Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 8, Decatur, Adams County, 26 May 1881 — Page 1

THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT. Official Paper of Adams County. *4. rx.cz x WlUi«m«i, Proprietor, Terms: One Dollar amd Fifty Cents Per Ykar. J.T.BAILEY, ATTY AT LAW $ J. P., DKCATCB, tSDIAXX. Kill I‘rMtice in Adams and adjoining ConntiM. Collections a specialty. v24n29tf A "G.IiOLLOWAyUm. D~ PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, BCCATUn, INDIANA. Office in Houston’s Block, np-staira. Will attend to all professional calls promptly, night or day. Chargee reasonable. Residence on north side of Monroe street, 4th house east of Hart's Mill. 26jy"9tf R B. Alums, Fraa't. W. H. Ntauca,Cashier. t>. Sttoasaszs, Vice Frae't. THE ADAMS COUNTY BANK, DECATUB, INDIANA, Thia Bank is now open for the transaction of a general banking business. We buy and sell Town, Township and County Orders. 26jy’9tf PETERSON 4 HUFFMAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, bSCATVB, IXIUIt. Will practice in Adams and adjoining counties. Especial attention given to collectlona and titles to reel estate. Are Notaries Public and drawdeeds and mortgages Real estate bought, sold and rented on reaterms. Office, rooms 1 and 2,1. 0. O. 7. building. 25jy79tf HEW PLAINING MILL The underaigned wishes to announce to the clllaonv of Adams and adjoining counties that he has put In a NEW PLAINER athis mills in Decatur, where he Is non prepared to do all kinds of plaining at reasonable prices and on short notice. Ho also inanufacturee fifty different kinds of MOULDINGS Thanking the public for past favors I respectfully solicit a coatinuaace of pattonace. J. C. AULT. Dccatui.lnd., May 5,1881. Im RAO I’ebbv, Huston, county, Gs., January 28, 1880. In Ifi'fi, there were two neg roe confined in jail badly afflicted with Syphilis. In my official capacity I employed C. T. Swift Jo cure them, under a contrac 1 , “no cure, no ;-»y, He administered his “Syphlitle Specific, end in a few weeks 1 felt bound lo pay him out of the counly treasury, as he had effected a romp.'rk and radirat rare A. 8. Gn.se, Ord. Houston co,, Ga. Cuavtanooca, Tenn., Feb. 14,187'J. The 8. 8. S. ia giving good oatiafaotion. Ono gentleman who bad been confined to bis bed sii weeks with Syphilitic Rheumatism has been cured entirely, and speaks in the highest praise of it. t.'aiLVß A Bessy. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, Proprietors, Atlanta, Ga. Sold by D.rwin A Holthouse. Call for acopy of “Young Men's Friend." no. B.Bm. Nsntlce H» Fathers. Mathers. Stutan, Brothers, laden. Aunts, and all Relatives. . Sossre Certificates on your relative's lives ta the PIONEER MUTUAL ASSOCIATION of UNION CITY, INDIANA,— The cheapest Relief offered by any Association in the United States. Ctrtiflcstos given on all males and fern ties that are of sane mind and good health, from 20 to 86 years of age at the following low rates: $6 for a SI,OOO Certificate. $lO for $2,000; sls for $3,000 $25 tor $5,000; or a total of sl6 to secure Certificates for $3,000 in the First Diviaion ; SSO to secure Certificates for SIO,OOO ia ths Seeend Div.slos; SSO tu secure Certificates for slo,oooia the Third Division; ssoto secure Certificates for SIO,OOO in the Fourth Division; Yearly thereafter only $1 on each one thousand during life, with the following assesvments In each class and division: At the death of a member, $1.25 on $1,000; $2.30 an $2,000; $3.86 on $3,000; and $5.5$ en $5,000. All males and females from 65 to 85 years of age, are respectfully requested to secure certificates. Regular stock insurance Companies do not insure over 65 years. Therefore, as this is your only chance for relief we advise you to accept this great osier at once, as it is dangerous Remember, you have no risk to boeorae* a member of this association, as its officers have each given bond to the amount of ten thousand dollars for the faithful performance of their duties. Cal! on or address Fbancb & Ktxo, Agents, fag. Decatur, Ind. Wray’s Specific Medicine. TRAM MARK Tub Gbbat TRACK MARK Exglwhßkmedyan unf»iling cure for W geminal weak ness, SpermsJlSa'SggL torrb ea, I m Mffitf lAiiltdi senses thattfTU TAllifi. | IvUvw as a consequence of Self-abuse; as loss of memory, Universal Lassitude, Pain in the Back, Dimness of Vision, Premature Old Age, and many other diseases that lead to Insanity, Consumption and a premature grave. HigrFuli particulars in our pamphlet. Which we desire to send free by mail to every one. The Specific Medicine it cold by all druggists at $1 per package, or 6 packages for $5, or will be eent free by mail on receipt of the money by addressing THE GRAY MEDICINE CO.. No. 106 Main etreot. Barreto, N. Y. For eale by Dorwin * Holtbouse. Back lea’s AFMlca Salve. The Beet Salve in the world for Cats, Brnises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all kinds of K&kin Eruptions. This salve is guaran.ecd to give perfect satisfaction in every case or money refunded Price cents per box. For sale by PvNWiN 4 Hoiyhcubk-

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TTxx dex**£*Jtadxxa>. HISKEY A BROADBECK, Opposite Adams County Bank, Call the attention of the public generally to a large and comblete line of BURIAL CASKETS AND COFFINS, And to the fact that 'hey are using the U&L ANTI SEPTIC TTCItI, For Embalming, Mummifying, Disinfecting and Purfuming the flesh of the dead, and of Preserving the Features in a natural Mato. A fine line of SHROUDS Are also kept on hand. Ia addition to their undertaking establishment they have the largest and most complete stock of mum Ever offered to the people of Adams Counly. Dot'l purchase one dollar's worth of Furniture before examining their stock and prices. HISKEY & BROADBECK. Decatur, Ind., Sept. 9, 'BO ly. THE DECATUR WOOLEN MILLS RUNNING AGAIN! Having purchased the Eicher Woolen Mills we arc prepared to announce to the public generally that we have for sale at Bottom Prices at our factory on the corner of Ist and Jefferson streets a fine line of strictly ALL WOOL GOODS, Os our own Manufacture. We earnestly solicit all former patrons of the Eicher Woolen Mills to come and see us, as we expect to reciprocate your patronage by honest, fair dealing. We will pay you the highest market price in cash for your wool, or make any exchange for goods. Call and seeourstock ofFLANNELS, BLANKETS, SATTINETS, JEANS and STOCKING YARNS before purchasing elsewhere, we promise to furnish you a better article for LESS MOUSY! Than you can buy anywhere else, MYERS BROS* Decatur, May 5, 1881. ts THE BLADE PRINTING ANO PAPER CO. Meet ail competition, both as to Quality and Prices, in supplying BLANK BOOKS, PAPER AND STATIONERY At Wholesale. 154 SI. Clair St, TOLEDO, 0. FebrttarylO, 1881.—45m3 larm For Nair. The undersigned wishes to sell liis farm in Root township. There ars 40 acres, 30 acres cleared,good farm house and barn, two wells of excellent water, I good orchard and good land. Price, SSO per acre —one-half cash and balance ia four years. For further particulars inquire of Dr. T. T. Dorwin, of Decatur, or address the owner at Fort Warne, Ind. Christian Eix, 47 m 3

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RECTAL DISEASES ASPECIALTY BY DR. A. B. JAMISON, Who is permanently located at Decatur. Satisfaction Guaranteed! PILES-NO CIJREjNO PAY! Os the many cases I am uow treating and have examined I find it a common Norton of the sufferers “that they have the Piles." They write, send or ask for medicine for the Piles Yon can not tell, nor could I, if I did not make an examintion. You would just as likely be right to call all trouble of the Rectum Cancer as to call it the Piles. If you have a sore throat you desire to know whet kind—Diptherta, Tonsillitis; if tever —Bilious, Lung, Brain, Typhoid, etc., then you have an idea of the danger. Then why call every trouble of the Rectum Piles'’ Hundreds of young men and women and older persons go to their grave from Rectal diseases—most likely Ulceration *or Cancer—and the so-called Piles are not accused of murder. Never say you have the Piles unless setae physician tells you so, or any other difficulty; and know how high—one, tiro or three inohes—and how much surface diseased. One-half of the cases I am called on to examine or treat have no Piles at all, but a disease a thousand time worse. I find many troubled with Pilis, Tabs and Ulcsbatios I have yet to find a simple case of Piles without ulceration. Dr. Allingbam says “Ulceration extending above the internal sphincter, and frequently situated entirely above that muscle, Is not so very uncommon a disease; it inflicts great misery upon the patient, and, if neglected, leads to conditions quite incurable,and the patient dibs of BXKAVsriax unless extraordinary means are resorted to. In the earliest stages of the malady careful, rational and prolonged treatment Is often successful and the patient is restored to health ; I wish 1 could say the same of the severe and long-standing cases. Ulceration of the rectum can only be mistaken for malignant diseases. * * As the esrlior manifestations are fairly amenable to treatment, it is of the ctmost importance that the disease should be recognixed early." I believe it to be malignant, and have cases that speak for themselves. If you have any trouble come in lime and find out your danger. Ficd outjhow much your head, memory, heart, lunge, stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels, bladder, womb, back and legs are tronbled from your diseased Rectum. I could name many persons that I am now treating who have some one or two organs deranged and have spent a great deal of money to uo purpose, because it poes not reach the cause of trouble. I Guabasteb the Cube of Piles. Should I fall, I will pay your Railboad and Hotel Bills, return every eent you have paid, and make you a present of One Hcndbed Douabb. Examination free to all. A. B. JAMISON. M. D. Decatur, Ind., January 27, 1881. NATIONAL Baking Powder! the PUREST AM) BEST I.V THE .VI.inH.ET. 5500.00 Will be paid for any Alum, Terra Alba, or other impurities Found in This Powder! Sold in Tin Cans. Try It! SOLD ONLY by J. WELFLEY, Decatur, Indiana. I NATIONAL BAKING POWDER CO., ; MARION, OHIO. | March 17, 1881. 60m3 ' i ' —— - | L. C. FELLERS, COHTRACTBR AHO BUILDER, And Denier In BniW Stone, Brick, Masonry, &c., And Prnyrietnr nf THE DEC ATI'It Steam Pressed Brick ' 4 AND TILE WORKS. I would respectfully inform the citizens of Adams and adjoining counties that I have located a Steam Pre.»»ed Brick and Tile W'orks <m Decatur, and will manufacture a superior quality of Brick and Tile, and will be prepared by the 16th of May, and from that time on, to furnish parties Bulletin* Brick, Sidewalk Brick, Sewer Brick and Tile I of every desired caliber by the rod, at very i low prises. Call at the Yard and examine Stock and Prices. Contracts for all kinds of stone and i brick work Will receive prompt attention. I March 8,188 J 48ta6 ‘

DECATUR, ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA, MAY 26, 188

APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. To the citizens of the town of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana. Notice is hereby given, that I, the undersigned, Cornelius Rademacker, will make application to the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, at their , next regular session, for a license, to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors, in less quantities than u quart at a time, at my ! place of business, in and at the building situated on the following described premises in the town of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, to wit: Commencing forty-four (44) feet east of the southwest corner of In-lot No. 249 in the town of Decatur, as the same is designated on the recorded plat of said town, and running thence north parallel with the west line of said lot one hundred and twenty (L2O) feet, thence east twenty-two (22) feet, thence south one hundred and twenty (120) feet, thence west twenty-two (22) feet to the place of beginning. CORNELIUS RADEMACKER. May 12, 1881. APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. To the citizens of the town of Berne, Atlanta county, Indiana Notice is hereby given, that I, Charles A. Wilton, will make application to the Board of Commissioners, of Adams county, Indiana, at their regular session in June, 1881, for license to sell spirituous, vinous and n.alt liquors, in loss quantities then a quart at a time, at my place of business, in and at the building situated on the following described premises, in the town of Berne, Adams county, Indiana, to wit. Commencing at the northeast corner of in-lot No. 2, in the town of Berne, Adams county, Indiana, and running thence south one hundred and thiity-two feet; thence west twenty feet; thence nonh one hundred and thir-ty-two feet; thence east twenty fee: to the place of beginning, as the same is recorded and designated on the recorded plat of said town. CHARLES A. WILSON. May 12 1881. APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. Notice is hereby given that I, W. C. Long,will make application to the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, al their June, 1881, session, for a license to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time, at my place of business in and at the bnilding situated on lot No. 1, in the town of Ceylon Adams county, Indiana, as thesame ia designated on the recorded plat of said town. W. C. LONG. May 12, 1881. APPLICATION FOR LIQUOR LICENSE. To the citixens of Monroe township, Adams county, Indiana: Notice is hereby given that we, Jacob Brenneman and Alter! Gobac will make application to the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indians, at their regular session in June,lßßl, for a license tor one year, to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors in less quantities than a quart at a time, at our place of business in and at the building situated on the in-lot No. 8, in tne town of Berne, Adams county, Indiana, as the same is designated on the recorded plat of said town. J. BRANNEMANN A A GOBAT. Afay 12, 1881. Application lor Liquor License To the citizens of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana: Noties is hereby given that we, the undersigned, George Smith A Son, will make application to the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, State of Indiana, al their next regular session, to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors, in less quantities than a quart at a time, at my place of business in and at the building situated on the following described premises in the town of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, to wit: Commencing thirty-six feet and four Inches south of the northeast corner ofin-10l number sixty-one (61) in the town of Decatur, on the line of said lot fronting on Second street, in said town of Decatur; thence running parallel with the alley one hundred and thirty-two (132) feet to the alley at the west end of said lot; thence south along the line of said last mentioned alley seventeen (17) feet and six (6) inches; thence east parallel with said first mentioned liueone hundred and thirty-two (132) feet to east line of said lot on Second street; thence north parallel with Second street to the place of beginning. GEORGE SMITH ASON. May 5, 1881. Application tor Liquor License To the citixens of Decatur, Adams coun ty Indiana .- Notice is hereby given that I, A. Bar the), will make application to the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, at their June session, 1881, for a License to sell spirituous, vinous and malt Liquors, in less than a quart at a time, to be drank where sold, at my place of business, in and at the building situated on the following described premises, in the town of Decatur, in Adams county, and state of Indiana, to wit: Commencing at the northwest corner of in-lot fitly (50), in the original plat of the town of Decatur, as the same is designated on the recorded plat of said town, running thence twenty-four 124] and three-fourths (J) feet south ; thence one hundred and thirty-two (132) feel east; thence north twenty-four (24) and three-fourths (jjfeet; thence west one hundred and thirty-two feet (132) to the place of beginning. A. BIRTHEL. May 5, 1881 Application for Liquor Licence To the citizens of Deeatur, Adams county, Indiana ; Notice is hereby given that I, John Wagner, will make application to the Board of Commissioners of Adams county, Indiana, al their June session, 1881, for a license to sell spirituous, vinous and malt libuors, in less quantities than a quart at a time, to be drank where sold, at my place of business in and at the building situated on the following described premises, in tbe town of Decatur, in Adams county, and state of Indiana, to wit.- Commencing at the noithwest;corner of In-lot fifty-six (56), in the original plat of Decatur, as the same is designated on the recorded plat of said town, thence running east one hundred and thirty-two (132) feet, thence south twenty (20) feet, thence west one hundred and thirty-two (132) feet, thence nonn twenty (20) feet to place of beginning. JOHN B'AGNER. May 5, 1881. Y ITLICATION FOR LICENSE. To tbe citizens of Decatur, Adams county. Indiana. Noticd is hereby given that I, the undersigned, J. H. Bremerkamp, will make, application to the Board of Commissioners > of Adams county, Indiana, al the next regular session to be held and commenced 1 al tbe court bouse in Decatur on Monday, I the 6th day of June, 1881, for license to | sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in I less quantities than a quart at a time, with | the privilege of allowing the same to be drank on bis premises at his place of bus- . iness, to wit. On the west 22 feet of iaI let 82 in the town of Decatur, Adams county, Indiana, as ssid lot is designated on th* recorded plat of said town: J. H. BRUMEHJiAMP. 1 May t, 1881.

: A STORY OF THE RAIL. BY FREDERICK LEE. When I wan employed on the S River Road express between R and M , I used to leave the former city at eight o'clock, arriving at my destination some five hours later. My fireman was named George Oaks. He was appointed to my engine only a few days after I began work on the road. Nothing was known of his life previous to that time by his fellowemployee, and he always studiously avoided any reference to the subject. He repelled the well-meant advance of those of the men who attempted to make his acquaintance, and in consequence was soon the most unpopular man on the road. He and I being together to many hours each day. I soon came to know him end to like him better than the other men. He was usually very silent and reserved, but occasionally he would unbend, and at such times his conversation showed him to be a man of more than ordinary intelligence and education. I was convinced that he had seen better days—that he was fitted to occupy a position higher in the social scale than that which he had held. Once he said. ‘Watson, no man ever had better opportunities than I, but I threw them all away. If you ever have a boy, teach him to beware of the first false step.' I ventured to remind him that he was still a young man—he could not have been more than twenty-five at that time —aod that there was yet time to atone for the past. But he shook his head mournfully and made no reply. Nearly a year passed. One stormy April night I sat in my cab awaiting the conductor's signal to start. The rain was pouring in torrents outside, and occasionally a vivid Hash of lightining illuminated the scene. I happened to glance suddenly at Oaks, and was startled by the expression of his face. He was peering out : upon the crowded platform,his features distorted by some strong inward emotion. The expression they wore was one of apprehension and fear—almost terror. Presently he withdrew his eyes from the crowd upon the platfoam and rested them upon my face. ‘What’s the matter Oaks?' I involuntarily exclaimed. ‘Nothing, nothing,’ he replied, confusedly. ‘Why do you ask the ques tion ?' ‘I thought you seemed somewhat agitated,’ I said. He made no reply. ‘I imagined you was looking for some one,’ I ventured to add—‘some one whom you dreaded to see.’ He gave a quick startled glance at my face. ‘Well,’ he said, after a moment's silence, ‘you are right. I was koking for some one.’ ‘Ah ! a friend ?' ‘No, a bitter enemy., ‘And you saw him ?’ ‘No.' At this moment the conductor gave the signal to start. Three days ago,’ added Oaks, as the ' train slowly moved out of the depot, 1 '[ saw, or imagined that I saw, upon 1 that very platform the man for whom I I was looking to-night. If it was he—if he has at last hunted me down—' The fireman paused, and a shudder ' convulsed his frame. ' ‘What do you mean ?’ I exclaimed. ' 'That tbe man will kill me if wcever 1 meet again. He hates me, Watson,'and be has sworn to take my life.' 1 ‘Who is he, Oaks ? How did you ever injure him ?’ The fireman gave a quick startled, suspicious look into my face. ‘No matter, no matter,' he said horridly. ‘I can say no more: I have said too much already.' With these words he turned and resumed his work. I said no more. For perhaps fifteen minutes neither of us spoke. Then Oaks suddenly exclaimed. ‘What's that ahead, Watson ? something wrong!' At the same moment I saw a red light in the middle of the track some distance ahead. It was a signal of danger. I pushed in the throttle and whistled for “down brakes.” The train came to a stand but a few rods from the light. I leaned from the cab. At the same moment the light disappeared. ‘Who's there? what’s the matter?' I shouted as I ran towards the spot where I saw the light. There was no reply. The storm was raging furiously. I was already almost drenched. ‘Hello, there!' I again cried. ‘What's the matter ?' At this instant a cry of terror interrupted me. It seemed to proceed

| from the engine. I turned just in time to see 0 aks dragged from the machine by a man whose features the darkness prevented me from distinguishing. ‘lt’s all right engineer,’ shouted a voice, as I ran towards the engine. ‘You can go. We’ve got all we want. The red light had merely been a device to stop the train in thia lonely spot. Had George Oaks and his enemy met at last? Help, Watson! Help I' I seized a lantern from the hand of one of the brakemen who were surrounding me and plying me with questions which I scarcely heard. ‘I say, Watson,’ cried Phelps, the conductor, elbowing his way into the group, what's the matter? why hare you stopped ?’ While he was speaking a flash cf lightening revealed to me the forma of three men engaged in a struggle at the top of an embankment at the right of the track. I did not see the faces of either, but I had no doubt that cue of these men was Oaks, and whose enmity he had incurred. ‘Follow me', I cried, without heeding the conductor's question. ‘We may be in time to prevent a murder.' I sprang towards the embankment and began its ascent, Phelps and his companions at my heels. ‘Stop ! thundered a voice. At the same time the light of the lantern which I carried shone upon the form of a tall, black-bearded man, who stood at the top of the embankment, revolver in hand. ‘Approach one step further and I'll fire !' he cried. He had scarcely uttered the last word when Phelps, who was a quicktempered hot-blooded fellow, drew his revolver, leveled it at the speaker's head, and fired. At the same instant the stranger discharged his weapon. The bullet from the revolver of the latter whizzed harmless past my ear, but Phelp’s shot told. The man on the embankment dropped bis weapon, staggered and fell upon his face. One of the brakemen sprang forward and bent : over the prostrate body. ‘He's dead!' he exclaimed. The bullet went straight through his brain.’ In the meantime I was searching for Oaks. I found him lying near the | edge of the embankment, bleeding from a knife-wound in the left side, , very near the heart. The third man , had disappeared. ( ‘Watson, is that you? he gasped. ( I'm badly hurt—l fear that lam dy- ( in g- i ‘No, no, it’s not so bad as that,' I < said. | Summoning two of the brakemen I < bade them help me carry him to one of the cars. I was afraid that he was < very seriously injured and that he was ' indeed dying. | s Three minutes later the train was on < its way, lon my engine and Oaks in I one of the passenger-cars. In five or six < minutes we reached C , a village I some twenty miles north of R , and ' there we left poor Oaks in charge of a 8 physician who happened to be on board “ the train and who volunteered to care I for him. i For three weeks Oaks lay in the vil- D lage inn at C ,in a very critical ® condition. The chances of bis recov- 11 ery and his death being about equal, so the physician said ; but at last he was D pronounced out of danger. v In the meantime search had been a made for his assailant who had escap- a: ed, but no trace of him could be discovered. The man whom Phelps had killed was identified by means of papers found in his pocket as Reuben *■' Travers, a resident of New York, and 0 a wan bearing a very bad reputation. T One morning, * week after the day 1 on which I heard that Oaks was out of s danger, I visited him. I found him 1 seated in a big arm chair before a roar- 1 ing wood-fire. i ‘Watson, old fellow,' he cried, as he 1 seized my band, ‘l've been longing to ' see yon. I want to tell you the whole ' story; I want you to know all.’ ‘But,’ I interrupted, ‘you are not ■ strong enough ’ ‘Nonsense!’ he cried ; ‘l’m almost as well as I ever was. lam anxious to 1 confide in you, because I believe you ! to be my best friend, will you not lis- ‘ ten ?' 1 ‘Certainly I will, if you wish it.’ c ‘Well, then, Watson, in the first * place my real name is George Ashley, 8 not George Oaks. My father was and J « is a wealthy man and gave me every i 1 worldly advantage. I expressed a de ■ J sire to study medicine and he placed ’ me in the office of a leading New York 1 physician. It was while I was prose- J curing my studies that I became ac- ’ quainted with Reuben Travers and big • brother Sidney. Both were Gamblers, ‘ Watson—both heartless scheming vil- * lains. I had money which they cove- ' ted—that was the secret of the friend* 1 ship which they professed for me.' ‘Well, they led me on from Lad to

n worse until I became heavily indebted e to both of them. How could I obtain e the money to pay them ? I could not i- apply to my father for means to discharge a gambling debt! I wag nearly a mad. At last, one fatal night, render- . ed frantic by drink and dispair I shot Sidney Travers. I cannot to this day i- remember the particulars of the affair, r I only recollect a dispute, a shot, a dead y man lying at my feet. ‘Well, Watson, I was tried for the crime and acquitted. My father had f payed all the expenses of my trial, but - he had never visited me in my prison, - and on the day of my acquittal he sent me a check for a large amount and » with a note disowning me, bidding me s never re-enter the Lome I had disgracs ed. Knowing his inflexible pride I had prepared myself for the worst, but this f blow almost erushed me. I returned I’ the check, and left the city, alone, ■ friendless, despairing.' f ‘Reuben Travers swore to avenge his ■ brother's death. He followed me from place to place, and thrice attempted to kill me. The third time, as you know, he lost his own life. This, Watson, is my story. Are you still willing : to take my hand ?' ‘Of course I am,' I cried, extending my own ; ‘and hope soon to place it in that of your father.’ ‘That can never be,' he said sadly. ‘A reconciliation is impossible.’ Nevertheless I managed, a few days later, through the influence of powerful friends, to induce George Ashley's father to forgive him ; indeed, I have reason to believe that he had long since repented his harshness. To-day my old fireman occupies his proper place in society; but he is just the same as ever to me, and never hesitates to take my hand soot-begrimed though it may be. Traver's assistant on the occasion of bis third attempt upon Ashley’s life was never captured nor any clew to his identity discovered. It is not likely that he will ever trouble Ashley again. STORIES OF P.INTIIER UUNTISG. Adventures ot Old Hunters up In Tister—a Bear’s Fl ght with a Panther. [.Monticello (N. i’.) Cor. New York Sun.] “No, there are no more panthers in the Sullivan or Ulster forests,'' said an octogenlian hunter and trapper of this region. “Once in a while a report ; comes to the settlements that a panther has been seen lurking around in , the woods, but on investigation, the , cause of the alarm never turns out to ( be anything more than a big wild cat, ( or maybe once in a while a Canada lynx.” ( “But I can remember when the woods q of these counties were full of them, ) I've killed many a panther within a stone s throw of where the Monticello ( court-house now stands. There are < plenty of deer and bear within a cir- i cuit of less than fifteen miles of the place yet. The townships of Bethel, ' Rockland, Neversink, Forestburg and some others in this county, have still ’ so much wild land that game of al( , kinds find haunts almost as secure as it did before there were any settle- * 0 ments at all. Hardenburg, Denning, Shaudaked and, in fact, the whole U northern part of Ulster county, have hundreds of thousands of acres where no one but hunters and fishermen ever , venture. There, bears are very com- u mon, and scores of them are trapped . , rr t and shot every year. I’auther hunting was a favorite pass time fifty years ago in this county. I shot a panther on the head waters of the Neversink when I was twelve years 1 old. We used to have dogs trained on purpose to hunt this game. It was hard 3 to get a dog with pluck enough for the 1 sport. A man who had a good panther * dog was the envy, sometimes, of the whole region. They were scarce and a good one would be in demand from all parts of the country. Sam Darbee, who lived in Rockland,, had a dog sixty i ( years old that was the best one for i panthers ever in the county. He would . not hunt anything else. He got killed ' in a funny way. Darby had a fox I trap set in his barn-yard. It was cover-! > over with chaff. One night he heard a panther yelling in a piece of woods, on the edge of which his dog-house was built. He got up, took his gun and dog, and went out to kill the animal, which he knew was prowling around I w after a calf or sheep. He had hardly ' stepped out of the door when he saw " the panther bounding toward his barn- j ' yard. He fired and hit it just as it ' leaped over the long enclosure. Maje, ' the dog, followed the panther into the ’ yard, and pounced upon it. The dog i was well posted in the tactics of these ’ animals, but ho had scarcely comiuencjed the fight when he struck both fore J I feet in the fox trap. The trap closed 1 upon him and before Darbee arrived on the scene, the panther had torn Maje to piece*. A second shot killed the panther j but Darbee never got over the '

way bis dog fell victim to its foe, and never set another fox trap in his life. There were some famous panther hunters in Sullivan county in those days Besides Darbee, there were the Overtons, Peter Steward, Cyrua Dodge aad Nelson Crocker and many other*. Peter Steward is still alive, I believe, and must be getting along toward ninety years of age. He lives iu Rockland, where he was born. The narrative of his adventures would make a book. I suppose that Cyrus Dodge killed more panthers in one single hunt than any other hunter that ever lived. He killed seven in less than one hour. He was hunting one day in the spring of 1818, and when in the neighborhood of Long Pone, discovered a panther's den. It had two kittens in it, the old panthers being away on a foraging expedition. He took both of the young ones and started home with them, placing them inside bis hunting shirt. He hadn t gone far before he heard the mother yelling behind him. He knew he was in for a fight, and placed himself in a position to do his best. Pretty soon the panther came tearing along through the woods. When she caught sight of Dodge, she bounded to within thirty feet of him and couched for a spring. He shot her, but did not kill her. Her cries were terrible, and Dodge knew that in a short time any other panthers there might be in the vicinity, would soon hasten to the scene. She was disabled, and another shot put an end to her. Then Dodge made for the pond, which was a half mile or so away. Cries from all sides told him that he was not yet through with his work. By the time he reached the pond, he could hear panthers leaping through the branches of the trees. A panther will not enter water. Dodge waded out as far as he could and prepared for business. Within gun-shot of him he discovered five large panthers in the trees. He killed one at the first fire. The loud mewing of the kittens under his shirt could evidently be heard by the old panthers, for none of them left the spot at the sound of the gun. They bounded frantically among the branches, and two of them rushed to the water's edge and shrieked and lashed their tails in fury. Dodge shot both of these, and killed the other two, and two more that reinforced them, without leaving his tracks in the pond. The skin of the largest of these panthers is still preserved by the family. Dodge took the kittens home, but as they grew, they became so savage, that they had to be killed. Peter Steward was once hunting in Rockland, when he saw some deer bones lying at the mouth of a crevice in some rocks. He knew that it must be a panther's den, and that the bones were the remnant* of a feast the occupants had made of a deer they had ca[ lured. Stewart hid himself behind a :ree and waited developments. Irnigine his surprise when he saw a big >ear come out of the cave, carryingunler his arm a panther kitten, which vas kicking and squaling with all its night. The bear rose on his haunches md, giving the kitten a box or two on he ears with his fore paw, squeezed it o death and threw it on the ground, she bear then returned to the cave, and n a short time came out with another itten under her arm. This was treatdas the other had been. What the uturo intentions of the bear were. Steward never found out, for the *ec = md kitten had barely been killed when he mother panther appeared on the cene. This seemed to take the bear y surprise. The panther saw hoc ittens lying on the ground. 8h > ounded first to one and then to the thcr, smelling and licking them, and ttering plaintive cries. Then she timed on the bear, which had remaind iu the erect position it had assumed hen squeezing the second kitten to eath. With a yell that almost froze ie blood of the hunter, used as be was j the fury of panthers, she sprang upn the bear and fustned her claws in be shaggy coat and her fangs in its hroat. The bear hurled its antagonist en feet away with its powerful paws, nd then attempted toescape a second Hack by flight. But the panther w. s ipon it again in an instant, and a errific combat ensued. The bear cn leavored to catch the panther in its mg, but the latter was too agile, and with every spring upon its huge enemy :he panther inflicted terrible wounds vilh its sharp claws. The blood pour id from a dozen great gashes in the tears body, and at last the panther eaped on the bear as it stood facing er, and, fastening her teeth on its hroat, thrust the long sharp nails of er hind feet into its vitals. The bear el) to the ground dead. .As the pan her was running to its dead kittens, tewart shot her through the hear*. 1 shot and killed a panther one* here Corby's hotel now stand* at I kite Lake. I lived in Bethel and mv ife s people lived in Mamakating, now Vurtsbord. One winter she wanted to isit home, and she started on horse lack to make the journey. When she fas between White Lake and Thompson's, now Monticello, sho heard a panther, and discovered that it was pursuing her. The horse needed n<* urging, for it knew the danger and started at the top of ita speed. But a horse at full *i>eed is no match for the great leaps nj a pantner, and my wife found that the animal was rapidly CuncLefeo' on fourth pay'-

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