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1 GALVESTON. TEXAS
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TREMONTSSTREET 1
lALVESTl
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HORSfe BOIKKH’T AMS>
Between Postoffice and Church.,
Adjoining Tremont Hotel.
TO YOUNG- MEN WANTING POSITIONS,
^-onymgton’s Business OoHege.,
Offers You the Education you Need for Business Life
You can not obtain a situation if you are not prepared to fill it.
Take a course in
fyookkeeoina, Penmanshio, Short-hand or Tvoe-writmq
Students may begin at any time. Regular Fall session begins September.,
All kinds of Stenographic, Bookkeeping, Type-writing and Pen-work done at the College.
Call or addre
college,
So-rtheastmnm L’o.jcffitc md Tremont.S.reels. Telephone N
A' 1
J. H. STONER,
Undertaker rt Wai Director,
FT A.S REVOT3A TO
No. 217 Center Street. Next to Masonic Temple.
Also Office and Telephone, No. 115, at
GREGORY & SON’S LIVERY STABLE,
W, E. GREGORY, Wm. W. GREGORY.
'WF. HEU Son,,
PROPRIETORS OF THE
GALVESTON CITY TRANSFER LINE,
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UNDERTAKERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
THE SPECTRAL BOAT.
’ A SHIPWRECKED CREW.
WEDNESDAX EVENING, JANUARY 2,1889.
aELL°oSB4SKHEN0.83
g Official Journal of the City of Cohesion.
Satisfac-
J. LEVY & BRO.,
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^"Orders by Telephone.
There was lots of fun crowded into
yesterday, notwithstanding it was rather
damp.
The commission appointed by the
mayor to reorganize the charter of the
city seems to be taking things leisurely.
—This is the season tor game, and it
will be letting the cat out-of the bag to
say that Charley Ritter has a season’s
contract with a score or more hunters for
the most choice contents of their bags—
but it is time the cat was out of the bag
anyhow. o
THEIR TALE OF SUFFERING ON THE
SOUTH AMERICAN COAST.
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Did his honor make a resolution to not
go off too previously again?
Tttf, Galveston delegation is holding
its own in Washington against big odds.
It is generally suspected that Mayor
Fulton was only joking when he said
that the death of young Crawford was
“the only instance where a human being
had lost his life at the hands of a po-
liceman” during his eight years reign.
Successor to Evening Record and Daily Print. En- <
tered Galveston P.O. as Second Class Matter.
Everybody wants the semi-centennial
and everybody will chip in liberally to
make it a big thing.
Hold your new leaf down for a few
days until it gets accustomed to the posi-
tion and it will stick better. „
What We May Live to See.
If history repeats itself accurately, and all
the directory and enjpire fashions are to be
adopted, one after another; then will women
have wigs of many colors to wear at various
times of day, they will demand not only
breast knots and wreaths of flowers, but
flower garlands for the hems of their skirts;
and then the wigs will be given up and dis-
heveled hair will be, fashionable, and every
garment, from the outermost to the inner-
most, will be embroidered, and the costliest
cashmere shawls will be desired and ob-
tained, if possible, and it will be necessary to
have many of them, adapted by their color
to various occasions.—Boston Transcript.
First in the Blackfoot Hills.
A party of prospectors, headed by McDon-
ald, the half breed, who induced the Flat-
head Indians to divulge a long kept secret as
to the location of some remarkably rich
mines in the Blackfoot country, while clam-
bering over the deep mountain sides were
horrified to find the skeletons of two white
men. One had a bullet hole through his
forehead, and both had evidently been killed
by hostile Indians. Beside the skeletons lay
a small pile of quartz. It is supposed they
were the first prospectors and pioneers of the
Blackfoot Hills, and for years had lain on
the hills
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The following quotation from the
Freeman’s Journal, published in Dublin,
is going the rounds of the American
press as a cablegram. It is only another
witness to the dispicable endeavors of
the London Times to make its suit
against Parnell stick. A cause that is
forced to resort to such measures deserves
to be sat upon by all honest people, irre-
spective of nationality. The Journal says:
“The Times prolonged the amount of
evidence regarding outrages in the hope
of securing testimony to justify the
statements made by Attorney-General
Webster, in his opening address. Feel-
ing the ground slipping from under its
feet, it resolved upon a desperate game
to retrieve its fortunes. With this m
view it dispatched an emissary to Amer-
ica, who discovered Sheridan at Pueblo,
Colo., and tried to induce him to go to
London and testify before the commis-
sion, promising him that if his evidence
proved satisfactory he would be paid
£10,000 within an hour after his exami-
nation was concluded. Sheridan played
’possum with the agent for a time, and
was finally offered £5,000 down if he
would accompany the agent to England,
Sheridan then positively declined to ap-
pear before the commission, and assured
the agent that he was in no wise desir-
ous to share the fate of James Carey.”
SPECIAL ATTENTION
IS CALLED TO OUR
HoEiajStochlBasaiflLws
Try our $5.00 Port and Sherry Wine,
It is the finest ever introduceii in Galveston. 4
Black Spanish,Herbemont Grape Vine
and everything else that is to be had at a first-class Wholesale Liquor House
Who will succeed Coke in the senate?
is a question numerously propounded by
Texas newspapers. The question is
promptly answered—“Richard Coke.”
AN ORDINANCE FOR THE PROTECTION OF
lobsters in tne city of Galveston:
Be it ordained by the City Council of ihe City of
Galveston:
Section 1. That it shall bo the duty of the Mayor
to receive and plant alone tlie jetties, being elected
by the United States Government within the juris-
diction of the City of Galveston, all such consign-
ments of lobsters as may be sent or directed by the
proper department at Washington City, or from
other sources, with a view of experimenting in the
culture of lobsters in the waters along the Gulf
Coast.
Set tion 2. That it shall be unlawful for any per-
, son to take and remove any lobster from the wa-
ters of the Gulf, t channels or Bays, within the po-
lice jurisdiction of the City of Galveston, without
the consent of th<- City Council. Any person who
, shall violate the provisions of this section shall, on
conviction, be fined Ten Dollars, and each and
every lobster so taken and removed in violation of
the provisions of this section shad constitute a sep-
. arate offense.
Pai-sed under a suspension of the rules at regular
meeting held on Monnday, December 17th, 1888,
Approved, December 18th, 1888.
R.L. FUL7 ON, Mayor.
Attest1 Dan’l J. Buckley, City Clerk
Furnished Rooms.
For Rent—nicely furnished rooms cen-
trally located and well ventillated.
Prices low. For further information ap-
ply at Union Beer Halt, 66 Market
street.
OWiCiAL IP If; flgiL: WAla' W ;’ij si.
"DY AUTHORITY OF THE CITY COUNCI
JDthe City of Galveston:
OUR WHISKY CAN VOTE,
And it has elected us the most popular dealers in the South.
OF”Special Reduction on large quantities, Telephone your orders.
JV- «T. Truoliard Co.,
North Side Strand, Between 22d and. 23d Streets.
The decision of the supreme court of
this state granting a perpetual injunc-
tion against “the Texas Traffic associa-
tion” appears from the report of the
opinion of Judge Gaines to be based al-
together on the fifth section of article 10
of the Texas constitution against the
consolidation of parallel and competing
railroad lines. Section six of the same
article prohibits any Texas company from
consolidating in any way with any com-
pany organized under the laws of any
other state or of the United States.
Taken together, the two sections make it
hard for railroads that are naturally
competitors to avoid competiting in this
state. Judge Gaines does not assert that
the injunction could be granted if all
the lines in the pool were organized out -
side of the state, but this point has yet
to be determined. What has been de-
termined by the decision is that the the-
ory of railroad pools and monopoly
rates as a blessing is not gaining ground
in the territory subject to the Texas con-
stitution.
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The Texas Ice and Cold Storage Company
Is prepared to furnish the trade with
the finest grades of butter and cheese at
bed-rock prices. These goods are kept
solid and fresh in our dry air cold storage
room, and are delivered direct to local
RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION:
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All communications intended for publication
must be accompanied by the writer’s name and
address—not necessarily for publication, but as
an evidence of good faith.
Address all letters and communications to
EVENING TRIBUNE, Galveston, Texas.
J. BIAGINI,
BIG OYSTER AND FISH DEPOT,
--DEALER^IN--
OYSTERS, FISH I VEGETABLES
CORNER EROADWAY AND CENTER STREETS, GALVESTON,
Pompano, Sparaisls Mackerel, fed Snapper and 8oft-SI»ell Oral*
Always on hand at Lowest Market Rates.
Hotels and Families Supplied. Orders from the Country Packed and Shipped Free of
Charge P. O. Box, No. 157.
^“Free and Prompt' Delivery.
Need of Our “Society.”
Not long since I went one afternoon to St.
Denis, which, as everybody knows, is a god-
forsaken suburb of historic interest. It was
a bright, beautiful afternoon, but the narrow
street was dark and dirty, and especially de-
pressing after our visit to the tombs under
the famous church which is the last resting
place of the kings of France. Drawn up by
the gutter stood a huge dray filled with sacks
of charcoal, and a young, brawny man, hav-
ing apparently deposited some of his load,
was about to start up the horse as I reached
him. One of those brindle bull pups that
prevail in Paris was prancing on the side-
walk in a mild state of joy at seeing the mas-
ter preparing to depart after having made a
long visit in the neighboring wine shop.
Expectation, excitement, anxiety, in fact
every canine emotion, animated that pup’s
ugly little mug, and 1 was just thinking how
the lowest of mankind is capable of inspiring
love in a dog’s heart, and what faithfulness
wagged that stumpy tail, when the human
brute wantonly kicked him with such force
as to bowl him clean across the sidewalk.
Then, having shown this amiable recogni-
tion of the clog’s eager welcome, the man
seized him by the scuff of the neck and tossed
him into the cart.
For a moment I not only longed for our
efficent society, but for a cowhide to apply
where it would do the most good. All sorts
and conditions of men are known to mal-
treat creatures weaker than themselves, but
I never witnessed a more gratuitous display
of cruelty to an animal than this, and it
fairly darkened the whole day. I shall never
think of St. Denis and Marie Antoinette’s
coffin without seeing that pathetic brindle
pup half killed simply because he had the
bad taste to love a savage master! There
are so many Americans living in Paris it is
surprising no movement is made to introduce
our efficient system of prevention of cruelty
and so inspire the French society to be not
merely an organization in name. The field
for work is, indeed, wide, but I am sure a
great deal more could be done if some of our
influential people at home would agitate the
matter. Though the task seems almost hope-
less in a population as numerous as this, yet
once make the laws sufficiently stringent and
the French government will be an able coad-
jutor. For laws are not broken here with
impunity.—Cor. Boston Herald.
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brief instructions given. Those wl
cure free the best sewing-mack__
finest line of works of high art ever sh
TRUE CO., Uox '740,
A Pretty Arrangement.
The latest fad for banquets and lunches is
the ’‘triangular table.” Three long tables
are arranged in the form of a triangle, and
in the center is a round table, bearing the
floral centerpiece, the open space being filled
in with foliage plants. Tho host or hostess is )
seated in the center of the base of the tri-
angle, and to his or her right and left are the
favored guests. The others are seated upon
the other side of the triangle, and the beauty
of the arrangement is that all of them face
_______________ The idea was introduced
tit a, ladies’ lunch given in Chicago. I
AN ORDINANCE CONFIRMING A PORTION
of rights heretofore granted to certain Railroads,
avd granting to the Galveston and Western Rail-
way Company right- of-way through the City of
Galveston:
Be it ordained by the City Council, of the City of
Galveston-
Section 1. That the rights-of-way heretofore
granted in the City of Galveston to the Galveston,
Brazos & Colorado Narrow Guage Railway Com-
pany and to the Texas Mexican Railway Company
on Ninth Street from Avenue “A” to Avenue “N”;
thence along Avenue “ N” to 37th Street; thence
along 37th Street to Avenue “t”; thence westward-
ly along Avenue “T” to 55th Street, with the right
to curve south and west at any point west of 5Uth
Street, be and the same are hereby confirmed The
right to construct, maintain, own and operate a
railroad with ei'her broad or narrow-guage tracks
or both, and with such side-tracks, turn-outs and
switches as may be necessary, be and the same are
hereby granted to the Galveston and Western Rail-
way Company, as the successor of said railway
companies, over and along the above mentioned
streets, and on Avenue “N”, west from 36th Street,
with the right to curve northwardly from Avenue
“N” at any point west of 40th S reet, into 43rd
Street, or any street west of and parallel to 43rd
Street that said railway company may select and
occupy; thence northwardly down the street select-
ed with the right to connect with tracks of !he Gal-
veston, Houston & Henderson Railway, and the
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway at any point
west of 43rd Street, with the further right to curve
into and construct,- maintain, own and operate its
railroad on Post-office or on Church Street from
43rd Street westwardly to the western limits of the
city.
Section 2 The right is hereby granted to said
railway company to curve from 9th Street into
Avenue N; from A venue N into 37th Street and
from 37th Street into Avenue T, upon any degree
of curvature not less than three degrees, which said
railway company may determine upon, with the
right to come into Avenue A and connect with any
and all tailroads now, or that may hereafter becon-
strucied on that Street.
Section 3. The grant herein made shall extend
only to so much of the streets and alleys as the City
of Galveston has the riget to grant to'railroads un-
der the laws of the State.
Section 4. The grant herein made shall not in-
clude the right to enter upon any private property
without the consent of the owner thereof, or a legal
condemnation of the same in accordance with the
laws of the State.
Section 5. The rights, duties and obligations of
said railroad companiesipver the right of way here-
in granted shall be governed by the general laws of
the State, when not otherwise provided by the ordi-
nances of the City.
Section 6. The right to regulate the grade of said
tracks and crossings over the same at streets and
alleys, for sanitary, police or other municipal or
economic purposes, over the right of way herein
granted, is specially reserved to the City of Galves-
ton,and in constructing and maintaining said tracks,
said company shall conform to and be governed by
the ordinances of the city; restore the streets to the
condition required by the same, and shall at all inter-
sections of streets, where the streets are now used,
or may be hereafter used, erect and maintain suita-
ble and sufficient crossings over said tracks.
Section 7. That said railway company under-
takes to hold the City of Galveston harmless, and
indemnify it against all suits, costs, expenses and
damages that may arise or grow out of this grant, or
by reason of its occupation and use of the right' of
way herein granted.
Sections. That in the event said railway com-
pany shall proceed to construct, maintain and oper-
ate a railway over the right of way herein granted,
then any other railway company desiring to partici-
pate m the ownership and operation of same may
do so by paying an equal pro rata of the cost of said
railroad over said right of way; and in case said
railway companies can not agree upon the cost of
said railroad or upon terms satisfactory among
themselves, then the same shall be determined by'a
Board of Arbitration consisting of one arbitrator to
be appointed by the City of Galves-
ton and one arbitrator be appointed by
the railway company or companies own-
ing or operating the same; and in case of the
disagreement of said arbitrators, they shall appoint
an umpire to decide the matter, and should the said
railway company or companies refuse to appoint an
arbitrator when applied to. then, in that case, the
City Council shall proceed to apj. oint two arbitra-
tors who shall proceed to determine the matter as
hereinbefore provided. It is the object of this sec-
tion to make a general railroad over the right of
way herein granted, to the end that all railway com-
panies that may, now or hereafter, terminate, m Gal-
qeston, so desiring, may acquire equal rights in the
ownership and operation of said railroad,
Section 9. Said railway company shall coustract
its railway on the streets over which the right of
way is'hereby confirmed or granted within one year
from the date hereof, otherwise the rights hereby
granted shall be forfeited.
Read firtt time at regular meeting December 17th,
1888.
A long pull and a strong pull and a
pull altogether for Galveston this year.
Even the Bustle Is Scented.
This is an era of sachet powders. The so-
ciety woman is literally stuffed with it.
Every dress sent home by the fashionable
modiste has a plentiful quantity scattered
between the lining and the padding. ■'Small
wool cushions filled with favorite sachet are
covered with silk and fastened into each arm-
hole. Even the bustle is covered with a
scented, quilted cover. A fad just now very
popular is a bunch of scent bags tied to-
gether with a narrow colored ribbon and
pinned to the left shoulder. Scented purses
and card cases are among the new perfumed
articles of this season, as well as the odorous
mbrning sacques and slippers, and the fine
toilet soaps are fragrant with milady’s favor-
ite perfume.—Detroit Tribune.
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Kept at Sea by the Sight of Cannibals.
Feasting on Mussels and Sea Grass
Boiled—A Party of Ten Evidently Swal-
lowed Up by tlie Breakers.
An extraordinary story of shipwreck and
suffering was brought to Liverpool by the
captain and officers of the iron bark Glen-
more, of Carrickfergus, which left Mary-
port, Cumberland, for Buenos Ayres, with a
cargo of iron rail on the 4th of December,
1887, and which was wrecked on a sunken
reef off Cape Diego, on the South American
coast, on the 8th of April,
gan, the second mate, has given the follow-
ing account of the experiences of the crew:
It was blowing a gale and snowing at the
time. We got out the lifeboat, and the
whole crew, sixteen all told, embarked in
her, without being able to obtain any pro-
visions or any clothing. At daybreak we
pulled seaward, for the frowning precipices
on every side, towering thousands of feet
above the sea, seemed to render a landing
hopeless. Several of the crerw were pros-
trated, and lay helpless in the bottom of the
boat. At one point, where the cliffs were
somewhat lower, a party of ten or twelve
Fuegeans, naked and all men over six feet
high, appeared on the cliffs. They gesticu-
lated and shouted, but all the seamen could
distinguish were the words “knipe” (knife)
and “biscuit.” Not liking their appearance,
and knowing that they had a reputation for
cannibalism, the crew again put out to sea.
A REFUGE AT LAST.
The following morning, the 9th, sighted
Staten island, and succeeded in landing,
about 5 o’clock, at Flinders bay. Here we
obtained the first drink of water we had had
since leaving the ship—about forty hours.
The next morning we found a case of curry
on the beach, and this, with some berries,
which we found on counted bushes, made us
a sorry breakfast. We then launched our
boat and proceeded down the land, intending
to make St. John’s, where there is a light-
ho..oe maintained tne Argentine Republic.
By 4 p. m. we were all utterly done up, and
we landed at Port Cook, where we “feasted”
on mussels and limpets, which was all we
got that night.
The next day we proceeded, and landed at
St. John’s utterly exhausted. We were most
hospitably received. Most of us were suffer-
ing severely from frostbite, and all of us
from utter prostration, but we were carefully
tended, and in about a fortnight had all re-
covered. On our arrival we were informed
that we had come at a good time, as the re-
lief steamer from Bueuos Ayres, which is
supposed to visit the lighthouse every three
months, was due in a few days. She, how-
ever, failed to arrive, and we afterward
ascertained that she had been wrecked on
the voyage out from Buenos Ayres. Pro-
visions soon began to fail, though we had fair
shelter and fire, for which abundant fuel was
found on the beach.
We at first had biscuit and tinned beef, but
gradually came down to seaweed, boiled or
raw at choice, a few fish, caught with hook
and line in the bay, now and again a seal, an
unlimited supply of mussels, penguins and
“steam birds,” in the capture of which two
dogs on the island were very expert. They
had, however, to be soaked in vinegar, of
which there was, fortunately, a good supply,
for twenty-four hours before they could ire
eaten, so strong was their fishy flavor.
the missing sixteen.
When we had been on the island for two
months, and things were about at their
worst—for there is nine months’ winter and
three months’ bad weather—a passing ship
was sighted, and ten of our party put off to
intercept her. She signaled their arrival,
and we supposed that they put back with
provisions to fetch us off; but we never saw
any more of them, and could only conclude
that the boat on her return was swamped
and all her crew drowned. Shortly after
this our troubles were increased by the ar-
rival of seven of the crew of the British bark
Cordova, which was lost close to the same
point as our own ship. Ultimately, on the
13th of September, the relief steamer arrived,
and on the 15th we bade farewel^ to our in-
voluntary quarters.
Morgan added: During our stay on the
island a story was told to us by the lighthouse
people, which I simply repeat. About eigh-
teen months before our arrival there the
crews of two vessels landed on Staten Island,
about twenty-five miles from the lighthouse,
and were apparently ignorant of its exist-
ence—indeed it has only been established
about five years. After an interval of some
weeks sixteen of the thirty-two arrived at the
lighthouse with a report that the others had
died. They were taken off by the relief
steamer. The sequel is that shortly before
our arrival the lighthouse people, exploring
the region of the reported landing of these
men, found a little above high water level
three or four beef barrels, which on exami-
nation were found to contain human remains
salted down. I hesitate to say what the in-
ference must be.—Boston Herald.
Notice to Bondholders.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of Sec-
tion 2 of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of
Thirty Yeax1 Limited Debt Ronds by the city of
Galveston, approved September 19, 1876, and by
direction of the honorable City Council, of the city
of Galveston, the undersigned, treasurer of the city
of Galveston, will redeem and pa j off at par, with
interest accrued, at the First National Bank in the
city of Galveston, outlie 10th day of January, 1889,
the following numbered bonds, issued under said
ordinance, to-wit:
Numbers 326 and 327 of the amount of $100 each,
dated December 1st, 1878.
Numbers 322, 324. 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 353,
354, 355, 356, 365, 366 of amount oi $100, each dattd
January 1st, 1879,
All oi' the above denominated bonds not presented
for redemption upon the date aforesaid, will cease to
bear interest from and af ter said day.
JULIUS RUNGE,
Treasurer of the City of Galveston, Texas.
Galveston Texas. December 3, 1888.
iw'jrwas.
Office of Purchasing Agent, Galveston, Decem-
ber 19, 1888.—The building on Mechanic, between
19th and 2&th streets, heretofore occupied by the
city government, is offered for rent from January
1st, next, until September 1st, 1890.
Parties desiring te occupy the entire building or
part of it, are referred to Capt James McDonald,
chairman of committee on public property of the
city, or to J. W. JOCKUSCH,
Purchasing Agent for city.
”notice!
OFFICE OF CITY TAX COLLECTOR, I
Galveston, Dec. 27, 1888.)
lu pursuance with article 327, Revised Ordinan-
ces, and instructions from the City Council, 1 will
rent, at public auction, at 10 o’clock, a. m., on the
7th day of January A. 1889, at tie Third Ward
Vegetable and Fish Market House, the stalls and
stands in said market house for the sale of vegeta-
bles, game and fish, to the best and highest bidder
therefor over and above the minimum value of
$150 each per year, assessed and fixed by the City
Council, except certain stalls to be rented at a rate
of $2 per day per stall for the. sale of fish caught bv
them. JNO. A. McCORMicK,
City Collector.
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^Between 20th and 21st.
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How does the new year start off with
you?
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Don’t let your new leaf flop over the
wrong way.
room, and are delivered direct to local 1 vx
dealers in the city and to the trade out- : the host or hostess,
side. o
Account of a Strange Thing Seen on the
Tennessee River.
As a small party of ladies and gentlemen
were returning home from attending a social
near this locality, they witnessed a very
strange spectacle. On arriving at the Ten-
nessee river, and just before crossing, there
was heard a loud scream, accompanied by a
splash, as if some heavy object had been
thrown into the water. Each one of the
party noticed the strange occurrence and
watched carefully.
In a few moments more a mysterious skiff
was observed to put out from the shore, con-
taining four persons, a woman and three
men. One of the strangers proved to be a
silent oarsman, and, though the oars were
seen to dip regularly, yet not a single sound
could be detected as coming from them.
Mr. James Mor- But the figure of a lady sitting upright in
the bow of the boat and dressed like a bride
was quite conspicuous. One of the party
appeared to hold a lantern, which shone
dimly. All of a sudden the rays of a mag-
nificent light, considerably brighter than the
moonlight and very similar in intensity to
that produced by electric currents, appeared
and shot its rays directly around the skiff so
that the water and objects became remark-
ably distinct.
To the spectators the lady’s face was dis-
covered to be of the Grecian type and very
pretty, and her hair was wreathed with orange
blossoms. The trousseau was so extremely
elegant that this modern Cleopatra seemed
almost entirely enveloped in a lovely soft
haze. On this little vessel floated silently,
like a pilgrim bark, until the spectators began
to quite believe it could be none other than
a reality. Never did a boat glide more
smoothly, and the sightseers declare that they
heard the beautiful tones of a well known
inspiring song coming from the occupants of
the skiff.
The ladies and their companions on shore
watched the little craft most eagerly, expect-
ing that they would soon have an opportu-
tunity to solve the wonderful spiritual enigma
that has long been a great puzzle to many
individuals in this vicinity. But they were
doomed to disappointment, as just before the
spiritual skiff and passengers had reached a
position opposite to where they stood on the
bank the light, boat and all of its occupants
vanished in a twinkling, and, though the
party of ladies and gentlemen made diligent
search, yet not another trace of the fairy skiff
and its occupants was visible.
This is not the first time that this wonder-
ful boat and its human cargo have been seen
on their voyage down the Tennessee. An old
fisherman, who lives further up the river,
declares that he has many a time witnessed,
the same phantoms stealthily gliding over the
surface of the water, and on one occasion he
was accosted from the boat by a sweet voice,
which spoke in an unknown tongue, and ap-
parently beckoned for assistance.
There are many theories advanced regard-
ing these strange sights. Some of the oldest
settlers contend that the occupants of the
skiff represent Indians, and that the bride,
while on the way to meet her intended hus-
band, a chief, was drowned, as well as the
balance of the party. In revenge the chief
cursed the river for its treachery and bid its
waters to never again do an injury to the
red man, and from that day to this not an-
other Indian was ever known to die in its
waters.
Another story is that during the early
pioneer days of Kentucky a prominent Ken-
tuckian became greatly enamored of a cer-
tain beautiful young lady, and the place and
time were arranged for their marriage nup-
tials. Her parents, however, objected, and
did everything in their power to prevent the
wedding. But the lover sent three young
men to bring his bride, and the young lady
stole from home by night and was being
taken down the river in a boat to meet her
affianced, when suddenly the craft capsized
and all were drowned. The lover, greatly
aggrieved over his loss, immediately left that
section of the country and was never after-
ward heard of.
To see this strange phantom is regarded as
an ill omen, and there are many persons who
cannot be induced to go near this river after
night for fear that they may unwillingly be
compelled to witness the bridal boat specter.
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