Waterloo Courier, The (Newspaper) - November 27, 1889, Waterloo, Iowa VOLUME 31 WATERLOO IOWA WEDNESDAY 27 WHOLE 1587 WATERLOO COURIER TERRIBLE ACCIDENT A C John Clasey this City Killed ia a oil the 11 Cent Ky near The worst accident that ever hap ou the Iowa Division of the 111 Central lly occurred sit i M last Sunday at a small bridge about i quarter a mile of This bridge was being repaired and the danger flag was put up but it was at that time in the dusk of the evening when the was of little benefit in showing objects ahead and yet it was too dark for the engineer to see things plainly A wild freight train was coming east composed of 35 loaded cars hauled by two Brooks mogul engines The head engine was in charge of W II engineer and F fireman The second en gine was in of A C Dubois engineer and John Clasey fireman The train did not stop at Aplington but when engineer saw the sig nal he whistled for brakes and engineer Dubois also called for brakes The momentum of the train was too great however to be stopped and it sped on to certain destruction When the engine passed over the portion of the bridge that was being repaired the engineer felt it sink under him The engine passed over safely however but the tank broke loose and went down and the second engine and loaded cars crashed into the ravine till ing it with the debris of broken cars splintered bridge timbers scattered grain etc as high as the telegraph poles while out of this came the hiss of escaping steam as it poured out from the wrecked locomotive Buried under this huge pile with their bodies man gled almost beyond the semblance of human beings by the cruel grind of this terrible wreck lay Arthur Dubois and John Clasey Willing hands soon fell to work tearing away the burden that lay over them but it was nearly mid night before the bodies were reached When found engineer Dubois lay against the boiler head One arm was around the lever and it had been cook ed by the heat but death had come so suddenly that this suffer ing was spared him His body was crushed and his heart and some internal organs were torn from the body He was tenderly taken out and laid upon the ground A hush fell upon Uie crowd as Mr said There is your poor brother and the workers looking up saw James Du bois standing over the remains of his brother his strong frame convulsed with the terror of his grief Many in that crowd dashed tears from their eyes at the sight but there was no time to he lost for another lay covered by the jugged pile of coal tha the overturned tender had thrown the cab At length John body wa found One arm was pinioned by th broken running board and it required an hours steady work to extricate it Finally he was taken out and strong men shuddered and grew faint at the sight Like his companion the terri ble crash had caught his body with all the power of its irresistable force and crushed the life out leaving a poor mangled body torn anil disfigured in a tearful manner These were the only victims though several others narrowly escaped W H the engineer oE the head engine was thrown against the frame work and had his head severely cut though his injuries are not serious Robert Fee of Masonville the head brakeman was on top the cars when the wreck happened He was thrown to the ground and badly bruised but not seriously F McStay the fireman of the head engine escaped without a scratch and a tramp who was stealing a ride in a car loaded with grain was taken out only slightly in jured though he was kicking vigorous ly with both feet when found The surgeon Dr Grouse went out on a special train from this city and did all that could be done in aid of the injured The remains of Dubois and Clasey were brought to this city and placed in charge of Geo F Beck undertaker who prepared them for burial A C the dead engineer was Horn June 5 1859 He was a tried and trusted man and a skillful em ploye He leaves an aged mother one brother who is also an engineer a wife and two little girls He was Secretary of the local lodge Brotherhood of Lo Engineers and was a mem ber also of the V A S fraternity and the A O U W giving his heirs insurance John Clasey was born Oct 15 iSaS He had been on the road about two and a half years and highly thought of He leaves a widowed mother and two sisters Mrs Frank George and Mrs J B Hall He belonged to the Brotherhood of Firemen and was a member of the V A S and A O U W leaving to his heirs 54000 insur ance The funeral of Fireman Clasey will be held at a m today at his late residence Rev C H of and that of Arthur Dubois from his residence at 2 p m to day Rev F E Brush Both funerals will be conducted by the Se lect Knights A O U Vf The wreck made it impossible for trains to cross until Monday afternoon In the meantime trains were run via Manchester Cedar Rapids and Iowa Falls running on the track of the B C R N between the two lalter points Trains were also run from Manchester as far west as the scene of the wreck Mr John who has bon very ill for a long time died last Fri day The funeral services were held at the Brethren church Sabbath morning at 11 oclock after which the remains were taken to the cemetery in Orange township for burial He was an old resident here and respected by all who knew him Mrs G K Sheffield has added to her millinery a line line ot Ribon ese ornaments and material for fancy work L Happenings Nov 23 89 Miss Etta Kngle and Mr Henry Hewitt were married on the 19th at the home of the brides parents in Water loo All unite in wishing the young couple success in life A dance at Fred Browns on the 18th Fox Fritz have purchased a horse power traction engine and will make use of it in shelling corn and sawing wood Mr H W Fenton went to DCS Moines on the 19th Mr Balls auction near Raymond on the 21st is reported to have resulted satisfactorily to all Mr A W Fenton has lately pur chased a wind mill of Con Kirby Engelbert Fox is buying corn to feed Mr McStay of Waterloo is teacher at the school two miles south of here The Misses May and Myra Fenton and Annie Fox were visiting in Foy ner on Sunday Johnnie Millich has taken another boarder for a period of 21 years The Ladies Aid society of Barclay will give a literary entertainment and supper at Barclay Center school on the 5th The society will also hold a sale of all goods on hand A cordial invitation is extended to the public ANN OF GENERAL INTEREST WHAT MEAN CARPENTER HELMING THE CLOTHIERS BY ANNOUNCING THEMSELVES AS DESTROYERS of HIGH PRICES They mean that they can and will sell you Clothing Hats Caps Furnishings ami Everything in their line Cheaper by ten per cent than any house in the city it matters not at what prices quoted Fur Overcoats Fur Overcoats We have just put in a large line of Fur Overcoats It will pay you to come and get our prices before purchasing elsewhere We sell the celebrated Derby Ribbed Underwear And everything that you may wish to call for to the very cheap est Our line of Overcoats is the cheapest ever shown in the city of Waterloo We make a specialty of Boys and Chil drens Caps Such as Windsors Stearns and all the la test Novelties in that line Remember the old 125 East Fourth Street From Hudson Nov Mr F D Popp went to Dubuque last Tuesday for a short visit and re turned Saturday Mr W D Strayer and Miss Glenney were married at the residence of the brides parents in Orange Twp last Wednesday evening by Rev II Woodson of Hudson Union Thanksgiving services will be held at the U B church in Hudson on Thursday morning at 11 oclock Mr A II Glenney our popular meal man is making a specialty of young beef for his customers Quite a number of the friends am neighbors of W M Law gathered a his residence last Tuesday evening make them a visit before they move to Hudson There was a law suit yesterday be tween Amos Goodwin vs Thos Con nor for wages verdict in favor o Goodwin for Connors to pa costs name United States of ca was first applied to the colonies in he famous for Amer can liberty the Declaration of Judo made July 4 1776 Jacqueminot bush is mentioned jy Vicks which grows in a very small city garden and has branch es eight or nine feet long on which were borne last June 971 roses Carroll County Mo man over eighty years of age recently walked from his homo in the country to Car rollton ii distance of eight miles to buy a clay pipe and a paper of fine cut Maine sheriff is evidently tho possessor of a full share of that great quality called push When ho sallies forth to make a raid on whisky sellers he takes a trial justice with him and sets up a court on the spot Stockton Cal consumptive called up an undertaker the day before he died and challenged him to shako dice with him foia coffin Tho aston ished undertaker accepted when the poor man threw three sixes and won the man of forty lately confessed on his dying hod in a New York hospital that he had been married sixteen differ ent times in the last seven years and that he believed all his wives to be living Ho wanted to live to make them all happy he said hut death claimed him as its own Maine minister recently re from an admiring female par a present of a nicely made robe The gift was made in such evident good faith and innocence of any idea impropriety that he re it with thanks and cheerfully it by against tho need that must come longest pendulum on this continent swings in the technological school at Atlanta Go It is a heavy piece of iron attached to a brass wire fortytwo feet long The upper end of the wive is pivoted in a steel point which rests on tho center of a steel plate so as to cause the least possible friction The swinging of the pendulum gradually describes a circle on the floor in a direction fol lowing the sun showing in this that earth do move woman living at Burham near Rochester England has just had a narrow escape from being buried alive She fell into a kind of trance which was mistaken for death and a coffin was ordered and the usual ions made for a funeral while a number of relatives were gathered at tho bedside bewailing their bereave ment tho supposed corpse startled them by suddenly rising up in bed and asking what was the matter Tho is making good progress toward discovery that brass tubes when properly annealed have resonant qualities far superior to bells of the same comparative weight and cost is being utilized in Germany where tubes are being used for chimes in church towers It is stated that a tube three inches in din meter outside and onehalf inch thick twelve feet long can easily be heard a distance of one mile and under favorable circum stances two or three miles In Prov idence RI these tubes are now be ing used for chimes which are rung by the clock movement at regular in suggestive yarn about the abuse f tho fee system by constables is told y a Gardiner Me man Officers own on the have pocketed ots of money from fees for arresting ramps It seems to have been the custom in times gone by that when ono of these gentlemen of leisure was com mitted to jail he was presented with a lug of tobacco by the officer who ar rested him with the understanding that when his lime had expired and 10 came round on the circuit again ho should look out for his official friend and help him got another fee The increase of this branch of the police duty caused composition to spring up among the members of the force and it is stated ns a Tact that some of the bribes of run as high as a pound Proper Care of the Eyes In consequence of the increase ot i affections of tho eye a specialist hag recently formulated the following rules to bo observed in the care of tho for school work A comfortable tem dry and warm feet good ventilation clothing at the nock and on other parts of tho body loose pos ture erect and never read lying down Several curiosities are on exhibition in J K show window in the shape of the rib of a whale two of the vertebrae and a bone of one of tho dippers These bones were found on an island near San Diego Cal and were brought hero by Dr Bennett They are fine specimens and are attracting considerable atten tion C W or stooping hut little beforo breakfast or directly after a hearty meal none at all at twilight or lato at night uso great caution about study after recovery from fever havo light abundant but hot dazzling not allow ing the sun to shine on desks or ob in front of tho scholars and let ting the light come from tho left hand or left and rear hold book at right angles to tho line of or nearly so Rive eyes frequent rest by looking up The distance of the book from the eve thould be about fifteen inches The usual indication of strain ia red ness of the rim of the eyelid betoken ing a congested state of tho inner sur face which may bo accompanied with some pain When the eye tires easily rest is not the proper remedy but the use of glasses of sufficient power to aid in accommodating tho eyo to Y Commercial Advertiser The Violin of Ole Bull Tiift has closed a contract for of galvanized iron gutter b r Council Proceedings Mrs Bull has a collection of valu able souvenirs many of them pros ents to her illustrious husband Ono of the most interesting is a Gasper di Salo violin of a golden brown with a decorated scroll whose graceful curve ends in a head half cherub half human This was carved in the six century by that strange wild genius Benvenuto Cellini Tho vio lin was put into a museum to preserve it when was invaded by tho French but a soldier pilfered it and sold it for a trifle to a col lector of violins Ole Bull longed for it the moment ho saw it though very poor refused to sell it though he relented enough to say If ever I do part with it you shall have it for one hundred golden ducats A few years later when dining with Mendelssohn and Liszt a note with an immense seal was brought to Olo Bull was dead and his son offered tha violin at his fathers price When Ole Bull joyfully shout ed It is mine It is mine Lisz said You man from Norway are you crazy and Mendelssohn ex claimed Its an extravagance o which only a fiddler is Y Slur HARD ON WIDOWS MONDAY EVENING 25 City council met in regular 11 members present except Messrs Mack Surgeant and Sherman Mrs Olive U presented i petition asking the exclusive privilege of sprinkling the streets on tho east side for the year 1890 and subsequent fears she agreeing to pay the city the sum of dollars every year for tho privilege Referred to committee on streets and alleys Jno E Foley was granted the lege of placing a barber pole at the cor ner of East fourth and Lafayette streets providing he first obtains per mission of The west side sewer committee re ported the amount expended for sewer purposes during the season to be 20225 The finance committee reported in favor of the payment of the bills of Matt Farrott Waterloo gas and electric light company f 13500 Report adopted Bills against the general fund amounting to east side street fund and west side street fund were allowed Resolutions were adopted ordering against W S Robinson wner of lots 4 and 5 block iS west de and against Mrs A W mith owner of lot 1 block 6 east de said parties having failed build sidewalks as required after by street commissioner The Waterloo street railway corn any was notified to at once repair the treet crossing at the intersection of and Fourth streets east side here the switch was formerly located Permission was granted C W Nor on to place a sign post on the edge of he sidewalk in front of his place of business The city solicitor was instructed to the damage suit of vs he city of Waterloo Council adjourned York Herald June 19th Scenic artist Seavy has just com a handsome boat house scene to be used in Caseys Troubles in the act A Chinese Custom Strikingly I Its Atrocity Chinese papers give tho particular of an atrocious custom of the sacrific of widows in a district of the Fo Chow prefecture If a womans hua band dies his relatives insist upon her committing suicide so as to follow him into another world Three days before the appointed date for this enforced suicide a feast is given at which all the mans relations use every argu ment to make her comply with tho custom Should she consent as she is i invariably compelled to do she is placed in a sedan chair and carried in i procession to the sound of musical in through the principal streets to a platform previously pre pared about thirty feet in height up which she is carried and placed in a chair The relatives and friends be low salute the victim and it is cus tomary for tho officials to proceed thither to make a salutation When this ceremony is over a rope is sus pended from abeam the widow places it around her own neck and one of her brothers pulls the end with all his strength and strangles her This done she is buried and an application is made to the Emperor for some mark of honor to commemorate her sacri fice which is falsely reported as a voluntary one Hence there is scarcely a family in Lien Klang which can not boast of a virtuous widow and tho whole country is studded with monu ments erected in their honor About ten years ago a new prefect gave or ders to abolish this custom but tho order was obeyed only in tho imme diate neighborhood of Iho city and re cent instances of the sacrifice have called attention to its cago News are military men so much nicer than others Maude asked ono young woman of another Why I never thought of it Hut you know they are1 Perhaps it is part of their education to ho up in chant Traveler oo TO OLD DEALING HorSE Here is what we oiler you in the way ol gains this week A FINE ALL WOOL Chinchilla Overcoat BLUE OR BLACK Trimmed in Elegant Shape Ten Dollars I A Complete line ot Fur and Fur Trimmed Garments The Peoples Clothiers COTTON SAVIERS EAST FOURTH STREET ASKEW That will be the condition of prices at HOFFS when J E gets back from the East where he is now making a second purchase this season Look out for Big Stocks and Bargains HOFFS The Bargainers Worth of Goods to he Sold at and Below Cost Within tlic next 5 months at A LINE OF LADIES French Dongola Shoes Tobe closed at AT THE CONSISTING OF Mens Boys and Childrens ING Hats Trunks and Gents Furnishings We must close these goods out and in order to do it we have concluded to U T K Shoe Store We also have one of the BEST AS SORTED as well as the CHEAPEST STOCKS ever brought to the city Always remembering we have NO SHODDY goods Sell Our Entire Stock Special Prices on Cheaper than we have ever offered them at before which has always been cheaper than any other clothing house in Waterloo Our store is rented and we shall positively leave here 1st 1890 so must close i out the entire stock let the loss be what it will I Dont fail to examine our Stock and Prices before Purchasing Lumber Wagons For the next 30 Days BROWNS OPERA HOUSE Saturday November The of the Season The Hit Mr Gus Thomas 531 Commercial Street West Waterloo THE THE BURGLAR N BTo West Side people we will say before going to the East Side to leave your money for Cloth ing come in and get our prices and if you are not under any obligations to the East Side merchants we are sure we can save you money Please remember this Madison Square Theatre A drama of and tears p tlie cast ot popular players Prices nta open on Thursday H 0 oclock Another CarLoad of the Celebrated TE Just Received HOLMES VAUGHAN 505 and 607 Commercial SI West Side WATERLOO
