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J. ■fc* y t CEDARTOWN RECORD. W. S. D. WIKLE & 00.. Proprietors, CEDARTOWN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1877. VOL III. NO. 28. CONDENSATIONS OF NEWS Tiir. norm. The Alabama legislature has repealed (lielaw Iniing drummers fifty dollars. Tho Memphis and Little Hoclt railroad * t<> hf •old by dftoi vo of court on the 271 It «>f February. Jonathan Warner, of Ohio, has bought the old ('agio gold mine in Moore county, (In., for 116,000. The adjutant general of Tennem re port* to the aernetary of war 239,564 uien in that Mato subject to military duty. 'I he cotton crop ol South Carolina will be about sixteen percent lira Icm than last There is a becf-packury at Port Lavaca, Texas, where one hundred beevea per day ore slaughtered. The Georgia Mate Ismrd of health are ■uaawnloii |>kv«U<MH> art. I irCtUg to Erfst the bottom facta of tin* Intr .Savannah epi demic. A New Jersey capitalist has purchased 33,000 acre* of land in Hhott county, Tennes see, and will lay out a new town on the line of the Cincinnati Southern railroad. Judge Trigg, of Memphis, has ruled that tat amifurd to pay T. K. Brown f 125,000 on a judgment against tlu< city most hr col lected. The augar crop of Louisiana lliia year in estimated at 200,000 hogsheads, and this is said to he equal to only about one-eighth of the amount required for consumption in the United States. The cotton crop of Louisiana is short between thirty-five and forty per cent., and sixty-six per rent, of the product lias already been marketed. The rapidity with which the crop has been forwarded is unprece dented. Mks Alice L. Loath, who resides in the eleventh district of Knox county,Tenu., now “sweet sixteen,” tips the beam at three hundred and twenty-live pounds. When only eleven years old she weighed two bun dled ami tiffy-tive pounds. Her height is about four feet eight Inches, and she is a pretty girl. CONGRESSIONAL. IIOI’NK. In tho houae, on tho 10th, Schleicher’s amendment to the postidiice appropriation bill, increasing the appropriation for the transportation of the mails on stage routes and stcamboata, was agreed to, yeas !*0, nays The bill then passed without division. The special business was then taken up, and eulogies on the late speaker, Mr. Kerr, were delivered. Mr. Kerr’s successor olVerc.I reso lutions expressive of the profound sorrow of the house, and directed the speaker’s chair to be kept draned in mourning during the remainder of this congress and the usual badge of mourning to tie worn hv the mem bers and oflioer* of the bouse. The resolu tions were adopted unanimously, and the house adjourned. In the house on the 18tli, Mr. Knott introduced a lull regulating the proceedings in the electoral count for president and view prssiJent. Referred to n *et*i»t eommliter. A resolution instructing the Judiciary com mittee to report an amendment to the con stitution forbidding the payment of war claims to disloyal perrons was adopted by a vote of 160 to 63, Bills were introduced to promote the education of the blind : la facil itate the negotiation of hills of lading, etc, concerning the expatriation and change of allegiance; to reorganize the navy; lo pro mote the efficiency of the marine hospital service; for a commission on the loemt plague. Mr. Frye ottered a resolution for the appointment of a committee of six to in quire into the nmiiner in which the election was conducted for members of congress last November, in the sixth district of Mississip pi, and the fourth district of Alabama, and whether in such districts there wmn any in timidation of candidates or voters. ’ The house refused to second the previous qiies lion, and the resolution went over. Ad journed. In the house on the 21st, Mr. I Mutt oflered n resolution for the appointment of a eelect committee to investigate the charges made yesterday by Mr. llewitt, that Ids let ters had been tampered with in the New York postoffiee. It connection with It Mr. Plait sent to the clerk’s desk and had read a telegram from postmaster.Iuniuipronouiio- ihg the accusation Utterly and absolutely false. Seven cam of ailk worm eggs, valued at about three million dollars, passed through Omaha last week. A number of prominent business men of Virginia City have signed an address in the Nevada seustors, Sharon and Jones, ask ing their co-operation in obtaining the pas s.»ge by congress of a hill providing for the issue of legal tender silver note, with the view ••f restoring the valne of silver a* a circulat ing medium. Minnesota, like all tho older western states, is exhausting her wheat growing Ra pacity, the average yield of the state running below eight bushels to the acre. 'I he patent process of grinding spring wheat into pastry Hour has, however, built up n great milling industry in the state. Instead ol exporting w heat she now exports flour, and w ill proba bly export one million barrels in the current twelve months. rOHRINN. Tltroo children at Morpigon, in 1‘ruit- *i.in Rhineland, have confessed setting on foot, Inst summer, a story of having seen the holy Virgin in a wood near the sacred spot. The three juveniles have been placed in a re formatory. Minister Washhurne ha* presented president Grant’s apologies to Duke Decares, minister of foreign ntfairs, for the arrest st Philadelphia of Captain Aufrye, naval at tache of the French legation at Washington and French commissioner to the centennial exposition. The Standard's corresjiondent at Alex andria telegraphs that it is stated on good authority that the khedive is dissatisfied with his American military officers, and has notified them that their contracts will not he renewed. The policy of this step is ques tionably as a renewal of the Abyssinia wsr is considered imminent. A Calcutta telegram to the Times says that the accounts of a famine received from Madras are worst than those from Bombay. A large number of starving people are Hock ing into Madras. The first death from star vation has occurred there, and much distress and di-ease exists in the country districts. The Panama Star and Herald, Decem ber Mb, received per steamer Andes, says: •’ A great battle has taken place in Garra- pala. The trenches of tne revolutionists were taken by our forces, commanded by generals Acosta and Comargo. An armistice of three days was asked for by the rebels to bury two thousand dead of both sides. Our forres cut oft the retreat to Antiqnia from the rebels. If the rebels do not surrender at discretion they will all remain in the power of our army. On the 21st of Novem ber, General Trujillo occupied Manizales. The Manalia river transit is free. In thirty days more all will he over. The Peruvian government has refused the request of Ecuador to send ships of wai troops to assist in the capture of Guayaquil l oin the revolutionary party.” Mr.'Buckner, and finally, on motion of Mr •Springer, the committee now in New York, of which he is chairman, was instructed to investigate the matter. Mr. Willis intro duced a hill, which was refetml to the com mittee on naval affairs, providing that the Heel in the navy In pence and until the pub lie safety demands mi iucrease, shall consist of thirty sea-going vessels war to he distributed among respective squadrons and divisl It specifics the number of officers, and provides that their full pay shall * the office of i nk i that when i with DESPERATE STIUMHILK FOlt l,H i:. llenHreitrilii* Keen** In IHe i ll.» «>| l linn-lies Title* t»> Hen tfhn Were Inside the lim iting l*ln> - Molise. The description given by pontons who were in the gallery ol the Brooklyn then ter nt the time of tho disaster is heartrending and horrible. Alfred A. Junta given the following account of the scene : 1 was seated next to the front row, hot, seeing that something was wrong tut the stage 1 moved tip to the entrance of the tier. While mV Imck was turned shrieks wore heard, find the unis* of people ill tho gallery arose in wild confusion. I cannot describe the They were climbing gripping d Htrnggli each other by the that when oi ho entitled i anoes, and wlie tv two slid one-half per cent, of full pay of their grade without the allowance referred to. Line officers who have seen twenty years oi actual service at sen, and retired staff officer* who have seen fourteen years of actual service nt *en, shall receive seventy- five per cent, of full pay of the grade from which thev were retired, and all other offi- shall receive one half of full p .y of the grade from which they were retired In nd- liilioii to the number of men now allowed to the navy eight hundred and fifty hoys for training may lie enlisted. Mr. Walkerintro- bleed a hill, which was referred to I lie com mittee on judluiarv, providing tlwu no mill- naval officer, or other person engaged civil, military or naval service, shall order, bring, keep, or have under his author- sr the place where any general or special election is held in any state, either for unless it hi visions of this section to tie lined than five thousand drdlaisaud Miller impri - ontnent at hard labor not less tlinu live years, sod be'.deprived from holding any •flint- of honor profit or trust nuderthe UnitedHUites. NF.NATK. In the fount*, on tin* 18th, in the morning hour senator Edmunds called up the resolution submitted by him Friday last, referring to tire mrssnge of the house of representatives in regard to dr*vis ing menus to count and declare the electoral vote, In select ii committee of seven senator* to net with the committee appointed by the house. It was agreed to hv a unanimous vote, without discussion. Senator Wright introduced a bill to establish a court for the trial of contested elections in the offices of president ami vice-president of the United States, and, nt his request, it was ordered ii the table. Senator message of the presi- nhead of one another. I saw oho man smash a follow in tho fail' Who Would not yield to him in the* passage, apd a big, powerful woman tore nor way through and mnir toward mo with scarcely any clothes on her hack, and with blootl streaming IrOtn nor nostrils. Twodceeut- looking hoys got together in tho front row, and l saw thorn chunlx-ring ovor tho soats and squeezing thoir bodies through tho crowd. Oho of thorn was thrown down, and tho other turned and called him wildly by name. I got d iwn among tho first that escn|M*d, and didn't wait to moo what hup|M«m*d. A tall, stout man, who said ho Was a truckman, gavo a very vivid description of themvuo i “.When tho uproar bemut," ho said, “l was seated in tho aislo, about the middle of tho gallery, and throe or four scats from tho trout*. I never saw anything like it. All the people in the gallery scorned to oo Crowding otic on top of the other. There wore tuon there who seemed |>crfoelly frantic. ThoyelL and shrieks I shall never forgot to* my dying day. 'My wife is down stairs!' one man cried out, 'lot mo got her out I’ 'We’re all safe if you’ll only be orderly!’ another cried; At the name time, how ever, he was making tho most strenuous exertions to get through the throng. Thowenkost wont down one after another, and tin* strongest rushed recklessly ovor them. Tho cries that ascended amid tho uproar woro heartrending. “‘My God! have mercy on mo,’ one voice repeated several times. One man managed to crawl from a heap of pros trate ltodina, hut tho struggling throng rushed against him, and ho spun round towards mo and fell almost, at mv fool. 1 tried to lift him; but he groaned mice <»r twice and gave a few gnsps, and all was over. When I saw it was to he life or death, l made for the door. All I've been telling took place in a few seconds, hut there is a picture in my mind I <ould not paint. When 1 got out 1 walked over bodies three or four deep. Philip Wanner was among tho voiy last to got out of the gallery. Ho gives the following account of the calamity: “ I got in from tho row near tim stage v the firo from the very first. As I looked up to the gallery tho acetic was tho most terrific that one could imagine. Mon and Iroya wore tearing one ovor another, and tho shrieks and oaths woro awful. One man clambered up the bean, spun round and round on tho heads of tho throng, and flung with a crash I could distinctly hear, against tho hack of tho gallery. Every one was for him self, ami men seemed to become wild leasts. They wore threatening and tear ing one another with their hands. Scats were piled with prostrate human beings, and, as successful striigglors forced thoir way over the gasping forms that lay all around, others who had been crushed to insensibility fell as they lost the support of the living. There was nothing for it hut for myself, and some others who had whited, to walk ovor tho piles of dead bodies on the floor. Hands and were protruded hero and there, which showed that life was still in somcof tin* Ity this time the smoke was dense, ami tie noise ami shouting from the lower part of tho house was torrihlo. I and some others managed to get lo the stair way, and we wont down in a mass—how I couldn’t tell you. All this I have boon describing took place in less than two minutes. One inifn who got out in tho crowd just before me showed me his arm, which had been bitten most to the hone." A COWARDLY MURDER. man his services in making himself and voting companion man and wife. Mr. Niekh* berry, know I tig tho desperate character of the- young man and hearing tho storV of the girl, Who .protested against the marriage, refused td perform tne ceremony and locked hiimelt in his smokehouse for safety. Bond then threatened to shoot tho young lndv, and her life was probably saved by die presence of mind of Mrs. Nicklcberry, who, seeing solllo.lhOh ride up, Jin Vo the filar fit “ the possfi’fichklio^l" and when Bond rushed oufco* the house, locked tho girl up in her room. Bond going out, found one of tho riders to ho nis brother, Hill, so he took Bill’s horse and ltontt HAC K TO Tlllt Hl’OT OF 1118 C1UM1S. There seeing a young man named Cole man riding off for help for the family of the murdered man, tnis blood-handed as sassin pulled trigger on him also, won ml- ing him tn the shoulder. Itldlog tiffin to tho residence of a Mr. Persons, iti the neighborhood, ho forced that gentleman to give up to him a fine horse and leav ing Iteliind a malediction, by way of thanks, with a yell this savagtarodo away at a brntknol'k speed. The dfiihtnotion into which ft quiet contmiinltylh thrown by such a tragedy may well Iks Imagined. Every ofKirt will ho made to catcli the murderer, who is supposed tojmve gone westward.—Mttuphir. .-Im/ttmAk, Dev. 10. BENT OS' BP UMNO. I’ll* I'll) nr LIUI* Hock kciitta K««ra of Another Tllir Ulnae tVlllitS Her <'Ot*|»OlltlO l.liltll*. Another llrr occurred on the evening •I* tho 10th in Little Hock, Ark. It broke ml in the house of .toner, McDowell ft 'o., cotton factors ami commission mor- limits, in the Miller N Uonzel block, on the corner of Markham ami Sherman streets. Considerable poWdl'r Was stored in the building and the whole city was in poll I for a time. Tho powder was quick ly removed, however, and also tho gomls in Miller <V Uonzol’s grocery store. Three brick buildings on Etuit, not ween the Miller & Benzol block, and a two story brick occupied by Mr. Volmer ns a dry goods house, and E. Klman ns a liquor nouse, wore razed, ami,tho datura lapping over and grapping thin building, the steamers played on the laige wooden building on East, ami prevented its sprond in that direction. Tbfi.gouernl •fllce of the Little Hook and Fort Smith railroad was in danger. It is owned by Judge Jones, Mcllntmol ft Co. The neigh burins d known ns “Fighting Al iev.'' comprising about twenty-five wood en buildings, occupied as satbons, etc. FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. The Action of Mine. Professor Bartlct says:-—Lime an invent two groat (nirposm for nourish ment: First—It disposes certain insol uble bodies to form by their decomposi tion, soluble compounds; and, secondly, it prolongs the action and nutritive vir tue of soft and insoluldu animal and vegetable substances beyond the time they would continue fo act if they were not ttiade to enter into combination with the lime. Erofti this statement the agri- cultmist can draw some practical con- lusions in regard to the uses of this mb- stance, and the manner in which itsiioud be employed ill order to have the results arising from its npplieatioh conform to those which have been produced by en lightening experiments. Lime is ac knowledged to bo specially useful upon fallow lands which are broken, upon sward littids ttmi thnim of turfy fmt it re which are to bo nllt In rt fit state of cul tivation. In all these eases their exists in the land large quantities of roots, which, by tho application of lime, may bo made the liotter to serve for manure by the solubility it. will give to tho new compound formed by them ; but to this efloct the lime must ho thoroughly mixed with tho soil. Vires on Hie 1‘iteni. By wav of variety, ahd for tho profit to l>e reamed front a foW stands of bees, would recommend every fiirniof to keep bees. A few stands will require but little time to take even the proper and necessary care of them, anu they will nflbrd the greatest pleasure in gath ering for you from the fields and. flowers a rich supply of honey for youf table; and in these days of adulterated syrups, the hoes will give you a pure utta'Uil- torntod honey, a luxury hut few enjoy, but Is so easily to be had by every farmer; and then the surplus honey as a sou roe of revenue that may rival the housewife's butter, and* for' tho time, trouble and expense, mav even rival the pigs or poultry.—Rural Nun. MUMEI.LA WROTH. Commodore Vanderbilt’s condition re mains unchanged. The remnants of a balloon were lately discovered on the count of Iceland. .Sec tions of a human skeleton were in the basket, snd also a pccket-book, with papers blurred by the action of water and incomprehensi ble. It is thought that tlie skeleton i* that of Prince, one of the three balloonists who left Paris during the seige, of whom no re port has ever been received. The nationai bank stock of the United ritates Is widely distributed. The total num ber of shares is 6,1.05,930, and of sharehold printed and Wright called up th dent sent to the senate last session vetoing tlie hill reducing the president s salary from fifty thousand to twenty-five thousand dol lars per annum, and the question being shr.il the hill pans notwithstanding tlie oh jections of the president threreto, a discus sion followed, the senate refused to pass tlie hill over the veto. Yens 25, nays 111, n< two-thirds voting in the affirmative. Hem tor Clayton called up the senate hill for th relief of the officers and privates < the. Fourth Arkansas cavalry volunteer Amended and passed. Senator Hitchcoc introduced a bill to divide tlie slate of N hraskn into two judicial districts. Referrci Adjourned. In the senate, on the 20th, the senate reconsidered the vote by which the hill establish the territory of Pernhiuu was or dered to third reading, and passol on the eighth of August last. The name of the new territory, which is to he organized out of a portion of the present territory of Da kota, was then changed from Pembina to Huron, and the hill passed. The pension appropriation bill was passed with the amendment of senator Davis, requiring the commissioner of pensions to hereafter incor porate in his annual report a Htatement showing 'he amount paid for additional pen sions, and also for the annual reduction in pensions. The discussion upon the resolu tion of senator Mitchell, authorizing an in- vestigation as to the appointment ot Mr. Cronin a« presidential eh vtar In Oregon, was then resumed. The discussion was not | concluded, and the senate went into execu tive -vision and soon after adjourned. In the senate on the 2let, at the expi- 1 ration of tin* morning hour, the com Id era- 1.488. Tlie average amount of stock held j tion of the resolution of Mr. Mitchell,nutho 'estimation into tlie appointmci i by each share holder is about f.: Hit). Share- 1 holders reside in every state and territory in ' the union except Washington and Alaska;] • u eleven countries or provinces of this con- | linent and adjacent islands; iu twenty-five . countries in E"rope, Asia and Africa,and in ’ •.i- island* of tlie sea. Tue total number of siiares held m foreign countries is 29,661. of Mr. Cronin as presidential elect* grin, wan resumed, and Mr Muiey spoke at length. On motion of Mr. Davis hiisineaa was suspended and thesenatc pain its tribute of respect to the memory of senator Caper- ton. Apurnnrin'e remark* were made by Messrs. Davis, Wright, Withers, Edmunds Hint others, and ns a further mark of retqx the senate adjourned. cHcniK*. Thu firo whs confined to the one block, although those in tho vicinity were badly dumnpod by* 1»o£h ,fite uml water. Tho delay in moving tha Sngint s from the ciMtcrnfl To tho river travo tho firo headway, wWTMi could iibi l»o checked ■ Jones, McDonald At ('o. is it branch of tho hoiiHia of Hussey A L'o. of Now Or- loniiHand Memphis. TIiuhgoes tho largest wholesale house in Arkansas. Loss can not fall short of $10,000. Tho third story of tho Miller At Pcnzol block was t he lodge room o 1 the Masonic lodges of the and also the office of L. E. Harbor, tary of tho grand lodge. The rooms woro elegantly furnished and all tho lodge’s pnpers, regalias, furniture, etc., were destroyed. Hit rial or the Victims. The Inst net of the fearful tragedy which began with the fire iu the Hrook- Ivii theatre, the burial of the 1 todies of the victims, was a fitting end to one of the inosi doleful histories of modern times. All the bodies in the morgue were re moved fo the temporary dead-house iu the (dd market, whore there were in all one hundred of tho charred corpses. An hundred coffins with German silver mountings woro brought iu and placed ti|kiii the floor, and into them the unidentified and destitute (haul were placed. Fifty-six hearses and undertakers’ wagons drew up at the entrance on Adams street, and the remains were lifted in. There were, two coffins each iu a number of the vehicles. Considerable delay in forming the procession was caused by the desire of jhthous in the Adams street morgue to continue their efforts for the identification of friends, and several additional Isidies were recog nized. Shortly after one o’clock the ghastly cortege started. Hundreds of men, wo men and children followed, rushing along the sidewall, in a state of great agita tion. Many of the private and almost all of the public building* were draped. All the flags were at half uifist, and torn by the wind almost into shreds, as if the great occasion had a right to all the ser vice they could ever render. AT CJItUKNWOOl). Twenty thousand jtconlc stood i-hivcr- rsally dubbed a wild, desperate ] ing on the alope of the lull just above the and worthless fellow, was the last man inner gates of Greenwood, us the funeral to whom any fond father would wish to proceHsion entered, while the roadway entrust It in (laughter's happiness. Mr. • leading from the avenue up to the ceme- Hill having made no secresy of his din- tery buildings was so crowded that the like for Bond, one of his remarks con- military brushed against the people in corning that worthy \ passing up. CAMK TO BOND’S RARH. I TIIR Ill'll!AL. had been an immense circular Sntlui Willi Nall. If farmers would make their land pro ductive, and in (dd worn out fields would liko to see rank grass and grain grow again, If they would destroy the worms in the soil and also tlie insects that infest plants, make four blades of grass grow where now but one barely lives, ana ac complish thin result without soiling thoir farm to do It, then use tho grout balance wheel of nature-—salt. Mix one-half >»■"'>"! >> f 'I with -vary two-homo loud I , n thu , llc0 , lv8 meoUl attention, lor n- . . , . of .manure, and sow it on meadow land \ n.wii, „ i, ow much .eveenud Water streets*, had*narrow Jdry land); but not ovor two bushels fo < '| n p | Hntc d could be made to nro- the aero, howevor, as too much,of course, . ( , uce \ glvlng j t ( , xt ra manure and boo- would kill the grass. If one-tenth tho , j When the corn was gathered, the tlifnu'tt iiwftv nn t ..Q , . ■ . «« * ■> water. The object here is not to improve the climate or aid chemical action, so much as to get clear of the snnorln- cunibctlt water, which acts mccImHically as an obstruction to the nutrition of plants. Mu fill nt this pitching, ns termed at the south, was performed bofort} the war; hut since, owing to the paucity of labor, the ditches have not been kept Open, many valuable bottoms lost to cultiva tion, and malarial fevers have bocomo much more prevalent; for one great ad vantage of draining a country is, that It adds to the salubrity of the climate and health of the inhabitants. In every cultivated field, flinch of tho valuable hillside soil, as well as nmudfial substances, are washed .down by rains into the wet bottoms; and where there is much Witter, the land is hut little Im proved, as the soil has no absorbing jHiwor, being always saturated. Drain age would be of great benefit in Mils re gard ; and also wheio there Is not much water, h'.it still too much for cultivation, and tho valleys have been enriohed hv the accumulation of ages. These hinds once well ditched and projasrly undor- drained, would pay better for the Invest ment than any portion of tho farm. He cause the uplands need an annual outlay of money for manures, more tlmrt the ditching would cost, whetl once dotyfas it should be, it will last an age without fertilizers. While it is true, ns stated, thatit would hardly pay to drain‘uplands, where, in most Cases, there is a scarcity of water during the summer, yet there are many soils, even among this class, that would Ik* honefittod, because of their compactness and impermeability to air and water. Many of the flat hinds might be greatly improved by drainage, but we must wait for an inoreaio in their value before much money can 1m* ox pended in this wav, as there is quite a* much land to be obtained nt cheap rates (having every natural ad vantage) as there is labor to cultivate them. _______ The A’nlue «»r nn Kxperlinenl. Mr. Conrad Wilson, a well-known agri culturist, tells the following story in tlm Rural Now Yorker: “When 1 was a little boy on my father’s farm, 1 once made a little experiment on my own ac count, and carried it through secretly, for the purpose of enjoying tho surprise it might create. With this view, as soon as father got through planting bin corn, I selected and marked oil, unknown to him, a small space near tho center of tho '■ '' To each stalk of the corn planted >n«n*y tlmt him hwn thrown •«» an i^|ji Pre „ c „ botwaen mv rat ntnlkland tho |>hmtor III tho onitorn uml mtddbintntw j reHt ()f t) , 0 , W(1 „ ttr „ cto a my fathor's nt- withln tlo. hwl twontv , V ™» had lie™ I lfnt | oni n ,„| ( rmomhrrlinw inirxleil lie iipplhhl t* till, rtyitnn In ourlnndl WH , lryl | ooom , n t. f„ r it, When ength 1 (llscl Mild have produced more Ilian douhlo wlmt they have, and the destruction ot the insects that destroy plants and trees would alone more than have paid all cost. Let those that have no faith trj' this and satisfy momselveH.—('or. N. Y. Tribune. Oiili m Tn.vlint Ti'np. Mr. J. T. Rico, of Union county, Georgia, raised two hundred and twolvo and a Imlf bushels of oats on one and two-thirds acres of land, and this is his account of his method in securing this extraordinary yield, lie says: "In the first place my ground is rich. I broke my land with small, diumond-nointed plows, twice--good, (loop and close. I then put alrout forty bushels of cotton IIIn l>rnd Mr. L. B. Hill, a most highly es teemed farmer and gentleman, living four miles north of Hhclhv Itopot, on tho Memphis and Ohio railroad, eighteen miles from this city. Mr. Hill had a daughter, Miss (settle Hill, a pretty schoolgirl of fourteen years of age, who had unfortunately became attached to a young man ol the neighborhood named A. M., or a* he is better known "Golly” Bond, 'l’o this attachment the young lady’s father gave his emphatic disap proval, and wisely so, for young Bond, who is about twenty-four years of ago per and cd four e- A (juarrel, on last .Sunday, i suit, hut no blows wen; exchanged Yesterday morning about sunrise, Rond went to Hill’s house, and after a stormy interview went away, saying he would “ix* hark in an hour." Not long after wards he did return, and rode into Hill’s yard. After bringing Hill out of the barrel of his gun ench (Jug for the reception of tho coffins, and in the center of the trench was a space ol ground Mime twenty feet in diameter, upon which the services were conducted. It took nearly half an hour for the workmen to deposit the sev enty-nine ooflinH in the trench. Then the services were begun. Rev. through'the window, when he came just i Noah H. Schenck read the iHoiutifiil across tlie threshold, Bond deliberately i burial services of the Episcopal church, emptied the other barrel into tho body of which were listened to attentively by the father of bin inamorata. Not con- those who were within reach of his voice, tent with this, and, as if seized with There was an inexpresHibleHadneasmin- fiendish madness and thirst for blood, he gled with the solemnity at the sw-ne. drew a revolver and sent the contents of; Hundreds of people wept, the tears free/. * ' ' "eir cheeks ; house by firing bushels per acre of outs, and plowed the in with a small turn-plow, deep and close. I sowed tho first of October and com menced gruzingthom the first ol Novem ber with my milch cows. I luid six head, ami kept them on (hem all the time, only when tho land was too wet, up to tlm 1st of March, hut I think that a liitlc too long. I out them the 27tliof May. Nadieve thatthoHoontfcan he made to make two hundred bushels to tlm aero, and I am going to try them next year. They will not rust; and Lhcv will not mnku on poor land, hut they will make (Mi rich laud. I believe the same manure nut dn them that is put on wheat to make ten or twelve bushels of wheat per acre, put on these oats will make fifty bushels ncr acre. They are the heaviest oats I ever saw. 1 made two hundred and twelve and a half bush els on one and two-thirds Last year I raised n lot of mangels and carrots. Tho mangels were gathered first and put in tlie collar; afterward the carrots were gathered and corded oil top of thorn, so that when I began to iced them to the cows the carrots came first Tho cow gave about her usual uuantity of milk, except the umiuI shrinkage on icccssinn of cold weather,’ and being put upon dry fodder. Fearing that the nee la would not keep as well as the car rots, and also thinking that they possess ed better milk-producing qualities, I wm anxious to get at them. Accordingly I removed part of the carrots and mcnced feeding beets, when, to my sur prise, my cow began to fall off her milk until the deficiency reached about one- third. Wishing to test the matter stili further, I changed back again to carrots, when her milk increased to about the usual standard. The quantity fed was about the same in either ciwo—about a half bushel basket three quarters full. If there was any difference it was in favor of the beets.— Cor. Mobile, Ileyitlr.r. its five chambers boring and tearing the quivering flesh of the dying Springing then into the house, they issued from of the mother who had just seen tier husband shot lie fore her eyes, this young devil seized, with his hands STAINED WITH 11 Kit FATHER*8 BLOOD, the young girl, Bettic, and over the dead Goon Women.—The modest virgin, the prudent wife, or the careful matron arc much more serviceable in life than philosophers, blustering pctticoated heroines or virago queen it tikes her husband i .She who ihildrcn hup at lengtiri cflaclotM-d the oeeret, ho in stantly inquired how much extra work and manure I hud applied. ‘Tell mo thin exactly,’said he,‘and I can telKho value of the experiment.’ I told him I had imply doubled what ho had givcu to t he rest of the field. After examining tho result and comparing it with the reat of uml tlmt his yield wt the rate of forty-four bushels to tho and mine at the rate of sixty ninebiiahnls. •Now,’said he, if extra culture and extra manure are good for single stalks, it must he good for tho whole crop.’ H the next year ho adopted my plan for the wholo crop, and found that tho grain was oven larger, by several bushels than in my experiment; and ho also found that the cost ol each bushel was reduced to IIOKSIIIKl S’llll I*. The animal that matures the earliest is the most profitable to raise for food Great improvement in this reaped has been made in both hogs ahd cattle. A hog that can be brought into market weighing two hundred and fifty pounds at ten mouths old is worth more than double as much as one requiring two yearn to reach that jweighl. The' IMimflMir O re Hu ■ its. Wo indorse with emphasis the follow ing very sensible advice on planting or* chords from tho lamdon Garden: In preparing tlm holes preparatory to plant ing tho trees, one can only reiterate ilmt which lias often been quoted, viz: Make hut one hole—in other words, mellow tho ill so deeply that t he size of the hole it- •|f will 1h* ii matter of small moment. The depth of tlie hole is, however, of some importance; in my opinion it should not he too (jeep, but merely suffi cient to allow the tree to stand at tho proper depth. Ton roots will work their way down almost In spite of uil obstruc- tiona, but tho delicate fibres and small rootH tlmt provide the nourishinentshould have light mellow earth in which to rnin- ide. r l his is a common senso view of the subject, and it is borne out in practice. Deep holes uot (infrequently serve as rc- coptaclcs for holding water, especially in clayey soils; and when planters fill in the IxiLtom with stones, no benefit, ot course, is derived therefrom, as then ac cumulated water has no vent. In soils retentive of moisture, frees should ho planted even more shallow than they usually me ; hut in all cases it is a good rule to bear in mind that trees should wayabeset shallow. Concerning the selec tion of trees, planters differ. Most prefer small trees, hut huccosh is often nttunied with trees of lurgosize. There isthisdif- ferencc: a person to succeed vrtth large specimens must first thoroughly under stand the nature and requirements of his trees, and he versed in his work, other wise. ho will fail; but the merest novice, with small trees, under ordinary cir cumstances, will not have many to re place. I n respect to the selection of nur sery trees. I prefer apples three,or at tho furthest, four years ot age ; jiears. two or three years; plums and cherries, two years; and peaches one year. These should all l>e strong and healthy, which is shown not only by tho size of the pre vious year’s growth, but by the peculiar glossy appearance of the hark. FACTS AND FANCIKN. Only a few days more of leap year remain, and wo shall he glad when it Ih over. This having to reject girl after girl is a cruel st rain upon a sensitive man.— Norwich IhilUtin. Most men call fretting a minor fault, a foible, and note vice. There is no vice except drunkenness which can so utterly destroy the pcnco, tho hnpplness of a home.—Helen Hunt. OH It* STRAW, ho much used for bon nets, is the braided hark of a willow grown in France and Belgium. Ita whiteness is so perishable that It will change over night, becoming the cream color generally seen. WOULD-Bw wag (to old cuatomer with highly tinted nose)—“A’say, Olmppie, how muoklo wld it tak’ ta pent a nob like that* o’youra?" Old customer— " well, mum, a' couldna exactly say, as it's nn just feeniali’t yet I"—Judy. If the hard times koop up aa woll a* they have begun, this Is going to bo one of those frauds of Christmas, in which six large, mealy, cheap apples fill tne boy's stocking so full that it is barely possible |o crowd a mengro five emits’ worth of candy In the top of the log. We’ve been there.— Hnxvkeyr. Wiikn n Chicago ihoenmker sells a young lady of that city n pair of gum shoes, he. makes the bill out in the fol lowing form : “To twenty-seven pounds of Inula rubber at $1.00 per !»»., $27.00." And even thou he tools ns if ho were on thevory vorgo of bankruptcy.—Brooklyn Arfftu. . Mr. Longfellow once received a lottor requesting him to compose an acrostic, the first letters of which should spell “ my sweet irirl." The ap plicant added, “write ns if It were some beautiful with whom you were in love - -just as if it wero for yourself." At the foot of the letter were these words, “ send hill." A I'ltOTOORAi'HKR gives the following direct Ions to his ciiHtomera : "When a sitting for a picture would compose her mouth to a bland and serene eharactor, sho should boforo entering tho room say, ‘bosom,’ and koop the expression into which the mouth subsides until the de sired effect iu the camera is ovidont. If, on tlie other hand, sho wishes to assume a distinguished and somewhat noble hearing, not suggestive of sweetness, she should snv ‘hruah,’ tho result of which is infallible. If she wishes to make her mouth look small, she must say ‘flip,’but if tho mouth he already too sinall and need enlarging, she must say ‘cabbage." If she wishes to look mournful, she must say‘kerchunk; if resigned, she must f orcibly ejaculate 's'cat.’" Tho BodyFJndora of tlio Hoiuo. I must mention the strangest, norbHiw, of all th6 strange methods of gaining a living which*nre in vogue in Parte, and that is tho trade of body-finder. I he authorities of Paris pay ton francs re ward for every corpse that is discovered in the Heine and brought to tho •» orguo. As the wages of tho poor boatmen who nly on the river are extremely small it will readily Ihi seen that such an ad dition to their potty earnings is not to be despised. But as bodies float, sometimes far down the Hal no, beyond the reach of the boatmen employed in the upper part of the river, these boatmen have or ganized a regular traffic with those who ply their vocation far down the stream, and who, if they find a body, cannot well leavo their regular work to bring it to Paris. The down-streapi Indies nro therefore purchased at five francs each by tho upstream boatmen, the profits be ing thus fairly divided. It may ensily l.o imagined with wlmt care these men watch tho river fot* some indication ot the presence of tho mortal remains ot some poor suicido, who, if ho were good- for-nothing when living, is worth fully ten franca now that he is dead. These bodyfinders form a valuable adjunct to t he police force, and instances have .»con known (d one individual bringing in two and three bodies in a single day.—Parui Cor. Philadelphia Telegraph. want you beef raising. Ixsly of Tier father, bore her away. \ |»y, who reclaims the one from Mounting his horse with the frightened j Gains the other to virtu**, is a much girl in his arms, Bond went speeding : greater character than ladies described ii a greater deg • steer that will come earl iest into market will produce beef at the least cost to tho farmer, and generally of and the best quality for the consumer. Itrulnoec ill tl*<- Moiilli. uVwarilH tin- i ion I.f llev. Mr. ‘Nickli- in romance, wlmwi win wx-upationlf In I Therein but one clam ofwiln at tin berry, about a half a mile distant, and j murder mankind with their shafts from Gout') that will pay for dram in jf; low arriving there, demanded of that gentle-1 the [quiver of their isyun.—OoldtinUh. J lands which arc General Crook’s Annual Report General Crook’s annual report says the iners in the Black Hills did not violate tlie Sioux treaty until long after the In dians had erased to regard it, and they have not kufibred as much from tho Sioux since they went to the hills ns they did while living on the border. He also calls attention to the fact that his command of less than one thousand men fought and beat Sitting Hull’s band in the battle of the Rosebud several weeks previous lo General Custer's disaster. He seems to think the government had treated the .Sioux witli unparalleled liberality, which t’ley have repaid by raids along tho bor- .... , iter of the reservation, limited only by Larged witli bottom the endurance of their ponies. Old Hi’s Husplclous. Old Hi wont to the theater to see aima- giciiitj performance the other night. Next day wo asked him : ... “Did you see that man handle that money last night ?’’ “I did, for a fact!" “lie mado it come and go in all sorts Young 1m»hh, dat man’s jMiw’ful slick wld sllber mummy." “What did you think of him, HIT “Dat man fool’d ’round dar wid dat mutiny ’tell ho ’roused my spishuns, be did." . „„ “Huspiclotis of what l "Hit teks lots of praotlss for to make a half dollar ’pear and dis’pi ar in dat stile.” “Of course.” , “Hat’s what meks mo hah a Kpishun dat dat white man wuzone time decasn cer oh a freedmnn’s bank, an I je to hnnnol him n fow mlnnlt*, oh. born.” A nonunion of i Float Ins Unlit. The Itnllrnml Amm nivcn the follow- inn very comical idoe ol tho term llonl. inn debt,” ill nmover too corroknoiidi'ntt "Floating debt" III n very fiioliionabin term nmonir railrond. nowodnyo. It re,»- rcwoito tho .mailer debt, due u. locomo tive and car builder*, rolliiiR mill*, wood mid coal dealer., condllctoni, enyinetnen, trackmen, ollico boy* and other., for which nn Hccunty Inn boon ((ivon. they ltear no intercut, nnd Hometiinco no prin cipal, and the claims which they rrnre- eflut are not generally cashed by brokera at more than thoir face. After floatin* debt, have run no long that tho company finds it can not pay them, they are often "converted” Into "bonded debt, recur od by recond or third mortgage, and then tlie mortgage la finally “wi|icd out by sale of the road, which settles the floating debts anil their holders in the most cusy and comfortable manner imaginable. DIE HOW MANY CHILDREN from Croup, Diptlierla, fee. Tills new prin ciple. Dr..I. H. Mel^an’s Cough and Lung Hcitllng Globules, will cure Croup tunl Throat cliHeas-'w, Coniumpt ou, Coughing, Hoarse ness. Trial Boxes 2f» one, hy mail. Dr. J. H. McLaun’s office, 31-1 Ch?stmit St., St. Louis.