KELLY A WELLS, Publisher.
Dm Yar
i Month..
Three Mnthk
-$a M
... 1 CO
1 an
Tln-se tra the terms for those paying in ad
vance. The Iiukpeddkiit offers tine induce
ments tn advert irr Terms reasonable.
I. R. MULLER,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
OAKUItD, - . .
OREGON
Office in tr. Page's Drugstore. ',
Cany onville Hotel,
D. A. IXVWP,
PROPRIKTOH
HAVING KKTEXTLY PURCHASED THE
Canycuvi I.- H.-'cl, I am nuw pre) i red to
urnisli travel'-ra trrhtliebestofacoummodatioQB.
Fetd end (tabling for atuck. D. A. LEVINS.
W. D. WOODCOCK.
H. W. CHURCUII.Ii.
Woodcoi lk Chun 111 II,
MTBTLE CHEEK, - - OKEGOX
mEAMSTEH8 FROM JACKSONVILLE
and the midi-ut in Myrtle Creek will find
the beat hormv-uiasra at this establishment. In
thia Una we eiivm to do work equal to any in the
State. New w..rlt manufactured and repairs
niade on the short eM notice. Give us a trial, and
if we cannot suit yuti none ean.
V OODCOCK 4 CHURCHILL.
JAB. THOBNTON.
W. H. ATKINSON.
JACOB WAONEK.
X. X. ANDERSON
Ashland Woolen Manufacture
Company,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Whit: & Colored Blankets
Plain ml F.icy Ca Khmer, Doeaklna,
KlaikHrls, Utc.ralft9a
OVER AND UNDERWEAR CLOTHING
Made to Order.
W. II. ATKINSON eV y
ASHLAKD. Jackson County, Oregon.
" a
H. C. 8TAMTON,
Dealer in
Staple Dry Goods I
' Keeps constantly on hand a general assort
ment of
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
WOOD, WILLOW 1XD GLASSWARE!
" Independent in all Thing sj - Neutral in Nothing."
VOL. 4.
ltOSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1879.
NO. 3G.
JOHN FRASER,
Home Made Purnitiiie,
WILBUR, - ORKGOX. '
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.,
Constantly on hand.
Fi ll I TUDE.
No
I have the beet stack s
lurnl ture aootb of Portland
"And all of my owp manufacture,
two Prices to Customers
Residents of Douglas county are requested to
give me aeall before purchasing elsewhere.
t& ALL WORK "WAEHANTED.-a
Furniture Store !
ALSO
Crockery and Cordage
A full stock of
SCHOOL
BOOKS
Bach as required by the Public County Schools
All. kind at STATIONERY, TOYS
FANCY ARTICLES
To suit both Young and Old.
and
TTJYS AKD SELLS LEGAL TENDERS
- furnishes Checks on Portland, and prdfeires
irans on Ban j rancisco.
JOir tV GILDEHHLKVK
AVISG PURCHASED THE FURNI
ture Establishment of John Lehnlierr, is
now prr ared Ui do any work in the
UPHOkSTERSNC LINE.
He is also prepared to furnish
In all styles, of the best manufacture, aud cheaper
than the cheapest. His
Clitxii, . "
Tables,
Bureaus,
Betlsteadt,
HliMtit ndsi
ETC., ETC., ETC.
Are of stqierior make, and for low cost cannot be
equalled in the Suite. The '
Finest - of Spring Beds
And the -
Most Complete . of as
Always on band. Everything in .he line fur
nished, of the best quality , on the shortest
notice and at the lowest rates.
COFFINS MADE AND TRIMMED.
And orders filled cheaper and better than can
any other cstabusn menu
Desiring: a share of public patronage, the un
dersigned promises to offer extra inducements to
all patrons. Give me a trial. :
TELEGRAPHIC.
EASTERN.
Good Atwa for OKgon.
Nbw Yokk, Dec. 10. It is orliciaily an
nounced this afternoon that the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company have
purchased steel railx, locomotives and
equipment for 200 miles of standard gauge
railroad, to be constructed in Eastern Ore
gon and Washington Territory, during
the year 1880. Fifteen hundred tons of
the rails are now on board the ship Orient,
soon to sail from Cardiff for Portland.
One hundred miles will be built Irora The
Dalles up the Columbia river, to connect
with the existing Walla Walla Railroad;
fifty mile3 more will be an extension of
the latter to Snake river, and the re
mainder will connect Texas ferry, on
Snake river, with the heart of the Pa
louse country. It is s'ated that these ex
tensions and new constructions are made
for the purpose of opening up, in con
junction with the Northern Pacific, the
great grain producing district of Eastern
Washington Territory. The line of the
Northern Pacific in this region extends
from the mouth of Snake river northeast
wardly to the Bitter Koot Mountains, a
distance of 200 miles.
Tllden Bay a Railroad.
The Herald prints an interview with
leading brokers here and citizens of Pat
erson, N. J., showing Tilden's recent pur
chase of the New York and Oswego Mid
land Railroad to be part of the scheme
for a new outlet from the west. It is be
lieved by many that he is also buying up
the New Jersey Midland, its stock having
advanced from 65 to 75 in 90 days. The
Herald infers that Tilden has been trving
to obtain the advantage of tho New York
Central by equipping a rival road to the
west, and that Vanderbilt, to head Tilden
off by seenring and monopolizing western
connections and extensions, had to let his
Wabash interest in the direction of the
New York Central.
The It. K. Combination.
Boston, Dec. 10. The Advertiser says of
the new railroad combination: The St.
Louis and San Francisco Railroad, which
now has its terminus at Vinita, Indian
Territory, is bound to Pierce Citv, whence
it will be rapidly pushed forward to
WichitSi, where connection is made with
the Wichita branch of the Atchison, To
peka and Santa Fe Road. Work on the
main line of the latter is going forward
at the rate of two miles daily, and will
reach the liio Grande in forty-five days.
The Southern Pacific is rapidly pushing
Metropolitan Hotel,
ROSKBCUU, ' - ORECtOX.
Perkins & Headrick, Prop'rs.
Tbl Only First-Class Hotel in the City
AJU
Depot of the C. at O. Stage Co.
TELL FURNISHED BLEEPING APART-
masts, the best of beds, and the most aUen-
Tra housekeepers, and a table supplied with the
beat of arerTthing.
STACKS FOR RIDDING
stove the hoaso every day on the arrival of the
aars from Portland.
The traveling public, and all who favor us with
their patronage, can rest assured that they will
be entetained in the best possible manner.
HEADRICK A PERKINS ;
MAHONEY'8 8ALOO?'.
Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland .
Jatj. Mahoneyi Prop'r. j
The finest of wines, liquors and cigars in Doug"
las county, and the best
BILLIARD TABLE
in the State kept in proper repair; j
Parties traveling on the railroad will find this
place very handy to visit during the stop- i
ping of the train at the Oak- i
land, Depot. Give me aeall. !
J A3. MAHONEY.
SALEM
Foundry and Haeliiaa Shop
B. F. DRAKE, Proprietor. j .
. BAZaEH, - OREGON.
Bteaia IKntrlncn, saw Mills
Grist Mills), Reapers. Pumps
and all kinds and Styles ox
Machinery made to Or dor.
Machinery repaired on
Snort Motloe. j
Pattern making done in all Its various forms,
and all kinds of brass and iron eastings for
nished on short notice. Also manufac
turer of Enterprise Plainer and ;
Matcher, and Backers and
" Sharpers. I
J. JASKULEK,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
AND JEWELER.
:j
Roseburg! Oregon,
USE TO BEND YOCR FINE
A fine
assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spec
tacles and Eye-glasses always on hand.
The only reliable Optometer in Roseburg for
the nrnrjer adjustment of Suectaeles and Eye
glasses, which will preserve and strengthen the
eyesignt.
f&r All work warranted.
"rVTO KORE
JLN Watches to Portland for repairs.
DEPOT HOTEL-
OAKXASD,
. ORKUOH.
Richard Thomas, Prop'r.
THIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
for a number ot years, and has become very
popularwith the traveling public, r irstrdass
SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the table supplied with the best the market
affords. Hotel at the acpoi oi me riaiiroan,
PATTERSON'S
Ja, II. Tipton, Prop'r.
ALL KINDS OF LUMBER,
Including
Snffax Fine,
Oedar.Flr,
Pine and Oalc
I-ximber.
Always on hand,
And Orders promptly filled on
tbe shortest Motloe
All kinds of dressed lumber constantly on
band. .Lumber furnished at any
point in Roseburg without extra
- charge, and by application to
me it will be found that
My Lumber is
'the cheapest
me and see.
not only the best but
in the market. Try
Address all letters to -
JAS. II. TIPTOS. Patteraon'e Mill. Or,
DLACUSMITHIfJG,
WADKINS BROS.
VTmiid iuform the public that they have leased
the large Blaeksmithing shop lately occupied
by tK'orge Mickle, and that they are
prepared to do
All Kinds of Blaeksmithing
la first-class stIe,
And at prires lower than the lowest. They have
many years experience in the line of
Horse Shoeing!
And claim, on this point, in the trade, they
competent to do the best of work to the
satisfaction of patrons. Ail kinds of .
Machine rv repaired, Tlow
Vork, Etc
Civ them ealL 8liop opposiU S. Mark A
T. C. SMITH A C3.,
Chemists and Pharmacists!
Fatton's Block, State Street,
ALKH, - - ORKGOJT,
Particular attention given to prescriptions, and
ail orders by man or express nuca
promptly and accurately.
Physicians and country dealers will save money
by examining our hock, or prwunug
our prices, before purchasing elsewhere.
. Suicide.
An unknown man was found dead In
an most unfrequented portion - of the
a most unfrequented portion of Golden
Gate park this afternoon. On his person
were found an empty whisky flask and a
vial that had contained laudanum and a
discharged derringer near him, the bullet
from which had penetrated his brain.
- A Grand Sstceess.
The attendance this evening for the
benefit of the orphan children of General
liood, tendered by his old comrades and
friend, is a great success. The house is
jammed, and the net profits will approxi
mate $1000. In addition to the regular
performance of "Forget Me Not," Captain
Jack Crawford, the poet and scout, deliv
ered a poemwritten for the occasion. ,
Antstai,..'
A man supposed to be a member of the
recently discovered gang of counterfeit
ers, was arretted at Los Angeles this ev
ening in an attempt to pass a spurious $5
gold piece. Counterfeit gold to the amount
of nearly $500 were found on his person.
Ue refused to make any statement or
give his name.
Escaped.
A Los Angeles dispatch says that C. A.
Matlock, one of the gang of countefeiters
in the jail here awaiting the action of the
grand jury, made bis escape this afternooti
by picking the lock of the jail doors. Of-
ncersare in pursuit.
She Woald, aad She Wouldn't.
Stockton, Dec. (i. G retrod a Brachetti
a Swiss, about 30 years of nge, suicided
by taking strychnine. Deceased was to
have been married Sunday, but had a
slight quarrel with her betrothed.
utvjr.
Ophir declares a dividend of $1.
Mad-
Mammoth levies an assessment of $1.
Another V a fortunate.
Amelia Meronez, a woman of the town,
suicided last night by taking morphine.
It is alleged ss the cause Unit she was
tired of the life she was leading.
Murder.
The body of a Chiaaman was found ly
ing across the track on Long bridge this
morning, with four knife wounds in his
head and neck and a .Mirk sticking in'a
deep wound in his sidi from which his
intestines protruded. -No clew to tne
murderer has been discovered.
Fearful Rata Storm.
Yreka, Dec. 5. The most extraordin
ary rainstorm that has ever visited this
section ceased this morning- In about
eighteen hours 3.86 inches of ratn fell,
making 4.86 since the 1st inst. The storm
be declared vacant and a representative
Republican appointed in his stead.
Mabcxis i. Uokuck, Secy."
. Salelde.
San Francisco. Dec. II. Edrar Har-
court committed suicide at the Montgom
ery Hotel, on Second strpr lmt nioht hr
taking morphine. He left nothing behind
mm.
A MISTY MHTS ADYESTCRE.
One evening, about a year ago, I was
standing on the corner of Sixth avenue
and Thirty-sixth street. It was about 11
o'clock, and a heavy mist was falling,
though the night was warm. I was about
to take a down-car, when I was accosted
by a tall, broad-shouldered, fine-lookinsr
man, who called me by name, but whose
identity I could not fix in my mind,
though I knew I had seen him before.
"Patsey, old boy, how are you?" said
he, grasping and heartily shaking my
hand. "I'm glad to see you, Pat, really.
Testimonv was taken to-dav in onnnai- I Come, take a walk with me" np town.
tion of John 11. Burke to the' approval of The night isn't particularly inviting, old
the accounts i of the executors of th I boy. nor is it terribly severe. Come!"
O'Brien estate. Cornelius O'Connor testi- I Why I should take a walk with a man
if Aid1- w" 0De ot the aPPrise of whom I couldn't "place," at that hour,
the O Brien estate. There have hppn anmn I and nn ancli a nio-lif T li.ln't aalr vault
changes since in the value of Pacific and can't annwnr vbii nnvr Porhana it
Mill Corapanyls. and the Wood. Lumber I WAA ill a til art's mariTiAi avAAjtwtli aamiKir.
and Flutlie Company's stock. Wejuasped and peremptory, his commanding rather
Died of Hi Wound.
Matthew Joice. No. 127 Koknm stnat
died this mornitrg from a knife wound in
the neck, inflicted bv his nenhew two
weeks ago..
The Banuua Suit.
. . , ..... .D I ma.iiiK
eabtwaro, ana wont is Deing vigorously aDnears to have been equally severe all
iwtii.uwiu via a .uiiu iiuc( nuiuii icriui over the
STA&E XITVE!
TRSOUSH TO SAN FRANCI8C0
FOUB DAYS.
THE QUICKEST, SAFEST AND
EASIEST ROUTE.
TACKS LEAVK ROSEBURG
Kvaty Dajr at T-30 P.
Vaklnf quick connection at Reading with the
cars of theC. AO. R.R.
For full particulars and passage apply to
PERKU7S HEADRICK. '
MA5IMOTII
LIVERY AND FEED
STABLE.
This establishment the
Best in the State I
and connected with it is a large
Wagon Yard and Shed Room I
Capable of accommodating any number of
horses and wagons.
Beat oi liny iinI Grain
always la full supply and at V.y'mf prices. -and
no one is allowed to go away dissutisBed.
Don't fail to give us a call, fur we are
determined to suit you in quan
tity, quafity and price.
Warf3 -
NOTICE.
fJ0TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM IT
may concern that the uiiiUrsigned has been
warded the contract fir keeping the luslas
County paupers for a period of two yuars. A U
persons in need of assistance from said county
Cat nrnxnmaL certificate to that effect from
any member of the County Board and present it
to on ol the following named persons, who are
authorised to and will care for those presenting
such certificates: Button A Perkins, Roseburg; L.
T. v.tin. rwkl.nd. Mr. Brown. Looking
Glass. Dr. Woodraff is authorised to furnish'
medical aid to all persons in need of the' same and
who have been declared paupers of Dallas
nates at Guaymas, Mexico, part ol the road
irom uuaymas to Hernionsville belne un
der contract, and work to be commenced
eastward forthwith.
. Women at the Boston Election.
The city election is bringing out a full
vote. The . various tickets are being
scratched extensively. A novel feature
of the election is the presence of women
at the polls, where they were courteously
treated. A majority of the women regis
tered have voted. The polling places
were never bo quiet and orderly as to-day.
A Decision la the Maine Case,
Augusta, Dec. 11. The hearina in the
mandamus case has been concluded and
the decision will be rendered to the coun
cil to-morrow.
Rational Agricultural Society
Nbw York Dec. 11. At a meeting to
organize the National Agricultural Society
here to-day the following were among the
v ice Presidents cuosen: Koger W. Wood
bury, or Colorado: Jo tin uidwell. of Call
fornia; S G. Reed, of Oregon; John Jones,
of Nevada. Among the directors was
Henry Slubbard, of Stockton, California,
to represent Nebraska and the Pacific
States and Territories.
Hiealns;. .....
The police here have been notified to
day of the mysterious disappearance,
while on a visit to this city, of F. S.
Spaulding, a wealthy hotel keeter of Col
orado Springs, whose unexplained ab
sence has puzzled his relatives and
friends. He left Syracuse on the 10th of
last month to come to this citv. and said
be would return in a day or two, but has
never returned. Enquiries developed the
fact that he arrived here on that day and
passed tne night at the .Metropolitan tlo
tel, leaving there in the' morning, appar
ently to return home. The hotel register
shows that another occupied the room
with him, and the two left together next
morning. Relatives are working on the
case.
Colored Juror.
Fredebicksburu, Va., Dec 11. The
lending Deinocnitio citizens of Richmond
county petitioned Judge Jones to include
within the Jury list such colored citizens
of the county as the court shall think well
qualified to serve as jurors. Judge Jones
granted tne order.
Robbery tn Cincinnati
Cikcinnati, Dec. 11. While the Grant
procession was passing the custom home
to-day, and while the clerks were tempo
rarity absent, thieves broke open one of
tne inner doors ol one ot the sales and se
cured from $800 to 1000 belonging to one
of the employes. The government loses
nothing, but it was a nairow escape
The Indian Surrender one ot the Mur
derers.
Los Pisos. Dec. 11. Ouray brought in
to-day one of the Indians who are to be
tried, and promised to bring tie others as
soon as secured. He was locked up. The
loss of property by the outbreak is to be
paid tor out or tne ute tuna or deposit at
Washington.
Indian Fight.
Denver, Dec. 10. A special dispatch to
the Tribune from El Paso states that the
Apaches under Chief Ju. numbering one
hundred, engoged in a nght with Mexi
cans in Chihuahua on tne olh. ju lost
eighty killed and wounded.
A Scene at the Hayden Trial.
Nsw Haven. Dec. ju. there was a
dramatic scene in the Iladen trial to-day
during the cross-examination or Mrs.
Hayden, when Mr. Waller asked the fol
lowing Question:
.now, madam, you noeun t answer mis
question until you are told to by the
court: Mr. Hayden, you say, Is your hus
band, the father of your three children,
and that he has been a devoted husband
to a loving wife for between eight or nine
vears: that von nave constantly main
tained pleasant relations, and that there
has been and is now tne utmost commence
existing between vou: that you are con
vinced of his innocence, and know that if
he is found guilty he mnst sutler igno
minious punishment, under these cir
cumstances, would you not, under oath as
you are, make a misstatement r
There was no answer. The witness
burst into tears, as did nearly every
woman in the court, and fears glistened
in the eyes of members of the stronger
sex. A silence as ot death pervaded the
room, and the counsel for the defense
hissed out: "It is an insult to the wit
ness 1" Waller defended his action, but
the court ruled the question an improper
one.
Co
KRIBS & M'HILLEH,
DEALERS IN .-.
Cook, Parlor and Box Stoves,
COOKING RANGES AN0.HEAT1N6
FURNACES.
Manutaetnrars of all kinds of .
Till rrtPPFR AND SHEET-IRON WARE.
Kooflng and all kinds or Job Work
Promptly attended to
a, in First Street, "Parti aad. Oresoa
PACIFIC COAST.
Kramer gotns; Kmat.'
San Francisco. Dec.". At the sand lots
thia afternoon. Kearney announced his
intention of startinir next Sunday for the
east for the purpose of attending the con
ference of the greenback: congressmen ana
labor organizations, to be held at Wash
ington January 8th. He proclaimed the
republican party as a common enemy
which he intended to fight the next pres
idential campaign. He also announced
that the friends of the people would con
trive at the assembling of the legislature
to organize the house in opposition to the
republicans. This is in harmony with
the report telegraphed some time ago to
the effect that a bargain was a part of the
programme between the workingmen and
the democracy with a view to controlling
the organization.
Late this afternoon the wind began to
blow heavily from the southeast, and
soon after rain began falling. There is
every prospect of a heavy storm.
over the county, uottonwood creeit is
impassable, and the stages are unable to
cross. It is also impossible to cross the
Klamath river. The bridge across Mill
creek at -Etna is washed awuy, and the
stages cannot cross there. At Fort Jones
the Scott river is almost impassaote
Nothing like the same amount of rain has
ever fallen here in the same ipace of
time before.
Fatter, Patter.
Shasta. Cal., Dec. 6. It still continues
rainins. lesteraay tne oacratnenio river
rose seventeen feet, and could not be
crossed at several p oints.
Mora or tne Counterfeiter.
San Francisco. Dec. 7. A Los Angeles
dispatch savs another of the gang ot conn
terfeiters was arrested and gave his name
f.is James Graham. On his person was
ound a slapping receipt for a package
which was interceptedand found to con
tain a complete kit of counterfeit tools,
dies and molds, for making spurious 90
gold pieces. The man who was arrested
yesterday giues the name of U Rnurke, a
native of Canada, and furnished the in
formal ton which led to the arrest 01 ura
ham.
Explosion in a Sewer.
San tBANCisco. Dec. 10. Ist evening
the Oaklanders living on Jefferson street,
between Second nnd Ninth streets, were
troubled with an almost suffocating smell
of gas, and about 9 o'clock in the evening
a boy named John Leach, living on sec
ond street, between Grove and Jefferson,
was severely burned by the explosion ol
gas which occurred on his entering a
water closet with a lighted candle, noth
ing further occurred until shoitly before
midnight, when a vivid nasn, accompa
nied by a heavy report, lit up the street
for several blocks, and the explosion
shook the ground and buildings. The
residence Lof W. H. Patrick, No. 8 Jeffer
son street, at which the greatest force of
the explosion was felt, was almost com
pletely wrecked, the mmntes escaping
unharmed by what seemed almost a mira
cle. Other houses for several blocks were
blackened, scorched and the plastering
blown oil, but 110 injury done to the occu
pants. The cause was ascertained to be a
leak in a sewer. The damage to property
will aggregate a considerable amount.
A Row Which Ended Fatally.
Last Sunday evening two Frenchmen,
Henrv Vienne and Frank La Pau, were
engaged in a difficulty in the saloon of
Hotel de France, on Pacmc street, and
adjourned to the sidewalk to settle it. La
Pau struck lenne, knocaing mm over.
A team of horses stood at the edge of the
sidewalk, and V lenne, in falling, struck
the near horse in the Hank and tell be'
tween his legs. Tke animal kicked him
in the side.inllicting severe internal in
juries. His dead body was round in his
room at the notei yesterday morning. la
Pau was arrested on a charge of man
slaughter.
Sad Suicide.
Miss Hattie Lucas, residing with her
mother at 014 seventeenth street. Oak'
lang, committed suicide yesterday after
noon by shooting herself. The young
lady was highly esteemed. She wrote a
letter to her mother, informing her that
for some time she had entertained a dread
of insanity, and that she had dreamed of
being in the asylum. Mie sat in an arm
chair and placed the pistol to her bresst.
The ball penetrated her heart.
The Old Story Too Many Stock.
San Francisco, Dec. 9. Fieischman &
Sicbel attribute their business embarrass
ment and assignment to the speculations
of their book-keeper, Ernest Loewenberg,
who has been missing for two or three
days. He h.-.s been with them some ten
years and was ruiiy trusted, lliey are
unable as yet to state the amount of which
he has robbed them, utiiSBy tneir naDiii'
ties are about $00,000 and assets $i0,000 to
i5.000. and that Loewenberg has un
doubtedly gotten away with the balance
airainst them. His defalcation is attrib
uted ta stocks and fast living. Search is
now being made for him.
Failure of Lucky Baldwin Denied.
For several days rumors have been rife
that Lucky Baldwin had failed. There
seotns, on careful inquiry, to be no ground
whatever for the report. It probably
arose from the fact that a sale or real es
tate on Market street, made bv him some
time ago to Glazier & Co., has been put on
record within a lew uays, giving me im
pression that he waa making farther
San Franciaeo will Sy mpathlme. X,
The executive committee of the various
Irish societies met this evening and re
solved to hold a mass meeUu; at Union
Hall, December 18th, for the purpose of
taking steps for the relier of the distress
in Ireland. ArchbishoD Aleroano en
dorses the project and will be present. It
is intimated that Lt. tiovernor jonoson
will preside. .
Want Him Oasted.
San Francisco, Doc. 10. The following
was telegraphed to-day: "lo Newton
Booth. Horace Davis. H. F. Pace. B, Pa-
checo; I am instructed to forward to you
the following action of the Republican
State Central Committee, and ask you to
have it properly presented tothe National
Committee: The Republican State Cen
tral Committee of California, in the name
and on behalf of, the Republican party
thereof, earnestly protest against George
J. Crornam representing me ivepuimcan
party or Catnornia in me jauoiiai wjui
mittee. he haviuff abandoned the Repub
lican party and advocated the success of
the Democratic ticket The Republican
party ask that his place on the committee
at the valuations. The stock has since
been sold, and that is true value. J. H.
Gayer, book-keeper for Flood & O'Brien,
said O'Brien'sj interest in the firm had
been sold, realizing $1,788,122. and con
sisting of 19,785 shares California at $6
per share, 30,705 shares Consolidated Vir
ginia at $9 Jwr share; 973 shares Ophir at
$37 per share, 7859 shares Y'ellow Jacket
at $4 per share, 14,785 shares Cherokee,
$7000; three-sixteenths of the Latrobe
tunnel. SU7o0:! cash. $1,048,400. All the
stock was sold to James G. Fair at private
sale for the prices named above. A. C.
Piatt, book-keeper of the estate, said that
the residuary legatees, Mrs. Coleman, had
Deen paid cash, $454,000; real and personal
property, 281,000; and Mrs. McDonough,
cash, $722,000; real and personal oroDertv.
$103,000. The Pacific Mill Company's
stock and the Wood, Lumber and Flume
Company's stock was sold to James G.
Fair, and the refinery stock to the Selby
Lead Company, owned by Flood, Mackey
and Fair.
Asseaainenta,
Ward, 40c; Martin White 50c per share.
Captured at Last.
OitovtiXE. Dec. 11. Brown, the third
of the Mendocino outlaws, was captured
tnis afternoon near Bangor, in this county.
The immediate capture was made by
Thomas Moran, of Wyandotte, and J. M.
Stanley, deputy sheriff Of Mendocino
county, assisted' by C. A. White; who shot
Billings, had followed bis trail through
the mountains on foot over thirty miles,
and at the time of the capture were rein
forced by Sheriff Sprague, of this county.
The information lliev furnished led to his
capture. He is in jail here.
Killed by an Engine.
Sas Rafael, Dec 11. This afternoon
noon an engine of -N. v. C. li. U. near
San Rafael struck C. Ellis and threw him
beneath the wheels, passing over his arm
and leg, nearly severing them. He also
received internal injuries rrom which he
died. Before expiring he told a friend ot
his where a considerable amount of
money was buried near his cabin.
FOREIGN.
The British at Cabnl.
London. Dec. 12. A dispatch from Ca
bin J-nday eveuing says that General
Macrherson attacked the enemy on the
ridge above the Bold Uissar at noon to
day, lie captured and now holds the
tower and part of the ridge. General
Baker has arrived here from Maidan. He
had some sharp fighting Wediie-tdav aud
Thursday on the crest of the hill. He was
surrounded and stormed on Saturday.
The city of Cabul is quiet.
Report CsBSrmed.
Calcutta, Dec 13. General Roberts
telegraphs a confirmation of the report of
General MacPherson's partial failure in
his attempt to capture the ridge above
Balalussar. At Cabul on Saturday morn
ing General-Baker attacked the Afghan's
position with two and a hair regiments ol
infantry, two regiments of cavalry and
eight guns, and succeeded in capturing
the hill and driving the Afghans from
their positions.
A letter dated Candahar. 1st mst.,
and published at Uombay, says that Gen.
ntewart has been instructed to send a
messenger to Ayoub Khan, the Afghan
commander at Herat, requiring him to
hold Herat in the name of the British
government, and threatening the ad .
vancement thither ot the liritish force in
case of his failure to do so.
Iatest from Cabn.
London. Dec. 15. General Roberts tel
egraphs from Cabul under date of the 13th
inst.. that the enemv have been defeated
on all sides, but that notwithstanding
their heavy losses parties of Afghans
still remain in the neighborhood. General
Roberts announced his intention to at
tack oti the 14th itist., (yesterday), unless
these parties disperse, lhe tolal JiriliHh
loss during three davs' fighting was forty
three killed, including six officers, and
sixteen wounded, of whom ten are officers.
Troops for Cabnl.
A dispatch from Bombay says the en
emv in the vicinity of Cabul numbers 12.-
000 men. The 20th Madras infantry has
been ardered to prepare immediately for
active service in Burmah.
Dead.
Paris. Dec. 12. Paul Dtipont, member
of the senate from Dordogne, is dead.
Tho Eng-Hah in Africa.
A dispatch from Cane Town, dated Nov.
2oth, says the colonial lorces sticcessiuny
stormed Moirosis mountain on the 20th
of November. Chief Moirosis was killed
daring the fight. On the British side two
colonists were wounded and two natives
killed. The attack on Chief Secocone has
been postponed until the 28th.
Contraband of War. '
Baaujt. Dec. 12. A letter from St. Pe
tersburg reports that in the possession of
the six persons recently arrested the po
lice discovered fifteeu hundred copies of
the revolutionary committee s proclama
tlon and thirty revolvers.
American EaSerpriae. .
Berlin. Dec. 12. An American, a pelrO'
leum well owner, has arrived at Baker in
search of the naptha fields of the penin
sulaof Apsharon. ;
The Flood. .
pEirrit, Dec. 12. The overflowing of the
rivers Koros and Maros has caused leartttl
destitution in the city 06 Aran on the
Maroa, and several other towns have been
ruined and their inhabitants driven away.
Fully ten thousand persons were rendered
nomoiess.
Worse and Warse.
Latei Six villages have been ruined
by the flood near Aran. Many entire fam
ilies who had found refuge in the neigh
boring woods, were frozen to death. Sev
eral hundred persons are missing.
Subsiding;.
Perth. Dec. 14. A dispatch announces
that the rivers having their source in
Transylvania are. rapidly falling.
On an Ball.
Carrice on Siianov. Dec. 12. Killon
has been allowed to go on bail. This
seems to confirm a Dublin dispatch an
nouncing that the government does not
intend to press the prosecutions of Davitt,
-aiy ana isatien.
than soliciting tones, that caused me to
think he had some kind of an affair on
hand which he did not wish to "give
away," and that a companion would be
desirable. Something influenced me at
any rate; for, with a "Come on!" to him,
and without asking his name or anything
concerning him, hoping to "place" him
by my own efforts at retrospection, X
turned and started off with him up the
avenne mentioned.
His pace, though not a hurried one.
was as earnest as his speech. He put his
feet down as if he had something to walk
for, and he talked commonplaces in a
crisp and solid tone, so to speak. In
short, there was nothing of the idler in
his walk, and nothing of the sleepy-head
is his talk.
I walked along beside him. wondering.
as I walked, what was up. of course, im
agining all sorts of things. We walked
till we reached Central Park, ha vine
dropped in" once on the way. at his in
vitation, to partake of the inevitable "in-
vigorator," when I scanned my midnight
companion closelynot for a mental in
ventory of his apparel, but to "take in
tne situation in respect to his sobriety.
If I was any judge and I thought I
was he was as "straight as a string,'" as
free from the influence of liquor as a
lamp-post, and standing as firm, while
his eyes shone with a light as clear and
bright as health and vivacity could ims
part. I have thought of that light since
1 should have more closely observed it
then it was a glare. '
We entered the park. I was now an
involuntary, I may say, a mechanical ac
companiment, and nothing more he
walking and talking as usual, putting his
foot down as firmly and speaking as earn
estly, though dwelling not for a moment
on any one topio, broaching and dispos
ing ol one in less than that tune, ana
hiking np another.
My curiosity in regard to my com
panion and his "mission, was now
only exceeded by my desire to be in
at the death," as it were to "see the
thing out."
"Who the deuce is this man? ior
the life of me I couldn't "place" him,
though I had worked the "retrospect"
to the best of my ability. "What is
his lay?" "How will it end?" "He isn't
drunk. He isn t a lunatic. "It a very
OlKe Losran cornea tn thA lnffltiaA rl
Lucy Buruilton : Hooper, the brilliant
srans icite wraer, wno nas Deen unmer-
eiiuuy abused by the Figaro lot some
very free criticism on French aorietv.
Ulive calls special attention to the fact
tlia no attempt is made to disprove or
den v Mrs. Hooper's assertion ,. tKai .
young lady would be safer in the hands
of au American in a journey across tha
continent than she would be if left alone
with a Frenchman for ten minutes in a
drawing-room. ;v,
"Ah, Ixmisa, my heart is very despon
dent. Ever since I have gazed into the
depths of those lovely. I " Hush;
John, put an air brake on that train of
thought. - ra naa uttrouucea me to ms
new partner ,and J am his for $2,000,000.
That settles it.
Deadwsod, . uses
cattle per month. -
five hundred bfref
queer, anyhow." Such were a few of the
questions and remarks mutualy asked
and made by myself as I was drawn
alongside the tall unknown "drawn.
that's what it was, for I was impelled
by some strange influence to keep
alongside my companion, whether
would or not. in tact, it didn t occur
to me to attempt to braak the spell
upon him the "spell operates to the
contrary, I suppose.
Well, on we went through the mist
and darkness opaqueness, let me say;
for, though "lost to sight," there was
a moon above us, according to the al
manac, and it was not dark, a dull.
gray, ghostly sort of light pervading
until "the lake" was reached, when my
companion incontinently seated himself,
pulling me down beside him a physi
cal effort on his part, and not one of
attraction, magnetic or otherwise.
No sooner were we seated than he
spoke of the gray mist, as if for the
first time noticing it, and went on to
remark upon mists in general, if not
this one in particular.
Ho discussed mists for two minutes.
perhaps, when he dropped the subject
as one well, too moist, perhaps, or
maybe too "dry." ' At all events, he
dismissed the mist without ceremony,
and for the "first time since we set out
on our walk, spoke not for the space of
forty seconds.
Suddenly, he broke tne silence witn
a remark -mat came irom ms tips as
suddenly as the report and flash of a
gun, and, if not so sounding as tne re
porivquito as startling to me.
"Patsey, (l snau never iorget now
short, sharp and decisive" was the
pronunciation of my Chrietian name)
are you lona 01 sensations? 1 ten you
we'll create one in the morning, you
bet! When they find us both laid ont
here as dead as herrings, m the morn
ing, I rather think there will be some
thing of a sensation, eh! "
He paused then, and it dawned upon
me that my companion was a lunatic.
And when, the next moment, I saw in
his right hand a good-sized revolver
none of your little vest-pocket affairs
the broad sunlight of conviction, so to
speak, forced itself upon me that my
position was a ticklish, if not a peril
ous, one.
A cold sweat started out all over me
the condition which conduced to that
sweat saved my life, perhaps; for the op
posite, which would have prompted me
to spnng to my leet ana fly, would very
likely nave precipitated matters to a se
rious if not fatal conclusion. My hair
stood up, I am certain, and my tongue
cleaved to the roof of my month as if
glued there, while my heart beat the
tattoo on my tips. .
I suppose you think I was frightened.
Well, you have been mistaken before
now, without doubt; and you might be
now but you are not. I was frightened
and don t you Iorget it!
Out there in the dark at midnight, in
a cold, gray, ghostly mist that looked
like the shroud of all things earthly,
seated beside a powerful fellow who
cooily suggested a "sensation" of t
start ling and tragical nature, strengthen
ening his suggestion by the production
of a murderous-looking revolver! ves,
I was frightened, and don't care who
knows it.
"I shall shoot yon first, Patsey!" was
the next remark of my friend (?),and
how criBp and firm the utterance! "Then
I shall shoot myself! The sensation in
the morning will be tremendous, my
boy!
His right hand moved my eyes were
glued upon it and something 1 had to
do, or something he would do, most cer
tainly, and cane a "sensation in the
morning." Retrieving my tongue (minus
the skin, I am certain) , from the roof of
my mouth, I managed to moisten it suf
ficiently to speak in a husky voice: -
"Cully, don't shoot, as that will bring
the park police upon us, who will carry
us to the station-house, and spoil the
moflsng sensation, bee it?
-; "&rnnrl ajt a nnt " fluid m v friAnl im.
mediately, and, pnttinK away hisevolV'
er, brought ont a largo knife, which h
opened, showing a wicked-looking blade
aixinches in length,'-' s
The thought that I was about to be
hacked to pieces caused a sickening chill
to run through me. I would have pre
ferred being shot. ; c
Ibia will do. . better, Pateey. H
silent and sure. . I will utab you to the
heart, or cut your throat, just as you pre
fer," he said, in a tone that waa blood
freezing from its diabolical earnestness
and tnlmness. - : -
"That is better than the pistol, my
friend," said I, "but I hate blood. I pro
pose something better than either; let us
both drop ourselves in the lake here.
There'll be a sensation, sure, when they
fish us out. What do you say?"
I got to my feet without being hinder
ed, my sensational friend rising also.
"A good idea, Patsey," said he, at
once. "It is better than the knife or
pistol. Can you swim?"
"Not a stroke," said I.
It was a lie; but, under the circum
stances, excusable, I think.
"Ha! ha! good! Nor I, Patsey never
could get the stroke. We'll walk in
hand in hand give me your hand,
Patsey." -
"I'll do it," said I, quickly "that just
suits me exactly. But, now the thing is
settled, let's go and have one good
square drink, cully a parting drink to
all the world and the rest of mankind
and then we'll come back and walk in
here, and sink out of sight and trouble
together. I'm willing and anxious" the
mental reservation was "to get that
drink and get away from you."
He met me like a trump card.
"I'll do it, Patsey come on. A part
ing drink to all the world, and then well
go to sleep in these quiet waters."
"Not if I know myself!" I mentally
exclaimed, and started away, my sensa
tional friend grasping my elbow and ac
companying me his grip was a tight
one, too.
"You must not deceive me, Patsey,"
said he the moment we moved away. If
you do, I have the knife and pistol. You
and I are booked for the Unknown, and
the boat leaves shortly."
"Deceive you, my dear fellow?" said
I, as if deeply wounded in feeling,
though struck by a "happy thought," as
1 teit "never fear. Why, when you
hailed me I was thinking of getting out
of this into the other world, and I was
going down to the river to jump in. I
didn't think of this lake it is much
more genteel. Now. let that settle it. my
dear leiiow. -
It did. He expressed himself satisfied.
and gave vent to nothing more that im
plied doubt on his part. I set out to
reach the "Mount St. Tincent." but
missed the way in the thick gray mist,
and fetched up on Oth avenue at 110th
street. I knew of a place some ten
blocks up there. If I could .only reach
it, I felt certain I could elude my com
panion; and I walked for it as Weston
for the belt. I reached it. and in less
than five minutes my sensational friend
who had known me for an hour or so (he
must have known me formerly) knew me
no more that night, nor has he known
me since. -
I suppose the fellow had the "jams;"
and whUe I don't wish to have to do with
any more such, late at night in the Park,
yet I can't help thinking how more tract
able he was, though with brain adrift,
than a "mnssy lush" would have been.
An invitation to "take a walk" at or
about midnight I do not now accept, un
less I can "place" my man. New York
Clipper. .
When t !!.
Every one who is engaged in any de
partment of agriculture or manufacture
is supposed to have, from time to time,
something to exchange or sell. On the
disposition of this surplus depends the
supply of all articles that the person does
not raise, embracing all implements and
improvements of every kind that require
an outlay. Hence it is a matter oil mo
ment that the sale of these thincs be
made at the time the best price.all things
considered, will be obtained. Is it pos
sible to be certain of this time? In gen
eral, no. ; There many articles that con
stitute exceptions. Those that cannot
be, conveniently preserved, must, of
course, be thrown on the market at once.
Others that are in demand in certain sea
sons only will be governed Jjy the season
trade. But the most common and valu
able products of human industry are
always in market, and yet are subject to
iicuciii luuuiuuuoua iu pnee. out. ii are
the leading products of the farm and
most of the valuable manufactures. As to
these no fixed rule can be given, but the
following suggestions , will commend
themselves to the prudent: One should
keep himself informed of the state of the
market, especially in places accessible to
him, and far as practicable in places
whose trade affects directly his local mar
ket. The best way to secure thia is to
take and read good papers, that give not
only the tabular market statements, but
also intelligent and impartial comments
and counsels. When necessity compels
one to sell he can only submit,regardless
of price, bn. in all other cases he ought
to govern himself consistently by reason
able probabilities. Unless in the face of
a comparative certainty there will be no
advance, economy plainly forbids the
disposal of a commodity at a price that
is not more than its cost to the producer.
Business cannot live on losses. . A cer
tain farmer, who always prospered, made
it a rule to sell everything he could spare
a buuu on it was in a marketable con
dition. He never made much at
time, but he avoided all risks of rogues
and fires, all injuries by vermin and
weather, all the trouble and expense of
protracted storage, all the reduction of
shrinkage and accidental waste; and he
was receiving money, now and then,
throughout the year. It is safe advance
to say that every one should be content
to sen at a reasonable profit. To wait
for very hio:h Prices is a rlnno-nrnna
policy, and, especially as to the neces
saries of life, very had morals. - What
man must have, his fellow man should
be willing to furnish at rates that are not
exorbitant or oppressive. Business
should never violate the principles of
magnanimity and true charity. Rural
New Yorker.
CHEERFUL BAR BY.
Old Iks Abocsbd. "Look heah.
an' me's been gittin' long fo nigh onter
f awty yeah an' ain't never had a fuss yit,
but, fo de Lord, ef eber, I ketches you
peann taters an' acrapm de h'r offen
pig's feet agin wid my razor, Til wip dis
jiu uii bo ciean ana buck aat de cat can t
sten' on hit. Now you heah Ike a
preaehin' ter yer, an' if you 'spec' ter go
to heaben wid my good will don't you
pester my razor any mo'. Han' me dem
mush room." And Hanner pushed the
dish of fried hog a ears over to her ex
cited lord and lit out in the kitchen,
where she commenced a waltz and song:
"An he used to scrub de handle ob de
big front doah." Louisville Courier
Journal. '
Of the late Senator Chandler, it is re
lated by the Toledo Blade, that when he
became Secretary of the interior he de
sired that a' certain position in tha
department should be filled by a lawyer
from the West whose fitness wa un
doubted. The lawyer refused the ap
pointment on the ground that he could
not afford the pecuniary sacrifice im
posed by his withdrawal from his busi
ness. "What sum will make you good?"
asked Mr. Chandler. "Not less than
85000 a year," answered the lawyer.
"You shall have it," said the Secretary;
and during his occupancy of the office
the lawyer every year received a check
for that amount paid from Mr .Chandler's
own pocket.
The San Francisco Slock Report Bays;
The young lady who pinned the Pioneer
badge to General Grant's coat in Virginia
City drew back when the "distinguished
American" reached forward to kiss her.
And yet it's ten shares of Union Con. to
rwanut that some fellow who never
the least unwil,. ou W 1Mlrti i hf
happens to" we the right mn at tne .right
time. ..'.v
Whenever Eel Paver Dan went on a
"tear," consternation reigned in Pilot
City As soon a his strident whoop be
gan to resound through the redwoods
surrounding the village the citizens
hashed their murmurings at lesser evils,
and silently skulked to their cabins, there
to listen, with bated breath, for the first
sounds of warfare euro to follow Dan's
arrival in town. Oftentimes the guile
less stranger, unacquainted with the
truculent ruffian's "record," was his vic
tim; but as a general rule it was some
obstinate lumberman, who sacrificed
himself for more timid men. It waa a
singular fact that, no matter how peace
ably inclined Pilot City might be, at the
moment Eel River Dan came down from
his mountain home "on a time," some
body had to suffer.
He was "bad" in the most literal sense
of the word, and there were but few who
dared approach him after he had "de
clared" himself and turned himself loose.
But on this particular occasion this
bleak, windy day in February, when the
principal inhabitants of Pilot City had
gathered around the glowing stove that
wanned the somewhat contracted limits
of the Raftsman's home the gaily chat
tering congregation had received no inti
mation of the approach of the mountain
desperado. Not a single whoop had he
uttered as he strode through the sighing
Eines, not a yell announcing his coming
ad been heard by the peaceful residents
of Pilot City,, and when the gigantic
frame of the "terror" darkened the door
of the home, a thunderbolt would not
have produced as much genuine surprLse,
not to call it astonished apprehension, in
the breasts of those present, as did the
appearance of Eel River Dan. For an
instant the assemblage aat petrified.
Then there was a fluttering movement,
and Big ' Mike, the boom hand, made a
break for the rear door. The others only
waited to satisfy themselves that Dan was
"turned loose. This important doubt
having been dissipated, and the conclu
sion arrived at that the mountaineer was
in an unusually disagreeable frame of
mind, the remainder of the company
withdrew rather precipitately, it mnst
be confessed bat with sufficient order
and regularity to escape injury in the
crush at the side door.
As soon as the last boot heel had pass
ed over the threshold Dan smiled it was
not a very seraphic smile, to be sure, but
notwithstanding its sardonic character
mere couia oe no mistaking it for a
frown or a scowl of displeasure. With
the grimace still irradiating his bloated
features . the desperado passed behind
tne bar, and with a freedom peculiar to
his loose habits, grasped the demijohn
containing an unusually ardent article
of lumberman's solace. Throwing the
jug deftly into the hollow of his right
arm, he poured the yellow distillment
into a glass which he held in his left
hand, allowing the liquid to mark four
fingers before he threw the muzzle up
and returned the jug to its shelf beneath
the bar. tie contemplated the con
tents of the glass for a moment,
held it up to the , light, smacked his
lips in anticipation of the joy it waa
about to confer upon him, and then
placed the edge of the tumbler gingerly
to nis moutu as it he would prolong the
delight of feeling it trickle down his
copper-plated throat into his sheet-iron
stomach. Inch by inch his ruby nose
went upward, drop bv drop the whisky
flowed downward. Tho last globule had
just passed between his teeth, when his
fiery red eyes, glancing through the bot
tom or tne glass, fell upon an object, the
sight oi which seemed to paralyze
He could not believe his senaest. HVTm
agined that some defect in the glass
through which he was taking his observa
tions must have produced the vision that
greeted his gaze. It could not possibly
be the form of a man standing there be
side the stove! What an idea! What
mortal individual would have the hardi
hood to remain when he, Eel River Dan,
the terror of the entire lumber region
from Mendocino to Trinity, saw fit to
enter a place of resort! Ah! no. it cer
tainly could not be a real, living flesh
and blood, human being: it was probably
a straw dummy set up by those cursed
hulks that had just left, and the insult
thus offered would afford an excuse for a
general cleaning out of the whole infer
nal town.
So he placed the glass on the bar. and
leaning upon his elbows, leveled his gaze
still more intently upon that "dummy."
Great Cesar's ghost! it moved. Was it
the wind swaying a bundle of clothes
stuffed with straw? Or was it By the
great boom that swings over the Jordan!
Never before, during a career checkered
by almost daily surprises, had Eel River
uaa ever experienced such a sudden
shock of astonishment. For ten seconds
by the bar-room clock he was powerless.
speechless, well nigh lifeless. Then he
raised his hands to his face, and leaned
his cheeks upon them while he studied
the apparition beside the stove.
It was a little man. a hollow-chested.
cavern-cheeked, mild-eyed, meek-looking
man. t lty nad never been a distinguish
ing trait in the composition of Dan's na
ture, but as he gazed upon this ragged,
forlorn-looking beintr a feelins: akin to
sympathy began to usurp the place of
surprise in his breast, and it was in a
tone almost tinged with kindness that he
addressed the sickly vagrant.
"Bin yar long?"
"Eh?'
The reply sounded like the gurgling
oi blood through the sink-pipes of a dis
see tang-room
"Ain't bin loafin 'round that yar stove
more n a minute or two. hev ye?
Dan's tone was so insinuating, and bis
intention to avoid hurting the poor fol
low's feelings so evident, that a man with
perceptive faculties developed to any de
gree whatever would have understood
the kindly motive. But the rash man at
the stove must have been abnormally ob
tuse, for he gurgled forth the exasper
ating replv : .
"Eve since those other fellows lit
ont."
"What!"
Dan's eves were dilated with the in
tensity of the emotion. Wrath was tak
ing the place of pity.
The little man made
bed his hands and held
ward, in front of the warm stove.
CARDS, BILL-HEADS, AfcD k i.
EtAKKS,
And other priming, including
Larva aad Heavy Porter' and -Hand-BlUa.
Neatly and esjUitious,:y Exe.jU-J
at PonriAnp rn:c:; ,
out, anyhow."
"Ib'lieveyerlyin'.stracgor; but a" j
I perceed any further 'ith your .- i ;i
give ye. the true business; them hx-'
slid out o' this yar place a 'couse tliy
saw me a eomin' in thet var door ovr
tharee the door?"
-t "It'sthar, I reckon," answered the lit
tle man, who had turned bis back to the
atove, but who did not take tLe trouble
to resume his former position for tLe
purpose of verifying tha bad man's t -sertion
that a door absolutely exi.A.A
in that particular side of the f vrt.
ment. . r
. "W.ell my consumptive friend, 'ULnt
too late fur you to use that same hole in
the wall; you'll be in time to hear how
that dog fight you was speakia" about
come out, mebbe, if yer uncommonly
lively." . J
"Don't,keer how it came out." answer
ed the hollow-cheeked individual, in Its
most woe-be-gone tone of voice.
, "Don't, eh ? Yer sure ye don't wan to
iua aog ticked ?
"Ain't bettin'a continental red on nary
dog fight juat now, an .ain't a goin' to.
nuther." . '
There was a ghost of
latter portion of this speech, but it wasV
aunost Wholly choked by the gloomy
sadness of the tone in in which it was
uttered. w '
"It's party ronarhl blaimad of it. ain't "
soliloquized Dan, edging around toward .
the end of the bar. "I'd ez soon tackle
a raft o' meaaley babies, but it's got down"
to a ground hog case, an' ef I don't do
aometiiin' party soon the boys H be
kickin' me from one end o the county to
the other. 1 It's got to be did. There
no help for it. Say, sickly, mebbe ve'd
like to say a word or two afore it happens."
"V hat happens?"
"Why, w'at s coin to happen wen I
turn loose?" .
Ain't got nothin' to say."
Any Place. Dertickler ve'A li'to inr tsa
hauled to artor the matinee?"
What matinee??'
What matinee! The matinee that's
goin to open in about one minute bv
thet yar clock.
Don t know nothin' about it."
You'll know more'n vou want to af era
I get through 'ith you. Ain't got no
friends thet will plant ye decently in case
the Coroner hed to sit on ye? 1 ;
jsary irienu.
"No money?" ' -
"Nary dime."
"Got a name, I s'pose; write it down.
an' TO see thet it's spelled right -in the
papers. '
"Cheerful Harry.
"Age?"
"Forty-four."
"Born anywhar?"
" Missouri."
"Biziness?"
"Herdin' sheep."
"Cheerful Harrv fourty-four born
in Massouri sheep herder. Is thtt all
kerrect?"
"Kerrect"
"Mebbe you'd like to have a verse Zi T
two of poetry tacked on." ;
W at fur?" '
Fur a send off in case yon don't stir- .
vive. . borne folks is rather pertickler
'bout such things; didn't know but you
was one oi mat kind.
"Nary verse."
"Don't feel like lightin' out, I s'pose."
"I'm comf table in my life."
"Are, are ye?"
"I never felt more cenvf table in mv
life." . ;
By this time Dan had approached very
close to the little man, and he appeared
to be afemptiniro stir nrrlalent wratir
8ttuLMint krVjven the matinee. He hes
itated for the last time as he remarked :
"Say Cheerful, you'd feel amkrhiv
sight cheerfuier if you was ont huntin'
up the particulars o that dog fight.
'lhe reply came laden wnh the very
quintessence of contempt.
"Xou be cursed," r
There was a sudden outstretching of
Eel Rive? Dun's long arm a ringing
crash as the stovepipe came down a
gleam of steel a bending of two forms
hoarse growl of rage and pain an
other crash as the blended forma reeled
over upon the card table, and through
that frail piece of furniture to the floor
more gleaming steel more hoarse howls
of despair and pain and Cheerful Harry
quietly returned to his position beside
the stove, unconcernedly wiping a terrible-looking
knife on his coat sleeve.
Dr. Squibbs was of the opinion that if
Dan could survive the wound under' the
fourth rib, he might, in the course of
four or five months be able to leave his
room, - .- -
Dan did survive the wound under tha
fourth rib, but nobody saw him leave
his room. ' Dr. Squibbs was again ap
pealed to and gave it aa his opinion that
Eel River Dan, no longer the redoubtable
Dan of yore, had suddenly left in the
night.
Be that, as it may, he never troubled
Pilot City again, although he must have '
have been aware that Cheerful Harry
bad returned to his pastorai pursuits in
the mountains of Trlnitp. - -.
slightly Scared.
After the war ended, where once was a
beautiful wood lot, was now an unsightly
waste through which meandered a small
creek, and when -the spring came the
blue-grass grew as luxuriantly upon it as
ever. It was about a mile from town,
and Major Billy was in the habit of rid
ing out there of an evening to graze bis
horse. One evening, to his surprise, he
saw fifteen or twenty large yellow suck
era lying on a sand-bar in the crock. He
rode back home, got a minnow net, and
soon landed them. Running after the
fish heated him considerably; as the
weather was warm be pulled off his coat,
unbuttoced his collar and wrapping the
halter around his right hand, lay down
in the shade of a bush to cool off. While
lying on his back and looking up at the
clouds passing slowly over him, his
thoughts reverted to the time when the
Federals evacuated Tennessee, and the
box of cartridges he fished out of the
creek, and how he and his son William,
after taking off the balls, put the powder
no reply, bat rub- n large iron pot and set it by Ue fire -to
them, palms out- dry the fire popped, a coal describe.! a
. segment of a circle and dropped m t i
- . . . I nAuin - i-ott iai tr uii mm f n
"Mebbe you wasn't paym' pertickler t--,. ,..-f .
u : -i.4. . .1 V m" sbtb ids uaior. iiuitoumu
n " - . back out of the door, while rumuiA
T. . 1 1,o m,nu. i on sucu pieHaauv remjuiMTiirt .
ated Dan's manner as he made this last
remark.
"Didn't know but what ther was a
dog fight or something down the street."
Dog fight or Bomethin , sneerea van,
reaching a elass. "mebbe yer not ac
quainted ith me." . .
"Who're vou?"
The man at the stove did not make
this inquiry aa if he had any particular
desire to ascertain the identity of this in
terlocutor, but gurgled it in a mechani
cal way, like a phonograph or an auto
matic talking machine.-
"I'm Eel River Dan, stranger, aa I'm
bad." .
If Dan imagined that tais announce
ment would discompose the vagrant he
was mistaken. It had no more effect
than so much wind, and the stranger did
not even appear to notice the remark.
.D'ye near you cadaveroua galoot?
I'm on it bigger n a wolf."
: "Thet's all right I ain't objeetinY .
"You aint eh ? Well, I don't s'pose
ye be, whot's more I, ain't intendin
ye shell. Now look har, strangw. yo
iwyyelhini.it wo a dog r !, -xr
Major fell asleep.
ance. iie said:
3
Somc-thin' of XxW'i kind I wasn't per-
ticler anxious to hustle 'round an' bnd
He can tell tli I
"My frieril, God! '---t
you, something crawting under i
waked me. ; I thought at first it ".".
halter, but there waa a cold, b k h
about the thing that made in v a
crawl. I opened my eyea. TLo wis a
large water iaoeean, b: h i 1
about tix inches above my no- r-. t .
guttering eyes looking stn.-' t
mine, his tongue playing ia i
his mouth like sheet-lightnir.3 C
hurricane. '
"Sly friend, God bless you, I o:
hollered, for the snake tm-kea I .-,
and seeing my shirt -collar c;o;,
thinking it safe hid in j? j . , '
down into my boeom. . !- n - r, l : , ,
bad the cholera, the amaJl-r-ii, i 1
blown up with gun-powd t . - f
by the Yankees, hot thr-t an-. - - -place
I ever ot into. Tl : -squirmingaboufthepttc.fi
y .
hi head one side and
other, just a t-klixcr t
ribs. - How'?" oat eft i-JttmT'-'
The) first thit.jr 1 t -seeing
that snaio's tail I
a pile of brush in the crv- '
. "3T.ajor, was you sra.ro , '
"Well, nK'Si v, tp ax;.' t ,
you, slightly. .. Yes, sir ,"s.