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The Penn's Grove record., 1884-08-16
In South American waters.

a South American traveller says
more uncanny still were the land-crabs,
'fearful as the freight fell On their
yellow cynical faces, fixed as that Of the
sphinx, but fixed in a horrid grin.
Smelling the fish we were cooking,
they came down the mountains in thou
sands upon US. We threw them Jumps
Of fish, which they devoured with crab
like %slowness, yet perseverance. 1t ls
a CHASTITY sight, a land-crab at his din
her. a huge beast was standing a
yard from me; l gave him a portion of
fish, and watched him. He looked at
me straight in the face with his out
staring eyes, and proceeded with his
two front claws to tear up his food,
banging bits of it to his mouth with
one claw, as with a fork. But all this
while he never looked at what he was
doing; his face was fixed in one posi-
ton, starlngat me. And when l looked
around, 10! there were half a dozen
others all steadily feeding, but with i'm.
movable heads turned to me with that
fixed basilisk stare. 1t was indeed hor-
rible, and the effect was n%ightmarish
in the extreme.
While we slept that night they at
tackled us, and would certainly have
devoured us had we not aw0ke, and
did eat holes in our clothes. One of
us had to keep watch SO as to drive
them from the other two, otherwise
we should have had no sleep. Imagine
a sailor cast alone on this coast, weary,
yet unable to sleep a moment OF &C
count of these ferocious creatures. At
ter a few days of an existence full of
horror, he would die raving mad and
then be consumed in an hour by his
foes. In all Dante's 'Inferno" there
is no more horrible a suggestion of pun
iShment than this. AS l was keeping
watch over the others 1 threw a large
stone at one of two great crabs that
were approaching the sleepers. 1t
broke through his armor and killed
him. His death produced an effect on
his companion that I little expected
and which, L confess, made me feel
quite uncomfortable and nervous in my
exhausted condition. The reptile
stopped when his companion fell. A
copious foam then poured from his
mouth and his two eyes started right
out of his head, hanging on to the ends
OF two long strings of horns. When
saw this CHASTITY exhibition l did half
believe for a time that l was in a land OF
magic, surrounded by more than earthly
enemies. The foul birds luckily slept;
so we had not to defend ourselves against
their attacks as well, or l know not how
we should have got through the night.
As it was, the e~ver-crowding crabs pro-
duced an almost delirium tremens sort
of effect on the imagination Of a lone
ly watcher. But we managed to get
through the night without a~ffordlng
them the unwonted luxury Of a human
supper.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-08-16

The wood pavement of London as at
present laid down, is $50, 533 square
yards, its cost being estimated at 600..
600 pounds sterling. The majority OF
the London pavements consist Of rec.
tangular blocks Of yellow deal, mostly
Swedish, which seems to be the most
fitted Of all woods to withstand wear
and tear and atmospheric changes.
Pitch-pine is the most suitable Of all
hard woods, the vertical wear of the
section in Kings road, Chelsea, during
four and a half years, being only 0.O55
inches. Elm or oak do not stand chan
ges of temperature well; larch is better
suited, but the supply Is not sufficient
to allow it to be much used. Creosoting
the blocks, which was onc very much
in favor, has been found to be of little
value as a p~reservative, the creosoted
blocks being no more durable than the
plain ones, while the surface was less
clean and there was a tendency to more
rapid internal decay. Moreover, they
are 90 per cent. more costly. The
plain system has been in use in the
Chelsea district for five years, and has
answered its purpose well, affordmg
good foothold for horses and being safe
and smooth for vehicles, while the ce.
ment grout used for filling the joints
keeps out the wet and does not allow
dirt TO accumulate.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-08-16

Mr.. Collins Of Douglass County, Col
oradO, after supper recently starred out
to explore the neighboring hills. APP
preaching a precipitous cliff he felt
that his souls desire would forever re-
main %ungrati6ed unless he scaled its
steep sides. This, after considerable
difficulty, he accomplished. Upon the
highest point of the narrow summit
he discovered a huge nest perched;
leaning over with much difficulty to
his surprise he saw four apparently
very young, but very large birds, which,
although but recently Matched, were
already the size of a large chicken. He
was about to place his hand in the
nest TO secure them when he was most
savagely attacked from above by four
monster birds, which he at once recog-
nized as specimens of the national bird.
in all their native freedom, and, as he
found to his cost, in all their native
strength and yigor. Like a flash the
quartette swooped down upon him, and
with beaks and talons struck and bruis-
ed him considerably about the head and
face. forcing him to beat retreat after
a one-slded battle, lasting for perhaps
fifteen minutes. fastening to the camp,
Mr.. Collins obtained the assistance of
another miner, and the two, armed
with clubs, returned to the scene Of bat
tie. The old eagles had disappeared,
but an investigation of the nest dis
closed the cause. They had removed
three of the young during hIs absence.
The remaining me he secured by plac-
ing it in a broad brlmmed felt hat and
lowering it down the side Of the cliff
with a rope to his companion. The
eaglet is now in camp, the pet of the
boys, and Is thriving wonderfully. 1t
takes about one small rabbit per diem
to furnish him with s~ustenance suited
to his rapidly growing capacity.
Prejudice Ia the reason of fools,
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-08-16

" Va Af "
appropriate passages from the bible
falling now and then from the good
mans lips. He had just released from
the cool embrace Of the waters a young
girl clad in snow-white garments, SO
emblematical of purity, when the wind
sighed through the trees in the most
direful conceivable.
When 1t ceased its moaning voice,
the minister began the following sacred
words, in clear solemn tones that thrill
ed through the crowd
"The wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou nearest the sound thereof
but knowest not whence it cometh nor
whittier it"
"Goeth, he had meant to say, but
the word died in stiffness on his lips.
There came a gust of wind far more
powerful than any that had preceded
it, and swept along and dashed the
waters of the stream. Hats were
blown off, trees writhed and creaked
in the blast. and some of the people were
nearly thrown to the ground.
Bessie cried out, but only through
anxiety as to the fate of her parasol,
which had escaped from hergraSp, and,
as il it had been a thing Of life, taken
unto itself wings and flown away.
Like the brilliant Bird of Paradise it
had been likened unto, it aew-carried
off by the strong-breathed wind IN the
direction of the stream. Would it dip
its radiant plumage into the water and
be ruined forever? Or would it be
torn into shreds amongst the branches
of the willows ere it reached the stream?
Bessie clutched hold of Harry's arm
in her trepidation, and shouted:
run for your life after it, Harry,
and if you bring it back to me intact,
without a blemish, I'll say yes to the
question you asked me ages ago. Oh!
runl runn
And down the bank Harry sped after
the flying thing. As good luck would
have it, it did not go far; It's flight wa
interrupted by the swaying branches Of
a willow, which, as the wind died away
as suddenly asst had sprung into action,
caught and held it in an %unloying clasp
till Harry arrived upon the cen and
released it.
Anxiously he examined it. Not a
spot of dirt upon it, not a Single rent II
1t, could be detected; and so he observed
to Bessie as they wended their way
slowly homeward.
But the girl declared piteously chat,
somehow, its colors looked less bright
than before its flight, and that-really,
she hadn't considered the momentOus
question sufficiently to decide that
day."
But Harry stopped her, his voice firm
and clear.
"Say yes or no, Bessie, for l shall
never mention the subject to you
again"
And perceiving that he was thorough
ly In earnest, and loving hun sincerely,
Bessie dropped her pretty air Of coque-
try, so natural to the majority of wo-
men, and made answer in the alirma.
tive.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-08-16

Wales in being shipped away whole
sale. Certainly the sum total OF the
mineral exported annually from that
portion of Great Britain Is prodigious.
or coal alone. n week recently, there
went to foreign and British ports from
Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea not
less than 278.37s tons.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-24

they manifested In saving them from the
wreck. All the survivors now aboard the
cutter are being cared for by the OIL
GERS.
The City of Columbus was one Of the
finest vessels on the coast. She was built In
1898 by John Roach Il Son, OF Chester, Pa. :,
for the Ocean Steamship company, of New
York, to run between that port and Hayana.
She was purchased by the Boston and Sa-
vannah Steamship company in September,
1880, and has since been plying between this
city and Savannah, making fortnightly trips
in alte rnation with her sister ship, the Gate
City. The Columbus was built of iron and
thoroughly equipped. She was rated A /
for hundred years and was of 1887 tons
burden. She WIS 270 feet long and 80 feet
beam and had passenger accommodation for
81 first-class and 10 second-class passengers.
The steamship was insured at lower rate
than any vessel on the coast and was valued
at 5000, 900, and insured for $3.50 900; $40,
600 in English and $50, in American
companies.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-24
Crops, Population and Railroad
Mileage.

Kan roan GaLettS-
There was one mile of railroad in
1880 to 34,S19 pounds of cotton; in 1881
to 5,4l6 pounds; in 1882 to $4,000
pounds; in 1888 to 24,066 pounds.
There was one mile of railroad in 1880
to 20,40S bushels of grain in 1881 to
5000 bushels; in 1888 to $1,000 bus
hels. There was one mile of road in
1880 to 354 inhabitants, liz 1881 to 519,
in 1882 to 49, in 1888 to 466. 1t will
be seen that the sources of business for
the roads are markedly less now than
four years since. These are facts to
which speculation will be compelled
TO yield. Yet they are by ne means
discouraging. The process of recovery
is as sure and inevitable az the process
of shrinking, and there is considerable
evidence that it has begun. The i'm
mediate future is not promising to
those who are in haste TO get rich. It
is perhaps on that account the more en-
couraging those who are content with
moderate gains honorably made.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-24
Cruelty to q Sorrowing Girl.


How easy it is for writer's for the pa
pers, in little item, an item that they
give no thought to when they write it,
to cause sorrow enough to make the
writer wish he were dead, il he could
realize the sorrow that he causes. Al
the burning Of the Newhall house, a
young railroad man named HOWE was
lost. He was to have been married
shortly to Miss Barnes, of Manitowoc,
and his life insurance was made pay
able to her. A few weeks ago one OF
the society papers made an item that a
Miss Barnes, of Manitowoc, was soon
to be married.. Some other newspaper
man saw the item, and at once Jumped
to the conclusion that the lady was the
afiianced of the dead conductor, and he
made an item to that effect. Then doz-
ems of other papers made items, and
many of them commented on the mat
ter in an uncomplimentary manner,
one saying that five thousand dollars
was pretty, good price for
Il years mourning, and some
of the papers spoke of her heart
lessness, until it was hard to find pa
per in all this broad land that did not
say something mean of the poor little
girl who was living quietly at her home,
thinking of her lost lover, and laying
awake nights shuddering at his horrible
fate. The subject of marriage with an
other had never entered her head, and
she was fairly crushed by the cruel sto-
ries. Sne tried to conceal her sorrow
as much as possible, but each paper she
saw seemed to say something meaner
than the previous one, until she was
almost wild, and then her relatives de.
MED the story, but not one paper in 3
hundred that published the original I'M
truthful item about her will ever think
to publish the denial, so the sorrowlng
girl, whose brave young lover was lost
with her picture on his breast, and her
face the last he saw on earth, is made
to appear very mean, and unfaithful.
The writer's for the papers who have
said these wicked things of the little
woman are SO busy in writing for their
papers that they have not time to think
of the heart that they have made
heavy, of the sobs that come from her
quiet room, of the pale face that tries
to look cheerful, or the sad, fearful
eyes that try to look through the smoke
and flame of her imagination for the
face of the one who was dearer to her
than all the earth besides. If the
cruelty should kill her, who would be
her murdurers? The Sun does not sup
pose that a young woman thus be-
reaved at the threshold of life should
always mourn for the lost one, and the
lost one would not expect it. and it is
hoped that the future may raise up to
her one that will be as kind and loving
and true as the bright boy who gave up
his life in the New"hell" house, and
that she will one day be a happy wife,
but there is no hurry, and papers should
be careful not to make her lot harder to
bear than it is.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-24
Tunneling Under Difficulties.

New York Telegram January 10
A curious narrative of difficult en-
gineering comes to us from France. 1t
appears that the railroad from Montau-
ban to Briye. being authorized to run a
tunnel through the Mont des Cabanes,
q distance of a mile and half (8A
metres), the workmen successfully
pierced through all of the distance but
eight metres (twenty-siy feeO during
the year 1881. The two years which
have elapsed since that time have been
occupied in 6ineffectual efforts tc pene-
trate the small distance remaining; in
effectual on account of the constant de-
posts of moistened earth, sort of red
phosphate, which is renewed as fast az
removed, though fifteen tons per hour
have been taken away during the
two years. The material appears in
exhaustible, and engineers from
different parts of Europe have, after
careful inspection, given their opinion
that the task of completing the tunnel
is impossible. The pillars which are
used for supporting the roof Of the tun-
mel have to be constantly renewed, az
they become twisted and bent from the
heavy load upon them, this even being
the case with metallic columns. Several
persons have been killed during the
progress of the work, and large num-
Der injured. Altogether the title given
to the work of lie Tunnel Internal"
would not seem to be misplaced. The
cost of removing the mud of the recslci-
trant twenty-six metres has already
amounted to 8, 500, 900 francs, aud it is
impossible to estimate anything az to
the future of this melancholy enter
prise
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-24
THE BOYS IN BLUE.
Their Claims to be Brought Before the
Present Congress.

The movement of the survivors of
the war with Mexico, for suitable rec
ignition of their services ut the hands
of congress, is followed by similar
memorial from the veterans of the late
war, as will be seen by the following
RESOLUTIONS:
WHEREAS, All nations and countries
have ever honored and held in most
grateful remembrance thei. loyal he
roes and patriotic defenders; have
erected monuments to commemorate
their valorOus achievements, and pro-
claimed in song and story the great sac
rifices, the many hardships and priva-
tions in camp, in field, and on the
march they endured and suffered for
national existence or national honor
and
WHEREAS, A just appreciation and
recognition of the dangers, tolls and
sufferings passed through by the veter-
ans of the late war for the Union should
ever find an abiding home in the breasts
of the people of the republic, and that
their claims to necessary aid and assist
ance should be most cheerfully and
promptly accorded by q grateful coun-
try and people; and
WHEREAS, There are many old, en-
feebled and needy survivors of the
Union army in the rebellion, who
should receive the tenderest care and
ever ready and vii Iing gratitude and
bounteous provision of our great and
glorious republic, preserved by their
valor and heroism in a contest I'M
equaled in magnitude and fierceness of
any ever waged between armies. Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That a copy of the fore
going be sent to our representatives
and senators in congress, with the re-
quest that they use their best and
united endeavors to carry out the wish
of Nebraska's soldiery as above ex-
pressed.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-24
Still A Stakeholder.
Baltimore American,


A strange reminder of the ante-bel-
lum days was witnessed short time
ago in the busy streets of the peaceful
city of Staunton, in the valley of Vir-
ginia. A sturdy mountaineer, from
Pochahontas CO., W. Va, had made his
way from his secluded Businesses across
the Cheat and Allegheny Mountains,
$50 miles to the nearest center of civili-
zation, to make sale of some stock, the
fluctuations of whose value once sent a
throb through the commercial world. In
his high and isolated eyrie, enjoying the
independent freedom and simplicity of
rural life, he had not heard of "war's
alarms rand none of the confusion in
cldent to secession had disturbed the
peaceful rounds OF his life. He had
tended his flocks, cultivated the soil
and prospered until the surplus was be-
yond his consumption. Reckoned
among the wealth that could be dis
posed of as no longer necessary for his
needs were two finely built colored
men, and it was more particularly to
sell these that he he'd gotten the con-
sent of his mind to make the perilous
journey to the nearest point within the
pales of civilization.
Arrived in Stanton he asked for
slave dealer, and tried in vain to sell
his slaves. He could not be convinced
that there had been a great war, and
at last he left in disgust. When last
seen he and his dusky property were on
their way back home to enjoy life free
from the vices of an unreal civilization.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-24
DISASTER AT SEA.
The Steamer City of Columbus Strikes
thu Ledge at DEVILS Bridge-Over One
Hundred Lives Probably Lest

Boston, January 49, F. w. Nicker-
son & Son, agents of the Savannah steam
ship line, received the following dispatch:
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, January IS.-To
e. w. Nickerson & Son:-The steamer City
of Columbus is ashore on DEVILS Bridge,
Gay Fl cad, and is fast breaking up. About
a hundred lives are lost. VIII leave on the
early train in the morning. was saved by
the cutter Dexter.
(Slgned) s. e. WRIGHT, Master.
The City of Columbus left Boston at o.
m. on the 18th Thursday, carrying eighty
passengers aud a crew OF $50. At 3:45 a. m.
on Friday, at Gay Head light, she was bear
ing south, half east. The vessel struck on
the outside Of t re DEVILS Bridge buoy.
The wind was blowing gale west by north.
The vessel Immediately filled and keeled
over, the water breaking in and flooding the
port side saloon. All the passengers, ex-
cepting few women and children, came on
deck, nearly all wearing life preservers. All
the boats were cleared away, but were i'm
medistely swamped.. A majority of the
passengers were washed overheard. Seven
and about 40 more took to the rigging. At
1920 a. M. the Gay Head life boat put off
and took seven persons. Another life boat
put off between - and O'Clock, and the
revenue cutter, Dexter, came along
about 2:30 and sent off two boats. The
lodges on which the City of Columbus struck
are considered by mariners one Of the most
dangerous points on the coast: The lodges
consist of formation of submerged rocks,
constituting double ledge or outer strata,
which is called the "DeYil's Back both
lodges being called the ''Devil's Bridge
These lodges are abreast of Gay Head light
on the mainland and extend little south
ward Of it. The outer ledge Of DEVILS
Back Is about eight miles from the mainland
on either side at the outer ledge is very deep
water. The upper part Of the ledge is
formed like the gable OF house, so that a
vessel striking it diagonally would naturally
keel over onto her beam ends. The course
Of vessels going around Gay Head Is to pass
by the outer ledge on the south.
The total number ofpersons saved is two
hundred and thirty, and five dead bodies
were recovered, and one hundred and nine
teen souls were unaccounted for.
John L. Cook, one Of the passengers
saYed, relates heart-rending scene: John
Roach, coal passer, dsngled from the
main mast for two hours with his hands and
legs about the main stay. At length his
struggles grew feebler, until he dropped
into the sea. A passenger WAS astride the
stay and chung there from until nearly 10
q. m, when he too reinquished his fight
rescued gave the highest praise to the off,
GERS of the revenue cutter for the bravery
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-24
THE MARKETS,
OMAHA.

WHEAT-No. 2, 72672kc.
BARLEY-No. 2, 41c.
RYE-No. 3, 45c.
CORN-No. 2, 37t03T,ac.
OATs-No. 2, 32hc.
FLoUR-Wheat Graham, u 70.
CHOP FEED-Per cWt. SOC.
SHORTs-Per ton, $14 90.
ORANGEs-Per box, s. 25.
LEMONs-Per box, 81 0OG0T V.
APPLEs+Per barrel So TOAD 30.
BUTTER-Creamery, 33Ca35c.
BUTTER-Choice country, 1+0l6o.
EGGs-Fresh, 20t922c.
HAMs-Per tt. 13Ac.
POTATOEs-Choice, per bushel, 3JlI45c.
HAY-In bulk, per ton, IS O0laG 30.
LARD-Retined, per tb. l0&c.
SLEEPS O0t63 so.
CATTLE s. 50t64 so.
HOGs-A 00d4 %.
CALvEs-$o 00t06 o..
CHICAGO.
WHEAT-Per busheI. 9S698 he.
CORN-Per bushel, 81 4 t052c.
OATs-Per bushel, go &c.
PoRK-$14 55t814 60.
LARD-S8 62H6a IS.
HOGS-MiXed, IS SOFAS IS.
CATTLK-Exports. S. 00tnT 90.
SHKKP-Medium to good, s. 00td4 90.
ST. LOUIS.
WHEAr-Per bushel, 90H@S1 90.
CORN-Per bushel. 4SS 646Ac.
OATs-Per bushel, 33ht6a5c.
CATTLE-EXports. S. 00a6 40.
3HERP-$3 50td4 90.
HoGs-MiXed, 50 0Ofd5 80.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-24
Drawing the Sympathetic Tear.

Drawing the Sympathetie Tear.
Brooklyn Eagle
alt was one of the saddest cases ever
l knew" said the stranger, Occasional
ly moistening his throat with a drsaght
of hot whisky. 81 never heard Of q
death that affected me MORE" The
crowd gathered around him and began
to ask questions. "Was he murderedf'
"No. he wasn't murdered" ibid he
commit suicide?" ono" Did he die
a natural death?> mo" 'If he
wasn't murdered, didn't commit suicide
or die natural death, what in thunder
was the matter with him?'' "He was
found in bed with copy of the New
York Sun in his hand containing a
large installment of the Holman boomn
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-24
HEADQ'Rs G. A. CUSTER Posi- No. 7,
Dept of Nebraska G.. A. r.

[ certify that at a regular. meeting of
G. A. Custer post No. I, department of
Nebraska G. A. R.. held at their hall
in the city of Omaha, this 7th day of
January, 1884, the foregoing and above
preamble and resolution were, after
due elaboration, unanimously adopt
ed; anu further certify that the said
foregoing is.a true and correct copy of
said preamble and resolution.
Given under my hand this eth day
of January, A. D. 1884.
GEO. M. O'BKIEN,
Post Commander.
JOHN w. HoNZA, Post Adjutant.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-24

There is an effort being made to re-
vive the fashion of using black gloves
both for day and evening; light shades
of tan color, however, remain the
choice for dress occasions.
Don't strain your eyes by reading On
an empty stomach or when i'll.
McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-01-24

France is negotiating for the sale of
her state railroads to obtain war funds.