OLDIEtt'S COLUMN
THE BIO BATTLE.
V Comrade Bends Reminiscences of a
Citisen at Gettysburg.
At tli( rfust ol
I. N". Durboraw, of
faro Taverns, Pa.,
"the "National Tr.
Imne" of Washing
in, I). C. publishes
.M ( VvSl. Ihe fo!lowin.i nm.
sW$siMp inisccnces which
re haul! Mr.
Mhlrboraw bv Mr.
I 1.' II n r Mont
of Oettysliurif, rii.:
Mr. Kliniile elates Hint he lived In the
house hi I wwii the Micfry house ami the
Hrnicr house, on the cr-l or southeast siile
I llie I niniil-liuiK ronl and I know tli.it
ir nas so. nliiriiiK tne b tile ot'tiet'yshnrir.iti
July. Mi); Unit he sniv the troops pns-itu
tl'irmn the llis day of .? y, but his recol
1wii.mii ( ti.it it ' a'lnter hour in the
day. ilinl there wns a hnltiug in the mart li
lt columns, ami all at mice there was a
aiiiirmir of met at all the pons on the left
i If of lie road, nti.l. after a few stroke" by
nil Ii. one uili nil alniur Kent the fem e flat,
ami nut on the left the lri0is spresd over
thefspanxlcr farm, and urn rVilliam s
they went lit a double-quit k. lie says nil
the stnicmcnts be hat teen Rive Ilia
hour nt 1 p. m., or in early in
II a. m. He thinks it wns near 3 p. m..wheti
ihe lenre was cut nown. His neinhbor Slier
(V came In his place that evening: told bim
that there wnstoo muc h excitement to kill
a call that Mr. Klinxle was going to kill.
Mr. Sberl'y mitl: "Keep It till to-morrow
evening, ami 1 Hill then take a quarter."
On the evening of the lit, when the I'nion
army fell bark, they brought 14 or I'l
wounded Confederates to bis bouse, and
laid them on the Hour of the lower story.
There was no one left to care tor them,
lint he gave them mater anil bathel their
wounds ilurinK the niirht. The wounded
nen rilled for doctors. He went to see sev
eral, but none voiild o w ith linn. About
(be tniitiilc of the day, July '1. be was noti
fied by one othYer after the other to leave;
that be jtnve ail the same answer. "If I
tnnst die I will die at liunie." At last an
ntHcer insisted that they must cither go to
Iho cellar or leave, theie were plenty of
aoldiers that would lielp carry tbo two
children and their clothing. -
Mr. Mingle ainrted wit li his family, and
when down on the 'i'rostle farm an orher
eame ridinR obliquely directly toward Mr.
Klingle. The officer was bareheaded, and
as aoi n as he was within reach, he irrabbed
Klinglc's lint, and Mr. K Uncle grabbed the
hone s bridle. The officer told Mr. Klingle
thai be was in the charge, and had lost his
lint, and could not get another then, and
Unit Mr. Kbngle cimld. Mr. K tingle said it
was the only bat he had, ami that lie did i.ot
Imnw whereto get another. The nlticer
paid Mr. Klingle, nsked if it was enough,
and left him. Klingle brought his family
to the foot of Little lioiind Ton. where they
thought thry were safe, and lie started for
home again to get a hag that was filled with
bis wife's best wearing apparel and some of
disown. While on the wny, in Trostle'i
woods, he met bis neighbor Sberfy, w ho
wanted to know w hat he had done with his
bat; told bim he could not get home: that
the rebels charged, and when he left they
were fighting all around K bugle's bouse.
Mr. Klingle returned to bis family; came
across a pool of muddy water, in which was
a soldier's cap. He fished it out, washed
the mud off, and put it on his bend and
weil to the left ol Little Uoun I Top. An
othcer slopped him and took him on top of
Little. Hound Top. Mr. Kingle looked
through their glass, and told the places the
rebels wore putting their wounded of the
(irstduyin, names of rnsd, distances, tind
where they led to. And it was not long till
the first gun i f the rebel battery at War
Hold's blacksmith shop, on the'extension
of Seminary 1! ilge opposite Little Hound
Top was lircd.
It wns not long till Signal met: squatted
behind rocks and began to slip away, and
Mr. Kingle followed suit. It was getting too
noisv to bo comfortable about that time.
Mr. Mingle tlien went to his family, and
they went to friends along Hock (.'reek, and
on the lib of July it took bim nearly half
a day to get fiom Round Top to his home.
The pickets would stop him, tuke him to
their oflieorsunti Hie was nearly ntOettysburg
Then be went zig-zag until he arrived at
tbo house. There were I'nlon officers sit
ting on chain around the house, and would
not let bim in lor a long while. Ho then
f athered up what chairs be could find; took
hem into the house. Later in the evening
another neighbor (ICckeurode) came to bis
(dace and asked for bis wheel-barrow. Mr.
tingle said be looked for it; could not aee
it. Mr. Kckenrode said the aoldiers had
found hia last barrel of flour, that it was
half cnip'y. Tiny were carrying it in theii
caps, canteens and in their hands. Mr.
Klingle told bim to go home and secure it
lie would be down, and they then carried it
to Mr. Klingle's and they ; baked pancakes,
without salt, and ns soon as the soldiers
aiuolt them they surrounded the house and
coaxed and plead for cskea. They kept
baking for a while, when Lkeurode suggest
ed that their families needed something to
cut when thev would get home.
One soldier would not leave the window,
and Mr. Klingle went to bim, broke his
cake in two, and gave the soldier half. He
nhoveii a 1 1 bill into the room; refusd taking
it back; said money wns no object then; that
he wns aick. and bad had nothing to eat for
two days. Near.y everything was taken or
destroyed. Mr. klingle strolled all around
on the battle-held to find Ins two cowa and
a calf. Found the bide of one cow, with
part of the front quarter of meat attached
to it, on the Trust Ic furm.
On Sunday he iw pome dead soldiers un
der an apple tree in I lie lower part of his
orchard. A shell had struck the tree, splin
tered it all to pieces, and the limbs had fal
len all around the trunk. He notified the
officer in charge of the party who were
burying the dead, and the officer ordered
the men to clean away the limbs.and around
the i roe wero four dead soldiers. They had
a pan, with a portion of cake remaining in
the pan, allowing that the explosion of the
bell bad killed the four men while they
were enjoying their meiil.
One momb after the buttle Mr. Klingle
heard where his cow mid calf were, about
two miles northwest from his place. Every
placo be inquired for bis cow the folks got
angry with him; said they bud lost all their
cuttle, too. He got Ihe oow and calf, end
Mr. Hlierly got his quarter of veul. He
could never gel pay from the Go ernruont
for any propeity. except 12 for a iinull lot
of hay that an officer hud taken.
Mr. Klingle saya that the army during the
battle made so many changes that it was
hard fur those that were living '.there before
(be battle to recognize places, and it certain
ly would be more ditticult for entire strang
ers to do so. He says that Mrs. Klingle
baked for tha otiioers during the 1st and iiud
.1 - -f T,.l n4 m I rt nl h.lr - -
they came, the officers paying in advance
ana then waiting till the bread came out of
the oven. Two of the oftlcera disputed
bout who waa to get what wns then iu tha
oven. They finally agreed that as Mrs.
Klingle decided, it should be. Mrs. Klingle
waa oalled and explained that one officer
bad paid when she put the bread in the oven
and the other paid afterward, and waa to
get the next, but what waa in the oven waa
not the next, and it was satisfactory,
air. Klingle died soon after tha war end
ed. Mr. Klingle now lives at 80S Madison
venueCBalttauore, and would Ilk to know
wbetter tha officer Ibet took hU bet, the
poorf tyk toldier with whom he divided
kit Cm on the night of Jul 4. leoS.of any
nf the other nlflrers or msn who called so
lime' inonlouslv on bim sod bis family sie
now liv ng. and whether they reroliect any
of the Incidents above related. Ho would be
(dessed to hear from any ol them. Ho snji
le has read a great many statements that
purport to be true histories of the battle of
Oettvshiirg and h a seen hut one that men
tioned bis houe. while the "Itoger House,"
and the "Hherfy House" are mentioned in
nearly all of them, in connertlon with the
troops of the Third Corps. He says there
mast have been Hi litinc in and close around
his house, for H ere were plenty of bullet
holes In the weather-boarding, end the
marks of burnt powder in about 20 of them
Inside of the house. That there were many
dead lying on his property, nil bloated, ana
so black thev could not be recognized on
the 4th of July iwi't. There were two lying
Inside of the gate, In the front yard, w hich
was about eight feet wide; others lying
around Ihe building. Two were lyini? to
gether under the pornh, heads resting on a
ark that had hair in readv for mixing in
mortar. Must have craw'ed there after be
ing wounded, and died. Mr. Klingle sava
he turned over the soldier that Isy In the
gateway; his hat was under his head, and a
bullet-bole through the band of bat ana
head of the soldier
PENNSYLYANlT PICKINGS.
tOstS IMPORTANT HAPPIfIN(M
f Iatereet to Dwsllarala the Keratona
State.
FA YKTI'K OCTI.WV SKNTKM KD.
i( x RMir.r rsr to tiik phhkm-iaby roi
Mm:n vr.it.
I'miontowV" l!atney. David and Martin,
membersiif theVley gang, were called up
for sentence. In Hie cue of Jack Itninsey
Judge Kwing !iiip )-eil u i-cntenrcol nineteen
years in the I'li tetitiary, ns follows: Five
years for the Keener rubbery, four for the
Anderson mhuerv. seven for t he I'rinkev
case and tliree lur the lils case Hanisey
fooled the total rip, and linding it amounted
tootiiv tntieti-eii yea-s. lie seemed pleased.
He said he had ted to get twenty-live
years. In iinnoMug this sentence the court
said: "I hone jrvi will embrace the oppor
tunity oi reiiecting anil maire up your mum
that if vou outlive the periot of senteni-e
and come hack your life shall be different.
If I thoii.-ht it wouldn't have any Influence
of that kind upon you, I would send you up
for a much longer period." David was sen
tenced to live vears and six months and
Martin to three years in the penitentiary.
STATIC kTx.VXCKS.
Tint u,.im r in tiik litvnui, rMo sHons a
HIIITOK UK.
HRniBiiM The following statement
hows ihe niicrnlion of the state treasurers
and auditor-general's departments in the
year: Total receipts from all sources during
Ihe llscal vi ar ending NoveinDer SO. lH9i,
10.:iS,7"i!)o.'l: total pavtnep.ts.tl l,T27.W W;
totnl debt paid during the year, 1,417, 10K;
net debt ot the stnte November 30, Wl,
iOutl.-WJ IW. In the tiavnients are Include
ed t.i.OOO.OiH) to the public schools, and on
account of the llomesiead riots :i7.'i,2.'i:t 4fl.
Three-fourths of the personal property tax
under the hi i of lS!i is return, d to the
counties and is now being paid, which will
reduc? the genernt fund about fl.iftn.ooi).
The balance in t lie general fund November
30. 18!il, was 72i).7l. l-'or the corre
apontltug da'e this year it was to,$U,l!)l.
BinNKDTUDKATH.
a DOZKX lAMIl.tKH TCRNKII OI T Br rikF An
lll.tl M N I'Hll-HH.
(initBNsBi-Ki.. Late Sunday night a frame
tenement bouse, bicutcd on 'the llenipheld
brunch railroad, was burned. It was occu
pied by In families, complied of about To
persons, nil Italians. James Agilcco, an
old man was burned to death and several
small children rerhaps fatally injured. .Con
siderable nioin v at lean f l.'jOD was burn
ed, besides all the furnishings of the bouse
and clothing of the occupanta.
A CHILD FOASTKIIIX BHD
Yong. The dwelling of Barton Crone,
near Lewisberry, this county, was burned
with Its contents. A 0 year-old daughter of
Mr. Crone's, who was asleep upstairs, was
burned to death nnd the b ly reduced to
ashes. The tire was earned by an over-heated
stovepipe which passod through the floor
above the kitchen. Mrs. Crone was baking
Christmas cakes nt t tie time, but owing ti
the rapid spread of the llatnessha was un
able to save bur child.
OOOD FOB KIIITOB JoltflOMI.
HABRisBt nii. William F. Jordon, of the
"Sunday Telegram." gave the newsboys of
this city, numbering about 1M), a Christmas
dinner at the Hotel Columbus. (Governor
Pattison, Francis Jordon and If. D. Tate,
the (iovernor'a private secrotary, made
speeches.
raozzt TO DEATH.
MfTi.an The body of Frank Williams
of Coal ton was fciitid on the road between
this place and Coalton. It is thought he fell
into the ditch while returning dome an
not being able to get up, frozo to death.
It Is said the Ha'dwin locomotive works
will locate neur Homestead on a branch of
the Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston rail
road that is projected.
Hohrsteao merchants say their Christ
mas buiness this year is as good if not belter
than last year,
Ar explosion occurred on the Hempfield
Branch railroad, on the Tiusman farm, near
Ureensburg, resulting in the death of one
Italian and tha injuring ot several others
Suite severely. Tbey were blastinr with
ynamite and n heavy charge not going
off, they started to ascertain what waa the
reason.
Petkb Flamdax. of Susquehanna, a
brakemnn on the Kypano road, was run
over at Meadville, and kiled.
At Morrellvllle, fire destroyed three
buildings, occupied by six families; and a
furniture store, loss .'5,U00.
Clakfxce M. Wiktkhsoii.i., 11 years old,
of New Brighton, has sued the Pennsylvan
ia railroad for IW.ixm for loss ot both lege
and an arm on the railroad. . ,
, I ! ,
Owing to lack of proper heating arrange
ments many patients in the Flood Memor
ial hospital at Johnstown, caught cold on
Monday night, and the lives of some of
them are reported to be in danger.
WniLX George Anatram and son were rid
ing in a buggy across the railway track near
Bradenville, the vehicle was struck by a
train. The father was fatally Injured and
the ion seriously hurt.
Gov.Pattison received a letter from Phlle
delphia containing a fifty-dollar bill marked
"conscience money." It was covered into
the treasury.
Another Cholera Fanio in Hamburg.
The panic U again taking hold on tha
people of Hamburg, Uermany.who are afraid
that the cholera will lay seige to that city a
In tb summer. Th Senate Issued an or
der forbidding Inn-keepers to accommodate
anv euesta from Russia and Uullcla. A fin
of SO marki Ii threatened for each violation
of the) order. ' '
Interesting tfurglcal Operation,
A successful surgical operation hoi been
performed on a man named Abellno
Akrunufelt at Cologne, France. The ear
geone out point of iword from hit breast
where it ba4 been lodged .ever tfaoe , tha
rao vMraian war.
SNOWDEN ON HOMESTEAD.
HIS REVIEW OF THE ATFAIIt
FROM A MILITARY STAND
POINT. Complimentary Reference ta the Work
of the National Ouard With Borne Plain
Talk About tha lama Case.
Adjutant (ienernl (ireenlaiul has Just re
ceived the annual report of Major (ieneral
Rnnwdon, of the National (liunlnf Penn
sylvania. After giving a history or ihe par
tial movement of Ir ops lo support the
Sheriff of Allegheny county In efforts to
suppress the disturbance at Homestead, and
referring In a complimentary manner to the
expeditious transportation of troops by
QnarterniHSter (ieneral McClnllatt and the
arrangements made, for supplies on reach
ing their destination by Adjutant (ieneral
lireenlnuil, (Ieneral Snonden ravs:
"It was at first thought tliut it wns better
to c ini entiate Ihe tioops at llrmton, and
orders were sent nut lotbal c(T -t but as it
was quite near lo Homndead. and the
point of assembly having become known, it
wss chanced to Ittidebaiigh, which offered
better facilities. Dispatches were also sent
out for good leasi ns to cotui-ntra'e the
Second Brigade at Itlalrsville Junction, and
It would have been advisable, ll possible, to
end the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Hegi-
nienls up I lie Kiskeinliilias. Secrecy as In
the real and filial no lit of mobilir.nlloti was
essential in all resects and was strictly
maintained.
"The Second ami Third lliigades, with
full ranks. A.7;w sironir. arrival at their des-
tinntion. a distant point for many of them.
witlitn .vi nonrs niter tne uovernor issued
his orders. It is believed I hat this la the
first lime troop have ever been inaneuvred
Into position by la I.
Of Major Ku'y, of Hie Kighleenth Itegt
nient, l ieneral miovmIi-ii savs be "marched
resolutely through Ihe streets, but, contrary
to expectation, ni' t with no opnosition or
uncivil behavior, t'llius." adds (ieneral
Bnowden. "the positions covering Home
lead and the town itself wein occupied
without (I sinrKsnce. ami. a a rioter, since
acquitted of murder, informed the Major
(ieneral, ut an carl r hour and from anoth
er direction than were expecied."
I onttiiiiiug, Ueneral Nnowden says:
'About 11 o clock on the 12th. the celebra
ted interview with toon. O'DonncI and
others took place. To the otter of a recep.
tion bv the citizens and co-operation by the
Amalgamated Association to keep the peace
the Major (ieneral replied that lie could not
and did not n -nizelhe Association, and
with the am 1 1- . wst nt hi btck he did
not need the in-oa-rntion of any other
Dixiy. social, political or 'religious; mat lie
had sufficient troops to enforce order.
preserve the law. anil sil pi ort the Sheriff,
and as be was ordered he proposed to do so.
"Hie good faith of the Ama gainnted As
ociation might well be dimmed. While all
open resistance ceased, their scouts and
forces drawn in, the censorship of the press
topped, and the false government erected
by them come to an end. vet for some time
they kept up their system of Intimidation."
The Major (ieneral dues not discuss events
nrior lo his arrival at Homestead, but
doubts if the Sheriff could have raised a posse
equal in nuniDers ami pnysique to ine op.
position, l nere urn not seem to oe inai
wholesome resnett for the law in Allegheny
county and determination on the part of all
citizens to uphold it, which is consoling to
believe pre ailed in all other parts of tha
State. A smaller force sent there would
have Invited a conflict nnd ended in that
which the Uovernor did In Ihe tlrst place,
lending overwhelming numbers.
"The udniirable military spirit displayed
by all the troops, N.tilA in number," says the
report, "wns kept up throughout, except by
one man, lams, ofttie Tomb. The attempt
ed assassination ot Mr. Frick le I to gn at ex-
ciienient and tumult ill Pittsburg and some
apprehension tn camp, tiuaros were dou
bled, and colonel Hawkins, in panicuiur,
was i olilied to he on the alert, lams illum
ed up Slid called for 'Ihree. cheers for the
man who killed Frick.' Mr. Frick wns no
more to the troops than any other reputable
citizen, but the ai-t was done in sympathy
with riot aim anarcny. in tne state oi war
then iirevsilini. ns since laid down bv the
l met Jtiiuoe, mm a act wits iiiuiiuy aim
treason, and Lieutenant Colonel hue nor
would have oeen justilieq in using extreme
measures, if neces-ary, upon the i-pot; in
fact, an officer failing tn repress mutiny is
liable to a acvete penalty, lama would not
explain or apologize for Ins conduct. In lace
of imperative necessity to enforce discipline
whic.i termed to admit of no delay for a
court martini, which might have put on
lams the most extreme sentence, and alter
consultation with Co onel Hawkins, Lieu
tenant Colonel Stieator imixised upon the
man a penalty of which ine severity has
been ureatlv overstated. If llie punishment.
although often inflicted m war, may be said
to bo unusual, tna circumstances wero ex
traordinary. Afierw irdi the Maior General waa In
formfd of the ase and n qui sled io give di
rection as to lnrili-r punishment. 'I lie dis
cipline ol a regiment is in the hands of ita
Colonel, and that of the brigade and the
trial slid piiiiiclinicnt of enlisied men in
those of tne brigade command! r; in this
case Ieutenant Colonel i-treat or and Colo
nel Hawkins, respectively. He waa nut
called on, therefore, t approve or disap
prove of action so lar taken. and has refrain
ed from doing so officially until now, for
Lieutenant Colonel Mreator raigm nave
akd for a court of iiiauirv. or on the
charges a court martini mmht have been
called for, both In the discretion of the di
vision eommai d -r. row that it la proper to
express an opin on. he has no Imitation in
saving that lama w .s punished according to
the customs oi wr and no more lhau be de
served. "A lire brand ii no more danero.if in a
fiowutr magazine than a mutineer or a trai
or in the ranks. It waa necessary to get
him out of camp at once, lor hie ) reience
muiht lead to open sympathy or perhaps
opposition to his confintmeut. Hence the
division commander acting oil the commun
ication referred to, ordered, as written by
Lieutenant Colonel North: 'Discharge him
in disgrace, drum him out of camp and
end him home.' Lieutenant Critchlield,
acting aid de camp to Colonel Hawkina,
reported to bim as an order or intimation as
to the method of carrying out thu command
and that officer was justitied in so consider
ing it and acting accordingly. It ia a source
of great gratification to know that the
course pursued by Colonels Hawkina and
Streator has been fully vindicated In a
court of law and that the legality of the
divison commander order waa sustained
by the honorable Judge who tried the
cause the case, strangely enough, being the
first one tried out of all those resulting from
an event which involved riot, murder and
tnason. . ,
Homestead wat In a very bad sanitary
condition and In spite of cleaning and dis
infecting, the authorities refusing to do any
thing, a numbe typhoid cases developed
resulting In several deaths, notably that of
Lieutenant Colonel Horton. Sixteenth In
fantry, A Judicious pension law, incapable
of abuse, to be administered perhapa by the
Military Board, ia much needed and would
be Just.
"The i
he camnaign ii not without valuable
results and information. It showed the staff
to be intelligent, and efficient, an organiza
tion of which the State may be proud. It
riroved that the claim so confidently put forth
hat the division could be assembled in a
few bourn in any part of the Slate waa well
founded. In ramditv and atrangth it bo
ever been equaled. On the 1Kb of July the
First Brigade ban a percentage present lot
duty of 86.8, and on the 12tblhe whole divi
sion. M.I per centum. In the First In
Uairy every place was tiled eivept one.
'A concentration of si large a force from
far d'slant parts, with tanks so full, without
previous not he. was never fire accom
plished. Officers an I m-tn came from all
directions and from long distances Maine.
Texas, .Molilalia, etc. I ho siicew of tho
movement snows the soundness of the prin
ciples upon which thsOnsrd was reorganiz
ed anil has since been condiicte I. It would
be an act of great risk to depart from the
ways now long trodden which have led tn
neb splendid results.
"It showed also that regimen 'a of two bat
talions are, nntadspted to our service, and
those of three haunlions are recommended.
The 10 company formal ions is antiquated
and ought to he Increased lo I'.! The three
battalion system Is urged by the President.
8eorctaris of War. cominondlne. generals
and regular officers generally. Majors ought
to be elected sufficient to command all bat
talions. Should 12 regiments of 12 com
panies each be formed II new companies
would be required. One company of en
gineers, at least, (s needed, as also n signal
corps. The admirable services of the caval
ry confirm views heretofore expressed of the
va'tte of a full squadron, and another troop
ought to be raised, as well as another bat
tery, to compose a battalion. An addition
of the companies mentioned would raise the
Onard to about fl.snn, none loo large for
Pennsylvania ami less ill proortion than
New York, New .lersev. etc. It Is obviously
necessary to increase the annual appropria
tion, to provide for the increased strength
and camps lor ID days. Hellish opposition
arising from certain quarters ought lo be
disregarded, as the events of the summer
bow the security of our liberties and the
stability of our Imtltoilons Is dependent up
on the efficiency of theliuanl. By a change
of the law reg-ilaling tbo fiscal year or bva
mistaken Interpretation of it, 50.IM)) fiat
been lost to the great detriment of many
companies. New equipments, especia'lv
great coats and blankets, are much needed
and in view of the probable appearance of
the Guard at Chicago und Washington, as
now contemplated, an early issue ia advisable."
COLDEST FOR BIX YEARS.
Chloago Oete a Dang-ll p Cold Wave and
Starts It South.
At Chicago. Monday was the coldest day
luce IBXtl.when the thermometer registered
Zj degrees b-luw zero. Monday at 5 a. m. It
wan 10 below; 7 a m , 8 below: 7n. m , 11
above zero. According to the weather map
St. Vincent was tho coldest place In the
I'nlted States, it being 21 below at that
point. The cold wave is traveling south
ward. It wns Udegicea bc!ow Ihe freezing
point in New Orleans Monday night.
DAVKXrnnr, Iowa. The mercury dropped
fo 12 below on Monday. Persons were
crossing the Mississippi on foot, and the ice
will hold teams.
Wii.mixiitox, N. C.--CIiris'inas wound up
bore with a young blixurd. Snow covered
the ground lo a depth of two inches, beating
Wilniliigion's record for several years,
i oi.pkst run yf. ins.
Wii.KgsnAiiitK, Pa. It was Intensely cold
hero Tuesday morning. The weather was
the coldest known in 'Jl years, and on
Wilkeslmrre mountain the thermometer In
dicated 14 degrees below zero. Several
freight trams going over the mountains bad
to be sboudoiied lor the time being. Brake
men were almost frozen to ilentb, and the
crow ol one train were all disabled. Tne
engineer went back to flsg an approaching
train and was overcome by the cold. The
engineer of ihe approaching train mopped
in tune to rescue bim and prevent an acci
dent lli.'Rosj, 8. D. Intensely cold weather
has prevailed hero and throughout the Jim
river valley lor the psst three, davs. The
thermometer has registered from ll to 'li
below zero.
WicitiT. K is. Traffic In Kansni Is badly
demoralized. Trains are all pulled by Iwa
locoiuoiives and still many are mo l:ir be
hind lime that they hnvo been almost lost
sight ot. Tuesday night for the first time ir.
10 dss a train got iu over the Wii flita and
Western, but to day Ihe road was again
blockaded. Arrivals Irom Knglewond re
port lerrihle losses among stuck In that sec
tion and on tlie ranges in No Man's Laud
thousands of cuttle have died.
Ai.'i.i-sta, i.v The heaviest mow In five
years fell on Tuesday.
rsTirxins, a. ine mercury sroou iane
greis above z to. I his is Ihe'colilest con
tinuous weather for years, ice has lormed
eight inches thick, a rare 'recurrence.
Cn aim. isi'on, 8. c Tuesday morning and
for llie lint time within the pn-t 1,' years,
house lops were iovrud with a tine coating
of snow and sleet. Tne orange trees ure in
jured and will piobablv bear only one crop
this year. They iisuti ly beur two.
Pi-mill no. Pa. There' is a tie-up on the
rivers, traffic being entitelv su-pend- d ow
ing lo the ice. For the lir.it lime in several
years the Allegheny, Mouongaliela ami Ohio
rivers are frozen across. The Allegheny
river was frozen over in January. Hs.j. I lm
was the last freeze-up. Ihe water ut that
time, however, was s feet, while there is not
more than 3 feet at preeut and no serious
damage is appiehenued.
MERRYMAKERS DROWNED.
A Pleasure Yacht Capaized and Tea
Lives Ware Lost.
At Sydney, N. F. W., a sad accident occur
red Monday to a party of merrymakers, re
sulting in the death of ten of tbem. The
owner of yacht made up a party of his
friends to take a sail, and twenty-three per
sons accepted the invitation. All went well
and everybody on board was enjoying them
selves until th mouth ot the harbor was
reached. Here a severe squall struck tha
yacht and before any preparation could be
made to meet it, the vessel capsized. Tha
squall passed away ai quickly as it bad come,
and vessels In the vicinity bore down to the
upturned craft. Tboy succeeded in picking
up thirteen persons who were struggling in
the water, but ten of the party were not seen
after the yacht turned over.
BOMB THROWING IN MILWAU
KEE. Over Half a Million of Property Lost in
Another Fire. Howards Offered for
the Incendiaries.
At 2 o'clock Wednesday morning a dyna
mite bomb was thrown into tha main build
ing of the South Side plant ot tha Milwau
kee Street Kni I way Company. There was
tremendous expiation, und tbe next mo
ment the Ore bud such a start that it was
soon beyond control. The plant was des
troyed, entailing a loss of about 1510,000.
Wbe threw;the bomb is not known. The
miscreant is supposed to be the fire-bug who
box started fully a dozen other disastrous
fires within a month. Night Watchman
Warden says he beard a whizzing sound in
tbe air, and then came the explosion.
Mayor Somers has issusd a proclamation
offering 12,1500 reward for evidence that will
lead to tbe detection of tha incendiaries,
nd pnt 100 extra polios on duty.
Old Enough to Know Better.
At Weal New lirigbton, S. I., Mrs. Mary
McUovern, 07 years of age, was burned ti
death Monday. She was a habitual smoker,
and it is believed that she hod attempted te
light her pip while in bed and set fire le thl
bedding.
A GREAT SHAFT.
LAHOKUT MOXOMTH I'l TIIK
MrOItlil) foil TIIK FAIU.
A Wisconsin Ntnne) Which Wilt Hen
Strlklnif Feature of the Col
umlilnn I'tposltlon It U
tin Font Long;.
OH some time pnst ihe
residents of Northern
sY, tf Wisconsin have turned
"- PLasaf ,lieir thoughts nnd In.
jkWHv . A tercsta toward tbo
great brewnstone
monolith which will
aland in Jackson P irk
during the World's
Fair as a witness of
(Vfl what is contained in
tho vast quarries lo
cated in Wisconsin along the shores of
Lake Superior. An Ashland (Wis.) let
ter to tho Chicago Hcrnld anys:
This obelisk, which claims the title of
being tho largest on earth, can trnc.g its
conception to a jocular remark made by
Frederick Prentice,
owner of the large
quarries here, to i-i-Oovornor
Sum H. Ki
Hold. While convors
Inii on matters rela
tive to monster pil
lars ot stone in the
shape of obelisks,
Mr. Prentice re
marked that be could
surpass the largest
Kuyptinn production
from among bis
quarries situated in
close proximity to
this city on the Day
field aliotc of Che.
jtiaincgon Hay, or
on one of tho num
erous Apostle Isl
ands. To Mr.
Kiticld It hardly
seemed feasible, but
tho earnestness of
Mr. Prentice and his
declaration that if
the State of Wiscon
sin would accept
and erect the morjo-
I W' " " " Fra 0 W0,,'1 deliver
i vi. lt t0 l,u? 8,Me witu-
" Blliisaai" It f out cost, for State
saas...
TUB MONOMTIt.
exhibit nt the
World's Fair, so
Impressed Mr. Fl-
field thathoopenod communication with
the Board of World's Fair Manager.
This correspondence, although appear
ing to the commission to sugett an im
possibility, led tbuin to make a visit to
Ashland and, in company with Mr.
Prentice, to via the quarries. After
looking over tbe ground tbey practically
A
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BRIA.KINO THE MONOLITH FROkt ITS BED.
accepted Mr. Prentice' generous tender
ind agreed to take tbe atone as soon si
it was brokon from its bed and move
and erect the same on the grounds to be
designated by the Fair officials at Chi
cago. Accordingly, work was com
menced at once with five itcara channel
era and about forty men on tbe 1st of
August last.
Work was first pursued on tbe Wilson
bland quarry, and after some time had
been spent in uncovering the top layer
without finding body of rock which
met Mr. Prentice's approval the work
was transferred to the quarries at Hough
ton Point, in Bayfield County. It took
but a few days there to locate rock of
the desired quality and size, and a few
days after the explorations began men
were busily engaged in uncoveting and
marking out the monolith. The work
went steadily on, and on November lOtk
Mr. Prentice was able to make the grat
ilymg ststcrueut that a stone of the re
quired size lay open to inspection and all
that was yet needed for him to fulfill his
agreement was tha breaking ot it from
the mass of which it had been a part.
Tbe announcement was made by Mr.
Prentice that tbe monolith would be
loosened on Friday, November 18th,
and on that day tbe public were invited
to the quarry to witness the event. When
November 18th came large assemblage
of citizens boarded tbe ferryboat and
were transferred to Houghton Point,
where tbe quarry is located and where
tbe brown stone monster was waiting to
be broken front its resting plaoe.
Previous to tbe day of raising, tbe
workmen of tbe quarry bad carefully
atartad tbe parting wedges, ao that on
tk appointed day all that was necessary
to complete to took Mr. Preutioe bad
undertaken wu & ufleeea'ul driving
of the wedges, Alontr each side of the)
monolith, which bad been sawed at
either end, werestarted about 400 feather
wedges, all partly driven.
Arriving at tbe quarry, all that re
mained to bp done was the giving of (be
signal to bei-in dr vintf the wedges. At
11 o'clock Mr. Prentice lined the men
on each side of the monolith and tookr
his position on the top. There were fifty
men on each side standing with mauls
FRRDRItKK PIlF.MTtrR.
uplifted waiting for the word to be given
to tap the entered wedges. At signal
from Mr. Prentice tha mauls fell, and
the work had begun. With the pre
cision of clock work the men drove the
wedges, at each succeeding blow ad
vancing to the next wedge. From base
to apex the men walked, each step sad
each blow driving the feathered wedges
nearer the spot which would loosen It
from the bed of rock where it lay. As
of one accord the mauls were raised and
let full upon the wedges until at lat,
with a alight quiver, the huge rock
parted in its entirety from the mass and
lay nt the bottom of the pit ready to he
delivered to tho State Commission, to be
trimmed to the desired size. After the
wotk bad been completed three rousing
cheers were given by those present in
honor of Mr. Prentice, and they were
given with a will which showed that tbe
citizens appreciated his generosity aud
public spirit.
Dr. E l win Ellis, of this city, then
mounted the atone and dulivered a short
speech to the assemblage. Dr. Ellis
spoke ot the monolith as it really is the
largest single stono ever quarriel. Of
the three great monoliths now standing
Dr. Ellis spoke, and stld that tbe one
at Home, which is 105 feet hlgb, is tbe
largest in tho world outside the one just
quarried ia the wilds of badgerdom.
Mr. Prentice now says that next spring
he Intends channeling out twenty feet
more from the quarry, and that if be
then desires be can safely agree to furn
ish monolith twenty feet longer thin
the one now quarried.
The monolith is of Lake Superior
brown stone, an analysis ot which made
by Trofesior C. T. Chandler, Ph. D., ot
the school of mines, Columbia College,
New York, showed it to contain the fol
lowing ingredient: Silica, 91.40; farria
oxide; 2.U0; alumina, 3.53; lime, .25;
magnesia, none; potash, 8.36; soda,
14; sulphur, none; carbonic acid, none;
moisture, .05; a total of 99.75 per cent,
and has an average weight of 150 pounds
to tbe cubic foot and showing a com
pression of strength of 7491 pounds per
square inch.
Mr. Prentice's first propoiition to fur
nish the monolith was for a stone just a
tride larger than the Egyptian obelisk,
which is 105 feet seven inches exclu
sive ot the foundation, and nine feet
square at tbe base. He first intended the
monolith to be 106 feet in length and
nine feet two inches at tbe base, bus
upon a later consideration decided to
have it 115 feet long, ten feet at the
base and four feet square at the top.
The apex will be about Ave feet long
and will be tapered to about a six Inch
tip. Tbe entire monolith will rest upon,
a foundation ot granite ten feet bigb
and twelve feet square.
The area of the coal vein discovered
at Falrbaven, Washington, ia estimated
to be 1000 acres, and believed to con
tain 1,000,000 tons of cool.
Mr. Gladstones favorite reiigiont
poesi it said to be the last hymn to tbo
dead It tbo "Ley ot tbe Last Minimi.'.