THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1880.
K. Of H.
Ridgway Lodge No. 1644 meets on
the 2d and 4th Fridays of each month
at 3 o'clock.
New Time Table. Under the new
schedule the mail and local freight
leave Ridgway station as follows:
MAIL WEST - - 2-36
" EAST .... 6:00
LOCAL WEST - - - 7:50
" EAST - . 3:25
The New York Store has made a
large reduction In the price of their
goods, In order to make room for their
winter stock. Call and purchase now
and save money. A large stock of
trunks and picture frames will be sold
at astonishingly low prices.
A CARD.
I herewith announce myself to the
voters of this county without regard
to party affiliation as an Independent
candidate for the office of Sheriff, to
lie elected November next.
James McCloskey.
Centrerille, Fa., July 17, 18S0.
A CARD.
The undersigned having sold .his
business as Merchant Tailor to Swartz
Ross, wishes to return thanks to the
people of Elk county for their pat
ronage in the past, and to assure them
them that In the future as cutter for
Mr. Ross he will be ready to serve all
old customers with the same prompt
ness as heretofore, and also solicits as
many new ones as possible to give him
a call. James McAfee,
Kidgway, Pa , July 22, 1880.
Potatoes arcJl.OO a bushel here.
Note paper and envelopes at this
office.
Fresh lot Hams, Bacon, Should
ers and Lard at Morgester's.
Scrap pictures at The Advocate
fefflce.
Fresh car of Flour, Feed and meal
nt Morgester's.
Company H will go to liraddock's
Field .Sept. 7 to 14.
100 boxes fine sardines No. 1 at
Morgester's.
A cow ate up a bushel of new po
tatoes for Jas. Muginnis, and this alter
destroying McAfee's garden.
A great amount of damage was
done to growing crops in Elk county
by the storm last week.
Wanted immediately. A llrst
class wagon maker. Apply to 8. A.
Oliwsted, corner Main and Depot Sis-,
Ridgway, Pa.
There are three States which vote
in October Ohio, Indiana and Colo
rado. The hitter votes on the first and
the other two on the second Tuesday
of October. Maine votes on the second
Monday of September.
Pantry shelves need to be papered.
A great many ladies use old news
papers for this purpose. That ma
chine made shelf paper at The Ad
vocate office is much neater. Call
andseuit. We have all colors. Also
a nice lot of scrap pictures for fancy
work.
The Republican County Commit
tee of Elk county met at the call of
Chairman Powers last Friday, in
Ridgway. Col. W. W. Ames, W. S.
Hamblen and W. H. Osterhout were
elected delegates to the 37th Judicial
district conference. Elk, Forest and
Warren counties form this district.
A terrific thunder storm, accom.
pained by vivid flashes of lightning,
occurred in this section on Wednes
day night of last week. The light
ning struck the corner of Dickinson
Bros, saw mill and in a second the
mill was in flaines.fortunately the Are
Was discovered and extinguished be
fore any great amount of damage was
done.
A lot of cows destroyed James
McAfee's garden, on Friday and Sat
urday nights. This kind of a thing
makes a person feel so very pleasant.
It is not enough that the cows should
render the sidewalks almost impassi
ble, and destroy the shade trees, but
they must break into and destroy your
garden. .Beautiful, indeed, are loose
ow in the streets of a village.
h tisluegs Changes.
James McAfee, Merchant Tailor,
who has been giving our citizens fits
for a long time has sold out his busi
ness to Swartz Ross, who will continue
the business as heretofore. McAfee'
has given general satisfaction both as
regards quality of goods, perfect fits
and price. In fact Ridgway never be
fore had a tailor that continued in
business for so long a time and suited
all so well. Not only has he clothed
Ridgway in good style but people from
all parts of the county have come to
McAfee to have their clothes made,
until he has built up a good business,
and we wonder at his selling out.
Swartz Rpss, the new proprietor, is
well known to our citizens, an d needs
no recommendation at our hands,as he
js a square dealing honorable mail and
will keep up the reputation of this es
tablishment for good work and low
prices. Call and leave your measure
just the same as before for your fall
suits. A new line of beautiful sam
ples just received. In the rush for
spring suits McAfee was compelled to
disappoint a number of customers on
account of not being able to get help
to turn out the suits. Mr. Ross has
made arrangement for workmen so
that no matter how great the rush all
persons can bo accommodated. We
will also mention the fact that McAfee
baa been eugaged by the new mana
ger to take charge of the cutting and
flUing, and will be ready us heretofore
fa glV U fib) wbo aU,
Personal Item.
Amer MeKnight of Brookvllle
wns In town this week.
How could one be expected to go
without an Invitation?
J. 8- Powell, Pay Powell and
Sam Curtis are in town.
J. D. Rishell has returned from
his recent visit to Lock Haven.
Jno. W. Eyster, and Giles Russell
of Erie, were in town last week.
Doctor Niver, of Broekwny vilie
spent Saturday and Sunday in Ridg
way. Lorn Horton and wife of Brock
port visited friends In this village
Sunday.
Rev.Mr.Merritt of Kane preached
in the Methodist church last Sunday
morning,
Mr McIIugh formerly of this
place has moved his family toDuBola,
Clearfield county, Pa.
J. M. Schram has moved into the
house recently purchased by him of B.
E. Dill on Centre street.
Once again we sny to the Super
visors that the sidewalks are in a de
plorable condition in several places
about town.
If it takes two hours to walk from
Osterhout's store to the Hyde House,
how many blinds will be required for
the new Court House.
II. D. Earl, senior proprietor of the
Driftwood G'uzttfc, wade a visit to
The Advocate office this week
Ed. Gray was with him, and is now
engaged on the Gazette,
R. M. Morton, of Bradford, repre
sentative of the Oil City Derrick and
Bradford Era was here and sent the
result of his interview of English by
telegraph to these two papers and also
to the Philadelphia Press.
San. Bailey, foreman of the Dem
ocrat office, has left this village to
gether with his family. Mr. Bailey
leaves town because there is no house
vacant to rent. He has lived in this
village almost a year and has made
many friends, and it Is to be regretted
that he is compelled to lenve for the
reason stated. Would it not be well
for some of our capitalists to put up a
few dwelling houses to rout?
MARRI10I).
JoN'KS Gili.en On Saturday, July
17, 1880, at the Bogert House, this
village, Mr. Thomas Jones, to Miss
Mary Gillcu, duuu'htcr of Michael
Gillen of Fox township, Elk county.
The new switch between the de
pot and Eagle Valley mill is one mile'
and one-eighth in length and not one-
half mile as stated by the Demormt.
The courtyard fence is being re
paired. The grading is about finished
in the yard. The front stone steps are
about finished. No doubt in ti few
years the Elk county court yard will
be one of the neatest in the State.
In the sobering up nfter the
Fourth spree we neglected to make a
note of the fact that our old and es-
toonicl frioiid tei- A. Koto of Pli i Itkdcl-
phia, was in town. He was here all
the same and reports hiimelf well
pleased with his new field of useful
n ess.
Linseed oil, turpentine, Japan drier
and white lead at Morgester's.
An odd suit has just been tried be
fore arbitrators, resulting in an award
for the plaintiiT. In March last Wil
liam Werkheiserlost "() in the hotel
at Sliicksliinny, kept by the Messrs.
Shoemaker. He demanded the money
but, not receiving it brought suit
uguinst the bondsman of the hotel
keepers. The ease was argued on
Saturday, and yesterday afternoon,
the arbitrators decided in Mr. Werk
heiser's favor. We have never heard ,
of a precisely similar case. Wilkes
barre 2" mm.
Pure stock choice groceries at Mor
gester's. Murder at Centreville.
Thursday night, July 15, between
10 and 11 o'clock, John Johnson, a
Swede, aged about 30 years and un
married, was found dead a few feet
in the rear of Hau's saloon at Centre
ville. Two men were fighting, names
not given, when the unfortunate John
son parted them, and urged peace.
Johnson dropped on the fioordead.and
subsequent developments prove con
clusively that lie was stabbed by a
stiletto or other sharp pointed instru
ment, which cut off the jugular vein,
causing internal hemorrliage and sub
sequent death in a few minutes. An
inquest was held Friday morning re
sulting in n verdict of death by
breaking his neck, as it was claimed
deceased fell from the rear porch of
the saloon causing his death, His
Swede friends were not satisfied with
the verdict, and after securing the
services or Di's. liartnian, Hartley
and Day, a j)onl mortem examination
was held, and a new verdict made in
accordance with the testimony of t lie
physicians, and as above stated. The
deceased was a quiet, iuofi'ensive and
temperate Swede, at the time when
found having from $40 to $-r0 in-money
on his person. No arrests have been
made as yet, but that some one should
be there is no doubt. The proper au
thorities should canvass this matter
and sift it to the bottom.
All Outstanding School Warrants to
be raid.
department of public insthuoI
tion, iiakisbukgh, july 12,1880. j
To the Board of School Directors:
The State Treasurer, Hon. Samuel
Butler, authorizes me to give notice
that all outstanding Warrants issued
to School Districts for the appropria
tion of 1877, uumbered up to l,500,will
be paid as presented during the cur
rent month ; and that the balance of
these Warrants, numbered from 1,600
upwards, remaining unpaid at the end
ot July, will be paid during August.
I congratulate school directors and
all interested in public schools, that
the long delay in the payment of the
money due from the State is thus
happily ended.
. J. P. WlC'KEKSHA'M,
tiupt. Public Instruction.
HARRY ENULISH.
HUNTED DOWN AT LAST THE STORY
OE HIS WANDERINGS -SOME FACTS
IN REFERENCE TO THE CRIME.
Saturday morning, April 17, 1830, at
Caledonia, Elk county, an attempt
was made to arrestEnglish on a charge
of forgery. Tom. Burke, District
Attorney Wurzell, Constables War-
nith and Vollmer were the arresting
party. A reward of $200 offered by
Bradford parties was the stimulant
that urged with greater zeal the de
sire for English's arrest.
The story of this unsuccessful at
tempt a, arrest Is current gossip, the
shooting and killing of Constable
Warnith, the almost mortally wound
ing of Constable Vollmer, the flight of
the slayer, and the great excitement
caused throughout the county by the
recital of the particulars of the crime,
are still fresh in the minds of our peo
ple. The commissioners of Elk Co.
offered a reward of $1001, and this to
gether with the $200 before offered
made an aggregate reward of $120 ),
which was certainly sufficient induce
ment to cause the arrest of the fugi
tive. The wildest kind of wild stories
were current at the time in reference
to the matter. English was in the
mind of the people a terrible character,
outlaw and desperado, armed with his
Winchester rifle, supplied with plenty
of ammunition and ever on the alert
to murder in cold blood pny one whom
lie thought approached him with the
intention of causing his arrest. No
character in the annals of great crimes
ever occupied a more prominent place
as a desperate man, or inspired the
mind of the populace with greater
dread. Mothers could hush to sleep
their restless infant, while children or'
larger growth clung closer to their
mother's knee at the mere mention of
tiie dreadful mime. In feet, a reign
of terror was inaugurated with Caledo
nia, the scene of the murder, as the
centre which grew wider and wider,
until it embraced almost the entire
county of Elk. Hunters in the woods
were startled at the least sound, as
wilh hair on end and bated breath
they expected the appearance of this
terrible man fearing toe next Instant
to feel the bullet from his unerring
Winchester.
A posse from Ridgway, composed
of the best shots here, went to Cale
donia to assist in arresting the terrible
Harry. They reported that he was
hiding in the woods adjoining the
scene of crime, and that in the early
morning, ami at evening's twilight,
strange men were seen to take to the
woods with knapsack on buck filled
with provision which they were car
rying to the ever hungry English.
A week or so alter the commission of
the crime the fugitive was said to have
been seen by one in the pigeon woods of
Tioncsta, by another he was seen on
the Allegheny river silently paddling
down tiie stream on a raft, again he
was hiding in a cave in the wilds
of McKean county. Here ami every
where was he seen by persons who
were as familiar with Harry English as
they were with their own father and
mother. All the parlies to these ab
surd storh were willing and anxious
to swear to the truthfulness of their
statements. In all the wild storii-s
he was always represented as nrmed
to the teeth with his Winchester
rifle in hand ready to shoot down any
one who might make an attempt
at his capture. Time llew on and noth
ing definite was known of English
tint!! one day rsherlir Oystir i revived,
a telegram from one Borst at. Cedar
Springs, Mich., to the ell'cct that
English was there and asked if lie
should be arrested Sheriff Oyster
was ab-cnt at the time, but Deputy
Weiisel telegraphed in reply an affir
mative answir. Nothing more was
heard of this matter, and nothing
more heard of English, until last
week when news was received that
he had been apprehended at Cheboy
gan, Mich.
Tiiis latest rumor was ascertained to
be correct, and the District Attorney
went to Harrisburg where tiie neces
sary requisition was made by Gov
ernor lioyt on Governor Cromwell, of
.Mich., tor the body ot Harry English.
In the last issue of The Advocate
we intimated ihat the prisoner would
arrive here on Monday afternoon. On
that day great crowds of men, women
and children went to the depot to
catch a glimpse of the now notorious
Harry English. He did not come,
however, and the people went home
greatly disappointed. The statement
was then noised around that lie would
be here on Tuesday afternoon for sure
anl certain. Tuesday crowds again
went to the depot, which multitude
was swelled by a large delegation from
St. Mary's all anxious even to impa
tience to eatcli even one glimpse of
the great State prisoner. .sheriff
Oyster met the train contained the
prisoner at Kane, and made arrange
ments to Have the tram stopped at the
Osterhout road, where u team was in
waiting to convey the party to the jail
A few minutes before the train wi1
due the crowd studied a large sized rat
ami made haste to run from the depot
along the railroad track to ttie place
where they thought the train would
stop. Many, especially the ladies,
were disappointed. As the convey
ance containing the captured man and
his captor came into town on the way
to the ail a great crowd of men and
boys followed to the jail entrance,
and even endeavored to enter in their
anxiety to catch a glimpse of the pris
oner. He was safely placed in his
cell, the crowd dispersed, ami all
hands joined in talking the rest of the
evening about Harry English, his
crime, escape and capture.
J. It. Thomas, one of Pinkerton's
detectives, a medium sized man, per
haps io years of age, with a clear blue
eye, light moustache, and light conr
plexiou was met at the Hyde House
and ue very readily and clearly gave
a description ot the way the prisoner
made bis escape, the course lie took
alterward, to;; iiier with, the partieu
lars of the arrest which agree with the
story as told us the same evening by
Harry English himself.
The prisoner sat in the cell on
chair near the window, uis head on
his hands as in meditation, the rough
board table stood against t lie wall on
which was the greater part of ihe pro
vision which had been given him
for supper, his old straw hat lay on
the table. As the party we were with
entered the cell,hearoseand offered the
person nearest him the chairon which
lie had been seated, and then took his
position on the bed at the opposite side
of the cell. Certainly the man before
us would not be taken by one in a
crowd as a man to bo feared, much
less to bo charged with a great crime.
In manner he was pleasant, relating
the story of his escape and wanderings
with distinctness and in a straight
forward manner convincing his hear
ers that lie was telling the truth. His
personal appearance betokened hard
usage, in fact his clothes from head to
foot were in a wretched condition,
v high no one will wonder at when
)
the wanderings and hardships of the
man are taken Into consideration.
A short time only elapsed after the
shooting when Hurry English
emerged from the house of A. J.
Rummer, where the deed took place,
and amid a hail of shot and bullets
reached the. cover of a friendly wood
at a distance of perhaps a litt le more
than one hundred rods from the house.
He found on taking an inventory of
the situation that ho had received
seven wounds: on the right leg, one
In the great toe, one through the calf
of his leg In a diagonal direction,
buckshot in the cap of the knee, and
one through the Insido of the thigh
bone, making four hits on the
right leg, On the left, leg at a place
just opposite the thigh wound in the
right leg, was also a wound, another
oh the left knee, and a buckshot In
his thumb making up the seven. The
buckshot In his right knee he dug out
witii a lackknife, the other shots all
made clean holes. The shot in the
right knee causing him the most
trouble. While the riirht thigh shot
made his leg rather stiff by reason of
the cord of the leg growing fast to the
wound.
All day Saturday and Sunday, and
until the afternoon of Monday he laid
in the woods in full view of the hotel
anil house where the fracas took place.
He saw Sheriff Oyster drive past with
his black ponies on Monday afternoon
being at the time about 80 rods away,
back of Mr. Biiteinan's bouse. He
also saw Constable Horton, Geo.
Woodward, and the Khines' boys
firing from the porch of the hotel
into an old log in the stream opposite.
Diggingahole In the ground he caught
water to put on his wounds, cutting
up his shirt for bandages with his
Jiickknife, lie stayed in about the same
spot all the time. At this place he
left his knife which he sorely missed
in his later wanderings, needing it
i.iany times to cut sticks for his" fire
and for many other uses for which
a knife is needed Monday afternoon,
crippled and suffering as lie was, he
made his way in a northerly direction
along the St. Mary's road into Beliziti
ger township, not knowing where
lie was until lie stumbled on the l.en
zinger mines near the Borough of
St. Mary's, walking along until he
came to the round house jut east of
St. Mary's, he overheard men in con
versation in relation to himself.
f hese men were discussing his proba
ble whereabouts and wondering wheth
er he would ever be taken alive or not
not heeding that the man passing
them was the very perso.i of whom
they spoke. Along the railroad track
lie made his way to a bakery near the
depot where he bought half a dozen
loaves ot rye oreaa ana two or three
yards of bologna sausage. His gun he
hid in the woods below St. Mary's,
and after laying in his stoc'; of pio-
vislons made his way back to the
dace where his gun was hid, without
hei.ig recognized uy any one although
tiie track-walker eyed him very sus
piciously, Regain' n the gun he
made Ins way along tne railroad track
stopping near a li e run between two
alio three miles ea. ,i of the town and
perhaps tin 'ly rods distant from
the track. Improvising a hut of brush
anchored against a friendly loj close
iy a running stream, he made this
place his abode for four or five days.
His limbs were much swelled by this
time, and very stiff it being with ex
treme diiucuily he could move at all.
He ripped open his pants and tied
them witli si rings to allow for the
great swelling whicti had taken place
owing to his having taken cold from
exposure. A rain bad set in on Mon
day utternoon, aUer which the weather
turned i old. Every ni lit during his
stay at this place he built a lire li'nu
well supplied wilh matches. He had
no appetite to speak of pud
might as well have been without
provisions for all the benefit be de
rived from having them. Traveling
day and night as fast as Ins wounds
would preinit he arrived at Emporium
alter two or three days, uoiim- through
the si '-els of that sleepy town one
uterinum in broad daylight with his
i'un slung carelessly acro.si his shoul-
der. Up Porta
creek, three miles
above Sbiiiiieii, lie made a shiuitv
ol brusli and parsed about a
week in the woods at that noint.
batliiii"; bis wounds with cold
water almost constantly.
Crossnitr )e.ituii;- huiiiiuit he came
to the other l'orta.'e cieek which em-
lies into the Allegheny river, where he
made a halt of a week or ten days
Meeting an old friend in whom lie re
posed confidence, and beiu withal
so coniplctly worn out lie placed him-
elt t'utler tins menus care J lie
friend bcKuini; liiiu at tho lime of I lis
departure tostay louder, and that he
would lii' provisions to him all sum
mer. On leaving he erave the Win
chester rille into the hands of this
friend with directions to forward it to
A. J. Hummer, Caledonia. Mukluir
his way cautiously under cover of the
hades of ni"lit he iourneved on
slowly in the direction of Oleau, rest
ing the first .day below Eldred, and
the next between Weston's and
Oleum The next night he reached
Salamanca, where he got the lirst
warm supper since his tramp beaii;
thence to Cold Sprin.'jr below lied House
station on the A.tk (i. W. It. H: thence
next night to Randolph, X. Y., next
niylit to Cherry Creek on Buffalo &S.
W. H. It , or rather Pinetree station
near Cherry Creek. Having walked
all the long distance up to this point.
ills limns lu re gave out una lie look
t! e cars for Dunkirk, from there to
liull'alo, thence to .New Loudon, Can
ada, all in a passenger car and unmo
lested. Crossing Hie suspension bridge
he arrived ut Windsor, Canada, oppo
sit Detroit, thence across to the latter
place, and on through Chippewa to
t;cuar . "springs, Alien,, wnere ne en
gaged himself to a firm of lumbermen,
Link & Co., to assort lumber at l.'J. a
day and board himself. Meeting an
old friend at this place, Howiey Burst
bv name, a man he had once worked
within Warren county for Wet more
& Hull, lumbermen. Borst agreed to
say nothing of the meeting with Eng
lish, the way he kept his promise is
best told in the following dispatch to
Judge L. D. Wetmore, his former em
ployer: Ceadar Springs, Mich,, July 0, 1880.
Harry English is here shall I secure
him. Have Sherilt' answer immedi
ately. Bowlev Borst.
Fearing treachery an the part of
Borst, tho fugitive determined to leave
the place and take himself to other
parts, after a sojourn at Cedar Springs
of eight days. Informing his board
ing boss that he would return in a few
flays he walked to Petosky where lit;
stayed over night, thence crossing Lit
tle Traverse, buy to the town of Little
Traverse, walked from the latter place
to an old Indian towu 18 miles fur
ther north. From there to Old Mack
inaw, oil the straits of Mackinaw,
staying four days. In this jour
ney he suifered greatly from his
wounds, the extreme uiniculty he ex
perenced in walking owing to the
sand being about two feet deep and to
the presence or uroves oi msoquitoes
which made life almost a burden.
Great quantities of flies were encoun
tered on the journey which were as
savage us Cuunibuls, bitting through a
K
wool hat, and through thick woolen
clothing. -
From Old Mackinaw he journeyed to
Cheboygan (signifying rolling water,)
engaging himself here to a half-bred
Indian named Vincent he departed
for an island in the Straits of Mack
inaw called Bols Blano where he was
engaged for 29 days catching mackerel,
white fish, herring, suckers, sturgeon
and other kinds of fish, taking them
to the town of Cheboygan for sale. In
the periodical returns to the main latid
for the purpose of procuring necessary
supplies, as salt, provisions, etc., Eng
lish managed to stay at the boat on
one pretext or another, until they
were again ready to put out for the
fishing grounds-
Becoming careless he ventured Into
the town where he was sighted by the
Detective Thomas, who informed the
Sheriff of the matter. Tills officer
with one assistant arrested English on
the streets", on Saturday the loth day
of July, the prisoner making no resis
tance whatever. In fact he was un
armed having sold his revolver to buy
firovisions,aud his jackknlfe being lost
le was in no condition to resist, be
sides the arrest was a complete sur
prise party to the prisoner. The de
tective recognized English by the tin
type which he had of him, and which
the prisoner failed to recognize as a
likeness of himself. On Sunday
morning, July 11th the detective and
prisioner left Cheboygan for Ridgway
arriving here hist Tuesday afternoon
as we have previously stated.
Thomas, the detective, was in St.
Mary's on the night of June 10th,
and worked up the ease with varying
success until the day of the capture.
English saw the deteclit'e the day be
fore the arrest, and recollected at the
time lie was arrested that a stranger
had met him on the street who eyed
him very closely. What means were
taken to ferret out the whereabouts ol
English will probably never be fully
known. One thing is certain, how
ever, English had written to parlies at
Caledonia from various points on his
route. These parties were not in the
habit of receiving much if any mail,
and bein r friends of the fugitive, it
was naturally supposed that the letters
were Irom linn, the postmarks being
noted would give the general direction
he was taking, and furnish a clew
which a sharp detective would work
no to food advantage.
now that the truth is known, all the
stories about the detective working on
a log drive on Bennett's Branch, with
English and working with him in the
lumber woods of Michigan, are set at
rest. Ono story was to the effect that
Thomas asked English to take a drink
and then made the arrest. In fact lis
we have said the detective did not
make the arrest at all, but it was made
as we have stated by the sherilt ol
Cheboviran county in broad daylight
on the streets of Cheboygan.
Mr. Thomas says that the tracks of
English were exceedingly well cov
ered: lie carried no baggage, never
registered his name, and in fact left
not the slightest clew to his letreat.
Under the assumed name of John
Markeuni. English might have stayed
on the island in the straits of Mack
inaw, located as it is eight or nine
miles from laud, and lisheil until he
was gray without danger of detection,
but the "moment he put his foot on land
his goose was cooked.
The trial will take place at the Sep
tember term of court and will likely
be the first trial in the new Court
House.
English was 3-1 years of age July 8.
18tf, stands ntino.-t six feet in height
and is wonderfully muscular and ac
tive. He speaks in high terms of Mr.
Thomas, the detective, and the kind
innitner 1h .v!iU'1i bo ti'outod liim
Mr. Thomas says he was never so
much bothered in his life by crowds
rushing to tiie station to get a glimpse
at a prisoner as he was while bringiuv
English from Cheboygan to Kidgway.
The 'Superb" Nonsense.
Twenty-live years ago the opinion
was expressed that Oen. Hancock was
a hiuid-'ome man, a "superb'' beauty.
Whatever he may have been then, he
is most assuredly not a beauty now.
Imagine a large, fat, puffy old man,
verging on sixty, weighing 2"'U pounds
with long, narrow forehead, ponder
ous jowls, hanging double chin, thick
bullncck, and a pugilistic formed head
and the reader has an idea of Hancock
as shown in his recent pictures. A
sharp observer who visiled him the
other day thus describes his looks:
The iitVt thought as you look at the
General is t hat lie must be Itanium's
fat boy grown old. His face is fat and
sensuiil. His clieeks pull'out like the
fat boy's, and then his whole head
grows smaller till your eye rests
on his forehead, which is low and nar
row. Tiie General is a great eater and
a liberal drinker. He lakes wine ut
every meal ami whiskey whenever lie
feels' like it. High living and liberul
drinking have given him u Hubby,
sensual, double chin, which ban s
down and res Is over his sma-died-down
shirt collar. The (ie icral is hVly-ninc
years old. He wears a white military
inuchtaclie, and weighs about iioti. He
is not a good talker, and never suc
ceeds in making thesimplest senii-pub-lie
speech. He is la.y,pblegmalic,and
does nothing but cat, drink and enjoy
himself sensually. He never reads
books If lie were not a Major-General
he would be a country landlord, who
siis around and lets his wife do the
cooking while his son attends to the
bar. If elected President he will siui.
ply be a lump of dough in the hands
oi ihe rebel Brigadiers of the Solid
South. The sixteen Southern States
li ate Hancock as they do the old flag
but the have taken him up as a sweel
bait with which to catch the North
ern Democrats and the soldier's vole,
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