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r i RGA JLJLJUJ MO RG ANTON, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11. 1887. NO. 450 Star NTON "mmjrm TtPBfflp r.Kflirot ttpinsmvl AT ST. LOUIS A FAMILY BLOWN INTO ETERNITY. Absolutely Pure lines. A marvel ot wholesomeness. ki, powder never vai r... ttror.eth and UVcoiiomical than the ordinary kinds, j (.jinnot h Mim i.uuijicnnv.11 h he multitude of lew test, short weight 'riorphosjiliate powders. Sold only in UoYAi- Baking Powdicr Co., 106 JlSi..X-Y Only One Inmate ot the Building; Escapes The Thrilling- Story of Her Release. St. Louis, Nov. 1. A flash fol lowed by si dull roar, and then the crash of walls convulsed the center of this city at two o'clock this morning, and the clatter that fol lowed carried the rumor of a horri ble calamity that had befallen three families while wrapped in . slumber. An explosion of gaso 1 line in the rear of the cellar of Michael Newman, grocery store, No. 13, South Fourteenth street, had lifted the two story building : from its loundation and droped it ! back again in mass beneath which were buried over a dozen persons. They were, Michael Newman, aged 52 years; Mrs. Annie Newman, aged 40 years; Miss Mamie New man aged 16 years; Nellie New- 15 years; Kate New- of Columbus, Ky. She was badly injured but miraculously escaped death. She is the onlv nerson who j i - pas.xed through the terrible ordeal and lives to tell the story of her escape. She awoke to find herself buried beneath heavy timbers somewhere against the wall. She was unable to tell where she was thrown; but when her eyes opened she be held the thrilling scene that had all the effects of a horrible dream. On one side a wall of lire reached to the sky, while crasiiiug timbers and the clatter of iron caused a ures wildly running and gesticulat ing, robed only in night dresses, North Carolina Governor. North Carolina had six Govern- We have been accused by some of our c-o!iiHtitor of selling cc r tain good at rtdiculnusly low prices in order to iiait" t lit- pub lic. We intend to put a low a tirice on nil our -imuU i .!;. Til.. J-1 . . r I 11.. - . i : . . - aim uie mumping oi the lire en- vicucrai -vsssemoiy. n uiese cas-t aml-let-livc ' policy will justifv giues. a nine wnue ami human . wen, .Alexander, Gianni ami lien vividly told the dread uncertainty ors under the Crown. Ithastwcn and fright that had seized the ty-seven under the Constitution, community. The din was enhanc- beginning with Richard Caswell ed by the rumble of ambulances i 1770, who were elected bv our -I UK WE GUILTY? nature asserted itself, and the or- jamin Williams were elected lor ganized efforts of the city were of two terms. The Convention of avail. The ambulance service ! transferred the election of was excellent. Wagons sent to I Governor from the Legislature- to man, aged aged Eddie New Charles De- vere, Mrs. Charles Devere, Miss man 11 years; aged 13 years ; storm of dangerous missiles tolly about her head. The screams of those in the adjoining building rang on her ears, and as she realiz ed her situation, she almost faint ed. But uerved to a last desper ate struggle by the groans of the dying she essayed to escape but found her efforts battled at every turn. She was firmly pinned by a beam across her thigh and an iron rod over one ankle. She could not tell what means she 'employed to get out; but as she twisted and struggled in vain, the fire the scene 'brought skilled attend ants and many physicians were ready when their services could be used. Nothing was spaied to re- neve uie snuerers. .As tnev were l removed from the debris they, were i ernor, appointed by the President, taken immediately to the Dispell-' Governor Vunre ithe only one of satory. The police -soon had con-1 the forty-two, regularly elected by 0 EHiiii HM BftULHiUU IR A SPECIFIC FOR uppressed canty and ainful rofuse IffENSTRUATION or lit taken dnring the CHANGE OP LIFE, great :enne aua danger win De avoided. tSe Sena lor m"Meb8Agb to Women," mailed free. BaADFiELD Eegulatob Co., Atlanta, Ga. MORGANTON, N. C. Hattie Brown, of Columbus, Ky. Bruised about the lower limbs were Charles Eifferd, Miss Patty Bryant, and Mrs. Beasly. The explosion had scracely wrecked the j)lace before a devas fating fire swept through the ruins. Aid was quickly on the scene, hnr, in such iron fusion Hint 7flWAM'l llfPPl the horror seemed to increase with I MIJIESE'BiS their efforts te relieve the impris- oned victims. The people of the mgqiar neighborhood were dumb founded, mauy were unused, and none in HONTHLT SICKNESS. V" . , f ''f5',"'1" ouul tiie siiecLss sueKiuj; lntnus, demanding explanations or mourn ing from bruises. The heat of flames that had swept down upon the ruins baffled the efforts of fire- men, who had begun the first sys- tenia tic work, and for a few min j utes bid fair to spread in adjoining I property, but good work won and : then began searching for the dead. The store was on corner of an al lev rnnnin.ov. t.hronffh from Four- Tuition from 81 to 83 per month. toenth to Foree street, and was the North room of the building covering No. 2, 7, 9, and 11 Four teenth street. The building, a two story brick, was completed but a short time ago, and only one store room was occupied. Mr. Newman and his family of seven lived over the store. The force of the explo sion was terrific. The entire block of buildings north - of and a cross the alley from the building in which the explosion took place were gutted by the blast. The Newmau block crushed in, was cov ered by the roof which had settled down upon the ruins and formed a barrier through which the rescuers had to cut their way. Beams and walls impeded their progress, aud the threatening walls on either w w V' v asa vita ii nv iiiv 1 f C O blown toward her until her large black tresses were scorched, the odor of burning meat peuetrated her lungs and almost suffocated the brave girl. Belief appeared hopeless; just as sue sank oacu in despair, the ruins settled down and the overhanging timbers were raised irom the iimus winch were fettered in deadlv embrace. No time was to be lost, as the fire pressed close around her. With extraordinary effort, Miss Brown sprang to her feet and staggering, falling she made her through the ruins. way blindly Again and the people, and since that time we have had tilt ecu. who were regu larly elected by the popul.tr vote, and five who were ox-otlieio Gov ernors, ami one Provisional Gov- ;um inr nornii p.iironagi ex tended to us iudirates that our al leged practice of ulia:tingM is sat isfactory to the ,iiters.M we shall continue to throw out large otian- titics of thesame.Miriof "bait? in the diaH of all l.i's or Hard ware at lower prices than ever, at biiri'iNci HAKiia'Aui: Co. Great bargains in all kinds of IlanNaav at SllUIMNU IlAltDWAKi: Co. trol of the crowd aud vandals had no opportunity to ply their trade. The firemen worked at the falling buildings regardless of the adja cent walls which towered with im pending danger. With daylight comes word that all the victims have been removed. A corrected list of the dead and wounded by the expldsiou gives eight dead and three wounded seri ously. Six others who lived in the building reported : missing have been found either injured or slightly bruised. Five of the New man family are dead. Mamie is horribly mangled and burned and beyond all hope of recovery. Nel lie lies in a terrible condition but may recover. Charles N. Devere and wife and Mrs. Agnes Beasly are dead. Miss Hattie Byrant is badly bruised. There arc many the Assembly mid icopUv who was elected for three terms. But had a sou to attain to ihU distin guished poVitiou. Five of these counties, Craen, Guilford, Hal.- fax, Warren aud BuucouiIh, fur nished oeeupauts for the Govern or's chair, each, three terms, and eight counties, Leuoir, Chowau, New Unuover, MHnv MeckJin burg, Orangiv Wage and Bocking ham, for two terms each. North Caroliuxhas furnished to other States fifteen Governor., three Presidents, two Vice-PreM- dents, fourteen United States Sen ators and forty-one luembrrs. of lower House of Congress. John K. Steele, who lecauie Governor of New Hampshire in IS 1 1 was born in Salisbury in 17U ami is said that he was a shoe maker, aud theories as to the accident, but when he left his native town he none are satisfactory. The mob started on foot, currying a bag which press around the scene ex- containing some cobbler' tools. citedly talk of Anarchists and again she fell, and, as she says, llieil. dynamite, but men of sense her strength was completely ex TKIXCIPAL : E V. 11. L. 1 ATT OX,' A. B. h A k imtk mi tag, Ml inuenrai ice on crs. uoard very asoiialih'. Students wishing lows to board themselves can get iciii at a iair ovice. Rovs de.sir- it aro, prepared for college, nial drill each week in Debate I'l Declamation. For Oiirtii nlars nd dress Mie. ucipul. hausted and she stumbled forward falling headlong into an open place where she lay unconscious for a few minutes. She was restor ed by the cool breeze ; that brought blood to her brain and she again discountenance this idle prattle. The general belief is that escaping gas filled the cellar and that Mr. Newman kept a quantity of kero sene oil and gasoline iu the cellar n?ar where the explosion evident- IT O TT T" 3 5 fCRSEANO CATTLE POWDERS k'.?? Tln of Colic. Bots or I Forty- p .j l ov-'rlcrs are nsed in time. Fmb'c ii YI S!W ""'tire and prevent Hog Chomb a. i!1 will prevent Gapes in Fowls. ,,"S rowrters Will inmnso tVia nnontil-iT rvf millr W ,wenty cent- and make the butter firm lv took place. The rapidity of fire rosetoherleetoniytoniidner.seii ad fumes while it burned indi in trie comparative saier oi a cate tllis The vessel and oil, if small rear yard. Then she ran to a neighbor's house and climbing through the balcony, sank down in a swoon. The neighbor found her there and carried her into the street where she was given a skirt, and some clothing. She paid no attention to the- kind offers of friedly hands, but went down to the scene of the explosion and re mained there in agony, scanning the charred and bruised formes as Andrew Johnston was Ikth in the city of Baleigh and was raised on a tailor's IhmicIi. He went to Ten nessee, was subsequently member of the Legislature of that State, a member of both houses ol Con gress, Governor of the State, Vice President of the United States, and finally President. lrojrcirc Farmer. Don't buy a Turning Plow until you have m-cii the new Ml)aiv," and you will h ive no other. Sold and warranted bv Suiting Haudwakk Co. Now is the time to look around and see w here ou can pun-base the lHst Force Feed, drain mul Fertilizer Drill, and don't forget that the Fmpiie' in in the lead either one- or two-hors at SittriMsu Uauuttaki: Co. "Lookout" Stoves, mi n n fact it red from the bet Teiuiese charcoal iron, the U'st kiiouu: every stovo warranted to Iw fnlect in all it 'OlHT.it ions, and at prices which place them in the reach f all, at Siutim; Hai:uwai:i; C. Country Men hants will do well' and save freights by Inning their liuiuwnre of SlILTlNO IIakiiwark Co.. Now is the time to buy Hard ware cheap. If ou don't believe it try SituiMNti llAumvAur. Co. Call at the Shupiug Hardware Co. and sec the Ih-i Thn-e l filler Cane Mill in the world, for the price. there was any, have LeiMi dest ey ed and the only man that knows is dead. Escaping gas -theory is supported however, by the store boy who says that he noticed dur ing the afternoon yesterday a strong smell of gas and before shutting up the store for the night at 7:.H) o'clock he went through the building looking for an - open burner. He did not visit the cel lar. The tremendous force - of the VtNw Ji: KFOUTZ-fl Lung Fe- 1 rmifo u IispAsr A , r Tr-'11 rnre nr prevent almost -evkbY , Tiri'lv'"'"''1 H'Ji"ses and Cattle are subject. &14 everywhere WIL"' GIVE SATIsrACTIoH CAVID E. FOTTTZ. Proprietor. 3ALTIMOEE, UD. FOll SALE BY PjTULL, Morganton, N. C. FAR RS OF BURKE. BceHn Ashe villa is worth from i toe cents, on foot. 1 a'n paying 5 cents cash on foot Ml 1 use at the Jtfarket House. ooit out for all bpef biivors and ake them nav n nnt nor side overhung ready to crush the ! gallant meu who hastened to the I spot where the calls for help di i rected them. The roof was soon removed, and in the debris, were . re.vealed the mangled forms of every one of the family. Twogirles, fNowman's daughters, were remov p.d. Mamie. 19 years ot age, was st ill" alive, but so "mangled fi om the timbers and charred by the tire that she was beyond the hope of hb-i i ' " i recovery. Her sister JNeme, a L 1 10 Ornish the Asylum p.iri of 15 vears. moaned niteously rl UIlf l-.r - , r " - I L,...VClU cents per pound, fnp llfir sister. For ti,e half-hour "ue nad to foot the bill. iv0. EUFUS AVERY. H. BOGEE. 'atchmaker and Jeweler, OKGATON, N. C. 77 t. . "wills Watches, Clocks, evidently UeWellV,$'C., for sale .wrapped: mi - neap. that these two had been imprison- 1 ed their efforts had been to draw i . ... ! near each other when they saw that escape was impossible. "Neither can survive. The rest of ' the "Newman family were dead. Some sat upright and others were flnnhlprl in their beds. Lil'e had fled while they were in slumber. Tn the same building, over store 'No. 0. lived Charles Devere, trav to do all work on short eliug salesman, and his wife. Vis iting them was Miss Hattie Irtown the firemen brought the victimsL,xl)losiou is tne cause of the great from the huge mass of splintered matter. Over the store room No. 11 re sided Mrs. Bryant with her daugh ter, Miss Patty. With them were two boarders, Charles Erfferd and Mrs. Beasly. The last named were buried so deeply in the debris that the search for her was given est doubt as to ibis explanation. A great crowd lingers about the place but the work of rescuers is over. Is Consumption Incurable? Bead the following: Mr. C. H. Morris, Newark, Ark., sas: V:u down with AbMvs of Lungs, and Iriends and physicians iirououncnl me an Incurable Consumptive.! Began taking Dr. King s ew Dis covery for Consumption, am now on my third bolt e, and able to overee the work on my farm. It is the finest medicine eer made.' Jesse .Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says: uIIad it not licen for Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption I would b..ve died of Lung Troubles. Was given up by doctors. Am now in best of health." Try it. Sample bottles free at John Tail's Drug Store. Don't forget the fart that the AJla Beady-Mix. d PaiuU arc sold ami warrant! -d to giv- satis, faction by Siiuiwici IlAi:mvAi:i: Co. Shupiug. Hardware Co. are in the lead lor low prices on all kinds. Hardware, Stoves, Mowers Farm ieg Implements. Don't forget to call ami see them, ami ae rootiey by taking advaii;age of their big o tiers. Deacon Salisbury's Creed. Fear God, love your wife, honor Uncle Sam, pay your taxes and scratch every scalawag on the up until the others were removed, ticket. Fall Hirer Advance. Charled Erfferd was taken out alive, but he died on the way to the hosmtal. jliss liryant was bruised, but her injuries are not dangerous. An unknown man of 40 vears was found in the debris aud removed to the morgue. Besides these injured in this building, many persons in the Electric Hitters. . This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise. A purer medicine does noc exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver ami Kidneys, will remove neighborhood were more or less pimples, Boils, Salt Ulieum and cut and bruised by nymg splinters other affections caused ny impure and bricks. For several blocks on blood. Will drive Malaria from s,i f 0fmor ti,,, ,on. the system and prevent as , well as C,U,C1 ouul .wv. cure an Malarial fevers. For cure cussion shattered windows, aud i" ()f Headache, Coustipation ami In the immediate vicinity aud on the digestion try Electric Bitters En nnnosite side of the way the fronts tire - satisfaction guaranteed, t x - i of buildings were mashed in by L A. BRISTOL & SON. UISSULLTION OF CO-PARTNKIlSIIlF II large OCt 28 3m. the terrible force, aud scarcely a window or door remains. Walls cracked, floors gave way and pla ter fell in almost every house with iu a radius of one hundred yards, and on the heads of sleeping resi dents, startling them and causing a mad rush aud flight to the street. The scene of terror on the streets was increased by the ghastly glare of the consuming flames, and tig- monev refunded. Price 50 cts sr.lMJ-ner bottle ai donu auiis Drug Store. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The BkstSalye in the world for Cuts,-- brumes. Sores. Ulcers, Salt ItheuMi, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Haiuls,Chilblaiiis Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Pile, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Tall. The Indians may tight ; England, may quarrel over the Irish ques tion; Prohibition or no Prohibit tion in America, L. A. BRISTOL & SON Will sell you goods all the same. They are daily receivin shipments of Fall Goods, Consisting of Henry Groceriex, Confection, Dry Good, Clothing, Hoot, Shoe, Hat, Hard ica re, Crockery, WilloicicarCy Leather, Sole and Ujuwr, In short, they keep a general stock :-5IBERnllKGlBE PEOPLE NEED. Ill .S m I . . - . iney are aiso agents lor mosaic of the celebrated FIXE WOOL CARPET, Manufactured in our own Slate Wilmington. They desire to tender their thaiiks for the liberal patronage received, and intend, by honest dealing, to merit a good sharo in the future. When in town be sure to give them a call. Sept. U, 1S.S7. . tf. The firm of Howard & PrcMicll has leeu dissolved by mutual consent. The businevs iu the fu ture will be coudm-ted by IS. K Presnell. All iNTsoiis due the firm, will please call and settle at ouce. 11. A. IIOWABD, K. K. PlIESSNELU 1XOTICE. Having lought t!n entire stock or goods of IIou-anKN: Pn-sm ll, I will continue the Itiinest at the old stand, where I will 1h plcxed to se all our old eutour.rs and as many others as are pirated to call. My purjMsc is to recruit the stock, with ALL THE LA TEST STI LES OF GOODS and sell as cheap a tho cheapest. I have a large lot of Clothing on hand which I will sell AT COST FOU CASH to make room for new good. Thanking my many friends far past- favors ami soliciting their further patronage. I am ivH'ctfiiUr, 1L K. PBESNELL. VT. Y. SCOTT, JK. W. C. XIUVI.N. Scott & Ervin, ATTORHEYS AT LAW, Leuoir, N. C. Social attrntion torooryaocla;. rr.Ilmioni to ta bu4u-s ot Kx-titors, A4mt&utr Ion ami i;uaiiun. : iTJctr la Ujc coort J. V. CAMPBELL & CO., Xjiiznbcr Dcrilci, 3I0RCSANT0X, N. C. VRK now prparwl to r.:i a;: rrlrn tor ram. tT wtitojk. v.al.mw lit. kuT)-. cbry ioi IIm-In Lrr r frimU fi tntl!i- oa Jlorl notice and t iLe lar-t ua.-ri v--m.
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