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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-25
THE FAMOUS PONY EXPRESS.
How Mail Was Carried Across the Continent
Twenty Years Ago.
Cassell's Magazine,

Cassells Magazine.
Twenty years ago, settlers starting for the far
West, with their heavily-laden wagons, knew
that the journey would occupy six months of
hard travel, and might involve many dangers Of
varied character-chiefly from hostile Indians.
prairie fires. and rattlesnakes. Once started on
that far journey, many q weary month must
elapse ere any tidings could reach them from the
home they had left.
Great was the excitement when a company Of
fearless, determined men announced their reso-
luton to carry letters from the shores OF the
Atlantic to those of the Pacific in fourteen DAYS.
The feat was deemed impossible. Nevertheless,
the Central Overland California and Pixies Peak
Express was duly organized, the vast expanse
Of country right across the continent was di-
vlded into runs OF sixty miles, and at each ter
minus rude log huts were erected as stations and
stables for men and beasts.
The latter were strong, swift ponies, selected
for their hardness and great powers Of endur-
ance. and the riders were all picked men, ex-
perienced scouts aud trarpers, noted-even in
that region Of keen, hard riding men-for cour-
age and good craftsmanship; and many a time
must both have been tried to the uttermost in
the course of those terribly long and awfully lone
some rides across the trackless prairie, contin-
ually in danger Of attack, by day or by night. by
wild Indians or highway robbers.
Once a week an express messenger started from
either side of the great continent. From the
first moment to the last, not n second must be
lost. AS long as the pony could gallop, gallop
he must; and the eager beasts seemed as Keen
AS their riders, and scarcely needed
the cruel spur to urge them on. For
sixty miles at a stretch they must
keep up their utmost speed; and when at length
the goal was reached, whore the next messenger
was waiting in the saddle, ready TO start without
one minutes delay, the precious letter bag was
tossed from one postman to the other, aud, ere
the wearied incomer had even dismounted, his
successor had started on his onward way.
Then pony and man might rest and feed, and
rest again, till the return of a messenger with a
reflled letter bag, which was warranted to ac-
eomplish its journey of upwards of ., 900 miles in
240 hours. THE railway on the New York side
being already constructed as far as ST. Joseph,
that station was the eastern point to which tho
pony express had to rum
This pony express was continued for two years
accomplishing its work with amazing regularity,
and involving many a feat of splendid riding and
wild adventure. 1t proved, however n ruinous
failure from a commercial point of view, and tho
company collapsed with a deficit Of 500. 900.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-25
NEW STORY ABOUT GEN. MCCLELLAN.
An Adventure with a Wounded Pant her
While Exploring the Red River.
New York Sun.

New York sun.
II never see q panther" said a gentleman who
was standing IN the Central Park menagerie
yesterday, 'withoutthinkine of the way General
Mcclellan attacked one when he was a brevet cap
tain in the regular army. The story has never
been told. Mcclellan was the second in COM
mand of the first exploring expedition that
assembled the Red River of the South to its
source. Capt. r. B. Marcy was in command,
and a brother of mine was a teamster on the
expedition. On the 28th of June, 1852. the
troop had encamped, after a march of eight miles
over about the toughest country a wagon ever
crossed, at the foot Of the majestic cliffs that
form the borders of the Staked Plains of New
Mexico. The eScarpments rise to a height of
from 700 to 1000 feet, and the streams and
springs which form the Red river rise in the gull
lies and recesses of these towering rocks. Can
started to examine the country on horseback.
after the camp was made, and when a mile or
two from the camp, saw on the opposite side of a
little meadow, half a mile away, "a herd of an
telopes. The grass and the lay of the land
favored an approach, and, leaving the horses
with Mcclellan. Marcy crept to within 600 or 700
yards of the animals, and began to use a bleat
initiating the call OF a fawn. In a minute or two
the herd started toward him on the trot. lie
was about to shoot one of them when a rustic in
the grass to his left attracted his intention. He
looked around, and, to his establishment, saw an
enormous panther bounding toward him. He at
once fired at the panther and tumbled it over.
He then started back for his horse, and. meeting
Mcclellan, the two men returned TO skin the
panther. When they reached the place where
it had fallen they Were surprised to see it Jump
up and make off at a lively pace, although limp
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-25
WHISKY AND SCIENCE.
The Cause of a Drunken Mans Bewilderins
Gyrations.

IA SiuoS VI Eohh IAdh . lAA0T1hs
Gyrations.
Philadelphia News.
''Why does a man stageer when he is drunk?'
A representative Philadelphia physician, scien-
fist and philosopher addressed this query to a
News representative Yesterday afternoon on
Chestnut street, as they passed by a we'll
dressed, gentlemanly-looking young man, who
had evidently looked through the bottom of too
many wine glasses.
You must know" said the doctor, in response
to a request for a plain but scientific explana-
ton, THAT the nervous system, which has its
seat in the brain and the spinal cord, divides its
responsibility among its several parts, much as
in the executive department of the government,
the responsibility is sUbdivided, but centers in
one head-the President of the United States.
presides over the coordination of
movement, the cerebrum over volitional
life, and the medulla oblongata over
respiration. In the case OF alcohol intoXication
the influence is first felt in the cerehellum, and
the victim loses that complete control over the
movement of his muscles which characterizes
him in his normal state. This is the reason he
staggers. If the intoxication is carried further
the cerebrum is attacked. and he loses his con-
troll over his thoughts, his power of expressing
himself intelligently, and, in fact, all his intel
lectual faculties are bcnumbed. When this mar
cotization becomes complete, the man is
dead drunk. In many instances the lntoXl-
cation has so affected that part of the
spinal chord, which presides over sensation, that
surgical operations have been performed without
producing the sensation of pain. The last por-
ton Of the system affected by the p~otations of
the drunkard is the medulla oblongata. When
this becomes narcotized respiration ceases, and
death ensues.
Il have gone even further than your original
question implied, and have given you all the
stages of drunkenness. 1t is when the influence
of the alcohol is felt in no other portion of the
brain than the cerebelium that The individual
is said to be drunk IN his legs, but all right In mis-
head ="
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-25
One Actor Who Doesn't Swear.

Baltim ore Times.
NO" said a young actor who had been talk
ing to a little group of companions and using a
good many oaths in MS conversation, mo, all
the people who play are not ~profane. At least |
know one actor who doesn't swear. He is George
C.. Min, the ex preacher. | played third witch
in 'Macbeth' in his company one night in St.
Macduff. When we witches went out in the
cauldron scene we we were fixed up in first class
style. and We did the whole business as nice as
any three witches ever did. But when it came
time for the cauidron TO sink into the earth the
trap door stuck fast and the old
soap kettle tipped over sidewise and
spilled all the torpedoes and green fire
and things all over the floor. The stage got into
a blaze, somebody shouted Fire! AID the audi
ence began to get frightened. Burleigh stood in
the wings swearing like a trooper. but Min Just
stood around looking mad, and saying oh,
dear!' L got to laughing and SO did the other
witches. Somebody turned on the gas and
showed the whole thing TO the audience. The
audience yelled with laughter. and Burleigh
swore worse than ever, but Min didn't do any
swearing. Then another time in Kansas City:
[ was playing the secretary 10 Minis Richelieu.
l dressed for the part in a hurry, and didn't
take time to put on stage shoes. | had on a
long robe and thought | was all right So |
advanced to the front of the stage. struck an
attitude, and began to look as picturesque as |
could. Rlchelieu was in the middle of a long
speech, when a fellow in the gallery cried out:
Get onto his knobs in the light topped shoes!'
That broke the audience up and spoiled the
speech. But Min didn't swear any-ne only
looked mad. Any other actor would have sworn
under his breath for five minutes"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-25
The Old Wife.

We have been lovers for forty years;
O dear cheeks faded and worn with tears,
What an eloquent story of love ye tell!
Your roses are dead. yet l love you well.
o pale brow shrined in soft silvery hair,
Crowned with life's sorrow, and lined with care!
Let me read by the light of tile stars above
These dear, dear records of faithful love.
All, fond, fond eyes, of my own true wife.
Ye have shown so clear throug my chequered life,
Ye have shed such JOY on its thorny way,
That | cannot think we are dim to-day.
Worn little hands, that have toiled so long,
Patient and loving, and brave and strong!
We will never tire, We will never rest,
Until you are crossed on my dariings breast!
o warm heart throbbing so close to mine!
Time only strengthens such love as thine.
And proves that the hottest love doth last,
When summer, and beauty, and youth arc past.
The Culver.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-25

ing. Without a moments hesitation, Mcclellan
headed it off and eornered it with some rocks on
one side and Marcy on the other. Almost any
animal will fight when cornered, but a wounded
panther is about the worst beast that a man can
attack. 1t crouched with its tail quivering. aud
then jumped for him.. Mcclellan, without ap-
parent effort, stepped to one side, swung his rife
above his head, and. brought itadown at the base
OF the p~anther's head, breaking the neck of the
beast at one blow. 1t measured eight feet from
uoSa IN tai1 y
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-25

with the permission of the chairman, read these
out. The list was as follows
~ Drinking poison he had intended for another.
ca Falling into
(a) Well,
(b) Pond,
(c) Space.
(3) Shipwreck.
a. Disappearing for ever with a last malignant
curse.
81 Railway accident.
90 Being left alone with his conscience.
The meeting then broke up in some disorder.
, 1885-10-03


II 'ieie arc muse VINO lnlhA 'nat Ohey-
ehhe taxes no interest IN base pall' they
shoulu nave visited these newspaper head
quarters uurins iuesday' eanesday ana
inursuay nights Oh inns week. about the
une the ASSOCIATED rresS reports were
arriving concerning the contest Tor the
pennah' 1T Chlcaso oetwe'h a u from
'nH' Guy anu one rom Ne" ork. feople
OIL all ages sizes ana former conditions OF
servltuie noeked IN TO learn VINO had won.
inueeu' 'nero was never so mueh excite
ment oVer base oaii as there was over the
, 1885-10-03
what is In a Name

a curious case, involving a legal ques-
ton never before raised, is attracting
some attention in Albany county. At the
last election Helen NJ. Bradshaw was
elected county superintendent of schools.
She has since been married and is now
Mrs. Grant. She is no longer Helen NJ.
Bradshaw, and cannot sign teachers Ger
t~iicates nor make distribution of school
monies by that name, because it is not
her name. If she signs her present
name it will probably not be recognized
by the county officials, as the records of
the county don't show that there is any
such officer. Still it was the individual
and not the name who was elected. The
territorial superintendent declines to issue
certificates, and to teachers without Ger
t~iicates the district boaru cannot legally
pay over school money, The decision on
this question will be of interest.
, 1885-10-03

The Butte City Miaa shows the splen.
did journalistic naturalization of G.. o..
Hiegenfus, late editor of the Denver Re
publican.
The Omaha Bee has a new press, new
dress, and many other evidences of pros
perity,
The Omaha Hralfs AL original"
and voluminous Sunday editions. of
late, are not only great journalistic
achievements, but they tell, powerfully,
what "a rushing city Omaha is.
The Denver RGpebiiam is a splendid
newspaper, but it has "a way in politics
which is very provoking. 1t must be
commended, however, for frowning upon
hat meanest of all traitorism, bloody
shirt and Outrage mill agitations.
John Friend OF the Rawlins Journal is
barred from finding fault with the post
office for not getting his paper off early
in the mails. lie can send it out now in
drmp, quick order, and a subscriber who
doesn't get it on time will be privileged
to come and sass him through the
general delivery window.
Barrow, of the Wyoming Trjbumc, is
calling the editor of the Boek Springs
Independent all sorts of names. Among
them Norman Bocaccio Dresser, an ami
mated tent pin, "a e%ritter, an imported
intellectual cyclone, aproto plastic germ
and came very near ceiling him a paral-
ellogram. Indeed, he has called him a
p. g., and that is probably something
awful.
The editor OF the Sweetwater Gaseae
but more Of this anon.
The Denver OphIon grows grandly. Its
a daisy, aud one that the cows haven't
got to either.
Bill Nye is dong the best work Of his
life. He is the greatest humorist the
world has ever produced.
Morrow has made the Buffalo Echo the
best country paper in the territory. It is
all that the region in which it is published
could expect and more too.
The new weekly to be started in
Cheyenne will be published under the
auspices Of st. Johns church.
DIR. Hayford has exhibited old fashioned
iearlessness, good sense and honesty in
his manipulation of the late troubles, and
they are three old fashioned things that
will wear forever and look well, probably
because they are so little used in a general
way.
Kent, of Laramie. in handling his paper
has exemplifed the eouplet from Oliver
Wendell Holmes.
Like the strange missile tho Australian throws,
Your verbal boomerang ,laps you on the nose.
The Greeley SIN rises daily row..
The Chiytpi of Evanston is a great
help to that thriving town.
The Big Horn Sentinel is a year old,
and il plcasos one TO picket up.
, 1885-10-03
A SOLID GOODBYE.
The FANNIE III Which Rev. Cornell's
Friends said Farewell.

Gen Medium has returned from Lara
ME City, where, on last Wednesday even
ing, he and Rev. j. Y. Cowhick attended
the farewell reception given in honor of
Rev. George II. Cornell, late rector Of the
Episcopal church in that city, who is
going to leave for Pueblo on account Of
his health. Mr.. Cornell has frequently
conducted the services and preached in
st Marks church of this city, and is so
well known and liked here that it is almost
as if Cheyenne were losing him too, On
the occasion referred to, in addition to the
goodly number of sincere friends who
anne to tender their farewells and warm
wishes, there were some substantial sur
prises in store for the rector.
One of these occurred when the choir
boys marched in with a package for their
pastor. Col Downey called for quiet.
and then, on behalf of the boys. pre-
sented Rev. Mr.. Cornell with a splendid
gold pen, with the wish that it might be
of use in the future advocating of the
good, the true and the beautiful.
Later on Col. Downcy again demanded
the attention of those present and this
time made an exceedingly happy speech
on behalf of the numerous friends of Mr..
Cornell, at the close of which he expressed
the hope that he might return to Laramie
at some future time and that he might
come as the bishop OF this do
cese. lie referred to the conscientious
work Of the rector, the intimate
relations into which he had been
brought to his Pensioners by his
services at the baptismal font, at the
nuptial altar and at the bedside of the
dying. He had not only TO bear his own
burdens but to take upon himself a por-
ton of the sorrows of his people, and in
all these manifold duties he had been
weighed and never found wanting. Col.
Downey's remarks were not less appro-
pirate than expressive of the sentiments
Of Mr.. Cornelrs congregation and other
friends in Laramie, and must have been
very pleasant to Mr.. Cornell, who re-
sponded with evident feeling.
Col. Downey, at the conclusion of his
address, presented Mr.. Cornell with a
purse of 5000, the voluntary and grateful
offering of those among whom he has
labored so long and so faithfully.
, 1885-10-03
Carbon Mines CIosed.

The Union Pacific coal management
has decided to close the Carbon mines for
tie winter and to pay off and discharge
all the coal miners at that place, about
FIVE hundred men. The Carbon coal is
rather inferior and the company prefers
to use eastern coal for its locomotives. A
large force of white men will soon, how
ever, be employed at Rock Springs and
Amy, and the western division of the
road will be supplied with coal from these
mines, which furnish the best coal yet
discovered in Wyoming.
The Firms and l%aplanders, who have
recently been employed by the company
at Carbon, will now have an opportunity
to return to the pauper wages of their
native country.
, 1885-10-03

The news reached this city yesterday Of
a terrible tragedy which occurred near
Medicine Bow Thursday morning. The
victim was Mr.. Frank Il. Brown, formerly
a partner of G. II. Lane in A sheep ranch
on the Medicine Bow. He has been
located lately about ten miles south of
Carbon, and Thursday forenoon shot and
Instantly killed himself at that locality.
No cause can as yet be assigned for the
desperate act. Brown was a young man
of fine education and belonged to one of
the first families in roston. His parents
were apprised by telegraph of his untimely
death, and it is probable that the remains
will be shipped Fast for burial. There
has been nothing in the conduct OF the
deceased Of late to Indicate that he had
suicidal intentions, and the tragedy has
inflicted u severe blow on the entire COM
munity.
, 1885-10-03
Warren Emporium.

We invite especial attention to our new
goods, which are arriving daily, com
prising all the most artistic novelties in
furniture, glassware, China, draperies and
pictures, as well as all the most desirable
articles in cheap and medium goods, all
of which were bought at lowest cash
prices, and which we are selling at a very
small margin.
Call and examine our stock and be
convinced that our prices are the lowest
and that we are showing a more complete
and desirable line than ever before.
, 1885-10-03

f. 4. Addoms started east yesterday.
N. X. RnsMell leit Inst nipht an AN

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=. y. addoms started east Yesterday.
N. X. Boswell Jeff last night for the
west.
Donald Mcpheo. of Pole creek. is in
the city.
Mrs G u Goo1sel leaves IN dov for
CHICAGO.
NJ.
naI
m
new ~. wilson oi Longmont' CoL'
Is III inc Guy, ne VIII preach next 0ap'
Dath AT the Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Craig, wife of our popular sheriff,
and Mrs. Breesc and her daughter Miss
Matte, have gone east for a visit.
DIR. HOPKINS. territorial veterinarian.
went to Pine Bluffs Yesterday to inspect a
band of horses brought over the Texas
trail.
Ono Of KIM Kol,lan,s og,;,ls v,s d,
nossenrcr IN fbc c,s, hound train VOC.
terday, going TO Washington ON state
business for the Sandwich Islands.
Tam Avo, ybo drr;or tho srmr,or
has had cborre Of tho commiss,ry c,r ,bo
4 p Arbnclie b,,irr or,e, orr;yod
from the North PLATE conrtry last oven.
inp Tom looks all tho bottcr for a fov
months rngbingi Il
W fl. Spofor7 manaoor If the West.
ern Uuion telegram Office at Laramie is
IN he tr,nsforred IN Gr,nd Island Neb
H.
TIE mas workeu.as 4 llghtnilg mahlpula'or
, 1885-10-03
THE PUBLIC OPINION

Is that the beSf cabbage,
potatoes, onions, sqH0Shes,
caufiHOiCeT, celery and
home made saHer kr0Ht 10
be found ia Cheyenne, Is at
The PhGnir.
, 1885-10-03

Headache. bilious disorders and consti-
patton are cured by st. Patnck's Pills.
They are the most pleasant and most eff
fectual physic in use. Sold by w. ".
Hunt.
, 1885-10-03

Two trains of stock belonging to the
Swan Land x Cattle company passed
through Cheyenne last night on the way
to Chicago.
Sanders & Nekler, Of Sherman, bought
yesterday from Mckinley x Moore, Of
this city, thirty-seven head of horses,
which they will take to their range about
thirty miles west of Cheyenne.
John II. %Ireton, of Idaho, is in the
city with 1000 head of horses which will
be held here for sale.
, 1885-10-03

HyOH dOH'T Gnd IN oar
all, tChdf yOu ICanf, rome
10 the market aHdsee trhat
tCe hare. y. y. Taylor n
20.
, 1885-10-03
CHEST SHIELD

Undershirt being double both front and
back and opening IN the back instead of
front renders it the only garment in the
market that affords absolute protection to
the lungs. 1t is highly recommended by
leading physicians as a garment of great
value to all those who are exposed 10 the
rigors of our chanreable climate.
, 1885-10-03

CoLic IN HoRsEs.- Chamberlain 3
Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is a
certain cure for collie in horses. Many
horsemen have used it for years and in
hundreds of cases without losing one.
The dose for collie in a horse is four table
spoonfuls in half pint of water, To be re-
The second dose is seldom required. Sold
BY W. n. Hunt.
, 1885-10-03
READ THIS

and go 10 he Ph0ntc for
apples, peaches, pears,
q~ssstees, grapes, and fruits
Of eUery r0riefD.
, 1885-10-03

Buy watemerlons for pickles and pres.
eryes at Dana's, corner Nineteenth and
Reed streets. Telephone Isl.
, 1885-10-03

We have the exclusive sale of this line
of underwear in this city. We have in
stock, made under this patent, the regu-
lar white and scarlet knit, camel hair
and Scotch wool We are selling these
different grades at prices asked for them
made regular open front and single thick
ness. We have also q complete line of
underwear from the cheapest knit goods
TO the finest hannels and balbriggans. We
ask you to examine these goods before
purchasing.
, 1885-10-03

Oct. s, A. NJ, jackson, Rock Creek, 30
cars.
Oct, 3, Carey Bros, Rock Greek, -
cars.
Oct. 9, Carey Bros, Rock Greek, 80
cars.
Oct 3, j. l.. Brush, lift, Colo, 25 cars.
Oct. 10, Guthrie 4 Oskamp Cattle
company, Pine Bluffs, A. ears.
Oct. 4, Ogalalla Cattle company. Ogal-
ala, II ears.
, 1885-10-03

Engraving in all its branches is done Al
ZRHNER, JACKSON x BUEcHNER's
, 1885-10-03

1t is foolish to suppose that coughs
cease when warm weather comes. Often
a summer cold is worse than one in winter.
So that a purely vegetable remedy like
Red Star Cough Cure is necessary in the
household at all times.
, 1885-10-03

Don't buy a hat until yon have priced
Polacks
, 1885-10-03
Warren E3mpoa1mm
THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY
OF TEIE DAY

Having concluded our Annual
Inventory, and in order to
make room for our Fall stock, we
shall make GREAT REDUCTIONS
and even sacrifices in our elegant
and large stock of
, 1885-10-03

teal Deptj Cheyenne, Hyo.