The Sully County watchman., July 14, 1883, Image 1

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A BATTLE FOUGHT.
Hostile Meeting Near Waynes
boro, Va., Between the Blood
thirsty Richmond Editors.
Mr. Klam Shot Down Strictly Ac
oorcliiiff to tlio Kules of the
Dueling Code.
The Antagonists Compelled to Hide
in Hen«Roo8ts Prior to the
Contest.
At the Scene:
THE ENEMIES FACE TO FACE.
CHICAGO, July 2.—The Tribune of
Soli- ay has th* following special: The
duel between Richard F. Beirne, editor
of the Richmond Statr, and William
Elam, editor of tlie Richmond Whig,
took place two mile* south of here S t-
One, two, three."
Elam's ball pierced the •kirt of a snck-! °^aer .,
coat worn by Beirne. Neither was hit
Bei me, as the challenging party, de
manded another shot. In this second
round Earn was wonuded in the right
hip, the ball passing through the tl .-shy
part of that side an*! striking the left
hip. The wound is not considered
dangerous. E!am as Eoon as struck,
said to his reconde: "1 am struck."
Beirne'a eecoLds declared their princi
pal satirfied. J.'eirne lified his hat,
saluted his opponents, a^d, walking to
bis carriage, entered and drove away.
Elam was liftrd to his carriage and
driven away. Beirne was represented
by Frank Wright, of Petersburg, and
I-U_ 1,:
ginia, and John D. 6n el ling.
s
WHERE THEY
ol
ma
W.E Chalk ley. of Richmond. Elam's sbadow'of the Blue Ridgo. It was se
seconds were Shtfley Lewis, of Rock-j lectcd because it was almost midway
iogham, a son of Lieut. Gov. John F. between Green Brier counh*. where
Lewis, and United Slates district at- Beirne was, and the "slashes of Hano
torney for the western district of Vir- i ver," where Elam was. Tue only key
FOUOHT.
The dueling ground was in a beautiful
frove of oaka on the far^ of Philip
Killian on the New Hope turnpike. The
weapons used were Celt's revolvers of.
92 crtlibr", distance eight paces. The
original cartel provided for navy (j shot
revolvers. The new cartel provided /or
navy revolvers or 4:2-calibre Smith «fc
Wes
son. Beirnc-'s seconds demanded
that the weapons substituted should bo
as near to those as possible. Elam's
seconds however, insisted that be should
be allowed to use such pistols as he
wanted. At the word of command both
men tired promptly and almost simul-
rompiiy anu aimosi simui-
taneously. hlam s second shot entirely
nearsightedntss wa« claimed to oflset
this disadvantage. Dr. Lewis Wheat, of
Richmond, nephew of ex Gov. Lewis,
was Elam's surgeon. Beirne had nono.
Elam was removed to the residence of
ex-Gov. Lewis. Edam's wife was tele
graped for and is now on the way to his
bedside.
HOW THEY MET.
A remarkable feature of this affair is
the manner in which the two men got
together without being arrested. When
Beirne escaped from Hanover Junction
eight da)s ago he Hed to West Virgi
nia. The following ftTonday evening,
ss eoon as McCarthy, his ste md, could
communicate with iim, a new irtel
was made. The place of meeting nam
ed therein was near Waynesboro Satur
day morning. Here the romanc. of
the duel comes in. Beirne had safely
placed himself beyond the limi's of tho
Stale, and the question then arose, how
were the partiea to be gotten together,,
The difliculty was enhanced by ilie fact
that ail sources of communication were!
under espionage. Drputy Sherifls all'
along the lines of the lailro&ds were on
the lookout. The authorities had drawn
a complete network around tne parties.
McCarthy, R.yal, Ragland, and all par
lies mspt c'.ed of connection with this
affair were watched by deteciives. E.'
am was securely hid near Richmond,
but Bierne could not move from Wett
Virginia. Finally McCarthy resorted
to a cipher dispatch. Two mtssengerj
were sent to Beirne in West Virginia,
one bearing a pair of navy fix revolvers
and the oilier the key to the cipher.
They went by different routes, and this
cipher man was chased by a Deputy
Snerill who suspected him. He escap
ed by running tnrough a bigcomlieki.
Tbe railroad authorities w u read ami
gave away every telegram that passed
through were baiiled as they perused the
dispatches concerning a brilliant trans
action in Tobacco and rash attempt to
bull the what market, whiie the chances
of a brilliant season at the White Sul
phur Springs were discoursed. The dis
patch, which appointed tbe place
of meeting, discuustd the maple sugar
crop of Green Brier County. At both
missed his opponent. Both men are
represented to have been perfectly cool.
Beirne is a very large man, and weighs
225 pounds. Eiam weighs about 7.
The dillereuce in *ize was considered to P^t'and'mher papMr-."''moci
Be!rne s great disadvantage, but Elam s editor of the Capital under Dun
ends of the line detectives wtre non- promises procured their
speedy release,
pluseed. By means of this cipher the This wa? the first due! fougnt on this
cartel ai,d all necessary preliminaries' continent, and they were disputed of
wtre arranged. The cartel provided neck and heel«, the object of jeers and
that the meriting sboultl tie two nulen sneers.
°"t
JVajm-»b.,ro », 4 UO U,i» .nor..-:
'-"•"-""JI'I1:!1one.
"-8. 'b
number Mr. Born
Qrcen Brier County Tuesday night.
The rftin was coming do *11 in torrents.
Beirnc and Wright had to keep away
from the railroad and time the moat
out of the way roads. To add to thn
trouble the mountain streams were
swollen, and once the Jersey wagon
and its occupants were swept down the
stream. They traveled night and day
and managed to make the trip of near
ly 200 miles without being discovered.
The parties were determined, for both
belligerents realized that neither of
them could show himself in Richmond
in "the slashes of Hanover," Henry
Clay's birthplace, and make his escape
from the police. Elam took to the by
roads, led by the same strong purpose
to get to tho point of meeting. He was
in a covered buggy, and had to exer
cine the same caution as Beirne, being
dogged at every step, but lie appreciat
ed thoroughly the (situation, and was
determined on getting to the appointed
place. It might be a matter of life or
death when there, but to fail to get
there was a matter of honor or dis
honor. As the men neared the place
tne difficulties around them thickemd
and many tricks and disguises were re
sorted to, while renewed efforts were
made in the cities to entrap them.
It was at the same time understood
two papem bad been liltiDg at each
a
while, and the two
m«rt fAlf that trA ava* nf thn
men felt that tbe eyes of the state were
upon them.
FROM
tnar-SOOSTB
TO
THE FIELD"*"
OF
HONOR.
The two champions proceeded forth
tbe other night, lying in hen-roosts or
creeping into barns and dark cabins.
Thursday night it was understood that
they were about xty miles apart.
Early thr nr-xt morning E am pus.-ed
through Town's Gap, in the Blue Ridge
Mountains. As they approached toe
scene of the projiosed tryst their diffi
culties were increased. Waynesboro
is a very old town under the wee turn
BY
which the two parties could tii
each other was the password ''Number
one." The weariness of tbe long jour
ney had not cooled the ardor of the
two men. No sfTair of thi* kind ha.j.
ever created such excitement in Vir
ginia. All day telegrams have been
pouring in. In Richmond the excite
ment and anxiety w^-re »o great as to
seriously interfere with business.
The expense of the du^l will proba
bly be about $300 or more to each duel
ist. The code allows the surgeon a fee
of $100. Mr. Page McCarthy, Beirne'*
first becond, and who with William
Royall are said to have managed for
Bierne in the affair, was a principal
tbe ftimom
McCarthy desperately wound* d. On
that occasion army revolvers wf-re used.
Mr. McCarthy is now a resident of
Washington and connected with tho
Capiu
Piatl. Beirne and his second slept ail
night in their Jersey wagon on the bat
Up ground.
THJC BAJ.L.
The b..l! is still in E'am's thigh, the
surgeon being unable to get it out. As
he was beii carried fn.m the field,
Eiam remarked, "I am hit again oh,
it, I can't shoot," referring to his
former experience in a duel with Col.
Thomas Smitn, of Fauquier, who snot
him in the face. Before he accepted
Beirne'* challenge, Eiam placed his
resignation as Secretary of the Com
monwealth iu the hands oi a friend
with instructions to do with it an he
thought proper. It is s-.apposed that it
V.aa been placed in the hands of the
Governor and accepted. A stringent
anti-dueliu- law »aa passed the winter
before la«t, whicu makes duelling a
felony.
THE POLITICAL PIU8E
The duel, it is thought will have a
great bearing on Virginia politico. A
coalitionist declared to-day that it
would secure Elam the coalition nomi
nation for Governor, a nominatii n
which until now it was thought John S.
Wise had a clear title to. As to Beirne,
although he is but Tt years old, it
brings him to tho front as one of the
foremost men in his party. In Rich
mond tb'* news of his success has cre
ated great jubilation, and the number
of mint-juleps drank to-night over it has
been noticeable.
The earliebt case of dueling in the
United States was that of E Iward Doty
and Eiward Lester, two serving-men
among the Puritans of New Eugland.
It occurred, says the quaint historian,
at Plymouth in 16til. The parties were
servants of Stephen Hopkins, and hav
ing a dispute they settled it gentleman
like with sword and dagger. Both were
wouuded. The Puritans assembled iu
convention and inflicted the following
just punishment: Doty mat Le ter
were ordertd to be tied together, head
and ieet, for twenty-four hours without
food or drinl:, bat the interet ssion of
tbeir nnu-tur, tueir own humility and
Th(J
'ft .Uthoriwd according
THE MEXICAN
(.Itend
Moid^-ai-McCarthy due),
in which tiie fonm W(i8 ki|fe(i sm
ito
aUlckttoIle in [h1 tawI#f Uundeb
VOL. I. CLIFTON, DAKOTA, SATURDAY, JULY 14,1883. NUMBER 13
A. D. .101, which are preserved in the At b-nglb, about fifteen minute* af'.eff
Burgundian code, and afterward it was the time set far beginning the session,
established throughout the r.-.ouarchies i —in marked cintrant to American
of Europe. It is a rule of the dark ages,
1
v hicb in the present state of civilsza- and at once commands pcrfect quiet
tion cannot be justified. and order. Tho hats are removed, and
HAKRISIHTRO.
feared. No tube h.is yet been inserted leK
to give flow to pus. Sloughing also is
feared by reason of proximity to fern-
oral artery
FREDERICKSBURG, VA., July 2—R. F.
Beirne, with E. Snoekley, one of his
seconds, arrived this morning and
parsed the day in seclusion. They left
on a southern train to-night. The im
pression is that Beirne will enn-endor
himself to-morrow
CONWRESS.
A Vi«»lt to llu» Clintulirr of llrputirN
It* Ciiiup»ri'I with rhoMn
Of the I. nitt-il MtatvH UouNf of Kc jire
•ratal i vex.
A letter from the
City of Mexico says:
The republic of Mexico is modeled
clcsely upon that of th«-- United States.
The central government rests upon a
cential union of 28 states, each of which
sends two senators and a delegation of
deputies based on population, to the
congress, which, thus constituted, forms
the legislative branch of the govern
ment. There are bt sides, as with the
United StaU-s, the executive and judic
ial branches. The senate holds na aes
sion« in an apartment in the palace, a
very large buiMing whieo frouts the
plaz i from the east The house i dep
uties occupies a building formerly used
as theater, in the rear of the cathe
dral and at some distance from the
senate. Under the constitution there
are two sessions each year of the con
gre-s, one, called the long session, ex
tending from the middle of September
to tbe middle of December, and the
other from the first of April to the first
of June. A visitor in the capital might
easily end his stay witnout being re
minded that congress was in session.
i)c
discovers upon inquiry that very
little popular interest is felt" in its pro
ceedings, and while the sessions are for
the most part open, verv lew j«ople
them, unlerS there is somespc-
*jtl oceasionof extraordinary charactrr.
I 1* w»'l worth whib1. however, for one
to visit the chamber to study the prac
tical machinery of self-government in
operation. The chamber opens direct
ly on the street, and is not at all pro
tected against sudden tqualls of popu
lar excitement. A soldier or two rep
resents order, and messengers hover at
tho eutraBce to be of service to the
members and ward off intruders. In
one corner of tlu portico ^it« an oid
gentleman at a table, who checks cfl
each member a.s lit enters. Afewstens
further on another doorkeeper hands
the entering member the official print
ed journal, which contains the report
of yesterday's proceedings and otiicr
matters uf parliamentary routine.
The courtesy of Seuor Aijou, one of
the deputies, provided me with a seat
in the box reserved for the justices of
the suoreme court, froui wliicn ptsition
a tine view of th" chamber n t- be had.
The hall rttiins much of its thcatrica
arrangement. On the space formerly
occupied by the stage in the nlatforin
and desk of the t-peaker and the clerks.
Directly oVt-r the head of the presiding
officer, on a background of red curtains,
bangs a fruned copy of tbe constitu
tion. High over all a statue of Mich
ael HiJaJgo, the republican patriot,
flanked on either band by allegorical
paintings. For legisla'ive purposes the
"pit" of the theater has been cleared
or scats except the row, which skirts
the outer rim of the semi-circle. There
are three rows more in what would be
tV»e parqeuttc circle.jnaking accomoda
tions in all for about li50 persons. The
full membership of tbe chamber is at
present 'Jl'7, but, as with congress, it is
rare that more than a quorum is pres
ent unless the business is unusualiv
important. Ali the rows of seats, except
the one on the floor, have before tiiem
desk facilities, in tbeslupo of a broad
rimmed rail, 011 which members cau
place their hats, notes, papers, or cool
ing drinks. Tne deputies are provide!
with the individual desks which are at
once a convenience ami a nuisance
in the United States hall of representa
tives.
The sfssions begin at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, and shortly before that hour
the members begin to arrive. As they
p*si through the vestibule they btrikca
bystander favorably. They are for l- e
nuts' part men in the prime of 1 fe, ac
tive MI movement but dignified and very
intelligent in appearancc. The greater
part are drtssed in English morn
ing frock-coats am', wear the si In
hat which represents respectability all
over the world. The keen eyed old
doorkeeper checks them off as they
pass, and they then proceed to an ele
gant retiring room ai thence their
seata iu the chamber. As they meet one
another they exchange courteous and
graceful greetings, and .-eeni to be on
the friendliest terms.
As the deputies bit reading the offi
cial g. t?tte or chatting in groups they
sugg si in a sinking measure the Brit
ish house of commons. Most of the
members keep their bats on and are
smoking There is a pervading buzz
of conversation, not an noisy as in the
hall of ripresentatives, but of tbe
fame character, and there is a general
air ol hatleuducsj which betokens£lhu
lack of stirring topies of discussion.
punctuality,—the npeak?r ring* a bell
Va., July -Lt. Gov. members take their seats. There i«
I Lewis, at wbone house W. C. Elam lies 1 form of devotion as in the United
wounded, was hereto-day. He is very The clerk of the hou^e ad
uneasy about Elam. Dr. Wheat, his vaiiC^s to the tribune and reads the
physician, says ue may be about in 10 of yesterday, droning them
days or he maybe dead. Pyemia jg I ^n in^a perfunctory
Wfty
8'*hve
i w r°f.
t5aat8
very much
^,rua^)UK cler.-s do all over
members in Home
follow the reader with attention,
but generally they fall to talking again,
and the chamber relapses into its nor
mal disorder. After the journal of
ytsterday was read the speaker touched
a beii, and all the members rose in
their places, while a genMeman escort
ed by two deputies a.tvanced iu front
of the presiding ffiuer and listened to
I a fchort formula read by the rlerk.
This iuciaent. proved to be the swear
I ing in of a city judge, who, being an
elective magistrate, took his oath of
ffico in preseuce of the popular
branch of the legislature. No sooner
had the newly-qualifi-id judge :»-i red
ihan the speaker touched .lis ?»«-11
.again and we were informed that the patent on thesmail boy
ftpen session for the day was over and
that the chamber was about to go into
a short executive session before ad
journment.
While there is a general resembiance
between the chamber of deputies and
the house of representatives, they pre
sent many points of difference*. Tne
Mexica:. house elects a new peaker
evevy mouth, and gives him out limit
ed U'w«tr*. The system of standing
committees is, with some modifications
lik' that of the United States. The
most important ff'erence, perhaps, is
the fact that in Mexico the cabinet
mui'.stern are permitted to exolaiu and
delcnd their items in the budget, ai.d
can he required to do so by resolution
of two bouse*. But they are not
members oftiie legislature as in the
British parliament holding their office
simply at UH* request of the president
of me republic, the appointmer's not
even requirinsr confirmation bv tne sen
ate, as in the United States. Their ap
pearance in the house i« simply as a
convenience, and results, as no doubt
Wtj. ild l»e tbe case if the custom was
adopted at Washington, in the expedi
tion of public business.
Ooe other important .mature should
be notid. In Mer'c-., congress -sues
patetit right*. A viiir?n or foreigner
a patent proceeds HS if he de
sired any other s{ecial legislation eflK
a-ted. He sends in a petition, which
is referred to an intermediary ommit
lee, which i* a kind ofgraud jury to
decide whether it is worth while to
'.rouble a standing committee within
consideration. If tbe bill has, so to
speak, a prima facie case, the fact is
icported to the house and the appro
priate reference made. After this the
bill takes much as in the United S:ates.
I may be pigeon-holed in committee
or be reported favorably and
the speaker's tabic, or periah the
senate or between Uae two house.* ou
amendments, or be vetoed to death
after passing safely through ne fa
tigues and dangers of parliamentary
routiue. Forruerley few patents were
sought, but of latf the industriai awak
ening has brought a luw! of applica
tions, and the members are becoming
a little restive uuuur the amount of
work involved, and are thinking of
turning it over to one of the executive
branches of the government. Such
are so.-ne of the features of tne Mexi-
can congress as a le«is ative machine.
Its character as a political body must
be reserved for another letter.
Kail
How Ooe Van (rut the Itest of the
road.
Froin the Son Ddrnanlioo, (Col.) Iad«x.
It is not often that a big corporation
ike the Southern Pacific Riilroad
proves incompctant in a contest against
a penniless, tinglehauded man,and wo
record the fol owing to not*" the excep
tion: The Sjuthern Pac.l»c engineer
while scouring tho country for water
on the desert about twenty-four miles
from ih«? Cjlorado river, saw a few
tufls of grasH iu a little \\tlle3'. He put
workmen to digging in the ground and
developed about ton inches of clear run
ning water, furnishing a beautiful hup
plv for all pu.'posea. As tiie work pro
gressedy Mi« abandoned tiifc spring tem
porarily. A prospector came along
and stopped at the spring to drink of
the pure liquid. Perhaps the intensity
of his thirst induced him to gaze longer
into its pure depths. Perhaps, in his
fevered virioti, after a long struggle
over dreary mountains aud duaty
tieserts, he was mirrored in the water a
sparkling miuc of MIVIT. At my rate,
he tested the nand that drifted about
and got a tr.-.ce of silver. This little
trace of silver resolve.i into $100 a ton.
Here, then, was.tbe realizttion of his
hopes, and bo went right to work to rob
the big corporation. He located the
spring for a mill site aud the grounds
as mineral
and holda
pauy t* quit
have complied obediently.
a mi 1 sue ami tne crounas
"J:-f''»•'».'"*»
Hammer.tig Old Satan iu Mich gaa.
Paw r.tw True Northerner.
tjuueastir was created iu church
lam Sunday by the elder'* allusion to
the i*dien' custom of criticising the
atyh: aud fanhiouof ha.ln i.nd otherga:
menta 011 tiie Lord's day, instead of
having their thought* ou the sermon.
Senator Anthony nas i»o ar recov
ered as to be able to leave Providence
for Oakland Beach.
80HE FUN.
A yoang lady being told at a recent
fire to stand back or else the hose would
be turned on her, replied, "Oh, I don't
care, they are striped on botn sides any
way."
Tho*e who have lost their money in
Chicago lard can fer lirgly gay that
their fortune has grown small bj- de
grease and beautifully less."—Pittsburg
Telegraph.
A country girl, beiDg treated fo ice
cream the faret time, was asked how
she iiked it. "It tastes pretty good, was
the reply, "but I always prefer my pud
ding hot."
A "neck tie" party in Arizona is a
gathering where one of the participants
testa the strength of a hemp rope. It's
knotty but it'* nicc-for the moral health
t.f the country.
When Carly!e said that e.verybody
should have an aim iu life he had no
reference to tho fair lex. He had
doubtless often seen a woman trying to
throw a stone at a hen.
The man who is spending his time
and waistiughis talents trying to discov
er perpetual motion, should simply
throw down his tooi* and take out a
"Don't you think I have a good face
for tbe ntagi? a^ked a lady with his
trionic aspirations. "I don't know
about the s'age," replied her gallant
companion, "but you have a lively
face for a buss,"
Tne editors of a Jacksou, Miss., pa- i
per weighs 304 p.ui.ds. It is safe to
oay that he s always in when an irate i
individual wauts to see the man who
wroto 'hat article." His .^ubacribers
invariably pay in advance, also.
A lady in Louisville sued a reporter
for publishing that she hailed him and
aBked after the wtlfare of bi-t soul.
She naturally would f«cl ashamed to
hi'.vo pub ished her absurd mistake in
supposing tii at a Liuiaville reporter
had soul.
The Detroit Free Press "now we
I shall see whether tue Chinaman can
I fi^ht .is well as wnabee.'' This looks
as :f the editor had loht his hiero
glvpuicai wast: ticket and proposed to
rescue hib l.iundried linen at all haz
ards.—Bo.ton Cjurier.
There are furty-lwo difFercui shades
i in kid gloves this spring. This num
ber might be increased by imitating
the shade of disappointmeu' lhat
passes over a i&dy's face when she sees
some otner woman with a prettier pair
than her own.
& y
LOTK, tiOLD AND lUVOItCE.
An Heiress Secretly Married, a
ad Sow
Wants be Set Free.
Frora tho San Francisco Chronicle.
The elite of the state have been
thrown into confusion by the statement
that Mi?s Uiaua H. Murphy, of San
Jose, or Mrs. Morgan Hill, as it ap
pears is her iegil designation, has corn
lie on raecce divorce proceedings in Mcdes
ta. The heroine, Diana H. Murphy,
it none other than she daughter of the
late well kuowu millionaire, Dan Mur
phy, who died at Eiko last October.
Diana had been a San Jose belle for
several years, and many were the suit
ors for her hand, as it was known that
in tae event her father's death her
weastn wouid he .reat. To ali, how
ever, nhe turned a deaf ear. excepting
Morgtn Hill, of the firm of E H. Jones
Co, of this city, upon whom she
centered her afifjctious. much, how
ever, tt the chagrin of her parents. No
schemes, no entreaties, no threats
proved of avail, and whenever an
opportunity offered tlie young couple
met to exchange their VOWA of mutual
aff-ction.
A change cime, however, but in a
way isast expected. Jus: prior to his
death tiie woalthj cattle dealer, raaliz
ing his situation, sent for his children,
Diana aud Daniel, Sr. The former ar
rived just iu time to reoeivj the pater
nal blessing, which was cjupled with a
last request t.iatshe wouli never marry
Hill. The promise was duly made,
aud ihe father died utented, leaving
hib daughter hciresi of Toe
.'uuera: over, an uamt.-.takable chauge
was noticed 111 Miss Diana's behavior.
She EO longer was tbe quiet, sedate
young iady of oid, but plunged into
amutameut with the recklessness of
one vho had no longy any pleasure iu
life. Hill'i visit leastmed iu fr*. quency,
and the rumor that the engagement
was asvered was reported. DUn, :-ut
conteuteu with her old field of con
quest, attended the session ot the leg
islature, dazzling the law makers with
her beauty, and tue attentions lavished
upoa uer by a youug setiatoi from the
Orauge Grove district caused the re
port uat a marriage had been arranged
between them.
Gossip now found more fo al to f%-anf
upon. I: whs reported tuat Mi?s Mur
phy had leeu clandestinely married :u
this city last July,and though for a long
time :iO confirmatory evidence could
be fouud, last week it leaked out at
correct,
this port
remained
for some time. Among tiie party on
board were Mr, Hill and Mi-w Murphy,
and the lattei'.' confident, Misa Mattie
George. O.i the return of the party
the lad iei legistored at thu palace,while
Mr. Hiil nmiinedat his quarters at
tiie G.-anu. At tbe latter hotel 011 the
evening of July ol, the marriage took
place, the ceremony being performed
hy Rev. Dr. Jewell, of tue Howard St.,
Methodist Episcopal church. The mar
riage was kept aecret aud Mra. Hi'l re
turned to her home. Until the death
of her father nothing happened to mar
the blissful comiitian of affairs, but
b|, fouud
«gkt
Mode8U lla. tbe teiw
it «um- L»»tJuiy tue va^bt NelUo left
y
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o S i i u z w e e
after that event Hill lost control oyer
his wife and HIIO haf«rl under the yoke
of matrimony. Hill's wish to avow the
marriage win met by a flat refusal by
his wife, and lie was unceremoniously
dismissed. He has naatf« no answer
to the bilt of complaint filed at Modes
to.
8TAKTLIXK EXPERIENCE.
The A«l venture*! of u tiger Train
Thnt hail I.out Klr«*ihan, Knglneer
ami Conductor.
Rocky Mountain New*.
One of the most singular and almoi?
unc-xplainable accidents ever reorded
occurred on tbe Circle Railroad last
evening, not tho least sinuular part of
which was the narrow escape from
death made by several passengers and
employes of the company. Seme of
the details and the absence of seriottti
re ults from the accident seem almolt
incredible. Tho story, as obtained from
the engineer and fireman, is as follows:
It seems thatfew minutes of nine
o'clock last evening, as th-i last train
on the Circlc Riilroad Was leaving the
Exposition, with five passengers, Eo
gineer Jenkins saw what he supposed
to be an obstruction on the track, but
not realizing in the darkness what the
obstruction was, he notified the fire
man aud conductor, stepping at the
sam'. timu upon the footboard of tiie
engine, whence h: was at once violent
ly thrown to the ground. Tne firman
am' conductor (named Harrir) imme
diately jumped, the latter,. m:f.'iun
atcly, striking a switch plate, breaking
two of his ribs on the left side juit
07er the heart. He was taken into a
Ealoou opposite the Exposition build
ing, und Dr. Wright., the physician of
the Union Pacific Railroad, called in.
The strangest part of the story re
mains to b^ told: Tiie engine, freed
from all restraint, fairly fl3w plong the
trsck with constantly accelerated ve
locity, sweeping around curves andi
over trestles with frightful speed, lilt*
some fiery mo-ster of the night, f«»
three miles and a naif. Two of tiie
passenger-, jumped from the train, thr
remaining three, t'vo gentlemen and a
lady, maintaining their position* un
harmed. Iu an in-redibly short spaue
of time the train reached th£ Lirirner
stree: depot, striking with terriMc fordi
an empty .passcnger-car standing on.
tho end of the track and forcing it.
bodily through lie fruit-stand ic the
northern part of the station, making*,
completo wreck of it and its content%
and coming to a tandstill ju*t as th#
forward enu or' 'he car reached Larimer
street, wr-e'eing the car completely
and demolishing tiie tender of the en
gine. The engine itself did not ^eeab
to -badly irjured, snd the car whioh
shared its wilo llight escaped with tilt
lots of its front platform. The three*
passengers seemed none the worst? for
their terrible ride beyond a aevcttk
shaking up. Conductor Harris, al
though severely irjured, as the trahi
miraculously kept me track and met
with no obstacles nt the numerous
crossings i» was compelled to cross iu
its wild flight.
Orders were given to clear tb«
wreck at once, aud trains will run as
u*ual.
The dealers iu quack nostrums, who
trust their eucgestive advertisements
under the eyes of silly women, art
quite as criminal in their purposes and
and at least as demoralize in their in
fluence as the Hathaways and other
like villains who practice their more
desperate arts ia secret. It is impossible
to overestimate the mbchief done by
this whole ribe of pillvender*. No
matter whether their nostrum* be
cfl.'ctiye or not for the criminal purpose
for which they are designed, it is thfe
promise they hold out that wuggt^a th»
si.i, and many a women owes rumed
health ar.d blunted conscience to there
foul advertisements who never would
have resorted to the avowed abortionist.
The postal la A S are therefore wholly
right in forbiddiug the u?c of the mails
to these pernicious quacks, aud the
cfiiccrs have dune well iu the arrests
they mad-, recently. Tney should fol
low up this beginning till they gather
in more of the tribe and bupreea the
obscene and criminal publications with
which they fl.iod the country.
Descendants of the Karly PrfsideotH.
Brooklyn
The descendants of the first of onr
rulers are not numerous now. In Vir
ginia «*re a few of the Washington fa
mily of the Lawrence Wabhiugfon
branch, snd of the Madisons there are
none. Monroe has one or two nitces
and a nephew living, and Jackson has
not a living descendant. The Adams
family is the be*t represented of the
six. Jt Hereon has u number of descen
dants and Mrs. Meiklehani is his near
est living relation. She is the youngest
daughter of hid eldest daughter, Martha,
who married a Randolph, and is the
lust of her seven daughters.
"My lace is my fortune, sir," indig
nantly responded a fleshy young lady,
when her Miitor delicately attempted
to sound her financial prospects. "It
is certainly a large one, then," dryly
responded the youn man as he took
his hat and cane to leave.
When Brown failed to reach the
young lady who slapped his huids at
Copenhagen, Fogg lemarked thai it
was quite a marine disa*ter. "A Smack
lost, you know,'' he explained iu an
swer to the interrogating glancas lab
eled at him from aU aides.
Watermelons
are selling in Florida
for 5 cents each.
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