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Bander-~ous Arrray.—One day last week, a gentleman of the ton sonal corps, and another individ ual—both having the warm blood of Afric’s sunny clime coursing through their veins, met in deadly array, at the shop of the former. After driving in a skirmisher, the most highly-colored of the two, sent his opponent a thwack with a chair, damaging his frontispiece quite extensively; at this juncture, outside parties interfered, and the bellicose forces fell back in order; picket-firing, however, was kept up some time after, with no casualties on either side, such as come to our notice, there fore, our readers will not complain that we do not notice all the changes and sales that are con stantly going on over the county. John Long has sold to Wm. Rags dale and Aylett Houston, his beau tiful Leatherwood farm, for $11,000, and has purchased Wm. Ragsdale’s town residence for the sum of $5,000; Eli Dale has sold his prop erty in town, (the old Raymond tavern) to Michael Farmer, for $2,200; Jacob Southern has sold his residence in West Bedford, to Michael Messick, for $2,500; Davis Harrison has sold his large frame on the north-west corner of the public square, to Otho Malott, for $4,000; W. I. Pearson, of Perry township, has purchased of HE. Pear son’s heirs, 180 acres of land, near Springville, for $1,445; D. Short, and Whitted and Smith, have pur chased of the same, 20 acres, for $375; Wm. Chests purchased of the same, a house and lot, in Spring ville, for $291; A. H. Ganey, of the same, a Hones: and lot in Spring Ville, for $130; W. L. Pearson, of same, in same place, a house and lot for $380, and Dr. Woodward, of same, at same place, a house and lot, for $320. Terrific Collision—A_ terrible collision occurred on the L. N. A. Chicago Railroad, near the de pot, in this place, between two and three o’clock, on Thursday morn ing last, in which one man was killed, and a total wreck made of two engines. A freight train from the south, had arrived at the depots and awaited the coming of another from the north. The southern bound engine came, bringing one half her train, the other portion being left on the upgrade at horse shoe bend; signaling the engineer who was waiting, that she must re turn for the other half, she started back. In due course of time, her head-light was seen rounding the curve, and as it rapidly neared the depot, it was observed that the whistle was not sounded, nor even the bell rang; yet on rushed the engine, with the speed of the wind every pound of steam on, and upon the same track on which was the northern-bound train. The waiting locomotive was reversed, but too late to prevent a collision— the two engines were literally locked together in one indiscrimin ate wreck. One of the brakesmen, Charles Steinhagen, who was at tempting to set a brake when the engines collided, was thrown be tween two cars, and instantly crushed to death. Steinhagen, whose parents reside in Bedford, was a sober, industrious young man, highly esteemed by all who knew him—was formerly an employee in our office, and in that capacity won the respect of his associates. The engineer of the runaway train, whose name is Jordan, was hurled to the ground from his engine, but escaped with a few slight bruises. The supposition is, that Jordan, “throwing open” his engine, thus giving it full stroke and every ounce of steam, leaned over on his box, and while the train labor ed up the grade, fell asleep—his fireman having been left in town when the first section was pulled in—after reaching the brow of the hill, a down grade of more than a mile follows, over which, with the train’s momentum, and the full pressure of steam, the engine rushed with terrific velocity—the engineer still asleep. Someone should be held ac countable for young Steinhagen’s death. Who is it? she spoke the “Gentle~ Annie,” which craft was scudding before the gale, under bare poles, every inch of canvass having blown away. It was feared at the time, she would become a total weed but ‘advices have since been received, from which we learn, that although she had sprung a serious teak, after the cook, compass, and other use less furniture, were ‘thrown overboard, she rode out the tempest and made the harbor of Bartletts ville, where she will be detained for some days while being over hauled and her bottom newly cop pered. A treaty had been concluded be tween the King of Bono and the Emperor of Silverville, by the terms of which, passengers on the L. N. A. CC. Railroad, Will be allowed to “foot it” through those terri tories, in attempting to preserve their lives and economize time, on procuring passports at Guthrie. The stock market was somewhat excited, and large investments had been made in L. N. A. C. Rail road stock, upon representations by interested parties, that no trains had run off nor smash-ups occurred within four hours, but a sudden panic was created by report that a loose engine had started out on a pleasure excursion, without waiting for the engineer, (no uncommon occurrence) stock declined rapidly, and closed at 80,500. Books had been opened at Fay etteville, for subscriptions to stock in an under-mud road between that point and Springville—the inten tion being to cut the road-bed be neath the sub-soil, and thus avoid the general impossibility of coun try roads at this season. A leading ginseng firm had subscribed 87 cents—it is thought the road will be built. A serious riot occurred at Hel tonsville, in which the firemen and military participated, arising from the attempt of a newly incorpo rated street railroad company to lay down two tracks through Main and Pearl sts., when only one was allowed by the charter. The May or addressed the mob, in his usual eloquent manner, and they had quietly dispersed, with the excep tion of one woman and two boys, upon whom His Honor was wasting rhetoric at last advices. Gen. McClellan had arrived at Reading, where he awaits the com ing of county and State officers who have been deposed by the re cent arbitrary elections; his desti nation is said to be the headwaters of Salt Creek. We learn from Jay Bird, general agent, that the subscriptions to the 780 Loan, at Guthrie, on Monday last, amounted to 9 cts. and 7 mills -the largest amount ever sold in one day at that place. 1457u Inprana—The 145th regi ment, the first organized under the last call, and from this, the 3d dis trict, arrived at Louisville, on Sun day last, ex route for the front. We give below the muster roll of Company B, raised in this county, and in which, our readers will be deeply interested: COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Captain—Vinson Williams. 1st Lieut.—Michael A. Gelwick. 2d Lieut.—Samuel Hostetler. a SERGEANTS. 1st—William Smith. _ 6d—William Y. Owens. 3d—James M. McClelland. 4th—William B. Hamer. 4th—Isaiah Gyger. CORPORALS. 1st—Thos. W. Breckenridge. 2d—Joseph Steinhagen. 3d—William Razor. _. 4th—Joseph EH. Baker. 5th—HEzekiel H. Logan. 6th—John M. Campbell. 7th—L Edward Callahan. 8th—Alfred Kinkade. .MUSICEANS. Chesley D. McLaghlin, Viter, William Muir, Drummer. PRIVATES. Adkins, John Anderson, Martin H. Ault, Lorain Bailey, Weekly Beyke, Théodore Bennett, Lemuel Blackburn, Abraham
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Bedford Independent
Bedford, Indiana, US
Wed, Feb 22, 1865
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