The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-08-23

CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

engineer on the Memphis and Charleston
Road, dreamed his train -collided with
another, and jumped out Of four story
window at Iuka, Miss He will die. In
delirium he calls for his fireman to
jump, and asks how many were hurt.
STEuBENvrLLE, OHIO, August lS.-
An accident occurred near this city
yesterday resulting in the death of George
Owens, his wife and his son. The men
were killed by rope breaking in a we'll
when drawing them up. The women
died when both bodies were brought
home.
GREENFIELD, MASS, Aug. H.-Dea.
con Lowering, aged ninety, his sister and
housekeeper, Mrs. Richardson, we're
instantly killed by lightning about mid:
night, and the farm house, barns and
buildings were burned. The old man
was found sitting in chair dead. His
sisters body was burned to q crisp.
CHICAGO, August 16.-A collision oe.
Cured on the Illinois Central Railway at
South Lawn, fifty miles south of this
city, this morning. The Illinois Central
passenger train, bound for Chicago, came
in collision with freight train. Seven
persons were more or less seriously in.
iured. There were over two hundred
passengers on the train, and their escape
was miraculous.
WASHINGTON, Aug, 1S.-Terrible NOR
tality in this city among infants still con.
tinues, and the agitation as to the cause
grows violent. Since April Z over 300
babies under three years of age have
died, and for the last two weeks the
deaths have averaged ten per day.. A
writer in one ofthe Sunday papers to day,
charges impure cows milk as the great
enemy of children, and boldly AYERS that
not fifty gallons of pure milk are sold in
this city daily, the rest being adulterat
ed.
CLARKsoN, KY, August ia terri.
BILE tragedy, which has greatly excited the
whele community, occurred here Tuesday
evening. Will johnson and Alice Syl:
yester, two popular young people, started
to drive to minister's in 8 neighboring
town to be married. Yesterday morning
early passing farmer saw two bodies at
the bottom of "a ravine through which
Rocky Creek runs. On investigation
they were found to be those of johnson
and Miss Sylvester. It was evidentthat
they had driven off the embankment in
the dark and so met death.
COLUMBIA, S. O., August l6.-In Ker.
shaw county yesterday evening Henry
Shropshire and his wife went to church,
about two miles from their house, taking
their baby with them bat leaving at home
their other children, aged respectively
six and eight years. When they retufn.
ed, three hours later, they found their
housein smoking ruins and the charred
remains of the two children. The father
tainted, and when he recovered conscious
ness it: was found that bis reason was
dethroned. The mother is Frustrated by
the.shock and her life is despaired of.
New YORK, August 18:-The Heralds
Wilmington special says q serious acci.
dent occurred on the Wilmington, Co.
lumbia and Augusta Railroad about sixty
miles south Of Wilmington yesterday
morning. The fast mail train from
Charleston had stopped to make some
repairs aud was run into by another
passenger train. a sleeping car was
completely demolished. Two passengers
were killed outright, two fatally injured
and Mr.. Hart Of Edge6eld, S. c., seri.
ously hurt. The names of the killed and
injured have not yet been ascertained, but
it is said two were negroes.
NEW PHILADELPHIA, OHIO, August
16.-Emma Traxel, the eighteen, year old
daughter of Jacob TraXel, of Crooked
Run near here, narrowly escaped being
buried alive yesterday. On Saturday
morning she was taken sick, and to all ap.
pearances died. She was prepared for
burial and placed in q coffin. The funeral
was set for Monday. On Sunday evening
Miss Traxel, to the astonishment of al,
suddenly came to, and arose as 1t were
from the dead. She had been in trance
thirty six hours, and was conscious of all
surroundings. She heard the weeping
friends and the hour set for her funeral,
and her feelings during these long, horri
ble hours, as she describes them, can only
be imagined. She has nearly recovered
from the terrible shock.
81 KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 20.-Ad.
vices from Ashville bring particulars of a
frightful -waterspout on Willis creek, in
Transylvania county. Tbs day was clear
and warm and suddenly black cloud
formed overhead, apparently covering
about one third of the heavens. From it
came what appeared a solid column Of
water that inundated the whole creek
bottom, carrying away mill dams, mills,
timber, barns, etc. On the farm of
Robert Hamilton over 10 acres of meadow
has the surface completely washed away.
Hastin's -four mill is gone. The farm
house of James Weaver is gone. The
water rose SO fast in the house Of "Poke"
Gordon that two children were drowned.
An old lady named Westerly was drowned
Jerome Echels, in attempting to save his
family lost his life. The total loss of
property is about 100000.
.R1RMINaHAM, ALA, August 16.-
John Wesley Dubose, q life convict at
the Pratt mines, who is insane on the
subject of religion, is again trying to
starve himself to death and bids fair to
lower the fasting record. Since the 2Sth
day of July nothing has passed his lips
except a few swallows of water. He
bears UP under this long fast remarkably
we'll and is strong enough to walk about
his prison. He declares that the Lord
has ordered him to fast and pray, and
says that those who would force him to
eat are but trying to do the work of the
devil. Dubose before tasted about twenty
days, and food was finally forced down
his throat. He is sane on every subject
except religion. He says angels visit
him every night and order him to proloug
his fast as he is obeying the commands
of God.
ATLANTA, August 1.-THE town of
Irwinville has for two months been in
arms over the copjuring of its colored
citizens. These people would become
sick in the most unaccountable manner.
at last Jeff Whitaker, a bronze.colored
citizen, was seized as the man who had
done the mischief. In his pocket was
found what is known as the coDjurer's
jack. A committee of colored men
brought the jack to Or. Julian for exam
ination. He found it to be red flannel
bag, one and a half inches long and half
an inch vide, containing ten No. gun
shot and one buckshot, all we'll wrapped
in small piece of red flannel. To one
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