i'LATTSAIOUTit WEEULV HERALD, TI1URSDAV, NOVEMUFR 20, 1883.
WRECK ON THE RIO GRANDE.
An Operator's Mistake results In
a Terrible Catastrophe.
The cVoJonflicted.
CoI.OHAlX) Sl'KINCJH, Colo., Nov. 27.
-"V Ono of the uioHt awful railroad catastro
phes lu this; te occurred at 1 1 o ciock
ycHtcrday '.vi"ing on the Denver & Rio
Grande ttutT one mile below Husted,
where the Suit Lake express on the Den
ver & Rio Grande collided with the north
bound Hock Inland pasucnger, killing
two men instantly and seriously wound
ing several others.
The Denver & Rio Grande left the
union depot at Denver at 8 a. ui., and
consisted of a baggage and mail, euimi
grant, two passenger and a Pullman car,
all crowded with passengers. The train
arrived at Palmer Luke eight minutes
late, and started down the grade on this
side, running about thirty miles an hour
One mile below Husted the road makes a
sharp curve and cuts through a bank
Issuing from the cut, the engineer saw
rapidly approaching, the Rock Island
train not fifty feet distant, and too late
to make any effort to stop. 1 A moment
more and the two engines came together
with terrific force and fell over in a mass
of inextricable confusion. The tender
of the ltock Island train telescoped with
the baggage cur, and the tender and two
baggage curs on the Denver & Kio Grande
also telescoped. All the passengers were
thrown from their seats, and a scene of
confusion ensued. Men, women and
child red rushed for doors and windows.
The shrieks of the wounded were appal
ling, and, above all, was heard the hor
rifyiug cry of " Fire!" Flames were
6een le ajang from tTTe Denver & Kio
Grande buggage car, in which, by tele
scoping, escape to the men inside was
rendered impossible.
A dozen willing hands caught up axes
and other tools and the men were soon
freed. The Humes spread rapidly and
two Deuvcr & Rio Grande bugguge cars
and one emmigrunt car were destroyed.
With the aid of hand grenades the tire
on the Rock Island train was extinguish
ed. In the Rock Island bugguge car were
found the dead bodies of tli 3 express
messenger and baggage man, both with
fractured skulls.
The killed are:
W. II. Fhipps, express messenger on
the Rock Island.
J. H. Flynu, baggageman on the Rock
Island.
The wounded are:
Martin Monroe, engineer on the Deuver
& Rio Grande, slight fracture of the skull
and badly hurt internally.
Piter Lunn, fireman of the Denver &
Rio Grande, head and face cut and inter
V nal injuries; will probably die.
Joseph Berry, engineer. Rock Island;
head cut and body badly bruised.
Harry Smith, fireman, scalded and face
and head cut.
The responsibility for the accident rest
with the dispatcher. Conductor Tom
Carence of the Rock Island train, received
orders at Colorado Springs to go through
to Denver, giving him the right of track
to Colorado Springs. No blame can be
attached to the crew of either train.
Many passengers had severe bruises and
cuts, but none were seriously injured,
though their escape is miraculous.
Three Crove.
Nov. 27, 1888.
Very nice fall weather.
Corn husking has been nearly com
pleted. Mr. and Mis. S. M. Kirkpatrick from
Nehawka, made Three Groves a visit on
Sunday last.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cole took their
departure for Kansas on Sunday of this
week.
Byron E. Young and Richard McBroom
came in from the west (Key a Paha Co.),
over a week ago. Mr, Mc Broom will
soon go on to 111.
Mrs F. M. Young is slowly recovering
from a s ;vere sp-rll of sickness of several
weeks.
The Latter D.iy Saints from Salt Luke
Lave been in the neighborhood preaching
the last week, one or tw nights down at
Rock Creek and one niht at the brick
school house.
Mr. D miel Grosser, lately from Iowa
and a brother of Silas Hrosser has moved
on to his brother's place -and will live
there until spring, and then he will move
onto his n-;w phicj bought recently in
this vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. YValstou. of Rock Bluffs,
have moved in with Uncle Jimmy Chal
fant for the present. Uncle Jimmy has
been keeping bachelors hall for some
months on his old place.
Some complaints have already been
made about a certain piece of road be
tween this and Plattsmouth on the Tele
graph road. Somebody, perhaps the
supervisor, has leen at work there and
left it in a condition that would be im
possible to travel it in freezing bad
weather. Mr. Bruner who has charge of
the road work this side has made won
derful improvements in the road, and
deserves considerable credit from the
traveling public. Reporter.
Uncle Sam (to Dakota) "Hello Da
kota! is that you knocking? What's
wanted? Dakota I want to come into
the union. Uncle Sam Come in, come
in Dakota, take off things and make
yourself at home. Your patriotic citizens
shall no longer be denied their rights.
Beatrice Republican.
News From Union.
Mr. R. Hupp, of Kansas, is spending a
few days hern this week.
Corn is not as good as some have an
ticipated, but is uii ayerage crop.
We are glad to learn tliut Plattsmouth
is still th j county beat of Cass county.
Mr. A. M. Rose and son. constitute
the firm of Union Photograph Company,
Mr. J. Eikcnbary, jr., alumnus of the L.
11. college Saturdayed and Sundayed at
home.
Dr. R. B. Wallace has taken possession
of his new and handsome residence on
Harrison Hill, I "guess."
The Presbyterian church is almost fin
ishened. and when completed will be as
good a church building as there is in this
community.
The Baptises are having meetings at
their new church in Union, evenings
The church is a handsome one and an
organ and bell are soon to be added to it.
One of our opulent citizens asked a
Chinaman in a Nebraska City laundry
why he was a republican, and the later
replied: " a republican gets his shirt
washed once in one week, and a democrat
gets his shirt washed once in two weeks
so you see why I am a republican.
Corn husking is still prevailing
throughout this section of the county and
will for some time to come among some
of the oppulent class of farmers, although
several arc finishing that had a small
crop. We have been blessed with
splendid fall for doing all kinds of work.
AuKEitoiu Bon-Ami.
The Knights of Labor.
Imdianapolis, Ind., Nov. 26. The
delegates to the Knights of Labor gener
al assembly took ad vantage of the pleas
ant weather to see the sights, the only
business being a reception by General
Master Workman Powderly. During the
day he received the delegates in groups,
each state's representatives calling on
him in a body. He went over the ground
of the work he wished them to take up.
gave and received advice, and carried on
a series of informal conferences looking
to the strengthening of the order in all
parts of the country.
A number of delegates have already
secured mileage and started for home,
and those still here are hoping for an
early adjournment. The more hopeful
think that this may be reached by Mou-
day evening, while others think it impos
siple to complete the wjpfltf Tf the con
vention before Tuesday noon. The in
stallation of officers, the various appeal
cases, the censure of Skefflngton, and
further matters from the law committee,
will take up the remaining time.
George Schilling, of Chigago, and
Martin Hanley, of New Jersey, addressed
a socialistic meeting tonight. Barry left
for Chicago tonijht. and from there goes
direct to his home at East Saginaw.
Barnum Retires.
Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 26. P. T.
Barnum, the showman, is a thing ot the
past. He has settled up his business, aud
last night announced that he had turned
his whole circus over to Mr. Baily, who
will own and conduct it, and that he
himself had forever retired. Advancing
years and a desire to enjoy his old age in
quiet, are the causes which led Mr. Bar
num to close out. Last week he gave a
farewell dinner and is now about to oc
cupy a plain little brick cottage over
looking Long Island Sound. Mr. Bar
num is getting to be infirm. He shows
his years, and he repeatedly announced
that the cozy little brick cottage in which
he intends to pass the evening of his life
had been built expressly for Lis young
wife. The deeds are in her name. Mr.
Barnum has made his will, which is uJ
derstood to be a "cast iron will." Beside
the usual witnesses Mr.-Barnum has se
cured the signatures of two leading
physicians that he is in right mind. He
is estimated to be worth. flO.JDQO, 000.
Man Killed at Pacific Junction.
Fro-u. Monday's Daily.
E uly this morning a man was found
in t'le east end of the C. B. & Q. yards
n iar what is known as the
Chinese puzzle at Pacific Junction. He
had been run over, the wheels passing
over his chest, and he was badly mangled
having been dragged along the track for
v w m 1
sum j distance. ills luce was uaaiy
mashed and filled with cinders. He is
supposed to belong to a company of bear
trainers now at the junction. Four dol
lars and fifty cents was found in his
pockets, but no papers can be found to
identify him, and his name iEv-unknown.
A Bare Knuckle Fight.
Buokkx Bow, Neb., Noy. 26. Last
night two of our local celebrities with
the gloves, attempted to settle the cham
pionship with bare knuckles. The meet
ing took plaee in a deserted building at
Merni. The parties were Elmer Webb
an 1 Tom Smith. Seven rounds were
fought, when Webb was declared the
wi:m'T and pocketed, the $100 and the
gut receipts. Both men were severely
punished. No arrests.
Nswswaper Men after Postofflces-
Fremont, Neb., Nov. - 26. Congress
man Dorsey is very much sought after
since election by aspirants for office, who
appear to be very hungry and very tbnrs
ty, notwithstanding they1 ha. ve been away
from the public crib but four . years. A
majority of thepostoffices in the Third
district are being sought by newspaper
men.
From Friday's Daily.
W. J. McOurigle, formerly chief o
police of Chicago, but now a fugitive
from American justice, atttended the
opening of the Legislative Assembly a
Regina last week. Petrolea, Ont., Topic
Mr. Mart Cunhing, who went to
Wymore to accept a run troin there to
Concord, has returned to this city. The
position was not as satisfactory as the one
awaiting him here, 6o he has returned to
reside in Plattsmouth permanently.
Keough, who was arrested severa!
weeks ago with Charles Ellis and been
confined in the jail ever since, for high
way robbery, is standing his trial today
at the district court, before Judge Chap
man.
This week new rules regarding
working hours at the shops came into
effect. The employes are only to work
nine hours during the winter months.
Work is suspended eyery evening at 5
o'clock.
The following hint to wives who
have brutes for husbands appeared in the
Salem Mass.) Observer of April 24, 18S7
"A woman in New York who had been
beaten by her husband finding him fust
asleep sewed him up in the bedclothes,
and in that situation thrashed him sound-
Mr. Mart. Noble, an employe at the
round house of the B. & M. shops, lost
the index finger of his left hand while at
work on Wednesday. While trying to
wrench a nut on some machinery, the
wrench slipped, and his hand struck a
sharp piece of iron, severing the finger
as slick as though cut by a knife.
Warren Wheeler, five year old son
of traveling engineer Wheeler, of the B.
& M., swallowed a buckshot last night,
and has been very sick eyer since from
the effects. He was playing with some
boys when one of his playmates gave
him the shot, when he immediately put
it in his mouth and accidentally swal
lowed it.
Since Cleveland's defeat and the
Mills bill has been thrown out, Mr. W. J.
Warrick, an enterprising druggist and
bookseller of the city, has concluded
that to purchase wool is a paying invest
ment, and purchased two large sheep
from the Chicago market, which he has
on exhibition at his store. They will
produce a good crop of wool.
The pavers succeeded laet evening
in making the connecting link0 it were,
between the two portions of pavement
meeting at Fifth street. This has been
the desire of many for some time, as the
street has been in an impassable condi
tion for a long time. It is hoped that
the work of paving Sixth street hill will
soon be commenced and pushed through
before the frost lights upon the work
and prevents its progress.
An erroneous item appeared in the
Omaha Ilerild this morning as a produc
tion from their Plattsmouth correspond
ent. We must certainly say it has done
a great injustice to the school teachers
whose names are brought forth, and only
over a trivial matter which all right
thinking people will consider their duty.
Miss Safford, a teacher in the high school
has a boy under her charge, known as
Baby Woodson, son of Mr. Fred Wood
son, proprietor of the Cottage House. It
is said that the boy has been unruly for
some time, and Tuesday afternoon, he
was requested to write a few words on
his slate after school hours, as a penalty
for misconduct during school hours.
After Bchool he refused to write, as the
teacher requested, and showed signs of
contrariness, when Miss Safford called
Prof. Chatburn to her aid. He also asked
the boy to do the work, but the answer
came; 1 won t. Jvery means were
used to persuade the boy to
obey before he was whipped,
when the principal whipped him only
eniently, he then asked him if he would
mind, but the boy exhibited as much
stubbornness as at first. Mr. Chatburn
then told him he would whip him until he
would obey, but he still continued to act
contrary and boldly told him he would
not. He was then whipped until he was
willing to do his work. If the child had
been sent home as some people
think he should have been. for
punishment, the father would no
doubt have gone to the teacher and in
formed her, as he did once before, that
be sent his boy to school and left
him for her to manage. We learned that
he went to the school room shortly after
the boy had been dismissed, finding Miss
Safford there, but the principal absent
After he had questioned her concerning
the ' matter, he endorsed her actions.
Since then he has changed his mind and
is bent on prosecuting the teachers, and
from all appearances he has been urged
into this procedure by some pofessional
men who are short of funds and are en
deavoring to secure a few dollars in this
way. Prof Chatburn was summoned to
appear for trial yesterday afternoon,
which he did, but the case has been con
tinued until December 8. As for the boy
being seriously hurt, as has been reported,
it is untrue, for he has been on the streets
as usual since.
Send your job work to the Herald
office.
INSIDE.
Plenty of money to buy drinks
and cigars, but thinks himself too
poor to buy a Horse Blanket.
OUTSIDE.
Two or three dollars spent for one
of the following strong Horse
Blankets would have made his
horse worth a hundred dollars more
5A Five Mile.
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5A Boss Stabie.
trMM Brt BUikst Ka4.
5A Electric.
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BoatUlif , Ysry ItrMf.
30 other styles
At prim t emit n;bQ.
For sale by all dealers.
None genuine without this
Trade Mark sewed inside.
Copyrighted 1888, by Wit. Aysss & Son.
The Burlington Hawkeye says that
Senator Ingalls in his speech in Burling
ton just prior to the election, indicated
pretty broadly what kind of a ''civil
service reformer" he is. An Atchison,
Kas., dispatch reports him as saying: "If
could have my way on the 4th of next
March I would remove every mother's
son of them. That is my idea of ad
vanced, refined civil service reform. I
give notice now to the democratic oflice
holders of Kansas that if my will shall
prevail, not to stand on the order of
their going, but go at once. In the same
connection he uttered the challenge
that if the democratic party has a worse
opinion of him than he had uf the dem
ocratic party, then God help the demo
cratic party, R -ferriug to pensions the
senator said he was iu favor of placing
every soldier who fought for the Ameri
can flag, either in the war for the union
or in the Mexican war, on. the pension
ist.
Whatever advantages may accure to
the republican party by the admission of
Dakota and other territories is insignifi
cant as compared with a vigorous digni
fied and protective administration to in
sure the continuance of republican
supremacy in the affairs of the govern
ment. These tilings are promised in the
president-elect. The election has already
resulted in giving a new impetus to rail
road developement of the country and
consequent encouragement to steel rail
manufactures. It has also demonstrated
a revival of confidence in every line of
manufaciuring industry and the incom
ing administration will witness such a
business awakening all along the line
that has not blessed the country for a
decade. Beatrice Express.
Six weeks more, and hanging will be a
lost art in New York. The law that
says the condemned murderer shall be
struck by lightening will go into effect
and the people of the county are waiting
to see the first exeaution by electricity
under the revised code of New York.
Jacobs oil
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