Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 41, Petersburg, Pike County, 23 February 1894 — Page 2

Site §ifee County Democrat M McC. STOOPS, Editor and Proprietor PETERSBURG. - - INDIANA. A bomb was found, on the 14th, in the doorway of the Banque de la Societe Generate in Paris. The shoe business is picking up. The manufacturers of Lynn, Mass., are daily reporting the arrival of fresh orders from all points of the compass. ^ Da Wolfobd Nelson, formerly of Panama, now a resident of New York city, has been elected a fellow of the i Royal Geographical society of London. Knoxville (Tenn.) college, one of the most noted educational institutions for colored people in the United States, suffered a $45,000 loss by fire on the night of the 15th. The nomination of Wheeler H. Peckham for associate justice of the United States supreme court was rejected by the senate in executive session, on the 16th, by a vote of 41 to 82, A number of New York banks and trust companies have begun to loan money on wheat, and are offering four months’ loans, at 8K to 4 per cent., taking wheat as collateral the same as stocks. The Philadelphia Public Ledger appears with the name of George W. „ Childs Drexel at the head of its editorial.Columns as editor and publisher,in place of that of the late George W. Childs. The accumulated fortune from the original holdings of M. Dubuque, after whom the city of Dubuque, la., was named, said to amount to $48,000,000, is being looked after by a number of eastern heirs. Peter Neville, a New Yotk election inspector, found guilty of neglect of duty and fraudulently manipulating the election returns was, on the 14th, sentenced to one year's imprisonment in^the penitentiary.

Jiti.es Francois Viette, at one time a member of the French cabinet, but at the time of his demise representing the arrondissement of Montbeliard in the chamber of deputies, died in Paris * on the night of the 15th. Some of the newlj’-appointed consuls are dissatisfied with their salaries, and through members of congress and others are making vain efforts to secure an increase in the income allowed them by the government. Fob the seven months ended January 81, 1894, there was a decided falling off in the exports of breadstuff sand mineral oils from the same period ended January 31, 1893. In the export of provisions there was a slight increase. At the first announced midday reception at the White House, on the 14th, several hundred strangers took advantage of the opportunity to shake the president’s hand, including a delega-j tion of Indians who wanted their agent -changed. ^ The employes of the Northern Pacific . road, by their attorney, have filed in the United States circuit court at Milwaukee a motion for a modification of Judge Jenkins’ famous order forbidding a strike. The motion will be argued on the 26th. A dispatch received from Cape Town, on the 16th, confirmed the report that Lobengula, king. of the Matabeles, had died in the bush, presumably from the effects of gout and the exposure to which he was subjected fleeing from the British South African Ca's forces. The French government is determined to stop the pilgrimage that is being made to Vaillant’s grave in Ivry cemetery. An order has been issued forbidding anyone to visit the grave, and policemen have been stationed p.t the cemetery to see that the order is carried out.

The police of Warsaw, Russia, claim to have discovered an extensive conspiracy, the object of which is Jo secure the freedom of Poland. The conspirators are said to include nihilists as well as persons not usually founa affiliating- with members of that sect A large number of arrests have beei made. On the 12th Justice Bradley, in the circuit court of the District of Columbia, denied the writ of mandamus prayed by C. T. Riker, of Chicago, to compel the secretary of the treasury to turn over to him the entire new issue of $50,000,000 treasury bonds, but granted him the right to be heard by counsel. The will of the late Charles B. Beck, of New York, which leaves $1,000,000 to Dr. Parkhurst’s Society for the Prevention of Vice, was probated on the 18th. A contest of the will has been begun by Mrs. Matilda Carter, who claims to be a child of the late Alexander Bathgate, fiom whom Beck inherited $6,000,000. Fkom a note contained in a bottle picked up on the beach of one of the Hebrides islands, it is learned that the British steamer Hornhead, which sailed from' Baltimore August 19 and Hampton Roads August 20, for Dublin, and of which nothing was afterward heard, was sunk in mid-ocean by collision with an iceberg some time during September. Mrs. Mtra Bi^dwell, the first woman to be admitted to the bar in the United States, died in Chicago, on the 14th, aged 63 years. She was admitted to the bar only after a long fight, during which she carried her case up to the supreme court of the United States. She had of late yea;* been the manager and proprietor of the Legal News, which she conducted with marked ability. .

CURRENT TOPICS THE HEWS IH BUET. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. In the senate,, on the l?th a large number ot petitions against the various clauses of the Wilson tariff bill were presented, and Mr. Gnlllnger offered a substitute for the bilL A number of bills of minor importance were passed, after which Mr. Gray spoke on the resolution declaring it inexpedient at this time to consider further the question of annexation ot Hawaii. Another message from the president transmitting Hawaiian correspondence was presented. After passing resolutions the sen ate, as a further mark of respect to the late Representative Houk. of Ohio, adjourned. In. the house a number of bills were passed, and theurgency deficiency bill was taken up in committee of the whole. In the senate, on the 13th, the bill to continue in force for ten years the act of March 2, 1885. to protect the fish in the Potomac river in the District of Columbia, and to provide a spawning ground for shad and herring In the Potomac, was passed. Mr. Gray resumed his speech on the Hawaiian resolution, and house bill requiring railroads In territories to establish certain stations, was debated without action .Is the house the Hawaiian correspondence transmitted by the president was read, after which the seigniorage bill was taken up, and utter considerable discussion. Mr. Bland offered an amenament to section 2 concerning redemption and reissue of notes. In the senate, on the 14th. a remonstrance was presented from the W. C. T. U. against the tax on whisky. The unfinished business, being the house bill requiring railroads in the territories to maintain stations at towns established by the interior department, was taken up. but went over without action. After a short executive session the senate adjourned. .In the house a number of executive communications were laid before the house, among them one suggesting that the statue of Liberty Enlightening the World in New York harbor be utilized as a beacon. Messrs. Quigg and Strauss, members-elect from New York, were sworn in. A letter from Mr. Brawley was read, stating that his resignation as a member of the house would be forwarded to the governor of South Carolina. In the senate, on the 15th, Mr. McLaurin, successor to Mr. Walthall, of Mississippi, resigned. was sworn in. The unfinished business, being the bill requiring railroads in territories to maintain stations and depots at all towns established by the interior department, was taken up and its discussion occupied the entire session. The bill was passed, the vice-presi-dent breaking akie by an affirmative vote. In the house, after preliminary business, the Bland seigniorage coinage bill was considered in committee of the whole, but without any action being taken the committee arose at 5:06 o'clock and the house adjourned.

ja iuc senate. on tne lotu. iiiier me iruusuetlon of some routine basiness, an executive session was held, lusting nearly four hours, nfter which the senate immediately adjourned. [During the secret session the nomination of Wheeler H. Peck ham. of New York, to be associate justice of the supreme court was rejected by a vote of 41 to 32].. i-In the liouse, after the morning hour, Mr. Bland moved that the house go int6 committee of the whole for tt^e consideration of the seigniorage bill and to close the debate at 3 o^ioek: but the session was frittered away idmlibustering against the motion. An evening session was held for the consideration of private pension bills. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. ' Hans von Bulow, the distinguished German pianist, died in Cairo, Egypt, on the 13th. The American vessel Willie Reed, Capt. Forbes, went aground n't St Quentin, France, on the 13th. Twenty one of her crew were saved. A bill prohibiting telegraph companies from transmitting race-track news has been passed by the New Jersey house. The reichstag has adopted a proposal made by Herren Rickert and Groeber to introduce in Germany the Australian method of polling. . A very large majority of the members voted in favor of the proposal. The French courts which had declared their incompeteney to try the suit of the Princess Colonna, daughter of Mrs. John W. Mackay, against her husband, Prince Colonna, for a legSl separation and the custody of her children, made an order, on the 15th, giving the_children, provisionally, into the custody of their father. The order will not be obeyed, as the princess had some days previously landed with her children at New York.The twenty-sixth annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage association met in Washington, on the 15th, with a large attendance of delegates, representing all parts of the country. A route for the proposed cable from Labuan to Hong-Kong, China, has been/surveyed. In all the soundings takdn the greatest depth was shown to be 2.8004a thorns, and the temperature at this depth was registered at 33 decrees.

On the 14th the board of .raanapers of the San Francisco Pr^ssclub cited M. H. DeYoung1, proprietor of thb Chronicle and director-general of the Mid-Winter exposition, to appear before them on the 20th to show cause why he should not be expeled for unprofessional conduct. Ax a meeting in-Honolulu, on the Sd, of the Annexation club, a resolution declaring “that it is the opinion of the officers and executive, committee that a representative form of government be established as soon as possible after it is ascertained that the'present congress will take no definite action toward annexation,” was passed. A sensation was created at Harrodsburg, Ky., on the 15th, by the arrest of William Graves and John Commmgo for whitecapping. They are charged • with being members of the band that recently called Josh Mitchell to his door, near Nevada, and, shot him to death, and who have also whipped and terrorized many other residents in the west end. The two young men are members of leading families. Geokge N. Jerauld died at Princeton, Ind., on the 15th, aged 83 years. He had been engaged in the general mercantile business for fifty years on the same lot, and was the pioneer merchant of the city and probably of the state. The value of his estate is $159,000. 5 On the 15th a. car-load of corn received at Terre Haute, Ind., from Chicago, was found to contain in one corner a large heap of mail that had been rifled from some mail pouch and opened. The mail was turned over by the police to the postal authorities. Mat Brooklyn, one of the leading ladies of the Palmer stock company, playing at the Baldwin theater, San Francisco, committed suicide ^on the night; of the 15th, by taking poison. She played the part of Mrs. Page in “Alabama.”

Jams- Stove, the murderer of the Wratter family near Washington, lad., was har jjed at the Jeffersonville (Ind.) prison s hortly after midnight on the morning of the 16th. It was the first legal hanging in Indiana for several years. Boss UcKaxe was found guilty a.t Brooklyn, N. Y.,on the 15th, of depriving citl tens of their legal rights of 'access tt the registry lists in the Gravesend district over which he has for years rei fned as an autocrat, manipulating elections to suit his will. Br exe -cising his prerogative for the first tim*, Vice-President Stevenson, on the 15 h, saved the Oklahoma townsite bill, equiring railroad companies to mainta in stations at town sites indicated by the interior department, from defe it-bv breaking a tie with an affirmativ,» vote. The wholesale dry goods house of Jones, \Vi ter & Co. at Columbus. O., together % nth several adjoining tenements w; s destroyed by fire on the 15th, involving a loss estimated at *240,000. Gex. Jt? iAL A. Early fell down the steps of ti e Lynchburg (Va.) post office, on tie evening of the 15th, and received in juries that may prove fatal. Mrs. Axdrew For, who has been the principal v/itness against Daniel Coughlin in Chicago, has sued her husband for divorce. She claims be has deserted her ever since she testified at the trial. A xumbkr of families of farmers in the vicinity of Hebron, Ind., are about to move to Henrico county, Va., where they say they are able to buy land at lower prices than in Indiana. The boiler in Lockwood’s elevator at Kelly. Ia., exploded, on the 15th, killing John Tanner and fatally injuring William Sells. The notorious Zella Nicolaus was again invited to “move on” on the 15th, this time from the fashionable apartment house of Miss Dickson in West Twenty-sixth street, New York city. Zella is said to have a most magnificent wardrobe, which she brought back with her from Europe. She is getting tired of “Al” Ruhman already. The large wholesale drug house of Farrand, Williams & Co., in Detroit, Mich., was completely destroyed by fire on the morning of the 16th, entailing a loss of *100,000; partially covered by insura nce.

JLHE American Ime steamship Fans returned let Queenstown, Ireland, on the morning of the 16th, with her rudder disabled. The accident occurred 786 miles vest of Queenstown, and the return trip %vas accomplished by the use of the twin screws in steering. A Southern Pacific passenger train was wrecked at Roseoe, Cal., about 1 o’clock on the morning of the 16th., by three marked men. The express car was then blown open by dynamite and looted. The robbers got away, but a posse was soon in pursuit. Fireman Masters a ad a tramp named Granger were killed. The engineer was badly hurt. 4. The General Electric Co. started up their factories at Lynn, Mass., on the 19th, on fall time. This means a fiftysix hour schedule and the employment of some 1,500 hands. Two tr ains collided near Jelan, between Samara and Slaviansk, in eastern Russia, on the 16th, and, thirteen persons were killed and several badly injured. Forty <; ases of yellow fever are reported da ly in Rro de Janeiro. A stea ipipe on the German iron clad Brandenburg, lying at Kiel, exploded, ci. the 15th, killing thirty-nine persons, and injuring nine others. LITE NEWS ITEMS. The set: ate was not in session on the 17th... in the house most of the day was speni in debating a motion to nonconcur in the senate amendment to the town-site bill, which was finally carried, an< conferees were appointed. After the call of committees for reports Mr. Bland moved that the house go into cc mmittee of the whole on the seigniora ge bill, and that general debate clps i in thirty minutes; but no quorum noting, the motion was lost, and the remainder of the session was taken up m speeches eulogistic of the late re resentative Gen. William Lilly, out of respect to whose memory the house at 3:10 adjourned.

Chance ixor von Caprivi, of Germany, g res official dinners withincreasing frequency. He has limited the cost to twenty marks a plate, including wine and beer. His aide-de-camp, who keeps the purse, has the most rig d ordess to spend no more than the chancellor’s annual salary of 48,000 ma ks, less the amount exacted for state ixes. The chancellor, while not wish: lg to save anything, will incur no de >ts. Thk statement of the associated banks of New York city, for the week ended on the 17th, showed the following changes: Reserve, decrease, $11,069,875; loans, increase,. $6,743,800; specie, decrease, $9,912,700; legal tenders, deer: iase, $2,930,200; deposits, decrease, $- ,184,100; circulation,decrease, $447,300. The jury, in the case of the Mansfield (Pa.) rimers returned a verdict on the 17th. Tv anty-one of the fifty-eight prisoners were acquitted, thirty-twc were fot: id guilty, two had entered pleas of guilty and three were acquitted b: order of the court. Chas. Y UNO,»1 ias Lonsdale, released, on the 17th, from an English prison, is wanted in Rochester, N. Y., for murder. Detectives were awaiting him outside the prison. It is re irted in Rome that Marquis Curtopass; at present Italian minister at Rouma ia, will succeed Baron Faya as Italian ambassador to the United States. The sta ae of Napoleon, which was erected at Boulogne in 1854 by Englishmen. has been blown down and broken tp pieces. Gov. J vrkham of California has brought si: it to secure the escheat oi the Blythe estate, valued at $4,000,000, to the sta .' a On the l th the New York associated banks he $74,536,825 in excess of the requireme tsof the 25-per-cent, rule. I

NEWS BY WIRE. Happenings in Indiana Towns Told in a Few Linea Terre Hatttk. Ind., Feb. 15.—A committee of bituminous operators of Indiana addressed a letter Wednesday to Joseph Dunkerly, - president of the United Mine Workers of Indiana, callin if attention to the decided reductions in price of mining that have recently been made in competitive coal fields in Pennsylvania, Ohio and parts of Illinois. The committee states that the operators will make no attempt to break the contract for seventy cents per ton made last May for nut coal, as they may be able to sell, but suggest that if a like reduction is made by the miners it will enable the Indiana coals to meet competition, retain trade and keep the men employed. Want* 810,000 for Staying In Jail. Columbus, Ind., Feb. 15.—Farmer Bichard Askin, Worth $40,000, was made defendant in a. $10,000 damage suit Wednesday.' In December last Elmer Olmsted, a laborer, was arrested on an affidavit made by Askin charging him with having stolen a pair of mittens. Being unable to furnish bond Olmsted was sent to jail, where he remained for thirty days and was released without trial. In his complaint he states that the mittens in dispute are worth but twenty-five cents. Mount Vernon, Ind., Feb. 15.—The trial of Lawrence Varner was concluded Wednesday, the jury failing to agree. Varner is uncelebrated sport known throughout the country as the “Harmony Bad.” He was charged with ‘murdering George Franklin at the New Harmony fair last September and came from California to stand trial. The jury stood ten to two for acquittal, and after being out thirty-two hours was dismissed. It is now thought the case will be nolled. Indianavolis, Ind., Feb. 15. — Gov. Matthews has been quite ill for several days, and was compelled to keep to his bed Tuesday. On Wednesday he came down to the capftol for awhile, but was taken worse and was compelled to return to his residence. His trouble is in his stomach and bowels, and is supposed to result from his changed life in the past three years, which confines him to sedentary pursuits. Ask a Reduction. Harmony Kid Not Convicted. Gov. Matthews Is III.

LHiviii Ariusiruu^ is necapiureo. El wood, Ind., Feb. 15.—Calvin Armstrong, the escaped convict, who was sentenced to a term in prison for embezzling large amounts from the county treasury, which he lo$t on horse races, was recaptured at Newcastle Wednesday and is once more behind stone walls at Kokomo. Nearlnc the End. Lebanon, Ind., Feb. 15.—The evidence in the Oaks murder trial was concluded Wednesday morning, after which S. R. Artman opened the argument for the prosecution, Michael Keefe, for the defense, following. The jury will get the case about Friday noon. Received Big Damages. Peru, Ind., Feb. 15.—Settlement was made in this city Wednesday of the claims of Willie Evans, Charles Batham, Willie Morton and Edward Bush, injured in the Wabash wreck at Kingsbury September last. Each received $850. _ Work for Skilled Mechanics. Hammond, Ind., Feb. 15.—The Corning Steel company is making preparations to open its mammoth plant in this city, and it was given out late Wednesday afternoon that work would be resumed with a full force early in April. Special Police Force for Roby. j Hammond, Ind., Feb 15.—The Roby race track, which opens next Saturday afternoon, will have ample police protection Fifteen special officers were appointed Wednesday to serve under Chief John Kane and Thomas Knotts.

Torn to Pieces by Machinery. Hammond, IncL, Feb. 1,5.—John Freeman, foreman of the Standard Oil company’s paint shops at Whiting, was caught in the rapidly revolving shafting, and coming in contact with the heavy belts was tom limb from limb. Mast Be Indicted Again. Frankfort, Ind., Feb. 15.—The case of John W. Paris, charged with embezzlement as president of the Greentown bank, was nolle prossed Wednesday, as the allegation contained in the indict* ment was at variance with the facts. Knights of Pythias. Valparaiso, Ind.. Feb. 15.—The second district meeting of the Knights oi Pythias was held in this city Wednes-. day. Nine counties were represented. An open session was held in the afternoon. ' - Smallpox at Crown Point. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 15.—The state board of health w^s notified Wednesday of two malignant cases of smallpox at Crown Point, Lake county. All Roads Now Lead to Winamgc. Warsaw, Ind., Feb. 15.—Within the oorporate limits of this place and the Pink Mink marshes there are 103 widows, and none over 40 years old. Verdict for Many Thousands. Anderson, Ind., Feb. 15.—The jury here rendered a verdict of 135.000 in favor of the plaintiffs in the celebrated Vermillion case. ' _ . MIN£S AND MINING. The deepest coalmine is in Belgium, 4,542 feet. Dust is responsible for many explosions in coal mines. The deepest silver mines in America are the Comstock, 2,700 feet. The deepest mining shaft is at Prizdram, in Bohemia, 3,280 feet deep. The South African gold mines are increasing greatly in productiveness. Suicid# is less prevalent among miners than any other class of people. ‘

STEPPING BACKWARD. That’* What the Repeal of the Civil*, Service Law Would Re Sara Commit* aloner Roosevelt—The Ends Sought by the Rill Coaid be Better Attained by Departmental Regulation than by Con* gresslonal Legislation. Washington, F«b. 18.—Civil-Service Commissioner Roosevelt, in an interview this morning, in relation to the bills effecting' the etfii. service now pending before the congress, said: “Concerning Mr. Fithian's bill to repeal the civil-service law, there does not seem to be much necessity for speaking. The repeal of the civilservice law means the re-establish-; ment of the spoils system in all those departments of the government by which it had been expeled. That bill is an effort to reduce our civil service to the level of the system existing in Morocco, Turkey and other barborous countries. An act t o repeal the civilservice law comes wfithin a category that will embrace acts to repeal laws against bribery for political purposes and the like. The ends sought to be attained by Mr.Fithian's bill to require certain employes of the government to pass civil-service examinations,could be better attained by departmental regulation than by legislative enactment. “The main objection of the bill introduced by Mr. Bynum to provide for the apportionment of appointments to congressional districts is that it would enormously increase the expense of the commission. Under the spoils system, thd states that are far away from tVashington do not get half the appointments to which they are entitled. “Mr. Bynum's bill to allow reinstatement of railway mail clerks dismissed between March 15 and May 1,1889, proposes to remedy a wrong committed four years ago by permittiqg another wrong now, and thereby affording a precedent for the possibility of committing another four years hence and so on. “About 2, 800 clerks were turned out in the time spoken of by this bill by the republican administration, these 2,300 clerks being democratic clerks who had been put into office under the spoils systems by the preceding democratic administration, and the republican clerks having been turned out for their benefit. Of the 3.800 clerks who took their placets, but 900 are left in the service.” it : w ,

A MONSTER > BLAZE. A Foor-Mllliou-Foot Um Well la Indiana Chicago, Feb. 18.—A special tbs the Herald from Muneie. Ind., 'says: A 4,000,000-foot gas well belonging to tlie Indiana Iron Co., of this city, and located near West Muneie, a few days ago was frozen lip and the pipe near the well buret. Son»e mischievous person set the escaping gas on fire. The heat soon caused the pipe to burst more, and now the ivhole product of the well is belching forth in a voluminous flame that reaches far above the" tall &aks. The heat is so intense that the men attempting to quench the blaze have been unable to go within 200 feet of the well. The idea now is to secure dynamite in cans, tie them on the end of long strings of •wire, ignite the fuse and hurriedly pull them near the well, where it will explode, with hopes of blowing out the blaze. The men have worked numerous devices, but have not accompli shed any good. The noise made by the escaping gas can be heard for miles around, and has attracted great crowds of sightseers. The well is located on the Brindell farm, near several others, and many timid persons refuse to go to bed for fear the fire will spread and result ir the whole field taking fire. TH$ BLYTHE MILLIONS. £ Effort of Gov. Markham of California to Escheat Them to the State. Chicago, Feb. 18.—A special to the Herald from San Francisco, says: Gov. Markham has brought suit to secure the escheat of the Blythe estate, valued at $4,000,000, to the state. The complaint alleges that on April 4, 18S3, Thomas H. Blythe was the ownerand seized in fee simple absolute possession and occupation of the real property, which is then described; that Blythe died without leaving any wife, issue or heirs to take or inherit his estate or any portion thereof, which has therefore escheated to the state of California for the support Of the common schools. D. if. Delma for the Williams heirs, McDermott fpr the company and Garber, Boalt and Bishop for Florence, do not appear to anticipate much trouble from the state in this pet law suit.

A- CLEVER FORGER Flays a Bold Hundred to One Shot on a Chlcxiso Bank. Chicago, Feb. 18.—Frank H. Harper, who is also known by the name of Frank H. Henderson, and who is^aid to be from St. Paul, walked into the Continental national bank last Thursday morning, and presented two checks for payment. One called for IS,500 and the other for 13,300. Harper was known at the bank, and as the signatures were genuine, the checks were cashed without hesitation. It was subsequently learned that the checks had been raised from 138 and 135 checks to one hundred tim@3 those amounts. The police are looking for Harper. They know little or nothing of him, but from the description given of him by the officers of the American Trust and Savings Co. they recognized him as a clever forger who has been working the same scheme in the east. A Diabolical Intention. Paris, Feb. 18.—The Echo De Paris 6ays it has received information that Emile Henry, who on Monday night last threw' a bomb in the cafe of the Hotel Terminus, had planned to cause an explosion in the Comedie i rancaise. He intended, the paper says, to throw a bomb in the theater last Monday night when a large crowd was in attendance watching the play “Les Cabot ins.” Henry found it impossible to procure a seat, and taking an omnibus at the theater, proceed to the Hotel Terminus where, he threw the bomb that he intended.-to use in the theater. t

AN AERIAL HORROR. Death and blmlnc Two Hundred **«•*- Above tl t Tenne— ee River—An Accident to a i Aerial Cable Car-ThfUtlug Kxperien. » of Seven Fleanare-Seefcer*—A Tonne L< rmr Killed In the Presence of Hie Flam i—Was the Cable Cut? Memphi , Tenn., Feb. 19.—A special to the C mmercial from Knoxville, Tenn., sa s: One killed and several slightly 1 irt, is the resnlt of a mostthrilling ccident in thiseity yesterday afteri jon. ‘The draw cable of an aerial cai snapped in two, leaving thecar and p ssengers 300 feet in midair, \while thi broken end of the cable/smashed through the frail car filled with hmt inity to do its deadly work. Longsti et Heights is the name of' a beantifi l tract of land south of theriver and bout two miles above the city, owi id by a real estate firm, borne in irested gentlemen erected from the north bank of the river to ahigh blu If on the south side an aerial canle line. At its highest point th< car is nearly 300 feetabove tl a Tennessee river, and the tripo er. while being most thrilling, affon ed a beautiful view of the snrroundi g country to the passengers. A :ar which would hold perhaps twenty persons hung suspended from two aeavy cables, five feet apartand one nd five-eighths inches in diameter. ' he engine house was located on the n< rth bank, and the car was hauled to he dizzy height by an endless cable five-eighths of a inch thick, which wo :nd around two drums. Yesterd y afternoon the car had carried man] passengers and made its last trip aboc a 4 o’clock. Seven people were in it besides C. F. Lewis, who stood at t e brake. When v thin 100 feet of the bluff thedrawing < able snapped in two between "the car a id engine room and the car started ba :k as if shot from a huge cannon. >fear the center of the river, and fully !00 feet above it, its progress was sudde nly checked, as, the broken end of the -able wound itself like a huge serpent ar und the car. It went crashthrough the wooden car, only to wind] itself arou d and crush through its top i again, as i it were but made of paper. There the ar and passengers hung fornearly two hours, while every minute the crowd i ncreased until a thousand persons lin. i the bank of the river.

Employes seemed dazed and it was some time l -fore a long- rope was se- % . cured. Thi; was slipped down the cable to the ar and a steamer anchored itself directl r underneath. Will Kiblt y, a boy, was th^ first to be let down and the crowd cheered lustily as he vas landed.Next came r Miss Alice *’ardell, who stood the shock bravelj. Belief gained ground that no one 1 ad been hurt, but those familiar kne otherwise, for in the car above Oliv r Ledgerwood lay dying, his life blood oozing from two ugly wounds in ti e head. - He had gone with Miss Wa rdell, his fiance, for the novel trip u oich ended so disasr trously. One by one he passengers were let down until the car was cleared. When Ledgerwood r 'ached the . boat a surgeon pronounced liis injuries fatal and in less than tei minutes he was dead. His skull had >een fractured in twoplaces. v Mr. Fred Mel lee, another passenger, suffered a se\ ere injury to one leg, while Henry H; .tcher’s right-hand wasbadly hurt. H igh Rule, a boy, waa standing near t ve engine house when the cable broke and was struck by theend and seriousl hurt. Persons iu the -ar say that Ledgerwood never rej lined consciousness after being struc t. He was a promising young lawyei and leaves a widowed mother to n onrn his loss. Before the coroi dr’s jury last night J. E. Patton, one of the lessees and 4 part owner of the itHe line, made the scnsational staten ont, under oath, that he believed tl o cable had been cut. The matter w II be fully investigated. SLAUGHTERED E 7 SLAUGHTER.

A Desperado’s Blood; Work at a North gfe Carolina \ feddlng. New York, Feb. 1—A dispatch to the Sun from Raleig i, N. C., says: At a wedding in Allegiany county, yesterday, a large ;rowd assembled, among those prese it being Daniel Slaughter, of Carrol county, Va. Just, as the wedding jeremony endedSlaughter passed ne; r an old man, whoseized his hand and : ladg some remark. Slaughter spoke n ughly and was. asked to leave the louse. He did so* but in a few minute: returned. The'friends of the old man were angry and a peacemal er endeavored to. keep them back.whi 3 at the same time he told Slaughter tc keep quiet. Sud- - .denly Slaughter spr ng at John Bare and stabbed him to he heart. He fell dead, and Slaughte made an attempt to again stab hii , but the bride seized his hand. She was cut on the hand and : rms. Slaughter, dashed for the door and on tlie way he stabbed Edward Lc ug, killing him instantly, and then lied, lie was captured two miles aw: 7. Carriage Factory 1 acl Stock Burned. New York, Feb. 19.--The carriage factory of Rufus M. Silvers & Bros.*. ( 144 to 158 East Thii ty-first street, extend ing through t: Thirtieth street, was damaged $6,000 by fire yesterdayafternoon. One of the partners esti-. mated that fully 2<n partially finished and 125 completed 3 ehicles of all descriptions were desl -oyed. They werefully insured. The Steame Ohio Sunk. Memphis, Tenn. Feb. 18. —> The steamer Ohio sui f at Cottonwood ’ Point, Mo., ISO mih 5 above here at 4 o’clock yesterday ifternoon, and is likely to prove a' t< tal loss. She lies with her stern in wenty-five feet of water, and her bov is still held on the stump or obstructs a upon which shebacked while getti :»g away from the landing. Her pa sengers and crewfire all safe on sh< *e and will go to» Cairo on the Ferd lerold, which left here at 9 o’clock this morning, and should get there s me time to-night*. The Ohio is insinret for $10,000. 1 ... . . r* *