The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-23
l.aleigh, July %, "a.

.--.Capt. John j. Evans, the well
known railroad conductor, died 10 Will
mington last week If .er a briei illness.
....Another bank failure reported at
indianapolis. a meeting of the
Cabinet at Washington was held yes
terday to consider methods of prevent
ing the Introduction of cholera into the
United States.
....Five horse thieves (name un-
KNOWN were hanged neal Rocky Point.
on the Missouri river. Monday, by a band
of cowboys, for the purpose of clearing
ty-two stolen horses were recovered.
thieves hanged and shot in the Judith
and Musseil Shell section within in the
past three weeks.
....Hon. Robert Henry Lytleton. son
of the late Lord Lytleton, was married
yesterday in London to Miss Edith
Stanley. daughter of Chas. Stanley, the
celebrated baritone singer.--A de
structive fire has occurred on the quays
at Smyrna, causing damage to the extent
of f40, COZ. -Russia is proposing to
establish a military post near Archangel,
and to station a fleet permanently in the
White Sea.--A party OF tourists were
recently overwhelmed by an avalanche on
Mont Blame, and one of the number was
killed.
-. WeNsciUe, o., JuEy l0.-On the
Doth of last June Gertie Phillips, living
near Saiinville, went to town with her
mother. The latter returned home in
the evening, leaving her daughter with
friends. She remained that night and
the following day, which was Sunday.
When last seen she was in company with
George Hunter in a tract of land near the
town known as Farmers woods. She
suddenly disappeared after Sunday, and
nothing more was heard of her until last
Saturday. when her body was found in
the woods with a hole in her forehead,
made by a 32-calibre bullet. The victim
was Il years of age, we'll known in Saline
vile. She was a dashing girl in appear
ance, and Of fine physical development,
of a lively, frivolous disposition. She
had numerous admirers, but Hunter
seemed of all others the most fortunate,
aud it Is he who is to-day charged with
her death. Her hat lay on the ground
about ten rods from where she was found.
The earth near the fence corner bore
traces of a struggle. Mems tracks were
also discovered in an ost field on one side
of the woods, and in a rye field on the
other. Leading to this fence oorner the
woman's foot marks were found near
others.
....St. Joha's y. f., july l7.-As
we assembled her gangway and got on her
deck, Commander Schley graspeG the
correspondents hand and gave it a wiring
as if he would wrench the arm from its
socket. ''Hurrah !" said he but he
stopped short, and with a gloomy couL-
s~anance continued: 1--WE have only six
Of the poor fellows alive, one of the seven
we rescued dying after we had started
home"
How did you find the party2"
"On the I'D of iuse, while lying in
the drift ice off Cape Sabine, 10 Smiths
Sound, we sighted signals Of distress at
Il distance of about seven miles. 1t was
about 3 O'CLOCK r. NJ. and the sun shining
brightly, but bitterly cold. After con-
siderable trouble we steamed down to-
wards the pack ice upon which they were
and a horrible sighu met our eyes. Lieut..
Greedy, Brainard, Fredericks, Long.
Beirderback, Cornell and Ellison were
crying like children and hugging each
other franrloally. They seemed frantic
with joy. | put off in a cutter, and after
great difficulty reached them. They flew
at me, and ] at first imagined they were
crazy. They seized each of tho men 10
the boat, Rugged thsu, Kissed their
hands, and did everything one could
imagine to show their Joy and gratitude.
All but poor Ellison. His feet aud han Is
were SO badly frozen that he could not
move. He lay still on the ground and
moaned. The others of the party also
were more or less f~rostbitton, but they
seemed to forget their sutterings."
....About nine o'clock this morning
while a number Of colored men were en-
gagged in digging the large well (2O feet
in diameter) at Duke 4 Co.'S factory the
ground on one side gave way eo'nplely de
molishing the curbing and burying the
men under the earth several feet. Foul
of the men who we're at the bottom were
/ fortunate in being protected by the curb
ing which held the dirt, so they were res
cued without SERIOUS damage
The we'll was Is feet deep, and SOM
apprehension was felt in regard to tn
salty Of the curbing, as the ground wa
extremely rotten. To avoid accident
Bill Wilson. a coloreT carpenter VIII
} some hands were on a scattold about hal
way up the we'll putting on braces Wbel
the crash came, these men were caugh
E among the falling timbers, and dirt. an
! up to going to press had not been gotte
out.
For sometime after the accident,
t man could be heard under the earth BEG
l ging ia be released, telling them to thur
0 ry up he was drowning" Water run /
$ rapidly, coming in at the rate of 20 ga
Ions an hour. 1t is supposed that h
j did drown, as he has NOS not been hear
to speak for several hours.
e The number dead in the well is nc
4 known. The men who were rescue
are not certain as to sbe number at wor
at the tiAe. as some were well-digger
aud some carpenters, but the impressiC
prevails that there ere three.
q On ACCOUNT OF the threatened danger