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E. S. LANGMADE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSYILLE. Ga.
A FATAL BLOCKADE,
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
iNH, H. D. ltVANS, .fa
EVANS & EVANS,
I RIGHTFUL FALLS FROM: TUB
NEW YOJIK ELEVATED ROAD.
An AmbuIi made Upon l»r. Keifer, of
Savannah, Groraln
Dr. E. J. Kcifcr, n well known propri-
nu West
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SANDERVILLE, GA.
F, H, SAFFOLD,
attorney at law,
SANDERSYILLE, OA.
Will practice in nil the Courtu of the
Midiilo Circuit nnd in tbe counties
iiirroamling Washington. 8peeinl at
tention given to commercial law.
H. N. HOLLIFIELD,
Pliysician & Surgeon,
SANDERSYILLE, GA.
onion next door lo Mrs. Bayne's Millinery
jtore, on Harris etrest.
BUY YOUli
from
j-ER;isrxa-.A.nsr,
(Nono (jennino without our trade mark.)
Off IlAffD AND FOR SALE
SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc.
Watches, Clocks
JEWELRY
nKPAIRBD BY
JEBITIQ'AlSr.
Tito Pi InCD of Wnlcs.
I asked Wilder, tho humorist, about
his parlor entertainments in Europe,nnd
especially nbout his evenings with tho
Prince of Wales, says a newspaper cor
respondent.
“I gavo my imitations for him six
times,” said the littlo man. “Lasttimo
1 saw him wns at Mrs. Sloano Stnnioy’B,
and lio kindly set mo at his right at the
table. All stnud till he sits, nnd ho
rises lirst nt tho end ns n signal to the
others. I. is not otiquotto to ent after
ho finishes, but lie fixes thnt very neatly
by continuing to pick nt tho food ns
long ns lio sees anybody elso busy. Ho
is a man of wonderful tnct in plncing
people nt their ense.
‘•For instnneo, I took a sip of water
oil sitting down. -That's wntor!' said
tho princo, with n laugh, touching my
wineglass. ‘Ah, sir,’ 1 said, ‘I am a
blue ribbon uinn. I never drink any
wine,’
‘No?’he said; ‘very well.’ Ho wns
polite. Ho did not quiz mo or laugh at
or banter me as auotlior might, nnd sav,
‘Aw, now, just this ouco, ycu kuowl’
Nothing of the sort Ho turned tho
talk to other tilings."
‘‘About your entertainment?’’ I asked.
‘‘Oh, my share? Well, I generally
havo to Btand upon tho table, but tho
princo lifted mo upon tho piano, whero,
in the intervals of my imitations, there
w ns good music made by an eminent
professional. I stood with my faco to
the princess nnd near to her, for she is
getting quite deaf. One thing I noticed
ns odd; the higher up you get tho least
ceremony there is. The prince insists
that overybody shall talk at tho table
without ally reference to him, ns they
would if they wcio at homo; and ho
banishes mere formnlity just as far as
court tradition will permit.— Washing-
ton Post,
fho Tantalizing Maid, the Tempting
Brotzel mu! the Shroml Canine.
Ht#'
Fliegende Blaetter.
A Swell Affair.
—Judge,
| Men WnlkliiK on tlio Truck, Hhnkrn Off
to Thole llontli br Morin* Train*.
j A lire occurred in Now York City at
, o o clock Thursday morning in tho store
i 0 Alohoil, the tailor, in the Bowery, nnd
I caused a loss of between $50,000 nud $00-
0IU) Trains on tho elevated roads wore
blocked by the (lames, A Idockndc oc
curred all the way down to South Ferry
and and on tlie down track up to Seven
teenth street. A number of passengers
left one train at Seventeenth street and
started to walk nlong the narrow fyoU-
patii nt tho side of the truck to the sta-
Hon at Eleventh sticet. While doing so
tlie blockade was relieved and trains
began to start. Their motion shook the
pathway to such an extent that a number
,,f passengers wero thrown down to tho
street. Throe of .these wero instantly
Killed und seven others badly injured.
Soon after the lire occurred the down
track was blocked with trains from Nintli
to Fifty-second streets. All tho trains
were crowded witlr people. Alongside
the track is a platform two feet and a
lmlf wide, used by trackmen. Above
fourteenth street it is not provided witli
a hand rail. One of the passengers,
named Patrick Matthews, on the train
which was blockaded between stations,
grew impatient of waiting, and opened
tho gate on the enr platform, stepped
down to tho platform beside the track
and started to walk to Fourteenth street.
He was followed by ninny others, until
there wns a continuous line of men in
single file in dose order on this platform,
headed by Mathews. When Mathews
had nearly reached Fourteenth street, the
block ado was broken, and the trains
•started up, one after another. The shak
ing of the track and noise nnd rush of tho
cars apparently frightened Mathews, be
cause ho turned and dashed for the car
platform. The man next behind did tho
same, but Mathews’ hold apparently
broke, and lie toppled buck upon thu
in»n behind him, nnd both fell backward
into tho street. The commotion created
on the platform by this occurrence,
frightened nnd demoralized others closo
to them. Some came in collision and
fell, while others in panic jumped from
the platform to tho street below, and
still others hurriedly scrambled upon
passing cars. Tho shouts ami screams
outside communicated tho panic to pas
sengers inside tho cars and many women
fainted. The trains were stopped, nnd
everybody remaining on the platform was
taken on hoard the cars.
The men fell or leaped to the street,
about twenty feet below, and struck up
on the surface ear track or stone pave
ment. Four were killed outright, their
skulls being crushed in each instanco.
'J lie other six wero seriously hurt. One
lias since died in the hospital, nml an
other is reported dying. it is supposed
several others made the leap, but were
not so seriously hurt but that they could
take care of themselves.
The lire which was the primnry cause
of tho accident, burned out Nicoll’s
tailoring establishment, and a couple of
small houses ndjoiuiug, causing a loss of
$100,000. Mathews was one of tho men
killed. All wore clerks or laboring mon
who wero belated on their way to busi
ness.
ctor of n drug store on Stewart anu ,,
Broad streets, Hnvannnh, On., wns shot
by a young man named Thomas Fogarty.
On Friday young Fogarty went into Dr.
Koifer's drug store, nud being refused
some articles, commenced a violent tirade
sgainst Mrs, Keifcr, nnd used in her
presence and applied to her some most
obsccno language. Monday morning the
mnyor fined Fogartv $10.
It npponrs that after the police court
, enso had been disposed of, young Fogarty
• and laid in
armed himself with a revolver
wait for Dr. Keifer. About 11:35 o’clock
ho saw the latter leaving his store in com-
1 p»ny with Mr, L. Nolan and Mr. <J. G.
Fnllignnt, ami approaching the druggist
from behind a fence, on tlie-north side of
Stewart street, Fogarty fired. llu \mw
within a few feet of the druggist when
he commenced Ids attempt at assassina
tion. The lirst shot struck him under
ami behind the left car, and came out of
his mouth The next one struck him on
the fleshy portion of his right arm as he
wheeled about to see who shot him. An
other bullet entered his buck and in the
fleshy part by the right thigh, nud nn-
other one penetrated his right leg.
The five shots were discharged with
remarkable rapidity. Four of them took
effect. The first shot was tired when the
youthful ussnssiu was only a few feet
away from liis victim, nml thu flesh was
burned, in such close proximity was the
pistol held to the head. As soon us lie
emptied his revolver und before the af
frighted spectators could do anything,
Fogarty ran away down Sims street, and
was lust seen going across Springfield
plantation.
Dr. Keifer fell in the. street, being un
armed, nnd only u few feet from his store
door. It is thought ho will come through
safely, ns the wounds nro not considered
I necessarily fatal, The attempt to murder
him is a most dustnrdly oue. Fogarty
was still at large at last accounts.
“THEY MURDERED HER.”
Rxultlns Scenes Over i lit* Dead Body of an
AtinrcliUl’* Wire.
There was a remarkable scene Tuesday
afternoon at the bier of dead wife of An
archist Neelie in Chicago. Whilo the
room was filled with sympathizers of both
sexes, a blonde little woman bent over
the coffin mid burst into loud lamenta
tions. With clasped hands and stream
ing eyes she shrieked : “They murdered
her! She was murdered by those hang
men. Grin licit and Gary wero lior exe
cutioners, She, in her coffin; her hus
band in jail. Both victims of capitalistic
bloodhounds.’’
The people present became highly
wrought up, and during tho remainder of
the day, in the death chamber, there wns
no cessation of curses against those hang-
mo i. Before evening a copy of tho
Arbeiter Zeituiig arrived, containing an
article declaring that Mrs. Ncebo had
died from a broken heart, caused by the
conviction of her husband. The articlo
concluded us follows:
“She and our friend, Oscar Neebo, are
victims of a capitalistic band of conspira
tors, known as the Citizens’ association,
nml’of their tools—Gdnnell and Gary—
they, in conjunction with an odious, ly
ing press, serving the enemies of tho
people, have murdered a brave woman,
and made children, not of age, orphans.
They will reap the curse of the present
and the contempt of coming generations.”
The sidewalk in front of Neebee’s
house was crowded with excited people.
A committee lias been formed to make
arrangements for the funeral, and they
decided to postpone it, and make it the
occasion of a socialistic demonstration.
WILL PROBABLY REBEL.
Newfonnillnml Grvntlr Excited Over the
Halt Bill.
Advices from Newfoundland show thnt
in their ultimatum to tho British govern
ment in forwarding tho bait hill for the
imperial usseut, the legislature of that
colony is determined not to bo trampled
upon by the queen or bvauy in authority
* ' f;
under her. The text of the address of
the legislature of Newfoundland to tho
imperial government shows that the island
is greatly excited. It says in effect that
Newfoundland will not submit to tho
situation.
Tho address goes on to say: “Wo
must decliuo respectfully to uccept the
view that the French or any other for
eign power has a status to or consultative
claim in tho control or disposition of our
property, and we humbly demur to any
recognition of their pretentious in this
respect. Wo acknowledge no authority
hut that of the imperial government, and
their rights of their domain are wisely
limited by our constitutional powers,
which secures for us the free exereiso of
our instructed intelligenceiu the manage
ment of our local affairs.”
The same advices state that the colony
is on the verge of an open rebellion, and
that little encouragement would ho re
quired to cause a general uprising against
the yoke of British connection, which,
they claim, boars heavily upon them.
Private dispatches state that a strong
sentiment favoring annexation to the
United States is spreading throughout tho
provinco, which is likely to give serious
trouble unless the British government
yields in granting the demand tho pro
visional government is now making.
A SOCIALIST MEETING.
They Grow Quits Excited In Dlteuaaln*
Tliolr Views.
FIGHTING AGAINST ODDS.
Alex Crawford, a negro murderer, was
taken from jail at Winona, Miss., by an
immense crowd of enraged citizens Mon
day and was Imaged from a trestle on thu
,-ailrood near the town. He made a des-
nerntc fight in his cell against the crowd,
being armed with a broomstick, which
he wielded with effect, but was finally
overpowered. He died game refusing
to make any declaration. His victim
was Vic L off gin 3, a prominent meichnnt
of Winona, whom lie killed on the even
ing of February 38th.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
An accident occurred to a passenger
train on the Pemberton und Ilightown
branch of tho Pennsylvania railroad, near
Ilightown, N. Y., in consequence of a
broken rail. The mail car and passenger
were thrown from the track, and the
former was burned and all the mails de
stroyed. A. A. Pcrine, of Ilightown was
fatally injured, and Levi Wilson, con
ductor, wm seriously if not fatally hurt.
One or two passengers are reported in
jured. A number ot physicians went to
look after the injured,
• There was a large meeting of socialists
nt west Twelfth street, Quinerhall, Chi
cago Sunday afternoon, to discuss a
measure pending in the Illinois legisla
ture known as Merritt's bill to puniBnthe
authors of inflammatory, incendiary
speeches or writings. After an address
by a newspaper man named Buchannn,
denouncing capitalists, the press and tho
military, a resolution wns adopted pro
testing against the bill. Then some vory
radical speeches wore delivered in Eng
lish, German and Bohemian. Editor
Ourrlin, of the Arbeiter Zeitung, advised
his hearers to procure arms and carry
them. Holmes, the English chairman,
declared the socialists had the right to
preach treason und the overthrow of so
ciety, and the constituted authorities.
Sooner than sco the hill pass, ho would
take arms in hand and preach revolution.
He was against the hill ns an American
citizen, as a socialist and as an anarchist.
If necessary they should all become de
termined rebels, and preach downright
revolution. Currlin nnd Holmes were
widely cheered by tho crowd, which in
cluded a number of women.
MEXICAN MURDERERS.
Tli* Bodies of Two Knnolimeu Found In a
Burnt Cabin*
A horrible doublo murder occurred at
Lackey’s rancho near Albuquerquo, N.
M., last week. On Friday a party riding
E ast tho ranche discovered that tho cabin
ad been burned. They also found the
body of Frasier, Lacky’s partner, lying a
short distance away with his back per
forated with bullets, as though lio had
been shot while running uway. Lackey
was missing, but on searching the ruins
carefully his charred remains were found.
The previous afternoon several shots
were heard in the vicinity and four Mex
icans were seen leaving there a short
time afterward, Robbery is supposed to
be the incentive.
MANNING GOING TO EUROPE.
Secretary Manning has arrauged to
make a trip to Europe for his health.
He left Washington Thursday for New
York and will take a steamer from there
next week. He will be accompanied by
his wife and family and Treasurer
Jordan. The latter is now In New York,
but will returu to Washington prior to
his departure for Europe,
ijp
BEECHER DIES.
THE GREAT PREACHER QUIETLY
PASSES AtVAY,
The l.aal Kernel—Heartfelt Ke«ret—Letter*
ill' Condolence. Ac.
Henry Ward Beecher died at his home
in Brooklyn, N. Y., Tuesday morning at
l) o’clock. He began to sink slowly after
midnight, nnd the watchers nt his bedside
soon saw that the end was near. Mr.
Beecher passed quietly away while asleep.
He never recovered consciousness after
paralysis stupilicd his mind.
He died in the presence of his family.
Present at thu bedside wero Col. II.
Beecher, his wife, his daughters Hattie
and Bessie, and John Henry Ward
Beecher, Miss Edith Beecher, W. C.
Beecher und wife, Uov. Samuel Scoville,
Mrs. Scoville, eldest daughter of Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher; Miss Scoville,who
lias just come from the Pacific slope; Miss
Bullard, Rev. B. B, Ilallidny und wife,
Deacon S V. White, E A. Seueomb, ono
of thu trustees of Plymouth church, nnd
Major J. B. Pond. In accordance with
the wish of Mr. Beecher no crape was
found on the door, but, instead, n wreath
of beautiful flowers hung over the bell
knob.
This bulletin was issued: “The ser
vices nt the liouso will bo confined abso
lutely to relatives,without any exception,
it being manifest that any selection out
side the circle would bo impossible, tho
being too small to hold oven a small por
tion of his nearest friends.”
The interment will be in Greenwood
cemetery. In accordance with un agree
ment made years ago between Mr.
Beecher und Dr. Hall thnt whoever died
first the other should otiiciato ut tho fu
neral, Dr. C. C. Hall will perform the
ceremony.
Dr. Sonrle has prepared tho following
statement: “Mr, Beecher fniled decidedly
after it a. m. His brenth was more
labored and slow, und his pulse gradu
ally grew weaker. The family was
aroused about 4, and all gathered around
his Ledsido. It soon became evident,
however, that immediate dissolution
was not to be looked for. It stole
on him Btcadily nnd stealthily. It
wns not till 8:80 that he could be snid to
be dying. At II his pulse became feeble,
and flickering, but it remninod percepti
ble until a few minutes before breathing
ceased. This occurred at 0:30. There
was no struggle; ho breathed liis last
quietly.”
Tho news of Mr. Beecher’s death
spread very quickly to all parts of the
city, nnd Brooklyn may be said to bo a
city of mourning. Even those who did
not concur with him, had no hesitation
in expressing their deep regret at his
death. As a mark of respect to his mem
ory. the Hugs on public buildings were
placed at half mast, and Mayor Whitney
had tho city hall boll tolled half an hour,
commencing at ten this morning. At
the same titno boys were soiling their
extras on the street, announcing tho death
of the great divine.
tyuinoy Ward, the sculptor, is expected
to take a cast of his face, for n statue al
ready provided for by his staunch and
old friend, II, W. Bnge, of Ithica. The
statue will ornnment Prospect Park,
Brooklyn.
Telegrams of inquiry nnd condolence
wero sent to the liouso on Hicks street
during tho pnst few days by the following,
among others: Dr. Parker, of the City of
Temple, London; Miss Ellon Terry, Lou
don; George William Curtis, Rev. Lyinuu
Bramstoker, II. W. Sage, Henry R. Har
ris, Francis Murphy and Clinton B. Fisk.
The following is a telegram sent to Mrs.
Beecher by President Cleveland :
“Executive Mansion, Washington,
D. C , March 8. -Mrs. Henry Ward
Beecher: Accept my heartfelt sympathy
in this hour of your bercavomeut, with
the hope that comfort may be vouchsafed
from the heavenly source you kuow so
well. “Gkoveh Cleveland.”
IIUSII SYMPATHY.
The aldermen of Brooklyn held a special
meeting Tuesday and passed resolutions
providing for draping tho city buildings
and closing the public offices on the day
of the funeral. The municipal council
of the Irish National Leuguo mot and
unanimously adopted resolution of regret.
PATH OF THE CYCLONE.
It Hli-lltc* Monroe, Go, and Doe* mueh
Damage.
A small cyclone struck Monroe, Gn.,on
Tuesday evening, doing some damage.
People ran from their houses and saw a
rapidly revolving funnel shaped cloud
flying from southwest to northeast. In
five minutes it was many miles away, ris
ing upward. It descended right in the
midst of tho town,blowing down a frame
liouso of Mr. O. G. Nowell und tearing
off the tin roof of the store belonging to
B. S. Walker and occupied by A. S.
Nowell & Co. Houses in tho immediate
truck of the cyclone were not touched
or shaken. It seemed to have como
straight down from above, blew over tho
house and tore off the roof, and then us-
cended agaiu. A buggy was lifted from
the ground and its wheels sent spinning
nround in tho air in a rapid rate, and
then placed back on tho ground just a
few feet from where it was struck. A
horse was standing hitched to a post with
a saddle on. The saddle was blown from
bis back, breaking the girth.
i’HE APPROPRIATION HIM.*.
A statement of the footings of the ap
propriation bills passed at the Inst session
of Congress has been completed by the
clerks of the Senate and the House com
mittee on appropriations. It is as follows:
Agricultural, $1,020,730; army, $28,724,-
718; diplomatic mid consular, $1,429,924;
District of Columbia, $4,265,890,Indians,
$4,220,897; legislature, $20,702,221;
military academy, $419,936; navy, $25,-
758,105; pensions, $70,252,500; post-
otlice, $55,094,050; sundry civil, $23,-
382,490; Mexican pension deficiency,
$0,900,000; public printing deficiency,
$107,000; miscellaneous appropriations,
estimated, $3,500,000. Total of actual
appropriations, $247,387,144. The river
and harl
harbor bill, which was not signed,
appropriated $9,918,000, and the defic
iency which did not pass, though it wns
agreed upon iu sonfereneo, carried an ap
propriation of $4,275,023,
A DETERMINED OFFICER.
a Cnwd sf Kodak* Kndeaver In Detain a
Prisoner.
A special to the Atlanta Constitution
from Chattanooga, Tenu., says: Sheriff
Connor, of this county, returned Monday
from Asheville, N. C\, in charge of one
Goodluke, wanted hero for felonious as
sault. The seliriff bad a thrilling exper
ience. Goodlake’s friends made a des
perate effort to rescue tho prisoner, and
nt one time the constabulary and better
citizens of Asheville came near having a
riot with roughs who were Goodlake’i
friends. Sheriff Connor wns urrested on
a warrant charging him with forgery, de
laying him one day. Then an effort was
made to further delay him by securing a
writ of habeas corpus, which he eluded
by taking tho place of tho fireman on the
engino, on the train on which lie had
placed his prisoner. As fireman, he
avoided the writ until within six miles of
the Tcnnossee line, when he was discov
ered by ono of Goodlake's friends, all of
whom remained in the train. The plucky
sheriff then ran forwaul to the cow
catcher where lie rodo until tho train
touched the Tcnnessoo line, his prisoner
in the meantime being iu charge of a
deputy who refused to give the prisoner
up until ordered by his superior. The
affair created excitement in North Caro
lina. Goodlake's friends declare they
will prosecute Connor. Tho prisoner is
now here to await his trial.
A SWINDLER ARRESTED.
Tno Proprietor of the Vlotor Watch Com
puny In the Toll*,
I‘ or a number of months the liostofllcc
authorities have received complaints from
all parts of the country nbout a concern
doing business at No. 48 Maiden Lane
Now York city, known as the “Victor
Watch Company,” which was flooding
the mails with circulars, advertising cheap
watches. Inspector Hartshorn was given
chnrgo of the ease, and after careful ex
amination ho discovered that the concern
was a gigantic swindle. The Victor
Wr.tclf company has been run by a man
named Charles West. He advertised
gold plated watches for $0 50, received
the money and never sent the watches.
Tuesday Inspector Hartshorn arrested
West in his small office on Maiden Lane
and took him before United States Com
missioner Shields, who held him for
examination. West lias made thousands
of dollars out of the scheme. Tho in
spectors are limiting up the names of
people who have been swindled.
A STRANGE WII.I..
Edward Kuclil, of Omaha, Neb., 09
years old, was found lying dead in n bed
at 319 South Tenth street. Kuchl was a
well known eccentric character about
Omaha, He was a shoemaker by trade,
but made a great deal of money by toll
ing fortunes. In hts will he directs tlmt
John Baumor tako charge of the remains
and sue thnt his body is cremated, nnd all
his expenses and debts paid, and then
that the residue bo offered to the Fran
ciscan Sisters. His ashes lie desired
placed over n certain bnr in the city,
where he wns nccustomcd to drink. It
is thought thnt the money und property
will amount to $3,000. Mr. Baumer will
take the body to Buffalo and have it
cremated at once.
A NOUTHKRN VESSKI, WRECKED,
A dispatch from Camden N. J., says :
It is feared that a steamer bound for a
northern port has been wrecked off the
New Jersey coast during the storm ol
Ihursduy last. The ocean bench between
Barnegat inlet and Seaside park is strewn
with wreckage, Southern fruits and early
vegetables iu erntee, and barrels are
washing ashore in the surf, and arc being
picked up by the beachcombers. This
afternoon nearly twenty barrels of green
cabbage were oast upon the sands. As
yet nothing has been saved tlmt gives the
slightest indication of the name of the
vessel. No bodies have been found.
■ HOT IN TI1E DAItK.
About miduight Mouday Mrs. Smith, a
widow who lives six miles south of In
dianapolis oil Bluff road, witli her grand
son, Cornelius E. Sutton, a young boy,
was awakened by some one demanding
admittance. Sutton was also awakened
nnd wnrned the intruder away. Instead
of leaving, however, the man attempted
' iaow.
to gain nil entrance through the win-„...
Sutton fired through the glass and tho
fellow went awuy. Tuesday morning his
dead body was found near the gate with
a bullet through bis heart. His identity
is unknown.
ANSWERED 111 A SHOT.
5Vm. Mills, an English laborer, was
udr
shot and killed Monday afternoon by u
man named Pierce, at Coosa tunnel, on
the Goodwater extension, twenty miles
from Birmingham, Ala. Pierre was a
timekeeper, and had struck a drunken
laborer with n rock. Mills and three
companions followed him to a store near
l»Yi nnd Mills asked Pierce why lie struck
tlie man. Pierce picked up a double-
barreled shotgun and said: “I will
answer with this.” lie fired, and the
entire load passed through Mill’s head,
killing him instantly. Piereo escaped.
KILLED HID WIFE.
James F. Goodman, a wealthy citizen
of Huntsville, Mo., had a dispute witli
liis wife Sunday night about a piece of
real estate he had presented to bis little
son. Goodman kicked hi* wife out of
bed and then brainod her with a boot-
jack. The child witnessed the killing.
Goodman wont to the barn, severed an
artery in his arm, and hanged himself to
u rafter. The dend woman was good-
mans’ third wife, and the boy to whom
the property had been presented was tlie
sou of a former wife.
I'ETKOLKUM IN ALABAMA.
Information has been received of the
discovery of petroleum oil at Vance’s
statiou Ala., thirty miles below Birming
ham on the Alabama Great Souther.i rail
road. Oil wa9 found at tlie depth of fifty
feet and a steady stream is flowing to the
surface through a two inch pipe. Indi
cations of oil were found iu the same lo
cality about one year ago, but no holing
was done until recently. Much excite
ment is caused by tbe news,
INTO THE RIVER.
A TRAIN GOES DOWN WITH A
TRESTLE.
A Sli|*ltr Aeeldant lha Iron Mnunlnlu
and Bonthern Railroad.
The Texas bound train of tlie Iron
Mountain railroad, which left St. Louis
Saturday night, was precipitated into the
crock by tho bridge giving wny two and
'if Victoria, Missouri.
a half miles south oi
The engine and all the pnssengor coaches
went down togothcr. Only the sleeper
was left on the track.
The accident while not being at nil un
usual in regard to fatal casualties, proves
to have boun quite remarkable in respect
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to tho several clrcumsiancos which at
tended it. It occurred nt Victoria, a lit
tlo after 10 o'clock, nnd was occasioned
by the giving way under tho train of tho
trestle which crosses Joneliim crock, at
that point. Tho train wns tho Toxn3 ex
press and consisted of bnggngo, express
and mail ears, a smoker, two
coaches und four sleepers, carrying nbout
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180
I pusseugi
day and
crs. A heavy rain lmd fullcn
At Hematite, tho flrst station this sido of
the trestle, tlio engineer received orders
to run cautiously, na tho rain had been
lioavy aud tho creek was out of its banks.
Engineer Kelly says lio ran slowly beyond
that point, and both he nnd his fireman,
Win. Hach,watched tho track very close
ly. As lie approached thu track, Kelly
observed thnt tlio track wns entirely
straight and level, showing nothing
wrong, and he went on without the
slighust fear or hesitation, but when his
engiuu reached about the middle of tho
trestle, he felt tho whole structure sink
ing beueath him.
Iu i
un instant ho opened tho valves op
ened the valves operating thu air brakes
the full width, aud brought the train to
so quick n stop that the front cud of ono
the curs was crushed iu by tlio sudden
shock. This saved the coaches, but tho
e, mail, express and smoking curs
[it
went into the ragiug torrent below, car
rying with them all tho men on board.
Engin
ngfnecr Kolly and Fireman Hach went
down with the engino, and were sub
merged in tlie flood. Kelly, in his strug-
? ;lo to free himself, found that ono of his
cct was held fast, but at the same in
stant, and just as ho realized thnt lio
must drowu, the engino turned over, his
foot was released, und lie came to tho
surface. Seizing a pnssiu log, lie clung
to it desperately nnd was swept down the
torrent nnd lodged against tree 150
yards below. With scarcely strength
enougli to move, lie clasped liis legs aud
arms around tlie limb of the tree, became
unconscious and was not restored until
two or tbreo hours after lie lmd been
taken from the tree, when lie found him
self kindly cared for in a house in Vic
toria. IIis face and head wero severely
cut, two of his toes cut from one of his
feet, and lie is very bndly bruised in
various parts of the body. He will re
cover.
Firomuu Ilach was curriod about 500
yards down stream, lodged in a muss of
brush or drift and was rescued soon after
the flood subsided. He is n good deni
bruised, but not seriously hurt. Tlio
postal cur was swept away some distance,
und ns tho wntor rushed through it from
end to end, the mail was literally washed
out, and is now acattored over miles of
territory, or embedded in tlio mud of the
creek. It is regarded ns almost n total
loss, the whole of it being completely
soaked, nud the addrmises of tlie letters
being obliterated. The postal clerks,
McCullough, Shaffer and Ilyau, were
badly bruised nnd almost drowned, and
being stripped for work, they lost their
‘ies, gold
clothes, gold watches und $250 iu money,
which were carried away by tbe flood.
The smoker, which ia said to huvo con
tained some twenty persons, was swept
down ubout 800 feet below tho trestle,
and its occupants are believed to have
been saved. They succeeded in getting
outside the car, and clung to its top un
til rescued. There is some doubt about
tlio baggage man and express messenger
being suved, but a late dispatch from tlie
wreck says that noue of tho train men
were lost. A special truiu wns sent out
conveying physicians and medical sup-
Tni
plies. Tlie train returned nnd brought a
number of passengers and train men who
didn’t care to wuit at the wreck until the
trestle was repaired.
SHOWING HIS GRATITUDE.
An Uiubralfn Meedere* Good Forfiin*—Heir
to Thousand*.
Charles H. Helscr, an umbrella-mender
of Pittsburgh, Pa., who occupies a third
story back room iu u squalid lodging
house there, lias received a letter saving
that lie is one of the heirs to a fortune
of $225,000, left by a cousin iu Australia,
William Tutge. Tho other liolrs are a
sister, who lives in Germany, and a
brother, who is inspector of police in
Hamburg. When an orpliau, Tutge was
taken in by Charles II. Heiser, Sr., a
gamekeeper for Emperor William at
Hnrtzburg, C
Germany, aud educated with
liis two S( us. Mr. Tutge has taken this
way of showing his gratitude. The
Pittsburg Heiser was tlie private dispatch
carrier and personal attendant of Presi
dent Lincoln during the late war. He
also served in tlio Franco-Prussian war
atul hud two horses shot dead under him
at Qrnvelotte. Since living iu Pittsburg
Heiser lias been attacked with a lung
complaint and he became so poor that lio
was compelled to pawn a gold watch pre
sented to him by Abralram Lincoln.
Gen. Phil Sheridan, it is said, is endeav
oring to get a pension for Heiser.
DESPERATE PRISONERS.
Tli*jr Threaten to Kill Any One Wlia En
tered 1 heir Cell.
George Watson aud Arthur Greene,
desperate Welch mountain thieves, con
fined in Lancaster county Pa., prison,
became rebelious Tuesday morning and
threatened to brain any jierson who en
tered their cells, with big oak sticks
which they broke from a carpet loom.
Keeper Burkholder thrust - a pUtol into
the cell to iutimidate them, when they
knocked the weapon from his hand and
secured it. They have siueo held pos
session of the cell, threatening to shoot
any person who comes near, and all at
tempts to dislodge them have failed. An
effort will be mode to starve them out.
THE TIDE WILL TURN.
The skipper stood on the windy pier,
“O, mate,” ho said, ‘‘set every sall|
For love Is sweet If true and dear,
Rut bitter is lovo if love inust fail."
“No hurry, skipper, to put to sea;
Tlio wind is foul nnd the water low;
Rut tho tide will turn if you wait a wee,
And you'll got ‘Yes' where you got‘No.’"
Tho skipper turned again with a smile,
Aud lio found his lovo in a better mood;
For sho had had time to think the while;
"I shall find ton worse for ono as good.”
So the tide has turned aud lie got "Yes.”
Tbe sails wore filled and the wind wm
fair.
Don’t limit tho pleasant words I pra;
Thoy nro for overyono every whero.
Tlio tide will turn if you wait a woe,
Aud good’s not lost It but deferred;
Supposing your plans have gone a-gley,
Don’t ficenway likoa frightened bird.
Say that you've nskod a favor in vain,
To-morrow may bo a better day,
The this of fortune may turn again,
And you’ll got “Yes” where you rot
"Nay.”
Tlio tido will turn if tho thing you mind
Is worth tlio watting aud worth tbecoat;
If you seek and seek until you find,
Then your labor will never be lost.
For waiting is often working, vousee,
And though tho water may now be low
Tbe tide will turn if you bido a wee,
And you’ll get "Yes” whero you got "No."
—Harper's Weekly.
PITH AND POINT.
Tho fishery question—Who’ll take the
cel off ?—Pnch
Tlie world may owe us a living, but
tlio most of ut havo to scratoh around
pretty lively to get it.—Siftings.
The chick now through the eg^Hholl breaks,
Which many weoks lias hid I
Cries, as its weak existence wakes,
"My little hnteh it did It.”
—Siftings.
Tobogganing might ho defined as an
instantnneous fonsotiou followed by ■
long walk up hill.—AW York World.
An astronomer Bays that there are ca
nals on tho planot Mars. We guoss he
means Saturn, lor it is Saturn that has
the rings.—Post in Courier,
"All Hush is grass,” nu ancient truth,
By which it will be soon
That in tho spring-time of our youth
We nro so "Jolly green.”
—Texas Siftings.
A boy can walk four miles to go skat
ing, and drag some oilier boy’s sis-
vho
ter on liis sled all tlio way, but whon bis
mother wants him to bring a bag of crack
ers from tlio grocery, ho tells hor that his
kidneys are so weak thnt he don’t dare
do it. --ftiter-Ocean.
"Well, that’s just liko the cheek ot
those foreign artists, ” observed Mrs.
f-'naggs. "What is?” asked her hus
band. “Why, tlmt man Munkacsy ia
coming here next summer to paint
Ningara Fulls, and I believe ho’ll juat
spoil them, sol do.”—Pittsburg O/ironi-
Tlio Prescott (Arizona) Miner has the
following: “Is this reservoir water
healthy?" asked a newcomer ot an old
Hassaynmper. “Do you see that mule,
stranger?” “Yes,sir." “Well, tenmontha
ago that mule was a jack rabbit, and
drinking this water has made him what
lie is to-day.”
suns ENOUGH.
I kissed hor hand. She slapped my chesk,
Tho blow came sharp and quick,
Her eyes flashed fire. She did not speak,
”7 bio
My blood boiled hot and thick.
"What do you mean/" I asked, enraged,
alii’
"We’re all alone here, aud
You know quite well that we're engaged,
Then why not kiss your baud ?”
"I do detest a man,” she snapped,
‘'Who’ll kiss my iinger-tipe,
lu love’s ways oue should bo more apt—
Else what s the use of lips 1”
—Somerville Journal.
A Queer Search,
“Where do ail the pins go to?” asked
a friend of me the other day; and
“whut becomes of all the dead birds!”
I asked in reply. This brief colloquy
led me to try an oxperiment. Having a
day at my disposal, in consequence of ■
slight indisposition, nnd the weather be-
• det
ing tine, I determined to devote a whole
day to looking for waste pins and dead
birds. I first hunted all over the floor
of my room for pins, mid as I passed out
of the house made a soarch along all the
halls and at the front door; but I could
not find a pin. I then walked along tho
street all the morning, looking for pina
and dead bird 1 , but found none. In tho
afternoon I took in several of the parks.
I bunted noar the seats for pins, and
under all the treos and in the crevices of
fences for birds, but ail in vain.
Toward evening I realized how bene
ficial it is to walk “with an object,” but
I did not have a single pin or bird to
show for my hunt. I was compelled to
if a i
admit that it was something of a puzzlo
to tell what became of them. Not, how
ever, that I never see a stray pin or a
dead sparrow. 1 have met with a num
ber of people who never saw a dead goat
or a dead mule, but everybody hns
picked up a pin, and at long intervals
:Te is
ia p
while so many millions of pins nnd birds
must be gotten away with every day, we
find so few of them. By the way, I
think I never saw a dead pigeon in my
life.—Chicago Journal.
Amputated Fingers Reunited.
“Numerous instances have been re
corded of late in the medical journals,”
says Science, “of tho complete reunion
of portions of fingers which had been cut
off from tho hand, in some cases by the
knife and in others by the iix. In ona
case a man, in cutting his kindling for
the morning fire, accidentally cut off tha
sd i
end of his thumb. He had gone from
the place some twenty feet when he re
turned. pickod up the end, wiped it and
replaced it, binding it in its original
place as nearly as possible. The wound
uu ted, and tho finger is now as good aa
ever, save that its sensibility is somewhat
diminished. In another case a boy
chopped off the end9 of three fingers.
He was seen by a physician three or four
hours after the' accident. The end of the
fingers had been found in tho snow, and
were brought to him. He attached them,
aud two of the three united.”
Germany has 28,000'miles of under
ground telegraph wires and France 7,200,
all in successful operation, v