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w : r T Lfc MCHB ADVERTISER IHE ADVERTISER W. FAIKimOTHKR. T. C. HACKEE. a.W.FAIRSBOTHXB. T.C.HACXXB. FAIRBROTHER & HACKER, Publishers &. Proprietors . AIRBROTHER & IIACKER, Publishers and Proprietors. blished Every Thursday Morning AT BUOWNVILI.E, NKBKASKA. ADVERTISING KATES. Oneinch.one yenr. ... .., , ,, ..flOOO 5 00 100 68 Eachsucceedlnglncb, per year One inch, per mocth TEI13IS, IN A II VANCE: Each additional Inch, per month. bo copy, one year S2 on 1 on SO X.e cal advertisements at lejjal rates- One square. (IOUnes of Nonpareil, or less)flrst Insertion, 11.00. eacbsnbseqnentinsertton.&Oc. a"3-All transient advertisements must be paid forla advance. tJBO copy, six montliB.. flm)rnnr. three mnutlts 2 3 Nopapersentfrotntheofllceantllpaldti.'-. ESTABLISHED 1856. i Oldost Paper in tho State. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14. 1879. YOL. 24. ITO. 8. REA.BIXG MATTER OS EVERT PAGE 0FFICIAL PAPER .OF TIIE COUNTY -vTM Ah ffj r gKA -31 J & 5 S "7 k - Ml X JSV ' OFFICIAI. DIRECTORY. District Qfficors. s. b.pouni judeo. J.U. WA'LWIS WILLIAM 1L HOOyKU .District Attorney District Clerk. Conntv Oiflcors. OTTN S. STI'LL . . . County Jndgc WILSON K. M JOKS A. lH.ILMOIiK -cierK ana iiecoruer Tr easu re r Jt.V IH.ACK. Shorift O B.PAltKKU JAVR M. H AriCKlt- rirn tt ntoTHBit John u. shook. JOHN II. POIILMAK J. 1L PEKIIY, Oorone Surveyor Scliool Superintendent Commissioners City OiRoors. W.T. nOT KRS I Mnrnr L. I. IlUl.HTTUO Police JikIko J. B. DOr-KlJR aerk K. A.OSHOUN .Treasurer JOHN. W. LOVE Marshal OOTJNCILMEX. T..ii.nnr.rr;sovi istward Joseph wmv, t ' lsl " aro w.A.jin;ti -.i "ndWard a. ir.orr.MORK t n1 wara tEWrsiriLL. ' .3rd Ward SOCIA1. DIRECTORY. CJhn-rcb.cs. , BTeOindlst V.. rhnrrh. Servlceonach Kahbnth nt 10:30 n. Tn.. nn'l "-Oil . m. Hnnlny School nt 2V p. m. Praver Meeting Thursday evening. K. P.WrroN. Pastor. lrolirtorlnn Clinrch. Services each Pabbath at 10:30 a. m.. and 7:11 p.m. Pubbat h School -altor mornlnsri-ervices. Pravrr -Meetlnc Wednesday evening at 7:4.", o'clock." W. J. Wkcter, Pastor. ClirlHt'H rimr -li. Servlcrs every Sunday, a IO-10 a. tn. and 7:or n. m. Snndav School at2p.m-Iti-v. Matwkw TTkvry, Missionary In charge- IWt. Plensnnt CnniWrlnnil Prpliyterlnn. Ohnrrh rmirintlpssoiith-wpstnmrownvlllp. Ser vices first Sabbath in each month. 15. J. Joitx sov. Pastor. Chrl-llnn flinreli. "H.A.JTawlev.Klder. Preneh lri3 every Pnnd.iy at 11 a. m.. and 7iM p. m. Bible Jteidlnaand Praver meetJIne verv Wf-dnesdav evening Klder Cba. Bowepreachoa'tlie second Sunday In every month. CfitlinHc. Services every 4th Sunday or each month, at 10 o cloch a. in. Father Cutninisyj Priest. Salirtols. Il-oivnvlUerntnn (J rnrtrrt Schools. J.M.Mc Kenr.le. PrlnelpM : Mlra Jessie K. Rain. ABsWt nnt TTIbIi Schml: Miss r,on Tucker. Orammar repftrtmeiit: Mls! Mre Ilitt. 1st Intermediate: Mis Kar rov, 2d Tntermedlate: Miss Emma Smith, 1st Primary Mrs. Carrie Johnson, M Pxl , jnary. TTnplo'nf Honor. Rrownvllle T.odie. No. meets every Mon day evenlne In Odd l'-llow Hall, VIsitltiK broth ers cordially welcomed. -Tno L. rnnson.W.CT: Wm. If. Hoover W. Iter.: T. C Hacker. L. D. JitrrjiUr Tfimilc, meets everv Saturday after ji ion. MIhs rcraec Stewart. V. T : Miss Mary lIackortKy; Mrs.T. S.Minlck.Snpt. Roti TLi'b'hoji Cln"b" Meet the llrst Tuesday or each month. B. M. Bai ley. Pros.; A. II.GIlmore.Sec. i. o. of o. r. HrfltvnvnieT.odcpNn. X. I.O.O. K. TCcinilar meetlncs Tuesday evening ot each venk Vlslt 1!")rothiTRrespectrnlly Invited. A.ir.ailmore, N. l. Jan. Cochran, Secy. xVfMiiOin Chv lio.lae No. 40. T. O. O. F. Meets everv Staturday. Philip Crother. N. J. T. C.Klmsey. ILSec TvniRltts of Pytliiai. KtrrrlHlor I-n.Ic No. 1-J. K. V. Meets every " Wmlnesday evening In Mason VTTall. Vlsltlptf Knights cordially invited. E. Iluddart, C.C. E. Lowmnn, IC. of Tt. S. BTnaoTiio. NTe.fnnhn Vnllrr Lodro Vn. 4, A. V. - A. 3T. Stated meetings "Safnrdav on or before the full of each Inoon." Lodue mom oien every Satur day evening for lectn-es. Insrnicllon and social Intercourse. J.CMcX.inghton.W.M. B.E.Sou der. Sec. nroTvnville TJnpter No. .l.TJ.A.M.-Ptatoil meetlnss second Th'irsdavof enchmontn. A. It. Davison. M.E.H.P. lt.T.Ralney.Soc, Mt.rnrmelC-nmnnders-No.ri.lS.'T.-StatBd meptlnsii second Monday Ineachmpnth. J.. V. Furnas, X.O.; A. W.Nlckell.Itec ItoKn ttpd T.llyfotirln.vp.No. 03. K.Tt. Q-It. lb i '.-Meets at Maonlc nail on thenrtbMon' davs. TU W. Furnas, M. P. Sor. It. T. Ilalney, Becretary. AInh rhnntcr Vo. . Orderol the Eastern Star. Stated mectiiics third Monday In each monta. Mrs. E. C. Handler, W. M. Sooiotio1'. Cnnnty Tnlr AHorlnt!oti.-Tt. A. IIf'fT J'resldent: Johti n-.Pi. VI-e Pret.: B. A. O0mr Secretary: J. M. Trnwbrtdee. Treasurer. Mapa-Cers-IT. O. Mlni?k S. tvlirati. "F. E. Johnson, Thomas Ilath. Geo. Trow. J. W. Oavlt. X.lhrnrr -soc!niian -Tt M. lUiley.rres.: A.n. Ollmi-re.Sec".; W. V. Hoover. Chornl :Tnion.-J. C. McNanKhton. Prest. J. B. Docker. Sec lllnUc lrnTTtnfe -neintl'n.--W. T. P.0RCT".. PrebU J. B. Docker. Sec and Tress, - "leal Director. E. Hnddart. Treasurer and Bnsl nes T.Iamcer. DUSINES CARDS. A R. HOTjTjADAY. ii..Phytctan,Sr!?ow.OiBctrtclan. Graduated In 1S1. TAcat -d In Ttrnn-nvlllc 18.A Ome, it Main street, Brovrnvllle, eo. T Ii. HUTiBTTUD. 1J. ATTOUXEY AT LAW And Justice or the Pence, odlce In Court. House Ball dins. Brownvllle. Neb. QTUIYL & TTTOMAS. D ATTORXKVS AT "LAW. 6mce. over Theodore Hill & Co.'s store, Brovrn vIllc.Neb. .- 1. ATTORNEY ATMW. once over J. L. McGecfc Bro'sstore-. BroKnvllle, eb rasfca . SA. OR HORN. . ATTOUSBYATIiAW. ORlce, Np. Si Mala street. Brownvlle. Neb ,T H. BROADY, .1 . Aifomnr nd Counselor Rt Law, Ofilcc overstate Bank.Brownvllle.Ncb. WT. ROGERS. AttnrneynnilConnselorstLnw. WIU-lvedlllKent attention to anylealbrislness entrusted to his care. Office In the Roy bulldluc, Brownvllle. feb. J. W. GIBSON, BLACKSMITH AS'I) HOItSB SHOKK Workdone to order and satisfaction Enaranteed First street, between Mala and Atlantic, Brown vllle. Neb. AT CLINE, m. " FASHION A ni,K BOOT AND SHOE XAKER CUSTOM -WORK made to order, and nts alwaye guaranteed. Repairine neatly ana prompnj uuiie. bbop,No.;7MaInstreet,Broa-nvllle.Ncb. B. JL BAILEY, snirrER. and di:.vi.ku in LIVE stock: JiROWXriLLE, NEBRASKA. Farmers, please call andgetprlccs; I want to handleyour stock. Offlce 31 Main street, Hoadley building. ftEJAKLES HELMER, ' k FASHIONABLE m, Boot and Shoe MAKBB. r Having bought the cus tom shop oi A. itooison. J63-Kepa!rins neatly and prompuyaone. Shop Xo.-62 Main Street, IBroionviUc ttbrasJca. JACOB MAROHNr HERCHNT TAILQB, and dealer In FlneEnglifch, French, Scotch and Fancy Cloths, Vesticjrs, Ete., KM. Krovrnviile. JVclirasltai f35S?&& htZim L ci "-ftesjr'y-.A ' iVC-' "iS $f I am prepared to do work f jlfemS: of nil kinds at sM. Reasonable Rates. AUTIIOIJIZED 111 THE U. S. GOYEKNMEST. OF 33K.O WN VULX.I3. V aid-up Capital, $00,000 Authorized (S 500,000 IS ntEPAP.EDTO TRANSACT A' General Banking Business BUY AD SELL 00m & CUBREtfCY DEAFTS on all Ujc principal cities or the United States and Europe MONEY LOANED On approved security only. Time Drafts discount' ed. and special accommodations granted to deposit rs. Dealers In CiOVEKNMENT BONDS, STATE, COUNTY & CITY SECURITIES deposits; Reccelved payable on demand. and INTEREST al lowed ou tlmo of deposit. DIRECTORS. Wm.T. Den, B. M. Bfllley, M.A Handley. Frank JE. Johnson, Luther Hoadley Wm. Pralsher. J0IIX L. CARS0X, 4.. R. D AVIPO?r. Cashier. President. J. CMcN AUG1IT0N. Asst.Cashler. ESTABLISHED IN 1856. OLDEST REAL ESTATE A.G-EHSTOY IN NEBRASKA. William M. Hoover. Does a general Ileal Estate Business. Sells Lands on Commission, examines Titles, makes Deed, Mortgage, and all Instru ments pertaining to the transfer of Real Es tate. Has a Complete Abstract of Titles to all RealEstato lu Xcinnlm County. cr. l. ttoir, &. tt"is-3 M a T Kcepsafullllneol Ornamented and Plain. AlsoShronds for men, ladles and infants. All orders lert with Mike Fclthouser will receive proinptattentiou. A3- Bodies Preserved and Embalmed. 56 ?lain Street, 1JR0WNVILLE,NEB. JLt The RDCEflT AND PROVISION STORE OE1 T. JLj Js the place to get Groceries, Provisions Confections, Fine Cigars, Toilet Soap, Canned Goods, Fr.esh, Butter, JStc, Etc., Etc. We rIpo keep all tho best brands of flour, and everything usually "kept in a first class grocery store. We have In con nection, with our Jioasca Jlrst class FEED STORE Tho old Barbershop, so, 47 and run by is now owned J". TEl. Hawkins. It is tho best fitted shop In the city, and the placo is generally patronized by the people. Mr.'Hawklns keeps no ossistan ts who are not Experts at The Business, and gentlemanly and their conduct. occommodal! n g All kinds of In T0NS0KIAL WOBK dono promptly and satIsfactIongnarnntccd. THE BEST BITES made are always in preparation. lTerroM SsfTerers-Ths Great European 3em' eiy-2)rJ.S.Siapsoa 8 Specific Meaicme. It Is apositlvc cuae for Spermatorrhea, Seminal weakness, Impoteiicy, and all diseases resulting from self-abue,as iiefobi:. AJTEU. mental anxiety, loss of memory. Pains In Back or side, and diseases that lead to con-sumptlon.ldsanl-ty and an early grave. The Spe cific Medicine is helntr used with wonderful success. Pamphlets 6ent Tree to all. Write for them and .get full particulars. Price. Specific, $1.00 per package, or six packages for 5 oj Address all orders to J. B. SIMPSON MEDICINE CO.. Nos. IM and 103. Main street, Buffalo, N. Y. E"Sold in Brownvllle by .A.W. NIckelL Cyl-al TETTER HEADS, afiaC 3 BILL HEADi Neatly printedat thisofflce. ( A A O A , 'fIeSlite'1 BilSH! PiffCf riVHH? oil If ItyMMdAjMsa jffiSJg The Old Story. Tho wnl tine women wait at her foot. And tho day 1b fading down to the night. And close tit her pillow, and round and sweet, Tho red rose burns llko a lump a-llght. Under and ovor, tho gray mist lops, And down and down from tho mossy caves. And down from the sycamore's long, wild leaves, Tho slow ruin drops and drops and drops. Ah ! never had sleeper a sleep so fair; And tho waiting women that weep around Have taken tho comhn from her golden hair, And ltslldeth over her face to tho ground. They havo hidden tho light from hor lovely eyes; And down from the eaves whero tho mosses grow Tho rain la dripping so slow, so slow. And tho night wind cries and cries and ories. From her hund thoy havo taken the shining ring, They havo brought tho linen hor shroud to inane; Oh, the lark sbo was never so loath to-sing. And the morn sho was never bo loath to awake! And at their sewing they hear the rain Drip-drop, drip drop, over tho caves, And drip-drop over tho sycamoro leaves, As If there would never bo sunshine again. Tho mourning train to tho grave havo go no. And the waiting women are hero and there, With birds at the windows and gleams of the sun, Making tho chamber of death to be fair. And under and over tho mist unlaps, And ruby and amethyst barn through the gray. And driest bushes grow green with spray, And the dimpled wator itt glad hands claps. The leaves of tho sycamore dan co and wave, And the mourners put off tho mourning shows, And over the pathway down to tho gravo Tiie long grass blows and blows and blows, And ever drip-drop rounds to a flower, And Jove lu the heart of tho young man springs. And the hands of the maldons shines with rings. As If life was a festival hour. Alice Carey. THE BLUE EIDGE. A Right's AdTcntnrct Tn the early autumn of the year 1849 About half au hour of sunect, I drew rein in front of a largo, double log house, on tho very csummlt of the Blue Ridge Mountains of eaBtern Ken tucky. The place was evidently kept as a tavern, at least so a sign proclaimed, and here I determined to demand ac commodation for myself and servant, Boso, a dark-skinned body-guard. Boeo and I had boon playmates in child and boy-hood, and I need hard ly Bay that the faithful fellow was at tached to me as I was to him, and on more than one occasion he had shown hio devotion. There had been a"'shootlng match' at the Mountain Kouso that day and, as I dismounted, I saw through the open window of the bar-room a noisy, drunken and evidently a quarrelsome set of backwoodsmen, each of whom was swearing by all possible and im possible oaths, that he was not only the best shot, but that ho could out fight, out-jump, out-wrestle, run-faster, jump-higher, dive deeper and come up dryer than anyothcr man 'on the mountain.' 'I say, Mars Ralph,' said Boso, in a low tone, aeI handed him my bridle rein, 'I don't like the looks of dem in dar. S'pose we goes on to the next house, tftin't fur.' 'Nonsense, Boso,' I replied, 'these fellows ara only on a little spree over their shooting. Wo have nothing to do with them, nor they with us. Take the horses round to the stables and see to them yoursolf. You know they've had a hard day of it.' And throwing my saddle-bags over my shoulders, I walked up tho narrow path to the houeo. I found, as I have intimated, the bar-room tilled with a noisy, turbu lent crowd, who one and all stared at mo, without speaking, as I went up to the bar and inquired if I and my eer vant could have accommodation for the night. Receiving an affirmative reply from the landlord, a little, red-headed, oa-daverous-looking specimen of the 'clay-eater,' I desired to be at onoe shown to my room, whither I went, but not until I had been compelled to decline a score of requests to 'take a drink,' much to the disgust of the stalwart bacchanalians. The room to which I was Bhown was at the far end of a long, two-story structure, evidently but recontly ad ded on to the main building, which it Intersected at right angles. A gollery extended along tho front, by means of which the rooms were reached. I found my appartment to bo largo and comparatively well furnished, there being, beside the bed. a comfor table cot, half a dozen splint-bottom chairs, a heavy clothoa press, and a bureau with glass. There were two windows, one along side the door, and the other in tho op posite ond of the room. The first mentioned door was heav ily barred, with .stout oak strips, a protection, I presumed, against In trusion from tho porch, while across tho latter door was drawn a heavy woolen curtain. In tho course of half an hour Boae entored, and nnnounocd that the hors& had been properly attended to, and a few minutes later a bright-faced mulatto girlsummoned us to supper. Supper over, I returned to my room first requesting to be roused for an ear ly breakfast, as I desired to be on the road by sunrise. Thorougly wearied with my day's ride, I at once began preparations for retiring, and had drawn off one boot, when Boso came In rather hastily, looking furtively over his shoulder, and then cautiously oloaing and look ing tho door. Mars Balph. dar's jrwlne to be trouble in di3 house afore morning,' he said. And I bbw in a moment that some thing had oocurrod to upset the faitb- J ful fellows equilibrium. 'Why, Bose, whatis it? What do you mean ?' I asked barely, restrain ing a smile. I tole you, Mars Ralph, we'd bet ter trable furdor,' was the rather mys terious reply. 'You see dat yaller gal dere tole me dar would be a muss if we stayed in this 'founded old house all night.' By closo questioning I olioitedhe fact that tho girl had really warned him that four men, whom I had no ticed together, were a desperate set of villians, and probably had designs upon our property, if not our lives. The girl had seen two of them at the stable while I was at supper and, by cautiously creeping into a stall, next the one in which they stood, had heard enough to convince her that they meant mischief. Subsequently to this she also saw the landlord in close oonfab with the entire party, and, from his actions, judged that he was urging the men to their nefarious work. 'I tell you, Mars Ralph, dem white trash ain't arter no good now you heard me,' persisted JJoso. I had begun to think so myself; but what was to be done. The situation was full of embarrassment, and I felt that nothing could be done save to wait and watch, and, by being on the I alert, defeat their plans by a determin ed resistance. I found that from the barred win dow, in which there was a broken pane of glass, a good view of the sta ble could be had. Then fromtho other window. I crossed tho room, drew aside tho heavy curtain, and, raising tho sash I looked out. A single glanco wai sufficient to cause me a thrill of surprise, and I gave a lowexolamation that Instantly brought Bose to my side. Far below I could see the faint glim mer of wator, the low murmur of which came indistinctly np from the depths, while, on a level with what should havo been the ground, I dimly saw the waving tree tops, as they gently swayey before the fresh night breeze, and knew that tho win dow overlooked a chasm, the sound ings of which I could only guess at. In other words, the house, or that portion of it, was built upon tho very verge of tho cliff, the solid rook form ing a foundation moro lasting than any that could be mado by the handB of man. I leaned far out, and saw that there was not au inch of opaco left between tho heavy log on which the structure rested and tho edge of the precipice ; aud then I turned away with tho full conviction that if escape must be made It certainly would not be made in that direction. There was nothing espeo iaHy strange in this ; thcre.wero many houses bo constructed I had 6een one or two myself and yet when I drew back into the room, and saw the look in Rose's dusky face, I felt that dan ger quick and deadly was hovering in the air. Without speaking I went to my sad-dle-boga and got out mytpistols a su perb pair of long double rifles, that I knew to be accurate anywhere under half a hundred yards. 'Dar 1 dem's what I like to see ! ex claimed Bose, as he dived down Into his bag and fijhed out and old horse pistol that had belonged to my grand father, and whloh I knew waB loaded down to the muzzle with No. 1 buok sbot. It was a terrible weapon at olose quarters. The stables In which our horses were feeding could be watched, and by events transpiring in that locality we would shape our actions. I found tho door could be looked from the In side, and, In addition to this, I impro vised a bar by means of a chair-leg wrenched off and thrust through a heavy Iron staple that had been driv en into the wail. Its follow on the oppoaite side was missing. Wo then lifted the olothes press be fore the window, leaving juat room enough on one side toclearly see, and, if necessary, fire through the ; drag ged the bureau against the door with as little noise as possible, and felt that everything that was possible had been done. A deathlike stillness reigned over the placo, broken only once by the voice of the colored girl singing as sho crossed the stable yard. I had fallen Into a half doze, Beated in a chair near the window facing the scabies, whore Bose was on the watch when suddenly I felt a slight touch unon my arm and the voico of the faith sentinel in my ear. lWako up Mars Ralph ; doy's fool in' 'bout destable doo, arter do horses, ohuah,' brought mo wideawake to jay feet. Cautiously peoping'out, I saw at a glanoe that Boso was right in his con jecture there wore two of them one standing out in the dear moonlight, evidently watching my window, while the other and I fancied it was the landlordwas in tuesbaddow near the door, which at that moment slow ly Bwung open. As tho man disappeared within the building, a low, keen whistle cut the air, and at the same instant I heard tho knob of my door cautiously tried. A low hiss from Bose brought me to his Bide, from the door where I had been listening. Day's got de hosses out in deyard,' he whispered, as ho drew aside to let me look out through the broken pane. 'Take tho door,' I said 'and fire through if they attaok. I am goingto ahoot that fellow holding the horse.' Lordy, Mars Ralph, it's de tavern deeper. He ain't no count. Drop de an'!' was the sensibio advice, wbioh I'detormined to adopt. Noiselessly drawing aside the cur tain, I lasted the muzzle of my pistol on the sash where the light had been broken away ; and drew a bead upon the tallest of the two men who stood, holding ho' threehorses, out in the bright moonlight. The sharp crack of thojweapon was instantlyjollowed by a yell of pain, and I saw the ruffian reel backward and meaeure his length upon the earth, andjthen from the main-building therejrang out : Murder I Murder! Oh, help!' Like lightning it flashed across my mind. . There were throe horses out in thepgToiJ .There was, then, an other traveler besides ouraelves. A heavy blow descended upon the door, and a?voice roared : 'Quiok! Burst the infernal thing open, and let me get at him. The scoundrel has killed Dave!' aT.af tfiam linsrn If Ttnan ' T nrfifa. pered, rapidly reloding my pistol. There, second panel.1 With a steady hand the plucky fel low leveled the huge weapon and pulled the trigger. A deafening report followed, and again a shrill cry of mortal anguish told them tho shot had not been wasted. 'Sabeus! how ituo kiok!' exolaim ed Bose, under his breath. The blow had fallen like an unex pected thunderbolt upon the bandits, and a moment later we heard their re treating footsteps down tho corridor. 'Dar'll be more of 'era heah 'fore long, Mars Ralph,' 6ald Bose. 'I 'spects dese b'longs to a band, and if dey oomes an' we still heah, we gone coons for shuah.' This view of the case was new to me, but I felt tho force of it; I knew that Buch bands did exist in these mountains. Stunned for a moment, I turned round and stared hopelessly at Boso; but he, brave fellow that he was, nev er lost his head for an instant. 'Bound to leab'.here, Mara Ralph,' he said quite codfideutlally. 'An1 dar ain't no way gwin 'cept tro dat win dow ;' and ho pointed to the one over looking the oliff. I merely shook my head and turned to wotoh again, hoping to get a shot at the rascallon guard. Bose, left to his own devices, at once went to work. I heard him fus sing around tho bed for some time, but never looked to eee what he was -tornntlLhe spoke. jNow uen ior ao rope, x ueuru mm say, and in an instant I caught his meaning. Ho had stripped the bed of its cov ering, dragged off the heavy tick aud the Btout hempen rope with which it was 'corded.' In live minutes he had drawn the rope through its many turnings, aud then, gathering tho coil in his hands, he drew up the sash and prepared to take soundings. It failed to touoh the bottom ; but nowise disheartened, he seized the cotton coverlet and splioed on. ThiB euooeeded, and the cord was drawn up preparatory to knotting It in plaoe of cross-pieces. In the meantime the silence with out bad been broken once. A shrill, keen whistle, euch as wo had heard before, was given by the man on the watch, and replied to by Bome one seemingly a littlo way off. Thon I heard footsteps soft, cat-like ones on the verandah outsldo, ahowing that robbors wore on the alert at all points. At length Bose announced tho 'lad der' ready. It was again lowered from tho window, and tho end was held and mado fast to the bod we had dragged over for tho purpose Now den, Mars Ralph, I go down fust, and see if 'um strong enough to bar us.' And he was half way out of the window before I could speak. No", Bose, you shall not,' I answer ed, firmly, drawing him back into tho room. 'You must' Tho words were lost In tho din of a furious and totally unexpected attack upon tho door. The dull heavy Btrokes of tho ax were intermingled with tho sharp quick clatter of hatchets aB they cut awajT at tho barrier, and once in a while I could hear deep oaths as though they had been rendered doub ly savage by our resistance. Here, Bose, your pistol ! Quick!' I whispered, and the heavy charge went crashing through, followd by shrieks and curses of pain and rage. 'Now, then, out with you ! I will hold tho place,' I said, rushing buck to the window. 'Come, Bose, hurry, or all will be lost.' The brave fellow now wished to in sist on my going first; but he saw that time was wasting and glided down tho rope, gradually disappear ing in the heavy shadows. The fall of one of their number had caused only a momentary lull, and I heard them renew the assault with tenfold fury. I dr.re not fire again, for I felt that every bullet would be needed when affairs were moro pressing. It seemed an age before I felt the signal from below that tho rope was ready for me ; but it came, and I let myself down, pausing an instant, as my eye gained a level with tho sill, to take a IflBt look into the room. As I did so the door gave way, and the bloodthirsty demons poured over the threshold. I knew that I had no tlmo for delib- I orate movement. They would In big man-! stantly discover the mode of escape, and either cut tho rope or else fire down on me. I had taken the precaution to draw on my heavy riding-gloves, and my band, thus protected, did not suffer a3 much as might have been expected. With my eyes fixed upon the win dow, I slid rapidly down, and struok the earth with a jar that wrenched ev ery bone In my body. Quick as lightning I was seized by Bose, dragged some paces on one side, and close against the face of the cliff. Not a second too soon, for down came a volley, tearing up the earth about the foot of the rope, where, a moment before, I had stood. Thunder I they willescapo ! After. them, down the rope!' yelled a voice, almost lnartloulate with rage. And I saw a dark form swing oat and begin the descent. 'Now, Mara Ralph whispered Bose, significantly, and with a quiok aim I fired at tho swinging figure. Without a sound the man released bis hold, and came down like a lump of lead, shot through the brain. Another had started In hot haste, and was more than half way out of tho window, when suddenly the scene above was brilliantly lit up by the glare of a torch. Again the warning voice of the watchful black oalled my attention to the figure now struggling desperately to regain tho room, and, aa before, I threw up my pistol, and oovering the exposed side, drew the trigger. " With a convulsive effort the wretch,, springing far out Into the empty void, turned onoe over, and came down with a ruBhing sound upon the jagged rocks that lay at the foot of the prec ipice. A single look to see that the win dow was clear wo knew there could be no path leading down for a long distance either way, or they would never had attempted the rope, and we plunged headlong into the dense for est that clothed the mountain side. Wo got clear. It la true, but with loss of our animals and baggage ; for the next day, when wo returned with a party of regulators, we found the place a heap of smoldering ashes, and no living bouI to toll whither tho rob berB hod fled. Boston Times. BULLDOZING A WITNESS. The JIanncr in IVIiich an Innocent is Handled by a Criminal Lawyer. Cairo 111. Bulletin. Tbo manner in whloh attorneys question witnesses Is exasperating to the Intelligent listener beyond ex pression. Tho great purpose of the average criminal lawyer, for Instance, is to draw from the witness all tho facts in hlspossepaion, except the facts touohing thecase under consideration. A countryman chopping down a tree, stops his work aud buries his ax up to tho eye In the brain of his brother-in-law. Tho witnesa who Baw the whole bloody transaction is brought into court, and hia examina tion runs about thus : "You say that the prisoner was ohopplng down a tree. Now will you please tell the court and jury where he bought the ax?" "You don't know; very well, sir, we'll see about that." "Now, sir, look at tho jury don't stare In that helpless manner at me now, sir, do you say, upon your oath, that you don't know that the defend ant stole the ax beiore he leit rauu cha." "You Bay bo, eh ? Well, now mark me, sir, how many feet wbb it from the tree the defendant was chopping to the nearest grist-mill ?" "You can't Bay?" "Was It ten feet?" "Certainly, a good deal moro." "Well, wag It a thousand mlle9?" "Oh, certainly not." "The court and jury will please ob serve the BtubborneEs of the witness. It is manifestly his purpose to keep from the jury the faota they ought to know.'' "Now, sir, who owned that mill?" The witness Innooeutly Inquires, what mill ? but eoon repents it. "The jury will please observe the exasperating coutumaoiousnesa of this witness, his evasion and hia man ifest purpose to confuse j-our minds as to the facts involved in this terrible murder." "Now, sir, look me in tho face. You have solemnly eworn that tho man was chopping near a mill. Will you -now dare say look at the jury, sir that there was no mill within a 1,000 milea of tho tree that tho defendant was felling?" "I don't cay anything of tho kind?" "The jury will please note thiB an swer." "Now, see here my frleud we have had enough of this. You'first declared that there was no mill, and now you brazenly avow that there was a mill near the wood-choope ' "I said there was no mill within ten fee'' "Never do you mind what you say I know what yon say, and the jury briMU'a on1 limit civ llaran fr rv Ck " uuung j iuiu nun , OM jattu bv iuvi 'Who made your boots?" "Vrtit flnn't IriinTi? I Tq fltara onv. thing under heavens that you do know? There, there. Look at tho jury not at me. And now, peruapB, you can tell the jury what your name is?" The witness tells hia name. "Now, sir, look at the jury ! How long did you live there ?" The witness timidly asks, "Lived 3 here ?' The attorney springs to his feet. "May it please the court and jury, I find this witness utterly incorrigible, stubborn, mulish and bent upon keep ing back the very faota that the jury must have. Ho'has clearly been tam pered with and comes here with the manifest intention of browbeating and worrying both the Jury and the bar. I havo temporized with him, I have led him gently from point to point In the hope of beguiling him In to a true recital of the fact3 connected with this dreadful murder, and what Is my reward for this considerate kindness and forbearonce? Speaking under the Banctlty of an oath, he tells thiB court and jury, that ho doesn't knoWfWherd.be.Hves, andjisks me to tell him'! Great? God"! Can'suoh a thing be, and not overoome ns like a like and not overcome as ? I ask your honor that this witness be sent to jail for contumacy, to remain there until he expresses awllllngnesB to tell what he knows about this dreadful murder." The court then admonishes the wit ness that further trifling would not be permitted, that he must answer to the gentleman's questions, or he'll cer tainly feel called upon to commit him to prison. The witness is by this time bewil dered, scared, dazed and Indulges in contradictions and absurdities as fast and as often as the attorney requires him to; and, finally, leaving the stand, it la a quarter of an hour at least before he can recall his own name or fix his own identity. The attorney then get9 upon his feet, tears the wretohed wltnesso's contradictory and foolish rigamaroie all to tatters, and asks tho court that it be exoluded from the jury as false and nonsensical. FRAUD UNJJAIITHED. A Domonsl ration of Tilden's Fraudu lent Yote In 1S7G. From the New York Times. Ever since the electoral commission announced Its decision In the oases re ferred to it, and Mr. Hayes was de clared elected Preeidont, the Demo crats havo made the country resound with tholr charges that his election wa9 secured by fraud. We publish this morning a review of the facts of the election of 187G, compared with tho corresponding facta of all previous elections in which the popular vote has been recorded. The review shows, with tho jnlontlfiHR portnlnfv anil clearness of mathematical demonstra- tion, that there was, Indeed, fraud in the lastPresidential election fraud of the most extended and deliberate character, fraud changing nt least 50 electoral votes in Northern States and 12 in the Southern States, but that this fraud was planned and executed, not in the Interest of Mr. Hayes and the Republican party, but In that of Mr. Tilden ond his faction of the Democratic party. Tho basis of this demonstration is tho fact that in the StateB of Connecticut, New York, and Now Jersey, and In Louisiana, Flori da, and Mississippi, the increase In the reported vote was out of ail pro portion to the Increase In population ; that of the reported Increased vote the Republican party received tbe proportion which its previous votea compared to population rendered probable ; that tbe Demooratlo party, whioh did not, aa the figures) show, draw from tbeRepubllcans.nevorthe less had a reported increase in Its vote, which waa In all cases beyond any previous gain that it had ever made, and whloh in some cases abso lutely exceeded the gain in voting population. That this reported In crease waa a legitimate'ono is, in sev eral instances, grossly improbable, In eome instances It is physically impos sible. That, on the contrary, the re ported Democratlo inorease wbb secu red by a widely extended, carefully developed, and skillfully executed scheme of fraud Is, In the caBe of sev eral States, an extremely strong in ference; in tho case of the remainder covered by the review, it la an Irre sistible conclusion. The period for which It Is possible to study accurately the relation of the votes cast in Presidential elections to the total population, andjto the num ber of qualified votera, extends over nearly half a century, that ia tc Bay, from 1828 to 1S76, inclusive. It em braces thirteen elections, of which one that of 1864, occurring during the war Ia omitted. The official figures for this long period show that, while the population was variously affected by Immigration and migration, while marked differences In social and com mercial progress grew up aa botween the different States, and in many of tbe States as between different pe riods, throughout tbe whole of them the maximum number of qualified voters who actually voted remained extremely steadfast. Tho maximum la 85 of every 100 ; in other words, in the most exciting times before 1876, 15 out of every 100 voters, for one reason or another, failed to vote. But the figures, whiohiwegive in detail this morning, show that in 1876 of the qualified votera there are reported as havingactually voted in Connecticut, 88.2 per cent ; In New York, 95.2 per cont; In New Jersey, 98.7 per cent; in South Carolina, 95.G per cent ; in Louisiana, 99 per cent ; In Florida, 109.4 per cent. It Is further Bhown, in all except tbe last of these States, that of this enormous, improbable, or impossible vote, the Republicans had only their ordinary proportion, while tho Democrats hud tho remainder. Judged by the records of a dozen pre" cedingJPresidential eieotionB, the r- a ported vote waa grossly In excess of tbo vote which could have been actu ally oast ; that exoosa la found on the Democratic side ; it could not have been drawn frem the Republicans, who more than held their own and lost nothing ; it was, therefore, fraud ulent. From this conolusion there Is no escape. This same fact is developed in a number of ways by tho careful study of tho statistics, of which we give the results. We invito the most search ing scrutiny of the methods by whloh tho conclusions are arrived at, and tbo most rigid analysis of tho reasoning by which they are sustained. The es sential basla.of the ravl8wj83thoUnI- ted Statoalcensus report, wh!oTnh,fcfisPMll case of New York and Louisiana are '"vzm used to eorreot obvious errors in the State censuses, while In New Jersey a State enumeration supplies later data. From these sources is drawn the actual or approximate total of tho population ; when tho election does not ocour In the same year na a cen sus, the population is calculated by the ratio of Increase shown by previ ous censuses, and no room la loft for essential errors. The number of qual ified voters is taken either directly from the census or calculated accord ing to the ratio of the preceding years, which la singularly constant. The proofs of frauds appears In va rious forms, and are duly presented in the review. Whether wo conaider the impossible proportion of reported voters to the number of qualified vo ters, or the impossible increase ot the reported votea to the population ; or the mysterious and sudden Inoreasa in tbe Demooratlo vote without any decrease in the Republican vote with, in faot, thelegitimoand regular Increase of the Republican vote all the facta point to the'ono conclusion, that of Democratlo fraud on a most extensive scale. Nor will there bo muoh doubi in the minds of our readers, Demooratlo - -- or Republican, as to the hands from whioh that net of fraud proceeded, whloh embraced at least five States in Its meshes, and which wa9 so skillful ly woven and cast. A mind capable of Inventing, organizing, and execu ting such agigantioBohemo doea not often arise to threaten the integrity and soundness of a republic When it does, and finds, as in the present case, a profound popular confidence In the forms of law ready to bo abused to suits. Tho orlme which we oxpose to day is one which will be repeated, wo may be sure, If opportunity Is given. It fuily explains the anxiety on tho part of the Democrats for tbe ropeai of the eieotion laws, and tho establish ment of what they oali "free"' and "open" eleotions free, I. e., from su pervision, and open to a repetition of the fraud by which Mr. Tilden was once bo nearly seated in the Presi dent's chair. Dream Mysteries. A man fell asleep as the clook toll ed tho first stroke of 12. He awak ened ere the echo of the twelfth stroke had died away, having In tho interval dreamed that he had commit ted a orime, was detected after five years, tried and condemned; the shock of finding the halter around his neck aroused himj to conscious ness, when he discovered that all these evonts had happened In an in finitesimal fragment of time. Mo hammed, wishing to illustrate the wonders of sleep, told how a certain man, being a sheik, found himself, for his pride, made a poor fisherman, that he lived as one for sixty years, bringing up a family and working hard, and how, upon waking up from his long dream, bo short a timo had he been asleep, that tho narrow nock ed gourd bottle filled with water, whioh he knew heoverturned as he fell asleep, had not time to empty itself. How fast tbo soul travels when the body ia asleep! Of to a when we awake we shrink from go ing back into the dull routino of a sordid existence, regretting the pleasantor iifo of dreamland. How is it that sometimes when we eo to a strange plaoe, wo fancy that wo have seen it before? Is it possible that when we havo been asleep, the soul has floated away, seen the plaoe and has that memory of it whioh bo surprised us? In a word, how far dual is the life of man, how Yarnot? It will now be In order for Kentucky to consider whether in the future any man shall be hung for murder. It is a dangerous precedent to say that the hangman's rope Is only for poor men. In the history of crime there has not been a more open and wicked murder than that committed by Buford. Had he been a poor man hia death by hanging would have been swift and certain. Had he been a negro tho prob abilities are that all forms of law would have been dispensed with, ond the nearest lamp-past or trea would have been all tbe scaffold re quired. Justioe in the blue grass re gion is very discriminating, and, for that matter, in other places to. Inter Ocean. A Syracuse undertakar went down tho traok to bury the victim of a sup posed railroad accident. As he lifted the woman's body tenderly Into the wagon she rubbed her eyes and ex claimed t "H-l, I murzer been sleep !" He dropped her. iz z