North Carolina Newspapers

THE PROGRESSIVE PARMER: NOVEMBER 17, 1891. 3 STATE NEWS: L rearu of the Slate PrthS-Drops of Turpentine and (drains oi Rice from the East Clusters of irape$nrul Tobacco Stems from the ICortb-Stalks of Corn and Grains of Wheat from the West Peanuts and Cotton Seed from the South Mr. J. D. McNeelv, a prominent mer chant of Salisbury, died on Monday of typhoid fever. Jackson Fnrr stabbed Frank Allman fatally in Stanly county one night last week. Furr escaped. Odd Fellows at Oxford admire their new building. It is an ornament to the town, the Day states. The W. C. T. U. is building a temple at Waynrsville. It will cost $7,000, and the seating capacity is 2,000. Mrs. Mary Love, wife of Mr. Thos. L. Love, died at Wilmington Thurs day, it is supposed of heart failure. Mr. J. "VV. Perry, of Princeton, Johnston county, lost his gin and several bales of cotton Monday by fire. The Aslieville improvement lands will be withdrawn from the market if they are not sold by Friday of this week. Mr. Alfred Morton and Miss Alta Moflitt. both of High Point, were mar ried at the Benbow House in Greens boro yesterday. Cards are out announcing the mar riage of James II. Ramsey, postmaster at Salisbury, too Miss Mary Miller, November lSth. The Peanut Mills building is going up rapidly. When completed it will be a handsome four-story building, says the Tarboro Advocate. Mr. Ed. Welch's barn, near High Point, was burned Saturday morning at 3 o'clock, together with his horse, buggy, cart, cow, etc. Last week the store of Gallimore cc Mowery, in Dixonville, Rowan county, was burned, all their goods being lost. The stock was insured. While feeding a cotton gin in Stanly county, Thursday, Rufus Maulden had his left hand caught by the saw teeth and torn from his arm. Joseph Cass, who several months ago killed W. G. Wooten, in Iredell county and escaped, was arrested in Tennessee on Thursday. Invitations are out for the marriage of Mr. Frank W. Hancock, of New Berne, to Miss Lizzie Hobgood, of Oxford, on the 17th inst. The money for the electric light plant at High Point has been secured, and the Enterprise hopes soon to hear the hum of the dynamo. At a family gathering on the Slst birthday of David Wagner, in Watauga county on Sunday, 9S of his children and great-grand children were present. In a negro settlement of over 1,000 people, named Oberlin, near Raleigh, there has for years been no fight ing or disorder and no cases in court. The Governor has offered a reward of $200 for Henry Jones, the negro who assassinated Ransom Gill, a promi nent white man, in Franklin county. Lenoir Topic: We think it is a fake about Mrs. Bert Clarke, of Hartland, being bitten by a tiger at Morganton. It certainly is not true that she was killed. The four-year-old son of David Dea son, of Union county, while being left alone in the house was so severely burned Monday that he is not expected to live. Mr. DuBrutz Poisson died of ery sipelas Thursday at Wilmington, aged 2S years. He was the second of the three sons of the late Major E. D. Poisson. Raleigh Chronicle : The penitentiary authorities are arranging for the lease of7.000 acres of 1 ind in Northampton. This will furnish employment for 700 convicts. Mrs. Jerome Dowd died at the home of her father, Judge McCorkle, at Newton, last Tuesday night. She had been ill for a long time with con sumption. F. Pjge, of Aberden, Moore county, who has a large interest in Raleigh, will at once build a handsome hotel on Nash square, f acing the new passenger station there. Henderson Tomahawk: What seems paradoxical to us is, how a building and loan association can lend money at 0 per cent., and pay its stockholders 21 per cent. While returning to his home from Carthage Friday, Archie Currie, of Moore county, was thrown off his wagon by a run away horse and almost instantly killed. Goldsboro Argus: The foundation has been laid for the new cotton factory under construction in the northern part of the city, and the work is now progressing rapidly. Hickory Press; Mr. Kays has gathered 111 A bushels of corn from two acres of land. It was raised on a hillside, well manured and stood very thick on the ground. Mr. John D. Davis, Clark of Carteret Superior ourt, tells the Morehead Seaside that up to date 390 oyster licenses have been granted to individ uals, and4275 for boats. Mrs. S. B. Taylor, of Onslow county, while out driving Thursday, the horse ran away and he was thrown from the buggy and so seriously injured, that she died soon after. In a collision of two freight trains on the It & g. Railroad, which oc curred near Summit Thursday night, Edward Little, a negro brakeman, was horribly mangled to death. The Egypt coal mines will be devel oped to a capacity of 300 tons daily output. Much additional machinery will be put in the plant for furthering this increase in its capacity. Mr. C. H. Laster and son. Master Carle, of SherrilPs Ford, call up one day last week and showed us a curi osity in tl e way of an egg. At one end th re was coiled up a perfect snake. It was a part of the shell, but raised up cosiderably above the smooth surfaca. The Argus notes the death of one of ; Wayne county's most promising young men, Mr. Benjamin Johnson, which occurred at the home of his father, I Mr. S. H. Johnson, Tuesday of fever. j Our friend of the Salisbury Truth failed to give credit to the Messenger j for two editorials copied into its hist issue.- An oversight surely, we know. for two others were copied and credited. Kinston Free Press: Henry Wil liams, of Lenoir county, was found guilty of illicit distilling at New Berne United Srates Court last week and sentenced to thirty days in Lenoir county j'-ul. The barns of Mr. John Hester, near Concord Church, Person county, with a lot of forage were burned Monday night. He saved his horses. The fire is thought to be the work of an incen diary. The little five-year old daughter of C. II. Horneday. of Randleman, was burned to death Monday by her clothes becoming ignited from the tire pi ice. This is the second child lost by fire in that family. S. Hammerslag, one of Asheville's prominent merchants, died Tuesday after -a lingering illness of several months His remains were carried to Charlotte and interred in the Jewish cemetery. A Mecklenburg man was over in Cabarrus lat week boasting that he had a corn field this year, and when they pulled the fodder they could not hang it on the stalks, says the Concord Standa rd. While Ned Pittman, and his wife, colored, of Robeson county, were olf in the field at work Tuesday, their house took fire and their three children, aged from 7 years to IS month, perished in the flames. The Randolph county farmers are using drills in putting in their wheat, and nearly every where clover seed is being put in whith the wheat. That, the Courier remarks, looks like intelli gent farming. Saturday as Dr. C. W. Corriher, of China Grove Rowan county as driv ing near a railroad his horse Decame frightened at the cars, and ran away. He was thrown from his cart and seriously hurt. The Milton Advertiser announces the death of Mr. Felix Roan, at his home at Yanceyville. He was one of the most popular men in Caswell county, and was for a number of years register of deeds. Durham Sun : The case of Joe. Shields for cutting Sam Garden with an ax, which occurred some time ago, came up at the Orange Superior Court this week. We learn that Shields was fined $200 and cost. Murfreesboro Index: The present cotton crop in this section is estimated to be about one fourth less than last year. As the price has been reduced in th same proportion the proceeds cannot be more than half. The wife of Col. S. B. Taylor, one of the best and most prominent citizens of Onslow county, was thrown out of a buggy and seriously hurt Thursd ly, and died Saturday from her injuries, the Wilmington Star states. Winston Sentinel: Iir. YV. R. Bouis, dealer in stoves, chinaware, etc., in Starbuck block, on Main street, made an assignment yesterday afternoon to Mr. W. E. Franklin. The liabilities and assets are not yet known. A small negro boy (about fifteen years old) had his hand entirely severed from his arm last Friday in the cotton gin on the farm of Mr. T. B. Slade's. Doctors Clark and Long dressed the wound, says the Tarboro Advocate. Quite a sensation was caused last week by the finding in front of Mr. Jones' house near Bridge water, Mc Dowell county, a well dressed and well wrapped girl baby apparently about two or three months old, in the woods. Charles Patterson, of Rowan, spent Saturday here. Charles is a brother of W. A. Pcitterson and is the man who has three childrn each one of whom "was born on the 15th day of September, says the Concord Stan dard. Mr, A. E. Wilson, of Morganton, who is stocking a farm on Toe river, has recently, the Morganton Herald says, purchased a large herd of Angora goats in Texas, and his had them taken to Mitchell to be wintered on the farm. Durham Sun: M. J. McDade, of Orange county, was in town to day and he brought the intelligence of a very sad accident of drowning which occurred at WTm. Hawkins' mill pond, in Orange county, last Wednesday night. The railroad fare during Wilming ton's Welcome Week," December 1-5, will be one cent a mile on all roads leading into the city. On the Rich mond & Dinville system the rates will j be one cent a mile on Wednesday and j Thursday. Charles Tise, Jr., 15 years old, was kicked by a horse. The blow was above the eye. A physician removed several pieces of bone which were much shattered. The brain is visible and very little hope is entertained of his recovery. There is a woman in Aversboro township, Harnet county, who puts on breeches arid stacks fodder as good as any man. One of her neighbors tells the Dunn Times she can jump eight feet from one stack to another and catch like a squirrel. Mount Holly Neics : On last Friday Mr. A. C. Stroup met with a horrible accident while tending his cotton gin, near Lowell. In attempting to brush the motes from under the gin with his right arm was caught by the saws and mangled up to the elbows. Raleigh Clironicle : The oyster patrol steamer Lillie, has made a capture in Hyde county. A man named Mott, who swore he was a North Carolinian and who had obtained a license, was taking oysters. It was found that he had sworn falsely, and he was arrested and taken to Hyde county jail, where he now is. Asheville Citizen: George Ingram, wrho lives on Beancatcher, near the reservoir, has a peach tree that has gone in for a second crop ot fruit this , year. Sol. W. Carter, one of Yan ! cey's most prominent citizens, died suddenly on Monday morning. A favorable reply has been received from the Government in response to f the petition from New Berne's citizens for the establishment of a double daily mail. Willingness to supph a double mail service is intimated, provided the trains will run right to take it. Last Saturday while a stovepipe was b4ng arranged at the Gleaner office in Graham the heavy terra cotta pipe fell from the top of the house, striking J. W. Menefee's little two year old boy on the h-ad, knocking him senseless and perhaps fatally injuring him. At Durham last week John Neatherly, who was in t he lockup room of t he jail, set fire to the straw mattress in the room. The fire was promptljr extin guished by the hose company. Neath erly was bound over to court in the sum of $500 for attempting to burn the jail. Asheville Home Journal : Col. C. P. Bryson, of Cashiers Valley, is G3 years of age, but claims to be quite a youth yet, as his father is still living and very sprightly at 93. His grandfather was 115, and his great-grandfather was 110, and of course he expects to see 100 at least. Durham Sun: Capt. W. A. Gattis received his commission this morning as Major of the Third Regiment, under the appointment of Governor Holt. He will accept. His resignation of captain of the Durham Litrht Infantry will be tendered at the next meeting of the company. An Allianceman tells a Charlotte News reporter that it is now pretty well settled that Mr. James P. Cook, editor of the Concord Standard, is to be the editor of the new Alliance paper there, and that the announcement will be made as soon as he can perfect his arrangemants. Salisbury Herald: Mrs. Carrie Cot trell, the widow of Mayor Cottoell, of Florida, .whose escapades, are well re membered, was married recently to Eugene Cottrell, a brother of her lata husband. Mrs. Cottrell was formerly Miss Carrie Freer, of Salisbury, and has many friends here. Mount Airy Neivs: We are soon to have a large town clock, a gift to Mount Airy from that popular and enterprising citizen. Mr. 11. T. Joyce. Mr. II. G. Whitaker, of Pilot Mountain, has rented his hotel to Dr. Strickland of Sampson county, who will take charge shortly. Henderson Gold Leaf: The gin house of Mr. Rufus K. Young, at Five Points on the Louisburg road, about six miles from Henderson, was burned together with its contents last Friday. The fire was caused by a spark from the engine, Over forty bales of cotton and a quan tity of seed was destroyed. George Padgett, the 11-year old son of Mr. J. G. Padgett, shouldered his axe and went out to cut some trees near Marion. The Free Lance says that soon after he vent he was found pinned under the tree he had just felled. The tree fell across his head and shoulders, instantly killing him. The first through train over the North Carolina Midland Railroad ar rived at Mocksville from Winston ahead of time, as the contract between Col. A. B Andres and the Davie county commissioners did not call for regular trains over the road until the 15th of the present month, the Times states. Wilson Advance: We are told that Mrs. W. II. G. Scott, a former Wilson lady, but now of Alexandria, Va., has been offered $500 for her exquisite painting "Christ Before Pilate." She wisely declined the offer, and will most probably receive a much larger amount, and one more proportionate to its value. Near Brick Church, Guilford county, Monday, the residence of F. Z. Clapp was burned, he saving only a portion of the furniture on the first floor. His wheat, corn and provisions, all stored in a barn, were lost. The loss is $2,000, The Record says it is supposed a child carelessly handling a lamp caused the fire. The oyster factories in the State have not opened up and it looks very much like they will not this season, owing to the fact that under the present law they cannot get a supply of oysters. This deprives, at least in the cities of New Berne, Washington and Elizabeth City, 2,000 people of employment. We learn that the embankment at the river at Hub will be completed in about a month, and then the railroad will proceed more rapidly in this di rection. The idea of the management in completing the road as far as it goes, is that they may be able to transport lumber supplies etc., says the Lumber ton Robesonian. A check for $75 has been received from Major T. D. Love, President of the New Hanover Veteran's Associa tion, by W. C. Stronach, Treasurer of North Carolina Soldier's Home, here. This amount is the result of the first annual concert given by Prof. Miller's orchestra, at Wilmington, for the benefit of the home. Charlotte Chronicle: Gen. Rufus Barringer and Dr. Will J. Hayes, of this city, and Dr. Joseph Summerell of Salisbury, were college mates at Chapel Hill and were graduated together in the class of 1842. June 2, 1892, fills the round of half a century fifty long years since the trio set out upon the eventful journey of life. Old Mrs. Betsy Faulkner who lives in Sandy Creek township about four miles from town, came to Henderson recently and purchased the first bonnet in her life. It was the first tiriie she had been here in twenty years, and she said Henderson is not the place now it was then. She is a very old woman but not so infirm as to render her unable to travel. She gave no reason for not coming to town of tener other than that she does not care to do so, says the Gold Leaf. Asheville Citizen: William P. Brosius, who masqueraded in Ashe ville as C. C. Rogers, and stole $800 worth of jewelry from Max. A. Tiller's store in August, is behind ' Bun combe's boasted bastile's bars" at last. Detective J. H. Hampton re turned from Bait more with his pris oner on this morning's train. A three year old of John Smith a colored railroad hand, who lives near the city limits on the North Carolina Railroad, died from injuries received Monday by its clothes taking fire. The child was alone in the house at the ti ue and was enveloped in flames when found. It lived several hours, but in great pain, says the Grensboro Patriot. Newton Enterprise : We are sorry to learn of the death last week of Mr. P. II. Iluit, a merchant of Catawba township. We are pained to hear of the death in Morganton, October 2Sth -of Mrs. S. T. earson. She was the oldest daughter of the late Dr. R. B. Anderson, who was for many years pastor of the Newton Presbyterian church. There was a little excittmnt this morning on Main street, just across from the court house caused by a cat jumping at a gentleman and trying to bite and scratch him. The cat was mad and tried to attack everything that came in the way. It ran into Mrs. Harrison's yard and Policeman Dixon came to the rescue and shot it, says the Durham Sun. Stanly News: Charlie Veile, of Salisbury, has sold his claim on Uwharrie river to a New York com pany. Work is to begin dredging the river almost at once. Charlie Christian, colored, was shot through the thigh in New London on last Saturday, by one of the section hands. The ball was extracted and the negro will probably live. Senator M. W. Ransom sustained a heavy loss on one of his plantations in Northampton county yesterday. A large gin house, engine, presses and seventy-five bales of cotton were de stroyed by fire, believed to have been incendiary, as the fire occurred before work commenced. The loss is about $3,000. Probably partially insured, says a correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch. North Wilkesboro News : Our readers have heard of the elopement of Rev. Z. T. Bell, of Lexington, and Miss Kate Mashburn. They went to Dahlonega, Ga., where Bell introduced the woman as his wife. He wa- convicted of bigamy last Friday. When arrested he was in the act of preaching a re vival sermon, while his female com panion was leading the shouters in the congregation. Louisburg Times: Geo. Hicks, of this county has five boys. They were all born on Friday and are worth to Mr. Hicks $1000 apiece. The rail road warehouse at Younersville was broken into by some person or persons j on the night of October 22d. Several boxes of tobacco and some sugar was stolen and attempts were made to o en the railroad safe and also the safe of Mr. J. S Timberlake, the agent at that place. Washington Progress: We learn that there is a very small number of men engaged in catching oysters as yet. Why is this? Is it because they are not willing to pay the tax imposed upon them? We came very near being burned out on Wednesday after noon, last. The fire caught in the front room while all were at work in the printing department and had con sumed a large lot of material before it was discovered. We sympathize with Mr. J. W. Small in his serious loss from the accidental burning of his gin-house and contents last week at Newbegun, this county. His direct loss was near $0,000, but his incidental loss in his business, from inability to accomodate his large trade in cotton was even greater. Mr. Small is one of our most energetic and enter prising business men and we are sure he will soon rally from his sad loss, says the Elizabeth City Falcon. A young white boy named Haired "Radford, of Fremont, who was arrested there a few weeks ago on the charge of using cancelled postage stamps, an ac count of which appeared in this paper at that time, was up before the United States Court at Wilmington, Thursday, and convicted of the charge. Owing to his youth, the Judge suspended judgement on payment of costs, thereby saving the boy a trip to the Columbus penitentiary, says the Goldsboro Head light. Tarboro Southerner: The tobacco crop this year has been so inferior that large yields and extraordinary profits have been at a discount. Taking into consideration the year, William Hodges, who lives in Halifax, just beyond the Edgecombe border, has done remark ably well. From two acres and a half he has sold tobacco enough to pay all the expenses of manuring, cultivation and curing and leave him $150 on the credit side of the ledger and several hundred pounds yet unsold. Smithfield Herald: We learn that Mr. J. W. Perry, of Princeton, had the misfortune to lose his gin and several bales of cotton Monday, by fire. Ransom Pilkinton, a white man about 60 years of age, was found dead near the warehouse at Pine Level, last Friday morning. Coroner B. R. Hood was notified and went down and held an inquest over him. The jury returned a verdict that he came to his death by being struck by a train which passed during the night, as he was found within twelve feet of the track. Newton Enterprise: Later reports of the operations of the show gamblers in Hickory show that they took a great deal more " money out of the country than was at first thought. We have heard of about a dozen persons who lost on the trick. One man lost $G5, another $60, and another $45 and anothers from $10 to $30. A story is told of one man who went to the gambler to remonstrata with him for cheating his son out of $20, and before he left the fellow so completely con vinced him that it was a fair game that he lost $44 himself. THE LATEST NEWS. Sparks from the Wires Most Important Events Throughout the World for a Week. New York, Nov. 9. Ex-Senator Thss. F. Grady was to day appointed Police Justice. Princeton, N. Y., Nov. 9. The Princeton, Yalk Freshman football game wil be played here to-day. New York, Nov. 12. Advices from China state that Ponkowa is on flames and the whole city will be destroyed. C. B Paul, wholesale lumber, Louis ville, Ky., assigned yesterda-v to W. R. Wray. Liabilities, $200,000: assets, $100,000. The publication of the second chap ter of the Roosevelt Baltimore post office investigation will be made at an early day. Advices have been received that in fluenza has re appeared' in Montevideo and that 2,000 persons are affected with the disease. The soldiers attached to the third artillery, stationed at Washington, complain of the quantity and quality of their food. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 12. Four passengers were killed this morning in a wreck on the Illinois Central near Medruo, Tenn. New York, Nov. 9. The fast Cruiser City of Baltimore, which was feared lost, has come in with all her crew and passengers safe. Steps for securing funds for the monument to Jelferson T3avis, to be erected in Richmond, will be inaugu rated at an early day. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 9. Train on the Western & Atlantic was this morning wrecked by robbers? Fifty passengers were aboard ; all escaped. Fassett will now want to get the col lectorship of New York again. It was a big plum to throw away f r the pur pose of on a "fool's errand." Th ?re were no new developments in the Chilian situation, but naval prepa rations on the part of the United States are being actively prosecuted. New York, Nov. 9. The New York Women's Press Club will give a recep tion this evei ing to William Wilue and his wife, Mrs. Frank Leslie Wilde. New York, Nov. 9 Memorial meet ing services will be held to night in honor of the Anarchists who hanged for the Chicago Haymarket murder, at Cooper Union. Chicago, Nov. 9. Henry E Abbey's operati '. company will open at the Auditorium this evening for a season of five weeks. Thev will then go to New York City. New York, Nov. 9. Literary circles have been looking forward for some time ..to the lecture b E Imund Clar ence Stedman, the poet in Berkeley Lyceum to night. An fficial report has been received in Washington of the recent earth quake in Japan; 6,500 persons were killed. 9,000 injured and 75,000 houses were totally destroyed. Warsaw, Va., Nov. 11. The store house and granary of S. M. -Thomas at Lancaster Court House, was destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning, w:ith the entire contents. A dispatch from Buenos Ay res says that Dr. Irrigoyen, the leader of the Argentine Radicals, has assured Presi dent Pelligrini that no attempt will be made to incite a revolution. Leading Virginia Democrats admit that the newly elected legislature will pass a railroad commission bill, but it will probably confer only moderate powers on the commissioners. London, Nov. 11. Furious gales on the coast are raging now. Eight wrecks have already been noted and other ships are in peril. The loss of life is very heavy. The Majestic is unable to land at Fastinet. Washington, Nov. 9. Secretary Tracy this morning received a dispatch from Admiral Jorge Montt, the new President of Chile, asking for further time in which to amicably arrange the difficulties between the two nations. The Canadian Government has de cided to adopt a vigorous immigration policy. Agents will visit Kansas, Da kota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan to induce the farmers to locate in Manitoba and the Northwest. London, Nov. 9. Her Majesty's son and heir, Albert Edward, the crown prince of Wales, is fifty years old to day. There is great enthusiasm in all the British domains. A grand ball, at which all the Royal family will be present, will come off to-night. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov, 10 About 1 o'clock this morning fire was discov ered in the large building at 629 Mar ket street, occupied by LippincotL Johnson & Co., dealers in woolens aiu clothing. The damage to building and contents is estimated at $250,000. Milwaukee, November 12. Several masked men held up the express train between here and Chicago this morn ing. The trainmen were forced to obey at the point of revolvers and the express car was dynamited and safes robbed of over $100,000. The messengers were forced to obey. Atlanta, Ga.. Nov. 11. The South ern cotton harvester company whose cotton picker had a satisfactory trial on the Piedmont Exposition grounds a few days ago, is so confident of the Eractical success of its machine that it as made a contract with the Van Winkle Machine Company, of this city, for the building of cotton pickers, and expects to be able before the next crop is ready for picking to supply the de mand of the planters for machines. Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 9 A member of the auditing committee appointed to investigate the office of Mayor Wyman of Alleghany, stated this afternoon that a resolution would be presented at the meeting of the general commit tee to night charging Mayor Wyman and Chief of Department of Public Safety Murphy wi; h perjury and em bezzlement. The resolution will also instruct the city solicitor to institute criminal proceedings against them. Commenting on the Bering Sea mat ter the London (Eng.) Neics says: "Both parties may be congratulated, and it ir ay fairly be hoped that no party ci n i derations will trouble the passage of "the agreement through the Senate or interfere with a peaceful and honorable settlement.'' At a conference to day in the pres ence of the State Board of Arbitration between the strikers at Harrison bor ing's iron works, in Massachusetts and the superintendent of the works, it was agreed that ten hours' work per day with ten hours' pay be restored. The men will, therefore, return to work to morrow. Bracebridge, Ontario, Nov. 9. A hunter and trapper named David Allen, residing in Magnetta Wan dis-.riet, started out to examine the traps about a month ago and never returned. Yes terday his dead body was found in the bear trap. The trap had closed upon his wrists, and he had slowly died of starvation. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 11. The two masted schooner Mary E. Lynch, Cap tain Merry, from New York to Galves ton, with general cargo, is here in distress, having been picked up olf the capes with her fore and main topmast and foremast head gone and rudder carried away. She encountered a storm off Body Island yesterday. Portsmouth, Nov. 10. At noon to- day Henry Custis, the negro - ho rob bed, murdered, and then burned the body of T. L. Waller, Sewell's Point storekeeper, was hanged in the jail yard in this city. The body was ex amined by four physicians, who pro nounced life extinct. It was then cut down and shipped to the University of Virginia. Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 10, A tramp was found at the Norfolk and Western tunnel just above here this morning in an unconscious condition. After being resuscitated he stated that he was rambling about the woods during the night trying to find the road to the city, when he stepped over the cliff. He was terribly bruised and cut. He fell at least thirty feet. Petersburg, Va , Nov. 10. Two of the boy tramps indicted for an attempt to wreck a passenger train on the Rich mond and Petersburg Railroad in July last week convicted in the county court of Chesterfield to day, and sen tenced to five jears each in the peni tentiary. Duncan Hamilton, of Jersey CitT , the white boy, and leader of the gang, is one of the convicted parties. William Wallace, the youngest of the three, was discharged on account of his vouth. A MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN BURNED. The Coroner's Jury Returts a Verdict of Murder Reported Arrest of the Fiend. Alexandria, Va , Nov. 10. A special to the Gazette says: This morning a man named Heflin, who was shucking corn in a field near the house of Mrs. James Kines, about one and a quarfer miles from Cal verton, Fauquier county, discovered the house to be on fire. He at. once started across the field to notify a neighbor and secure assistance. In the mean time other neighbors saw the fire and hastening to the house, broke open the doors, when they discovered the remains of Mrs. Kines and two of her children almost burned to a crisp, and the body of her other child lying som distance off, with a bruise on its head and spots of blood on its face. STRUCK BY A CYCLONE. Seventy-Seven Lives Lost on the Steamer Enterprise. Calcutta, Nov. 0. On Monday last a cyclone passed over the Andemar Islands, situated in the bay of Bengal. The Islands form the British convict settlement to which East Indian crim inals are transported, and the steamer Enterprise belonging to the Indian Government and used to convey pris oners to the Islanders and for other purposes was at one of the ports when the cyclone set in. The vessel foun dered and of her crew of eighty three men only six were saved. The other seventy-seven either went down with the steamer or were dro-w ned while at tempting to reach the shore. The cyclone that passed over Anda mar Islands destroyed a larjre number of buildings in the Indian penal settle ment. Sixty convicts were killed and two hundred were injured. TERRIBLE DISASTER IN AMINE. A Lamp Bursts and Ignites the Gas, In stantly Killing Six Men and Fa tally Injuring Six Others. Nanticoke, Pa., Nov. 9. The usual Sunday quiet of this mining village was disturbed about 4 -.30 o'clock this afternoon by the announcement that a terrible explosion of gas had occurred in No. 1 shaft of the Susquehana Coal Company, by which a number of men were killed and others were ter ribly injured. But a short time elapsed be fore the news spread throughout the town and a large crowd gathered at the scene, including the relations and friends of the miners employed in the mine, and while they waited for news from the shaft, the scene became har rowing in the extreme. It was soon learned, however, that owing to the fact that this was Sunday there were only fourteen men at work in the mine. Of this number six were instantly killed and several others so badly burned and injured that they cannot survive. Many fearing that they were in such cond ition that they could not bear removal from the mine. The ac cident was caused by the explosion of a safety lamp, the flames of which ignited the gas. The existence of this element had become known and the safety lamp, which is generally used successfully in the presence of gas, was being used by the men during their operations. The mine, which is one of the best - operated by the Susquehana Coal Company, is not seriously dam aged.