Marshall County Independent, Volume 5, Number 10, Plymouth, Marshall County, 17 February 1899 — Page 6

DICK RODNEY;

m An BY JAA1ES CI I A l'TKR 1 1. (Continued.) Now I began to be assailtd by that illness, which terror and anxiety had hitherto but partially repressed a viont seasickness in all its horror. Afraid of being washed from the deck. uer which the waves were breaking loiv, once more I crept in wretchedness telow. Before descending, 1 iast a despairing ?!ime at the loosening sail which tili caught the wind: it was a source .f increasing danger which I dared not iittempt to remedy, even had I strength ro hae done so. for the wet deck aas row sloping like the roof of a house, and I would assuredly have fallen into the sea to leeward. After several feeble efforts. I succeeded in partially closing the companion hatch, for warmth and curity, and. descending, threw myself cn the cabin floor, sick and despairing. The lurching of the vessel, the closeness of the atmosphere, and general t'dc.r of the cabin, overpowered me nt iast; I became fearfully ill. and from being st,. lapsed into unconsciousness, tfter enduring all the wretchedness ini:uced by that ailment of the ocean. For the top of my head seemed about to fly off, its sides to be crushed in; an che in my eveballs; s.nd then, came that awful sinking of the pulses, of the body, of the soul itself which thousands have endured in cases of aggravated sea-sickness, but none lias bteu hide to depict. In short, after a paroxysm of illness ai.d tears. I bes ame totally unconscious j ! the peril and horror of my situation, I ur:d found a refuge in sleep. j CHAPTER III. j Useless Regrets. j I must have lain long thus. On reovering. I rose more stiff and more j lenumbed than ever, and with feeble j teps ascended the companion ladder, j fcd then a cry of despair escaped me. , The sky was clear and sunny, but j whether with the light of a rising or a ; tetting sun, I could not at first determine, morning and evening on the ; tx fan being so much alike to an un- i pi act iced eye. Not a vestige of land ! was visible! j Sea and sky were around me; not a j tail was in sight, and nothing living j was near, save a few petrels tripping j over the water, alongside of the fatal ; choorr. j Had slept all night, and was this j the dawn of a new day? Had I slept ; all day, and was this the approach of j another night? I devoutly hoped no:, j as I most dreaded night upon the . ocean; but the gradual sinking of the j mil, and the increasing redness of the fky, ere long informed me that the time was een:ng. I now knew the j est. and turned my haggard eyes to the south, for there the land and mv , home lav- but still the envious win:!. ; though lighter now, seemed to blow ' ionrthat quarter. ! Oh! how deeply and earnestly, by hts unuttered. I nrayed in my

heart that it would change and blow soon fill and go down; yet so strong is toward the shore any shore or any j the instinct of self-preservation that I ;art of the coast of Kngland. and : soon readied the foremast, climbed bring me so near that I might have a 1 into the now horizontal rigging, and . hance of escape of life and preserva- seated myself on the ro- of dead eyes, tion, by swimming -by putting to the ; through which the shrouds are rove, test that skill and those powers of ac- clutching them with wild tenacity, tivPy I had acquired at Eton, in the while drenched, cold, and despairing, waters of the Thames. The spray flew over me, thic k as The sea was comparatively smooth, ! rain, but bitter, heavy and blinding, but still the empty schooner rolled and How long 1 could have survived I lurched fearfully; the more so that the know not; but I felt as one in a dreadfore and aft foresail was hanging so ! ful dream and ac ted with the decision loo-elv in the brails. ' and firmness with which we often seem A hundred years seemed to " have ; to acquaint ourselves amid the most lapsed since I had heard the dear ; fantastic situations created by the voices and seen the loved face of those ! fancy iu sleep. 7 I.-.,! lft :it h,inie-of mv father mv ! Suddenly, amid the stupor that was

m,.thM' ,,r itnr :imi .f Svhil while il.o t ,.,,,,,. ... .-wv .- - . events of mv early schoolboy days Merced to have occurred but yesterday. All time was chaos and confusion! In my sorrow and despair I never thought, unless with anger, of .Ian van Zeervogel. the poor Dutch skipper, whose interests wer1 so much involved with the loss or safety of Iiis little schooner, with which the flood tide had made so free. I thought only of my own danger, and my mother's sorrow tor the mystery that would overhang my fate. Now hunger assailed me, creating a r terror lest I should perish by want new of food; and all I had read or beard of wrecks, rafts, and castaways crowded on my memory to aggravate the real perils which surrounded me. Once more sought the cabin, and on finding an ax broke open what apnaml to he a press or locker. Therein we re several cups, bottles and drinking glasses, placed in perforated i-helves; but nothing eatable save a sinvie hard and moldy biscuit, which the rats abandoned on my approach, and nothing drinkable saw the remains of the brandy in which the- peaches had been preserved --and I viewed the jar with horror, as the primary c ause of all my sufferings ami dangers I say the remains, for it had fallen from the table and been broken to pieces; so nothing remained of Its contents, except it bout a gill in a fragment, and the peaches which lay in the lee or lower fide of the cabin. What would I not. have given for a single drop of pure cold water, to alleviate that choking thirst which is ever the sequel to sic kness, excitement and t-oirow! Hut there was not a drop on board, as the scuttle-butt had broken Its lashing.; in one of the lurches of the

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Eton Boy... GRANT. f sc hooner and fallen overboard to leeward. So I soaked the moldy biscuit j in the brandy, ate it. and went on deck, : in time to see the sun set at the watery I horizon, from whence it cast a long ' and tremulous line of yellow splendor ; along the darn ing waves, to where the I schooner floated in her loneliness. I j Night followed, and one by one the j ! stars appeared in the mighty blue dome ! overhead: there was no moon as yet. ' and I thought of hoisting a light at the j mainmast head, but where were a lanI tern and matches to be found? ; I thought also of lifting the fore- j ' hatch to explore the forepart of the i schooner, but I felt too feeble and sick j at heart, and now with the coming of ; the shadow of night a ghost story jf I the Dutch skipper recurred to me. Thirst was now becoming an agony. ' and I inhaled the dewy atmosphere in I vain, for its property was saline, and : seemed to make my sufferings greater: j but happily it induced a drowsiness. I ; crept below, and seeking the bed in the ' captain's berth, drew the clothes over j me and strove to slcp and so weary . was I that sleep came. How long I slept I do not know, but : I was suddenly roused by i violent lurch of the schooner. ; On reaching the leck. I found that a gale had again come on, and that the sea was whitened with foam, amid ; which the seabirds were blown wildly ' hither and thither: that the moon was ; now on the wane, and shed a cold. wt-rd light between the black masses of Hying scud, upon the tumbling billows and the empty schooner, which yet floated buoyantly enough. Hut she now careened fearfully to port. I foresaw that unless the masts were cut away a capsize was inevitable, for the wild wind howled over the waste of seething water, and the schooner groaned and tremble ns wave after wave thundered on her empty and rebounding hull. Notwithstanding my weakness, I endeavored to tighten the brailing of the fore and aft foresail; but how vain was the attempt! The moment I removed the rope from the belaying pin it was torn from my hand; the whole sail fell heavily loose, and swelled out upon the wind. It flapped with a sound like thunder in the blast, and in a moment the deck seemed to pass from under my feet, and I was struggling alone in the midnight sea. To the horror of being drowned was now added that of being devoured by the fishes. A cry to heaven escaped me, as I rose pantPn- and almost breathless and struck out to prolong existence. The sea repelled and buoyed me up. for it is by no means so easy to sink as many persons imagine. The schooner was lying now complHely on her beam ends to port; her masts and half her deck were in the water. It had filled the body of the loosened sail, and served to keep her steady, but still the waves waslieu wildlv over the hull. I knew she must coming over me, I heard a voice and saw a large brig looming between me and the pale, waning moon. She was c lose by, with hc-r courses, topsails, jib and fore-and-aft mainsail set. but with her foreyard laid to the wind as she lay to. Then I heard the rattle of the blocks and tackle, as a boat descended from the stern davits with a splash into the sea. "Cheerily, now, my lads, give way!" cried the voice I had heard before; "pull to windward round this craft, and overhaul her." "There's a man in the fore-rigging! " f l"'"1 another Then stand bv in the bow with the boat-hook." I strove to spak, to shout; but my voice was gone. "Spring into the sa," cried a voice; "do you hear me. you sir you in the fore-rigging there? Jump in; we cannot shet-r alongside a c raft that pitches about like a cork in such a sea as this." "Don't fear, my lad," cried others; "we'll pick you up." Hut I was powerless, blinded by spray; and though unable to respond, clutched the rattling with fatuous energy. Then strong hands were laid upon me. and I felt myself dragged into the boat. "Shove off, shove off --give way! this c raft will sink iu a minute, cried some one: "give way for the brig!" and just as they turned the head of the boat toward their vessel, the Dutch schooner appeared to right herself; there was a crash as her dec k burst up. and then a sob seemed to mingle with the air that was expelled from her hold as she filled and went down like a stone. Though I had been so long unseen, T afterward !;:i!id that at this time

! CHAPTER IV. The Eugenie. After being conveyed on board, hot brandy punch was readily administered j to me; all my wet clothes were taken off, and I was put into a snug berth, j the cozy warmth of which, together with the effec t of the steaming punch "a stiff nor'wester." as I heard it c alled and the toil and misery, mental and bodily, I had undergone, all conduced to give me a long and almost dreamless slumber. Thus the noon of the next day was far advanced before I awoke to the realities of life and a consideration of the awkward predicament in which I was placed. I had been picked up by the Eugenie, a new brig of 2"0 tons register, "coppered to the bends, and standing A-l at Lloyds." as 1 was informed by Samuel Weston, her master. He added that she had a crew of twelve hands, men and boys, exclusive of Marc Hislop. the mate, and Tattooed Tom. his assistant, and that the brig had the reputation of beir one of the best sailing out of London. The morning was fine and warm: the skylight was open, and a pleasant current of air passed through the clean, wainscoted cabin. A spotless white cloth was on the table, ac ross which there were lashed c ertain bars of wood, technically termed a fiddle, to keep the plates and glasses from falling to leeward; and on looking from my curtained berth (for I was not permitted to rise) I saw the captain and mate at lunch over brandy and water, biscuits and cheese; and busy the while with charts and compasses, as they were comparing their nautical notes and observations. The brig seemed to be running steadily through the water upon the starboard tack, and I could hear the gurgle of the sea under her counter, as it bubbled away in the wake astern in fac t, the sound seemed to be just a foot above my car, realizing the terrible idea that there was "only a plank between me and eternity." Capt. Samuel Weston was a wellmade man of middle hight. and somewhere about fortv years of age. He was rather grave than jovial in manner, but pleasant, kind and gentlemanly. There was nothing about him that particularly indicated the seaman, and he never used startling adjectives, or, according to the proverbial idea, interlarded his conversation with obscure nautical phraseology. He wore a short pea-coat with brass buttons, and a straw hat. A handsome gold ring seci. ed his uecktie, and the fag-end of a cheroot was between his teeth. He was exactly portrayed thus in his colored calotype, which was framed and screwed into the bulkhead. Close by it was another of a lady with a little boy. standing at the base of a column, w hic h of course had a crimson curtain festooned behind it; and they, I had no doubt, were his w ife and child. So Capt. Weston or. as he preferred to call himself. Sara Weston was more domestic in his tastes than those who usually live by salt water are supposed to be. Neither was there anything particularly nautical in the appearance of the mate, who was a smart and athletic young fellow, about five-and-twenty years of age. with somewhat of a Glasgow accent, keen gray eyes and sandycolored hair; and he it was (though I was not aware of it then, or for long after) who boldly plunged into the stormy sea. and swam to the foundering schooner, and finding that I could neither understand nor obey instructions, had made a line fast to my wait, and thus conveyed me safely into the boat; so to this young Scotchman I owed my life and a debt of gratitude (To be continued.) The Wrong I-cjj. A well-known Archbishop of Dublin was, toward the end of his life, afflicted by his absenc e of mind, that let' often to startling developments. Th most devout of men. the best of husbands, he figured in one anecdote thaf might have got a less well-known pietist into trouble. It was at a dinner given by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. In the midst of the dinner the company was startled by seeing the Archbishop rise from his seat looking pale and agitated, and crying: "It has come, it has come!" "Whal has come, your (3 nice?" eagerly cried half a dozen voices from different parts of the table. "What I have ben expecting for some years a stroke o! paralysis." solemnly answered the Archbishop. "I have been pinching myself for the past two minutes, and find my leg entirely without sensation." "Pardon me. my dear Archbishop," said the hostess, looking up tc him with a quizzical smile, "pardor me for contradicting you. but it is m that you have been pinching." Leird ml .Minister. The Scottish Deader says that theformer Lord KIphinstone's parish minister was a very scatter-brained theologian, and iu his sermons often knew not the end from the beginning. Oiu Sunday his Lordship, iu his c ustomary sleeping, gave vent to an unmistakable suore. This was too much for the minister, who stopped and cried: "Waken, my Lord Klphinstoue." A grunt followed, and then his lordship answered: "I'm no sleepiu. minister.' "Hut ye are sleepin'. I wager ye dinna ken what I said last," exclaimed tht pastor. "Ou. ay." returned the peer. "Ye said, Va"keii, my Lord Klphinstoue. Ay, ay," said the minister. "Hut I wager ye cliniia ken what 1 Ktid last afore that. 1'uts," replied the nobleman, promptly. "I'll wagei ve (Unna ken yersell."

there were not less than fifteen sail in sight of the vessel which picked me up.

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i Seventeen Female Inmates Lose Their Lives. NO RESCUE WAS POSSIBLE Appalling Iti;tirr at Vaukt . S. 1). l.'iact tu tv of the Tire .r Knonu Names r the Antitus financial I.onk la I.K.ooo. The most horrible disaster in the history of South Dakota visin-d the insane asylum at Yankio: S. I .. when fire, originating in the bas Mimt oi one of the colt ages connected with the- institution, completely gutting the building, causing the death of m ve Kt.-e n of the female- inmates. The names of the vuthiis and thecounties from which they .n; nre afollows: ATCrSTA. IHiLHSL. I.;:ke county. KUK'KSOX. .ll'l.IA. Mi ade. KLYXN. MACCH-:. Ib-mlin. COSSACK. LI '('IN A. Hamlin. IH ItLLY. ADLLINA. Potter. JOHNSON. CHRISTINA. Codington. KA.MI'ANI. .MRS.. Drown. Ki:i:Nl:. LI-ISA, CoeTirgton. KUON1C. JliXXIK. Pennington. LINDHKRC. CAUOLlXi:. Drown. LOCK Kit. L'LA. Codington. LYNCH. MA ROAD KT. I io i. OLSKN. .lOSIXA. Hamlin. 1 DLAYITZ. K ATI IS. Don Homme. STOLPK. KLIZADKTI I. l;:vison. ' SYVEXSOX. (JA INA. Kingsbury. TKNNISON, M AR'i'KNi A. Penning- ; ton. i The fire originated in t i elry-room . of the laundry, but ihe x.u t .-a::se is not known. Twenty p.v t ier.t s and i of tl.'c twelve attendants -;!! 1. h'V. ; lost nearly ;ill of their possessions ! which were in the- buihüng. ! The total !o.-s on the iuii! !ir.L and J mae-hiuery is $1njmmi. J WAGES AREADVANCED. (ioml New fer Kitip!Te if A incrica i Strel nml U in- C otupaiiv. The American Steel ;.nd Wire Company, ihe concern which has $!". bno.000 of capital and controls the- harbed wire, rod and nail business of tin country, bas decided to advi.jn' the wages of its :'.;.oo employes from ." to 10 per cent, the increase- to take- flee t March 1. rironrii Hurl in Munt real. One li reman was hirie-d. en-.e- probably fatally injure d, ami several se i iously huti by a lire in a large- .teme building ill Chaboill. square. .Montreal. The loss is about JUm.lidu. Shot 1V Hi l.ieotfioitil. Col. 1). (I. Colson. e cuigi s-!Ur:n from the l"eventh lenti!ky diMriet. ,nnl commander of the Fourih Kent inky volunteers, was shed by Lieut. L. 1). Scott at Anniston. Ala. lmineinen 111 lie Transferred. Oflicials are giving serious attention to the state of health of tii" Third immunes at Santiago de (Y.l.a. and ihe probability is that they will n transferred before long. lillleel lev l'.l:ik lacnp. Twelve men in Mine No. 1 at Ibr.ine.ndvilif . YYyo.. have Veen ovejvome bv bhu-k damp. Ten of tin- im n n-cov-ei-d. but two were- cb-ad w'u u brought to ihe surface. I niil! t Co rot I'taiiic Fiiv has been burning it: Hm Aidrich lumber mill yards at Oovcrm-ur. N. Y.. for thr d:vs. The whole prop erty, valued at $:.otuuu. is lhrealemd. an Wert. Ohio. Searched. The biggest tire in the history ef Van Wen. Ohio, occurred Feb. 11. The total hiss is SIT.'i.MtMi;. insurance, $.',!',- t."'0. Origin unknown. Capt. Dunham Is Dead. Capt. M. NY. D-.nhan. millionaire and owner of one of the largest and in -si -known stock i'a:n:s in the world, ei'.ed at Chicago. Will Ntit Admit lrles.itinaU. , The national assembly of the League cd" Amern an Wheelmen de e ideel to control racing -cd ;.'t l admit professionals. All Oeiiet at Samoa. The steamer Moana. from Apia, reports everything quie t the re-, and thenatives awaiting t he eb- isiou of the powers. I.iaullttle Are Very Heavy Heinum Katz of Mihvi-.ukM- filed a petition in bankruptcy. The "liabilities are Riven at S-OLUC-YIN; assets are kin ail. FIVE GREAT SOLDIERS ON THE sr. To 1V t'nliieii Treoei. H was deciiicd at the cabii-ct nieeiiug to arrange at one e- feu- Ihe payment of $:;.Mio.uiiO to the native troops iu Cuba. Fire Nt Cleveland. HiioFire in the building occupied by the Globe Clothing company at Cleveland. Ohio, caused a loss of over $ltniiii. I'tiktorrlre inl Store Knrneil. Fire nt AUoona, Wis., destroy 1 the postor?'ee ami n uneial nur handise fetort Tlte loss is h;ivy.

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BOARD SCORES MILES. Comaaaniiiu; Genera? in Fault in Import I Matters. The war Investigating corrmittee has made public its rt-port. Mai. -Gen. Nelson A. Miles is the only one of those censured by the commission for whom mi excuse i.-. found. It is stated that, although he claimed to know the soldiers were be ins; f(Ml meat which might injure their health, he permitted the matter to pass unnoticed for months, until w was called before the inquiry board. It is stated, too, that Den. .Miles himself selected ai: least one camp site that, proved unsatisfactory. It is admitted that the secretary of wj.r's department failed to grasp the full scope of the situation. The quartermaster-general's iepartment is shown to have been poorly managed in some respects. The commission holds it to blame for the confusion at Tampa. The medical department )a;?s in for a share of rcproval fejr lade or' supplies and shortage of nurses. No evidences of corruption :u the letting of coin i acts is proved.

THE TRADE REVItVV. fsi-culat ive Kra tion IIa Not Slat-Hilly AfTccted I. iikinpss. II. CI. Dun iV: Co.'s. weekly review o! tsaele says: "The solid basis Jor good business has not been shaken by th -rieculu-tive reactiem. Stocks 'nave be'i slightly lower, and the market is all the safe r, he-cause much unsoundness and unreason have l. e n .shaken out. Di.-.-paiches from all part.-- of thj i-vititry show I'Mi aonlinarv activity in the chie f brain lies of tr; de. and a business much l::iu : than a year ago iu nearly all. The 1 ;i y . -;. of cxMot t over imports com inncs. "Ciiilu' e s for th" vm k luv-' been 217 in tin- l'ni:e.: S.ates, agaiu.-i 2iö last year, and in Ca::ada, .-i gain.-t 4 J hist year." K E E NAN IS PRESIDE N T. rittslHirjc Capitalist at the Head of the I.. A. W. The annual conv-utioii of the League of American Wln-e linen elected the following c-iiiee-rs: President, T. J. Keenan, I'ittsburs: first iee president. H. W. Foult .. New Jersey; second vie-e president, it. NY. Kinsbury, New Hampshite; treasurer. .1. W. TattersilL CLAIMS NOT RECOGNIZED. Mate Department KefneH to Pay Indemnity to Austria. The state department bas declined to recognize the claim of the Austrolluugariau j;eve-! nin nt for indemnity on account of the- Hungarian strikers killed by Sheriff Martin's posses at llazelton. I'a.. pi. 1". 1S97. Skater In lireaf Danger. Fifteen pe rsons living in Lake Forest und Hogers Park. 111., were cut off hum shore by crevasses in the ice and carried inte tin lab" on floes. Ten of them were rescued ami five are still missing. ; ei l.lm-r in Danger. The- Mamburg- Air.erb an lin-r Bulgaria. Capt. Schmidt, from New York. .Ian. "JS. for Hamburg. U drifting help-les.-lv !e.Mi niiles fre m the- Azores. There are ninety passengers on boiiid. I Te Consolidate All factories. ' A su.-h. door nnd blind pool, to embrace practically all the factories in the I'nited States, will be launched 1 soon at New York. Its capital will be I many miilioiis of dollars. 1 Oliio To ii Wiped Out. ! The town oi Siiib:!. Ohio, on the I Pig Four was almo-i wiped out by i ... . lire. The loss will run way up m ine thousands, as all the firms carried large stocks. Killed in a Snowedlrie. Ten lives were lost at Sherman mountain through a snow.-!ide that do se-ended Cheroke e- gulch, near (.Jeorg? town, inns. 'I'l... I. ,-rrt 'e-i'-May Apply fr ICet iroment. It is bedieved that Prig. Gen. Eagan. commissary general n subsistence, will apply for retirement under the thirty years' service law. For More Small Arms. Provision for increasing the supply of small arms to U.t'uo stands a day undoubtedly will be made in the army appropriation bill. All NegeiliatiniiH !) lared OCT. Negotiations for a pugilistic combat between Fit.siuimons and Sharkey have been declared off. STAfF OF GENERAL ELYVELL S. OTIS r(o I'residrnt Wsnil : Cuble. The resitknt sent a nu ssage to congress calling attention to the urgent necessity for the const rin t ion of a cable across the Pacific oi ean. Canada Auks for sUguay. A demand for the cession of i!Taguay, Alaska, to Canada, has been made by Great Britain and refused by the United Stftes. Peaces Treaty I lj;ied. President McKinl y has signed the peace treaty with Spaiu.

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A "WEEK IS INDIANA.

RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. St-eat Daoser t Indiana Wheat Crop Cremated on a Iturnlns Iloat MfnIneltU I Still Epidemic State TeUgrayliic Kretrltie. Tennessee Boat Is Burned. Evansville. Ind. The steamer I i). ßtaggs, plying the Tennessee river between Padticah and Florence. wa destroyed by fire the other night a:id three li.es were lost. The tags reached Johnsonville shortly after midnight. In going under the railroad bridge half a mile from town her eal 'ii struck a pier and was knocked ino the river. Tke boat in an instant wa on fire and a panic ensued. There wrt .ixty passengers. Many of then; wer1 cool-headed and waited mtil skift, coui.i be secured. Others ;:i their excitement rushed from thir berths in their nightclothes a:id jumped into the river, ('apt. Doug'.a Jones and wife escaped in a skiff and reached Reynohlsluirg island in safety. Many of the passengers swam to the shore in safety. They were given shelter by the shanty-boat people that line the bank above Johnsonville. Robert Scott, second clerk of the boat, who was at first reported lost, rescued t .v women who wore struggling i:i the watr and reached shore with them. The boit fioated for several mile-; down th- river ami sank below Danville. Te;.:i. Part of the boat's cre-v escaped. built a fire on the bank, and were iiarly frozen when found morning. Capt. Jones telephoned to this .dry this afternoon, saying that all lud bvn accounted for but th: members of ;!) crew. The lai'1:- refuse! to jump from the boat and were cremated. Meainsioii I SUU leidende. I'va::.-Yii!e. Ind. A telephone sag" from Morgantown. Ky.. Feb says no deaths have resulted fron1, spinal rnen'mgitis since yesterday. Fpo:i orders from the siate board, of health, every bouse in which a death has occurred was disinfected, and it is believed the epidemic is under full control. The board has also ordered the removal from the town of all young :e.)ple.they being more susceptible to the disease. A boat will reach Morgantown tomorrow and all the children will he removed to Bowling Green, where arrangements have been made to keep them until the worst has passed. Business remains suspended, and it will he fully a week before the refugees return. There i? 3ickness in one-third of the homes of the town and most cases will likely result fatally. The epidemic bus broken out in the country distri ts about ten miles below Morgantov.u and there is much alarm. Several Bowling Green physicians have gone to Morgantown. Anxious About Wheat. Ir.diantt pedis. There is considerable anxiety at the bureau of statistics ami stat" agricultural departments regard ing winter wneat. Kirklin. Ind. Great suffering prevailed here by the total failure of the natural .gJ-s v.pply. This morn ins: at 4 o'clock, while the tomperalur-: was at -' degrees below sero. the ga sut.ct'.-nly ceased to How. The supp-y is piped only a few miles and an examination shows that fault com-s from the failure of th? wells. Tbtown is almost entirely without cc.il or wood, and nearly all families iemair.ei :r. bed to keep from -cozing. Logaiisuort. Ind. The thermometer 4vgistered - degrees below zero here and the sudden fall in the temperature has caused much suffering. It is colder nov than :u ny time since the year !s:. Natur j: ?;as is short, the suoplv congealing i.i tne pipes, ar l j in prob.ibly half the houses in town there i- no gas at all. Brazil. Ind. At ii o'clock Thursday thermometers here registered 1 -gree? below zero, the coldest in tweu-ty-seven y?ars. Every factory in the city is closed, making over l.-JOt) men temporarily idle. Jefferson ville. Ind. It is now 6 degrees below zero. Indications a rethat it will go 1 below by morning, making it tie coldest in this r-ection for twenty years. Ice is forming rapidly in the river and business is almost at standstill. Fell Forty Feet. Loganspjit. Ind. I'd Pottmeycr was engaged in some work on a scaffold leading to a large icehouse yesterday. and as forty-eight feet above the ground. Ht slipped and fell, and iu his rapid descent struck Fred Vamv fairly on the hid. Both went to the ground together, and a broken rib in Pottmeyer's side was the only damage done. Their Ttot Dlieovered. Wabash. Ind. A daring attempt on the part e)f prisoners in the Wabash county jail was frustrated by the wife of Sheriff McKahau. There are five prisoners in the structure, all confined for felonies. This afternoon they broke- up an iron bedstead and with this climbed onto the ceiling of the cellhouse, pulled apart the ctiling and p:iel it open with two bricks, o.iv- t, wrenched when .ill wa l ' J J quiet. The criminals back into their cellwere hustle