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About The Butler herald. (Butler, Ga.) 1875-1962 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1885)
THE BUTLER C. T. WATERS, Editor and Proprietor. “LET THERE BE LIGHT.” Subscription, $125 in Advance. VOLUME IX. BUTLER, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, J8S5. NUMBER ‘23. LATEST NEWS. | UEGOIZITION UF 1H3 SENATE. THE SITUATION IN EGYPT. NEWS OF TIIE DAY. gROSS-PLOfflXG IN THE SPRING. 1 gQ TIIE WORLD. MARK TWAIN’S BRIDE, TEE JOKER’S BUDGET. A?TOttNZY-GKNKRAi GEORGE GRAY has b'jjc, chosen by the Delaware legislature as U nired States Senator to succeed Mr. Bayard. Mr. George Gray is forty-four years old and is serving his socond term as attorney gen eral of Delaware. He was born at New Cosile, Del., and was graduatsd at Prince- ton in 1850. He is an intimate friend of Senator Bayard, whom he nominated for the presidency in the convention of 1884. Joseph Cohen, one of the recent con” testants in the six-day roller-skating race in New York, died from the effects of the ex ertions made in the match. Secretary Lamar has ordered that no tice bo published that the Texas Pacific rail road lands have been restored to the govern ment, and are for sale at $2.50 an acre as provided by the homestead, preemption and Other land laws. Senator Evarts and two other gentle men forming a committee called upon ex- President Arthur and, as the representatives of 2»0 prominent- New York city business Dion of both political parties, invited him to a bauqrot to be giv -n in his honor at Del. inonico's, in New York. Mr. Arthur ac cepted the invitation. The Pre?£Je"t nominated Mr. Joseph S. Miller, of West Virginia, k» be commissioner or internal revenue, in place of Mr. Walter S. Evans,. of Kentucky. Re] resentative Thomjwon, of Kentucky, had been strongly pushed for the place by Sjxsaker Carlisle and the two Senatois from Kentucky, while Mr. Milter's claims had been urged bj* Con gressman Ranlall. General Hazen testified before the court martial trying him that his letters to the secretary of war were written to clear him self of the imputation of being responsible for tho fate of the Greely expedition. The nomination of General John C. Black of Illinois, to be commissioner of pensions, has- been confirmed by the Senate. A fire .has destroy©.! the town hall, six mills and several other buildings in Hull England. One policeman was killed and a number of other persons were injured. Dispatches received from tho various ob servatories indicate that successful observa tions of the pn*ial edijiso of the sun were made. The revolt in Cochin China is spreading. Annainites have attacked and captured tho lo*u of Ocnom. and massacred the European residents, burning alive tho native prefect and his wife. The northern provinces are ko:i» by insurgents, who massacre native ad- Lerenls ot the French. TIIE NEW COMMITTEES APPOINTED. ALMOST A RCL00AP3T. Jumth's Hank Building, Atlanta. Laid la The large six story building of James's bank block, corner Alabama and Whitehall streets, ha j been laid in ashes by a destructive fire. When the fire alarm sounded, the department at (.nee responded. In a few minutes after the firs'alarm. Games began to leap Loin the top or' ilie burning buiiding. nn-1 soon the whole vt*-uj iiVv was h m*** ot G m •*. The Gre evi dently originated near or in t le elevator on the oust side nu 1 near tho south end of the build- t*.g Tut* elevutor way was a continuous open- in.' from tho ba-ement to the top floor and gave the Maze a good draft. As to the exact location of the fire th**re can he no certainty, but it is g nerally believed that it Lc.:an about th • second floor and worked its way rapidly up the elevator and gained a grip on each floor. Many of the rooms in each floor were occupied as sleeping apartments. Families had suits of rooms elegantly and handsomely equipped. The occupant'** of these were all asleep, and when they awoke the hallways were so densely Ml-d with smoke that suffocation would have been the re-lilt had any one ventured out. J. H. Canfield lost his life and B. E. Henderson was fatally injured. Capt. Ed. Mercer also su ; aiued severe in juries. POSTAL CHANGES Important Clmnge* Wliit li Will Take Lifted on July 1« Tbe postofiloe department at "Washington h^i received inquiries from all quarters as to t* m new legislation in the postollice appro- I ation bill passed by the last Congress. The to lowing are the important changes which w .11 take effect on July 1: First—The weight of all single-rate letters p increase t from one-half of ounce each <xr fraction thereof to one ounce each or fraction If ureal. Tho same increase ol weight is ul- J. .wed for drop letters, whether mailed at E*.-'tions where there is a free delivery or v.hsie carrier service is not established. l econd—All newspapers sent from th© o-t. e of publication, including sample copies, v: wlie.i s**nt from a news agency to actual . »•’ seniors thereto, * r to other news agents, shall be entitled to transmission at the rate of one cent per pound or fraction thereof the ] "ntage to be prepaid. This is a reduction of oxio-1 alt from existing rates. Third—Any artic le in a newspaper or other publication may be mark© 1 for observation e.\«ept by written or printed words, without inert ase of pos. age. Foui th—A s]»ecial stamp of the value of ten cents may be issued which when attached to a letter, in addition to tho lawful postage th* rcon, shall entitle the letter to immediate delivery at place containing 4,000 population or over, according to the Federal census, within the carrier limit of any free delivery office or any other other postoffice coming within the provisions of this law which may, in like manner, be designated as a special delivery office, that such specially stamped letters shall be delivered between 7 o'clock a. m. and midnight; that a book shall lie provide 1 in which the person to whom the letter is addressed shall acknowledge its re ceipt; that messengers for this special delivery are to be paid eighty per cent, of face value of all the stamps received and recorded in a month, provided that the aggregate compen sation paid to any one person for such service shall not exceed thirty dollars per month, and provided further that the regulations for the delivery of those specially stamped letters fhall in no way interfere with the prompt delivery of letters as provided by existing law or regulations. President Cleveland’s First Proclamation. FOOTLIGHT FLASHES. Fatti likes San Francisco. The people •here pay $0 to hear her sing. . The National theatre, of Washington, re cently burned d»wu, is to be rebuilt London has 28,000 people who get their living by appearing in public on the stage. Bartley Campbell, the dramatic author, is bent on ojiening a new theatre in New York. Hep.R Von Asten is the latest German tragedian who threatens to do America in 188.» 0. New theatre* are in contemplation in New York, Philadelphia, i$t Louis, Nashvil.e'and Bultim #re. ‘•Theodora” cost the Paris manager $175,- r0:ibefore the curtain rose on Bernhardt's late t success. A horse that walks the tigbt-rope blind folded, or with opjn eyes, is the wonder of London just now. •‘The King of Gyges'’ is the title of the fiew opera now in process of construction by t jtnille Sainfc-Saens. The name of Gilbert and Sullivan's new .vatic opera, just produced in London, is •‘The Mikado: or the Town of TitipL William Horace Lingard and Alice Dunning Lingard are the very latest stars booked for this country for the next season. During the season at the Metropolitan Opera house, New York, as many as fi58 peo ple have been simultaneously under pay Ihere. Edwin Booth will go from the Bostpn (Mass.) museum to Pbiftaelphia clpeing his season in the latter city. He will rest until uaxt season. „ . x The following is a complete list of the mem bers of the new United States Senate com* mitees, the blanks indicating the positions that are to be filled by the successors of Sena tors Bayard and Garland: On Agriculture arid Forestry—Messrs Mil ler, of New York; Biair, 1 lumb, Van VVvck, Sawyer, George. Fail*, Gibson and Jones, ot Arkansas. On Appropriations—Messrs Allison,Dawes, Plumb, Hale, Mahone, Beck, Cockrell, Ga.ll and Gorman. To Audit and Control the Contingent Ex penses of the Senate—Messrs Jones, of Colo rado; Chace and Vance. On C.vil Service and Retrenchment— Messrs Ilawley, Dawes, Mitchell, Miller, of California; ii.ee, Ransom, Voorhees, Wilson, of Maryland, a id WaitiialL On Claims—Messrs. Pike, of New Hamp shire; 11 oar, Dolph, Chace, Spooner. Jack- son, Fair, Jones, of Arkansas, and On Comm-rce—Messrs McMillan, Jones, Nevada; Conger, Frye, Miller, of New York; Dolph, Cam ion, Coke, Ransom,Vest, Corn a i, and Jones, of Florida, On ihe Distr.ct of Columbia—Messrs. In galls, Pddileberger, Pike, Palmer, Stanford, Harris. \ ance. Brown and Blackburn. On Education and Labor—Messrs. Blair, Mahone, Mi.lr. of New York; Palmer, Bo*e.i, Call, Pugh, Payne and Walthall On En 'Dissed Bills—Messrs. Saulsbury, call a id Allison. Uu Enrolled Bills—Messrs. Bowen, Sabin and ColqU.it. Uu Epidemic Diseases—Messrs. Harris, Hampton, Eustis, Sewell, Bowen ana Fija. To Examine the Several Branches of the Civ.l Service—Messrs. Sabin, Cufiom, Hamp ton and . On Expenditures of Public Money—Messrs. Cullom, Garrison, Plumb, Platt, Beck, Gib son an 1 Kouna. On Finance—Messrs. Morrill, Sherman, Jones, °f Nevada; Allison, Aldrich, Miller, it ^ evv York; Voorhees, Beck, McPherson, Harris and V ance. Senator Sherman de clined to serve on this committee. On Fi-hiiies— Messrs. Palmer, Sewell, Dawes, Mdler. of California; Harris, Morgan and—. On Foreign Relations—Messrs. Miller, of California; Sherman,Frye,Edmunds, Evarts, Morgan, Saulsbury, Payne and Brown. On the Improve nent of tho Mississippi River—Messrs. Van Wyck, Mitchell, CuUom, Pike, Cockrell, George and Eustis. On Indian Affairs—Messrs. Dawes, In galls, Harrison, Bowen, Sabin, Maxey, Mor gan. Hampton and Jones, of Arkansas. On the Ju liciary—Messrs. Edmunds, In galls, McMillan, Hoar, Pugh, Wilson,Evarts, Coke, Vest and Jackson. On the Library—Messrs. Sherman, Hoar and Voorhees. On Manufactures—Messrs. Riddloberger; Sabin, Mitchell, Stanford, Colquitt, Butler and Walthall On Military Affairs—Messrs. Sewell, Cam- cren, of Pennsylvania; Harrison, Manderson. Howley, Cockrell, Maxey, Hampton ana Camden. On Mines and Mining—Messrs. Teller, Jones, oi Nevada; Van Wyck, McMillan, Hampton, Fair ami Camden. On Naval Affairs—Messrs. Cameron, of Pennsylvania; Hale, Stanford, Dawes, Rid- dleberger, McPherson, Jones, of Florida; Butler and Blackburn. On Patents—Messrs. Platt, Mitchell, Chace, Idler, Jones, of Arkansas; Camden and — On Benson>—Messrs. Mitchell, Blair, Van 'Vyck, Al.’rnli, Sewell, Jackson, Canulen, Colquitt and Payne. On Posoliees aid Post Rond;—Massra. Conger, Sawyer, M ihme, Wilson, of Iowa; Cb'u e, Maxey, Saulsbury, Colquitt, and Wi son, of Mary'and. On Priming—Messrs. Manderson, Hawley and GnnuaiL On Trans? orlntion Routes to the Seaboard —Mi Cs*r3. Aldrich, Cameron, of Pennsylvania; *J*»»i 1 mu n. Palmer, Cullom, Gibson, Call, Vest and Wilson. 0*1 i r.vate Land Claims—Messrs. Ransom, Eustis, Colquitt, Eeniunds and Evarts. On Privileges an l Elections—Messrs. Hoar, Sherman, Frye, Teller, Evarts, Salisbury, Vance, Pugh and George. On Public Buildings and Grounds—M(*ssra Mahone, Morrill, Stanford, Jones, of Flori a; Spooner, Vest and Camden. On Public Lands—Mess s. Plumb, Blair, Vail Wy.k, Dolph, Teller, Morgan, Cockrell, Gibs >n and Walthall. On Railroads—Messrs. Sawyer, Ilawley, Sewell, Sabin, Riddlebrrger, Cullom, Brown, Kenna, Geerge, B a kbura and Eustis. On Woman Suffrage—Messrs. Cockrell, Fair, Brown, Blair, Palmer, Chace and Bowen. President Ce1vela*i1 s First Prorla- mat on. The following proclamation has been issued by President Cleveland : Whereas, it is alleged that certain indi vidual associations of persons an 1 corpora tions are in the unauthorized posse -si m of portions of the territory known as the Oklahoma lands within the Indian Territory, which are designated, de scribed and recognized by the treaties an 1 laws of tils United States and by the executive authority thereof as Indian lands; and where- i as it is further alleged that certain other persons or associations within tha Territory and jurisdiction of the United States hive liegun and set on foot prep arations for an organized and forcible entry am 1 - 'leinent ujion the aforesaid lands, and are .ow threatening such entry and occupa tion; an 1 whereas the laws of the United States provide for the removal of persons re- si Ing or bjingfoun 1 upon such In lian lands and territory without permission expressly nlle'-idy oo:tiaji of the i Honor depart ment. Now, therefore, for the purpose of protect- iug the public interests, as well ns the inter ests of the Indian nations ail tribes and to the end that no fierson or pei-sons may be in duced to enter ujioii said te ritory where they will not be allowed to rem lin without the pemiissL n of tho authority aforesaid, I, Grover Cleveland, President of the Uuited Sta’es, do hereby warn and admonis i all and every person or persons now in the occupation of such lands, and all such person or persons ns are intending, preparing or threatening to enter and settle upon the same that they will neither be permitted to enter upon said territory, nor, if already there, to remain thoreon, and that in case a clue regard for and voluntary obedience to the laws an 1 treaties of the United States, and if this admonition and warning bo not sufficient to effect the purposes ami inten tions of the government as herein declare 1, tho military power of the Unite 1 States will be invoked to abate all such unauthoiizid possession, to prevent such threatened entry and occupation and to remove all such intru ders from the said Indian lands. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused tho seal of tho United States to be affixed. Grover Cleveland. By the President, T. F. Bayard, Secre tary of State. HELP FOR ENGLAND FROM INDIA. Proclamation From the Dlakdi ••Faltblnl.” The Indian native soldiers of the Sikhe regiment have been in their first engagement on Egyptian soiL A party of Osman Dignias Arabs made an attack on one of ths British outposts iu the neighborhood of Sua* kim, and tho Sikhs were sent out into tho open field to repel the attack. They were splendidly handled, and they showed ad mirable coolness aud steadiness. The skir mish was hot while it lasted, but the Arabs were soon repulsed, and many of their dead were left upon the field. The casualties among the Indian troops were few and un important. The Arabs became panic-stricken when they saw the swar.hy Mohammedans from India facing them in true British style and delivering their fire with such precision as to make almost every shot tell The hostile Arabs at night attacked the ordnance enclosure of the garrison near Sua- kim and kii.ed two sentries belonging to the Berkshire regiment and wounded throe oth- ei*s. In this engagement in the dark one of the attacking party was killed and several were wounded. The enemy also surprised the Shropshire infantry regiment’s patrol, killing one man and wounding one. One min belonging to this patrol has been missing since the engagement. When the attack was made, the rebels, in answer to the challenge of the pickets, re plied: “Friends.” They then swarmed into the zereba, overpowered the pickets an i at tacked the guards, but hearing men landing from the guuboafc Coimbr, they decamped, carrying with them all their dead aud wounded except the body of their loader, Abdul, who was Osmau Dig urn's standard bearer. Six of the British guards were killed, and seven others wpre wounded. The British government has ordered the contractors to hasten the construction of the Suakim-Berber Railway. Two,hundred ad ditional navvies have been sent to work upon the road. The Royal Irish regiment have arrived at Korti from Gakdul Wells. On the route they saw soma 400 hostile Arabs between Magaga and Howeiyat, The Turkish authorities in the Arabian province o£ Hedjaz have seized several hun dred placards whi 'h had been distributed by emissariesof ElMahdi at Jeddah,Dokah Lith and other seaport towns opposite the Soudan. Tho placards order the “faithful” to organize and expel the Turks from Arabia, promising that the prophet will soon arrive at Jeddah and will lead his hosts to Mecca, where there will be displays in the sky such as will leave no doubt of his identity. The placards havo caused an incipient rebellion, and the Turk ish governor is trying to suppress the revolt* General Gordon’s diary is written on Egyp tian telegraph blanks. The pages are sewed together with twine, and every page is il luminated with pictures, fantastic an 1 seri ous. Gordon's letters indicate that his diary was written for the use of the English gov ernment. It is desired that the government should edit this diary and publish facsimiles of it as soon as all of it has reached Lon don; The diary as left by Gordon is in six volumes. The Earl of Morely. under secretary of war, replying to the Earl of Galloway in the Brit ish Iiousj of lords, said that he t hought a vote of thanks just now to General Lord W also ley and his army for the work accomplish© 1 in the Khartoum expedition would be somewhat premature. NEWSY GLEANINGS. FRIGHTFUL BOILER EXPLOSION Thursday afternoon the residents of Middle- town Pm., were thrown Into a stale of great excit nn ut oyer tin* ixpl»si n of one of the 1 tige boilers intli* Middletown Tube Works. The works an- situated at the northern part of the town and gives employment to five hun dred m n. At four o\ I >ck on** of the large horizontal hi ileis which furi Dies steam to run the immense works explod* d with terrific for* e, throwing t mber and debris ah over the mill At the time of the explosion the mill was running full and it was thought that many workmen had been killed. Aft r the steam had cleared away the superintendent made an examination and found throe men lying pros trate on the floor and o'ber* bn ied among the rums te'ribty injured, four of whom r.oeived 6uch injuries that their re> orerv is doub fuL What caus'd the explosion is hard to snr- mi-*e, but it is thought ihe water was allowed to get too low. The rep »i t of the r xploaion was heard for miles, and the peo; 1 • of th 3 village were wfid with excitement. The dam age to the mill will amount to thousands of doilara. and throws out of employment 600 piem The damage done by the accident will take gome weeks to repair. Part of the ex ploded boiler was thrown several feet, and in landing dug itself deep in the ground. Russia has 15,231 doctors. There are SO,Oil Indians in British Co lumbia. There will be three Quakers in the next Congress. Cocoanut p’an ting is one of Florida's booming industries. The manufacture of orange wine has been begun at Bauford, Fla. Vanadium, a white metal discovered in 1830, costs $10,000 a pound. Counterfeit cents are in extensive circu la.ion in New York and vicinity. IIaverstraw, N. Y., is the greatest brick manufacturing place iu America. Boxwood, since the roller skating craze, aas gone up from $30 to $120 a ton. After June 30 a two-ceut stamp will carry m ounce instead of a half-ounce letter. The manufacture of artificial ivory from bones aud scraps of sheepskin is a new i ndus- try. Sacramento county, California, claims to have the only licorice pmntadou in the Uuited Slates. Norwalk, Conn., has a wonder in the 6hnpe ot a year-old baby weighing eighty pounds. In Germany ‘'steam is often used to ex tinguish tlaines. It causes much Jess damage than water. At a public sale of impoitcd Alderney cows in Baltimore* the prices received langud from ^55 up to $13). There are over thirty Mormon churches in Colorado. In Idaho ihere are over sixty; in Arizona about seventy. The building of the pedestal for Barthol di’s {Statue of Liberty, lostaud in New York harbor, has been suspended lor lack of funds. E. J. Baldwin has imported a lot of negroes from the South to take the place of Chinamen on his ranch in {Southern Cali fornia. According to conservative estimates,there are 5,0JU,0 0 colonies of bees in the United {States which annually yield 120.000,00J pounds of honey. PEES0NAL MENTION. Henry M. Stanley is about to publish a two-volume work on his African labors. Ex-Senator Thurman, it is said, pro poses writing a book of political reminis cences. Secretary Manning is tho only member of President Cleveland’s cabinet who is not a lawyer. General George B. McClellan is to deliver an address at Antietam on Decora tion day. Queen Elizabeth of Roumania ha9 been granted a me iai by the Toulouse academy for literary merit. Mr. Blaine is contemplating a foreign tour of a year or two as soon as the second volume of his political history is finished. Secretary Lamar is tho oldest member In the cabinet, bein°r sixty years of age. Postmaster-General Vilas is forty-five, and the youngest. J. D. RiCnARDSON, Congressman-elect from Tennessee, will bo the tallest member of the next Congress. He stands nearly seven feet high in his stocking teeL N Pfi VCESS CoLONNA.foi merly Miss Mackey, daughter of the California bonanza king, has bought the Villa 1'ausillipo, near Florence, Italy, and is giving crowded receptions. Lieutenant A. \V. Greely has accepted the invitation of the Scottish geographical 6oiiety to address its members on the oc casion of his proposed visit to Great Britain. Ex President Arthur, says a London paper, is coming to Europe early in July for several months. He intends to stay for some weeks iu England lie'ore proceeding to the continent for a lengthened tour. —Special adviys from Reading. T&., relate how a stranger, having secured hospitality in the residence of a wealthy willow, exploded a safe in the hon^e at midnight expecting to se cure a large sum of money. —Frank D. Warren, alias F. D. Lyons, who, as alleged, forged a check tor $ 10.' 00 in New Orleaua Jaat Januar-', was arreeled at Niagara Fall* on Wednesday. A portion of the money was recow red. —In view of the existing relation* between England and Russ a ra niters of the Dominion Paniament from British LVlumbia aie express ing alarm at the defenceless condition of that province. —Sir John Mard. na’d announoed at Ottawa, Ont., that ihe government had received infor mation that ilio lives of several premise.it S rsons had been threatened, and that plots d been laid for destroying public buildings. Items cf Interest Here, There and Eveiy where. —Thomas Plankett, sergeant m the Twenty- first Massachusetts regiment, who lost both arms while defending the colors at Fredericks burg December 13, 1862, died in Worcester, Mass. He leaves a widow and two sons. On recovering from his wounds he was generously provided for by the contributions of people wlio honored his bravery and by a lull penr non. —At New Orleans two men convicted of the murder of “Cap” Murphy were se ntenced to death, and three others who were implicated in the crime were consigned to the Peniten tiary for twenty year* —An atrocious act of sacrilege has thrown the little town of Saint Saulge, France, into a state of wild excitement. During the night a gang of malefactors forced their way into the cem etery and deteci ated over one hundred tomb*. They also destroyed all the crosses in the neighboring cemetery of Clamecy and pro faned it in the same manner. —Edmund Yates, editor of the London World, who was sentenced to fonr months’ im prisonment for allowing Lady Stadbrooke to hbel Lord Lonsdale in his pa6er. was released from prison ou account of ill nealth. —The National Republican contain«? an in terview with Postmaster-General Vilas in which that gentleman savs:—“The programme of the whole Cabi net is to select * flicials for their worth and value to the government,” and as having said further, 4 that the policy of the ad ministration is to bear out the civil service rules lo the full extent in the management of the various depar.mtnts. I shall enforce the rules here.” —The French police have arrested James Stephens and Eugene D.ivls. chief of the Anglo-French section of dynamiters, and John Morrissey, president ol the* [recent Conve t on in the Rue Cambon. These ihree are now de tained at the Prefecture, aud will probably be expelled from French ttrritovy. The police are searching for another man supposed to have fled to Switzerland with important pa] era —Lord Granville has received a dispatch from M. de Giors saying that tho Czar desires peace. —President Diaz, of Mexico, sent on ulti matum to President Barri is, of Guatemala, giving him to understand that Mexico would not permit him to carry out his designs upon the Central American republics. It is consid ered that President Diaz by his bold and statesmanlike action has prevented war —According to special dispatches from Ber lin, England and Germany bare made friends and Count H rbert Bi-m. rck has returned to the Spree covered with diplomatic glory. —Five t onsand femn’e cigarmakers created a dLturbano • in Madr d as a pretest against the introduction of machinery. —A dispatch from Hong Kong, China, says: The French, after five days’ fighting, have car ried the Chinese positions around Kelung. Forty Freuchmen v> ere killed and two hundred wounded. —American railroad reenrities are the only investment* in the London .market that are not suffering from tho scare of a war with Russia. —Dr. Walsh, president of the Maynootb College, was elected Archbishop of Dublin. —An insurrection has broken out in Albania. All the available Turkish troops are being har ried to the scene. A force of Turkinh regu lars has been defeated by .insurgents near Lynn met —The Austrian Government, lias introduced a tariff measure identical with the German one. I he tax on wheat is to be raised three marks and flour —The jury rendered a verdict of not guilty in the case of Nellie Horan, charged with poisoning her father, mother and sister at Elkho. n, W.s. —Three negroes were arrested, charged with being implicated iu a murder at M n’gomery, Teun. f and taken from the jail aud lynched. —More than eighteen million dollars dam ages are claimed by settlers for d :predations by the Indiana, the claims going as far back as 1855. —A Florida railroad company, to which a large tract of land ha*l been granted in 1856, and which subsequently allowed settlers to im prove its \alue from ten cents to $15 an acre, now wants to seize the land. Mr. Van Wyck in the U. 8. Senate opposes the proposed forced sale. —Mackin and Gallagher, two of the mon convicted at Chicago of stuffing ballot boxes and falsifying election returns, have been fined $5,( 00 each and sent to the Joliet (LL) prison lor two years. —The trial of dynamite shells near Wash ington proves successful, the shots excavatiug solid rock ou tho Potomac to a depth of six feet and blowing the fragment-* half a mile. —Tho first church bell heard west of the Alleghanies has been sent to the New Orleans Exposition. —A large quantity of nitro-glycerine ex ploded near Bradford, Pa., killing two men and causing considerable destruction of prop erty. —An extraordinary 6tory of a dead woman having rev.ved sufficiently to relate her ex perience in the spirit world and then expire again comes from Portland, Me. —A terrible explosion occurred in a cut on the extension of thj Fort Worth and Denver City Railway. A heavy blast had been ar range* l wh ch explode! prematurely, killing three men. The men had their heads entirely blowu off, and their bodies blown one hundred yards away aud horribly mangled. —A new* ag lit in Charleston, 8. C., was *ent t > jail for scliiag the semaU.nal papers, in violation of a city ordinance. —The Massachu-ett* Senate passed to be engrossed the bid prohibiting the sale of spirit- nou~ or intoxicating liquors between li p. m. and 6 a. m. DESPEKATE FIGHT. Three Outlaws Shot Dead While Trying to Rescue a Companion. A Springer (New Mexico) special says: A iesperaie encounter between oSicers and outr ’aws has occurre 1 here. Last Sunday a noted •lesperado, Bill Todd, was arrested here and lodged in jail. He immediately telegraphed the fact of his arrest to Dick Rogers, the leader of one of the most desperate gang of mtlaws in the Southw.-st. This morning Rogers appeared with a num ber of followers, went to the county jail, where Todd was confined, and attempted his escue. The officers opened fire from within the jail, to whi.-h thj outlaws replied. A * lo.spe: ate battle ensued. The attacking party finally withdrew*, leaving three of their party—“Dick” Rogers, “Ed” Kiug and “Red River Tom”—dead in the street. The re main Ier of the party hastily left town to summon ro-enforcements. Tiiey were 1 ourly expec ed to reappear, and the great st excite ment prevail© 1. The citizens of Springer ap pealed for protection to the dis'rict ccm- inander and he promptly ordered the trc-ops stationed at F, rt Union to move quickly lo ihe scene of action. A spet iai from Santa Fe received says the ’atist news from S. r.nger was to the effect that fifty men surrounded the jail and were determined to mob the officers who bad taken refuge in tho building. The soldiers from Fort Union wore momentarily exacted, and their arrival was expected to prevent further trouble. Company II, of the Second regi ment territorial militia, of Santa Fe, was in readiness to move at a moment’s notice. Starting in Lire. A society has been started in Boston to help its members purchase a home or commence business when they are married. Eligibility to membership consists simply in being unmarried. This surprising scheme provides that a member need have paid in only 8250 to become entitled to the full benefit of 81,000 at the end of eighteen months. As the association has just begun opera tions, no benefit will become dne until 1886. The Secretary claims a member ship of 100 already, and hopefully pre dicts one of 12,000 within a few years. Experiments* The management of manure In the soil is always a subject of interest to farmers. There is much difference of opinion in respect to the use of manure and ita pratical bearing npon the yield of the ci ops. For instance, one farmer believes in surface manuriug altogether; another thinks manure should be plowed in; another would have it spread upon the soil already plowed and thoroughly mixed with it by harrowing or with tho cultivator; others prefer to plow in manure in the fail and cross-plow it hack to the snrface in the spring. All these methods have their advocates, and each one of them will profess to have good proofs of the value of his way of doing, it Bat while each way may be good there are certainly some batter than others, and it is well to have anoh questions discussed and try to find out m by one way is or ought to be better than the others. From what is known ol the action of the soil upon organic matter it seems reasonable to suppose that the best way ol using the manure is to mix it as evenly as possible through the soil. The soil, when well plowed aud broken np being very porous, exerts a btrong oxidizing aotion, such a3 is known to be common to all fine ly divided or exceed- 1 >fcly i o ojs s ibstanoes. Familiar in stances of this action are given by spoDgy platinum, which will oause alco hol to slowly burn away without any flame or heat being applied, and woolen or cotton waste or rags which, when sat urated with oil or turpentine, will gen erate sullicient heat to inflame and hum by the absorption of oxygen. The same is true, but to a less extent, with all very pore us snbaiaices, and is true to a marked extent with the soil. This is shown by a well-known experi ment, viz., to bury in the soil a quantity of flowers of sulphur and iron filings and leave them for 24 Lours, when, by a rapid process of oxidation, the mass be comes in an active state of combustion, aud flames burst from the soil. A simi lar action takes place w hen organic mat ter is bnried in the soil, and manure plowed in is acted upon in this manner aud becomes subject to an aotive fer mentation] by which it is decomposed, furnis lies material for the rapid produc tion of nitrates by means of living germs, which increase with amazing rapidity, and in doing this acts also as a solvent for the mineral matter of the soil. Thus the manure not only adcU to the soil its own contribution, but it exerts a strong chemical i fleet upon it. To do this with full efleot the manure must be buried iu the soil. If it is only spread upon the surface a partial action occurs aud no more; the soil is aided to the ex tent of the addition of the manure, but no active nitrification cm occur, nor is there possible any solvent action npon the mineral matter. This is the theo retical view of the cose, it is true; but in this case the theory is certainly both an explanation of and is explained by the actual practice and experience of farm ers during scores of years pas Wit may be said that many farmers hH*'found that manure spread npon tbq anrfaoe produoes qnito equal results witBr’ES- nure that has been plowed into the soil.- This is by no means a satisfactory argu ment, because no one can know the ef fect of the variations of soil, quality of manure, and many other elements in the case which would affect the result aud which do afleot results iu the most sur prising manner when such experiments are made side by side upon the same soil. In our own practice for many years we have found that mannre plowed into the soil in snob a manner that it is not bnried fl it, aud out of the way of the beneficial action of the atmosphere, but is covered in between lap farrows laid on edge at an augle of 45 degrees, so that the air has abundant access to the soil, and through every part of it; that manures so plowed in, in the fall to be more completely mixed by oross-plowing or by the cultivator, or best still by such an implement as the Acme pnlverizing harrow whioh mixes very intimately the soil and the manure, will always produoe the very best results. By such a method Early Bose potatoes have yielded 450 bnshels per acre; corn has produced 75 to 80 bushels; oats, 70 bush els; wheat, 35 bushels, and the succeed ing grass and clover have produced 2J toDs per acre. An Ohio farmer, who is a special potato grower, produces 240 bushels per acre by thiB manner of cul tivation. Many other farmers practice it with success. Our Disappearing Forests. The reckless improvidence with which the forests of this country are being de stroyed is likely to bring its own punish ment with it Prof. Sargent’s report upon the present condition of cur for ests has been published os a part of the tenth censns. From this it appears the loss from forest fires alone amounts to upward of 820,000,000 annnally; the railways destroy upward of 30,000,000 fine young treeB every year for ties; the frame houses, which form so characteris tic a feature of an American landscape, use up the lumber from millions of acres annually. As yet no process of repara tion has begun. We cut down, but we do not replant. The consequence is seen in the greater frequency of droughts and floods along our large rivers, the impaired fertility of the denuded soil and the increased oost of fuel and build ing material. The report shows that it is quite time to turn over a new leaf. We should husband carefully what for est we have left It is the part of wis dom for every owner of a timber tract to cut understanding^ and with re'erenoe to the Inture. A good twenty-acre lim ber lot can be made to last for centu ries, all the time (nrnishing its annnal entting of fuel for the owner.—Chicago A’ewt. t Our Grain Exports. From California and Oregon abont 2,000,000 bushels ol wheat were export ed during the first half of January, and from the principal Atlantio porta during the whole momh about 8,0U0,030 bush els; 12,850,000 bushels were shipped in Deoember. But the price has been higher; the value of wheat and flour ex ported in Deoember was $11,544,032. The British official statements show that .thereceipts from this country in 1884 were 22 606,130 cwt of wheat, againat 26,065,822 in 1883; bat notwithstanding this decline of- 14 per cent, in wheat there was a decrease of only 8 per cent, in flour, the imports from this country having been 10,340,567 cwt. in 1884, against 11,270,918 iu 1833. More than two-thirds of all the floor imported by Oreat Britain last year came from this country, bnt only 48 per cent, of the wheat In 1883 the British receipts from our Pacific States were 45 per oenh of the total receipts from this oouutry, namely, 11,806,637 owt, but in 1884, only 86 per oent. of the wheat from this country came from the Paoifio coast TntNOS HTRANUB. STARTLING OR CURIOUS THAT WE FIND IN OUR EXC RANGES. A Soldier’s Mt-A Venae Cirrus Men—The Coniraciioa of a BrliUe-A Farmer Darted Alive. Etc., Els. 0. 0. Martin, Engineer of the Brook lyn Bridge, sajB:—It is undoubtedly of great pnblio'interest that everything in connection with bridge management should be closely watched. Many look with extreme concern lo one important feature, namely, the contraction of the structure In cold weather. This ia a point, of oourae, on which the most careful and patient calculations have been made, and I needn't tell you that there can be no possible ohanoe of any. thing going wrong. There is an allow ance of two feet for contraction which takes place in cold weather like this. The greatest shrinkage took place dur ing last winter, measuring twelve and three-quarter iuohea; up to the present this year the contraction is a shade nnder eleven inches and a half. A man at Pataha City, W. T., has tho rare and remarkable name of Angevine June Titus and Company Favor. All that part of the above described name lying in front of the word “Favor” is his Christian name. His parents lived in a small town in Maine, and a oironB came there for the first time in the history of the place. It was owned by Angevine, Jane Titos A Oa Mr. and Mrs. Favor attended in the afternoon and were so well pleased that they named their boy, born on the following day, for the pro prietors of the enterprise. The son has borne his infliction withont murmur, and is fondly hoping for the time when Pataha City shall have grown to be large enough, to justify the visit of a circus. A fotvate soldier on guard duty at Woolwich Arsenal saw a man advancing toward hia post and commanded him to halt and give the countersign. The stranger neither halted nor replied, but attempted to walk past the guard line. The sentinel thereupon plunged his bayonet into the man’s body, killing him almost instantly. An investigation shows that the man who attempted to run the guard wag also a soldier and a comrade of the sentinel, whom he had tried to annoy by a silly praotical joke. A dispatch from Henderson county, N. C., gives details nf a prominent farm er being buried alive. John Jenkins, the unfortunate in question, fell ill, and after a prolonged illness assumed the ap pearance of death aud was buried. Hia brother exhumed the remains and was horrified to discover that tho body had turned in the grave. Both hands were full of hair, winch the deoeased had torn from hia head and beard in his frantic efforts to escape from his awful doom. 'Squibb Cbistler, of Banks county, Oa., was called upon the other night to join a couple together in tho holy bonds of matrimony. Getting to the river he found it impossible to cross. Deter mined not to be disappointed, he sum moned the eouple to the water’s edge on the other side of tho stream, and the license, tied to a stone, having been pitched over to him, a distance of some sixty yards, he proceeded to tie the knot at the top of hia voice. Thb habit which frontier poatma&teja have of carrying the mail around fa the pockets of their trousers vexes the souls ■of the cowboys. When one of the latter speoiee has bidden 200 miles after hia maii aa3l»-fe^d by the pcatmsUxSTrite that the post-ofitealiSlfBflwafter a bar rel of water and won’t be back for two days, the "cow puncher” feela like com plaining to the government. Mbs. Wilson, of Jefferson, N. Y., placed abont 8300 in the oven of her cook stove to hide it from burglars while she went to a lecture in the school house. The lecture gave her so much to think about that when she went home she built a fire in the stove and had it well under headway before her mind re verted to the money. The bills were badly scorched. An Indiana wife told heT husband one morning that she was going to elope with the hired man. “Let us pray over it,” replied the hut band. They prayed for half an hour, bnt when they got through the woman’s intention remained unchanged. So the husband helped her on with her wraps and tucked her in the sleigh, wishing her God speed with tears in her eyes. Some man with considerable leisure on his hands estimates that during a life time of fifty years a man on the average spends 6,000 days in BleepiDg and the same amount in working; 2,000 days in eating, 800 days in walking, is ill 500 days, and the remainder of the half cen tury, nearly nine years, is fritted away in recreation and amusement. Origin of the Word Boycotting. • The word has lately been coined, but by whom it is difficult to trace. That it will find its way into Ihe dictionaries ol the future as a legitimate word we have little doubt. The exprtssion “boycott ing” has already become historic. Its origin was as follows: A Oaplain Boycott was the agent of a land owner in Ireland. His policy proved to be distasteful and offensive to the tenants, and such was their feeling in the matter that they asked the landlord to remove him. This the landed proprietor declined to do, and in return the tenants and their friends refused to work fot or under Boy cott. They would not harvest his crops and they made an agreement among themselves that none of them or theirs should assist or work for him in the har vest. H s crops were endangered, when relief arrived in the persons of certain Ulster men, who, under the protection of the troops, harvested the crops of Boycott. The defensive league of the tenantry were mnch more powerful and effective than might be guessed by the single instnnee of combination referred to above. The ramifications of their com pact were very numerous and extensive. For example, it was decided that if any one had any dealings with Boycott, or those who represented him, then no one was to have any dealings with that per son. If a man worked for Boycott he was to be looked on by hia old neighbors and frienda. as a total stranger; no one was to sell to or buy of him; no one was to know him. The effeot of this agree ment, when carried to its extreme limit, was just what its authors proposed. And boyootting has become a very forcible phrase. The system has been sought to be introduced into the United Btates, but with partial success only. It may have been justifiable in the case of Boy cott ; but, to say the least, it ia anything bnt an honorable means of gaining redress for alleged wrongs. To Win Them.—One of the surest recipes for making hard times, tay's an exchange, is to talk hard timet and keep «p the chatter. “I remember one circumstance oi bygone times with great vividness,” said Mark Twain daring a recent lecture in Buffalo. “I arrived here alter dark op a February evening in 1870 with mj wife aud a large company of friends, when I had been a husband for twenty- four hours, and they put us two in s covered sleigh and drova ns np and down and every which way through all ihe baok streets of Bnffalo, until at last I got ashamed. ‘Tasked Mr. Sleetogetmea cheap boarding-house, but 1 didn’t mean that he should stretch economy to going ontside of the State to find it. “The fact was, there was a praotical joke to the four which I didn’t know anything about, and all this fooling aronnd was to give it time to mature. My father-in-law the late Jervis Langton, whom many of you will remember, had been clandestinely spending a fare fortune npon a house and furniture in Delaware avenue for us, aud had kept his secret so well that 1 w is the only person this side of Niagara Falls that hadn’t found it out. “We reached the house at last, about 10 o'clock and were introduced to a Mrs. Johnson, the ostensible landlady. I took a glance around and then my opinion ot Mr. Slee’s judgment as a provider of cheap boarding-houses for men who had to work for a living fell below zero. I told Mrs. Johnson there had been an unfortunate mistake. Mr. Slee had evidently supposed I had money, whereas I only had talent; and so, by her leave, we would abide with her a week, aud then she could keep my trunk and we would hunt an other placo. “Then the battalion of ambushed friends and relatives burst in on ns, ent of olosets and from behind curtains; the property was delivered over to us and the joke revealed, accompanied with mnch hilarity. Bach jokes as these are all too scaroe in a person’s life. That was a really admirable joke, for that house was so completely equipped in every detail—even to house servants and coachmen—that there was nothing to do bnt just sit down and live in it. “Well, the house isn’t onrs, now, but we’ve got the coachman yet. All these fifteen years he has been a living and constant reminder of that pleasant jest He was a spruce young stripling then, with his future all before him. He showed himself worthy of high good fortune, and it has fallen richly to his lot, beyond his most distempered dreams; he’s got a wife and nine children now. I would not discriminate. I would not show partiality; I wish yon all the same luck.’’ A Story of George Bowie. A story I heard last night related tc George Bowie, the inventor of the Bowie knife, or “the Arkausaw toothpick,” as it is also ealled. It is said that Bowie was as gentle and chivalrous as he was brave and regardless of human life. One night, years ago, while riding in a stage toward Ohio, on the old national pike, a poorly clad old woman and her little boy of about ten years, were for miles the only passengers. Bowie did not Bpeak to them, but wrapping himself np ia his own coat, slept as well as he oould under the jolting of the stage. An hour laterd**g burly fellow entered the coach atTfWET station, and tinned out a olayinpSp-jrhich B ■Belied as it had been smoaSd-ghK-e the days of "Walter Raleigh. This he filled with to bacco oJ the vilest brand, and began to smoke. The stage was Boon filled with hiB exhalations, and the smoke began to make the old lady Bick, and she opened the window and sought relief from the fresh air which ponred ia Bnt the weather was bitter cold, and she had to dose it. She then asked the boy to beg the man to stop smoking. This he did, but ihe man loudly said: “If the old woman don’t like it she can get out 1 paid my passage and I will smoke when I please.” In the meantime George Bowie had been awakened and had seen the whole prooednre. As ihe man ut tered these words Bowie put his hand at the bock of his neck, aud drawing ont one of his famous bowies, said coolly: “Yon are mistaken about your smoking. You will put out that pii»e at once and keep your mouth shut, or by the Eternal I will run you through the heart 1 I would have you understand I am George Bowie, and George Bowie means what he says 1” With that he slowly began to advance his knife toward the man’s stomach, and the latter frantically threw hia pipe out of the door and begged for his life. Daring the next half hour the man said nothing, bnt looked pale. As Bowie thought over his action and noted the sickness of the old woman he grew still more angry, and at the next station he forced the Bmoker to get out of the stage and ride with the driver for Uie re mainder of his journey. * The Havoc fn Spain. The havoc wrought by the Malaga and Granada earthquakes must have shaken the confidence of the inhabitants of Madrid in their '‘throned city,” which, planted on a rocky plateau 1,800 feet above the sea, might well appear beyond the reach of any such calamity. So firm were the men of Madrid in this belief that when the rival oapital, Lisbon, was laid in ruins by the fearful earth quake of Nov. 1, 1755, a famous Madrid preacher took for his text, in allusion to the fancied seonrity of the city: “It fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.’’ Indeed, the very oircamstances of the Lisbon catastrophe seemed to justify this confidence, for, whereas the quarter beside the Tagus was literally dashed to pieces, and the great qnay swallowed np bodily with the 20,000 fugitives who had taken refuge upon it, the npper town, standing npon a range of rocky heights, escaped with comparativeiy sligbt iojury. But when such firmly planted cities as Alhama and Granada are shaken to their foundations the citizens of tho Spanish capital may well call to mind the ancient prophecy that “Madrid should aland till the earth itself became her enemy.” Tho Business Outlook. The Manufacturers' Uecord, of B iti- more, in showing some of the signs oi improvement in manufacturing interests thronghoat the oonntry, publishes a long list of the leading enterprises that have reanmed work during the las'- font weeks. It estimates that 100,00*1 men have gone to work in manufacturing enterprises since January 1. In addition to this a large number of miners, ter. thousand in one Pennsylvania county alone, have commenced work within the same time. STR*Y NOTES FOUND IN THE COL. ujuns or oun excuiNow. Money In Poltilcs-A Falib Cnre-At the Dinner Tnlile-llelplu* the 1'ndoe-The Unptnin'e Daualiler—At Ihe Dour. Lie. sunthui’ soothin’ wanted. "Father,” he said, as he raked the last potato ont of the hill and rested on his hoe-handle, “the papers say that there is to be a rise in stocks.” “H’m.” “And Mr. Gould says that railroad prospects are brighter.” “H’m.” “And the leading financiers of the oonntry look for an easy money maiket.” “H’m. William, what Mr. Gould and the leading financiers of the country may think ia all right, but when a family bas taken a forty-acre side-bill farm to grab a living ont of, aud hain’t seen but five dollars in cash in six months, it would be more soothin’ to have some body predicting that coon-skins will be a dollar a piece and bean-soup tickle the stomach ekal to oysters. Dig into that next Mil,”—Wall Street News. thirteen at his denneb table. Mrs. Winks—“It’s a perfect outrage, Mr. Winks. The idea of inviting those gentlemen to dinner when you know the house was full of oompany. Why, it will make thirteen at table.” ■ Mr. Winks—“Surely you are not superstitious about that. Having thir teen at table won’t worry me in the leaBt. ” Mrs. Winks—“Well, it will when you see what a small roast the butcher sent.”—Philadelphia Call. THE OTHER ONE. Half a century ago there was a great shipping firm in New York city—the brothers Hurlbut—trading with end car rying passengers to Southern cities. It was customary when they promoted a mate to be captain for the head of the firm to give the new captain a dinner at bis house. The merchant had two daughters, one a great bear.tv, and the other not so and cross-eyed. The cap tain noticed that the beauty received all the toasts and attentions, and his innate sense ol politeness and justice rebelled. He meant to set it right. “Your daughter, sir!” he said to the merchant, raising his glass. “Which one, sir?” was the response. “The squint-eyed one, sir I” said the polite, though not polished captain. fulfilling mu engagement. Morning—Old darkey (at gentleman's office)—“Gud mawnin’, boss. Can't yer ’sist an ole man dis mawnin’, sab V” Gentleman—“Not this morning. Charity begins at home.” Night—Same old darkey (at gentle man’s home)—"Gud evenin’, boss. I called at yer home fee a little ’slstanoe, 'cordin’ to our prearrau gement dis mawnin’, sah 1”—N. Y. Sun. ___ THE CONSOLATION OF RELIGION. Minister (to young man)—“lam very glad to Bee you at church so regularly on Sunday evenings, Mr. Smith, but I think you sit too near the door to fully enjoy the services. If you like I will instruot the sexton to show you a seat further—” Young man—“Well, er—I am mnch obliged to yon, sir, but I like my present seat very much. I did sit up in front one evening and the result was that be fore I could reach Miss Jones bhe was half way home with the leader of the choir.”—Y. Times. XjgB-flgM- " Wife—John, what ia this “faith 0016-. I read of so much ? Husband—Marriage, my dear—mar riage. Wife—1 don’t understand bow mar riage can have anything to do with it. Please explain yourself. Husband—Well, before I married yon my faith led me to believe that yon were a perfect angel; Binee I married you 1 have been entirely cured of the faith. That is what is called a “faith cure.”— Philo. Call, SPEAKING BY THE OAKI>. “What is the price of this organ?” asked a gentleman of a dealer. “Three hundred and sixty-five dol lars,” replied the latter. “Phew!” exclaimed the gentleman, “ain’t that rather high?” “Oh, no, air; you can see for your self, it is card rates.” “Yes, but what do yon sell them for ?” “Forty-three dollars, sir "-Platts- burg Chronicle. HOT MADE IN POLITICS. “Didn’t Senator Horsey make hi3 money in politics ?” “Why, bless you,, ne. Politicians never do. Supporting their party and devoting time and attention to their po litical duties is a serious financial tax npon them.” “Don't they get rich ?” “Oh, yes, but not out of politics.” “There’s Horsey, for instauce. ni guarantee politics iiave had thousands of his money. If it wasn’t for running aoross a job now and then to dig a canal, or sell old boats or build new ones, or stock mail routes for the Government, politics wonld ruin iota of people.”— Pittsburg Chronicle. . A MEAN INSINUATION, He called for gin, and in a calm, un embarrassed sort of way filled his glass to the brim. “See here, my friend,” expostulated the bartender, “that is gin you are poun ing ont, not water.” The customer eyed him rebnbingly over the top of the glass, as he slowly drained ita contents. “Mister,” he said in a hurt tone of voice, “do I look like a man who would drink that mnch water ?”—Jf. Y. Times, HELPING THE 6AVSS. They were trying to raise money to pay off the indebtedness cf! the church. Deacon—“Have you called on old Mr. Moneybags yet?” Minister—“No. He is v tv n d I thought I wonld wait better.” Deaoon (earnestly]—“Do a minute. Strike him whU sick. It will be too ! better.”—/Sink LEFT OPEN. Mistress—There it goes I do you see that door? Maid—Yessum. Mistress—Well, you hava left it open. Were yen brought np in a saTmill t Maid—Nome; I has always lived with families as can afford door-springs.— Philadelphia Call. . ” - iif. Paul and Minneapolis are so lesi ons of each other and are growing so rapidly that before long there wifi be a hostile meeting of the cities. And then there will be onlypne crity, but tho ques- fion will arise which wtiTbe the city?
