ANNUAL REPORT of Middle Coal Field
Poor District , December ill. lSUtt.
RECEIPTS.
Balance from last report sl2,i d 73
Joe Oormley, Summit Hill, 95 122 18
David Reese, M Chunk twp, 95 101 88
C D Culver. Mauch Chunk, 95 . .. 58 82
C E Foster, East M (.'hunk, 9U -11 II
C D Culver. Mauch Chunk, DO D 2 42
.Joe Gormley, Suiumit Hill. tHi 2"> TO
David Reese, Mauch Chunk, 9G 11 58
S W Hollar<l, Weatherly, IH> DU
VV N Fichter, Banks two, shj 58 8
A A Bachman, Freehold. i7 odd 82
J M Williams, Beaver Meadow, 117.... 129 lo
C E Foster, East M Chunk. 97 •_>>■ s
C J Crcvelitig, Huzletoii City, 07 61J 49
Jus J Heeney, Lehigh twp, 93 M
Juo S Koneuius, M Chunk twp, 97.... 2". 89
C D Culver, Mauch Chunk, I*7 >4O . 0
Jno J Hackett, Banks twp, 07 208 27
W H Reiubold, Jeddo, 1.- W
Wm Suiyrl, Summit Hill, 07 122 .1
Thos Kogati, Lunstord, 07 134 35
Juo Potters, Lausanne twp, 07. . 43 uj
W E Oberrender. Foster twp, 97 704 ..
Patrick Smith, Huzle twp, 07. • 1.022 42
Patrick McKeuua, W Hazleton, 97... 182 22
Frunk P Hoover, Weatherly, 07 34 u*.
J M Williams, Beaver Meadow, 08.... I*l on
C E Foster, East M Chunk, 08 1,003 40
C J Creveling, Huzletoii City lo,o*o 01
.las J Heeney. Lelngh t wp, 08. Ins 47
Juo S Houciiius. M Chunk twp,08.... 3,'.rJ.> 02
C D Culver, Mauch Chunk, 08 3,311 :$u
Jno J Hackett. Banks twp, 08 1,583 40
W 11 Reiubold, Jeddo. 08 250 84
Wra Bmyrl, Summit Hill, 08 3,2.. oo
Thos Rogan, Lunstord, tW 3,574 82
Daniel Kline, Freeiuud. 08 1,307 o".
Juo Potters. Lausanne twp, 08 41) un
W E Oberrender. Foster twp, 08... . 2,502 ..
Patrick Smith, Hazlo twp, 08 0,300 30
Patrick MclCenna, W Hazleton,oß.... 05< 08
Maintenance of
Mrs 11 Mitchell 85 40
Amanda H inkle 150 00
Sophia Larson 150 ot)
Peter O'Brien 40 00
Amanda Roth 08 00
John Sewuck 2 80
Mary Young 28 <;>
Joseph Mischel 0 3.,
Gustav lleuse) 144 UI
Fines by Alderman Heidenrich 2 35
Unseated land tax from Luzerne eo.. 1,172 42
Total §02,431 01
John Schwartz, /
James Met .'ready [-Directors.
Samuel Gangwer,)
Attest: C. Fred Kline, secretary.
We, the undersigned auditors of the Middle
Coal Field Poor District, do certify that we
have examined the foregoing accounts, re
ceipts and vouchers for the expenditures <l
the directors and steward and find them cor
rect us above stilted. February 1, 1800.
J. E. ltosciistock.
L. G. Lubrccht.
DISBURSEMENTS.
Auditing expenses S 30 DO
Conveying paupers I'jO 7u
Clothing, boots and shoes 403 02
Dry goods and uolions 4OO 31
Election expenses 410 40
Farm expenses 827 00
l'urin implements 270 30
Fuel and light 1,300 07
Convention expenses and ass'mcut... 70 II
Groceries and provisions 5,272 80
House fixtures 224 00
" expenses 400 71
Maintenance of children 553 00
" " feeble-minded chil'ii. 120 tX)
Hospital expenses 211 18
Interest and discount 100 41
Improvements new reservoir 151 no
Legal fees and expenses 75 80
Medicines 400 78
Maintenance of insane, Danville 4,500 25
Werners ville. 025 71 i
Office expenses 107 25 |
Tobacco 380 05
Paid other poor districts 217 31
Outdoor relief und burials 23,410 72
Printing ?.. 410 00 j
Repairs to buildings 130 88
Bui of steward's sal 07 and paid in 08 . 500 Hi
Salaries and expenses '. 1,220 00
Outdoor medical attendance 00 (HI
Livestock 35 00
♦Auit paid Geo T Wells us steward's
expenditures 4,050 00 j
♦See explanation below
Bal in Huzle toil National baud 14,230 81 :
§02,431 01
OUTSTANDING ON TAX DUPLICATES.
Subject to exonerations und commissions.
Thus .1 M0..i.-, 1 iv. I.hml. '.'l 17 oi
Louis Beeklotr, Foster twp, 01 243 99
Patrick Givens, Foster twp, 02 0 88
Conrad Brchm, Foster twp, 03 200 4.1
Samuel W 11 oil aid, Weatherly, 04— 550
Henry J Fritz, Lehigh, 04 10 os
Samuel W Hotfurd, Weatherly, 00— 511 on
C D Culver, Mauch Cliuuk, 05 477 0
90 124 00
Thomas Brown, Foster twp, 00 142 li t
J M Williams, Beaver Meadow, 07— on 11
John J Hackett, Banks twp, 07 25 .v
Jus J Heeney, Lehigh twp, 07 83 87
: E Foster, East M Chunk, '.*7 100 52
JnoS Ronemus, M Chunk twp,07.... 57 24
C D Culver, Mauch Chunk, 07 504 05
08 034 10
Patrick Smith, Huzle twp, 08 1,307 21
Jno S Ronemus, M (.'hunk twp, 08.... .UK) n
C E Foster, East M Chunk, 08 785 40
Wm Smyrl, Summit Hill, 08 345 04
J M Williums, Beaver Meadow, 98 ... 201 os I
Juo J Hackett, Banks twp, 08 400 72
Jas J Heeney, Lehigh t wp, 08 127 30
Thos Rogan, Laiisford, 08 381 7 4 !
Jno Potters, Lausanne twp, 08 58 15 1
*C J Creveling, Hazleton city, 08 1,500 (H) 1
Patriek Mi k< una, W lla/.h I<. 11.
W H Keiiibold, Jeddo, 08 :{2 70
♦W E Oberrender, Foster twp, 08 500 00
• Daniel K line. I'ivHnml. l.loo ihi
Frank P Hoover, Weatherly, 08 050 (Ml
Total §12,705 8G
Less exonerations and com approxi
mated 0,000 00
Balance due district § 0,705 80
Those marked thus (*) have made payment
sinee report was made out.
GEORGE T. WELLS' ACCOUNT.
Sundries, Dr.
♦To George T Wells steward's ex
penditures § 4,010 05
Farm expenses. $ 1,170 04
Freight and ex press 811 80
House expenses 500 3s
Blacksmith and tlreuiau 345 50
Nurse 300 00
Hospital expenses 201 no
Hospital warden 2o (.0
Hospital repairs Tons
Office expenses 6 50
Merchandise 5 :<8
Election expenses 10 on
Groceries and provisions 1-2 :i
Conveying insane I 15
Steward's traveling expenses 2i s
bulary of stewurd uud matron 1,075 Go
GeoT Wells, steward, Dr § 4,010 05
To Sundries.
To cash received from directors $ 4,050 IK)
Cash for merchandise 27 on
" hides 5-4 04
" fertilizer 3 71
" buy 3 IK)
" potatoes and cabbage 51 ir2
grain 00 s7
making cider 24 08
lard 28 ot
" from state suuitary board 150 iki
" for coal o no
" pipe and Ilttiugs 7 37
" anatotnieal board 3 00
" from warden 5s
" sale of cider press 8 00 j
;; watch 10 00 !
" old jewelry 432
" bellows I IK) ;
Bal due Geo T Wells stewurd, 98 408 80
PRODUCE ON FABM.
125 tons hay, 1350 bushels corn in the ear,
1755 bushels potatoes, 18U bushels buckw heat.
1080 bushels outs, 850 bushels rye. no bushels
mangles, 120 bushels beets, 145 bushels tur
nips. 30 bushels carrots, IJOOO heads cabbage,
150 bushels picked apples, 8 bushels onions,
044 gallons cider, 2840 pounds butter, 5500
pounds pork, 050 poo mis lard; 1058 pounds
beef, 753 pounds veal, 8 barrels sauerkraut, 30
barrels soft soap, 2400 pounds hard soap.
STOCK ON FA 11.M.
8 head horses, 2 mules, 20 shouts. 22 cows, 1
bull. 8 heifers, 0 steers, 7 calves, 140 chickens. ,
10 turkeys, 15 ducks.
MACHINERY.
Four two horse wagons, ono two seated car- 1
riugo, one one seated carriage, one buss, one
spring wagon, three two-nurse sleds, two,
sleighs, four plows, three harrows, three culti
vators, two hay rukes, two mowing machines, |
one thrashing machine, one fodder cutter, one
heed drill.
ARTICLES MADE IN HOUSE.
225 bed-sheets, 304 pillow cases, 24 holster
cases, 88 bed ticks, 101 pillow- ticks, 8 bolster j
l icks, 80 women's dresses, 80 children's drosses !
20 infants'dresses 31 women's nights gowns, 10 1
children's night gowns. 138 women's chemise. I
18 children's chemise, 13 infants' chemise. 82 !
women's petticoats,23ehilrlren's petticoats, 120 i
women's aprons, 8 children's aprons. 12 i
women's uuderwui&ts 12 shrouds, 51 towels, 30 j
window curtains.
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Conflicts With the Constitution.
, From the Philadelphia Press.
Quite a number of the municipalities
j in Pennsylvania have ordinances provid
; ing for a special high tax upon transient
I merchants. The license fee required
ranges from S3O per month upward, and
was purposely made sufficient to dis
courage '-special sale*' and other itiner
ant dealers from intruding.
Titusviile lias one of these ordinances
that demands a license fee of SI,OOO a
month from venders who enter the city
gates for a brief sojourn, and the
; Merchants" Association has called upon
i the authorities to enforce the measure
1 against a tradesman from Erie who
would abide for a while.
It is strange that there are so many
who are unaware that discriminating
taxes of the kind referred to cannot be
legally imposed. It is provided in the
stato constitution that '-all taxes shall
be uniform upon the same class of sub
jects within the territorial limits of the
authority levying the tux." Therefore
any enactment in conflict with this pro
vision is unconstitutional.
ON. DAVID favorite
Remedy
The one sure cure for J
The Sidney's,liver and Blood
CHILDREN BORN IN 1898.
To Kate Boyle, girl, .laiiunry 12.
To Mrs. George Bit lor, Juno is.
i Average number of inmates, 102. Of these
35 mules iilid 33 females are insane.
Approximate value of real estate and per
sonal property, as taken uud computed by the
! directors mid auditors.
350 acres of land $ 8,750 00
, 431 aerosol land 2.155 00
, Store house 1,500 00
Amshouse.. 12.000 00
, Hospital mid fixture 35,000 00
Born 8,800 00
( Boiler house and laundry tlxtures 2,5u0 on
House furniture In all buildings 2.500 m
: < hop mill 500 uO
W mcr works, urtcshtu well and pipe
\ lines 1.500 00
, ( lias machine and fixtures 250 00
lee house JUG IN
Farm implements 2.U00 00
, Livestock 1,800 00
j Farm produce 3,500 00
( ( iisll in hunk 14,230 S 1 .
. I'licolleeted taxes 0,705 so
SOB,OOO 07
OUTDOOR RELIEF AND BUIiIAIaS.
J Outdoor relict Luzerne district $17,040 *.3
burial " " • 230 *
" " Middle " 44 00 .
' " relief " " 2,489 03 1
Lower " 3,003 30 •
' " burial " " ;io oo
1 $23,449 72 |
J COST OF INMATES.
In this statement Items not chargeable t"
l maintenance have been deducted.
George T. Wells, steward $ 4,050 i*
Tobacco 380 95
Medicines 4li ;s
Hospital expeuscs 2 I 18
Groceries and provisions 5.272 89
Fuel ami light l.mr.i 07
Farm expenses . 527 09
Dry goods mid notions 41 1 31
. clothing, boots mid shoes 4>*;i
House expenses mm ; 1
Total $13,875 00
1 Average number of inmates, including stew
> aid's department, 192; cost per month, $0912;
1 cost per week, $1.50; cost per day, 21c.
1 George T. Wells, steward, i
Ida M. Wells, matron.
DIED DURING! THE VHAII.
, Sarah Fredrick, Jan ii, aged 02 years.
Henry L'rtwine, Jan 10, aged 70 yeurs.
, Mrs Meichel, Jun 21, aged si years.
Luke McGraw, Jun 25, aged 73 yeurs.
, Andrew Fitzpatriek, Jun 27, uged 18 years.
Theresa Sinoiil, Feb 14, aged 70 years.
, Thomas Thomas, Feb 25, aged 58 years.
John Morris, Feb 20, uged 34 veurs.
John Seenick, March 10, aged 48 years.
Doiniiiick Boyle, April 28, aged 08 years.
, Thouiits Thomas, .May 12. aged 78 years.
Itose Krinold, May 21, uged 49 years.
Noul Boyle, May 28, aged 19 years.
Hubert Geipel, June 22, aged 38 years.
I Peter Manucliettu, June 23, aged 31 years.
Mrs Thomas Wurgo, June 27, aged 23 years.
William Brogan, July 2, uged 52 yeurs.
Patrick Gallagher, July 14, aged 70 years.
! John Bwautick, July 24, uged 50 years.
■ Peter O'Brien, July 30, agedoß years.
George Beitler, August 12, aged 37 years.
Andrew Humanick, August 21, uged 15 years
Martin Harrison, October is, aged 50 years.
Philip Ocher, Nov. 14, aged 79 yeurs.
Kate Wena, Nov 14, aged H) years.
Mrs L Bell reus, Nov 17, aged 07 years.
Patrick Cudden, Dec 5, aged 08 years.
! Guspier Holdig, Dec 12, uged 21 years.
ADMITTED DURING THE YEAR.
Male adults 07
Female adults 21
Mule children 3
Fcmaietdiildrcn 4
95 |
DISCHARGED AND REMOVED.
Male adults 14
Female adults 10
Male children 1
Female children 2
57
DIED DURING THE YEAR.
! Male adults 21
1 Female adults 7 !
28
1N M ATES II KM AIM NG.
I Male adults 129
Female adults 05
Male children 3 I
i'emulo children 4j
201 I
CLASSIFICATION.
j Males In hospital BO I
I Females in hospital 50 I
I Mules In almshouse 43 .
Females in almshouse 13
~WI
NAPIER'S BMDIUGGEI
His Remarkable Story of Find
ing the Large and Fam
ous Chunk.
IT WEIGHED 146 POUNDS.
It Got Him an Introduction to Queen
Victoria and Was the Cause
of His Ruin.
The I>i Mini 11 ien Kneoituterml In (letting It
to it I'liice of Safety— Afterward Exhib
ited in the Itritirth MUKHUIII— Witt Even
tually Sold to the It-ink of England for
SftO.OOO.
Tlit recent shipment to England of
a Klondike nugget valued at $50,000
recalls the famous Napier nugget
found in the Australian diggings forty
years ago. The front end of Mr.
Napier's name is Samuel H. He re
sided in Bat hurst, N. B. nearly all his
life and was once elected to the Legis
lature, but his chief fame rests on the
fact that he once upon a time picked
up the biggest chunk of gold that ever
gladdened the heart of man.
"It was in 1854," said Mr. Napier,
"that I left this country for Australia
on the hark Marco l'olo, which, when
condemned was believed to he the
oldest sailing craft nlioat. She was no
chicken, even in the fifties. I sailed
four voyages from Liverpool to Mel
bourne, chiefly as purser and second
mate, before 1 caught the mining
fever. In 1857 1 started for the dig
gings and remained there a year and
j a half. 1 went to Bendigo first and
| then staked a claim at Kingower,
I about forty miles from the Bendigo
| diggings, on an arm of the Muriui
. bedgie called the Loddeu. I had been
at Kingower about six months when
I I found the celebrated Napier or
Blanche Barkel.v nugget. My brother,
Charles H. Napier, was in partnership
| with me, and our cook and general
| handy man about camp was an Eng
lishman, 75 years of age, Hubert Am*
j hrose. He is dead now. or if he isn't,
it's plenty time he was.
j The Kingower diggings was a small
one compared with the Bendigo, and
didn't pan out much at first. It was
|on August. 14, at 10 o'clock in the
I forenoon, that we made the big strike.
We had dug down about fourteen feet
ito the pipe-clay stratum and were
, shutiling around in the bottom of the
.'shaft more dead than alive from the
lieat. old Ambrose lit iiis pipe and
leaned against the side of the hole for
a rest, .lust then I struck something
with my pick. 1 tuilicd it up so the
light could strike it. and by jiminiuy
frost! it was a hunk of gold us big
as a hub bard squash!
"Well, that minute 1 knew our fort
une was made. Old Ambrose got ex
cited, and jumped around till 1 thought
he'd have the whole diggings down
upon us. Charley and 1 Kept cool and
covered the* nugget up in the earth
and didn't go nigh it for the rest of
the day. After night we lugged the
beauty to our tent and covered it up
in the bedding.
About midnight we set to work as
quiet as possible with our picks and
sunk a shaft down about six ftet
underneath the table in the tent and
buried the nugget out of sight. For
three long mouths it stayed there, with
us eating over it. walking over it,
sleeping on it and dreaming on it, and
not a soul at the diggings any the
wiser. Asnbrose used to talk in his
sleep, hut we found that a good dose
of gin would settle that, and he
generally got all he could cleverly
stow away. Sometimes we lay awake
all night with our guns handy in case
we were molested, for there were
plenty of tough subjects at the dig
gings that would have made short
vvor kofus if they had guessed our secret.
"Well, about the middle of Novem
ber we bought a horse and cart and
lit out for Melbourne, having in the
meantime dug out our claim and piled
up enough of the yellow stuff to carry
us to London. It took lis four days
and four nights to reach Melbourne,
and 1 hardly slept a wink on the way.
The nugget was packed up in a rough
box with some old clothes, and we
told every one we met that we were
going to New Zealand. We carried no
anus with us for fear of being suspect
ed. W hen we reached Melbourne we
took private lodgings, and the next
morning lugged her ladyship down to
the Bank of Victoria and made all the
necessary arrangements for shipping
I her, and we never saw her again until
1 produced the necessary documents
at the Bank of England in London.
f course by this time the thing had
leaked out, and in no time the city of
Melbourne was crazy with excitement.
We sold our beauty to the Bank of
England for £10.001) sterling, my
brother and I dividing the profits
equally and pooling in handsomely for
old Ambrose. Ilow much did it
weigh i The heft of that nugget was
Just 14ti pounds I ounces and 3 penny
weights, and when it was smelted it
was found to be 23% carats tine, con
taining only 10 ounces of dross.For
some time it was exhibited in the
British Museum by permission of the
bank, and there is a east of it there
now as well as one at Kingston Col
lege, Ontario.
"While in London we were presented
in the Queen. She sent her carryall
and a batalion of mounted police to
lake the nugget and us to the palace,
iWe stopped with her for lunch, and
1 must say she made herself general
ily agreeable. I teetered the Prince of
Wales on my knee, for he was only a
! kid then, and ho promised to come to
Canada to see me, which he did about
I'ight years anerwurd. Then I went
to Liverpool and got married, and
went into the ship chandlery and sail
making business, and pretty soon
every ounce of that nugget was gone
lo kingdom come. Mind you. I got no
fault to And with marriage in general,
but I didn't seem to strike a pay
streak. So then 1 came back to my
| old home, and when I got here the
hoys took hold in earnest and elected
me at the head of the poll by 140
majority. But the nugget was my
ruination after all. for I've done noth
ing ever since but hunt for gold on
ihe Nasliwaak, the Nepisigult and the
Nappadoggan. 1 found lots of sigus,
hut nothing lo pau out.
POKER PLAYED BY A DREAM.
The Player Uncertain if Fate Slipped a Cog
or if lie Is a Chump.
! "Brown always swore that he wasn't 1
superstitious." said Brown's friend,
"but I've seen him twist his second
finger around his first when he met
a cross-eyed man, and I know he has '
j conscientious scruples against going 1
under a ladder. The fact tnut he oc- ;
casionally gets up and circles around I
his clialr three times while playing
poker may not prove anything, but ;
any man who will lay down a good |
hand on account of a dream is open j
to suspicion, and that's what Brown
did.
1 "it seems that Brown dreamed one
night of having u tilt with Smith.
Smith opened a jackpot, and Brown
just hipped him once for luck. He
held the eight, nine ten and jack of '
clubs, so lie laid chances of tilling ,
j either a straight or a flush. Smith i
| drew one card—in the dream and I
Brown, of course, did likewise. lie ,
pulled the queen of clubs. Smith j
seemed to have bettered, too, and they <
had a nice little tilt. When Smith
called In* showed an ace full to kings,
and Brown woke up just as he was
raking in the pile,
j "Well, it happened that a few even
ings after this Brown and Smith were
in the same game, and after a while
Brown opened a pot with aces and
kings. The rest dropped out. all but j
Smith, and lie raised the limit. Brown ,
made good, and each man drew a j
card. Brown got a third ace, and
Smith seemed to be pretty well satis- '
lied with his draw. Then Brown re- j
membered his dream. He held ex- ;
actly the baud that Smith had held
in the dream, and he broke out in a
cold perspiration.
" 'Dreams go by contraries/ he j
thought to himself, 'and it's a cinch i
that Smith lias got my straight flush/
Tlicy he bet a white chip, and Smith ■
came buck at him with a limit raise. ,
and the limit was pretty high. That
blooming tool Brown hesitated for a
minute, and tnen laid down ids hand
with a sickly smile. 'Your straight
flush beats my ban 1/ he said. 'How
diil you know I had a straight flushY |
asked Smith, surprised. Then Brown |
told about tlie dream, and Smitli
laughed tit to kill himself. 'There's \
your dream hand.' he said as he laid
it out. The eight, nine, ten. and jack ;
of clubs were there all right, but the |
fifth card was tne seven of spades. I
"Of course Brown swore, but as the
matter stands now he doesn't figure j
out just where lie's at. Those two
hands came so close to the dream that
he can't settle it in his mind whether I
fate slipped a cog that once or whether
lie was a chump. But I know what
Smith thinks."
The Illeittnl Hohim.
For extraordinary, incredible, dia- j
bolical wickedness the name of Itosas
lias become a proverb in South Ameri
ca. It is barely -0 years since lie I
died; yet when the people of the River
Platte speak of him, we seem to lie
hearing of some half-mad Ethiopian
Sultan or hero of the "Arabian ,
Nights"; a (treature of other clay than
ordinary men; a being, half devilish,
half divine, slavishly worshiped by all,
capricious, vindictive, ruthless, slay
ing in the dark by some mysterious
power his enemies, his refractory
slaves, and even those who dreaded
and haled in silence; not to be caught
unawares: proof against plots, free
from ordinary human infirmities;
knowing neither fatigue nor fear;
violent, too. and fantastic, striking
astonishment and a kind of supersti
tious dread by his mad freaks, his ,
dangerous banter, and his fits of sav
age generosity or cruelty.
Such is the Itosas of popular tradi
tion; nor does the picture so drawn
seem exaggerated in the light of auth
entic records. But Itosas was more
than this; he it was who gave the first
real, solid government to a young
nation which numbers to-day 4,000.000
souls, and has the largest city of the
southern hemisphere for its capital.
He practically secured internal peace—
with brief interrupt ions—to a country
torn by incessant revolution and civil
war. He was the creator of the j
Argentine Confederation- by force,
perhaps; but force was the order of
the day: and he arose from among a
crowd of eaudillos. party chiefs, half
soldiers. lialf-brigands. mostly as des
potic in spirit, as regardless of law
and restraint, as contemptuous of hu
man life as ltjsas himself. To him
more than to anyone it is due that
Argentine is one country instead of
containing half a dozen rival and dis
cordant republics.
Coultlu't .Jnsgte Without Hit* .lag.
"Queer thing about jugglers," said
an old-time vaudeville manager. "1
had one of the best jugglers in the
business uuder my management once,
and lie had 110 sooner opened than
he started on a highly ornamental
spree. He did his work all right, but
1 got tired seeing him wandering
around with his jag. and told him 1
would cancel his date at once if he
took another drink. He promised to
stop, and that night he treated the
audience to a few things not on the
programme. For instance, a bottle
slipped out of his hand and nearly
brained the orchestra leader. Then ho
dropped a pyramid of glasses and
I scattered pieces all over tae parquet.
He wound up by letting a cannon ball
roll into the footlights and smashed
i eight or ten dollars' worth of fancy
I iucaudesceuts. \* hen he came off I
asked him as a special personal favor
to get drunk again and stay drunk
for the balance of the engagement.
He said he was ready to do anything
to oblige, and his subsequent perform
ances were superb. Between times he
would lie in a stupor on a trunk in
his dressing room. Queer people, jug
glers."
Human Nature la Queer.
A Chicago woman waded into the
lake chin deep with the,evident in
j t ent ion of drowning herself. A young
man caught her in the act, leveled n
shotgun at her and told her he would
blaze away if she did not conic in out
of the wet. The bluff went and the
young lady waded ashore again.
I This reminds one of the ancient story
I of a man who sallied forth with a rope
to hang himself. While he was tying
the rope to a treee he spied a bull
making for him and immediately ran
for dear life. Human nature is a
queer mixture of inconsistencies.
inraßNDi
The Gun Play of a Bad Mar
From Nowhere, and
Its Sequel.
A BARROOM TRAGEDY.
The Stranger's Method of Dealing
With a Refusal to Imbibe
With Him.
Dnslted a Clan* of Whiskey Into III* Op
ponenl'ft Kyes and Fulled His Ciun —The
Hurteuder Knew His Rusliiess and End
ed the IXfHcully With 11 r eat Prompti
tude.
"Where lie came from or who he
was nobody knew. He was not com
municative, and nobody was tempted,
to ask him. That he was bad all
hands who saw him agreed when he
rode in through the new town and
began drinking in the saloons about
old Las Vegas Plaza. You could read
it in his burnt reu skin and wide, low
cheekbones, and tliln, straight lips
and square Jaw. It was just as plain
that lie was mean of disposition and
bound to get meaner with every drink
lie took. He was tall and wiry of
build and carried himself like a man
who knew what it was to take care
of himself in rough places, and it
was an ominous sign that while drink
brought an ugly gleam into ids eyes,
it did not feaze him a bit or make
him talkative. It was the winter of
'SO, the year after the Atchison road
came to Las Vegas, and toughs and
desperadoes and gamblers from every
where had flocked o the town, which
was the biggest and hottest oil the
line of the New Mexico division.
"He had been drinking pretty stead
ily since 10 o'clock in the morning,
and it was about 4 in the afternoon
when I stepped iuto the Escudero sa
loon. where he was standing at the
bar," said Ellis Lyford. sometime of
New Mexico, continuing his account
of an episode which lie prefaced with
the foregoing personal description.
"I was new in the country or I might
have remarked the circumstance that
the saloon was pretty empty for that
hour in the day. The bartender, in a
white jacket and apron, two cattle
men talking business at a tanle in one
corner, and the stranger, with his el
how on the counter, were the only
people there when I entered. I asked
the bartender if a friend of mine had
been in. and then, before going out.
called for a drink. 1 swallowed the
whiskey and had turned toward the
door when the stranger spoke to me.
" 'Have a drink,' lie said. I caught
the eye of the bartender, and lie gave
mo a look which said 'do away' as
plainly as words could hove done.
" 'Please excuse me,' I said. "I have
just had one.'
" 'You're making too much talk.' the
stranger said, and turned the bar
tender. 'Set out the stuff and a cou
ple of glasses. The gentleman,' with
a drawling, sarcastic emphasis on the
word, is going to do ine the high honor
to take a drink with me.'
" 'The gentleman says he docs not
want to drink,' said tli? bartender,
setting before him a whiskey bottle
and a glass.
"The stranger tilled the glass to the
l>riin and. not taking his eyes from
mine, pushed it along the counter to
wards me. I saw that lie meant to go
through witli what he had started to
do. It* was his first outbreak since
lie had begun drinking in the morn
ing, and all the homicidal devil within
him, which had been coining to the
surface as he turned in the liquor, now
had full control.
Watching him. 1 was aware that the
cattlemen had stopped in their con
versation to look, and that the bar
tender, a fresli-faced, boyish-looking
young fellow, was pulling the bottle
toward liim as he wiped the counter
with a cloth.
" 'So you'll not drink your whiskey,'
said the stranger, with an ugly set
ting of his jaw and a drawing at the
corners of bis thin lips, as I shook my
head. 'You'll take it this way. then,'
and with a motion as sudden us a cat's
lie threw the whiskey into my eyes.
As. blinded, smarting and half knock
ed off my feet by the shock, I clung
helpless to the counter' a crashing
sound was in my ears and a noise of
the falling of flying glass, then the
slain of a chair overturned in the
! corner where the cattlemen were, and
the footsteps of men gathering about
me. Somebody wiped my eyes with a
wet towel and the bartender's voice
said:
" 'Gome with me. Here, step around
a little, this way. Now straight
ahead.'
"Holding my hand and with one arm
arouud me, the bartender was guiding
my steps to the back of the saloon.
He turned me aside once as we went,
but not so quickly but that my foot
tripped against something on the floor
which I knew to be the body of a
man. Then I heard him pouring water
into a basin, and he said: 'Now, (lip
your eyes in this and keep them there
till the doctor comes.'
"By the nine the doctor came, which
was in a fe*r minutes, the smarting
of my eyes was nearly gone, and I
could see as well as ever. With my
face in the water I had not paid much
attention to the comings and goings
in the room, but when I lifted my head
and looked around I saw a crowd of
men standing about a man stretched
out on a plank laid across some whis
key barrels. It was the stranger who
had thrown the liquor in my eyes,
and be was us dead as Julius Caesar.
A smash in the head with a whiskey
bottle had settled him short, and it
was the boyish looking bartender who
had done the trick.
" 'I landed th* bottle none too soon,'
the bartender said to me afterward.
'Ho bad his pistol half way out when
he went (.own. Why should ho wttita
to kill you? Ask me something easier.
All I know is, some men get that way
when liquor is in them
"Tt never to my knowledge was
found out who the gentleman from no
where was, and. in default of a name,
his resting place is unmarked among
the illustrious dead who have ceased
from warfare and sleep their lust sleep
in Boot Hill Cemetery outside the old
I town."
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