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Ieaping and Failing TO Their
Heath.

Al the tine the widest excitement
prevailed. For THEM N, the burning
building It was death above and death
below. One poor fellow stood on a
corn:ce Of the fiith-story corner window
FOR ~ en,y minutes, not daring to take
the leap. Finally he became bewildered'
to Judge BY his actions, or unconscious
from nc smoke. and slid Of his perch
10 tie canvas below. The few who
held il could not give the necessary
resistance. The body fell, unh!ndered
by The canvass. with crush which sent
shudder through every witness. The
cody was carried into The officers for
aid. In The sixth-story window, right
over this man, sat the figure OF a man
crouched upon the window-sill' gazing
like one absent IuiIded into the fiery
abyss below, motiOnless, bat from
TINE 10 time sending W a heaEt'fend'
ing sh.,k. Steadily the flames en-
croached upon him; he did not seem to
mind it. Then the flames siDged his
hair and licked his nighl-cioihes. One
desra!.;ng look re gave 10 the crowd
below. and then fell back into the sea OF
fire. 1 man and a woman appeared at
4 dow Of the third story. They
were recognized az Allen Johnson and
vile. \ canvas vas stretched below
the windows of their apartments, and q
thousand voices called 10 them 10
lump. Mr.. johnson
KIssED HIS WIFE AND THEN LEAPED
INTO the air and shot downward into the
canvas, bat lis weight WAS such that
The canvss was pulled out OF the hands
Of the iew Who held It. and he alighted
on the ground with deattly force. His
wife followed. The body struck the
verauda and fell 10 The ground liteless.
Mr.. Johnson died soon afterNard in the
express oifi:e, and his body YRS laid
beside that o. his ~if. Until they were
horne away.
Abou, a dozen persons Jumped from
the MichigaD-streeI front. Zach leap
meant death or shattered limbs. and
not less than four uniortdnates at one
time lay upon the icy sidewalk IN front
OF the Chamber dfCommere clad only
10 nieht.cioibes, blood ard brains oez-
ing from the wounds through ahich
bones proirud, 4. Some wsrc carried
to the express office and others 10 The
ground aoor Of the Mitchell building,
where cots had been ha.tily arranged,
and from there they were carrie d of to
The private l.oUses Of kind-hearicd peo-
pie. The scene in the alley west Of the
Burning banding WAS sickenlng. As
early as c o'clock the bodies .! seven
unfortunate waiter girls were siretched
upon The SNOW anu ico
WITH BROKEN LIMBS WRITING IN
AGONY.
Until death ended their sufieriuzs. The
maze Vi ielegraph-Sircs encirclins The
building on The SOUL and esst mdes
PLAYED sad havoc with The people who
made tho fsi.,ktc.i laor, for lie SaXerai
of the bodies were cut deep Toto by the
vines. and then the ;ocn and pleading
o. ma would drop 10 The ground. Others
weuld strike the wirss erosswlse. re.
bound, and I've hurled 10 the ground
w..h dreadful crash.
One Of the fest persons 10 arrive up
On the scene was James Wright. a
pFoof-reader Oh the Sentinel. lie says
that The fret person Who struck on the
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The start and Progress of the
Flames.

The fire. which many believe had an
incenGisry origin, commenced IN the
basement Of the building; and shot
with lightning rspidity up the ele-
yalor shaft. The Aames burst forth II
terrific volume from the root, spread
ont IN the different stories as they weie
reached, and in few minutes after the
fist alarm The floor on the south end o.
the building was sea Of fire, all burn
ins at once.
''TBEN THE TERRIBLE TRAGEDY BE-
GAM"
Guests awakened from their sleep by
the terrible heat or the bursting OF The
flames into their rooms were forced Ia
tho windows, where their fearful cries
rang in The ears Of the vast concourse OIL
people gathered in the street power!ess
to render aid. Exit by way OF the roo
was cut of by the fire, and the t"o
stand pipes, With the 1relandcers, were
not available for the same reason.
Men who in the daily walks OF life have
been accounted heartless and unteellng
wrung their hands in despair, running
aoou. utterly bewildered. exclainin2
My God. My God. This is horrible"
Fem 5 O'Clock the interior OF the
building was one mass Of flames; the
upper hvors soon giving way, and carry
ing the lower floors with ihei,
.hundering crash was heard ior blocks
and ,hen the iire sho; up fully fifty feet
sending a shower Of sparks aud cinder:
over tic Whole northern portion Of tht
city. carried ahead by brisk south
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TIE HOLOCAUST.
Additional Particulars Of the
Terrible Catastrophe.
START AND PROGRESS OF
THE FIRE.
Men, Women. and Children
Ieapimg and Failing to
Their Death.
soMK NARROW EsCAPEs--1HE HEROES
TIE Fiji E-H0w THE MlDGE1S
WE'RE SAVED.

From our northern exchanges we ex-
tract add ioual particulars Of the burn
ing osthe Newhall House, at Wilwau-
kee, WIS.,, Wednesday morning. The
catastrophe is the most appalling that
has taken place in the Northwest since
The sluking in Lake Michigan OF the III
:ated steamer Eliza, which carried down
hundreds Of passengers. The details
are borrowing in the extreme and al
mnaf hepgar des criphOn.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-05

will also plant largely in Florida this
year, as well as engage in other bust.
ness, received from his crop OF yege.
tables last year $4,000; and it is
estimated after he has realized for his
cotton (all Of the vegetable land was
planted in cotton after the vegetables
were gathered), he will have received
for his farming operations last year
between $4,000 and $4,000. Mr..
Cessna, Of Alonchua county, said that
he had been in the business of truck
gardening for ten or twelve years, and
with the exception Of two years has
made money each year. He stated
that he has received nearly $1,000
frsn one acre of tomatoes. He also
states that strawberries are an impor-
tant factor in this business, and that
they have paid as high as 5000 per
acre. The best and most profitable
vegetables to plant are tomatoes, cab
bages, Irish potatoes, cucumbers and
beans.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-05
Satisfied Curiosity.

Ii was q qaiet-looking man, with a
frayed mustache, who got on q Cass
avenue car the other night, and he had
a square wooden-box on his arm, with
rows Of holes punched in the top,
which Immediately attracted the atten-
ton Of corpulent passenger, with a
cotton umbrella, who was sitting near
the door.
IL suppose you have some wild ami
NAL in that boxp" said he, tapping il
with his umbrella.
"Yes," replied the other, shrinking
into corner.
"You have museum somewhere
may bs?"
"No," answered the small man, look
ing down at his feet.
well, might / ask what you have in
that box?' questioned the fat man, his
curiosity increasing.
Certainly, murmured the man with
the box, looking like the chief mourner
at funeral.
There was dead silence for
several minutes, when the corpulent
man spoke somewhat impatiently,
"Well, what is it?"
1T is mongoose," said the melan-
choly man.
"a mongoose-what's that? asked
the man with the umbrella, leaning
over and cycling the box curiously.
ut is an animal that exterminates
snakes" replied the small man, pulling
his hat over his eyes.
"And what do you propose to do
with it?" asked the fat man, opening
his eyes until they looked like watch
dials.
81 don't propose to do anything with
it," answered the other nervously. ut
is for friend of mine who has the
delirium tremens, and wants something
to kill the snakes he Sees"
"But they aren't real snakes, you
know exclaimed the fat man, opening
his mouth until the other could see his
cork soles.
"No, that's true" said the quiet man,
getting up and putting The box under
his coat "but then this isn't q real
mongoose you see!" And he evapor-
ated out of the door, while the fat man
stared thoughtfully out the window at
the Pickering gas lamps.-N. Y. chat.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-05
Why He Paid.

A certain Michigander who had long
succeeded in lodging a certain credi-
tor, was cornered in the Office of a mu-
tual friend, and the creditor began:
"Sirl you have owed me $25 for a
year past, and now want to know
what you are going to do about it?"
"Well, I'll think it over"
There will be no thinking it over,
my friend. If you don't pay me I'll
sue YOU"
"You will9"
81 will, sir!"
"Then you'll be certain to get a
Judgment. The party which brings
the suit always gets the verdict before
a Justice. knowing this, you will
take advantage of me?"
Twill"
"very well. Now, then, l deny
that owe you dollar"
"You do?"
81 do, sir, but in case you want to
borrow $25 of me for a week here it
is"
81 don't care whether you call ii
paying or lending, so longas Iget my
money" replied the creditor, and he
made out a receipt in full and took
the money.
At the end of the week he was
asked to return the loan, but laughed
at the absurdity of the request. Suit
was began to recover it, the mutual
friend used as witness, and the plain.
tiff received Judgment in his favor and
had a clean receipt to show for his
debt. detroit Free Press.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-05
A Boom for the West.

Yes they come, OF the world is got
ting closer to Texas. Never before
was the demand so great for locations,
stores, ranches and stock since Texas
cut loose from Mexico. Each way
we turn we hear of companies forming,
strangers arriving, heavy transactions
and general trading of property to
men who come to stay. A few years
ago men who are coming now could not
be dragged by any inducement. The
change is very great. Western Texas
is on a boom, and the immigration
will not stop until Texas, from the
Gulf to the Panhandle, is enclosed
and fenced, and there is room for ne
more. The great tide has turned to
our state, and we rejoice to know they
are the best of citizens. The great
western half of Texas is yet to be
settled and it is the healthiest part
of the state. Here lands may be had
cheap as dirt, cheaper than anywhere
else in the world, rich and productive
lands, only waiting to be utilized and
root out the golden treasure to those
who may come and possess them,
The state is moving on with great
strides to take it's right place. Tom
Green Enterprise.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-05
Advice TO q Boy.

Get away from the crowd a little
while every day my boy. Stand one
side and let the world run by while
YOU get acquainted with yourself, and
see what kind of fellow you are.
Ask Yourself hard questions about
Yourself and find out all you can
about yourself. Ascertain from orl9
inal sources if you are really the man,
ner of man people say you are; IND
ont if YOU are honest; if you always
tell the square, perfect truth in busl,
ness dealings; if your life is as good
and upright at eleven o'clock at night
as it is at noon; if you are as sound a
temperance 70 man at fishing excur,
sion as YOU are at a Sunday school
n;cnic: if YOU are as good boy when
Won 90 to Chicago as when you are
st home; if, IN short, you are really
the Young man your father hopes
Won are, your mother says you are
and YOUR sweetheart believes you are,
Get on intimate terms with yourself
NV bow, and believe me, every ume
Won come out of one Of these private
;nteryiews YOU will be better, strong
~ nurer man. Don't forget this
T.,lemachus, and it will do good
BHrdette.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-05
Southern Truck Farming.

Colonel E. B. Papy, in the address
before the Middle Florida Vegetable
Growers convention last October,
said that in Alachua county one gen.
tleman planted last year two gardens
One was one-mule crop, from which
he received $500; the other was as
follows: II acres in cabbages, 20 acres
il tomatoes, Il acresin Irish potatoes
l acres in beets and 2 acres IN Gu
cumbers. The cucumbers yielded
nothing. From the balance OF ms
crop he secured $4,000. Another
from less than an acre of strawberries
received 500. Another, who, how.
ever, planted at Newbem, \. C., and
who still retains his farm there, but
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-05

! - ~not. life is sweeping by. go and
dare before you die, something
mighty and sublime leave behind
~ y to conquer time.n 500 week q.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-05

The Texas Press association exc
cutive committee held their meeting
at the Raymond house, Austin, on the
night of March Goth. President Cos
ling presiding. Arrangements have
been made by him for the convention
in Dallas on the 18th of May, and
for an excursion to Monterey and Sal
tillo, which were approved. Enroute
banquets will be given in San Antonio
and at Monterey. Messrs. Gosling
and Elliott were appointed to make
all necessary arrangements for the
Dallas conventions entertainment.
The excursion and the entertainment
will be of unusual interest. All mem
bers intending to be present were re-
uuested by resolution to confer at
once with Colonel Elliott, notifying
him thereof. 1t was decided peremp-
torily that none other than bonafde
proprietors and managing editors, as
members of the association, are en-
titled to go on the excursion. Mem
bers in areas will be striker from the
roll. On the adjournment of the
meeting, a fine supper was spread at
Bullion's restaurant, by Colonel Yam
dell, of the Seguin Times.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-05

Rev. DIR. Morgan Dix says: "The
easier it is to get divorses, the greater
will be the demand for them In this
they are very much like whisky and
beer. and various other things Of de-
moralizing influences.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-05

A HOTEL is being built at LamPass-
&c Sr;nps which VIII contain 200 rooms
when completed.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-05
The Great Floods OF 1883.

The present year will be memorable
as the witness of some of the most re-
markable floods of modern times. For
weeks past the principal river regions
both of Europe and the United States
have been scenes of unparalleled disas
tiers. Several large cities, many towns,
and hundreds of villages have been in
undated, cattle, buildings and products,
the accumulations ofyears of industrious
toll, have been swept away, many lives
lost, thousands of people rendered
homeless and reduced to poverty. FL
financially the losses are to be measured
by millions of dollars.
| In this country the valleys of the
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, with many
of their tributaries, have been convert
ed into vast inland lakes; the ancient
time, when the Father of Waters, from
the Gulf of Mexico to the mouth of the
Ohio, had an average width OF fifty
miles, seems almost to have returned.
We might fill many columns with the
details of extraordinary occurrences
pertaining to the present floods: but
the following Jas general example, must
suffice: "Memphis, Tenn, March 7,
1883 The nearest point of land to Tip
tonville, Tenn, is ten miles distant.
The town is in the midst of great
lake. Two-thirds of the county in
which it is situated are deeply flooded,
and nearly every farmer in the over
flowed districts lost his corn, hogs, and
cotton. Fences have been swept away
as we'll as outhouses and many dwell
ings. Hardly farmhouse has been
left along Reelfoot Lake, which IS now
rushing like torrent through Ohm
and Deer Rivers into the Mississippi.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-05
Saved his Child.
~ N. Eutaw ST., Baltimore, Md.

~ N. Eutaw ST., Baltimore, Md.
Feb. IL, 1880.
Gents :-Upon the recommends
tion Of friend tried BRows's
IRON BirTKRs as n tonic and re-
storative for my daughter, whom
/ was thoroughly convinced was
wasting away with Consumption.
Having lost three daughters by the
terrible disease, under the care Of
eminent physicians, ! was 10th to
believe that anything could arrest
the progress Of the disease, but, to
my great surprise, before my daugh-
ter had taken one bottle Of BRowN's
IRON Buffers, she began to mend
and now is quite restored to former
health. A fifth daughter began to
show signs Of Consumption, and
when the physician was consulted
he quickly said "Tonics were re-
CURED" and when informed that
the elder sister was taking BRowN's
IRON BIrTKRs, responded "that Is
a good tonic, take it."
ADoRAM PHELPS.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-05

Browns IRON BITTERs effectual-
ly cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion and
Weakness, and renders the greatest
relief and benefit to persons suffering
from such wasting diseases as Con-
sumption, Kidney Complaints, etc.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-05

your own TOWN.. IS OutHt free, NO rlSK. EvCry-
thing new. Capital not required. We wiz furnish
you everything. Many are making fortunes; la.
make great pay. Reader, If You want business at
which you can make great pay all the time, wiite
to IT, HALLETT & Co., Portland, Me.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-06-07


A reunion OF the survivors OF the battle
OF Wilson Creek will be held on the ground
near Springfield, Missouri, August 9th, 10th
and 18th, TO be participated in by both the
blue and the gray. They will be invited
and entertained by citizens of Springfield
aud Greene county free of all charge dur
ing their stay. Prominent officers Of both
armies in this and other States have already
signified their desire and intention 10 be
present, and a general and hearty frater-
nal reunion OF the blue and the gray is ex-
pected. Survivors OF the battle will en-
camp on the battle ground August 9th, oc.
cupying the positions they held on the
morning OF the battle Of August 10th, 1861.
The exercises will be held August 10, pre-
sided over by prominent officers OF the two
armies. The speakers stand will be erect
ed on "Bloody lIill'' near the spot where
Gen Lyon fell. Free transportation will
be furnished from Springfield 10 and from
the battle ground. All railroads running
TO Springfield are expected TO give the most
liberal rates, and the citizens will do every
thing TO make the affair the grandest and
most successful one of the Kind ever held.
Full particulars will be furnished the press
and public in due time
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-06-07
CONGRESSMAN PETERS SPEECH

An impressive spirit seemed 10 invest
the occasion and ceremonies of Decoration
Day in this city. From the notes floating
out upon the quiet air from the band at the
head Of the fiower-bearing procession, and
all through the music, ceremonies and ad-
dress at the Opera House, TO the scattering
OF the bright offerings and the farewell
shots Mt the cemetery, over, about and
around all was "a solemnity that was felt
An extended account OF the proceedings OF
the day would not probably prove particu-
larry desirable, but We desire 10 say just a
word about Judge Peters speech. Leay-
ing out the historical illusions and patriotic
pictures composing the first portion Of his
speech, IL differed widely from the ordinary
Decoration Day address. The speaker
minced nothing, but spoke plainly Of the
ebormity OF the crime Of the rebellion, and
in the plainest terms Of the responsibility
OF the rebel leaders who plunged Nation
into war from an excessive personal ambi-
ton unworthy of statesmen and patriots.
The central idea around which all the
speakers thoughts clustered, was the hon.
age due the uncommissioned heroes who
gave up life and all that, Nation Of the
people, Tor the people and by the people
might not perish from the earth. His trib,
ute TO the crowning martyr, Lincoln, was
one among the most beautiful that ever
fell from the lips of a speaker-pathetic
aud lofty, clothed in the touching measures
ot Doptry promptel by the deepest feeling
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-06-07
WAR IN DODGE CITY.


DODGE CITY, June 1.-THE city is much
excited about proclamation POSTED stop.
ing gambling. Luke Short IL de1ant and al
his place of business. The arrival Of Bat
Masterson being asnounesa, parties heavily
armed. pro and con, were at the trains
Short declares his determination to live ia
community where be has large business
interests. A company Of forty-fve militia
has been sworn In and mustered by H. Z
Gryden OF the governors stat. Fifty Sharpi
rifles are in possession OF the sheriff, with
orders TO be turned over TO Maj. II. E. Cry
den aud distributed among the Deger Fac
ton. Dispatches are hourly received from
the eastern parties, asking about the situa
tion, and Short IL determined to stand, de
eiaring he comes here with the Gag oftruce
but willing to obey the law and deiying ri
mobs- This has worked change In his n
vor. There are, however, no games to
might, either monte, faro Or hazard, AM
dozens Of gamblers are idle.
Dodge City is the place where the salooi
men and gamblers announced, when th,
amendment went into force, that they has
deposited thousand dollars for the widow
of the man that would inform on them fo
saflipz lirrtnr