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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27
The sooichman'- Toast.

from an iAchhngc.
Here Is verbatim report, as given In a
Scottish paper, Of the speech Of the chair
man OF an agricultural show dinner In
giving the toast Of "Thc Queen" moo,
gentlemen, will 70 a hll your glasses, for
I'm about 10 bring forward The Queen.
lApplausc.l Our Queen, gentlemen, Is
really wonderful woman, II | may say IL;
she Is ano o. the guild auld sort, mac whg.
malocries or ialderal ABBOTT her, but deuce
daccent body. She's respectable beyond a
doot. She has brooch up grand family o
wcoliaur'd lads aud las, s-hcr aullosi
son being a credit 10 ony mithcr-rand
they're a. wccl married. Gentlemen,
yen maybe no believe b, but ancc saw
the Queen. Sensation. | did. Some
body pointed her DOT iao me ut Perth Sta.
ton, and there she was smart and tidy.
like; and says tao myself, God bless that
Queen, my Qucenl' Moo, gentlemen, tho
whusky's good, the night Is long, the
weather Ia wet, and the roads are sait, and
will harm naehody that comes tao greet.
70. al wi yer drink ine the botioml Tho
Quccnl'" tChver.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27
Probable winner. To-day.

AT LAIpAlA.
iiri Rhcc-Chccncy. Pan King.
fUund Racc-Mny o., Amo.
TLIb Race Cas- lus. leila May.
Fourth Race bravo. iianurfrtie.
liith Race Uncle bob Ayoudalc.
At BRoogLYN.
Flint ilacc-snlyiui. Guarantee.
sit1iud liacc-TOmcntur Prince liONani.
Thlrl -Mnmudcr Gray Dawn.
fuufth knoc-M Maidstone. Deception.
liiih HHcc-kings'On. farfistrr.
stath Race Bonnie =, tTucst
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27

VIZ have Just received barge load Of
Piusburg Gas Coke, very fine, Pitisburg
and Anthracite Coal and Ash aud oak
Wood. q. u. BRYAN & Co.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27

The Memphis and Mobile baseball teams
VIII continue their regular series this after
noon' the batting order OF each being us
follows
Mnhiia
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27

A dog will bark up tree. So will
hone. II blchod 10 ono too long. - 7eras
Sitings
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27
EIGHT oAsEsl EIGHT oAsEsl

Containing over 10000. 10000 I'm.
ported Cigars
Have been received by us direct from
Havana, through the Memphis Custom.
House, during the past week; among
which are Diligcncias, Henry Claws,
Flor de Samelson aud many other equally
fine and standard brands. We are tho
only firm In Memphis who receive iro.
quont shipments OF imported cigars and
our patrons arc therefore enabled 10 gel
only fresh cigars from us.
/. kAMEisoN & Co,
The Direct Importers ~ McmphiA
Il. S.-We sell baseball tickets.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27

LADIES, be sure 20 see =. Layignc's 25c
Hats. They're worth $500
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27

sCiiNEiDEl-M No. 30 Main street SUNDAY.
May NJ. 1871, nt 10 orlnrk y m., iiTuuAN srfgTi.
nEn. aged y ycnu, late 81 buynls nlum
1.-The remains will b. intCrrrd NJ Dcyala uunI
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27
CHARLESTON WINS
THE sEAGULLs BEAT THE PELIcANs
IN A GOOD GAME.

Memphis win Have Some Fun with
Mobile Today-Cinoinnati Wins Two
Games From Louisville - st. Louis
Wins Again.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-27

LADIES, sec Z. Iayignc's 2Jc Hats. They
are worth 500.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

A TERRIBLE cyclone passed over Arkan-
sas City, Ark, on the 9th, which laid low
the Methodist and Baptist churches, store
houses, residences and killed two negro
girls.
THE thirteen Southern States, including
Kentucky and Missouri, have funded debts
aggregating 500 ,s5s, ,G43, besides an un-
funded debt amounting to $50, ,000,0 600 more.
A VERY sad accident occurred on the 6th,
in the country, sixteen miles from New
port Ark. VIM. Crow, youth of twelve
years, was driving to town, when a large
tree fell on him, crushing the rider and
horse into jelly.
BISHOP QUINTARD's residence, Fulford
Hall, at Sewaaee, Tenn, was destroyed by
fire on the night of the sth Insurance
$4,000, which will not near cover the loss.
The fine collection OF curiosities lost
NEWS comes from Rochester. N. Y. to the
effect that the dam south of that city is in
great danger of bursting and that people in
the vicinity are moving away, dreading
tho possibility.
UP TO date the crops in Texas are on a
more extensive scale, in better condition
and with brighter prospect than at any
time in the past.
LEONARD SWEET, who nominated Abra-
ham Lincoln for President in 1860, died at
his home in Chicago on the 7th.
Ex- CONGRESSMAN CARLOS FRENCH, OF
Connecticut, is to succeed the late William
II. Barnum as the representative of that
State in the National Democratic Commit
tee.
BLOODY duel with knives occurred
near Chattanooga, Tenn, on the 9th, be-
tween Enoch Pettyjohn and Rufe Massey,
brothers-in-law.
EDWIN HARRIS, late deputy collector of
the port at New Orleans, has been indicted
by the Grand Jury on ten counts for em-
bezzlement Of sums aggregating nearly
81, 900.
Two MEN went TO the house of Mr.. Davad
LaMay, a farmer living near Corydon,
Ind, pretending that they wanted TO buy
cattle. They were asked 10 remain all
night, but after supper drew reyolvers
and ordered LaMay 20 give up his money
He started to run and they opened lre on
him shooting him three times, once
dangerously.
mTas police at Louisville, KY, are look
ing for bunko sharp who swindled Louis
Botboftf near CAaIiestpni Ahu.y pub OF H-iVvv
on last Monday. Bottorf is an old farmer,
and let the old confidence man get hold Of
bis money in pretended sale Of farm.
AT Frankfort, KY, X. p. Pepper sold to
J, S. Coxey, Massillon, o., his bay stallion
Acolyte. The price was $4,000. Acolyte
Is i've years old,
A HALF dozen neat prosFations occurred
ia New York on the 9th, Tue Thermometer
reached 9l degrees
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13
THE VALLEY OF DEATH.
A Glimpse at the Work of Devas-
tation by the Deluge.
sights In the Conemaugh Valley that
Surpasses the Stories OF Roman
ccrs-The Resisfiess Power
OF the waters.

| JoHNSTowE, Pa, June 6.--From Johns
town up the valley easy co ommunication
| has been opened as far as Conemaugh,
| two miles, and 1t is possible for any one
| here TO readily behold sight never be-
| fore seen in this world, and which no one
| who does not see it himself will ever be-
| lieve did really exist. 1t is described
| here as we'll as words can describe, but
merely as a duty to history, and not with
the idea that any one who can not look at
it will ever think it true. Every one has
seen the light beam shafts aud rods in q
factory lying in twisted. broken and
criss cross shape after u fire has de-
stroyod the factory.
In the gap above Johnstown the water
has picked up four track railroad, COW
cred with trains, freight and passenger,
| and with machine shops. and other
heavy buildings with heavy contents, and
has torn the track to pieces, twisted,
turned and crossed it as fire never could.
II has tossed huge freight locomotives
like barrels, and cars like packing boxes,
and torn them to pieces and scattered
them over miles of territory. 1t has in
one place put stream of water city
block wide between the railroad and the
bluff, and in another place 1t has changed
the course Of the river as far in the other
direction, and left it a hundred wards
inland, on which are the tracks that for
merly skirted the banks. Add to this
that in the midst OF this, fire, with the
singular fatality that has made il every-
where the companion OF the food in this
catastrophe, has destroyed a train Of
vestibule cars that the flood had wrecked; /;
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13
PrTH AND POINT.

Carpets are made TO cover the
floors aud rugs to cover the flaws.
The greatest loss of time that
know OF is to count the hours. --Rabe-
lais.
Men say OF women what they
please; women do with men what
pleases them.
We grow wise as we grow older,
but it is by forgetting what we thought
we kuew.-Life-
AS oysters are swallowed when
they are opened. so is the frank man
taken in when he tells his plans to
rogues.
Nothing is earned without labor.
Hence, If any one obtains any thing
without labor, he is defrauding some
one else.
We can not be reminded too often
of the fact that brevity is the soul OF
wit, and tediousness the limbs and out
ward 6ourishes.
Solomon was esteemed a wise man
in his day. but then in Solomon's day
no one had ever seen Harvard Sopho-
more.-Somerville Journal.
If you have any faith, give me, for
Heavens sake, share OF 1t! Your
doubts you may keep to yourself, Tor
have a plenty of my own.-Goethe.
1t takes something else besides
'cuteness to make folks see whatll be
their interest in the long run. IL
takes some conscience and belief in
right and wrong. Eliot !
The good, old gentleman who is
fifteen or twenty years behind times
usually has a son who is rapid enough
to make the average about right
Merchant Traveller.
1t contributes greatly towards a
mans moral and intellectual health to
be brought into habits OF companion
ship with individuals unlike himself.
who care little for his pursuits, and
whose sphere and abilities he must go
out of himself to appreciate. .-Haw-
thorne.
ubTt 10 Hu Va
tellect as we'll as OF birth. or of money,
and highly-cultivated people are apt to
be as disdainful of everyday thinkers
as rich people are OF the poor. Yet
lives are made noble, and the world is
made happier, very often, by simple
thinkers, to whom the refinements OF
philosophy are unknown quantities
Texas Siftings.
Happiness depends not on what
one has, but on what one is. He who
is of cheerful spirit will be cheerful
in all his privations. He who is OF
complaining spirit will never lack oc-
casions of complaining 1t is not ones
possessions or ones surroundings. but
ones way Of looking at his possessions
and surroundings, that settles the
question OF ones cheerfulness, wherev-
er he is. or whatever he has
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13
THE DlREFUl DAM.

1t Was a Structure that Ought to Iuvoks
Maledictfons on its Constructors and
Those who Maintained 1t.
New YORK, June 5.-The SUMS Johns
town special says that q reporter went to
the dam at Lake Conemaugh yesterday
and examined the masonry and found
light rubble facing, instead of solid ma
sonry, and the waste gates, by which its
builders designed that its surplus in time
of high water should be run off, are said
to have been permanently closed to save
the fish. AS to the dam itself, there was
no massive masonry nor any tremendous
exhibition of engineering skill in design
ing the structure or putting it up. There
was no masonry at all, in fact, nor any
engineering worthy OF the name. The
dam was simply gigantic heap Of
earth dumped across the course Of a
mountain stream between two low hills.
1t was faced on each side with layer OF
heavy, rough stone, loosely thrown to-
gether and uncemented. This pile of
earth was, as has been stated, about sew
enty- five feet high and ninety-fve feet
thick, at the base. At the summit 1t was
leveled off so as to be about twenty feet
wide and wagon-road crossed 1t. 1t was
an ordinary dirt-road, and there was no
rock or masonry beneath it. The width
Of the stream at tho bottom OF the dam
was about forty feet. At the top the dam
was about 400 feet long. 1t was built
straight across the gap AMI neither face
nor back was curved. The slopes were
about the same on both face and back.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13
RUssELLvILLE, POPE GO. ARK, THURSDAY,

was local passenger, with three cars
and a locomotive. 1t stands there yet
the cars tilted by the washing Of the
track, but comparatively uninjured.
Somehow couple more locomotives have
been run into the sand bank in front.
A freight train stood upon the track
whereon large collection of smashed
oars has Its place now. 1t was broken all
to pieces. Inside Of all was the day ex-
press, with its baggage and express cars
and at the end three vestibule cars. 1t
was from this train that number of pas
sengers-ffteen certainly, and no one
knows how many more-were lost.
When the alarm came, most OF the pas
sengers fed for the high ground. Many
reached 1t. Others hesitated on the way;
tried to run back, and were lost. Others
stayed on the cars, and after the first
rush Of the food were rescued alive.
Some OF the freight cars were loaded
with lime, and these leaped over the ves-
tibule cars and set them on fire, and
quickly had the cars blazing. Three Of the
vestibule cars were burned down to the
trucks. These and the peculiar shaped
iron frames Of the vestibules are all that
show where the cars stood. The reason
the food did not wipe out these three
trains entirely is supposed to be that just
in front Of them and between them and
the food, was the round-house filled with
engines. II was a large building and
probably forty feet high to the tops Of
the ventilators in the roof. The wave OF
wrath, eye-witnesses say, was so high
that these yentilators were beneath it.
The round-h house was swept away to Its
very foundation, and the food played
jack-straws with the locomotives. But il
split the torrent. and part OF ii went
down each side of tfe&rains, saving them
from the worst OF its force. Thirty three
locomotives were Ia and around the
round-house and repair shops near. OF
these twenty six have been found, or at
least traced, part of them being found
scattered down into Johnstown, and one
tender was found In Stony Creek.
The other seven locomotives are gone
not trace of them has been found up to
this time. 1t Is supposed that some of
them are in the sixty acres of debris at
Johnstown above the bridge. All the To-
comotives that remain anywhere within
sight Of the round house, all except those
attached to the trains, are thrown about
in every direction, smashed, broken and
useless except for old iron. The tenders
are all gone. Being lighter than the le-
comotives, they foated more easily. and
were more quickly carried away. The en-.
gines were apparently rolled over and
over, in whichever direction rau the cur
rent which had hold of them, and occa-
sionally were picked up bodily and
slammed down again, wheels up or which
ever way chanced to be most convenient
to the food. Most of them lie in FIVE feet
Of mud and gravel, with only part show
ing above the surface. Some are out in
the bed of the river.
In the town OF Consmaugh there are
only thirty EIGHT persons positively
known to have perished.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

FAYETrEvLLE, Ark, June s.-For a
week past houses in various parts OF the
town have been entered by burglar Of
unusual skill and robbed OF a-quantity Of
valuables. Suspicion pointed 70 a we'll
dressed young fellow named Baldwin,
and an arrest was made. He had several
hundred dollars worth Of the stolen jew
els in his possession.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13
= As-----=-------
Entitled to speolal sympathy.

LONDON, June s.--The Times in an ed
itorial article says: "While thankful for
our own immunity from calamities of ma
terial greatness like the Johnstown foods
and the Seattle fire, we can not forget
that in sorrow and suffering, which make
the whole world akin, our American
brethren are e2eikl Jed to special activity
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13
A Fight with Arabs.

ZANZIBAR, June s.-Captain Wissmann
has had another engagement with the
Arabs, in which tho latter were COM
pletely routed. He has also destroyed
their village Of Saadani, WindJi. Cap
tain Wissmann's casualties were trifing.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13
Anarchy nalrn. ln crsta.

LONDON, June s.-The latest reports
from Crete show that complete anarchy
RACES Of oil kinds are Of daily occurrences,
sua 80 unpunk bed
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

TIE business portion of the city of
Seattle, W. T., was practically wiped out
by great oonfagration on the evening
OF the 9Th.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

DISASTROUS floods are reported from
different parts Of Bavaria with consider
able destruction Of property. The crops
were ruined in many localities.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

FARMERS, living ia the country border
Ing on the Conemaugh Valley, who load
ed wagons with provisions for the desti-
tute survivors OF the food, had TO hght
their way into the stricken cities against
the thieving Huns who tried to capture
their precious freight
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

THE Standard Oil Company has bought
ten acres Of ground just east sof Terre
Haute, Ind. on which they will erect an
immense oil-tauk.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

THE cotton mills in Ofenburg, Baden
we're destroyed Uy fire, on the 9th, involv
ing q loss of 100000 marks. Several work.
men we're killed.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

THE Johnstown hood-sufferers' fund
being raised in Paris amounted, on the
9th, to $4,000.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

THE New York Commercial Advertiser,
OF the 9th, says deal is being arranged
between the County Democrats and the
Republicans, with view to increasing
the strength of the Republicans in the
Legislature and ousting Tammany from
control Of the city
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

COUNSEL for Kemmler, the condemned
murderer, will appeal on habeas corpus
proceedings, in Buffalo, N. Y, for re-
view of the verdict, on the ground that
death by electricity is cruel and unusual
punishment and therefore unconstitu-
tional.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

1T was expected, on the Sd, that the pro-
tocol to be drawn up by the SAMOAN con-
ference would be signed by the repre-
sentatives Of the three governments con-
cerned on the sth. The commissioners
we're then preparing to take their de-
parture from Berlin.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

NEW YoRK detective who went from
the Paris Exhibition to Berlin, had his
pocket picked there on the 9Th He lost
his money and valuable papers.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

AT the meeting Of the General Assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian church in Belfast,
Ireland, on the Sd, the moderator tool
occasion to strongly deuounce home rule
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

Mn. A. SWAN BRowS, OF New York City,
merchant well known in the dry goods
trade, has gone 10 London 70 attempt 10
arrange a syndicate far the purchase OF
the leading dry goods stores of New York
and other drst- class American cities,
Ths plan Is similar 70 that Oh which tbs
FseWsTiss ws eaiRg agps 9iastsa,
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13
MARTIAL LAW.
The Ruined City of Johnstown Encircled
with "A Wall of Martial Protectors.

| The Ruined City OF Johnstown Encircied
with a Wall of Martial Protectors.
aoHNsTowN, Pa, June 6.-The ruined
city lies within girdle OF steel-the
bayonets of the Fourteenth Regiment.
The militia has captured Johnstown, aud
over the desolate plain whore the
city proper stood, through the tow
ering wrecks and by the river passes,
marches the patrol, crying 'halt" and
challenging the vagabonds, vandals, and
| ghouls who cross their path. General
Hastings, OF course, is the highest officer
in rank, and in command, and when the
survivors of the food awoke this morn
ing. whom the weary pickets were relieved
at sun rise, brigade headquarters had
been established on the slope OF Prospect
Hill, overlooking the hundreds of white
tents Of the regiment down below under
the tower, by the German Catholic
Church, which was on fire when the
deluge came.
The Fourteenth Regiment was rein
forced yesterday, until 1t is now six hun
dred strong.
Early yesterday morning the regiment
vent into service. Company r was de-
tailed TO Cambria City, where the ele-
nent OF ruffianism, meeting that OF des-
peration, foreshadowed a storm. During
the day many people of questionable
character were escorted out of the city
limits.
The Cool Weather Godsend to the Liv.
Ing In tho Track of tho Deluge.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, June 5.-In tho midst
| OF this scene of death aud desolation a
relenting Providence seems to be exert
ing subduing influence. Six days have
| elapsed since the great disaster, and the
temperature still remains low and chilly
in Conemaugh Valley. When ii is remem-
bered that in ordinary juno weather OF
this locality from two to three days are
sufficient to bring ON unattended body
to a degree of decay and putrefaction
that would render it almost impossible to
prevent spread OF disease throughout the
valley, the inestimable benefits of this
cool weather are almost beyond appre-
citation. Emanations from half mile
OF debris above the bridge are but little
more offensive than yesterday; and
should this cool weather continue few
days longer it is possible that hun
dreds Of bodies may yet be recovered
from the wreck in such q state Of preser
vation as to render Identification possi-
Bile. Many hundreds OF victims, how
ever, will be roasted and charred into
such shapeless masses as TO perclude all
chance OF recognition. The work OF
clearing up the wreck aud recovering bod
les is now being conducted most
systematically. Over 5000 men are al
work in various portions Of the valley,
and each little gang OF tweaty men IS
directed by foreman, who is under
orders from general headquarters. As the
Tie Reading Railroad Company Heavy
Loser.
BALTIMORE, Md, June 5.--One Of the
heaviest losers by the recent foods In
Maryland Il the Reading Railroad Oom
pauy, They owned aud controlled the
SusquehGnna q Iidewater canal which
is nearly obliseragea 9ee company paio
sapQ,e1 for lne esRaL
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

THE National reunion of Elks was to
have begun at Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 9th
The reunion has been postponed until
July 10, owing to the disaster at Johns
town
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

CRIsrOBAL FERNANDEZ, the Cuban kid
naper was executed at Jovellanos on
the 4th.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

JUSTICE GRAY, Of the United States Su-
preme Court. and Miss Jeanette Mat
thews, daughter Of the late Justice Mat
thews, were married at the BRIDES resi-
dence In Washington on the 4th. A
large number OF distinguished guests
witnessed the ceremony.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

A FIRE in the village OF Libousch, near
Ratibori. IN Prussian Silesia, on the 9th,
destroyed 105 houses, including the vii
lage church and vicarage. Seven hum
dred of the villagers are rendered home-
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

THE Matte Winship, detained at Hall
fax by the Dominion authorities, fur
pished bond on the 9th, and commenced
getting ready to sail for the mackerel
grounds.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

ONE Of the heaviest losers by the re-
cent foods in Maryland is the Reading
Railroad Company. They owned and
controlled the Susquehanna & Tfdewater
canal which is nearly obliterated. The
company paid 1850, boo for the canal.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1889-06-13

THE mayors fund in New York City
for Johnstown had reached, on the 9th,
sl63,OOO, and the Chamber of Commerce
fund $40, 900. Other funds are also in
creasing rapidly.