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About The Weekly banner-watchman. (Athens, Ga.) 1886-1889 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1889)
BANKER-WATCHMAN ATIIENd, GEORGIA, JANUARY 8, 1889 wukmmi ANNO wall '88. Chronological Record of an Eventful Twelvemonth. DEATH, DISEASE. DISASTER. These Direful Tilings. will* Criminal Mat- park turn A.l.t< d- TuUo 1 1* Much of llio Space m the Set Iteconl of *!>o Vear’a Event*- Penoiai Mutter* and Politics Occupy Mwt "f t> ,c *»est—It’s a Good Old World t<> l ive In Notliwithstamllng If* Somewhat llluek Record. Hero is a record of the leading events of the year 1«>S. It has been a right lively year—to some people. Two emperors have died in Uermany, there has I>eeii a presidential election in the United States, cabinet crises in France and Spain, great lloods in China, Mexico und a number of other countries, im-iuding nearly every one upon the American continent; great storms have swept '.lie earth's surface; there havo been earthquakes; disasters almost with out number have to bo recorded, crime has stalked abroad in all lands, there was u little Hurry between Canada and the United States over the fisheries nues- tion, but no great harm was done; Eng land Las laid some skirmishes in the east: Stanley, the African explorer, is—* where? there is u littlo row in the West Indies; but why go on? If you examine the set record found hereto attached ? ou will find the date of nearly every nqiortent event duly set down with care und, it is hojK>d, with a reasonable de gree of accuracy, together with somo not so important but curious, diverting or puzzling. THE GENERAL RECORD. January. ! Tin- fiS-Inch lens of Lick telescope successfully mounted. 12 United States house of representatives passed bill empowering the presilient to appoint a commissioner of llsli aud fisheries. IS United Slates house of representatives passed IllUKley'a resolution calling for inquiry Into alleged discrimliiatlou In Welland canal toll*. 19 I.ucy l!iirl>er put on trial nt Buffalo for voting at a (tenoral election. Shu was convicted later nnd imprisoned for ono day. SO. A workman in a Pittsburg, Pa., Iron mill was pulled through the rolls. 22 Detotvaro rejioned free from debt and with a surplus of Sfill.OOJ. ft Adalbert college (Cleveland, O.) tnistees dc- c-lared agniust co-education. SI The California supremo euurt ft (Tinned the (In cision lu f.m tiharon divorce suit to the effect that Sarah Althea JZil was the wife of Senator fcto.ro u. rr.nRCARY. 4. The governor of San Domingo granted a con cession t > American railroad contractors, fe United Slates seuato |H}st)x>i.ed considerat:oa of tlu British extradition treaty. JS Commissioners of immigration abolished the bureau of labor at Castle Garden, New York. Frederick Mayor, Austrian vice consul in New York, committed auiclJo. 17. T'vo American war shi;*s ordered to Tanglera, Morocco, because uf a row botweeu tho United States consul nnd the sultan, to. Investigation of tho sugar trust begun la Now York city 21 Thu president of the United States transmitted tho fisheries treaty to ibo senate, aecompa- niisl by a message uud protocol, fir? CaaoS ugaiusl seized Ashing vessels David J. Adam* nnd Elia U. Doherty discontinued by order of tho Dominion privy counscL uauen. >. Mills tart.T bill presented to tho United States house of representatives. International railway connecting tho Mexlrnn Central and Southern Pacidj opened for bus!- ness. Rolli-i M. Squire oud Morris I). Flynn acquitted in the court of oyer nud terminer. New York. 8 Albert Dodge, Insane, of Fergus Falls, Mina., locked bis wife and a neighbor up with him- eeif for twuury-four hours und talked religion. He tvas armed with a shot gun, a revolver and knife und Anally killed himself with tho re volvor. 0 Mayor Hewitt, of New York, declined to review tho |*aiado of Dish Eocities ou St. Patrick's day. 10 Mayor Hewitt forbade the raising of an Irish • Hag over tlu Now York city la.Uoa St. l*ut- rlck's day. 21 Remains t* Joso Pace taken to steamer Ponsa- cotoaud slipped to Venezuela from Now Y’ork under military escort. K. Gou Abrat:. Merritt committed sulc;Io in New York hotel. Dan. 1. Secretary Rivard wroto to Minister Pendleton expressing raupproval of tho Unit.**! State* or Germany suction regarding Samoa. 4. Morocco declined tonccedo to the demands of / tho United ot.tca with reference to persons ! under consular protection 'imprisoned at Rabat. 11 Recorder Smyth refused to submit to tho grand Jury In New Yirlt a criminal charge of the i Kansas Pacific b,o:’holdersagainst Jay Oottld District Attorucj fellows, of New York, had previously refuse!. 12 Close or right day*' deadlock over direct tax bill hi United flat-a house of representatives. *1. Death of Dexter, f..: not is trotting horse. U Corner stone of th* new Catholic university laid r.t Brooks Butlon, near Washington, by Cardinal Gibbons. *8 Eighteen mombcrsoltha Ancient and Honour able Artillery compic.y, of London, arrived in New York and west to Niagara Falls. They were welcomed by a company of Avo from Ancient and Honorable artillery, cf Dostum A grand blowout of so* ral days' duration fol lowed. SAT. 18. The Methodist conferenta decided In favor of a creation of an order of deaconesses for charitable work. |0 William Gore, of New Jets^y, who was bitten by a rattlesnake. h.'.viag been kept scienti fically drunk for two wpei*, recovered. 21 Trial of Rev. George Wooc-ow for preaching i evolution bogua in theSochcrn assembly of the ITesbyterian church, UlUmorc. Tho do- t-toion was against him. (9- Tho Genera) assembly cf tin Southern Presby terian church resolved to bke no steps toward c-ganio uniox ACS*. , . 2 Steamship Etruria beat tharoeord of trans atlantic passage, by run of sit days, ono hour, fifty-Ave minutes, from Quaencowu to Eaudy Book. «. Governor nill. of New York &ata, signed Irlll substituting electricity for oanvagas amean* ofesecuting criminals. “ T. Engineers completed tho survey. f or Nicara gua canal route. & M. T. Harrison Garrett, of DalUa* ro , drowned * in Putapseo river. His steam Gleam was run down by the steamer Joj )x Successful test of IJeut. Zalinski, dynamite gun at Fort Hamlltoa, N. Y. It National conference Irish Nationi Leamio of America passed resolutions reafflrtLg afical- onco to the central body in Ireland^ JUUY. «. William R, Flack lost his life In attempting to naviguto Niagara's whirlpool. * ^ 4. Cincinnati opened her bi-centennlal eelohrn- tiou. Mrs. James K. Polk started th, 7n ^( n . cry by means of electricity. She wu. nt jj er bouse at Nashville. Tenn. ML A watchman on a schooner set the -hiesgo river on lire, doing great damage tothdoofai tL Bills tariff bill passed by tho United house of representatives. ML Wire communication opened be two, **.. United States and Curacoa. fit A California stage driver seated hlmse: on - keg of dynamite and applied a match. i next day. ncrlu ML Governor Uia appointed Gen. Roger A. i_ or special counsel to conduct suits agaioTThe trusts. AUGUST. 8. Matthew Byrnes jumped off the Broc-im bridge. ; w* 8. Navy frauds reported at Brooklyn navy ft Yellow fever well under way at Jacksooi^ 10. Leary's Mg log raft arrived In New Yorkf— Nova Scotia. 14. Woman suffrage declared unconstitutloa, Washington u-rritory » Potato bugs ore so numerous In Dai,, count, I'm. that the, .l^raUroJlto 110 «aaasayjagg^^ ^^° 3rille Pwtranlined because of yellow “ BaERs' "■ a u„..t . ssTOcnnEH. . KaSfn betWeon flea and I" jtes on fhe 8 lOOlndiaaarepori.-dkiUed. 8 Sarah Althea Hill, or Sharon divorce ca*,e ^ ur **>ru*) days for contempt of fourt In San Francisco. Judge Terry, her ms and, aent up fo- Fix tr.ont hs for drawing a dirk in a court room. UnutHi States house or representatives nasst-d s n-iaUation bill. ft buicide Ic New York at the nofTmin nouso of j oo ' Neebohm. | s*m!on dramatist. I 84 ® ar '“tlnn nnd caupinatis.11 r. jwrted among llie Indians of the Athauxska and Peace river ! ^ regious hi Manitoba hn! OCTOBER. 8 United States senate tariff bill reported, ft United States wnr ship llaltiuioru succesfully launched at Philadelphia. •& Supreme court or Utah gave final judgment dissolving tlio Monncn church coi*|Xirauoa and escheating tlio property IX Gen Thelemfique, defeattn! candidate for president of Ilcytl. killed while storming toe Palais Natlonalu at Portau ITInce. The gunboat Petrel successfully launched at Baltimore. A largo delegation of Sioux chiefs arrived at Y.'ashington to talk over the proposed cession of part of their reservation. 14. Baseball championship awarded the New York club 17. Seventy families reported starving In a Dakota town. 87. Steamer Ilaytlan Republic seized by a Haytlan man-of-war. NOVEMBER. 1. Many men wounded and schooners dismantled during a fight on Chesapeake bay between dredgers and oyster police. ft Stcvo Ilrodiu jumped olf the Poughkeepsie bridge. 18. A bereaved ».*Jow. Mario Bcrtbune, crazed by tho Pittsburg, Kan., mine disaster, set tire to her hut nnd burned herself and four children to death. 18 CapU T. IL Logan, commanding the U. R. troops ct Fort Hancock, on tho llio Grande, taken Into custody by Mexieaus for bunting cu Mexican lorritory. 27. Low York state court of appeals decided that Cornell university cannot receive tho $1,- .V*.i,0,«j willed to it by Sirs. Jennie ilcGraw Ftsko, as it already possesses os tnueh as the law allows This Is the celebrated Flake will casu, and api*.-al was taken to tho Unitod States courts W T!;e schooner William Jones, of Boston, which had been seized by Haytt, was released, nail an iuuemulty of paid. nnccMnEiL I. IJttlewood won six day walking match, bean lug tho world record. 8. The raraguay-Roiivian question assumed seri ous proportions. 4. Tho natives of Alaska sent out an appeal, say ing that the women nro outraged and tho ineu virtually enslaved l-y tho Alaska company. 8 Many evictions ou the Des Moines river lands hi low A II. A Maryland polico Echooner, during a desper ate fight with oyster pirates, scuttled two schooners, after sweeping their decks with a Gatling gun. Considerable loss of life. 12. Tho United .States steamers Gelena and Yantio sailed from the Brooklyn navy yard for Ilavti to demand too release of tho -steamer Uaytian Republic. DISASTERS OF AU SOilTS. STORMS AND FLOODS OF GREAT EX- TEN u AND DESTRUCTIVENESS. THE OLD WORLD. J.OTAH7. 10. M. Floque.t elected president of French cham ber of deputies. 22. I.onL-o Michel shot by a crank ct Havre, France. rcnnrAnv. 4. Auetro-GermaJi treaty of 1S70 published, caus ing much excitement. 8. I.or.1 laud&dnwnu appointed governor general of In.lix Ix>rJ Stanley, the present gc-veruor. appointed to Canada 9. Operation of tracheotomy performed upon the crown princo of Germany. 13. Tho English reported to have seized a rich part of Venezuela. IS. Memorial window lu St. Margaret's church. Loudon, to Johu lliitou, gift of George \V. Childs, unveiled. MARCH. I. Daniel Wilson, sou-in-law of President Gravy, of France, convicted of swindling in connec tion \vith the tale of dlteorulious. 17. Gen. DouUtngcr relieved of bis command by tho French government because of visits made to 1’uri* without leave. Prince Oscar of Sweden and 311s* Monck mar ried at Bournemouth. 29. M. Wilsou won his case on appeal In connection with tho' French decoration fraud*. to. M. Tirard, premier of France, resigned. AJ'IUU 5. New French cabinet ofllcially announced. 31. Kloquet, prime minister. * 18 American Excliange in Europe failed. fid. Much comincut In Ihigland and Ireland over tho pope's docrco against the plan of cam paign. MAY. 8 William O'Brien sentenced In London to tbreo months for violating the crimes act. 14. Tho Brazilian senate parsed tho bill abolishing slavery which was passed by the chamber of deputies the previous week. 17. Irish Catholic mer-bers of tho English parlia ment lssuo a manifesto declining to recognize tho right of tho Holy Seo to Inteifero with tho Dish people In the management cf their politi cal affairs. JCUT. 8 The jury In tho CDotmell-Tlmes libel suit re turned a verdict In favor of The Times. 0. Tho electors chosen Juno 23 formally elpcted Gen. Porflrlo Diaz president of Mexico. 18 la tho French chamber of deputies, Gen. Bou langer told the premier tlmt he lied, and left lx.Toro bo could bo censured. 18 Boulanger and Floquet fought • duel. Bou langer, wounded In tho neck. AUGUST. 18 Coufit von Moltko retired ns chief of the rtnlt of Gyrmocy, and was succeeded by tho Count von Waldcrseo. 18 Revolution roixirted In naytl. President Salo mon left the Island. SCPTEMBER. 1. Diary of tho Into Emperor Frederick of Ger many published. II. News received of the murderof Msj. Barttelot, leader cf the Stanley relief expedition. 28 Publication of further extract* from Emperor Frederick's diary forbidden by the German government. 27. Sam cans rebelled against King Tamassee, de feated hi* army and declared Matalfa king. OCTOBER. 18 Dr. Mackenzie's book ordered seized by the Oerniau (tovornment. 28 Great excitement in Wurtemburg over the clicged control of the king by his American favorites. Woodcock and Hendry. Si. Jlarriogo of King Milan and Queen Natalie dissolved In a pastoral of the Servian metro politan. S3. Accident to the czar'* train. The czar and his family narrowly escaped death. • MOVmtOER.. 18 Prado, tho murderer of Marie Agaeton, con victed and seutencod to death in I’aria 27. Arrest of Dr. Tumblety, an American, In Lon don, suspected of being the Whitechapel mur derer. DECEMBER. 18 A new Spanish cabluet formed. 18 Thu German reiqh*tag passed tho resolution for tho suppression of the East African slave M. 1 Clemenceou, the French statesman. Injured lu a duel with hi. MaureL Humors from Cairo that Eton Pasha are prisoner's of the Earthquakes and Fires, Railroad Acci dent* arc! Boiler Explosions—Tho Dead from Casualties lu , 1S88 Number Mil lions JANUARY. 18 Thirteen killed at Haverhill bridge over the MenTuac. on the Boston and Maine railroad, iolent blizzarj reported from Dakota ouiteea men burned to death at a boarding house fire, nt Tower. Minn- 24. Thirty-five tuluers killed by explosion In a col liery. at Wellington, It. C. 27. All railroad travel suspended between New York aaJ Boston by a snow blockade. Terrible storms reported tipou tho Atlantic cceax 1 Fire In Buffalo. Loss, «1,300.POO. British bark Abascom wrecked near mouth of the Columbia river, W. T.; 22drowned. 18 Colliery explosion near Kaiserslautern, Bava ria: 40 killed. 19. Tornado at Mt. Vernon, Ills.: 21 killed, 19 mor tally wounded, 100 injured: MOO houses de stroyed and 1,500 people reudered homeless. 21 Between twenty and thirty |*eoplo killed by tho explosion of a boiler of a river steamer. United Stales of Columbia. 28 Report that 4.000 tn-n were engulfed while filling a I.reach in tho Yellow river embank ment in China confirmed. 27 Explosion and slnkicgof u ferryboat at Vallejo, OaL Forty lives lost. 2ft Avalanche* destroy several Alpine village* la Italy UAT.CB. 8 The famous hospice In St. Bernard burled by an avalanche. No lives lost, ft News received of earthquake In the province of Yun Ken, China. Ono hundred uud fifteen thousand people kill d and 1,800,0X1 rendered homeless. K). Twenty t ight lives lost by the sinking of tho British steamship City of Corinth. 11,12, 18 Famous blizzarl along the Atlantic coast Business paralyzed: many people frozen to death; numerous railroad accidents and sea disasters. Ice bridge formed between New York and Brooklyu, East river. 17. Tuo south bound West Indian mall train on the Savannah. Florida uud Western railroad broke through the trestle after orcxtUng creek near Blackshirt 1 , Go.; nineteen persons killed; thirty-four hurt: narrow escape* of George Gould und wifo. 29. Twelve inches ot snow fell In northern Texas Theatre burned ut Oporto, Portugal; 119 people consumed 21. Tornado in East Tennessee. Many floods. 22. Blizzard reported in the northwest. 27. Terrible floods in Germany and Hungary—100 villages submerged-many lives lost—40,000 rendered homeless. Heavy floods in Ala- \ baina. | 28 Sixty miners killed by an explosion at Rich Hill. Mo. ’ ! APRIL. | L Eighteen people burned to'death and slxty-flve injured at Celayu, Mexico, by the burning of the stand for spectators at a bull fight. & News received of wreck of bark Princess off Caminba, Portugal. Twenty throe drowned. B. Twelve persons killed In an accident on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway at New Hampton. In. 8 Tornado destroyed several houses In Sioux City, la. 14. Great damage douc by Ice gorges in the north west. 18 Report from Calcutta of tornado at Daeea, killiug more than 100 persons and wounding more thnn 1,000. 19. Explosion of colliery In Worklngham, Eng land, killed twenty-two jiersous. 29. Floods in Wisconsin and Id tho southwest. Loss of life and destruction of property re ported. the French steamer Iberia, twenty milts* from Sundy Hook. Disastrous tornado nt WatervlDe. Pa 98 The Btortn of the 34th. 23th and 2Cth caused loss uf nearly $1,000.on the Atlantic coast DKOXUBXA 12 A whole family found burned to death In Cookvllle. Mo Indications of murder 11. Albevk’s woolen inauufaetofy ut Neumunster. Prussia, burned to tlso ground; fifteen per sons killed and tea fatally injured. 18 A market building destroyed in Boston by a mysterious explosion. DEATH'S HEAVY HAND. IT WAS LAID UPON SOME MIGHTY HEADS DURING 1888. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. JANIART 12 Edwards. Bragg confirmed as United States minister to Mexico 18 Due M Dickinson confirmed postmaster gen eral of llie United States L. Q C Lunar cuufirmed as ait-'ociau* justice of tho supremo court of the United Steles. 17. 11 C. Walthall re-elected United Stales senator from Mississippi Wesley Merritt confirmed as brigadier general of the U uited States army. 25 United States Senator Wilson, of Iowa, re elected. rEEItCARY. 18 nenry George withdrew from the Anti-Poverty society 18 Charles ii. Carey m:u!d solicitor of the United States treasury KAr.cn. 8 Gen. Badeau brought his suit against the Grant family Settled late in the year APRIL. U DU DeEar excitement at Its height In New York. 8 Rhode Island election. Carried by the Repub licans. 8 G-ju. George Crook made major general and Col. J. R Brooks made brigadier general 17. Louisiana election. Curried by the Democrats. 23. Episcopal Bishop Courtuey consecrated at Halifax. BUUop.laussen consecrated at Belleville, I1U. SO. Melville VV Fuller nominated chief Justice United States supreme court, RAY. 18 R. B. Roosevelt confirmed as United States minister to the Netherlands. Union Labor convention nominated Alison J. Streolor, of liliuois, for president and Charles E. Cunningham, of Arkansas, for vice prod dent. 17 Union Labor convention nominated Rol*crt £1 Cowdrey, of Illinois, for president, uud W 11. L Wakefield, of Kansas, for vice president. 28 II L Gibson elected United StaU's ueoator from I-ouisiaua. Tho Grisly Kncaty of. Slaiikind Has Spared Neither Palace nor Hovel, and Here Are Set l»oitn.the Names of Sotao of His llitglite.vt Murks. JA.WARY. 2 At Baltimore. Oea. Lsnae R Trimble, nged 85. At Philadelphia. Joel Parker, ex Governor of Now Jersey aged Si 7 At North Stoniugton. Conn.. Eunice dottrel', a Pei pint Indian, aged 105 9. At San Francisco. Gen Washington Seawell. aged S3 14 At Boston. Oen. Adla B Underwood, aged 61. 18 At Washington, George Walker, ex Uuited consul general nt Paris, aged 63 21. At San Francisco. Walter M Gibson, ex pro mler of the Sandwich Islands, aged 05. At Jlentor, Eliza Ballou Garfield, mother of President Garfield, aged 88. 28. At Washington, Rear Admiral Clark H Wells, nged 83 80. At Cambridge. Blass., Professor Asa Gray, aged 77. FEBRUARY. 2 At Rome, Italy, Mrs. Mary Howltt, aged 54. 18 At Santa Fe, N. M., Archbishop BaptUte 1-amy, nged 74. 18 At Toledo, O., D. R. Iz*cke (Petroleum V Nosby), aged BL 17 At New York, A. S. Barnes, aged 71 21. At Providence, George II. Corliss, aged 70. £4. At Washington, W. W. Corcoran, aged 9a MARCH. 4. At Boston, Amos Bronson Alcott, aged 68 8 Mrs. Proctor, widow of Barry Cornwall, aged 88. 6. At Boston. Louisa Slay Alcott, aged 88 7. At Charleston, U Q. Memmtagcr. secretary of the Confederate treasury, aged 68 8 At Charleston, W. Va., Gen. D H. Strother (Porte Crayon), aged 78 • 9. At Berlin, Frederick William Ludwig von Hohcnzollera (William I). emperor of Gcr many aud king of Prussia, aged 91. 12 At New York. Ileury llergh, nged 65. 1C At Paris. Senator Lazare Uippolyte Caruot. aged 67 18 Horace Fairbanks, ex-governor of Vermont, aged 88 Equal Rights national convention la Des Jlolnes, 28 At Washington. Morrison R Waite, chief jus- RAT. 8 An entire family consisting of seven persons burned to death near Burlington, Neb. & Cloud burst near Maize, Kan., and caused a flood, during which a bouse was swept into the Arkansas river and four persons of one family drowned. Explosion of a carload of dynamite near Locust Gap, Pa., killed eight persons and injured twenty more; seventeen houses wrecked aud burned. Damage, S75.000. 11. Destructive tornado at Freeport, Ills. f8 High water at Alexandria, Mo., along the Red River valley; many plantations, flooded; several lives lost. 28 Destructive storms from ocean to ocean, much property damaged aud several fives lost. Pennsylvania alone reports a lues of more than a tnilliou dollars. pM Fmfo The Excellent Qualities Of tho delightful liquid fruit remedy Syrup of Figs, commend to *11 who suf fer from Habitual Constipation, Indiges tion, Piles, etc. Being iirliquid form and pleasing to the taste, harmless in its na ture, strengthening as well ss cleansing in its properties, it is easily taken by old and young*and is truly beneficial ^n its ef- fects, and therefore, the favorite family remedy, especially with the ladies and children, who require a gentle, yet effec tive laxative. For sale by Wade & Sledge, Athens. Ga. Bobby (proud of hia progress in Latin) —‘ Pop, what’s the Latin for people?” Father—“I don’t know.” Bobby - (loudly)—“Populi” ' Father (fiercely)—“What do you mean, you young scamp? Lie, do I? By t* 10 piper, lad. I’ve half a notion to ba_te you.”—Binghamton (N T . Y.) Re publican. 4. Eighteen persons killed and forty-one Injured in a railway accident near Tampico, Mexico. Eleven persons burned in a fire in the Undine hotel, Rockford, Tex. 18 Dubois, l’a., suffered tho loss of S00 houses by fire; 4,009 people rendered homeless. 19. Eighty men escaped from a burning German steamer, to be drowned by tho capsizing of a large boat. SO. Accounts of the gales on tho coast of Iceland in May show that 400 French fishermen were dro-.vnod. 28 Disastrous floods In Mexico, in ono city 500 houses destroyed, and in another 1,000 bodies found. tL Holbrooke, A. T., almost entirely destroyed by ‘Ire. Steam launch upset on Newark, N. J., bay, by pleasure seekers aboard it, and six drowned. JULY. 8 Tornado passed over Illinois and Iowa; great d image. Severe storms also reported from New Brunswick, N. J. Two hundred and twenty-four persons killed la a fire in tho Dcbecr* mine, at Kimberly, Griquoland. West South Africa. Reports from Pittsburg and Wheeling, place tho recent loss by floods along the Ohio and Monougahela rivers os high os f3,000,000. 12 Two hundred houses hunted at Alpena, Mich.; 1,293 persons reudered homeless. Eight hundred men entombed in a mine In South Africa. 18 Scvccteen persons drowned by the wreck of tho British ship Star of Greece, near Adelaide, Australia. 18 Over 503 persons killed by an eruption In the I'ondai-sau volcanic region, Japan. 20. Fourteen lives lost by a West Virginia cloud burst. , ■' H. Fourteen raftsmen, while drunk and trying to run tho Malta wan river rapids, Can,adz, were drowned. JL Incendiary fires at Port an Prince, Hayti. Eight hundred and fifty building* destroyed and loss of $2,000,000. Auaesr. L Evansville, Ind., visited by a destructive fire. Suffolk, Va, almost entirejy destroyed by fire. 2 Two lives lost In a fire on tho Bowery, New York. 18. Railroad aacldent at Shohola. N. Y., on the Erie; 35 people hurt, 1 killed; several of Gel> hnrd's and Mrs. Langtry's horses killed. ML Business portion of French Cayenne burned. Loss, $3,000,093. Collision of steamships Gelser and Tblngvalla, off tho coast of Newfoundland. The Gelser sank' in less than eight minutes. More than 100 Uvea lost. 21. Eleven people killed by storm In Maryland; severe storm In Louisiana; $500,000 damage to coal craft alone. 22 Collision between steamer City of Chester and the Oceanic, Just inside the Golden Gate, San Francisco. Thirty-four lives lost. 28 Fourteen persona killed by boiler explosion nt Neench, Neb. la., nouiiculeJ Lira Lock weed for president. SO. E D. White elected United States senator front Louisiana. 31 Prohibitum national convention nominated Clinton B Fisk for presideul aud Johu A. Brooks for vice president. JVNC. 5. Oregon c'l'ction. Carried by tho Republicans. 8 Democratic national convention nominated Grovur Cleveland for president of tho United States and Allen G Thurman, of Ohio, for vice president. 18 William B. Francklyn aud S. B. Tuck made United States commisaiouers to tho Puris ex position. 18 Mine. Ills DeSor sent to tho penitentiary In New Y'ork. 28 Republican national convention nominated Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, for president, and Levi I*. Morton, of New Y'ork, for vice president. JULY. 9. Col. Thomas L. Casey appointed chief of tho engineers of tho United Buttes army, with tho rank of brigadier general. AUOl’ST. 18 National convention of American party at Washington nominated James L. Curtis for president. 2-L Ex-President Salomon, of naytl, arrived In New York en route to Paris iu exile. . 28. Robert Garrett reported completely demented. 31. Charles Ii. Lilehinatt resigned the general secretaryship of the Knights of Labor. SKPTEMBKU. 10. Republicans carried tho Maine election. 28. J. IL Oberly nominated Indian commissioner. ot.wonER. 28 Daniel Hand, of Connecticut, gave $1,000,000 for the education of colored people In the old slave states. 80. Lord Backville given his passport. XOVE2DBR. C Presidential and congressional elections throughout the United States; Benjamin Har rison and Levi I*. Morton elected president and vice president. 15. Joseph Chamberlain, M. P., and Miss Endlcott married iu Washington. 17. Perry Belmont appointed minister to Spain. 39. A. II. Colquitt, Democrat, re-elected United States senator from Georgia. 28 General Master Workman Powtlerly, of the Knights of Labor, re-elected. DEC SLIDER. 7. L V. Williamson, of Philadelphia, mokes the first transfer to trustees of the $12,000,000 fio proposes to give for educational institutions. Strikes and Labor Troubles; JANUARY. 8 Forty collieries on tho Reading Railroad sys tem are idle. \ FEBRUARY. 14. Eviction cf twenty-two families of striking cigar makers In New York. 25. Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Izicome- tivo Engineers, ordered tho engineers and fire men ot tuo Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad to strike. MARCIl. 29. Riots among 0., B. and Q. switchmen at Chi cago. aprik. II Brewers men struck In Chicago. 11. Strike of bakers at Chicago. 18 Browers’ lockout began in Now York, Brook lyn, Newark, Jersey City, Paterson aud Staten Island. Five thousand mou out of employ ment. 29. Andrew Carneglo opened his great steel works at Pittsburg with uon-uuion men. JUNE. 18 All window glass factories in Pittsburg and the est shut dotta. 80. Conference between the Iron manufacturers and the Amalgamated association resulted in tho closing of tho mills, 38,090 men being thrown out of employment. JULY 8 Division Chief Bauereisen of the Brotherhood tice of the Uuitcd States, aged 72. 24. At Wiesbaden. John T Hoffman, ex-governor of New York, ogl'd CO At New York. Commodore Robert B. Hitchcock, aged 81. 28 At New York. Joseph W Drexel. aged 55. 28 At tinvauunh, ex-Lieutenant Governor Dors helmer, of New York, nged 52 27. Near Claytnont, Del.. Felix O. C. Darley, artist, aged 62 Scyyld Burghash, sultan of Zanzibar, aged 88 APRIL. 2 At Philadelphia. Benjamin IL Brewster, ex attorney geueral United Suites, aged 7L B. At Now York. Jacob Sharp, aged 71. - 7. At Brooklyn, Gen. Quincy Adams GUlmore, aged Cl 14. At Valencia, Spain, Archbishop Joseph S. Alemany, nged 74. 18 At Liverpool, Eng., Matthew Arnold, aged 03. 17. At Brooklyn, Ephraim George Squire, nged 08 18 At New York, Dr. Cornelius Agitew. aged 68 At New York. ex-United States Senator Roscoe Conkling, aged €0. 19. At Baltimore, Md., A. S. Abell, founder of The Baltimore Sun, nged 61. 20. At New Y'ork, William B. Dinsmore . president of Adams Express company, aged 77. 21. At Boston, Brig. Gen. William Dwight, aged 56. At Ottawa, Thomas White, Canadian minister of the interior aged 58 22 At New Brunswick, N. J., Rear Admiral Charles Stewart Boggs, aged 77. 28 At New York, Mrs. Clements S. Lozier, IL D., aged 74. so. At Rome, II. We- Dcasy, vice rector of the American college. KAY. 2 At Fond flu Lac, Wis., Bishop John Henry Hobart Brown, aged 56. 8 At Amherst, Mass., Lawrence Perseus Hlckok, aged 89. 7. Near CrlfBthsvllle, W. Va., Thomas Eggleston, aged 111 He smoked for ninety years. 8 At l.ondon. Professor Leone Levi, aged 08 11. At St. Paul, Minn., Commodore Kittson, aged 67. 12 At Toronto, John Joseph Lynch, archbishop of Toronto, aged 72 JUNE. 6. At New Y'ork, Thomas M. McElrath, first pub lisher of The New York Tribune, aged 61. T. At Paris, Marshal Edmond lu liueuf, aged 79. 8 At Jamaica plains. Moss., Uov. Dr. Janies Freeman Clarke, nged 73. 10. At Full River, Moss., Stephen Gleason, aged 108 Right Hon. Edward Robert Klng-Hannan, un der secretary for Ireland, aged 50 year*. 12 At Somerset, O., Mrs. John Sheridan, mother of Gun. Sheridan, nged 67. 14. Near Newburyport, Mass., Mary N. Prescott, aged 48. j 18 At Berlin, Frederick IH, emperor of Germany 1 and king of Prussia, aged 58. £8 At Y'ork, England, llov. UeorgoTrevor, aged 79. At Loudon, England, Dr. Charles H. Zukertort, citCM player, nged 45. £9. At Long Island City, L. I., Francis Henry Tur- pio Beliew. artist, nged 01. At San Francisco, Gen. Washington L. Elliott, aged 07. JULY. 9. At Tullamoro Jail, Ireland, John Mandevllle, 61. P. 11. At Brooklyn, Gen. Jesse C. Smith, aged 68 12 At Contentment Island, Darien, Conn., Vincent Colyer, artist, nged 83. '— At Rochester, N. Y\, niram Sibley, aged 61. 15. In Africa, Sir Johannes ilenrlcus Brand, presi dent of tiiu Orange Free State, aged G4. 19. At Cornwall-on-thc-Hudsoa, Rev. Edward Payson Roe, aged 51. * 20. At Cincinnati, O.. Gen. Thomas L Y’oung, nged 88 28 At Ijtko Dunmorc, near Brandon, VL, Court Until Palmer, aged 43. 28 At I-euvvuwurth. Kan.. cx-Gov. Thomas Car ney, aged Cft of Locomotive Engineers and three other* ar- -At Sllddletown, N. Y„ Bartley Campbell, play- rested, charged with being Implicated In a plot to wreck property of tho C., U. and Q. 18 Chairman Hoge and Murphy of tho “Q” engi neer’s and firemen's grievance committee and Secretary Kelley and McGilvery arrested in connection with tho alleged dynamite con spiracy. 18 Unconditional surrender of tho iron manufact urer* to tho Amalgamated association. AUGUST. 18 Largo rolling mills at Chicago shut down. Fifteen hundred men thrown out of employ ment. 28 Fifteen hundred hands thrown out of work by shutting down of mills in Delaware county. Pa. Railroad employes on four Indiana lines went out ou strike. OCTODER. 7. Street car strike on in Chicago. ft Rioting between the Chicago street car strik ers and the police. 12 Thomas WardeU, wealthy coal operator at Bevior, Mo., lulled by striking miners. NOVEMBER. £2 General strike of switchmen at Indianapolis. DECEKDER. 8 T. B. Barry organized a labor organization. In dependent of the Knights of Labor. 8 The trial of the alleged “Q” dynamiters begun at Geneva, IU. TO. Fresh trouble at Bevler, Mo., necessitated the calling out of the troops. 4 Damaging cyclone in Cuba; enormous prop erty loss sustained and considerable loss of life. 8 Eighteen persons killed and forty Injured by a railroad accident near Dijon, France; 12 Great loss of life reported by Mexican floods. 18 Volcanic eruption on the Philippine Islands One hundred killed. Tho Italian steamer Sud America, from Monte video, sunk whilo entering PortLuz, Sandwich! Islands. Forty drowned. ;8 Disastrous floods in Georgia. OCTOBEH. 2 Severe storms at the great lakes. Many lives lost 8. Serious floods aid storms reported front China cad Japan. ft Heavy snow storms Is Canada. Maine, Now Hampshire and Vermont Floods in Canada naJ Maine. 18 -Two sections or an excursion train on the Le high Volley rood came together at Mud Bun, Pa.; 78lives lost 18 Disastrous prairie fires reported In Dakota. 27 A itombsholL picked up ou the battle field of Gettysburg Id 1683. exploded and killed a' young man at Bolling Springs- Pa- HOVKItaXK. 4 Mine explosion at Cook's Run. l’a Sixteen lives lust ft One hundred miners entombed by a mine ex plosion near Pittsburg- Kan. Thirty-seven men killed by a Ore In a lantern and gauge work* in Rochester, N. Y- JL QpU&CQ between UpCgaaniar U«bria_and Electric Bitters. This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Electric Bitters sing the same song of praise.—A purer medicine does not exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. 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Y„ Seth Green, aged TL 28 At Caithness, Scotland, Sir John Rose, Can adian statesman, aged 88 8 At Norwich, CL, George L- Perkins, aged 108 8 At Stamford, Conn., John Lester Wallack, aged 68 12 At New York, Professor Richard Proctor, nged 5L 21. At Madrid. Ex-Marsha! Bazaine, of France; OCTOBER. 18 At Chicago, Long John Wentworth, aged 72 lft At Paris, ex-PresIdent Salomon, of Hayti, aged 82 28 At Newton, Mass., R. M. Pulslfer. 2L At New York, LI Yu Doo. Chinaman, and gen eral of BlaCk Flogs. 22 At Philadelphia, Vicar-General Maurice A. Walsh, aged 58 28 At New York, Mrs. Ellen Ewing Sherman, aged 84 of the uuiuiut* liave coins id the United dlules. fet.suart: \ 8 White Cajw flogged an J lift a man in dying coudition In Indiana 7 Ex-Mayor Means, of Cincinnati, president of tho Mvtropoliuvi National bauk, arrested for misappropriation. Bank closed.- 8 Henry Kcmt cashier Continental hotel, Phila- delphia. defaulter In SoOX-M. Amos J Snell. Chicago millionaire-, murdered by burger. (This is tlio celebrated Taucott case.) ' — 33. Masked robljers ivect through a Southern Piv rifle train, near Tucson, A. T. Reported heavy loss 39. Express train robbery o:t the St Louis, Arkan sas and Texas railroad, ct Kingstond, Arkan- srs L tt Alton. 8 Discovery of graveyard Insurauco scheme. Charleston. K. U 4 Erast us J Jones, ex-treasurer of Daupliin county, l’a., defaulter in $51,000. 30. State Treasurer Tale, of Kentucky, reported defaulter in $-£0,090. 27. State National bauk of Raleigh, N. C., closed its doors. Charles E. Close, president, and Samuel (X White, cashier, defaulters iu $>3,000. APRIL. 8 First Whitechapel murder reported. 11. Trial of Dave Walker, Bald Knubber chief. In progress in Ozark, Miss. He iva* convicted, and with other Bold Kuobbers seuteuced to * hang Dec. 38 11 Happy Bob Van Brunt, formerly Salvation Army leader, hanged at Wursaw, N. Y, for the murder of Will Roy. 3ft Passenger train on tho Inter-Occanlc railway In Mexico robbed by highwaymen. say. ^ L Assistant Cashier' Do Baun, of tho Park Na tional bank. New York, defaulter iu $98000. 9. Tho supremo court of Illinois confirmed the sentence of the Chicago boodlers, and they were aent to Joliet penitentiary 12 Masked robbers board a train on the Sonora railroad, at Aguazarea, A. T., and then robbed tho fireman, killed tho expressman and fataiiy hurt the conductor. Ono passenger fatally hurt. JUXE. 1. Mrs. Rawson, whose divorce suit against her husband was tho talk of Chicago, shot Jluj. Whitney, her husband's attorney, in open court. 8 White Caps of Spencer county. Ind., com manded lien-spajiers to publish their proclama tion under penalty of chastisement. 8 M. L Uchteustehi, Wllmiugtou, Del., de faulter hi $3.3,330 17. Eight masked robbeis went through a train near Junction City. Jl. T., securing $1,400. 80. 1*. A. Huber, Adams Express ageul ut Sun- bury. Pa., arresttsl for stcaiing r.u express package containing $30,599, in transit trow Philadelphia, iu August, 1SN6. 22 Porter aud Buck, American burglars, held In i-ondon for extradition to Zurich, where they are charged with eiealiug $350,000 worth of property 38 Charles A. Pitcher, teller of Union bank of Providence, R. 1., Is a fugitive and defaulter in large amounts. JULT. 8 John R. Ynn I.oan, of tho Second National bank of Jersey City, a defaulter $15,000 18 Tho stealings of M. L. Lichtenstein. defaulting treasurer of Wiltnluglon, Del., loan associa tions, aggregate $100,000. 18 More stories of opium smuggling on the ex treme northwest and tho New Y’ork aud frontier. Later many arrests were made aud lu November Frank Gardner was convicted and sentenced for being concerned t herein. Three Bohemian Anarchists Ilronek, Cliapek Chlcboutli arrested in Chicago for conspiracy to murder Judges Gerry and Griuaell and lusiwctor Iiontlcld, aud bunt down the city. 28 Wur between Iiatfleld and McCoy factions in Piko county, Ky„ aud Logan county, W. Va, broke out afresh. 27. Governor Hill commuted death Rentenco of Chiara Clguarale to iuiprisouuient for life. 29. YVhite Ca;)s In Perry county, Ind, flog two Mormon missionaries. 89. P. K. Dedurick, of Albany, robbed of $40,000 by an expert thief. AUOUST. L B’.lnky Morgan hanged in Columbus, 0. 7. Bccond Whitechapel murder. 18 Hugh M- Brooks, altos Maxwell, hanged at SL Ijouls for the murder of Preilcr. 14 Two men In Chicago arrested for systematic moil robbery, having taken more titan $109, 000 from tho mails. 21. CapL N. Kinney, Bald Knobbcr chief, Missouri, idiot and killed at. Ozark, by Bill Miles, onautl- Bald Knobbcr. 27. Charles W. Waldron, of nillsdale, Mich, ab sconded to Canada with soveral thousand dol lars. 31. Third Whitechapel murder. BUPTCKBZR. 6. Attorney General Jlichener, of Indiana, re ported a terri bio state of affairs owing to the depyedaticcs of Whlto Caps In tho southern . part of the state. 7. Fourth Whitechapel murder. 20. Seventeen outlaws shot dead in a battle with vigilantes near Poladora, No Man's Izwd. Throe vigilantes were killed and nino wounded. 2L Fifth Whitechapel murder. 24 Mrs. Lizzie Hoy, of Bandero county, Tex., shot and killed “Tho Lono Highwayman." 28 James Brown, said to have been married thirty- threo times, convicted of bigamy In Detroit 27. W. R. Kostci, ,'rusteo ot tho gratuity fund of the New Y'ork IYoducb Scjl’ango declared a defaulter In $188,000. ' '• 39. Sixth Whitechapel murder. 80. Seventh Whitechapel murder. 80. Cashier Chapin, of Fall River, reported a de faulter In $106,000. OCTOBER. 2 Eighth Whitechapel murder. 14 Antonio Flaceoinio murdered in New York. This was tho noted Mafia murder. 18 II. S. Briggs, aafo manufacturer at Rochester, N. Y, absconded; $H,000short in Ills accounts. 19. Paymaster J. IL McClure und stable boss nugh Flannlgan, employed by Contractor McFad- den, of Wilkesbnrre, Pa, robbed of $12000 and murdered. Train robbers went through a train nt Pent, lad, and stole many thousand dollars, watches and Jewelry. 22 Thomns Axworthv. treasurer, of Cleveland, disappeared, leaving a deficit of about $500,090. KOVEUBER. 4 Daring stage coach robbery near Sdnta Bar bara. Cal. 17. Henry W. King, Jr, shot and killed at Omaha, Neb, by Libbio Beichler, with whom he had previously lived. 22 J. IL Bedell, New York forger, sentenced to twenty-five years Imprisonment 28 Mr«. Whiteling, Philadelphia, poisoner, con victed of murder in the first degree. 88 Treasurer Charles Q. Winchell, of Spink county, D. T, disappeared, a defaulter for $100,008 DECCUOEIU , 2 Phil Daly, the Long Branch gambler, was shot In a New York den. where he had been en ticed by a woman's note, with a view to rob bery. The wound was not a serious one. 8 Frank H. Bates, an employe of “Old Hutch," a defaulter in Chicago in $30,000. Nine prominent citizens of Crawford county, Ini, arrested In coauection with the White Cap outrages. 0. A mob attacked the Jail 'at Birmingham. Ala, In on attempt to lynch William llawt-s, the murderer. Tho sheriff and Ills party fired on them, killing ulun and wounding thirty. Ninth Whitechapel murder. 10. Whitt- Cap outrages in Texas. 12 E. L Harper, who stole tho funis of tho Fi delity bank of Cincinnati, a raving maniac. White Cap outrages re;>ortt.*<l from Ohio. Reported appearance of White Caps at James town, N. Y’. White Caps indicted In Indiana. 17. Beglaniug of trouble between whites and btock-<in Mississippi TAKES ABACK SEAT. 1838 Believes in Letting the Yonni?. Folks Try a Hand. NEW YEAR, STARTS OUT VERY BADLY. AU Sorts and Confil„ ons of ^ Luck A Nobleman Kobbol—A N ow German Latv-Tl.e New York Chess Club — Note*. New \ouk, Jan. 1.—fSpeci-ill—Th« first stabbing affray of the new year here occurred at ISM this morning,' and woe followed by several other altercations on the street, and leading to the firing of pistols with fatal results. It has not been a very joyful New Year tor the polite and coroners, ponce At 12:13 o'clock rhis morning Michael J T ar ? old - was stabbVd in the left breast, during an altercation with his brother-in-law,and died soon afterwards fiom the effects of the iujurv. Hi* ro,°en h ri r ln ' la T ,, 0cCa b cd > b Ut was subse quently arrested. —— N f er - V > twenty-two years old, was found unconscious in front of a j i 111 ? OL1 Tenth avenue to-dav and died while being removed to liis home. At the police station it was dis covered that there was a bullet wound m his right shoulder blade, which had caused jus death. How he obtained his wound is a mystery. At 8:30 o clock this afternoon, Pat ick r iwgerald. 20 years old, came iu Prince street fetation with his uukie and leg fractured. He claimed he was struck b i' a policeman with his club. Fitzger ald was taken to a hospital. ’ Eourenc-mouth, the house of the Aus- trian aiubasi-ador lu re, was broken into j I-tst night by burglars aud everyth of \alae carried aw.iy. The.e was a loss of jewelry, plate and inonev, Italian Trotting Sra*on. Rome, Jan. ?.—Thu government has offered $11,000 in priz.-s for trotting races this year. The legislature has also passed laws regulating horse-breeding, an-1 directing that after to day private owner will not to a.!owt*d to ke p stal lions for service unless they have beoh app;ovt-d by the dine or of agriculture. Tilts tcstriction is int-'ided to prevent the use of unsound sues. It has beat furthtr decreed by the government that for a period of eight years no less than eight hundred s.allit ns shall be pin chased by the government, for which the sum of j$y5,0uM lias been appropriated. A lUllroader’ii Transfer. Cleveland. Jan. 1.—J. S. Haurohan, for many years geueral manager of tho Louisville & Nashville railroad, to-day became assistant general manager of tho Lake Shore road, vice Edward Ciallup, deceased. Mr. Haurohan entered the railway service in 1864, at Alexandria, Va. He went through the war. and was one of the men ‘hot at iu Baltimore be fore Lincoln's inauguration. Lie has Lec-n with the Louisville & Nashville road since the war closed. New Y'ear’s Notes. Lansing, Mich. Jan. 1.- Gov. Luce was inducted into oflico to-day, with simple ceremony. Hartford, Jan. 1.—The Connecticut legislature convened to-day. Sthausbourg, Jan. 1.—After to-day t in accordance with the instructions of the government, private documents writ- 1 ten in the French language bearing no date or dated subsequent to July 1st, ISIS. iuu:t be a compunied by an au thorized German translation at the cost of the parties concerned. New York. Jan. 1.—The sixth Ameri can Chess congress ' which began to-day, js, for the first time, of an international chaiaoter. Contesting for the prize of $2,000, there are in addition to the Ame ricans, representat ves of Russia, Aus tria, England and France. 8 At New York, Dr. David Hcstetter. 14 At Brooklyn, Gen. W. IL Brownell, aged 42 82 At Philadelphia, Vicar General Walsh. 18 At Rochester, Pa. Gen. Thornes J. Power, aged 61. SOLICITOR SWORN IN. Tuesesday morning Judge Hutchins administered the oath of office to R. B. Russell, Esq., our new Solicitor-General for the Western circuit. The Judge al so granted a chait -r to the incorporators 1 of Princeton factory at tbs called 0® 8 * tr. investigation of*tbo central bank case, To- sion. raato,f^«s^toaRJnBlLh<ai$>K-J|Sf« L At Washington, D. C., Rear Admiral Edward Simpson. 4 At Fort Hamilton, N. Y., Maj Gen. Roraeyn U. Ayres, aged Cl 7. At BeliefonUi, l*a., Gen. William IL Blair, nged 78 18 At New York, Rear Admiral Lc Rcy. 18 Colorow, Indian chier. 18 At New York. Gen. James C. Lane THE WORLD’S WICKEDNESS.’ * JXNUinY. 12 Hatfields and McCoy*, of Kentucky and West Virginia, fought a pitched battle. They met again Jan. lft 12 Court Clerk Irion, of Birmingham. Ala., de faulted in $30,908 28 W T Reynold*, cashier Citizens* hank, Lime stone, L T., was murdered by bank robbers, one of whom was shot by the people, ono vw hanged and the nwt turned over to the authorities. Charles O'Brien, cashier, and Elmer E. Morse, bookkeeper, of the Auburn, N. Y., First Na tional bank, disappear. Defalcation, $208000. - THE .UlROKfihU CAPTURED. The Author of The Philadelphia HorrOF Discovered at Last, Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 1.—The mu tilated remains of the murdered man found in East Park on Wednesday last, were yesterday indentiifed as those of Antoine Schilling, agud twenty-four years. At 7:30 odoek la.t evening the man who committed the diabolical murder was taken into custoiy. liis name is Jacob Scbroop, aged about forty years. Pchioop, like his v.ctim, is a Gorman. He and Schilling weie partners in a femall grocery store, No 1212 Caiwalader street. , . Bv midnight Schroop made a confes sion to Chief Detective Wood, and ac knowledged killing Schilling. The mo tive for the deed was robbery. All that Schroop realized by his dastardly crime was $80. , , It was learned that the daughter or Schroop has made a confession. She ac knowledged having tried to kill Schill ing by administering a dose of lauda num. She gave an overdose of the drug, which saved his life. It was afterward determined to hang the young man, and a rope was procured for the purpose. The eiiTs father did not deem this a good plan, so he killed him in the house, and then chopped up the body. T1 '° P" have the hatchet which was used m wuv tHating the remains. Bncklen’s Arnica Salve. The best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fe ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil blsins Corns, and all Skin Eruptions- and positively cures Piles, or no pay re quired. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Prices 25 cents per box. For sale by John Crawford & Co Wholesale and Retail Druggist SENSATION IN OCONEE. A Skeleton IVund on the Bank* of the Elver. Last Friday a skeleton was found on the bank of the Ocotoqe river near Ter rell’s Ferry. It is supposed to be the remains of a negro who some time ago stole a lot of goods from a party near Salem, and who in endeavoring to es cape with hia booty crossed the river while it was up. The verdict of the Coroner’s jury was accidental drowning. Denies Killine * Marqnls. New York, Jan. 1.—The Italian, Pie tro di Narvo, who was arrested m Stem- ford for the murder of the Marquis San- duzzi, near Torella, Italy, was transfer- « k a* »»• >*»<“ joor to hiie 3 lawyer. ■. ' A New Chinese Tel.-graph System. f Warsaw, Jan. 1.—[Special. ]—TWo French engines at rived here yesterday Li make arrangements for the establish* SSa new telegraph line between Tina in aud hilUi. New York Electric Execution* New York, Jan l.-The law ^luh- Jlling in thissteteand substituting StriS os a means of execution gees into effect today. The new lawappU^ incase. after to-day- .. . j t no t expected verbial m New/iorE, to death that any crunwal w 1 be^p M^ed to «Kd (hat portion oCj ^ to i ^w^h provides that these ** SSSJSSSJ^-^ th-- prisons
