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The Georgia Enterprise.
VOLUME XXIII.
Bftffi fOBTUi
C>lt ♦
He Stolen Heiress.
TALE OF new YORK IN 1835.
BY PROF. IV M. HENRYPECK,
iUTHon or
jy OueeiTe Secret,” * The Tower of Gold,*
•The Half-Treed,’ ' Harold? t //ato,"
• The Trule of Barcelona,’ hie.
rnArm yxxvl
P.IME C.UIPPARD'S NAKnow ESCAPE.
Xo sooner was Dame Grippard in her
jroom than sh ■ hastened to find and
How a drug of whose peculiar merits she
well aware. She then sat down to note
[iflVctof this antidote upon her recent
itlul sensations. Her features speedily
lUhieJ their customary aspect. Her spir
ros ■ ller e.vt s became exultant in (heir
sressi n She smiled at her image in a
rror in which she ha l continued to gaze
soasiy after swallowing the antidote,
•saved!” she exclaimed, alter the lapse
ibout ten minutes. "Saved!" she ro
iled, tr umphantly, rising and pacing her
or. "Hu’, bv my s nil, it was a nairow
S p # ! What bad luck to have tasted the
otgdrng! Vh ,t good luck to have been
n w the antidote! Come, this mischance
i pat a hue idea into uiy head. I w ill act
on it immediately. I was in a huge
mJarv as to how I could best lure her
>er to this cottage to-night. 1 have it!”
A few moments later she presented her
} again in Vernoeni’s bedroom. She
lercd feebly and whiningly, feigning to
ip fur bn a' h as she again seated herself
irthe maiden.
fomreua glanced inquiringly at the obi
ni.Dsfui '. The face w.,s still terribly
le ami the features seemed to writhe
i barely suppressed pain.
>i;e was not lying,” thought Verm ena.
he had really eoie i poison. I know tlx it
ib n lit rat po sou a fewdiysngo. I
ghd the poison has n t killed her. l’er
psi; will after a time Ah, I Bhall be
and to he far aw y from her when she dies,
je.sho would not hesitate to pois n or
id.' 0 lee, but st.lt I do not' desire her
ith. ”
ID darling girl," gasped Damo Grip
ditths moment, "I have had a very
row escape from death. I swear it! You
tdoalyiook into my faco to see that i
i near death, my child. You cannot
gnehow much and how fast one thinks
He under the t rror of sudd 11 <1 ■ ith by
ison. Miy \ou never live to know tlmt
ror.myovvn dear grand-daughter. Hut
ive come to ask you not to treat me bo
dlv on this, the lust night you are to
sunder your grandmothers poor roof,
rjivemo for the past! I feel that I may
i before another day dawns Pangs at
r heirtstri. gs warn me to expect death
ia a lew days. There is little hope for
Bfffio has swallowod as much of that
Bunts 1 have while eating that cake. 1
hto wr.te a letter to Mr. Uawksworihy,
dear. ”
Ah—a letter to Edward! You wHb to
ite a leiter to Lieutenant Edward Hawks
rthy, i iinio Giippard!” exclaimed Ver
na. much astonished.
lay dailing. I wsh to write to
Q, <>o that some time to-morrow you may
®my letter into Ills hands.”
J w hi not be the bearer of any letter
itpu bv you, Dame Grippard. to Mr.
ivksworthy—nor to any one,” replied
imeena. firmly.
rhe maiden emphasized this declarat on
th a swift gesture. As she did so the
irkleofagem caught the dame’s eye.
ie perceived for the first time that a golden
pet with a valuable diimond. encir
loneof Veineena’s beautiful fingeis.
exclaimed the dame, point ng
cklvat th:s ling; “I hvve no doubt Mr.
x.sworthv gave you that to-day while
and ho were in the carriage. That tells
f. ruy d-ar."
•ernceu;i blushed rosy red, but made no
fiv.
lour sweet cheeks tell what your touguo
jses to say, my dear. Well, I have al
dy more than once assured you that you
‘he have my cousent to your marriage.
ev er, you have decided to leave me
and refuse even to carry my letter
hun. Well, at you will give mo his
"5 Bfl ' Po that I may mail or send it by
11(1 to him. I have somothing very im
.lu! J° make known to him som thing
! "ill be of great benefit to you and
IJ n, my love. After you and he are very
-from what I can reveal to you you,
jpirn to love at least my memory, my
A Here—please write his address on
i sheet of blank paper on your table,
m gave me Mr. Hawks worthy's address
Mteruoou, but 1 lost it on my way
J i refuse to give it to me, why, do so— j
can easily learn it to-morrow.”
ml°ip 6 Cill b” thought Verneena. “I
and hue to know what she has to write j
- ward. It may at least amuse him and j
.{ h ? v e no hope that she intends to i
etch’” ll^er us l retlc^oroU3 °W |
hspicioua of no evil, nor of the potency \
cwe a p° nKIl e waß a ] [JoU t to pl rt ce in j
p- buppard’s hands, Vcrneena drew:
eB, gnated blank sheet of letter paper !
ona # * an d wrote upon it, in the center
h ~ * ls pages, Edward’s name and
LA lr '; 88 - Having written thus, she ;
fMtt sheet to Ur, dame.
fi*j_ er, ‘eoua looked up while she wan
, aud n,, ted the horribly exu’tant !
Unr cunning old woman’s !
iTenn a luom ent, 6fce would sooner
ip... 0 , er r 'Rht hand than penned :
bid in'*!, namo and address, and placed
up.,,. , m ®reiless hands of the wily and
Up , OUn "letch before her.
tainp 11 *!? received the paper with a
lu-r ‘ ot thiust it into one
HtDri'!.° Ck< * lK looßo, y. but With care not to
* :i or Wl '*uklo the shoet, writhed again
*'*h of ! U0 ! Ueuls as from restrained nn-
Ity f oi y and soul, th n groaned ami ■
“I f,, 6 i ow, y toward the door, saying:
ijweak—veiy weak and sick,
and. t ’ 1 ; nn not so strong as I was just
>tuv 1 may f ill before I gel
J)ec e ; V ai , rto “y bed I must go.”
h&es) the admirably feigned fee
•eDasn-nr * u ®®ring of the dame, Vor
to to g Un , * ber Bide and offered her at
''L t Mvmir
foppapi 10 i ßßißt -V°u to your bed, Dam*
W’/ ou pally seem very ill.”
"by, as j c }° y°u say, my dear child!
ain HUro will be my
lTe renfti 1 ls earth. Mav kind heaver
told;” * o9e ui another and a better
"•Sq
n rea^,v ’ Miss Vernoena,” said
in ,, 18 moment, as she appeared
• let rriA ° before the open door.
JB*dthe(i lr 0 you, my dear child,”
‘“gethcr rn ii l 1 "* 11 be onr 1-ist sup-
1 Jls €ft 'tb, perhaps. Let
i>C, yo - darling dill. ’’
h 110 doubt^ e purposo in view, I
o' Verußi'm, who was
Ji'i'i:-i i,, | re, attempt which Datao
i ,l|o '-!ess. -iii 11 ' 1 ’ to destroy hor con
to-ate an./ :0 "on'il not use such rj.
de-p ; . n | a PI •sling laiifptA/io will.out
tl : " ° niv j l" lr Pose behind it. I
to ea*
ths'dUlL ,eate( l at supper ta
vi'Skit wo“id f u at 0,108 Bnid:
Im J l ?' >f i be wel l fur rae to eat
sJ'® l *ill hl’iw y <,ear cbild > as fOOll
a Pto "ft a ( the “, r T R ’ h
• . larse . - least, so 1 have
•• . cup of_ teOj Maegie. and a
, gomt piaterm ot everything i o a win no 1
object, my dear child, though it is true you
have paid for all that is here. This is to br
I“• lllKt supper you and I will lake together
you know, in my cottage ah, mo!” '
j Verueena was now assured that the dams
had not again a tempted to drug aught that
; was bo!*oro them, jhe old woman—who
knew that the a ,t dote which she had just
i taken against the poison which she had ac
cidentally swallowed, as we have told, was
! also on antidote against that with which she
j had drugged the food on the tihle, drank
I and ate, apparently, ravenously of all be
fore her.
I’orceiving this, Vomeoua did not hesi
tato to satisfy her own appetite.
“I already feel much better," said the
damo during the meal, “but 1 fear I shall
be very sick before to-morrow morning. I
much fear that I shall bo obliged to send
for Dr. Erwood—who is the best doctor
near us—though he charges, I have heard,
foarfully high for his services. It’s a very
stormy night, and he'll hate to come, and
j he'll charge double to come. Oh, you may
be very sure that only when I think I am at
the verge of the grave wi l I send for him,
; or for any other doctor."
Verueena permitted the dame to do nil
the talking. She now 1 had so great a con
tempt and dislike of her that sho abhorred
even exchanging n word with her.
When the meal was nearly finished, the
dauie began to groan very dismally again,
and wbmo.l:
"After all, my dear child, I fear eating
and drinking has not done me much good.
I fear I shall not be able to write to your
dear Edward to-night, as I intended to do.
Ah. what nausea is upon me now. Oh! I
must go to my bed. I mart lie down. Oh!
I am going to have a very bad night of it
No—l am able to get to my room without
help, my dear child. I can manage alone.
Good night, my darling. Oh! I hope I will
not have to send for the doctor.”
Groaning at every step, and feigning to
totter as she went. Dame Grippard quitted
the dining-room, and was soon in her own
apartment.
“i hope she will have a bad night of it”
whispered Maggie to Verueena, when the
dauio was no longer near. “What is the
matter with her, Miss Verueena? I am sure
sho looked as if she was as sick as any one
I ever saw. ”
“She says she ate some rat poison by ac
cide it in her bedroom, binco she returned
from Old Anchors, Maggie.”
"And do you believe her, Miss Verneona?”
“Yes, Maggie. She certainly is very ill
—sicker than I have ever seen her before. ”
“li is not rat poison that would hurt the
likes of her, Miss Verueena. She’s of that
nature, mind you, that cou and swallow enough
rat poiso i to sink a Chinese junk and not
be hurt by the same. ”
“There is rat poison in the cottage, Mag
gie. ”
“That's true, Mias Verneena. She boughl
loins the other day, for she said the beast,
were getting ahead of her in the place. It
is none of her victuals the poor sleek
things would be earing. She s just the
worst rat herself in the woilil, Miss Ver
neena. She told me a bit ago, before sup
per, that you nnd ihe elegant j ouug gentle
man tint came with you to-day mean to
elope this blessed night, and that she means
to keep cat-watch ou you the whole night.
She’s pretending to be sick just to have
falso reason, mind you, to send for a doc
tor, and so have bim in the house to keep
us ull wide awake the entire night, mind
you, and so give you and the young officer
—the handsomest mau I ever biiw with my
two eyes—no chance to elope before morn
ing "
“Miggie, I have no intention to elope,
nor lias the young officer who came in the
carriage with me. ”
“If I can help you in any way. Miss Ver
neena, let me know. It s not the loss of alt
the money in the world would keep me
from strangling yonder old black cormo
rant, if you say tho word.”
“X am sure you love me well, Maggie.
But Ido not need your help. I know sho
fancies that I may elope to-night. I heard
lhat at Old Anchors. But I repent, I have
no intention to quit the cottage before to
morrow morning. Good-night, Maggie. I
will go to my room now. I wish to write a
long letter before I sleep."
“lieaven bless aud prosper you always,
Miss Verneena. And now I'll eat my sup
per,” said Maggie, seating herself at the
table, and beginning to oat with the hearty
ippetite which lind appalled Damo Grip
pard when Maggie first entered her eerv.ee.
Maggie began to entat about eight o'clock.
At about nine Damo Urippard again en
tered the kitchen, where Maggie had just
finished her tasks for the night. The dame
was very pale, tremulous, weak iu voice
md joints, and sank into a chair with a
great moan of pain.
“Sure," thought Maggie, after a drowsy
staro at ihe old woman, “she's about dead
now by the looks of her. What do you
want, Mrs, Grippard?"
“Maggie," twice gasped the dame, iu a
scarcely audible voioe, and rolling her eyes
feebly, “X am afraid I 6hali die before
morning. I wanted to speak to you about
your going to leave mo —but I'll not do so
now. I have very little strength left now.
Give me a little help, Maggie. 1 thiuk I
had butter return to my bed. But first as
sist me to my dear grand-daughter's room.
[ wish lo see her once more before Id e—
for X am sure I am not far from death. ’’
“Then let uie run for the nearest doctor,
Mrs. Grippard, ” responded M iggie, quite
alarmed.
“No—not yet, Maggie. T hate doc ors—
and doctors’ bills I may have to send you
for a dootor, Dr. Ei-wood, before morning.”
Maggie gave the support of her arm to
the dame, and aided her to Verueeua’s room
—wc-ruieiing rno amiuwbv .nc herself felt
90 terribly drowsy. Bhe had lad no sus
picion ibat she bad been drugged ou tlie
preceding night. \ erneena bad sad noth
in-’of tha: {not to lier, ail theieforo she
uow had no suspicion that she was again
getting under the iufiueuoe of a veiy pow
erful narcotic.
they i’ouud Verneeua wr.tl -g, and as
wide awake as ever. The power of the
dame's last use of the drug had not yet be-
OIIU to affect the maiden.
° -• jiy darling obiid,” moaned the dame on
the threshold of the room. X feel that I
~w soon to die, and have come to ask you
-,o come to my bedside and do me a service.
Will you come wiih me, my child? It may
be ibe last favor I can ever ask from you."
“Certninlv, Dame Grippard,” replied \er
„oem, deceived by the gbasttv aspect of
Ibe cunning old woman. “I w.U issist von
IO your bed, nud aid you in any manner X
can.”
“Heaven will bles* yon, Verneena, for
this kindness,” groaned the Bs '
neena and Maggie assisted her to her room
and to her bed. She reclined unon hei bed
without biking off any of her day garb,
* ''niin'tooweak to undress. I shall novel
bo strong enough to do so again.
Yet in truth Dame Grippard had never
been stronger in her file than she was at
this moment. She was now drawiug dose
her invisible and terrible coils, to cns’mre
snd cinsh to death the lover of the beauil
ful girl whom she was wanly luring into
involantary and innocent aid toward her
merciless purposes.
CHAPTER XXXVa
SNAKINO HER GAME.
Near Dame Grippard's bed was her writ-
I ing desk the broil l.d of bb b
, go that its front edge rested against the
, i. e j liurniug oandlts weie upon Ibt■ •
On it also was the sheet of paper on which
Verneena had wr.tteu her lover's name and
Hdf “ihelide of° the plpKnlaming^EiD
! newly sharpened lead F ouc ' 1 - . .. , oa
Dame Grippard before she lured Maggie
and Verneena into her bedioom.
"Do not leave me iuimedialeiy, my child,*
moaned the damo, soon alter she had ex
tended herself freely on bur boil. ' 1 find
that 1 must not delay to send for a doctor.
Sit down Maggie, while Miss Verueena
writes a shoit note for mo to Dr. Erwood."
Maggie, very drowsy, and glad to bo
scaled, obeyed at once.
Dame Grippard continued:
“My dear Verneena, I do not wish to die
yet. I believe 1 will send for two doctors,
Tea. I will ask Dr. Erwood to bring an
other physician with him. Will you my
dear, write as I dictale? Ah, heaven wiil
reward you fur your kindness, my child.
There is a sheet of blank paper. Write on
it—and with that pencil—a pencil wiii do
as well ns pen ami ink in this case, my dear.
Please hasten to write as I dictate, mv
love.”
Again much alarmed by the ghastliness of
the dame s face, and especially by the aw
ful hnskiness of her voice, Verueenu hast
ened to use the pencil ns requested. She
wrote rapidly but clearly to the dictation of
the dame. Dame Grippard dictated as
follows:
"RostYiNß Cottage, Yorkvilte, I
Oct. 5, 1830—6 'ISO p, m. |
“DocTOit Erwood: Come to me im
mediately. lam iu extreme need of your
instant adviefi and assistance. Come im
mediately. Do not delay a moment. Use
the carriage by which 1 send this message
mil your fee ns proof of the urgency of my
ueod. Re suie not to come alouo. Driug
mother Doctor with you. I repeat—do not
come alone. Your old acquaintance, Helen
Grippard, is dying. She has an important
secret to tell you of her parentage. Come
at once. Haste, haste! I believe iam pois
oned by rat poison. Yours always,
Helen Grippard,
tby Verneona Roland.”
The moment the secretly vigilant old
woman saw Verueena complete the above
she exclaimed:
“Lot me read what you have written. Give
me the paper!
And as she spoke she roached forward and
(matched, rather than received, the pape:
from Veineenu’s Land. Sho did this so deftly
that ihe maiden could not soo b r lover’s
name and address on its under side.
“Yes. it is all I wish to sav.” remarked
the dame after she had swept her eyes ovei
the writing and placed ihe paper out ol
sight by turning in her bed. “ihauk you,
my dear child. ”
“But how are you going to si nd the paper
to Dr. Erwood? And who is to go niter n
carriage, Dame Grippard? It is a very
stormy night,” said Verneena.
“Look for another sheet of paper, my
dear,” replied the dame, still feebly. “Ad
dress it to our neighbor, Mr. John Hay
man—tell him bow very sick I urn. lie
wants to borrow money of me at lower rate
than I care to lend it. Tell him I will do
the best I can for his advantage. Oh, what
a pang that was Haste, my dear. He will
not refuse to loud me his carriage and to
send his driver wi.h it Maggie shall take
the note over to him. He lives only half a
mile from hore. Oh, I may be dead before
the doctor gels here. Maggie, go to your
room and get ready to faco the wind nnd
rain—do. That’s a good woman. Ilurrv!
Wait, my dear Verneena—l will dictate the
note to Mr. Hayman."
[TO BE CONTINUED ]
A GREAT BANKER’S REVENGE.
Getting the Rest of the Fussy Old
Lady of Threadneedle Street.
An amusing adventure is related as
having happened to the Bank of Eng
land, which liad committed the unpar
donable sin of refusing to discount a
largo bill drawn by Anselm Rothschild,
of England. The bank had haughtily
replied that they discounted only their
own bills; not those of private persons.
But they had to do with one who was
stronger than the bank. “Private per
sons 1” exclaimed Baron Rothschild,
when the fact was reported to him. “I'll
make these gentlemen understand what
kind of private persons we are.” Three
weeks Inter the Baron—who had em
ployed the interval in gathering all the
tive-pound notes he could produce in
England and on the continent —present-
ed himself at the bank. He drew from
his pooket-book a five-pound note and
they naturally counted out live sover
eigns, at the same time looking quite
astonished that the baron should have
personally troubled himself for such a
trifle. The great banker examined the
coins one by one, and put them in a
little canvas bag; then drawing out
another note, a third, a tenth, a hun
dredth, ho never put the pieces
of gold into the bag without scrupu
lously examining them, and in some in
stances trying them in tlie balance.
The first pocket-book being emptied, and
the first bag full, be passed them to his
clerk and received a second, and thus
continued till the bank closed. The
baron had employed seven hours to
change twenty-one thousand pounds,
but ns he had also niuo employees of
his house engaged in the same manner,
it resulted that tlie house of Rothschild
had drawn two hundred and ten thou
sand pounds in gold from the bank, and
that ho had so occupied tlie tellers that
no other person could change a single
note. On the first day the bank peo-
Ele were somewhat amused at the exlii
ition of the Baron Rothschild’s pique;
but they laughed less when they saw
him return tlie next morning, at the
opening of the bank, flanked by his nine
clerks, and followed this time by vehicles
to carry away tlie sjiocie. And they
laughed not at all when tho king of
bankers said, with ironic simplicity:
“These gentlemen have refused to pay
my bills. I have sworn not to keep
theirs. Only I notify them that I have
enough to employ them for two months
’’ “For two months’’’ The bank
took alarm. There was something to bo
done. Next morning notice appeared
in the journals that henceforth the bank
would pay Rothschild's bills the same
as their own. — Cassell's Saturday Journal.
Kept His rromisc.
Five years ago Thomas Davis came to
Litchfield, 111., and a few days after bis
arrival a wealthy citizen was robbed at
the muzzle of tho pistol. B'amuel Will
drop was constable at the time, and he
arrested Davis for the offense. The
case at first was not strong against the
accused, but Waldrop worked hard and
secured a conviction, J ’avis was sen
tenced to seven years in the peniten
tiary, and when the sentence was pro
nonnoed be said to Waldrop: “I swear
to God if I ever live to get out I will
kill you.”
No attention was paid to the threat,
and Davis was conveyed to Chester,
where be served bis term anil was re
leased last wcekunder the good time rule.
On Saturday be returned to Litchfield,
but was only recognized by a few peo
ple. He called at Waldrop’s residence
anii asked to see Waldrop. Tho latter
stepped to the door.
“Is your name Waldrop?” asked
Davis.
“Yes, sir.”
“My name is Tom Davis, and I’ve
come to kill you, swore I would.”
Before Waldrop* could move Davis
fired three times, killing him instantly.
Tlie murderer fled and a posse started in
pursuit of him.
“jrr COUNTRY MA r BUR BVBR BB Rionr. RIOUT OR WRONO NT COUNTH F.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1888.
SOUTHERN SPRAYS.
INTERESTING FACTS BRIEFED
FOR BUSY HUMANITY.
MOVEMENTS IN RKLIOIOUR, TEMPERANOB,
MASONIC AND SOCIAI, CIRCLES—KIItItS,
ACC I DENT'S— IK DUHTRIAL PROG 11ESS.
Itabamn,
Pome iif the uiolders at the Elliot cat
works, in Uiulsdcn, struck for highet
| nv. Their places were quickly filled.
Tlie grand jury, at Birmingham, re
turned t iglit indictments against Judge
H. G. Rond, general manager of the De
catur Land Company, for embezzlement
of the funds of the com puny.
ArUniifiitn.
Owing to the absence of appropriations
to pay witnesses, the Federal court of
Fort Smith has been obliged to close,
and over 400 witnesses were discharged
on Monday without a cent.
Florida*
“Tissue paper parties”—an improve
ment over the kirmc-s, is Jacksonville's
latest fad.
A carrier pigeon line is proposed to
connect Fine Level, the present county
seat, with the wires at Fort Ogden.
Post< flues have been established at
Arrow Park, DeSoto county; Lacoochces,
Pasco county, and at Turnbull, Brevard
couutv. The post-masters are Win.
King, IVm. Acosta and A. J. Carter.
L. D. Gore, an old citizen living near
Bulow, was shot while at work in his
clearing. Four rifle bails entered Iris
body near ihe heart, aud death followed
almost instantly. Theie is no clew to
the ass usiu.
Leon Bus and wife, of France, recently
arrived iu Jacksonville. He has been a
successful scholar of the celebrated
French Agricultural College De Grignan.
He will go to Fort Meade, and from that
point as a center, will inspect the sur
rounding country with a view to estab
lishing a large farming and sti.ckraisiug
enterprise, and will advise his country
men who come to America to sittle in
Florida.
J. 11. Clay, an industrious colored bar
ber, of Bartow, was shot dead by some
unknown person. lie was in the rear of
the Bat tow house when the shots were
fired. Persons rooming in the building
heard s umls of a s ufllj and Clay’s
cry, “Don't shoot,” followed closely by
three shots. When the persons reached
him he was found t > be dead, two shots
having entered his head, the third pass
ing through his heart.
Georgia.
Gov. Gordon paidoned Mattie Barrow 1 ,
i colored woman, sentenced from llous
lon county, for manslaughter, because he
considered she was innocent.
Contracts have been given out by the
Central railroad for 26 new engines, 15,-
900 tons of steel rails, and the road is
building 500 new cars for itself.
Augusta has grown in population as
follows: 1860, 12,493; 1870, 15,386;
1880, 25,000; 1888, 46,176. Since 1880
the limits of the city have been enlarged.
Augusta is to utilize tlie big market
house, that was built ten years ago to
replace the one blown down in a cyclone
by turning it iut > an Exposition board
ing house.
Because Augusta, Macon, Columbus,
Rome, Athens, Milledgeville and Gaines
ville, will hold fairs next Fall, the Pied
mout Exposition company, of Atlanta,
will not hold a fair until October, 1889.
This is the menu of prisoners who are
confined in the Savannah jail: Loaf of
bread and water lor breakfast and a loaf
of bread and a plate of soup for dinner.
Duriug the rest of the day and night they
are allowed all the water they want.
Nearly 100 persons living in West End,
near Atlanta, having complained of fail
ing to get valuable letters addressed to
them. Inspector Simpson prepared sev
eral decoy letters and arrested Charles
Alternader, a letter carrier, as the thief
Kenl iicUy.
James W. Schooler, colored, of Nich
olasville, was, on Thursday, admitted to
practice before the court of appeals. ll#
is the first colored man to attain this dis
tinction in the state.
Louisiana.
The Legislature, in joint session on
Wednesday, declared Gen. R. L. Gibson
the choice of the general assembly to suc
ceed himself as United Slates Senator.
MlHliiippi.
A committee left Jackson on Monday
for Beauvoir to escort Mr. Davis to tho
laying of the corner stone of tho Confed
erate monument.
Two crimes were avenged by the hang
ing of a white man, named Graham, and
two negroes, named David Moore and
Willard Hall. The execution took place
in the jail yard at Bolivar.
Missouri.
A freight train on the Rock Island
road went through a bridge near Ran
dolph point, crashing into a ravine twen
ty-five feet deep. In a short time a
freight on the Hannibal & St. Joe went
through a bridge which adjoined Rock
Island, and which had been weakened
by the first wreck. Two engineers, a
fireman and four tramps were killed.
Norili Carolina-
Col John A. F..gg, one of the last sur
viving officers of the Mexican War from
North Carolina, died sudenly ou Wed
nesday, at Ashvillc; aged 81.
Alien B. Dills, a well know and highly
respected farmer near A\ ebstcr, shot and
killed William H. Bumgarner, and fa
tally wounded his father, William Bum
garner. The difficulty arose through a
misunderstanding about a small tract of
land, and is the termination of an old
feud. The latest report -ays that old
man Bumgarner has seven bullets iu him,
and is expected to die.
Texas
The committee of the Rrcsbytcrian
Cumberland Assembly, at Waco, on tem
perance, submitted an able report con
demning license,high or low, as w rung and
criminal. It also pronounced the sale or
manufacture of ardent spirits as inconsis
tent with Christian character.
Hempstead, the county seat of Walker
county, is in a state of great excitement,
caused by some articl -s which appeared
in the Weekly Guard newspaper reflect
ing on the county officers. Deputy Sher
iff Chambers attacked William Allchin,
the author of the articles, and was
killed; Allchin was him-clf killed by
another deputy sheriff, and the sheriff's
sou was arrested for having a hand in
the troub'e. The govemor has ordered
several military companies on duty.
Virginia.
J. J. Shirkey, dry goods merchant,
StauntoD, Va., made an assignment on
Wednesday. Liabilities, $25,000 to $30,-
000; assets, SIB,OOO.
Sosih CnrollH*
, Anderson is afflicted with u gang of in
i cemlaries. A secret police force has
1 been organized, and it will go hard with
Ihe incendiaries if caught.
The arrival of the North Atlantic fleet
has neeii a grand tiling for Beaufort, ami
large excursion parties from as far off ui
Augusta, Ga., uru visiting Uncle Baui’i
blue jackets.
The municipality of Summerville lias
suffered greatly by the heavy rains, the
Pike's Hole Embankment being over
flowed. It w ill take two week's labor tc
repair the streets.
Two colored men named Knights and
Williams were caught in a Columbia
graveyard near St. Peter's Church digging
fr treasure under the direction of a
ird” named Thompson. Ihe con
jn mau ran away, but the two foolish
tools were jailed.
While Thcron Earle, son of Hcv. T. J.
Earle, of Gowensville, and his sister,
Mbs Juliet Earle, weie ntlempting to
cross North Tiger River at Turner's
Milts, the buggy and occupants were
swept down the stream by the flood and
(kilted over the mill dnm. Miss Earle
fell on the rocks, and her skull being
fractured she sauk and never reappeared
until her dead body was found. Young
Mr. Earle was separated from his sister
and was saved in a half drowned condi
tion by the miller who had sei n the acci
dent aud hud gone to the rescue.
TrnnrMfp.
Work on the new custom house in
Chattanooga has started.
Wmk lias been commenced on the new
building at the University of Tennessee,
at Knoxville, to be devoted to icientitic
purposes. It will cost about SIO,OOO.
The police of Knoxville are in hot
search of “Prof.” and Mrs. George
Mitel ell, who are wanted by the Louis
ville, Ky., police for alleged swindling.
The railroad conductors running into
Chattanooga, are excited at the discovery
in their midst of Nathan Platshck, an
alleged detective and spotter from Bir
mingham, Ala.
The Farmers’ Convention in session at
Knoxville discussed horticulture, stock
r.iismg, “fence or no fence,” the destruc
tion of insects, English sparrows, etc.
S. J. A. Frazier, of Hamilton county,
was elected president for the ensuing
year, and J. K. P. Wallace, of Anderson
county, secretary.
Health Officer Mitchell, of Chattanoo
ga, on Thursday expressed to the Health
Board his convictions that iu view of the
fact that sinall-pox was at Jackson a few
weeks since, and has appeared at Mem
phis within the last few days, that it was
desirable to lake especial steps looking to
the thorough vaccination of tlie people.
A successful trial of tlie machinery oi
tlie new water works, at Chattanooga,
was made Monday, showing an increase
in pressure that is surprising and a supply
large enough for a population of 109,000
people. The new water works plant is
on au eminence about seventy-five feet
above the mouth of Citico creek, near
Citico furnace. The water is obtained
by means of a pipe extending seventy
five feet into the river, where there :s a
depth of uearly thirty feet of water to
draw from. Tlie capacity of the works is
6,000,000 gallons of water per twenty
four hdurs, the present demand being only
3,500,000 gallons per day.
A NOTABLE SCENE.
The Presbyterian Assembly held a ses
sion at Philadelphia, Pa., and the South
ern Assembly, in session at Balt more,
Md., adjourned, in order to go to Phila
delphia on a fraternal visit. When I)r
Thompson, of Philadelphia, and Dr. J. .1.
Bullock, the venerable moderator of the
Southern Assembly, greeted each other,
there were shouts and cheers, which
wire renewed when the visitors entered
tlie grounds where President and Mrs.
Cleveland, the host and hostess, and
the commissioners of the Northern
Assembly wore waiting to receive
them. The latter stood in a double
row with uncovered heads as the South
ern members passe 1 up to the front
of the poitico, where the exercises were
to be held, venerable Dr. Brown, of Vir
ginia, and the Southern moderator, Rev.
j. J. Bullock, D. D., of Washington,
coming in for a special share of the ap
plause. Congressmen Randolph Tucker,
of Virginia, and Breckinridge, of Ken
tucky, were conspicuous among the
Southern lay commissioners, and were
heartily recognized. As the President
and Mrs. Cleveland emerged from the
house to the portico there was a burst of
cheering from the big assemblage on the
lawn. The rain had ceased, and the
people stood with bared heads. The
President was accompanied by the host,
Mr. Morris, Rev. Charles Wood. Modera
tors Thompson and Bullock acd other
officers of the two assemblages.
OHINESE PIRATES.
The China steamer arriving at San
Francisco, Cal., brought news of the ex
traordinary wreck of the steamer, San
Pablo, which occurred April 24th, on a
reef off Turnabout Island, in the For
mosa straits, oil the China coast, 'llio
vessel struck a sunken rock in a thick
fog early in the morning and every one
was aroused. The captain soon saw that
the vessel was to be abandoned, as she
was tilling fast, and showed a tendency
tocaptize. Just before the lifeboats were
ready to be lowered, a swatm of Chintso
pirates came from tlie neighboring main
lands. They came in such overwhelming
numbers that before any demonstration
could be made on board the sinking ves
sel, the pirates were climbing iqi the ship
side, heavily nrme I. Cupt. Reed passed
revolvers and guns among the pissengers
and crew, and after a unions fusilade
the pirate* were beaten off. They made
a second and uioie desperate attempt to
board the Ban Pablo, when Capt, llced
brought the ship’s hose pipes into requi
! -ition, and the pirates wcic again put to
I flight. Ten were killed. The passengers
and crew reach and tlie mainland, and the
i pirates sacked the vessel and burned her.
: She was valued at $500,1100.
THE NEW WAY.
A parly of wbitemen at Minion, S. C.,
punished Luther It. R ch, from North
I Carolina, who came to that town in cotn
-1 pany with a mulatto woman, calling her
self -fane Mooie, intending to marry her,
n> marriage license being required in
South Carolina. The woman’s fears were
aroused, and she quit before tho rcgula
: tors could handle her. Itich was taker.
| into hands, severely whipped, painted
black and paraded around the town. He
was glad to get off with his life. He
confessed his purposo to marry the
woman simply to get possession of hei
money. The law of South Carolina pro
hibits tho iuter-marriuge of white anti
colored.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
HOW CONGRESS IS SPENDING
ITS TIME AND ENERGY.
OFFICIAL ACTS OF THE PRESIDENT —AP-
POINTMENTS AND REMOVALS —WHERE
THE NATION’S MONEY GOES —GOSSIP.
CONUUKHMIONAI..
In the Senate on Thursday, tlie fol
lowing House bills were reported and
placed on the calendar: Authorizing the
construction of bridges across the Ten
nessee river at Chattanooga, Tenn., and
ut Guutliersville, Ala. Mr. Stewart
called up the joint resolution offered by
him on the 14th instant for a constitu
tional amendment reducing to a simple
majority the vote necessary to override
the presidential veto, and addressed the
Senate on the subject. Senator Stewart
closed his speech ut half past one nnd
then the conference report on the pen
sion appropriation bill was agreed to.
She select committee to examine into all
questions touching meat products of the
United States was announced, (Messrs.
Vest, Plumb, Manderson, Cullom and
Cuke) and the Senate proceeded to ex
ecutive business On a motion Mr.
Cachings, of Mississippi, the Senate bill
passed for the erection of public build
ings at Vicksburg, Mils., at an ultimate
cost of SIOO,OOO. On motion of Mr.
Taulbee, of Kentucky, the Senate bill
was passed authorizing the construction
of bridges across the Kentucky river and
its tributaries by the Louisville, Cincin
nati A Virginia Railroad Company. On
motion of Mr. Lee, of Virginia, the bill
was passed, in iking inauguration day
a holiday in the District of Columbia.
The House then went into the committee
of the whole, (Mr. Turner, of Georgia,
in the chairjon the pi stoflice appropriation
bill. On motion of Mr. Blount, of Georgia,
the allowanci s for mail mis-enger servi e
was increased from s9oo,oootu $y50.000.
The conference report ou invalid pension
appropriation bill was agreed to. The
bill is identically the same as it passed
the Senate, except that the appropriation
for stationery and other expenses of pen
sion agencies is reduced from $13,000 to
$16,000.
Afler some routine matters were dis
posed of iu tho Senate on Wednesday,
Mr. Spooner said; “It is known to Sen
ators that dea’li has crossed the threshold
of my colleague's home and has stricken
down nt his tide the companion of hie
lifelong term. Many Se-nators on both
sides of the chamber have intimated to
me a desire lo ristifv their respect for my
colleague, nnd their sympathy for him in
ids sorrow, by attending the obsequies ol
Mrs. Sawyer, which tire to occur at 2
o’clock. To enable such Senators to do
to, I move that tlie Senate do now ad
journ.” The motion was agreed to, and
the Senate adjourned ... Tlie House went
into committee of the whole, Sir. Tur
ner, of Georgia, in the chair, on tlie
postoflice appropriation bill. Mr.
Blount, of Georgia; explained that the
bill carried au appropriation of $60,035,-
840 against an appropriation of $55,-
604,050 for the current fiscal year. In
tlie appropriation for clerks in postoflices,
there was a substantial increase of
$550,000, which was made at the request
of the Postmaster General, and which
was required to meet the increasing needs
of business. There were organizations
among postal clerks, among postoflice
clerks and among railroad clerks for Ihe
purpose of securing an increase of sala
ries. They di i not come b fore the
committee, but were in the habit of
formulating Iheir bills and placing them
in the hands of some prominent member,
and in this way they expect to drive
Congress to conclusions contrary to the
proper methods of legislation. Bo far as
he was concerned, be represented, not
office holders alone, but the great mass
of the people who paid taxes
aud would withstand any un
reasonable increase of salaries.
A general debate upon the bill followed,
participated in by a dozen members, but
it possessed slight interest beyond Ihe
fact that there was general expression
that some additional compensation ought
to be provided fourth-cluss postmasters.
The bill was then read by sections lor
amendment.
The Senate proceeded to the con-ider
ntion of unfinished business on Tuesday,
being the House bill to establish a de
partment of labor, and it passed. The
bill piovides for a department of labor,
one general design, the duties of which
shall bo to acquire and diffuse among the
people of the United States, useful infor
mation on subjects connected with the
department, in the most general and
comprehensive sense of that word, and
especially upon its relation to capital,
hours of labor, earnings of laboring men
and women, and means of promoting
their material, social, intellectual and
moral prosperity. The personnel is to
consist of a commissioner to be appointed
by the President, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, who is to hold
office for four years, and receive a salary
ol $5,000, cnici cieres, stenographers, va
rious minor chirks, copyists and messen
gers. A number of bills were taken
from the calender and passed, among them
House bill to authorize the construction
of a bridge across the Tennessee river
at Knoxville, lenn., with amendments.
The House bill appropriating $120,000
for the enlargement and repairs of the
public building at Atlanta. The Senate
hill granting to corporate authorities
of Tuscaloosa, Ala., fractions of sections
22 and 15 of public lauds south of U ack
Warrior Kiver. Senate bill to amend the
law making an annual appropriation to
provide arms and equipments for military
(increasing the amount to $000,000).
Senate bill appropriating SIIO,OOO for the
improvement and enlargement of the
public building at Petersburg, Va.
Senate bill appropriating SIOO,OOO for a
public building at Vicksburg, Miss...,
In the House, Mr. Crisp, of Georgia,
presented the conference report on the
bill to bridge Capo Fear, Black
and North East llivcrs in North
Carolina, and it was agreed to.
The floor w as then accorded to the com
mittee on labor, and Mr. O’Neill, of Mis
souri, chairman of the committee, called
up the bill to confine the sale of the pro
ducts of convict labor to the state in
winch they are produced. Mr. Cannon,
of Illinois, offered an amendment prohib
iting the importation for commercial
purposes of all goods, wares or merchan
dise from nny foreign country to the
United States which, in whole or in part,
was manufactured or produced by con
vict labor, and prescribing penalties for
the violation of this prohibition. Adopt
ed. The previous question was then or
dered—yeas, 185, nays, 44, on the en
grossment and third reading of the bill.
Cl OSSIP.
The Hatch bill to enlarge the duties of
the department of agriculture and make
't an executive department, is going
through with a rush.
The bill to pay Morgan Rawles, o’.
Georgia, $3,000 for projx'ity destroyed
by Uniou force* during the War, which
ulo passed the Senate on Wednesday
will go to the President on Friday.
The Senate committee on finance has
onlerejl an adverse report on the frac
tional currency bill, but iu its place a hill
will be reported reducing the fee up n
postal notes for less tlnn one dollar to
one cent.
In mapping out the work for the
United States Supreme Court for the
Summer, Justice Lamar was assigned to
the circuit embracing Georgia, Florida,
Alubama, Mississippi, Louisiana aud
Texas.
Gen. Sheridan lias been coufmcd to his
house for a few days from indisposi
tion, earned by continuous travel re
cently, and from cold. Exaggerated
reports concerning his condition have,
been published, iu some of which paral
ysis and pneumonia arc suggested.
Some of the Southern members of the
House Committee on rivers and harbors
are dismayed by the changes made in the
bill by the Senate committee, and ex
press an intention to vigorously oppose
those of importance. It is asserted that
the New England appropriations have
been, in many instances, increased even
beyond the estimates made by the engin
eer officers, and those submitted by the
department, while the Southern itemx
have been ruthlessly cut.
CORNER STONE LAID.
The corner stone of the Divinity building
of the new Catholic University of Amer
ica was laid on Thursday at Washington,
D. C., under the most unfavorable
weaker conditions, us it was raining.
Only about 300 people weie present,
where fully 35,000 were expected, nnd
the grand procession, under the direction
of General Rosecrans, which was to have
been an imposing feature of the ceremo
nies, had to be abandoned. The pro
gramme of religious services was but
partially carried out. The ceremony ol
blessing the site of the chapel nnd laying
the corner stone was postponed on ac
count of the rain. These ceremonies
will be performed at some future date.
President Cleveland was present, occu
pying a seat on the plntlorm between
Cardinal Gibbons and Bishop Ireland.
With the President were also Secretaries
Bayard, Vilas, Whitney aud Endicott,
and Postmaster General Dickinson.
Among the distinguished prelates pres
ent were: James, Cardinal Gibbons,
Archbishop Williams, of Boston-, Ryan,
of Philadelphia; Elder, of Cineiuueti;
Sal Pointe, of Santa Fe, and Ireland, of
St. Paul: Bishops Spalding, of Pioria;
Keane, of Richmond; Ryan, of Buffalo;
Northrop, of Charleston, S. C.; Burke,
of Cheyenne; Machebeuf, of Denver;
Brondell, of Helena; Giimore, of Cleve
land ; Jam-sens, of Natchez; Phelan, of
Pittsburg; Kain, of Wheeling; O’Reilly,
of Springfield; O’Sullivan, of Mobile;
Moore, of St. Augustine; Lcboeuf, of
Washington territory; Maes, of Coving
ton, Kentucky; McGovern, of Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania; Dr. John S. Foley, bishop
elect, of Detroit; Robeit Fulton, New
Jersey, provincial of the order of Jesuits
of the United States, and Monsignors
Farley, of New York, anil Sullivan, of
Wheeling. A large number of priests,
scholastics and seminarians were present.
A few moments before 4 o’clock, the
president arrived and was introduced to
Cardinal Gibbons, and other distinguish
ed divines present, who removed their
scarlet and purple berettas and remained
uncovered while the President was stand
ing. He took a proffered sent between
the Cardinal and Bishop Ireland on the
platform. A choir of 150 voices nccoin
panied by the Marine band rendered
llailyn's anthem, “The Heavens art
Telling.” This was followed by the
charting of Psalm cighty-three by tin
choristers from St. Mary’s seminary and
St. Charles college of Baltimore. After
selections were rendered by the choir and
the Marine band, at 4:30 o’clock
Right Reverend Bishop Spalding,
of Peoria, made an address.
Bishop Keane, rector of the Univcr-ity,
here stopped forwaid, and addressing
himself to Miss Caldwell, who was seated
nt the right and in front of the plnt'orm,
read a short letter from the cardinal tu
Miss Caldwell, expressing the prof und
gratitude of the church for her munificent
gift, which he said entitles her to be
considered the “foundress of our Catho
lic University.” Accompanying the car
dinal’s letter wai one from
the Pope to Bishop Keane.
A medal of solid gold, nnd about two
inches in diamet'r, was then presented
to Mi's Caldwell from tii l’ope. It was
instituted by order of Leo XII at the be
gin begining of and in commemoration of
the eighth year of his pontificate. One”
side contains the profile of tlie pope; on
the other is the representation of the
genius of history lifted aloft by angels,
with an inscription commemorating the
opening of the archives of the Vatican
lo historical researches of the scholars of
the world. Tlie medal is enclosed in a
red velvet case, embossed with the papa!
arms.
MARRIED AT LAST.
The marriage ceremony of Prince
Henry, second son of Emperor Frederick,
and Princess Irene, third daughter of
Grand Duke Uuelwig, of Hesse, was sol
emnized in the chapel of Ch irlottenbu g
eist'e on Thursday. All the bells at
Charlottenburg were rung to announce
that the ceremony had commenced, and a
salute of thirty-six guns tired at 12:30
announced that the bride and bridegroom
had exchanged rings. Both Emperor
Frederick and Dowager Empress, Augus
ta were present during the ceremony.
Prince Henry and the crown prince were
dressed in naval uniform. Thousands of
people were assembled outside the castle
and when the aged Gen. Von Moltkc ar
rived, he was enthusiastically cheered by
the multitude. The bride and bride
groom arc first cousins and are grand
chi'dren of Queen Victoria, of England,
Princess Irene being the daughter of the
late Princess Alice.
SAT DOWN UPON.
Newton Dexter, manager of the Food
Exhibition to be held in Albany, N. V.,
in September, was applied to for space
for an exhibit of oleomargarine. He
wrote a letter to Dairy Commissioner
Crow n, asking if such a display would
be allowed, and received the following
letter in reply: “It is my opinion
that an exhibi ion in the manner named
in your letter would be in violation of
the state law.” The oleomargarine peo
ple say that they will exhibit and uefy
any law to prevent them.
NUMBER 30.
AROUND THE GLOBE.
ITEMS GLEANED FROM TELE
PHONE AND TELEGRAPH.
INTERESTING DOTS AROL’T THE NORTH,
EAST AND WEST—TIIE EUROPEAN SITU
ATION—DOINGS OK KINGS AND qUKENS.
The street car strike at Rochester,N. Y.,
"ontinues. No curs were run on Wednes
day.
In the district of Sanctt-Spiritus,
Cuba, the severe drouth has Caused the
death of 10,000 head of cattle.
The emperor of Brazil has suffered an
other relapse at Milan on Monday, and
his condition is considered quite serious.
The Bank ol France announce* that
forty-five counterfeit 500 franc Jiotcs are
known to be in circulation. 'The forgers
are Americans.
N. B. Bradley, teller of the Union Na
tional bank of Chicago, 111., has disap
peared, and it is announced, that his ac
counts have been falsified.,
Cardinal Gibbons has heen notified of
the appointment of Dr. John B. Foley,
of St. Murtiu’s Church, Baltimore, Md.,
to be bishop of Detroit, Mich.
The Chicago, 111., anarchists talk of
putting a presidential candidate of their
own in the field. Capt. Black, their law
yer, appears to be the favorite for the
nomination. ,
John Lawrence Sullivan, the “slugger”
of Boston, Mass., has bought an interest
in a circus enterprise, that is noted for its
many scrimmages with the police author
ities in which it exhibits.
’1 he switchmen employed in the Sou
thern Pacific yards in Los Angeles, Cal.,
struck on Friday. They complaiu that the
company has been gradually dispensing
with tlie men who participated in the
strike two weeks ago.
Some of the boy inmates of St Vincent
Orphan Asylum, located in San Rafael,
near San Francisco, Cal., made several
attempts to tire the building. One boy
confe-sed thut they wished to run away
was tlie reasou they did it.
Some excitement ensued in the Meth
odist Conference in session at New York,
on Thursday, in the balloting for bishops,
and after 14 ballots, Dr. Newman, Gen.
Grant’s old pastor was elected to one of
the vacancies.
M. Wilson’s constituents in Paris have
sent a petition to the Chamber of Dep
uties, asking that body to summon M.
Wilson to attend to his legislative duties
or to ex| el him. Wilson is Ex-President
Grevy's son-in-law.
Tlie Presbyterian General Assembly
(North) at Philadelphia, Pa., voted that
in view of the present unsettled opinion
relating to tlie Revised Vcr.-ion it was in
expedient to authorize its use in the pub
liu worship of the sanctuary.
In addition to frosts and backward
weather, the farmers around Chicago,
111., are nfiiictcd with strange birds and
bug*, unknown before in that locality.
The insects look like locusts and the
birds are smaller than English sparrows.
Residents of Belocil, about twen'y
miles from Montreal, Canada, have been
thrown into excitement over the fact that
a tract of land, covering fifteen acres,
has sunk a distance of forty feet. The
laud had bceen plowed ready for sow
ing.
l<la McGrath, a pretty girl of Chicago,
111., “disappeared” under very myste
rious circumstances in the latter part of
Aprd. The police recently discovered
lier living with a very black negro, to
whom she had been married long before
she “disappeared.”
The cigar makers of Toronto, Out., are
out on strike. They demand an increase
of $1 per 1,000 for mould work and $2
per 1,000 for hand work, and the limita
tion of tlie number of apprentices. At
present the lowest rate is $6 per 1.000
aid tlie highest IU.
Tlie parliamentary election at South
ampton, England, resulted in a victory
for the liberals, Evens, liberal candidate,
received 5,151 votes, and Guest, conser
vative nominee, 4,266. The vacancy was
caused by the promotion of Admiral Com
mend I ,conservative, to command at Ports
mouth,
Mrs. F. C. Krueger of Elgin, 111.,
was killed on Friday in trying to rescue
her eighteen months’ old child from an
approaching freight traiu on the North
western railway. The child had wan
dered from the house out to the track
and was also killed, being struck just us
she reached tr.
Suits have been begun in the United
States court at Denver, Colorado, against
97 farmers in the best part of San Louis
valley, their lands being claimed by a
Dutch company, calie t the United States
Freehold and Emigration Cos. The
suits involve half a dozen villages, in
cluding San Luis, cauuty seat of Costilla
county.
At the Methodist General Conference
in New York, in a ballot for bishops
(447 votes being cast) two out of the
five to be elected were chosen, viz: Rev.
John Heyl Vincent, D. D., LL. D., of
Rock River, Illinois, and Rev. J. N.
Fitzgerald, I). D., of Newark, N. J.
Vincent received 311 votes and Fitzger
ald 310.
An explosion occurred on Tuesday, in
Hackett's chair and table manufactory, in
Philadelphia, Pa., and a few minutes later
the interior of the basement and first floor
was a mass of flames. The fire was ex
tinguished with some difficulty, when it
was found that n colored man and white
boy had gone to the cellar to draw var
nish from barrels stored there. The boy
carried a lighted candle, which proba ly
ignited the vapor from the varnish. Both
were killed by the explosion, and another
man on the flrst floor w as so badly burned
that he will die.
NOTED WOMAN DEAD.
Josie Mansfield for '.hose sake Jim
Fisk was killed in 1872 in New York by
Edward Stokes, the present proprietor of
the Hoffman House in New York, died
at Belvi rly, N. J., under the name of
“Josie Williams.” Beforo she met Fisk,
she was the wife of Frank Lawler, an ao
tor who is now a congressman, from
Chicago, 111. Lawler got divorced from
hsr and has himself been married twice.
SNOW IN MAY.
A remarkable snow bank remains on
the faint of D. M. Shuler, in Canajo
harie, N. Y. It is 150 feet long, 10 lo
50 feet wide and 0 feet deep. A creek
runs beneath it, forming a bridge that a
horse and wagon can pass over. An elm
tree in full leaf stands in the center of
the snow. No snow bank has ever been
known before at that point later thau
liuy 1.