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The Press., 1890-08-14

Amounting in the aggregate to $5, ,570, 900 paid on stock in six years upon an investment of $l0O,0OO. The property now owned by the company is worth probably $5, ,0OO, 900. The Stock of the company sold few years ago at $4 ,O0O share. It sold in 1876 at B17 share. Florence, Ala, with very favorable physical conditions, with population of some 5000, growth from less than 2, 1000 in 1887, with diversified manufactures in suc- cessful operation. The foundation for the largest cotton mill in the south (53 ,O0O spin dles) nearly completed. The first iron fur mace began operations in October. It's daily profits are not less than $500. Its second iron furnace and rolling mill will be in operation as soon as men and money can con- struct and operate them. These industries alone will call for several thousand new peo- pie, and are only beginning of what the near future will develop. Philadelphia cap- italists have recently invested more than one million dollars in real estate and other enter prises in Florence. I am offering limited number of shares of Florence Land Syndi- cate Stock, par value $1OO, at $25 per share, non assessible. The Syndicate own 700 acres of land, nearly 5000 lots within the limits of the city of Florence. Read what the Elyton Land Company have done, remembering there are many who are thoroughly acquainted with the condition of both cities who fully believe the city of Florence has superior ad- vantages, and that indications point to grand or results for her than even that achieved by Birminpham
The Press., 1890-08-14
BUslMEss 0saREcToRY.

Useful Present in every paekages SAvENA, tn, ,est Washing powder. Sold by grocers. -- l7jyly
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
The LAW SUSTAINED.
What the Supreme Court Says
About tie Election Law.
Tickets Need Not Necessarily be Printed
at oniy One once, but wherever
the Secretary Chooses.
Special 10 the TELEGRAa-HERALD.

Special 70 the TELEGRsa-HK8ALD.
LASslNG, Mlch., Oct. THE October
term OF the Supreme Court opened this
morning with full bench ami about
nifty members Of the bar of the State
present.
When court re-convened this after
noon the court handed down It's opin-
ions sustaining the main feature of the
the election law, considering it consti-
tuuOnal and valid. Regarding the
printing OF tickets, they dI1 not deem
It necessary that the tickets he printed
1T one office, but the Secretary Of State
conld order them printed wherever he
chose. which means that every print
lng office in the State Will get slice of
tbs work. The court announced that
n more complete opinion covering all
parts OF tie case would be filed at q
later date.
The. law requires that secret booths
shall be- supplied for every loo voters.
anu IA thls booth the voter aTrangcs his
lsl!ot, largely ON tie Australian plan.
The lsw applies 10 municipal elections
also, but was openly dlsregarded last
s2rlng the state Oyet.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08

Tss reeths, Tea L3s1ss - = ss0fh @na
Tea ArEielss ss L&sys

Iss Essths. Tea Ladies :. Es0Th 2na
Tea ArEieass a. . Lssys
TIE Ladies Exeeut se. omnltsee Of
tie N2sonlc F4F held msssiag YES
terdzy aaornlng sl the residence Of Mrs.
IT, X. Moore. 80 W.shingson-st. Rs
ports were made showing that doaA-
tone Sere coming ia pleatifsuy.
Tie principal work accomplished Al
the meeting was the arranging Of lie
numoer and style Of booths tor tbe sale
OF articles, and the appointment OF the
lSdlrs NA0 Nil preside ~ them. There
u pe tea bOOths. each 0t Which ~tl
oe attended ~ ten ladies, making lO9
ladies' 20 care Tor gnls slngle department
Of the FAIR. Zach " the loo ladies has
volunteered 90 furnish Tor the booths,
hy solicitation or otacrs sc, ten articles
Of sale. kacE one ot these groups oi
ten ladies has Us president. Tho FOL
loving are their names, together with
The desiguatiOn OF the booths over
winch they are chosen t0 preside.
Linen, Mrs. ;. l.. Watson; dolls, Mrs.
George Perry; aprons. Mrs. M. Ne
Querani fancy ARTICLES, Mrs. Arthur
Meigs, silk embroidery, Mrs. K. g.
Matthews; art, Mrs. r. ". Johnston
Japanese, Mrs. ;. Il. Wooster; infant
apparel, Mrs. Homer Nasn; flowers
Mrs. r. Ill. Donnelly; confectionery
Miss Cora b. WenhAnl.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
GRAND RIVER B.PT1sTs
Held TheIr Annual Association AZ Cedar
~PfluE~

spring.
srrcis G enc TslreRtv- HzRtLn.
rnsE oruSes. Oct The Grsud
+ sen Eantist A--Cce.tiol convened
h,r, yesterday. snd tne morning trsn
hrr lht large numUer Of representa-
tives.
tAe openirg sermon was preached
hy Is v Naa Mrs. ct the Secoud Bsp-
O.. lnu.gh Cd tf.1uI Rapids. HIS sub-
Iftt ra~ "lhe I"wilutss OF Christ 5
t-.J ou Etgfu.
.r buchanan VAS elected moderd.
tor g.. t. E9ok. secretary. Sud r. ~.
Re.ra Az treasurer.
AHIui4 tse church socfetFs repres-
eut,i etre CeJar springs. Masks, Ada.
Alpine. ~raf g. herru. hz "a lis, 4,
u l9rr krs.tf. HaNtI Oty. Byron.
Etkfur'i. spring Lake. two societies of
Cr 4eil. aG t1e rst sad SECOND
rs ft.<f thurtle~ aud the Weuitny-avr.
and Hastings Baptist Churches Of
Grsrd Rapids.
After Toe regular 1nrrsai business wss
ov. with pr Hewitt. nt Morgan Park
Delivered lecture on Ministerial
r rraf 1n.
Rev Nr Heritage led thc evening
devotional sko rtisss. sfter 81 c1 a ine
81 mon Nas preached hy Rev. John T..
Jackson, af tle F0uutsiu-street Baptist
gnurrn
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
Ten WERE KILLED
Terrific Explosion ofPowder works
IN Delaware.
TBESIYOR MORE SEyERELYIyJ
The Powder Mtiis Completely Wrscksc
Ana oRsr ons nanaFsa baiaaiaks
Deaaolis&l d. Lass Sssris Hsif& q
ALIion-1he Death Last

WnNINGroS, Del, oct7.-A terrific
explosion occurred Al $50 tins after
noon IN the powder works Of Dupont.
Denoums 4 Co., three miles north OF
this uty, resulting in tie death of ten
pefsons snd injury Of twenty OF more.
rhe powder mills were entlTely de-
.troyed aud the village Of Dupont :
hanks. near by, had more than loo
lulidsllgs demolished on wrecked. The
names OF the killed are:
WM. GREEN.
MN. MCsfAKvEN.
JIN DoLoS.
JOHN NARRiGON.
MICHAEL HARRIGoS.
PATRICK DOUGHERrY.
joins NEWELL.
JOHN HERLIHE.
NIKE HEBIlHE.
EAii laborers. 10 is estimated that be
tween seven and ten tone of powder
exploded. The supposed cause - that
wnlle Nm. Green Was soldering the
iron il became too hot and ignlted the
powder. The total loss Is from s2oV, ,O0t
10 500, 900.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
At SauSatuck.

Special 10 the TzLsGRAV ,,~ AID.
SAUGATUcK, MiCH. Ort. &c. ".
Watkins spoke at the village hall in
this place last evening. II was the
opening speech of the campaign here.
hut the hail was packed full, the audi
ence being about evenly divided be
tween Democrats and Republicans
Capt. Watkins confined his address 8 l.
most entirety to the tariff question, and
the clear, practical aud business-like
manner 10 wulcn ne handled the sub
Jet was pleasing to tine Republicans
and dlscouforuue to the free traders.
Republicans here are thoroughly
pleased with tue appearance OF Mr..
Watkins auI ms speech llot evening.
anu are gong into this campaign with
> Diet ruluatlOn To- 90 their snare IA
wln4J1g "a tiagn icent k'punnein VIC
tory Ia the F.ltA district this fall.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
A snlandid Testimonial

Last evening, whils Eichard H. Swart-
out Was burning hls siter-,es Havana.
in his room a. sweets Hotel four call
ers were announced. Wien ushcred
IN they were welcomed "a quartctte
from smnng the employees of Spuuy 4
Company. After some pleasant inter
changes, the Quartctte announced them-
selves "a delegation from the cor.s of
emp owes OF Spring & Company visitlng
Mr. ow1rtout on - special MISSION.
They then presented 10 the sSto1sht.d a
gentleman = superby executed Mason c
1ewel. whcn now graces Mr.. Swari0nt
watch chain. One sde IF TIE level
refers tO the Royal Arch degree. aud
the other te the Thirty h.rd degree.
A flashing diamond tights up the go
sds of the jewel IL wa graceful
testimonial, aud Mr.. Swartout makes
no secret Of the pride it gives him to
wear it.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
UNION BENEVOLENCE.
The Annual Ne-ting of the L. Is. a. Oe
CURED Yesterday.

curred Yesterday.
The annual meeting Of the managers
of the L. 3. A. Home was held yestcr-
day. notwithstanding the inscrutable
determination of an institution which
subs;sts upon public charity to conceal
from the puplic al things pei tanning to
- operations. It is scarcely an open
secret that the L. b. 4. Is IN deep
financial distress. Ii has trsnsplred
that. At yesterday meeting, the gravest
subject OF discussion was that of the
ways and means for the coming year
10 was unanimously resolved To proceed
90 heroic measures for the placing of
the institution upon its financial feet,
but the details OF procedure were not
perfected.
Tie homeopathic question was not
discussed. aud hence matters remain IN
statu quo with relation 10 tnat matter
Tie old officers were reelected. a
follows: President, DR.. Charles Shepard /;
president, Mrs. l.. III. Withey;
secretary. Mrs. Henry Z. RUSSELL treas
ursr. +. ID. Gilbert; deputy treasurer,
Aiss Annie BaaTs.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08

By tnls table lt appears that IN ten
years the increas~ IA Kent county MAS
20. o.. which = a hlgh average as COM
pared with other states "a the Union.
Tue total population Of the state of
Indiana, As announced todsy from the
cs nsus Oftlee. y =. ls9 $50. an Increase IN
ten years OF ZiO.7Zy, or 1906 per cent.
Tie total population OF the territory ol
New Mexico Is l43. S62, Al increase OF
Zo,2sI, or 2l.l6 per cent. The total
population OF California Is ,204, COZ, an
increase OF 35y, ,5OS, or 1924 per cent.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08

READISe, Pa. Oct. 7.-Oue Of the
steam presses % the keystone hosiery
mili exploited shortly before noon yes
terd s. Tweutv-iive girls VINO were at
work iu a. upper sto y IL SINE panic
stricken and rushed for the hoistway.
slse Of tuem ieap,d % lhe tiOOr, ; {. et
feiUN. and We're srrl0Hsiy injured.
Most OF the others would have jumped
tut were pr vented by the coolsr hea 5
from doing -. The damage 10 the
building was slight.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08

The fasl meeting Of the committees
Of arrangements for the annual se.
union OF the Tenth Michigan Cavalry
occurred last evening at the esHCe 0i
Hon. CnaTies W Watkins. gentlemen
were present, whose ousultseous and
comps son Of notes were wholly infar.
naE Is was foun1 tbat ali arrange.
meats are moving sat.sfactor y Tor a
successful reunion. No rsdhsl charge.
were made TIE program s. already
cu,iTnfd. The reunion taxes plsle ca
tue l4th
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
Held for Trial.

Justice Walter Mcconnell of Cedar
Springs made a rsturn of the exsmina-
ton in the case Of the People W. Rich
ard Alberts0n yesterday. Albertson =
accused by bis servant grl Inez Round-
sree Of indecent exposure snd upon
examination before toe above named
Justice he vas held 70 bail IN the suns
Of 500 fer appearance az the next
term of the circuit court.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
THE COMMITTEES
Selected by the owaShtanonG Club TO
Dispense Charities.


Dispense Charities.
The following committees were
selected last evening to carry ont the
charitable work OF the Owashtanong
Club on Thanksgiving Day:
Executive Committee-C. w. Chaun.
cey, chairman. c. w. Black, W. II
Boyns.
Secrctaries-W. Neahr, J. J. Bclknap
c. f. Whitney.
Treasurer-At. :. White.
To solicit CASH.. NJ. Weston, c. w
Black, W. II. Boyns, Peter Doran, c. T.
Fox, ID. J. Leathers, Arthur Meigs, At
5. White, Maurice Shanahan, j. House,
man, q. w. Thompson. Geo. r. Perry,
III. W. Nash, Z. II. Gleason, ii. +. Hast
lngs.
Furniture Factorles-F. II. Smith, A.
A. Barber, J. L. Brewer, A. j. Burnett
Garge ArnOtt.
-wholesale-Benj. Putnam
J. Z. Pantlind, o. l.. Freeman, \. Tel
fer, K. j. Prendergast.
Drugs-N. Z. VI hite, @. G.. Steketee
i. ;. Fanch,I.
Groccries-r -rctail-A.J. Elliott. Ira G.
Hatch, c. Z. smith, l.. Winternitz, Wn
klliean.
Clothiag-E. W. Jones, !. W. Ros.u.
thai, j. l.. StrcliIZski. 4. May, Z. SHAT
tux, 4. J. I1lddlngs, +. u. Williams
7. ". rtrahan.
Dry GoOds--E. p. Kidder, NJ. Fried
rlau, Jams +. Grady, +. V. Wurzburg
Shoe Stures-t;eOrge o IIar;l, G. g.
Slaght, George MFybsw, Gro. Reeder
Hardware-W. A. Gum, {. NJ. Nor
ton.
Hats-T. ". Miller, - Boss.
TobacCo- x. +. Biuinrlch, Cushmau
d. II. Mccarthy.
ProvIsions-L. McCrsth, c. S. ROBIN
son. :. J. Pegler, Fred Pegler.
Ciotinng-Drs. Barth, Catlin, Miller
Sinclair and Schurtz.
Purchasing committees - Canned
goods. {. Hatch, J. +. Kiliean, II
\. La.nas.
Meats, poultry, etc.-I. MeCrath
g o. Davidson, Warren Swetland, J. W
McGowsIl, I. Il. Dettrntlaler.
Coal aud wood-AlnswOrth, r. A
IaniltoL. H. Collins.
Wagons l.. G.ll. o. n. Albec, =
II. OBricn. L. j. Clergyman, J. Z
Moran.
70 receive goods at depot, +. VI. Bar
nard, +. ID. DIsbrow, +. Hshey, J
speed. &. y. Sraiding.
70 Collect Goods hy Nagon-FreC
Welcn, :. l.. king J. +. Smith.
10 LARK CiOt iug, etc.--Nan Gus
/ knk. & e.. Sia.ht, starr, CIV. Gren.lvb
1 10 Distribute Good, d,sir.Cts--C. s
I Cotton. !. j. Clergyman, ". DAVIS, =
Fyte. Greeihaum. Wm. Homer. r
/ line, !. :. Knox. 4. Lc.telt, JT.. Wn
/ Mchnl -hi. l.. Mang 1id, y. L. NeShr
/ +. Pn-u. J. T.. Platte, a. -saarsh, SIS
+ g.. ,iti.iHns, j. i. SUR, 4. Il. Waite
T II. 4 l.0ads, jas. i.ayue.
7 Booskeeper--iIu Bowen, Lmzce. 4
+ Bi-nop, Fred Rand, Jao. Wh .vler. G
I Iu.sfurd, j. =. Knox, Goo. :. BOlfw0od
10 Rey.se Districts DIR. LOUIS Btrt4
/. c. Temple. !. J Bcisaap. ms
worth. :. WtsselIus. ). Knox. =. y. Dls
i Tow. George Davidson, II. b. DuIen
/ r. +. kr0mer.
To Pack Ooods-F. VI. Lawson, 3. T.
/ White, L. b. seymour, J. Z. klieau.
Printing Executive committee.
To Ohtsin 4 nepot-A. Meigs, n. II
/ Ford. &. Fox, At s. White.
Ca Newspapers J. Lotthers. =. J
Adams. 4. D. Green, r. q. 2 s3er. c. q
swens.erg, +. Bali. Al S. White, B.r
/ Hall.
j The comnli ttee - Obtain the name
# worthy poor = % be hereafter name.
f ~ &. W. OuauuC,y. chairman "a th
executive committee.
/ Theatrical Comm ttse-C. IT. CAT
] wnll- q IS Enn.-rt. anl " 4 OK
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
A Lnicv Mistake.

4 dispatch ir,m Ltusing 20 the
Grand Rapids Democrat saws VI. II.
Ford was greeted with full house
here Saturday evening. and WAS aD-
lisuded tai the ralters rang. It also
states Lansing y a Democratic town
sud vii give Aeiboroe handsome
majority Must be a large. JUICY mis-
take somewhere. Mr.. Ford did not
speak hers, and Lsnsng's majority wit
50 to Hon. Wm. Ball.-LsDslng Repub-
Itsarr
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
Muskegon,s Hacklar Library.

Elegant invitations have been issued
by the Mussegon Board of Education
looklng 70 the formal opening Of the
tsckley Library. in that city. on the
l3th OF the present montn. ln the
body OF the printed invitation y =
beautiful cut of the bullonE. The
ceremony on that occssion = expected
~ be wholly suited - the b. .gh purposes
OK the magnificent foundation.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
THE ORATORIo SOCIETY.
What They VIII slug at tho Masonic
Pair

What They VIII sInE at tho Massnlc
Fair
The Grand Rapids Oratorio Society.
with chorus of 700 voices, viii be- one
Of the most attractive features of the
Masonic Fair. They will sing some OF
the grandes; choruses in their repertoire
and will be accompanied 10y Wurzburg
and Bronson's tull military band. The
following are their selections:
The "llslleluJah" Chorus from the Messiah.
seiectiOn slbd Chorus from Lucia.
by BaDyi MS Wave" G0uHod.
Crowned With The Ten pest" olo, quartet
and chorus.
And one other number 10 be here
after selected.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
Patents Issued.

Special 10 the EIEsR4 hKsALp:
WAsufSGroN. Oct. Patents have
been issued 10 residents OF Grand Rap
IDS as follows: Wm. j. AckeIman,
burglar alarm; Silss ii. Raymond, as
signee OF three-fonrths to W. b. Rem
ington, L. j. Horton. IL. T. Remington,
carpet sweeper; Frank A. Simonds'
stealer carriage for shingle machines.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08

special - t1f q = EsesE-hFss1B.
AVS AssoR. Wen, Oct Charlie
Garfield, one Of the notorious qosgt-tte
of hors~ thieves who a. resrly succeed
- In breakirg isil fev weeks ago
vas sentenced n the Washtcnsw circait
s5asy - four years At Jackson.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08

The timd burglar got in his vozk last
night on SpsulduS's store At the coruer
Of Monroe and lo1la-sts Pstrolman
pohertv found thst the gisss IN the
rear window Rad been cat out, ard the
bolt IN the door hsd been pushed aside.
The burglar wss nowhere to be seen.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08

The frsf dancing eisss ~ the season,
ssseri hieli ar the Grand Rsrlds Gusrt
Arnlorv on lonisast last evening
Tbs hail 's now leased ~ Misses tssEe
and Bened CT Another hsI w3 he
gwen a. the srmory one week from
aaxs Thursday.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
IT LxADs THxn ALL
Gr.sd h<etss l. -. no~1 gr@xrsssiss
casf ~ Aiehig4a.

0Fes4 h&Ff1s Il tAs uos1 Frexrs@sAss
casF a. Aishig4a
A Dispatch from WssAington gives
Ehs folloSinss The populasiens Ct
states. cities and towns announced ey
tie eensls of1ces are as follows Fopa-
anon Of TIE sa0le state OF Mleislgsns
2. .0s3 ,Tsz. Increase. 452. s55 or II 50 per
cent GE4a1 Rapids. 6s.l47. Increase,
s.. 49, per cent, Ioo.3s, Kalamazoo,
~ Isl, Increase, 5, 80. per cent. 4y.oss
Auszegon. Y sos. increase, IL go, per
cent, lgl.Zsi lshpenIng. Hiss, II
crease 5,lf5. per cent. So Meuoml-
nees 1886, Increase, SIS, per esnt.,
@z.os Marquette. SO, increase, A. ioo,
per cent., s3s4s Nssaunrs, osool, II
crease. Also, per eent., o4.ls.
The nsuFSs Tor the Fourth census dis-
IiCt Nhleh have not before been
published are 4s follows.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
Enternriaa In Iced.

Special 10 the TElEGRAN-llERALD.
CAsNOvIA, Mich, Oct. Casanova
voted yesterday TO bond the village tor
$1,000 TO give to some good manufacture
ing concern and is 1, ady for bids.
Telegram-herald., 1890-10-08
$1,000 RICHER

NotsrIcus r-rir wr.ck-r Captured by
a. tsfHa-r
ffRNrS Pc t,f, AIa., Octoeer -
kunt Iufrows, a notorious tram
rolter. was captured tbs afternoon
nesg Myrtle. Monroe Co. Alsbsma, by
wer John McDuFes. Burrows =
nj jailed at Lnden. Alsbsnls. The
rtu arts offered hv the government,
So rf goad tet EXPIRE S. companies.
TO- enc captGrt sEgre-ate s. uoo.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
Hl. wei, Runs Gold and silver.

There is wonderful we'll down near
Eel Norte, says the Pixies Peak Herald.
1t Is an artesian well with an abundant
Cow OF pure water. Sufficient to irrigate
a considerable amount Of land. That
would be enough for any one but San
Luis man. But this is mineral water.
It is ef,ervescent, very palatable and
extremely healthful. Nor is this all;
the force Of the water brings up from
the depths an occasional lumpsoi native
silver. or asgold nugget The frugal
fsrmerhas placed sack Of wire netting
over the mouth Of the well to catch the
metaland prevent il from choking the
COWS. Local scientists claim that at 3
great depth and under enormous pres.
snre the water Is washing away a
ledge OF rock, whose softer parts go into
SOLUTION and give the Fits mineral
qualities, butswhoss gold and silver, not
being DISSOLVED, are brought to the sur
face tna metal lie state.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
Weeping frees IN tho Northwest.

IN the forests Of Washington and
British Columbia have frequently seen
trees dripping copiously during clear,
bright days, when no dew was visible
elsewhere. The dripping was SO pro-
fuse that the ground underneath was
almost saturated. The phenomenon In
this case was caused by the remarkable
condenaing power OF the leaves OF the
fir, and it occurred only when the rela-
tive humidity was near the dew point
The dripping ceases after ten or eleven
o'clock In the morning, but resumes at
or near sunset In Hskluyts Voyages
there is sn account OF Hawkins second
voyage to Africa and America, written
by gentleman who sailed with Haw-
kins, in which we are told that in the
island OF Ferro there 70 weeping tree
that supplies all the men and beasts
Of the island with drink, there boing no
other available water supply. Further,
he states that in Guines he saw many
weeping trees, bat OF . speci, % different
from that at Fefro.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
q female ENGINEER.
shc Has successfully Run nm Engine for
Three Years.


Three Years.
To see woman running an engine in
real life is q genuine novelty. The fair
sex occasionally run engines in novels,
on the stage and SO on, but a real, live
female engineer Is a new sensation. OF
course this one is in Chicago, and Of
course she is young and pretty. They
always are. The romance of the case is,
however, cut out by the cold-blooded
announcement that she is not doing 1t
to save husband, lover or fathers life
or liberty. She is purely mercenary.
The stipend drawn ut the end OF each
week is oil that she is after. Her name
is not known. Perhaps this is where
the romantic part comes in Perhaps
otherwise. Be this or that ss 1t may,
she Is flesh and blood reality. When
reporter for the Chicago Herald called
ct the place whore this novelty works
he stated his business to a young lady
clerk, and asked to see the woman who
runs the engine.
IA lady ia our engineer" Uttered the
clerk, "but she is busy and can't see any
reporters"
"Can she be scen?" was asked.
NO. was the answer. "She will see
no one. unless it is an examiner OF en-
gineers, and then she will be found
ready and anxious to answer all ques-
TONS"
The lady engineer, as she is styled,
has had charge OF the Bee Hive laun-
dry engine for about three years, during
which time she had no trouble and has
apparently been well able to attend to
all the duties dcyolving upon her.
Her principal claim for competency,
however, is that she has taken nor
engine apart and placed 1t together
again without seriously damaging It's
component parts or detracting from its
power. Questions to be propounded to
her by tho reporter were furnished by
an engineer, but she declined to answer
any questions at all unless they came
from the board of engineers. These
queries were regarding her knowledge
of how to figure on her safety valve,
her boilers horsepower and her en-
gine's horsepower. That she can dem
onstrate properly on all these in
tricacios she does not doubt, and Is
anxious to have the board of examiners
pass on her case.
E. C. Dicey, OF the board, said in re-
rard to this woman: IF woman can
successfully pass the required examin-
alton there is no law to prevent her
continuing the practice of engineering
This case will be rigidly looked into,
and unless this lady engineer can tell
all about an engine she will have to
give up her position to competent
engineer"
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1890-08-15
FREAK OF A HAND.
8aswn Through smok.-ssaos and
Caught On a Rod.

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Friday, June 20, Frederick Miller and
David Heller, two employees at the fur
nsce at the;rolling;mills, were killed by
aprsmature explosion Of Hercules pow
der while blasting out salamnnder from
the bottom OF the furnace, says the Bra
ell Times. Miller was standing directly
over the drilled hole at the time Of the
explosion and was terribly torn and, dis
figured. Both arms wore blown of, but
one was found. Every effort to find the
other arm proved fruitless until month
later. The werkmen saw an object
:clinging. to one Of, the. stay-rods that
help, TO support and Keep in position the
stacks yong the ~top sot thes furnace
Through curiosity they climbed to the
t6pana they saw aaigRt thatsnot only
filed them with horror but with wonder.
There in full sighs Of AL WAS Q msn's
hand With only thSstab tsan atmsata
tached. tightly clasping the rod above
MENTIONED, There can be no doubt but
that the hand Is that OF che unfortunate
Aillers The oniy theory known for tie
strange freak Of the body1ess hand is
that the hand was blown out the top of
the high stack, ann in oom5ng downs hs'
muscles, stili scAve, contraeted when;
the hand stack tie rod and ssssteped lto
1t with aaeadly grip From sthe posi-
tion in which Miller was standing rho
hand could not lhage achsd She poai-
ton it;occnpied other than ii the ADORE
manner. The muscles conld not have
relaxed much AFTER irst ntsactsng alse