Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-24
AsRONAUTlc
aa easy Ascent not Always Followed BY a
Descent Without DifIieulties,
ArstingstaII, Torres and Hbbster-Thelr
Haps asd Mishaps.

NASHVILLE, July 23.-ProfeSsOr
Webster made an ascension from the
Horticultural Garden with his bal
loon, Hercules, at 6 pm, to-day. AT.
ter ascending to a hight of three
thousand feet the balloon began to
descend rapidly and struck upon the
top Of the smoke stack Of a Nashville
cotton factory. Here the balloon
collapsed and fell to the ground, lsav-
ing Webster with his wicker. work
basket on the stack. After surveying
his position he cast his basket away
and finally descended through the
interior Of the stack, coming out safe
ly, but black with SCOT.
CINCINNATI, July 25.-An aerOnaut
named Torres, connected with Gra-
loon in Masillon, Ohio, yesterday,
came down in the canal basin and
was drowned.
[By MALL
The Cincinnati EIa9airer Lt Saturday
says that brilliant and most l,atieDt Of
IaOdern aernauts, Mons. George Ar
stingstall, whose ascents and descents
In the "City of Paris" have been going
On in this city during the present week,
essayed yesterday TO the mansions Of
the eagle. His limbs, battered from
recent exploits of this kind, have been
spliced together by medical skill, and
his eyes reset in their sockets. The
usual crowd convened at the corner of
Laurel street and Central avenue to
behold the performance, and in due
time this diver into the upper regions
was seated in his basket, and
soon thereafter severed his con-
uectiOn with the mother sod. For a
few seconds his erial conveyance shot
up like a shaft Of the storm king, and
parted the atmospheric currents as
gracefully as the prov Of sea queen
does the placid waters Of the deep sea. |
But, after il had attained an altitude
of 200 feet, il was seen to come to equi- |
librium, and then began to descend |
with velocity very unpleasant TO its !
sole occupant, who feared that his |
checkered career would thus untimely |
be brought to an end. But down and |
down the City Of Paris came, while
crowd of breathless witnesses Of its |
freak speCulated on the delicate situa.
ton of Monsieur BallOOnist. The bas-
ket which contained the form of the |
referred-tO struck the roof of BOnte's |
picture frame factory at the corner of |
Twelfth and Plum streets, completely
cslpsizing itself. In this dangerous
position, with the man clinging to |
the sides OF the basket with main |
force, it began tOslide toward the caves
of the roof. In passing over its edges |
there was but moment Of time for |
the man 10 save his life. He called to |
two young ladies working in the fac |
tory, Kate Collins and Matte Weston, |
who were standing at the window |
and expecting to see the man fall to |
the street: For God Almighty's |
sske. save meW The girls, with re-
markable GOODNESS and cOmmendable |
seized the man, and, by |
eyerting their entire strength, dragged |
him from the basket to the floor of
the factory, and thereby added to the
length of his days. The rescued aero
naUt took one look from the window
at the unmanageable "City Of Paris"
ard remarked: "NOW. the balloon
can 90 to hi" which 1t did not do,
but landed on the street, receiving
various indentations, which will re-
qJIire the hand of the healer. The
Monsieur OF the aerial conveyance,
thinking that his thanks had been re-
turned ~ the latter remark, descended
to the street in safety to look after his
estate.
ulba Koscfustro T,.o,S7... 60, .l.,.tl X,