Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-03-26

@ man ndneu w III. E6tlhnu, CleFk,
who was laid off after the strike
was started, stepped up to the
train and gave the engineer, fireman
and brakeman each a note, which read:
"You are hereby earnestly requested
for the sake Of humanity not to 60 out
on this engine" The train started out
and as it passed New York avenue
torpedo exploded under the engine,
At the city limits the fireman came
down from the engine and the train
soon came to a stand still. and then
backed up to the yard. After a con-
sultation the officials decided to not
make another attempt to-day. Free
man was arrested and placed under
500 bond on the charge Of trespassing.
Another attempt will be made by TIE
officials to-day to get a train out.
The Longest Prize Fight Ever
Known.
LOUISVILLE, March % 3.-The longest
fight ever known under the Marquis
of Queensbury rules, took place in the
open air at Mill Creek, Kentucky, this
morning, between Tommy Warren, of
Louisville, and Tommy Barnes of Eng
land. The fight was with three ounce
gloves, $500 gate receipts, and the
feather weight championship, and it
took three hours and quarter, forty.
five rounds, for Warren to knock
Barnes out. Both men weighed III
pounds and were in good condition as
they went at each other fiercely before
nearly 500 spectators who left at $50
last night at FIVE dollars a head.
Frank Whitney, Of Cincinnati, was the
referee and G. L. Marshall and Tommy
Chandler, of Chicago, seconded Barnes
and Warren respectively. The first
nine rounds were easy, both men be-
ing cautious, though Warren had the
better of it. In the nineth Barnes
slugged Warren savagely about the
body, bringing him down. Some sharp
fighting followed to the twenty
seventh, when Warren began to play
on Barnes Iface. He kept this up to
the finish. Every time he hit he
brought the blood. Barnes would not
quit and bore the punishment bravely
until the forty-ffth round. He was
knocked off his feet by a blow on tn,
jugular and was unable to respond.
A Suspicious Case ofAsIaticC Cholera
Supposed to Have Been Cmmunl-
Gated by Eating Raisins from an
Infected District.
LANSING, March 23-Dr. Henry B
Baker, secretary of the State board OF
health, has returned from Pinconning
where he was summoned by the local
health officer to investigate case Of
sickness closely resembling the dread
ed Asiatic fever. Arthur B. Smith, q
prominent lumber man in Pinconning
Cay county, was taken sick on March
10th, with vomiting and diarrh@l, fol-
lowed by cramps and collapse. HI
became cold, and his pulse ceased al
the wrist, in fact. he had all the symp
toms of cholera. Vigorous work by
the attending physicians brought
the patient through and lie is
likely to recover. A thorough
disinfection has been ordered. DR.
Baker said; II made vigorous efforts
to learn any possible manner in which
cholera might have been brought into
Pinconning- Immigrants had recently
arrived in the vicinity, but none were
from al place known to be infected
The men in the camp where the patient
had been had not been outside thC
State, nor had Smith been out Of tht
vicinity. AS to fruits from the Med
iterranean, oranges had been in thu
house, but the patient is not fond O.
oranges. He is fond of raisiLs
however, and has been in tht
habit of eating them from a box. A
box In the house came from Valencia
Spain, and the raisins, which Smith
had eaten, were not coated with sugar
but were apparently fresh, probably o.
the crop OF 1885, at which time choler,
is known to have prevailed extensivel,
in Valencia. The box will be exam
ined for cholera germs"
Secretary Manning ThreateneS
with ApopleXy.
WARRINGTON, March 24.-Dr. Ham
ilton made statement to Assistan
Secretary Fairchild this afternoon, Ii
in regard to the condition Of Secretar,
Manning, from which 1t appears tha
he has symptoms of apoplexy, and il
not regarded as out Of danger. Dr
Hamilton says he will be confined /
his bed for some time. According {
Mr.. Fairchild's information Secretar
Manning was first taken i'll in hi
Office and In falling to the floor fror
exhaustion wrenched his ankle. Cor
seQuently he grew worse, and ther
were symptoms Of apoplexy Whic
alarmed his friends.and they summone
physicians. An attack Of vertig,
Mr.. Fairchild said. was subsequent I,
the fall. About l:SO o'clock a mes
senger from the secretary'S house in
formed Mr.. Fairchild that the secrt
tary was much improved. His physi
clans wlll have another consultatio
this afternoon.
Failures.
NEW ORLEANS, March %. The fall
ure Of Lafltte e DafiIhe. commisaio