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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-11-10
A TorDeio POnt Tragedy.

The Union squadron investing
Charleston was drawing closer and
closer to the doomed place. One of
the warships that lay closest inshore
was the Housatonic, and that vessel
was selected as the torpedo boats vic
tim. The Portland Transcript tells the
tragic story:
The evening of Feb. II, 1860, closed
in raw and foggy. AT s o'clock Cap
tain CorisOn gave the command, and
the boat dropped down the river. AS
the clocks were striking the half-hour
in the city the little craft pulled over
the bar Noiselessly she glided through
the water, guided by the lights on the
Housatonic, for which she headed.
So heavy was the fog that she es-
capped the notice of the sentries. At a
quarter to 9 she lay directly in front
of the Housatonic, at distance of 500
yards. She was running faster now,
and little further on she began to
slbmerge. Two hundred yards more
ana she disappeared.
roar, and the water around the HOusa-
tonic boiled like caldrOn. The noble
ship gave mighty upward heave and
then began to settle. Ensign Hazleton
and four Sailors who were below per-
ished. but fortunately for the rest of
the crew the water was shallow and
they saved themselves by climbing into
the rigging. The vessel was a total
loss, but the submarine torpedo boat
was nowhere TO be found.
Two years after the war, when the
wreckage was being removed from
Charleston harbor. the Housatonic was
raised. In her hull there was ghaSt-
" wound inflicted by the torpedo, and
in that hole was the torpedo boat with
every man ON board still at his post,
where he had died years before.
The little boat had torn Il big hole in
the cruiser, through which the water
had poured in such a volume that the
torpedo-boa was drawn into it. And
there its crew died of suffocation, in
the grasp of the enemy that they had
destroyed.
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ier Of the First National Bank of Han
over, Pa, who died about three weeks ago.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
in session in Indianapolis, reelected Mrs.
c. u. Foss president. Mrs. j. l.. Gracey
of Philadelphia was made vice-presidelt
and secretary.
Despondent because he recently failed
TO pass an examination at the Philadel-
phia College of Pharmacy, William Lerch,
a student, drowned himself in a quarry
hole near his home at Danielsville. Pa.
He was % years of age.
John Reed, the Napoleon of the green
goods fraternity" did not face charges OF
swindling in the Superior Court IT Wor-
cester, Mass. He escaped from Worces'
ter jailer late the preceding night, and the
detectives have not been able to hnd any
trace of him.
Mrs. Florence George and Miss Kate
McAtee. both of Washington, were killed
by a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad train at
Langdon. Nd. They had been attending a
party and were crossing the tracks TO take
a train for Washington when they We're
struck by an express train and instantly
killed
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dying grasp. The stcadfast surge OF
that line wavered. 1t broke, a mere
tumult of shamed and sullen roughs,
got back within shelter again, needless
OF their officers passionate reproaches.
Yet one had kept his place half across
the field-an erect young figure; an un-
covered. fair head. a hoyish face up
turned to the cclors he had lifted.
"Godr' cried the captain of ''Goosy's'
company. That is 'Goosyr Boys
will you have It said at home that the
only brave man among us was fool!
Charge for our colors, boys. For our
colors."
Something mightier than his words
thrilled the hearts which heard them.
The cry that answered was a shout of
confident victors. The battery was
won. Breathless and b!oodstained the
winners were ordered to hait-and
they remembered "Goosy.'
The colors had not advanced. They
hung low above their bearer, who
crouched beside them.
Presently dozen of his comrades
had scrambled back to him. Ills eyes
were shut and deaths plain writing
was on his dropping face. But he stir
red and struggled when they tried to
take the colors from his hand.
Let me hold them for you,' his
captain said. gently. I'VE will none
of us forget that you saved Them
"Goosy's" eyes opened. a light which
was not the boys old eagerness, but
the rapture of triumph achieved, shone
in that dying gaze.
Il have done my best" he murmur-
ed. Its all right now."-New York
Observer
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EASTERN.

Joseph G. Godfrey, paper manufactur-
pr of Raubeville, Pa, has filed petition
IN bankruptcy; assets, $4,000; liabilities,
s120,000.
Emanuel s. Kuh, who has been in the
horn. hoof and bone business in New York
for eighteen years, has filed petition IN
bankruptcy. The nominal liabilities are
SOS, ,4S4; no assets.
n r. Mclean. who with his wife has
been stopping at the Holland House IN
New York, was the victim Of diamond
robbery the other night. The value OF MS
loss is placed at $1,000.
The executive committee of the citizens
State party. New York, has decided not to
fill the vacancy ". the State ticket caused
bv the death of Col George Il. Narins'
candidate Cor State engineer.
Because of religious mania Kate Nun
day of New York, the mother ~ three
small children, poured kerosene oil over
her clothing and set fire TO 1t. she was
so badly burned she cannot i've.
Nancy J. Barker, Center County, Pa,
centeuariau, is dead, aged JOG years and
month. Two months ago Mrs. Barger
fell and broke limb, and owing to her
advanced age the injury would not heal.
long-hidden deficiency, reaching about
s57 600 has been discovered in the ac'
rcunts of the late John III. Alleman. CASH
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MARKET REPORTS.

Chica ago-Catte. common to prime,
$500 to $500; hogs, shipping grades,
$500 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, 500
to S4.75; wheat, No. red, G6c to Csc;
corn. No. 2, 31c to 33c; oats, No. =. 23c
to 25c; rye, No. 2. 52c to 53c; butter.
choice creamery, Ole TO 23c; eggs, fresh,
lie 10 19c; potatoes, choice, soc to 4oc
per bl>hel.
Indianapolis-Cattie, shipping, $500 to
S5.25: hcss. choice light, $500 to S4.Oo;
sheen. common to choice, $500 TO $3.50;
wheat. No. = red, 6Ic to Csc; corn. Nc.
2 white, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, PIC
to 2Sc.
St. Louis-Cattle. $500 to S5.15; hogs,
$3.50 to S4.0O: sheep, $3.50 to $500:
wheat. No. .. CSC TO zoe; corn, No. =
yellow. Bic to 33c: oats, No. 2, 2Gc to 2Ic;
rye, No. .. Sic to 53c.
Cincinnati-C Cattle, $3.50 to S5.25; hogs.
$500 to S4.OO; sheep, $3.50 to S4.2o;
wheat, No. 2, 6Tc to G9c; corn, No. 2
mixed. Soc TO 36c; oats, No. mixed,
26c to &c; rye, No. 2. soc to sc.
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
s3.25 TO S3.15; sheep, $3.50 to $3.50;
wheat, No. ., T1c to re; corn, No. ,
yellow, ocC ~ ctS, tSiis, AVE- - 'h''N' -c~
to 29c; rye, 52c to 54c.
Toledo-Wheat. No. mixed, Zoe to
72c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 34c; oats,
| No. . white, 24c 10 26c: rye. No. 2. 5Sc
| to 54c; clover seed, old, S4.60 to $40.
Mlwaukee-Wheat. No. 2 spring, G
to G7c; corn, No. 3, 32c to 34c; oats, Ne
2 white 25c to 2Sc; rye, No. l, 52c to 53c;
barley, No. 2, 46c to 49c; pork, mess
$3.50 to $500.
| Buffalo-Cattle, good shipping steers
$500 to S5.75; hogs, common to choice
. So 30 to S4.00: sheep, fair to choice weth'
er,, $3.50 to $500; lambs, common tC
extra. $500 to S5.15.
N,w York-Cattle, $500 to S575; hogs
| 500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to 5000
, wheat No. . red, 7jc to tic; corn, No
2. 39c to- Acc; oats, No. 2 29c to 3Oc
butter. creamery, 15c to 24c; eggs. West
| ern. 20c to 22c,
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Such Is War.

The actions of men wounded III bat
tie are often misunderstood. General
Fuller, as quoted in the Chicago Inter
Ocean, cites pathetic instance OF this
kind:
In the midst of battle General Fuller
was trying to check the flight of panic
stricken men. One poor fellow came
stumbling along, not needing word
that was said to him.
Indignant and impatient. Fuller. as
he came near this man, leaned from his
horse and touching him with his sword,
said sharply. Go back, SIR
The man looked up with an expires,
sion of anguish and despair on his face
that said as plainly as words, Il am
looking for place to die" He opened
his blouse and showed a big. gaping
wound in his breast Then he dropped
to the ground.
The general instantly dismounted,
but almost as he raised the mans head
10 his arm the poor fellow breathed his
last
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-11-10
WASHINGTON.

The public debt increased S43.4S1. III
during October.
Gen. Joseph Rodman West is dead at
his home in Washington, aged I6 years.
A cablegr;hn received at the Navy De-
partment in Washington announced the
arrival at Bahia, Brazil, of the battleships
Oregon and Iowa.
Charles Baum, dealer in Cry goods and
notions iu Washington, made an assign
ment. Assets, S2lT, 400; liabilities esti-
mated at S175,000. Real estate operations
were partial cause for the failure.
Mai. Gen. Nelson \. Miles and Cor
moral" Tanner were among the dlstin-
guished guests at banquet given by the
Washington lodge of Elks in honor of the
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,embers of the lodge who served in the

members of the lodge who served ia the
late war.
The Secretary of the Interior has re-
ceived unofficial advices that the Creek
Indian nation in Indian territory has rati-
fled the agreement reached between its
commission and the Dawes Indian com
mission in the reorganiza tion of Indian
territory.
The War Department has issued gen
eral order for the movement of troops to
Cuba The first troops will leave on or
about Nov. 22. and will comprise IA brigade
under Brig. Gen. Carpenter. The brigade
will be taken from the Seventh army
corps. and one of the regiments to go Will
he the Third Georgia. The brigade will
be sent to Neuvitns. Porto Principe.
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STATEMENT OF PUBLlC DEBT.
Net Cash PaIaucc in the Treasury Is
EIacoI 4 G0nQ o00 OlS

Net Cash PaIaucc in the Treasury Is
Placed at $500, ,233, ,275.
The debt statement issued by the Treas
ury Department shows that in the month
of October the debt of the United States
increased $43.4SI, III. The interest-bear-
ing debt increased S36,6IS, 800, and the
cash in the treasury decreased 81 ,319, ,22S.
The debt on Oct. 81 stood: Interest
bearing debt, S1,O26. .7G6,9GO bearing 10
interest, 1888, 191 ,367.
The cash in the treasury is made up OF
the following items: Gold. $2I5, ,224.0I1;
silver, $500 ,929, 1115; paper, $J5, $50 23S:
other cash, SOC, 6,566, ,313; total. $685.. .2+9,
391.
Against this there are outstanding gold
certificates. S36 $40. 49, silver certifica ;cS.
S39S. .504; certificates of deposit. 500
10000: Sherman notes, $9I S3;'3;S $50; 9th
er liabilities. $79,319, ,1S9, leaving a cash
balance, including gold reserve, OF $500
DIS DO
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END OF THE EXPOSITION,
Scventy-fvc Thousand Visited Oma-
has Show the Last Day.

Seventy-fivc Thousand Visited Oma-
has Show the Last Day.
The Transmississippi International ex-
position has closed. The closing hours
of the enterprise were the most brilliant
in the history of the five months exhibi-
ton. Seventy-fve thousand people crowd
ed the grounds during the closing day. Up
to the last morning 2,552.3 .3SS people had
registered at the turnstiles, so the grand
total will considerably exceed 100000
The exposition was financial success,
something over 100000 remaining to be
divided among the stockholders. A frac-
ton less than S2,000,000 has been received
and 81 100000 expended. The exposition
owed 100000 when the gates were open
ed; S39O.OO0 was subscribed for the ex-
position and all but 100000 of that amount
paid in. In addition corporations donated
S150,O00. 1t is estimated that the sub
scribers should receive back so per cent
of the subscriptions.
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Chiuesc Hllocaust.

A Victoria (B. c, telegram says: The
steamer Arorangi, from Australia via
Honolulu, brings news of large fire al
Sidney recently, which destroyed twenty
large mills ard inflicted heavy loss OH
property.
Latest reports from the conflagration
at Hanlow, china, say that 10000 houses
were destroyed and a thousand people
killed and burned to death.
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TO RULE ALL EGYPT.
GREAT BRITAIN WILL DECLARE
A PROTECTORATE.
True Meaning of the Activity in the
British Foreign Office France
Agrees to Retire froIn Fashoda, but
Other Powers May Act.

Advices from London say that Great
Britain's secret is out at last in the opn-
on of we'll Informed men of affairs who
nave been keeping close track of the re-
cent extraordinary preparations for war.
OF far more Importance than the posi-
b;lty of a little brush with France, which
would be Il repetition of the Spanish
American war, is the declaration that
England is about to take the bull by the
horns and proclaim protectorate over all
Of Egypt. This is the theory that is now
generally accepted rs being the true solu-
ton of the problem. and it is The only one
on which the remarkable activity of the
war office and the admiralty can be salts
factorily accounted for.
All probability Of trouble with France
vanished with the receipt of positive state
ments from Paris that Major Marchand
will be Internationally withdrawn from
FashodG, but the war preparations have
| been continued since then with more en-
ergy than before.
The proclamation of Egypt as part OF
| the British empire would set all Europe
| by the ears and would undoubtedly result
| in war were it not known that England
| was prepared and looking for trouble.
There is reason TO believe that the Ger
man Emperor abandoned his trip to Egypt
| so as TO be out of the country when the
| proclamation was issued. He is thought
to he fully aware of England's plans.
! The British naval and military prepara-
tons are being pushed to an extent with
out precedent since the Crimean war.
England was about to declare a protecto-
rate in 1884, urged to do so by Prince Bis
marck. and it was only at the last min
ute. when all the preparations had been
made, that the scheme was abandoned
for more favorable opportunity. That
| opportunity seems now at hand.
| England's occupation of Egypt is based
on might and has frequently been de-
nOunced by the khedive himself, by his
suzerain, the Sultan of Turkey, and by
France as illegal, while the other powers
| have uIIiptIy tnIpro tod tho oct
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.necao.es of General Meade.

At a little village on the Susquehanna
River l met an old soldier who related
this incident of his experience with
General Meade in the late war. | have
forgotten his name and the place where
it occurred. 1t was 4 raw night in Octo-
Der. the wind was rather strong, and
Meade had fixed 4 stove in his tent.
The soldier was the sentry for the Gen
eral. \ puff of wind knocked down the
improvised stovepipe. and soon the tent
filled with smoke. The General came
out and asked the sentry to help him
to rearrange it. The soldier replied
that he was under orders and could not
leave his post of duty.
Yes. yes" said Meade, that is true,
but would like to have that stovepipe
fixed. You are right And the Gener-
al went at the job himself.
Il kept pacing my beat" said the sol
der. "and enjoyed Meade's efforts TO
get the pipe back in its place. He made
a sorry mess of it. Finally he turned
to me. and said: Sentry, you will have
to help me: will be responsible for
YOU, and If there is any trouble about
your leaving the beat l will explain to
the commanding officer
'In a few moments we had the pipe
in position. Meade disappeared into
the tent without word of thanks, but
he soon came out with jug of apple
Jack and asked me to take a drink
Once more l reminded him 1 was or
duty. Yes. yes he answered, 4 know
but you helped me to fix the stovepipe.
"He turned on his heel and re-entereC
the tent. leaving the jug outside. After
a time he came out.
"'Did you drinkT he inquired.
nodded.
81 knew you would: hut | did mo-
see it. ''-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Mans Inhumanity.

"Oh, you needn't talk said the In
dignant wife. What would you be to-
day if it weren't for my money, I'd
like to know?"
Il really don't know. my dear. calm
" replied the heartless wretch, but
I'm inclined to think would be bach
olnr y
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-11-10
MONEY HANDLED BY UNCLE SAM
official Figures on October Receipts
and Disbursements.

The monthly statement of the Govern
ment receipts and expenditures shows the
receipts for the month of October amount
ed to $50, ,630, ,0J1, and the disbursements
500, 3,9S2,216. The receipts from customs
amounted to S15. 5.234. against 50, 49,
494 for October, 1897. Internal revenue,
SD ,356, ,511, against $13.614,SI2 for Octo-
Der last year Miscellaneous. 81, us, ,305,
against S1.063.04 one year ago.
The increase in receipts for the month
as compared with October. 1897, amount
ed to about S15 5,25O.000. During the four
months of the present fiscal year the re-
ceipts exceeded those for the correspond
Ing period in 1897 by over S6O.OOO.OOO.
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RESENTED A PRACTICAL JOKE.
Wisconsin Man Goes Cunning for
Human Game.

Adam Hammer of Beaver Dam, Wis,
became insane, and securing q gun,
wounded nine men and was finally shot
10 prevent his doing further injury. Ham
mer was the victim of a practical joke.
He procurn1 shotgun, and, in frenzy,
shot at every one in sight. threatening
death to his brother, who endeavored to
pacify him.
Lieut.. Arthur T. A. Tibbetts of Com
2any n, Second regiment, was selected by
the marshal TO shoot the mailman in such
a manner as TO bring him down without
killing him. The soldiers aim was true,
the madman being shot through the shoul-
der None of the wounded will die.
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WIDOWS DREAM WAS TRUE.
Robbery of a Grave Discovered in
Peculiar Manner.

At Kansas City, Mo-, Il peculiar coinci-
ience that led to the discovery of the work
of ghouls terminated in the opening of a
crave from which the body had been re-
moved. About Il week ago Michael Kelly
lied and was buried in the Mount st.
Mary's Cemetery. Since then his widow
has twice dreamed that his grave had been
.obbed.
In company with her son, she went to
he cemetery and had the grave opened.
md it was discovered that the body had
oeen removed. Il is supposed that it WAS
shipped TO some medical college.
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Unshaken Confidence.

ITS always pretty safe to judge
man by the company he keeps"
'Oh, don't know. There are excep-
tions. My Uncle Johns business makes
it necessary for him to associate with
aldermen a good deal and still I'd trust
him with every dollar I've got in the
rorld "
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Uayeruevcrs to Move South.

Rumor has it that the large Havemeyer
sugar retineres are 10 be moved from
Brooklyn to Berkeley, Va, a little town Oh
he Elizabeth river. and on the belt line
which connects with every railroad rum
hing into New York. Taxes there are far
over than in Brooklyn. and this is said to
De the main reason for the change.
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Kentuckiau Suicides.

Omaha (Neb.l special: Charles Of
futt, a well known attorney, while tenn
porarily deranged through illness, sho
himself through the lead, dying Instant
ly. Mr.. Offutt was native kentuck-
ian, and was twice Speaker of the House
of the Kentucky Legislature.
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Farmer Kills Hi mself.

Solon Atkinson, prominent and
wealthy farmer of Boone County, Indi-
ana, committed suicide by first taking
morphine and then shooting himself twice
in the abdomen with a shotgun. Insani-
ity is supposed TO have been the cause.
His father suicided twenty years ago by
shooting and then hanging himself. Mr..
Atkinson was 40 years of age, and leaves
wife and one daughter. He was a
prominent worker in the Christian
Church, being Treasurer of the State
Conference, President of the Confer
ence Mission Board, President of the
Fund for Supersnnuated Ministers and
ex- Chairman of the State Conference.
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Fifty Years a S,Iaye.

Frank Lewis, said to be the Oldest and
blacklist colored man in Indiana, was
killed by the ears few days ago in Ko-
komo, while asleep on the depot plat
form. He rolled off under the car wheels.
Lewis was fifty years slave.
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All arrangements have been perfected
or :he Immediate extension of the st.
Louis, Peoria and Northern Railroad to
Chicago. When completed the new road
will form another direct line between Chi
ago and st. Louis.
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A Dearth o. Game.

"Hear about Cunning? While out
hunting. the other day, he shot a
pointsr for which he had paid S12o.
what was the matter-were there
no men in the vicinity!
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Destructive Fire.

Fire destroyed the works of the STAN
GARD Car Wheel Company at Cleveland,
Ohio. The walls fell catching Firemen
Dyer and Albert Dawson, knocking then
senseleSs. Loss, $50, 600,
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NEW CABINET FOR FRANCE.
NJ. Dupuy Announces the Names Of
His Colleagues,

Following are the members of the new
French ministry. organized by NJ. Dupuy
1T the request of President Faure:
NJ Dupuy Premier and Minister of the Inter or
NJ Lebitt, Minister of Justice.
NJ. DE Freycinct. Minister Of War.
NJ. Lockroy Minister of Marine.
NJ DE casse Minister of Foreign Affairs.
NJ. Peytral, Minister OF F!uance.
NJ Leygus, Minister of Pj;bic Instruction.
NJ Deloncle, Minister of GomIlerce.
l. Nj Guili.ine Minister of the Colonies.
VI. Nigier Minister of Agriculture.
NJ. krantz. Minister of Public Works.
NJ. Ribot was the only man who declin-
ID a portfolio.
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Fire in the Cnuitol.

Washington special: The United States
Supreme Court Room, located near the
center of the Capitol, is wrecked and the
valuable law library connected with it,
is seriously damaged and manv of the
valuable records of the courts, filed away
in the vaults beneath that portion of the
Capitol, have been destroyed. This is
the result Of an explosion of gas, which
occurred in the SUBJ basement of the Cap
itol, Just beneath the Supreme Court
Room. The explosion destroyed the
flooring of the entrance to the room i'm
mediately below the Supreme Court
Room and the fire which followed COM
municated at once to the law library and
Supreme Court Room.
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THE BATTLE-FIELDS.
OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER
ARMY EXPERIENCES
The Blue and the Gray Review Incl
dents of the Late War, on6 in a
Graphic and Interesting Manner
Tell of Camp, March and Battle.
= f HAD been n

T + HAD been n
| CHEEKY. handsome
4 lad of is when he
came from his New
Hampshire noun
tains to the worn
veterans of the
army corps. Very
brisk and breezy
was he, with a frank
pnrtointv of the
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Frishtful Accident at a 4colliery.

Seven men were killed and three fatally
injured at the Exeter Colliery of the Le-
high Valley Coal Company, at West Pc
terson, near Wilkesbarre, Pa. The acci-
dent was due to the alleged carelessness
of Engineer David Price, who, acting in
disobedience of positive orders, caused
three cars to run into the top of the shaft.
These cars, loaded and weighing eleven
tons, fell down the S60-foo shaft, and
crashed with frightful force upon the
carriage carrying the men. The mass
OF wreckage fell to the foot of the
shaft, choking it and when, after hard
work the men were extricated. seven
were dead and three were fatally injured.