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FREX3NT YEEKLY JOURNAL
PUBLISHED EVESY FKLDAY,
BY A. H. BALSLEY'
(hlldkaioi Aiy.;tisini J:b Sid. icaie "Qiitsrlj
TEBM.S OF THE JOUENAL:
Oa year, in ativance, -Six
month, - -
Tare months, -
f,00
1,00
VIET TARIITT OF
JOB lKUSTTHSTG
NEATLY AND QUICKLY DONE.
.Business Directory.
i. x. ikvimos. Exca.
LEilMON & FB.EXCH,
AXT0.1SEY8 AT LAW AXD GO'EBAL
AtitSTb, CLYDE, OHIO.
Ur. lratnon wili b in his omo at Fremont, on
Thnrtday ot nth reek, prompt atttrntion given
to all U-jrl businos.
JOSEPH 11. BAKTLETT,
ATTORNEY AT L4W, White's Block, eoroer
of Front and Crog-lian street. Prompt atten
tia given to the coUecuou of claim tana all buat
Bw pertaining to the eeneral lav practice,
freamut. Muck 1, is;;.
J. T. GAETE3,
a TTOUNEY AT LAW, Fremont, Ohio, offer
A. hi pr-fe-"ionnl servm-slo all requiring le?al
duuqmi d.me in any of the Courte of Sandusky
Oeanty; will also ati .nd to the collection of claim.
Oniw ia Tyler' BlocJt, on Lrohan street,
J. L. GREENE, Ses.
ATTORXEY AND OOUXBELLOE AT LAW,
Till attend to Legal Business in Sandus
ky and 4dioinir.$ouatie,0ince,;ornerlloom,up-
t air , Tyler1 Block ,
fEEJIONT.O.
E. P. BUCtLaKD. H-EVKKKtr. JAB. H. FOWIJSB
BUCKLAITD, EVERETT ds FOWXEB,
ATTORNEYS COUNSELLORS AT LAW"
ana solictors in Chancery ; will attnd to pro
easioruti ou-ineafc in bauausity ana adjowinr ooun
it. Omcejeconditory, BucJdand'siVew Block
FBJlKoNI.
D-H. BRINKERHOFF, M.D
PHTSICIAX & SURGEON,
OFFICK IN BUCKLAND'8 OLD BLOCK,
on Front fit. Residence on Cruhan Street,
cond houseweatof HihSohoolbuildinff. Orooa
boar (com lOto 12 A. M..1 to 4 and J tot P.M.
BSnrTZSTav.
DR. A. F. FEICE,
ST7BOICAL MECHANIC AX DENTIST. Of
noa over Bank of fremont, White'sbiock,wiU
1 found In hi otice,at all time.
xzoxaiaS.
. K.ESSLER HOUSE,
EB.BELDINO.Pronrieior. Passenger carried
to and from the iiouse free of charge Situ
tad comer of Front and State St..
FREMONT.
KICEOLS HOUSE,
4 CCOMsfODATIOJfa FIRST-CLA38. Gno
J vxa Eul. Proprietor. Clyde, Ohio. Popu
lation of Clyde, ,400. Livery Stable in connection
with to Houae.
LDJDSEY HOUSE,
IIKD8EY. Sandusky Co. Ohio, E. 8. Bowemox,
J Proprietor. The proprietor take pleasure in
announcing that he is prepared to accommodate
th. traveling public Ev-ry attention paid to the
comfort of guest of the Sou. lgyl
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
BELLEVTJE, O. John Ford, Proprietor. Be
eently refitted and furnished.
EIECH HOUSE,
CLEVELAND, O., 124 Watr Street, Dearth
fiailroad Depot, and in the center of business.
H. S. HUNT, j Iropnotor.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
L. Q. jlawson, Ja. iloore, Joseph L. Eawaon
J.L.EAWSOJT fc CO.,
STORAGE, FORWARDING COMMISSION
Uerchants. Dealers in Coarse Salt, Fine Halt,
Dairy Salt, Land Plaster, Calcined Piaster, Water
Lima, etc Ravin; purchased the entire property
known as the Fremont Warehouse and Steam Ele
vator, at the head of navigation on the Sandusky
River, we are prepared to receive, store and ship
Grain, Lumber, Merchandise and other produce.
Office, at Fremont Elevators.
FREMONT. 1-1
A. D. WILES'
PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, overGarvin. Store
FREMONT.
MISCELLANEOUS .
HO! FOR THE WEST!!
The undersigned would notify all parsons who de
sign traveling westward that he is prepared to sell
TUHUlbll TICKETS
TO all TBI LEiDlKG foists in Indiana. Illinois
Iowa. Missouri, Kansas. Nebraska and California.
W. II. AS DE 8,
Uvl Olueein Birchard's Block. Fremont, O.
LEEK, DOEBLXG & CO.,
JMPORTERSAND JOBBER60F
YANKEE NOTIONS,
yOTS JANCY jjOODS,
No. 133 133 Water St.,
CLEVELAND, OHIO.
T.w.lkkk, J.o.s w. h: dokbiko, b. h itilsoh.
. J. C. JOHNSON,
Ofl-ein Moore and Raweon'a Block, Corner of
- Front and Garrison 6treets, Fremont, Ohio. All
orders promptly attended to. 52yl
FOSTER & BECK,
Oarpenteis, Joiners and Builders,
FREMONT. OHIO.
Dom U kindB of Contract Bailling, and all m&n
smt of Jobbing Work. Shop oo corner of Wayne
aad Bwizg streets. 3ovinpnd Raising of Butld
ioa. and aJ kiotla of Ta Vie work apeciaLly at
letudcdtc Orlen olidted. - lSyl
HEAT tYIARKET,
! STATE STREET.
j-i -' A LUHR8 takes pleasure in
i J inTi'jiig uio puuuc uiwuKtau
ft L , f rtand on State street, in
T fM Erentsel's BlocK
, whan they want Furz Stiau or ExotLLEFT
IJlOAsi. Ane oesnuauty oi .
1 BEEF, PORK MUTTOS aud VEAL
' canb found on his counter, and the public will
ke served always at
EEA-SOISTVBILE PRICES,
CALL AXD TBI ME.
4 . A. LUHRB.
E. F. HAFFORD.
CARRIAGE
Factory.
Cornor Front and Market Street.
CARRIAGES, OPEN AND TOP BUGGIES con
stantly on hand, or made to order in any style.
KVParieular attention paid to repairing. All
trork don at my factory warranted.
tjl E. F. HAFFORD,
J. P. T.IOORE,
MANUFACTURER OF
ClRRUGESrCGIS
I DESIRE to call the attention of all to the ad
ditional have recently made to my
CARRIAGE FACTOBY.
X have so enlarged and remodled ray shop, as to
aive me nnsamasted tucilitic. for ez-
eeutrna, in a superior manner,every description
Carriages and Waion woik. My workmen are
reliable and competent. All material ia selected
with special care, and throughly seafcoued before
i manufactured. aim is to lurnish work
waifth shall have a merited reputation for superior
quality and style. I have titter up a larg store
room and shall keep aiway on nana,
Erery variety f Carriage, Bd
(teas Lamser, Sprin and
With these newly acquired tacilitieemy prices will
be below competition.
J.f. HUUKE,
Carriage Factora.cor., Garrison and Water Bt
Fremont. Ohio,
a(3a. T 3Z3 INT "X1 O
'. B0U01T0EB ASD ATTOEKkyS FOR
U.S. AHDF31E13 PATENTS.
nevTioTrvriT' p. rrt
13 U AiWAAvA at. .,
1T Saperlr St.. oppnaitc Imerl-
ca Hsese, Wveland,.
With AocUted Offices i Waohinfton andFor
4j 4 - eirn Countries.
WAXTEI lOC.orfTOl'VGMEN Whoa
alfe-ted by thewulttol' Eerly Indiscretion,
MADe-eDt aia' euro guaranteed lottLetri.
line; to ir f !
OAK No. 71 Michiganstreet,
EXECITTRIX NOTICE.
-"vOTICE I hereby iven t!;st th- unansinrd hi
I bee. Jnly appoinwi ar.d queJm-d a. utnx
last will ana tftnienf of William J. Shex-
XaSr cAHOi.if.-e euiiujARD.
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Established 1829. Vol.XLIII.
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FREMONT, SANDUSKY COUNTY, OHIO ; FRIDAY. MAY 24. 1871
Weekly
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Offer the heartiest thauks to their numerous friends and patrons and
assure them of ample arrangements to secure their favor in the
future, having the largest store rooms, filled with the largest supply
of First-class Hardware in this city.
The Best Agricultural Implements,
Including the Maumee and Victor Plows, with an abundant
supply of Forks, Hoes, Rakes, Scythes, &c.
THE EAGLE CORN SHELLER,
"Which we warrant to shell easier, cleaner and quicker than any in
the market, with a general assortment of
BUILDERS HARDWARE,
WINDOW GJLASS,
And the STBTJBBNVILLB NAIL, (the best made.)
We sincerely believe we have very much the largest and best sfock of
STOVES AND TIN WARE,
And better facilities for putting up
E AVE TROUGH, ROOFING, JOB WORK,
Than anv other house in this county.
Our stock is the LATEST and BEST, and we will sell as low as similar goods can be bought in
Fremont or Toledo.
3T Highest price in CASH paid for Eags, Copper, Ironi Brass and Zinc.
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Lucius McAdajl, Sec'y and Act'y.
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DRS.RICE, Medical Examiners. ' 51-51
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FreniontWcekly Journal
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY HORSING,
IN BUOKLAND'S OLD BLOCK,
f (UP-TAXBS)9
FREMONT, OHIO.
The Fremont Weekly Journal
la Republican In Principle,
And will be devoted to Politics, Local Mat
. - ten, Literature and General News.
The aim of the Publiahor is to make the
Jouekai a first-class Family Newspaper.
AS AN ADVERTISING MEDH M
THE FREMONT JOURNAL
Is the best in the County.
THE JOURNAL JOB OFFICE
Is well supplied with
NEW TYPE AND GOOD PRESSES,
AKIf
JOB WORK,
In all its branches, promptly done and neatly
executed. Everything from a Triple Sheet
Fostor to the smallest Visiting Card, will be
furnished in the shortest possible time, and
SATISFACTION GUAEANTEED.
l'emmi wanting Job Work done, eitiier
PLAIN OR ORNAMENTAL,
Are invited to call, or address
A. H. BALSLEY,
lunlishr .lonrnal, yreraont, Ohio.
P. DORR fk SOU
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FOB THB
SPRING & SUMMER
TEADE!
FOR BALE AT THE
LOWEST GASH PRICES
A 8 FOLLOWS:
Ladles (Salter a,
iVien'a k,
Ues'i rti '-loota,
ten'. Calf B..U,
' l,00t. 3.00
1,30 to i
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. 84,50
Weilsoaeep-.he oelebratecBuffalo Worlcon
itantljonnand.
tepairisf done in XeateslStjIe.
Our Customdhop doe (the finest wort aOow
t rice Satiiiactiongnaranterdi never jca
, 1 1 OORK & (OR
k d The.-ymptomsofLiverCom-
I S olaintaie uneasiness and pain
I a n the side. Sometimes the
j. ji.tiLiiL k;.iu ln ... -' ---
S nistakentorrheumatism. The
H.toioach is eilected with loss of
'SZZt BE'PPetite and sickness, bowels
miciicralCuaUve,sumeaiiitiraiuuuB ....
I hehead i troubled with pain, aud dull, heavy
sensation.conaiderableloss of memory. accompa-
aieawnnapaininiireut.yv'"r""e"1;r"r'""-
i i.i tmm II i ii in li n li ii II ii li 1 II lis II f
1'ieendonc. Oftencomplaining
jl weaanesn, ueuuuj kuuiu.
g.piribB. DUIUCUIUG. MftUJ w,
LIYEE m beaboresynptomsattendthe
Blisease, and other times very
3 wof them, but the livens
.nuii rnHriillv the oriran mostin-
vulvca. Cti-u uie iiver with
DR. SIMMONS'
Liver Regulator.
A nrftMratioB of roots and aerbs.warrantedto be
strictly vegetable, andean do no injury to any one.
XthaBb-'enuewd by huudred. and known tor
tbtslabt 40 veaTB as one of the mostreliable.efli-
cmcioUKandirmietm preparauoiiBeveronerea to
Llieiuttenng. 11 taken regularly and persistently,
it. iiir t cure rivsoepia, beadache, jaundice.
VflsMBaMMHa1 jostiveatj8a,uick Ueadarhe,
a rfchroni. diarrbcoa, aff;o-
8 Jttona of the bladder, camp
n nnTTT finTJ l1"'?1'0 the
uXiVI U JJaI A.-Aitiunty( lever uervuusueBH,
S.K.111 rl.i.nit.a.b;
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tnpurity oi tne uiooa,mei
uicboly, or depression of
;nii iif. iii-r.iiiii couo. or nains in the bowels.
pain in che head, fever and a?ue, d ropey, boils,
pain in the back, tfcc
Prepared only by J II. ZEILIX & CO.,
Drugeipt,aiacan,Ga., and 321 rchdtreet.Pnil-
adt-iuhia, a. 'Jt
Price 1; by mail1.25.
Atwholeealeby JiSNOESTUS ftCOToledo,
For. ale by 8. B CCKLAK1 &SOX, Fremont
KOAD NOTICE.
N'OTIOK is hereby yrivr-n that a petition -will be
presented to taa Commissioner of Sandusky
ounty at their June Bet km A. 1. Ib72,prayin(r
for a auny rtd on the following route, to wit.
tjefriunmg at the cenUr of the bouth line of the
aonhwet quarter of section number twenty-fire
townatiip number live (5), range number four
en (14s Washington township, and running
Uience north throun the center oi aid northwest
quarter one halt nuie, to intellect a county road
running east and went on the north line of said
tjcctkm vwunty-fire
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I. M. HEELER'S
A C E U C Y,
2d Story Backbmd's Old Block,
FREMONT, OHIO
FJ.T and Life Insurance,
Real Estate,
Notary PnbUc,
Colleotioni Made,
Tazea Paid In Sandusky County,
Anchor Line of Trans-Atlantic Steam
Packet Ships.
General Information Given by Letter.
Any perEon desiring Insurance on any descrip
tion of property, or on their lives, will do well 10
call at this Agency. The companies represented
by me are unsurpaf sed by any m America.
Home, New York, $4,672,013.50
Phoenix, Hartlord, 1,373,594.04
Phenix, New York, 1,862,660.22
International, New York, 1,065,111.72
Andes, Cincinnati, 1,628,215.11
Home, Columbus, 871,452 81
Merchants, Providence, 380,982.00
Imperial, London, gold 10,000,000.00
New EDgl'd Lile,15oston, ,858,953.38
Chicago Fire Losses all adjusted, and the
amount of Available As&ets to pay lops- that
may oocur at thi Agency amounts to uver
THIRTY BULLION DOLi AKS. ,
AUdGflrriptions of property Insured and Losses
pro ui ply paid.
Loss Paid E. II. I'liderhill, Feb
- ruarylth, 1878:
Phoenix, Hartlord fl.SOO 00
llume. New York AM o
international, hew York 150 Of
BUSINESS SOLICITED, i
ANCH0EII1.E OCEAN STEAMEES,
Leaving Mew York every Wednesday andeatur
day 'i'aaaageTukeU eaA be had on application.
GESKRAL INTELLIGENCE. Persons at a
diRtanod desiring information from this point, can
address mew It the subject ooe not require much
investigation a few postage stamps will be BUffir
dent remuneration.
Eesident of Iremont Since 1840. '
airBBKois: .8. White, bankfremont,
A. H. Miller, First NationaiBank,
S.F.Buckland.
FOR SALE.
d( FEET FKOKT by 82 1 2 feet
O Vl deep, on Croghan street, suitable for Btoree
or other bumnesB buildings, $75 per loot.
2L STORY AND EASEMENT
2 BRICK. 40 feet front, on corner ot Croghan
and Arch streets, now occupied as a boarding
house.
STORY FRAME DWELLING
Won Birchard Avenue, lot 132 feet front, b2x leet
Uerp , plenty tine trait, on the ttneat Blrewt in the
ciiy,only two minutes walkfroin poet-oin.ee, $.6oO
SEVERAL CITY LOTS, eligibly
tsituated. One-fifth cash, balance in lour &n
menta.
FOR SALE. In the vUlage of
It Norwalk,on Main Street ,one mile east from
tne Court Iiouse. tierenClaoresoi land, in hih
state of cultivation. House, Barn, tiheds and
Hennery .Well and Cistern. Aline Orchard with
allkinasot rruit, lierries , urapes, c, Bandy
boil. Jnattlie placeforaOardeuer, with ready
markeii'oraliouecanraise. riced,000. Terms
tosuitpurrhaset.
STORY BRICK, open front,
w dwelling above, tin roof, on State street; a first
rale location tor a family gro.ry. Price
Will give ample time tor payments.
i) ACRES, beautiiul sandy soil, lot
AKo. 5 in Thad HaU's addition. Will be sold
cheap. FosseBsuin given immediately.
A SPLENDID FARM of 117 acres
in Mud won township, belonging to the estate
ol treo. Beck, dereaaed, 76 acrea well improved,
the balance the best of timber; tine orchard of
choice fruit. It ia but a short distance irom the
Line of the new Kallroad Iro ja TokUo to Tiffin.
JPOrisrefcfcion given at once. Will be sold at a bar
gain. Call on 1. M.At.Ll.ii. .
1000 -kOTS, more or less, in
5" JJ Oak Wood Cemetery, ranging in
price irom $0 to 100. Plat of Cemetery grounds
can be aeen at my office.
Call at ISAAC M. KEELEE'S Agency.
TO COLOfJISTS.
IF YOU ARE fiOI.Mi WKST,
Buy your tickets over the "old reliable" Mis
souri Pacific Kailboad, the popular route from
St. Louis to 6edalia, Ft. ricott, lnwrcnce,'antus
City, Atchison, bt. Joseph, Omaha, llt-nver ard
all points in Hsouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Ool
orado, to which people are m iving. This line ha
an unexcelled equipment in fineoaycoa hes. Pull
man's palace simpers. Millers safety platform
aud the patent Httm brake, and its reputation
for prompt time and s u re connections i u proverl al.
For valuable information and aj4-itance, and to
make eciaf urrangernrjits at lowest rates of
fered by any line, call upon or address B. Ii.
Thoios Attut llianonri f'seiiio It. R., Colum
bus, Ohio; or . A. Fobd, General Faasengar
Agent, fct. LouU, Ma. ,
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MR. STEDMAN'S GETTYSBURG.
At the fourth annual re-union of the Army
of the Potomac, held in Cleveland on the 7tb
inst., a stirring poent entitled "Gettysburg"
was delivered by Mr. jumana u. oteaman, 01
-v- -c-A-i- Th. .i.a -..
UI .ID. l Ul vl.j. . u V'U.U v. lu. ic.i
fight is ..uoly described in the following lines:
The gans are still; the end is nigh; ws grasp
nnr arms anew;
0,tiu.t it : every heart be staunch and every
aim be true!
For look! from yonder wood that skirts the
valloy's further marge,
The flower of all the Southern host move to
the final charge.
By heavent it is a fearful sight to see their
double rank
Come with a hundred battle-flags a mile i
from flank to flank!
Tramping the grain to earth, they come, ten '
thousand men abreast; 1
Their standards wave their hearts are brave
they hasten not, nor rest,
But close the gaps our cannons make, and on
ward press and nigher;
And, yelling at our very front, again poor in
their fire!
Now burst our sheeted lightnings forth, now i
all our wrath has vent!
They die, they wither; through and through
tneir wavering lines are rent.
But these are gallant desperate men, of our
own race and land,
Who charge anew, and welcome death, aud
fight a band to hiind:
Vain, vain, give way, as well ye may the
crimson die is cast!
Their bravest leaders bite the dual, their
strength is failing fast;
They yield, they turn, they fly the field; we
smite them as they run.
Their arms, their colors are our spoil; the fu
rious fight is done!
Across the plain we follow far and backward
push the fray;
Cheer! cheer! the grand old Army at last has
won the day!
Hurrah! the day has won the cause; no gray
clad host henceforth
Shall come with fire aud sword to tread the
highways of the North!
Twas such a flood as when you see, along the
Atlantic ahoro,
The great Spring-tide roll grandly in with
swelling surge and roar,
It seems no wall can stay its leap or balk its
wild desire
Beyond that bound that Heaven hath fixed to
higher mount, and higher,
But now, when whitest lifts its crest, most
loud its billows call,
Touched by the Power that led them on, they
fall, aud fall, and fall,
Even thus, unstayed upqn his course, to Get
tysburg the foe
His legions led, and fought, and fled, and
might no further 'Jb.
MR. STEDMAN'S GETTYSBURG. Miscellaneous Selections.
A VISION FROM THE PLAINS.
A Thrilling Sketch of California Life
Early in the summer of 1849 a
long emigrant train- arrived on the
banks of the Platte River, on the
way to tho newly-d6covered gold
regions of California.
The weary emigrants had accom
plished about half their journey from
the Mississippi Valley to the i'acific
coast, but not the worst half, and
they halted on the greeD prairie till
means should be devised to cross
the river.
Various plans were discussed
Some talked of a bridge, others of a
stationary raft, others of moving up
or down the stream till a ford might
De iouna. iut every device met witn
some serious obstacle.
Among the emigrants was a young
man named Aorain w Uder,who with
his wife and two little children a
girl and a boy had faced the setting
sun to sees an independent home. :
He was one of those honest, tbrif
ty fellows who like to make money
squany, ana wuo are generally a
benefit to any community, and it oc
curred to him that a temporary fer
ry might be made profitable.
Hiring two men of the train named
Mallity and Sears to assist him, he
felled some cottonwood trees and
prepared three canoes. . These he
taslied towether, covering them with
puncheons, and thus forming a float
that would sustain the weight of a
wagon.
Thus the ferry was opened, doinfe
a thriving business day and night, (
till Wilder accumulated considerable
money. Was not that enterprise in.
that wild region? i
That he might lose no time, he
sent his family on with the train, re
taining a riding horse, with which he
proposed to follow in a few davs;
and, while he accumulated gold and
silver, Mrs. Wilder and her children
traveled on toward the Rockv
Mountains.
A week ten davs two weeks
passed, and Wilder did not overtake
them. But, at least, his two hired
men Jlallity and sears came along
on horse back, saying that Wilder
would come up next day, then push
ed on ahead of the train with singu
lar haste.
Abram Wilder was never seen
again.
Five years passed. In the summer
ol 1864 the mining post of Forest
Hill, in riacer Uountj', California,
had its population augmented by
the arrival of a family consisting of
a woman, her boy of twelve, and
daughter of eight years.
Ihc woman, who had a pale, wea
ry looking lace, was Mrs. Wilder.and
she had toiled hrd for those child
ren during the last five years. She
had -.pent most of this cime iu Sac
ramento, where she had done wash
ing aud all sort3 of hard work; but
sullering from ague, she had resolv
ed to go up into the mountains.
Her boy, George, was particularly
in favor of this, declaring that he
would dig geld and make them ail
rich.
On the second evening after their
arrival at Forest Hill, a good-natured
miner came strolling by their
tent, and accosted Mrs. Wilder, who,
as it was very warm, sat outside.
"Good evening, ma'am," he said,
politely.
She returned his gjeeting court
eously. "It's lp.te now," said he, "to offer
my assistance. I would have come
round and helped to put up your
tent, if 1 had known j-ou were alone
with these children. Isn't your hus
band living, ma'am?"
"No he is dead."
And a 6hade crossed her pale face,
as she recalled tho Platte river and
the prairies.
Then she recounted the whole
painful history, telling Low she had
worked ia Sacramento, wjlng th,
she was willing to wash for the min
ers, and that her boy was determined
to dig gold.
"I hope you'll get along well,
ma'am," said the good-natured fel
low; "and 3'our boj' shall have every
show. Washing is hard work, but
if you want to do such work for a
while, till your boy strikes it rich,
you will find plenty to do, and every
man in camp will pay you well."
"Thank you," said the poor wo
man, delighted at the prospect "I
am very willing to do the work. I
feel so much better up here already.
I should have died if I had stayed in
Sacramento."
"It's an unhealthy place, I know,"
said he; "but it wiil be renovated in
time. By the way, yoa needn't be
frightened, but I must tell you that
thieves prowl about our camp.
They've been going it for some time
and we can't catch them."
Mrs. Wilder was somewhat startled.
"Oh, don't be scared !" said he.
"They're not dangerous. They are
the sneaking kind. They only pick
up things slyly, and get out of camp
as soon as possible. They've been
seen, but always escaped. Joe Har
ris saw them one night iast week,
and says they're Indians. It won't
be good for them if they're caught"
"What would be done witn tnemr
"Oh, they'd be hung, of course!
We folks hate stealing; and it's the
only thing any one has ever been
hung for at r orest Hill.
"Would they come into our tent?"
asked Mrs. Wilder.
"Oh, no! They might reach in at
the door, or under the canvas, to see
what they could carry oft but they
are mighty sly."
"If they come here, mother, put
in the little boy, "I'll kill them with
the ax.
"What could you do, George?
They're big men, you know."
"I d fight them, anyhow, he said
bravely.
Good, my boy : said the miner.
"You'll be the right kind of a man
when you grow up. But of course
you're not very strong yet. If the
robbers trouble you, just yell. That
do more good than your ax.
It would rouse the camp; and if you
should be the meaus of getting them,
caught, I'll raise a collection of five
hundred dollars for you before the
breath should be fairly out of their
bodies."
The miner stood talking with the
Wilders till the sun had set then
he sauntered on.
"If I can do anything for you or
the children," said he at parting,!
'let me know. My name is Tom
Cook. I live in that cabin over
there, lust next to the one with the
sign of 'Choice Liquors.' There is
a mess of us six."
Mrs. Wilder thanked him. and
when he had walked away she took
her handkerchief and wiped away
some tears that were gathering in
her eyes. The kind voice of that
blunt, honest man had touched some
tender chord in her heart, and she
wept she knew not why.
It was far, far in the night The
moon had not risen tilLeleven, and
it was now away up in the bright
sky, 60 that it could look down into
the deepest canon. The Wildeis
had lain awake for hours talking
about the robbers, which seemed to
have made an unusual impression on
them, but at last dozed off into un
conscious rest, and the whole camp
was wrapped in sleep.
The children slept soundly, but
Ms. Wilder was restless, and awoke
frequently from half-feverish dreams.
When I relate the singular circum
stances that occurred before the
morning, l do not ciaim tnat tney
were directed by supernatural agen
cies; nor do I aver that they were
not I simply tell the story.
It was between 3 and 4 o'clock
wheu Mrs. Wilder seemed to fall in
to a deeper slumber than she had
enjoyed that night. But it was not
free from dreams. Thus far she had
dreamed only of the mysterious rob
bers of which lom Cook had told
her; now her visions wandered away
back over years. Again she was on
the Platte river; again she saw her
husband so distinctly building
his ferry; again she bid him good-
by, and traveled on over the prairies;
again sne saw the Rocky mountains
loom up in the distance.
But here the dream made a digres
sion. aears ana jiiaiuty aia not
come now; but instead of them
came Abram Wilder. She flew to
meet him, but stopped, for her hus
band wore such a strange look on his
face. He stood still, waved her off,
then pointed to the grass at her feet.
She looked down and saw a grave
open; saw ner nusoanu lying in it,
with a ghastly wound on his head;
saw two men hastily fillingthe grave
up. They were his hired men
Sears and Mallity.
With a scream that must have
wakened every sleeper at Forest Hill,
Mr3. Wilder started up from her rude
couch, now fully awake, and in the
dim light she 6aw a shadowy figure
standing a few feet from her, with a
hand still pointing at the earth, for
it was the same figure she had seen
in her dream. It stood perfectly
motionless for a couple of seconds,
then vanished.
Within tho same two seconds sev
eral shadows were described against
one of the slanting sides of the tent,
on which the moon was shining, and
the', too, disappeared simultaneous
ly with the sound of retreating foot
steps without; while something fell
with a clatter, inside the tent, a3
though it had actually dropped
through the canvas.
"What's the matter,mother?' asked
George, springing up and poizing
his ax.
At the same time his little sister
cried out in her terror.
"Oh, it's the robbers ! They'll kill
us !" and she added a wail to the gen
eral confusion.
"Hush, child!"' said Mrs. Wilder,
who trembled so that she could hard
ly speak; "they've gone away."
"Oh, they'll come back I know
they will!"
George had hurried ou his clothes
and he rushed boldly out of the teut
with his weapon, uttering a loud
shout.
Miners bounded Irom their tents
and cabins on all sides, and hurried
to the scene. One or two of them
caught sight of two Indians making
off into the- woods.
Mrs. Wilder struck a light with
trembling hands, and hastily attired
berself. -
j
iNo, mere stood Mrs. w uaer, gaz
would ing with a terrified air at something
she had picked up near where the
rent had been made and now, with
! a shudder, she let it fall again at her
Shis ax, was without, answering the
i hurried questions of new comers,
'Oh, Lord of Heaven!" exclaimed
I Mrs. Wilder; "my murdered husband
i has been here this night! I shall
"What's the matter? Is that you
sonny?" asked the first miner, hur
rying up. It was Tom Cook.
"Yes, sir," replied George. "The
robbers have been here. Mother
heard them, and I heard them run
ning away."
Mrs. Wilder came out
"Were they here, Mrs. Wilder?"
he asked ; . lor he had learned her
name in the evening.
"Oh yes some one was," she
answered, breathlessly. 'Tve had
such a terrible dream !"
"May be you only imagined it,
then?" suggested Tom Cook; while
the miners were hurrying up from
all directions.
"No she didn't," said George,
eagerly. "I heard them!"
"You bet she didn't," exclaimed
one of the miners excitedly, for he
had caught the hurried conversa
tion as ho came up. "I saw them
goin' for the woods; and they were
derned sneaking Indians. I'd swear
it."
The crowd and the excitement
increased.
Tom Cook was standing where he
could peer into the tent, and he no
ticed that there was a rent in one
side.
"What is that, Mrs. Wilder!" he
asked, as he stepped to the door and
pointed to the ape'ture.
Mrs. Wilder looked.
"Why, it's been cut!" she said,
astonished.
Cook went round on the outside,
with a number of others, and ex
amined the point of interest Yes,
the canvas had been ripped with a
knife.
By this time the whole camp had
gathered around the tent of the
Wilders, and as they learned the par
ticulars, loud imprecations were in
voked on the unknown robbers. All
was hubbub and confusion.
Suddenly a scream was heard in
the tent A rush made for the door.
Had one of the robbers concealed
himself within, and had Mrs. Wilder
just discovered him? If so, Heaven
help him !
i feet
was asked, and Tom Cook, followed
by others, waived ceremony and en
tered the tent, while George, with
soon go to him, 1 know! It is a
warning ! Ob, Abraham ! Abraham !"
It was a knife-ra large pocket-
i knife with two blades, one of
which was five or six inches long,
and open, and the handle a rough
buck-horn. . It was a peculiar, old-
fashioned knile, aud there was a
small brass plate on it, containing
the initials "A. W."
"It was my husband's knife!"
said Mrs. Wilder, while a tremor ran
through her frame.
Tne men stared at each other.
"I saw him in a dream yes, and
saw him standing in the tent when I
awoke and I heard that knife rah? '
The first thought that went the
rounds was to the effect that the
ghost of Abraham Wilder, had vis
ited the widow, and left this article,
that she might recognize it; but that
idea was quickly dispelled by the
aseurance of one of the miners that
he had seen two Indians retreating.
"Then, Mrs. Wilder," said Tom
Cook who did not like to give the
ghost un entirely, "your husband
has appeared to warn you of your
danger."
' This idea was received with gen
eral favor, and while a confusion of
voices discussed the matter, the
moon paled, and gray morning came
over the mountain.
Among the miners was one named
Tirrel, who had recently come from
another camp a few miles distant
known as Bear Gap. By-and by he
examined the knife When he did
so he started, scratched his head in
an intellectual way, opened his eyes
wide, and uttered -a significant
exclamation ' " ' -
"What now, Tirrel? What's up?" .
"I know this knife!" he said,
as if he was not quite sure about it.
"Are - you sure? Don t epean
rashly, Tirrell."
He scrutinized it more closely,
and then said,
"Yes; I'd swear to it. I borrowed
that very knife two weeks ago, and
returned it to its owner."
A pause ensued. The miners
looked at each other a moment, as if
hesitating to ask the momentous
question.
At last Tom Cook asked it:
"Who?"
A man at Bear Gap. But mind, I
don't say he's been here at any bad
tricks. His name's Mallity."
"What!" exclaimed Mrs. Wilder,
starting as though she had trodden
upon a serpent; "Mallity ? Where
where is he.
"At Bear Gap."
"Do you know him, rnaani.
asked Tom Cook.
"He is one of the very men I told
you of last evening, Mr. Cook one
that I always thought murdered my
husband! I know it now, and this
knife is his condemnation."
Thereupon she briefly related her
story to Tirrell and others, who had
not heard it before.
"Can it be that this man has been
coming all the way from Bear Gap,
week after week, to rob us?" asked
Tom Cook.
"But how about tho Indians?"
asked another.
"They may have been disguised.
Who could the other be, Tirrell?"
"Don't know, unless it is his
bnnky. Another man and he lived
together in a cabin at Bear Gap."
"Who is the other?" asked Mrs.
Wilder.
"Scars, his name is."
'-Oh, Heaven!" exclaimed Mrs.
Wilder, "the very uame9 1 They are
the two men who murdered and rob
bed my poor ho sband on the plains,
and that is the way this knife came
here. Oh, sh all they escape punish
ment.
'No! no! not by a jug ful. Not if
they're in 'Hear Gap or iu California,"
wa3 shor.ted on all sides. "Let's
track thf;m home hunt them down!
Who's ready?"
Tha Wildest excitement prevailed.
Shortly after snrise a committee
.. JL... .v. i.i v .i i ruj,( and &t
mid day they returned with two pria.
oners, whom they brought face to
face with Mrs. Wilder. She knew
them in a moment, and they sank
down upon the ground, half dead
with remorse and terror, as they
recognized her.
"Yes, yes!" she exclaimed, widly,
I know you, bears Mallity you
killed my husband! You know it!
May you meet with the mercy he re
ceived at your foul hands!"
Her voice was raised almost to a
scream, and she waved her right
hand in an excited way, as if invok
ing the vengence of Heaven.
Yes, the vision from the Plains
the ghost of the murdered man that
had come from the mountains, and
carried the dreaming widow back to
the Platte river that had roused her
from her slumber with a shriek that
startled the marauders, while in the
act of cutting their way into the tent
causing them to drop the tell tale
Knile was the means of hunting
down the camp robbers, and their
days were numbered.
A search of their Quarters at Bear
Gap had disclosed a considerable
amount of gold dust, which they had
evidently stolen, for they had never
Deen Known to dig much; but worse
than all, snugly rolled up and packed
at tne bottom of a sack that was fil
led with other things, were two com
plete Indian outfits feathers, belts,
wigs of long, black hair, and ma
terials for staining the face. Dis
guised as Indians, the two villains.
bears and Mallity the murderers of
Abraham VV ikler, had boen robbing
the various camps in that vicinity for
months.
Before sunset that evening they
confessed all including the mnrder
of Wilder and the gathering shad
OW3 of night frowned on two silent
figures that were dangling hideous
ly from the boughs ot a tali tree,
Mrs. Wilder was avenged!
But she spoke with a prophetic
tongue when she said her loved com
panion had called her. Her health
failed rapidly from that night, and
within two months she left her chil
dren there in the mountains and went
over the dark river to meet him
with whom she had parted on the
banks of the Platte.
Correspondence Cleveland Herald.
GNADENHUTTEN.
A Painful Incident in Ohio History.
NEW PHILADELPHIA, O., March 7.
Twelve miles south of New Phila
delphia, we find the picturesque lit
tle village of Gnadenhutten, on the
east bank of the Tuscarawas river,
a place of nearly five hundred in
habitants, seeming in its beauty
and seclusion to be a haven of rest
from the world's cares; but ninety
years ago the eighth day of this
month, it was the scene of the most
horrible massacre on iecord, the
principal details of which we give
below. At the time of this dreadful
transaction and for several years
previous, the Indians composing or
forming the Gnadenhutten Mora
vian Mission were subject to suspi
cion (undeservedly, however) from
both Americans and English, and
at one time they were persuaded un
der the mask of friendship to leave
their settlement, but after enduring
untold hardships and many prosecu
tions, they were exhoueratcd from
blame, and with thankful hearts,
praising God, for they were chris
tians, they formed themselves into
several divisions, numbering about
one hundred and fifty men, women
and children, and returned to their
forsaken fields, the greater portion
fall victims to the treachery of the
pale faces. The actors of this no
torious murder consisted of about
one hundred men, commanded by
Colonel David Williamson, whose
purpose was to destroy all the Mo
ravian Indians, supposing them to
have been accessory to the killing of
some white families on the Ohio
river, whose clothing had been trad
ed to them by their , wild brethren
that had actually committed the
bloody deed.. Innocent of any
wrong doing, those civilized red
men were busy at their usual avoca
tions, when they were captured by
Williamson's military band, and the
question as to whether hey should
be taken to Pittsburg as prisoners,
or put to death, was presented by the
commander to his company to be
decided by - vote.- ' Eighty against
eighteen or twenty determined the
fate of. the Indians. One night
more of life was granted them. At
the first intimation of this news they
were almost distrated, but placing
implicit confidence in the Great
Being they bo devoutly served, they
oii'ered to Him their prayers for
strength ' to meet ail that was to
come. Tender good byes were in
terchanged, loving words of encour
agement spoken, infants, clasped
closer to their mother's breast and
then, with the coming of morning,
gray haired men, brave women and
little children were doomed to be
sacrificed. Two houses were cho
sen, and two at a- time they were led
thither, the men to one aud the wo
men and children to the other, and
as they entered they were knocked
down and butchered. A Peansyl
vania;i killed lourteea Indian men
with a cooper's mallet, and then
handed it to another, saying, "Go
on iu the same way; I think 1 have
have done pretty weil." One poor
woman who had learned to speak
English, ou her kuee3 begged the
captain to spare their lives, but her
appeal for mercy was fruitless.
Even the bodies after they were
dead were clisiigured by their inhu
man captors. In this manner seventy-two
were killed, but others
were shot, tomahawked and killed in
various ways, until the number
reached ninety-six. One, lifter be
ing scalped and mangled, atttenipt
ed to rise, but was soon dispatched
by the murderers. The same night
of the massacre, the two slaughter
houses, with all the other buildings
of the Gnadenhutten settlement,
were burned, and, the dead bodies
being but partially consumed, the
bones of some remained upon the
ground for twenty years, wnen they
were buried by friendly persons.
The perpetrators of this fiendish act
departed by the light of the burning
village, whose very ground staitd? as
evidence against them to-day, for
visitors at Gnadenhutten never fail
to visit the ground whereon stood
the Indian store-houses and eecure
eerno of th"e chrred corn1tJi'graini
of which are kept among the cariosi
ties j nd relics of many of our house
holds. But two boysr-of fohrteen or fif
teen years of age, m'ad8 their escape
to tell the story. Thes two fortu
nately met each other, and together
proceeded to Sandusky. The nobla
martyrs of the Indian Moravians
consisted of forty men, twenty-two
women and thirty-four children.
The site of tha fnrmfir TnH;. vil
lage of Gnadenhutton, of about six
acres has been purchased bv a anri.
ety that was organized in 1843, hav
ing for lis object the erection of a
suitable monument at thi3 soot to
perpetuate the memory of the ninety-six
Indian victims. The exact
location of the slaughterhouses can
ue laentihed. This portig of
gronnd has been fenced in and im-
P Au a-nd asautified in all respects.
and ali fu d donated .
iilrl T ,WftJWen Judiciously in
vested by the Gnadhutten Monu
ment Society," and now amount to
about nine hundred dollars. This
sum still being inadequate for the
purpose in view, aid is solicited from
the public in general, and any con
tributions will be thankfully receiv-
J 1 - 1 i t i . "
aiiu acsnowieugea Dy the officers
the society.
It has been suggested that -the
dy of David Zeish rcrpr. the, flrafc
successful Moravian Mis-ionarv to
I- , Al. : r v
i cuuio inaians, ana who is buried
t Goshen, be removed at Gnaden
utten. and his name nlap.p1 nnn
the monument when erected, but to
this the Sharon neor)l utronclw rVH-
ject, and no doubt his grave will re
main wnere it now is, marked by the
little plain marble slab, modest and
pretentions as the man it com-
memorates.
THROUGH BY DAYLIGHT.
What We are Coming To—A Gigantic
Air Gun Two Thousand Miles
Long—The Scheme of the Age.
Of all tie untopian schemes ever
submitted to the consideration of an
indulgent Senate, says the New
York World, perhaps the most auda
cious in that composed in a bill in
troduced oa the 28th of March by
Mr. Wilson "to authorize the con
struction of a pnp.umatic tube road
between the cities of New York and
New Orleans." The corporators in
this magnificent scheme are as foU
lows: Albert Brisbane, Thomas J.
Durant, William Mullins, James C.
Savery, John F. Drigg., James M.
Ashley, Calvin Cone, H. M. Barnard
and John B. Alley. The capital
stock is moderately fixed at "one
million shares of $100 each, or $100,
000,000 in all," and lest this should
not prove pneumatically adequate to
the wants of the company, they are
authorized "at any time, by a two
thirds vote or approval of the stock
holders," to increase the stock ad
libitum, or to "Issue" any amount of
bonds at seven per cent, convertible
into stock at pleasure. Apart from
the glory attending such a stupend
ous overtaking, the above named
gentlemen have, on previous occa
sions, rendered themselves conspi
ciou3 by being identified in pursuits
which, if not so brilliant in concep
tion as the present one, were quite
as chimercial." "At a former per
iod of his life, Mr. Albert Brisbane
turned his inventive faculty to pneu
matic science, and . ultimately evolv
ed a plan for propelling Ie'ters and
small parcels with almost lightning
velocity through hollow spheres,
It must not be imagined, however,
that the aforsaid named gentleman
was the discoverer of elastic fluids,
for the idea is quite a hundred years
old and was first started by ' a
Frenchman named Papin. Mr.Bris
bane obtained a patent for his
scheme in 1863. None of the var
ious modifications of the inventioa
hitherto applied have been extend
ed beyond the limits of a single city,
nor have they been found so impor
tant by the combination- of quick
transit with the economy of work
ing, as to lead to any general adop
tion of them- The principle on
which they are operated is very sim
ple, and depends upon the action of
air pressure to drive a solid piston
(which in most cases is the car
riage) through a vaccuum L e., an
air exhausted tube. In. 1861 the
first pneumatic dispatch was carried
into effect in London by the postal
authorities, who established a tube
from the chief office to Euston
square treminus, a distance of about
two miles. The-systens-met with
the approbation of the authorities,
and is still in use. Similar contri
vances have been wo.king in Paris
and Berlin. In the light of these
facts the reader may form some faint
conceptionofthe boldness of the
grand scheme of , a "National Pneu
matic Tube Company," to Duild a
tube road, "in combination with hol
low spheres," all the-way from- New;
York to New Orleans, or over two
thousand., miles, ..while the largest
tube road now existing is less thaa
two miles. .
Carbolic Acid as a Disinfectant.
A correnpondent writes to the
Philadelphia Ledger that the use of
carbolie acid aa a disinfectant and
eurative agent in small-pox and
other contagious diseases should be
universally known. Dr. Burgess, of
San Francisco, says, in the Boston
Journal of Chemistry, "In . the late
fearful epidemic of small-poi I have
tested the disinfectant and prophy
letio power of carbolic acid in a way
that leaves no doubt in my min i of
its superior merit Indeed, during
the latter part of the course of the
epidemical trusted to it exclusively.
In thirty-six instances of its ex
clusive use, the disease spread in
hut one, and that was in a family of
very filthy habits, where cleanliness
and proper nursing were unattain
able." , -
Carbolic acid in a f aid form is a
cheap article. To disinfect- an
apartment two or three teoipoonfuls
may be put in a small bucket of wa
ter, and scattered about with a whisk
broom. Or the same, or evon small
er quantity, may be placed in a dish
and mixed with sand. Or even
smaller quantity, may be placad in. a
dish and mixed with sand. The
evaporation from this will disinfect
the air. If the air should become
too 6trongly charged, the evapora
tion may be checked by covering the
dish more or less, as required.- This
atmosphere, containing carbolic acid,
is healthy, and soon becomes quite
agreeable, especially when associat
ed with its power as a destroyer of
infection.
The bed clothes, blankets, etc,
and clothes won by persoas having
the disease, or coming in contact
with such, may be washed with soap
now inaniL'aetared "containiag car
bolic acid. Or comon soap may be
nsed with, two or three teaspoon
fuls of carbolic acid added to the
suds. Thus may complete disinteo
tion be- produced in bed clothes or
body clothes of patients subjected to
small-box or any other infections
disease. '
Josephine Mansfield is noir living
Quietly ia West FhiJjfcW!jii.