, 1889-04-07
MARINE NEWS.

bD Not n great many people are
aware Of the fact that f. A. Slack, the
whole-souled editor and proprietor of the
San, participated in the bloody strife
about which so many magazine articles
have been written. He was in the heat
Of the fray during the greater portion Of
the war, and was one of the very few to
come out in good condition. Mr.. Slack
has a choice stock of most entertaining
"reminiscences. One CT his inimitable
yarns has for its central figure Mr.. Moody,
the great evangelist. The reverend gen.
tleman was for a time one of the chap.
lains of Mr.. Stacks regiment. He did
missionary work with his whole soul, but
was frequently sorely tried. One day he
found a hoodlum whom he thought he
had signed on the Lords side, playing
cards for drinks. Now aren't you
ashamed?" inquired the chaplain in trem-
bling tones. "Ashamed2" said the
tough. How could a man be ashamed
with a hand like this2" and he held four
kings and an ace up to the gaze of the
truly good man. When Mr.. Slack, who
is a big man, was in the army, the econo.
my of the contractors forced HIM to wear
high water pants.
Eas- Frank Earnest, who attended the
meeting OF the Stock Growers Association
last week, has been in Wyoming continu-
ously since 1868, and has fought Indians
for weeks at a stretch. Within and with
out he is a thorough Western man.
Frank has a brother Boney. who is one of
the best fellows in the world, and who
can tell more and better incredible stories
than any man on the plains. 1t would be
inpolite to say that Boney was the most
g.aceful liars west of the Missouri.
gos- Tom Sun was with Frank Earnest
during the convention. Now Tom is an
upright man, with a splendid record, but he
has lived under an assumed title for about
a quarter of a century. His real name is
Chas. Thompson. 1t was changed by
four other Chas. Thompsons into whose
companionship he fell early In his West
ern career. Mr.. Sun is the man who ar
rested Ben Carter. after the latter had
killed poor Johnny Jeffrey on Sand creek,
in 1856.
Ra~ Some men are frighttully %sacrilig
ious without knowing it. A. j. Par5hall
says that when he was in Deadwood a
tipsy ~bullwhacker Frustrated a pious bank
clerk by standing on the steps of the
establishment and singing, 1T beats
hill how Jesus loves me-" The bull
whacker's heart was in the right place,
but he had to sing and could think OF
nothing else to MARBLE.
Ra5~Prosecuting Attorney Stoll does
nothing by halves. He Is chief OF Mar
shall Jeffrey's Inauguration day staff.
Yesterday he wore top boots, spurs and
gloves in debating the general orders to a
stenographer.
Ras~The dashing proprietress Of a West
Eighteenth street bagnio has wagered
$500 with a sportive nonresident that
Cheyenne will be the territorial capital
Tor more than five years. She offered to
lay s 5000 on the proposition. The money
is in a city bank.
Ra"There were some orators at the
stock growers meeting. Ex-Governor
Baxter. Col. Rabbit, Judge Carey, John
Clay, T. B. Adams, Will Sturgis and II.
H. Robinson displayed forensic ability
and some of tie speeches were really
fine.
Ba5~ Judge Saufey is to administer the
oath of Office to Hon. f. Il. Warren. He
can't fool the new executive like Judge
Blair did the members OF the legislature.
The latter eminent iurist omitted the
name of the diety every time and no one
noticed it. 1t was a pretty neat trick,
but only goes once in this community.
Ba5~Max Kaufman wore a new hat
when he reported for duty at the Trf
bune office one morning last week. John
Shingle gazed at him a moment and said:
Max, do you know what you remind me
OFF, Napoleon crossing the Alps"
ventured Max. Not much" said John,
you look like a five cent lead pencil
topped off with a ten cent rubber"
Bay~The purchaser of a lot in Roberts
Place last week was John r. Long of
Pueblo. When the reporter suggested
that the name was glaringly ungrammat'
ical the real estate man ~telephoned for a
policeman.