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I At Ebensburg, Pa., by H. A. McPike.
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(iiiaranteed Circulation - 1,198
; 1D STILL A BOOMING. MATCII IT?
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i !HIHS RlPriO.H RAT KM.
one copv. one year, cash in advance fl.afl
S " if not pM within ;l mos. 1.75
" " if not p'ri within 6 mos. 2.nn
tf not p'd within year.. 2Ji
rffTi persons rc?llin(r outside the county
il crnt lilirlonml per year will be chanted to
f putime.
j M-In no event will the above terms be de
. ar!'l from, and those who don't consult their
wn interests by Piiylnir ic advance mut not
ri" ft to be placed on the sam-; footinir as those
un.i "lo. bet this fact be distinctly understood
T-im this time forward.
? -l'ay for your paper before yon stop it, if
p it you must. None but scalawau-s do nth-
Advertisinrr Untcs.
i hV-r ,nd r:p dly lncrinL. rireiilatif.il
of Thk 1- nrr.M com nt M to ih,. fvnrohi
consideration of ual vcrtiscra. ArivertiiM-raeota
will be inserted at the following rates:
1 Inch, 3 time j M
1 " 3 months g'yj
1 6 months. ., a i
1 " 1 year .. hJt
S " months a,o
2 " 1 year o an
3 e months OU
3 " 1 year i;..TO
V col'n R months 1V0
) " a months SuJO
" 1 vear : on
1 fl months o on
1 1 year 7f..iO
Administrator's and F.xecutnr'e Notices... 2 V)
Auditor's Notice 2.'0
Stray and similar Notice l.W)
fhisincss items, first insertion l'k". per line;
each nuosequetit Insertion 5c. per line.
-tVnobif ioti. or irtCfrr1iriQ of fltiv C"nri'
ffon t'T cirtif, (rml rommtoitrrT't'otl t1rnjTtrrt tn
callnttrnlHin fomii mat Irruf limit fl ir inirufui!
nfrrrf . mtt f xiid fur n otvrirmrnf.
Job rBtrcTtto or all kind neatly and expedi
tiously executed at lowest prices. Don't, for-a-et
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H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
'HE 18 A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLATES BESIDE.'
SI.50 and postage per year, in advance.
VOLUME XIII.
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1879.
NUMBER 29.
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sfill a boom in t, bringing lielentle Slaughter to High Prices and
(Had Tidings to all the J'cople! Meantime Hundreds of 3 fen.
Women and Children continue to carry away armsful of
Goods as the result of fearful Financial Failures.
I WE SXATCHF.D XlIKSiS
g oods at prices so low
Hint we mn .- ynn anythlne yon want in the line of flothlnsr nt ilnrea no
one hwt ever .trenme.l of.
rrm: peopik vxcii: wild;
iTHE EXCITEAIENT INCHEASING!
A TEKUIIJLK PAINC FIIOM THE VERY START!
4 nttnnieri will plenc call early In trie mnriiliis to niahc their pnrrliair, n.
no Ami It iifffwury In the afternoon to employ n police force to
keep the sinriclna; inaa, of humanity In circulation.
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.LOW IN(i YVK (1IVE A FKYV
VYi: Ol'll'lt TO CASH lUVKi:s:
U Man's Suit for .?J.imi that otliers sell at .-?;.IH).
j A M.m's Suit tor f.".ii that otliers sell at .s.ih.
1 A fals Suit for .fT.iH that others sell at 10.ihi.
S A Man's Suit for f'.lHl that others sell at Sl'i.OO.
! A Man s Suit for Jlo.im that others sell at J1").n.
I A Man's Hlue Suit for .t.imi that others sell at II VO.
M.ni's air of Working l'aut's for .Hie.
r, A Man's iair of e.tra j;ool Workiii"; Pants for
A Man's White Vest for .Hie.
A Man's iiir f ( )veralls for '2t'.
. Man's irooil Calico Shirt for 4'h
" A Man's 'om1 White Dress Shirt for .Hc.
I A Man s Hat for :5Se.
A pair of Men's Susja-nilers for 7e.
Men's SiK-ks, jairs for :i-V.
! A lioy's Hat for J"ie.
Hoy's Coat. Pants ami Vest for $-2.'2.
And a thousand and one other things ire have neither time nor sjmce
to enumerate ; but just come and see the rush at the
RENOWNED
CLOTHING EMPORIUM!
j Comer ELEVENTH AVENUE and ELEVENTH Street,
Iprlt 2.1, S7f.-lu.
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THE LARGEST AND CHEAPEST HOUSE IN PENN'A.
IlaOiiK recently nrrepte.l the fJeneral Agency for 'entral PennsyHanla (In
addition to nr ol.l territory), n Itb headqnarters and
L.IRGE STORE ROOM AT 1404 1'.LEVEUII IVE.. JLTOOXi,
1 IN CHARCE OF MR. CEORCE W. COOD,
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And be In a: itrlrnns of rifcmllnE on r already Immense aalei of the moat eel
t ehratecl nl most tleslrahle
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J-arcjest 3? Cellars in tlie State
j OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST.
pur House u as established in lS.'tl in Pittsburgh, u here tee trill con-
! tinue at A". 7i fifth Avenue.
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Instruments Sold on Small Monthly Payments, j
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pl KOK ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES AND THICK LISTS.
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ASSIGNEE'S SALE
I'HF. nndersiirned. Assignee of Mntthlas Eder,
1 will ojhw to piiblio nli at the ( oart Hnase
in the City of Wiliinmspnrt, Pa., on
SA TUJtnA. Y, August 30th, 1S79,
At 10 O'CLOCK, A. Jt., the followlnit described
r?al estate, late the jn)ertv of said asMirnor, viz:
All those certain PiE'EN"iF IjAN1 situate in
the Township ol lfM-k. t'ountv of I.voominif.
and St.itoot Pf-nnsylvania. bounded on the north
j by land? of the hefrs of Ambrose Miller, ea.t by
J lands ot heirs of Andrew Hepburn and William
t'rownover. south by lands of Ezra fanfleld. and
I west by lands ol the beirs of Ijiwrunce Miller, con
taining !. Acrr, more or less, nlHut 100 Acres of
which are cleared, with the appurtenances, consist
ing of a Lime Kiln, one Hrick liwellinir House, a
larire Frame Harn, and other Outbuildings.
ALSO,
All that certain L.OT 1 K fK T"NI situate in the
Fifth Ward of the City ot Willinmsport. I'a., afore
said. Iwmnded and described is follows: On the
north by West Fourth street. on the east byt'entre
street, south by nn alley, and west by lot of H. H.
t'ummin. havinir a front on Fourth street of sixty
seven feet and a lepth of one hnnilred and ninety
feet, with the appurt enanees, consisting of a Hriek
I'wellinif House. Frame i ifficc. Frame Stable, ami
other inf build ins.
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All the riirht. title and interest nf the suiil Iat
tbi.is K.ler. as.-inor. in a I'AHTny jTU.HTof
I'NSEATEK LAM) situate in F.Ik township, Tin
tra ciuinty. Pa., surveyed on warrant numbereil
twenty-six hundred and torty-three ( No. J64.1), con
taining, in the whole, .s. Acrr. more or less.
ALSO,
All the riirht. title and intercut of the said Mat-
thlas F.der. a-siirnor. !cin:rnn undiviiled onk-hm y j
interest therein, in the following FoI'K TRAITS !
)F I ANI). viz : All that certain Tract of I'nseated i
Land sitti ite in the Township of Whito and Chest.
County of 'Cambria, and State ol Pennsylvania,
surveyed in(tbe warrantee name oi Thos. SantMtrn.
containing Acrrx anl l.U; PrrvUrx. Also, all
that certain tract of T'nsented I.and adj'iininif the
one last ies'ribe,l. and situate in the same county,
surveyed in the warrantee nameol Simon Walker.
Containing .JVC .4-rc nd . I'rrcht. Also, all that
certain tract of I'nseated Land adjoininir the one
I last described, and situate in the same county, sur
veyed in the warrantee name of Henry rhiliips.
containing ." Arm iind v Prrrhrx. Also, all that,
certain tract of I'nseated Land ad.joinimr the one
last described, anil situate in the same county, sur
veyed in the warrantee name of William Parker,
containing J. Arrr and Prrrhr.
ALSO,
All the riiiht. title and interest nf the aid Mat
thias F.der. assignor, beinir an undivided onk
Titiun interet therein, in all those certain FOI'H
TH ACTS OF I'NSF.ATF.D LAND situate in the
Townships of Portage and Sylvania, County of Pot
ter, and State of Pennsylvania, surveved in war-
j rants numbered tour thousand six hundred and ,
twentv. four thousand six hundred and twentv-one. I
four thousand six hundred and twentv-two". and I
I four thousand mx hundred and twenty-three, (os.
j -evjii. w-JI. 4ri-M and 4i-j:i. ) each tract co'ntaliiing loo
. Arrr. more or less : said tour tracts being contiirn-
nn to each other.
Term of Na 1 e. Twenty per eentnm of the
purchase money to he paid on the day of sale, and
the balance on the hrt day ol Octeber next, when
the deeds will be delivered.
JOHN WHITE.
ssigneeof Matthias Eder.
Williamsport. Pa.. July 1373. 7-1 .-3t.
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SHERIFF'S SALES. P,v virtue of
nnilrv writ il Alia fjirari h'acint, rnditioni
; h'jftnnat anI Ain I trri facto. xvt out ii t!ie
turt l Coinmoa Plfa" tl I'-imtTiii mnty nni to
; mi1 tlirert(l, thfro will to fxiosci to juiMir
' nt the hotfl of iiir;il h':i;tt. in .Thntiwn. n Strt-
': itrdcy. Antinxt 17: nX '2 VIM"k, P. M..the tHw-
j In roal estate to wit :
All Mie rtirTit. fitlf nn-l intoro-t ff If. 1). W.km
rvtl. t1". in :ui-l f all that cTt.iin lot of irr"'Uiid sit
Katftl in 'u-iManuli I'oroii-li. 'nmrii! r -unty,
'it., itf-i inniirj on Siniror street, on t'i- inniiT of
Ijt-t No. 14: thi'Tice hy sao! street tlirep jicn licH to
Kuens alley; theio-f fiy ailey to Kmjr.-tin al-
: ley: thi'iiei Ity Kinj:ton alN'y Mr-hos to lot
". 1: thrneo t'V sai l lot 11 jion-'lu s to til plnce
ot ' loirinniiif anl known on ilan of lot ot.loluts
twn fontinticii nf lot nniuoer thirteen M-'i) etf..
hfinir th ainlit tf irroun! "Rhieh .tohn S. Hn
j ehnuau nnl wilp. Iv looI latpl April 4, ls7o, nml
j reorlfv at the Hrcor.ler"? orfiee tr t '.niihria ronn
; ty in Ke-pl Hok vol. rl. 'J41. s-o c.iivpvci! to the
; -aitl II. I. W.WMlri.lt. totrcther with the" heretlita-
mr-nt; ami apjinrtenance-. Taken in cxeeittion
ami to 1 it'hl at the suit o! Johnstown Ruihlinir
i :n! Ixan As-fM-iatitut.
Ai.-. all thf riirht. title ami interrt of John
, Jones nnil atherino Jon. ot. in anl to a lot ff
irroun! situate.! in the Fourth war-l ! Johnstown
hoTtuii. f'ninhria etumty. I'a.. trout in:; on tho
! east on Ailains street. nttttni nsr lot ol Johnstown
School iH-triet on flie simth. lot .f John .1. TrelTs"
i heirs on the west, ami nn alley ort the north, hav
' Inir thvren creete.l a two tory plank hmwe ant!
s table, now in t lie rN-eiipa m-y of John Jo ties.
Taken in exeenthtn ami to he soM at the ruiit uf
.Tthn V. Harne-.
, Also, atl the riirht. title ami interest of 1'atrick
: Flinn. of. in ami to a lot of trmund si'oatet! in the
i Seenml warl of i ttn-iuaiirh iHtrouuh. 'amhria
; c-otnty. la.. trontinu on .-trert. ml joinin-
'. lot ol 1'atriek lnr;iy nn the ea.-t, n an aUrvon
J the ffct, extern! inir haek to street or la lit t of
amlria Iron o., having thereon ereetel a two
j story vlank hou-'c. now in the neeupnnryof I'atriek
j Klinn. Taken In eveeution anl to he Fold at the
uit ol KraneH levlin.
j Tkp ms op S.m.f. t !ie-thir-I of the jiurHiase
. money to he ;in! when the property is knHkeil
, thtwn. nml the remaininu" two-ttiirls bffnre theeon
. hnnation it tfie JtHN KYAX. Sherilt.
j Sherifl's ttrfiee. Kheiishurir, A hit. 4. 1 7'.
OIIKKIFF'S SALK. Uy virtue of a
rZj wri t of Vrntf. hl.r.nn., issued out of the rphans'
, 'ourt ami i 'ourt of 'oininin Ile.is of ('ambri
county and. to me direetrd. there will he exi'sed t
, putdie sale, nt ttic Court House in Kbensbunr. on
Vfnfft, S ptrmbrr vf. fs','. nt 1 oehek. r. m.. the
Itdhtnimr rejil estate, to wit :
All the ri-.'ht. title and interest of Isaac F.iite anl
Ay-Ilium Iute. o(. i:i and to a piece or pan-el ot
j land (Mtuated in Siis-Hehann:! town-hip. i ainbri;i
etuinty. I'a.. a! n i hit lauds of J.din Oanhier.
; Adam Inlay. peter Oannan. anl WiPiatii iar-
man. cintaiui(iu l"-i aeres. more or less, a 1 tout .V)
1 acres of wli ieh a re cleared, bavin:; thereon erected
: a om-aml-n-hall story plank house and trame sta
i Ide. tmw i n the M-eUtancv ot " i II ia tn 1-ute. Taken
in execution and to tie sold at th suit of J. T.
; lt.ickhoii-e :md Sarah Ann, his wife, in riirht ol
; said Sarah Ann.
j Tkkm ok Sai k, m-t!i:rl of the purchase
, titmiey to he paid when the property is knocked
j down" and the remaininu: t wo-thinl- k trr the eon
! timiatton ot the deed. JiMN K V AN. Slierifl.
t Sherifr- (ihce, Khenslmr-r, An-r. . 1jT'..
IcjIIKIUFF'S SAIJ-.-Hy virtm- nf a
' writ ft f'r. FtK. l.-uca nrit of the t'oiirt nt 'itin
I n'n !'!r..i f ':onlri:i county ami tu nif airctfil.
, thfr will tt eM.pl to pul'lic H:ilc. at the t'lmrt
! Houho In Ktnrlnlrv. on Mnnrtatj. rttrmbrr lit. s,.'.
I st 1 o'clock. P. M., tin; lollowitiir roiil estate, to wit :
! All the riirlit. title nml interest ol Jo'cph Stonc
: liluliter. .Tr., of, in anl to a piece or parcel ot land
1 Mtuatctl in Harr township, famhria rounty. I'a..
a!loinin laml' ol I.. ?lan'ol,. M. Koish". Win.
Shank. :ml others. con:aini; loo aeres. more or
f le-s. alMiiit il nercs of whieli arc cleared, having
; tliercdi erecteil a nne-anrl-a-lialt story plank liont
nnil loir harn. now in the occupancy of" Joseph
StonehiirhTcr. Jr.. ami a one story lioiwc in the itc
1 rupancy of Joseph StonetMtrht'r. Sr. Taken in pi-
entionanl to he soM at the suit ol Jiseih Stonc
: Milliter.
'I'F.itMH or Sm.k. One-thm! of the pnrehasi
money to he pai l when the property is knoeke.1
down anil the reinainiirz twiKthirils hrj'tt.-r the coii
tiruiation ot'the leei.
Ji H1N RYAN. Sherifl.
Sherlfl's tltTii-e. Klx-nshnr. Anir. 4. Is7.
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SSKJN EE'S SALE. By virtue of
an onlor of the Conrt of Common l'leas ot
i aintiria comity, to ine direct ei. I HI excise to
j eiil.li- sule on tin- premises, on Sjtrlay. the
I -2:tl I.T of nmt. A. I. I79. at 2oVi.ni k.
' r. v.. the interest ot A. K. I.it7.in:rcr. tieinir thi- nn
1 ili .lel two-tifths Interest, ol. in ami to tlie follow
ing i!fsi-rilci! r.il ctnte. vir.: All tluit certain
riKt'KOK I'.A Kt'KI. tK I.AM) situate in flear
i lid. I townsliiji. in said county of t 'ambria. boitnlci
; liv lands ot ll:iii Ivory. John Shank. .Michael Will,
j Thoxlore Storm. rlv:irit llnrk. an l others, eon
1 taininir Arrr, more or less, li.tvinir alwiut 't Aeres
j rlrnrcil. It is sit'inteil (iIhiui one mile friim the
!xron:rh o t'host Springs nl has a irood t.lnlurd
J on Tlo- .r.'!ii:os.
i Tehws opSalk. tiiic-third ot the imrrliase nion
j ey to lie paid on the continuation of the sale, and
I the remainiler in twoeipial annual payments, with
1 interest, to he secure. I lv the ju lirm-nt bond of the
I purchaser. ' H..I. HAHS.
i Ana. 1. 17;. It. Assignee of A. R. Iitxinirer.
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XECUTOH'S NOTICE.
K-r-it'- "t M m:: rv-T ATKisnv, (l.-M.
l,eU-r-i it?-. ;!-!' ntary n thf p-tatc ot Mnnc.irM
Atkins':i. litre o! fr-!t l-'-rniiub, U-!. Ii riir
Inmti trnin''l tt the nt!ri'jriirii. not ion lien-r-y
iriwi l nH i-vr-i-m iniU-lt. To .-'jii'l r-t.ite th:it
;iyiiont nnst ! in1f without l-lriy. :m-l t!io-r
i-iviii'r rianiT 'j.t!Tit tf smtid'' s!ohi!I Tiwont
Mirm lulv a-i!,if:iiir:iT(Ml tor -cTt;. mont.
Kii A1S ( t KIKI,. KvT!itur.
ItroUo. July is. IcO.t.-m
. DMLMSTHATnirs NUTICK.
jL V. Vtiitc oT tJv.ocoK Wkhv. Sr.. ileccnsed.
I,etfers ol A'bninfstrati.m on the estate ol (ii'ii.
Wchn. Sr.. late ol Jackson tow its hi p. 'ainbria coun
ty, ib-c'il. havlnir hci ii granted to the ninlorsined
tiy the Ki 'isterot sa'd county, all p'Tsniis iml.-'.te.l
ti" said estate arc hereby nottiied to make payment
without iletny. and those haviivj claims against
the s:imewill present them n-perlv anthenticatrd
l.r settlement. .I AS. !. SIN IKK.
Kbenshunr. July 2 IST't.-SI. Admini'trator.
STIIAV CATTLE.-strayed from the
premises nf the subscriber, two miles sonth of
Klx nslinrv. ulniit the first ol .Inly, two one-year-old
white Mitted hellers, and tivo one-year-old
steers, one ol Hie latter bclmr red in color and the
ft her red and white soitei. Any information
conccrni iik them sent by letter or otherwise to the
subs, rilicr ut Kbensluiii" will be libenillv rewarded
Auit. I. ls7ii.-:;t. AMUiKVV LINK.
AlvertisementnotIl::;;:.rs,:
serted 1 week In 850
! ,.a;.iphlct. !. I'. HOW I LL t ' .,
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liRANnnOTHKR (;R1T.
BV Sf ART KKKLEY nOl'TELLE.
Faded and fair, in an old arm chnir,
Sunset tfildimr her thin white hair.
Silentlv knittimr. sits Srandmother Jray :
While 1 on my elbows beside her lean.
Ami tell what wonderful thlmrs I mean
To have, and to do. II I can, some day :
You can talk so to Jramlmother dray
She doesn't laugh, nor send you away.
T see as I look from the window seat,
A t.onse over yonder, ncross the street.
With a fine'French roof anil a frescoed hall ;
The deep bay windows are full of flowers;
They've a clock of bronze that chimes the hours.
And a fountain I hear it tinkle and fall
When the doors are open : "I mean.'' I say,
"To live in a house like that some day."
"Money will buy it," says t Grandmother fJrny.
"There's a low barouche, all urreen and irold,
And a pair of horses as black as jet,
I've seen drive by and before I'm old
A turnout like "that I hope to iret.
H'w they prance and shine in their harness iray I
What fun twonld be if they ran away !"
"Money will buy it," says (Grandmother Gray.
"To-morrow. 1 know, a irreat ship sails
I )nt of port and across the sea :
( )h. to feel in my face the ocean gales.
And the salt waves dancing under mc I
In the obi far lands of leirend and lay
I long to roam and 1 shall, some day."
"Money will do it," says (Grandmother Gray.
"Ami when yon are old. like me," says she,
"And aretting and golna are done with, dear.
What then do yon think the one thing will be
Yon will wish and need to content you here?"
"t Hi, when in my chair 1 have to stay,
Itvc. yon see, will content me ' I say.
"That money won't buy," says.CJrandinotherClrny.
"And. sure cnoutrh. If there's nothing worth
All your care, w hen the years are past.
But love in heaven and love on earth.
Why not le-in where you'll end at last?
Hetrin to lay up treasure to-day,
Treasure that nothinir can take away,
Bless the Ijord !" says Grandmother iGray.
BORDER ROM AM E.
THE LIFE AM) IEATlTOF AN OLD FRON
TIERSMAN A MAN WHO MIOIIT
HAVE BEEN A HERO.
A rniTesiioiKlf'iit of (lie Boston ll , ahl
writes as follows from Denver, Col.: "I
read in t lie Ienver Tribmir, the other
mominir the announcement of the kill-
j11:,0f Yardinaster lack Fineliart, of the
. ... . . ...
IHMlVfTaiHl Rl (riaiul iailral. 1 llie-
hart had held his appointment only three
days, having received it from the Atchi
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, on
the occasion of the transfer of the Den
Yer and Hio t'rande, in accordance with
the order of the federal court. The
iniragraph startled me exceedingly.
Jack Fineliart "s was a figure familiar in j
certain ciicles of society all over ihis !
Western country. In most of the Slates '
ami territories his deeds have made him j
almost an outlaw Jim Currie, who .
shot Porter, the actor, in Texas, drew '
his first pistol under the tutorship of I
Fineliart. Jack Fineliart has left a trail '
easy to follow him by wherever he has
been. He was no vulgar rullian. He j
was as nearly the ideal of a frontier ;
'character' as I have ever heard of one ;
man's 1-econiing. Imagine a man six j
feet tall or over, with not an ounce of :
superlluous tlesh up m him. iossessel uf ,
a handsome, determined face, stern as j
t hecountenance of justice ; a man whose '
immense strength is hidden in the finish '
of his proportions. He walked with '
graceful military erectness and saluted !
his acquaintances with great courtesy, j
His large moustache and broad white j
hat set him off to peculiar advantage.
As any one who might have seen Buffalo
Bill in hi.- wild days would have set him
down as an uncommon man, so any one
mweting Jack Fineliart would have won
tiered what sort of a record the man had.
Jack is a Texan by birth ami bringing !
up ; a Texan in his instincts; a typical
Texan in his manners ; a Texan in his ;
doings ; a Texan in his method of ,
carrying his revolver (fully cocked ami ;
hanging from a lelt liehind); a Texan
in his record ; a thorough Texan 'son
of-a-gun." The earliest days of the
man s me were proiiamy tlie most ex
citing. Blood was spilled as freely as
water twenty years agoall over the West.
Deeds that history shudders to relate
were on the town annals of ever- ham
let. The frightful mcr-il abandon of
border life in Texas now is scarcely
worthy of notice in comparison with the
life of a score of years ago, when .lack
Fineliart was a lad. He had a tine lield
to study in, and he was well bred. A
man started his cemetery before crossing
the threshhold of nianhiMxl, and liefore
the down had left his cheek murder was
no novelty to him. Fineliart was often
a leader of desperate people, and death
came to hiiu a hundred times ; hovered
about him ; llirted with him ; all but
took him. and then departed. I am
telling the story of this man's life to
show you an inside picture of a liorder
man. a little redeemed from the despera
do, in all his moods, lie did not rob
' railroad trains, coaches, horsemen, foot
! travelers, nor anyliody else, with his
hands, hut he quarreled, and drank, and
killed, and lived along the frontier towns.
Finally the war broke out. He had by
this time acquired that i-rfeet fearless
ness and indifference to death that in
. some men accustomed to facing it lie
comes an absolute passion, urging them
madly on to wherever a prospect of
death exists. Fineliart selected for his
jiosts in the war the most foolhardy,
'dangerous and death-tempting there
were to lie l.ad. He ran jMiwder trains,
I made journeys of exploration to see if
the railroads had lieen torn up, at the
; rate of 7't miles an hour ; heentered the
I'nion camps at all points, led forlorn
: hoes, was always in front in a skirmish,
scouted and spied until the business
palled on him, and he mixed himself up
' in railroad affairs until no undertaking
I was too hazardous. Once he started to
j cross a river over which the bridge tot
tered and appeared alnnit to fall, having
i been burned by the Union troojis. Every
, body left the engine, and Jack plung '.
over the bridge alone. The bridge went
down, but Fineliart jumped and swam
' ashore. They were escaping from a
! Union neighborhood, and were under
pursuit. Fineharfs companions were
captured. On one occasion there was
a o-reat 1 in 1 1 v in the nrnvv :iml bis urnu-. !
ess vvas not limited in any direction.
He 'had frequently killed ins man: in
' fact he enjoyed killing his man : it was
a very appetiing thing to do. In those
days in Texas (he was a Texan) you
could serve your time at thistrade witli
1 out anyj annoyance from the justice of
i the icace. Ves, lie. had a beautiful
; cemetery in Texas, and was going back
i presently to continue the work of op
I ulatingit. One day Jack Fineliart. who
j watched his colleague in the graveyard
business a good ileal, happened to lie in
i a saloon with him. The stranger had
hardly ceased relating some wonderful
adventures, when .lack drew an enor
mous rcvoU'cr. cocked it, and laid it on
the bar ljeside the man. Tlie latter
stared at the pistol and then at .lack.
Finehart filled a glass with whisky, and,
retiring a few steps, tasted it. Then he
said, facing the stranger :
"They call this good whisky. Smell
of it, and giY'e me your opinion." And
he dashed the tumblerful into the stran
ger's face.
Tiieiv l.i v iVViiiVrf at 1'ie .o.i.i's
ellxiw ; there stood Finehart, waiting to
lje sliot dead.
The stranger did not move, but in as
tonished silence wijied the whisky from
his face. Then Jack stepped up, took
the pistol, and iointing it between, his
eyes, said :
"Now, damn you, apologize for your
lies and slope.."
The man did this all very abjectly.
Jack and a friend were sleeping in a
log cabin on the prairies in Texas, keej
ing dark for some very good reason.
They suddenly, in the middle of the
night, heard voices outside. Says Jack,
with his habitual drawl :
"Let's see who they are."
His friend was already looking out.
Jack," he remarked, ''they've got a
rope."'
Jack paused, thoughtfully felt of his
neck, and drawled, "Don't be scared;
it's me,"
He knocked out the cartridges of lioth
his revolvers, and replaced them with
others. He then felt of his bowie kHife,
and made a numlier of rapid and ex
hausting movements to ascertain if he
was stiff or not incondition. Meanwhile
he could hear voices in different kevs
cry ing. "Jack !" "Jack Fineliart !"
"Come out, you damned Texan."
"Come in, 1kvs," he drawled, getting
his tools ready. Just as he stepied out,
a cocked revolver in each hand, and a
bowie knife across his mouth, there was
a roar of laughter from the crowd.
It was moonlight, and Jack was ar
rested in the act of opening fire.
The leader then assured him that they
simply wanted his assistance to run Stub
Hawkins, a notetl horsethief, off to cot
tonwool. Jack put up his pistols in great dud
geon ami (lisapiHuiitment.
On another occasion Jack was in a
New Mexico barnxm. A young New
Yorker was talking a great deal, and
Jack, in his drawling Texan humor or
indifference (the quality resembles
either), offended and insulted him with
out intent. Finally the New Yorker
drew a seven-chamliered pea-shooter and
discharged every barrel at Jack Fine
hart. The desjierado received the shots
without moving a muscle until exhaust
ed. Then, drawing quickly a pistol a
foot long, he shivered the iiea-shonter
out of the Youngster's hand, and said :
Stranger, buy a gun that won't dis-
grace this country." (
lie delilierately put his "gun" back j
and did not even look to see where the i
New 1 orker's shots struck.
A young gentleman Ijefriended Jack
and won his everlasting devotion. Fine- !
hart was one of the most delicately or-
ganized men I ever met. He was like a .
woman; only less ashamed of natural j
emotion. Jack heard of some danger j
iuniending over his friend. For three :
,lljtllt!l3 lw fl. HTfTLt. I lt!r, l'l,- 'II, .1 i-iiir1i4-
ever hoverii.ir around him.' with two re- !
volvers lmckle.l .ilmiit bin. At last the i
night of the consummation of the scheme i
of revenge was at hand. Two men :
sprang iqion the young man with the in- !
tention of letting out his lifebhiod with ,
kni"es. j
"Save me," he contrived to scream. !
"That's what Jack Fineliart has lieen j
waiting two months to do," cried the i
owner of the name, as soon as the smoke j
from his shots had cleared off. j
Drawing and firing both revolvers at
once, he had pinked ltoth the assassins. !
Fineliart had a powerful name in
Texas, in Arizona, in Kansas, in New j
Mexico; not a gambler from Texas to
the Black Hills but respected the name. :
An exiH-rt gambler, an unerring shot, ;
unequaled as a companion on a spree, he :
I was, nevertheless, .scrupulously honest,
tender-heart ed, sensitive and easily pro-
yoked to tears. He had a way ot sub
duing a pack of scoundrels by walking
i into their midst unarmed and uttering
Tiis wish. He brought eight men one
j cold night, while he was on a spree, out
of a house ot prostitution, and arranged
them, without any clothing, all in a row
along the sidewalk, ..here he delivered
a lecture to the chattering wretches on
the "Evils of Immorality." He had
one love affair, ami it was the romance
in his life. I don't know the romance of
it. Nobody dies but Jack, and he was i
not conimmiicat ive abo.it it. it seems .
that his brother was equally involved
about the girl, and after much bitter i
feeling ami exchanges had been indulged i
in lietween them resiiecting the lady, t
they came toan understanding thorough-
ly typical of the hard, uncompromising ''
nature of Western quarrels. The un
derstanding was to the effect that the
men pledged themselves never again to
speak to the girl, the penalty for an in- ,
fraction of this rule lieing that one ,
brother should kill the other. This was :
the compact. To any one familiar with ;
the history of the West there is nothing ;
strange, unnatural or startling altotit it.
The brothers sejiarated, and each went !
his way. This was some years ago. !
This .slimmer Jack sought out his brother, '
and found him in Denver. Iletoldhim i
briefly that he had broken his oath, and '
wanted the compact kept. Ther? was ;
nothing almut Jack's demeanor that in- ;
di'-ated fear. He was melancholy and j
quiet. This was indeed his habitual j
manner. He was firm in his determina- ;
tion to die by his brother's hand. The;
witness to the compact was in Denver, j
He was found by Jack, and the fact was i
narrated to him. He offered remon- ,
st ranee, of course ; Jack was as tirm as
iron. J i is influence over the witness,
and the desire of the latter to see it out
and put in as many olistacles as possible,
induced him to accompany his friend
The brother was
waiting, ami they
walked out on the I'latte river bank. It
was late in the afternoon. The sun was
making countless lieauliful shajies and
colors over the mountains. The air was
cool and dry, and the earth looked very
fresh and green. It was a singularly
inviting asiect. and the world never ajv-
peared more tempting as a place of re
sidence. The men spoke not a word,
but strode steadily along, .lack in front.
The witness was alarmed and horrified,
lie knew not what to do. It was im
IHissible to influence these men ; but he
could not now back out. They at last
reached a quiet spot in a shady valley.
The I'latte ran b"si le them, and would
carry the liody of .lack Finehart with it
in a few moments. Thev paused. .lack
drew a Derringer and examined it care-
fully. Apparently satisfied with his m- alnnit m shreds ami patches. W e have ;,,,., (.f , is en-ine. He had l-eou w.itVh
sicction. he cocked it and handed it to ! seen a tramp dressed in more rags than j t.u, ,., mfsaw his face as he crossed
his brother. Then walking a few yards i you could rake out of the family rag-bag m-7.r the track and walked into the engine.
l.r ftirnoil a tw-o-tbinls urolile toward
him, presenting his heart as a mark to
shoot at. There, the Texan stood, with
his arms folded and an expression of
quiet melancholy on his face.
"I am readv,' he said, casting a sin-
gle glance at his brother, with whom he
had previously shaken hands, and then
turning his gaze toward the river. The
brother leYcleil the pistol, took delilwr-
ate aim, ami pulled the trigger. The
cartridge did not explode. Jack tiling a
i, nick look at it. and, seeing his brother
about to try again, once more gazed at
the river. After another long aim, the
brother suddenly threw the pistol into
the river and wheeled about. Jack ad
vanced in anger.
"You're a perjurer," he said. "I
would have killed jou."
The brother did not reply, but turned
and walked toward home.
Jack followed with the greatly re
lieved witness. He did not utter a word
until they parted at Denver. He made
related efforts to induce his brother to
carry out the contract, and seemed more
anxious to die the more he reflected upon
his escape. He apjteared to court death
with moody anxiety, and long after this
affair had ceased to torment him, this
strange, restless desire to meet death by
violence haunted him. At o'clock oil
the morning of his death (he remained
up liecause he was tilled with a suffocat
ing sense that death was coming) he
walked down Sixteenth street with a
friend, and said :
"It's coming, coming, 1 feel it in the
air ; but I don't know how, and I'd like
to know. I've got the 'sand' to die
game, and I'll die in my ltoots. but I'd
like to know how it's coming."
"You ought to go somewhere, Jack,"
said his friend.
"There isn't a spot in this Western
country where Jack Fineliart is not in
danger," he jeplied.
At 10 o'clock he was attending to bis
duties as yard master. A switch-engine
was going down the yard liehind a pas
senger train, and Jack, knowing the en
gineer to lie a Denver & Hio (irande man.
i , , , - . . . ,
and being distrustful of him, .inmiied on
the step ami role along with him. The !
rickety engine was going very fast. It ;
went off the rails and fell over, and i
Yardmaster Fineliart was
death and badly mutilated,
neer was also killed.
crushed to
The engi-
To think that a man who was covered
from head to foot with knife and pistol
scars; a man whose tieatn was manv
times due, perhaps, from the hands of
other men, should meet it at last by a
railroad accident ! His funeral was "at
tended by great numiiers. and, as he lies
in the cemetery', one sees over his gra'e
onlv the simple inscription. "Jack Fine
hart." AX EDITOR'S VALEDICTORY.
,.. , .
The editor of a New 1 ,rk State jour-
n'al, on retiring from the profession not
long since, embraced the occasion to give
utterance to some sentiments which are
applicable the world over among news
paper readers. Hear him :
Having for nearly seven years lieen a
weekly visitor at your homes, kindly
sharing the hospitality, and. Aye hojie,
contributing somewhat to the comfort
of the same, it only remains to shake
hands all around, take an affectionate
B,,l beart -breaking farewell, and come
"n innre, prooalily, forever.
Good-bve. It has lieen spoken OA'er
the dead lying in their coffins. It has
lieen sjioken when an ocean wa-s to roll
in between parting hearts, but it never
is spoken with such pathos and unction
as when a country editor, with the mem
ory of his hard grubbings and his scant
comforts pressing nixm him, hands his
valedictory OAer to the comixisitor. puts
the stub end of his worn out pencil into
his breeches jxicket. and shuffles his
rheumatic legs doAvn stairs, to go no
more back forever.
"AVe part upon the square." AVe pro
claim general amnesty all round. We
expire forgiving our enemies, and shall
haunt those who obstinately refuse to
forgi-e us. We are liouiid to lie for
given. Farmers, good-live. You are the dor-
sal column of the country editor's sub-
script ion list. It could not stand erect
without your help. May the time soon
come when r.o mortgage, like a great 1
morass in the centre of a pleasant mead- ,
ow, shall obstruct your prosperity.
Have you ever given us wood of scrimp
pattern and highly jierforated cordage ?
The act is forgiven. Have you ever '
given us butter of most unhallowed fla
vor ? We hope after a little, to forgive
even this.
There is a particular class of patrons
whom eveiy depart ing country editor re
memliers with special gratitude. It is
the sulistantial, thoroughly steadfast,
patrons -the men who an never blown
out of favor with hiiu by the light gusts
of ill wind. They are the men w ho cash
their bills with thoroughly professional
honor and promptness. We rememlr
all such men in Grot on with downright
and uncompromising gratitude. We
count their names with thankfulness.
They are like the brick walls which hold
this office alxive the street liclow.
Support the new management. A
country newspajier needs friends, and
cannot afford to have enemies. Don't
get mad if something fails to suit, and
stop your isitronage. Don't prattle all
over the village aliouttlie shortcomings
of the editor co-operate with and en
courage him. Help him to get news,
and see that he has his share of your
money to lo business with. Don't loaf
around his office and steal his time.
Don't give him too much good advice,
lie knows more aliout his business, pro
baluily, than jou do. Help, but don't
hinder. Again, good-bye.
, 1I.VAVKKYK BKFI.KCTIONS. Don't.
judge a man by his clothes. Can yon i
tell what a circus is going to N; like :
i by looking at the Italian sunset on the ,
: fence lo yon value a turkey for its !
; plumage? And isn't the skin of a mink I
the most, and indeed, the only valnalih
part of him ? There are men fair to
look ujHin, who wander up and down 1
this country, and sit in the coolest plac-'
es on the hotel piazzas, who are arrayed
in fine linens and cardinal socks, ami '
who have to hold their hand over their
scarf pin when they want to see the
moonlight, w ho nnassistedand unpronip- !
ted. do not possess the discretion to i
come in when it rains, ami don't know 1
enough to punch a hole in the snow
with an uiibrella. And soft snow at
that, without any crust on it. Now
and then, sou, ie fore you are as old as
Methusaleh, you will see a hat that is
worth twice as much as the head it co--ers.
On the other hand, don't fall into
the error of 1m lieving that all the good
ness, ami intelligence in the world goes
anil with more ilirt ami hair on bun
than would suffice to protect a horse,
who would step up to the front door ami
i demand three kinds of cake, half a pie.
j some Mack coffee and vanilla ice cream,
and then steal every moveable thing in
the yard, kill the dog, choke up the
! pump with sand, tramp on the pan'
lied ami girdle the cherry trees liecause
he couldn't cirry tb.em away. Oood
! clothes or bad, son, they are never an
! infallible index to the man that is in
1 them. ;" ';;.''a Jf nrl-r t.
THF. -tl.4RRII.il WAS.
Ailown the street the married man
Starts off with hnrrtci! trenl.
But from the ilimr a nilely voice
falls. lN.nt forvet the hrenil.'
He smile am! tiixls. ami turn? to iro.
That careless marrieil mnn.
When louil the servant calls him, "Oh '.
You haven't irit the can :"
He nods arin. In fretful Myle,
Knt pulleth ilown his hat :
And lo. In j sister, w ith a smile.
t ries, "Won't you hrlnn my hat?"
"Oh. yes !" he shouts, and. truth to tell.
He need not shout so loud ;
Hut shrill his son. with stunninir yell,
"Theatre tickets lor the crowd :'
His daughter, from the window hlirh.
Kstops him w ith her call.
She wants a fan. a pairol irloves.
And a new pink parasol.
He hears no more.
11 is eehoinu hnit
far down the street.
teps Hy ;
And all day lonir in measure fleet
lie hums. '-Sweet Imy and fmy."
Hut when the eveninir respite hrtnirs.
Ami his il.iy's toil is done.
Tlmnuh told to iret a hundred thinsrs.
He hasn't icot a one.
Itnrliitfrton 1lirk ryr.
YARNS BY A TRAIN'S CREW.
A newspaper corresjmndent dishes up
the following queer stories told not long
since in a thing baggage car Wtween
Philadelphia and New York :
THE TKACKMF.X.
I occupied the top of a trunk in a hagiriiev
car at tlie rear of a way train from riiiinrtcl
phia tin the Pennsylvania Kailroatl. the other
night, and evervone of the train hands spun
a vani ix toro we rcaciicit .lersev t nv. l i"'
general conversation was started hy my ask- ;
ing the tiecupatioii of a man I saw on the
inn h, 1 ill! villi; It Mill; mill a w line iii;iu, mill
wa,kinl! along witli his eves on the ground.
jip ioked like a geologist examining the
soil. 1 was tol.l that lie was a "track walk-
cr," and that the railroad employs many ;
men one to every turee nines to pairoi uie .
track night and day. after the English plan.
Thes; track walkers carry a wrench, ham- I
I iner, spikes, switch key, and what not.
j Thev examine every inch ol the rails, par- ;
tieufarly the joints, repair whatever (rets out i
'. of order, and undo anv obstructions that ;
I ma ,,av? ,M'eu erected with mischievous in
tent.
"And are olistrnctions sometime found
by them'." the conductor was asked.
"Afore frequently than you'd think," was
that official's reply. "That very man you
asked aliout found a rail tied" across "the
track twice in twenty-four hours, just alutve
Bristol station. He found ties piled up more
than once near a curve, and as for loose rails
thev are found every night. tJenerally,
I hxise rails are in the natural order of events." I
i -What docs he do at night when he comes
across an obstruction?" was the next qnes- :
tion. ;
i "He signals the endangered train," was ,
the rep'y.
"Yes : but his light is a whit
"Well, lie carries a red gins-
1 one. ;
cover to put i
over the white sliade, tne conductor inane
reply.
"And if he nttacks or is attacked "
"lie is armed," the conductor interrupted.
Stories of lights in which railroad men
took part, wen suggested and narrated.
WIN'OOW llltF.AKKIiS.
Cine was alMint a conductor of the New
Jersey Southern in .lim Kisk's time when
the biggest train loads ever seen in New
Jersey were carried down to Monmouth
Park." Boughs were not uncommon, and a
custom roughs bail was that of breaking
car door panes. These lights cost about a
dollar ami a half, but the companies charged
three dollars for them as a protective meas
ure. The conductor referred to reported a
numlierof broken door panes, and told Su
perintendent Kimball he could neither get
the inonev nor arrest the roughs. "Then
lick the ,"lr. Kimball replied
"Ho you order me to lick any man I catch
breaking n glass?" asked the conductor, a
frail fellow of consumptive tendency. "I do,"
replied the Siieriiitendent. "Well, that's
all i want to know," said the conductor.
That night the plucky truin handler was
brought into the general office at Long
Branch a nias-s of cutsand bumps, and black
and blue all over. He was unable to walk.
"I saw a man break a glass ami 1 hit him a
clip in the nose," said the conductor. " 1 hat
j js all, except that he was nL'"o-Mund Fourth
ward bruiser, with hands like triphammers.
and he witH-d the floor with me, pounded
my head on the seat irons, and jumped on
my stomach for 1" minutes."
T KAMI'S.
Tramps were considered in a story told
bv the newsagent. He said that at a sta
tion on the Pennsylvania division a horde
of tramps captured mihI filled the depot, and
threatened to kill those who offered to
dislodge them. They lounged on ihe bench
es, smoked, swore and fought. A bright
idea siezed the station agent. It wis winter
time. lie Went into the trani-in aded sitting-room
and pretended to jxike the lire.
The poker was a t!im-qiiarter.inch bar. five
feet long. While he fuddled witht'-c damp
er he left the poker buried in the hot coals.
The tramps npplaiuhil his hospitality, lie
whistled cheerfully and rattled the damper.
Suddenly he sprang to his feet, drew out the
poker, three feet of which was at white
heat, and swinging it right ami left he yelled
at tlie panic-stricken tramps. A few of
them went out by tine door, but the majority
plunged through the windows. In less than
tin seconds the stattr.u agent was monarch of
all he surveyed.
TH V". tOW A. KA it M Kit.
A brakemau told a. queer yarn about a
wealthy old miscreant in Iowa, a tanner,
who did not fence his land properly, yet
grumbled when his cattle were killed. The
railroad beat him in the courts, ami he
treasured up the luirU-st feelings against
the company. One day a rail was tied
across the track near the old farmer's land,
and the first passenger train that came
along was wrecked, tt was believed at the
time that the fanner had tied the rail to the
track. Many jxTsons were killed, ami all
: the bodies but that of an aged woman were
; identified. The first day after the accident
the old fanner did not go to the town w here
in this body awaited burial, but on the fol
' lowing morning be visited the istoft'cc and
; received word that his sister was coming on
'from the East to visit him. He rushed to
tlie morgue and identified the body of the
' unknown lady as that of his sister. In less
; than a year he Im-anie a raving maniac, and
, in his ravings admitted that he had wrecked
, the tram.
was told of a st lipid lamb
Another story
that was seen to run liotwccii the wheels of
a rapidly moving locomotive near Sitnluiry.
The engineer suffered a pang of regret, for
he was tender-hearted ami wouldn't run
over a snake if he could help it. He looked
back over the run d for the corse of the un
fortunate lamb. To his astonishment he
saw the lamb Imp from the track behind
the last car ami run off wagging its tail. It
hail passed under all the cars ami was unin
jured. THK n i:iKi!ors K.xr.isK.
Many persons are killed on double-track
road.; V-y stepping from one track to the oth
er, avoiding a train they see ami hear, and
lieing Killed by one that "they do not think to
lookout for. "Almost every engineer of or
dinary exierience has killed his man. and
some "have killed many. Kailroad men nev
er sneak of "killing" "men or animals on the
rir.nl, but of "striking"' them w hich, how
ever, generally amounts to the same thing.
V stoi v was told of a Hudson river ei.gi-
i The .mm was b ind. l lie engineer catignt a
i glimpse of the victim's face a
he was struck.
j llt ''xl'"
in was one oi lerror. ins
scream was heard nlove the poumlir.g of the
engine. The sight haunted the engineer un
til lie quit the business. Every night at the
spot that scene was enacted. lie took a
ilav train ; hut at noon the apparition haun
ted the spot. lie even went into the service
!
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of another company
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meiits tlie siiectrcot the band man si-etm-il
to start up in the track, to throw his arms
over his head wildly, to scream, ami to In
crushed under the locomotive. H more
thah the engineer could b;-ar.
A frF.t'HI. TC. IN.
Then there was narrated a weird
that 1 had once heard In-fore. It wns
story
ut
an apparition cf a train t.n the Hudson Biv-
er I.aiiroad. It was tol.t with an effort at
sincerity that did not deceive the listener,
but 1 am told that there are many trackmen
and laborers along the line of the Hudson
Biver Kailroatl who pretend to have seen the
j pjiectacle. The tale was alwut a mystic
j counterpart of the funeral train that bore
! Abraham Lincoln's remains from the city to
j the West. The actual and substantial train
i passed over the road on a certain day in
I April, lsiio. The car that coptained the
President's remains was heavily diaed. I
i Ndieve. It is said that on that night, every
. vear, all the train men who are on the road
during a certain hour (that varies in differ
' ent sub-divisions of the road j hear and see
I and feel the spectre train nish by them. It
I sounds hollow and awful. Its lights are
j yellow, pale and funereal. Its train hands
j and pascio(.rs are sepulchral figures. It
i looks like the outline of a train, yet every
j detail is erfect. Those who have s-en it
i say, though they felt that it was only a
' vision, that a man could walk through it it
I he dared, or throw a stone through it : yet it
! seems jicrfect in everything but substantial
j lies. It even carries' with it a whirl of wind
fast trains do. but it is a cold, clammy,
j gravelike atmosphere, all its own. As it
. passes another train the shriek of its w histle
I and clang of its bell strike terror to the
' heart of those that hear them.
THK COMU'CTOU'S YAIiN.
' It wa reserved for the conductor to tell
1 the least plausible of the really remarkable
yarns, lie pointed out Some cot rolx native
evidence a wepas.-d Tullytown the scene
where the narrative was" laid. He said:
"Ho you see thos,- telegraph poles .''' They
were ordinary poles, perhaps J'i feet hiuli.
'Well," he continued, "a good part of the
train was lifted as high as the tos of those
poles, and one or two cars were thrown clear
over the wires into that field yonder." My
astonishment was uinim-ealed. The other
railroad men hastened to coirolMirate the
story that was to come.
"Well," tin nditctor continued, "this
accident that I'm going to tell yon of will
probably never have its parallel, Itccnusc the
combination f circumstances that led to it
was most jH-culiar. The little stream we
passed a minute ago was covered by a thick
fog one morning a dense licit of fog -jn tect
wide and as lopo the stream, although
elsewhere the air was reasonably clear.
One of our freights, a long train puflod by a
whopping big six-driver en-rim-, was nosing
along cIom" Ix hind a slow rissi-in;er train.
They both started from Tullytown together,
and weren't many feet smart at the brook.
The engineer of the freight' was kit-ping
a close watch on the tail ol the pascngcr,"
when he suddenly found himself in a dense
fog, unable to see three levt ahead. He is
usually a clear-headed, cool man, but he
lost his head at that moment, and he slam
med on the steam brake so hard that it
ground tire from the tires of tlw drivers ami
brought the train to all standing The
funny thing was that the train was made up
of empties except the last two r three cars,
and they were loaded with veiv heavy stuff.
Now, what I tell you I'll swear to. and so
, can many men along the road. When that
i big .".I ton engine stopped dead those heavy
Imix cars on the lurther end of the train
: pushed Ihe empties so that the middle tines
left the track and went up and up until the
1 train was arched like a bow, and more than
i one ear at the top of the arch was higher
than the tops nt tin- telegraph poles. The
'. conductor he lived in the house by the
lejMit. and his fal ln-r stoo.t on the platform
; as we passed the conductor, 1 rsiy. was
breaking in the middle of the train, "lie was
squeezed to death, and his body and one ot
the cars wen- thrown over a telegraph pole
. into that field alongside of his house.
A W 1TKUN YAltN.
The only maii in the baggage car besides
myself who had Hot tolda story was a "et
i em railroad man. who had exhibited n a
' can! of introduction an annual pass over the
railroad. When he cleared his throat no
one spoke. ine could se b the expression
of his face thai he had a goo st'iry and
knew how to tell it.
"We have not hail much that's worth re
collecting down my way," said he adding
in parenthesis. ' I'm from Kent ucky but
perhaps Vim never heard of I 'aplain Phillips'
i cxiH-ficnce on railroad wreck. It was a
1 little singular. Captain Phillips is n conduc
tor on the Koiiisyjiic and Cincinnati short
Line road, and at the time I speak of was
running a -freight.' A heavy storm had
followed his train from Cincinnati a severe
winter stotm that was accompanied by tear
ful w ind and rain, and had raged a cti-i.ler-
' able time. His train was just beo:nl Wal
ton. :io miles the other side of Cincinnati,
and was approaching n bridge that spanned
a little creek that empties into the Licking
river. Usual' this stream is low. hut mi that
night (this wa's sonic four years ag.. it had
become a swollen, roai ing i iirn-nl. A pas
senger train had crossed the bridgesiit. lv,
but it gave way under Cnpt. Phillips,' train,
lie was in the caboose which was in xt to
the tender. He was alone there. As the
caboose rolled upon the bridge Capt. Ul-.i'i'.ips
felt ear, bridge ml everything else suddenly
sink benentli him. He fcit the eali.--e and
engine part, and then the cab., tsc s'rack the
rushing stream. The cal light went
out ami the water poured ii. .qmn t W- lb i.r
ing upon w hich he sto-id. l i- captain was
throw n dow n, hut he reg.iii . I his to t end
managed to stand w hile the ar w.is swept
along. It was an aw ful j:- :i.n. The wit
ter jxuiied in and rose ! .-r apal higher
around him: the car floated, but it tinned
' from side to side, pitching l:d rolling, and
struck w ith fearl ul force upon tlu-Cottonwood
trees that st:Ml iii the way i( Lie tor
rent, l'hihips did not loos,, his" pn eiice of
mind but struggled persistently t reach tin
car door. Ag.tni and again lie approached
it. but the rolling and plunging 4 the car
threw him back. The minute seemed
hours to Phillips. The water in the car
rofe higher and higher past his knees, past
his waist, up to his chest, over his. shoulder-,
even tip to his chin. LinalU l.is head
struck the top of the car whcncVcr the car
changed its motion. Suddenly, when all
, chani-e of cscaie seemed out ot ' iicst ion,
the car door burst oen, ami. 1-v a tremen
dous effort. Philips readied nml braced him
self in the framework. The m-M instant he
seized a limb of a cottoiiwtiod tree, against
which the cmImmisc was earned. He held
tight, and the ear was swept on, while be
hung to the tru. The tithert-ir.sof the train
rushed past one by one. and more tha:i mice
the tree he t lnng to was struck by them.
great was the force of tV- torn lit that
i the locomotive was cnri icd immy ards down
I the stream, and some loaded cars of wheat
were swept into mo l.icKmg nver and down
to Cincinnati, thirty miii-s away. Pliiliis
was rescued in the mortiiii;."
An Oi.i Law. Tin- following roiii
municat if m. aiMiessi-d to the Washing
ton, 7 . eonl , tins an account of an old
law which will stiike many people as
lw-iag good enough to lie re-enacted :
LOW SKI K?T I.OVIJ lNV.ss.
Ill tl.e ei.ily flays-of Pemis Ivania the law
makers look the sdbjif t in hand and ctiRt-t-:
ed "that if any white female, of ten years
, or upwards, shall appear in any public street,
lane, highway, church, cuiirt-house, tavern,
ball-room, theatn-. or any ot her place of puli
' lie resort, viili naked shoulders (i. e. low
i nocked dresses.) lieing able to purchase tie
1 cessarv clothmg. shall forfeit and pay a fine
! of tiot'U-ss than one, or more than two hun
' tired dollars.'- It was, however, graciously
I lrovidel. that women of tnvun-tionable
i character might go with bar" shoulders, as a
. nadge tif distinction bet .v ecu the haste and
! unchaste. How we have degenerated I
Tin: follow ing advertisement apicars
in the columiis of a t'einian medical
journal :
"Through the death of the late pro pneioi
a giMhl practice i:i surgery m
a wea.i!' pan
..t v. is to be dlslMrSC
I ol. eilliel bx
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the daiiuhlel nl tne dec ilsed, is on
, .;:iii
single, and would not object 1
loan wan
the buver. or tenant
suitable urning!
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Ilie'itS if Hl'd be U
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