Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-03-08
THE SOUTHERN STATES.

The sculling race for the championship OF
America came of on Lake Weir, near Jackson
vile, Fla, the contestants being Teemer,
Hamm and Mckay. Teemer won in 20:02;
Mckay second, 20:05; Hamm third, 20:06
TRAIN ROBBERS did q quick, clean job on
the st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway,
twenty miles south OF Pine Bluff, Ark, the
following account of which is sent by tele-
graph from the latter place:
About mile north Of Kingsland the onginser
and fireman, who were looking ahead along the
road, hoard noise In the rear, and, turning,
saw two men climbing over the coal. stop
the train said one Of the strangers, leveling
revolver at tho engineer. The engineer shut
on the steam aud brought the train to stand
still. Conductor Browning, who was back in
the sleeper. was aroused by the sudden stop.
aud, leaning out on the platform OF the sleeper,
gave the signal with bis lantern TO 60
ahead. As he swung the lamp one OF the
robbers leaned out OF the cab, and, taking
deliberate aim at tho lantern, nred. The glass
was shattered into a hundred Fragments. The
light was exunguished, and the conductor
lodged back into tho sleeper and remained
there until the bandits left the scene After
giving the conductor his quietus the robbers
ordered the engineer and broman TO step down
stepped behind the two trainmen, and with
drawn revolvers ordered them to advance to the
express car. The trainmen obeyed, and
e Severed e''f he could O NOT reach the
robbers without killing his friends. He had
prepared for the attack, and the doors OF the
car were barricaded with freight. The third
robber, who had been inca ndering up and down
beside the track keeping the passengers quiet,
returned, and all three men began hring vol
Icy ut the express car. The shooting created q
had not awakened before the hring began,
The usual scenes OF confusion and fright
followed. Valuables were hidden among
tho seats, wood and other places,
but the robbers informed the passengers
that they would not be robbed II they
kept quiet-f they offered TO interfere
in the proceedings forward every one would be
robbed. None OF the passengers offered to in.
torfere, and all kept inside the cars. Finding
tnat shooting at the express car would not open
the doors, the fireman was ordered TO take o
heavy iron bar from the engine and smash in
the door. Harknett was compelled to obey, and
after smashing ut the door for ten minutes he
was ordered to desist. One OF the bandits then
secured an oil-can from the engine Picking
up cotton waste he soon had brisk nre
started on the platform of the express This
settled 1t and the messenger surrendered.
The engineer and fireman were again used
as a shield by the robbers, and from behind
Messenger Calvin. He threw up his hands,
and, with the engineer and fireman ranged
in a row, while held by one OF the thieves, the
others rihed the car. The messenger was
contents were dumped into q sack. The rob
bers were just forty minutes at the work. and
the amount OF money takop is placed at Sl3,-
600 The messenger fred on them as they
rode away, and the only response was "Ah,
thore." and o fusillede in return.
NEAR Aberdeen, Mis'., q row occurred
over the expulsion of two pupils and the
enemies and friends of the school-teaoher
chose sides and had an ole-fashioned shoot
ing match. Two people were killed and sew
eral wounded.