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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-15
AFAIR-FACED SOLDIER.

The din and roar and crash of ba:tl, was
about me. Stonewall Jackson had come
through Browns gap from tbs Shenandoah
valley, and the blow prepared for NcCiel-
Ian hal been struck at Gaines ain 1t
was the first fight my regiment hal par.ii-
patei in We were post,d nsnr u, cot Of
a wooded slope, having a light broas:worS
Of logs and limbs in front OF us. ami for half
an hour we had nothing TO do bit listen {,
tbs horrible din Pretty soon the smo,e
drove down until we oouli ses neither to the
ri yht nor left. but there WINS pretty fair
view directly in our front
remember as il it were but yesterday.
Most of US were boys. and while We tried to
be st ut-henrted our faces grew white, and
fear kept up constant struggle with pride.
Below US ran bush fringed oresS. beyond
that was claar ground for twenty rols;
then came the heavy forest in which the
Confederates were massing to huri them
selves against our particular position Above
us, further up the hill our cannon were
throwing shot and shell into the wood with
aw mi crash, and - the right and left We
could hear the fierce cheers OF charging men
II was awful to lie in Place amid such ex-
element, but our turn came
~
all other sounds came from the woods in
front Then line Of battle With res;meatSl
front broke cover at double quics. 1t was
followed by another and aaothe-. until ths
space between the creek and tie forest was
filed with advancing men Now the
artiilery above US redoubled its fire, and the
scream Of crap, and canister over our
heads was terrifying l could not hear any
Of the orders given by our officers, but as
the men on either side OF me began firing, |
followed suit. Seven out OF every ten Of
our bullets must have Killed or wounded,
fred into such . solid mass The f;rss hne
melted away before il reached the creek
The second Jared but little better, but on
came . third and fourth and eth cheering
and firing, and while was loading for the
fifth time, saw Confeisrates forming OF
our side Of the creek for a dash at our
works The artillery could nos lie depre $50
70 reach them, and our musketry tire bad
slackened OF somewhat
Tho line of gray charged up the hill, and
right In front Of me l saw fair laced lad
Of IL or Is His blue eyes were flashing; his
tseeh bard shut: his face n white Is death
The line halssd On the other side OF Our
breastwork, and nov mes find into each
other's facsA levellsd my muskef full ct
TIE breast q TIE fair-faced boy. He was
20 mar that his eyes hooked into nina
and hip musxet vas unioaded Thsrs uAs
IN appsal for mercy In his eyes - they
fra met mine. bat . second sesr thre
came . look Of proad delan . sad be
c3ubhsd his uuskse and struck - ms across
ths loea He seood almose aausA II sssansa
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-05-15
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A man by the name a Caark, On Capisoi
hill, Washingtun, has eaoe 70 . good dsal q
troah,s to- ktsie noeorirty. end dsssrv1 an
be can % b occurred 70 him that is wouh
be = god idsa 10 mix tie sol Il al tn skata
and territories IN The CsFisul para. and about
. year go he wrote 10 pcstnases1 and Other
ofhciak ffom Maine 70 ArisuoA In reply b
received . package Of earth, until hin collec>
ton WIS completed Then, "a WasAingerns
birthday, be mind TIE earth up IN . boz and
dumped Il IN . curnr, vAere, senEinsut D.
osss, our national oowG, Y - svG have
any. ouEht to b 0Wa-WaaAinsHn L.eAr
, 1886-06-19
TOPICS.

The boomerang states upon good a u
thority that the Chicago & Northwestern
Railroad company has abandoned all idea
of opening up the coal fields on Shawnee
creek and will devote its entire energy to
the development of the coal deposits
which exist along Deer creek.
A colored man employed on Hutton
ranch came in yesterday to have his hand
dressed by a surgeon, one of his fingers
on the right hand been bitten off by a
stallion. The animal attacked him sud
denly, knocked him down. and as he tried
to push it away, nipped off half the fin
ger, and in a second bite took the balance.
Laramie Boomerang.
John II. Conrad has leased in the
Northwest Territory 200, 900 acres of land
from the Dominion government, upon
which he will drive this season 10, 900
head Of cattle and 200 head of Oregon
bred mares. The lease is made for a
period of twenty-one years at 2 cents per
acre. The land is located along the south
slope of the Cypress hills. one of the most
desirable locations as a stock range in the
northwest Biz Horn Sentinel
, 1886-06-19
THE CHEYENNE s NORTHERN.
Steady and active Progress of the
Grading.

Dirt is moving on every mile of the
Cheyenne & Northern over which the
right of way has been established, the
leading force being at work on the swan
ranch, thirty two miles from the city.
Four hundred and fifty teams and be-
tween 600 and 700 men are now employed.
Eight miles additional have been o n
tracted for. the right of way to be per-
fected by the time the contractor arrives,
which will be about the middle of next
week. This is Contractor Bonham from
the Northwestern, who will put a force of
$50 teams and 3C0 men at work on his
eight miles of contract. Thus forty miles
of the road are really under contract at this
writing.
Bid Tor contracts are pouring in from
the Northwestern. Contractor Ryan yes
terday received a telegram from a party
owning 100 teams, requesting a sub-con-
tract. Mr.. Ryan says that he can pro-
cure 500 teams from the north any time
he says the word.
This word will be spoken when the sur
veying parties now at work on the Chug-
water perfect their lines, their work being
as yet preliminary. Bridge building on
the line will begin on the LIST of August.
and the first rail will be laid on the 18th
OF that month, and the track will be com
pleted to Swans by the 10th of Septem-
Der. When track laying begins a train load
of material will be used daily.
, 1886-06-19
A PREHISTORIC RACE.
The subterranean Passage, the Copper
Grottos and the Hidden SmeIter.

A gentleman just in from the Rattle
snake mountains reports the discovery OF
an ancient and extraordinary tunnel on the
head Of Elk creek. a stream of these
mountains. Elk creek heads Ligh up in
the mountains. at the foot of one Of the
snow peaks. Several miles below its first
waters is a wild and picturesque fall, and
beneath this is the tunnel.
This singular footprint of probably a
long past age was discovered by a hunter
in pursuit of a mountain lion. The animal
was encountered in the near vicinity of
the Elk falls, and badly wounded by a rife
bullet retreated in the direction of the
mountain waterfall. Following closely,
the hunter saw his crippled quarry disap-
pear between two high rocks which raised
themselves on the edge of the deep pool
formed by the falling waters.
Approaching, the pursuer found an
opening scarcely wide enough to admit his
passage. Fearlessly entering, he found
himself in a wide vaulted passage dimly
lighted by cracks and seams overhead.
This passage, though rude, was substan-
tial, and was evidently the work of human
hands.
Proceeding along the subterranean way
in which he thus Unexpectedly found him
self, the hunter soon heard above him a
mufhed heavy roar that could only come
from falling water. He was standing
directly under the Elk falls. The passage
now widened and deep grottos appeared
on each side of it. Examining these
grottos, the explorer found that they were
mining excavations. The mineral sought
was evidently copper, and many chunks of
ore largely bearing hat mineral were scat
tered about, and it was plain that mass,s
of it had been removed. For a quarter of
a mile these grottos continued. The
passage now began to trend upward, and
the seeker beneath the mountains soon
found himself in a circular chamber, hewn
out of the solid rock, and fitted up with
rude smelling appliances.
The light of day streamed in from sew
eral a%ppertures pierced overhead, and
from the floor of the chamber to one of
these openings reached a stone chimney.
With this chimney was connected a stone
furnace, situated in the center of the
apartment, and whose capacious interior
was blackened by the smoke of fires kin
died ages ago.
A small pile of copper ore was still in
front of the furnace, a heavy stone ham
mer, used in breaking the larger chunks,
lay on the floor, while some cedar wood
was piled in one corner. One of the
openings in the roof was larger than the
others, and had evidently been connected
by a rude ladder or staircase, long ago
rotted away, with the interior Of the
chamber. This was the mode of ingrcss
AID egress, and, as shown by the worn
and smooth sides of the opening, through
it the underground smelter was also sup.
piled with fuel.
The hunter searched long and anxious'y
for some of the handiwork of these arti
sans Of the long ago, but his search was
unrewarded. The people who built the
vaulted underground passage and ope-
ratel the hidden smelter are unknown,
and perchance the Rattlesnake mountains
mag have sheltered a prehistoric race.
, 1886-06-19
DOOM or THE PRAIRIE DOGS.
me Frontiers Being Rapidly Cleared
OF These Pests.

The bounty of FIVE cents fer each and
every prairie dog scalp by the territory has
had the effect Of greatly diminis hing the
number of these pests in the localities af-
hlcted by their presence. In Sweet
water, Carbon, Fremont and johnson
counties, scalps are pouring into the
clerks offices, and warrants aggreeating
heavy sums have already been drawn in
favor of prairie dog %slayers.
Though many ranchmen take an active
personal part in the slaughter, it is the
average small boy of the frontier who
turns delight to profit by a wholesale
prairie dog destruction. With gun. bow
and arrow, the deadly sling, steel trap,
poison or the trained dog, he haunts the
villages Of the doomed race. and rarely
fails to stuff his pockets with scalps dur
ing the day raid.
The prairie dog is a pest which the
farmers Of the West must rid themselves
OF. Grass, growing grain and vegetables
are subject not only to attack from them,
but to absolute eradication. Instances
have, Of late years been frequent, where
the work of an entire spring, and conse-
quently the fruits of a years toll and care,
have been rendered nugatory, md des-
troyed by one weeks work of the dogs.
On the cattle ranges too, they are
dreaded. Here they not only destroy the
grass Of immense areas, but their straight
deep burrows open and innumerable are
the prolific sources of accidents to riders,
frequently deadly in character Many a cow
boy riding swiftly aud fearlessly to his duty
has been violently hurled to the ground
and seriously, if not fatally injured by his
horse stepping into a prairie dog hole.
Romance and sentiment find small sym
pathy when opposed to utility and prog
ress, and Washington Irving prairie dogs
must follow Cooper's Indians.
, 1886-06-19

The capital and the depot-the two
great factors which are to work out the
political and business problem of Chey-
enne's importance and permanency. A
great railroad system testlfes in the
building of a splendid structure to the
commercial importance of the city and her
future greatness-certain beyond the
prophetic period. A grateful people.
pioneers in the borders Of Wyoming,
having laid deeply the foundations of
what will be one of the brightest stars in
the constellation of states, now desiring to
pay attribute to this city (the nursing moth
err Of the territory, whose brains, whose
money, whose enterprise have fostered all
of her material growth have said, Here
shall be our capital" The LEADER hopes
to soon see the capitol building pressing
close upon the flying traces of the depot.
, 1886-06-19

- ~
otroiiing INTO the depot Enclosure yes
terday afternoon, the reporter found Con
tractor Coots buslly experimenting the
laying OF foundation stones, and gathered
a lew points In regard to the general
work. The boom derrick soon to be set
up In the west end OF the yard Will have a
swing OF ninety feet.
lie speaking OF the wide sweep OF
the DERRICK and Its consequent great util-
n.y. the contractor and the reporter were
Joined by MIR. Frank Miller, the Cheyenne
, 1886-06-19

Stock Inspector Reese has Just sue
ceeded in recovering two more head of
horses belonging to some one else, sold by
Fred Hagerman. One of the recovered
animals belongs to w. NJ. McClelland of
Greeley, and the other to Mr.. Bolin of
Grow creek. The horses were found in
the possession of Mr.. Thomas Chamavart,
at his stock ranch in Nebraska, seventy
five miles below Fort Laramie, on the
North Platte.
Hagerman drove the stock across
country from here and sold them to Mr..
Chamavart, who has retained possession
of them ever since. The inspector says
that he knows where some more of the
horses stolen by Hagerman are located,
and will soon return them to their owners.
There seems to be no end to the Hager-
man thefts.
, 1886-06-19


We have concluded at the expiration of
our present copaItnership, to change our
business from the mercantile to the land
and cattle business. With this object in
view, We will on Tuesday, April 90, place
our entire stock of dry goods, clothing
boots, shoes, hats, millinery and every
thing contained in our stocks at Cheyenne
and Fort Fetterman on the market at job
bers' wholesale prices. for cash. ,
This is the largest closing out sale ever
made in the territory, and considering the
large stock and our well-known business
principles, is sufficient to the public that
there never was such an opportunity to
buy goods before. We invite the mer-
chants Of the surrounding country to this
sale, as our stocks are now complete with
all the newest style goods. This being
the closing out and end of our mercantile
business, we request all knowing them
selves indebted to us to call and settle at
once. y. II. COwHICK,
Il. w. WHTrcoMB,
w. A. WHITcoMB.
, 1886-06-19

1t is a curious fact unknown to the vast
majority of people that the first silk hat
was made about fifty years ago. that
like SO many other Articles which are
common and of every day use, it was OF
Chinese origin. The story runs that a
French sea captain on the coast of China,
desiring TO have his shabby beaver hat
replaced by a new one, took it ashore,
and as they had not the material, they
made him a silk one instead. This it APP
pears happened in 1882, and he carried
the hat to Paris that same year. Here
it was Immediately copied and in a few
years became a regular style.-Boston
Commercial Bulletin.
, 1886-06-19

Piles are frequently preceded by a sense
of want of weight in the back, loins and
lower part OF the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he has some affection
of the kidneys or neighboring organs. At
times, symptoms ofindigestion are present
fatulency, uneasiness of the stomach, etc.
A moisture like perspira.ion, producing a
very disagrceable itching, after getting
warm, is a common attendant. Blind,
bleeding and itching piles yield at once to
the application of br. Bosanko's Pile
Remedy, which acts directly on the parts
effected, absorbing the tumors, allaying
the intense itching, and effecting a per-
manent cure. Price so cents. Address
The DR.. Bosanko Medicine Co., Piqua,
o. Sold by w. N. Hunt.
, 1886-06-19
PERSONAL POINTERS.
Items of Interest Concerning Prominent
People.

Mr.. j. Morrison is still unwell.
B. Hellman is again in the city.
Mr.. H. B. Kelly returned from Denver
yesterday.
Right of Way Agent McMurray goes to
Denver this morning for a few days.
The private car of General Superin-
tendent Smith went west last evening.
Capt. Hall, a special pension examiner,
was a passenger on yesterdays west
bound train.
General Traffic Manager Stubs, of the
Central Pacific, passed west in a special
car last evening.
Mr.. Thomas Maghee, the well known
old time stockman, is in the city from
round up No. /.
Rev. David Moore, chamberlain OF the
Denver university, is in the city. Mr..
Moore is also a well known stockman.
Messrs. Van Brunk and Howe, of
Kansas City and Boston, the architects of
the new depot, arrived in the city last
evening.
Mr.. Isaac II. Hill is in the city from
the line of the Northwestern. Mr.. Hill
is of the firm of Hill X Proctor, who have
a two mile contract on the Cheyenne &
Northern.
Presiding Elder Merritt passed through
Cheyenne last evening on his way to Salt
Lake City. On his return Mr.. Merritt
will stop at Evanston, and then take the
stage at Rawlins for Lander.
, 1886-06-19

All travellers stopping for a time in
Cheyenne can find the best accommoda-
tons in the city at the Western Hotel on
Fifteenth street. The location is agreea-
Bile and convenient, rooms pleasant and
newly furnished, meals the best a first
class cook can prepare from the finest
materials in the market, walters who IN
derstand their business, the best liquors
and cigars in the bar room arc among the
many attractions Of this popular house.
HERMAN KIMME, proprietor.
, 1886-06-19

The city council will meet as a board Of
equalization at the City hall on Monday,
June p, 1886, at 2 O'Clock p. M, at
which time they will hear and determine
the complaints of all persons feeling them
selves a%ggrieved by the assessment OF
their property. By order OF the council.
w. A. RICHARDS,
City Clerk.
CHEYENNE. Wyo., June IS. 1856.
, 1886-06-19
The rey.y choicest cream
cry Butter, only 30 cents
per pound. at DrHpPr'S.

The Good Tcmplars have inaugurated
an excursion to Dale Creek on the 22nd.
Every effort is being made to make it a
big success, and our people will doubtless
take advantage of an opportunity that has
been too rare of late.
, 1886-06-19

Rhodes & Troxelrs soaps are daintily
perfumed with the rich essences comprised
in their splendid line of new perfumes.
Pears and Rieger's soaps add to the ex-
cate fragrance of Lubin, of Pinaud, of
Ricksecker and of Lazelle, Marsh and
, 1886-06-19
Vice fresh Strawberries
10 cents per quart at DrN-
peI''S.


We request all knowing themselves in
debted to us to us tn call at once and set
tie either by cash or approved notes. We
are closing ont our business and desire all
accounts settled at once
CowHIcK & WHITCoMB.
, 1886-06-19

Families and invalids seeking relief from
summer heat will find pleasant attractions.
home fare, fresh milk, etc. at Springdale,
ten miles from Boulder, Colo. Mineral
springs, bath house; cottages connected
with hotel; reasonable prices; excursion
tickets from Denver, including stage fare.
Address Seltzer House, Springdalc,
Boulder County, Colo
, 1886-06-19

Charles Camp to Union CATTLE com
pany, l60 acres of land in Laramie
county.
William Robinson to A. j. Parshal.
for 81, 500, lot 5, in block 297.
, 1886-06-19

Cowhick 4 Whitcomb's closing out sale
still continues. The low prices at which
they are selling goods is drawing an i'm.
menze trade, and already their stock shows
a large reduction. Those needing goods
should buy now. while they have a full
assortment to select from.
, 1886-06-19

The popular notion that there are
scarcely any forests in Europe is errone-
GUS. The proportion of land covered
there by trees is 80 per cent, of which
Sweden, Norway and Russia furnish the
greater part.-Chioago Journal.
, 1886-06-19
DRY OODSSSys. @ei' S + 'a J.. Ss:

Namara q Co, the enterprlslng Dry
Goods merchants of Denver, are supply
ing the wants of the people in Colorado,
in their line. They fill orders promptly,
send samples and prices cheerfully and
they give their customers lower prices
than can be obtained elsewhere.
Write them
, 1886-06-19

The largest theatre in the world is the
new opera house in Paris. 1t covers
nearly three acres of ground; its cubic
mass is 1881 900 feet; it cost about 100,
600, 900 francs.
, 1886-06-19

Those who want pure bake Mabpah-
lutah ice. should send their order to Sloan
H. Co., or call at Mauss' bakery. Seven
teenth street.
, 1886-06-19

Strayed from the city a few days ago, a
roam horse, branded Q N, 3 years old; had
a head halter on. information leading to
the recovery of the horse will be paid for
literally by THOMAS MILLS,
CHEYENNE.
, 1886-06-19

The largest stock OF hne brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice hqueurs and superine
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streeta
, 1886-06-19

At Ellis ice cream parlors you can get
the genuine cream and the choice of
twenty kinds Of fruit syrups with your
soda water.
, 1886-06-19

II have no appetite complains many
a sufferer. Hoods ~Sarsaparilla gives an
appetite, and enables the stomach to per.
form its duty.
, 1886-06-19

One hundred cases of claret wine Tor
sale, 1915 per case. at Masten's.
, 1886-06-19
Vice fresh .SfrNaCbeyries
ID cents per quart at DrN-

Moxie, the latest drink, at Rhodes &
TroxelIs.
, 1886-06-19

Pure fruit syrups only used in Ellis
soda water.
, 1886-06-19

Go to Ellis confectionery for soda
water and ice cream.
, 1886-06-19
The Gerry chOicesf cream
cry BMtfer', only 30 cents
per pound, at Dr0per''s.

A Card.
DR.. A. Judson Gray, having complied
with the terms of his agreement with the
undersigned. relative to practice of med
icine in this city, he resumes his profess
sional services with my concurrence
j. j. MARsToN, NJ. ID.
Cheyenne, Wyo., June 5, 1856.
, 1886-06-19

For fine watch repairing
DAVID MILLER. Idelman block
, 1886-06-19

Sealed proposals will be received by the
school board of District No. 2. Larami c
county, Wyoming, until Saturday noon,
June 10, 1886, for the construction of
two school houses in District No. 2. Par
%ticulars and specifications can be had by
applying to George w. Snow, Little Bear,
Wyoming.
The board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
GEORGE w. Snow, Clerk,
, 1886-06-19

{ historical Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-22

"conoeiye your poaition aa my aunt q Aay nothing
OF myself II had adopted the other alternative.
Turned out OF tho Jockey club turned out OF latter.
sails turned out OF the betting ringl IN short posted
publicly defaulter before the nobest Institution
In Englandthe TNv and all for want OF eoO " stop
the mouth OF the greatest brute know of-Aifred
HardymAnl Lat me not harrow your feelings and
minej by dwelling on IL Dearan admlrable wonanl
10 you belongs the honor OF hayng tho credit OF the
family, can claim nothing but the inferior merit OF
having offered you the opportunity,
my o u, II IN needeas 10 Aay, accompanies those
linea, Can do anything Tor you abroadi y. T."
10 this II Is only necessary 70 add, hrat, that
Moody was perfectly right In believing ", 3. 10 be
the person who Informed Hardyman'a father OF
and, secondly, that Felix did really forward Mr..
Troya narrative OF tho theft 20 the French police,
altering nothing In II but the number OF tho lost
bank note,
What Ia there left to write abouti Nothing 10 left
but 70 nay goodby very sorrowfully on tho writer's
part 10 the persons OF the story.
0OOdby 20 Miss Pink-wh0 VIII regret 10 her dying
day that Isabes answer 70 Hardyman was No.
GOOdyby 10 Lady Lydard-who differs with Miaa
Pink, and would have regretted " " her dying dny
n the answer had been Yes,
GOOdby 10 Moody and laabel-whose history has
closed with the closing OF tho clergymana book ON
their wedding day,
GOodby 20 nardymAn-wh has sold his farm an
hahOrAea and has begun anew life among the famous
fast trOtteH ~ America.
0o0dby 10 old sharon-who a martyr 10 his prom.
se brushed his hair and washed his face In honor OF
MOody'a ma1iagel and catching u severe cold as q
necessary consequence declared In the intervals OF
sneezing, that he would never do II again
Aud last, not least, go0dby % Tommie No, The
writer gave Iomme his dinner not half an hour
since, and h too fond OF him 10 say good by,
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