The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-08-17
NEW WORLD.
Great Gold Finds in Aurtrp Lin

Dazzling stories of gold discoveries come fror
Australia, near Coulgardie. A party of six wer
returning from an unsuccessful prospecting tou
on May s. When in camp one night they separat
ed to test and examine the neighborhood.
man named Mills came to one of the many larg
elbows" which are characteristic of the country
He was astonished, on rubbing his hand acros
a prOtruding piece of stone, to see gold standin.
out prominently. He knocked a large piece OF
Il boulder, and at his feet lay a magnfcen
specimen literally studded with coarse gold
while before him, dazzling his eyes, was mag
nifcent reef of almost pure gold, u fortune il
itself Mills, taking several pieces from the reef
placed them in his bosom, and carefully cover
ing the reef with earth found his mates On the
next morning twent five acres were pegged off
and the adjournng blocks at each end were also
taken up. One man went to town and bought q
dolly, the largest he could procure. In one day
they dollied 1000 ounces, and in Il short time
had nearly 100000 worth in ore. On June 23rd
they had packed it in a cart, and landed the
treasure at the Union Bank. The manager
weighed the gold and it turned the scales at
4.2S0 ounces. One lump has been taken from
the reef containing more gold than ore. 1t
weighed 24O pounds and Is worth $4,000. OF
course, there is immense excitement i'll the re-
gion, and many other discoveries are reported
but there is unlikely to be anything left for late
corners.
Nearly Buried Alive.
| Washington f Irving, of Moosa, Cal, n nephew
of the author, had a narrow escape the other
day from being buried alive. knocking was
heard inside the casket, and the lid was hurried
He was at first daZed and out of breath, but
presently managed to say he was weak and
hungry, which was not at all surprising under
the circumstances. Women tainted and men
lost their nerve, but food was finally secured,
and the patient soon regained strength. He was
y years old.
A Boys Hcroism.
Tom, the 12-yearold son of Thomas Dickinson
of Pendeton Ind, saved score of lives Sunday
night. A passenger train was side.tracked at
WDifipp n st fra IN RI-
some oversight the switch was left open. Tom,
who was playing near by, noticed that it was
pen. He took in the situation, grabbed the
handle and when the engine was less than 80
feet away threw the switch. The next instant
the freight train rumbled past the PASSENGER
coaches As the freight was going at high
rate of speed, a wreck would have been terrible. +
Was WreclSer's Work.
The wreck involving the loss of eleven lives, /
engine,and several cars on the Chicago, Rock, Is /
land &Pacfc railroad last week Thursday night /
was doubtless the work of wreckers. The rails I
5pead, and the engine, drawing the cars after it !
went humping over the ties for about 80 feet /
and then, with crash, fell 40 feet to the bed of
he creek below. The engine was wrecked and
burning Goals spreading. set fire to the coaches /
behind it, and in few moments the bridge was
also a mass of flames. The fireman, engineer
and conductor lay PROSTATE under the burning
mass of red hot iron and burning coaches. Their I
faces could not be seen and they were slowly |
by fire which was so hot no aid could
be given them, Baggagemaster Scott received
a broken leg. His shoes and trousers were
burned off but he crawled back at the imminent
risk of his life and suffering tortures from his
eg, succeeded in rescuing the express messen.
ger who was pinioned by falling timbers, just
as flames commenced to leap around his face
md head. Seven passengers and possibly more
we're cremated alive.
'lates and crowbar were found in the grass near
~. Marks made bya wrench on loosen.
ID rail were visible and the marks of the crow
ar on the ties were very plain where the crow
ar had been inserted and the rails lifted clear
f the ties, and the spikes which had been pulled
ut were lying on the bridge.
tx Boys Killed by lightning While I'm
der a Tree.
Eight boys had gathered under tree al Bias.
ett's. Tex, Friday, for protection from a pass +
lg storm, when lightning struck the tree killing ,
x outright, and mortally wounding two.
light PerOsns Poisoned by Dried Beef. !
Eight persons were poisoned from eating =
ried beef at Muncie, Ind, Thursday night. i
LENDERS of the family of Smith Hadey were !
rst stricken, and it required several hours hard
ork to save their lives. DR. Reid, city health '
nicer, made careful examination and reports
lat the beef was from diseased animal. :,
A Valparaiso special says, it is reported here \
lat the Peruvian police have discovered a plot y
assassinate President Mont of Chile at Santi- v
90 and President Caceres of Peru at Lima A d
lumber of suspects were arrested. Peru has a
,quested the Chilean government to prevent
re rebels crossing from Chilean territory. Chile ).
as answered that all possible precautions have
ready been taken. !,
The government of Honduras has offered s.. q
10 troops to Nicaragua to aid the latter country A
its operations against the rebels in Mosquito
rrtory.
The Wichita national bank of Wichita Kan,
pital S25OO00, closed its doors to business Mon
ny. Acting Controller Tucker ordered Bank b
hammer W ii Ewing to assume charge. The fl
INK is one of the largest in that part of the &
'untry. No cause for the failure is assigned. e
A serious row took place at Polish wedding -
Holyoke Friday night between the Poles and T.
me Hungarians who came into the house, ana ~
,seph Keski was severely stabbed. The name ~
his assailant is not known, but ne is known u
be Hungarian, and several of Keskis COM l.
lnions say that they can recognize him. The u
,lce were notified Immediately after the affair." u
I'd when the officers went to the place. the u
ncing and beer. drinking were in progress as
nothing had happened. DIR Buckley was te
He'd to attend Keski at the hospital and it is M
AIRED that the wounds will prose fatal in III
ort time. r.