The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1889-04-25

of these posts Is a great Improvements
aud ~ wonder they have not lszr
taken down many years ago. sest-
raj lives have been lost and sevr1
injured during the alterations.
On Friday night a dynamite rarr
ridge, placed under the corner ETA
frame building next to the UnEsaa
States Hotel, exploded, demolishFsse.
half Of the building breaking al fi.z
windows in the l.. S. lI0tel and WA.
ing many people out Of their sIenc
The building was occupied by 81
Lawson's photograph gallery, widaf
was destroyed, and Hartley & GgsEs
saddlery shop, which was iniurrvL
The perpetrators of the outrage arr
unknown, but the New Jersey. Ny
police are making diligent Impulses
Il was rumorcd at Fort Smith. Ark-
on Saturday that the stage rum 7zfa
between Wagoza and Walker. oa "a
Southern border of Oklahoma and 81.
the bank of the Canadian river, hsG
been held up and robbed late Thuzs
day night The driver jumped sxsa
the river, after being shot through sfs
arm, and reached the opposite BaxE
nearly unconscious. lie walked T.
Walnut Greek and stated thai 41
passengers, two men and a boy, Wers
in the hands of the robbers, and tHza
the coach had been burned. The ra-
port has not been verified.
As train Of IA loaded cars, via
the Superintendenfs private car as
tached, was descending heavy gends
between Two Harbors and GaEadinz
on the Duluth and Iron Range rosI
at Duluth, MINI, the air-braSes M
fused to work and the train gaiac5
frightful velocity. A brakeman max
aged to uncouple the private car
which was soon stopped by the hanE-
brakes. The rest Of the train rilslslx
madly on,reaching speed ofIlOmiIte
an hour. Finally the train left tn
track, demolishing the engine and u
the cars. The engineer, Chas. CuHss-
had both legs broken and two otI,ef
men were seriously injured
A insular express robbery +
ported from Minneapolis, MINI. Aa
express agent received a large sunnse
money in bullion and specie, the isa-
ter in packages. He put it on traS4
in the depot and weeeled it to the IA
door and then took all the packages OF
himself and placed them in his safe
setting the combination. Half-aH.
hour later, when at the safe he mis- se4s
a package containing $4,000 HoSl-
man, the messenger, at once notifies
his superior; but close investigates
failed to bring to light the missing
package. Holman has been il FEsz
/ Express Company's employ for nuFzs-
Der Of years aud has always bces
strictly correct aud honest.
On Wednesday last, Patrick Me
Atamney a switchman in the empass
Of the Pennsylvania railroad in Jersgk
City, NY, saw 10 ycar-old boy sro1
in front of an approaching car tElaa
was being backed upsby an engins-
| McAt7mney, without moments hess
tation to think Consequences. sprare
20 the rescue of the boy, and in thus
nobly saving the child he sacrifices
his own live Sad to relate, this gas-
Ian, switelmau leaves a wife ami eialz
sma3 children almost totally unprV-
yided Tor. Tie had been a switchmaT.
for 20 years, and was sober and iHslita-
trious. The conduct of this heroTz
man should be partially repaid b.
generous public in looking after TIA
bereaved widow and orphans, for Ra
gallant action is certainly fully de-
serving Of recognition at their hands-