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The la t twelve months have been
troublous tunes for the personnel of vari
ous European governments. Mr. Glad
stone's ministry set the fashion by
resigning; the Bulgarian Cabinet fol
lowed next after the deposal of Alexan
der; the French ministry had a rupture
over the sub-prefecture question, and the j
Italian Cabinet resign and because Prli;- ,
ment did not manifest that confidence in
Its wisdom that was desirable. The
British Parliament has been dis lved !
and another one re-ele ted and Germany j
has been in the throes of an eh; toral !
campaign, while it is probable that be
fore long another appeal to the people of
Great Britain will be made. Congress
arid C abinet are more secure under cur
Constitution.
Another romance originating in the
Custer massacre is identified with the
gold watch worn by Lieutenant < ritten
den, wno also perished by the vengeful
bullets or knives of Sitting Bull s people.
The wat h was a pres nt which his
futhcr, General Crittenden, had pur
chased m England some time before. It
became tlie booty of a Sioux warrior,
who, in due season, after crossing the
line sold it to a C anadian rancher or
farmer. The purchaser, suspecting that
there must be some history connected
with it, wrote to the maker in England,
describing the watch and stating its
number. The maker wrote back that
the watch had been origins’ly sold to
General Crittenden of the United States
Army. Thereupon the Canadian com
municated with the Gen ral, who
promptly repurchased the watch, and it
now hangs in his h and room in New York
city, a sad memorial of the fate that
befell his brave boy.
A Burlington da.) insurance company
has awarded a prize of S2OO to a Roches
ter, N. Y., man for the best design for a
tornado cave. It is made underground,
connected with the dwelling by a tunnel,
and consists of a room oxl2 feet, walled
with brick and the roof supported by
iron arches and beams. The strength of
the roof is an essential part of the pro
tection, as cyclones often level large trees
on caves, which they break in and en
close the inmates in a living tomb. An
exit flush with the surface is provided on
the outside for the escape of inmates if
the dwelling is burned, as it frequently
is after a tornado. The cost of such a
cave varies from S2OO to SSOO, which, it
would seem, must place it out of reach
of those who have not money enough to
move away from a locality where such
safety devices are required. At the best
a cyclone cellar gives inadequate protec
tion, unless its owner and all his family
remain constantly at home to enjoy its
advantages.,
Thomas Kelly, who has just died at
St. Louis at the age of ninety-nine, had
a remarkable career. He was a native ol
Limerick, Ireland, and was apprenticed
as a sailor at the age of ten. Three years
later he sailed from Liverpool for Oue
bec on board the merchantman Bercie
Croyd. Bad weather kept the vessel
eight months at sea. Provisions were
exhausted, and the crew finally drew
lots to decide which among them should
be sacrificed to support the lives of the
others. Kelly twice narrowly escaped
drawing the fatal lot. The crew was
eventually rescued by the United States
man-of-war Brooklyn Eagle. Since that
date, July 27, ISO’, Kelley never tasted
meat. He continued his career as a sailor
and shipped and fought under the 4lags
of England, Fiance, Spain, Portugal,
and the l nited States. lie was nine
times shipwrecked. He lost a foot in
the war between the States. After the
war he went to St. Louis, where, at the
time of his death, he was coachman to
Archbishop Keurick.
A unique swindler has been exposed in
Springfield, Ohio, lie first had printed
elaborate letter heads reading: “Miami
Lumber Cos, A. Barclay, Manager.
Dressed lumber, etc. Cash paid for logs
of all kinds. Springfield, O." On trie
sheet he wrote letters to men here and
there generally, telling of the accidental
death of some man who had just been
hired to work for the lumber company,
and who had died before his name was
taken. On this man there was nothing
to identify him except the naa.e and ad
dress of the man to whom the letter was
written. Then followed a li-t of valu
ables belonging to the dead man, amount
ing to sav $-10, s‘7o of which was in
money. The company had buried the
body at an expense of S2B. and were
thus out SB. If the receiver of the letter
was a friend of the dead man would h e
kindly send SB, and the company would
at once send on his valuables. It is pretty
certain that more than one man who
thought lie and be a friend to such a corpse
had sent on the small sum of money
asked, expecting to get SSO or S7O worth
of valuables, which of course he never
received, because lumber company,
corpse, and valuables were all myths.
Tersely Put.
Governor McNutt, says the Boston
Bu lge', transmitted i:i 1840 a veto mes
sage to the Legislature of Mississippi,
which for its brevity, if not for the or
der of arrangement of its reasons, might
serve as a model for all similar State'pa
pers. It is in the following words:
VETO MESSAGE.
“To the House of Representatives:
I return to the House for further action a
bill entitled “an ac: to amend an act to con
fer the power of Justices and Notaries on the
President of the Board of Police and for other
purposes," with the following objections:
First—lt is unconstitutional.
Second—lt is inexpedient
Third—lt is unnecessary. A. G. McNutt.
Executive Department, city of Jackson!
February 22.”
Two National Debts.
The following is a comparison of the
national debts of Canada :.ud the United
States:
138b — 1 : ,.t'-d States. | 1880— Canada.
Net debt, fam- I Net del t fam
ily of live, $ 120 OJ • ily of live, $284 00
Interest per 1 Interest per
family 415 | family 936
THE MONROE ADVERTISER: FORSYTH, GA., TUESDAY. MARCH 29, 1887.—EIGHT PAGES
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
NEWS NOTES GATHERED
FRPM VARIOUB BECTIONS.
GEORGIA.
Mr. J. B. Hunt, of Houston county,
lias a hog tusk large enough for him to
keep an account on.
Anew postoffice has been established
in Ware county, called Sappviile, named
after Frank Sapp.
The horses of Oglethorpe have escaped
the glanders so far. The disease has
been raging terribly in some adjoining
counties.
The contract for building the new
Catholic church in Washington has been
let to Mr. W. J. Norton, at twenty-five
hundred dollars.
Dave Reeves, colored, was found guilty
of manslaughter in Dodge superior court
and sentenced to nine years in the peni
tentiary.
The citizens of Oconee county think
the appropriation of SB,OOO recommend'
ed by the grand jury of their county, is
too small to give them as good a court
house as they should build.
The cadets of the Gainesville college
have received their uniforms, guns and
accoutrements, and will soon make their
appearance on the streets as a regularly
organized militia company.
It turns out that Stephen Felker was a
far wealthier man than was even supposed
during his lifetime. In the old safe
which he had long used there was found,
some time after his death, $50,000 Sev
eral thousands of the money in gold coin
had been there for ten years or more.
Mr. Felker’s estate will doubtless aggre
gate SIOO,OOO,
William Kelly, a white man who has
for the past two years been employed at
the Griffin cotton mills, was arrested by
Officer Parmalee on the charge of lunacy.
The officer was sent for by some of the
people at the factory, who informed him
that Kelly had left home in a crazy con
dition carrying an ax with him, and it
was feared that he might do injury to
someone,
The store house of Bishop & Prichard,
in Cow'eta county, was broken into last
Thursday night. The store was carefully
closed by the thieves, and Mr. Bishop
did not know until he opened the back
door that anything w r as wrong, but to his
surprise found his safe door blown off its
hinges and the contents of the safe lying
helter skelter. Three hundred and fifty
dollars in money, several suits of clothing,
shoes, valises and several other articles
were taken by the thieves.
The Habersham grand jury found no
bill against John M. Sisk, wdio killed a
man by the name of Parker last year. He
had a commitment trial and wms commit
ted to jail, but the evidence did not
justify such action, according to the ver
dict of many w r lio heard the evidence.
It was shown in the evidence that Sisk
was hunted down by Parker, and several
other men, and surrounded the house in
which he was, with an expressed deter
mination to kill him. Sisk fired and
killed Parker. It was a just case of self
defense.
IMMENSE FLOODS.
The Rivers nii<! Creeks of Dakota Over
flowing.
A Northern Pacific train from the west,
which was delayed seventy hours, by the
Hoods, reached Bismarck, Dak., Wednes
day evening. Reports indicate that the
Missouri must break within a w r eek, and
there is great alarm among the people
living along the banks. The Y’ellowstone,
Little Missouri and Prior rivers are free
of ice, and are flooding their banks.
<)ver thirty bridges on the Northern
Pacific, between Bismarck and Billings,
have been swept away, and much damage
has been occasioned by the floods. Pas
sengers report that Miles City has been
twice inundated within the last week,
and a report says that the town is again
under water. Water flowed in all the
streets and in one street, in rear of the
town, it was over ten feet deep, compell
ing the business men to remain from their
homes all night.
At Wedora, water in the Little Mis
souri has surrounded the extensive
slaughter houses and refaigerators of
Marquis de Mores; and Mandan, five
miles west of Bismarck, is preparing for
the worst. The Little Heart river, just
south of Mandan, is now open about
twenty miles above its confluence with
the Missouri and when the ice in the lat
ter stream breaks at Bismarck, Mandan
will then be inundated, as she is built on
low ground. Dynamite shipped to Bis
marck by the Northern Pacific company
will be used in blowing out the ice along
the piers of the massive iron bridge, and
every precaution taken to prevent disas
ter. There can be no protection for set
tlers along the banks for many miles
south. Never in the history of the.coun
try has there been so much snow. It is
now pouring into the Missouri in immense
torrents, and every creek is swelled to
the dignity of a river.
ACCIDENT AT CHURCH.
V Platform Gives Way amt Many Persons
are Wounded.
A panic occurred at the Roman Catho
lic church of Nativity, corner of Dashiel
and Thirty-ninth streets,Chicago, Thurs
day afternoon. The church was com
pletely crowded, and outside on the steps
leading up to the church was a vast
crowd unable to gain admittance. Sud
denly there was a sharp crack, followed
by a grinding crash, and fully 200 men,
women and children were precipitated
ten feet, the front door platform having
given way. Twenty-three persons in all
received more or less serious injuries.
Mrs. Bernau. an aged woman, had her
back broken: P. O'Connor had both legs
broken. Many people were injured by
being tramped on. People inside the '
church were at first inclined to rush for
the door*, but were calmed owing to the j
words of the officiating priest.
THE FOREST HILL ACCIDENT.
Iliirviog the Dead—Others Dying from
Their Injuries.
A number of victims of the Forest
Hill (Mass. ) accident were buried from
Roslindaie, Dedham and West RoxUcrv
Wednesday. There are many who are
seriously, if not fatally, injured in Ros
iindale, whose death at any moment may
e looked for any the probability U that
the dead will number over thirty. Bume
f the injured are so badly shaken up and
internally injured that their recovery will
be a matter of months. There are man,-,
too, who were removed immediately
after the accident to various point- in
Roslindaie, whose names did Dot appear
at all in the papers.
THE FLOBIDA CIG ARM AKERS.
A Report of Their Work Made In New York
City.
The Central Labor union, at its meet
ing Saturday in Clarendon hall, in East
Thirteenth street N. Y., elected anew
set of officers. The cigarmakers called
attention to a dispatch from Key West,
relative to the adventures of Ramon Ru
biera in Florida. Mr. Rubiera is secre
tary and organizer of the Cuban confed
eration of cigarmakers in this city, editor
of Li Republics, and delegate to the
Central Labor union. He went to Flor
ida ostensibly to settle the difficulties of
the cigar manufacturing firm of Ybor &
Sanchezly. Hava, with its employes,
but really to organize the cigarmakers in
Florida. The Central Labor union
adopted resolutions that the proceedings
of the board of trade at Tampa betrays a
desire to precipitate a class conflict in this
republic, in that the expelled citizens
were informed that the only cause of
their expulsion was their action in con
nection with the labor organization.
There is also a story to the effect that the
Spanish consul offered the board of trade
$50,000 to have the expelled men, who
are all Cuban revolutionists, put aboard
the Spanish gunboat in the vicinity of
Key West. This seems remarkably im
probable, but the Central Labor union
calls the attention of the United States
authorities to it, and desire that peace be
preserved in Florida.
A WEALTHY CELESTIAL.
He Wears 81,000,000 Worth of Diamond*
While being Photographed.
Mr. Chang Yen Iloon, Chinese ministei,
sat for some photogaaphs Thursday. He
was accompanied by his interpreter and
two or three lady friends who were anx
ious to see the operation. His servants
carried up to the photographer's room
two or three trunks and several smaller
cases, in which were ten or a dozen
changes of costume. The minister was
“done” in each of these and in as many
different positions. He wore a silk cap,
in the center of w T hich was a large dia
mond, about the size of a hazel nut. The
cap fitted so closely that the diamond
looked like a huge star set in his skull.
From the cap floated a long peacock
feather.
Around his neck was a necklace of
three chains, each of which was about a
yard long composed of precious stones,
every sixth of which was a diamond.
His interpreter, one of the party, said
the aggregate value of the jewels which
adorned the person of the representative
of the “flowery kingdom” was about a
million dollars. The different costumes
were composed of the richest silks and
satins embroidered with solid gold and
trimmed with the richest furs. Mr.
Chang Yen Hoon is said to be the richest
man in China,
BEECHERS SUCCESSOR.
Dr. Joseph Parker, of London, T*lked o,
for Plymouth.
The question of who is to succeed Mr.
Beecher in the Plymouth church pulpit
has already obtruded itself upon the
minds of the congregation, and in many
instances given rise to conjectures upon
the ultimate selection of the trustees. The
major preferences at present seem to be
Dr. Joseph Parker, of London. Dr.
Parker was a friend and admirer of Mr.
Beecher, and for years there was the
strongest bond of sympathy between the
two, who in many ways resembled each
other. During his visit to England Mr.
Beecher was the guest of Dr. Parker,
and preached in his church, the City
Temple, in Ilolborn. Four years ago Dr.
Parker come over to this country and de
livered a few of his sermons in Plymouth
church. Those who heard him were
much impressed by his brilliant oratory.
It is said that General Horatio King
has a liking for Dr. Parker, while John
T. Howard, one of the founders of the
church, would be pleased to see Dr. Ly
iian Abbott in the Plymouth pulpit. Mr.
Thomas G. Sherwood thinks it would be
a wise plan to select a minister who is to
tally different from Mr. Beecher, so that
no disparaging comparisons can be
drawn.
THE B. AND 0. EXPRESS CO.
They Manage to Scoop the Last Tennessee
System.
It is officially announced that the Bal
timore and Ohio Express company have
scooped the express franchise of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia sys'em.
Several weeks since a trusted agent of
the Baltimore and Ohio came south and
made a careful examination of the ex
press business on the East Tennessee sys
tem. When he made his report, negotia
tions were at once begun, which culmi
nated in the deal being closed, and
on May Ist the Baltimore and Ohio ex
press will be placed on all the lines of
tne great southern railway system, and
the Southern Express company will
withdraw.
The scoop of the franchise was a great
victory for the Baltimore and Ohio, and
will give them 2,200 miles of road on
which their express will operate. It will
give them entrance to all the leading
southern cities, and their hold in the
south is now firmly established. This
scoop gives color to the rumor relative to
the consolidation of the Richmond and
West Point Terminal system with that of
the Baltimore and Ohio, and leads to the
belief that the latter deal has been con
sumated.
IRON BRIDGE WORKS.
Another Industry Going to Locate la
Decatur, Alabama.
A large and very important contract
has been made by the Decatur, Alabama,
Land Improvement and Furnace com
pany. by which capitalists from Chicago
and Birmingham agree to erect at that
place a manufactory for the purpose of
making all kinds of bridge iron, etc.
The company has just been incorporated
and expect to have their works in full
operation within four months. Thev
have a cash capital of SIOO,OOO, all the
stock being taken by parties in Chicago
and Birmingham. This industry from
the start will give employment to from
150 to 200 skilled laborers, an early in
crease in the capacity of the works is
contemplated.
FIRE AT LAI'RENBURG S. C.
About four o'clock Wednesday morn
ing. a fire broke out in Leggett's hotel,
at Laurenburg, and the building together
with all contents, was destroyed. The
ioss is estimated fit $10,000; insurance
$5,000. The Carolina Central railroad
depot and a large cotton platform was j
ioo feet distant, and was for a while in j
great jeopardy, but by the determined
exertion of the citizens was saved. No :
other property destroyed. There was no ;
mss of life, but the inmates of the hotel |
barely had time to escape in their night j
clothes. The fire is said to have been in- j
eendiarv. i
FROZEN NORTHWEST.
S.VOIF MELTIXG AM) FLOODIXG
THE RIVER VALLEYS.
Terrible Scenes in Dakota—Emigrants in
the Snow—-A Brave Rescue.
A dispatch from Bismarck Dakota,
under date of last Sunday says: There
is a furious blizzard raging to-night, and
the air is so thick with snow that it is
impossible to see across the street. Relief
parties which were sent out this morn
ing. and about whose safety tne greatest
concern was felt, came back this after
noon. one boat bringing “Dutch Mike”
and Thomas Whitley, taken from a shack,
where they had been for nearly twenty
four hours, and the yawl bringing 11.
McCarty and wife and C. A. Beal, found
on a little mound opposite Fort Lincoln
with water within six inches of them. In
such a blinding storm the return of the
boats is little short of miraculous. The
report of the drowning of Superintend
ent Graham, on the Mandan side cannot
be verified here, as there is no communi
cation. There is no ice running in the
river, which indicates that the gorge is
still holding above. The Buford rise of
thirty feet cannot get here before tomor
row’. The train from the east to-day
brought more emigrants, and there are
now over 190 here. The Northern Pacific
is returning east passengers, who desire
it, free.
Tin-; WEATHER GROWING COLDER.
The published statement that the
Northern Pacific river warehouse in Bis
marck was full of goods for the up river
is a mistake, the goods having been re
moved in anticipation of the high water.
The high trestle of the Northern Pacific
bridge will require but three or four days
to repair. Word reached Bismarck to
night that a whole family had probably
perished, or is still held captive at a point
20 miles above. Parties at Painted
Woods have been telegraphed to go to
the rescue. It is getting colder.
The Missouri river is still on the ram
page. The Buford rise reached Bismarck
to-day, and the water is flowing over the
prairie at a greater depth and more ter
rible speed than ever. The stream has
risen a foot here to-day, which is equal
to rise of over twenty feet in the upper
river, as the water is spread out over a
stretch of country six miles wide.
The fearful blizzard has abated and
left over six inches of snow throughout
the Northwest. This will add to the
flood, and as the sun has come out warm,
the tributaries of the Missouri are already
growing from the melting snow.
THE PERIL OF TnE PEOPLE.
The rescuing parties that made the
wonderful journey into the lowlands yes
terday, and saved the lives of six men
and one woman who were perched upon
the tops of houses and in trees, are the
heroes of the day. A telegram from Fort
Lincoln yesterday announced that the
people could be seen from that point
standing on the hay stacks and in the
trees, and unless they were rescued they
would perish in the flood. If is referred
to in the Lincoln dispatch, although
many claim that the country directly op
posite the fort is settled, and numerous
inhabitants of the flooded district are
still in danger, if not swept away. A re
port also comes from the north to the ef
fect that at Painted Wood, the settlers
have becuf in the trees and on the hay
stacks jl days and relief parties
have been sent to that point. The report
that Superintendent Graham, of the
Northern Pacific road,has been drowned,
has been denied, and it is learned that
the rumor grew out of his attempt to
come to Bidnarck Friday evening. The
gorge at Sibley Island remains firm, and
all efforts to remove it are vain. If the
present state of affairs should remain a
week, the Missouri would have a perma
nent channel cut across the county at
least two miles east of its old course.
The ice is flowing freely today, and is be
lodged in blocks of from a rod to a quar
ter of a mile in length on the farms and
meadow land of the settlers. The North
ern Pacific trestle has not been repaired,
and it is impossible for the company to
work upon the structure on account of
the floating ice.
RUNNING FROM THE WATERS.
So rapidly did the flood rise at Painted
Wood that two families, including five
children, started to pack their household
goods preparatory to moving back from
the stream. Their houses were located
on the low land, and before they got
ready to start the water was within six
feet of their houses. They then started
but were compelled to go through the
low land a quarter of a mile before they
could reach Buttes, their house being on
the highest point in the locality. No
sooner did the water reach that height,
than it swept down into the low land,
and for over a quarter of a mile the hor
ror stricken people were pursued by the
rustling waters. Before they reached
the high land, they were overtaken, and
for the last four rods were compelled to
wade through three feet of water. One
of the children had to be carried a long
distance.
Another train load of passengers ar
rived in from east today, and will be
sent back free if desired.
DEFYING OFFICERS.
Three Men Resist Arrest and Are Shot
Down.
A special from Montgomery, Alabama,
last Sunday to the Atlanta Constitution
says: Further particulars of the bloody
tragedy which occurred at Mount Meigs,
Friday iporning, have been received.
The sheriff's posse of six officers went to
the home of James S. Sidney, colored,
who was wanted for grand larceny, and
who had previously openly defied the
officers The posse found Sidney and
his two stepsons barricaded in their house
and armed with shotguns and axes.
Deputy Parks, who led the posse, called
Sidney and told him to surrender quickly
as the officers were determined to take
him. Sidney replied that he would kill
or be killed before he would surrender.
The officers then forced the door opeD,
and the shooting began. Two of the
officers shot Sidney and he fell dead. The
two stepsons were both wounded, one in
the face and the other in the thigh.
After the melee ended, it was found that
the negroes were armed with two shot
guns and five axes. Neither of the offi
cers were hurt. The boy shot in the
face will lose an eye. and the other's
wounds are various. An inquest was
held aDd the officers released. Sidney’s
family was a terror to the community
where they lived.
ABOLISHES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
A repeal of the capital puniahmentlaw
of Maine has been effected,and imprison
ment for life has been substituted for
death in all cases of murder in the first
degree. Such convicts, however, are to
be kept in close confinement, away from
all associations, and no pardoning power
is left to the governor and council unless
the convict is proved innocent.
CUTTING THE WIRES.
The Western Talon and the French Cable
Company** Wrangle
Asa result of some misunderstanding
between the Western Union telegraph
company and the French cable company,
a gang of linemen employed by the latter
company are now going over the route of
the American union lines, now part of
the Western Union system, between New
York and Boston, cutting in two these
wires at every place where they have
been run into Western L nion offices.
The French cable company has opened
test offices all along the route, and
will, it is generally understood, soon
arrange to compete with the Western
Union for local cable business. Repre
sentatives of the Western l nion are
watching the French cable company’s
men. anil at every place the wires are cut
enter a protest, but do not interfere. The
matter will evidently be litigated. The
trouble between the companies grew out
of the French company’s withdrawal
from the cable pool. The French cable
company claims two wires from New
York to* their Gape Cod office and are
now taking forcible possession by cutting
these wires wherever they are run into
Western Union offices.
TIRED OF BEING INSANE.
Jnnsen, Ik* Wife Murderer, Gives In and
and Ask* for a Warm Meu.l,
Henry Jansen, of Chicago, who was re
cently sent to Joliet for life, for the
brutal murder of his wife, has been con
fined in the crank cell at the prison ever
since his arrival, constantly under the
eye of a doctor. Jansen stood it for thir
teen days. Tuesday last he fell upon his
knees and begged for something warm to
eat, saying:
“My blood is so cold. Give me a w arm
meal.”
A few questions from the physician
caused Jansen to confess everything and
own up that he was not insane. He stated
that he had not meant to kill his wife,
but that when the fearful deed was don'
his only thought was to save himself by
playing the insane dodge and possibly he
might escape the penalty of hanging.
After liis conviction and sentence to the
penitentiary he determined to keep up
the idea, thinking that possibly he might
be transferred to an insane asylum,where
he would be better treated and from
which he might make his escape, but the
medicine and diet he had been forced to
live on was too much. Jansen fairly
danced and shed tears of joy when a bowl
of hot coffee and some warm meat and
potatoes were given him. He wdll be
placed in the prison shop tomorrow
morning and be made to labor.
THEY MEAN BUSINESS.
The Cottonseed Oil Mills to Be Built, Con
trary Reports Notwithstanding.
The Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record
states that it is officially authorized to
announce that the new cotton seed oil
mills about which there has been mcuh
discussion will positively be built, all re
ports to the contrary notwithstanding.
Henry C. Butcher, of Philadelphia, pres
ident of the Southern Cotton Seed Oil
company, telegraphs the Manufacturers’
Record as follows:
“You can assure the press and people
of the South that this company means
business in its broadest sense. We have
taken but one position since the start and
will maintain it. We have all the funds
in hand necessary to accomplish our pur
pose and have no favors to ask on that
score. Oar company proposes to build
mills at the most desirable points as fast
as the machinery can be turned out and
to go into business on a purely legitimate
mercantile basis and develop it as it
should be. Large contracts for machinery
have already been closed, and the work
of building the mills will proceed as
rapidly as possible. The mills will be of
not less than 150 tons capacity per
twenty-four hours.
THE ANNISTON LAND CO.
Two Companies Want to Bear the Name—
An Injunction Case.
A bill has been filed in the city court
of Birmingham, Ala., by the Anniston
land company against Roden et al., who
bought out Oxanna land company some
time ago, and organized another corpora
tion under said name of Anniston land
company, to enjoin the defendants from
using their names on the ground that the
name is the property of the complainants
who organized under that name some
three years ago, and because such other
corporation is not in fact an Anniston
corporation, not identified at all with
Anniston, and its putting off its stock on
unwary parties over its actual values, is
an injury to the Anniston land company
and a deception and a wrong to the pub
lic. The complainants corporation is not
the Anniston city land company which
was recently organized in Anniston, but
a company formed some years ago by
some gentlemen of Talladega who bought
considerable property in Anniston and so
are identified with Anniston, while the
Oxanna concern w&s bought and is still
owned chiefly in Birmingham.
CELESTIAL GAMBLERS.
Lieutenant Walton, of the sixth police
district of Philadelphia, with a squad of
twenty-four officers, Sunday night raided
six of the leading Chinese gambling
places and succeeded in capturing one
hundred and thirty-three Chinamen, to
gether with a large quantity of gambling
paraphernalia, opium smoking outfits
and other fixtures. All the places raided
are in the immediate neighborhood of
Ninth and Race streets, and the vicinity
is the rendezvous of almost the entire
Chinese population on Sunday. The
fact that gambling having been carried
on so openly, and the noise created by
such a large congregation of celestials,
has been a source of frequent complaint
to the authorities, and upon these, war
rants were sworn out and placed in the
hands of the sixth district officers, with
the result above stated. In one house
alone, on Race street, a two-story struc
ture. ninety-seven people were captured,
and in others various numbers, from sixty
down.
VIRGINIAS INDEBTEDNESS.
At Richmond a caucus of the demo
cratic members of legislature of Virginia
was held Monday night and spent three
hours in the discussion of various meas
ures presented at this session, looking to
a settlement of the state debt. The cau
cus agreed not to take a vote on any
question till all who wished had an op
portunity to express their views on the
subject. A majority of those who spoke
Monday night favored the constitutional
amendment proposed by Senator Rhea,
which provides that all bonds not funded
in new threes by the time such amend
ment is ratified by the people shall be
forever barred, and prohibiting all future
legislation looking to their payment.
The caucus adjourned till Wednesday.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
HOW IT ir.4S OBSERVED AT
VARIOUS PLACES.
Immense Procession nt New 1 ork—Lnra I*
Celebrated in Philadelphia* Baltimore
nnd Detroit—No Disturbances.
St. Patrick's Day was very generally
celebrated by the sons of Ireland
throughout the country. Large pro
cessions were formed an i rousing speech
es made in many places. At New York,
on the municipal and many of the city
buildings the green flag was thrown to
the breeze. Irish societies paraded in
two distinct bodies, one crossing over in-
Brooklyn joined the Brooklyn procession.
The other formed on Fifth avenues and
after parading through the principal
streets was reviewed in Inion Square by
Mayor Hewitt. From thence they
marched to Jones’ woods to take part in
the annual picnic.
The Brooklyn people celebrated appro
priately by flying Irish flags on their pri
vate and public buildings. A procession
of about 4,000 men formed on Bedford
avenue and marched to the city hall,
where it was reviewed by Mayor fi hit
ney. Brooklyn had two parades. An
other procession, composed of about
1,000 members of Irish societies, under
Marshal Mutholland, paraded in the after
noon. They were also reviewed by the
mayor and marched through the princi*
pal streets.
Dr. McGlynu made his first appearance
since his recent illness, and made a rous
ing speech, whice was received with tre
mendous applause,
The one hundred and third anniversary
dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Pat
rick was given at night at Delmonico's;
banquets were also given by St. Patrick's
Club and St. Patrick’s Society, of Brook
lyn.
AT PHILADELPHIA
the day was appropriately commem
orated. * At all the Catholic churches
mass and special services appropos of the
day were held. At St. Patrick’s church
pontificial high mass was celebrated by
Bishop O’Hara. Archbishop Ryan was
in the sanctuary during the service. In
the afternoon there was a lengthy and
creditable street parade of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians. The streets along
the route of procession were crowded
with spectators and many buildings were
profusely decorated writh flags, the stars
and stripes being copiously intertwined
with the green and the golden harp. In
front of Independence hall, the parade
w as reviewed by the president and mem
bers of both branches of the city coun
cil.
BAD WEATHER IN BALTIMORE.
St. Patrick’s day passed very quietly in
Baltimore. The early morning was
bright and pleasant, but early in the fore
noon a regular blizzard came from the
northeast and there w r as a slight fall of
snow for the remainder of the day. The
usual mass was sung at St. Patrick's
church and the annual distribution of
premiums at the Oliver Hibernian free
school took place. There were no pa
rades, and but for an occasional green
emblem on the streets there w r as no out
ward sign of the occasion. The banquet
of the Hibernian society took place in
the evening.
AT DETROIT
the celebrations were not very large, but
were interesting; one of the most notable
features being the speech of the invinci
ble “Jones, of Florida,” in which he took
up the subject of labor, opposing any
governmental interference between labor
and capital.
At Nashville, Tenn , Montreal, Canada,
and many other places interesting cere
monies were had. A notable fact is the
entire absence of any disturbances.
WRECKING TRAIN WRECKED.
A Number of Persons Severely Injured
and One Killed.
A special from Galveston, Texas, says:
Wreckmaster Nelson, of the International
and Great Northern railroads, left early
Tuesday morning with an engine and
crew of ten men and proceeded to Prince’s
switch, fourteen miles east of Palestine,
to collect the debris of the passenger
trains wrecked at that place on Sunday
morning last. When half a mile this side
of the switch, the engine flew from the
track and was hurled against a high
embankment, crashing itself to pieces,
and scalding and wounding in a more or
less severe degree, every man of the crew.
The spine of John Finley, a colored la
borer, was broken, and he will die.
Wreckmaster Nelson w’as badly scalded
and cut in the arm and head. Section
foreman, .J. McElyea, had his left arm
broken in two places and arm and hand
terribly scalded. Young McGowan was
badly scalded on the legs, and a machin
ist was scalded on the head and face.
From the nature of the catastrophe it is
miraculous that no more than one life
was lost. The cause of the accident is
believed to have been a broken shoe drop
ping on the track. The badly injured
were brought in and placed in the com
pany’s hospital.
VINCENT CAUGHT.
Ike Vincent tbe Defaulting Treasurer in
Jail.
A special from Montgomery, Alabama,
brings the information of the arrest of
Ike H. Vincent, Alabama’s defaulting
State Treasurer, which was effected at
Big Sandy Wood Cos., Texas. Most very
body is conversant with the story of his
sudden leave taking on the 20th o. Jan
uary 1883, while serving his third term
as state treasurer.
The arrest was not due to any clever
detective work but is to be attributed to
a mere accident. Mr. E. C. Rav now a
deputy sheriff of Wood county Texas
but who formerly resided in Randolph
county Ala., and who had known Vincent
for many years previous to his defalcation
was the one to make the arrest. Thirty
two indictments hang over the unfortu
nate man. Mr. Ray delivered his prisoner
to the sheriff of Montgomery countv, and
taking his receipt for him’want and re
ceived from Governor Seay the reward
of five thousand dollars.
Vincent declines to talk about his fu
ture prospects. Able counsel have been
employed to defend him.
A DEFECTIVE TRESTLE,
The engine and tender of the east
bound morning train on the Marietta
Columbus and Northern railroad Wed
nesday went through Vincent trestle
twelve miles from Marietta, Ohio J vile
Vincent and Albert Boothby; engineer
and fireman, were killed, and John Mc-
Coy and William Stewart, conductor and
brakeman, were badly scalded. Michael
Early, passenger,had his left leg mashed.
The engine had Deen shifting at the sta
tion and was hacking to hitch to the
‘Tfj % \ hen R became derailed and ran
off the trestle, knocking it down.
; IN THE FLAMES.
APPALLIXG SCENES AT A FIR F IS
BUFFALO, X. Y.
Over Thirty Lives l.ost in ihe Flr-Th*
March Winds Fan the Mad Plarar*-
Partial List of those Killed.
Fire was discovered at 3:30 o'clock
Friday morning in the Richmond hotel
at Buffalo. N. Y. The building was sit!
uated at the corner of Maine and Ea<d e
streets, extending through to Washing
ton. The origin of the tire is not as vVt
known. Wm. H. Alpert, night clerk
says:
’• The fire started in the cloak room
under the main stair fray at 3:50 o'clock.
There was nobody up but myself, Joe
the night porter, and Plummer, and
boy. I pulled all four of the fire alarms
on the different floors, and the people
came flying down stairs in their night
clothes. The fire followed the stairways
and elevator, and inside of five minutes
reached the toop floor. I rushed out of
doors after cooing all I could.'’
The spread of the flames is said to
been frightful in its rapidity. The W?
vator shaft served as a flue for the flames
and they rushed up it to the top floor.
The house contained a large number of
guests, nnd their heartrending shrieks
could plainly be heard. Ladders were
raised (and as many as possible saved.
A large number of guests were unable to
effect their escape. At 4 o’clock the en
tire Richmond hotel, St. James hall and
other property in the block were doomed
to speedy destruction. The whole place
burned like a tinder box, the corridor in
the center of the building acting as a
great funnel and the flames streamed up
wards. The guests found themselves
IMPRISONED BY A WALL OF FIRE.
The screams of the guests could be
heard for blocks. At many windows
could be seen the guests in their night
clothes, calling loudly for help. At third
story window two guests were seen by
the crowd to fall back into the flames.
One man jumped from the fifth floor to
the roof of a two story wooden building
adjoining. He was seriously injured.
The wife and daughter of Mr. Mann,
one of the proprietors, were badly burned,
but are in private quarters. A number
of other injured persons are also being
cared for at private houses. There were
many narrow escapes nnd a numlier of
instances of personal bravery and s< lf
sacritice by both inmates of the hotel and
firemen rescuers.
The following is a list of those known
to have perished in the flames:
Katie Kent, servant; Minnie Kelly,
servant; Katie Pierce, servant; Wilson
Purcell, of li. G. Dun & Cos.; Mark
borne, day clerk at the hotel; Johnson,
a Toronto, railway man; Kate Wolf, of
Lock port, servant .
The dying are:
Jacob Kahn, New York; Henry 15.
Rumsey, New York; Maggie Muhlndi,
Buffalo; Mary Nolan, Buffalo; Edward
Whelan, Newburgh.
Many others were lost, but it is impos
sible to get a full list of their names.
It is an undoubted fact that at least thirty
persons perished. The total damage to
property is estimated at about $400,000.
A WAREHOUSE BURNED.
The warehouse at Ziegler's Station, on
(he Sylvania railroad, was burned on
Tuesday morning, about seventy barrels
of rosin and ten tons of guano being con
sumed in the conflagration. The rosin
belonged to Mr. It. Eastman and the
guano to Mr. Z. M. Ziegler. The house
caught from a small fire that a negro had
Guilt upon the ground near by. There
was a freight ear standing on the track
near the platform,which would also have
been destroyed by the flames had it not
been for Mr. Ziegler’s daughter, who re
moved the chocks from the wheels and
sent the car flyiDg safely to the other end
of the switch, where it ran off. There
was no insurance upon the warehouse.
PREPARING TO VOTE.
f lie Women of Kansns Preparing lo Help
Elect Off icer*.
A dispatch from Leavenworth Kansas
says: During the last two days over 1.-
OdO of the leading women have registered,
and will vote under the recent law grant
ing municipal suffrage to women. Mrs.
Helen M. Granger, of Indiana, is litre
doing herculean work, she is paving
special attention to organizing colored
women, and has aroused great enthus
iasm. Meetings of the law and order
party are being held every afternoon and
evening. The whisky alliance is als >
fully organized and at *work. The spring
election will therefore be hotly cont< u->;.
FIRES IN BRUNSWICK GA.
At Brunswick Ga., last Monday night
at 12 o’clock, a fire occurred de
troying A. E. Wenz, D. J.
Dillon and P. P. Halzendrofs build
ings on Bay street, and at 6 o’clock Tues
day morning two stores in the Kaiser
block, occupied by Glover & Dunn and
Lloyd <fc Adams, were burned. The total
loss is about $25,000, insurance SIB,O0 fl
A cigar box full of bones were found in'
the debris of the Wenz building, sup
posed to be the remains of Albert Lof
rance, formerly of Elmira, New York.
LIVEM lost at sea.
A dispatch from Washington l). G,
Monday says: Commander Davis, of the
training ship Saratoga, reports from
Port Spain, Trinidad, that wh’le at "an
Fernandino anchorage, February 24, a
small boat swamped off La Brae point,
and the paymaster’s clerk, Albert Taylor
Cowie; Joseph Oates, apothecary; H. H.
Hesse, armourer, and Wm. Foster, boat
swain, lost their lives.
Henry Flowers, 14 years old, of
Jefferson, Ind., has a most outrageous
appetite. The other at a hotel in
Martinsville, the landlord agreed togi' - ®
him a square meal for 55 cents Henry
fell to and ate six pieces of light bread,
two pieces of corn bread, two large
slices of beef, two large slices of roasted
pork, four large potatoes, one dish of
beans, one dish of slaw, two dishes of
hominy, one dish of parsnips, and two
pieces of pie. He theii went to a friend s
and eat seven potatoes, three slices of
bread, two slices of roast beef two cup ß
of coffee, one dish of tomatoes, one dish
of butter beans, and two pieces of pi e -
Then he went to a bikery and purchased
ten cents’ worth of cheese and crackers
and ate them. Ihe boy is very lean and
of less than the average height for hi®
age, being only about three feet high,
and weighing about forty pounds. H:s
skin is thick and yellow, his cheeks
hollow and sunken, and his eyes give an
unmistakable proof of his constant hun
ger, which he evinces on all occasions
We are told that Spaniards prefer
boarding houses to hotels, because the
former offer them more exciting buH
fights when they attack the steaks