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Northampton zesss; ss;, sz sgk ~ s2sss ssss.s'p'"as"s' q tho
house of = frlond t had boon ataytng with to
moot another near tho dam. About half-way up
TO It I met = man running rapidly towards tho
vi!lnge and ahoutiIng and waving hs hands lilo
him, when be called to mo to keep to tho hllls
70 70 CO. Co. and hs sa[ these might be time to a,aria
III. people down TIM, heT on Sond
atnrtcd In that direction, but Keeping out of tho
track Of the river. I know what an enormous
body Of watcr there was in the reservoir,
sud that il really tho wall wcro giving way aud
tho pooplo below, but I still half doubted tho
mans sanity. Still, llves might DO saved, even
II uhat ho said was true, for I thought tho wall
strong enough to; withstand for = little while
excited TINT hardly know what Thought, but
surely kept ont Of tho direct road OF the tor
ront.
Just as I was running up hillside to set q
roar behind, such as can liken to nothing, for
never heard anything ut all resembling tt-n
booming liza long continued, or something OF
the sor-a aound Of awful power, intending de-
towards tho dam aud aaw great black mass Of
water moving on. = bol,d wnll, and the hpray all
above 1t Like hair briatling.. I waa 80 terrified
that I almost fell, and had to eatol at tree to
4AT0 myself BaL was noor tuo FlliaEtJ
and could sec SpoImnn's factory md the
mon standing about the door. The water
swept down below aud past me with q rush,
not WhirAng, rs one might think It would, but
going as atratght In its uourae sH an arrow. The
noise WAS deafoning. You would aeo--I shw It
al In aecond-a tree or a house standing, aud
thon tho half sight Of it's bonding or toppling
over, ana then Il would disappear, whirling IN
aud out Of the food. Bpellmans factory seemed,
though, to bo llftod right on OF it's foundations,
| and smiled down on tho top OF tho swollen rive,
that nor looked like long, black, slippery SER
pent wriRgling down tho valley with friBhtfu1 ve-
| looity. followed along as swiftly nB poHHibie
| and II aeamod as though tho whole village rar
| aWny from mo. But 1t was engulfod and sWapt
| away. / SOW 4 tall chimney standing alone aud
| man hanging hond-downwnrdn from a big hoto IT
| It, and aaw other b0dies that had been puahet
dat ngainst things too strong to give way and to-
mained there crushed all Of a hemp, and dead, o
i course. H.:
It may seem Improbable, but Icould swear
heard tho shouts and screams Of men and WON
| on above tho ronr OF the torrent, but 1t made al
| sorts OF noises aud sounds, and there was q wint
with IT. thought. created by it-for before
troe would be struck it's branches would NOV
army from tho waters Us K with d wind or from
| proseutiment Of what was coming. Afterward
heard some people say that thoro bad seeme
aomothing the matter with tho morning befor
tho dreadful disaster, as II 1t had been forsshad
! owed in their feelings OF In the aar itself. Blu
it is impossible to tell accurately Of what hoar
aud saw, for what saw wns as II In a flash o
lightning, Nhero everything uas picture.
| L, z. IANEINa.
, 1874-05-21
CASUALTIES.
Deaths Caused by tho Falling BuiJd-
~ Ing III Cincinnati

Deaths Caused by tho Falling BuiJd-
~ - Ing III Cincinnati,
- CINCINNATI, May 20.-There wore several ror-
HonA buried in the ruins OF the house at tie cor
ner Of Perry stroot and Central avenue, that fell
in 1aas ntght-Mr. Murphy, bis wife. tbroe ohll-
dron, aervant.gir1, and ., carpenter. who was
passing by on the aidewnlk at tho time OF the
crash. The timbsrs Of the house had been
crenking and Stamping al tho aftsrnoon; and =,
concluded that 1t was not safe to remain IN the
building over night aud tho family were Rrspss
was uniujurea, with tho exception OF tow slfght
bruises. Mrs. Murphy sustained severe oats
daughter, aged years, died fifteen minuten
after her removal from the debris. a} 3 Az olde5 h
bruised about the body. The babe was unin-
jured. The servant girl was rescued about
o'clock this morning, having been held down On
the cellar floor By tho cooking stove falling upon
her. Her injuries are not supposed to be dan.
gerous. William Whitaker, the carpenter, suf-
7ered orushed hip and thigh, aud died from his
injuries this forenoon.
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SptcfdI Diauatch % 1he Chicago 7FlbUne.
nroGnEoon, H., MaY 20.-Yoaterday Mrs.
iatt her house to visit q neighbor. leaving three
ohiidron At home. During hor absence stray =
led caught fire, aud the youngest child. ID
months od perishea In the flames bsfors as
distance came to haud.
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nasnas. 9mni1:.ii. II. Ro:d.
iSm: @ q saMs; ;;;! 3 hSata snd M M q m!pnts'.
s 3s:s s::siss ~ Mags's;s
II: ;:s :ss;S=WS|ts:, WXS|t's; i # Ss;ssi: S&s's;i:
OTHER GAMES.
I]ls White Stockings have hgreod to play
practice gamo with tho Evanston University nino
within fow DAYS. Tho lattor nine will play the
Hocial Club at Evanston tomorrow. and tho CHI
cago University nino Saturday. Ono week from
that day they will go to Racno to play the Col
logo plno thero.
THE DosTorB AGAIN VICTORIOUS.
sptc,af Dfspatehto to ne Chicago Tribune.
Pu1LApELpnA, May 2o.-Tio Dostons re-.
sxhSltlon ia'1 in neitnoro M on Tesiay, an oieated
tho At1lletIca badly. Tho weather wag cloudy,
aud tho ground slippery from tho voting It had
received In tie morning.. many chances for 1o'l
ea2s promise of being quite brilliant. and was SO
up to tho third inning, when the had play COM
%enoaa on the pat Of the by hi0
a1ie"fs Tic Ssall then s went % to ,ets ST. flo!d,
whom Goiney fumbled 1t, and folded vorY slowly,
allowing the first run, which waa made by Harry
Wright, he being On secoud base. A. dropped 1y
via 1ds psoh % Of apaidns. alioved liz 1thlotiea
two runs In tho fourth inuing. Ths DoBtons
made three moro in their fourth inning. Sutton
mnffing and fumbling b Tory easy Ay ffoEn
4Ioyey, and Fsler siao g4ng .aa thom oaance
IN attempti9g t9 out on Leonard st assona ,sa md
O'Rourke, and sutson did not expect the ball
T. eqt 81 pas: HIM aood u ,n The s.xan
and Selected the right field as tho plaoe 10,
putting the balls They gsye 9asPR ao%s yScry
tho bad condition Of the ground above montion
preventing him fE9m playing in t ls y, as1ai
game. in tie seventh inning, sending the bal
past eonsro-held noarly to the fonce. making
three 6asoa. 49,.
THO Boatons f1olded splendldLy, and In . moas
| ure punished McBride's pitching, bnt Dick dit
MT receive ths s qu
the seventh and eighth innings: The playing .
Hall at left-leld vas very brilliant, and be Sc Sc
| plause. MoAlu'lin and detney also made som
very good Iunning. .catohos The ATHLETIC
below their average. A remarkable feature O
the game was, that Of the eighteen runs obtained
by tie Redlegs, not one was earued.
The following IL
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sr, Louis, May GA train on the Atlantic d
Pacific Railroad, having on board some 100 nlena-
bors Of tie General Assembly Of tho Oa1nber--
land preabytorian, Church. which meets at
tie truck this afternoon at Dry Branch, 60 miles
wost Of ST. Louis. But ono person. tile Rev. a.
Al. Buchanan, Of 1lobesly. was hurt, severely
though not aerlouslY.
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speed, down tho road TINT ehlrscd tho
stroam'F bank to williamsburg. covering
tho throe ml1ea, he thinks, In tliscou
minutes. Il WAS t1lon about half.past o'clock:
Driving to tho loueo OF Mr. spelman. who Ind
gonornl Charge Of the reservoir, lo aummonod
that gentleman from his broak table to stnrt!e
him With, !" Tho reaorvor ia golngl" 1t wasbut
the night before tint Cheney had boon talking
with him about the roaorv9r. ana H., boy ~ hed r.,
summer. II ia not strange, therefore, that Spoil
man could not 1T hrst crodit tho atatcnons,
thought tho man little sscairt" aud to hs
startling communication replied, ''Nol It can't
he poBs[blo." But Ohonoy quickly told him
about tho giving awayof oarth and tho atronma OF
water rushing through, aud soon convinced him
that tho dungor waa mont imminont. Tho frat
duty wss to warn tho people further down THO
stream ohenev:s horse waa exhausted. ,97t and
whore again precious moments wore lost in con-
vlnoing tho inoredu1ous proprietor that tho mos
songera story could ho truo. Finn}iy, a horse
vas mndo ready and froah man got Oh to no.
tify tho dwollers further down atronm.
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THE WEATHER.

WARRINGTON, D. O.. May 2o.-For the Upper
Lake region aud the Northwest, clear to fair
weather. For tue East, soutl,oaas winds, stu
tiouary to rising temperature, and falling
barometer. ......-.-
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.
CHICAGO NAV 90. 1874
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Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune.
W11KssDAnnE, Pa, May 20.-A shooting afftay
took place to-day st the Empire Mines, IN which
John McAnally shot Matthew Donohue. Tho
former has been working in the burning mines
aiuca the fire began, and Ills mind has become
seriously impaired. 4 few daya ago ho quit
work and shut himself up at homo,
threatening any one who came near him. Sun
day ho rofused to 60 to tue funeral Of Fitzpatrick,
tho murdered boy, saying that he might be
charged with the murder. To-day being
payday 1t tho mines, Donohuo drew
MoAnally'a money and took it to. him,
when. ~ he entered tho door, McAuallY
sprang from tho bed with revolver, and
fired. As ,Donohue threw his hand up, the bull
let went through finger into his face and
stopped In the mock. Physicians we're called,
but were unable to extract tho bullet as tho neck
had swollen aud the bullet was evidently near
the iugular vein. The injured nan lies In a
critical condition and his inaano assailant is un
dor RrroHt.
, 1874-05-21

Cnpsizcd by q Whirlwlnd.
HAVANA, May 20,-Tho schooner phnnl1 cap
sized iu q whirlwina OF chip chanuol keys. Out
Of ssyeutoou rasael,gora, dye womol aud ono
mau we're drowned
, 1874-05-21

YAAnron, D. r., Mny 20.-In the Wlntermuts
caae much time was taken up III the discussion
of questions growing out OF q olnim by defend
anita counsel that in the croBa-e1amination Of
Witnesses OF prosecution lie could so into q re-
port Of the meeting, and into other matters
about Which Witness had not testified in chief.
This afternoon several witnesses have been
examined three or four as to the shooting itself,
corroborating in all essential parts the state
monta previously made. Four wltneasos tosti-
t,od to the difficulty in the saloon Of tho hotel
ndioining; about m hour before the killing.
They testiiled, substantially, that Winterlnute
camo In first. and then hlccook. Soon
afterwards Wintermute approached him and
said: VI can whip YOU" McCook replied in q
light manner, 80, guesa not.e Wintermute
BALD: "H can't whip you I can ehoot you."'
and soon afterwards added, 'tYou are damned
dirty puppy" McCooh then seized him, pushed
him back, struck him two or three times, and said,
"You'll shoot me, will you? ?" They were parted and
MoCook went out. Witnesses agreed that Win
termuto was hurt considerably on one side Of tho
face, but not seriously. Ono Of the same Wit
nesses afterwards met Winter1nute in the door,
way, when Wintormuto said: "TeIl McOook
intsnd to shoot him on sight" Witness said
Wintormute did not soom excited, but entirely
cool at tho time This virtually closes tho teati-
mony In chief OF the prosecution, and tho de-
fensa will begin tomorrow
, 1874-05-21

SptclaI UlapaEoh % INF Chiedgo Tribune.
LApoRrE, Ind, May 20.-To-day, President
Powell, OF the Northern Ipdiana Editorial AaAo-
'olatton, will ttsuA his call tot the aassn}bl&Rs Of
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returned Carey made tho winning run. Allinon
WAS nyod by Hines, and tie gasr,o waH ovor.
Thore Ia aoatcoly anY need for further o1plana-
ton. Following Is -
THE HConE
, 1874-05-21

Fatally injured by Hitro.Giycertno,
SARATOGA, N. T., May 12.-At Warrensburgh
this morning, David Mead picked up IN the
throwing 1t from him 1t exploded, iujuriug him
fatally. It was nitro-giyeerine explodor, used
In mining.
, 1874-05-31

girl, nud she is made the helpless, innocent,
k11oW-nothing and do-less which all men want
their wives to be until they have been married .
year or two.
The motto which Dante wrote over the door or
Hcll might as we'll have been written over tue
entrance Of every avenue to womau's work Tor,
unless she be genius, she who enteIa does III
deed leave hope behind.
The remedy? l do not know, unless It % IN
equalizing the sexes and By this. I do not mean M
the ordinary twaddle included under that
name-
/ mean the equal education Of girls and boJs
making it as dissraceful for one to be boggarly
done az tho other; teaching boy that WE -
something more than a pink-and white COIL !;
teaching girl that marriage il aomcthlne
more than selling herself for home
and support; tohchlng. them nota
that labor IL honorable and that 1t is Just and
proper and no cause for social ostracism, II 4
man and his wife work eide by side, until Nature
sends to one the appointment Of higher work,
Motherhood.
When this time comes, man Will marry
woman. Now, corner-lots-and-acres proposes to
bank-stock grizzled wealth buys dimplod
youth; the fat, fair, aud forty widow
OF million purchases the straight
limbed young Hercules for whom some dove
Mignon breaks her heart. Wlcn this time
comes, we shall not have tho eaddest Of sights,
broken families; nor the heartrendng scenes
which follow the death Of man who leaves a
family behind to struggle through life alone.
Shall We load cannon to shoot robin thon
A query which always arises whom aee q 200
pound man selling needles and pins.
Will the Millennium have come? +. 3.
, 1874-05-31

less q dreamer than mauY would otherwise sup
pose- He was visiting in the ne1ghbofhood OF
Lord Campbelrs estate ono summer. ahd, our
ing one OF his walks, wandered quite near the
family mansion. His Lordship. CHANGING. to
stumble upon the old gentleman, expressed HIS
astpnishment and Measure ut finding him III that
part OF tho world, saying, ut the same time,
believe you don't know me- Professor' =
s.That's not to be wondered at" replied the
old lcatben. "There's moro fools know Daft
B}ackie than Duff Blackio knows"
His gr1R response, however, did not forfeit
him the friendship of ths Campbels; they in-
sisted upon his remaining with them the rest OF
the summer, and did ali III their power to make
his stay agreeable; and that il best done by
leaving him alono.
Ono curious feature Of the Cowgate drinking
is the absence of customers about the bars OF
the saloons. The bartender stands behind his
counter, constantly pouring out the various con-
COG: .tns with the air OF a master Of the art,
but there is no sign OF idlers about the room.
Here then is the explanation Of remark
made to me one day by = son OF the soil ::
Nher Scotchman getH drunk, be does it like
gentleman. You never see Ill Scotland men
standing at the bar, call for glass after ALI
other, until they have succeeded in drowning
their wits There is Bociabiity about Scotch
mans getting drunk which takos the curse OIL OF
it," 1hia eociabil1ty consists OF sitting down III
dismal little bolea at the back OF the saloons,
and drinking with one or two companions. II
this takes the curse of Of the decd, surely to
get drunk lord
MCsr MITIGATE THE BIN ITSELF.
II these people have been III the least TN
proved By the late revival. there must have been
great room for improvement. for I cannot con-
ceive OF ANYTHING more utterly deprhved than
their present state. We have every leahon to
believe that the right measure has not Jet been
taken, and that public praying and singing, aud
signing Of pledges, only open
ieTG Kali
, 1874-05-31

To the Editor of thu London Specrlator:
Sir: During my recent visit to Vasenr College
had long conversation with the resident ply
sician, DR.. Avery. aud the professor Of astrut,-
omy, Maria Mitche!l-n woman whoae reputation
is as great in the new world as Mrs. Somerville't
WAS in tho old. Both these ladies' assured me
that " the girls who studied tho hardest at Vas
ear were the hcalthiest." They traced tho bau
health Of American women to its true source
the terrible severity and extremes Of climate,
combined With observation-disclosures habit Of heating
honaos by furnaces, to tho exclusion al any
proper Teniilati"n, and tho widespread dis
inclination to physical exercise OF any descrip-
ton.
/ venture to add that the de1icacy complained
Of ia also due to the fearful rapid.ty with which
our American cousins apply the rule of doing
'smartly' whatever they have IN hand to their
meals, and to the Incorporate nae OF iced water
throughout the winter and summer.
hope the excellent reply which DR.. Clarke
has drawn from his eount1ywomen will be widely
read by those interested in this important sub
ject. It bears the same relation to his extraya-
CANT attack that Mrs. Garret- -Anderson's digni-
fed and practical answer does to Dr.: Maudsley's
somewhat one-sided assertion. ! am sir, de-,
EMILY FAITHFUL.
, 1874-05-31

Recent explorations show that the great Aus
tralian trees exceed in height, though not in cir
cumfesence, the eiants Of CALIFORNIA;, though
some OF the Australians must bo regarded az
very respectable in girth as we'll as height, the
hollow trunk OF one Of them being large enough
to admit three horhemen to enter and turn with
out dlsmounting, while they led fourth horee
fallen tree III the recesses Of Dandenoug, Vic
tor1a, MAS measured not long since. md found to
be 40 feet long another an tho Black Spur, tea
miles from Healesvlle, measured 4S0 feet. Tho
highest trees on tho Sierra Eevada, California,
ret discovered, reach only $50 feet, tho average
size being from 800 to 400 feet in height, and
from Is to 81 feet ia diameter. The wood of
these trees closely resembles red ccdar, and the
reddish brown bark ia sometimes IS inches thick
and the age OF some Of the eldest has been COM
puted At 1000 years.
, 1874-05-31
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Notice II hsrebJ ktvea that the annual mectux Of bs
Stockhodezs Of tho Chics South Brsnch Dock Com
pa4, for tho election Of Directors Of s.d Company vii
Z, 4. D. ls14. E. G. MASUN.
SsczetasJ of 0htc.so South Branch Dock Compsny.
, 1874-05-31
OFFICE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND { r.
CIFlC Ri LR0AD COMPANY,

April ., 1874,
Tho annual meeting Of the Stockholders Of the Chic4zo
Rock Island Pacific Railroad COMPANY 1oz the election
Of Drectora tu ln snd he transaction
othes business before the.a will b. h-ld
the oaace Of the Coxpaoy IA tbs city Of Chic.go on
Wednesday. the thid dag Of juno Ut II o'clock
m. NORM F. TRA
F. Il, IONS. 8ecretaty.
, 1874-05-31
A New Ship Canal.

From The Galptston (1er.) tees, May IT.
Yesterday the great ship canal from Corpus
Christi Bay to Arkansas Pasz, nearly seyon
miles long, and which has been under construc-
tion for seventeen years, was examined and &C.
copied by Special State Engineer ". II. Russell,
OF Brownsville. Its total cost will amount to
nearly S. ,o00, 900. It's average depth is about
10 and Width ITS feet. The people nre iubilant
and happy, and expect steamships to enter their
bay within month.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-07
ICOMMUNICATED.

Conservatives must register. ln order to
keep our city in the hands Of the white people
Conservatives must register. We must not
conceal the fact that We nced every vote OH the
fourth Thursday in May to continue Conserva-
tive rule. 10 euuble any to vote they must
register The Conservative majority OF the
city is about one hundred and fifty at the most,
and at this time there are absent from the city
nearly that number Of Conservative voters en-
gagged Ia fishing That We have not Increased
our majority 10 the last year no one can doubt
and for these TWO reasons 1t is OF the utmost
Importance that every man Of Us register. 1t
any fail to do it the result is inerltable-the
cty will be turned over to the Radicals, and
then there will be another Petersburg III Vlr-
GINA. Mayor, Sergeant, Commissioner OF the
Revenue, Commo0weaIth's Attorney, all will
be Radical, and Council divided equally or
majority of Radical complexion. Prevent this
Conservatives Register that you may vote on
the 18th day OF this mouth, ADD thereby defeat
the Radicals. CONSERVATIVE.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-07

To the general Conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church, in session iu Lynchburg, on
Monday last, the second item of the report OF
the Executive Committee was taken up and
adopted. 1t provides that the annual confer
ences may appoint ministers as presidents, or
professors, or agents in educational institutions,
and as editors or agents of religious periodicals
and newspapers. and as chaplains, without
such appointment changing the relation OF such
ministers to the annual conference. The re-
port of the Committee on Sunday Schools Was
taken up, and after debate, was passed, as fol-
lows: THAT Sabbath School Superintendent
shall be elected by the teachers aud officers OF
the school, subject, however, to the conhrma.
ton of the church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-07
General Conferences Of the NJ. +.
Church. south.

louisville, KY May 4.-But little Of gen.
eral importance was done IN the conference to-
day, except the presentation OF an address
signed by all the bishops. This address was
very long, and begins with congratulations on
the peace AMI prosperity OF the Church. On
this point 1t says: :,
"While the world is all asir with advancing
thought, great enterprises, aud momentous
eyents-socia, political, aud ecclesiastical our
preachers abide stcadfast in the Wesleyan the
oogy, and our people give 10 truth rcverent
welcome There is no agitation as to dnc,rlue
or of discipline TO disturb the quiet OF our Z1n.
This state of things is largely due 10 the broad
liberality of our system, giving tutl range: to
Thought aud expression, aud thus renewing
provoca,ion to dissent and resistance 10y the
consciousness of recogniz d freedom.
A, to the increase OF church buildings, the
address say:
ave are glad to report to You the wonderful
progress 10 church building, both as to the
pulnber of houses, style of architecture and
accommodations for c1mtort 1T all scasouS. =
Consolidation of the feeble societies at eligible
centers has enlarged the CONGREGATIONS, secured
more uuifIrm dm!nistra!lou OF the ordinances:
| giveu stability and permanent form to the Sun
day schools, aud made The arrang, nent OF CIR
| cult work more convenient and effective.
Discussing education the address says:
I'VE anticipate in the near future u complete
system of universities. colleges aud district
schools; academies sustained by our people aud
manncd by all our graduates, all thoroughly
equipped rounded plan reaching from the
! lowest to the highest and securing the sale
guards of Christian education to all the rising
generation committed to our charge"
An appeal is madc for ulore earnest obacrV-
ances Of family religion The address says:
I'VE regret to say the Church conference is
| a comparative failure La the stations gener.
| ally they have done well, are very useful. La
The circuits, as rule, they have en- luetl-
cieut The fault is commonly With the preach.
er, who does not like them, does not kDow how
to hold them; sometimes with the people; of'e
with both. Time and experience may correct
this order Of things, aud vindicate the wisdom
of the institution. II seems TO us TO be ne
cessity. both to wise pastoral oversight, just
distribution of service among the members, aud
an effective use and application OF the resour
c4s of the Church. 1t might be vel to give
the preacher in charge larger discretion as &c
the manner OF holding them, SO that IN the ab
sence of all pressing business they might be
made strictly devotional.
The address closes with tribute 10 the de-
parted Bishops Andrew and Early.