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J» W k ANDERSON* Editor and Proprietor; ^ - T ------ i -ers IE U.IMMARN A Voice from the Lxtrutive Mansion. Mr. A. W. Hawkes —Dear Sir: pantiscopic glasses you furnished some time since, give excellent tion. I have tested them by use, must say they are unequaled in and brilliancy by any that I have word, d * * Respectfully, John B. Gordon, Governor of State of Georgia. A Business Man’s Clear Vision. New York City, April 4, 1888. Mr. A. K. Hawices—D ear Sir : Your patent eye glasses received some time since, and am very much gratified at thet wonderful change that has come over my eyesight since I have discarded my old glasses and am now wearing yours. Alexander Aoar. Secretary Stationers Board of Trade of 1 New York City. All eyes fitted by J. M. Levy, Coving-' ton, Ga. 5 These glasses are not supplied to ped¬ dlers at any price. A. W. HAWKES. Wholesale Depots, Atlanta Ga. Franklin B. Wright, COVINGTON, GA, Resident Physician & Surgeon. i jChiluren, Gynecology, Obstetrics, diseases of women ami end all Clironi* (diseases of a private nutuie, a special¬ ity* I have a horse at my command, whi>-h _ .'will enable me to attend calls In the surrounding country, as we! »'* jniy city practice. FRANKLIN B. WRYGFTT. M. U THE LABOR WORLD, [have The labor organiza’ions public library of Trenton, and N. read¬ J., established a ing-room. i Baron De Selliere, of Brass, has purchased control of all the best root sugar factories in Quebec. ltb» A Woman's mass-meeting iu support of demand for women factory inspectors knet in >'-w York city. [ The Amalgamated Brass-Workers report [that their trade is liveiy, and that their [union is increasing steadily. The English colliers are greatly elated Work over the suceessfu. issue of the strike, has been resumed at all the mines. Acttng upon the advice of Michael Da kitt.. the striking dockmen of Liverpool, Eug nnd, met the employers and agreed upon :erms. By a newly invent? 1 machine, now in iparation in the new mill at Manchester, N. ti., one girl isabio to sew on 3900 button? in i day. Thf, employes of the Laurel Ridge '■ foUiery, Venn., in individual mine live at stock Mahoney satisfy Plane, unpaid ire seizing the to abor claims. The journeymen bakers of Washington, and L). O., went on strike for ten hours, i?veral of the largest bakeries granted the iemands of the union. It fiPai’eired that -within the last twelve nonths 40.0iX) pauper laborers have been defiance im¬ ported throng astle Garden in if the contract labor law. The streit cari'drirei’s at Fort Madison, Iowa, who went out on strike for an advance if wares,'have returned to work, their de nanfls bavin? be-n granted. Wyoming has one law on tho statute books shat has up counterpart in apy State, and that is the law securing equal pay ' for teaSaefri ,equal work to men and womoa as school One thousand dollars have been appro (rated by the United- Brotherhood of Car mters and Joiners to send members out speakers the to irons? the interest of the for mining eight-hour struggle. It is announced that iperor William, of dermanv. has decided t in future, in case workmen’s strikes, the General com* ading the district in which the strike corn's shall act independently of the civil utliorities. The labor school conference contemp .at.es whether ringing, a.test^ase New before York the city courts, is liablo to for see or not ient ainages caastKl- by failing to provide children suTi school accommodations for the citizen?. Thu ‘smelt- of Leadviiia, Co!., bars iposiuonof '.opted resolution.? duty protesting silver-load against from the a on ores exico. and declaring that to shut out MeXi in nelting lead would resuit iu closing up all tbs works. Consul-General Sutton, at Nuevo Lar lo, Mexico, reported to the State Depart lent that 25,000 tons of American steel rails ad been recently imported into Mexico for so in the construction of the Monterey and laitiean Gulf Railway. >a NO TIME FOR NICK CALCULATION. An aV*ronaut fell front his balloon and mded on the roof of a farm-house, making he three ribs ami seven shingles, farmer sued him for damages and icovered aired $15, and the surgeon w ho ref the ribs charged him $30. He : now see howmiu h cheaper it would ve been to have broken ten shingles d no ribs—but we suppose__- ; he came - wn so rapid ly that he didn’t have time think of- that.—[Binghamton Repubii e ■h J :riv iy i ./ ' ^ h-y-v^. / a I 7 V \ ^ 1 * * A _T ir U Cld Never’think of maueyinu WOMAN OF THIRTY. atcrlaniilia.y---No. John. I have no tion to having you for a t I think a yOurrg man shotild ny before he is 21. lolni—Yes, sir. I em only 18, but !> Miss Julia is 27, and I fer think of marrying a worm a •< f JyUficnn's Weekly. ■ v*^ Star. DISASTER IN CHICAGO. A Sugar Hefniery Blow up With Fearful Results. Many Men Killed and Injured by the Explosion. An explosion occurred shortly before six o’clock in the starch department of the im¬ mense building of the Chicago Sugar Refin¬ ing Company at Chicago, III. At least eight workmen were killed and sixteen injured, many of them fatally. The main structure of the refine; IS SIX teen stories in height, while t ■eh de partment is located ni a two s, .->• addition, j which which burned the^nain freely. Owing to the danger general to alarm building was the expose Fire De¬ 1 a was turned in tin* to partment, and by hard work ma* 4 i struc¬ ture was saved. The men employed in this depa lent were preparing to leave, when a deafening explosion was heard, which was quickly fol¬ lowed b v a second, and in almost an instant a great mass of bricks and beams came tumbling down upon the men in the bouse. So great, was the force of the explosions that the reports were heal’d nearly a mile away, and the rumor at once spread to the effect killed. that thirty or more workmen ha 1 been Thousands hurried efforts to the scone of the dis¬ aster, and the of the firemen were seriously impeded until an additional force of Hundreds police was ordered out. the of women, wives of men em¬ ployed in the works, gathered around and begged and implored the firemen to save their husbands who, they were sure, were in the blazing pile. Volunteers being called for to aid in the work of removing the debris, hundreds sprang "under forward to offer their services, amd intelligent direc¬ tion soon succeeded m removing the wounded and three of the dead. The building in which the explosion oc¬ curred w-as rather flimsilv anil constructed, and was fifty feet in width seventy-five feat in length. So far as can be ascertained the cause, of the explosion was the accumula* ion of fine starch "dust, similar to in that which athers in flouring mills, which some way ecame Before ignited. could realize what the men at work had occurred a bright sheet of flame, like a broad flash of lightning, blinded them, and the first explosion took place, being followed in five seconds by the second. No one hac an opportunity to escape, as almost coinci¬ dent with the second explosion the building collapsed, and the wails and roof, together with the heavy machinery on the second floor, Thirty came tumbling down. the men were in the structure at time and were imprisoned there. Shrieks and groan# were heard arising from building, the debris and the workmen in the main who ha l rushed out at the sound of the explosion, were set te work as soon as they had re¬ covered from their panic to help their im¬ prisoned The comrades. first efforts of the firemen we -e di¬ rected toward pouring water on task the of burning mass in order to facilitate the rescue, and then the search began. Near the main door the first man was dis¬ covered, he was the engineer, who had been thrown against the brick covering to the great boiler. He was not badiy uurt, thougn bleeding freely from several cuts around the head, but was too dazed to tell an intelligent story. the Hospital As he was being conveyed recovered to County 1 said could ne partially explosion an then he not tell how tin oc jurred, as he was busy at the engine have at been the time. At the first shock he must blown several feet, but could not say in what direction. Everyth.ng seemed to be sudden¬ ly lifted up, he said, and then he knew no more until he was dug up out of tae ruins. The collapse of the building was complete, and the heat from the burning and pi.e was so in¬ tense that the firemen, police volunteers bad the greatest difficulty in wording. Sev¬ eral times su-eams were turned upon the workers to enable them to keep up. The bricks soon became hot and fears were entertained that not a man of those impris¬ oned was alive, for the heat below the walls was like a furnace. The firemen were pushed forward, however, aud the quantities water was that poured upon the debris in such tae rescuers soon had a comparatively easy time of it. Before nine o’clock sixteen wounded men had been removed and throe bodies discov¬ ered, all so badly disfigured that they could Bpjrbe identified. Eight of the men who were found at first sustained injuries of no particular consequence, but of tue burning seventeen wounded and found deep in the piie many were fatailv hurt THE NATIONAL GAME. The National League has spent between $10,000 and $12,000 in law suits. It is said that Mulvey and Beekly are the only deserters who will' be taken back by the Plaiyers’ League. League Captain Anson, of the Chicago this Club, claims that he has a better team leason than he had last year. Hallman's work on the Philadelphia this Brotherhood Club has greatly improved made by him season, and only one error was in five games. Pitcher Rusie, who is only eighteen vears of age, demanded $400^ salary to come to New York, or an increase of $2000 over taat received by him a year ago. The following cities in New England can boast of champion baseball teams in the past; Boston, Providence, Portland, Lowell, si ew Bedford, Worcester, Meriden, uater bury. Cincinnati Brooklyn has six catchers aud five pitchers. This is too many for any club to carry, and some of the ott ■; League clubs will probably benefit by an inevitable uc loading in the near future. Three champion batters will be in Boston this season. They are Brouthers. one ot the Players' 1,-ague: Tucker, of the Association, aud Hardie. of the California League. The last two are with the National League. Fred St ke. who went South with the New- York. League team, bus shown up so well at third base that Manager Mutrie has signed him for two years. He is 21 J e ars old, 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs lbs pounds. Buck Ewing is Deacon White says that the greatest ball plnver on earth, bar nobody, and that in batting, base running, fielding —everything that pertains to tne national gome— Ewir,„- stands head and shoulders above anybody in tho business. Shortstop Glasscock’s salary, according to the sworn statement of John B. Day. of the New York League: Club, will be $5000 and his car fare trom Indianapolis to the metropolis. This Is $2000 more than lie re¬ ceived last season from the Hcosier?. JUDGE lV A LLACE, of the United States Court, in quite a lengthy opinion, decided that Buck Ewing coaid not lie enjoined from playing with any c.u.i other than tne New Yerk League Club, This made tne third sue ecssive contest iu the Jaw courts won by tae Players’ Brotherhood. As was predicted, the Washington and In diananoiis Clubs have been dropped York Club from gets the National League. The N ew I be pica of the Indianapolis and teem-) jock. Denny, Rusie among tile p.avers secured 1 he W ashington Club uas joined the At.antic Association. Here are the salaries paid to the leading stars of the P.ayerJ League for. their ser¬ vices to the National League during the sea¬ sons between 1881 Ward, and 1889, ?27,35C: according O Kourke. to a baseball guide: $26,100; Radbourne, $2o, toC, *°7 250- Keefe, Hardie Richardson. $24. Bnratherz, $24,170; Jim ^ 150; Mike Kelly. 723,150; and Connor. $20.800.. 900; Rowe, $22,400, COVINGTON. GEORGIA. TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1890. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern aid Middle Suites. John S. FarloW, President of the Cin¬ cinnati, died suddenly Sandusky and home Cleveland Newton, Railroad, Mass. at his in the A Agricultural bill to provide College for sixty of New- scholarships Jersey in was passed by the House at Trenton, N. J. An insane woman endeavored to burn tho insane asylum at Lancaster, Penn., and nearly succeeded. Great cicitemenc prevailed among the Inmates of the asylum. The wholesale P.css dry goods & Co., commission New York house of Campbell citv, failed with liabilities of about $125, ooo. A Texas steer escaped from the abattoir at Jersey City, N. J., and it ran two miles and wounded four before it stuck in the mud, and was killed by a policeman. Eight engineers and firemen on the Read¬ ing Railroad have been discharged for drink¬ ing. J. F. Anderson, collector df Milford Township, N. J., for the last three years, is $4000 short in his accounts. A boy is said to have died of yellow fever near Reading, Penn. Burt Gardner, Dolpbice Ranault aud fold Michael Mulvey, Lawrence, painters, Mass. fell Gardner from a scaf¬ at was killed, and Mulvey and Ranault badly in¬ jured United Statbs Minister Reid, who ar¬ rived at New York disappointment from Paris, stated felt thal in considerable was France over the location of the World's Fair in Chicagd. The New York Yacht Club received a letter form Lord Dunraven expressing his desire to sail the Valkyrio for the America's Cup. Richard, Herman and William Bakk feld, of Brooklyn, N. Y., were run over and killed at Red Rock, Penn., on the line of the Erie Railway. South aud West. A north-bound train ran into a mis¬ placed switch in Nashville, Tenn., killing two men, injuring several others, wrecking many freight cars and damaging the depot building. In searching the ruins of the recent fire in Seattle, Wash, , the charred remains of three bodies were found—two men and one woman. A tornado inflicted considerable damage in portions of South Carolina, principally at Sumter and vicinity, and a number of fatali¬ ties were reported. The destroyed Midway Hotel by at and Kearney, Harry Neb., Doming, has been fire, of South Omaha, a guest, was killed by jumping from a window. It was one of the finest hotels in the State, and cost $100,000. Mrs. John Lowrie, wife of a farmer liv¬ ing at Charlestown, Ohio, has given birth to four children—two boys and two girls—all alive and well developed. Fire in the business portion of Laredo, Texas, destroyed property worth $100,000. Colonel Richard Owen, a well-known Indianian, died from drinking embalming fluid by mistake. Four boys were drowned in the Missouri River, near Florence, Neb., while out hunt¬ ing. One man was killed and seven Injured in a train wreck near Huron, Mont. The Kansas prairie fires have been sub¬ dued. There was no loss of life, but the dam¬ age to stocK and farm produce in store is es¬ timated at $250,000. Dr. J. S. Dorsett, Superintendent of the State Lunatic Asylum at Austin, Texas, was assaulted aud dangerously iujured oy a lu¬ natic named McDermott. Mayor Davidson, of Baltimore, has re¬ ceived a letter from the British Consu -Ge - eral to Jamaica, inviting the citizans of Bal¬ timore to participate in the Jamaica Exposi¬ tion. Eighteen residences, the bridge and a business block in Bryan, Ohio, have been burned. Circuit Judge William L. Jackson died at Louisville. Ky., from Bright’s disease. Justice James V. Campbell, of the Michi¬ gan Supreme Court, died suddenly from heart disease at his home in Detroit. Archbishop Michael Heiss, of the Mil¬ waukee Diocese, died at Lacrosse Hospital, Milwaukee, Wis., at the age of seventy-two years. The Farmers’ Convention in South Caro¬ lina nominated B. R. Tilman for Governor. The Iowa House of Representatives railroads ha- the passed a bill to compel all in State to make joint through rates with their connections. The house of John Meyer, a farmer near Villa Ridge, 111., collapsed, the flood from the river having carried away the founda¬ tions. The whole family were drowned. Washington. The House Committee on Agriculture au thorized Mr. Allen to report a bill providing for the transfer of the Signal Department Service fron the War Department to the oi Agriculture, v The President has nominated John F. Sel by United States Attorney for tho District of North Dakota: Major Thaddeus H. Stan ton. Paymaster, to be Iiautenant-Colone! anc Deputy Paymaster-General: and Calvin T. Spaulding, Postmaster at Brainerd, Minn. President Harrison has issued a procla¬ mation warning all parsons against entering the waters of Behring- Sea for the purpose oi killing otter, mink, marten, sable or fur sea or other fur-bearing animals within the lim¬ its of Alaska Territory, or the waters thereof. Thomas Brown, alias George Carter (colored), was shot, anti Washington fatally wounder by shortly after midnight in Le Quong, a Chinaman, who charges tha> Brown was trying to rob the laundry ol King Lee. Postmaster-General Waxamaeer re¬ ceived a letter postmarked New Yo in closing a $1000 United States gold note, and one $500 gold note, which the s,under desired him to place to the credit of the Consicance Fund. The House Committee on Elections voted in favor of the seated Democratic member. from the contested First Indiana and Ninth Virginia Districts. The Ways and Means majority decided to restore hides to the tree list. Warrants were sworn Newton out in Washing¬ J. ton for the arrest of C. A. and J. Verser, upon a charge of violating the Civi. Service law in soliciting am'receiving employes con¬ tributions from Government for political purposes. The foreign delegates to the Pan- American Conference issued invitations to_a dinner tc be given in honor of President Harrison. The Ways and Means Committee of th-> House have practically decided to put works of art on the free list. Mrs. Harrison and party have return.? ! to Washington from their visit to Florida and the South. Foreign. Th{ . fj ermaB authoritiea have hsmre 1 r giave-deaier naaiwi Swa.iIU I" ; t em bark slaves a t Bagamo vo. on the Has. African coast. y HK Danish Minister of War announce*' , n the Folkething at Copenhagen employed this in Socialist workmen would not be state workshops. j The new extrailitiou treaty hrweyi Keg | land and the United State; was formally ^ , bv the Queen and countersigned te I the Premier. - Paliama. in Crete, spriest ire At nas - | from his pulpit and paraded mob. through Sixty- th? | streets amid the jeers of the four of the villagers were starving ii. ; prison. . The annual eight-oarod renr—enfin; boat race Oxford on the j Thames between crpws 1 and Cambridge' Universities, was won by the former. John God man, a young Amt Kean, blew out his brains at a private hotel ::i Paris. France. He was out of funds. A HURRICANE and at Townsville, Australia, flooded the. town tiaiised mu * i damage. Several persons Were drowned. Prince Bismarck bad a farewell inter¬ view with Emperor vvlliiam.and was greeted with poRuiar demonstrations of rcsoact and affection as Ke'Vlrove tnroujjh thi sir ;so7 Berlin A violent earthquikd has occurred !~ Trieste, Austria, and its vicinity. stroyed About fifteen hundred houses were de¬ by fire in Tokio, Japan, and seventy eight were partially destroyed. Two K persons were killed and about twenty-five were more or less severely injured. On the preceding day 187 houses were burned in the city, and a week later about eight hundred and sixty were destroyed and several firemen were injured The fires were of accidental origin. Serious disaffection is said to exist in the garrison cf Pio Janeiro. Brazil Fourteen thousand workmen of Barce¬ lona, Spain, went on strike for higher wages and fewer hours of labor. The Industrial Exhibition at Yokohama, Japan, Mikado. has been opened in person by the Renewed fighting has occurred o:i the west coast of Africa between the French troops and the natives of Dahomey, in which three men were killed and twelve injured. PROMINENT PEOPLE; Andrew Cak.vjsgie has made $5«,000,000 in twenty-six years from bis rolling mills. Professor John Fikke believes that the American Indians originally came from Asia. bfcxATOR Hoar has purchased the summit Of Asnebumskit Mountain, in Paxton, Mass. Senator Washburn, of Minnesota, is now the sole survivor of a famous family of •even brothers. Of the eighty members of the United States Senate . there are but three who are fond of horseback riding. Archbishof -Kenricx, of St. Louis, now in his eighty-fourth year, takes a daily walk of nearly six miles. M IU.IAM 1J. Jackson, brother of Gov¬ ernor orchard Jackson, of Maryland, owns a peach containing 35,00!) trees. The Hou. S. J. Randall is now able to at¬ tend to his correspondence, and hopes soon to resume his duties in Congress. B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Partington!, is nearly living eighty years old, but he still makes a writing humorous articles for a syndi¬ cate. Frank B. Tracy, the son of the Secretary of the Navy, is an enthusiastic fine stock raiser, and has a farm in Tioga County, George W. Peck, author of “A Bad Boy’s Milwaukee, Diary,' 7 has been nominated for Mayor of Convention. Wis., I>v the Democratic City General Boulanglr has offered- to re¬ turn to France if the Government will per¬ mit him to be tried by a court-martial or the Court of Appeal.-. Princess Theresa, daughter of the Prince Regent of Bavaria, is the author of a book of travels that has attracted great attention througnout Europe. William Walter Phelps, United States Minister to Germany, is said to be worth i8,()0o,()00, the greater part of which is in¬ vested in railroad securities. termg illiam Endicott, his of Boston, is just sole upon of ninety-third the seventh year. generation He is the survivor of John Endicott's de ndante. Henry Wattsbson, of the Louisville Courier-Jour ,ki ', will make the annual ad i.ress before the .South Carolina Press Asso¬ ciation at Charleston on April 30. A son of Compte de Lessep.-:, of Suez Canal fame, known as “’Young de Lesseps,” al¬ though fifty-six years of age, is arranging to visit this country with his family. John Russell Young isa guest of James Gordon Bennett on his yacht, for ft cruise which is expected to last two or three months and to extend as far east us Ceyfou. The Earl of Rosebery, who is spoken of as a possible successor to Gladstone iii the lead¬ ership of the English L berals, is a suave mannered, hard-working Scotchman. Lieutenant Seaton Schroeder. who is to command tue dynamite crusier Vesuvius, .s prominent among the young officers in the navy beeauso of his scientific knowledge. The students of Boston University were delightfully entertained the other day by Oliver Wendell Holmes, who appeared be¬ fore them in the chapel and read several of his poems. Captain William Carlton Fowler, the oldest pilot in New England, has celebrated his eighty-first birthday at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. William Evans, of Everett, Mass. A new factory will soon be built by Dr. Gatling, of machine-gun fame. His inven¬ tion is now used by every Government of the world, and the doctor’s purse is proportion¬ ately lengthened. The late General Schenck was popularly believed to huve published a book on poker playing, but his explanation lady whose was that the book while was published Minister by London, a and for guest whom he was to he had written out the rules of the game at her request. KILLED BY HER OWN SON. A Boy Cuts His Mother’s Head Off and Then Goes to Play. A singularly atrocious murder has b«en com¬ mitted at Somerville, Teun., the victim being Mrs. Sally Hobson, colored, and the mur¬ derer her eleven-year-old boy. Mrs. Hobson was a servant in the family of the Episcopal minister, and lived with her four children in a small house in the rear of the jiarsonage. The other morning her husband, who had been in the country at work, called at the house in company with an¬ other man, and after a short stay started out for a walk. Returning a half ho;u later, a terrible sight met his eyes. On one side of the door lay the decapitated remains head. of bis wife and several feet away the A stick of wood on which her neck had been placed when the cutting was done showed three distinct cuts of an axe. The boy was found playing with the other children, his clothing saturated with blood. Heat first asserted that the blood came from a chicken which be had killed, but at the Coro¬ ner's inquest admitted he had committed the crime. He said his mother laid her head down on the block and told him if he did not cut her head off she would kill him. The boy’s story was not believed, and he was placed in jail pending further investigation. ALIVE IU ITS COFFIN. .Mourners at a Wake Frightened When »he Corpse Began to Cry. Christopher O’Neil, of New Brunswick, N. J.. called nis frienfs to his house to bold a wake over the body of his child. The wake .vas in due progress when the mourn¬ ers were suddenly terribly frightened, for , he supposed corpse, clad in its grave clothes, sat. up in the coffin and began to erv lustily. In a moment th s nby's aunt recovered her presence of nind and grabbed the little one from its narrow bed. gasping out: “Bless the Lord, .t's alive!” 1 he wake became a night of rejoicing, for he the doctor who vis summoned said nought the child was likal v to live. But their joy was premature, convul-ions for next day the child was seized with and died. The second wake was even sadder than the first. GENERAL SCHENCK DEM He Suddenly Succumbs to an Attack of Pneumonia. His Notable Career as Diplomat, Statesman and Soldier, ■ \ mi 1 MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE CROOK. General Robert Camming Schenck, Con¬ gressman, saidier and diplomat, and a leader in public affairs a generation or more ago. died at 5 o’clock in the evening of pneumonia, at his residence in Washington. It was not until the previous day that it was known that he was seriously ill. He had been ail¬ little ing for about two weeks, but attached very before importance he to calling his complaint. A week was but and seemed in his usual health, save for a slight bronchial cough. It was not until four day3 previous to his death that it was thought necessary to call in a physician. found General Dr. H. C. Sehenek Yarrow was sent for, ami suffering from capillary bronchitis. Within twenty-four hours limited pneumonia of the right lung set in, and later the left lung also became involved. When Dr. Yarrow visited Gen¬ eral Schenclt he found him much worse, and it was discovered that a diphtheretic exuda¬ tion w-as commencing in the right side of the throat. He grew rapidjy weaker until the end came. His mind was clear and bright to the very last. His three daughters. Mrs. Bates, an old friend, and Miss Sedgwick were with him at the time of his death. General Schenck was in his 81st year, hav¬ ing been born in Franklin, Ohio, October 4, 1809. He was graduated from Miami Uni¬ versity in 1827, and after spending three ad¬ ditional years at the college studied law with Thomas Corwin. He sorved two years in the State Legislature, and acquitted himself so well that he was electe i to Congress ai a Whig, Fillmore serving from 1842 until 1851. Presi dent then sent him to Brazil as Minister Plenipotentiary. While serving in this capacity he distinguished himself as a diplomat by taking a conspicuous part in the negotiation of treaties with Paraguay, Republic. Uruguay, and the Argentine After two years in Brazil he returned to Ohio, his native State, but took no part in politics. When the Civil War broke out he offered his services to the Government, and was commissioned a Brigadier-General by President Lincoln on May 17. 1861. served with his brigade in the first battle of Bull Run, in which the Federal army was defeated. He next served in West Virginia under General Rosecrans, and did some Till iant fighting at McDowell and Cross Keys. General Fremont then entrusted him with the command of a division, and while leading the first division of Franz Sige.’s Corps at the second battle of Bull Run nis right arm was shattered bv a musket ball, incapacitating him lor service for some time. In Septem¬ ber, 1862, he was uroraoted to be a Major General, and in December of that rear he took command of the Middle Department and Eighth Corps at Baltimore. He ren¬ dered effective service in the Gettysburg campaign. General Schenck was nominated for Con¬ gress against the anti-war Democrat, Val landingbam, and, though the district was Democratic, he carried the election, and re¬ signing his £ st in the army took his seat in House of Representa tives on December 3. 1883. He was immediately made Affairs, Chairman of the Com mittee on Military Congress aud during this and tne following his position en¬ abled him to do valuable service to the Fed¬ eral cause. He was re-elected to the two succeeding Congresses, during and throughout the exciting times, and after the war, he took a leading During part in the proceed¬ ings of the House. his last term he was Chairman of the Wi ays and Means Committee and leader of the House, succeed ing Thad Stevens in command of the Re¬ publican party. He was Minister to Eng¬ land in 1870, aud in 1871 was one of the Alabama Claims Commissioners, re tainin this last office for five years, when he resigned, Since that time he has made his home in Washington, where he was a warm favorite. He was a familiar figure at Republican gatherings politics. there, His but he took no active part in life had been several tames despaired of during the last decade, but his bardy constitution and strong will pulled him through. Secretary Blaine was much attached to General Schenck, and sent an affectionate note when he heard of his illness. In his book Mr. Blaine pays General Schenck a warm compliment. “No man in Congress during “has the rivaled present General generation,” Schenck he says, five-minute debater. In the as a live minute discussion in Committee of the Whole he was an intellectual marvel. The compactness and clearness of bis statement, t he facts aud arguments which he could mar¬ shal in that brief time were a constant sur¬ prise and delight to his hearers. 7 ’ Slgnnliiig by the Heliograph. For signaling during the day time, by whatever code, if the suu is shining, the heliograph may be used, This instru ment, which is simply a mirror (or two mirrors rather, for the sun's rays are re¬ flected from one to the other, and then thrown upon the opposite station), is especially adapted to long distances, as the distance at which the reflection can be seen if with a sufficiently large mirror, and when the atmospheric conditions are i.'.e best, is only limited by the curvature of the earth’s surface. This is overcome to some extent by elevating the stations. The United States Coast Survey, which has made exclusive use of the heliotrope, or heliograph, in its trigonometrical work, ha-, succeeded in establishing com¬ munication over the greatest distances ever attained, This was in California, where the reflections from a twelve-inch mirror were made anti observed between Mount Shasta and Mount Helena, 1 Se¬ nile.?, and between Mount Shasta and Mount Lola, 169 miles. Of course, these observations could only be made undet the most favorable atmospheric condi¬ tions, and the stations at Mount Shasta and Mount Helena had to represent be tween them an altitude of about 20,000 eet, iu order to overcome the curvature :if the surface of the earth. Foggy or smoky weather, if very thick, would render ail of those methous use esc, though, with the intense lights non in use, fogs may be penetrated tha would heretofore Have cut off coratnuni ition entirely. — -Cotmopoli!^ Mujmine. DESIGN FOB A RESIDENCE. A Handsome Country House— De¬ scription of the Design. (Copyright bytho snthor.) Bounteous crops and an unlimited demand for them at gtwd prices, by reason of the par¬ tial failure of crops abfoSd, forma combine, tion of circumstances that ne7*r falls to elevate good the horn (1879-80) of plenty. inaugurated The last by era the of times aided was lame specie causes, payment which by assured the resumption solid values of for everything. to-day. The same conditions pre¬ vail the During prosperous times, find especially times be- at commencement of prosperous r 1£& r H A ML perspective view. fore the prices for materials and labor be come inflated, the building certainly of houses b» of moderate cost will prove to profitable ventures. When an American makes money he is comfortable pretty sure heme to provide for his an attractive anil family. The design illustrating - this article is submitted for his consideration. Brief de •eription of the design: Size of Structure: depth. ft. Front, in. including veranda, 30 ft.; 48 6 Height of Stories: Cellar, 7 ft ; first story, 9 ft. 6 in.; second story, 9 ft.; attic story, 8 ft. Materials for Exterior Walls: Founda¬ tions, stone or brick; first story, clapboards; second story, shingles; gables, dormers and roof, shingles. Finish: Hard white plaster; white Interior pine trim; cherry staircase; plaster cornices and centres in hall, parlor and dining room. i S(Y TCi i’Jl'Wldt, Strefc. S - ’UWWcr r i id *,*S . B HUL. V dav iiV eiokc.o' ; — Ga 11 i.' 6 \vW«- Pv!o* ^ $ l5.0Vl7.T5i Net Inducing Qaji FIRST FLOOR. Exterior Colors: Body of first story, buff: shingles around veranda, shingles on second story and shingles on gables, medium light buff; roof shingles, pale red; all trim—such as window and door casings, belt courses, brackets, veranda posts and rails and lattice, light green; chimneys, red; sashes, dark red; doors, natural color of wood with hard oil finish; blinds, dark buff; veranda floor and ceiling, oiled. In exterior and painting finishing there should be one priming two coats. To get the best results the second fin¬ ishing coat should not be applied until at least eight months have elapsed after putting on the first. Accommodations: The principal shown by roams the and their sizes, closets, etc., In addition are there is plans given herewith. a cellar under the whole house and one finished room in the attic, with space for more rooms In the attic. As the second floor plan pro vides more closet room than is usually re¬ ftoof; ' 46«8.6* Clmt h ■- As. l r led fioe-n (iftoYi.Cor - v t«d RmiS, ji'oVji5 : o««t L, .HaIJ, . Cleat u, (*J Roll M Cmfin^ foe* ct t| ro*a;e*| % / S«4 CftMl -bfe. SECOND FLOOR. quired, it is the suggested of that the the house three grouped ted. The in floor centre thus acquired be space may combined with the dressing room, thus viding another bedroom which would eight feet six inches by fourteen feet in size. Special Features: The dominating ures—the windows, the dormers, the imd veranda Colonial. posts—of Shingling this exterior may said to be the story and copied the gables, now become lar, was from a Colonial style. The polygonal bays of the dining room the bedroom above make the two rooms ferred to unusually attractive. But there no lack of air and light for any of the Cost: In localities where prices for and materials are about the same as York prices, $3300. R. W. Shoppell. Architect. BLOWN TO ATOMS. An Explosion ol' Glycerine Three People While a man named Barr was hauling quantity of nitro glycerine at Stone, Ind., exploded, blowing Barr to atoms and itantiy killing a mother and her babe. horses were also killed and his wagon into splinters. Tho explosion dug up a circle of about sixty yards in diameter, tore the dows from the borne in which the w as sitting havoc. with No ner child, and wrought eral tracA Df either the man horses were to be found, excepting pieces of flesh hanging upon the trees mote from the spot where the explosion oo ■urrert. VOL XVI. 3U 20 . ■23 IIFTY-FIKST C0NBHE3S. f In the Senate. 64th Day.—S ir-Sherman’s Anti-Trust bt!> was discussed by M inis . Sherman, Allison. Hiscock, Vest and others. 65TH Day.—T he Senate bill to promote tbs efficiency of the General Laud Office (in- ts* craaSng the salary of the Co nun heioner <5000 and of the Assistant Commissioner to *3500) gave rise in the Senate to a ong fiiscussion, at the end of which ,t wgs laid aside without action..., File Dill appropriating $300,000 for a public juilding Stsnl Diego, Ca!., was debated at ength educational and paffeed____Mr. Frill----About Blair introduced fifty of the a lew passed—most aiils on the calendar Were of them private pension bills. 69»A Day.—.S everal petitions Kgainst tha ra tiiivatiOil of the extradition treaty with Russia were presented in the Senate from Massachusetts and Missouri____The Sherman Trust bill was debated by several Senator?, out no action was taken.... Majority election and of ninority reports concerning presented the from the Slcwtana Senators were the Committee on Elections. 67th Day.—A good deal of progress was i made with the Sherman Anti-Trust bill. Varic&S amendments, proposed by Messrs. Reagan atfd Ingalls, were accepted it about and incorporated in the bill, until was our times its origin!.} btngtli ... Mr. Harwell introduced a bill to pwseion Mrs. Crook, widow of General Crook. Referred.... Mr. Morrill introduced a bill to establish ae edu national fund, by setting apart the net pro ■eeds of sales of public lands and railroads. a portion of i he receipts horn land-grant erred. 68th Pay.— The Senate sat till after dusk trying to reereh a vote on the Sherman Anti Trust bili. The most that could be accom¬ plished, however, was the of the completion Whole and of tlw. ip* neasure in Committee wort to the Senate____The World’s Fair fill was received and referred to the special v'inmi'.tns having that subject in charge., A joint resolution was passed, authorizing the the Secretary magazine of from the Treasury Ellis Island, to remove New York naval larbor, to some otter site, $75,000 bring ap jropriatfil for this purpose, and a like sum :o enable him Co improve the island for im-, migration 03th Day.—T purposes. he Sherman Anti-Trust bill was referred to the Committee on Judiciary .... Mr. Hawley, from the Committee on Military Affair?, reported back the House fill authorizing the purchase of 3500 tents ly the Secretary of War, for the use of tiny people driven from their homes in Arkansas Mississippi and Louisiana by the floods, an t appropriating $25,000 for the purpose. The oil] was passed ...A debate was begun on the Dependent Pension bill. In the House. 73d Day.—I mmediately after the reading of the journal the House went into Com¬ mittee of the Whole (Mr. Burrows in the •hair) on the Pension Appropriation bill, kfter a debate, in which Messrs. Cutcheon, ioothmau and Outhwaite took part, the jommittee arose and the bill was passed. 74Tn Day.—M r. Lawler presented Wholesale the Shoe re¬ monstrance of the Chicago and Leather Association against the im >osition of duty upon hides. Referred.. . ’he Timber-culture law was repealed--- iulogies ware pronounced upon the late E. J. Gav, of Louisiana. 75th Day.— Mr. Henderson, from the Jommittee on Appropriations, reported back he Urgent Deficiency bill, with Senate iraendments taereto, with the recomnaeuia ioa, that certain of those amendments b» > incurred in aud certain non-couourrod in. 'he recommendations of the committee y/ers igr?ed to and a conference was ordered.... he bill to create a public park in the Dis¬ ci ct of Columbia was discussed without ac ion.. ,,A bill for the erect,on ol a public rjilding at E.izabeth, N. J.. to cost 8359,000, vas introduce t by Mr. Geissenhainer. 78th Day.—T he Chicago World’s Fair bill vas passed with an amendment May, 1 postponing he opening of the Fair to 893. 7'Tri Day.—M r. Cannon, from tne Com uittoe on Wyoming Rules, reported Admission a resolution bill special mak ag the a ,rder for the dav. Tile resolution way idopted, and the Wyoming bill was then akeu up aud discussed. 78th Day.—A fter a long debate, the Wy¬ oming Admission bill, as reported by by the Jommittee on Territories, was passed a uajority of twelve votes—139 to 127. NEWSY GLEANINGS. HawaDans, as well as Chinese, have been excluded from Samoa. The largest vessel ever built in France, La Touraine, nas been launched. The Farmers’ Alliance has established headquarters in Washington. In the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, there are now 2153 students. The Hebrew population of Palestine has increased 50,000 m the last five years. The Grand Army of the Republic has bought a tract of land comprising the Cedar Creek battle ground in Virginia. The trials of the new German rifles in com¬ petition with the 1871 patterns have showed the superiority of the new weapon. A bill has been introduced in the Mary¬ land Legislature to fine every citizen five dollars who fails to vote at an election. The American School at Athens has re¬ ceived the authorization of the Greek Govern¬ ment to conduct excavations at Flatea. Michigan fruit growers say that the peach Mw crop in that State is a dead failure. c-o!d weather in the spring killed the buds. The French Rothschilds have $75,000,000 signed of a ■ontract for the conversion of th 9 last convertible five per cent. Russian loan. The Governor of Ciiarkoff, a Russian province, has ordered that no impecumou? emigrate to persons shall be aUowed to America. IT is stated that the Japanese Govern¬ ment’s indebtedness to foreign countries, winch iu 1879 amounted to $10,000,000, is now only $1,000,000. Senator Voorhees will be the leading counsel in the defence of Mr. Kincaid, the Washington correspondent who killed RE Representative Taulbee. Leprosy is dying out near Tracadie, Gov¬ New Brunswick, where the Canadian ernment lazaretto is established. There wer» three deaths there last year. The difficulty between Turkey and Grei* Britain arising from the firing upon a Brit .sh vessel by the garrison at Fort Fao has oeen satisfactorily arranged. Venezuela has paid $20,000 for the sword presented in 1S25 by Peru to Bolivar, the Liberator, and the relic will be placed in the National Museum at Caracas. Two aud five dollar bills are raised and circulated in Burlington, Iowa, bill by pasting higher o ver the figure from of the genuine a igure cut a cigar stamp. The Senate of Bremen, Germany, has ap oroved a project for the widening of the har lor there. The cost of the 15.000,000 proposed mprovements will amount to . marks. Fonr Very Old People. The village of Dafia, on the island of Lesbos, has a womau said to be 135 years old, who stilt has the complete use of a’l her senses. The same island contains thres other inhabitants who are said to have passed their hundredth birthday, Ismail Apa, 180 years old; Khalil Apa, in his 119th year, and Asckik Baba, aged 115. All three of these centenarians, it is said, earn their living by daily work. According to a high authority in the English navy, the decision has been made that masts and spars are hereafter to be banished from all fighting vessels.