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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-11-05

CLERKS OFFICE, I
Oct. 7th, 1870. {
DE IT KNOWN THAT ON THIS,
ID the III day of October, A. d. 1879,
We, members of the Jury Commission,
in and for said Parish aud State, and
duly qualified and sworn together with
james Ii. Ransdell, Clerk of the Dis
trict Court of said Parish. ard ex off
clio q member of said Commission, did
meet in the Conrt House in the Tow n
of Alexandria, and did, then. and there
proceed to draw from the general We
nite box, the names OF tllnse WHO are
to serve as Jurors at the ensuing De-
cenlber, 1879, term of the Distiic let
Court, in and for said Parish, to-wit -
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eth an editor 10 lanch
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wisdom, but a delinquent subscribe,
causeth suffering in the house Of g
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IinquenA subscriber hath in not pay
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who faileth TO pay what they owe
the printer.
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NeA''u y osi ..nsA-..199--::
: s'le py = = TAI
A SMART BoY.-A young man call
ell on his intended the other eve
ming, and while waiting for her K
make her a ,peafance, he struck up
conversation with his inteaded bro
Their in-law. After while the boy
asked:
docs galvanized niggers know
muchf
= feaiiy can say, replied the
amused young man.
And then silence reigned for a few
moments, when the bow resumed his
conversations.
mp: .,
n ~ So' pay .i'soActS "''n YOU
nose" g M
"No, I have never acquired that
ACCOMPLISHMENTS ;,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-11-05
A man died Of liver complaint One
dollars worth of BLACK DRAUGHT',
would have saved lis life.
rs For snIas Nv n N INA TT, *
For sole by Il. C. TAFT.

-DlD you ever notice the downward
plunge Of q young lady's Jaw when she
gives utterance to one of the lands .
that serve as convenient resting places
in her speech while awaiting tue
brains catching up with the tongue
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! NO. Il.
A CORRECTION.

MIR. EDITOR-
/ We would respectfully take excep-
ton t. some statements made by the
reporter of you college notes..
which areso.palpabiy erroneous tllat
we wonder at his supreme assurance
/ in making them. We refer particu
lafly to his reports Of the. recent
class elections, the result of each Of
which he sees 1T to style a neutral
victoey. Such Measurements should
mot he allowed to pass uncorrected.
/ First in order was the Junior elec-
ion, where, according to your cor.
respondent, the neutrals Carried ev-
Ierythiug.'' Now both the cansli-
tdates in the. field for the Junior pre-
sidency were neatraIs, andthe socie-
.lty mel, wee divided in their sun
|port, Wiswall being elected by soci
ETY. votes. M
Next comes his report of the Sc
nior elections, in which he says an.
other victory was.seored for the ON
lnipotent neutrals. Now everybody
knows that in the class of 80 the
neutrals are an Insignificant minori-
Is, Alexander was elected presi.
dent, moi because lie. was a neutral,
but because Of his great personal
lpopnlarit,v, societies and neutrals
Uniting in bis support. Many soci-
ETY. men were elected 10 fill the other.
Offices from here. saa'r
But yopf correspondent latest
and greatest error was his lnrsfon Of.
the sophomore election, in Tuesdays
Star. He says The neutrals again
succeeded in 'selecting their whole
tiket." Never was there more
egreginus mistake. Mr.. Flower, the
successful FOR president. was dis
tinctiyely the candidate of the secret
societies, who were solid in bis sup
port, and ran in direct opposition to.
The neutral candidate, who was de-.
feated. We would therefore inform
-
the "neutla' Junior, that, however
it ntay:be in5his own class, the aneu-
trails" 30 not control the class OF so.
We might suggest, slso, That there
are various reasons for 4 man re-
naming a neutral; one is that he
may have some conscientious scru-
pies against so doing, and another is
tl'at 10 society would have him.
s Schenectady Evening Star.
IHE WIcKKD DEACON. y In a -four
ishing young city in Michigan lives
u worthy man who has had the mis-.
s - 45k Is
fortune to be widoWer9 three times,
and Is now living with his fourth
wife, who has two boys by former
marriage. These have been toua,,t
10 e; j the slepfatlier apa.' While
entertaining company at. tea q few
evenings since, an aggravated case
of divorce became the TOPIC CONVEX.
satiop, a la,lv cvnrees,oa ba,eo,s
e.npl,alically against divorcas ono.
hing several passares If sc,in,rro
| aal eopc)udipg rith tl,;s. aAnac 9,
| Paul SAYS lie that put;e ,h away h;s
sife commits arioronss;a s, =.
sbis the eldest bov ,,orinn an,,,
filed hjs stomar,, eaaao,l, ,aol
l.thc whole subject Lv so,;nr ava,
ma has mt away tl,rea ~ fa,,r &
and he's deacon toos, r,,.,,1, =
for Michinan.--[ rIarner,s Moaoz;no
-..-..s--
tAoSofL HoAS,-Lass evening just.
before shutdown, gentleman who
IB street, casually remarked. .1I,bera
goes the woman thot ,oroo . ,o,,a,
dead gone on His wife who was
| in a back room getting SINNER raadv
dropped a plate on tho aoor a,nm
bled over tie baby and ran ike
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-11-05

-THE difference between a cat con
fned in q bag and the wind Styling
through a dilapiaated house is that
one cries through sack and the 9th
er sigls through crack.
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VOL. 35.{
DEMOCRAT.
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TERMS;

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PERSONAL CARDS-when admissible
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TIME LEADING. DEPARTMENTS
4 or +I,r HOME I0EIRMA +, eDn,urise


rT1uH LEADING DEPARTMENTS
! Of thp HOME JOURNAL comprise
Editorials oa Trnirspt- trest, interest (;
brilliant RouanGes and P6rfraittrts at
Anaiicra Iiifo.,. Editorial Reviews of
REV events in the world OF BeAeef
Lettres, Putting, Sculpture, Science,
HG4Tc, adrrhe2 Dtama; tIriginui Us
sIYsa Amnie Excerpts fnm the best
T. ypiran WriteEs Sineg Letters FROM
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Nrv }aak - slnd aVy aeenlnts OF say
iegs. htlYHlg 8 agi dejHgs IN he
B.It ,loa Ie; embracing tie very
trast.>s ieddters ~ idtetast tie tt,j<
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e pft.t"ty 'uirrnrigg tle wit and lis
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~ + sl'Irk,io. igossTP of ITe tineS.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-11-05

Boy your Boots, Shoes and Hats
from HustmyFe.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-11-05

Query: Why will people suffer with
indigestion when HB.ACK DRAJGHTu
will cure them?
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PAR0CHIAL SCHOOL
ST, FRANCIS XAVIER,

"A I. Fl x a N DIR I "A.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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or, lMPR0FGD TN QUALITY, q
strs.a III and REDUCED IN COST,

"Tg7 374T LITERARY AND So
$500 CfGrT PAPER TN AME- 81 2
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.Ios Ps;asing in all its branches.
e.ecrs ed wit'I nea.aess.
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STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH o f RAPIDEs.

CLERKS OFFICE,
n.+ @,l, JQ%n
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-11-05

It would be interesting to learn
how the men have Jared who last
yearcmigrated from this country to
New South Wales. The last half
yearly report Of tile state of trade ID
that colony conveys very sombre
picture When the government be-
gan building the international Exhi-
bit'on al svdoev the services of 1900
Wossnea wee easily obtained, hun.
dreds being turned away, and thou
sands are now out Of employ. In
Veto a a1pi 5 are VIC Sc.
4 IS >z.es >-----------
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-11
y -
knMsider N0mrscit Thrashcd.

A polite concession "a Tho vehement iii
dignatinn excited throughout Germany by
tho acandalous attack upon German women
recently published in the Wtrtlomosfi. w ~.
Petersburg tho Russian police authorities
suspended for three months that Journals
privilege 0F street sale. II appNnrs that tho
wrath aroused TN Feutoui2 minds by the arti-
Gle alluded to- which. na will he remembered.
stigmatiHed tho matrpns aud maiirns of tho
Fatherland when of II lively dspo sttou ~
t'praneing COWS crowned with rose wrratha.
and insoently As-ryrratCa Tint "thoy nrN not
altogether human beings III any time. has
brought down upnn TIA author Il vnry dnlngn
III irate letters from ali pRrtaaf the German
Empire One Of these. which may serve ~ Il
specimen, has been mada pnhle hy it, rncip-
lent. AZ well IN the reply which II elected
from him:
BERLIN aath oct X Il lucky for rnu sir,
that you rcsitlts in 4 city far distant from Err-
lin. otherwise would punish You in a highly
exemplary manner for Your ahNmtuahn alti-
Gle upon German women. nv. however. the
distance separating IA prevents me from SO
doing, consider that you have hccn properly
thrashcd w mo II NucHerFTTER.
H. OraniCnstrasse.
The Russian feullotonist. however deficient
He may he III good taste ia certainly VERY
funny person. H. the following answer IL the
above oonvtncingly demonstrates
PFTERsBUK,g, 4th NOV, lion0rfi SWs AT tho
very moment In which You raised Your cud-
gel to helabor me | succeeded III drawing q
revolver from my pocket and In shooting You
dead on the spot. | therefore request you To
consider yourself shot My address Is No. IL
WIaiimirskaia.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-11
EDISON MADE USELESS.
A Chicago Man Discovers 4 Process Of
Making Water Burn Ho 0tbaes II
for Lighting and Heating
Purposes.
Illhinlan Nnwa !

"A Chicago man II about 10 Hatoniah tho
world. More than that. he claims in nave ,H
volutinnl1ed philosophy. discovering trnthH
which completely overthrow many ~ 'ne
commonly accepted theories upon which nr'
haana alleged laws OF nature, MonN ihAt
that, these new discoveries viii. II rlneiNAh'N
In their operations. convtilan Eaa companies
with fright. demulaliHn nnal companies. hIa
disgust nature with nor c'lntlR at Af'WHe
trpea for fuel.
Tho ueutleman'a namo h Mr. 4 y Wood
man and he rradea IN tho WaAt division
He appears TO bs a thoroughly educated man !,
in rhrmist and rtachlnlst, ma mas heeh loi
years MI aSperimnntnI In matters looking u
nav an,lreps Of light and heat, In tho course
of his Investigations he became aatistted that
certain claims Of natural ph'l'anph'fa I'M W
the material hasla Of natural lava were MI
wrong Ue nut himsalf to wGr1 IN an OK
aotly nnpoaita direction, IiRrogardlnH certain
accented tcnnts Of sutcntitir mon. picked III
rejected ideas. worked out his own theortea
ma tn creative powers, ani after years 81
experiment, study aud poverty. ~ Pre-.
pared 10 demonstrate. by exhibition. that
water can be utilized for hast md light. Ills
machine Il composed of over thirty pieces
In that machine he disiutegtatas water. and.
bringing ita component parts together again,
produces light, heat or steam. ~ ~ ehonRna
The light contained Ia u beautiful ahd very
brilliant flame, aud can ha perfectly con-
trolled Ita head u If tho most intense rhar
netnr. Ky tho turn oil valve he can trana-
form the light into atnnm. me prnenRa ~
which thIa III accomplished ~ n secret Ihn
tiiHeoveret admlts Tint he generates u tre-
msndous explosive power q power rs graaf
as that claimed fur Tho konlv motor, INT ~
utlltses IL at once In tho manner mentioned.
Mr.. Woodman knocks philosophy NIL 10
pioras. DENYING manN NJ ltR most important
laws, Az n result If his disc, very ho declares
that the electric light is not needed either tor
brIiiancy III illumination ~ for economy. he-
CAUSE hia burning water will superaodctt A
a motor power ho Thinks he oan make u looo-
motive boiler III RixtnNn cubic feet capacity,
that will draw "a New York city train Of
caiR Of any length. # thee claims can be
subatantiated thnn NJ. Wnndmal will render
any further study 0f Tho electric light hy MIR,
Edison entirely unnecessary. With tho chain
nf great lakes 81 draw upon for material,
Chicago ought. Rhould Do Mt Woodmnn = dis
sovary he Of uso, to be the hest lighted city In
Che world largo generator Ia now hnluG
prerared. IN order 60 make II thoroughly prac-
tica. test Of the discovery.
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How They Kun street Cars In snn FrRH
rSSrR
correspondence Chicago Journal

(Enrtnapandanea Chicago Journal
One Of the novel featuros Of this city which
attracts immediate attention. IL that hnrae
cars without horace. which, loaded with paa
senpere rapidly ascend the stcopcst grades OF
the streets, and descend ~ quickly. with no
perreptfhlP propNllinE power. Ihn secret of
propulsion Il revealed Ivy a little iuvontiEa-
tlon AT n central point IL a stationary nll-
Hinr which Caliaea wire rope III moNr With
ranidjty up one aldo az tho street and down
the Other. the eniire length Of the road. u dis
tancp over thear hills nf ono ~ two Miles
This wire II sunk through narrow opening
about foot beneath tho surfnco Of tho
ground. Through the management nf n man
at tho brake the rar Ia made 10 attach itaclf 10
the wire in u second and thou moves Az fast
az the wire rune w hill ~ down When N
halt IL desired The car ia unfaatened from tho
rope and the brake stops tho car immediately
whilethe wire rmna on Independently carry
ing other cars on the line at other points up
aud down the hills.
These pnble-ear roads have made the high
elevations very desirable places of residence
and some of the most charming homes in tho
city are located along those lines. Tho AN
thorties have racontlv granted franchises FOR
the putting In of wire cable on several lincs Of
railway whore cars have hitherto hern drawn
by horses. demonstrating The superiority 1T
this means OF street ear propulsion on steep
grades Tho Sutter Creek line. which had
been running III debt while n4irg horses,
through the introduction OF this means of
propelling the cars Il paying handsome diyi-
dends TO the stockholders
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-11
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT THURSDAY DECEMBER II 1879

Weighing nearly 600 pounds 30 Chris. Naffzl-
per'a market night before last. He killed II
the previous day IN u oanyon near Rlue Tent.
SAM III u crack Rhot with tho rille. llanlwayA
makes II n point tu ahoot grouse. aqutrrcla
and other ANAL game through Tho mock. An
fnatnura nf hla aSil might have been VIII
messed n.lf near Tho Gampoola the other day.
when. "a win y four hit wager, he shot an NJ
ple from the hand nf hla mahnln Mt q distance
If 100 Yards without uping n rcst.
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a RHbbfr-sattatned Lake.

4 lake with an India rul Der bottom has
\ usf been discovered fifteen miles northwest
III Rene, Nevada. TIE Caste Or that town
describes the soil in the bottom and around
the margin III the lake as 'of q grayish color
quite tenacious. and with hard, smooth sur
face, over which carriage rolls as smoothly
and noiselassly n over earpeted floor
When d ball made from the soil Is thrown
down 1t will rebound like rubber. There Is
talk OF making q race course from IL.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-11
IOkLIl.N FIN.

Warfare out If TlAoo A naval hattto in the
Pacific,
How 10 mako jan tart Leave ont the
sugar whom Hnu pnt ~ The rluma
IT, tIue ~ put thn Rrrew ~ tho Sultan. aa
nobody can screw anything ont Of him with
nut M
Govcrnesa teaching Alphabet And what
comes after +. Master William Master
William Fed.
sThcre'a Divinity Doth Hedge" SIC
.Tuveilo aHCnld Yer nasty little thing #
ynr father wasn't p'lienman III amark
yof
"Oh, mamma, did You 500 those pretty
iIpwara In that conservatory wish you'd
buy mo oncl" CIT would fada before you got
home. darling Would III New. buns don't
Inde, mamma
photographer Madam. why do You per
aiat IN moving nonI tho camera" Old
Lady "lpu arc. am Il Iittlo noal sighted.
md I'm afnard won't take u good picture 80
fur Off
Ornamental daughter ION hnr marriage
morning. to her matter of-iact papal Papa.
shall he Romething FOR good to-day. don't
You know nj after ar fact Papa t'And |
hope my dear. that from today you will he
good for anmoihing
Positive ComparatIsoS uporlativo Grlticiam
Arg,lncntntive Conservatives "Woll You
carn't deny M INV l!rkinaiod ave got hon ii
ArRumnntativo Liberal "Ah, ho mny ave
got 4lon and he may ave got honor. but blow
mo If ha'll over gt honest.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-11
the Nigh nuckamuek of the DlEgers.

lNeyAda CITY TrAhseEIIt.I
Chief Sam, the high muekamt elk OF the Dig
srar Irdiaas liz this section, brot ght Ia deer
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-12-11
NFRN INttAilsANT.
Tho girl | Inf hnhind mo.
| hope ahc'll mover llnd mo-.
Fwould Gtve mo pain
To moot again
Tho girl | loft hchlnd mo.

hope aho'll novor Una mo-.
Fwould l.tvn mo pain
To moot again
Tho girl left hchind mo.
What ineght ono continued to got into tho
Anglo Saxon tongue lakn this fnr example.
rlIIol from hpat running hGtwNOn Gann aId
iinvrn "MiEters the voyagfrs arc prayed To
moi amokn NJ tho cabins by the hour Of the
departure VI tho boat, md III tn" opposit"
port.
A youthful enthusiast, who recently took
tp hmRnlf wife hrcauaN hN had heard that
what would keep ono would keep two, aud
consequently that wedloCk was ~ cheap as
aRgiN bcFseiHnas. hnR nj last Expressed hfs
opinion. He says that he finds q Wife just II
little dcar
A divinity student electrified hia examiner
recently by his brilliant reply 10 tho qnes-
tlnn How many and who woIN the minor
ptuphrta ~ "Thrre were twelve" was tho
auaWrr, "aIld thoy were 81 called because
their prophecies w"ro al written hrforo they
attained their majority.
A correspondent writes: Tho editor Of
we'll known Irish paper wrot" ~ follows 10 4
friend ~ mine. n lady. who Ind s"nt poem
10 him. Madam. there are two drawbacks
~ your efII4lnn first ~ all, tho handwriting
HI 10 lad that | couldn't rnnd II. and aatondly.
after | had reud II | found IL detective III
rhymes.
Kcctur's wife How i'd Won do do. Mr. Wig
giles We have not Honn you at church late
III. Have yen hn"n away NJ Wtg.lns
Noa. mum. I've boon Il vsItin my old 'aunta
nj Manchester num- Reetor'R wife Realty
hope You found thu Old ladies quite we'll.
MIR Wigglps didn't sRy my halnts MUM
| said my old nunts revisitin the aunts O
my youth. You know. mum
Victoria Il wn long hive known
hut what's this / We aoo2
III Ii some trick ~ Hnneonafad'r2
Can this large ~ 10 hn}
Tho lnnnp mud II" Ia t,uito his al yIn,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-24
PEOPLES MARKET.

OPPOSITE L. s MINT, NORTH CARSON ST, lsON CITY.
EELy. d FERRIS PrOprietOrs.
BET Mutton, Lamb. Veal ant Pork
Ali raised in Carson Valley and slaughtered there direct
from the pastura9e.
Hams, Bacon, COrned Beef. Tongues Etc
n POULTRY AND GAME
OF kinds kept constantly hand and killed to order
SAUSAG OF ALL KINDS.
HEAD CHEESE IALTY.
Goods promptly delivered free of charge All kinds OF
joints scientifically put up for cooking
Call the Peoples Market and purchase native meats
ipIS-tf
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-24
DISTRICT COURT.

The following business was disposed Of yes
terday:
Stateof Nevada vs. All Sue-indictment for
burglary. Sentenced for two years and six
months at hard labor in the State Prison.
State of Nevada VS.. Dan LeDuc-indic.men
for assault with intent to kill. On motion Of
District Attorney charge dismissed and exhon-
Grated,
Moses Chaplin vs.. His Creditors-No credi-
tors appearing in opposition, order made
appointing Sheriff assignee.
State of Nevada vs.. John Davis-indict
ment for assault with intent to kill n. Sod
erberg appointed counsel for defendant, and
case continued until 10 clock to-day, when,
by consent, the Indictment for escaping from
Jail will be taken up first
Trial jurors excused until 10 o'clock to- day.
Adjourned until this morning at 10 o'clock
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-06-24
ATTEMPTED STAGE ROBBERY.

On Sunday morning, at O'clock as the
| incoming BOdie stage was ascending sharp
pitch in the road about six miles from tn is
city, near McTarnahan's bridge, the cry OF
stop - rang out from the upper portion OF
the rocks which overhang that portion of the
road, sufficiently loud to attract the attention
| of Thomas Byrne, the driver, and passenger
sitting with him on the ''box." Both locke :,
and saw family outlined above them, hun
dred feet away, the form of a man standing
upon the highest portion of the rocks, appar-
emily taking step in the direction of the
stage. "Send along your team" said the
outside passenger in an undertone. Stop"
again cried the voice from the rocks. At
the same time two other men had risen as if
by magic, and joined the first All this time
the team kept moving, and had but about
forty feet to reach the summit of the pitch
and get to a level road The wind was blow
ing at a fearful rate, and the men were at
such distance that only family was heard
the cry, g Is that the Bodie stage 2" By this
time the horses were on the crest of the road,
and Byrne sent them along at rushing gait,
querying as to whether the robbers might
not send shot into one of his horses, and
bring every thing to a stand still.
But he theorized thusy: The rob-
bers being above the stage could not look !
down towards the valley and see either men
or horses, while he could look up towards the
sky and starlight land distinctly see the robbers,
and that therefore there was no dander i'll
A collision with a hay team during the pre-
vious day had torn the lamps off the stage
coach The would be stage robbers evidently
expected the coach to come along on the
upper road, and stationed themselves where
they were for the purpose of stopping it.
There being no lamps on the coach the driver
accidentally got on the lower road, and thus
saved himself and passengers from being at
tackled. Amid the tempest which was bowling
1t the time the robbers did not discover the
approach of the stage until it had nearly
passed them, and a hundred feet or 80 away,
With an intervening mass of rocks over which
t would have required quarter of an hour
IF more to Chamber That is what saved Tom
3yrne from being cribbed, and perhaps cot
ined. There were but three passengers on |
BOARD, Judge Douthitt, aud R. D. Ferguson, 1
Attornies from Bodie, and Deputy l. s. y
+ valuable baggage on the coach. l.