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Show XAIUtOW ESCAPE. . - A Couple or tllchiTA'tnan Allfmpl to IMia.Man tn SalurJayMslil. On Halurday evening about eight o'clock an unaticccaaful attempt waa made, by n couple of burly fool pada, to roh a young man, who realdea In the neighbor!, w I of Han y, aa he waa driving homeward. The aiaault waa mado In Ilia lane running from the Houlli lrlvo, to Wluder'a farm, about thrio mllea aoutli of thla city, Theconviyanroln which the yotiog man waa riding, waa a heavy farm wagon, on which waa a hay rack. Tho highwaymen commanded the )ouog fellow to atop hi Ioaiu and allow them to tide Not liking their apiaarance or mantierolaipronch, thedrlverwhlppcd up lila horara. IimnedlaUly onooHhe highwaymen aprang to the horae head while hi coufederato illineil In lothe wagon Juatlu time to receive a terrible blow on the hta I from the but end of a hovy whlpatock In the handi of the driver. Tho effect of Ilia blow waa audi aa to rcudir tho robber tentararlly Iniinalbla and he fell to the frozen ijround with a heavy thud. Hobber J o. 2. ma lo doubly dcaperalo by Ihadtfratorlll III, left Ilia .t at the hom-a heada and endeavored to clltiilj Into tho wagon to cumplito the nnlliilahed wotk of hla confederate, latt he alao waa foiled In hla plan nnd waaglveiiaaharpcut acroa the face which rauavd htm to retreat Willi a volley of vile epithet nrtln.t hi In tended victim who conllnutat hla Journey home without futther Inter rulloti, |