The evening times., 1895-10-26
CONVENTION HALL.

coin over to Butte. Mont. came in off his
run and told a peculiar incident. We
| lived in the same hotel, aud l got the
story fresh as soon as he was composed
| enough to tell it. He said he was on his in
trip the night before and had just passed
| Hazelton about five miles when he saw
two peculiar red lights looming up before
him on the track. The lights waved to a nd
fro, and were apparently about two feet
above the track. They did Ifbt lork like
lanterns. but he knew they must be signals
and he stopped the engine.
Then the lights disappeared down the
embankment and were lost to view in the
shrubbery. Boyd and the fireman started
up the track, having to keep their mouths
| shut to hold their hearts in their throats.
When they got to where the light had been
everything was quiet and they heard moth
ing. They went back to the engine. or
course, they were every minute expect
ing robbers. but they did not come. Boyd
started the engine again. They had gone
about a mile, when the lights bobbed up
again, and strange to say. went waving
down the ira ok before the engine. Boyd and
the fireman were, OF course, the color OF
drifted snow. The engine gained inch by
inch, and finally it seemed the red signals
turned and came toward the iron monster.
Then they became lost In the glare of the
headlight and the. next minute the people
it. Boyd stopped the train, and he and the
fireman went back. He said that on the
track they found crushed into shapeiess
mass what bad undoubtedly been the body
of a Jack rabbit as big as a sheep. But
they did not understand the lights until
Boyd looked around and found in the
grass a peculiar, large insect of the light.
ming bug variety that had a reddish, glow
ing tail Further investigation showed
that there had been hundreds ~ them and
that they had fastened on the rabbit great
ears that were fully a foot long. All the
bugs were crushe cd but that one. Boyd start
ed to bring it home, but it got away from
him on the way. He said he never saw one
like it before, and the fireman hadn't,
either The only proof Boyd could give
was the tail of the rabbit, and that was ac-
tually nearly as large as that of a sheep.
The It's members of the Governors Foot
Guard of Connecticut registered at the
Ebbitt House yesterday, and handsomer
set of men could not be found ia a day's
Journey. Col. Louis b. Cheney, of Hart
ford, assistant Quartermaster genera l.
doubtless expressed the sentiment OF the
whole company when he said: "we can
not say too much for the hospitality of the
South, and every member of the Guards will
remember this as the happiest journey of his
life.
1.-The citizens of Atlanta should be COM
mmended for the way they treat people.
The exposition is grand, and was never
eQualed below the Mason and Dixon line.
This company of New Englanders will be
busy the rest of their lives returning the
courtesies they received"
Senior Ramon Gasset, of Madrid, who
recently came on to Join the Spanish
legation, has taken apartments at the
Arlington.
Mr. and Mrs. w. n. Cravens, Of Fort
Smith, are guests at Pages.
Among the latest arrivals at the Riggs
are Mr.. ]. +. Price. of Denver; DIR. d. II. Nc
Donald. of Mexico. a nd Mr.. and Mrs. R. F.
Kane, OF Boston.
Among the RaleIgh's guests are Mr..
Charles X. Chute, of Minneapolis; Mr. r. w.
Hunt. New York; Mr.. John l. Colwel,
New York: Mr.. j. G. Jenks, OF Boston; Ar.