Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1885 — TALES BY TELEGRAPH. [ARTICLE]

TALES BY TELEGRAPH.

Occurrences of a Sensational • Nature in Various Farts of the Country. turions Incidents, Death-Dealing Accidents, Dark Tragedies, and Other Phases of Life. A HARD WINTER. » . ■ Long Island Sound Frozen from Shore to Shore. For the first 11 me in ten years, says a New York dispatch, Long Island Sound is frozen •ver. A solid field of ice extends from Hell Gate to New London. The powerful Sound steamers are the only boats that have been able for several days to cut a channel through, and ene of them—the Narragausett—was fast tn the ice for twenty hours. She was rtfMSCd this afternoon, a good deal damaged by her struggle with the heavy ice-floes. Navigation of the Sound is now practically suspended, and is likely to remain so for some time. The embargo to navigation will cause a serious loss to shipping interests. A large number of craft of every description are ice-bound, some severely damaged thereby.

Two Men Frozen to Death. [East Tawas (Mich.) special.] Last Thursday morning John and Abram Johnson. Finlanders, left here for Gardner’s Camp, and on Sunday three others left for the same place. About three ml es from there they found John Johnson lying in the snow unable to rise. Both his legs from the feet to the knees, and both his hands were frozen. He was brought here and died during the night. He Baid that feeling tired he told the other man to go ahead, and he would soon follow. He had been out two nights with the mercury at 26 degrees below zero. The other man was found dead one mile farther on. Lake Michigan Frozen Over. Milwaukee dispatches state that Lake Michigan is frozen from shore to shore, the ice rang-* mg from nine inches to three feet in thickness. The propellers City of Ludington and Wisconsin are frozen in somewhere in the lake. Borne distance north of South Haven seventeen men of the missing steamer Michigan came ashore, having traveled on the ice a distance of twentythree miles from the vesseL They left thirteen men aboard, with rations for a month and ninety tons of coal. , The Severest Ever Experienced in Montana. A recent dispatch from Helena (Montana) says l : “This is the most severe winter that has been experienced here since the first visit of Lewis and Clarke, and has no parallel in the history of Montana.” Killed Himself Shoveling Snow. Frank LaVesee, of Roscoe, near Rockford, 81., strained Lis system so severely in shovel* ing snow during the late blockade that he died from the effects. Coal Famine in an Illinois Town. The scarcity es fuel at Saybrook, Hl., caused the citizens to seize forty tons from a train going through on the Lake Erie Road, for which they offered pay. ______ Michigan Fruit Injured by Frost. The injury by intense cold to fruit trees.in Michigan has been so severe that but half a crop is anticipated next season. SOUTHERN SENSATIONS. - Fiddled for a Dance with a Bullet In His Head. A negro named Edward Goode, while full of benzine, undertook to show how he could fire a blank cartridge into his moutb.says the Charlotte tN. C.) Observer. Unfortunately the pistol was loaded. He called the attention of his companions to the fact that he was going to commit suicide and pulled the trigger. He reeled, and as he gasped for breath smoke rolled from his month and blood trickled down on each side of his thin. At the time he fired he had about an Inch of the pistol barrel in his mouth,- sfnd his head was thrown slightly backward. The doctors say that it was the most marvelous escape from instant death on record. Wounded as he was, Goode returned to Mount Holly and played the bass fiddle tor the dancets until past midnight, when the bullet began to make itself felt in his head. Hie mouth is badly burned by the powder, and this gives him more pain than does the bullet. A Romantic Kentucky Tragedy. [Louisville special. J As a train from Louisville to Shelbyville was crossing the junction at Hansborough the engineer discovered the dead bodies of William Adams and Tena Wilmouth lying side by side on the track. Between Adams’ legs was a revolver with three chambers empty. Near them stood the buggy in which they had been riding, ana in the shafts lay the dead body of ths horse. Adams, Miss Wilmouth, and the horse had each’been shot in the head. All were stone dead and cold. William Adams was but a youth and the dead girl had not yet gone through her teens. They had long been sweethearts, but parental objection had prevented their union, audit is supposed that they agreed to die together rather than submit to separation. Desperate Fight with a Mad Dog. A mad dog was killed, after a desperate fight, at the residence of Mr. H. J. Lewis, in Eastatoe township, this county, last Tuesday night, says a telegram from Richmond, Ga. The dog was a black hound, and fought Mr. Lewis’ dog for nearly thirty minutes before he was killed. Mr. Lewis and Messrs. W. E. and J. M. Nimmons pounded the dog with hoes, guns, and stacks. Finally a sharp-pointed iron bar, weighing about ten pounds, was thrust clear through the dog. and a load of shot sent through his carcass. Alter all this he sprang up and jumped on Mr. Lewis' dog again before he died. The dog never made a particle of noise during the fight, except when shnt. No damage was done by the dog, except the biting of Mr. Lewis' dog.

A Hen, a Hawk and a Man. The following comes from Cochran, Ga.: P. M. Solomon, of this place, was at T. J. Bentroe'a, in Laurens County, and while tutting In the house he heard a fuss among the chickens outside. Upon looking out he discovered a large hawk and a hen engaged in a desperate combat. They fought 'like two gamecocks about fifteen minutes, when Mr. Solomon put a quietus on the hawk by putting a load of shot under his feathers. The hen seemed to realize that she had a friend, and strutted around her victim and gave vent to her joy in vociferous cackling. The hawk had devoured all of her brood but one, for the safety ot which she was fighting. A Boy and His First Cigar. Al - year-old son of Mr.' B. Bunch, ot Economy. Marion County, Mo., reports a St. Louis telegram, smoked a cigar and died from tobacco poison in about half an hour. The boy was smoking in a store and soon began vomiting violently. He was carried home and his father went for a physician, abont 100 yards distant, but v?hen he returned with the physician the little fellow was dead. .—.— Killed by Kerosene. A few days ago m Hawkins County, Tenn., says a Knoxville dispatch, James Reynolds put kexeoene oil on the tops of the h< ads of his three litQe children, aged 2,4, and « years, for the purpose of killing vermin. Two of the children died within two hours, but a physician saved the other. REMINISCENT. A Congrewniusn Killed by Chagrin. Senator Vest's reference to the two Representatives from Ohio who brought from a newspaper man and had published in the Record the same identical speech w.thin two weeks ins stirred up some reminiscences of Congressional plagiarism. It •» told by one of the old-timers St the Canftbl that Speaker White, of Kmtocky, eanC* Dili a death as the result ot expo-uretor dcinx some’-htoa of thl * klnd w{ri e be was Speaker ot the House, in the Twenty-seventh Oonerese. and ~ man, he was wtnnwlXi business that when STtad Oiwof these men who are It au^ t ** ™te money to write hiwals handed him just a little while ri ™ e J* to deHverit, and be pet it'im poeket without reading. Wuen toe time cans be rose and, stawiy unfolding the inannscrtoK read the address. It wa< very brilliant. bnCi£ wre Aaroa Burr’s-famons vaieflictory to thfi The .-peaker never recovered from tbdl shock. He went home, was taken very ill and *** saptorod he kbled him<elLfar shame.' *"

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Atchison of Missouri, Bhnqn Cameron of Pennsylvania, and Hunter ot Virginia. GRAVE STORIES. Graves Opened by Ghenls. Three miles south of Point Pleasant, W. Va., is a church called Pisgah, attached to which is a rural burying-ground. The other morning, says a telegram from Poiiit Pleasant, when the sexton went to dig a grant, he was horrified to find half a dozen graves open. The corpses had been taken from their coffins Mid stretched on the ground. In one or two instance* limbs were severed from the body. The graves had been opened without regard to family. The bodies lay in one place, arranged in the shape of a Greek cross. There is no clew, and no reason waa assigned for the horrible act The bodies had evidently been exposed for a day or two. Blushing In Her Coflin. The vault in a Baltimore cemetery, says a dispatch from that city, in which the remains of Mrs. Charles Henderson, of Dubuque, were placed, is being closely watched. The woman died suddenly, and the body was shipped to Baltimore for burial, where the casket was opened, and a blush was noticed suffusing the features of the supposed corpse. Some physicians think Mrs. Henderson is in a trance. Recalled to Life. John Wisholm is alleged to have died at Newport, R. 1, but the agonizing walling of his son is said to have recalled the old man to life, he then relating a joyful experience during his transitory stay in the other world. Mr. Wlsholm, it seems, died tar good last week, and now rests beneath the snow.

TALES OF THE FOREST. A Faithful Dog and an Heroic Boy. [From the Portland (Ore.) News] There are some interesting side points relative to Funk’s poor, starved babies, who wandered away in the hills of Mehama Sunday morning, which we previously published in the News. They were not found till Monday noon. A shepherd dog, which was a household favorite, followed and guarded them during the long, dark hours, when the rain came unceasingly down. No doubt the faithful creature protected theni from the many wild animals in the deep woods. - But the heroic deed of the older child, which the wires failed to correctly record, remains to be added. He took his own little coat from his shivering body and put it on his weaker brother, saving him from freezing, while he-endured in a cotton shirt, hours after hours, the keen blasts of that mountain storm. Think of this from a child but 6 years old. and let any who can say he is not as much of a hero as any of the fullgrown Spartans of old, of whom the classics so eloquently telL He Killed a Red Bear. [Troy (Pa.) dispatch.} Peter Brow, of Liberty, Tioga County, while in the woods a few days ago discovered the track of an animal which was strange to him, although resembling a bear's. He followed the track, and came upon the animal and shot and killed it It was a bear, but no one in this region ever saw another one like it Its legs are much longer and thinner than those of the native bear, and its nose is longer and sharper. Ito fur is nearly red. The animal is much smaller than the black bear, although it is evidently a full-grown one. old hunters say it is probably a specimen of what is known in Michigan as a cranberry bear. This is a bear occasionally killed in the marshes in that State.

NEW WAY TO COLLECT OLD DEBTS. The Novel Contrivance Introduced in Chicago. (Chicago telecram.] -2A debt-collecting firm styled “The Retail Merchants' Protective and Collection Association” has started a “Black Marla" collectors' wagon in Chicago. This will fill a long-felt want. The “Maria" is a large, four-wheeled vehicle, something of a cross between a grocers’ wagon and a wagon and a hearse. It partakes largely of the characteristics of the famous “Black Maria" prison vans of England, and also of the dime museum advertising wagons of this country. The purpose of the wagon is to attract attention, and thereby shame the debtor into paying, consequently it is necessary to have something unique. The Maria' recently started here is a large black box, with openings at the front and sides. At each side and on the back the following legend is displayed in large white letters: “Old bills collected promptly by this association." The plan of operation is simply to keep the wagon standing before the debtor’s house a certain time every day until the debt is paid. The manager speaks proudly of the success of his firm in Cleveland and other cities. Be says Cleveland is able to keep two "Marias" constantly employed, and he does not see why Chicago should not have half a dozen. He intends building a splendid new “Maria" for Chicago in a very short time. He says it will have grand mirrors on the sides and bm:k, and plumes or waxworks on the roof, just like a circus wagon, and will be such a contrivance as any landlady or housekeeper will be proud to see at the door.

IN THE TOILS. The Notorious ex-Gov. Moses Again in Prison. [Boston special.! In the Superior Criminal Court at East Cambridge the ease of ex-Gov. Moses, of South Carolina, charged with obtaining under false pretenses from T. W. Higginson, of Cambridge, came up for sentence, the defendant having pleaded guilty. Moses made an eloquent appeAl for mercy, reviewing his past career, and said that his mind had given way under ids troubles, instancing the paltriness of the crime in proof thereof. He was sentenced to six months in the House of Correction. Indicted. [San Francisco telegram.] G. W. Tyler, leading counsel for Mrs. HillSharon in the Hill-Sharon divorce case; Max GumpeL the handwriting expert; T. C. Cashman, and J. F. McLaughlin have been Indicted by the State Grand J ury for implication in obtaining 128,000 from Senator Sharon’s counsel for the spurious document known as the TylerGumpel contract. McLaughlin has absconded with the monsy. The threeothers have surrendered, but were released on bail.

PERISHED BY FIKE. He Gave His Life for Another. George Scott, 70 years of age and a wellknown resident of Gib-on, IIL, seized & young Igdy who had set her clothes afire at a red-hot stove and carried her out into the snow. She escaped with slight Injury, but be was sa badly burned that be lived only a few hours. All Escaped but Nellie. A tenement house on North street, Cincinnati, burned the other night. A colored family named Brice, Itving'in the second story, were aroused by the tlames. The father, mother, two boys and the baby escaped through a window, but Nellie Brice, 12 years old, perished. Two Miners Burned. An explosion of gas occurred at Packer Colliery No. 2, near Girardville, Pa. James Lafferty, of Girardvide, was fearfully burned; Daniel Kerwick, of Lost Creek, bls partner', was badly burned and so mangled that he can not recover. THE DEADLY COAL-PIT, Half a Dozen Men Killed in a Pennsylvania Mine. IWilkesbarre (Pad spjcial ! . A terrible accident occurred at the Hillman vein mine, within the limits of this city. A brief stoppage of the air-fans, caused by the beating of a journal, allowed the gas to accumulate in toe mine, and a terrific explosion was the result. Twelve men were so badly burned that four of them have since died. The recovery ot five of the others is extremely doubtful. The injured men, who are m the City Hospital, present a frightful appearance, their bodies being burned ail over. They wore stripped and covered wi'h oil, and are constantly bathed with * solution of oil and other ingredients.

MOHTTALK. A Btood-and-Thnnder Anarchirt Meeting , in New York. The aaarch’sts led by Herr Moot, met eight handled strong in Concordia Hall, New York, mya a dispatch from that city, and talked blood and thunder mixed with dynamite for two boors. The meetnur wac to commemorate the death of August Eeinwforf, bat very little was said about turn. One man said tt wenld be a very rood thine to kills Brillion women and children, even if they were innocent, provided the cause were advanced, one week by so doing. Herz Wort also thought ft jnteM be well to kill tha. namber« people, and spoke very strongly in favor of dynamic. . ' ULFE IN TEXAS. Trafo-Wreekeva at Work. > A Marshall tTexaal dispatch reports that an attempt was made to w reck sad rob a passenger train from X Loot*. near Wayne, betwsssi Jettrrwn and Texar-nna, by removnut a rail A fratbt train mnning in advance W the pasoenaer foU Into the trap, and the eadns and eight freight earn were wrecked. Ntfsqj was heart. , Mam has sent 40.000 barrels df apples, scanw* the wster this kmod«'