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THROUGH A BRIDGE.
Horrible Accident on a Western
Railroad.
A Train Falls Through Bridge into
the River.
SIX PERSONS KILLED, OUTEEGHT
AND MANY HkJURED.
A Defective Bridge. Said to Have Caused
the Disaster.

INDIANAPoLIs, Ind, Jan. 31.-The south
| bound accommodation train on the India, a.
polls & Chicago Air Line due heresat 1890
this morning met with a terrible accident at
Broad Ripple, seven miles from this city. At
that. .peint.the railway crosses White Riyer on
q truss bridge of two spans, each 15e-feet in
length. The engineer had gone to the baggage
car for drink Of water leaving the locomotive
in charge Of tho fireman. When the engine
had reached the centre of the bridge the fire.
man felt the structure sinking. He at the
time had his hand ON the throttle which be
opened, giving the locomotive all available
steam and the engine sprang forward with
great force. breaking the couplings. &
The news Of the wreck reached this city
shortly after it occurred and wrecking train
with surgeons and'other assistance was sent to
Broad Ripple.
On reaching the wreck chaotic scene was
presented, the bridge and cars still burning,
and those person present were so lacking in
prese ncs ncJs mind as to be unable t. extinguish
the flames or relieve the sufferers. The of6c-
ias of the road worked vigorously and syste-
matically and in a short time the fameSs were
extnguished.
Six persons had either been killed outright
or burned to death, their bodies being charred
almost beyond recognition and horribly mu-
tiiated and the only means Of identification
was by incombustibe trnkets known to be the
property of the dead.
The Dead.
The following is list of the dead
John Brewer, engineer.
j. Ericketts, baggage master.
George Lowry, brakeman.
Thomas Poor. bridge foreman.
Abel Smith, American Express messenger
John Bray, stock dealer. Mr.. Bray was the
only passenger killed.
The injured.
Ex-Sheriff Seman, Noblsvile, right arm
broken and injured about the head and body.
Lyman Clark, of Westfeld, injured inter-
nally; will die
Joseph Claybaugb, Frankfort, cut on the
head.
A. T. Peddigo. Frankfort, bruised about the
body.
w. p. Honk, Wesifeld head badly cut.
W. Swigert, Carmel, skull fractured.
Mrs. Sullivan and babe. Carmel. slightly In
jured.
A gang of workmen had been making re-
pairs on the bridge. and all we're slightly in
jured. The accident is now attributed to de.
fects ia the supporting rods of tho bridge, the
nuts on the ends of the rods fitting so badly
that the bridge was unable to support tho
weight of the train. A skiff was used in
transferring the bodies from the cars to the
land.
The Portland daily press., 1884-02-01
NORMAL SCHOOL METHODS.
The Principals of the New Eng.and
Normal schools Discuss Qaessions of
Edacatioaai Hnseresl.

BosToN, Jan. 3O.-The seventh annual meet
ing Of the New England Normal Association
y in session today at the school committee
rooms on Manson street. at the mornings
discussions the president, W. j Curthell of
Horham, Me-, presided. The first subject con-
sidered was "The Distinctive Principles and
eaethods OF Normal School Work', Principal
albert =. BoyRton of Bridgewater, opened
with short paper, in which he declared that
sne nrst distinctive thought of normal school
course was that the scholar is to become
leacher. and from the very beginning this
snought should be impressed on all. The pu-
pl snouid % educated in reference to teach-
iag; ne should be taught the methods OF ieach-
ing oad then trained by actual practice. After
Bfiis the pupil should be taught to learn the
philosophy Of the body and mind, and then
tae arr OF teaehiag IN its fullest development
dnoiner distinctive principle is that the meth
% ol instruction ia normal schools is tn serve
'or imitatlon; for that reason it should be-
worthy of i'm tation.
Principal W. Edson of Randolph, was the
second speaker. He held that the subj CT
matter should be more Thoroughly Taught IN
college.
Principal Edward Conant OF johnson. VT,
VINO followed. said that the normal schools
ntfed pupils for instruction only in the lower
grade schools; universities fitted for the higher
grades. This fact should be taken il to account
~ All the Instruction. The Dormal school
should INIT its education to the last Dumber
o. subj CTS which the demands OF the cemmun-
iiy require.
p neilal e H Russell. Of Worcester, con-
red tfas tsseh ~ s,shl spat M csssopiated
from learning. Therefore the norman scnoo.
could have 40 principles outsde those of edu-
cAtion. The first principle Of the normal
school shoald be intelligent fidelity TO the
wishes OF the people; it is disoyal to indulge in
expressions OF Contempt for the methods OF the
people whose money tie teachers are glad to
accept. A period of school keeping under in.
teligent supervision ought to be included 10
the normal course. The pupils should be- fol-
lowed to their schools, and the experience Of
the graduates will then be reflected back for
the benefit Of the normal school.
The final speaker was Principal r. Woodbury.,
Castins, Me-, s1fff60.astsilsd his own experience
in instruction.
The subject Of "Model Scho0is...s-wss also
discussed by Miss Ellen Hyde ana Mr. c. F.
Carroll, after which the session adjourned.
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LATEST MARINE NEWS.


N9peelal 10 tne fretsD
RocKLAND, Jan. 3l.-The Dallas yesterday
released the schoouers Maggie D. Marshon, of
RockaDd. g. W. Pendieton, master, and the
]. B. Ames. Of Rockland, Fl. Hewitt, master,
from the ice in Rocklsnd harbor, enabling
them to proceed to their destinations. The
Dallas cut mp the ice SO much yesterday and
the day before that today Rocksnd's harbor is
clear aud open to navigation. as is also Rock
pnrt harhor
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INDUSTRIAL MATTERS.
The Troy HHouIders.

TROY N. Y, Jan. 3l-The police commits
soners ook measures this morning to break up
the nnion mouldere patrol 10 the viciuity OF
the MsieAble iron Works, where noB-nnion
men are employed. Five arrests of members
OF the pstrol were made today, and much ex
cltement prevails.
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CHOPPED TO PIECES.
How nm Ohio Wife Murderer Tried Il
to s.over UP His Crime

CINCINNATI, Jan. 81 Patrick Hartnet, aged
80, a lsborer in Mt Auburn, brutally killed
his wife this morning and endeavored to chop
the body in pieces and bide it under the floor
Hartnet entrenched himself within his house
and with an axe for a weapon deded the
pollock but they obtained a heavy scsnting and
pinned MIN against the wall and after fierce
fight disarmed him.
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U. S. SENATORS.
An Exciting Day in the Kentucky Con-

fBsts
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 31.-The contest in the
Senatorial caucus last night to break the dead
lock was very exciting, A resolution was Of
fered to Withdraw Sweeney and take ballot
on Williams and Blackburn and then rake
another ballot on the leading man and
Sweeney Much time was spent in discussion
and great fiibusering was INDUCED in by
the leaders. The caucus adjourned before
completing the ballot Many new names
ceived with great applause. Finally the con-
fns,on became great thas the chairman
without form of motion declared the caucus
adjourned
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NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Sentenced for arsor.

| NEwPoRT, Jan. 81 -Warren Bemis was to-
day cunv cted OF burning vacant dwelling at
| Gossan three years ago and sentenced to the
States prison for is years.
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FIRES.


CHICAGO, Jan. 3-A block on Adams street,
Peoria, was DESTROYED by fire this morning. en-
failing loss of $150000
Persisted in the FLAMES.
UTICA, Jan. 30 The house occupied by an
aged conple named Clinton, near Norwich,
was found in ashes this morning. 1t was
burned during the night The old couple
persisted in the flames, and their bodies were
found in the rnins.
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WEATHER INDICATIONS.

WASHINGTON, Fsb. /.
The indications for New England are
cloudy weather, local rains or SHOWS generally
followed by clearing, southwesterly generally
shifting u northwesterly winds, rising barom-
sisr. c.!SssssS. Ss.sss.esr
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
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Reliable Insurance In nrst-class American and
Foreign Co.'S At Lowest Rates Losses promptly ad-
justed and prompt attention given to business.
sep1s TFLEPHONE 7oI. sn1y
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DEPUTY SHERIFF DANIEL F. BEEcHAar.

Mr.. BeechmaH assisted IN the arrest of
Bla ey and Mis-. Bsr ows. His testimony va
that on Thursday, Nov. u. 1883, he went 90
Ktteiy and also the pext day, when he saw
Oscar Baney on Portsmouth bridge. aud was
with him near that place the following morn
ing. He spoke 20 him and asked him, wheI
he was about two-thirds OF the way fr0il ihsT'
to his house, to get In and ride with him. and
be Consented. He found the parties mention-
ed by previous witnesses there. County At
torney Higgins told Oscar IL he had volun-
tary statement to make he could do So but had'
no inducemeDt to offer or promise to make. No
one tTlked with Mrs Barrows while Oscar was
speaking Oscar Blaney told his story, aud 1t
was substantially the same as told BY Detec-
tive Wood.
The witness was cross-examined by Mr.. EN-
cry. On question by counsel, the CONVERSE
tion which occurred a. the stable upon starting
was again given, and the only new element
elected was the remark of Mrs Blaney TO o.
Car, that she would get him some caltriders..
Continuing. he repeated the story told on the
direct examination. He took pistol from
Blaney's house the oath of November, not the
one in court;it was q small pistol of % caibre
with seven chambers. It was taken from
bureau drawer in his room, and was unloaded
aud was now al Limerick. He knew meth NJ
about tho pistol produced here: WAS present ~
The inquest. hut saw neither pistol nsr balls. H.
searched for the pistol he found at the sugges-
n OF somebody In the room.
A few words of explanation on the reason
why the pistol was not here were given, asa
il was agreed that il should be produced as soou
as possible.
SAMUEL W. EMERY.
The witness Is Associated Press agent
for Portsmouth,. He was at Kittery on
he morning after the murder, and went to
the Barrows place and hitched his horse. Mr..
Page was with him, and went first 20 the
house: and he followed aud found Mr. PAGE iii
convers rsation with Mrs. Barrows. He asked
Mr. 3arrows II she saw her husbsud shpnt
himself; she said yes, and further that an it,
quest had been hell, and they were going g.
call 1t suicide. They might "pen 1t as aris-
lug from temporary insanity, as he had been
partially insane for some time. We the
hole in the little barn door at that time, aud
also the clething. The clothing showed no
signs lei ie.
Cross-eA s.uiDed by Mr.. Emery.
AT teu O'clock he reached the house, and
was there about twenty minutes He
there as a report-r, to get items about ihs
murder, and communicated through the co.,
umDs of his paper and the Associated Press
what he learned about it,
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STATE OF MAINE.

EXECUTIVE DEP r MENT,
AUGUSTA, Januarys29, 1884
A session OF the Executive Council will be held,
at the Council Cham her in A ugusta, on MON DAY,
the l1th day Of February next, at a O'Clock pAi.
BY order OF the Governor. -
Attest JOSEPH s.SMITHs
jan31 sn1w secretarysof states g
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Item. Aboutlhe Cn.e,

1t is learned on reiabie authority that Mrs.
BlaneS will be put on the stand as witness
for the defence
Judge Virgin won the thanks of all the
decent people in the court room when he re-
buked an bathurst of levity among tie au-
dience in the early afternoon.
Mrs. Barrows will undoubtedly testify in her
own defence.
Seats are very scarce articles Inside the bar
of the court room
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He was called upon, as sheriff OF the county,
to Investigate the deatn OF Thomas Barrows;
went to Kittery and carried Detectiye WOOD
to the house of Mrs Barrows; he made known
to her Mr.. Wooa's errsnd, and showed min
about the house. He went away and came
back about six; then he came again, and this
time Mr Wood went witn him.
At this point in the sheriff's testimony the
court adjourned.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-09

Peru Herald: THE fresh dynamiter, p
j. Sheridan, spoke to full house in Tur
ner Hail. La Sale, on Sunday evening, OF
the subject nearest his heart, the blowing
to hades Of the English government. He
acknowledged that he Is one Of the So
called dynamite tiends, but claims that he
Is not working to make proselytes but iol
the liberation of Ireland. His discourse
was logical in the highest degree. He
SAID that what was known as honorable
warfare" would consist in arraylng IN
arms the five millions in Ireland agalns,
the twenty-five millions and immense
wealth of England, and would result In
the destruction of millions of lives and
property and the practical humiliation of
Ireland Scientific warfare" on the other
hand, consisted IN destroying few lives,
but those, the lives almost entirely of the
leaders among the enemies of Ireland.
The blowing up of English ships would
soon render it impossible for owners to get
insurance on vessels or cargoes and work
in time the ruin of her commerce. BY
the destruction OF property, England's
wealth would become the element of her
weakness and in less time than five years
she would become tired of combating her
invisible but perseverlng toe and concede
to Ireland the liberties SO long withheld
Mr.. Sheridan is hot much of speaker.
the power to express them, his audience IN
many instances having to guess at what he
is trying to say. Albeit, he Is a pleasant
well educated man, who evil
IDENTIFY means what he says and says what
he means-or tries to-"
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WeIona Inder "Florean Alton, from
Pennsylvania. who has been teaching
school at Lacon, H., has been arrested for
sending vile pictures and books through
the mails. He is also wanted at Lacon for
larceny. He Is held IN bonds Of $1,000,
and will be sent to Pttsburg, The above
appeared In Tuesday mornings Panta-
graph. 1t is rather strange how reports
will vary Florean Alton, alias A. j.
Smith, Is the same party that detective c.
J. Russell took IN some three or four weeks
ago, for stealing bible from Mr. Whitta-
ker, OF this city, for which otfense Alton is
now serving out fifteen days sentence IN
the county Jail, Last Thursday an Inder
reporter caught on to a scheme that, if it
pans out correctly, viii give Alton a good
long time in which to think how easily he
could have avoided being in the "pen."
Verify the way of the transgressor is hard,
especially when they get uncle Sam after
'emr
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light as they pass. They look very
pretty, all but their waists. The girth
Is bound tighter around them than
around the horses. Why, if the lungs
were of the size and strength that they
should be to correspond to those shout
ders and hips, they would, when filled
with the exercise of riding, burst even
the strong bands that now compress
them.
And vet if lady is addressed on the
subject of wearing corscts, she Will
say: "Why, the doctor recommended
me TO wear them. could not sit
up straight for ten minutes without
them.n Let nine-tenths' OF the girls
and women of this country to-day try
10 take good, deep, full breath, and
f they can and will reason, they will
learn more about themselves by that
one act than doctor can tell them in
a day. firmly believe that if all the
women in this country could be per-
suaded to leave off for one month
everything that compressed their lungs.
not even the tyrant Fashion could make
them bind them up again. The null
tiplicity of aches and pains attendant
upon the insufficient oxidation OF the
blood and displacement of the organs
below the lungs, when once escaped
would not readily be taken up again.
But what good does it do to tell II
Young lady that hustle heats and
weakens the spine and disiigures the
person? 1t is stylish. That is enough.
viii this country ever see the day when
one half the population will cease TO
disiigure person and injure health by
an improper manner of dress? Or will
this country ever see the day when
those women who do want to dress
health,ul can do so without being II
laughing stock for the community If
SO. what can we do to hasten It's COM
inrP-JuAa Ctark HaiLam IN WOmoR'S
,JOllyUul
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COMMON SENSE IN DRESS.

sean eagerly the columns of each
WOmaR'S JOWWnl rs it comes TO see
what there may be, if anything, on this
important subject; to see if ut least
some women rcaiZn that all is not as
it should be with regard to their dress
to see if there is any light shining
through the dark cloud of public senti-
ment on this question. How impene-
trable that cloud seems to one who
watches the various dresses of the va
rious women who pass any prominent
point in the city.
Perhaps first of all comes one who,
from common sense point of view, is
dressed somewhat less foolishly-thc
country woman. Her dress is loose
about the waist. giving her lungs a
chance TO expand TO their natural size.
But look at her skirt-so long probably
as to trail upon the ground, thus scri-
ously impeding the movement OF her
limbs, drawing the dust and dirt from
the street upon her clothes. or if it is q
wet day soaking her feet and ankles.
Next comes the young lady OF the
period, who has gained the longcd-ior,
much-desired reputation of being very
stylish. " Her dress just clears the
sidewalk, giving a glimpse of the small,
high heels OF her boots. which add such
a so-called graceful and most injurious
turn to her spinal column. Her dress
will doubtless weigh, with its lining,
padding, ruiiles, tucks and overskirt,
about as much as she can lit with her
two hands when il is taken off. Let us
hope that she is one of the few who
wear skirt supporters, and that this
great weight is not Juggling and strain
ing at the delicate organs Of abdomen
and back, which it is SO easy to iniure
and so hard to cure.
As the observer glances up he sees
two young ladies on horseback. whose
array of steel buttons CLEAN III the sun
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knowledge i'm a Nutshell.

A cubit is two feet A pace is three
feet A span is l0s inches. A fathom
is six feet A palm is three inches. A
league is three miles. There are 1850
languages. A great cubit is eleven
feet Two persons die every second.
Bran. twenty pounds per bushe!. Sound
moves 7i3 miles per hour. An acre
contains i,S4O square yards. A hand
(horsc mcasure) is four inches. Slow
rivers flow five miles per hour. A rifle
ball moves 1000 miles per hour. A
storm blows 80 miles per hour. The
first luciier match was made in 1929.
A hurricane moves eighty miles per
hour, The average human life is 81
years.
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FEMININE IDOLS.

| II silly women knew what bOreS their
anonymous illusions were to the hand
some actors to whom they send them,
they would very likely discontinue the
| practice, which, after all, must put
| them to indefinite trouble and expense.
! There are no bounds TO these ladies
exactons. They usually begin by re-
guessing Mr.. Terriss, Mr.. Mantell. or
Mr.. Kelley to send them their auto
graphs, and have been known to coyly
add that if the gentleman found him
self in the vicinity of Central Park he
might bring it in person to such and
such number. This is like the lady
who ran across her husband trying to
evade her in Eighty-sixth street.
"John,' she said, amazed, "what are
you doing in Eighty-sixth street,"
MY dear, just happenod-' John
Smith, no one ever happened to be in
E!ghty-sixlh street, The ladies who
write to handsome actors invariably
send them flowers, with request that
they shall wear them at the matinee.
These flowers are sometimes roses, but
are usually violcts. The fair unknown
have mania for violets. When
Montague was alive, his dreSsng-room
smelt as strongly OF violettes de Parma
as though it were that perfumery shop
in New Bond street, London, which
makes the vicinity of Longs Hotel and
Henry lryings house odoriferous. Vio-
lets came in boxes day after day to
Tcrriss, accompanied by notes in an
unknown hand. Wear these; it is
not much to ask One day the writer
said she would be in front, with violets
at her maiden breast. Tcrriss looked
up and then looked down. She ought
to have worn sunilowers, dahlias, or,
say hollyhockS. He never looked again.
Sometimes three or four different nose
rays arrived on one and the same day,
all accompanied by plaintive petitions.
what do they take me forp An
arbor, trelIis work, "a conservatory?
Kelley used to be kept busy acknowl-
edging the receipt of notes brought by
messenger boys in frantic haste. One
evening three missives came from the
same lady, but this was almost eXcus-
able, for she was about to leave town,
she announced, and the poor thing was
sad. "VOici FtRStaRt supreme, Tin
gtantc dc nos adtcuEr However, the
rose would arrive every evening, she
said, just as though she was here.
This was note No. 2. Twenty min
utcs after came third. 81 cannot 90
without one word from you" Kelley
had never seen the lady, but he had a
compassionate heart; SO, taking the
pencil protlered him by the messenger
boy, he scribbled "Many thanks for
your kindness. Another time, a lady,
who wrote from leading hotel, re-
quested him to call, and Mrs. Caroline
Hill Kelley gave her permission. $50
and see who it is!' But the wise
Herbert thought he Il rather not. "At
what hour do you usually walk up
wrote a lady to Terriss,
who scrubbed back: II never walk
up Broadway, | always take the Sixth
avenue cars Mantell has grown SO
blase over notes and bouquets that he
turns them straight over to Mrs. NJ, as
George Rignold was wont TO do. Mrs.
like Mrs. Rignold, is an act
ress, and doesn't mind, so LONG rs it
does Robert good but she doesn'twant
him "to 90 and see who it is. " Boston
Hcyald
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ENGLISH GIRLS ABROAD.

American girls are much more popu-
lar abroad than ours, and for an OBJ
vous reason. They are more Cont
mental in their tastes. They live for
society, dress, Irritation. Our young
women, like their fathers and brothers,
are profoundly Indifferent to Cont
mental opinion. When Swedenborg
visited Heaven he found that the En-
~lish there kept very much to them
selves. So do our countrymen abroad.
They have plenty of interests apart
from society. They botanic, they
walk, they play lawn tennis rs if they
meant winning sets, not hearts. They
carry hammers, they explore fossils,
they dig up bits of primitive man, they
collect sea-beasts, they even study the
peasants and their patois. They re-
gard foreign young men rs beings OF
another spccigs. no more marriageable
than monkeys. For all these reasons
thcy do not dress to please foreign
young men.
They wear big-nailed boots, hideous,
sun-shades, and, when very Alpine and
pedestrian, seem chiefly to robe them
selves in seedy old ulsters. Sealskins
and waterproofs limit their ideas Of
costume. They wear out their old
things. Occasionally they introduce
esthetic dresses to a foreign popula-
ton which never heard of MIR. Wilde.
1t is amusing to observe the horror
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stricken curiosity of foreign town
when the first peacock-olue pair OF
pulled sleeves is promcnaded through
the streets. All these signs of the cold
and insular Indifference OF the British
fair make her unpopular on the c. Iti-
nent. She is not thinking of love, and
sentiment, and fine feelings. She is
taking her pleasure manfully, after the
manner OF her race. L0adOn Paper
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The c., b. & Q. Railroad Company put
up snow fences on the north side of the
track recently and have also strung new
steel rails for the north track. The new
ones are six pounds heavier to the yard
than those now on the track. The snow
fences put up saved the track from being
blocked between there and Mcndota dur
Ing the last snow storm.