The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, February 21, 1890, Image 1
THE EASY ROAD. a
n
By the road of "By-and-By*
Stretching on forerer, * a
One who travels comes at last v
To the house of "Never!" f
Very tall, and very high, I
Iron barred securely, c
Those who enter find themselves j
Guarded very surely! g
"By-and-By" 's an easy road;
Through soft fields and mosses, s
No high hills, nosaudy soil, I
x Anywhere it crosses. 1
If hard places come between, i
Round them it goes winding, s
Very slowly leading on, f.
Smoothest travel finding! r
Looking ou aheaJ, one sees J
iuV But a soft mis), J|
pR- whr"""" 1
ljut there comes an end. some dnv.
Where one sees forever,
DaA and grim the iron gates
Of the house of "Nevor!" 1
THE LOST LETTER,
t
11Y ANNA 1MKKPONT SIVITEK. V
"Jimmy!"' railed Frank Hepburn, the
handsome voting bookkeeper for Wade ; '
Brothers.
Jimmy the oftiec-boy for the same j
firm, as is usual in such cases, did- not i
hear. It is a singular fact, not. yet ex- '
plained, that deafuess is more prevalent '
among office-boys thau among HDy other J.
class of .wage-earners.
"Jimmy!" jv
Frank Hepburn called more sharply i
tliis time, and .Timmy relinquished "
his favorite occupation of draw- s
intf t ulU - wiLli rail - *? 4m +Um - firm's
uoteheads, and slowly approached
Mr. Hepburn's stool. i
\ "Take this letter to the jmstotficc, and i
^ rop it into the box marked 4City,'and j
quick, please.*'
^ ^ Jimmy took the letter, placed it care- j .
fully between his teeth while he put on ^
his hat and coat; lie then surveyed the 1
envelope closely, and asked: ! '
"What'r. that mark in the corner for, i
Mr. Hepburn?'' 1 1
"Clear out, you rascal!" laughed the 1
young man. slightly coloring. "It's a n
secret-society sign. Now go!" )'
A.J the boy passed from the office, 11
Weaver, the cashier, looked up and v
yawned: "Well, it's my lunch time," ^
and a minute later lie was hurrying after
tho leisurely Jimmy.
"I'm going past tlv: postoffice, Jim," I
ho remarked, as he overtook that youths 1 ^
"give me Hepburn's letter and I'll du>\> 1 s
It in for you." I
f^r.. Jimmy, glad of an opportunity to en 11
"P0- Nrnttu iu an iuteresting game of marbles i 8
* he saw being played round the corner, J
willingly gave up the letter, and Weaver | s
passed down the street. ! ^
"Ah, that's the way the wind blows, j
is it?" lie thought, glancing at. the ad- , *
dress. " 'Miss Bertha Willcy, 219 |
jVludisou avenue.' I thought that that i
engagement was 'entirely broken oil. "
This dosen't look like it, but I mean to 11
know for certain."
Weaver had long been Hepburn's *
most persistent rival. The lady in the [ t
ease was a prize well worth any man's n
earnest e(Torts to win, and when Frank s
Hepburn's engagemi nt to her was an-j
nouueed, none of her admirers felt half ^
the chagrin that seized Weaver. He I
had felt almost certain of winning I ^
her himself at one time, aud in the ex- j ^
pectation of handling he. suug fortune ,
had incurred certain debts which, ae- I ^
cording to the rude fashion of c ebts, c
WCrC 1)Q\V . ' TITTTI IfriTir-mrcH-.
Great, then, had been his satisfaction
when a report reached him' of %h?fcr?k?n
engagement, and he immediately called
011 Miss Willcy. She received him
cordially,and in the two succeeding weeks | ^
he frequently repeated the call.
"I will strike while the iron is hot," j r
he said to himself, and on this very eve- j
ning had determined to know his fate, : !
when the sight of Hepburn's letter upset 1
bis plans.
v ' I will know what is in it," bethought, '
"jjfipperatelv. "I can open it?it's very 1
_ t$i^9l<e)cssly sealed. Hepburn can't, ecme 1
between us again, if I can help it!" x
II,? Kiicriiul hnmn utwl linlflintr thn
envelope over :? .steaming kettle in his !
mother's kitchen, soon had its coveted '
contents in his hand. It ran thus:
(
"BEtvritA, Dkak: I was wrong, and yon ,
were right. Can I come and bo forgiven? I i
have a fine business offer from n house in St. |
I'aul; if I do not get a lavorable reply from (
you to-morrow, I shall neeept it, and go immediately.
Life without you is unendurable (
here. Frank." !
"Von will get no answer to-morrow,"
Weaver muttered; "and once safe in the '
West, my coast is clear. What an idiot, '
to intrust all his happiness to a letter! 1
lint then, he's so terribly proud; he j
thought it would hurt his dignity less to i '
write a note than seek an interview."
Yes, Weaver was right ; Frank was
proud, and so was Bertha. A trivial 1
lovers' .plana I had eomc between them,
Wr ami Bertha, feeling sure Frank must see
in time lie was wrong, did not try to;
right herself. She would gladly meet
him half-way in any effort at revoneilia
tion, but farther than that her womanly
sen respect woum not ici nor go. Menu
time her evenings were lonely, ami when
Mr. Weaver enllccj, he foumlher very
ready to he entertained.
On the day after Weaver r^fmed this
letter, he watched Hepburn narrowly, .
ami saw he was restless and nervous, and j
hi. 'light that he was nulo aud weak. TJl&l
"nicking up for St, Paul," Weaver
sneered to himself. '"It's just an excuse."
Hut Frank I/cphurn's was no assuned
illness. "A bad ease of brain-fever," the i I
doctor said, as he gazed with more than j
professional interest on the young man j
lying before him. His brown eyes were i
wide open, ami restlessly Hying from one '
^ face to another, as if in search of one that j
never came, while his parched tongue i t
constantly formed the word "Bertha," I
gently and pleadingly spoken as long as ' h
his strength permitted him to utter it. 1 f'
Then, as lie beeuinc weaker, onlv a half, i b
_ Jl,
rticolato murmur greeted the ears o^the
nxious watchers who bent above him.
'Who is Bertha?" the physician at last
usked the weeping, gray haired mother |
vho had come from a distant city to care j
or her only son. "W? must find her. J
have done all I can for his body, but :
>nly her coming can relieve his mind." !
Vnd, he added, sofily, "she must come
toon."
"If I only knew," the mother an
wereci, "now i would uy to neri it is
iroaking my heart to face those eager, ;
onging eyes;. but I do uot know. '
Vmong my boy's papers are several notes j
ligned 'Bertha,' but no other name is
;iveu, and all are dated 'Home.' Oh,
loctor, it is hard to know a woman holds
ny beautiful boy's life in her hands, and
[ cannot even plead with her_for__itTM
At the office, things went on as usual. :
Weaver noticed Frank's desk remained j
vacant, but said to himself, when the
derks spoko of his illness:
"Men don't die of broken hearts, and
ic will recover, cured of his fancy.''
lie could not, however, bring himself
o destroy the stolen letter, but when
done, constantly took it from his pocket
md glanced at it.
One day, while doing so, Mr. Wade
uddenly entered the room. Hastily slipring
it under a pile of bills. Weaver
ooked up.
' Mr. Weaver,"his employer said, "let \
nc come to your desk. I want to glance j
tver Frank's papers. I ain afraid the i
>oor boy himself will never do that again.
Sad, isn't it?" And Mr. Ward's-kindly
'oice grew husky.
"Is it so bad as that, sir?" Weaver
aurmured, while a deadly faintness
ci/.ed^ him,
tapers and running over them Suddenly
ic exclaimed:
"What's this??a letter written by
ratiK nimseii, ana never sentf '
The pity that a moment ago had filled .
Veaver suddenly vanished, and a fierce '
lesire to escape detection had taken its
ilace.
'Why, yes," he said; "I remember
frank intended to invite Miss Willey to
he opera for Thursday, but changed his
aind, and I suppose did not send the
cttcr. However, I am going down to
nquire after him at noon, and if you
rill give me the letter, I'll leave it with
lis mother."
"Yes, yes," assented Mr. "Wade, j
'that's a good idea."
But he still held it in his hand, while
Veaver could hardly retain his desire to \
natch it away.
"If I get the cursed thing in my own !
^d_yjiefi*2ho thought, "it will novci^b^
Just then Jimmy entered. Catching
ight of the letter in Mr. Wade's hand,
ie exclaimed:
"Why, Mr. Weaver, you didn't mail
hat letter that day!"
Weaver turned pale.
"You don't know what you're talking
bout," he said, as Mr. Wade glanced up
nquiringly.
"Yes, I do," Jimmy persisted; "that's j
I, ~ 1 -Xa If- tJ 1 :i I
iiu tuner mi. i mrn l;;ivu iiju iu luaii \
he day before he got sick. Do you re- |
aember his saying that little cross was a j
ecrct society sign ?"
"Why didn't you mail it, Jimmy?" j
Ir. Wade interrupted, sternly.
"Why, sir, on my way to the office, j
Ir. Weaver took it from me, and said j
ie'd mail it himself."
Jimmy had taken the letter from Mr. !
Vade's hand, and turning it over, cxluimed:
han any words.
"Mr. Weaver, I am sorry for this,"
Ir. Wade said, simply, and left the
oom.
His heart was very tender toward the
ioor boy he had seen that morning toss- ;
ng restlessly from side to side, aud still
rying to murmur "Bertha."
"The name is the same," he com- |
ncntcd. "I'll take her the note and ex)lain
its delay. There may he a con- ;
lection between this and his brain-fever. \
?od grant there is."
Hurriedly calling a cab, he drove to 1
he address on the envelope, and was
ioon greeted by a young lady who re- j
sponded to his inquiry for "Miss IJertha |
Willcy."
She was a very beautiful girl, but
here was none of the gay brightness one
WMild look for in a creature so young.
She had an air ot weariness like that
which comes from long nights of sleep- ]
lessness, and there was a suspicion of
tears in her voice as she greeted her vis- j
itor.
"Is this your letter?" he asked,abrupt- ]
ly.
She looked at him rather haughtily an j
instant, then her whole nn changed to
one of intense eagerness as she caught
sight of the address. "Yes,'' she
breathed, and in a moment had taken
the. note and devoured its contents.
"Where did you get it?" she asked,
looking up, the pretty color that tinged
her cheeks as siie read dying out,and her
little air of hauteur returning, though
her eyes still danced, and there was a
glad ring in her sweet voice.
Ignoring her question, Mr. Wade said,
sharply:
"Do you know its writer^is dying?"
"Dying! Frank?oh, my darling!"
ThciV- was no need to ask /*? this was
instant, and a hard, strained look came
in their place, more pitiful than any
tears. She put her hand on her heart a
moment, and then said, simply:
" lake me to him, please."
"Oct your hat," Mr. Wade answered.
But she only looked at him again and
^hispcfed: "Take me to hiqi."
Without a word more, he led her to I
ho still waiting cab.
On reaching the house, Mr. Wade left
icr in the hall nnd hurried up-stai'v. a
pw swift words explained to the doctor i
Clow, and Ijc listened down. 1i
"You must 1x3 very quiet," ho said,
gently, though the charge aeemed unnecessary
iu greetiug tho almost stony
figure that awaited him. "Sleep must
coine withiu an hour, or death or hopeless
insanity will result; but go to him,
look and speak quietly and naturally,
and if it is you he is dying for (a shudder
ran through the girl) we may save
him yet."
Tho girl rose and went to the glass.
"Look aud speak naturally." Even in
that hour of anguish she wondered
if the face there was hers. He
would not know those pinched
checks, thorn staring eyes and bloodless
lips. She stood a moment biting her
lips, rubbed her cheeks and then smiled
at the glass. That >vonderful thiim^k
woman's love, had triumphed ovpyi^uS^
t>;.st I ill
id uci ucojrciou; cuvicarui iu ivouuu uci
beloved from his grasp.
The doctor led the way to the sickroom,
opened the door and stood aside
as she entered. Bertha swayed for an
instant as she caught sight of the pitiful,
wasted form extended before her; but
again Love triumphed, and Rwiftly advancing
to his bedside, she bent above
the wistful eyes and said, clearly and
softly:
"Love, did you call me?"
For a moment the face looking into
hers retained the eager, searching look
it had worn for days; then it died away,
and one of perfect content tilled its
I place.
Bertha!" the pinched lips tried to
say.
"Yes, Bertha," she cooed, softly laying
her cool lips on his; 'and now, darling,
shut your eyes. I will put my
cheek against yours, and we will rest."
Like a tired child, he obeyed her,
she slipped under it, while the peachy
cheek that lay on his seemed to possess
an almost magic power.
"lie is saved!" the doctor murmured
to the happy, bewildered mother; and so
it proved, for Frank Hepburn awoke?
very weak, indeed, but rational, "ready
to drink a gallon of beef-tea, and be married
that very afternoon," he whispered,
faintly.
When Mr. Wade returned to the office,
ue iouna weaver had drawn Iiis piy and
left.
*'Hc knew I wouldn't keep him mi
hour," Mr. Wade said, whilo relating
the circumstance for the hundredth time,
at the Hcpburn-Willey wedding, two
months later. "What kind of a heart
must it be that would try to separate
such a couple as that!"
And he glanced with almost fatherly
pride at the handsome pair who were
standing under A floral arch, receiving
mhe> wwyiaaidtmSVi"- Ilii.fl ?Wi?ifr
showering upon them.
"Bless iry heart!" he added, softly;
"surely the angels themselves must smile
on such wonderful love as theirs."?
Popular Monthly.
The Sobering Machine.
There is some talk here, says a Doylestown
(1'cnn.) correspondent of the New
York Times, about reviving the "sobering
machine." Forty years ago it was a
familiar piece of mechanism. Simple in
construction, durable in use, it served its
purpose well and effectively. In those
days a drunken man was a rare sight. A
few citizens of this place remember it
well. "Jack" Reynolds was one of the
men who manned the machine, and he recollects
when it did yeoman service. But
the persons who fell victims to it are too
modest to recall its purifying effects.
It was devised because it was necessary,
iiii> i> uu.aiau?i ur wiu' ntttmug gfiar of
an oVdinarv w?gf>"
i?Ksn on and a box fastened to the. axle.
Sobriety was the watchword of the half
dozen men who ran it. "Whenever a
drunken man or woman was seen on the
street the machine was brought out. Tho
victim was placed on the broad of his
back in the box. Then the command
was given and the occupant was run out
of town. It was seldom that a man got
the second dose of tho "sobering machine."
The tramps soon got to dread
the ride of a mile or so, and they never
returned after the first experience. The
wife beater fared the same, and its influence
had a salutary effect on this class
of people. The old inhabitants say that
the "sobering machine" of nearly a half
century ago was much more effective than
the threats and violence of the White
Caps of the present day.
King of the Gypsies.
A modest brick house, standing a little
way back from the street, in a suburb of
the city or Dayton, Ohio, is tho property
and for a part of the year the home of a
gypsy of wide repute, the heir apparent
to a throne in Little Egypt; and here,
and hereabouts, is the rendezvous of a
numerous baud or tribe. This settlement
is widely known as the homo of
! some of the richest and most influential
families of gypsydom, among them tho
' Stanleys, of which tho present head,
Levi, is called the King. This Levi
Stanley is a short, thick-set man of something
over seventy years; he is still
strong and active, with a ruddy cheek
and bright eye. Much of his time is
passed with the traveling parties, while
his eldest son, Levi, dr., a stalwart,
handsome man of fifty, assumes much of
the active direction of affairs, looking
after property, etc.
Lying scattered about to the north of
Dayton ate many tine farms owned by
r J i- i -vad nnal fii the farius are
- - -? . \n icu.tnts, for however near
the gypsy may be to tho primeval man
he has not yet developed a strong liking
Vi * V 1,10 l)rim{>v?l occupation,
he traveling and camping parties are
the most interesting and picturesque
features of the gypsy life. These usually
consist of a single family, tho term
family meaning the whole blood connection.
It may comprise ono or n dozen
wagons and from thrco to four to nearly
half a hundred people. They make long
or short journeys, as directed by the
King, stopping at each place as Ion* as
tho state of the horse and palmistry trade
warrants.? VMcaao lltrald. f |
THE NEWS.
Cbnrks Lokms attempted to shoot Lottie
Longnccker, Vf Hamilton, Oaio, who bad refused
bis han\ in marriage, anl then committed
m cidV Charles Miller, sou of a
prominent farrier, of Lebanon, Ohio, has
b en arrested $1 the charge of murdering
George Purdy, While the latter was returning
home from* It publican meeting in October,
lb8S.- \ur men and a woman hare
been arrested in t\ic ?^o, cbargoJ with car.
rylng on scl?me?Sor defrauding country
people. The countVourt house at D illas,
Texas, wns burn* I. >?,, f80,000. A B.
& O. train ran into a s\vr drift some dis^
tnnco from ConnelUiillf\j,) and the locomotive
and two car^were \hrown into the
river, the engineer. Irenvin. harmumnuiter
re I. ?
The Eist wing of thCYjefvXmea Hotel,
Pitts-burg, was burned, aiiitba%ueats made
narrow asoapes. Loss f lJlOQ. Washington
Hall, occupying a bilk of ground (a'
Paterson, N. J., and used Ian armory by a
militia regiment, was butted, and the ear
plosion of ten thousand qprtrldges caused
considerable excitem -nt. 1250,00J.
The American win low glass trust has run
tbe price of glass up from flteen to twenty,
five per cent. Ituth \Vooi? died in Lancaster,
Pa., at the age of pie hundred and
two years. Great damag* has been done
by floods on tho Los Angs.'is river to tbo
orange oud lemon crchurdl. Alfred Andrews
was sentenced to be banged for the
murder of C ara Prico at Kaitbaus, Pa.
Five hundred Indian children participated
in the anniversary of the signing of tbe In.
dlan Land and Severalty bill, bold at tho
Government Training School at Carlisle,
Pa, Geor/e W. Rich, with many alias -s,
was arrested in Chicago charged with using
tho miils for fraudulent purposes. Th.?
wwhoM ot a Jiri- os
served at Princeton. Major "Wm. Hugh s>
bio her of Thomas Brown Hughes, author
of "Tom Brown's School Days," died at Asbury
Park.
David Carmlohael, t!lcrtinpor nmaufticturer
of Amsterdam, ff. Y., who recently commit'
ted forgories amounting to *110,000, 1b dying
and the officers are no longer guarding him"
John Niohdeffer stabbed John Force, at
Bellefonte, Pa., in a qtiarr.'l ahont a woman.
Tho Chicago Anarchists'case is to be
taken before tbe United States Supreme
rv..?-1- i . ... . . . ,
i, it-view, in U13 nope oi ixjiiik vu
get a releaso fro n priso l of Neebe, Fielden
and Schwab. Forty-three saloons in Manchester,
N. H.f were raid? I by the police
Joshua Saxton, the oldest editor in Ohio,
died at Urbana, aged eighty-two years.
Two cases of typhus fever passed through
Castle garden tto past week, dbe sick per
sons coming in contact with scCtes of other
passengers on the to^hm. ?Murteou bunPeter
JP- Claasten, of"^^^^8^^^rtarged
with deank wrecking has naallBbeeu reh ared
on $30,000 bail. Tnere wen| 205 businea
failures in the United St^'es, tind 56 in Canoda
the past week.?rLige Moore, wai
hanged at Greensboro', fi- C., for the murder
of Laura Hyatt. -Alatk^ Shaft, th?
Reading Company's largest colliery, closed
indefinitely, throwing out 1,000 hands.?
The new agreement of the Connellsville coke
operators with their employes advances
wages from twelve to flfteeu per cent.
A terrific win 1 storm accompanied by snow
I and bnil. swept over Wes;ern Pennsylvania.
i Aluny buildings were Dlown aownana omen
. unroof id. At B airsville several men wer*
i crushed to death under Ihi walls of a factory
i demolished in thobtorra. There was a heavy
I snowfall on the Virginia mountains. Tue
J failure of John \V. Priestly, a Philadelphia
\ reported.
I ^^^^^'''ii^^reg^^^tinue, and many
sma'l ho-.sos in Balera and Oregon City bnvj
' been carried away. A farmers' vigilance
J committee at Point Township, near Chilli
I cothe, Ohio, has beeu very effectual in pun'
ibhing petty thieves. 'The gripis playing
j liavoo in the lumbering camps of Wisconsin
many men dying of the disease through lack
! of medical attention. The four-story boi
factory of J. K. Hunt, at Rochester, N. Y.
was burned. Loss $5J,000. ?Sarah Rici
and Amelia Vallancouit w(rj fatally
burned nt Lowell, Mass. Joseph Wild &
Co.'a matting factory, iu Brooklyn, was do
Hiruyo.i i>y lire, ^*iu,vw. ?nt>?, it ,
F. Nichols, of Philadelphia, has been electee
assistant bishop of California. William
Th icker, the purchasing agent of the liij
i .Sandy Lumber Company, is supposed t>
have been murdered, his bo ly having beei
found near Mud river, in the West Virgini:
mountains. Miss Charlotte Dunlap, aget
j twopty years, of Husquehtym^^P^, com
I milted suicide rather than (Hurry ?? ?an ah'
j d.d not love. Judge Fleming was inaug
urated Governor of West Virginia, the Re
pul lican inembors of the legislature takini
I 110 part in tho exorcises. Arguments wer
heard in tho libel suit of the Rev. Dr. Rail
of RulT ilo, for #;J5,000 damages against th
Nl-w York Evening I'ost, growing out of th
presidential campaign of lt?SI. John Gal
higher was convicted and sentenced to flftee
years in the penitentiary for assaulting
fifteen-year-old girl in Philadelphia. Th
. Governor of North Carolina has been aske
| to aid in fettling the troubles of the oyste
; men at Ocrocoke Island.
MURDERED THEM WILFULLY
An Old Him of* Nrvenly-tl ve Mlioot
11 m Noll mill ITiniKhf er-tn-l.nw.
A t rrible double ti a ,oly occurred at MIt
mi, Man., John Morton and his wife, aged ri
spectively 5'J and 54 years, being shot inool
yioo I by MortOQ> Jathej^ggM7^^fl.j<sfl
res ding with them.
John Morton was absent fror?^" hora
and during his absenc j the old i3 ud Mr
Morton had soine angry words \Ut eildt
by Morton striking his Uau<hter-iUi/lW wil
? piece of wood. O i the son's reitf n lw r
uked theol I man 10/ hisactioDs wKer U3C
fLe futtnr said: "Uj you see t^ayr r,fl '
want you to take it down and sho-''t ,nu or
will shoot you." If
The son paid no attention th'* remar
going into another room. ThJ? oi<* man tUl
took down the rifle, went outtr"10 and 0r<
through the window, instantly If'Mag bis so
the bullet entering the heart #
The hired man ran to a neJs|f>bor for
f'ance, and during his ubsena jP Mr4, Mor.i
wns shot in the abdomen bfll Norton. 8
only lived for an hour. "%L
The o-d man does not deny JUMilittSs. *
1 say he did it intentionally. S "W '
TEE WIND'S IAD WOREA
Terrible Storm Sweeps Over dj
Western Pennsylvania. m
People CriiNhtMl to O-ntt* Viirter the
IVnlls of Sti'ldlng* Blow:* Down ? n
Nnrrow Eaeapctu r?
Western Pennsylvania lias been visited by 01
tho worst storiu in m ny years. Snow, hail, ^
rain an 1 wind have b?on play In j^avoo. In p,
Pitt-burg snow has blockade! many of the g
streets and stopp.-d tr.illl 5, while telegraph
and tolephone lines are breakingdown under
the heavy weight of ico, with which they si
are coated. In the mountains the storm Is o
raging with terriflo fury, and reports are ^
coming in of serious damage to proj>erty. t
kill- ^
ed, and a workman whose natns could not bo ?
learned injured. Mr. Burners lo y was ira- t
mediately taken from the wreck. It was
mangled beyond reeogn'tkn. Mr. Barr'sre- t
mains were recovi red two liours biter. ' r
At Uniontown the roof was blowu off the (
Methodist Episcopal Church, a part of it t
aiigh i ig on lb- bouse of John llrown, just
north of the church, crushing it to piecs.
Ti.e root of the large new building lately n
erected by the Pennsylvania Construct on 0
Company be!ow town was also blown olf. A
horse and wagon driven bv James Rush was ?
blown over Gr.>y,!? Hill. The wagon is lying j,
on its'back with the wheels whirling in the
air. No one was seriously hurt.
Po tmaster Bikor's tvw housa was nearly
demolished, n'so J .in ?s Froi k -nberry's bousa
and John \V. Ringer's house was leveled. 'itaa t
telephone and electric light wires are all t
.down. None of the coke works are running \i
south of Uniontown. The Redstone Coke 1 1
Company's ofllces, at BrownfielJ. were blown i r
down aud enti ?!y dcmoliidieJ. The end w.is ( t
blown out of the engine bouse at Lifth, and r
the War. en (J'ass Works wrecke I. Tee roof a
of ih; Lutheran chut o.i was tils > blowu otT. s
At Contiellsville the storm began in the t]
morning and di J not subside until iate in the
wreckod'tlie n" | '
mates having a narrow escapo from death. i
The Catholic church is in a dargorous coudi- 1
tion and a number of other bouas in tbe town {
are wrecke I. I
At Dunbar tbe Knights of Labor hall was i
entirely blown nway. A report from Leiscn- J
ring says a'l the largo shafts of the 11. C. I i
, Frick Coke Company are down. Tno snow . (
' fall is from s:x to ten inches iu doj th I
WRECKED BY AN AVALANCHE <
The itliuliiK Tow i? of llttrke Almost !
i Wiped Out of Existence. (
i Tho town of Durke, I laho, in the Cco-ir j
d' Aleno mining district has bden nearly do- | |'
stroyed by avalanches. Half of the business ! [{
hou;as are id ruins. Three men were killed, 1 i
and the terror-stricken inhabitants have i
fled to the towns of Gem and Wallace. f?nr. ^
isg ? repetition of the disaster. Particulars i
' are meager, as tho wires to all the points in 1
the mines have gone down, leaving no means
of communication. i
^ the narrow gulch in which it is situated.
L Five men were buried beneath the snow.
I Two were reached, but the others ore dead,
and their bodies have not yet ben recovered.
The ill-fated town lies in tho narrow gulch
through which Canyon creek pours its water
into the smth fork of tho Cceur d' Aleno.
It had about two hundred inhabitants, who
' have des rted their wrecked or menaced
' homes and places of business.
The neatest town is Gem, also upon Can,
you creek, and three mil s down the stream.
Letter in the day another disastrous aval1
aticbe swept upon a boarding house connected
with the Custer Mine, which is situated j
upo.i Nino Mile creek, about five miles from I
Hurko. The boarding bouse was full of I
minors, six 01 woom wern Kiueti; tne otneis ;
i had a narrow escape, anil a nuiuher weio.
, more or Je s injured. Tbo disasters aro noti
t a surprise to ibose familiar with topography ,
of that section. The towns are situitod in,
very iianow gulches on either side of which'
, abrupt mountains arise.
The snowfall this winter has been unprecedented
in the hisiory of the country.
Within tbe last few days it has been raining
Coeur d'Aleue mining district is one of tbo [
, richest in tbe world, both for gold and silver. I
It includes tbe famous Bunker Hill and Bui j
livan mines, perhaps the greatest flamro voin
in America. The principal tawn is Wallace.
The other towns ure Wnrduer, Osborne,
r Burke and (iem.
; cleaned out the Saloons.
lVblskry and Reer llarrols llestroyed
by <"rfisuilera.
r Twosaloons have been running in Lathrop,
Mo., for months in defi nice of the Local Op_
tion law, and there have bien several sti'?- I
bing affrays in thom. The women o! Laihj
rop resolved to ait in the matter, nn l two
hundred of them held an indignatio i in' ot
ing. Then they formed and marcho i through
f tlie principal streets to Thomas Ward's place,
j Ward bud been warn d and tbe iloor was
fastened. Tbe women biokc tbe gins', and
opening the door, began tbeir work. Bar- .
1 rels ot beer and whiskey and cases of wine
1 and brandy wero emptied into the streets,
while a great crowd of men who had gatn'
ered cheered their work.
9 As sooa as Word's place hal been cleared
out tbe crusaders marched t > A. J. Carroll's
i. notorious dive and ordered liini to move out.
Ho reluied to obey and they poured his
liquors into tie street on I set tiro to tlit-m
o and then visited an I searched three diu;
I, s.oric umi warue.1 til > owners that if liquor
was solo contrary to law they would sudor a
like penalty. Next they vis.ted the wuro?
room of 1 ho?. Ward, Wi.ere quite a number
1- of barrels of whiskey were sto-ed. U. on
n bis refusil to leave town with Ins billiard {
tables, they smashed all the bin rels anil j
u emptied the liquor into the stro Us I
o Over one thousand dollars worth of liquor |
d was destroyed.
~~ MARKETS.
Baltimore? Flour?City Mills, extra,$4.15
, all.40. Wheat?Southern h'ultz, bOaSl:
Corn?Southern White, 34a40 cts, Yellow 1
Oats?Southern ami 1'eiinnylvania j
_ IMu.slcts.: Kyo?Maryland t& Pennsylvania j
54a.r>t>cu>., Hay?Maryland and Peun-syl vania
I'd >0a#13 00;Straw-\v boat, 7.50u|8.50; Butter, ?
Eastern Creamery, '.'<i.U2So., near-by receipts
t- luatl'Jcts; Cheese-Eastern Kancy Cream, 10J^
d al 'JI4 cts.?Western, 9>4'al0 cts; Eggs? lutf
a!3. Tobacco Leaf?Inferior, laf3.00, Good
Common, 3 00a|4 00, Middling, $5&7.00 (iood
to tine red,8a|i); Fancy, lOa|13.
p. New York?Flour?Southern Common to
* fair extra, |'3.50a-5'3.85: Wheat?Nol White
d . Rye-State. 57u0O; Corn-Southern
h Yellow,05%a'M. Oats?White,Utate80%?30%
a- cts. Bnttei ?State, ?al7 cts. Ch? o>c?Stat.>,
n 8>TalO>i ct-; Eggs? 14a14)-? cts.
Thh.adbi.phia ? F.our ? Pennsylvania
* f inoy, 4 35i4 75; Wheat? Pennsylvania and
Southern Red, hU^'aMij^; Kye-Pennsylvatila
1?, 5-taOOe; Corn? Southern Yellow, 30a3? cts.
*n Oats?38^a'd0cts; Butter-State, E8at.9 cts ;
?d cheese?Is. Y. Factory, OaO>^ cts. Eggs?
n. State. 13Ual4 cts.
CATTLE.
R* Baltimore?Beef, 4 5)a4 75; Sheep?15 30
on ?6 00. Hogs?14 7V?5 00.
ft? HKW York ?Beef??3 85a4 70;Shoep-|4 51
06 37; Hogs--14 yo.i4 4 ).
East Lirkktv?Beef?|4 25al50; Sheep?
IJ 70a5 00; Hogs?$4 '30a4 35.
. A
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, [j|
S?nat? NfMlona.
oUnd Day.?In the Senate tbero was a Ion* An
iscusston about renting rooms in the Hotel
.a thy for committee uses. The resolution
? rent them was Anally roferro 1 to tho Coratit
toe on Rules. Mr. Blair called upbis bill in Nlxt
jference to aid to common schools and made PI
speech, but yielded to Mr. Sherman, who
?portol this joint resolution, which was put
r? tho calendar: "l'hat th^ United States of /^n
merlon congratulate tl e poop'e of Bra sit on Abor
w r just aud po.icefnl assumption of the uortli
owers, duties and responsibilities of selfovernment,
based upon the tree consont of Wcr,f
is governed, at d in their recent ndoptiou of conm
republican form of government." opeui
The joiut resi.ution is reporte 1 as a sul>liliitn
fnr flint nf Mr Mintrti in v??l
it the 18th of D wmbiir, ami referred to tho were
'ommitte on Foreign Relations. to 15
Mr. Alair continued his speech, butyie'.del
*ie floor for a motion to prooeoi to execu- _# ,t
itfl-Jmiinr?. and, after a short executive nio-i
Will wm up tfrt Bill tfl rfe
rovide a temporary government for the iKntt
erritory of Okluhomn. Various rorinal ngr<
mcmiinents were otr?red anil agrcod to but troiii
he bill was not finished. tanc
Mr. Dolliver, of Iowa, from the Commit- was
"e on Naval Affairs, reported tho bill for the of a
elief of survivors or the wreck of the Tren- 'jrig
on, and "Vandalia" nud the stranding of bv u
he "Nips c" at Apia. Samoa. The bill was Tt
nssed without division. deav
Tho E ideational ilill was then taken up, < 1 I v
aid Mr. Butler resumed Ills specc i in n-lvo- to s i
?cy of it, and will continu i it on MonJa>\ reac
Tile Senate then proceeded to the cons doi- by t
tion of Executive bu-inoss and ul -I 1 > nd roso
ourned. ,,e(ir
Home Session*. ami'
32nd Day?In the lion othe contested eleo- I hej
ion cus? of Smith vs. Jackson, from the al,Vt
ourth district of Wa*t Virginia, was taken
ip. Mr. O'Ferrell, of Virginia, made a speech PVV
n which ho excoriated llio Speaker for Ids l'y
tilings, and Mr. Wilson, of \V.-ct Virginia,
leld him up so ri licule. Finn I y a vote was man
cached, an 1 Smith, tho contestant, vrns brou
ented, the repu' l.cins lor ihe llrst time
inco tho strugglo began h..Viiig secured a 11
lucrum. rend
-fcityP " !*\? 1*'ul'w
prov? d by a constilutlo ml qu rum, and u deai
motion toadj urn was-lciia'>e l. Th*Speaker '"K
tin n laid beior- the House various oil s for emM
reference, among them the lull "to relieve 'n?'
the Treasurer of the United Sin'es from the "
amount now charged to Itini nnd deposited rose
wi.h ; bo several Slat's." This bill the Speaker
referred, under the iu!o?, t? the Committee 1n"
on Ways and Me?n?. Mr. Bl ind moved its "Pi"
reference to tho Co nmtlt *e on Appropria- ,mi*
tions. Tho Sp.uik r decline i to entertain the mer
motion mid a pirlianentary .struggle ho- J*esc
jail, which, after the usual dilatory motions, ^ixti
counting tho quorums by the Speaker, etc., 'a?'
the bill was referre I to tho Ways and Means y
Committee. Th? H-uiso then adjourned. ,l"oIth
Day.?Th?re bolng a tacit understandng
belw-en the Republicans and Democrats .
.hat no i (Tort would be made for the trunsnction
of business to-day, a targe number ol t! e ,.
members having gone to attend the fuiuril >iT|
it Mrs. and Miss Traoy, the clerk was per- ,.
mittel to read the journal in its abridged . ,
form. The Democrats di I not wish to go on . .
record as approving the journal, and conse- . ..
quently demanded the yeas and nays on that
motion.
Tno journal was approved?year 150, nays
9, the constitutional quorum being counted
MUMBMiMfilWWBrvrtmvndtion of Mr.
McKlnley, of Ohio, adjourned. * 1
36th Day.- -In the House, tho Democrats
oontinued ih-.dr policy of silent pnts st against s!
the rulings of the Speaker by declining to a in
vote upon the question of approving the ()f
Journal. It was approved, however, by a vote .
of 153 to 0, the Speaker counting a quorum. '101
Mr. Cannon, from the CommltUoon Rules, and
reported the new code of rules, and it was gtar
ordered printed and recommitte I. 'f ha Sen- I
ate Direct Tax bill was received and refer- f
red. A number of bills were introduced nnd is d
referred. Mr. Hays, from tho Committee on fori
Accounts reported the bill providing clerks jry
for members and delegates, and it was order- ?j<
ed printed and recommitted. Mr. Morrill, j
from the Committee on Invalid l'ensions, re- (
nor ted the Senate bill to increase the pen- T
sions of c -rtain snMiers and sailors, with a prjf
substitute. The substitute was agreed to, ^
and the bill, os amended, passed. The bill ftt ()
for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of OUJ
our naval vessels at Samoa was alio passjd. j,ir
Adjourned. strt
MOth Dat.?In the Houso the Speaker said an I
that "the Journal Clerk bad been busy in pro- an
paring the new code of rules for pub) cation, V
and that consequently the Journal of yostor- hea
day's proceedings was not ready to be pre- one
geJiouM. ^ L^sr
Bills were reported establishing the otnee of on
Assistant Secretary of War and for the relief o:?
of the retired list of tho army. They were cos
ordered printed and recommitted. A bill was a y
reported and passed Increasing to $100 a els
month tho ponsion of General A brain Dur- els
yea. Mr. O'Neill, from tho Library Commit- bol
tee, reported back the bill appropriating ihe
$2.>,000 for a monument to General Henry KW
Knox, at Thornaston, Maine, i'ending action con
tho House adjourned. con
? -n. cei:
RIOT IN A CHURCH. A{
blip
A PAiloi's 1'orwoii ?l Itemarks C'niiao nic
a bonrral Fight. Hie
it...;.... u.nuioif crv < .?< in n Vincrinif. I "8 '
'"h ? " " _ - ?J
country clmrcli ubout thirty miles from Sparto,
N. C., the Hov. Joseph M. Strooke, dui- is (1
ing the course of his remarks, said: "There o'M
is a man in this congregation who is so moan ( a'
ana unfaitiiful to his wife that it is a won- , ol
der God does not rain down fire and brim- :j |i
stone upon his nead and consume him." ut,
The preacher pointed his ling-r lowards a(j
Thomas Colemau, wiio occupied ? seat tionr /
the pulpit, an 1 as he did so that individual W|,
jumped to Ids feet to inquire if the parson prl
moaut to bo personal in his rem irks. No pr
s .otier was Coleman on his t ot than half a sol
dt zm deacons were updemaadiiig that he sit p,,
down. Every thing was in uu uproar and an jnt
attempt was made to ejoct Con-man. Cole- jr,j
man resisted an 1, seizing a stick of woo 1 (OI
lying near the stove, he began to wield it hard Cil|
and fast, knocking four men to the (loir and mfatal
y wounding Jeremiah Ferguson. O.io Sp,
man wrenched the club Irom Culeinin and
dealt him a deadly blow across bis lie id. lie
then walked cut of the church and has nut I
been seen since.
The riot last d six mi utes and was par- ...
ticipated in by many ot the congregation
who used clubs as weapons.
A FAMILY WIPED OUT.
nc
Jiicob It. Kliilor, Hi* W'lfn nml Four 'Fh
Chll<lrcii /ill Drowned. uii
The four children of Jacob K. Slater were 1"
skating on the lake at H nnewater, about six
j miles from Kinston, N. Y., when the ice, tit
which was but a few Inches thick, gave way, ta
and the littlo ones were precipitated into the Tl
v. ater. 41
Their shouts were heard by the members N
of the family, who lived near by, and tho
father and mother rushed to (ho retcue. }ty
the time the pareuts reachol tho lake the
children ha I disappeared beneath the ice.
The mother, frbntic w ith tho thought of A
her children's I eril, rushed upon the ice,
which gave way henratb her weight, and sha
sank below the surface.
Mr. Slater ti e i attempted to reach his ai
wife, and he, tco. was drowned. The ent.ra b
family is wiped out of existence. .<
I Hundreds of people are gathered about the
i lake searching i or th > bodies. w
? ?i
11
j The inlluenza Is increasing in tho City of
Alex.co, and it is said so man v deaths are ii
I occurring that there is not a suit!-lent num- tl
! ber or hearses to carry the bodies to the g
Cemeteries. r<
BR A HUNDRED LOST.
Explosion Entombs Them
in an English Mino.
y Mutilated Hod I en Recovered?
oodtnynf AOjnrpnl i'lln ciiiism
file Deadly flan to Kxplodr.
ox plosion occurred in a colliery nt
syobnu, In Monmouthshire, ton miles
iwostof Newport. Three hundred miners
imprisoned, and for several hours no
tunic it ion could bo had with them. An
ng was llually effected and many of
wero rescued. Sixty mutilated bodies
taken out. It Is estimated that from 100
0 miners wero killed,
e cause of tho explosion wns i h? flooding
is pits adjacent to that in which theex- ,
ou occurred. JBy lb> flooding of these -<
work ww. in iMiiiPM. Biiii iuu JHnuH
?*d uml explo led. Thnri must have In-en
wit quantity i t gns, hh th > explosion hadt
lendous force. It was In-nrd at the disa
of a mill". All the gearing in the shaft
thrown into the nir, as from the mouth
volcino. and simultaneously a vast,
ht voluineof 11 ?nie shot upward, followed'
dense, heavy column oi smoko.
io llrst party of rescuors organized onored
to p-uetratj tho pit through tho
forking--. Tliey got f ir enough .o nonblo
? nroupi of ttio dead, but they could not
h ttiein, ninl were co up sited to retreat
ho suit waling volumes of Miioko tint
in thnt direction. Upon thi first upuiue
of a diminution in tao volume of
io rescuers went down tho main sh ift,
reached the scene of tho catastrophe,
r rescued a largo number of miners yet
?, but all very bully burned, nud they
gbt out sixty dead bodies, noirlynllso
lited that the recognition of their idouis
impossible.
iTKH ?Tho total number of fearfully
gled aud i Urued bodies that have !>eoii
ijbt to the surface reaches -00, aud thei o
uoro iu the washings.
Decern- at tho mourn of tho min i is hoart
Imp. Widows by scores and orphans by
lrcds standing in groups wailing and
1 hoping to Had some m aim of Idohtif vhusliaud
or father iu the piles of black 1
aud distorted trunks, which is aboutall
; reinaim of th ? victims,
very pathetic inci-lcnt in the work of
uo wis th) lludin; of tlie b)dies of pi
ter nud h;s live sons lying iu a group.
y had not beeu burned at ull, and they
eared to bo cu rnly sleeping. All of them
died from suirocution. Several of tho
i who had volunteered for tho work of
ue were made sick by handling I he burned
ios, uni were obliged to come to the surio
mortality among the injured is frfghtDelaiis
are scire.*, and slielter and sur1
appliances are entirely inadequate to
t the sudden demand. At io ist 11J deaths
) occurred ainong tlie 150 who were res1
alive. Tlie totaldouth-toil will uudoubtreach
1500.
nr. is great distress tin-1 suffering among
miners' families, owing to the lack of
I. Tli" local authorities and p 'oplo aro
ig all they cm, but are unable to relieve
! the urgent cases. Outside uid bus been
en led tor.
TRADE OF THE WEEK.
IMS
*.Stll|>ICM ill I lie lllltl.
Pacini telegrams to Iivailstrcct's Indlcnti
odernte Improvement in the movement
general merchandise Kist of tho Rocky
ititains, with more seasonable weather
consequently a more active domaud for
>Ie goods. IViojs of cattle and hogs genly
tend lower on a free movement; wheat
spreswd on tho Pucifl: Coast by free ofngs
and long interior stocks; grooeries,
goods and drugs are fairly active,
he bank clearings at thirty-five cities for
uary aggregate fi.l.TJ.UH.OII, or 7% per
l more than m January, 18M).
ho movement of fl >ur has been dull and
!es havo been shaded,
tocks at N jvv York are ofllcially reported
ibout 28^,000 barrels, though it is notorithat
the total oa dock and in store here
exceeds that aggregate. Reports to Iirad
let's show 1,731,707 barrels in stock, tlrst
I second hands, nt M cities Fobruary 1,
increase of 17 UJl bnri els since January 1.
^heat reacted some alter advancing lc. on
vy sales, deptoising cables and indilfereof
exporters, closing J^o. on tho week.
uLtrect's reports of available stocks of
Kohruiry 1
January 1. Tee mouth's decroaso for both
i ti 13 t>,VSO,70l busl.o h. Compared with
tar ago Eastern stocks aro 2,270 737 bushlarger,
uti'l for iiotlicoasts3,077,15'J bushlarger.
Hnulst net's totals with Baeriin's
report of stocks 111 Europe an J afl >at
ruior, February 1, shows a docoaso of 0,,585
bushels during January. or 8.3 per
it., and a decreaso of 13.y25.584 bushels
npured with Eobrunry 1, lbh'J, or 11.0 per
it.
Ixport p:n chasers of corn have been free at
lauiic port-, but freo offerings and largo
i/ilios depress d prices. Exporlsof wheat
larger because of a large amount from
l'tioilij coust. Expoitsof wheat (aud Hour
wheal) this week iroin both coots equal
14.017 bushels, against 1,013,851 busnols
l, we.-k. The total shipped July 1 to date
>1,032,098 bushols, against 59,455,500 busbin
a like ] ortlon of 1883 89.
ivigar is depioool and weaker for both
v and refined o j inodui ate dealingsand disiraguig
cables, the litter declining l-10i
lie. Sugar bus boon liriner speculatively
New Y??rk, aud later in diitriou'.ive liuos
vaucrd X Mofry
goo.il mu more active, but trade as a
wledoes not equal expect itions. G.nghams,
nits and wool dress goods are most active,
it es are steady. <'otton goods aro stroug,
no wido brown nn 1 bleached sheetings h??v$
advanced. 1'rint cloths are very llrm at
o advance. Wool is inactive, prices lavorr
tiuwrs. n irLicularl v on nulled and terri
y prudes. Larger port receipts u ml weaker
Lues have depressed cotton prices at all
irkots except New York, where strong
K'Ulutive buyiu/ h is advanced prices X?
V10RE LAND FOR SETTLERS.
i<> Klonx Heservalliin of 0,000,000
Acre* Dxpcclcd to be Opened.
It is exported that the President will shoi fcissue
a proclam ition, opening the Kioux
lian Reservation, embracing 11,000,003
rm of land in Dakota, to public settlement,
lose lauds will be dispose! of to settlers
d> r the provisions of the Homestead law.
addition to the itw each s 'tiler will bj Toured
to pay $1.25 per acre, and upou the
II payment of the money due, will be ended
to a patent. Land offices will be es?t.
('.Iinmlierlain and Pierre. Dili.
>,? portion of the lands Iving South of lot
I will be annexed to lb* O'Neill district in
nhraska.
PICKED UP THE HOUSE.
Pectillnr Railroad Acrldeint Which
Caused Three Death*.
A peculiar accident on the Chesapeake
nd Ohio, near the big Pennsylvania tunnel
etweon llintonnnd Lowell, \V. Va., caused
ho < oath of three men. A freight train,
rbicli was going down the track at the usual
[teed, ran into an open switch aud dashed
ito the signal station.
Tho little bouse was picked up and carried
ito tho river. The operator, who was in
ie signal station, the liremnn and the enInror
w<?re all drowned. The tracks and
cadbed were much damaged.