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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
The News From Below.

EvANsvILLE-Riyer feet 1 inch and falling.
Clear and cooler.
WHEELING-River l foot 2 inches and falling.
Departed-Bedford, Parkersburg. Clear.
MEMPHIs-Departed-S. +. Wood, for Cairo;
Cherokee. for st. Louis; City of Hickman. for New
Orleans; City of Cairo, for Natchez. River feet
inches and falling. Clear and cool.
NEW ORLEASS-C1ear and warm. Arrived
Beaver and tow Pit:sburg. Observation-Disclosures
and tow Pittsburg: Louis Houck and tow, st.
Louis.
'CINCINNATI-River ) feet 6 inches and falling.
Fair and cool. Departed-LiZzie Bay, Kanawha.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
SIayin and Sullivan

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-It is more than likely
that before many days an offer of big purse
probably $50 O00-will be made to John I,
Sullivan and Paddy Slavin from New Jersev
managers. Several Jersey City men of IN.
f1uence have i'll mind to engage El Dorado.
near Weehawken, and arrange it for a glove
contest between Sullivan and 'Slayin. and
have already begun to perfect plans. They
say they will not go very far into the pre-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
Why She Aimed at a Bankers Life.

There now seems to be every prospect that
the mystery as to why Mrs. Sarah Randolph
McGinty wished to have w. S. Foltz, Pres
ident OF the First National Bank, of New
Castle, killed will be solved. Mrs. Nc
Ginty is serving term in the Allegheny
County Workhouse, having been convicted
of conspiring to kill the banker. 1t is now
claimed that she will make statement very
shortly, unless she does not get her free
dom. She is now losing faith, so it is said,
and if she once opens her mouth about the
case some sensational developments may be
looked for.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
The Telegraph Bodies Amalr,mated.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 29.-In accordance with
the action taken at the national convention of
the Brotherhood of Telegraphers in this
citv September Is, when the Brotherhood
and Order of Railway Telegraphers were
amalgamated, the two local bodies were last
night merged into one, the books, parapher-
MALTA, etc, of the Brotherhood being turned
over TO the order.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
County Commissioners in Council.

LANCASTER, Sept. 29.-The fifth annual
convention of the County Commissioners of
Pennsylvania began here this morning
Forty counties are represented. Robert E.
Mercer, of Allegheny, called the conven-
tion to order, and the following officers
were elected: President, A. B. Worth, of
Lancaster; Vice Presidents, Horace L. Hal
steed, of Lackswanna, and George c. Mills,
of Erie; Secretaries p. W. Siebert, of
Allegheny, NJ. B. Greer, of Mexican; Joel
B. Crawford, of Armstrong; Joseph M.
Rodgers, of Delaware.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
More Warrants Sworn Ont.

CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-More warrants were
sworn out for bookmakers and jockeys at
Garfield Park to-day. Al Hankins and Sid
Nellie, bookmakers, were charged with
gambling, while jockeys Monohan, Allen,
Fitzmorris, Irving and Keith are said to
have violated the city ordinance prohibiting
racing within 400 feet of public boulevard
Without waiting for the serving of, the war
rants all furnished bail in the sum of $500
each. Their cases will be heard on Octo-
ha..
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
THEY WIN ANOTHER.
The Reds Capture Their Second Game
From Our Sluggers After
a Struggle.
SHUGARTS BRILLIANT WORK.
The BoStonS Win Two Games and the Chi
Cages One and thesCOntest
Is Exciting.
THE TEAMS ALMOST TIEDsFOR FIRST
Brooklyn Easily Downs the Phillies-Baseball News
Of General Interest.
THE TEAMS ALMOST TIBDsFOR FIRST
Brooklyn Easily Downs the Phillies-Baseball New,
Of General Interest.

Our sluggers put up another ,somewhat
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
Duquesne Water Like Seltzer.

MCKEEsPoRT, Sept 29.-[Special. 1.-The
water flowing from the artesian well on the
Booth place at Duquesne has taste exactly
like soda or seltzer, and was sold as such at
Duquesne for some time until the Joke was
discovered to-day. The water is strongly
impregnated with iron and magnesia Some
years ago similar flow of medicinal
waters was found in well at Demmler
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
Muzzling the Mexican Press.

CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 90. Prosecutions
against the press have commenced again.
Several journalists have been thrown into
the dungeons of the Belena, and more will
probably follow. The assertions that the
State of Chiapas is in a revolutionary condi-
tion and in bad fix generally are wholly
untrue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
A McKeesport Boy Killed.

MCKEEsPoET, Sept. 29.-[Special. J.
Patrick Finn, aged IA years, was run over
by shifting engine on the Baltimore and
Ohio at noon to-day and so badly injured
he died at 3o'clock. He had jumped on a
train in order to cross the track and fell
under the wheels. He was son of Widow
Flynn.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
Dynamite Kills Two Men.

HUNTINGDON, Sept. 29.-[SpeeiaL IA
premature explosion of dynamite this morn
ing at the Robertsdale mines instantly
killed John Cromwell and fatally injured
John Cartwright, the former being blown to
pieces. Cromwell lived at Clear Ridge,
Fulton county.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
Tho Popularity of Wagner.

Wagner in Paris was conducted by police
batons, and supported by battalions. This
proves, says Nym Crinkle in the New York
Press, what has always been said here by
radical men-namely, that Wagner is sure
to be popular if you can only force the peo-
pie to listen to him.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30

local talent was of the most brilliant kind,
while that Of the chaps from Cincinnati was
quite the opposite. And then again mat
ter> would be quite reversed. and so the
contest went on. and the S62 spectators were
kept on pins and needles until the winning
run was scored.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
Next TuestIav,s SportS-

There is every prospect of some 1rst-class
sport at the field day of the Allegheny Ath-
letic Association to be held at Exposition
Park next Tuesday. The entries are good
and the medals are on exhibition at Gro
Eans store Market street. The medals are
of the finest quality and doubtless there will
be some exciting contests for them.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
A Pittsburp Bridge Builder Killed,

WHEELING, Sept. 29.-[Special. John
O'Neil, of Pittsburg, was killed by Cleve-
land, Lorraine and Wheeling train at Bar
ton, O., last night. He was a bridge
builder and had been working on one of the
new bridges
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30

Boston. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ill
New York o.
SU'MMARY-Earned runs-Boston, 6. Three-base
hit-Stovey. Two-hase hits-Brode, Bassett.
stolen bases-LOng Lowe, BrodIe. Tucker, Quinn,
Glasscock. First base on balls-Long, Brodie,
Tucker >, Staley, Gore .. Bassett. First base on
crrors-Boston, /: New York 2 Hit by pitched
ball-Brodic. Wild pitches-Staley, l: Sullivan, 3.
Struck out-Lowe, Tucker, Quinn, Kelly, Staey,
Bassett, O'Rourke, Burrell. Double plays-Long,
Quinn and Tucker; Long and Tucker. Time-One
hour and Is minutes Umpire-Lynch.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30

McKEEsPoRT, Sept 90 Especial. j
Twenty gas furnaces will be built by the
Howard Plate Glass Company at Duquesne
for making gas fuel for the plant. The
works are in full operation, and men are
pushing up the gas furnaces.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
Merchant Tailoring.

Our work in this branch has
a national reputation; none
but perfect fitting garments
permitted to leave our estab-
lishment. Suits to measure
from $40 up. Fall Overcoats
to order from $18 and up.
Trousers to measure from S
up. A thousand and one
styles to select from.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30

ALLEGHENY JUNCTIoN-River foot and sta
tionary. Cloudy and warm.
MoRGANTowN-RIver feet and stationary.
Clear. Thermometer so at p. NJ.
BRowNsvILLE-Rver4 feet Inches and rising.
Clear. Thermometer go At p. NJ.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
Arue With SIX Men Goes Down.

SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH, Sept. 90
During a heavy gale last night the tug
Bertha Endress went down near Mamaze,
with six men on board, and all perished 1t
was the worst storm in years and is raging
TODAY
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
MAKING IT EXCITING.

The Bostons Win Two Games From the
Giants and Threaten Chicago.
BosroS. Sent. e9.-In the first game day
the Bostous fattened up their batting aver
ares on Welsh. and it is fortunate that'they
did. for Clarkson was wild and there was
one disastrous inning. Score:
FIRST GAME.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
Meadville.s Kite-Shaped Track.
Coz YEAGEER,
EDWARD ZULSTEIN.

MEADvILLE, Sept. 29-[SpeciaI 1.-The first
races on the new mile kite-shaped track
were those which opened the first meeting
of the Crawford County Association of Trot-
ting Horse Breeders to-day. Owing tolast
nights rain the course was heavy, and the
threatening weather scared many people
from attending. Only Crawford county
horses were eligible. The results were as
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL.
RIVER NEWS AND NOTES.
Louisville Itens-The Stage of Water and
the Movements of Boats.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAMs TO THE DISPATCH

TFFECIAD lFIH"117H'''' TT II'7 T'l'I NJ.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. c9.-Business good. Weather
clear. River falling with foot 3 inches on the
falls, feet inches in the canal and feet
inches below A large crowd witnessed the launch
ing of the new T. 2. Leathers from Towards
BeIlaire Lee H. Brooks: for Cincinnati, Big
Sandy: for Evansville, j. j. 0dl; for Carrollton,
Big Kanawha.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30

Ebassct out; hit by battcd ball. -
Boston Observation-Disclosures O 3 0 l l 0-13
New York..................0 2 o o o O-S
SUMMARY-Earned runs-Boston. 9. Home run
Rowe Three-hase hits Long Stovey. Two-base
hits-Stovey. Brodie Cancel, Nash. Stolen bases
-Stovey NASH Richardson. First on bals-Long,
Tucker Gore . Bassett .: Richardson. Whistler.
First on errOrS-Boston, 4: New York. .. Hit
by pitched ball-Quinn. Whistler. Wild pitch
GARRISON one. Struck out-Brodfe, Tucker. Whist
Ter Wplch. Double plavs-LOny, Quinn and Tucker
Time of gamc-One hour and 81 minutes. Umpire
Lynch.
SECOND GAME.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
McAleer's fielding was never equaled In
Cleveland. Attendance, 1000. Score:
Total. .Is 16.25 II . Total. % q /


winning run made when one out.
Cbicago I LA
SUMMARIZE Earned runs-Cleveland. 3; chicago,
s. Two-base hits-DOyle, Davis. Dahlen, WilmoI:
Schriver. Thrae-base hits-McKean, Ryan. FIRST
ON crrors-CieveIand .; Chicago. !. Left on bases
Cleveland. 8; Chicago, II. Strnck out-Dy Hutch
inson {. Bases on balls-Bv Niau, =: Gruher, 8;
Vickcry ?: Hutchinson f. Double plays-Dayis,
Doyle, Virtue: Pfeffcr, Anson. Passed halls
Doyle. 2; Schriver. .. Wild pitches--VIam !; Srn &
hours and II minutes. Umpire-Emslie.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30

IT WAS DESPERATE.
The Chicagos Have Great Struggle to
Defeat the CIeveIanders.

CLEVELAND, Sept 29.-To-day's game WAS
desperately fought by both Cleveland and
Chicago. Anson's men batted the ball q lit
tie the harder of the two and won in the
ninth with three base hits in succession.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
ASSOCIATION GAMES.

At Milwaukee
Milwaukee e....................0 o. 5
Louisville e..-.;;.:....-..;2 90 10
SUMMARY - Batteries - Mains, Hughey and
Vaughn Fitzgerald and Cahill, Hits-Milwaukee,
Z; Louisville, 8. ErrorS-Miln aukee 8; Louis
vile, 4.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30

rday, and as a result the
Cincinnati Hams were the
victors. As the Hon.
Arlie Latham, artist and
ball player, remarked dur
ing the contest, baseball
is a very peculiar thing.
The fact stated by Mr..
Latham was fuIlv'demon-
strated yesterday after
noon at ExpositionsPark.
At times it looked as if
the home players could
not very we'll lose, and at
other times it seemed i'm
possible for them, to win.
At some stages of the
game the plavinC of the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30

fnllauelDHla ...-..--.-----l v Y v " VI
Brooklyn 80. ...................5 o 2 o o IS
SUMMARY Earned runs-Phiadelphia, 1. Two
base hit-Daly. Three-base hit-Burns. Stolen
base-Hamilton, 2; Collins, Ward. 2; Burns,
Griffin. First base on balls-0f Keefe, 3; off Inks
3. Struck OUt-By Keefe, @; by Inks, ). Passed
halls-Brown, !. Wild pitches--Keefe, .. First
base by errors-Brooklyn, /.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30
COULDN'T HIT INKS.

He Bothers the Quakers andthe Brooklyns
Win Once More.
New YORK, Sept. 29-Inks was too much
for the Qual1ers to-day and the Bridegrooms
won as they pleased. Score:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30

FIRST GAME.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30

PITTsBURG, Sept. a9.-The United States Weather
Bureau officer in this city furnishes the following;
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-30

| To-Day's League Schedule.
| Cincinnati at Pittsburg. Chicago at Cleveland.
| Philadelphia at Brooklyn. New York at Boston.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-29
TIE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

THE fifth Brooklyn Handicap, worth S2O, {.
000 was run at the Brooklyn On. " Jockey
Club track and was won by ID. I. Pull
sifer's Tenny ridden by Pike Barnes with
Prince Royal second. and Tea Tray third.
Seventeen other horses ran. Time IL
THREE Polish miners were crushed TO
death by the fall of the roof at the Gaylord
mine of the Kingston Coal Compai Ply
mouth, Penn.
PosTHUMoUs investigations show that tho
late Medad W. Stone. President of the
American Docks and Trust Company, New
York City, was a defaulter in heavy
amount.
Ex-ASsEMBLYMAN CHARLES A BINDER,
the New York lawyer who embeZzed about
$50, 900 of the FUNDS of the Haussman estate,
OF which he was co-eEecutor, killed himself
in the Sheridan House. Elizabeth, ". j.
AT the Worcester Mass gas works Patrick
Hamilton and Michael Mcnamara were suf-
located by escaping gas while working in the
valve house.
ADMIRAL BRaISE, Connandant of the
Brooklyn Navy Yar1 re5iral from active
service in the Navy.
FRANK OUTCALr AMI E iward Miller, OF
Freehold, n j., were drowned while fishing
on Amolnac Lake. Ten deaths by drown
ing have occurred in that lake within three
years.
ELEVEN Italians were buried by the caving
in of a sewer at Elmwood, near Providence,
z. /. Four of them were suffocated to
death.
TIE Davis Shoe Company, of Boston,
Mass, has made an assignment The COM
pany does large business and has a paid
in capital of $3.50 900.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-29
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

KossU4H, the Hungarian patriot is nearly
J blind.
THE Prince of Wales life is insured for
$780, 900.
THOMAS A EDISON is said to be worth
three millions
Elk EMPRESS EUGENE has an income OF
$780, 0OC per annum.
HENRY NJ. STANLEY's profits on ''In
Darkest Africa" are estimated at 800, 600.
KING CHARLES, of Portugal, has offered to
give up his income from national sources I'M
til such time as Portugal will be better able
to pay.
SENATOR STEWART, of Nevada, left Yale
College in 1S49 TO join the Argonauts. He
believes that the gold-hunters have seen their
| best days.
THE Sultan of Turkey, looks much like
Jay Gould, except that he is somewhat taller
than the Wall street wizard and his nose is
a triRe more prominent.
LORD TENNYsON, in addition to writing
poetry, grows milk and Sails it. Many CT the
Isle of Wight milk carts on the west side
bear the name Alfred Lord Tennyson.
KING LEOPOLD, of Belgium, is said to be
anxious to send Henry NJ Stanley on another
expedition to Central Africa, and the great
explorer Is reported as being willing to go.
The venerable historian, James Parton,
works SIX hours a day at his home at New
and recreation, for that is what literary &C.
cupatiOn means to him.
ONE of the richest men in Nevada is
Charles Kaiser, who sixteen years ago was
in the direst poverty. He now owns 5000
acres and has &c, 0O0 sheep His mortgages
cover three-fourIhs of Churchill County.
THE Rev DR.. Joseph D. Wickham, Yale's
Oldest graduate QS15), who died in Manches-
ter, Vt, recently, aged ninety-five, formerly
taught private school in New York and
preached in New Rochelle and West Farms.
FATHER IGNATIUs. the barefoot Anglican
monk, comes Of good English family named
Lynes. He is lean and ascetic in appearance
and weighs perhaps 120 pounds. His oratory
is magnetic, his reasoning plausible and he
speaks with great volubility.
JAMES LANE ALLEN, the Kentucky novel.
list, is professor of Latin in Bethany Col
lege. He lives at Lexington, and has a house
in Cincinnati also, dividing his time between
the two cities. He began his career with
desire to become eminent in comparative
philology.
DR.. JOHN HALL receives $50, 900 year as
pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church in New York City, and his annua!
income from other sources is said to amount
to nearly $75, 600. Through fortunate invest
nents he has accumulated an estate value
at 81. OOO 900.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-29
Foreign.

THE Czarevitch of Russia is more serious
ly wounded in Japan than is admitted by
the authorities The assailant of the Care
witch is nihilist who escaped from Sagha-
lien, and who succeeded in entering the
japanese police Service.
THE Portuguese Cabinet has resigned on
account of the financial troubles.
DAMAGE to fruit crops mas been done by
frost in England; snow fell at Belfort and
Nancy. France.
SEVERAL villages have been destroyed and
some people killed by the lava from new
volcano in Armenia.
A CONTRACT was signed between the Rus
sian Government and the Chattelleraut
Arms Factory, Paris, France, by which the
plant of the factory and its employees are at
the absolute disposal of Russia, who has
given an order for three million new rifles
TEE United States steamer Charleston
sailed from Acapulco, Mexico, and resumed
the search for the Gillian transport Itata.
By the collapse of a platform at a chill
drens fete near Chesterfield, England, two
boys were crushed to death and thirty 9TH
ers were injured.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-29
Washington.

JUSTICE BREWER, of the United States
Supreme Court, granted the application Of
counsel for James E. Boyd, who was elected
Governor of Nebraska, for a writ of error to
the Supreme Court to test the questions in
volved in the decision of the majority of the
Supreme Court of Nebraska, who decided
that he was not an American citizen, and
therefore not eligible to the Office OF Gov
ernOr of Nebraska.
PENSION COMMISSIONER RAUM's son,
Green B. Raum, Jr.. resigned his position
as Assistant Chief Clerk Of the Pension
Bureau, under charges Of Irregularities.
THE Washington Erening Critic has
ceased publication and has been placed in
hands of a receives.
ORDERS were s9nt from Washington
placing the American vessels in the South
Pacific, including the Charleston, under
command Of Acting Rear-Admiral Mccain.
The Solicitor of the Treasury has decided
that Mr.. David F. Miller of st. John New
Brunswick, born in Milwaukee, Wis, but
who moved with his widowed mother to New
Brunswick, and after her death was adopted
by an uncle, with whom he lived until he
came of age. cannot be considered a citizen
Of the United States.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has committed the
sentence of the Navassa rioters to life i'm
prisonment.
THEfirst official act of the Postmaster
General on his return from his Western trip
to authorize the establishment of com
plete mail service with Alaska, which will
be started July J..
SECRETARY RUsK has issued an order re-
quiring that all sheep and swine intended to
be imported from Canada shall be quaran-
tined for fifteen days. Contagious diseases
exist in other countries. and Canada does
not quarantine against them.
SECRETARY FOSTER has approved of the
suggestion of the Treasury Commission that
the use of two silk threads running through
Treasury notes be abandoned and that a
''design of double line localized silk FIBRE
be substituted. This it is believed, will en-.
able the general public to more easily de-
tect counterfeits.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-29
MUSHROOMS BIG FIRE.
Two Children Perish and an Invalid
Dies While Being Removed.

The fire which visited Muskegon, Mich, a
few days ago devastated area eleven
blocks long and from one to two blocks wide,
and comprising about three hundred and
thirty buildings. Hundreds of people have
been rendered homeless and destitute That
night women and children wandered along
the Streets moaning and weeping over their
losses.
It was reported to tho Police Department
that two chidI en- had persisted in the flames
Harry Stevens, Assistant Postmaster, and
son of Postmaster Stevens, was very ill with
pneumonia, and the flames made it necessary
to remove him to place of safety. He died
amid the crash Of falling houses while being
removed.
A high wind prevailed, rendering almost
vain the efforts of the Fire Department.
Among the structures destroyed were the
Court House. the Cummings House (hoteD
and stables, the German Lutheran and Hol-
land Churches. The inmates of the Jail were
transferred to the City Hall. The county
records were left in the vaults and are sup
posed to be safe.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1891-05-29
AMERICAN AssocIATIoN RECORD.
DESTROYED BY LOCUSTS,
A Naturalist Falls a Victim to the
Plague

The French savant, n. Kunckel Hercu-
lais, President of the chronological Society,
who was employed on the Government mis-
sion of investigating the locust plague in
Algeria, has met horrible death While
examining deposit of locusts' eggs at the
village of Sidieral, he was overcome with
fatigue and the heat and fell asleep on the
ground. While sleeping, he was attacked
by swarm Of locusts
On awaking he struggled desperately to
escape from the living food. He set fire to
the 1nsect-laden bushes near him, but all his
efforts seemed Intellectual, and when finally
the locusts left the spot his corpse was found.
His hair, beard, and necktIe had been en-
tirely devoured. NJ. Eerculais was men,
Der of the French Academy and the author
OF several valuable works or insects.