The conservator., 1882-11-18
EVENTS OF THE WEEK,
THE EAST.

EVENTS OF THE WEEK,
THE EAST.
A COLLISION between a special and
passenger train at Lincoln, Me-, on the Eu
ropean and No1h American road, caused
the wounding of N1any railway officials wh,
were on the specfa train, the locomotive o.
which was wrecked. Several passengers
were also severely bruised
HENRY BoAs, an election inspector,
in New York, has been sent to the State
prison for year for violation of the statutes.
-. The artist Berstadt's palatial residence
at lrvlngton- he Hudson was DESTROYED
by fire number OF valuab pictures, Gu
rlosi les and relics were consumed The
build ny itself cost $40 ,OOO, and the furn-
tule. paintings, etc. weie valued at $4,000
A TRAIN on the Cuba extension of the
Bradford, Eldred and Cuba railroad, while
running at high rate of speed, was de
rallied and thrown off the trestle near Clark
vile, Pa The engine, tender, baggage car
and two passenger cars were hurried into the
gorge thirty feet in depth James France,
engineer, Charles Sterressey, ii eman, ana
the bapgage-master were killed. Several
passengers were also killed A large num-
was trying to make up lost time.
The fast train on the New York
Central road ran into a locomotive near
PeekskilI. The engine and draw ng-room
car were hurled from track. Four per-
sons received seriou, injuries, among them
being War; en- G. Derby, OF Brooklyn. Secre-
tary Folgel was on the train, but was not
hurt. M re han $l4 000, 900 has been ex-
pended on the Brooklyn bridge thus far.
ELLERY ALBEE, who two years ago took
everything but the safe in the Ashuelot Saw
ings Bank, at Manchester, N H., of which
he was cashier, pleaded guilty to two indict-
ments for maxi G false entries, and as led
OFT to State prison for ten years . Richard
Hoffman, of Somerset towns ip Pa, who
has been a cr.pp all his life, while fer
vently praying behind barn, heard a voice
say, arise and walk" He oUeyed the COM
mand. Ind is now sound In every LIMB
THE WEST.
CERTAIN church officials in Utah, who
are monogamists, have been informed by
President Taylor that unless they marry a
plurality of wives they will lose their posi-
tions Some have acquiesced in this arrange
ment, and others are still on the fence.
THE steamer Emma G. E1ioff, wnf1se,
nearing St Louis, Mo-, came upon an i'm
mense flock of wild ducks. The electric
hgh was turned on, when the birds dashed
against it with such force that several hun
dred of them were captured and III the
morning thirty-six were found concealed in
the cabin
EDWARD HOLROYDE, a Cincinnati
miser, was robbed and almost beaten to death
by burglars. He is 50 years of age, and is
worth over SlG00O0 Twenty five years ago
he separated from his wife and GU, off all
communication with the world except to
receive necessary supplies Four masked
burglars entered his sleeping apartment,
and, after beating him brutally, they were
handed a pocket-bOok containing S. They
wrenched large toe nail from his foot, when
he pointed out the hiding pace of bonds
worth $13, 900 and a roll OF currency. After
vainly singeing his body they rausacked the
house and left. A police Lieutenant pene-
trated to the bedroom and found the o d
man in a bed of greasy rags.
GEO. B. ARMSTRONG, Chicago jour
nalist, was sent to Huron, Oak, to estab-
lish land office By 8 o'clock on the morn
ing of opening, 500 attorneys had assembled
in front of the building to file app ications
and the doors and windows were brok. n by
the crowd The receipts for the first day
were 80 600, the total transactions being the
largest on record :. Col F. Loury, lormer-
~ Postmaster at Dayton, OHIO. who stood
So, 500 behind in his accounts with the de-
partment, thrust tiny knife blade into his
jugular vein. and died instantly.
A TERRIBLE collis on occurred on the
Chicago and Alton railway near Oak Grove,
twenty mi es east of Kansas City, Mo, be-
k,.-., ~
which resulted in the death of six men and
the titching of the entire train. The con-
structlon train was in C arge of Conductor
Hamlet, and ut the time of the collision was
backing toward Bue Springs, when i5 en-
countered the hand-car going east All the
M n on the nand-c r jumped, the loss of
life being with the laborers and trainmen
The caboose, six fiat-cars and one box-car
went into the ditch AS the cars went into
the ditch some of the men jumped but
were caught under the cars and crushed out
OF all shape. Beside the six killed a large
number were wounded
The night watchman in the Union
depot at st Joseph, Mo-, hearing pistol
shots, started out to discover their origin
He soon found in the street the warm
corpses of Joseph Hughes, notorious char
&C, er and N rker Davis, is cousin Ii ap-
pears tn t they had been playing cards in
none was founl on their bo les. ;.
The fail of derrick at Cleveland caused
the death of three men almost instantly and
the severe wounding of another.
THE SOUTH.
A New ORLEANS dispatch says "the
gas company has turned off the. gas in all
public buildings controlled by the city, in
c uding the police stations, parish pr son,
City Hall, etc. The city owes the company
over so, 600 old debt and on the cash con-
tract has not paid the company monthly in
stallments since July. The company offered
TO light the city if the city wou d supply
lamp lighters for four months, but this offer
was not accept d The street-lamps are
also out and, excepG IN the vi Unity of cleo
tric lights, the city is in darkness
The st. Louis Republican says that
the cotton crop now being gathered is esti-
mated at 100000 bales, the largest ever
raised That of last year was 5, 4S6, 600 ba es,
and that of the year before was $3.50, 900
bales, being the targest in the history of the
country down to that time :. The Hodge
brothers tcooredl were exc uted for murler
at Knoxville, Tenn, by being placed under
the gallows in wagon. which was then
moved slowly away, leaving the culprits to
strangle to death This method of aiminis-
fortp0 tho iou fha chalro of fha -op