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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11

AKRON, o., July 8. The Pitt-burg and
Western west bound passenger train was
wrecked in cut about miles east of
here last night, An axle of the engine
broke the locomotive being thrown across
the trsck. Engineer John Russell OF
Williamsport, Pa, was crushed under
the engine and died. Fireman Moss Of
Allegheny, was injured in the side. Fi:e-
man Baetter was badly soalded and in
iured eternally,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11

The rumor that j. Edward Addicks
bad purchased tract of i've acres Of
marsh laud, situated between the Marsh
Lane and the F., W. q b. railroad, from
the BrlDghurst es ate, as a site for his
proposed new gas works, is suthorits-
lively denied. The Addicks agents have
examined the tract and passed q favorable
opinion upon it, but the purchase has
not yet been effected, nor is it likely to
he. from present indications.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11

At the police station Monday morning
Chief Swiggett received dispatch from
Baltimore stating that two Wilmington
boys, Hugo Reidel, aged IS years, and
William Shultz, aged IL, are in police
detention in that city. Officer Evans OF
this city discovered that the boys are
runaways. Reidel lives at No. 1903
Orange street and Shuhz at No. zoos
Lombard. The boys will be sent home.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11
Fired by "A cigar Spnrlr

REDWOOD FALLS, MINI, July ga
FIRE here yesterday started in the livery
stable OF j. W. McGstrick from cigar.
The Commercial hotel sample room stable
a. Anderson's photograph gallery were
also burned, The Gale Sulky Piow Com.
pany of Detroit lost their horses and four
Wagons valued at $4,000. McGetfjcks
loss is about $4,000. Loss on CONNER.
cial hotel and contents $4,000.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11
Anticipate a Hanging.

SPRINoFIELD, Mo-, July 8-Excitement
is still at fever heat in fancy county over
the murder of Sheriff Bronson and
Deputy Funk by Bill and Jim Miles at
Kirbyville on the Fourth and lynching
may be expected at any time. Jim Miles
who was shot by the sheriff was captdred
and it is Thought that he cannot possibly
recover. Bill Miles flsd after the shoot
ing and Is still OF large.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11

FAN Franc 500, July 8.-Lue All Sing
was killed in jackson street Chinese
theatre last night in high binder
quarrel. His head was chopped almost
into mincemsat. Sings cousin was also
badly cut in the arms and body.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11

DIR. II. III. First OF this city was Monday
morning appointed one of the dsmonstra.
tors of chemistry in the jefferson Medi-
cal College, Tenth and SAMSON streets.
Philadelphia. DIR. First has accepted
the position and will enter on his duties
september LIST. He will be at the COLT ge
three mornings of the week ;the remainder
of his time he will attend to his profess
sioual duties here,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11

Fan JOSE, CAL, July Slate Saturday
night V. A. Park, ssloon-keeper at
Aguew's, four miles north of here, quar-
relied with Mrs. Jessie Hunter, woman
with whom he had been living and shot
her in the right breast. he then shot
himself, death resulting in both cases.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11
4 Great burial Denomination.

WINNlptd, MAN July 8.-John Nor
qusy's remains were taken from his pri-
waite residence yesterday and sent to the
legislative hall where they will lie in
state until p. M to-day, when the
funeral takes place. The government
has charge of the arrangements and the
demonstration will be the greatest ever
seen in the country.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11

FARMrNoroN, Me-, July 8 "A shock of
earthquake was plainly felt here last
night lasting half minute. Dishes
we're ratified rpon the shelves and light
articles knocked about but no damage
was done. The direction WAS north. west
to sQuth-eaBt.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11
Ru.sia,s war Preparations.

vienna, July 5 1t is reported here
that 90 Russian officers have passed Brails,
Roumania on their way to Servis. There
are also rumors that the Russian govern
ment has been sending material OF war
and pontoons in Bessarbia and to the
mouths of the Danube.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11

At Newport, Saturday afternoon, Sheriff
Allen sold at public sale the quarry plant
Of the Jackson Lime and Goal Company,
including the ground and buildings,
located near Hockessin, Nall Greek hun.
dred. The properly Yves purchased by
the Delaware Loan Association of this
oity, for So $40.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11
A stenn,nr Snnk az Sen.

San Francisco. July The Australian
mail brings advices that the steamer
Natal bound from Melbourne to Auck-
land struck on the rocks June LIST and
sunk. Purser Larsen and the COOK were
drowned. ''s- 1-',,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11

Officer Evans shot rabid black.aud-
tan terrier at Eighth and Wilson streets
Monday morning. Officer Hershock dis.
patchtd another mad dog that morning
uesr the residence of Joseph Pyle, Lam
caster avenue.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11

LONDON, July s.-The S. James
Gas't,e in order to avoid further scandals
has paid the claim of Frederick Green
wood, its former editor, for breach Of
contract
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11

LONDON, July 8--Sir Andrew Clarke,
the weli,known physician, paid visit to
Lord Tennyson yesterday and was sur
prised to find hin much improved in
health and mental activity.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11

WAsHIs GToN, July About O'Clock
this morning a south. bound fast freight
was dashing rapidly under the wood n
archwsy leading to the Long bridge, over
the Potomac river, when the engineer
~as startled by the sight of young man
throwing himself before the engine,
which in q moment struck bin and
crushed his life out. The train was
stopped Immediately and the body picked
up and turned over TO the police, who,
by means of papers in the dead mans
pocket Identified him as Artie Shirley.
Shirley. who is about "a years of age,
was emplo,e ed mp to about month ago
iu Richmond, Va, as tllelayer, and was
engaged to be married to young woman
of that city. She died about month
ago after a sudden illness and Shirley
gave mp his employment and came TO
Washington. He has been despondsnt
and allowed his grief to talks entire pos.
session OF him.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11

Los Angel Is, CAL July S.-General
W. A. Pile, at one time governor Of
New Mexico and member of Congress-
from Missouri, died yesterday of pneu-
monia.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11
DEATHS SHINING MARK
,HE SAD OLOsH OF A sHORT,
BRILLIANT OARERR.
IEYWooD CoNANT'S DEM Sc
n PASsEs AWAY PEACEFULLY
AND WITHOUT sUFFEkLNG.

/ Fife of Honest EndeBvOr, Com
soienttOus Motive, Lofty Aspirn-
tions aud worthy achievements
A Death That Awahens GeneraI
SORROW.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11
nn FISHING cAun RAspossIBLx
The COrGner's Lu'y Fixes the Biame
for the DOWNTOWN Horror.


JoHSsTuwN, Pa, Juy 6-Coroner
Evans OF Cambria county and his jury on
saturday night found tbs members OF the
South Fork Fishing Club responsible for
the awful loss OF life and the destruction
of property occas' o1ed by the bursting
OF the dam at Oopemsugh Lake. Only
one witness, MIR. James Shoemaker, q
J,hnIown shoemaker, who lost all his
property. q vie and six children in the
food, was examined on Saturday night.
At the conclusion of his testimony the
jnry deibersted sbout half an hour and
then returned verdict against the mil.
lionnaire members, couched in the fol-
lowing words:
We, the undersigned, the inquest i'm
panslAd to Investigate the cause OF death
of Helen Htte on the 3lst of May, after
hearing the testimony, flnd that Helen Hite
came to her death BY drowning; that the
dtoWning WIS caused by the breaking OF
the South FORK dam. We further hnd, from
the testimony and from what we ourselves
SOW on The ground, that there was not a
sufficient waste vein, nor vas the dam con-
structed sufficiently strong nor of the proper
material 10 Withstand the overflow; and
hence we fad thst the owners OF said dam
were cnlpsble In not making 1t as secure as
~ hhfo bpout oNpoclnily NAOW VI
the fact that a population OF many thou.
sands was in the valley below; and We hold
tnat the owners are responsible for the
fearful loss OF life ard property resulting
from the breaking OF the dam.
The coroner says he fully comedies
with the verdict, it being strictly in ac-
cordance with the evidence, and it is *
pected that speedy action will be taken
by Diatrict attorney Fendeiow.
The following is list of offisers aud
members OF the South Fork Fishing and
Hunting Club: Colonel E. j. Uneer,
President: Colonel j. j. Lawrence, Vice.
president; Louis Irwin, Treasurer; E. A.
Meyers, Secretary; n. O. Frick, Louis
Clark, q. A. Meyers, ~. T. Dunn, W. A,
McIntosh, Henry aoldship John B. Jack
sou, Frank Bissell, John a. Harper,
Oliver McOlintock, William X. Wood
we'll, Duroon Herne, Hiilery j Bonnst,
John Caldwell, Benjamin Tbaw, Frank
| Sample. w. Chalifant aud Ernest Sehartz.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11

The many remarkable cures Hoods Sarsa-
parilla accomplishes are sufficient proof that
It does possess peculiar curative powers.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11

Bradley-"Hullo. Biggsrs! Herd OF
work, see. Say, BigRars, heard
good joke on you awhile ago. 1t was
about you and" Biggars-"S.sh Ny
wife is in the back Office"
Chicago Woman-"l want o marriage
license. My fisnce is too busy to come
himself" Clerk Of Court (glancing al
the calendar)-"Let me zee, this is the
10th, isn'tit p Chicago Women-"Why,
how perfectly absurd of you'll This Is
only my sixth. "-MinnedE0 is Tribune.
"Im ssddest when sing" she said,
when Henry came in and caught her in
the very act of vocalizstion. ''Are your"
he replied, soothing the look OF agony
which rufflsd his vissge. "Darling, ID
shall be my constant endesvor to make
your life cheerful one. "-Bo,t0n Tan
script.
There is in the civilized world an aver
age of one deaf mute to every 1900 OF
the population; in other words there are
at least 1000, 600 of this afflicted class.
In the United States there are IS, 600; in
Great Britain, 100000 in Germany,
25 900; in France, 80 600; in Sweden,
1000; in Norway, 1,l00; in Denmark,
000 in Holland, 2 300, and in Switzer-
land (the country above all others where
deafness is prcvalent), 10000.
They were sitting on the piazza than
faced the sea, watching the white sailed
yachts as they crossed the moons track,
when suddenly he said: 81 think it must
be delightful sailing on such lovely
night" "oh! lovely, should think"
~ wish owned one for your sake. I
would take you sailing everv night"
"Thst would be just lovely !" "Whst
kind of yacht would you prefer-A
steam yacht or sailing one ?" at
think" she murmured, as she glanced
around, 1T think l would like little
smack" Sac got it.-Boston Courier.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-07-11
kind to the old NAN.

Exchange.
The other day one of the clerks in
Kearney street store found the porter
crammed among the boxes down cellar,
with pen, ink and paper on a box before
him.
writing q letter, eh ?" queried the
clerk.
eyes; writing to the old man in Buff
falo."
He handed up the hsli written letter
for inspection, and presently the clerk
remarked:
Il see you spell jug 'g-u-g,' that isn't
right"
"of course not" replied the porter,
''but you see l am writing to the old
man, and he always spells it that way.
II put the other e. to it he would
think was putting on style over him
and forgetting that was his son. Hes
good hearted, and l don't want to hurt
his teelings.n
The letter went off with only one e. at
the end of ''g.u-g."
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-12
Bright Sayings.

One little girl describing another's
party costume had arrived as far as her
shoes, when she said, "And don't you
believe, mamma, her shoes were so
tight / could see all the knuckles on her
toes"
John, aged four, was playing on the
sidewalk with his little 9brother. Pres
emily he came in and said in an indig-
nant tone:
Mamma. q lady asked if we was
twins, and | said, No, we isn't twins;
we's boys!''
The Fame little John witnessed a
military drill.
One of the officers rode a horse which
was very unruly, AMI in some of his
antics nearly threw his rider. where
upon John exclaimed, cxcisedly:
Mamma, mamma. Mr.. Fissel's horse
doesn't fit himl'-Y Youths Companion.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-12

a comparative table recently pub
lishcd By the Swiss bureau of statistics
shows that the people Of the United
States, instead of ranking among
the drunkards of the world,
are really among the most tenn
perate. In only three countries, Nor
way, Finland and Canada, is the per
capita consumption Of spirits, wine and
beer less than 1t IS in this country.
Great Britain, Austria, France, Russia,
Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and
Holland all precede Us, in the order
named, and Denmark stands, at the head
Of the list with a spirit consumption
nearly four times as great atthat in this
country. Another very interesting fact
Is that the .per capita consumption Of
beer IN the Ssnlted States is nearly half
what il Is ID Germany, the great beer
drinking country next to Belgium.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-12
CheaVima CtoUes.

E4n WEN
When / small cloves in a mans breath
my first thought is, THAT man is a
fool He thinks he is concealing the
smell of whiskey or some other vile
smell, and he Is only advertising it.
There is another reason also why he is .
fool. The oil Of cloves, which is ex-
pressed from them by chewing them, is
an active solvent Of the enamel of the
teeth. Any one who chews cloves will
soon notics thit it makes the teeth ten
der. That means that their enamel is
disappearing, and the next step is .
mouthful Of decayel teeth, which all
the odors If Araby the blest can never
sweeten. When will people learn that
the sweetest and rarest smell of all is no
smell at alIa -[Chicago Journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-12
ANIMATED HIS O,cn Lea,

Surgery being under dis
cussion the doctor recalled
one instance that came under his
notice when practising in a little town
up the Wisconsin Central line. A
woodsman was caught by a falling tree,
and one of his legs was pinioned be-
tween its heavy trunk and that of a
brother monarch. There it was held as
if in q vice, just below the knee. The
unfortunate nan was alone, and too far
from the nearest camp to make his voice
heard. His axe had beea dashed from
his hands, and he could not reach it.
Night was approaching, and hungry
wolves were commencing to howl about
him. He recognized that to remain
there was to die. The weather was
growing bitter cold, aad he
already felt a warning numbness.
He knew that in his condition and
situation he could not fight the wolves,
and the prospect of becoming a helpless
victim of their ravenous attacks nerved
him to desperation. Removing his
suspenders, and binding them as tightly
as possible about his imprisoned leg, he
inserted the blade of his iack-knife at
the knee, cut away his clothing and
flesh, and severed tho joint. The
operation proved successful, and he
raised himself from the deadly trap,
leaving the lower limb as a CHASTITY
evidence of his cool determination to
execute desperate measures as against the
grim certainty of dissolution that would
attend a lack of effort. He managed to
crawl to his axe, with which he cut
a sapling and made a rough crutch.
With its aid he made his way slowly co
camp, nearly four miles distant, FREE
quently lying down il the snow
for rest. It was a long and very pain
full journey, aand he hobbled
into camp just as his strength was
about to give out. Medical attendance
was secured, and the self amputation
was given proper dressing. The man is
still alive, and the detailed statement
from his own lips, of what he suffered
physically and mentally during his ex-
perience In that relentless ~tree-clasp,
and of the thoughts that nerved him up
to carving his own leg, are Of an excep-
tionally thrilling nature. The morning
following tho injured woodlands arrival
in camp, some of his companions, fol-
lowing his tracks, visited the spot
where he met with his accident. The
wolves had been there, form the cover
ing from the foot and leg and gnawed
away the flesh, leaving a smooth polish
on the bones-[Fond du Lac Reporter.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-12

Miss Maria A. Brown, of Boston, has
been in Washington on an interesting
mission. She wishes congress to APP
propriate $50, 600 to pay the expenses
Of herself and other antiquarians while
they hunt through the libraries of Eu-
rope for proof that Left Ericsson dis
covered America about the year 1000 A.
?. She has already spent q great deal
Of time in Europe ',looking up the
record of the Morse explorer, and feels
confident that with a little aid from the
government she could utterly destroy
the claims Of Christopher Columbus as
the discoverer Of this country. There
aro those who say she win obtain the
appropriation.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-12
AL out of That Dish.

Two gentlemen who had come into q
restaurant q day, had scarcely seated
themselves at the table when q waiter
rushed up and asked, What shall
bring you. gentlemenf"
..Oh DEAR sail one Of the gentlemen
impatiently, give US q little respitern
ssAll rightp said the waiter, and dis
appeared.
They hid been looking over the bill
of fare about five minutes, and were
waiting rather a~nxiously for the waiter
to return and take their order, when he
came up suddenly, as # IN breathlesa
haste.
ssorrg, geatlene ! said he, .sbut
Tile respite u all outW
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-12
Oratfna for out,.fne ana Opts.,,s.


MI. John Ferguson, q well-known
resident Of Ceylon and newspaper pro-
prietor, has addressed q letter to the
secretary Of the Anti-Opium society on
The value Of sulphats Of q%uinine, or even
the inferior alkaloids from cinchona
bark, Or prophylactics and ~tonics, es-
necially III lowlying and malarial dis
tricts, where people are addicted to the
use Of opium ID order to relieve the
fever depression. The prevalence Of the
opium craving In many parts Of the
world iydue, says MI. Ferguson. To the
people being subject to d low type Of
fever. This Is largely the case in China.
IA England it has been shown that the
consumption Of opium, chiefly in the
fofn of Iaudannm il very large ii the
Ton districts and along the lower banks
of the Thames, especially about Graves
end.
q Lincolnshire village druggist stated
some years ago, il letter published
newspapers, that he sold about two oal-
Ions NJ landannHa per month, retail,
besides sixteen j twenty ounces Of
opium itself, mostly to women Of the
poorer classes who must pinch them
selves seriously il many ways ia pnr-
chase the luxury. Many, no said, con
sumo ri oance of opium i week, some
considerably more. The main cause 0f
fhis craving, according to Mr. Fergu-
Hon y that the people live in low and
manFiaa localities and hs suggests that
quInsae move tho craving and acts IS
suhstitnte for lanaanum. He quotes
afosa M g0lqaiaoa's travsls Ill Chine
81 show that the Chinese. sven IL ths
remote ialand districts along ths Can
ten river know he afscacy 81 ouinine
q supsrseding The need BIZ opium and
pessiblly n caring TIE taste ana desire
1eI sondon Timea.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-12
The Doctor,s Prescription.

The lady was troubled with loss of
appetite and called upon tn, physician
for relief. He wrote out a prescription,
folded it up and han9ed it to her.
Follow this faithfully, said he, s'and
you will be able to sleep and eat, and
will feel as brisk o a child at play"
The lady took the prescription and
went out. She had scarcely reached
the stairway before she opened and read
Il thus. stop at the first shoe store
you come to, buy q pair Of boots, and
wear them al out in three months. =
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-12

The train-robber Reeves, who is under
arrest at San Antonio, Texas, is de-
acribed as model of physical develop
ment. He is 6 feet / inch in height,
broad -shouldered and we'll proportional,
with q handsome face and clear-cut
features. He is regarded by the Texas
officers as the boldest and ablest of the
train robbers, superior eve to the cele-
brated ttCant. Dick
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-12
Pfn,s Tail

An authority on pigs says that he
never thinks Of cutting off the tails Of
his pigs. The tails are the indicators
Of the porkers' condition. If piggy
doesn't feel well, if his food doesn't
agree with him, his tail begins to
straiehten. The sicker the pig, the
straighter the tail; and the healthier
the pig tho tighter the cur. The old
theory that it takes a bushel of corn to
fatten an inch fail this pig raiser scorns.
The pigs tail is his pulse; therefore
never cut il of.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-12

Out Of 40, 0e;ssioux Indians there are
81, 900 still in heathenism. There aIii
sixty-six tribes on the Western prairidI
for whonl nothing is yet done. There
are 40, 600 Indians of school age, but
when every school is packed to its ut
most only IL, 900 can be accommodated.
This includes government schools,
Roman Catholic schools and all, so that
those under mission teachers would be
far less d number than 12, 900.
The Opelousas courier., 1889-01-12

Captain Baldry, of the steam whaler
Orea, has returned to San Francisco
from d voyage in which he killed thirty
five whales, the largest catch on record
T~weuty-eight of these--.all the ship
could carry-wero slowed and yielded
$500 barrels of oil and As, 900 pounds of
bone. The catch was valued at $3.50, 800.