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MR. R. C. GRIDLEY AND HIS SACK OF
FLOUR.—[PHOTOGRAPHED BY G. H. JOHNSON, SAN FRANCISCO.]
THE REBEL COLONEL JOHN S. MOSBY.—PHOTOGRAPHED BY
REES, RICHMOND, VA.—[SEE PAGE 43.]
MR.
GRIDLEY AND HIS SACK OF
FLOUR.
MR. R. C. GRIDLEY, of Austin,
Nevada, has invented a new method of raising the wind. Whatever else may be
thought of it, it is at least successful. An election was lately held in Austin
for city officers, on the result of which many wagers were laid. Mr. GRIDLEY bet
with Doctor HERRICK, the wager consisting of a sack of flour, which the
unsuccessful better was to carry on his shoulders through the streets of the
town, to the tune of John Brown. Mr. GRIDLEY, having lost, was on hand the
morning after the election to fulfill his promise Preceded by a brass band and
followed by a crowd,
he marched through the street
with the flour sack, weighing 50 pounds, on his shoulders, amidst the shouts of
the populace. After formally giving the flour into Doctor HERRICK'S hands he
suggested that the latter should donate it to the Sanitary Commission. The
suggestion was followed and the sack was put up at auction, and, after a
spirited competition, sold for $350. It was again donated to the Commission, and
was purchased by GRIDLEY, HOBART, and JACOBS for $250. The process was repeated
over and over again until the sum of $6000 in gold had been realized. Starting
for San Francisco with the sack Mr. GRIDLEY, in less than a month, had realized
$63,000 in gold. No lady's album in Nevada or California is considered complete
with-
out a photograph of GRIDLEY and
his sack of flour. Mr. GRIDLEY, on December 13, left San Francisco, with his
sack of flour, of course, for New York city, where fabulous sums are piled up,
in anticipation of his arrival, for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission.
THE
SOLE SURVIVOR OF A WRECK
RESCUED.
ON the 10th of December Colonel
MULFORD'S dispatch boat, the Eliza Hancox, while on its way from Port Royal to
Charleston, just as darkness was approaching, discovered off seaward a large
fragment of a wreck. Upon making toward it
a human being was seen moving
upon it, and endeavoring to attract attention to his perilous situation. A boat
was lowered, and the man having been brought on board and warmed, told a most
thrilling story of the wreck of which he was the sole survivor.
His name was JOHN R. CRUSE, and
he had been a hand on the R. B. Howlett, of Philadelphia, which had been
recently anchored in the channel way off Charleston, and used as a light ship.
Her crew consisted of the captain, JAMES BREWER, the mate, A. H. DEAN, and four
hands. The vessel had been wrecked the previous night. At first her anchor was
broken through the force of the gale, and she began to drift toward the northern
bar. It was not before she struck and went to pieces. DEAN having been bruised
on the head by a plank when he was thrown into the water, survived only a short
time.
THE ''ELIZA HANCOX" RESCUING THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF
THE WRECK OF A LIGHT-SHIP OFF
CHARLESTON, S. C.
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