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Aceoant of going Exclusively into the V hole Sale Cloihii g i'wniI will Sell my Entire stock of

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These articles must be (told by or before .January 1st', 1884, as We want to close ont oar entire stock of Goods. ! his is a rare ch'nce to Bay Cheap Goods well made. H e manufacture every Dollar worth of Oar Goods. at leaa than the Price of what the Material osts.

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Overcoat. For Men for $1 65, worth $2 50. Overcoat. . For en Ut Vl 50, worth $4 00 Overcoat . ' For Men for $4 00, worth $5 00 Overcoat. rot Men ici (5 tC, worth $6 50. Overcoats. For Men for $7 50, worth 10 00. OvercoatKv . $12 $15-$1.

Overcoats. Overcoat. Overcoat)). Overcoats. Overcoats. Overcoat.

Aflll (Kradles aimtdl iize 5(Dlte odd ttBiie $H.. HATS AND CPS AT LESS THAN MAXUFACTOR'S CST. We Will Sell yon a good Men's Far Hat for $1, $1,50, $1,75, and $2. Cannot be bought for double the Voney. (JAPS for Men and Boy from 25c$, 50cte and 75cts a piece worth 50ets, 75cts and $1. A few Mfcns' Genuine Fur Caps will be old at a bargain. Gents FurnishingGOODS. See Our Red Knit Shirt, Wool Shirt and Drawers, only $1, worth folly $1,25 a pair. Heavy Undershirts, 25ct. Overalls Suit SOcts. and Every other article in Proportion. As we once before said we ARE SELLING OUT OUR EN i IRE STOCK,

A we whra to Change Business and are Ready to Sacrifice onr Stock

. toSellitoff. A Rare Chance for Country Buyer and Country Store Keepers. We will Sell yon Goods for Less than the ( nst of Making We wish to pet the Cash. Call and See us V you want a Parga'n. HZJF No trouble to show Good. Remember the Place Sooth Side the Square, J L NEWBERGER

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5 Persons Ushered into Eternity lO InjuredA LOAD OF HUMAN FREIGHT GOES THROUGH A BRIDGE NEAR SALEM.

I window that was in flames, burning him seriously his head and legs

are badly bruised, but he will recover. Me was going to New Albany. Isaae el lat e , igent for Singer Sewing machine company, is injered about the head. In freeing himself he lout near all his clothing, including account! with the Singer Company for i8S3. h saddest of all v.a the death of Boon Thompson, one of the best young farmers of Washington county. He was going to Louisville, and was in the rear of the smoker. A chane so caught him a to hold him fast and the water soon straittiled him to death. He waa about forty-five years oldAfter thirteen yxu service on the road as uaggage-wjutter without an accident, Charley Sandiferd was held fast amonr the trunks and despite the efforts of everybody, he burned to crisp, the heat making it 'P'wasible to reach A mosttoucl-

fatemed under a car, who di owned without assistance, reaehtg him and floated down the liireavn, unknown o all. His body

has not been found as the ire. very high and awift. f wo persons unknown, a man and 5t woman, were burned to death, . ' . i

i ! heir names er noraes can not ne

Special to the Telephone; Salem, Im, Dec. 24, The dav before Chr'trnas,

will loni; be remembered by thesor-

j rnwingfriends of the victimR of the

terrible wreck on the L. N, A4 C train, as it plunged through a bridge one mile south of Sa'.era, last Mon

day morning, a fevc minttte x.t sil traced anywhere at this writing

jo1 clock, running at the rate of thirty I "jive mile an hour-, and live persons

were ushered int eternity in an in

stant and vnore than that number seriouuly injaivd.

Nf 4 L')ui-vflleexpress, left .Jhi-

cati that miri ug n time, wider

the -rharge tf Cnluctor ' ox, 'onisfiiug of baggage and mail ar, a ensoker, laiEe csr, and the Pullman

ik:ep' -alem. thirly mile from ; 5sw Albany, wsass reached a fw min:ti's late. -ad the train puUed out ! ;itendingto make up time, -anil had !only got snder.good headway when

j ''the engineer whistied "dowijfbreaks," . . : and a tevri ble vpash lollowtl in an ' inAtaue,oue coach heapwl on an- '. other, 'Iwtviiti' tJw sleeper on the

track. he train had .gum? through hie river bridge, iroin iiich the nbutnientK hail hevu wahd away by thexnclting snow and iuaid ruin, talliug distance of ten f'fvl into, the water. -he engineer ssnd tiremau -noaticed the dangerfet the en

gine succeeded in getting uver, coin

ing uuooup ed, and the smoker went

down ici the water, the ladies car coming on top, while the sleeper re

mained ou the track f site other

side. .

In aa instaitceail was iidarknexK, and the mt: and moan from the injure (tend a 0 mukii;g their cape hean-iea.diiig A lady in the ctnlr ol theear w as.-o wedg

Their bodies burned to a erisp, noth

ing being left to ri'cogarae. Patric Cane anid Joseph Speene, bth stone mawows of Chicago, were injured about head and limbs- They mask' theirescape by crawling out a window A man by the'name of .Joseph )utrells is injuredTserioualy a!but theS-Ucad and legs. he. engroie .

Jofcn Ynhii, is prritnps falally ihiju id. He jumped Srnm the VsngiiM. faSing on bi.s baet, and can 3ardly reiver Fiwl Clark, of Salem, ihwrt about the Jad and legs The iftxpreKHnian was not njnred, nd Hccerled in yang (he valuables in iis charge. "The killed a3 injured areas folKlLI.KD. Boon honipson. tjalem. Charles Saiilord, New Albany. One unknowai woman One unknown man A German M. E Preacher, New JMbany. vIXJURKO. Wra. S. Collins, Bainbride. Joe Oldham, 1'edford Isace C'olgJa'ier, Salem. s I wgg, Bainbridge. Patric ' an, Chicago Joseph Spttere, Chicago. Joseph Quarrels, home nt known 'ohn Vih, New Albanv.

Fied Clark, Salem

In le s than half an hour from the

t d in iai he wuld not 4be seen, 1 v.mts of t!ie.acrident, the smoker ami

a$d a the flame enveloped hr, he ; ladies car were in ashes, and there

pciusl.td ttjaku.g HXMt twimdung ap- oemg nutning to pua away tne siecp-

peals. Auothvr uhing incident j t, a fine JPui'roin was destroyed

The loss ts the railroad company is perhaps $50 000. There seem to be no doubt bat that the wrack was

panned by the w.ater washing sout the

foundation of the bridge, as the

' rttek is very high and swift. '! he dead were taken to an undertaker's

-was a niaai by the name oi' liigt fastened iv the caiiby a seat iuad h daughter p ith him She soon -eded in dieeing ker ut-If, !but leiiihtd to lieae, umil afier iieroic (ork, her father was released uninired. A ( 011 a." possible the uh-

injnied passenger, were hard at -e-'ork, office at -alem, and the wounded

freeing the dead ai d injured. 'The ! w;r well eared .for by the hospita

darkness nu.de voik h,w snd the agonizing Urlek were pitiful ioeoed. It was not loug, owever, until tlsc flames lit up the wreck, adding double horrors.

William Collijas was the first taken ir m the ruin He was in the

rear of the smoker, and at the time was thought to be dying, but soon ralied His chin ia almost seperated from the head, ai.d he is iujuied in the tireast. I bysiciatis say he' will not recover, lie wa taken to a ho

tel at Salem; and is from Bainbridge, bound for Frandfert, Kentucky. He W nicenciom threagh the night. Joieph Oldham, a eeti a atan, ! ng sear Bedford, erawled eel

ble neopJe of that plaee. One of the

burned In supposed to be a German Methodist preacher stationed at i edford, but lived at ew Albany. Patiick Kane and John Speer, teo pavers, from 3,c81 Garibaldi avenue,

Chicago, were in the smoking ear and had just lit fresh cigar when the crash came. Kane got off the wreck without difficulty, and swam axhore; but Spear, who is an old man, was tightly wedged in by broken timbers which were burning fiercely behind him, and was in immi ent

danger of being roasted to death, when the .sleeping car conductor, Mr. Virde, heroically plunged into the ewe ' river and ewam te hi aid.

Virden worked over the old maw,1 right in the midst of the flames, and as fast as hi ekin began to ! lister and his clothes caught lire he would; dive under the water and come up for afresh effort Finally, ly a lat desperate pull, he tore Sir. Spear ont, of bin confinement and swam to ahore with him. Subseqaently he returned and worked til hope expired of doing more He save! : several, other live fr m the holo- 1 caust. Kane was badlr cut under the right eye and ligh ly. burned on the hips, pear was burn k across the back of his neck .,d eam 'bruia. ed in the side, r There wa tee on the river four inches thick the nigh before the accident, and this was corared by twelve inche of snow. Then camethe rain to. melt and brak up these dangerous flood elements; and the rain fIl in wrm torrents only equaled by the rain storm io this city at the am hour. People livieg in the . town of-Salem, over a mile away

were awke:ied during the night by

the s tvage roar of the stream, which

according to the statement of farm-.

er- livin; an it bk, fully five

f jet higiier th.tn eve Known before.

Mage pile-i of vta cakiat, cemented by the leave and brush that , covered: the bottom lands and great trte trunk were hurled against the devoted pier, and the angry, .waters,, dammed from tiioir natural paHsae, boiled and burrewed at ii. bigfou (latiou stones until tuy gave way bafore the gigantic preaare, thu preparing tjie death trap for the train o truing on to drop into it,. i'he wreck of the eugine Uy by

ac ual uicauremen(. utrtylive fe?t

.wr k-vwa 1 i m iw - 1 ii - mm iijiiiiiiL c I l:i

biridge. and it is evident that wheat

tt n straetitre fell the loo m bive wa.-.

nt Uiv n r it. -t i.l r. i'. it. i tuikiur..

ikis liberated it irom the weighty tne train and, already g dtig K 4 peedof lorty mile an hour, it tht iv. peii lorward, with mci eased rapidity, clear ot the rack, to tbi retuwtkbie Uiftauce before touching (ne ground again, in so doing Kpiang twenty ieet from uniei the

uei ot the tugmeer and iiremau, who tell lb the track just, in time toavoid the tender, which came sailing

i over their bodies and a the eiteriht

struck the ground, tell' across it, demolishing the cab and carrying away the smoke-stack. Speaking of the heroism displayed

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in such terrible circumstances. J 1 ; . , .

mn mts W9uiiueu insiia on- leniftug

a hand, and not one ol those jreniain

iiig unnurt reiUsvd to aid osko ved

tlie slightest reluctance Ui ,rushiif into new dangera in hope of saying otuer lives. He spoke of onduotora Virden and Crit Cox, Brakeman Mci oy and Excess Messenger Davis iu teims of the highest eulogy, and stated ti at their coolness and judgment contributed much toward lessening the fatality of the wreck. The charred remains of Charles Sanford and ,acb Helirich were taken home yesterday afternoon from the scene of the wreak and tak

en to their late residence. I he fun

eral of Mr. llelfresh will take place

at the German . E. church 1 humday afternoon under the auspice of the Kuight of Honor Deceased wa a local preacher in the Germaa

M. . . church; and wa- highly esteeemed by all who knew him. he

funeral of Charles Stanford took

place from the German Evangelical : church ednesday afternoon at 9 o'clock. 1 apt Critt. A. Cox, conductor on, the wrecked train at Blue river, had1 just passed out of the smoker, where he took up tares of two Salem passenger and entered the ladt a ear when the train weatdown. Had It beea detained ia the smoker a few miante he would have besa in veir . close quarter.

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