Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-04
BURGLARY.
Thrilling Record Of a Travelling
Circus Agent.


Last Friday night the WOODEN factory
known as the Logan Mills, of Mr.. w. p.
Orndorf, who lives five miles east of Keys-
burg and four and half miles west of
Adairsyille, Logan county. Ky.. was entered
by an unknown party and robbed of 40
yards OF jeans, two bolts of cadet gray and
two bolts of steel mixed gray. From indi-
cations 1t seems there were several persons,
who We're well acquainted with the premi-
ses, engaged in the burglary, which was
effected by entering a window. Early In
the morning near the factory was found
memorandum book, in which was written
the summer route of Hemming d Coop
er's Circus through Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
and Kentucky @ 4t,atq q
On the first page is the name Of p. Glib
bons, agent, in fancy letters, and the sue
ceeding pages are all voted 10 the various
towns in which the circus was to show, and
also diary of his Jnishaps, travels and adj
ventures. Mr.. Gibbons, whom we take the
liberty Of calling Peter, has an eve TO at
tractive description, and heads his first par
agraph "LOcal Matters" This subject Is
well attended TO, and in this she did not
overlook his hand" for among other things
he states, Il wore a shirt all through Ohio.
y tS'hNA nv AhCoho W ilc Iltu OILY one
shirt, or Wore q shirt oil the the time during
mat tour, we are unable to say. Anyhow
he met with various miSfortunes and divers
good hits. AT Mayfield, Ky, he had his hat
stolen, and erode on the trunk wagon, which
upset about three miles from the town" not
OF Edinburgh, but ''of Eddyville," Ky., the
30th of July. Next he received in full
SD from Treasurer Ed Russell" Peter
says further: Il visited Duquion, H.; went
down into coal mine I55 feet deep; l
weighed here and found myself to contain
l26 pounds of ayoirdupois fesh--I got left
here too" Visiting Bronaugh, Ky, he
writes: sit is small town, containing three
houses and three families, but awful good
accommodations" At Granville, Peter
borrowed -, and went for fifty books, but
whether he returned the same or not, this
deponent saith not. The jail was burned
at Union City while Pete was pulling down
the canvass, and a 'nigger, black as mid
night, robed in thunder clouds, was shot
and killed ut Lagrange, Ky, the 4th of
july. Seeing these things reminds pete
OF things at home, and calls up old familiar
scenes and friends Of by gone hours"
hereupon Pete gives way to the
emotions Of Langsyne which such
pathetic memories produce" and in
dites the name of Lizzie. 4. Gibbons and
stamps in very afiectiOnate epithets that of
his friend H-lliROaring Bob Hales. Pete
Is somewhat of an artist, and gives evidence
OF his mastery skill in a number Of land
scapes Ia Claude Lorraine, and personal
designs" the chef deucre of which is the
arabian II. H." father of the American
ku-klux klan, picture of man taken
from the Kambus Khan, holding a crooked
cane in the right hand and a blue cotton
umbrella in his left. He is represented as
having one leg missing and a face pretty
much given to BurnsideS. Near by is HThe
Furious Lion" The Hungry Hyens" and
'Angry Bear" There are other pictures
executed in true style of art. Many por-
tons of the book contain thrilling escapes,
astounding social discoveries and wonderful
'TehectiOns upon the pies and piety Of the
villages" he roasted in. Altogether it is in
tereSting and oddly written. -
The parties who did the robbing undoubt-
eddy dropped the book where it was found,
but whether Mp. Gibbons Agent was the
burglar We know not. The factory is stu
ated about three hundred yards from Mr..
OrndOrffs residence and about two hundred
yards from his store house. We hope to
find out something more about Mr.. 2. Glib
bons who is evidently ''great travelleur."