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Published in the
Territory
Lying between the Roanoke and Monernn
rivers, embracing the three counties of
Hertford, Northampton and Bertie.
A D V E R.T I S I NO M E D I U 31
JOHN W.HICKS, Editor and Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HERTFORD AXD ADJOINING COUNTIES.
GI.GO Per Annum
Rates Reasonable.
vol. in.
MURFREESBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1887,
NO. 2.
MIT
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INDEX.
FROM VELVET LIDS.
From vel vet lids Love wings the dart
Thatdeepast thrills the human heart.
The purest joy, the fiercest woe
That mortals here may ever know
From this sweet wound unfailing start.
When velvet lids Love's gateways part,
The tender god dons all his art,
And joy and, woe commingled flow ',.
j From velvet lids.
From velvet lids whose fires impart
Ecstatic joy and keenest smirt,
All men are warned, yet all men go
' : Where they may feel the kindling glow
Of charms that flash and gleam and dart
From velvet lids:
W. DeWitt Wallace, in Current.
-THE -OUTLAW'S RUSE.
I have knocked about a good deal in
my time, from doubling Capo Horn as a
sailor to digging gold as a miner, and
fighting Indians as a scout, and yet the
closest escape I ever had from death was
with my eyes wide open and through my
own stupidity. Early in the seventies, I
was down in the Indian Territory buy
ing horses for shipment East. I had a
partner, and we traveled with our own
team in a covered wagon. That territory
isn't any too peaceful now. but in '72-3
you not only wanted a trusty rifle with
you, but you wanted the knack of drop
ping your man first. Traveling from
ranch to ranch as we did, Avith every
body knowing we ha J money to buy
horses with, our situation Avas one re
quiring constant vigilan e. There never
was a night that b n h' of us slept at once,
and never a day that we were not on the
watch for some plan to get the better of
us. In one trip of three months we had
five different watch dogs poisoned, and
finally gave up trying to keep one. You
might imagine it would hive be3n worth
while for some of the predatory bands
roaming the country to make an open at
tack on us, but the fellows reasoned dif
ferently.' A couple of men armed with
Winchesters and revolvers, and deter
mined to defend their own at any cost,
are antagonists not to be despised. Your
Western- outlaw, with very few excep
tions, is just as careful about getting a
bullet into his body as any one else.
One day in Jury, while we were on the
north fork of the. Canadian River, and
about twenty miles below Shawneetown,
one of the horses in our team was bitten
by a rattlesnake. I was driving, and I
saw the .snake as it lifted itself from the
grass and bit the horse twice on the leg.
It was a hot d.-iy, the horses well heated
up, and the poison took effect very soon.
We had no remedy for it, but were com
pelled to stand by and see the animal
suffer and die. It wasn't quite an hour
after he was struck before he was dead.
In buying hordes we stipulated for deliv
ery : ;it certain poinis, and' thus had no
spare ones with us. To make our team
whole one of us must take the other horse
and ride off and make a purchase. I had
been over the route before, "and I knew
that the nearest ranch was twelve miles
up the river.' It was now 4 o'clock in
the afternoon, and Ave were within half a
.vi T 1 l. F I. .. .. . 1 -IT I
unic ui niu sueum anci in a wiiu anu
lonely district of the country. We hal
with us in a tin box in the wragoa over
$1,000 in gold, and the misfortune to
our horse naturally increased our anxie-
ties. 3Iy partner insisted that I should
be the one to remain with the wagon, and
he had no sooner moved away thau I be
gan to make things secure. The very
first move was to take the tin box from
the wagon and bury it in the ground un
der the vehicle, and after that I saw that
every firearm Avas in good order, an. I beat
around the camp to drive away any rep
tiles lurking about.
There was no use in expecting Patton,
my partner, back - before 8 o'clock or
later, lie Avould doubtless find a. Suita
ble horC nf fix ftr'ef l..irwl, Kn- .- nnli
v ...... v. . . . ni lllOb iailLUf L L11V 1
man might be away, or there Avere a
dozen other reasons to call for delay. We
carried provisions with us, and at about
G o'clock I built a fire and prepared my
supper, and was about to begin eating
when I caught sight of a horse and rider
approaching camp from the northwest.
The ground was op 211 for three or
four miles, and as I had a glass Avith
me I made out, Avhile the horse Avas
yet a mile and a half away, that he bore
a woman on hisjiack. liad she; been a
squaw ". the sight Avould not have oc
casioned surprise, but the first look
proved that she was white and that her
horse Avns jaded and coming sloAvly. As
I held the glass on her I saw her turn
and look-back, as one, pursued, and long
before she reached me I had become
greatly interested in her case. She rode
straight for the wagon, and -when she
finally came up her horse wa very much
blown, and the Avoman's face seemed to
betray both hope and fear by turns.
She Avas an average-looking.fem.ale, about
forty year 3' old and as she drew rein be
side me Ave surveyed each other for half
a minute before either spoke. During
that interval I caught an expression on
her face which I did not at all like. It
was a sly, sinister look, but it passed
swiftly away, and. was replaced by one of
anxiety. I was the first to speak, say-
"Well, are you in trouble?"
"In great trouble, sir," she replied. "I
have been living Avith my brother on a
small ranch about fifteen miles distant.
Two hours ago a dozen drunken Kickapoo
Indians visited the place, wounded my
brother, and set fire to the house, and
would have killed me had I not fled on
this horse. They pursued me for several
miles, and I I "
Here she broke doAvn and began to cry
and. .ob.' What could I do but ask her
to dismount, gave her my promise of
protection, and say that Avhen my partner
returned we Avould drive straight to the
ranch Jinrl s"icrifip(i nr livna it -w 1 K
to rescue her brother and teach the
Indians a lesson? She did not come
down without considerable palaver,
seeming to be very sensitive about get
ting me into trouble, and when she did
take a seat on the blankets prepared for
her, she continued to cry and lament
and would not touch a mouthful of food.
It had grown dark by the time I haa
eaten my supper, and it was now time
to look for Patton,, I sought, as any
man would have done tinder the circum
stances, to cheer the woman up, and by
and by she gave over crying and seemed
a bitjnore hopeful. She explained that
she had removed" to the Territory from
Clarksville, Ark., three years before,
being a widow with one son. The son
had died within the year, and the brother,
who was an old bachelor, and not in
good health, had come on to remain un
til the place could be sold out. A Kicka
poo buck had taken a great fancy to the
woman and wanted to marry her, and
her indignant refa-al had called down
the laid made that day. Her story filled
me with indignation, and as the night
came on I was terribly impatient for
Patton to return. About half-past nine
o'clock I heard the gallop of horses, and
was ready to welcome my partner, but
before they had come in sight the widow
sprang up in great terror and cried out:
"Oh, sir, they are the Indians who
haye been on my trail ! Don't let them
take me away ! Let . me hide in the
Avagon !" I
"In with you quick, and they will
have to kill me before they lay hands on
you," I replied, and she disappeared be
neath the coyer Avith astonishing celerity.
The gallop came nearer and nearer,
and presently a voice hailed me:
4 'The camp thar hello I"
Who is it?" I
4 'Friends." j
"Come in." -
With that a half-breed and a Kicka
poo came riding into- camp on horses
which had neither ! saddle nor blanket.
Both men looked savage and sullen, and
were well armed. ,The half-breed could
speak very good English, and when he
had come to a halt! and looked around,
he said : j ;
"We are after the woman who came
into your camp a couple of hours ago. I
see her horse over there."
"By av hat authority do you demand
her?"
"None of your
business. We have
come
her."
for her, and Ave mean to have
VDo you mean that you .will take her
by (force?"
"I do; and let me give you a piece of
advice. I see you are a tenderfoot.
Don't put on too many airs in this county.
Its asrreat place to nave one s
wings
clipped in a hurry; Don't attempt any
foolishness Avithus, or you'll never knoAV
what hurt you." i ,
, I had my Winchester in hand and two
revolvers in my belt. Had I been a hot
tempered man, there would have been
some shooting before he had concluded
his bombastic speech. I am slow to anger,
especially when human life may pay the
forfeit, and I heard him through Avithout
being rokLed. The wToman was hidden
away in the wagon, and had not revealed
her presence to them by word or move.
"If the woman chooses to go with you,
well and good,"' I answered, as I looked
the fellow over by the light of the camp
fire. "If she does not you cannot take
her." 1 -
"Oh, we can't, eh? You crow pretty
loud for a spring chicken. Well, ask
the woman to make a choice."
The wagon was about ten pices from
the fire, and in the shadow, although not
so much so tint I could not see it pretty
plainly. I had made a step toward it
Avhen I saw a black object under the
wheels, and, supposing it to be a wolf, I
raised my gun and took a snap shot,
caring only to send a bullet near enough
to drive it away. The object disappeared
with the echoes of the report, and as I
Avalked along to the wTagou the t jvo men,
who had not dismounted, accompanied
me. Standing within five feet of the
vehicle I called to the woman and asked
if she desired to go with the men, and
she replied: j
"Oh! t-ir, save me from them, even if
you have to shoot me.",
"But you've got to come!" shouted
the half breed. ;
"She shall not go!" I shouted at him.
"I give you two villains sixty seconds in
w hich to leave camp. Now go!"
They were both together, and my rifle
covered both. They looked straight at
me for fifteen or tAventy seconds, and
then turned and rode away in the dark
ness. I followed j them for a hundred
yards, Avheu they urged their horses to a
gallop, and rode to the north without
looking back, j I stood and looked after
them until I could no longer hear the
beat of their horses' hoofs, and I felt
rather -proud of my nerve in driving
them away. It did not occur to me until
next day that either or both of them
could have got the drop on me up to the
time I raised my j rifle, and that Avhile
they Avere making threats of what they
Avould do they left their rifles lying
across their saddles. They simply per
mitted me to force them out of camp at
the muzzle of my "Winchester, and that
wa? a part of their plan. When I re
turned to the fire the woman was beside
it, her face betraying fear and success,
aud as soon as I came up she clasped her
hands and tearful y exclaimed :
"Oh, you will not let them take me
away you Avill not!"
I assured her j that they bad been
driven off, and that she was safe, and her
gratitude Avas unbounded. . It was now
10 o'clock and after, and Patton had not
yet returned. It was useless to expect
Mm until morning, and I set about pre
paring the camp for the night. As there
was a strong probability that the two
men driven off would secure reinforce
ments and return during the night, I tied
the horse to the Avagon, told the woman
that she could occupy the vehicle, and
prepared to spend the night on guard.
She seemed to oppose this latter arrange
ment, doubting if the men would return,
and declaring it? Avas a sacrifice on my
part she could not accept. I bundled
her into the wagon, however, promising
that I might catch a nap after 1 or 2
o'clock if all was quiet, and by and by I
let the fire go down and took my circle
around the camp with cat-like step A
few coyotes and wolves came about, but
nothing seemed to disturb me, and the
hours passed away until 2 o'clock. By
that time I was very tired and sleepy. I
dared not stretch out for a regular sleep,
knowing that the danger was not yet
passed, but I sat down on a knoll about
forty feet north of the wagon to nap a
little, knowing that any noise of account
Avould instantly arouse me. It was per
haps a quarter of an hour before I actually
fell asleep, and almost instantly I began
to dream. I dreamed that I was tied
fast to a tree on; the plains, and that a
rattlesnake was f crawling toward mel
The snake was coming to bite me, and I
was helpless. Every movement of the
reptile was as vivid as if the dream had
been a reality, and my mind was as clear
as a bell. The serpent came very lo wly,
halting every two or three feet to rear its
head and look about, and when it was
within ten feet its form changed. II was
yet a serpent, but it had a small brown
hand, and the hand clutched a b didog
pis tel. : The pistol was pointed full at
me, and I saw that the hammer was up.
"Whizz!" went a shadow before my
face, and then I saw I behind me. The
snake was no longer in front, but creeping
up in my rear, and yet I. saw him as
plainly as before. He came on slowly
cautiously always a little nearer. When
within three feet of my heels , the pistol
was raised to the back of my head, and
I said to mgsclf :
"So I am to be shot. It is a large
bullet, and it will go clear through my
head. I wonder why he didn't bite me?
If I was loose I would make a fierce fight
for my life.
"Clug!" , It was the sound of a pistol
hammer striking on the cen tre of a cart
ridge a cartridge which had failed to
explode. In the same second I was on
my feet. A human figure stood before
me. I gave my heavy rifle a half sweep,
and the figure sank down with a stifled
shriek. Then I was fully awake, and I
bent over the stranger, to rind it wa3 the
woman who should have been asleep in
;the wagon. She was unconscious, but
clutched firmly in her right hand was a
bull-dog pistol. I wrenched it away and
carried her to the embers of the fire, and
when L had secured a blaze I saw that I
had struck her on the head a?,& given
her a bad hurt. I examined the pistol,
and j when I found that the cartridge had
been tried by the hammer, it did not
take me long to unravel the p!ot against
my life. I bound the woman hand and
foot, and then kept vigilant watch until
daybreak. She recovered consciousness
long enough before this, but the only aid
I extended was to loosen her hands and
place a dish of water beside her. She
did not address me, and I had no word
for her.
When day broke there was another sur
prise for me. A Kickapoo Indian lay
dead under the Avagon, shot thi ough the
heart. It was a greit mystery to me, but
the woman Avas ready to clear it up. I
untied her, washing the blood off her
face and head, and J then she gave the
whole plot dway. Patton had been made
a prisoner by a gang of outlaws in order
that I might be robbed. ) These men
knew of the tin box in the wagon. The
woman had been sent into camp with the
story she told, knowing that she would
get into the wagon. The two men came
to distract my attention, and the Kicka
poo crept up to receive the box. The
woman couldn't find it and I mistook the
Indian for a wolf and killed him. Then
the woman concluded that I had the
money on me, and while jl napped she
crept up to shoot me and secure it. She
told the particulars as coolly as I relate
them to you, and when she had finished
she asked what I was going to do about
it. Patton had by that time returned,
having raised such a row that his captors
feared to detain him longer, and he
answered the question., by picking up a
rope and starting for the nearest tree.
This broke the woman- down, and she
begged and pleaded so abjectly that" Ave
left her free to go Avhere she would,
Avhen we drove on. To have taken her to
Ockmulgee, Kickapoo, or any other town
as a prisoner would have been to cause us
great delay and annoyance, and it was
some consolation to knowthat the blow I
gave her caused a Avound from which she
Avould not recover for many days. She
was penitent enough as we drove aAvay,
but six Aveeks later was killed with' her
husband while stealing stock from the
Creek Indians. 2?ew. Yrrh Suu.
The Country's Internal Kevenue.
The collections of internal revenue by
States and Territories during the past
fiscal year so far as the arrangement of
districts will allow it to be done in that
way were as follows : !
Alabama . $7S,543
Arkansas 97.G30
California 2,08i;221
Colorado 2(X),154
Connecticut ; .... . 48 1 .405
Delaware... 2(53.3)7
Florida 322,903
Georgia 3,Jo,7C5
Illinois ..... . . . . ; 24,825,707
Indiana . 4,259,0:53
Iowa 1,1)51,12
Kansas...... 211,120
Kentucky ............ i ......... . 12,417,523
Louisiana... 543,748
Maine . .... i 5 ),2!(5
M iryland 2,S75,5'.)7
Massachusetts 2,47 1 , 15 1
Michigan 1,8:)1 ,907
Minnes 5ta 554,088
Mississippi... : 43.695
Missouri 7,858.8!X)
Montana 101,158
Nebraska 2,S9,404
Nevada 70,419
New Hampshire . . ........ 377,563
New Jersey , 4,590, 161
New Mexico. ...................... 63,565
New York. 1 ...... . 15,101,203:
North Carolina....... 1,9.0,701
Ohio 15,896, 795
Oregon 152,318
Pennsylvania 8,120,357
Rhode Island 230,251
South Carolina.. . 100,146
Tennessee... . .............. k 1,012,516
Texas 209,343
Vermont ....... 30,119
Virginia 2,923,39 J
West Virginia . .. ...... .. 538,206
Wisconsin..; . 3,178,964
Cash receipts for sale of adhesion
stamps.............; ....... 7,777
A gg egate receipts. ......... . $1 18,835,757
The six principal collection districts
are the Fifth Illinois, Avhere $13,857,928
Avere collected ; the First Illinois, Avhere
$8,851,935 were collected; the First Ohio,
Avhere $7, 965, 785 were collected ; the First
Missouri, where $6,227,192 Avere col
lected; the Third Xew York, where
$5,572,259 were collected, and the Fifth
Kentucky, Avhere $5,231,320 Avere col
lected. - ' f' i ;i.v ; (
Cossack Boy Soldiers.;
At a recent Russian review a splendid
idea was given : of what the hardy. Cos
sack race really is by two Avhole regi
ments, or twelve sotnias, of boys, about
fourteen hundred strong, from nine years
old up tofourteen, dnrwn for the oc
casion from ail the stanitsa?, or settle
ments, of the Cossack territory. Mounted
on lean, shaggy native horses and wield-.
ing huge swords, bigger tnan themselves,
and lances eight feet long, they formed
the most wonderful infant cavalry ever
seen. These boys can already ride at a
headlong, pace, cling on to their stirrups
like monkeys, and pick up handkerchiefs
from the ground as they career alongs
His imperial Majesty, who arrived at the
saluting point at ten o'clock amidst tre
mendous cheering, was greatly interested
and amused by the e Cossack youngsters
as they rode by in Hues of sotnias two
deep, headed by their choirs, singing
Cossack soniis to the beat of taniborines.
Their swords and lances were found
rather too unwieldy for such children, so
they were taken away just before the
ride past. Argonaut.
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
Kastcrn and Middle State
The mysterious disappearance of Emit
Kchoenberg, associate with John F. Betz,
the millionaire brewer of Philadelphia, in
various enterprises, has been accounted for
by the latter's assertion that the missing man
has forged his name and the names of other
parties to the tuno of about f80J,000.
The Thistle, the Scotch cutter which is to
represent Great Britain in the coming: inter
national ya-zht race, arrived at New York a
fe-.v days ago after a voyage of tweuty-ona-days.
- ,
As express train near South Norwalk,
Conn., struck a wagon containing Ebsn Van
Housftar, his wife, daughter and grandson.
All four were instantly lulled, t
Johx R. Dcxx, a New York broker, has
been arrestal and lodged in jail in default of
S 100,000 bail on a charge of being an accom
plice in the robbery of $150,000 from the
Manhattan Bank by its paying teller, Seott,
two years ago. Scott escaped to London,and
from there sends on a full confession.
The Pennsylvania Republican State con
vention at Harrisburg nominated William B.
Hart for State Treasurer and Henry W.
Williams for Judge of the Supreme Court.
The platform adopted denounces the present
National Administration, endorses Mr.
Blaino's candidacy for the presidential nom
ination, and declares in favor of protection
to home industries.
Rev. Daxiel Curry, D. D. LL. D., one
of the most prominent Methodists in Amer
ica, die 1 a few days ago at his home in New
York, a;ed seventy-nine years.
Joh.v McMackix was elected permanent
Chairman of tha United Lobor Convention at
Syracuse, N. Y. The most prominent dele
gates present were Henry George and Rev.
Dr. McGlynn. The convention temporarily
organized on Wednesday, and on Thursday a
permanent organization was effected. All
the Socialists from New York City whose
saa ts were contestad were turned out.
George BaixsKT.who was President Cleve
land's army substitute, die I of consumption
the other day, at the Soldiers Home, Bath,
N. Y. He was fifty-four yeai-s old.
Charles P. Miller, a prominent New
York lawyer and political reformer, and his
wife died together of pneumonia a few morn
ings ago at their summer residence. New Lon
don, Conn.
Professob Spencer F. Baird, Secretary
of the Smithsonian Institutien and United
State? Fish Commissioner, died a few days
since at Woods Holl, Mass., in his sixty -fifth
vear.
South and West.
Prairie fires haAre caused heavy damage
in the vicinity of Mexico, Mo.
These men C, W. O'Neil, ' D. Holzmann
and John Hackett while traveling from
Thompson Falls, Montana, to the Cceur
d'Aleue (Dakota) mines on horseback were
set upon by masked highwaymen and robbed
of 4,000. ; ' -
Mrs. Hebbert, an inmate of a Joliet (111.)
hospital, has been in a trance condition for
seven months. The doctors are unable to re
store her to consciousness.
Senator Riddleberger was released from
jail at Woodstock, Va on Tuesday, three
doctors certifying that his physical condition
was such as to render confinement dangerous.
The official returns of the Kentucky elec
tion give Buckner for Governor 17,015 plu
rality over Bradley. . t
The largest raft of pine logs ever towed in
the world has reached Bay City, Mich., from
Au Train. It contains SO,O(X),O0O feet, and is
valued at 1,000,003.
A cloud-burst on the upper Rickaree and
Republican Rivers, ia Nebraska, entirely
swept away two .new. bridges, and a great
many cattle caught in the canyons by the
sudden rise were drowned.
The committee having in charge the com
ing Encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic at St. Louis estimates that 50,000
veterans will participate in the parade, and
that the procession will be six miles long.
N. Matson & Co., Chicago jewelers, have
failed for $25,000. !
According to Chicago advices, the fruit
crops have virtually failed ! everywhere in
the United States except California.
An attempt to "corner" the California
grain market has failed, with losses to the
two chief operators of over $0,000,000.
Oliver Atkins, aged 5, deliberately killed
Willie Hawkins, aged 3, at Memphis, Tenn. ,
by shooting him through the heart with a re
volver, i
Washington.
Contracts for the building of five new
naval vessels three cruissrs and two gun
boatshave been awarded. ! Their cost will
aggregate over 15,000,000.
The President has appointed William Par
sons, of Hartford, Conn., a special agent to
allot lands in severalty to the Indians on the
Umatilla reservation in Oregon.
Secretary Lamar has ordered the resto
ration to the national domain of the indem
nity lands granted to the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad Company.
The Association of Official Agricultural
Chemists, which is composed of one delegate
from each of the agricultural stations and
colleges in the country and from other bodies
exercising official control of fertilizers and
agricultural products, has been in session at
the Agricultural Department.
An extra force of Treasury clerks has been
at work making out checks -for the prepay
ment of interest on $50,000,000 of bonds.
j our breweries have been seized in Phila
delphia for defrauding the Government.
Two Boston hackmen named Bean, and a
sister, who is the wife of a member of the
Springfield Fire Department, have been
notified that they are joint heirs to, a fortune
of 10,000,000 leit by Thomas Bean, who re
cently died at Eonham, Texas.
The President has appointed J ohnj Madi
gan Collector of Customs at Dunkirk, N. Y.
A speclvl Cabinet meeting was held at the
White House on Thursday. Beside the Pres
ident, only Secretaries Bayard and Fairchud
were present. The Canadian fisheries and
the financial situation were the principal ques
tions discussed, j :
Secretary Lamar and wife have gone on
a vacation to the White Mountains.
A coming postotSce report will show that
there are 55,157 postoilicea of all grades m;
the United States, and that there were 13,-;
070 postmasters of all grades appointed dur
ing the past year. -
Foreifrn. ,
The fisheries of Newfoundland, as well as
the crops, have failed, and over 50,000 per
sons on the Island are in destitute circum
stances. "
Four fatal accidents to Alpine tourists are
reported from Zurich, Hwitzer and, making
eighte2n deaths in the Alps within a month.
A cyclone has ravaged! a great part of
the South of France. In the Department of
Aude a number of houses were destroyed and
several persons were killed.
The cholera is fast decreasing everywhere
in Southern Europe.
A fight has occurred in Africa between
Tippo Tib's Arab lave traders and Basako
natives, in which 10 J Arabs were killed.
Under the new Irish Crimes Act three per
sons have been sentenced at Limerick two to
six months' imprkoament and one to f our
months for resisting the Sheriff.
Stanley, the African explorer, is reported
in a dispatch received at the office of the
French beeretary of Foreign Affairs to have
been deserted by his escort and killed by the
natives. :
Many fatalities and serious damage have
resulted from a heavy storm throughout
England. In London three persons were
killed, and numerous fatalities also occurred
in the country districts.
Three prominent officers of the Ameer of
Afghanistan's army have been executed for
1 raitorous conspiracy.
AN INDIAN UPRISING.
COLORADO UTES UNDER CHIEF
C0L0R0W ON THE WARPATH.
Several Skirmishes, and State Military
Ordered Out.
Chief Colorow, a noted Ute Indian Chief,
recently abandoned his reservation in Colo
rado, and gathering a band of about eighty
followers went on the warpath. The cattle
men and ranch owners were greatly alarmed,
and a force of about sixty men under Sheriff
Kendall went in pursuit of the Utes. Many
of the ranches and exposed residences were
abandoned, their occupants fleeing to the
nearest towns. A Meeker (CoL) dispatch
6ays: .
The citizens of Garfield county are all
wrought to the highest point of excitement
over the fact that the whole White River,
country is swarming with Indians, and that
an attack by them is imminent in all of the
ranches lying away from Meeker.
The first intelligence of the serious turn of
affairs was obtained by a correspondent near
the Milk River trail, about eight miles above
Meeker, where he overtook Dan Van Cleef.
J the Adjutant General's courier, ' returning
from the Martin ranch, twenty miles away,
and from him obtained the following: -
"I left Glen Wood Springs on Sunday
morning at twenty minutes past ten o'clock
and rode down Gtaid Eli Creek, striking up
the Rifle and going over an old Ute trail to
Meeker, where I arrived just seven hours
and fifty-five minutes from the time of
starting. At Meeker I gav the de
spatch sent by General West to Commissioner
Gregory, who employed Commissioner, Mc
Neill to carry tho reply. The people of
Meeker were very much excited, and the
long absence of Kendall caused great anxiety.
I remained at Meeker until seven o'clock
last night, being undecided as to the best
route to take to find Kenrlall. Senator Eddy
came in at seven o'clock from his ranch on
Axial Basin and reported that Sheriff
Kendall anJ fourteen men were at Frank
Martin's ranch on Milk River, within half a
mile of Thorn burg battle -field. He said that
some of Kendall's men had deserted him. "
"As soon as I heard t'nis I immediately
saddled my horsa anl started for Martin's
ranch, which is twenty miles northwest of
Meeker. I reached there at 10 o'clock and
found Kendall. He was in good spir
its and was accompanied by only
fourteen men. He said that thirty-five
men had left him at Will Lams' Fork, the
day before, and that he had two skirmishes
with the Indians.one on Saturday and one on
Sunday. The fight on Saturday resulted, he
believedjin the wounding of two Indians. One
white man had his horse hot from under him.
The two parties encamped within a couple of
miles of each other all night. On Sunday
morning the Indians again came up and
opened fire. This drew the Sheriff's party
out from the hills toward Williams River.
"The fight continued for about an hour.
One Indian fell from his horse, and Ken
dall thinks it was Eeny, the outlaw son of
Colorow. It is certain, however, that one
Indian, whoever he was, dropped from
his horse dead. He was also said by Alfred
Corkel to be Eeny, he having sold Eeny a
horse as a racer last summer. The Indians
then numbered about sixty, and Kendall's
force was about the same number. The
Indians were only part of the band, and
old Colorow was not- with them.
They were headed by Eeny. Just
after this thirty-fivo men in the Ken
dall posse became dissatisfied with his
management and left him. The Indians
had tnen drawn off into the hills. Thirty
five men left Kendall's camp and
went down - North Fork. White and
Kendall and fourteen men remained in
camp. When the thirty-five, headed by Phil
Foote, had gone about a ni le, Indians fol
lowed them clo ely and fired at them. They
took the Foote outfit for the whole party.
Sheriff Kendall, attracted by shots, gathered
his men and rode alter them. He closed in
behind the Indians and opened fire, and the
Utes immediately cut out from pursuit and
went under cover in the hilte "
From best information at hand it looks as
if the appeal of Colorow to the young bucks
at the agencies had been successful, and that
he has obtained as many more warriors as he
numbered in his original band. This will
make his force amount to about two hundred
Indians. They are divided into three groups,
and will probably occupy a day in getiing
together.
Colorow is supposed to be in the nil's be
tween Meeker and William's Fork: Eeny's
wing is on Milk River, and the third party,
composing the reinforcements, are on Bear
River. Colorow is not going back to the res
ervation, and bis attitude means fight.
In response to despatches Governor Adams
ordered out cavalry companies from Denver,
Colorado Springs, Canyon City, Leadville
and Asher. The orders to all these com
panies were to start for the front at -once to
assist Sheriff Kendall in serving his civil
processs.
Governor Adams telegraphed to General
Crook at Omaha that the situntion was b v
coming serious, and he urged that step be
taken by the War Department to prote. t the
settlers. The Governor's di patch to the Gen
ii era! detailed the situation, and stated that
i the State of Colorado would see th it bhentr
Kendall's processes were served.
SLEEPING CAR DERAILED.
Xlailroad Porter killed and Four Pas
sengers Seriously Injured.
The through express train which left Chi
cago at 3.15 Wednesday afternoon met with
anaccident at Bayard, Ohio, on the I it s
burg and Cleveland road, about eighty-one
miles west of Pittsburg.
When the train reached Alliance, Ohio,, it
was found that the Fort Wayne roai was
obstructed by a freight wreck some miles
east of Alliance, and the train was ordered
around by the Cleveland and Pittsburg road.
Tiie train was ma le uo of three baggage arid
express cars, one smoker, one Psenger
coach, two Chicago sleepers and a To.edo
sleeping car called the 'Topic," which was
attached to the rear of the train.
Afrer leaving Alliance the tram was pro
ceeding at the rate of thirty miles an hour.
As it "swung around a sharp curve near
Bavui-d, thes rails spread and the loletlo
sleeper was derailed, filling on itsside.
When the crash came the porter, O. araer,
ran to the forward p'atform and .jumped,
but got off on the wrong side of the car ana
when it fell over on its sue was uuu "
dr it The t iree pas iengers and the flagman
in the sle per were in thj mean-tune tossed
When the train stopped the passengers
and trainmen rushed back to ascertairl what
damage had been done- The injured were
epee iHy remove i from the car, but no trace
of the porter could be found. It was not
until nearly an hoar afterward that a hand
was seen projecting beyond the wreck of the
sle nx?r Work was immediately commenced
anl the crushed a d mangled body was
Tbecasualties were: O. Warner, colored
porter, Pittsburg, Pa., crushed to death..
J lu. Malone, Detroit, bidly cut about face,
had and breast ; Lelieved to be fatal y in
jured. W. II. Daanistoa, Pittsburg, badly
cut and bruised; very weik, buVwi.l proba
bly recover. G2orge D. Lawson, Washington,
D C badly cut about head, neck au t breast;
will "recover. W. A. McCoy, Pittsburg,
bruised and io jure i internally; very serious.
The passengers in the other sleepers were
badly shaken up, but sustained no serious
injuries. The injured were taken to a hotel
at Bayard and placed in the care of the
company's physicians, and the train came
on to Pittsburg, arriving three hours late.
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA.
How the Work of Stamping Oat the
Disease L Progressing. ;
Washingtox, D. C Th monthly report
of the chief of the bureau of Animal Indus
try to the Commissioner of Agriculture shows
the following work done by the bureau
during the month of J uly in stamping out
pleuro-pneinonia: Total number of herds
and stables inspect d, 2,333; total number of
animals examined, l,0u Of tw.-nty-two
herds, containing 3 animals, 4S were disea
sed when placed in quirrantine. Past-mor-
tim exatuiuation examinations wre mvie
iw y4 animals, and lifcJ w?re foun t to be
tfected with lung plague. Oae huti lrodand
n.ne premises ia wnica pli u up .eu noma
h id been found were disinfected, an 1 p?rmits
to transport 1,"211 animi s were isiuL In
M iryland 4S3 premises were inspected, and
4,812 animals examined, Eleven herds con
taining 1S5 animal of which 2.1 were affect-"
ed with pleuro-paeumonia, were placed in
quarrantine. Two hundred and rive animals
were slaughtered by order of the bureau, 47
of which w ere affected with this disease, and
the remainder were slaughtered, becau-sa of
pleuro-pneumonia. In New York ' i atiiinals
were killel by order of the bur au, 4S of
which wire afflicted with plouro pn?ummiia
Thirty-five herds, containing 52J animal-,
were inspected, and 6 herds, contai ing O'J
animals, were placed in quarrantine. In
New Jersey, lfv herds, containing 1,V!4 ani
m :1s, were inspected, and S herds were
placed in quarrantine; 19 animals wera kill
ed, and 10 oa post-m"rt3m examination,
found affected viith pieuro-pueuiuouia. Iu
V.rginia, IS herds, containing 4S animals,
were inspected. Iu the Distrist of Columbia
7 herds, containing 8 animals were examin
ed No cases of pleuro-pneumonia h3ve
been found in Virj i i a or iu the District oif
Co.umbia. In Illinois there were 1,0 i I sta
bles inspecte i, and 3,178 animaU ex vainji
Four hunlivd aud ninet?cn post-mortem
exaniin it.ons were made, - the lesions of
pleuro-paeumonia b iag found iu 2i casas.
BETRAYED BY A FEMALE. '
1
Seven Brakemen on
the Pennsylvania
Railroad Accused of llobbiug Cara.
A sequel to the lat3 car robberies in Penn
sylvania has just conje to light at New
Brunswick, N. J. Detective John Gregory,'
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, reported tho
capture and imprisonment of eight persons,
of whoniiWere brakemen in the employ of
that company, and the other tlio wife of. one
of the men. . '
For months box-cars have been, broken
open and robbed between thi3 cit' and
Franklin Park and Monmouth Junction, at
Millham, Trenton and between Morrisville
and Bristol. Over $3,000 worth of bales of
cloth and calico, cases of boots and
shoes and boxes of valuable malt milk-food
have been stolen, and under direction of
Supt. Crawford and Trainmaster Waire,
Detective. Gregory began hunting down the
thieves three weeks ago. He was assisted by
Officers Miller aud Stevens of the sixteenth
Precinct, Phiiadelphit, a id they traced a
woman name! Lousia Drake, of No. 40:
Sylvan street, Philadelphia, to a pawn-shop
in that City, where she had just left a bale of
calico. The woman was arrested and after
wards confessed that her homo was a fence
for stolen goods. She gave additional infor
mation which led to tho arrest of railroad
brakemen, including her husband Frank
Drake and six others. " -
The confession of the woman Drako impli
cates each ona of them in a series of twenty
robberies. She says that her share of tho
proceeds Avas to be one half the money re
ceived for the sale of the goods. The detec
tives found $1,0(X) worth of cloth and shoes
in Mrs. Drake's house, Avails the balance was
taken from the homes of the brakemen.
TO HANG AFTER 27 YEARS.
The Condemned Man, Who Had E
caped, Found in the Far AVest;
A hanging, which shoul I have taken p'ace
at Cumming, Ga., in 1S0O, but which was
prevented by the escape of the prisoner, will
probably occur after twenty. seven years.
Not one of the jury which found the origi"
na verdict is alive.
One of the m st prominent citizens of the
county in 185S was Claborn Vaughn.
While riding out to his homo at night he
was murdered. Five men were returning to
town from a cross roads groggery and.
meeting Vaughn, stat ted to see what "grit''
he was made of. The "grit" proved to be
such that they had to butcher him to death
before they could subdue him. The mur
derers were Jake Pettyjohn, Isaac Freeland,
L. Q. C. McGinnis, v iiliam Brannan and a
younger brother of McGinnis. They brought
strong influence to bear, and it was not un
til 1SO0 that they we e placed on trial.
They were convicted and three sentenced to
deith and two to life imprisonment. (
FreelBnd was hanged, in September, 1SG0,
Pettyjohn and McGinnis having escaped in
theme n-time. McGinnis was captured and
hanged in May, 101, while Pettyjohn could'
not be found. Madison Jamison, of this
county, took a gr-at interest in prosecuting
the case. . Last summer bis ,son John con
cluded to make his tome in Indian Territor'.
Subsequently the. young man surprised his
father by writing t him that one of his
neighbors was Pettyjohn, who was wante
here. The necessary investigation was made
and the Sher ft" has gone out to bring the
murderer back.
A PLUCKY SHERIFF.
He Arrests a Murderer After a Des
perate K u cou nt cr.
While the Sheriff of Sevier county, Akr.t
was attempting to arrest Jesse Harwood on
charge of murder, he was resisted by several
of the murderers f rie ds, who began shoot
ing. The sheriff retired to ge help and soon
returned with half a dozen others. A
sharp melee encued, in which two men were
dangerously wounded. Harwood Was cap
tured and lodged in jai . ' . ,
A mob is gathering, and a move will te
made to rcleasi him from custody. , The
Sheriff has reinforcements al6ut the j til,
and is prepared to resi-t a force of five hun
dred men, but it'is said that more than this
number wi'l gather from the Indian Terri
tory. If so, more bloodshed is certain to re
sult. , .
It H expected that the two men shot to-oay
will die. "
A PREACHER'S EXPEPIENCE.
Ili Zeal Greater Than His Honesty ana
He Goes to Jail.
A strange case is reported form the Her-
? mitage -District near aaviue, j.enn.
i Richard Hunt, a colored Treacher, built up
' a little congregation and established a small
1 church. He wanted to head a revival, but
the '.slight expense attached to lights, etc.,
j could not be met. He stole a cow from one
j of his neighbors, brought it to Nashville and
r sold it for $15, and went back and started
his revival. He had secured fifteen converts
and six more promising mourners on the
anxious seat, when the constable came along
closed up the revival, and brought Hunt to
Nashville, where lie is now in jaiL
JUMPED THE TRACK.
A BALTIMOUK AND OHIO THUS
CRAMlEs INTO A MU"AL 1 OW1JI.
The Engineer Killed and Many Fa?
sengers Injured.
A Washington (D. C.) di-nat-.-h of Welr. -day
says: Another so-ealk-d "aocid'-nt'' o:i
the Baltimore and Ohio llailroa 1, within t h
city limits of Washington, at an tarly h ir
this inorning, caused the death of one jx r
son, the pioh:ibk fatal woundin lf two
others, and in juries more or s-nv u-i to
sixteen or eightn inorv.
Train Na 4, the Sc. ITii, rhica?--. an 1
Cincinnati express from th Wot, duo in
Washington at IS .:, came thun lc ing into
the city over the Irtrop!it ui brunch at
t:;X), and at th curve, narlv a miU
away from the " Y," I tegan whist
ling "down brakes." For souk? naxn
the brakes wore nif put down. The air
brakes, it was said, did not work, and i!u en
gineer began blowing his distress whistle f r
the brakemen to put on th n-ular brakt-s.
Either the brakemen did not hvd t he Mnal
or it was not -given in time to U of us,,
for the train, flying at a frightful
rate, came thundering on toward
the sharp curve at the Y. On the south side
of the Y, in the little corner ma lo bv th in
tersection of the tracks; was the railroad sig
nal toner, a brick structure three ston. s
high, where railroad 1 men - are ni
ployed to regu'ate the si-n.ils nnl the
switches. When the train turned tho
sharp curve of the Y, the ears
hind the engine lie. v the track and smashed
into the signal towvr, and in an instant
there was a wreck, winch for confusion has
seldom Uen eon lied in railroad annals. The
engine was dragged fr. in th. truck, and,
ploughing through the dirt and mud a
distance oC 1(50 feet, rolled completely
over. There it lay, giving forth it's
steam ami hot water in great jets.
The steam ploughed up the dirt and cov
ered the house iu front of the engine w ith a
finehryerof yellow mud that 1- 'Hiked like a
fresh coat of paint. The steam and water
were blown through the house, and some cf
the inmates were badly scalded. -
Near the engine lay Hamilton 1'ioius, the
engineer, crushed and dying, and his tin nun
with several lames broken. Hut Udiind
the engine was- a scene of panic
and confusion. One car was crushed
.ami nearlv burie I under tl ie tracks
and timltcrs of th . demolish. -I
building. Two sleeping coa-.-hts and one j as
senger coach remained on the track. The
mail car, the express car, and tli bagzage
car were rolled over 'and their i des we're
crushed. The.-roof of one car protruded from
the ruins of the building.
In the signal tower, on the upper floorer
observatory, William Baxter, the raihoad
signal man, was at work when the disaster
hap)cnetL On the ground floor Joeph
Healey, ( a young man em. loved
by the railroad company, wa-i en
gaged cleaning lamps. Kaxte'r, it appears,
realized the impending danger in time. He
gave a shout to Healey, and then hawd
from the tower to the ground. He broke his
arm in tho fall ami was badly shaken
up, but escaped more seriou.s injury.
Healey, Ixdow, however, was buried in .the
ruins of the house. When he was disinter
red it-was found that the timtH'is had fiilU n
so as to protect him from the tons of brick
and mortar above him. He was ba Hy fright
ened and bruised ami blinded by the lime ai.d
plaster. ;
The disaster at once created intense excite
ment. A ih-e .alarm was sounded, which
quickly brought the firemen and th" jo!ice ,
to the scene. Ambulances were hurriedly sent
for and a corjw of physicians came, summoned
from every direction. Firemen, poli- em -n.
railroad men and residents went to work with
coats off to clear out tho debris. Many in
jured passengers were removed and taken to
neighl)Oring houses or drug stores, or to tie
hospitals. In this way eighteen or twenty
people were got out of the wreck, some of
them only slightly injured, others with Ih ucs
broken and lqdies badlv bruised and cut.
HIS INNOCENCE PROVEN.
A 3Ian Now A waiting His Fourth
Trial lor Killing His Father in -haw.
In the early part of tho srriiig the parti al
ly burned lody of Dennis Edwards, an oi l
mar, was found in a field near Suffolk, Ya.,
and was buried near iligs Point, in Nanse
mond county, the coroner's juiy rendering
a verdict "that he was murdered by having
his skull crushed, and th -n thrown into a.
burning brush pile to hide the crime. '
Miles AVi son, his w.-.-in-law, wasarn-tcl,
charged with the crime' and was tried three
time;;, and each time found guilty. .Judge
G D. Blow of the Circuit court, in two ,n
siances; granted a new ti i li, over-ruling the
decision of the lower court. After the third
trial a i appeal was taken to Judge C D.
Hill, who sue '.e led Judge Ulow, ami h uKo
not being satisti 'd ns to the g;ndt of Wils.ei,
gr .nt d a fourth trial. Wilson is still con
liined in the jail near Suffolk awaiting this
trial, uon the decision of Judg" Hill that he
was i-ot satisfiod as to th evid'n"e against
the priso ier. Edwards" bo ly was exhu m-d,
and it was discovered that the skull h id not
been crushed nor were there other mar s of
fatal blows upon the boly, as all eg" I by
wit:i ssf-s for the prosecution. It is rio.v ) -li-ve
1 NiJsoa is in lovent, an l tint E 1 .v. ir is,
who was 'afflicted with fits, wa ovei . o'.i i
with exhaustion in the l"ul I w hi! at w rk
subduing brush fires, an 1 was taken with a
til ami fell into the lire. Wilson his always
stoutly dec are 1 his innoeenc ?. The coron
er's jury were very d 'relict i:i not h iving
examined th.: bo ly of E 1 wards at th Tim
the inquest was held, and will pro!. ably l
arranged at the next siti ng of th Circuit
Court and Wilson discharged fro.a cu.s od;.
MURDERERS ARE HIRED.
A. Itownn Cu:fy 3Ian Paid JSIOO to
Kill Howard 31. Iogan.
There. '.was a sensation in the Rowan
County, Ky. Court when John Keeton testi
fied that Z. T. Young and his son Alii.'
offered to pay him 100 to 'kill Howard M.
Logan, which he rt-f use 1. He f testified
they then hired John Trurnlo to commit
the crime, and he (Keeton) took the money
to him. He also swore that Z. T. Young
told him that he '(Young) had personal as
surance from Judge Cole that the -layer of
Howard Logan would not be prosecuted
Continuing his testimony lie said : "Pea r ing
that Trumbo would back out, Craig Toliver
was sent for to do the lesl, but did not ar
rive until the night after the attempt L. d
been made on Logan's life. Toliver m i l
fun of Trumbo in the presence of witu s- s
and others for his jKjor markmanhip, but
Trumbo excused tdmse f on th groin. d th it
hisun was overloaded. Craig Toliver in
sisted on making a raid on the hou-- f
Howard Logan, after he was wound -d, to
finish him, burn his house, then k''l J'1-- "
Carey and burn his house, nit the others
idn t have the grit to attempt it."
' Witness admitted that John Martin, who
was afterwards kilic 1. had asked him to kM
Taylor Young and Warren Anderson lor a
stipulatsd sum. and th t he ref used to uo s- .
The witness gave as his reason for testifying
t-theYcun s' connection with the attempt
oa L gau's life that the Tolivers, of who.
band he (Keeton) was a member, killed his
brother, Mose Keeton, last wiuter. Joige
C le Ins every man searched by the Sta.e
guard before a lowing them to enter t-.io
court-room. .
"Not Guilty," was the verdict return ea
by the jury.