Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1882 — Page 2

Rensselaer Republican, BY GEO. E. MAR'HALL.

WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW.

THE EAST. - The corpse es an unknown lad has been having a variety of adventures in the Pennsylvania towns The boy was killed by a train at Johnstown last month, and was identified by a citizen of Bristol as his son and tenderly laid to rest, an event soon followed by the return of the wanderer from BristoL Beading of the occuiTence, an anxious father in Sharon, named Seabum, had the remains disinterred, became thoroughly satisfied that they were those of his remaining son, and buried them at Sharon, Aug. 9u. The reappearance of Eddie Seaburn caused the wildest excitement among tlnwe familiar with the circumstances of the double mistake. The real name of the wandering corpse has not yet been ascertained ... .After a conference of five hours between the puddlers and iron manufacturers of Pittsburgh, last year’s schle of wages was signed The members of the mining-stock firm of James O. Bands & Co., of New York, disappeared ten days ago. Sands was Secretary of several mining companies and is said to have gone to Mexico. Two ladies well known in society have lost S:JIO,(XX) each by the collapse, and several prominent lawyers are out about SIO,OOO each.... John G. Bigelow, St Washington, filed in the Circuit Court at Buffalo a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Sergt Mason, on the grounds that the court-martial lacked jurisdiction to try the accused, and that the detail of the battery as a. guard at the jail was in violation of an act of Congress. Judge Coxe allowed the petition to be filed, but mflde the papers returnable at Utica A frightful collision occurred in the Fourth avenue tunnel, New York. A standing train was run into, two cars telescoped, and one man instantly killed Another passenger has since died of wounds, and eighteen others were seriously injured ... .The large jeans mill of J. L Edward & Bon, at Chester, Pa, was destroyed by. fire. Loss, $80,000; insurance, $60,000. THE WEST. Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, returned home the other day, after a six weeks’ absence in Europe, and was accorded a big public reception. His arrival was signalized by the booming of cannon and the firing of rockets, %pd he was escorted to his home by a long procession A conductor on the Northampton road disobeyed orders and brought about a collision of freight trains at Greenfield, Mass. The offender escaped injury, but the conductor, fireman and brakeman of the other train were killed The Society of the Army of the Cumberland, under the Presidency of Lieut Gen Phil Sheridan, and with a large attendance of ex-soldiers of rank and distinction, held Its fourteenth annual meeting in Milwaukee. The annual oration was delivered by Gen Charles H. Grosvenor, of Ohio, followed by an eloquent and interesting address by Gen Jacob D. Cox on “The Youth and Early Manhood of James A Garfield”.... A most determined attempt at suicide, which may result in success, was made by Henry Weiner, a grocer at Carondeiet, Mo. He stabbed himself thirty times just below the heart, severed the main artery in each arm, mode twelve slashes behind the right ear, cut a gash of an inch on the crown of his head, and wounded himself in the wrist. When the physicians had sufficiently revived him, he drank the contents of a coal-oil lamp. George S. Rousseau, formerly a lieutenant in the United States army, shot himself through the head at Loredo, where he was employed as a quarantine guard He was a son of Gen. Lovell H. Rousseau, and was three years ago dismissed the service for killing Dr. Rivers at Brackett, Texas. A man named Porter White shot his wife at Sedalia, Mo., and then shot himself. Cause, domestic trouble. White’s wife left him a short time ago because he abused her. He shot her through the heart, and she died instantly. He then Bhot himself in the right temple, and lived about two hours... .Flames swept away $50,000 worth' of property at Susonville, CoL THE SOUTH. Capt. Payne, of Oklahoma notoriety, has been taken to Fort Smith, Ark., where he will be tried in the Federal Court While passing through Henrietta, Tex., Payne sued out a writ of habeas corpus for himßelf and followers in’ the District Court, but Lieut Taylor refused to recognize it, whereupon a warrant was issued for the arrest of Taylor himself. This was also resisted, the civil officers not being permitted to enter the car. The affair created quite a commotion in Henrietta. A fire in the Boston warehouse, in Lafayette Btreet, New Orleans, destroyed that strheture and damaged many others, causing a total loss of $100,000; fully insured The body of Augustus Green, a wealthy Englishman, was found near his residence in Chesterfield county, Va., and guarding the remains was his dog, which was in a starving condition. It is believed Green died suddenly while in a delirium 1 The Cleveland family of six residing at Nashville, Tenu., were poisoned by an insane daughter putting strychnine in the coffee. Mr. <slsveland died from the effects, and another daughter liefi in a dangerous conditjon....At Hot Springs, Ark., Charles Matthews, editor of the Hornet, was shot four times and killed in an affray with Col. 8. W. Fordyce, Vice President of the St. Louis and Texas. Narrow Gauge railroad, and Col. Rugg, one of the proprietors of, the Arlington Hotel. It is not known whether Fordyce or Rugg fired tfie fatal shot. The trouble srrew out of a bitter newspaper controversy over local affaire..... At Searcy, Ark., an editor got into a personal difficulty with the Methodist Presiding Elder of the district over the prohibition question, and the Gospel man proved to be the hardest hitter, as he knocked down the journalist, and had to be pulled off by bystanders.... Jack Chapman, colored, was hanged at Bellevue, Rosier Parish, La., for the murder of John Wilson, colored, on Oct 2, 1881... .The United States Court at Fort Smith, Ark., released Oklahoma Payne and his followers. A fire in the business quarter of Fort Smith, Ark., burned property of the estimated value of S7S,OUS. WASHINGTON. A Washington telegram says: Dorsey’s friends say that Ben Butler has been retained to defend the Dorseys in the next , star-route triaL Senator Jones, of Nevada, expresses the opinion that at the next trial

the chief conspirators would be convicted. He said the administration is thoroughly in earnest, and will not relax their determination to convict Mb. John «C. New, acting as Secretary of the Treasury in place of Mr. Folger, made a call for $25,000,000 of extended 5-per-cent bonds, the call to mature Deo. 23. GENERAL. A Rochesteb (N. Y.) dispatch says: “ Dr. Lewis Swift, the director of Warner Observatory, is receiving messages from all parts of America claiming the discovery of the large naked-eye comet now visible near the sun. The doctor says ft is the same comet recently discovered in South America moving west, and is not the comet of 1812, nor is it identical with any known comet." The breadstuff's exported for the eight months ended Aug. 31 were valued at $110,015,703, against $157,505,205 for the same period last year. Prof. Boss, of Dudley Observatory, Albany, believes the comet we now see near the son is the return of the great comet discovered by Dr. Gould In South America on the sth of February, 1880... .The end of thei Christiancy scandal has been reached at last, the plaintiff having been granted a divorce from his wife on the ground of desertion. At the annual meeting of stockholders of the Northern Pacific rood, held in New York, the gross earnings for the year ending June 80 were reported at $5,430,305, and the operating expenses, rents and taxes at $3,572,840. The average number of miles operated was 797; the track laid for the year was 285 miles, and 272 miles to be constructed after January next will complete the road. The land department received $1,709,338 during the year. Henry Villard was re-elected President and Samuel Wilkeson Secretary. ... .The National Distillers’ and Liquor Dealers’ Convention, in' session at Cincinnati, resolved that, while sobriety, good order and respect for tne customs of others are unwritten laws of the land, and would be obeyed by them, yet a judicious license system would benefit the Government and aftord them protection, and they were opposed to prohibition as detrimental to the rights of the majority... .The United Presbyterian Synod announces its intention to raise $500,000 in honor of its quarter centennial... .The bursting of a ferryboat’s boiler near Lachine, Canada, caused the death of four persons and the burning of many others by escaping steam. The business failures of the week ending Sept 23 aggregated 141, an increase of two oyer the previous week, and fortyfive more than in the corresponding period in 1881.

The United States signal station in the North Atlantic in charge of Lieut Greeley is inaccessible by reason of a large ice barrier which extends from Cape Inglefleld to Ross bay. The expeditiesi which sailed July 8 from St Johns, N, F., with additional supplies for Lieut Greeley’s station was unable to reach its destination, and as ice had formed four inches thick on the sth the expedition returned to St' Johns to avoid being ice-blocked for the winter. Lieut. Greeley and his men, however, are supplied with stores of all kinds sufficient to last two years, and no anxiety is felt concerning them... .Capt Rogers, of the steamer Lepanto, which arrived at New York from Hull, England, reports being in collision in a fog, Sept 21, with the steamer Edam, which foundered All the Edam's passengers and crew, save the third and assistant engineers, were saved.

FOREIGN. One thousand ejectment decrees have been posted at Swineford, County Mayo for the special benefit of tenants on Lord Dillon’s estate... .The Portuguese Government has contracted for laying a telegraph cable between Lisbon and the United States, which shall touch at the Azores... .The Czar left St Petersburg Sept 20 for Moscow, where, as alleged, his coronation will soon take place. Great military precautions were token for his safety. The Emperor and Empress of Russia, upon their arrival at Moscow, were received with great enthusiasm. They were deeply impressed with the popular manifestations of loyalty....A Catholic clergyman of Breslau has been fined 200 marks for libeling Bismarck... .Stanley; the African explorer, has arrived at Lisbon. Two hill tribes marched to Scutari and plot got up by the Albanian League to massacre and rob the richest Christians, and among them the English Consul... .A meeting at London, under the auspices of the Democratic Federation, adopted a motion calling upon the Government to frame measures to prevent the importation of Chinese workmen..,.. Four towns were entirely destroyed by the floods in the TyroL The bodies of twentysix persons have been recovered... .The last of the Irish suspects has been released from Kilmainham jau. The President of the last Servian Skuptschina has been arrested for complicity in the forgeries of requisitions during the war... .Patrick Walsh was executed at Galway, Ireland, for murder. He protested on the gallows that he was the victim of perjury.... Snow-storms and avalanches have ruined the crops in sections of Switzerland. ... .The Exhibition Building at Sydney, in New # South Woles, was totally destroyed by lire, with all its contents. The loss is £500,000. The two heroes of the Egyptian campaign, Gen. Wolseley and Admiral Seymour, are to be raised to the Peerage in recognition by the British Government of their distinguished services... .The shotking destruction of a school-house, together with its inmates, including' both grown persons and children, is reported from the town of Grodno, the capital of one of the governmental departments of Russia A hardware dealer used the oellar of the house for storing powder, in whi<!h he secretly conducted a contraband traffic. While he was moving about incautiously in this place w th a light the powder was ignited and the whole building was blown into the air. Tre number of persons killed was not at last accounts accurately known, but many disfigured corpses and mangled limbs and fragments of bodies have been taken from the ruins. The curious fact has been disclosed that women are extensive holders of bank shares in New York. The Bank of Commerce has 1,829 shareholders, and 778 women hold more than onefourth oft its $5,000,000 capital stock. The oldest bank in the State is the Bank of New 'York Banking Association, 10,270 of whose 20.000 shares are held by 247 women, fifty-two trustees of estates and nineteen charitable institutions. It is the popular belief that the stock of the great banks are held almost exclusively by men of immense wealth, but the foots concerning tnese two powerful New York banks are wholly against that theory.

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

A Bloomington (HI.) paper announces the approaching nuptials of Senator David Davis, in November, to a Miss Annie Green, daughter of a wealthy and prominent citizen of Fayetteville, N. C., and wno is the Democratic candidate for Congress fiom that district His intended bride is described as a beautiful and accomjjished y u"g lady about 25 years of age... .French influence ts actively opposing a reciprocity tavai.y between Mexico and the United States. Toward the end of the year there will be held in Dublin a great Irish National Convention to review the position and condition of the country. Delegates to the convention will be elected by ]the people.... Premier G ad tone has informed a correspondent that he is powerless to interfere with the proselyting work of the Mormons, a- their converts go with them without compulsion.... In the barony of Erris, Ireland, fifty families have recently been evi ted by the militfery and police, and the peasantry have been ordered not to shelter the unfortunates... .Six more men, mostly released “suspects,” have been arrested in connection with the murder of the Heddys brothers at Lough Ma-k.... A Chinese imperial decree orders that the father of the King of Corea be kept for life undex guard at Pas Ting Fu... .Friedrich Woehler, the eminent German chemist and Director of the chemical institute at Gottingen, is dead. In a bank at Baltimore bonds to the value of $12,000 were “sneaked” from a clerk who was cutting off coupons, and the robbery was so cleverly contrived that the loss of the bonds was not discovered until after fifteen minutes had elapsed, during which the thieves had ample opportunity to get beyond pursuit.... Three strange men entered the jewelry store of Cook & Sons, Louisville, Ky., looked over some goods on the pretense of making a purchase, and, without doing so, left. The proprietors soon discovered that the shop had been robbed of stock valued at $5,000... .Of five convicts who attempted to escape from the Huntsville (Texas) Penitentiary by crawling through a sewer, the guards killed one, wounded another and captured two. By an explosion of gas in a mine at Plymouth, Pa, two men were instantly killed and a third so badly burned that he will probably die. At Pittsburgh a gallery of the Exposition building gave way, injuring s veral people, two very severely, and about the same time a shed just outside the building, on which a large number of people was collected to view the fireworks, collapsed and injured several persons.... While the guns of Fort William, on Governor’s island, New York harbor, were saluting the French Admiral the premature discharge of a cannon killed one man instantly, and fearfully maimed and lacerated a number of others... .The Franklin sugar refinery at Philadelphia was partially destroyed by fire, causing a loss estimated at f 1,000,000, and throwing 1,000 men out of employment. The Spring Meadow distillery, located some miles north of Milwaukee, owned by William Bergenthal & Co., was damaged by fire to the amount of $50,000. The bonded warehouses and two immense copper worms were saved. A Cabinet officer writes that President Arthur has been compelled to abandon his intention to visit Chicago and Milwaukee this tali.

THE ASIA DISASTER.

Miss Morrison’s Story. In the Coroner’s investigation at Parry Sound, Miss Christy Ann Morrison, the only lady survivor of the wreck of the steamer Asia, testified as follows: I got up on Thursday morning feeling very seasick. It was pretty rough all the morning. I think that about 11 fl’olook the first intimation I had of danger was from the noise made by the horses. I asked the mace if there was any danger. Re said they had already thrown off the horses, and would throw off what freight they could I then went back to my berth, and the boat rolled so much to one side chat I got a life-pre-server and put it on. Half an hour, possibly, had elapsed between the first idea I had of danger and my putting on the life-preserver. After putting on the life-preserver I sat by the cabin-door until the water came into the cabin. Then by catching hold of the cabindoor and railing I managed to get on the upper deck of all. The boat then s-emed to be settling down, one side being much the undermost. The life-boat happened to be clese to where I got to. I lowered myself into the water, and the Captain caught me and Jreftl me from sinking till the mate came and helped me into the boat. At that time there were twelve in the boat I did not know any in the boat except the first mate and a Miss McNab, my room-mate. A number of people from the other boats came into our boat The reason why they came into our boat was that they upset The reason why they upset was the roughness of the sea They did not seem overcrowded. One reason that they upset was that they had not a sufficient number of oars. One of the other boats had one, another had not any, ours had two. The reason I know they had so few oars was that they came alongside of our boat and asked the Captain if we had any to spare. I did not see any person left on board the steamer after we left the ship’s side. The boats ran along together for a little, then the other two upset 'Diey upset three times.' Every time they righted a few were missing. The third time I did not see any one clinging to them at all. I only saw two boats beside our own. Six of the passengers of the two boats came into ours. About tw"ity minutes afterward our boat capsized. S.ie.righted. I held on to the ropes, or life-lines going round the boat, so that when she righted I was in again. After we righted I heard some one say three were gone. We then sailed or drifted before the storm. Our boat capsized three times. Each time some were missing. I did not notice any one to be hurt on the boat’s rights ing except the mate, who had got a scratch below his eye. After our number was reduced to seven the boat did not capsize any more. It was because the storm moderated that we cease# to capsize. The last capsize took place shortly Before dark. Before dajjk the mate said he saw land, and after dark we saw a lighthouse which the mate said was Bring Inlet light When we saw the light all cheered up considerable, but soon after one of the strangers died, name unknown. The only members of the crew that I knew in our boat were the Captain and mate. After the stranger died two others died almost immediately together. They just seemed to perish. They did not seem to have sustained any internal injury. I did not hear them complain ofanylnjuiy. About midnight the mate succumbed, and about ten minutes after him the Captain died. The person I have called the mate was nam d John McDonald, who was a second . cousin of mine, ihe person I have called Captain was named John Savage, Captain of tlie Bteamer Asia ,At the time they di d the sea was quite calm, and the wind was moderate. Shortly after daybreak I and Mr. Tinkis landed. The bodies were still in the boat After landing we dre t the boat on shore and walked along a piece, and, finding we could

not walk, we returned to the boat, and Mr. Tinkis took the bodies out of the boat and laid them on the island. We then got into the boat again, and rowed along with an oar we had picked np (having lost our oars when we capsized) to find a place—a habitable place. That was the last I saw of the bodies. I know that we left the bodies of John Savage, John McDonald and three other men on the island on which we first landed, On the following (Friday) night we slept on the rocks. Next morning we again got into our boat auu rowed until, in despair, we gave up. We went ashore again, laid down and slept Then the Indian came along, and we engaged him to bring ub here.

THE WAR IN EGYPT.

Abdellal Pasha, who commanded at Damietta, surrendered to the British on the. 19th of September. With the surrender of Abdellal ceased the last remnant of organized resistance to the authority of the Khedive, and that functionary at once proceeded to Cairo, the capital city, under escort of Indian cavalry. The entire population of Zagu/.ig is again at work in the fields, the telegraph censorship has been abolished, and trains have been restored between Cairo and Kafir-el Dwar. The t civil government of Egypt is the next grave question to be conk,dciod, und the establishment of a gendarmerie officered by Englishmen is already seriously discussed. A Turkish newspaper advises that the property of the rebels be confiscated and distributed among the sufferers from incendiarism and pillage. Efforts are being made to secure the services of a prominent English lawyer to defend ArabL If capital sentences are passed on the Egyptian leaders, they must not be carried ‘ out without the consent of the British Government is first obtained. An Alexandria dispatch states that Arabi Pasha was ill in prison, and had for a companion Mahmoud Fehmy, his Chief Engineer. Disturbances and outrages prevailed in the interior,, and the houses and factories of Europeans were being robbed and burned. Wholesale arrests of Arabi’s supporters were being made. Arabi.insisted that all his acts were instigated by the Khedive and the Bultan. An Alexandria dispatch, of Sept. 22, states that Gandeel, who was Prefect of Police at Alexandria at the time of the massacre in June, has been captured by the British and placed in irons. One thousand Bedouins had occupied the intrenchments at Kafr-el-Dwar which the British abandoned. Arabi, while in power, despoiled the national treasury of £200,000, £IB,OOO of which has been recovered. The Ambassadors advised the Porte to act in accord with the British policy in Egypt Arabi and all of his supporters, the dispatches stated, would be tried by courtmartial A dispatch from Alexandria says that property In that city valued at £1,000,000 \yiil be confiscated to indemnify sufferers by the massacre. Damietta surrendered on the 22d of September. All rebel officers at Ramleh below the rank of Colonel have been released The English have abandoned the works erected at Port Said. The Princes Ibrahim, Hamid and Kamil, who signed the petition asking for the deposition of the Khedive last May, called at the palace in Cairo, but were ordered to leave at once. The Khedive has issued a manifesto declaring England has great interests in Egypt, both in regard to finances and traffic through the Suez canal; that for the protection of those interests she was compelled to interfere, bat that she has no intention of annexing the country. The Khedive announces he has authorized Gen. Wolseley to represent him in restoring order and punishing rebels. All loyal Egyptians are called upon to render Wolseley every assistance. A.ny one refusing will be treated as a rebel it would appear that a gendarmerie for Egypt is already being organized in Europe, as a party of enrolled men have started from Geneva Their pay is from 150 to- 300 francs per month, and French and Italians are ineligible. British troops dismounted the guns at Ghemileh, and the people have resumed their ordinary vocations, It is generally believed in Egypt that no rebels will be executed, but that they will b.e banished and their property confiscated. The Khedive has offered the British Consul General the grand cross of the order of OemanlL Egypt is now again entirely under the authority of the Khedive. Accompanied by his Ministers, he was escorted by the Bengal Lancers to the railway station at Alexandria, to. the music of the Egyptian national anthem, and left for Cairo oh the 25th of September. Arriving at Cairo they were received by the Duke of Connaught and Gen. Wolseley, and driven through crowded, streets to Gliegireh Palace Abdellal Pasha, Suleiman Bey and others were sent k> Cairo under' military guard. It is learned that Arabi Pasha declined the services of French, German and Russian officers. He is heartily sorry he fought the English, as they have shown such magnanimity to the prisoners and wounded. He thinks all the notables and prominent men connected with the rebellion should be sent out of the country. A gen. ral amnesty will be decreed by the Khedive, except to about six persons connected with the Alexandria massacre. Baker Posba wdl effect the reorganization or the Egyptian army.

End of the Iron Strike.

. The long strike of the iron-workers 1b over, and, for the first time in the history of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, they have suffered defeat A Pittsburgh dispatch of Sept 19, says: Three district meetings of the Amalgamated Association were held to-day—at Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Youngstown. At the Pittsburgh meeting, presided over by President Jarrett, the discussions were long and at times acrimonious, many delegates holding out for the compromise proposition agreed upon at the last meeting, Dut it was evident from the first that a majority favored a square back-down and resumption at the old scale. Amid much excitement and confusion the vote was taken on the proposition to declare the strike off, and-it was carried by 81 to 27. The outcome of the meeting gives great satisfaction to the business community, as there is no doubt toe mill-owners will readily agree to pay the old price for puddling. Some of the mills will start this week. At the Youngstown meeting Vice President Sharon presided. Every lodge in the district except two was represented. On toe first .ballot the vote showed only eight delegates out of sixty opposed to resuming work at the old scale, $5.50. Later these eight reconsidered theiivaction ana made the vote unanimous to resume. At Wheeling the contest between those in favor of holding out and those anxious to resume at the old rates was very bitter, and for a longtime the result was doubtfuL After a long discussion the vote was taken, showing a majority of one in favor of breaking the strike. The mills at Wheeling will start as soon os possible—in a week at the farthest President Jarrett to-night officially declared the strike off. His Words are: ‘‘Gentlemen of the Amalgamated Association, the strike is ended. “

A BORDER BATTLE.

Desperate Fight » Between Two Bands of Cpwboys. Several of the Contestants Killed at the First Fire. A recent dispatch from Denver says: The particulars of a strange duel between cowboys have just reached here. George Howard, owner of a herd of 3,000 cattle, and John Kelly, owner of a herd of 4,000, were * driving in company from Arizona east North of Trinidad, CoL, on the plains the two herds were to separate, Howard to take the old Santa Fe trail to Kansas City, and Kelly to drive north to Denver. On the way an accidental exchange of cattle had been made, and Howard insisted on having his stock, but was unwilling to deliver Kefly’a It was agreed to settle the matter in a battle between six picked men of each party. Accordingly the twelve men ranged themselves on horseback, the two sides fifty feet apart, and at a signal from the employers the fight began. At the first fire four men were instantly killed. George L. Ester, of Kelly’s party, was shot through the breast One of Howard’s men fell with a ball through his head, and two others of the same party were Bhot through the hearts. Dismayed, the Howard party, with the exception of their employer, fled to their camp Kelly then rode up to Howard and proposed that they fight it out Howard declined, saying that he understood the matter to be settled according to the terms of the battle made beforehand. This settled the matter. An equal exchange of the mixed cattle was made. The dead were buried by the men of both herds, and the two drovers and those in charge separated for their different destinations. Kelly drrived here to-ifight en route East, and it was from his lips the story was had.

Disastrous Storm in the East.

A drought of several weeks’ duration in' the East terminated with one of the heaviest rainfalls recorded in the last forty years. Reports are printed from New York city, Poughkeepsie, Newburg and Pore Jervis, in New York; Paterson, Bor den town and Plainfield, in New Jersey; Raleigh, in North Carolina, and elsewhere, all placing the rainfall at five inches as a minimum, and in one instance (Paterson) giving fourteen inches ’ as the depth of water which fell within forty-eight hours. At Plainfield, N. J., a bridge gave way, throwing a crowd of sightseers in the water, all of whom, it is probable, were fished out as no bodies were . found. The loss of life Is small, as human beings very generally come in out of the wet, but the railroad companies are heavy losers. The points mentioned as having sustained heavy losses by the tremendous rain-fall and the rapid rise of rivers which immediately followed include, in New Jersey, Paterson. Princeton, Trenton, Hoboken, Hackensack, Bordentown, Plainfield and New Brunswick, while from Waterbary, Conn., Philadelphia, and Fredericksburg, Va, reports are received of great destruction and damage. Bridges, dams and trestles were . carried off, and washouts on railroads numerous. In some towns the water was up to the showcases in stores, and railway cars were submerged to the windows. Many residences were washed away, and the damage to mills and crops by the overflow is almost incalculable.

Frightful Railway Accident.

A dispatch from Lancaster, Ky., says: As the first of three special trains conveying Sells Bros.’ show from Richmond was coming around the curve, 300 yards from Paint Lick, at 3:30 a. m., the fourth car from the engine, from some unknown cause, jumped the track and rolled down the embankment, followed by the balance of the train in its rear, consisting of fifteen cars, The cars were leaded principally by the luggage of the company, tableaux wagons, electric light machine, and a cage containing the tiger. Several attaches of the circus were scattered along the tram, and the destruction to both life and property was fearful. Three men were instantly killed, three probably fatally wounded, and seven or eight wounded. The cage containing the tiger was burst open, the fierce animal turned out, creating much consternation, every one being afraid to go near it until daylight, when the door was opened, and tne tiger which was crouching nearby, crept back into his prison and was secured. The electric light and tableaux wagons were completely .destroyed.

THE MARKETS.

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