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I'- i.-iut u:.ii. ... : c pr-s:p.! rri i;:n!; at ! i pra'. i:e w:- J Ail ..u-.i.';--" ca- j X' iTICt. A.vXJo-ler H. :.r..'l. liJf :: - I . c ! L- 4 I): ,1 h A K l.U I : O UT-iNS. .c ' -- HUNT I. s i'wi. c r ; - ; r..-l. re-;: a .-ex-1 Si : . J I l::;. a.-.-. Sr..: c-.:. i ;V. c-.-: avtr.Ui.s.-rfl. t';v GvK)I, av-irr.i k in X.niE -tt l!'-" 'f" JirM- MA UTl N. ywESirsEicrx dentist .-rerJ yesrv' exneri.B--e- "" I" r:ir.t" t- :b i t- u- anrc ;rc evt. a-l tc-.h a M - . : :-r-t l'.'.e. rit 1'n s ri tku tttur-i:;e'. 17;. J. MILI.EU, af r ttfiic . ac-ive pra.i'" lr. S:r."F.rr"ji. riu mcT: t-r te prao- -4. . . .j i..rene: ao-1 ri.:i , 1; s-.-re. ;:' -- i"1' 1 al la aut'.ci it sli '..a. I Lr. - ir. ti-MO li n ly. J OIIN TILLS. IDBISTTIST. t :S-t in tvSn-.k a. JicfT new t.: its- :Us fross S-.rert. r MI L teeth:! Yl'TZY. T I S T D EI IUZ.iT CITY, Cj., To., ..-.h-...i T'-'i. ti r: ': t-ir-e-f: l.i. :loL'c, ir e fc,e vf r" l-it rrt'-l l"u c .4 i he Batur.i tc-iti. i ia 1 y h-::-t. cai i-. - : -j i a--ve. Tt. vi-Lf t-1 j t; : .. t r" A-l II il.L HOU-K, a.At alW4aaa m I ;t.ra"..n r.t ti-tr :rrs -.r- j w :t.ri.;L.'Ai ;!. th ; K wi.l ri-i'tusa" at. r.. hi: TJmei.et iioik. H-uei : p.r; v frua lira. K. A. Ki.n. tt.e nnoer-, i.:.-.. ls i.;e:re in ii-: 1 ;l? i - U-.r-ti-t-i".:v ,:!l h H''rt"l'"ri p.na r..r expeaa to mate til ui- I that j I-- :;' ! : dra.rel A -'u:-r. z r.- rt- and j ot-r'-g w !ter will t'a i to t!.c eua-1 u-rar. and the tai-'e w:.i a: r? -i, w.:i. XU l'i 'he ta.rt ;!. ' H. ay .iwii aU tlroe t 1 .and it it.' Are Itx.r.j' 1-A -V. D IAMONH HOTEL, TOYSTW PA. t AMl"KI. Cl STV-lt. l'lvprtetor. T':.i retina ar-1 wil rnvB b-.-i:e it at all t:ow a aettrable lcM-ii ''K lie'raTeat: pus-iis. l':e ani h hr-..'.a. l-i uta t lirg. I.a a; leave diy fc JcKcat mt, nd . ;arrtcV liiiii. jr j. ni'a?. Lir.vi -t a:- xs i& r m m Lile murance, JOHN HICKS & SON, KOMr.it si:t, v. And Real Estate Brokers. itai;i.imii:d wo. f: r-T:' ah" dtn p-iLljynr cxSana, pca- r"y. tr i..r rrr-t i!i fioj it i..:i..r a.'rjn:ase r'.;..'tr th li'-v-r.T ::..n t:fr . af a.-l:arvr i B:j.l- at t-r rtn'r.1. I1 enLate 1him. g-i.'n..:r wt , .e pr-I ar'.rtM-l to. . ' al. II O.MLS ion ALL. l i.t vi utp vii Mb tne r feof t- rr frfr. lfrtlti n- V tl. .-jatil, Lr . It jt f . wrv. ft. jUM.. to ufneil it it vrr.i..ri. TerB. -t-c Cfiti tn havnaaitdtk i.vj -r-. 1 k t-ia;yv in Tea annual ivn1. c--rr-4. Noc aii.iT lit-. h iVAa-i i:r-:o-n a taU:. i iall to. a- turn A tiw le- ?rti4J V I-JT II D n w'r- t DMINISTKATOIi-S SALE, l.tp uf Safal A. Vopb, Tateoi Ljuvr TurkfT (wxK Tp . Jw.-e . LatHtfr f a'1nu.aatJtrvLi q ttTit:jc b-n amctexi la, at" ffiatc. oXtcc tf hrrrivv ifivra Cw au ier ia irt.-iM Ui aai! eftjtte U atiek itrLnoua paaBrDC a&i xbotM ba4r cUum ariat4 aii r:Mir vtLi j ft-nt tbartm CaUjr aa.fiTLacaXfU Jvur cetiiemeu avi advance. THUMAS BEAM, frtj AiiiaUaaJArmt'rr. ..... . i., uivirvk ir,f i iVOL. XXIV. NO. 31 Bantt. -.TTTirnn n i ittt ! JGiLNSTUWK mim mai, I2M CLINTON STREET, J.IINSTuWX.rA. C J.j.':-.-eJ Sipicmbcrll 1-vi IVi.ia recetv. ' e.i ?uuii a t lr4 than ene euUr. Freaent r.,tcul intcrrtt mi per rent. Interest U dae a xm rajctli ot June and December, aaJ it aot 1 :it.irwn tj a.l ltsi t- tae dcpuit thoj eo!fx ; crff tan- a year nlr.il u-.mWinr Ibedpvttt ' ur i-j cii cr trt-n lo r-rcseut the depit boih. Al y ua real eilaie. yreUaam,. with i li'..rwi r;: tl ) g lime, given U borrower of ' ter.::ar tr; na-.-rta-Jt on tarms worth b.vr or ator, ; nine Uie aKnl n kuaa ue&tred. tiood reSrr tot ptntct ti-.i Jlc . r-)airel. 'i tut cv-iraij. ex-lamveiy a Saeini Bank. Noeounacntiilepoai!i received, nor liaooau t::i ;e. .No lit. oo pr-.nal ecuri(y. i:nk appiKa'.i'Kii f'jr bom.wera npiei of the , ral by -law. an 1 filial Uw reU;ic to the t-.Ati fr.; t" ui a.J lrc rejneeJ. I r.r!.:crs -JjmM ;. IibtU Ijibert. C. I fi i A. J. Hs. F. Hv. John Lnwrnaa. ' L Ii Li::v. Ihuiiel MclAQztiaa. I. J- MonW. .'lwi i-.i:i."H. A. 4i.tn. Conrad Suppes-Ueo. II s,Lt Jn McMt;:en, James Jtorley and W. W. W.I .. I:.:- i J. Jl"TeI!. Prfl lent; Frank Dibert, I Ini-fr: .r'i tiler, Soiiritr. aorta. SQrces-rs to Schell & Kimmel, SOMERSET, PA. Accounts of Merchant and oth er Business People Solicited, uraiw negotiable m ail parzs ci me wuu - . . , I ..J try icr sale. Jiioney Cc! lections made. Cambria County BANK, m v. keim ttco., . so AI OTaVCiTI. JOHNSTOWN.PA., licr S-i:nat'ie' Brick Bai ln ,od Ooi-l aa-1 stileet r.jfht aad aM. t," Xi'lt " prr ot the l cr.ea vaiee aujt'ars-la n.'.errM il..wJ a-. irT.t- ir.nuuui- il lei! r.x m ;n or lonrer. ; ;- !iiM-nn-n;f nw.'e with OBarttnt and - : fii'Lr wr - mcys in traFi. -, aj.ni it-::. i JOHN D1BERT. JOHN D. ROBERTS. JOHN DIBERT & CO., BANKERS iA5 153 E15ILI5 STREETS, JOHNSTOWN, PA. Accounts of Merchant and oflsor lnin pMple lirl el. I'rnliw ueifotiakale In all partu ot" the unlr) ale. ioii-y l4anw and C ollection Made. Iuterct at the rate of Six Ver cent, per annum al lotted on Time lepotit. Saving lepoit Books tiwn ed. and Interest t oru pounded ifeeuii-annustlly when desired. vi-r.Tii liiak!D liusinesn iracsottctu F t-. JO. TdIecco anl Cips, vtbo: ESAt-i ASDsrratL, J. II. Zimmerman. " WS" SomerM-t, Penna. Th.' het "f cizj'v t.f diSerentbraadl aiaantae-ta.-i l hiniil. of the e aoioert of tobacow. 1 ciViu rin. hence'led t v anv In the aiar- k-t. k. of the beat K-k f chewing lohaceo c-r tr uirii to n!r.-t- lnce u fun ine New Firm. SHOE STORE, SNYDER & UHL !!I:tlin? purchased the ht i ; . Store latelv owned by II. C. Ileertt. Te aiie ;lr-fyre In ca'.:ir.c the altentl- of ; a'-iic to it:c :n-t lhtt . Lave now and expee .--.j1 nnauij.'y vo Labi aa ooupteie aa mett ol Boots, Shoes and Gaiters EOTH OF. Eastern and Home Mahufacturi ai eaa be U er4 aay where. We alas wUl ban f ': an i evaataauy a iall aapply of 'SOLE LEATHER, MOROCCO, CALF SKINS, KIPS, AND LINING SKINS Of a U kindi. with a full Uneef Shoe Findings. Th Tl A V F. W iMFilTftiv ttrsiD i r . t MvIN". 13. Snyder, Esq. W hore rei otatloa for auktng Gocd Work and Good Fit It mrl to aoeie la the State. The rablle hi re apttiaiif imited to ceil aad enaiine ear leeav, . ae are drtertained to keep g.ioda aa good aa the beat and aril at price ai low aa lae mav. SNYDER. Sc DHL. HUeeUaneout. PrLETONS' AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDIA XEW KEVlSHi EDITION. EutJnlj re-rttien by the .blew writer! 7 Tb wort .ngiMliy puolUlxw " th Uti o( 1 A MKAiCAB cnxrii ajipi- MialXs um. UnwUtfiiwucM Ma t,, (uai oeveknt which bT UUHtlH. uuoo.eoutledlBJiAMUUCAJi c- 'uiinlh, Ult teo r" prof ' curerj u every uinil of tow1Jift hJ made new wM l rritrroc aa Imiraare i n, moreinmt ot poliacal aOalri na ltep pace wlU Ut uucwieriea ot icKiK, 'f'lf tnu:.ul apuUcatiuc t lae tauBfinaJ and luetul aru. aoU ti, cuoreiueiK anu rrBiieiBt ol autlai lile, Ureal war, aarf neqeu rtioui bate oe emmxt, laeotrun nifcl eaaae ut pecaar m ateiu. Tnecmi war ol r ftjontrj. wfciclj waaat kUBCUOtwaea la lat Tutiunr ot th ulJ wurK tuwai, bj bapvily teo eoUeJ, uxi a new euturxvi evmmerciai auJ indimriai acuvuj tiai beea ouiaawaoea. Larre ax-eKu lo or ooTphlcal kDowlauge haie beea ai4 tJ lb, umelauaile explwrert ot Arb?Teai nolillcal reTuluiioci of the Us Jde, wua uit naiurmi reeult ot Um lap ot Ume, hat, bruotii into new a multitttJe ol new men. wtioee nainra are ia erery one auain, anu ot h..e tijes eer one U canutu to touw tue paruculart. Ureal battle, baT, beea toavtil aaJ Unportani ftcea n..,r.r.,.i ol wnicto teuil area yet pre ttntu uoly in tne newiiri to we tranneat paMicaiK.ol in, aay. bat which oohtnow to Uk, their place In pexaiaBent ami auUKUUetu- '"S'prepartna the present edlU- fc the frea . it ha aiwJuuriy beeaUieaimot ibeeult.ffWonc down tae inu-rmatfcm lo the Utert p-iw'b.e date. an4 to (urn lib an aecurate aHint 1 the a-jtt re cent dljcorene. In arteae- ot every fresh iaae- , ltM pncucai iru. a wru i "c 7 " i,. fMllMol 1MBHHVI ir.u- ""TTeTora been bcn after l-e .aJ ireful preliminary Ubor. and with tne nyx r aoarce lor carrying u on ua cceiul tar auia- "s'ooe of the orhjlnal aiereotyi- pUtet hare been ad. but every pae ha been printeu on new rturminV li ficTa new tTcloi- wtth ih. with a Ur rreater pecaniary expenoitnre. and with ch toemcnu m It. compoaui.. a have been rngnreawd t y longer experience and enlarged kTbe,ufrtrati.. which are tatro-lnredtor the Brat tlTD, In the preaeal euiUott have been a.l'led nVTtoriheaakeorrtal ,ecu bat to fi i dJlty and lorce to the explaaaiioM iu I - W--f iinnrUi ul science and ol natu ral h.ory, and uep.ci the atoa. art. itractka rattier than ettbcui-oaiciiU no have been fared to iliture their artinic excel leuee: the coil of th.ar exeratioa i tanTuooa. arM. It ir relieved ihey wilihud a tk io rjR an a !mira(4e leatare the 'y . lopxiU. wit thv ol iia high eharactr. tui. .a ia ot.: to Tirr!y.i'le oadelivery ol each volnaie. It wUl be ootapiele-' In nxteen Urge octav. volamea. each .contamimt ti..t: M paa-ea, mlly lllua.raie.J. with aevtr.l ihoojand Wm4 Unaravings and with earner.. a colored Ul-hcrapcic llapa. FKICE AXD STTUE OF BIXLIXO. In extra doth, pereol In Ll'.rary Leatfcer. perTol In Hall Tttrkej Morrowo, per vol Ia Half Knuaia, extra sxilc. per vol In foil Morroeco. antiqae, gilt e-lget, per vol I. hll Ibmi iw nj - Funeen volume now rea.lv. Soeceedlnr nntnea until eooifleuoa. will be iraued oace ia two montua ' .Specimen page, ol the American C ycl'l a dla.ihowing type. Uianrata, etc. will U ent gnttii cat at-pllcauon. Firat eUna eanvaaticg aents wanted. Addre 3.H. W1LUIAMSON. Agent, No. lw Sir-hSt Flttbargh, Pa. aec3 Balte & Olio Ww&. (PITTSBURG . DI VIS10 .) rv Mm.es the Shortest Lise 10 arrwnrji P ITTSBIRGH and WASHINGTON CITY : Tals is te oxlt DiaacT bocts to WASH1NQTOX C1TT AXD BALTIMWKE. Pewoni purchasing Tickets by this Road TO BALTIMORE, tHILALiLPllIA. FEW YOK BOSTOS, 4-c. iiavc tki frivOtgt af rititlaf WASHINGTON CITY FUEK Pullman Palace Cars, Air Brakes, and all Mudern ImproTements. aauuaoE coEmrn rBaorsa to rssnsaTioj r)7EIUl'QH EXPRESS I E A 1 X 5 Frota Depot, cor. Grant and Water Su JT 41 - : DAILY, DAILY, ( Exejt Saadav. For tijne of Local Trains, see PitJs burgh Daily Papers. t?TSve many hoars time by patronizing the "Short Lixe." Ceatral Ticket Office, 55 5th kien Pittsburgh, Pa. JET. K. 1IYXD 1.. .V, Gea. cp'L COXX IXLS V IUUE. IS'oTember, 10, iri. FOLLANSBEE & CO, Merchant Tailors, And Minatacrarm of Gent's. Youth's and Boys, 121 Wa4 Street, ewrner Plftli Arenge, PITTSBURGn. aprL OLATE KOOFS. Thnae who are now befWhtg aeoae, rtioald knew that It K cheaper ia the leaf ran k it oa State koolathia Ua ar ahina-Hra. Slate will Ujt eve. aad ao repair, are reqoired. SUte gree the par- MiwaMTwaaafaa Aiaxe n nre pcM. r-very gtmd anaeahiald aaee a Slate roof. The aader ngaed la located ia CamberUad, where bi ku good ""fl"' of Peachbottom 4 BckinQhani at S L AT E tut roaAiag4Jbe eery beat artule. Ue will aader- take le pal SUie Koofs ea Hoaara. pablle aad prl vale. apma. ha-, eaiaar la low re- anaairy at the Uweat artrea. aad to warrant the m. all and are him er addre a tax at hia Otnea, Xe. It Baiilaxwe Muwet, Caaaerlaad, 14. Order may be left wUa KOIB CASEBEEK, Ageat, auaiurait, fa. IT a. B. SaartaT. Apr! ta, 117. what shall it Be. fA rich nui who hl n-. cLiUren pmro.l to hit ' rr netKhhor. who had ereu, itaKe one of them, j . I . 1 . ..t . r.-nT th.t . ! be w.!d Kie tli.m pirtwrtT eoo?h In mate t tnenaeivc and meir otucr fix cauuitu j blel.f-iiie.1 Which ta!l It be 7 VTlikt ihaU It be? I looked at John, John looked at me, Aad wi.es I kand that I mu-t fpeak My voice seetnc 1 ftraczclr l" ad weak : -Tell sc again what Ken And then I, tUteainir. beat my head TLU ia his letter: "I will g:V A hose xn-1 land while yon thill lire. If, in return, from oot your seven. One enild to ar far aye 1 given." I looked at Jhn "a old garo.cn: wora ; 1 th.-Biht of all iha; Le tad bonse Or poverty, and work an i care. Which U thoafch willing. cia':d njt share : 1 thonxbt of seven yooD? mi Q-.!;i to fce-1. Of aiven little elu'nc's aewl, Ati .ht of xh'j. "Cone. J..Lu." ?:tt J I. "We'll clioose atcijtg them as they lie A'l.Tp." So, walking haul in hscd. Dear John and I surrcye-l our band : First to the cradle lightly stepped Where UUiin, the baby, s't-pu Soaly the father stopped to lay His rough hand duwn in a lovm? way. W hen dreuu or w hipcr nu! e her ; ir. And hnekUy he said : "Not her ."' We etjoped beside the trundle bed. And one long ray of UmpUght i'.cJ Athwart the bi-yiia aco there. In sleep So beanUroi and fiir. I saw on JiaiM' rou.;h. red hetk A tear unJricl. Ere John cooM w-at. "llc'a bat a bai-y, too.: said U Aad kiased him as we harried by. Tale, paUt-nt Rvbriic's anjttl Uce Stili in his slrep bore saa ritg's trsfre. fcri thousnn4 crowns not him T" Ue whisperJ, while cur ryes were dim. PoorBi.-k! WtJ Dkk: oarwsya-irl s-'ii TurrmienL restless, idle one Could be be spared 7 Nay ; Ue w ao gxvt Ba-ie us befrien '. hiui to the gmvr; Only a mother's heart cvuld be Patient cn ch f..r a-h i; he; And so. said Ji!ji. '-1 wc'i n-t dare To take fcim fr m herle.)?l le nyt r." Then siiie wesi.iiiiy up aNorc, Aa-i knell by M ,r. child ofl 'Ve. "Pertapaiorher'two-j! i bciter be," 1 said to John. luUe siieal! Ue lilted np a curl thai Liy Acrj.s hercbetk in a wlliul wy. Anl shook his hei-i : "Nsy. 1 -vc. a-1 thre T The wuile toy heart beat auJioly. (inly one m-.tre oar eMe?i Ul. Trus;y mil trath'ai. g :-l ia I giaJ. S l.kc . : ta.b.jr. - N.. J .r.ii. no: tcaasro, w;is ax. lei tita in.." AU.J -j we wrji :a a courteous war We -ald ou: give o:. c .i! ! away ; Anl afterwiri t.-il lili crseemc-L Thibkiag of that of.whi h we dr-Mimc.i, Uapry in truth ti:Al n- ... iace Was cursed frjm Us atetutuaic-l place ; Thu.lLfal to wora lur ail tae pevc, Trusllog the ixs: to One lo h"avtn. TIIISPA.' TUE MYSTI.RK.fS NOTE. CHAI'TKU 1. Iu lt;5 I was woiking on tie suuib fork of tLe Yuba, -at a point two or tbree miles belo Sierra City. 1 waa at work aluoe iu a raviue rtakiug dowu ioi5 tbe river. Haifa tlezen other miners bad cabi is Dot lar from mine, and were at work in gulches or on bars iu the "rivers. All of our cabins were on the south side of tbe river, aad mine was at least balf a mile further south than any of tbe others, which carried it well up toward the main ridge or range of hills walling in the stream. One day at noon I went home to get my dinner, and on opening tbe door cf my cabiu saw in ibe middle ot the Door a small scrap of white paper folded in 'be form of a note. 1 thought this not a little curious, as jit door was secured with a pad lock of peculiar construction, tnd no man could have entered unless through the "cat-hole" at the bottom of tbe door. As 1 took up the note I saw that there were three soots cf blood on it. Tbe note alone was sufficient to startle me, but w hen I saw tbe blood a chill ran through my veins, and 1 said: "Here is some villainy afoot! Somebody has been murdered, per haps!" My next thought was tbat some of the boys migbt be playing a trick on me. Instead of at once opening tbe note to read it I began looking into all corners of tbe room; evtn stoi-ped and peeped under my bed No one was to be seen. My cat, old "Chispa," was lhe only living thing in the place. He same pur ring aboui my, legs, as was bis habit when I came jouie; though often be wasjutonhis own book, burning aud prospecting about lur he was not one of your home-staying, lazy kiud of cats. Af:er speaking a kind word or two to old "Cbispa" I opeued the note, and as I read bt'gan to open uij eyes. Tbe little note merely ite folded leaf of an ordinary memo randum boi k read as folic. w s: June 9, 18C5. This is to inform tbe person into w hi re bauds it may come tba I am iu tbe old Maldauado shaft. By the bteakiug of a ladder, I fell to the but- I .in of the shaft about three days ago. 1 am' almost starved. For Ood's i. . ... . i saae come u mv assistance at once. Jacob Phitcuakd When I had read tbe note ecrawl- euwunaverv uud it a 4 ctncil 1 bardlv knew what to think. Mv af I braiu was ia a whirl, aud I made no h ad way in trying to think. As I turned the paper in my fi tigers I ob served that the blood come off it and staiued my baud; I saw, in fact, that t was quite fresh. Tbis astonished me Dot a little, for," thought I, "it be fell inu the ebafi tbree days ago aud hurt him self bow does it happen tbat tbe blood on tbis note is still fresh and almost warm?" My next thought was this: "If be is in the bottom of the Maldauado shaft more than a hundred feet be low i be surface as be says, bow could be leave me tbis note?" Clear ly tbe thing w as improbable, and I could make neither head nor tail of tbe business. Who, Jacob I'riichard waa I did nut know. I did not re member Tiat Lig ever beard bis uarne." - I eat down on a stool and tried to ibiuk. "Here," thought 1, "is a man in the bottom of a shaft, where be baa been for three days, and where be ia now supposed to be starving, who lea Tea a note on my cabin floor ask ing me to come and get him out. Then, is blood fresh blood on tbis note, w bicb makes things still worse!" I sal and tbougbi and thought till things got so mixed op in my bead that 1 was do more capable of form- ESTABLISHED, 1827. SOMERSET, PA.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1S70. ba - j ioj an cptaion ia regard to the , nt'SS lhaa a bora idiot. I talked to the cat toold 'Cbi?pa" . . v : al)OUt It, alia tDe Old IrtJoW er i ;'!:,, ... . i. t liiiu? to assist rue, and be got j opn my knee aod snuffed at tbe Dote ; as ihuogb be knew that the cause of mv trouble lar in that He tbeo jumped dowo aad running- to the cor ner of tbe r,tMim and brought me tbe remains i f a little crippled squirrel wbicb he had lately cauebt, as I could tee, just aa if be ib.uybi 1 migbi be ia trouble ua tbe grub ques tion, and as much as to aay: "Here, old pard, eat aud be merry?" "Cbispa, old lellow, ?ou mean iWtli'said I, but jour kind f grub i is not to my mind." ! 'Chispa"leokeddiapi.iinted wheu he f jiiod tbat 1 could te nothing in the "wreck" of tbe little squirrel. He seenieo. to be of the opioiuu that this oufe'ht to bring all my troubled . and doubtd to an eud. lhe more I pondered on the mat- i ter tbe more it puzzled me. At one I lime I thought tbat a man ruk'ht i have be;a murdered and thrown inio ilheehaft, aud that his murderers j uiiot thea have left the Dote at my cauio. mis would Dot do, howerer, as, if tfce murderers wished the bodr of tbtir Victim tobefuund. thire wa's j no iiei d of ibro ing it into the sbaf. I ahTe, aad not wishing him to perish tbere migbt have left tbe note for me j m Dad. Tbere appeared to be some J litue teuse iu this; yet I had no ! fi i r. tn I.., f, ilk. wi..r, f, fcfc" w rilttl, Bl'JUC, t b miubt be a trick to get me out to murder or maltreat me. Agaio, there was no reason for trying to cd tice me lo any particular tp.t, as 1 WTs liriug alone at my cabin aad might easily be caught there ai any litiie. Ik-ini; unable to arrive atanT saiis- ; faci.ry conclusion in regard to the imvsieriuus uffair, I, made up my j nuud to see some cf the "boys'' oa j i tue nrerand lav the matter before ! i tnm. I i llarioggoifouror fire of tbeneifjb i bors togetber, I produced tbe note, j told them w here I found it, and a.k ; ed what they thought of the "bosi- ; l'hty all said at oace that the n---:e j a as an "infernal lie oa its lace." ) aid they: "If the -man is in the .h-.lr I..,., i. thA : , I .ii.l ! uu. iu iuc luuuucr ia ue aoie i to leave a note on yoor table teliingi jVou to?" I Couple of candles and get the rope j Tbis w as rather more than I badlreadv. Two of us will go down aud ; my se.f thought of in tbe start, Af-, , ist uuen taia we an concuuea tba. I there was in it a triek of some kind; however, we would see it out. We determined to visit the shaft uawed, ibe whereabouts of wbicb was well known to us all, we having seen iu scores of time. It was de cided that each man should be arved with a -six-shooter and tbat we should take w ith il two or three can dles aud a long rope; also a canteen of water au i , sxtme , need, though these last-named articles were main ly intended for our own comfort and susteuauee. Happen what migbt, we would thoroughly examine the shaft. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon all was in readiness and we set out set out on what seemed one of the wildest of wild-goose chases. The Maidanado shaft is situated (as many of my readers well know) ou the steep ridge of a high and steep bill, nearly a mile south of the north fork of the Yuba; also it w&s which is not so well known about half a mile above bere my cabiu stood. The shaft was sunk by General Maidanado, a man well known to all the early silver mioers of the Comstock lode, but aow some years dead. Tbe shaft was sunk on a small but very rich vein of gold-bearing quartz. Tbe ore extracted was taken down to the river oa the backs of pack-mules over a long, zigzag trail, and was tbere worked ia arastras. At one time there was quite a village of Mexicans the river at the place where tbe ore waa worked a vil lage in which landangos, tights, and romantic love affairs were of frequent occurrence. Tbe shaft at the mine was sunk after tbe old Mexican fashion. It was about eigbt feet bv fourteen ia size, and iu it ladders of notched poles were used instead of rope and wiudlass or other hoisting apparatus, the miners walking up aud down ibe poles aud carrying tbe ore poised oa their beads in raw bide sacks. These poles were placed in the shaft it) sucb a position that tbey formed a zigzag tine, like a worm fence, from top to bottom, there be ing a little platform on which re-ted the foot td oue ladder and the top of the next below. Thus, ia descend ing the shaft, one passed from plat form to platform, and from side to side of the opening until .the bottom was reacted. When tbe news of the discovery of silver iu Wasboe reach ed Maidanado he abandoned this mine which was hardly paying ex penses at tbe time and crossing the Sierra Nevada Mountains came to tbe Comstock lode, and brought that segregated portion of the Opbir mine which was thereafter known, as tbe "Mexican," and which proved so im mensely rich. All of bis Mexican followers left Sierra County, Cal J and tbe gold mine there was com-! pletely deserted, tbe buildings at and about tbe shaft were crushed in by the heavy falls of snow" w hich occur in that elevated region, and soon all about tbe place went to rain. . Such was tbe old Maidanado shaft at tbe time I found tbe D"te on my cabin floor; nothing was left at tbe place but a few shakes abont tbe blacksmith's forge and a section of a shake roofe tbat bad fallen across and covered about balf tbe mouth of tbe shaft. It was a lonesome, dreary Id place. The nearer our little party came to tbe old shaft tbe more certain we all felt that we were oa a fool's errand; for how was a man ia the bottom of that abaft to send a note stating tbe fact to a place full balf a mile away! It was nonsense to think of sucb a thing; yet tbere we were toiling op the sleep face of tbe mountain for tbe purpose of finding tbe man ibe man calliug himself Jacob Pritcbard. Several times we baited and laughed at tbe ridiculousness ot our missioo. CHAPTER II. AT TBI SHAFT. Arrived at tbe tod of the hill and at ! the mouth of tbe shaft one of the mea aaid: -WelL here we are! Now to make knowo our prrseoc ta the I r man ia the shaft to J .h Pitfhard "Well, call down to k;... r jM;.i uiui, i-iv. another, laughinr: for d-jw tba stood at the moctb of tbe febafu we ,i trt! . c. . i..:..j - tree ..rr .tk and "raise the uuh" on u. ' 'Sbemaa wh, h.d 5rst sp.-ke sniped over ih shaft and sb.ated; "Jacooare you d-wa tbere: Alutost instantly there came up from the shaft a faint cry that was half moan, halfbu:. We all beard it, and tvere thrilled aod startled. Most of the faces ab-.ut tbe shaft suddenly grew pa'e. We all -stood sileut for some seconds, when S"me one said: "Sure as tyte tbere is a man down there!" "Who are vou? Who down men, dark there?" a?ain called out our tbe stoopiDjr close down to mouth of the shaft. "Jacob Pritcbard?" was the answer that came op tbe shaft. The came was so distinctly uttered that all beard it, aod bearieg it a!! turned a shade pak-r than before. "It beats tbe devil!" sai-J one nf! tbe men, bre akiag a somewhat pw- t. "That was the name tracted silence. signed to the aote, and here is the fe!kw anil ia t -e sbafi!" "Ask him nbout the note," said one of our party. "Did you write a note it out asking for help?" spokesman, stooping over and sending the message and send cried our! the haft i down in ! 4-irtIaina m llf-h a tha cuilnrj i-.n rivers call to each other from ve?el to vessel. "I did." was tbe prompt resn jase from the bottom of the shaft, and again we all gaz d at one another ia amazement. "It is either the devil h'ni'elf fir; the bitrsrest liar in the mountain i- said bill t aiiace. "How could vou scad out a letter?" asked Cii!. imaaixked. "Get me out. I caa't tell now!"i "Votir name is Jacob came from the dark in a wxed and 1 jked cr.e tf the men. faspinrr voice. i "It is,-' said the str-vc Tie is ribt," said Bill: "we oustht to be ashamed to stand here o -jcstion- iii? the poor devil when tht-ri ar . t. r-... .t- ! euougu ui us to-to eat mm up wun- out either salt or pepper! L;?ht a sea bow he can be got out. Some ol tbe.0ottom ladders must j? broken, or he could come out himself tliAi is. lfbis legs are both sound. Mike Murphy, you are stout and active, come w itn me ana we il go and see that fellow." "B but h bow could he bring up the, tbe letter?" stammered Mike, snaKiog his bead and io-.ting aov- tbiBar but, ready to deaeend tbe shaft. "Blow the letter!" said Bill, "he'll tell as all about tbat when we get mm out Are we to Keep the poor uevil tbere all day while we stand here prleying like coward.-?" "I I'm not afraid to go down there, ov course," said Mike, "but we all know that this here is a queer kind cf business, from first to last tbat is, as far as we've got in it " "Well, then, Mike, you aad I go," said BilL "Jast drop the end of the rope into the shaft and we'll work it along to the bottom as we coon it down tbe ladders. Take your can dle Mike." Mike took the candle into rather an unsteady band, aud tbea wailing until Bill was.down a few feet, got upon the top of the notched pole and began descending backwards, as a crawfish travels. As bis bead was descending below the level cf the shaft be halted and cast a lingering look on all tbe bright world be was leaving. He looked like a man whose houraon earth are numbered. His pride carried him where bis legs did not want to go. Slowly and steadily tbe two mea descended the shaft, slipping from notch to notch in the long slender poles. As we stood at tbe edge of the wide opening and eagerly gazed down into it we could distinctly see our two companions and mark their slow descent by the flickering light of their candles. row they were pass iog over the west side of the shaft; soon they turned and were seen com ing back to the east side, oa which we stood; nou they took another ladder, and again they moved to tbe wist. Each time when they thus crossed the shaft tbey came to a little platform oa which rested tbe foot of one ladder, and from which started ibe top of that next below; aad so tbey toilsomely zigzagged their way down, the light of their candles grow ing smaller till all we saw resembled two little stars. Finally tbe two twinkling stars went over to the west side of the shaft aod stopped side by Bide. A murmuring, as of the voices of per sons in conversation, then came cp the shaft, "Pay out more rope!" shouted Bill from somewhere down in tbe bowels of tbe earth. The rope was slowly run out. "All righih! That's enoug!" cried Bill. ' Again a ham of voices was beard, then came tbe order from Bill: "Haul up; haul slowly and carefully! Slow lyfclowly elowly! Hold! Hold on now; that will do!" There was more buzzing of voices, then Bill called out: "Hello, op there!'' -Hello!" cried we. "I am going to bring him up the ladders," said Bill, sending bis message op ia sections, so tbat it would not become tangled on the way. "1 sbalt leave the rope around hiui. Keep tbe slack bauled up bat doa't pull bard. Do you understand?" -All right!" cried I. "We know how it ia." They then started up the ladders. Tbey baited to rest at each platform. As tbey crossed tte shaft iu their slow ascent we conld see, after a time, that Bill was ahead, keeping tbe rope properly taut; tbat M.ke was "boosting" ia the rear, while a dark lamp was moving upward be tween the two. Gradually tbey worked their way up, restiug and climbing. All ibis time we at the top-cf the shaft, ic.r on ih lirvi.xt of PIDeCt!:- Itioo, aod were puzzling our brains in regard to what manner of man we a3 IF I should, shortly see br.iO?Lt up ont I the "d-p-.h" ' Fi-jn'.'j, ai tbey appnaoDea t!:e;lb upper part or tbe Ja.Uer niniat. w.r ,.u.r .mu. a ! ii . . .. u :.,.! . . v : u i ... i: i . L ... ii.thnr m..rii.f it I lira vmi ;ti ... tot' e were air in va'ti" u.ia3...'i:i i situm ujj iuiku uui uiu un uuimr.i"" .. .- r -. - i ?' t .ij. elfi- - . i ' . ,1. -1. MfKifi-ni-.hr...n.tt . tiiinri.M. f 'jVt-r lui i puouiuurs i i-i f 1 - - j paie tact; aud a buck, oucy oearu. Tteu whea tbey reached tbe ia-t ladUer. sl.'i'iog up toward us ttere! I . ud.ti-i t,. t nieturt a pair of black aud eager-b.kiug ejes huu gry-loi..ki'jg is probably the be'.lerex pre-s.oa. . We -t the t,P became so much ex :cueJ ical we came urar ,i.s .......-,., i.. i s. tn i.r the sbait atasiu'le Haul wouia nt a a a IJ a. would have dope to, pet hap. but for the warning cries frorr whom we were iu danger of disloilgiug from the notched pole on whicn he bad a precarious foot- 10'' The maa was at last salely landed at tbe lop of the shaft. He was a stranger to us all. A tail young fellow, apparently about 30 age stotd before us. He vears of wore a black felt bat and ordinary miner's garb. The man was weak, and tot tered as he opened tbe noose at the end of the rope, dropped it to his ! feet, and stepped out of it. ! slinlfiVrilT b sank urjon bis kneS. We were aboui to go to his assis- j lance, thinking he had fainted, when he raised bis bands, and we saw, by ; the motion of his lips, that he was i doinir a thing we did not often see dune in tbe mines. We took t.? our hats aad'stood by ia silence. When the young man attempted to raise from his knees he fell over oa Lis side, aad came near falling into 'fha -h-jfr fl 7Hl for r,9 bud Iii.fJItu, I Some water from the caateea revived j him, and a spoonful of brandy soon ! stave him strength to stand, and even 10 walk slowly, supported on either I side bv one t four men. We weve all dringof curiosity, and as we moved down the siue of the mountaia toward mv cabin we could . . not refrain from a.-kiug a tew ques- ! tiojs. weak and sick as the Did Tiii write tbi-J note?" fail- L jexnib:;:a. A writla g Kfr ' fu'.lU 1. T did,' said tie man; "but thert How came that? I am j not bur !" i "It is as I found it oa my cabin floor, where Tou left i:,' said J. ' " here 1 it tt n. liow could 1. ! said the Tour..' mau ivinr m a re- . fr i nrjacbful look. "Weii," said I, "that is what want to know and vou all the time iu the shaft!' "Was it rtailv brought to vour Ch,blll? "Oiciurse; bow else would I have id it?" sVid I. "Ii is a miracle!" cried tbe young man. "But how could vou send the note up out cf the shall?" asked one of the men. "The story is too lng to be told aotv; besides, what yoa want to Laow is so simple 1 might say so silly tbatyoD will be inclined to ianh at me when I tell yon. Bat whea I am rested I will tell you all." This was gasped out a little at a time and so feebly that we all saw that the young man was in no condi tion to tell a long story, such as bis promised to be. Bill, who fell proud of his part of the business of the rescue, swore that the man should noysav a word until he bad swallow ed somethijg ia the shape ot food aad till te felt himself able to speak. As the two mea assisted the stran ger dowo the steep face of the moun- taiu much of the time almost carry ing him some of ns fed behind to discus the w ords he had let fall. But we could make nothing out of any thing he had said. After we bad reached my cabin, and after the stranger had partaken of sut-h food as we thought suitab'e for him in bis weak state, we asked him to tell us bis story. "I ought to ask you to tell me your story," said he, "as there are things that puzzle rae not a little, and which rou ought to be able to explain. 1 think tou have said yoa found my note bete on the floor of vour cabin ?"" "I have said so,r I replied, "aad cannot understand how it wa3 left there." ' The circumstance canaot astoaish you more than it does me," said tbe young man. "The band of God is in it! When you shall bave heard my storv you wi'I probablv b able to tell me how the note was broagbt to yoa ; indeed, that is a mystery which it will remain with you to ex plain it is what I do not under stand." ' Then it will never b explained," said I. "We don't know that," the young man said. "But I "will tell you all I know about this curious business!" 'Good ! Let ns bave it !" said all hands. CHAPTER. III. THE STRANOEat'S STORT. ' Well," said the young man, "to begio; I have teea mining about Dowaievilie up tbe river along Sail or Iiavine and off that way for some months making little more than grub. 1 had often beard o, the shaft abandoned by Maidanado at the time of the Washoe silver eicitement, and I thought that where so much gold had been found some must bave been left. I managed to get & description of the location of the shaft from a man who bad not the slightest idea of tbe us I intended making of the information he was giving me. Tbree davs ago I stole out of Downieville and rume nn here alone, determined! . j,...t ,k t.rv .Tim;... i ho i lO VJt -'.L U'J .U CUS.t. wui. ........... - - ir i v eiu tor mv sen. i "1 was Drovided with a candle and matches, aad w hen I found the abaft. candle, when I saw near me after a long search, I nnhesitatiogly j striped squirreL I waa deligbteu w entered il and began to descend by j find tbat 1 had some live thing in iU means cf the no.ched po'es. I never shaft whb me. I advanced and took once though: itWible that any ac- up tbe little animal, which hardly eident coald bapptu to tae. n.de aa attempt to escape. As . "All went well lill I was oa the held it ia my hands I could feel iu last ladder from the bottom. I was j heart beating ao rapidly tbat the pul about tbe middle of the pole or lad-Isation could not oe eoanted. 'Jr der when, without the least warain, thought I, 'axe a few i" "j it brckeia the wntre sad I foil dis-lfood that nay lMtwi.hw"fl if. fi fl B XL WHOLE NO. 12S9. of tanre of about tea fet, to ;be bottom ! afu I was oot at aU baru a i i if ii at (.( icat t was c irniiei-i i I irappeii. ine pIe tal bec-nnetjjiiei : rettea, besides tLe o iddle notch nd b arcidnt heeo cut a little tudrii. "In falling mv caudle wm extiu - I n r.'Kn.. n.v ...,!!.. - 'guisned. b.tl bad a .apply ,.f - j matches at, J. pood liu'bted it aSMj II-Min- ih- cv,d .1 ,f I f.t.n-1 . - ! rbr di-oiay that t-. tfce first pla.-f.ru, . ' .- -. tne aitaace wa-4 o-ri v i A-ea: v Tn rhn heiirbt on all kid.-a I wani shot in by asnrxth and s -lid wall ..f ' Tbe squirrel with y-.ur u.- tir.i up r,c j on bis b..dy wa idt-rrd d' n tfce side T neit i.K.-ked ab uitLe b-.tt -mi ..f;' tfae m .untaiu. was o by my "M the shaft. The space ue aH..ut c1 "Cbi-p i be are est banser sa mi Ut In wiiiih In f.iirtper, ir.i'be Sle b o.u-f-i oia b;u i leoetn. it bavin;.' rin evacuatwi ,a this shape iu order to give r.,ni for j planting the ladder at a pr-per ar- e!e. Oalv half the bottom w as drv ground, ice east siue m ice sni:r. ntn n-l.irh the c.-n (liiirx-it htit hwti .... ... .... -r.w- ,r . . sank about tbree feet lower than the west side, and contained over two feet of water "When I bad made these ob - rra - tionslaijaia looked aloft and care - fnV.v eiamined the walls on all sides. ITbey aff-Tded not a chink by means of wbicb I could h- pe to climb to tbe platform above. I planted two pieces of the broken ladder against the wall. climbed to their top, aa 1 again look-j ed for chinks ia the rock ia which I might pain a bold fir my finirers and toes. All was solid and smooth. "I then placed one piece of the ladder against the wall, and, carrying ! "Nothing shall separate ust-ver-tbe other, climbed up and tried t iimore, my darling. For your sake I ! plant it upoa tbe first section. I ciuld not make it staad, aad 10 bave et- tempted to climb it. even tbonebt it bad stood, woald bsva heca foilv, as it was quite vertical, lined piact- in? its base in some of tne notcnes in ! my nrst section, but tcer were not ! deep enoueh. and I ct uld not make ! . , XT I T I j it stand. Wher. I stood my first sec - voun;tion asa'nst tbe snail at a smaller jaazle I could plant my second in the: l'ritchard?"! onfhes. but then it would not reach I ' LTirher than within six or"e:?ht feet of, er. i tbe platform I wished to cain. j "All this time ray canrile was stuck I iDto a bit cf clav at the bottom .f ; the shaft. Tt "was fa-t being consura- !ed. which I could ' fore I Mew it out not an rd. tbere-1 and at down ia . the dark. My feelintrs may perhaps, be imagined, but I cannot describe mem. i wanted to tuins to u;i some good siron? thiikinz-r-bu my .b"U;t-bts and mv braia seemed o j sinw aiuuu'i ia a viivic. aou uu i my d ia a circle, and all I did i I j was to repeat over aad 07er the one word, -Lost! lost! Lost vV :wmmenct.d quiverr. all I could say-all I c u! i t my ; ..Are Vo!J c ,,,jr c.J0.Joaed lbe y g brain to comprehend. : jiv "I lay down aad rocked myself to, Vt.xu,J( X La;a., cc.jU---...bbed and fro oo tbe ground not remaining ; mfuM . breaking clear down; sti.l for a momeat, save wbea I paa-; . , mir e o. a wn . . . , . ,. r . . "but mv f.iks are so poor that I caa t ed occasionally to raze up at tbei , ',. , . little square of light that marked tbe 1 top of tbe shaft. Oace :a thus toss ing about I struck my head against tbe wa!l of the shaft This gave me an idea that I stopped for i time to consider; it was that I might at least dash out my brains against tbe rocks when there seemed to be nothing else left to do. "This did me some good aad I be gan to think again. It appeared t me that I bad seen something float ing ia the water ia the other part cf the shaft during the lime my candle was berning. I tried to remember what it was. Tbere were several objects. Tbey were not bits of wood or bark, but something el.-e just what I could not reccollect. Tbis bothered me so much that 1 determ ined to light my candle and see what was in tbe water. I found two dead rabbits all bloated and green three or four smad striped squirrels, one tolerably large .gray squirrel ot a burrowing kind, and half a dozen mice. "All these were partly decayed, but I considered that it might yet be come necessary for me, to eat them ; therefore I fished them out and plac ed them ia a coraer of the dry part of iha sbalt, where I could find tbem if my candle was all gone when the time came that I must eat them. This done I blew out my candle and again lay down to roll find toss, to gaze at the speck of day far above j " "d groan. "Some one might pass that way and bear me. The moment this thought came into my head I arose, and, leaning against tbe wall and looting upward, I began ahootiog. Hour after fcour I did nothing but shout. 1 shouted till hoarse and till I could hardly stand. Finally, com pletely exhausted, I fell asleep. ' "When I awoke it was all dark above, and I said it is now dark no use of shouting. When d3j light came again I resumed shouting, and kept it up until I became very hoarse aad weak, when I gave it up as worse than useless. "1 studied all manner of combina tions to.be made with my two pieces of ladder, and two or.three times lighted j my candle to lock at ihem, but soon blew it out again, as 1 saw tney couia not be made aay longer than they actually were. The bit of daylight above did not reach me, and did me no good except to let me know when it was iay and when nighu "It is useless to prolong this part of my story. I soon suffered tbe pangs of hunger aad thirst. It was not hard to bring myself to crawl to the water and drink of it, foul as it was, but it was hard to undertake to eat of tbe dead animals. Several times I attempted il but gave it op, feeliDg tbattbe time had not yet arrived. "I found myself takiug naps at all times of the" day ani night. Oa waking from one of these short naps 1 thought I beard something oa tbe bottom of the shaft there was a slight rattling of tbe little quanz peb ble or brokeu fragments of rock. I lisieued for some time and finally be- came satisfied tbat tbere was 8ome - thinir movinir abont in lhe Sba.t. 1 o . ,. struck a match and lighted my bit oi ) mg.' As I held the squirrel ia my hand thinking whether to kill tad em: . it then, or to wait a stul more dire j extremity, I happened to cast mr upward toward tbe laddera wheo -Swj th.,UiJht I. "if this W a carrier pig.,.,. j. irr..v . r a b.rd of auy kiad. u uiulll t,r 1LW means of saving me." Tien it oc curred to me that I might make bet ter use cf the squirrel tbaa to eat it. "Taking out my memorandum book I wrote the note you found oa your cabia floor, wrapped it about the body of the squirrel, aai tied it there with a bit of thread drawn from S my handkerchief, and wnuad iaaoy I times around the little an'mal. I jtbea tossed it up to the platform, j which I longed no mueb to reach. ' I Uod oa the pla-f ,rro. ail j Jh mw :t mker, way o . ,h or- i nen t .u c,... .:.. v f!ly-I kiug expe-nm at, ti.ra i-ej. aud a''ke an J prayed i 'e'' " ! aain. - l 'A.l .-eai-d of u- Usf, 1 "A.! --P'.l-1 of 111! USt. 3ldT Ver, Jll 'in; ii a ii i I , "! "a ibe p.iji of ir io- j'u-re t.i eat "lie f tbe d su j 1- - -q i, -h.,r b ; " -- - , . i uis . i ft i- "Ail Is a-. clear a- d-sv ' .-a auu Oruut tiuu fj !- ;o sri-.w bim I'lUif; f led uti bini ab. ut lhe liliin aud ti ih.It killed Dim aud be ifs!l eallug biiu, DeJ the Q'.l was d;s! dged aud fe'l up..u the d.x.r ' n.r. i, i .... . ..... . i j . . . t - " '"""i u-e- '- : "I J "-'sp 'even bad the si in j orlu-i" 01 lt" remains oi tnr Hiu rret 'when be f.uud me wondenn ab-.ut 'lt fucb as to say, '1 t ujd . . . , ; 11 tu,-'K ur"'u l " ay, .bdi s ite simpifst tbiar 1:1 the World af.er all," sa'd J r ,b Tritcbard, aud ail bauds said. "It is no mv-terv after aiL" te Aakeel toe a ark. He was oa his knees to her, - His lace ws Siished, hi? eyes gleamed passionatt-lv into hers, be talked rap id! v. will beard the linn ia bis deo. I will face deaih on the battle 6eld. I will endure all hardship, ail suffering, all miserv. lie pau-rd and b.ked eagerly to her, with L : - whole oal quivering m bis eves. ' Will VuU do all ibis for tbe sake J ol rae, love?" said sbe gazing into the burning eves. " 1 es. ves; a tbouan "And if we wed." continued she, flushing, slightly, "will y. u get up 'irrt aad build the fire?" With a -oriek of despair he de l. What a 1 1 eel HI He was a f.r looking boy of uiae nr rr n II- rartM a.tiV flr-ilri4: rh. j f ia,e wti,e .h(j olher j iag ia tbe muJf anj bi's uirlaacaoiv look at leg'h attracted ihrir a;t-u- u. Wh.: ails v u bub?" iuqul.ed one e .l ,.P,,,ir. ; t hj ' . , h- . muJ!" -ave Eiple!ea la at Cewl If lae Wilkesbarre, March 7. An ex plosion of gas occured at Prospect Shaft, last night, by which Jacob Geotz, watchman, and Charles No lan, bos, were seriously burned. The mia had beeu flooded to put out the fire some weeks ago, and tbe water was being pumped out when the watchman dropped a spark from bis lamp into lhe mouth of the shaft and catrsed aa instantaneous explo sion, which was terrific, blowing the timbers aroond tbe top into pieces. As fast as tbe gas accumulated and arose to the mouth of tbe shaft anoth er explosion would follow, shaking the earth for some distance, the shock re-embling those of as earth quake. Tbe shaft is three miles from WL'kesbarre, but the flash of each explosion lit op the city and country for mi!es around. The explosions occurred every Ef'een minutes for over three hours. The fire is eat, bat the loss to the works is not known. ie lielkeapArmMd. WASiiiNoToM, March 8. To-day at noon. Major Richards, Chief cf Police, made a formal arrest of Eel knap, ex-Secretary of War, aad brought biro into the Police court. Belknap was accompanied by bis counsel, ex-Senator Carpenter, who said they waived an examination aad were prepared to give bail for Bel knap's appearance before the conrt. Judge Sneil fixed the amount at $2o 0?0 when the pa-ties retired to ar range the bail. Belknap showed by his movements, during the abort time he was ia tbe court room, that he was much d?pressed in spirit, cover ing bis face with bis hands and sigh ing deeply. .reaoaylraah KllTeek Pin la Delphi a, March ". The anuuai report of the Pennsylvania railroad company for the year 1375, shows that tbe gross earnings of the company on all its liDes were $08, 096.565.C1; gross expenses, including rentals, interest, dividends, etc., $35, 574.110 91 ; net earnings, ?2I,522, "21 95. The report states tbat tbe company is now, for the first time in its history of twenty-nine year3, without any floating debt, and bad on deposit to its credit on January I, 15, a total of $4,924,299 59. A new passenger station is to be erected at Wes. Philadelphia. reraaaete. Wae ejaedr. New Yoek, March 5. Tbere was a length v argument yesterday before Judse' Sedgwick, holding Special Term of the Superior Court, on a motioa to dimi-s the complaint ia ibe suit of Pvid Ogdeo vs. Fernan do Wood. The action ia brought to recover ns $15,000, wbicb, it is al leged, 3Ir. Wood received from Mr. Fuwier to procure him the office of Corporation Attorney, and which, it is claimed, was paid to tbe injury 01 Mr Fowler' creditors, wb had judg ments against him at tba time. At tbe cloae of the argument Judge Sedgwick took the papers. Old Sam B , earpente- of Trenton, was engaged to boild a fence, and was consalted as to the best ' material for posts. " Locust, madam, locust ; tbe darned tuJT will last life tfce; ITe tried so twice."
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