Tomer gs Trams - NEWS OF THE WEEK —The Atlantic express on the New York, Pennsylvania ant hio Rall. road, while running 45 les per hour, yn the afternoon of the 12th, collided with a locomotive that was standing on the track at Peoria, Ohio. Norman engineer of the passenger train, killed, and his fireman broken, John Haley, angineer e¢ single locomotive, was fatally injured. No passengers were burt. Both locomotives were com- pletely demolished, and the track was torn up for some distance, A passen- ger and freight train collided on a trestle on the Pan Handle Railroad at Benwood, West Virginia, on the 11th, Five fieight cars went over the trestle, and John Braddock, a brakeman, was injured. Subsequently the engine as- sisting to remove the wreck started to Wheeling, but encountered a cow at a westle and was thrown into a train of freight cars on a siding, and blocked the road by tearing up the trestle work. John and Henry fell from the roof of a three-story building in Pittsburg, on the 12th, In the descent Henry struck a sharp stick which penetrated his brain, kill ing him instantly. John was badly 1n- jured, They were repairing a rain pips, when one slipped, and in trying to save him the other lost his balance. Gregy, } Was masian had 1 y Gunst, tinners, ing —'Fhe State Department is informed by our Consul at Pictou that *‘a dan- gerous and disease” anong the cattle, horses and sh Nova Scotia, ‘‘which threatens whole of Canada and may spread to the United States.” Our customs officers on the Northeastern frontier have been ordered to refuse entry 1 ie United States of animals and om Nova Scotia, contagious — An attempt to wreck a train sas and Nebraska Railroad, at Sanfo six miles from Topeka, Kansas, opening a swit The engine ran into some empty cars standing on y track, and a nu were wrecked, No lives were of was made on the 11th on the Chica the ' —Frederick Koch, 16 years old, went to his home in New York drunk on the evening of the 11th. After an unsuc cessful attempt to stab his mo a pair of ] his own abdomen, hing himself —Joh Staunton two years $10,000, scissors, he ago, has returned. realized roof of tue Jewish Syna on Judd street, Chicago, cay the morning of It number of ing the fatally, Three 3 large number of killed and sheds were nois Cer 8 evel tad 3 inted soiohl neight ber. when ti xas, nearly 80 years of age, was tl n from his carriage on the evening the 12th, and in- stantly killed. The body of Huge Von Heuer, aged about 40 years, was found floating in the canal near Washington, on the morning of the 13th. He left his boarding house on the 5th inst. leav- ing a note in his room saying that he contemplated suicide. He belonged to a good family in Germany, but emi- grated from that country scm» tune ago in consequence of trouble with his wife, — William W. Reed chants and coal operators at Dudley, Penna... made an assignment on the 13th. The liabilities are placed at §75,- 000, They became involved through the failure of Ilobert Hare Powell Sons & Co, & Dros., mer. — A freight and accommodation train on the Port Royal and Western North Carolina Railroad fell into a canal through a bridge, near Augusta, Geor- gia, on the morning of the 13th, Nine freight cars were demolished and their contents dumped into the water, The occupants of the passenger cars escaped with slight injuries, The total value of our exports of breadstuils during the eight months which ended on the 31st ult,, was $118,- 800,492, against $90,547,071 for the cor- responding period of 1856, — Later reports from Tucson, Arl- zona, say the damage to the railroads by the recent floods Is much greaser than at first supposed. The washouts extend at Intervals from the Colorado river to the Dragoon Mountains, east of Benson. No trains have arrived at Tucson since the evening of the Bh, and it is said that three weeks will be required to repair the road for travel. Eastern passengers detained st Tucson will be transterred by overland coaches, The heavy rains have extended to So- nora nnd wasted out five miles of track and three bridges on the Sonora road. —The Constitutional Centennial eelebration began on the 10th, at Phila lelphia, and was marked he the ever given the city. It lnciuded of trades institutions, societies + hibits and firemen. Almost Lhe ent lennth of Broad street, from Diamond to Moore, was occupied at one tit by double lines of marching men, t 18 estimated that? haif a million peopie saw the parade. No serious accldents occurred during the day. —A report from Washington Territory, is to the effect that fifteen men cut several fish traps. They were met by the fish trap men and four of the attacking party were geriously and two fatally wounded. Only very meagre details have been re- ceived. This is a renewal of the war between “‘trap’ men and ‘‘net’ men, which waged for a time early in the season. Gray's Harbor, Joseph Dixon, a colored cook at he Hotel Beaumont, Ouray, Colorado, had a fancied grievance against Miss Ella Day, a waltress, and sho. ner four times. Dixon was arrested and locked up in jail. A mob went to jail to lynch Dixon, but failed to gain an entrance. “They then saturated all parts of the building with coal oil and set fire to it. The Fire Department came out, and, in the attempt to extinguish the flames, drowned the negro, whose body was roasted in l The wounded girl 18 not expected to recover.”” At Huntingtown,a small vil- lage in Calvert county, Maryland, on the 13th, Edward Coolidge murdered his wife and attempted kill his sie- er, but Ape then com- t xl, He mitted by cutting his own throat, to she esc suicide Jealousy was Lhe cause. from that — A telegram New York, says the publish Lthiree monthly i meaical Every publisher led about six miles south of Water- loo, lowa, on the evening of the 156th. A sleeping car was hurled into a ditch, alighting almost gquarely bottom side up. Theres were passengers in the ] whom were several of nore or fourteen — September the 16th was the second day of the titational Ce Celebration Philadelphia, It ntennil Wilks Con at by Lieutenant General Sheridan reviewed i by several affairs given itors to the city. receptions to the distinguished vis- The parade included of the United States and of the militia of seventeen of Columbia, and various posts of the Grand Army of the Republic. The crowd was enormous, —During a terrific thunder storm at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on the 16th, lightning struck two houses, milling one man and injuring two others, one fatally. — Mercer DBaasley, Jr., sou of Chief Justice Beasley, of New Jersey, com- mitted suicide in Trenton on the even- ing of the 16th. originally drawn 1885, which had and had passed and privale nted at the — A pension eheck for 82, dated May, been raised to $2400, several banks hands, was recently pres cash room of the | ury for payment Washington. The cleverly manipulated ton of the Trea presented to an inexpe at the Treasury Department, il id have 1 without quest check | been so y urer that had been i i enced SrRON been cashed Connecticut, Was i Dirakeley 1 ge of having the monthly to all his } an } Lhe first year the C hicago his paper ugh t » supposed he had them bet ne and 3 debt, he notified hi of t and ' LO ¢eno 8 Bu nue envelopes Cook to save suil. A Dery in order » Natural History and a Story rife grea They represented ing of Columbus, Hidalg ington and Columbia, Liberty.” festivities closed generally, free performances, ments, ete, It 000 persons witneased the procession. Ihe bull children’s flotita fights, An explosion occurred in cery store of Dominigk M. Messina, in New Orleans, early ou the morning of the 16th, and a moment later the building was on fire, and all escape from the upper stories where the family slept cut off. The entire family, con- sisting of Messina, his wife and thelr four little children, wers burned to death. On the 16th natural gas was introduced into the residence of James B. Dougherty, in Toledo, Ohio, The gas, through the carelessness of the plumber, had escaped beneath the floor of the front drawing room. When a fire was lighted in the grate an explo- sion occurrel, tearing up the floor, shattering every window in the house, demolishing all thie doors, blowing the foundations from beneath the poreh and setting fire to the portico. The fitter who lighted the fire was blown to the ceiling and received a scalp wound, A chemical engine extin- guished the flames, ~Mrs., Patrick Murray was found with her skull fractured on the road on the morning of the 16th, in a suburb in Springfield, Massachusetts, known as the “Tough End.”” She was conscious, and died after saying that she had been assaulted by two men, Her husband was drunk at the time and had been on a spree for a week, William H, James, fire boss in the Richardson Colliery, at Glen Carbon, Venna., was shot dead from ambush on the 16th, while going from the mine to his home, ~A collision occurred on the Iron Mountain Railroad, north of Nettleton, Tennessee, between two construction trains, on the evening of the 15th. Three men were killed and seven badly injured. Two passenger trains on the st Paul and Kansas Citv Tlwav eal. - It iz said that of the water supplied by the various water companies to London does not in any case exceed 540 gallons per square THE MARKIEIS PROVISIONS Beef city fam bl Hams. ..ou0 .e Pore Moss... covsseus Prime Mose, new, Hides smoked coves Shoulders SauoRed. o.oo. Le Smoked Beef. .... Lard Western bis, Lard 10088, vevese FLOU R- West, and Pa. sup. Pa. Family .coovees Minn CIear, ..e. sesnna Pal. Wii Wht... Rye Flour, .. GRAIN Wheat No.1 red. ceees cannes TL Corn, No, 2 White... RO. 3e.000ise Oat, No. 1 White, new ..... No, 2 40 NOW. (eeseaves No, § Mixed, DOW .venee FIs Mackerel, LArge 18. ...ouiiian did NO. 8 SHOP®. .o0 covnovvnivunill -— Herring, Lab. .coovviciviiinnne were SUGAR Powdertd...coeesee winnie Gd ool Granulated, coeivnniiiin Gg 4 6 16 6 3100 Sadun ue a nen ah 00 Musssnssssssn vnvvsnss Conf; HAY AND STRAW == TINOLhY, ONOME . csv corvvrnnasll we MIRO, consssssves sosssncerns 10 80 COLHAS.covevnnicrsce sevniinsld 80 @ BUIRW covuuvusrnenss sonny me DORL BUPRAW ccavserocnnsrinnsrnn me WOOL Ono, Penna, and W, Va, Floss XX BRM AROVE ss assess asrasnssasera seealll Common. oe. » aeasssiisrsinsinnsanniV Vawashed moAtm. ceveeriiirinsnensvanid 16 we 1Hw is Og iw a a 48 La THE NATION OF LONDON, cially and Intellectunlly it is Lia fhan Hussia, more populous Belgium in population before the end of the century. In London the English character has certainly undergone a great modification, A provincial com. ing to London, is still geographically in England, but otherwise he hardly At first he does not belong to the place at all; after experience of it he finds out whether he belongs to London natural ly or not—that is to say, whether there larger intellectual place. Physically, London may be as big as Loch Lomond; socially and intellectually, it 1s larger The English character in London more tolerant, better able understand variety of opinion and much more ready to appre- to The nation of London 18 essen- ing who your been, if only at the same time # does uneducated i not democ- gacrifice them to In a word, l.ondol her own standard to ol have refinement and J enoug! r hiaatirel ike r Ou Keeping Of 1c, you may be an AWILL Old Love Charlle began to laugh. “And she sald you were a ‘nice-loo ing fellow, but rather boyish,’ " Kitty said, angrily; “and I am not going lo marry anybody to be made fun of!”’ And the silly hittle girl handed him the pretty little ring he had given her. “I hope you won't regret thisl"’ he part without another word, The next day Charles Ellls left town, and a year passed without any news and careless, lavishly, At first Kitty was gay lat Lag! neighborhood and arlie's absence, friends were unkind her heart over Cl Some of her After awhile she grew pale and very she stayed at home all the not seem to } ’ Ong care 3 the for turn walched postman back disap- Then she ter for her, Then another mood seized ber when she saw the pitying looks rest upon her, once more sho was her old gay self. Just about that time a stranger came to town, rented an ollice and hung out a bandsomely painted sign: “James Wilbraham, Atlorney-at- Law,” He was a stranger to every one, bu not long. His courteous manner won him many friends and Kitty was soon numbered among them, On his part he soon let It be seen that he admired her, and no one was surprised when admiration seemed to deepen into something warmer. Only a few of her friends wondered what Charlie would say when he heard of it. It was a bright autumn evening, and Wilbraham was 8 lor with Kitly. He had sent her a was coming, as be | her; and though Kit made up her mind what she shivered and thought and wondered if able to forget him. But Mr, Wilbraham wa! she had not understood a w “What is it?’ she said, ened at his glance, “Have | then been asked gravely. “You surely given me some Kitty?” Ah! how her heart was beating! When he said “Kitty” in that mourn- ful voice she thought of Charlie and just how his dear voice had sounded. “Have I been mistaken, Miss Bell? Is there some else you care for?" At that Kitty burst into tears hid her face in her hands, sobbed as if her heart would break. “Kitty, speak to me! Tell me it all means! Elther you care for OF? "ve tn “I don't,” cried Kitty. “There is only one man in the whole world that I are for, and he doesn’t care a particle or me, and that is what I am crying oming., hariie, Le wis of & } t ST BLURG Vel tall mistaken?’ have one and and me 01 she stole a look at hin turned away from her. ‘I am going to tell you jus then you won't glad ut just be be was perfectly so “Yes, gir." “*“What did to ed?” “He said gosl-night.” I'he Mexican and His Lottery. he say when you put him The Mexican 1s patient; he scans the lottery sheels announcing the drawings, and, if his ticket has drawn nothing, he lights a fresh cigarette and buys a fresh ticket. This morning my oppo- gite neighbor in the horse car was a tired looking old woman who had evi- dently seen better days, She smiled thoughtfully to herself, and, after fid. geting about for a few minules, fur. tively drew from her pocket a lollery thing, for she rode on as near as she could go to the office where the money is paid over to the winners, Everybody buys these tempting little flimsy tickets, printed ou paper 80 thin that a summer zephyr would easily blow them a mile, The stout priest in the corner of the street car takes oul a ticket that he has just bought, and, looking at It scrutinizingly, puts it aside in along pocketbook, as If it were a share in some promising venture. Your servants buy ti kets, and the beggar who extorts a real from you will hurry around the corner, not to buy a drink, but, rather, a ticket in the great daily wheel turning show, the one business that never stops, is always flourishing and which pays salaries year in and year out to its employes, Dr. Doremus says that the lightest tissues can be rendered uninflammable by dipping them in a solution of phos. phate of ammonia in water, It will be found impossible to set the fabric so treated on fire, TE FART BRITISH FEDERATION. fading and Says It sintosman of Will Be No ¥ * ’ } +} y nierenc 6, WHICH Look land statesmen have of so much distinctio William Fitzherbert, He colonies in the very early days, ince occupied almost every prominence in the gift of the Before the centralization © New Zealand le to the guperintendency ot the i of New Zealand, and since office In several t in ww tnens in Was Representatives, On h he was unanimmo b wily. absenr f mer Knowledge of his mind retains | impaired, “Was any s) nulated at the t Feu 453 artil- roar, so flashing hear the i of dusty, he air from a white vol- smoke, or mist light, of which thunders distant the o 8 Ie then hear see the w ery by night, you may ! Cion 4 fleecy from the bosom 8 follows it delighted, as It ough the path which pre- r avalanches have worn, till it the brink of a vast ridge of eve PRA 4 wil the whole th a still nd An- saer. depth en- Then flows over the gulf wi 1 greater the mouns awful majestic slOWnDess, and a tremendous crash in is cone cussion, awakening again the reverber- ating peas hunder. Then the torrent roars on to another similar fall, reaches a mighty groove of snow and ice, like ihe slide down the Pilatus, of which Iiayiair of description, Here its progress is slower, and last of all you listen to the roar of the falling fragments as they drop out of sight, with dead weight, into the bottom of the gull, to rest there forever. Sussnmntons os AAI Intemperance is a great decayer © beauty. To strike or punish a child when you pre angry 1s a far greater offense against God than blasphemy. The hardest useful labor is lesa ex. bausting, In the long run, than excit- ing pleasures, as most of thelr devotees in middle life sadly confess.
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