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McKlNNKY. TEX AH. THURSDAY. JILY l>. 1885.
NO.
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mi.i. , jhinmir. coins jinkiir*.
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Will lii'ttctiif in Sun* unci l-Vwrui
>urU. S|x*vtiil ntteiitloii to t-xauilu-
fund |u*rf«<Hlii(r I .unci Title*.
Money to loan on loop o *tmrt time
rOlticf l it Stair* in .loliimoii
:«- >
I Til*
j It ia cuai
| soon. Hope it wo
er Hubbard.
an «ays
CW
a ILoth
The Dallas Times says that
Hod made thi' «1 with thin
legs, and that lie ought to lie let
alone, if not respected.
iiood Alhlee.
An anxious enquirer auks:
"Where would you udvise me
go to learu how to play i'ti a
alio To tiie woods, dear ; to
le deep, dark, dangerous
wood*.
Work* Belli Ways.
I*
! til
Out They Mo.
tig
duction of lit) persons In the
Washington, June 30.—A re-
A Horror.
Marshall. III., Juiie ^ The
western part of Wabash Town
force of the bureau of engraving ahip, this county, is greutly ex
and printing takes plaee at 4 cited over the evidence of a
1 feuiluI tragedy discovered this
printing takes phu
o'clock this afternoon.
Eleven persons detailed
o.m.calhocn, n.n.
ua.
, i>.iiA
DENTISTS.
McKlNNKV. TKXA8.
a oo-partn«r>iil|) fur
SSMK
•illy. Office It
Nat |
The Honnlou hM's Na
Q. Heiler^# *0 See
town Record, is a prohibitionist.
Nat favors prohibiting "prohi-
bition" we suppose.
persons tieiuiiect to morning. Several weeks ago a
act as guides to strangers visit special io iIn* (ilobc Hcuiociat
iug the bureau art* returned to from Ktlliighaiu gave au ac-
,,iii i • ili«'>i'original duties as printers,; count of the supposed kidnap
Murder spelled backwards, i.> and au ordiy has been prepared iug of two little school girls by
red rum. tlhirt ls ,l strange j designutiug Sa: l I'd ays between gypsies. A few days afterward
•wo officers came to to this city
from Kltingham, working on the
case, having heard that a band
was camped here. For soiue
thing, but it is not uncommon j ,u ttha ., tUo oulvdav in the
fora child to have the same name wt}wk w|lt,u visitors can be ad
us its lather, lied rum is the . |Ujtte(j This order is rendered
father of murder.—Watesville. IMJW8Hun. hy the delays which
Advance. 1 - * ■ * L -J
Feotli extracteil without pain by the
um of ( Jan. 1
U.C\ M ac li'l* Liim C'iiihI
By reducing the number of
clerks, etc.. in the different l>e
part men ts, the New Adtniuis
tration will save the people
about $:&0,0<JO annually.
Au Kuterprlsttg Keperter.
One Oi ouretrlzefiB by etuisnl
result from the great number of .reason they did not molest the
visitors having been allowed gy J^ies in any way, who camp
i heretofore to pans ' ~~J 1
work '"'u '
ting the specials of his daily claries of the guides amounted j
two and a half miles east of
. on Big Oreek. three,nights.
Wei
Another or-1 rick, a young officer was re
I will be |iteniieil to receive all hti*incnN
plaeeil In my liMmln. anil will irivc the
name prompt attention.
Any favor* by my 1'rleinl* ami tiri|iiHln-
laneeM in throw Inge Inmine** into my
hand* w ill bedulv uiiprwlutcil.
H.I.MKK.
Omn;: Firm door at head of utairway ! 1 hat explains why Sain IS try
lie first evening. Millard Tied
found himself the happ'v 1° a >''al
father of a bouncing boy,,t"'1' lo J , i. , , .
whi'ii ill I'M,lily I 111. I"i«iiiiii(! IMI'I'I-II'K Ilw- "tn.I en 1.11.I |mi. «l
.l. i.t ilidii'i ociir until w„ifytre y t of the 8 hour law , ll>« ciimp. A, lie wn iwimiiik.
lllld, supposed to be a boy,
toward him. crying aiid
boy 's lo take effect to morrow turning from the muthwestern
The Wuoo Examiner says it
iias done a great deal to make
Rev. Sam Jones what lie is.
lays later, and it was a girl at! throughout the bureau. Hereto ! a c
that. Jefferson News. £ * ' onsiderable part of the • ran
force has not been required uti
til 8:40 each morning, while all
force has not been required nu-1 beckoning, but was overtaken
by au old woman. Iledriek
In JohnKon Itlock.
2-ly-
ing to convert the Kxaminer.
CITY HOTEL,
(J. N. W AI K. t'roprielor.
McKINNHY, TEXAS.
Prompt attention given to the com-
fort of giieMx. I barge* reasonable. 1
MILLINERY ANO FANCY GOODS!
AT
Mlifts. V. A. MOORK'H.
[Place of business to be found
ill west room of Heard's Opera
! House Block. ;>1
Kentucky House.
[lis. H. A. I'orrs. I'ropritress.
kharge* reiiHomible. I'rompt attention
given if gne*t*.
Kant l.oitixinna street.
hKINNKV. - - TKXAN
DAM AS J'ltK KS
I*All) IN ( ASH FOB
IDES, WOOL,
X PKLTH V.
AliKNT Folt Till-: ('KI.KIIKATKD
Deerini
Twine
Binders
ANI) MOWeKM ! the ONI.V
Keliiiltle Mueliines in Market.
T. Bement.
Mrs. Fannie Johnson,
SueeeHHor lo lier Mother,
Mrs. S. Sims.
~liK.ll.KII I.N —
Millinery & Fancy
—- c; o c> l) m. —
Also Agent for the Celebrated
White Sewing Machine,
which will please you if you
will call and examine it. Hoping
you will favor me with an early
call. I remain Respect fully.
MHh. FAN\IK .IOIINMON.
mr'iil tloor weet of Foote Hoit e. u
Two youug Englishmen, got
mad and fought a duel near
Boerue. They shot till they got
tired and quit. A cow was killed
but neither Knglishmau was
hurt.
Cleveland's pedigree having
been traced back for eight gen-
erations no defect was found
but that his grand-father wrote
a poem and eat soup with n
knife.
I
Horrible Dentil. .
have been excused at H o'clock 1 thought nothing of it then, not
Parkersburg. \V. Va.. June on Saturday. The order will' having heard of t he kidnapping
:to Today, at Volcano, this bring the entire force on duty 1 Three weeks ago two of R
county, Hanson True was en-|a!H o'clock and keep them at
gaged in rolling logs, when a work until -I o'clock each day.
chain to which a large hook \ All counter examiners and
was attached broke ami the 1 members, a great many of whom
hook catching True in the abdo* have heretofore been paid by
men ripped him open and tore j the piece, are hereafter to be
Ills bowels out. He died almost ; paid bv the day. They will be
divided illto three classes to be
imid at the rate of ^2, $1.7.*> and afraid to uo
U .."H). respectively. Of the dis their father,
charges made to-day Ml are in them to keep away
the clerical branches of the bu caught some disease
reau, the force of clerks being
cut down froii SN to fi7. This
reduction in tin*clerical force is
largely based upon the rccoiu
meudatioii of Messrs Rogers
ami Huntington, of the Treasury
A Noted Revival.
si INK at A UltKVIl AMI' v| I-: it
I No IN Ki v rn K Y IN
Two young men began the
work in the summer of 175H).
lliev were brothers, preachers,
and on their way across the
pi lie barrens to Ohio, but turn
ed aside to be pt'esen' at a sac
rameiital solemnity on Red ri\
er. The people were accustom
ed to gather at such times on
Friday and by praying and
singing, and hearing sermons, I
prepare themselves for the re <
ceptiou of the sacrament on
Sunday. At the Red river meet
iug the brothers were asked to
preach, and one did o with as- j
tonlshing fervor. As lie spoke j
the people were deeply moved,
tears ran streaming down their
faces, and one, 21 woman far in
the rear of the house, bloke
through order and began to
shout. For three hours after
the regular preachers had gone
the crowd lingered and were
loth to depart. While thej tar
ried one of the brothers was it
resistablx impelled t« speak
lie rose ami told them
111' felt called to
that lie could liol be si
fell
K M>*lcrlou* Cuter 11.
TUAVI* 1 or NT ^ Kl It Ms || l,«
l(K\l. si'okv STIlVNOi:U
I II A V I I- i |o\.
A HOMAM KOK
rut; i i!K\on i. sic< ukt that
11 vi n 11.0 HKirrii \ Hotiy.
Haitiinoj \ M l . .tune Ho.—
A special correspondent of j Fourteen years ago, in Saxe.
the Austin Statesman, writing V. ^"'r,na'Vi'''"i
(• v .. 1 : *.1 . . i' nolilli, a Well to do Store
I1..U1 Ni i„,.|««i. 111 tin k, uinit,.*il Miii.i.l, l,v
uimioi ilatf ot Jiiiih ITtli, Ii:h haiiifiiik- 11 father linr
the following to say in regard j had blown his brains out. and
toa mysterious cavern just e\ i Frau Holim hud on one or two
] occasions expressed the opinion
j thai she also would eventually
1 die by her own hand The
cause of lie' rash act could not
I be ascertained, as she was hap
I p\ and the mother of thirteen
| loving children. Her death
iustantl v.
•las. I). Fish and Ferdinand j
Ward make a nice pair of jail
birds, says au exchange. They
ought to be nice, the} cost the!
depositors of their respective)
banks enough.
Had It HihI.
A Seguiti colored woman got
religion badl}* Saturday night
in the African Methodist Kpis
copal church : while in a frenzy
caused by leligons excitement,
she fell down in a lit. injuring
her head and back. So fierce
were her struggles
men could scarcely
She could not speak until 4
o'clock next day.
lis ago two ot tlee.se
Davidson's children were cross
iug their clover Held. J list | tlotl
over a high hill from the scene m-each
or the g\ psy camp they saw a j lt. '|'he Wu,(js w|,jch
hole >u the ground, near which r,,,i„ his lips roused the people
iiog.s were rooting, and Irom , befoti' hint to a "pungent seem*
which came a peculiai ami sj|, *• Again and again the
sickening stench llie\ were 'woman shouted, and would not
afraid lo go nearer, but told, |„. Ni|,.„t. !|0 started to h<-r.
vvlei cautioned | crowd begged him to turn
les| they
The story
got noised around ami this
moriiingSherilf Fair and adep
uty Went ollt there to iuvesli
gate. Tlie\ got spades and
(lug down till feet The hole
was in the shape of a grave. I
Correct, Stand up.
Several county officials of
Gonzales county have been in
" - ■ * ' j dieted for drunkenness. Correct.
An exchange says cable cars! An official who gels drunk and
have been responsible for near neglects his duty should be
Iva score of deaths in San Fran punished severely, as well as
, . , removed fro 111 office. Men who
cisco during the past year. m,. t.1(H.,ed to public offices
How many deaths have been , should set a good example and
caused by the "unloaded" pis
tol and "chauge-eiidable" rol-
ler-skate in that city during the
same period of time f
that four ! Department, who were detailed feet long by I '2 wide, t lie)
hold her. some time ago by Secretary turned up a mass of worms and
Manning to examine into the hit* « f cloth and a peculiar, wottiided
account keeping practiced in smell came from it. .lust then a|,|,
the bureau, and who in tlieii re occurred a suspicious circitm
port, recoiinuemled a large re stance. A band of gypsies
through the ad-
duction in the numbers of forms
used. Mr. K. O (Iraves, chief
of the bureau, to whom, acting
under the authority of the set-
ret ary of the treasury, the re
ductioii and changes to be af
fected are due, has been careful
ly examining the bureau since
lie was appointed to its control.
A small reduction in the
back. Something within him
urged him on. ami In- weitl
through the house shouting,
and exhorting and praising
Ood. In a moment the tloor. to
use his own words, "was covet
e«l with the slain " 1'heir a i«-s
for merev were terrible to hear.
Soliie found forgiveness, bill
many went away "spiritually
and suffered untiltet-
agony of soul Nothing
could allay the excitement Kv
ery settlement along the (ireen
river ami the Cumberland was
early in the morning Whilethe (-„n ,,f religious fervor. Men
men were digging at the hole, a |-,|ted their wagons with beds
g\ psy ma" suddenly came oyer ami provisions,and traveled lit'
stopped, looking n miles to camp upon the
if tliev do not do so they should amount of work to be required below in
be made an example ol that will imreau during the next tts nianjoine
!',l vv',in""K tooiheis. *iecu (,!t| ar has been taken into sies couh
\ ille Ajipeal.
A Kcutucky Killing.
Congressman Morrison says
lie intends introducing auother
turiff'bill at the next session of
Congress. Oh! please don't
introduce any more bills. Mr.
Morrison. Just put in your time
frying to get one of the many
already introduced, passed, be
fore introducing any more.
consideration, but the reduc-
tions iu chief part have been
made possible by the adoption
of improved and more system-
atic methods of work.
the lull and
st..riled. After asking a few
qilef Pilous lie tinje-d and walked
rapidly over the hill towards
the road. On going to the top
of the hill, the band was seen
below in the road, and this
ined them. As lite gyp
mid not po.ssibl) see the
crowd around the hole, on ac-
count of the intervening hill,
thev must have sent thi* fellow
F. KinerMon, T.T
Prenictent,
T. II. Kmwreon
Kimrson,
yiee-frnc'l
I Holtier.
First National Bank!
« !•
Tcxiin.
The Republicans have "slip
ped up and sot down" again.
The ringmasters in West Yir
giuia tried to run the Prohibi-
tion party as a Republican
side-show, but have failed. The
Prohibitionists have resolved
to wage the war iu that state as
a third party, and nominate
candidates of their own.
iir . .I i* it • this would
«lve ,he ,tom disable, but
Mount Sterling, l\y., .lime HO. "T miproveci ami more system « ver lo spy around about some
Intelligence has iusi been re atie methods of work. thmg- Helore many hours men
ceived here ofai.otlier probable *'7 '.n"" ,Ur"vlu,n>i
tragedy at Stepstone. in Hath A H Ww,,,a ' ' • ■' Inmdred or more we,-,; on
County, tlie second in the ]iast . .. iioi.-tn V ivi.ll J !' M"1 .1.",s**'
*iv vve..Us Vmiiii./ Dr Curler ' ' - " that an nitiuin! of anv krml was
N reiM.rteil niortallv wounded k,l"u'n K«*,,l-1.f,|,mn of this city buried iu the whole", as some
at the hands of .lit,.* Wireutan,! A.'t'a ,1,' 'lV-uVl * mV nie1 .'u UI1 IT h""1'1 -'"T k\""'U "
Jinfl inediesil iiifl leis been tele I HUpOltailt h.tttl Oil till- 111 III Of H' tlieurv l< that 11 > • * lioof lit
Irraiihetl for ti this' i.lare Far ui^hl ,mi" to'Savll",u>1'- When ; noceiits were buried, ami. being
fiVuUns have not v' t bee. re 'tl"' «*ii..arrived he mailed his covered very lightly, the stench
ceived The shoot MILT occurred 1 un tailed out of the de- attracted the hogH. of which
onlv a fev v^ in es L ad . I ^ hl* WIV t,w httU>L I thirty or forty,
• a .1 i the steps leading to the front of I of the largest si/o in tlie lie|<l
* '"••• ""i- ti,,. i„. m„t bV .1 wen-
dressed handsome woman, who
stopped hi in and asked the way
to the nearest drug store. He
directed her tc lugall's and as
she was entirely without escort,
offered to accompany her. She
promptly accepted his offer.
they did not succeed in gett ing
in and as the woman said she
was much iu need of medicine
lint We've (lot the Hock.
How can the future Texas
legislator ever raise his voice to
sing glories of his State if the
massive pile where the future
laws are to be made is made
of Indiana stone t If Texas
had no rock of her own
be quite ex-proposed staying in tlie
fro,., the Dallas He-,aid fi.i s,,,,,, | bnildhig"Mn"'T' tU"
of our readers to ponder over, world within thirty miles of the
F.
—sl'ci •4soii.h i o—
KMF.RSON & CO..
Ituvo iiikI celln exeluuittff on the prlnel-
iml chie« tn Kurope. First ctnuf pnper
itlneounted.
I ll«KfTOIU«:
Fmnetd Emernon. ('.It. Welch,
T. II. Rmeroon, .tno. I., bovejoy,
T. T. Kmewon.
llit«lnc*« Hoiiw— . in. to I p. in. ^
A book of inn pnjlr*.
Tho bent limik for Kn
•tlvnrtlacr to eon-
■till, be lie expert-
ennwl or nllifrwlwi.
UormtHlM ll l rrf nPw*Tmnoni unit oxtlniMtn*
of the co«t of r<I v ertUlni. The •ilverllaer w tio
•inli to upend one dollar. Amis In ItUie In-
Ibrtnntlon lie requires while forhlin who will
Invent one hun<lrv<l tnnnmvml dollnre In *d-
vertlnlng. a acbuinn le lndlent«d whltli will
moet hie every n'nulremrnt, or mm btmmU
fe 4)1 to hy rtlffkf ehimon etirtly arrtort ol bg eer
rmMrfM*. 149 edition* hare l eon Imuad.
(tent, poet-pnlil. lo*n* •<Wre for lOoenu.
K^V l APKRKAnVltRTI9ISU
(lospruccSt.muting lloueeHq ), Sew York.
SAVE THE CHICSm
for it is a fact that too much
of such language is used by acl-1
vocates of prohibition, and its
opponents, towards each other:!
••In half n dozen linen of the Cintesv ille
Advance on prohlhtflon the "lie" le ap-
plied to the UnlveMon New*. It I«:
HometiineN dilt'.eiilt to unv whether It ic
better to he temperate in laiifftniffe or 1
drink."
capit«d, it is strange to think
we must go abroad for building
material. -Galveston News.
Kocky Mountain Lor lists.
Mountain
Tin
great
Ail exchange cites ati in lance
of a man who is such a firm be
liever in future punishment for
sin in a hell that burns brim-
stone that he has built one of
small dimensions for his own
use. He has painted his cellar
to represent lire, and has wood
en demons and other horrible
figures setting around, and to
this plnce he takes his children
to punish them. When he at-
rives at the "old stand" it tnav
• |
be he will fiud out something
new about that future "resting"
place of the wicked that lie had
not thought of before.
Rocky
locust is the most dreaded, and
the people of California and Or
egonare in great fear, believing
these locusts will overrun
these States this season. This
locust is remarkable for its
power of flight, and travels iu
the air. darkening the sun or
filling the sky with the glisten
ing light of'tle-ir wings. Ob
servers have stood oil lie-
highest snowy peak ft of the
Roc ky Mountains, and. s'.rain-
ing their eyes still umvard.
have seen lite sky filled with
clouds of these tiny, soaring in
sects, so high as to be barely
discernable.
morning, the gentleman gallant
ly offered to try another drug
gist. He was about to go iu
search of the medicine she
wanted, when she asked him
to change a bill. He did not
i have sufficient inoiie) to change
| it. but said he would get it
changed for her. She hesitated,
whereupon he rather angrily
pulled out $20 and gave it to
her, telling her to keep it as se
entity. She took the money,
j and he went in quest of
the medicine. When he re
turned to the depot the woman
••on Kl not be found. -After
waiting until |.*t o'clock lie went
home confident that lie had in
j his p jeket a counterfeit bill
: He submitted the bill to all ex-
pert. amj was told that if was
one of the poorest counterfeits
ever made.
Jny Mould's Habit*.
of lilt
•iniI tliev devoured them bones
and all As the victims we re-
but children, the bones were
tender and easily crushed. An
othei is that spies sent back to
the spot soon after discovered
that the hogs had been disturb
in^ the remains, and so disin
terr«'d and carried them off'.
This would still account for the
worms and stench. The evi
dences of a terrible crime have
undoubtedly been discovered,
ami the general belief is that
the mystery of the Kflinghnm
children is solved al last. It
was proved that the children
•were not with the band at Terre
Haute. ;iiid it was assured that
tliev were see it with them at
( t fee|| II p.
Senator floe Mrovvii, of (teor
gia lias obtained so much pre
ferment and -o man) millions
of dollar- bv obtruding his /.eal
for Christianity into politics,
that lie could not refrain from
insulting tie- young .Jewess iu
the graduating class of the ,\t
inula High School recently In
telling them ii was the ('hi istian
religion that ha« elevated them
from slavery, lb- should have
read them the private letter
ir which little Alex S-ephens
-••nt back and refused to ac-
cept a plesenl of stock ill I lie
in tie- railroads that were sto
leu from the State of i ieorgia.
The old Home is Red.
Major Peters, editor of the
Wataseka Republican, and R
utbli
at up
Any wideawake newspaper
man. whose duty it has been to ! The Supreme Court of this
report public banquets, and j State has confirmed the libel
ie i who has in tlie discharge of his suit against tlie italvestoii
{••publican, atici tie 'duty taken the trouble to keep News, This will compel that
ublican member of the !<egis- an eye on .lay Would at such of paper to pay damages atnotint
the banquets as the money king to flo.ooo. for publishing evi
when assured of Logan's elec- | has attencled, must have no
i;
deuce taken before a h'uis|ativ
committee coticernin
that the people Were
Hero worship is generous an !
ennobling. Hero worship I d« • | tion, t degrajdied the boys from ticed how sparingly he eat . lb
sire to encourage, but who is Springfield : (leaves many of the daintiest
the hero? If is the successful i -'Logan is elected paint my ' dishes untouched, and contents
man? Is the answer to be old home red." i himself with soup, a piece of
found in what caused liisj The boys took him at his roast or a bit of game, and a
success, or the lack of it? word. and. showing the message i glass of claret. I am told that freedom of the press,
Should we ever cease reverently to Mrs. Peters, gained her con he lives equally plain at home. — * —
to remember that the truest sent, and forthwith the entire'
male population turned out.
and. procuring the brightest
in. The decision
extraordinary, and
ward abridging ih
tends
; boa-
to
tod
crown ever worn on this earth
waa a crown of thorns.—Secre
tary Bayard.
Read the
bing list.
llKXOCKAT dub-
red paint imaginable, painted!are a
tlie house, barn, and out houses
scarlet, roof, chimney, and tree
trunks.
Complexdishes muddle the I I«oui Napoleon died as an The Indians are nuanimoiis iu
brain.' he says, "and I have to exile and lies burieel iu a foreign denouncing the effort to lease
keep my brain clcar.M There j soil, while the man he banished their lands to cattle corpora
-amp upon
ground and lu-ai hint preach.
The idea was new, handled-
adopted it, and camp meeting*
began. At the Cane Ridge
meeting SiO.OtlO were encamped.
The excitement sill'pu SSimI
any thing that had been known
Men who came to scoff' remain
eel to preach. All dav and all
night I lie crowd swarmed in ;111d
fro from preacher to preacher,
singing, shouting, laughing,
now rushing off' lo listen in
Some lie VV exhorter who 11; 111
climbed upon a stump, now
gathering around some unforiti
n.-tle who, iu their peculiar Inn
gunge, was "spirituallv slain."
Soon iii**ii and women fell in
such numbers thai ii became
impossible for the multitude to
move about without trampling
them, and they were hurried to
the meeting house. Ai no lime
was the floor less th.'lll halfcov
el eiI. Some lay quiet, tillable
to move or speak. Some talk
ed, but could not move. Some
beat the floor with their heed-*.
Some, shrieking iu agonv
bounded about, ii is said, like
a live fish out of water. Many
laid down ami rolled oyer and
ov er for hours at a time < >i h
ers rushed wildly over the
stumps and benches, and tlen
plunged, shotiling "Lost ' lost !"
into the forest. From John II
Mi-Master's IIistory.
Some Florida boy s, who had
a swimming hole along lie-
banks of the Si. John River,
were oft I'll driven out of the
water bv a very large alligator
w ho came to -«ainp|c I le-iii AI
la-it they hit on a little racket
to get even with hi in. They
constructed a buoy the exact
si/.e. shape and >hac|e of an 01
diiiary boy, and filled ii with
nitro glv ferine, and took a pole
ami pushed il out a little wav
from the shore. I'te entlv the
alligator come tip with hi*
UloUtll W'ide opell, like a -teeI
trap, ami in one bite he took in
ovei half the buoy, which .just
at that juncture went off and
blew him tail first about three
miles up the river. Life.
The Texas Trunk road wits
seiitecl by tile -lieliff oil tile
tenth to satisfv a jmlgeini-nt of
$| ID.OCMI. The road bed, depots
ami all the ndliug stock were
included iu the sei/.ure The
sheriff' advertiseel the road for
sale on July 7th.
ploied :
"A strange legend has exist
ed in the annul* of our credu
lolls ailtl superstitious people,
from the earliest recollections
of olir oldest settlel's do,t n to
the present "dudes"' and "moth
er hubbards." Hut the old acl
age "Truth is stranger than Fic-
tion." seems olice liiore lo be
verified as regards this same
legend Ulid it's late develop
incuts.
A Mr. Harretl, who laielv
moved from illitioi- into out
midst, heaiiug the siorv of the
old miser or hermit, who was
reputed lo have inhabited uiie
of the caves oti the bank* <>t
Sandy creek long years ago. do
let mined to institute a sean-h
for the lieasuies ni' vv hicli the
old cliff'clwellet was said lo In
| m is>C>Si q I. Ml llailet. with
It lie N ailkee iugenuil \ , inv etll
• •d what lie termed a "mineral
rod." vv hiclt lie claims pn - .e- -,-s
the power of indiciitin- tn (he
operator the presence ol '' Ii 1111 \
lucre" in tiiiin tal shape, and
the operator, lo obtain ille be>t
results, must have no loose
change about hi-- person, and I
w ill add just here, nine tenth
of out C11 i /,e|l S are I ni i n-t 111 s
Iplalilieil til sncce-st'iill \ opet
ate ihe ••mineral n d "
Mut to return lo \|t IV and
lite "hailllted cav e " The cav e is
situated in an aim « | M*| jntl
dictilar rock some feet from
I he level of I lie CI eek . .'Hid I
reached by a seties of path--,
steps and shelv ing locks < iw
ing lo it> inaccessible -dtuaiioit
and the gliosi stories couuecii I
wilh it. no oil" before Mi IS
e v el haiI I lie telnet i IV to ex-
plore it
(in v e -|efdav tnoining lie
perilous advenl tire w a • • <>in
Uieliced, .'Hid lie i Itcci •"! |ed in
reaching tlie • ave and had :i
basket containing his "mim-ial
rod." pick, etc., lowered t« him
from the pi'ecipit e above and al
once began hi.- exploialitiii
lb' lit*1 entered a low arcle d
cav em sonn I vvt'iily feel, vv lien
le- caan- la a large loom, not nn
like II inothl II Opel a holt •!'. the
walls ami roofol which rellet it d
I lie light of hi s 1 a n I tin like *o
many thoii>aml of initieature
mirrors; turning oblitpndv to
the tiglll lie proceeded llltotigh
a doorway . barely large enough
lo ac I mi t his body , and entered
another room which wa- even
mote womh'i ful I hau I le* lit -I.
the tool being studded with
stalactites, which, often uniting
with the *la lugmi !•• forme. I
beautiful columns from -loot to
roof. Sitii.iled in the centre "I
the room is au elevation some
thing like a throne, and on it.
sea I eel in his regal splendor,
sal the king ol lioMin- our
legeiidai v but now real, hermit
III boil; 'lioioughlv pep it'n d.
hi - right ha ml i • -t ing on t lie
head of a <ma 11 statute re pre
-•'tiling Loin Napoleon, ami iu
III • left, pressed to lli* Ileal I,
w as a ci ucilix ,\ t his I'eet lav
tin* pelrilied reinniir- of hi* dog,
and. scattered around the room,
wen* remains of several things
which doubtless olice com po - ed
his furniture ami utensil-. 11 a \
a>eeuu*d to crush all desire for
life fi.mi her husband, as three
weeks later lie drank prussic
acid ami expired in great agony.
The tliirte. u children thus left
friendless and without par
cuts immigrated to Ameri-
ca In the course of time they
became 'faltered iu the states,
but never forgot the tragic- end
of ilieii parents. About ten
years ago Mi Richmond Had
deli, au oy s(et packet on Kast
eru avi.'iiue here, met a young
Herman uii I in thi* city, who
w as .u pport ing herself as a nut
sen governess. lb fell in love
with her. and she alway - ac
cejited his attentions with evi
dent satisfaction. Alter uioVe
l hau a v ear o| coin l hip lie pro
posed to her and was rejected,
although l he voting woman,
whose name w:is Hertha Hcdiui,
admit led thai she w a ■. not in
different lo him Ii did not take
the lover long lo understand
that there was some reason for
tie _iil's stiange conduct, and
aft'-i some j ersi- teliey . s||e told
hi III 111.11 s I e' hot d hilll too Well
to blight his life by mat ry iug
hi in 11 sec ins t hal within I lie
short -pace of fotu years which
had e|a psed si uce t In-1 raged v iu
Saxe \\ t'iunir. twelve of tlie
thirteen members of (lie lloliiu
family who immigralecl to
\ me11• a had committed suicide.
I'vv11 ha l blown their hrainsoiil
in Nt v. \ ork w iihin three
mouths aficr their landing at
l 'a tie I i,' I I 11 e II, allot I |e I j 11 III I
into North Rivet, and others
took theii Iivt in Iiostoii. I'ifit
ion. N .1 . Spt inglield. HI..
11raad Rapid Mich., ami Hal
timore, i As the y oung girl
concImled llo' narrative of her
family's ad predeliction, slm
shudderingly ad<l' d; "Ami now
y t iu know . M t lladtleii. vv I \ I
i an n< >1 ma ii y you I chink I hat
I will ui'ely kill myself some
• la% . and I dou'l want to darken
ymii life by becoming your
w ife."
11 a d 111 • 11, alter llie litst shock,
did not fail lo eagerly combat
her resolution, ami il was not
lolly before lie llU<l overcome
le i s« i uple* Th"\ \<, ,.|e mar
i ied ami liv ed happily . luiv ing
I wo eh i Id ron, t lie eldest o| whom
i* now x years obi The ureal
family tiagedy had become al
uios! like a legend to tie* hits
baud and wife, who. by a tacit
understanding, never recalled
it A bout a y ear ago M t * I lad
deii wa • taken w ith ly plead fe
v• ■ r. and although she recovered
* 111 Ii «• t e 111 ly to leave let loom,
she wa manifestly a changed
woman, menially and pliv sical
|\ Sic repeatedly atik into
lit - of tie-lam holy, during
which lit would inotirufully
assure her hu-band that -he
thoughi her lime w a* al hand.
Mr. Iladdell, while etl'ecting to
i itliciile lit• r fears, saw that
there was ample cause for
alarm He quietly instituted a
careful wah h over his wife, to
tug e-.plor.-d this room, and a* vs||u||l|„. WUs devot. dlv attach
yet having found no trace ot , ,j !|,i.„ morning In left home
t lie COV el el I I reasllfe. M I II. I'e
turuc'd lo the lirsi room, in
which htr discov en d e\« ial
openings bailing into othei
rooms, all of which he proposes
to explore as soon a* pos ib|e.
and about whicli y ou may le ai
more soon.
I he cave itml ii < content ar>
id' unusual iiit«-i•• *i. and Mi It
does not wish h> be interrupted
11111iI lie has made a thorough
exploration, aftei which h
sal i -fv nn Mil curiosii v
en
about si",ti o'clock, to go to his
place of business Mrs. Hachleu
wa* th' ti in j 'Oil health, but
abolil II o'clock die Wits Sei/.ed
with a lit of melancholia. The
colol't d ."'I v .III! sent a Street
bov to notify Mr Haddeii that
hi wife was ill. The gentleman
w a* ah fiit fft>ui hi* office at tlie
lime, ami Mrs Madden shortly
ceased In r hysterical weeping
tie servant left Icr alone. She
• I i
fr<
home, as usual, and In- asked
fir her. when the servant told
him of the note w hi' li had been
sent to hi* office and which he
hud never received. He clashed
Up lie
ti"t meet Mr. lladdeii at the
■nt dooi upon his return
stairs to his wife's bed-
e asylum at St. Joseph.' chamber. When lie entered his
cause of insanity was t'eni worst fears were realized. Mrs.
White settlement of the Ok
lahoma region can hardly be
t matters( prevented, the whole fort e of
interested the Government lo the conirary
is something notwithstanding. The question
is simply whether native .Met
tiers or syndicates of alien cat
tie kings shall possess the html
Insane Through Fear.
Liniu'iis, Mo.. .1 uiie Mo. At i
called session of the County
Com t Mrs Mart ha tjuiuley was
adjudged insane, and was soul
to tli
The
Several ) ears ago sin- had sold ' lladtleii lay stretched on the
ahorse to a neighbor, and at • iloor neartli-• bedstead, ami the
night she was robbed by a pel
son in disguise, whom she ret
ogni/.ed as tin- son of the neigh
boi who had purchased leu
liorse. lb* Was plosecute'l I n
the robbery, Mrs. \ uigley I •
ing the principal witness
against him. lie was sentenced
rope halyards of a 4th ot July
tlag were tied around hei-neck
and to the top of the bed post.
Ib'i'V year obi baby was play-
ing b\ I he col p*e.
Mr Hadclen is in such astute
of prostration that it is feared
lie will take his own life, aitd
to the I'eiiitentiui v for ten thus complete the tragedy.
in- itttt*- i it....«t ...II,, i,,ri*rii.;r,ii«-,.v«i--
lalo sausage- tuatiu-
tors is entombed in the Pantheon,ex- tions. Oklahoma is recom
lily, i pressly dedicatml to the mem* mended to some Texas states
Her- jtiry of the illustrious sons of mc ii as a goocl recruiting station
I France. for the summer.
•ii
and she Imd recently been la . . u u*.
boring under the fear that when jj 1 little meat in the
In-returned he would kill her . ; f I, . and tills iu the
I his IS given as the cause of JJ uith ,n thiM
her derangeum'UI._ Wft>- til, n.anufa.-turer has for
some time Ih*cii making "lx th
i-irsui iscribe for the Dkji*
chat.
cuds meat.
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