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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-14
THE SAG OF THE HAzLE7Oy NINE
Residents no Longer Alarmed. nnd the Mine
Owners Buttresslnk Their Property.


Owners Buttressing Their Property.
HAzLEToN. Jan. ia. Pardee & Co.. tho
| owners OF tho Laurel Hill mine. which has
| caused a good deal OF alarm by its curious con.
| duct in tho last few days. are protlting by the
| warning. and are hard at work averting dan
| ger OF further sagging. The Laurel Hill mine
hns been worked for nearly half century.
| Its ancient gangway and chambers honey
| comb the earth under this town. The old
| gangway runs for a mile to the east OF the
| town underneath its central portion to the
western skirt at its highest elevation 1t is
within 300 feet Of the surface. and 1T its lowest
nearly 700 feet
The ganRway Is OF uniform height and. aside
| from these abrupt descents. is almost hori.
| zontal. The passageways leading from it are
| at various angles almost to the perpendicular.
| on account Of the sharp dips OF the tilted vein
! OF anthracite At the ends of these passage
| ways are chambers. which are. OF course. large
or small according to the amount Of coal taken
| from them. Some OF those chambers are less
| than ten feet high. while others are nenrera
hundred feet from floor to roof. When this
taken. as in ali mines. to leave nearly rs mmcl,
conl as was cut out and carried away; The conl
| port the roof of the mine.
It is said that before H this nart Of the mine
Pillars a as tho phrase is and lett them too
weak to withstand great pressure or else re-
placed them with wood anu Gust iron Tho
| the case. and bring good REASONS to refntc the
assertion OF those who ATTEMPT to explain, tho
The company says thnt the sagging Il not due
to the rotting OF wood, the rusrng Of iron. and
the crumbling Of conl hut that 1t IL a. pho.
laziston sHuld conSFatua" i,sYli that nc
inK instead OF being a disasi"r ,
streets running east nnh west has sngged
slightly. four or 1vc inches ut most 80 slightly
stills and doorsills to ynwning Bit Tho result
vas VAS that some peopis became alarmed. and
inaugurating u panic. They succocdel 10 lie
extent Of inducing several families to moro
But. as the ground ceasnd to Yield and the
largest cracks In tho surface wnro lttlo moro
than ono sees In connection with u thunder
shower In summer. the nlnrwtiict,out. and to-
WKsf aG so thcsy 2S! it. The hugo 0s
The company Mt once set To work to stop
further sagginc and 1t tnnks tins . has been
crosses Of logs built for SUPPORT a ss called ai
have boon put up or nro putting up in the
chambers that aro adjacentto those that have
replaced M soon us It can hc done.
It is, spid by mining export, tint this md
s seTTp@ fInmr saEE tn,r. h mines
warning to II i this mining region uf '!isnstOr
70 come unless PRECAUTIONS arc taken. In
older than here and wheio r.al was taken out
with no regard to future strfnrs or even sub
torranenn disnsters. these sngsings huvo Lecn
etruction Of property have been caused by them
IN this country tho Sings thus inr hnvo lcen
near tho surface. and have been. ike Ills
Hazleton affair. In tho nature Of warnings.
Su:ng Her Former Husband for Breach or
Promise.
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when Baby was sick. We gave her castortA
When she was Child. she cried 70, Castor,a
When sho became Miss size chung Il Css;orA
When she Lad childTsn. she gave them Cas,or,S
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Su:ng Her Former Husband for Breach or
Promise.

Promise.
ISDIANApoI1s. Jan. 13.-I.ast spring J. A.
Booking sued for divorce from Mndclina g.,
his vito. but sho fled cross ILL and secured
n decree with $500 allmony. besides re-
turn to her maiden name Of Boyle. Yester.
day sh9 brought suit against her former hus-
promise y appears that after tholr divorce
i NJ BossknE afnip PRd court % her and
pointed for July last. but on tho 18th OF that
month Boeekling served notice tllut 10 lad
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-14

advlces for the past three days from the Mex
lean border. This is regarded as Indicative Of
the end OF The trouble with CARA and bis
no regarded the trouble virtually at an end as
far as soldiers were concerned. 1t will now be
carried into the courts. and the insurgents
captured will be tried for violation Of the nru-
tralifv lay Js =
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-14

49, House OF Representatives..
SPEAKER pro tenn McMllin called tho House
to order. thcre being full attendance upon the
! Aeor and In the galleries. r...
M. Wise Dem. Va offered a resolution au-
AAAEixiaa TIA COMMITTEES. On Iptsr,stats -and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-14

Alarge delegation OF grocerymen from Brook
Ign. N. Y. are In the city Sightseeing To-day
they visited all the executive departments
and called at the Executive Mansion
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-15

and back. Ribbons of the exact shade
were tastefully arranged on the corsage;
hat of yellow straw lined with blue
Grape and trimmed with blue plumes
and ribbon.
Striped and spotted winter fabrics are
to be offered. It is rather hoped that
stripes will have the preference.
saw n hat yesterday that struck me
for its daring novelty. The hat itself
had brim that was nearly twice too
full for brim, so it had to be doubled
and twisted into nearly every conceiv-
able flourish to bring it into the required
dimensions. 1t was made of whole
straw rush, green in color-and indeed
all this family appears to wish to pass
off for rushes-and there was no crown
except slight peak. Right in the cen
ter of this peak stood bit of rough
cherry branch, natural, and from that
hung downward the clusters of leaves
and luscious cherries. These bobbed
about ridiculously with the wearer's
movements, but tho hat itself was not
only becoming but pretty-such magic
lies i'll IL milliner's fingers
Almost every style of ribbon is being
Worn now, even to gauZe and velvet. and
the more You can pile OH the better
Parasols for fall are very handsome.
The handles are veritablc works of art.
There is little lace seen on the newest
parasols and no chiffon
OLIVE HARPER.
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Az 8 81 u + !za{Ezzgz>
XII ~ A<tZ=
a SINGLE BUcKBoARp.

boards people going into tile country
were unwilling to again be cramped up
In buggy or surrey. They began to
ask the carriage makers for buckboards,
and now, i'll place of the one plank with
a box for seat, costing anywhere from
fifteen to twenty dollars, buckboards
come as high as $500. The passenger
does not use dry goods box, but up
holstered seats with cushioned backs,
and some builders have gone so far as to
get out curved and cushioned seats.
Buckboards for eight people, instead of
being considered luxurious when the
plank was planed, now have rows of
cushioned seats, and, most remarkable
of all, they have springs.
The blackboard now has more STYLES
than any other kind of trap and is quite
costly. The wood is usually stained
or vanished but it is sometimes paint
ed In feet, the vehicle has SO far de-
generated that almost any kind of trap
painted yellow is called blackboard.
The cushions are generally yellow leath
er or light corduroy that is certain to
shrink at the first wetting and give
forth q peculiar odor. Along with its
other points Of degeneration is its pres
ent liability to get out of order. The
original blackboard was like the famous
zone horse chaise," warranted to last
forever, but tho modern improvement is
forever going to the shop for repairs.
All the large carriage factories are to-
day turning out yellow vehicles called
buckboards and are doing IA rushing
business.
The harness has kept pace with the
transformation of the old plank and
axles. With these any kind of harness
was used. The village shoemaker could
make good enough harness for the orig
inal blackboard. Both the blackboard
and the harness were yellow, because
that was the natural color of the wood
in the one case and of the leather in the
other
The harness makers could not see any
money in Unframed harness, so they
put the leather through various proc
esses until it became rich red yellow.
They worked silver and even gold
plates into it, with monographs, rosettes
and other fancy things, until set of
harness for the modern blackboard costs
us much as that for trotter or carriage.
Then of course the horse was changed.
People who only drove four or five
miles in an afternoon did not need the
stout built if ugly fellow that was ac-
customed to travel rough mountain
roads all day. He had no style about
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-15

SNOWFLAKE CREPoN. there These
flakes are tufts of silky white wool OF
silk, and no words could give an idea of
such beauty achieved with such simple
means.
An exquisite costume made of gray
crepon, fiecked with white, was finished
last week by Il leading house, and it will
do honor to the streets of New York as
soon us 1.-The season. now drawing 70
close is over Tho skirt is entirely plain,
but the back is laid in deep and ample
plaits. The jacket is coat shape in the
back. 1t falls away i'll front, disclosing
plated shirt vest of cream white
surah, buttoned with coral studs The
sleeves are pulled to the elbow, and
there are rows of frosted silver buttons
Pearl gloves and gray hat. with coral
colored ribbon and plumes
BY the way, coral is coming into style
again. and the color will also be fash
ionable. There are several shades of
coral, from pale pink to deep red, but
there is a quality about it which distin-
guishcs it from any other red 1t is very
becoming to almost any lady, young or
old
noticed among the new goods some
mourning crepons and some with white
brocaded figures for half mourning.
There has been very little half mourn
ing worn for u long time, but it is com
ing into vogue again, and there, arc
many new patterns in foulards and
crepOns, and some shot silks where black
and nauve are mingled NIauve is real
ly an old lady's color, and nothing be-
comes one SO well as dress all mauve
or mauve and black, with little fine
old lace, Or failing that, with full Ser-
chief of tulle or crepe lisse.
The importers show wonderful list
of heavy, coarse looking yellow laces, in
imitation of old point de Venice, and
tell US that that and point de gene,
Brussels point and Irish point will sim
ply smother the incest fall and winter
gowns. The old Flemish point is also
closely initiated. Mrs. Frank Leslie has
flounce of real Venetian point nearly
forty inches deep, and it is certainly one
of the finest pieces of that kind of lace
in this country. How many years il
must have taken some patient pair of
hands to make it no one knows.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-15
EVOLUTION OF THE euckeoARD.
Invented by Impccunious RurnIIsts, 1t
Has Become IA Fashionable Vehicle.
Especial Corrcspondcncel


Has Become IL Fashionable Vehicle.
Especial Correspondence
BOSTON, Aug. 25.-When city visitors
first began to flock TO the Atlirondncks
and the summer resorts on the coast Of
Maine, notably Bar Harbor. they found
queer kind Of vehicle in use by the
natives. About all there was to it was
hickory plank, nailed or spiked to two
axles. with Il box to sit on and to hold
any traps that We're to be carried. The
spring of the plank answered in place of
the steel springs usually put Oh buggies,
and no matter how rough the road, YOU
could not break it. All the country
people used them, and though the riders
had the benefit of the ruts and stones,
it would bring them safely through.
They We're called "buckboards," sup
pose from the similarity of the spring of
the board TO the buck of horse.
Upon the mountain roads, with the
spirit of frolic i'll the visitors, the boxes
used for seats We're frequently taken off
and eight or ten would sit Oh the plank.
1t was lots o: fun. and everybody could
go at the same time After becoming
accustomed to the accommodating buck
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1t is small satisfaction, however, to
own so costly piece of lace and know
that your next door neighbor can have
an imitation that would pass muster for
a few dollars.
Among the new fall silks there are
number of handsome stripes in mono
chrome, and large number where the
stripes are formed of n floral pattern.
Foulards are also woven in floral pat
tern, the pattern being stamped upon
the threads that form the WARP before
the wool is woven in, which gives the
flowers vague and misty softness Of
outline that is most pleasing. A lovely
visiting gown in this style of silk is
illustrated here. The vine or stripe is
made of successive violets and foliage
on fawn ground. The skirt is sheath
shaped in front, with IL princess back,
with Vatican plat hanging from the
neck. Around the bottom are three fiat
rows of moss green ribbon. The half
belt is of moss green surah, as is also the
vest plastron. Bertha frills of lace com.
plcto the gown. ~ pagoda hat, with
violets and lace, is worn with the toilet.
notice return to thick camel's hair
in light colors for dressy gowns for
Young ladies as well as for handsome
toilets for elderly ones.
~ pale gray-b.ue camel's hair was
made with very slightly draped skirt,
which opened over Il panel of imitation
point dc Venice The waist had guimpc
f,f thp so.,ip np1 ,yue .,cthoro,l -, So.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-15

ROANOKE STREET RAILWAY SCHEDULE,
~ ~ schedule Jefferson Street Electric Line
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-15
FASHIONABLE DOUBLE RIG.

him, and style was what they were
after. That was the time for the cob
with the dock tail to make his appear
ance. He is short in body, round and
smooth, and fed as he is on grain almost
exclusively, is very stylish and nervous,
champing his bit, as they say, and look
ing pretty. The blackboard is today
very fashionable equipage, capable OF
many transformations and shapes.
r. T. TREBLE.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-15

Fall Shipment.
The fall supply of pianos and organs
of the Hobbie Music Company have com
menced to arrive. The new styles are
beautiful.
OLD papers, is cents per hundred, for
sale at this office.
sIDELINaER, photographer. SOl Jefferson
Opening and Closing OF the Malls.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-15
Special Notice TO the Ladies'.

Look out for our Fall MILL
merry Opening. We will have
many pleasant surprises for you.
AS usual, we will have the hand
soonest and most stylish in Roa-
noke, and you will be delighted.
Respectfully yours,
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Especial Correspondence

soft and flexible
it is just the
thing for the Rus
sian blouse eff
fects, often being
made in two OF
even three well
blending colors,
of which moss or
rush green is al
most sure to be
one.
There is n new
fancy about to
be put forwar3,
of fawn or gray
c L epon hecked
with white, as
though n fluffy
snowflake had
fallen here and
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-15
ROANOKE & SALEM DuMMYllKE.

On and after April 90, 1892, trains will
run according to the following schedules:
EAST. WEST
Nv. Ralem-Ar. RoonoAs Lv Roaroke. Ar. Salem
6:la 49, 6:45 am. 7:15 am. 7:4s r. n.
900 az. $3.50 am. S:45 an. 9:l5 a. IN,
s'Ao I'd -o:uo q. IN. 1918 q. Il. l0:45 q. N e..
49, Pa it'oo I'm. ll:45 r. m.12;l5 p. m.
'S'oo p'h l'oo IN. lis p Las p m.
s"u pm s'eo m. 2:45 p. Il. 3:l5 p. m.
$3.50 Pr 400 pm. AIS D. in. 44:5 o. M.
;:la Pr 5:45 pm. 6:l5 pm. GAS D. M.
tbs pj 7:45 pm. o:45 p. .1Ol5 p. m.
N B.-rheater nigh is last rrain1eaves
Roano &c lo:45; arrives Salem ills y.
IN. Sunia, s, the first run is omitted
Trans having Roanoke al s:45 a. No.
and 4; 5 .. III. on Salem dummy line will
nave barFar" car attached for CARRYING
drummers' trunks, general baggage and
merchandise. beginning May Is.
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CORAL rs THE COLOR.
1T WILL BE FASHIONABLE IN NEW
YORK THIS FALL.

Olive Harper Gives Us Some valuable
Pointers on Autumn styles-Point Lnces
VIII Be Conspicuous-New Fall Silks.
Striped Fabrics for Winter.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, Aug 25.-One of the pref
test materials now in vogue suitable
for both indoor and outdoor wear is
crepon, and the large variety of colors
make it available for almost every need.
1t is light for home wear, and being so
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
After the Rewards,

TOPEKA, September M.-The Santa Fe Of
ficlals have not yet obtained any clue to the
identity of the murderous villains who
wrecked the night express with such disas.
trous results. The one thousand dollars
reward for each of the wreckers, offered
by the company, has put every sheriff, con-
stable and other officer of the law in this
part of the state on the hunt for the GRIM
inals. The regular Santa Fe detectives are
also working on the case, but up to late
hour no clue of any kind had been report
ed to the officials here.
The sheriff of Usage county telegraphed
the officers here to watch for three men,
who, it is thought, were the villains who
wrecked the Santa Fe train. Only one of the
men is described. He Is said to be a man
about 30 years of age, with scar on the left
side of his face. He is nearly six feet high,
wears a SLOUGH hat and light clothes. The
description is much the same as that given
by Miss Decker, of Tecumseh, of her assall-
ant, and it is thought by some that he is the
same man.
There Is also some reason to believe that
he is Frank LaMass, tn, man that broke
Jail here nearly year ago and afterward
shot policeman in Kansas City while re-
sisting arrest. Deputy sheriff T. c. Wilker-
son went to Usage City to assist in the
search. q.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01

New Commander-in-Ch
The new chief, A. G. Weis-
sert, was born August Z, 1874, at Canton,
Stark county, O.. and removed to Wisconsin
in 1s49. He graduated at the high school at
Racine and the University of Michigan, the
last named comforting the degree of LII. d.
He enlisted early in September, 1851. in the
Eighth Wisconsin Live Eagle) regiment vol
unteer infantry, and participated in all the
many battles of the regiment up to the time
OF his discharge, serving over four years.
He was breseted for merito1ous conduct in
battle, and was severely wounded at the
battle of Nashville, Tenn. His wounds have
never healed. They are const intly open and
at times very painful, the bullet still re-
naming in his leg. Seventy surgeons have
operated on his leg or teen consulted in re-
lation thereto.
He joined the grand army in 1866, and is
a member of E. Il. Walcott post, Milwaukee.
He attends all the meetings when at home,
and takes an active interest in an its affairs,
has represented hls post and department at
numerous state and national encampments,
was elected department commander of the
department of Wisconsin In 1883, and unani-
mously reelected to succeed himself in 1853,
but after his election Is senior vice COM
mander-in- chief at Milwaukee, he resigned
the communicating, believing that honors
should 60 around. He is member of the
legal profession and has . large practice.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
Adjutant Generals Report.

Adtutant ConeraPS Report.
WASHINGTON, d. c., September 2a.-The
report of the adjutant general. Fred Phis-
terre, begins witt the statement that when
Commander-in-Chief Palmer assumed the
Office there were practically no funds on
hand to carry on the business of the adiutant
generals Office, except the 81 900 in United
States bonds, which it was not deemed wise
to sell, and no income was expected until
after December 31st last. Consequently the
most rigid economy was necessary.
1he total expenditures of the office during
The fiscal year aggregated $1, 800, and as the
per capita tax of two cents per member pro-
duces an income of but s., 1000, the adjutant
general says that the tax is plainly INSULT
Gent, and that it should be at least three
cents per member, per annum.
During the last calendar year, as shown by
the report, there was a gain OF 229 in the
number of posts, making the total number
1858. During the calendar year there was
losses were &C, 100. leaving the number of
members in good standing December 81.
last, 400, 781, an apparent loss of 1.7O8. This
is because in one department it was found
that nearly 5000 had been added without au-
thority and the returns previously made were
csrrect, SO that there was actually gain
of about 1,2oO in the total strength. The
adiutant general comments shortly on these
losses. and says: practically it may be
said that the membership of the Grand Army
of the Republic is now at its highest point.
It, no doubt, will remain about the above
number for a few years to come, when nee
essarily it must decrease ano the decrease
will be rapid
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
Peck'S Defense,

NEW YORK, September 21.-Labor Com
missioner Peck, who is under arrest on tn,
charge of burning certain documents, says
''The papers have not been and will not be
destroyed. I obtained most of the reports
on my personal pledge that no names should
be disclosed. could not have obtained the
data otherwise, as the law does not give me
power to require facts concerning any man
private business. Twill not break my pllghted
word, no matter what will be the conse-
quence, will go to Jail first. As to the cor
rectne IS of my figures themselves they were
a surprise if you will, but a
surprise-to me. had expec1 ed it to be all
the other way, and the first tabulat;on on
the silk industry was our way. but nine
tenths of the others, both individually and
by trades, showed large increases in both
production and wages paid. 1t was the most
searching investi cation ever made in this
state and the figures published are correct"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-01
"A Collision in Ohio.

--NNsF1E1D, O., September 23.-A terrible
accident is reported on the Plttsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago railroad. The Pittsbure
& New York limited, east bound, colli6ed
with the west bound freight trail two miles
west of Shreve. Both trains were running at
high rate of speed and the wreck is COM
plete. The following are known to have
been killed and have already been taken
from the wreck: Three postal clerks, one
engineer, two fireEen, two passengers, q
man and woman. 1t is reported here that
the wreck caught fire and that q number of
persons have persisted.
The following is list of the killed and
injured:
Killed-Charles Smith and w. E. Ham,
mond, firemen; George B. Mann, 81. S. Al
len, D. E. REESE and ]. E. Patterson. postal
clerks; A. E. Glenn, brakeman; two ladies
from Espyville, Pa; one lady and one child
from Alliance, o.
Injured-A. Bradley and Frank Burke, en-
ginemen; Joseph AIDE, postal clerk; G..
Starker, passenger; d. B. Rhodes, Mahon-
ingtown. Pa; w. H. Brown, Huntington,
Ind. G. Armstrong. NoblesviIle, Ind. j.
Renst, Millvllle, Ind; N. j. Lucas, Mas
sillon, o.
Mrs. T. B. Sweet, of Topeka, Kan, was a
passenger on the train; the first railroad ride
she has mad since going to the Centennial at
Philadelphia.