Iuka reporter., 1889-03-07
burg Railroad, are g.
the finding of a rare u
able collection of old
Manning, while choppit

oai ioneu lar WHICH was Well -h7nken in
the centre of the hollow butt. few
blows of the ak liberated it from its
confined position, and after securing it
it was opened and found filled to the
brim with silver coin. They We're all of
Spanish mintage with few EXCEPTIONS.
and they were coins issued by the Por-
tugese and Italian Governments. Some
of these coins were over three hundred
years old, but oil the Spanish silver
pieces were about two hundred years
old The face value of the coin is about
$500, but as much of it is very rare it
will bring 81 900 readily.
A MOST curious accident happened on
the Cleveland, Lorraine and Wheeling
Rallroads just over the river from
Wheeling, w. Va. The yard engine
was left on the track with steam up
while the crew went to dinner. In some
unknown way, it is supposed by the
tamperiDg of small boys, the throttle
was opened just as o passenger train
passed and the switch was thrown open.
The engine quickly acquired momentum
until it was dashing at speed of 60
miles an hour over the crooked tracks,
for the most part built on high trestle.
Over the river it whizzed past the aston
ished people along the line clear to Bel
laire, five miles from the starting point,
where it crashed into long train OF
freight cars heavily laden with coke.
The engine was demolished, and it rain
ed coke for rods in all directions. No
body was hurt, but the money loss is
heavy.
A WONDERFUL phenomenon has been
dicovered in Knox County, Ind, near
the village of Decker. The county
there is very wild and sparsely settled.
Two hunters who were making their
way through it came across burning
lake. The body of water is almost cir
culrr in its outline, and it is about
half-mile in circumference. A blaze
nearly foot in height extends over its
surface. The hunters, terrified at the
startling sight, at once alarmed the peo-
pie of that vicinity, and large numbers
daily visit the strange lake of fire. The
odor from it is like that of burning sui
phur, but no smoke is perceptible. 1t
is generally believed that we'll of oil
located under the lake has burst, and
coming to the surface, was ignited in
some manner. The superstitious people
who inhabit that region are greatly al
armed over the phenomenon.
LoUDoN MCCORMACK, an acton and
his wife, Maud Miller, reached Chero-
kee, Kan, broke. A landlord followed
them from McCune and called them bad
names. A crowd collected and McCor-
mic invited the landlord out into the
the street to settle the matter. The
landlord was only too glad to accept.
The landlord was the bigger man, but
the actor was the quicker He polished
the hotel-keeper off in q very emphatic
manner and whipped him in ten minutes.
The crowd applauded the actors pluck,
and the leading citizens of the town
rented the Opera House and rendered it
to him free. They then bought the
house ont and sold tue tickets to friends
for performance OF $40 The actor
cleared enough to pay all debts, and
expenses to New York. ~. Y. Ne,cs.
IT is not often that "a fire is put out
with wine. This was done last week at
kreuznach, Bavaria, on the occasion of
fire which broke out at night in the
house OF large wine merchant, soon
enveloping the whole building Some
sixty hogsheads of wine in the store
could not tnly not be saved, but burst,
and their contents ran into ditch in
the garden behind the house. Here the
tiremen placed their engines, with which
they poured streams of wine upon the
burning building, and succeeded in get
ting the fire under control The fumes
l..
men had to be repeat dly relieved.
PROBABLY the most unique railroad
pass issued this year is that of the Sill
verton Railroad Company of Colorado.
It is thin silver plate about the size
and shape of the passes in general use.
On the upper left-hand corner of the
face of the plate is vignetta showing
Ouray. The pass is rolled from silver
bars and stamped. The vignette and
lette ing, with the exception of Presi-
dents name being in relief. The name
is intaglio, and is gilded, as are the Wig
nette and scroll. The number of pass
and name of person to whom it is issued
ore engraved by hand.
AT Point I.abos, near San Francisco,
there is suspendeds out in the waters of
the Pacific big wooden pendulum, SO
arranged that surface six feet by twelve
is exposed to the waves. The action of
the waves causes the pendulum to swing,
and the swinging OF the big pendulum
works huge pump, which raises the
sea water to height of $50 feet. 1t is
proposed to conduct this water to San
Francisco and use it for running turbine
wheels and other motors, driving cable
cars, supplying salty water baths, sprink.
ling the streets, and flushing the sewers
In the Pine Grove Mines, Esmeralda
county, New, there is blind boy en-
ployed to do errands, tend cars, and the
like. He has most remarkable faculty
iof finding his way, not only through the
tntricacies of the mine, but about the
town. He goes to any part Of the mine
for tools and never goes astray, and on
dark nights he guides the other miners
from the town to the house where most
of them lodge. They can't easily find
the way without him, for the trail is mar
row and crooked, and on each side are
rmany prospect holes and old cellars.