etllovch«A sad accident took place on Mondaynear the water tank of the C C\ %z L. R.R Mr. Joseph .Edmunds, of f*eruf a uo\ rafc* man on the freight train going not th, of sbasing ftSH.'tt d in coupling tome cars, stepped backward and accidently slipped j into the cattle guard* The wheel of one of the cars patted over his left leg severing It in twain at the knee joint, and otherwise injuring him. He was taken to the Empire House and kindly provided for Hi* wife and tisferindaw arrived from Peru on the evening tram. Ilis recovery U doubtful. He e man of exscel Jen l character, and a Roman Catholic.We learn from the lh mocrat, tne t#of- j