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watered as Second-class Matter at
itoSaitilcrsvUle Postoffice April 27,
1880•
SandersYille, Washington County, 6a,
PUBLISHED BY
A . j, JERNIGAN & GO.
Proprietors and Editors.
Tl,r season is nt hand when careless
nropic get too familiar with umipprcci-
ulivo guns, and afterward go to the doc
tor for in; 1
United States statistician Dodge figures
tho wheat crop of tliis country at about.
420,000,000 Imsho's, tho yield per acre
l„.jng about one per cent, lets than last
During tho last fifty years, tho wheat
production of England has been reduced
onc-hnif, while its value is not moro thnn
one-third. This accounts in a largo meas
ure for the dcclino in the ront of wheat
lands.
Douglas County, Mo., comes to the
front with three sisters whoso aggregate
weight is (125 pounds. They are aged
respectively 14, 12 and 9 years. The
mother weighs 170 pounds. On each of
tho two younger children are six fully
developed fingers.
A little pamphlet advocating a new
system of condensed printing states that
it costs the London Tima $2,500 a year
to use the superfluous “ ii ” in the Eng
lish spelling of such words as favour,
nhmr, endeavour, etc., counting mater
ial, labor, and space at advertising rates.
A California court has decided that, a
deed to real estate from a husband to a
wife, where “love and affection" arc
named as tho consideration, is void if the
parties do not live in harmony, there be
ing no valuablo love and affection in that
case, and the statuto requiring a valuablo
consideration.
The advantages of advertising are well
proved by a letter on file at the New
Y ork I’ostollicc, in which tho owners of
a certain medicine offered to pay tho Gov
ernment $10,000 lor two months’use of
a canceling which should send out every
letter from tho ofllco during that time
with tlie name of the patent medicine
-tamped upon it.
The Government of Japan has invited
several scientific bodies to appoint a joint
mnmittco to examine and report upon
the type of I)uilding8 best calculated to
resist shocks of earthquake. This is in
view of the fact that whereas Japanese
houses were formerly constructed of
wood, masonry is now coming largely
into use, especially in the construction of
public buildings.
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NUMBER 29.
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ents.
Thieves arc absolutely growing senti
mental. A Western burglar refused to
■ irry off plunder from a house after lie
discovered that its owner was a mason.
A Georgia thief grow conscience stricken
and returned a lurgo Bum of money. And
mnv, to cap the climax, comes the case of
a New Y ork pickpocket, whose tender
heart would not allow him to keep a
dolen watch which contained an inscrip
tion from a father to liia daughter, and
wlm returned it through Inspector
Byrnes.
Statistics show that blindness is in-
inn ing very rapidly in tho United
Stales. Between tho years 1870 and 1880
die papulation increased thirty per cent,
ami blindness 140. It costs $25,000,000
i year to sustain an army of over 50,000
blind people on the lowest basis of cost
and wages that would have been earned.
Ike chief cause of the rapid spread of
thb inlliction is said to be contagion,
assisted by immig ntion, which brings
many infectious diseases of the eye into
the country.
Twelve Mormon families have already
settled at Alberta, in tho Dominion of
t anada, and others will soon settle at
Medicine Hat. Tho Toronto Globe has
beard that tho Mormon rulers have
been ia correspondence with tho Ca
nadian Government on tho subject of
colonizing in Canada, and that the an
swers they received were not such ns to
prevent their endeavoring to effect their
purpose. Wo don’t wish them any harm,
mys the New York Tribune, but all tho
mine we should rejoice to got rid of tho
Mormons.
CHICAGO ANARCHISTS.
G V7 J ,' ty ° n oaLK SHY>SSTERN DE-
Cltl.i. SETT Lint THEIR PATE.
Exploded In
1 '' "" T 5 To " n *d Etcldon and
Hclinnb-The Itcal II,u, B .
Louis Linng, one of tho seven con-
demnodannrelimts in tho Chicago jail,
fixed f n lf ° th0 Wore tho one
nln i, o 10 0X(,<: '“ ion - by means of a
f d imiating enjr. I (o hnd tho case in his
,nou h und lit t with a candle which
was burning in his cell. Tho explosion
was the first warding that the jail people
had, the guard seeing him with tho enu-
ulc m Ins hand supposing that lie was
lighting a cigar. Immediately after the ex
plosion Deputy O’Neill inn into Linng’s
cell, which was completely enveloped in
smoke. There lie found tho anarchist
.vingmi his hack with great holes in his
head from which the blood win rushing
"! torrents. The scene in Linng’s cell
inter the explosion was ghastly. Teeth,
bits of jawbone, shreds or "flesh and
’ ,HJ d "ere scattered all over tho narrow
compartment. A little trail of blood
marked the wny over the stone flagging
to the room win re Linng was carried,
I lie dying man was carried to the office
"f tlie jail, and placed on a hastily im
provised table. By this time three phy
sicians hud arrived. One dressed the
torn flesh, another gave attention to tlie
tongue of the mortally wounded man. A
portion of the tongue was left and was
attached to the palate. Tliis fell back
into his throat, stopping Linng’s breath
ing. The physicians pulled tills hack
and a string wns attached, which was
held by a deputy, thus allowing respira
tion. AY hilc tli s was going on another
Mirgron operated a deodorizer. Another
ban a syiiiige in his handy and frequent
ly injected portions of himidsand again
doses i f salt. Morphine injections were
also'given. Linng died four hours after
lie exploded the bomb.
When the explosion occurred, all the
annrehist prisoners were on their feet
in nil instant, and every one of them
looked stunned and frightened. Jailer
Folz ut once gave orders to lmve every
one of tlie other cells searched, and Par
son’s was the first one a descent was
made upon. Deputies entered his cell,
took him by the wri-ts and shoulders
and led him to Jailer 1;'<>1z’s private of
fice. There he wns detained until his
cell was thoroughly searched, and noth
ing was found. The < x-editor of tlie
Alarm shivered with excitement, fear and
curiosity. 11 is face was white and his
eyes looked ready to start from their
sockets, lie wns in his shirt and trous
ers, and a wide felt lint shaded his face.
Within fifteen minutes after tlie ex plosion,
Fischer, Parsons and Engel were taken
Irom their cells and searched in the jail
er’s office. All their rlotiiicg was taken
from them and new suits, made by the
sheriff's orders, were given them.
Turnkey O’Neill discovered tlie little
agent wiiieh had served Linng to accom
plish his terrible work. It wus a small
fulminating cap, little over an inch long.
It hnd been tilled with fulminate of mer-
ctuy and a in 11 fuse, which is usually
attached to more instruments of death,
had been touched off by Linng. At the
lime of the report it was thought he wns
lighting n cigar. When Linng committed
tlie deed ho was lying on his cot. After
the affair, when his cell was searched,
another candle was found. At tlie top
of it, barely concealed by ihoeadsof tlie
wick, a second fulminated cap was found,
so it is supposed that l.inugs ntt-mpted
suicide was committed with one similarly
hidden. The cindies were furnished by
tlie jail, so Hint the caps must have been
put in by Idling himself.
Tlie explosion in Idling’s cell created a
decided sensation in jail. All the prison
ers, over two hundred, heard the report.
Jailer Fi lz was'the mm who carried the
news to to l he other anarchists.
Tho jailer approached Parson’s cell.
‘•Linng has killed hiiiiM-lf,” said Mr.
Fob.. ‘‘Great God, is that so?” exclaimed
Parsons. “Yes, it’s a fact,” was the re-
ply, “Well, mv God,” exclaimed Par-
soil’s “1 w ish I had some dynamite. 1
wouid kill myself only too quick.” Au
gust, Spies was then informed of the trag
edy. “I expected nothing else,” said
Spies quietly. “Ever since the finding
uf tin* bombs in hi* cell, lust Sunday, 1
was satisfied that if it were possible he
would make away with himself. For my
own and my comrades’sakes, I am glad he
is out of tlie way.” How the dynamite
was smuggled into the cell is not known,
but it is generally believed that thi - -*
traitor among tlie death watch wlio
him the<lvnnmite and cap.
theory at the sheriff’s <
Jailer Fob. said, *
bushy head of hair.
George Engel and Louis Linng, demand
ing “unconditional release,” or, ns they
express it, “liberty or death,” and pro
testing in tlie strongest language agnmst
mercy or a commutation of tho smitcncc
pronounced against t’ cm, can they be 1 pieces ol iron anil n suDsiams
considered petitions? A pardon, could posed to b 0 dynamite. Mr. Brayti
it be granted, which might imply any onc , ? f the jurors who convicted tl
I he preservation of forests is a favo'r-
1,0 theme in this country just now. As
•lie Richmond Slate well says: “Hardly
!l h passes that wo do not read of
Luge tracts of land at tho South having
keen bought simply for tlie timber that
■toil them. It is only n question of n
f( ’"'years when there must be a timber
ktmine in certain sections of the South.
B the waste places and worn-out lands
,U| ' planted in trees tho day will come
"ken lhu tree crop will ben most valu-
(ikk 1 niio. \ f t ,w days in each year sot
"Part by South ern land owners for nrbori-
Cll ' m '° would prove time well expended.
Ike “champion” hangman in the
y i,0| l States is George B. Maliilon, of
I" 1 ! Smith, Ark., on tho border of tlie
Territory. He has boon acting as
""‘"‘'(■.limner for tlie United States
-Lir-hitl there since 187!!. Tlie United
"’b“ Court in the Territory is scarcely
ln .' m ; 'Man a criminal court, having juris-
■ ( tion of all crimes committed in that
This man has, in his official
“worked off” fifty-two mur-
'I' 1 "' hanging forty-two on the same*
'■‘'lows. This celebrated executioner is
1 h iwo years of age, a Bavarian by
'dh, hut an American by residence foi
’ -‘‘ati’r pm tion of his life. He is
' l|1 * 10 Me u jolly good fellow,
ave
This is (lie
flit
‘Linng had a very
sliy nciiu in ...c.. HU* not'vithout
the bounds of possibility that he placed
in his locks and kept it then:
■arched him last Sunday. At
he was stripped completely,
bed his clothing and
the cap
while we
that, time
Mv deputies scaroL . .
could find nothing of a suspicious chai-
ucter.” lie thus explains .the mamici m
which Liang took lbs hie. ,r ° 8 ‘ lll - 1 |
“Limiff, some bcduTcn
a dynamite cap. 4‘" I ,. • nl|l( ] c
"“si
* d 1 . f i , fU i The copper foi at
KS/an'SisliUM with dynamite.
Plum
imitin
small portion is tilled with Mm
1 T „tn tliis powder runs a
me
placed to the or
followed. A“s
lie
The gi»\ (*i nor
oision:
Ex El i-nvn
soon ns the surgeon arrived
Aar\ to another roc
de-
’nude the following
OFFICE,
On the
SriuNGFiKi.n,
20th day of An
(Jeorg*
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edict of « jury
utenced to be hanged for
fouud guil'y l,v ;l v ‘‘
IT' ‘to till! supreme court t
noon final hearing
That court, upon >
An
and
urt of th-
Began,
the
111
sentence
state. Tnai ( j”|i|, e ration, mum';
and after, nudum «,nheeo..rt
case now
f the
niously n Ili rin*
below. Tl
by petition
letters ‘-‘I AUlU 1
l liuh‘s befor
,dniils for consul -
of the slate. D the
might imply ¥
guilt whatever upon the part of either of
them, would not be such a vindication
as they demand. Executive intervention
upon the grounds insisted upon by tho
four above named persons, could, in no
proper sense, be deemed an cxerciRC of
the constitutional power to grant ro-
prioves, commute!ions and pardons, unless
based upon a belief on my part of their
entire inn. eeai.'e of the crime of wii. A
•bey stand convicted. A careful consid
eration of the evidence in the record of
tile trial of tho parties, as well ns of all al
leged and claimed f.,r them outside of
the record, has failed to produce upon
my mind any impression tending to im-
I" nch the verdict of the jury, or the
judgment of the trial court, or of the su
premo court aliiiming tlie guilt of these
parties, Satisfied, therefore, ns I am, of
their guilt, I am precluded from consid
ering the question of the commutation of
t he sentence of Albert K, Parsons, Adolph
Fischer, George Engel and Conis Louis
Linng to imprisonment in the peniten
tiary, as they emphatically declare they
will not accept such commutation.
Samuel Fieldcn, Michael Schwab end
August Spies unite in tlie petition foi
“executive clemency.” Fieldcn and
Schwab, in addition, pre-ent separate
and supplementary petitions for a com-
j mutation of their sentences. While, ns
| said above, T am satisfied of tho guilt of
| all the parties, us found in tlie verdict of
| tlie jury, which was sustained by the
judgment of the courts, a most careful
consideration of the whole subject lends
me to tin: conclusion that tlie sentence of
the law as t.. Samuel Fieldcn and Michael
Schwab may bo modified as to each of
them in the interest of Immunity and
w ithout doing violence to public justice.
And ns to said Samuel Fieldcn and Mi
chael Schwab,the sentence is commuted to
imprisonment in the penitentiary for life.
As to all tlie other above named defend
ants, I do not feel justified in interfering
w i111 the sentence of the court. While
1 would have gladly coma to a different
conclusion in regard to the sentence of
tlie defendants, August Spies, Adolph
Fischer, George Engel, Albert Jt. Par
sons and Louis Linng, I regret to say that
under a solemn sense of my obligations of
office, 1 have been unable to do so.
HicitAitb J. Oot.usnv, Governor.
YY’licn the news of the commutation of
the sentence of Fieldcn and Schwab was
received at the jail, there was an extra
ordinary scene of activity. The news
was sent to the relatives of nil the con
demned men and in a short time they lre-
gnn to arrive at the jail, and tlie first ol
ilie women to come was Mrs. Schwab.
Soon after Schwab was brought from his
cell to tho main office. His wife quickly
advanced to him and throwing her arms
about his neck burst into tear. Schwab
returned tlie embrace in a calm manner
nml soon tho two were chatting quietly
together. After this, Spies and Fisher
were brought from their cell and taken
to the jail library. Engel wns brought
to tlie private office of Jailer Foi/.. 't his
was done for the purpose of allowing rel
atives to take their last interviews. Tlie
first one of tlie women to arrive after
Mrs. Schwab was Miss Engel, dnughtei
of the condemned anarchist. When tin
two met in tlie private office there was iip
outburst of grief, which it is impossible
to describe. 'The father and daughter
clung to each other and sobbed couvul
sively. Their conversation was in Ger
man and listened to only by Deputy Ole-
son. Then enme Mrs. Spies, mother ol
August. She hnd been waiting outsidi
for an hour and a half. Her sobs could
be heard through tlie corridors of the
Building. She did not stay long in tin
library with her son, and on her exit
from tho jail, Mrs. Fischer was admitted
Bhe went into the library,and her lumen
tntioiiR were heard above the tramp of
tlie deputies, who swarmed about In
places. But the crowning scene of all
was the visit of Nina Van Zandt,tle proxj
wife of Spies. She was conducted to tin
library by Deputy Eason. As she walked
through "the main office she betrayed n
emotion, but the moment she saw Au
gust, however, her demeanor complete!)
changed, and there wns a look, then a
gasp, anil in a trice the lovers were i;
each other’s arms. A number of euriop
reporters and officers crowded up to the
door of the library, but it was qiiickh
shut by a deputy. The interview between
tile prisoner and bis faithful devotee
lasted nearly a half hour.
Sirs. Lucy Parsons created a scene in
the Crininnl Court building about ten
o’clock at night. Approaching the door
which leads to the jail-yard,she demand
ed permission to proceed. This was de
nied. "But I must go in to see my hus
band,” exclaimed Mrs. Parsons. ‘ ‘V■.ri
cannot,” was tho firm reply. Then the
dusky wife of the anarchist threw up her
hands and fell to the floor in a dead faint.
It took over twenty minutes to bring her
to consciousness, Imt when this was (lore
she was escorted from the building.
Chief Ebersold hud a line of police,
armed . with . rifles thrown iivnnnd C ..
block immediately surrounding the jail,
which prevented the approach of crowds.
Ten companies, of twenty men each, all
hearing rifles, were posted about the jail
and streets in the vicinity, all under
command of Cnpt. George Hubbard, of
the central detail. Squads from the com
panies did guard duty at the entrances to
the jail mid the Criminal Court building.
At tho Central station, Harrison street,
West Twelfth street, Desplaines street,
YVest Chicago avenue and East Chicago
avenue, companies were held in reserve,
while one company were left at each of
tho fifteen sub stntions.
Rev. Dr. Bolton, of the First. Metho
dist church, called on Parsons. His visit,
lasted about three minutes and his effort
to get Parsons to consider spiritual mat
ters wore of no avail.
Tho gallows was put up in the northeast
corridor of the jail, where for many years
all Cook county hangings have taken
place. The scaffold was the same used
in the hanging of the throe Italian mur
derers, but it had been lengthened for
tlie purpose of swinging off the four
arc'llists at onco. It wns painted a t
In own color. The sheriff gave personal no-
lice to Spies, Engel, Fischer and Parsons,
that they wouid have to suffer the ex
treme penalty of the law. A bomb was
found by Thomas Maloney in tho rear of
tho residence of James Bvnyton, not far
from the jail. The bomb consisted of
a piece of gas pipe twelve inches long
and about two incites in diameter, filled
with pieces of iron and a substance sup-
Bray ton was
" the nn-
nrchists.
STATE ELECTIONS.
UESt/LT OP THE CONTEST
CLOSE SPOTS,
SOUTHERN BRIEFS,
HEADAHLE ITEMS CAREFULLY
GATHERED HITHER AND 1 ON,
New York.Ohio. .Mnrytnnd, AIhmcIimMiii
lawn. Until S|ilrllnt F.lrrtlon.-I'nlllntf
OH of Ilia Labor Tale.
Sorlst, Tnniwrnnre nmt Ucllgloiii Move*
inrnt.—l'lrei,, OSnilt. nml Mnlrlda* Rail
road Operations mid Improve Moat..
There were only two new cases i fever
in Tampa and no deaths. The sick
patients nre rapidly convalescing,
First ground was broken im the Knox
ville Southern Railroad, which is to run
from Knoxvilllc, Ton»., to Atlanta, Gn.
Governor Gordon, of Georgia, 1ms fined
the lessees of the two state convict camps
$5,000 for their ill-treatment of convicts.
A large crowd attended the colored
fair at Athens, Gn. The exhibits are
very good. Tho horse racing wns very
fine.
The Gulf division of tho American
Shipping and Industrial League met nt
Birmingham, Ala. Organization was ef
fected and several addresses wore deliv
ered.
A freight on tlie Western & Atlantic
Railroad ran into tho second section of
another freight, near Dalton, Ga., where
tlie tracks of tlie East Tennessee run
parallel with tho Western & Atlantic
Railroad, and a had wreck caused.
A suit resulting from the Richmond &
Danville accident, which occurred Octo
ber 20, between Grier’s and Taylor, wns
filed in Atlanta, Ga., by Y\L R. Wil
son, who was acting mail agent at
tlie time the accident occurred. Ho
claims to have boon very badly in
jured. His leg was crushed and
other bodily injuries were received of a
serious character.
The campaign over tlie pastorate of the
Independent Presbyterian Church in Sa
vannah, Gn., is very bitter. It is con
tended by Dr. Bacon’s opponents that Dr,
Axsou was elected for life and cannot lie
suspended except for cause. He is old
and not strong, mid last fall was virtually
relieved from the active care of tlie
church. They also charge that Dr. liu-
eon is mi advocate of miscegenation and
of mixed schools.
A middle aged white man, mimed
George Addison, attempted to commit
suicide in Greenville, S. O., in a fit of tem
porary insanity, lie swallowed half an
ounce of carbolic acid. Two physicians
wore summoned and administered anti
dotes, and saved him from immediate
death. Addison is from Edgefield coun
ty, where several years ago ho married
tlie beautiful daughter of the famous
Preston Brooks, who caned Charles
Sumner on the tloor of tho United States
Senate.
Developments in (lie Fifth National
Bank suspension nt St. Louis, Mo., shows
fimid and forgery, nml Cashier C. C.
Ciecilius, now under arrest, charged with
false entry and forgery. President
Ovcrstoltz would bo arrested if not on
his death bed. Bank Examiner Fere-
mean lias made some startling discover
ies, which caused him to lmve Cash
ier C. C. Crecilius arrested on the
charge of false entry. It is further re
ported that on the books tho figures ol
more than fifty entries lmve been
changed.
An encounter took place in Richmond,
Vn., between Congressman George D.
Wise ami William It. .Muller, edi'or (if
the l.ahne IN raid (weekly) and the Keen -
iny Herald (daily), resulting in both be
ing arrested nml bailed to appear before
the police court. Mr. Wise says lie had
been informed Hint Muller had been
m iking lying statements iu reference to
himself, und determined to whip him f or
doing so. Finding Muller, that after
noon, he proceeded to assault him, but
was caught and held, nud while being
held, Muller struck him in tlie face and
then ran off.
URMHftinUltlNU It it A V It ftIUN.
Copies of the act “to carry into effect
tlie last clause of article 7, section 1, par
agraph t, of the Georgia C.mstiuitinu,
and tlie amendments thereto,” lias just
been published. It provides that anyone
who enlisted in the service of the Con
federate States, or of Geogio, wire wa
ft citizen of Georgia on the 211 ih ol Octo
ber, 1880, wlto lost a limb or limbs while
engaged in said service, and by ivn on of
said service, or who may have r,ce veil
wounds which afterwards caused a
loss of limb or limbs, or wire
may have been permanently in
jured while iu said service, and
who may be a bona-fide, citizen nt lie-
time ot making application lor the bene
fits heroin provided for, shall be (•milled
to receive once a year tlie following com
pensation for the purposes expressed in
article 7, section 1, paragraph 1, of the
Constitution, to-wit; Total loss of sight,
$100; loss of one eye, $15; for total oi
partial loss of hearing, disabling parly
from ordinary pursuits, $15; lo»s of leg
above the knee, $35; loss of leg below
the knee, $25; ioss.d' arm above the el
bow, $30; loss of arm below the elbow,
$20; permanent injury from wounds, ren
dering leg or arm substantially and essen
tially useless, $25; permanent injury to
i any part, of the body, rendering party
! permanently and practically incompetent
for the performance of ordinary manual
j avocations, $26. J. C. Bunnon, out
of the most loyal-hearted voting men in
Macon, Gn., has started a movement for
the eternal perpetuation of the nil i.es ol
the Confederatefleud buried in Rose Hill
cemetery. "Some years ago the grave ■ ol
■ill the Confederate soldiers buried there
were marked with painted hoards, bear
ing, so far as could be learned, the name
and rank of encli individual. From long I
neglect, the mounds of these soldiers I
have sunken in, and tlie boards nt i licit
Two-thirds of Virginia definitely
heard front gives n democratic mnjoritj
of forty in the General Assembly. The
remainder of tlin state will increase this
majority by eight or ten, giving tlie
democrats about the sntnc majority they
had in tlie last legislature. Five colored
members of the house lmve been elefcted
by the republicans. Returns show that
iIm Senate will stand: Democrats, 25;
■ (‘publicans, 10; with five senatorial dis-
ti o'ts yet to hear front, which will prob
ably change tlicso figures to, democrats,
38; republicans, 12. The house stands:
Dimoerats, 58; republicans, 23; with
nineteen counties to hear from, which
will probably citnngo these figures to,
democrats, 05; republicans, 35—making
•' ‘lemocrntio majority of 40 on joint bal-
Tlto following arc correct totnis of the
vote in New York City on Secretary of
Shite: Grunt, 57,800; Cook, 110,781;
George. 37,810; Ilnll, 4,820; Hunting-
'nn, 1,470. Tlie total city vote complete
lor District Attqfney is ns follows: Nfcoll,
77,5.57; Fellows, 00,530; Post, 82,170;
Searing, 4,502; Manierro, (110. The state
went democratic by about 15,000 major
The republican plurality will be about
10,000 in Ohio. The united labor lead
ers are disappointed mid despondent.
They were confident that they would
elect their legislative ticket, but when
•lie returns showed losses in their strong
est wards they quickly gavo up nil as
lost. Onc of the leaders says there is no
ehnnee for the labor party there. Victory
was needed to bold the men together,
hut now it will he useless to attempt to
elect a ticket in Ilnmilton coilntv. Evi
dences of combination nre seen in tho fig
ures jff the governor's veto nnd that of
the legislative ticket. The union labor
legislative ticket in Cincinnati is from
two to three thousand greater tlinn for
its governor, while the democratic voto
for governor is about four thousand
greater than for its legislative ticket.
Governor Fornkpr’s vote is from six hun
dred to one thousand below the voto on
the republican legislative ticket. The
republican state connnittoo claims the
election of 22 senators, with the possibil
ity of 23, and 08 representatives.
Returns from tlie Maryland districts
are coming in very slowly, nnd are not
completed. The total vote of Baltimore,
wits 05,583, of which Jackson, Dcm-
Md.
oerat, received 34,687; Brooks, Republi
can, 27,830, ami Baldwin, prohibitionist,
1,150-a Democratic majority of 5,680.
I’bo entire legislative ticket is Democrat
ic so far as Baltimore is concerned. Tho
counties are in some instances very close.
Anne Arundel, heretofore strongly Dem
ocratic, gives n small Republican mnjor-
itv. Senator Gorman’s county, Howard,
is Democratic by a reduced majority. The
figures so fur received would indicate a
considerably reduced Democratic ntajoii-
ty in the Legislature, but relinblo esti
mates nre not obtninnblo. Tito call for a
constitutional convention wns defeated by
a heavy majority, probably 15,000
Jackson's majority in tho state ts esti
mated nt 0,000, tlie smallest received by
any governor for twenty years. Tim
Maryland Legislature on joint ballot wi'
lmve a Democratic majority of sevont-
one. a Republican gain of fourteen.
Returns from nil cities nud towns :
Massachusetts show Hint 205,000 voh
were cast for about 54,000 more than 1
1885, and 22,000 in excess of last year’
vote. Ames, Republican, 135,012; Lov-
cring. Democrat, 118,311; Earle, prohi
bitionist, 10,000; Marks, labor, 848. This
makes Ames’ plurality 17,011, against
0,473 last year. This is a clear majority
uf 0.550 against 023 in 1880.
Returns from 750 of the 900 precincts
of Iowa ijhow a net Democratic gain
of 785. If the same vote is maintained
in tho rest of state, it will give Larrnbeo,
Republican, for governor, 13,000 plu
rality over Anderson, Democrat, nnd a
majority of 8,000 over all. The vote of
Cain, union labor, for governor, will bo
about 0,000; Frnnhnm, prohibitionist,
vote will fall under 200 in the state. Tho
legislature will he Republican by about
45 on joint ballot.
Estimates from all the countios
Pennsylvania show a plurality! f between
33,000 ni’p 34,000 for Hurt (Republican)
for state treasurer, a Democratic gain of
about 10,000, ns compared with the voto
for state treasurer in 1885 nnd that for
governor last year.
Correct returns so far indicate that
the N J. Legislature will stand: Senate
Republicans 12, Democrats, 0; House
Republicans 87, Democrats 23.
GmtJIIANY’S C’ltOWN PUINCIC.
Prof. Stork, a doctor who makes a
specialty of throat diseases, iu a lecture
nt Vienna, created a sensation bv declar
ing tbnt the German crown prince is suf
fering from cancer, and that Dr. 5Iac-
kenzie’s treatment is entirely wrong.
This view, lie said, was confirmed by the
opinions of Bergcm urn and others, it
was the grossest blunder in the world to
travel about with the crown princo. It
was impossible to say wheiher a radical
operation would prove successful now; it
ought to have been performed long ago.
Prof. Bcrgemiuin will perform the opera
tion on the throat of Hie crown | rineo,
if tlie physicians decide that snob a step
is necessary. Toe prince has been for-
aidden to talk.
LYNCHED,
, heads lmve crumbled so that dark obliv-
It wns painted a dead ■ "’ill soon cast its gloomy shadow
over the last record of those brave men
who fought and died for the South.
Coi/dkutionh conic hard in hot weather
ami many business men liuvo to rest on
their* ewers until autumn.
George Hart, colored, wlto murdered
young Ed. Wuldrup, near Waverly, hist
year, was taken out of jail at Opelika;
A la., by a mob of about 75 masked men,
and curried where tlie crime was com
mitted, where lie was hung. A placard
was pinned on his back, saying: “The
person wlto cuts this man down will suf
fer the same fate.” The mob came into
the town about 11 at night, and was so
orderly that no one knew they were there
until the sheriff reported it. When they
arrived, they proceeded to tho jail mul
demanded the keys from Sheriff Gordon.
He refused to surrender them, whereupon
six men overpowered him ninl took the
keys from him.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
PICTURES OF THE DOINGS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Tli* netutrtinrnti Getting Down to ItintiiMi
Acaln-Tlie Nation’ll Flnnncnni-AppnlnN
mrnle nnd Homnvnls-I'ersonnls.
STBUGoVtc FOB DOOItKF.F.PF.n.
The candidates for tlie Doorkeeper-
ship oT the House of Representatives, are
busy canvnssing. Samuel Donelson, ol
Tennessee, the doorkeeper of the last
House, is a candidate for re-election, but
against hint are A. B, Hurt, of (Mississ
ippi, formerly clerk to the House com
mittee on postofficcs and postroads, nnd
now cliiof of a division in tlie postolllco
department; and Asher Barnett, of No
York, wlto ltns been in the service of the
House fur ton years, latterly in tlie ca
pacity of librarian.
T11E I.tqUOH BUSINESS.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Miller
reports Hint tlie quantity of spirits, 77,-
881,000 gallons, produced and deposited
in the distillery warehouses billing last
fiscal year, is less titan tlie production of
the year 1880, by 2,012,781 gallons. The
quantity of spirits—00,183,303 gallons—
withdrawn tax uald from distillery ware
houses during tlie past fiscal year, is less
than tho quantity withdrawn during rtte
previous llscnl year by 2.010,507 gallons.
1 ho quantity of distilled spirits in tho
United States, except what may be in
customers’ bonded warehouses, on tlie
first day of October, 1887, wns 104,439,-
880 gallons, this quantity being distrib
uted as follows: In distilleries nnd special
bonded warehouses, 01,008,377 gallons;
In the hands of wholesale liquor dealers;
14,714,050 gallons; in the hands of retail
liquor dcalors, 28,210,050 gallons. It:
making the above computation, the aver
age stock of each retail liquor dealer in
tno Untied States is estimated at 150 gal
lons. The commissioner sets forth the
evils nrising from the present method ol
treating rc-importod spirits.
NOTES.
Attorney-General Garland presented
tho resolutions adopted by tho bar asso
cintion on the dentil of Justice Woods,
to tlioU. 8. Supremo Court, and address
ed to tho court, highly eulogizing tho
luto justice.
TELL ME ONCE AGAIN.
Tell mo once again
With ton ler, loving voice,
Tlint cliotrs like sunshine after rain
And makes my soul rejoice.
Tell rao once again
Whon changing years have flown
That In your heart a love will reign
Which I may call my own.
Tell me once again. ,
I j
Tell mo onco again '
When time’s rolontless frown
Has chilled the current ot my life,
And changed my locks of brown,
That yet within thine eyes
My own may fondly gaze
And see that still within them shines
The light ot other days;
Tell mo, oil! tell mo onco again
Tell mo onco again
When on my dying conch
You will be there to sootho mypaln -
With love’s caressing touch,
And kneeling by mo then
Will breathe a fervent prayer
That He who wn tehee over men
Will take mo to llis care;
Tell mo, oh I tell me ouee ngaiu
Toll me once again
If death’s unyielding grasp
Should gather me into his fold ^
And to his bosom clasp,
That you will on my tomb
A loving tribute lay
And memory's urn implant thorcon
To mark my dying day;
Tell me, oh! toll mo once again.
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
THE WORLD OYER,
EPITOME OF THE INTERESTING
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Tlie Irish Troiiblss—Labor Agitation Every-
where—Whnt Is Doiaa North, Enstl
YVest unit Across the Hens.
Further attempts have bien tnado to
Intrii Dubuque, Iowa.
Gen. Latrobc was formally inaugurated
mayor of Baltimore for the fifth time.
The bridge across tho Maumee at Wa-
tervlllo, Ohio, fell, carrying a dozen men
on it.
Twenty freshmen of tho Madison,
Wis., University arc under arrest for
putting a rope around tlie neck of a stu
dent and trying to drug him to Mendota.
John Jambcr, who wns convicted of
attempting to kill Ex-Mayor Secor, of
Racine, Wis., with a dynamite bomb,
made an unsuccessful attempt to commit
suicide.
At the Congress of the Woman’s Suf
frage Association, which was held ut
Manchester, England, it was resolved to
reintroduce the woman's franchise bill ut
tlie coming session of Parliament.
The first truss of the Poughkeepsie, N.
Y. Bridge lias been placed in position.
It is 523 feet long between towers, 82 feet ,,, , .
deep and 85 wide, being the largest and °«icor con dog the steps of a criminal
heaviest steel truss iu the world. ' " hcn hc hus 110 tlo!; ‘ ] 1,0 <lotI SUPnlie *
THE INDIANS EIGHT.
Gen. Huger hnd a parley with tlie Crow
Indian Chiefs, and demanded that .Sword-
Bearer and all .oilier hostile Crows lie
surrendered for punishment-. After some
talk, the chiefs said they would go to
their camps and consult tlie medicine
man. The cavalry were then drawn up
ou an eminence fronting the Indim po
sition, and tlie Indians soon began riding
about and singfhg war songs. At the
und of the time allowed, the Indians to
come in with Bad-Young-Mnn, tlie env
airy advanced, the infantry took posi
tious, and tlie Indians opened fire. A’
tho first volley Corp aid Clias. Sampson,
of troop K, 1st cavalry, was shot (lend.
Privnte Eugene Malloy, of troop K, was
wounded four times. The Indium took
position in tlie rifle pits and in the brush.
A Hotchkiss rifle threw its first shot b -
yond tlie Little Horn. The next fell in
the Indian camp, and one Indian and a
horse was killed. The cavalry now ad
vanced upon the Indians, driving them
into tlie brush. Sword-Bearer wus
killed. Nearly all of the Indians came
into tlie agency, only about twenty es
caping to the hills. The latter are now
being pursued by tlie cavalry.
REI’OHTKIl JAILED.
Edward C. Bruffey, tho police reporter
of the Atlanta, Ga., Constitution, was ar
rested and placed in the Fulton county
jail. His offence consisted in his refusal
to divulge to the grand jury the name of
a grand juror who furnished him ccrtiin
information concerning the proceedings
of that body as to the finding of iudict-
ments against whiskey dealers. Persist
ing in liis refusal ho was taken before
Julgu Marshall J. C. Clarke, of the Su
perior Court, who committed him to the
county jail for ten days for contempt of
court.
AUGUSTA'S EXPOSITION.
Determined not to be outdone by her
neighbors, Atlanta, Charleston, nnd Ma
con, Augusta, Ga . has. resolved, to give
an exposition next full that will be the
grandest show ever seen in the Southern
states. This matter 1ms been discussed
for the past two weeks and iu order to
feel tlie pulse of tlie citizens a public
♦ueeting was called in the Hussars’ Hall,
l’lie hall was completely packed
nud hundreds of people were turned
away, being unable to gain admittance.
Game cooked on a niio range ought
‘o suit un old hunter,
HUMOR OF T1IE HAY.
A kidnapper—paregoric.
A stalilo government should bo ono
that is ruled by liorso sense.—I/necU,
Courier.
“I think I’ll givo this country tho
shako,” remarked tho malaria, as it pre
pared for business.
Cardinal Nowmah says: “A gentleman
is ono who nover iniliets pain.” That
settles it, thou I Tho watermolon is no
gentleman.—Statesman.
“What is more lovely than a peaceful
grandmother?” asks an exchange. Her
granddaughter. If this is not tho right
answer, we give it up.—Omaha World.
Ho coulil talk of art nud artists
In a mnimer quite intense;
Ho could draw a perfect Illy,
But ho couldn’t paint n fence.
— lV r as/u'n(/ton Critic.
Miss Blinks— “Why do you marry
Tom Bloodgood? Hc is well off in
years.” Miss Jinks- “Yos, but ho is
also well off in money.”—Burlington Free
Press.
“What do you sell tlint ribbon for!”
ashed a young Indy in a drygoods store.
“Eight dollars a week—oh, beg pardon
—50 cents a yard, miss.— Washington
Critic.
A New York brewer is said to givo
away to his workmen forty kegs of beer
a day. He must bo busy. At, leant this
looks lilto an evidence that ho has Ilia
hands “full.”—Statesman.
IIo wns eulogizing women. “Wliat is
there in tho wide world,” said lie, “so
pure and noblo and lovable ns woman.”
And just then a voice in the audience re
plied: “Two women.”—Paragraphs!'.
A Chicago hopeful who' was versed in
tlie mysteries of the drama, being asked
to call his papa to tea, went within hear
ing of tlie loved, but lingering sire, nnd
exclaimed: “YYImt ho! baso craven,
come hither to thy vesperian hash.”—
Duluth Paragrapher.
It is seriously proposed to provide
each night policeman in England with a
large dog. It lius been a matter of sur
prise to us that this has not been done
before. It is difficult to comprehend how
an officer can dog tho steps of a erimina 1
when lie has no dog. The dog supplio
a long-felt want.—Texas Siftings.
Tortugas Island.
Commander Ullmann, a retired officer
of tlie Hungarian army, who is now trav
eling in tliis country, is the owner of tlie
Tortugas Island, about which tlie llny-
tiim und British Governments had quitea
controversy sorao time ago. Tortugas
Island is considered valuablo for n naval
station, as it lms the best advantages for
the large ships of war nnd several natu
ral harbors. Great Britain, it was said,
wanted tho island for tliis purpose, and
the United States were also interested in
it for this reason. The British Govern
ment threatened to seize the island on ac-
tount of a claim of $1,000,000, but this
was settled by tho payment of ¥130,000.
I’he llnytian Government owned the
sland, and was in need of funds. YVhen
they were pressed for tho claim they
speedily raised the money in 1’iiris, and
tho next thing wo hear is that the island
was purchased by Commander Ullmann.
lie regards his purchase as a valuable one,
as it commands an easy mode of travel
to the Panama Canal. The new owner
of the island is anxious for tlie United
States to assume the dominion of tho
island. Ho has offered the island to this
Government on very easy terms. Tho
island is very fertile, and has on it large
tracts of timber lnnd. It will lie a valu
able purchase if tho United Slates Gov
ernment buys it.—Demurest.
Advertise Well.
Advertise well I ’tis the secret of glory, stick
to this principle fast ns a leech;
Think of tho names that are famous in story;
advertise well is the lesson they teach
How have men compassed so wide a connec
tion, made the world swallow their nos
trums at will I
Tis that by constant nnd serious relloctlon,
advertise well is the principle still.
Advertise well I yen will never repent it; noth
ing more wise can a business man do.
Stick to this motto, and never forget it; ad
vertise well—it will pull yon safe through.
Advertise well; do not think what ’twill cost
you; publisher’s bills are but friends in
disguise.
How do you know what your caution has lost
you? Would you be wealthy, you must
advertise.
Advertise welll though business be waning;
those who spend freest must win in the
end.
Up and bo doing! no need for complaining;
act for yourself, and bo your own friena.
Advertise welll all lanes have ft turning;
nothing pays better tlinn paper and ink.
Thousands who daily this motto are spurn
ing, find that it brings them to bank
ruptcy’s brink.
—Yonkers Gazette,