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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-11
Scotch DamaSk Linens.

Satin Finish Cloths, Dunfermline make.
our own direct importation. The kind Of
Table Linens that look the best and wear
the longest.
81 so Cloths now Sc so.
So Cloths now Sc so.
$40 Cloths now sS.
S13 Cloths now $40.
SIS Cloths now S12 so.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-11
Here's a Bargain.

John Brown & Sons celebrated ''sham.
rock Brand belfast, Ireland) Double
Damask Table Cloths-choice patterns in
these very fine goods at greatly reduced
prices. Ask to see these first.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-11
PLAIN DAMASK SETS.

S1S quality reduced to s14.
s21 quality reduced to SIC.
s24 quality reduced to $40.
A rare opportunity, this, to secure these
finest linens for presents.
Damask Cloths for small tables-thess
have knotted fringe borders and drawn work
centers-s2 25 quality now 81 rs.
81 IS quality now 81 25.
"a quality now 50 25.
s. so quality now 81.
81 quality now S..
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-11
NEW ADvERTIsEarENrs.
Jos. Horne & Co.'S
PENN AVE STORES

This fact follows just as certainly as night
ifollows day, namely: During the progress
of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-11
Linens at Reduced Prices

The best Linens made are here all tn.
year round, and never more in quantity
than to-day. All our spring importations
are here, from best makers of Linens in Ire
sland, Scotland, Germany and France,
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
AN AWFUL DISASTER
In Which Two Coaches Filled With
PIeasure-Seekers
Plunge Through Trestle to the Ground
Below, Killing and Wounding
Nearly ALI the Oc-
cunantg.

The first fatal wreck to passenger
train in the history of the Kanawha
and Michigan railroad, occurred near
Charleston, w. Va, Saturday morning,
and eclipsed anything that ever oc.
Cured in that part of the state, if it
was not the most serious wreck ever
known in the state The train was pas
senger train No. 1, which left Charles
ton at 7:30 Saturday morning for Colum-
bus. It was composed of the engine,
com bination mail, express and baggage
car and two day coaches. 1T being a
holiday, and excursion rates being sold
to all points on the road, both cars
were filed with passengers. Probably
seventy-fve or eighty persons were in
the two coaches, and out of the entire
number but one passenger, John +.
Norvell, of the Charleston National
bank, escaped entirely uninjured.
Fifteen persons were killed, and
about ffty-three injured, six of
whom will die. In conversation with
Engineer O'Connor Sunday he said
thai he noticed fog rising from
the creek over which the trestle was
but did not notice that the trestle was
on fire until within a short distance,
when the fireman said: 'Look at that
The throttle was then thrown open by
O'Conner and the sand turned on with
the intention of rushing the train over
the danger. The engine passed over
safely, but the tender jumped the
track but got back on. The combi-
nation car was so shaken that Bag
gage-master Armitage was knocked
down by large trunk falling on him.
By this time, says O'Conner, the first
coach had gone off the track over the
bank, followed by the last car off the
trestle. The fireman said to O'Conner,
"My God! look at that. The engine
was stopped and Engineer O'Conner,
Fireman Wyatt, and Baggage-master
Armitage, all unhurt, ran back and be-
gan the work of rescuing the dead
and wounded, and as soon as they
had gotten all out with the aid of
the few passengers wslo were slightly
injured, the engineer and fireman went
to Bottles and gave information to head
quarters of the disaster. All passen-
gers who have been interviewed re-
mark: Don't know how it happened;
it was done quicker than to think.
Conductor Robinson knew nothing of
the accident until it came, as he was
about half through the last coach col
lecting tickets, when the coach was
thrown from the trestle.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
Killed by an Elephant.

A sickening sight occurred at Man
hatan Beach, Denver, Col, Sunday.
The big elephant Rodger became fright
ened at balloon and began to trumpet.
Five children were on the animals
back. Johnny Eaton fell, and the big
animal stepped on him and crushed his
head into jelly before his mothers
eyes and in the presence of 5000 people.
The infuriated animal then beat into
the crowd scattering it right and Left,
creating panic. Fred Kline, the keep
er, was struck on the head by Rodgers
heavy trunk and seriously injured.
Many were injured in the crush by be-
ing tramped upon. The escape of the
other children was miraculous.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
A MIGHTY CYCLONE

sweeps Through Baton Rouge-TTse SEA-.
-. struck with Fearful Results,
the Wreck.
terrible cyclone struck Raton
nouse a niue after 9 o'clock Monday
morning. 1t entered the city 1T tba
odl9g orlck yard, passed up through
"tnSn Town and struck the hill just
to the east of Mr.. John Johnson5s resi-.
dence. Its path continued in a north.
easterly direction, crossing North
Boulevard 100 yards to the east of tba
governors mansion. 1t then went
north, striking the penitentiarvI build.
ing and the ]. A. DoughertT ras;.
dence on North street. The dvclona
was 'o9 yards VIDE, and ricofhetted
dlong us course like a cannon-ball, de-
vastatlng as it went. In the cityjno one
was killed although several ipersor
were seriously injured. The state Den.
ltentlary was partially wrecked Ten
ooh'lces were killed and thirty injured,
hve OF these very dangerously The
conv1cts were at work iii tha
jeans pants factory, third story
u 0ne horth wing, whea the
storm struck the building and
entirely demolished the secord and
third stories. There were Others in tha
hospital in the second story, anA itisa
miracle that any escaped with their
lives Mr.. John Rhodus, one3 of the
guards, was sitting in thiad-storv
window opening to the south when he
was blown out into the yard along
with bricks and other debris. He es-
capeo unlnJured. In additionj to the
north wing, the cell building was un-
rooted and partially DESTROYED. The
women's ward was also unroofeG. It
is impossible to form any estimate of
the damage to the buildings, as;an the
property is more or less injured In
the city one hundred houses, at least,
were unroofed or DESTROYED There
We're forty prisoners at works in the
paint factory at the time of the crash.
and OF that number six were killed and
twenty-five were wounded and norri-
bly, crushed. On the second orScentral
floor was he~-hospital, where ItTentv
sick prisoners lay undergoing medical
treatment, of which mum Der foi1r were
killed and fourteen seriously if not ia.
tally injured. The fire alarm was
sounded, and the entire departnJ lent was
summoned to the scene, and together
with the citizens and prison officials,
aided by the uninjured prisoners,
worked vigorously for the rescue of
the unfortunate souls who lay. some
dead and others dying, confnd Id under
the great heap of debris that was
thickly strewn over every quarter
of the premises. Scenes bf the
greatest imaginable horror grehted the
eye of those engaged in the Sescuing
work, and pitiful walls and death
groans from the men buried out of
sight by massive heaps of Arfck and
mortar could be heard arising from
every part of the wreck, irAplOring
help. The storm was attended, by a
most violent rain, in which the rescuers
worked and toiled for several hours, or
until both the living and dead ware ex-
tricated from the ruins.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
WHENCE COMES THE WAT Err,
Southern Portion of California Being
Transferred Into Great Inland Sea.


Southern Portion of California Being
transferred Into Great Inland Sea.
The state Of California is adding
another to her many wonders. The
southern portion of the state is being
transformed int9 s great inland sea-
The lake at Salton, the lowest point of
Ehe Colorado desert which began to
form about one week ago, is now vast
body of brakish water, thirty miles
long by twelve miles wide, and is fed by
a stream which flows at speed of four
and half miles an hour. The saltiness
of the water by no means proves that
1t comes from the ocean. At Salton
the flood water carries fifteen per
cent of salt, and further
south seven per cent. Sea water
carries from three to four per cent.
The incoming water would naturally
absorb salt from the soil. The water
has come in with a swift current ac-
companied by high wind from the
south amounting to a gale. Thursday
the wind changed to the west, and the
water apparently receded a little, but
this was probably due to the wind. The
Indians persist in asserting that the wa
ter comes from break in the Colorado
river, near Pilot Knob, whence they say
the water is pouring into the lowlands
in terrific volume. They believe the
break occurred three weeks ago during
the height of the flood on the Colorado,
and that from a small opening it has
grown to its present proportions. Sal
ton is seventy miles from the place
where the water is said to have escaped
from the river, and it must necessarily
have taken the food any days to
crawl over the dry sandy desert and
reach that point, where it made itself
known June 26. The porous nature of
the soil, and the rapid evaporation
would prevent any but a very great vol
ume of water making any headway at
all across the desert. The ground
around the salt works has al
ways been so shaly that it would not
bear the weight of locomotive on the
switch from the main track,
and the company has has
to use light dummies. A
heavy piece of iron dropped on the
ground will often cut through as If it
were butter and disappear. Freaks of
nature are plentiful in that mysterious
region. Last winter the Whitewater
river suddenly disappeared, and was not
seen for months, when it resumed rum
ming. Those who have examined the
geological features of this valley are of
the unanimous opinion that it was once
covered by the waters of the gulf, but
that the shifting Of the sands at the
mouth of the Colorado river, which
gradually extended southwark, formed
bar which shut off the main body of
the gulf, and the waters of the inland
sea thus created were speedily evapor-
ated by the intense heat of that section.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11

WOMEN who wear trailing gowns on
the street and then brush them in their
bouses, may be interested to know that
recent Investigations prove that the
dust and the mud Of pavements are lit
orally alive with bacilli, these bacilli
being Of the most dangerous character
and representing some of the most
!oathsome diseases possible. Whenit
is told that large proportion of these
are disfguring diseases of the skin, our
fair sisters may desert the train for the
sake Of saving the more precious COM
Elexion.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
MANY PEOPLE DROWNED.
Immense Destruction to Life and Propert
ISy the Floods in Germany.

Immense Destruction to Life and Property
ISy the Floods in Germany.
A terrible sto7m or thunder, hail and
rain passed over large part of Ger
many Wednesday night, causing i'm
mense damage to property and loss of
life in the villages of Suchtellen, Rade
and Sittard. In the Crefeld district,
also near Dusseldorf, the storm was es-
pecially severe, and the thunder and
lightning terrific Many houses were
completely wrecked and the in
mates buried in the ruins Thirteen
bodies have already been recovered.
Army pioneers have been sent to the
scene Of the disaster to aid in the work
of rescue. 1t is yet too soon to form
an estimate of the total mum Der of lives
lost. AT Brunswick the storm assumed
the proportions of cyclone, and the
inhabitants report Wednesday night as
being one of the most terrible in their
experience. Thursday morning the
Houses were demolished and others
badly damaged, while many thorough
fares are turned into miniature rivers In
the neighborhood of Strottau, in Prus-
sian Silesia, the hail was so large that
the grain in the fields was literally cut
to pieces. At Sanct Ruprecht, near
Gratz, the capital of Styria in Austria,
a water-spout burst over the town with
fearful force, sweeping away the cabins
of two peasants. Nine were drowned.
Every hour is. adding to the story of
disaster, and but few places in the path
of the storm seem to have escaped.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11

DR.. CHARLES EASTMAN, the Sioux In
dian to whom Elaine Goodale was re-
Gently married, was good deal of an
athlete while at Dartmouth. His prac-
tice sometimes disturbed students un-
derneath and near his room On one
occasion some eighty sufferers paid him
a visit to throw him out of the window.
The civilized Sioux met them with a
revolver and dumb-bell. It is unnec-
essary to say that he was not thrown
ont
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11

HOWEVER Bishop Wilberforce may
have stood on the labor question he
once came near going on strike him
self, and by threat Of so doing he car
ried a point Entering a crowded
church in which he was to preach one
day, he escorted inside lady whom he
met at the door, but who complained
that there was no room. To his order
to the beadle to find her a seat that
functionary replied that it was impossi-
bic. Thereupon the bishop declared:
''Oh, if you don't, I won't preach A
luxurious empty pey wan quickly dis
covered
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
Storm in the Northweat.

An almost unprecedented fail Of rain
occurred Monday night in Chi gago, and
dispatches from points to IL he north
west, such as Milwaukee and St. Paul,
show that the down-pour extended over
a wide expanse of country. ID he storm
practically stopped all travel and de-
moralized the telegraph service in the
territory affected.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
Royal Chinese Baby.

The birth of girl baby in THE family
of the Chinese minister has been the
subject of general rejoicing at the lega-
ton, Washington, for ten days The
tiny maiden is kept in the str fctest Sc
clusion for the first month of her exist
ence, in accordance with the laws of
the Celestial Kingdom, which, also re-
quire the seclusion Of the M other for
the same time.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11

THERE is no let-up in the talk about
the big crops in the west On the con-
trary, the beginning of the harvesting
season finds the farmers in more
cheerful and confident frame of mind
than ever. 1t is good sign to find the
farmers happy
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
THEY'RE After Him.

Mayor Stuart, of Philadelphia,
Monday made public letter, which
was mailed to President Harrison on
Friday, asking the president TO invoke
the aid of all consuls and ministers Of
the United States in appfehending
Marsh, the fugitive bank president
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11

TT has long been a custom of the
Bayard family to bury with their dead
sprigs Of ivy plucked from the old
church ia Wilmington. The vine was
originally planted by the ex-secretary's
great grandmother. A spray has been
obtained to 60 abroad with the remains
Of Count Lowenhaupt His widow and
her brother, Thomas Bayard. jr., ac.
company the remains to Stockholm,
where the burial will take place.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11

Dr. Won DoLCKE, a weu-known lee
Yander, of Detroit, has devised scheme
for transporting the entire population
Of Iceland to Alaska, and there estab-
fishing colony under the government
of the United States. He has gone to
Iceland to promote the enterprise,
which is said to have the approval Of
our government
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
Series of Accidents.

During sham battle at Youngstown,
o., the Fourth, Bessie Cronin, aged
seven, was instantly killed, her sister
was terribly burned and Katie Fleming,
aged fourteen, had an eye blown out by
a signal rocket. Miss Lizzie Bowel
was also badly injured and DIR. Jones
was shot in the side by one of the sol
diers and seriously hurt.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
Death of Hannibal Hamlin.

Ex-Vice-President Hannibal Hamlin
died at Bangor, Me-, Saturday night, at
S:15 o'clock. He was down town in the
afternoon and went to the Tarratine
club-rooms, where he was playing pedro
when his head fell forward on his
chest. Physicians were called and did
all they could for him, but he died an
hour later
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
Bardsley Gets Fifteen Years.

Ex-City Treasurer John Bardsley was
brought into court at Philadelphia,
Thursday morning, and sentenced to an
imprisonment of fifteen years in the
eastern penitentiary He was also SEN
tenceF to pay fine equal to the
amount of the embezzlement to which
he had pleaded guilty.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
Minnesota Sleeper Awakes.

The vicinity of st. Charles, Mimi. is
stirred up over the awakening of Her
man Harms, known as the Minnesota
sleeper, who has been taking a sixteen
years nap. He is very much emaciated,
but appears to be entirely rational and
there is hope that he may recover.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
Lady Aeronaut Killed.

At Elyria, O., on the Fourth, Mile
Zoetta Bentley, of Cleveland, attempted
to make an ascent in a balloon while
dragged through several trees, and fell
when sixty feet from the ground She
was killed instantly. When the body
was picked up it was found that every
rib had been broken.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
ToWboat in a. Storm

The towboat Smoky City " as caught
in the tornado, Monday morn ing, eight
mile below Baton Rouge. The entire
cabin was blown off. Milton johnson,
colored, fireman, of Louisville, was
blown overheard and drowned Eight
others of the crew were wounded
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11

THERE is an Indication that many
American tourists abroad viii give Italy
the go-by this summer for obvious rea-
sons. Already the sbop-keepers in Rome
are beginning to bewal the loss of trade
by American travel diverting to other
countries. Italy doesn't want to lose
the friendship Of the United States, for
she can already see what might be the
regrl1t
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11

The state land commissioners of Wis
consin report that millions upon mill
ions Of feet Of pine timber have been
cut by various individuals off public
lands, with no authority whatever,
1000, 600 feet having been stolen from a
single township within the past two
years This has been going on for
years, and the loss to the state is enorm-
OI1S
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
ChiIi,s New President

The provinces in South Chilli, all un-
der Balmaceda's control, voted for pres
ident on Saturday. AS was foregone
conclusion, Balmaceda's candidate, vi
cuna, was chosen as his successor.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11

THERE will soon leave the port of
Boston feet Of three steamships laden
with American products and manufact.
ures. It is to be called the American
armada, and its object is to introduce
American manufactures into South
America Unlike the Spanish armada
Of old it does not aim at conquest, ex-
cept the peaceful conquest of markets
and trade.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
OHIO FALLS EXPRESS co.

The great treasury vault at Wash
lngton covers more than quarter OF
al acre and is twelve feet deep. Re-
Gently there was 800, 600, 900 in silver
stored there-an amount that weighed
1000 tons and would load IT'S freight
cars
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
Shipment OF American Tin.

The Temeseal tin mines, which have
been in operation near South River
side, Cal, for six months, Saturday
shipped to the American Tin Plate Co.,
of st. Louis, $4,000 pounds of American
pig tin. q
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
Parnen Coming Over.

Mr.. and Mrs Parne1 will leave Eng
land about the middle of August for
America, SO as to be in time for the Bal
timore convention. which is expected
to proclaim Parnell leader
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11

The United States of Colombia will
send an exhibition to the worlds fair
such as would do credit to country Of
twice its population and wealth. There
seems to be a strong and growing con-
tinental spirit, and the exhibits of tho
Latin Republics are certain to be among
the most interesting at the fair
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
Behring Commissioned Arrives.

Sir George Baden Powell, the En-,
glish Behring sea commissioner, APP
pointed to aTbitrate the sealing ques-
tion, arrived Sunday on the Etruria.
His stay in New York was very brief,
as he took the train at Z p. m. for Mon
treal.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
Monument to JEFF Davis.

Twenty thousand of the $50, 600 nee
essary for the proposed monument to
jeff Davis has been subscribed A gem
eral agents to be appointed to attend
to securing the balance
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
No Free Binding Twine.

The motion to place binding twine
Oh the free list raised a big sdebate in
the Canadian house of commpns, Mon
day. On division it was defeated Oy
100 To- so.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11

AN English authority has undertaken
20 settle the question, What is type
writing-the written sheet or the act of
writing?" He says the machine is a
typewriter; an operator is a typist;
when working the typewriter she is
tYping.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
Canadian Crops Good.

The cron nrosnacts II HE maritine
nroy;nces Are excellent In the north
west the prospects are the most taVora'
BILE ever given.
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11

AT the close of the civil war there
were seven hundred steam vessels en-.
tered on the naval register of the
United States, but to-day only twenty
seven of them survive. Of these sur
sivors the most famous is the Kear-
sarpn
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
Blaine Has Not Resigaed.

President Harrison Monday after
noon emphatically denied that oecfe-
tary Blaine has resigned, Irumor "
that effect having reached CaPe May
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
New Minister Appointed.

Hon A. Louden Snowden. of Phila-
delphia, has been appointed y. S. envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoSen.
tiary to Greece, Roumania and Servia
The Ohio Falls express., 1891-07-11
TreasIErer Short..

Henrv n Adams treasnrar of the
Tniversalist relief fnnd Of New York
is under arrest charged withIbeing 81.
700 short.
The record-union., 1891-08-13

shipper, and consider that reputation a
part of his capital stock, a part of his as
sets, had better get out of the business.
He will never make anything while in
it, that's certain. Good fruit always finds
a ready sale, no matter how crowded the
market is. The buyers always look for
good first. The only show the poor fruit
has is when the good fruit is all sold.
That's rather small margin, don't you
think so? Poor fruit is not worth the
raising when we have a productive year.
Take this year for an illustration. There
is a heavy production, and good fruit is
being raised all round US. Who wants the
poor fruit? Nobody, and nobody is buying
any. | tell you, sir, there is a
standard for fruit just the same as there
is for twenty-dollar pieces. Unless the
growers keep up to this standard, with
out being forced to by the buyers, it is
no use for them to go on. The majority
of them understand all about the stand
ards of horses, COWS, sheep and the like,
but they have no idea that there is a
standard for fruit, and then they growl
when they can't get rid of their poor
fruit. They say they don't know what is
the matter with the market. They
would find out quick enough if they
would look at their own productions and
compare them with those that bring good
prices. They will have to deliver good
fruit if they want to sell it, and that is all
there is about it,"