The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-02-15
Buried in a Snow Slide.
AN IDAHO MAIL CARRIER LOSES HIS
LIFE BY AN AVALANCHE.

LIFE BY AN AVALANCHE.
William James Hicks and his brother,
John Brisco Hicks, left Rocky Bar on
the morning of the 9Th ult., with the
mail for Atlanta City. 1t was one Of
the most stormy days ever known in
these mountains. They left this place
at the hour of 8 o'clock in the forenoon
and had progressed very favorably on
their journey some nine or ten miles,
having passed the summit and had
Just come upon the grade OF Ball
Mountain, when all of a sudden they |
looked up, and just above them was a
snow slide coming with the velocity of
lightning. Jimmy Hicks was in ad-
vance and had just few seconds be-
fore looked at his watch and noticed
the time, which was o'clock. AS
Jimmy saw his impending doom, he
turned his snow shoes down the hill,
exclaiming, "Oh, God! Oh, Bris!'
This was the last ever seen of poor
Jimmy-alive. They were carried
down the mountain nearly quarter
of a mile, into what is known as "Black
Warrior" the younger brother, Brisco,
being carried up to one side of the
gulcl, while Jimmy was taken down
its center over deep declivity of
rocks. 1t is almost miracle how
Brisco Hicks dug himself out of some
ten or twelve feet of snow, and that,
too, in the midst of pitless storm
which was raging furiously at the
time, and travelled all night without
snow shoes in snow mp to the armpits
with no food and not even pair of
gloves, one of the coolest nights of the
season. Nothing but thoughts of his
dead brother, his home, his mother,
his dear little sister, could keep that
boy alive. He arrived home Friday
morning at about o'clock, nearly
frozen-bOth feet badly frOzen-and
proclaimed the unwclcOme news to a
frantic and heartbroken mother, who
nearly became crazed' over the sad
event. In few hours the good peo
pie of Rocky Bar had turned "ut near
! ly en- masse to do all that kind hearts
and willing bands could to find the
missing one, which was done about
noon of Saturday, and his remains
: brought to this place that night Ida
no Statesman
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~ The Washington correspondent
, of the New York Herald, speaking OF
the Radical partisan scheme to retrieve
the losses of their party by raising a
= cry against the people of the South, in
: regard to the so-callel "outrages" now
e occupying their attention, says:
y With the exception of few extreme
: Radicals, who are anxious to p-rpetu
g ate the power of the Republican party
3 in the South, there is no disposition t.
r NEEDLE with affairs in that section
. Anything like fresh attempt to recon
struction would, it is thought, react
r upon the administration and make j
It obnoxious before the people. The ma
!. jority of Congressman are disposed t.
4 let the South alone, believing that it j
" better to do this than to Interfere wit
e affairs which belong exclusively to tn
y several States. Notwithstanding, a
~ effort will probably be made to max
y some capital out of the facts set fort
IT in the Presidents reply to Morton
!" resolution. But the ablest politician
m in the Republican party concede tina
II the South will be hopelessly Demo
e cratic by the time the next Presiden
< tial election is held. 1t is to avert thi
ST catastrophe that the extreme Radical
eff would attempt new reconstruction.
III II In the Golden City a gentlema
Mt of the name of Jones recOunts his e1
VI perience of juries. He lived in tn
small town of Observation-Disclosures,
i s where he saw man brought in "nt
ts guilty" of murder because he had sh,
nc the seducer of his wife. This ga,
70 20 him an idea. He remembered that
at by gone days one Mr.. McMichael ha
tic horsewhipped him with impunit
=! Thirsting for revenge Jones went G
rs and incontinently shot McMichae
- he was brought to trial, and told tt
en- jury that he once had wife who low
all him till the spoiler came, and tn
no., ~. spoilers name was McMichael. I
Int stantly the jury roared ''not guilty
~, Then he shot man who had pull
Eat his nose in days of yore. When t
~ twelve heard him sob, 81 had a sist
ed once who-",they madly yelled ''n
w. guilty." Then he killed man W
IT, had caned him. "Ah, gentlemen
a nS said he to the duodecemviri, "have y
in mOthers-in-law had one once,
led this viper, this asp, this cobra di cap
re" la, this anaconda, this boa-constrict
."e the deceased :" "NOt guilty." til
hit yelled in chorus. Mr.. Jones had 6
the other enemy who had cOwhided hi