Imps, may In part account for
his intrepidity.
The iccital of one of his eXplots will give
an idea both of the men and bord. r war
fare as waged against the early inhabitants
of regions now peaceful and prosperous.
Brady had been placed in command of a
small party of scouts detailed to watch the
movements of the Indians and gave warn
ing of the approach of hostile bands to
ward the set tlemeu'.s. The territory to be
covered by his opet at ions was denominated
ihe "French Cieek Country," a wild but
beautiful belt of forest "oil regions," and
extending north and south across the coun
ties or Venango and Crawford, rennsyU
vania.
One afternoon the scouts struck a nesh
Indian trail in the valley of a stream called
Slippery Hock Creek.
Calculating from the character of the
trail that the enemy were not numetous
enough to make it necessary to apprise the
garrisons and settlements, Brady decided
to follow the savages and attack them at
daybieak the next morning. Swifily but
warily the scouts threaded the wilderness,
until, when darkness stopped their pursuit,
they were wit Bin a very shoit distance of
i heir unsuspecting foe. Mt.nchMig a sup
per of venison and corn, and drinking from
their hands the waters of a brook, they
stationed their guards, and then lay down
among the dry leaves to wait fof the dawn.
Bit while they had been tracking and
preparing to assail tho Indians in their
front, another ami larger paity of Indians
in their rear were trailing them, w ith minds
bent on bio. id a worse trap being beated
for themselves than tbey had set for the
enemy.
Daybreak came, and as soon as it was
light enough to look thiough the sights of
a rirle tbo scouts were under motion.
Creeping among the deuse loitage, a lew .
minutes brought them within range of ;
their victims, who were sitting in a circle !
eating breakfast. Each selected bis target
when Biady gave the signal to fire, which
was the imitation of the hoot of an owl,
and the crack of their guns rang out
through the woods.
Hardly had the smoke cleared away,
when the other parly of redskins opened
fire upon the whites. Two of Brady's men
fell at his side, and perceiving from the
number of guns discharged that the enemy
was too strong to be successfully resisted
the wary captain instantly adopted the
motto, "Oiscietion is the better part of
valor," and gave his party tho word to save
themselves by Hight.
There are emergencies when true martial
wisdom teaches--
"That he who fitrhts and runs away.
May live to titfht another day."
Brady himself started like a deer to get
out of the jaws of his outnumbering foes.
A few steps brought him out of the thicket,
from which they bad discharged their
guns, upon a slope of open woods. Of
course here he would be far more exposed
to shots and pursuit from the savages.
But they were coming up in his rear yelling
like fiends after bis scalp, and there was no
choice for him but to take the risk and
make his best speed.
Away he went down the slope, confident
that his legs would save him from anything
but. bullets, for there was not an Algonquin
sachem lleet enough to overtake him. Cast
ing back a glance, he sawad07.cn Indians,
their gnus ieft behind and tomahawks
drawn, rushing after him. They knew his
biawny form, and many insults and defeats
they bad to avenue on Captain Brady. If
self preservation lent swiftness to his" feet,
a fiercer passion winged their pursuit.
Their eagerness to kill the great captain in
duced them to relinquish the chase after
tiie other w hite men leaving them to escape
unmolested.
Still, as he always declared ho was not
concerned as to the result, for even w ith the
additional burden of his gun he knew that
he could run faster and lather then thev.
"But thy were familiar with the "lay of
the land," and he Was not ; aud as they
followed him he w as surprised to see them
spread out as if to surround him, although
they were losing ground.
The fact was, he was hastening directly
toward the stream in a large bend, where,
for a mile or more, it flows deep and strong
through a narrow, impassible gorge. They
had only toenciiclc and closa in upon him
to take him prisoner. They felt sure of
their victim, while he, ignorant of Iwa pre
dicament, felt as sure of his escape.
Suddenly he saw the channel before him,
which, with the savages behind, formed
the jaws of a trap as merciless as fate. A
glance at a point where he could see the
nature of the chasm showed him its impas
sability, and another glance backward con
vinced him that to wheel to either hand
would confront him with the weapons of
three or four of the Indians.
Dashed at this seemingly fatal coiner, he
paused to load his gun ; but the whole
baud weie too near for that. Wheu he
stopped a furious yell burst from the led
skins and changing their course they ran
diiectly at him, brandishing their battle
axes.
But Samuel Brady was not. the man to
die by the hands of those who had mur
dered bis father; any fate was preferable
to that. Away lie pcd again, with the
howling crew at his heels. Uather would
he yield his fate to the Slippery Hock than
to his mortal enemies.
But as lie ran, a desperate resolution
flamed up in his hcait, and a mighty en
ergy coursed through his stalwart frame.
He determined to leap aeioss the stream,
and with a lifted prayer, the conviction
rushed upon his mind that he could do it.
Forward he sped toward the abyss, and
behind, certain of their g-ime, came the
yelling, blood-thii S'y savages.
Beaching the brink, he spiang into the
air, almost as if some great bird, he had
liken wings, and incredible as it may seem
to those w ho have seen the gorge, lauded
in safeiy on the opposite bank.
But w hat w as the amazement of the In
dians !
They were .under such headway, and the
foremost one so near, that they could bare
ly hold back from plunging down the preci
pice. And now it became their turn to flee, for
while their guns were a quarter of a mile
away, Brady was rapidly loading for a shot.
With the wildest exclamations of surprise
and alarm they whirled away at their ut
most speed, one of them saying in broken
English :
"Biddy make good jump."
Brady never forgot the ludicrous scene
they presented a dozen Indians fleeing
from one white man. And such zigzag
running in order to dodge his bullet ; now
jumping to the right, nnd now to the left ;
now on ail Fours, and now leaning into the
air. But it was in rain ; Ihe fellow that
said, "Blady make good jump," was an
swered from the iron lips of the rifle wilh a
leaden missile through his heart.
Captain Brady afterwards visited the
spot w ith some of his friends and measured
the width of the chasm a thing which the
w riter has done in modern years finding
it over twenty feet from biitik to brink,
and necessitating a leap of at least twenty
two feet in order to make his footing se
cure at starting and alighting. V. T.
Ledger.
Authorship ok Popli.ak Sayings.
Man proposes, but God disposes. Thos.
A. Kent pis.
Better late than never. Thomas Tus
scr. A man's house is bis castle. Edward
Coke.
Out of mind as soon as out of sight.
Lord Brooke.
Infinite riches in a little room. Chris
topher Marlow,
The end must Justify the means. Mat
thew Poor.
Ho that is down needs fear no fall.
John Bunynu.
l'ity's akin to love. Thomas Southerns.
By robbing Feter ho paid Paul. Fran
cis Habelias.
Choose an author as you choose a friend.
Earl of Koscoinmon.
ITk came back to his mother, looking
very forlorn, with a big red swelling under
his left eye, and four or fixe bandfuls of
torn shirt boiling over his breeches band.
"Why, where on earth have yon been?"
she asked. "Me and Johnny's been playiu'.
He played he was a pirate, and I was a
duke. Then he put on airs and I got
u.ad, and " "Yes !" interrupted his moth
er, her eyes Hashing, "and you didn't
flinch?" "No, mother; but the pirate
licked."
A X All HOW ESC AVE.
EDITOR VISITS A "CAVE," AND GETS
SOME EXPERIENCE IN MINING,
Below the croppings of the Gould &
Curry mine is to be seen a large cavity or
sink which marks the spot under which a
great cave occurred during iho snperintend
ency of Charley Bor.ner. Happening to
pass over the ground on July 21st we were
strongly leniinded of a rather perilous trip
which we made into the Underground re
gions of the mine at the time the cave oc
curred. Luckily ample warning bad been given
by the settling of the ground within the
mine and the snapping and splintering of
timbers, therefore no lives were lost iu the
mine. News of the grand crash in the
mine spread rapidly through tbe town, and
all who heard of the accident gave a sigh
of relief w hen told that all the miners es
caped uninjured.
The full extent of the cave and the dam
age done thereby in the ir.teriorof the mine
was not known for some time, but from the
cavity formed on the surface was judged to
be very great. Being desirous of obtaining
if possible, full particulars in regard to the
condition of the underground sections of
the mine, we called upon Mr. Bonner and
nnde known our wishes.
"I have not been in th mine for three
or four hours, and therefore am unable to
give you an exact account of the present
condition ofjthecaved portions. However,
if you will venture with me," said Mr.
Bonner, "we will go in as far as possible
and see how things look."
Having agreed to Mr. Bonner's proposi
tion, two lanterns were procured, and we
soon found ourselves on thejlevel where the
greatest damage had been done. The mi
ners had all left that part of the mine.
Xowhere was to be seen the fiiendly twin
kle of either lamp or candle ; all was dark
as the caves of the Cimmerii, save where
Ihe light of our la'iterns fell upon the walls
of the tunnel along w hich we were advanc
ing or where the rays streamed far ahead
and were leflected back by points of pol
islicd pyrites or bright, quartz crystals.
At first, too, all was as silent asthe tomb
but as we moved forward the sharp snap
of a falling timber or the dull boom of a
heavy fall of earth reached onrears. These
sounds constantly grew more distinct.
Soon was heard a running tire of sharp lit
tle snaps, from the bent and splintering
timbers, with ever an anon a Matting,
musket-like report as some large timber
broke in twain or was rent asunder.
We were now fast Hearing the scene of
the c.ive. As yet the ground about, its was
so.ind, and all the timbers stood in their
places. Our advance was slowly nd cau
tiously made. At times some unusual
commotion caused us to stop and listen half
a minute, wi'h bodies inclined forward,
and eyes strained C penetrate beyond Ihe
light thrown out by our lanterns. Few
winds passed between us. . "Wait a bit,"
or "Now let Us move 011," from Mr. Bonner
was about all that was said.
Presently we came to a drift lending from
the tunnel we had been traversing. The
snapping and grinding sounds weie now
moie distinctly heard.
"It is in this direction," said Bonner,
leading the way into the drift.
We had not pioceeded far befote we
came to w here the timbers of the drift were
badly bent and displaced. We were iu a
spot wheie the ground was settling. A
kind of tickling noise came from the lag
ging overhead and along the sides of the
diift, and dirt sifted down on our hats.
Soon we reached a place where the posts
on the sides of the drift were bent like
bows. The backs of these bows projected
into the drift, and were full of pplinlers,
some of which were formed snapped out
before our eyes. Shortly we came upon
two posts bent out from opposite sides of
the (1 1 : ft till their backs were not more than
a foot apart.
"This looks bad," said Bonner.
"Very. Let us go back," said we.
"It cannot be far from the edge of the
cave. vVe want to see that. Suppose we
venture. Timbers aie still strong when
they snnp."
"Then move on," said we, but our legs
wanted to go the other way.
Iu passing between iho two bent posts
it was necessary to turn our bodies edge
wise. All about us the timbers were woi k
ing and groaning, but still stood some dis
tance apart. At the end of the drift we
came into a large open space what seem
ed a long and broad chamber and turidng
westwatd across this, we were soon as near
the edge of the cave as it was thought safe
to venture.
Holding oar lanterns above our heads we
saw before lis a black and yawning pit nr
chasm. The light of the lanterns failed lo
shaw us either the top nor bottom of this
pit, nor could we see across to the further
side. It seemed to have neiiher top nor
bottom seemed but a shapeless, bouudiess
region of darkness.
Into this frigh ful pit tucrS fell every half
minute, from somewhere in the daikness
high above, great masses of esith and
rocks. At times, judging from tho thun
derous sounds, hundreds of tons at dice
tumbled from the roof and sides of the
chasm. Smaller masses were almost Con
stantly dropping in some direction, while
the splintering, snapping and groaning of
limbeis in all directions was something
frightful.
Suddenly, as we stood quaking in the
midst of the terrible commotion, a great
mass of riek and eni th fell from some place
high up on tho wall of our side of the
shoreless sea of darkness, almost grazing
the br'iik of the chasm before us. With
ibefallof the mass came "a rush of wind
ihat nearly extinguished the candles in our
lanterns. Elevating his light and gazing
upwards, Mr. Bonner cried : "Fallback!
fill b;ick, the roof is giving way !''
Almost as soon as ho spoke a mass of
several tons fell from the roof of our cham
ber not ten feet in front of us, and in fall
ing took a large bite out of the edge of our
floor.
"Quick 1 quick ! This way! We must
get out of this!" cried Bonner.
We ran back to the dtiftby which we
had entered. The two posts between
which we bad squeezed. had closed togeth
er. ' v;(
"Back, ' back P' cried Bonner. "This
way ! I know a 'drift. Qaick, we may
reach it !"
Back along the drift, we darted amid
sounds never to be forgotten and such as
have seldom stunned mortal ears. All
about us was iu in motion all rapidly
sinking.
Bouner ltd tbe way across the chamber
we had left a few moments before. In a
corner, on the east side, the light of his
lantern showed the mouth of adrift toward
which he was hastening. Hardly was there
time to observe this before he held up his
lautein, ciying, "Back, bark !' and with a
tumbling crash the month of the drift
closed and the ground before and about it
began to disappear.
"Quick !" ciicd Bonner, grasping our
arm and hurrying us along. . "To the drift
again. It is our only chance !"
Into the drift we once more daited.
Squeezing our way between the cracking
liosts, we reached the place where we had
before been stopped. Though ciushed to
gether in the middle, there was still a
small open space between the posts at the
bottom.
'I browing himself flat on the floor of tho
drift, Bonner pushed Ids lantern through
the opening, then by a mighty effort snug
gled through after it. lie seemed an hour
in passing, though he probably wriggled
through in less than ten seconds. Our fear
that he would stick fast was agonising.
"Quick!'' Jive me your hands ! Leave
your lantern !" shouted Bonner the mo
ment he was through.
Instantly we were down ana hnd both
hands through the opening. Iu about two
seconds we were hauled through as a hunter
pulls a squirrel out of its skin. A short
dash look us to the t'.iiin tunnel, and as
we "gained it Bonner feivcntly exclaimed
"Sale at hist, I hank God !"'
We weie about to make similar utter
ances, Bonner thrust his lantern into the
mouth oF the drift, crying, "Look, "look !
There she goes !'' and as he spoke, down
went the shattered portion of the diift,
breaking away to within fifteen feet of
where we weie standing.
"Let us go !' said we, "Ihe w bole moun
tain is falling !"
"All is sound here,' said Bonner ; "yet
I don't care to remain" lorger. Had I
known What we were getting into I should
never have passed through this crumbling
drift. However, "All is well that ends
well," and you have seen and heard what
you will probably neither see nor hear
again, should you remain in the mines all
your life."
It was rather a lively bit of underground
experience. Virginia (At p.) Ttrritorii'J
Enterprise.
llttMAXUE AX It EE A LI TV.
A VEUITAl'.I.E KOtGII DIAMOND FKOM THE
PHL6S OK SOCIETY.
Every old resident or Kansas Cify, says
the Tinlr? of that place, remembers ,Liin
pey." the pa!e.raCed, emaciated lit lie vag
abond of two or three year ago. Four
years ago "Limpey" slept in hay lofts, in
cellars and empty freight cars, and when
he was i"t "out on the lay" either blacked
bord s or begged for f."d. "Limpey" was
under tlie ban of ihe poMce lu this city,
and ha' it tr.it been f r Ji's cii.tpicd condi
tion arid consumptive appearance he would
have been sent to the Woi k House as a
vagrant. While he was a resident iu th
city be was a pieat pest to ihe policf,
he tvfts tho leader of a most incorrigib'e
gang of young hoodlums, who infested the
full fairs iil the West and defied the detec
tion of detetiit'es or the efforts of the jo
lice to break r.p their gang.
Limpey' went away in .Tur.e, 1ST0,
and was lost to sight and memory both
until yesterday, when he reappeared
among his old acquaintances a man among
men and married to the gi'l of bis choice.
,-L:mpey," or, as he now stjles himself,
Dennis Garriglian, came to this city among
a party of litt e boys fiom the House of
Bt-fuge in New Voik, and was distiibutd
with the rest of thosn w ho desired to adcpt
children ''Limpey," being thin and lame,
met with jwnir treatment, and was soon
again a waif rpon 1 e streets. In June,
1S7G, "Limpey"' nnxle his way to Denver,
and fiom thence to Dead wood, in Ihe
Black Hills, w here he became , interested
with a party of miners. .be and Aleck Cos
grove and Sanderson Miller, with whom
lie eiigiged as cook, becoming part owner
in all their discoveries.
They w ere remai kably lucky last sum
mer, realising between ihir-y aud forty
thousand dollars of which "Limpey" re
ceived about six thousand dollars, besides
shares in Various lodes loer ed by his part
ners. He returned to Kansas City last
Wednesday,- I o pay a debt of gratitude to
a fiiend of the days of h'.s poverty, an old
woman who kept a den in the old Globe
House on the levee, and aftei wards eked
out a miserable existence wi 1 her little
daughter in the old Brittei field building on
Giaud avenue, and who had been a mother
to the refugee. He had never appealed to
the old woman in va'n when le w od
either concealment from the police r slu-1
tcr from ihe weather. In his prosperity
Dennis did not forget old Mrs, Stein and
hei daughter. More than one letter h is
readied them in the past year, bringing
money and comfort. They c'ninged their
home from squalid, poverty st lit ken looms
on Grand avenue to n MUall but rcj-ecla-ble
house tn Oak. ncal Foni tee'nth Micct,
where they remained aw hi?", but relumed
to looms o'l South Main t-ticet.
To cut the story short, "Limpey" came
back last week well "bechd," i.nd so
changed in appearanc? that his old frirn.N
did not ki.ow him His htmetifss lias al
most entirely left him, and tie weighs twice
as much as when ho i( ft here. He was
married on Fiiday night o Miss Mary
Stein in th presence of a select paityof
friends. "Limpey" proposes to ret urn to
Deadwood with his young wife and his
mo:her-iii-l.i w. Hv is as m.Miest in jo j
wealth as he was s: s.-y and ti unities. ime ii. ,
his poverty. There is one feature about j
"Limpey s actions w Ir.cli comn t-n-is its. u
to notice, lie did not forget the fiieuds
of his ail versify. The Time wishes the
strangely assorted couple success and hap
piness in their mountain home iu the Hills.
Is cii W11.E Bk, Which? Tho fallow
ing Contains pretty sensible ai gnu'ieiit on
both sides of the question : One speaker
said to another, "V u say that the evpes
sion 'To-nforrow f Wednesday' is noT ;o.-d
English, and t'lat I ought to say I'o ni -i--row
uill he Wed-iesd iy.' But 1 say Wed
nesday in to-morrow noir, bin when ;t
comes it will be to dry and i.ot tn-merrott.
It trill not be to morrow hereafter, but if
tomorrow now." "Well," said the Other,
"it is ar poor 1 ulo hat won't woik loth
ways. If you can say To morrow i Wed
nesday,' with just the same propriety yon
can say 'Yesterday i Monday.' and nobody,
it is needless to Say, ev- unud that ex-
J.lt)SalOl." -. . . . .
j -1 VETEEAX ASH HIS CUR.
; The order in lc01 to cu off their hair,
issued by Brigadier General James Wilkin
son, then gcneral-in chief, caused great in
dignation among thev elerau olJioers, w ho
looked uoii if as a "French innovation."
It was as follows: "For the accomm.xia
tion, comfort and health of the troops, the
hair is to be cropped without exception,
and the general will give the example."
This was followed by another, which saidj:
'Whiskt is and short hair illy accoid ; they
will not, therefore be permitted to extend
lower than the bottom of the ear. The
less lriir about a soldier's head, the neater
and cleaner will be lie." Of these orders,
the. fiist. as to cropping the hair, is still in
force. The second as to wearing whiskers
in any C.ber manner than tints j M'srril-d,
was not rescinded until 1 ?.": : and thou it
w as preset ibed and still is the iegulaiou
that "the beard may be worn at the pleas
ure of the individual, but must, lie kept
short and neatly trimmed." Fm the oof t
of cadets there is st iil the 1 ciriil.it imi, w hi '
is strictly enforced, that, "the hair is to be
shoil. or whM is gcnet.illy termed cropped
whiskers and mustaches shs.Unoi bo worn.
In IS 11 there was an old and d istingr ished
e llicer. Lieutenant Colonel l'li.nii.i.s Butlci,
commanding the Socond regular in fan iy)
who had entered the Second Pennsylvania
infantry as a first lieutenant in 177(1 (V.
C ir"s regiment, January 0), seived
t'.i ouoh that w ar w it h honor, been w ound
ed, and again twice wounded i:i St ( liii'n
defeat in 17?',. He s- leitinly dec at-d be
would not cut oil his much priced cue;
General Wilkinson did not then pre the
matter, but issued the follow ing 01 lcr :
'Liein. Colonel Commandant Butler, at
his particular icq icst, and in considera
tion of his iuliriu health, has permission (,,
wear his hair. n the subject of this
me.-isure ihe general will bi jetty oI n.-h o
that it has been sanctioned in America by
the first mi'.i'Hiy charge .ers of the Btitisli
and American ainiies; that it has been
recommended by the ablest gtneials who
have lived, and lias been adopted by the
best troops iu the wo Id, ami that the cut
of the hair is ass.vssentia! a pa it of military
uniform as the cut of ihe c.iat or color of
the facing. Arierwnid Wilkinson with
drew the indulgence, and as Col. Butler
persisted in a cue, he sent him, in 10:5,
before a general cnit tu.nii.il of h:s own
appointment, on this, f.:r disobedience of
oideis and other matters. Ho was acquit
ted of the other charges, but sentenced to
bo reprimanded -hi,h gave Wiihinsou an
opportu.iiiy to indulge in invective and
sarcasm, and to again ...dcr Col. Bu ler lo
cut oil hi' hair. The latter ;!! a personal
interview, refused (Wilkinson (, sepietaiv
of war. Washington. October '2 1U1. war
department files) and having g..ne to New
Oi leans and assumed c "i: us.iud, commit led
anew the breach of o.ders. At this time,
an arlillery officer, wiitio l:oi?e, said :
"Colonel But'cr wears his hair ands de
termined not tocill it ;?." (New Orleans,
November I). l?;f, Lieutenant. Colonel
Constant Freeman.) F.u (his Wilkinson
sent him before number geiiei.il couit mar
ti 1 for "willful, obstinate, and con! iuued
disohed i;ce of o.deis, and fir mutinous
conduct." The con . sentenced him to
suspension for one year, but before the or
der was i tied the vetaiau had been gath
ered to his lathers, and was buriei w.tli
bis cue. Magazine f Auti'-uh Hixtury.
EOVE IX A SLEEriXV-CAi:.
An amii jing hit 'dent bapj ned to a bri
dal couple on the Chicago and Alton tiaiu
a day or two ago. Tho Si. Louis Glo'-e
Ihimtrrrtt teds the f ti'ty as foll-iws : A
young gentlen: in livin- in Wisconsin had
successfully wooed a Voting lady of 7oi th
em Indiana. They met at Chicago, w herd
the knot was tied, and s'aited immediate
ly for St. Louis, where both have fi u nds.
On the Pullman the young people - fi
.remely affect innate to each other billing
nd ving before folks, and apparently
unconscious of the fitteis and si Jiiificant
smiles of their fellow passengers, "shortly
alter nightfall the bridegrom hunted up
the conductor and engaged a lowei birth
or the night. To bis .it rose in ntilicition
Ihe b; idft refused to ocenpy it, but insis ed
ou sitting up until the train should anio
in St. LouV, where -he wor.M b.ive the ad
vice and assistai.ee of fiiend. The bride
groom Coaxed and pleanc. rind used all
tho e pass' mate endcimjents that come
natur'l to lovers and young husbands, ht
the modesty of !l:e bi ide would m t j.ei mit
her toyte'd. The young man tl, night bis
biide was unreasonable, aft-used her of
cldners, told 1. or she didn't love him, aud
all that sort of 11011 ense, and ::s he appear
ed angir. the biide borst int. tears and
wept b'Meilv.
Snne of the otseir-nt passengers
thought it wastin.e to inteifere, aud one
of iheiri I n k the conductor aside and told
him there was a naughty yo.mg man in
in the sLmmht who' was iiymg to into an
innocent and coniidoig gil l. The cs.odoc-
rs indignation was nr.. ?id lie could
.1 t allow such a pi.-ceediog in his car, no
matter ho .v resj.erl aide 1 he -! a p It, ic h t be.
He rent a tries: rem to DecaTui, requesting
a polici m-iti to come a!.:i;-d on th aiiival
of the train and nircst a villain who would
be pointed out. In the meantime he w.u!J
keep his eve on the vie-seducer and s--e
that the l.nly wis protected. The bride
groom, igiioiam. ., tin- preparations t ort
foot lot h:s i'.rrc.U, r n:t:nued bis impxn-tu-iiTiies,
ind the sobtiing hi idu still resjs ed,
when the chtvahlc conduct , unable lon
ger to rest rain los indignation, placed his
baud on i!ic y..u i,f nM,'M shoulder and
told him if he didn't let that l.tdv aloue he
would throw -liu-o rr .-f u. window.
"Why. yo-i l. -diy. that l.tdv U 1. iv wif,..
we were tu.ii.te. I rr'.aifcurmng iuCbicflg.. '
"That's, too th.n, y iuii m.t!,; lh,,e
(;l.:c;ig. lu.inttvrv ate getting to Us Um,
CUI..111011 011 this find."
-B.it here istLyft-yiiagr certificate, you
eHse. How is that for high? And if that
wiui till, a-lt the hidv beisi.f."
The corrector eramined the marriage
c rtdici'e, but itm ia suishVd as it
might bv a f -ry Tl,, la.t y n 4
ed 10, but was to hysterical!,, reply - ,
conductor concluded l.'b.iiig the couple t
M. Linus a id urn t hem ovi-r to the p liu
fo dra!witi, then, as might be thoUlrh
poper. O . reaching the C.ion l,.IH,t l,
young couple were met by f,j U who
were known lo the d. id,,..,,.,.. H,, ,-,,
that things wore ). K . . .
, , . ,. . - ,,p Co fol ti u-
ble ti,t police will, the case. When ,.
facts wcr r.iiiile known to tin fr,.11(s ,f
Ihe patties, there was a hi .;- ,,, ,
their expem. and uw,il i. " j
btrtoife tiiy will teai tue lj,(. vt n