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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-11-03
ANOTHER ONE.
A Similar Accident at RaiDstoWn, INDIA
Car Ditched and Several Persons Seri-
ous1Y Injured, but no One kiued.

A Similar Accident at RaiDstown, INDIA
Car Ditched and Several Persons Seri-
ously Injured, but no One Killed.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Oct. %.
! The l., B. Sc w. express, leaving Indian
apolis at 1 80 p. m, met with terrible ac-
cident at Rainstown, twenty miles distant
from this place, the rear car jumping the
track and tumbling into ditch by the
roadside. None of the passengers were
killed outright, but w. d. Whitehead, DR..
]. C. Walker and G. Mayo, of Indianapo-
lis; C. Il. Williams, Doylestown, Pa; Al
bert Greeson, Silvery, Ia; G. L. Friedman,
Cincinnati, and Ellen Williams, OF Illinois,
were severely injured, the two first named
dangerously. The other passengers in the
coach were bruised and battered, but not
SO much so but that they proceeded on their
tourney. Mr.. Whitehead was returned to
his home and late tonight is lying IN
critical condition. His injuries are prlnc1-
pally internal and one rib is wrenched
from the spine.
DR.. Walkers injuries are also internal
and sufficiently grave to cause bis friends
great anxiety. He gives graphic de-
scription of the wreck. The train was run
ming very rapidly when he noted that the
front end of the car had left the rails. A
second later it toppled over upon its side
and he felt himself torn from his seat.
Wnen ne recovered consciousness he was
lying upon the opposite side OF the aisle
with several passengers across his body.
while over them was piled the DEBRIS OF
broken seats and smashed windows. Inc
shrieks and groans of the wounded hlled
the air, and for several moments there was
the utmost confusion. When the coach
went over it broke the couplings, and the
remainder of the train went on IN safety.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-11-03
Fair Play.

..sir, you predicted frost for the
night of the 21st of September, said
an old farmer as he entered the Signal
Office at Cleveland two or three days
later.
Eyes, SIR
Sand it didn't Gomez
!, sNo, SIR
..Well, that prediction caught me
with eight hundred bushels Of apples on
the trees, and / sold the lot for hall
price
..sorry, sir, but the bureau is some.
times mistaken
"Well, / want you to help me out OF
it. The chap who got my apples has
forty acres of taters. If you will only
predict regular freeze-np for to-mor,
row night kin get them taters for ten
cents a bushel, and come out all solid. -
--WalI Street Nesos.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-11-03
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

Pumpkins are good food for mich
cows, but are of little value as 1at-Pro-
ducers.
The currantis neglected fruit, but
one of the most hardy and prolific, re-
paying well little extra care and at
tention. Cincinnati Times.
-Quinces require rich, mellow soil,
good culture and annual manurlngg.
They should not be less than twelve feet
apart. Chicago Journal.
If you see toad by the waysldt'e 7
carry him home and put him into your
garden. He will kill the bugs, says an
exchange. Wait till next season now.
A gardener in Baltimore who has
number of large lighthouses for growing
early cucumbers, keeps hive OF bees IN
each house for the purpose OF distribute
ing the pollen.
"A reasonable application OF Wood
ashes is very beneficial in a garden.
But it is comparatively an easy matter
to make the application too strong
esneciallv if the ashes are unleached.-
Farm and Garden.
Alexander Heron, Secretary OF the
Indiana State Board of Agriculture, has
trained potato plant by cutting OF all
but one stem at the top until that single
stem is now as thick as ones Wrlst anu
rises to height Of nine feet and I'VE
inches.
Minute Pudding: One quart OF milk,
salt, two eggs, about pint OF nonf;
Beat the eggs we'll; add the flour and
enough milk to make it smooth. But
ter the saucepan, and put in the re-
| mainder of the milk well sailed; when
| it boils stir in the flour, eggs, ETC.,
| lightly, let it cook well. It should be
of the consistency of thick corn mush.
Serve Immediately with the following
simple sauce, viz: Milk sWeetened tc
taste and favored with grated nutmeg
Detroit Post.
An experienced gardener, of Indi
ana, according to the Farmers Adto
cate, is of opinion that very few per
| sons who plant currant cuttings do i
at the right season of the year. It is
usually done in the spring, when in fac
it should be done in the fall. He says
81 have had good deal of experience
in preparing cuttings. | always plan
nv currant cuttings in the fall as soo1
as the leaves fall off. They will maxi
durable roots two to four inches Ions
the same fall, while the buds remain
dormant. They will make double tn
growth the next season it set IN tn
fall, that they will if not set in tn
spring.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-11-03
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
An Explosion in a Pennsylvania Squib Fac
tory Causes the Instant Death of Three
Operatives and the Fatal Injuring of Sew
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WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct %, 1883.
At one O'Clock to-day the inhabitants at
Kingstonborough, about a mile and half
from this city, were startled by terrific
report, followed shortly after by another.
People ran out of their houses to ascertain
the cause, when to their horror they discov-
cred that laage quantity Of powder in
factory where squibs used by miners IN
blasting coal are made had exploded, and
not only torn low wooden building It
occupied to pieces and fired it, but had
blown eight of the employees, children rang
ing from the age Of eleven to sixteen years,
many yards away from the site of the fac
tory. The latter stood on the banks of
small creek, and about fifty yards from
main road. People near by at the time OF
the accident hurried to the spot to be greet
ed by the agonized means of the children,
who lay scattered about in every direction,
some Of them with every stitch of clothing
torn literally off their backs, and
the exposed bodies blackened, bleed
ing and disfgured. One girl had
nothing on but her corsets and shoes.
AS all the injured lived near by they were
conveyed as tenderly and rapidly as posi-
BILE to their homes, around which great
crowds of women surged in every stage Of
excitement. Medical aid was summoned
at once and several doctors responded. In
the meantime news Of the disaster spread
| abroad, and the miners in the vicinity and
all manner of workmen stopped their em-
| ployment and Joined the anxious crowds
| who gathered about the burning debris of
| the factory. The following is a list of the
| killed and injured:
Matte James; body burned to a complete
| crisp and filed with powder.
Hattie Norris; flesh scarified into mass
| of cinders.
| John Evans; burned to crisp.
| Lizzie Edwards; seriously burned, but
may live.
| thought to be positive.
Albert James; terribly burned, but may
| Mary Moss, feet burned. She was blown
| into the creek. Win recover.
Lizzie Quin. burned to crisp, and viii
die.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-11-03
THROUGH 4 BROKEN BRIDGE.
Three Persons Killed and Twenty-one In
jured by the Fall of a Train Through
Broken Bridge at Fort Edward, N. 4.

Three Persons Killed and Twenty-one In
iured by the Fall of Train Through o
Broken Bridge at Fort Edward, N. Y.
| Fort EDWARD, N. Y, Oct a.
Train No. 7, on the Glens Falls Branch OF
the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company,
went through bridge over Glens Falls
feeder to the Champlain Canal, eighty rods
north Of Fort Edward. The engine crossed
the bridge, but the baggage and passenger
car went down into the water, total
wreck. About twenty passengers were
aboard. The following are the killed and
wounded
Kil1ed-Da]las Crippen, Glens Falls; Mr..
Wincop, Gloversville; Mrs. Michael Mono
han. Glens Falls. Wounded-B. THESE, ia
tally injured; Thomas E. Connors, Glens
Falls, legs broken and shoulder spralned;
Patrick Howard, fireman, badly injured in
,ternally; Thomas Brady, brakeman, Glens
Falls, leg broken, internal injuries; John
jenkins, conductor, face and head badly
cut; Edward Deal, engineer, cut about the
broken and head badly cut; Mrs. L. w.
Rowland, Fort Edward, head and side IN.
ii,1red: Miss Tisda1e, White Hall, injured
slightly about the chest; Thomas Loomis,
ibaggageman, shoulder sprained; Charles
Shelters, expressman, shoulder dlsiocated;
Charles Calestraki, foot burned and head
cut; James Loomis Sandy Hill, bruised and
cut; James G. Mcintyre, Ticonderoga,. N.
r., leg broken and injured internally;
Abraham Wing, Fort Edward, head and
neck cut; Mrs. G. w. Carr, Fort Edward,
cut about the head and body bruised; n.
Goldsteinpack, Glens Falls, badly cut about
the head; Jacob Goldstein, slightly in
jured; John H. Messick, proprietor. Of the
Albin Hotel, Saratoga, head and chest IN
iured: Mrs. Florence Stoddard, Fort Ed
ward, injured about the limbs and head;
John Cashion, Glens Falls, concussion OF
the spine. Every person on the train was
injured except the newsboy, Eddie White,
of Lake George.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-11-03
TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

Two Cars with Their Loads of Human Be-
ings Overturned and Dragged Along the
Track of the Louisville & Nashville Air
Line Road Near St. Louis-Upwards OF
Thirty Persons Seriously Injured.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct %.
The morning through train on the All
Line from Louisville to this city, met with
a serious accident. The train had passed
Belleville, and was within five or six miles
of East st. Louis, when a broken rail on
the track threw the two last coaches, that
is the passenger coach and the sleeper,
Louisville, from the track. The train was
running at the rate of thirty-five miles an
hour, and the two coaches were upset and
dragged some distance on the ground, when
the COUPLING parted and they were de-
tached from the forward part OF the train.
Both coaches were full of passengers, and
the scenes presented Immediately al
ter the accident We're terrible IN
the extreme. The passengers were
thrown violently forward and to the
side of the coaches, and were massed III
confused heap of mangled, bruised and
bleeding men, women and children. Inc
interior fixtures of the coaches were broken
and torn to pieces by the violence OF the
fall and served only to wound the unior-
tunate people in the cars. The toward part
of the train was backed to the spot as soon
as the accident was discovered, and the
work of extricating the wounded was
promptly and efficiently undertaken by the
railroad employees and the uninjured passen..
gers. Scarcely an occupant of either one OF
the coaches escaped without cuts
and bruises, but the number OF IA
talities was SO small as to be al
most miraculous. The cars were literally
covered with blood, which was flowing pro-
fusely from cuts, and it was at first Thought
that the loss of life was very great. So far
as learned, only one PERSONS gentleman
from Providence named Anthony, was
thought to be fatally injured. His
skull was crushed and cut so badly as
to make his recovery almost impossible.
The wounded were brought at once to
this CITY and medical aid was summoned:
A brakeman had his leg broken, several
passengers were injured internally and
many Others were cut and bruised in a
terrible manner.
At least thirty people suffered injuries
of various kinds and more or less severe In
the wrecking of the coaches. One woman.
whose name could not be learned. had her
scalp torn almost entirely from her heaG.
Fortunately most Of the children were
taken from the debris with only. slight In.
iuries. AS one passenger remarked, it was
simply wonderful that so many escaped
Immediate death.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-11-03
The Peril Of Bangles.

Bangle-wearing is again becoming
fashionable. Young ladies' arms are
beginning to look more than ever like
the arms of malefactors loaded with fet-
tiers. Charles, Albert, Willis, Fred,
James, Harry. Aleck, BERTHE, Dewitt
and Chrissy are besieged more Vigor-
ously than Of old for every coin from
five-cent silver piece to a golden eagle,
with their monograms engraved there
on, to add to bracelets and necklaces.
The reviying passion for bangles is
probably innocent enough in itself. But
It has been the means Of leading an
honest tradesman to the very thresh-
old of the State Prison, and of plung-
ING a worthy and affectionate family
into grief.
An Industrious and enterprising Yam
kee in Massachusetts, marking the
growing passion, conceived the idea
that it would be Just the thing to sup
ply the beleaguered SWANS with a cheap
imitation of fve-dollar gold pieces. on
which they might have their initials en-
graved for presentation to their fair
suppliants. So he had die made after
the pattern of fve-dollar coin, struck
off a number of metal pieces, and care
fully plated them with gold until they
looked the counterpart OF so many coins
fresh from the mint. just as he was
prepared to put them on the market it
was suggested to him that he might be
favored with visit from the police
and a trial before United States Court.
The Mortified jeweler at once came to
New York, visited the Chief Of the
| United States Detective Service here,
and told him his dilemma. The jeWeter
was informed that he had narrowly es-
capped free board at the Governments
expense. But as the man was evidently
honest, he was told that his only penal
! ty would be the surrender of the dies
and all the medals, and the loss OF thcil
cost and his time. Delighted with such
an easy settlement, the alarmed Yankee
readily complied with the terms, and
the imitation gold pieces, instead o.
adjoining the arms Of budding beauties,
were ruthlessly cast into a smelling pot
But for this co,atrete7aps they might
have melted hearts instead of being
themselves melted, and have led many
young persons into the bonds of matri
! mony, instead of releasing one individ
ual from the danger OF bonds of a yer.
different description.-N. 7. World.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-11-03
A DIREFUL BLAZE.

Fifty Thousand Dollars Worth OF Prep.
erty Destroyed and Two Lives Lost for
Want of Efficient Fire Protection at An
napolis, Maryland.
ANNAPoLIs, Nd, Oct. 70.
Annapolis experienced this morning
terrible confsgration. About four o'clock
three explosions were heard in the store OF
Louis S. Clayton, the noise resembling
clap of thunder, which awoke the neighbor-
hood and shook the houses two squares
away. The fire company with hand en-
Igine, the only one in the city, repaired to
1.-The scene, but the engine would not draw
water at first, when small stream would
have extinguished the flames in the second
story over Clayton's store, occupied BY
James Legg and family. The Chief OF 70
lice repaired to the Naval Academy and
the Severn soon responded. manned by
detachment of sailors and rendered valua-
bile service. The fire attacked the store OF
Thomas J. Linthcum and spread away up
Main street. On the left it lgnlted the
handsome dwelling of Charles Il. Perkins,
and went on to the corner of the square.
The citizens worked with a will. At 6:30
the fire was under control, but it had laid
in waste one of the handsomest and busiest
sections of the town. The loss is as fol-
lows; Louis S. Clayton, $1,000; no insur-
ance. James Legg, furniture; no
Insurance. William T. Iglehart, owner
of house where Clayton's store
was burned; insurance, IA 900. Mrs.
.John G.. Taylor, notion store, $500; no in
.surance Joseph NJ Basil, two large three.
story brick houses, loss 100000; insurance
$4,000; stock of goods saved; insurance
ST 900; furniture saved. j. G. Hall, large
three-story brick, stock saved; insurance
ON house $4,000; will cover loss. Charles
III. Hopkins, furniture burned; loss $500.
Lewis Il. Rhen, notion store; loss covered
by insurance. Miss S. Sands and sister,
house; no Insurance.; loss 81 900. The fire
leaned over the brick house on Main street
and occupied by Charles Martin as a pic
ture store. and attacked the frame house
owned by the heirs Of Mrs. John Under
born. Both were destroyed; value S4,0oo;
covered by insurance. Total, ten houses
DESTROYED, and loss about $4,000; insur-
ance about $23, 900. The origin of the fire is
generally attributed to coal-oil lamp that
CLAYTON kept burning in the store at night.
The loud explosions are said to have been
either from keg of powder or coal oil.
The fire spread, when discovered, SO rapid
ly that the inmates of the houses had to
rush to the street in their night-clothes, and
then those who were safe were frantic
about the safety of relatives. Chas. Legg
returned after he was out OF his house and
rushed back to save his aged aunt, Miss
Lizzie Walters, who was about eighty years
old, and the floor gave way and both per
tished. The following insurance companies
sustain the losses named Royal Of Liver
,pool. $4,000; Etna of Connecticut, 80, COD
baltimore Fire Insurance Company, ", 900
German Fire of Baltimore, $1,000; Mary
land Fire, $4,000.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-11-03
The Use of Goats Milk.

ais it true,n asked a reporter of a
weu-known physician in Thirty-eighth
street, sthat girls are now drinking
goats milk to improve their COM
plexions."
Undoubtedly" said the physician
promptly; s'and it is also true that they
are indulging in lettuce juice, asses milk,
cream, glycerine, camphor, poultlces,
arsenic, patent nostrums OF every variety
and chemical masks. T"
g You don't say?n
g Yes, / do. They try everything on
earth except the fundamental requisite.
I have had an extensive experience in
treating cases of skin trouble with wom-
en-. and am still surprised at the ease
with which they are fooled by all sorts
Of quack medicines and devices. Last
spring l had girl under treatment
whose stomach was almost ruined. She
had been taking an internal compound
+ sold by firm in Fourteenth street which
was expected to make her arms plump!
She was not an idiot either. Another
patient of mine excited my ire a short
time ago. She was the most spook-like
and ghastIy-looking specimen ever
saw. Her skin was a dead white, and
her eyelids were crusted and violently
red. She was quite satisfied with her
color-or lack Of it-but wanted me to
take away the color from her eyelids.
I frightened her into confessing that she
had been consuming quantities OF COM
pound said to have been stolen from one
of the beauties of the Sultan's harem,
and then began to clear her blood
'.But do you think goats milk I'M
proves the complexion?
| ..My dear sir, don't you understand
that none of these things improve the
complexion directly? It may be posi-
bic to improve the general health SO
much by the use OF goats milk that the
complexion is benefited, but that will
only follow where goats milk is suited
4 to the system. Very many people don't
drink milk at all. Rubbing the milk on
| the face is the widest sort of folly.
| will tell you how every woman who
/ reads>the Sun may get q good color
/ by systematic exercise. regular meals,
and seven hours sleep every night.
Sounds kind of ancient, doesn't it?"
1 "A little jaded. "
.Well, it's the only receipt known tc
Us, and it will never fail. Let any
woman try it for herself and see. IN
! 7. San.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-28
finannd
NEW YORK, April 27.

NEW 4Ohhs ApE11 Zts- There nothing absolutely to note in the trading on the Stock Exchange to-day, prices dragging along in small transactions and changing but slightly either one way or the other There remarka- be scarcity of and nothing transpired to dis turb the equanimity of the situation Commission houses report little business and there seems to be general disposition to leave speculation care- fully alone until affairs take definite shape The fluctuations to-day had significance whatever, being chiefly brought about by the tactics of cues composed of room traders and small brokers. At the close prices irregular, stocks showing fractional advance, while others showed corre' spending falling of compared with last evening; Hannibal and St. Joseph preferred was about the only exception, this stock closing about one and -eighths per cent. higher the announcement that the sale of the road to the Chicago Burlington and Quincy had been perfected. Of the elevated shares Manhattan closed 4 higher. Trading in the specialties in the general list small scale and exhibited nothing of interest," The changes out side of Oregon Improvement, which declined per cent, were only fractional
 Money loaned st 4a5 throughout the day, and closed with the former rate current.
 Exchange closed steady. Posted rates 4835Ea4s6 ; actual rates zs2ka483 1 for sixty days, 485a4s54 for demand
 Governments closed firm.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-28
Court Notes.

The Supreme court meets next Tuesday at the Capitol with very small list of cases. A summary process against David Strouse and in favor of R. w. Forbes and others will
 be tried before Justice John 0. Gallagher to- day. It is suit to eject Strouse from roo m No. 14 in the Exchange building. The suit alleges that Strouse is in arrears for about one and one-half years rent and owes about S200. The defense will move to erase on the ground of informality in the writ. John A. Wood and Livingston Cleaveland will ap- pear for the plaintiffs and MT. Strouse will look after his own interests.
 Before Jonathan Ingersol as clerk of the Superior court, the divorce case of Sarah Minnie Peck vs Walter D. Peck was heard.
 The petitioner alleges adultery. and asks $3,- GOO alimony, the custody of their child,
 Robert Clark Peck. and that her name be changed to Sarah Minnie Somers. The evi-
 dence before the committee was that the de-
 fendant has been frequently seen coming l from disreputable places.
 Officers Stewart and Mealia testified to ar resting the defendant at o'clock on the
 morning of May IS, 1882, on the third floor of house in Union street. They had war rant charging him with committing fornica- l ton with Lizzie Williams and at the time of the arrest they occupied the same apartment
 The parties were married August 28, 1878, by Rev. I. c. Meserve at South Manchester.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-28

MT. George A. Tucker, of Australia, was visitor to the Capitol this morning. He had a letter of introduction to Governor Waller from Governor Butler, of Massachusetts, and was shown executive courtesy and due atten- tion. He was introduced to the Legislature and the Committee on Humane Institutions. He comes duly accredited from the govern ment of that colony as 8 scientific gentleman Investigating on it's behalf the disease of in sanity and cognate diseases, the methods of treatment in this country, and the mode in which insane people are cared for and retain ed. He has visited all the States in the Union, Connecticut being the last one be- fore his departure for home. He will re- main in Hartford long enough to visit our reformatory institutions.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-28
GmTIEnrA-

The walks referred to in our last commu- nication were on the green (public square ), and not on the grass, as the types made as say.
 he party operating the quarry at Sachem's s Head is F. K Ballou
 MT. John Beatty, of Seet's Ialand, was the successful bidder for supplying stone for the Port Jefferson breakwater.
 MT. George Fowler, of East River, died on Wednesday, the 25th, aged 80, and was buried in Alderbrook cemetery, Guilford, Friday afternoon.
 Carpenters are framing the bridge to be built over East River (between Guilford and Madison), and in about two days work will begin upon the abutments, when all teams must pass over the bridge further up that stream. April 27.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-28
Wnv,nfd andRentan,

Thursday evening James E. Burdick, of Ansonia, while on his way home was waylaid and seriously beaten by five young men. He had considerable money about his person. some of which was taken. His face was so badly injured that Dr. Blodgett had to apply and John Ford were arrested on suspicion The officer had to fire several shots at Ford before he could be brought to a standstill.