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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7549, 24 September 1886, Page 4

ANOtfflE.R MYSTERY XX. | ; ,., CLEARED UP.. L.bsT IN -THE BUSH. ,- , „, „, | A TERRIBLE FATE. " . . '• ' ' : (From tho Sydnoy Evening News.) Occasionally, andhappily.ftt long Intervals, tho most! harrowing records of sUiToi'lng flnd thoir way into public circulation, out it is not ofton.that tho connected story ol ail appalling death is brought to light with Such distinctnoss n3 oblongs to thb clearing up of tho mys,tery which for two years shrouded tho nanid of Eb. Jaokflom In March, 1884, Eb.,, who had boon for many years in tho employ of ft largo firm of squatters in Victoria) loft ono of thoir Cooper's, Crook stations for the purposo of going to, Molbourno. Ho had earned a holl- • ■day by long service, and ho wanted medical holp for two" ailmonts-nbad- teoth and bad attaoks of fheulttatism. With two goodhorscs ho soon dovorcd tho dry stretch of country .bo- : JaYtitin tho creek nnd the Darling Rivor, which he. followed down to Wontworth, whoro he loft the horsos with a friend to toko caro of for tho return trip. Two letters woro received on tho station from him during his absonoo, tho last' ono. Baying that ho wnsvory much better, ,that : ho had enjoyed ' himself .very much, and was thon on tho point of starting back.- Within a fow days o£ writing that lottor'-ho turned up in duo course' at Wont-, worth, Kot'hiSihorses, andstartod for homo. A week afterwards ho spontanlghtat Monln-, die, and that was tho last timo.ho was known ■ to havo boon scon alive. In May,- 1886; iusb two years and ono month aftor his disappooranco, a well - mounted • traveller, making ashort, but (tohtm) familiar out across from tho Uppor Darling to tho lower end of Cooper's Crock, niado .his way into a gully on tho west side or tho Gonimborri Rango to camp for tho night, in tho hope i of : finding a littlo grass and Water in tho midst of tho provailing desolation of drought. Of Water . Uloro was very Iittlo ; but thero Was, at least, enoughidryfecd to amuso his horae for an hour or two, and onablo himsolf to got a, rest. Ihe saddlo was Boon off, and tho hobbles on ;: tho flro alight, and tho quart pot boiling. Somq ; bread and meat from ft, parcel in the saddlopouch formed an aniplo supper, and tlio tlrea traveller, having, first takon up ft fow links In tho hobblo 'chains, was soon rolled up in his blankots'and hsfastasloop as an oldbushman krtows;how.tobo.,<At gray dawn ho was..on his feet nnd away up to tho head of tho gorge, 'aftci 1 his horso ; but within 200 yards of hfs camp, and right on tho edge of a. small holo that hod oncq held water, ho was horrified to flnd that; in tho dim ight ho hnd all but stopped on something that had once boon' dCman; It had ovldontly been a long timo in: tho gully,, and ns .evidently Hadboon dragged about by dogs, for on further exami-: nation,thb'h'caa fay at flomo distance from tho ' body, and tho, bonos rattled, in portions of . tlio. clothing, : most of which, however, had disabpoardd. Undor a treo, about a hundred yards h-way, -was tho rusty and partially decayed remains of a saddle, and in tho woathorbeaten pouch, which 'still hung-from tho D. s was ia! shrivelled pockotbook.Tn which, aftor patient search, was deciphered tho following mournful statoinent :—' r I havogot to die in this -miserable gully. When I got hero thoro was no watbr.'and my horso got away in. the night and made: baok to 'tho camp at Canowmta, that is forty milos away, and I can t walk forty .yards .withithO rhoumatisnvthat; camo .back to mo again tho other' night" tliroughmyownncgloot.lt'shardtodiowjthin about eighty mile's from hoirio.-and maybo I'll . novoribo found. . If I am, will somoono wnto to niy .'sister, [noro followed tho address.] I havo jiothing with nlo bnt a bito of tea and sugar,' and, like a fool, because I folt well, I loft tho only thing that ovor did my rhoumattes good, that" St. Jacobs Oil, to como on,, byjtho mailman, Gpd forgive mo for what harm I've dono thafl didn't know of, and that is tho last of En. Jackson. Within a -week a couplo of men woro sont ovor from tho station to bury tho romains, and- .this,, tho. latest, rovelation .of "Lost in th'o Bush;" has only recently boon, added to tho mournful literature, so peculiarly Australian undor that headintf. ' 491 <*■ CHARLES S.IA.U, v 'Vj (Late'S'iai; & M'Grath,) .'"-•■' ;'.. ; . AUCTIONEER. nmr STOCK, LAND. AND GENERAL COM- ,-. •■ MISSION- AGENT, . " J WOODVILLE, H 8. .. 127 '* 7 '" W V B. HARDING, AUCTIONEER, 'STOCKi" STATION I AND ; . : GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT . , - ' ■ ■ ; Wau'AWA. • : 123 „ ; . THOMAS ■ BISHOP, STOCK, STATION" AND GENERAL ■ " " COMMISSION AGENT, „ . i. '•• : Hastings., 130 r ■ • ■ WILLIAMS,' ; „, STOCK. AND GENERAL COMMISSION- ■ ■■ ••• .-'AGENT • . • - ; ! • ■;■■<" HASTINGS 128 ';■'■ , „ .INVESTORS :','•; SHOWN OVER TT> O TEETY ,B A.V ' Free of Cliargo, . . • i ■ ■• '• . -G.- STUBBS,- - - „ ' .■ Land and Commission Agent, ■ Gisbornk. 132 ; LAND TRANSFER ACT. , E D W AvRD^ V N. D OJ, . „ .GOVERNMENT. BROKER. '53 'o i -v- ;'.■■• .•.' ' '„ ' • • - : . ! ROBERT LAM8,,M.R.1.8.A., :. : i } " ''■" AROHITECT, '•! ' ' ' j ■'. : Te'nnVbon-'btbebt."' -''1M ; I '• - : ;.-.■: .;.• • --. *•••■ ' ,"■.•' ''■ ,<&oi\i\iis : OF GRIFFITHS' TATJPO ROYAL MAIL COAOHES. T; EAVES the Criterion Hotel at 6 JSJi o clock every MONDAY MORNING, for Passengers previously booked, and finally ; leaving tho Post-offlco at 0.30 a.m. for '•• * '- ;" ■ - TAUPO; OHTNEMUTU, TAURANGA, '. ! CAMBRIDGE, and THAMES, Arriving at Tarawora on Monday, Taup'o on . ! Tuesday; staying at Taupo on Wodnos- ; day; leaving.for Ohinemutu on Thursday ' , ' arriving that night, and leaving for Taurangh, Friday; arriving thatnight, Thamos ' Saturday, leaving. Ohinomutu Friday for ! Cambridge, arriving that night, rail to { Auckland from Cambridge Saturday, ! t ■ ■ i >- .- ■• 1-. -, --.-. (All Parcels by' this" Lino will 1 no tbo takon unless prepaid., ..,.:,.. 1 Special CONVRVANOES.can bo obtained at 'any timo by nrrangomont with l.'io Agont. ■who'will givo any furthor information that , may bo required. .•.,. '" v;• --\ 'Agont for E. Robortson's Ohtaemutu Coaches ' Passongors can -now bo -booked .through, i , i . • ■ - :.,,,-.. j\ J watkinson; .••'•-■;:•.'., 133 ■ Criterion Hotel, Napior. t, I OOTTON'S OWENIBUS LINE. : . ,„' . ON and 'after MAY Ist the Time ■- tnblo -will bo as follows :— . First, ' Bus leaves SPIT at a quarter to 9, -leaving COOPER'S" at a quartor-past 9 for Spit. Next 'Bus leaves SPIT at a qunrtor" past 9, leaving for SPIT again at a quartor to, 10.'- This Time-tablo will bo kept up tho entire . day without interval. Tho last 'Bus. loaves . town at 5.45.- Sundays and Holidays oxcopted. i ■■'■■■ .;. ' 13i ON "and after TUESDAY, the 11th < A r ugußt,"»,",Coacli will 'run Daily,, from Tahoraite on arrival of tho 7.25 Train for' Mas , terton and Palmorston. . JAMES MACARA, Proprietor , 137 "•; T. PEDDIE, Agont : ' ■,' "CURRY'S COAOHES A COACH will leave Hastings for Napior Daily-iftt' 8.40 0.m., returning, from Napier for Hastings at 3 p.m. All parcels dollvorca within i-milo of Railway Station. All orders and messages punctually attended °' :! ' •'' '" "• JAMBS CURRY '' ' 13 Proprietor \ ; .'. No^l_oE.. i CtT AMBLING'S - Coach will • iJL leave Woodville for Tahoraito daily at 9 a.m., till furthor notico. All.goods addressed' to tho. undersigned ! will' : be i punctually 1 attended to. Goods carried ;hrough to Palmorston. „;--. .■ O. HAMBLING, . - ,35i . ■ , -v .' t Proprietor, y " : \- \ "•: - jflaHtoitf. ■ ■ .•/,., ; TO COVER AT FRIMLEY, NEAR (1 . r ' • HASTINGS, . ' A Limited Numbor of Maros. ' j : . jk. ' ' ' rpHE~lmported Thor- ; :&iTfl^r^/ J- - oughbredHorso . . .. , {{235 ' " SIR BENJAMIN," a A self-colored dapplo brown, without whlto, standing elxtoon hands three and a half inches ihlgh, nnd having enormoUß bono and muscle. | Terms— £6 Gs each. '' • '■ , / -'■■, ■■ T . , Mares hot proving in foal takon froo nexf iseason. •' ' '■ ' ' ■ ' - .For furthor particulars apply to '-•.•■ ' .';";.■:'.,' ■•' J. H. WILLIAMS. p illOlr -„ -. ! „ ..l.HaaUngs. v . ;.', '.i- ;'BLOOD WILL.TELLI V; > PIS 6 AT^RI 6 US, nFHE coming' Sire of ttgjgga JL tho Southorn. • nomis- n Tl W phcro, will stand this season, in v ««Xiiaifa4i»- Hawko's Bay. , < >■■ ■ ■ Tho ' recent brilliant porformanco of the' abovo Siro's ■ first got, " Klngllsh," boating such flyers as Acmo, Tamarisk, Crossflro, Gontillty, and others in tho Hawkosbury t Guineas in tho best Australian record of 1.10, proves his ability to. got champions among champions. . Nono but approved mares will bo takon. Particulars on application to A. M'CARTNEY, 1111 ••' ' ''. Caledonian Hotol, Napier. w ■Stok THAT WELL-KNOWN ■X'W&r*,^ THOROUGHBRED HORSE "POULPLAY" WILL' Stand this Season at Stort- . ford Lodge, Hastings. f Term's and furthor particulars on appliestioUt ° ' ' W. STOCK. 979 Stovlford Lodge, Hastings. n\ THE ONLY ROADSTER IN HAWKE'S JJJ IiAV. ft | m-'"'NE : WLANT)'S . re HAMBLETONIAN." - beautiful bright bay American : . JL (iinportod) Trotting Siro, which hns takon llrst prizd for threo years iv succession at tho H.U. A. and P. Society's Show, will cover this season at Hastings. Terms on application to ADAM MUNDELL, Stud Groom, -g 811 W. A. BEECROFT, Proprietor. j> »■■»■""■ IIM "'■ " ' ' ' ' ' as O]N and after this date Poison will cl ' Ijo laid in Uio Whirinaki paddooks, 1>OtlinO : CO. TANNER. U Potane' 17th July. HI en