Newspapers / Daily Herald (Salisbury, N.C.) / Oct. 21, 1893, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Daily Herald (Salisbury, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
SALISBURX NEWS. iie latest;-happening; IN AND ABOUT THE CITY. Social feyents and Items ol Interest Called , "' by a Local "Reporter. - Today's crowd of farmers ; in town has been smaller than asaal. '.i.-'The rain came last night and to day has been cloudy with occasional showers! Last night about nine- o'clock ...jj rtu o u oo i iii iMObui l,a i v r: i n in nu i by someone in the vicinity oftbe mam square. - There was not-much - cotton in town today," the! weather being against it., 7f cents was the high- ..The SaHsbflTyrIl MilIsTve 4 understand, is . "compelled ;; toj do night work in order to keep up with its orders. . . Quite a number of catfish, red horse -and- suckers were in; the market today. Catfish predomina ted and'many of them were alive. Mr. D. L. Gaakill is so pushed with work at his tobacco factory that he is working part of his force of hands all day and half of the night. Editor M. E. Taornton, of the Hickory Pres3 and Carolinian, spent last night and this morning. in the city. We. were glad to receive a call from him. . uuuuui u uuauuttiu. ortjo iu.ios ' Annie t'Afre. nanofhf fir nr k.p.v. 1.1 -r 1 in a iew weess ior uermany, wnere intends prosecuting her Ger- man studies at' one ef the best uni versities. - Rev. J. C. Price, D. D., Presi dent of Livingstone College, is con fined to hishome by sickness. He is said to be suffering from a com plication of disgases, amorig them Bright's Kidney disease, and his discoyery is despaired of . Dr. Price is the foremost colored man in the South, and has no superior among his race in this -country. He has done much to elevate the negro and his death would be a sad loss to them, we hope his sickness is not . WW a m a 'I as serious as is now feared. Mr. J. C. Simmons gave the Herald this morning 8111 which had been . contributed by various 'people for the benefit of the Bruns wick sufferers. A contribution of 25 cents' was also received from a lady down the Yadkin road. We now hare on hand $5.60 which will be sent off neit week. A letter was received last night from i Mayor Thos. W. Lamb, of Brunswick, ac . knowledging the receipt of $11.25, sent him on the 11th inst If any others of the readers of the Herald; desire to contribute to this fund we will forward the monay for them, with pleasure. The dvyeUihg'hduse of Major John W. Grahamr of Hillsboro, was dis troyed by fire Thursday, night The fireissaid.to have been caused by v:ulUIuz vx a lamp uy r- vant girl. . The building is a total loss and only a little furniture was saved. The loss of Maj. Graham r is estimated at fully. $20,000, with no insurance. ; Shredded Oats Something new and Delicious at Wheeler & Co's. v .THE LAW, STEPS IN. llr, I.II. roust Xrr"?d ca "Warrar 3 1 Ab' rant ciiurgiiig II U i a 4 1 larceny' of 81,000 . ; him, and a little later u . . -tnts wasT issued charging him with the . jem? bezzlernt, of ,$8;000 Both' of these warrants ' were, issued upon application of Mr. N B; McOanless, who is bondsman forMr. ' Foust as iiihtii mil cii i. ih hp th ii liih h h ii . A.;West. A:bond df $2,000 'for his appearance at trial ' lday was required of Mr. . Foustf and was readily given. The jcases will be heard at 3 o'clock' this afternoon before Mayor VV. C. Cougheuo'ur and E. B. Neave, Esq. JWo under- stand that -other ;rraiitswill be issued agaipst. Mr.: Foust,-ope of them charging him with. perjury.: Later: When the case against Mr. Foust camo up for trial before the magistrates he waived an exam ination and gave bond in the. sum of $2,000 for his appearance at : the. November Term of Rowan Superior Court. ; . . : -. "L. - -I,' .a . For Brunswick. Several days ago. the Ivnighfe ot Pythias here received a letter from the Lodge in Brunswick, Ga., asking1 for assistance. The appeal , stated that there was much suffering in the city, among the number being fully fifty Knights wjho were destitute. A subscription list: was immediately sinieu, cum i ueu iujevuikius ui jryiiiiaa i exclusively, ana a nice little sum was vnni; -: ivri. it n m..o irnn. sent 10 ine ixage at; srunswiCK $43.75 as the contribution from the - order here. Several of the best mem bers of the Lodge are not in town and when they are seen it is believed that the fund will be considerable in creased. What's In a Name?" It has been given out that, with the December number, the personal equation will be eliminated from Fetter's Southern Magazine, and that popular periodical will " be known in the future as the Southern Magazine. Gen. Basil W. Duke continues as its -able Editor-in- nv,iof witK Mr nA RoaH oa aa. I J --'-"'. ciate editor. The Southern Magazing is truly representative of the best culture of the entire. South, and is growing in favor with each issue. It is pub- lished by the Southern magazine publishing company Louisville, Ky. : " . One Screamed and one Didn't. Two young married men in ' the Salem excursion, to Newport last week played a rather sweet joke on their wivei. Before entering the long tunnel at Elk City each was sitting with the other's wife. .They agreed to exchange seats in the long tunnel and each kiss his own wife. Well, they did as agreed. One of the young women screamed terribly and attracted the attention- of the whole car, ! and all had a hearty laugh at her expense when the light broke5 in upon her, resisting fiercely and in her huEband?s-araUIi3 nthftP kfiT:t tw ftnri: and her, husband had a good lann on each )thet wheat tha light broke on them. She said she did not know but what it was fcsr husband and; did not want to give it away if; it was not. Salem JournaU IGUAPHS. Co and are Fer f a tJio Herald. o Concord this Coi - ist nigh, ill, of Boone, S. Bobbins, " Stafesrille, was v here this raorninr "-... ;J?hos.il. Kane was here lastnif ' ' ( j r "r-- i - . -' ' :0.L.''Nnssii: was here this mor. if of Asheville, :; of Nnssman, ' rr : ' ,P. J. Johnson . id wife) of Le noir,' spent last ni0ht here. ' O T. D. Walker, o Charlotte, was in the city last niftat. . . Archibald Heuersbn went to Linwood last 'night to visit friends. r. P.W; flairstdn', 'Btokes county, i8?visiting,relativetiin the city. . . , Chas. E; Spencer., of Charlotte, was m ine;city,inismorning H.. A. Latham, 6f: the Washing ton Gazette, was :.iu the city this moving en rou.teQ Biltmore. nf ' n :: ' t: JJ : i ' n-. ' tective Agency, jsnevi ue, spent last night' in the city. Miss Nancy Miller, who has been visiting relatives btjre returned to her home in Concoi'd this morning Dr. 0. D. .fiins and wife, ofl Albemarle, Mrs. Haywood and Miss Monte Christian, 6t Mi. Giiead, spent last nigliYinphe city return nig xroui ouiuasio. China Or i Items, reopie in tnis section are very busy gathering corn and picking cotton, lhe corn cron 13 much better than vas expected and the cotton crop was never better. The steady advance in the price of cotton is eivinsr great encour- agement to the farmers and the cry of hard times has almost ceased to be heard. Mr. J. A. Hudson, U. S. brandy gaugerfor this county is certainly the right man. He is well quali fied and seems to take a pride in doing his work well and at the same time he works like he was hired by the job and not by the day. He has given perfect satis faction. Deputy Collector Hunt and others seized some moonshine whiskey and brandy a few miles above here on last Tuesday. But nobody put it there of course, so I suppose Uncle Sam's title is perfectly good. : J. W.K. A Case of Some Interest at Stokes Court. .... i , Winston Republican; ' Stokes Court opens Monday and eleven prisoners are in jail awaiting trial. A case of morer than usual interest will be that of the man Stevenson charged with the murder of a woman in that county, the brut ality of which beggars description. Her body was placed under a log and life was literally squeezed qui of it. -A more dastardly, cowardly, deed, is seldom chronicled. Stev-8 enson; has been - confined in Forsyth jail for safe keeping since his crrcst, and occupic3 a cell with Peter DeGraff. They v.ill soon part I company here to ' meet rin. hr?- after, but just hov''ooa. Stokes I Court will decide for one and the I Supreme Court the cither. , ;Tt4. Vnx r fk-ttL c,h in, Prh and Crisp at. Wheeled & Co's. PETJSONAL P. TWENTY FIVE APvE DEAD! A Horrible ilUIlroad Accident at Battle " Creek?Slh.. The Cars Canght Fire Y andi!ottof the Pasxeneers were Burned to Death. Si BAtTB-rGREfcK Mich, Oct. 20. -The worst accidenb of the year oc curred early this morning in the yard 8 of the. -Chicago & Grand Trunk Railroadtt the round-house here, tj whicht least 25 persons lost their livesv and" double tnat many more were badly injured. A Raymond and Whitcomb special train-of passengers from New York and. Boston was returning -from Chio. The train was in charge of C c$or Scott, . of th& city, andji :Whooley, and 'took orders at the station to neet at NidTol'8? No. 9, the passenger express-going west, due at this station at 1:35 o'clock this morning, but .which; was three hours' late. The couddctor or engineer, or both, of tlie llaymend special, disobeyed or ders and passed Nichol's station, and collided with the express com ing west at the "rate of about thirty miles an hour. The two engines were driven into each other and are a total wreck. The engineers and fireman, when they saw that a col- lison was inevitable, shut off steam, reversed engines; put on brakes, and all jumped and escaped with serious injury. " The engineer on -the passenger express was named Gileranshaw, and the conductor, Burke. The conductor waSs badly hurt. When the collision took .place the second and third coaches on fo. 9, the train going west," completely tele scoped. .As the third car crashed- through ther second, -it swept the peopjein a "lssjto Jhe f ron V endjof due j ttbi.tr j. ,uai, ni tiio iwiuii,jr wj. i the stove, where most of the bodies were afterwards found. 'I he engine' and baggage car of the special wore badly wrecked but the coaches being sleepers, -and the train moving slowly, escaped serious injury. The accident oc cur red a mile from the fire station and before water could be turned on the cars, they were all burned . No one on the Ray mand special was injured. The cars immediately took fire and in an instant were ablaze. The night yard uien and the neighbors in the yicinity were on the scene as soon as possible. One passenger J escaped through the door-way. Others who escaped smashed out the.3yindow8 and climbed through. Only three escaped from the side, and no more than six from the oter side. All the rest of the occupants of the secohd coach perished. The bodies were burned so badly as to be almost unrecognizable. Nearly all had their heads, arms or legs burned off, and but few have been identified. , At 9 o'clock 26 dead bodies bad been taken out of the ruins of the wrecked cars. As fast as the charred satchels, valises, -pocket bopkf watches, etc, were rescued from the debris they "were - turned over to police officials. It T3 hoped that some of these relics will give a clue -to the indenity of some of those who met such an awful death. ;Many of the watches - were gold and many of the pocket Books con tained nearly $500. All the physi cians in the "city were aroused and . T73re,EOon on the scene, doing what, they could to ease the terrible suf ferings of the injured " The Trreck was attended with in cidents that horrified those obliged to witness them, and some escapes seemed miraculous. C- H .Ward and B. S. Ward, of Moreton, Vt.p were in the ill-fated car, but were among the few who escaped uninjured. When the first shock of the collision was over, C. H. Ward jumped out of the left side ot the car through a window. The seat in front of him was occupied by a woman and her baby. He managed to pull the woman through the win dow. She bejnred him to save her baby, but the little one was fastened beneath the seats and burned to death. The poor mother was nearly crazed and had to be removed by force All around them passengers less fortunate were either killed outright v or fastened down in the debris and burned to death before help could reach them. The men of the Battle Creek fire department did noble work. After, putting out the fire, they did all the work connected with the taking out .the dead bodies,which were in a horri ble condition. So badly burned and dismembered were some of them that they could only be taked out in pieces. These pieces were placed in blankets and . baskets and have be come so mixed and separated that it will never be known to which bodies they belong. The most horrible sight was that presented by Mrs. Charles Vandusen, of Fort Plain, N. Y. She was getting half way out of a window, but her legs were fastened, and those who ran to her assistance could not releaser her. She burned to deeri SSfor-& their eyes, with one-half at her body still hanging out of the window. Her agony wa3 terrible, but she re tained her senses to the last, giving her name and address, arid telling those who were powerless to save her, what friends to notify of her fate. She was a teacher in the Methodist rndayvhoql at home, and she died use a unri8uan. - Her husband, Charles Vandusen, was terribly injured, but was taken from the wreck alive; ' He was re. moved to Nichols Memorial Home, Where he also died at 10 o'clock. The awful work of of rescuing the dead and injured was not completed until p o'clock this morning, wheu. the. last body was taken rom ttf? wreck. Sufiicient stretchers were not to be had, and the workers nailed boards together, on which the charr ed bodies were laid and carried away as fast as they were extricated. A icuipuiaij muiguc yviis inaae i oi a. freight car, in which the disfigured bodies were placed in charge of local undertakers. So horribly burned and charred are the bodies lying in the improvised morgue that jit is hardly possible that their names will ever be known. 1 Uncle Jones and the Colored Fol ks. Sam Jones preached recently to tha darkies at Dyersburg, Ky.; After the sermon, a good old sis ter came to him, and 8aid:Brother Jnes, God bless you; you is the preacher for me; I understands every word you say, You preaches just like a nigger; you has a white skin, but, thank God, you has & black heart." At another service for the colored people the preacher ? who prayed the opening prayer asked the Lord' to "bless Brother Jones, and help him to preach; and O Lord, when he stands before thee a wretch undone, have mercy npc-ra him, and take his feet out of the miry clay, and place them on thp Rock, where hope nor-mercy can neier reach nim." ACQ'S. engn5gxd Self Kaising Buck Wheeler & Go's. '.Tnhnsnn'fl ; Tfflcmof T pain and it will neveif tJL?21 all Internal and external W again. - beast. Sold byEdwin)putnQ and fl. 4 I I H i ' - r ; 1 i m ft ;a & . .. 'i ... -: j:" . -'I ':'.,:
Daily Herald (Salisbury, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Oct. 21, 1893, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75