The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-18
COUNTED TIES FROM FRISCO.
Miss Zoe Clayton Arrives at Chicago.
Adventures and Bardships,

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From the Chicago Neus
Miss Zoe Clayton, the pretty actress who
is counting ties from San Francisco TO New
York for purse of $4,000, arrived in Chi
cago at 10 O'Clock yesterday morning, Just
l40 days out from Frisco" with 2,24O
miles to her credit. She was as clipper as
II just returning from morning constitu-
ti5nal.
Ppm neither footsore, weary nor dis
cOuraged, she declared, for l feel now,
since getting into one of Gods cities, as il
my journey were nearly done. / expect to
reach New York Marcn Is, 400 miles ahead
of my scheduled limit"
Miss Clayton (her real name beng Zoerika
6opezero) was accompanied by her black
spaniel Beauty, together with her manager,
William j. Marshall, and Joseph l.. Price,
the last named representing the Californian
who put up the purse. There was a fifth
member in the company when they set out
from the coast Aug q, IN the shape of a
trained hunting dog, Lyon. which was
killed by the cars on the trestle over the
San joaquin river. The quartetts now here
have tramped and camped together all the
way. They carried no tent, but slept In
blankets beneath the trees or on the omen
plains wherever night CHANGED to overtake
them.
1--WE met with all sorts Of experiences on
the way" said Miss Clayton, "some of which
were attended with much danger and hard
ship. l am lot a pedestrian, aud of course
at first the fifteen or twenty miles a day
told on me. | am now wearing my ninth
pair OF shoes and my third travelling dress.
l was laid up for seven days at one time
with sprained ankle, aud we lost three
days when Beauty's feet became sore. had
but one narrow escape, and have not fully
recovered from the fright yet / wes caught
on O bridge near Lathrop, Cal, NV guide
book Informed me that q train wo uld be
due at sos o'clock, and it was just 8 when
| reached the bridge. 1t was a short trestle
and the train not being within sight or
sound | started to cross. When lust over
the draw / heard a clicking of the rails and
looked up to see the express rushing down
on the bridge. Beauty" was with me and
l thought we must surely be killed. All
trembling aud frightened took her in my
arms and climbed out on projecting BEAM
On came the train laundering and snorting.
and l was so near the track that couldn't
hold on, so jumped. 1t was fully twelve
feet high at that point, but beneath was
mlry ground and l escaped without an
injury.
"Our greatest hardship were met while
crossing the alkah dersert on the Southern
Pacific railroad. We have gone as long as
month without vegetables, not even a
potato. My two escorts carried packs con-
tanning, blankets, tea, sugar, butter in a
baking powder tin, bread, tin plate, one
bucket, three cups, one camp knife and one
fork. Fingers were made before forks. Won
know, and we couldn't add 10 our loads. I
had to carry a sachel with linen and mani
cure set--a woman even in desert must
have mirror, comb. brush, etc, and
had mine. fSomefinhes we couldn't get
bread for days. We were often looked on
as tramps, aud couldn't beg or buy bread in
places. The farmers were afraid of us l
paid as high as 81 for a loaf Of bread at one
place.
"At Ogden, % tab, we left the Central for
the Union Pacific railroad, which took us to
Omaha. From Council Bluffs we tramped
by the Rock Island to Chicago. | have
been known here in my profession for
twenty years and shall visit few DAYS
with friends. 20 flqq
Miss Gayton last appeared in Chicago In
'Mazsppa' at the old National theaser.
about four yeaps aga She has played ali
over Europe. Australia, the United States,
Central America and as far south as Peru.
At one time hef company made a Jump
from Madrid to San Francisco without a
stop, being the longest single fight for a
5heater troupe on record.
Co-EDUcATIoN of the sexes is a success in Co