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In actual business handled, London
is the chief commercial city of the world
Liverpool second, and New York a good
third. In !"<.> the val ic of imports and
exports at London was $1,114,000,000;
at New York, $73::,000,000.
By instructive parallel columns the
Toro:.to G l- show that while the United
State* debt bus diminished from
• O ',15!,211 in 1857 to $1.2,4,728,15 in
10, ti e (Jana linn debt has steadily
risen fr m -;J ,'l 1',051 to ; -.81,514,5-/2.
Lrof. Felix Adler, in a recent address,
slid that ti.erc wire 9,000 children 1 f
both -exes between the ng'sof ci_ht and
fi teen years, at w irk in factories in New
York city, iie c! tinis that th • laws for
preventing child labor are inadequate
and the attempts to enforce compu.sorj
education a c ridiculous.
A short time ago a cargo of 1 8 tons of
pig iron from 1 irmingham, Alabama,
was shipped from Charleston, South
( arolina, to New York. This was the
first cargo of j ig iron ever shipped from
Charles n, and is the beginning of a
trade which promises to be one of the
mo t important in the South.
Melinite, anew explosive with which
tho French military authorities are ex
perimenting, fs said to have ten times
the power of nitro glycerine, anrl 100
times that of gunpowder. General
Boulanger, the French Minister of War,
has decided on the immediate manu
facture of 210,000 melinito projectiles.
Through the clloits of the Minnesota
Osh commission Duluth is to have a
United States fish hatchery which will
be the largest and best one in tho world.
The main structure is to be TO by 100
feet. It will be able to produce 500,000-
000 fish each year. This is a pretty big
fish story, but Duluth is quite able that
way.
There is nothing so fluctuating as com
merce. It was not so many years ago
that Newport competed with New York
for the commerce of America; to-day it
is a more pleasure resort Charleston
once held in its hand the commerce of
tho Gulf. There are cities on the Gulf
coast of Florida that once ranked high
in tho commercial world, but to-day are
dead, their names never even heard.
Counterfeit notes to the value of $48,-
519 have been discovered by Treasury
officers among the National bank notes
6ont to the Department for redemption
since tho establishment of the Redemp
tion Agency in IST!. What security
has the ordinary citizens against cleverly
executed counterfeits when ne rly SI,OOO
worth of them annually run the gauntlet
of the officers of tho National banks
without detection?
The three hundred active building so
cieties of Philadelphia are ctrrving
mortgages on real estate to the
amount of $50,000,000. These mortgages
are being paid off in monthly sums, rang
ing from $5 to $ 0 monthly. Three
fourths of these mortgages are on small
houses, worth from SM)O to $ ,0, 0, and
the occupants, instead of paying rent, arc
paying olf the mortgages, and will event
ually own their own houses at a cost but
little more than they would have paid
for rent.
Tho Duke of Sutherland, w’ho wa9 re
cently in Washington, owns very largo
tracts of land in this countrv, ngg: elat
ing, it is said, 425,000 acres. His posses
sions in Great Britain cover 1,338,543
acres, jiolding an income of $lO-*,333.
lie also has §1,500,000 invested in a
Scotch rai.road. He is the owner of
Dunrobin Castle, Loch Inver House,
House of Tongue, Tarbet Ilou=e and
Castle l.eod, all ia Scotland, and Stafford
House, Trentham Hall, Lillcshall Hall
and Chic dcu, iu England.
Iu the town of Jackson, Tcnn., there
is a shabby looking house occupied by
colored people, one of tho rooms of
which was until recently embellished
with paper representing real estate now
worth more than $2,080,000. The fout
sides were covered with land grants be
longing to one of the volumes of the
Land Office for West Tenn ssce, that has
been missing since the war. Air. John
W. A ates, Register of the Ta and Office,
has carefully gathered up these valuable
documents and will soon have them in
shape for future reference and preserva
tion.
The modus operaudi of a progressive
donkey party is thus described by tho
Springfield (Mass.) I ion: You cut a
big silhouette of a tailless donkey out
of cloth or paper and fasten it to the
Wall. Inch of the guests receives a
cambric tail and a pin, and is then blind
folded and placed iu a coiner opposite
the donkey. After whirling around
three times he starts oat to pin the tail
to the donkey. Where er ire strikes the
wall, there h > must p a tlm tail. The
resu t generally is a still tat. e-s donkey
surround.d with a gala yof tails and
lots of fun.
An exchange gives the estimated
wealth of the riche-t members of the
L nited States Senate as follows:
Leiand Stanford, Califc ruia Y 00 003
Henry B. Parse, Oa o 1-g n o 0
Joseph E. Brown. Georgia m.oOJ
George Hearst, Cali ernia 10,0'V O
Poa Cameron, Pennsylvania 5.00 A OOO
Thomss W. . aimer, Michigan.... 4, .oao
Thomas AI. no- c*u, Cole* a*!-,* 3 f: ■ * o'o
Phi-etus Sawyer, Wi eon- a * q
John Sherman, Ohio o H*vo
Eugene Hale, Maine 1,750,000
Wil iam M. Stewart, Nevada 1,50 ! , \k)
Randall L. Gibs.',:, i.or.is.a ia.... 1,400’0c0
Johns uS. Camden, V,. \ irgima.. 1, 0
JohuP. Jones. Nevada ..." LOoOYOO
John R, McPherson, No-r Jersey, jgo ; (Jqq
James B. Eu tis, Louisiana 1,103,000
Francis B. S oesrbri* .Mi iiljraa. 1,000,000
Dw.ght M. Sab ne, M;mi6sc;a.... tvO OJJ
Praston B. Phrmb. Kansas 800,000
George G. Vest Missouri §OO qqq
William Mahone, A irgiaia 750 000
THE MONROE ADVERTISER: FORSYTH. GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1887.—EIGHT PAGES.
The uses of honey are many and ever
increasing, and as people become more
and more acquainted with the various
purposes to which the product of the
labors of the honey bees can be put the
greater will be the demand for it. But
perhaps one of th: newe t ways in which
honey is empl ye 1 is recorded in an ac
count gien in a scientific periodical in
Italy, wherein is described an Italian
meth and of preserving bodies in a soft
and flexible condition for several
months, and by tint means enabling
them to he dissect, and without the least
danger to the preparator or the anat
omist.
The world's b'ind are computed to
number about 1,000,000, or about one
s'ghtless person to every 1,400 inhabi
tants. In Austria one person in everv
1,7:5 is blind; in Sweden, one in everv
1,418; in I ranee, one in every 1,191; in
Prussia, one in every 1,111; in Eng
land, one in every 1,037. The propor
tion is the greatest in Egypt, where, in
Cairo, there is one blind person to every
twenty inhabitants; while in New Zea
land it falls to one in every 3,550 in
habitants. Germany has the greatest
number of institutes for the blind,
thirty-five; I ngland has sixteen; France,
thirteen; Austria Hungary, ten; Italy,
nine; Belgium, six; Australia, two;
while Ameri a, Asia and Africa together
are said to possess only six.
Of over 52,000,000 bushels of grain
shipped from the port of New r York in
1880, not one bushel was carried by an
American vessel. The New York Herald
has published the following table show
ing the number of vessels and the
amount of grain carried, with the na
tionality of tho carriers:
Nationality. No of vessels. Bushels.
American
Austrian 24 772,037
British 743 82,929,2 6
Belgian 76 4,631,9:30
Danish... 27 1,062. £BO
Dutch 51 1,522,63!)
French 65 2,405,612
German 183 4,580,278
Italian 61 2,192,882
Norwegian 5 118,403
Portuguese 19 441,991.
Spanish 33 1,724,302
Swedish 2 91,114
Totals 1,279 52,503,373
Tho Whalemen's Shipping List pub
lishes the forty-third annual review of
the whale fish ry of the United States for
the last year The total number of ves
sels of all classes engaged in the busi
ness is 121, of which nineteen hail from
San Francisco, and all engaged in right
whaling. The decrease of tonnage dur
ing the year was. 827 tons. The present
tonnage of the entire fleet is 28,291, of
which 6, ;00 tons are now in eastern
ports, and over a third of this tonnage
is offered for sale. The North I acilic
fleet comp: isel thirty-eight vessels. The
tot xl catch yielded about 20,000 barrels
of oil and 0. ,00 ) pounds of whalebone.
—.fiio Arctic fleet took 1515 whales, against
222 in 82. The season was an un
profitable one. Imports for 188(3 were:
Sperm oil, 23,312 barrels; wh.ale oil,
23,240 barrels; whalebone, 352,490
pounds. Exports were: Sperm oil,
118 barrels; whale oil, 18,253 barrels;
whalebone, 184,511 pounds. Stock in
the United States, January 1, 1887:
Sperm oil, 18,210 barrels; whale oil, 9,-
barrels; whalebone, 322,900p0und5.
The average price of whale oil during
the year was :3 cents; sperm oil,
cents; whalebone, $2.73.
The Cheshire and Lancashire (Eng
land) form rs have just established a co
operative society, and for convenience
have open and their first p ace of business
at Warrington. Tim idea originated
with Air. .John White, agent for Lord
Winmarleigh, Sir Gilbert Greenall,
Colonel Blackburne and other large
landowners in Lancashire. Mr. AYhite
convened a meeting of farmers, and as a
result of the conference it was decided to
reach the consumer directly without the
intervention of the middleman, and thus
secure a better ret irn for their capital
investing in stockfeeding. The farmers
expressed the opinion that they were not
making anything like reasonable profits
from tneir produce, while the middle
men were notoriously prosperous. The
association has taken commodious prem
ises in Warrington, where, in addition
to retail stores, accommodation will be
found for the corn exchange, which is
now held in the open street. Th's will
be formed on the first floor, which will
bo nicely fitted up and well-lighted.
A third obi ct has been the formation of
a farmers’ club, not a mere debating
society, but a social club, where farmers
may obtain refreshments, read the
newspapers and enjoy social intercourse.
Bottling Tear?.
Tears are cons dered so rrecious in
Persia that they bottle them up. When
there is a funeral someone goes round
among th ■ mourners nd presents each
wth asp >nge to weep in and the spong ■
is afterward squeezed into a bottle, "if
tue and etas and was a j enurious relative—a
tight old si onge that it •• as difficult to
squeeze any money out of when alive—it
is likewise difficult to s jueeze any tears
out of the family sponges at h's funera .
It must be touching to see the master of
cere monies at a funeral, moving along in
front of the mourners’ bench, and ask
ing each one in a whisper -4 Have you
shed?’ Bottled tears are supposed by
the Persians to have great healing pow
ers, hence their collection.
Ttvo Remarkable Families.
A girl working in one of the Biddeford
mills is the thirty second c did cf the
same father and m other. and 23 of her
br til; rs and si ter- still live, and write
to her e cry w ek. She receives more
letters than any woman in Biddeford.
—Bi id for i ( M* . o.ra /
Mr. J. M. Lovelace’s infant daughter
is his twentieth ch id, -he is a very
vromi-ing young ltdy. and on her birth
day fir. i.ove a <• made the resolution
that lie would n w.r from that time buy
anything, however small, exerpt for cash,
lie has fourteen children living.— Lome
(t?a.) Bul.etin.
INTO THE RIYER,
.4 TRAIN GOES DOWN WITH A
TRESTLE.
A Singular Accident on the Iron Mountain
and South, ru Knilrcad.
The Texas bound train of the Iron
Mountain railroad, which left St. Louis
Saturday night, was precipitated into the
creek by the bridge giving way two and
a half miles south of Victoria, Missouri.
The engine and all the passenger coaches
went down together. Only the sleeper
was left on the track.
The accident while not being at all un
usual in regard to fatal casualties, proves
to have been quite remarkable in respect
to the several circumstances which at
tended it. It occurred at Victoria, a lit
tle after 10 o'clock, and was occasioned
by the giving way under the train of the
trestle which crosses Joachim creek, at
that point. The train was the Texas ex
press and consisted of baggage, express
and mail cars, a smoker, two passenger
coaches and four sleepers, carrying about
130 passengers. A heavy rain had fallen
all day and the creek was much swollen.
At Hematite, the first station this side of
the trestle, the engineer received orders
to run cautiously, as the rain had been
heavy and the creek was out of its banks.
Engineer Kelly says he ran slowly beyond
that point, anil both he and his fireman,
Wm, Hach, watched the track very close
ly. As he approached the track, Kelly
observed that the track was entirely
straight and level, showing nothing
wrong, and he went on without the
slighest fear or hesitation, but when his
engine reached about the middle of the
trestle, he felt the whole structure sink
ing beneath him.
In an instant he opened the valves op
ened the valves operating tho air brakes
the full width, and brought the train to
so quick a stop that the front end of one
the cars was crushed in by the sudden
shock. This saved the coaches, but the
baggage, mail, express and smoking cars
went into the raging torrent below, car
rying with them all the men on board.
Engineer Kelly-and Fireman Hach went
down with the engine, and were sub
merged in the flood. Kelly, in his strug
gle to free himself, found that one of his
feet was held fast, but at the same in
stant, and just as he realized that he
must drown, the engine turned over, his
foot was released, and he came to the
surface. Seizing a passin log, he clung
to it desperately and was swept d'ownthe
torrent and lodged against tree 150
yards below. With scarcely strength
enough to move, he clasped his legs and
arms around the limb of the tree, became
unconscious and was not restored until
two or three hours after he had been
taken from llie tree, when he found him
self kindly cared for in a house in Vic
toria. His face and head were severely
cut, two of his toes cut from one of his
feet, and he is very badly bruised in
various parts of the body. He will re
cover.
Fireman Hach was carried about 500
yards down stream, lodged in a mass of
brush or drift and was rescued soon after
the flood subsided. He is a good deal
bruised, but not seriously hurt. The
postal car was swept away some distance,
and as the water rushed through it from
end to end, the mail was literally washed
out, and is now scattered over miles of
territory, or embedded in the mud of the
creek. It is regarded as almost a total
loss; the whole of it being completely
soaked, and the addresses of the letters
being obliterated. The postal clerks,
McCullough, Shaffer and Ryan, were
badly bruised and almost drowned, and
being stripped for work, they lost their
clothes, gold watches and $250 in money,
which were carried away by the flood.
The smoker, which is said to have con
tained some twenty persons, was swept
down about 300 feet below tlie trestle,
and its occupants are believed to have
been saved. They succeeded in getting
outside the car, and Clung to its top un
til rescued. There is some doubt about
the baggage man and express messenger
being saved, but a late dispatch from the
w T reck says that none of the train men
were lost. A special train was sent out
conveying physicians and medical sup
plies. The train returned and brought a
number of passengers and train men who
didn’t care to wait at the wreck until the
trestle was repaired.
SHOWING HIS GRATITUDE.
An Umbrella Menders’ Good Fortune—Heir
to Thousands.
Charles H. Ilciser, an umbrella-mender
of Pittsburgh, Pa., who occupies a third
story back room in a squalid lodging
house there, has received a letter saying
that he is one of the heirs to a fortune
of $225,000, left by a cousin in Australia,
William Tutge. The other heirs are a
sister, "ho lives in Germany, and a
brother, who is inspector of police in
Hamburg. When an orphan, Tutge was
taken in by Charles H. Heiscr, Sr., a
gamekeeper for Emperor William at
Hartzburg, Germany, and educated with
his two s ns. Mr. Tutge has taken this
way of showing his gratitude. The
Pittsburg Heiser was the private dispatch
carrier aud personal attendant of Presi
dent Lincoln during the late war. He
also served in the Franco-Prussian war
and had two horses shot dead under him
at Gravelotte. Since living in Pittsburg
Heiser has been attacked with a lung
complaint and he became so poor that he
was compelled to pawn a gold watch pre
sented to him by Abraham Lincoln.
Gen. Phil Sheridan, it is said, is endeav
oring to get a pension for Heiser.
A STRANGE WILE.
Edward Kuehl, of Omaha, Neb., 69
years old, was found lying dead in a bed
at 319 South Tenth street. Kuehl was a
well known eccentric character about
Omaha, He was a shoemaker by trade,
but made a great deal of money by tell
ing fortunes. In his will he directs that
John Baumer take charge of the remains
and see that his body is cremated, and all
his expenses and debts paid, and then
thait the residue be offered to the Fran
ciscan Sisters. His ashes he desired
placed over a certain bar in the city,
where he was accustomed to drink. It
is thought that the money and property
will amount to $3,000. Mr. Baumer will
take the body to Buffalo and have it
cremated at once.
KILLED IIIS WIFE.
James F. Goodman, a wealthy citizen
of Huntsville. Mo., bad a dispute with
his wife Sunday night about a piece of
real estate he had presented to bis little
son. Goodman kicked his wife out of
bed and then brained her with a boot
jack. The child witnessed the killing.
Goodman went to the barn, severed an
artery in his arm. and hanged himself to
u rafter. The dead woman was good
- xns’ third wife, and the boy to whom
'he property had been presented was the
eon of a former wife ,
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
An Assault Made Fpon Dr. Koifer, of
Savannah, Georgia.
Dr. E. J. Keifer, a well known propri
etor of a drug store on Stewart and West
Broad streets, Savannah, Ga., was shot
by a youDg man named Thomas Fogarty.
On Friday young Fogarty went into L>r.
Keifer's drug store, and being refused
some articles, commenced a violent tirade
-'gainst Mrs. Keifer, and used in her
presence and applied to her some most
obscene language. Monday morning the
mayor fined Fogarty $lO.
It appears that after the police court
case had been disposed of. young Fogarty
armed himself with a revolver and laid in
" ait for Dr. Keifer. About 11:25 o'clock
he saw the latter leaving his store in com
pany with Mr. L. Nolan and Mr. C. G.
Faliigant, and approaching the druggist
from behind a fence, on the north side of
Stewart street, Fogarty fired. lie was
within a few feet of the druggist when
he commenced his attempt at assassina
tion. The first shot struck him under
and behind the left ear, and came out of
his mouth The next one struck him on
ihe fleshy portion of his right arm as he
weeded about to see who shot him. An
other bullet entered his back and in the
fleshy part by the right thigh, and an
other one penetrated liis right leg.
The five shots were discharged with
remarkable rapidity. Four of them took
effect. The first shot was tired when the
youthful assassin was only a few feet
away from his victim, and the flesh was
burned, in such close proximity was the
pistol held to the head. As soon as he
emptied his revolver aud before the af
frighted spectators could do anything,
Fogarty ran away down Sims street, and
was last seen going across Springfield
plantation.
Dr. Keifer fell in the street, being un
armed, and only a few feet from his store
door. It is thought he will come through
sa r ely, as the wounds are not considered
necessarily fatal, The attempt to murder
him is a most dastardly one. Fogarty
w'as still at large at last accounts.
WILL PROBABLY REBEL.
Newfoundland Greatly Excited Over the
Bait Bill.
Advices from Newfoundland show that
in their ultimatum to the British govern
ment in forwarding the bait bill for the
imperial assent, the legislature of that
colony is determined not to be trampled
upon by the queen or by any in authority
under her. The text of the address of
the legislature of Newfoundland to the
imperial government shows that the island
is giu.tly excited. It says in effect that
Newfoundland will not submit to the
situation.
The address goes on to say: “We
must decline respectfully to accept the
view that the French or any other for
eign power has a status to or consultative
claim iu the control or disposition of our
property, and we humbly demur to any
recognition of their pretentions in this
respect. We acknowledge no authority
but that of the impend government, and
their rights of their domain are wisely
limited by our constitutional jiowers,
which secures for us the free exercise of
our instructed intelligence in the manage
ment of our local affairs.”
The same advices state that tho colony
is on the verge of an open rebellion, and
that little encouragement would be re
ji£fc.d to cause a genera! uprising against
the’ yoke of British connection, which,
they claim, bears heavily upon them.
Private dispatches state that a strong
sentiment favoring annexation to the
United States is spreading throughout the
province, which is likely to give serious
trouble unless the British government
yields in granting the demand the pro
visional government is now making.
A SOCIALIST MEETING,
They Grow Quito Excited In Discussing
Their Views.
There was a large meeting of socialists
at west Twelfth street, Quinerhall, Chi
cago Sunday afternoon, to discuss a
measure pending in the Illinois legisla
ture known as Merritt’s bill to punish the
authors of inflammatory, incendiary
speeches or writings. After an address
by a newspaper man named Buchanan,
denouncing capitalists, the press and the
military, a resolution was adopted pro
testing against the bill. Then some very
radical speeches were delivered in Eng
■ ish, German :nd Bohemian. Editor
Ourrliu, of the Arbeiter Zeitung, advised
his hearers to procure arms and carry
them. Holmes, the English chairman,
declared the socialists had the right to
preach treason and the overthrow of so
ciety, and the constituted authorities.
Sooner than see the bill pass, he would
take arms in hand and preach revolution.
He was against the bill as an American
citizen, as a socialist and as an anarchist.
If necessary they should all become de
termined rebels, and preach downright
revolution. Currlin and Holmes were
widely cheered by the crowd, which in
cluded a number of women.
DESPERATE PRISONERS.
They Threaten to Kill Any One Who En
tered 'I heir Cell.
George Watson and Arthur Greene,
desperate Welch mountain thieves, con
fined in Lancaster county Pa., prison,
became rebelious Tuesday morning and
threatened to brain any person who en
tered their cells, with big oak sticks
which they broke from a carpet loom.
Keeper Burkholder thrust a pistol into
the cell to intimidate them, when they
knocked the weapon from his hand and
secured it. They have since held pos
session of the cell, threatening to shoot
any person who comes near, and all at
tempts to dislodge them have failed. An
effort will be made to starve them out.
FIGHTING AGAINST ODDS.
Alex Crawford, a negro murderer, was
taken from jail at Winona, Miss., by an
immense crowd of enraged citizens Mon
day and was hanged from a trestle on the
railrood near the town. He made a des
perate fight in his cell against the crowd,
being armed with a broomstick, which
he wielded with effect, but was finally
overpowered. He died game, refusing
to make anv declaration. His victim
was Vic Loggias, a prominent merchant
of Winona, whom he killed on the even
ing of February 23th.
PETROLEOI IN AMBAMA.
Information has been received of the
discovery of petroleum off at ance’s
station Ala., thirty miles below B rrning
ham on the Alabama Great Souther i rail
road. Oil was found at the depth of fifty
feet and a steady stream is flowing to the
surface through a two inch pipe. Indi
catio. s of oil were found in the same lo
cality about one year ago, but no boring
was done until recently. Much excite
ment is caused by the news.
BEECHER DIES,
THE GREAT PREACHER QUIETLY
PASSES .411.41'.
Tlio I.nsl Scpnts-lleartffll K egret—Letter*
of Condolence, Arc.
Henry Ward Beecher died at his home
in Brooklyn, N. Y., Tuesday morning at
9 o'clock. He began to sink slowly after
midnight, and the watchers at his bedside
soon saw that the end was near. Mr.
Beecher passed quietly away while asleep.
He never recovered consciousness after
paralysis stupified his mind.
He died in the presence of his family.
Present at the bedside were Col. H.
Beecher, his wife, his daughters Hattie
and Bessie, and John Henry Ward
Beecher, Miss Edith Beecher, W. C.
Beecher and wife. Rev. Samuel Scoville.
Mrs. Scoville, eldest daughter of Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher; Miss Scoville,who
has just come from the Pacific slope; Miss
Bullard, Rev. 3. B. Halliday and wife.
Deacon S V. White, E A. Seacomb, one
of the trustees of Plymouth church, and
Major J. B. Pond. In accordance with
the wish of Mr. Beecher no crape was
found on the door, but, instead, a wreath
of beautiful flowers hung over the bell
knob.
This bulletin was issued: “The ser
vices at the house will be confined abso
lutely to relatives,without any exception,
it being manifest that any selection out
side the circle would be impossible, the
being too small to hold even a small por
tion of his nearest friends.”
The interment will be ia Greenwood
cemetery. In accordance with an agree
ment made years ago between Mr.
Beecher and Dr. Hall that whoever died
first the other should officiate at the fu
neral, Dr. C. C. Hall will perform the
ceremony.
Dr. Searle has prepared the following
statement : “Mr. Beecher failed decidedly
after 3 a. m. His breath was more
labored and slow, and his pulse gradu
ally grew weaker. The family was
aroused about 4, and all gathered around
his bedside. It soon became evident,
however, that immediate dissolution
was not to be looked for. It stole
on him steadily and stealthily. It
was not till 8:30 that lie could be said to
be dying. At 9 his pulse became feeble,
and flickering, but it remained percepti
ble until a few minutes before breathing
ceased This occurred at 9:30. There
was no struggle; he breathed his last
quietly.”
The news of Mr. Beecher’s death
spread very quickly to all parts of the
city, and Brooklyn may be said to be a
city of mourning. Even those who did
not, concur with him, had no hesitation
in expressing their deep regret at his
death. Asa mark of respect to his mem
ory, the flags on public buildings werw
placed at half mast, and Mayor AVhitney
had the city halt bell tolled half an hour,
commencing at ten this morning. At
the same time boys were selling their
extras on the street, announcing the death
of the great divine.
Quincy Ward, the sculptor, is expected
to take a cast of his face, for a statue al
ready provided for by his staunch and
old friend, H, W. Sage, of Ithica. The
statue will ornament Prospect Park,
Brooklyn.
Telegrams of inquiry and condolence
were sent to the house on Hicks street
during the past few days by the following,
among others: Dr. Parker, of the City of
Temple, Loudon; Miss Ellon Terry, Lon
don; George William Curtis, Rev. Lyman
Bramstokcr, H. AY. Sage. Henry R. Har
ris, Francis Murphy and Clinton B. Fisk.
The following is a telegram sent to Mrs.
Beecher by President Cleveland:
“Executive Mansion, Washington,
D. C , March 8. —Mrs. Henry Ward
Beecher: Accept my heartfelt sympathy
iu this hour of your bereavement, with
the hope that comfort may be vouchsafed
from the heavenly source you know so
well. “Grover Cleveland.”
IRISH SYMPATHY.
The aldermen of Brooklyn held a special
meeting Tuesday and passed resolutions
providing for draping the city buildings
and closing the public offices on the day
of the funeral. The municipal council
of the Irish National League met and
unanimously adopted resolution of regret.
PATH OF THE CYCLONE.
It £trikea Monroe, Gn, nnil Does Mach
. Damage.
A small cyclone struck Monroe, Ga.,on
Tuesday evening, doing some damage.
People ran from their houses and saw a
rapidly revolving funnel shaped cloud
flying from southwest to northeast. In
five minutes it was many miles away, ris
ing upward. It descended right in the
midst of the town,blowing down a frame
house of Mr. C. G. Nowell and tearing
off the tin roof of the store belonging to
B. S. Walker and occupied by A. S.
Nowell & Cos. Houses in the immediate
track of the cyclone were not touched
or shaken. It seemed to have come
straight down from above, blew over the
house and tore off the roof, and then as
cended again. A buggy was lifted from
the ground and its wheels sent spinning
around in the air in a rapid rate, and
then placed back on the ground just a
few feet from where it was struck. A
horse was standing hitched to a post with
a saddle on. The saddle was blown from
his back, breaking the girth.
.HE APPROPRIATION BILLS.
A statement of the footings of the ap
propriation bills passed at the last session
of Congress has been completed by the
clerks of the Senate and the House com
mittee on appropriations. It is as follows:
Agricultural, $1,026,730; army, $23.724,-
718: diplomatic and consular, $1,429,924;
District of Columbia, $4,265,890,1ndian5,
$4,226,897; legislature, $20,702,221;
military academy, $419,936: navy, $25,-
753,165; pensions, $76,252,500; post
office, $55,694,650; sundry civil, $22,-
382.490; Mexican pension deficiency,
$6,900,000; puoiic printing deficiency,
$107,000; miscellaneous appropriations,
estimated, $3,500,000. Total of actual
appropriations, $247,387,144. The river
and harbor bill, which was not signed,
appropriated $9,913,600. and the defic
iency which did not pass, though it was
agreed upon in conference, carried an ap
propriation of $4,275,023.
A SOUTHERN VESSEL WRECKED.
A dispatch from Camden N. J., says :
It is feared that a steamer bound for a
northern port has been wrecked off the
New Jersey coast during the storm of
Thursday last. The ocean beach between
Barnegat inlet and Seaside park is strewn
with wreckage. Southern fruits and early
vegetables in cratec, and barrels are
washing ashore in the surf, and are being
picked up by the beachcombers. This
afternoon nearly twenty barrels of green
cabbage were cast upon the sands. As
yet nothing has been *aved that gives the
slightest indication of the name of the
vessel. No bodies have been found.
A FATAL BLOCKADE.
I RIGHTFUL FALLS FROM THE
NEW YORK ELEVATED lIOAV.
Men Walking on the Tracks J*lmken OIT
to Their DenlU bv 'losing Trains.
A fire occurred in New York City at
5 o'clock Thursday morning in the store
of Nieholl, the tailor, in the Bowery, and
caused a loss of between $50,000 and S6O
- Trains on the elevated roads were
blocked .by the flames. A blockade oc
curred all the way down to South Ferry
and and oa the down track up to Seven
teenth street, A number of passengers
left one train at Seventeenth street and
started to walk along the narrow foot
path at the side of the track to the sta
tion at Eleventh stieet. While doing so
the blockade was relieved and trains
began to start. Their motion shook the
pathway to such an extent that a number
of passengers were thrown down to the
street. Three of these were instantly
killed and seven others badly injured.
Soon after the tire occurred the down
track was blocked with trains from Ninth
to Fifty-second streets. All the .trains
were crowded with people. Alongside
the track is a platform Uvo feet and a
half v\ide, used by trackmen. Above
fourteenth street it L not provided with
a hand rail. One of the passengers,
named Patrick Matthews, on the train
which was blockaded between stations,
grew impatient of waiting, and opeuvj
the gate on the car platform, sipped
down to the platform beside tlm track
and started to walk to Fourteenth street
He was followed by many others, until
there was a continuous line of men in
single file in close order on this platform,
headed by Mathews. When Mathews
had nearly reached Fourteenth street, the
blockade was broken, and t l >e trains
started up, one after another. The shak
ing of the track and noise and rush of the
cars apparently frightened Mathews, be
cause he turned and dashed for the car
platform. The man next behind did the
same, but Mathews' hold apparently
broke, and lie toppled back upon the
man behind him, and both fell backward
into the street. The commotion created
on the platform by this occurrence,
frightened and demoralized others close
to them. Some came in collision and
fell, while others in panic jumped from
the platform to the street below, and
still others hurriedly scrambled upon
passing cars. The shouts and screams
outside communicated the panic to pas
sengers inside the cars and many women
fainted. The trains were stopped, and
everybody remaining on the platform "as
taken on board the cars.
The men fell or leaped to the street,
about twenty feet below, and struck up
on the surface car track or stone pave
ment. Four were killed outright, their
skulls being crushed in each instance.
'J he other six were seriously hurt. One
has since died in the hospital, and an
other is reported dying. it is supposed
several others made the leap, but were
not so seriously hurt but that they could
take care of themselves.
The fire which was the primary cause
of the accident, burned out Nieoll’s
tailoring establishment, and a couple of
small houses adjoining, causing a loss of
SIOO,OOO. Mathews was one of the men
killed. All were clerks or laboring men
who were belated on their way to busi
ness.
“THEY MURDERED HER.”
Exciting Scenes Over the Dead Body of an
Anarchist’s Wife.
There was a remarkable scene Tuesday
afternoon at the bier of dead wife of An
archist Neebe in Chicago. While the
room was filled with sympathizers of both
sexes, a blonde little woman bent over
the coffin and burst into loud lamenta
tions. With clasped hands and stream
ing eyes she shrieked: “They murdered
her! She was murdered by those hang
men. Grinnell and Gary were her exe
cutioners. She, in her coffin; her hus
band in jail. Both victims of capitalistic
bloodhounds.”
The people present became highly
wrought up, and during the remainder of
the day, in the death chamber, there was
no cessation of curses aga nst those hang
men. Before evening a copy of the
Arbeiter Zeitung arrived, containing an
article declaring that Mrs. Neebe had
died from a broken heart, caused by the
conviction of her husband. The article
concluded as follows:
“She and our friend, Oscar Xeebe, are
victims of a capitalistic band of conspira
tors, known as the Citizens’ association,
and of their tools—Grinnell and Gary—
they, in conjunction with an odious, ly
ing press, serving the enemies of the
people, have murdered a brave woman,
and made children, not of age, orphans.
They will reap the curse of the present
and the contempt of coming generations.' 7
The sidewalk in front of Xeebee’s
house was crowded with excited people.
A committee has been formed to make
arrangements for the funeral, and they
decided to postpone it, and make it the
occasion of a socialistic demonstration.
A DETERMINED OFFICER.
k Crowd of Kottjfht Endeavor to Detain a
Prisoner.
A special to the Atlanta Constitution
from Chattanooga. Tenn., says: Sheriff
Connor, of this county, returned Monday
from Asheville, X. C., in charge of one
Goodlake, wanted here for felonious as
sault. The sehriff had a thrilling exper
ience. Goodlake’s friends made a des
perate effort to rescue the prisoner, and
at one time the constabulary and better
citizens of Asheville came near having a
riot with roughs who were Goodlake's
friends. Sheriff Connor was arrested on
a warrant charging him with forgery, de
laying him one day. Then an effort was
made to further delay him by securing a
writ of habeas corpus, which he eluded
by taking the place of the fireman on the
engine, on the train on which he had
placed his prisoner. As fireman, he
avoided the writ until within six miles of
the Tennessee line, when he was discov
ered by one of Goodlake’s friends, all of
whom remained in the train. The plucky
sheriff then ran forwaid to the cow
catchc-r where he rode until the tra n
reached the Tennessee line, his prisoner
in the meantime being in charge of a
deputy who refused to give the prisoner
up until ordered by his superior, The
affair created excitement in Xorth Caro
lina. Goodlake's friends declare they
will prosecute Connor. The prisoner is
now here to await his trial.
MAN.MMi OOlMi TO EUROPE.
Secretary Nlanning has arranged to
make a trip to Europe for his health.
He left Washington Thursday for Xew
York and will take a steamer from there
next week. He will be accompanied by
his wife and family and Treasurer
Jordan. The latter is now in Xew York,
but will return to Washington prior to
bis departure for Europe.
LIGHTS OUT.
The sentry challenged at the open gate,
54 ho passed him by, bo -ause the hour* waa
late.
“Halt! Wiio goo; there:' “A fjrictlfl!”
•‘All's well.'’
“A friend, cli chap!" a friend's farewell,
And I ha l paiwd the gat ,
And then the lon la t notes were shed,
The o hoing call's last notes were it ad;
And sounded sadly, as 1 stood without,
Those last sad n tos of nil: Lights Out!
Lights Out!
farewell, companion;! Wo lave silo by side
4\ atche.l history's lengthened sha lows past
ils glide.
And worn tho searl t, laughed at, paid,
And buried com; ados lowly laid.
And let the long years glide;
And toil and hard hip have we known,
And 101 l wed whole xi;-* i'ag ha 1 gone
lut a'.i th.* e.-h ■- a:i w>:hi ; un lah
i •
Lights (JHa
Aud never moro*for me shall red
From bright revolvers - ii.ihe ambling ash
Of life is hope's fruition inti
The withered fritg '-.-hi- -and they all
Are sleeping.' Fa-t away
The fabrics , 'f our live- do ay.
The robe- of uigh' a: out me lay,
And the air wb spared, ns I stood without,
Thos- hist sad notes of all: Lights Out!
Lights Out!
/ lEo • orl;, in the Week.
\
NTH AND POINT.
A chest protector—The baggage mas
ter
The tailor hopes to succceff Iv
attention to business.— Siftings.
A lands!id •is a movement in real es
tnte that cannot be called a boom
Picayune.
A u Fsquimo cats eight pounds oi meat
at a meal. It must be a picnic to run a
butcher shop in that country. Dame ill*
Freeze.
Mrs. Grundy tells the New Voik Mail
and Express that they do not call theni
dudes any more—simply “young society
Darwins. ’
Not i v : v one is h ippy who
mi\ ’lie proverb. The man who has
st pped on a tack knows this full wJ^H
— l> sUt / Cos iri- r.
n
-1 in
\ . ’ . i.'i-.v■ u i L) •
-yi'jjp y y 1
:i .' '
if the man carries the
engaged. If the woman orries tliew
bundles they are married. —Ntio llaten '
Ncic*.
> acauley objected to dogs as a check
to < onversation. but . omc people
wouldn’t lnve anything left to talk about
if their dogs were taken away. Texas
Siftings.
Prospective l odger “And there is a
fire in the room?” Landlady: “No, but
there is the most beautiful picture of an
Italian sunset you ever saw.” —San Fran
cisco Call.
The “self-made” man who boasts of
how much smarter he has been than
other men, did not quite finish the job.
He forgot to give himself manners. Oil
City Blizzard.
When men look sad and sigh, “Alas,"
And from eomj anions !ly,
hi very may eas s ’tis
A lass that makes tli an sigh.
Met ehaiit-'l rarcler.
A Sioux Indian bears the name of
“The -man - who ran >o - fast -that-the
wind-was-left-behind.’’ It is believed he
participated in the strategic move on
Washington at the iir t battle of Bull
Run. Xoi ritt’oirn JI ru'd.
“Is lie accomplished?” w as asked con
cerning a nobleman now honoring soci
ety. “I should think he wa-,” was the
answer. ‘He got fifty dollars out of
old Skinflint, who never lends a cent.”
-New York Mat! and Fij r x<
Mrs. A.: ‘ you have anew ser
vant girl:” Ms. li.: “tes, 1 make it a
point to get a ne-v one every month.
“But that must be very inconvenint. "r
“Yes, but there is noth ng going n in
this town that 1 don’t kn w ali about
it.” —Texas Sftings.
Commanding Officer— “i ring your
company up.” Captain ju-t tak-n back
into the army)— ‘ Well, I'll go and talk
to the boys and ate if they’ll come.”
“Great stars! Where have you been
sin c you left the army?” • Been com
manding a regiment of militia.” —Omaha
World.
“What < an be the matter with Arthur,
dear? He mopes so, he n.u>t lx* sick.”
“I don’t think it is as serious as that,
mamma. It's his whiskers.” “His
whiskers! Why the boy hasn’t got any.”
‘That is Uit it, mamma, j'e wishes he
aad them, don't you know.” —Town
Topics.
“.My dear,” said the husband to the
wife before the gla-s, “I'm ashamed to
see you put all that red s'u:l onjßligf
cheeks. " “' h, don't woriy
she replied sweetly. “It matches tifl
color on your nose admit ably, at and
mony is what make? the mar: ingcAJ
tion ideal.” —Washington C, dir.
Woman to tramp;—“You might saw
a little wood for that nice dinner.”
Tramp (reproachfully —“Madam, you
ought not to throw temptation in 'the
way of a poor man. Woman—“Temp
tation:’ Tjamp “Ye s , madam. If I
were to saw some woo l the chances are
I would carry oil the saw. I'm an honest
man now, and I want to -‘ay so.”—Har
per's Bazar.
Omaha Bach—‘AVeil, now, u-t tell
me what ; omfort you've trained by get
ting married:” Young hu-band —“ How
<’o you fu-t.n your - si, ndr-r- when the
buttons come off, as they generally do in
about a week " “I use wire hooks usu
ally.” “Yes: and where do get the
wire:’ “Well, i generally have a time
hunting lor a piece, I must admit. I got
the last off my whi-k bro mi.” Yes, and (
spoilt the broom.” u-t so; but what
better off are you';’ “Me! W hy, I’ve
not a wife, and she always has about a
biishel of hair pins on hand.” —Omaha
World.
Strengths of ! aoil.
The food eaten supplies the body with
either warmth or stre x h Mo-t arti
cles vie and both to a greater or less extent,
out sone have war th only an 1 no
strength. The first column of the fol
lowing table gives the numb r of grains
of strength yielded by < ae i o n 1 of the
substance named; the second, the
warmth:
Strength. Warmth.
Beer or pot ter l 315
Parsnips 13 435
Potatoes 2f 170
Skimmed milk of 351
Xew milk 35 378
Price 70 2,750
Bacon Is 4,200
Fresh pork 1 us 3,100
Corn meal 125 2,8 0
Fresh fish 1:0 980
Oat meai 140 975
Fresh beef 172 2,300
Cheddar cheese 310 2,500
Skim-milk cheese 300 2,350