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FAIRBROTHER & HACKER,
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AIRBROTHER & IIACKER,
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blished Every Thursday Morning
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ESTABLISHED 1856. i
Oldost Paper in tho State.
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14. 1879.
YOL. 24. ITO. 8.
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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.
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" 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,
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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.
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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.
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