Decatur Democrat, Volume 27, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 5 October 1883 — Page 4

THE NEWS CONDENSED. THE EAST. Section B of Steinberg's elevator at Buffalo, filled with grain, was burned, canning a loss of $ 155,uu The boiler of the steamer J. S. Robinson, lying at an Albany dock, exploded, ki.lmg three persons instantly, and wounding many others, ( raft lying contiguous to the Robinson were badly damaged. The shock of the explosion resembled an earthquake, and caused consternation in the vicinity. There were many narrow escaf e« from death.... .Blair Brothers, proprietors of the carworks at Huntingt< n, Pa., have become insolvent. Their assets arc valued at SIO,O ft’, and their liabi itles will aggregate $2 0,000... .Ho mer beat the fastest t ireem le time on record at the Hulton (Pa.) regatta. going over the course in twenty minutes aud three soconda Jay-Eye-Sf.e won the purse of $5,000 at Fleetwood park. New York, by defeating St. Julien in straight heata ’The line of spectators extended for two miles, and the equipages numbered 5.000. The betting was very heavy, at SIU) to SOO in favor of St. Julien. Tae first heat was made in 2:20'.4, the econd in 2:18' . a id the third in 2:19. ■ ... .The jury in The Lose Ambler case re-| turned a verdict at Stratford, Ct. that they were unable to say who killed her, but from Lewis' connection with her, they ‘ think suspicion points toward him” The Athletic Base-Ball Club, of Philadelphia, won the championship of the American Association, and on returning home the members found the citv ha f draped anti illuminated in their honor. Broad street was so choked that the players could scarcely reach their carriages. The Mayor received the procession at Independence Hall THE WEST. The north express train on the Eel river branch of the Wabash and Detroit railway, when near Peru, Ind., cn the night of the ißth ult, was boarded by three men wearing b ark masks over the r faces. They I confronted Burt Loom s, the me-s nger ot the Pacific Express Company in his car. leveled revolvers at his head, and demanded the keys of the safe. Tne robbers overpowered him, and beat him with the butts of their revolvers. At last he surrendered the keys to the safe. He was then round and ag. g p aced in his mouth. The rohl ers then opened the safe,abstracting some SIS,(XL in exp) ess packages, besides other valuables, and jumj ed from the plat- ■ form, lockipg the e press car behind them. When the train reach Peru the agent aud others forced the doo s and found the messenger insensible. Te egrams were immediately eent in all d rec ions. Near Shakopee, Minn., the broken section of a freight train on the Minneapolis and St Louis road ran into another division, telescoji g some cars, aud instantly killing i the engineer, fireman, a brakeman an l a oa:tle driver... .The Northwestern Rille As- i scciution's annual tournament closed at Fort Snelling last week, the Minneapol s team again winn ng the association s champion! adge, defeating the Ch cage and Milwaukee teams... .Nearly an meh of snow fell at Owatonna, Minn . on the 28th ult Three: men attacked aii A., T. and Santa Fe passenger train at Coolidge, Kan., for the purpose of robbing the express car. E-g meer John Hil.on, for refusing to slop the Lain, was shot dead, and the fireman I was severely wounded The express messenger-, however, repulsed the banlt< . after s veral shots La l been fired, L one slieht y injuring Messen er Peterson. ■ The robber' v ■ re pursued and mres ed.... ' Th-; C’onv ay Man factu ing (< mpa .y s sash, door and bd ind establish men at Milwaukee Whs detoxed by fire. The loss isestima ed ; at 0,(40. The insurance amounts to 1 $ .4,' 00. Three me: . •rs of the fire de artment were serious y h rt vvhi e attempting to check the jrepre s of the flames....An , ex| losion at the California no •d. r-works ' at Stage's station, near San Francisco, the scene of several j ectnt di-asters, resulted i in the dea h and horrible mangling of I 1 for y Chinamen out of a working tor e of |' ft rty-two. One \x Lite* man was in ured..... At Sbe.bvville, Ind., a hou eof ill-fame was 1 set on tire, and two of the inmates—Flora | Gariett and Maggie Wells—who were sleep- - Ing in a ba- k room up-stairs, j e ished in the I flames.... The II lino s State Fair, he d a ‘ Ch ago, realized a out $ o,oov ir-m tickets 1 and ‘3.(00 from privileges. The expenses 1 weie about $05,000, leaxing a handsome i surplus The Hamilton County (Ohio) District Court has made a decLion as to the lia- ' bility of diocesan church property to pay i the debts of the late Archbishop Purcell. I The decision is in effect that schools aid < chur< hes bn It by su< scripts n are not liable i in any sense, as the Archb shop was simp a* trustee, except where it s known that -he Aichb shop b msdf contributed, and this ■ special amount, w.th interest, the a-s gnee can collect Regard ng the remeter es, the court he'd that th y were not ded cated to . the public, and such lots us rema n unso d j should be disposed of for the benefit of the creditors.

THE SOUTH. George Laflere, a colored man, who died in New Orleans at the age of 110 years, claimed to have been Prince of a tribe of negroes in Guinea, and was a fullgrown man when brougncto the city and sold as a wave in 180.-:. He served I aul Laflere in the War nf 1812. and cared for his sons in the Mexican campaign. Before the rebellion he was freed and given money enough to sustain him comfortably. A Fort Smith (Ark.) dispatch reports that between Childer's Stat'on and Webber's Fal.s. Indian Nation, while Deputy United States Marshals Beck and Merrill were attempting to arrest John Bark and a Cherokee named JohnM. Jacks, whisky peddlers, both officers were killed. Merrill was shot several times and had hi head smashed in witu revolvers. Bark escaped. While the brothers, Samuel G., William O. and Thomas Rogers, were taking depositions at Blue Lick, Ky.,in the r father's will contest, Samuel, who is President of the Farmers' Bank at Carlisle, | drew his r-vi Iver and s lot his dw o bro- hers, in ictiug moi ta wouu Is. Wiliam is aSt Louis lawyer and Thomas is a farmer. 1 The fratri- ide cla ms chat he thought his brothers were about to ire at him... .The hangman closed the career of three negroes ’ at Chatham, \ a . who waylaid a white man on bis way to market with vegetables, and of a colored man at Savannah, Ga, w'ho killed a sailor. At a camp-meeting near Winston, N. C., the appearance of a la-ge number, of moccasin snakes caused fifty ladies in the congregation to faint. Several persons w< re bitten before the men could kill the reptiles Dr ring a political quarrel at Liberty, Miss., Eugene McElwee killed Sheriff Wh t ingten. A large number of persons at once gathered about the scene, one of whom shot the murderer dead. WASHINGTON. The following message was received by President Arthur in answer to the President’s congratulations upon the open ing of the t'enral and South American Telegraph Company's lines. “The Emperor and Empiesa of Bra il thanx th? Pre Ide t and Government ot the United States, and in returning iheir salute concur wfthttemin the assura n e that the nev channe 1 of direct c< mmunication open between the two conn rie* via Valparaiso and Galveston will contribute to the maintenance of he happy relation existing between them and to their material benefit’’ The only excitement in Washington just now is over the ( ivil Service act The Civil Service Commissioners and the heads ofdepuitmen.s are at loggerheads, and time are all kinds of opinions as to w hat lue Bkw ready means... .Ex Seen tar . liiai ie has leased h.s u‘*w and palatial Washington residence to L. Z. Leiter, of Chicago, for a term of years. Tee readjustment affects the salaries of 2,176 Postmasters. Forty-four offices have | been added to the Presidential lit, and twenty-five IT evidential o ces have be n reduced to the fourth c ass. leaving ihe numb rof Pi evidential po offices Oct 1 2.F... with sa anes amounting to $ :,75 J,AX’. Eve v part of the country is included in the readjustment The change in some of the larger office, are noted below: Pr«s nt Salary as Name of office. s la y. Adjusted. St Louis Chic go 4,'-<l f, » Ctn it n xi 4.«0 s.t t o New Or! ai.s Unc an»ed KnoxvflD 2.C *o 2,£0) Louisville 3,’*o : t <<0 Memphis 3.H0 . 8 /0 Chattaaoc-uA 2.W -z,7w-» San Frenctoco 4.' <K> 5 <> o Pittsburgh 3,*0 Omaha Detroit :,**> 3.7U0 Inquir es from many persons as to whether they could be compelled to pay for newspapers to their address without author! y have receiv d th? following ruling from tl e- o*toflice IN pat cm nt "'lhelutbilfty ot a r any to pay tor a newspap* r must be determined by "the rides a ♦piicahle to otl ar con raet s Wh‘ n a publisher without request from a party, siiher capita* or .m-

plied, sends a taper, the mere fact that the • party addressed takes the paper from the | postoffice does not of itself create a liability to pay for it It takes two to make a coni tract, and one party without the consent ol the other cannot make him his debtor. ” The public debt statement shows a decrease during September of $14,707,279, as follows- ’ Interest bearing debt— Three and one-half per cents $ 9.143,000 , Font and one-half per cents 250,000.000 , j Four per cents 737,612.850 ' I hree percents 805,529.600 " I Refunding certificates 332.750 ‘ i Navy pension fund 14,000,000 Total interest-bearing debt $1,316,617,&M) I Matured debt 5,643,665 Legal-tender notes 346,739,871 ; j Certificates of deposit 11,945,000 ! | Gold and silver certificates 176,985,481 j Fractional currency 6,9.2,906 Total without interest $542,G -3.:58 Total debt (principal) $1,364,924,523 1 1 oral interest 12.337,083 ; Total cash in treasury 355,450,670 j Debt, less cash in treasure 1,521.811.535 j Decrease during Sep ember 14.707,229 * Decrease of debt since June 30, 188 L 29.279,671 I Current liabilitiesinterest du< • and unpaid $ 2,027,133 i Debt on which interest has ceased.. 5,643,665 i Interest thereon 3'3,384 i Gold and silver certificates 178,985,4-1 I U. S. notes held for redemption of certificates of deposit. 11,*’45,000 Cas.i b. lanej available 158,546,ut6 Total $355,450,670 Available assets— Cash tn treasury 855,450,670 Bonds issued to Pacific railway companies, interest payable by United Stale- — Principal outstanding $ 64,6 3,512 Interest accrued, not yet paid 969,352 Interest paid by United States 59,222,093 Interest repaid by companies— By transportation service $ 17,028,522 I By cash payments, 5 per cent, net earnings 655,198 Balance of interest paid by United States 41.538,372 I POLITICAL. Ben Butler was renominated by acclamation for Governor of Massachusetts in the Democratic State Convention. William A Simmons, in seconding the nomination. said the blue blood and cavaliers must go down. Frederick O. Prince was selected for Lieutenant Governor The Republican State Convention of Nebraska nominated M. B. K. Reese for Judge of the Supreme Court. The Republicans of Maryland met ) in convention at Baltimore and nominated I Hart B. Holton, of that city, for Governor | by acclamation; Washington Smith, of DorI Chester, ’or Comptroller, andß. S. Matthews, ; jof Baltimore, for Attorney General The ■ ; resolutions adopted cordiady approve of the I course of President Arthur, but declare that I grave abuses continue to exist in the admin- • i tration of the State Government, aud that ihe rulers must be dethroned.... | The New York Democracy held their Convention at Buffalo, and disposed of the business for which they met, without a row. though there was* tome wrangling among the contesting delegations. Isaac H Maynard was nominated for Secretary of Slate, Alfred C. Chapin for Comptroller. Robert A Maxwell for Treasurer, and Dennis O’Bri n for Attorney General The platform denounces taxation to raise a surplus fund for distribution among the States by the Federal Government, and heartily indorses Gov. Cleveland s administration. The ascertained views of forty-one Republican members elect of the next Congress, says a Washington correspondent, indicate that the party as a whole oppose a re- , opening of the tariff question at the next ■ession. The views of the seventy-nine Democratic members indicate that their party will favor a further rev.sion of the tariff and liberal appropriations for the Mississippi river, may favor the abolition of the internal revenue, and a large majority favor free tobacco. Most of the seventy-nine refuse | to exp ess themselves on the Speakership 1 but to the extent that they have done so Cail isle seems to be the favorite. 1 Lcock is the favorite Republican candidal a While engaged in joint political debate with Judge Kinne, at De Witt, lowa, Gov. Sherman was seized with an apoplectic tit, and f r some time stood dumb before the assembly. Friends saved him from falling. GENERAL. The revenues of the Dominion of Canada for the past year were $115,888,384, and the expenses of the Government $22,805,22 ), le ving a surplus of ST.O'S.IOf), exc usive of the amounts received from the sale of lands in the Northwest Territories. The base-ball season closed on the 30th of September. Boston wins the championship of tbe National League from the Chicagos. which has held it for the past three years; Philadelphia captures the American A sociation flag, while Toledo will next year i y the new Northwestern League penant. The fo.lowing table shows the games won and lost this season by the eight clubs comprising the National League:

:B n W 2CSQ ißi 12 2. h I clubs. |= 5 ?• t> : o - “ ‘ i i b iFire w? Boston 7 8 10 77 10 14 63 Chicago I 7—7 6 9 9 9 12 59 Providence ! 6 7— 6 7 9 12 11 58 Cleveland | 4 8 8 —7 7 912 55 Buffalo 7 5 7 1 - 8 9 952 New York 7 5 5 6 5 — 6 12 46 1> troit 45 2 558 - 11 40 Philadelphia. 0 2 3 2 5 2 3— 17 (; ames lost 35 39 40 42 45 50 58 81 Figures of the failures for the third quarter of 1883, compiled by R G. Dun & Co., of New York, qhow a great increase in the numl er of mercantile disasters, as compared with last year. The number of f ilures in the quarter just closed is 1,803, with liabilities of $52,0' ,0 0, while for the same quarter of 18S2 there were only 1,100, with liabilities of SIB,uOO,(M*. For the first nine months of Ibsi the failures reported number 6,440, as against 4,81-7 in the i s me perio 1 last year. The liabilities for the first nine months of the present year are $118.00x7.000, as against $69,000,0U0 for * 18 , '2. In Canada the failures for the nine months of 188.> are over 1,(00 in number, as against 537 in 1882. The li abilities for the first nine months of the present year are «; 1 ,(X 0,000. as against s\tou,oou in the same time last year. Mr. George B. Loring, Commissioner of Agriculture, announces a convention of the representatives of all classes interested in the animal industries of the Uni ed Stages, at (hicago, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 15 and 16 next The e will be a discussion concerning contagious diseases among domestic animals. The following topics will be introduced: 1. Tue extent to w ich contagious diseases exist among domestic animals in this country. 2. i The modes by which they are introduced or disseminated. 3. Meth- I od> by which they may ba eradicated, or infected districts be isolated. J. The efficiency of ex.sting legislation re ative to such diseases. It is des red that this convention may be national and thorocghly re] resentathe in its character.... .Out of a population of 10,U00 at Tapachula. Mex, | ),*MJ have died from black smallpox.... j Coleman Brothers, dealers in clothing, of I New' ork. and San Francisco, have made an assignment in he latter city, with probable liabilities of s3* 10,000. FOREIGN. Premier Ferry and the Marquis Tseng are still holding conferences. In the meantime the Black Flags are reported as hav.ng abondoned Sontay and several • Mandarins hare acknowledged their subm.ss ou to French authority. C hma s | tc Frances memorandum is said to have been received at Pans, rejecting several ' of the French proposnla A dispatch ■ from Hong Kong d scredits the reports of impending troub e at Canton.... | I i e third marriage in SL Paul s London. I since i was celei rated the other day, the ■ contracting i art.es being the Lord Mayor's daughter and Mr. Aitkiu. The great‘belli was rung on the o ca-i0n.... .Cha les Brad- . laugh has wr tten to Sir Stafford Nortbcote I to the ©fleet tha he will demand his seat • when Parliament assembles, and charging No.thccte with causing the trouble ari«- i ing fr m the pre.ention of Bradlaugh ever ising his legislative rights..... ; The bead of Ca; L I’eviere, who commanded j the French force* in Toimuin. together with the hea’s of thirty solders kil'el in the ! lorti • from Han i have been recovered.... Turkey is about to nf<»rm the powers that if Bu garia lapses into a Ftite of anarchy ' the P-rte wil sep in and preserve the ]ca e... .Nordt nskjold s Artic expedition has arrived at i.vttenberg, Sweden. In the presence of 250,000 people on the Kicderwa d. the statue of Germania was unveiled, amid the booming of cannon, r ngiag of beds, shrieking of whistles, and the snging of the nai ional anthem by the vast gathe ing. The stotue cost J,(KO,‘AM) m.uks. and the ins rip ion commemorates the rranco-Gci man war. aud the re- < sta’ lishment o: the empire in 18.0-71. A coup - r demonstration was he d in lari' before the “itrasi oaxc statue.... Crotty, an Irish iao4iord. who had -©sn

wounded several times previously, was shot dead near Ballina, County Maxo The Sa vat ion Army is in trouble again—this time in Savoy.' where its meetings hax r e been prohibited on pain of expulsion. O’Donnell , the murderer of Carey, was re-examined at London, on the 28th ult. and fully committed for trial Young Chrey's evidence was rather contradictory, and he admitted that he was not quite sure that O’Donnell used the words * I was sent to do if' but Mrs. Carey xvas firm on this point, and the cross-examination left her testimony intact The Irish National League of Great Britain held its convention at Leads, Thomas Power O'Connor presiding. A heated discussion resulted in tbe demand of the London delegates to enlaige the Executive Committee, and its membership xvas finally increased to seven A National League meeting wa< held at Omagh, upon which occas on the O ; angemen aso held a demonstration. There were no disorders. The Orangemen denounced the le gue as seditious, and called upon the Government to suppress the meetings..... One sheep out of a cargo of 1,000 from Canada having been found affected with scab on landing at Liverpo> 1, the autho Mes ordered tbe daughter of the en-; tii< i voice.... When King Alfonso of Spain ar. ▼ d at Paris he was met at the deiot by n luxge concourse, who hooted and hissed I at him, shouting, “Down with the Uhlan King:” The clamor and insulting cries were kept up in all the streets through whi h the King passed .... In an interview tbe other day O’Donnell, the slaver of Carey, de lared that he shot his man in self-defense... .Bartholomew Binns, a railway plate layer of Dewsbury, ! England, has been appointed public executioner, to succeed Mar wood. Mobs in the streets of Madrid insulted Frenchmen and threatened the French Embassy, because of the indignities offe ed Alfonso in Paris. At many gatherings held strong speeches against France were made. It is now stated that, the Spanish King s appointment xvas a complete surprise planned by Kaiser Wilhelm, and with which Bismarck had whatever to d 0... .Nihilist circulars have appeared in St Petersburg demanding that the Government prevent the cruel treatment of prisoners, especially women. ADDITIONAL NEWS. Detective Tenbroeck, of Indianapolis, Tuesday made affidavit charging Alex Potts with the murder of Ada Atkinson. He claims Potts had a knife that would make wounds like those inflicted on the murdered girl His shirt and vest had blood stains on them, and tracks found near Atkinson’s house compared with Potts’ boots. Potts' age is twenty-five. The general belief is he is not the murderer. A heavy storm of rain and snow prevailed in Vermont all day Tuesday. Freight cars coming from northern and central Vermont are covered with snow. Rain was venmuch needed. The springs and streams are i lower than they have been for twenty years. . Corn and potatoes are badly affected by the drought, and the apple crop will be nearly a failure throughout the State. The heavy rain was quite general throughout New England. Miss Frances E. Willrd, of Chicago, president: Mrs. C. B. Buell, of Connecticut; Miss Anna Gordon, of Mississippi; Miss Mary H. Hunt, of Hyde Park, Mass., and Miss Frances J. Barnes, of New York, appeared as a delegation from the National Women's Christian Union before the Senate Committee on Tuesday, and urged that the subject 1 in which they had so deeply interested , themselves be laid before Congress. The 1 delegation showed the good results of the societies in various parts of the country, and spoke of the support given them by the press in their efforts to suppress the liquor traffic. A conference of representatives from various free-trad« organizations of rhe country was held at the polytechnic building Tuesday morning. Governor Phelps opened the convention with an address. He spoke of the necessities of close organization, and outlined the objects of the free traders. He said free-trade was a necessity, and in giving a history of protection, said that political parties had always urged it as a temporary measure. The Whig party taught that it was ephemerical, protection still ex isted. Still the cry was that in a few- years longer its objects will be accomplished. He deprecated the fact that the tariff m Mexico had been lowered to the detriment of necessities. Speeches were made by others advocating the organization of a Northwestern and Mississippi Valley Trade League. Action on this question was postposed. A committee on organization, etc., was appointed. The old officers of the Free Trade League of Missouri were re-elected. Annie Helms and her mother, of Terre Haute, quarrelled on account of Annie being too intimate with her step-father. Annie took arsenic, and her mother attempted suicide by licking the froth and vomit from her dying daughter's mouth. The girl died in fifteen minutes after taking the dose but the mother will recover. Christine Nilsson arrived from Europe, Tuesday, looking ten years younger than when she arrived last October. A prize fight of seven rounds was fought on Long Island Tuesday between Charles Wilson, of England, and William Sheruff aliojt u the Prussian. ” The result was decided a draw by the referee, despite the protestations of the large number of sports present, who had paid $lO apiece to witness the fight During the progress of a joint discussion at Maquoketa, lowa, between Judge Kenna and Governor Sherman, and while the latter was speaking, he was taken with one of his apoplectic fits and stood motionless and dumb before the assembly for several minutes. WL en about to fall he was rendered assistance by the members of his committee on the stand. Bill Grimes tried to quarrel with a fanner named William Smith at Coverdale, Indiana. The latter drove in the road, when Grimes threw a stone, hitting Bmit> in the temple end killing him instantly. THE MARKET. NEW YORK. Beeves 4.60 (3 6.40 Hogs 5.60 (S 6.00 FLOUB—Superfine 3.85 @ 4.30 Wheat—No. 1 White 1.09 No. 2 Re d Cobn—No. 2 61 xVi Oats—No. 2 35 . v Pork—Mess 11.50 (411.75 Lard 08ft(# CHICAGO. Beeves —Good to Fancy Steers.. 6.10 @ 6.40 Common to Fair 4.30 (4 5.15 Medium to Fair 5.20 5.65 Hogs 4.40 (ft 5.15 Floub—Fancy White Winter Ex. 5.40 5.M Good to Choice Spr'g Ex. 4.75 (rt 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Spring. 94\<ai .95 No. 2 Red Winter 1.03'2(01 1.04 Corn—No. 2 49 .49'4 Oats—No. 2. 27%@ .27% Rye-No. 2 B arley—No. 2 Bumra—Choice Creamery 26 (4 .28 Eggs—Fresh 21 .22 Pork—Mess 10.50 Lard 07?$($ .0734 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2. »4 © .94 Corn—No. 2 51 .52 OATS—No. 2 27 (rt .27 * ffre—No. 2 54 (? .545 i Barley—No. 2 62.63 Pork—Mess 11.25 @10.45 I ABD 07 @ .0754 ST. LOUIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.00 @ l.(-0’4 CoßN—Mixed 46 .4654 OA rs—No. 2 25 ‘i $ .25% Rye 51 @ .51’4 Pork—Mess IL37 1 -..»11-50 Lard 07%@ .0754 CINCINNATL Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.03 Corn 53 @ .54 Oats 29%@ .30 Hye 57 (« .57% Pork— 11.25 @11.50 Lard 07' 2 @ .0794 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.06 ($1.07 Corn 52 @ .53 Oats—Na 2 29.30 DETROIT. Flour 4.00 @6.75 Wheat—No. 1 White 1.08% <4 1.08% Corn—No. 2 53%@ .54 Oats—Mixed 29 @ .29% Pork—Mess 12.25 @llsO INDIANAPOLIS. Wheat—No. 2 Red Lui @ 1.01% Corn—No. 2 47 .£3 Oats—Mixed 27 @ .27% EAST LIBERTY, PACattle—Best 5.46 &60 Fair 4.25 @ 5.25 uauioo 3.90 & 4.75 HOGS 5-00 A &40 SSEE* 5»0 t Mt

A DARING RAID. Desperate Attempt of Three Men to Rob a Passenger Train at Coolidge, Kan. The Engineer Shot Dead at His Post and the Fireman Dangerously Wounded. Bold Robbery on an Indiana Railway Train. [Kansas City Telegram.] The most intense excitement prevails in express circles here over the attempted robbery of the regular east-bound express train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway at Coolidge, Kan. The robbery was the work of three men, who made an attack upon the train just as it wa* about to pull cut from the station. Conductor Greeley had ca led out “all aboard/ when two men jumped upon the engine with drawn revolvers and ordered the engineer, John R Hilton, to pull out. Instead of doing this he reversed the engine, when one ot the men shot him through the heart, killing him instantly. At the same time the s cond robber shot. George Faddie, the fireman, through the back and he fell from the cab into the gutter. At almost exactlx* the same time lhe third member of the gang jumped into the exp-re s car and tired i oint blank at S. 8. Patterson, express messenger for Wells, Fargo A Ca, who was reclining j>artially asleep on a bed of blankets spre. d out upon his safe. Patterson sprang to his feet with a revolver in each hand and xvas again tired at by the robber, but luckily escaped unhurt and tired in return at his antagonist, who was partially concealed by some baggage, the express and baggage car being a joint fixture, lhe robber, seeing that the messenger was ready for him, jumped from the door, with Patterson in pur's nit, but escaped with his two companions from the engine, as by this time tne conductor and train hands were taking a hand in the fusilade, some fifteen or twenty shots being tired. It was so dark, however, that good marksmanship was impossible, and, for the time being, the robbers escaped. The most intense excitement prevaded among the passengers when the robbery became known throughout the train, ana dispatches were sent to Las Animas, Dodge City, and other points for assistance, while the dead engineer and fireman were taken into the sleeping-car and properly cared for. A special train left Dodge City at once for tbe scene, with a posse of armed men under charge of lhe Marshal, and at a late hour three men, Looney, Chambers and Dean, were captured, who prox ed to be the attempted train-robbers. They were taken to Dodge City by special train, under a heavy guard,'and placed in jail. In the express safe at the time of the attempted robbery was between $40,(03 and $50,«00, and but for the fight made by Patterson the robbers would probably have made a big haul.as be- 4! fore he drove the man from his car the men in ihe engine had things their own way. The plan of the robbers was that while two men captured the eng ne and made the en gineer fun the train the third man was to kill the messenger, then rifle the safe while the train was in motion, and then all three esc ipe at once to s nne convenient place between Coolidge and Dodge City. Patterson, the express-messenger, makes the following statement: "You are of course aware that the raid took place at Coolidge, a station on the line of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway, about ten miles east bf the Colorado State line, I etwe?n 2 and 3 o’clo k this morning. There is an eating-house in the station, and the train stopped there as u>ual twenty minutes in order to give the passengers an oppoitunity to get lunch. Ihe train was Na 4 bound east. Conductor Greeley. Engineer John Hilton, Fireman Faddle and Baggageman Johnson. When the train stopped I put off some railroad mail which I baa and. there being no express to pu off and no farther work for me to do. I lay down o 1 my box just in !r nt of the side door, on the side of tbe car next to the depot As .er lying down for a few minutes 1 dropped off into a doze. I was lying on my back with my aims folded over my bosom. Both of the doors on the side of the car next to the platform were open, Baggageman Johnston being sealed in the back side door looking out on the nJ at form. Mv revolver, a Colt’s sl-caliber, aoub e action, lay at mv side. I ha 1 taken it out of my scabbard and la d it down that 1 might be ready for any emergency that might aris?. The pistol lay where 1 could easily lay ham is upon it It was about time for the train to start, when I heard the words. ‘Come out of there, you This woke me np, and 1 afterward learned that the re mark was made by Conductor Greely to a man whom he noticed getting into the car. When I awoke I natural lx r glanctd down the car, and 1 saw standing within f ur feet of me a man with !a pistol in his hand. I was Iving xvith my , head toward the fit nt end of the car, and the man xxa< standing near my feet. I did jiot say a word; in fact, I did not have time to speak befoie he covered me with the re vol ver and tired. The billet went over my head and I c<uld feel the file burning over my face. The man then tired a shot out of the doorway at the conductor, fortunately, I wes * completely self-] oseessed, and when he tired I realized tha a train robbery was going on. With tbe hope of mak'Dg the robber relieve that he had killed me. 1 unclasped mv hards, which were folded on my bosom, end allowed them to fall at my side.' My right hand f )1 < n (he muzz e of my revolver, and, realizing that it would never do to a low the robber to see that I was about to (’efend myself, 1 worked my hand slowly into pos t on until 1 bad hold of the pistol \\ ithmy hand on the trigger. The robb- r did not notice this maneuver, because it was quite dark in the part of Lhe car where 1 lay. Meantime the jman was working his way toward lhe rear of the car, evidently to ki 1 the baggagem n or anyone el e who got in his way. As soon as 1 got hold of my pistol I sprang into a Bitting posture and fired a' the robber. I jumped up then and walked toward the man. Be raised his r- volver as to thoot again, but it went off p eni itureiy. the ball str king the rojf of the car. When I shot at him a part of his i ody was behind a stove. I aimed at his abdomen, and I believe thut my bail took effect About this time I saw another man who pioved to be the ‘pal of the first ti ving to c imb in at the sde door. No sooner had I tired, however, than he disappeaieJ. and the man I shot at jumped out on the platform ifrom the rear side do r. Tha- was tbe 1 is: 1 saw of the robbers. I calculated that they w< uld come i p to the front fide do< i ~nd seizing some freight I barricaded the door, fro as to protect myself aud property which ha t been intrusted to my care. Less than half a minute after the 'robbora left my car 1 beard some shots at the engine Three Fhots were tired in half as many minutes I stood at the front s de door of my car. reyolver in hand. Just then Conductor Greeley came up. ‘Have they gone*?’ 1 asked.’ ‘Yes, I think so.’ replied he, ‘but I Believe our engineer and fireman are hurt ’ [Then Greeley went forward to them, and coming back to me said They are b> h filled. The engineer m shot thrt ugh tne heart and the r.reman through the neck.’ I then jumped out on the plat erm and saw the engineer h ing on the nlatform alongside ot the engine. Ihe 1 reman was still conscious, and was taken into the hotel, where I talked with him a tew minutes. ” The* Indiana Train Robbery. Albert Loomis, the express messenger and baggage-master on the Detroit express on the Wabash road, was overpowered by robbers between Roann and Peru, Ind., and a large sum of money, supposed 10 be about $15,u00, was taken from the v ar. The robbery was unknown to any of the t a a-men until Peru was reached. Loomis was the only one in ihe baggag'- car, and not appearing at Pe. u, where Ihe train stopped, investigation di-covered him Ring insensible on the floor of ihe car, bm ked and gagged aud badly bruised and bleeding. The express money-package s were gone, and it was at once aj parent that tbe robbers rad had everything their own way, and had probably jumped from the moving train after securing all the money. Mr. Loomis was found lying in fish brine which had run from an overturned cjsk. His legs and feet weie tigntly bound with quarterinch c -rds, h s hands twisted and tied immovably l>ehind him, and his mouth filled with handkerchiefs heavily knotted Conductor C. E. Wells and his brakeman immediately relieved the messenger and instituted an unsucce-sful search for the robbers. Mr. L< omis, the me-senger, makes the following statement: “After the train had passel Laketon, twenty miles from Peru, three masked men ' entered the car from ihe rear. There was i n > other train-man bee des myself in the car Two of them sto; ped to fasten the door, aud the third a proa hed me with a cocked r j v>».ver an t sa d ‘Throw up your hand-.’ I dropped i ehind a chef-1 ana, pull- i ing mv pst I. answered: Not by a siuht' I followed up my remark with a bhot which he quickly answered with anot er. We then c inched, and I threw him behind the coal box Meantime tbe other ' fe lows took a han 1, and I he:rd one of them : ay: ‘ Knife him if he will not give in ’ i I was RiTuck heavily in the pit of the atom- I rch and becam ? insens ble, and knew no h- , h g 1 rther unt 1 I heard some! ody calling mvname at Peru.” I tie feeling against Parnell in some of the northern arts of Irc'audis quite bitter. ] sh t :d ? ha« su e:cd fr >m social ronvult .on, and a faaine u be ng prelictedeboaer cr iaten

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GRAND RAPIDS _& INDIANA RAILWAY. In Effect October 15, 1882. COLUMBUS TIME. ! GOING NORTH. Stations— I No- !• > No. 3. | No. 5. > No. 7. I ! Cin., C. H. &D. Ivi i 8 15am 74 pm Richmond lv; 3 05pm 11 10 10 2o Winchester 4 19 1211 pm 11 28 I ' Ridgeville | 4 89 12 88 11 49 Portland I 5 (H 105 12 i am Decatur 6 13 2 10 1 25 Fort Wayne ar 7 10 3 12 2 20 Fort Wavne lv 8 85 8 10 8 30am Kendallville i 446 4 20* 942 Sturgis 6 08 5 42 11 03 Vicksburg 17 15 6 41 1216 pm ! Kalamazoo ar 7 50 7 20 12 5C i Kalamazoo IV 8 0® 7 40 2 25 Allegan i 9 30 3 50 Grand Rapids ar... . 10 10 950 425 Grand Rapids lv! 745 am. 10 20 515 D. *M. Crossing .... 755 I ! 10 37 535 , Howard Oty *9 17 1205 pm 6 59 Big Rapids jlO It 1 01 7 53 I Cadillac ar 12 05pm.. 3 15 10 10 Cadillac lv 18 90 11 00 Traxerse City ar 1 15 55 I Kalkaska o 21 1 Ham j Mancelona 6 Oi 1 W Boyiu' Falls I 7 It 3 22 Petoskey i 7 50 4 Ift Earlier Springs 8 25 .... .... Mackinaw. 17 00 GOING SUITH. | No. 2. i No. 4. | No. 6. , No. 8. ! ftlavl 1 u w lv , • • • - • '9 50pm Harlmt Springs 6 40am < no 1 Petoskey j, 20 105 am Borne Falls <59 1 52 Mancelona 9 G< 8 10 Kalka-ka 9 44 3 50 Traverse City ,» ■» • •• Cadillac... ar: 5 > Cadillac 1v..a.... 4 00pm 12Mpm 6 10 Reed City I 5 13 1 16 7 45 Big Rapid* 5 50 1 50 8 19 Howard City «« 2 46 9 17 D. &M. Cros-dng....) 1 8 05 414 10 87 Grand Rapids ar ; 8 20 4 35 10 55 Grand Rapids Ivl 700 am 500 100 pm Allegan |5 00 1 10 Kalamazoo ar 9 00 ! 1 00 2 52 Kalamazoo Ivl 9 05 II 1 ?. ? 51 Vicksburg ' 9 35 ; ♦ 4« 3 2k Stur-i- 10 82 * 4 40 Kendallville 11 46 10 05 6 08 Fort Wame ar 100 pm il 20 7 15 i Fort Wayne lv 120 6 15am 12 Warn Decatur I 2 10 7 . 1 25 I Portland 310 808 234 | Ridgeville 337 834 301 ! Winchester 356 854 I 3 2:4 Richmond 5 00 9 55 4 35 : Cincinnati I7 40 i 110 pm 735 No. 5 leaves Cincinnati and No. 8 leaves Mackinaw City daily, except Saturday. All other trains d ily except Sunday. Woodruff sleeping cars on Nos. 5 and 6 between Cincinnati and Grand Rapids, and sleeping and chair cars on same trains between Grand Rapids and Petoskey; also Woodruff sleeping cars on Nos. 7 aud 8 between Grand Rapids and Mackinaw City. A. B. LEET* Gen'l. Pass. Agent. Chicago & Atlantic TIME-CARD. IN EFFECT JUNE 17. 18H3. GOING XV EbT. o . v • t rhin-v Pacific Chic’o Stations— Em gi. Chico. Ex.* Ex.7 Marion . .lv 6ooam . 7. 1" pm io 05 am Kenton .. . 7 18 11 40 10 56 Lima 8 45 12 35 am II 52 Decatur.. .Il 10 220 I:4spm Hunt’gn . ar 12 45 pm 3 25 2 4" Hunt’gn.Jv 12 55 6:oam 3 25 2 55 Rochester.. 2 40 810 4 52 4 21 Cr. Point 05 10 s«‘ 7 oo 6 23 Chicago, ar 7 ' ll 12 IBD 8 B (M) GOING lART. Y. Y. Allan c | Hunt. Marion Stations— j’ x • Ex.* Acc’ml Acc’m. Chicago.~lv; 915 am! s;>pm3 1• pm i Cr. Point .. 'lo 50 7 25 4 54 Rochester. . 1 02 pm! 931 7 30 Hunt'gu. ar 2 35 10 55 9 95 Hunfgn.lv 259 ; ii 00 6 15am Decatur.. .. 357 )12 <'2 am 733 ; Lima 5 39 I 36 9 32 Kenton .... 640 I 2 35 io 56 Marion ... 740 325 11 55 : N.Y. Dept..! 3 25 ! ♦Daily. iDaily. except Sunday. Trains run bv Columbus tiim\ S. W. SNOW. Gen'l. Pass. Ag’t. J. CONDIT SMITH, Vice Pres. A’ Gen. Mgr. J TXAD >• E. G EXCEE3 ALL OTHE3J Iff A.-x7-ort, And ; 3 Iho AMER iw EASY BAG.GRANULATED,iEs-’ WIBE AvfAKS LONG CUT, Arc the two mest Delightful rn<l Satislactcry GLIOKII'iG TOBZkCCO3 cf the day. Trice, 10 Cents fcr I cz. Packages. BRO?. & CQ-, Ghidnnatb 11 I | f" people are alwavg on tbe lookout fur 181 j l ’ I chance® to incre-tee their earnings, 1111 I F" and in time become wealthy; those ■ ■lll I who do uut impruve their oppurtu- ■ • ■ ™"nitiea remain in poverty. We offer a great chance to make money. We want many ni«n, women, boya and girls to work for us right in their own localities. Any one can do the work fr<>in the first start, lhe business will pay m re than ten times the ordinary wages. Expensive outfit furnished free. No one afio engages tails to make money rapidly. You can devote your whole time to the work, cr only your spare moments. Full information and all that is needed sent tree. Address Stinson A Portland, Maine. .6 42 lyr. Dsmgiitere, W lies and Moilirrs. l>r. jiai'i hisl s Catholicon Female Remedy. Guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded Will cure Female diseases. All ovarian troubles, ioflamalion and ulceration, falling and displacements or bearing down fteling, irregularities, hirlenntss, change cf life, luccor.hoea, besides many weaknesses springing from the above, lik p headache, bloating, spinal wtekness, fek-tpLssoess, nervous debility, I palpitation of the heart, etc. For sale by Druggists. Price $1 0(‘ and $1.50 per bottle. Send to ! »r. J. B. Marchisi, Utica, N. Y., for pamphlet, free. For sale by Dorwin and H« lthouse. — No. 2 mu Posilre Curt tor B 9 ilfs To the people of this country we would say we have been given the Agency of Dr. Marchisi’akalian Pile Ointment—warrated to cure or money re nndcd—lnternal, External, Blind, Bleeding o” Itching Piles. Price 50c. a box. Foi sale by Dor win and Dollhouse.—No. 2m3. Rotk Candy Cough €'urc 9 I Warranted to cure or money refunded. Coughs, ( olds, Hoarseness, Throat and ' Lung troubles, (alsogood for children.) Rock Candy Cough Cure contains the ’ healing properties of pure white Rock 1 Candy with extracts of Roots and Herbs Only 25 cts. Large bottles SI.OO cheapest to buy. For sale by Dorwin and Holthouse. No. 2mß.

GRAND OPENING OF OUR NEW Clothing House, On the corner that we formerly occupied, at which place you will find everything pertaining to Men and Boys' wear exclusively. and at prices tint -we know will suit all. Also a full line of Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Hals, Caps, ALSO A FULL LINE OF GENTS’ JEWELRY, At half the price that Jewelry Stores charge for the same goods. You will also find us at our Old Stand with a full stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Carpets, Queensware, Groceries, And every department filled to its utmost, and at prices that we guarantee to be all right. We have just opened our MILLINERY DEPARTMENT, With all ths Leading Notifies of the Season. remember and give ns n call when you are in reed of anything in our line and we will do our best to please you. NIBLICK, CRAMFORD & SONS, j Look Out and Don’t Forget o THAT ■ W JOHN Welfley. I Is soiling Groceries at less money than any other house and i is bound not to be UNDERSOLD ) St GAB and COFFEE Lower than for twenty years. « COFFEES, SUGARS, TEAS, SPICES, | CANDIES, SALT MEATS, FISH, SARDINES, TOBBACCOES, QUEENSWARE. CIGABS, Sugars all grades. Green and Roasted Coffees of the best quality. Teaas —Good—Cheap—Black and Green—are one of our specialties. Sugar Cured Hams, Shoulders, Bacon and Dried Beef. Tobaceoes and Cigars in choice brands and great variety New Assortment of Lamps. Bronze, Gold and Ebony. Tubs, buckets, Brooms and woeden ware Generally. ( ut (<>assware, China dinner and tea sets, a full assortment of Queensware, A bite I'ish, Cat Fish, Mackerel, Cod Fish, Holland Herring, and Sardines. CoiLNTTitY Produce TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR GOODS. \ < oine k\erybody. \ou will find first class groceries fresh • 1 and cheap. I JOHN WELFLEY. I Opposite Court House. ■ August 10, ’B2. No. 19 ts “c eT ALBERS & SON has open out in | JOHN KING’S CARRIAGE SHOP I A full and complete line of Family Groceries, Big Stock | o Fresh Goods, at I BOTTOM PRICES and everything in the grocery line to select from. All Goods to any part of the City I •slivered Free. daW l commercial college. and PIIOMH.R * rHT tan-tb! OHIO* motierate Stln h rr s ’ 1 Mudents in fine positions .Terms "wrw. i wo weeks trial free. Address A. D. WILT, Prin.Tfor circulars |

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