The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-12-15

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c,oncsrl HalI. 81 Poydrap street, bstwsgnI
A. charles and Cafundslet They we're
.pIatiha ii TIC drama of tho MSlf. and a.
tbht d dnlenf whore tyouhg niais il ilceeed
n III Ikstdime, mud, when he charges Che
rambler with cheating, Is stabbed md
Enlsii/ John Kruger was playing the
0aft Of the gambler, Emile Steiner that Of
the ruined Young man, Kruger had not
been furnished with q stage-dsggef By the
property man, and borrowed q real one
nom officer Berwih, who was the special
EpoIIcedlan ii Concert Hall Iq acting
such scenes witllIcaI dlggers 1.-The stage,
! nc pefsoh Who strikes tie blow Keeps his
elbow out farther than the point Of the
weapon. and the person who pretendE TO-
l receive the fatal thrust leans backward
50 that The strikers elbow coming against
his hfeast stops The motion Steiner was
unhappily, somewhat intoxicated,, and
when he should hare thrown himself back
ward he Suddenly stopped forward, md
before Kruger could check the Impetus
~ Ms arm the dagger had gone into the
4 right side or Steners neck, opening q
cash To the back bone. The unfortunate
4 actor was instantly carried OF The stage
and sent 10 the Charity Hospital, NOR
tally wounded, while Kruger was taken
10 the lookup by officers Dalton and Ber-
Il win The curtain was down but I short
time. the pool Of blood was washed up,
and tIien Il was announced 10 the audi
ence that the drama could not be con
!. clnded. bnt that faTce would be snbsti-
tutsd The audience spplauded, up went
the curtain, and for q whole hour the fel-
low actors Of Steiner exerted themselves
to make fun, while the auditors laughed
! and appIanded Is 1.-THE splitting Of . mans
|. lifa's blood was mere triile.
5 II MoDEKN ALcHEMsT The citizeur
1 Of Detroit have lately been sorslJ troubled
i BY The presence among them 81 . strange
) individual, Who appears to have a mono
mania on the subject Of Alchemy. His
4 name Is james Hass, and he Is a RUSSIAN.
I While operating ii o chemists lahora.
yttory In New York, be made some acci-
d dental discoveries, which led him TO be.
+ llievs that fints. agates and corneIians
I Ieonld be crystalizedi purified and bar
e dened 10 such Al extent as TO make them
I equal TO both III point Of brilliancy and
Il hardness He went 10 Detroit seven
. months sgo, taking with him about
II 81 900 Of hardcarned savings and sci
i himself about the realization of his CHI
!, mera. Visiting the Lake Superior re,
y gions be spout two months In collecting
. specimens, travelling on foot over the
mountains and along tie beach, and sleep.
ing in q blapket BY night He returned
with the Gucst COLLECTION Of native stones
Z tlat ever was brought from Lake Supe-
| fiof, built his furnace III al old house in
j the upper part 81 the city near the out.
/ skiFts, and alone and unattended bent
II oTer his FIRES, mixed his chemicals, and
{. watched day and night for the results.
No one ever had access 10 the house, and
an inseparable air Of mystery always
surrounded It. Theother day, some boys,
4 playing around the house, discovered
smoke issuing from the crevices IN the
Il window-sh9tters, and gave the alarm.
There was nobody near but sono women
belonging 10 tile families of lnborers who
were absent. and these. by The aid 81
heavy sticks Of cord wood; burst the door
open, and found 4 fire gaining rapid head.
way in one corner 81. lie solitary room
!. (which the house contained. TiGs was
easily extingnished, when the Inmate WAS
found lying on the floor ona pile Of straw,
/ fast asleep. Overcome by fatigue and
watching, he had ii lien asleep while wait.
t ing for bis chemicals to mix in 4 crugible
over d furnace. the fire had communicated
sEwith some charcoal living near by. and
j consumed q considerable portion Of the
floor. He was nearly supplied by Tic
.ass h. a .ne eouss Whom ". yGue g