National Republican., 1882-12-16
A VERY sA1 ACCIDENT.

bud Eogleston, the well-ISnoSn Temper
nnce Advocate, Killed on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railway Track.
About o'clock last night an accident oc-
Cured on the Baltimore and Ohio railway
which killed man so we'll known that the
intelligence will be received with deep regret
by nearly every citizen of Washington. Mr..
Alexander Eagleston better known as Bud"
was passing along Massachusetts, avenue in
company with young man on his way home.
He had reached the intersection Of Massa-
chusetts avenue and T. street, where the
Baltimore and Ohio railway track crosses,
and had stopped to look at train
coming in from Baltimore. He hap
pened to be standing in tho center of
u side track on which regulator engine
No. So was coming down, drawing three cars.
The regulator struck Eagleston, knocking
him down, and two of the cars passed over
him. One of the railway hands says that he
was walking by the side of the engine, and
when about twenty feet from Mr.. Eagleston
saw him and shouted to him to get off the
track but, perceiving that Mr.. Eagleston did
not hear, he waved his lantern to the engi-
neer to stop the train, which was done, but
too late. The young map who was with Mr..
Eagleston was not aware of what had hap
pened until he saw the lifeless form of his
companion beneath the wheels of the cars.
The body was picked up by two train hands,
placed on car, and conveyed to the
depot, where it was laid in the black
smith shop until the coroner arrived,
when il was removed to the undertaking
establishment of Barker on Eleventh street
northwest. Word was Immediately sent to
the family of the deceased and his wife was
nearly frenzied when she received the sad in
telligence. No one seems to know whose fault
it was except that there was no light or flag
man at the place. Much indignation Is mani
tested by the friends of the dead man about
the way in which his body was carried and
left in the blacksmith shop.
Alexander Eagleston was the son Of 81
Eagleston, who was for many years a butcher
in market, and who was killed by the falling
of brick wall at the burning of Dorsey's
feed store twelve or fifteen years ago. His
brother John is still carrying on business here
in the market. "Bud," as he was best known,
was in his early life wild and wayward,
though of kindly heart, and his feats Of daring
would make volume. Powerful in build he
knew no fear, and in the old know nothing"
days-being leader among them he took u
prominent part in the riot of '57, when the
marine corps was called out to suppress the
conflict. He and his followers took from the
old Anacostia engine house on the navy yard
a cannon, and loading it with stones, bottles,
chain, &C., and drawingit after them through
the streets, planted it at the corner of Massa-
chusetts avenue and Seventh streets,
Bud riding astride of it on the
journey. Here they awaited the
attack of the marines, Bud standing with
lighted cigar, ready to thrust it in the vent,
..nd thus discharge the gun. Finally, when,
as he thought within close enough range, he
attempts to fire it with his cigar, but it was
found to have been spiked. At this instant
the soldiers fired, and ten or twelve persons
were killed and several wounded. Among
the latter now living is Detective Geo. McEl-
fresh who has the ball still in his head. Mr..
Eagleston, during his days of dissipation,
broke up his business here and went to st.
Louis where he remained for some time.
About six years ago he returned, and during
the season of temperance revival he took
the total abstinence pledge, and ever
since has been an earnest advocate
in the cause of temperance. His tent upon
capitol hill has been the scene Of many inter-
esting meetings, and when last year he re-
moved his operations to Georgetown he sue
ceeded in reforming many men who had
formerly been exceedingly hard drinkers.
There is probably no single individual in the
district who has personally done so much
good in the cause of temperance as Bud
Eagleston. His highest ambition was to
build temperance tabernacle, and mainly
through his individual exertions that the
ground was secured and the funds
were obtained to commence its erec-
tion. At the time of his death he was
actively engaged in arranging for II fair which
was to be held in behalf of the tabernacle ON
the 21st instant. Besides his earnest advocacy
of the temperance cause, he was n sincere and
unOstentatiOus christian. He was of noble,
generous disposition, always willing to aid
others at the risk of deprivation to himself
His sad death will leave a void in the COM
munity that will be hard to fill.