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The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
TREED BY A HIPPOPOTAMUs.

Thrilling Experience of a Philadelphia
Keeper With the Aquatic Monster.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, December 25-Head-
keeper Byrne, at the Geological Garden,
had thrilling experience early yesterday
morning with the peculiar traits sometimes
evidenced by the large hippopotamus. The
anphibian has large double cage, and on
one side his comforts are provided for in
a large waterfront. The habits of the
large beast are such that he spends great
deal more of his time in the water
than ne does out of it, much to the dis
gust OF the garden patrons. Keeper Byrne
noticed this trait and was much ANNOYED
at it. He had heard visitors remark that
they did not believe there was hippopota-
mus in the garden. So yesterday morning
the keeper raised one Of the iron bars in
the hippopotamus' cage, and, climbing
in with stickin hand, proceeded gallantly
to investigate the reason why the
animal staid under the water so much.
He crossed narrow plank bridge over
the basin, near the wall, and began prod
ding and splasbing around with the stick
in search for evidence Of animal existence
beneath. He had the pleasure of discover.
ing it quicker than he expected, and the
opportunity of looking, for the first time
in his life, down into the horrid depths
OF hippopotamus' jaws. The big, clumsy
beast became angered, his large head
bobbed up from the surface of the water
at point where it effectually cut
off Keeper Byrne's retreat. The keeper
saw this dismay, and, what was worse, the
large beast was slowly waddling over to-
ward him with jaws wide open. There was
only one avenue of escape left to the i'm
prisoned keeper, q narrow eight foot ladder
on the wall on the side of the basin, and
this he mounted The hippopotamus did
not drop the siege, however.O BE
moved over toward the ladder and
kept his mouth open for Mr.. Bryne to
look into. The keeper called Justify for
help, which did not disturb the animal in
the least After calling furiously two
hours the attention of an under keeper in
the elephant house was attracted, and Wig
orous methods we're made to coax the ani-
NAL over towards the bars. Finally the
hipporotamus was lured away from bis vic
tim with tempting morsels of food and the
Gagged keeper made bis escape.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
TERRIBLE FRIGHT.
A Christmas Celebration Comes
Nea* SAlng a Tragedy.
fhrss Hundred Psnic-Stricken People
Hemmed In Arounda Blazing
Christmas -Tree-1OO Badly lsa
Burned.

CHICAGO, December 95.-This afternoon
about o'clock all the patients in the
County Hospital who were able to be
moved, all the nurses and doctors, and
number of visitors were assembled in the
clinical amphitheater of the hospital to
witness Christmas exercises for the chill.
dren. The room Is very small, about
thirty feet high, with circle Of seats
reaching almost to the ceiling. In the
center was an immense Christmas tree,
laden with toys and gayly illuminat-
ed by tapers. About fifty children
were grouped about the tree singing a
Christmas carol to open the exercises "A
SaAta Claus entered the room the upper
portion of the tree took fire, and in q mo-
ment the entire tree was ablaze. When
the fire was at its height most OF the chill
dren were marched ont Of the room by the
lower door The remaining people in the
room, nearly three hundred in number,
became panic stricken. The heat and flame
cut off exit by the lower door. There was
rush for the upper door, the only remain.
ing exit and few escaped through it,
out the passage was soon blocked Vol
unes Of dense black smoke soon collected
In the upper part OF the room. where the
mass of humanity was crowding and
screaming, first from fright and then from
agony, for the heat was terrible A scene
or indescribahle terror ensued. The heat
blistered the faces and hands of the VIC
TINS, and one man beard took fire Great
suffering was caused by inhaliDg the
heated atmosphere, The fire burned until
the Christmas tree was stripped. Or
der was finally restored. No one in the
room escaped injury, about fifty persons
were badly burned, among them two re-
porters. By six O'Clock the doctors. them.
selves badly singed, had cared, for the
wounded, and the excitemen Mt has subsidized.
Cries of fire had gone through all the
wards of the hospital, and for time there
was CONSERVATION among the helpless
patients. A later survey of the situa-
ton shows that at least one bun.
ured persons were injured, the
greater par receiving bruises BY being
trampled by their panic stricken neigbbors
A number Of children patients had been
brought into the chapel in their cots. Be-
fore they could be removed seve eral suffered
from the smoke and fright, and one or two
were slightly burned The excitement was
Intense, aud but for the GOODNESS
OF Warden McGarrigle and some at
taches of the hoSpitaI lives wo. cer-
tainly have hosn lost The persons mos
ser!n.isiv ipiurad wa-n Mi~s Wilks-s5,s, {.
.: @rse, who inhaled Rot air and smoke; Mr..
a. 9. Bartlett, Of the firm OF Hibbard Bart
lett q Spencer, together with Miss Bartlett,
Mrs. A. A. Carpenter and other lady visi-
tors were slightly injured, so also were E.
N. May and N A. MacMllaH, respectively,
reporters OF the Tribune and Herald
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Qnhthalmia Am1nn ChiIdran.

New YoRK, December 23--The New York
Academy Of Medicine recently invited CO.
opera ion on the part of the health author
titles In a proposed investigation of the re-
port that ophthalmia and kindred contag-
ious eye diseases were alarmingly prevail
ent in public and private institutions
tn the city where children
were gathered in largo numbers the
outgrowth of this was the appointment of
a committee Of physicians, who have asso
ciated with Themselves representatives
from the leading charitable institutions,
and with the aid of the Health Department.,
have begun thorough investigation, 60
ing systematically through the schools
and other public institutions. In
the meantime, private medical in.
vestigation shows that diseases of
this character are very prevalent. "Of the
work of the committee, DR.. Agnew says:
"The investigation has not yet advanced
far enough to enable us to make any intel
ligent report. In one large institution
which am canvassing at present, l have
been able to examine only about half The
children, and can not give any judgment
until the examination is complete"
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
A Sensation Created at Omaha,
Neb.
Ex-Mayor Murphy and His Family Be
iieved to Have Been Poisoned.

OMAHA, NED, December Fitzpatrick p
Murphy, aged forty, Ex-Mayor OF Omana,
died tonight, after only a few days illness.
from mysterious malady. Several MEN,
bers of the family were taken peculiarly
sick about week ago. Mrs Murphy first
showed signs of sickness. She had pains
in her back and shoulders, and her
throat became sore She doctored herself,
and became apparently well again. Two
days later Mr. Murphy was affected with
the same symptoms, though not ser GUS at
first, but Mrs. Murphy was again attacked,
and two child, en- soon experienced simi-
lar feelings. Then Mr.. Murphy became
worse He rallied, however, and seemed
on the way to recovery till this morn ng,
when he was taken with violent cramps,
which grew worse until this evening, when
he died. The doctor in attendance
declares the cause of death was
ptomaine poisoning, the result Of eat
ing chicken which had been frozen and
then allowed to become partially decom-
posed. Murphy had eaten only small
portion of the chicken, and another mem
ber of the family, who ate heartily, has
not, as yet, been attacked. Mrs Murphy
also ate very sparingly Of chicken, and
several circumstances seem to indicate the
intentional poisoning by some outside
party, and several physicians declare that
Otomaine poisoning could not have resulted
under the conditions OF the case.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
THE DEAD MINERS.

A Shaft to he Sunk Over Their Supposed
Where abouts In the Blocked Slope.
WILkEsBARRE, Pa, December 25-After
further discussion and consultation by the
engineers at Nanticoke to-day the company
finally decided to sink a new shaft from
the surface at point di-
rectly above where the bodies of
the buried miners are supposed to
be. This sha II will be about us feet deep
and will take from four to six weeks to
sink, even with the most rapid work. The
excavating of the blockaded gangway from
the foot Of the slope is being steadily car
ried on day and night, but it is a very slow
process and months will elapse before the
mine is cleared. Prayers we're offered this
morning in every church throughout the
Wyoming Valley for the unfortunate men.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
A OITY IN FLAMES.
Disastrous ConfaEration at vincennes,
Ind.-Terre Haute and Evansville
Asked for Assistance.

DisaotrOuS COnHaEratlOn AZ V1ncennoS,
Ind.-Terro Haute and Evansville
Asked for Assistance.
VINcENEEs, IND, December ga des-
tructive fire broke out at ii O'Clock last
night in McJimsey's livery stable, on
Third street, opposite the Grand Hotel. A
strong northwest wind was blowing, and in
less than five minutes the immense struc.
ture was mass of seething flames For q
time perfect panic ensued, and people
were wild with excitement The Fire De-
partment worked bravely and strove to get
the fire under control, but 1t seemed at
length to be of no use, as
the flames rolled across the street to the
Grand Hotel. Gardner q Sons large under
taking and furniture establishment was
soon In blaze and at this writing both es-
adjustments are in flames, and not an iota
of prospect to save them. The fire at l2
o'clock is sweeping down on Second street,
and the wind and flames are playing
worst fire in vincennes' history.
McJimsey IL insured for $4,000. He
lost thirty five to forty head Of horses and
about one hundred bugges. Heavy loss; |;
probably 5000. The Grand Hotel was
vacated two months ago. and had no occu-
pants and no furniture. Loss on building
S25, 900 to $35, 900; partially insured. Gard
ner's undertaking establishment was full
of goods Of alfkinds. Total loss about Sl5,-
600. The origin Of the fire is unknown.
At 1928 a. m. Mayor Wilhelm has tele-
graphed Terre Baute and Evansville for
assistance, and aid will reach US in an hour
Vincennes is now in great distress. and her
people are wild with Fear and excitement.
The Fire Department here is about ex-
hausted. Two engines have been playing
on the flames for two hours, but the flames
increase. At two o'clock this morning. the
fire is still raging; the Grand Hotel is a
total rnin. Tbs loss on the whole Is esti-
mated at $4,000 to $4,000 It is strongly
hoped that the fire is checked and under
control 'tH a4| '.r4f .s Y Ha3 -ft'
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
A MORNING FIRE,

In Which Three Children Were Burned
and Others Very Narrowly Escaped.
New YORK, December 25-Fire started at
an carly this morning In two-story frame
dws|ing in one Hundred and Forty
sixth street, near, King's-Bridge
road, which was owned by
Daniel Phelan and occupied by
Patrick Driscoll and his family. The occu-
pants we're in bed when the fire started.
They were awakened by the smoke pour.
ing into the rooms The smoke was
SO thick through the rooms and halls
that escape was made most difficult.
Patrick Driscoll, however, found his
way out and gave an alarm. When
the firemen reached the scene the building
was in flames. Soon after the entire struc-
turs was consumed. Mr. Driscoll, his wife
Mary, and son named Patrick, were
severely burned while escaping Three
children, however, were burned to death
They were John, Julius and Mary, aged re-
spectlvely seventeen, fourteen aud seven
years. Their chsrred remains we're found
soon after the fire was subiued.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
TRICHINOSIs.
A Cleveland Family Seriously Affected by
Eating Raw Ham. a,,.

Eating Raw Ham. 4s
CLEVELAND, o., December 2s.-The fam.
ily of George v. Korell, of the firm Of
Woltman & Korell, carriage manufactur-
ers, have for the past ten days been eating
considerable raw ham. Several days ago
the father and two children became i'll with
peculiar sickness On Sunday
last Mr. Korell's condition became
serious, but the raw meat was in no way
associated by him with his illness. On
the same day Mrs. Korell partook Of the
ham for lunch This morning she, too, be-
came i'll, and ply ysician was summoned.
He at once suspected what the disease
was, and inquired what the family had
beeTx eating, They brought him some OF
NV ~, wnicn "" suUni .otes. tDJ Il ii..afo-
scorl,"l examination. The small piece
placed Oh. the glass contained a score or
more of trichina spiralis. The symptoms
attending these cases are those usual to
trichinosis; diarrhea, headache, lassitude
and sharp pains in the muscles of the body.
The disease had made such progress before
the physician was summoned that fatal
termination is gravely apprehended.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
International Exposition of I 1872.

WASHINGTON, December GA bill will
be introduced in Congress this winter to
aid the international Exposition, which is
the four hundredth anniversary Of the dis
covery OF America. The exposition willy
probably be planned after the Centennial
at Philadelphia, and legislation will likely
be asked of Congress similar to that in aid
of the Centennial
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
An Old Farmers Curious Suicide.

LAWRENCE, KAs., December S.-Conrad
Hoyt, an old farmer who lived few miles
from here, committed suicide yesterday In
curious way. He took an Ak and long
rope into the woods. Then hecut away the
around large tree and climb.
ed nearly to the top Of the tree, cutting off
all limbs which might interfere with his
fall. He tied one end Of the rope to limb
aud the other around his neck and jumped
Oft He was found few hours afterward
by passing neighbor.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
MONTANA JUSTICE.
The Inmates OF jail Taken Out, Whip.
ped, and Warned Not to Return.

BUTTE, NJ t., December H,-For a long
time Butte has been invested by a gang Of
cutthroats, whose robberies and other depre.
dations have filled honest men with fear for
both life and property. The patience OF the
people was exhausted this week by the arrest
of wretch named Nelson, who had been
insulting little girls, and kindled the long
smothered indignation into flame As q
consequence vigilence committee OF two
hundred masked men took matters In hand.
and last night overpowered the City Jailer,
took the prisoners confined there up Mis-
soula Gufch, and there turned them loose,
with stern warning that death awaited
their return. 1t is difficult to ascer..
tain just what punishment was awarded
the Jail birds on arriving at Missoula
Gulch 1t is, however, generally under
stood that he beast Nelson received forty
stripes on the bare back, which were put on
with strong arm and hearty good yill
Another report states that he was ha7s~! !
in Horse Canyon. ine ohoiiil has itrt OF
the scene. The affair has created great ex-
ctement in the CITY,
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
A KENTUCKY EPISODE.
An Impromptu and Probably Fatal Duel
Between Well-Known Stock Breeders.

An Impromptu and Probably Fatal Duel
Between Well-Known Stock-Breeders.
CYNTHIANA, KY, December 22.-At II
o'clock to-day H. L, Frisbie and J. X.
Lake, the widely known cattle-breeders,
had an alteration which will probably re-
suit fatally to Frisbie. The latter was
coming to town when he was accosted
by Lake on some business mat
ter. Frisbie replied in very ungen-
tlemanly manner, when Lake seized a rock
Frisbie at the same time pulling his pistol
from his ovelcoat pocket As soon as Lake
saw the pistol he pulled his own, and they
began firing Simultaneously. After few
shots Frisbie ran behind a tree and kept
firing, Lake standing in the middle of the
pike vigorously answering. lrrisbie was shot
once in the middle of the back near the
spinal column, and the wound is very SER
iOus
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
New Comet Discovered by Prof. Brooks.

ROCHESTER,, N Y, December T,-Prof
Swift, of the Warner Observatory in this
city, last evening received telegram from
Prof Brooks, of Phelps, announcing the
constellation of Acquila, which in the
early evening is low in the southwest. The
new comet is situated about six degrees
south of Alpha, and is described as
brightest" and having a slow easterly
motion. Prof Swift last evening found
star OF the sixth magnitude.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
Terrible Lamp Explosion.

PTTTsBURGH, Pa, December T.-Mrs'
Barbara Meyers and her two-year-old child
died to-day from injuries received last
night by the explosion of lamp which the
little one, who was playing about the room
accidentally upset Almost instantly there
was an explosion, which scattered the
burning fluid over the room, the flames
enveloping the mother and child. In her
story window, and, besides being terribly
burned, received injuries which resulted in
her death this morning The baby, who
was burned almost to a csisp, died during
the night and both were buried this after
noon,
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
TWO CHILDREN CREMATED.
A Mother Leaves Them, Alone at Home and
They Meet TbeirsDeath In the Il
Burned Dwelling. rttI.t

PAnxERsBURe, W. VA, December o.
At Wadesville, town about twelve miles
distant from this city, Mrs Koph locked up
the house, leaving her two little children,
little girl of four years and babe of
eighteen months in the house, and went to
the store near by. Directly after the moth
or left, the house was seen to be in flames.
The people ran from all directions toward
it, but before they had arrived upon the
scene the house was totally enveloped
in flames. The cries and screams
of the children were heart
rending, but the building being. a frame
structure, it was fnnpd, Notwithstanding
e,ery 6iIoit WIS nl.teyi yimrossibies 70 cscue
them. In the endeavors to save the chill
dren several citizens were severely burned.
The house was burned to the ground and
nothing but the trunks Of the children were
found in the cinders. The mother and
father are nearly frantic over the loss Of
their only children.
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Baked on a Railway.

DETROIT, December ga Free Press
special from Lennox says; James Gregg,
a well-to-do farmer, and his son this morn
ing 'rere driving to church and their horse
baked while on the railroad track. Be-
fore they could get away an approaching
passenger train struck the father, who was
trying to lift the buggy off the track, and
threw him over culvert and through a
fence, breaking leg and otherwise injur-
ing him so that he died before help arrived
His son was thrown from the buggy and
had his hip dislOcated.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
Forpstrv in France.

PARIS, December Ex-senator ]. Hamp-
den Robb, of New York City, member Of
the Niagara Park Commission, has arrived
In Paris The French Government has
granted him every facility for the study Of
the practical operation of the laws affect
ing forestry In France.
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OREGON'S MEMORIAL.
A Beautiful Gift From That State to Il
Washington Monument.


WASHINGTON, December % Senators
Mitchell and Dolph and Representative Her
man, of Oregon, visited the storehouse Of
the Washington monument this afternoon
where the Oregon memorial stone now lies
and formally presented it to the Monument
Committee as the gift Of the
State of Oregon The stone is
very elaborate piece of work. 1t is
four and half feet long, two feet wide
and six inches thick. 1t consists of three
different kinds of Oregon stone. The stone
itself is of brown granite sandstone and bears
on its face landscape with Oregon's coat
OF arms, surrounded by fruits and flowers,
the whole inclosed with raised .molding
set in the sandstone, and surrounding the
State seal are thirty-two stars of greenish
syneite; the snow-capped mountains are
represented by white ma ble from South
ern Oregon, also set in the brown sand
stone,
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
DOUBLE FATALITY.
One Man Chopped to Picoes by Machinery
and Another Falls Dead ut the
Fearful Spectacle.

and Another Falls Dead at the
Fearful Spectacle.
New York, December 3.-Joseph Walsh
went into the Brooklyn sugar refinery yes
terday afternoon, and while looking at
some machinery fell backward into
one of the circular cutting mills
and was chopped to pieces. The
machinery was stopped and the re-
mains OF the unfortunate man were gath
cred up and removed by friend named
Frederick Bird. He carried the remains
out to the dock and then went back to the
sugar house. He was very white, aud
great drops Of perspiration rolled down his
face. He could hardly walk, and upon
reaching his work, sank into chair. The
sight bad overcome him. After q short
time Bird rose to his feet, but reeled and
fell dead of heart disease, occasioned by
the excitement
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A MINE DISASTER,
Fifty or More Miners Killed and Scores
Wounded.


LONDON, December GA dispatch from
Ponty Pridd, Wales, reports that a terri
BILE colliery explosion has occurred at the
Fern6ale Pit, near there, and that four hun
dred miners are entombed. A later dis.
patch says that twelve dead bodies have
been taken out, and thirty miners have
been rescued, more or less injured. The
remainder Of those who were in the mine
at the time Of the explosion are be-
lieved to be safe. The explosion
occurred in the upper of the two
seams There were $50 men in the mine at
the time Of the explosion. The majority
we're in the lower seam, otherwise the death
list would have been much larger. At
least fifty men were killed In the upper
seam, and scores we're terribly burned. The
injured we're carried to places of safety by
their more fortunate companions who had
not been hurt. The latest dispatches from
the Ferndale pit say that 800 men have
been rescued, seven of whom are so fear
fully burned that they may die.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-01-02
Fatal Accident to Build ers

READING, Pa, December 23.-This morn.
ing while Daniel and Jacob HINES, ma
sons, and Frank Lessing, laborer, all of
Pottstown, were driving to work, the
wagon broke down and their horse ran
away. Jacob Hines was thrown on the
road and killed. Daniel Hines had bic
scalp torn off, exposing the skull, and suf-
ferred bodily injuries. He is in a critical
condition. Lessing received slight in
iuries.
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CAME TO LIFE AGAIN.
Singular Case of Suspended Animation In I
Southern Village.

Singular Case or suspended Animation IN
Southern village.
CHATTANOOGA, December ga singular
case of suspended animation comes from
Overton. Miss May Mcdonald, aged
eighteen years, was taken i'll about
the first of the present month.
On the 10th she appeared to have
breathed her last, and was shrouded for
burial. The coffin was procured the SEQ
ond day after her supposed death, when to
the surprise of all she arose and asked for
an apple, She ate with much relish and
afterwards drank some water. The fol ow-
ing day Miss Mcdonald sunk into q stupOr
and remained SO until Monday, when she
died and was buried.