Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1888-03-03

| vents who served In the Confederate armv
from Mississippi, and who are now unable L
labor because OF injuries received in the scr.
vice.
"A dispatch from San Reno SAYS
Though strict secrecy is observed Ii ap
pears clear that the condition of the Crowr
lrince is extremely serious. Much excite
ment prevails. Hourly bulletins are sent tc
Emperor William - The London Daily
News correspondent at Saa Reno SAYS:
g The doctors are puzzled and snxioua. On,
less a favorable turn soon oci uss now CON.
piieations are likely to ensue.n
Tho committee representing the Pitts.
burg iiailroad Ceal Association returned
from Columbus where they met comi.,ittes
representing the operators from the locking
Valley. They reach an agreement regarding
tAe uiiiAfence In the selling price Of Pits
Burg and Hooking coal III the iakus. Pits
burg coai will BIZ sold ior twenty cents pes
ton more than Hooking Valley. Last season
tie difference WIS Twenty-Five cc.ts .cr tom
aud as result the operators OF Ohio had the
advantage OF prices us We aa freight rates
which were fifteen cents per ton lover than
the Pittsbufg iate.
A cyclone struck Mount Vernon, H.,
Sunday. The town was virtually destroyed,
q nunioer OF lives lost and my persons
injured. Mount Vernon is situated in the
southern part OF the State about sixty miles
east OF ST. Louis In almost direct line.
Over one hundred persons were killed and
the town left in ruins. Fire immediately
broke out oil over the city amid The ruins
spreading rapidly owing to the damage done
10 the engines by the wind. The storm
passed from the southwest and hal rotary
iso ion. /! swept down with fearful fury,
slli.ing first just south OF the city hail, then
carried away tho thiid and fourth stories OF
the Mount Vernon mill. From there ii
swelt ua II path 1--WE hundlcd yards vide.
ihe Methodist Church fell. just few min
.cs after go people had ie.t the Sunday
aeAoot room. Commercial Hotel lott
its Third story. Next the Wind struck tho
county CONT House and rendeied II u
he i d rAins. II wgs by FIRE luck, how
ever, that lhe county repor,ls were saved.
il.e large tnoslory hr ek sehoolho,lse 4 II
not WI stand tile sllovg ANY letter than tho
smallest house Ia tie track OF The cseione.
4 ,e lar two stoty fntme louise Of George
v ard VAS ~, hed up and eafl,e ed about
tweaty ltot aAd lett unhuft, while two
brick bun aings within one hundred feet
10 left IA ruins. The loss cannot ha
est.sna al, but not less than ha mil
l. IA dolinrs OF property has been de-
S,goyea by the pycioAe o. fire la tlla, neigh
bar.lnoa. Tbs Sky has cleared anl no
O. ,ue,s i've aav hlmniinn Oh the disastrous
.ufia ol a iow hours before.
e statorl Young, agad about sixts.fve.
leatsing member ol the bar az Jns Oh, ono,
ana Il ieinber Vi tbs National Eaf As,oeia-
tioa atlenied 4 meet N. uf the local bar as
toeiation Monday, and lter returning homo
Cropped deLl lrun his chair Matn nesit
oiseus..
Since y heard hor doom IN a,tnrlny
mo- nine, Mrs, koaii, Of, die boston boigia,
has positively refused all nourisnettt. Ihs
ja.l olneeIh ilsye tlie0 ~ Naii To induce her
to cat alid are persuaded thai her iinn will
cnnnol be broken il IL be her Intention to
starve herself TO death.
Mrs. Sarch Kuflc, Of coagress, Ohio,
died Monday evening ~ her hume, aged
nnetv-Seven yeara. Sne was q daughter OF
Adau Poe, the lainous Indian Hgnter of
\ irginia. VII e living siio delighted in
teilln, oG the many ihtlliug In4iaa agnis OF
her father, many oi wai,.i nave already
found place Ia history.
M the fruit eShilIt made before the
Hot culiural society Al tiyets dr., Gal, Ar
kansas Ni AVA, det the iilst premium for
thn best variety and best display OF apples
q e., ulatie Oh the iheiue toa>t. Ihe State
las ken trst lIeniam al St. Louis, New
Orleans, and boston, and has no more lau-
rSis 10 Miit GA tie .alaeileau soit. a-
--,ir. Lane, NJ. r., IVES welcomed at nuh-
lin Ey a ialsr efoNd VIA set RAJ bands Of
music, Whie the cfoads Aha the bands
were reiufni ( hQtne stones were thrown at
the peii,e and the later charged upon the
eruMd a, scattering the musiaiaus aud smash-
Ing t.iuir inaltumenls lleAen policemen
anl fourteen clsiiaus were Injured slightly.
-Ietbe & Co.'S celliery ut Shenandoah,
ra., has rsuintd work. The hptr Ridge
co,ierirs are also beiap l,nt IN 81 e for
resumptien o! nrega $. lie ly Kun
and Vi illian i9eiu co. fips tire d., y iuin-
ing away mlnefs aprsus Ior wefk. All
tears ut violence az tAc Individual mines
have nov subsided. he Ieaai mines are
stiil die.
"A violent esp osion oeellrre at Duponrs
Powder " orSs At WapNallapen, Ia, Friday
morniag four men we're instun iy killed.
lhe explosion took place IA the packing
h use, where several ions of pew..sr hal
been stored. Tho ean'aaian WAS the most
s.0.ssl. tiial ever occurred in he Wyoming
Na,,ev. lno .oree OF the shack Was dis
tineily felt at VI ikesbane, twenty miles
uisianf. he nd,as in MI the build ngs
ratified and officials in the Court Honse
thu hit there was ua earthquake, as the
shook vi9lsntlg. Al isaaticoke anu
o. buildings and school ehlldlen ran int ter or
( o "a tie sch ,oi ha uses. Men aud omen
ho ked towards the mines, whore they
thought The explosion happened, aud waefe
the usrnhers oil ti4eii families " re 1T wo X.
Al Shiekshinny @ glass IN almost every
" ndaa was tr1scn, and niany persons were
thrown 10 the ground. Al Wapaa allapen
nea ly every building WAS damaged or
Lesdes The killed ove4 lvsty per-
,OAs were ilitlrul,
--ihe krmnt,ap passed the military loan
III wtncut dens.e. Only three members,
ociai Democrats, opposed the measure. =
AT Fort Smith, Arkansas, seven Indian
errt0ry mnrderers were sentenced by
udge Parker to be hanged on Friday,
.pril 27.
George Dunham, OF Woodbury., N. j..
onyicted OF the murder of his mother-in-
Nv, has been sentenced TO be hanged on
iarch 20.
The real estate OF lsldofe Connheid, the
.ather impo ter OF New York, which was
Did for the benefit OF creditors brought
367, ,750.
Minister Pendleton has been forced TO
ostpone his intended Washington birthday
tie owing TO tie death Of Mrs. Potter who
as Mr.. Pendleton' 8 adopted daughter.
General Van Novski Minister of War
,r Russia has issued an order Of the day in
I'll IN tha AZ