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LOST ON THE PLAINS.
From the Fan Francisco Call.
Only bi::tcen or seventeen miles a day.
long, creeping, creaking line of white c
wagon*, -t retching away to the west across the
vast and boundless brown plains. Not a house
for thouranrfs of miles, not a tree, not a shrub,
not a single thing in sight, except, now and
then, dotted here and there, a fow black spots
iu tho boundless sea of brown.
This is the way it was when my parents
took me, then only a lad, across tho plains
more than thirty years ago. Uow different
now with tho engino tearing, smoking, and
Bcreecbitg across at the rate of live hundred
miles or more a day. Thera are many, many
houses c n t he plains now. The pioneers hav
planted great forests of trees, and there are
also vast cornfields, and the songs of h 1
■tSVvefiTcib ave found HeW. But the great b
spots that dotted the sea of browu are gono
forever. Those dark spots were herds of
countlef s J iaon, or buffalo, as they wero gener
ally called.
One fttiHty morning in July, ns tho sun roso
up and bin zed with uncommon ardor, a herd of
buffalo was seen grazing quietly cloeo to our
train, aud somo of tho younger boys who bad
guns ami pistols, ana who wero dying to kill a
buffalo, l egged their parents to lot them rido
out and take a shot.
As it whs ouly a natural desire, and seemed a
simplo tl ing to do, a small party of boys was
soon ready. Tho men were obliged to stiy
with the train and drive tho oxen; for (ho
tents had ulrctdy been struck and tho long
white lino bad begun to creop slowly away
over tho lovol brown sea toward tho uoxt
water, a little blind stream that stole through
the Willows some fifteen milcsaway to tho west.
There were in our train two sons of a ricli
and rather impoitant man. And they i
now first in thosaddlo. aud ready to tako
lead. Hut ns they were vain aud selfish, and
had always had a big opinion of tbcmselvos,
their father knew they had dot learned much
about anything else.
There was also in the train a sad-faced, silent
boy, barefooted and all in rags, for his parents
had died with cholera tho day after wo had
crossed the Missouri river, and ho was loft
helpless and alone. He hardly spoke to any
one; and as for the rich man's sous, they would
sooner have thought of speaking to their negro
cook than to him.
As the boys sat on their horses roady to go,
and the twin of wagons rolled away, tho rich
man came up to thoharefooted bov and said :
"Sec hero, Tatters, go along with my boya
nnd bring back the game."
"But 1 have no horse, sir," replied tho sod
faced !>oy.
"Well, take mine; I will get in the wagon
nnd rido thereuntil you come back," urged tho
anxious father.
"But I Lave no gun, no pistols or knife,"
added the boy.
"Here, jump on my horse, and I will fit you
out," cried the rich man.
When the barefooted boy had mounted the
horse, the uian buckled his own belt around
the lad and swung his riile over the bow.
How the boy’s moe lit up! His young heart
beat like a drum with delight as tho party
bounded away after the buffalo.
The wagona creaked and crawled away to
the weat of the great, grassy plain; the herd of
bufihlo sniffed the young hunters, and lifting
their shaggy heads, shook them angrily, and
then turned away like a dark retreating tide
of the sea, with the boys bounding after them
in hot pursuit. , 4
It was a long and exciting ebaae. Tatters
soon passed the rest of the boya, and pressing
hard on the herd, after nearly an hour of
splendid ridiug, threw himself from tho saddle,
and, taking aim, fired.
The brother*came up soon, ami dismounting
na fait aa their lest practiced limbs would let
jhem, aho fired at the retreating herd.
When the dual and smoke cleared away, a
fine fat buffalo lay rolling in the grass before
them. Following the example of Tatters, t hey
loaded their guns where they stood, as all cau
tious hunters do, aud then went up to the
**Tbe bare footed boy at once laid his finger on
« bullet hole near the region of the heart and
looked np at the others.
• I aimed about there!" shouted one.
"And no did 11" cried the other eagerly.
Without ‘■nying a word, but with a very sig
nificant look, the barefooted boy took out his
knife. aud unobterved, pricked two hole* with
the point of it close by the bullet hole. Then
he put hia finger there and again looked at the
|*ovs. They came down on their knees wild
•with delight in an instant. They had really
helped kill a bufihlo! In fart, they had killed
** “For are uot two bullets better than one?"
they cried.
••Tatter*. cut me off the tail” said one.
"And ent me off the mane: 1 want it to make
a coat collar for my fether,” shouted the other.
Without a word the boy did aa he was bid,
find then securely fhstened the trophies on be
hind their saddle*.
"Now let's overtake the train, and tell Cither
all about killing our first buffalo/’ cried the
though!” wid
Ifct fthtr, m he cUmbMCi W to the
of me when you cannot see the sun. Am
even then you must have coolness and
paticnco and good sense to get on with it at all.
It con at best only gnide you in ouo objocte,
to another, and soyou keep:? fra straight o lin
and picvcut you from going around and
nrmtm). But when the plain is ono vast, level
sea, witheut a single object arising up out of it
os a guide, what is a boy to do ? It takes a
cool bead, boy's or man s, to use a compass on
tho plains.
"Cciue on! That is light." cried tho cider of
tho two hunters, nnd they darted away, with
Tatteis far in the rear.
They redo hard and hot for a full hour, get
ting more frightened aud going faster at every
jump. The sun was high iff tho heavens.
Their hones were all in a foam.
"1 *to something at last,” said ouons lie stood
np in Ids stirrups, nnd then setting back in his
seat he laid on whip and spur, and rodo fast and
furious straight for a dark object that lay there
in the long brown grasses of tho broad, uu-
broken plain.
Scon they eamc to It. It was a dead bufialo.
They knew uow that they had been ridiug in
the fatal circle that means death if you do not
break it aud escape.
Very meek and very penitent felt the boya
a sTatters eaiuo riding up slowly after them.- 1
They wero very tired and thirsty. They
seemed to themselves to linvoshruukcn tip to
about half their usual size. Mcokly thoy lifted
their eyes to tho despised boy, nnd pleaded si
lently aud pitifully for help. Tears wore in
their eyes, tlieir lips quivered, but-'thoy could
not ray a word.
"Wo mint rido with the sun ou our left ahonl-
der. ns 1 said, nud with our fage* all tlio timo
to the west. If we do not do that wo shall die.
Now come with mo," said Tatters, firmly.
Ho turned his horso and took the load. And
now weekly aud patiently the others follow*
* Bat thir horses were Uroken in strength “ai
sphit. Tho son In mid-heaven poured its full
forio of heat upon tho bonds of tho thirsty
liuuteis, and they could hardly keep tbeir soats
and turned bis face in every direction, lookiug
for some trace of the wagons.
"But where arc they?''cried tho brother.
Both the brotbers laughed a little at first,
and then grew very sober.
"That is the way they went," said one, point
ing off.
"Yc-ycs. I think that is the way. But I
wonder why wo can’t sec the wagons?”
"We have galloped a loug way, and then they
have been going in tho other direction. If you
go that way you will be lost. When we started.
I noticed that the train was moving toward
sunset, ami that tho situ was over our left
shoulder ns we looked niter the train. Wo must
go in this direction, or woshailbe lost," mildly
and firmly said the barefooted boy, ns ho drew
his l»clt tighter and prepared for the work.
The other boys only looked disdainfully at
the speaker as ho sat on his horse and shading
his eyes with his hand, looked away iu tbo di
rection ho wished to go.
Then they talked a moment anioug them
selves. and taking out their pocket compasses
looked at them very knowingly.
Now, many people think that a compass will
lead tin m cut of almost any place where they
“NOTHING BUT COTTON”
Bill A«p Continues HI* Tiip Through MistiMlppl-
CJoVernor Lowry, Mr. MUlor and Mr. Grady—
Koicinako and West Point-A Visit to tho
Agriculture and Mechanical College.
ble and stagger as they walked. And yet there
was no sight or sound of anything at all—be
hind, before, on tho right or on tho loft. Noth
ing but the weary, dreary, otcrtial and uubro-
ken sea of-brown.
Away to tho west tho bright blue sky shut
down sharp and tight upon tho brown and
biasing plain. The tops of tho long, untrod
den grass gleamed and shimmered in the heat.
Yet not a sign of water could anywhere bo dis
cerned. Silence, easiness, voice less as when
the world came newly from the hand of God.
No ono spoke. Steadily and quietly the
leader of tho i»arty rode on. Now and then ho
would lift his eyes under his hat to tho blaz
ing sun over his left shoulder and that wosall.
There comes a timo to us all, I bolievo, s(
cr or later, ou tho plains, in the valley, or
the mountain, in tlio palace or cottago, when
wc, too, can ouly lift our eves, silent and help
less, to something shining iu heaven.
At last tho silent little tarty heard a fain
sound beyoud them, a fcchlo, screeching cry,
that came out from tho brown grass boueath
tbcniasthcy struggled ou. Then suddenly
they came out of the till brown gran into the
open plain that looked like a plowod field;
ly, all about tho outer edgo of tho
Id wero little hills or forts al>oi
high as a man’s knee,
every one of these little torts stood a soldier
sentinel, high on his hind legs and barking
with all his might. The lost hunters had
found a dogtown, the first they had ever seen.
The party rode through the town and looked
beyond. Nothing! Behind, nothing! To the
right, nothing! To tho left, nothing; nothing
hut the great blue sky shut down tight against
the boundless sea of grass.
"Water! 1 am dying for water," gisped one
of the boys.
Tatters looked him in the faco and saw that
what he said was true. He reflected a moment
nd then said.
"Wait here for mo."
Then leaving tho others he rode slowly
round the dog-towu, closely scanning the
ground. As he again neared the hovs he ut
tered a cry of delight, and beckoned them te
come.
'Look there! Do you see that littlo road
winding along through the grass? That means
everything to us."
"Ob, what does itmeau? I'm dying of thirst!"
ried one of the brothers.
"It means water! Do you think a great city
like that can get on without water. Come, let
us follow their trail till we find it."
Ho saying Tatters led off at a lively pace, for
tho horses were somewhat rested, find it is safe
to say that they understood the meaning of the
little road under their feet.
"Hurrah! hnrrah! hurrah!"
Tatters turned in his saddle and shook his
rap to cheer the boys behind, as he saw a loag
line of fresh green willows starting up out of
the grass before hiiu.
And didn't the horses dip their noses in the
water. And didn’t the boys slide down from
their saddles and throw themselves beside it.
They all bathed tbeir faces and the hones nib
bled the grass as the riders sat on the bank and
looked anxiously at the setting sun.
"Stop here and bold the hones till I < ome
bark," said Tatters.
He went down to the edge of the water and
looked long and anxioudy at the swift little
After porusing the thriving littlo town of
Winona and notiug tho lively business of her
merchants, I asked Dr. Waul to tell me what
all this life and prosperity depeuded upon.
"Cotton,” said ho, "nothing but cotton.’’ This
town handles about fifteen thousand bales. It
is grown by white farmers in tho east and no-
grocs in the west. Tho whites aro generally
poor-—very poor—and have no bright pros
pects ahead. It is a struggle to pay for their
advances aud keep up their stock. Their harm
and stables and fences are going to docay. They
arc not making a healthy progress. But still
they live aud manage to give tlieir chil
dren some Echooliug. When cotton was ten
cents, there was a margin of
profit, but now there is none. The negroes are
just ns bad off, perhaps worse, but they don't
know it and don’t care. Tho proprietors of tho
lands rent to the negroes at prices that brings
an income of from five to ten dollars nr acre,
but they aro in somo consternation now. for
tho negroes are leaving by the score, and going
to the railroal lauds below on the delta,.
These lands are ou the raarfcet at
low prices and on long time, nnd
the negroes imagine they can pay for t! cm.
Tcrhaps thoy can. White men do not care to
risk the malaria.
Winona Las good schools. In fact, I find
them everywhere, and every town assure* mo
that them have the best iu the state. The
school fund of Mississippi aggregate.- about
eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars, nud
is rnndo up of recoipts from sales of public
lands and from taxes on occii|>atious and an
sdvalorcm of three mills. This is a largor
school fund lliau Georgia has got. and
it providos free - education for about six
months iu tho year. Winona has a ritlo
company composed of her best young* men.
This is a good feature in our land A citizen
soldiery is tho best that any government ran
have, for it is founded on patriotiwm aud uot
on money. The standing armies of Buropo
arc u great oppression upon her pcoplo, for thoy
aro non producers, and like the droucsUu a
hive, have to bo fed and clothed by the “ ’
lug bees—by the sweat of tho toillug n
It seems to bo a necessity over there, for thoy
have nabors who aro not always frlomUy, but
here wo have peaceful oceans cm either sido
and a friendly uabor on our north dud a help-
in's ono on our south. A volunteer
half a million of men who aro product and
support themselves and lose no time frcnBiolr
, _ ... daily occupations. •
In tho hot caddies. The horses began to stum- Jackson is a high old town—a city of mag-
hfliu miniature appearance cl' the natio
capitol, with its lofty dome, nnd fronting I’oi
sylvnuia avenue. Business scorns to he thi
nificcnt distances. From tho depot tlio capital
has a miniature appearanco of tho national
’onn-
thriv-
ing hero. The morcliants lmudlo about forty
thousand bales of cotton, nnd there are
manufactories of various kinds. I called
on Ills excellency, Governor Lowry, and
found him a solid, unassuming gcutlcmau of
about fifty venrs with tho great south in his
head and .Mississippi in his heart. TWs is hit
second terra and ft sneaks well for
had no opposition.
a tho gr
H in his h<
peaks wc _
I notice that somo of tho
pants al*ove his knees
ter, clutched a little white object aud hurried
back to the boys.
"See that! A chip! They are encamped on
this stream somewhere., and they can't be
try far away from here."
Eagerly the boys mount, d tlieir horses and
rode close after Tatter*.
‘ And Uow.do you know they are close by?"
uneried or.c.
"The chip was wet only on one side. It had
not been ten minute* in the water."
As Tatters said this the boy* exchanged
glance*. They were *o glad to be nearing tbeir
father once more. But it somehow began to
dawn upon them very clearly that they did not
know everything, even if their father was rick.
Scion gnu* were heard firing for the lust
party. Turning a corner in the willowy little
river, they saw the tents, the wagons in corral,
and the wu fctdto? peacefully beyond.
pan- ... ...
cisiug the pardoning i*owcr. Ho our own pa
per* did Governor Stephens; but after all, it is
a noblo epitaph for a governor's monumont
that if he erred, it was on tho sido of mercy.
The state house officers impressed mo with
their commanding, intellectual uppoarauco,
both in form aud features. They aro
not so old as Father Barnett, our much loved
secretary of state, hut they will 1>e if thoy
live ou and fight grim death ns complacently
aa he doe*. Old Father Timo keeps cutting
down all around him, hut tlio good old patri
arch imile* so sweetly when ho comes that lie
paiecson and says I will sco you later. Mr.
Miller, the attorney general, had just received
a letter from Grady—our Grady. It was in
answer to ono Mr. Miller had written to Grady
congratulating him on hi* great spco^ti. They
were classmates at the university of Virginia,
and the attorney general wrote him that ho
admired his paper, The CimnTrtTTroN, but
could hardly be calm and itrene when lie rend
these articles on the tariff, "that southern out
rage, that abominable abomination."
Grady closed hi* reply by saying: "Now ns
to the tariff do you just let it alone, it will
take care or itself. Wo will not discuss a ques
tion that neither you nor I understand." I had
my personel complimented at various times by
new made friends who told mo that I favored
Governor Lowry and General Stephen !». Lee,
for which Mrs. Arp would bo very grateful ir
hbc could see either of those distinguished and
handsome gentlemen. But I did not dare to
mention it to either of them, for I remember
that once upon a time when I told a gentleman
that my frienda said I favored him, ho shut one
eye, and remarked: "Possibly it may bo so, but
if yon will never mention it I won’t."
I like Kosciusko very much for many rea
sons, but mainly, I reckon, because Koscintko
likes me. It Is a nice little town of 12,000
bales and is the home of Colonel Anderson, the
M. C. elect from that dUtrict. He was iu
the field and had no designing ambition, but
the people took him up and nominated hirn
and well did he deserve the compliment.
Speak ing about cotton, lot me say that in Mis
sissippi when a stranger inquires about the
business of a town they will s»y: "Well, wo
handle ten thoumnd bales," or fifteen thou
sand or some other number, and that settles it,
for that isall, pretty much all. There isosmuch
good pickings in cotton as there is in a fat hog
after it is killed. The whole town fattens on
it, but the country keeps poor. As 1 neared
West Point I found that I was gliding in a
different country from any that I had seen. I
conld easily imagine I was in Texas, for here
was the prairie, the genuine Tcxai prairie,and
no mistake. It bordered on the timber
with well defined lines, just like it did
in Texas. Vast stretches of level, open
land meet the eye all along the route to Tupelo.
West Point is a beautiful town of fifteen thous
and bales of cotton. It is a post helium town,
situate on a sandy plateau that has fine drain
age and good, natural sidewalks that iust suit
a lady with dainty feet. I think that Mrs.
Arj* would like to live here, for she has never
become reconciled to the chocolate raud of north
Georgia. If a woman has got a pretty number
two foot she has great respect for it, and it
grieves her to soil even her shoe with mud.
The beautiful country around West Point
has attracted many northern settlers, who
have gone to work diligently and are showing
the natives what can be accomplished by work
and (outriranee. I saw for myself how they
had resurrected exhausted lauds. It is said
that thi
One of _ . . ..
jury, and as the juries here are well sprinkled
with blacks be wrote the judge a letter asking
to be excused.tor he had no liking for the darky
ai d did not want to bo in close contact with
him, and he did uot boliovo
that ho could do any ciso
justice as a juryman if ho had to confer with a
negro about the verdict. Tho negro is so slow
nnd careless and shiftless that a diligent north
ern man soon becomes dhgusted aud drives
him away. Tho farmers of this region aro
quite fascinated with tho cattle and dairy bus
iness. I expect there aro more Jorsoys aud
ih'lsioinsand Hereford* within arad ins of fifty
miles than in all Gcorgin. Now Orleans is
their market for butter.
Now tbis brings mo to HUrksvillc, a pleasant
town of fifteen thousand bales nnd tho sito of
a far-famed agricultural nnd mechanicM
college: I hnd heard of this college all along
the Hue, nnd felt an anxious, earnest interest in
it. 1 wanted to see if it was possible to make
an institution a success whoro labor was hap
pily mingled with study It has long been i
theory of mine that tho mind and the body
should bo educated together—tho hoad and tbo
hand—and I still remember wluit importance
was attached to this union way back in tho
HcTiptnrc days where David said: "May my
right hand forget its cunning, and my tongue
cicavo to tbo roof of my month, if I
forget tfcco, oh, Jerusalem!" My good
old father tried to establish this theory and
expended a great deal of raonoy in bnildiug
up a manual labor institute half a century ago,
Ho hail thocarncbt co-oporation of every
rent in the .state who was afiUctcd with nn
corrigible son. They were all sont there to bo
controlled nnd reformed, but it was a morti
fying failure. Tho sons of rich parents would
not work at all. On tlio coutrary, they retard
ed work. They plotted and planned by
night how thoy should tlodgo thoir threo
hour's of labor the next cloy, and they genor
ally succeeded. Tho experiment was i
signal failure and cost my futlior
several thousand dollars. But that was iu
slavery day*, when tho sons of rich men had a
contempt for labor. Now thoro is no such con
tempt existing at tlio south, and I boliovo that
the union of ial»or with study cau bo made a
.success, nnd that it will givo the south a hotter
class of young men than the litorary colloi
have turued out. The stato of Mississippi 1
go no into this business with earnestness
nud ucivc that is deserviug of
cefs. It is uo half-way oxperimont.
Two thourand acres of fair, avemgo laud arc
hero for the boys to work. A portion of it is
devoted to horticulture, a feature that I great
ly admire. Then there is tlio stock depart*
incut aud the dairy and tho silos aud ull tho
incidentals. The boys have tho best of op
portunities to become experts in chemistry
and geology nnd eurvoying nnd tho nualysis of
soils nnd vcgotablo products. They plaut aud
cultivate tlio crops. They establish nurseries
of fruit trees and vines. They graft nnd
bud nnd prune nnd liavo orch«
aids coming on to full bearing,
They fill the silos. Thev Lord tho cattloand
" “ “ them, and thoy inako
A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT!
A Night Bxpresa Carrying Excursionists to tbs Io#
Carnival st Montreal Strikes a Broken Rati,
Falla From a Bridge and TaksaFirs-
A Great Lots of Life-Tbs Details.
milk tlio cows nnd feed
tho butter aud run the croamory.
Just thiuk
but Jerseys and BMP. . .. T .
Devons. Just think of a churn that holds 250
'gallons nnd another that holds 1(H) gallons;
nud there aro great cans of cream that isship-
ped dfHIy to New Orleans, for at this season
cream sells for more than butter. Tho
boys do all this. I saw them at it,
dressed in their overalls, and they did it will
ingly aud wero proud for mo to tbo thorn at
theso practical industrial pursuitB. It is cor-
tnlnly a novel sight to see a boy in tlio chtmi-
cal laboratory with his blowpipe and his cru
cible following science in it* most obtruso cal
culations, and then put on his working clothes
nnd goto tho cowpcn. Well, thoy do that
hero at the A. and lfi institute* General
Lee is a wondorful man—tho man for tho
place. His West Point education has mado
him a disciplinarian, nis parent stock has
rondo him a man of broad, commanding Intel
lect nnd personal at tractions. Tho boys love
him nnd respect him and fear him. "Who is
that young man," said J, "that I sco drilling
that squad? Uo has no uniform on." "No."
raid I ho general; "ho Is u splendid
soldier, but ho violated ono of
tho rules lust week and I took
II' his uniform for ten days." Bovs have been
x]*clled whose parents uro I bo dignitaries of
tbo bind. Thorc is no favoritism hero. Gen
eral Leo knows no favors. The humblest boy
in the state bus an equal clianco with the sons
of tbo highest. Tlio institution is full. Fro-
qnent applications arc made from non
resident- for admission, but they cannot
take them. Take it all in ull,
1 believe it is the grandest institution of the
south. It is only six years old, and is yet in
its infancy, but it is a success and is tbo * pride
of all .M iskisslpni. There are many dairy farms
und fine cattle herds in this state, and most of
them are now in charge of young men who
graduated at this institution, and they are lib
erally paid for thelrskill and experience.
Bill Arp*
A Uabe Condemned to Hard Labor.
A Carlisle, Ta., dispatch says: Squired. B.
Marlin'* face was whitened this afternoon when
the jury came into the court with n verdict, unan
imously agreed upon Iu two hour*, that he was
guilty or mi-demeanor In office. Martin's case oc
cupied tiro days of the court's attention. At each
sitting thecourt room wa*so full that seats coubl
not be bad by all, and the aisles were packed with
sturdy old farmers who had driven many miles to
t-ee what came of the man who bad helped ho ma
terially to make their tax bills Idg. The specific
charge which brought Martin before the court was
the commitment of two-year-old Willie Albright to
thirty days' "hard labor" in the county Jail. The
child, It was shown iu the evidence, came to Car
lisle In his mother's arm*, and the obliging Martin
sent him to the county jail with his mother for
thirty day*. Each had a separate commitment
ending witli the words "and there him keep at
hard labor." Willie didn’tralnd that last sentence,
fcven if be could have read it he would have been
unconcerned, for all hi* energies were necessary
to make the pro|»cr exhibition of hi* squalling
towers. Martin excused himself with the plea
that Willie's vagrant mother was II! aud lie hadn't
the heart to re-panto them: and having been ill-
formed that they would not t*o received at the
county poor home he did not know where else he
could have sent them.
White River Junction, Vt., February 5.—
Tho night express which left hero for Mon
treal, filled with passengers from Boston and
New York for thocurnival, was wrecked at tho
crci&ing on tho Whito river. A rail broke
ami the engine, one bnggago car, ono paasengor
nnd ono sleeping car went over tlio bridge,
sixty feet into tlio water. Before tlio engineer
or any ono could get to tlio wreck tlio cars had
caught fire nnd burned. The bridge also was
burned, nnd inside of twenty minutes* all wore
destroyed.
Tho train was about an hour and n half lato
leaving Whito Itivcrjunction. It consisted of
a locomotive, baggage car, two postal cars, two
passenger coaches and two sleeping cars, and
was running at tho usual ruto of sped. When
nhout two hundred yards south of tho cud of
Deck bridge, near ol<l Windsor station, a broken
rail was .struck. The locomotive, baggage car
and postal car broke away from tho rest of the
train, passing over tho bridgo iu safety. The
cat of tho train was thrown from tho rails and
continued on tlio rond bed until it canto noar
tho end of tho bridge, but there it ran over au
abutment and ull of
THE CAR* FELT. INTO WHITE RIVER,
some fifty feet below. Tho gorgo at this point
Is frightful, nnd when the cars wont (town
there was a terrible crash. As soon as possible
tho detached part of tho train was stopped and
ran back to tho scene of tho disaster. The
rercamsof tlio injured were heartrending. As
sistance also came from pcoplo living la the
vicinity, aud everything was don*', to roS< uo
nnd relievo tho injured. 8v»n after help ar
rived, it was discovered (hat tiro had started in
tho fit st passenger coach and soon the entire train
was ablaze, 11ms adding new horror to tho al
ready frightful catastrophe. Those present
were powerless to stop the fire and devote 1
themselves entirely to attempting to rescue
thoro imprisoned in (be wreck.
The rescuers met uuothci aud unoxpocted
cbstnrlo in tho hcnt,*which had bocouio so in-
tenre that they were obliged to relinquish
their efforts to save tho sufferers, and were
compelled to retreat to a place of safety for
thciuhchcsand to becomo unwilling and hor
ror-stricken witnesses of
'J lit: 'AWFUL HOLOCAUST.
In addit ion to this ami to add to tho terrors
and sufferings of tho passengers, tho weather
was Intensely cold ana tho heroic rescuers
were hindered thereby in their work.
No water could be obtnlucd with
filled with wounded. Others are scattered
along for three or four miles with no means of
coa uunication except by train. Tho water in
White river, at place of the accident, is not
more than five or six feet deep, with but littlo
current, and the Ice i* perhaps fourteen inches
thick. The felliug of the cars upon it, and the
heat of the fire, molted tho ico clean, but little
of tho personal effects of tbo passengers bolng
left to roveal the identity of their owners.
DIED BY THEIR OWN HAND.
..f!. .-finrn tw i.nift. <>r.o was taVentrInches thick on
wero no uppliances at hand to mlso it.
A greut many were killed outright
by tbo tremendous fall and tho rush of the
cats; but several cases arc known where peo
ple unhurt or only slightly injured were fasten
od in tho w reck and burned to doaih. Ono
lady and one gentleman wero rescued from
a hleepcr badly bruised and almost nakod, tliolr
clothing being torn from them iu hastily pull-
ing them out of reach of the fire.
HURNINCI OF THE llRtlKiR.
The bridge caught fire and was destroyed.
The night was freezing cold and but for tho
hospitality ofa fanner named Thomas 1’iugore,
who lived near the scene of the ac< idont, who
filled hh house with tho sufi'erers, many who
[caned the wreck with little or no clothing
mild have frozen to death.
K EN EH AT Til K W R E» K.
A gentleman'named McCarthy, who went in
the relief train and looked over the track,says
the broken railjwas about twenty rods from tho
bridge, and that tho engino and first two cant
Beading, Pa.. February 1.—At a farm bouso
near East Hanover, Lebanon county, yester
day, Bchecca Buck, aged 35 ycari, was found
hanging in an attic dead. The young womau
had been quite melancholy of lato, bat the
cause for her taking her life is not known.
The deed prayed on tho mind of her mother,
Hprah Buck, aged 72 years, to such an extent
that a fow hour* later sho hanged herself in
exactly the same placo where her daughter’*
body had been found.
Knoxvillb, Tenn., February L—Dr. Matt
Alexander committed suicide this afternoon by
taking five grains of morphine. Ho w*as ono
of the leading physicians of Kuoxville, but
bad recently been dissipated. Ho left a note
saving:
I die with malice toward none. I go to holl.
Toil my Km to go to heaven.
Dr. Alexander was a member of tlio board of
examining surgeon* of tbo ponslon department.
Elkhart, Jnd., February 4.—The village of
Millcrsburg, seven roll?* east of Goahen, has
been thrown into nn uuusnnl state of excite
ment by tbo suicido of Miss Aehsha, tho
daughter of W. E. Hoffman, a wealthy former,
residing near by.
It Appears that for two year* past a yottng
moil had been paying MIsh Hoffman atten
tions, and she was doeply attacbod to him.
It was understood until recently that tho
couple would b* married soon. It scorns,
however, that Miss Hoffman discovered a few
weeks ago that the gentleman was becoming
particular in his attentions to another young
lady in Goshen. This hnd a very dopreuiug
effect upon her, nnd sho became despondent
Mr. llofikinn, whiio himself living on a form*
hi the owner of a town residonco which wo*
occupied by a Mr, Donaldson nnd his family,
but with two rooms reserved for Mr. Jloffman’a
use when iu town, where different momhera of
his family often remained over all night.
Last
t4e-
Tuesday Aehslia went to a«hc, nnd, not 4o-
turninx Unit evening, littlo wan thought of tho
mnttcr; hut Fruity, • sinter, passing through
rotrud-
1 proti
cars being prrwrvtd intact nlhml
dathm for n port of tho wonudod.
tiik nr.Ai. nonir> ».v THU n n.
Word wns sent hero immediately after tho
accident, and a largo force of mon, attended hy
several physicians, repaired lo tlio scene. Tho
bodies of IIva of tho dead have heen Idcr.tlllcd,
threo of which were not burned, i in the ice,
below the bridge sit., aro twenty-aiz charred
and unrecognizable bodies. Many more were
doubtless entirely cremated. The Central
Vermont railroad olllclals arrived at the scene
of the disaster at an early hour, and are doing
everything possible to relieve the sudcrcrs. No
less tbsn ten physicians were in attendance on
tho wounded before H o’clock this morning.
tho rooms while In tow
ing from under the be.
sho thought nothlug of It, but Friday night
the told her jvarente. Mrs. Hofflnsn, who had
hy this time becomo thoroughly frightened at
Achsha’a prolonged absence, insisted ou her
husband going to town to see for himself. Ac
cordingly he wcnl, and, upon entering tho
room, found )il> danghtor dead In bod. Uoslilo
tbo bed, where it had fallon from tho lifclcJ
Investigation showed thatMlaslfolTmaii had
gone to town on receipt of tho Invitnttnn, pur
chased a quantity of chloroform and bromide
of potassium, and liad then retnrnod to hor
room und doiiberutely mado preparations for
her death. After making a very careful tollot
nnd writing two letters—one to a sister and
another to a favorite aunt—sho lty down upon
the bed, taking threo handkerchiefs, all of
which sho had saturated with chloroform,
hor (bee,
icod down over her face. A
an his opltlen that
thirty hours when dl ,
douhtcdly took tho chloroform
noon as soon as alio had cotnph
Tbo letters listed that .lisa]
was tho cause of the snleide.
Nrw York, February t.
twenty-ono'
In New Yorl _
ci's grave, In the Ksst Mori
Long Island, lie bail severed
bis wrist with a small pocket
face. A physician gave It
she had been dead about
wovered, no that the Un
learn of age, whole yoddoncov
k, committed suicideinn hi, moth.
About.forty persona csrjped alive: nearly n!J are on bit mother, wbodjed with all sympi
hurl to some ext.nl. Tho conductor of the I poisoning. It Is holioved that Oelamr
were devotedly attached to thele
tiro hoy Harry Iklrly worshipped his
and when the .lied, bis grief know no
It In thought that fain grlcfdrovn him
ITTTtntllKi, Fa., February 8.—John Ingbarn,
wbo shot bis wife the other day at Boston, Fa.,
I Itemize she sued him for sdnport, and who wan
sent to Jail, committed anlclde tonight In his
Hiorx Fa us, Dakota, February B.—O. C>.
Delanio, a farmer, shot himself j,-today
w hile a coroner's Jury wan bolding the Inquest
on bit mother, whodled with all symptom., of
The Tallmt of Known Men.
1'rcm the Loudon Htandnrd.
There ap|>carcd in the Loudon pavilion last
cvcniiiR, for the fir>t time in tbi* country, the ull-
e*t man whose height Iim been recorded in mod
em time.-. The new Riant is an Austrian mimed
Winkelmeier, and his height i« eight feet nine
Inches, which is over one foot more than thAtol
( hung,the rhlntre giant. Winkelmeier was born at
Fried berg, near Hal/burg, Upper Austria, in lfc'A,
hi* parent- an humble station In Ilf.-, lie
the youngest *on of a family of four children,
Be of whom l- of abnormal suture, nor are his
parents or grandparent** mm-tially tall. Ills fingers
span two ocuvcs on a piano, and the stretch of his
*rm is enormous. He hhowed no development of
bis extraordinary growth np to the age of fourteen,
but since then he has been growing rapidly, and
medical authoiities in Iterlln and Paris have ex
pressed the opinion that be b likely to increase Ull
he Is twenty-five. The young man is healthy,
strong aud intelligent. Bejond doubt he h one of
the greatest curiosities of the day, and hi» appear
ance ls*-t night side by side with a diminutive
member of thaflekaflfer troupe of acrobat* was ex
traordinary. A huge bed ha* been constructed for
train and several others are fatally wounded,
Tho namrs of tbo twenty.Hoven rescued have
l>een obtained, all are from Now England or
Canada. A number of others who are but
slightly injured departed for their homes on
the first trains thev rouhl take after being
brought to White River junction.
White Bivr.it Junution, Vt.. February 0.—
Probably 8,nno persona visited the smne of the
railroad accident today, The only trains run
were for the accommodation of the officials and
for earning the wounded and the dead. Con
sequently, many teams coming from a distance
of forty and fifty mile*, and centering here in
long procession-. Woven nr eight bodies were
today identified by friends, and many heart
rending scenes were witnessed. It U utterly
impossible to identify more than 10 or 12 of
those recovered,the clothing fo-ing entirely gone
aud the bodlen burned te a crisp. The wora of
recovering the wreckage and bodies has been
covered that ran be. The iron
dir* has all been pulled over and
cleared sway. The total number of bodies
recovered today is five, one woman
and four men. Drs. Grinndl and Bing
ham, of Burlington, have today thoroughly
examined tbs remain* of the victims thns far
recovered, for the purpose of ascertaining the
number. They report them to ho, up to this
morning, Just 27, which, with the five found
today, make*
:» RECOVERED THU* PAR.
Thi* statement is verified by Lieutenint Gov
ernor Fuller. Mr. Fuller is doing everything
in his (tower for all the sufferer*. He has been
Instrumental In establfobing a bureau of infor
mation. All rommnnications regarding the
iKtssenger* should be addressed to Henry E.
Tinker, station agent. White River Junction,
Vermont. Mr. Fuller also Indorses the state
ment that from all information obtainable at
tbis time, from the connecting rood ticket
agents and survivors of the disaster, it if be
lieved that the total number of soul* on board
of the ill-feted train, including the trainmen,
was H. Of these .*12 are accounted for as
shove, :v> are in the care of surgeon*, one died
today, and nine are left on the same train
with the uninjured, leaving only four unac
countable for. It is understood that there
were some children without ticket*, so the
above figures may be slightly changed. At tho
time of its occurrence and ever since, the ther
mo meter has registered from 5 to I* degrees
below aero. The suffering from.
told was intense.
There are only two or three fern houses
within two »i|ee of the ififtk, atp\ tUf*
oned his mother before taking Ills ofl
JIo had got Into serious financial straits.
I showed symptoms of mental derangement.
Chicago, February 2.—Tho >1(0
report* eitremtlr com weather in I
tarn Montana, tlio merenrj at Fort t
bolne refUtaringtO 0 below xcro it aeron o'clock
thta morning. Tbronghont Dakota, Mlniiooota
■nd Wloconrin it la eonildenbl? war
northern Mlanooota paints reporting
weather, while at nt.Faul it la & above
At LaCrota, Wla., It If U- abOTO. and a
go ‘J0° above. It la anowlng throughout tin.
nortbweat and In nearly all tha states north of
tbo Ohio river. Heavy thunder storms are re
ported at Knoxville, Tenn., Igruisvllle aud
Cincinnati, and telegraph service throughout
tbo southwest is very much Impaired In conso-
•jnence.
hr. Pai i„ February 4.—Dispatches from -
Montana, Dakota, and othar points along tin.
Northern Pacitc road report that the continued
succession of ‘‘blizzards” and deep snow has
been .llsastrons to every Interest In those local
ities. Heavy mortality among cattle has boon
caused by the combined efforts of freezing and
starvation, and at some points not of conveni
ent access to the railroad, fuel and provisions
for human beluga la growing scarce. Instancea
aro reported of bnrnlog fences and unoccupied
buildings for fuel.
Drvn.'s Lakk, l)ak., February l.-Mu. Kd-
ward Walker, residing ulue miles north of
hero, perished in attempting to go to a nalgh-
lior's kousa during HatnrdayV blizzard, which
prevented her husband's return from town.
He found Her body half buried In tho snow,
enc-third ofa mile from tho neighbor!
Cured by Faltb.
Adrian, Mich., February 4.—A strange but
well authenticated case of frith euro Is reported
here today. Mrs. Walter a Mead, aged twenty-
nine, wife of a well known drag man, has mffered
tweyeanwlthanabtcealn her side, and to, tha
past two weekahaa been eonllned to hv bed. Blin
der Hr. Itaynoldi, attending physician, called la
consultation with Dr. Dental Todd, mayor of the
city. I'P to last night doubts wero entertained
whether tho woman would live. Today the phy
sician found hta patient drasud. anting np. and
anting with lair relish. She said last night tha
Lord, inntpoooa to her pnyen, bad holed her
and restored her rtrengtb. A reporter who called
later, Ibond the woman Brut In frith, she wax
cared, an examination of her side showing sppsr-
rally s healing wonmL with eapptntotan. Th;
caw excites a watrd Interest hero, gat BSt'tiit
nca pwtmw mtwKirn
