Arizona silver belt., 1901-05-02
A BULL AND A TRAIN.
The Victim of an Unprecedented Accident Has
 to Pay Damages.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 A suit h the superior court in Ral- eigh, N. O., against the Seaboard Air Line railroad has brought to light the most novel accident known to the an- nals of Jurisprudence.
 The vestioule passenger train from Atlanta was bowling along toward Ral- eigh on down grade at tie rate of 50 miles per hour at 10 o'clock in the morning. William Wellington was on ris way to n wild turkey blind, which he had baited, and had his double bar reled breech loading shot gun on his shoulder, two cartridges being in the chambers:
 On reaching the railroad track, winch was on an embankment about 10 feet high at this place, Mir. Wellington heard the train in the distance and stopped on the side of the track about 90 feet away, to view the train as It swept by.
 He could not see over the embank- men to the other side of the track. Along beside the embankment on both sides of the track there are the usual ditches, which were filled with water MT. Wellington was standing between the embaukment and one of these dltches on the north side of the track with his gun on his right shoulder. On the other side of the track were mum Der of cattle nipping grass, which Mir Wilmington could not see.
 Just a few seconds before the train passed these cattle commenced to struggle acrSss the track GO the side on which Mir Wellington was standing The bovlnes all got safely across ex- cept cue small Jersey bull
 He was caught on the cowcatcher and hurled away with terrible velocity, and as misfortune and luck both would have It, he struck MT. Wellington about mIdships and knocked him down into the ditch and planted himself on top of him
 The bull was stunned and struggled, but could not get up, and the water wns drowning both man and beast. The engineer, MT. Honeycutt, was watching the cattle and had not seen Mir. Wellington, and when the fireman told hlm what had happened he stop the train aud hurried back and got there in time to get Mir Wellington and the bovine out of the ditch before they were drowned
 Striking Mir Washington and knock ing him into the water saved the life of the bull and the water saved the blow by the bull from killing Waiting ton.
 Further examination showed that the bull struck Mir. Wellington and the shock had knocked the gun some distance, aud when it struck the ground It was discharged and killed one of the COWS and wounded another so badly [ hat it had to be killed The gun was not injured
 On these facts Judge Brown held that the rnll"oad company was not lia- ble in damages to MT. Wellington
 Since the trlal the owner of the two cows has sued Mir Wellington and re- covered SlO0 in full of damages for their killing
 NJ Warrington says the ending of this lawsuit bangs blue sheep; that he was knocked down by Jersey bull, which was hurled at him by the train, and drowned, and his gun Is dis aud kills TWO cows, and he gets no damage and is compelled to pay Sl00 for beng the principal in the most celebrated case in the history of accidents bv railroad trains.
 But since all this happened Mr Wellington has had great piece of good lnck to befall hIm.
 He has been working for H. N. Snow, at High Point, in the furniture business Mir. Snow Is getting old and being rich and tired of the busi-