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THE OMAHA DAILT BEE : Stll Y JUNE 3 , 188a-SIXTEEN PAGES. REARM , NEBRASKA HER RAPID STRIDES FOR COM. MERCIAL IMPORTANCE. Fait Becoming the Manufacturing City of the West , The Great Canal , WONDERFUL INDUCEMENTS TO RICH AND POOR ALIKE , Flno IloinoH , Magnificent Water Pow er Tor the ManiifYictiirer Henutl- Till lokcf * , Pnrlcp , Ktc. , Ktc. Fora young city , only fifteen years old , Kearney's giowth must bo con sidered phenomenal , yet not to surpris ing when consideration is given the fuel that she possesses many very great advantages over other cities in the west which accounts for her steadily increas ing ixipulalion. Kenrnoy is the county scat of Buffalo Comity , with a population of over Eight Thousand , and at the pres ent rate of increase , will have at least Tun Thousand inhabitants by January It , a next. Katiway Facilities. Kearney is located upon the main line of tlio Union Pacific Railway , 200 miles West of Omaha , Nob.1 , also upon the Hurlington and Missouri River Rail way , which is a partof the great Chicago , Hurlington and Quincy system. Tlio Missouri Pacific Railway Co. , am now within 12o miles of Kearney , nndaro pushing forward as rapidly as pos iblo for this place. This road will furnish direct communication with Kansas City , St. Louis , St. Joseph and all other points in the South and Southwest reached by this extensive railway system and its connections. By this road the seaport of Galvcston , Texas , will bo CCO miles nearer to Kearney than any of the prominent shipping points on the At lantic coast , a saving in railway transit of great advantage in the shipments of manufactured articles and food supplies. The Yankton and Southwestern Rail way Company , with a capital of $7,000,000 has boon organized to build from Vanlc- ton , Dakota , to Kearney. This road will furnish direct communication with St. Paul , Minneapolis , Duluth , and the lum ber regions and wheat fields of the Northwest. The Union Pacific Com pany is constructing a road from Kear ney to the Black Hills , ninety miles of which arc graded , and the Burlington and Missouri River Company is prepar ing to build from Kearney into Central Wyoming. These two extensions will open ui > a territory , said by experienced geologists to bo richer in timber , coal and valuable mineral deposits than any other known section of our country. The Rock Island , the Northwestern , and the Illinois Central Railways are building rapidly toward this city , and in the near future Kearney will bo a railroad as well as a manufacturing center. IMInmt'.c A < lvuinc ! ; > < . The nltituto of Kearney is 1213G feet , the climate healthful , and nights , even in midsummer , refreshingly cool. Lung diseases mid throat affections are almost unknown. The lakes adjoining the city furnish boating , fishing and shooting in great variety to the sportsmen , while the wide and beautiful graded avenues , and the very best roads , make walking and driving a pleasant and healthful recreation. Tourists on route for thu Rockoy Mountains will find Kearney an excellent point to visit for a few weeks , and become acclimated before entering the higher altitudes of the conn try West of us. Buffalo county is a fine blue gruss country , and the breeding and raising of blooded stock of all kinds is one of the most profitable and successful Industries of this section , and is quite extensively engaged in throughout the county. Commercial The location of Kearney between Omaha and Denver , and the facilities afforded by its numerous railroad con nections , make this young city tlio nat ural distributing point for a largo and rapidly developing section. The Platte , Ihovood , and the Loup rivers flow through the country from west to east , and both valley and prairie land rank with the most fertile agricultural per tions of our country. In every respect Kearney has elements of growth which equal those of the best of the now towns oi the west , while in ono particular , ITS niiiiAT WATKH POWKit , it has an advan tage which will plnco it in the front rank. The development and utilization of all the power which Is available will result In building up n. city of tens of thousands of people , make Kearney the manufacturing center of many Stales and Territories , ana give employment to the thousands of surplus labor now burdening our eastern cities , who can hero obtain nice homes upon easy terms and live comfortably the remain der of their lives. The accompanying views will readily convince the reader thai Kearney is surrounded by a series of most interest ing scenery , not lo be ouldono in any very great degree by the scenery and pleasure resorts of the Northern or Kaslcrn lakes and watering places ; her line broad driveway and gravel walks around the lake and throughout the cily nro features not to bo found to such an extent in any cily in Iho west. Canal and \Valcr I'owcr. The Kearney Canal and WatcrSupply Company has completed the canal which laps the Plallo river sixteen miles west of Iho cily , and is now prepared lo lease permanent power direct from the canal. Victor turbine wheels have also been sot 200 feet from Iho canal , to which tlio water is conducted from the forobay Ihrougn a fiflv-four inch iron pipe , willi a direct fall bt sixty foot , and , when preferred , power will bo leased dlrccl from Iho line shafl. Ar- rangomonls will bo at once perfected for the transmission of power through elec trical motors to all parts of the city. Power can bo furnished in Ibis way in any desired quantity , from one-half horse power upwards , and at reasonable prices. A steam dredge is at work en larging the canal. The Pintle river is over ono mile in width whore the water is taUon from It , and the supply is prac tically inexhaustible for manufacturing purposes. The river is fed by the Bpringa and molted snows of the Rocky Mountains , furnishing pure soft water , a feature of snecial nd van Inge in many kinds of manufacture. The work of en larging the canal will bo continued until the capacity shall reach ten thous and horse power or moro , if required. The dynamos of Ihc Kearney Elcclric Light and Power Company arc now run by water power. Extensive plants for the nmnufucluro of pressed brick , terra cotta ware , lilo , etc. , and for the culling and dressing of slono for buildings and ornaincnlal purposes , are being creeled , manufactories , among which may bo mentioned the following : STAltCH , OAT MKAI. , ITl'C. This section of the West produces corn , wheat , oats.barley and llax of sup erior quality , and in large quantities , warranting the immediate establish ment of mills and factories for the pro duction of Hour , starch , oat meal , honi- iny , linseed oil , crackers , etc. t'APKIt AND I'UM1 3ttrT.3. All the straws needed in the munufact- uro of paper , and slraw pulp are grown in Ihe imirtcdialo vicinity of Konrnoy in enormous quantities. The cost for manufacturing' purposes would bo nom inal , as thousands of tons ot such mnler- iuls arc burned annually in Bufialo County. The water supply by the Platlo river is pure and soft. With Iho exception of one mill in Missouri , one in Kansas , ojie in Colorado , and Iwo in Nebraskathis industry is unrepresented south of Iowa and west of Iowa and Min nesota , an immense territory , increas ing most rapidly in population. IlKUOM FAC10HIKS. Adjoining Bullalo County are the Counties of Kearney and Phelps , noted for producing broom corn in large quan tities , the qualily of which is unsur passed , having taken first premium wherever exhibited. This superiority arises from the peculiar composition of the soil , and climatic conditions which city of Kearney , and indications of en terprise on the part of her citizens wo would call alien lion to the recent con struction of the magnificent "Hotel Mld- wuv , " erected in IfcST , bv .1. L. Keck , at a cost of over $75,000. Tlio "Midway" is second to none in the Western coun try , havinp been constructed UIMJII the latest designs of modern Architecture with a capacity of about 100 rooms , all modern conveniences and conducted by Thomas C. Brainard , who has served a life-time in the hotel business , is known far and near for his hospitality and po ] > - ularily among the traveling public. Uluctriu Kearney has an electric light plant which furnishes 32 arc lights for the use of the city , and is now placing an incandescont'light nlant of the Edison system which will furnish 1,000 lights , and in addition power from Iho canal will bo Iransforrcd by means of clcclno- ity to all parts of the cilv and Iho sow ing machine of Ihe housewife , Iho roller mills , Ihu elevators , the planing mills and everything requiring motive power can bo furnished by this system at $20 per annum , and when this is compared with steam power at $100 per annum , the great advantages of the former are at onca apparent. They are prepared to do all kinds of work , and are overrun with orders. 1CB COMPANY. The Nebraska Ice Company of Kear ney with a capitalization of $00,000 and a storage capacity of 60,000 tons , control the Ice business of Western Nebraska. They shipped over 4,000 tons pure lake ice lost season and declared a handsome dividend. urMimu YARDS. C. R. Ford fi Son , are the oldest lumber dealers in the city of Kearney and carry a full line and assortment of all building material. They make a specialty of good grades and low prices. The Kearney Lumber company. II. II. Scoly , Manager , has a capital of $20,000 and about 1,1)00.000 ) feet in stock. The Boguc & Sherwood Co. invested capital , 950.000 ; number of feet lumber in stock , about 2,000.000. R II. Oilcresl & Co. . Lumbermen , es- lablislicd in Kearney in 1881 , now have nn investment of10.000 with 1,600,000 feet in stock. T.AfNTlll S. The "Diamond Steam Laundry , " Gur- loy & Knnalsher , propriolors. Capital $ : i. 000 } capaclly , $200 per week running on full orders and have about 12 cin- ployocs. The Davis Steam " has Laundry" a cap acity of $150 per week ; $1,000 invested and gives employment lo 10 persons. National The "Kcarnev National Hank. " , T. J. Burtlott. President ; W. C. Till- son. Cashier. Capital $100,000 ; Surplus and undivided profits , $ -12,000. The "First National Bank. " Low Robcrteon , President , tY. . Robort- r son , Cashier. Capital 9100,000 ; Surplus , $20,000. The "Buffalo County National Bank" Ross Gamble , President ; A. , T. Gumblo , Cashier. Capital 9100,000 ; Surplus , $43,000. The "Kearney Commercial and Savings Bunk. Leroy Robertson , President and Cashier. Capital $00,000. Churfliup. Presbyterian ijastor , Rov. J. D. Kerr. Methodist Pastor , Rev. D. K. Tin- dall. Congregational Pastor , Rov. John Askin. Baptist Pastor , Rov. Mr Pullis. Episcopal Pastor , Rev. Dr. R. W. Oliver. Christian Pastor , Rev. Joseph Shields. - f m mm - r ! ! ! LAKE KEARNEY AND CITY OF KEARNEY , NEBRASKA. and will receive their motive power from the same source. General itliuuirui-liirlu Induce ments. Kearney otters to manufacturers the following general inducements : A cen tral location in a territory affording a largo and rapidly increasing market for Iho sale of manufactured articles. Un excelled railway facilities. A city of churches , schools , anil all the improvo- menls of modern civiliynlion where em ployers and employes can build cheap anil pleasant homes in Iho midst of a community of cultured people , and a permanent , cheap motive power by which the cosl of production is reduced lo Iho very lowest figures , thereby en abling the manufacturer to successfully compolo with Eastern factories for the Western trade. In addition to these general advan tages there are special inducements for thu establishment of certain lines of tiir.it scnoni , tun UMNO. materially aid in properly curing the corn. Excellent facilities exisl for the distribution of the manufactured article. CANNING KACTOUIKS. No place in the West can ofl'or super ior inducements for the establishment of canning factories. The soil is espec ially adapted to the prolific growth of all necessary supplies. A strip of extreme ly forlilo laud , sixteen miles in length , and averaging over two miles in width , lying between the canal and the Platte river , is susceptible of cheap and com plete irrigation from the canal , ihus as suring , no mailer what the season , a por- fecl exemption from failure in either quality or quantity. While this portion of Nebraska is peculiarly exempt from seasons of extreme wet or droughtlhero nol having been a failure of crops in years , jot tlio advantages of irrigation , in adding lo Iho qualily , and increasing the product of curtain small fruits used in canning , are lee well known lo bo denied. The Midway. Among oiliernltrnctivo fealuresof Iho OVERFLOW OF CANAL , KEARNEY. NEBRASKA. Kearney's IHaiiuCaclorics. KOI.I.KIl Mil , ] , . The Kearney Milling and Elevator Company's roller mills are the largest and mosl complete of any in tlio west. They have a cup.icily of 200 barrels ot flour and 50 barrels of meal per day , and ship 1.000 carloads of grain per annum. The product of this mill has been shipped to Amsterdam and Australia with satisfactory returns to both manu facturer and pmvlmser. The clovaior of this company handles nearly nil the product of this section , .and has a stor age capacity of over 100,000 bushels of grain. imiCK. The "Kearney Brick Company , " using the "Ponlleld" slock brick machine and Iho "Acme" dry pressed brick machine , have a Sl-,000 plant , fifty horso-watev power with a capacity of 50,000 stock and 12,000 dry pressed brick dailv. Tliey also manufacture hollow brick , terra cotta lumber , ir.iving brick and clay shingles , E. M. Ilibbnrd , brick manufacturer , uses the Grand Automatic brick ma chine , of Cincinnati , capacity , ' ! 0,000 su perior brick daily ; does good work. Richard Iliblmrd , contractor , consumes almost the onliio product of Ibis fuclory al $8.50 lo $10 per Ihousand. W. W. Mnnnix. con tractor , manufac tures a line building brick ; capacity or outpul , 20,000 daily. This factory ships to the outside trade , in carload lols , the bulk of its product. I'LANING Jlll.r , . The Kcnrjuty Planing , Suahand Blind Factory , cjapital , , $20,000 ; capacity $100.- 000 during season. Ruining on full order anil enlarging their works to meet tuturQ , < luinamls. , , rOUNDKV. Kearney JIIIH a line foundry and machine works.established in 1887 , by Kctchum JcKuhn Bros. , capital , $10,000. Evangelical Lutheran Rev. K. J. Sinner. Scandinavian Rev. - . New Catholic- - . The Bapt'sls and Catholics are erect ing new buildings this season. Sclionl * . Kearney i- > well supplied with Schools. The High School building of which n view i.s here given is aline three story struclnre cost $35,000 ; gives employment to 12 teachers and has an enrollment of about lOSr ) pupils. There are also two ward school building , which cost $15,000 each and a third being erected this sea son. From thcso schools scholars can bo ndmitled to the state university upon diplomas. Court House. The work on the new Court house is being pushed forward rapidly , when completed it will be a model structure and the pride of Buffalo county. The walls are now up to second story , when done the building alone will have cost about $75,000. StiM-ct ( Jar * . Kearney now has about five miles of streel railway and will extend the present system at leusl two miles west irom the court house to the canal and brick factories this season. It is being arranged to run the cars by oleelrio motor from water power as soon as prac ticable. Kearney is well supplied with news papers , having four weciclies and ono good live daily which has an exceptional field for an immense circulation. Opera House. Arrange in cuts have been perfected KES1DKNCH OF tf. V. HOI rili-ON \NKtilt. . within the past ton days by which Kearney is to have a now opera house , to bo constructed immediately , with a sealing capacity oqunl U ) "Tho Boyd , " in Omaha , and with all the stttgo and scenic conveniences of our modern theaters. It will cost not loss than $50,000. Kearney's future is assured. She needs no boom ; she is beyond that point where there can bo any retarding of her progress. Tlio state reform school is located at this place upon a beautiful plateau about a milo from the city , sur rounded by 320 acres of flno land donated the state for the institution by the city of Kenrnoy. The institution consists of six or seven largo two-story brick build ings of modern architectural designs in which they have their chapel , halls of instruction , dormitories , work shops , laundry and electric light engines. Tlicro are at present about two hundred pupils boys and girls at this institu tion , and It is a great credit to the city of Kearney , as well us the state. The climate and soil at Konrnoy arc both mot excellent for fruit growing the phnn , poach , apple , pear , cherries , grapes , struwborrioa , currants , raspber ries and blackberries , all grow in abundance in this locality. The cllbons of Kearney deserve great credit for their energy and determina tion to keep down the prices on real es tate so that the poor as well as the rich , can afford to bcltle there and build their own homos. Certainly nothing can bo more commendable than this , it shows enterprise in the right direction. It is the lletitious valuations and speculative prices together with Indiscrete and con tinuous misrepresentation of facts that brings about a HOOM which is sure to bo followed by disastrous results and per- Imp's the natural growth of a smalltown or city paralyzed to such an extent that recovery is impossible. The SCIUMIII : and the IIOOMKU ilml no encouragement in Kearney. Her future prosperity is abundantly secured in her great natural resources and milliciontly husbanded in her sagacious enterprising citizens and businessmen to warrant a conservative prediction , that Kearney will bo a city of 2" ,000 population in live years time. The writer desires to thank Mr. G. W. Frank and others of Kearney , for data furnished and to add that persons wish ing information in regard to Kearney and her resources by writing Mr. Frank , will certainly receive prompt at tention and reliable'information' . A. N'cRro Hoy's Dollar. One of the best jokes of the season is current in the ( ialo City bank building , says the Duluth Tribune. All the law yers are laughing about , it. The vic tims are Mr. Prank Walker , Colonel John 13. Redwino , and a negro boy whose name is Jerry Johnson. A few days ago this boy was standing on a trash pllo , and was engaged iii running his toes through the debris. Ho noticed something bright in the pile , and when he picked it up found it to bo a very small yellow coin. At lirst ho thought it was copper , but as ho fln- gereil it his native souse told him it was too heavy for copper , so he at odeo con jectured that it was made of gold. Ho bud some business with Mr. Walker , and while in his olllco showed him the piece of money. Ho asked the lawyer how much ho would give him for it. Woolfolk's attorney , after eyeing it closely , thought it was a gold dollar , and us ho was particularly anxious to get hiich a coin to wear on his watch chain , he ottered the boy a dollar for it , which he gleefully accepted. Mr. Walker gave the eoin n careful examination and became convinced that he had paid too much for it. lie was in Colonel 1 ted wine's oflleo , and took the coin and exhibited it to the great liuaneier. "What will you give mo for it ? " he asked. ' 'I'll give you a dollar , " was the reply. "And I'll give you a dollar and a quarter , " interrupted a man who had come in to renew a note. "Done , " exclaimed Mr. Walker. "Here's jon money1 was the quick an swer. The buyer left the ollico with his coin , and the lawyer thought he had made a good bargain. Hurrying oft" to a man that buys coins , the purchaser exhibited the piece. The dealer serutini/.ed it closely and said : "What will you take for itVhnt will you give ? " After a little consider ation the dealer said : "Will you take "f'2't for it ? " The answer was : "No , but I'll lnke0foril. ! " "It's a go ; here's your money'and the happy man walked but of the olllce. The coin which figured in these trans actions is a confederate gold dollar. A gentleman was talking yesterday to a reporter and ho said : "The worst bold man of the four wushewho sold the coin for 9HO. If it bo true that , It is , as rep resented , a genuine confederate dollar , it is worth 3050. I am told that there are onlj six of these coins in existence. They are worth $050. In a Iliisslaii Prison. A Russian army ollieor who was con demned to "knrtogo" for an assault committed in a moment of excitement , and who was pardoned by the c/nr after several .years' detention describes the Opcga prison , where he was confined , as follows : "For smoking and minor offenses of that wort , a prisoner could bo made to kneel for two hours on the bare , fro/.on lings. The next punishment for the same minor olTonse was the black hole the 'kra/.cr' the warm one and the cold one , underground prison ers slept on the stones , and the term of durance depended on the will of the director. Several wore kept there for a fortnight , after which they wore literally dragged nut into daylight and then dismissed to the land where pain and sulfering are not. During the four jears of my confinement the averages mortality in the prison was I0 ! per cent per annum. It must not be thought that tlio e on whom penalties of this kind were in Dieted were hardened despera does. Wo incurred them if wo saved a morsel of bread from il Inner for the supper , or if a match was found on a prisoner. The desperate characters were treated after another fashion. One , for instance , was kept for nine months in solitary confinement in one of UK ; dark cells , and came out blind and insane. "In the evening the director wont his rounds , and usually began his favor ite occupation Hogging. A very nar row bench was brought out , and soon the place rcanundcu with shrieks , while the director looked on and counted thu lashes , smoking a cigar. The birch rods were of exceptional si/.o , and when not in u o they were kept immersed in water , so us to muke them more pliant. After thu tenth l > ish the shrieking ceased , and nothing was heard but groans. Flogging was usually applied in batches , to live , ten men or inoro , and when the torture was over a great pool of blood would remain to mark the spot. After every fauch secno wo had two or throe days of comparative peace ; The Hogging had a eootlung influence on the director's nerves. Soon , how- o\or , ho would become himself again. V/hon ho was drunk , and bib mustache was drooping and lin p , or when he wc'iilfliit shooting and wune homo with an empty bag , wo know that the bumo evening the rod would be ? sot at work. " u SuWunber 'a Fig'iro ami < ; et the host5fnt cigar in the world Me } or & Co./ wholesale do put. PETRIFIED HUMAN BODIES , A Womtin Stntuo With an Augol'a Fnco. SOLDIERS TURNED TO STONE , Tlio Works of Nature at Kearney , Net ) . StraiiRo Prenkn and Happenings A Htnrtllni ; Uccltnlor Facts. Polrlfloallon. KKAHST.Y , Neb , May 31,1SS3. [ Special to Tan SUXIUY BrK.l Heforo presenting read ers of Tin : ULI : with tlio truly nuthonUo ac count of tlio bodies that wcro found petri fied at Fort Kearney. Neb. , I will pas's In rnpld review some of tlio different localities of this country abounding In potrlfncllons , and enumerate the species ot matter gcn orally found In this inarrclous condition , From tlio observations of sciontIBIS atul from the accounts of reputable persons who Imvo traveled much In this country , I .havo learned that there are many places which nlwiint to a greater extent in patrffncttons than Nebraska , but , on tlio oilier liiuu1 ( no place presents to our notice such wonderful , marvelous and scarcely credible Instniicevof : this change of the nature and vcrjr iub- stance of tilings as our own slate. In certain part * of New Mexico thera Imvo been found great quantities of pet rilled wood. Iho grain being plainly visible. In the na tional museum at Washington , 1) . C , , there is on exhibition , n specimen from Now ; Mexico ice , consisting of two angular pieces bf j > cjrl- lied wood with lava between them , iK > rfee.tly resembling a slice of chocolate cake. There liavo been found flsh , wo6d , birds and rabbits in fi pctrilled state , In Montana mid Wyoming the smnu thliigs'lmvo'beiMi , dls- coveied. In tlio Vellowslono parkAVyphilng , tbcio Is a tree stump two feet eight Inches high turned Into solid rock. In the state of. Georgia n few miles from Maeon , there was discovered something rescmbllne a human body , supposed to have been petrified. Uut after It was analyzed tl.o conslltuonts wcro proven to bo of egg shells , calcium , soft ashes and oilier HUbslances of iv deceiving nature. Now let us return to Nebraska. The first two instances I Cite , nioauthentlc.ited by reliable o.vo-wltiiosscs , and men of repute , who will willingly cor loboratoovcry .statement In regard to. this matter. Fort ICoarnoy , situated south of the central pin tot the state , forms the scpnojttiid the tlmo dates from IbTO lo 1ST I. Ill 160 Ihero were stationed at Fort ICeai ney sev eral companies of the Second dragoons. There was employed by Iho government n man by the niimo of Thomas 1 ? Gan"tioyrwho had formoraly been a soldier , end whoa dis charged was a sorgoanl of Company 1C , Second end dragoons On the lllh of January , J8.70. GnfTney died , the result of a severe attack of bllllouH fuvor. On the 18th of the sumo month ho was buried in the government cfcm- etery , which consisted of n few lots , sot apo'.t by the military authorities for tlmb' ' purpose. In the spring the condition of these lots ivas swampy , due to the higher elevation of the adjoining land. In November , 1871 , there was also interred in the same burying ground a man by the name of George Gaits , aprivutu company K , Ninth regiment. Gates was n soldier at the time of his death , and when re turning from Hastings wiiscnucht In a storm and severely frorcn. Ho was accidentally fouml and taken to tlio garrisonbut only lived for a few dn.\s after his arrival. In Juno,187 ! ) , the bodies of the men buried In the Fort ICe.iinoy cemetery wcro exhumed by military orders , and wcro to bo transferred to the burying grounds at Fort McPhcrsori. When the body of Thomas P. Gaffnoy was lifted from the grove It was discovered ttmt the body was r.ipldly turning into stone , unmis takable stone of a dark gray color. The lleshy p.utof his body was not of so hard a substance , but was undoubtedly of a coaiHonndsundy natmo , and tlio unmistak able elements of petrifaction wcro present. The body of Geoiyo Gates was taken from the prove on the same day , and the condition In which It was found was of it moro surpris ing nature than that presented by the corpse of Thomas G.ilTnoy The latter was burled over aye.ir bofoio the death of Gates , and only certain p.iits of his body were of solid rock , hut the entire body of the soldier had been turned into ono muss of stono. From appearance it was stone of tlio smno Bpocie.s as th.it Into which Gallncj's bodv had been changed. I'rovmus to his dc.ith Gates welched about 100 pounds. When his body was found petrified it was weighed , and the stales inaikcd 0.12 pounds The bodies ol the two men were on exhibi tion nt Fort Keurnov for some days and finally transferred and inlcrml in the burv < ing urounds at Fort Mel'hcaison. At thu time of this discovery many bodies in the same grave y.ud were rosui reeled , some were niised by relatives for the sake of bury ing them in adjoining cemeteries , but the raising of others was prompted by mcru curiosity. A singular Incident In connection with thu body of a liltlo gnl who was re moved from the mime cemetery by her rela tives will bo of interest. The stona Into which the bodies of the two men previously mentioned had been turned , was , It will bu remembered , of a darn gray color , but the body of the little girl who was also found petrified was of a dark brown color and ot a much harder nature than that of thu other bodies. It In vury dlDlcult to account for thu difference of color and nature of those two BKcIes | of Btono , for the grave of tho. little ijirl was adjoining that of George Gate's. The fourth and last body found petrified in the same cemetery was that ot an unknown person. The circumstances In connection with this discovery nro truly wonderful. No head stone marked the resting place , and no ono know when or Who It was that lay in that uwo-insuiring grave , for such Indeed * It was , Tlio oldest of Iho citizens rodiarkcd that the grave had been In the H.IIUO condi tion when they first visited the cemetery , and that then , as now , ft always altractcdtbo attention of visitors on account , of its barren appearance and being without hcadstono or other mark of identification. On the 1th of July , 187i ; , the cofiln in which this unknown person lay was taken from tlm grave , and a moro dioadful but utlll aston ishing sight can scircely bo concoivod. Thu lid or top of the collln was qulto looio , and la raising the body the lid dropjmd from Urn ono hinge which alone hold it and remained in the grave , exposing to vlow the whole body at ono glanco. The fnw people stand ing near the grave turned away horror- Hlrickcn , for in that collln lay n womun neatly clothed in n black Mile dros8witli long , dark hair flowing over her shoulders , a perfect picco of statuary. The body must have been quickly potriflitd after Imriiil for the expression of the face , although of stone , was angelic , the foatuicH qulto lovelv ; and the sight would Imvo boon nuiuly beautiful and less shocking , had it not been that there upon bosom , neck and shoulders of Ibis oncu beautiful woman , now upleco of statuary , wcro coiled four monster moccasin snakes , with tholr huge. eyes flash ing fbo , their venomous stingers pi otruding from their mouths , tholr largo heads turning first in one direction and then in another , at the same tlmo keeping up a loud and con tinual hissing. TlioHO engaged In raising1 Iho body , as wull as the bystanders , lost all con trol of Ihcmselvos in Iho presence of suoh u dreadful sight. Finally tlio hugo monsters were killed and the eoipto examined , lint no nmriis of iilenti- liualion could bo found. On the following day HUH picture of lovt lino-is was buried lu nn adjoining gr.iv.'i'uid H"i- new real Ing. , place was decked with flow ors ami a mm bid headstone mutKinl the gruvo with the follow * ing insciiption. "Uuijumscnt in pace , iniaii noliib non est nutuo. " Another Ono Kiom Oinrgln , An animal , different from any ovoi before soon in thai purl of the country. IHIH boon destroying sheep , swine , and , calvow in Barlow , county , Cu-orgin , siiyii the Atlanta Constitution , Its victim ! ) wcro found dead , with a wound in tin throal ivsumbling the stub of a blilk'Uo A farmer who surprised thubougt m the net of trying to l.llla slonpmg calf , the creature resembles a 103 ntu in It ) ino\euifntb : II was of a dark copper- color , with 'po&uin-shtiprd head and small , buud-liku oyou.tho tail bushy and erect , ; uid thu body lung and smooth. Mon liuvu banditd together and boaruhed for it day and night , but have been uu- able to capture it. On one occasion a pai-U ( if hi'UiiiK ' pm'huod it , when tiud- d < M > ly the Umdm dog came , whining back wjth a htri ; mi of blood oo/ing from tlio throiU , undin half an hour-died.