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aT-E&NS BANNER TUESDAY MOF^ING MARCH 20 im
CROWDS COMING. THE dispensary profits I the new s in brief.
T HK lOMMITlEES APPOINTED
TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
FOR
Excursions on the
Leading to Athens— It
Will he a Rousing
Time.
win be Divided Out at an Early Date.
According to the dispensary law the
profits of the dispensary will be divided
at an early date between the city and
Mayor O’Farrell and Ordinary Her-
rington will agree upon the plan of di-
Roads | <* wu wotobfeb..., ^ ,
5“ ed *■» property v»l- oapit.llitot Port Valley, Is deed,
ues of the city and that part of the
county outside the city.
’l'he Joint debate between Hon. W. Y.
Atkiiifo*'- and General C. A. Evans,
w Ijk>u takes place In this city will be
attended by one of the largest orowds
ev>T ».stmbling in this city.
The excursion from Monticello will
bring a large crowd from Jasper, Mor
gan and Oconee counties.
State Agent Reaves will run a spec
i&l from Lula to Athens at four cents
per mile round trip, and will bring in a
large crowd from Banks and Jackson
counties.
Arrangements will be made with the
Georgia road to run a special from
Union Point, which will biing in peo
ple from Greene, Taliaferro and Ogle
thorpe counties.
The Seaboard Airline schedules fit
exictly, and with speoial rates offeied
will bring in the people from Gwinnett,
Jackson, Madison and Elbert counties
Arrangements are being made for the
j int debate, and everything will move
off smoothly.
The dillerent sides here have appoint
ed committees wbioh will select a chair-
man for tbe meeting, arrange for a
Telegraphic Sparks and Other Items
for Banner Readers.
—Everybody is planting pear trees in
McIntosh county.
—Stewart oonnty will vote on the
liquor question soon.
—H. C, Harris, a leading eitizm and
ipitalist of Fort Valley, is dead.
r-Biobard Croker has bought an ex-
The report of the dispensary cominis-1 ton8ive 1811011 no8r 8&Q Antonio,Texas
eioners giving the receipts and disburse* I —It is reported that there is small-
menta of tbe dispensary from Feb. nary I P° x at Haralson.
1892 to February 1893 is as follows:
Stook on hand Feb. 1,1892$
Purchases daring
year $28,480.15.
Leaa Discount
for cash
$302 56.
Total Mdse.
Sales daring year $45,806.00.
Stook on hand
Feb. 1, >94, $3.20421,
Gross profits
Less expenses
Net profits
Memorandum of Expenses:
Paid for bottles, corks, etc.
Paid for freight and drayage
—Venable Bros., of Atlanta, have
5.113.41. ] bought oat the Lithonia Granite Com
pany for $50,000.
—C. G. Tetze, a merchant of Kyle,
sen i<7<7 ro i Tex » W8S Bhot killed by a burglar
S*a,m.pa lMt nlthti
$83,291.00 J.The minister of Costa Rios denies
the story that there is an insurrection
in that city.
—In the Michigan elections repnbli
49,010 21
15,719 21 j can gains are shown wherever party
6,952.27 lues were Strlotly drawn.
Paid for Salaries,taxes,rent^eto. 3821
Total
-Ex-Senator A, P. Persons, of Tal
bot, is mentioned as a probable oandi-
2479 061 date for the legislature.
-‘-Colquitt, Nor then and Garrard have
formally put themselves on the track
8,76^94
65162
THE SEW CHAPEL-
Soon to be
Erected on
Street.
6952 27 I t0T the 80118(0 handicap.
—There are 128 prisoners from the
South in the penitentiary at Columbns,
Ohio.
Bloomfield
—The British marines have been
The meeting in the interest of the I withdrawn from Bloefields and every-
new Union Chapel in tbe western part thing is quiet there now.
of the city was well attended on Thors- -John Kelly was arrested in New
day night. After religious services I York with several dynamite bombs in
place o( meeting and attend to all oth- co by Dr> w< r. Young" hurt
er ntceaaary ma e s. j ness meetin g wa8 be i d ud the p i aoe
selected for looating the new church. It
The committees as appointed are as
follows:
Kopreaenting General Evans:—
Messrs. S. M. Herrington, E; R. Hodg
son, W. A Jester, T. P. Vincent and
V* I\ Welch.
K presenting Mr. Atkinson: Messrs.
T S Mell, J. H, Duotson, A B. Harp
er, M. G Michael and W. C. Ash.
These gentlemen have the matter of
arrai gementsin band and will make
the affair a great success.
1 he joint committee, will meet this |
afternoon at five o'clock at tbe council
chamber, and a full attendance is de-
deaired.
| bis possession.
—T. 8. Holland, of Monroe county,
is on Bloomfield street,'and is a beauti-1 h “ ^ a PP° inted to fil1 0®°° of
f ul lot and in a splendid neighborhood. 8heriff to fill the vacancy
* ° I /ijnaAd Van Stan Jn.Sk n3 TT!
—Mayor Hunt, of Barnesville, has
received an offer of 95 1-2 for the total
issue of water works bonds of that city.
The offer has been aroepted.
Representatives of the cigar manu
facturing industry met at Washington
to prepare a protest against the pro
posed increase of internal revenue tax
from $3 to $5 p°r thousand on cigars.
—An injunction has been applied for
to restrain sisters of charity from teach
ing in the pnblic schools of Pittsburg
Five were reoently appointed, with
the privilege of teaching in the peculiar
garb of their society.
Labouchere, by; an amendment to the
queen’s speech, seonred a vote on "the
question of the abolition of the veto
power of the lords. It was passed by a
vote of 147 yeas to 145 nays, with many
absent.
-Ex-President R. W. Page shot and
killed ex-Cashier A. B. Smith at the
Merchants’ National bank, Fort Wortb-
Tcx. Smith has been settling up the
bank’s affairs and business differences
arose between the men.
—A gentleman from Germany, who
reoently visited Dawson, has taken an
option on the G. A. Coles 'farm, six
miles above Dawson, ~b/*re it is his
purpose to establish j. colony, of 28
German families.
—A South Carolina frnit grower has
purchased a tract of land near Griffli
for the purpose of planting ont a vine
yard. In addition to the vineyard al
ready on the place he will put out 25
acres more in fanoy grapes.
—Lee Swatts, a well known bookma
ker, whose home is in Macon, ha^ cre
ated a sensation in New York by open
ing a $50,000 book on the Brooklyn
handioap. Swatts owns considerable
property in Macon and has other inter
ests there besides.
—A great religious wave has struck
Rome, and there will be six weeks of
oaused by the death of Sheriff King
appointed in due time. The gentlemen I -Ex-Senator Chilton, of Texas, is ) revival meetings held in the Presbyte
rian, Methodist and Baptist churches,
and the pastors of the three churches
of the city. Their names will be given I candidate for re-eleotion.
. I —Gen. Rudolf Selgling, president of
OMMriy-. .wotottd to looku,„
- ?. ™ , 0h *^- otb.,wte.prompttauinw uutf
and as the work is now inaugurated r , harifiSton
there oan be no doubt that it will be *
done, and that a new place of worship —The portrait reoently painted of
will be opened in that part of the city I Chief Justioe Logan :
at an early day.
accepted by Gov. Nort
Bleckley was
len for the state
We learn that the lot is donated for yesterday,
the chapel by Messrs. C. G. and J. E. | _ The Wilmington Messenger re-
Ma'aria is one of the most insidious
of lnalth destroyers. Hood’s Sarsupn- , , . 1(fc „ —
till, couDieracte it. deadly pouon and TfJ“djt«. and the plMe ot worahlp strawberry blooms and early
"!' lb !l, n , 0W ?“ “■% “”>«*» vewtabtoba™ bean nipped by tbe
Chapel,” in honor of the mother of | r08t>
these gentlemen.
buiMn up tbe system.
smallinddstrIes.
Mr John J. Joiner Will Put Cards In |
His New Building.
We b arn that Mr. John J. Joiner ha9
purenaat-d and will soon put in opera
tion Home splendid wool cards at the
building recently erected at bis place in
List Athens
Mr. Joiner originally contemplated
pn.iiig up a pants factory in this build-
and may
will work harmoniously with each oth
er in carrying them on.
—Albert WitBkowki, of -Macon, spe
oial agent for R. H. Plant’s Life Insur
ance Agency, is under a $1,000 bond £o
appear at the next term of Bibb Supe
rior court to answer a charge of larce
ny after trust. Witskowski has been
writing out polioies and collect! Jg the
first payment from the insured and not
turning it in to Mr. Plant. This, how
ever, has not affected the policies, as
Mr Plant has remitted the payments
himself to the company.
The lot is selected from among the I Byer, of Greenville, S. C.,
splendid lots owned hy tha has invented an apparatus for automati-
NEWS FROM THE GROVE.
Brothers on Bloomfield street.
A FISH STORY.
cally reeling up fire hose that will be of
vast benefit to firemen.
—Thomasville, says the Advertiser,
I has a successful female doctor, and she
The Covington Enterprise Telle About 18 a youDg ^ Dr. J. Marion Hor-
Dr, Simon Peter Richardson’s
Vision.
rock.
—Col. H. C. Harris, the well known
o.r„ ... that part of bia pi. J *>'• ®'lbuker,' and parbaps' tb. w«,l,biaa«
w.hbnn,..nu,a n iii.,— .. I of his friends here about a vision he I . .
once had. He saw a pond of water and
there was a broken log in one corner of
it, and in the vision he dropped his
citizen of Fort Valley; died at his resi
dence in that town on Monday last.
—A prize of $1,000 will be offered for
yet, Uui for the present be will turn his
atieniiou to the feature of wool carding.
Tins in an industry greatly needed in
our midst, bb many farmers in tbe sur-
roui ding counties bring in wool to be
cardtd
1 bis is a move in the right direction.
It is to be regretted that tbiB gentleman
has not sufficient capital to carry ont
bis plane, but the move he has made is.. , , . , .
on the right line. Even without the hole &lon * tbe “ ank8 oI 1110 riTer came I and deliver an address to the laboring
aia of Cbpitalists, with his pluck and u P on 4 la *°° n ’ or P° nd ’ whon Doo “ men.
tor exclaimed, ‘‘Hold on Charlie, here
ib the pond I saw last year in that vis-
hook over by it and palled ont a big I the best drilled company of uniformed
eel. He told his wife and Prof. Charlie Knights of By thias at the Dixie inter-
| Lane about the vision and, strange to j State fair at Macon in October,
j 8a y» shout a year afterwards, he and I —An effort is being made to induce
| the Professor met near a little town and Qr» n d Master Workman Sovereign, of
went out to fish. While looking for a | the Kpights of Labor, to go to Macon
u.tigy he will buiid up a good buBi-
1M6-, which no doubt will pay a ham'.-
suuie dividend on the investment.
Ibis is the way to build up the city,
omul! industries of this sort would give
tU -I'loy rneut to many who are now idle,
ai *l st the same time add wealth to the
ciimmunity.
Who will be the next one to com-
uit i.ee ustful industries that will give
employment to the idle and add to the
Wealth of the city ?
the MARY WASHINGTON
ENTERTAINMENT
Everybody is invited to attend this
entertainment on the 27 b at the opera
house. The best amateur talent has
—An admirer of Congressman Bland
ion, and there is the log. Now, I will booming him for the presidency in
see if tbe eel is there.” He then drop- 1896 on the « roand th8t he wiU BW0 °P
ped his look over by the log and (heSouUl8Edover y ono oI tho 8llver
something grabbed it and oame near
States.
breaking his pole. By bard work he —The Cambria iron works and the
lifted it ont and sure enough it was • an Johnstown steel works at Johnstown,
eel that weighed ahont eight pounds.
SPECIAL BATES
To the Evans-Atklnson Joint Debate
in True City.
Pa., have resnmed, as hav-i the Brad-
dook wire works and the Bethlehem
I steel works.
—Gen. Schofield denies that he favors
I a military department for the entire
Habmony Gbovb, Ga-, March 16 —
[Sp°oial ]—Messrs E. H Youngkinand
J. H. Bensse, two jolly knights of the
grip from Athens, were in the Grove
thiB week.
Mr. J. Jennings made a flying visit
to the Classic City this week on busi
ness
Mr, C. D. Stark, tbe champion fish
erman of this place, opened the season
yesterday afternoon. Of course he had
fisherman’s luck.”
Rsv. W. S. McCarty, an eloquent
Biptist divine of Monroe, ’ G* , spent
several days in the Grove the guest of
his friends aud admirers.
Messrs. R. H. H&vks and R. T.
Quillian have returned home from a
two day’s bird hunt in Banks county.
They report a splendid time.
Prof. Grrst, the phenologist, has been
spending a few days in the Grove this
week the guest of the Bohannon bouse.
Our cotton faotory got up steam
enough last w,eek to blow the whistle,
which can be heard for miles around
The railroads will give speoial rates | South. The territory is too great. He
to the joint debate at this place next I favors two departments, one with
Friday morning between Mr. Atkinson | headquarters at Atlanta,
and General Evans.
The excursion on the Macon aad I
—Arthur L. Reese, chief electrician
. . Northern road will run from Macon to I (bo Ma 5 yl8nd * teo1 °? mp8ny » Y* 8
be*-u chosen for the occasion, and the Alhen8 and retara . it will arrive In U illod white prepanng his apparatus
oniwns of Athens will have a treat I Atbeng at 10: 3o O > clook in the morning, I for 4 l eota ” 8t the Methodist church
rrneij ever enjoyed before.
Hie ihughable farce, “No Cure, No j iQ the afternoon .
1 ay. Will be given, in which six of fche
letditg ladies cf Athens and one from
Atlanta, will take part. The program |
v-ill be varied by a most beautiful drill.
'Hie Easter Bells, in which twelve)
joung men and the same number of [
y< ucg ladies will appear. The enter
tainment will close with the catching!
and wiU return to Macon at 4 o’clock 8t Spsrrow’a Point, near Baltimore.
—Chanoel’or von Caprivi submitted
The speoial train from Lnla to Ath-I a proposition for the coinage of II,-
ens and return will arrive here about I 000,000 marks in silver, the ooinage of
10 o’clock and return in the afternoon. I that metal having fallen below the an
Rates of four cents per mile round trip (thorized limit of 22,000,000 marks,
hsve been arranged on this line.
The Georgia train from Union Point |
—At its regular monthly conference
will arrive about 10 in the morning and I the Baptist church of Wayoross voted
go back about 4. Mr. H. K. Nioholson. unanimously to invite the State con
ing suitable reduced rates.
1895, to hold its meeting in that city.
PHntommim^o^Where are you Going | genend ^ nt at th i 8 place. is arrang-1 vention. which wUl oonvene in April
ihe taking little ballad will be sung
by ^ ,ss Ruby. Mandeville and inter
preted by the young men and young
ladies.
■1 be drill is under the direotion of
Biss Paulin, and will be a most striking
tr&mple of her srtiatio work. All those
The Seaboard Air line train from I _ T i ie Mobile and Girard railroad
Elbsrton comes np early in the morn- wU1 b9 at Girardt Ala>| UIOt , a*
ing as does the train from Atlanta, and I r j ver f rom Columbns, in September
the returning schedules fit exactly. I next> an iem the principal and Interest
The rates on this road will also be
dneed.
on tbe first mortgage bonds, or $1,109,-
000, is paid
»ho have ever witnessed her drills st URGING HIM TO RECONSIDER. -The Vienna Progress is on its met-
L. u. I. will appreciate what is in I tie because the backward spring keeps
store for them, with this additional at- j strong Pressure Being Brought to I candidates from blooming 'thick
traction of twelve yonng men.
*V»tt
tadiKestion, and Stomach disorders, uss
BUOWS>S IRON BITTERS,
dealers '-'-ep it, 81 per bottle. Genuine iaa
*w6*in»r\r rtnoorncr J lioefi on *vrRj>PflT-
'Bear on Prof. Barrow.
If the expression of a universal de- j have not been announced, either.
I sire to have him reconsider his action
will have any effect, then Prof. David
U. Barrow will certainly withdraw his
I and early. Its rates for announcements
—The North Carolina Confederate
Monument Association meets in Ra-
MR. T S. MELL
I reg^naUonM professor of Mattematics ^‘K 11 Friday, to choose the granite for
fnSrXof Georgia. thebase.audto flxthe dayof laying
The unanimous wish and desire of
is suggested as one in Every Way (the fsonlty is for him to remain at his
Qualified to Represent Clarke.
Editok Bamnbk:—In looking over | asked him not to resign.
|bfc political field to find a suitable man
the coiner stone.
—Florida has a colored evangelist,
post, and the stud ntshave to a man I Rev. John Brown, who is known as
the “colored Sam Jones,” who is con
ducting a series of sensational meetings
From .all over the state also comes
to represent our county in the next leg- 1 strong re quesc from the old alumni I is Tampa.
»>»ture, the name of T.S. Mell,Esq.,is asking him to continue as professor __Rioting ribbon weavers and silk
•j-kwted as one in every way qualified Mathematics. dyers of P*terson, N. J.. visited several
armonixe all parties, and give us a It is very doubtful whether the tens- gb0 p S and forced the men to quit work,
ndidste that would be acceptable to tees will consider his resigns on as , q. be y'jji rea ^ n jo introduce dynamite
F«yoae. What tay the people?
H ~ yfjas
unless it is absolutely pressed by Prof, j ^ struggle soon.
Barrow*
MADELINE’S; CASE-
TESTIMONY OF A NEGRO WO
MAN FROM LEXINGTON.
m KOT BOTB PARTIES WELL
They Had Been to Her House
Often— n olonel Swope’s
Name Is Vindicated—
A Female Witness
On the Stand.
Dr. E H. Richardson, a prosperous
physician of Atlanta, returned home
this week after having spent a few days
very pleasautly with his friend Dr. L.
G. Hardman, of this place. Drs. R ch
ardson and Hardman Btudied medicine
together in Europe and are devoted
friends. *
AN KVASS CLUB ORGANIZED.
An enthusiastic Evans club was or
ganized here. Monday night. Capt. T.
A. Little, a* brave Confederate veteran,
waa elected president and Mr. H. O.
Williford secretary. Out of 110 white
voters in town there are between 70
and 80 names on the EvanB list, and
there are several ministers and others
in towiftvho are Evans men, but won’t
join any political club. The meeting
Monday night was very auspicious in
deed, and argues well for Evans’ can-
d'dscy. The Atkinson club will or
ganize Saturday night and get ready
for work.
DEMOCRATIC CLUB BE-ORGANIZED.
The Democratic Campaign Club of
1892 was re-organized here last night
Hon. T. E. Key was elected president
and Editor J M Carson was ohosen see
retary. Notwithstanding tbe storm and.
the short time since the notice of the
meeting was given, a large crowd of
determined Democrats were present to
plight again their faith to the Demo
cratic party and Democratic principles.
Several stirring speeches were made
and the enthusiasm ran to a high pitch.
It was the Herculean efforts of this
club that carried this district so over
whelmingiy Democratic in 1892, and
thereby saved the oounty, and the men
who did the work then are ready to do
it again now’. Three cheers for the
Democratic Club of Harmony Grove!
Long may it live and flourish 1
Mr. H. T7 Rogers is selling a stove
mat, an article which is said to be very
useful to the housewife in cooking. Tne
old man also intends to canvass on
few books and hopes by this means to
earn an honest living. He is
Confederate soldier and a worth;
Give the old veteran yourpai
1 .„. ,<~;Q
''Washington, March 15.—A light mu
latto woman >.y the name of Sarah
Guest, from Lexington. Kentucky, who
was dressed in deep mourning, was the
first ‘Witness of the day in the Pollard-
Breckinridge case. She is the woman
whose deposition was objected to by the
defense a few days ago, and it was not
admitted to evidence by Judge Bradley.
Her examination was conducted E.
Fan-all,.who was attorney for Miss Pol
lard in Lexington.
She was questioned minutely Concern
ing her life and antecedents, how long
she had lived in Lexington, aud other
questions of personal character. She
knew Colonel Breckinridge, she laid,
ever since she was a little girl. She had
lived at the house on Shuler street in
Lexington for 25 years.
The witness identified Colonel Breck
inridge and Miss Pollard who were
present in the courtroom. She testified
that Breckinridge about 10 years ago
came to her house and said he wanted
her to keep a young lady from Friday
until Mbnday. She told him that she
could not sta^That long. Breckinridge
said she must let her come and she
came.
Breckinridge brought her, stayed
about half an hour, went away and
came hack ahont dark, stayed until 11
o’clock and kissed her when he left. She
6aw them in a room together, Breckin
ridge dressed and Miss Pollard un
dressed. He came again Saturday and
Sunday nights. Witness said there were
indications that the bed in Miss Pollard's
room had heen occupied Sunday night.
She heard Breckinridge tell Miss Made
line that she must eat hreaksast early
an i “get down there - ’ to meet Rodpson
Monday morning.
Air. Farrell asked her if there waa
anything about Miss Pollard’s appear
ance that indicated her age, and after the
objection by Mr. Shell y had been over
ruled the witness answered that her
dress came to her shot-tops, she looked
like a school girl between 17 and 18.
Led by Ma-. Farrell she said Colonel
Breckinridge and M.ss Pollard came
back to her house a year later. Colonel
Breckinridge had come to the witness a
year ago last summer aud asked her to
ke Mi68 Pollard, but she refused, say
ing she “did not keep any company
IW.”
Colonel Breckinridge had come to her
again last fall, after the suit was filed,
and asked her not to testify against
him, and also to keep Mary Scott and
Mary Wilson (who had lived at her
house) out of the way, “because he
didn't waut them to get them.”
Did he ever mention the name of any
man in connection with that of Miss
Pollard,” asked Mr. Farrell.
Yes, sir, he asked me if Mi. s Pollard
had ever come to my house with Colonel
Swope. I told him she had never been
there with Colonel Swope.”
Colonel Swope was killed by Colonel
Cassias Goodlow in Lexington some
years ago; and the story circulated a
few months since has connected his
name with that of Miss Pollard.
This story was indignantly denied by
Colonel Swopes’ relatives and no evi
dence to support it was ever brought to
light.
How many times was Colonel
Breckinridge at your house with Miss
PollardV” asked Mr. Farrell.
“About 50 times.”
“Over how many years did these vis
its extend?”
“Over about three or four years.”
Mr. Shelby conducted the cross exam
ination of Sarah Gnest.
He waded right into it without pre--
liminaries.
Sarah,” he said, “how many years
have you been keeping an assignation
house in Lexington?”
Sarah hesitated and appeared embar
rassed, and finally said:
“About eight or nine years.”
“How long have yon known Mr. Far
rell?”
Ever since he was a yonng man
growing np.” And a smile went round
the courtroom at Mr. Farrell’s expense.
Mrs. Kate W. Bart, a clerk in the
general land office, recognized Miss Pol
lard as having lived at Thirteenth and
L streets about 1887. under the name of
Mrs. Foster. Had seen Colonel Breck
inridge there once, hut merely at the
door. Miss Pollard was about to be
come a mother.
The deposition of Mrs. M. A. Ketcham
ot Lexington, Kentucky, was opened,
and this was the signal for an exodus
from the courtroom.
CHARGED HER HUSBAND.
▲ Dying Woman Tells How She BooslTed
Hor Fatal Wounds.
New Yoke, March 15.—Mrs. Michael
McBride waa so ill Sunday night that
the neighbors called in a policeman, and
he had her taken in an ambulance to
Bellevue. She was unconscious 'all day.
The surgeons found she had a fracture
of the base of the skull and was suffering
from meningitis.
She recovered her senses for a short
time, but declined to tell how she was
injured. The Burgeons told her she was
dying, and then she broke down and
confessed that her -husband had beaten
her when he oame home drunk Satur
day night. The police arrested the man,
and he waa held to await the result of
his wife’s injuries, in Jefferson, market.
A MURDERER ESCAPES.
Ho Was Recaptured and a Hob Soon Hado
Quick Work with Him.
Stroudsburg, Pa., March 15.—Rich-
arch Puryear, who -murdered Christian
£helersnear Tannersville about a month
ago, escaped from jail here. A large
crowd soon gathered and Puryear was
caught in Cherry Hollow woods. He
fought desperately but was overpower
ed, taken to Palmer’s Island by a mob,
a rope was obtained and the murderer
was hanged to a tree until he was dead.
Distribution of Seeds.
Washington, March 15.—The annual
distribution of seeds by the agricultural
department will be completed at the end
of this month. Practically all of the
100 temporary employee engaged in the
work will be dropped from the rolls at
that time. The total packages of seeds
sent out from the time the annual dis
tribution was commenced, late last year,
until brought to a dose, wUl aggregate
8,000,000.
THE MARION HURT.
The United States Warship In a Chinese
Typhoon.
San Francisco, March 16. — The
United States man-of-war Marion,
which should have been weU on her
way to this port, is” at Yokohama un
dergoing extensive repairs. The steam
er Gaelic brings news that the damage
was very serious.
Two days after the Marion left Yoko
hama she encountered a terrific typhoon,
which nearly wrecked her. At one
time she v as on her beam ends. A
portion of tne rigging was carried away
and heavy seas swept over her, gutting
the deckhouses, while everything on
deck was awash. The water poured
into the cabins and down into the en
gine rooms. The boilers were loosened
from their fastenings. The fires were
extinguished as quickly as possible, and
the man-of-war scurried under hare
poles. The full extent of the repairs
necessary was not known when the
Gaelic sailed, but it is estimated she
wiU be on dock fox at least two months.
AN OVERGROUND CELLAR.
A Substitute For uii thidercrouuil Cellar
Where Excavation i, impracticable.
In low, wet places, or where the sur
face of the soil is but little above the
level of a stream or pond in the vicinity,
or even on higher land too flat to admit
of proper drainage, it is inadvisable to
excavate a cellar. In other localities,
where but two or three feet of soil over
lay the native rock, it is impracticable,
though otherwise favorably situated.
A successful effort in the line of a serv
iceable substitute for the cellar is that of
an Ohio correspondent of Rural New
Yorker whose buildings are on low
ground near a river. Finding it impos
sible to secure a dry cellar, ha built a
room adjoining the kitchen, making it as
nearly frost proof as possible by the use
of double walls and ceiling. Its cost
was little more than that of a cellar
walled with stone, while it is drier, more
A Chart Showing: the Buried Treasure.
Boston, March 16.—A story from St,
Paul of a buried treasure in the West
Indies has a Boston end. In 1892 Cap
tain Buckman, of the whaleback Joseph
H. Colby, helped an old woman who
was dying in Velasco and she gave him
the chart showing the place. He wei t
to the island and fonnd all the marks as
laid down in the chart. Returning to
Boston he chartered the schooner Addie
Winthrop and went oack. He fonnd a
lot of Spaniards on the island and there
fore did not attempt to dig. Captain
McLeod, now in command of the Colby,
is one of the men who took part in the
expedition and he is now on his way to
New York.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR A CELLAR,
easily kept in a sanitary condition and
easier of access, saving much labor both
in storing away vegetables and in daily
use.
The prime object in the construction
of a building for this purpose is to shut
in the summer warmth and prevent its
radiation into the outer air during a sea
son of cold weather. The best noncon
ductors of heat, such as wood aud paper,
should be employed. Dry air in con
finement is one of the very best of • all
nonconductors, and this advantage is
fully secured in the double walls. Here
are two dead air spaces in the walls, en
tirely cut off from communication with**
each other or with the air outside. Above
there is such a space iuclosing the joists,
with the space between this and thereof,
which is carefully closed at the eaves by.
a cornice. The floor is double, and be
neath it the air shut in by the founda
tion wall. Building paper maybe placed
in the double floor, around the walls
next the outside aud over the joists in
tho ceiling, adding much to tbe service of
the building and but a trifle to its cost.
All the essential details of construction
are presented in the sketches originally
drawn for Rural New Yorker and show-
GREAT GUNS!
.
First Installment Delivered at tli® Gov
ernment i’rovinij Grounds.
Washington, March 16.—After many
vexatious delays, due to the insufficiency
of the apparatus ior handling such great
weight, the first of the bigTS-inch rifl-s
has been successfully delivered at the
naval proving grounds at Indian Head.
Several weeks have been consumed in
strengthening the appliances to meet the
strain of this 60-ton monster, which is
the largest gun yet completed in this
country, and if present ordnance prac
tice is not modiaifrbByond expectation,
it will nev£r Wantpassed in -size or
power on board Warshi'bir.
The now hydraulic carriage made to
receive this gnur was designed by Lieu
tenant Fletcher, commanding the tor
pedo boat Cashing, and. is already in
position at Indian Head." Several nays
must elapse before the gun is mounted,
but it is confidently panonticed that i« e
first shots will be fired early next we,
The preliminary firing will l e fort' >
purpose of finding out what amount .c
powder is necessary for a “reduced
charge” wich will give a 1,100 pound
projectile a muzzle velocity of 1,700
feet.
It is estimated that the “fall charge’
imparting to a similar projectile 2,100
feet velocity will amount to about 500
pounds ol me new brown naval powder.
At this velocitv the shot will have
a striking energy o ' 2.1,027 foot tons find
should pen r 27 u iffias <>" 'eel r near-
ly three tiia.., as tiuci; us Lie armor afr-|
this highest class battleships.. With the
Fletcher carriage the shell and charge-
are placed in the chamber, and all ma
nipulation of the gun is performed by
hydraulio pressure controlled hy sea-
Tliui ston tn Wed and Settle Down.
San Francisco, March 16. —It is
stated that Hawaiian Minister Lorin A.
Thurston, whosu intended marriage to
Miss Harriet W. Porter, of St. Joseph,
Mich., lias heen announced in Chicago,
will sail from this port for Honolulu
after tfie wedding, instead of resuming
his residence at Washington. It is
further stab d that Minister Thnrston’s
marriage will probably in effect mark
the termination of his diplomatic career
in this country, but this cannot b' ‘in-
firmed.
A Test for Tuberculosis;
Minneapolis, March 16.—1 lessor
Otto Lugger, formerly of Baltimore,
now in charge of the Minnesota Experi
mental station at St. Anthony park, has
discovered what is likely to prove a val
uable test for tuberculosis in cattle
Numerous , xperiments show that if the
animal is healthy no rise in temperature
w.ll follow the injection of Koch’s
Jvinph, while if afflicted with tubercu
losis, even in its incipient stages, there
is an instant rise in temperature.
York Held a Levee.
London, March 15.—The Duke of
York held a levee at St. James’ palace
by command of the queen and in the
absence of the Prince of Wales. This
is the first time the young prince has
undertaken such a function. There was
a large attendance o» naval officers. An
other feature was the presence for the
first time at a full state function of the
Roseberry cabinet.
A Missouri Bank Closed.
Kansas City, March 15.—The Bank
of Excelsior Springs, at Excelsior
Springs, has closed its doors. Cashier
Cravens said the bank was forced to sus
pend because of poor collections. It has
What he considers good security for the
loans, but it has been impossible to
make collections. The deposits were
ahont $8,000, and it was the depository
of the schodl fund.
A Woman Wag the Cause. m
Calera, Ala., March 15.—A difficulty
occurred in front of the Commercial
hotel here in which Dr. J. H. Gunn was
fatally wounded by Thomas
Both are prominent citizens and
the affair has created great excitement
Both men fired, bat Hill escaped un
hurt A woman figured in the case, it
is stated.
FOR THE SENATE.
Editor Banner Allow me to sug
gest a Dame in connection with the
senatorial race from this district. It is
that of Prof. David C. Barrow. He has
resigned the ohalr of mathematics in
the University, and unless he enters
seme calling that will' take all of his
time, no better man coulcf be chosen as
senator from this district. Prof. Bar
row is a man who commands tbe res
pect of admiration of all the people,
and who would -make,a splendid sena- j poured. Drink it down as hot
tor. Kkadkb. I k l0 . You won’t
- Mid inthfl
HOW TO MAKE AN UNDERGROUND CELLAR,
ing a plan of the walls both in horizontal
and in vertical section. Any person of or
dinary mechanical skill may build it for
himself at but slight expense above the
actual cost cf material. All the insicte
lumber should be. tongue and groove
flooring, free from knotholes and open
cracks, but it need not be first grade.
That side of the room adjoining the
dwelling does not need tbe double wall,
as it is already sufficiently protected.
And if it be built against the dwelling as
a narrow lean-to with a length just twice
its width, a given space will be inclosed
at the least cost.
That the room may be opened to the
fresh air and warm sunshine of summer
it is desirable to have at least one win
dow. The frame of this should be fin
ished with two narrow ledges, A A, a
few inches apart and faced with strips of
felt or woolen cloth, against each of
which a frame of board just fitting the
opening is fastened during the winter
season. These, with a tight shutter on
the outside, make the window practical
ly a double wall also. If conveniently
situated, use may be made of this win
dow as an entrance in the time of stor
ing vegetables for the winter, thus avoid
ing the otherwise necessary travel back
and forth through the dwelling apart
ments.
While the cost of such a room is ordi
narily greater than that of a cellar of
the same capacity, its service is also
greater, and it may well be considered a
close question of economy in making
choice between tbe two, and where a
cellar cannot be made it is almost a
necessity.
Buckles For Hats.
Oblong buckles, curved more or less,
are a most approved decoration now for
hats. When intended for this purpose,
they have rather formidable pointed
tongues, which pierce the ribbon or
drapery drawn through the buckle. Fre
quently they measure six or eight inches
in length and will go nearly half ronnd
the crown of a sailor hat . But their use
is notconfined to this shape of hat. They
deck broad brims and toques equally well. J
Similar buckles are made in cat jet. but
that in imitation diamonds is the favor
ite.—London Milliner.
To Ward Off a Cold.
If you keep sneezing and have sensa
tions of chilliness, it is a fair sign of
coming told. Sometimes it can be bro
ken quite effectually by a hot lemonade.
Get the lemon and sugar ready .and set
the water boiling. Then bathe the feet
in hot water or take a hot bath all over.
Retire immediately and have brought
to yon the glass of lemon and
over which the boiling water