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BUTLER, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1885.
Subscription, $L60 iu Advance.
NUMBER IT. f
ddle State**
revival Is going on in
_o .vanin; Methodists, Mennon-
p^ntion Army J>eople are making
vt converts among all classes.
Engineer Melville, of Arctic fame,
wants to go on another exploring expedition,
amd htt> issued an address from Philadelphia
♦declnriEg th-.t the time is ripe for the making
a tii:l successful voyage to the North
a oj« Ho V’ejits some wealthy man to fur-
nnsh tho means to pay for the fitting out of
Another expedition.
A resolution condemning the attempt to
•hlow up the British parliament buildings was
{passed t»y the Connecticut assembly.
I'HnEi: Italians drank what they supposed
was anisette in a Brooklyn barber shop, and
wero taken with violent symptons of i>oison
ang. Two of Hie men die! in a few moments,
a*mi t!*o third man saved his life by rushing
into a neighboring grocery and drinking of
ttweofc oil, whi:‘h brought on a violent fife of
vomiting/
Ex-Govf.rnor Mosfcs, of South Carolina,
was token to prison at Cambridge, Mass., fict
^ !l 1 r llin ? -.Tl by false pretehces from Colonel
■l • U . Higginson. Moses has been in similar
«CK*pes numerous times of. late years.
New \ ore literary circles have been much
•oxfcitcd over tlio mysterious disappearance of
ConaaL editor of Harper's Weekly.
it.was feared his mind had givo»A Vray through
•overwork, ami that he had committed sui-
-^icU*.
^•'estdent-kleOt Cleveland was called
•Tipon at Albany by II011. John G. Carlisle,
* pi‘ak> ;• of the House of Representatives.
•Lue interview Ik'tween the two lasted until
nearty nudnighfc, and the subject under dis-
is sup])«jv©rl to havo been national
;.government matters.
- y'ENtv-TintME persons were injured, two
Tiii " >Vil P‘* olLKlI, ly fatal result, by an ac-
i which caused an express train going
liigh mte of speed to ltvivo the rails near
Je*.>ey City, N. J., and crash into a train of
loaded coal cars 0.1 a side track. The pe-
cuipaiy damage is put at tl(ld,0;x).
ITcksident-ei^ci-Cleveland had a long
interview with Mr. Hendricks and Speakor
Cui Jis e, presumably the Cabinet np-
jiointments.
An explosion outside a dry goods store on
, rand street. New York, shattered the win-
d<;ws «>i several stores nnd rVented constcrna-
u»n throughout tb<* neighborhood. One of
<ne dry goods firm,. L i's lul l t rouble with its
employes, and it ) s thought that dynamite
was used to br’ug it to t inns.
Sou*It and Went*
tV.Lc^.RLSr. oner (Republican) waselccteu
*co the United Stales .Senate by the Wiscon
sin legislature.
The Oklahoma boomers and land grabbers,
becoming alarmed l»y tho arrival of United
J^totcs troop; :. ‘u. t ) oust tli.*m, left tho In-
<1 win Ten ilory in a body for Kansas. Through
out Kansas tho sentiment is almost universal-
ly in favor-of the would-be settlers. -
J ohn J. Tn»;alls has been re-elected to the
4 r.iti it states N.nate by the Kansas iegisla-
nurc. t • n
Tbk CnliCoinia Jogisfcituno has olortod I.e-
I? 1 " 1 h-hinfoi-.l (Kcpubliian) a Cnited Stater
JSenator.
Every member of tho seven persons com
prising Christian Krall’s family, residing
n«U* t^ebaiMU. Uenn., were taken withsymp-
.^ofpvi :ii!ig soon after eating break
fast n few mornings agix Mrs. Krall and
three children soon iliinl, ami tho other mem-
bet’s of the iamily were not expected to re
cover.
\ renewal of extremely cold weather is
reported f
Chicago tiie Mr
Hitlmv./er, ?i nr
ait S.t. Itml, Mi
tine, towa, ”1 l
sons have be« n
hoiTvJS, slice, 1’’■*
thousands.
West and Northwest,
con le I or marked 15 degrees
irJingio.i, Iowa, 26 below;
.. 20 Inflow, and at Musca-
ow. ?»« Oregon many j>er-
i< v **n to death, and cattle,
* hogs havo perished by
< if AKfcEs J. Rogers, the penitentiary war
den w!i<> "jiir.k-red Starry, another warden,
Henry Smith,of Union county, Ga., wont
un a spree, taking his sevon-year-olason with
Lira. The boy dram; a pint of whisky on a
wager, and was dead in two hours. - The
fattier was arrested.
Another of tf:e Hocking Valley (Ohio),
niines, belonging to a syndicate, has been
lired. Every minciexcept ono owned by the
syndicate is m»w burning. .Gas and smoko
nung iiiiues fill tho. air at New
tils owning property
Sira:
there aro afraid the town will bo ruined if tbio
fir s arc not extinguished soon.
. A national silver convention has been
m session .it Denver, Col. Secretary Teller
sent a tide;:rum saving that he was in full
uy:m,e.‘ . v. :tli every effort to secure silver
ad the advantages conferred by law on gold.
Titf Illinois legislature deadlock was bro
ken by the. election of Elijah M. Haines
(Democrat) speaker by a majority of two.
Dec.and Stanford, Senator-elect from
California is said to havo arranged to leave
his fortune of ^l.VX&.fKX) to tho State of Cal
ifornia. The Stole debt of California, $3,000,-
000. is to bo paid, and the large Balance is to
be used as a fund for a thorough system. °f
popular education.
A horrible traffic in white girl babies,
who are sold to Chinese dens for $00 apiece,
lias been discovered in San Francisco.
Lafayette Melton was hanged at Corn
ing, Ark., lor the murder of Franklin* Hale.
The tragedy occurred one night in May,
1N8R when the murderer, a member of the'
K.n KhiAyKim, went to Halo’s residence, and
calling him out, shot him to death. Melton
•was betrayed last voar by ono of his former
companions, but protested his innocence to
the last.
Tcf. South is to have a new railroad, run
ning 110m WlUion, S. C. via. Fayetteville, N.
C., to Florence, S. C.
Henry Calf.niiausen, of Durand, Wis.,
batle x^t his wife’s brains out with an axe,
nnd tuon hanged himself.
In the United Slates Court at Fort Smith,
Ark., five men—four whites and a negro—
were Rentcmid to be hanged April 17 for
murders committed in Indian Territory.
The wile and eleven-year-old son of Rev.
C. H. Sn-11 were murdered, in their house
near Inkster, Dakota, by Grcorge Miller, a
liiiviOL uimi. MM r, whoso motive for the
crime was robbery, fled to British terri
tory.
The Colorado legislature has resolved to
investigale the (barges mode by Senator
HilJthat he was defeated for re-election to
the United States Senate by the free use of
comiplion money.
11 on. James K. Jones, an Arkansas Con-
f ressinau ami ex-Confederate soldier, has
een elected to the Unite 1 States Senate
from that State as successor to Senator
Stewart.
Washington.
Mr. Bukchaui). director of the mint, says
that last year there was obtained from the
nunes of United States gold worth nearly
$0] .000,403.
The national board of trade has been in
session at Washington.
The postoffice appropriation bill as com
pleted by the House appropriation commit
tee provides for a total appropriation of $5*J,-
263.200. The c-timates as prepared by the
pcstoffice department amounted to $5ti, 009,-
16B, and the appropriation for tho current
year amounted to $4 4 J,040,400.
In executive s-ssion the Senate confirmed
Lucius H. J'oofce, of California, as minister
to Corea, and Commodore Samuel R. Frank
lin as rear admiral.
The annual report of tho United States
commissioner of patents for the year ended
December 31, T&84, just issued,- shows that
there was received during the year from
all sources $1 075,799, and that there was
expended $070, .‘»S0, an excess of receipts over
expenditures of $10*219. The fees for appli
cations amounted do *070,17.5. The receipts
for DriS^frere $1,140,240. The report shows
that there is in the treasury of the United
States a balance on account of the patent
fund of $2,781,01)5.
A summary of the work of th» office for the
year fhows that there were issued 20,297 pat
ents and designs; that 116 patents were
reissued, and that 1,021 trademarks and 512
labels were registered; 12,301 patents ex
pired during the year, and patents were
withheld in 2,839 cases for non-payment
of tho final fee. Of the patents issued.J.9,-
018 wero to citizens of the United States and
1,284 to citizens of foreign countries. The
‘ Si oner again calls attention to the in
adequacy of room and Y5T facilities'fqr con
ducting the business of tho office, and to the
unfitness of tho Uoom's for occupation by
human beings, and says that several deaths
Lave already occurred from disease con
tracted in the foul, damp rooms.
Tns conference committees of the two,
houses on tho bills to regulate the counting o£
the electoral vote are in a hopeless deadlock,
and have voted to disagree.
President Arthur has sent a communi
cation to tho House recommending the return
to England of tho steamer Alert, which was
presented to our government by Great Britain
to aid.hi Die search for the Greely ern^xition.
Foreign.
»V ork has been eerttfiehced to ropair the
Aunage doo* b'j the dynamite explosions in
parliament buildings aud the London
"Ower.
. Mr. Bradlaugit, thn Member of the Brit
ish house of fNjjfimons who was expelled for
refiu4»ig to take the oath of office usually pre
scribed, has b:c;i granted a new trijd m the
case which the government veil against him
lor taking his s<»at iv?thouc taking the oath.
In h hi*s~Ahi on tho Newfoundland coast
twenty-three fishing boats were driven to sea
Q-ud sixty lidicrmen aro supposed to ha Ye
drowned.
Tna crew of, the BfiVish bark WelUngton
mu timed yii Cornwall, England, and killed
V-r °’ A l )tain Rbd soverety wounded tho mate.
1 ho captain and mate, in defending, then^
siuves, wounded throe of the crew. The inu-
unecra, who were nrrrttaU, charge that the
captain had i t-como ferocious beyond endur
ance through continual drinking.
At liie Montreal icc carnival there was a
grand pnr&do of sleighs, more than 200
gtretjt U an< ^ spectatoryffiUing the
Extra precautions havo been taken to
protect tho British musoUm, as information
was been rt'crqyod that tho dynamiters have
threatened to blow it up.
Iksurhectiomsts in Bolivia hive seized a
nuuibor Oigovei-nineiMi Vessels and captured
a town.
Glivxer Pain, a prominent French
.pinnuinisK is re pone l to be in command Ct
the raise Prophei’s forces at Metdifineh.
A heavy storm in London culminated in a
ferritic jtoal r* thiiu-l r—an almost unprece-
ncnt.Hi event in that lati.ude at this souson—
n M raised a gio it commotion throughout the
< -i y. ns it was Mippostnl that dynamiters were
again at work and had blown up mere Pf the
public buildings.
Paris is to spend $40,000,000 in public im-
provemo*’^.
Prance and China aro talcing vigorous
measures for an active campaign agaiurt each
other.
A British force is rtporced by a rcliel de-
rerter to have raptured Metemnch and to
h troops''and stores to
rtoum. •
FiioMiNBNT People.
Robert Browning,tho poot, ag*xl sovonty-
hree, is about to marry.
It costs Jay Gould about $500 for every
mile I10 travels in his yacht.
Wilkie Collins, tlm HoVelist, lias just
celebrated his s^xty-firsfc birthday anniver
sary.
Mbs. Phil Sheridan is taller nnd much
younger than hoi* husband, who is greatly
devoted to her.
J. I. Case, the owner of Jay-Eye See, has
lost about $1,000,00:) in ba.l business veatui‘^3
within tho last few j’eni-s.
Of the five correspondents who start 'd on
tho march from Gakdul t > the Nile throe
have been killed and one wounded.
Mrs. Garfield is oxpocted to mako a trip
South, -~r,_ will visit a gold
mine which she owns in North Carolina.
The ex-Empross Eugenie has not lost all
interest in things mundane. S ho went all
evor a cracker factory in Englan d tho other
day.
Miss Tillte Frelinghuysen, daughter of
tho secretary of state, is said to bo tho most
popular unmarried lady in Washington so
ciety. .
Mrs. Senator Bayard is a tall, slender,
elegant woman, and dresses richly and with
refined taste. Sho is tho mother of nine
children.
Edison, the inventor, is only thirty-seven
years old. He wears short, brown luiir, but
no beard. His gray eyes are remarkable for
their enormous pupils.
Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont,
who is the oldest living Senator, has been in
Congress just thirty years. Ho is over six
feet tall, but.stoops a little.
The only Methodist Episr*opal bishops in
America arflfBishops Bowman, Harris, Fos
ter, Merril^.Andrews, Warren, Foss, Hurst,
Waldery-^Jfillalieu and Fowler k Bishop
NindeAs in mdia, and Bishop Taylor in West
Africa.
Inland Stanford, who has just been
elected to the United Slates Senate from Cal
ifornia, wai born near Albany, N. Y.,March
9, 182 L hLsviis a student at Cazenovia sem
inary in 18^, ai.d General Joseph It. Haw
ley and GeheroJ If. AV. Slocum, both now in
Congress, were then his schoolfellows.
Ex-Senator Yu r.v.E, 01 Florida, is build
ing one of the finest private houses in Wash
ington at a cost*, with. Die ground of $100,-
000. It was Yulee, says tho New York
falling Con-
ciubarking
Keys and landing in Cuba.
Like ^enjamin, Y r uleo is of the Hebrew race.
THE COMO .CONFERENCE.
Why file Unifoil Stale
ci. ipalcd
Tho President lias sent lo the House the
secretary of state’s reply to the request for
information respecting tho partieijation of
the United States in tho Congo conlerenctv
Mr. Frelinghuysen says that in the spring
of 1884 the President, in obedienco to
the request of Congress, recognized the flag
of the International association of the
Congo, and appointed a commercial agent for
the Congo basin. In so do»ng the govern
ment recorded its share in the already general
conviction that the prospective 1 ich trade of
tho Congo valley should bo open to all na
tions on equal terms. On October 11,1884,
tho German government,through its minister,
invited the United States government to take
part in a conference to bo held in Berlin to ar
range conditions which would assure tho de
velopment of commerce with tho Congo re
gion. The state department at once asked
Sir. Kasson, United States minister to Ger
many, to report the nature of the measures
to be proposed at the conference, Mr. Kasson
reported that the subject before the conference
would bo the development of tho various
nations’commercial interest with the Congo
valley; that each government wou.d have
the right to adopt or reject the conference 8
conclusions, and that our participation ap
peared t-o be advisable and consistent with
our precedents and policy. .
The government thereupon determined to
accept the German government's invitation,
on the understanding that questions of ter
ritorial jurisdiction should be excluded by tlio
conference. Minister Kasson was directed to
represent the United States, and afterward
Henry S. Sanford was made his associate
delegate. Mr. Frelinghuysen complimentj
Mr. Kasson for the manner m which lie has
Attached to the report is a letter from Mr.
Kasson. dated January 7, IS®, in whieh he
says that all through Die Conference he nas
insisted that no declaration should be agreed
upon which would bind a^y government
which did not agree ijo it.
-Thirty-nine bprees were horned to death
at Philadeiphia tiirongh a livery stable takm =
Hro.' &vekl valuable trotters wero among
the number. ' „
—In the Rhode Island Legislature George
A. Wilbur was elected Associate Judge of the
Supreme Court.
—Tho Illinois Honse of representatives ef
fected a permanent organization oy tne elec
tion of 31 r. E. jr. Haines as Spe““ r -
—A prisoner in a Minnesota jail committed
uiclde by eating soap.
—Ratification of the Nicaragua Canal Treaty
iiled in the Senate for want of a two-thirds
lajority.
—The Rummer Hill Mine, at New Straits-
ville, Ohio, iras 8r ; d Thursday morning,
there is now only ono mine owned by the syn-
licftte which if not horning.
DATUM gas mourn
Many Persons Severely Injnred
in Pittsburg, Pa.
Three Buildings Partly Demolished
in a Twinkling,
., Mach exiiltement was caused in. Pittsburg,
Penn., by three explosions of natural gas
which occurred almost Piwidt&fie£iii»ly in that
city. The explosion took piaco in tho
cellar of Mrs. Hammersdorfer’s shop at about
10:35 a. m. Mrs. Hammorsdorfer hhr
sister, Mary Bmold^ 4 -. 5iit? tlio cellar for a
basket V? hen she reached the cellar she
struck a match and instantly there was
a loud explosion, and the little bald
ing was almost Shaken apart. The
proprietress was thrown across her shop,
and plastering, glass, and loose articles came
crashing in from all sides. Tho girl ill the
cellar screamed wildly. Mrs. HamMeFsaor-
fer pulled her Up-front tho cellar. Her little
dauglfter I'i^ de w as blown against the wall,
RV’d covered with debris and badly hurt about
the head and face. Miss Smolder is so badly
burned that she cannot recover.
Before people could recover their self-pos
session tliere was another explosion. It came
from the cellar of Morris’s saloon and
wrecked the basement. Mrs. Morris, Wno
was getting dinner x was. thrown agaiifst ths
door find b&dly bruised Her bgby. was
blown throngh a window aud more oh less
•tut and braised., Morm himself was in bed
fit the time. Kb Vvas blown out on the floor,
but hot Seriously injured. Tho barroom was
•crowded with men, n ho were thrown about
like so many tenpins.
In the mean time the third exploBioA cc-
PuiTed in Goorge,MUelirr^ saloon across the
fetreet. In tho saloon at the time were Annie
Mueller, daughter of the proprietor ; Lizzie
Galmath.acook; Dr.Zeiglor,of Allegheny, and
Jack Stern, a mill worker. Miss Mueller was
just going down to the cellar when (he explo
sion occurred. Sho fell down stairs and was
caught by the feet, whol e she hung screaming.
Gharte? Ruth, a barkeeper, ran into the room,
which by this time was in flames. He made
his way through the falling ruins and debris
to the cellar way and rescued her. Dr. Zeigler
was blown against a wall and injured inter
nally. Lizzie Galmath was burned about the
face and Seriously hurt. Jack Stern was so
terribly burned that liis death is only a ques
tion of a few hours.
When the third explosion occurred passen
ger car No. 29 of tho Citizens’ line was just
passing. A beer keg blown from one of the
saloons hit the driver. William Kota, and
knocked him senseless. The passengers wore
not injured. August Horn, Jacob iStoin,
Nellio Oxenhort, John Benard, Willie A.
Patten and Georgo Ziuser, who wore passing
nlon<r Penn avenue, were all more or less in
jured.
* The houses of Morris and Mueller were
badly Wrecked arid every house within a
Square was more or less damaged. The loss
bn buildings and stock is eslim ited at from
$15.00J to $20,000.
The complete list of persons injured by the
explosion is as follows:
Dr. Ziegler, of Allegheny, jaw badly cut
and injured internally; William Kota, con
ductor Citizens’ line, knocked off car by a
beer keg and badly hurt; George Morris, bar
keeper at Mueller’s saloon, badly cut aud leg
broken; Jabob Stern, severely cut about the
head, probably fatally hurt; Gust’ Horn, cut
and burned about tho head, not seriously
hurt; Georgo Kinzer, a baker, terribly
lacerated about tho face, left eye
blown out and otherwise dangerous
ly hurt; Willie Oxenhort, thrown into tho
g utter and badty injured internally ; George
enhard, burned about tho head and badly
hurt; Willie Patton, cut on the head and
slightly injured; Mrs. Morris, blown against
the door in the cellar an«l bally hurt; Annie
Mueller, saloon keeper’s daughter, badly ciit
about the face and head and injured internally*
George Gibson, driver of car 21, knocked off
tho car and badly hurt; .Nicholas Dorfler,
driver for IIorb $c Bro.*, Teed store, badly
out on face; Geo. HarfmiersdoeiTer. cut by
flying glass on the face; Mrs. Dr. Evans, cut
by glass in tho face and severely wounded;
Lizzie Smokier, injured about tho head ana
face; Lizzie RammersJoerfer, injured about
face and head
Of these Annie Mueller, Jacob Stern, Dr.
Ziegler, Lizzie Smolder, Willie Oxenhart,
Wm. Kota and George Kinzer were so badly
injured that their recovery were considered
doubtful. Mrs. Mueller, mother of Anniey
was missing.
A BIDE TO DE ATE
A Sleigh Filled wish People Struck
by an Express Truitt.
A terrible aoci lent occurred near Port
Clinton, Ohio, about 2 a. m., by which throe
persons lost their lives aud several others
were probably fatally injured A ball was
given in Port Clinton, au l among those who
attended was a party of ladies and
gentlemen from Oak Harbor, who went
in a large sleigh. In returning home, at a
j joint- three miles west of Port Clin
ton, they were obliged to cross tho track of
the Lake Shore road. The party reached the
crossing just as tho east-iK*und limited ex
press came along. The members of the party
were so closely muffled about the head that
tho train was not seen or heard till the horses
had stopped upon the track. The horses and
sleigh were hurled high in the air and far
away from tho track into the deep
snow. The vehicle was smashed into splin-
teisand the horses instantly killed. Throe
of tho occupants of tho sleigh were caught up
by t{ie pilot of tho locomotive and the others
hurled into the snow. Stephen S. Hall, of
Detroit, and Jennie Whipple, of Wauseon*
wero instantly killed. Mrs. John Vogel,
Mrs. Charles Vogel and Mrs. Abel Thier-
weehter, of Oak Harbor, received
terrible injuries. Sirs. John Vogel has since
died, and it was believed the otuer two la
dies would recover. John Vogel’s log was
broken, and Charles Vogel was more or less
severely bruised. The dead and injured were
taken aboanl tho train and carried to Oak
Harbor station, whence tho injured were
conveyed to their homes.
The Trade Dollar.
The U. S. Committee on Finance completed
the consideration of the House bill for the re
tirement and recoinago of the trade dollar,
and Senator Morrill was directed to report it
with a number of amendments. The vote
stood six in favor to three against the
hill, an follows: Messrs. Morrill. Aid-
rich, Allison, Miller, of New York; Bayard
and McPherson in the affirmative, aud Messrs.
Jones, Sherman and Harris in the negative.
The bill provides that trade dollars shall bo
receivediu exchange for a like amount of stand
ard silver dollars by the United States, and that
the trade dollais shall be recoined into stand
ard dollars, for that purpose being con- 1
sidered as so much bullion. Tho J
President is authorized to renew
negotiations with tin* States of tho Latin Union
and with other foreign Powers for the purpose
of making treaties with them, in order to
secure such c ooperation as may enable the
nations agreeing thereto to open their respec
tive mints to the free coinage of silver, with
full legal tender power, at an agreed ratio to
a old.
In case no such treaties shall havo been
made prior to August 1, 1886, then tho law
providing for the coinage of standard silver
dollars shall be suspended. The bill was sub
sequently reported to the Senate.
Fatal ltnilrouU Accident.
A dispatch received from Sydney, New South
Wales, states that the express train between
Sydney and Wagga Wagga while running at a
high rate of speed was precipitated into a creek
by the weakness of the bridge upon which the
train had entered. Forty of the passengers
were killed. Another dispatch from Sydue.
says that heavy rains have prevailed through
out Now South Wales, aud that much damage
has been caused by floods.
Negro Children Burned.
News of the death of negro children caused
by carelessness of their parents comes in from
various parts of the State of North Carolina.
Children aro frequently locked in houses while
the parents go away. A young negro woman
living near Franklinton left her house, locking
up two children aged one and two years. She
remained away until ten o’clock, and when sho
returned a heap of ashes was ail that remained
of the house and her children.
DETAILS OF THE SHOOTING
OF O’DONOVAN R0SSA.
The shooting of O’Donovan Rossa, editor
of the United Irishman, organ of the dynd
miters, in New York, cheated great
excitenieiit, homing as it did
soon after the dynamite explosions in th*
parliament buildings; in London. Ros&i
shdt tbB bacK about 5.80 o’clock p. m. in
front of the Stewart building, on Chambers
street, His assailant Was a woman of majes
tic height, dtd commanding features, who
was seen to come from the American District
office in his company. They were walking on
Chambers street, when the .woman rtaqkened
her pace &nd Rawing A bistbi hCld it ciose w
Ucrtpa’*, I'dck mid lired. *He fell, and she fired
four times at his prostrate form, but without
effect Broadway was thronged with pedes:
triaus; stages, cabs and wagons made, a djtl
that whs njmesk d*?afefiing, Viit above the
rattle arid roar tho reports rang out sharp a
clear, and people rushed in the direction
the Stewart building to learn the cause.
In less than
hundred had .
trickled from
cotr, but he was firm upon his feet, and at
tended try one of the crowd ho pushed his way
across Broadway and disappeared down
Chambers street toward the hospital. Mean
while, the woman walked off, followed by a
crowd of men find boys. Bhe was finally
stopped* arrested and taken to & station
house. Here she gave the nomd
of Ysedlt Dudley. She is a handsome yoting
Englishwoman and is by - occupation q a
trained hospital nurse.,. She refused to t&y
anything about tho shooting except to ex
press regrets that sho had not killed Rossa.
The wounded man walked to the Chambers
Street hospital—the same hospital, by the
way,where Phelan, the Kansas City Irishman
who was stabbed recently in thn office of the
United Irishman, ?s lyhig—End there his
wound was attended to. His clothing was
removed and it was found that the Bullet
iiad entered his back just boueath the left
shoulder blade. He was laid on a cot and
the house surgeon made an examination
■ *f the wound, The ball,, after plowing
through the flesh to a depth of two Inches;
took an tip wan 1 curve, and although the
; »robe was inserted four inches it could not bo
!<x*atod. The surgeon said the wound was
serious, but he did not consider it a danger;
ous one. . During tho operation Rossa lay on
iris face without uttering a sound. He made
tho following statement:
“On Saturday, January 31, about 4 p. m.,
T received a letter at my office, 14 Chambers
street. The message was in writing and was
delivered by a messenger boy. The note
stated that a lady wished to see me; that sho
was interested in the Irish c ause, anil desired
so assist it. She did not care to go to my
office and remain waiting there until I
came. She only would ask for ten minutes’
: imo. The boy told me the lady was at the
telegraph office in the Stewart building, cor
ner of Broadway find Chambers street. I
went with him and 1 iilet bet 4 . , 1 told hei* it
woUld be Well to gd to some hotel, as the tele;
graph office .was no place to talk in. Wo
came out and went to Sweeny’s hotel. Wo
went into the ladies’ parlor and sho said sho
would bo able to give considerable money
it anything good was done. Sho then
slid sho would call Monday, Feb
ruary 2, at 4 o’clock. . To-day she
sent,another message to iriy office and I went
to the same telegraph office, and there I met
the lady. She then.showed me a paper which
l was to sign. She then suggested that we
go to some place. We walked down Cham
bers street toward Broadway, and we got a
short distance toward Broadway when the
woman stepped back and fired two or three
shots at me. One of the balls entered my
back.”
A cable dispatch says that the news of
Uossa’s shooting spread with wonderful ra
pidity throughout the city and caus 'd the
wildest excitement Crowds of people sur
rounded the bulletin-boards, and at almost
■very corner there was a group of men jubi
lantly discussing tho event. Passing pedestri*
ans who stopped to hear what the excitement
was about were told “O’Donovan Rossa lias
ljocn shot. ’’The response was invariably a cheer
or some other expression of delight Many
men became almost frantic in the oxuboranco
of their feelings. Strangers embraced each
other effusively and shook hands with thefer-
vorof life-long friends. Then they would
ink arms und rush in squads to tho'bars of
rhe nearest hotels, shouting as they wont;
“ Rossa is shot.” Many thousand toasts were
1 rank to the health and happiness of Mrs.
•udley, who was lauded as a heroine.
A RioJ Among Socialists*
A few hours after Rossa had been shot an
ther exciting event occurred in another part
of the metropolis. “The National Executive
Committee of the Socialistic Labor party”
issued a call for all socialists, anarchists aud
dynamiters to meet in Concordia Hall, Ave
nue A, to protest against the recent dynamite
explosions in London, and to 7 disapprove of
any action that “tends to divide one class of
workingmen in Ireland from another in Eng
land by sacrificing Humanity to mere Nation
ality.* Thereupon the radical Socialists, who
look to Herr Most and Justus Schwab as
their leaders, met on the previous Saturday
evening and determined to take possession of
the Concordia Hall meeting and mako in
flammatory speeches justifying the use of
dynamite. Half a* dozen men working for
each party at the doors of the hall distributed
proclamations profusely sprinkled with ca-
cla.nation |xrints.
T..C Most and Schwab parties went early
to tlio hall. It will hold 2,009 people. Thf*re
arc no scats except a single row running
mound the sides of the hall. Tho room was'
packed. The radical Socialists and the con
servatives were in about equal numbers, but
tho radicals surrounded the platform and so
crowded it that it was impossible for them to
move about. Herr Most stood near the plat
form, and Justus Schwab was in the rear of
the hall.
At half-past soven o’clock r. si. Concordia
Hall was filled with Socialists of various de
grees, with rod ribbous in their buttonholes.
A* socialistic labor man got up on the plat-
from at the end of the hall opposite the door
and began; “Friends and fellow-workers—”
This was a signal for an onslaught by tho
Schwab party, and the air was filled with
howls, hats and fragments of red ribbon.
From a position in tho rear of the principal
line of battle Schwab encouraged his party
men.
Then seven solid-looking men in single file
elbowed their way to the front, ami when
their leader was near the platform he threw
open his coat, displaying a gold badge, and
cried:
“I am captain of the police here! You
must stop this fight at once!”
“Yes!” yelled Schwab, “so he is. Fire him
out! Down with the police!”
Animated by this battle-cry, a burly man
hit Captain McCullagh in the back of the head
with n chair. Half a dozen Socialists jumped
upon the captain, but Sergeant Haggerty and
five officers, all in plain clothes, beat thorn
back. When Captain 'McCulloch retrained
his feet, ho saw a hard-listed individual kneel
ing on the chest of Officer Rott, pounding
him with a “billy.” The captain attacked
the Socialist with his own billy, which was,
however, wrenched from his hand. He re
covered it, as well as his opponent's weapon,
and stretched the dynamiter on tho floor with
a biow. Then the officers aill pushed their
way to the platform.
“Down with tho police!” shrieked the
Schwabites. A dash was made at the plat
form. The policemen stood shoulder to
shoulder and drew their revolvers.
“The first man who advances a step will be
shot like a dog!” saidCapt. McCullagh. Then
he whispered to Officer Robinson, “Hurry to
tho station-house aud tell Sergt. Gallagher to
bring the reserves. ”
Robinson glided among tne rod ribbons,
and reaching the sidewalk ran to tho Fifth
street station. Meanwhile the officers kept
their pistols pointed at the crowd. The
faction fight continued. Ton minutes later
thirty policeman rushed up tho broad stairs.
“Boys, turn this mob out.” was the cap
tain’s only order. The long night sticks rose
and fell like flails, and at each fall a man
dropped to the floor. Tho discipline and
energy of the reserves triumphed over the fif-
teen liundred Socialists who rushed for the
street. It is estimated that 200 men were
clubbed. Iu.the scramble ou the. stairs Peter
Braun, a musician, hacj his left leg broken,
and was taken to Bellevue hospital.
Schwab was followed to his saloon, No. 50
First street, by Captain McCullagh, and ar
rested, charged with inciting a riot. In the
hall, after,the Socialists had been ejected, a
dynamiteGhrtrjdge was found.
Claims Conimittee will report a
io war tax levied on Slates and
,861 1862.
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS
Senate*
Mr. White, of Kentucky, arose to correct
the journal of the House, and demanded that
his resolution bffortd ,bn the previous day for
the abolition 8f the 0mc8 of cdmiriissidrieF of
internal revenue be read. The Speinker said
that the journal \y.ds cortect,.ivhfcretipoil Mr.
White complained that the , text of tbri
resolution was not printed in the Record[
Continuing, his remarks, Mr. White said-he
thanked God he was .“not responsible to thia
creature uiho ta niridri tho Speaker, of tho
House.” Mr. Whites last remark was
greeted with hisses, and he added.; “I mean
It in no disrespect to the Speaker,” Mr.
White went oni witlihls speech,-and after ho
had CiictdOdiid fit fe*idiri£ lli*? Interred reve
nue resolution, and thus insuring its publi
cation in the Record, ho withdrew his
jresohition concerning the . Speaker. Tho
Speaker then . said that he had nqt as^
Rilmed f*ry control ever the Record - hut he
had advised the official reporter on his appli
cation that bills and joint resolutions intro
duced for reference, whether read by the
member from his seat or by the clerk, did not
properly, go into tho Record.. That advice he
would give ftgaitt findrif the rttnio circtfni*
stances The Military Appropriation bill
was passed.
Several messages from the President were
laid before the Senate transmitting informa
tion called for regarding the landing of for
eign cables in tho United States, the awards
pf the Venezuelan mixed commission, and
the status of the Oklahoma lands* Which
lands, the President maintains, under exist*
ing treaties, cod not be opened for settlement
U> Th<T'iyt«t» reius&l to ratify tho treaty
with Nicaraugua by 32 yeas to 23 nays—not
the necessary two-thirds majority Mr.
Harrison reported adversely the bill to facili
tate promotions throughout tho army by re
tiring from active i service, upon tl^cir owe
application< officer* who served. In the civil
war Mr. Miller reported a-bill for the pro
tection of New York harbor.
Hbnie.
Mr. Morrill, from tho finance committee,
reported favorably, with some amendments,
t he House bill to retire And recoin, the trade
dollar. The aineridoa bill provide* f hat un
til July 1, 18*5, United States trade dollars,
if not defaced mutilated, or stamped, shill
bo received at Ihj office of the treasurer
or any: ; assistant treasurer of the
United States in exchange for a like amount,
dollar fur dollal*, of standard silver dollars of
tho United States;; that the trade dollars so
received shall not bo paid out or in any other
manner issued, but, at tho expense of the
United States, shall be recoined into standard
silver dollars Mr. Cameron, of Pennsyl
vania, from tlio committee on military af
fairs, reported favorably a bill to author
ize tho establishment of a retired list for
non-co mmisrioned officers and privates
of the United States army who have served
for a period of thirty years aud upward....
motion of Mr. Dawes it was resolved to place
a marble bust of tfie late Vice-President Hen
ry Wilson over the tablet which had been or
dered to be put in tho room m tho capitol in
which he died.. . .The-conference report on
the Naval Appropriation bill was adopted.
It appropriates $6,120,000 for the last half
of the fiscal year
Mr. Clay, from tho committee on presi
dential laws, reported to tho House a con
current resolution providing that the elec
toral vote shall be counted by tho two Houses
of Congress at noon on February 11, 188o{
that tho president of tho Senate shall preside
and declare upon the list of tho votes as
made by the tellers the result of tho vote and
tho persons elected President and
Vice-President of tho United States
A communication from the secretary of tho
navy was received recommending action
by tho government in recognition of
the service, official and personal, extending
in Russia to the survivors of the Jeannette
and to the search parties subsequently sent to
Siberia — Mr. Cox, of North Carolina, pre
sented the credentials of J. \V. Reed as mem-
bor-elcct from the Fifth district of North
Carolina, to succeed A. M. Scales, and Mr.
Reed took the oath of office.
Mr. Deuster reported a bill to prevent
and punish tho prosecution, under tho pro
tection of the United States, of fraudulent
claims against foreign governments Mr.
Rosecrans reported a bill to establish a
branch soldiers’ homo in California Mr.
Singleton reported adversely bills for the
erection of monuments to Ed
ward Buneomb, of North Carolina,
and Pierre Q. L’Enfant the French
engineer, who is generally credited with
having originated the plan upon which Wash-
'ififflon city is *»n;lt Mr. Tucker re
ported a resolution instructing the
committee on appropriations to in
clude in sundry civil bill, items appropriating
$20,000 to pay Hallett Kilbourne on account
of a judgment recovered against J. G.
Thompson, paying Thompson $2,650 and
paying Shellabarger and Wilson $2,000 fo
professional services.
A WHOLE FAMILY POISONED.
A horrible case of poisoning has taken place
in the family of Christian Krall, residing in
tho small settlement of Banker Hill, about
four miles northwest of Lebanon, Ta. The
family consists of Mr. and Mrs. Krall and five
ehildreu, the oldest a dnughter, aged eighteen.
These sevon persons were badly seized with
violent vomiting and retching after breakfast.
Tho young girl was the first to be
come prostrated, and very shortly all the chil
dren were lying about the floor and on the beds
in horrible pain. Then the eigh ecn-year-old
daughter was seized with griping pains, and
she was obliged to stop ministering to the
wants of the children. Then tho mother and
the father wero seized with pain in the pit
of the stomach, so that in a short
space of time the entire family was
prostrated and thought to be dying.
One of the neighbors summoned Dr. A, \Y.
Shultz, who quickly responded aud pronounced
their ailment to be caused by poison. It was
learned that they had eaten tried potatoes for
breakfast, with bread and coffee. The potatoes
were frozen in tho cellar before they were pre
pared, but it is not believed that they caused the
trouble. The family had also drank some
sour wine ou tho previous evening. ' The cus
tomary antidotes were administered after tho
suff erers had been put to bed. Then- pain was
most intense, and they rapidly sank. The first
to die was Sarah, who, it appeared, had par
taken of most of the food containing tlio
poison, if it had been administered in that
way. The second victim was tho wife and
mother, who died about an hour after hor
daughter. Tho next to die was a child, aged
Tho remaining four members of the family
were supposed to be dying when our corre
spondent drove away from the littlo homo of
the Kr&lls. The family is in destitute circum
stances, and steps ' are being taken to
provido for tho burial of the dead.
Mr. Krall is an honest, hard work
ing man, and is reported that there was no
trouble in his tamjly. It is not believed that
the potatoes or wine contained the poison. At
a later hour it was reported that another child
had died. There are several stories afloat
leading to the supposition that there might be
foul play and that the poisoning was not acci
dental.
TOE NICARAGUA TREATY.
A Washington, dispatch says: The rejection
of the Nicaragua treaty by the United States
Senate was a disappointment to tho State De
partment and to Mr. Edmunds, who appears
to have had his heart set ou ratification. Had
a vote been taken last spring, when the gov
ernment was engaged iu secret negotiations
with Nicaragua, the treaty probably would
have been ratified. The State Department at
that time had a very careful secret canvass
made of the Senate, arid its report showed that
over a two-thirds majority could be secured
for ratification. Many Democrats who then
expressed themselves as strongly in favor of
the treaty voted agaiust it. Their change of
mind was duo to tho fact that they wished to
l.%ave the matter open for the new Administra
tion to deal with.
The vote means that tho Clayton- Bolwer
treaty is yet regarded as in force by a large
number of Senators. Some of those who voted
egaiust the Nicaragua treaty express them
selves as willing to have our Government take
st( ps toward the abrogation of tho ,-Clayton-
Bulwer agreement. Should that be done, a
two-thirds vote for the Nicaragua scheme could
be assn re l at any‘tune. >
The vote was 32 for the ratification of tho
treaty aud 23 against “
THE WAB IN EGYPT. ’ MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. THE JOKER’S BUDGET.
Occurrence of Chief Events In Thoir
Chronological Orders,
For six years Egypt and her subjects have
been rushing to her present anomalous condi
tion of affairs. The following table shows tho
chief events that have occurred during th:3
peiidcl in their Chronological order:
im
Fobri 20—Dismissal of Nubar-Wflson minis-
wUne2fl—Ddpositiorl of Ismail *
Sopt. 4—English and French Ccriitptroilers
generally appointed.
1SS0.
April ,4-rAppointment of commission of
liquidation. ,
18S1.
Feb. 1—Military riot at Cairo, headed by
Are hi
July—The falso prophet raises the standard
Of revolt in the Soudan. . . ., ,
Sept. 9—Arnbi demands dlccctlon of po
litical programme.
Sopt. 14—Cherif Pasha’s ministry formed.
Nov. 4—Lord Granville's * note to Sir Ed
ward Millet threatening intervention in c:iso
of ati Outbreak hf rfnatvby. .
Dec. 23—Meeting of notablf-J.
1882.
Feb. 2—New ministry under Mahmouu
Pasha Baroudi.
March 12—M. do Bli^nieres, the French
comptroller general, resigns.
May 16—Sailing of British fleet for Alex
andria;
May 20—Resignation of ministry.
June 11—Riot at Alexandria.
Juno—The false prophet captures and mas
sacres si* fchotts md Egyptians under Yussuf
Pasha. * t
July 11—Bombardment of Alexandria.
June 30-^Dispntch of English troops to
Lower Egypt
Aug. 15—Arrival of Sir Garnet Wolseley.
Aug. 19- -Thefalse prophet defeated at Bara.
Sept 8 14—Towii Of El Obcid, capital, of
Kordcfan, attacked three times by the false,
prophet, who is finally repulsed, with a loss of
ton thousand men- , _ , .
Sept, lo—Defeat of Arabi at Tol-el-Kobir.
Oct 24—Two battalions of 'Egyptian regu
lars and 850 Boshi-Bazouks, reinforcements
sent to Kordofan, totally destroyed.
Oct: 81—Lord .Uttfferin sent to Cairo to re
organize the govorim?e;‘l: .
Nov. 4—One thousand Egyptian* killed m
a successful attempt to reinforce garrison ac
Bara, in the S md.tn.
Dec. o—Arabi sentenced to exile.
. Dec. .ill—Lord. Dufforin’s reorganization
ichomo completed.
1883.
Jan 5—Bara surrenders to the fafto
prophet
Jan. 15—El Obeul surrenders uncondi
tionally, nnd liiejia'se prophet takes up his
residence there.
Feb. 26—Abd-el-Kader enters Sennaar, af
ter defeating forces of the falso prophet.
March 4—General Hicks arrives at Khar
toum, and takes command.
April 29—General llicks defeats rebel force
of live thousand in Sennnttr, killing fivo hun
dred, including tlio false prophet’s grand
vizier. - ... «
A lay 12—The falso prophet defeated near
Khartoum, an l flies to Kordofan.
Aug. 12—Two thousand rebels attack Sin-
kat, and are defeated.
Kept 8—General Hicks marches out of
Khartoum with an available fighting force
of seven thousand Egyptians.
Oct 5—General Hicks starts from Duern
for El Obeid.
Nov. 3-5—Tho falso prophet defeats Gener
al Hicks at Kasbgate and El Obcid, and do
st roys his army.
Nov. 6—Egyptians defeated at Tokar.
Doc. 2—Fivo hundred black troops and two
hundred Bashi-Bazouks sent out fromSuakim
to recoimoitcr, aud cut to pieces by tho reb
els, only fifty escaping.
Dec. 18—Baker Pasha leaves Cairo to takiy
charge of Suakim.
1884.
Jan. 9—New ministry formed under Nubar
Pasha.
Jan. 19—General “Chinese” Gordon dis
patched to Egypt
Jan. 26—General Gordon ledveS Cairo for
Khartoum, as Governor General of tho Sou
dan.
Feb. 4—Baker Pasha defeated by the relv
ols near Tokar, with a loss of 2,009 men.
Feb. 11—Tewfik Bey endeavors to cut his
way out of Sinkat with 000 followers, all of
whom are killed by tho rebels.
Feb. 17—General Gordon arrives at Khar
toum and assumes the direction of affairs.
Feb. 21—Tokar surrenders to the rebels,
some of the native garrison escaping to
Suakim.
Feb. 29—Tho rebels defeated at Fort Baker,
near Trinkitat, by a force of 4,000 British
troops under General Graham.
March 2f—Close of the English campaign
by the burning of Tamanieb.
March 30—News received of tho defeat <7?
General Gordon on the 16th at Hoi flyer.
April—The rebels massacre the refugees at
Shendy, slaying 450 of them.
May—El Mandi captures Berber.
July 2—News received of tlio massacre of
3,000 people at Bebbeh by rebels.
July 7—News received of tho defeat of the
rebels at Debbah with a loss of 2,000 men by
the surrender of Dongola.
Aug. 1—The British house of commons
votes a credit of £400,000 for tho Khartoum
relief expedition.
Kept. 21—News received of groat victor!>s
achieved by General Gordon ovdr tho fa sc
prophets.
Oct. 3—General Gordon recaptures Berlx-r.
1885.
Jan. 10—Defeat of tho rebels at Aboo-Kloa
by General Stewart,
LATER NEW8
General John W. Phelps, of Guilford,
VL, was found dead in bod by a neighbor,
his family being nbsont on a visit. General
Phelps was born iu Guilford in 1313, servo!
through the Florida, Mexican aud civil wais,
was tho anti-Mason candidate for President
in 1SS0, and was a frequent contributor to
leading magazines and newspapers.
More than 330,090 cattlo are said to hive
perished in Indian Territory owing to th^
severity of tho weather.
The Inst public debt statement shows the
decrease of the debt during January to be
$9,420,046. Decrease* of debt since J uuo 30
1884, $40,921,910.
Cash in the treasury $460,341,804
Gold certificates outstanding 134*279,530
Silver certificates outstanding 141,190,701
Certificates of deposit outstanding 30,130,000
Refunding certificates outstand-
Mahy Anderson has life insurance policies
to the amohirt of $109,9)0.
Bautlev Campbell vt'rote thirteen play s
1 otoro ho met with any silcce^f.
Mhe. Minnie IIauk, the Americrtii prima
lonna, is singing in opera in Switzerland.
Next season Henry E. Abbey will manage
Sarah Bernhardt, Mary Anderson and Mri
Langtry.
The leader of tho orchestra of the Essltr
Theatre, Baden, Germany, has celebrated tho
cuniversary of Ins lfltst birthday.
Amilcar PoucnELLi, composer of “La
Uioconiia,” has just finished an opera on tho
“Marion Dektnne” of Victor Hugo.
Myron TV. Whitney, the well known
i £830, has a beautiful home near 13o«tou, und
v. id ret.ire from tho operatic stage after this
?;330n.
More companies have Been “called back”
from their tours this season than c?cr liefore
in the history of tho drama in tho United
Stated.
“Lohengrin’* had been given 200 times iu
Vienna and “Tannhauso'r” 175 evenings. Tho
early works of Wagner aro tho most popular
at present.
Hr, Max Strakosch will shortly put on
tho road an English opera company to sing
“Martha,” “Don Pasquale,” tend the “Bride
of Lammermocr.”
Mr. Abbey denies that Mary Anderson
has any intention of building a new theatre
in London. Ho says there are too many thea
tres there already.
Riiea’s new play,“An American Countess,’
is said to bo tho couiingsensation of the stage.
It is strong in situation and dialogue, and the
actress is delighted with it.
AT a later period in Die present dramatic
season Lawroiico Barrett, Edwin Booth aud
Henry Irving will b) acting simujteanjousLp- 'man’s pail.
53,000
310,081,016
Legal tenders out standing
Fractional currency outstanding
(not including amount estimated
or destroyed) 0,969,008
Gilbert Cunningham, alias Dalton, sus"
pecte.l of complicity in the recent explosions
at the Tower of London and the houses of
parliament, was examined at Bow street po
lice court, London. Strong evidenco tending
to show that he caused the explosion in the
Tower was given. When arrested in tho
Tower after tho explosion, tho prisoner had
refused to give any account of himself. In his
luggage had been found a detonator, used in
♦lie explosion of dynamite.
Since the recont dynamite oxplosions many
employers in London and other English citjos
aro discharging'their Irish employes. Ono
o*f tho largest publishing houses in London
dismissed from its employ every person of
Irish birth. ' • .
—A new railroad to run from Wilson, N. C.,
to Florence, S. C., will be begun next month.
—An Italian settlement At Auburn, N. O.,
was burned, it is alleged, by iucondi.iri.«.
—A New Haven, Conn.,
be might as well kill his employ
hanged as to starve to death on
wages. He was arrested.
— General Hatch
the Oklahoma boomers
they awoke they at onco,
uow leaving Indian Terri
—Colored people are now leaving North Carer
lin&ln hundreds bound for Arkansas.
—A Boston skating rink treasurer was fim
$15 for ejecting a negro who desired to pi
diaso an admission ticket.
at three different theatres i»\ Boston.
The theatrical business in Philadelphia • ii
said to be better than in most any other large
cities, though. of course tho dullness of tho
times generally 14 affecting it somewhat.
When Mine. Patti sang iu Boston in “Mar-
;ha” $ LI,040 is said to havo boon receive J at
tho box office, it was tho largest amount
ever paid for ono operatic performance in tho
city.
Paul Hendricks, nephew of tho Vice-
President-elect, and private secretary to
Jddgo Gresham, Is a very talented musician,
lie has a high tenor voice aud operatic aspir
ations.
Abbey has engaged Wilson Barrett, the
Loudon actor and manager, for noxt 3cason,
dttd vre shall sco his “Claudian,” the most
beautiful of recent Eugiish plays, in this
country.
Lawrence Barrett thinks “ifio Great
American drama” will bo written about tb«
colonial period and would like a part founded
on Warren, dealing with his domestic rather
than his unlitary life.
It is a curious fact that two actresses who
were famous twenty-years ago—Mine. Ristori
and Mrs. Bowers—have boon acting this sea
son under ono management. Both hai re
tired from the stage.
Cesark Ristori, brother of tho actress
Ristori, lias pu 7 ished a book on acting which
is said by the foreign critics to be the best
book cf its kind. It has already been trans
lated into German Mid Spanish.
Miss Anna Harris, daughter of tho Indi
ana poet, Lee A. Hams, is one of tho finest
mezzo-sopranos in that State. She has suc
cessfully mastered the loading roles in the
“Bolteifiian Girl,” and “La Sonnambula.”
. At a recent moiling cf the pastors of tho
Reformed church, held in New York, Rev.
George W. H. Clark reel an essay on “Tbo
Place an l Province of Music in Worship.”
Tho assembly afterward discussed this im
portant subjoct.
During a rehearsal of Petit’s “tttous ine-
taires” at the Folies Draniati pies Theatre,
Paris, France, Montanbray, tho baritone,
slipped and fell, the sword‘which lie held in
his hand piercing his breast. At last ac -ounts
he was in a critical condition.
Emma Romelpi, an American vocalist,
who has been singing in soino of tho : rhi -ipal
cities of Eurooe, has just iviurnod to Now
York city, and will shortly be heard in opera.
Her repertoire includes tlw prilna donna roles
in Aida, Faust, liuy Bias, Travinta, II Guar-
any, Huguenots, Trovatoro. etc.
a n at rt fi FiNu l" the hpjjok.
\»US C0I.UMN9 TO MKK US BMli.E.
.or,, of Ed. rifec COM*.’ EI.iIo.oi.hT
..The roltccman nnd 8o.n?*l—A I.llil.
f’omcdj—Tlio Nntlni.nl .. .
Own Ground-Eovcetilnff the 1 .?»*»
pike caumn paxtosownr.
I’m so dnm consiiVrit in inj dealing
with my feller-men, boys, that I'd ten
to one mther aat one of ’em to lea me
five dollars th’n to hurt liis feelin’s by
Hayin’ to liin)t “No, I can’t len ye foar
shillin', nohow.” X wonld, b’gosh ! A
soft answer may turn away wrath, but
thn3 a heap o’ comfort in callin’ a fel-
1 _ - _ i; nrTd^rt if t* orit
D’tio’lar harm in that if they’d only be
men w’en they git to be men. Ailnz
'member, boys, that a feller ilia be ess
pooty ez a “red wagon, an’ wear ferty-
dollar harness, an’ yit bo ez shaller ez a
eraser o’ dish-water. Y' kin sconr up a
six-quart miik-pan so’s y’ kiu use it fur
a lookm r -glass, but y' can't make it hoi
more'fl six quarts, b’goab, to save yer
gizzard. An' alluz 'member this—ez
long ez y 1 koep a stiff upper lip y’ won't
be bothered with no limoer backbone.—
Ed. Mott, in Tuck.
CHALK IT.
<; How much do I owe you r“>w r*
asked the customer of the milkman^*^
he^enipUsd J&SlSii £ui<i into the
Fnlr Waffi's or Dynamite.
“I may as well kill President Caspar and g«,
to the gallows as to starve ddwly to death
working fur starvation wages,” said one Bei-
court, in the police court at Meriden, Conn. A
f c w days ago President Caspar received an
anonymous letter threatening that if the
wages in the Meriden silver plate shop
were not raised by Friday he aud the entire
establishment would be blown sky high. The
police arrested Belcourt aud he soon confessed
and implicated three other shopmates. The
other throe men were discharged. Conse
quently Meri lenites fear that a dynamite ex
plosion may or cur any day, caused by dissatis
fied and reckless mechanics and factory
operatives.
Wkat Talaiagc Saw at New Orleans.
“You cannot keep a good man down,”
said the Rev. T. DeWitt Talnmge in the
Brooklyn Tabernacle. “God has de
creed for him a certai* point of eleva
tion, ” he con tinned, “and He wiJI bring
him to that point if it costa a thousand.
Abuse cannot injure such a man. Pub
lic abuse is all that some public men
havo to rely on for their elevation. It
has brought them what talent and exec
utive ability could not havo achieved.
It is in the natnre of just men to gather
around and defend men who are perse
cuted.”
Referring to the New Orleans Exposi
tion, Hr. Talmagesaid: “It was a very
dramatic moment Tuesday at New
Orleans in the Exposition rooms, whence
a telegram was sent to the President of
the United States at Washington, and
we waited some fifteen or twenty min
utes, and then the President’s answer
came back, and then the presiding offi
cer waved his handkerchief and the sig
nal was sent to Washington that wewere
ready to have the maa'nintrj of the Ex-
■pvsdtion started, smd the President pnt
his finger upon the electric button and
instantly tho great Corliss wheel began
fo move—rumbling, rumbling, rolling,
rolling. It was overwhelming, and
15,000 people clapped and shouted.
Just one finger at Washington started
that vast machinery, hundreds and hun
dreds of miles away. I thought then,
os I think now, that men sometimes
touch influences that respond in tho far
distance—forty years, fifty years from
now; ono thousand years from now; one
million years from now; ono touch
sounding throngh tho ages.”
The Silver Question.
There is a young lawyer in onr town
who, among other thiDgs, is noted for
his ready wit. Forlnne once embed
kindly upon him, bnt now the chilly
breath of her disfavor follows him wher
ever he goes, and he is in constant need
of the commodity above referred, to. Re
cently he was approached by a mail,
who inquired of him hurriedly whether
a government promissory note for two
dollars was a good bill. “Yes, it is good,”
replied the lawyer, hastily scanning the
bill, and immediately placing it in his
pocket.
“Please give it to me?” said tho
frightened interrogator.
^ ''I never give advice under two dol-
i,” replied tho lawyer, “bnt. as I am
inmanitarian and a patriot, having the
:rest of my country at heart, take this
/or dollar,“which l am certain is snre
go into speedy circulation, thereby
* ig your family a service and saving
Treasnry Department at Washing-
with being burdened by at least
one chunk of silver.”
The silver question did not trouble
that unfortunate client,—Albany Ex-
ttJRSS.
‘For twelve quarts,” answered tha
pump handle agitator, with emotion.
“Twelve quarts, eh 1 Weil, just chalk
this one, loo.”
“Oh, no,” replied the man of meas
ures, forgetting himself; “it won’t
stand chalking any more,”—Yonkers
Statesman.
nET TEB VAST BE FOUGOTTEN.
' Caucasian Tramp~“My colored friend,
please lend me a quarter. I fought,
bled, and suffered lour years in the
Union army to mako yon a free man.”
Colored Gentleman—“You did yoiii
duty, sah, but ’bout loaning yon dat
quarter, I don’t keel', saa, to rewive de
bitter memories ob do wall.”—Texas
Siftings,
soon suonT.
H.t Cheeks are flushed, her eyes are wet,
Blie heaves a gentle sigh.
Her hair is mussed, ohe scarce Jmowe yet
What’s best, to laugh or err.
What makes her blush and tremble bo
Wall mingled joy and fright?
Tho first time in his lire her beau '
Uaa kissed her sweet good-night.
—lloslou Courier.
ON HIS OWN GROUND.
Dr. Pillbury to a little patient—“So
you have been eating too much candy
again. Yon will never get well as long
as you do that.”
Emma (who has lately taken np physi
ology)—^“Oil, I guess I will! Tho
ghastly juice will chyme it into chyle
when tiie agitation or the diagram will
naturalize tho inspiration and resolve it
into sweet bread or pan-grease, which
merely acis as a soporific.”—Life.
POLICEMAN and SCHDIEB.
Ex-Soldier—“Yes, it is a very re
markable thing. I spent so many years
in the field that it is now utterly impos
sible for me to get a good night’s rest in
a bed. Time and again I have got np,
gone out into tho back yard, wrapped
myself in my blanket, and slept J-ke a
top until morning.”
Ex-Policeman—“My ease exactly.
When I want a good night’s rest I havo
to pnt on my old uniform and lie down
on my front door step.”—Phila. Call,
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
Mr. Wocdbury, who is a Waco
banker, docs not live very happily with
his wife. They have frequent scenes.
He does not go out much, but she made
him go to iho theater with her fox a
change. The other night after the play
was over she asked him how he liked it.
“It was too much like our home life
for me to enjoy it very much,” he
replied.
“What do yon mean?”
“It was one scene right alter another,"
—Texas Siftings.
OLD, BUT STILL GOOD.
“Have you ever seen that train of
white cars that makes the fast mail train
from Chicago ?” said the engineer, as ho
munched a sandwich at a resting place.
“No. Well, its slicker than a square
yard of lightning, aud it goes fall pitch
ont of Chicago every morning at three
o’clock. In my opinion it’s about the
fastest thing in thi3 country. Well, one
of the mail clerks invited his wife down
to see the train start; tho conductor
shouted ‘all aboard,’ and the clerk
leaned over to kiss his wife, who was
standing on the platform, and bless me
if ho didn't kiss a cow at Riverside. Now
that’s what I call fast railroading.”
A COMEDY IN TWO ACTS,
Pisco—Bar Harbor. Time—the present.
Scene—A birch canoe.
Moonlight background. Costumes modern
Cast for only two.
Cartam rises. Alan is paddling,
Maiden singing iow.
Singing ceases. Ditto paddling,
Heads- togeTuar go.
Act the soeond. Iu the city,
Man and maiden meet,
Man directs a glance toward heaven,
Maiden toward the street- *
—Yale Courant.
AWFULLY GLAD.
“Hubby, did you mail my letiot
“Yes, my dear. Had to run like- fury
to catch the first mail.”
“Why, here it is inyourpoekst now,”
“Hey ? Urn—a—yes, to it is—no this
isn’t yonr letter; this is—that is, ill's
isn’t the one you wrote; this is ■ he one
you were going to write and forgot ”
“John Henry V”
“No, Mary, I didn’t mail your letter.”
“Well, I’m awfully glad. I want to
add a postscript.”—Chicago News.
A LEGAL MIND.
Grandpapa (trying to be severe)—
“Now, Mabel, tell me why you didn’t put
that quarter I gave you into the plate at
church this morning. I like to see a
little girl give cheeriulfy aud not ‘Jet
her right hand know what her left hand
doeth.’ ”
Incorrigible Granddaughter (who is
saving money for candy)—“That’s jnst
the trouble, grandpa. My right hand
thought my left hand was putting it in,
and my left hand thought my right was,
and so between the two of tltctu it didn’t
get pnt in at all I”—Life.
TOE NATIONAL GAME.
“I am sliockod, Bobby,” said his
mother severely, -that you shonld go to
see a game of base ball on Snuctay.
Think how grieved yonr father will be
when I inform him of it.”
“Oh, yon needn’t do that,” replie
Bobby, “he knows it.”
“Oh, yon told him, did vsn ?”
“No, ho saw me there.”—Sun.
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prods in the United States eqnj
50O,OOO,OGO packages, or ten fer ,
son.