The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 5, 1885, Page 1

A THRILLING STORY. could os hoist me. According t lien Wade’s Miraculous Escape I returned to work, from the San Diego Mines. day I made +e 0+ —— ime and At last and each ti *Yes,{] do look pretty rough just mer ny he ow,’ said a sunburnt, frank-faced | "7 © an to a Plain Dealer reporter yes— took That meant } see ¢.. | dashed it to the grour ‘but I am only waiting for | Jay. me new clothing, when I shall | certain Geath for me if I was caught, : 2 , z nto the cave and < rs ake myself more presentable. i and : ran to the cage and gave the ig ; Signa t hois t diately The speaker was Mr. Alien Wade, ignal to hoist. Immediately the 2 cage bevan t 2 hy i Portage, Summit county, but} Cte Steet Be ee ut I had not recently a conyict in a Mex | been lifted five feet when the three ore recently : a Me: guards fired their double-barreled prison, condemned to labor in aj a half a mile beneath the surtace | tthe earth. How he came to bea| lpnvict, and how he made his way liberty, forms the body ef the ane | 1 found a burro tied, and = without liberty, forms : carbines at me. one ot them hit me, however, and I] was drawn up safely. Near the mouth of the mine | asking many questions I mounted miew he had with the Plain Dealer ; American the and made tracks tor porter, > rae line at day I rode seventy ‘Tam 31 years old,’ he said, ‘and | re: feelasif I were twice that age. owe S Mr. Wade | mop big drops of perspiration d. When cool off a bit he said: ‘It is get excited halted a moment to b 1879 1 obtained employment on be Mexican Central Railway in the pacity of passenger conductor, and } ran between Chihuahua and the} My trouble began | fa pence y of February, 1254. from had his tore no wonder in telling my experi- ity of Mexic n the 12th « fy train ran at the ty-eight miles an hour, It’s only six weeks ago that es I escaped and I have never telt sz : juntil I struck A yerage z = Il mace j g : my escape on th Bay. aad | Shibuahua that morning at o = ) oe 1 : Me jfrom that Jay I knew no rest tor clock old my engineer, Mec- | i - ji ae = weeks. I traded my burro tor a arland, to Slack up to ten or fifteen | ae } mustang, but one mght the mustang Sierra | iles an hour m_ passing got away from ine, and I had to toot quarry twenty miles out. | sag jit. Footsore and famished, 1 mad yhere about ae a : Pc as é - jmy way through the prairies, getting mployed by the Government getting | 1,000 Mexicans a ride and a square meal here x and I >». Every pay day these rece FS ld : ‘ if Ba Wane there. The fist American town or a get drunk 2ne ar } si e Bc i parce oud 8° * | struck was Tombstone, A. T. There cund the track, and as this wis i ‘ ,L we Hin is yday warned my engineer to | i om ‘Bel . se ae | *What do you intend to do? wup around the Sierra Bianco | ; *T want to get some letters from Senator H. B. Payne and take to re lest he might hurt somebody. | fell, it happened just that way. So ele Be happened) zs A Washington. My (Farland saw a fellow lying right a é : > | work is to get McFarland, my eng ss the track and whistled for him | yee a |neer, released trom prison, Then I The man moved and ; z = : : am going to Sacramento, Cal. where [have a home.’—Cleveland Plain | Dealer. and when j — He Mourns a Fauure. Moncvre D. Conway has returned to America after twenty-one years others to next veral times. yengineer thought he’d got o didn’t, however, and was struck. Picourse he was dead, reached Domingo we were both mested, McFarland and I. After delay of three months we were ken to the City of Mexico and tried | Of absence in England, a disap- pointed man with his lite work a failure behind him. Distinguished in the world of letters, with an ex- | tensive stock of varied information, ‘and a command of language in efore the Court of Assizes,presided wer by the Governor of Sonora. ‘Thad two Mexican attorneys and nid them $11,000 to get me out, but he prejudice against Americans was ey strong and I was sentenced to % aa = ; called eloquent, he has succeeded in O years’ imprisonment and to pay | fine of $500. Face was just twice as ears and $1,000.” McFarland’s sen-} : - | himself success. hard. four |” Se a z 5 ing, all his eloquence, ali his varied z 5 gitts, he nas failed to convince the ‘But your term of seryice has rot | With all his learn- world that there is anv new story Zested the report- more worthy to be heard than th z old story C ianity has been tell- . » les > arke 7 +g le * “ ° No,’ dryly remarked Mr. Wade, ing tor so ycenturies. His new feet ver. ion. When I gc uned, ‘I appealed to the American last Phat is, not in the regular story as he revised, improved or de- parted trom the old. has my sentence,’ he re—-/ to appeared 1, but it has made He no ession. Minster, but nothing was done eyery Managed to get a leiter to the St. ; to his ous G] Aelvention was ot no avail. hken to Memploved as and obe-Demeerat, then | right mantully, with no ot Iw himselt. Sj result t Tortez Penitentiz he co: understeward. | some wi de my impression of the key t Fe stockad to do ul st.as I atten member ot his effort t » reduce » eape 1 was discovered and | the Jehovah of the Hebrew Scrip- aced in irons. Then I was sent} tures to the level of e Jupiter of b the San Diego mines, 3 feet the pagean mythology. It Mr. My work compelled | Conway has « moral it is round . that even to knee! tume—striking a the lever of Arch : medes might not l. A Mexican in the mine in- I Med me and I knocked him down. | found for the fulerum.—Mo. Repub- or this I was sentenced to receive jican. bare nove th world unless 2 Maud S. Beats Her Record. C.; © tte. Tmet some men down there S. renewed her stty-nine lashes on my back, tt the sentence was suspended } st Sl my term of confinement should July 30.—Maud h the title ¢ ho had not seen dayhght in nine; queen off = mines to-day After working in the relti eit mare t months the hydraulic pumps in u ef gave out, and I told the RO of the gu capi- 1 at L was a me- MC and cx revi The engineer sent tor me and ahr he pumps. | sii s would agreement ; Three or four times I started, but | speaking which entitles him to be/ |nothing in which he promised to} ace were | NO 356 ated. The Gazette Fully Vind: London, July z ure oth statements ot the Pall Mall Gazette, in regard. le the fol- “Having been re- to London yice, lowing report: | quested to inquire as to the truth ot nted in the Pall from July 6to July led trom the first to ex- | the statements pri ' Mall Gazet 10, We deci j clude inquiry into charges against | | against the police. We strictly con- | fined ourselves to an inquiry into the | | system vice described, | and after sitting the evidence ot wit- of criminal out guaranteeing the accuracy of ev- ery particular, we are satisfied that on the whole the the Fall Mail G crue” statements of substantially The report is signed by the arch- bishop of C u e bishop of London, Cardinal ¢ and Messrs. Mor A lute edison of the Pall Mall Gazette was publis this mornir report in Millions Paid to John Roach. Washi to-morrow ly 30.—The Post a tabulated pr statement, prepared at the navy de- | partment,showing the sums of money John Roach has received tor the 1 | pair and construction of naval vessels |since 1862. In the bureau of steam | | engineering. $30,645,000 have been sry and Or! expended tor new machi | boilers and the repairs thereto, Roach received | $5,957,000, being $4,000 more than! the greatest sum given to any other jthis amount has j contractor. The Providence Steam } | Engine company received nearly} $1,900,000, the next highest amount. | About thirty contra tors did work for {this bureau. and that on i In the bureau of construction | repair there is nothing to show Roach did work tor the j hulls, etc., prior to 13875. that year about $7,500,000 have been expended, ot which Roach received nearly $4,000,000. Thirteen contrac tors did work for this bureau, The total amount paid Roach by ithe navy department trom 1862 to date 1s $10,333,626. navy Since Pall Bearers Named. | | Washington, July 30-—The pres- | ident having been requested by Mrs. | S ; Grant to name the pall bearers for | | General Grant’s i | pointed t uneral, he has ap- the following: General } | Wilham T. Sherman, United States | my; Lieutenant General Philip H. ! Sheridan, United States army; Ad- miral David D. Porter, United States Vice Admiral Stephen C. U. S.N.3 General Joseph of Wirgmia, General Kentu k, Ge Massact navy: Rown > of New Y ell of B. Buckn Ss. Bou George W Jones ot New York y York. s of Pennsylya ot N The president had recents graphed Mrs. Grant to know ‘had any preferences or sug; |to make in the matter of t bearers, and received a reply | her to-day, sayimy that it wish that he should bear would make was in case Was me ll the pail . The only suggestion she prominent Union officers like General Lieutenant Gene ees alead General particular men or classes of men, or| talk with you,’” she nesses and materials betore us with- | ; more about the room) were | before you.’ {vesterday. = It Lamar Forced to Flee. W ashir cs was Cok who said one female office was more twenty dreaded than nen. dently agrees with the colonel. This morning a well dressed woman,’ bold of manner and el- bowed her way throt in Lamar’s office. The secretary looked with a up 2 and said: ‘It is impos- weary sm sible, madam: I haye an unfini ocean of ed work betore me,and these (ind gentlemen ating a score or re long “I can’t help that,” y rsisted the woman. ‘*l must have twenty or thirty minutes to tell you what I have to say, and I : going to not leave till Id “Very well, ar madam,”’ secretary, ‘*I sua s my piace ny De 1 yourself sect of terior. Interview y sure you iL you ask. ” 1 L bid you and bowing secretary it in hand, glided into the et Assistant 5 The . fem artme Muldrow. closed sottly and cretary office seeker stared at it in stupefied, blank astonishment. A modest throng which had been thrust aside by the good dame contemplated her chagrin with no le satisfaction. A Giant Barb Wire Monopoly. 20.—The com- 30.—The com niittee appointed by the barb wire manufacturers at their meeting Tues- day to arrange the details of the pro- submitted its report posed pool recommended — the orgamzauion of a national barbed wire fence company with a capital | ot $2,000,000 divided into 20,000 shares of $100 each,the organization to be accomplished under the charter committee of December 27, The proposed company will members will issued to a similar manufacturers 18$3 lease the works of several and the directors have complete charge of the output as well as the prices. The members on oificers and will be stockholder sary to draft an agreement \to be gned by manufacturers before perfecting the proposed organiza-— | tion. To enable the committee to dratt ting 4djourned the mstrument,the mee tor one week. It is expected that all manufa urers of barbed w ted States will A maj gree- 1 attended the w company ation Sep- pre consultation wi feria decide the present incumbents were repub- ans and to reapps or tain in of Consuls—J. H. Stew e the tollowing persons: aut, Ant- werp; salary S2 who has been at his post E $1,500; R. S aay. os i . ecretary Lamar evi- | have been door | . The commit- | tee reported that it would be neces- | 500: H. J, Sprague, | family, who L. Culbertsons tor the past two years, ve moved to this place. Wilson & Davis are building a coal tipple three uundred yards south of shobe. Mr. A. J. Trapp is staying at his daughter’s, Mrs. Haley Shobe, dur- ing the absence of her husband. who Is out in Kansas taking a view of that country. Messrs. C. G. Week and W. T. Shobe visited Mrs. Beall this week. Mosquttoes and drunken men were very provoking Thursday night. Several miners got on their muscle id one of nursday them car home a bad looking countenance. Gult miners are still on z strike. hn Cantrell and Emma Henry were marred Thursday. Both ot Shobe. Squire BI ciating. -A six months old child ot Died- of convulsion of the SUBSCRIBER. the North Pleasant Gap. Ep. Tan —Not having seen any items trom this section lately, and hivi g as we do, within the pale of civi ization, (or nearly so) have con- ed to send you a few: The thermometer visits the nineties { to tall while the low cuss (Locust) sings as daily. and the rain has cease lustily asa spring frog after a two | Week’s treshet. Corn is needing ram badly. Flax cutting is in order now, qual- | ity and quantity poor. fine mare } Friday from the effects of sun stroke. | | Mr. and Mrs. Wilson visited El- | Mr. Showalters lost a dorado Springs last week. | eg | the K. C. market, 15 paying $3.go | per hundred. Hi e Judd is buying fat hogs for Wanted:—A vood male teacher | at the Marshall school house to teach { | the winter school. | Flax is making trom three pecks | | to two and one-half bushels per acre. | | ‘The farmers lip hangs like a last | years’ side of bacon, nothing but aj big rain would make it pucker, | “here isa good deal of sickness } throughout this section, but none | |tatal, so tar as your correspondent | | is informed. May der Dimes brosper 1s mine brayer. DEACON SpukE SHAVE. East Boone. Ep. ‘1imes:—I thought 1 leaf long and | would send you a few more item section of the we Ing ier grain, hay &c, rk moderately helping is oatson last season. g out very well in Boone making 12 to 15 and some as high as 20 bu. per acre. making 20 to30some as high acre; the oat crop altac mak- poor, | writes: ) bi trom Kansas City. “hey are a fine ot of steers, sure. George H son of the w ow Thos, Hill, has returned from Kansas City; can't mamma long at a time, leave ns Mr. John Russell has had an attack of billious fever ar Yneuralgia which has cut him down considerable, but he is getting better. Wm. R. Marshall will have some i ripe water melons in a tew days. WG, “Dattle a ilso he says. have lots of fine melons in a short time. Mr. Editor would you hike ' to haye mice water melon sbout now? It would go nice wouldn’t 1. New wheat is selling at 75 to Sc cts per bushel, we understanc and Adrian We chie think v ed | time. Success to tl he Times, t Now & THe paperin the county. Russian Criminals Fight Desperat Moscow, July 30.- who had been sentenced to exile in rimir ixty Siberia recently, while en route inst their ne: guards and, alth« } 1 armed, began a esperate fight for hberty. The battle tasted a lor ind time | the soldies were absolutely unable to conquer their manacled assailunts. Twe ty of the convicts were shot ind of forty thirty succeeded lead the other im making their escay Two of the soldiers were wounded during the fight. A Wa Skeleton. LS: ot Mechanicsbury,Pa “Tl was efflicted With 1 and abscess on iun and walki skeleton. Got a trial ng tever reduced to a bottle ot Dr King’s New Discovery tor Consump- tion, which did meso much good that I bought adollar bottle. After using three bottles, found myself once more a iman, completely tored to health, wi a hearty appetite, anc gain in flesh or 45 Ibs.”? Call at John. G. Walker’s Drug Store and get a tree trial bottle ot certain cure of all Lung diseases Large bottle $1 00. ,Did you, Sup- pose Mustang Liniment only good for horses? It is for inflamma- tion of all flesh. For collars go to Gus Wyard. Gus Wyard will sell harness che Sold by Gus Ward, everytoing in the harness line. inh io Important. 2 visit or leave New Y age and ¢ ars, stages ar Families 1 e Grand Unie Jay any You time to whe . we To all who 1 send $1 to Ful ible ot writing u ections, 7. Address} on & Co., tiand, Maine- j