jAi-- ,C-'i" V V-K iLwwi.imiW -w -VT r-" v-iv i v$& ;:. - - A f . ' - V LANCASTER DAILY US'lEIiLIGENGEB MONDAY MAY 21, 1883. r . - 1 ,-" r IN '- - Lancaster Jntelltgenccr. MONDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1883. Ballwaj Perils. It was a fourteen year old boy who put upon the rails the plank that caused the destruction of a train of cars and the death of Gee. M. Hain. His con fessed motive was " te see the cars jump." Whether it was the inspiration of natural depravity, or was the cense quence simply of mental unsoundness that this boy caused a great disaster te gratify his curiosity, will be a matter for the court te investigate and deter mine. "But the insanity or depravity which could make such a calamity pos sible is something that the Legislature should protect the community again 3t if it can ; and it can. Railroad com panies should be obliged te keep their tracks under a constant watch. It is but a-reasonable requirement. It is one that is required for their own protection and the safety of the public. It is required in ether countries. The cost should be no consideration against it, if its advisa bility is otherwise conceded. This accident shows that these who travel en railroads are in a constant peril, which cannot be avoided by any care in the management of the trains. There was no neglect of duty here in the engine driver. The disaster was unavoid able, because the obstacle en the track was net discoverable in time te prevent it, owing te the curve in the track and the cut near whose entrance the plank was placed. A passenger train had passed ever this point of the read just a half hour before the destroyed freight train approached it. In that half hour a weak boy had managed te put the ob struction en the rails. There is but one conceivable way in which the disaster might have been prevented : and that is by having had the rails under the con stant supervision of a watrhnuui. A in sanity or wickedness may at any moment prompt the obstruction f railway tracks, a prudent care for the safety of these who travel en them set-ms te impera tively demand the constant watching of the rails. Ner would the cost be heavy. AVTcre the line is straight and no read crossings occur, the supervision possible te the engine driver, would be suflicient. Only when curves occur, which prevent his observations of the track for a distance ahead, that would suffice te enable him te step his train, or where read crossings occur, that are liable momentarily te be occupied, would watchmen need te le employed. At read crossings such a guard is needed for the protection of the traveler upon both rail and read, and in se thickly settled a country as that through which Pennsylvania railroads pass, the Legislature is urgently re quired by its considerations for the safe ty of the people te require railroads te diligently watch their tracks. FEATURES OF THE STATE PRESS. The Yerk Age observes that the mere the Republican harmenizers work, the mere fresh cuts they make. The Pittsburgh Lender suspects that the proposal te tax oil is a mere " piuch er" en the Standard. The Pittsburgh Pest thinks that Ma Ma Ma honeiBm will be the crucial test of Arthur's civil service reform pretensions. Se far as the Centre Democrat can judge all of Secretary Africa's appointments are first class. The Easten Express re-echoes Thee. Tilton's famous demand of some years age for a uniformity of divorce laws. The West Chester Daily Republican is unreasonable enough te want & state cot a slate convention. The Norristown Register warns the Legislature that it cannot afford te waste time. Progress doubts if our newspaper meu of te-day are as geed general newspaper men as they were tea years age ; the most of them are specialists. The Erie Herald says that the project te establish an old soldiers' home in that city is a laudable one, appievcd by the local G. A.R. The Harrisburg Independent thinks it notable that the demand for mere judges of General Creek whose boldness in ven turing, with net a very large number of followers, into the Sierra Madres moun tains in pursuit of the Indians amounts almost te the same recklessness displayed by the dashing and unfortunate Custer. Late advices report that the Apaches, the tribe which is causing the most of the STOBM-SWEPT STATES. AIANff LIVKS LOST BY A -TORNADO. About 25 Killed ana 100 Injured at Kaelue, Wis 54 Deaths at Various Points In Illinois. Further particulars of the crcat cyclone I in Illinois and ether Western states show trmihlps nn thn hmmrirv line nf tk TTnitpd ! it te have been one of the most terrible States and Mexico, must have been dis- J turbed in their fastnesses, since severa small bands have come down te the plains from the mountains. General Creek is the be6t trained Indian fighter in our army, but the opportunities offered by the Sierra Madres for concealment and sudden incursions upon the troops by the red men are se advantageous that even the bravery and the caution which are necessary qual ideatiens of a frontier leader, of General Creek may prove unavailing and disas trous. It is a peer return for the lives of sueh brilliant and efficient officers as Custer and ethers of little less ability that is secured in the capture or the death of a let of savages. TnE claims of our advertisers compel the issue of a double sheet Intelli gencer te-day, and give our readers the advantage of an unusual amount of reading matter. Besides the interesting and exciting news of the day, at home and abroad, the contents of this issue will be found te include the poem, of no small degree of merit, of Mr. Ileisler, read at the late anniversary of the Geethean literary society and which well deserves mere permanent record thau its lodgment in the memory of these who heard it en this occasion ; a second in stalment of local history, as it is te be read in the Journal advertisements of nearly ninety years age, is part of a series of sketches made up from careful examination of the files of old newspa pers in this office, which reflect the social and business life of the community of that time ; the ether varied contents of this number speak for themselves, and enterprising advertisers who can lay before the readers of the public prints the advantages of dealing with them, like geed wine, need no bush. An organization of Xew Yerk which calls itself and affects te be "the Central Laber Union league," has issued a proc lamation asking all working men te absent themselves from the ceremonies attending the opening of the East river bridge, because the bridge trustees re fused te change the day of the opening from that of the queen's birthday. It is an even chance that this self-styled labor league consists of two or three loaf ers, with headquarters in some gin mill. It was by mere accident that the date of the bridce opening fell upon the queen's birthday, and it was net se fixed from any special deference te her or her people. Any day selected would have been certain te have happened en some objectionable person's anniversary ; and te have avoided the 24th of May, simply because it was hers, would have been ridiculeusand insulting. The "common people" are het common feels ; the " Union Laber league, doubtless largely composed of them. comes from lawyers eligible for the place and net from the peeple. The Wilkcsbarre Recerd honestly con fesses that even a tax en coal would he right, since the Almighty has blessed Pennsylvania with almost a monopoly of it. The Westmerelaud Democrat declares that a residence of six months is required te vote at a borough election in Greens burg. Is the new constitution net big enough te cover GreenBburg ? The Bradfeid Argus believes that they who advocate constant change, or favor keeping the tariff in the whirl of party politics, are the enemies of American manufacturers. The Reading Herald hopes that the controversy among the theologians of that town as te which is the most efficacious in saving souls, faith or geed works, will be decided in favor of geed works. Read ing has enough faith. The Reading Neics finds that the Heuso, with four limes as many members te debate bills, and four times as many names te call en a yea and r-y vote, must be credited with having auninsil the Seuate in usefulness and efficiency. The Carlisle Volunteer prints a diagram or the proposed FranklinUuien congres sional district, as the skeleton of an unknown monster, te be found in ages hereafter right under the seat of Senater McCracken in the state capitol cellar. The Norristewu Register avows that if Rome had had such free schools as Lewer Previdence township.Mentgomory county, the ancient republic would never have fallen into the bauds of such bleed-thirsty fiends as Nere, Deniitian, Caracalla, or Maximilliau. The Yerk Age having been tripped up by the Daily for a typographical error re minds its esteemed coutemperory that it recently referred te a case in which Hell appeared for the dofeudant" and at auether time refcrred te a four luile bere' tax. In response te an invitation te the Wilkcs Wilkcs bareo Recerd te keep up the Independent racket that genial journal says : " The Iudopeudent racket furnished amusement for one season, but the Democracy seem te get most of the hearty laugh. This year we are after fun for the Republicans." The Norristewu Times has often noticed that just iu proportion as the active com petition in our large iron shipbuilding establishments increases in the Delaware valley has there been a corresponding in crease et orders ler mere vessels and a steady diminution et the cost el con struction. Te the Jleravian the most troublesome church member is the supersensitive aud morbidly self-conscious man who thinks se much of himself, aud loves himself se inordinately well, as te apply evcry thoughtless remark, every word and deed that is at all capable of an unkind or iuap preciative, or uncomplimentary interpreta tion, te himself. He is continually being effended, hurt, insulted. "OHETUIHe AT A TICn." The Governer and the "Times" Opposition. Fer tlie ljlTELLIOENCEB Colonel McClure, of the Philadelphia Times, se generally defends the right and rebukes the wrong inpublic affairs that I seldom find myself dissenting from his views. But his recent utterances in refer ence te the action of Gov. Pattison about the recorder's office are se palpably unjust that, in common with most men of aandid and unprejudiced mind, I feel constrained te take exception. Cel. MeCIure admit5 that he wrote the letter which Governer Pattison authorized te be published. But he wished te have au effort made for the abolition of the office simultaneously with the nomination of seme worthy man for its occupancy. New, as te this, the old maxim holds geed, "one thing at a time." Plain ly, the first thing te de was te recommend some suitable man for the office, and that being acted upeu, he could within a brief period afterward recommend the abolition of the office. Indeed it would have been inconsistent, it net absurd, te nominate a man for the office and at the same time recommend the abolition of the office. Twe such contradictory rccommeudatieus could net possibly both be carried out aud hence the governor conformed te the old aud universally acceptcd maxim in such matters, "one thing at a time." New, the truth is, the governor did just what he ought te have done just what Cel. McClure, in writing, advised him te de, and just what the great mass of the people emphatically appreve. Aud all this no man would knew better thau Cel. Mc Cluie did he net leek through anti-Oas-s'.dy spectacles. C.vre. UASE BALL, Where TRe Big in the Three IS The Philadelphia Lcclfcr wants the collateral inheritance tax done away with. We de net. "We consider it a very just tax in its conception. If col lateral heirs cannot afford te pay a tax of five per cent, upon the estate which they get for nothing and without having any very particular claim te it, we de net knew who can afford te pay a tax We believe the law might be amended se as te put a tax upon all inheritances, and that it would be well te exempt from taxation inheritances of small amount. But where an inheritance is large it is the very thing te tax strong ly ; and the larger it is the heavier should be the tax, and when an inherit ance gets up into the millions the state should step into at least an equal part nership ; and we de net knew bnt that it should take all that is left ever the million. If an heir is permitted te take a million dollars that he did net earn and is protected in the enjoyment of it by the state, he will net have much te complain of if his inherit ance is limited te that sum. It is enough. We still have some features in common with Germany. Bismarck suffers with neuralgia amidst political defeats ; an American statesman recently was affected with toothache under similar circum stances. A German chemist has inveuted ames thetic bullets, which when tired into the ranks at war will produce complete insen sibility instantaneously. When nations agree te fight with such missiles even the dude will rush into the din aud clash of arms. At Germantown Saturday, with a quantity of miserable rats, a dozen dogs and a let of degcuerated spectators, several graud contests in a rat pit were enjoyed. The canines showed up well in their conflicts with the rodents, but when a venerable and vicious resident of the dark caverns of somebody's cellar get loose and scampored among the audience humanity showed its inferior bravery by a general stampede, and the warriors of the slums, who face without flinching the formidable strength of Jersey lightning whisky and prize ring assaults, lied howling from the approach of the diminu tive monster. Mn. Geulu, ewuiug a handsome yacht, is presumed te be a sailor, and, having plenty of money, is supposed te be able te get anything he wants, which supposi tion seems te be fallacious. The latest thing he wanted, and failed te get, was a membership in the Eastern yacht club, at Bosten. Upen his name being presented te the committee en membership, that discriminating body of aristocratic sailors promptly blackballed the great millionaire . The rejection, hewever,is apparently mere discreditable te the committee than hu miliating te Mr. Gould, since its action was prompted by a spirit of petty revenge for personal treatment, without the ad vancement of any ether and perhaps sufficiently important reasens te oxclude the ex-Wall street king from participating in the privileges aud councils of the Bos Bes Bos eon nautical organization. I Seme alarm is occasioned for the safety Clubs Stand Kaces. Never wa3 there mero intcrest taken in baseball thau during the present season. Iu all cities where the professional clubs appear, crowds are present te witness the games aud the season has been a great success financially. Iu the loague the rrovidenco is still ahead, although they were defeated en Saturday by the scere of 7 te 5 by the Detreits, which club has dcvolepc-d considerable streugth. The Chicagees and Clevelauds have been strug gliug for second place and who, up te Friday night, were tie. On Saturday the Clevelands were defeated by the Philadol Philadel phias at the home of the former, who thought they had a euro thing aud made their friends leso lets of money. The Chicages succeeded in " downing" the Bosten's by the scere of -1 te 1, and the New Yerk team were defeated by the BufTales te the tune of 7 te -1. It is by no means certain which club will be the win ner of the championship, but Chicago pcople are keeping their money in their pockets en their own team, as the Provi dence nine is uet composed of school boys. Iu the American association the Athletic is still ahead, aud the Louisville and Ciu cinnati were tie up te Saturday, when they engaged in a game which put the Cincinnati second by the scere of G te 3. Iu Philadelphia 10,000 people cheered the Athletic aud Allegheny clubs. The game was a brilliant one and the home team saved their uecks by mak ing six runs in the last inning en heavy batting, and weu the game by the scere of 11 te 8. The crowd was net large iu St Leuis te S03 the home club wind up the Columbians by 4 te 0. In New Yerk the Metropolitans defeated the Baltimore by the scere of 2 te 1, and the game was geed The Athletics can suffer several defeats and still " get there" for the champion ship. In the Inter-state association the Mer ritts, of Camden, leek like winners and stand at the head. On Saturday they defeated the Broeklyns by the fearful score of 1G te 10. The Uarrisburgs and Quicksteps of Wilmington are struggling for first place. Siieht Step. The College lleys Victorious at Carlisle. On Saturday the Franklin & Marshall college baseball club were victorious in the game at Carlisle with the Dickinsen college club. The Lancaster nine arrived in Carlisle at 12:15 and after taking dinner at the Florence heuse, where they were entertained by the home club, they were driven te the fair grounds. A small ad mission fee was charged, and there was a large crowd present. The game was closely contested aud at the end of the ninth inning each had nine runs. Iu the next inning the college boys secured four runs by terrific batting and the Dickinsen boys get but one, making the score 14 te 11, in favor of Lancaster. The umpira was a Carlisle man aud our boys complain of unfairness en his part. Otherwise they were highly pleased with their trip, the home club taking fine care of thorn. The scere of the game by innings is : 1 2 3 4 5 C 7 8 ! 10 F& JI College. ..1 0 1 i! 1 0 1 0 I l-li Dickinsen 0010 2 311 'J 111 The college club returned home at 12:40 yesterday morning, and they expect the Dickinsen club iu this city te repeat the game shortly. and destructive ever kuewu. At Spring field it struck the ground en Elijah He's farm, south of the junction, and laid waste three dwellings and as many uarns and outueuses. air. xie house, a large two-story brick, was entire ly demolished. It was occupied by Mr. Beeker, who was considerably injured. A male infant was nearly killed. Acress the read from Mr. Beeker's place Zebulon Wilfond's house was swi t away by the tornado, but no damage te life resulted. A quarter of a mile fui"ier te the northeast the home of Mr j. English was tern te pieces. Everything about the .place was nt.irelv tlestrnvml. Mrs. English was crushed and mangled by the falling tim bers, but there are hopes of her recovery. Iler two little sous, Jeseph and Themas, were enlv sliirhtlv iniurcd. The hurricane struck the crth again four miles east of the city, where the littla settlement e! Round Prairie is situated, and played havoc with the lives aud property of the farmers. The first farm iu the track of the storm was that of William Ceutrell. It was occupied by himself, nis wife aud a hired man. They took refuge in the cellar and there weathered the storm iu safety, while the heuse, barn, outbuildings, fences and stock were destreved or filed1. The homes of William Nestra-1 Mr. McVeigh, Heury Ilugklctr, Samuel Ashteu, James Tretter, Geerge Ray, Heury Turley, Henry Farbee and Samuel R. Grubb were tern down and great damage was done te ether property. The killed aud injured are : Mr. Beeker and child, Mrs. English and twechildreu, injured seriously ; Mr. Far bee, killed ; Mrs. J. Van Nestraud, proba bly fatally ; Misses Maggie aud Annie Van Nestraud, badly huit. Theso only slightly are : Twe daughters of Mr. Far Far beo, Heury Hughlett, Benjamin McVcagh's son aud Mrs. Tretter. lu Other Teivuci. Fiem Round Prairie the storm swept ou te Dawsen, uiue miles northeast, but doing no serious damage till that point was reached. Here a number of houses were tern down, and Mrs. Ferris was killed. At Buffalo, another little hamlet, Mrs. Themas Chandler was killed by the falling timbers of her home. The homes of Michael MoDenough, Benjamin Krick aud ethers were blown away, but no ether lives were lest. Auether storm is reported te have struck just east of Jacksonville, aud te have pur sued a northeasterly ceurse twenty two miles west of Springfield. It is said the little haiulet of Leitenburg was destroyed aud that eight persons were killed aud injured. Full particulars are net as yet obtainable. A train ever the Galena division of the Northwestern railroad brought the fol lowing meagre particulars of a tornado near Harvard, III. : Shortly before 0 o'clock a dark cloud was seeu hanging ever Chemung, a small village near Harvard. A rearing sound was heard, and suddenly a funnel-shaped tornado fermed and swooped down ou the place with fearful rapidity. Houses were tern te piece3 like se many card -beards aud whirled through the air. Large build ings were loveled iu an instant. There are no defiuite details, but it is under stood that a number of porseus were killed aud at least tweuty wounded. Passing te the cr -,t the storm struck Uel vidcre, doing considerable damage. Here the wind changed te the northeast and widened te a mile. Lawrence, a small station six miles north of Harvard, was badly damaged, and the surreuudiug country was devastated. Thrce houses iu bhiuu Hellew, near Grafton, belonging te Detuiy Shay, Jehn McVeight and Michael tiarner, were totally wrecked. Mrs. Garner was killed and her husband is supposed te have been thrown into a ravine aud killed aud his body washed into the river. A daughter of Dcuny Shay had a leg broken. The storm was also severe at Edwards ville. Mrs. Wm. Maxey, or Alten, while ffeimr from her father's heuse near Billiards. In New Yerk en Saturday afternoon the tenth game of the billiard tournament was played and Vignaux, the Frenchman, de feated Carter. In the evening Schacfier and Sexten played and although the former was a favorite by big odds he was defeated by his old antagonist. Jay Gould and his broker, W. E. Con Con Cen eor, were blackballed by the Eastern yacht club, of Bosten, which elected Geerge J. Gould, the millionaire's son, who at once sent a letter withdrawing from the club. Edwardsville. te a neichberV, was killed by being blown against a tree. The reef of the court heuse was blown off. In Morgan County. Morgan county experienced the uiett disastrous wind storm kuewu in its history. On Greasy prairie, cloven miles .south, the farm house of Perter Story, Alexander Gunu, William Blakemau, Themas Kou Keu Kou sler, Jesse Carrington aud A. Warcup wero destroyed, and one man, a boy aud two children were killed, aud ethers were injured. Southeast of the city, along the line of the Jacksonville Southeastern rail road much damage is leperted. Near Franklin the storm was fearfully destruc tive. At Pisgah the heuse, baru aud orchard of James Oxley were swept away, aud his wife and children were seriously injured. At Woodlawn, where there was a severe tornado, atteuded with fatal casualties, three years age, the railroad depot was destroyed and cars were blown from the track into atoms, the track being partially tern up. The worst of the tornado, hewever, was some nine miles norm, ou me reena branch of the Wabash railroad. The storm cloud was in the shape of a column and struck a part of the tewu called Liter aud traveled north east completely across the business and residence portion of the place, leveling four stores, two churches, the depot, a repair shop aud thirteen dwell ings, besides injuring ethers and destroy ing much ether property. At Mrs. Grif fin's house her three sons aud one daugh ter were injured and auether daughter, aged 22 years, was killed. She herself was iu a dangerous condition from the shock te her system. Auether ruiued dwelling was that of her son, Dr. S. Grif fin, who, with his wife, is at the city hospital, both being dangerously in jured internally. His 7 months old daugh ter was killed. Auether of the wounded is Mr. Hutchins, the village blacksmith, who was at Mrs. Griffin's house. J. Ste venson's heuse was destroyed, he had a leg brokeu and his wife was killed. Mr. and Mrs. Jehu Tretter, an aged couple, lest their lives in their wrecked home. This makes the number of killed in the town five. There are fully fifteen persons in jured, three of whom will probably die. A wounded man was brought in from Woodlawn, where he was badly cut up by falling timbers of the scale house of Samuel Weeds, whose baru was also de stroyed. Farther te the southeast, along the track of the storm, scattering farm-houses and barns were leveled te the ground. The storm extended as far south as Litchfield. Net far from that place a railroad bridge was swept away and a passenger train en the Indianapolis and St. Leuis railroad plunged into a ravine. The engineer of the train was killed aud the fireman scald ed, probably fatally, but none of the pas sengcrs were hurt. THIS TEKKOIC AT UAUlNK. A Terrible Story el Destruction. The meteorological conditions of the lake shore belt of country around Racine, Wis censin, were beheved te be such that a disastrous cyclone was an impossibility, but the debris of wrecked houses aud the scores of dead and dying which make it a city of mourning attest the falsity of the theory. The day, which had been notably chilly.fer the season,. was ushered in bright and fair, with the w'tud blowing freshly from the southeast. Toward neon the sky became overcast, and at about 4 4 o'clock p. m. a sharp electric storm prevailed, although but little rain fell. The sun came out for about an hour, the temperature tsing about 70 . Toward G p. m. heavy masses of clouds again gathered iu the west, per tending a storm, and the air was oppres sively warm. The cyclone was auneuncsd by a breaking of the clouds and it struck the earth with a noise which cau only be compared te the rear and rumbling of thousand railroad trains ever a bridge. The frightful sound continued for uet mero than two minutes. The frightened people had fled te their cellars and ether places for safety, and when they crept out from their hiding places they b3held the grand spectacle et i he cyclone as it pa:"ed i Dm the laud ever the waters of Lake Mbigan. The wlvrl ing columns of a:.r . emed like monster wreaths of smeke as they flew ever the watery expause, beanug with them spiral columns of water. Ne ship that encoun tered this monster of the air could by any possibility have escaped. The rath or the Storm. The cyclone first struck at Wel. s Hardens, iu the extreme northwestern portion of Racine, where it levelled a farm heuse aud crippled six el tue inmates. Here it seemr It") rise from the earth, but it again desrsnded and struck about half a mile te the neilheast, at the corner of St. Clair and High streets, where Lutz's gardens were situated. Theuce it pro ceeded due cast a'.nicU te the lake shore, covering a path nearly a quarto of a mile iu width. Iu the path of the storm hardly a euilding remains intact, itick auu frame houses a'ike collapsed, aud their sites are marked only by beans of shapsless debris. The houses dc itreyed consisted, for the most part, of frame structures, but here aud there was a brick house of substantial build. Nothing es caped the power of the cyclone. The houses lie iu heaps of steue, beards aud bricks. In seme places where the houses were unusually cloie together, they have been blown iu a heap se large as te effect ually bloekade the streets. Everywhere throughout that part of the city within the nath of the storm are heaps of rub bish. All the houses ou the west; side of Main, north of Euglish street, are de molished. Most of them are of weed, but one was, a large brick heuse owned by Mr. Fisher. Fred. Falke's heuse en English street was completely wrecked. Mauy houses ou North Wisconsin street were mere or less damaged . Oue house en High street, facing cast, was picked up and appeared te float iu the air tweuty feet above the earth, aud when it alighted it was iu a tolerable state of preservation aud faced south. A baru en Milwaukee stieet was lifted into the air and it came down under side up. Sidewalks in the track of the cyclone were drawn into the air, trees were turu up by the roots, aud outhouses were no mero tuau learners waiteu ey a breeze. The path of the raeteoielogical monster was literally a scene of luiu. The clapboards of houses scein te have been ground into splinters. Iu only a few cases were houses moved from their found ations. Theso iu the middle of the storm centre simply foil iu ruins where they steed. Some nearer the circumfereuce wero turned around, and it is reported that seme light articles, such as wagons, were swept into the lake. Oueer Freaks or the Wind. Fourteen persens were iu Petura's sa loon, en Douglass aveuue, and though the two story building was reduced te a mere pile of bricks aud mortar, no one was seriously injured. Beach's barn was taken into the air, aud, after whirling like a top, alighted in geed erder en its side, like a ship en her beam ends. The flax mills, the vinegar factory aud the brick yards of Wm. Baumen shared the com mon fate of destruction. The reef of Bettrey's bakery was lifted off, aud en the same street (St. Clair) the cupola of Father Matthew hall was damaged. The smokestack of the old silver plate works foil, aud the cornice of St. Jeseph's cathedral was twisted off. The reef of Paliccmau' Griebel's heuse floated away, and au old unoccupied tenement heuse of Geerge Buchcr is num bered among the things that were. Tele graph poles were blown down, and as the wires are dewu communication with out side points is difficult. The 7:10 traiu from Chicago was delayed a mile north of the city by a heuse which had been picked up by the cyclone aud deposited squarely en the rails. Tops of trees were taken off clear as though swept by a cannonade. On top of one abbreviated poplar was a plug hat, aud hanging from auether was a hoop skirt. Mauy chickeus aud domestic animals were killed. Three Children Killed. Three children, Uallebka by nanie, were standing in front of a saloon and withiu the walls four meu were drinking at the bar. The tornado swept dewu upeu the building and scattered the brick walls te the ground. The thrce little ones were killed, but the four men es caped without a scratch. Mrs. Gustavus Kessuess was holding her veungest child up in her arms wheu the blast struck her home. The front wall of the heuse was blown dewu and the mother swept across the room ; as she made au effort te save herself the child fell from her arms and was carried into the street and killed. The mother escaped unin jured. An elder child of the same family was playing in a laue wheu it was seized bodily by the whirlwind, carried a dis tance of sixty feet aud dropped into a creek. Its dead body was recovered. Paul Kugel and his three brothers were in the former's heuse when the furious hur ricane bere them aloft and hurled them through the air. Paul was killed and the ethers were all seriously injured. Their ribs were broken aud their flesh teru in strips from their ribs. Among The liuius. The scene among the dead, wounded, aud dying in the northern part of the city was one painful beyond decriptien. In many instances surviving relatives had lest all semblance of reason. Physicians were net numerous enough te give prompt assistance, and many bleeding victims were rolled up iu blankets while anxious relatives rau iu every direction te secure medical aid As fast as the victims were extricated from the ruins the weuuded were examiucd, and when their condition permitted were taken te St. Luke's and St. Mary's hospitals. The dead are lying in various parts of the city with guards ever them. During the excitement and confusion, it was thought that the fatalities would exceed twenty-five, but a survey of the ruins shows that only nine persons were killed outright. Twe of these were boys, whose bodies were found lying eide by side in a hogshead. Five persons are thought te be fatally injured. About forty have serious weuuds. Many of the latter have very peculiar hurts. Seme are blind, ethers have all their limbs broken, and still ethers are shockingly bruised, maimed and mutilated. About 130 build ings were destroyed. DISASTK0US FIRES. TUG WIDE KAVAGBS OF TUE FuAMES lu forest. Village and City -A Keinarkablt. succession ofBestructive CoutUra'leus. Woodland fires were raging en Saturday at Twin Mountain, Jeffersen, Warreu and Summit, and ou Meuut Webster aud Blue berry Meuutain, iu New Hampshire. Lare numbers of men were tryine te ex tiuguish the flames. At Woodsville, en Saturday, the steam saw mill of A.T.&E. Baldwin with 2,000.000 feet of lumber were burned ; also, a station, warehouse, 500 cords of wejiI aud two ears bisleugiug te the Montpelior aud Wells River rail- lead. A tire started in the wee;'. ; ou I'erry euntain, N. II.. Saturday, and destroyed a large quantity of timber, Jeremiah Bicker's steam "saw mill and bearding house at Jelf-rseu aud Willoughby & Cele's coal kilns. Noae of the propeity is insured. A forest lire started iu the vicinity et .Groten, Vt , yesterday. Au immense tract has beeu burned and a large ameuui of property destroyed. The less is esti mated at $150,000. Five destructive forest fires have been burning in the weeds surrounding Yap hank, L. I., siuce the lOch inst. Towns Uurued Out. Twe incendiary fires were started at Catassauqua, Pa., ou Friday meruing, but were discovered before they had gained headway. This niakes six iueeud.iary at tempts iu that town withiu a short time, aud it is said the chief burgess has receiv ed a letter threatening that the " whole tewu will be laid iu ashes." A fire iu Nashua, New Hampshire, ou Saturday afternoon, destroyed nearly a whole square of woedou buildings, caus ing a less of 30,000. A tire in Courtwright. Ontario, ou Sat nriliiv. destroyed Hushes' -reneral stere aud several ether buildings, causiug a less of $30,000. The glass works of Morae fc Gardiue in Walliugferd, Connecticut, were burned early yesterday meruing. Less, 25,000. Incendiarism is suspeeted. Nearly 50 persons are thrown out et employment. A fire in New Hepe, Kentucky, ou Sat uaday uight, destroyed two distilleries, two granaries aud uiue cattle pens causing a less or $35 000. The granite Methodist church at Ilau stead, Quebec was burned ou Saturday. Less $00,000. l'enusylvaula Kallread Sheps Humeri. . -i? a. :.... l l . -... C .4. ..!.... ii. UlSlls&reus mu uiuku imi nu uaiuiuiiji evening at the shops of the Pennsylvania railroad company, ou the Hackensack meadows, midw.iy between Jersey City and Newark. Tlie lire resulted iu the total destructionef the paint, upholstering aud cabinet shops, all contained in a large one-story brick building, 100 by 175 feet. The tire was discovered bro iking out of the reef of the cabinet shop by a watch man shortly before six o'clock. He at ouce gave the alarm and the few men about the plr 'O sti itched the fire hose in a vain endeavor t copewitn tue names. Werd was then t jlcpheued te Jersey City, but by seme mistake at the central office the message was sent te the police depart ment instead of te the fire headquarters. When the, message was finally delivered engine companies Ne. K and 11, tosethor with Ne. ' ami 5 hook and ladder compa nies were dispatched te the scene. NEWS NerliS. All .Sorts Ireui Various Ouurters. Nearly two asres of ground, liaar Raven Run, near Shenandoah, l'a., caved iu en Saturday afternoon aud passengers en the Lehigh valley railroad had te be trans ferred alter a delay of three hours. It will be soveral days before the damage can be repaired . The smallnex epidemic in Mercer aud Wyoming counties, W. Va., continues without, abatement. Tims far nearly 170 cases aud 50 deaths have been reported, the desoase being uuiiMially malignant iu fyp'- . , By a collision between a passenger tram aud a " wild engine, ' near Salida, Cel orade, en Saturday eveuing, two engines and several ears wero wiecked, Fireman Jehu Heward was killed, and the engineer was badly injured. The Grand Army of the Republic, in Washington, will decerate the Confederate as well as the Union graves en Decoration Day, placing a flag and flawers en each mound. Tweuty two deaths from yellow fever were reported iu Havana last week. TUK INDIAN WAB. PEHSONATj Ben Butlei: can go t Vp whenever he wauts te. W. W. Baik expects te make " Maud S." trot iu 2:03 this seaseu. Rev. J.Y. Mitchell, D. D , is a dele gate te the Presbyterian general assembly in Saratoga. Chas. A. D.yxa says it costs from $9,000 te $12,000 a week te aab out a leading mernfug daily iu New Yei k NensiAN J. Blai'kwoei, of this city, who had previously passed the mental ex amination at Aunapelis, has also success fully passed the physical examination. Hen. Herman Ykkkes will be the choice of the Democrats of Bucks county for their next judge. He will lit admira bly. Wm Chambers, LL. D., the well known publisher of miscellany and enclyclo enclycle pavlias, Louden, is dead, aged eighty three years. Mils. Ann Eliza Yeung, the nineteenth wife of Brigham Yeung, has been married te W..R. Deuuing, a promiuent citizen of Mauistee, Michigau. Jlits. Dit. Ridley, daughter of the late Scuater Hill, of Georgia, was severe ly if net fatally injured by a runaway ac cideut in Atlanta, en Friday evening. Dr. J. Dicksen Burns, a native of Seuth Carolina, and prominent as a phy sician and literateur, died suddenly iu New Orleaus yesterday morning, aged 47 years. Ciias. Avery, for thirty five years professor of chemistry aud natural phil osophy iu Hamilton oullege, died at his home in Clinten last night, aged eighty eight years. Ri:v. Samuel AksiV, a prominent Bap tist minister, lormerly of New Yerk, aud at one time tiuaueial secretary of the Rochester theological seminary, died in Indianapolis en Friday, aged 71 years. Alexander Scott, son of J. Scott, president of the Allegheny Valley railroad was shot dead iu a quarrel with " greas ers" iu Colfax county. New Mexico, en Friday. Jenei'ii Pulitzer's wife is a niece of Jeffersen Davis. Shu is se handsume and he se hamely that wheu they came te St. Leuis after their marriage the ceuple were geuerally kuewu as " Beauty aud the Beast." Mr. E. R. Hear is eue of the geverniug beard of Harvard Umveisity, aud as such is said te be using his utmost endeavors te keep that corporation from bestowing the customary degree of LL. D. ou Gov. Butler. Mis Newreld, of Philadelphia, who kuows.ef a yeuug woman that get $500 for a million second hand stamps, is mak ing a like effort aud hasj accumulated 85C,000 already. Judek Lonewjrtii, of Ciucinuati, worth $10,000,000, and en the supreme bench of Ohie, resigned the ether day because his residence at Columbus and his official position debarred him from fishing ou riuuday. P. J. P. Tynan, the alleged " Number One '" of the Dublin Iuviucibles, is iu New Yerk, and, threii'jh the ceuusel. General Reger A. Pryer, announces that he is " ready lu deliver himself up for exami nation wheuever the British government makes a tlemaud for his extradition." Washington T. Hayes, a sash manu facturer, ex-member of the Legislature and Alderman of Dever, New Hampshire, hanged himself iu that city ou Saturday. The recent burning of his factory and the death of a favorite daughter are supposed te have unhinged his mind. Mrs. Frances Marie Sceville, of Chicago, has given notice that she will file a petitien in the courts ler permission te assume the name of Frances Marie Howe. Her counsel says she wished te change her name ou her own ncceuut aud that of her daughter Bertha. Being a deverced wo man she could either retain her husband's name or take her maiden name. She de sired te get rid of the name of Sceville, but of course, that of Guiteau was net de sirable, and Bertha was very averse te it. Se Mrs. Sceville has decided te take her mother's name, Howe aud her daughter's name will remain uuchanged Ter tue pro pre srut. 11. fll. S. flNAFUKK. A Lunatic's Will. In Erie an interesting will contest is premised. A. J. Hendersen, for seme years a lunatic, died last Friday, and a will alleged te be his gives the bulk of his fortune of $300,000 te the mayor aud council of Cleveland, O., and of New Castle, Pa., for founding industrial homes for indigent boys. Only $5 is given te his only son and $100 te ether relatives. The family state that another will was made before paralysis of brain attacked the tes tator, but no ether will ean be found. The family will fight it. Creek Follewlug the ited Sklus Inte Mexico. Sixty ludiaus from the United States passed Carmen en the 15th inst., going te the Sierra Madres. At Mayue's Pass they killed and beheaded ene man and threw the head away after carrying it some miles. They killed a Mexicau at San Lorenze, eue at Bucua Ventura and two at S,m Rinaze. Troops have been sent iu pursuit of the savages. A dispatch from Tombstone, Arizona, giving news from General Creek, says that Creek arrived at Banspu, Mexico, en the 5th inst. with 200 Apache soldiers and 100 American and Mexicau troops, lie obtained guides from the military com mander of the town te conduct his ferce te the spot where Garcia had his late fight and the next day departed for the Sierra Madres via Guacheria. A Itloedy Kallread War. Au attempt was made en Saturday by the Omaha railroad company te cress the Wisconsin Central company's track at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. While the Omaha meu were at work the Central meu backed up a traiu killing a workman. The riot which threatened in consequence was prevented by the sheriff. An injunction has been obtained by the Central officers returnable ou the 25th inst., but it is net Iskely te be ebeyed, as the Omaha com pany's lawyers say itis " uet applicable." Kare l'rescnce or Mind. Au escaped lunatic went into the house of Mrs. Buckley, iu a narrow street of New Yerk, and told her he had a mission te tare her heart out aud clean it. He dis played a set of surgoen'a knives, from which he said she might select the blade te de the work. She coolly suggested that a dissectiug table belonging te a nnii'hhnr he nro2iired. aud volunteered te accompany him IIe agreed, and en reach ing the street was seized by three men from the Bloemingdalo asylum, who had tracked him te the place. Sunday In Erif. A party of men, with pistols for hunting and beer for di inking, engaged in an alter cation ou the bay. The beat capsized and Michael O'Brien was drowned. Jehn Murphcy wa3 rescued and is still uncon scious. At another part of the bay three young men were upset while changing seats in a beat, Jeseph Scheen was drowned aud Frank Keenand EmilObeth were gallautly rescued by two little boys. New aunday Scheel Organized. A new union Sunday school was organ ized yesterday at Reck Point school heuse near Marietta. Jesse Klugh.ef Maytown, was elected superintendent ; Simen L. Brandt, assistant superintendent, and Levi Nissley treasurer. Much interest was manifested aud the prospect for a large and geed school seems encouraging. Reduced Figures. The diamonds, said te be worth $75,000. stolen from Kramer, the Paris jeweller, by young Marriett, who was recently cap tured iu New Yerk, dwindled in value under the scrutiny of an appraiser te $21, 000. The thirty-eight and a quarter carat stone, which Kramer's agent claimed was J worth $7,500, 'was valued by the expert at fxw iuti, ur titeaut CeinK: Oncra iu all Language. The operatic novelty of Gilbert & Sul livan's ' Pinafore," translated into Penn sylvania Dutch, was rendered in Fulton opera heuse en Saturday eveuing, by a company composed of Allentown and Reading amateurs uuder the direction of the translator, Mr. xlf. Chas. Mess. The part of the opera translated is but a bur lesque upeu the original, which gives the translator an opportunity te employ tne naturally ludicrous characteristics of the Pennsylvania dialect. Much of the opera is given in the original and some of it ren dered in broken English, and it is the novo! and ridiculous expressions and change of ideas that make up all the fun there is iu it. Among the cast, which does well for amateurs, is Mr. E. L. New hard, of Allentown, who fills the role of Sir Jeseph, and who has undoubtedly mere thau a a commeu dramatic talent, supple mented by a geed voice, that with mere training and care would succeed in legit imate opera. Miss Lucie F. Wright as Jesephine, gave an agreeable rendition of the role, and Miss Sallie Corkrey, as Little Buttercup, threw into her part a geed deal of vivacity and earnestness, which enabled her te give an intelligent interpretation. Twe notable features of the sntertainment are the hornpipe dancing by Master Benny Austrian, whose performance was unusually meritorious, and little Minnie Hafer, a diminutive teddler, who filled the role of the midshipmite, and who with a telescope net very Jargp, but bigger than herself, made a most conspicuously funny appearance in make-up and actions. The scenery, which the company carry with thorn, was fine. MAIL MA1TEK. List of Unclaimed Letters. The following is a list of letters remain in" in the postefficc for the week ending May 21, 1883 : Ladies' List. Mrs. Wm. Carrell, Miss Martie Filsen, Miss Majie Fisher. Miss Mary A. Garver, Mrs. Sarah E. Heider, Mrs. Jane M. Jacksen, Mrs. Annie Koeh Keeh Koeh ler, Mrs. Jehu Mills, Catharine Nauman, Mrs. Mary Riner. Adeline Sehler. Gents' List.Vm. Bissinger, Jno. Bit tinger, J. Castle, Miller M. Fraim, E. Frey, C. H. Graff, Gee. Guist, Jehn Hern est, J. K. Huber, M. L. Lamber, L. H. McAtecr, Jno. McCIaflin, Jas. R. Miller, M. D. Mull, Jno. Meuck, Samuel Ney, C. W. Otterson, Wm. Reilly (for.), Julius Resger (for.), Jac. Shaffer. Third and fourth class matter : Third class. Alfred Blctz, Harvey D. Mann, M. G. Murray, David Siffening (for), Adam R. Tschepp, Nera E. Widmyer. Fourth class. Mrs. Sarah Handy, M. G. Shinder. court te property ltepert of Vlener3. Tue viewers appointed by the assess damages sustained by owners from the oeeninr of Laurel street. from Mauer te the junction of nazel and Wabank, have make the following awards, te be paid respectively by the county and city te the parties named : MAKES. Jehn Sneidel , Mrs. Mary Burger..., Geerge Slierer Sebastian Kritz Shelasticka Llchty. Adam Gedacker.... Charles Seharkept.. Henry Hebrink Augustus Stants... Martin Klrchner.... County $C00 11)0 ESt) 3JG MX) 4-ai ttl 100 ISO City. 5C0 400 30 Tin Kit 10J 31 f
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