North Carolina Newspapers

THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER: JANUARY 5, 1892. , STATE NEWS. 1 . Trr3i of the State Press Drops of Turpentine Aud Grains of Rico from the East Clusters nf Grapes and, Tobacco Sterns from the Sorth Stalks of Corn ami Grains of Wheat from the West Peanuts and Cotton Seed from the South Dnrinsr the viear J. R. Calhoun sava Rocky Mount ' has put $100,000 into buildings. Mrs Mary G. Gudger, wife of Judge J. C. L. Gudger, died in Asheville "Wednesday evening. j A careful estimate was made yester- i day that $750 would cover the damage to buildings by Wednesday morning's fire. Forty convicts are sick with grippe at the State farms near Weldon. At th3 Caledonia farm eight deaths havp resulted. Gastonia Gazette: A company for establishing a new cotton manufactur ing plant in Gastonia was organixed last Thursday. Daring the year just ended 179 mar riage licenses were issued in Chatham county; 66 more than in 1890, the Record states. The gingham mills building at Char lotte, which has teen under construe tion for the past six months, is now about completed. Senator Vance is at his home in Buncombe, Gombroon. His son. Mr. Charles N. Vance, is with him Mrs. Vance i3 in Washington. Work on the Goldsboro cotton mills still advances and the building, the Argus states, grows in hansome pro portions and impressiveness. J. M. Guyer has retired from the editorship of the Kernersville Neus and is succeeded by J. T. Roberson, late of the Burlington News. Salisbury Watchman: Gay's Chapel, a Methodist church on the Wilkesboro road, about six miles from Salisbury, was burned Tuesday morning. Our excellent contemporary, the Asheville Citizen, appears in a reduced size. It is a handsome, ably conducted daily and deserves fine success. A gentleman who came from Chat ham county yesterday said he was informed the 'fire in the Egypt coal mine had not yet been extinguished. Murfreesboro Index: Track laying on the Murfreesboro Railroad was com pleted Tuesday, and the road is now being leveled up and pre part d for ue. Hillsboro Observer: Mrs. Sarah J. Bradshaw, wife of Mr. T. P. Bradshaw, died at her home in Bingham town ship on the morning of December 15th. Greensboro Record : Fielding Man gum, an old Confederate veteran, and well known to our citizens, died near the city Christmas morning with the grip. Durham Globe : The preachers of all denomination must sooner or later learn that buck shot are plentiful, and that husbands generally will kiss their own wives. Rev. Dr. H. G. Hill, of Maxton, is at the bedside of his dangerously sick son, ?AIr. H. B. Hill, who is attending . i - ii i. t i-i : me uusiness cuuege u,u iruuguiieepbie, New York. Wilkesboro Chronicle: From the information at hand from parties who know, there is more poultry shipped from Wilkesboro than any one town in the State. Between 50 and 100 diamonds have been found in McDowell county. One of them, the largest ever found in the South, was on exhibition at the Paris World's Fair. Alleghany Star : Mr. Allen Tolliver of this county, died on the night of the 20th, at the ripe old age of ninety years. He leave a widow that is now ninety six years old. Rev. J. I. Goodman, who has long been pastor of the Lutheran congrega tion at Winston, will very probably accept a call to a church near Kansas City, Missouri. Kinston Free Pnss: We learn that Mr. Wm. Alphin, of Chiuquepin town ship Jones county, dropped dead very suddenly Sunday morning. He was about 50 years old. One of the latest additions to the collection of portraits of prominent North Carolinians in the State library is the portrait of Gen. William Gaston Lewis. State engineer. Mr. T. J. Jerome, of the law firm of Pemberton & Jerome, Albemarle, is here to read the proof sheets of a digest of the laws of North Carolina which that firm is preparing. It is now asserted that the South Bound railroad is to be extended from Columbia, S. C, to Monroe and at the latter place form the Northern connec tion originally contemplated. The Raleigh Chronicle has kept track of the matter and now says the oldest mule in the State is owned by J. D. Capps, of Johnston county. It is 50 years old and still a good worker. Rev R. G. Pearson writes a long letter to the Asheville Citizen from Burdighera, Italy, under date of Decem ber 3d and winds up by quoting a few lines about "Home Sweet Home.' Eames & Earnhardt, of Salisbury, furniture dealers, have make an assign ment for the benefit of creditors. The liabilities are about $2,600 and the assets will not reach that amount. The burning to death of Mrs. Sylphia Jinnett, an aged widow of Pikeville township, Wayne county is reported by the Goldsboro Headlight. Her clothes became ignited from a flying spark. JohnD. Battle of the Steamer Petrel, U. S. coast survey, is at home for the holidays. We are sorry to learn that he is suffering with the dreadful mal ady, the grippe, says the Tarboro 'Ad vocate. . Mr. R. W. Allison, who owns a large cotton farm in Louisiana tells the Concord Standard that, notwithstand ing the excellent soil there highly ad artri v. ftwHi of nnttonand corn. he does not make as much clear money as in farming in North Carolina. Ex penses are greater there than in this State. I Statesville Landmark: Mr.'Rberfcl Henry has made a walking cane which j contains eighteen distinct pieces of I wood, from the cars which were I wrecked at Bastain's bridge on the ! 27 th of August i The revenu collector has a report from depury collector Jones, of the capture of two one horse wagons a horse and a mule and three barrels of moonshine whiskey near Southern Pines, Moore county. W. E. Grirnsley, the Goldsboro Ilea l light states on reliable amhoritv. has not left Greene county as reported ne is niamg somewhere m the neigh borhood and it is expected that he will surrender to the sheriff. Charlotte Neivs: The six year old child of Mrs. Ora Cash ion was burned to death at Mrs. Cashioifs home near Ada Mills, yesterday. In trying to save her child, Mrs. Cashion had her bands burned to a crisp. Durham has made a great record as to internal revenue takes during the past two years, having paid $1,299,058, or considerably over $50,000 a month. During the past year one factory there made 700,000,000 cigaretts. Another rich gold nugget was picked up on the street at Salisbury Tuesday. It is a pity to use such ore on the street when it could easily be turned into money. The specimen the Herald states, shows a rich deposit. What will be the wages paid farm labor next year is nov the chief topic of conversation in Edgecombe, the Southerner says. The opinion is that there will be a general reduction of about one dollar per month. Oxford Ledger: Owing to complica tion and inability to meet the obliga tions, Capt. N. Penick ha decided not to run the Oxford Female Seminary during the coming half session and the property is advertised for sale. Mr. Levi Rogers, of Chatham county, has a fine flock of sheep. A lamb came into the flock on the 29th of November, which is said to be unusually early. Fourteen of his sheep produced 95 pounds of wool at one clipping. Chicago Herald: Director General Davis' cabinet is now complete or will be when Thomas B Keogh, of North Carolina has been confirmed as chief of the department of forestry. The nomination was. made yesterday. Early Saturday morning the dwell ing, store and stables of J. T. Lamb, near Cronly, were destroyed by fire, the Wilmington Star reports, together with the stock of goods in the store and most of his household effects. The Fresbyterian orphanage, burned last November, will be re built at Barium Springs. Ten thousand dollars has been decided upon as the amount necessary for rebuilding. There are now 33 children in the orphanage. Burlington News: Squire W. A. Hall went over to May wood & Morton's, twelve miles north of here, Sunday, to visit the sick, and found everything in a bad way. Such an epidemic of fever and Ja grippe was never before known. Rev. Thomas C. Moore, a superan- uated Methodist preacher, died at his home in Chatham county, December 20. He was born in Franklin county, in 18o7, and had lived a long, useful life. He left two sons and a daughter Concord Times: On an average we do not believe the cotton crop in this immediate secton will average one- fourth of a crop. This statement is made after careful investigation, based on reports gathered from many of our farmers. Carthage Blade: Rev. W. F. Wat son preached his farewell sermon at the Baptist church last Sunday night. He will leave in a few days for his new home at Dunn. Our citizens regret exceedingly to give Rev. Mr. Watson up. Asheville Citizen: At the morning service at the First .Baptist church yesterday. Dr. Nelson announced that hext Sunday would terminate his pas torial relation with that church. This step is made imperative by the health of Dr. Nelson. Last week's Christmas issue of the Henderson Gold Leaf was in all re spects a credit to the editor Thad Man ning. It was a big paper, and the large advertising pitronage showed enterprise on the part of Henderson business men. Tarboro Sou therner: If PeteBridgers is to bo believed, Martin Gardner, of No. 10 township, is the champion rabbit hunter of the world, exclusive ot Aus tralia. Since the 1st of November Mr. Bridgers says that he has caught 1,126 14 molly cottons." Stanly News: While wrapping up goods for a customer one day last week, Mrs. Petingall, the milliner in Fairley and Carter's establishment, accident ally included her gold watch with the contents of the bundle, lhe watch has been returned. Deputy Collector Hall received in formation that four wagons loaded with blockade whiskey and guarded by eight armed men were on their annual Christmas round towards the 4 'State Line," in Robeson county, the Robesonian reports. The Boss, Gen. S. H. Minning's steam pleasure yacht which was burned while on the hunting expedition eleven miles up North East river, is valued at from $5,000 to $6,000. The loss in partially covered by insurance, says the Wil mington Messenger. Lenoir Topic: At Red dick Free man's shucking Thursday night, Jim Jenkins and Reuben Swanson got into a drunken fight and Jenkins struck Swanson a terrible blow on the head with a piece of scantling. Swanson is in a critical condition. Greensboro Record : The window of J. H. Harris' shoe and harness store was broken open Saturday night, and $25 or $30 worth of shoes and leggins stolen. The police found the window broken about 2 a. m., and notified Mr. Harris. The rogue was evidently frightened away, as he failed to get all the goods in the show case. It was abold robbery, as it was in full view of the bright elect? ic light only one hundred feet away. A party of unknown men stoned a ! passenger train Friday night at Ma- jolica siding five miles fr m Salisbury. J A bar of iron was thrown through a i window in the first class car, and a large stone passed into the sleeper, crashing glass as it went. Asheville Gazette : Last Thursday morning - while the family of Mr. Cheeseborough, who lives on the Swan nanoa about two and a half miles out, were in the city, the front door of their residence was forcibly entered and eignty seven dollars was stolen. Tarboro Farmer's Advocate : Tues day of last week the gin house and twenty bales ot cotton, the property of John L. Wimberlev. were destroved by fire. It is thought that some Darts of the gin must have struck a piece of mm,, mus igniung uie lint cotton. The only casualty the Goldsboro Argus has to report from the Christ mas jollifications there is that Pomp Pearsall had an eye blown out and his right hand so badly lacerated by the explosion of a cannon craker that two of his fingers had to be amputated. Columbus, Miss., Dispatch: Hon. William II. Bailey, formerly Attorney General for the State of North Carolina, is in the city the guest of his cousin, Dr. J, Brownrigg. Mr. Bailey is on his way to Houston, Texas, at which plaoe he will make his future home. At Charlotte Tuesday evening, prior to the departure of Capt. and Mrs. T. R Robertson with the Cuba party, a magnificent bronze and marble clock was presented Capt Robertson by the Hornet Nest Riflemen, of which com mand he has been the-efficient captain for many years. The Executive Committee of the State Teachers' Assembly, after haviog considered many invitations from vari ous points in the State, to day decided to hold the next session at Morehead City, where the Assembly owns a large building. The assembly begins June 21st and ends July 2d. Murfreesboro has at last gotten its railroad and regular trains will be put on the 3d. These trains will make close connection at Boy kins with all trains on the Seaboard and Roanoke and Roanoke and Tar River Railroads. The people of the town are jubilant at securing railroad transportation. Lumberton Robsonian: We learn from Mr. W. A. McKinnon, contractor on our court house, who left Rocking ham last Monday morning, that there were two assignments in Rockingham that day: Mr. A. M. Long and Mr. Caudle. The assets and liabilities are not known, Mr. T. J. Guthrie is assignee for Long. Lexington Dispatch: Mr. A. F. Young, of this county, and Miss Mag gie Watkins, of Rowan county, met each other for the first time on Sunday, the 6th inst. It was a case of love at first sight with the young couple, and they were married on the Thursday following, after an acquaintance of only five days. Durham experienced lively times Christmas eve. The Sun says there was much reckless shooting of nre works and several ladies came near being hurt, to say nothing of the fright they experienced, r eelmg ran so high that several fights occurred. Some property was damaged, and shopping interfered with. Washington Gazette: On Sunday Dr. D. T. ''Taylor successfully ampu tated the left lg of Harry Merry, who was wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville in the Confederate army. The leg was amputated during the war, but he suffered from a nam ful stump, and that necessitated re- amputatmg higher up. Statesville Landmark: The graded schools have very nearly 400 pupils, and the number is increasing con stantly. Staesville has more popu lation than it ever had before. People are moving here every week. The prospects for improvement and for business of all kinds next year are bet ter than they ever were. Oxford Day: Jno. W. Hays, civil engineer, late of the government en gineer corps, now a resident of Oxford, has compiled from recent government surveys a Topographical Map of the South Appalachain Region, showing in great detail that scope of mountain country towards which the eyes of the capitalists are everywhere turning Early on the 28th inst. a special on the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad ran over and instantly killed a colored man named James Norwood about sixteen miles north of that citv. He was a Justice of the peace and highly respected. He had started to go after V-.i wifn -vitI-h-v tttocs of o i-iiorVi Vi-kt.'a sat down upon the t rack and went to sleep. W. T. Herrin who lives about eight miles from town had the misfortune to lose his barn and contents by fire. He had on hand about one hundred barrels of corn and a quantity of fodder all of which was destroyed. The fire is supposed to be the work of an in cendiary though no motive can be assigned for the deed, says the Roanoke News. Durham Sun: G. W. Farrington was before the mayor this morning, charged with obtaining H. C. Jones' check from the Globe warehouse under false pretenses. The amount was $16 and some cents. He represented him self to be Jones, got the check and drew the money on it. He was bound over to the Superior court in a bond of $200. Asheville Citizen : A. P. Rhein hardt, an Asheville carpenter with his wife, mother, brother and a man named Spivey, were walking on Char lotte street the night before Christmas when they met a negro man. The negro insisted on having the larger part of the sidewalk, when Spivey jokingly observed they "should have it made wider for his especial benefit." The negro who was in liquor, fired off a pistol into the party, the ball strik ing A. P. Rheinhardt on the right side of the neck, penetrating the neck, and narrowly missing the carotid artery. The negro was not recognized and after the shooting ran off. Winston Sentinel : News has reached here that Mrs. Pleas Head, who was wounded a few days r.go in Stokes county by her husiand gashing her left breast with a knife, has since died. Head escaped. The affair, it is said, has caused great indignation amoug the citizens cf the neighborhood and there is talk of lynching if the scoun drel is caught. A special from Norfolk to the Rich mond Dispatch says: The expected opening of the Seaboard Air Line sys tem iroin .Portsmouth direct to At ! lanta on the 1st of January will not ! take place. There are nearly twenty ; miles yet to construct through a rough j country difficult to work, and it will probably be the 1st of March before the j line will be complete. i Asheville Democrat: On Saturday evening, about seven o'clock, the resi dents of Haywood street witnessed a most edifying sight a man beating his wife. He had her down in lhe mud iy road pounding her, while she screamed at the top ot her voice, and her sitter roundly cursed the man. After he nad given her a good beating he ran off up the street. Norwood Videite: Mr. Thomas Ritchie, who happened to be walking up the track of the Yadkin Railroad early Iridfiy morning of last week, discovered several old iron rails across the track which had been placed there by some fiendish party or parties for the purpose of wrecking the up bound train which was soon after to pass Mr. Ritchie removed the rails. Southport Leader : Le wis Augustus Galloway, postmaster at Southport, breathed his last at 10:03 o'clock this morning. Mr. Goiloway was stricken with paralysis on Monday, but re mained in full possession of his facul ties until the end. Lewis A Galloway was born at Town Creek, in this county, January 22d, 1816, and would therefore have been 76 years of age had he lived another month. Asheville Journal: The weather Friday was not typical Christmas weather by any means, but a bright and pleasant day, more like April than December. Bids have been opened at the Treasury Department for con structing the approaches to the Ashe ville, N. C, public building. Frank Whitley, of Portsmouth, Ohio, was the lowest bidder at $4,824, says a telegram from Washington. The editor of the late Lincoln Plow, Forge and Grip overheard some fel lows whispering together, one night, as follows: "Carolina Central pay train dark night." He got on his horse and rode twenty miles before daybreak to inform the Superintendent of the Carolina Central Railroad that a conspiracy had been formed to rob his pay-train. The Superintendent said he had no pay-train I The great annual meeting of the Quakers or Friends is in progress at New Garden, Guilford county. The ministers and workers conference was held Tuesday, with a very interesting programme Thurday the Friends' annual Sabbath school conference of North Carolina yearly meeting will begin; to be held two days, with two sessions each day, under the general superintendence of Prof. F. S. Blair, the Greensboro Record states. Charlotte News: For some time past Mr. J. W. Smith has suffered with neuralgic pains in the head, and the only thing he has found to relieve him is a hot bath. He was in his batii room alone Christmas morning, and in walking by a tub obtaining boiling water, he tripped on the blanket which partially enveloped him and fell into the tub. He was terribly burned, the flesh peeling from his thigh and limbs in flakes. Alamance Gleaner: Messrs. J. H. Blackman and W. P. Williamson, of Haw River, have some hogs which have solid hoofs like those of a mule. They grow very large and are said to be proof against cholera. Mr. G. W. .Pickett, merchant at Cedar Cliff, lost his stock of goods last Sunday night a week ago by fire. Mr. Graham Crawford, who lives at that place, tells us that he feels certain the store was robbed and set on fire. Mount Airy News: On Monday morning last as Bob Griffith was going to his work at the Granite Quarry, and just as he was passing his father's house his brother Walter's dog ran out to attack him. Bob threw his hat at the dog, and Walter becoming en raged at this, a row followed in which Walter shot at Bob three times, one shot hitting him on the breast bone but glancing off. It only tore up some flesh aud without serious effect. Morganton Herald: A carload of Angora, goats, consigned to Mr. A. E. Wilson, reached Morganton last Mon day morning from Texas. They will go to the stock farm on North Toe river. The fame of the Sally Mitchell pipe is widespread. Orders have been received for those pipes recently from Pennsylvania, Montana and Texas. The school at Nebo. which is supported by a weathy North ern lady, numbers over a hundred scholars. At New Berne early Monday morn ing a large two-story building owned by Dr. Leinster Duffy and occupied as a general store, by W. H. Hooten, the upper floor as his residence and sleep ing apartments for country people, was discovered to be on fire, and the flames spread to the building owned by W. A. Mcintosh, used as a dwelling, and to a store owned by Dr. Frank Duffy, in which Dr. Leinster Duffy kept a drug store. All were consumed and but little of the stocks or furniture were saved. High Point Enterprise : It is becom ing alarming, the fearful mortality from grippe and pneumonia, especially in some of the rural districts. It seems that the strong as well as the weak fall immediately under the fearful conse quences of the disease. Last Satur day, Chas. Knapp, a young German, while in a melancholy state of mind attempted to take his life by taking carbolic acid. He received immediate medical attention and at this time is convalescent. THE LATEST NEWS. Sparks from the Wires Most Important j Events Throughout the World j for a Week. iHtw UKL.h;a;S, IVfcC. oV. VjrlOOOliS vvnippeu Duweu iiiLs morning m iony eight rounds. Milwaukee, Dtif., 30. Two were killed and many seriously injured in a quarry explosion this morning. Brownsviixe, Texas, Dec. 20. It is stated that four thousand Mexican troops have revolted and joined the Garzas outlaws. Shubuta, Miss., Dec. 30. John Sims a brother of the late notorious Bob, was taken from jail at Butler, Ala,, and hanged by a mob. New York, Dec. 30. The New York Central let contract today for new block signal system along the entire iine to cost one million dollars. Rahway, N. J., Dec. 30. The most disastrous fire here in jears has occur red. The fire started at 152 Main street, and burned to No. 170. Loss, $60,000; partially insured. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 30. Colley & Sons, furniture dealers; the Savannah steam laundry and a dozen small build ings were burned last night. Loss sixty thousand dollars. Jolikt, 111., Dec. 30. A fire of sup posed incendiary origin wiped out the business portion of Plain field yester day. The fire originated in Apton's restaurant; loss $50,0000; partly in- sureu. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 30. A fire last night in the hosiery mill of Samuel West, iu Germantown, cause d a loss of $100,000, partially insured. Dalzell's hosiery mill, adjoining, was damaged $10,000. Norfolk, Va . Dec. 28. Capt. Hop kins, of the Biitish steamer Ocean Queen, which has arrived here, reports having encountered a gale in mid-ocean on Monday, Dec. 21. Jb our of his crew were lost. Richland, Ga., Dec. 29. H. V. Par ker, general merchandise, closed his doors here this morning. He sold to Nicholson & Williams. B. F. and D. W. Durham also closed up. It is said they owe about $800. Altoona, Pa., Dec. 29. The Clear field hotel livery stable was blown up bv dynamite at 2 o'clock this morning. The debris took fire and, spreading to the adjoining property, destroyed five other buildings. Eight houses were also consumed. Macon, Ga., Dec. 30. The Georgia Southern passenger train, due in Macon at 6 :30 o'clock this morning, ran off the track near Cordele. A broken frog caused the aocident. The cars are pretty badly broken, but no damage was done to Me or limb. Montreal, Dec. 28. Detectives Mc- Mahon and Barrett arrested yesterday at the Grand Trunk Station a man named Solomon Reinberg of New York, on a charge of grand larceny on a tele gram from Inspector Byrnes. He is to be held to await the arrival of an officer from New York. Hamilton, O., Dec. 28. Fully three fourths of this city's population of 20,000 is affected with the crip. The place is mainly supported by its fac tories, and so prevalent is the disease, that more than half the places are closed down, lhe death rate is the highest ever known. Rome, Dec 28. The influenza is cut ting a wide swath in Milan and the country adjacent to that city. Many of the citv officials are prostrated with the disease, much to the detriment of the city's business. There have been a large number of deaths caused by the influenza and its accompanymg com plications. San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 29. C. P. Huntington has issued an order forbid ding the publication of the statement of earnings and operating evpenses of the Southern Pacific Company m the future. A week ago an article in the call stated the surplus for the year to be about tour millions, the largest known in the history of the company. Little Rock, Ark., Dec. 28. The bank at Fordyee was entered by burg lars Sunday night and the outer and inner doors blown open. The burglars were unable to open the burglar proof bax, the door giving evidence of sev eral attempts having been made to drill through it. A sack containing a small amount of silver was all that the thieves secured. Asbury Park, N. J., Dec. 28. The inquest to-day concerning the sudden death of Sargent Briscoe on Christmas night brought out the fact that the man while drunk fell into a basin of water and was drowned. Sargent was a hard drinker. On Christmas day he went home early in the evening, and at 10 o'clock was found dead with his face in a basin of water. New Orleans, Dec. 29. A design has been accepted and a contract awarded for the building of a four thou sand dollar monument to be erected to the memory of the late chief of police, David C Hennessy, who was foully as sassinated a year ago by the Italian members of the Mafia, and eleven of the latter being lynched on Memorial Day, December 12th, last. Meridian, Miss., Dec. 29. The news of a novel suicide which was enacted at Epes Station, Alabama, was received here this morning. A negro driving a fine span of horses tied a jug of whisky about his neck and deliberately drove off a high bluff into the Tombigee river. He was a farmer and his property was heavily mortgaged and he preferred to die with his horses to giving them up, Harrisburo. Penn., Dec. 28. Fumes of scorching flesh and smoke issuing from the house of .Henrietta Harrison at 309 Blackberry Avenue, excited the neighbors this evening, and, bursting open the door, they found Auntie Har rison, an ex-slave, said to be over 100 years old, a mass of flames upon the floor of her kitchen. She had eviden ly tried to light her pipe at the stove, as it was found by her side. She was horribly burned, and died before the fire could be extinguished. Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 23. A passen ger train on the Union Pacific collided with a switch engine in the yards in this city this afternoon, badly wreck--iDg both engines and "derailing the mail and baggage cars. The cngiii ers and firemen of both engines were slightly hurt, and the passengers were given a lively shaking up, but none were seriously injured. Property loss about $20,000. Ellendale, N. D , Dec. 28. There are many ugly rumors afloat in con nection with the recent F irmers and Merchants' State Bank failure here. The President of the bank, H. O Bar-. ratti, has been arrested on the charge of receiving deposits when he knew the bank was insolvent. He waived examination to-day, and was bound over to the District Court. There is strong talk of other arrests. Uniontown, Penn., Dec. 28. The news comes from Fairchance this morn ing that Frank Cooley, the leader of the worst gang of robbers that Fayette county has known for years, was shot and fatally wounded last night by one of his own gang. It is said that the gang was having a big time drinking and carousing at its mountain rendez vous near Fairchance, when one of the men and Cooley got into a row and the latter was shot. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 30. At 7:30 a. m to-day, tour boxes ot dynamite bombs, used in blasting at Shoemaker's stone quarry, in Wauwateosa village, five miles west of this city, exploded, blowing Albert Butlhz and William walker to atoms. John Kalalskv as fatally injured. The two nun killed were In the act of loading the blasting pump when the explosion occurred. lhe concussion broke hundreds ot win dows in Wauwateosa and a number in this city. San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 28. A half dozen cowboys took possession of the south bound passenger train on the In ternational and Great Southern Road, forty miles north of here, last night. They boarded the train at Buda Station, and their first act was to force a Chicago drummer off the moving tram, bo cause he wore a red cravat and high silk hat. They continued their depre dations by rnaking a number of young ladies in the Pullman coach sing for them. They enforced all their demands with drawn pistols. They ruled the train for twenty miles, when they stepped off at a way station. - - ' RAILROAD WRECK. On the Union Pacific Several Persons Killed. . La Grande, Oregon, Dec. 30. The fast mail train on the Union Pacific Railway was wrecked near here last night. "Engineer R. T. Law, fireman Geo. Miller, and a tramp named Zum inski, were killed, and another tramp named Segmer, received fatal injuries. It is supposed that in rounding a curve the first engine caused the rails to spread, precipitating the second engine, mail and baggage car into the river, a distance of fifty feet. The remainder of the train kept the track. None of the passengers were injured. AN IDIOT YELLED "FIRE." And Nine Children Were Crushed to Death. London, Dec. 27. The theatre in Gateshed county, Durham, was last night the scene of a frightful panic, in which at least ten persons, including nine children, were killed outright, and many injured. The light of a blaze caused by a man in the audience dropping a lighted match on the sawdust covered floor caused some one to start the cry of, "fire," and a terrible panic at once en sued. There was immediately a wild rush for the doors, which, owing to the savage crush and struggle, quickly be came so blocked that only a few suc ceeded at once in getting out. A FATAL COLLISION. Two Freight Trains Wrecked Through a Mistake in Orders. St. Louis, Dec. 29. A special to tho Post Dispatch from Cbillicothe, Mo., says : By a mistake in train orders a disastrous collision occurred between two freight trains on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad seven miles east of; here at 3 o'clock this morning, result ing in the death of four trainmen and the fatal wounding of two others. The. dead are: Engineer Busbee, of engine 56.- Fireman Barry, of engine 56, Fireman Price, of engine 46. Brakeman Mike B. Gilmore. Brakeman Gill was taken from under neath a pile of debris and is so badly injured that he cannot live, while en gineer Hannal, of engine 46, has re ceived internal injuries and will die. Eleven cars of cattle were wrecked. The wreck caught fire and the poor animals were slowly roasted to death.. ANOTHER CRANK. A Young Man Wants an Analysis of Cor nelius Vanderbilt's Brain. New York, Dec. 28. Saturday night at 10 :30 o'clock while Cornelius Van derbilt was entertaining a number of friends at his Fifth Avenue residence, a good looking, well dressed young man, apparently a German, rang the street door bell. To a page who an swered the summons, he said ha had called to see Mr. Vanderbilt person ally to get his brains, which ne pro DOsed to have subieeted to exnert an alysis in order to determine why he. vanaeroufc, naa Deen awe to mass a fortune, while he, the caller, was prac tically nenniless. The nasre summntied an officer who took the young man to a station house. In his pockets was found a card bearing the nam Jnhn J. Lingman, No. 616 East Eleventh A . . 1 1 1 1 . , FLreei., also a memoersmp cara oi ine Young Men's- Christian Association. The prisoner was taken to the Yorke ville police court and committed pend ing an examination as to his mental condition. He was uncommunicative and is doubtless insane. '