T)bk. REiiGffl News. '
VOL XV. 151
RALEIGH, X: C, TESDAri MORMNG, AUGUST 26, 1379
$5.00 PER ANNUM
THE CALIFORNIA RIOT.
iiii s r.r. s Mi irTHr.
X rlinc Mob Wllfc, ttecej i,
n-ir tiiri mwv itru4it in riifr
I j i ml ol It rr l'in
r ii m-y, uj.'Ti hit an :av.il from V.i!-
u.hr. addressed a crowd ,,f
:.eiity :h. u.iui people in Sam'.lnts.
I he iiv!i. tire frying w Uk U rvUtfl
d..r;n - the it-n- h i ppr.nlr trr no
iv diminished, and at a word from
Kr tnvt v the whole body would have
.poured d.w n town without he-nation
t. r t'tigoauce n the Do YnunjM.
k- irnv lentitvl the situation fully an. I
a ! J: e-yd hiut-clf t the task oi quiet
i! the p.ta..ti- of Ins followers. He
i. minded them that in tea days the
io-:-.-n would put tlie v hole nucMfl
r : J. citv'siO'v eminent inthcir hand
t It a! t he prop net oi of ihe ' V, rnu-!c
would uuf.twiugly 'ct their deserta.
That At pteent any attempt nt violence
w . u ! i 1 met by :eoleraofthc police
and rit.es and t.itlinv m?is of the mil
i ai Ait-! that tin- game was iiit wrtrth
!. fi.liii.; !!.! of one honest
i. i .i;. II. ,ure! them by their regard
ir ii j nl.iti.ui throuErhotit the
r t do n i oh-nee, I nit ditperKe
t c . . to t !.; r holing. He announced
! : i-'-ntorr-.-.v afierncou he would
:.: : '. '-nt oil andh.t and that iu the
ii . . . : a..- he u on !I in-j aire more full v
;:.; :!. at e f .1 i'a i r-, a 1 1 1 w . hi Ii 1 1 he n ,
!., ' . d. le aMe :o show them how
' !;-. -oof thf matter with credit to
i .-- er w.is Kcarncv s
'. .;; ... iitlir o or h. follow T
'ioi-i;m1 to hclict ad vantage. Al
:!; i .!-'. it w d w iti' t'j i i ! v how Ui'K
l. r tin' 1Io"mI ol" th' lo out they
.t. i..l in: 5 !!riUy to hit u trlcf, mii'l
'.kin:i he iliMni-wd U. :n th.jjr iurcel
uiv in riom ilire- 1 it, evidently
, r. jiHl to follow his advice to tlie
'.'. r . i
hor:lv ailvr liti.Iiiiht last night half
. : ;'. ,-oIii-e force were re!iovel from
i.ity.tlte remainder staying at tlieht.i-
except about Uiirty. who wre
. rattled to kTiunl tlie 7o-..f.-'. of.'t.-e
r I .in.' o'.!ir Min".H. The military
. ... (i.if t.i!-.!. w ith Ui? exi-oj'ti"Ti oi a
i,l .t: i t fi ;inno: V. The t rcC! w rc
j ii'-t llir oiihoiii the nikTiil, and the
Iw.r;'. !.. 'ini', i- irj -l t rt or tnree
i.;t. Lrei He-it. u rvinnincil in froi.t of
-Utt.ou. It m a rumort d a! '' a. in.
Mr. Khh.kIi w .ih ! n k i ! i wo-;:d
- rli ti live till morninc.
V r. II. ! Y'liini:, in hii interview
'i a rej.rter of Alta. California, lat
i : aid an o:len-i fti'.tement in the
, . '. with regard to Kall ch' lain
. hi;orv, wliii tt rovokei K itiach t
' i.tation. . aine to them ly telcr:ih
: j nt U-;.. a at, 1:' in the morning.
I nT the a'enee of h himself and
i r '. iter, and ii i-.!n-l without
: : : r ktrnw !el j-. Ilair made it.
!,. w . er. they w.-r.- determined to
:.'..!. 1 to it. Ilea;d fnrt herniurt Kal
'. h miht h ive kt.ow n lie could lit ijo
i!-n a j 1 1 . : pla'form and tradnee our
m.'i.r and i.uu;! without -Urn and
t !ttT rv ri hut i n. !! knew h" took
nt hi'.' in hi harid- when h k. n
i... I. M) I ri'th. r iiiiiv . u d h
.oi v :n t :i w ! ha e a.t ! w lio 1 an
hj irk f m.irih.Mxl ;t!ii,t hitn.
'I l.e II. i niii !.AI er e.nutner.t " 'ie
It- ii kiin I iit "ier i'
iiirv
md iuana'-
in-nt f the Ie Yonnp'a journal.
a vh t ho ' i has Jon hid ft
( all
rr'-.
tie
U te tive agency, which ha- !illel
ri o ; uf its of!ice with material
in-
t.. ! u-. d to i tort money or j ull t!ow n
i. n v
(.. W .ii!! Tl;t he ! . k 1 1) 1 1 It I .
.u-:. ! of :;.ii i:i to kill nny
1 1 n.o. 1
m in w h
in it di l ! : hk.. No other
in in unity in .V li to i i.-.i. Jl o:
I ... ii . di-ra. ed and doi.
al.ly. h.
ile-i IV
I i. ! journal a-. t!i-.
I !e Ait.l 'l' ". n MVi the i i -
. h I t-en a-.san!tin the ehara. ter
and rej.iitut ions f men, women ami
fc-ir;- in thi itv for vear, and . hire
the rt;n.-ih.lity t.t-iefor n;on the
j mIiIk w hi' h ha- '.ven !t;i'h a J ap r
I I'.r'iti.i". It Iv4 hy Hyin the
! r-e of ; ii. ',,.,! i - h I .ecu dem ;-i.i.-iii,
in ie vnt and I n I' iinoii h.
N lit A N. !-i .. AlljJUit "JJ.. The
.. .i.!m' .-ierc in i. of th- ity, in tl.c.r
v. i it. oil f-.irI:y .-e eoi.i.tcr.ih'.e
I iii! il. m e to li.e l'e olll ' Kiilen k
a., r . . oiu'.t In u. a-j.ai.1t on lvalii-k,
r u. ' alio t..war...x .:tid eitlikT it a
. id : us i.t'aol.tl t'.t li."t.i..Hlli II .il. d
' :.t:e of ei ilia' ii.n.
rllun l.-)llt.
.M . i! III. Ail,"ls! -i. -r-
i :-d l' the I". aid
III Tllll. JT : two eiIotd
r l. 11..' IV c l-e-
f H.-.tith tin
AmotiK the
v. 1. 1 ; are .Nil
. ". i '.. ook -i. t re, I '. I '.
I .. -k wih, ii 11.1 eii-
ni-. ii. Ir. II. i 1. llivhariioii. .ttirire I'.
I t I. :!.t del!.!-. Iuv ....lined
- ii.-w .-t ntht: .1. II. Tliierk iuf, .lohn
M. l.i liinU, Jclt. C t otter. Jaiiiu. Ii.
!' if kf, I'ete l attan . Mn;Ii.il Taylor.
Henry li-rt.-aiu, John Mrt'imi, crd'i I.
A telegram rt.t.l fcrni thdMay r
.m l President of th. i'oai.Tv lloaid of
H.i:!i eoiilradict lli' re,.o:t ofyiloa
:etr at tarkvill. Mi.
rhe neither ha eh-ared tl. The
:! ernionteter at day t!.i- uiortnn.'
i i. I !. :: d l '.
I lu r t v four i a--- in . i i w t -1 e rei ! led
l.iil.iv, twenty wl.tT.-.
teen i-i'lnriil. 'I he :.-er 1.
taV.t i: ftt -h -'.art c-j t
northern ortnni o the
'in Ut ll.
tnd
toltt
i.t: will
lit tlie
i : i d i n
a- ai-i
. : i!!y
i 1 1 v ;
Train VTrerlrl.
llNii'-. N. Au".i-t -. I--t
nt.-ht tht- mail .--eiier tram on
he Ve-iiu .N.nth Hnlnia railroad,
...til firursliin tram alt. e Led, wa
ere. kcl at inud-i'iit hy a land nle.
1 tie iiidi'il itiliUllilli.' the e lir-ioiil-tH
a s odiij.U ti lv I'Ulle.l, l.i:tl.o ..:: w .i
v rtii-tly injured1.
llrr.
la Vl.t lM', i ho. A U.U.-t J. The
lewland Iti er Ajiiij.au T' t'-Tahlf-h-nn-nt
vtH 4irt!r deatioii-J hy lue la.-t
Strike rvdril.
I...M.ON. Ai:j;n-t T ! l uildcr-
trike in l-ii-tol. wnttii oiiiun.iu e I
N'Uflliln r ha at l.tX. ttBtied Witil
nr.juion of the workmen in Joiner.'
and Car jenter" department to the
ui.'. e- icrum
t nir7rllne r.lnblllie! . N
l' M.m Til. AlliU't : fh.
IViiMiult 1ttn! 1 IftaUh hae-:itl-hhed
a ttTim;:tnie a'ti!tt lieiht and
I aei:er tutii ,f t.'ean.
Knlbl Tviulfr Im I.I lie.
"!. MHt , .. Ait'iiHt 4. A K-i.sl
l.-j nt. It fiotn t-ni Hjtter s-iy : 1 he
r.MC-ion of Knight. Tptnjdar In-re
lu-dav wa. the larKet tcr accii i'l
n.-a-'.e-, tl.eie are aOoul .",im jit;r-iins
In th.e t-ttv.
HUI Strurk bjr I.ia-lilulM.
I'anama. Anjrtifit tk--The -Wci.t I n-
lia r'aelttc .Sieauiahlp Coru raiii
teatner, Ainerican. which tailed front
AinwallonKth for IJverpool, en
ountervU Lcavy weather between
avanilla and . artheena. The shiji
.iirueK ny iicttlniiitf ami the mast
s'live.ed. No losi 1 fe r any scrioii
vt ouae none, im.s.iu nanecM ix'nrrtnl
at 1'anaiii i on the lnth 1 n riiiLC tlie jm1N
HiTor iiu-inU'rH of the Lei-laturei
The jiMiV ill oplHedtion ty jui...en.t the
adndflistralio.V; ( nation i ' 'jdfnned
stealjiji; tjie bV-lt-h-rx 1 the ee-nrrtij
fte-uict of the city. S mo hepm tp
nultt, others Ikmi i".t rui tel to .-emir
.'the balUi&dkO in the eon fusion hut
'their iiTrfs ' tveie frustrated hv two
oilieer who used revolvers freelv. In
a few minutes a tron pnarl 'of (aolice
armed w ith jitles surrounded 'lit oll
imr lMjth ami nreservfil order to tlie
eiose. -
Ienth of two I'rumiiirnl Mfn.
Mor nt Holi.y, N. J., August 2."..
lion. John ('. Tenevck, ex-fcienator of
tht I, ultd .States, died laU night at hif
reniUence in this place. AjCvd 05 vearsv
'RAKcihOi. August 25. CV 1 o n ei
John C. Cremouy, a well known jour
nalist and author, and an ofilcer oi' the
California .volunteers in the late war1.
Uid ilieht ol consumption a ifed
(Liprrara.. . . . - t
lati: m:h ySOTEH.
Iklisou Is reatiup at Ijiik Branch.
Senator Vance i in Charlotte and
will he cnK'ced in several courts in
!eeioii there.
The First I're.-by temui Church at
CiturloUe is being irnacoed and other-
w io iiuiiroved.
i
Colonel llumj'hrey and Mr. LI. l-
(inuutrer, of I Joldslro, tire ..ojonrniiifr
at AsLc die.
Colonel W. F. lor:ch is In New Yoij;
citv mi business connected w ith tlc
Western X. 0. II. R.
Mr. M.J. Jordan, formerly of lVttV
,V Junes, llaloiejh, hxi accepted a jio
tton with Ornhnttt tV Aknrnaiiy, Ahe-
1 ile.
The Mecklenburg t'uiras.sers.the only
eHvalry couijany in th bUHo.tl rilled ut
'harlot,t lat .Saturday. It numbers
about forty men.
Advices from Alamance received yes
terday states that the therifT of Alamance-was
after Mi. -o-o. W. Swejison
Satirrd.iv. bit' did no- uet him. it was
thouLu-w had gone to ll.tleigh.
A coo ! story is told of Hayard Ta lor
at dinner with everal gentlemen, one
oi w hoiit bored the comjiany with loti;
yhih 'iotfical d issei tatioTi. .Vt leiivrtit
Mr. i.!or sanl, " I o you recall the
it ri a'.ioii oi the viord re-tanrant ?"
"Oh. yu.; it i from the Latin rt'ttt4f
vm . : invigorate." "Not at all,' re
jdied Mr. J'ayloi; "it is from , "a
tftine.' rtnmt, thuir a bully tiling."
I'lio philologist sllh-'.ded.
'Ihe War lit- pal t uicnt ii.is iuformrd
the lii.li.oi huie.iu that the IlajilnpAi
Indian-, of northern Arizona, nuiuher
iii'.' about l,'m j.t rsons, are iu a star"v
1 1 1 : condition, ami have aj'jilied to the
an.i oiln t i - in thf. ! ili' v fn food.
lu leplv. tlie l uic i l !,..-, . eijUe.Led til
SiTiTi.try of War to direct rations of
meat and lh :t to be issued to them
tenipo.-ai il v or until provision be IC mIc
tor -.ij'j.l yui' their want from tle In
dian oiln-e.
A ..i Im' to recent a l,vice.s reeuived
it i::.iua. the Si)ux Indian. Under
".::in- loll, now at Wood Motint:dn,
in:!:- noiiiiwe.t territory, nr' latdly
otl ! i too.1. Canadian Indians, who
are i.o; t ry far dit.tnt from theSioiix
.tnip, :ro alfo eiovljr pinched, and the
pir. criiiuriit b;i", it is understood, de
.i1. s to inert t-t th militki force, in
it a t.f -erioii I'diisi'i piem en wlilch
would etkstie dhoald the Indians, ren
dered ilcsf etate by starvation, makf a
r.ii I UJ.NMI oiirroundin settlements. .
The Americitn l'nitn lih- m irly
coiupktijj exteiKlinx its wire- IjOiu
New Vol k to tiiv limit. of I'hiladel
j.hia, la. n Wcdneday morning
early a '.m,' of men w ci e emrai;fit in
mr dow ii the jiolesofthe new ijno
... i II.i!iw.i- and Linden, N.J.
Ii vii;:ht dtehi tie fact that twenty
- - i i I t Mle had been sawed oil' close to
the ground, hth! that the wins they
npjorteit were Ivinj- in a tangle aln
the ri tttd. A reward has been otlefed
fr th arret of the men oaitjagcil in
thitt nefai ions voi k.
i:t i !..!. i.i mi a HVHiyas, t.
A tart tm the I'ubllr.
A meudaciou scoundrel by the najne
of Frederick Marrow, .f .ranIlle
county, North Carolina, bus wantonly
and "uialiciotisly circulated iu Uiat
county that the yellow fever had bro
ken out here among the refugee irmn
Memphis. Thia retort is a base lie,
manufactured out of whole el)th,
w ithout the eemblance of foundation
in truth. Thero is not now, and Inis
not been during the season, A serious
case of Acute disease f any sort at these
Sprinjr. Thw. Jr. (5kdk, !
l'roj.'r llutlalo Uthia Hi.rinji, Va.
(
Vb tU C olored Ikroltier Tiks tlie
ter. '
Mfmphli AvuLnch. , ,
The unusual number of colored peo
ple who.havo been attacked duringjthe
ju-eut preraUmceof the lever has lt'en
much coinmentwl ufoii, ami tbe rea
son lor it ha-s been .sought in vain. The
problem h.i-s at last ben fcatiafaetohly
.oied, and Senator C.eore Wa.liiii;-.
ton Augustus Filz James iill, the tfig
niiied colored janitor at the station
house, i the person to whom the wdrld
is indebu!. IieHinw aUnit in this wise.
Th t Avalancho man has siisjiecteil for
so-iio time pat that the Senator jos
jeod tin priceless contribution to
uiedi.-al science, but refraUietl from aj
nronching him on the subject. His
hesitation arose from the knowledge
that the tliniti.'d oilieial vv as otfended
be. a use lie hail leeti made famous
through the local columns of tht Ava
lanche as the object of several intlrm
tint well intended jokes. He therefore
eiia:.'!! a iromineiit otlieer of the h
li. lrc to interview the Senator,
whi h was done: and susj.ecting no
ev il, he deposed as follows:
Y.u aeo the yailer fever is like a
buw'Ier, he travels mostly in solitary
darkness, ami gits his work in bekre
the moining star assends the horri.one.
Few white peopi is m-' conpikcuK at
night than eullu I people, and for that
rt .i-son he arrears of the ad v ersary w as
formerly il'reckted against them w hich
of course was tho aalration of the cul
led race. This was j.revious to I.-7s.
The history of that period i Tmilial to
all. The white tsile unairiiioiisly
almented themsel vee, and left cullud
serviturs in charge of there jreui'ses.
The yailer fevor cum piusin" artaind
ftn see the dim it. Hi former victums
was away in the mountings, and at
Kong 14 ua Springs. So of course he
feathered on the ervitua. Now , ' re
marked tlie Senator, drojing into
Natural his tor v, "ii'a known t every
iulellignt mail that the Allegatur 4fter
euce ta.tin" the tih ol a culled pujstin
Will allem neglect VO whiiejeople to
pursue" hisfav rlte uisCgr.'he lver
is like thextl legator. lUtvin oiiceried
the tT color he has beetim fascuivUeil
b.- it, will take 110 whit.- meat wht-n a
mger i to Lm had," With this the
, .Vniiliir b)aino silent, with too air of a
Utiui w ho had Uont) enmigh for ience.
Tbe SeoMrife f Jf rmp!ilf.
'SKwphl- .WuIai-cJae. - , ! .
lem h.s Ii one ctiamiiy. Meiuhia
hi two ealarnitie. Two ' siourgee.
One scourge la the yellow fever. lAnd
the HtMxmd sctmrge, the worst of all, is
the National Uird of Health.
A CAROLINA OUTLAW.
Ill I.I, CII A MRF.RK, "lEtt.NI.IJIO.i
itit.l or the ki.avk iijiXh.
' ; ' I"' o'M
: - . C.i jU.
A Terror l EitUarraiil l . Uiej
HancIiers--l'oollnf the Sherllt's "
and Flghtiiix the Sioux.
an Jr'rancisco Coltitn ia-a.
'IVrsimu.on Bill," "Soldier- KlllinJ
Kill" and "iioveriiineut William" are
names which apply to William T.'
(.'ham hers, the hero of this sketch. He
is the most daring, handsome and dash
ing outlaw of the resent age, and, if
not killed within the last year, is still
at large, a terror to the emigrant and a
plague to the rancher. He was born
in the little village of Murphysville,
Cherokee county, in the mountaina.of
North Carolina. At the breaking out of
the rebe44ron he was lf years of age,
and he, with his two brothers, enlisted
in the Thirty-Third North Carolina
Kegiment. He, however, soon desert
ed the Confederate army and joined
Kurbiink's I'nion Kentucky Cavalry,
buk in a light with a oouirade alout a
woman, while at Cowling Green, he
drew a jnstol and shol him. He made
his escape to Morgan's command, and
was cajtured soon after while on a raid
into hio and sent to Johnson's Island,
w here he remain.! till near the close of
the war.
Karly in 17 CliHtubers made his
way to Cheyenne, where he became as
sociated w ith a crowd of roughs, who,
ju.st prior to the completion of the
I 1:1011 Paeihe to ( heyenne, made the
region anything but a ploiWbant resorQ.
Here some of his tain attempted to
upset the Provisional tioveriniient
w hich the law-abiding -people had or
ganized to rotcct ' themselves against
thieves, murderers and blacklegs, and
two of them were hung, while Kill was
given one hour to get out of tow 11. lie
went to l-'oit ( arlin, w here he succeed
ed in stealing a horse anil made his es
cape, to North I'latte, where ho was al
lowed only a short time to remain. L'p
to l-7 Kill had kej)t pretty sober, and
had never murdered a man on the
Plains for money or spite. About the
close of that year, however, rum the
inunlerer's nerver got his work fn on
Kill Chambers and tired his brain to
deeds of blood and cruelty. While ih
1 drunken frenzv at Sioux City, late 111
the fall of '70, he shot his horse on tlm
street. He had then about $100 in
money. Tbe brother of the sheriff,
who was acting as deputy, attempted
to arrest him, when Kill shot him in
the arm. He was arrested and ironed.
but succeeded in breaking out of jail.
He induced a man to chop the chain m
two connecting his manacles, and mak
ing his way to th- hotel he procured a
pistol and started out for more drink
and a row. Observing an Indian (who
afterward became one of my scouts in
the Hills) riding a horse down the
streer, he impaired the price f tlie ani
mal. "Ninety dollars," said the In
dian.
"It's mine," said Kill ; "get otl' until
try it."
A Iter riding up and down tlie street
a Tw times ne reiuriieu to the hotel.
w here he was m t. iv the .Miornr, i,,.
ordered him to surrender. "All right,"
said Kill, unlock these bracelets,"
The Sheriff, supposing that his unruly
jirisoner intended to go along without
trouble, unlocked the broken hand
cuffs, when, quick as lightning, "Kill
reached around under his coat, drew : a
pt-tol and shot him dow n, and alter
smashing the oflice windows ran out,
mounted the Indian s horse anil was Oil
like the w ind. A reward of $1,000 was
offered for his arrest, but up to a year
ago he was not again apm ehended.
About the middle of April, '.b, we
made up our minds to get Kill it he
was in the Hills, or near them. 1 had
sent two or three men to ueadwooa
our headquarters were then at Custer),
and three to the Chevenne lliver, near
Ked Canyon, for the purpose of findiCg
out something definite about his where
abouts. Kig John Kurrows was Mar
shal, while yours truly hail chargo of
the Hangers' Scouts, ten in number.
Kurrows and myself, after giving the
bovs their instructions and seeing them
otl, went over to old Mrs. Mclvelvey s
restaurant to get a square meal, havifig
lecn ont nearly all day looking up 111-
foruiAtion. Roger Williams, a young
Kentucklan, and a gentleman born,:
who had been out with us to Kull'alo
Gap few days beforeycame in wbjle
Burrows and I were eating, and said:
" Jack, have you heard the latest ?''
" No," said I, " what is it? Another
massacre?" '
'"No," said he; "but Versinimon
Kill sfojped at Dick Brown's ranch not
two hours ago, and after eating some
pork and beans with Dick, handed htm
$10, aud mounting his horse, said,
' Dick, old boy, my name's Persimmon
Bill, ami I'm coining to hear you day
that old banjo when you open at De:wl
wood.' ile waved his hand anil rode
otrata walk. Dick says hetook (Jood
dell's telescope rifle, feveled it at him
through a. loop hole and weakened !
IIo said he did not have the heart to
shoot hitn, although it was ac'ean $2,000,
dead or alive."
Before Koger got through telling bis
story an old man came in with a bull
whip around his IkkIv and a soldier's
blue overcoat 011 and" called for beef
steak and coffee. We continued to talk
over our plans for the capture of Per
simmon Kill until supper wan nearly
over, when the old bull-driver, chip
ping in, remarked :
" Wal, boys, ye'll hev tergit upmouty
arly if ver ran that are boy, Persim
Hio'n. "Wh I seed him not mor'n a
half hour ago, an' I'll bet two beaver
skins agin a coyotter he ain't a mile
from this here sjot."
Of course we got out every sjare
horse in town and started out, scoured
the woods and trails in overy direction,
ami returned, alter a fruitless search,
almoin Up. m. You can imagine our
surrise and mortification when Mrs.
McKelvey sent a note to our cabin, of
w Inch my diary has the following copy :
Altt. C , Dkaii Sib: Persimmon
Kill never injured a hair 011 your head,
nor does he wish any harm to come to
you, but if you press him too closely
you never more wiil gaze on the spires
of Omaha. I never committed a crime
except when under the intiueoce of
that aoenrsed drink, and as yon-never
drank you know nothing about it. J
resject you and all men who reverence
their mother, and had I followed tlie
teachings of mine, I would have been
an honored member of societv' to-day
instead of a husband outlaw. Twice I
have saved your life, and the livas of
two ofyur comrades. I have looked
njMn your f.we while you slept, and.
although I knew you were hunting me
like a wolf ot the prarie I did not harm
you. It may be your duty to hunt me,
but le wifrned in" time and prepare for
a big tight with the Sioux. Wishiug
you all success, I am yours, etc.
J W. T. C.
This letter was written by the noto
rious Persimmon Bill, disguised as a
bull-driver, and consequently he had
heard every word that transpired re
garding our plans for his capture. It is
needleas to say that I recalled my1 nien
at onec, and truly we had enough to do
after that to protect ourselves from the
blood-thirsty-. Since then he has com
mitted a number of murders and robbe
ries, which it would take too much
space to detail.
These continued outrages were what
prompted the Government to oiler jl,
OOOrewurjcl in addition .to that offered
in Sioux City. He is not repulsive in
appearance. There is nothing about
Ltiui iu dress, t-ouversation o: . -l.ig-nomy
te indicate the frontier i.iilly or
desperado. Ha is now, if alive, about
34 or 113 years of age; about o feet 9 or
10 inches high, well built, and weighs
about 143 pounds. His hair is dark
brown and eyes bright blue; small,
wall shaped nose, thin lips, shaded bv
a blonde ruuache. His chin is goner
ally covered by a short brown beard,
which covers the lower portion of his
face. The oly features indicating his
ferocious disposition are his very pro
jecting eyebrows and thick heavy lower
jaws. Andfeuch is "Persimmon Bill,
the ltotoriolls Wolf of the Black Hills."
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TinPIIFAS EXll'RSIOV.
X
O11 the Whj to Gleu Alpine Black
well'a Handsome Treatment- -Suc-rcsslou
of I'leasnut Event.
Correspondence of the News.
Olk Alpink, Aug. 23. It is not the
proviive nor the purpose of your cor
respondent to give a detailed account
of the visit of the North Carolina Press
Association to Ulen Alpine Springs,
butaruauing description of the most
prominent features ol his journey up
to the diie of writing.
Leaviig Kaleigh on the afternoon of
the 21st, we (your correspondent en
joying tie honor of membership in this
aasocia'iflii) took the Western .North
Carolina cars, and bade a reluctant
adieu to ur friends in your city. It
was not ntil we had proceeded soino
miles tha. it was discovered that one of
our numler was missing, and upon in
quiry it wa ascertained that the worthy
editor of the Wilson Advance had been
forgotten, and loft iu the hurry and
confusion of boarding the train. Asa
matter of course expressions of regret
for our brother's misfortune arose from
us all with one accord, but as the mis
take was lowerless to be corrected, his
effects wh;ch were left on the car were
projerly taken care of and expressed
to him.
As we approached the thriving town
of Durham our spirits were stirred and
our hearts made glad with a delightful
"concord of sweet sounds" proceeding
from Iho insiruuicnts of the excellent
Duruam baud. Immediately on tho
arrival of the ears at this place we were
green-1 by W. T. K!akwell and invited
to hi his house and jtartake of the
hospitalities su bountifully spread.
Sjieodily accepting the invitation wo
were cttduca a iiiLo an apartment and
abumi nit I y served with the choicest
wines, ales, porters, lemonade, etc.,
various fruits, with excellent cigars by
way of setting oil the repast; nor
was a ty siui!::ng editor permitted
to take "his leave without first being
presented with a pack of the genuine
"Kull" and a pipe with which to dis
MMeoi A. Various aud niauilold were
tie toast uoposed on this occasion,
'a'ird. at tho" -w arums -belUof theVrs a
speedy a TThut nuTenr of iho"rou volition
was effect e.l mid three rousing cheers
for W. T. Klackwell iV Co., succeeded
bv three equally vociferous for the
Durham rbimd. . me here
Unit Capuiii! the yonug coudhc-
ii.o spevi.iT car,' won the ue
se.ed attachment of the members of
the press yoilei ally, luf the urbanity of
lmuiher ":!!!o eottrteousnc.ss and jiolite
neis which ui.::kcd his conduct
throughout.
Time pas-ed very pleasantly while
listening to the witticisms of several of
the. excursionists notably, Col. IXeakc,
of the Roan Mountain JivpublicttH,) and
Dr. Montiero, of the Courier, Manches
ter, Va. The appearance of two worthy
representativesof the gentler sex called
forth all that innate chivalry for which
the knights of the quill are noted, and
contributed vastly tothe entertainment
of the occasion and the pleasure of all.
At Greensboro, when most of ua had
left the car, some vile thief entered and
feloniously abstracted therefrom a
broadcloth coat, the property of Mr.
Funis, of Italeigh. A strict search fol
lowed this discovery, but with unsatis
factory results. Reaching Salisbury we
werec again honored with r delightful
serouade from the Salisbury .band, and
returned our thanks for the compliment
through Mr. It. K. Creecy, of the Econ
(itnisf. (ileu Alpine station was an
nounced -at 4:30 a. 111., and we proceeded
to take hacks to the (ileu Ajipine
Springs, which we reached at 8:30 a. m.,
were cordially received by the hospa ta
ble proprietors of the Springs and im
mediately Invigorated by a hearty
breakfast. Being thus refreshed, our
ears again drank in harmonious sounds
from the harp, flute aud yloliu, after
Svhloh State Senator BymiraE'.'Ii. C.
Ward, of the Mnr(reesboro Knqairvr,
Dr. Montiero, of the Courier, Manches
ter, Va., Colonel Gregory and R. B.
Creecy, of the Elizabeth City Economist,
responding to the calls of the assembly,,
each made a short address, which vas
invariably received with appla,use
- As w close' this a party, oonieting
chiefly of members of the press, have
gone for a few hours' trip to the moun
tains. F.- K. V.
On the Kftilroads.
Chariot te Observer.
There is some talk of electing a tele
phone line between this point and
Statesville. along 'the line of the Atlan
tic, Tennessee A Ohio Railroad. Esti
mates of the cost have been asked for.
The Atlanta A Charlotte Air-Line Rail
road is soon to have another branch
road. This runs up to Lawrenceville,
in Gwinnett county, Ga. The contract
for grading it has been advertised,, and
the Air-Line jroposes to bear a portion
of the expense. This .will make seven
branch roads frOin the Air-Line be
tween Charlotte and Atlanta.
A calculation shows that each cohduc
tor and engineer. who runs on. tUe jias
.seoger traius of the three lqngejtr,roads
that run into this city travel, in the
course of the year, more than three
times the distance around the world.
ortli Carolina It Union Association
Salisbciiy, August 23. Believing
that a grand re-uni.n of the North -Carolina
Hurvivors of the late war, of -both
the Confederate and Union armies, will
be a source of pleasure, j! the partici
pant and tend greatly:t fester lcelings
of friendship and State pride,: allay
sectional and party animosities, dAd to
unite the people in proper effofte for
the general welfare of our;J)eIoved
State, we, on behalf of the people, of
Kdwau cour.ty, ; cordlallyy iayiie the
"STorrh Carolina 'survivors "Of the late
-W.at. both.in the Confederate and Union
m 1111.7, . . . j ... . -. . . - -
union in the city of Sallsbnr'v, on
Thursday, October 23d, IST'V '"
n.1.1 on to nrlipmatfl in a ci-ani rft-
Ample accommodation will be made
for the entertainment of alt, and the
lowest possible rates of fare over the
ra 1 1 roads secu red .
Prominent citizens of the State and of
the United States, and officers of both
armies throughout the Union, have
been invited and are expected to attend.
ii. A. BiNOtrAM,
A. G. HalybCbt'ox,
J. A. Uaxsay; .
Charles Prtc6,
Committee.
C. E. Mills, Secretary.
REMARKS OF BILL EARP.
Tilt: STOMACH IS THE THIXdi TO
LOOK AFTER.
Nome ieojle who arc .Never ISuppy,
mid Some People Who Are Histo
ry or the St nek tips anU Uigh-os.
Atlanta Constitution.
The skies are bright once more and
everything is lovely and screen. Ain't
it astonishing how miserable a body
can be - onje.oUiy aud how happy the
next? 1 reckon the weather affects the
body and the body regulates the mind
and the emotions. Mr. . Shakspeare
understood it when he remarked, "now
good digestion wait on appetite and
health on both." I used to think the
heart of a man had a heap to do with
his amiability and his love and
his charity.' but the '.doctors sa'
say it don't, and I believe it. A man's
heart may be so diseased that he is liable
to drop dead any mlnet but he don't
haveauy bad effect on his good nature,
but when his toiuach is out of order
he is as crosraxmd snrely as a she bear.
The stomach is the thing to look after
if a man wants to bo happy. Hence we
read in the scriptures of mercy bowels
of compassion. The beggars' of Lon
don know all about this lor they stand
round the tavern-keeper's door just
alter dinner when the folks are picking
their teeth 011 the steps.
Sometimes 1 think it a pity that we
can't be more uniform in our serenity
be happy every day alike. Come
weal come wo, come losses and crosses,
and washin days, and grouny coffee,
u id too much soda in the biskit, and
lodder spiiin in the field, and croup
among the children and chickens, and
the sugar out, aud money low, and two
months till cotton is ready for mat ket,
and the devil loose geii'M aJly. Never
theless, notwithstandin man ought
to be amiable if he co;z; ., .nd they say
that he can. I've hea;u oi such, like
Solon and Seneka, aud some of the
santiried in our day, but we can't do it
at our house aud our nabors can't eith
er, thanJv tho Lord.
But I was thinking that your folks in
the gate city had a jolly good time most
generally, for I see a heap of smilin
faces when J go there, sol dropped in
the other morning on an old friend and
says I, "Hail, friend of humanity, hail!
Hows your health and conscience? how
are your bowels of mercy? hows the
good wife and children? how auldaunt
Zion? hows bisness? hows everything?
1 hope you are happy."
George brightened up, and says to
me, " Thank you, Kill, thank you."
I'm moderately so that is, I'm about
as happy as 1 was born to be. Some
folks were not born to be happy, and
all the good things of this ljfe wouldn't
make em so. Their happiness con
sists of being unhappy. . I'm not as
happy as some folks 1 know who can
take lifes troubles as easy as a nigger
used to take a rainy day when he had
a master to support him. Ive seen some
folks who were so sereen and amiable
they never knew when they got re
ligion. Knt I aint one of that sort. It
toolv a power of grace to convert me,
and I aint right sure I'm converted yet,
but I'm Jiappier than most people.
Now there goes a man who might have
been happy if he aint. He's been git
tin rich too fast and in a questionable
way, and folks don't like it. It aint
one man In a thousand that's willin for
a man to get rich who is no smarter and
no better than his nabors. I know just
how it is myself. At one time I was
worth a hundred thousand dollars, and
I thought every body was w illing for
me to make a million if I could, ior I
did not swell or strut, and was friendly
wiih everybody, aud I give liberally
to the church and the Sunday school
and helped a heap of poor folks and my
family didn't put on airs and we didn't
cut any of our poor acquaintances we
w a.-j raised with. Well, I broke. I got
iu too Mig a hurry and when the col
lapseeatne 1 soon found ontmosteVery
body whs glad of it. Human natur is
powerful mean about a liitle thin.' like
that. Nobody likes :or cu:ii.u.n oiks
to get ahead of em. Now they stand if
fro 111 Toombs and Ken Hill aid Joe
Brown and such, but you see I'm just
an average vitizen and all the other
average citizens catch me by the coat
tail and 'say, " Y'ou come b ick here
where yoii belong."
J ust so when a man that I know is no
smarter than mo and was dug up or
grubbed up like 1 was gits ahead and
begins to put on airs and strut around
like a peacock, why I begin to work on
hint and catch him by the coat-tail and
tell what I knowed on him when he
was as poor as gully dirt and his daddy
was a eurriageiQiuker or a gun-smith
oc a clouk peddler or something. Good
sakes you ought to see uiy wii'es indig
nation when one of em puts, on airs
over her. Why she Wont trade at Mrs.
Toadys milliner store 'because when
she goes there and wants a piece of rib
bon and si new hat Mrs. Toady says she
"hare -beantrfnl peice I sold 4
yards of it to Mrs. General Stuckup"
or ' you had better take this hat. I sold
one very much like it so Mrs, Dr. High
go yesterday." Well you see the
Stuokups and Highgos were nabors to
us when we was all poor alike and now
sin. e they are rich an;! we are poor
they hardly notice us we don't belong
to their set one of em bowed a stately
bend to 1113- wife the other day a Kee-ly't-
about 1.) feet distant, like there was
a bloody chasm between em, and my
wife she never noticed her, but turned
to the clerk and asked what strange
ladv that was. Consound em ! Thorns
the "kind of lolks I dispise, Win. Arp,
and theyl come to grief, shore. Some
em are in trouble now.
i But there goes a man that takes life
easy. He don't care. He's way up
yonder, clean above money. He be
longs to the aristocracy of literature. I
reckon- he's got km little weakness for
money as any man in the world outside
0 the sanctified. He; makes a good
living, and makes it easy wiitingup
the boys and the notables and the big
things that happen every now and then.
Sometimes he feels folk's vanity and
pride a little, but it don't do any 'harm
and makes 'em happy for a little while
and pleases the cnildren so its all
rigid. He never savs anything bad
alie it anybody, and has" got more
charity for the unfortunate than a
Methodist preacher. When he used to
get ten or twenty dollars he took it
home and divided it out, and now when
he gets fifty or a hundred its all the
same. He "deals it around the family
in five dollar bills just like he was a
dealing from a deck of cards. He takes
life just like it was a frolic, and he
wouldn't swap places wdth a king.
He's smart devilish smart.
"And there goes my old friend, the
doctor. He's a happy man from prin
ciple. He is a man whose company is
always welcome, lie always haa some
thing good to say, and he ain't going
'r.vay until he has made you feel glad
he come. I'm told that his rule of life
istirjnake somebody happy every day,
and if he can't do it one way be will
do it another. lie says that is the true
secret of being .happy yourself. Well,
the doctor is a good man, and I love
him. I wish you could see him asleep
on the lounge in his oflice. "Why, sir,
1 is big, rough, face looks just like be
had gone to heaven. There's a wonder
ful difference in sleeping faces. Most
of them have a tired or anxious ex
pression. Some of them look devilish
very few look peaceful or happy. It
takes constant peace of mind to give a
peaceful sleep, and that's the reason
why infants look so angelic in their
slumbers."
"Doosth,e doctor store? " said I.
"Oh, I don't know what he does away
in the dead hour of night, when deep
sleep fa'.leth upon him," said George,
but if I e does, I'll bet its-none of your
big bull-frog overtures, with a handel
like a horse pullin his foot out of the
mud, but a genteel musical solo that
would put a baby to sleep."
But enough of a thing is enough.
The next time I visit your happy town.
I want to interview an offis-holder, and
then sleep with him. Yours,
Bill Atu
STATE NEWS.
Correspondence under this head is fur
nished tV regular contryutoiB to Lite Key-.
FORSYTH.
Wixsto.v, August 22. The weather
is warm and fair. Trade brisk and in
creasing. Watermejons and canta
loupes are coming in abundantly.
Tlie Presbyterian Sunday school pic
niced at Maple Springs last Thursday,
and had a most pleasant time. A wild
horse kicked a basket wagon into lliu
derson their return home, but no one
was hurt.
Our young people had a hop at the
Central Hotel last night, which was
quite largely attended and greatly en
joyed. Judge Settle is in . town. He lias
recently returned from the north,
where, he a&ys, everything is on the
move, and indicates business with a
vim. He thinks the outlook for the
future good; thinks Grant aud Tilden
will be the nominees for President; con
siders it improbable that a southern
man will be chosen for Vice-President,
although many Republicans north favor
it. He is looking well.
STANLY COUNTY.
Alukmakle, August 53. The weath
er is very good; heavy rains for the last
day or two. The trade is improving
a little every day. The merchants are
looking forward for a good time this
fall.
Rev. John Dunn is the next luckj
man, it is a gal.
Hon.R. P. Buxton will preside at our
next term which will be the fourth
Monday in September.
Political matters are quiet, only look
ing forward for a good time in the fu
ture. Airs, M. S. Parker's horse runaway
which buggy the other day, but no dam
age was done.
Prof. II. W. Spinks is now engaged
in his school, he has several borders.
A JfAMANCK.
Haw RrvKR, August 25. The weath
er is cloudy and showry.
Trade is somewhat lAtiiler than at out
last report.
Alamance Superior Court adjourned
last Friday evening, result, one more,
assistant to North Carolina internal
improvements. Thero were no civil
cases of any general importance tried.
There is" vry little discussion about
politics and it is a very difficult matter
to ascertain what are the real wishes of
the people.
Crop" o-o mucli bettor than wuu ox
pected and farmers are once more
cheerful and happy.
Last Thursday evening while an old
colored man was sitting quietly in his
house and peacefully meditating on the
fury of the thunderstorm outside, a
flash of lightning struck his chimney
and something like a dynamite explo
sion was heard and when the oldman
recovered frem the shock he found that
the seat of his trousers and one shoe
was litterally torn to nieces w hile he
was scarcely stunned. This incident
is vouched for by highly respectable
men and is undoubtedly true.
LKN'Ol U.
Kinston, August 2. The weather
has been very pleasant since the storm.
We had the heaviest rain of the season
on Saturday last.
There has been a religious revival at
Lane's Chapel under the auspices of the
M. K. Church. There were several, ac
cessions to the church and much inter
est was manifested.
There was a picnic at Oak Grove on
Thursday 21st.
The crops were badly damaged by
the storm last Monday, but we hope
and believe that the reports of damage
in thisseetion are exaggerated.
JOH nston.
Clayton, August 2."). The weather
is clou by with occasional showers.
Trade" is brisk, especially in corn,
meat and Hour.
Mrs. John Wiggs died at her resi
dence about one mile from Clayton to
day at o' clock, a. m.
There have been no marriages for
some weeks past. It seems that hy
men fs doing but little in Johnston.
Shiloh has had a revival during the
last week. Ciuite a number of conver
sions were reported. The Methodists
at Clayton are having several days
meeting 'this week. The Rev. W. P.
Herman is preaching for them. He
expects to have others to assist him.
Farmers were very anxious to see it
rain about a month ago, and are fully
as anxious to see it stop for it inter
feres with saving fodder, etc.
The County Commissioners meet to
day with the assessors to hear any
complaints that may be made in regard
to the valuation of the real property of
the county. It is thought that they
will have'plenty of work. People think
their property worth very little when
they have to pay taxes on it.
The Union Depot at Charlotte.
Cnarlotte Observer, 21th.
President Sibley and General Mana
ger Foreacre, of the Air-Line Railroad;
President Kulbrd, of the Richmond A
Danville; President Palmer and Super
intendent K line,", of tho Charlotte, Co
lumbia tt Augusta Railroad, and Presi
dent Myers and Superintendent Gorm
lev, of the Atlantic, Tennessee &. Ohio,,
held a conference here yesterday in
reference to a union depot for Charlotte.
Tne determination to build the depot
has been settled for some time, but
there seems to be some difficulty about
the tieUiiis. One of the railroad men
said yes:erday, however, that all the
points of any importance "have been
agreed upon, and that he had no doubt
that the linal arrangements would bo
made very shortly. The depot, as is
generally known, is to be located at the
west Trade street crossing. The diffi
culty that had to be overcome was in
getting the right to run tracks to this
point. This has been done. Nothing
now remains but to have the work done.
All the roads will go into the arrange-:
ment.
Wholesale I'olsonlnif at a Harvest
Plc-Xlc.
The morning papers published the
details of a case of wholesale poisoning
at a harvest pie-nic at Muckwonago,
Wonkeshu county, last F'riday. Inves
tigation showed that by mistake six
ounces of tarta emetic instead of citric
acid had been put into some water to
make a substitute for lemonade. All
those who drank of the mixture were
taken violently sick, and at last ac
counts several persons were reported in
a dangerous condition, among them
Hon. A. K. Perkins,
MR. TILDEN'S MILLION.
HIS REPRESENTATIVE TALKS
WITH A REPORTER ABOUT IT.
Mr. Field'N Charges extended to the
Other Directors--How the Stork
Jumped and Settled Down.
New York World, August 21th.
Mr. Tilden stated in an interview
with The World reporter, published
yesterday, that one of his reasons for
selling part of his stock in tha New
York Elevated Railroad, at the risk, as
it turned out, of incurring the displeas
ure of Mr. Cyrus W. Field, was that
Mr. Charles J. Cauda, whom he nomi
nated, was not made a director in the
Manhattan Company. A reporter call
ed on Mr. 'Canda at his office, No. 62
LJWiUiaio street, and asked him to sav
what he knew about the controversy.
, "I have nothing to say iu the matter,''
said he, "and do not want to be Inter
viewed. Mr. Dows evidently under
stands how to manage reporters, and I
am going to follow his example."
The reporter suggested that there
might be one or two points Mr. Cauda
would we willing to speak on asJtod,
"Why did Mr. Tilden wish tohaveyou
a member of the Board of Directors?"
" 1 don't know," said Mr. Canda
serenely; "I never asked him."
"Do you suppose it was because there
was a personal understanding with you
aud that you would look after his in
terests?" "Certainly not. Mr. Tildeu has
known me for years and as a member
of the Rapid-Transit Commission ever
since I808."
" Well, why does he make your non
appointment a reason for selling his
stock after his alleged promise to Mr.
Field to hold on to it?"
"How caul say? I suppose Miv
Tilden thinks I am a shrewd, careful
man and I am careful and wanted
me as a conservative member in tho in
terests of the company."
"When Mr. Tilden sold his stock did
it injure ihe company ?"
"No one complained except Mr.
Field. Atl the other directors unload
ed more or less ; I sold about two
thirds of the stock 1 held. These sales
evidently annoyed Mr. Field, for al
though he went to Europe on other
business, it was his intention too to sell
a 4 big block' of shares ou tho other
side."
"Mr. Tilden says that he sent you
down to Mr. Fisk, Chairman. of the
Finance Committee, saying that unless
you were appointed he would sell his
stock. Is that so ?"
" Mr. Tilden did send mo down and I
noticed not only Mr. Fisk but all tho
directors who were in the city. Mr.
Field would have been notified if he
had been here, but he was ' carrying a
big block' with him to Europe.
"Why didn't the directors .take no
tice of Mr. Tildeu's mossago and place
you on the board?"
"I cannot tell ; all I know is that I
am not a director in the Manhattan
Company, and tnat the company will
increase the number of directors next
December, and that I am not among
tho list ol gentlemen chosen."
"Had Mr. Tilden a right to sell his
shares without consulting Mr. Field?"
"To be sure ho had a right to do just
what he liKed with his own property.
Mr. Field is making a great deal of
trouble out of nothing. The tact of tho
matter is, he is vexed because tho
Governor sold "his stock before he had
a chance to get rid of his. Another
thing that annoyed Mr. Field was that
the stock of the New York Elevated
Company is getting distributed all
over, whereas the Metropolitan Com
pany keeps theirs .together, so that
now they can do as they like in the
Manhattan Company. Mr. Field does
not like this, because it takes away his
poiver and importance. He feels
hurt."
"What does Mr. Tilden mean when
he speaks of "financial phyretech
nics?" "Mr. Tilden is well up in railroad
matters, and when the directors wauted
to build elavated roads all over crea
tion he fought against it. I suppose
when he saw the bent of the members
he decided to reduce his interest in the
road, knowing well that if they build
roads in thinly populated districts the
cost of construction and the running
expeuses will eat up the profits of the
lines through well-populated districts."
"Did Mr. Tilden make f 1,000,000 by
the sale as Mr. Field alleges?"
"Mr. Tilden did not consult me In
the matter at all, and I cannot say what
he made; but when he sold prices were
running high?"
"How much do you BUppose he
made?"
"He did not tell me anything about
it."
"Do you think Mr. Tilden is avoid
ing Mr. Field on account of that trans
action?" "Mr. Tilden has no occasion to avoid
Mr. Field, and I think there is a good
deal of conceit in the assertion that ho
has done so. Mr. Field has not acted
with his usual discretion in this matter
and has allowed h:inself to go into print
without fully considering the conse
quences. He has acted very stupidly
in attacking Mr. Tilden alone when the
other directors have all done just what
Mr. Tilden did."
"What are vour relations with Mr.
Field?"
"They have always been friendly,
but when Mr. Field returned from
Europe ho was annoyed because I
would not be a party to a suit against
tlie Governor for having, as Mr. Fieh
says, broken faith."
"Then you think Mr. Field lias been
just kicking out?"
"Yes, andtfliis time he has gone some
distance out of his way to kick."
Where and how Mr. Tilden disposed
of his elevated railroad stock is the
current conundrum in Wall street.
The sales of last May and June ran at
various figures, at one time touching
18 and then dropping down to 100, and
it is very positively, stated that Mr.
Tilden trot an average of 172 for all he
sold, the departure of Mr. Field for
Europe was followed by a sudden and
marked rise in the quotations.of the
New Vork Elevated Railroad stock.
The making of the leases and the ru
mors of the leases between the two
companies for a time influenced the
price.
A .w One.
"Pshaw," said Cxardine, as ho seated
himself in the Time sanctum, "the
snake stories that are going about are
all too thin. Why, just look here. Last
spring I went out into the woods. I
to.,k aloiu an umbrella, which I laid
uowii onto some rocks. Well, sir,
afnnit an hour afterward I went to get
mv umbrellar as it had begun te rain a
little. I took hold of the handle, and
as I gave it a shove, something begun
to tear, and as the umbreller flew opon
a live black snake fell to the ground,
split in two from its head to iu tail.
The confounded crilter had actually
swallowed my umbreller, and I never
noticed it until I shoved up the dumb
thing and split the case open from stem,
to stern." WhUehaW Tita4,