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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-04
GAS EXPLOSION.
Natural Gas Causes Serious Loss of LifS
and Much Damage to Property.

PITrsBUEc, Ps. Jan. 3l.-NatuTal gas is respOr-
sible for another terrible explosion, which at this
hour seems TO involve not only the wreck 0l
houses, but serious loss OF life and manning,
which will follow the victims to the grave. Shortly
before j O'Clock, there was an alarm on the
big bell in the Municipal Hall tower,
but Of such an irregular character
that even Chief Evans who was in the rotunda
at the time was st q loss to know where ii come
from. InR moment, word was transmitted ey
telephones ST the Mayors Office and engine
houses that an explosion of natural gas had oc-
Cured at the 'forks of the road" otherwise
known rs Thirty-feurth and Butler streets. and
that there had been serious loss OF life as vel
great destruction OF property.
The measre "details which could be secured over
the telephone were 70 the eject that the eXPlo-
sion occurred in ADsnst Ruh.s saloon, No. 3s3l
buiI1iing 6sd also been wrecked bv the expiosiou,
The conclusion created wild excitement in the
immediate vicinity, and hundreds OF people gath
cred about, the ruins had taken IRE and
il was rumored that mum Der OF persons had beeu
buried in the debris Just q few minutes after the
occurrence Citizens Line car passed in front Ol
the wrecked building filed with passengers. and -
second explosion occurred and the car was
thrown fr0m the track by the force OF the up-
heavaL .
The CONSERVATION among the passengers was
more than panic. and scarcely one Of the whole
driver was blown from his position and so severe
ly in ured that he may not recover. At the SAME
time, pieces of timber and flying debris of al
bii ds. hurled in the air by the second explosion.
caused havoc among those who bad gathered in
the vicinity, and the list OF injured was swelle1
til ii reached between twenty and thirty. sew
eTal other eruPtiOns followed and the number OF
houses EN- mbraced was increased 10 ten or 6fteen-
About 2:20 the sig nal that the fire had been ex-
tins uished was sent in, but scarcely ten minutes
. had elapsed until another alarm was sounded
fIOm the same box, and additional steamers hur-
ried to the sDOt, not only to aid in eXtnguishilg
the flames. but TO help aiding TO care for the In
iuled, and in hunting fOr those who were sup
posed 10 be buried under the buildings which bsc
been involved IN the general destruction.
In the excitement Immediately following the
onlv names OF the injured sscertained were: Glib
SON. driver; August EOFn, an iron worker;
and Finger, a baker. The injured were taken To
the Office OF Clarks Solar Iron WORKS on Thirty
fourth street
in George MOrrfs's saloon. Mrs HammersdOrfer's
meat shop and George Mueller's saloon. Miss
Smolder ~ Jack Stein. q mill worker will die:
the other in jured Will recover. Damage to prop
erty viii amount 10 SIS 600 or $4,000.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-04
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Seventy Passengers More or Less Hart -
None Fatally.

JERsEx Cry. n. J., jar. S0.-The Phila.
wrecked at Greenville this morning. Some
lives are reported lost.
The train consisted of four caches, well
filed with passengers. The accident occurred
between Danforth avenue station and the
cemetery bridge.
The train was running rapidly when the
wheel OF the forward coach broke and the
car was deraited. Tt ran into cosl train
and was upset, and the other three cars were
wrecked.
The accident was witnessed by a mounted
policeman. who telephoned the facts to po-
lice headquarters. Various hospitals have
dispatched surgeons and ambuiances to the
scene.
Up to the present time twenty-five
wounded persons have been removed from
the wreck, and many more are yet to be ex-
tricated.
There were seventy passengers on board.
Ii is remarkable that many were not killed
outrigh6 AS far as can be learned W. Cal
houn, OF Philadelphia, is the only one seri-
ously injured. The rear brakeman broke the
upper windows of the rear coach and helped
out the passengers. The newsboy, ID. Bur
nan, said he was in the rear Car and alter
the car had bumped along for few mo-
ments it stood on end. Then he fell over
the stove and was pulled out OF tne NlnooW.
The overturned stoves set FIRE to the wreck
in several places, but they were extinguished
by the efforts Of the brakemen and rescued
passengers.
The Long Branch express came along nine
minutes after the disaster, but was stopped
by danger signal.
A special train was sent out from Jersey
City and brought back the passengers from
the train. Those from Philadelphia are all
more or less the worse for the shaking up.
The track was torn up for considerable
distance. The tender and cars we're piled in
a confused mass. The cause OF the accident
can not be ascertained.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-04
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
a sleiehiDg Party Struck by Bn Exprsss
Train. Two Instantly Killed aud
Three Fatally injured.

TOLEDO. o.. Jan. 3i.-A sleigh containing q
party OF nine persons while crossing the track OF
tire Bake Shore Rail- Dad, between Oak Harbor
and Port Clinton, o., at On early hour this morn
ing, was ruck by The westbound express aud
two OF the number, Stephen :. Hall, of Detroit,
and Miss Jennie Hoople OF WauseOn, o., killed
Mrs. A. ID. Ihierwe .hter, Mrs John VOgel Mrs.
Charles Nogel, OF Oak Harbor, were probably
fajslly injured. John VOgel was seriously in
lured. but will receiver The party had been To
PoIt Clinton 10 attend ball, and were returning
to Oak harbor when the accident occurred
Mrs. John fogel has died OF the injuries she re
celved making TIN victims of the accident; aud
her husbsnu Is not expected to survive Charles
N08el mad leg broken and was otherwise injured.
The accident took place ut a point two miles west
OF Port Clinton. where the wagon road crossed
the lrsck oDliquely. The night was foggy and
The driver OF The sleigh did not discover the ap.
preaching tTsin until nearly upon the irack when
ne attempted 70 cross in front of it. TIE rear cad
OF The sleigh Was struck by the engiue. Three
OF the occupants were thrown on the top of
the pilot in front OF the boiler and the Others
were hurled INTO the snow at the roadside. The
Tram was stopped as soon as possible, when the
injured persons, and the bodies OF Dir. Hall and
Miss llooDle who were killed instantly, were
placed In coach and taken TO Oak Harbor Hall
was travelling agent for nursery AZ Detroit. The
Other paI1es are prominent in business and social
circles OF Oak Hsrb0r, and the sad siair hss cast
gloom over the town. II Ia beloved that Mr.
IhiefWecnter snd Mrs. Chs,les Yogei can not re-
cover.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-04
Another San Francesca sensation.

SAN FRENCIsoo Jan. 5o.-Tbe newspapers
have entered on CT usade against the In
iquitous practice, just discovered, of white
mothers giving and stlliDg thei illegitimste
babies TO the Chinese. Inquiry shows thst
a syste matte traffic in theisI has been going
on long time. mainly through the agency
of private lying in hospitals. Four cases OF
white babies in the possession of the female
proprietors of Chinese brothels have been
already discovered, and there sre good
grounds for believing there are hundreds OF
others; but the Chinese fearing discovery
have hid them out of sight. 1t is asserted
tonight on excellent authority, that these
female children are purchased by Chinese
spectators and sent to China, where they
are raised until twelve years old, when they
are sold to rich Chinamen for large sums,
who place item IN their harems.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-04
Don't Want to be Hampered with Repob-
hcan Experiments.

Special 70 the Sentinel.
WAsHNsToN, Jan. 29.-The points that are
being made against the treaties IN executive
sessions of the Senate, and foreshadowed by
these dispatches, are regarded as having
practically determined that none OF the
treaties can be carried into effect by acts Of
this Congress. The Democrats refuse TO
shoulder upon the incoming administration
any experiment or any new laws which
would interfere with any general. financial
or commercial policy Mr.. Cleveland may de-
sire 10 pTomulgste.
1t is strted in the highest Democratic
circles that Mr.. Cleveland has said that he
preferred to not have the treaties ratified at
this time, and it is presumed that is the
reason the leaders of his party in the Senate
are opposing them.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-02-04
FIFZ JOHN PORTER.
HIS letter TO Prs-ideur Arthur.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-rhe following is q
copy of the letter sent some weeks ago
by General Fitz John Porter TO President
Arthur.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08
KHARToUM.


Description Of the City In tho soudan
Which has Fallen Into Ell Mahdi's
Hands.
Khartoum is q city numbering be
tween fifty and sixty thousand people
Several European consuls reside there.
The American consul was Azar Abd-el
Melek, Christian Copt from Esneh,
and one Of the principal merchants.
The European colony IS small and con-
tinually changing for Khartoum is a
perfect graveyard for Europeans, and
in the rainy season for natives also, the
mortality averaging then from thirty to
forty per day, which implies three
thousand to four thousand for the season.
Khartoum is the commercial center Of
the Soudan trade, amounting altogether
to sixty-five million dollars year, and
carried on by one thousand European
and three thousand Egyptian CONNER
cial houses. Drafts and bills of ex-
change upon Khartoum are as good as
gold in Cairo and Alexandria, and vice
versa. From official sources learned
that the city contained three thousand
and sixty houses, many of them two
stored, each having from ten to one
hundred and fifty occupants. Stone
and lime are found in abundance, and
the buildings are, after fashion, sub
stantial, tho houses belonging to rich
merchants being very spacious and com.
Portable. There are large bazars, in
which is found much greater variety
of European and Asiatic goods than
would be expected in such distant re-
gions. In the spacious market-place o
brisk trade is carried ON IN cattle,
horses, camels, asses and sheep, as well
as grain, fruit and other agricultural
produce. Many years ago an Austrian
! Roman Catholic mission was estab.
lishef and literally supported by the
Emperor OF Austria and by contribu-
tions from the entire Catholic world. II
occupies a large parallelogram sur
rounded by solid wall. Within this
inclosure, in beautiful gardens of palm
Zig, pomegranate, orange and banana
stand q massive cathedral a hospita
and other substantial buildings. Before
the people of Egypt and the Soudan haC
been irritated by foreign interference
such was their perfect federation anC
good temper that the priests and nuns
in their distinctive costumes, were al
ways safe from molcstation, not only a
l<harto I'm, but even at FL Obeid anC
the neighborhood, where the majority
are Mus5umans and the rest heathens
1t was stated some months ago tina
Gordon had abandoned the Governor
palace and transformed the Catholi,
mission into fortress. its surrounding
wall and massive buildings rendering /
capable of strong resstance.-Genera
ColSton, IN Cen!ary.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08
THE DEER.
The Instinct Which Leads Them to Avoid
Their Natural Enemy.

The Instinct Which Leads Them to Avoid
Their Natural Enemy.
From long experience and close OBJ
servation of the habits of game, old
hunters know exactly how and where
they may expect to find deer, according
to the conditions of the weather or ma
ture of the country. They know when
deer will be found in the swamps, when
they seek the elevated ridges, and when
they need be looked for only in the val
leys and gorges. If snow storm is
gathering the hunter knows it is useless
to expect to start a deer on the ridges;
for at least three days before such a
storm the instinct of the animal warns
it of its approach, and the deer leave
the hills and enter the swamps, where
they huddle together until the storm has
come and gone. If the weather grows
colder after the storm they again seek
the kills.
A deer's eyesight is not sharp, but its
sense of smell and hearing are most
acute. The swapping of twig will
startle the game and send it flying over
the hills before the hunter is within
gunshot, and the gentlest breeze blow
ing from the hunter will carry notice of
his presence to the sensitive nostrils of
the deer, although he may be half a
mile away. The approach upon deer
must therefore always be against the
wind. No matter how strong or cutting
the blast, the hunter must face it as he
stalks, or he will never be rewarded
by the sight of a deer, to say nothing
of his getting shot at one. Or
rainy days, when the leaves are we
and packed to the earth, it is posi-
BILE for wary and experienced hunters tc
approach within few feet Of the game
without their presence being known
The hunters are often particularly ex
pert at hunting of this kind, and it il
not uncommon for them to steal t
within twenty feet of the largest bucl
on days when the noise of their foot
steps is deadened by the damp leaves
Field, Farm and Forge.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08
Didn't Bar Her Dover.

A Rhode Isllnd husband and wife
separated twenty years ago, and the
husband applied for divorce. The di-
vorce was denied Then the wife APP
piled for a divorce. This was granted,
and the husband was ordered to pay the
wife alimony of 800 a year. Several
years later the Legislature changed the
law and the husband stopped paying.
Meanwhile the husband sold two houses
in Fall River, the wife not joining in
the deed. The parties continued to
live separate, and about month ago
the husband died, aged seventy-six. No
one followed him to the grave but the
two families who had bought the real
estate from him. Now that he is dead
his wife, who is seventy-two years old,
becomes vested in rights Of dover in the
houses which he sold, and has made de-
mands upon the purchasers for her
third, which they will have to pay
CHICAGO Tribune.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08
ORIENTAL BRASS WORK.


Tho New Made BY Men, and the Repair
: ing by Damascus Women.
The trays usually called Algerine are
always beaten out on thin brass, are not
useful in domestic sense, being apt to
"wobble" when weight is carried on
them, but their color being peculiarly
golden, as decorations they are perfect.
They are ornamented with many pointed
stars or varieties of the double triangle.
They generally present mosque, often
ship, crescent and star, or one OF
the varieties of the conventional sign
known as the hand of Mahomet. They
are never made now in Algiers; the
only brass work known there resembles
that from Tangicrs-patterns cut out in
low relief. Some very handsome trays
Of this latter sort can be purchased, and
inscriptions of notices made to order
they are more expensive than the 9TH
ers. Women and children in Damas.
Gus are much employed in restamping
old trays from which patterns have be-
come etfaced by long use-this being
probably not thought such important
work as the making new ones, task
reserved for men.
Thus | have seen an old Venetian
platter preserving the familiar twisted
rope and embossed center, but with al
the rest of the surface incised in flat
Damascus work: the conventional loz
enge could still be seen at the back
This was a most unnecessary waste Of
labor on the part of the Damascus
workmen, as Venetian platters, though
riddled with holes like sieve when held
up to the light, are still cherished as
priceless bits of color The inscriptions
on Venetian platters are unfortunately
often (like those on Eastern work. Sc
degraded as to be incomprehensibl,
even to the experts of the British Mu
scum. London Queen. ST.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08
SPRING DRESSES.
So ~ of the Striking Features of the Late
styles of Dress.

So NJ of the Striking Features of the Late
styles of Dress.
The first importaions Of DIRE sses fol
the spring and summer months show
more changes in small details than in
their general outlines. The very bouif-
ant Get now popular is retained, and
even increased; the back drapery i very
fall, AMI may be either straight or
punched up; and the basque is short,
with high darts that give full bust and
make the waist look slender. The full
tournrrc in many new skirts is made
entrely by the small cushion pad sewcd
to the belt. without the use of stcels
across the skirt lower down. rs the
Latter break the straight effect of the
box plealed back breidths. Flounces
as trimmings are fast giving place to
Hat folds. tucks, braid.ng, pas'emen
terir, and, above all, 10 the various new
lace3 of wool, silk, thread, or tinsel,
which are laid smoothly on the front and
side breadths of the skirt, forming
merely border, or else covering the Sc
brea,ths rs far as they are visible below
the drapery that crosses them at the
up. The wool guipure laceS known as
Angora laces are now seen not merely
in trimming widths, but in skirt fronts
that are half Il yard or thrce-fOurths OF
Il yard in depth, with scalloped lower
edge and plain selvedge at the top.
These are used over wool fabrics of fine
aid sheer quality, and will be the
fashionable 'transparents, Just rs
beaded lace fronts have been over the
six and satins that are now being re.
placed by wool goods even for very
Dire sy costumes. Sometimes this flat
Eice front is OF the color of the WOO
dress, and sometimes it is in contras,
with it; thus white wool guipure will be
w:rn over pale blue, pink, and Lavender
cashmere or albatross cloth for after
Noon dresses; cream-colored wool lace
wi trim brown wOoens of darker tone
re4cla cashmere will have reseda lace
ani bl ok bison cloths will have blacl
Angora lace, which may be made NOR,
gay By placing right poppy red WOO
under the lace, and thus displaying t.
advantage its open pattern. Harper
la ar.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08

Part of an Empire State marriage
notice: 1t may be aided that Nj. Hun.
gerfori married Mss Ka'e Cooper, a
sister of his fathers wife. and thus be-
comes a brother-in-law to his mother,
besides being his own wfe's brother-in-
law AMI nephew He is als) brother
in-law to his father and mother and an
uncle to his wife and his own uncle.
Mrs. HungerGord becomes the sister-in-
law Of her fa,har.in-law, the daughter
of her sister, and her own aunt. The
curious can multiply this relationship
rs much rs they pleas, but the most
concerned in the MATTE have had ele-
gantli iitte up rooms ut the Woodruff
House prepare for them, where they
viii eljoJ | f. AS thou 5h there was no
more rc'a. oaship existing between
them than of man and wife. adams
m T. journal.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08
Loved BY Ladies'.

Ladies love delicate and delicious
perfumes. In Parker's Hair Balsam
they not only satisfy this taste, but
have an article which arrests falling
hair, removes dandruff, restores the
original color and imparts a beauti-
full gloss, softness and life. Does not
soil the linen, is not dye, clearly
and economical.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08

When the shaft had been con-
structel TO II height OF $50 feet, one
morning when the workmen assembled
by the elevator they We're surprised to
find cat at the top. The animal was
startled at their approach and jumped
upon the wall OF the monument. One
OF the men went toward it, and the cat,
seeing no way Of escape, jumped over
the side 10 the ground. Instead of
being smashed to atoms, as the work
men expected, upon reaching the
ground, although evidently a little
stunned, it got up and started to run
away, when the watchman's dog caught
sight of it, and, Selling the cat by the
neck. killed it, Washin0ton Star.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08

The best State for an artist, Colo
RADIO; for doctor, Md; for pigs, Penn.
for miners, Ore. for dogs, Ky; for O
poor marksman, Miss. for Arabs, Ala.
for those unable to pay, o.; for flood,
Ark. The State one is apt to like best
Me. The worst State for health--lll
A State worth more than nine States
put together Tenn.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08

The language of letter seals is the
latest. A seal OF pink wax means con-
graduation; one Of black, coincidence;
OF blue, love; of purple, friendship; Of
red business; and an invitation to a
wedding Or other festivity is sealed with
white wax. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08

The Almighty has done much for
us, giving US prolific soil, rich min.
erals, temperate climate, and every
advantage at our very doors except
population to develop our resources, and
money to enable it to do so. These two
essentials we need. and we need them
badly.-MObile RcgiSter.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08

The highest price which MISSIONER
ever obtained for painting was $780,
600, paid by M. Secretan for "1814." The
highest-priced Meissonier in this coun-
try cost the late A 7. Stewart $50, 900.
Mr.. Vanderbilt paid $4,000 fox the
carnival at the Chateau. IN Y. Mai.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08

"A physician of Pelham, N. H., col
lected some dust from the walk in front
of his house after a thunder shower,
and sent it to the Popular Science
Monthly laboratory for examination.
The paper says that it proved to be
meteoric dust, largely composed Of
iron, nickel and silica.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08
NOBODY REALLY CARES.

II you've anything to grleve you,
And flll your heart with fears,
If Poverty bldes near you,
And your days are dimmed by tears
If YOU find with soul despairlilg
No answer to your prayers,
Don't say a word about il, for
Nobody really cares.
If health and strength forsake you,
And pain and sickness bring
A gloom that clouds the sunshine
And shadows everything,
If you feel that lot so weary
But seldom mortal bears,
Don't say word aboutit, for
Nobody really cares.
This world is fond of pleasure,
And, take II mt its best,
'Tis sadly bored unless you
Meet 1t with smile and Jest;
II yawns DER Wants complainlngs,
At Sorrow coldly stares,
So never tell your troubles, for
Nobody really cares.
Margaret EUtingc, in Hdrp''s Weekly
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08

A genuine crocodile has been cap
tured in Florida waters, at the mouth
Of Jun PER Creek. 1t was eighteen feet
eight inches in length. which at the
m'd'lle OF the body was larger than an
ordinary barrel and weighed something
b, or 80 pounds.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08

We handle all kinds Of paper bags
and flour sacks.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-08
Malaria
$500 Years Standing
CONQUERED AT LAST.
The Deadly Malaria Of the Roman
campania and the Pontine
Marshes!

The Rev. W. C. VANMETER, so well known
in this country for his good work In rescuing
boys from the five points, New York City, and
finding them homes in the West, Ia now a Bible
missionary at Rome, Italy, Agent Of the italian
Bible and Sunday school Mission OF New York.
While visiting the United States this summer,
and In Louisville. he was suffering with Ma
larial Fever, contracted during the perform
ance OF his missionary work in and around
Rome, the home OF malaria for twenty-five
hundred years. This is what Mr.. Vanmeter
writes TO friend in Louisville:
sam using the remedy (wintersmith's
Tonic or Chill Cure) Mr.. Arthur Peter gave
me for malarial fever, instead OF quinne and
find n Is GOOD Please call on Mr.. Peter
and ask him as a special favor to send me more
OF it. | have used all | had; 1T DID ME
GREAT GOOD. / Tdnt to keep 10 tDith me
all the time, for Unjust York."
WINTERSMITH'S TONIC
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS