The morning call., 1894-03-25

eral superltt ndent, and several other officials
OF the road arrived in the city on special train
and after inspec ing the company's shops they
started across the yards on foot TO take The
train back TO the city. A bull had broken out
OF The stockyards, had been made the target of
all the small boys in the neighborhood and had
Deen pretty we'll worked up when he saw the
little crowd OF men picking their way along the
tracks. He charged upon them and they scat
tered. Mr.. Doddridge, as you know, is a small
man and no sprinter. He couldn't run very
well and he recalled The experiences he had in
climbing the sides Of boxcars In his early days
OF rallroading and made for the nearest tele-
graph pole. climbed it and looked down upon
the infuriated animal. Mr.. HenneSsey, one Of
the party, has red mustache and the bull
nexl took after him. MIR. Hennessey Is tall and
a sprinter. He made tracks for the river aud
his tracks are there yet In the mud. The other
Ofi1cials climbed on or under boxcars until the
bull left the field"
Ezra Meeker of PulIayup, Washington. who
Is at the Grand. is known in that State as the
mop king" but he was not always a million
aire, nor yet even In prosperous circumsta nces.
wellknown newspaper man Of this city re-
members the time when MIR. Meeker was about
as poor as the average reporter "He used 10
STOP at our house over night years ago." said
thr gentleman. when going across the cOun-
Try, and IN that time, alt hOugh he had some
property, was looked upon as poor man be-
cause the land which he owned was heavily in
eumsered. The suggestion which led 10 his
acquiring his present fortune was made to Mr..
Meeker under my fathers roof. One OF The
now much desDised public documents issued by
the Agricultural Bureau mad been received and
It's contents happened 10 be under discussion
one night while Mr.. Meeker was present. a
long article on hop culture created good deal
OF In crest, and one OF the gentlemen present
remarked 10 the gentleman named: That land
OF yours mentioning certain tracO ought TO
be good for that business The proposition
seemed TO strike Mr.. Meeker favorably, and he
sent on TO Washington for quantity OF hop
roots. From bis CONNIE ncement OF hop culture
dates his career as a successful business man,
and he now has enough spare cash 20 build a
brewery"
Some of the members OF the Press Club were
discussing the advisabIIiy OF putting 10 a hot
lunch service The other evening, but the project
was antag0niZed by a prominent member, who
told of former experience in that line in the
following words: 1--WE used to have Jim Love
as secretary, and he was always originating
something for the clubs benefit. One day he
sprung this mldday-lunch scheme on party of
US, and asked how many OF the boys could be
depended on to patronize the institution If
be got the plan TO work. AN YOU fellows who
will come up TO lunch TOMORROW if provide
the spread hold up your hands,, said Jim, and
every mothers son OF the twenty-six persons
present shot his right hand heayenward. Next
day Love was down at the rooms with the cook
and other help before daylight. and by IL
O'Clock he had as fine layout prepared rs any
man would care 10 sit down to. / believe the |
lunch cost about S25. and how many OF the boys
do you suppose showed up? Well, there was |
myself and another membeT-and be SAID he |
had forgotten all about the matter aud had |
accidentally dropped 10. We two, with Love |
and the help, sat down and gOrged ourselves. |
j guess The secretary threw the rest of the pro-
vender out of thr back window, bug we never |
attempted any innovations in that line from |
that day 10 the present"
j. ID. Huling, a furniture manufacturer of |
Canal Dover, Ohio, who is In the city, was |
sehoolmate OF Quantrell. the guerrilla. whom
many residents of California have cause TO re-
m mber. "We were both born In Canal Dover" /
sad Mr.. Huling yesterday, land QuantrelPs |
mother is. 1 believe, sun living near that place
She must be about rs years of age now. and
there is still strong resemblance to her son
noticeable in the mothers features. Quantrell
was smOoth-faeed, laxen-haired, light
hearted boy, who gave little evidence as a
youth OF the ferocious nature which he after
ward developed. Although Ohio was his birth
place 1t Is said of him that he seemed TO cherish
a special hatred for men from that State who
were enlisted in the Union service, but why
this was so am unable 10 say. Quantreli was
bright and studiOus a boy and graduated |
from Union College, of which his father was
principal, when be was but 16. He subse-
quently taught school for several years and /
then moved West when lost all trace of him |
until bis participation in the rebellion brought |
bis name prominently before the public"
81. S. Tyrrell, who, with his brother and a |
party OF six Indians, made a journey through |
the Bad Lands of Canada last year, is in the |
city. He says the party started from Lake |
Athabasca late 10 the spring, aud, going In a |
northwesterly direction, followed a river into |
what must have been Lake Doobauut. "Al- |
though in midsummer. ice seven feet thick COW |
cred u, except close TO the shore, where 10 a |
narrow channel for 100 miles we padded our |
way around in full view Of the hillsdes, which |
were still covered with snow" The party |
traversed distance of about $50 miles into the |
interior through a country, so far as records |
CO. absolutely untrodden before by the foot of
man, and in the whole of the Bad Lands, Mr.. |
Tyrrell says, there is not enough wood TO make
a Ioothpick.
MillaTd W. Saperston is young gentleman
who was for long time connected with the
auditing department Of the Southern Pacific
road. but about two years or more ago he re-
moved to Buffalo, New YORK, where he took I'D
the study OF law. Reports from that city indi-
cate that he is on the highway which leads to
success, having just concluded all important
murder case, in which he represented the de-
Tense, by gaining a verdict Of acqniltal.
DR.. Candine the revivaist from st. Louis,
who has been holding services In this city for
some two weeks past In the Bush-street M. E.
Church, started South yesterday. and will en-
gage In similar work in Florida and other
Southern States. He was the pastor of
wealthy congregation in st. Louis, but gave up
his charge In order that he might wander at
will and preach the doctrine Of sanctification,
which is his especial theme.
Fred Lawton, former resident OF this city
but who left here twelve years ago 10 go into
business in the East Is in the city. He is one
OF the luminaries in Ward McAllisters circle
and is a successful business man, being en-
gagged iD the commission business. handling
California products. A sister OF his is the wife
of Theodore Roosevelt.
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