Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-05-12

W. va, SATURDAY, MAY II, 1888.
looked as though he was hanging upon

looked as though he was hanging upon
the sill of a window for support.
There was a wild CLEAN in his eyes,
and his hair was tossed about his fore
head by the wind. Before Sangamon
Street was reached Dooley relaxed his
grip on the window sill and staggered
toward the tender. 1t was evident
that he desired to see where he was,
and to discover, if possible, how he
came to be there. The runaway en-
CINE continued its furious race. 1t is
said that the machine was run
ming mile a minute. Dooley didn't
know whether he was afoot or
horseback" He might have been
tied to the small end Of a funnel-sha-
ped cloud for all he knew. He got
between the engine and the tender,
and with vacant, idiotic look began
tosview the rapidly developing land
scape. Sheds, fiat cars, banana carts
and telegraph poles rushed past Doc
iey's eyes as they had never rushed
before.
So much scenery soon made the
wild rider dizzy. He swayed with
each lurch of the cab, and finally his
knees gave out completely. Then he
came down. Hia legs hung outside
the cab and his body wabbled about
like a cork in a whirlpool. The en-
CINE Numbered overed switch. Doc
ley shot into the air. The machine
raced on in cloud of smoke, cinders,
and dust. So did Dooley. For five
or ten yards it was close race. Then
the engine took the lead. Dooley
was in the air part of the time, and
part of the time he was on the ground.
When he left the cab he sailed at least
three yards before he struck anything.
When he did meet with some resist
ance he folded his legs together and
bounded over the cinders like big
rubber ball. When he came to dead
stop he looked as though he had been
shot out of cannon. He lay in
heap, and the wind, still sympathetic
to the vanquished, blew the dust from
his whiskers.
The engine rushed toward the west
with the same terrific speed tibet had
marked its flight out of the Union
street yards. The roaring, snorting,
masterless machine spread consterna-
ton at every crossing. At Weston
avenue another switch engine blocked
the way, as it stood upon the main
track directly in front ofthe runaway
locomotive. On came the flying en-
CINE, and while running at the rate of
a mile minute, crashed into the 9TH
err switch engine standing in its way.
For an instant only were the forms of
the two giant machines distinguished
able, for shower of iron fell in every
direction, and the wreck was COM
plete. 4-.
Dooley was picked up where he fell
by officer Bevere, of the West Chica-
go Avenue Station. He was not in
jured, and after being examined by a
physician, was locked up for malic-
ious mischief. The distance covered
by the runaway engine was about two
miles. The loss to the company by
Dooley's freak is $4,000. = Chicago
Herald.
June LIST is Friday, and as T. Ashby
Ridenour's respite expires the last of
May, we presume he will be executed
on that day unless he is granted new
trial by Judge Turner, or the Court of
Appeals.
SKELETON AND OPossUMs.-From
last fridays Woodstock Virginian -
On last Monday whilst Mr.. Geo. w.
Minnick was digging out a foundation
for pair of scales he came upon a
human skeleton, probably that of an
Indian. Some of thejaw teeth were
in the lower jaw, seemingly good as
ever. Tha skeleton was lying on its
face.
RAILRoAD.-We can again give you
some railroad news. Supt. Boyd and
Chief Engineer Ives, of the G. V.
Railroad, were in this city on Tues
day, at which time the engineer corps
were surveying in the neighborhood
of VIM. r. Smiths. OF course rail
road officials do not make their inten-
tions public until all their plans
are consummated, consequently we
have nothing definite to report. But
we have by no means lost faith in the
early construction of the proposed ex-
tension.
One night last week large opossum
made a raid on S. E. Fishers hen
roost, at Fishers Hill, and before be-
ing detected managed to killed IS
young chicks. When discovered and
killed there were found IA young
opossums in its pouch, each about the
size of small rat, and evidently only
few days DID, Winchester Leader.