The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-12-29

minutes.
lie was very lively. and said. among
other lhing., Il have the aivant age
1T you. have kissed my wife since
you have kissed yours she received
my dispatch, aud was NJ the depot
witins for me At Terrc llauto W.
left the eur, anl en'erci rh, special
trlin which was W ,tlins To take u I"
EvansviIl. aud wlich consisted ol n
lic,mJ,ivc apl sihsle passenger cir'--
The conductor >all he would make II
very quick ran, for ;hcy h.! tcl.-
graphic down the rna to have the
ira, K clear. aud We should only stop
Tor wrnl aud water We soon started
at rapid gait, aud tie whole purity.
some nine prrs M IN n were wldr
awake aud tai of iIn The Prot $
sor pr'ducei II >Ha'i carpet bag, irom
which he to.k ,ome innch. wh,rh W,
served around. aud Will. we were dis
cu>sing il hr toll several stories and
he was an excellent tuiy-trllcr-ol his
speech-m king tpu.' tho ycar batpr1.
in tho county uf Sullivan through
whlch We were ab'ut to pass, anI
after some twenty or thirty minutes
fn Ia, tl.t. |.
their several dlSpJ,itinn ior tho lr
The stove hal heen taken ont If the
ear, ari ia tn, Idle. where it bad
s'oni. 'ht seats ran lcgthwi.c, instead
"f cro,swisc, in the asual way. hli
lin down With NY head To the rear,
aud my feet forwarl on the lon. side
seat an the Professor laid down on
the same seat. with h. heal to the
front. which brou ht our .ccr to."thc-
We were so ~ a,l"p. an'l about the
same time uttered the county ot SUI
Ivan. III Whirh there lives II class OF
people who were di,aFrrcd toward
the e nernrncut and symprlh 70 | with
the rebellion. ani sonc Of them ear.
red their opinions to the cNtrnt al
overt trca.un, aud had already obtain
cd tor The county djsisrcca5le no
'srirIv.
We had not bee, ASLEEP lon. whom
"" were awakened by terrible snwk
hud crash. i'm nrda:rly Spr,rg tn
my feet. which brought ne TO thrsilc
of the Professor. anl iGit that the rai
Was still nn the rruk anl moving -
| The Professor threw hi feet III tn
scat upon the floor, raised his hcai
from ,h' carpet bag upon which he was
wing aud with his let hnnl threw M
the window at lis lc aud hen put his
mead out 10 see MIA. wa> the matt tir
IL flashed thruu ii my mird that
his was dangerous. hut there ras no
tine tn ~, ok (; il was all TIA" work Ot
n moment AT The iust,nt nf puttina
his head out If be winlow. it was
dukrn"d by some passing object, and
his fac dr"lpcl p n the win low sill
| to K him ly he slo 'lcr> Ruud laid
him back w.t. h hal u,'n tho
carpet ba.. and he was alrrady dead.
The blood >purt' d f'om rhe side OF
his heal in torrents. and ran acfnss
the 4 ,or of tn car in stream. A
puriion of the left .iir OF the skull, ~
large as he palm Of my hani, had been
Knocked ont, ani the brain was pro-
rru linz from he morta wound by
this time the car was stopped aud nlI
was still Never before had 80 pow.
criulIy realized tho awful presence oi
death.
Our company stood around and eaz
el with horror on I h. face Of The lie ~
AMI for several minutes not VT was
spoken. A horrible susricI"n entered
my mind that il was u It an accident
hat il waS nu'd =; aud ihu il was
intended fr me, but, bv IN in.crur,.
bic disp 'nsalion OF PrNi I'nce, had
fallen upon him. aud ,is was strongly
confirmed oy lie subs qncut dsclo'-
urcs.
II was a bright moonlight night
aud when we went out uf Ihe car th,
"ar-e If the disaster was apparent -
Our l"comntive nnl car were still or
The track. hut the locomotive was
much broken. Some distance 10 TIE
r'ar, aud clos" alongside tie track and
nearly n righI angle with it, were Tho
shattered remains Of n large cattle car
vii b " vhirh ihr locomotive bad c,llil
ed. Subsequent Investigation showe'
that car bai for two weeks been stand
ing on a switch. some two huni,e'
wards from the point of collision. att
nuh been seen in irs nrcusto med place
4, ntrns eleven O'Clock that nighr
aud must have been showed shoill,
he fore our nrrl,nl. down tho switcl