Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-10-19
SOUTHERN SUMMARY.

NlLEYNlL.Li. w. VA. special: The
big gas We'll on Indian Creek. ter
miles from here, In Tyler County, has
broken loose again. and the roar of
the escaping % can he heard 81 doZel.
miles away, while in the neighborlood
OF lhc we'll the noise is simply deafcn'
Ing. The we'll belongs to the Victor
on Company, and was drilled in the
sand September Il. 1t at once devel.
oped into II big gasser. and the pres.
sure was sufficient to throw the tools.
weighing 1000 pounds, out of the der.
rick, wrerlling that structure. In
about Il week it subsidized. but now has
broken out with tenfo!d power. ana
experienced oil men pronounce i. the
biggest gas we'll ever struck in the
world. Enough gas is being wasted
daily. to light and heat Il city of rs, DOC
population.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. special: .Allcr
Storms. Il well known citizen of Marta.
met with Il tragic death. lie was
travelling in Il eniot section of Pres.
lido County. when his horse threw him
and broke his leg. lie dragged him.
sell for five miles and went three days
Without food or water. He was unable
to find Il habitation. and to end his
suffering he shot himself through the
head with Il pistol. Before commit.
ting tine decd he wrote II note dcscrib.
ing the accident and his suffering.
His body. with this note upon him.
was found.
KEY NEST. Fla. special: Every
day fresh information reaches here
from the keys relative to the loss oil
life i'll the recent hurricane. MIR,
Pinder, who resides ON the East Mat.
tculnble Key, reports that the British
bark Brandon of Quebec. with IL cargo
of timber, was wrecked, and of the
seventeen on board only three were
saved. The Norwegian ship Theora
was lost OIL futile Harbor. but ali
We're saved. 1t is likely that the mum.
her of lives lost will never be known.
as communication with the KEYS is
difficult.
NEW ORLEANS special: The new
grand jury found indictments against
three councilmen. Councilmen Kane.
Thrifty and Garfield are charged with
Offering to receive IL bride OF ST. 900
from the steamship agency of For.
naris y Co., when it asked for some
franchise on the river front. John II.
Callahan. the first of the Doodle coun.
cilmen convicted of criminal bribery
and corruption in Office. was sentenced
by Judge Noise to five years in the
state penitentiary and $50 fine.
ATLANTA. Ga. special: The cor.
solidated vote of the election shows
!Atkinson's majority for Governor to
be 26.00o. The rest of the state ticket
got over 10000 majority. The Dem.
ocrats will have II majority of l25 in
the House and =. in the Senate. Con.
tests have been filed by the Populists
in five counties. They complain OF
fraud and the Democrats charge that
the Populists repeated in several coun.
ties.
HEBARpSvILLE, n.y.. special: Two
farmers, Raymond Martin and Robert
Rye, q%uarrellcd about IL Mar.
tin got two axes. and. handing one to
Rye. he proposed 81 duel. They fought
until Rye had both arms severed and
fell dead. Martin received horrible
gashes about the head and breast and
is dying.
LEXINGTON. KY. special: Breckin.
ridges friends are bringing him out
for Senator. Secretary Carlisle, Sen.
Blackburn. Gov. Brown, Gen.
Buckner and Henry Watterson are
among the names mentioned.