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VOLUME XXIII.
fIEEIM'S FORTUNE!
—on, —
The Stolen Heiress.
A TALE OF NEW YORK IN 1835.
BY PROF. WM. HENRY PECK,
AUTHOB OF
• Queen' t Secret * The Tower of Ooldt*
•The Half-Breed* m Harold's J/ais t m
• The Bride of Barcelona * Etc.
CHAPTER XXVll.—Continued.
-Well, what of that, Sonora?” bo asked,
rth a vain effort to appear at bis ease. “I
care nothing for that.’*
Dame Grippard returned thole'ter to hoi
pocket, c ickl ug horribly to herself, and
laid quietly:
•This letter was written last night by
James Bratton, to be delivered to me this
morning. That is what it means, Captain,
be mote it just before he was mu dered
an 11 rej eat that ho was murdered by you,
or by your connivance, ”
The Captain, hot ns fire and cold as ice
in rapid alternation, stared at the dame in a
helpless way. unable to utter a word.
Had he be* n sure of escaping the con
fluences of another murder, ho would
ihen and there have leaped upon her, and
wangled her with his own hands.
Hut n this instm.t both he and the dame
beard the sound of approaching footsteps
on the near stairway.
The sound was made by the undertaker
md his assis ants, on their way to take
charge of the body of James Bratton ti 1
(he wishes of his widow should bo fully
jßcertaiued in regard to its tuture and sposal.
Th v Defied the open door of the room in
which the Captain and the dame were
•rated. They w ere seen by the pair, nud
also themselves saw the pair in the room.
They passed on iu silence, after bowing.
The dme then continued to the Captain:
‘ AYLi e I was just now in the room to
which those men are going, and after I had
gazed for a moment at the dead face on the
bed, I chanced to wish to take a look at the
contents of a waste-basket, which stood
partially under tho writing-table iu the
middle of the room. You are listening,
Captain?”
"( h, yea, Senora—l am all attention,’
gapped tbe Captain, his heart in his throat
“Good, Captain. You will hear some
tiling whi h will surprise you and that ft 1-
low below-your dear Secretary liazilio
ine waste-basket was nearly full of shredi
of letters and papers which Bratton uc
doubt tore up last ni^ht.”
“but 1> zilio swore to me this morning/
tbo gUt the freshly terrified Captain, “tliat
he bur n and to ashes every letter written lasi
®ight by Bratton."
“Vou are trembling, Captain, and well
Jon may,” continned'the dame, exultantly
i had a ready wondered that Bratton hao
left no scrap of writing for his wife, t(
whom ho was foolishly devoted. I won
i*’ 1 f h had wxiltan tr> her. wild filter
wh cI torn (he letter to bits. I have bofor*
to-oav found a clew (o important secrets it
tils of imj er ill wsste-ba-kets, Captiin.’’
“>i*y she he strangled seme near day!’
he ejaculated in his heart.
"1 tad hardly | ut inv fingers into the
wish-basket. Captain, when they grasped
the eiter whose superscription I hive just
shown to you. There was a man in the
room left 1 liere to guard the body—hut he
did ot look at me. lie was 100 ing cut of
tbe window. I broke tho seal and read the
letter unseen by that man. Are yon very
attentive to all I am saying, my dear Cap
tain
“Ceitiinly, Senorn, though the affair does
not tom h mo as you imagine.”
‘T’eihnps mt, Captain. Wait, Hear me
to tbe end. The letter informed me that
lira toa intended to vacate Old Anchors
this very day. Also, that you paid to him
“t bi ut sunset last afternoon five one
thousand pound llauk of England notes.”
Here (ha astounded Captain nearly
bounded from his sent.
“l’alieuce, my deir Captain. James
CrntUin set down the individual numbers
of those five notes.”
"rants ot Castile!" mentally ejaculated
ibe Icrriti, and Captain.
"Britton 11 so states in this letter, Cap
oun, that he yosterdav received by the
s-nglisl, m.il packet—which you may re
member arrived at noon yesterday, Captain
yßau!; of England notes to tho amount of
fiithousand four hundred pounds!"
“110, ihat is news to me!” thought the
Caplain.
“Bratton a'so sets down in this letter,
Captain, tho individual numbers of these
notes, ns ho had set down the others. He
Itatrs, also, tnai it was tns intention to pay
me in full to-day, here at Old Anchors, if I
taiiia—every penny he owed, me—and re
'fiirsts me in this letter to meet him here
™-day, to receive all he owed me. Now,
Cftptaiu Alfonso Balbata —for the present—
does tins look as if James iiratton com
mitted suicide last night? Eh? Now, my
J’ ei 7 Hear Captain, who is the fortunate
boOer of the live thousand pounds you
raid Bratton yesterday at about sunset, and
( be six thousand and odd pounds which he
by yesterday's e.i rival of the
hnclieti in nil packet? Eh?"
Balbata bad now' heard for the first time
bow great a booty liazilio had obtained by
'be murder and robbery of the unfortunate
“ipchaudler.
But Bazilio's treacherous concealment
* ,s 11 mero trifle in the Captain’s mind
compared with what had become kuown to
Ban.e tirippaid.
CHAPTER XXVHL
the captain confesses.
b °ut in his terrified mind to find some
convenient reply to Dame Grippard’t
pointed question, she grasped his arm, and
Ba jd sharply:
Are m a going to try to lio out of this
a , er ’ *"lkuta? It will bo useless. You
min ? Ul men ~Bnzilioand Urbandt—com
“,‘etl yonder deed. Listen, Captain. Yon
in J eme niber when we were above, wait*
Sw i r scuttle to be removed by the
. * and conversing of our intended
con Tact ' atu * wlieu I asked you if you had
in (n f r . e P are and to pay down this diy, here
Bterl' Uc^orH - tho five thousand pounds
ro , lnR required by me, you said you were
- 3* and took out your rocketb.ook and
to mo several one-thousnnd-
Vonr 1 * England notes, and said, in
J. ea , manner, ‘fcee, Seuora! lam
Ynv/ 0 P.v eash for what pleases me.’
leinember all that, Captain?”
fw* Was P r °hably so, Senorareplied the
- p T tain rnuch crest-fallen.
a r you think so, Cnptain. I have
allv f fye, and a keen memory. Especi
,4/ the numbers of bank notes. The
<j lßlJ /^ r i u PP er most of the notes you
a n ,l o '^ ec * to me \'as one-bundied-thousand
Cotv v‘ •* hat is easily remembered, is it
of the T? W, i ral * on 9 letter states that one
to hini 1 °* England notes paid by you
tired.tv?* r: ' '‘fternoon was ono-hun-
Cant' i ollsaU( i end one. Now, my deui
its vrnv'f pra,v *®ll m 0 Eow *hat note found
yonrs v° a mtto n’s pockctbook back tc
stnre- 1 t* 1 h tme. What can you do but
otheY no ; et me compare the numbers of the
numbers eR i n ? w in y° ur pochetbook with
letter, ip i are set down iu Bratton s
%>ae nr.* ’ 1 Pee tlj at vou dare not show
6S to me "ow!”
sistlesH nM U^ , “ha-shed by this steady and re.
to make lai Captain had no defense
“Ben o ’,f tt l„*°, B rowl supplicallngly:
- ’ ) 0Q have ate on the hip -though
The Georgia Enterprise.
1 my hinds arc not in 11,, <l, 0,1. ~(
um I to expect from you ,-” 5
"Tliie meicy. and in, oiler, Balbata. I
Cunf.dnVn k< ‘" P , mv hlml " u y° ur 'hroat,
L,, L. ‘ yOU . li: "° P aill *“<'• or ►.cored
* e .ly )>nyiiis tt, me, of the flf,v-tive
T ™ ii ?, olar !‘ ot wWch you robbed
Bratton last night I am going to
torce you, under peril of the ga lows, to
g.vc mo any md I may ask of you in tho le
m°\ al of this young officer, Edward Hawks,
worthy, iu the ahduot.on of Verueena Ro
anu, and in the securing for myself the
inm ntance which I alone can pluce within
her grasp. And you shall begin the work
•this very and iy."
She seorui and to t ike huge delight in terri
n ing the burly Spa ish Captain with her
,rr ut‘ eyt s. us she leaned forward in hei
chair and glared into his face.
footsteps of someone coming up the
stairway fo.l upon their cars us they gazed
into each other's eyes—his, a gaze of dis
may; hers, a gaze of vindictive triumph
She hissed at him. venomously:
“Balbata, you at hast aided in tho mur
der of James Bratton. Confess the deed
to me, or I will shout. ‘Murder!’ while this
person coming up is passing this door.
Confess, or 1 will denounce you as the as
sassin and robber of James Bratton! List
en! Aou hear approaching steps? If you
do not admit the murder to me before that
person *
“Hear, me, Senora! Bazilio did the deed!
By my soul, and the soul of my mother,
Senora, I did not kill the man, nor did I
wish Bazilio to kill him. I ”
“Enough!” commanded the dame. “The
person will hear! lie is alone. lie is
auotl er of the undertaker’s assistants. I
know him. He is coming to us.”
A moment later the man who bad ascend
ed the stairs paused at the threshold of the
room, looked in, bowed to the dame, and
said:
4 Please tell mo where to find Mr. Crape
fiehl, Dame Grippard.”
“Keep straight on in the passage, Harly.
You will soon hear him and others,” re
plied the dame, and the man walked on.
►''lie then turn and to the Captain and con
tinued, sueeringly:
“1 am glad yo i hid your face from that
man, Captain. It is as pale ns paper. Bah,
what a cow rd you are, after all! But you
did woll to confess as soon as you did.
Another in taut’s delay would have heard
me denouncing you to that man.”
The Captain mopped his forehead hasti
ly, growled a enrse, took the five oue-thon
sand-pound Bank of England notes fr m
his pocketbook, held them toward the
dame, and said, gaspingly:
“Senoia, take these!”
“Not yet, Captain. Wait a while. Go
on with what you were about to tav ”
“I was about to repeat. Senora, that I did
not wish the man. to be killed. In fact, I
told Bazilio not to kid him. Bazil o
planned and executed the whole affair.
But take theso notes as an installment of
the sum you demand from me. The saints
alone know where I am to obtain the bal
ance spe. dily! Here are five notes. Bazilio
has the other-;. And by heaven, Senora,
he robbed me in not letting me even sus
pect that ho had obtained so great a 6um by
tbe deed! Why not take these five notes
now, Senora?”
“Wait, Captain. Another man is coming
up the steps. Ah, it is the Swede! Here,
Jansen, here!” she added loudly, for the
Swede w is about to pass on to look again
at his dead employer. “J have something
Ufiponvai iu b4v ft* you, onuses. Ttfl ><T
Jansen, despislngand detesting the wom
an, nevertheless concluded to comply with
her request, and did so.
“Thank you, Jansm. I have an apology
to make to you, and will do so presently,”
said the dame, affab’y, as Jansen halted
wi bin the room. ‘‘Now, Capta n Balbata,”
she added, “will you be so kind as to pay
into Jansen’s hands the money of which
you spoke just now to me? Do, my dear
friend.”
The Capta n. knew very well th it this
“Do, my dear f.iend,” really meant—“if
you lvfuse, I will put the hangman s rope
in the gras > of this Swede who so devoted
ly loved his ma ter’” lie at once placed
the five notes in Jansen's bauds. The
Swede accepted them with a stare of amaze
ment
44 H0, lio!” cackled tho dame. “We do
not intend to make you a present of the
notes, my good Jansen. You have a pencil
and note-book, of course? Yes. Well,
record in your note-book the numbers of
those five notes, please. Then give the
uotes and ft duplicate list of their numbers
to me, and take care to keep your list till I
call for it, my good man. Captain Balbata
jiays them to me, you see.
“Thank you, Jansen. And now let me
beg your pardon for having even intimated
W { yon could have harmed your late em
ployer and for all the bitter and unjust
kings I Lave said to and of you this day.
Dh, I am sure you will forgive a petulant
md afflicted old woman like me, my good
nan!”
“1 will bear you no ill-will. Dame Grip
pnrd. I forgive you for all that you have
inid of me, but I cannot forgive you for
what you have said of Mr. Bratton. He
was a good and an honorable man, Dame
Grippard. ”
“And do you still think ho was murdered,
Jansen?” she a-ked.
“I; deed, I do, Dame Giippard. Some
Jay it will all come out.”
“Oh, I hope so, Jansen. And now, my
good man, will you do me the favor to go
below to the counting-room and ask Mr.
Bettis to come right ir> to this room \vitfc*
a s inventor.es, and to bring with him Mr
of your first mate, Captain? I desire to
speak to him also."
“His name is Herman Urbaufit, Senora;
but as be is almost a fool in matters which
do not pertain to Rhips and th 1 like, nnd
knows nothing of my affairs, it will be well
if he remains below while we converse with
Bazilio.” .... ...
“Very well, Captain. Von know best, of
course. Jansen, Ray to Mr. Bazilio Alfantl
that Captain Balbata wishes to speak to
him before me in reference to the cargo
ands pplies desired bv the Captain for the
next Toys go of his 1 tlunk that was
wlmt you said. Captain.”
"Yes, Senora. The man can say all that,
if he pleases." , ..
Jansen departed. A moment later the
Captain whispered to the dame, with con
centrated fierceness: ...
"Do not drive affairs too far and fast,
Senora Grippard! Tho man Pettis is a
constable. If Iso much as suspect, ntter
he appears, that you intend to betray me to
him, by the soul of my mother I will shoot
you dead with this!” .
Here ihe C iptain threw aside the lapel
of his coat and revealed the butt of pis
tol. He hid the weapon Ihe nest instant,
say ug sternly: , . -
"1 once shot a tigress through her head
who i my own head was between the juws
of ibe beast!” . , , . .
“lie calm. Captain. It is not to niy in
terest to botrny yon new. When the day
comes—if it ever does— when I shall des-™
to play tigress upon your throat, any th.eat
you .nay make will not cause mo to hesi
tate in my pur, o=e. Take care now, sir,
how you presume to play bully with me.
“By my soul, Senora, it does not please
me to have a constable at my dbow under
tho present c ronmstances. He may be
,o"ck enough to have h.s suspicions aroused,
<1 suite all vour or my cautiousness. that
and J Hid not wish Urbandt to come up.
PoT I again °VTir that U,band! knows
nothing of what was done here last night.
noinmg ut min (o have over me m
what*you have discovered. I can trust him
onl^ 8 , o ,is" a a a duU t wiSfel low 1 ow Captain
Un/ilin obey inv comma Du. 0M
B Ah-and what are commands Senora?
“First, ted me ail you know of t*° rnur-
der, Captain. Tuke good euro not to even
try to conceal the slightest fact from me.
You know my power to punish you. lie
mornber it, Captain!”
He ■Wallowed u cuiio, aud replied
somewhat sullculy:
“Bv my soul, Sonora, I am not likely
to gain a chance to forget It! Hut J know
nothing of how th • deed was done, save as
1 have been told by Bazilio. 1 now know
that he deceived me in regard to the
amount of money ho obtuned by the
crime. It is possible that ho may have
lied more or lees about how it Mas com
mitted. However, you shull hear all he
told me.”
He then rapidly uarrnted to Dame Grip
card all that had beeu told to him by
Bazilio. It dul not take him long to do
this. The evil pair then began to discuss
other matters, and had been thus engaged
neveral minutes when tho dam* whispered
warningly:
“Enough! I hear Pettis and Bazilio
Doming up. Be calm.”
[TO IJE CONTINUED. 1
WOULD AT LARGE.
hen pictures painted nr a
COUPS OF ABLE ARTISTS.
Wlint l Gninj on North, East nml Wp
iiml Arrona iu,. Water—Tbe Coming lin
roprnu Ntorni.
Tin* condition of ex-Senator Itoscoe
Conkling, of New York, appears to be
improving.
Malietoa, the deposed king of Samoa,
has been left at Cameroons as a prisoner,
by a Gciman gunboat from Samoa.
Bismarck has withdrawn his opposition
to the marriage of Price Alexander of
Battcnburg, and Princess Victoria.
The Spanish Chamber of Deputies, by
a vote of 154 to 28, rejected the pro
posal to grant amnesty to political exiles.
The conviction and sentence of Boodle
Alderman O’Neill was affirmed by the
New York court of appeals, and he will
stay in Sing Sing prison.
The resolution providing for the sub
mission to the people of New York state
of a prohibition amendment to the consti
tution was adopted iu the Assembly.
Senor Gallendiza, a wealthy merchant,
who was recently kidnapped at his estate
in Santa Ra, Cuba, by bandits, has been
released ou payment of #17,000 in gold.
Mr. Gladstone, the Grand Old Man of
England, was banquetted by the National
Liberal Club in London, and reviewed
the conduct of the Government in strong
language.
Sir Charles Tapper, in the Canadian
House of Commons moved the second
reading of the bill to ratify the fisheries
treaty, and made complimentary remarks
about Americans on the commission.
Gen. Quincy A. Gilmore, who has
been suffering for some time from kidney
disease, died at his residence in Brook
lyn, N. Y. He was the inventor of the
“swamp angel” at Charleston, S. C., dur
•-.-5 ' '
At the funeral of John S. Brown, at
Shawncctown, 111., the floor gave way,
throwing tho collin and various ai tides
of furniture aud about forty men, women
aud children into a deep cellar, and a
number were hurt.
The accounts of S. M. V/eir, treas
urer of New Albany, Ind., have been
found $70,000 short. Expert account
ants say it has been exceedingly difficult
to trace" moneys received and expended.
Weir lias been treasurer for fourteen
years.
A largo number of accidents have oc
curred on the Chicago, Burlington A
Quincy Railroad 6iuce the inauguration
of the (Engineers') slrike, but the facts
are kept from the public. The company
hag improvised a special hospital in Chi
cago.
Near Carrollton, 111., a double-headed
freight train was wrecked by a cow,
which had got on the track. '1 lie two
engines and ten ears were wrecked and
many cattle killed. Brakematt L. Pow
ell was killed, Fireman P. Richards was
terribly scalded aud Fireman .T. K.
Brown had an arm broken.
Brig. Gen. George Crook, in command
of the department of the Platte in the
military division of the Missouri, has been
promoted to the command of the division,
taking rank and office of Maj. Gen. Ter
ry, resigned, lie thus assumes responsi
liilities where his experience will be ol
the greatest service. lie is a noted In
dian fighter and t hey gave him the sou
briquet of the “Gray Fox.”
A ‘ Q” engine manned by new men
was approaching Chicago, 111., over the
Western Indiana tracks from the south
west. At 47th street a crowd threw
stones through the cab window, when
Charles Sommers, one of the crew, drew
a revolver, and firing it at the crowd,
stiuck James Boylan, a foundry-man, in
the knee. At" 4th street the engine
met the same repulse from another crowd,
and Sommers again brought his pistol
into use. He shot Mike Welch, a\\ a
basli engineer, in the groin, wounding
him fatally. An alarm having been given
to tlic police, the engine was intercepted
and Sommers placed under arrest.
FRENCH AFFAIRS.
The French Chamber of Deputies wili
reopen soon, nnd it is expected will re
main in session until May. In expecia
tion of the debate on the policy of the
cabinet, the President has postponed his
journey to the sotnh, and M. Floquetlrs
tour of the departments A crank fired
three shots from a revolver at the gates
of Ihe Elysce palace, the President’s
residence. Upon being arrested he said,
in explanation, that he wanted SI. Carnot
to attend to a grievance of which he was
the victim M. Lalande, a deputy of
the department of Gironde, has written
a letter to M. Lcgrande, minister of
commerce, in which he says that the
ptoposed Engl' 3 ' l duty on bottled wines
is detrimental to the wine-growing in
dustry, and that wine merchants of Bor
deaux beg tho government to protect
their intercuts.... The Orleanists will
meet at the residenco of the count of
Paris, at Twickenham, England, to de
ed Ic upon Ihe advi ability of supporting
or condemning the union of the sections
of the F’rench conservative party who
are advocating the cause of Boulanger.
misplaced sympathy.
Earnest efforts ate being nude to ex
cite sympathy for Cross and White, the
boodlers, who are in jail at Raleigh, N.
C. As yet imil has not been secured
One of counsel for the prisoners said that
it was impos-ible to secure bail, and-that
it might be announced that the idea of
giving it was abandoned entirely. Some
preachers gathered at the jail, and held
short services in the room where Cross
and White are confined. Both prisoueis
were much affected, and shed many tears
whenever friends see them,
“ MT COUNTRY NAT BUR RVRR BR RIGHT. RIGHT OR WRONG MY COUNTRY.”—Jeff man
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1888.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERESTING DOTS A ROUT OUR
UNITED STATES 9 OFFICIALS
About the Whin* House -Army nol
Nil vy iHiitln ■ Our Kclutiom With Oilier
t onntr.ri himl Nation*.
CONGRESSIONAL.
In tlic Senate, Mr. Kenna, from tho
committee ou commerce, icported tho
bill changing the boundaries ot the fourth’
collection district of Virginia; pasted.
Among the bids reported from commits
tees and placed on the calendar wire tho
followin';: House bill for the relief of,
the Agricultural and Mechanical College
of Alabama. Among the bills introduced
and referred were the following: lly Mr.
Call, to locate the Indians in Florida on
lands in severalty. By Air. Butler, to
divide into six classes tie employes of
the railway mail service and to fix the
salaries of each cl ss Mr. Call offered a
resolution (wheh was adopted) instruct
ing the committee on public lands to in
quire into the titles of actual settlers ou
public lands in Florida, heretofore im
properly patented... .The House lias not
transacted any bu-iness since the dead
lock was broken.
The Senate passed a number of bills,
including House bill to purchase thrf.
swords of Gen. James Shields; for the
erection of a statue to the memory of
Gen. Joseph Warren, who fell at Hunker
Hill; for a public building at Tallahass
see, Fla., (appropriating #75,000); f r a
public building at Birmingham, Ala.,,
(appropriating #000,0001; appropriating 2
#IO,OOO for a monument to Brig.-Gen.
William Lee Davidson, who fell in the
battle of Cowan’s Ford, N. G\, in Febru
ary, 1781; House bid authorizing the
construction of a bridge across the Ten
nessee river at Chattanooga; House bill
uppropiatiug #75,000 for a revenue cutter
for Charleston, S. C\, to replace the Mc-
Cullough. The bill for the purchase,from
-Miss Virginia Taylor Lewis, of the sword
of Washington, for #20,100, was taken
up aud discussed for some time. Con
siderable opposition was manifested,
based chiefly upon the amount asked for
the sword... .The deadlock in the House
still continues.
In the Senate, the bill to remove the
political disabilities of John Rutledge, of
South Carolina, was reported from the
judiciary committee aud passed. On mo
tion of Mr. Sherman, the Freedmen’s
Bank bill was taken from the calendar
and referred to the committee on finance.
The Senate then resumed consideration
of the bill to authorize the sale to aliens
of certain mineral lands, the question be
ing on the amendment offered by Mr.
Faulkner, repairing a majority of the
siockholders, trustees or directors of the
mining Company to bo citizens of the
United States. The amendment was re
jected—2o to 31. After syxfi' l lLß , n<Uiii!
was passed—yeas 81, nays 13....’The
House still continues in a deadlock, aud
appearances indicate that it will continue
for many dajs.
The President signed Mr. Clement !
bill to return certain lots of land in Geor
gia to Joel J. Goss,
The President nominated Thomas T.
T. Tuhstall, of Mobile. Ala., to be Uni
ted States Consul at San Salvador.
The comptroller of the currency has
appointed Clement Dowd, of Charlotte,
N. C., receiver of the State National
Bank of Raleigh.
Senator Brown introduced a'memorial
from the Atlanta l oard of tiade asking
the passage of Judge Stewart’s bill pro
viding for an extra appropriation for the
Atlanta barracks.
West Washington (Georgetown) Cele
brated the Completion and opening of
the free bridge built across the Potomac.
Gen. W. H. F. Lee and District Com
missioner Wheatley made addresses.
The Secretary of State has received a
cable message flora United States Con
sul Lewis, at Tangier, saying that the re
cent trouble with the Moorish govern
ment has been satisfactorily settled,
President Cleveland is contemplating
another Southern trip, to visit Texas dur
ing the week the new state capitol at
Austin is to be dedicated. I’he dedica
tion Will occur oh the iCth of May.
The commissioner of pensions is ad
vised that William Graham, William A.
Dillshaw and R. G. Chambers have been
held to answer at Atlanta, Ga., on
charge of consp'rncy to defraud the gov
ernment and using affidavits iu support
of a pension claim.
The President sent to the Senate the
following nominations in the engineer
corps: Lieut.-Col. Cyrus B. Comstock to
be colonel; Maj. Jared A. Smith to be
lieutenant-colonel; Maj. Got mild H. Lr
ne.-t to be a member of the Mississippi
river commission, in place of Gen. Gil
more, deceased,
April statistical returns to the Depart
ment of Agriculture relate to the condi
tions of winter grain and of farm ani
mals. The season for seeding was long,
three months in some Southern states,and
the appearance as the Winter set in was
uneven, though the plants were generally
vigorous and those of early seeding well
rooted. The averages of the states of
principal production are ns follows: New
York 95, Pennsylvania 90, Ohio (18, M ieh
lgan 70, Indiana 75, Illinois 74, Missouri
82, Kansas 97. The average of Texas is
88, and of most of the Southern states
higher, from 'in Arkansas to 97 in Ten
nessee, thou-., the area seeded is small in
all this region.
The House committee on public lands
has instructed Chairman Holman to re
port the bill declaring the forfeiture of
all unearned railroad land grants oppo
site those sections of roads not completed
in the lime mentioned in the granting acts.
The grants of lands proposed to be for
feited by the general bill is as follows:
To Florida and Alabama, in 1856; to
Alabama, in 1856; to Wisconsin and
Michigan, in 1856; to Wisconsin,in 1856;
to Wisconsin, in 1865; to Mississippi, iu
1856; to Minnesota, in 1856; to Minne
sota, in 1857; to Minnesota and lowa, in
1865; to lowa, in 1861; to Wisconsin, n
1864; to the Central Pacific Railroad of
California, in 1866. The bill confirms
the rights of actual settlers nnd innocent
purchasers of forfeited lands.
SHE WAS BOYCOTTED.
The friends of the striking engineers
flooded Cheyenne, Wyo., with flaming
handbills, reading: “Boycott Mrs. J.
Brown Potter; she patronizes a scab
road, the t hicago, Burlington & Quin
cy.” The actress reached Cheyenne on a
branch of that liue, and played to a small
house.
‘NEW ITALY” DOTB.
All the .Sunday trains on tho Florida
Southern Railroad will bu discontinued.
... .P&lutka will have two new hotels in
time for next season’s business... .The
tobacco crops about Tallahassee arc do
ing finely.... An immense cabbage crop
is lieing shipped from Florida, and him
hinds ol thousands of dollars nre being
real z and therefrom... .The new manage
ment of the Florida Midlaud have tic
ipiircd wi.iit was known as the Alabama,
Florida & Atlantic Road Cypress
blocks are being used iu paving St. Au
gustine. Many of the people would
prefer nsphalt. The difference in cost is
considerably in favor of the cypress
•lavement aud it will probubly be more
generally used than any other....As
many as 1,177 carloads of lumber have
been transposed to Fcrnandina by the
Florida Railway and Navigation Com
|Miny in one month —an average of about
forty-three carloads per day.... Avery
large foreo of hands are now at work on
the La Cumclia tobacco plantation mar
Quincy, and work is progressing rapidly.
Over 200 acres of land has beeu cleared.
D. A. Miller, of Ocala, had ten
orange trees in his yard on Magnolia
street insured for #SO apiece, which were
destroyed by the late lire, and for which
tbe insurance company promptly paid.
... .The orange trees throughout Pasco
county are in the most vigorous condi
tion, and the promise for an unusually
heavy crop is encouraging
Colored people own a great deal of
property in DeLand; some of it right in
the business centre. The property they
own in the corporate limits covers at
least thirty-five acres, and is valued at
about #25,000.... R. F. Kreigsman, of
Eustis, lias a curiosity in his garden pa
the shape of a combination tree. Itcon
sists of a lemon, peach, pear, grape
fruit, persimmon, orange and guava, all
in bloom Dr. J. F. Appell, of Lake
City, is probably the largest amateur
florist in the state. His grounds em
brace about eight acres. lie cultivates
in their highest perfection 250 varieties
of roses of the choicest species, and
many other rare flowers and fruits ...
During the mouth of February the books
at the United Slates laud office at Gaines
ville show that there were entered 102
homesteads, embracing 13,090.64 acresof
land, 152 cash entries, embracing 26,064.-
04 acres, and 41 pre-emptions filed. The
cash receipts of the office were #34,000.
corporations in this country, worth #50,-
000,000, has negotiated for the purchase
of that large and magnificent tract of
land south of the barracks at St. Augus
tine, commanding a beautiful view of the
bay and Ironting thereon, owned by I).
Dunham and others, and will build on it
a concrete Moorish hotel to accommodate
1,000 guests.
BREWERS STRIKE.
oxAUjiJ'Vhp., •Be\fi"Wu wd... in
move lias been imminent for some time,
and has its origin in a circular issued by
the brewery proprietors, which in sub
stance announced their determination to
refuse recognition of any brewers and
malsters unions. The immediate cause
of the strike was one non-union man em
ployed in Ernst Brothers’ brewery. The
union men employed there demanded the
discharge of the intruder. This was re
fused, and a strike of Ernst’s men fol
lowed. A meeting of the brewers’ union
resolved to back up Ernst’s men. Nego
tiations were fruitless, and 300 brewers
quit work, stopping every brewery,
except that of Ernst Brothers, aud
throwing out of employment proba
bly 1,500 to 2,000 men. Ernst Bros.’ es
establishment is working because the
proprietors some days ago secured a force
of nou-union men. Another cause of ir
ritation is the detdrniintt' ion of the em
ploying brewers not to renew contracts
with the men and not to recognize unions
in dealing with workmen. A stand has
been taken by the Milwaukee employing
brewers, and’the circular before referred
to has been di tributed there. The
Chicago brewers have a good many social
ists in it, and furnished the bulk of mon
ey expended in defense of the Haymarket
rioters. The Union was organized by
one Haymarket man who is now serv
ing a fifteen years’ sentence In the peni
tentiary fur liis share in that affair
Tbefe is a slrike in Moetlein’s btewery,
at Cincinnati, Ohio, which grew out of
the discharge the other day of a Collar
man. About 30 of 150 men arc already out,
and the dissatisfaction is spreading.. The
Master Brewers’ association in New York
published an advertisement giving notice
that unless the boycott placed on them,
by the Central Libor union of that city,
is removed, they will “reorganize their
working force” by weeding out all mal
contents, and they have opened an office
for the registry of nimes of applicants
for work, Workmen in the breweries
are very uneasy over this movement.
The Master Brewers’ association of Mil
waukee and Chicago have scut telegrams
Upholding the act of their New York
brethren.
A Story of Jo Jefferson.
When Jefferson was plnying his
amous part of Rip Van Winkle during
an engagement at St. Louis he one night
went to tho tlieutre tired by a long day’s
journey. The curtain rose on tho third
act and disclosed him deep in his tivonty
yenrs’ nap. Five, ten minutes elapsed,
but he did not awake. The audience
grew impatient. At length the gallery
waxed uproarious and yelled their de
light at one of them inquiring “if there
was going to be nineteen years more of
this sleeping business.” Still Jefferson
slept on and actually snored. Opening
a small trap door beneath the stage, the
promptor prodded Rip from below, only
to see him fumble in his pocket for an
imaginary railway ticket and hear him
mutter, “Going clear through, con
ductor ?” Of course this brought down
the house. —Philadelphia Newt.
IMPORTANT RULING.
In regard to the request of Ihe col
ored people that first and second class
passenger rates be established, the Georgia
railroad commission decline to establish
a second class rate, but hold that the
railroads must furnish the colored people
accommodations equal in every particu
lar to those furnished the white people.
The commission, in its ruling on this
point, uses the language of the section of
the code which requires equal accommo
dations to be given to all citizens without
discrimination and without reference to
race, color or previous condition of ser
vitude. ...
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.
A slight shock of earthquake took place
in Luuc-ist r county, 8. C., recently.
There was no damage, but the people in
the viciniby were considerably elicited.
SOUTHERN GOSSIP.
ROILED DOH .Y FACTS AND FAN
CIES INTERESTINGLY STATED.
Urlilfnl# • I*nuil nml on Mrn-Nfir Kntrr
prlars—outrides Religious, Temperance
nml Poclnl Mailers.
Col. W. 11. Chapman, an internal r*r
cuue agent, was shot by a moonshiner
while raiding an illicit distillery near
Florence, Alu.
The Shreveport Arkansas Ruilroad was
completed and a golden spike was driven
by Mrs. Julia Rule (Punsv), of the
Shreveport Times.
Fifteen business buildings nud eight
cottages were destroyed by tire at Tavares,
Fla., entailing a loss of probably #200,-
000; insurance very small.
Negotiations are pending between a
largo firm of Pittsburg, Pa., aud a citi
zen of Athens, Ga., for the necessary
plai t aud buildings for extensive glass
works.
The treatment of convicts in Alabama
is receiving considerable attention from
Gov. Sony, aud some officers at Love
lace’s camp near Birmingham nre likely
to get into trouble for unnecessarily
shooting prisoners for trifling offenses.
The Farmers’ Alliance entered North
Carolina about a year ago. It now has
686 sub-alliances in the state with 32,-
000 members. The Knights of Labor nre
losing strength and the new order is over
shadowing everything.
In Sumter county, S. C., a stroke of
lightning killed a negro boy, who was
riling along a public road, killed the
mule ho was driving and shattered the
buggy. In the same county, about the
same time, a stroke of lightning killed a
mule, a cow and a pig. There are no
other casualties reported.
While a construction traiu on the Kan
sis City, Memphis A Birmingham Raii
ro id was running backward at a rate of
twenty miles an hour, near Amory, Miss.,
it struck a cow and the entire train was
thrown from the track and badly
wrecked. Four negro laborers were
killed outright and eight others injured,
some of them fatally.
The jury in in the case of David
Walker, chief of the Bald Kuobbers,
who have been or trial at Ozark, Mo., ic
turned a verdict of murder in the first
degree. James Mathews, William Stan
ley, Amos Jones and C. C. Simmons,
were then sentenced by the court, three
of them having plead guilty to murder
in the second degree. Stanley and Jones
go twenty-five years in the penitentiary,
Simmons fifteen years, and Mathews was
released on #I,OOO.
A negro named Jack Wilson attended
Joe Jefferson’s play of “Rip Van Winkle”
a lew weeks ago at Macon, Ga. From
that time he has developed a longing to
imitate Rip in Ills long sleep, and has
w’as taken'tb'ino mApiue’, i>uvW th . jt
cecded in sleeping two nights and days
without waking. About 3 o’clock the
other morning he awoke, shrieking like a
demon, and showing every symptom of a
raving maniac, smashing furniture and
attempting to kill every one he met.
From November 1, 1888, to April 1,
1887, the sales of commercial fertilizers
in Bouih Carolina amounted to 81.032
tons; and for the same period in 1887-88
the sales have been 110,220 tons, an in
crease for the present season of 28,188
tons. This is probably llie largest quan
tity of fertilizers ever purchased by the
farmers in one season, and is a good In
dication of an increased cotton area, al
though the low prices prevailing this
year may have induced the farmers to
use it more largely than usual on other
crops.
TENNEBBEE DOTS,
W. H. Vance, farmer living neir
Strawberry plains, had a difficulty with
Alexander Anderson, a hand working on
his farm. Vance struck him on the head
with a stick. In a short time Anderson
became unconscious and died in about
six hours... .A young workman named
Keeling fell in front of a saw in the
Mitchell mill near Gadsden, and before
he could get up, the saw caught him and
passed almost through his body just
above the hips F, C, Beaman’s one
year-old girl at Knoxville upset a cup of
"boiling coffee into her mouth and died in
a few minutes .. L T. Williamson,
postmaster at Columbia, has had his ap
pointment confirmed by the U. S. Senate..
A large number of representatives of
the wholesale poplar lumber dealers and
manufacturers of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia and
Tennessee, met at Nashville, and
formed an “association for mutual ben
fit aud advancement.” Nearly all the
firms in the states named were repre
sented personally or by letter.... A ter
rific rain storm with high wind passed
over the country around Nashville. Re
ports from surrounding towns shown an
almost unprecedented rainfall that
washed away fences and in
many cases drowned stock, but
no loss of life is reported ...
Mrs. Lou Watkins, widow of the late
Editor Abner Watkins, of the Chatta
nooga Timet, died suddenly at the En
terprise hotel in Chattanooga.....
The manufacture of the Bob White
plow will he carried on In Chuttunooga
hereafter, and a large factory will be
built .. .John Grudup, father of D. G.
Crudup, of the firm of Tabler & Cradup,
and of Mrs. J. A. Tabler, expired at
the residnee of J. H. Tabler, in Chatta
nooga. He was born in Wilson county,
in 1809, and lived there until about three
yeais before his death. He was an 'x
icnsive stock dealer in Middle Tennessee,
and was well known and highly esteemed
all through that section.
RATHER OLD.
The oldest woman, familiarly known
as Granny Rose,died at Davidson College,
North Carolina, at the age of 131. She
was owned and raised by the grandfather
of David A. Sloan, who is now in his
eighty-first year. Her age is well estab
lished. Her mind gave way several
years a ;o. She became blind and de
formed, and has finally died of sheer old
a „ c . she did not complain of feeling un
well up to within an hour of her death.
A peculiar circumstance in her life was
tint she would occasionally cut anew
set of teeth, and she had just finished
cutting an entire new set a few days be
fore -he die 1. .
Doors formed of two thick paper
board, stamped and moulded into panels
and glazed together with glue and pot
ash, and then rolled through heavy roll
ers, are coming into use. They are
bettor than wood, in that they will not
shrink, swell, crack, or warp. They are
made water-proof by a mixture.
BUDGET r GF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Pleasure* of Travel—A World of
Misery—Jone* I* Married
fAt tho Parly—Active and
Passive, Etc., Etc.
How sweet It is In foreign lands
To meet a friend who lcnows you.
Who rushes up with outstretched bauds,
And almost overthrows you.
But oh, how sad, when that same friend,
Whose joyous gristings thrill you,
Exclaims, as you both hands extend,
“Lend me ten dollars, will you I”
—Journal of Education.
World of Misery.
Tramp (to fussy old gentleman)—
“Will you please give me ten cents, sir;
I’m starving?”
Fussy Old Gentleman (producing a
biil)—“Dear me, starving! Can you
change a dollar?”
Tramp—“ Yes, sir.”
Fussy Old Gentleman (pocketing the
tliange) “Dear, dear, starving! Bless
me, but this world is full of misery!”— j
Epoch.
Jones la Married.
“Jones is a very brave man,” remarked
one traveling man to another. “He dis
tinguished himself in the war.”
“Yes. I know of only one thing that
he is afraid to do.”
“What is that f”
“Ring his own door bell at three
o'clock in tho morning.” —Merchant
Traveler.
At tile Party.
Admiring Mamma (pointing to her
daughter)—“Don’t you think that Nan
nie looks so much better in that dress,
Mrs. Greene, than tn any she has ever
had?”
Mrs. Greene (with emphasis) “Why,
my dear Mrs. Scott, I don't think any
thing could improve Nannie’s appear
ance.’’
It was meant as a compliment, but the
fond mamma took it otherwise, and now
they don’t speak.”— Harper's Bazar.
Roth Active and Passive.
Pretty School Teacher—“ James, is ‘to
kiss' an active or passive verb?”
James (oldest boy in the class)—
“Both.”
Pretty School Teacher—“ How is that,
James?”
James —“Active on the part of the
feller and passive on the part of the girl. ”
Pretty school Teacher blushes and
marks James “perfect" in grammar.—
Washington Critic.
The Longed-For Letter.
As the last note of that touching little
ballad, “Tho letter that he longed for
never came,” vibrated on the evening
a‘r, she turned to find a tear trickling
el /. •"•tv .ly •\.eh —y ■ ll yI
thetically, “you, too, have 'longed
“ Yes," he replied, huskily, “two
years ago a very dear friend of mine went
West on twenty-five dollars which 1
loaned him, and for aught I know he may
be dead.— Epoch.
He Got Left.
“Coal for sail,” read the sign over a
door on the wharf.
“You spelled that wrong, old man,”
said a passer-by to the proprietor. “It
should be ‘s a-l-e,’ instead of ‘ s-a-i-I.’ ”
“That’s where you got left, my friend.
My customers nre all shipowners, and
they buy coal to use on shipboard, so of
course it sfor s-a-i-1, ain’t itf I’d have
made it ‘for sailing vessels,’ but the
board wasn’t long enough.” —Dansville
Breeze.
Genorosit v.
Generosity of a man who was ap
proached and asked to subscribe to a
charitable object:
“ What do you want? ” he inquired of
the man who held the subscription
book.
“ One dollar”
“ And what for? ”
“To bury a policeman.”
The man fished out a five-dollar bill
and handed it to tlie man.
“Bury five,’’he said.— Chicago Tribune.
A Hint lo Inventors.
First Yankee—“ What puts you in
such a good humor this morning?”
Second Yankee —“I’ve just got my
patent for my new ink eraser. I wouldn’t
take #50,000 for it.”
“Did you get a patent last year for in
venting an indelliblc inkt”
“I did, nnd I sold it for #30,000, and
now I’ve invented an eraser that will
sven remove writing done with my own
indellible ink.”
“What are you going at next?”
“I'm going to invent another indelli
blc ink that can’t be erased with my new
eraser. I tell you, there is money in
this patent business if you go at it right.”
— Siftings.
V lii the Family Circle
Mf. Oldsportte (facetiously)— “My
dear, you complain that 1 do not read
aloud, as I once did. Now, here’s a
choice item for your edification: ‘When
foul flics arc squarely muffed, the fielder
muffiig the same shall be charged with
an error.’ There, can your feminine
mind grasp that?”
Mrs. O.—“ Certainly, my love. Now
let me read you a sweet thing from my
paper: ‘lst row—Slip the first, then bv
turns purl 2 stitches and knit 2. 2d
,ow—Flip the first, then * knit 2, put the
wool over, slip 1; repeat from*; finish
by knitting !. 3d row—Slip the first,
then by turns purl two stitches, and
knit together the next put over and the
slipped stitch that follows it.’ There,
can your mighty masculine mind en
compass that?”— Katt Pnd ( Ca'.) Bul
letin.
Juniper vs. Tillywag.
“Maw!” shoated a St. Louis wharf-rat
of nine summers, bounding cagoily into
his mother’s present e. “Say, maw, Mis’
Juniper is scrubbed her floor,an’is called
all her young uns in an’ is washin’ all
their han’s an’ their faces!”
“She is, hey?” said Mrs. Tillywag.
“Well, you go an’ tell jer brothers an’
sisters to come right in here, while I get
a rag an’ a pan of water. I’ll let Mis’
Juniper know 1 kin put on style well as
she kin. I’ll let ’er know who’s had
raisin’ an’ who ain’t. I’ll not only wash
mv young uns’ faces, but I’ll comb their
heads, too; an’ then I'll wash my win
dows! Oh, there’s snow in the cellar
when a Juniper gits ahead of a Tillywag
on style an’ manners.” — TiilßiU.
Holding Something in Reserve.
The road from Mrs. Blank’s s miner
cottage (on Cape Cod) to the nearest
station lay over a succession of sandy
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hills and yet more sandy hollows, and as
the horse with which journeys to and
fro were made was a native of the Cape,
and prcnatally disposed to sloth, there
was often much uncertainty about the
length of timo required for the journey.
On one occasion Mrs. Blank was very
anxious to catch a certain train, and as
that event seemed from the leisurely
gait of the horse extremely unrcrtaiu,sbe
urged Mr. to mako the beast
go faster The coachman plied whip and
reins with no apparent effect, while the
Indy alternately examined her wat h and
encouraged the driver. At last, however,
her patience became completely ex
hausted,nnd espying a place in the tough
hide of the stol and brute where the har
ness had chafed, she cried out ve
hemently :
“Hit him on the raw, Mr. Cassebooml
Hit him on the raw!”
“Ma’am,” responded Mr. Casseboom
with unmoved gravity, “I’m a savin’
the raw till we come to the hill.— Boston
Courier.
Wauled A Thumper.
A fanner about fifty years old stopped
a number of people on Monroe avenue to
inquire his way to a gymnasium, and he
was finally asked if he was going to take
lessons in boxing.
“No, not exactly,” he replied, “but 1
want to see a thumper.”
He was directed to the right place,
aud after looking the estaulishment ovei
he said to the proprietor:
“ I live out here about fourteen miles.
I've got a hired man who has got so sassy
that 1 can hardly live with h ; m. He’s
got too big to lick with a gad, and I’ve
got to cuff him up to a peak. I want to
take a lesson with the gloves, and when
I go home I’ll astonish John Henry with
n bit of science.”
One of the boxers about the place said
he’d give a lesson for a dollar, and the
old man peeled down to his undershirt
and put on the glove*. He was shown
how to pose and how to hold his guard,
and then warned to look out for himself.
“You play you are John Henry, the
hired man,” he said.
“All right.”
“You’ve been fooling your time away,
and I’ve called you a lazy coyote.”
“Exactly.”
“You have sassed me back, and I gc
for you like this —and this!”
And the old man struck right and left
and followed the boxer around the ring.
He was doing noble work when some
thing shot over his guard and hit his
chin, and he went over like a log and
laid there until they threw- water on him.
Then he sat up, looked about in a dazed
way, and feebly inquired:
“What was it?”
John Henry hit you.”
“He did, eh? Then that settles it!
Here’s your dollaV, young man, and
here’s the gloves. If I'm liable to get
such a lick as that I’m going home to
tell the hired man he can boss the whole
ranch and be hanged to him I”—Few
Prett,
The sagacity exhibited by some of the
horses employed by the fire department
iu New York is very remarkable, and
their exploits have been frequently de
scribed in our daily newspapers. But
for the first time we read in one of our
evening contemporaries of a horse in tbe
service of our ambulance corps, which
is not far behind any nre engine horse wo
have read of in point of intelligence.
The horse pulls the ambulance in search
of patients for the New York Hospital,
and daring the whole period of his
philanthropic career as an ambulance
horse he has never once been given a
drink by any of the stable hands. He
believes in the maxim that God helps
those who help themselves, and helps
himself accordingly.
A Telegram reporter went down to see
liow he quenched his thirst, aud was
edified by the intellectual behavior of
the animal, which lie describes as follows:
Tlicre is au ordinary faucet with the
pail under it in the stable, and to this
faucet the horse made a bee line.
First he dipped his nose in the pail to
see if there was any water there, but
finding there was none, he proceeded to
open the valve by turning the handle
with his nose. He did not turn it on
quite enough at the first attempt, so he
gave it another nudge, and held his nose
under the spigot while the water poured
over it to his apparent immense satisfac
tion. “But what a lot of water will be
wasted when he leaves it running the
moment he lias had enough!” ejaculated
the reporter.
“Wait and sec,” answered the driver.
And there was no water wasted, for the
moment the horse had concluded his
drink, he went at tlic faucet again with
his nose and shut off the flow com
pletely.
“Does he always do that?” again
queried the newspaper man.
“Certainly,” answered the driver, as
he patted liis four-footed friend on the
shoulder. “As long as I’ve known him,
that horse has never had a drink that he
did not draw from the tap for himself,
just as you have seen him do this
time.”— Beitncijic American.
How 1o Get a Cinder Out or the Eye.
Nine persons out of every ten, with a
c inder or any foreign substance in the
evo, will instantly begin to rub the eye
with one hand while hunting for their
handkerchief with the other. They may,
, and sometimes do, remove the offending
j cinder, but more frequently rub till the
eye becomes inflamed, bind a handker
chief around the head aud go to bed.
This is all wroug. The better way is
not to rub the eye with the cinder in at
all, but to rub the other eye as vigorously
as you like.
A few years since I was riding on the
engine of the fast express from Bing
| hamton to Corning. The engineer, an
old schoolmate of mine, threw open the
front window, and I caught a cinder
that gave me the most excruciating pain.
. “Let vour eye alone, and rub the other
eye” ("this from the engineer). I thought
he was chaffing mo and worked the
harder. “I know you doctors think you
know it all, but if you will let that evo
alone and rub the other one the cinder
will be out in two minutes,” persisted
the engineer. I began to rub the other
eye, and soon I felt the cinder down
near tho inner canthus, and made ready
to take it out. “Let it alone and keep
at the well eye,” shouted the doctor pro
tern. I did so for a minute longer, and
looking in a small glass he gave me, I
found the offender on my cheek. Sinc e
then I have tried it many times and have
advised many others, and I have never
known it to fail in oneinstance (unlessit
was as sharp as a piece of steel, or some
thing that cut into the ball and required
an operation to remove it). Why it is so
Ido not know. But that it is so Ido
know, and that one may be saved much
suffering it they will let the injured eye
alone and rub the well eye. Try it.-
i Medital Summary.