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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-21

Cinnamon put in what is called a
grave on their work. and, when the
Irishmen were all at work directly be-
low, let go the blast and buried many
of our men. From that time on the
Irishmen showed due respect for the
Cinnamon. and there was no more
trouble.
Driving the Last Spike
In May, 1869. we agreed to connect at
the summit of Promontory point, and
the day was fixed so that the trains
could reach up from New York and
California. We laid the rails to the join
ing point day or two before the final
closing. On that occasion the Union
Pacific was represented by Thomas c.
Durant, vice president; Sidney Dillon,
who had been prominent in Union Pa
cifc affairs from the beginning, and
John r. Duff. directors, together with
the consulting engineers and a carload
of friends. The representatives of the
Central Pacific We're its president, Lee
land Stanford: Mr.. Huntington, Mr..
Croker. Mr.. Hopkins, Mr.. Cotton and
other members of the company. and
Mr.. Montague, chief engineer. The two
trains pulled up, each crowded with
workmen- The officers and invited
guests formed on each side of the
track. leaving it open TO the south. The
llHcS IflQ Deeu TO
that point, so that the telegraph record
ed each blow of the final spiking at
every connected office from the Atlantic
to the Pacific. Prayer was offered, a
number of spikes were driven in the
two adjoining rails, each one of the
prominent persons present taking a
hand, but very few hitting the spikes,
to the great amusement of the crowd.
When the last spike was placed light
taps were given upon it by several Of
ficials, and it was finally driven home
by the chief engineer of the Union Pa
cific. The engineers ran up their loco
motives until they touched, the engi-
neer upon each engine broke a bottle of
champagne upon the opposite one, and
thus the two roads were welded into
one great trunk line from the Atlantic
to the Pacific. The gold and silver
spikes were brought specially for the
occasion, and later were manufactured
into miniature spikes as mementoeS of
the occasion. 1t was a bright, cold day.
After a few speeches every one was
chilled, and all took refuge in the Cen
trail Pacific cars. where wine flowed
freely and many speeches were made.
kilograms were sent to President
Grant. Vice President Colfax and other
officials throughout the country. l did
not fail to send message to my old
commander. who had been such help
Here is his response:
Washington, May II, 1869.
General G. NJ. Dodge:
'In common with millions. / sat yes
terday and heard the mystic taps of
the telegraph battery announce the
mailing of the last spike in the great
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shall act on common principles and
with a common purpose. and the first
step, of course, is TO arrange for the
accumulation of the necessary men and
materials at the right points, for which
your railroad is the very thing You
may rest easy that both Grant and 1
feel deeply concerned in the safety Of
your great national enterprise
wv. T. SHERMAN, NJ. G.
1t was not until after November, 1867,
when we had been at work two years,
that we got rail communication with
the east at Council Bluffs. the initial
point of the Pacific railroad Till then
the Missouri river had been tire sole
route over which supplies COULD be
got Each year construction was Inn
tied by the quantities of rail and equip
ment that could be brought to US by
boat in the high water season of about
three months In twelve months or
work after we had rail communication,
we located. built and equipped oS'
miles of road transporting everything
connected with at an average distance
of 500 miles west of the Missouri river.
This feat has not yet been surpassed
In accomplishing it we crossed two
ranges of mountains, one of which was
the Wasatch, where in the winter or
1869 we had TO blast the earth the
same as the rocks.
Our Indian troubles began in 1864, and
lasted until the tracks Joined at Pro-
monotory We lost most of our men and
stock while building from Fort Kear-
ney to Bitter creek. AT that time every
mile of road had to be surveyed, grad
ed, tied and bridged under military pro-
lection. All our men were armed, and
every surveying corps, bridging and tie
outfit was ordered not TO run when at
tackled. do not know that this order
was disobeyed in single instance, nor
did l ever hear that the Indians had
driven a party permanently from its
work Once they swooped down on
grading outfit some five miles from, but
in sight of, a temporary fort, and in
plain view of the tracks end. The
government commission had just ar
rived to examine that section of the
completed road, and the commission
ers witnessed the fight. The graders
had their arms stacked on the cut. The
Indians leaped from the ravines, and,
springing upon the workmen before
they could reach their ans, cut loose
the stock and caused panic General
Frank p Blair, General Simpson and
DR. White were the commissioners.
They showed their grit by running to
my car for arms to aid in the fight On
returning to the east, the commission
dwelt earnestly on the necessity OF pro-
lection for Us.
From the beginning to the completion
of the road our success depended in
great measure on the cordial and active
support of the army, especially its
COMMUNICATIVE chief, General Grant
and the commander of the military di-'
vision of the west, General Sherman.
He took personal interest in the pro-
ject; he visited the work several times
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already been made of the completion
of the Northwestern railway in De-
cember, 1867. to Council Bluffs, which
gave us all rail connection with the
east, so that we could obtain our rail
material and equipment throughout
the entire year. The reaching of the
summit of the Black Hills, which
named Sherman. in 1867, placed us COM
paratively near good timber for ties
and bridges. which, after cutting, could
be fioated down the mountain streams
to within from twenty-five to thirty
miles of our work. This afforded great
relief
We made our plans to build to Salt
Lake, 4S0 miles, in 1868, and to en-
deavor to meet the Central Pacific at
Humboldt Wells, 219 miles west of Og
den, in the spring of 1863. Our survey
had been approved by the company,
and the necessary preparation was
made to begin work as soon as frost
was out of the ground. Enough ma
terial had been accumulated at that
end of the track to prevent delay Ties
and bridge timber had been cut and
prepared in the mountains, and the
engineering forces started for their po-
sitions before cold weather was over,
that they might be ready to begin
work as soon as the temperature 'vould
permit. The parties going to Salt
Lake crossed the Wasatch mountains
ON sledges when the snow covered the
tops of the telegraph poles. About
April went on to the plains myself
and started our construction forces,
remaining the whole summer between
Laramie and the Humboldt mountains.
1 was surprised at the rapidity with
which the work was carried forward.
Winter caught us in the WaSatch
mountains. but we kept right on, grad
ing and laying track in the snow and
ice, at tremendous cost. l estimated
the extra cost of thus forcing the work
during the summer and winter at over
$10,000,0 900, but the instructions were to
go on, no matter what the expense.
BY spring the track had reached Og-
den, and by May l had reached Prom
ontory, 534 miles west of our starting
point twelve months before. Work
was opened to Humboldt Wells. In
the year we graded 754 miles.
The Central Pacific had made Won
derful progress coming east. and we
abandoned the work from Promontory
to Humboldt Wells, bending all our eff
forts to meet the Central at Promon-
tory. Each company graded line be-
tween Ogden and Promontory. the two
running parallel. In some places one
was just above the other. The Central
Pacific employed Cinnamon, while ours
were Irishmen, and there was much
iIl-feeling between them The Irish
men were in the habit of firing blasts
in the cuts without giving warning to
the Cinnamon working above them,
and several Cinnamon were severely
hurt. The Central Pacific people COM
planned, and 1 endeavored to have the
contractors bring hostilities to a close,
but the failed TO do so. One day the
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s1oo Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be
u,eased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been abb to cure in all its stages, and
that is cararrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity Catarrh being a
constitutional disease requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally. acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers. that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
Address. F. ]. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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each year during its continuance, and
letters concerning the plans and prog
ress of the work passed between us al
most monthly. We also had the cor
dial support of the district commander,
through which we operated-General
Augur, General Cook, General Gibbon,
General Stevenson and their subordi-
mates General Grant gave positive in
StructionS that every support should
be afforded us, and in his detailed in
structions General Sherman practically
left the nature of the support to my
judgment. They were also instructed
to supply our surveying parties from
should give out, and the subordinate
officers responded to every demand
made, no matter at what time of day or
night, at what time of year or in what
weather.
My first duty after taking charge as
chief engineer in 1866, was TO deter
mine the crossing of the line over the
Black Hills, and l concentrated my
engineering forces for that purpose.
1t had already been learned that we
could get down to the Laramie plains
from the summit going west, but no
route had been discovered going east
In examinations made while coming
home from the Powder river expedition
in 1865, we had found what seemed the
most practical route from the summit
to the foot of the mountains on the
east. This route was again examined
and found practicable.
In the spring of 1866 there was
party in the field running from the base
of the Rocky mountains east under L.
l.. Hills. Through the commanding
officer at Camp Collins, who had served
under me while 1 commanded the de-
partment, / learned that Hills had been
killed by the Indians, and that the
party had been brought into that post
by man named Eddy, an aXman. He
had served under me in the civil war
He met US with his party on the Lodge
Pole as we Travelled west. He proved to
be a young boy who had entered the
Thirteenth Illinois when only 16 or IL.
The fight in which Hills was killed &C.
CURED some six miles east of Chey-.
enne, and after the leader was lost
young Eddy rallied the party by the
force of his own character and took il
into Camp Collins. 1 promoted him,
and he remained with us during the
entire construction of the Union Pa
cific. His rise was steady till his death.
when he was serving as general man
ager of portions of the great South
western system.
Heroism of Percy 7. Brown.
After meeting this party we complet-
ed the line to Crow creek, now known
as Cheyenne, at the foot of the noun
tainS Soon after determining the line
over the Black Hills, learned that one
of the parties trying to work west from
North Platte had found the maps of the
country misleading. Endeayoring to find
the summit of the continental divide.
this party had dropped down into a
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Measuring.

Detroit Journal)
The Katydid laughed raucously; the
Caterpillar more quietly.
How that girl did shrek when she
discovered you on her shoe" exclaimed
the Katydid.
measuring wormi replied the Caterpillar
holding his sides in his. merriment.
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gathering in this country since the civil
war.
In determining the final location of
the Union Pacific railway. 1900 miles
Of instrumental line were run and $4,000
miles of reconnoisances made.
GRENVILLE Nj. DODGE.
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that has been shown in the city.
Lace. Embroidery and Insertion
Trimming. a grand assortment at
reasonable prices.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-03-15
OE6N HARDWARE co.
DEAR MONEY COSTS LABOR
MUCH.

Money measuu all other forms Of
property. Tbelet re, As money ap-
precl. les, all other for ensured by
money mnst deprec a = and as the
o:Lcr forms aie thirty times as great as
the money, h 10 = most be in like
man . er tnirt Il as great as the
Gain. Fo o.al who already has
the money, or villa. Is the same thing,
has legations due him payable in
mouey, its appreciation is. CT curse, a
go d ng: but for those who own
proper y Of other kinds ale in debt,
tina same appreciation always means
j So. and frequently meens rum. The
aboriug man must sell his labor. If
tn pric of the thing which his labor
pr duce, falls il lessons the demand
TO: abor and reduces the value + the
lab T. itself. 1t isa most amazing cir
0 m, nee that any workingman can
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-03-15
HONEST MONEY"


The "objectiOn" to free coinage IN
this country has been, and is, that 1t Is
dishonest" The "market pre- I
silver is less than 60 cents an onnca,
and the coinage rate 16 to l is 81. y
1t is claimed that the dishonesty t
coming 60 cents worth of silver MO
twice as much money is too Gle ITO re-
quire any argument. The same eon7
nection has been made 1iglt a'Cn /,
whether silver was worth 60, a. 81 o.
or 100 cents per ounce. 1t ia NJ ,
been dishonest, according to gol"--.and
ard reasoners, to coin it at AZ 5 higher
rate than the market price. This, OF
course, excludes the coinage use OF the
metal as an element in ats valu", and
assumes that silver will be wOlth more
With the American mint closed an he
silver deprived:of that dsmar'. Lay
ing aside this palpable abkrud'ty, there
are few simple questions we would
like to PROFOUND. First, If to lower
the value Of money below the gold level
or to coin silver at a rate above Its
market value in gold, is dishonest In
America, is it not equally dishonest
everywhere? What then has the gold
tie to say Of the action Of Japan in re-
ducing the weight of the gold yen one
half and establishing the gold standard
on the basis Of what has been called i'll
this country "5O-cent" silver dollarf
Have we heard any outcry from that
source about the dishonesty" of ia
pan? Russia has acted in similar way
She has reduced the wight Of her gold
coins SO thatthe quantity of gold which
formerly made 10 roubles will now. Ii
mike Have the gold men INDUCED in
any denunciation of the dishonesty
Of such action on the part OF Russia'
Both Rusuis and Japan refused to rec
ognize gold as true measure ofvalue.
The one cut down the gold coin so as
to bring it to the level of the paper
currency of the country, the other re-
duced it to the level offs liver. Is is not
quite as dishonest 10 reduce the weight
of gold coins and at the same time COM
pei the creditor to take them at their
former value as it / to coin a cheaper
metalf
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-03-15
SHAM FIGHT On TRUSTS.

"Good-boy, Macl" says the cartoon
ist who represents the trusts flown with
insolence aad wine, as they see the
president of the United States tramp
ling under foot the national enactment
known as The Sherman antitrust law.
Does tba cartoonist go too far? Does
he do an injustice to the chief magis-
trate? Does be put in the mouth OF a
figure typical of the trusts existing in
violation OF law unwarranted belitlling
and compromising. applause Of the presi
dent? What are the facts? The pres;
dent of the United States is under
obligations to see that al the laws are
executed, He knows as well as he
knows any current news that the Sher-
man antitrust law is daily violated, and
he makes no sign. The situation ap-
pears acceptable to him. He has at his
command the entire enginery Of JUS
tice. He has an encouragement I'M
der whose immediate direction are all
the distric! attorneys of the country,
and he calls no halt Of daily and in
solent violation Of law against COM
binations in restraint of trade. 1t is
upon the part of the president clear
violation of bounden duty, SO entirely
obvious that the caricaturst is war
ranted in assuming that the aggregat-
ed trusts of the United States, unmol-
ested in their lawlessness, cry out with
qualification as they observe the supine
attitude Of the major: "Good boy
NJ acl'-Chicago Chronicle.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-03-15

When pains appear in different parts OF
the body and one feels tired and depressed
the use Of a'nes celery compound will
drive away the rheumatism pain or the fit OF
indigestion and correct the failing appetite
which keeps pace so clcsely with the digest
i've power.
Here is heartfelt letter as 1t was
written on December ~, last by Mis. VIII
lam Nelson, who is cashier Of the Central
Relief Committee Of Chicago:
"Gentlemen:-I have used Paine's celery
compound several times for the past two
years for liver and kidney trouble. have
sweled up and felt sick and bad. The doe
tors medicines never helped me, but PaiDe's
celery compound always did. There Is
nothing like it. 1t Is splendid"
Nerve tension is disguised unc good
many symptoms that induce thoUghtless
people to apply some useless local remedy
when the only lasting relief will come from
purified blood, kidneys aroused to work.
stomach secreting abundance Of digestive
Juices and toned-up state Of the nerves.
For this there is no need Of further proof as
TO the value Of Paine's celery compound
than can be furnished by the readers own
negLbCls il you will take the pains to make
injuries. The best test Of the value OF
Fines celery compound Is 10 try II.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-03-15
UNIVERSITY NOTES.


i.rs. Virginia Coyner Hamilton, OF
Par ers,urg, WV, has presented the
X ington Literary Society Of the
U versity with handsome fra ed
ortrait of Rev. DR.. Henry A exand 7
Whit, which will be placed with the
portraits Of the other distinguished
al mini on the walls of the society nall.
VI Robert NJ. Hughes, of Norfolk,
is resent engaged in delivering a
sores Of len lectures before the enicf
l.w c..s of the Uni, eisi,y IN t e rub
ice 'of admiralty | aw and Ptoce lure.
Pos bly, this series Of lectures on that
op more ext nsise course than in
any University in the United State'.
At the regular weekly gathering of the
students of the University this morning
Mr.. Hughes addressed hem, President
William i, Wilson being absent altend-
ing the convention of the Blpiist
Young Peoples Union in Cnarlottes-
vile where he will tonight deliver
address on Christian Citizenship" be-
fore the convention.
The literary societies of the Uni
versity have elected the following rep
resenlatiyes from their numbers to COM
pete for the medal given by tie Board
of Trustees at the final celebration dur
, ing the Commencement June-from
the Gr4ham.Lee society: Robert W.
Withers, Suffolk, Va; EdmundB. Pan
cake, Romney, W. Va. From The
Washington society; Thomas A. Bled-
soc, Lexington, Va; E. Dulaney Or,
Harrisonburg. Va.
The Young Mems Christian Assccia-
ton of the University has elected the
following officers; President, G. c..
Mcneil, Virginia; vice-president, S. b.
McPheeters, South Carolina; cores
ponding secretary, 7. D. Sloan, West
Virginia; recording secretary, j. Nice.
Seig, Virginia; treasurer, Robert Gas
gov, Jr., Virginia.
According to the custom which usu-
ally prevails NTH the return of spring
the statue of the Father of Our Country
which adorns ,he cupola on the main
University building has commenced to
change its color from the snowy white
ness to CARDS Of red or blue, His first
change was in favor of the Harry Lee
Lee boat crew, for he was resplendent
| in red,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-03-15

The profound o. d g norehsnsiye inves:i-
CATION Of Pct. tdw h. Phelps, the dis
coverer OF Pninso celery compound, have
robbed disease of much Of IFS alarming
character.
Nature has provided in the liver safe
guard without which every one would die
from the slightest imprudence in diet. The
blood loaded with poisons reaches the liver,
the exeYeating function Of that organ arrests
hem and they are thrown back to the bow
lis. This is the action Of the healthy liver,
but this perpetual overwork at last does
what over functional activity does for Other
orgass-impairs or destroy. their excreting
power and opens the door to Bright's diseass
and diabetes. Paines celery compound en-
ables the liver to work without tearing itself
to pieces. 1t supplies nervous energy to the
organ and prevents irritatiOD 1t purihss
the blood and does not leave tho whole
purifying task to one organ, whether liver,
kidney or bowels. 1t obviates the collapse
of any one OF these organs, and prevents
disease.
1t not only regulates the nervous organiza-
ton. but directly nourishts it; sends more
and better blood to supply the wasted nsr-
vous tissues and takes the killing strain
from the kidneys.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-03-15
GENERAL WALKERS CAREER.
When Cadet at the V. NJ. l. He Challeng-
ed Stonewall Jackson to Duel.

When q Cadet at the v NJ l. He Challeng-
ed Stonewall Jackson to Duel
General James A. Walker is as quick
tempered as he is warm hearted. No man Is
better known in Virginia and throughout the
South. He was born In Augusta county, Va,
his ancestors being among the early Scotch
Irish settlers of the Valley Of Virginia, in
August, 1888 AT the age Of fifteen he en-
tered the Virginia Military Institute, at
Lexington, and remained there until he
graduated in 1862. "Stonewall' Jackson
was at that time professor OF mathematics at
the Virginia Military Institute.
On one occasion Walker imagined himself
iDsulted in the class room, ard sharp inter
change Of words followed Walker was
ordered under arrest, and while in the guard
hpuse wrote a challenge TO Jackson which
he induced one Of the cadets to deliver to
him.
The remarkable part Of the story lies in
the fact that the serious and conscientious
jackson really considered accepting the
challenge and was with difficulty persuaded
TO ignore the rash young cadet and to treat
his characterization as it deserved.
Walker was expelled, Of course, but was
afterwards reinstated, and graduated with
high honors.-Baltin,ore American.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1899-03-15
IN OTHER LANDS.

If any considerable number OF our
people are disposed to give credence to
the partisan claim that the 'money
custom is dead" that the "silyer issue
has been buried" he will do we'll to
cast cursory glance at the Status of
the question in other lands. In the
two great empires Of Russia and Aus
tria, the so-called gold standard il
nothing, and in both countries its pres
SIRE is so keenly lelt that the whrle in
du,trial atmosphere is filed with COM
plants and appeals for relief. The
sane is true of Japan, while in Chill
and Peru the gold standard has utterly
collapsed. The finances OF Spain are
in so deplorable condition that it is
doubtful is there will ever be success
full establishment OF the gold standard
there.