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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-24
THE JAMES -UooEssoRs.

A Band of Men Rob I Gang OF Section
Men and Attempt to go Through a
Train.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 22.-About 1 o'clock
this morning from eight TO twelve mounted
and masked men rode up to Montella Sta
ton, on the. Central Pacific, 166 miles west
OF Ogden, seized two white and a half dozen
Chinese section men robbed them of what
valuables they had on their persons and
locked them up in a tank house. They then
mounted the wes.-bound express train,
which came in soon after. Two of the high
waymen jumped on the engine, overawed
the engineer and fireman ard sidetracked
the train. The remainder of the rang first
seized the trainmeD robbed them of what
valuables they possessed and confined them
in the tank house. They then attacked the
express car. Here they were met by q rapid
fnsilade from A. Y. Ross, the express mes
senge. The fire was returned briskly and
some thirty shots were exchanged, when the
robbers, finding the resistance more spirited
than they had expected, and probably fear
Ing demonstration on the part of the pas
sengers, decsmped. No one is known to
have been killed or wounded. The passen-
gers were not molestsd.
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wounded were removed to the baggage car
and on the arrival of the relief train from
Los Angeles sent to that city.
OF the dead, the colored porter Wright
was crushed, express messenger Charles
Pierson had his head shattered.
five were burnt but recognizable,
viz: Miss Mamie Z. Squires, Mrs. II. o.
Oliver, Mrs. Downey, NJ. Wethered and Mrs.
James Cassell. Two men, unknown, but
supposed to be discharged soldiers, were
found dead, but not burnt One body, that
OF large man, was badly chsrred.
1t is supposed to be the remains
of Colonel Larrabee, ex-CongressmsR
from Wisconsin. Governor Downey saws
Larrabee was on the train, and he is missing
since the accident. The remaining eleven
are still unidentified. The list of wounded
is not changed from the previous report
The inquest is in progress, but no news yet
received from it. No one but the railroad
and County officials are admitted"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-24
BROKEN RAILS
Cause Two Serious Railroad Accidents
Many Persona Ininred

Many Persons Injured.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 1.-THE Ohio and Missis
sippi train No. from Cincinnati, due here
at 1880, met with an accident about a mile
from Lebanon, H., at $3.50 this morning
The engine, two express cars, baggage aud
postal cars passed over safely. but three pas
senger coaches ran off the track, the first
being upset completely, the others only
derailed. One passenger, Charles
Hoffman, of Maryland, was killed. The in
jured are: Il. S Collier. Bee Lake, KY, seri-
Gus fracture of nose; Mrs Collier, slightly
bruised; Emmett Collier, their SOD. scalp
wound; Charles Evans, Harrison County
KY, cut IN forearm; ]. NJ. Pence, Wood
stock, KY, cut on eye and burned; Michael
Alien, Indiana, slightly cut; John Irwin
Utica, n. Y, scalp wound; William Deming
Brown County, Ohio, contusions. The track
was repaired and the train arrived here
about noon.
CLINTON, Iowa, Jan. IA broken rail on
the Midland Branch of the Chicago and
Northwestern Road caused a serious acci-
dent twelves miles north OF this city last
night. The LAST car of the stock train
loaded with merchandise and way car, went
dewn twenty foot embankmeDt. killing the
brakeman, Z. l. CLARK, ipjuring the con-
ductor, ID. w. Richardson, and injuring
nineteen passengers, none seriously. Three
ladies in the resr car were wounded.
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THE CfMBRIA HORROR.
Fears That All Persons at Present Missing
Were Lost With the Vessel.

Il cSlrS InaI All EorsOns at IrerSnC Missing
Were Lost With the Vessel.
NIw York, Jan. 22.-The Agents of the
steamer Cimbria received the following dis
patch this morning from the Hamburg
Agents:
HAGBURG, Jan. 22.-Our steamer Hausea has re-
turned from her cruise. She raw the wreck of the
Cimbria five miles northeast OF BOrkum, tne tor
saiIyarcs above water. She saw no trace of sur
vivors OF bodies, although the weather was clear
She inc uired et the Borkum lightship, where
nothing is known about any boat OF persons
saved.
LoEDos, Jan. % The Cimbria lies sunk
in ninety feet of water. Three boats were
Launched before she sank. One of the boats
which the-crew succeeded in launching be-
fore the feQndering of the Cimbria caPsizso
immediately. 1t is feared all persons at
present missing have been lost.
EIENNA, Jan. 22 There were seventy-two
Austrians a1d HuDgarians on board the
Cimbria. An eye witness states that on all
sides were me0, women and children wildly
impl0<iDg aid.
THE sULTAN's DEFENSE.
LoNBoE, Jan. 22.-The Captain of the
steamer which has arrived in the harbor
from Hamburg. makes the following state
meat at the request Of the Captain of the
steamer Sultan: The Sultan had made an
unusually rapid passage, and sighted Bork
um light between 1 and Saturday morn
ing. The weather was hazy and soon after
became very foggy. The engines were eased
TO dead slow and the steam whistle kept
sounding every few seconds. The Captain
and Chief Officer were on the bridge and
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-24

The latter two can not live through the nigh
The scene on the stage was one of SAD 0t
VISITATION. and the play had TO be stopped
after which, the audience left the house "a.
good order. Great indignation prevailed
after il was learned that one Of the principal
exits was locked. In case the scenery would
have caueh; fire. this culpab,e negligence
would have cost hundreds OF lives.
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The neighboring towns and villages are
much damaged. The loss of life is un-
known, but it is feared that forty persons
have perished. Windows in the city, which
is eight miles from Minden, were broken.
MIEDEE, Holland, Jan. 10 Twelve bodies,
victims of the explosion, have been discov-
cred. Twelve workmen we're in the build
ing at the time OF the explosion. The town
is greatly damaged. Inhabitants are leav-
ing their houses. No fear of further explc-
slona
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-24
The Broken Bank.

JERsEY CRY, Jan. 1S-Receiver Williams,
of the City Bank. has commenced suits
against Garrett s. Boyle, Edward L. Shaw
and John N. Beach for trespass. dan ges In
each instance being fixed at $50, ,0G). District
Attorney McGiil has decided to call the
Grand Jcry Thursday next TO coDader the
cases of accused officers of the two suspended
banks.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-24
A PANIC IN A rHEaTER.
An Explosion In the Opera House, NIilwau
kee, Causes a Stampede, and Five Per
sons Seriously Hurt.

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 1s.-Terrible excitement
anu stampede was caused in the Grsld
Opera House tonight during the per5o, m
ance of Lights % London" By Co!lisfs
company. In the third set the calcium
light machine on the STAGE exploded with
fearful force, causing a stampede il an at
dience of about 600. No fire follow
ing, cries of keep seats~ from eli sides,
and the PLAYING Of the orchestra partially
restored order, SO that nobody in the andi-
ence was hurt. Five of the stage people, al
of Milwaukee, were hurt Gus Stepher, a
supe, was cut in the leg; Charles C. Reed,
stage carpenter and advertising agent, was
cut in the leg; James Foster, supe, wounded
in the breast: Albers Seymour, supe, frsc-
ture of skull and partially disemboweiled; !;
Robert Harrington, supe, left leg torn off
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BLOWN UP.


Another Powder Explosion Near San Fran
cisco.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 21.-ShOrtly after
p. N. the city was shaken by heavy explo-
sion. Four others followed at intervals of
four seconds, aud dense column OF smoke
rising across the bay was sufficient evidence
of another added to the numerous powder
disasters that have occurred In the vicinity.
A briet telegram says the Grant powder es-
tablishment, near West Berkeley Station,
four miles north of Oakland, was blown up,
and a number of persons killed.
It Is now learned that five Cinnamon were
killed by the explosion of the Powder
Works. Two white men who were about the
buildings escaped.
L9ter-One white man, e foreman named
Conk, and between forty and fifty Chinese
are known to have been blown TO atoms.
Nearly the entire plant was de-
stroyed by fire, which began inn
mediately after the explosion. The
Superintendent was thrown a long
distance, but was not hurt. Physicians
went down from Berkley and West BerkIey.
The fire is still raging. A large magazine
containing ever 200 kegs is threatened.
SAN FRANCIsoo, Jan. % An Oakland dis
patch says: The scene at the Giant. Pow
der Works. this morning. was one of devas
tatiOn and death. In the semi circular ex-
cavation, where the packing houses are To-
Gated, the ground is covered with debris
and timber. Huge rocks thrown by the vic
lence of the series of explosions are seen on
all sides Lying on the ground are the
mangled bodies of twenty-one Cinnamon.
One Chinaman died last night in the tempo
rary hospital. So far as known at noon, one
white man and twenty-five Cinnamon were
killed. The white man killed is Ferdinand
Kampf, Assistant Superintendent. He
could have saved himself, but remained to
try to save the works. When the first ex-
plosion occurred, he ran to the nitro glycer-
inc house to turn on the water to
extinguish the fire He was killed
by the explosion of the nitro glycerine
house. 1t is thought eight or ten bodies are
in the ruins. Oscar Porgowsky, the only
white man wounded, will probably recover.
The thirteen Cinnamon wounded are lying
in the quarters of the Chinese. A greater
number of these will recover.
The cause of the explosion still remains a
mystery. Whether the powder in every one
of the packing houses exploded can not be
told. They are all caved in and filled with
debris The magazines are uniniuTed, and
the danger of further explosions is deemed
at an end.
There are some thirty or forty houses on
the point, occupied by employees at the
powder and acid works. and most of the
windows are shattered and the doors and
sides in many cases dashed in by the force
of the coDcussion. After each explosion the
woodwork OF the building caught fire and
burned steadily for several hours.
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Charged wi,h Perjury.

CIttiIFI % llIo ItIFIIIINIs
PERU. Ind, Jan. 10 -~ha.les Godfroy, an
Indian residing east of this place, was ar
rested this morning and placed under bonds
by Sheriff Parks. on an Indictment from the
Grano Jury, charged with perjury. Godfrey
is a descendant of q well-to-do and indus
trious Indian family whose ancestors wen
once Chiefs of the Miamis.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-24
Through n Bridge.

NORTH ADAMS, Mass, Jan. 17.-On the
Troy and Boston Railroad last night a freight
train, in charge of Conductor Ooneally and
Engineer Morty. fell through the bridge at
Petersburg Junction, N. Y, smashing eight
cars and pitching them upon top Of each
other in HosOck River. The brakeman es
capped by jumping. The bridge Is 200 feet
long with TWO spans.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-24
Robbery and Murder.

SAN FRAKCIsoo. Jan. pa dispatch to
Wells, Fargo & Co, from Carson, says a
store at Gold Mountain was robbed Thurs
day or Friday by mounted and masked men.
The proprietor and two clerks were killed.
The road agents then went to a store at
Silver Peak and robbed il, killing the pro-
prietor and one clerk. Two of the robbers
were also killed. Gold Mountain and Silver
Peak are in Southwestern Nevada, distant
from telegraphic communication.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-24
SIX seamen Lost An a Snow Storm.

HALIEAx Y. Jan. 22.-The Gloucester fishing
schooner, James A. Garfield, lost six men in
& snow storm, which came up while the
men were having a tramp. Their names are
William Morrison, John McKiRnon, Ed
ward Broppy, John Whitman, Andrew
Bunn, and Charles Ray.
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Death Of s1r.. stiIlwtll.

MOUNT VERSoS, O., Jan. 16-News CAM
loday Of the death Of Mrs Emma Stillweu
who confessed the murder If so many q
her relatives. Up 10 last night she main
tanned the truth of her confession.
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Lost Three Mon.

LONDON, Jan. 22.-The ship Cleopatra lost
three men on its passage from New York.
Several vessels are arriving showing the ef-
fects of the Atlantic gales.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-24
-Four Victims.

BANGOR. Me-, Jan. 18-Police have ar
rived from Tyler with q crazy man named
John Patten, OF Harman. who stabbed four
persons at a ball about midnight.
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The yorwarta snnk.

LISBON. Jan. 22 The ship Vorwarts was
sunk off this place. Eight persons were
drowned.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-24
Fatal Explosion.

GLASGOW, Jan. 20-The largest gasometer
here exploded last night. Eight persons
were injured. The greater portion of South
Glasgow was left in darkness and panic
nearly caused in the city. Subsequently a
she'd belonging to the Calidonian Railway
Company was blown up. The explosions are
supposed to be the work of Fenians. Soldiers
to-day picked up on the banks of Forth and
Clyde Canal tin box, which exploded on
the attempt being made to open Ii. Two per.
sons were injured
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Forty Persons killed by an Explosion.

AMSTERDAM. Jan. 19-Three terrific ex-
plosions took place to-day in a gunpowder
manufactory in Minden, where nearly all
the houses were unroofed by the concession.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-24

FRANKFoRT, Jan. 92-A Frankfurter Jour
nal says the officers of the steamer Sultan
have been placed in Jail.
LONDON, Jan. D A dispatch from Ham
burg says the steamer Sultan has been seized
by the police. Her Captsin asserts that he
waited at the scene of the disaster twelve
hours after the collision.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-01-06
Rabies Among PreabyterIans.

In membership OF nearly 100000
the last annual report shows that only
10000 babies have been presented for
baptism. The scarcity of infants in
some of the most stately and wealthy
families is alarming. In the First
Presbyterian church in Fifth avenue,
with its membership Of 4l0, only two
iufants have been brought to the bap-
tismal font. The venerable and veal
thy Rutgers church reports no bap-
tism OF infants, although its members
number $50, DR.. Robinson's magnih-
cent Memorial church has 603 mem
bers, who have been able to muster for
baptism only ten children. The gent
al Mr.. Rossiter, OF the North church,
with his 666 members, reports eleven
infants baptized. Across the East
river there is similar disnse OF hap.
tism. In Talmage's vast membership
of 2,747, the largest in the Presbyte-
rian family, only thirty-two infants
have been baptized. DIR. Cuyler has
1892 members OF his church, yet has
sprinkled the brows in only twenty five
babes. In Classon avenue church
where there are $50 members, thirteen
little ones have been presented at tn,
font. Drs. Van Dyke and Crosby, on,
with 751 members and the other witt
1886, reported no baptisms at all tt
show that there ara infents in Brook
lyn it is necessary only to mention
that Hopkins Street German churcl
has received by baptism 46; Brothe
Foote'S Throop Avenue church, 39 an,
Mr.. Halls, which is among me wealth.
people on the Heights, AZ. Probabl.
the most startling neglectis in Buffalo
where the three largest churches repor
each one baby baptized. One elthes
has 1876 members, another All, and tn
third 496. These figures, it must b
remembered, are from the official rec
ords, carefully made up, and solemnl
laid before the highest judicatory Q
the church. L. New York Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-01-06
business LAW Maxims.

II is fraud to conceal fraud.
Ignorance OF the law excuses no one,
The law compels no one to do impos-
sibilities.
An agreement without consideration
is void.
Signatures made with load-pencil
are good in law.
The acts of ono partner bind all 9th
ers.
An oral agreement must be proved
by evidence.
A written agreement proves itself.
A contract made with minor il
void.
Contracts for advertisements in Sun
day newspapers are invalid.
Agents ne responsible to their prin
cipals for errors.
Each individual in partnership i,
responsible for the whole amount OF
debts Of the firm.
Notes bear interest only when &c
stated.
tits not legally necessary to say on {
note "for value received
A note obtained by fraud, or from
a person in state Of intoxicaiion, can
not be collected.
II note be lost or stolen, it does
not release the maker; he mnst pay it
An indorser OF note is exempt from
liability, il not served with notice Of
its dishonor within twenty-four honri
after its non-payment.
Part payment Of debt which hai
passed the statutory limitation reyivel
tho whole debt, and the claim hold
good from the date OF such partll pay
ment until again expired by linNation
A verbal promise to pay, nok hasyith
ont conditions, is generally Qeid n
sufficient to revive a claim oaherwis
shut out by law OF limitation. TIL
statute of limitation does not void 0
cancel the debt, but only provides tina
no action in law may be maintaino'
after a given time. The statute doe
not effect collateral security.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-01-06
SAN SABA TEXAS SATURDAY MORNING, JAN. 6, 1883

these were generally lighted for tie
benefit of the ilshermau, by their wives,
without any authority from Govern
ment. II was an easy matter 10 imi-
tate such beacons, and bad men would
often erect false lights, steering by
which ship would come crashing TO
sure destruction at the foot of the crags
which thrust their cruel edges through
the surf. When the ship went to pieces,
her goods coming ashore would be
seized and sold by the wreckers, as
these wicked people we're called,
Many a fearful tradition has come
down of the doings OF wreckerg, not
only in England and Spain, but in
America and in the East. One of the
tricks of the West India pirates, when
they saw ship approaching their is
land in the evening, was to hang q
lantern upon horses neck, and let
him Craze, well hobbled. nlq.g The
beach. This would appear II y the
rocking OF lantern on vessel NNgost
and, deceived by the hope c',lh 9:n
chorage, the stranger would z DC Sis
cover how he had been cheate Ii{gheI
his keel struck the sand-bars 4 the
pirates had begun their yifiinoui
attack.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-01-06
Bookkeeping in the south.

1t is claimed that honey is one of
the most healthful sweets that can be
found. AS the honey bees feed on
the pure juices of health plants, IL is
clear that the honey must partake of
the quality of the blossoms from
which it is extracted. The sugar in
honey is OF highly nutritive charac-
ter. 1t is sweet OF rare purity, and
it has been regarded with peculiar
favor from the remotest antiquity.
That the South is highly adapted
to Bookkeeping is evident from the
natural condition Of the country, The
climate is promotive of rare exuberance
OF Vegetation and Of dora varied. rich,
and abundant. In the South the bee
finds not only this abundance from
which to gather delicious sweets, but
there are many plants, shrubs, aud
trees, such as Eastwood, poplar, per-
simmon, holly, black gum, blackberry,
wild cherry, etc. In addition to these
there are numerous honey-producing
perennials.
Again, the season OF labor is much
longer than at the North. Neither
uOC5 tuo D0o nuuCf rum tuO bcNbAAtJ
OF the weather to the same extent as
at the North. The economic aspects
of the subject are largely in favor of
the South as q place for the successful
pursuit Of the business.
In all sections Of the South bee
keeping obtain. A Florida bee-keep-
or states that he started tho season OF
1881 with thirty-five colonies, which
increased during tho year to eighty
six. During the same season he took
from. them $500 pounds Of honey. He
attributes his success more TO the
natural advantages Of the country than
to any skill on his own. part. His
experience need not be exceptional il
the people of tho South will devote
themselves to so profitable an occupa-
tion.
To insure success, Bookkeeping re-
quires intelligent attention and apti-
tude for the business. Those who I'M
dertake it without applying the proper
means are likely to fail in this pursuit
as in others. Theoretical knowledge
is valuable, but practice is essential "a
a true comprehension and to the best
results. The bee is endowed with won.
deriul instincts, the study OF which ID
replete with interest. While reapine
large profits from the pursuit, the bee
keeper may at the same time acquire q
store Of knowledge Of the mysteries Of
nature.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1883-01-06
How IL Feels to Wear Coat OF Tar aud
Feathers.

Most people don't know what a ter
rible punishment tarring and feather
ing really is. They suppose that 1t Is
nothing worse Than badge OF infamy,
rather uncomfortable, but not painful
unless the tar gets into the eyes. This
10 great mistake. helped to daub
Jones. He was vile beast, disgrace
to humanity, and he deserved what he
got Tor grossly insulting respectable
women on the streets. But had no
idea until saw that fellow plastered
what tough deal the process is. We
painted him all over pretty thick with
the broom, and some enthusiastic vigi-
lante pour few gallons OF tar on his
head. The feathers, taken from II
big pillow, were busted on him, and he
stood out white and fluffy in the star
light, like some huge and grotesque
looking bird. He had to put his clothes
on over the whole mess, and then he
was ridden on rail for fifty yards or
so, and we put him on board the west
bound train at midnight with instruc-
tions not to come back ON pain Of being
hanged,
ii saw him on the train. He was
sitting with his head on his arms. The
tar was so thick ON his haad that it COW
cred the hair out of sight, and his poll
shone in tho light OF tine car lamps like
black rubber ball just dipped in the
water. Tho poor fellow was grooming,
and couldn't help feeling mean at bav
ing taken hand in the Job. You see
the body is covered with short hair, and
when the tar hardens little the slight
est movement causes acute pain, as il
ones beard were being pulled out witt
pincers, hair by hair. Then there il
the stoppaee of all perspiration, which
would soon kill man il he didn't make
lively time in getting scrubbed. Be
sides, the smell of the tar turns the
stomach, and about half an hour after {
man has been coated he must fee
mighty sorry he wasn't hanged. Their
comes the scrubbing with oil. 1t tool
two Cinnamon anda darkey three day.
in Truckee TO reduce Jones to milo
brown. The rubbing makes the skin
tender, and the body must be as sor'
as boil for weeks"
"Do you think they will tar an.
tramps in Reno shortlyp" asked tn
reporter.
AZ don't know" replied the Washo
man, "but / hope not. No such
punishment should be inflicted ON
man except for some crime for whic
death would hardly be too severe pen
ATTY. San Francisco Call.