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J. AY. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
VOLUME HI.
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Interesting Happenings from all Points.
EASTERN ANI> MIDDLE STATES.
Three young ladies—Beekle and Annie
A eale, sisters, aud Mary Neale, their cousin—
were drowned by the upsetting of a small
boat in which they were crossing a creek at
Kittanning, Penn.
Two brothers—-Adam and Solomon Wright
—were fatally shot by Valentine Proffer, who
was trying to get into their house in Frank
lin, Penn. A companion of Pfeiffer named
McDonald was stabbed to death by the
Wrights.
Francis Murphy has been holding tem
perance revival meetings at Wilkesbarre,
Penn.
Cardinal McCloskey’s body, after being
embalmed, was laid in state at the cathedral
in New York and viewed by thousands during
the two days preceding the final funeral
ceremonies.
A diver’s examination shows that the
great explosion at Hell Gate was a complete
success, and that the reef of rocks so long an
obstruct ion to navigation has been completely
broken up.
The crops in New Jersey are not up to
the average in yield this year, and the gen
eral prospects are poor.
United States secret service officers
rained a camp of eleven counterfeiters in
Clarion county, Penn., capturing six. The
others escaped into the woods.
John Hoffman, a Newark (N. J.) saloon
keeper, shot his wife and then himself, in
flicting probably fatal injuries. The two did
not live together.
Mr Phillips, a Methodist preacher, tried
before the conference at Svracuso, N. Y., for
forging notes amounting to H.OOO, was con
victed of immorality and suspended from the
ministryfor a year.
Two members of the North Bennington,
(Vt.) fire department were killed, and O. F
Coy, a prominent merchant of that place,
was fatally Injured while trying to save a
burning railroad bridge near North Hoosic,
N. Y.
A double scull threa-mile race, with Han
lan and Lee in one boat and Courtney an<l
Conley in the other, was rowed a few days
R '~° at Albanv, X. Y., and won easily by
tuo m st-named pair.
Ur to recent date the Grant National Mon
ument fund had reached $'.10,000.
A washout on the Schuylkill canal at
Birdsboro, Penn., caused a breach in the em
bankment of 100 fe t, from which the water
flowed in immense volumes, flooding neigh
boring farms, inundating dwellings, and
causing great damage. Many people had to
flee to the top stories of their houses to escape
drowning.
SOUTH AM) WEST.
Tite belief in witchcraft still exists, as was
shown a few days s nee in Belgrade, a -Swe
dish settlement iifiMinnesota, where a woman
who had been sick for three year .accused her
aunt of being a witch and causing her siok
n-ss. The Swedish church at Belgrade ha,
heal a trial, and witnesses solemnly testified
to a belief in witches and stilted wjiat they
bad seen in this particular case. What was
douo in the matter the dispatehos fail to
state.
The United States steamer Corwin has ar
rived at San Francisco with the sailors of two
wrecked Arctic whalers, 178 in number, on
beard. Both whalers belonged in Marble
head, Mass. Twenty-two men had perished.
T. L. Eatherly, a Presbyterian minister,
was found dead on Ihe roadside several miles
from Houston, Mo., with a bullet in h ; ;
head.
Reportsfrom Bienville Parish, La., repre
sent a reigiv of terror in portions gSthat pal
ish, growing out of neighborhood feuds. Two
persons have been shot and fatally w-ounded.
and others, both white and black, have been
taken from their homes, tied to trees and
whipped brutally. The State authorities have
taken steps to punish the instigators.
Marauding Indians surprised the San
Simon Cattle company's ranch in Texas, killed
four men, carried off 1.25 horses and fled into
Mexico.
Glanders is reported to prevail extensive
ly among the horses of Texas, Arkansas, Da
kota, Montana and the Indian
First returns from the Ohio election
showed a plurality for Judge Foraker, the
Republican candidate for governor, of about
15,000. A Republican majority was also in
dicated in the legislature, which elects a
United States Senator. The Prohibition vote
was unexpectedly large.
Gn the second day aftcr”the Ohio election
both Republicans and Democrats claimed the
legislature by small majorities on joint bal
lot.
Farmers of Sharp county, Ark., pursued
a band of horse thieves. The thieves resisted
arrest and two of them wore killed.
Mrs. Seth Staunton and her child
perished in a prairie fire in Barnes county,
Dakota. The total losses from prairie fires
in Barnes county this season are put at $30,-
000.
Charges of gross election frauds in Cin
cinnati have caused great excitement in that
city, and extra police precautions were taken
to guard against violence. Later returns put
Foraker's majority for governor at about
PJjUUO*
WASHINGTON.
Additional appointments by the Presi
dent: John S. H. Frink to be United States
attorney for the district of New Hampshire;
Ezra 4V. Miller to be receiver of public mon
eys at Huron, Dakota, and John S. McFar
land to be register ol land office at Huron,
Dakota; Charles IT. Call to be collector of
customs for the district of Superior. Mich.
The President has appointed ThomaS R.
Jornigan, of North Carolina, consul of tho
United States at Osaka and Hiogo, Japan.
William A. Vincent, appointed last June
chief justice of the supreme court of Now
Mexico, recently appointed Stephen AV. Dor
sey a member of a commission to draw grand
and petit jurors for that Territory. For this
he has been suspended from oiflce by the
Pr-sldent.
Attorney-General Garland has given
an opinion that when a presidential poctollico
ceases i o yield a revenue exceeding $ 1,000 per
annum it becomes a lourth class office, and
tho postmaster, although confirmed by the
Senate, has no tenure of office, but the post
master-general can appoint whom he chooses
to fill the office.
Additional appointments by the ’"'resf
dent: Calvin Page to be collector of internal
revenue for tho district of New Hampshire; C.
Meyer Zullck, of Arizona, to be governor of
Arizona, vice Frederick A. Tritie, resigned;
James McLaughlin, of Dakota, to be Indian
agen i for the Standing Rock agency in Dakota;
David S. Bresson to be collector or customs at
Gloucester, Mas. To be United States con
suls—Fdward D. Linn, of Texas, at Piedras
Negros, Mexico; Frank W. Roberts, of
Maine, at Coaticook, Canada : Charles H.
Willis, of Maryland, at Managua, Nicaragua;
Joseph D. Hoff, of New Jersey,at Vera Cruz,
Mexico.
Eagle and Child.
i'UKEDOM’B HUM) CAIMUKB OFF AND
111 1,1,S A TWO.YKAU.OLI).
A few mornings since the wife of Jean Bap
tiste Romilly. n farmer'in St. Vincent de
Paul, a village about ten miles from Montreal,
was feectiug her fowls, while her child, aged
about two years, was playing avound, when
Suddenly a large bald-headed eagle swooped
down and boro the littlo'one off ill its talons.
Tho child screamed and extended its arms to
its mother, who was beside herself with mop-’
tal agony, but was powerless to .render as
sistaiice. The screams of tho child, however,
attracted the neighbors, who with shoteuns
pursued the eagle. The bird was seen to alight
with its proy upon the roof of a barn a mile
distant. Lifting up its head, with ono power
ful stroke it drovd its beak Into the child’s
head, and then began its horrid feast. At tha
naar approach of the neighbors, who were fir
ing guns to frighten it, tho eagle took flight,
leaving the child behind. When the body
was discovered life was extinct. The skull
was split in two and a part had been de
voured. . ~
*Tftc Penis ami JJatmcc.
THE CARDINAL’S FUNERAL
AN mPBESSIVE STEXE IN THE
CATHEDRAL AT NEW YORK
Ministers of Every Denomination and Creed
Witness the Funeral Services.
The burial of Cardinal McCloskey in the
cathedral, Now York, was preceded by the
most imposing religious ceremony ever wit
nessed in this country. There were present
all the dignitaries of the Catholic church of
the United Statfo, the most prominent of
whom officiated, a vast concourse of people
who completely filled the cathedral, and
the services were conducted with a wealth of
fnusic and splendor of appearance never be
fore known iu the metropolis.
When the doors were closed on the previous
night the remains of the cardinal, which had
been viewed by perhaps 200,000 people while
lying in state, were transferred to a violet
plush-lined coffin of San Domingo mahogany,
with heavy gold trimmings and solid silver
gold-plated bandies. The coffin was then
placed upon the cloth-of-gold covered bier
with the cardinal’s coat-of-arms at each cor
ner and the elaborate red cardinal’s hat at
the feet Upon the cardinal’s head was a
white silk miter, and by his side the gold cro
zier of his office. Thus the remains of the
cardinal rested in the cathedral during the
night, watched by the members of the society
of St. Vincent de Paul
At daybreak a number of priests with un
covered heads entered the cathedral, offered
up prayers for the opening of the new day,
slowly passed on either sine of the catafalque
and returned to the sacristy.
As 10 o’clock approached the crush on the
outside of the building became enormous and
reinforcements for the police were sent for.
Carriage after cairiage rolled up to the
curb and unloaded richly attired ladies
from all parts of the city, but these
had to take their chances of a seat
• with the more humble inhabitants of
the poorer districts unless they were pew
holders. At 10:80 every seat in the cathedral
was taken and chairs had been placed down
the aisles, which were also occupied. Around
the catafalque thirty euormous caudles of
the purest wax were lighted, which brought
out the splendors of the cloth-of-gold aud the
rich trappings of the coffin. The face of the
cardinal was seen to be as natural as in life,
and bore a peaceful, happy expression. Upon
the altar there was no unusual display, but
on the contrary everything was very simple,
as is required when a pontifical high mass is
celebralod.
Behind the catafalque the veterans of the
Papal guards, who had fought for their re
ligion under Pope Pius IX., took their stand.
They numbered about fifteen, and their half
military, half religious appearance lent great
picturesqueness to the scene. They were
dressed in a military uniform of dark green
with yellow trimmings, wearing lighter green
fatigue caps.
For a long distance from the altar the pews
on the center aisle were occupied by innu
merable white-robed priests, who assisted in
the conduct of the services. Upon the purple
covered sanctuary the black, reel and purplo
clothed acolytes and altar boys and the bril
liant, variegated colors of the officiating
priests and bishops glittering with gold, silver
and all the colors of the rain bow, combined to
make the scene most picturesque under the
subdued light from the great stained glass
window's apd..; the soft mellowness of
the wax candles. The grekfc height
and breadth of the cathedral were ennanced
by the smoke of incense, which looked like
the clouds of distance. From the organ loft
the view was most imposing, and as the deep
tones (f the great organ swelled and filled
the vas. lice the onlookers could not but
bo impressed with the solemn grandeur of the
Catholic religion. A great choir saug the
sacred Roman music, and this was not the
least noteworthy of tbe events of the day.
Archbishop Corrigan, assisted by eighteen
bishops and innumerable priests, conducted
the services, which, though lengthy, was so
imposing as to chain the attention of the vast
congregation to the end. Many Protestant
ministers were conspicuous in various parts
of the church, and hundreds of non-Oathoiics
were also present.
It was 9:45 when the solemn service for the
dead was begun. A slight rustling in front
told the story of the beginning of the service,
Then seventy-five priests and as many lay
chanters appeared from the sacristy. They
ranged in front of the sanctuary, and with
out any formality began the chant for the
dead. The 150 voices of the chanters filled
tho vast auditorium. Every portion of the
chant was rendered with solemn earno;tn:ss.
Representatives of the Benedictine, Francis
can and Dominican ordorst stood around in
their hoods and habits. The 500 priests
and twenty-two bishops and four archbish
ops sat within the sanctuary. The chant
was the plain Gregorian, with the excep
tion that the miserere and the benedictus
dominus dous Israel were rendered in a har
monious plain chant, according to a version
arranged by Father Lainmei. After the
benedictus the process of incensing the re-
of the dead prelato was,carried out by
Father Anacletus, assisted by Father Kelly
and the thufifer, who ttarriedtthe incense in a
golden thurible. Aft jlfths niifcerere’the same
duty was performed by Father Lillie, of the
Dominicans, and then the chant was at an
end.
Immediately' the door of the sacristy
opened and a cross-bearer, upholding the
processional cross and leading a train of
acolyft; in purple cassocks aud black ia-'e
'sbrplices, appeared. The i' proceeded Arch
bishops AVi.bams, of Boston: Ryan, of Phila
delphia, and Gibtio.is, of Baltimore, and
Bishop AVadlmms, of Ogdeusburg; Bradley,
of Manchester- O’Reilly, of Springfield:
Rademacher, of Nashville; Chafard. of Vin
cennes; O’Hara, of Scranton; Shanahan, of
Harrisburg;McMahon,oC Hartford ;Borgess,of
Detroit, Dp Goesbriand, of Burlington; Mo*
Quaid, of Rochester; O’.Mnhoney of Toronto;
Loughlin.loi' Brooklyn; O’Eajafjl, of Trenton;
Conroy, of Curium; Rogers), of Chatham; Car
berry, of Hamilton; and Machebceuf, of Colo
rado. Their cassocks of black or violet and
mantillas of black silii an . o re as o£ b.a -s
velvet look and picturesque. Then cam> Arch
bishop Corrigan, now prelate of the archdio
cese. Ho was attired in his'robes by his
chaplains. His mitie, was pure white and all
his other vestments black. Pectoral crosses
bung from the necks of the bishops and arch
bishops by cbaiiiß of gold. Upon their heads
were their velvet berottas. The pontifical
mass was celebrated by Archbishop Corri
gan.
The music was under the direetionof Pro
fessor Peclier, the usual organist of the ca
thedral, and wo3 given with a double quar
tet and a chorus o : 100. including such promi
nent singers as Miss Beebe, Mile. Corradi,
Mina Barron, Messrs. Fritscb, Triraont, Col
etti, I aivt'fai, Mdrawski, etc. After the re
quiem came the five numbers of tbe “Dies
me." the pffertory, “Sanctus,” and “AgnU3
Dei ”
Shortly after noon Archbishop Gibbons, of
Baltimore,, ascended the pulpit and began his
sermon by taking his text from “Eccles. xiv:
Tho Lord exalted Aaron. .He made an
everlasting covenant with him and gave him
the priesthood, of tile nation and made him
blessod in glory. And he girded him about
witli a glorious girdle anti clothed him with
a robe of glory and crowned him with majes
tic attire, lie chose him out of all men
living • to- offer sacrifice to God—for
a memorial to make reconciliation for
his people. And He gave hini' power in His
commandments, in the covenants of His judg
ments, that he should teach Jacob His judg
ments, that, he should teach Jacob His testi
monies and give light to Isfael In His law.
At the conclusion of the services the re
mains of the cardinal were placed beside those
of Archbishop Hughes in the etortfl crypt be
neath the groat al’ar. It was estimated that
5,000 people were in the cathedral during the
esremoqies. . \
i IVhy does a whale weigh less Uian a
mackerel? A whale weighs nothing be
cause he has no' scales.
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE MATERIAL AND INTELLECTUAL ADVANCEMENT OP OUR COUNTY.
LATEST NEWS.
MOTHER AND CHILDREN BURNED.
The Fatal Result of Pouring Kerosene on
tbe Fire.
A terrible acci ent, which illustrates the
gross care essuess so common in the handling
of kerosene, occurred in P tersburg,Va., result
ing in the probable loss of three lives. While
Mr. William Coo:?, an employe at the Appoma
tox iron foundry, was ‘absent, his wife
and little daughter aged nine years,were sitting
before the wood fire qii the open lie .rth. In her
lap the it other held her f< urteen-months-old
babe. The lire was not burning very brightly,
and Mrs. Cook, in order to'quicken it, took the
keros ne oil can and poured some of the fluid
upon the wood. The to was a flush and report,
aud the burning oil from the exploded can was
thrown over the mother and children. In a
a. cond all three were enveloped in flames. Their
shrieks of agony bn tight Ju lp, and the flames
were extinguished as rapidly as possible, but
not before all three had been horribly and fa
ta.Jy burnt. They presented a shocking sight,
ill children especially having received fright
ful injuries.
Mrs. Cook was severely burnt about her head
and arms, and it is feared that neither mother
nor children can survive.
A SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
An Engine Catches a Man on a Trestle ami
-tiuugics Him,
A man named Thomas Beasley met with a
shocking accident on ihe NashviLe and Chat
tanooga railroad near Wniteside, len.i., on
Wednesday, the details of which are thrilling in
the extreme. Just beyond the station is the
famous Running Water trestle which is 120 jeet
high. Ihas.ey stal led across the trestle about
noon and had gone about thirty yards when a
freight train clashed around a curve behmdhim.
To attempt to go back uuant instant death and
his only hope was to outrun the train to the
oilier side. The terr. r stricken man had gone
but a few sups when the engine struck him. He
was dragged over the trestle works for s me
distance and one of his legs was cut off near the
knee. The severed member fell to the bo.tom
of the ravine. By some means Beasley’s coat
s.etve caught on an iron spike and lie was
thrown over the side of the trestle, Hj hung
there for five minutes with the biood gushing
from the severed ankle before he was rescued.
Had the coat sleeve torn, Beasley would have
been dashed to death on the rocks m the bottom
of the yawning chasm. H.s injuries are oi a
fatal natui e. Beasley is from Philadelphia.
BLINDED BY THE KAIN..
A Fatal Collision on the l’liilitilelpliia and
Erie itoa<3.
A collision occurred Tuesdav evening between
two passenger trains on the Pliilade pliia and
Erie railroad, about two miles south of Wil
liamsport, Pa. Two men were killed and sev
fA* injured. The killed were Arthur
31. MifULekaui, express messenger of this city
who was on the fast lino west, ana Eugene
fhorne, of Harrisburg, fireman on the engine
of -he east bound train. Daniel Root, engineer
ol the fast, line, and Harry Wolcomer, engineer
of the accommodation train, were f-crioiisly
hurt ami are in the hospital. The accident wad
caused by the failure of the engineerof the east
bound train to observe the red danger light
displayed in the signal tower. He was doubt,
loss confused by the blinding rain storm wli cb
prevailed at the time.
Killed and Wounded.
At a reservoir in Centreville, Mass., Wednes
day morning, at the city works, five derricks
fell, killing Owen Elmer, laborer, instantly and
fatally injuring three others.. About three
weeks ago the stone lining of the reservoir
caved in on three sides, and a hundred men
were put to work clearing away the debris pre
paratory to rebuilding. A long guy, to which
al the nerricks were attaced, was snapped in
two by the great strain, and the derricks foil
with a great crash.
The Millers to Sshnt Down.
A dispatch from Minneapolis, Minn., says:
The Milters’ association has voted to thut down
ihe first of November, lhe reason given is
that they cannot p.iy the present pric.s lor
wheat and sell their flour in the east on the
basis of the advanced rate. i must eithcr
get cheaper freight rates or bny cheaper wheat.
The millers claim to bo runuiug at a 10 s now,
and unless the relative prices of wheat and
flour come nearer together, the only course left
will be to stop milling fl jut.
Thirteen Families Homeless.
Morrison’s saw mill, twelve adjoining tone*
ment houses and two million feet of lumber
wore burned at Fredenckton, N. 8., on Tues
day. The lumber was not insured. Morrison
bad $20,000 insurance on the mill. The houses,
which were a:so liis property, were not insured.
The mill and machinery are valued at $40,000.
Thirteen families are left homeless. Tne tota 1
toss is SIOO,OOO.
Five Persons Fatally Wounded.
Tuesday afiernoou, while a party of men
were raising a two-story frame house, No. 1425
Wabash avenue, Chicago, 11., the supports
gave way. and the house was thrown to one
aide, shattering tin walls and fatally injuring
live poisons, Mr. Duane Kimball and his wife,
and three laoorers names could not be
teamed.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
In Roumelia, now much talked of, there
nro 18,000 gypsies.
The new census in Boston shows a popula
tion there of 380,000.
There are produced annually in this coun
try about 13,UU0,00J lamos.
In China and Japan silver is the only coin
age, and nobody cares for gold.
Seasickness caused the death of a yachts
man off the English coast recently.
Sixty-three varieties of grapes are grow
ing on tho grounds of a physician at Lake
City, Fia.
The department of state has published a
work on the hulling and polishing of rice in
foreign countries.
A single street car oompany in New Or
leans shot SlU.soU.worth of mules recently on
. account of giuuuers.
Humming-birds are reported to be in flocks
of thousands' at tho foot of the mountains
west of Edmonton, Ky.
In Maino it is estimated that there are 12,-
00U colonies of bees, und the annual honey
crop is worth about $40,01)0.
It is estimated that the ten thousand sa
loons ft New York city take in $220,000 per
day, or $75,000,000 per year.
Cattlemen in Indian Territory are getting
off the reservations as rapidly as possible,
and will be ah out before cold weather.
The li ussiau universities are strictly guard
ed by detachments of troops quartered in
them, at the expense of the institutions them
selves.
A North Carolina farmer recently
bought a tract of land for $2,200, and the
very next day sold from it a towering walnut
tree for SI,BOO.
A s'.veet potato weighing twenty-seven
and one-half pounds and a squash of 19ij£
pounds are among the latest productions of
San Diego, Cal.
A New’ York firm has split 2,000 trade
dollars and turned each dollar into a pocket
match-box—a holiday article to catch the eye
of persons in search of cheap things to give.
Suffocated In the Wheat.
Five cats loaded with wheat were ditched
on the Northern Pacific, five mileß cast of Ait-
Sen, Minn., Thursday. Two men, who were
stealing a ride, were lound suffocated iu the
wheat. From .otters on them they were believed
to have been John R. Ooohrane, of Volanta,
PH.,andLewis Dust, ot Champaign, Ills.
What $ the diference between an
editor and a wife ? One sets articles
to rights, and the other write* articles to
set.
LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29,1885.
DEWS 111 DETAIL
MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM V t.
RIOtS QUARTERS.
Dentil of Josh Hillings, the Well-Known
Humorist.
Henry W. Shaw, the humorist, known to
the literary world as “Josh Billings,” died at
Monterey, Ca!., the other morning, from a
stroke of apoplexy. The body was embalmed
aud sent East. Mr. Shaw was sixty-five
years old, having been born in Lanesborough,
Berkshire county, Mass., in 1820. He re
sided in his native town until he
had reached the age of fourteen,
when ho went West and for sev
eral years lead a frontier life, being engaged
in the various occupations of steering steam
boats, keeping a couutry store, and acting as
auctioneer in the small Western towns and
cities. Finally, becoming£Weary. of this ir
regular life, and being deSfrous of giving his
daughters a better education than the limited
facilities in the West at that time afforded,
Mr. Shaw in 1805 removed to Pough
keepsie, N. Y., and devoted himself to edit
ing a small paper. It was while engaged in
this work that he wrote the first humorous
article which attracted^attention, principally
by its phonetic spelling. He called it “Essa
on the Muel.” It was extensively copied, and
the name of Josh Billingssoon became known
throughout the land. From that tune until
liis death his career was one of continual
financial success. One weekly paper
alone in New York paid him
SIOO a week for a half column
of matter, and his lectures brought him in a
large and steady revenue. In 1878 he began
the publication of his “Farmers’ Almauac,”
a book which in its second year had a sale of
127,000 copies, and in ten years had netted
the author and publisher SBO,-000 each. Mr.
Shaw’s humor, says a New York paper, was
hidden in, and did not consist in mere pho
netic spelling,au< l underneath the bad spelling
of his proverbs and aphorisms there is
at times a depth of wisdom and philosophy
which entitles him to a higher place in the
world of letters than that of a simple humor
ist.. He was a thoroughly domestic man,
fond of his home and his family, and in his
daily life showed none of that eccentricity
which his writings would induce the reader to
attribute to him. He wore his hair long, not
irom literary affectation, but to hide a phys
ical defect.
Wedding Guest* Poisoned.
A decided sensation was produced at Hones
dale, Penn., the other night, by the discovery
that a dozen or more guests at a swell woil
ding had been poisoned by some food that
was furnished by a Scranton caterer'for the
wedding breakfast. At noon Miss Hattie
Weston, daughter of a leading Honesdale
merchant, was married to Harry S. Battin,
superintendent of the Consumers’ Gas com
pany, of Chicago. The couple loft on tho
afternoon train, and hardly hnd been rolled
to tbe depot before it . was noticed
that the guests began to depart with
n-isoetnly haste. They were afflicted with
intense pain in tho abdominal region, that
increased so rapidly that some of them hud
hardly time to make their adieu properly.
At their homes physicians v.-;;-o c-.unn :~rl,
u..Z found it necessary to treat for mineral
poisoning. Either lobster salad or ico cream
absorbed some compound of lead from cans
in which it was brought from Scranton, and
serious results were anticipated in some cases.
At 8 o’clock fourteen persons were under
treatment, and all the doctors in tho town
were busy. Speculation was rife as to how
the bride and groom fared.
Tile Perils of Peru.
Advices from Lima state that two officers
of the rebel Caceres’army, Cfalonel Col azos
and Major Muniz, were recently ordered to
the Peruvian capital to deliver certain com
munications to the representatives ami se
cret agents of the revolutionary leaders.
These officials met with no difficulty in
their journey down toward the coast,
but when they reached , a point near
Lurin, thirty miles south of Lima, they were
captured by cavalry outposts and immedi
ately sent to the capital under guard. On ar
riving at the police oil ice they were searched,
and on their persons were fouhd letters in
Caceres’ handwriting to several of liis princi
pal partisans at Lima and to his wife, and
other corumnnirations to be forwarded to
Arequipa, all of winch contained informa
tion which was very damaging to tbe rebel
muse. Before the next morning the guard
houses were well tilled with prisoners more
or less implicated in the schemes of the rebel
general. Ica has fallen into the hands of the
Caceristas. Tho most barbarous atrocities
were committed by the victors, who assaulted
women and burned and robbed dwellings. It
is reported that General Iglesias proposes
taking the field against the enemy.
Senator* Gelling Information.
A Washington dispatch says that “some of
tho Repub icau Senators have formed a sort
of a combination to obtain comnlet? in
formation concerning the ' removals and
appointments which the President has
made, with a view to intelligent action
when the appointments come before the
Senate for confirmation. As an instance-nL
how this matter is .being handled,
it is reported that a' discharged treas
ury employe of some prominence
has just returned from tho
West with the information that
Senator - Philetus Sawyer, of Wisconsin, is
gathering the facta concerning lb? removal of
Col!:.tor .T. sse Ppuuldiug, and will take
ciiarge of tlio matter of the’ confirmation of
Seeberger. Mr. Rpaukffng’s successor, when
it com® before tile Senate. The employe in
question is looked upon as an agent for the
combination.”
MUSICAL AND DRAM ATI C.
In Paris 150 babies rehearsed for a chorus
in the play “Petit Poueet.”
Colonel Will S.' Hats, the song writer,
has joined a minstrel troupe.
CiiAßt.ogTE CoßdaV will he Sarah Bern
hardt’s r.oxt part. SArdou is writing it for
her.
Dresden has 769 pupils in its conservatory,
of which 34 are English and SO are Ameri
cans.
Salvini has been on the stage forty-two
years and is Sixty-five years old. Yet he is a
great actor.
Mapleson’S New York ejpera season will
begin with “Carmen;" Minnie" Hank in the
title role.
Mart Anderson’s com piny consists of fif
ty-two persons, all of whom shebrought with
her from England.
Mllb. Teresnia Tea will pome to this
country next winter, and is to receive f50,000
. for an extended concert tour.
The Norwegian' poet and dramatist, Bjorn- -
stjerne Bjornson, lias finished a lidiy play
with the peculiar title of “Geography and
Love,”
FOrtt more' amiisSrSftntTomnanJes are at
work in this Icquntry' nbw than at the s mib
time last year, and thASeashn’s disbandments
have thus far been fewer.
A play which Mr. Louis Janies will prob
ably produce early next season is “A Poet’s
Dream.” It is written by Mr. George Hoey,
and deals with the life of Shakespeare.
Adelaide Detchon is winning great fa
vor in London as a unique warbler. Her
imitations of different biros are pronounced
delicious She is fast making a fortune.
Mme. Teresa Carenn, the pianist, has
sailed on a brief South American trip. She
will visit her native country—Venezuela—
for the first time since she lqft it as a child.
Levy, the cometist, will probably go to
New Orleans for a. few weeks early in tho
winter, and after that will sail-tor Europe,
where he is under engagement for a conti
nental tbur. "
or four large cities, beside Now York. He
hfs reconsidered his determination, and It is
now probable that treWttl make lan extended
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TWO FATAL EXPIOSIOHS,
A BLUNDERING MINER’S TERRIBLE
MISTAKE.
Fourteen Persons Fatally Injured—Details
el the Tragedy.
A terrific explosion of gas took place in No. 2
elope, Delaware and Hudson coal company, at
Plymouth, Pa., Wednesday morning, caused by
a miner who elite.id the abandoned portion of
the slope, which was marked dangerous, with a
naked lamp •upon ins he-'d. Five men are dead,
Hid ten others are frightfully burned. Most
of these, it is thought, cannot recover.
The miner who went into the abandoned
opening and lired the gas that caused the ex
plosion with fatal results at No. 2 shaft, was
Peter Zeintzky. There were two explosions,
me first was of gas, which was followed by an
chor, sweeping everything befoie ir, sending
the flame of fire up the si. pe and above the fan
house, and knocking the shingles and timbers
from the breaker 400 feet above the solid earth.
Zeiintzky was not killed, but. was removed from
the slope with only his Loots in, and no hair
on his head, but was otheiwise uninjured, 'lho
scene that ensued was terrible. Trie victims oi
the disaster lay in every and lection. One man,
Dcnn.s Titus, was instantly killed, and when
found lay 20U feet away from liis kit of tools,
which he was examining at the time of the ex
plosion. When the gas was ignited, all the men
in the siopo were violently thrown iO the
ground or against the car, or libs of th.* gang
way. The lights on tlieir heads were t xdn
guished by the shock of the second explosion,
aud all were in eoiifu ion, making their way
through the flames and managing, wi h great
difficulty, to reach a plice of satety.
Nellie Grant.
HER UNION WITH SARTORI* PROVES
AN UNHAPPY ONE.
A Washington dispatch says that “a gen
tleman who is acquainted with the facts rela
tive to the want of harmony between Mrs.
Nellie Grant Sartoris and her husband, eays
that they have for a long time boon known to
the intimate friends of the family here, but
from motives of delicacy and consideration
nothing has been said on the subject. Mr.
Sartoris impressed every one with whom he
came in contact hero during the period of his
engagement to Nellio Grant as, perhaps,
well-meaning enough, but so rough
iu his ways and so coarsegrained
in nature as to bo entirely unsuited to so
gentle and refined a lady. General Grant
never liked him, and did iiot favor the mar
riage; but when he saw that Ids daughter’s
affections were enlisted ho made no further
objections. The lata Senator Carpoutor, who
was very intimato with the Grant family, at
the instance of a number of friends called at
the White House aud expressed their misgiv
ings as to the match, but General Grant cut
the conversation short, and said his
daughter was engaged to Mr. Sartoris
and the wedding must take place. Governor
Jewell, of Connecticut, wlieu on his way
back from Russia to go into General Grant's
cabinet, called, while in England, upon the
parents or Mr. Sartoris. In the course of the
conversation, the mother, who might be sup
posed to know all about her boy, remarked
that slio did]not see what was in Algernonon
cause lie daughter of the President of tho
United States to fall in lovo with him. This
opinion of the mother was very heartily
shared at the time by all of Nellie Grant's
friends, male and female. There seems to be
no doubt that there wi:l bo n separation.”
A Poultry Town.
In tlic secluded town of Little Comp
ton, It. 1., poultry raising is made a
specialty by the farmers. Not many are
new in the business, writes a correspond
ent of the New England Farmer, and
some have been engaged in it many years.
Alt are farmers, but the tilling "of tbe
soil is in tho poultry interest. The
largest poultry farm contains two hun
dred acres, of which fifty acres are de
voted to the range of fowls and chicks.
Fifty hens comprise a colony and occu
py a separate house. Here they are fed
and here they roost and lay. The num
ber of fowls on this farm is 17,000, and
is made up of Plymouth Hocks and Light
Brahmas. One man attends to all and
has ample time. - '
The yield of eggs is about 1,600 dozen
a month, and they are sent to market
twice a week, to Boston, New York and
Providence, as the demand comes. One
farmer receives all the eggs produced in
the neighborhood, and sends to market.
In the “busy season” 6,000 dozen a week
is not unusual. The food in summer is
corn, whe.at, barley and other grain's; in
winter cooked food, meal and vegeta
bles, with beef scraps and ground bone.
The cost por fowl is about $1 per year,
and.the profit on each is also about sl.
Feathers find a ready market at eight
to , twelve cents per pound. During
-the.year 1884 the price of eggs received
by the farmers averaged twenty-two and
a half cents per dozen.
On the large farm the hen as an egg
hatcher has been discarded. Four arti
ficial incubators had produced before the
Ist of June 1,200 chicks. Artificial
brooders aro used also. ‘Fifty to seventy
five per cent, of fertile eggs were
hatched. The unfavorable weather in
the early spring reduced the average
lower than that of last year. A man who
understands can give all attention neces
sary to an incubator in thirty minutes
daily. Goslings and ducks are hatched
by incubators, and the result is satisfac
tory. About fifty stock geese are kept,
from which are raised annually five or
six huudred green geese for market. The
geese are fattened ic pens, and the noise
made by five hundred, all speaking .at
once, has no music in it a mile away.
The cottage of the superintendent,
however, is near the goose-pens, but
like the man who lived next door to a
steam gong, he is not disturbed by the
.uproar. A professional goose-plucker
can strip twenty geese a day. lie is
armed with a leather thumb and a sharp
bladed knife. This may seem incredi
ble to the farmer who raises a few geeso
for Thanksgiving, when the whole fam
ily may spend a day or two in removing
most of the feathers from one goose.
Color Blind in Ono Eye.
Examiner—“ What is the color of this
flag?”
“Green, sir.”
“Right. Now close your left eye.
What is tho color of this flag?”
“Green, sir. Dark green.”
“Just so. Shut your light ye. What
flag am I waving now?”
“A black ono, sir.”
“Nonsense. It’s bright ’red.- And
thisflag?fl
“Black,-Sir.” . , . ..
‘Pshaw! It is white. Your left eye
seems a little ofl.” ’
“Well, ifiiay be it is. It is a glass eye,
sir
Colorado has 81f(,000 head of cattle,
valued at $22,000,000. Only, ime State;
w<st of tho Mississippi lias a larger
qho wing— Texas, which has 5,500,000,
'Valued at m, 000,000.
TIMELY TOPICS.
Tlic consumption of ten hns been gradu •
ally increasing of late years in Great
Britain, until now tbe English drink live
times as much tea as codec, in this coun
try coffee is the favorite beverage, and
we consume eight times as much coffee as
tea.
If ague or insanity is latent in a per
son it will almost always develop itself
at sea. So I)r. Four ness-Brice concludes
after sttidyiug the subject as it is re
vealed iu the records of North Atlantic
emigrant travel. Curious enough, in
nearly every case the patient has been
ailing, and has been recommended by
liis medical attendant to “try a sea voy
age.”
London is now a city of gardens.
Even in the heart of the city proper you
are constantly stumbling on verdant
nooks bright with flowers. Comfortable
benches abound, which are usually well
tilled, more especially in such a delight
ful summer as that with which England
has this year been favored. Between
1 and 2 some of these haunts are full of
young business men, who, after lunch
eon, seek their repose with a cigarette
and newspaper, for a precious half hour.
The {round around St. Paul’s is now
beautifully planted and bright with par
terres.
If the report came from the West, it
would be considered a playful stroke of
fancy, but London Nature is authority
for the declaration that “the eels of the
ponds in the woods of Vincennes leave
the ponds every spring in large numbers,
making their way to the Seine or the
Marne, several kilometers distant. They
take advantage of rainy weather, when
the herbage is wet, and their instinct
guidesthem directly to their destination.”
And such emigration by eels and other
fishes is not uncommon elsewhere, Na
ture says.' “Thus in the marshes of
Picardy eels are often found on the grass
going from cne pond to another.”
The ’White mountain forests have
within a few years passed from the ear
lier proprietors into the hands of specu
lators, railroad companies and other par
ties, who have no interest in them be
jond the sale of the timber for the mak
ing of money. Any one who makes a
tour along the railroads that passthrough
the notches and wind around the mouu
tains can see that serious havoc has been
made. New Hampshire has the legal
control of this region, but Massachusetts
and Connecticut are deeply interested in
the water supply, which the cutting off
of the dense forests would destroy.
Thousands of mills are run by these
streams, and thousands of farms made
arable.
We read in the Photographic Times
that at the recent convention of the Pho
tographers’ association of America, in
Buffalo, an informal gathering of some
of the members took place at the back
of the arsenal, in which the meetings
were held, and some group phoiograplis
were obtained. Onfe was taken at the
moment when a number of the members,
according to a request made, threw their
hats high in the air with a view of pro
viding a test for the rapidity with which
the exposure was to he made. It was so
successful that, iu the photograph, these
hats are to be seen at every stage of ele
vation. The evidence ol the instantaneity
of the exposure is to be found in the
fact of the numerous hats in mid-air,
when examined by a magnifying glass,
being as sharp and full of detail as those
which still occupied their normal. posi
tions on the heads of their respective
owners.
Speaking of cremation the New York
Tribune says: “The time required for the
reduction of a human body to ashes by
this process depends, of course, entirely
upon tho heat. At a temperature of
2,500 degress thirty minutes are allowed
for every 100 pounds. An ordinary
body would thus be cremated in about'
three-quarters of an hour. The soap
stone bed is then withdrawn and the
ashes are collected and placed in an urn.
If cremation ever becomes tho recog
nized manuer of disposingof the dead,
tho process can be shortened by the use.
of a hotter fire. It is estimated that
there are about three pounds of mineral
ash to eviry 100 pounds of flesh, blood
and bones in the human frame. These
figures vary, however, with the physi
cal build of the subject. The bones
contain most of the mineral matter.
Stout men will, therefore, . leave less
ashes in proportion to their weight than
thin and bony persons.”
The American consul at Elbcrfend,
Germany, sends a report to the' state de
partment, Washington, referring to
trichiniosis. It appears from official
sources that there were no less than 406
cases in the district of Magdebourg dur
ing tho latter part of 1884, of which
sixty ; six'proved fatal. The malady, ac
cording to this official authqrity, was
mainly due to the eating bv many persons
of portions of one diseased pig, born,
fed and slaughtered in Germany. • Official
inquiry showed that in the cases where
disease ensued the meat had been eaten,
raw; in oi her cases where the meat of'
the same animal had been eaten after
being well cooked the parties werfe unaf
fected by it. The subject of cooking the
meat being thus brought up the prefect
of police published all the details in a
Berlin newspaper, and gave special in
structions in regard to cooking. He
advises, to secure exemption from, risk,
: that incisions be made a.few jncaes apart
over the entire piece of .moat before boil
ing or roasting. . . '
One of the curiositihVof- newspaper
literature. is 'the ever jrrcrdaslhg six* of
its snakes. The'rattlesnake-has grown
with irresistable perfilataiafy during the
last fifteen years. Last . -year, in Pike
coiiiity, Pennsylvania, .he. led tjjo ana
conda by a trifle. This year he is still
dbnsiderably larger. A young lady in
Missouri, flushed tWth dabdng,‘stepped
upon a veranda. A bird
cage hung amid the vines. She tapped
.lightly the wires, wishing to at
tract the attention of the intoate. As
she did/so' an enormous rattlesnake
‘encircled her wrist and glided down her
a:lh. .('She fell in a sWoofl. The snake
’ceiied himself upon her bosom, and’
sounded his rattle: butfee did not strike.
Just then the dance rnuMc hjpjiks-fottb
in theliveliest strains; the spake paused,. t
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listened, unwound himself, and glided
peacefully away iu its direction. The
young lady was not stung, but she did
not escape serious injury. Three of her
ribs were broken by the enormous weight
of the reptile, and she certainly would
have been crushed to death had the music
not drawn him so speedily away!
A New York church congregation re
cently made quite a ceremony of the
burning of a mortgage which, “in the
order of Providence,” they had been
enabled to pay off. After the sermon
the pastorstepped down from the chancel
and tok from within his vest a tolded
manuscript. “This,” said he, “is a
mortgage. Until now I’ve never seen
one. Have you any idea what the holders
of this bond could do? They could
turn you out of your church, but, thank
heaven, they can’t do it now, for it is
paid.” He then tore the paper into
slips, and crumbling the pieces into a
ball, placed it on a tray. Lighting a
small lamp, he ignited the ball, and
while the congregation sang the doxol
ogy, the mortgage paper of SO,OOO was
burned to ashes. When the services
ended, the trustees assembled and held
a second cremation. Upon the same
tray which held the ashes of the mort
gage the note was burned. During the
service many of the older members were
moved to tears. The ashes are now in
closed in a sealed envelope, but will be
placed in a silver urn, which, with the
lamp, will be inclosed in a glass case and
hung in the parlor of the church.
An Unheeded Call to Prayer.
A Cairo letter to the San Francisco
Chronicle contains this passage: Not see
ing any evidence of piety among tha
Arabs in the streets of Cairo and a very
little about the mosques, I took the
trouble one evening to station myself
where I could distinctly see the minaret
of the principal mosque, for the purpose
of witnessing the effect of the call to
prayer on the faithful in the streets be
low. It stood in one of the noisiest parts
of the Mooski, at the corner of a narrow
street, diverging irvto one of the dirtiest
of Arab neighborhoods. In front was a
police office, before which there wero
half a dozen lounging Arab gendarmes,
and all about it hummed and buzzed the
unfinished business of the day. As the
sun sank slowly over the Western des
erts and the sunshine and shadow crept
together up the tall minaret, I observed
; some signs of haste among a few of the
dirtier Arabs. It was the beginning of
Ramadan, and they were nrobablv hur
rying home to remove some of tbe super
fluous filth, as enjoined, betore the even
ing prayer. On the Mooski there was
no change. If anything, the rattle of
vehicles and the cries of street venders
seemed to become louder and more
discordant. The sun was just on the
horizon when the muezzin made his ap
pearance on his lofty balcony, walked all
around it, and leaned over on every side,
as if to assure himself that the prepara
tions for prayer were being properly
made. After having completed his ob
servations it became apparent from his
attitude and the pose of his head that
ihe was trying to say somethieg. But no
sound reached the street and no one
. seemed conscious of his movements.
The carriages whirled on more rapidly.
The water-vender shifted his swollen
pigskin to an easier position and tinkled
his brass cups till they sounded liko
village chimes. The watermelon seller
raised his voice to tho highest notes of
the upper register, and the shopkeepers
redoubled their invitations to purchase
to the passers by. The muezzin, appre
ciating the fact that he was not heard, or
if heard, not listened to, tried to
strengthen his voice by that old-fashion
ed expedient, of speaking through tho
hollow of his two hands. But it was no
use. Either he had not what the singers
call ft “carrying voice,” or the combined
commercial eloquence of the street was
too much for him. As far as distinct
utterance was concerned he might as
well have onunciated that extremely in
artificial vocal effect, the syllable “boo,”
aud he must have felt as the night came
on and he retired disermfitted, that his
world of the minaret was an entirely dif
ferent thing from the world of modem
Cairo, and that his unheeded belief was
indeed a creed outworn.
A Swindler in a Coffin.
A female called on a Leeds lady of
some influence and told a. sad and plain
tive story of suffering, and, moreover,
that her husband had just died, and that
she lacked tho means of a decent burial.
Her tale, of woe so wrought upon the
lady that she proceeded to visit her im
mediately to satisfy herself there was no
imposture. On entering the apartment
she beheld the coffin and was satisfied
all was right, and not wishing to har
row the feelings of the bereaved woman
she left her a considerable sum of money
and immediately departed. After pass
ing two or three blocks from the dwelling
she missed her pocket handkerchief and
.returned to see if she had not dropped it
in the house. The stairs were ascended
hastily and the room entered without
much ceremony, when what did she be
hold—tho woman’s ,husband sitting up
in the coffin coupling oVet the money.—
Leeds (England) Meh\'
An AlistdTt htladed Mnn.
The celebrated’fffdfessor Ncander was
spending' an EYirtlOgi-out - when rain
began to falt/'ind/tbe host begged his
guest to put‘up.'with.him for the night.
The renowned,-Ideologist shook his head
and said he would.whlingly remain, but
at present it was out Of the question, as
he had not his night clothes with him.
Suddenly it was discovered that the Pro
fessor had disappeared, but a half hour
later he rushed m as suddenly as he had
left. He was wet through to the skin,
but he pointed withs tisfaction to a
“packet-in his hand. “My night clothes,”
hd-said, naively. VNow; my dear friend,
■I can stay with' yonl” Tho professor had
walked home in a tremendous rainstorm
for' the purpose of fetching his night
clothes.— Liverpool Courier.
Taste, if it mesa anything but a pal
• try connoiseumtyfy, must mean a general
- susoeptibij)ty,to truth s and nobleness; a
pease to discern,' a*heart to love and
reverence, all' b'eavitjp order, goodness,
w;hercsocVer ’ alnd ia whatsoever forms
' accomplishments ;they are to bo
. >,, I—; ■- ■
. i libs English war ship Resistance ist o
be coated with India rubber to a.consid
erable to se’enjnw that material
will repel projeqtiles.