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Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-10-25
THE NEBRASKA SITUATION
The Entire Democratic strength
May he Thrown To weaver,

OMAHA, Neb, Oct. 25.-Tor some time
the leading Democrats of Nebraska have
been discussing the advisabii,y of with
drawing the entire State and electoral
ticket and combining with the Alliance
thus throwing the Presidential votes of
the State to Weaver. A meeting to learn
the feeling on the subject was held in
Omaha last night. 1t was decided after
a stormy discussion to postpone the
matter until a few days before election.
it is believed the whole ticket will be
withdrawn.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-10-25

DALLAS, Tex, Oc., 25.--fhe feature at
the State tair Yesterday was the Confed.
crate reunion Of the department Of the
trans,MIssissippi which was offended BY
several thousand old soldiers. On the
stage were Mrs. NJ, Hayes, daughter of
Jeff Davis, and her little son Jefferson
Davis, Ex-Governor Ross and Gen.
Harrell delivered addresses, culogiaing
the bravery of both sides during the late
war, Mrs. Hayes gave a reception in
the evening.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-10-25
q FUSION TICKET,
Oregon VIII Probably be Carried
for the Democrats.

PORTLAND Ore, Oct. 25.-The fusion
between the Democrats and the Peoples
party was completed Yesterday. Col X.
\. Miller was taken from the Democratic
electoral ticket and l. \. Pierce, one OF
OF the Peoples party electors, sub.
stjtutcd. This was followed by the
withdrawal of another Democratic
elcctor. The members of the two par.
ties will give their votes to two Demo
ocrats and two Peoples party candr
d ties. Leaders OF both parties are con,
ti1eut They are already .uring on 1G ..
coo majority, This is based upon the
votes both parties cast at the State
election III Iunc.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-10-25
Half Buried a Man for a yoke.

MILAN, Tenn, Oct. 23.-A horrible
joke was pcrpctrated on Thomas Mil
lington, at Chestnut Bluff, on Saturday
night Some young men procured u
coffin and marched Millington to a
lonely spot, where he was told that if
he did not disclose the whereabouts of a
fictitious treasure he would be buried
alive.
lie refused, but in spite of his prayers
he was put in the coffin and half buried
for an hour. When taken out he was a
raving maniac. His ASSISTANTS have fled.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-10-25
Rinine In wasninr,nn

WASHINGTON, Oct 25.-Mr. Blaine ar
rived in Washington yesterday afternoon
accompanied by his wife and daughter.
They have taken possession of their last
winters home, nearly opposite the White
House.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-10-25
SITE DEDICATED.
North Carolina Has Made a Real
start at Chicago,

CHICAGO, Oct. 24.-lSpccial. l-Just as
the clocks struck noon today the site of
the North Carolina State building at the
Exposition grounds was dedicated. The
ceremony was short but interesting.
After Coy. Holt had officially declared
the spot dedicated short addresses were
made by various members Of the party.
The Governor went home tonight.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-10-25

NEW YORK, Oct. ?5.-Iudgc Thomas
NJ. Cody, cX-chairman Of the Interstate
Commerce commission, denies in the
Evening Post the statement in Repub-
llcan Journal that he would not vote for
Cleveland. He says he will support
Cleveland.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-10-25
VIII Make LOCO Arrests.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Superiutcudent
Byrnts has nippcd in the bud a gigantic
scheme of colonization of voters by
taking the necessary steps to make more
than a thousand rrcsts.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-10-25
IN THE RAILROAD WORLD
WHAT TAfEG BOYS ARE Talk
ING AROIT.
4 Vsstibnled Train Over ihe west
crn Road, with a schedule THAT
VIII Make it a Flyer, Expected
by MOVE EIlIserI5

There is lots Of talk among railroad
men here now about a new train that is
to be run over the Western North Caro-.
lima railroad. According 10 the rumor,
and it is apparently well defined, the
new train will be vcstibu'cl, and will
run through from Jersey City to Chat
tanooga and possibly Memphis. There
will be four cars-aco baggage
and dining car, two slccpcrs and a day
parlor car, One of the slccplrs is to he a
combination car, sleeper aud observation.
giving passengers ample opportunity to
have fine views Of the mountain scenery
between Asheyille and Old Fort, and OF
the river between Ashcyille and Paint
Rock.
This will be lie hu>st as well as the
fastest tram ever run over the Western
road. The run from Salisbury to Paint
Rock, about 100 miles, will be made
IN a little more than five hours
The cars for TIE ycstihulyd are. it IS said
now in the shops i'll Jersey CITY being
fitted uD for their first trip. I This work IL
expected to be complete by the 10Th Of
November, and lin all probability lhctrai1
will make its first trip about that date
\ new schedule viii probably be made
out for the Western road about that
| date and the YcJtibulcd viii make q par.
of the schedule This viii. make tHrce
regular trains each way a day over the
Western road and Will be one cl The
| finest passenger services in the SOU d..
This yestihuied will u0duuhtcdly prove
one OF the most popular trains IN the
South, oti.rlng rs it does trip through
some OF the finest mountain country east
OF the Rockies.
a Novel, Usc fuI DcNicc,
Assistant Trainmas.cr y. W. NlWcll
has Just completed AID put up in his
office at The passenger depot a device
that at once strikes the rairoadcr as an
exceedingly useful and somewhat unique
apparatus Tor keeping track OF the mcn-
| bers OF ar the train crews on the Western
| road. 1t consists OF a cabinet with q
glass front, the back part OF the cabinet
DSihe IhIl Ht hbt>N, Cbtt ono Lt.lHt
enough to n limit OF common CORK.
On each cork is fastened q piece Of card.
board on which is printed the name OF
one employc of the road, excepting engi-
nccrS, whether conductor baggagcmas-
ter or ilagmIn, Each employees cork
has a desgnatcdPIace and stays there ,un-
less that cmpIoyc is sent on an extra run
ur has been retired. With this in. .cnious
arrangement, which, by the way, is Mr..
Newell own idea. it is but the work OF
Il moment to 20 to the cabinet and learn
tht V hercab bnutsot anycmployc wanted.
freight nuSinCss
The irri )t traffic over the Western
and y. * $ loads, which has been light
lor several months past. is increasing
rapidly Three new freight crews were
put on last week and it is expected thai
the running Of trcghts in sections will
have to be resumed. The roads are now
in good condition and well equipped for
the winters business.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-10-25

Bosroa, Oct. 25.-0f the thirty pro-
fcssors constituting the faculty of Am
herst college, seven are for Harrison and
twcnty.thret for Cleveland.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-10-25
Cotton Oh Fire.

BELToN, Tex, Oct. 25.-Five thousand
bales OF cotton, together with a cotton
compress, were burned aud damaged last
night. Loss $155,00O.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03
SUICIDE OF LOUIS C. DUPONT.
HE SHOOTS HIMSELF AT A CLUBHOUSE IN
WILMINGTON. DEL.
YOUNG WEALTHY AND A BROTHER OF IhE
wELLKNowN POWDER MANUFACTURERS
OF DELAWARE - NO CAUSE
KNOWN FOR THE ACT.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUSE.l

Wilmington, Del, Dec. o.-Louts c. Dupont. mem
Der OF the weknown Dupont family OF TINS ciS' sho'
and killed himself about 4 o'clock tins AFTERNOON !"
the library OF the WILMINGTON Club No. zoos khlg-
ST. No cause Is known for the act and II Is Slrouu."
in Mystery From Henry Carter steward Of Ae club
II IS learned that Mr.. Dupont went to the ciuphouse
about 80 O'Clock and asked the steward II he coud
mail a letter tbere Carter told him that he could
not mail II there but II II written he tar'T'
would mail II for him. Mr.. Dupont then went up
stairs to the sitting rom presumably 10 "r''' "''
letter. While he wns there willard Hall Porter grahd
son OF Judge willard Hail. had short converoa'"h
with him. Mr. Porter had written to him recently
about attending the Assembly dances. which began
last Friday evening Mr.. Dupont said to Mr.. Porter
referring to this matter that he would not 1ofh tiis
season He had been a member in previous s'"SohS'
hut he would not Join this season because he WAS
Going on n long Journey or would be n long way
from here Mr. Porter could not reconcct his exact
words.
Ancr this conversation Mr. Porter departed, and
the only persons In the house were Mr. Dupont ana
the steward About o'clock the steward heard a
pistol shot and rushing to the stlSgroom found Mr.
)unont living on ,he floor with the smoking revolver
nj hi, feet Carter at telcphoncd for Dr. james
I Drapcr who lives at Eleventh and Market sts,
less than two squares from the clubhouse. Dr
Drap,r was at home and he Immediately answered
the summons. lie found the young man lying on
he floor. He dead. Two chambers In ul" re-
volvcr empty, but only one sh0t was urea ny
Dupont The bullet entered the brain, behind ue
right ear. Mr.. Dupont according to reports, had
prepared to write letter, but had not begun H. IL
cannot be learned tonislt who the letter was i9r.
rhe news Of the suicide WAS kept as quiet as possible
Deputy Coroner James j. tOx took charge oi ne body
and took il u the house OF LOUss brother. Alfred j.
Duponl. al DupOnt's Banks, whore Louis made ms
home. A certificate Of death by wounds sell nilced
given. -,
In seeking for Il cause for the young mans DECD
II was said that he must have been 5uie:ing rom
mental alteration. lie Wa, twcpty-slN years 0d ana
a son Of Ircncc Dupont. Iii, brothers, Alfred and
Maurice, are Of the powder making hrm. The latcr
married L0ttc Fitzgerald, the Irish barmaid several
Years ago Louis a cousin. once removed. of
Colonel Henry A. Dupont, president OF the Whining
ton aud Northern hAlItad lompany. and OF William
Dupouf who was recently divorced from hi, wifi ana
has married again. The mcthcr aud father OF Louis
nr, dead lie graduated from Yale In the class oi
I-oI and srcni one year at Harvard Law school not
anshing his course. liz not engaged In bu,nc s.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03

ings of the monetary conference. The "Allaha-
Mr. de Rothschild's scheme is its parenagc. 1t
is believed that Mr.. de Rothschild was apponted
delegate mainly to strengthen the opinion OF
bankers and merchants in London.s He now ap-
pears to be the mouthpiecc Of the Government Tor
without the authority of the Government he
never would Lave made the proposal involving
an alteration of the legal tender OF silver.
a further meaning attaches TO his proposals, IN
view Of the fact that the British Ministry, Which
has such antsilver tendencies recognizes the ncccs-
sty of immediate steps being taken toward the
support of silver and toward securing the CO.
odd, also, adds this paper that the submitting pl
the proposals should have dcvolNcd upon Mt.
de ROthschd as the anti-slver legislation oil t!lc
last twenty years has found its Hlrmest support
among Hebrew .inanciers, especially the DC
R0thschilds, who, as the holders Of leading GOV
eminent stocks CARED enormously through the
appreciation Of gold.
The Bombay Times" says that India holds
that the De Rothschild scheme would pave the
way TO the ultimate adoption of International bl-
metallism.
Washington. Dec. 2--Sccretary Charles Foster
said this afternoon that he had private adyiceS
IN regard TO the International Monetary Con-
ference at Brussels to the effect that the commit
tee TO which the Rothschd silver plan was
referred had reported notifications, liberallzlnE
to consider first the general question Of blinetal-
ism. The Secretary expressed the ltl"t That
the conference had already accomplished some
good. but he would not commit himself fnrther
however, that the American delegates to the Con
ference are not altogether satisfied with the
Rothschild plan, and will cudcavor TO secure
further concessions in the same direction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03
REUORSE LED TOeSTICIDE.
An Ex-oFrIcEE OF THE rErs'IN ARMY Eo'S
HIS EMPLOYER AND KILLS HIMSELF

AN ExOFIl' FL w ''''
u.S rNpIOYER AND ELLIS HIMSELF
,au no,rorfu,ly built. Wen dressed old man
entered .ha Office Of tire West Shore honl' fiIN
ooord ot and Flevonth-avc late on Thursday I"S"
a osrod ior q room. His appearance l'l s"on ="
,oce uos sufficiently striking to attract a''''''"''
and every one in the Office siared nara 1T "'," -
followed the Iall porter 70 room ~. ne ""
tho register Julius Kriclc.' pnrihe INC ''S"' "
asl,.d for coffee. which taken to his room
rnnr ,I, ,m he was not seen until yesterday ai'er
oon ,vb.u after repeated knocking, TIE door vi "'
room was broken open. The man was stlhH ~
urIpc nosltIon on the bed, dead. WIFE II puHc' '''
in ,ns right temple His form was "nN'''P "
blanket. While the pistol gr'sp'd III n'S "t"' .1,r
hod been covered by handkerchief h' IL ~ ''''''
the sound Of the report , &, nt.
r,vo letters found In Tie room give some oe" 10 '
,,,t,r lie had been employed n agent by Niol''
.,o,Js n L,usimahcr who carrie, OF Du''"c'' "'
,,o, Rowery and 40 400 Iearl-st.. ana hVcs "' w.
A First-st. Twelve years ago he o''"'' ~ ~
,rv with "A large Of money VI In' -.
.,r.udering most Of his little fortune h' ro'"''
,,.rm,ny and came back to THIS country "p'' W
n- 400 At That tine be had $3.1OO. ana thi' IL
Invested In a candg business whlch la'e' =,
,,t, covc him employment. Knelc, VINO h''u nc'"
commits Ion In the Prlssian army dur'nS o'o '
pruss,an and Franco Prussian wars ""S u i""'' VI ~
ottainmenis and engaging porsonaiitS' ana ','
,.eser for orders debt collector "' "iS "'" "
,nluable. Iut his expensive "H'o, ~" w Ar,
s,pds of dissipation, and On hohhaS Horpns '
NoM, received letter to the cn'c. 'n'. '
,a no found dead at the Occihentai Ho"i'
"o" , poworv Mr.. Nobls and Others hurried to
vm ,he hotel and broke Into room No 49, Kriele had
ono cnd OF a rubber tube In his month, while tne
o,hsr was fixed TO gas burner turned iuiy dr o,,:
yn, Vas then almost unconscious, Dut MS spreu5
k1eIe was nshled Iis friends to him from arrest
T sr was determined TO die and the letter 40 40
ar vcIde He had robbed his beneiaeior oi So'VU ~
.nnsied mt TO him for eocc'io HAVING ~ aae Mie has
c0nesso%n, % +" IN this But us he had no wife In ths
cpntrv the probability is that dread OF discovery anu
oorhans rcmorse led 10 his shooting "hsep'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03
A STEAMER SUNK IN THE ET BE.

HER CREW OF TWENTY ONE MEN PROBABLY LOST
-RUMOR OF \ WRECK DIScEEDITED'
London. Dec. "a llfebOat belonging TO the bri'lSh
steamer GrcysOkc, which sank In the Elbc on W'dheS
day. drifted ashore this morning In IL were ur'o
dead bodies Of them that Of Chief Engineer hVhhs'
The Of the Grcystoke numbered twenty-onc m'h'
II + believed that all board the steamer were ioS''
The report yesterday that steamer bound from u
German port for NcwYor had been evidently lost OH
the coast Of scotland circulated on the authority
of "The Dundee Advertiser Lloyds's agents nave
Inycst gated the report and say that there Is no rcso
to believe that steamer has been lost.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03
CONSUMPTION KILLED HIN.
THE DEATH OF THE FINANCIER GIVES No
SHOCK TO THE MARKET.
HIS FAMILY WITH HIM d. iHE Lho''
FOR MONTHS THE GREAT SPECULAToR HAD CON-
CEALEp THE NATURE OF HIS DISEASE FROM
HIS FRIENDSHIPS WILL STRONG TO
THE END-sECURING HIS FORTUNE
BY TRUST.

Causing scarcely tremor in the stock marNe.'
where his name had for so many years Dceh al
ternately terror and an INSPIRATION the ne" .
of the death of Jay Gould came to puolc Khowi-
cdoe Yesterday The end was reached of life
unparalleled in the history OF TINS country III
its picture of the possibility OF what may III
accomplished here in the accumulation OF weai'n
by individual effort in the control and direction
of great business enterprises and in the attainment
of nosition in spite of the hostile arrows of enc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03
PRICE THREE CENTS.

associates, and his generosity to subordinate
workers.
1t was taid yesterday by man long identified
with the dead operator and manager OF great
business enterprises, that Mr.. Gould had not dis
tributed his wealth as he had expected at one
time 10 do There might be no great charities
found TO be benefited by the will, he said. but
it was the pressure Of latter1ay contest with
disease which diverted Mr.. Gould. he declared.
from the carrying out of plan which he had
entertained for the founding of an educational
institution on an important scale.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03
TIE fMMIGRATION OF 4 YEAR.
srrEm YrENDENT OWEN PRESENTS HIS ANNUAL
REPORT.

REPORT.
Washington Dec. 2.-The annual report of W. D.
owen. snDeIintendcnt OF immigration, shows tlat
SO 1863 immigrant, arrived In this country during the
fiscal wear ended June 30, 1-93. TWO thousand eight
hundred and came in riointlon OF aw ana were
returned to their h,ncs.% or this number 17d3 were
contract laborcrs The vigorous prosecution OF the
alleged vloltors Of the contract labor nw ana the
dct ctOn and return Of unusual number Of Imported
contract Iuborcrs during the fiscal year has served. In
large degree deter contractors in the United States
from further efforts 10 evadc this law The as
trcsscd condition OF labor throughout Europe the re-
port asserts tends increase emigration to America
and the number Of landings wou,d nave Increased
enormously but for the restrictive features or the law
adopted March g. 1901 II + evident that the law lnS
exercised n wholesome and deterrent eiect upon emil
grafton, and especially upon the undesirable ca'ses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03
iy0rUER iDvAyCr IN THE PRICE or COAL.

ASrHER ADVANCE IN TIE PRICE OF COAL.
Arort e,~nty-nve mcmiers OF the Retail Coal Exchange
mo, la, evening q, Of the Coal Trade Club et
tityc-hth.rt AVID Lcxnetonavr. and decided that tho
prize Of all sizes OF coal should be advanced % cents ton
on December T. The odyancc II was said made to
equaze advance made by the wholesale companies on
SaptembeR 1.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03
sry.1oB GIBsoy's DEATH EXPECTED.

uo, sprngs. Ark, Dec. Ex-senator Gibson To-
,,cht is extremely low There has been niue ,"ans
!, h,s condition during the last twehy.o"r "o.''.
IN ms S".,ars ..v that his death may be expected
- any moment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03
FIRM-UdyD FALLS UEIH TO $500, 900.

St. townsville. ~ ". Dec. o.-Seward Grouse VINO
belongs In Mlndenve, has fallen heir TO over s1ooooo
through the death OF Edgar Grouse the millionaire
Of syracuse. Grouse is working on farm NJ
oh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03
HIS ILLNESS AND DEATH.
FIGHTING HIS FATAL DISEASE WITH A
STUBBORN WILL.

EVEN MR. GoULD's FRIENDS DID NOT KNOW
THAT HE HAD CoNsUMPTIoY-HIs FAMILY
AT THE BEDSIDE WHEN HE DIED-CON.
sCIOus ALMOST TO THE END.
Mr.. Gould died at his home. No. $40 Fifth-ave.
at 9:I5 a. m from pulmonary consumption. For
two wear, he had been a sufferer from the dis
ease, but with the wonderful force of will which
characterized all his actions he attended TO his
work, and few, even of his most intimate friends,
SUSPECTED that his ill-health of a serious
nature Only within two weeks had he remained
in the house, and he confined to his Ded ior
little more than week lie died palnlessy anu
peacefully, surrounded by his family, ana he was
able to recognize them until within few minutes
of his end. All night his children had been az
the house, knowing that his death was near
They were George j. Gould, Edwin Gould, Miss
Helen Miller Gould, Howard Gould. Miss Anna
Gould and Frank Could Mrs George j. Gould
and Mrs Edwin Gould also there and with
them. doing all that could be done for the dying
fnancier, were DR.. John p. Mum. for long tline
Mr.. Gould's devoted physician, and DIR. T. ".
Janeway who had on "Wednesday been called Ii
consultation in the hope that lie might Suggest
something to prOlong the patients life. All ei-
forts however, were useless, and nothing could
no done but to make the sufferers last hours az
easy as possible.
THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE.
Mr. Gould never recovered from the shocA
caused by the death of his wife, to whom he was
most devoted. This occurred on January l5'
1889. Her name before marriage was heien
Miller and she was daughter of Danies G. MIL
Ter. a wealthy wholesale grocer OF this city, VINO
for many years lived at Seventeenth-st and fourtn
ave. where the Westmoreland Hotel now stands'
and there when lie first came to TINS city Jay
Gould lived After the death OF his wife Nr.
Gould began to show signs of age, grew gray sno
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03

Raleigh y. c.. Dec. 2.--Thc Returning Boari' at
10 o'clock tonight, decided 10 admit The vote of
Stokes County. and declared Settler. Republican,
elected 10 Congress from the Vth District The vote
was not unanimous.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-03
ILLNESS OF COUNTY CLERK HAIGHT.

ILLNESS OF COUNTY CLEhh HAf"Hi'
Freehold n. j.. Dec. o.-Capnin John L. haight'
county clerk Of Monmouth County. is dangerously Ill
with pneumonia at his home In this place. There is
little hope OF his recovery.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-28
THE TIMES KODAK.
Items of News Gathered Around
Town.

The long contemplated improvements
at West ASalem's great industry, the
Steam Tannery, have been commenced
and with average weather should be
completed by the end OF the year. To
the main building, which, apart from
its largo wings, Is now 20S feet long by
4s feet wide, there will be added 112
feet by As, two stories high; on the 10 yer
floor there will be seventy-two big watts
for betting leather, 7x9 feet and 6 feet
deep. Two of the bark sheds which arc
now "a feet long by 40 feet wide will be
added to until they are 800 feet in
length. Another building divided into
three rooms for hair Is to be also
erected. so by SO feet and 10 feet high.
Phil. Burwell has already commenced
the excavation for the addition to the
main building, and w. G.. B. Fitzgerald
who has the contract for the cree ton Ct
the buildings is having delivered the
lumber which comes from off the line of
the Roanoke and Southern. About
forty hands now find constant employ
ment at the tannery, but when the largo
additions are completed many more
will be engaged.
Galen Coon and R. P. Goad, of Roa.
noke, were in town yesterday on bust
ness.
William d. Bryant and Miss Mary
Catherine Oyler, of the lower part OF
the county, were married yesterday
morning in the parlors of the Huff House
by Rev. j. S. Hutchinson.
"Hi" Frey, an employee of the Chad
wick Two Wheeler factory. whilst en-
deavoring Monday morning to fix an
elevator which would not run smoothly,
had both his hands caught in the gear
ing and terribly bruised and lacerated.
Miss Hattie Ramsay, of Alexandria,
who has been visiting relatives on
Broad, street returned home yesterday.
e. 81. Cumpston returned from New
York yesterday.
Judge W. s. Gooch, Of Roanoke, wa,
in town yesterday.
Major Ballard is in Newcastle attend
ing Craig county court.
Last Sunday afternoon as an Swear
old SOD of William Nichols, who lives at
the foot of Brush Mountain, was gather.
Ing paw-paws on Dry branch, he was
struck on the foot by comprehend
snake. he was taken home and given
quantity Of whiskey, after which DR..
Wiley was sent for and the boy Is now
out of danger.
Will Harveycutter and number of
friends from Washington had pleasant
picnic yesterday on McAfee's Knob.
Phillip Burwell. contractor, has com
menced filling in the approaches to the
Colorado street overhead bridge.