HINGES ENTOMBED. 28 MEN IN THE HARTFORD MINE AT ASHLEY THE CAUSED BY A CAVE IN. WiLEesparre, Pa., May 15.—The long series of awful mine disasters that have vis ted this valley within the past year reached a climax this morning in the entombding of 28 men in the Hart. | ford mine of the Lehigh and Wilkes- barre Coal Company, at Ashley, three | miles from this city. At 9 o'clock this ACCIDENT the news spread that an extensive cave- in had occurred in No. 6 Colllery, cov- sring an area of more than 10 acres. Thousands rushed to the scene of the disaster and found that the surface alinost as far as was seamed and cracked with long gircular fissures, some of which were over two feet wide, The sorrow of the people was 1utensifled when It be- | cate Known that 28 of their friends v ho hud gone down the narrow pit in ths mmoining were directly beneath the portion that had caved in, and in all protmbility were entombed forever be- hind wun impenetrable mass of coal and rock. That poation of the mine 4 slope, and the cave-in, if it did overwhelm them at once, shut off all m+ ans of reaching the surface, liesculng parties were at once orga- nized and an opening broken through intloa manway along the bed of a mountain stream where the chambers in that part of the mine came within ® few feet of the surface. these men toiled like Titans at the bard and stubborn rock, wlhile the weeping wives and little ones of the doou ed victims stood around Lhe open- ing and rent the air with their cries and lamentations, Gang after gang rel eved one anuvther until at Jd o’cluck the news passed that they had ceeded in breaking through the chamb- eér- b-peath the cave, A period of indescribable suspense followed, while the thousands who stood around the opening wailed for some intelligence from the men at the front, The men oiled on in silence un'it balf-past six, when there was a commotion at mouth of the dark opening, and the ou h is th ands and knees, and announced s had found oue of the victims, was ying at the bottom of a §0-foot pl | in order to rescue him it Le- came necessary to lower a miner down wiih a rope. This was done, og} the ef Fi suc the pine, au at red and bis wekened form of At ithony , the first of the victims, was Loisted to the surface. He was stil , but his injuries are considered fatal, Vv ben the news spsead that Froyne was burned, a look of the deepest gloom overspread the faces of the old miners who were present. They shook their heads sadly, saying that the fact of Frovne being so badiy burned left very little hops for the safety of his companions It is supposed that Froyve wandered awsy from the res of the men, and 1o his efforts to find a way out fired the gas in Lhe chamber, If this explosion reached the other men the ir chances of escape are very slight, Wreck and ruin were wrought as well on the surface as in the fatal jit, Nearly a score of houses are shattered and destroyed, and the families were «0 pel ed to flee for their lives, Lue latest report from the scene of the disaster, at 8 o'clock, is to the ef- fect that the rescuing parity has pene tiated to within sight of two bodies, but the gas is so thick that they were driven back te the surface. Tue piace is full of black damp, and furtber approach 1a the direction of the vie- tims is impossible, even with safety lamps. Ast looks now, very little hope is entertalued that any of the men will ba rescued alive, The cave- in is only a short distance from point where the six miners, John Clark, Bernard Riley, Jolin Green, Daniel Green, Daniel Hawkins and William Price were entombed in like manner during the month of April, 1879, and who subsisted on mule meat for six days, when they were reached by a rescuing party and found in good healthand little the worse for their haz- ardous experience, The men enton bd are nearly all married and bave large families ull dependent upon for support. The sce; around the mouth of the pi: at this writing beggar description, vives and mothers crowd close up to the dark opening and peer in as if their love would rend the darkness to the fatal dep bs, while the cries of the litte ones calling for their fathers make the learvrssick with pity The wen who form the rescuing parties are strangers to fear, and 1% is within the bounds of possibility reach the men inside they will be res. cued alive belore morning, the od ~ In Rockingham county, North Carolina, David Stokss, colored, struck ata cat, “when the cat flew at him and fastened its teeth in his wrist, The cat beld ou so tenaciously that its bead bad to be seversd before Its grip could be rel xed, Stokes was taken sick at once aud eoon died.” — A dwelling in Campbell Ford, On- tario, occupied by a family named Wynn, was burned on the morning of the 12th. Wiliamm Wynn, aged 13 years, and his grandmother, Mrs, Cathuarive Soules, peristed in the fBawes, The woman was 80 years of age and helpless, The boy lost his life in attempting to save her, ~James O'Hara, aged 7 years, while running across a street In East Sagi- naw, Michigan, on the 11th to see a dog fight, “fell in some manner, break- ing bis neck, His head doubled com- pletely under him,” Two freight trains on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgla Rail. road collided near Cha on the morning of the 12th, Three colored brakemen were killed, and two engi- neers, a brakeman and # conductor were Injured. Three engides and eight o16 Were w SEVERE STORM AT READING. THUNDER, LIGHTNING, HAIL AND RAIN. A BOY DROWNED BY THE OF A SEWER. ReApiNG, Pa., May 14.--Ons of the severest storms of recent years visited Reading this evening. The day was a beautiful ove. Towards evening black ciouds gathered over the city, until the entire sky was covered, Then an elec- tric storm set in, The heavy thunder seemed to shake the very foundations of the houses, The lightning was ter rific, while hall fell in great quantities, | Then a furious deluge of rain fell upon the city. In five minoules the streets were one mass of rushing waters, which filled hundreds of cellars. | —On Third street, between Washing- ton and Walnut, there is an old, rotten sewer large enough for a wagon to pass through its entire length, While seven | or eight boys were running homs the ; sewer suddenly caved in and drew into the torrent Robert Kappleman, sged 10 years, His body has not yet ben | found, and was undoubtedly carried pinto the river squares away, His com- | panious all made narrow escapes {rom a slmmlar fate, Young Kappeman ls the son of Select Councilman John H., Kappleman, Superintendent of the Consumers’ Gas Company. The Reading Iron Company's forge { was flooded and the furnace fires put BREAKING astab'ishments suf- The Schuylkill | other Industrial fered severely. vary rapidly. is reported from the Late last night house of Henry Borchers, on the out- skirts of Pottsville. Mrs, Borchers, who was standing In the doorway, was thrown down and partially paralyzed, William, the 10-year-old son, was thrown across Lhe room and rendered unconscious, Henry Borchers's father was also partly para- lyzed, The other ehildren, Frederick, aged 14, Laura, aged 13. Henry, aged 12, and Martha, sgea 10 years, were so badly shocked that they were unable to move for some time. All will recover. The beit passed all through the house and set fire to the fooring of the loft in the kitchen. The celling in two rooms was torn off, The house was bully damaged, Neighbors extin- guished the (ame a_i ssn bls: VUNGRESS.--+iz3t Session + ENATY, Inthe United States Senste on the Mr. Hoar, from the Juliciary Commitlee, reported back tue House amendment to the Senate Anti-Trust bill, with an amendmenat, The Silver bill came up in order, and Mr, Jones, of Nevada, spoke al leugth in support of it, After an execullve session Lhe Senate adjourned, in the United 13th Mr. Q ay strauce from bush phia against an dress goods made 12th States Senate on Lhe presented a remon- was men of Philadel werease of the duty on wholly or partiy from wool, The Silver bill was resumed. and Mr. Jones, of Nevada, conc his argument ln favor of the bill, Jones, of Arkansas, criticized messure and it then went over On motion of Mr. Hoar, the Anti Trust bill, with the louse amendment, was recommitted to the Judiciary Commis- tee, After an executive session the Senale adjourne luded Mr. th te Sanate. on fhe imported ii several States the calen- dar, Mr. Edmunds introduced a bil to eslabiish a national cuirency, and it was referred to a special comin nine, Mr, Teller mace a speech on the silver question, Several bills were taken from the calendar and passed, Iu the United Sates 14th, the bill subjecting quors to the laws of the placed on Lie ’ of In the United States Senate, on the 15th, bills were reported to amend the Sipping Commissioners’ laws, pro- viding for a $100 000 public building abl Allentown und {House bill) granting a pension to Mrs, Della Parnell, The Silrer bill was resumed and Mr, Teller concluded his speech. begun the day Mr, Coke followed in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of sil- ver, After an executive session the Senale adjourned, HOUSE, In the House on the 12th, of Mr. M:Kinley, of O ilo, debate on the Tariff hil to une minute, The House went into Committee of the and, nobouy caring to minute allowed iu general discussion, the bill was read by paragraphs for amendment. Several amendments of- feed by Democrais, and one offered by # Republican were rejected, and the committees rose apd the House ad- { journed in the House on the 13th the econ. sideration of the Tariff bill was con- { tuned in Committee of the Whole, and tLe proceedings were enlivened by the unexpected sensation of a speech from Mr. Bulterworth, of Ohio, severely viticizing some of the principal features of the bill. After having con- #idered 13 of the 156 pages of the bi} Committee rose cad the House ad- Journed, In the House, on the 14th, a confer- ence wus ordered on the Dependent Pension bill. The consideration of the Tar fI hill was continued in Committees on the Whole. After reaching the 17th puge of the bill, the committees rose and the House adjourned. In the House, on the 15th, a con- ference commitiee was appointed on the Dependent Pension bill, The evening session was {or the cousidera- tion of private pension bills, ——-— ~The value of the domestic bread. stuffs exported from the United States during the month of April, 1800, was $15.504,146; for the month of April, 1849, $0,537,566. EASILY SATISFIED. Miss Charlotta (who has £10,000 a year): Really, Mr, Hunter, some one else has my love, Mr. Hunter—Well, that ought to fatisfy bhim-—I will bes contented with the rest, hie general occupy the NEWS OF THE WEEK. ~Word has been received in Okla- homa City, Indian Territory, of a bat tie between cowboys at a point twenty- five miles south of there. The diffi- culty is reported to have arisen over different constructions of the ‘‘herd”’ law. Five men are reported killed, three fatally injured and four slightly wounded, Three United States Deputy Marshals have gone to the scene. No particulars are obtainable, The scene of the fight 1s far removed from any telegraph station. Frank Ely shot and killed Henry Laborn, near Oklahoma City, Indian Territory, on the 12th. They quarrelled about the ownership of a stone quarry. An unsuccessful attempt was made to shoot the Rev, Father Andrews in Jeffersonville, Indi- ana, on the evening of the 12th, The priest was walking on his back poreh when a bullet whizzed by his head. -A violent wind storm struck Springfield, Illinois, on the 12th, Fences were destroyed and the steeple of St. Agnes’s Church was blown down, At Quincy, on the 12th, great damage was done toskylights, windows and shrubbery by a hall storm. The fruit crop was damaged, Several build- ings in Burlington, lowa, were struck by lightning during a storm on the 12th, and a number of people received slight shocks, — By the explosion of the boiler of a | locomotive on the Reading Kauroad at Shamokin, I’a., on the morning of the 13th, Engineer Herman Hoglegonz and Charles Kauffman were killed, and Conductor Yeager was probably fatally injured, The engine was nearing Shamokin drawing a heavy train, when Kauffman noticed boiler leaking nto the He apprised the engineer of the danger, but the boiler exploded be- taken to prevent it. Yeager was riding in the eugine cab, A locomotive and five cars construction train, on the St Kansas City and Colorado Ra left the track near Clayton M oo the 12th, Richard Joues, eng and Richard Stelleraft, conductor, were killed, and Arnold Garfleld, man, fatally injured. of a ions, road, ssouri, flLiesr, SEE ~Myriads of worms, resembling the army worm, are making their appear- ance iu the southern and eastern parts of Lai ucaster county, I'a,, and are rave g the grass {elds agin --1n Lancast I'a., on the John Boehringer, aged 12 years, shooling sparrows, was shot in the ght eye by George bright, a companion, the ball from ar air gun entering his brain a t ing a yaad fatal wound. Daily, aged 20 years, ; Wilkesharre, 'a., on the 14th nuloading stone, A wire guy 5 Supp ling the mast of aderrick broke lowir i" it to fall upon his head, crus! ing in bis skull, A calsson at the new bridge at Louisville capsized on the afternoon of the 14th, killing CC. PP. Miteheli, assistant superintendent of the work, Three other men, Charles Saunders, Edward Dravham and Joe, Wayne, missing, Five others were seriously injured 14th, while accidentally supg “re A revere rain storm prevailed Udica, New York, and vicinity, on the i14 bh, and caused many of the ter overfloer their bauks. In Valley the level meadow land is erally under water. At Noit ion of the Delaware, aiid Western tracks were A severe wind stort visited Agus (reorgia, on the afternoon of the 1411 Several were unroofed or fo crs And trees were blown down, A despatch from Neche, North Dakota, says that eight inches of snow fell on the evening of ihe 13th, and on the 14th the snow was still falling, The fuimers are jubilant at ‘ . the Mohawk Rel Brook - » ! % s 1 weld a port LACK a Will edd WWHY, and houses ~Jacsson, the printer who Minnie Murphy in a salcon in York a few weeks ago, was on the arrested in Muskegon, Mich tar Lake, in the Adirondacks, or 14th, Haw Farney shot and ki Williams Montrieff, They were killed New 14h Near the led neigh. 0y —John Crouch, a wealthy farmer, aged 75 years, his wife aged 70 years, and bis son Andrew, aged 35 were found murdered in their home as llen:- levaville, "a, on the morning of the Robbery is supposed to have the object of the murderers Fhey left no clew, ~A train on tha New York Central {allroad on the 14th struck ana killed Edward Valols, an artist in New York. C. M., Whittaker and G. M. Stubbs were crushed to death In a granite quarry near Movrovia, Call orpia, on the 14th, They were unloading a two- t ton rock, when the derrick broke. On | the morning of the 15th, a fall of rock {occurred ina tunnel wiich 18 being j Ari ven at Park No. 1 Colliery, near | p mk Piare, Pa, Killing John Cobuski and Mic hael Vv oeintz ami severely in- | juring Peter Basco. The wife and daughter of President Hall, of Clark University, were found dead 1m bed at their home In Worcester, Massachu. setts, on the morning of the 15ih, ae- cidentally suffocated by illuminating gas, The cause was a jeaking gas- burner with electric lighting attach- ment, Edward Wambold, a deaf mute, while walking on the railroad near Sellersville, Pa., on the 15th, was run down by a train and decapitated, ~Chinton G. Raymond, of the law firm of Raymond & Harmison, in New York, was shot and dangerously wounded on the morning of the 15th by Alphonse J. Stephan’, who had just arrived from Liverpool, It ap- pears thal the young man was angry bacanse of advice given by the lawyer ty his mother, which prevented him from drawing certaln money he had on deposit, and which had been derived from his deceased father's bu: ies. Migs Hannah Lewis, aged zbout 60 years, was struck snd killed b> a tain, near Lansdowne Station, Dea. ware county, Penna, on the evening of the 15th. ~H. H. Haslett, a merchant of Har. risbarg, Pa, fell dead on the evening of the 16th, while riding his ay Heart trou ble was the cause, in My Window: BY CORA STUART WHEELER, a from the beautiful leafle ts, y glossy, and tender, and green ; Filling the room with its fragrance, This morn a fresh blossom was seen. Boft was the blush on its bosom, A gleam as of snow on its tips giadin its newly born beauty, I fancied a smile on its Lips, ec —— THE MISSING TOPAZ “Isn't it strange, ma?’ sald Josie Bellfield. “This key I found on the garret floor exactly fits the lock of Mr. Wainwright's funny little Japanese box.” “You don’t say so!” said Mrs, Bell: fleld. “How do you know?”’ Miss Josephine reddened a little. “Oh, I thought I would just try it!” paid she, ‘“*And it works to a charm.” “I should think you would be pshamed of yourself,” sald Mary, the youngest scion of the Louse of Bell- feld, who with her aureoled pround with a *‘sweeping cap,’ was *doing’’ the boarders’ rooms. Mrs. Bellfield kept boarders, and a hard tims she bad it, poor soul! be- tween exdeting old ladies, capricl young ones, bad bills and an Inexorable landlord. “flold your tongue, Mary!’ she said, “*Don’t you hear Miss Park- er's bell? Run aod answer it, directly! Now that's she gone, Josie, what’s that about the key? I dare say he’s dropped t himself,” “AO, ring," whi head of Ous sharply. ma; he always carries said Josephine, in a sepule “jookl } always wond has kept in that box.” 1't be any harm.” drawl sper, Ve ered what hs “It woulidr Mrs, Belifleld, “to look said g 4 quick breath, t fs fi f into it just for the fun of Mary ist t Japaness 1 or cupboard, la writing Wainy Iroom, erected on a ru corner of Mr. furnished be drawers be! IL Can y have Peter see iL’ how it to him “You'll the store then.’ said 4 ave plenty of time Lo ran down 10 before Wainwright comes back to din- ner." “Would you, ma, if “To be sure 1 would,’ said mi. tron, *‘Peter ought tobe a re of | precious stones, seeing be has stood be- hind the counter of a for three years.” “Bui, ma, twitted Miss Josephine, “suppose be should find it out?” “He won't find it out. Deo haste!" urged Mra, Belifleld, Mr. Puffit had just made an excel lent sale of a triple-plated silver tea- were me?" the 4 Sud 4 ig you make who did not know from this, when Miss Bellfied futtered in, all smile® and excitement, “1 just want to show: you thing,” said Miss Bellfield, the depths of her pockel, “Oh, here's the box; but the cover has come off. How awkward] Where is 1?” BOme- ila piece of pink jeweler's cotton, there was the treacherous cover, but, alas and alackaday! the glittering stone was gone, “What was it, puzzled Peter, 1 can do"? “Oh, it's lost! it's lost!” screamed Josephine, and she stralghtway went into hysterics, Peter walked with her all the way bome, und thelr two pairs of eyes scru- tinized every section of the pavement between the jewelry store and the boarding-house, but in vain, Mr, Wainwright came home to the frugal dinner of the esiablishn ent, and went away again without discovering that the Japanese box had been tamper- od with, and i* was not until he had opened it In the evening, after lighting his shaded latop and making every pre- paration for a long Interval of uninuter- rupted work, that he discovere! tha the great glittering gem had vanished, Inquiries were useless, Policemen searched the house and questioned the maids; private detectives investigated the antecedents of the other boarders 80 eftectumlly that nearly all of them anyway?” sald the “If i's anything that promptly gave Mrs, Dellfleld notice: the great firm of Slime & Sparkle, gold. smiths and dealers in precious stones, sent their own confidential agent to look into things, It seemnd that the gem had been in- trusted to Mr, Walnwright to eut and polish at his own residence, on account of his superior workmanship thie excellent reputation he sustaired; that and could not possibly be duplicated, “Diamonds, indeed!” sald Mr, the confidential agent, than half the diamonds A genuine white topaz, the centre of Mrs. Midas Moneybag’s great tiara; the celebrated tiara that every one has heard of. I’m afraid young Walnwright will be ruined if 1t doesn’t turn up, Our firm has every right to prosecute; but, owing to the good character the man bears, we give him the privilege of making financial restitution, Twenty-five hundred dol- lars is cheap for that white topaz, It is absolutely unmatchable, Quite sus geri- erin, if I may use the expression, It’s a good deal of money-—-yes—but then it is the price of Mr, Wainwright's future reputation, Edwin Wainwright had been a poor man ~ poor in everything but honor and ambition. Now he seemed to be bank- rupt in both, The white topaz was gone, and It was a literal impossibility for him to raise the sum required for ransom. Orem, It’s worth more in eireulation, To be cut for ils “I may as well shoot myself and done with it,” thought he, sitting in the dusk of the t unpiens- antly cons y little room, mt a d stu cious tl 14 the hi gide of the street, walching usé from and one i sitting next at supper. He felt on the of his cupboard; the ed revolver ti re was a six-barrel ' were already loaded % hand there a soft A f Hina ol # } +O i } ' 1 fi r Clea Ol Lie door, ad evides pocket, nd broug? seCred been Mr. my silence, betray my just od the hateful key, and I’ { Oh, ahle to gel posse on ol fais i Wali ght, bu! remea forgive me for er 1 coulin®t r and nearly sister!” Cost me my life girl buist nto tears and “And what has it nol cost me?” she “The his, the days of anguish and terror. Oh, Mr. Wain. Ifmy folly bad caused your d have died s too!" sieepless nig oul “Mary, you surely canot mean" But she bad run away, covering her leaving the topaz in his possession. So the matier came 10 an end, Jelifield and her elder daughter Mrs, never Edwin Wain. employers, and on a considerable in- to and the white topaz parkled in the very centre of Mrs. Midas Moneybag’s grand tiara, where it belonged, Mr, Putlit is still constant to Joseph- ine, but he discourages any further amawur tampering with locks and keys, “It has an awkward look,” he says. And Wainwright loves Mary none the less because she ran such a terrible risk to protect the name and fame of her mother and sister, ————— Every Day a Little. Every day a little knowledge-—one fact in a day. Ilow small Is one fact only one, Ten years pass hy. Three thousend, six hundred and fifty facts ard small things, Every day a little self-denial, The thing tht is dificult to do to-day will be an easy thing to do three hundred and sixty days, if each day it sliall have been repeated. What powet of self mastery stall he enjoy who seeks overy day to practice the grace he pays for. Every day a little huppiness, We live for the good of othe s, If our living be in any sense trae living. It is not in great deeds of ¥indness orly that blessing is feund, In “little deeds of kindness,” repeated every day, we find true hapviness. ad A TSHR si— —— x THE BLACKSMITH'S APRON. Why It 1s Always Slit and Cenearally Fringed Al! Round the Bottom Every one knows that a blacks wears a leather apron, and must noticed that this apron is eof and often fringed at the bottom Lt an English it is related once upon a time, Alfred the called all the trades together to ap- point a trades king. He decls that he would make man king whe could best get on without the Lelp of : the made & feast, mith 1Y¢ eu sin legend. Cireat Ar ed that others for longest period. He and ssked a trade to specimen of his work and in making it. a hammer and a horseshoe, WOrXman send bring e the tools used The blackemith brought the brought his sheers and a new coat, the from each come talior loaf, the sl baker his peel and a maker his awl and a new pair of shoes the carpenter his saw and a nice box, the butcher his clusels and a stone, CRT Ve h surpass aE deci The tailor’'s coat was of suc ing beauty that all the gu themselves beaten; and the he the bread, and the aside, Irses the box, the 1 ail thr Pre DONLC and wa the shoes, carved stone The trades king 1ustalled, were tailor was Alfred, blacksmith wan ar iid do by The an Aonine that ” and declared that he w work while the tail actually shut peared. One day ong, his hi e urst 1 +} | weeks ago we had seclug ex-Queen Spain in one of the was accompanied by ber daug! we of the sonsof the was allowed LOPS married or Regent, No one Isle with them, but we happened standing in the next aisle and had very good opportunity of seeing rather short and ner or apps Sie is a fat old lady, not at all queenly in man ance. She yas dressed very snd wore a false “wave.” They say she is very poor and has sold all her jewels. She stopped only a short time n Munich, visiting ber daughter, and from here went on to Paris. The daugh- ter and family live at Nymphenberg so called from the meny marbie nymphs placed about the p ivate gar. den), a castle delightfully situated iu a natural park, through stroain of water flows. — Munich Letter to St, Paul Globe. RAL ~ dowdily which a woman's Glory, Her Hair Of nothing 1s a woman prouder har of her fine growth of luxuriant hair. It may be the silken chestnul brown or the bright golden strands or the shin. ing black tresses; it matters not, Some tell us not to wash the hair, as it makes itdry and harsh. But by all means cleanse the scalp. Give il a good sham. poo—not every day, but abeut once a weak, Every night before retiring. the hair should be taken down and carefully brushed from ten to fifteen minutes with a stiff brush and should then be braided. To soften and beamify the buir beat up the whites of four egge into a froth and rub thorougaly in close to the roots of the hair; leave It dry on; then wash the head and hair clean with a mixture of equal parts of ram and water. — An Unsuccessful Schemau, In order to get the best account of » »ecent execution there, a Minnesota ed itor had one of his reportersarrested and lodged in jail, it is related. The repor ted, however, was made to serab floon and perform other menial services dur ing his incarceration, and when the hour of execution came he was removed 10 & distant part of the Jail
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