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Snu1i accident occurred yesterday uSofnipG
SS"a. cSOa. ~ o'clock. Mt the Poo4hite quarry ID
Danvills Railroad, asou, .Sosr mijes froa iHis
An, AndGxer: - H., .Ma fesr seero1s hslossins 70
Co'. n. @ ..us OF -. y, were enGnUe1 1n The
premature explosion occurred. bv Vhieh An
hve were knocked down and seriousiv ininrsd
By the nyinG fragments Of stone Meascueero
were at once dispatched for phvstcians- snd
two or three. who reside In Manchester. 70.
paired to the scene and rendered the necessary
medical aid.
Chester Factoyy.-The subscribers to the stock
Of the Chester Boot and Shoe Factory are TO
hold an adjourned meeting at Chester io-uAor-
row. Persons who with to'iD vest in this sn.
terprise are invited TO b present II it cannot
be made to pay--Or If there 10 not public spir.
it enough among our capitalists to ensure the
taking Of the stOck-thefe II very little No Of
preaching in favor Of Soush6rn mAoulhc-
Z
ed. drove Off some moneyed men. supppeing.
as they did, that II was 10 b n small MAR |;
but II zach persons could only b shown the
vast per cent. to - realized from tAas trilltpg
sum, they would await no secoud Invitation
to induce them to take all the stock.
Reeo-er;ng.-The two men who were - %.
rionsly injured BY the accidental falling Of q
Rird at the new locomotive shop Of the Trede.
gar Works, on Monday morning last, are re-
covering from their injuries. Mr.. Weiss,
though very sore from the fall and jar, - able
t to be sbo%t, and Mr.; Thompson, II 10 hepsd. is
to resume his labors for some days to come
Electioneer,mg is now the order of the day. in
the city, aud candidates for public favor are to
be met mt every corner Of the streets, all *.
tremely anxious TO serve the people Our read
ers will find the names Of ali who are in the
ring, in another column, and can make their
selections from the batch. r-t. ..-.-
Aeeidens on a Railrood.-Mr. Archer Royall.
conductor on one Of the freight trains on the
Richmond and Danville Railroad, wac caught
between two tracks, when near Jennings' Or
binary, and severely crushed about the hips.
Fears wsre entertained last evening, that his
injuries we're serious. -f.f ea
In a state Of fNudity.-A drunken free negroes.
in a state Of nudity. made her appearance in
Main street, yesterday, between 3lth anA YSth
streets, where she fell In q nt, and attracted
an immense crowd of persona to the scene
She deserves to be well punished.
Mr.. Kemn,erer will give his last concert at
Sidney Methodist Chapel. this evening, ~ half.
past O'Clock. The children connected with
the Saba III Schools iu which Mr. ha. heeu
giving musical instruct tions are to aid him
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Lnsol,nf.-Renben,s slave to James A. Moore.
was before the Mayor yesterday, and punish~d,
for using insolent and provoking language to
James Brady
NEWSPAPERS IN GREAr BRITAIN AND Iss.
LAND,-The total number of newsr apers pub.
lished in Great Britain and Ireland is iO4I.
distributed thus: England, 73a; wales rs
Scotland, 1873; Ireland, l29; British Isles. rs
Of these only 81 are issued daily, "a Of which
are published in England, leaving but II for
the rest Of the empire. A decennial view of the
progress Of publication shows that, In 1850 the
number of papers had actually decreased since
the last ten years, the return being for that
year it3, against Az for 1910. The extraordi-
nary impetus arising from the abolition Of the
stamp duties has been the chief cause of this
great recent development Of journalism.
OurRAeE.-At Keokuk, Iowa, about week
since, disgraceful outrage was perpetrated
upon Mrs. Tier. company Of seif.consti-
tuted regulators went to The house disRuIsed
broke into 1t, took the woman out, marched
her of her niRht-clothes through the snow
for a half mile, and beat her until what COW
erlng she bad on was stained with blood, in
order to make her confess that she knew who
set fire to neighbor's barn, and left her there
to crawl home with frozen feet in the hast
way she could to her helpless children, and
afterwards sent her aud them out Of the coun.
try. 1t afterwards transpired that she knew
nothing about the matter. ..
INTERFERING SUIr.-An interesting suit ia
pending In the Supreme Court, in New York
city, involving the duties OF telegram com.
panes to the public. The plaintifs johnson
~ Zabriskie) sue the American telegraph
Company to recover damages for delay in
transmitting messages forwarded by them
1t is alleged that the plaintiffs messages were
withheld to allow the messages Of the agent
the messages OF plaintiff we're first delivered
to the company for Transmission. Defendants
claim they have q right to send messages in
what order they please.
RIOT AT A ROMAN CoLLsGE.-Four stu
dents of Sapienza, Roman University at
Rome, prepared an address to the Pore sym.
pa hizing with him and advocating his Cause
Upon circulating II for signatures on the 9th
ult.. the other students tore ii to pieces and
burnt the fragments in the University yard,
The gen d'armes were called in by the faculty
and at last accounts the institution was to BE-
closed. During the aHt0 da fs the cries Of
"liberty" and long live Victor Emanuel y
were frequent.
AMERICAN AND BRITISH BooKs.-A good an :
consumption In this country Of American with
British books was rs thirty to seventy. II ID
now as eighty to twenty This radical change,
effected in forty years, and In spite Of the carp.
lngs OF English critics, Is certainly credita6le
10 people whom 1t was once safe to taunt
with the question "Who reads an American
book P' ~ ~
SUDDEN DEATH.-The body Of Mr.. Joseph
Stratton was found on the plank. road, neal
Fredericksburg, Va, about two weeks since -
There Were no marks, save one ON the hack OF
his neck, and suspicion was excited ~ TO foul
play. Richard Conner was arrested, but he waa
acq uitted by an Examining Court on Satuy
day ~-f
HANDSOME SwORD.-Congress having gran.
ted its permission Commodore Shubrick has
received the sword presented him by Gen Ur
quiza. President Of the Argentine Confedera
tioD-the scabbard In silver aud eOld. the hi il,
tipped with diamonds, and IL Is valued at Is,
RkvxNGE FOR A SwINDLE.-IIast Weok, IL
Martin county, Ind, q man named Nathau
Fisher was caught putting arsenic il some
meal at the house Of his brother. He aeknow
ledged his Intention 70 poison the family OF his
brother, stating ss his reason. that his o1OsheI
had badly swindled him IN horse trade,
BOLD BOBBERY-On Monday night last q
trunk belonging TO J. ]. Cooper, q passoeesr
on the Valley stage. StauniO0, Va, was taken
from the boat ard robbed Of its con tents. con.
sis'ine Uf clothing lewsiry and other article.
valued xt i,iNi The trunk WAS found IL thu
woods about thirty rods from tbs road.
Gen. Duff Green has reappeared in Texas
af,er an abeeDce Of II years His visit ha,
reference 10 certain railroad eharsess in con