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.
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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.
