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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-05-22
NO. 100.
Terrible Scene in a Church.

AT IL o'clock, on Monday, while Father
McGovern was celebrating high mass in !,
TIE Catholic Church of st. Vii c ,nt Ferrer
OF the Columbian Brotherhood, at Lexing-
ton avenue and Sixty-sixth street, John
Glbney entered the house of worship
wearing his hat, and slowly walked up
the centre aisle, his arms folded across his
breast. The sexton, Mr.. James McLar-
ney, requested him to remove his hat. He
thereupon drew a large knife from his
pocket and stabbed Michael Gully, enc of
the congregation, in the forehead, the
blade breaking short off and remaining in
the wound. Several members of the com
gregatlon arose to put Gibney out. He
dropped the broken knife, unbuttoned his
coat, drew large axe with handle
about three feet in length from under it,
and swore he would murder the priest or
the first man who approached him. - els
The excitement now became intense.
The priests quit their places inside the
railing surrounding the altar. The con-
gregation were aroused by fear and in
dignation, and rush, resembling the
charge OF infantry, was made for the
wOuld-be-murderer. Meantime Officer
Hitchman of the Fifty-ninth street police
station, hearing the confusion, sounded
the alarm rap, and two officers coming to
his assistance they rushed in, seized the
assassin, and hurried him off to the police
station, followed by the now infuriated
congregation, who had procured ropes.
and made charge at the officers, amid
cries of Hang him! Lynch shimi Kill
him - The officers drew their reyolyers
and swore that they would protect their
prisoner from violence This they did
with much difficulty. Gibney is an Irish.s
man. stone cutter, 80 years of age and
married. He lives in Seventh avenue
near Fifty-first street. He is separated
from his wife, whom he drove from home
over year ago. He is evidently suffer-
ing from delirum tremens. Two weeks
ago he was arrested in the Nineteenth
Ward on the charge of being drunk. He
was armed with hatchet and was cutting
up an unfinished house. When taken be-
fore Alderman Plunkett at the Yorkville
Police Court, he was discharged. e7i.
AT the police station yesterday afternoon
he was visited by Father McNeirney,
whom he denounced in the most violent
terms. He said, .'You are q fraud, and
know it," 'Are you not Catholic e.
asked the reverend gentleman. Il belong
to the right religion" he replied; "but il
you knew what that was you wouldn't tell
me- "What was your intention in going.
into the temple ?" reporter asked. ITO
kill Christ" he quickly answered, "and to
cut down the cross. We have been tram
pied under foot too long. and the cross has
been too heavy on our necks." The pris-
oner is a large and powerful man, and,
evidently insane with drink From The
NeU York Sun, May 10.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-05-22
Should Land lie long under Grass.

In a system of farming which makes
grain and root crops the main products, in
which the land is devoted to tillage, and
pastures and meadows are secondarylin inn
pOrtance, | think experience proves it
unwise to let a field remain longer than
two years under grass. If the object
sought, by letting the field remain in grass
be to fertilize it thereby, two seasons are
enough to get the best effects from clover
which, of course. should be the crop used.
If the field is allowed to be under grass a.
longer time, turf OF June grass, white
clover, red top, or timothy is formed, the
soil is compacted, and the roots of the
grasses cause a great deal of extra labor
IN tilling hoed crop, and often are not
Killed the first season, but grow and
damage the succeeding grain crop. Wire
worms and grubs are more apt to work in
corn crop that is planted on q stiff soil,
than on tender, young clover lay.
have observed that those farmers raise
the best crops who do not let the fields lie
more than two years under clover. Then,
manure and plant corn, sow barley or oats
the next year, then seed with clover again
and summer fallow for wheat.
Later years we have more trouble from
the corn grub than formerly; we think so
at least, though this enemy to corn was
familiar to the Indians. Where there is
danger from this source, il is safer to sum-
mer fallow first, then plant corn, and sow
spring grain and seed down. l do not
mean to be understood as objeeting to an
old sod for corn crop, but that its tough
grass roots often are not killed by the cub
tivation given the corn, and live over and
damage the grain following; and that
wire worms and grubs are apt to work
more injury in the old sod than a new one.
Moving good field for tillage, several
seasons in succession, Injuries it for bear
ing grain crops; it is nearly as bad as
other cropping. A field that lies two
years under clover should have one crop
OF the Glove pastured, or else permitted
to 60 down on the field. A crop of clover
hay followed by one of seed, taken from
field, runs 1T as much as any grain
crop.-Pertn Tone, IN Rural Home.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-05-22
Bored Tubular Well !!
A Great Improvement over the

"Old oaken bucket the iron bound bucket
The moss covered bucket that hung in the well )"
No more digging wells; no more cisterns no
more surface water; no more drowning children,
dogs, cats, rats, snakes, toads, worms, &c, We
warrant a wei that cannot be pumped dry, and
that Will supply pure water. Water made good in
wells that have become foul and impure. II you
don't believe it ask
Camp Meeting John Alien, Auburn Mass
A. Il w. Sprague, Providence, RI
Col. Dewitt, Augusta, Me-
w. NJ. Thayer, Mansion House, Augusta, Me-
T. o. Bodge, Westbrook, Conductor on p. &. X. r.
Il.
City Of Portland at the Work House.
Leathe & Gore, Portland, Soap Manufacturers
j. G. True Co., Portland Distllery.
New York Kennebec Ice Co., Gardiner
Boston & Kennebec Ice Co., Gardiner
Maine State Fair Society of 1870.
Wells bored and all kinds of jobbing done under
the head of wells pump piping; testing ground for
brick yards minerals railroad lots river channels
&c. All orders should be addressed to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-05-22
|Nennebtt, yonrnal.
Published on Water Street, Foot of Court,
AUGUSTA. MAINE.
BY SPRAGUE, OWEN L. NASH.
nallg Aennebrr sournal*

Is issued every morning, except Sundays.
|ontains the latest news by telegraph and mail,
yes reports of the Markets and has carefully pre-
red political and local articles, and generous
mount of farming, home and miscellaneous read.
3g with a full compilation of State news.
Terms, 81 per annum in adrancei Ss il payment
| not made within the year. Single copies cents,
be had at the bookstores and at this Office.
advertisements inch in length, three in.
rtions less, sl00; 25 cts. for every subsequent
serton. Longer advertisements, or those Inserted
any considerable length of time, will be inserted
| favorable terms to the advertiser.
Special Notices a5 per cent. additional.
Amusement Notices, t2 per square per week.
The New York herald., 1871-02-08
NAMES OF THE VICTIMS.


The following are the names Of the victims so far
as now known:-
PAsSENGERs.
c. Benedict, editor Of the Cleveland Herald and
wife,
George F. Thompson, of A. Wall street, New York.
James stafford, OF New York.
Dr. Samuel Nancrede, late of New York. formerly
OF Philadelphia, Pa. DR.. Nanorede was recognized
by his father in the car.
A. A. Glllett, OF Buffalo,
Rev. Morrell Fowler, wife and two children, going
from New York TO Salt Lake City,
L. a. Root, residence unknown.
EMPLOYEES or THE HUDSON RIyER RAILROAD COM
PANY.
Peter vosburgh. sleeping coach conductor; resi-
dence, Buffalo.
william simmons engineer; residence, Pough-
keepsle
Edward Bartlett, engineer; residence, Rondout
s.Docm Glow, acting baggage master. Residence,
Thirty-n street, New York city.
Lawrence Mooney, brakeman Residence un-
known.
James vosburgh colored), porter Of sleeping
coach. Residence unknown.
FATAL ACCIDENT
While unloading heavy timbers from car near the
debris of the drawbridge, In the afternoon, one Of
the laborers was stricken to the ground by falling
beam, which struck him in the abdomen,
crushing his limbs as 1t passed over them.
The HERALD reporter witnessed the untimey acci-
dent Tne man 0roaned learfully and spread o new
The New York herald., 1871-02-08
THE LOSS OF TnE SAGINAW
Herald Special Report from
Sam Francisco.
Arrival Of the Wrecked Osiic rs und
Crew Mt San Francisco.
AL sas, We'll and in Good
Spirits.
TELEGRAM TO TIE NEW YORK HERALD.

By special telegram from the HERALD cor.
respondent al San Francisco we are furnished
with the gratifying Intelligence OF the arrival
at that port from Honolulu of the wrecked
officers and crew Of the United States steamer
Saginaw
SAN FRANcrsco Feb. Z, 1871.
II is with much pleasure that have to an
nounce the arrival Of tho steamship Moses
Taylor at this port today from Honolulu, hav-
ing on board the wrecked officers and crew Of
the United States steamer Saginaw. The
Moses Taylor left Honolulu on the 2sth ult.
The steamer KiIaeua, that was placed at the
disposal OF the United States Minister by the
Hawiian government to go to the rescue ofthe
unfortunates, arrived at Honolulu on her
return from Ocean Island on tho 1ith Of Janu-
ary, bringing with her the entire party, all Of
them much deblitatad and quito weak from
want Of proper diet, but they have since fully
recovered and are now in good health and
spirits They have been transferred from the
Moses Taylor TO the United States steamer
Sararac.
While on Ocean Island the wrecked party
were limited to rations of one potato and
two ounces Of bread daily. They obtained
seal, turtle and goneys, however, sufficient to
sustain life.
/ have called upon Captain Sicard to in
quire if he had any further particulars to
communicate regarding the loss OF the vessel
and subsequent events, but he had nothing
to give me other than has already been pub
lished in the HERALD.
The New York herald., 1871-02-08

further 1t slackened It's speed and stopped. Finally
IL went back to Poughkeepsie. The HERALD re-
porter inquired at the telegraph ONCE and In
formed that the accident had been reported from
New Hamburg, nine miles below. He went out and
saw locomotive standing some distance down the
track. It was mo. 40" He clambered intO the
caboose and had conversation with the engineer.
The throttle was pulled forward and
THE LOCOMOTIVE DARTED OUT INTO THE DARKNESS,
towards The sccne Of the disaster. A hurried con-
versaton was held with the engineer, William Cash,
aud the fireman, Michael McGeeny, IN regard to the
cause OF the accident and its results, and the fire.
man threw omen the door OF the furnace and the
1aues eaped out. lighting up the anxious faces of
the occupants Of the caboose they related fragments
OF the story as they had heard them IRON eyewit-
nssses OF the disaster. They could not give any
definite information save the folowlng:-A friend
OF theirs William Simmons, engineer Of the express
tram, had been killed. They added that he
left a wife and two children in Poughkeep-
sic, aud q divorced wife and one child
somewhere else. the baggage master, 'Doc"
Glow had up for the first time in place Of q
friend, and he was also killed. Subsequent inquiries
lead to the fact being learned that Glow, who was
twenty years OF age, had resided in Thirty fifth
street. Peter Nosburgh, the well known sleeping
car conductor, went down with his car. He was
twenty five years of age and leaves wife and child
TO mourn for him at his home III Buffalo. Edward
Bartlett an engineer, who Is married and lived at
Rondout, was riding over the road with his friend
Simmons and shared his fate. These were the facts
gained as the locomotive sea through the night,
with o fierce, unsteady motion, casting
NARROW STREAM OF LIGHT
before, and leaving cloud OF white smoke behind
10, spangei with countless sparks Here and there
In narrow passage through the rocks signalman
again, as the frozen river came into view, here
broad in the lowlands and there narrowed in the
highlands its glitter suDdued ana seeming to
breathe only Of peace and beauty in the soft moon
light, other with light in hand were seen guard.
ing The bridges over The iulets. -4
The New York herald., 1871-02-08
FuRl Particulars of the
Occurrence.
Scenes and ncidents-Grappliny for tine
Dcad-Descriptions Of the Bodies.
Excitement i'm the City and
Elsewhere.

An appalling catastrophe which has ADDED the
most aickenng and bloody page TO the record OF
American railway horrors, occurred on Monday
night last on the Hudson River Railroad, siXtydve
miles above this city. Unlike most OF the fearful
accidents in which human life has been rated SO
cheaply, this was not causcd by the msmanage-
ment OF The company, and its employees ore blame
less. Originating IN the accidental displacement
from the rails or OF long tram OF freight cars,
1t ended in the violent death OF probably more
than fifty persons against whom all the clements
Of nature seemed 10 combine. Fire blinded
their eyes and burned them in their SOCK
cts that they might not their way to
Eafety. Water cnguled and slrangled them,
when by fearfsl blow they had been dashed to the
ioor Of the 1t had invaded Fragments of splln-
tered wood wounded them. More ponderous rag
mcnts OF iron crushed them. Torn laeerated,
burned, blinded crushed and drowned men, women
and children were hurried in agony "out OF the
world" There was no time TO weep, no time to
pray, and curses II tnero were any, were burned on
the breath that uttered them. The Can's Rock
tragedy, with Its seventeen pallid and wounded
victims and its SIX crisp corrses was traceable to
criminal human neglect and il fades before the ter
ribe appartlon of this Incarnation of human suffer
fDu.
The New York herald., 1871-02-08
THE PACIFIC COAS r,

TorriRc Gale nt Howland's Island- German
Vessel Wreckea--intisp Affairs in Arizona.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 7, ls71
gale at Howland's Island lasting Nom Decem-
ber IL to the l5th drove the ship Reynard out 10
sea. The German ship Liebeg Bensnott was driven
ashore on Bakers Island She is total wreck ana
two Of her crew were drowned. The remainder
OF the crew were carried TO Rowland Island.
The San Francisco Chamber OF Commerce VIII be
addressed tomorrow by Voge, Postmaster General
or New Zealand and Mr. Gray Postal Inspector Tor
the Colonies In benaf of the proposed American line
OF stea nlers from Australia 70 New Zea.and.
Advices from all parts OF Arizona represent the
killed. horses, mules, ana cattle run or aud farms
piundered come in from all directions. Many far
mers abandoning tile country III despair. several
mass meetings have been held 1T fucson 10 consider
the situation and devise means OF relies
The New York herald., 1871-02-08

nearly all my garments and retired.
had Just dozed on asleep, suppose,
about twenty minutes past ten. I heard Z
peculiar noise, "a If car OF the track Two or
three minutes afterwards looked out OF the win
dow, aud the whole scene around me was one blaze
OF lurid light. had Just time to drag my overcoaf
from the rack, and jumpea out into the snow, with
nothing on but drawers and undershir. Tho
drawing room OF the car l was In had
just taken fire. / lost all my baggage
but was kindly supplied with shoes, hat and pants
by some OF the other passengers who were more
lucky than myself. There were two men In the bag.
gage car-ons was killed and the other escaped
with scorched back. When the engine whistied
"d0wn brakesn the sleeping cars In the rear were
unnitched and In these we made ourselves as com.
Portable as possible for the night.
The New York herald., 1871-02-08
TIE AUSTRIAN CABINET.
Ministerial Observation-Disclosures Appointments.
IElFGaAias 70 The NEW YORK HERALD.

VIENNA, Feb. I, 1871.
I hasten inform The HERALD by cable that
Ministerial crlsg has occurred in this city.
An imperial auto ,raph relieves Count Potoche and
his colleagues OF then ministerial functions, and ap-
points tolenwart Minister of The Interior, with
authority To iofm new Cabinet. Oiner DEGREES
follow appointing IIoizuethan Minister OF Finance,
Scnafi Minister of Commerce, Jire.s Minister Of
Public Worship aud PUBLIC Schools, ana new MIN.
lister OF War.
The Emperor says:"Ills Majesty believes that q
Ministry standing The constitution and rising
above party will succeed IN consolidating fhe power
and promoting the welfare OF the EMPIRE
The New York herald., 1871-02-08
ENGLAND.
Alarm tcr the Outlying lands-AIn,y Nenforcs.
mglts to Jersey.
IfLEscAa 10 III: AGW YORK ..spaLp.

LONDON, Feb !. 1871.
! have to report that the War ONCE has ordered
inquiries to be made IN the island or Jersey as to
what accommodations there are for dnartering
additional troops.
IL is proposed to send reinforcement OF 200 men
there at an early day. and the strength ming OF the
f0rtld:ations Is contemplated.
"Reminiscences of the steamship City 0f Bos-
ton.
LONDON, Feb Z, 1871.
law court appeal trial heard in this city In the
case Of jenkins, libel suit arising from the loss OF
the steamship City OF Boston, has been decided In
favor OF the Inman COMPANY.
The New York herald., 1871-02-08
TaE LING Ill THE CITY.

The i.tisn iUr Ncws-.Ex iieuient io she streets.
The of the terrible disaster spread like Wild
fire throughout the CITY, and men rushed eagerly
after the least item OF news from the scene Of the
tragedy The desire to learn the names Of the suf-
ferers grew more ana more intense as tho day wore
on. In the corridors and halls OF the principal
hotels men and women crowded, anxiously asking
II any names had yet come In Many check was
blanched and many eye was moist as the thought
OF some absent friend relative rushed To the
mind. Numbers OF guests
AT THE HOTELS
whose business in the city was finished thanked
their stars some triBing accident had Kept them In
town.
..Jackv said one young man, araspng friend
warmly by the hand, "I shall never forget this for
you Bat for you, old icow, should have been on
that train.r
one lost brother in such and such an accident;
another had friend who lost vile in another. IL
broke that arm, sir, In tumble We had out
Westn But when all comparisons had ended u nd
every railroad accident fof years hao been dig
cussed this dwarfed them all In omnIbuses and
cars on me streets aud IN the houses the ;rightnl
accident was
THE ONLY sUBJEcT o. CoEvERsATIoN.
A thousand theories were started a. to its cause
ana Us quickly rcjsrted remedies TO prevent the
merous and impossible.
"The passenger train ran into the freight
.sThs paper says the ,relpnt ran iato the lassen
geru two gentlemen argued. Tno discussion was
suddenly interrupted by al old lady
.swhere is the telegraph otficcfi she gasped. 81
want to send message; my son was IN taat train,
going to Cincinnati"
She was directed to the nearest telegraph Office,
and thtber she fastened.
al never take on thing when go into sleeping
carr said an Old traveller ''You never know the
moment you may be dung into the jaws OF death.''
''rhis beats the massacre at Carr's Rock ell hol.
lowr' Aud 1t went on Eight persons being
killed got augmented to eighty, the widest ru-
mors taking possession of mems minds In the alb
sence OF particulars. The horrible circumstances OF
the event appalled, the stoutest hearts--men and
women Jumping from their berths to be engulfed in
flames and buried, half roasted, In the ice. War
news los. It's interest, and every other subject that
usually engrosses mems minds went ous Of view in
the excitement OF the hour. Conventionality was
gone, and people talked With strangers as they
would talk with old acqusntances. No accident
has occurred chat stirred the feelings OF the pc ope
to their very depths for q number OF years.
SsagcIuen. Of IL Passenger.
Mr.. Adopn A. son, passenger on board the Pacific
express train last evening, says:--I was in the
through Chicago car. aud was going 10 San Fran
cisco. At ten O'Clock divested mvsen oil
The New York herald., 1871-02-08

and throng the Ice on Wappinger's creek, young
men from the village sail their iceboats around the
river side In the immediate vicinity, and boys are
skating past a few yards away. In the meantime
the telegrapnic communication with New YORK city,
which has been broken, is re-establlshed by the
mendng OF the wire, and the use Of the wire has
been secured by the HERALD reporter.
The New York herald., 1871-02-08
TEE QUESTION OF THE
EAST.
Turkey Watching the Roumanian Agitation.
TEL EGaia 70 THE NEW YORK HERALD.

LONDON, Feb. IL, 1871.
received adyices from Constantinople this even-
ing which announce that Turkish army OF oOser-
walton has been sent 10 Shumla to watch distur-
Dances in Roumania.
The New York herald., 1871-02-08
Au..ro-uunuarian LeaisIatio,.

PESTH, feb. Z, 1871.
In the closing sitting OF the Ausiro Hungarian
delegations, Baron Won Beust announced the ratln-
cation OF the budget, and thanked the members for
their activity. He said he chopped they would ENJOY
more cheering prospects when they geasse .obled.m
The New York herald., 1871-02-08

u n track
two e n
i-Yhe the w andw
The New York herald., 1871-02-08

horror {: ound the scene. already appalling. He will
probably not survive till morning.
An unauthcntlcated rumOr Is anoat in Albany that
Clinton Page one OF the delegates to the Masonic
Convention in this city, was killed by tie accident
on The Hudson River Railroad.
Fears for the snfciy OF Members Of the L.
Eis.ature.
ALBANY, Feb. Z, 1871.
Great anxiety has been caused here by a report
that Messrs. Jacobs and Wagner, members OF the
House, were on the train that met with the acci.
dent last night
A Chicago Gentleman and His Dnughicr SUPP
posed se Board.
CHICAGO, H., Feb. Z, 1871
II Is claimed by friends here that MIR. +. Wood and
daughter OF lrvington were TO take passage for this
city on the Inflated HUDSON River Railroad train
last night.
Trims ta start from the Harlem Depot.
HARLEM RAILROAD DEpoT,l
New YORK, Feb. 7, 1871.
IN consequence Of the break on the Hudson River
road express trains for the North and West making
close connections and running through without
change viii leave Harlem depot at eight and eleven
A. NJ. and four and eight o'clock P. NJ.
w. Fl. VANDERBILT.
The New York herald., 1871-02-08
ssasc,uen. of u pa.senSc,

Mr.. Adopn A. Son, passenger on board the Pacific
express train last evening, says:--I was in the
through Chicago car. ani was going 10 San Fran
CISCO At ten O'Clock 1 divested mvsen OF