The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-05-10
The Railroad Engineer.


q very dark might too. His train was
behind time, and he was putting the
engine to the utmost speed Of which Il
was capable, In order TO reach o certain
point ut the proper hour. He was rum
ming on straigt and level track, and
at this unusual speed, when conviction
struck him that he must stop. AS
something seemed to tell me-" he sAid
| that TO go ahead was dangerous, and
that must stop, i'll would save life.
looked back at my train and II was all
right. ! strained my eyes and peesed
into the darkness, and could see no dan
ger, or anything betokening danger,
and there In the day time could have
seen 1--we miles. listened to the work
Ing OF my engine, tried the water look
| ed at my scales and all was right. tried
to laugh myself out of what l then con-
sidered TO be foolish fear; tut like Ban
quos ghost 1t would not down at my
bidding, but grew stronger in its hold
on me. thought Of the ridicule
would have heaped upon me did stop.
but It was all Of no avail. The convic-
tion--for by this time 1t had ripened in
to conviction 1 must stop, grew
stronger, and ! resolved to stop. shut
of, blew the whistle for brakes accord
ingly. came to a dead halt, got of
and went ahead n little without saying
any thing to any body what was tho
matter. had u lantern in my hand,
and had gone about sixty feet and saw
what tconvinced me that premonitionsa are
sometimes possible. dropped the lam
tern from my nerveless grasp, and sat
down on the track utterly unable to
stand.' He goes on tn say that thero
he found that some one had drawn q
spike that had long fastened switch
rail, and opened switch which had al
ways been kept locked, which led on to
track only 100 feet long, which termi-
mated in a stone quarry. Here it was
wide open, and had l not obcyed my
premonitory warning-call II what you
will should have run into and at the
end Of the track, only about 10 rods long.
my heavy engine and train, running at
the rate of 45 miles per hour; would
have come into collision with solid
wall Of rock eighteen feet high. Tho
consequences, had done so, can neith-
er be imagined, or described, but they
could by no possibility have been other
wise, than fatally horrible No ono
can here doubt that the special interpo.
sition Of God by which, from a calamity
most terrific, hundreds OF lives were
wonderfully spared.
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How Coal WAS DISCOVERED IN PENN
SAVANNAH writer In the New York
Observer asserts that Col. George Shoe
| maker, a gentleman Of Tcutonic origin,
was the discovcrcr Of coal In Pcnnsylva-
MIA. He lived on the Schuylkill and
then owned extensive tracts. The wri-
ter goes on to say:
4" II Glanced one day that In construct
ing limekiln he used some of the black
stones that were laying around
the place. mine Got! Mine Got! dcre
sthoncs be on tirc!" "--exclaimed the as
tonished dutchman, when the rich glow
Of the lighted anthracite met his gaze.
The neighbors who Of course were few
and far between, were, after much ado,
assembled to witness the marvel. This
happened in 1872. Shortly after, no
loaded Pennsylvania team with tho
black stones and journeyed slowly to
Philadelphia, distance Of SO miles
There unforeseen difficulties were presen-
} ted. The CRATES and stoves then in use
: were not constructed to facilitate tho
combustion OF anthracite, and burn Il
would not! After many Intellectual Of
fort, to ignite the product, it was thrown
aside rs worthless, and our discomfited
German, who had beguled his toilsomc
way to the metropolis with dreams oi
ingots, returned to digest his disappoint-
ment in his mountain solitude.
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