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(lonsidering I'u-'if luc Hebrew
population <>f France is -oinething under
half a million, it is a little singular dial
the prefects of sixty-two out of the
eighty-four departments are of tlie
Hebrew faith.
Ti is reported that General Daniel But
<ei field recently discovered n manuscript
in the National Library of France, which
goes to show that America was dis
covered by a party of abbots in the sixth
century. If that proves to ■ the case
(’hrisiopbcr Columbus will hav to take
a back seat.
The new Lord Mayor of London is Sir
Henry A. Isaacs, whose fruit-shops are
all over the metropoli lie succeeds the
Lord Mayor Whitehead, who has done
more to cheer and help the poor und
those who arc working for them in the
List End, than any Lord .Mayor of
modern times.
The Canadians are much interested in a
scheme, which has been recommended by
Sir Edward Selby Smith, to change tho
whole climate of lower Canada by dam¬
ming the straits of Belle Isle, so as to
stay the fhuv of the Arctic current into
the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
The common opinion that English is
destined to become the universal lan¬
guage of the world received some strik¬
ing support at the lntenmlionl Maritime
conference in Washington. During the
session English was used by the repre¬
sentatives of Chinn, Belgium, Norway,
Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany.
It is not long since French would have
been employed in such a case.
Yerv little consideration is shown to
revolutionary leaders in Central America
who happen to miss success. The recent
revolt against Barillas, who succeeded
Dictator Barrios in Guatemala, was fatal
;o tin- chiefs who were captured, They
had had their lun issuing highly rhetorial
proimneianienlos and playing at war, but
when the President got them in bis
l>n\v«*r hr promptly bad them convicted
ami shot.
Next to the Pan-American Congress in
importance conus the International Ma¬
rine Conference, at Washington. Nearly
every important, maritime nation in the
world has sent delegates to the gathering,
the purpose of which is to discuss an in¬
ternational system of marine signals, reg¬
ulations regarding the sea worthiness of
vessels, and making ocean travel more
secure. While this convention lias not
attracted as much attention as the assem¬
bling of the Pan- American Congress, it
is none the less a very important assem¬
blage, and will consider interests of ities
tunable value. Its membership includes
some men very prominent in official life
abroad.
“The latest iconoclast,” observes the
Detroit Fen Press, “is a lady physician
of extensive (tractice win. dentures that
spanking must be given up on account
of its harmful effects on children’s spines.
Thus, one by one, the traditions of
household management are swept away.
One must not cuff a naughty boy’s ears
for fear of breaking his drum; or lock
him in a dark closet, because of the in¬
jurious influence of twice breathed air;
or stand him with his face in a corner,
lest it should hurt lus vision; or send
him supperless to bed, out of regard for
liis digestion. The medical press is evi¬
dently subsidized in the interest of the
small bov. It is time for parents to com¬
bine in defease of their inalienable
rights.’’
The Superintendent of the Census lias
made a very interesting calculation of the
probable population of the United States
in 1890, which shows that the foreign
burn element is increasing more rapidly
than the natives. There were 0,679.‘J4B
foreigners in the Union in 1SS0. Since
then,5,438..’>70 immigrants have arrived,
making a total, after due allowance for
loss l>\ deaths, of 9.080,810 in 1890.
There have in addition been born to the
new immigrants arriving here in the de¬
cade 3.237.871 children living. This
makes the total of foreign horn and chil¬
dren of immigrants since the last census
11 . 924 . 081 , while the increase in the
number of natives was but 11,758, 17T.
Between 1870 and 1880 the foreign born
element increased only twenty jier cent.,
the native born thirty-two. Superin¬
tendent Porter puts the figures for the
present decade—and Ins estimates are
well supportnl by facts—at foreign born
forty-five, native born twenty-seven.
Europe is adding nearly as many persons
to our population each decade as America.
A foreign l*oi u element :<< large as this i
necessariiy :.u important factor iu our
jvolitirs, our industries and our s,h ial
condition. file Tunts-JMktoeixtt consid¬
ers that the next census, if it carries out
Mr. Porto s estimates in this respect,
will demonstrate to Congress that the
amigration question is a most important
je; ami that souse legislation on this
jbjeet. to prevent undesirable immi¬
grants coming here, would bebenfivial.
THE OCfJTnoW’E ECHO. LEXPfGTOSY G «• FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1889
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JEFFERSON DAVIS.
At 12:45 o’clock Friday morning a
greut heart ceased to beat—a stainless
life was closed, and Jeff Davis, first and
last President of the Southern Confed
eracy, was dead. With him has passed
away the last of the great leaders
of the lost cause. Cobb. ’
Stephens, Toombs, Hill und Yancey.
Jefferson Davis will be mourned in mil¬
lions of hearts. Government will not
render to him the pomp and circumstance
of a great death, but his people will give
to him a tribute of love and tears aur
passing all that government could do,
and honoring his memory as earthly pa
rade could not do! From Maryland to
lexas, wherever in other states or in
other lauds, his people may have wan
derod—wherever dauntless courage is or
stainless honor made friends—wherever
they who have suffered are loved and
superb fortitude may touch the heait
or dim the eye—there Jefferson
Davis will be honored aud mourned.
the death scene.
Mr. Jefferson Davis died suddenly at
12:45 Friday morning. lie had been
steadily improving physicians for announced the past that four day* they
and his
were entirely satisfied with his condition,
llis appetite had improved from fever somewhat, and
and he was free
those who had access to the sick
room rejoiced over throughout the favorable the day.and change,
lie rested quietly
in the afternoon the bulletin was to the
effect that his condition continued I aver¬
tible. Shortly before midnight he hud u
coughing lit, which seemed to exhaust
his little remaining strength,and at 13:45
he passed quietly watchers away—so quietly,
in fact, that the scarcely knew
when death came.
DAVIS’* LIFE.
Jefferson Davis waa born in Christian
county, Ky., on the ltd day of June, 1808.
Georgia may claim a kinship with the
man, as well as a share of his glory,
His father, Samuel Davis, was a Georgia
planter. In the revolutionary war and he
was an officer in a cavalry regiment,
served with distinction. Later he moved
to Kentucky, and some years, atterward
to Mississippi. The Georgia branch of
the Davises is now extinct, but it lives
in family. tradition Passing as a high-spnited his boyhood honorable the
on
frontier, where the w hites were fre
quently engaged in conflict with savage
foes, young Jefferson's curliest thoughts
were centered upon guns, sabres, aud
all the panoply of war. By the time he
was sixteen he had made the most uf his
academic and univers.ty advan
tages and entered the oiili
tary academy at West Point.
For fellow students., he had such com¬
rades as Robert E. Lee, E. Johnson, Le¬
onidas Polk. John B. Mugruder, aud
others well known to fame. In this eir
c!e his lofty character, bright commanded mind, and
thorough manliness, the
highest regard of all. When he gradu¬
ated at West Point, aud plunged into
the thick of the lndi&u warfare on the
northwestern frontier, the old army offi
cers instantly recognized appointed him as staff a born offi
soldier. He was a
eer, and made such h brilliant record
that, in a short time, he was promoted adjutant to
the rank of first lieutenant and
of a new cavalry regiment.
When Colonel Davis returned from
the Mexican war, at the head of the gal¬
lant Mississippi Rifles, the whole n aiion
hailed him as “the hero of Buena Vista.”
At Monterey Colonel Davis and lus men
fought with heroic valor. Braving a fu¬
rious storm of copper-grape, the Missis
sippiaos made a desperate charge on the
enemy* tortidcatious. the Mexican*
fled and took shelter in a strong build
ing, from which they poured a heavy from the tire
of musketry. This heavy tire
housetops \ra* deadly aou terrorizing.
l>*vi* and hi* men penetrated street after
atrect, dislodging the foe Irom building
after building, until within a .quare ot
the grand plaza. 1 lie capitulation of
Monterey followed, and tho entire
country rang with the praises of Colonel
Davis and Ills Mississippi Rifles.
The Buena Vista exploit Massed the
name of Davis among the most renowned
military men of modern times. Here
against terrible odas «c .a.eu ...e army
*ud virtually won the battle. I he Ainer
ieans were about to lose the uav, waen
Gcnerai Taylor, with Colonel l)av;s ami
others rode up. Several retreating regi
ments were rail toil. Davis, ith his own
regiment and a liandfull of Indiana vol
unteers, advanced at double quick,tiring
ali the time. The Mexicans were put to
flight, but in a few moments a brigade
of lancers, two thousand strong, came
on at a gallop with sounding bugles and
fluttering peuon*. Colonel Davis threw
his me a into the form of a \ botn Banks
resting on ravines, thn Mexican* adranc
ing on the intervening ridge, thus expo
ring the enemy to a cross fire. When
within range the rifles biased away. The
whole head of the Mexican column fell.
was a more deadly fire witnessed
onan y batt!elield - The Mexicans were
completely shattered. After this battle
i?i. v ,.ZSXTr» , tutlV,i^«‘£
ample in modern history. On this side of
the water Generals Taylor, Quitman, Lane,
other soldiers, were enthusias¬
tic over Davis, and in the old country
ihe duke of Wellington, the victor of
Waterloo, expressed his admiration in
glowing words. Indorsed by' such vet*
erans as the “Iron Duke,” and old Zack
Taylor as a Under of brilliant military
gtnius, it goes without saying tin t the
i people of this country, north and south,
accepted the verdict. If the career of
Davis had ended with the Mexican war,
he would still have had glory enough lot
one man.
DIB PUBLIC LIFE BEFORE THE WAR.
Before the Mexican war Mr. Davis had
served part of a term in congress, resign¬
ing to accept the command of the Mis
' sissippi Volunteers. Upon his icturn
from the land of the Montezumas he was
i appointed to fill a vacancy in the United
| States senate. lu the senate Mr. Davis
i at once stepped into the front rank. He
was a student as well as a man of affairs.
He was not only well versed in political
i science, hut thoroughly well equipped
for debate. Contrary to the opinion en
: tertained by many of the present genera,
tion, the senator from Mississippi was nc
extremist. He was fully committed to the
doctrines of states rights. The election of
President Pierce brought Senator Davii
into the cabinet as secretary of war.
The secretary gave much ol
his time to testing new improvement! tlx
| in arms arid equipments. He bad
territories explored. When the Crimean
I ' war fame on he sent a number of
1 to the scene of the trouble to study th«
discipline ®«*>ods ot the European
I } rn ? le3 - Ihe federal government never
bad a mo.e able or effiefeutwar secretary.
Returned by his state to the senate w.th
the beginning of President Buchanan’s
administration, Mr. Davis plunjed into
the exciting debates leading up to This the
tremendous campaigns of I860,
brings us to a part of history almost as
lamniar to our readers as the current
matters of , the ,, day, , and , it . is . unnecessary
to reproduce it here. All the world
knows that Mr. Davis was ready to fol
low his doctrine of state sovereignty to
‘ ls logical consequences. lie insisted
upon ihe right ot secession,but be fought
with all his energy against such a state
”1 affairs as would, in nis judgment, reu
der the exercise of the right necessary,
When, however, the crisis came, after
tbe flection of Lincoln, and Mississippi
had Davis passed embraced her ordinance the occasion of secession,Mr. of resigning
his seat in the federal senate to explain
and justify the course of his people.
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From the Senate Mr. Davis went to Ins
plantation in Mississippi. He hoped
that secession would could be peacefully disguise nc
coinplished, but the he outlook not anything
the fact that was
but pacific. Following the bent of tastes
aud inclinations, he looked forward in
the event of a conflict to an appointment
in the army. In such an emergency he
knew that the south would require the
services of veteran officials, aud he had
every reason to believe that he would be
called upon to serve the new anticipation republic
with his sword. That this
wa8 disappointed, we all know, The
pudency of the confederacy was thrust
„ pon |, him unsought. It was unexpected,
b t in this> a9 ia otller things, Jefferson
Davis heeded the voice of his people and
accepted the burdeDs and responsibilities
tttrust upon his shoulder*.
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MRS. VABISA DAVIS.
The circumstances of Mr. Davis’ Cap
ture and improvement for two Tears in
Mo - is of history,
Fortress nroe a matter
8uJ ig fami i Ur to our readers. Upon
Jcavi prison. Mr. Davis returned to
^ home iu Mississippi, where he lived
j n obscurity aud, it his is plantation greatly yield- to be
f care( ? in poverty,
j jjttle income. Steps were once
t a g en to raise a fund for lam, but he
gjmil v . but firmlv, averted the hands of
those engaged iu it as soon as lie became
awsrc of whit was being done. He
hcld tbst w 8S the widows and
orphans of the confederate soldiers were
iu want, he had neither the right nor
(he , v . sh fo take one dollar of the bouu
di'jthat ought to find its way to them,
^j r Davis preferred to live in retire
ment In not hing that he said or did,
djd he lowcr iu lhe slightest degree the
Jfgjjii* 0 f liis high position. Accepting
the reverses of life with uncomplaining
fort } tude he held his convictions un
chant , ed and utmlo dified. In defeat as
j a victorv 'demands. his great nature was equal
, 0 sll In iiesee or in
war he stood th<3 unchallenged
Md beloved chief among his people,
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LYING IN STATE.
Mr. Davis’s remains are lying in state
in the council chamber of the city hall,
New Orleans, surrounded by emblems of
peace, emblems of war, emblems of rj;e
confederaly, and emblems of the Union.
Heavy black drapery covers everything.
Since early Saturday morning, a constant
throng had been moving through the
building, and it is estimated that during
the day at let st thirty thousand people
had passed intide to the casket, gazing
upon the face cf the dead ex-president well the of
the confederacy. Negroes us as
whites, and grand army men, as well as
confederate veterans, lingered over the
casket with the fame manifestation of
respect. During the day, many touch¬
ing duty incidents were presented president. to those Tbe
on around the dead
eily in the hall building is one of the chamber largest
city, and the council building, is
one of tbe most spacious in the
lhe casket m the centre of the chamber,
resting upon a raired platform. body Four
soldiers have been on duty since the
ivus taken into the building. The marvel casket
is an extreme'y handsome one, a
of rich simp ieity. It has no extrava¬
gant decorations, and its sombre color
is almost severe. velvet, It is and covered with deep
black, heavy has a lew dec¬ the
orations. Over the casket is thrown
buttle Hag of the 14th Louisiana regiment,
a flag tattooed and torn. In the cham¬
ber are small arms, field artillery, United
States flags, confederate flags, flowers,
evergreens and ferns. The city as well
as the city hall is draped iu mourning. half-mast.
Every flag at New Orleans is at
All ihe public institutions are heavily
draped. Many private residci ces dis¬
play tokens of sorrow. All of the dif¬
ferent military organisations, as well as
a number of civic bodies, have their
headquarters in mourning.
REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS.
Three weeks ago,in the midst of a col l
rain storm, on one of the dreariest morn¬
ings of the year, Jefferson Davis was
carried from the steamer Leather, to the
Payne mansion. Saturday night all that
was mortal of Jefferson Davis was carried
from the Payne mansion to the city hall,
where the remains will lie iu state until
Wednesday. hearse reached the
By the time the
citv ball ilie council chamber and lob¬
bies and corridors of ibe building council were
crowded with citizens. The
chamber was quickly cleared and a
wav opened for the admission
' the body. The hall
of wai
heavily draped in black, which was re¬
lieved with the red, white and blue ol
the stars and stripes. There were also
rich floral decorations everywhere, be¬
sides crossed swords and other military
devices. At the head of the ball hung
a portrait of the dead chtcftain, richly
festooned with erapo. Mrs. Davis has
not yet determined
WHERE THE BODY SHALL HE LAID
tinnliv. Richmond wants it; Atlanta,
Ga., has made its offer; Lexington, Va.,
has put in a request, because Lee and
Jackson are there; Montgomery. Ala., will
?end a delegation to sue for the body:
Vicksburg wants it, and so does Macon,
Ga. In speaking of the final friends: resting place
Mi«. Davis has said the to body, her and that “Mis¬ is his
sissippi Georgia claims has asked for it, and
home.
lhe great love the Georgia people
have always slovn him always had a
warm [dace iu our hearts. Governor
Lee is very urgent because Richmond
was the buried capital'of there, the and Confederacy. both love Our
boy is we
that place. Then it has the largest cem
eterv of confederate dead in the south,
Montgomery bases its claim upon the lact
that that was the first capital. ne
question will not be settled until Miss
Winnie Davis returns from Europe. On
Saturday, when Mrs. Davis received a
message from Miss \\ innie, saying that
she would start home, a cablegram was
sent back, urging her not to come. It is
now thought that Miss Davis will remain
in Paris until her health is better.
ALL THROUGH THE SOUTH.
Meetings have been held in all south
ern cities, and resolutions adopted ex¬
pressing sorrow at the death of Mr.
Davis, “and the governors of the south
issued proclamations announcing the sad
intelligence, and recommending funeral. memo¬
rial services on the day of the
All the New York papers gave great
space, both editorially and in biograph¬
ical sketches of Mr. Davis. The tone of
the majority of the editorials, is conser
vative, and generous acknowledgment of
his unswerving personal integrity and
conscientious devotion to tbe principles
he conceived to be light, is freely made.
The Southerners in New Y'ork are sin
eirelv grieved at the death of the illus¬
trious hero of the lost cause, aud will do
all in their power to manifest their devo¬
tion to his memory aud their reverence
for his heroic self-sacrifice to the utal
t(Tabic faith that was in him.
The longest distance over which c wi¬
ve sat on by t deplume i s daily n a le is
between lYrtl-.tmi, Mo., a id Bufialv, N.
Y-.ab.-nit 750 mileu I here are inoie than
170,00J miles of tel phon wire iu cp iu
tioa in tlu* United ri.nt s, over whi.-h
l,O55,0COmessiges are eat daily. About
3 iO.OvjO telephone j are in u-e in this
country.
The farm near St. Louis which log-house belonged
to General Grant has been sold, the
built by the General being reserved.
WASHINGTON, D. C.|
no VEMENTS OF THE PRESIOK-VI |
AND EIS ADVISERS. , ‘
APPOINTMENTS, DECISIONS, AND OTHEC MATTEOS
OF INTEflEST ETtOSl THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
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FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
Senator Spooner oa Thursday intro¬
duced a bill declaring as chief eupervi
surs of elections officers of the ciicuit
courts of the United States,and charging
them, with the enforcement of national
election and naturalization laws, bnth in
person and through their subordinates,
super^visors of election. of
On Wednesday the credentials
Messrs. Pierce and Casey as Senators
from the new State of North Dakota
were presented, read and placed on file,
and then the two Senators were escorted
to the desk and took the oath of office.
Various executive reports and communi¬
cations were presented and referred to
appropriate committees. The total num¬
ber of bills introduced on Wednesday
was 505, against 585 on the first day of
the last Congress two years ago. Most of
the bills offered were of those that failed
to become laws during the last Congress.
The flight of Cashier Silcott, with
$75,000 of the salaries of the members of
the house of representatives, has created
a lively sensation. When the house met
on Thursday, Speaker Reed laid the fol¬
lowing communication from J. P. Lee
dom, late sergeant-at-arms of tbe house,
before the body: “I regret to report the
that C. E. Silcott, late cashier of
office of seigeant-at-arms, has departed
from this city without settling bis ac¬
counts, and I have been unable to ascer¬
tain his whereabouts, and there is a defi¬
ciency in the cash of the office. In view
of these circumstances investigation I respectfully of
request an immediate
my accounts, under such action as the
house of representatives may take in the
premises.” During the afternoon, em¬
ployes in the sergeant-at-arm’s were busy
going Over Silcott’s books and accounts.
The exact balance missing, according to
the books, is $71,850.
CAPITOL NOTES.
The navy department is informed that
the South Atlantic squadron has arrived
at Rio de Janiero.
The president on Thursday sent to
eongvecs several hundred nominations of
persons appointed to office during the
recess of congress.
The President on Wednesday ap¬
pointed David J. Brewer, of Kansas, to
oe associate justice of the supreme court
of the United States.
The attorney-general at Washington is
informed that the trial of the cases of
alleged frauds in Florida, at the last
presidential election,has already resulted
in three convictions.
The clerks of the committees on ap¬
propriations of the senate and house
have prepared a comparative statement <xpcnd
of estimates, appropriations and
itures for the maintenance of the gov¬
ernment for the fiscal years 1890 and
1891, from which it appeals that the net
increase of cstimatis for 1891 over those
for the current year is $30,807,108, and
the net increase of estimates for next
year over the appropriations for this year
is $38,093,113.
The first bill introduced into the sen¬
ate iu the first session of the fifty-first
congress came from Senator Sherman
and was aimed at trusts. It is identical
with the anti-trust bill reported finance. by him
last year lrom the committee on
lc declares all treats unlawful, gives per¬
sons power to recover in courts when¬
ever articles are advanced in value by
combinations, and declares officers of
trusts guilty of misdemeanor. Other
measures on the same subject were intro¬
duced.
T^lie total collections of internal rev
enue for the first lour months of the
present fiscal year were $40,783,350, an
increase of dining $4,039,364 coiresponding as compared with
collections the pe¬
riod of last year. The increase has av¬
eraged over one million dollars a month,
and was principally due to the increased
consumption of spirits, tobacco and fer
nieuted liquors. The increase on the
spirits alone was $3,398,100. The re¬
ceipts for October, 1889, were $>08,558
greater than for October, 1888.
Japanese Girls.
The Japanese girls are wen U n-illy
beautiful, and their ba r wo.ill make
r),. d Q f Washington !e le ks turn her green locks
with envy. Yum-Yum soi
j u fj le p >rfun ed oil made from the see l
of the cnmeli i. She has them diessed
by a professh mi ha r-dresser, at the
extravagvnt cost of this twenty iu her cents per
tim?, m.d she does pr‘tty
little lit roe, open at the stieei, so that
the raiser-by van, if 1 e will, inspect the
whole operation. Whe.i it is done, she
has h -r fa re pewde e l and enameled,
her eyebrows are painted, and she has
tlie sweet-st smile as can bo shown by
her sex in anv c mntry cf F e world.
The most <f her b ‘ant t, however, die
anptars with maidenhood. When she
is married, she slums off her eyebrows
and blackens her teeth, anil this eye
brow shaving and teeth-bLn-king is one
of toe most disgu-tiug of the old cus
toms of Japan. The Empress disooniaging ami the
ladies of the court are it,
and its days are I probably told numbered. the
H originated, liusl and am show that in she <-ared
ot the to
nothug to nuik> herself attractive to
makeli?rselfdi£g:'staig sr%8 to her
even
bind. It is on the same principle in that
widows shave th dr heads Japan, and
that 1 1.1 maids shave off their eyeb -ows
in order to show that marriage.—[Courier they have given
np all hopes of
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THE OWNERS BLAMED.
THE CASK OF THE TRIBUNE DEATH TRAP
DECIDED.
jnry At Minneapolis, the Minn., the coroner’s
in of the inquest Trdurte on the bodies of the
victims building fire ren
dered their verdict Thursday, which de
clares that the owners of the Irilune
building, culpable, if not legally responsible, are
morally for the loss of life.
GENERAL NEWS.
COXBMBSA.TJO» OF CCBIO VS,
AND EXLlliJAer av
2ilWS PSOit EVEMWKEBE—A.CCIDKNTS, 3TaiKW,
IIBES, jlsd or Rsteeest.
Dom Pedro is opposed to the proposed
American zolvereigu. lias
It is officially denied that France
any intention to withdraw from the Latin
union.
The Pullman Car works, at Pullman,
Ill., suffered a loss of $100,000 from fire
on Wednesday night. accompanied
A heavy northeast gale, has prevailed
by a blinding snow storm,
on Lake Ontario for two days.
The total amount of insiirance involved
in the Thanksgiving fire in Boston offi¬
cially reported to date is $3,346,000.
Mr. Gladstone made a speech at Man¬
chester, England, Tuesday, in which he
predicted success for the Liberals in the
next election.
The Turkish government has in¬
structed its delegates in the African
conference to oppose any intervention in
the trude in Circassian women.
On Tuesday, in the menagerie attachod
to Baruum’s circus, in London, the larg¬
est elephant belonging t« the show be
came enraged and killed his keeper.
The general executive committee ol
the world’s fair at New York, held a
meeting Thursday and adopted a bill
which is to be presented to congress. Parnoll
The benefit tendered to Mrs.
by Comedian W. J. Scanlan, took place
Thursday afternoon at the Star theatre,
New York. Eight hundred and seventy
seven dollars was realized.
The national wool growers’ meeting
organized Tuesday, electing Columbus
Delano, of Ohio, president; G. H. Wal¬
lace, president of Missouri Wool Grow¬
ers’ association, secretary.
Vienna is snowed up. Provisions are
from fifteen to twenty-five impeded per communi¬ cent,
dearer on account of
cations. Postal service D done on
sleighs. Robbers are active in the coun¬
try distrsets.
A dispatch from Pittsburg, made Pa., statement says:
Homer L. McGaw has a
regarding his expulsion from the
Knights of Labor, in which he charges
Litchman and Powderly with crooked¬
ness.
The editor of the Waterford, Ireland.
News has been sentenced to two months’
imprisonment for printing in his paper
opinions contrary to the views of the
government, which is called intimida¬
tion.
On account of an open switch an ex¬
press train on the Pennsylvania railroad
was wrecked near Greensburg, Pa.,
Wednesday. The express run into a
freight train. Both engines were wrecked
and a dozen passengers were injured.
Three dead bodies, two of them men,
floating on a life raft, the other that of a
woman floating near the raft with a life
preserver around her, were found near
Delaware Breakwater Tuesday. The
general opinion is that they came from
the Old Domiuion steamship Manhattan,
sunk in collision recently.
The Chicago Times says that Maggie
Schreiner, who poured kerosene oil on
her husband on June 25, 1888, and then
set fire to it, burning him fatally, is
Ruing the order of Foresters for $2,000
interest and principle, on a death benefit
of $1,000, which she claims as ben
(fieiary of tbe dead man’s estate.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VA
RTO US POINTS IN TEE SO UTE.
A CONDENSED ACCOUNT OF WHAT IS OOINO ON Ol
IMPOaXANCE IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
Governor Lee, of Virginia, delivered
an address to ex-Confederate soldiers at
Clinton, N. V., Thursday.
The First National bank of Rockwood,
Tenu., has been authorized to begin bus¬
iness with a capital of $50,000.
The farmers’ convention in session in
St. Louis has appointed a committee to
bring abouo a union of all the farmers’
organizations.
In the United States circuit court in
Columbia, S. C., Daniel H. Chamberlain
was made permanent receiver of the
South Carolina Railway company.
The North Carolina Steel and Iron
company has been organized at Salisbury,
with a capital stock of $1,000,000, to
build a Bessemer iron furnace of 150 tons
daily capacity.
The will of the late Mrs. Charles
Crocker, of San Francisco, was filed for
probate Tuesday. She bequeathed her
entire estate, valued at about $11,000,
000, to her four children.
b , ° ord „ , . 8 “"ey on the United
States steamer Brooklyn, now at Norfolk,
'a., has reported tbat she cannot be
repaired within the 20 per cent, limit,
and she will therefore be condemned and
appraised for saie.
A large hardware company from Con
necticut has finally signed contracts with
the Fort Payne, Ala., Coal and Iron
company, to remove their works to Fort
Payne at once. This company employs
500 skilled mechanics.
The guH of Dr Kathan Tl Goiter
against Robert Garrett for $35,000 for
profesgional ^trices, which has been
e ‘,
• for *18,000 and the ,
compromise prop
0,ltl0n was acoe P ted and the money paid,
Fire A special broke from Florence, Ala., says:
Peyton out Thursday morning iu
s livery stable and burned ilie
$6,000. building and twenty-one horses. Loss
No insurance. The fire com¬
municated to an adjoining store, burning
down tbe store building and stock.
LOSS $12,000.
The general assembly of Virginia con¬
vened at Richmond,' oa Wednesday.
Both branches re-elected their old offi
cers. Governor Lee sent his message to
the legislature. It reallyisare-aflirma
tion of the provisions of the Riddleber
girdebt bill, and contains a mass of
figures on tbat inexhaustible topic,
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