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VOLUME XXII.
Ih Georgia Enterprise.
A progressive Democratic paper, pub
lished weekly nt Cos ington, Newton
Comity, Georgia. Terms, $1.50 por an
num, strictly in advance. Established
October 28th, 1805. Burnt out on
August 01st, 1881, and again on Decem
ber 01st, 1883. Both times it went down
in ashes without any insurance.
TllltENTKßrmsßis an uncompromising
advocate of the principles of the organized
and living Democracy of to-day.
While it grants equnl justice to all
men before the law, it holds this to la. a
White Man’s Government, belonging to
him by tho right of discovery—be
! qnoathed to him by tho blood and suffer
ing of the Fathers. None but Anglo-
Saxon names were signed to the Declara
tion of Independence, and none but
white men bled and died to wrench tho
colonies from England’s cruel grasp, to
establish tho prond young Republic of
Amoiica.
Upon these issues tho paper is wiling
So go before the public, asking no other
support than that which its merits de
nerve. Tho pnper will bo free and out
spoken on all questions of public interest,
and will not endeavor to accomplish the
ridiculous feat of “running with tho Laro,
and baying with tlio hounds.’’
In other words, The Enterprise will
not be a “fonco rider” in any of the po
litical campaigns. Thoso who desire a
live nowspaper, are earnestly requested
o give it a trial.
8. W. IIAWKINS, Editor.
AFTER THE COUNTY SEAT.
A Difllt'iiltv in KniiMitH IConiilis in tlir Kiillug
nfSevernl >lrn.
f A serious shooting affray occurred on
night at Coronado, Wichita
■county, growing out of a contest between
■Coronado and Leoti as to which place
■should be the county seat A general
■shooting occurred, which resulted as fol
lows: William Pains, a druggist, and
■Charles Cotter, both of Leoti, were in
■stantly killed; Emmet Dimming, livery
man, Frank Jcanness, sou of the mayor,
David Johnson and Albert Bovey, mana
ger of the Chicago Lumber company, all
from Leoti,were fatally wounded. Frank
Lilley, real estate agent, Charles Loomis
■sud Ezra Loomis, all from Coronado,
.were slightly wounded. The scene of
the light is distant several miles from the
[railroad and telegraphic communica-
Nion and all details of the tight are not
vet known.
THE DOCTOR WAS DRUNK
.And He Clave Hie Patient Too Much Mor
phine*
Mrs. Ann Leonard Loth died at Rieh
[mond, Va,, last Wednesday night under
[circumstances which led to an investiga
ftion by the coroner Thursday In the
absence of her regular physician Dr.
Charles K. Gardner was summoned and
he administered morphine hypodermically
twice. The evidence of the family
physician, who was called before death
ensued is to the effect that Mrs. Loth
died from morphine poison and that
when he went to the house he found Dr
Gardner lying on the bed under the in
fluence of liquor. Dr. Gardner was ar
rested.
MURDERED Illst CREDITOR.
It. V. Loggias, a prominent meichant
of Winona, Wis., was murdered Tuesday
■afternoon by Alexander Crawford, col
ored. Crawford had been purchasing
supplies from Loggins and had become
involved. He failed to bring a mortgage
note of a trustees’ sale and Mr
Loggins went to see him about it and
[was murdered by the negro, who had
| prepared himself for the horrible work.
? Loggins was found cut to pieces. The
murderer escaped, but will doubtless be
captured.
OFF FOR UTAH.
Two II unflreil Convert, lo the Faith I.onvo
lor the “I.amt of Milk and Honey”
The semi annual liegira of Mormon
converts from the Southern States to
[Oali took place Tuesday. Chattanooga
[is the Southern headquarters of the
kphurch, and the converts assembled there
bm that day and left at night, about 200
strong They were in charge of John
'Morgan, chief elder. They came from
ti J the Southern States, and the most ig-
Inorant and illiterate class of people. The
[converts labor under the delusion that
I Utah is a “land of milk and honey.” All
of the men had large families, and ninny
. had only a few dollars left after purchas
[ing their tickets. There are now 200
leldrrs at work in the South.
j A NEW TELEGRAPn COMPANY.
The certificate of incorporation of the
Sew York Southern Telegraph company,
ivas filed Monday, states that its capital
s $1,000,000, divided into sharesof SIOO
(aoli, with the privilege of increasing its
itock to $5,000,000. The incorporators
kid number of shares held by each are as
follows: James B. Pace, Richmond,
[,500 shares; John S. Wise, Richmond,
1,000; Thomas M. Logan, Richmond,
1,000; J. G. Moore, New York, 4,000,
[nd J. C Weaver Page, New York, 5,-
(00. The wires are to run from New
fork to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
hgton, Richmond, Charleston, Savannah
Ind Now Orleans and to all intermediate
knots.
WOLSELEY ON LEE.
*Jnst Gentle, Generous nnd nonornbte,
Hie Life a Record of Duty Nobly lionet’
Gen. Lord Wolseley, in an article on
3en. Robert E. Lc-e, speaks with un
funded enthusiasm of the personal char
acter an 1 military genius of that officer,
rile article snys: “If he had not been
■ontrolled by the political leaders of the
Confederacy, he would have captured
Washington after the battle of Bull Run.
lie was the greatest American of the
'entury, and is worthy of eulogy with
Washington. Among the world's gener
ils he was the most perfect of all. Just,
fen tie, generous and honorable, his whole
ife was a record of duty nobly done,”
The Georgia Enterprise
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
NEWS NOTEB GATHERED
FROM VARIOUS BECTIONB.
GEORGIA.
During Saturday's storm in Dawson,
tho outbuildings and sheds of the Dawson
Manufacturing works were blown down,
tho water tank of Baldwin & Sharpe’s
mill, their shed and stubles.
In Berrien county, while M. B. Civil*t,
sou of M. B. Clyatt, was burrowing a
picco of ground, in some way the tooth
of the harrow, seven-eighths of an inch
thick and ten inches long, struck his foot
and penetrated through it, pinning it to
the ground.
Valdosta's treasury is in a healthy ren
dition. When the new couneil .took
charge of the affairs of tho town, in Feb
ruary, 1880, there was about S7OO in the
treasury and no considerable debts on the
town. They retired last week, and turned
over to their successors about sl,9oo,and
no debts amounting to anything.
A few fine white shad have been taken
from the river near Bainhridge this
spring, probably n part of the govern
ment plant made several years ago here
and at other points. Those caught were
taken with hook and line, although they
arc seldom ever taken except with nets.
They were of good size, from two to
three pounds, fat and juicy.
Negotiations are pending now between
certain lund owners in Decatur county
and a northern syndicate, which promises
the early sale, for cash, of 80,000 acres of
timbered lands at $1.50 per acre—a deal
of $120,000. If consummated there is no
doubt of its proving the largest single
transaction*in timbered lands that has oc
curred in the state in a long time.
Ellijny Courier: Wc learn of many in
dividuals in this county who intend rais
ing a crop of tobacco this year. The
movement set on foot seems to be gain
ing favor with the substantial farmers of
the county, and we hope to chronicle
their experiments as they progress in this
money-making business. We should be
glad to be informed by all persons who
engage in this branch of agriculture.
Joseph W. Graham was killed at Pax
son’s saw mills, near Mcßea, Saturday.
He was running the shingle machine at
the mill at the time of the accident, and
by some means his foot and leg was
caught in the cog wheels of the machin
ery, horribly crushing his leg nearly up
to the knee. Drs. Swinney and Blanton
and Hunter amputated the limb, but the
shock was too great, resulting in death
at 12:30 o’clock Saturday night.
A few days ago the Dade Coal com
pany bought of Judge Jas. R. Brown, of
Canton, and J. D. Thomas, of Bartow
county, about 0,000 acres of wliat is
claimed to be as fine iron and manganese
property as there is anywhere lying in
Cherokee and Bartow counties, on Stamp
creek. They paid for the same some
thing over $12,000. This property was
once owned and operated upon by Dr.
John W. Lewis, of Canton, and at one
time had as many as three or more fur
naces upon it and paying well.
ARKANSAS.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
Desha lumber and planing company’s
saw mill. It is to be the biggest saw
mill in the L T nited States.
The safes in the sheriff’s and clerk’s
office in U meville were blown open Wed
nesday night, and robbed of, ns reported,
SOO,OOO. The amounts range from $16,-
000 to $30,000.
A large number of the leading citizens
of Prescott are organized into a society
termed the “Loyal Citizens.” Its object
was for the purpose of suppressing any
attempt which might be made to break
the prohibition law, but its meetings are
taking a social turn,
W. P. Homan, assistant general man
ager of the St. Louis, Arkansas and Tex
as railway, offered n reward of SIOO for
the apprehension and conviction of four
unknown men, who, Wednesday night,
near the company’s roundhouse, brutally
assaulted and left for dead Thomas
Ilergold, master mechanic of the Arkan
sas division of the road.
In Russelville John Sherrill committed
suicide by shooting himself with a rifle
gun. Sherrill locked himself up in a side
room at his father-in-law’s house, loaded
his gun and tied a string to the trigger,
by which means he fired the fatal shot.
The ball entered the left cheek bone and
ranged toward the back of the head.
Drs. Hill and Drummond were called to
see the man before he died. He seemed
to be in his right mind when they arrived
at the place where he had committed the
deed. He seemed to want to recover and
called for his wife. He died in a few
hours.
Near Roseville, Mr. J. C. Pendargas,
living on the farm of W. P. Van Hoozer,
had his house burned, and with it five
out of nine of his family. The unfor
tunates were all boys—hearty, robust and
the pride of their father. The house, on
account of the high winds, was quickly
consumed. The house was a little double
story log house, with the stairway lead
ing into the hall entering the upper
rooms by doors from the upper hall. It
is supposed that the boys, who slept up
stairs, set their lamp on a shelf near the
door, nnd going to bed left it burning
nnd that the lamp was overturned by the
wind, firing the house near the do ir,
thereby closing the way of escape. The
father awoke just before the house fell in
and escaped through n window with his
wife and two little girls. The screams
of the boys, whose ages were from six to
sixteen, calling for their father to aid
them, was heartrending in the extreme,
but the flames were beyoud the power of
any living person, and on account of the
angry winds was but a short time in de
vouring their work.
COTTON SEED OIL MILLS.
Organization Will bo t’oraplotod Wlthla
Ten Days.
A special dispatch to the Manufac
turer's Record, of Baltimore from an of
ficial source, as to a syndicate now form
ing to build cotton seed oil mills in the
south, says the company will be organ
ized under the laws of New Jersey, with
a capital of $5,000,000. The mills will
be built of large capacity at points
throughout the whole cotton seed terri
tory. The incorporators are best oill mill
men in the south and the largest consum
ers in the north. Four times the neces
sary money could be obtained. The or
ganization will be completed within ten
days.
THE WEEKLY REVIEW.
tinny .Millions Invented In Monlliern Enter*
prises.
During tho past week there have boon
received reports of the incorporation of
the following new companies in the
South: Nashville Light and Heat com
pany, two millions capital; the car com
pany, Anniston, Ala., one million cap
ital; the South Baltimore Car company,
$200,000 capital; the Consolidated Coal
Coal and Iron company, Chattanooga,
$2,500,000 capital! United States Crude
Petroleum and Gas company, Baltimore,
$1,000,000 capital; tlie stained glass fac
tory, Chattanooga, $2,500,000; five blast
furnaces as follows: one at Rome, Ga.,
one at Calera, Ala, two at Cartcrsville,
Ga., one at Gadsden, Ala., gas machine
works, Chattanooga; sheet rolling mill,
Atlanta; Pawnc Mineral company, Ash
ville, Ala., $1,000,000 capital; Consoli
dated Mining company, Memphis, sl,-
000,000 capital; spoke factory, Lexing
ton, Ky., SIOO,OOO capital; Bessemer
Steel Rolling mills, Bessemer. Alabama,
half million capital; saw mill supply
factory, Chattanooga, $150,000 capital.
Among the small new organizations are
tinec flour mills and a factory at Chat
tanooga; seventeen lumber companies,
Ihree in Arkansas, two in Tennessee, one
in Alabama, two in Florida, three in
Georgia, two in Louisiana, four in Texas,
and four railroad companies, two in
North Carolina, one in Alabama, and one
from Chattanooga to the top of Lookout
mountain.
HEAVY WINDS.
Two Ohio Ulver Steamers Hunk nt l.oiiis
vitlo Kr>
A telegram from Louisville Ky., says:
Early Saturday morning, the wind com
menced to blow here heavily, coming
front the northwest. It continued to
blow a perfect hurricane at intervals un
til 0 o’clock this evening. Many acci
dents are reported and considerable
damage has been done. The stern wheel
steamer Reindeer, lying at the city wharf,
was so roughly treated by the waves that
she sprang a leak and sunk in four feet
of water. After she had settled upon
the bottom, a much larger steamer, Hi
bernia, which was tied to the wharf a
few yards above, was seized by the whirl
wind. Her tlirce large cables were snap
ped like twine, and site was cast against
the lumber vessel. The latter was badly
smashed up and the Hibernia readied
her moorings with her side smashed.
The river is rising two inches an hour,
and if the heavy rains of the last week
continue, much suffering will follow.
The water lias already reached many
houses. The hurricane today also smashed
in about 150 feet of the western wall of
the southern exposition building, doing
SI,OOO damage.
THE FIRE FIEND.
Twrniv I'ernooa Loss Tlielr Litm on the
Hteniner CJnrilnor of the Tombtgbre
lUver.
The steamer W. 11. Gardner one of the
largest boats plying on the Tombigbe rivet
from Mobile, was burned Tuesday after
noon three miles below Gainesville, Sum
ter county, Alabama. The boat is a to
tal loss, together with four hundred and
sixty-four bales of cotton. Loss of life
is very large, as follows: S. C. Black
man, Jule Rembert and two children, of
Demopolis. Mrs. W. F. Rembert and
three children, of Demopolis ; Thco L
Graham, R. G. Rotes. And the follow
ing colored persons: John Bryant, stew
ard, Green Jenkins, Henry Ford, Hay
ward Hudson, L. Lindsey, Virgil Jones,
Amos Harris, and three unknown.
Mrs. Rembert is the wife of the clerk
and part owner of the boat. The remain
ing whites were passengers living in the
upper Tombigbee district. No details of
the cause and progress of the fire have
been received.
The Gardner was valued at $25,000 and
is reported to be fully insured. The
cotton on board was insured for $25,000.
FIRE IN COLUMBIA.
Two Alnrm* In one l>ay.—Kittle Dam iff'
Done.
Two fire alarms were sounded iu Col
umbia, S. C., Tuesday. The first caused
some excitement, the fire being in a
closely-built and handsome block on
Main street. The stovepipe in the art
gallery of W. A. Reckling fired the roof,
ami things looked badly for awhile.
Streams were soon playing on the roof,
and the fire was easily extinguished, The
loss is slight, is due chiefly to damage
from water, and is fully covered by in
surance.
The other fire was in a small wooden
building in the southern part of the town,
occupied by Frank Jackson. He was at
his regular work elesewhere, his wife had
gone on some errand, and their thru
children were locked up in the house.
Fortunately, the fire was soon discovered,
else the children would probably have
been burned to death.
SUNDAYS FIRES.
Incendlnry Fire In I.ynrhburg, V*.—Rice
.Mill ntimed at New Orlenne.
A destructive incendiary fire occurred
Sunday morning at 3 o’clock, on Main
street, Lynchburg, Va., destroying the
Hill City livery stable, the feed store of
T. M. Harwood and W. A. Woody’s car
riage factory. Sixteen valuable horses
and two mules were burned to death.
Two firemen were badly injured. Charles
Buford was arrested and partially con
fessed the crime, implicating several
other persons. The loss is $10,000; in
surance $5,000.
The Mariposa rice mill, Nos. 60 to 67
St. Joseph street, New Orleans, La., and
an adjoining building were burned Sun
day. The loss is estimated at $15,000,
fully insured. The fourth story of the
building on the eastern corner of Canal
and Chartres streets was burned also.
The loss is estimated at SIO,OOO.
SOUTH CAROLINA SHAKEN.
Charlestoa nnd Summerville Annin fthnken
Up by Earthqunkes.
About six o’clock Saturday morning
a slight earthquake shock was felt at
Charleston and adjacent country. The
shock continued five seconds. The di
rection of the wave was from west to east.
In one house a vase was thrown down
but no damage was done anywhere. The
shock was so Blight that many persons
sleeping at the time were not disturbed.
The first disturbance worth mentioning
since the first of the new year. A spec
ial from Summerville says: a decided
earthquake shock was felt here at six
o’clock Sunday morning. It was very
short and no damage resulted. Coming
after the earthquakes in Europe, it bai
made rather a sensation.
“MY COUNTRY MAT SUE EVER BE RIQIIT. RIOIIT OR WRONG MY COUNTRY."—Jeffereon
COVINGTON, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1887,
SEARCHING THE RUINS-
I-'tirlhrr Dplnlls of the European Earth
quake.
Heartrending details of the disasters
caused by the earthquakes continue to ar
rive. At Diano Mariano, a child of
twelve years and her father were extri
cated from the debris, when the latter
expired upon the spot. The survivors lit
Diano Mnriuno say that a majority of the
victims were killed by the second shock,
people having re-entered their houses to
procure clothing. Tho bodies, wrapped
in shrouds, lie in the middle of llie
streets.
At Bassano the soldiers arc still search
ing the ruins. They have rescued
t wenty‘seven persons, all of whom are
more or less injured. The people sleep
in carriages and improvised places of
shelter.
Signor Ganaja, minister of public
works of Italy, has visited Bejardo, and
attended the funeral of 230 victims of
ilie church cellar, who were buried in a
common trench in the cemetery. He also
made arrangements for a temporary hos
pital for the injured.
The relief committees nre being organ
ized throughout the country, but it is
impossible to supply the numerous wants.
San Remo is deserted. There were
303 persons killed nnd 150 injured in
that town.
Troops have been compelled to keep
hack, at the point of the bayonet, the
crowds of despairing men and women
who were impeding the work of excava
tion, in their efforts to find missing rela
tives, The bodies of the victims of the
disaster are terribly disfigured. The suf
feiiugs of the survivors are great, The
supply of provisions and drugs and am
bulance apparatus being painfully inade
quate. The work of the rescuers is at
tended with considerable danger. In
some cases they have been obliged to flee
from the battery walls, although they
could hear the groans of the victims bur
ied beneath the debris. All the members
of the family of the m *yor of Bajardo
were killed outright. Of another fam
ily, consisting of twenty-two persons,
named Maestria, only a single member,
half demented, is left, The half-clothed
people are wandering on the seashore ex
posed to the inclement weather. At
Diano Mariano a woman and child were
taken out alivo after being entombed
three days.
A BIG CLAIM.
Virginia Ilrirs to the Hite of the City of
Louisville.
Developments which have recently
come to light seem to establish the claims
of the heirs-at-law of the late Daniel
[McDonald, of Virginia, to the land on
which the city of Louisville, Ky., is lo
cated. Tho particulars are these: In
1782 a warrant was issued by Governor
Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia, for mil
itary service to said Daniel McDonald for
a certain tract or parcel of land lying in
the district of Kentucky, on the Ohio
river. No disposition was made of this
land by said grantee, and it seems to
have been lost sight of by his descend
ants until recently one of them, a grand
son, General James McDonald, of Rich
mond, adjutant general of the state, in
making some investigations in the land
book of Virginia, came across the war
rant. He sent a copy to the register of
lands of Kentucky, asking if he could
locate the land.
After taking due time for the investi
gation to be made an answer came from
the Kentucky land office that from all
the Information that could be had the
1,000 acres of land in the name of Daniel
McDonald was located at the falls of the
Ohio river, and that the city of Louisville
was built thereon. The letter went on
further to state that a number of years
ago the said land escheated to the com
monwealth of Kentucky, but as an
escheat is only good in case of the de
fault of heirs, that amounts to nothing;
indeed, is an advantage to the claimants.
Auother fortunate circumstance for them
is that the compact entered into by the
State of Virginia with Kentucky when
tlie latter was permitted to set up as a
State solemnly bound the new State to
protect and defend the claims of Virgin
ians owning lands in Kentucky and their
heirs forever against any and all comers.
Lawyers who have examined tho case say
that it seems to lack no clement of
strength.
FLAMES AT ANNISTON.
A defective Flue l)op* Us Work la an Ala
bumii Town.
Fire broke out in the cooking apart
ment of the handsome brick residence cn
Noble street, Anniston, Ala., last Thurs
day, belonging to the Woodstock Iron
company, occupied by Mr. J. M. Ledbet
tcr and kept us a boarding house. The
building was completely destroyed; in
jured for SII,OOO in Factors nnd Traders,
New Orleans. Mr. Ledbetter and all his
boarders lost their furniture almost en
tirely. The family of Mr. W. G. Led
better occupied an up stairs room and
were rescued from the flames by a brave
negro servant. Wat Tumlin, who was
the first to discover the fire, brought
Mrs. Ledbetter and her three children in
Ids arms at one load, out through tlio
smoking hall and down the St lirs to a
place of safety. His heroic net is highly
praised. The frame dwelling adjoining
belonged to Colonel N. B. Fogan, of
Birmingham,occupied by Mr. L. ITllman,
was damaged s2so,covered by insurance.
The furniture of Mr. Ullman was saved,
but badly damaged by removal.
A small frame dwelling on the corner
below belonging to Mr. Street, of Col
umbus, Miss., destroyed. No insurance.
Mrs. Young saved her furniture. The
dwelling below belonging to*Mr. Drewry
Miller, occupied by Judge Crecn, was
dcstrooed. Insured for SOOO in Planters
and Merchants of Mobile. Mr. Crccn
saved his furniture. The firemen did
good work in saving several buildings
nut labored under the disadvantage of
not having enough hose.
All the parties thus thrown out of
doors will find it difficult to secure places
’o live as there is not a vacant house in
i he city.
SNOWDRIFTS IN MINNESOTA.
The superintendent of the Winona
and St. Peter railroad states that between
Mankono and Tracy, Minnesota, snow
drifts are in many cases six feet above
the telegraph poles, and that linemen
have had to splice scantling to the tops
of the poles to get the wires up where
they could be used. He says many of
lie drifts are twenty-five feet deep, and
packed so hard that the company dares
not send a snow-plow through them.
One thousand men are now at work shov
eling Buow between Mankono and Tracy,
.mU the line will not be cleared for sev
eral days.
A DAY.
Talk not of ial Novetnber, wh-n a day
Of warm, glad sunshine tills tho sky of
noon,
And a wind, borrowed from some morn of
June,
Stirs tho brown grasses an 1 the leafless
•pray.
On tho unfrootod pool tho pillared pinei
Lay tlioir long i hafts of shadow; tho small
rill,
Ringing a pleasant song of stimmor still,
A line of silver, down tho liill-slope shines.
Hushe 1 the bird-voices and the hum of bees,
lit the thill grass tho cricket, pipe no
more:
But still the s piirrel hoards his winter
store,
And drops his nut-shells from the shag bark
trees.
Softly the dark green hemlocks whisjier:
high
Above, the spires of yellowing larches
Bhow,
Where the woodpecker and home loving
crovv
And jay nnd nut hatch winter's threat defy.
O gracious beauty, ever new and old!
O sights and sounds of until re, doubly dear
When the low sunsh ue warns the closing
year
Of snow-blown fields and waves of Arctic
cold I
Close to my heart I fold each lovely tliiug
The sweet day yields; and, not diiconso
late,
With the calm patience of the woods I
wait
For leaf and blossom wdien God gives us
Spring 1
— J. G . Whittier , in Atlantic Monthly.
A SWAMP MYSTERY.
nv wili.i.vm o. stoddaud.
Tlie summer of the year 1802 was par
ticu!a:ly t.ot on the coast of North Car
olina. It even did something to coun
teract the more destructive heat of the
civil war.
General Burnside had captured a long
reach of the seaboard, and had estab
lished his head quarters at N’ewberne.
No battles followed very soon, nor any
storms to speak of. but the army and the
weather were fast getting into a high
state of preparation for either kind of
event.
There were Union troops at Fort Macon
and .Vo: < head ( ity, not many miles up
the const from Newbcrnc, and much pay
was due them.
The money came down from the North
in July, and a couple of piymastcrs re
ceived orders to go at once and deal it
out to the men.
Before the war a railway had been con
structed from Ncwberne to Morehcud
City. Its rails were still there, but all
its lolling stock, with tlie exception of
one hand car lmd gone into the interior
the State. The viaduct was oniy just
wide enough to carry the rai's.aad much
of its course was through a swamp whose
dense bushes were tow luxuriaily reach
ing out as if they meant to capture the
track before the enu of the season.
The Quartermaster placed his one
hand-car at the disposal of the paymas
ters He did so with the pleasant infor
mation that at the previous evening the
busy Confederate!! had made a raid and
had swept away all the pickets posted
nlong the line of the railway. New pick
ets had been posted, lie told them, and
their proposed trip would be reasonably
safe.
“That is,” be said, “I guess you’re
safe from any (onfeds; but if you don't
get through before dark Id advise you
to I e pretty prompt about answering any
hail. The boys’ll all be wide awake
this time. They won't be slow abo t
taking care of themselves in the dark.
Not a man of ’em wants to go to Wil
mington just now, nor to Audersonv/lle
either.”
That warning made tho Paymaster
shake his head and grew in importance
before the hand-car set out. for it was
plain enough that it would be dark be
fore the trip could be half made. Pre
cisely how dark it would lie or why was
not as yet imagined by auybo ly..
There were nine men huddled on that
hand car when it went. A sergeant and
four soldiers were its motive power,
guard and garrison. The writer of this
stoiy was there altogether as an adven
turer. Two pa masters, with the rank
of major, and one clerk were iu charge
of a black box co;,ta ning oi er SBO,OOO in
greenbacks, to be scat:ered among the
volunteers on the morrow.
The air grew more and more close and
sultry, and ust before night a sort of
haze began to rise over the eastern hori
zon.
“That’s it, Vajor,” said tho Sergeant
to ■ 'lie of the paymasters. “We're going
to hear from Cape Ilattcras.”
“storm coming?”
“Right along. ’Twon't take it long
to come.”
He w as correct os to the time required
by Capo Ilattcras, or whatever was man
aging that storm. The sky rapidly grew
black as ink and dnrkness came with
but moderate reference to the departing
sun.
Just before entering the denser thick
ets of the swamp, a picket was reached
and the officer in charge repeated the
warning of tlie Quartet master ■
“Be ready to answer right away. It'll
be pitch dark and some of the boys are
nervous, after last n’ght's work. They’ll
shoot quick.”
That was to tho Sergeant, but it was a
Paymaster who replied:
‘•Well, now, Captain, we didn't say
so, but we thought the trip would be
safer by night than by day. The men
have got to have the money.”
“Hope the < onfeds won’t get it t’.en.
Put her through, Sergeant, but look
sharp. The storm's most got I ere.” He
also was correct about the weather. In
ten minutes more such a stonn had ar
rived as was a credit to Cape Hatteras
and the wholo seac oa t of North Caro
lina. On rolled the handcar, its crouch
ing passengers drenched with raiu that
fell in streams rather than drops. The
lightning tla-hed almost incessantly, and
the thunder teemed to lie rolling around
all over the swamp, except where a
streak of lightning cleft it, the darkness
was like a solid wall, and there was
neither headlight nor hand lantern pro
vided for that liandear.
“Worst storm I ever saw,” remarked
the Sergeant, and one of the brace of
men who were acting as motive power
grunted back at him. “It's the worst
kind of a storm, but you can’t see it.”
It was a just correction of the state
ment made by the Sergeant, but at that
moment a hoarse, dc< p.all butsepub hral
voice from among the bushes and black
ness at the right of the tra k com
manded :
“Haiti”
♦ ‘Stop hor! Quick, boys!” exclaimed
the Sergeant, nnd ns the men changed
instantly from motive power into brake*,
he sprang from the enr into water above
his knees and waded forward to nnswer
the hail and give the countersign.
It was all in vain. Down came a
double dolugo of rain and thicker dark
ness. Then n vividness ot blue elec
tricity danced through the dripping
buhes and u great roar of thunder fol
lowed it as if in search of tho hidden
“picket.'* Neither rain, nor lightning,
nor thunder, nor the anxious question
ings of the Sergeant discovered him.
There he was, or must have been, dead
or alive, for he hud said “halt,” buttha
was apparently all he had to say.
The Sergeant splashed his way back
to the hand car, using very strong lan
guage, and it was decided to go forward.
"We’re just as likely to bo fired into,
first thing,” remarked the Paymaster’s
clerk, "and they’d hit some of us, sure!"
Both of the paymasters agroed with
him. and one expressed his satisfaction
that the box containing the greenbacks
I was waterproof.
“That’s more than I am,” said one of
the soldiers. “This ’er rain’s got through
I my roof. I can feel it trickle down in
i side of me.”
The hand-car was not propellod rapid
ly after that, but the lightning and
thunder worked harder than ever. Per
haps half a mile had been gained, when
another voice, on the left this time and
not so near, b it equally hoarse and per
emptory, shouted:
“Halt!”
Other words which seemed to follow
were swallowed up by a wide-mouthed
clap of thunder, and so was the Ser
geants prompt response, but in an in
stant he was among the bashes.
Tho first we heard from him was:
“ Boys, it s up to my waist and getting
deeper!”
“Go on, Sergeant 1” shouted one of the
paymasters. ‘‘ They’ll be shooting at us
if they don’t get an answer!"
“Hurrah for General Burnside!”
squawked tho Paymaster’s clerk, in a
vague effort to let any supposed picket
know which side he was on, but a severe
sternness from the further end bade him:
“Shut up! Halt! Come along!”
“I’m coming!” shouted the Sergeant.
“Friend! Paymaster!”
“Shut up! Come along!” responded
the threatening voice beyond him.
For a full quarter of an hour the Ser
geant grop and and floundered among
those bushes. Again he used strong
language; very strong, indeed; hut not a
soul came to meet him, nor did another
word reply to his repeated requests that
the picket should advise him a9 to what
course he should take.
The party on the band-car cowered
under sheets and torrents and whole
mill ponds of falling water, and hoped
that there might be a cessation of the
lightning flashes, so that any hidden
r.liemen would bo less able to shoot
straight.
"I give it up,” said the voice of the
Sergeant at last. He was only three
paces from the car, but he was invisible.
“The boys know who we are,” said
one of the soldiers, “and we can go on;
b it it’s au awful mean joke to play in
such a rain as this.”
“There’s something more than that in
it,” said onoof the paymasters. “There's
a trap of some kind. We’ll never get to
Morehead City.”
“We’ll go ahead, anyhow,” said the
Sergeant. “There’s as much danger be
hind as there is before.”
“I’m glad I hurrah 'd for Burnside,”
remarked the Paymaster's clerk.
On went the hand-car into the water
soaked darkuess, and another mile or
more was rolled over before the wayside
summons was sonorously repeated.
“Quick, now, Sergeant!” said the
Senior Paymaster.
"Don’t know, Major,” ho replied.
“That fellow s away into the swamp.
He's got under cover. I couldn’t even
find him. Risk it! Boys, risk it! Run
ahead. They can’t hit us if they do
fire.”
“Halt!” came warningly out of tho
blackness as the hand-car dashed for
ward, and with it came thunder that
sounded like a rattle of musketry.
• 'They didn’t work their joke this
time, Major,”said the Sergeant.
“There's more than that in it,” said
the Vajor. “I’m glad we’re past that
picket, but I’m afraid we’re running into
troublo. They may have surprised More
head City and the fort.”
“Reckon not, Major. Run her your
level best, boys. We won’t halt again
for anybody.”
That was brave talk, but in less than
twenty minutes he exclaimed :
‘ Hold on, boys! That picket is right
on the track. Stop her for your lives!”
They did so as an ominous and menac
ing throat repeated:
“Halt! Halt!”and from tho rear, at
the same moment, other voices seemed
to say:
“Got ’em I Got ’em now?”
“I'm afraid they have," groaned the
Major, “money and all, and we’re on our
way to Wilmington.”
“No use to hurrah for Burnside this
time,” squeaked the Paymaster's clerk.
The Sergeant ran ahead along the track
until he missed his footing in the dark
and cent off into a grimy depth of water
nnil black mud, just as somebody said :
“Who’s there?" and he was trying to
respond:
“Friend, with the countersign.”
His mouth has too much in it for suc
cess and once more he used strong and
very volcanic expressions as soon as his
vocal organs were at work again. Then
we heard him say:
“Come along, boys. There isn’t any
body here, and the water’s six inches
deep over the track.”
It was a doleful mystery, and the
chance of being fired into grew grisley
enough’ as tlie car was dubiously urged
forward.
The fierceness of the storm diminished,
and thus, with a great gust of wind from
Cape Ilatteras, it ceased. More wind
came and swept away tlie clouds. The
moon came out gloriously, and at that
ve y moment the Paymaster’s clerk ex
claimed :
“Quick, Sergeant! They could see
to shoot now!”
“Halt! Come along! Got’em! Got
’em! Bully! Better mount! Better
mount 1”
That was what it sounded like, but
the Sergeant exclaimed :
“Abraham Lincoln ! If it doesn’t make
five times that we've been halted by those
Confederate frogs!”
In half an hour more we were all safe
in Morehead City, leaving the frogs to
play jokes on somebody else. Chicago
Inter- Ocean.
A teacher in a San Francisco public
school was informed by a lawyer at 2
i*. v. that she was heir to $20.1,000. He
o pected to hear her whoop and to see
her grab her bonnet and ruu, but instead
of that she calmly replied: “I will hear
tho class in geography, lick three boys,
and be at your office iu an hour.”
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
A Poaer—No Fruitless Errands fbr
Hint—A Treat—He Acted Oddly
—He Liked the Deaus
A Texas Tragedy.
Doctor—‘-There, get that prescription
filled, nnd take a tablespoonful three
times a day before meals.”
Pauper Patient—“But, doctor, I don't
get but one meal in two days.”—Sijt
ing.
No Frukless Errands lor Him.
“Doctor, I must ask you to i new that
prescription for my daughter. She is
threatened with another attack,and”
“I gave you no prescription, sir. I'm
no doctor of medicine. I'm a dentist."
“Oh, you arel Well, then, go to my
house and pull a couple of teeth for my
wife. Pm not going to run four or five
blocks for nothing.” —Philadelphia Call.
A Trent.
An old man wearing a misfit suit was
hurrying through tho slush in Market
street lato yesterday afternoon when his
feet suddenly flew out from under him.
There wa< a splash, a mutlled snort, and
then the man with tho misfit suit wo*
seen to rise slowly to his feet.
"Hurt you much!” asked a sympa
thetic witness of the accident.
“Not a bit,” replied the old man with
a smile. "In fact, it was a good deal of
a treat. I have slipped up on the side
walks seventeen times this winter, but
this is the first time I have had the good
fortune to strike the snow when it win
soft. Just squeeze the water out of the
coat tails, please." —Philadelphia CM.
He Acted Oddly
He was going horn* to his wife and
family. It was growing dark. He had
a lonely road from the train, and he was
getting along as fast as he could, when he
sudderiy gathered a dim suspicion that
a man behind him was following him
pjrposcly. The faster he went the faster
the man went, and they came to a 1 are
yard. "Now,” he said to liimsel 'll
find out if he is after me;” and h- a--
ed through the cemetery. The ma il
lowed him. Vague visions of rei
behind him, forebodings of footp-:
farroters and things grew upon h, .e
odged round u grave, and his pursuer
dodged after him. He made a detour of
a family vault. Still this forbidding
shadow after him round and round. At
last he turned and faced the fellow.
“What do you want? What are you fol
lowing me for?”
“Isay, do you always go home like
this? I’m going up to ’s house to do
a job of carpentering, and the conductor
told me if I followed you I’d find the
place. Are you going home at all?”
He Liked Them.
United States Senator Sawyer, of Wis
consin, told this story to a group of his
fellow Senators:
In early times up in the pine woods,
when our folks weren't all millionaires,
some of us used to get up a chopping syn
dicate. A dozen fellows, all good w.th
the axe and handspike would club to
gether, chip in and buy grub for the
winter, and go Into the woods to chop
and log pine. In the spring they sold
their logs, substracted the winter’s ex
penses, and divided profits. One fall
such a party was made up in my town.
They were all ready to go into the woods,
when someone asked who was going to
cook. “I won’t,” said one. “1 can’t,”
said another. A. third said he could,
but he’d be blamed if he would. It
went oi, and nobody would cook. Iu
those times, as now, a cook got big pay,
net less than SSO a month. The syndi
cate could hardly afford that. Finally
one fellow said if they couldn’t hire a
cook they'd got to have grub, and there
was but one way cut, they must do the
cooking themselves. Ho suggested time
they draw cuts, and whoever got the
shortest straw must do the cooking. The
tirnt man who should complain of the
grub would have to relievo him. This
was agreed to, and they went on into
camp. The first meal in curap was din
ner. The cook hail seen his mother cook
beans. It looked easy, and he decided
to have beans for dinner. He put a peck
in the kettle, chucked in a big piece of
pork and a double liandlul of salt. In
time the men sat down to dinner. Every
body helped himself. The first to dish
out some beans put a big spoonful in his
mouth. They were smoking hot and
somewhat salt. The fellow spewed the
stuff out with a big swearword. “Those
are the doggondest beans I ever ate.
Still, I like them—l like them.”
A Texas Tragedy.
A Stockton lawyer was at the big city
by the bay the other day, and while
watching a large funeral wind slowly
along to the hills he was accosted by a
tall fellow, whose sun-burned face was
eavesboarded by the wide brim of a
ilouch hat.
“Could you tell me,” asked the
stranger politely, “whose turnout that
is?”
“Yes, sir,” answered the man, sharply.
“Thank you. And whose is it? ’
“The undertaker’s.”
“Ah! And may I ask who the corpse
was I”
“You may.”
“Thank you. And who was he?”
“A lawyer.”
“A ”
The stranger paused as if doubtful of
his cars, looked at the man earnestly, and
asked, in an eager, you don't say-so sort
of a voice:
“Did you say a lawyer?”
“Yes, sir; a lawyer.”
“H’m: that's strange.”
“I don’t see anything strange about
it,” retorted the attorney, slightly net
tled.
“Well,” explained the other, suavely,
“you see, we don't bury lawyers that
way in Texas, wheje I come from.”
“No?”
“No. When a lawyer dies there we
put him in the third story of a vacant
building, you know."
He pans and with aggravating calmness.
“Well?”
“And then we go up the next day, and
the corpse is gone.”
“Gonel”
“Yes, sir.”
“Gone where?”
“That’s the mystery,” replied the
Texan, shrugging his shoulders, “no
body knows where.”
“Why, that is the strangest thing I
ever heard of.”
“Yes,” said the mild Texan, “but
that ain't the queerest thing about it,
either. ”
“No!”
“There's a terrible smell of brimstous
left in the room.”
They parted with mutual dislike. -
Stockton Mail.
NUMBER 16.
HOI'SIHOLD HATTERS.
Recipe*.
Beeksteae. —Select choice steaki
from throo-quarters of an inch to on*
inch thick; trim off *ll superfluous fat
nnd bono. Broil on a wire gridiron,
over a clear but not too hot fire. Watch
it carefully, to avoid scorching. When
browned nicely, remove to a platter,
season with pt’pper, salt, and a pretty
libernl supply of butter. No definite
rule can bo given as to the time of cook
ing steak, individual tattes differ so
widely in regard to it, some only liking
it when well done, others so raro that
tho blood runs out of It.
Potato sai.ad. —Slice thinly eight or
ten good-sized Irish potatoes (boiled and
cold), chop finely one good sized apple,
one nnd a half small onions, rinse tad
chop the li area of a large handful of
green parsley. Spread a layer of the
potato in a chopping tray, sprinkle
iiberally with salt, then half the pars
ley, apple and onions, then the rest of the
potato, then moro salt and the other
half of the parsley, apple and onion;
your half a teacup of sweet oil or melted
butter over the whole, with a small cup
of vinegar. Mix the whole carefully so
as not to break the potatoes. •
Onion Soup. —Take three large onions,
slice them very thin, and then fry *o a
bright brown in a large spoonful ck but
ter. When brown add half i tcacupful
of flour, and stir constantly until red.
Then pour in slowly ons pint of boiling
water, stirring steadily till it is all in.
Boil and mash fovr fine large potatoes,
and stir into one quart of boiling milk,
taking carv that there arc no lumps.
Add this to the fried onions, with one
tesapoonful of salt and half a teaspoon
ful of white pepper. Let all boil for
five minutes, and then serve with toasted
or fried bread. Simple as this seems, it
is one of the best of the vegetable
soups.
Mince Pie. —Two quarts of fine minced
beef, four quarts of chopped apples, one
pound seeded raisins, one quarter pound
shred citron, two tablespoonfuls of cin
namon, one tablespoonful each of cloves,
mace and salt, one teaspoonful of pep
per, one nutmeg, one cup of molasses, one
quart sugar, ono cup good cider vinegar.
Two cups stewed cranberries is an im
provement. The meat should be boiled
-Lc day before it is chopped so as to be
.lie' oughiv cold. Put the meat and apples
iu u crock or pail, set it in a kettle ol
boiling water, add the water in which
tho meat was boiled; also the grease that
has risen on top use instead of butter.
Put the vinegar in a dish, add one cup
of water, one cup of New Orleans mo
lasses, and one •up of raisins. Set it on
the stove and let it boil for half an hour,
or until the raisins are tender, add all the
ingredients together, except the stewed
raisins, stirring occasionally. Let it ■ ook
for three or four hours slowly. Scattei
the raisins on the top of the pies before
putting the top crust on, also add •
spoonful or two of rich milk or cream.
Apple Pot Pie. —Pare and core any
kind of <juick cooking tart apples. It
will require about a quart of prepared
apples for a family of three or four per
sons; make a light crust, using for that
quantity one cup of sour cream, a tea
spoonful of salt and one of soda, and
two tablespoonfuls of shortening with
good beef or pork drips. If the milk
is sweet then flank the soda with two
teaspoonfuls of cream tartar; make a
stiff paste like biscuit and roll out; take
a small, smooth iron pot, one that
will not blacken apples when stewed
therein, and grease well on the bottom
with butter, then put in the cored ap
ples; outstrips of the crust and place
around the sides ; add in a teacup of
cold water, roll out the top cover, make
a deep gash in the renter and cross it in
the opposite; have it round and fit it on
neatly, wetting tho edges of the crust;
then placi it over the fire until it boils
up briskly. If you have a good fire the
oven will be ready when it b gins to
boil over the top crust. Here it will
cook slowly and be ready in about half
an hour for the table Iu e a little pot
that holds from four to six quarts. If
right and cooked good it will drop out
whole with tight, creamy crust.
Useful Hints.
Polish for Leather Cushions,
Etc. —Beat well the yolks of two eggs
and the white of one; mix a tablespoon
ful of giu and a teas; oonful of sugar;
thicken it with ivory black, add it to
the eggs, and us" as common blacking,
the seats or cushions being left a day or
two to harden. This is good for dress
ing boots and shoes.
Time-Table for B filing Vegeta
bles. — Potatoes, half au hour, unless
small, when rather less. Cabbage and
cauliflower, twenty-five minutes to half
an hour. Carrots and turnips, forty-five
minutes when young, one hour in winter.
Beets, one hour in summer, one hour
and a half, or even two hours, if large,
in winter. Onions, medium size, one
hour.
To Starch Linf.n. —To do up shirts
take two tablespoonfuls of starch and
one teaspoon even full of powdered
borax, and dissolve in one and one-half
cups of cold water. Tho shirts must not
be previously starched, and they must be
perfectly dry. Dip the cutis, collars,
bosoms aud neck bands in the starch,
then roll up tight in a dry cloth, aid let
them lie two hours. Then rub off and
iron. They will be like pasteboard and
have a nice gloss.
Removing Stains from Marble. —
To remove stains from marble, first take
of soda two | arts, powdered pumice
stone one part and powdered chalk one
part. Rub these ingredients well togeth
er in a mortar, sift through a fine sieve,
and mix the powder obtained into a
paste with water; rub them all over the
marble, and wash with soap and water.
Or mix strong s >ap lees with quicklime
to the consistency of thin cream; spread
the mixture over the marble, and aftor
the lapse of twenty-four hours wash with
soap aud water. This will remove stain■
and restore the color.
New Use for the Tobacco Plant.
Anew use for the tobacco plant has
been discovered. Its stems aud waste,
it is claimed, are equal to linen rags in
the manufacture of paper Tobacco waste
costs less than $lO a ton, linen rags S7O
to SBO. 1 here is no expense in assorting
the former and very little shrinkage, as
against a loss of one-third of rags. The
yearly tobacco waste is estimated by the
census report at from 3,000,000 to 4.-
000,000 pounds.
A French court recently rendered a
decition which is of considerable interest
in connection with vital statistics. A
physician refused, in a suit against a life
insurance i ompimv, to testify as to the
illness from wtiich his patient did, and
the court susained him in his position,
l olling that the physic an must be the
sole judge as to whether the nature of
the illness came under the cover of pro*
-ssionat secrecy.