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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-04-23

During the past week General Grants con-
dition has steadily improved. There seems
to be reasonable ground of hope that he
may eventually recover, although the chances
are still largely against him. Even his ply
siciaus admit possibility of his recovery.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-27

Iotal.,s., S2o VOO
There was no insurance on the fur.
niture and stores, but most OF these
were saved, so the total net loss will
reach $4,000
DIR. Nolker at once notified the au-
thorities of the road and received in
strnctions to send the patients to Sc
dalia, that tents would be forwarded
al once for any patients sent here In
the next few days, and that Col. II.
M. Hoxie would be here by Wednes-
day, when steps would Immediately be
taken for therebnilding Of the hospital.
The patients were as soon as posi-
BILE taken to the Union depot, which
was turned into temporary hospital,
until cars could be prepared for the
reception of the sick and injured
railroad men. who were taken to
Sedalia last night In charge OF DR..
John J.. Robinson, second house
surgeon.
AS soon az the fire was over DR..
Nolker was busy giving Instructions
In regard to the disposition of what
was saved, aud he had his hands full
too, but being cool and collected soon
had some order ont OF chaos. The
hospital has for some time past been
ia charge OF DIR. r. g. Volker, chief
surgeon, assisted by DR.. M. q. Farrar,
first house surgeon, and ID. j. l.. Rob
inson, second house surgeon. The
drug store was In charge Of DR.. Thos
Vanaller, who saved none OF his
clothing but the suit he had on. Tom
Mckenzie, late clerk ut the Lindell
hotel, had resigned that position u
few days ago TO accept similar place
NJ the hospital, but now finds himself
burned out Of q job.
The wards were In direct charge OF
eleven Sisters OF Charity who came
here from Santa Rosa hospital at San
Antonio, and DR.. Volker says they are
the noblest band OF women he ever
saw. The sisters were all Mt church
In the city when the fire occurred but
were soon notified Of the disaster Six
OF the sisters will return to San An
tonic In q day on two but the other
five VIII remain here 10 care for those
who are brought In, the entire band
being placed Ia charge again when
the hospital IL rebuilt.
Two patients Ia the hospital snf.
fered considerable pain by the re-
moyal, John Riley lcgfractured, and
w. X. Williams, colored iaborer, frac'
turedlleg; the others suffered little, II
at all.
DR.. Volker says the management
had done all In their power TO provide
against fire. having beside the BabcOck
and cistern, three hundred feet ofhose
to be attached to the fire-plug, when
two streams codld be thrown on any
part Of the building, and had the
works been running the fire would
have been extinguished where u
started.
There were several casualties among
the bremen, who seemed TO be en-
bowed with the ambition 20 save the
building II they had to take II down
plank by plank. M. II. Walters,
foreman OF r.. NJ. Daggett hose com
psny, had one Of his feet crushed by
being run over by a cart Eugene
Magee, M. 4. Kerr, Steve Mulkey aud
p. j. Bowdry were completely over
oo,na nv the severe hest aud hac =
toutiuued on fffth Page.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-27
TOTALLY DESTROYED.
The Missouri Pacific syutem Railroad
Hospital is Burned to
the Ground,
The Loss Reaches Forty Thousand Doll
lars = Insurance Twenty.
Five thousand
The Patients Removed by Special Train
10 the 0ompapys Hospital at
Sedalia, Mo.

Between and S o'clock yesterdsy
morning the cook at the Missouri Pa
oitic hospital noticed that the floor OF
the kitchen had in some way taken
fire from the range, Home Com
fort, ~ which was placed on sheet OF
zinc directly on the flooring. The
alarm was at once given to those In
charge of the hospital, and DIR. II. G.
Volker, surgeon In charge, finding that
no water could be hao from the fire
hydrant, took the Babcock ex-
tinguisher into the cellar, which is
directly under the kitchen, and en-
deavored to extinguish the flames,
while the fire alarm calling out the
department was turned on from box
at the city hall. The truck and hose
carriages hurried TO the fire, the
truck horses being aided In
reaching the scene by the hospital
team, which had been sent to the foot
OF the hill for the purpose. or course
the hose companies could do nothing,
there being no water. A crowd had
now gathered and all went to work
carrying out the patients, thirty-two
| In number, saving furniture aud doing
anything else they could. Many OF
the patients were able to yet ont them
selves while others were carried out on
the beds on which they lay. The
Holloway extinguiehers and buckets
were used to as good advantage az pos
sible, but when the fire had gained
| headway no power on earth could
| stop IT, The fremen worked like
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-10-10
MIDNIGHT EXECUTION.
The Wretched Mac, Hartnet, Almost Be-
~ Headed by the Far.

The Wretched Man, Hartnet, Almost Be-
Headed by the Far.
COLUMBUS, o., September 80 A. M
Patrick Hartnet, the condemned murderer,
ate hearty supper and retired at 10 O'Clock
to await the hour of execution. At 10
the officers and witnesses of the execution
assembled in the Clerks Office, put on slip
pers, and, with lanterns, the party, headed
by the Warden, proceeded to Hartnet's
cell. 1t had been previously arranged that
Beresford should pull the lever, Long ad
just the rope, Kelly strap the prisoner, and
Moses put the handouts on him. The Sheriifs
were Baker, of Clarke: Arnold, of Seneca,
and White, of Delaware. Hartnet was
found sit ing in the corridor waiting for
the eXecutioners to arrive. He arose, spoke
to the Cincinnati men, calling each by
name. He was then taken, placed on the
trap, walking out smiling, aud again spoke
to all. He answered that he had nothing
TO say, and 1:22 the drop fell, and an
awful scene was pres nted The
fall was too great, and Harnet's
head was nearly torn from his body.
The blood spurted over those near by, and
in less than two minutes he was pronounc-
ed dead. Hartnet was at once cut down,
as it was feared that the head would be
torn clear from the body if permitted to
remain long. The scaffold was slippery
with the blood, and those in attendance
were not long in getting out, all looking
pale and some were sick. 1t was pro-
nounced by all to have been a very sicken-
ing affair.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-10-10
A Building Collapses.

CHICAGO, September 30.-A four story
brick building in the rear of Nos. 1876 and
1913 South Clark street, collapsed at .: 80
O'Clock this morning The basement of
the wrecked structure was used as the
working part of a bakery, and several en-
ployes were engaged there just prior to
the fall. They, however, were warned by
the cracking walls and rafters and left the
scene of danger only few minutes before
the roof fell in with crash, and cornice
and all the floors down to the first story.
The rear wall also tell out, DESTROYING
several old sheds that stood adjacent. The
loss is estimated at $4,000, as the contents
OF the building were very valuable there
being $4,000 worth of desiccated eggs
alone in one part. The second floor was
stored with flour; on the third there was a
large machine shop with a valuable plant,
and the fourth floor was devoted to the
manufacture of printing rollers. 1t was
reported that several men were missing,
and the firemen have since been clearing
away the debris to ascertain If
any untortunates are buried there
under Later it was found, however,
fortunately, that no one had been injured.
',i "NO"io was oIlglnallV Dullt Tor CnaS.
Woodman by Coke Brothers. The sup
ports throughout the entire building were
wooden, and it was ascertained that the
collanse was occasioned by dry ro. IN the
tlmners at the point where the girders
rested on the joists. The building had
given no evidences OF its weakness until
It's collapse. Some OF the men working in
the basement had a narrow escape from
being involved in the ruins. The present
proprietors had taken the building after it
mad been pronounced in good condition by
architects. They will tear the entire struc-
ture down.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-10-10
De le0n's Feat.

PORTAGE, N. Y, September 30.-Fully
fom1thousand persons, coming from Buffalo.
Rochester, Elmira and other places along
the line of the Erie Railroad, We're on the
banks of the Portage Gorge, this afternoon.
to see Prof. j. L. De Leon, of Springfield,
o., risk his life by walking tight-rope
stretched $50 feet from side to side, at u
distance of 200 feet above the rocky
bed of the river, and directly above the
falls. The rope was an inch in diameter,
much smaller than is generally used in
such feats. The performer walked across
in eight minutes, and returned to the CEN
ter OF the chasm, where he gave trapeze
performance, after which he lowered him
self to the river, landing on the stonework
which was recently built to keep the falls
from washing away. He was thoroughly
exhausted and after rest climbed the
stairs to Murphy's Park and marched
triumphantlv back to his hotel with brass
band in front of him.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-10-10
A Snake Story.

WELLsBoRo, Pa, October 1. For the
past two years John Longwell, of Charles
ton, this county, has been subject to fits,
being attacked suddenly. and lying uncon-
scious for hours. Within the past few
months he has experienced u cold sensation
in his throat occasionally, as if something
was rising into mis- mouth. This attended
with the singular feeling in his stomach,
convinced !. him that there was
something living there. His physician
thought it would do no harm to rive an
e4i:e,,c any .tow, doi accordingly gave his
patient a large dose. The result was that
Mr.. Longwell threw up two snakes, one
about fourteen inches long and the other a
foot in length, brown in color and both
alive, aud they are alive vet. Mr.. Long
well was so overjoyed at his de-
lverance that he could not forbear
bringing the stomachic monsters to town
end exhibiting them to a few of his friends.
The story is vouched for by several who
were about the house at the time, and the
phys; clan expresses his belief in the incl
dent. Longwell is a young farmer and o
man of veracity. Mr.. Longwell thinks that
he swallowed the eggs which produced
the sn@kes while carelessly drinking water
from spring.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-10-10
The SMALLPOX Epidemic.

MONTREAL, October 2.-lt has been de
cided by the Provincial Board of Health to
recommend that the Indians and half
breed on the various reservations shall be
vaccinated. The official vaccinnators now
making house to house visitations number
fiftv-eight, and three thousand persons
are being inoculated daily. Official re-
tn ms at the Health Office to-day showed
fortv-four deaths from smallpox in
this city yesterday; five in Ste. Jeanne
Baptiste. three in Ste. Cunegonde. Mr.,
Massiah, night editor of the Daily Times,
died of smallpox this morning, and was
buried at once. Eightv-four new cases of
smallpox were reported to-day. For the
six DAYS ending Thursday night there
were 976 deaths in this city and sixty six
in the adjoining municipalities.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-10-10
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
To Robinsons Circus Train in Min
nesota.
Five Employees Killed and Thirty or
More Injured.

ST. PAUL, MINI, October A terrible
accident happened on the Fergus Falls
branch of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
seven miles west of there, this morning,
by which five men lost their lives and
thirty or forty more were more or less in-
jured. John Robinson's show left Wahpeton,
Oak, for this place, in two sections. When
small place named French, the head or
baggage section broke in two Iwhile going
up a heavy grade, and ten or twelve cars
went flying back at terrible rate.
On the rear of the train
were three sleeping cars occu-
pied by workmen, two hundred in num-
ber, all of whom were sound asleep, and
not aware of impending danger. The cars
which had broken loose increased their
speed as they approached the second or
cage section, and probably had ran a mile
before they struck it, The engineer of the
rear section saw the cars approaching,
but only had time to stop his train be-
fore it struck him. The brakemen on
the loose cars tried to put on brakes, but
they had difficulty in running from
car to car on account of the wagons,
NHlCu lHDtucu pIOSItoSs ldu tuc
engineer of the rear section had moment
more time he could have backed his train
and avoided the calamity. But it was
too late, and the cars struck his en-
gine with tremendous force, throwing three
sleepers from the track and smashing them
beyond recognition. The result was soon
apparent. More than hundred men were
buried " the debris. The scene can hardly
be described. The night was fearfuly dark,
and the groans of the men were appalling.
the people in the rear section began the
work of removing the victims, five of
whom were found dead, and many others
wounded and bleeding. Word was at
once dispatched to the city, and train in
charge of Superintendent Vining at once
hastened to the scene, and the dead and
wounded were brought here. The work of
removing the men from thesdebris was u
sorry task. A man alive and uninjured
was taken from between two dead
ones, and it was simply miracle that he
escaped. Wilson, the watchman, saw that
the accident was inevitable, and be could
have saved his life by jumping, but he re-
fused to desert his comrades, and lost his
life while trying to arouse the sleeping men.
Wilson was torn to pieces, and his mangled
remains were strewn along the track for
some distance. His heart was found on
top of u car.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-10-10
SITUATION CRITICAL.
Conflicting News Regarding the Roume-
lian Disturbance.

LONDON, October 1.-The Tines CORE
spondent at Constantinople thus summar-
ICES Turkeys position: Turkey has no
army ready to march, no stores, no money
in the Treasury, no administrative energy.
She must submit to the inevitable" The
Powers have resolved to compensate Servia
if the Porte accepts the union between Bul
garia and Roumela.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, October 1.-The AM
bassadors met to-day to consider the Rou-
melian question at the residence of Count
Corti, the Italian Ambassador, but ad-
Journed without transacting any business
of an important nature, several of the Am
bassadors having not yet received formal
instructions from their respective Govern
ments. The Porte has sent circular to
the Powers, protesting against the recent
action of Prince Alexander in disarming
the Mussulman inhabitants of Roumelia.
VIENNA, October 1.-The opinion gains
ground that the Roumelian crisis is extend
ing, and that unless the Powers intervene
at once war is inevitable. The Porte, as 4
precautionary measure to prevent the re-
ductlon OF supplies in the event of war
with Bulgaria, has issued an order prohib-
itlng the expectation of cereals. a
PHILIPPoPoLIs, October 1.--Prince Alex
ander is actively engaged in pushing for
ward measures for defense. Bulgarian
troops from Sofia are taking the places OF
the volunteers who have gone to the
frontier. All the strategic positions and
passes are being rapidly fortified and the
military posts are being greatly strength
ened.-
PARIS, October 1.-The Temps says Rus.
sia has decided to recognize the union OF
Bulgaria and Roumela, that Germany of
fers no opposition to the union,and Austria
makes the compensation of Serva and
Greece the condition of her assent.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-10-10
The PENNSYLVANIA AeroIite.

CLAYSvILLE, Pa, October 1.-The aero
lite, or meteoric stone, which is supposed
to have caused the loud detonations heard
throughout the greater part of Washing
ton and Allegheny Counties on Saturday
last, fell upon the farm of Mr.. Buckland, in
Jefferson Township, near the West Virgin
ia line, instead of Cecil, as reported in
some papers. Ellis Jones, who carries the
mail north of this place. witnessed the
fiery creature in its flight through
the heavens. He said he never
heheld more awful or i'm
pressive scene. His horse suddenly
stopped, and he heard noise as if the
winds were rushing onward with great
violence. Looking up he saw moving high
above him with incredible velocity a huge
mass, which he describes as resembling a
great coal of fire as large as the largest
barn he ever saw. There appeared to be
attached to it an immense flame of deep
er color than the coal, which tapered off
into a dark tail with a sinuous trace. All
in moment, Mr.. Jones states, the noise
which accompanied it ceased; the like
appearance, the flame and the black
tail disappeared, and in their stead the
stone assumed whitish hue, which it re-
tanned until it passed out of sight. His
horse was so frightened that it took several
minutes of vigorous application of the
whip before the animal could be pursuaded
to move. He afterwards saw the stone
when it was still hot. When the stone lit
it broke into three pieces, but did not pene-
trate the earth to such great depth as
already stated, as two-thirus of the body
of it is above ground. 1t is grayish in color,
with tendency TO red in streaks. Is ir-
regular in form. and at least thirty feet
| square, although at some places its dimen-
sions are fifty feet square. CONSERVATION
seized upon the people who beheld it in its
! fight through the air, and those of su-
| perstitious nature thought it ladened with
| portends dire and awful, and that the spirit
WHICH causes war, pest,lence and famine
pervaded the fiery visitor. A great num-
Der of people have gone to see the wonder.
Measures should have been taken early TO
preserve the stone intact. Up TO this time
! the relic hunters have done remarkably
| well in carrying away souvenirs.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-10-10
SOCIETY SENSATION.
How Arthur Pruyne Was Tilted by His
Afianced on Eve of Marriage.

NEW HAVEN CONN, September 30.-Not
for years has New Haven society been agi
tated to such degree by the desertion
by Miss Honora Harwood, youngest
daughter of the Rev. DR.. Edwin Harwood,
OF fTrinity Church, from her af1ianced, Ar
thur Pruyne, wealthy resident of Albany,
N. Y, on the eve of their wedding, follow
ing up by clipping with and marrying Thur
man Heminway, also arich young man,
and resident of New York City, and fee
ing with him to Europe. The Pruyne
wedding was to have been a most brilliant
affair, and was to have taken place at Trim
itv on the 9th of October, DR., Harwood
officiating. 1t was announced in this morn
ing's paper, and in to-niGht's is the story
of the elopament, together with the an
nouncement of the marriage of the young
couple by Rev. Frederick f. Mortimer, Of
ST. Marks Church, in Jersey City yester-
day, and of their sailing on the steamer
Vera for Bremen last night. The bride
sent copies of her marriage certificate to
her aged parents and to her afianced. The
former are prostrated with Gricf and
shame, Invitations had been sent out by
the hundred to the wedding: presents had
begun to pour III, the bridal dress had
been completed -. trimmed with rare
old lace from the bridal dress
of the groom'S mother, and Mr..
Pruyne had also presented his atfianced
with a set of elegant diamonds. Tho he
roine of this romantic episode has been q
popular leader in society here, promi-
nent figure at the Yale College germans,
and a favorite. She is a lovely demi-
blonde of twenty-five, prepossessing and
polished and of robust figure. While at
Mount DeSt rt year ago last summer both
the young men mentioned became suitors
for her hand. Pruyne, who is the son of
|. the late Hon. John V. l.. Pruyne, of AL
bany, aud worth at least S1,0G0,c00. WAS
| very devoted and they became afiianced,
but the match was broken up by DR.. Har-
wood, who objected to the Young man on
account of his habits. The Harwood fam
lily then went to Europe, whence they have
| just returned Pruyne followed them over
the water and renewed his suit with a,n,
ardor that finally turued 81, I1arwood
in his favor, and he at last
| gave his consent. The tourists came
home late in August. During all the prep
araton for the wedding, however, Miss
Honorai seemed down hearted. Last week
she went to New York, ostensbly to finish
her trousseau. She met Mr.. Heminway,
who, it seems, was her hearts love all the
| time. He has recently fallen heir TO some
| S3GO,0OO. He pressed his suit ardently, and
| the elopement, marriage and flight ensued.
is now said that the pair have been in
| correspondence ever since the gay summer
at Mount Desert.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-10-10
BURNED AND MANNED.
The Boilers in a Pittsburgh Iron
Mill Let 60.
Seventeen Men and Boys Injured by an
...t-.. Explosion.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, October "A battery
of boilers in Clarke's Solar Iron Works, at
Thirty sixth and Smalman streets, ex-
ploded at 3:05 O'clock this morning, with
disastrous effects. Seventeen persons were
dangerously scalded, three of them known
to DO fatally burned, and some of the others
will probably die. The men were at work
when the explosion occurred. Those
who were fatally. hurt were taken to
their homes, while others were taken to
the various hospitals A slight re-
port followed the explosion, and a vast
crowd congregated at the mill. Dust and
dirt SO disfgured the injured men that
much difficulty was experienced in identi-
~ ing them. The greatest confusion ex-
listed. Men, women and children rushed
frantically about, and the means of the in
iured mingled with the shouts of the
frightened gathering. The Mayors office
was promptly notified, and physic icians and
policemen were hurried to the mill. The
scenes at the mill after the explosion We're
heartrending. One by one the victims were
carried out, covered with ashes and bruis-
ed and bleeding from their wounds. The
accident was caused by rupture of the
unuu uIuIn. mo uneOry mas YET Deen OHer-
ed, which would account for the sad catas-
trophe. The injured were found lying in
all positions. Some of them were SO far
away from the battery of the boilers that
it seemed impossible that they could
have been injured sby the explosion. The
large number of boys hurt is accounted for
by the fact that they were employed to
handle the hoop iron, which was rolled on
the mill nearest the boilers. A panic &C.
Cured among the workmen, and there was
a general stampede for the doors. Anum-
Der were hurt in this way, being crushed
upon in their efforts to escape. The mill is
badly damaged. The loss cannot be esti-
mated at present.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-10-10
Bad r iIway Accident in New Brunswick

ST. JOHN, N. B., October About 1880
this morning, as tho express train from
Quebec to st. John was approaching Ca
naan Station, the first-class, seconded lass
and postal cars were thrown off the track
by broken rail. The stove in the first
class car was upset, and the car imme-
diately took fire. The coach was filed with
passengers, almost all women and chill
dren. For a few minutes scene of the
widest confusion reigned. Women scream
ed and tainted, and were trampled upon,
and even the male passengers lost their
heads A woman named Tucker, of AM
herst, sustained fatal injuries by the stove
falling on her, and an infant received q
frightful cash in the head, from which il
cannot recover. All of the passengers are
injured more or less. Medical assistance
was sent from Moncton.