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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14
WIND AGAINST STEAM.
A Rsce Between an Gce-Boat and Fg
Railway Express Train.

A Rsce Between an Ice-Boat and Fast
Railway Express Train.
EYinton Blake contributed capital
story Of ice-yachting on the Hudson to
the.S Nicholas, from which we print
the following vivid account of a trial of
speed between an ice-yacht and the fast
express.
fThefe is a roar and a rush behind
them. What next?
THE down trainl The boys look over
their shoulders az the big black monster
shoots past The whistle blows sharp
ly; there are handkerchiefs waving
from the windows. The iCe-yacht is
just now holding nearly across the
river.
"' A race! a race, boys" cries the
skipper, as he gives a quick turn of his
hand, with sheer and a spring they
are Off after the train,
snow the raco-the race, boys!
Steam against wind! How they iiyl
Everything is blurred and melted to-
gether and indistinct. The ice is all a
blush white haze, with that diamond
sparkle from the runners blazing up.
'The windows of the train are tillCS
with heads; they seem to shout to the
party on the ice-yacht, who hear only
the rush of the wind and the runners.
The wind increases; the boat reaIs
higher; the windward runner cut fierce
-lY through the air, and the crushed ice
flies in q shower. Almost up with the
train. now; and creeping on!
,''Will the wind hOld2 But never fear,
tlhs is no flaw, but a steady gale. II
seems as if the black train was slowing
UP; yet not is the yacht which is fly
ing faster. literally on the wings of the
wind And nova crack in the ice
ahead!
"The skipper raises himself and scans
the ice with eagle eye. An old hand al
ice-yaehting is he. ......
- we can do it, think, he says.
''Now, brave 'Rondinan And the
train sees the crack, too; the cars seem
alive all their long length with
heads and gestures ana warning shouts
Do they think everybody is asleep ther,
on that light, flying, feathery wandereri
''The upper edge of the crack il
higher by full six inches than the lower
and between swirls the black, treach
erous water. They are upon it.
I ''Whiz!-Splash las the edge-ice sag
and the runner catches the cold tide
There is a wild, tremulous swing anC
sway, a toss of the windward runner
and the crack is far astern. How tn,
train cheers! And look now, the black
snorting engine falls behind! Wine
iRgainst steaml Give them three cheers
boys, and swing your caps, and holi
] fast while you are about it, The tract
is clear ahead; the locomotive whistle
and snorts aud shouts in wild salute a
the yachts victory Faster-faster-
/ till there is only the ring of the runners
the roar and rush Of the wind th
tremble and leap and swing and swa
L of the wayward craft
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14

Judge Lynch did a thriving business IN com
pBrisOu with Jack KotCh. Tie strung mp lH
victims. ns against luI in 1881 12l in 1852 and gO
in Hsl. The number wus largely increased on
uocount of the summary justice which has
bpcn dealt ont to horse and cattle thieves In
Montana, no less that 90 having begu disposed
of by vigilnutes. The lyuChings iu the vuri.
ous States wore as follows. Alabama, 4; Ar
kansas, 10; California, e Colorado. -; Florida
@; GUOrgu 3; ludiunu, o; Kansas, b;
Kentucky =; Louisiana, g; Maryland,
O. Mississippi l3j Missouri, 3; Nebraska
1g; North Carolina 4; Ohio, u;
Oregon, a.; Pennsylvania, Il; South Carolina,
]: Texas, l7; Virginia, 4; West Virginia 3;
Wisconsin, 4; Arizona, 1; Dakota 9; Idaho,
]; Montana, iO New Mexico, 3; Utah. A.;
Washington .; WyOming2 p. or this number
l23 were white and 53 ColOred and there were
also japanese, @ Mexican. Hungarian, lu-
dian and I Portuguese. one hundred and sew
CntcCn were lynChCd in the North and S3 I'm
the South, the excess ia the North being due
90 the work of yiEIlontos I'm Montana and Col
OradO. a novel fCu IRE of the years work
was the lynchinR of three women, o. being the
first time On our criminal records that Justice
hus been dealt out by the mob TO the female
sex. ...
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14

The haugmRn has beon busy during the last
year. The volume of crime has not material
ly Increased, but there have been more CNCCu-
tiuus than for several years past, as will hC
seen by the following statement. The total
number is l23, Ms against lOI In ltsi l2l IN 1882
and 30 i'm 1881. Arranged by months the result
is as follows; January, ~; February, Z; March,
rs; April II; May 10; June, 3; July, l3; Au-
gust, 70; September q; October, 8; November,
q; December, q The executions i'm the sew
eral States were as follows: Alabama, o.;
Arkansas II; California, TO; Colorado, 4;
Florida. 3; Georgia, 49,; Illinois, 3; Indiana, 81;
Kentucky, o; Louisiana, Is; Maryland L;
Mississippi, 8; Missouri, 3; New Jersey, 2; New
York 3; North Carolina, .; Ohio, 9; Oregon, Ii;
Pennsylvania, Z; South Carolina, 9; Tennessee,
2; Texas, 3; Virginia, 1; Arzonu, .; Idaho, 1;
Washington Territory l; Wyoming, l. OF this
number 20 wCrU whites, 81 COlOrcd, . MeNl-
cans, 2 Indians and creole. One Of the vic
tins, hanged in Georgia, was q lad of 10 lcOl'
Orpll
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14

chufrffs Democrats. and Governor Robinson
ronominntcd for Governor hy Republicans.
g. nclvn Lockwood nccgptf thc Woman aui-
fnristg' nomination FOR President
81 Governor Houo reelected Governor of
Maine
10 N. ID Pratt nominated FOR Governor hy
the Wisconsin Democrats, John ut. Iill uOm-
mated for Governor by New Hampshire Demo
Gratis Massachusetts, pruhibitlunists nominate
j. H SCelvo FOR Governor uud Connecticut
puOr
3l John p. st. John accepts the Prohibition
ist nomination for President
OCruuEV.
H. James Robinson. Republican, elected
Secretary OF state of Ohio. rs. w. Wilson.
Democrat, elected Governor of West Virginia.
NOVEMBER.
g. Grover Cleveland elected President OF the
Unitod states, receiving 2l0 Electoral votes,
to I6a received by James q Blaine. The fol-
lowing is the popular vote by States cast lDr
the dllTprOnt candidates.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14
The Way Meals are Served in New
Orleans.

Few set tables You are served in
the morning before you get out of bed
with a cup of coffee AS good as can be
found anywhere iu the world, and some
bread or little Creole pie crust cakes.
There Is no trouble about your meals.
There is restaurant on every corner
or so, or you can have yOurmeals served
hot, and at the most reasonable rates.
AS a general thing, however, they DO
not $50 in heavy for breakfast here.
Your coffee is supposed to satisfy you
until midday when you take a slight
lunch at some saloona About six in the
evening you sit down TO the big meal of
the day, supper there is none, unless
you drop iu at the theater, after which
you eat something light Thus, at least
you will find the natives doing, and
those who have been visiting New Or
leans zach winter for years win tell you
that 20 is che most comfortable way TO
live here and best suited TO climate. -
Cor. Rochester Herald.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 8l,--An inquest was held
ON the body of Father Rupplin, who took
strychuine I'm a saloon ON Sunday. termi-
mated in a verdict Of suicide The do
deased had letters aud certificates saying
his name was Rev Ferdinand Baron Won
Rpplin, a Catholic priest One of the let
tiers read: committed suicide on ac-
count of poverty and an ncurable sick-
ness. had NO shelter, no bread no home,
no friends, and may God help me-"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14

The following gentlemen were also olcC ted
GovorRors Benjamin II. Eaton, lRepJ, Of
Colorado; Henry B. Harrison, lRCpA of Con
nCCtiCut; r. A. Perry, lDemD Of FlOridHi
John A. Martin lRep), Of Kansas; Governor
Robinson, RCpA Of Massachusetts; r. A..
AlEcr lRopD, of Michigan; John $, Marina.
duke, DeW.l, of Missouri; James r. Dawes,
Repl, of Nebraska; Moody CuuiCr, lBepD,
of New Hampshire; A. NJ. Scales, lDeml, of
North Carolina; 5. T.. Thompson, Dom.l of
South Carolina; W. B. Bate Deml, of Ten
nOssec, and Governor John Ireland, lDem), of
Texas
10 The official canvass Of New York state
completed gives Cleveland q small plurality,
insurng his election beyond a doubt
10. Joseph E. Brown re elected Senator from
Georgia,
DECEMBER.
3. The Electoral College of each State goes
through the fOrmulity of casting the vote for
President. Cleveland receives 2l9, Blaine l&
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14

The number of persons who have Cun-
mittod suicide In the United Satcs during tho
year is Sl2, of whom lhj are females, ug COM
pared with I2I On 1893 ia in 1882, and BO5 IN
ISL. The causes are ms follows:
Melancholy ......... .2t5. Buancss losses. .... ~
Insanity. ............ bl|LIQuur A.
DOmCst. iufCliCity Gj|lu.hCalth ............ 80
Disappointed love. IUnknOwn............lS .lSj
I'm the ranks of the suicides all ages may bo
found, ranging from "a boy of three to "a wom-
an of ninety. The causes cover AN equally
wide range, and i'm some instances are almost
grOtCsQuC. The number Of children who have
taken their lives is extraordinary.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14

ii. The twentieth anniversary OF Emanclpa-
ton Day celebrated by the COlOrcd people.
q. Conclusion of the commercial treaty be-
tween Spain and the United States. BesignR.
ton of Henry Willard from the Presidency of
the Northern Pacific,
g, DelmonioO, the New York rest0uruntcri
mFCterlouslY disappears,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14

Thn causes lcadiEq to murder in many cases
have beCn 8s trining aud sometimes almost as
grutUsuuC ns those OF suicide. and youthful
crime has been alormingly prevalent
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14

]. ByCyClOnC at SpringpOst Ind.......... 3
The schooner Minnesota lost of Glou-
CpstCr. Muss...... acknowledgements. 3
BY cyclone at OuSvillo, Iud............. 4
z. Huilwuy wreck nour winnipeg, Man .... o
3. Burning OF the steamer RcbCcCu Ever
ingh0m, near Columbus Ga.......... "A
CylOnc nenr COllusvillC, AlH............ 3
4. Wrecking of che ocean steamer Daniel
Steiumau or Halifax, n. S........... ...
0. Near Clyde, Tex, train wrecked .... 90. e
AT BrJtdWOOd, site of the old mine
horror, drowned. observation-disclosures.
8. At Vicksburg, Miss, drowned. ...........
20. Drowned of Gloucester, MRss.......... o
%. Wind-stOrm at Chiplcy, GH.............. =
Roller explosion at Reed City, Mich. q
BY falling walls at Grand Haven Mich.
z. Cyclone at jamestown, O"...........,. 6
- Cyclone at Nenin, Observation-Disclosures.
90 Drowned on Nlcoilet River at St. al,
Collision Of steamer OF St. Johns, ~
Newfoundland d......................... I2
%. Burning of the Van Buren County,
Mich, poor farm .......... ............ II
Explosion at San Jose, Havana. 81
MAY.
2. The ship Atlantlne wrecked of VOLTS
Island Canada. ... .............. ...,..... Is
IA. Railway accident near COnnellsvile,
Drowned at Duluth, Ninn...............
u. Boiler explosion at Lewisburg, Ark.
sl- Drowned by the falling of bridge ut
Portsmouth, O.................... Gee.
3. The French brig Leuorme sank of the
Grand Banks, NewfOuudland. ... Gee. 0,
p. Boiler explosion at Dubuque, a..
p. Railway accident in Kuupps tunnel,
near LigOniCr, Pa. .... ..............
20. Collapse of a warehouse at Baltimore,
bid.,..,... .......,.........,...
JUNE.
3. Drowned OFT the coast of Florida,
among whom was General o. Il. Bah
Z. Loss of the schooner Funnte Fern oil
the Massachusetts coast. .......s.,.a
fishing schooner goes down Off New
I l0ulQIlllAl .-s..sts. sH-sst.a .l
Killed BY lightning near Ottawa, Oan.
| l0 The lishing schooner Six Brothers lost
at BaCadiuu, Newfoundland ....,.... 4
The brig Confederate ice-straudcd aJ
st. johns Newfoundland ........,,.. 3
IA. An excursion train wrecked near Ash
| %. Boiler explosion at Albany.
! p. Railway collision near ShumOklu, Pa.
| g. Caving OF bank near Omaha, Neb.....
JULY.
! !. Explosion in a colliery near Victoria,
Cloud.burst at Visalia, Cai. ....,.., ,.....
! 3. Railway wreck near Cunningham, Mo.
| 8. Tornado pear Columbus, Ky...........
| o. AZ Cairo, ~, by storm. :..n....;.
/ 10. Schooner foundered of Beclfs Beach,
q. AT Dell Rapids, by wind-storm. -. .....
| "a. Drowned MT Green Bay, Wis............
Explosion of a steam-thrasher at RUSH
10 Floods at Barton, ,Md....................
AUGUST.
/ 3. Drowned near Eagle Creek, Arz.......
8. Carriage struck by locomotive at
Fail Of a mass Of coal at shenandoah,
| . m ia, - :,i.' '; ;-.'..'' .''.'''.''....
| o. An Ohio River transfer boat capsized
/ by cyclone near Evansville Ind.
I r. SEPTEMBER.
| 10. Explosion In Il distilery at Pekin, H..
| Il. Explosion of a steamer ON the James
,- u hVers v lrglnla %. 1;; e.. M
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14
CONTRADICTIONS

The losses by FIRE in the United States during
1884 are larger than they have been i'm any
wear for the last quarter Of a century, except
the years of the Chicago and Boston fires. l5ll
and 1872. August and October were specially
disastrous the losses iu the former month
reaching about SlO,d00O0O and i'm October
nearly Sl2OuOJ0 I'm August there were
eighteen fires which aggregated loss Of
tober aggreguung S5,O3l, 300 May was the
most fatal month, owing 20 the destruction Of
Brsbip, Ashland, Thompson, Emporium ana
in New Jersey. The total loss that month I'm
sixteen fires was S8,2lb,0J0 The summary by
mouth q y as FnII1HrHr
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14
1884.
rhe More Important Events Of the
Year just closed.

Ar u0hIE
CAsUAtTTEs
JAsUAav Lira lost
?. Buutng cf dam at Hourhtou, Mich.
Iuwhont burned nonr Pittsburgh. PA Z
O hnilUay accident near Toronto, Ont q
Explosion of 0ro.dump in Scranton. PA.
B. a convent fire Ut Bellevllc, me-. %
o. Courthouse fire ut Jersoyvillc, nl.....
8. House burned I'm LOnoir County, ~ C..
Railway collision nc HrntOn station. Pa
Loss of bark Elmira at Long Branch,
%. Train posses through am. Oh frc noBr.
Bradford Pa, many hadly Injured
l8. Tho steamship CiW oil Columbus sunk
of MHrthutNi ayard. ..... .......... 10
At Rochester, N. IT,, boiler explosion.
At Reading, Pa, chemical explosion.
n. Artshing schooner ropOued lost Ut
GlUOCoteg Mass. i. ...,.............. /
.. Drownodm q Whirlpool uoor Carthage,
a. Explosion of hro-dump i'm a mine at
Crested Butto tul.................... o
Three schuuncfs of tho Gloucester,
Mass, fishing fleet reported lost DO. 4
The schooner Jennie lost on st. John,
N. Observation-Disclosures.
sS. The schooner George W. StotsOu re-
ported lost nc Gloucester, Mass ...... !
30, Tho schooner MuldO h. Irving, of
Gloucester, Mass reported lOst.....
News received of dynamite explosion
on NiChpiCotcu River, near Port
Arthur Manitoba. ....... .............
81. Railway wreck near indianapolis, Ind.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14

@. Fan Of furudcc-stack I'm Reading, Pa.
2. Explosion of a sugur-bOiler ut New Or
leans Lu......-s s,r .... .-.-.- s--+s.'
s. Sinking of small pleasure boat neur
Mount Pleasant, Ia. ..........
sucIu, IUN......-. $500. ...... .....
lG Wrecking of q liiesaying crew ON the
Nova Scotia eOHst, .,.-.........-
TO- Explosion of steamship boiler near
Selma, Aia..... |,..,,...........,....
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1885-01-14

I. Gasoline explosion at Alliance, O.......
5 TO lS. The Ohio Valley tlOod..............
At Rochester, N. ~, by n train .........
o. Near MUOrChcud, Ky, railway accident
Q, AT Alentown, Pa falling Of aburning
building .............
"a. AT Auburn, N ", drowned .............
IS. Near Park City, Utah, snow. slide.
Powder explosion ut London, Ont.
Burned TO death ut Crockett TuN ......
~. AtIrCntOn station, o., railway wreck.
Tho Southern tornado lestimutCdl. .....
m Mine explosion Rt UuiOnt0wn, Pa.
25 Burning hotel at Denver COl...........
At Detroit, Mich, hotel burned. ........
e. 40 Omaha, Noh., powder explosion ...
2S Burning OF o. tenement house in New
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
FRIGHTFUL CALAMITY.
THE DEADLY FIRE DANP'S WORK IN
A PRUsSlAN MINE.
Over Two Hundred Golfers Entombed
and Believed To BE LOst-Fatal Dis
aster at Brad lock, Pa.-
Floods in issOuri.

BERLIN, March IA terrible disaster &C.
Cured in the mining village of Camp
HaISen, near Saurabrua cken, Wednesday
morning, by which it is believed fully 40G
miners have lost their lives The explosion
occurred in one Of the large mines. The
miners had hardly begun the days WORK
when the tire-damp becoming ignited, ex-
ploded, causing heavy cave-in around the
shaft and entrance to the mine. Over 2oJ
men are known to have be,n in the mine
at the time of tie explosion and all
efforts to reach them have thus
far been unsGccessfuL 1t is feared
that they have all been either cru he'd to
death or asphyxiated. The scenes in and
around the mine are healtrendlng. The
wives, mothers, and children Of the impris-
oned men have Hockoj around the entrance
to the mine, sobbng hysterically, and i'm
Pl0ring Of Cod b help them ami spare the
lives of dear ones ynt0mjel below
LSaarbruc2, Of which Camphausen is a
sunurb, is a town OF a little over g, 900 in
hatitants who chiefly derive their main
tenance in one capacity or another
from the iron and coal mines which
abound in the vicinity, anl are extensively
worked. The town was foun led
in the tenth century, AMI was given to the
church Of n tz by the Emperor Henry ",
and was afterw&rd governed by its own
courts till l3,J, when it came by marriage
INTO the family Of Nassau. 1t was subSe-
| quenily fortified and suffered considerably
IN numerous wars
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.

There are more that g.. 600, 900 invested in
the manufacture OF roller skates in this
COUNTRY
Postmaster &pargo, of Edenburg. Pa,
killed himself Monday night because his ac-
counts were hort.
The {. y. Nelson Lumber company at St
Paul has sold ont to tie Bohn Manufactur-
ing company for $40 600.
When Howell Cobb was secretary of the
treasury the entire force employed numbered
5}3; it now numbers 3, So
Tx Mayor Navin waived examination
Tuesday at Adrian, Nj Oh. and was held to
the circuit court in SIS. 900
The Germans Attending the New Orleans
exposition will next Sun lay celebrate the
39th birthday of Emperor William.
". T. Agar aged "a, cut his throat and
hanged himself at NiheIand Kan, Tuesday,
because he was disappointed in a love affair.
The British Columbia militia are drilling
| twice week, in anticipation that their
| services may be required by the mother
country.
| The Charleston S. c.. chief of police has
| ordered bookseller to remove from his
counters tie "Beadle Dime Library" as an
indecent publication
| Vice President Hendricks has consented 10
| deliver the annual address before the alumni
and students of Allegheny college at the
| commencement exercises in June.
| \ bill was Introduc in the Illinois house
! Tuesday imposing u fine of 500 on street
| car corporations who shall collect fares
from persons who arc compelled to stand up
| in their cars
| Omaha will have a base ball club in the
/ Western league, completing the list Other
clubs will be located at St Paul, Minneapo-
| lis, Kansas City, indianapolis, Milwaukee,
| Toledo and Cleveland.
| The Wisconsin sonato Tuesday killed the
| bill empowering women to vote at MUM
| cipal elections and tie lower branch passed
an act that Migrants may be sentenced to
diet of bread and water
| W. II. McCurdy, the insolvent iron dealer
Of Cleveland, has turned over all his prop
erty TO creditors, and he has been dis
| charged from further iiabilit Ills liabil-
tiles are Sll2 900, with assets placed at Sll5,
| 0j0
When Miss henrietta Ayers heard the
verdict of guilty pronounced against her
| y
Jams, sho walked out of the Columbia, S. c.,
court house, and has not been heard Of
| since.
john w. Richards, lieutenant of the
Salvation army, AMI three members have
been indicted at North Adams, Mass, for OBJ
tanning from merchants in different cities
goods valued at So, 0J0, and disposing of the
| same.
Launt Thompson, The sculptor, is now en-
gagged On the clay model for an equestrian
statue of Gen. Burnside, which Is to be
placed in one of the principal public squares
in Providence. The horse is represented at
rest, while the rider views the enemy through
a field glass.
In Tallahassee, Fla, few days ago, a
couple were married who had only been
personally acquainted for the brief period of
ten minutes The eourtship had been car
ried on through the aid Of the mails The
groom, a widower, resides in Florida, while
the bride halls from Texas,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-19
Danger and Damage by rIood.

MARSHALL, Mo, March l9-Advices
from Lexington AMI Waverly state that an
immense amount of damage has been done
to property up and down the river in the
vicinity Of the latter place by the over
flow caused BY the gorge in the
river. Trouble has been unprecedented
for some time and attempts havesbeen made
to blow up the ice-gorge with dynamite, but
have failed Tho river began overflowing
on Sunday night and has spread steadily
over the country from Niles Point an1
Dover TO Waverly. A relief party lef:
here in skis with provisions and cloth
ing and found 3 great deal of suffer.
ing and distress Mrs Judge Thomas
was found upon a hill where she had been
without shelter or fool for two days and
nights. The members # the Van Meter
family were also rescued from the second
story Of the residence where they had Re
manned for two days without food 1t was
learned that q family of six had parished
uoar Waverly, AMI thet . many more were
missing All the ,atlle Of the country Dor
Gering un the river have hem drowned