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The National tribune., 1886-04-29
A Train Wrecker's DlaboIical Work.

Some miscreant last week placed cross tie
on the track of the East Tennessee Railroad
near Silver Creek, Ga, and then, stepping back
In the dark, watched an approaching freight
train strike it and roll down 10-foot bank.
One man was instantly killed and another ia.
tally injured. The man who was killed was
Thomas Shenan, who was firing for his trans
portation from Chattanooga to Atlanta. he
was crushed and cut to pieces. Letters on his
person show that he was citizen of England
Jack Wright, the engineer. was so badly in
jured that he will die Mike Wrinkle, the
regular fireman, was asleep in the tender. He
was not scratched. The engineer saw the OBJ
struction just before he struck it, but was not
able to stop the train. The wrecker has not
been captured.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
Or. Eigbee Refuses to Resign.

Rev. Dr.. E. E. Higbse, Superintendent of the
Soldiers Orphans Schools of Pennsylvania, has
written formal reply to Gov Pattison's de-
Superintendent of the schools named. DR..
Higbee declines to resign, and at great length
replies to the charge that he is responsible for
the abuses and Encouragement in the schools.
He reviews the case in detail, contends that the
charges are not sustained by the facts, and cites
figures from the accounts to sustain his state
nents
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
The yanticoks Search Finally Abandoned.

All hopes of recovering the bodies Of the 90
miners entombed at Nanticoke has been given
up. A second bore hole has been driven from
the tunnel to the main gangway, and it was
discovered last week that the latter was filed
with guickssnd and water. This at once put q
stop to all future operations, and it is now re-
garded as certainty that the men persisted on
the first day of their imprisonment by being
caught in the mass of falling sand and rocks,
and that their bodies can never be recovered.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
A Fiendigh Plot.

A remarkable plot to demolish the works Of
the Louisville Electric Lighting Company, o.
Louisville, KY, was discovered last week.
belt "a inches in width, which connects large
fy-wheel with the dynamos, was cut almost in
two. 1t was sufficiently weakened to have
separated when the machines went at full
speed, and by peculiar arrangement would
have caused a violent explosion. which would
probably have killed every man in the build
ing. Some enomy of the proprietors is sus
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
Collapse of Old Libby Prison.

The building known as Libby Prison, at Rich
mond, Va, which will be remembered with
such horror by many Union soldiers, collapsed
on the 2lst inst. The building has for some
time past been used as a fertilizer factory and
the accident was caused by great quantities of
weighty matter being stored on the upper floors.
The loss in the demolition of the building and
the scattering of fertilizng material it is said,
will reach $4,000.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
A nwarf'a VIII.

The will of Kate Rowsand, the little dwarf
that was known all over Europe es MADAME
La Msrquise" contains a novel feature. After
she had disposed of all her property, there re-
manned her wardrobe WELL" said she, "m my
dresses and linen and everything that l wore
must be far too small for the littlest child; but
in order that some poor little girls may be happy,
desire that the sum of 10 pounds sterling may
be applied to the purchasing of 90 dolls of my
size, which shall all be dressed from my ward
robe and given TO orphans"
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
Neuralgia Pains take flight before the great
remedy-St. Jacobs Oil.

QUITE an excitement was caused on ohe Of crowded
thdroughfsres few evenings ago at the sight Of we'll
dressed lady suddenly falling to the sidewalk as dead
After being carried into the nearest house size revived and
stated that having received instructions from her phys
clans procure nom the drug store bottle of Graeten
berg Catholico which wculd her of her weakness
and female complaint she was ON her way to purchase
the remedy Aer resting awhile she able TO proceed
errnd and doubtless by this time has experienced
the wonderful healing properties Of this great medicine
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
A Boy Train Wrecker.

Henry Bailey, aged 10, has been arrested for
attempting to wreck the fast east bound train
on the Michigan Central near Kalamazoo,
Mich, on the l4th inst. He made fall con-
fession in writing, stating that he was led to
the act to redress the wrong his father had SAT-
fered from the Michigan Central through re-
fusal TO pay for the burning of so rods of fence.
This is the fifth attempt to wreck trains in the
same locality in three years.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
keftlers 10 be Elected.

Greet excitement exists at Fort Pierre OAK,
In consequence Of an order issued by the Indian
ment in ordering the merchants and residents
off the Fort Pierre Reservation within 80 days.
This will involve loss of $4,000 and the
settlers have held meetings and resolved not to
move except at the point of the bayonet. Serious
trouble will follow should the agent attempt to
enforce the order.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29

bring from n Practical Inkn.

James Sullivan, aged % years, halter, of
Danbury, Conn, is dying in the hospital at
that place as the result of cruel trick which
was played upon him by an acquaintance sew
eral weeks ago. He is suffering from necrosis
or decay of the backbone His chum placed a
bent pin in his chair in order to see him jump.
The pin penetrated the backbone, to which its
decay its attributed
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
The Markets.

Wheat, April, 1s3; May 7sb, and June, soa
Corn, cash, 37s; May. 37!, and June, $40. Oats
April, 29l; May, 80, and June, 800. Rye, 614
Barley, SO. Mess pork, cash, 1926; May, 1896
aud June, 1901. Lard, cash, $3.50; May,
$3.50, and June, S595.
Cattle, shipping steers, 800 and $5.75
stockors and feeders, $3.50 and $3.50; cows
bulls and mixed, $3.50 and $f.25; Texans $4.Ot
and $500. Hogs, rough and mixed, $685. and
$4.25; packing and shipping, $500 and $4.35
light, $3.50 and $4o5; skips, $3.50 and $3.50
Sheep, $3.50 and $500.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
Insane From Fright,

Miss Maggie Cline, the daughter of farmer
of Cabarrus County, N. c., whilst crossing q
pasture field one day last week was chased by
vicious bull The animal came very near
overtaking her, and such was the shock to her
nerves experienced by fright over the occur
renee that her mind gave way. She will be
placed in q lunatic asylum.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
IL It Truei

The Charleston Nems and Courier states sim
gular fact. In Portland, Me-, a prohibition
city of $4,000 inhabitants, the total number of
people arrested for crimes committed while In
toxicated was 1890. In Charleston, not pro-
hibition city, the total number arrested under
the same circumstances was 4S9, and yet the
latter has 49, 600 inhabitants
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
A Fortified Human Body.

Workmen engaged last week in removing
bodies from an old burying ground in Philadel-
phia last week came across petrified corpse.
The body was that Of Thomas Mercer, 81 years,
who died Aug. 10. 1848. 1t required the strength
of six brawny laborers to raise the coffin from
the grave, and when the box was opened, at the
request of a daughter of the deceased, the body
was as hard as stone. In the same grave were
four other bodies, all in state Of decay, and all
nearer the surface than the one which was pct
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
Sad Case nf Hydrnnhnhia.

Five weeks ago Nellie Smith, while playing
with her brother at Matawan, N. j., was bitten
by mad dog, and the boy was also bitten, al
though he said nothing about the matter at the
time He was taken i'll on Thursday last and
symptoms OF hydrophobia rapidly developed.
He suffered terribly from paroxysrns, and died
on Monday.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
Defeat OF Pr0hibitionists in Virginia

The prohibitionists met with an overwheIm-
ing defeat in Richmond, Va, Monday last, a
majority of 1851 votes being cast in favor of
the ."wets." In Lynchburg the whisky men
were also successful, defeating the "drys" by
over 1,1S5 votes.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
The Great Railroad Strike.

During the past week little of interest has
occurred in regard to the strike ON the Missouri
Pacific. There have been no new outbreaks
and the force of militia has been greatly re-
duced at East st. Louis. Many of the trains are
running with substitute men, and Gould claims
that the road is not losing money.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
Starved Their Ward TO Death.

John McAndrew and his wife were placed on
trial at Scranton charged with killing Mary
Gaughan, little girl whose guardian Mean
drew was, by starvation and brutal treatment
The testimony is very strong and shows the
McAndreWs more in the light of fends than
human beings
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
Killed In q School House.

On the goth inst. lightning struck school
house at Freeland, Pa. The electric fluid ran
down the chimney, demolishing the stove and
fatally njuring Florence Hodgson aged eight
years. Three other girls were seriously hurt,
but it is thought they may recover
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
Ex.President Arthur Dying.

1t is now settled beyond reasonable doubt
that ex-President Arthur's illness is of fatal
character, ard that he cannot live more than a
few days at the most.
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
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Eighty-four of the SO girls in the Swift
Epooler room OF tho CGnant Thread Company,
Pawtucket, r. l. failing 90 receive an advance
Of wages on certain shades left worlc.-A
riot occurred Tuesday Of last week al Winona,
Mimi, in consequence of trouble between the
Milwaukee g. St. Paul and Chicago & North
western Railroad as to the right of way. A
large msb of Poles and others attacked the
tracklaycrs, tore up the track, threw stones,
and injured one man badly.-The April
crop report Of the Ohio State Board OF Agri-
culture gives the wheat area st I0l per cent,
condition 81; rye, area 81, condition 90; barley,
srea So, condition 80. Condition of live stock
Horses 9S, cattle 80, sheep so, swine 80. The
eondition of wheat foT the whole State in June,
1885, was 81 per cent, against 81 Per cent. now
% far as reported. 1.-The Union Ferry Com
psny, which runs the beats between New York
and Brooklyn, claims that the bridge is ruin
Ing its business, receipts having fallen from
The National tribune., 1886-04-29
FOR SALE--A BARGAIN.

Store house. stock of goods and fruit farm separately
or combined, Good trade good markets healthy country
write quick or you will lose opportunity Address
BAILEY & HANF0RD, Makanda, ION III. c. 2 81
jackson Co., III.
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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-10
ALMOST A RIOT.
stormy MeeiioK Of the New York
Central Labor Union.

New YORK, August 8 The la t reg
ular meeting of the Central Labor
Union under its existing system held
yes erday afternoon at Clarendon Hall
was very lively. The principal change
in the system to 90 into effect by next
Su' day will be division Of the union
into three associations. 1t is believed
this will greatly facilitate the ira sac
ton OF business The pers mel OF the
organizit ion will remain as il is The
sections will conduct routine matters
and tie genera body will take up only
business of Importance. An unusually
large number of delegates were pres
ent today. The chief question was that
OF thu differences between the Knights
OF Labor AID the Progressive Cigar
Makers Union aud the position thst
the Central Union should take regN d.
ing them. A week 60 The latter body
passed q resolution expires ing SYM
pa,by with the ProHeseives. 1t YVES
the intention OF the Knights IN the
body TO change the record today. The
unionists began the battle, however.
Toe German fresCo painters handed
in a communication advising that the
Genital Union should render ess' ST.
snce and financial aid to the cigar
make era The was an eScite1 discus
sion, and the communiCat on wa
finally laid upon the table by vo' e OF
1873 20 1853. This said to have been
one { the largest ballots ever taken in
thu surion. 1ha Knigbt' became very
eDthusi site AID cheer,d like wild
men A motion to reconsider the
esolution was lo for wait Of two
thirds vote. During its discusfio ihs
members worked thems Ives up to al.
mcst white hi at, several of them, rep.
resenting orpo.ing factions, came to
blows, and il lookfd a. me time as
though general riot would occur.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-10
CHANCERY SALE
OF
Rl he A IT, Il y n AT E

No. S55, R.--Chancery Court Of Shelby Coun-
ty-Wm Morrow vs.. P. P. ,Fraim.-N No.
1924, h. oh. p. Hobson, administrator,
ETC., VS.. NJ @. Fraim OF al.
pY virtue of an interlocut0ry decree for
ID sale, entered in the above cause on the
Sd day OF July. 1886, entered in M. B. So,
pages SIG and 5S8. l will sell, at public auc-
ton, to the highest bidder. in front of the
Clerk and Masters office. Courthouse Of
Shelby county, Memphis, Tenn, on
Saturday, August II, 1855,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in shelby county, Tennes-
see, t0-wit:
of G. l.. AIS, fronting so feet on the north
side of Jefferson street by depth OF l4SI1
feet, and bounded. on the east by bayou, Gay
oso. Lot No. Of same subdivision, 'front.'
ing about ITO feet on the north side Of alley
Just nerth OF lot2, running back about IS
feet, and bounded ON the east by said bayou.
Also. lots Is, II, 1S and 10 If 2. P. Fraim's
subdivision OF lots and 5 and part OF lot 3
of q. l.. 494-all OF said lots fronting so leet
on south side of Monroe street extended,
except 10. which has depth OF lO4 feet,
which lots run back to Mrs. s. W. CamT.
BELLS lot, MS cow inclosed by her fence.
Bids on lots II, Is and l9 will commence with
raised bid of Theo. Read.
Terms of Sale-Ten per oeGt. OF purchase
money paid in cash; balance in six and
twelve months: intereEt-bearlrg notes with
security required; lien retained to secure
same, and equity Of redemption barred.
S. /. Mcdowell, Clerk and Master.
py H. F. Walsh, Deputy Q. and M.
Malone l. Watson, Taylor il Carroll, Z.
II. n O. W Hpiekall. Soils.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-10
Everyshtag Looks Like War From u
Mexican standpoint.

DRNvRR, COL, August 9-An FL
Paso sp ci'l says: The excitement
over the Cutting imbTog 10 is much
intens tie ! today Rumo's of every
kind are card, Tut upon investigation
prove TO be false, A passenger On the
trRiu / ON chihuahua Oity this morn
irg asys tha' II Ia known positively
th.t GOV Ma ezra has ordered thu
Pasn d.i Nor authorities, in case Of
AZ at ack from Texiq, to cut of the
pris pei's head and deliver II to the
Anne icaos. tn stat ment il Eiyen
Tor Wha IT is worth. Eight hu ldred
Mexican troops are Caid t) have left
Lagos ior PasD del Note on Sunday
nigh,. IL 70 asserted that strong de-
maud las been adc, and that the
Amoiican officials have been notified
10 cave Mexico Large Gro wds gather
attveIystreet o nsr,aI d the arrival OF
Company f Of IN" Tenth Uuited St.te3
lnAnry For Bliss which was as
signed here two months ago, hes
c used a umOr to tae eject that eight
car loAds of United states so'diers
were on spot. The bad effect Of
the,e dilliCu ties upon buainoss Is al
last ha' oning very app rent, and ev-
eiythi, & loaks ike wtr from u Mexi-
can standpoint. Consul Brigham ju9t
now ,othrms the fact tina. q strong
dema Il has bNtn m de by our gov.
errment, aad tie pc 'ple sre wild with
DE 81 They have Just called Gut
tng bei rs the coult IN Pa o del Norto,
AID Cansil Brigham is in attendance,
yuter Consul b igram SAWS he
mus have been misunderstood in re-
god TIT es.Coud demand. He says
he eX, Is il any Time, but d es no
know thai t hAs en- made.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-10

OF opin'on prevailing. He alluded to
the shutting out OF Unit.rians from
the great Sunday school parade at
Brooklyn as modern instance in
keeping with the action OF the Jews
when they refused 10 have any deal
ipgs with the Samsritans. About 5000
persons were gathered in the several
departments OF the Cbauiauqua Az
sembly Sabbath S'hool this sftern ION.
A. 4 o'c'ock President Calste, Of Wof-
ford College, South Caro- ina, delivered
an address ON "Christisn E.bi g." In
the evening the Rev. DR.. Hobbs, OF
Louisville, KY, preached in the am
nhilhfatlr
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-10
THE MEXICAN TROUBLE.
GREAT EXCITEMENT OVER CUT.
TING'S SENTENCE.
Wsrlike Feeling Increasing on the
Border Secretary Bayard
Interviewed.

ST. LOUIS, Mo August GA spG cial
from FL Paqo says AS sentence was
pronounced upon Cutting at Paso del
Nolte, Mexico, Saturday evening the
prisoner turned slightly pale, but
was otherw Sc thoroughly composed.
When the reading OF the sentence was
finished, he ssked in loud voice OF
the Court, at the same time pointing to
Medina. "About the 1900, is that
creature to get any OF it2" At this
point Consul Brigham in,erposed to
stop him. "If the prisoner uses in
smiling language" said the Judge, 81
can add something to tho term Of his
sentence" Judge Brigham assured
the Court that neither be nor Cutting
meant any disrespect TO it. "Let us
understand" said Judge Brigham,
Gust what this is for?" at is for the
pub icstion OF the other side of an
article which is held to have vitiated
a reconciliation made on this eide"
"And this act on the other side" con-
ttnued Judge Brigham, "wss con.
sraed on this tile ss a contempt OF
couyt?" To tits the Court replied In
the negative. The Court then turned
In the prisoner and asked:
DO you still stand under the pro-
lection OF your governmen'p
Il do" replied Mr.. Cutting.
"Do YOU wish to take an appeal to
the Supreme Court 2" the Judge asked.
81 have no appeal to make except TO
the Government of the United States y
"If YOU should desire to take an ap'
peal" said Judge Zubia, "you have
five davs in which 10 give notice. Do
you wish to sign the proceeding OF
this court"
II sign nothing"
"Dl you wish to express satisfaction
or dissatisfaction with the sentence2 ~
"No, sir; ! have never recognized
your court or Jurisdiction, and i donot
recognize its rights TO imprison me fol
one hourW
Cutting was taken back TO jail, and
will be sent to Ohibushua in day Of
two.
No sooner was the (, ct OF Cuttings
senter CO known than both towns or
the Mexican and American side were
wild with excitement over the matter
Two secret meeliogs were held here
and companies Of minute men wer'
organized. The merchants fear harm
II the soldiers ara not promptly OF
hand. They realize that Congress
only can declare war, but the superior
number of Mexican soldiers in Past
del Norte would play havoc with thu
single company now at Fort Bliss, ont
mile from FL Paso. Arms and ammu
milton are not scarce, however, ant
citizens are secretly organizing 80 as 4
act on the defensive. Their voice il
unanimous for the vindication o
Anne lean honor aud the protection O
our citizens. The Mexicans, too, art
argty at the tone Of the press, and
people are fearful Of violence on ac'
count OF he numer us r2ass meetingt
which ere being held.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-10
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