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, 1875-12-18

The journal du Hurrs o! tho 95th ut Novem-
be1 6ircs the following account Of tho accident
to the transatlantic steamer L'Amerique.
bayeral Of tho passengers Of tho French
traasaalans'o steamer LAmerlvuo, who were
taken On hoa!d by tAa CIlna. arrived this morn
lng at Aavte W tbs packet from Southampton.
Lucy ahto slF0n u 6ome account Of tho ncci-
dent that OCCURRED 10 our great steamer. II MAa
about o'clock on Sunday morning, wha,l
L'Amerilus Ms only shour throe days and half
distant 3foA TIE french cont, ttat her main
shalt broke. Tho report aud conclusion Tint
eusued waro such thRt all tho Passengers
suddenly awakened auA hurried balf
dressed to tho bfItEs, thinking tl.t tho
steamer had ruin sE1ound and wss about
TO sink. Happily, after bomo munleu,s Of in-
eytab!e confusion, considering that tbs sccdcut
occurred 10 able III tho morning, they wero spln
to lsaru tho full extent Of tho nllsehief aud ,hs
Captain FASTENED to assure them that there VIVA
not tho lcast danger. bus only a vosy disagrssa.
bio delay IN their voyage, ~ tie steamer had
beon INSTANTLY changed into : BAiliug yeBsel.
Whan all en1katy had bean thus al!aysd, few uf
the PASSENGERS consented 10 raseek their bertlAs
aud to resume the BIumberB 10 Euds!y iutar-
1upted. At about 8 o'clock in the morning. OF
about FIVE hours After the sccidant. : great
steam4htP III tul! sight vas atgoAled. Captain
Fouzolz ut onco displayed i sieual Of distress to
astrass the attention Of the steamer, but uutor-
tunatelJ. owing 70 the direction Of the wind.
which WAS nolsherly, tho flag Of L'Amelivua
Eas coneealad from the other steamer, and tha
CAlIA, for It WAS ehe. tAssed without stopping
Ihs nas tefltshls disappointment for The PAS,
, 1875-12-18

S&AG6 LpMMt@f4dt G1+Mf3Hs
It was In tho old days OF stage coaohes, and
one OF these hugo, numbering vohioles VA plov.
lux fts way tstNesn Boatnn ind Salem in \ ttEiy-
Ink Estn.Htorm. hllod inside and outaida with
Jolly jam Of passengers.
Among tbs number OF tia more fortunate in-
sidefs Wsa 4 respectable, tsll.headcd old gentle
mat, who yeemed to bs very EollcitouH about
lady riding on the roof, Every tow 1tnutas hs
popped out Its head regardless of tic rain, aud
shonted TO Aonae one above. swell. hov ID aAs
now I" And tbs answer came, .Al3 right"
ills she getting wet7" inquired the old
man.
mo. not much" waa the reply.
.Wp!l. can't you put somsthing round
her7 Twill mover do to have her get vet, you
know"
"We'ye got everything around her ws can
got. -.
~ Haven't you got an Old coat or Tugl"
"No. not zX more"
4 sysupathotao young man, hearing al this, aud
feeling. klaFmed for The poor lady out III the
etora inquired Of the old Rontlsman why they
didu't have her ride inssds And not cut on tho
roof
Bless you. there aIn't room!' exclaimed
the old man.
"Not room Why, III givo her my place, i.s
loo bad!"
"Not at al. sir, not At all. We couldn't got
her into this stage anyhow"
Amazed At her prodjg.ous dimensions, the
kind Joun2 man eAld. ''Ht!l. stf. u my coat
, 1875-12-18
TELEGRAPH!c BREvjTlEs,


The Mddle Ioune, Que ol tue olleAk and best-
known otelH In Detroit voluntarily closed veg
:erday.
The Board Of Supervisors Of yerm,|lIon
County have resolved to build 4 coust-uouse,
rot to cost moro than s80.00o.
David High, OF yellow Check, Stephenson
County, ILL.,, fol- dead, aftof returning from
shnfch on ssnday evening" of apople1y.
u. A. Nors t Co., of Detroit, lumber dea,srs
.ud manufacturers, failed ysnterday. Their Tia
biities aEo nb0ut E300, ,0iN assets about i iUU,-
l06.
Col. john II, ober'y has been appointed by
diu City Council OF Cairo to 70 to Washington
!ud socuro an appropriation Tor tho .reiBl Of
cnlro from tlle cutting away Ut tho bank Of tho
i1sslsalppl River.
A military company WAS organized 1t Grand
Rapids last evening Captain. j. II. 8antor,i /;
.icutensnts. Thornton and Nurse asrgoauts,
a4ton. Cssndall. 0randbefE, Monte, and kel-
eau. Forty mon were surollel.
ltru. Adair. OF Chlrngn q iady Of unsound
nan1, stopping - tho EesidenCe Ut 4 relative In
.ngoraoil. Unt.. escaped from tAb house TAurs-
lay Alght The alarm.hell *aH sounded mud
saretM search lade. Gut nothing hAa bvuu Aueu
II Ler siucu.
At ! o'clock yesterday morning ex.ssuasor
Willit.n \. lsschsrdsou. ot QUINCY, iIl., suffered
stroke OF Paralysis, wh!oi Affected hts olIsirs
lefs sIde. He wAs quite fosbls during yesterday,
hut hopes are entertained Of Its recovery, Ar,
Richardson " now about 60 yesrs Of age.
Articles Of incorporation wera filed In the eec-
retsiy OF stasos olce Ut Spring aeld yesterday Ut
tue Decatur Times Company. Capital. s5,6ou.
and John ". Smith. Iha Times is to tako tne
place Ut the dsfunot .ud0aet a,:d TRIBUNE. =
GIAuEur paper.
, 1875-12-18
GREAT BRITAIN.
hft'TISdlTtH AAtt,bfI4.

Ioxnos. Den 17.-rha po1icn ara shont IN
.+..t fo- r.,,,o t h.,,o ,,ok a. a,ovu oe,ha
.o' ~ e1k o-1 ..40 w" u %'.o
ns't'sa hnp Lenn1e' IapEa'h Hatheld' from Ant
worp for Now iofk, who mutlnied on the 3lss
Of October last and killed. tho matter mate and
host.w.tn. FIcvou nj tho crew vii, In ch.rpnd
win ,,n,i,or ,,,9o ,ru,n,or ., v,tno..oa vi,
"itn Hasa'f' '"Ro nan'oet W "Aneosos VIII
hleo be brought hero. Tho examination or tho
Greek sAiioss will commence At Nautes, OIL Mon
day uext tho Bsitish Consul asaistlpg.
The Queen Of Denmark and ,he Princess
an5sa 'e'ufhea 10 .oPennason. hc9'npan!ou py
The Fsiucess Of Wales and her Children, wlo will
epenl the holidays in Denmark.
EAnL DERRY.
Ep1xorno. Dec, 17-Earl Derby visited tho
ivy .o'uas' a''u "aa enlAos'AsteA'iY 1eecl'oa.
uo will remain over Tomorrow. To-day 10 will
deliver Lila inaugural address, as Hector Of tho
University, and in TIM oreDinr ri,l astond a
-. ~ ~ 80
!.eesh6 =. uuuot sao nusp'sc" VI 'no "o3hin6'.ou
Conservative Association. Tomorrow tho frec-
lom OF tho city will DO preaented to him.
Earl Derby was to-day formally installed ~
nsct,r ~ tha 1,,foo-.i,, ~ rdnh,,-o ~ A.
i;,.s.s, ,sa ne o,v'1, y. .>'1ns' IT, .nn ue
"''tea n's 'uh"6ula1 huaFesn. III luo evening
ha mado speech before tho Wo1kng1neI!s Cop
aessatlvo Association, in tie coslrso u which 10
denied that tho suez Canal purchase sgniaod a
reversal OF Englaud's policy on tho Eastern
question. As,d dIsolaisned any desire Oh tho part
CT tho Government to establish prosectorato
over Egypt. lie declared that tho only object OF
tho GoEotnmcnt was to obtain additional secl1i.
ty aud uninterrupted access TO India.
pkFAuLrED. .-
ioSpoS, Dec. l8-G \. tu.-Dofaulk has boan
1asuo in tho payment OF tha interest Of tue
Peruvian debt.
EAlE nospnoLnRna PROPOSITION.
Hurst md Watkin. tho Committee OF tho Erie
bondholderss in England propose tho following
schems, to bo carried ons ,lndor the foreclosure
, 1875-12-18
OaDWaY's DOMESTIC BUSINESS,

SEctlaI UiVdfth d 1hs Chftdgo IrI6fiN.
DUBUQUE. H., Dec. l7,-BIx years ago man
named 0rdway was living with hia vito and two
children in Jo Daviors County, Illinois, when
sho suddenly disappeared, taking with her tho
two children and $1,000 in money. Oslway
searched III vain to find como trace
OF them, and finally settlaa down In
Clinton. Tho other day ho received o
letter from d friend in 10 DasiesH County,
telling him that QUO OF hIs boys had boon
brought back aud loft by soma person unknown.
11o Immediately started, aud. upou arrival, found
that his youngest sou had iudool beeu returned.
He at onco took possession Of him and started
for Clinton, IL. Tho whereabouts Of tho womnn
and tho other SOU are still mystery.
, 1875-12-18

would 10 OF any service To yo, sho may l,avo
It '; and. hnlttng the action to tito word, lo
tNok OF TINT garment AMI hanslod it 10 tho old
gout1oulan.
"lts almost riy, sir, to got 5nnr ovarcoAt
Het, hit"
Not a. all, Rir by no mcnnB rAea 1t up to
her"
Tho cont waa accordingly passed. MP.
"t!ow1l that do for her 7" asked tho nld
gentleman.
"ftp-topl Just tho tckctl All right
noN."
Thus relieved, no further anxiety waa mani
ftascd about the outside passenger It'll tho Rtags
arrived At tho lnn whom what nas tho BYiupstlt0t-
10 and Tho gallant Young mans surprise and
indignation 10 find that hls ilico coat had boon
wrapped around-notA = fair lady OF unusual pro-
portions, but-a double bass stol.
, 1875-12-18
OBITUARY.,


SptaAl Dfspatch t. The Chfc1oo Tribune,
ALros, Ill.,, Dec. 17.-Mr. Philip Bauar, ono OF
our Most esteemed German cltlxeus was found
dead Ia tho Office OF Swoetser Il Priest this
afternoon. Tho Coroner Acld an inquest On tLo
body this evening. md tho jury returned YER
dict Of death from apoplasy. 1T. Bauer MAS 40
years Of sgo.
SPECIAL Dispatth To Tbs fhitaqo Tribune.
dRANp HAVEN. Mich, Doc. 17.--,rhe Ncv. DR..
Richards. Baptist, OF Spring Lake, died sud dleuly
last night. Ills body Was taken to phi!edslpAia,
DEs AosNEa, L., 1eo. t7.-Wiilo. the young
est aon Of Senator Wright, died this morning
quite suddenly OF diphtheris. Flo WAS aged ID
yCars. The Senator WAS tccgtsphgd to, aud
felt Washington this morning fos ono.
, 1875-12-18
Over Two Hundred Persons Killed and
Injured by the Dynamite
Explosion.
One Of tho Internal Machines Now on
Board The Steamship Salicr.
Earl Derby Tells Why England Purchased
tho gnes Canal Stock.
Reported Sinking Of Spanish Guuboat by
Cuhan Insurgents.
GERMANY,
THE DYNAMITE Exrt0sIoA.

lEHMAN1,
THE dynamite ExFtosIoa.
Nav YoHx, Dec. 17.-~A dispatch from Berlin
says that tho Empress Of Germany hns started
All association among the ladies Of l'rcn,cn
with tho object OF collecting and administering
funds and appliances for tho aitt OF tho sufferers
by tho dynamite explosion at prounshaycn on
Saturday laet.
BnENEx, Dec. 17.-Ihomr.on' vito has re-
turned to Dresden. Aho appears innocent Of
INV completely in l,or husbands crime.
Tho total number OF killed aud wounded By
tho explosion Is now estimated At 2o1.
ANOTHER FAcKAHE.
LoSpox, Dec. 1S-G q. rn.--The nremoFl1aven
Zeitung apecrts In spite OF ali contradictions.
that, accoriing to Thoupson's confession, tGeto
IL another oxploatve package on board tho
steamer Sailor, whcre one had already bocn dis
covered.
[SorE.-Tho Sailor loft Hrcmerhaven On tue
l6Ih, for Southampton aud Now iork.l
, 1875-12-18
FIRES.

AT MErohsET, lLt.
PRINCETON. H., Dec. l7.-Thc following tale-
gra1u WAS received hero this morning from No
pouset. Dutenu Co., III:
tto broke out at this place yoater1lay, At
1880. In a clearinghouse owuod By Daniel Hsd
man. The house btood Gloss 10 tho lax
shops owned by Norris Il PriestmAn. These
gentleman received noticn acroral days ago,
from unknown pa1tfos that thcro would be .
fro In the reae. aud to bo ready for It, ~ that
particular houso must como down, and Como It
did In about forty n1.n1toa No other damage
WAS dono, and thero was no INSURANCE,
, 1875-12-18

BAN FRASclsco CAL, Dec. 17.-Arriyed-The
Pacific Mail steamship City ot psuams. from
Panama.
ANTWERP Dec. l7.-Tho steamship Vado1land,
while On her voyage from pllilsdnphis to thIs
port, wont ashore III tic Scheldt, but 10 expected
TO come Oh.
Hull Deo. T.-SteamHhip Nava1ino, from
New York, Inns arrived,
pH1LAlE1pIIA+ Dec. 17.-AITiyed- d-Steamahip
City Of Limerick, from Liverpool.
NEW ioln. Dec. 17.-A11iyau-bteAma Ely
xla. from Glasgow.
, 1875-12-18
MILWAUKEE, MARKET.

MINIATURE, usc. l7.-fLouA--<}utes but steady,
,daAiH.#heat hsm: No. milwaukee, hard, Ki.lo;
ruAry. syHe; No. y SIC, Cosn scarce sdraueina;
NJ !, ttAaa3c. Oats dull Aad eAaler; No. 2, 30 "a
s!hc- barley quiet md higher; No. sps!aR. 81 d
No. y do, ss4o. Rye easier snd quiet No. t. 71s.
Observation-Disclosures hsm. Mas PORK. tis.3T. f11ms
Atd. l3'.sAlic Bxest-peaded tAlus. l14Gslls &C !;
104e. G94ptl.
NIeus1s~Flopt, 800 bsls; wheat. 1000 bu.
aAfAkA5s-fiu1s, 19,0!u tE4 wha4t, ,, 700 hu
, 1875-12-18

a{r. Daniel Denuett, OF Now Orleans has writ,
ten m article tor tho Times uewsr%pe1 Of thal
place, siyin8 good and sufficient seasona "h3
Louisiana il pooE and he Etsscopt CITY un.
thrifty. Ho Shows that not ouo scte tn tgn Q!
the soil OF the 6tata is ia cultivation aud nos
QUE acra III ton OF tho richest lands. Almost ct
clusively upon agriculture tho people depend fos
prosperity, Aud Jet not uuo in seven follows ~
plow os works tbs hoe. iie shows. TO. that o,'
Of : population Of 72g, 900 iu 1870. ~ enaruow
aud startling proportions oF G00, 900 2ro non
producers. Mr. Doppe.t says whAs IL Wauttl il
ten man 1t tho plov-h andls where there 10 nos
one, aud less lAad "a ths hand aud more oult'sa
tipu.
, 1875-12-18

Spfe4ol UsVHfch 70 TAs CRiea9o 1T16tsns.
MILWAUKEE, Deo. l7.-0n tho roturn Of tho
steamer Amazon frosu Grand Haven, tho skate
OF A1a!ra wxs teiesraphotl Seuator Ferry, and
tho result Of that gantlenlana d labora Ia that ip-
etrnetions have basn rarolYsd Aere 10 charter
the powerful propeller LpviA.lsn to keep the
clapnel clear Ill Htutaf. Aud thsro IL no doubt
this will DO dono tue biadus Of AeE Barew pnly
belug Uk9d,
, 1875-12-18

r.
6rtrs:H Dispatch to The Chteasa Tribune,
1sp1AsAruIIs, 1ud., Ice. 17.--The fifty-ffth
anniversary OF the Missionary Society OF the
Mo.hodist Episcopal Church began hero to-
night By praise meetinS At Roberts Park
Church. Tho Rev. Goode presided, aud ad-
dressea we1o made by Bishop Harris, Drs.
ltod and Dashsa, 6ocrotaues OF The Doat,l
Of Missions. Urs. patkhurst aud spsncnr, and tlle
Keys. Goode aud Antlrus. a businaaH meoting
will be held Tomorrow, and in tho evohing
Bishop Harris will rotate tho story Of his trip
around tho world. Sunday, n1iBsio lary services
will 10 held in all tho churches, NTH q union
meetipg a. night.
, 1875-12-18
CUBA,



NEw YoRK, Doo. ia report IL current
among tie Cubsns in this city that tho gpan.sh
gunboat GrAcioaa WAS recently fred on froln =
masked battery. whie ascending Llama Crock,
in Cuba. In cndeayorlng to get out Of the
range The dsaciosa ran aground, aud vas sas Ut
lire BY tha Insurgents aud totally destroyed.
, 1875-12-18

tC 7 t1N SHIP BURNED.
New OnLgaNB, Dec. 17.-Tho steamboat U. 8.
Pike arrived last night from bayou sarn with a
cargo OF 997 bales Of cotton, 208 hoBshoads OF
sugar, 59l barrels OF 5uolassos and other freight.
Ehe landed near the foot OF Caunl street, whore
Tho took lro this morning aud burned to tho
EatcE'h cdgc with her en.iro cargo, except about
lGo bales Of cotton, which had been discharged.
Tho boat aud cargo woro valued at e1U0, 600. 1n-
sured III local companies for $50, 900. Several
persons Oh tho boat Wero badly burned. A num-
ber OF deck-handa who are missing jumped
overheard and were drowned.
, 1875-12-18

Special DHpasch % The Catcaoo 1f16Wnk.
DAYTON. O., Doc. ia young German
named Ferdinand Kramer. employed on farm
! milen north Of this city, ~h,to choppIng down
.rce to-day, whs struck by branch Of tile fall
M tree, which killed him almost iuutsuty.
, 1875-12-18

GRAND NArips, alIol.. Doc. 17.-Chs rivor
steamer Johnson. laid up for tho nintor, vsa
burned this morning. The loss ia about e12, 900;
tho Insurance eD,0OO. The CAUSE Ia supposed 10
DO inccndialism.
, 1875-12-18

ToLEpo. o., Dec. 17.-The Erso-stroet -four
ing-rnills, thin city were partially destroyed by
n.o this morning. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
$1,000.
, 1875-12-18
FRANCE.
NIAIATEklA1 CRlAIe,

vEAsA1LLxs, Deo. 17.-The Ministerial crisis
cauaed by tho intonded withdrawal OF N. Loon
Say. Minister Of Finance, continues, inssmuch
aa N, 6ay persists iu his determination to ro-
sign.
SENATOR ELECTED.
1n the Assembly to-,lAy, Gou. Cisaey, Minlntss
OF War, Wa8 elocled 10 tue Senate.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-06
How $500 Changed Pershiug's
Views

The Allentown Chronicle gives
the substance Of an occurrence touch
ing PERsHING's acceptance CT Zee"
of $500, from the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, as a tawyer, the
receipt of which between one day and
the next caused him to vote for a bill
that Railroad Company wanted pass
ed after making a speech against the
measure the day before. As given
by the Chronicle the story is as fol-
lows.
When Pershing was in the Legls-
~lature, a bill came up in which the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
was deeply interested. Mr.. Pershing
made a vigorous speech against Its
passage and the next day when the
vote was taken Pershing recorded
his vote ir its favor. AS this caused
considerable surprise, n OF the
members said why, Pershing,
what caused this sudden change"
"You see," he replied, Il reside in
Johnstown, and as the Pennsylvania
Railroad passes through there and
has large interests at that point, they,
last night, retained me as their coun.
sci, and paid me at once a retainer OF
$500, and after being employed by
them | could not go against them"
This happened before Reform" was
the popular cry of the opposition. 1t
at least shows that the Judge loved
money ten or fifteen years ago, but
as his practice was not a very lucra-
tive one perhaps he had need OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company's
fees. He now draws a good salary
as judge and is Independent of the
Pennsylvania railroad.
We presume we need not point
out to the supporters OF Mr.. PERsH-
ING the gravity of this direct charge
that be took a bribe of $500 while a
member of the Legislature. To sup
port a bill against which be had
made a vigorous speech the day be-
fore would, OF itself, only give rise
to suspicion. That suspicion would
be directed to the soundness OF his
mind only, if the bill were an ordina-
nv one. But when the bill he spoke
against and then roted for turns out
to have been one demanded by a cor
poration that always bough. votes,
and always kept a manin Harrisburg
while the Legislature was in session,
whose only business was to buy
votes for measures that company
wanted passed, the suspicion of a
corrupt barter of a vote for a bride
becomes deepened. But when the
whole transact on is portrayed by
the publishing words of Mr.. PERISH
ING, admitting to a fellow member
that his action as a legislator had
been controlled by the payment to
him by the Pennsylvania railroad
company Of a retainer fee of $500, all
suspicious fade away in the
light of a confession of corrup-
t~ion.-Harris6urg Telegraph.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-06
Storm Disaster,

GALVESTON, September 90. A
Ne,cS reporter returned on the steam
ship Harlan to-day, bringing the fol-
lowing additional particulars from
Indianola: Along the entire route
were seen wrecks of houses, wharves,
furniture, etc, floating. The outer
light house, at Pass Cavalis, stands.
On the point of Matagorda Island
one house remains. All those at Sa-
luria, on the east end, are gone. On
the opposite side stands the remnant
Of Captain Decom's house. The
men were all drowned at Saluria;
not a Yestage remains 10 mark where
Capt. Nichols, DIR. Dean, Capt. Hill
and the Humphrey Brothers resided.
The two iron frame light houses,
with their occupants, were washed
away. At Indianola only ruin and
devastation could be seen. Houses
were broken down and piled one
upon another, among which the most
notable was the wreck of the Episco-
pal church, lying on the bank of the
Bayou. This church, before the
storm, stood eight blocks up, in the
heart Of the city, looking down Main
street. From the boat it was appa.
rent that scarcely a house remained
intact Several immense piles OF
lumber blocked the streets, together
with the remains of houses, which q
few days ago contained stocks Of
goods. The streets are filed indis.
c~riminately with merchandise and
household goods of every ~conceiva.
bic character. Right across Main
street, from the bay to the railroad
track, was a bayou twelve feet deep
and l20 feet wide, over which ferry
boats had been improyised. Again,
higher up, near the court house, was
another, not quite so wide, yet deep
er. These, in fact, divide the town
into three districts. Section first OF
these bayous passed where DIR. Rice's
house stood. There are thirteen
other smaller bayous, which were cut
by waves from the bay into the city,
but to q less distance.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-06


SUPPOSE, as the Democratic plat
form phrases it, "The volume Of
money be made and kept equal to
the wants of trade" how much will
it require? We think that any gen.
tleman who was south of Mason and
Dixon's line during the war, could
satisfactorily answer this question
A mans purchasing capacity was
limited only by the amount of Con-
federate currency he could tote with
him, and if at any time be wished to
invest ah amount exceeding one
thousand dollars lie required a mule
to carry that bulk of the expanded
currency. Suppose, also, as the
Democrats demand, that the Gov
eminent should substitute green
backs for national bank notes and
bonds, what then? The inevitable
result is well put as follows, by the
Louisville Courier-Journa in the
form Of question and answer:
IF the Government calls in the
national bank notes aud substitutes
greenbacks for them, and then calls
in the ive-twenties and issues green
backs enough to pay them-tbe two
acts swelling the volume Of green
backs to a sum total of ten or twelve
hundred millions-how much would
a greenback dollar be worth in
gold?n And M Kentucky cotem-
porary says about twenty cents,
which is more likely an over than an
under estimate. Then the Courier
Journal clinches the nail with
eve tried it down yonder,' and it
did not work worth a cent.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-06
Railway Accident.

OMAHA, NEB, September Is
The mail train which left Chicago on
Sunday night, the 26th, on the c. B..
& Q. r. r., was thrown down a
steep embankment two miles east of
WOODBURY., Iowa, by the spreading
of the track or a twisted rail, about
3 p. m. yesterday. The train con-
sisted of three coaches, two baggage
ears, and a car containing a pair of
valuable horses. All but the latter
and the engine rolled down the en-
bankment, making two or three rev.
olutions. Jas. Powers, a section
foreman was instantly killed, and
about fifty passengers more or less
injured. One lady, name unknown,
had a leg and rib broken. This is
said to be the worst case. All the
others but two are doing well. Those
who are not willing or able to nov
are at Woodburn.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-06
The Lynching Of James Sehell-
Doubt Of His Guilt.

Later advices from Bellefontaine
tend to throw some doubt over the
killing of Miss Laughlin by James
Schell, who was lynched on Friday
last. Just before the box was pushed
from under him he reiterated his in
nocence, and charged his wife with
the commission of the murder, slleg-
ing that he had once bought a pound
of candy for Miss Laughlin, and that
his wife had been jealous yer since.
AS going to s%ubstantiate the truth of
his allegation, it is said that since the
execution a microscopic examination
of some hair found clutched in Miss
Laughlin's hand shows that it vas
neither hers nor Schell's, but does
correspond with Mrs. Schell's. This
fact has raised considerable doubt in
legal and other minds as to her in
nocence, and throws a painful shad-
ow on the lynching of Schell. 1t
will also be remembered that there
we're no indications on the body OF
Miss Laughlin that there had been
any attempt to violate her person,
and grave suspicious are now enter
tanned that an innocent man has been
murdered.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-10-06
Serious Explosion.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, October IAN
explosion of alchonolic vapors in the
Louisville Coffin Works, this morn
ing, set fire to the establishment
and burned four men, two seriously.
The fire was first occasioned by two
boys, who entered the cellar with a
lamp, the glass frame of which was
broken. In drawing the alcohol from
the barrel the slight fire caused by
ignition with the lamp flame fright
ened the boys. In their hurry to get
out of the cellar the boys forgot to
turn off the faucet of the barrel, and
though the flames were 500 extin-
gushing, the alchol continued flow
ing, and when several men vert in
to the cellar, a short time afterward,
with another lamp, an explosion &C.
Cured. Eli johnson, foreman, was
dangerously burned on the head, face
and body. Henry Risley was burn
ed in the same way. John Yeager
was burned in the arms, face and head.
The two first, it is supposed, will die;
the last is not seriously injured.
William Reynolds was also burned
severely while assisting in extinguish-
ing the flames which soon enveloped
and destroyed half of the establish
ment. The loss is estimated at
Sl2, 900.