High School

The lenion were entertalncil last Kiiij- pvenlng ly the Miases Mary and 'mi Duffy. A large nuiuber were pri-snt Dotwlthttandlng the storm.y weathcr. A social will bc given to the inetnbers f the University nd High Hchool Chiisiiin Associatiuus at the Methodist churob. The seniora and jiinlors are playinf basf uil this afternoon on the campus. Delta Epsilon will debate this queslion "rulriy evenlnjr. liusolvcil, Uut the raiiildican tariff issue of the campalgo of ÖM isi-ouiid. One of the most disastrous accident bat ever oceurred in lliia county, took l:ice at the Lowell paper mili of the Jornwclls, Incaled on the Hurón river a ouple of miles below Geddes, yesterday ïiornitig, Ht about. 8 o'clock. Oue of the ir;:e boilers ued 11 the mili explnded vit ti ti-riiic foice, covering the ground fo oils about with debris, itnd throwing the loller distante of over 200 feet, over the eleirraph wires nnd M. C. milroad truck, rlstliig the heavy iron tabes and pintes s thouj-h they were but paper. The jack and nonti sides of ttie mili building irere blown to fragmenta, ttn( tlle '"" ulmney had the foundation so destroyed hat it Wil] have to be pushcü over. lOob Slosnon the man who wa8 taking he place of the rejiiilar engineer whu was Blek, was instantly killed, and he vM he only one working in the enjfine oom. Frank Slticialr and Thos. Creech who were la the macliine shop had to be lag out from under the del)ri?, the latter nseDsible, but it is hoped not serlously ïurt About 25 people were at work In he mili, and theïr wcupe is considered almost miraculous. Tlie morninz pasenger train goinjr enst on the Central Kul just puued tlmt point when the accilent occurred. Had it been a few min ites later resulta would have been terhle, as the track was covered with the vreck for soine toet. The loss Is esti,i ,led at sime 15,0()0 or $20,000. An nt d ranee policy on the boilers will inure payment of from $1,000 to $5,000 on he lufa lost, and thu building wa9 also nsured we undrstniKl.