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BY ELI P. AKE.
IRONTON,
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NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
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Emile de Girardin, the French
journalist and statesman, is dead, aged 75.
Governor Austin has issued a proc
lamation declaring quarantine on the Texas
coast, beginning May 1.
The complicity of the Grand Duke
ITicholas in the plots of the Nihilists haying
been made clear, he has been sentenced by a
decree of the Emperor of Russia to impris
onment for life. '
The funeral of Beaeonsfield took place
t Hughenden on the 26th. The Prince of
Wales represented the Queen, and other
members of the royal family and a large
number of the nobility were in attendance,
The breaking of the Sny Levee at the
bead of Sand Slough, lust above Hannibal,
If o. , on the 25th, caused the inundation of a
large section of the fertile bottom lands ad
jacent. Several ice-houses were carried
away.
Bradlaugh presented himself at the
Speaker's table in the House of Commons
aid claimed the right to take the oath. 'He
was called upon by the Speaker to withdraw
mnd was removed to the bar by the Sergeant-
at-arms. :
Another audacious address to the
Czar has been Issued by the Nihilists, point
ing out that the indiscriminate execution of
those concerned in the assassination of Alex
ander II. has only served to strengthen the
Tanks of the Nihilists by driving many luke
warm malcontents into the. extreme faction
of the party, i
The President has appointed John K.
Boles, of Hudson, Mich., and William Mc-
Michael, of Philadelphia, members of the
Board of Indian Commissioners. Col. S. D.
Sturgis and Lieut. -Col. J. S. Mason, have
been detailed respectively as Governor and
lieutenant-Governor of the Washington
Soldiers' Home.
' Secretary Kirkwood has tele
graphed J.Milton Turner, of St. Louis, Pres
ident of the Freedmen's Oklahoma Associa
tion, that the question of the right of colored
people to settle upon lands of Indian Terri
tory would be submitted to the higfiest au
thority, and if Turner desires to be heard he
should come to Washington at once. Mean
time no attempt must be made to enter the
Territory.
An American company has been
formed to build a line of railroad in Mexico,
to be called the Sinaloa and Durango Bail
road. It is to extend from Altata, on the
Gulf of California, 120 miles north of Mazat
lan, to the city of Durango, in the State of
the same name, a distance of about 220 miles,
At Durango it will connect with the Mexican
Central Railroad, which will extend from
the City of Mexico to the American frontier
at El Paso.
Official figures furnished by the
Post-office Department show the annual pay
on ninety-three "star' routes out of 9,225
was raised between lettings of 1873 and Jan
nary 1, 1880, from $727,179 to $2,802,214.
The regular appropriation for the star-route
service for the year ending June 80, 1880,
was $5,900,000. Of this amount $2,802,214
Was absorbed by the ninety-three routes
noted, leaving $2,097,786 for the remaining
9132 routes.
' Venkor predicts for May : Snow-falls
In the lower provinces of Canada about the
6th and 6th ; about the 3d frosts are probable
In Central and Southern Illinois, with rain
and snow prevailing in some localities.
After the 10th, however, hot weather
maybe expected. Between the 20th and
25th there will probably be cloudy weather
with rains, and vegetation will have ad
vanced considerably by the 24th of the month.
Between the 20th and 25th the weather will
probably be cool. The month will end hot
and sultry.,
. The Farragut statue was unveiled at
"Washington, D. C, on the 25th, with im
posing ceremonies. The Executive mansion
and buildings on Pennsylvania Avenue were
decorated with bunting. A large procession
inarched through the principal streets, made
up mainly of naval cadets, veterans, and
members of the G.A. It. A salute of 17 guns
having been fired, Secretary Hunt intro
duced President Garfield, who accepted the
tatue in the name of the country, after
which ex-Postmaster-General Maynard re
counted the services of the dead Admiral
and paid a tribute to the officers of the navy.
Hon. JJ. Y. v oorbees made the closing ad
dress.
1 The completion of the Atchison, To-
pekaft Santa Fe Road to Las Cruces, N. M.,
was celebrated with imposing ceremonies
Speeches were made by Don Miguel Otero,
ice-r resident of the ew Mexico & South
crnPaoifie, for the railroad company, and
Bon. J. B. Newcomb and A. J. Fountain
for the people of Las Cruees. After the
peaking the road was formally baptized
with pure native wine, the product of the
famous Mesilla Valley, of which Las Cruees
Is the center. Among those assembled to
witness the celebration were hundreds of
men and women, with heads white with age,
who never before saw a railroad. Las Cruces
is 1,500 miles from St. Louis and fifty miles
from EI Paso, which place the track will
reach about the 15th of May.
Charles Heath has made an addi
tional statement te the Boston papers, re
garding the burning of his plantation build
ings in Caldwell Parish, La., referred to by
Senator Dawes fn his recent speech. He
Bays Judge Bridger,who is quoted as discred
iting his (Heath's) statement, is in sympa
thy with his enemies, and that Woolew, the
man selected to appraise the property,
Is a half-brother to one of his
most relentless persecutors. Per contra,
the New Orleans Democrat publishes
Judge Bridger's statement, which is
indorsed and corroborated by parish
afficials, and also by prominent citizens said
to be of both political parties. It is alleged
that the Heath place was assessed at only
$2,500 and was mortgaged for $11,000. The
improvements destroyed by fire were ap
praised at only $1,400, but insured for $4,000.
The opinion is said to be general that the
place was burned to recover the Insurance
xaoney. -
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Thomas J. Brady, late Second As
sistant Postmaster-General, publishes the
following card in the National Republican:
" Vou will please say for me that all charges,
direct or indirect, affecting my integrity as a
public official are absolutely and unquali
fiedly false." - ' '
French troops have occupied Tabar
ca, and the Tunisian garrison left before the
French force landed. .
Dervisch Pascha, with 10,000 Tur
ish troops, attacked and defeated the Al
banians near Uskup.-
An Indianapolis coffin factory was
burned on the 24th.
Shamokin, Pa., has had a $100,000
fire.
Near Ozier, HT.M.f on the 22d, a pas
senger coach on the Denver & Bio Grande
Bailway jumped the track and rolled
down an embankment, 150 feet. Mrs. C.
Dectodedat, James Lynch, D. G. Brewer, G.
Hall, L. Isaacs, D. C. Wilson, D. C. Shoeles
and one unknown were killed. George In
man, George K. Page, D. B. Brewer, N.
J. Brewer and several others were wounded.
The residence of S. Ball, Mayor of
Salinas, Cat., was burned the other night.
Ms. Ball and two children were suffocated.
A daughter of John Haley lost her
life by the upsetting of a boat at Charles town,
W. Va. She was attending- a funeral at the
time.
John Gutmpher, a Hungarian who
had been asleep for some three weeks at the
Allen town, Pa., Poor-house, Jumped out of
a window the moment he awoke, falling 25
feet, and will probably die from his injuries.
A TWELVE-TEAR-OXD SOn of H. D.
Root, of Beading, O., hanged himself with
a halter because his father threatened pun
ishment if he persisted in playing with an
old musket.
B. W. Hext and John Conner, re
spectable citizens of Miller, Ga., quarreled
about five cents, the latter receiving a death
wound from his antagonist's revolver.
At Boston, Mass., on the 23d, James
Tracy was arrested for inflicting wounds up
on Mrs. Elizabeth Pape from which she died
soon after.
The town of Greenville, Plumas
County, Cal . , burned on the 23d.
Small-pox is epidemic both in the
Sandwich Islands and China.
At Bartwell, N. C, Henry Hill, col
ored, was banged for murdering Thomas
Skeltoa, the Jailer of Hart County. Andrew
Pell, also colored, was banged on the22d, at
Monticello, Fla. , for the murder of J. H.
Whitaker in December last.
Wm. M. Greenleaf, a grandson of
the President of the Franklin Insurance
Company, was arrested at Denver, Colo.,
on a charge of forgery.
A stage bound for 1 Paso, Texas,
was stopped and robbed, sixty miles west of
San Antonio, recently. The two robbers se
cured 75 cents.
The executioner Troploff received 100
lashes for mismanagement in the hanging of
the Nihilist, Michaeloff, whose rope broke
twice.
Willie Taylor, a twelve-year-old
son of John A. Taylor, of Warsaw, Ky.,
while sliding down the banister railing of
an outside stairway fell to the ground, a dis
tance of twenty feet, Sustaining injuries
about the head from which he can not re
cover.
Four persons, formerly domestic ser
vants in the Imperial Palace at Constant!
nople, have been arrested, charged with the
assassination of the late Sultan, Abdul Aziz,
A prairie fire threatens property at
Fort Omaha, and the garrison has been called
out to check Its progress.
The somewhat improbable story
comes from Panama that the Treasurer of
De Lesseps' Canal Company has absconded
with $6,000,000 in gold belonging to the
company. It was at first reported he had
committed suicide, but the truth is now said
to be admitted.
The police of St. Petersburg continue
to seize printing presses used for seditious
purposes and arrest the workmen.
Four companies of the Fourth Cavalry
have been ordered from Fort Biley to the
Ute region.
Mrs. Thompson, wife of ex-Repre
sentative J. D. Thompson, of Lewis County,
Ky., was drowned while crossing a creek in
a small boat with her husband.
A twelve-tear-old daughter of
Daniel Spicer, living nine miles north of
Newark, O., was burned to death by her
clothing taking fire from a burning brush
heap.
At Marshalltown, Iowa, on the 24th,
a young and pretty Bohemian girl, Mary
Brooks, was shot through the heart by her
sweetheart, James Oderback, while she was
drawing water from a well. They were on
good terms, and no cause for the act is
known. He was arrested.
J. W. Robb, a prominent lawyer of
Astoria. Ore., was shot dead in his office on
the 26tn. 'ine murderer believed to be j.
G. Robeson, with whom Bobb had some
legal difficulty.
The steamer City of Austin, of the
Mallory Line, was wrecked on Pelican Shoals,
mile inside Fernandina bar, Florida, on the
26th, and is a total loss. Boat and cargo both
well insured.
Levi Hecht & Co., merchants, Po
cahontas, Ark., have failed; liabilities,
$200,000.
Advices from Panama state that the
town of Buena Ventura was destroyed by
fire on the 12th. Loss $1,000,000. Three
persons were burned to death. Fifteen
thousand people are homeless.
James T. Fields, the well known
publisher and author, died suddenly at his
home in Boston on the 24th. He was born
at Portsmouth, ST. H., Dec. 31, 1S20.
A number of persons, mostly em
ployees, were seriously injured by the burn
ing of a box factory at Greenpoint, N, V.
An Omaha dispatch of the 26th says :
All the buildings on the levee have been
abandoned, the water being twenty inches
higher than during the late flood. On the
Council Bluffs side the Chicago railroads
send their passengers two or three miles in
skiffs to the transfer depot.
The Minnesota and Red Rivers in
Minnesota have overflowed their banks,
causinjr great destruction to property.
Will Little and Nathan Lynn, em
ployees in a mower and reaper works at
Younsstown, O., were crushed to death by
a car of lumber. ,
Hattie Mosley, a servant . girl at
Middlesex, Pa,., is thought to have under
gone the supreme agony of being buried
alive. Upon opening her coffin it was found
that she had tried to free herself, and her
countenance plainly exhibited the mo4 in
tense suffering. '
President Garfield has appointed
the following Government Directors of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company for the en
suing year: S. T. Everett, Cleveland, O.
B. H. Bailer, Racine, Wis.; Chas. B. Peck,
Port Huron, Mich.; Geo. W. Frost, Omaha,
Neb. ; and A. Kountze, New York.
; : The President has designated the fol
lowing as a Board of Visitors for West Point
Anson Stager, 111.; Milo S. Hascall, Ind.
Chas. A. Bautille, Maine; Geo. S. Green
Rhode Island; Henry B. Ledyord, Mich.; S,
S. Laws, Missouri; D. C. Buell, Kentucky,
Seventeen indictments have been
found against R. L. Lindsay, of land fraud
notoriety. Seven are for forgery"in the first
degree and seven in the fourth. Nine in
dictments were found against John Brady
and four against Herman Schuster.
North Carolina will vote upon a
prohibitory amendment to its Constitution
on the first Monday in August next.
State Prohibition Convention, recently held
at Raleigh, was attended by delegates from
every county in the State, and an active can
vass will be inaugurated by the friends of
the movement. ,
Mrs. Sarah . Howe, President of
the Ladies' Deposit Bank at Boston, has
been convicted of the frauds with which she
stood charged.
The Texas & St. Louis Narrow-gauge
Railroad is now open for business to Corsi
cana, 203 miles from Texarkana.
W. L. Payson, builder and contractor,
lately of the firm of Payson & Lmdley, miss
ing from Halliston, Mass., is alleged to be a
forger to the amount of $20,000. Besides this
bis liabilities are large.
Lord Beaconsfield's will leaves
Hughenden Manor and all his other prop
erty to his nephew, Conyngsby Ralph Dis
raeli.
Two cadets and four sailors were
killed, nine men seriously and two officers
and seven men slightly injured by the burst
tag of a shell on a training-ship at Wilhelms
haven, Germany.
Craig Mitchell, a colored voudoo
practitioner, was arrested at Louisville, Ky,
charged with an indecent assault upon a
young girl at Frankfort, who died from the
effects. The penalty for this crime is death.
Teabont & Valleau, dealers in
stock, grain, etc., at Decorah, Iowa, have
failed for about $200,000.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
April 22. A colloquy took place between
Messrs. Sherman and Beck concerning the
dilatory -proceedings. Mr. Sherman declared
the doctrine the minority should rule danger
ous and revolutionary. Messrs. Harris and
Sherman engaged in a brief discussion ot Mr.
Kiddlebergcr, and Mr. S-herinan said he did
not know what the majority would do,
but the fact tnat it should 'be compelled
to ininK oi -wiiiis n wouia uo enowea
a revival of the doctrines of 1861. After a dis
claimer by Mr. Bnmside of any intention on
Wednesday to reflect upon nny Senator, Mr.
Jonas took the floorandthe Heath mutter was
revived. Mr. Dawes joining issue with Mr.
Jonas. Mr. Hawley read extracts from a
speecn oi tne "reconstructed rebel. ex-Uov-ernor
Brown of Georgia," to which Mr. Brown
replied, and then the Senate adjourned until
Tuesdav next, as the Farragut statute will be
nnveuea aionuav.
April 26. Mr. Edmunds asked leave for
the Committee on Judiciary to 'felt during the
recess of the Senate, if that should ever occur.
to pursue Investigations on the subject of
DanKruptcy. wituouc ODoction leave was
granted. Mr. Jones, of Florida, replied to por
tions of Mr. Frve's recent speech. A vote
upon motion to go into executive session, to
the surprise of both rides, was announced
yeas 21, nays 20. This was explained by
Lamar, wiio, paired witn snerman, naa uu
wittinglv voted. He obtained leave to with
draw his vote, and the motion was then lost.
April 27. A resolution by Mr. Morgan,
making consent by this Government a neces
sary precedent to the execution of projects
for the transportion of sea-going vessels
across the Isthmus connecting North and
Boutn America, was reierrea to tneuommit-,
tee on Foreign Relations. After several inef
fectual roll-calls tne usual motion tor execu
tive session was lost.
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Mr. Butler addressed the Scnato
on the 28th, reading from the record a recent
colloquy between Burnside and himself in
which he said he would resign his seat if he
did not prove that there had been a bargain
between Mahone and Republicans. While
making no charge against the Senator from
Virginia, for whom he bad the kindliest feel
ings, since that gentleman and his friends
had charged the Democrats with revolution
and treason, be felt it bis duty to vindicate
his position by citing in detail the argu
ments which, in his Judgment, showed con
clusively that such a bargain bad been ef
fected. He was replied to by Messrs. Burn
side and Hale.
Republican Senators in caucus on
the 2Sth interchanged views concerning the
"dead-lock" situation, and suggested the
advisability of providing for the transaction
of some portion of the accumulated execu
tive business at an early day, but adjourned
without taking any definite action.
A ferry-boat crossing Fox River,
between East and West Elgin, 111., upset on
the 28th, and the passengers, of whom prob
ably thirty-three were school girls, were
Bwept down the current uttering heart
rending cries for assistance. The first re
ports say twelve persons were drownt d.
Four Louisville (Ky.) school boys
were killed by lightning on the 28tb.
The embargo on street-car traffic in
St. Louis, caused by the conduct ors' ard
drivers' strike, practically terminated on the
28th, when the principal lines resumed Lusi
ness under the protection of the entire po
lice force of the city, backed by the Police
Reserves, who remained under arms at their
armories all day. Fortunately the riotous
proceedings which accompanied the earlier
days of the strike were not repeated, and no
collision occurred. The companies made a
partial concession to the demands of the
strikers in reducing the hours'of labor, and
many of the old employees resumed work.
.T. L. French, Chief Clerk in the
Contract Office, Post-office Department, has
been removed after refusineto tender his
resignation. He was Mr. Brady's right
hand man. Henry D. Lyman, who for sev
eral years filled the position, has been ap
pointed to succeed Mr. French, and he will
be for the present acting Second Assistant
Postmaster-General.
The Ohio State Greenback Conven
tion is called to meet at Columbus on June
15, to nominate a full State ticket. -
Northcote will succeed lieaconsneld,
and the Duke of Richmond will lead the
Conservatives in the Lords. '
It is probable that the New York
World's Fair project will be abandoned fcr
lack of support.
It is believed that Chili will annex
Peru. . v ;
MISSOURI STATE NEWS
The notorious train robber, Mike
Roark, who wis the leader of the train rob
beryonihe Santa Fe Railroad in January,
1878, and of the train robbery on the Council
Bluffs Railroad in August, at Winthrop
pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court at St
Joseph and was sentenced to the Peniten
tiary. The railroad and express companies
have pursued him and his gang relentlessly,
and to-day they are all either in the State
prison or killed. An army of witnesses was
present at Roark's trial and he only antic-
ipated his conviction by pleading guilty.
A portion of the St. James Hotel, at
St. Joseph, fell in on the afternoon of the
ith. The foundation on the north side gave
way and the building crumbled to the
ground without a moment's warning,
Strange to say no one was seriously injured
Most of the guests were in an adjoining
building at dinner, or there would have
been much loss of life. There were
five persons in the hotel office on the
ground floor, but they heard the falling
brick and escaped unhurt. A lady named
Mrs. Boyd, who was lying ill in the second
story, was buried in the ruins, but the shape
in which the timbers fell protected her from
serious injury. She was removed within ten
minutes after the fall of the walls. There
was intense excitement. In a short time
hundreds of men were working like heroes
to remove the ruins. The giving way of
the foundation was caused by water soaking
into the wall below the surface.
The Grand Lodge of the Knights of
Honor, at its recent session at St. Louis
elected the following officers for the ensuing
year: Past Grand Dictator, J. W. Branch
Grand Dictator, Rev. W. Pope Yeaman
Grand Vice Dictator, A. C. Sheldon
Grand Assistant Dictator, Jay L.
Torrey; Grand Reporter, Peter Keiffer
Grand Treasurer, S. C. " Bunn; Grand
Guide, E. W. Fowler; Grand Chap
lain. Rev. J. H. Maple; Grand Guardian, E.
S. Hill; Grand Sentinel, J. H. Byers; Grand
Trustees, David Thomas, S. P. Griffiths, E.
H. Brockman; Representative to Supreme
Lodge, J. W. Branch alternate, Judge
Givens.
A horrible murder is reported from
Brownsville, Saline County. Elijah Kriton
was a prominent resident, owning a large
farm in the vicinity. On Saturday he was
in Brownsville and disposed of some cattle,
for which he received $250. It is probable
that he was watched and followed to his
home. Just before the bank closed he de
posited $200, and then had about $73 left In
his pocket. He rode home and arrived
about supper time. While waiting for sup
per he went into a field to see some stock
about 400 yards from the house. That was
the last seen of him alive. Nearly an hour
later a member of the family went to look
for him. He called for Kriton, but receiv
ing no answer an alarm was raised and a
search began. The body was finally found
He had evidently been knocked down from
behind with a bludgeon. His bead had
then been beaten untN the skull was crushed,
his pockets had been rifled and everything
of value taken from his person but his watch.
There is no clew to the perpetrator of the
awful crime.
At Oxford, Worth County, the' other
Sunday night, Sam McAtee and Henry Har
ris started, in company with two young la
dies, to church in a two-horse wagon.
Robert McCord insisted on going with them,
This being objected to a scuffle ensued, first
between Harris and McCord, in which neith
er was hurt, both parties desisting by mu
tual consent. McAtee and McCord then be
came engaged, the latter with his knife and
McAtee with the wagon-wrench, with which
he struck McCord a terrible blow over the
left eye, from the effects of which he died in
a short time. An inquest was held, and a
verdict rendered in accordance with the
facts stated above. ITcAtee waived an ex
aminatlon, and will await the action of the
Grand Jury.
There is a widowed lady in Platts
burg who has five trained cats. On a bed in
a sleeping apartment are to be seen five little
pillows, handsomely decorated with lace,
fringe and gay ribbons, and on these the five
cats bunk along side of this lady of strange
fancy, with their heads on the little pillows.
When she gets ready to retire, she gives the
word of command (calling the cats byname),
To bed 1" and every cat at once takes its
place on its little pillow for the night.
A large hotel is soon to be erected
at the Corum springs, near Kearney, Clay
County.
A number of farmers from Illinois
have recently purchased farms in Clay
County.
The following new rule in regard to
chancery cases was adopted by the IT. S.
Circuit Court at its recent session at Jeffer
son City. In all chancery cases tried before
the Court each party shall file with the rec
ord, five days before the trial, an abstract of
the evidence upon which he relies, stating
briefly and concisely the material portions
thereof, which abstract shall be read on the
trial in lieu ot the original ; provided, that in
case of dispute as to the correctness of any
part of such abstract, the same shall be de
termined by reference to the original.
The St. Louis street-car strike cul
minated in a riot on the 2Cth. The Missouri
Company offered its conductors 15 cents per
hour and its drivers 12 1-2, but they refused
to accept it. Eight cars were run out,
manned by outsiders, amid Jeers and hisses,
but soon returned to the stable. One driver
was struck by a brick, and many car-windows
were broken. . Some unknown ruffian
thrust a knife into the horse of Police Cap
tain Fox. Many arrests were made.
Tetru & Marcoe's carriage shop at
Sedalia was burned on the morning of the
26th. Loss about $5,000; insurance, $4,000.
Bettie Barnes, a notorious colored
woman of Jefferson City, committed suicide
the other day by taking morphine. For a
number of years she has been keeper of a
disreputable house, and has served a term
in the Penitentiary and several Jail sen
tences. She had accumulated quite a hand
some property by her nefarious business.
It is well known that certain fowls
Al their digestive apparatus with gravel
and pebbles, which act as millstones in
grinding up their food. Recent inves
tigation shows that other animals are
addicted to similar habits on a larget
scale. Seals swallow stones weighing
from one to two and even three pounds
each, while one investigator found, not
long since, ten pounds of these, boulders
in the stomach of a sea lion.
Ilawleyvillo. Conn., claims to have
had for a resident the oldest person in
the State, in Sirs. Honora GrifBng, a
native of Ireland, who died recently
igea iui Tears.
Another Railroad Horror.
Cubtos, Iowa. April 21.
An appalling accident occurred on tbe Koek
Island Division of the Chicago, Milwaukee
Ft. Paul Railroad, fonnerlv known as the
Western Union Railroad, eight miles below
thli city, and one mile below Albany, I1U, at
4:20 this morning. At that hour tbe express
train south, due in Hock Island at six o'clock,
was passing- along at Us usual speed. It had
just left Albany. As the train approached tbe
trestle bridge, two hundred or three hundred
feet long, over the Meredosla Iiiver, near Its
point of Juncture with the Mississippi, tbe en
gineer gave the usual short whistle; but the
bridge must have appeared all right, as be did
not slow up. When within a few feet of the
bridge the engineer must have then noticed a
suspicious appearance, as he gave two or three
short, sharp whistles as signals of danger.
Then immediately followed a crash, board
for three miles in either direction, as
the whole train went down into the terr.ble
rushing waters. The Meredcsia is at
very high stage from the overflow of the
Rock River bottoms beyond, and an unusual
torrent bad unlcrmined the trestle, so that
one hundred feet of It g-ave way as the engine
passed upon it. The train was composed of
tho engine, tender and three ears, tbe for
ward car containing the baggage, express and
mail; tho second car contained eleven pas
sengers; tho rear car was the sleeper, and
cor.talned three passengers and tbe colored
porter. The engine, tender and the two for
ward cars went down Into the liver. The
sleeper went partly over and hung on the
verge at an acute angle.
, The engine and tender, with tbe engineor.
William West, and tbe fireman, name not
learned, went down out of sight, and no sum
of the locomotive or men has since been seen.
The engineer is believed to have bravely
stuck to bis throttle, when he might possi
bly have saved his life by Jumping.
Tne express messenger, Danlei Ellitborpe,
and the baggageman, Samuel Flanagan, had
just gone luto the passenger coach before the
accident, and they, with tbe hrnkeman. Henry
Meyers, tbe conductor, Thomas Fuller, all es
caped by climbing on top of the passenger
car as it was sinking, and leaping thenco to
tbe top of the sleeper. Meyers bad bis collar
bone broken and bad to be helped out. Elli
tborpe and Flanagan were both badly bruised
Three passengers in the rear car escaped by
climbing out of their berths up through the
rear end of the car in their night-clothes, but
afterward recovered all their clothing. One
of the gentlemen run back to Albany In bis
nights-clothes in tbe rain and roused tbe neigh
bors. Meantime, tbe passenger coach, with Its
eleven occupants, settled into tbe stream, and
floated off across the water thirty rods to an
island, where It lodged, with only a foot and a
half of tbe upper part out of the water. For
tunately, the forward end was badly broken,
and out of this one man groped his way, and.
with the help of a train man, pulled out a lady
and girl, who were tho only female occupants
of the car, except another child, a girl two
years old, who was drowned. The mother and
daughter were lescund with great difficulty,
and were in a badly-bruised condition. The
daughter bad two or three ribs broken, and
was otherwise badly huit Internally.
Two men and a lad of sixteen bad, in some
way, climbed out of the car before it floated
away, and rot on top. As It flouted by the ap
proach to the wagon bridge, which was carried
out by tbe flood yesterday, they Jumped
ahore, one man and a boy escaping, tho other
man falling into the river and be'nx swept
under tho car. Of eleven passengers In tho
car, only live have been found. Tho others
have been drownsd. No one knows the names
of any one of them, except tbe lad above ro
fcrreJ to, who lot bis brother-in-law, with
whom he wa en route from Pine KlvcV Wis.,
to Omaha, and Dr. I.undy. The boy positive
ly refused to give his name.
Nothing is known of the names or destina
tions of tbe ttve adult passengers drowned.
except of the Wisconsin man and Dr. D. W,
Lundy. Tbe latter got on tbe Ill-fated train at
Albany, and was drowned within sight of bis
borne. Ho was a well-known, highly esteemed
physician, whose loss Is deeply felt, and be is
widely lamented. He was only going to the
next station below to see a patient.
The Search for the Missing Jeanette.
A recent Ban Franclsoa telegram says:
" The naval officers composing tbe Jeanette
Relief Board have completed their work and
submitted .their report to the Secretary of tbe
Navy. It is expected that the Instructions by
the Navy Department to Lieutenant Berry, of
the relief steamer Mary and Helen, will vary
little. If any, from tbe recommendations ot
the report. After reviewing the course
which it was known the Jeanette intended
to pursue and the circumstances under
which she was last seen, tbe report recom
mends that the Mary and Helen should leave
Ban Francisco about June 1, to arrive at Her
ald Island the middle of August. She
should visit on the way Petropaulovsky for
arctic clothing, dog sleds and do? food;
thence to St, Michaels, to St. Lawrence
Bay, to East Cape, to Cape Serge Car
rin, to Jolnlnson Bay, to Herald Isl
and; thence to the southeast coast of
Wrangle's Laud to seek for cairns or other no
tices from tbe Jeannette and examine .tbe
coast of Siberia near tbe Theuktscb villages.
If necessary the steamer should winter at sme
harbor on the southern or southeastern end of
Wrangle's Land, or on the Siberian coast as
near as possible to Wrangle's Land, so aa to
make sledge Journeys to the east, coast of
Wrangle's Land. They should nut remain in
tbe Arctic more than one winter. The Instruc
tions should be given subject to the discretion
of tbe commander. Tbe relief vessel Mary and
Helen is described in tbe report as new and
strong, with a speed of eight knots under
steam and fast under canvas. She Is the only
vessel that could be procured for the purpose,
was specially built for Arctic navigntion, and.
with some necessary strengthening. Is the best
means In reach of tbe Government. The re
port closes with an expression of belief that
the Jeannette should be considered safe until
news of her disaster is received."
Extraordinary Exhibition of Strength.
Own of the most remarkable feats ever per
formed in this section was wit nensed In tho
high rid leading out from this town in the
direction of Shoe Heel, this morning.- A farm
er about seventy years of age. named Mere
dith Gaddy, drove Into town in an ox-cart aft"
er a load of corn. He rot ten bushrla nf thia
grain, purchased a few articles for bis wife
ana cmiamn. tooa a iew annas or mountain
whlakr. and atartpd fnr hla hnmo dftun n.
off. The ox, which was a sorry one, a diminu
tive specimen or mat usciui animal, after gct-
tlnor about Ore milfni from hm
could not be forced to move a step further.
Nothing daunted, old man Gaddy unyoked the
ox. took him out. and mitt In ir iha rnka mi Ma
own neck drew tbe loaded cart the rest of the
way home, which ws about ten miles, uu bill
and down hill. The ilkprmlnnt nM
trudged along the highway with bis burden.
. - . L 1 I - .
jecrca bi vj toe cmiarcn, ana an object ot
general interest to tbe passers-by. Upon
reaching borne Gad4y carried his load up to
tbe front portico. He remarked to his wife,
that If "that HttlO OX hadn't bonn an ArrrA
obstinate I would havo put him In the cart and
arawn mm aion? Dome, too. Gaddy is tbe
father of twenty-one children, of whom there
re two pafrs of twins. Although aovnntv
years of ago, he is regarded as tho most pow
erful man in this count v. LundH,, i v i-
Special to ChlMift Time.
The State Acrienltura.1 Dpnrtmttl
of North Carolina has been experiment
ing ir the cultivation of jute with the
most satisfactory results.
America at the rate of J . 000 per month.
Biographical Sketch or Lrl Beacon.
Held.
BnrjAaTTg Dtfa&cu was bora la London on
tbe SIM of December, ISM. HU father was
laaao Disraeli, known as the author ot several
literary works, among them tbe famous Curt
osiUes of Literature." Ills mother's mslden
name waa BasevL and she was the daughter of
the architect of that name mbo was killed oa
tbe 1Mb of October, 1541. by falUnr from a
tower of Ely CatbeiraU He receive4 h's Brat
education from bU rather and private tutors.
Then be studied for tbe bir in tbe oHoe of a
solicitor, who took such a fancy to bina that he
proposed to make him beir to bis practice.
But notwithstanding hla bright prospects, he
tired of tbe legal profession and devoted him
self to literature. At tbe age of nineteen be
visited Germany, where be remained. until
18JJ, when be returned to England and pub
lished bis first novel, "Vivian Orey," whloa
created a sensation and waa translated Into tbe
principal languages of Europe. H is great am
bition was to obtain a seat In Parliament, but
It was not gratified until bis thlrtr-seooad
year, when be waa chosen as a representative
of tbe borough ot Maidstone to tbe Bret Far
llamtmtof the reign of Victoria, having been
twioe defeated when running for High Wy
combe, Buckinghamshire, as a Tory-Uadlcal,
and again when running for Taunton as a Con
servative. Up to this time he had published,
besides Vlrtan Grey," a satire In one vol
ume, entitled "The Voyage of Captain Popa
nula.' bis second society novel: Tbe Young
Duke," a novel called "CouUrinl Fleming,'
a psychological autobiography, a glittering
oriental romance; "The Wondrous Tale of
Alroy;" "The Rise of Iskaooer." founded oa
Bcanderbeg's revolt against the Turks la the
fifteenth centuryt tbe politioal writings,
What la Her" "The Revolutionary Epic,"
M The Crisis Examined. and A Vindication
of the English Constitution," ernbo lying his
political views; tho sarcastic and pungent
articles In the TUnr signed Hunnyraede, tbe
love story, "Henrietta Temple," and tbe novel
"Venetia," in which Byron and Shelley figure.
His first speech la Parliament was a failure,
and was shouted down by the members. He
closed with tbe following words: "I am not
surprised at tbe reception 1 have experienced.
I have begun several times many things, and I
have often suooeeded at last. I shall sit dowa
now. but tbe time will come wnen you wU bear
me." And indeed it waa not long bvfoi e he was
heard, for In 1439 already be made a speech
which was listened to with profound attention.
Soon afterward be published a five-act Spanish
tragedy, the "Count Alarcos." The same year
be married the widow of Wyndhara Lewis,
to whose swoet and noble chnraeier he testi
fied by dedicating ono of bis novels to bit
"perfect wife." He was now looked upon as
the leader of the half literary, half political
party then gaining promlneooe In Kngland, and
his next novel Conlngsby; or, tbe New Gen
eration," gained a wide circulation because It
was regardeJ as a statement of the views of
that party, and because several public men
figured lit It as characters. "Sibyl" and "Tan
cred" were published respectively In IMS and
1847. Of the three last-name I books he blot
seif says In the preface to bit collected works
(1S70: "They form a trilogy, tbe object of
which was to delineate the origin and charac
ter of English political part lea."
His savage attacks on Sir Robert reel for
his free-trade poicy now caused Disraeli to be
looked upon as one of tbe chief members of
Parliament, and In 1849 ho became tbe leader
of tbe Conservative party. During tbe same
year ho published aMorraphyof bis fatbor,
and. In 18'A a memoir of his frionJ Lord
George Bentinck.
In March. 18.V5, when Lord Derby was at tbe
bead of tbe administration. Disraeli was
made Chancellor of the Exchequer and a
member of the Privy Council. Tbe same
year be went out of office with Lord Derby,
In December. After Lord Falmerston's down,
fall. In February. 1S5S, be ajatn becime Chan
cellor of the Exchequer under Lord Derby,
who was succeeded In June of tbe same year
by tbe Palmerston-ltussell Cabinet. During
this administration, as well as during tbe fol
lowing Russell-Gladstone Ministry, he led tbe
opposition In tbe Commons. He again be
came Chancellor of tbe Exchequer under
Derby. In I860, his chief politioal action being
bis support of tbe Reform bill, signed
by the Queen August U, 1S87, extend
ing the right ot suffrage to all house
holders In a borough and to every perron
In a county baving a freehold of forty shllp
lings. Tbe Earl of Derby resigned la
February, lues. Disraeli then became Prime
Minister, which post he retained until Decem
ber, IMS. when be was succeeded by Glad
stone. In 1470 be published "I othalr," which
reached a circulation ef 80,01V copies In this
country. The peerage offered htm In isei he
declined for himself, but be accepted It for bis
wife, who became Viscountess Beaoonsfleld.
He became Prime Minister again In February,
lhTI. after the resignation of Gladstone, by
whom be was again succeeded on tbeTtsth of
April. 9fO. Soon afterward be was created
Earl of Beaeonsfield Hla wife died December
ti. 1872.
The family Disraeli settled first In Spain and
then in Venice. . Benjamin Disraeli came to
England In I'M. He married In 176S Sarah
Vlllareal de Seproot, by whom be bad on
child. Isaao Disraeli, tbe father of Lord Bea
oonsfleld. Mother! Lore
A Koxaircn In real life is exeltlng this Uwn.
Last evening a Mrs. Wilton, about tblrtyflve
years old, stated to the police that three years
ago, while living In Galveston, her husband
stolo her little girl, then six years old, and
since then she has followed ber bubaadand
daughter through Ohio, Iowa, New York and
other States, in one of tbe Western Btates
she came face to face with them la a church,
but at the conclusion of the servtors a by
stander. at the father's direction, held bee
fast until be escaped with tbe child before
she had a chance to state her case. Since then
be bas seen nothing of them, but h. d traced
them to North Adams, and here she asked tbe
co-operation of the polio. It was found Ibat
a child answering the (tunntua t.. i..
living with a family at I'owoal. Vtand4u
mg toe aay toe woman received notice that It
would bo restored to hr la.t ni-K, .v..
Rlcbmon 1 House. But reveral hours of wait
ing were fruitleas. To-day tbe girt was found
with a family livlnr on Church dm .k-
she was left yesi erdoy. She did not recognize
r raomrr at nrt, Baving been led to believe
ber dead, but to-nlo-ht t
father Is supposed to naae found work as sd
overseer of a lumber-mill across the Una
A'ortA Ailanu (Has.) Succia).
The metric BVatni nf wairrVit a mrA
measures is advancing In the United
States. It was legalized here in lRf,8.
D1 has now bnen mart nhliminn v.
the Marine Hospital Service and the
United StatM rvat -., tv.
Boards of Education of several Statea
have introduced it in
while a knowledge of it Is required for
w uiush ut uurcoijces. x ne
multiplicity of
a mmM vvuiiut MS-4M
hurope au outgrowth of the feudal
system was long a barrier to commer
cial intercourse. Until recently thero
were more than ono hundred measures
there bearing tho name of foot, no two
of which were alike.
aiio aiarm iweive years ago in re
gard to tho exhaustion of English coal
held led to the adoption of various
economical vnal ;, ... u : .v.
- " nutvu, IU log
making of pig fron alone, are estimated
tO Lavn rtrlnAt Vai i
" .MV WIJBUIUUMQII UT
nearly 5,000,000 tons since 1871.
The on It ralli-nari in r?ra.a. t.
miles long.