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PUBLISHED T HOAKOXB PUBLISHING Co.
'FOR GOD. rOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH,
C. V. W Acmoit, Busiscit ManaR.
VOL. II.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1890. V
NO. 33,
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CHRISTMAS CAROU
Ring, merry bolls, ring,
to the light of the Christmas men;
Sing, happy heart, sing," .
Vr jour Saviour, tbe Lord, is born.
'ollow the star..-''
To the manger far,
And look ou your swaddled King.
Give, worshipers, give, ; :.'
With the wise from the Eastern plains,
Let the suffering children receive
From the hoards of your golden gains.
Then shall ye sea
The sweet mystery.
That the Christ-child Hvei and reigns.
Maria Upham Drake.
THE DUNNS' CHRISTMAS.
ET DATED L-OWRY.
HE Lord will pro
vide." A cr o o
enough text if a man
cts a good grip on
it. A man who
knows bow to apply
sound doctrine
might satisfy one's
brain wi' it, even if
4 S'iit'' v . - stomach, but it's an
,. " insult on top. of an
injury to expect a half -starved man to con
tent stomach and brain wi gruelly, ser
mons. He never drew bluid from the text.
Joost all ' a piece o' flowry language,
without mair soul or religion in't than
you'd draw front a pump. If he had put
a bit heart in't, but seen' there was
neither heart nor brain in it, what good
was all the fine words? They say he has
a good delivery the Lord deliver us
from such vanity in long words. People
who call in the doctors to help them
whet their appetites may be satisfied wi'
that kind o' prcacbin, but people whose
wits Are taxed as much as their muscle
to keep body an' soul together want more
substantial food than Mr. Barnes brings
to the market. . If we are starved in this
world, that's no reason w should be
pinched in the next. But along comes
Mr. Barnes wi' bis flowery sermons, his
cambric linen, an' his hair banged, an'
tells us that if we are thin bluided here,
'we ought to be thankful an' satisfied, be
cruse weare prepared to go where we'll
have no bluid at all."
A silence fell upon Saudy Ilea's audi
ence. Many smiled, and one or two
laughed outright at bis quaint speech.
It was a chilly morning; the dense fog
rising from the river obscured the sky.
The lamp in the railway station revealed
men in soiled, worn, ill-fitting, patched
and raprged clothes. Grimy, seamed,
knotted' hauds clasped dinner pails.
Faces lined with care; unshaved, full
bearded faces, serious, sad, resolute and
apathetic faces.
. It was on a morning like this, when a
I, J, 1 .. . E 1 . Jl Al - i.
paii Jiung over ine Dusy city, anu me at
mosphere was laden with fog and soot
blended into a yellowish murkincss, that
tihuttlcburg was shocked by an over
shadowing calamity. ' From the midst
of the dense fo flashes of light shot
forth at times throughout the morning;
tongues of flame ascended from the mill
stacks; eyes of . fires winked in the fog
bank, and dull, yellowish glares of light
were projected horizontally as the furnace
doors were opened." A babel of sound
arose; the clanging of iron against iron,
the ringing of mighty anvils pounded by
gigantic hammers, the - dull, 1 muffled
sound of the iron rolls, and the ceaseless
clang of iron falling on the cooling plates
was borne from the riverside up and
over the beetling cliffs. '
. On that dull October morning, when
he wheels were whirling fast, and the
iron-workers, stripped to their waists
were bathed in perspiration, a sound
smote the heavy air like the crash of
worlds. The iron-workers, momentarily
stunned, instantly comprehended the
nature of the disaster. Every man and
boy who had sense and strength 6ought
fafety in flight. In the headlong rush a
puddler seized a boy in his flight, and
ran with him to the side of the building.
; A portion of the bursted boiler in its de
scent cut the roof of the mill as though
it were made of, paper; the falling tim
bers caught the man and boy, and before
they could -be extricated, the man
breathed his last. The boy's right arm
was lacerated from his shoulder to his
elbow; quivering muscles and bone were
laid bare, a horrihle sight,'more pitiable
than the headless trunk of the engineer
lying near the boy aDd the dead puddler.
Phjbicians were there in i abundance;
there van nn luck of SUrSTCal Skill, Or
sympathy for the victims of the explo
sion and the families of , the bereaved.
The calamity; that desolated a score of
homes fell heaviest upon the Dunns. Lit
tle Jem Dunn, who, when the . surgeon
begdU the work of removing the cinders
' and splinters from his arm looked stead
ily into his gaping wounds, then calmly
al the surgeon and said '.Don't tell my
tuother till it's over." lost his father and
eldest brother by the explosion. An-
otner ornineriueBuiyvjuuo iuuuhv
rse crippled for life. The end of a boiler
wrecked the walls of the .house the
Dunes occupied, and the dead and
wounded members of th family were re
moved to Sandy Rea's house. Jem's re
covery was rapid. The toilers in the
mill attributed it to hit extraordinary
pluck.
The great tide of sympathy that flowed
.Mir to the victims of tbe disaster, to the
credit of Shuttleburg let it be ?aid, as
, Mimed iractifal shape for a time. The
churitablv lr.risueil j-roiui-uj ikdoku i.i
tirtt draJt made upon thtta when the ex- i
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tent of the calamity was known. Bat
when all was done that concerted action
could accomplish, the future of tho Dunns
was unprovided for. John Dunn, a
cheery, handsome fellow with laughing
blue eyes, and a spirit that nothing could
subdue, entered the mill one day, and at
tho end of six months reviewed what
scorned a horrible dream as he tried to
sit up unaided in his chair. Among the
wage -workers in the adjoining mill,many
quietly aided Sandy Rae, who placed one
of his rooms at the disposal of the
Dunns, "until they were better provided
for." But this fitful and unequal contri
bution simply emphasized the necessity
of action insuring uniform-and perma
nent provision. How to provide for the
Dunns was a problem that puzzled all in
terested in the family. The surgeons at
the end of a year shook their heads when
they examined John Dunn, and spoke
vaguely of the recuperative ' qualities of
famed waters in the Old World. Even
the wit of Bandy Rae, considered one of
the shrewdest and best informed men in
the mill, was not equal to the emergency.
To borrow his own phraseology, his
"pond had run dry, an' there were the
fish to look after still."
It was at this juncture that the Rever
end Barnes, a new-comer, announced he
would preach a sermon which he hoped
would allay apprehensions expressed con
cerning the Dunn family. ' Mr. Barnes
chose to interpret the fears and doubts
expressed as a reflection upon the Al
mighty. He resolved to discharge his
duty by reminding the friends of the
family that He who noted tbe fall of a
sparrow could still be trusted to provide
in His inscrutable time and manner for
the helpless family without plumping
them into tbe poor-house, whither they
appeared to be gravitating.
They are headed that way noo," said
Sandy Rae to his better half with a snort
of disdain as he left the church, but he
sighed as he added, "And I'm maist
afeerd there'll be no turnin',them roon."
As his wife remained silent, walking by
his side, Sandy gave another snort ex
pressing contempt. "Heck! Yon man
instead o' being a man o' uncommon re
sources, is mair like Jack Dean. You
remember Jack wi' the stiff neck, an' a
ITS THE IRON
stiff cr baak? When he wanted to see his
daughter Jenny, he ca'ad to his son-in-
law Tom Parker, sayin' 'Wi' your nelp,
an' the Lord's we'll mak oot, Tom,' but
Tom was ever o' the opinion he bore his
own an' the Lord's share." -
A nieht's rest did not allay Sandy s
disgust, nor soften his temper. He put
his bad temper into his work, and it
found free vent when the day turn came
on in the mill, Monday, and the night
hands gathered in tho little railway sta
tion to wait for tne tram mat camea
them to their homes. Manv there like
himself had attended the church Satur
day evening, and these were greatly edi
fied with Sandy's analysis of Mr. Barnes's
sermon.
"You don't think Barnes's prayers are
worth any more than the price of two or
three hundred ball tickets at a dollar a
head," said a pale-faced young man who
was noted for his imperturable good
nature.
"ldid'nasay that Billy. I hope I'll
never make light o' any man's prajers
it's the presumption o' the man that
points our noses to the wind and tells us
to catch it in our caps to fan us wi' next
summer that I'm fin'in' fau't wi'. But
you've given me nn idea. We'll joost
get up a gran' ball for the benefit o' the
Dunn's."
When Sandy Rea ate his breakfast that
day he repaired to the room the Dunns
occupied. Jem, who was fond of books,
had brought a bundle 01 papers ana some
tnm rmmnhlets to his brother; a cift
from the merchant who employed Jem
as an errand boy. He was showing r.is
mother the pictures in an illustrated pa-
ner. Jonn Jjunn naa twiotcu uimcn
..V T-f i i - i 1
around to see and near Jem. jus anuuue
aa he looked at Jem made a very disagree
able impression upon Sandy Rea, who said
to himself, 4,God save up! It's a living
death for poor John. ThisL.;istbe mend
ed some way." v
John Dunn had a board. on his sound
knee his mother's ironing board. Tho
basket at Mrs. DunVs side, and tha
quality of material in her lap told the
story. .
"What's the board for, Jack?" said
Sandy, cheerily. John blushed as Sandy
stooped and picked up a large piece of
cheap brown wrapping paper. The paper
boro a rude drawing. Snndy scrutinized
it with a critical eye.
"It's altogether heyoud me. What's
thin tin: house.?" .
Jwho'b brL' !. "lcrr-!c '
He
pointed to the board on his knee.
"Why, that's not half bad. I see I
see. This is an end view an' here is the
front the face of the roll. I see now
very plainly. ' An' what's this?"
"That's my idea. You see here is the
furnace. The ball conies out here, is
carried thro agh hero, then on to the rolls,
and here it is on the plates." .
"That's not possible. Why but we
have the squeezers,. you must remember
an' there's the heatin' furnaces. You'll
never do it in the world, John."
"I'm not so siwe of that. I've thought
it all out."
"But that's something Fm thinkin'
is beyond man's power to accomplish,"
said Sandy, whereupon John's counte
nance fell. -Then Sandy immediately re
gretted his speech.
"Stop I'm not so sure,
pcint out tb shortcoming
proper there on paper.
You'll may bo win thioo.
severance o' the boy!"
I can't jbost
. It looks main
Who knows?
My! the per-
"He has been working on that board
these three ' weeks steadily," said the
widow. '
"Yes and three months in my head
before I ever, touched pencil to paper,"
said John Dunn sadly.
" 'The Lord will provide,' Mir. Barnes
told u?," said Sandy Rae to his wife.
"There's that cripple up stairs wi' no
more color in him than a piece of chalk,
fast to his chair, prying his brains out
wi' inventions. The boy's face was a
study as ha pointed out how he would
take the iron from the furnace.and finish
it into bars before it cooled. If it fails
why, it'll be the death of him I'm
afeerd." .
It was a question of life and death to
the Dunns; their future now depended
upon the success of John Dunn's inven
tion. When he could spare time to visit
the Dunns Sandy Rea would listen in
silence while John explained his inven
tion. Then Sandy would look at the
drawing on the ironing board, stroke his
grizzled beard and scratch his bald head
alternately. He seemed to be in doubt
at times, but one morning he electrified
the invalid and his nervous mother by
rising and striking his palms as he ex-
WORKS.
claimed, "I see it now!- Work? It's
sure to work, man. Once the iron starts
in there, no power can stop it. " All we
want now is a mill to try it in. Your
fortune's made, Jack."
"Heck!" he exclaimed when he ex
plained to his wife the value of John's
idea. "There's been a deal o' talk o' the
future o' the Dunns, an' while this one,
an' that one has been plannin' an' noth
in' came of it, here is God's goodness
shinin' throo a bit o' brown paper on his
mother's ironing board ."
"But," said his wife anxiously, "'are
you quite sure his plan is right? There's
many a fyie thing on paper, but when it
comes to the work"
"Work? Huts! All the fools 11 be
sayin' now, 'Why didn't some one think
o' that long ago?" I'll din tho ears o' tho
owners till they give it a trial."
And he was as good as his word.
Thanks to Sandy Rea's persistence, a
mill owner was prevailed upon to con
struct a furnace and machinery adapted
to the purpose. In return, he received
an interest in the patent. In due time
the new plant was erected. It seemed
ages to ' the inventor, but experienced
iron workers regarded the completion of
the machinery in the time consumed re
markable. In less than three months,
everything was ready for the trial of the
new machinery.
All the iron workers in the mill were
on the tip-toe of expectation when the
day appointed for the test approached.
"Whatsr it doesni worx wier an,
mother?" Jem said. Mrs. Dunn lifted
a hand warningly and looked at John,
who had laid aside his drawing with a
si"h. His manner was strange, nervous,
and his mother was solicitous. He was
unable to sleeu.
"I heard what Jem said," jonn an
swered sadly, but he did not meet the
look his mother bestowed upon him. "If
it fails, Jem, well, there's the other
patents to fall back on. But I guess I'll
have to wait a good while before I can
go to the springs in Germany."
Fourteen months' conlinement had not
taken the spirit out of the brave fellow.
"If it works at first, I'll be surprised,
Jem, rot because it ought not to work
but, you see, if I ain't there, why there's
two or three little things might make a
great diff eince. ' It's pretty tough, sit
ting here ca;;ed' "there was a tinge r f
bitiprnpRS. the firpt his mother's quk
! eiLr hud cktei 1 i" -"nc ''nee lev -
at fh. That's of no account,'
teal going to be triod. " He said to him
self if he had the means how soon he
would have devised artificial locomotion.
He counted on the invention to pay for
I Jem's schooling. Jem was very bright,
and a universal favorite. Who knew,
John asked himself, what Jem might not
accomplish in a- profession? Then, if
there was half the money in it he
thought there was,. , it would enable his
mother to try what a change of scene
and variety would do for her.
"If the machine does not do all we
expect, we'll just have to wait, Jem."
But John Dunn's voice trembled as ho
said it. "It's best not to be too Bure
at least at the first go-off,: you know.
We have all counted too much on it
maybe."
There was a pathos in his voice that
fcJoved his mother as she had not been
Droved since the day he looked up at her
when she thougnt him dead. She turned
side asking herself bitterly why her
son should be deprived of the pleasure
of witnessing his own invention. She
would be there, and Jem. The brothers
talked of little else now.
The eventful day came. The sew in
vention was carefully scrutinized by tbe
curious, the progressive, the well-wishers
of the inventor, and the secret and avowed
sceptics. The last were clearly in tho
majority. They were prepared to dem
onstrate the impossibility of th? success
of the invention. -, They quoted auiLprs
glibly; and a few ' expressed their sur prise
that the owner of the mill should
surrender valuable time to the test, be
tides incurring expense. The mill own
er administrated a stinging rebuke to
these carpers.
"I take pleasure ia furnishing such aid
as lies in my power to all who are en
deavoring to improve recognized meth
ods, while I count it a privilege to con-
tribute my time and means to the devel
opment of new methods, and new pro
cesses." The evening was well advanced when
John Dunn heard a step on the pave
ment he well knew. All that weary
afternoon he had beheld men, women
and children hurrying up and down the
street. The majority bore bundles and
packages ; some were loaded down with
bundles; children scarcely able to walk
mere "tots" tottered along, chirping like
young birds, beside the men and women
they clung to. Everybody seemed to be
in a hurry, and. why not? To-morrow
was Christmas.
John Dunn's heart suddenly sunk.
Sandy Rae's firm, deliberate step was no
longer heard. The step paused at the
entrance to the stairway.
. "He brings me the news." John's
hand was on the window; he was on
the point of raising it; he wanted to
shout down to Sandy, then he checked '
himself. It may be failure. It will
keep.
Now another step, still more familiar
to John's sharpened senses, fell on his
ear; the light springing step of his
brother Jem. It, too, halted strangely
as it neared tne entrance to tne stair
way.
"Why do they stop there?" the invalid
asked himself, as a lump rose in his
throat. "It must be bad news, or Sandy
wouldn't stand there. Jem couldn't keep
back." Then he began to ask himself,
"If it fails?" repeating it again and again,
and involuntarily, unconsciously, he
supplemented it with Sandy Rea's re
frain, "The Lord will provide," until
query and answer were linked strangely
together, and a tear dropped on John
Dunn's hand.
Now another step approached his
mother's 6tep. It came very slowly; he
fancied it was more deliberate than usual.
Yes, it meant failure. Now they were
talking in subdued tones. It was all over
then. They were deliberating how to
break the news to him. John Dunn leaned
forward, covered his face with his hands,
and softly cried. Then he checked his
tears and wiped his cheekB resolutely.
He would put a brave face on it for his
mother's sake. It was hardest upon her
after all. A Btep the sep that was now
rarely out of his hearing was on of the
stairs. He pretended to be looking out
of the window when she entered. There
were tears on her eyelashes. She looked
at him so tenderly as she closed the door
softly and approached him swiftly that
he felt like crying out.
"There! Don't speak mother. I've
been repeating it over and over, 'Tho
Lord -will provide' some way."
Then the door was opened suddenly,
and Jem bounced in, followed by Sandy.
"I'll bet why, look at him, Mr. I
Rae!"
"I'm crying with joy, John," said
Mrs. Dnnn.
"If Mr. Rae hadn't held me back, I'd
been first to tell
sparkling eyes.
you
," said Jem with
"There are few men as thoughtful as
Mr. Rae," said Mrs. Dunn. Sandy
waived the compliment aside by saying,
"Did your mother tell you the best of
it?"
"I have told him nothing. Mr. Cole
offers ten thousand dollars down for the
half interest, and agrees to provide the
plant."
"Jem," Baid John sudd only, "I'll make
you an architect now that's what you
are born for. What makes you look so
sober, Sandy?" ,
'I was jooit thinkin',talkin about the
future. It's no so ' long since wo wero
puzzr.n' our brains ab.jut yrovidin for
ye.
t!.
t4 :
jsow goc.l. iucsc Du.'Come, im lattiu
leon hvuet-) mjscl' along wi' ithfi
i",. The -Lord will- provide.' '
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
IXTETIKST1SG NEWS COMPILKD
FIIOM MANY SOURCES.
The iron furnace ot Dncna Vista wai put in
blunt successfully last week.
The Hale of lots at Salem, Roanoke county,
Va., last week, aggregated t!Wl,725.
Citizens of Alexandria, Va., had a view the
other night of a lunar rainbow a rare an
very pretty sight.
Gnme in Pouthside Virginia is threatened
with extermination by Northern breach-load
ers and pot-hunters.
In theDnnville, Va., iinuraii09var a trace
has been signed nutil the state board of un
derwriters can arbitrate the differences.
The Bodly Wagon Company of Wheeling,
W. V., is atiout to remove its plant to Staun
ton, Va. It will give employment to 250 rue a.
Jamen Hendrickson, foreman in the Balti
more and Ohio carpenter shop at Grafton, W.
Va., died from injuries received by falling
into an ashpit.
At Benwood, W. Va., a cooper shop and five
dwellings were burned, and two dwellings
badly damaged. Los about 10,00, with
partial insurance.
The rtatterfen cotton mills, at Petersburg,
Va., were sold at public auction last week,
end Mrere purchased by George H. Byrd, of
New York, for $40,000.
Mi Letitia Tyler Semple has presented to
the Wiltinm ami Mary College a number of
oil portraits of the old Tyler family, and they
trill be placed in the library.
Th -proposed new cotton factory in Raleieh,
N. C, Beeun to be an assured scheme. The
present factory has been compelled to refuse,
order and is running day and night.
C. E. Butler, of Mount Airy. Md., has two.
stocks of tuberoses with twenty-ijrhtbloonis
on one and twenty on another, with a third
-!. ready to bloom about Christmas.
The Tnk and Dnchrs of Mnrlhornnch
Vere anion',he purchasers of the lots at tl e
sale in trlusgow ,ast week. 1 wo hundred and
eleven lots were'svld for a total of $155,000.
Al! the notes iudgKifnts, overdrafts, &c, of
the In! State Natiofiaf tank, ot Raleigh, N.
C, were dUposeil of at pukf auction. This
entirely winds up the affairs 'V the institu
tion N
Asher & Bro., shoe manufacturers J?hila-
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neipnia, nave ptircnasca a controlling interests'
tory, which will herealter be under their
in me siovk. oi me Disunion, va., onoe xac-
control.
An immense concern for the raanufuctureof
salt, soda ash, bromide and other chemicals is
to be ftiirtea near Charleston. W. Va. The
company has $'.',5UU,000 capital, and will em
ploy i,wu men.
Hon. Henry G- Davis has deeded the mag
nificent Davis Free School Building to the
local board of school trtrrtecs, as a gift to the
people of Piedmont, W. Va. This structure
cost above $2',),O0O.
The little son of Lonis fichram. of Bellnire,
W.Va., while playing with a St. Bernard dog,
was thrown by the dog, and his head coming
in contact with a stone, the doctors fear con
cussion of the brain.
The Banner of Liberty, published at Lib
ertytown, Md., is offered lor sale. The pro
prietor says he desires to retire, after thirty
eight years of service, and offers the outfit
and good-will at a bargain.
A charter has been obtnined for the con
struction of a railrond froui Summit Point,
W. Va., to Berryville, Va. Col. William M.
Clements, forineriy general manager of the
Baltimore & Ohio Road, is one of the incor
porators. "The North Carolina Almanac," published
by James H. Knni, is meeting with an un
precedented sale this year. Jt has only been
out about two months, and the sales have
reached over eight thousand copies. Many
orders have be-n rereived from South Caro
lina, Georgia and other southern States.
The people of Melrose, nar Westminster.
Md., are very much excited about certain
mysterious noises heard about the house of
Edward Shaffer, the village merchant They
are described as resembling the rolling of
distant thunder, the bursting of a shell and'
the hammering of amith upon the anvil. It
is said these noises have occurred for several
years about the Advent season.
The gray Percheron stallion belonging to
Samuel T. Earle, of Centitville, Md., got out
of the stable daring the night, and in walking
about be stepped on the platform of the. well,
which broke with him, and he went to the
bottom. He was pulled out next morning
nearly frozen, and died in lea than twenty
fonr hours from his injuries.
While placing a piece of sheet-iron in the
rolls at tne McCuIlough Iron Company, at
North East, Cecil county, Md., Asa Rambo
had his left hnnd caught by the rolls, and it,
together with his arm, was rolled flat and torn
from his body.
At a meeting of the trustees of the state
penitentiary at Moundsville, W.Va., the moat
jmpoiUnt bniiiness transacted was the letting
of 240 convicts for five years to Weaver. Bar-
dell & Humphrey's, to engage in the manuiac-
tnre of whips, brooms, fly-nets and shop goods.
The insurance on the Bellaire, W. Va,.
Stamping Company's burned plant has all
been adjusted, and the company gets $43,000.
Workmen are tearing down the old walla,
preparing to build. The company has rilled
all the vacant storehouses in the city with
their work.
Hiram Poe, a Cleveland and Pittsbnrg
brakeninn, got under the train at Bellaire, W.
Va., to uncouple the air-brake. Another
brakeman nnthinkingly gave the signal to
back, and Poe was caught and his clothing
torn, but he had the presence of mind to catch
the steps in passing and draw himself up,
holding on until the train was stopped.
A special meeting of the Raleigh, N. C,
Chamber of Commerce was held, at which the
matter of the State exposition was freely dis
cussed. A committee of prominent business
men was appointed, who will act in concert
with the Agricultural society. The prospect
for carrying out the scheme is good, it the
Legislature acts favorably.
A ret ident of Richmond, Vs., has come into
possession of a revolutionary relic in the
shape of Gen. Daniel Morgan's mess chest,
which is estimated as being 125 years old.
The chest is made of pine, heavily ribbed with
iron, and is closed by an old-time ponderous
lock.
The private soldiers' monument on Liberty
Hill, Richmond, Va., will be a reproduction
of Pompey's Pillar at Alexandria, Egypt, sur
mounted by a bronze figure of a Confederate
infantryman, musket in hand. Already a
considerable portion of the granite work has
been done.
Frank Robinson, of linden's Station,Queen
Anne's county, Md., has a girl baby eleven
days old with no middle ringer on either hnnd
and no middle toes; the thumb and forefinger
and great toe and next one are webbed to
gether and third and fourth fingers and toes
are webbed together. It has no upper lip or
jaw, no palate and almo; t an extra nose.
Near Henrietta Mill", Rutherford county,
N. C, Ilollowny Wall shot and killed his wile,
dangerously wounded her brother and then
pntanendto his own lite. About eighteen
month ngo he married Miss Eva ilaynes and
vent West. Atter eight or nine months he
deserted her. Her relatives Assisted hei tu
r. irn hour. He nrrivrd in Tore.: City and
t tccurtl a e.:"')?c ace s-vl d - veoi:t to v ere
his wife was living. On arriving there oe
called her to the door, drew his revolver and
hot her down, shooting her twice after h
fell, leshot end dangerously wounded her
brother, R. R. Haynes, who came to her as
si3tance, and then mounted his horse and rode
away. A party went in pnrsuitand tound him
about two miles away. ly ins dead by the road
side, with a ballet in his heart
SIX MEN KILLED.
Terrible Disaster on the Intercolonial
Railway, Kear Lewis, Ontario.
The express train from Halifax on the Inter-Colonial
railway, due at Lewis at 11.40
o'clock, met with a frightful accident about
three miles from its destination, resulting in
the death of six men and the injury of twenty
other passengers.
The scene of the wreck is an embankment
at St Joseph's. The train was made np of a
baggage and mail car, one second-class car,
on first-class car and one sleeper.
It was running at a high rate of speed, and
after passing St Joseph's Station the second
class car appeared to have jumped the track
at the end of the station sidingon acurveand
to have dragged the first-class car and sleeper
with it, and also to have derailed the mail car
and baggage car ahead of it. The three pas
senger cflrx ran diagonally along the embank
ment for 200 yards, the second-class car strik
ing the western abutment of the bridge which
carries the track over the public highway at
this point
It was in this car that the sacrifice of life
occurred, the frout of the car being smashed
to atoms against the so id stone abutment.
The three ears turned over, the first-class car
being bndly shattered. Fortunately the curve
on which they were running, threw the cars"
away from each other, and though the heavy
sleeper was carried half its length along the
first-class car it ran alongside of it instead of
crushing through it as it wonld have done on
a straight line. The sleeper was not so badly
smashed as the other cars.
The engine, still drawing the baggage and
mail cars, passed over the bridge, the timbers
of which were badly broken np by the two
cars derailed by the plunge of those two cars
i-tJie rear. Atter passing tbe bridge the mail
car went aown tne embalmment, having ap-
narentlv turned enmnletelv over in itidsrtnfc-
ine engine and the derailed baggage ear eon
-,
cued on. nassintr over a second road bridge
safeTV and were brought to a stand-still a few
hnndretCyard further on.
As soon as'rri5j.iew8 of the disaster reached
Lewis, a number or wed'cal men crossed the
river and went down on a Bpccial train to the
scene of the disaster and rendered efficient
aid to the wounded passengers.
FOUR PERSONS KILLED.
Fatal Accident at a Railroad
Street.
Crossing In Bristol, Pa.
A shocking accident occurred at the Mil?
street railroad crossing, in Bristol, Pa., by
which four persons were killed, one fatally
wounded and one seriously hurt ' The acci-'
dent was caused by tne saiety-gates at the
crossing being raised just before the New
York west-bound exprers was due.
A nnmK aF npmnntt tinri hAen wntfincr fri o
freight train to pass, and as soon as the gates
were raised started across. John Moll vain, a
teamster, started across with his wagou, in
which were his 13-year-old son, Neal Mcllvain;
Joseph Hussey, about the same age; Hugh
Dever, a storekeeper on Pine street, and John
McGee, about 15 years old.
The express train, while running at full
speed, struck tbe wagon, instantly killing Neal
Mcllvain, Joseph liussey And Hugh Dever.
John Mcllvain had his shoulder and leg
broken, ribs crashed and was otherwise i
ternally injured. He is not expected to live.
The two boys were struck with such force
that they were thrown into the canal. Joseph
Johnson, who was crossing the track on foot,
was also struck by the engine and instantly
killed. John McGee, who was also in the,
wacon, was badly injured.
The gntekcepc claims that the clatter of the
freight train passing drowned the noise of the
bell 6o that it could not be beard. He will
probably be arrested.
pvdt no a mm ht nvs t ctr . '
AlProposed Army Expedition to Thor
onghly Examine the Territory.
A bill provjdingifor a eyatematio explora
tion of the interior of Alaska is likely to re
ceive consideration by- Congress during the
coming week. It provides that the Secretary
of War shall send a party composed of snob
army officers, soldiers and others, as he may
deem necessary, int the interior of Alaska,
and appropriates $100,000 to defray the . ex
penses of the expedition. The report accom
panying Ihe bill states thatithe Territory is
nearly 600,000 square miles in area, and ex
cepting along thb coast, is almost unknown. .
A few parties have htisiily traversed some
of the larzc rivers, but with so inadequate an
equipment that the results obtained are in
sufficient to pii'e a just idea of the resources
and capabilities of the country. It is pro
posed that the party shall remain for a period
of t ireeyears in order that the observations'
made may bo absolutely trustworthy and fin
ally set at rest the various and conflicting re
ports regarding Alaskan territory. .The pro
posed expedition will he the first systemMie
attempt mada by our Government to explore
Alaska or to find out precisely what we . ob
tained by our purchase from Russia.
MARKETS.
Baltimore Flour City Mills. ertra.$5.00
($5.20. Wheat Southern Fnitz, 90(92.
Corn Southern White, 5455c, Yellow,
758c. Oata Southern and Pennsylvania
49(?i.olc Rye Maryland and Pennsylvania
76(&7Tc. Hay Maryland and Pennsylvania
9 50(4$10.00. Straw Wheat, 7)0'.
Butter Eavtern Creamery, 2ti27c, nenr-Dv
receipt 1314c. Cheese Eastern Fancv
Cream, 104 lOjc., Western, 8(iMe. Eggs 'So
3i26c Tobacco, Leaf Interior, l(i,$ .fii, Good
Common, 4$o.0, Middling, 6(n,f3.0t, Good
to fine red, y.fll.00. Fancy 12r.iiiil3.O0.
New York Floor 8rtuthern Gond.-:to
choice extra, 4.23$5.83. Wheat No. 1 White
978(W;99c. Rye-State .WfMOc. Corn-Southern
Yellow, 5SlCd).WJc Oats White, .Stiita
47i50c. Butter State, 2n(a,2Sc. Vht-ew
State, 7i9c. Eggs 27(aVs0.
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fancy, 4.25(a.$t.flO. WlieatPcmisvlviuiia and
Southern Red, 97jyASc. Rye- IVtinsj 1 v;i
nia, M57c. Corn .Southern Yellow, tl(.
62c Oata 49f&50c. Butter State. 2304) '.'He
Cheese New York Factor v, I0(alll. E
State, 26r.j 27c.
CATTLh.
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ishw York Beef (Uitir i.f7.on,
4.(K'('i$."..!i(). 1 1 o-fc3.30(Tr. .;.!.(
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"I riE Sultan of Turkey locks much like Jsy
GouM, except th'U ho is somewhat taUt-r th.vi
the all street izard and his iise is a tritf
more pr jig inetit.