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PROMINENT PEOPLE,

GENERAL WOLSELEY has received $465,
000 in bountics for his military services.
Mr. BURNAUD, the editor Of London Punch,
is the father of eleven married daughters.
PROFESSOR RICHARD A. PRoCToH is lee
turing in the South OH astronomical topics.
GENERAL Cox, of North Carolina, who
led the last Confederate charge ut Appomat-
tox, bears the scars of eleven serious wounds
JAY GOULD, the New York tinancier, ha.
gone OH a trip South, clnbarking in hi:
yacht at Charleston, $. c., for an extended
cruise.
Mr.. OSCAR WILDE now favors the aboli
ton of the coat and waistcoat, and has pro
nounced himself in favor OF the rustic slnock
frock.
SIR HERBEGT STEWART, the wounded hero
of Abu klca and Gubat, is n tectotallcr. LII
is II man of irrepresSible spirits and u~ntiring
patience.
BRADLAUGH, the English atheist, announ
ces that he will be returned to parliament
for several constituencies Mt the next cleo.
ton, and will sit for Northampton.
The venerable American historian, George
Bancroft, recalls with delight that he dis
cusscd Byron with Goethe at Wcimar, and
Goethe with Byron at Monte Nero.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR., now O
Judge on the supreme bench of Massachu
sets, was m officer in the Federal army, ant
was once left for dead upon a Southern bat
tle-field.
DIR. TANNER, the faster, is a resident o.
Dona Ana county, New Mexico, where no is
devoting himself to the propagation of Il new
religion, founded on q now Bible, revealed t.
u new prophet.
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EEWSY GLEANINGa

TIE mines of Montana last year yielded
s24.45l,OW.
THERE are now twonty- three cities in Mas.
sa"huSrtts.
THERE are $3.50 milos Of telephone wire
in the United States.
MAKING bricks Of cork constitutes n OF
the new German industries.
BosTON is looking forward to q population
of 900, 900 in the year 1000.
DURING last year there were 2S9 murders
in Ohio and lis in Kentucky.
THERE are said to no 1900 men and women
out of employment in New York city.
SIX American ladies are on the list for the
next presentation at the English court.
SO far Iowa has moro visitors to the New
Orleans exposition than any other Northern
State.
IT is said $500 to 5000 per acre is an ordi.
nary profit in Bermuda from an aero OF
onions.
THE skate factories in Richmond, Ind.
have increased to nineteen, with a capacity
of 5000 pairs 4 day.
A WOMAN in the city of Mexico gave birth
to seven children i'll one day. The babies died.
but tho mother survives.
OVER 10000 Germans are employed III Lon
don, monopolizing almost entirely the bar
Der, tailor and waiter trade.
BosTON has an apple mission, which dis
tributes from 1, 0U0 to 1000 bushels OF apples
among the poor every year.
ENGLAND sent to the United States S2,0S4, )
$50 worth of cutlery and hardware i'll 1851
and $l,Gll 22J worth last year.
Nova SCOTIA is not often spoken Of as q
gold producing land, yet since 1850 its mines
havo produced SS,OUO, 00U worth OF bullion.
OEvERY penitcntiary in Texas is provided
with Il kennel OF three or more bloodhoulds
for the purpose of hunting escaped convlcts.
On several transatlantic ships telephones
arc now used between the bridge and the
wheel house, instead Of speaking-tubes, a:
heretofore.
THERE are employed upon all of the Ter
man railways 203, iUl persons, who received
pay in the aggregate last year to the amount
of S19,GG9,u96.
AN old negro, seventy years of nge, la:
just been sentenced to one year i'll the penl
Tertiary in Newton county, Miss, for marry
ing q white woman.
A NEW electric automatic compass ha:
been invented, the needle of which, by open
ing and closing n circuit, will keep a ship or
her course without the aid Of a "man at The
wheel"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-03-11
FIRES FATAL WORK..
Two Families in New York and
West Virginia Wiped Out.
Five Persons Killed in Philadelphia
Ono Days Record

The newspapers are happily rarely called
upon to chronicle such O terrible days record
of fire as is given below. In New York city
O p~oliceman's whole family of six persons and
in West Virginia another mans family OF
five were swept away, while in Philadelphia
one of the best known residents, one child, his
sister-in-law and two servants met a horrible
fate. Minor disasters by fire on this day were
also numerous. Details Of the various calam'
tiles are as follows
IN E YORK CITY.
Late at night flames were seen to issue from
the second floor of the four story Office Dullo--
ing on the northeast corner OF Beaver and
William streets, New York. Two families,
comprising ten men, wonen and chlloren
lived on the top floors. Mr.. Jaede, who keeps
a restaurant in the basement, his wife ana
young child were rescued by the hremen.
Mary Leary, servant for Policeman James
Murray, who was the ~janitor OF the building,
was also rescued. Policeman Murray nae
three young children. His wife, his mother
in-law, and the children were seen at a win
dow early in the fire, but The f1relnen could
not find them in their rooms. 1t was said
after q while that they had escaped to the
roof of an adjoining building and that Muir
ray, who had been on patrol duty in the
precinct, had met them outside and taken
them to a place Of shelter. This was believed
until it was discovered that Murray was
missing. The truth became known at | o'clock
A. n. when q fireman came from the William
street exit bearing in his arms the remains OF
a child. It proved to be the corpseof Maggie
Murray, the policeman's youngest child, two
and a half years old.
Others soon after emerged from the same
door, bearing the bodies Of Jimmie, seven
years old, and Danny Murray, five years old.
The children had been found lying ~lifsless,
huddled together under the window out OF
which their mother was last seen calling for
help. Close to them were found the bodies
of Mrs. Murray and her mother, Mrs. Ven
nus.
Policeman Murray's body was found on the
first floor. He had run up from a fire on
South street when the alarm came from Bee
yer and William. He triedto get in the build
ing by the door on tho William street side
and failed. Then at 11:3U he went up a lad.
der that had been put up On the Beaver street
yide, in search of his family, and no more
was seen of him. His body was found on the
first floor.
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A TERRIBLE ARRAY.
Fatal Fight on n Texas Train between
MarsI,aIs and their Prisoners.

Fatal Fight on n Texas Train between
MarsIials and their Prisoners.
Henry L. Gosling. United States marshal
for Texas. and deputies john Manning and
William Loring were bringing to San An
tonic W prisoners-Pitts and Yeager-ccn'
victed of robbing the Southwick postofiice i'll
Burnett county, and having life penalties
Marshal Costing had consented to let tho
wife of Pitts and the sisters of 4eager sit
beside ttem on the train. Pitts mother
in-law was seated near them with another
woman, while Benlam, O brother in-law OF
Pitts, and four other men were immediately
in front of them. The women passed pistols
to the manacled prisoners, and they suddenly
opelad fire OH their captors, instantly killing
Marshal Gosling and mortally woundlng
Deputy Manning. Then they jumped from
tue train, but not before they had run the
gauntlet of n fusillade Of shots from Deputy
LOring and many passengers; III the melee
Pitts mother-in-law was fatally and 1eaScrS
sister dangerously shot, both having several
wounds. ,
Deputy Loring organized a posse and went
in pursuit of the prisoners. Pitts was found
dead. his body riidled with bullets, and Yea
ger wa, recaptured, having been seriously
wounded, and taken to the Jail at New Braun
fe,s, where tho wonen who assisted them in
escaping had been conveyed. Pitts mother
in.law died at night. Marshal Gosling was q
widely known Republican politician, and
had been defeated for treasurer of Tennessee
by Marshal T. Polk. When Polk became q
defaulter and fled he was captured by GoS'
ling.
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was cleared of a weight which was

was cleared of a weight which was
pressing upon it. 1 felt braced up tc
use every effort, and thoroughly justi-
fed in following whatever curse
thought best. Moreover. a new re.
lationship was now established be-
tween Philippa and myself. Fol
awhile every feeling save one must be
banished. We were nov doctor and
patient.
After much persuasion, I induced
her to let me feel her pulse, AS l ex.
pected, I found it up nearly to 120,
This did not alarm me much, as in the
curse of my practice l had seen sew
treatment was Simple as A b c; al
all cost sleep must be obtained.
Fortunately, l had a well-stocked
medicine chest. In a few minutes
had prepared the strongest dose OF
opium which I dared to administer
In such a case as the present I knew
that no driblets would avail; so
measured out no less than sixty drops
of laudnaum. Sleep the girl must
have. That poor seething, boiling
brain must by artificial means be
forced to rest for hours. After
that rest l should be able to
say what chance there was of saving
life and reason.
But preparing a dose of medicine,
and making a patient like this take
1t, are two different things. I tried
every art, every persuasion. l i'm
plored and commanded. T threatened
and insisted. Philippa was obdurate
Poor soul! She knew I meant to
poison her. On my part, l knew that
unless she swallowed that narcotic to
night her case was all but hopeless.
Irested for awhile; then I sent fol
lukewarm water. After some resist
ance she suffered me to battle hel
throbbing temples. The refreshing
GOODNESS which followed the operation
was so gratefult to her that she let me
repeat the action ac ain and again. A
softer and mora contenteu look settled
on her beautiful face.
seized the moment. Once more !
pressed the potion upon her. This
time successfully. My heart trembled
with joy as I saw her swallow the drug
Now she might be saved!
I still continued the COMFORTING
LAYING fiber temples, and waited until
the drugtook its due effect. By-and-i5
that moment came. The large dark
eyes closed, the weary head sank heav
lily on my shoulder, and I knew thai
Philippa had entered upon a term o.
merciful oblivion.
WAITED until her sleep was sound az
the sleep of death; then 1 summoned
my man, Ihad already told him that
my sister was very ill. Between us we
bore her to her room and laid her on the
bed. 1 cut the wet boots from hel
cold feet, did all I could to promote
warmth and such comfort as was pos
sible under the circumstarc Then ]
left her, sleeping that heavy SLEEP
which I prayed might last unbroker
for honrs. and hours, and hours.
FRO BE CONTINUED.
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LATER CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

senate
Mr.. Sherman reported to the Senate an
amendment to the sundry civil bill to pro-
vide for the erection in tho District Of Column
bia Of a statue to the memory of General La
fayette at q cost of S50,000....
The naval appropriation bill was reported t.
the Senate. AS it came to the Senate from
the committee OH appropriations it called for
MI aggregate of SIT, GS9,$3%%7, which was q net
increase of s2.3G4,5 200 over the aggregate o.
the House bill and an increase of s., 70S, Sc!
over the amount appropriated last year.
House.
By n vote of $50 nays to 1lS yeas the
House decided that it would not discuss the
amendment in the sundry civil appropriation
bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury
to suspend in whole or in part the coinage of
silver dollars. The amendment was there.
upon withdrawn by Mr.. Randall. 80. The for
LITIGATION appropriation bill was reported to
the House. 1t provided for an appropriation
of S955, 600.
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GENERAL STEWART.
EcatI Of Another Prominent English
Officer in Egypt.

Ecnth OF Another Prominent English
Officer in Egypt.
\ dispatch from korti brings intelligence
of the death OF General Sir Herbert Stewart
who was wounded at the Zercba fight Of JAN
uary 10. This death, the dispatch adds, has
cast a profound gloom over the whole army.
General Stewart was forty-two years Of age.
He had served with distinction in the Zulu
war AMI in earlier operations in Egypt. In
The present campaign General Stewart was
put in command Of the expedition Of 500 men
sent across the desert from korti to Metem-
neh by way Of Gakdul Wells. His recent
battles ut Abu- klca and near Gubat on jan
unry II an ~ are fresh in the public MEM
org. He WAS wounded early on the day Of
tho second fight in q preliminary skirmish.
Queen Victoria sent her personal congratula-
ii MS to II. Stewart on his brave victory and
promoted him to be ma ior-grneral. General
Wellesley recently expressed the opinion that
General Stewart was one OF the bravest OIL
GERS he had ever known. 1t was expected
until within a few days TINT he would recover
from his wound.
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SouDAN adviccs state that the dreaded
Kamsin winds have begun to blow over the
country, and have assumed almost the inten-
sity of s~iroccos. The wind is hot and is &C
companied by binding clouds of sand which
cuts like needle points. The troops
can only find shelter by lying down with their
faces TO the earth until the storm has passed
over, when they struggle out of the sand al
most choked and blinded. Tho cavalry
horses have suffered terribly from the effects
of the hot blasts, and many of them have been
so injured that they had to be shot. 1t is
supposed that the KaInsin winds will prevail
for about q month.
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Infinite toll would not enable you to
sweep away q mist; but by ascending
little you may overlook it altogether. SO
it is with Jour moral improvement. We
wrestle tierccly with a vicious habit
which would have no hold upon us If We
assembled into a higher 'mo:al atmos'
phere.
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THE BIG SHAFT.
Comparing Washington Monumcn~
with other High Structures.

The Washington Monument is the highest
structure in the world, It's cap stone beng 1o'
feet above the ground. 1t stands on a SpoC
near the Potomac, and close to the " hlte
HuuS-approved by President Washington
in 1871, and can be seen from oil parts "lL.ll
twenty miles of the elevated grouhaoh WHY"
it is erected. .,,o
The cornerstone was laid July 1, 1913,
when Robert Winthrop, then Speaker oil the
House of Representatives, made the principal
address. Tho cap-stone was put III posltlon
Dec, Il, 1884. 1t was originally intended tlat
Mr.. Winthrop, who still lives, but is IN very
feeble health, should dedicate the monument.
Mr.. Winthrop's health prevented this, but ne
prepared q speech and Congressman Long; OF
A comparison Of the height of the wash
inpton Monument with some of the nigh
est structures and memorials of tho New
and Old worlds will be instructive. Tho Zig
ures in feet are: -
The Washington Memorial. ...........s $50
Cathedral at Cologne towers ........... 5ll
The Great Pyramid 4oo
Cathedral at Strasbourg splre).......... 46o
Cathedral at Amiens central splre)...... az
ST. Peters, at Rome ito top of dome).... 4o9
st. Pauls Cathedral dome ............. 81,
Cathedral ut Milan. 80,
The Bartholdi Statue. 5oJ
st. Marks, Venice. 30
Capitol at Washington dome and statue) 301
Lincoln Cathedral, England tower)..... 39O
Brooklyn Bridge towers). ............. -.
Tr;n;tv Church istpeplc) 24
Stat,,e of Iihnrtv 22D
Philadelphia Cathedral dome .......... 2lO
Iondon Monument. 202
Nonkin Porcelain Tower. zoo
Washington Monument, Baltimore...... 1896
Arc do Triomphe, Paris lGO
Colonne Vendome, IA
Traian's Pillar, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 13o
Pompey's Pillar, Alexandria. ........... ia
"Germauian Statue. ITO
st. Charles Borromeo. JOG
Colossus of Rhodes, 105
Bavaria Statue. ....... 80
! Statue of Memnon. G3
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A number Of New Haven women have
been selling their hair to raise money for
the necessaries of life. Their husbands
have none to sell.
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FIRES IN OTHER PLACES.

The blaze which caused the delay in bring
ing the firemen to the assistance Of the King
family in Philadelphia broke out in O four
story business building on Market street. The
flames soon spread to On adjoining building,
causing O total estimated loss Of Sl25:0o1.
A fire which broke out in New Britain,
Conn, in q livery stable. soon spread to q
large wooden block in Church street and
thence to Main street. The flames got be.
yond tho control Of the local flreinen and MD
was ~telegraphed for from Hartford. One
engine was sent from that city. Ed. Rowley,
an occupant Of the livery stable wns burned
to death. Numerous firms were burned out
and the aggregate losses were estimated OF
500, zoo. :,
Flames which started in Schifs wholesale
grocery ut Charlotte, n. c., quickly spreac
to an adjoining drug store, and both ulId
incs, with their contents. valued at s5O.CO)
were DESTROYED. One of two drunken women
who upset a lamp in the upper story Of
Schiff's building and caused the fire, was
burned to death.
A fire in Texarkana, Ark, destroyed the
Marx brick block and burned out numerous
business firms. The total estimated losses
are 5000. 600.
The C~huppaqua Mountain institute. a.
Chnppaoua, y. y, used as q Quaker board
ing school for fifty children, was totally De
stroved by q fire which broke out In the night
The children were all saved after heroic et'
forts on the part Of the teacher. The chill
dren and teachers, driven out into the cold
air in their night clothes, were taken care o.
temporarily by their ncighhors.
Beside the above the telegraph reported
about twenty other fires in various parts OF
the country on this day. with damages run
ming from 81, 900 to S20,OU0.
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MApcuEsE DEL. GRILI.O, the beautiful
daughter of Nine. Ristori, was able at q re-
cent diplomatic reception at the White
" language excepting only the Japanese.
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COMPARING THE
/. The Washington Monument, SIS feet
2. Cologne Cathedral, SOL feet -,
5. The Great Pyramid of Cheops, 4s'
feet.
4. st. Peters, Rome, 405 feet.
S. st. Pauls, London, 365 feet.
i. st. Marks, Venice, 1913 feet.
Z. The Capitol, Washington, 3O7 feet.
s. Brooklyn Bridge Tower, s87 feet.
o. Trinity Church New York, 2s4 feet.
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IN E VIRGINIA.

A terrific natural gas explosion occurred ct
Wellsburg, W. Va, seven miles down the
river, early in the morning. The explosion
was caused by gas leaking in the cellar Of a
two-story brick building occupied by X.
Helsloy & Brother, cigarmakers: This
building and one adjoining occupied by u
Wallace, saloon-keeper, which was also OF
brick, were demolished.
The debris took fire. The intense cold gave
the flames full sway, and they spread rapidly
to two adjoining frane buildings, which were
consumed. The shock of the explosion shat
tered the glass in the windows and shook the
plaster from the ceilings Of nearly every
residence in the town. The inhabitants were
! startled, and ran into the streets, not know
ing what had happened. 80.
The whole family Of Mr.. Helsley, consisting
of himself, his wife,Imother, and two children
we're instantly killed. All the bodies were
easily recovered, except that OF the youngest
child, aged eighteen months, which was
burned to a crisp.
John Walters, aged seventeen, was missing
and was supposed to be buried in the ruins
Mr.. Walters, his wife. and two other chill
dren, were badly injured, and some OF them
were not expected to recover. Several other
persons were reported fatally injured.
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IN PHILADELPHIA.

Between 6 and 7 o'clock A. NJ. fire broke
out in the house of John G. King, No. 1883
Pine street, Philadelphia, and the engines
being engaged at another fire, the flames
made rapid progress before proper assistance
could be had, and three dwellings were partly
DESTROYED. The occupants of Kings resi-.
dence were asleep in tine upper stories, and
were aroused by the heat and smoke only to
discover that the usual means of egress had
been cut off. They ran to the windows, and
most of them jumped out. Mr.. King ap-
reared at the fourth story window, and was
seen to make an effort to jump out, but was
so overcome by the heat and smoke that he
fell back into tho flames. His charred body
was found after the fire was extinguished.
Mrs. King appeared at a window crying
for help. A mattress was held by. tue fire
men, and she wa told to drop her baby first
and then jump herself. She old SO, n re-
ceived severe but not dangerous injuries.
The baby was also injured, but not fatally. .
Miss Jennie Hamilton, aged p, sister OF
Mrs. King and daughter Of Dr.. Hamilton,
WINS buried to death while hanging out of a
top window. She hung there in sight Of the
helpless spectators until her fingers were
burned of, and then fell to the frozen
John King, five years old, dropped from
tho fourth-story window and died from the
conclusion.
One colored and one white female
servant were roasted to crisp, while q third
was taken to a hospital with severe burns.
Mr.. King was a man Of independent for.
time, not in bushes. He was a member OF
the most aristocratic club in the city. and was
a prominent figure in society. Mrs. King
and her sister Jennie were leaders Of fashion
and centres Of attraction wherever they ap'
peared.
The St. Johns herald., 1885-07-23
10000, ,ooO ACRES OF LAND FOR
 Sale in New Mexico and Arizona.
THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.

The Land Grant of this Company, in alternate sections extends entirely the Ierrltores oi New Mexico and Arizona, between the 34th ana 26th degrees of north latitude. It IS o5o miles long and SoSniles wide and includes some ot the best grazing lands of both Territories. In the valleys are many desirable tracts of ofagricutural landj sus- ceptible of irrigation. sufIciency ot water has been found wherever cattle and sheep have been grazed, and large herds have been grazed in the Wells have been sunk and good water has been obtained
 stream Of f1nning water, the San Jose, rlses near the summit of the Sierre Madre, and runs 75 miles eastward to the Rio Puerco. and the compa- nv's road follows the whole length of its valley. There are numerous fine valleys opening into the valley of the San Jose, lanked by grassy and woo ded hills, upon which there IS an open growth of small cedar and pinon There is an ext =nsive belt of good pine timber on the mountains, near the railroad, and good springs found on both slopes of the Sierre Madre. There is large coal field west of Fort Wingate which has been fully cx- plored and which will afford labor for large pop ulation there are also coal deposits the eastern slope of the Sierra Madre. Many varieties of buil ding stone are found in great abundance along the line of the road.
 In Arizona the grazing areas are supplied with good water, and the United States Surveyors, who made the official surveys of the country, say they are as good, if not better, than those of Wyoming without irrigation, in the valreys of the Puerco of the West, on the Companys lands, and Tn the val lev of the Little Colorado, also the line, of the road good crops of corn, sorghum, oats. barley, and garden vegetables are grown by irrigation, the finest of potatoes, oats, wheat barley and gar den vegetables of large size and fine quality have been successfully grown without irrigation on