, 1889-04-28
MARINE NEWS.

young lady daring enough to depart from
the conventional. The other evening she
startled the inhabitants of the East end
by gracefully and swiftly propelling a
bicycle along the smooth thoroughfares of
that section of the city. Here identity is
a matter Of speculation. She is shapely
of form and wears a red jacket, navy blue
boomers and stockings of black. Eigh-
teenth street, west of Warren avenue, is
her favorite run.
bH~Gen. John ii. Newton was men
toned in this column last week as com
mander of the first corps. He was a gal
liant Virginian whose brother was a con-
federate. Newton, with brilliant bravery,
led his men at South Mountain. While
making one of the numerous desperate
charges of that day he was astounded to
hear this sentence above the din of battle:
John FL. Newton, you're a cowardly
traitorl" who calls me traitor2'' came
from the dashing leader. 81 do" was
the reply CT a wounded confederate almost
beneath the mounted general. 1t was his
brother, true to bitterness in his efforts
for the South. They did not become re
conciled until after the war.
Ba-August is "a big German second
cook who tolls behind Kabis' lunch coun-
ter at night. August is a fine fellow, and
is up to snuff now, but he was pretty
green when he landed, and did not learn
that nearly all men were thieves as well
as liars until he was captured in Iowa and
taken to Denver by confidence operators,
who touched" him for 1900. August
is o interested in a Colorado mining
property for which he and his partners
have been offered $40, 900.
Ba-Frank ECoffey, brother to julie,
the noted scout, has a ranch on Beaver
creek, in Fremont county, and in his own
peculiar way lives like a prince. When l
was there last summer an Indian named
Whisky Jack and his wife were guests at
the place. Mrs. Whisky Jack had eloped
from the agency, fleeing to Salt Lake.
Her liege lord was Furnishing her by max
ing her walk from Rawlins to the agency,
$50 miles. Jack was, and still is. the
only aboriginal humorist extant. He had
one joke, and thought it the funniest
thing imaginable. Seeing a man inclined
to avordupois he would approach the in
dividual, iab a thumb in the bay window
and calculate: Heap Gutr' Then he
would double himself up and laugh until
almost exhausted.
BS~Joe Magill, the Young sexton of
st. Marks cathedral. has made more
than twenty trips across the Atlantic. He
accompanied Barnum's white elephant
from India to New York.
Ias-W. j. Cransell, foreman of THE
LEADER composing rooms, is resting in
California. Joe was a volunteer in the
Zulu war and has some shields and as
segais, a slight wound and some good
stories as mcmentoes of the struggle. He
natives became obstreperous.
BA~Mr. McKibben, the handsome
general purchasing rgent for the Union
Pacific, was here last week en- route west.
He is net to the manor born In the rail-
road business, but was in years agone
wont to disport his manly form on the
parade ground at West Point, and they
do say that McKibben is the man who
cut the coon's ears" at that institution.
Bay>Donald MacPhee has opened sew
eral more chambers In Cheyenne Caves,
and is now prospecting for a tabled ma.
tural soda water fountain with a rock
candy mine annex.
BaS~Pretty Kate Castleton, who APP
pears here Wednesday evening, is a dog
f%ancicr, and has the finest kennel on the
coast. One of her pets once saved her
life. She tells the story this way: Dur
ing one Of her morning horseback canters,
while attempting to alight from the sad
die. her dress became entangled in some
way in the saddle girth. and the horse
starting suddenly was dragging her along
at a rapid gait. Her cries attracted Big
Ned who taking in the situation at a
glance caught the horses bride and held
fast until she was relieved from her peril
GUS position-consequently he is not for
sale"