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Show THE BEE. Pirates of the Hlsslsslppl River. They started in a llatboat, Not timling tlmir victim in tho thu robbers now ascended III ilin onrk iIiivk nf fl'iihnuf siubltm a Deers start, and to bis room to tint! that he had gavo tho Missksiimi ' diverted possible suspicion by escaped. of, tied, V? l,.' lints y. F. E. WOODS . . ..ATTOMMV.. hi' avnli S SS J5S . liB" v, n .11.1 "4 mll Cattle Dnlc, t3 attorm:ys-atlak- men in tl shots tho boats as a basis of operations. When a trading boat was seen descending the river it was hailed by a decoy on tho banks, and upon landing, it was boarded by tho pirates who stripped it of its valuables, murdered the occupants, set the boat on tin and turned it adrift. Many of tho emigrants from the northwest d rifted down to 1 oir n nv o n, ..ATTORN F.Y -- versalio,, 1 ''P-n- Was - The heavy pass In? Me CountcloratLaw. And V.MOH ('oiniiH'rvlal J'1'v,-Fvv--F-J-Fvvv- J- sa.d I,ows c:,sl tho shoo man: Hello." Hello. Who are you, please? Watt. Whats your name, I said? Watt s my name. Yes; what is your name? 1 say my name is Watt. s. wn,,nl "I,uu at Tom Lyndo and Hill Colton, his assistants, Wall, stranger, as you say you are tired out, Ill show you v;! t i GOING EAST? Saved on tickets to... v 5 DENVER I t OMAHA, KANSAS CITY, I ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO, up stairs to your room. Its'tho best wove got. We aint city folks, and our fare is plain. Yes: Oh, well, Im coming around were a big family, and this is to see you 'tliVafterni'imi tho only spare room. Now, rpdit. yro yOU jc good-night- ; bolt that ar door, 0 j ?im Xott. but don tthinkyou 11 bo disturbed Who are you, then, please? of if Murrills robbers, by any pm Xott. and Ill toll mo vnnrmmo they come, jest yell out, old to and bring my yager boar, I it never misses its mark NEW YORK, And all Eastern Points. 'i 8 -- ! 4 4 4 - J I- t GROSHELL, STREET, 221 MAIN - 4 SALT LAKE CITY. F -- --J- R 44 1 J- - 4vv 1 ! 4 --J- 4 F -- - -I- vv niso" After tho river pirate Deers"- had - Hob bowed awkwardly himself out, Dixon bolted the door, placed the tallow wick upon tho rough table and sat down to think. He did not like the ap- - n0on if I come around Watt? pearanco of the house which Xott. before 'the surprised emigrants seemed more like a barricade 2sCertainly, rjno. 0q j heard Xott won- j could get their weapons or cut than an honest farmers house. fprin if would bo in nr tho moorings of the boat. Men, The sudded appearance of the not women and children were mur- - neighbors, and their manner, dered, the plunder was taken also aroused his suspicions. quj. Holiday edition will be a ashore and the boat set oil fne They did not talk like farmers, valuable medium to reach buyers and turned down the river the After carefully examining his 0f Christmas roods. usual plan of the river pirates. revolvers, lie removed the bed, A few weeks after this mas- placing it against the barred ? t Z'J. kZ a:, sacre, a traveler rode up to a door, then barred the window it $ large wooden stockade house on and again sat down, troubled c GOOD ib the banks of St. Catherine's with the presentiment of coming .i tit it i$) creek and asked for shelter for danger. in Lb the night. Lb In a moment he saw a square Git down and hitch your of the flooring give way the S Lb milling bright and clever on i"b No come which the beadstead and exact in, stranger. hoss, every paje of ihe San Francisco space Lb man can ever pass old Bob Deers had occupied. Mystified at the NtWS LETTER. and Lb house at night in this dangerous strange proceedings, he stood at L interesting review, and criticisms Lb of trv happenings in the business, the edge of the hole with his country. 03 so: a d amatic, and literary world I live down in Louisiana, and revolvers in readiness, and heard da ot the Pacific Coast. Im going up the river in search noises below like someone in the d? of some relatives who left Arkan- - act of beating and stabbing a Subscription rates: One year, 14.00; th pio.iins. K.'V): three months, Lb sas several months ago. They victim. This, then, was to have tl jits per copy. Sold by all ' or sent direct by uenlers. He doom. unbolted tho his been tib but to were coming Louisiana, n Ob Lb rAweieft may have settled somewhere on door and found that the steps tie-thLb $ the river up here, said Dixon, had been removed. Hastily ijij Navi to window a sheet the introducsill, of ing traveler, by way (alifcrnia Aibfrtisrr. climbed down, and in a he were Yes, they ing himself. '77 v 6 o my brother and fam- ment had. saddled his horse. Chicago- - Union pa cific xv-it- t 1 l AND line North-Wester- n change of cars . Faster than The Overland any other route. Limited equipped with Palace Cars and Dining Cars , Sleeping a la carte, leaves Salt meals Lake at 7.00 every morning. This train has Buffet Smoking and Library Cars ( with barber) and Free Reclining Chair Cars. The Atlantic Express leaves Salt Lake every evening at 6.40 p. m. For tickets and reservations apply to ticket agents, or address C. A. Walker, Gen. Agent Chin cago & R'y, 206 S . Main St., Salt Lake City. No 2- STORY, Lja Up-to-dat- e North-Wester- , ."J : 1 5 es c O C A, S. WATSON ( e mo-relativ- 4 t $5 to $15 nd 1,1 tin-siranfror- lily, 1'l.ih. I.aKe T"T-!4'v'''!- phono ell uti" at some as a relief from cramped life on boats Salt ItliH'U. conversation following At night tho tho crowded boats. A llatboat rontainina number of emigrants from Arkansas and bound for Lower Louisiana, was hailed by a man on the river bank, at a point where St. Cath- erines creek empties into the Mississippi, a few miles below Natchez. The man walked, or rather crawled along as if wounded, and as the llatboat neared the bank, he stated that lie was the only sniv hor of a party that had been killed by the pirates. His cries were so acuteand so well feigned that the occupants of the boat believed that the fellow was in distress The man hobbled to the boat and was permitted to go aboard. At a signal from him half a dozen men sprung from a clump of bushes near the boat, rushed aboard and the slaughter began P. P. CHRISTENSEN . . -- naturally tunu,l ' nver pirates, and tho Mm- on'lalboals: 'ca'o"i'n Their . household elTects, thus saving rill gang of robbers who niperat1 . Fourth Floor Auerbach Itullding. rapid succession and swiftly lonir before this, unless heehang- - ran bis horse to Natchez, ed his mind and located in Mis Next day tho vigilantes visited All sissippi, and I have not heard of tho Pirates Hloek-houso- . tho family on my trip." had lied except Old Hob and Maybe tho boat was sunk in Colton, whoso bodies lay where a storm. Hut I dont want to they fell. sheer you, stranger." Tin house was burned, and After supper two or three the bloody reign of the river dropped in, and the rates was ended. Utah DEY & STREET. in tiio iscern tin upon m CounciortLw. AnJ 1 MvJm' . .... MORTICIAN... Funeral Director and Emuairaer.' Telephone 445NmrngEZZ Parlors Opposite Post Office. j |