Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-05-13
For the Gallipolis journal.
LEMHI AGENCY, IDAHO TERRITORY,

| LEMnk lDAaO lEhshhAohhs
, April %, 1880.
EDITOR JoURNAL:-When IclOsed my
last letter We were running Immediately
up that most deceptive OF. streams, ths
Platte river, having just left the city OF
Fremont. The next station of any note
is Schuyler the county seat of Colfax
county, containing about 1000 inhabi-
rants. This place contains five churches,
fine .schOol-house, several good stores,
two good hotels, and several small man-
ufactorles.
The next point of interest is Colum-
bus, the county-seat Of Platte. county.
This is lively, gO-a-head city OF 2.OOO
inhabitants, has two banks, six church,
es, three good schools, and two weekly
newspapers-the. Journal and Era.
George Francis Train used to call this
the center Of the United States, and ad-
vocated the removal of the National Cap
itol to this point. u
We now cross Long Fork on first
class bridge, In a first-class agricultural
section of country, but sparsely settled.
Game in abundance-such as deer, All
telOpe, turkeys and prairie chickens,
while the streams are dotted with ducks
and geese.
We now pass over forty miles of road
in which 1t is said there is not one foot
of curve, aud 1t is as smooth as floor.
Lone Tree, the county-seat of Menich
county is now passed. The "old emil
grant road" from the States to the West
crossed the river just opposite here, at
what was known rs sold Shin's Ferry"
We are now at Grand Island, the
county-seat of Hall county. Here as
in the Young cities passed are unmistak-
able evidences of both wealth and enter
prise. Churches, schoOl-houses and
newspapers, those three necessary adj
juncts to any city are all well repre-
senred here. Here we stop 20 minutes
for supper, and the one who has spare
dollar in his breeches can sit down to
tolerable supper, while he who has not,
can stand and get what he calls for, pro-
vlfed lie does not call for too many ar
ticles.
The next point of interest is Kearny
Junction, named for the old fort of that
name. Here the Burlington & Missou-
ri River r. r. and the Denver q st. Jo-
seph X. r. form a junction with the U.
p. coming in from the South on the
same track.
After passing several unimpOrtant
stations we are at Bay Springs. It was
at this point that the big Springs rob-
berry took place in Sept, 1877. A party
of twelve masked men, took possession
Of the station, bound and gagged the en-
ployes. cut the telegraph wires, and
when the western train arrived, took
possession of it in the name Of "hands
up" and succeeded in robbing the ex-
press car of $65, 900, and the passengers
and unmOlested, deliberately rode away.
The next place of note ls Julpsburg.
The place was named after Jules Berg,
who was brutally assasslnated by his
mortal enemy, Jack Slade. Slade was Il
noted desperado, having, it is said, kill
ed thirteen men. In 1861 Slade and
Jules had quarrel, which ended in a
shooting scrape in which Slade was
beaten. Slade, however. not to be out
done, through the influence of his
friends deeOyed Jules to Cold Spring
where he was captured and
bound, and word sent TO Slade, who was
then at Cottonwood Springs. Slade lost
no time but rode night and day until he
arrived at Cold Spring Rancho where
Jules was prisoner, being securely tied
to post in such position as TO render
him perfectly helpless. Slade shot him
twenty-three times. taking care not TO
kill him, cursing all the time in most
fearful manner, and taking drink be-
tween Shots Before firing each shot he
would tell Jules just where he intended
to hit him. Unable to provoke cry of
pain or sign of fear frOm poor Jules,
he ran up to him and thrusting his pis-
tol into his mouth, shot him to death.
Slade then cut the ears from his victim
and put them in his pocket. After this
affair Jack would go into the saloons,
and pulling from his pockets the ears of
the unfortunate Jules, would throw
them down on the bar and demand
the drinks, which were never refused.
From here Jack went to Montana where
he was hanged by the yigilants. His
wife arrived just after he had been exc
cu,ed. She had ridden all day on horse
back with the avoxed purpose of shoot
ing him herself to save the disgrace of
having him hanged. More anon.
E. A. STONE.