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VOLUME VI.
ALBANY, OREGON, .JULY 31, 1874.
NO. 47.
"Canada mil's" Lnek.
Tliere was published in the iter.
Ovean of Saturday last an article,
clipped from the 8an Francisco
Chronicle, headed "Kobbers of tbe
Rail," which discoursed in very
good style upon the monte gamblers
who "work" along the Pacific rail
ways. One of the parties mentioned
in it is Wra. Jones of Omaha, a
man who has acquired an almost
national reputation as "'Canada
Bill. . lie is known among his
class as "The Monte King," and is
doubtless the most skillful and suc
cessful shark in the West. Several
years ago, before the Union Pacific
was constructed, Jones turned the
highest trick on record $38,000.
It was on a Mississippi river steam
boat, and his victim was a wealthy
planter, who was so blindly confi
dent of his ability to win, or so des-
neratelv font, nn mntinir crnnA Liu
J . . i.iw.m JW4 1JIO
loss, that he immediately
STAKED THE BALANCE OF HIS POR-
Some 880,000, on anblher throw,
when Bill was p'aced under arrest.
Of course, had they not been inter
rupted, he would have lost the
money. Jones is a power In the
city ho has made his liome'-'-owns
three hotels and a number of sa
loons, and employs thirty to forty
men as decoys or "cappers " His
operations are bold and almost in
variably successful. Only, once In
his lite, so far as is known, did he
sutler a worsting, and 'hat. was at
the hands ot an Iowa farmer, who
deluded him into paying for a
wagon-load of cheese one day in
Council Bluffs. The aroma of that
cheese still clings to him, and is the
one Sore '-pot in his memory no one
can touch without milling his tern-
per. The Omaha IferalJ, abmt
two years since, inaugurated a war
agai nst ' the gamblers, and attacked
" Jones as the most prominent figure
among them. 1 1 is misdeeds were
so raked up ,aud paraded under
''scare heads," that the half-reluctant
authorities were obliged to
look aftcrjiim. The jSheriff, aiter
a tedious week '' of unsuccessful
watching, caught him one afternoon
in the' very act of
FLEECINV. A COUNTRYMAN,
And took him into custody. Out
of deference to popular feeling, lie
was o rderd to jail fbf ItWenty J.1) vs.
By a convenient technicality,' his
counsel procured his release on the
thirteenth day. He instantly de
parted for the farther West, In
just, exactly one Week he returned,
and meeting the city editor of the
JfernI' on Karnaf" street, took him
,; into a bar-room and exhibited a
" roll of money. "There's just $12,-
000 there," said he. "I made it
since I got out. Take siithin'!''
The next morning he was money
less again. Over night, lie had
straggled into a faro bank and lost
eveiy cent of it. The stories that
ate told of his shrewdness and folly
(for he is a man of weakness), would,
make a very amusing boqlj.,, tyjp.
men who, from their calling and
experience, one would naturally
supose too fiharp for any such
foolishness. The city editor of the
New York Herald lost his money,
his luggage, and his wife's jewelry
to him, while stopping over at
Omaha on a tiip across the conti
nent. On another occasion a Bos
ton detective of considerable renown
'took a walk" with him, and left
his watch and wallet. There is
nothing at all in bis appearance to
indicate the rogue. Tall, stdop-
shouldered, angular and awkward,
with weak eves, an idiotic half
smile, a piping voice and a. Plains
man's dialect, he is a picture of un
sophistication, and therein lies half
his success. .
Slept With bis Spurn on.
"bopJiW-Wrl. OciongJJy; he shears
Mr. K. G. Morton, of the Mon
roe Monitor, is not only a good
looking man, but. he has a kind,
genial face, and tliere have "been'm
stanees where lie has been taken
for what he is not. One day , tliree
or four years ago, when he was pri
a visit to some friends in a little
town in Iowa, he attended an eve
ning praycr-meeting in their com
pany. The deacon who was conr
ducting the meeting had either re
ceived a hint that the visitor ' was a
minister, or else he so imagined from
the editor's face, and getting his
name he waited until after the open-'
iug hymn and then called out:
"Brother Morton, would you
lead in prayer?" ,
"Brother Morton" hasn't a.single
bad habit in the world, but that
request struck bim on a weak poiut.
Some of the people knelt down,
others looked to see why he didn't
follow, and the editor wished he
was buried in a well. The pause
was painful, and filially, rendered
desperate, he rose up and said :
"I'd I'd do it in a minute, but
but I've got the toothache.?'. :
Some one else was nominated,1
and when they all got engaged the
editor crept softly out; and during
the remainder of his visit he went
to bed at sundown on prayormeet-
ing nights. Keokuk (Iowa) Gate
City,
Some curious gossip about Prince
Bismarck is given by a German cor
respondent of a London paper. The
Prince has loqg been in the habit of
retiring to rest after midnight drink
ing regularly one or two ibottles of
champagne as' a sleeping potion.
He dotes on a comfortable ...borne,
and assemblies. He1 likes farces,
and all the cartoons and sketches
respecting him are carfully collected
by his daughter and placed- in, al
bums. The more absurd the carri
catures in Berlin comic journals,
such as the KladderUdnUeh, Wei
pm, Vlk and liumormi, themore
he.laugbB.! Hebasa great liking
for journalists, and they are all fbnoV
of him. " 1
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Delinquent, subscribers to the
Olympia Kaijroad Union, both to,
stock and labor, are requested to pay.
immediately 'to the treasurerw ooLi
I , nj ITU M9H1 .!lMn.l . . ,
lectingflgejit. as. Me moneyw D60
lotely necessary; ' 9ilT s:
,-i; i'fifiT (iihwuuiuui wuolb m
beat it down.
Vo0 1
"Yes,'' said the old aian with a
smile, "I remember one time in par
ticular, while out prospecting with
an pld friend, about twenty years
ago. We were traveliiig on Jvise
back, and came across a.tavern one
night about 10 o'clok. Being very
tired and hungry, as soon as we
got some. 6upper, and something
warm to keep the cold out, we
asked to be shown to our room
On looking around, we found the
room had two beds in it, one of
which was already occupied by two
strangers, who were both snoring
lustily., The fact of there being
two beds in the room did not sur
prise us, as in back wood taverns
there were frequently three beds in
a room. We uojresscd, and just
as I was going to blow out the
light, ray friend, who had got into
bed, espied' the foot of one of the
strangers sticking through the bed
clothes at the, foot of the bed.
With a suppressed chuckle he mo
tioned me to hold on a moment ;
he got quietly out of bed, and go
ing to where the stranger's boots
were he took off a huge, sharp,
Mexican 6pur, and carefully ad
justed it io the bare heel ot the
.unconscipus strange', With an
other audible chuckle as he thought
of the consequences that would fol
low when the stranger drew in his
foot, he gat back iuto bed, and I
blew Out the light and followed
him. He soon managed to get a
long straw from the bed and reached
over and tickled the stranger's foot.
He instantly drew his legs up until
his knees almost touched his chin.
In doing this he drew tbo spur the
whole lensth of his bed-fellow's
leg, making a bad scratch. The
victim uttered a yell and sprang
out of bed with a muttei d exclama
tion that I did riot make out, and
then he commenced a wild dance
around the room with his nether
garment under hi6 arm, and mak
ing frantic efforts to dislocate his
neck, or to 6ee how badly he was
hurt, all the while making exclama
tions that would have made a bag
gageman with a Saratoga trunk on
his shoulder turn green with envy.
Tie innocent cause of the trouble
had .been awakened at the first yell
of the victim, and, in straightening
his legs out, scratched himself most
unmercifully. lie 3il not J'ell nor
say badjwordsbut be jurned out
ot be4.aic made for 1 1 is friend with
the purpose of . taking revenge, I
supposed, but be had. not taken two
steps before be jabbed the spur into
his ,leg again, r The ..kmdlurd then
appeared with a light, followed by
half the boarders in the house, nod
inquired what the matter was. , n
'examination brought to light the
sjiu'r, which explained' the matter.
Trie stranger looked sheepishly at
the spuV, 'tlien a Ms sm tch , a i id
finally' 'axfttoiticd his boots, ,and
with a sickly smilo said : "Well,
boys,' I have livM all my lifejiuong
people hf w,ear spurs, but never
beforeiawa man" who could null
mo iuuw, x u ucaii in wie iiiuti
Burled Alive!
Salt Lake, July 4. A horrible
discovery was made here yesterday
up n exhumiug the body ofa young
man named Wil im ft Lackhurst,
ivl. Wis Dlitied in the cemetery on
the 23d of June last. On the 20th
of June Lackhurst attended a pic
nic hero, and while tliere concluded
to take a bath. He did so in a
running stream nearby, remaining
in the Water some time. He was
then in perfect health and appre-
bended no ill consequences. After
coming but from his bath Lackhurst
went back to the picnic grounds,
and, getting into a swing, began to
amuse himself. All at once, while
in the' swing,
att HEAD' DROPPED,
His muscles relaxed, and he fell
heavily to tbe ground. He was
picked up and every effort made
to revive him. but in vain. The
senseless young man was placed in
a carriage and driven home, where
restorative agents were' again em
ployed, but to no purpose: After
some hesitation the physician in at-
teiidance pronounced the young man
DEAD,
And preparation's were made for his
interment.
The body presented a singularly
ifc-like appeara.ice so much so,
indeed, that the friends felt uneasy
abont going on with the funeral
until more positive evidence that
life had wholly gone had been ob
tained. The funeral was indeed
delayed one day, but finally the
physicians reaffirmed their previous
conclusion that Lackhurst had died
of heart disease, and the body was
therefore interred June 23d,
THE, IIORRIilLE DISCOVERT.
But one or ' two friends of the
family seemed haunted by the rec
ollection, of that lifelike face.
They wont about whispering their
fears, and finally these haunting
doubts spread throughout the city
and led to a proposal to exhnme
the remains and settle the question
forever. Permission was obtained
from the authorities, and yesterday
a. number of the, friends of young
Lackhurst repaired to the cemetery
and opened the grave, Upon lift
ing the coffin and removing the lid
a horrible and sickening sight met
their gaze. The body was, turned
over o its side. The skin and
O li US 1' I EC E " OF FLUSH K
Had been torn from the face, the
air pulled out in huge patohes from
the scalp, the grave clothes and
oftiri-liuing torn in shreds and the
finger-nails worn down totliequiok
by the frantic efforts of the man to
burst the cerements of his grave.
The sight was 'the most terrible
ever witnessed and ; the stoutest
hearted of the party nearly fainted
when the lid of the coffin was re
moved. A!h investigation hxi been, de
manded, and will be had at , once,
to reo if tliere is no way of fixing
the responsibility f,br this horrible
blunder and its awful results.
The Burial "Service lu Pari.
The burial Of the dead in Pari
is performed by a chartered com
puny, that includes all interment!
under nine classes, everything sup
plied ; the first costing over 7,000
francs, and the ninth about nineteen
francs. The city pays the company
five francs per body interred, and
out of leceipte the company allocates
titty-six per cent, of its profits to
support the various religions recog
nized by law, or one , and three
fourths millions of francs per annum.
Tbe company is also bound to bury
gratuitously the indigent, which
in 1873 amounted to 25,000 cases,
against 19,000 nearly who payed.
The rich thus bury the poor and
the dead defray the religious rites
of the Hying. T'be company has in
its employment 585 agents, 570
hearses and mourning coaches, and
270 horses, and supplies a master
of ceremonies. It is ;the Govern,
ment who furnishes the officer with
the three-cornered hat; he takes
charge of the body at its domicile,
heads the procession through tbe
streets, and retires only when the
last spadeful of earth has been
thrown into the grave. The mutes
dp not like to be called croque
morts, and they classify 'corpses as
"salmons, herrings,' arid whitings,"
relireseiiting respectively the rioh,
the poor, and the children. They
are not sad employees, though si
lent; many are very gay, do duty
in the pantomimes and chorus
scenes of theaters, and some lead
tbe dances it the public balls.
nliClifton, who; stort 'and killed a
man in Juleshargy Was ty$id. tor
.njurdeniii Evans, last md,, aniJ.ao
dopes are net always of the, LjTo togn mtimfaU 4UngagnloM()BrnpifI jwpitprl TheevhteficlilinwBdSrthat
The first Spat Between Queen Tie.
and toe "Utile tartar."
It appears that the Queen, in go
ing out driving the first time the
Duchess of Edinburg accompanied
her, placed, as usual, the Princess
of Wales beside her on the back
scat, so that the Duchess and her
spouse were forced to sit opposite,
with their backs to the- horses,
which was all very well for the
Duke, he being a man in his
mother's carriage; but 'the proud
and petted daughter of all the Rua
sias had no idea of being made to
yield the first placeio any one. On
her return fwm the drive, there
fore, she informed 1 Queen Victoria
that she had never occupied the
front scat iii ft carriage' before, and
would not submit to be placed there
again. The Queen reminded the
irate duchess that the Princess of
Wales, as the wite of the heir to
the crown and the future Queen ol
England, was of course entitled to
take precedence over the wife of
her second sou, and that, moreover,.
the Princess Beatrice, as an unmar
ried princess, still under the imme
diate protection of the Queer, was
entitled to take precedence over any
of the other female members of the
royal family. "Reawtnbtr that I
am the daughter of the greatest
sovereign on the earth, of the Czar
of Kussia." To this, the Queen re
sponded ; - "1 acknowledge no
earthly soverefgn as my superior."
So there tlie matter rests, and the
Tjucbess oiEainbunjA was not pres
eut at ttaWnVja) drawing.
the killing was d0'ti.lt-defeaW- WPItOJieijsibwjtol illness.