Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-01-14
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Playing With -. -
The Warlwill case, at Detroit. bzip0R
Ito n1ut . great number of incidents 70
: illustrate the darger ri dnbbl!ng In ghost,
ology. Mr.. Ward was one of the ablest
and shrewdest financ,crs of Michigan.
} He accumulated sn immense fortune by
sagaciOus operations, acute know ledge of
men, and remarkably practical grasp Of
affairs. HIS energy and clear -hcadcdness
were proverbial, and his hand was felt in
politics 80 well as finance. But in m
evil hour he was bcguiled into dealing
with the dead'' through mediums. and
they proved too much for him. The
''inyisibles" fascinated his fancy. and
pictured his judgment, and twisted his
life away. They broke up his home, up
set his relations with lifelong friends,
filled his brain with delusions, directed
his domestic and business operations, die
tated will which his family naturally
contests. The trial reveals a series OF
transactions and complication Of low
Eess bordering on crim,nality which can
hardly be bcliev d.. It is not strange
that the city mourns and good people
hang down their heads and blush with
shame at the developments Of the trial.
1t shows the folly Of playing with mys-
teries which may make p!aything OF
whoever begins to toy with them. THIS
world is pretty large and bas ample scope
tor the powers of its present occupants,
and on the whole it is far safer and clean.
er ard more profitable to make the most
of this world and its inhabitants while In
it, than indulge in a curiosity respecting
another, which may end IN craze.-IEx:
change.
A Thrilling Situation.
A correspondent writes: Some time ago
gave an account of an accident that
happened to Mr., Hammer. the tragedian,
at our little theatre in New Castle, where
he was representing the demon Of tho
Hartz," and was engaged in descending
through the stage to the iD Dfernal regions.
4 supernrmerary flashed barrelf4 of
red fire through the hole Tho dou,Un
was going down, AMI five minutes later an
undcrdOne demon was being carriel
home on sfretcher. Well. Mr.. Ham.
mer has met with another disaster. Last
week the manager :ut on another. piece,
ntitled: Wild Bill; or, The Scout Of the
Rocky Mountains; and in this Mr.. Ham.
ner was to be tiel upon the back of an
horse and sent harliEg over
he edge Of precip;ce. AS nobody in
own would lend horse for the purpose.
ie manager hir, mule from the Cap.
ain of the canal boat, 1.-THE Roaring
Maria. Dy.ring the rehearsals the mule
lid well enough, but on the first night of
he play the fo0tlights must have scared
t, for Us soon as the savages ha / tied
Wild Bill upon its ba:k, instead of charg-
ng over that awful lath and canvass
'recipice, it refused to hudge; and when
he Indian chieftain prodded it in ,ha
lde with tin spear, it not only let out
IS heels aud kicked that unfortunate
rave into the wings, where his spear
smmed .aYagely against the stomach of
he prompter, but it reached its bead
round and made an earnest effoTt to
haw Wild Bills legs. Failing in this, it
TODD upon three feet and endeavored to
each up to Mr.. Hammer and scrape him
# with the hoof of its near. hind leg.
hen the manager came out and tried to
art the mule with whip. But 1t mere.
, began to wheel round and round, until
le tragedian felt sea sick; and then 1t
largcd up against the scenery, kicked .
rand-new sunset to rags, reduced the en-
re precipice to splinters, upset two mus
n trees, and finally brought up with one
& entangled in the Sea of Galilee, which
as pressed into service on this occasion
represent Salt Lake This frightened
&c mule so that it jerked the Sea of Cali.
G clear over on the stage, and then went
to fit, during which it tumhled. and.
ter rolling over Mr.. Hammer three or
W t;uacs, it plunged into toe orchestra.
ID expired with its launches In the bass
um and its forelegs tearing the big i'd
e into kindl,ng wood. When they un.
ID Wild Bill, he rose. wiped the blood
om his nose with his sleeve, felt his legs
see that they were unbreken. and then
went to the Aldcrman's office and reg.
esed an oath never to play my thing
,a,n but low comedy if he should liYe
ne thousand years. The Scout of the
ocsy Mountains has been withdrawn,
ID the Captain of The Roaring Marie
'out to enter suit for damages to that
ule.
A Tough Foot.