The Eaton Democrat, 1875-11-11

Moody and Sankey are making the dry bones of sin rattle in wicked Brook Brooklyn. - lyn. Brooklyn. Nearly all the prominent preach preachers - ers preachers of the city attend the meetings, Beecher being one of the few exceptions. " Mbkdkb will out." A man named Alexander, '65 years of age, blind and infirm, has just been convicted of mur murder - der murder in the first degree, for killing a man an Bed River county, Ark., twenty-two ;years ago. . ! Herbert H. BANcnorr has just given :the finishing touches to his extensive -work, the " Native Races of the Pacific .: States," upon which he has been engaged for fifteen years. It embraces five large - volumes, of about 1,000 pages each. Mb. John Mackbt, who is the head of the famous California firm of Flood & O'Brien, and who receives three-fifths of the profits, was ten years ago a mining laborer in Virginia City. His income at present is about $850,000 per month, or more San $10,000,000 per annum. Mr. Maekej is the most retiring and modest of any of California's millionaires. 'TW Perkins, an English pedestrian, Beoontly performed the extraordinary tand never before accomplished feat of walking eight miles in 59 minutes 5 seo seo-onds. - onds. seo-onds. His quickest irule-jraa thflJirst one, in 6.46, and the slowest, the sixth, in 7.52. The first four miles were ac accomplished - complished accomplished in 28 minutes and 59 seconds. Perkins is a yonng fellow of 23, weigh weigh-ng - ng weigh-ng 132 pounds, and 5 feet tall. Herb is another aeronaut who has nar narrowly - rowly narrowly escaped death while making an as ascension - cension ascension to please the spectators at a county fair. The affair happened at Owensboro, Ky., and the aeronaut's name is Prof. Atchinson. The balloon took lire and was burned when several hun hundred - dred hundred feet high. Atchinson was precipi precipitated - tated precipitated to the earth, and miraculously es escaped - caped escaped death, though badly hurt. TJbi Cabbuth, the editor of the Vine Vine-land - land Vine-land (N. J.) Independent, who was shot by Cliarles K. Landis, on the 19th of last March, and who has carried a bullet in his brain ever since, died the other day. He had already accepted from Landis a sum of money in satisfaction of any and all claims on account of the shooting, but this fact .will not operate as a bar to criminal prosecution. A singulab fatality has befallen the Congressmen-elect from the Fourth Dis District - trict District of Tennessee In August of last year John W. Head was elected to rep represent - resent represent the district, and died before tak taking - ing taking his seat. S. M. Fite was chosen to 11 the vacancy, and now death has (narked him for his own. If this rate of Congressional mortality continues a that district, the seat will soon go beg ging for an occupants - A Brogyp" to Mppnn in Wr-ir York ' on the centennial of American indepen dence. For the past six years workmen liavu oooix eiigugou 111 t,uiuieuiig uiiutu the obstructions in the harbor known as Hell Gate, with a view of blowing them up. The task of excavating has been completed, and the work of preparing for the grand blast is now going on. A vast quantity of nitro-glycerine will be placed in iron tubes in the excavation, and the whole will be discharged simul simultaneously, - taneously, simultaneously, by means of a battery, on the 4th of July, 1876. It will be the biggest 4th of July gun ever heard in the land. Con. D. B. Anteont, the Kansas edi edi-or - or edi-or with a pistol ball in his head, has re re-.limed - .limed re-.limed work on the Leavenworth Timet, with these remarks: "The surgeons agree that we are now out of all imme immediate - diate immediate danger. Some think that the aneurism may be cured; others think it will remain unchanged. ATI unite in ad advising - vising advising our return to business, being care careful - ful careful to avoid undue mental and physical excitement. We wipe out from the past memories of an unpleasant nature, and are prepared to cooperate with all who will work to advance the interests and promote the welfare of the human race." A heabt-rending accident occurred at Winona, Minn., the other day, by which a young man named Troutman was shot and killed by the discharge of a pistol in the hands of his wife, to whom he had been married but four days. The couple had just arrived from Chicago, where they had been united, and were unpack ing their luggage, . among which was a loaded revolver. The wife was examin ing tne weapon, when, in some unac countable manner, it was discharged, and the bullet lodged in the brain of her husband, producing almost instant death. The poor bride was rendered frantic by the terrible accident, and it is feared will loss her reason. - - Among the latest engineering projects is a proposition to flood the Desert of Sahara by opening a channel from the Atlantic Ocean, and turning it into an inland sea. And now comes a gentle gentleman - man gentleman who suggests that this project for utilizing the Desert of Sahara will throw the earth off its present balance t Just how serious a disturbance there will be can be ascertained, he says, upon finding the actual length and depth of the des ert Meanwhilo, he leaves room for the imagination to picture the earth turn bjing through ipw and. feriowly tat? p

John Bulliner, Allen Baker and Mar shall Crain, three of the mi a -ruo nave made Williamson county. III, a by-word for years, have been convicted of some of the crimes of which they were guilty the first two of the murder of Capt. George W. Sisney, and the latter of the murder of William Spence. Bulliner and Baker have been sentenced each to 25 years in the penitentiary, and Crain will expiate his crime on the gallows. It is the first glimpse of law and order that this desperate region has seen for ten years past. The vendetta of the Bulli- ners and Hendersons, with the glamour of far centuries and softening legend thrown npon it, might sound as well as that of the Capnlets and Montagues, bnt in the hard light of the present, a more vul vulgar, - gar, vulgar, ignoble, simply brnlal fend, cannit be conceived than this is. Both these families came to Illinois from Tennessee, the Bulliners in 1864, the Hendersons in 1865, in the character of " Union refu refugees - gees refugees ;" both were of the same social grade, poor whites, who had pulled themselves up in a measure from their class by hard work, and got together some money. Of the BulLiners there was " Old George," the father ; Dave, Monroe and Emanuel, sons ; and " Old Dave," an uncle. They were all big. bnrly, bully fellows, with " sand in their craws," not to be "put npon," and prompt to "lick 'any feller ont'n his boots " who had any fault to find. The Hendersons were "Old Jim," "Old Bill" and "Old Joe;" young Jim and Fielding and Sam and Fad ; they were on the same piece, swore, and bullied, and bragged, and hung around dog geries. They came to congenial neigh bora when they immigrated into old "Egypt," which had been peopled for a generation or two witn tneir sort, whose worthy posterity ranged them selves in admiring partisanship with iMiCkTtTUfflliiKrB or HeutltlBowsj- whisky and fought their battles. With such materia, all that was need ed to start a feud was a doggery fight, and, one day, two or three Bulliners caught a young Henderson at a drinking shop and thrashed him. The yonng Henderson, a day or two after, offered "Old Dave" Bulliner his choice out of a brace of pistols, exile from the State be being - ing being the alternative to a square fight. The old man chose exile. The next man to mix in was Capt Sisney, who disputed with young Dave Bulliner about a grain bargain, and emphasized his opinions by gashing Dave with a spade. The imme immediate - diate immediate result was a spirited hunting down of Sisney by the Bulliner family, till he fell in his cornfield with a bullet in his leg. The result was fines for the Bulli ners and money damages for Sisney. So it went on for several years ; a dreary sameness of fights and fines ; until, not quite two years ago, matters grew more serious. " Old George " Bulliner was assassinated from a thicket. Dave Bull iner was shot on the way from church, one Sunday, in the midst of friends, and died two dars after. Tho bodies of father and son were sent in succession to Tennessee for home burial, and word came back from their friends that they " didn't want any more Bulliners sent to McNair in wooden overcoats. " This put the Ballmers on their mettle, and the vendetta was on in earnest They tried to convict Tom Russell of "Old George's " murder ; he had a motive, for John Bulliner had seduced the prettiest girl in the village, Tom's beloved cousin; also there were several strong links of circumstantial evidence ; yet he was acquitted. Old Dave came back from Tennessee, with four or five relations, crack shots, all of them. Then " Old Jim" Henderson was shot down in his field ; John and Monroe Bulliner and Jim Norris were charged with it in his dying breath ; John Bulliner was tried for it and acquitted ; the others were never arrested. Half a dozen men who worked on the farms of the Hendersons were shot at, and most of them wounded. Then Dr. Vincent Hinohcliffe, who had been the only man in all the region that dared to move in the interest of justice, and had worked up evidence against several of the murderers, was shot dead before his door. Two Hendersons were arrested for his murder, admitted to bail, and are at large. Then followed the mur murder - der murder of Sisney. who was called to his door in Carbondale, and shot through the win dow. The morning after his funeral in Crainsville. William Spence, merchant who had incautiously hinted that he knew somethinp; about these murderers, was found dead at his store door, with shot-gun tear in his body, a pistol wound in his brain and another in his heart This is the list of the victims of the Williamson county vendetta, two of whose worst partisans have met their fate at the hands of the law. The country round about has been these two years in a state of terror. Men who have re received - ceived received " warnings" have at any sacrifice abandoned their homes and fled. Not step has been taken to enforce justice men haven't even dared to whisper "murder" orjillowthat anyone was sus suspected. - pected. suspected. We may presume that the con conviction - viction conviction and sentence of the outlaws bnt the earnest of thorough work that will close the disgraceful record.

' Alive and kicking Boys at football. How to get a good nnp Buy a $10 hat A good town for milkmen Water Water-town. - town. Water-town. What is the greatest stand ever made for civilization ? The inkstand. Merchants you should never let Your advertising rest ; Tour big white hands were never made To hang into your vest. " Thb hardest trial of my life," said good old Deacon Panes, " was to shed tears at the news that my wife's uncle had died and left her $60,000." A handsome youth being questioned by a rather stylish lady as to his occupa tion, replied tnat ne was an -aujuBior of movable alphabets." He was simply a printer. "Sai!" said the city youth to tho modest countryman, " got the hay-seed ont o' your hair yet?" " Wall," was the deliberate reply, "I jedge not from the way the calves run arter me." " John Hbhbt," said his wife, with stony severity, "I saw you coming out of a saloon this afternoon." "Well, madam," replied the obdurate John, " you wouldn't have me stay in there, would you V Detroit Free Press. " Fran cane you've got," said Crab- apple to HbawnevDanm. " ies, sir, Gliaimwylxwm'y - I brought it from Hengland." " What kind of wood is it?" said Crabapple. "Well, sir, it looks like 'azel or 'ickory, or you might take it for a helm or a hoak; but, hafter hall, it's honly a hash."j Snifkins staked his all on the result of a game of euchre the other night and lost Throwing down the cards peevishly he broke forth in the following pathetdo strain: " "Twas ever thus in childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes take flight, and every time I played the left bower, some one took it with the right" The other day an engineer on tho Central road had to stop his train near the Junction and pull a drunken man from the track, the fellow having laid down and fallen asleep. "You fool you I" shouted the engineer, " suppose you had been run over by the train !" " Ton (hie) fool you !" stammered the inebriate, " s'posein I'd (hio) run over your blamed old (hie), cars !" Detroit Free Press. ' . , Wmis a house painter fell from a building on Cass avenue and broke his leg his companions wanted to carry him to a doctor's office on a shutter. There were three men there, and they called for a fourth, who was passing, to come and help. "Who is he!" asked the man, as he came np. "A painter," they replied. The man turned and walked out of sight at his best speed. He would . have been settled in his new house a month ago but for the procrastination of painters. Detroit Free Press. " What keeps Mr. N from kirk, James?" said a worthy minister. "I hope it's not Methodism." "No," re responded - sponded responded the verger; "it's something worse than Methodism. " " What then ? Is it Calvinism ?" " Worse, your rever- worse !" " Surely. James, it is not Deism ?" " Much worse, an' it please your reverence, than even that" "Good I 1,1 " 1 i.1 L .J .5 nnoinv neavensi hhiu luu ueiuuiiucu aoowi, " can it be Atheism which deprives us of the best churchwarden that ever shook a box?" "Truly," responded pions James, " 'tis a much more serious mat matter; - ter; matter; it is rheumatism !" . a ozmuux aacrpa vox a hodebm novel. SUr in a f od to make ns laugh ! Two heavy villains and a half ; A heroine with sheeny hair, And half a dozen beaux to spare; A niyBtery upon the shore ; Seme bloody foot-prints on a floor ; A shrewd detective chap, who mates Those f oot-printo with the hero's eights. And makes it squally for that gent gent-Till - Till gent-Till be la proven innocent ; A brown stone front ; a dingle dell ; Spice it with scandal ; stir it well ; Serve it un hot and the book will Bell. Scribner or Sovember.

eovered in the Segre de Christo Mountains, in Colorado, and miners are flocking thither in great numbers. A severe fight between United States troops and Cheyenne Indians is reported to have re recently - cently recently took place near Fort Hayes. The troops twice attacked the Indians and were each time repulsed with serious loss. A large section of the Northwest was visited by a severe storm on the 29th nit. It was ac accompanied - companied accompanied by wind,. hail, rain, lightning, and in some sections by snow, and played havoc with buildings, fences and forests. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln has recovered from her late aberration of mind, and is now con sidered entirely free from her affliction. She la living with her sister, in Springfield, 111. The murder of an old Italian and three boys In Denver, Col., and the finding of the dead bodies, in an advanced state of putrefaction, in the cellar of a dilapidated shanty, has been mentioned in these columns. A Denver dis dispatch - patch dispatch announces the arrest of three of the participants in the butchery, who have made a confession, bnt claim that they were unwilling accessories to the horrid deed. They say that one Galliod, a Mexican, was the murderer, and that the killing was done in broad day daylight. - light. daylight. Their story, if true, stamps it as one of the most fiendish and inhuman butcheries of the age. Two of the murderers and victims were playing cards, and the old man was deal dealing, - ing, dealing, when Oaliiod came np behind him, drew bis head back and cut his throat, the blood spurting over the cards and table. The boys resisted and were cut and stabbed. Galliod finished the old man, and soon made an end to the boys. The murderers drank the blood of their victims, and tried to make the boy, whom they had forced to play the harp for them while their butchery was going on, to drink likewise, but he was too sick at the awful sight After the first victims were dead and had been robbed, the two other boys came in and were killed in the same manner. The rob bers got 1 1,200 or $1,400, principally in gold, for the murder. News has reached Lawrence, Kansas, of an uprising of the Osage Indians to resist the au authority - thority authority of Agent Gibson. The lattex'a life was in danger, and troopejiave been ordered to the Agency for his protection. Bon. James Otis, Mayor of Baa Francisco, died last week. Chas. Patterson killed B. W. Porter, a herder. near Sidney, Neb., last week, for which he was taken out of jail by a party of lynchers and hanged to a telegraph pole. Patterson was cut down by the Sheriff in time to. save his life ; but the mob were determined, and in a second attempt were more successful, and his corpse was found one morning on a rude scaffold. The National Gold Bank and Trust Company of Ban Francisco, has suspended. The officers claim that the bank can pay everything, and will resume shortly. A bombshell has fallen into the camp of the St. Louis whisky ring, and they are utterly de demoralized. - moralized. demoralized. The grand jury has returned in indictments - dictments indictments against William McKee, late of the Globs newspaper; Constantino Maguire, ex- Collector of Revenue ; Orville Grant, brother of the President; Gen. Babcock, President Grant's Private Secretary ; United 8tates Mar shal Newcomb ; Jndge Chester II. Emm, ex- United States District Attorney, and William Patrick, also ex-United Stales District Attor ney. The testimony implicating these parties in revenue frauds is said to be positive. Other prominent St. Louisans are being investigated, and will probably be indicted.

Several years ago, says the New York Mercury, Mr. Davenport, the tragedian, was perf ormin g an engagement at t he Hol Hol-liday - liday Hol-liday Street Theater, Baltimore. On the night "The Merchant of Venice" was announced, a yonng man named L. was cast for the part of the Jew Tubal Mr. Tj. was quite a clever actor in his way, bnt his face owned one unfortunate pe peculiarity - culiarity peculiarity a nose almost as flat as an African's. In the evening Tnbal was all made-up for his part, and the play pro proceeded - ceeded proceeded very smoothly, when the low comedian of the company happened to notice Shylock's friend, and his nose paricnlarly. " My dear boy," said he, taking the unsuspicious L. aside, " you'll d famously your make-up is perfect only yon must remedy that nohappy now of yours. Who ever saw a Jew witi a flat nose? Davenport is very parti -vlar about these things, and if he aeeajr- a lie will not allow von to go o Focr Ii. was much OisturCecrraiia iM r a lie will not allow von to go on. how he should remedy the defect. " I'll lend von my pantaloon's nose," said the waggish comedian. " Put that on, and you'll need nothing more." L. con consented, - sented, consented, and now being all fixed, as he thought, his scene was called, and he went to his entrance, waiting for his cue. Davenport was raging away in front about his jewels and his daughter, and the audience wrought np to intense ex citement, when suddenly Tubal made his appearance. .Never in a theater before was there such a season for laughter, for never had any one there seen such a figure as Tubal cut, with his short round face and long comical pantaloon's nose. Davenport turned to discover the cause of this burst of hi hilarity, - larity, hilarity, and fell back like a man shot. The remainder of the scene was unintel unintelligible, - ligible, unintelligible, and after it was over the trage tragedian - dian tragedian called L. aside, and said, in his pe peculiarly - culiarly peculiarly dramatic manner: "My God, yonng man, what possessed you to put on that nose ! This is not a pantomime. You have ruined the play made a guy of us all. Then he went with his long stage-swing to the dressing-room. L. was nearly distracted. The wag who had done ail the mischief now came up with a face of deep grief, and whis whispered: - pered: whispered: "Don't le hurt, George. I did not think Davenport would take it so seriously. Pull the confounded tiling oil. The trial followed next, and in this act the characters are discovered as the curtain rises. Tubal was late. It is not customary for him to appear in the scene, but he was directed to do so to tonight - night tonight to fill up the picture. Shylock was just in the middle of the speech, "I have possessed your grace," when the wretched Tubal put in his tardy ap appearance - pearance appearance for the-second time- but now, alas ! shorn of his nose altogether. The reader may imagine the hysterics of laughter that followed. Davenport's face of anguish was a study. Actors and audience found it impossible to as assist - sist assist at the remainder of the performance with gravity, and never did farce wind np more uproariously than did that night's representation of the " Merchant of Venice. Air. .Davenport returned alone to his hotel, and went directly to bed. dJ"SuI

Robert Adams' woolen 'mills, near Anderson, were burned last Sunday morning. Loss, $15,000. Obobok G. W. Yodeb has been ap appointed - pointed appointed Internal Revenue Ganger for the Fourth District of Ohio. Gen. Brisbin, TJ. S. A., has presented to the Zoological Gardens, at Cincinnati, two antelopes and one badger. The Comptroller of the Currency has appointed Warren P. Noble receiver for the First National Bank of Tiffin. Forty families in and near Cleveland think bf emigrating to Tennessee the coming winter, and are negotiating for small farms there. Wm. Jones, a brakeman on the Atlan tic and Great Western railroad, was killed at Cleveland the other day while coupling cars. He was a resident of that city, aged 23, and unmarried. A man named Websr Wis shot an 1 in stantly killed by James Harpe, at New Newtown, - town, Newtown, about seven miles from Cincinnati, last Sunday. Particulars of the killing have not been given. The body of a young man named Nye, of Elyria, was found in the river, near Brownhelm, Lorain county, one day last week. It is supposed that he fell over an embankment seventy feet into the river) and drowned. Joseph Fedewest, for the past forty -(-years connected with the press of Eu rope and America, and lately in the em ploy of the Wahrhettsfreund, a German Catholic paper of Cincinnati, died in that city recently. In an affray at Berea, Cuyahoga coun ty, one day last week, Joseph Schlief, a saloon-keeper, was dreadfully beaten by two men named Cyrus Carman and Pat Patrick - rick Patrick Carney, and will probably die from his injuries. Schlief was .struck on the head with a beer faucet until he was in insensible. - sensible. insensible. An Athens special says that one Krumsley, a colored man, with his wife and infant, left three small chil dren alone while they started to town the other evening. The house took fire and burned the children to death. The fire is sup posed to have been caused by the over overturning - turning overturning of a lamp. A child of Samuel Jones, near Bowers- ville, died a day or so ago from eating bread in which pulverized glass had gotten by mistake in mixing dough. The mother is likely to die frxn the same cause, me children had poured the glass into a cup of water, and it was used in mixing the bread. Ohio postal matters : Office Eslab lithed Twin, Boss county, Thomas Taylor, Postmaster. Postmasters Ap pointed Cedar Bun, Muskingum county, Hngh Matthews; Centerburg, Knox county, Charles M. Jennings ; Darlington, Monroe "county, George W. Gatts ; Edwardsville, Warren county, A. C. Bowman ; Prouse's Mill, Colum Columbiana - biana Columbiana county, Peter TJlm ; Waverly, Pike county, John Daily ; West Canaan, Madison county, S. D. Andrew ; West Independence, Hancock county, James Wisner. Ohio postal affairs : Office Discon Discontinued - tinued Discontinued Prattsville, Vinton county. Postmasters Appointed Charlestown, Portage county, M. F. Colton ; Flints' Mills, Washington county, Robert L. White; Hall's Station, Clermont county, Mrs. Mary A. Spradlin ; Med way, Clark county, Frank Wise ; Milton, Mahoning county, James M. Callendar ; North Greenfield, Logon county, Mrs. Amanda M. McCall ; Olive Branch, Clermont county, Peter Bru Bru-nough - nough Bru-nough ; Sago, Muskingum county, John J. White ; Sinking Spring Highland county, James M. Patton ; Westville, Champaign county, Noah Minnich,

The Carlist oommittoe in London claims to have news of a great Carlist victory in the Province of Navarre, Spain. A dispatch from Berlin reports that Arch bishop Ledochowski will bo expelled from Ger Germany - many Germany as soon as his term of imprisonment ex expiree. - piree. expiree. isngiana, tue iiong nong aispucnes Biaie, still persists in her demands, which the Chinese government characterizes as "on justifiable and indecent. A Cairo dispatch says the Egyptian army has entered Abyssinia, and that the Abyssinians are retreating, offering no resistance. News has been received of the British expe dition to punish piratical natives on the Congo river, in Africa, for murdering English sailors. The entire squadron on the west coast of Africa was engaged, and sent boats np the river. Many villages were destroyed and a large number of natives killed. The British lost one man killed and six wounded. A forco of 1,800 Turks has been badly routed by insurgenta in Herzegovina. A battle was recently f ought between Liberiau troops and a large body of native savages in Africa, in which the former were totally routed, with the loss of their artillery. Sir John Gardner Wilkinson, the eminent English archeologist, is dead. The ship Catherine Griffiths, from Sunder land, England, for Bio, has been wrecked on the Sciily Islands. Eight of her crew were drowned. . The German missions to Italy have been raised to embassies. More heavy commercial failures are reported from London. Great Britain is looking with hungry eyes on the Egyptian country. The Pall Matt Vazetie of a recent date says : " The English occupa occupation - tion occupation of Egypt is only a question of time, as that step is necessary for the preservation of our Indian Empire.' A dispatch from Berlin says the Bealsberg Arsenal has been almost totally destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $5,000,000. A London telegram says Austria is preparing, at the invitation of the northern powers, a prop osition for guarantees to be demanded and the control to be exercised to insuro the per formance of the Sultan's promise of reform to the insurgents in bis vassal States. There is much suffering among the indus industrial - trial industrial classes of Germany, and the government is being asked to establish loan banks as a means of relieving the distress. Advices from Russia give doleful accounts of the unparalleled failure of this year's harvest, The failure has been general all over the coun country, - try, country, and includes every species of crops. The French Assembly met on Nov. 4. So far from being crushed out by Turkey, the insurrection in Bosnia and Herzegovina shows signs of a healthy vigor. The military leaders in those provinces have taken the preliminary steps toward proclaiming a national govern ment.

Rock port (Ind.) correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial: "A terrible accident occurred at the McLean county (Ky.) fair on Thursday last, the particu lars of which have just been received here by parties witnessing the occur occurrence. - rence. occurrence. One Lj. D. Atchison, who has been making balloon ascensions at the fairs of several counties in this vicinity, was engaged to make a dsily ascension at Calhoun, Ky., and on Thursday, while preparing to ascend, it was noticed that the balloon was very frail, the cotton of which it was made being badly damaged by the smoke and hot air used to inflate it In opposition to the warnings of the spectators the ascent was made, and while at a height variously estimated at between 500 and 1,000 feet the charred canvas took fire, the balloon collapsed, and Atchison commenced the descent at a fearful rate of velocity. When he first noticed the fire he made an effort to swing the balloon so as to fall among a clump of trees near the fair grounds, and partially succeeded. He struck the limb of a gum tree in his descent, break breaking - ing breaking off the limb, which arrested his ipeed and fell with him to the ground. wjb.u BUimtatui'B, buuic of wlium mm so horror-stricken they could not follow his descent, saw him as he came down and disappeared behind the fence inclos inclosing - ing inclosing the ground. The people made a rush for the spot and so great was the rush that a large portion of the fence was broken down. Atchison was found lying insensible under the slowly-burning canvas of the balloon, ard the heavy limb of the tree lying across his pros prostrate - trate prostrate body, which apparently struck the earth with such force as to make a deep indentation. He was taken up and con conveyed - veyed conveyed to a hotel, where it was ascer ascertained - tained ascertained that his left thigh bone was badly fractured, but no other bones were found to bo broken. He recovered con consciousness - sciousness consciousness in a short time, and told those around him that when he discovered the fire in the balloon he resigned himself to death, but made the effort to guide the balloon to the timber as a sort of forlorn hope. He retained his presence of mind until he struck the tree, when the blow stunned him, and he lost con sciousness. The physicians think he will be able to get about in a few weeks, no internal injuries having been discov discovered, - ered, discovered, but the external bruises are fear fearful, - ful, fearful, under all of which the poor young man, who is only about twenty-three years old, bears np with great cheerfulness."