Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-02-15


Northeastern road was plunging along
at the rate of thirty-fve miles an hour
when she struck an obstruction, and
the engine was thrown from the track
and turned on her side. The air
brakes worked well and the train was
saved. The engineer and fireman
were jammed by the tender against
the boiler head. and scalded and
roasted to death. Heavy spikes had
been driven in cross-tie and then
bent over the rail. Suspicion rested
upon man named John Barker, and
he and his son were arrested by the
officers of the law. "A mob of about
100 men was soon collected, and they
proceeded at once to take possession of
the prisoners They denied their
guilt, but the son, mere boy, was
tortured by burning his hands almost
off, when he confessed that himself
and father had wrecked the train,
through malice to the road. When he
had finished his statement his hands
were withdrawn from the stove and he
fell fainting on the floor. The red
hot handouts fell clattcring to the
floor. The angry mob, seeing the boy
was manned for life, decided to spare
him, but tied his father to tree and
in the presence of the tortured bov
shot him to death, literally riddling
him with balls. The mob did its
bloody work on Friday, and the corpse
was yet tied to the tree, and was seen
by the passengers who arrived in New
Orleans over the Northeastern road
Saturday morning.
The crime of throwing q passenger
train from the track should be met
with the severest punishment, but it is
n shame that men will suffer them
selves to become fiends and ruth
lessly trample upon law, while pre-
tending to mete out just law to others.
THE CREOLES
A "CreCle" in this country is under
stood to be one born in a French or
Spanish possession, and of European
parents. 1t is not ut all necessary that
there be any admiXture of colOred
blood in the individual. In fact it is
necessary that there should not be.
believe this is about the meaning Web
ster gives to the word. We used to
hear of "Creole negroes" ""Creole cat
tie, Creole corn" "Creole horses"
Creole eggs" and "Creole chickens, "
meaning anything born or produced in
Louisiana, but such expressions are
seldom heard any more. The wealthy
old Creole families, the Knickerbock-
ers of Louisiana, have passed away,
and their descendants are about the
only CreOles there are in this country.
The name was once a great honor in
stead of a stigma, as is supposed by
many. With the departure of wealth
and social distinction from these old
European families went also culture
and beauty, until now Creole is almost
a meaningless word, except rs it re-
fers to the people of other times.
THE STREET CAR DRIVERS,
and in fact all the working men con-
nected with the street car line in the
city, about 5000 men, have been on a
strike since Saturday afternoon. 1t
came to many like thunder r-clap, and
10000 people were and still are, great
ly incOnvenienced. Thousands of Wis
itOrs were scattered about, miles away
from their stopping places, with no
dependence but to street cars to get
back home. The situation was a
frightful one, and to add to
the charm it was soon pour
ing down rain. Cabs were sent
for when it could be done, and as they
are allowed to charge eXtortionately,
they made a big haul. Furniture
wagons, buggies, carriages, express
wagons, laundry wagons, push carts,
in fact everything that could convey Il
woman or haul a man, was out raking
in the dollars at ruinous rate. Peo'
pie came in wet and muddy, came in
| at all hours of the ninht md MiNps