The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-03-22
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hard and money scarce; and whei
, tired Of paWnbroking, he tool
down his sign and retired from
business to contemplate those
changing scenes of this wicked
world, which had made him rich
and others poor. Nevertheless, We
claim the right to express little
establishment that a National
d labor Convention" should have
j seen in the conduct or career OF
Judge Davis aught to commend
him as their candidate for Presi-
dent. We presume the best we
can do under the circumstances is
to await with patience the republic
cation of his. life and public servi-
ees, which will doubtless be fslrn-
ished forth as a campaign doeu-
ment, From it We hoPelto learn
upon what occasion and under
what circumstances, he earned such
high measure of appreciation
from the toiiing masses as to make
him the one altogether lovely and
fit to be President.
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PLEASANT ACCOUNT OF AN EXPLOS-
ION.
The DanbHry News gives the
following cheerful account of q
late disssterin that town: There
WAS a,trihing affair in BEanchvile
on Friday. Philos w. Bates has a |
quarry about quarter of q mile |
east or the village. He Is also the |
owner Of blacksmith's shop near |
by, where he employs two or three
men to sharpen the tools used in
quarrying stone for the Shepung /
road at Bethel. In accordance
with q good old New England Gus
tom, the powder used is kept in
the blacksmith shop, There were
two kegs partly filed, and one keg
unbroken in the shop at the time
our story opens. It was . pleas
ant day. There was no sunshine,
but the general appearance of
things outdoors was mellow and
like. One Of the men
was employed at the anvil, ham
mering the sultry end of 9 crowbar.
A few grains of powder had fallen
upon the floor while replenishing
the quarry from the open kegs.
We came near forgetting to state
this, which is q more important /.
matter than at first sight seems
probable. The other employees
we're busily engaged, as the sons
Of toll are apt to be when employ
I'd by the day. A balsamic per-
fume filed the atmosphere of the
shop. Suddenly fake of stre1n-
ing hot iron shot from the anvil
and down among the grains of
powder which held their slumber-
ng fires to the floor, There were
! few unnoticed pops and flashes,
hen came hiss, as the fame shot ]
over into the open kegs. The man
who held the crowbar mechanical
y passed out doors. Another son
IF toll who, with his hack to the
ianger. was looking through the
turned around in time to
letect one end of the shop in the '
vet of moving OFF, followed by al
whose shirt had gone in &
l fame. The two, partly filled ]
Kegs had exploded with the custo-
nary violence and the full keg was
IN fire. At this juncture was dis .
played an act of heroism seldom
in Fairfield county. Mr..
Bates seized the burning keg and
lurled it out into the snow, in
lime to quench the flames, and I
md save the balance of the shop q
md the lives of himself and men. I
Two of the men were badly burn !
ID, a portion of the shop was.
and two roosters who
lad been fighting near by at once
,uried all animosties engendered
" the fray, and started over the
ill fer home, with the rapid and
graceful gait peculiar to those {
Gathered Mormons.