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, 1891-10-18
How Did IL Happent

This is a question much easier to
speculate upon than 10 satisfactorily
answer. There are two theories to
account for the accident, both of which
have warm adherents. The first is that
while the men started to row their boat
IN the afternoon, they subsequently
decided when out upon the lake to unfurl
the sail. When they did SO the wind
struck them a sudden violent gust and in
the twinkling of an eye they were cap
sized and a prey of the raging waters.
Another theory seems much more compli-
mentary to the good judgment for which
they were noted. According to the testi-
mony of the two carpenters the men did
not raise the sail when they first started
out and they do not believe they did at
any other time. 1t is thought hat the
enter board may have dropped down and
while the boat was scudding with the
wind it suddenly stuck In a
mass of tangled weeds. This natu.
rally whirled the boat over and
instantaneously Scrymser and Dawson
became an easy prey of the waves. Hut
toms is a very remarkable body OF water.
1t is something like two and a half miles
in length and perhaps a mile in width at
its widest part. Surveyor Owens says
that one can go for a mile and a half In a
straight line through the lake and the
water will never reach his chin. Then a
few feet to one side will disclose a depth
of sixty or even eighty feet of water. The
bottom of the lake is a tangled mass of
sea weed and moss, through which at
some points it is almost impossible to
force ones way. 1t is impossible for the
most expert swimmer to swim any great
distance in the lake. The tangled IN.
derRrowth impedes his progress and saps
his strength like attempting to force ones
way through the mazv Businesses of q
forest.
, 1891-10-18

COLUMBUS. O., Oct. l7.-Mrs. Aller
G. Thurman died late this afternoon. HeI
condition changed for the worse late lasl
night. During the most Of the past week
she has been in an unconscious state. She
was a victim of Ia grippe during the win.
ter and never recovered from the attack,
Her advanced age prevented her from re-
gaining her strength.
Mrs. Thurman was born in Chillicothe
in 1911. Her maiden name was Mary
Dun. While she was a child her father
moved to Lexington, Ky. There she mar.
ried Mr.. T~ompkins, but he died in a few
years. She was married to judge Thur
mar in November, 1874, and has been bis
constant companion aud helpmate since.
during his long professional and public
career. Judge Thurman is much entee.
bled and it is feared by friends that he
will not long survive his wife,
, 1891-10-18
The Search.

During the whole of Friday night an
uninterrupted search for Mr.. Dawson's
body was kept up. Scarcely a rig OF any
sort could be found in own. Two hun
dred or more people were on the spot.
The entire circumference OF the lake was
carefully searched. Once during the
night it was believed that a detached
body Of searchers had made the discovery
because of their shouts but they proved
to be a belated party of ~towDspeople who
were trying to connect with the main body
the searchers. In the early morning
many Of the party returned to town.
They were firmly convinced that nothing
could be done without apparatus with
which to drag the lake. Lumber was
sent out by these parties with which to
construct RATS and grapels with which
to drag the bottom of the lake. This
proved to be a very slow aud tedious pro-
cess. The lake was found to be 3 very
large one when it was gone over thus
infinitely and carefully and besides the
matted masses OF weeds constantly In,
terfered with the apparatus. To add tC
the ~annoysnces the surface Of the lak'
was very rough and while the winC
scarcely stirred in the town it crested tn
, 1891-10-18
How 1t Came About.

Friday was an exceedingly windy day,
particularly in the afternoon. and while
it blew a lively gale in town it blew a per-
feet hurricane far out on the bleak and
unprotected prairie. 1t had been pre-
viously arranged that on that day d. q.
Bacon, F. E. Scrymser and NJ. B. Daw-
sou. accompanied by two carpenters
named George Stirling and James Davis,
should go to the lake. All of the party
started except Mr.. Bacon. who consid-
cred the day too windy and failed to come
in from his ranch. The party proceeded
to Huttou's lakes, three Independent
sheets of water located about twelve miles
west by south of Laramie. They pro-
ceeded to the north side of the largest
lake and there launched the boat. The
carpenters set to work constructing the
boat house while Messrs. Scrymser and
Dawson with sails stiffened to the breeze
enjoyed themselves amazingly in scurry-
ing over the turbulent waters. About
Doon they returned to the spot where the
,pen were at work and together they en-
10 Ybd u luucu. NJ L cioch Inc podt
was again launched. The wind had in
the meantime stiffened to a hurricane.
The water was dashed to a fury and the
foamy crests of the waves dashed high
above the normal dead level of the water.
This time thu sails were not hoisted at
the outset but whether they we're or not
afterward opinions differ and no definite
information can be had. The carpenters
had been instructed to rush the work as
much as possible so as to finish the job
about 6 o'clock at which time the party
were to return to Laramie. While hard
at work the carpenters cast occasional
g~lances over the lake to see how the boat
was getting along, Later in the after
noon Davis called his CONT %anion's atten-
ton to the boat and said he believed it
was drifting. Through the gathering
darkness they watched the boat closely
and followed it around to the side of the
lake toward which 1t seemed to
be helplessly headed. 1t soon
approached close enough for them to dis
cover that it was upturned and some
object like the figure of a mar was ap-
parently dashed to the boat and s~waying
to and fro with the movement of the
little craft. Fearing the worst they
started to the spot where their horses had
been picketed only to discover that both
had got loose. One had entirely disappeared
and the other had already drifted SO far
away that they felt 1t would be useless to
follow him on foot in the gathering gloom.
They decided to walk to Laramie and put
the resolution into immediate effect.
Tired and worn they reached Laramie at
about $3.50 o'clock Friday night and
hunting up some intimate friends Of
Messrs. Scrymser and Dawson expressed
to them their fears.
, 1891-10-18
A community's Grief Over the Loss
of Two Citizens.
Scrymssr's Body Recovered, but
Dawson's Still in the Lake.
A Night and a Day Spent in Use
IsssIy Dragging the Water.
Two Hundred People Find La
borious Employment.
How the Accident is Supposed to
Have Happened.

The most startling piece of news that
Wyoming has had tor many a day was
the news of the drowning of Frederick E.
Scrymser and Matthew B. Dawson, presi-
dent and cashier respectively of the
Wyoming National bank of Laramie.
To Laramie it was simply paralyzIng.
Nothing else is talked of or thought OF
in the town. Laramie was enveloped in
a funereal gloom yesterday. Small knots
of people were gathered on the street.
In and about the business houses, all in.
tent upon discussing the catastrophe and
specializing upon the way In which ii
happened. As one gentleman remarked
not a person in the town smiled during
the l%ivelong day. News regarding the
progress OF the search for Mr.. Dawson's
body was eagerly sought but none that
was satisfactory was obtainable although
people frequently came and went between
the town and the lakes.
Just a week ago last Wednesday two
handsome sail boats made in jamestown,
N. Y, by John Guenster. a former Wyo-
mlngite. arrived in Laramie, consigned
to F. E. Scrymser and ID. G. Bacon,
respectively. Both gentlemen were
thorough lovers of the water and both had
had much experience in their younger
days in handling sail boats. 1t had oc.
CURED to both of them that they nigh,
spend many enjoyable hours on the watel
here. and it was with this object in view
that they had the boats built.
, 1891-10-18
Ship BuiIders Failure.

Boston, Oct. 1.-THE great ship.
building firm of Harrison. Loring & Co.
proprietors of the City Point works, South
Boston. assigned this afternoon. The
liabilities are stated by Mr.. LoriDg to be
put in at $500. 900 which includes every
dollars worth Of property owned by the
individual members OF the firm although
the amount is generally believed to be
somewhat exaggerated. The firm is build.
ing United States steel armored cruiser
No. IL for the government; also half q
dozen government steel tugboats.
, 1891-10-18

high waves of the lake with whitecaps.
Searchers In ones and two kept dropping
into town every hour.
Each and all of them were eagerly
questioned but none had the expected
Information to impart. Louis Miller
came in for some seines during the alter
1901 and had them out at the lake again
long before nightfall. The search will be
prosecuted continuously until it is re-
warded by the recovery of the body. 1t is
supposed to be concealed and held down
by the tangled masses of weeds and it is
possible that much more vigorous methods
than those which have yet obtained will
be resorted to today.
The death of G. s. Dunbar in the same
lake is now recalled. Dunbar was q
prominent grocer. He was out in a boat
duck hunting in the spring Of 1878.
While firing at a flock OF ducks the boat
was capsizod, upsetting Dunbar into the
ice cold water. This occurred on q Sun
day afternoon and the body was not re-
covered until the following Sunday,
although the search had been prosecuted
with the utmost vigor.
The condition of Mrs. Dawson is pitis-
BILE. She was gently prepared for the
worst when the first information came to
town. but bore up with heroic f~ortitude,
hoping against hope. Nj. Dawson's
mother. however. had q hysterical fit and
was Obliged to take to her bed and re-
ceive medical treatment. Even now Daw
sons wife does not seem to fally realize
the dreadful calamity that has befallen
her. Up to the time that a LEADER re-
porter left Laramie at 2 o'clock Yesterday
afternoon she had not shed a tear and un-
less relief of this sort soon comes to her.
the grsvest apprehensions are felt for her.
She is constantly attended by her sister.
Mrs. Brown, Mrs. W. o. Owens and a
few other intimate friends.
, 1891-10-18
Pronounced Hopeless, Yet Saved.

From a letter written by Mrs. Ada E.
Hurd Of Groton, s. D., we quote: Was
taken with a bad cold which settled on
nv lungs, cough set in and terminated in
consumption. -Four doctors gave me up
saying l could live but a short time. ]
gave myself up to my Saviour, determined
if / could not stay with my friends on
earth l would meet my absent ones above.
My husband was advised to get DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. l gave it a trial,
took in all eight bottles; it has cured me
and | thank God I am now a well and
hearty woman" Trial bottle free at
Roedel's drug store. Regular size, SOC
and 81. 90.
, 1891-10-18

WASHINGTON, Oct. News was re-
ceived at the department of agriculture
of the outbreak of a disease among the
cattle in certain sections of Pennsylvania
and which it was said was what is known
as the foot and mouth disease. An agent
of the department, after a careful in
spection. says there is not the slightest
doubt it is not that disease, but one of a
simple non-contagious character. Score
tary Rusk this afternoon said emphati-
cally there is no foot aud mouth disease
in this country; hat it has never existed
here excepted in imported cattle. He
strongly denounced the tendency aided by
some newspapers to spread wild rumors
of the existence of contagious disease.
These rumors are promptly repeated in
Europe and do great damage.
, 1891-10-18
A Searching Party.

The baleful news spread with startling
rapidity. A party was at oncs organized.
1t consisted of State Treasurer Gramm,
Chief Justice Groesbeck, NJ. N. Grant,
Judge Brown, W. o. Owens, Louis
Miller and several others who. by 10
o'clock. we're being rapidly whirled in the
direction of Hutton's lakes. These were
followed by other parties and soon from
, 1891-10-18
The Men.

Mr.. Scrymser was 80 years old last Au-
gust and was unmarried. He came to
Laramie in 1875 and secured employment
in the rolling mill as timekeeper. In
1885 he himself became lessee Of the
the mill and since that time has continued
to manage it. His lease from the Union
Pacific expires about the first of the year.
Until within the last year his undertake
ing proved quite remunerative, as it was
certainly a valuable addition to the in.
dustry of Laramie. During the past
year the mill has Melted no money to Mr..
Scrymser. Men and boys, he probably
employed about 200 people, and it is only
natural that his death should have not
only a direct but a collateral interest to
every one in the town. He was president
OF the Wyoming National bank, a direc-
tor in the First National bank at Rock
Springs and a ~stockholder in the Com
merclal National bank of Salt Lake. He
was treasurer of the board of trustees Of
the state university and a member of the
Knights of PythIas. His mother and
sister live in Elizabeth, N. j., two
brothers, one of whom is a noted stock
broker, in New York city, while Harris,
another brother, who had been with him in
Laramie, is now employed by the govern
meut on a revenue cutter sailing on the
Pacific ocean.
Matthew B. Dawson was born Feb. 81,
1859 in Woodstock, province of Ontario,
Canada. He came to Laramie in January,
1881 and went into the Wyoming National
bank as bo%okkeeper. After holding that
position for sixteen months he became
cashier, which position he retained up to
the date of his death. He was treasurer
of the Wyoming Loan and Trust COM
pany, Of the Episcopal diocese of Wyo-
ming aud Idaho, a member OF the
Episcopal church and also the Knights of
Pythias. He has two brothers living at
Port Townsend. HIS wife, to whom he
was married about three years ago, was
Miss Jennie Fillmore, daughter of Luther
Fillmore. the first superintendent of the
Union Pacific located at Laramie. The
lady is also a sister OF the wife of Judge
NJ. G. Brown. They have one child. a
daughter. MIR. Dawson's mother has
been visiting him since last June. She
was to have returned home next Tuesday.
, 1891-10-18

Go to Germauia Hall if you want o
good, pure and undulterated 5-year-old
Stonewall whiskeY $l.00 per quart.
, 1891-10-18

Is meeting With great success everywhere.
and is rapidly supplanting every other
preparation of a like nature.
, 1891-10-18

You will find more fruit at Theo. Il.
Woollcns 4 Co. today than in all the
the city beside.
, 1891-10-18
HI Kinds of imported and
domestic SArdttses at Ka-
LSa

All kinds of Job Printing neatly and
promptly executed at the leader office.
, 1891-10-18

All common school branches will be
thoroughly taught at the evening school
of the Business COLLAGE.
, 1891-10-18

Theo. T. Woollens & Co. have a car Of
choice winter apples and sweet cider to
arrive on the Goth.
, 1891-10-18

torica1 Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-05

womani Jesus understands your case
altogether. Talk it right out to him TO
night Get down on your floor and
say: Lord Jesus Christ, thou vast
poor and / am poor. Help me. Thou
art rich now, and bring me up to tiny
riches." Do you think God would cast
you off WIN hei You might as well
think that a mother would take the
child that feeds on her breas: and dash
its life out as TO think that God would
pu. aside roughly those who have fed
to him for pity and compassion Yea,
the prophet says, "A woman may for
get her sucking child, that she should
not have compassion on the son of her
womb. but will not forget thee"
II you have ever been on the sea you
have bee: surprised on the first voyage
to find there are SO few sails in sight
Sometimes you go along two, three,
four, five, six and seven days. and do
not see n single sail; but when a sail
does come in sight the sea glasses are
lifted to tho eye, the vessel is watched,
and If 1t come very near then the cap
tain through the trumpet cries loudly
across the water, WHITTIER bounds"
So you and meet ON this sea of life.
We come and we go. Some of us have
never meet again. But l hail you
across the sea, and with reference to
the last great day, and with reference
to the two great worlds, / cry across
the water. "Whither bound2 whittier
bound2"
know what service that craft was
made for; but hast thou thrown over
board the compassl Is there no helm
to guide it2 Is the ship at the mercy
of the tempesta Is there no gun Of
distress booming through the storm2
With priceless treasures treas
ures aboard worth more than all the
Indies-wilt thou never come up out of
the trough of that seal o Lord God,
Icy hold OF that mani Son of God, if
thou vert ever needed anywhere, thou
art needed here There are 80 many
sins to be pardoned. There are SO
many wounds to be healed. There are
80 -iy.Jly souls to be saved Help,
jesus Help, Holy Ghost! Help, min
isteriag angels from the thronel Help,
all sweet memories of the past! Help
all prayers for our future deliverancel
Oh, that now, in this the accepted time
and the day of salvation, you would
hear the voice of mercy and live.
Taste and see that the Lord is gracious.
In this closing moment of the service,
when everything in the house is SO IA
vorable, when everything is 50 still
when God is 80 loving, and heaven is
so near, drop your sins and take Jesus.
Do not cheat yourself out of heaven.
Do not dothat. God forbid that at
the last, when 1t Is too late to correct
the mistake, voice should rise from
the pillow or drop from the throne, ut
tering just four words-four sad. ami
hilating words, Zone thing thou lack
est"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-05
Daily except Sunday.

"Daliy except Sunday.
Train on Scotland Neck Branch leaves
Weldon 10 p. M, Halifax 3 81 IN;
arrives scotland Neck at * p. M,
Grerenville G % p. M, kinst"n 10 y.
m. Returning leaves kinston 90 a.
Grecnyilic & 10 "a. m. arriving Halifax
at 10 Is n. M, Weldon Ii 05 a m. daily
except Sunday.
Train leaves Tarboro, \. c.. via
Abematlc Il Raleigh railroad. daily
except Sunday. 4 0j p. m. Sunday : 90
y. IN, arrive Williamson. y. e.. G 30
y. m. cop. m, Plymouth 5 Up. m,
5 20 u. m. Returning lca"cs leaves ,lv-
mouth, daily except sunday, q 20 a, M.
sunday 9 90 a. m. Williamson 10
a. NJ, 8 So Il. M. arrive T.lrb 10 ID o.
Il. m. ii 20 "A. m.
Tram on Midland. y g., branch
leaves Goldsboro. daily except Sunday,
! 90 "a. IN. air,ve Smithiicld. \ 30 a M.
Returning caves SmIsh1c.d, 8 90 a. IN,
arrive Goldsboro, 10 30 a. m.
Train on Nashville branch leaycs
Rocky Mt, at 300 p. M, arrives Nash
Vile 3 40 y. m., Spring Hope Is q.
IN. Returning leaves Spring Hope 10 90
n. H., Nashville 10 IS "a. m, Rocky
Mount IL Is a. m, daily, except
Sunday.
Train Oh Clinton branch leaves Warsaw
for clinton, daily, except Sunday. q 0U
y. M, and at III Is m, Returning will
leave clinton at 20 Il IN aDd 10 T. IN,
connecting 1T Warsaw with No, ..
and 40, % and IS
Southbound train Oh Wilson Il Fay
cltevillc Branch is No. 81. North
bound is No, so. Daily except SUNDAY
Train No u, South, will stop .,Ily al
Wilson Goldsboro and Magnolia
Tram No - makes close connection
at Weldon for all points North, daily.
All rail via Richmond. and daily, excclt
sunday via Bay Liue
The New YORK and Florida Special
will run tri-wcekly, commencing Janu-
airy 10Th. eaving weldon NJ Inday, We'd
nesday and Friday. $50 p. M, arriving
Whining Oh 200 a. m.. returning leave
Wilmington Tuc' day, Thursday and
Saturday 200 Il. m, ARRIVING Weldon
G.I3 a. IN.
All trans run solid between Whining.
ton aid Washington, and have PGln "a
Palace Slee per attached
JOHN + DIVINE, Geu'l sup.-
J X KENLY, A st Gen't Manager.
L III EMERSON GEN. Pass Agent
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-05
LEES BACKACHE PLASTERS'
I'm North Carolina'. sunny cline.

In North Carolina sunny CLINE.
Their wOnd'rOu, virtues, fadclcsS st! O..
Exert an influence sublime
In mnistcring to human i'll:
And many pau!s along our way,
Ices Plastcr- dOthallay.
You can cure a bad case 81 Back
ache quicker with one Of Lees Plas-
tcrs than by any "r"er application,
and after the backacht rcd, you
can still wear the IN i with COM
fort for II month Ui longer. TEis
Plaster is "a great discovery, and it is
haHl to find any pain or ache that
will not yield to it. Prepared only
by Il. j. LEE, Druggist.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-05

Train so connects with Whining
ton & Weldon train bound North,
leaving Goldsboro 1850 a. m, and
with Richmond & Danville train
West, leaving Goldsboro 2:4O p. m.
Train 81 connects with Richmond
& Danviile train, arriving at Colds
boro 2:55 p. M, and with Whining
ton & Weldon train from the North,
at 8 10 p. m.
Train 2 connects with Wilmington
81 Weldon through freight train,
North boun1, leaving Goldsboro at
$3.50 p. m. s. L. DILL,
Superintendent.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-05
LEES WART SPECIFIC.

\ certain cure for warts on horses
and mules, as Judge f.. 7. Boykin,
the Editor OfTHE CAUCASIAN, Capt.
Cornelius Patrick, Maj. w. Lucius
Fai5on. Meesrs. a. Fcrd Johnson,
Henry T.. Faison, VIM. II. FaisOn,
Hon. Bascomb Nicholson and hun
drcd5 of others III Sampson and adj
joining counties and throughout
Eastern Carolina will certify. Sold
only by II. j. LEE, Druggist.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-05
HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS.

HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS.
We otTe" under this head the best
Condition Powders in the market.
They are prepared by the leading
Drug House of the United States,
from the formula of the most dis
tinGuished Veterinary Surgeon liv-
ing. They are excellent appetizerS-
a general Alternative and tonic, and
can be relied upon as remedy for
all diseases Of domestic animals.
They are composed of Licorice-Root,
Juniper Berries, FlaXsted, Gentian,
Ginger, Iron and Anthony. Sold
only by II. j. LEE, Druggist.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-05
THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.


If you pay money you take a re-
cefpt If you buy land you record
the deed. Whya Because everything
is SO uncertain you want it down In
black and white, you say. For q house
and lot twenty-five feet front by one
hundred feet deep, all security; but
for soul, vast as eternity, nothing,
nothing' If some man or woman,
standing in some of these aisles, should
drop down, where would you go tot
Which is your destiny7 Suppose a
man is prepared for the future world,
what difference does it make to him
whether he goes to his home today or
goes into gloryf Only this difference,
II he dies he is better off. Where he
had one Joy on earth he will have a
million in heaven When he has a
small sphere here he VIII have a grand
sphere there. Perhaps it would cost
you sixty, or one hundred, or one hun
dred and fifty dollars to have your
physical life insured, and yet free of
charge offer you insurance on your
immortal life, payable not at your de-
cease, but now and tomorrow and
every day and always.
My hope in Christ is not 80 bright IA
many Christians l know, but would
not give it up for the whole universe in
one cash payment If 1t were offered
= -
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-05
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
CLINTON DRUG STORE.
ESTABLISHED - YEARS.l


Persons need medicine only when
they are sick and their live. in dam
ger, then they want Ih' very best
that can be had. Only such IS kept
at the CLINTON DRUG STORE; there
can be found also a full lire OF Pat
cut Medicines, Essential OiIs, Per
fumery, Trus-cs, English Tooth
brushes, Medicinal Whi-kcy, Horse
and Cattle Powders, and tn" best
remedies for all diseases and all
mcnts Of Horses, Mules, Cattle,
Hogs, Poultry, etc.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-05
OTHER SpECIAIVIES.

7 Z
Pure 4-year Old Medicinal Wits
key.
A Safe and Certain Corn Cure.
Sure Cure for Scratches in Horses.
Sure Cure for Eczema in Cattle
and Horses.
Safe and Sure Cure for Lice on
Stock.
Specific for Staggers in Horses and
Hogs.
Sure Cure for Chicken Cholera.
Scientific remedies for all diseases
and ailments of Horses, Mules, Hogs,
Cattle, Poultry and Dogs.
7. j. LEE, Druggist.
October 9th, 1890. If
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-02-05
AT THE TABERNACLE.
Or. TALMAGE'S APPEAL TO THE IN.
DIFFERENT AND PRocRAsr1NATNG.

The Rehnements Of Life ATe-Good Things,
and SO Are Wealth and Comfort. Friend
ship and LoveI but One Thing Thoa
Lackest Yet.