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    The Herald
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n.-ATTSMOUTII, DEC. 18, 1879.
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Li-scol it U tare a $50,000 Depot,
Ac.,IIeadquarte.rg of If. & if., aad the
fcbepa to follow. Uee.
The loag desired Shops of the B. &.
M. are to be moved to .Lmcela.-Jeurn
al.
Lincoln's boom includes the removal
of the B. & iL KliopB to Liucolu. Cor.
Xewa.
Oar beoaa winds up with a 800.000
Denot and the B. & if. .Shops. Dem
ocrat.
The Flat Ufa oath fchops Rro to be
moved to Liacoln at once. (Vjuty
Exchange.
Oh Lord! bow this world is given te
lying. Falstatff.
Ilailiag Uncle fckjhlegel this mern-
inir we shouted "Here, tee here, Id'
maa, eome here quick." He palled hi
team to the sidewalk in haste and we
jumped in saying: "drive down through
tbe cat, I want to gee if the Machine
&heM have left, ail the Omaha and
JJeeolu paper eay they have been
flaeved to Lincoln, or are about to be."
The ld man whipped the teaia up
and we rattled round th corner in fine
.style, the hind end of the wagon pret
ty aear catching up with the nigh
horse's left ear.
Wb found the shops all there; two
substantial brick structures; a twenty
atall brick round house, and numerous
minor buildings; a great reservoir of
gtire Spring water above, gi ving an in
exhaustible supply of pure water for
engines, and the steam rushixg u.erri
ly out of the chimneys as the hun
dreds of Machines cut aad clipped and
punched aud wrought and tore and
wound the cold, cold iroa into shape
for nobler use. fteeiag Dave Iiawkfl
worth across the ditch we hailed: "Go
iag to raove these shops to Lincoln
aeea?" "Ket that I know ef, why?"
''Oh nothing, a lot of Newspapers
sai& s aud we thought red cuie up
here aad see hew near -you was ready
to move." Dave laughed aud we
laughed, aud Uncle Schlegel turned
rouad to go aad get the 31 ail which
was late because the bridge- wasu't
dene yet Next July we'll have a goad
bfg high bridge, beat Omaha all heller,
goed aa a Salt basin, anyway ; and we
have fresh watr here te drink, too
Say you fellers! you can have those
Shops if yow can coax anybody to
i&ore 'm.
About T. Q. ISaUers.
Ed. Meracd: Many persii3 rBi9
apprehead the law, which allews the
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ters and attempting to send theia un
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UOQI. "'-
- CAISSON LIFE.
THE FOUNDATIONS OF TSK GCEAT
new They are Hade.
"Like to go down is our Caisson, Mr.
JJacMurphy?" said Mr. Morisori,
Chief Engineer of the bridge, the other
day, "We've almost done and its about
the last chan'ee to-day."
"Can't say 'I like to go down,' hwt I
want to see it very much and with
your permissioa its a 'go'."
We crossed the river oa the ice juat
to know
little piece or twe for a relic to my ! taken out they were conveyed to town
friends, I know Capt. Marshall and j and their wounds promptly dressed.
The day was bitterly cold so that noth
ing in the way of surgical treatment
could be done in the cut, yet at a little
after twelve o'clock every maa f the
aine hart had been seen and the wounds
some of the bovs'll want
what's become of me."
At this point the buzzing ceased
somewhat, I could see an opening be
low me and hear Mr. Thomas say:
"Now then climb down this bidder ; of th3e living properly dressed,
herp. pive me vour feet." i Although the men were not in
- tz - - -
forenoon, I heard it and ran. Ib'nked bark and!
saw hrps and men down. MtffaunV t;im and
yauni; AlcCnnti were killed, also August Dames,
helped ret lb bores out. iSeorgejMcHardv' is
the boss oft!iiwork. fie has said the bank
was dangerous. Chunky rolled ten or fifteen
ft from the ijernendk-u'lar hauk.
the
Saturday Mokhisg, DeCeiKber 13th.
Jury in Session Wm. Artliur havina: died
durini? the night his body in brought in and laid
by that of Dames.
' Thomas Mc(iee, re-alled Wm. Lcaper. Sr.,
and William LeaiKr. Jr., Theodore Murray,
and John Hardioble all testified about tlie
fame line as the above.
Peter McCann was re-oalied and said : There
was a ditch about a foot deeo on too t bench.
was cut by authori;v of Engineer Yonnjj ii-
'.Venassed through au iron door the , employ of the B. & M. II. R., being
same as above into the air shaft, an workmen ander a Contractor, the Corn-
iron column about three feet india- j PaRy: through its agents here, at once j J1 i- ,S irSr bcTt i Jnoh l,e"ehes
rnetpr. down which we so. on iron i pieeurea a room tor a hospital, aBfi at- M. Uaithoiemew
roundsriveted to tbe sidos, for sixty ft j forded every aid in their power to save
and come to the i life and mitigate human suffering.
WOKKINO CBAMBEli;
iiWih. tusinnnrvin iiiffP wiiiMi bv i -i 7t- 1 i 01 -1 j ac me cut muse nave oeea neari-rena-
anove itie temporary miuge, wiucn.uy j a iieavil y timbered roooj luiixSoJi in- .
)K riMioBnrKiiiiini. , . 1 it .1 ' r 1 i Itig indeed, as the poor fellows begged
the waj, was rapidly approaching com- j timbers. Here the founda- ; , 1 B x a
anu prayea 10 oe reneveu or ine cious
pletion. Two great pile-drivers, one i tions ef tne great pier are feeing laid
from each end, were thumping away j Beton, Coignet, or a similar con.
enly few feet from each other, eac i ; erete. They have just struck bed-rock,
pile briagiag them nearer and Bearer, 6.4 It down ami we saw tbe first charge
the ice ia ragged chunks piled round, j f cement emptied onto the rock, which
great pieces of timber scattered in ! come3 down through another smaller
every sort of way and the rattle and
hang ef hammers, shouts and orders of
ineu formed a scene en the river, pie
teresque enough in itself.
Once un the Iowa bank and yoa fan
cy you have struck Pandemoniaat at
last, the odds and ends of all sorts ef
material that could be ased ia rail
refiderbridg9bHildinglay benched and
scattered about ou the curiously heaped
up and eerrugated sand which forms
our footing. Shanties in almost every
possible position aad every conceivable
shape and size, while the grinding of
cranks, the rolling of timbers and the
hisiug of steam are continuous. Froa
an inuocent looking knot hole in the
side of a board shanty rushes a cloud"
of steam and au equally innocent look
ing piece of old hose flies up in your
face, and vomits oat smeke and dirt
air locked shaft, by the side of tke owe
we eater. In this chamber a gang of
six men work, being changed every
three hours at this depth.
CHARTER MEEKS
gang are the boys down here at pres
eat, and they are kindly determined
"the Editor" shall see all there is to be
seen; having left the big gum boots, I
ean't wade like the rest and me of the
men carries me from timber to timber,
and stooping, I put my hand oa the
bed-ruck of the Missouri, under aboat
8 inches of water. It is a weird and
curious looking place, with the ragged
edges of bauk to be seen beneath the
tirubare, tbe dim light of candles flut
tering, and the thought if that valvo
on the air pipe should stop flapping,
or the cover of our air lock could come
and coffee colored water. If I should j off-tbe V oud be equalized ia
have heard a hiss and found that the
saud had opened beneath me aud was
spouting steam up my trouser leg I
shouldn't have been a bit surprised,
although it uiight have induced me to
leave that spot for a time.
After being introduced by Mr. Mori-
son, to Geu. mith. who is the contrac
tor building the masoury of the piers,
aud Dr. Goodrich, who is the American
agent for the Beton used, aud the con
tractor, also, for that portioa of the
work, we repaired to the ofilce of Mr.
Geo. 11 Thomas, whe has iu charge the
Caisson work, proper, for the purpose
of being suitably clothed for the de
scent iato the shaft, the iuside thereof
net always being as cleau as lady's
parlor.
I also met here Mr. Crosby and Mr.
Dilworth, Aes't Engineers oh the
work, who accompanied us ia our
"downward course" shortly after.
GETTING READY.
Mr. Morisou and tkerest were soon
rigged out in old coats, slouched hats,
and big guui boots (Mr. Thomas is al
ways ready, I gue?) but when my turn
came everybody's clothes were too big.
The heats they wanted me to put on, I
could turn round in, and I had just
sense enough left to not risk myself on
a slippery iron ladder with a pair of
rubber scows oa. An old gum coat
was fouad at last that didn't quite
cover rae up and in my own boots, I an
nounced myself ready.
"Take off your watch!" says Mr.
Thomas; "What for?" says I. "The
pressure injures the works, sometimes.
"It does; won't injare my works, some
times, this time, for instance, wiil
it?"
"There's no trouble about this," says
Mr. Morisoa,"if you just equalize the
jrrtssure. "Just equalize the pres
sure, that's all, eh?" Now I hadn't
the most remote idea what he meant
or how I was to equalize the pressure,
you see, but he went en: "Hold yoar
nose so.-tight. keep your mouth, shut-
now swallow. 1 uiu. 'l-eel an) tuing in
your ears?" "Yes, bulge out a little, as
if I had tii big head I" "Well, that's
the way to equalize the pressure, do
that and you'll he all right." "Get the
big-head and I'm all right," I thought
didn't say so, because I was a little
afraid of Mr. M., he's so much "biger
man" than I.
VI' Y'OU GO.
Armed aud equipped as the law (of
caissons) directs, away we go. You
see before you a pile of masonry some
feet above the sand, and above that
aa iron column still higher. You
walk up a plank on to the masonry,
and climb a rough ladder to the top ef
the iron work, where you find a circu-
ar iron doer, bound with rnbber, open,
and just about large enough for well,
one of the company to get through. I
Blip in easily, gam coat and all, down
aa irou ladder at the aide and am fol
lowed by the rest. We are in a circu
lar iron room, about 7 feet high, and
C feet in diameter, aad this is the "air-
such a hurry that all the prayers of all
the Christians ia the known weirld
eould aot save us from annihilation.
Tho sand-pipe or air-blast by which
the material is removed was not work
ing, aboat all the material having been
removed alrea.ly. I am glad it was
not for when they turned it on a mo
ment it made a awful roar. This pipe
sucks the loese stones, sand and water
out as the men remove it aud the
smaller oua drives air down to keep
up the pressure. Charge after charge
of the Betou came down. After Mr.
M. had examined all he wanted to
he announced himself ready and we
ascended the ladder towards daylight,
and oh! how goed these little glass
holes looked up there. When all had
reached the air chamber, the lewer
door was shut, a cap taken off the up
per one, and the ceudensed air rushed
out with such force, that it resembled
steam or stroke; you could see it and
feel it. Wins we had "equalized the
pressure" enough the other way, we
climbed the ladder out of that iron
hole and skipped down the plank. onto
the gands ef the old Missouri with a
more kindly feeling for a sand-bar
than we ever had before. We were
under more than two "piessures," or
over 2S Ii) to the square inch, so yoa
may judge why we took our watches
off.
The pressure of ordinary air is about
fourteen pounds to the square inch or
fourteen tons on an average maa.
Fancy the seven tons taken from one
side, and how would a chap look with
the other seven teas on him.
The principle of the Caisson depends
on the impenetrability of air. Seeing
it move readily away in open sjkk.- we
forget it is ponderable, bat when con
fined it clearly occupies its own
space and resists - encroachment from
solid or lluid; consequently as long as
the chamber in the upper part of the
Caisson is kept full of air, no wattr
can ascend.
This is the 4th and last pier to be put
down by this uaethod. The base of the
river piers were larger, the working
chamber being about 20x50.
This ends our caisson woik. NextJ
week we intend to give our readers
something about the piers above ground
and the bridge itself, if sp.ice permits.
and earth which mashed and ground
into their flesh. Here and there an
arm or leg stuck up, and with pries
and pick and shovel, the clods were
roiled away and the loose earth remov
ed as fast as dozens of willing hands
and stout hearts could do it, yet not so
quick but that two poor fellows ,were
taken out dead. Their names were
August Dames or Dantz, a .Swede, and
Michael McCann, Son of one f the
Pit bosses.
VP TOWN.
The names of the wounded were
Patrick Gilroy, Wm. Artliur, Frank
Sinclair, Allan Stultz, David Mooney,
Joha Hardreble aud Joha Saunders.
Following Dr. Livingston in his
rounds, we saw the men as follows:
tjilroy and Arthur were at the Platte
Valley House, where both had board
ed; Sinclair was at the City Hotel;
Schultz and Mooney at Schultz's house
oa 2d street; Hardroble seut to his
friends iu the Bohemian Settlement
and Saunders at McCanns', where
young McCann lay dead.
There was no hope for Gilroy aud
Arthur from the first, but as soon as
possible they were removed to the old
Herald rooms on Main and 2d Sis.,
where the temporary Hospital had been
prepared.
Arthur died about 8 o'clock Friday
evening and Gilrey at 2:'d0 Saturday.
P. M.
., , , , . ! Surseoii. Was called to lower cut yesterday
lhe other wou tided men are doing j about w :S0 A. M. by 2 iv.uenia.n. who said
well. Saunders and Mooney will prob
i. M. Uai'tholemew. Jos. Hruhn and .Ino.
Morgan testified and . the Jury adjourned for
noou.
Bruhn was the youn man whose pick Ar
thur had just taken to "warm up" he said.
Bruhn went over to end of dump anil escaped
wjiile Arthur was killed.
AFTERNOON f KSSION.
John Waite. a foreman called. Aw in Mr.
Youi k's employ, was not in cut at time of ac
cident, but helped take the men out, was no
danger in cut when he worked there, is different
material in the two cuts. The first cut has
been fbaken. in this cut not. (alluding; to old
landslide) considered this rut as safe as any
such work. Never saw perpendicular cuts be
fore. Geo. McIIardy, foremen of the men in the
cnt where the accident oeeuved. sworn.
Have beep, railroading several years, a in fore
man of 2d cut from bridge. Was there about
11 o'clock at work (describes about how the
men were divided, fnme picking clods, some
with pick and some loading and driving some
new hifh had started in that morning uud I had
turned to get my time book" frm inv coat
out on dump, heard the noise and liioked
around to sec the dirt down aud tile luen'sanua
and legs (-ticking out and they crying for hclo.
Keads the names of ail the men on his hook,
at work that morning as follow : Jacob Uer
bold. plovvman ; !'ter Jolinsou. on dump: T.
Mctiec. picking-; .las. Hrului, picking and hand
ling clods ; IV.i jerho!d and Aug. Dames, same ;
.las. Culiions. I'at Agney and Win. forter hold-
lng Si'iaiit-rs : i. I. .Neas oa uiilim : ( . Sinclair, i
Jas. Hardrob'e. Jno. Ilardronle. Wm. Ander- i
son John Saunders, Allan .Stultz. D. Moonev. I
T. Mooney; Win. Arthur, driving team on :
plow ; (Uml been just changed and went to :
picking to get warm,-Urulm testiiied;) Mike!
McCanu, driving wagon team ; t$. li. tiiitpui. !
scraping ; l'at 'fray, (son driving.! Win. l.eapcr. ;
(r-ou driving.) Mike. Haley, (beiongeil to tails; :
but gone to blacksmith shop. All the meii on
my book have been seen aud accjuntod for, i
either alive or dead.
Helped iir the men out instantlv bv picks j
an i :iou" luiiru on. eve :u(v aim was
killed at ouch under the wagon and Dames was
dei-d before we could get dirt off of him ; found
two dead and "-even wounded. The Engineers
never epoke to me about banks ; Young lias
about bank in otiier place, not here ; I consid
ered that bank sale, in the morning, no bauk
is entirely safe The dirt fe'l twenty feet and
two to three feet back uot over seventy-live
feet long dirt rolled fifteen feet, men average;!
ten fe't from t!i- vertical bauk; bank would
have been nat'e if sloped ; thought there wa
more danger tin iher this way, had no 4dea of
danger there the curve would bind and pro
tect t lie dirt, generally.
l;i!i'Y having died at 2 :30. his body was now
brought iu the other bodies had been removed
as Mr. l'.oeck got ready for them.
The bauk dfd not slide in generally, had been
a slide further this way and in H. E. end of oili
er cut. The material iu tiie two euu is differ
ent, that iu lower cut has been shaken I whi n
ed the men whenever 1 thoagat there was dan
ger. (Identities body of liilioy, ic.)
ur. Jvingston, sworn. Am invieiaii and
And we further find that the eaiise of s:id
earth's falling w;is in part owing t( the recent
bard freezing after the heavy rains, a-'d the
vertical po.-diion of thecut. and that suii.cieat
care had not been taken mi the part of the En
gineers in charge of tbe work "to avoid the
t-liding down of the vertical portio-.i of th hiii
left standing by reason ot the cut.
In testimony whereof the said Jurors hav
hereunto set their hands this day and year
aforesaid."
Signed by Jurors and attested by Coroner. J
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iSarried.
SFAKL r.IUD At the residence of Mr. I.-wis
Bin . Nov. 13th. is::i. bv 1 ae Kev. W. W . Wor
ley. Mr. Albert Sea. 1 to Miss Aide Kird ; all
tf Cats Co.
BEnOTK MrllEYXOTn $n Sunday, Dec. 7,
ix;r. at M. i'icasaut M. E. Church, bv the Rev.
W. W. Worley, M.-. John Bcrger to Miss Moi
lie McKeynold ; all of Cass Co.
A large concourse of friends witness-ad the
ceremony and the FTki!ALI wi.sb.es the bride
and groom all happiness.
HOSIKit rOUTEU-In New York Citv, Mon
day. October 20th, li7:. bv the liev. Dr. o. If.
1 iff my, of St. raid's Church. Mr. John W.
Hosier, of Sew York Citv. to Miss Jufia I'or-
ter, oauxntrr or w in
riattsiiiouili. Neb.
B. Toner, Esq., of
And so Miss Julia has fouad a husband in her j
new home so far from the old oae. Her many
frieniLs here will wish her aiueh hanuineps in
her new sphere and as many friends there a j
here. '
GART.OCK- HENRY Dec. 15!h, 1873. by A. N.
Snhivan, at his office. Mr. John iJarfoek to
Miss I.izide Deary, ali of i'lattsmouth.
DEWEY SCHLCNTZ -Dec. 7lh. IsTD. at the
residence of t lie bible's father, at Ceuar Creek,
t'a.s Co.. Neb . by A X. Sullivan. Couatv
Judge. Mr. Soloioon Da-ey tti Miss Auua li.
Seblinitz ; all of Cass v'o.
The bt ide is the daughter cf Mr. C. Schluntz,
an old and well known resident of CaisCe.. and
thehaphy conp'e have a number of friends,
among wlttc is iae if"KVt.i'. to wish Ihem all
happis.-i-i.
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Taken up l t:e sit&.crM.- on Xwv. 2Sth. two
hoKs : uo sr-otScd s n about ir.Vj 'bs.oiie barrow
nearly black, wenjhl .li oi;: Ids., no luaiks
or brand. The nw uer.can have ti'e same by
proving projieny and pajing these charges,
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HERE WR ARE.
Mr. Morison, Cresby, Dilworth,
Theaias ael myself; if any more
got ia I was too scarrd to count 'em.
It was as dark as pitch, somebody
pounded like the de'il on the old thiag
outside, everything rumbled and roar
ed inside and abeve the infernal
din I could just hear Thom
as say: "I'm putting on the
pressure, you know." "Yes, I seo you
are witli a vengeaace," I try
to howl back. About all I remember
for the next two seconds is "Open
your mouth; hold your nose, swallow;
you're all right; Its only a few minutes,
In justice to mycelf I would nat have been
uncomfortable had I reflected on the principles
i here given, or understood the details of the pro
cess in the air-lock ; Iron, something faid, I got
the idea that the pressure grew greater, the
deeper we went, and thought they were mere
ly keeping ine in a little purgatory above, be
fore being dumped into a hotter pressure below
and I could'nt Hand that. As soon as I under
stood what was being done, all fear vanished,
and I enjoyed the visit very much. There ia no
unpleasant sensation on coining out, only a gen
eral lightness and ?ense of relict. A stranger
cannot whistle under such pivssi.rea.nl all voic
es appear loud and rumble. The Process of
the air lock in about tin's : The air below is ;s
lbs to the inch ; the air you take in there iu
mouth, lung aud body is only light, frivolous
coiio;i air, 14 lbs. to the inch. The extra air!
is sent iu to equal the pressure below so the I
door t the air shaft cats be opened and the
problem is to fill up with l'S lbs. air, aud get rid
of 14 lb air as quick as possible"; for with 14 lb
air inside, aud 28 lb air outside, the 23 lb chap
may walk in through the drum of tbe ear.
That's why you open vour mouth, blow from
inside, &c. ; and what is meant by "equalizing
the pressure ;" but 1 didn't know tnis "just this
way a short time since. J. A. M.
ably be out on crutches before long.
Schultz has a bud fracture ot'tiie thig'.i
that will lay him up fer a wiiiie, Hard
ruble,, compound fracture of leg and
ankle and bruised elsewhere.
THE BODIES
of Dames and Arthur were carefully
buried in the Cemetery here by Mr.
Boeck on Saturday. Those of McCann
and Gilroy having mauy friends among
the Irish Catholics, were taken to the
Catholic church Sunday morning,
when Mass was said and n large con
course of sympathizing friends fallow
ed them to the grave, cold as the day
was.
PERSOXELT,.
Arthur wasfrom Canada. County
Huron, and received letters from "Per
ry Soand" was about twenty-two,
hard working and industrious, had a
wagon, team of horses, &c, (new at
Shaanon's bars,) and $15.25 in money
was found on his person.
Gilroy was an honest, hard-working
and saving Irishman. Besides a Catho
lic prayer book, and other small .ar
ticles, he had $01.80 on his person
when killed, and inquiry brought out
that he has $700 new in the bank.
The Inquest was closed Monday
noon. anl at last the crudest features
of thi3 painful accident have "passed
from our sight, and it is to ba hoped
that no more deaths may ortcur.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.
L LAND KLIDC IN THK CUT Al'
PROACHING THE B. & 31. It.
K. BRID(E IN NEBRASKA.
It Buries Nine Sen. Four are Dead,
and Five Wounded, Still
living;.
A most anfortuuiite and unusual ac
cident occured on Friday forenoon.
does it hurt: keep her open; shut your j December 12th, in the cut below town
mouth; blow your noae; keep her open, j forming the approach to .the Great
equalize the pressure a3 fast as yon
can, you're all right." I conscientiously
aad t-olemnly tried to follow all these
directions at once, I could dimly see
Tlmiaas squatted in front of me hold
ing on to an air-cock and making mo
tisas for :: to open aud shut my
triiuth like a frog and 1 suppose I look
ed like auother frog for I opened aud
fcbut and eh u t aud opened with the en
ergy of despair. Tho noise got louder.
Railroad bridge fri this side.
About half past ten a
mass ef earth, variously
THE CORONER'S INQUEST
As soon as the wounded were as well
cared for as possible. Sheriff Hyers,
acting as Coroner, empanelled the fol
lowing Jury : P. P. Gass, G. W. Fair
field, L. C. Stiles, David Miller, F. D.
Lenhoff, Bichard Vivian, to enquire
into the cause of death aad a true pre
sentment make therof.
"WITNESSES.
A great number. of witnesses were
sworn; it would be impossible to give
the testimony in full, and much of it
was related and re-repeatedt the Jury
seeming determined to do what they
considered their duty, and ascertain
even the minutest facts connected how
ever remotely with the planning,. cut
ling aad grading ef this work, where
in the aeeideut occurred.
The testimony of tho laborers was
all similar in effect, each describing
the cut, the total lack of warning when
the slides came, and their opinion that
the bank was unsafe. . That of the en
gineers and experts that al! due pre
caution had been taken, that they h;u.l
warned contractors and bosses repeat
ed I5", when they thought there wa3
danger, ad that no danger had been
apprehended at this particular point.
Ten witnesses were examined that
evening, we can give but the barest
review of the testimony of some of the i
most important ones, thaf our readers
may see how the evidence run.
M. C King sworn (Describes cut ) It was 20
ft. to first oilset -10. to 13o feet of dirt fell. Saw
bodies broaht out.
Tlios. E.-Kvaiis Thinks lr0 ft of dirt fell (that
is in length) cai about 4o ft, from bench to bot
tom of cut 2nft. Saw Dame and McCann under
the wagon. Have heard foreman Law son sav
the cut was dangerous, warned tbe men to look
out lor slide, cuit work because he thought
there was danger. About lo pickers and shov
elers at work.
J. W. Lay ton Was foreman for N. S. Young.
Did not cousider cut exactly safe. Withdrew
inv men once, not in this cur. however. Young
told me to keep my men out and not get hurt.
J. 1". Hillock. iuit work yesterdav, have
nine or ten men were smashed under the earth
Did not see Mcl.ana. (Dr. Scmiuluieeht attend
ed him.) Saw Aug. Dames, was dead when I saw
him. Tne iiil'H were moved to town and saw
Wai. Arthur shortly after the accident, at the
I'lattc Vallev, his injuries were lraeture of the
skull and his death was caused by extravasa
tion oi blood on-the brain. Had the men mov
ed te old Hkkai.o room, and after his death
the Saeriif took charu of the body. Arthur
died at 7 last night.
The Doctor ideiuitied Cilroy and said, I found
this man also at Hie Platte Valley in a coma
tose condition with U.ree fraetuies light fem
ur, middle third right ankle, compound frac. 1
and torn open lell Jerniur Irac. at the upper
part oflower third. The man never spoke front
the time I saw him until he died. Died at a :'ii
to-day from nervous idiock, never rallied from
I lie injuries he sustained. They received their
wounds by Hie caving ia of earth on the. south
side of cut, near lhe bridge on west bank of the
5Li. river 1 take care of men hurt by the H. &
M. K It., by myself or deputies. These men
are not 1. i M "men, proper, but belong to ;dr.
Young, contractor, but we took care of iliein as
aa act of humanity (describes slide.) The mode
of cutting this bank may not be the safest but
it is treqtiently done.
A. J. Lawson, foreman for Young. Identifies
(lilroy Young told hi. 11 to be careful of t lie
banks 10 yrs. grading do nor consider this
mode of cutting sale Was toid by Eng. Mor
ison to keep on sloping. Began sloping nee. 1st.
J ii. Criswell wasswotu, and Jiny a.'j'd.
SATUltDAY KVKNIN'O'S SESSION.
T. Lay ton. foreman, sworn. Testimony about
same as other foremen.
Jno. X. Young. Besides in Wis. here .T mos.
superintending woi k for his brother N. S. Young.
In business snice 1S;M. Never cut so deep a cut
without sloping before, it might be sale, but
since the frost it has not been safe. Don't
know why it. slid. Engineer did not call mv at
tention to 1 his particular place, did not. order
me to slope in this place but did on opposite
side, Nov. 2;ith in forenoon, and 'n afieiuoou
set men to work sloping there. Mr. Parkburst
did not notify ine of danger in this place but
said, have a man patrol tnis w hole cut. to vvateu
it ; told foreman to keep watch ; gave my tore
m.'iu same in ;i uctiou given me; both agreed
that he asa good ma'i but would rather l.ave
bail a:i experienced man sub ject to my foreman.
Nut. ad foremen to watch and Litorin me of
danger. Very little ice in ditch, cut to cany oif
water, ditch niil no damage nor any good cut
by orders et engineer.
"ileo. S. Morison, sworn. Resides iu N. Y.,
Ch'f Eng'r l'latumouth bridge ; Is in the em
ploy of ii. & ,M. Ii. K. Co. ; drew plans and spe
cification for ibis cut on my own responsibil
ity. Have been engineering 12 or IJ yrs. li is
a common method of taking out 1 uls along the
Mo. this way ; there are many of them now
standing ; the soi. is such that it sticks better
-nuhout slope than with. There are streets in
ProLmte Notice.
Estate of John Talloa. deceased. In Ceuatv
Court of Cass Cwitnty. Neb.
Xoiic is hereby given to all persons haviter
claims against the estate of Jolm iallon, deceas
ed, to h!e the came in the otlice of the County
Judge, at Piatt; mouth. Cass Co.. Nebraska, oil
or before the 15th day of June, A. D. ls;.o.
A.N. .Sullivan. Co. Judge.
Notice to N on-Resident De
fendant. . Melissa L. Patrick will take notice that he
is one of tiie Defendant in:a case brought at
1 lattsinoiiiti, Nebraska, wnereiu Janus Wil
kinson is Plaintiff, said suit being brought to
foreclose a mortgage upon the following r.-al es
tare situated in said countv and state to-wit :
The Sout..-half ( j) of the" south-west quarter
(l4) of section thirty-four and tiie north half
( 11 ' i j of the south west quarter vsw i) ot section
thiity-four (34 town twelve UC) norih of range
nine (! cat. Ibis land was mortgaged by K.l
w in Augell and wite to secure certainVruaiisoi y
notes, von are required to answer iu induction
oa or biore Apr.! uist. I.-:.
JAM Kit WII.klNSC:.
SSU By Wabhkn swir.Li.u, his Att'y.
Sheriff's Sale.
By virtu- of an order of sale issued bv A. X.
Sullivan. County Judge, within and for Ca-s
County. Nebraska, and to me directed. I wiil
on the -."Jd day of December. A. I).. i:-73. at i
o'clock. P. M ., ot said day at the lain! Mi op ,
A. Ashley 011 Main street in PLiusmoiaii.' iu
paid County, sell at public Aueti;,' the toiiow
ie.g goods to v.it: One bureau, twentv-two
cliaiis. one extentioii table, one small table,
one sale aud di-I.e. one cook stove and iur;-,i-tme
lor same, two beating stoves, eu-en bed
steads and bedding, four mirrors and one siand.
The same 1 eing it v ied ui.oii and taken as the
property of Alien Mil! ley. Deteudaut ; to satis
ty a judgment of said Court, recovered oy 'm.
11. i-.a.-ver & Co., PlaiMin's.
B. C. noitANS, Constable.
i'lattsinouth. Neb., Dec. loth. A. D. ii73. 3S12
Probate Notice.
la the matter of the Estate of Charies H. Wins
lw. deceased, in the county Court of Cass Co.,
Nebraska.
Notice is heir by give:! Hint Sarah M. Win-t-tov,-
Adfiinistratrix ef t'.e e.-tare cf tho said
harles 11. Vv iiisf.-.w. dc'caspd . has made :.p
biie.uioH for !iial s i i tlemeiit, ar.s tii.u said
cause is set for hearing al my ottiee ;t Platts-
U'outh, ou the SI ii day f January, A. D., Il-ko,
at one o'cltck. p. m., ou said day : a; which
time and place, all persons interested may be
present aud exaanae said accounts.
A. N. Sullivan. Co. Judge.
I'lattsi.iout'o, December ad. Is79. 7l3
CASSIM.SBBS
Domestics, Underwear,
SITJL WJL S
Fizruisliing
Also a Full Line of
mm
i!Ml8
"W ooclen ware
And all kinds of
(eixcvcl TClievchciixbi&e.
Vrhieh we v.'ill tell at very low liii-uree.
trio
INSPECTION
INVITED I
fLtid me. ate aiuaijb. frtcciLrd la
Show Out Goods
Probate Notl
In the matler of the Estate of John Ta'lon. de
ceased, ia the County Court of Cass Co. Ne
braska. Cpn re iding and liling lhe duly verified pe
tition of John ti'itourko praying that arisiiiiii--tiatinn
of the estate of John Taiion, dere:;ed.
t" be granted to him. O.iisred that rorira of
the pendency of saia cause be published in th
Nebraska Hkkalk. a weekly newspaper, print
ed, published, and in general circulation in said
county, for threj; consecutive weeks, and that
the hearing of said cause be o.-t for the 7th day
of January A. D., issii. wt to o'clock a. m. .-tithe
ofiiee of tiie County .lu'tge. at Piattsrueut Ii. at
which time ;.::d piaee. al! persons inUTested
may apiK-ar and show cau-.e. if any thev have.
why administration of said estate should not be
Omaha. St. Joe and Kansas City with banks " -"'-'-'." ' m sa,, esiate snoui.t not i.e
vour own town ' s'"1""" " niesain .t usuikb, accoruing
w tr piaj rr ti naia petlltoil.
A. K. St' I.LI VAN".
County Judge.
been 14 yn. railroadiug. Did not consiiier ibe
cut suite, heard the fall ; it sounded like an
eartlniuake.
II. W . Parkhurst, sw am. Am an engineer un
der Mr. M orison. The cut is 70 feet wirle ;tt
top, mikI oO at bottom. 25 ft from top there is a
bench or eflset 10 feet wide on e.ieh Pide. nar
rowing tiie cut to 60 ft. Have talked with Mr.
1 , rra ! Young about the danger of 1 be cuts. Noiitied
"r"3 . f u ...... fi.... .,..1. ...... I .1 , . 1
.in. luting 'i-i.-. .,io 111.1t 1 inou;iiii- incre was
estitpated ! danger here and to slant it. I be work is under
' I li i-nnt l-.'il of t li.. liri nrr tittli., . ,.ift-i..t,.r
from OHO hundred and lifty to two shouhi think the slide 10 ft long and lii ft deep!
1, ,,1.-,1 fool 1.,..r oov.,..,! foot Have talked with the foreman who had charge
bundled feet loug and several leet of ttiis work when the accid-ut occurred. Con-
thick, slid off from the lower bench on sulti daily with foremen of work. Ilavespok-
' en to Chief Engineer Morison about ilanger m
the west side of CUt No. 2, and b'.ll ied this big cut, and he said to have it sloped, w hen
. ... , . I considewd it dangerous and 1 notified cou-
nine men out of the gang wli-i n ippen- tractor tosie it.
Ull t 'i. wm-L-irw thoi-o -.t tin. I Stephen Cb tford, L. Sparl ing. test i fled t ac-
Ud te ue Working tliete ar, tiie l.l..l. . Pl,teiit. recognize,! bodv. &c. saw chunks Hint
The alarm 8nrad threntrii town verv it ook 4 or 5 men to tin 11. rolled from where the
Alio aiti 111 spieu- iiuauii iou veiy injured men were. Did not think straight banks
rapidly with m:-ny exaggerations as to s"fe.
a c 1 i 1 4iit Vitllli, 1I II t iV rTlHMI UlrTS f'll
my head felt bigger, the thing dldn t the numbers killed and the extent Of work, found my son buried in about fur feet : injuries received on the li'th dav of Decembe
1- . . -it r ' 11 1 ofdirt. He was drawing dirt for N. S. Young 1S7: al the same time aud nbit-e that Vucie
equalize Worth a Cent; and I confess, ; the damage. Contractor. Told Mr. Crosby. Anst Engineci: Dames lul Michael MK'ann were kVl-ed
nearly so. My As't noiitied me that iu scum
points banks showed signs of caving, told him
tvslpe whenever necessary; have not been
here much for a uit:th : was here before the
last heavy frost ; cut near bridge, is drill depe
sit ; cat w here slide is. showed no igns of drift
deposit : rents on solid limestone rock. TohP
foreman to slope banks, but thoy are not sloped
as much as they should be, and "have given oi
ders to sloie more ;would have been better to
have slopetl lir.t. as results show. Have, se.cn
many cuts ou Mo, River with perpendicular
walls, was made perpendicular 10 keep lroui
washing, 1 thought the bauk less liable to wash
this way bum wncu sloped, and surface water
could ran w hide length of slope, licneral in
structions were to look out caietully. I am re
sponsible for ail orders, and told ass't to slope
at first cut and other places. Instructions were
not carried out at this point, if lhat pail ot cut
had been sloped, il would not have happened
ot course ; tlunk accident was due to the jkcu
liar weather (.explains this in detail.) 1 thought
tho cut so wide there could be no da::gtr as me
men could escape, if there should be a slide.
Freezing causes expansion and contracting
both, i'.nd either would cause the crack.
N. S. Young. Very similar to brother's testi
mony. Says, he took contract and tilled itssp?
cilieal ions exactly ; took all orders from the
Ch'i Engineer or Ass't. Tbe ditches went made
by orders ; serious e'iitein first en' and suggest
ed to M. tnat ditch be abandoned and" since
taen have made none ; on i'7th received notice
from Parkhurst, "Dangerous to work iu cut
next to otl'.ce. but not especially so in next."
Never received orders to slope where slide oe
curied. It' I had would not have commenced iu
middle of cut. Dee. 2d received orders 10 put
more men sloping on Hunt ztite oi cut and re
ceived no order tor W. side.
Think orders were carried out 'to letter. Did
not see Engineer the 5th and saw not hing dan
gerous where slide occurred. 1 (uestioned the
banks standing at first but when told how long
the old land slide had remained, thought my
self they would stand. Without the Host ac
cident would not hava occurred or the danger.
could nave been seen. Always uanger in cut,
but sloping would have made it mote safe.
MONDAY MOIi.M.Vll.
A. W. McLaugnli n stated that Gilroy had
$700 now deposited in bank.
1. L. Crosby, Ass't Engineer, sworn Had
charge of work this side about 'J2d or 2-Hh of
November, bad indirect charge from beginning,
went through same description ef cuts, &c.
(Evidence lengthy and cannot be printed lor
want of space.)
Mr. Crosby said positively that he did not
say to McCann that "there was pleuty more
men to be had if any should be killed." The
cutsuever slid until sometime after talk with
McCanu aud the point he Mentioned did slide
in, but it was not in this cut at all but ia first
cut. (weut over the whole thing abjut slope or
no slope.) Slides generally caino in night, did
cot have charge of work at time of slide, slide
on concave side of cut.
Geo. Moll., re-called ; A. W. Parkhurst re
called ; Jno. Waite, re-called. They re-read
and corrected their evidence aud the eurt
room was cleared at 12 :10 for the Jury. After
four hour- deliberation they brought iu the fol
lowing verdict ;
T1IK VJTRDICT.
"STATE OF NEP.lt A SKA, c
Cass lot xrv. f ft
At an inquisition hoi. lea at Platt-onouth ii
Cass County 011 the 12th. 13th and 15th days of
December, A. D. 1S7D, before me It. V. livers,
Sherill and acting Coroner of said Countv upoa
the bodice or August Dames, Michael McCanu.
William Arthur and Patrick Giiroy lying dead,
by the Jurors whose names are subscribed
hereto, the said Julors upii their oath do say :
That August, Dames ami Michael McCann
came to their death instantly, on the 12th of
December. l7'j ; and that William Arthur came
to his deuth several hour after the dealt! of
the aforesaid persons, by injuries leceixed at
the same lime ami otaeo that August Dames
and Mic.hal McCann'were killed.
And we lind tlit Patrick Gilroy same to his
death on the lota day of Liecemher. 1S7'.), from
r.
Vugust
riattsnaoutk. Dee. 3d, 1S73,
3:t3
Road Notice.
To aUTThom it rut cmvera:
'1 he Commissioner appointed to vacate and
locate a roail commeni'iec forty (-to) rod from
the South west iii,"rter lsw"-.t of section '21
town 12 raiiie 11 thence running fhirtyfour rods
due east cutting tbe centre of the forty (to) acre
through which it runs through straight north
to the half section line in said section. and said
Road be located due conh from tha south west
corner of the south west cornpr of the south
westquarter of section 27 town t2 r-mgn 11.
thence running due north to northwest corner
of said section lias re ported in favor of tiie
vacation and location thereof, and all objec
tions thereto or claims for damages, must, be
flled in the County Clerk's ofilce. on or before
nooa on the 31st day of December. A. 1). or
such road will be vacated and established with
out reference thereto. J. D. Tl'TT
3ot4 County Clerk.
NEW ADVEKTISEMEHTS.
F 1 1 1 1 mouth. X rl r ft sk n .
IT ilh: 1Q
has oucn more " couse beck"
te
bill!
Wee!
cbach,
PI A NOSES
Stool, Cover and Hook only
i-.va orjcsn-i u stops
eeds, 2 knee Swells,
i-iioois. i.o.ih, on. y 5!s"-f:-!loIltJaY Newspaper
free. Address Daniel 1 P.eattv,Va..hintsn. N.J.
AGE NTS READTTHlSl
We want an Agent in this County to whom
we will pay a salary of .. 10 per month and ex
penses to sell our wonderful invention. S;.eipl
free. Address at once SH KKM AN & CO., MAit
BIIALL. Ml.'IlIOAN.
Q I QOO returns ,11 y.) davs ;i .f ;eo invested.
V ltsJ Ofl'icial lleortTis and information
free. Like profits weekly on Stock options of
S!0 to .-. Address T. Potter, Wight & Co.
Hankers.. y Wall St.. X. V.
M fPPfl Sll f.rifSjlnvestert ia Wall Street Slocks
ipiU 1 U i?lUuv?makes fortunes every month,
iiooks sent free eiipLiiningevervrbin ;. Address
KAXTKlt .S: Co., H iiikers, 17 Wail st ', X. Y.
v oua sis vmsm
h m r Ft h
pi y n y h u
H M H E'fi Li '
who are, on and after this date pole prcpriet-ors.
NEW GOODS,
ELEGANT STYLES.
jE3 IE; CZ2.JAH ILnj S
"W re )n ftrmcstdji'dy r-eelr,t of
DRY AND FANCY GOODS
Oil 5.
-is uid a a
which we offar t.rrr friendi aud tk jr-vbo t
Wiaolessile sasaa! HetasI,
at frlefs t salt tbe tlrrse
,t-K ff
mum
Cashmeres, Alpacas, Dclnines, &c.
Calicos, from 12 to 10 Yards for $1.00.
, JXJWBLl -ft fcOy, MH Wain fctret, I'lXCIXKATI.O.
fci klllfl mnatmfit- Lrr irrt dtTtderi pro rattan
lareatwipnis nf i OCi. CMrenir. wlih fnllex
f;attoii hw ?! ran rf'i in xfw-h; Uei:r.ir-iled (rm
LA S CJ., 19 'mH Btrect, hmw Tuik.
0RGANSSS
logue FKKK. L . S. PIANO CO.,
Street. New York.
Oigan 9 tti.
Organ only
trial. Cata-
;a Pleeker
I showed a little of the white feather.
I didn't quite yell "let me out" but 1
tiied to say between swallowing, &c.,
"don't burst me too One boy?, save a
J)r. Livingston, and a corps of Sur
geons, consisting of Drs. Richmond,
Hall and Schildknecht were prompt!'
on hand, and as fast as the men were
that I did not consider ibe cut safe, never saw ; And we further lind that all of the above
perpendicular bants K-ft before, have railroad- : named persons came to their death bv the fall
cd since ia.jg. ing of a portion of earth into the ciit or nit.
Michael Haley did not think it a safe place to known and desi libed as the 'Middle cut' m "the
work, recognized Dames body and said lie approach lo the new Kailroad loidge now in
found sifv.onin his clothes. ' course of construction over the Missouri Kiver
Thomas McGee.lbutk cracked about 10 :0 af PI.ihsiimmk.'-u
ON 30 DAYS TRIAL
W will send our Elkctho-Voltaic Bklth
and other IClectrie aprdiancos up-in trial for :to
davs to those suffering from Nervous Debility,
Kbeuniatisiii. Paralysis or any disea-es of the
I.iver or Kidneys, siiid many other diseases. .4
mil?, ctirr rpi(trr:ntcr1 or ??o nrry. Address. YOI. -TaIC
HKLIM'O.. Ma- sbs'.irichig.in.
iitW'ndo1'. rMailed free for 35 oeats.
'I.M?t' Four for SI.
Sir LIS! ?:o.(W) will be paid to anv peron
'whocanf.ry.odt'a lamp tlited-.vith
L "- Ullir PATKNTKD 8AFF.1 V ATTAC1I-
A'I""t.'X ' rMHNT
W.-'TKIjMay use any lamp or b irner.
wm"" Prevents dripping and heating.
Send for s impics. with si,;e of collar :ind depth
ofyourlamp. S. S. Newton's Safety Lamp Cf.,
13 West r.road way. N. Y.
Factory and Office. P,sr:g!iam. X. Y
Q GENTS WANS tU FGfi A IOUi?
Ifi ROUND THE WORLD
.a BY GENERAL GRANT.
This iUt- l e-'- 'i -s.
ed. at.d I '..e o-.lv ?.-. ,!,:eie and
Tory : .: ).' Tiav-1 -. .i for e-rc-ihir eou
;.t;i.i;:g fe" d---' l :if '.;.! tve work and our
rx ei-i:i f Ait-r.fs. d'iress Natieual Pi:b.
i :: ,'-! '.'..- T'; ' ' ."'); I
Muslins, from G cts. a yard upward
BBD8PBEADB
The flix-st stock of YThite bedspread' ver broitclit to the Citv.
EuellV Cassimeres, Tweed.-?," Jeans, and Cottonades it
full
Sleek.
j 1
ltd Jti.
oeoii ever puidi-u- ; nivwnt r.xien as we can
:a;ii: n.tie His- !
OT ALL KINDS.
Country Produce taken in. exchange for Goods.
We desire to see all our old patrons b:"ck and want. to hold as many of tha
(1UTIIMAX & WECKHACH.
REMEMBER. THE PLACE. 027E BOOR WEST OF P. O.,
20!" PLATTS2I OUTH, NEBRASKA