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_ 1*!^ "1^ I ► ' §m I m rf. 1 H } i _F; P " **'■ "**'* ' * h ** H -■ ys *’■; SS®* A M w-"^rt*t # v % v ** ’ ' 4 VOLUMK IV. TEMPERANCE. Give Vs * CalL Vsrtheunfc] Ctegg ested by seeing these wordy hi a mloon ad . Gi ve us a cedi! We keep good beer, Wine, brandy, gin and jrhiskey here: Our doom are open to boys and men, And even to women, now and then, We lighSpft the purses, and We taint their Nii ■ ■ th® - In oW sugared poisons, toiSM tt> taste. If you’ve money, position or time to waste, Give us a call. Give us a call! In a pint of gin, We sell you mors wickedness, shame and sin Than a score of clergyman preaching all From day, dawn And in b< t> proateaway, J our To get a mat m We sell oar.propwrtf, teams and woe. Wbowaat. to purchase/ Our prices are Volta And murder a pastime sure to pay. Give fit a caff. v v Give 5 m v , * We os a call! We arejcunning and Wise, are bound to succeed tor wo advertise •In to* family fsasssssr. sag To b$ t ur r If you would go down to too world, and not It you covet shame and A blaafedname, dive us 04*11 i f - Rcvimeni. * ’S* ***, ? •£’ The First Temperance The First Temperance Regiment of N&w York held its opening c remonies at the Academy of Music in New York recently. The organization has for its purpose the formation of a regiment 1,200 strong, of mon who aro pledged to temperance. Dean La Bant a is the Col onel of the organization. The platform, sayij the Tribune , was thronged with well known temperance people. The Rev. Dr. Funk presided, The First Regiment band and the drum and fife corps of that body formed In the wings or occupied tho orchestra. A varied programme was gone through with, embracing music by the Scuddcr Bishop Silver Bell Quartet, recitations by Mr. Von Boyle, II. J. Myers and Miss Mabel Stephonfon,and several addresses, speaker of tho evening being Henry W»td Beecher. I otters of regret had been* received from tho Fev. Drs. Mac Artlir, John Hall a id Howard Crosby; Go’arnor Hill, General Sheridan, Como ii Vanderbilt, General Schoflold, ex •nor Abl>ett,ex-.Justico Noah Davis, f?. Childs, F. D. Giant, Robert Lin¬ coln, Senator Blair, Mayor Whitney, of klyn, and Mayor Hewitt. The Ibv. Mr. Thompson, the chaplain of tho te ’ent, mado au appeal for contribu¬ tor unifoiming tho regiments, 7 I# s tor subscriptions wore circu «*. Beecher was received with tre ,ous applause. He.said that i novel thing to organize a regiment to. jou-drinking moo, yet there were otbteoccupations "or. where temperance toa a ’ It was an additional '»‘“ n - -f nM, th ‘L“. td not drink. Thu.* regiment take up the approved methods ad bom found out by society at for advancing its purposes. Mr. ‘ ‘ ior compared , fr.uropo i, "«h j.. «» V p{ ,000 of soldiers ko this country with ant 2,000, and *ppoke of tho “Amdii n idea” as accounting for our need of ily so small 7 a. ! Torco. A citizen soldiery , ■ «fera)l,letoa.tandmgarmyfo. # l. . performed .. . dnty ua «h a bojcly having its u!d resume their peaceful occupa seen after the last war. Tho ’ closed with his benediction on I Temperance Nor©*. ‘ Britain has twenty houses tor fe kebriates. k:d Murphy, son of Francis Mur Vsocured 1,500 blue-ribbon tem* * anod pledge signers at Madison, In¬ diana. Remember that the stuff,yon drin’* Upon tho outside shows. Bo si ways let your intellect t Shine br'chter than voar nnse. There has been an increase of $140,000 in the valuation of household furnitute in Atlanta, Georgia. That docs not look an though prohibition hid “killed” the city. During 1895 thereof ere 17,801 persons arrested in New York city for intoxica¬ tion, tho smallest number in thirteen years. In 1876 the number was 25,296, and the average for tho thirteen years was 22,990. It must be a very new departure that does not have a precedeut somewhere. While the college boys of thia country are forming Prohibition C lubs, the stu¬ dents of Dublin University have a 'Vigo¬ rous temperance society which has been some years in existence. A petition against the licensing of irink -Shops in India, signed by mission I wtes and sixteen chiefs, haa recently I teen forwarded to the Government. ! Lair and Order League, of New Sorccd ;Ne* Jersey, JM* been lately rein by the addition to its member Ablp 6f many leading citizens. The os fbociated liquor dealers of the city have ; Jdae been perfecting their organization to tar-L* view of the war that teams likely to EASTMAN. DODGE COUNTY. GA., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 188T. SOUTHERN ITEMS. NEWS NOTES GATHERED FROM VARIOU8 SECTIONS. FLORIDA. * pres time M > m«peito tiuSe this winter V |l?’^o to viwFa 0, ± Mrs. Duncan residing there. A resident of Orlando has a Mexican chocho on exhibition. It is similar to an egg plant, and it is his intention to ex¬ periment with the seeds on Florida soil. The Ifethi $ college north will >be lo cated at Ora Mpity. Twenty-two thou sand dollan iave been raised. The stitution. prospects are bright for a prosperous in¬ ««I<»agkt la the *o“l*li^Sk. and fco choked ar Tn car «n show Figures the from the tax books of Florida total value of all kinds of prop ertp to b# $76,010,042. The railroad CO worth mpnies of pay taxes on $12,752,381 property, The total state tax is $82$,088, and the county tax is $666, Via. ■Jt 1 S.’GiddeOfis & Co. will commence Work on tboir briok :bdMing fit Tampa Mxt week. It is to be'! ttondieme two story that he building. wiU havo General the handsomest J. B. Wall front says on his jiew brick building in the city. Work is progressing nicely. - The wife Cf O. L. LeBaron, of Pensa cole, while looking over some letters was surprised with to find -which a valuable document musty age, her father-in-law had gigen her in 1849. It was a certifi¬ cate for $500 worth of valuable stock. The estate not y«t having been settled up, she will come into the possession of the stub called forhy the certificate. She had forgotten the gift until after nearly forty years had elapsed. She was re¬ minded of it by the document falling from n bundle of chocolate colored let¬ ters. v " ' Considerable indignation exists among the bar pilots at Pensacola over the fact that the Wednesday barkentine Cushing slipped into port without pilotage. This is said to be, only the second instance of the kmd for tho past two years, known to the pilot’s association, and steps are likely to be taken to compel the Cushing to pay the pilotage she avoided, and if it is not attempted it will be because of the frequency of her visits to that port, ns she goes there three or four times annu ally. The Cushing will be remembered as the vessel in which Brown, the Swcd ish suicide, arrived about two weeks ago. The South Florida exposition will be held at Orlando, beginning on Tuesday, February 15. The grounds, which have been tendered by the citizens of that en¬ terprising including city, will comprise and a ample race course, a lake, also accommodation for the display of varied exhibits of the growth and products of Florida, especially Volusia, those of the counties of Orange, Sumter, Polk, Hills- : boro, Hernando, Brevard, Wade, Mana tee and Monroe, The exhibits will also embrace mineral, mechanical and such other articles or productions as may lend interest or value to the exhibition. p r King hich Wylly, he has of Sanford, received has from an 3ran g e w just Messina, Sicily, which came from the fa~ , mous orange tree planted Sabina by Pope Hon orius III. in the St. convent gar SfKSK fl rikh fail with Dominican^ the fortunes of the ou or order, so that it has lately been greatly the worse tor the suppression of the con vent in Northern Italy, though the resi dence of Pero LaCosdaire within the con vcnt prOTed ^| j exceedingly ^ beneficial caused to it, HQ( j g v g even newt suckers to sprout. The trunk of the tree is about twelve inches in diameter, and about twenty feet high, ^be orange was sent to Dr. Wylly by Wallace S. j ()nos 0 , Monticello. ALABAMA. Property has advanced some in anfl aroun a Scottsboro. The Talladega warehouse company has declared a dividend of 8 per cent. The Gadsden News and Times have consolidated and will publish a daily. Dr. B. B. Smith, of LarkinudLle, lost about $5,000 by the fire which burned his storehouse and stock some days ago. Coal has been discovered in Calhoun . county, in Alexandria valley, near An¬ niston. It is believed that this mine is extensive. The Incandescent electric light com¬ and pany work is locating will begin its poles the in Birmingh plant am, on imme¬ diately. » A party of 125 Northern tourists reached Tuskaloosa last Saturday, and spent three or four hours looking at points of interest in and around the town. Gadsden held an enthusiastic railroad meeting last Friday night. In twenty minutes $25,000 was subscribed to the Anniston and Cincinnati railroad. Tha prospect is flattering for the early com¬ pletion of the road. Mr. John Lawrence Louretta, oae of Mobile’s oldest and wealthiest citizens, was Saturday sand-bagged while had at Biloxi, down Mlaa., night. He gone to the Mobile bound train to give to tha conductor of the train the key to the storeroom of his restaurant, and had given the key to Conductor P. H. Potter to be delivered; then he started leaving up tha track tqward the Wantreaa hotel, the train remaining himself at tha station. Pres¬ ently he found followed by three men, one of whom got in front of him white the other two assaulted him behind with a club. The man in front struck him across the face with a sand bag and Mr. Lawrence fell unconscious on toe track. The men were than procssding to relieve Mr. Lawrence of $400 ha had on his person when the ps sseng er train along. u JfiMee to AD. Malice for Kom." tr SOUTH CAROLINA. Taylor Warren* colored, it in jatt at Yorkville awaiting trial for breaking into the store of Herndon Bros., at Yorkville. He has confessed his guilt. - Incendiaries t. attempted ' , to destroy the * cornhou4e*of T. L. Care, «f Hampton county. The fire was discovered ana ex¬ tinguished More any g re a t damage was dene. v P ■ '•Black, Carpenter & Davies, at Black’s in York county, have made an assign ment, Dr. John G. Black being the as¬ signee. $7,200, The with assets of the firm are stated at liabilities amounting to $6,500. An attem ipt was made to bum the corn house of L Mr. W. 8. Gocley, Snider’s cross roads, in Colleton county. The fixe was discovered in time to be extin¬ guished before any great damage could be done. • Colonel Rice, state superintendent of education, does not aim to stay in Col¬ umbia only when it is necessary to attend to official duties. He will spend most of his time visiting different counties and inspecting the schools. It was rumored on the streets of Greenville that a negro was in town who had just been brought down from the mountains, and who did not know until he was told that the negroes had been freed from slavery. A correspondent traced the rumor and succeeded in inter¬ rogating lie found the alleged reclaimed black, shabbily slave, a negro, dressed and with a dull, senseless look, below that of the ordinary darkey. The story he tells is that since the war he haa been working for a man named Holly, away back in one of the narrow valleys around “Hog Back” mountain; that he was not allowed to come back to his kins people, and who that he was flogged by his master, and him never paid little him clothes. any money His gave but name is Calvin Garmany. His brother lives near this city. He says that after tho war Calvin strayed off to the moun¬ tains, and was not heard of by his family until last Christmas, when h% heard 1 hat he was being kept as a ilave by a man in that section. He went after him and claims that he found him treated, whipped His and confined just as in slavery times.” story created some excite¬ ment believe among the Jhe negroes, who firmly man has been kept these long years in the solitary mountain fastnesses in ignorance of his race's freedom else¬ where. MISSISSIPPI. Work on the street railway in Green ville has commenced, The last beer license has expired in Durant, and the town is as dry as a bone. The military company organized by the youug ladies of Crystal Springs will be called “the Mikado.” held Eight thousand bales of cotton Aberdeen, are in the warehouse at waiting for a rise before putting it on the market. Two negroes swapped wives in Cal¬ houn county recently. Articles of agree¬ ment were drawn up to clinch the bar gain. At the recent term of the circuit court iu Pike county the grand jury in¬ dicted the Illinois Central railroad for City working its men in the shops atMcComb on Sunday. . The books of the Louisville, New Or¬ leans and Texas railroad show that over 500,000 bales of cotton have been shipped over that road in the past four months. Friday evening last, Mr. Wm. Pibus, his living near Chewalls, started home on mule. It was intensely dark and the rain poured in torrents. His mule came home without the rider, when, upon search being made, he was found speechless from cold and exposure. He died shortly after being discovered. At a concert given by Professor Er rington at Brier Hill, Rankin county* Mr. Willie Manning, one of the per¬ formers, about twenty-two years of age, was shot by auother performer while both were on the stage, and seriously wounded. The revolver used was thought to have been properly loaded for the occa sion, but it contained a heavy charge of powder tightly wadded with tallow. It took effect hi the shoulder, inflicting fatal. a painful wound which may prove LOUISIANA. Over $400 has been subscribed tor the building of the Young Men’s Christian association at Minden. The St. Gabriel levee is now and completed It measures seventy feet bate twelve feet high and contains about 85,000 cubic yards of dirt. Alexander Young and Nathan Surgon, alias Mickcns, escaped from the Terre¬ bonne parish jail last thursday night by breaking one of the iron bars ih the lin¬ tel or transom over the outer door. - Last Thursday, at William’s mill, easl of Tangipahoa r\yer, Mr. Alfred Hughei was killed in a fight with two men named Parks and Carpenter. Hughes had ac¬ cused the others of hog stealing, and the matter was brought up when fight. the parties White met at the mill and lea to a Hughes was engaged with one opponent, the other came up and beat him on the head with a wagon spoke, breaking The his skull. He arrested diea that and lodged night. in jail. two men were The Amite City regulators have not disbanded it seems, Slough The they have been quiet of late. Gasettesays: * ‘At about 9 ;3Q o’clock Wednesday nighl while there were yet a number of persons out of their beds, an equestrian parading masquer¬ ading party was obaarred the streets of our town. A dance was in progress at a residence, and as the party rode by one of them called out “balance all!” This attracted the attention of the dancers, and some of the yoting men went out to get a look at Urn strangers. It ia said that they numbered thirty-two and draped were all in uniform, Their the horses created being in white. presence m» little excitement.” :T LULA HUMP MARRIED Mias Lula Hurst, the electric girl of Georgia, wee married on Wednesday night teat at Cedartown, Ga., to Mr. Paul Atkinson, of Chattanooga, Turn. A BHOCfcnro A7FAHL. As Cewaty S«u of Gilmer Centy, Urn., Baa i >• a Shwekiax SeaeatUm. A big sensation On haa been developed the in ily 2llijay, of John Ga. E. Newberry Sunday night reposing fam¬ was in sleep; and the first intimation he haa of the impending danger was the unlooked for appearance of three burly men, dis¬ guised, with a lamp, a double-barrel snotguu and a thirty-eight Smith & Wesson they pistol. proceeded He jumped beat him out with of bed and to a luge hickory stick about four feet long, twisted at one end, the other end being about as large as a man’s wrist. During the melee which ensued Newberry’s wife tore away the masks of . two of them, and saw who they were. He told thorn if they would let him go he would not tell who they oath were,. whereupon they would they replied Wjth an that kill him. His wife seised the gun and wrenched it from the man who held it. when he grabbed her by the hair of the head and jerked her down. They then seized Newberry by the hair of his head and dragged and him knocked some twenty him steps down from with the house a maul, and, thinking him dead, skipped out. Newberry and his wife fought des¬ perately for their lives, and when they dragged him out of the house her screams brought of Newberry. Mr. David Fowler, found a brother-in-law He Newberry in an unconscious condition, his shoulders, the back of hismeck terri¬ bly beaten and bruised. His body Mon¬ day morning was bloodshot and black looking, and his neck swollen larger than a man’s double fist. Newberry community was accused of reporting men in that to the revenue department, and this affair is supposed to be the outgrowth of malice towards him from some parties who suspected his reporting. A brother of Newberry stated to an attorney that some other party had been reporting and gave his brother’s name as a withess, and when required to he swore what he knew as a truthful man. EVICTING TENANTS. A Bloody Battle 'FaJteo Place la Texas la WWcfc Fear Meu are Killed. A deadly battle was fought four miles of Dekalb Texas Tuesday. Four male members of a family named White were piti itted against Colonel John E. Rosser, his son i Willie, aged fifteen years, and a hired man named Mullens. The affray resulted in the killing of three of the Whites and Colonel Rosser, and the wounding of Rosser’s boy. The affray occurred at the home of the Whites. Ros¬ ser, after being shot through the neck and having, as he supposed, seen all of his enemies killed, mounted his horse and rode half a mile to his house, dying as he entered his own door. His son Willie was left with the dead men at the house of White. Rosser had sold to White and his sons a tract of land for which they had not paid. A suit for evictment was brought and decided in Rosser’s favor. Rosser thought the writ had not been enforced promptly enough, and he started with his son and a hired man to enforce it himself. Informally. Rosser and the party were invited in when they reached the house of White, and after a few words, firing began. J. C. White and his two sons, Walter and Law son, were killed. Young Rosser was inside and his version of the affair is as follows: The elder White shot him and his father, and he shot old man White once and then turned his Winchester on the White boys to keep them from shoot¬ fired ing his and father. with deadly About effect, fifteen shots were The hired man, Mullens, has not yet been found, and it is not known what part he took in the awful tragedy. A STEAMER ABLAZE. The steamship Cherokee, of the Clyde Line, Slightly Damaged by Fire. - The steamship, Cherokee, of the Clyde line, bound for New York, caught fire after leaving the dock at Charleston. Tuesday morning. The fire broke out in the afterhold in cotton. The steamer signalled tugs and was quickly redocked. The fire department and responded promptly to the summons the fire Was soon under control. There was no panic on board, although there were about forty passengers, including a number of ladies. The damage was slight. The fire was completely extinguished in a few hours. It occurred in a watertight confined compartment the of the afterhold and was to spot where it started. The cause of the fire is unknown. The damage to the ship and her cargo was trifling. While flooding the hold, James Warren, the ship’s quartermaster from Norfolk, Va., was struck by a falling box and seriously injured. The passengers, with their b.gg.8,, were sent north bj rni,. BORNID TO DEATH William Farris, employed by the Dela¬ ware iron works, Wilmington, Del, was made the victim of a practical joke Thursday, by his fellow workmen, which cost his life. He was dozing at noon, when one of his companions in his face, .threw It some set blazing cotton fire, waste and he burned his cldtbes on was so badly he died in a couple Of hours. He refused to tell who was responsible for his death, although he knew. " TRIPLE HANGING A A mob of masked men. about Seguin, thirty fire strong, entered the jail at Guadalupe county, Texas, Wednesday morning, and after overpowering the jailer took three negroes, Coly Thomp¬ son, Andy Williams and Warren Wilson, and hanged them to trees in full view of the town, On each victim was tacked this notice: “Killed for murder and arson.” None of the mob has been ar rested. a OUR GOLD EXPORTS. jars«Ssas SSW&SSiiS |4 Europe. This was a decided surprise, serve some special purpose. AOSOSS THU WATERS. Tharo was intense excitement on the stock and exchange the dose all Thursday afternoon, at of the market a panicky feeling the market prevailed. The unfavorable state of was due chiefly to reports of heavy failures on the Paris bourse and to a minor that a lame banking institu tion in Berlin had collapsed. Panic on the stock exchange set in with the greatest force in the afternoon. Earlier the continental in the day rush English buying met alarm seized English to sell, but later operators, and the torrent of sellers became sp greai t that dealers refused to make p nces. The wildest rumors were credited, and the beet home end foreign securieties were largely in sold. Business continued active the street until “petite bourse” quota¬ tions were received, which showed the and panic caused was intensifying depression on end the continent the the anxiety. At close reckless selling of railroad securities was partially checked by, New York and Paris buying, threw besides large England, of stock Berlin masses on the market. AT PARIS. ' At‘Paris three per cent rentes declined and were quoted at *76 francs, a fall of 2 francs and 45 centimes from the closing quotations opened of the depressed. day previous. Besides Bourse po¬ litical rumors and general financial mis¬ trust, the suspension of all credit made the transaction of business almost an im¬ possibility. the banks An and opinion prevails capitalists that un¬ less great come to the relief of the market, disastrous failures are inevitable. IRISH ITEMS. The.Limerick municipal council has refused to celebrate the Queen’s jubilee, on Ireland the ground only twice that the has Queen has assisted visited and never Irish charities. Micheal Davitt and his wife arrived at Dublin Thursday, and were enthusiastic¬ ally greeted. They were escorted to their hotel by a torch-light procession and bands of music. A BIG FIRE IN MOBILE. Property Coaalderably Damo*e4—Oae Mao Killed and Others Bflsslag. A fire at Mobile, Ala., Monday morn¬ ing destroyed the wholesale drug house of M. T. Sprague & Co., at No. 14 N. Water total street. loss. The The building and stock are a loss on the build¬ ing is $8,000; insured for $5,000, and on stock $20,000; insured for $12,000. Ad¬ joining buildings were slightly damaged. A. Bamstein & Go’s stock of boots and shoes and was is damaged insured considerably $7,500. by water, for Dur¬ ing the progress of the fire, the rear wall of the Sprague building fell upon the two-story bnck next east and broke in tho roof and walls, which fell upon a number of men engaged in removing a stock of liquor therefrom, belonging to James McDonnell. The heavy barrels and mass of brick which fell covered Mr. McDonnell and killed him instantly. Mr. McDonnell was head of the firm of wholesale grocers of that name doing a large business for a number of years on Commerce street. Frank McLarny, mem¬ ber of the same firm, was seriously but not fatally injured. Others are thought to be under the mass of btick. MUTINY AMONG CONVICTS. At the stockade for convicts on the Asheville and Spartanburg railroad, at Gash’s creek, four miles from Asheville. N. C., a mutiny of the prisoners occurred Monday night. About forty of the hun¬ dred convicts stationed there refused to retire for the night, and the officers who went inside to adjust matters were stoned from a barrel of rocks they had for some time been accumulating. Tuesday morn¬ ing fused when do ordered out to work they the re¬ to so, and defiantly cursed guard, composed of only ten men. Sixty of the convicts caqie out, the other forty dilemma. refusing. This placed the guards in a the defiant They fired over the heads of convicts, but this only en¬ raged them the more, and they swors they were not afraid of blank cartridges. Small shot was procured and the guards fired into the mutinous crowd and wounded a number of them in the legs. This brought them to terms, and several of them were taken to the hospital. THB SITUATION AT MASSOWAH. Republique Francaise _ of P&ris, . publishes a dispatch from the Suez, which states that in the battles between the Abywinians and Italians, near Massowah, January 25th and 26th, the Abyssmians the captured all the guns possessed 148 Italians by Italians. It also says that of that the Italians have evacuated all their advanced positions, and that the Abyss inians have already attacked and carried the first line of Italian entrenchment* around Massowah The latter success, it is stated, was achieved by the Abyssin ians on the 27th of January, the day after the destruction of the Italian forces in the field, and the latest intelligence doubtful re¬ ceived indicated that it was whether the Italians would be able to hold out at Massowah until the arrival of reinforcements LOOKOUT AT PHILADELPHIA. Monday morning the Clothing Ex¬ change of Philadelphia, Pa., carried out its threat and the Clothing manufactur¬ ers composing that body closed the doors to cutters who are Knights and determined of Labor. The latter are defiant, are The to fight the employers to the end. lockout throws 1,000 cutters out of era ploymoftt and fully ten times that num¬ ber employment. of others who depend on them for m HORSES TO BE EXPORTED. j tSS SfRumian immwot W for — the laIge p*reha** oats i rom R altte paste to France. LABOB STBUtBBS. Boston, MtMtehnMtts. 'Street Cure Hod Up Ky Them. The employes of the South Boston horse railroad, at a meeting Monday morning, yoted unanimously to tie voile up the roads, and in. pursuance of the no cars were taken out that morning. superin¬ The men tyre opposed and to the ,hours! present work of tendent, want ten difficulty a twelve hour day. The seems to be chiefly in making that it out is impossible tables. The company claims to arrange them so as to give ten hours in¬ side of twelve and the proper time for meals. The track layers and car repairers of the South Boston road have joined the strikers. After the determination to tie up the road committees were at once ap¬ pointed to patrol the streets and notify all patrons of the road that there were no cars running that morning, and to watch the stables and inform all of the employes who appeared to go to work that their brothers had decided upon a tie up. Every man who voted to tie up also took a pledge to abstain from all intoxicating liquors while the tie up might last. During the morning every stable was guarded by employes of the road to pre¬ vent morning cars being taken out. A detachment of policemen was sent to the stables to protect the property of the road, and any men who might undertake to run out a had car. appeared Up to noon not the a non¬ union man upon scene at either stable to take out a car. The directors of the company m£t and decided to advertise for men at once to' fill the places of strikers. The directors expressed themselves as determined to fight the matter to the last. AT WORCESTER, MASS. All members of the Knights of Latibr now working in boot and shoe shops at Worcester, Mass., the proprietors of which refuse to treat with committees of labor organizations and state that they will make terms with employes only as individuals, have been oraered to quit work to-morrow by the joint executive der board intended of the Knights of Labor. The who or¬ is to get out workmen are If these now orders at work on not shoes filled filling tune orders. are on con¬ siderable loss will be caused, and to pre¬ vent this the executive board expect the manufacturers will come to terms. The manufacturers will wait, however, to see how strong the organization is before they call for a conference. WASHINGTON ITEMS. SIxNnrWorVeueli to be Constructed—Tho Postofflce Appropriation Bill. As a result of the consideration of the various bills looking to the const ruction of new naval vessels, the sub-committee oUhehpusexi ommittee on naval affairs has drafted "a bill which was laid before the full committee, providing for tho construction or two steel cruisers of 40, 000 tons burden of the Newark type; cost, exclusive of armament, of not more than with the $1,300,000 best type each; of modern to be equipped engines, boilers and machinery; four steel gun¬ boats of 1,700 tons displacement. All of the vessels are to be built as far as may be in compliance with the terms of the act of August 8, 1880. The bill appro¬ priates $2,409,000 to begin the work. The postoffice appropriation committee bill was reported propriations. by the The senate committee" made on but ap¬ two amendments. The first was Mr. Frye’s proposition for the foreign mail ssrvice so changed carriage as to of appropriate $500,000 for the Republic, mails and to Brazil, Argentine Uraguay Paraguay. The contracts for this service are made subject to the approval of con¬ gress. The other amendment gives au¬ thority to put letter boxes in buildings which are freely opened modifying to the public during business hours, to that extent the house piovisioir limiting in tho authority of the department this re speot. The president has acceptei the resigna¬ tion of Gen. P. M. B. Young, of Georgia, consul-general at St. Petersburg, but has not yet selected his successor. A NEW PUNISHMENT A Lyeoi» Mich., Schoolmaster** Oscalatory performance. A school teacher of Lyons, Mich., named Israel Guinn Rounds, has been having a high time with his young lady pupils. He prescribed a new punishment iu his school, and inflicted it on the girls for the slightest infraction of the rules. It con¬ sisted in objected kissing them. Some of the fair pupils more than others, and these Rounds encircled with his arms, by way of extra punishment, and gave them a harder kissing. Mr. Rounds’ fuu has now been stopped. The trustees of the school (oilt of envy, Rounds says) have preferred seven different charges against the osculatory teacher, who will be re¬ moved. He admits tne kissing and says it was all done for fun. A BIO PAPER MILL FAILS. The Dennison Paper Company, suspended. of Me- It ohanics’ Falls, Me., has Is supposed that the liabilities amount to $450,000. The assets are the plant, mills and palp mill at Canton. Two years ago the Dennisons got an act through form the the Legislature allowing them bonds. to a stock company and issue Since then their condition has been precaurious, but the thing which hastened suspension was a strike in the pulp mill at Canton. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. A shock of earthquake about 4 o’clock Sunday morning is reported from and else- 8t. Louis, Springfield, Terre Haute where. It appears to have been very generally felt throughout central ana Southern Illinois, and Indiana, Dis¬ patches from twenty different points give substantially the same account as to hour and duration of shocks. No damage done at any place as far as heard from. IRON ORB NEAR NATCHEZ, BEKMB =SJ= V™* wSl bf*om«!dto d£ v extent. NUMBER 88. = SOLDI® RS ASLBSK ^ $ ........ . The voice af the wind «s it passes Mates musleal bomi * But hark! through His rustle of Th| beat of thedrum— A sob and a low voico that tremble* A down-drooping tend. The morning of Maytime rti—mhlr% We meet by the dead. But all are as one in their ending No sound of the strife Comes up from the dust ishkndfm To fashion the life Of grasses and sweetooented briers, And deep-tinted blooms That burn out their delicate fires By numberless tomha % The maiden who moans for her lovar Or friend for his friend Learns here that the battles are over; That this is the end, And mothers who meet in their waepinfc With quivering mputh Ask notif their sons that are sleeping Came Northward or South. —Wilson J Qros vena* PITH AND POINT. A sign of prosperity—!. A tea party—The Chinese. Before the Mast—The bowsprit.^ Darwin must have had the toboggan slide in mind when he wrote “The De¬ scent of Man.”— Tid-Bits. There is no reliable and trustworthy receipt for making a man a millionaire, except to get the millions.— Siftings. A real estate transfer—The mud you dragged wife’s from the road on your boots, to your carpet .—Danville Breeze. . 1 A mind reader—The child who reads determination in its parent’s eye and' minds accordingly.—Philadelphia Oforon iele-fferald. * thrive A physician fresh says milk, “if boil a child It.” does This not is on too severe. Why not spank it?— Phila¬ delphia Call. Whatever you do, my boy, begin at the bottom and work up.” “But, father, suppose I were going to dig a P well ?”—Chicago News. . There The passed who from oft earth in on office a bitter would eold stray, day, man our And his noblest epitaph’s here, I say: “He closed the door when —Qoodairs he went away.” Sun. i. “This is my off day,” remarked fti portly been thrown Burlington merchant, after toboggan having i from the festive for the third time .—Burlington Free, Press. When you say that you don’t know which are the fattest letters in the alpha¬ bet, you will be told O B O T, where¬ upon you are expected to exclaim OIO. — Call. . An Illinois citizen became enthusiastic upon first seeing the Atlantic Ocean. “Why,” he said, “it’s immense! it grand would I What a prairie it would make if only keep still I”— Harper's Bazar. Why does the beauteous maiden seem So wearied and so veved? She’s just found out the tale will be < “Continued In our next.” —Merchant Traveller Landlady (examining a ' fugit i vo^ boarder’s trunk)—“Why Bridget, his trunk is full of bricks! How could they • have got there?” “Sure, ma’a" ho biought one home in his hat lvcry night.”— Life. He was a youth of high degree, His collar monstrous tall; He tittered a pretty little lithp, And danced at every ball; He ogled every girl be saw, His nerve was mostly gall; He had a bad cold in his bead, And that was all. — Washington Critic. Fashionable Finger Rings. “I sell finger rings from $2 up to $5,000,” said a Brooklyn jeweler to a Brooklyn Eagle reporter. “Of rings course the most interesting engagement class of rings. are those known as There are but few varieties Of the latter, the mest popular being plain gold bands, with* diamond settings. Sometimes a ruby is preferred, but diamonds have the call. No I don’t suppose it is really necessary give his fiancee for a prospective engagement groom ring, but to an custom has decreed it and in conse¬ quence we keep them for sale. Wed¬ ding rings are not so expensive as they were when I was with married. which I married I paid $18 for wife the twelve ring I could buy my years ago. now a similar ring just as heavy tor $11. No man should regret the sum he pays for ft wedding enced ring as it the seldom sensation experi¬ in buying comes to one pore than once in a lifetime. A fine good-sized ruby is even more costly thah * a diamond of the same size. Their value depends wholly on their color Opals ? No we sell but few opals, prob¬ ably because they are considered un¬ lucky. with Cats’ eyes, light running greenish through - brown stones a them, were formerly very popular with ladies. Serpent rings are now but sel¬ dom worn. Of course, some men will load themselves down with jewelry whether it be fashionable or not. To si buy diamonds judiciously cne must be pretty good judge of those stones. Here is a d^ppond which I sell for $25 which an inexperienced buyer could uot distin¬ guish irom this stone (holding up a dia¬ mond of a similar size) which is worth $125. One is very much off color while the other is pure white, and as clear tea belL )Ln fact the cheaper of the two stones makes the best showing, is more dazzling to the ey# and is seen to much better advantage by gaslight. Its de¬ fects, the however, of the are experienced easily distinguishable jeweler.” to eye | i The Unlucky Tom-Tit A certain Tom-tit, feeling himself somewhat swelled up bv the salubriou* ness of «i fine morning, thought he would go ahead inordinate and puff extent, out his that plumage his fel¬ to such en low-tits would mistake him for an Owl. and ecurrymg away, afford him much amusement of a refined and intellectual character. His little racket would have worked ail right, had it not happened that, preliminary just as chuckles he waa indulging his in ‘ over success frightening his comrades, a i hilsd gunner came along, bowled and. L, him for further a partridge, him o without ceremony. Moral. —This fable teaches that m does not lie necessarily in insigMfici iindte unless the latter receive* individual.— the attention of the Tid~-