A shocking accident happened at the…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

r being arrested went before the grand jury and had Jackson the principal witness against them indicted for sheep stealing. Jackson imme- diately gave bonds and was released. Wilson is in jail, being unable to give bond in $2000. Spear was brought in late yesterday afternoon. A shocking accident happened at the Brush Heap mine at Kingston, on the evening of the 12th inst. Richard Joy and William Hutchens, two miners, were blown to pieces by the explosion of fifteen sticks of giant pow- der. The explosion occurred 150 feet under ground, and how the accident happened will never be known, as the only witnesses to the mishap were blown into eternity. Both were young men, neither being over 21 years of age. The funeral took place in Kingston on Thursday of last week, and was one of the largest ever seen in the mountain city. The deplorable oc- currence has cast a gloom over the entire com- munity. Both the victims were the main support of their mothers and sisters. Chancery Docket In the following divorce cases decrees pro confesso were entered and a master appointed in each case to take proofs and report equities : Sophie Geitz vs. Henry Geitz; Alice L. Chaney vs. John E. Chaney; Cassie Heraldson vs. Evander Heraldson; Ellen McAllister vs. John McAllister. A final decree of divorce was granted Patrick Carroll from Fanny Carroll.