The locomotive "Avoca,” Mr. Cun
ningham engineer, started for Mineral
Point at about 11 o’clock that night. It
was this engine that struck him. The
wounded man lav by the side of the
track from 11 until nearly 2 o’clock the
next morning. By that time he had
sufticiently regained his sensibilities to
get up and walk home. His right
shoulder was dislocated and the arm
broken about three inches from the
shoulder joint, his head severely cut
and bruised in three places and the left
foot badly crushed, so badly as to ne
cessitate amputation. At this date (six
teen days after the accident) the patient
is doing very well and will recover.
West & Scott have closed out their
entire stock of goods, and John Collins,
of the firm of Collins & Doyle has
bought the store building and removed
their stock of general merchandise into
it —a good location.
The Rev. Father Tucker is confined
to his bed by a severe attack of bron
chitis.
Oats are worth 32c and corn 50c per
bushel.
Nelson Bower will soon go to Dar
lington and James Gallagher to Madi
son.
C. E. DeLong, our popular hardware
man. will soon confine his efforts to the
business in Warren. If he fails in sell
ing his stock by the first of January
next, he will remove it. We need a
hardware here and would say anyone
desiring to begin in that line might
find it to his interest to call on or
write Mr. DeLong of this place.
Len Y. Doty, our harness man. says
he is bound for Nebraska.
JohnG. Dixon, proprietor of the Riv
erside flouring mills, looks unusually
smiling this week. That \\% pound
future president probably has some
thing to do with it.
