The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-09-12

2 oars were MOL 1OunQs2s ~ 0eF9Q aEDy the
mob, they gave. 4. up, feeling not half
SO badly as the beyyI of report tors, who
saw;a good item Ding TO- waste on
shore.sa A Call man wasslup to the
emergency. Throwing off everything
but his underclothes, and taking his
note book and pencil between his teeth,
he plunged overheard, although the
day was a cold one, and making she
shore, sat dripping and shiyering on
the ground by the edge of the ring,
scribbling with his chilled fingers on
his wet paper. When the fight was
over he SWAN back to the steamer, was
. pulled aboard by the rope that was
thrown to him, and tle next morning
the Call had the scoop. i-
J, A Chronicle reporter, OFF duty, heard
q pistol shot on Sunday night, on a
deserted commercial street, rushed in
tine direction Of the report, heard the
rapid patter of a mans heels on the
sidewalk, and saw figure under a
dark~awning. 1t was a very respect
'sable looking man, with his silk hat
crushed~at his feet. He was shaking
all over, and held still smoking. re-
volver in his hand. The, reporter
arrested him at once In the Interest of
sensational journalism, and on the way
to the station got from the quaking
man, who never doubted that he was
an, officer, the name of the person he
had fired at. A real policeman APP
peafed aud nothing more could be got
out OF the prize. Reference to direc-
tory showed that the man shot at was
one Of the wealthiest foundrymeh In
the city. The reporter fastened to the
house, which was not very, far distant,
and f6and it deserted. INQUIRY at the
next door proved that the fogndryman
a few weeks before had mov9into an
adjoining street. You suppose That the
reporter immediately hastsned &c, the
new residence. Not at all. Hesaun-l
tered leisurely, into "a neighboring
saloon, drank, got a;cigar, and qaietly
asked for a pen and ink. Ina nqpmentl
he had neat little placard prepared,
stating that MIR. -i had removed tor
No. Van Ness Avenue, about thxee
miles away. A visit to an apothecaIsass
resulted in waters, and creeping back
to the door of the foundrynan's late
residence, the Crafty reporter affixed
his fib to the door, and then exultantly
sped to the home Of his Victim. Al
! flaming two column social scandal en-
sriched the Chronicle on Monday, and
) the qualification Of thAs reporter was
worth a years salary u ski&ns he lis;
tened to the Call man 10 hati worried
the victim at the stat into giving
the name of his Intended prey, and
had found the house afso by means of
the directory, and been sent off on 81
barren hunt to Van Nsss Asyenue. 8;
The mystery over thesinix ing niousaS
tain of Georgia is stir unsofvet, un Mess
the explanation given by Mr.. MI,
StayshanSnn 81
scientist, is the true one. mas lived
in the gold-bearing section ever since
the first white man came here, He,
says that he distinctly remembersthat
about forty years ago a shaft of a Mine
was run under the edge of this noun
tain and afterwards abandoned. Later,
B the water of the river, which ran near
by, filtered through into this shaft. and
washed away all trace of it. 1t is a
very rapid, swift mountain stream. and
he supposes that it has gradually
washed out the shaft, and enlarged the
hole, until there was a vast chasm of a
half a mile long and fully as broad and
nan as deep. He thinks this washing
continued until the support of about
one-third of the mountain was eafe,,
away, and it then tumbled into the
chasin. This Mr.. Stephenson holds
would account for the continued sink.
ing OF the broken mass, as he holds
that the river is still eating it away.
Some one in Atlanta asked General
Toombs the other day If he would be
candidate for Governor. emo, sir p
was the emphatic reply; 'sI have no,
single qualification--never made .
id agricultural speech in my life
and don't know a single Sunday-scho
hymn" 80
A gentleman in neighboriug town
who had suffered two years with
chronic diarrh9a, and was so REDUCED