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THE MaRY.MERRlTT CASE.


IN N. ,t.tor ar cAs t,h,eaau 7'r,tuu,.
n,-,-',,rrr anr, o1--Au cvcnin, io,,rnc, n,
this city, hus recently mado ~ attack upon sos-
rotary Ds'sto" III resaf 70 'ne ease,ol me oafk
MArS altffltt- 4HIa 0t1neH Iab niauo uo It'ltFeh-
aim upou the MUD Of nuy Intelligent man Ut
n;o" aru ,,no ,r.ro t,,o f,c,. ora ,.no,.,,y
understood. OF all tlleao charges and inhinun-
tionu unf;,irp will rcmain wheu rt1,ppnd pf tim
ss"'' .,.',, ,r,,. .,o,, .,,n,, ..o,, ,,,,,,o
md peragtcntIy gpresd before tho public. THO
.,ssaI, ,lIa,toa r. ,,,,a communication ui,l NM
allow n rehearsal OF tho history OF tho caao.
,rhoao who dosIro tho information, roller 10 tllo
"Iuternel Roscnuo NccoFd" Of Jan. u 1874,
wllo7e, on png, .. tho caso III fully reported.
together wit, tho
OPINION or THE UNITED srArEs SUPREME COUNT
.f,i,r,;,c ,1,o deereo of for;ojturo Of Judro
AiA'1 1"hb s"' "s.'eo - y, "S'.
for illus Cjlcujt. AS this opinion il adapted 10
oxp!a'h tic hnal action Of tho eeefetafS .! ehe
TrtaHury upon tho petition for felniBs1on VI tho
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timo Of sca M a., r, " Hd nn Iot
CT , roauia similar to- shat csntaInnd ia te a.,
of N4Fcl, lalt. iue on'aea n.atcs o3ts'Eu ~ .aia
4nSwef wsn H. W., t,st y ;hs aS o';s
Judge aHa u upon to'a saS%es 1oas tne tlacs''on
Gtiofe IN asieea' ,,-
Ihu rst lection na tne &c. wo s1o o. on pro-
fasa!sn ,s ~ pyls Into sae unitsi Suites. et ~ ts
sIsea l. Iaoy .asy oE ioftSa @ s,, ~ ssa r ,ns
~. u.io IT, nean to hs r;t,1sns ar suhisox Of ia
coantry =! WHICH Luz p u', "a trt ,td IT,, W
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good feaul cnrboe seid given IN sfop aud eprpf}od
On he bedaing Of thesck hogs. sevssal Nseks sftrr
n diseased hogs recovered they beesne strong and
ope0ea, shst died NTH cholera, generally had thetr
o. 3. Nichols, Of UAslyls, Clinton County, Afso
bo contagious, becAusc, A. general thing from
ono-half to three.tour&ls Of the herd dis whom
allowed 10 Tun and aleap together" Wh,o hat
year hts noishbota au0sret heavy 1ossSs; bid
hogs escaped tue cholora, which aly. N. sttrft,-
utos 10 good fecding and keeping, aud to giving
them plcuty Of aalt,
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ILLINOIS PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Programme for tho Txvclfah Ann..a1,
Convention 'iss
final meeting Of the Executive Committee Of
the 1lhnois Pfs,s Association waa hald In. .Ohoa.
20 ou Ihureday, April 20, and the following pro-
gratnmo for tho Twelfth Annual Convention
adopted
Tie Convention 10 be held in Tbs City Of Joliet
ILL.,, on Tuesdny, Wednesday, and Thursday
Jupa O, 7, and 8, 1876.
TUESDAY, JUNE 6-MonHtu6 sgsstoN.
1[eos at tho Opera. House At 10 o'clock 4, n
Call 10 order by Tho President
Prayer by tho 1aev. A. II. Dean.
Address OF welcome BY Mayor Barber.
Response by President s, r. Rounds.
Roll cali of members.
Reading minutes Of previous msotinE.
AdntRsion Of members md payment of duea.
Appointment Of committees.
Adjourn to mcot At tho Opera-Nonss At2p .,
M, who're carriages will bc 10 Toadlneas to con-
vey tho Association to visit ths various stons-
quartics md otilos objects OF interest, consume
iog tho entire nftornoop.
TCEsDA1-EvENINo eKsaroN.
Meet 1T Opera-Iiouse at8 .. m.
Conttalia, entitled, "Within Your Hands Ii
Placed a Holy Trust"
Essay by II: 4. coolidge. otlitor Of the LItch>
field ull.) Monitor, entitled, "Edi:orial cour.
General discussion and exchange Of viows on
matters Of in:orost to tho craft.
"WEDNESDAY, JusE f-aoRs1So sEssros.
Call to order at . O'clock.
Heading minutes Of previous scBsiou.
Report of Committee on Credentials,
Communications aud miscellaneous bCslneBo-
AZ 1880, address by Maj Il. W. ntcGlaushey,
Wardon OF The 1lltnois State Peniscnt..ry.
CaEriagea will then be IN attendance for yisa
to tue Illinois statc penitens!ary and tho Joliab
WEDNESDAY, E.rxrso sEss1oS.
Meet nt tho Opera~uouso at 3 o'clock.
Prayer by the Rev. J. p. Philips.
Poem bY Mrs. Emily Huntington htsllcr:
Annual address. by George scrosgs, editor o.
the Champaign (lll.) Gazette. '
rHunspA1, JUNE s-nonsrSo sEss1os-
Meot ut tho Upera.uouso at . o'clock.
1teallug minutes Of previous session.
Election OF officers for ensuing year.
| Ncsouttons, unfinished business, etc.
| At II o'clock. collation. At the tll,uoi1 SsaA
penltcntiary, visit Joliet Iron nni Steel Works.
| etc.
| THURSDAY xrE:1So, ,rSE 3.
Complimentary banquet and ball. ~ Werner 4
Hall, tendefed the Association By tho city.
The Cilizcns' Reception Committee will be In
abundance OH nrr1va! Of t1nins, to meet and es.
I cott visitors. take charge OF baggage, etc.
uoTEts.--1educcd ratios havo bean secured at
the following hotels in Joliet: Robertson
House. 4 si,5o per day. accommodating Ia
commodat,ng. aevensy-nye guests; Auburn
House. ut e1.25 per day, Observation-Disclosures
twenty-five guests. All iiEss-class hotels,
Arrangements have been made with tho dif'
| fcsept railroad lines OF tho Hteto to furnlsh
| transportation 10 and frutu the Convention
free. for each editor and his lady,.
Tho entire programme. With full notes OF OK.
| planatiop, And tho necessary ccEt.ilcatoa al
membership, tickets. etc., will be A. 0uce pro.
pared and mailed 10 every member Of tho Az.
sociation; aud those desiring 10 become mem.
bers will Ut once make application to tho sccro,
sary,, Cadct Taylor, We1ona. Ill, or to taa
1
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ti0FE.

o lovely Hope! thou faircs. golu
AMI richest gift of und to l1lsn
Thuu lual st III Oh to lnuuA Of tIlits,
Lands y0t untouched by S1rE0wa Kiss,
tfawAnhcd by grtef's ot's.ilowlng tear,
UnAuowu to aught Of wo or fear.
With thee VIC soar above ourselves,
Aud. youuK aEatll, like huUpy elves
Ws d4ned xboIt !n childish glNr.
Eutsnnctd by all w ho.r atl sto:
No hours Ut tlnibt, no Eritts Or GLOOM
Falr lcud Of llolc, In tLee nna t1on,.
Tor tlioll art cIoeo allied to truth,
Tue Joy Of ego and trle Of youth;
Ahtaul thy Eua1es nr9 sweetest tlre1Ins
Uf loyo lt<td o ur, md frIeutlhhlp stetls
Tho sarckt. fairsst. LrtYhtest Hover
That Ger fould baoDAl IL earthly boWeF.
Thy folds ato spread with grasses groer,
Aid iinwtta tcattCred IN EctWLens
Thy 1uoantaiu aid.s ags sweet 70 cl!Ditt
Aud Fl u1Il tlIeEr hrig2ItA q Wow sublime
Il apsc4d, 10 Ero.t Tho travellers sight
Etu yes he Wan .lers Into njyhs.
Tho paycments OF tue ra.ny strcots
Ayp lid With toltca fesnlctl iEpin sWcdss
u promises ~ itch aud mrs
That tins iIor rust calInot impair.
Thy Ahorra ara washed with ~atcrs brigltt
And ttgown with many beacou+hs;At.
Thy he,ycn-resrrtl CABLES, s!e}, and old,
Contain lun,sssured we.lth If g'Il,
UEtaru!Bhutl silver from tla lI!lia:
All tAc.e-aya! usutc IL III tAnsn-4Fe thlnes
With ana.or tast In ia!tt and love,
Tbpurt Glttt With gifts Ut HraTctl above.
Fair 1lopo! III lcasc .llce will rtgrot
When. hoau. my sun Of lie thail BEL,
Aud / m,l.t lid farewell 10 thcs.
Who of 1n Ito hath cherished the;
hut nh / kroM--1tAY. do uot start
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-23
Personal AND PERTINENT.

-"Turnpike sailors" is a Down East
name for tramps.
Jefferson Davis sailed for New York
from Liverpool on Friday.
u. s. Grant, Or, joins the law firm of
Cole q Kingsford, New York.
Red kid gloves for ladies are exhibited
in some of the New York stores.
There are now 10000 tons Of unsold
ice on the Kennebec river, Maine.
Professor David swing breaches to an
audience of over 1000 persons in McVicker's
Theatre, Chicago.
President Chadbourne, of Williams
College,is expected to retire at the close Of
this college year.
Secretary Cameron has completed his
annual report. He gave the President a
copy of it yesterday morning.
Til President was still engaged on his
message yesterday. Among the very few
visitors whom he saw was the Japanese
Minister.
The Catholics of England and Scotland
have, in two years, increased the number
of their clergy from 1893 to 1924, and their
churches from 1858 to 1884
Joseph Edwards of saco, Me-, aged
ninety, attempted to commit suicide on
Sunday night by cutting his throat. Was
he afraid death had forgotten him?
AN Iowa horse thief, recently arrested,
confessed to having stolen during his Ca
reer over two thousand horses, not one Of
which was ever found in his possession.
"A little girl in Paris, Maine, four years
old, was instantly choked to death last week
by a revolver cartridge shell slipping down
her throat when she carelessly put it in her
mouth.
"A Jersey school-boy who held his chin
up very high, blubbered out to the school
ma'am, when the other boys laughed at
him 'fWell, guess you'd hold your head
high, too, if you had on vest made out Of
your fathers pantaloons.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-23
THIRD EDITION.
Lecture ON Astronomy.

PROFESSOR COFFIN, OF LAFAYETTE COLLEGE,
BEFORE THE TEACHERS INSTITUTE.
There was an unusually large attendance
of not only teachers, and members of the
Board Of Education, but Of citizens gener-
orally, yesterday afternoon, to hear Pro-
fessor Coffin's lecture on Astronomy, be-
fore the Wilmington Teachers Institute in
No. school. The lecturer is Professor of
Astronomy in Lafayette College, at Easton,
Pennsylvania, and is perfectly familiar with
the subject. The Professor had with him
number of handsome charts belonging to
the college, to illustrate his lecture, which
appealed to the understanding directly
through the sight. The plan for measur-
ing the distance from the earth to
the sun, and the distances between the
planets was fully explained, and the
different theories advanced of the cause OF
spots on the sun and moon. Charts we're
exhibited explaining the different phases
and changes Of the nebular bodies, how
that some of them are becoming less, 9TH
ers growing larger, and still new ones
forming.
The lecture, throughout, was one of the
most instructive ever delivered before the
Institute, not merely for new theories adj
vsnced, but for the perfect illustrations and
the clear explanations following, which were
something new to the most Of those pres
ent
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-23
SECOND EDITION.
From The Three States.

PROGRESS OF POLITICAL ACTION IN SOUTH
CAROLINA, FLORIDA, AND LOUISIANA.
The Board of Canvassers Of South Caro-
lima have rendered the further interference
of the State Supreme Court unnecessary.
They held final meeting yesterday, while
the Democratic lawyers we're in court ask
ing for new and various orders, and issued
certificates Of election to the Republican
Electors State officers, and to all members
of the Legislature, except to those claiming
tie be elected from Edgefield and Laurens
Counties. The Board then adjourned sine
die, its legal term of life expiring at noon
yesterday. The Legislature, under these
circumstances, will be Republican, 1t has
the counting of the vote for Governor
and Lieutenant Governor. Wade Hamp-
ton, the Democratic candidate for Cover
nor, has issued proclamation on the sub
ject
The Louisiana Returning Board, yester-
day, completed the canvass of seven
parishes, making sixteen in all on which
there was no contest. This aggregate Re-
publican majority they show amounts to
6, ITO. This appears to complete the list Of
uncontested returns. To-day it is probable
the returns from the Parish of West Baton
Rouge will be taken up, and with this will
begin the taking OF the mass Of evidence
prepared on both sides in the contested
cases. The receipt of threatening letters
by the board continues as usual, and it is
alleged that a conspiracy has been discov-
cred whereby the two celored members Of
the board were, for a consideration, to act in
concert with the Democratic member to be
appointed, and everything was to be done
in the interests of the Democracy.
In Florida public attention is wholly con-
centrated on the proceedings which will
take place before Judge White, of the Cir
cult Court to-day. Argument is to be
made by able counsel on either side on the
orders previously Issued, that the Cover
nor show cause why he should not be re-
strained from canvassing the vote of the
State, and on the Board Of Oanvassers why
they should not at once commence the can
Yass of the vote. No decision,l it seems pro-
bable, will be reached to-day.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-23
Industrial Items.

The finest glass sand in the world is said
to be found in the neighborhood of Hunt
ingdon, Pa. 1t is reported that a company
of French capitalists have agreed to estab-
lish at that point extensive works for the
manufacture Of French plate glass
The Belding Brothers heytS neg ,the
I1ailuIactnrn IoT silk at their factp~J r at
Northampton Mass, in which they have
placed new machinery Of the best kind,
costing about $4,000. The number Of
hands, at the beginning but twenty-five, will
be increased soon to seventy five, nearly all
American help.
Business is brisk at the Warren, (Mass.)
boot shops, but the makers complain that
the recent heavy advances in raw materials
must, ere long, compel a suspension of op
erations, unless prices are correspondingly
advanced.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-23
Effect Of a Texas HaiIstorm.

Last Wednesday afternoon Lieutenant
Hall, with detachment of his men, was
returning to Golad, and were about two
miles above the Farley Crossing, on the
San Antonio river, four miles from town,
when a storm of hail struck them. One
hailstone struck one of his men and
knocked him from his horse. Lieutenant
Hall dismounted and endeavored TO protect
himself from the pelting hail and rain. His
horse escaping, he then protected himself
as best he could behind a small tree, being
the only thing he could reach for protec
ton. The man who was knocked from his
horse was considerably hurt. Captain
Henry Scott, who was five or six miles from
Goliad, on the Refugio road, was struck by
large sized hailstone that made him dis
mount to protect himself. The width of
the most violent part of the storm was
about one mile, and we have heard of it
only from about ten miles up the river to
seven miles below The hail in it's course
k ocked every leaf off the trees, beating
the grass down as though there had been a
fire passed over the entire extent Of its
course. Many of the stones were as large
as mans fist. The pasture fence Of d.
II. FAINT was blown down or literally taken
up and carried off for one or two miles. In
the sweep of the storm it would take
up one hundred or two hundred yards Of
fence, then pass over many panels, and
come down again and carry away another
part. GGLUeStOn NetoS, No0. 6.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-23
Amlusemlents.

The North Carolina Jubilee Singers, q
colored troupe, will give two concerts, on
Friday and Saturday evenings, December
LIST and End, at the Opera House, with a
matinee on Saturday afternoon. They are
reported to be fine singers, and have been
giving very successful concerts elsewhere.
They make moderate scale Of prices-25
cents for the gallery 35 cents down stairs ;
so cents for reserved seats.
On the evening before Thanksgiving,
the 29th, we shall have an excellent COM
pany headed by that fine comedian Stuart
Robson, to present Bret Harte's new and
much-quarreled-ov drama "rwo Men Of
Sandy Bar"
To show the character of the expert
ments performed by Mr.. Brown, "the mind
reader" we reprint from the New Haven
Register notes of one of the tests given in
that city, in the presence of several pro-
fessors Of Yale College, as follows;
Experiment 1.-Professor Brewer passed
from the lecture-room through the hall
(out of which open five doors and two
stairways) into another room, and from this
into another, where he placed on theodo-
lite, in corner, small article taken from
his pocket. He then went into the hall by
another door, then up stairs, then back
through the two rooms, then down stairs,
and then returned to the lecture-room
where Mr.. Brown, blindfolded, first took
Mr.. Brewers left hand in his own right,
and then, after briefly placing his other
hand on Mr.. Brewers forehead, and bring
bringing Mr.. Brewers hand to
his own forehead, apparently to
establish mental connection, suddenly
started off, leading him at rapid pace
through the hall and the two rooms men
toned, directly to the article on the theo-
dolite, designating it as the object sought.
There was not the slightest hesitation as to
which room to enter, Of the many opening
into the hall, nor as TO the part of the
room where the object was placed; and no
one but Mr.. Brewer knew what the article
was. 1t was a pocket tape-measure in a
brass case, which as it lay in the object end
of the telescope of the theodolite appeared
to be part of that instrument.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-23
SO Much depends ON III

THE ANXIETY IN MANY MINDS OVER THE RE-
TURNS FROM FLORIDA.
Last evening,a gentleman was sadly how
ering around the entrance to the recent
Democratic headquarters, where Tilden
turned up his nose at the big-lettered motto
Of "Reform." He was very anxious to
know what was ''the latest, and he looked
80 hard-up and knoeked-about that many
essS rIessasaSssassH THa7t possible benefit political
victory could h& to him. When they made
bold to ask him he replied: "Well, you
see, my brother Bill is fishing for the office
of Secretary Of War" "He is, eh? ?" "Yes,
sir and if he gets it he will get brother
Sam appointed revenue collector" "Yes. "
"And then Sam will get the old man ap
pointed postmaster" ''Yes." "And the
old man will get my brother.in-lsw on as a
letter carrier" "Yes" "And my brother
in-law will use his influence to get me ap-
pointed weigh master OF the western dis
trict, and then the whole family will walk
around in clover knee-high. You see how
much depends on this thing. How's Flori-
da gomez"
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-23
Arms For the south.

CANNoNs, MUsKETs, RIFLES, REvoLvERs
SHIPPED IN LARGE QUANTITIES. FROM NEW
YORK TO THE SOUTHERN STATES.
The New York Times presents a mass of
information showing the sales aud ship
ments, from that city to number Of the
Southern States, of large quantities Of
arms. The dealers admit that during the
past three months fully twenty thousand
stand of arms have been bought, paid for,
and shipped to the Southern States, the
largest share going to South Carolina and
Mississippi. The purchasers we've general
ly merchaAts and banking housS, wl,s ;.yo-
cd rniuSf flemen 60 l1ne olups u no afblilery
companies, or purchased them, according
to the demand, for sale in their Aocal mar
kete. Every extensive dealer fn arms
and ammunition in the city has done
good business in this way, fact which all
Of them acknowledge, although few of the
firms are willing to state the extent to
which their sales have been carried. A
member of a prominent firm ON Broadway,
stated, Tuesday, that there never had been
so great q demand for small arrks, such as
pistols and revolvers, in the Solth as ,du-
ringsthe late Presidential canvass. In the
State of South Carolina alone, his firm had
ulbpObSo vi 1gOoO plbhOAp dho AONOANOAp
ring the two months previous to the cleo
ton, and the demand had been good from
other Southern States. although not in such
large proportion.
The Times publishes letter from the
Democratic Executive Committee at Macon,
Miss, settling for a brass six-pounder cam
non, and others from Natchez, Charleston,
and Columbia, ordering brass cannon,
muskets with bayonets," Enfield rifles,
Springield rifles, &c.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-23
Apples 10 England.

The export Of apples to England, New
York dealers say, is larger now than ever
before, and is likely to grow. The crop
has failed there, the fruit being small
wrinlIed and dry. Shipments are made to
London, Liverpool, and Glasgow, and by
selecting and picking carefully the loss is
reduced to five per cent, or possibly fif-
teen. During the month Of September it is
supposed that at least 200 900 barrels were
exported, and probably seven-eghths Of
these went to England. Very few are sent
to France, although it is understood that
the crop there was also failure; but they
are not much of an apple eating or cider
drinking people. Michigan and other
Western fruit is sent, but mostly New York
State-notablyt the various kinds of pippins.
They bring in England is shillings sterling
baIrel-say So rs in currency.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-23
Lectures xt sVvarthmore.

The students of swarthmore College had
the pleasure of hearing two fine lectures
during the past week. The first was de-
livered on the 18th by Mrs. O. Clark, WASH
ington, d. O who gave very interesting
lecture on "Our English Cousins" On
the evening of the Itch the Landmarks
of Scott" was the subject of very inter
esting and highly instructive lecture given
by Wallace Bruce, who was familiar with
his subject and delivered it in fine style,
pleasing his hearers very much. 1t is pro-
bable Mrs. Clark may lecture, here, before
the Friends Lyceum, shortly.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-23
POIiticaI Items.

The official majority for Hayes in Wis
consin is 6141. Owing to a mistake in
printing blank returns, the majority for
Downs, one of the Republican Electors, is
only 1900.
1t is said that Samuel J. Randall will be
Milton Sayler's chief competitor for the
Speakership at the opening Of the next ses-
sion Of the House.
Matthew W. Ransom was nominated for
United States Senator by acclamation by
the Democratic caucus of the North Carroll
ma Legislature last night.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-23
QUOTATIONS AT THE RRANDYwrNE MILLS FOL
FLOUR AND GRAIN-ooRREOTEn DAILY
New PRorosEp BApr1sr .AsaonrArron.--A

New PRoPosED BAPTIST AssoGIATIoN.--A
meeting of delegates Of the Southern part
of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, was
leld last evening in Chester. ab which Rev.
R u p..s,eelse, of che SecHnd Baptist Church
OF this eit5swss chosen Moderator. The
object Of the meeting, Which was attended
by several delegates fr8m Wilmington, was
the Philadelphia Association, it being con-
sidered too large for the best interests of
the Baptist church. After a free
and full discussion, the meeting voted that
division of the Association was expedient
and advisable. The meeting then adjourned
to meet at the call of the Moderator, Mr..
Cook. The Southern Association, az pro-
posed, will include the State of Delaware,
the counties Of Chester and Delaware in
Pennsylvania, and all that part of Philadel.
phia lying south of Arch st,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-23
A Train Stopped Within Two Feet of "A
YaWninR Chnsm.

9
Yawning Chasm.
A Denver to named Wolfe Londoner, re-
Gently returned frem an Eastern trip, i'm
parts the following incident of his journey 4:
He was on his way West on a train on the
Chicago and Alton Railroad, on the night
of the 9Th inst, and had a berth on sleep
ing car, all unconscious of danger, when
the conductor awoke him and asked him to
come out and see how narrowly he had es-
capped perdition. Wolfe followed him and
found the train standing on the bridge that
CROSSES the Mississippi at louisiana, Mo.
The conductor led him to the front of the
engine, and there, several hundred feet
from the shore, was yawning chasm over
100 feet wide. The river had undermined
the third pier from the shore, and still some
distance from the draw, and it had gone
over carrying whole section Of the bridge
with it. The time of night was 11.45; and
the freight had crossed safely at IL. The
engineer gave the accustomed three whis-
ties as he approached the bridge, and the
position of the signal lights showed that
the draw was shut. The engineer, whose
name is P. Mcnamara, said that as he ap-
preached the bridge he WAS seized with a
strong presentiment that all was not tight.
He could see no signal from the watch
man, always kept on duty at the bridge, and
proceeded very slowly. All at once, and
he could not tell why he did it, the engineer
reversed the engine and stopped his train.
He got off to look ahead and found the pilot
within two feet of the yawning chasm
Another turn OF the wheels and he never
would have lived to tell the story, nor in
all probability any of the hundred or more
passengers in the five coaches which would
have inevitably plunged into the roaring
torrent 30 feet below. 1t seems the watch
man, who had passed over the bridge after
the freight passed, had gone on aspree and
was found drunk in the city. The train was
delayed until the next morning and the
passengers transferred.