The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-03

Charleston market affords, were scattered
all over the country, same as il they had
been shot ont OF gun
The following thrilling railroad item will
appear in to-day's issue OF the ST. Louis
Central Baptist IN u conspicuous place on
the editorial page: mot long ago
a railroad train, to which was at
tached car filled with CHRIS.
tiau people bound for u religious conyoca.
ton, was oyersaken by a terrific tempest.
The voice of the storm drowned every
other sound. The peculiar fuunel.shaped
cloud which indicates cyclone was seen
approaching. CONSERVATION reigned, every
cheek was blsnched with fear and every
heart trembled with alarm. Suddenly in
the car mentioned above female yoic,
was heard singing;
God moves in mysterious way,
His wonders TO perform,
lie plants his footsteps In the sea
Aud rides upon the storm
Instantly every person in the car Joined in.
and the echoes OF the song mingled with
the roar of the storm. Before the by nm
was finished the winds had ceased and dan
ger had passed away Every heart was
filled with thanksgiving and Joy
DO women bring many suits?'
They are the worst customers we have
to deal with, for they always command the
sympathy OF the Jury. A woman fell over
mans feet by reason of the car stopping
suddenly, walked to the sidewalk and
there stumbled with another woman ta!l.
ing upon her She proiessed to have in.
jured her knee-cap, sued and obtained a
verdict for 5000. She was from the
South, and it never could be proven that
she was on one of our cars. besides which
reputable physicians swore that IL her knee.
cap had been injured in the car, it would
have been physical impOssibility for her
to walk to the sidewalk. Another pecu.
| iiar case was that of man who was MS.
saulted by fellow-passenger, The latter
rode for fifteen minutes in drowsy con
dltion, when suddenly he awoke, struck
out, and caught the man sitting opposite
on the lace, OF course we were sued. The
jury first gave verdict tor $l,500, the next
jury disagreed, and the third one found for
the plaintiff for 500, which was paid, The
man sued for SO 900, and was very mad at
only getting 500, '-[New York Star.
The monster locomotive "JuInbo,n from
the Cook works, Trenton, New Jersey. is
now at the Exposition building, Chicago,
and will be on exhibition in the main hall
during the coming railway exposition there,
The locomotive is the largest III the world
weighing just 20 TONS So massive and
grand is the machine that to look upon il
impresses one with awe and amazement.
by the side of this monster, resting on "A
solid silver disk, will be exhibited the
smallest perfect engine in the world. being
but six inches in length, complete and per-
feet in every detai. Another miniature
locomotive to be exhibited is that made by
J., ID. Benton, a cripple, of Providence,
Rhode Island. This little beauty lthe en-
glne) OF solid gold and silver, eighteen
inches In length, is fixed stationary TO its
track and has n perfect motion It has
concealed musc-box and plays twelve
tunes when in motion. Aside from six o
the oldest locomotives III the world, in
Guiding the Rocket, the very oldest. there
will be on exhibition the first locomotive
that ever pulled q train out of Chicago,
which was over the Chicago & Gaena
Union railway, now II division of the
Chicago IL Northwestern. This machine is
being put in shape for exhibition at the
Northwestern company's shops. The Old
John Bull, which, without doubt, is the
first locomotive ever run in this country,
now an attraction of the Smithsonian nsti.
tnte, has also been secured for the exposi.
ton.