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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-12-24
AWFUL SUSPENSE.
Awaiting Tidipgs OF tho Fate OF
Imprisoned Miners.
Thirty warkmsn shut In by Torrent Of
water from sunkeu Lands,

NANsicoKg, Pa, December is.--The drop
ping out Of the bottom Of large swamp,
covering several acres, and filled with
millions Of gallons Of water accumulated
from the late heavy SHOWS and rains,
caused the flooding OF No. Slope OF the
Susquehanna Coal Company, that will
most likely be attended with terrible loss
OF life, a. upward OF thirty men and boys
are now imprisoned In the slope from
which there seems no escape except by
digging thnnei 10 them. Two hundred
and nfiy other miners and boys
were At work in the slope when the
rushing torrents came In upon them. Men
dropped their picks and slovels, and dri-
vers aud door-b0ys abandoned sheirplaces,
and hurried 10 The mine outlets through
which they could reach tho surface The
water rushing through the gang-ways was
accompanied by tons OF coal dirt and
heavy mine tiiphers, which bad been torn
from their places by the force OF tbs current.
A. the workmen entered the gnpgwAy 10 es-.
cape tue water was up 10 their wastes Il
was impossible for the men 10 keep their
feet and they were swept along with the
torrcut until they secured firm holds on
the walls and recovered their foothoils.
Bevvraliives sse supposed to have been lost
an the Enngwny, but who they are can not
he learned until all the men who escaped
lAANN tNHpft " tiif tnniub tff-a AHutuDt
lot OF men In trying 70 esrhpe, found the
main opening 70 thalr working place
clbggrd up with debris, and they were
compelled 20 rctrace their steps until they
reached the foot Of the air shaft. when
rores were lowered 70 them, and one by
oRe thuy were raised 10 the surface, where
they were received with joyous shouts OF
welcome by thousands Of people who had
gathered. A. soou ~ possible an alarm
WAS sounded al Nos. | aud : shafts, the
workings OF which are connected with
those OF the slope, and are OF much greater
depth. The workmen wofv removed a.
speedily A. possible, aud all were out be-
fore any water came into either shaft AL
mules aud oorc material had heeh 70
moved Around the fan house nj the slope,
whore all news from The milne IL received,
are gathered nearly two thousand people
tonight waiting Tor some tidlngs that will
tell them OF the fate of those Inn
prisoned below. Superintendent Morgan
i busy issuing Instructions 10 volunteer
relief corps, who are now engaged In
driving . new tunnel 20 reach the
men. Wives with children In their arms,
aged fathers and mothefs. and brothers and
sisters are teariully watching every throb
ofthe pOndnfour fan which IL sending pure
air into the mine, Their bieached and hag-
gard dlooking faces denote Intense suffer- ing,
but they hope against fate. Nothing Will
be left undone that viii save the men II
they are still alive.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-12-24
a Queen Who Stands on Her Dignity.

MADRID, December 20.-The Duke Of
Seville, who in resentment of the declina-
tion OF Queen Christina to give him an
audience on Friday. publicly vilified her
and predicted that ex-Queen ISABELLA
would soon replace Christina as Queen
Regent, has been arrested. The prompt
action Of the Government in deal
ing with the Duke has occasioned some
thing OF sensation in military and other
circles, and the impression prevails that de-
spite the strong feeling manifested by the
Queen and some of her advisers in favor of
leniency to past political Offenders, yet no
public avowals tending to bring reproach
upon the Queen viii DO tolerated for mo
u1aut
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-12-24
WHOLESALE ASSASSINATION.
Twenty OF sam Ffanci-co's Most Prominent
Citizens Its Intended Victims.


Citizens Its Intended Victims.
SAN FRAxcisco, December l6.--A most
sensational and startling plot for Wholesale
assassination ofthe most prominent men in
this city came 10 light here late last night.
Some time ago the police obtained in
formation OF the existence OF an organixa-
ton called the Socialistic Revolutionary
Association, which, IL was asserted, wHs
composed Of ultrn-socialistic members. A
close watch was kept on their movements,
and tho police finally succeeded in OBJ
tanning the minutes OF one of their meet
inRs. held November %. From these
facts IL was discovered that IL was
the intention OF the Association to put
out OF the way about twenty men, in
Guiding w. r. Coleman, Congressman w,
W Morrow, General w. II. l.. Barnes,
Mayor Bartlett, United States Judge Lo-
renzo Sawyer Leland Stanford. Charles
Crocker, Governor Stoneman, the principal
police officials, and several others These
names were placed on the irrespective
cutive Committee to carry out the
orders OF the Association. The com
mittee were to devise the best
mode OF accomplishing the ends Of the bass
plot. and were thus engaged When then
work was brought 70 n sudden termination
last night by the discovery Of the Associa,
tion's headquarters al No. 900 Montgomery
avenue, By the police, and the arrest OF
four men found In the room, named Julius
G. Koosher, Henry Weisemnn, Charles
Mittellstadt and Oscar Eggers. In
the room were also found complete
labor atory FOR the manufacture OF Internal
machines The men were taken TO the city
prison, when they boldly asserted that
they were dynamiters, and proposed to get
rid OF the citizens named, and then rave
Chinatown. The prisoners also belong 10
the German branch of the Anti-Coolie
League No charge has yet been entered
against the prisoners, Further develop
ments are expected.
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Prohibition in Georgia.

ATLANTA, Ga, December l7,-This morn
ing, In the U. s. Court, Judge Mccoy de-
cided the contested election cases growing
out OF the recent prohibition election in
this county. The Judge refused to continue
the Injunction restraining the Ordi-
nary from announcing the result
against the liquor men on every point. There
a In the bin adopted provision that Geor-
Qia wines may be sold, as wines from other
States were excluded. That portion OF the
bill Judge Mccoy decided was unconstitu-
tional and no wines could be sold.
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und.raroana WIre. d ChIeaps.

CHICAGO. December is.There are, as
nearly as can be estimated, about 1900
miles Of wire in Chicago used by the tcle-
graph, telephone aud electric light com
pan.es Last December there were shown
10 be about I 100 miles OF wire underground.
Since then the work has been actively go
three times that araornt has been put out
OF sight. BY May all the wires In the
business portion ofthe city are expected 70
be underground, though Il will probably
take at least ten years 10 place all the
wiros throughout the city there.
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TreasopsbIe Utterances.

MADRID, December ls-The Queen Re-
sent today refused an audience 10 the
Duke OF Snville, cousin 10 the lato King.
The Duke was thoroughly angered by the
refusal OF the Queen TO receive him, aud
has openly and publicly spoken In abuse of
her. He bonsts that Queen Chrietinn will
soon bo forced TO relinqulsk the Regency,
and that ex- -Quaen Isabel will replace her.
These declarations have caused a sensa-
tion Of no small interest In Madrid, and IL
h very probable that the Duke will be
prosecuted for disloyal utterances.
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An HeIr 10 Twenty Millions.

ERE, Pa, December is.-Recorder Ran
dali to-day recorded documents OF great
interest, IL being an agreement between Il.
Endy and Bush a. Caufield, whereby the
two latter are TO manage an enormous
estate left Endy by grandfather IN Ger
many. The fortune is estimated nt ~, 0Oo,
600. The will provides for the establish
rnent Of National Bank, o theater ana =
free church for the poor The heir lives IN
CORY. this county.
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A LIyInu Electric Battery.

YouxesrowN, o., December 20.-Frank
Burnett, aged fifteen, residing with his
widowed mother, has developed pow
ers indicating that he is an ami
mated electric battery. He is slightly
built, and ON his approach chairs and
tables dance, and heavy articles totter
that his natural strength could not
move. The lad is unable to explain his un-
natural power, and has always enjoyed
the lad to be abba to do more than he has
claimed. 1t Il probable medical experts
will examine him to ascertain II possible
the secret of his power.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-12-24
BREAD ON THE WATERS.
A Dinner to Poor Man BRIGGS Rich Re
turns After Many Years.

a Dinner TO foor man Drinks Iich hc
turns After Many Years.
PORTLAND, Me-, December %. Some time
ago, while passing through railroad depot
In this city, the attention of II. Thatcher
Clark was attracted to feeble, poorly
clad old man allghting from train. Mr..
Clark watched the strangera few moments.
He seemed bewildered, and knew not
in what direction to turn. Mr..
Clark made a few inquiries, and
learned that the old man had ar
rived at strange city, where be had not a
single friend. He had no money with him,
Mr. Clark invited the stranger to his resi-
dence and gave him a dinner. As soon as
he had finished his meal the old man arose,
said &c d-by and went on his way, Mr..
Clark never heard from the man again un-
til yesterday, whom he received a letter
from lawyer of Chicago informing him
that he had been bequeathed several thou
sand dollars by the old man whom he found
in the depot and took home.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-12-24
A Wnuld.he suIuIds oI IweIve Years.

New YoRK, December is.-For the third
time John Harmon, aged twelve years, was
arraigned before Justice Smith in the
Police Court this morning charged with at
tempting 10 take his own life by banging
The father OF the boy stated that the boy
would not 70 TO school when sent, and when
spoken TO about his conduct went off and
deliberately planned TO end bis existence.
yustice Smith committed the young would
81 suicide 10 the Catholic Protectory.
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sar,snoud a be Hanucd.

cAnnoIros, Mo-, December is,-The YER
dlct Of the Jury in the case Of the State W.
Joel Anderson and Laurel Baugh finding
them guilty Of murder in the first degree
for the murder Of John Rea, caused much
surprise. They were tried before on the
sarao charge, and were sentenced TO I'M
prisonmsnt tor life, hut obtained 2 new new
Iiavls veeferdav sentenced them 10 be
|Isneed on The 18th Of March next
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-12-24
WITHOUT A PARALLEL.


His own menu
DuBuqur, IA, December 11-A case un-
paralleled in the history Of suicides occur
red here yesterday. John Mueller an old
resident and proprietor Of a small marble
shop, was observed to be acting strangely
running about and gesticulating wildly,
About Q o'clock an expressman drove up
10 his door 10 take monument TO the cem-
etery, and was horrified 10 see two stone
cutters chisels sticking into Mueller's
head, which he asked the expressman to
drive In further Mueller had driven one
chisel about seven inches long clear through
his head, Just in front Of the topo the ears
After doing this no drove another one
through tho center OF his forehead to the
depth OF two inches. Pbysicianswere sum
moned and the cbisels extracted. He is
still alive but IN comatose condition. The
surgeons say he will die The act is one
due to intemperance.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1885-12-24
SIXTEEN VESSELS SUNK.
And scores of sailors Drowned-Terribie
work Of a Cyclone nj Colon.

work Of a Cyclone nj Colon.
PANAMA, December l7--Colon has been
visited by cyclone, which has done great
damage. IL commenced on the I'd inst.
about . p m. and the next day lulled. but
recommended again with terrible severity.
All the steamers in port put ont to sea for
safety returned, and had again TO put out
The damage TO property has been very
heavy aud the loss OF life most serious
The following vessels were sunk with their
crewss Holden, Karnan, Blanch Oitalan,
Atwood, Ariel, Veteran, Ocean, Lynton,
Avelina, stella, Catalina, Figri, Douglas,
and two others whose names could not be
asceriained. The rain poured down In tor
rents and terrible gale OF wind from the
Northeast set in. The Royal Natl new
freight office was destroyed by the storm.
Wharf No. 4, belonging 70 the Panama
Railroad, Is almost demolished, the rails
having been torn up and the earth works
destroyed by the force OF the tornado
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nIIseeIIaneous Items.

Miscellaneous Items.
WHILE out hunting the other afternoon.
John Sbultz. of Nicholas County. near
Little johnson. attempted to draw a load
out of his gun which he could not get TO 20
off. and in so doing DISCHARGED tl,e gun. the
entire load. which was No. 4 shot. entering
his head and neck killing him instantly
It so frightened his companion that he ran
home and left him living IN the woods and
said nothing about il until the missing
bov,s father came in search of him late In
the evening. Shultz was fourteen years
old and the other boy ten.
ArD.nr,,ia n.v;d por,. .o,o-.a ,.h;,a
n,syins ,y;tI, n;stai .cc;d,n.aI,r ~, anS
LiIled bis sistar
A - -.
.,ars -. 80. : -. wsnoso 500 ~. -.
.,s 80. -. ~p'os- ~ 1v,,,,s MI ~
yan.',. 49, -" ',,, 80 y. H.. -S ~ u an's pA-..S
.ony =. ~ IL, ~ 49," y ",,sn'
a. eNpos "1 p.a,' ' sn1 ns'nu1n us,,,. Dul
ss so.' 'vsa pn.,sa nu .a'.ss n'a.us ans
80 ,,e, "@' e'.P'eyee ''40
uay oeioie' auu - uhAno"n-
JAMES +. JONES, farmer living near
Bromley, about Tour miles from Covington,
committed suicide by hanging himself to
rafter In his barn few days ago. de was
seventy-one years OF age, and had been
twice married, ana the objection to his
tmrd marriage evidently was the cause OF
the suicide. HIS second vile died few
years since, and recently flame was kim
died In his heart. There is buxom Ger
man widow who resides in the neighbor-
hood by the name OF Henrietta Liiger The
oid gentleman nad OF late been paying con-
siderable at'ention 70 ner, IN TACT, ne dined
~ ner mouse, anu the matrimonial coasS
~ s~.,~s Ii. ,s,...s az. - y, !.
- s,"r.,l, nndarstod s. II. he NJ had 49, 49,
,,,a,ssss',i; h,s sa;t ua uasnno,nosd -, y, Sar
that thew would be married ON
the 10th. He informed his children
Of the intention, and they tried to persuade
him out Of it. This seemed to weigh heavily
ON the gentleman's mind, yet he was de-
termined to get married. he ate hearty
supper, and left the room and went out for
the purpose Of attending to some farming
duties. he did not appear at the breakfast
table next morning, and a search was insti-
eu'ea LOT MN nis pouy was touns aus-
!. pn ss..;,,, .ha;r .h;ah ~ 'sa "A
= - any na an;laaa.,s ,,sss " - rt.;na sns n,
q" ras =. 40. ees W.s ss ~ t.,ssns a,.s
....a -, .' - 49,, $1,000 ro,,s
sh;,s-as .h.'a. se 90 ?. dar.htsr
Tha oidast son laft home about eirbtaen
wears AGO for the Far west ana his second
SON left for the same country about two
wears since. and neither Of them have ever
been heard of since, The daughter and re-
- 4. - t.rI
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Dvluu with Two ChIsels in His Head.

DupuouH, IA, December 1s.-John B.
Mueller, who drove two chisels into ~.
head with suicidal intent yesterday died
after thirty hours OF the must indescribablo
suffering
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spniennrd 70 the Gallnws.

PIrTspuReH, PA, December l9.-Edward
Coffey, convicted OF murder In tho first
degree, for the killing OF Policeman Evans,
while resisting arrest. was refused q new
trial this morning, and sentenced 70 be
hanged,
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Two hundred lightning rod points
have been put on the Washington Mon
ument
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-15
fer T will give some of the geography

ter 1 will give some of the geography
OF Montana.
The territory is largely settled by
Missourians. Many coming here III
antebcllum days, some, no deubt TO
avoid the internecine strife, and some
for the love of adventure. Here many
hold honorable positions. Their youth
full dsys With their many attainments
are forgotten in this wonderland. The
toothsome opossum, tie savory rae
coon, aud the pawpaw patch have been
left. To them this is the promised
land. A land rich in mineral wealth,
and ecstatic in its scenic pleasures.
The broad expanse of its great pastures
will supply thousands of cattle for cen
turtles. Among some Of CIT
liens now in But e City are: Hon. W.
Y. Pemberton, district a attorney, form
erly of Sedalia; Judge Napton, a lead
ing lawyer, formerly of Saline
county; Judge Sharp, an attorney
formerly of Lexington; A. j. Sparks,
book-keeper and accountant OF the
North Star and Salisbury Mining Co.,
a native of Lafayette county, formerly
of Warrensburg; Charles Boothe, clerk
of the police court, formerly of Holden;
Geo. r. Hughes, miner, formerly OF
Howard county; Rev. Devon, pastor
of the Congregational church, formerly
of Boone county, a graduate of the
Missouri University; j. D. Sans,
book-keeper and accountant of the
Moulton Mining Co., formerly OF indie
pendence. 1t appears that the COVER
nor and all the officers appointed here
by President Cleveland are Missourians.
That is right. A section so largely
composed of one element should have
its choice for officers. l shall write
occasionally, giving something new in
each letter, of Montana.
LAFAYETTE Boy.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-15
PUEBLO.

SOUTH PUEBLO, Col, July 81, 1885.
EDITOR INTELLIGENCER:-I noticed
in Your paper a month or two ago that
the grasshoppers were eating up vege-
tation in this country. The same state
ment appeared in the Odessa paper as
an item of news.
l have been here more than three
months, above Pueblo, in sight of and
on the south side of the Arkansas river,
but | have seen them no more numer-
Gus than have in the county OF Lafay-
cite, in the meadows, every season. |
live III as beautiful a valley as you ever
saw perhaps, but there is much rough
land. rOugher indeed. than any with
you. Mountains are on three sides of
me, and | can sec the snow lying bright
and chill on all of them, and the si9ht
is refreshingly cool by contrast with
these lower regions from which | write.
am south of Pixies Peak, east of the
Greenhorn, and north of the Spanish
peaks. The soil is fine in some por-
tons OF the county, and water but toll
cradle, OF which there seems to be no
scarcity in this prairie and it is found
at the depth of forty or fifty feet.
The grass is called good. Ii is said
that it requires ten acres to Craze a
COW the year round. This prairie is
about fourteen miles square and within
this area there is a great amount of va
can't land having only been settled last
summer.
ANY person can secur four hundred
and eighty acres of land for about two
hundred and fifty dollars, by living on
it and making 1t his home. Crops
would mature well if the ground had
sufficient moisture at proper intervals.
"A fair quantity of rain falls, but the in
tense rays OF the sun and the nature of
the soil combined cause a dry and
scorched aspect on the face of the com.
try, to those accustomed to blue GRASS
regions especially. Good crops are
produced as is well known by ~irrioa-
ton, but such a system is neither prac-
teal nor convenient in all paris. I
have seen corn growing well and
promising a good quantity of feed,
which had no irrigation.
came here i'll April last and there
was near eighteen inches of snow on
the ground. The season is later here
than in Missouri and | saw thousands
OF cattle that had not been fed a month.
full all winter, looking well, both Texas
and Missouri stock; yet it did not ap-
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-15
to me that there was grass enough

pear to me that there was grass enough
70 keen a goose alive. With a few cat
tie handled properly l think that a
condition could soon be reached where
a living could be easily obtained.
| am about ten miles from the noun
tains, and have made an exploration
among them OF fifteen or twenty miles.
Very fine mineral waters are abund-
ant and of any kind desired. pure and
cold and limpid, the sound OF which
as they gurgle and glitter, will almost
heal, and which always sQothes and
charms as they dance from canyon and
glen. Pine for lumber abounds, and
rough cedar suitable for posts stud the
slopes. Moderately strong winds some
times occur, but cyclones are unknown,
the immunity from which is attributed
to the protection of the mountains.
Chills and fever soon leave its victim
after coming here. l am persuaded
that this region is beneficial to diseased
lungs, the malady which drove me
hither, and l am encouraged in the
hope of a partial recovery at least.
If you deem this of sufficient public
interest for insertion use it, and it will
thereby answer repeated inquiries OF
friends and neighbors who have be-
slowed kindness upon me and shown
solicitude. With respect.
NJ. L. GREEN.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-15
WHAT Is PROHIBITION ?

EDITOR INTELLIGE NCER:-The answer
to this question is as old as the ten
commandments. Thou shalt not kill"
is prohibition. The mnrderously in
clined herein finds a check to his incli-
nations, and any act that tends to
destroy life is implicitly prohibited in
this law, and should be condemned by
all law abiding, Christian people. Yet
thousands of men in the state of Mis-
souri,, strangely inconsistent as it may
appear, carry certificates of "good
moral character in one hand, and a
license to kill and incite others to COM
nit all manner of crime in the other.
From Moses down to the last Missouri
legislature, IN every law curtailing the
evil propensities of men, restraining
them from doing that which Injuries
their ~neighbors, we have prohibition
and the demands for the surrender of
certain CELEBRITIES" the exercise of
which in man would work mischief to
his fellows. Laws requiring the de-
struCtiOn of Canada thisties, forbidding
the sale Of diseased meats or obscene
literature, or carrying concealed Weap-
Ons, or street profanity, or running
gambling houses, or establishing houses
of ill fame, or the Use of wells in cities
during cholera seasons, or building
frame houses in the fire limits of a city or
erecting nuisances, or taking two wives
at once, and q thousand others that
might be named, are prohibition laws,
and the question why these restraints
should be laid on free citizens in this
glorious land of liberty would be too
ridiculous to answer. But when we
come to the greatest Of al curSeS-tbe
liquor traffic-and wish to put it also
under the ban and take from it the
"liberfy" of killing our sons, fathers
and brothers, and of sowing want and
sorrow and crime broadcast through
the land, we are told at has always
existed" ''trying to suppress only in
creases it," and "we need its revenues
and we need its votes" Are these
valid reasons for continuing this blot
upon the civilization of the age, and
making it respectable and secure with a
written permit indorsed by the Christ
ian voters of the state ? P.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-08-15

FINE FARM FOR SALE.
TTNHE farm known ~ the Duggins
L farm. situated about three miles .5
southeast OF Lexington, one hundred sssg
and sixty acres fenced and one hundred III
and thirty acres In cultivation. good land. w
acres OF timber. Terms Of sale made to SAL
purchaser. " Price or same and terms ma.i
known on application. Apply to the under
house. ROBERT TAYLOR,
AuGoOu Trustee