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be alike just to your comrade and my
self would not take greater courage
than many of you have shown in battle.
In olden time brave knights fought to
death for the honor of unknown wO-
men. To-day viii brave soldiers of a
nobIer cause than'was then known, for
ever blacken the character and name of
a woman against whom no particle OF
evidence has been or can be addueed,
in order to cover up the weakness and
INSANITY of a fellow soldier.
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HONEY GROVE, Texas, May "A
Robert Scott was captured on Tuesday
and placed in Jail for a murder COM
mitted in Frye county last January.
On Wednesday he escaped. Yesterday
some boys found his body in an old UNI
used we'll. 1t is supposed he hid there
to avoid detection and fell in and was
drowned.
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High Wasar Mark.


ST. LOUIS, May 15.-The Mississippi
continues to rise and the high water
mark of 1881, has been passed at sew
eral points. At Hannibal, Missouri,
the gauge read nineteen feet and ten
inches last night and going up. The
break in the Sny levee at Turkeys
foot caused the flooding territory of
about three miles square, but did not
inundate the whole of the lowlands
known as the Sny bottoms which eX-
tend from opposite Hannibal to Louis
lana, Missouri. The Sny levee oppo-
site Hannibal is yet intact and has a
large force OF men working on it.. The
lumber business is practically at a
standstill, as all yards are flooded.
Railroads are continuing traffic with
difficulty, all tracks being partially sub
merged and many of them so deeply
covered that it is impossible to move
over them.
Three bad breaks are reported in the
Indian Grove levee, a few miles north
of Quincy. Illinois. The largest crevice
at Turtle Islands is more than one hun
dred feet wide. The damage to homes
and the promising wheat and corn crop
| in the low lands is enormous.
Inc dyke below ROCK island DrOKe at
ten O'Clock last night and the low lands
were quickly inundated, discommoding
about three hundred families. They
were prepared for the break, however.
and there were no disasters. Since six
o'clock last night the river has been at
stand-still.
At Keokuk the gauge measured nine
teen feet two inches above lOw-WateI
mark; this is two and half inches
above the high-water mark of 1881
and within twenty-one inches of the
mark of 1851. Business is entirely sus-
pended along the levee front.
Alexandria, Missouri, can only be
reached by boats.
Reports from Warsaw, Illinois, state
that the levee in that vicinity is still
| intact. The break in the levee has re
lieved the influx and lower water
further north indicates that the wors
/ il mast
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DULUTH, Mimi, May 14.-Develop-
ments in the wheat situation at Du
luth the past week have been of more
than usually interesting and import
ant character than ever before. The
prospects for winter wheat are poor
and Duluth, with over 9,000, 900 bush
els in store, has nearly one-third of the
total visible supply Of the country.
During the last week representatives
Of half a dozen leading New York ex-
porting firms have been here and it is
said that all, or nearly all, have been
buying wheat. They include such
well-known men as J. L. Gill. e. Bal
ley of Rice. Quinby & Co., William H.
Wallace, N. v. Dare Of the New York
house Of Armour, Plankinton s. Co.,
and others, and all are eagerly investi-
eating the situation. New York men
interviewed on the subject all talk
bearish. They say that later reports
from the winter wheat sections than
those which were made the basis of the
late government crop report, show inn
provements, and that the prospects in
the northwest for big yield are excel
lent. That the -four market is over
done and the Minneapolis mills cannot
run much longer at their present
rate, but will largely cut down
their production, while the country
elevator companies acknowledge TO
8 100000 in addition still in their
houses, and as soon as the production
or -four drops of this wheat will flow
to Duluth. and that now held by car
riers will be forced on the market. This
view is not taken by any of the big
houses here, such as A. j. Sawyer,
Dunn, Tompson and Owen s. Farquer-
son s. Co. Reports came yesterday
from Minneapolis that only two mills
have q supply of wheat and that the
others are picking it up where they can
with the result that cash wheat is all
being taken at heavy premium. The
result here is that there is an unusual
demand for wheat and orders from out
side seem to show that Duluth holds
the key to the wheat situation just
now. One Chicago firm bought nearly
9OO, 900 bushels Saturday. Few holders
care to let go Of their wheat and the
market is in tense condition. After
to-day stocks are expected to decrease
rapidly and after few weeks all wheat
left here will be in the hands of car
riers holding for elevator charges.
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WOODWARD, I. T., May 16.-Ser-
geant Porter Webster, company A,
Twenty-fourth infantry, was shot and
instantly killed by Private David
Simons of the same company, at Fort
Reno yesterday. Simons had threat
ened the life of woman with whom he
had trouble, and while attempting to
arrest him Webster was shot.
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"A ChEcaRo.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 10, 1888.
HoGs-Receipts, IS 900 head; market opened
active and steady at yesterdays figures, be-
came easier at sc lower: light, e53on5ES:
rough packing, 8 35@550: mixed, 95.lS1S65:
heavy packing and shipping, e55505.Z5.
CATTLE-Receipts, 5,5OG head. the market
was strong; beeyes, A.0105.20; COWS and
mixed; s1.eOG3.s0; stockers and feeders q so
SHEEP-Receipts. ,000 head: market steady:
best wooded, e5.55G6-25: best shofn. e55Ol0s.S0.
inferior 10 fair, e2.750400.
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Quarantine proclamation.

HELENA, Mont, May 15.-Gov. Les
lie issued a quarantine proclamation
yesterday relating to Texas cattle.
Heretofore cattle from any part of that
state could be brought to Montana, pro-
vided they were driven on foot and
ninety days had elapsed between leav-
ing Texas and arriving in Montana.
This is now amended so that cattle COM
ing from the Panhandle of Texas may
come in by train. To the rest of the
state of Texas the old quarantine law
onn1ieS
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shelIeY Assaesinared.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, May I4.-Mayor
w. o. Shelley of Colburg received in
formation yesterday of the murder of
his brother, J. H. Shelley, on Thurs
day, near Greenville, Alabama. He
was called out of his field to a clump
of bushes near the roadside and fired
on by an unknown assassin, who es-
canPd.
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HARRIsoNBURG, Pa, May 14.-Frank
May, working at a saw-mill near Tort
Republic, was on Saturday caught by
the saw which cut off his left leg at the
thigh, entered his side and cut his
bowels, liver and lungs to pieces and
forcing the heart from the left to the
right side He lived fourteen hours
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Mrs. Scott was appointed on the ed
ucational committee of the Western
Missouri and Kansas Social Science
club, at the annual meeting held in
Kansas City, Thursday. Mrs. Scott is
an Emporia lady and well qualified for
the noSition.
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Deafh or "a. hi. LoWrie.

SAN DIEGO, Gala, May ia. B.
Lowrie of the wholesale house Of Nc
Intie g Lowrie OF Boston, Massachu-
sets, and one of the heaviest stock
holders in he Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fee railroad, also president Of tn
San Diego Land and Town company,
died at National City, this county, yes.
terday. The remains will be taken to
Boston,
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Inh1.na 60.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 16.-Dis-
couraging reports regarding the out
look for crops are being received from
all parts of Indiana. In many coun-
ties hay and oats have suffered severely
from drought, while in the southern
half of the state corn fields are being
devastated by cut worms
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BLOWN TO ATOMS.
A Santa Fe Train Wrecked and Car
of Powder Explodes.
A Depot, Several Cars and a Number
of Houses Demolished.
Three Persons Xii ed and Ten or
Fifteen Wounded
A Reading Train Dumped Down q
Twenty Foot Embankment.

oCHIcago, May 14--Word has reached
Ia Fe railroad colledded with freight
train near the Fountain this morning
at o'clock. A car of powder in the
freight train exploded, completely
wrecking both TRAINS and instantly
killing ten people and wounding many
more.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
DENVER, May l4.-Later advices
from Fountain, the scene of the Santa
Fe railroad accident, state that train
No. 4, known as the Thunder Bolt,
arrived at Fountain at 2:4l this morn
ing and had only been standing q few
minutes when a caboose and some
cars, the brakes of which had got
loose in some way, ran down a side
track and struck the train with
terrific force. One car was loaded with
naptha which exploded, throwing the
oil over everything and setting the
train on fire. The train men showed
the uninjured cars back from the
wreck and were trying to save the
depot when it was discovered that two
cars were standing on the track that
were not wrecked. The nearest one
was burning and was tagged powder"
Shortly afterward the car exploded,
completely demolishing the depot, sew
eral dwellings and a number OF cars.
One dwelling and the depot were con-
sumed. Three persons, one woman and
two men, were killed by the explosion,
and some twelve or fifteen were
wounded, none very seriously. There is
hole in the ground where the cars
stood about thirty feet in diameter and
fifteen feet deep. Two cars were
burned and sixteen, together with the
locomotive, were more or less wrecked.
1t Is supposed that tramps let OF the
brakes from the cars.
WHAT THE OFFICERS OF THE SANTA FE
HAVE TO SAY.
TOPEKA, KS. May I4.-The follow
ing is the statement of the officers at
the headquarters of the Santa Fe, about
the explosion at Fountain, Colorado:
A freight train on the Atchison, Tope-
ka & Santa Fe railroad was divided by
the conductor at Colorado Springs
about three o'clock this p. m, to enable
him to run portion of the train into
the stock chute to unload some stock,
when a tramp released the brakes on
the portion standing, consisting of five
cars and a caboose, aud the cars started
down toward Fountain station, about
twelve and one-half miles distant,
and collided with a train in front
of the passenger station at
Fountain. y car of naOhtha was next to
the eaboose, the car exploded in the
collision and set fire to the engine, six
freight cars, caboose car and the pas
ssnger station. One of the cars con-
tanned giant powder; which exploded,
killing two citizens, a tramp in the ca
boose, and badly injured several others.
Engine number 562, six freight cars,
the cabOose car, and the depot burned.
A church and several other buildings
were badly damaged by the explosion.
The track is reported passable at II
O'Clock this morning.
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81. LOUIS, No., MAJ h. 1855
CATTLE-Receipts, 2,5O0 head: steady.
HOGs-Receipts, $500 head: easier: choice
heavy and butchers, e5.5505.65; packing e. ~
0555: light grades, 8. 200a.l5.
SHEEP-Receipte, 1000 head: weak.
WHKAT-Higher: No. red. cash. sc; Nay
&c: June, $40; July, ee<e; December. 90
54skc; July, SIC.
OATS-Eesier: cash, 35cs MAY f5lke. Itrne
35c; july. 321fc; August, &c.
PORK-9f5.00.
LARD-SS f25<.
WHIsEY-s1.12.
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natural Gas struck at ElIsvvorsh.

ELLSWORTH, Kas., May 15.-Natural
gas was struck in the second well of
the Ellsworth mining company yester-
day at the depth Of 1865 feet, over one
hundred feet nearer the surface than
it was struck in the first well.
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COLUMBUS. Kans., May 16.-Three
more of the notorious Blalock- Fry rob
Der gang were sentenced last evening.
Andrew Fry to five years, Fred. Fry
to eight years. and Alexander Fry to
fifteen years, in the penitentiary.
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Died of BIoOd PofsOnsnx.

ATcHIsoN, Kas., May 14.-Herbert
A. Oldham, who was shot in the knee
three weeks ago by George Tyler, a
drunken colored man, while accompa-
nying a young lady home from
church, died last night of blood poison
ing. Tyler was in Omaha a few days
ago but is believed to have left there.
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PORTLAND, Oregon. May 1.-THE
entire business portion of the town Of
Goldendall, Washington territory, was
swept away by fire yesterday. The to-
tai loss viii reach Sis, 600, total insur-
ance So, 900.
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AnoIa Th,ar C.n,n..h

MILToNvALE, Kan, May IA
United States Marshal Rathman of
Clay Center, Kansas arrested II. MAY.
Santa Fe employe this morning for
misappropriating money while acting
as assistant post master in Wisconsin
in 1875
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RaIp miIIa Rnrnen.

NILES, Mich, May 14.-The Michi-
gan Wood Pulp company s mills caught
fire yesterday afternoon from a lamp
dropped by an employee and were near
" destroyed. The loss was SIS OOO,
insurance $50. COO.
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Only six wives and Forty Children.
The other day Captain Worthy and
Judge Williams rode out to the farm
of the former, says the Thomaston(Gal
Times. While sitting in the buggy in
front of the cabin of William Brown,
a colored tenant, the. following CONVEX
sation took place.
There seems to be great many
children about here, William, are they
all yours?"
''Yes sab, all mine; but desc amt
all.''
':How many have you in ALL
''Ain't got but forty, sab. 1 had
forty-seben, but I had bad luck some
how wild the children o. my last wife,
and didn't raise but seben of 'em. De
oder seben died.
How many wives have you had?'
''Ain't had but six, sah.'
''Only six?''
Eyes, sab, dat's all.
We claim that Epson furnishes the
champion husband and father OF the
state. If any other county can beat
William Brown let it trot out its man.
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Bald Knobbers Granted . Stay Of Pro
ceedIngS.

JEFFERSON CITY, No., May IA
Judge Norton in the supreme court
this afternoon granted general stay
Bald Knobber murderers who were to
have been hanged at Ozark next Fri
day. No further action in the cases is
likely to be taken before October next.
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S-Ee" Os-AAAOE-c 20 o@AA AOE HAE Op0.
PITTSBURGH, May 15.-Andrew Car
negie says he viii sail for Europe next
Tuesday, and would meet Blaine and
family in London June 6. The party
Will then start, and coasting, tour
through England and Scotland, en-
bracing 700 miles over an entirely new
route. Carnegie reports Blaine in ex-
ooIlorf health
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The emperor Grnproving.

BERLIN, May 16.-The emperor now
walks with much firrner step. his
handwriting is holder and in all re-
spects he appears to be stronger.
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LINCOLN. Neb., May l5.-Hon. James
Laird was renominated for congress in
the Second Nebraska district at Hast
ings yesterday.
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ConfseIera1e Treesnrer Tlead

MADISON, Ind, May 16.-Col. J. II.
Wolford died suddedly yesterday of
heart disease. He was a native of
Maryland and a lieutenant in the regu-
lar army during the Mexican war.
During the rebellion he was in the con-
federate treasury department at Rich
mond, Virginia, and issued all the
bonds of the cOnfederacy.
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MISCELLANEOUS news.
The Hutchings Will in Favor of Henry
George Broken.
Three More of the BIalOck Gang Sen
fenced to the Psnitsntiary.
The Mississippi viii Damage Thou
sands of Acres of Crops.
TsIsgraphic News of the Day on
Various Subjects.

TRENTON, N. j., May 16.-Vice
Chancellor Bird yesterday decided the
case of Hutchings' heirs against Henry
George. The clause in the will leaving
Henry George bequest for the pur-
pose of aiding him in the circulation of
his peculiar ideas and theories among
the people was declared void on the
point made by the contestants, that it
nor educational bequest. The court
said that George advocated practices
with respect to real estate in violation
of the laws of the land. He could not
sanction the spreading of such senti-
ments and the will is therefore broken.
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and suffered intense thirst, and the
water he drank flowed out at the wound
in his side. He was conscious to the
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a U.P.C Onnuctor Attacked By TOughs.

WAAIEeO, Ks, May 16.-As the Kan
sas City s. Wamego accommodation was
nearing Muncie on the Union Pacific
railroad this evening in charge of
Conductor Humphrey, several
Muncie toughs attacked him,
one of them using lathing
Ratchet with pretty bad effect upon
his head. Five scalp wounds were
made, and just as one of the tOughs
was about to strike with the sharp edge
of the Ratchet, Taylor, the partner
rushed in and layed them out right and
left. The company surgeon dressed
the wounds. and it is quite likely he
will be unable to go out in the morn
ing.
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the coming month.
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X. OH. Aaiourn.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May l6.-The
Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor adj
journed yesterday to meet in Indianap-
oils the second Tuesday in May, 1889.
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Lexington Division trains run by Central
time. Main Line trains east of Huntington
run by Easie time. which H. one hour fas-
ter han Central time
No. 4, daily from Louisville. Cincinnati
and Lexington TO WnShin ngton aud tho Fast
and 30 Richmond aud Old Poirt Daily ex-
cept sunday from Richmond to Old Point
Solid train and Puliman's finest Buffet sleep
ing cars.
No. 2, daily except Sunday. Tho Saturday
train runs only as far "a Clifton Forge Dntiy
except sunday between Clifton Forge and
Old Point.
No. 2, dEiIy except Sunday 20 washington
Leave Washington daily. Pullman Parlor
cars New York tn Washington New Pull
man Buffet Sleeping cars Washington 10
louisville and Cincinnati, and Prom Wbtto
Sulphur To st. Louis.
No. /, daily except Sunday Pullman
Sleeping cars IN Washington Pullman sleep
ing cars without charge, Clifton Forge and
White sulphur 70 Lexington.
Nos and ., daily except Sunday. Through
Pullman service between Bait more, Rich-
mond, Oid Point and White Sulphur No
daily from Ashland 10 clifton Forge
Old DOminion Steamers leave Norfolk on
Monday. Tuesday. Wed esdsy, Tn hurzday d nd
Saturday on arrival train % y m; arrive In
New York next day afternoon
For rates Tickets, Baggage Checks amply
to any office OF &. & q. ny; or Depot or Tick
ct ONCE Of conDe citing lines.
w, &. WICKHAM,
Receiver.
III. w. FULLER.
Gent Pass'r Agt.
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The Newspaper Law.

The following is the law as it
tsnds relating to newspapers and
Inscriptions:
I. Subscribers who do not give
|rpress notice TO the contrary are
onsidered wishing to continue their
Inscriptions.
{! ANY person who takes a pa
ku regularly from the post-oilice,
whether directed in his name or
nother's, or whether he had sub
|critedor not, irresponsible for pay
htnt.
!, Ifa person orders his paper
hcontinued he must pay arrears,
The publisher may continue to
end it until payment is made, and
|hen collect the whole amount
khethcr the paper is taken from the
bo,t.ofiice or not.
l. The courts have decided that
|tfnsing to take newspapers or pc.
fCdicals from the post-otiicc, or re-
InOving and leaving them uncallcd
|or, is prima tacie evidence of inten-
Non.l fraud.
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w. VA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER %. 1888.
Let Grover Co Home In The
Spring.

spring.
Irish World
What's the matter with Harrisons
He is all right,
He enters the fight,
The banner, Protection unfurlcd:
The fish of the sea
To America free,
Still wishing Home Rule for tn,
world.
What's the matter with Harrison?
He is all right!
ust entered the fight.
Victory and honor will win:
BE true to your neighbor,
Protection aud labor,
The door is wide open; come in.
What's the matter with Harrison.
He is all right!
BE strong in the fight,
Help battle for liberty true
The home of the brave,
No Mugwump slave
Can march with old Tippccanoc.
What's the matter with IIarrisoni
He is all right!
And with the Plumed Knight
Americas battles begin;
Down with misrulc,
And Growers free wool.
Protection for labor will win.
What's the matter with Harrison;
He is all right.
And no liar can blight
The fame of the hero renowned,
His soldiers well know
He'll never veto
a pension that honors their wound
What's the matter with Harrison?
lie is all right
An army of voters in sight
This national ditty will sing:
The White House in view,
VIII enter it, too,
Let Grover go home in the Spring.