Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-11-23
A Life Romance.
tPittsburg Telegraph

F'ittsburg Telegraph.
There are few men who have moi
met with some romantic or unusual
experience in the course of their lives
and fewer still who have not at some
period or other been shown that the
French proyerb. "Nothing ever hap.
pens but the impossible and the unex.
pected." has great deal Of truth in 1t.
The even tenor Of the way of some ol
US Is invaded in the most ruthless
manner, every now aud then, BY soms
event which was not only totally un.
looked for. but was regarded as out oi
the limit of possibilities. A good ex.
ample Of these freaks of destiny was
told the Telegraph . short time ago
by Mr.. John W. Haney, the we'll.
known transportation man and ship
per and handler of freight.
About twenty.three years ago Mr..
Hsney lived in Ohio. His wife died
while be resided there, and be came to
Pittsburg shortly afterwards. He
went into business here and gradually
began to build up the fine business
which be now controls. Not long
after bis departure from Ohio bis broth.
er died, and bis widow came to Pitts
burg to visit some relatives, leaving
ber son, q boy four or FIVE years old,
with some friends in the Buckeye
State. She had no, been in the city
long before she became i'll and died
rather suddenly. Mr.. Hsney at once
went after bis nephew, aud. on arriv.
ing at the little village where the
family bad lived 10 whose care the boy
had been left. be found, to bis conster.
nation, that they bad sold out oil their
things and gons further West. Gone
West" in those days, meant q very
different thing from what it does now;
and, as nobody knew where the fami.
ly bad gone, search for them was like
looking for 6ve-cent piece that bad
dropped in the Atlantic Ocean. In
spite Of oil discouragements Mr.. Hsu.
ey spent considerable time and money
10 trying to discover the boy. and did
not give it up entirely until several
years bad elapsed. Not a single trace
could be found of the little fellow,
and at last he was almost forgotten
and became as one who had long been
dead, as far as Mr.. Hsusy was con.
rerned. About month ago . ner.
chant 10 Cairo. ILL.,, ordered . large
Of axes in the East, and
instructed Mr. Hsoey not to send
hem through uDless be could get
special rates Of freight. The river
began going down. and freights sd.
vanced. 80 . member of telegrams
passed between the gentleman in Cairo
and Mr.. Haney. One day after these
kilograms had been sent, q dispatch
was received from . telegraph opera
or in Cincinnati, asking, "Who is
Jobn w. Haney :" and adding that
10 (the operstor) had an uncle Of that
,ame here, whom be had not seen for
great many years. The dispatch
res shown to Mr.. Haney, and inves.
igstion disclosed the fact that the
ost nephew bad been found at last.
rbe boy had lost all recollection of
lie Pittsburg relatives except bis |
lncle's name. and when it passed
brough bis oolee it revived the latent |
memories. and the discovery followed.
rhe nephew 10 night manager Of the
,incinnati Telegraph Office. and about
month ago be came to Pittsburg to
isit bis uocle. who naturally was de-
ighted with the singular result Of bis
elegrams in regard to that consign-
nent of axes.