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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-08

after dark but whether a night run
makes n man superstitious or not /
would not like to say. had peculiar
experience myself on the mountain
some years ago, one which led me to
ask for a day run, although didn't
get it.. At that time l was taking the
fast line east, leaving here about eight
o'clock in the evening and getting into
Altoona a little after midnight. That
night we pulled out of the union depot
half an hour late, the Fan Handle con-
nection being that much behind time.
''The first section, which took out,
consisted mostly of baggage and ex-
press cars, there being but two pas
sengeri coaches coupled on behind.
The sleepers were on the second sec
tion, which followed us about twenty
minutes later. You know how wild
and lonely the country is along the
Pittsburgh division, and that outside
of Greensburg and Johnstown there's
40 settlement worth mentioning.
"When we reached the narrows east
of Blairsville intersection rainstorm
set in. The wind howled through the
forest and blew regular gale, the oc-
casional crash of falling tree on the
mountain above showing how the storm
was raging. Jack, my fireman, got
scared and begged me to stop the train
for fear we would run into log or a
landslide.
81 didn't dare to do it, for as 1 said
before, we left Pittsburgh half an hour
late. and so far had not made up one
minute, and besides it wouldn't do to
get on the time of the second section
/ shut off steam little so that in case
we should strike any thing we would
not be likely to roll down the rocks in
to the Conemaugh river.
"We passed through the Pack Sad
die all right, however, and reached
Johnstown near midnight. This was
years before the great food, and 1 was
glad when we came in sight of the
furnace fires and electric lights of the
iron works, for somehow felt nervous
and out of sorts.
"When we got away from Johnstown
and began to climbup the mountain we
were again in the wilderness, for, as
you know, the stretch of track on the
western slope between Cresson and
Johnstown runs through about as DESC
late section as you would find any
where. We were the only crew on the
hill that night, and l said to Jack that
there must be a block on the west
bound track on the other side of the
mountain, for we usually passed half a
dozen trains of empty coal cars after
leaving Johnstown.
"Well, we found there had been a
landslide near Allegrippus when we
reached Gallitzen, but it had been
cleared away, and three west-bound
extras had already reached the summit.
1t takes three engines to bring up an
ordinary freight from Altoona, two in
front and one behind. The two help
ers are cut off sat the top of the noun
tain and run back light to Altoona for
another trip.
when we reached the summit, there
fore, there were six empty engines
waiting to follow us down. You want
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-08
COL. LAWRENCE KIP ON THE ROAD.


grocer, the butcher and the baker all
want horses of medium weight and rea-
sonably quick pace.
The thoroughbred is a magnificent
animal Primarily only a gambling tool
in a country where but little riding to
hounds is done, he yet has qualities
which, when crossed with trotting
stock, help to produce an animal of
unrivaled beauty, speed, bottom and
value.
Industrial America owes big debt
to the men who have developed its trot-
ter and roadster stock, and to none
more than to Robert Bonner.
Mr.. Bonner is the ideal Of the horse
man. He has never raced horse for
money or won dollar on a track in his
life, yet there has not been a time in
twenty-five years when he has not
owned the best trotting and road horses
in the world. He has spent hundreds OF
thousands of dollars upon his hobby
and benefited trotting stock in Ameri.
ca incalculably, and yet mis- efforts in
| this direction are due to an accident. II
Mr.. Bonner had not in the prime of life
been advised by his physician to drive
twenty miles a day for the benefit of his
health Dexter might have died a cart
! horse, Maud S. have been, bought from
Mr.. Vanderbilt by some of the racing
men who pestered him to sell and the
great Bonner stable might never have
| been heard of. For when Mr.. Bonner
once began taking his twenty-mile ride
he could not bear to see another man
pass him on the road. The rest fol-
lowed naturally.
Mr. Frank Work is another famous
owner and user of fast roadsters. 1t was
Mr.. Work who chaffed Mr. Vanderbilt
for race when the latter owned Maud
s. and Aldine. 1t was Mr.. Work, too,
who took the Duke of Marlborough up
the road, on the occasion of his first
visit to this country, behind Dick Swiv-
eller. AS the pair fairly flew along
the level road the dukes eyes bulged
out with excitement and he grasped the
buggy seat with both hands, fearing
every moment that the whole affair
seeming so fragile to an Englishman's
eyes--would be smashed into kindiing
wood. That was some years ago. This
summer it is announced that the duke
has purchased a lot of Kentucky trot.
ting stock to take to England. Evidently
he liked the sensation after he got used
to it.
There are plenty of old New York
families whose taste for horses has
always been pronounced. Col. Law
renee Kip has been for years veritablt
treasure house of valuable lore concern
ing the trotters along the road, ant
their owners. The Turnbulls, Inv
renees. Jaya, Sheppard Knapps. Webbs
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-08

thing, so that the track right ahead
could not be seen. ..s
'e5ust above Al,egrippus, at the
point where the track bends around
and runs down to the Horseshoe bend, Is
signal tower, and below the curve is
another. We got tho white at the up
per tower, and, reducing the speed,
rolled on.
"a gust of wind blew away the fog
just as we were rounding the bend, and
the wild mountain scenery was clearly
outlined against the darkness. We
moved slowly down to the curve, for
the rules were very strict about keep
ing control of the train along there.
We rounded the Horseshoe and put on
little steam to get back to a fair speed
again.
Jack was sitting in the cabin half
asleep, for the fireman has rest or u
down grade. / saw ahead the Gle lr
signal at the Kittanning Point tower.
Something made me turn my head and
look across the valley to the other side,
from which we had just come.
"As gazed the mist cleared away
and sud denly headlight flashed into
view and an engine was outlined
against the sky beyond. In second it
disappeared, but a rattle and roar and
n faint light as from an open furnace
door told me that locomotive was
coming down the mountain at a terrific
speed
1.-The course of the engine was then
nearly parallel with that of ours, but 1
knew that a moment later it would
skim around the curve and be right be-
hind. For an instant 1 was almost par
alyzed with surprise and fear. The
idea of an empty engine dashing down
a grade in your rear with speed four
times that of your own is something to
benumb ones brain.
"a person accustomed to act upon
the impulse of moment does so all
most unconsciously, and in this in
stance threw off the brakes and put
on full head of steam, even while my
eyes were fixed on the engine behind.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-08

ly across meadow, pasture and plowed
land in the wake of fox has been de-
veloped in this long-legged animal at
the expense of the more practical quail
tiles of the roadster. Except for the
hackney horses, the big gap between
the hunter and the cart horse is not
very well filled in England, or France
Or Germany either, for that matter.
When, once in awhile, pair of we'll
matched American roadsters, light, per-
fectly broken to the pole, kind, tractablc
and well under control, is seen ON an
English road pulling light wagon at a
ESQ or even 2:40 gait, the eyes of our
transatlantic cousins bulge out with as
tonishment.
The fact is, the Americans, the most
practical people in the world have
evolved a practical horse. The i'm
provement of trotting stock has been
worth millions of dollars to the country,
worth many times it's utmost cost in
time and money.
The successful trotter is more than a
mere money-making machine. The un-
successful trotter is first-rate roadster
and the descendants of both in the third
and fourth generations are the best
general purpose" horses in the world.
The great Percheron and Clydesdale
horses are admirable for heavy truck
ing; but heavy trucking grows relative
ly less important with the multiplied
ton OF railway lines and the perfection
of docks, elevators and canals. The
general purpose horse, on the contrary,
grows more valuable. The farmer who
has got the stumps all pulled out of his
fields has no more use for oxen, but
wants lively, handy team of medium
weight, equally clever at pulling now
ing machine over big field in n reason
able time or making quick trip to
market. Nine out of ten farming opera
tions depend more upon horses docil-
ity and quickness than upon main
strength. The doctor, the minister, the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-08

Bloodgoods, Bronsons, Rives, Under
hills. Sturgises and vanderbilts are
names which occur with remarkable
frequency in the annals of the old
Bloomingdale road yearo ago, then Of
the boulevard and finally, as the city
grew and encroached upon the old
resorts, of the region along the Ma
combs dam drive.
Society in New York takes its tone
very largely from England in horsey
matters. All the young men in the
smart set have practiced until they can
shift their cigars from their mouths to
the rein hand before lifting their hats
to the ladies OF their acquaintance, as
deftly as that mirror of good form and
bad morals, the prince of Wales him
self. The drivers salute which one
sees on a London 'bus-that rigid lifting
of the right arm with the whip held
perpendicularly-can be seen in it's per-
fection any day on Fifth avenue. The
Coaching clubs annual parade on Fifth
avenue is as fine a sight as the parade
in London, or James Gordon Benefits
famous appearance on the Avenue de
POpera and Champs Elysees in Paris. 1t
is becoming more and more the custom
every year to take the coaching ano
carriage horses into the country. Mr.
Ward McAllister has had his horses
with him in Saratoga for a month, of
and on. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt will
have at Newport her carriage horses
bought for twelve thousand dollars from
M. Thome, of Paris, and driven by Ma
poleon ILLS old position Guillot. A
considerable section of the Coaching
club travelled all the way from New
York to DIR. Seward Webb's enormous
place near Burlington, VT, in four.
in-hand pulled by relays of horses.
The rise and increase of the passion
for coaching has created demand for
hackney horses, and a National Hack.
ney Horse association has been formed
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-08

My engine gave Jump, and I knew
that in less time than it takes to tell it
we would be making mile minute.
''If the engineer of the helper was
running rapidly but carefully under the
impression that we were far ahead, the
danger signal at the tower would warn
him and he would stop, but if he had
lost control of his engine-l thought of
the high embankments ahead and
trembled as the idea of rolling down
the mountain again came into my
brain.
''The wild and prolonged footing of a
whistle sounded in the rear, and re-
echoed again and again through the
valleys. l knew what that meant-the
engine was beyond the engineers con-
Could we with six cars hope to escape
an engine without burden?
''One thing was in our favor The
helper was a locomotive built for great
power but slow running, and therefore
its small driving wheels must already
be revolving at dangerous speed.
Possibly it might jump the track, and
so put an end to the threatening ca
lamity.
II gritted my teeth in agony. A
short distance ahead was a deep cut,
and then a high embankment; if we
passed that point part of the danger
would be over. We whizzed down the
track faster than ever rode before or
since. A rumble and roar, and the
cut was left behind.
"a second later we were over the
hill and on solid ground. l glanced
BACK and saw the headlight of the wild
| engine in the cut not one hundred
yards distant. With frozen blood ]
awaited the crash. 1t came. A sud
den shock ran over the tram, and my
engine leaped forward, but luckily did
not leave the track.
| "Instantly ! realized the vestibule
arrangement on the coaches had. broken
the force of the collision, aided also by
the rapid speed of our train. A second
later the same whistle which had
thrilled us before rang out, but this
time it was the CHEEKY call for brakes,
entirely different from the former
shrieks. / shut off steam and put on
air cautiously to see whether the light
engine was pushing us with her full
| power
"Einding it was not, l looked bach
and saw the runaway come to stand
still just as we passed the tower
and rolled under the Seventeenth
street bridge at Altoona. / afterward.
learned the levers on the helper haC
caught in some way, and the engine
could not be stopped.
when it struck the rear coach, how
ever, the shock loosened the machinery
and the engineer at once shut off steam
and put on the brakes on the drivin.
wheels. .3
.Well, there comes the Pan Handle
connection. Good night. "-Bostol
Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-08
A PRETTY SIGHT.
Appearance OF n Great Cattle Drove Cross
ing River.

ing River.
One of the prettiest sights in all the
world, to my notion, is a big band OF
cattle fording wide, deep stream.
When the leaders have reached the far
ther side there is bow-shaped line Of
horns and heads, showing how the mid
stream current carries them down. The
sharp-pointed horns look like line Of
bayonets. One time 1 saw such sight.
That time, however, it was not so pleas
ing. We were driving about six hum
dred head of stock cattle to California
and had struck the Colorado river at
Fort Yuma. The river was at flood
stage, so we split the drove up into
punches of twenty each. l was getting
the fourth bunch across, and had them
about half way over. when there was
tremendous, terrifying roar. Looking
mp stream, | saw wall of debris and
drift, forty feet high, coming down like
an avalanche. In the few seconds I
watched it sweeping down l could sec
that there were houses, cattle, horses,
barns and haystacks caught in the great
mass 1t was n pretty close call, but
we made the bank just in time, As
the last steer scrambled up the bank
the freshet rushed by us with the speed
of an express train. got word over to
the main herd and told the men to drive
| up the river until we could cross. It
was three weeks before we met again,
and in that time the herd and the men
on the other side had some terrible ex-
periences, struggling through miies Of
| sand where there was not a blade of
grass or drop of water. There was
one stretch of eighty miles without
water. Well, at last we got the rem
nant of the drove to Los Angeles. They
We're so used up that a great many of
them died before they got to IAa-set.-
| st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-08
One on tho Lawyer.

An old man was on the witness stand
and was being cross-examined by the
lawyer.
"You say you are doctor, sir?"
"Yes, sir; yes, SIR"
"What kind of doctor?''
81 make intments, sir. l make int
ments."
'Whats your ointment good forP"
SITS good to rup on the head to
strengthen the mind"
"What effect would it have if you
were to rub some of it on my head?"
"None at all, sir; none at ALL Wa
must have something to start with, -.
Gainesville Eagle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-08
A PalindrOme.

A palindrome is a line or phrase that
reads the same backward as forward.
The Latin language is full of such lin
guistic freaks; the English has but few.
One at least is imitable; it represents
our first parent politely introducing
himself to Eve in these words;
"Madam, I'm Adam" The following
phrase lacks but one letter of being
even more remarkable: "Lewd did !
live, evil did / dwell" From the Latin
we have: Roma tibi subito motibus
ibit amor" (Rome, love will come tc
you suddenly with viOlence).-Detroit
Free Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-08
AMERICAN ROADSTERS.
The Trotter, Hackney and Show
sE Carriage Horse.
Duke of Marlborough Behind Dick Swiv-
eller-IIow Nr. bonner Came to be
Horseman-Growth of tho
Coaching Custom.
fcopyR1GuT, 1871

TUOPYKIGHT, I6SI,
America owes big debt of gratitude
TO the men who have developed the road
ster type of horse in this country. The
farmers of Orange county can well af-
ford to build the proposed monument to
Rysdyk's Hambletonian ut Chester,
where the old horse lies buried.
In England, for generations, rich men
thoroughbred" speaks of long years
of breeding The ability to jump a
fence and to carry heavyweight stout
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-08
Right In style.

Nearsighted Lady-There goes Mrs
De Style in her new tailor-made dress
Friend-You are mistaken, my dear
That is her husband.--N. Y. Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-08
CHASED BY AN ENGINE.
An Engineers Story of q Wild
Railroad Ride.
e,&A,,--,1z4--.-..----
Making n Mile b Minute to Escape Death
In Hot PursuitAw why One Engineer Is
hooking for II Daylight
Run.
~ QNM NELL, yes said

ELL, yes" said
the engineer,
putting content
g dl y upon his
pipe and gazing
w | t h lovin G
p ri d e at his
G n G / n g as it
S t o o d in the
yard near the
U n i o n depot,
waiting for it's
train, "we do
see some very
strange S i 6 h is
along the road
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-08

An Unexpected Answer. Brake
man calling the station) -"Hoosickl ;
noung & Laay syy lwho ,.sasn has been n annoyed ey
salesmaR)- am!" "-Jewelers' Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-08-08
Neither Did He.

Niece (whispering)-Now, Uncle Hi
ram, let me give you hint. Here in
town we never eat pie with knife.
Uncle Hiram (from Hawcreek) Gosh!
Neither do 1, Mandy. Amy way suits me.
Takes his piece of pie up in his fin
gers. Chicago Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-27
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL

FINANCIAL
New YORK, Oct. 20. noon.-Stocks opened
duu and s,agnant. Money easy at per cent.
ExchanRe-long 81 Sos40i 81; short, 81 s3110
4 S3sl Government bonds neglected. state
bonds dull but steady.
The following we're the D. m STOCK quota
tions:
Chicago & North l17lS Terminal. ....- ll4
lake Shore. ......I24 Western Union. e21s
Norf Il w. pref. 53lS
NEW YoRg. Oct. 60. 500 p. m.-sterlng ex-
change closed quiet and weak at ~ sl1sD4 $40
commercial bills, 81 soI4Dl 50. Money easy at
al 31I4 per cent closing offered at 319 per cent
Cavern, nent bonds closed dull but steady -four
per ceuts ii5 K: four aud half per cents --.
State bonds entirely neglected -. 80. .,.,
Sub Treasury Balances-Coln, siVa,osl ,VOOi
currency. S3,sr2OOO
The stock market was dull throughout, ana
while alternately firm and heavy. no material
ruossmsnt occurred exceptin one or two Stocks,
and wnilr hual changes in quntat.ona are a
fsrai loss -s thoF arc ia mort cases OF insi<uin-
cam fractions. This state ~ AFFAIRS reflects
ouiy the uncertainty which has taken poss -slon
20 5tsrs,ors though the near approach 81 81
imporiant election aas ~ lnarelc9 40 hfrliHs
tls marEst dull and ri'hi9 uaff8N huits' ne
ul lst ufofuineut feature % he present i.afhet
ID ne drmand r good faiifnsd nlnHh
tanker. hascNsf. nnd . fimcui'I iu hAinf ~
dora 0aInE % tie andilnea. NJ ~" sAPHF
FHiCh asp are Ia aa iuafset, ihe 8 istai 49,
~ fhis GAS " buying Ia the atpeA mefAsi
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-27
MEMORANDA.

New York. Oct s4-Cleared, steamship Cyprus
lBrl, Guild Tampa, Fla.
Antwerp Oct 24-Ssiled. brig Cesarina [Itall f,
GAlano, Charleston.
Cuxhaven. Oct 24-Sailed, steamship Kingdom
lBrl, Roberts, Savannah bark Topdal Nor /,
Anderson, do
Dieppe, Oct e9-Arrived, bark Loining Nor !.
Eye. Pensacola.
Genoa, Oct 22-Arrlved, brig Angelina [Itall,
Passato, Pensacola
Kingroad, Oct 23-Sailed, steamship Rosevllle
lBrl, Savannah.
Hamburg, Oct % - Sailed, bark Brilliant
lNorl. Bjerske, Charleston.
23d-Sailed, steamer Leny Brl, Charleston.
Oporto, Oct I7-Arrived, bark julius Port |,
Vie rra Savannah.
Havana, Oct l9-Arrived, schr Fred Go wer
Diveau, Mobile
Boston, Oct 24-Anchored in the Bay. schr
supposed to be Maria o Tel, st Simons. Ga via
Boston for Newcastle. L
Baltimore, Oct 2EArrivec, schr Benjamin T,
Lee. Steehnan. Charleston; Norman. Hender-
son, Savannah; Annie Bliss. O'Donnell. do;
Island City, Voorhees,. do.
Cleared Bark New Light, Thompson, Sa-
Vanuah land sailedl,
Brunswick Oct i4-Sailed. schrs Abbie G
Stubbs, Pendleton, Now York; Lizzie Chadwick
Charleston, Oct 24-Arrived. steamer Etona
[Brl. Tybee; bark sylphide lNorl, Andersen.
Savannah.
Coosaw, s C, Oct 24-Arrlved. steamer Pal
lion lBrl, West Hartlepool.
Darien Oct .3-Arrived, schr Mabel Hooper.
Hooper, New York
Ath-Ceared, steamer Raleigh, Burgess, New
York; schr Charles x Buckley, Townsend, do.
FernandiDa, Oct 2i-S Sailed, steamer Alcester
LBrL Bruce. London via New Orleans; schr
Dione, Williams Newark
Fortress Monroe, Oct 22-Passed up, schr Ka-
tie j IrclRn. johnson. Charleston for Baltimore.
Galveston, Oct 2i-Arrived. steamship Bees
wing L3rl, Russell, Shields via Tybee.
Ssiled-Tug Juno, with barge Alabama, Pen
sacola
Mobile, Oct 24-Arrived, bark Shelburne lBr /,
Liverpool via Pensacola.
Port Royal, S G, oct 24-Sailed. schr Jennie
Hau, Hall, Charleston.
Philadelphia, Oct A-Cleared, schrs Chas c
Dame, Fischer Charleston; Gov Hall, Cain,
Savannah.
Deleware Breakwater, Oct 24-Arrived, steam
ship Endeavor lBrl. Thompson, Shields land
sailed for Fernandina.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-27

causes an improvement in the general feeling,
as It Is usual for the new demand to appear first
IN the bond market. from which il extends TO
dividend paying stocks The demand for bonds
IS not confined to this side OF the Atlantic as
large orders are being received from London
Trading in stocks to-day was almost entirely OF
professional character and selling was the
work OF traders, who. as usual in dullness. are
inclined to the bear side. Foreign operators
vera buyers OF ST Paul at the opening, which
was firm though quiet but, aside from its
activity. st. Paul was not prominent in the
movements of the day Chicago Gas was a
strong point in the active llst. but Michigan
Central scored gain of ~ per cent. ON the
other hand, Tennessee Coal, after rising a frac
tion to 40, drop0ed to 80 and recovered only
fraction, and Delaware and Hudson dropped III
per cent; while the advance in Michigan Cen
trail was not held. The market was unusually
barren of feature. and finally closed dull though
firm on rally, with most stocks slightly lower
than on Saturday. Chicago Gas shows the
only advance, it, gain being Ia per cent.
Delaware and Hudson is III per cent lower and
Tennessee Coal per cent. The sales Of listed
stocks were $4,000 shares and unlisted IL, 900
shares.
The following we're the closing quotations Of
the NRVF York GfOey
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-27
MARITIME MISCELLANY.

Bermuda. Oct 24-The Argonaut II, from
- for Rotterdam, has arrived here leaking
and will probably have to discharge. (The above
may be the brig Aeronaut Fri, Perry, from
Fernandina Oct for Rio Janeiro.l
Key West. Oct 21-The tugboat j e Stephens,
of Jacksonville which has besn employed in the
construction of the jettes at the NV channel
entrance to this port from Gulf OF Mexico, has
been missing since the 18th last, since which
date a fierce mortimer has been bio wing anu
great anxiety is felt here about her. The
revenue cutter Mel ane will 60 in search OF her.