The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-02
GENERALITIES.
An IrIsune Horse.

There is a horse at Marshall, No. which is subject
TO fits OF insanity in one of which few nights ago
it left its stable, broke into the yard of a Mrs
Walker, then through the hall door of the house,
and door leading into private sleeping apart
ment where 1t concluded its erring by falling pon
and smashing a bed in the ROOM Nobody was at
home except two boys, who were sleeping In an adj
joining room and thus mad their slumbcrs disturbed
by the entrance OF this mad animal 1t remained in
the room until day, when, with the help of neigh.
bOrs, the boys put 1t out again upon the commons.
An Oxford Student in Egypt.
From the London Telegraph, Oct. 49,
Prince Hassan, the second son of the Viceroy of
Egypt, and suite arrived in oxford on sunday from
House, st. Aldates, which has been taken for his
Royal llghncss during his stay at oxford. The
called on the Very Reverend the Dean f'St of Christ
Church, of which society ne mas become a member
and will at once enter on the duties Of college life
Mr.. G. S. Murray, late scholar of Wadham College,
and now student OF Christ Church, has been an.
pointed private tutor to his Royal Highness,
The Fortunes of ex-SIaves.
A correspondent says that some of the slaves in
| Richmond have accumulated considerable fortunes.
one who began to save while he was slave, Is now
the possessor OF an excellent livery business ana is
| said to be worth $4,000; another u plasterer by
trade, owns twenty-five houses and lots and twelve
vacant lots-he is worth $4,000; another, who is
half hackman and half parsoD, is doing fine bust
ness and owns property worth $1,000; there are a
dozen worth from $1,000 to $1,000, and quite number
! with $1,000 fortunes Some of them buy real estate
| but investments in horses mules, hacks, wagons
little stores, and stocks seem to be the most atcac
tive. One congregation has built (and paid for) a
| church costing $4,000.
| Submarine Steamships.
The accounts given of the submarine steam
ship invented by Otto NOge sound fabulous and vet
the Berlin Borsenzeitung asserts that the PrussIan
| Admiralty has approved OF the plans submitted to
J them for inspection. The vessel covered with
strong plating, Is entirely below the surface of the
sea, with the exception of the deck, which Is sur
| mounted by vanted roof of immense strength
Beneath this covering heavy guns are placed so that
the whole greatly resembles rSt-rate rOn-clad It
is said however, that besides all the advantages of
such men-of-war the new ship may be entirely sub
merged and in this position is so completely under
command that 1t can outweather a storm or attack
an enemy with submarine cannon and tOrpedoes
VOgel is now engaged in constructing a large model
| twehty-four feet IN length, which will soon be
| finished.
New Oil Well and Disaster.
! The Titusville pa Herald of Thursday says-
"About nine O'Clock on Tuesday night last II new
flowing well was struck on the tract on Cottage HILL
! OIL CITY, owned by Kier, Hasson * Co The well
was drilled through large casing and after the OIL
bearing sand rock had been penetrated by the tools
it commenced to gas heavily and to flow at the rate
| of about thirty barrels day through the casing
| About the hour named above, while preparations
were being made to tube the WELL the gas arising
from il took fire from lighted lantern that had been
! left near the derrick and exploded, enveloping the
derrick and engtne-house and two men who were at
! work on the well in a sheet OF flame.
''One OF the men escaped without serious injury
but the other frghtfuly burned, and is not eX-
pected to survive more than day or two The
derricks and enginehouse and a small quantity of
oil that had been produced were destroyed The
well flowed at intervals of five or ten minutes
throughout the night, and up to about noon yester-
day. During this time the oil and gas caught fire as
they came to the surface, and burned furously
emitting large volumes of black smoke, which from
other parts of the oil district taken as indica-
tiOns that an oil cOnnagration was in progress Yes
terday afternoon the names were quenChed, and up
to six O'Clock last evening the well flowed through
the casing at the rate of twenty-five to thirty barrels
/ u0ily,'