Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-05-27

was compelled to give up my position
two years ago on account OF losing my
nerve. l had worked my way up to the
position of engineer from q wiper
in the roundhouse and was considered
one of the best engineers on that
| great system. In fact my services were
appreciated to such an extent that l
was made head engineer Of the Central's
! fast express, which ran on a schedule
OF So miles an hour. I was not afraid
of steam and l could ride just as fast as
old engine 9s could carry me. One
night csn remember it very well-it
was the twenty-seventh OF January,
/ 1891, my old iron horse was a.
her best. blowing through the
binding snowstorm at terrific
speed. My arm nearly froze TO
the throttle when saw not ten yards
before Us little girl, walking up the
track. It was all over in less than a
second as the little. one never knew how
she passed from this earth. That acct
dent unnerved me. / did not have
courage to run fast again. constant
~ lost time, the consequences being
that was relegated to slow freight
train. | only served two weeks. That
accident rendered NE utterly unfit for
the business.
'I paid one dollar copy for the st.
Louis Republic, or the Republican, as it
was then called, for several months"
said Morris Jacks. secretary OF the
Board of Health. ut was Ia 1850 and
1851, when / was In the gold hills Of
California" continued Mr.. Jacks, land
whenever bought copy | treasured
| il carefully, in order that it might be
preserved for others to read. The paper
ususally reached us when the courier
came at noon, and always ate an early
| dinner on the days when expected to
receive my paper. After l had eur
chased copy, read it for some time
and then some one else would come
along and beg ne to let them have 1t
| for awhile.
Thus the paper passed from tent to
tent aud from camp to camp. Besides
the New York papers. 1t was the only
paper from, this side Of the mountains
| that reached US. We were in the Sis.
| kin range Of mountains part OF the time,
| and even the San Francisco papers did
not reach us there very often, but al
ways managed TO have copy of the
paper coming. 1t cost on an average
about a dollar copy, but money was
plenty out there just then, and | want
/ ed the news.
"The miners, when their days work
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ground and one of them would read to
the others. The Republican seemed to
me like a well-informed visitor from my
native city, and it was decidedly the
| iavorlte paper of the camp. The others
seemed to be as anxious for it as was,
although they came from different
parts of the country. The papers in
those days went to California, either
via New Orleans or New York, and
from there to Panama across the 18TH
mus, after which they were taken to
San Francisco.
81 remember one article printed 10
the payer which unwittingly caused a
great deal of amusement for US. A
saloonkeeper who was greatly opposed
TO the circulation Of anything less than
half dollars saw small item In the
paper which said that there had been
coined large amount Of small coins
and that they were to be shipped West.
He Immediately set about gathering
up all the quarters in the camp.
and, putting them in large sack,
dropped them into the river. A few
months after that, when the camp
played out and money was scarce and
hard TO get, that same saloonkeeper was
seen in the middle OF the river one day,
fishing; but he had graphing hook on
the end OF his line. He was fishing for
the small change he had thrown away,
as he wanted it to pay bill that was
due that day.
Zone day miner named Joe Stury
was going home. He was a sober fellow
and had the confidence OF the camp.
Among othar things he was known TO
be thoroughly able to take care OF him
self, and one of his fellow-miners who
had made rich haul in the
placer diggngs decided to send some
money home to his wife In Illinois.
Stages were frequently held up In
those days, and the other miner, who
was known as APPLICABLE. decided to
send the money with SturY. In time
Stury returned from his eastern trip
and said that he had delivered the
money and had left Applegate's wife in
excellent health. Her husband had re-
ceived no letter from her, and was high
" elated to hear that she was still look.
ing and hoping for his return.
"The men, who had been fast friends
before, took up claim, which they
worked together. One night Stury,
who was in the tent of another miper,
CHANGED to see scrap OF the Repltb-
Iican. 1t was an old one, and the piece
of paper was not bigger than mans
hand, but 1t contained the notice, under
the headline OF correspondence from
the Illinois town where Applegate lived,
that Mrs. Lucy Apologize had died
there WED nesday last
"'What date aid you get this paper"
hoarsely inquired Apologize Of tho
other miner. The man reflected for q
minute, and, having only had one copy
of the Republican, be was able to tell
the day on which he had borrowed 1t
from me. I knew by the type that 1t
was the Republican, and 1t was definite