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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27

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Cincinnati. .oJa: Columbus. .i?l: Ath-
letic. I2i; Louisville. .3o3: Washing
ton. I'D.
FIFTEEN cars of an excursion train
which left Cleveland ~ the Nickel
Plate rnilway jumped the track near
Dover. ~. and seven were wrecked.
killing seven men and injur.ng fifty
other persons, twelve probably fatally.
Is Anne Ar Indcl county. Md. seven
col"red persons employed Il, berry pick
crs were drowned 10y the capsizing of
Il boat in Curtis creek.
\ TORNADO in KENTUCKY destroyed
several houses at Lewisport and the
Methodist church and killed George
Ray. vt Bolz several small houses
were Blown away. At Bcvicr seven
houses were wrecked and four persons
Injured. one. a Mrs. Miller fatally. AZ
Campbclls burg several houses were de.
strOycd.
The death of ex-senator Joseph E.
Mcdonald occurred at his home in In
Gianapolis on the night of the 2lst,
aged - years. He WAS chosen United
States senator in lS15. serving one
term.
AT Cairo. Ill, 4 cyclone did con>id-
cradle damage. unrooiing great many
houses. tearing up trees by the roots
and blowing cars off the railroad tracks.
TERE:EIE storms visited the south
eastern corner of Kansas. causing some
loss of life. much damage to property
and enormous damage to growing crops.
Ar Solomonvillc, \. T., Il man
named Granodo was hanged for the
murder of his wife and daughter.
A TORNADO passed over N"komis,
H.. unrouiing houses and barns and
damaging orchards. Crops We're serious
ly injured.
On the 18th John Brooks, of Hills
dale, Mich. was IO5 years old. and on
the goth he died suddenly of gangrenc.
Ten miles southeast of Efiinghan,
Ill, cyclone destroyed houses, barns,
fences and growing crops.
JOHN SMITH and Mary Coins We're
killed by unknown persons in a fracas
at Winston. y. {.
Is Chicago the eighth American
Derby was run at Washington park
and won by Strathmcath. Distance
u miles: time. 2:i9 : !: purse. S2l. 500.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

KTLRUEN J. BRuwN. a conductor on
the Canadian Pacific railway. was dis
covered to have been for ten wears
smuggling goods, thus dcfrauding the
United States government out of over
500 900
AT all the North German coast
cities hurricane did great damage and
scores of persons lost their lives at
Hamburg. Kicl. Stcttjn and Dantz:g.
Ar the request of Premier Rudini.
Sig. Corti. late Italian consul at New
Orleans. prepared a report on the New
Orleans affair. lie affirmed that thr
victims belonged to no particular so
cictv. hut were murd red because they
were Italians and were competing in
the labor market against natives.
Is the railroad bridge acridcnt at
Basic. Switzerland. $50 persons were
killed and the injured numbered 800.
IT was said that a plan had been dis
covered III Guatemala to annex that re-
public to the United States.
A BOAT containing eleven persons
was struck by a squall and upset in
Rice lake near Pctcrboro. Ont. and
John F"ote and his two daughters were
drowned
The bill to prohibit children under /
years of age from working in factories
was adopted by a vote of 20; to Isl in
the British house of commons. This
was Il liberal victory.
FIFTY lives were lost by the cloud
burst in the Mexican mountains near
Catorcc.
THE four children of family named
LaChancc We're playing in a boat near
Port Neuf. Can, when waves from n
passing steamer caused the boat to fill
and they were drowned.
Mrs DAVID CLARKE. of Blcnhcim,
Ont. who was dcser.cd by her husband
and left without means of support,
drowned herself and her two children.
IN one day sixty earthquake shocks
were experienced throughout the prov
ince of Eengal. India. and many build
ings were destroyed.
FIFTY of the crew of the GILLIAN war
ship Esmcralda were killed by the ma
tivcs of the I.abos islands while trying
to secure provisions.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27
JUMPED THE TRACK.

Shocking Accident to Crowded Excur-
sion Train on the New York. Chicago .
st. Louis Railway Near Dover, O.-One
Man Killed. Several Fatally and Many
More Otherwise InJured-List OF the
Victims.
CLEVELAND, o.. June 22.-An excur-
sion train of fifteen coaches left this
city for Oak Point; pleasure resort on
the New York, Chicago 4 st. Louis
railway, about twenty miles vest of
here. early yesterday afternoon. The
engine was running with tender In
front and when two miles west OF
Dover, jumped the track, causing the
rails to spread and ditching the trairii
The engine went down the embank-
ment pulling one car with it. The next
two coaches were telcscoped and re-
duced to kindling wood.
The farmers living near the railroad
hastehed to the scene, and with the aid
Of the passengers unhurt began the
work of removal of the dead and in
iured. The air was filled with the
screams of the injured and the fright
ened women in the shattered coaches
Only one person was killed outright
At least fifteen, and possibly more,
were injured. The accident was in an
out-of-the-way place and particulars
are scarce.
The following is a list of the killed and
injured, all residents of this city:
KILLED.
Henry Rogers, 81 years old; skull
crushed and internal injuries.
INJURED.
Burt Keefe, aged 12; skull fractured
legs hurt; will probably die.
Peter Redon, 81; foot crushed and
wound in jaw.
s. W. Clark, %; ribs broken.
Thomas Grantley, badly bruised and
internal injuries.
Mary Reddy, 20; ribs broken and in
ternally injured.
Edward Sheppard. %; right leg
crushed and hurt internally.
William Stegkemper, a; scalp wound
and leg crushed.
Lizzie Ray. &c; hip badly bruised.
Charles Quirk, "a; cut in the neck and
badly bruised.
Ernest Schriefer, %; scalp wound.
". J. Hemstreet, II; right arm broken
and leg bruised.
Col John W. Gibbons, director of po-
lice; bad flesh wounds, internal iniu-
ries.
Peter Campbell, foot crushed and jaw
fractured; condition serious.
Michael Barrett, 2s; leg broken at
knee.
This includes all those more seriously
injured. The total number of injured
is forty most of whom suffered Sc
we're bruises or sprains.
Conductor Zeigler was in charge Of
the train. Neither Engineer Gardiner
or his fireman were hurt The train
was running at the rate of thirty miles
an hour.
Richard Rogers, who was killed in
stantly, was at one time professional
player on the Toronto (Ont) team.
Ten or twelve were fatally injured,
but their names could not be learned
owing to the reticence of the hospital
employees. Every ambulance in the city
was called, and met the special train
that went out for the injured. About
forty were badly hurt.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27

Early yesterday morning the unfavor-
able symptoms of several days ago re-
appeared, and during the day the
patients condition continued to grow
more serious lie could retain no
nourishment whatever and the little
remaining of the former strength slowly
ebbed away. But consciousness never
departed.
During the afternoon Rev. Mr.. Mil
bOurn was sent for and administered
the sacrament. Then Mr.. Mcdonald
called his family and intimate friends
about him and calmly, as If the occa-
sion were of the most ordinary kind,
gave directions for his funeral arrange
ments and the disposition of some of his
personal affairs. In the presence of all
he said he wished to give testimony to
his faith in Gods saving grace. Then
he grasped each by the hand and bade
them good-by, saying that he could see
no more callers. His auditors thus dis
missed, the dying man surrendered him
self to the care of his physician to await
the coming of the inevitable.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27
CABLE TOLLS REDUCED.

A Reduction In Cable Telegraph Tolls. to
Take Effect July 1, as Announced by tho
European Telegraph Administrations
NEW YORK, June 23.-The CONNER
cial Cable Co. has been notified by
the European telegraph administra-
tions that on July 1 the rates to the
following countries will be reduced
one cent. per- word: Belgium, Holland,
Luxembourg, Russia in Caucasus,
Spain, Switzerland, PHILIPPINE islands.
Argentine Republic, Paraguay. Uru-
quay, Algeria and Tunis; and two cents
per word reduction will be made to
the following points: Austria,
Greece, Italy, Turkey in Europe,
Turkey in Asia, Smyrna, etc,
via France; Russia in Asia, Egypt and
Tripoli; three cents per word reduction
to Annoy, Foo Chow, Cutzlaff. Hong
Kong and Shanghai in China; twelve
cents per word to Ceylon; fifteen cents
to Cochin China; eight cents to India,
twenty to Java. fifteen cents to Penang
via Eastern or Indo, and eighteen cents
per word to Canary islands via Eastern
or Direct Snanish
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27
A TIMELY RESCUE.

The Crew Of the Norwegian Bark Csri,
Abandoned at Sea, Rescued by the Tank
Steamer Hafls, After Terrible Suffering.
and Landed at Philadelphia-The Carl =
Derelfct.
PHILADELPHIA, June 23.-The Nor
wegian bark Carl, from Avonmouth,
May 12, in command of Capt. Jansen.
with a crew of ten men, bound to Que
bee, is now drifting around the north
Atlantic helpless wreck, and her crew,
after enduring untold hardships, are
comfortably lodged in the Sailors home
in this city, in charge Of the Norwegian
consul. The tank steamship Hafis,
Captain Hinch, brought them in Sun
day. No one of the crew has more
wealth than what clothing he had on
him.
On the morning Of June Q, the sky
presented a cloudy appearance and
Capt. Jansen put his ship under easy
canvas. At p. m. the wind was blow
ing q furious gale, and at midnight it
grew into q hurricane. At daybreak
the crew had hardly realized their dam
ger In the darkness, but now death
stared them in the face.
All day they struggled with the storm
alone and again night set in. The YES
sci was leaking badly and the crew
were drenched and water-weak- Sew
eral times men were washed from the
pumps into the scuppcrs. The follow
ing day and night the wind kept haul
ing from west-northwest to uorthwess
and back, increasing in velocity every
time il canted.
On June 13, the men, after struggling
for three days and nights, were desper-
ate. Half starved and chilled through
they huddled to spend their last hours
of existence together. Toward o'clock
at night, the weather being clear, the
side-lights Of steamship were SEEN
She saw Capt. Jansen's rockets and
whistled- Help was near. In two
hours all hands were on board the
Hafis, which conveyed them here. The
Carl was abandoned in latitude 45,
l.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27
The News Of the Week.
pY TELEGRAPH AND NAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON,

IT has been decided by the treasury
department that wedding presents
from abroad must paw rluty Unless they
were manufactured in the United
Statc-
IHE trrasurers statement on the 18th
showed a cash balance OF SI4,4lj, 900,
of which S2!.029. 900 was on deposit with
national banks and s21250.OOJ was in
fractional silver. dcducting which items
the net cash balance was but 81, 2a5.
go. which was the lowest figure yet
reach ID
TIE president and family left Wash.
in"ton for Cape May on the 18th.
TnE business failures in the United
States during the seven days ended on
the lgth numbered -. against 24i the
preceding week and 1879 for the cores
ponding week last year
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing huu~eS in the Init ii States during
the week ended on the Goth aggregated
81. l.g20.?li.js!. against S?3s. .2GI.%0S the
previous week. As compared with the
corresponding week of ls9O'h" decrease
amounted TO H.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27

OVER two and half million dollars
have been absorbed by the short term
endowment societies which have beer
going 10 the wall so rapidly of late in
Philadelphia. Very little of this money
VIII ever go back to the artisans and
working people who paid it. Most OF
those who went into these get-rich.
quick orders realized that they were
only engaging in a speculation. Their
experience shows how ready people
are To speculate when the cost is small
and the returns promised large, anG
how little attention is paid to which
way the odds lie until it is beyond theiI
power to retrace their steps
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27

THE schoolgirls at Stamford. Conn.
have by scIf-sacriticc secured ana
opened a summer home for the New
York shop girls, and several hundred ci
these servants of the shopping public
summer. This may not strictly belong
to the curriculum of the school. but il
is an excellent illustration that hoard
ing schools and colleges. Will" furnish
ing higher education for girls. do not
create a gulf between them and thciI
less fortunate sisters which cannot
hc bridged by sympathy practically ex.
tended
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27
Georgia Likely to be Unrepresented at the
Worlds Fair.

ATLANTA, Ga, June 22.-The Evening
Journal addressed letter TO each mem
Der of the Georgia legislature, which
meets next month, inquiring as to
whether he would vote for a state ap-
preparation for an exhibit at the Worlds
fair. The Journal prints seventy-one
replies esreceived, of which thirty-eight are
unqualifedly against any appropriation
on certain conditions, and seven are
non-committaL This makes it practi-
cally certain that the Legislature will
make no appropriation for the Worias
fsir.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Missouri Fairs.


Mr.. Levi Chubluck. sccretary of the
state board of agriculture. has prepared
a list of fairs to i's held in Missouri this
year. The list Fives the county iii
which the fairs are to lie held, the city,
name of secretary and dates. as follows:
Adair C unity, to be held at KirSsyiIIc, c. l.
Darrow secretary, on september I'll.
Audrain, Mexico, j. \. Glandon, Au-
gust SIS.
Atchls0n, Rockport, J. W. Young. septcm-
Der Els.
Barton, Lamar. C. II. Smith. septrm-
berl-i
Caldwell, Hamilton, \ c. Mcnefee. Au-
gust %
Galloway, Fulton. f. l. Edwards, August
11-l5
Cape Girardeau. Cape Girnrdeau, +. II
Engleman, October l3-I1.
Carroll. CarrolIton. Il. p. Queen. septem.
bers-I2.
Cass, Bolton, H. J. McNutt, August Is a..
'CharitOn. keyiesviile.
Clarke, Kahoka, Jos. yandOlah. August
l5-Za
Clinton, Cameron, Il. y. Alexander. sep
temhrr S-i2.
Davies. Jamcsport, Jas. l. McCue, sep
TENDER IL.
Franklin, Washington. J. \. Minstrap. Sep
tembcr 50
Ga-c"nadc, Hermann, W. c. Boiling. Sep
tcmb"r -
Gentry, Albany, II. NJ. McCammon, scptem-
berl-i.
Greene. Springfield. II II. Simmons. Sep
temhrr II.
Grundy, Trenton, p H. Yakcy, scptcm-
ber S-I,.
Harrison, Ridgcway, Geo. I. Kirk, scptem-
Der IL.
Henry. Clinton, G. :. Holiday. September
2-5.
Jasper, Newton and Lawrence. tri-county.
SarroNic. !. VI. Rec. October 80.
johnson, Holden. j. V. Murray, August
%
.knox
Lafayette, HiGginsvIlc. X II. EmDcson,
August p -
Livins sston. Avalon, Il. T. Miller. Scrtcm-
Der IL.
Livingston, ChiII.cothc. !. W. Graves, sep
tembrr2S.
"Nacon.
Marion. Hannibal. u. II shields. July . p.
Marion Palmyrr. q. l.. Thompson. >cptem-
bcr -. 80. October .
Mercer, Princeton, i. Il. shannon. August
25r2s
'Nonitcau, California, Robert Y short.
Monroe. Monroe City. Geo. W. Tompkins.
August ll-lI-
Monroe. Paris T T. Rpdc~. August IS23.
'Nonti.o merry, Montgomery City.
'PettiS, S"dalia.
Pike. Louisiana. T.. \ Glenn. July 27-2i.
Platte. Platte CITY. william Forman, Au
gust - -
Polk, Bolivar, :. u. johnson, September
Is-2H
'Putnam
:nIoIph, MoberIy. V. VI Tchfor.I. August
ll-I5.
Randolph, Jacksonville. " :. Coulter. Au-
gust IS20.
Ray, Lawson. \. J. Wat';ins, August Is 81.
Saline. Marshall, lily. !. Stewart. July 2l-2t
Schuyler. Lancaster, Y. T. Roberts, Sep
temhcr lI-l9
Scotland.
Shelby. shc!b.ni. Il. e. Dickrr~on. August
ISL
-, Charles ST. Charles. !. T Ranch. Sep
tembcr lG-IS.
sullivan. Milan. William McCIanalian. Sep.
tcmb"r -.
sDatc to lie selected.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27

Judging from the plan given out the
other day at the Worlds fair headguar-
tiers. at Chicago. Missouri will have no
reason t" complain of the location as
sign for her exhibit at ia a'liSon park.
The spot is near the northwest corner
of the grounds. the plat being of irrcgu-
lar shape. 1t is about 1870 feet
long and Slightly OYER 100 feet
wide. facing east and north. on a
rounded corner. fronting on two of
the main avenues. Entering the grounds
from the north visitors will first pass be-
tween the Utah and Texas exhibits and.
crossing an avenue. will see on the right
hand Mis>nuri'S effort at celebrating
the quadrennial. Facing the east,
across another avenue is West Virginia.
On the right of, and closely adj"urning
Missouri. is Louisiana. and in what
might he termed the rear is Florida.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27
LATER.

WHILE large balloon belonging To
Count Apraxinc. of st. Petersburg. was
being inflated with gas. on the 2Ist, It
escapcd from the attendants who were
holding it to the ground and carried
upward four workmen who were in the
car when the balloon broke away. AZ
ter il had asccndcd to a great height
the on-lookcrs were Mortified to see the
balloon burst. and the bodies of the un-
fortunate workmcn were dashed to the
earth. where they were smashed I.
yond recognition.
The supposition has been general
that the celebrated AndDvcr hcresy
case had been decided by the full bench
of the Massachusetts supreme court
and that Judge Field was preparing the
opinion. 1t is now possible. however.
that the case may be reargucd. Judges
Allen and Devcns have died since the
case was begun. and Chief Justice Field
has not sat since January, owing tc
Ill health. In any event no decision
will be reached fo- at least one year.
THE British government has ap-
pointed Sir GEORGE Baden Powell. mem
ber of parliament for Liverpool. and
Dr. George VI. W. Dawson. of the Cana
dian survey department. as the arbitra
tors on behalf of Great Britain in the
BeEring sea fishery controversy. The
board of arbitration will probably meet
in October.
A DISPATCH from Tifiis. Russia. says
Al - l.
Gently robbed a mail coach near ljan,
killing two travellers and severely
wounding a position. The brigands
then pillaged the village of Saljan and
escaped with their booty. A squdron
Of Cossacks has been sent in pursuit.
4 WARRANT has been issued for the
arrest of Rev. n. A. Barr. of Adams
town, Pa, who is charged with sending
an abusive postal card to Rev. Mr..
Spreng. of Cleveland. o. The prosecu-
ton is an outgrowth of the Bowman
fight in the Evangelical church.
THE trial of the New York & New
Haven railroad directors on indictments
for misdemeanor charging them with
allowing the use of stoves in passenger
trains contrary to the statute. was be-
gun in the New York court of oyer and
terminer on the 22d.
On the ed acting Secretary Spauld-
ing sold to Harvey Fisk & Sons, of New
York. the entire issue of District of
Columbia 81 per cent bonds-s2, 4OO,-
000-at s1OO 5S1 for each s1O0 bond
1T is announced in Calcutta that Mrs.
husbands were massacred at Manipur.
have each been accorded pension Of
$500 psr anrum.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27
GRANDMA HARrrr lives at Princet,

GRANDMA HARPER lives at Princeton.
Mercer county. Mo. She was IOl year.
old on the eth of last September. anG
Is totally blind. She has four sons liv-
ing. aged -, e.. e. and III years. She
has four daughters living. aged 81. -
IS and one e.. who is twin with the sor
who is g. Five of her children arc
dead, three SONS and two daughters. The
first to die was - years old at the time
of death. She is native of Virginia
belongs to the Baptist church and was
baptized scventy-iive years ago at Bie
Springs. Va: She has over 600 living
descendants. The old lady is in gooG
health.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27

GLOUCESTER, Mass, June 23.-Nearly
the entire feet of the Gloucester YES
sells employed in the Cape shore mack
erel fishing have arrived. Their catch
is very small. The captains report
there were large numbers of mackerel
sighted this spring off the Nova Scotia
coast, but they kept well into the shore,
and the provincial fishermen made
large catches. The cod fishing off the
Flemish cape and Grand Banks is re-
ported by vessels to be a complete fail
ure. They spoke large fleet of YES
sells who reported no fish Although
the catch of mackerel this season is the
smallest on record, prices are 81 to 50
lower per barrel than at this time last
season.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27

\ RECENT visitor To Concord Y. H.
ran across an old man who claimed TO
have worked for Hawthorne and v no
indulgcd in this bit of description of
that author: Il could never ct him tG
say anything till after three in the
afternoon: he was writing and think
ing about his books. you know. morn
in%>. Why. he'd 90 as near t" me a>
that tree pointing To one I . feet
Off and never see me morning.. But
after three, when was working round
he'd sit on Il Saw-hor>c and talk"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27

1T would he good thing to devise
some special statute for furnishing ade-
quate punishment for the practical
joker. The latest was pcrpctrated by
a pair of bicyclistS in central New Jcr-
scy. One of the oldest engineers on the
road was at the throttle of the Royal
Blue Flyer. going at the rate ri a mile
a minute. when two red lights Were
flashed before him on the track one
hundred yards away. He turned on his
air brakes and prepared to jump from
his engine when he sped 10y the lights
and saw the two jokers mounting their
wheels and heard their mocking laugh
fer
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27

As USUAL. most of the graduating
class at Yale this year will study law.
says the Boston Herald. and it will he
the same at Harvard and all the other
colleges. doubtless. Ii is the most
crowded of all the professions, but it still
holds ont the most attractions tn the
ambitious young men about to choose a
calling in life. We suppose it is speak
ing entirely within bounds To- say that
not onc-half of the young men who ga
into law ever succeed in making liv
ing out of that alone
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27

DENVER, Col, June 21.--C. G. Morris,
a wealthy druggist of this city, left here
for Sterling, Col, on business Late
last night he was found dead in a room
in a Sterling hotel. The physicians
said he had died from poison, and such
was thought to be the case. When his
wife was told of her husbands death,
she Immediately declared that he had
been poisoned by some parties who had
an interest in getting him out of the
way. She claims that he had been
warned of plot to kill him and was
expecting it. She will not say now
who the suspected parties are.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27

The Philadelphia Inquirer is no.
pleased with the youth of the period.
1t finds that the fashionable young man
spends more money for his clothes than
his father allowed for entire household
expenses a generation ago. Notwith-
standing almost any size and design
can be procured ready-maie, the socie-
ty youth must needs have manufac-
tured for his especial use almost evtry.
thing from hat to shoes. OF course his
suit is made to order-shirts, collars.
cuffs and shoes follow suit. and ever
his silk underwear must be like that oi
no one else. his handkerchief and neck
scarfs IN neasured and made for him.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-06-27

Quite peculiar phenom ma occurred
about seven miles from Richmond the
other day. Bear creek. large tribu-
tary to the Gasconade river, was quite
high, and had oegun to overflow many
of the low bottoms. Farmers were very
anxious about their crops, for several
miles above the mouth Imagine their
surprise when the waters suddenly aud
mysteriously began TO subside. On exam
ination it Was found that seven eight
miles above the mouth Of the creek
cavity had oroken through the bed OF
the creek and the water ives all empty,
ing into this cavity.