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CHEROKEE ADVANCE.
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VOLUME V.
*^W| li8f*l Kitheif be ritzht Hum to be President. *’
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CANTON, GEORGIA SATURDAY, MORNINCr. DECEMBER s, 1SS;U
NUMBER 51.
THE CHEtdREE IDViHCE
PI M,l8liKI> EVERY
Rjr J. K. i:iK;V, * dlfor
OJJ'ft (’/> Slt’im
Jt'irirlhi St-
HA1 DECAY
mid Manger:
’oi nri 1 Oni'rrtfiHf nlul *:r*i
ni f) <tn) < Af, Mcl'htrr
l ilk 1 hI Otir.!ii of ( hci<ikn' ('minty.
TERMS:
Hinsle copy, one year
single copy, six montlti ..,
Single c.py, there months.
$1
I’rufcssiounl and BiisIiicek Cards.
F. B FERRY,
I.CCAt, A(iKMT
FIRE AND LI PE INHUR AN CE CO
Ofli , in store of J. M. Me \fl R,
W. A. & G. ITEASLY,
ATTOHNKYSat, LAW,
‘(’ASl'ON, H (CORGI A.
Will g’v > prin!| t Hrientbin to nil but-
I le*.- In11 UiUd to tline. Wi ) prsctlc*
DVI the c iurt» or the o» uaty, aid ii>
the Hupciltr ctur’ti ol the R'ue Ridgi
circuit [ j • i 7 ly
JOHN IT. BELL,
Carpenter,
llavlmr permanently located In C* r -
tu —ID i i pow prepsrnl to do all k'n Ik
of carpenter’a woik Building and re
pairing rromply dono at satisfactory
piled. Part'ea contemplating building,
will find it to their interest to get my
prices before closing cmlrrcts with oth
er wotkmn. J. 11. ITEfiT.
.. TIN SIIQP.
J. TI. STEADMAN,
Manufacturer ol all Tinware, roofing,
gutU ring, Vstovo pipes, g.n p'pcN, steam
piprs and anything male of tin, ole.
RepAliusa.—Will ropsir any and ev-
frytliing trom a tin cup to a forty horse
ergiueat short notice. All charges low
and work warranted. Marietta street,
Canton, Ga. [mai25 82 ly
MEDICAL CARD
HK. w. sawiirs,
♦ V"nlrB to Mir
dty, ttr tholr lit)-
■ ’ •|M ,,rw
eltUons of Canton smf viola
tr.l patronage.
Biing perraanontty locate.I, will continue
to practice medicine, sureery and midwifery.
> lfo| iug, by indiutry, energy aud strict np-
pl oition to busineo, to merit au,increased
pntrouago and qnnfitletic'A.
Oflice in Dr. TV.'A. (ir-en’s Drugstore.
Itesfifmoe adjoining TV. 11. \Varlfck.[ni>v9
J. M. BtJRTa,
ATWEf AND COPNKELLOR AT LAW
CANTON-, GEORUIA.
Office fn the Court House. [mai25 ly
CEO. R, BROWN,
Attorney at Law,
Will practice in the Superior Courts
nl Ccpb, Milton, Forsyth, Pickens and
I) twain couhties, and in the Superior
! nil T u tim 0'iuats of Oherokoe.
( 1’i a < v r J m M. McAfee’s store.
Special attention given to the collec
tion of claims.
RusincsR rrspect ully solicited.
J ml?, 1883
PAINTING!
BRIDGES & FORRISTER,
Horse aal fip Paitters,
Wi.l pa nt wagons, buggies, furniture,
and all other plain and lancy painting.
S o or address J. W. BRIDGES cr J. B.
’EOHE'JS1ER, Canton, Ga. [feblO ’83
C'
V_y
O M E
AND
sjiittitwmiiij
—ELY—
SEE
G..W. EVANS,
Gainesville Street,
CAN. ON, OA
R. E. CASON.
DENTIST,
11 is now located in Carters villa. ID
bioicits patronage from his old fri ndi
and oilers liis prufesoional services to a.L
ffnha 8l'f
earths Railroad D.pot.
Horses and Bugs lei at rrasonab:.
.trices.
Carriages and II tries always ready.
Will aend to toy part of '.Ik- c >unlr>
•»lth cateful drivers and gentle trams
AM kinds of btock fed and well carr.
or.
IIAtTIJNO AND OKAYING
lone at low rales.
Customers will be politely waited ot
»t all hours, day or night.
G. W. EVANS,
n v26 81 til Proprietor.
-—'JUKI
‘CONSTITUTION’
FOR 1882-3.
Is letter equipped in every sense that
ever bofere to maintain its position
IK T11K FRONT RANKS OF BODTHBRIC
J C.tNAI ISil
Itcalli the atlrn'don of the rerdint
public to the filloving po’ntt that cat
be calmed, N-.mc-ly, that it it
1. The largest and host paper in Geor
ci t, A n’ t m«, the Carolinas, Florida and
Misd.st Ippl.
2. More readmg mattes than any pa
tter in the South Atlantic States.
8. Tne fullest telegraphic service and
atest news.
4 The b-lghtest, hcBt and fullest ccr-
resfor.Wace. .
A. Tv fotRlp'ftM’t elrctlon returns.
C. VJiWttWf f.^glsla'tire reports.
7. on 1st Stij rr me Court reports.
t’i v Gieat (rocr^ir Piper-11-tier than
E/er. No fi*tiii:!*eht Georgian
, can do wtli out it.
Vfvei\-»rd»jr& .iAiAi tnV* a paper frani
h ( itaTrki-in. t ie n xt 3 months.
HOW THEY TAN HIDES.
i>
Va Xlo.tsi i* it tlt*n
”> i if m nti,> ; 5 |
111 per ar-
00 1 in> it' l>,
I. ?l 0 . )Ch. ; C oh oi TO «| 2T,
ii - »" v tu ^ nor up nl club;
if 2 I f 1 O' • t - t/n- ci,nv.
A lar-..- I lit? CowsTif-onon.
A wad i, Gi.
J. M. HARDIN,
House, Sign, Carriage
—ANI) —
Ornanental Painter.
FRESCO k SCENIC AltlP.T ALSO.
Oriental and Grecian painting. Mr/>
Tinting, Oardo-Tinting, painting Septi
aud India Ink.
Twenty-five per cent saved by apply
ing to me before contracting with others.
Material furnished at bottom prices.
Satisfaction given or no charges made.
See or addrese,
J. M. HARDIN,
Mar.10 ’83. , Canton, Georgia,
ME.
I n A V F, just opened a Complete Stock
diicct (-nut the manufactory ot Fancy
C’.Ti'iiet', M xod Candies, L* aiu CaDdies,
Gitckers ot all -or s Abo Fresh Riieius,
N uls, O'-tters, Caitnid Goods, and every-
thiDg wanted in thitiiue. _ I respectful -
ly ask patronage ot my iriends, bith iu
the rtore &nil job work. IPauk*, Dred?, -
& • -tfttvajs on b»nd.
CLATIpE F, EDGE,
JJoy 18,138?, '
INTRUVlJCtV WITH A P^AVTICAI.
tanNkk.
The Old Way nn<! the New W*r-I|«w Nwr
They ere Alike -The Nmell el Knealn
l.eelher.
C. D, MADDOX,
ATTORNEY at LAW,
CANTON. GEORGIA.
Refers by Permission to John Silvey &
Co., Thos. M. Clarke At Co., James R.
Wylie and Grambling At Spalding, all
Atlanta, Ga. Mar.10 83
H H. McENTYRE,
I3ricli, T*ln storing-,
AND STONE WORKMAN,
CANTON, GEORGIA.
I sm fully prepared to do any kind of
Vfasonry or ’Plastr rimr at he lowest possible
tatop, and solicit the pattonage of thoie de-
siring work In my line. D. H. McEktykr.
J. W. JARVIS,
JEWELER AND PHOTOGRAPHER,
CANTON, G1 ORUIA,
Can be found at hia Gallery, at any
time where he is always ready to do good
work at a lew price. [JulylGtf
A NEW WORK SHOP,
D W. Bridges has opened a shop one
loor ibive Geo. Lathem’a store. He
Duilds houses mills. Bridges makes and
tepairs all kinds of furniture, and doea
mything that can be done with wood.
Call ana see him. [jan!888tf
ff. w. ICtDItS . JXO. T ATTAWAY
NEWMAN & 4TTAWAY,
Attorneys at Law,
CAN ON, : : GEORGIA.
\Yi I ptso'-ice itr'lha Superior Court o!
Ci.fcii k b and adjoiniui caantks. Prompt
it, nt on ii'nn to tdl buslne>b pUoedia
k.eir hands. Oftlne ia thf Court ttouis,
Tlic march of the tannery has been
westward, a result of natural Oftnaoa.
Heinloek nnd oak foreefs of the East
have lte#n deplek il, and an it id neces
sary that the industry be nearer the base
of supplies a removal to the virgin
forests of the West was a business virtue.
There nw a few tanneries in Masnneltu-
setts, blit they get their bark at large
expense from Mniuo. In Connecticut
there aro only two or three—among
them ono at Glastonbury anil auother nt
Westchester. Not longer than 20 yearn
ago thero was a thriving tannery at
Windsor. If the old ones have not been
removed they have been closed and the
tanners liavo returned to agriculture.
Small operators cannot compete with big
ones who use tho most improved ma
chinery.
Mr Pliny Jewell, of I*. Jewell & Bona,
mentioned facts of interest concerning
tho industry. “Wo tan hides to-day,’’
he said, “exactly as my father URod to
tau them iu Winchester, N. H., years
ago. Of course wo have more facilities,
bul tho processes aro just thosamo. Wo
tan more rapidly, to bo sure, and this
prooess is not productive of iuferior
leather, ns some may argue; tho product
is every whit ns good ns that of years
ago. Wo simply hasten the same result,
that is all. My father’s vats, when I was
a very little boy, were out of doors, and
when cold weather came ho had to cover
them over nnd let tlio hides lio all winter.
Afterward ho built n shed so that the
hides could he worked as well iu storm ns
in sunshine. Iu our largo tannery near
Detroit, Mich.—it cost us $150,000 —
such a delay would never bo thought of.
There tho work proceeds day iu and day
out year after year.
“Again, iuold times tho bale—a mix
ture introduced to remove the lime used
to take off the lmir of tho hide—would
sour if u thunder-storm came up. I re
member times when wo had to work
Sunday to removo hides from this sour
linto so that they wouldn’t si>oil. Now
tho hato never sonm; scientific kuowl-
edgo provents it. Wo never uso acids
in our tannery. Wo 'each tho hark and
use tho liquor. Let mo remark just
hare that you may have heard that it is
injurious to tan leather with hot liquor.
IIow absurd is such a statement i
Why? you can’t tail leather with hot
liquor; it will cluso tho ptores so that
none yf tho tannin can get in. It is very
important that tho liquor ho not moro
thau that of a blood heat. To imjtire
this temperature wo have built, at an
expense of $! ,000, several cooling vats
into which tho liquor is run.
“I think that is a mistake,” ho said,
when shown a published statement to
tho effect that American tajmers had
never been able to closely imitate the
beauty and odor of the celebrated Rus
sia leather. “1 believe Russia leather
is now made at or near Newark. I know
my brother, when Minister at St.
Petersburg discovered the secret. You
have heard the manner of the discovery,
liavo you not ?"
“I have heard several versions of it."
“Well, I w ill tell you the true version.
Over in Russia they didn’t think he had
any practical knowledge of mechanics—
they thought lie must he as helpless as
they. One day lio was going through a
tannery with somo of the officials. Reach
ing a passageway ho noticed some mix
ture iu barrels, lie didn’t recognize its
character, and thrust liis Angers in sev
eral times ns a sort of investigation.
There was no handy washing-room, so
he completed the tour with his soiled
hands, but as soou as he reached his
room he washed np. In passing his
right hand over his face—as all men will,
you know—he caught, his nose between
his thumb and Unger—thu3. There,
most certainly, was the odor of Russia
leather. ‘Russia leather to Lie sure,’ he
exclaimed in ecstacy. He repeated the
operation, and found the same odor.
The secret was out.
“He didn’t know the agents used, butit
proved that they were employed, not to
produce tho fragrance, hut because they
were oheap. The General immediately
wrote to Mr. Schultz, or the Shoe and
Leather Reporter, and the process was
tried in this country. The base of it
was asafeetida, which is also, as you
mav know, the base of Worcestershire
sauce. Do I think the beauty of Rus
sia leather has ever Iteen reproduced
here ? Oh, yea, I believe it has, but
the odor is all thero is to it. You flud
Russia leather pocket books for 50 oents
do you not? Well, that’s not tho im
ported material but the leather bucoosS'
fully tanned here by the Russian method
, “Tho pcids," continued Mr. Jewell,
" »» «f"d to a great exteiht in Europe
and on tlie Continent lieenune the onks
aud heluloeks have disap}teared or be
cause they can be obtained cheaper than
the bark. Why, iu England they ft rip
every little twig to get the bark. Iu this
country nothing but the truuks of trees
aro stripjied. Most of the hemlock bark
we use at our tanuery comes from
Cauado. There are millions of acne of
virgin oak aud hemlock foresta ill the
Hontli and Honthweet, iu Pennsylvania
and New York. The Adirondack* have
not yet I teen touched. There must be,
I should think, inaUrlal enough t*lasts
hundred years anyway. ^Aud then other
forests Olay grow. In Ne#dlnnqishiro
to-day, where my father hod liis tan
nery, tin to is mote hemlock than there
was when I was a boy.
“An oak forest, however, ia of alow
growth. Soft wood springs up where
hard iH out down. Chicago is our head
quarters for hides," lie continued. • • We
buy them wherever wo onu, but we get
our great supply there. We use none
but tho best of American cattle hides
we .buy none of tho imported ones.
Tanners manipulate buffalo skins, but
they are uot the skins ot our kisous;
they come from Hulls. The importa
tion of hides is very largo—some mil
lions a year. I am not fearful that tho
Atnericuu supply will be exhausted.’’
“Sumach is used os well as hemlock,
and oak hark for tanning pnrposes, is it
not; nnd terra jnpoidoa ns well, which ia
supposed to have 50 per cent, of taunin
—much more than any of the others ?"
asked the reporter.
“Yes, sumach is nsed,” replied Mr.
Jewell, “and terra japonica aa well,
l)ut do not call it by that name ; it ia
known os gambier. It is very astriu
gent, bnt I am uot so certain about ita
exceedingly large percentage of tannin.
I will show you some.” An attendant
brought a reddish lump. “ Thero it is;
that is gambier. Oh, it is very Bwoet
and by no means nupolatalile, although
if you should swallow any ot it, it
would tan the inside of your stomach in
I*--* than no time. Terra japonioa
(.TaptfUcso earth) is gathered from tiees
in Japan. Tito drippings enter a re
ceptacle placed in the earth at the foot
of the tree, nnd when taken out iu a
gummy condition sometimes appear cov
ered with earth. Therefore, tho suli-
stnuce, which is the gmn of a tree, lias
received tho appellation of Japanese
earth."
In tanning, the hides are first put to
soak iu a solution of weak lime water
and hung np in a sweating vault so that
just enough decomposition may set in
to permit tho removal of the hair. When
this lias been accomplished—and tho
critical period must be cnrefully watched
so that the hides will not spoil—they are
iDtroduced after suitable cleaning to a
solution of keuhane or pigeon manure,
which circulates through tho pores aud
removes every trace of tho lime. Theu
the taniiiu—vats aro employed aud after
repeated chargings the hides become
thoroughly saturated with tho liquor and
arc tanned— that is, thp pores of the
skin huvabeeu filled with the tauniu.
A good workman will increase tho
horn-dry skin 80 per cent, in weight by
tho process. Mr. Jewell says iu the tan
ning of his hides, which aro not usually
so dry, the weight is enhanced 65 per
cent. The changing of the bides from
weak to increasingly strong liquors usu
ally ceases after 10 or 15 days. Tltey
are theu placed in layaway vats. Upon
each is a shovelful of ground bark aud
over all is the hark liquor. There are
perhaps half a dozen layaways, consum
ing two mouths or more, beginning with
liquor of 10 degrees and closing with
one of 30 degrees. At least four months
is required for the entire process of tan
ning sole leather.
OYSTERS AND THEIR REDS,
ms neiiK of ukaimnu and thank.
, J'l.ANTIOTMTMKrt.
laiercsllns Knrta Ahum (hr lltvalvca anC
\Vhi>rr Tift lire l''oiiml.
A curious kind of wekd, which grows
in the Arkansas Valley has often proved
misleading to sportsmen. It is shaped
like a ball and varies in size from one
foot or less , in diameter to five or six
feet, some specimens being as tall as a
man. It grows upon a small stem,
which is, however, stout enough to bear
the moss till it has ripened and dried,
when a puff of wind will blow it over
aud snap the slender support. Then it
is that every gust of wind sends it roll
ing over the prairie, bounding over
bushes and rocks with the greatest elas
ticity and lightness. When the wind is
strong and high these tumbling weeds
present a most peculiar appearance as
they bound from rock to rook, and iu
more than one instance hunters have
mistaken them for bisons and felt con
siderable iritation at the impossibility
of bringing them within range of their
gnus,,
TRAIN ROBBERS ROUTED.
HIM. TIIK NNOINRRI
MHK.IIAN.
AND
W. P. Hopson, editor of the Sen
World, Baltimore, Md., gave an inter
esting resume of the condition of the
oyster trmlo in the United Hlatos aud the
world, as well as au interesting descrip
tion of the mode of rearing aud plant
ing oysters. Mr. Hopson is of the opin
ion that unless some kind of legislation
intervenes to prevent it, the native
lieds of the country wit! ttoou lie de
stroyed and tho public will liavo to de
pend on the cultivated Helds for n sup
ply. lie says the natural beds in New
York, New Jersey nnd Iho Chesapeake
Bay will soon he exhausted and tho ab
original bivalve obliterated. Not only
was this true in regard to the United
Htates, bnt also in Europe, In the
Chesapeake Bay alone 8,000 dredging
I Hints and 40,000 mou are continually en
gaged in raking the lied of the lmy.
Cultivated beds would linvo to lie in
habited, which was being done in Con
necticut, New Jersey, New York aud
Rhode Island with great success.
Mr. Hopson described nt length tho
manner of transplanting. lie consid
ered Counoticnt the leading Hlato iu
oystor cultivation. Iu tliut Slate tint
Commonwealth sells to the oyster fai nter
a tract of luud extending into the bays,
harbors or on tho coast in fee simple.
These farms varied in size from 100 to
15,000 acres. This year there had been
scattered over these farms about 1,250,-
000 oyster shells and 150,000 bushels of
seed oysters. The purpose of the shells
was to foruish a stool or foothold for
the oyster, And in a few years the farms
would be atbeked with millions of oys
ters, aa Ut* spawn of A mature one
would aggsegato over 2,000,000, and so
Small that the whole could be placed on
a watch crystal. After the lapse of
year the ehella originally used wero re
moved, aa it waa not conducive to the
growth ot tha oyata* to let them remain,
and were used in trai» pi Anting other
fMHft. The Connecticut oyster farmer
could produce oysters in any desirable
shape, long, slim, thick or short, and
hence they gro\y them up to order. A
soft bottom would produce a round,
thick oyster, and a hard bottom a long,
slender ono. There are shipped from
the East, destined for tho West, not in
cluding the waters of Maryland, 850 car
loads per annum of oysters, eaoh ear
ooutaiuing niuety barrels, and each bar
rel 4,000 oysters, for transplanting in
the waters of California and tho Paciiio
coast,
•They grow rapidly in California,’
tho speaker said, “and in three years 700
of them will fill a barrel. None go from
Marylaud, although the Hlato supplies
more for ordinary purposes than all the
rest of tho United Htates pnt togetbot.
Oysters aro also being shipped to En-
rope for transplanting purposes. £n
England the native oyster sells for 880
per barrel, while those shipped from
this country sell for $8 per barrel. Thero
was a peculiar flavor about the F.uglish
oyster which mode it more palatable
for tho Englishman. Ono peculiarity
about the oyster is that, although in
digenous to salt wAtcr, it flourished
best at the mouths of streams of fresh
water, aud, is supposed to obtain its food
from tho products of fresh water. The
oyster most highly prized 1»y epicures
was found at Blue Point, R. I., although
the Baltimore oyster is good enough
for anybody. It was said that oysters
wero only lit to eat during certain months
of tho year, but this was a mistake;
they are eaten at all times along the
coast, excepting tho spawning season.
This season is regulated by tbu depth of
water; tho shallower the water the
earlier tho spawn.”
Hew the tfoiiremmaa MavaA Hie Puapeit?
I rein 11 Is Ii wn y men.
Tof mosquito u a publio slnget
draws well, but never gives sQtiifeOttoih
wjtoito* Star,
TOO MUCH WATCHING.
A party o! fashionable young ladies
and gentlemen went picnicking, They
came across a gawky-looking young fel
low tending a flock of sheep. A Miss
Impertinence, tho most forward co
quette of the party, approached the
shepherd and asked him if he bad a
wife. "No,” he replied. “All right,
then, I’ll marry you.” “No,” was the
rough shepherd's answer again, One of
the young dudes then addressed the
shepherd seriously and told him that if
he married the young lady he would re
ceive a handsome sum of money, would
have everything good to eat and drink
every day, and would not need to tend
sheep any more. The young shepherd,
however, laughed softly and said: “That
may all be, but it don’t take with me.”
“But tell me why you don’t want to
marry?” queried the vexed coquette;
“there must be a reason,” “Of oourse
there is a reason, miss,” was tire shop-
herd youth’s reply. “If I were to take
you, I’d have more to watch than all
tboH
The cxprM* messenger on the Atchi
son, Topeka and Han la Fe train, which
highwaymen atton»pt#d to rob, tells the
following story : “The raid took place nt
Ooolidgo Station, aliout ten miles east of
the Colorado State line, between two and
three o’olook in tho morning, Then is
•ii eating house iu tho station, and the
train sinpped there as nsual for twenty
niinnfrs, i t order to give passengers an
opiHulnnily to get lunch. The train
was No I, bound East, Conductor
Greuly, E iginoer Joliu Hilton, Fireman
Fuddlo and Baggageman Johnson.
When the train stop|N>d I put off some
railroad mail which 1 had, aud being no
express to put off aud no further work
for mo to do I laid down on my boi jnst
in front of the Hide door of the oar next
to the depot. After lying down a few
minutes I (Implied off into a doze. I
was lying on my back with my arum
folded over my bosom. Both doors on
the side of tho car next to the.plntform
were open. My revolver lay at my side.
1 hail taken it out of my scabimrd and
laid it down, that I might bo icady for
any emergency that might arise.
It was about lime for the train to
start when I heard tho words, ‘Come out
of there.’ This woke me np. 1 natur
ally glanced down the ear, and I saw
standing within four feet of me a man
with a pistol in his hand. I wan lying
with my head toward tho front end of
lio car, nnd tho tunn was standing near
my feet. 1 did not say a word; in tact
I did not have time to R)ieak before be
covered mo with his revolver and fired.
The bullet went over my head and I
could feel fire hunting over my fnoe.
The man then flrcil a shot out of the
doorway at the conductor. Fortunately,
I wus completely aelf-poasessed, and
when ho fired 1 realized that a train
mUw*y wffto fcefchg ?n\ With fiarliufl
of making the robber lielu»ve ha had
killed me I nuclasitcd my hnnda, which
wero folded ou my bosom and allowed
them to full at niy side. My right hand
fell on tho muzzle of my revolver, and
realizing it would never do to allow the
robber to see that 1 won about to defend
myself, I worked my hand slowly into
position until I had hold of the pistol,
with my baud on the trigger. The rob-
Iwr >liil not notice this manoeuvre, be
cause ft was quite dark in the pert of tho
car where I lay. Meantime the man was
working liis way toward the rear of the
car, evidently supposing he bad finished
me ami intended to kill the baggageman
or Any one else wli > got in his way.
“As soon as I got hold of my pistol I
Sprang Into sitting ;>oeturo and fired At
the robbers* I jumped up then and
walked toward the man. He raised his
revolver as if to shoot again, but it went
off prematurely, the ball striking the
roof of tlie car. 1 believe my boll took
effect. About this time I saw another
man who proved to bo a ‘pal’ of the
first trying to climb in at tha door. Ko
sooner hrul I lived, however, than he
disappeared, and the man I.. phot at
junqicd out on the platform. That waa
tho last 1 saw of the robbers. I calcu
lated they would oome up to tha irpnt
door, nml seizing some freight I barri
caded the door, so as to protect myself
and tho property which bod been in
trusted to my care. ■ ' '
“Less thau half a minute .after tha
robbers left my car 1 heard some shots at
the engine. Three shots were fired in half
ns many minutes. I stood at tha door
of my car, revolver in hand. Just then
Conductor Grecly came up.
“ ‘Have they gone?’ I asked.
“ ‘Yes, I think so,’ replied he, ‘but I
believe our engineer and fireman are
hurt.’
“Then Gveely went forward to them,
and coming back to me said:
“ ‘They are both killed. The en
gineer is shot through the heart and the
fireman through the neck.’
“I then jumped out on the platform
and saw the engineer and fireman lying
on the plutform alongside of the engine.
The fireman was still conscious, and waa
taken into the hotel, where I talked with
him a few minutes. The body of the
dead engineer waa put aboard the train
and taken to Dodge City, After eonaid-
erable delay we got a new engineer and
fireman at Coolidge and started on our
journey one hour aud forty minutes
late. At Cimmaron, twenty miles dis
tant, we met a special train from Dodge
City conveying to Coolidge a Sheriff’s
posse to pursue the robbers.”
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be au angel,” it i# better to koap tho
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