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&l ; . . < ^ $ Jmmr Gr & 4$rnmmm s Q m VOLUME v. . Dead wood claim to be the gratesl Chinese town in the country. The Mongols he vs drowned ottt opposition in the wnshee business, they compete «mc Vt 8 sfully in the si|k, tea and other lines, run rcKUuirrtnts, raise pigs and chickens and patr onize opium dens and joss h ouses. i a errsa. --- Tile pronunciation of geographical mamt s changes according to fashion, it 'often seems. Sometimes the spelling is varied. The lust important change is Iiew spelling in Japan which places yo in place of to. Tokio has now be conic Tokyo; Kioto, Kyoto; Iliogo, Hyogo, etc. Fumlliar names look new. The German government is not apt to , ^go off at half cock” in its military ex ’pcnditnrcs, and hence the announcement thut it has paid an inventor $260,000 for a wan ing apparatus for balloons is a rca sonable guarantee that a practical device ifcas been thought out finally by which the rchief obstacle to aerial navigation has been " -overcome. Nebraska reports a remarkable case of long delay in bringing a murderer to the gallows. The crime was committed fif to'en years ago, but the body was not Ifutind for over a year, and it was ten years before tho murderer was arrested. Four years of the law’s delay followed, the accused being three times sentenced to he hanged, Now the Governor has signed the death warrant,and tho doomed man lias apparently no further chance of escape. ~ The United States Ordnance Depart¬ ment has been making some computa¬ tions of the weight of the equipment that .a soldier is required to carry which show that when the soldier is equipped with rod, bayonet, rifle and cartridge belt, three day's cooked rations, 100 rounds of ball cartridges and “kit’’ of clothing he carries a total weight of 53 'pounds 2.58 ounces. With Springfield inlle, bayonet, scabbard, cartridge boxes and leather belt, clothing and ammuni¬ tion, etc., the load is 54 pounds 1.84 ounces, and with Springfield rifle, bayonet, scabbard, cartridge belt, cloth¬ ing, ammunition, etc., the weight is 53 pounds, 15.96 ounces. The coming woman has come. She is hen: —that is, she is in Boston, and the .Record has found her and interviewed her ion the liouso-clcunilig question. “J * nev <er clean house,” says Mrs. B;; “T used to read a great deal about the beauties of never cleaning house, and about live years ago I determined to leave oil my annual tornado and* I accomplished it. My brother, who boards with us, says ■ Hint 1 must be either a very tidy or a very . untidy person, he can’t decide which”. One thing I know, my house is never torn to pieces and I never go .around looking like the Witch of-EipJor. I take one room to pieces at a time, and sometime* I only tuku half a room at a time. The unfailing and never misleading barometer of commercial prosperity is the iron trade, ami j nrticularly that ull important feature of it, steel rails. A survey of the whole area of production reveals a condition of activity- which is actually unprecedented. A careful in¬ quiry shows that for the current year 21 , :M7 miles of new railroad track are pro¬ jected, of which the laying of over 15,000 miles is assured. Of old track, no less tluin 18,000 miles will be relaid. This gigantic construction will require 3,250,000 tons of steel nils, and it is easy to infer from these facts what, for the ensuing twelve months, will be the general condition, North and 8 outh, of the iron trade. Could we but utilize all the water power lifted from the ocean by the sun beams and wafted by the zephers over the land, what vast factories might we run! Wlmt magnified Niagaras might we create! In a recent paper to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Mr. John Murray sought to give the world's rain¬ fall in figures. The areas of country having an inland drainage—equal to 11 ,- 486,350 square miles—receive 2,243 cubic miles of rain yearly. The total areas draining directly to the ocean equal 44,- 211,000 square miles, of which 88,829,- 750 square miles have more than ten inche* of annual rainfall, and discharge into the sea 6,569 cubic miles of water every year. By this means rather more than 6 , 000 , 000,000 tons of solids are car ried'to the ocean annually. , The newest feature of social life in the * extreme West is “tamale” parties. The “iaraale” is a Mexican invention. The eatable portion is composed of coarsely mumedThicken aud a sort of dressing made- of corn-meal, nisi us, pepper and olives. A small quantity of this mixture . i—cnopgli to innk'- a roll al»otit the size of an ordinary ear of Indian com—is then . covered with crfrn-meal batter and rolled up in Tlean eorn shucks. The shucks are . firmly tied at each end, and the tamale then looks like a big car of corn in tho husk. A quantity of tamales so con¬ structed arc then put into a kettle aud I boiled. When done it will be found that f oh opting 1 out the corn-husks the tamale t cftN^Ioped .*•• *. . •©orn-meal , crust - * in a ana lookslike a smidl '•pudding boiled in a bag. Most Americans like the dish from "-thetUrt. -When properly made it i» very appetizing. •tizimr EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY. GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1887. WASHINGTON DOTS. IHTERESTIHG BOTES ABOUT PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AND OTHER NOTABLES. *Tk© Operation* *f H»e Department*!, and Wbat'Houthorn Men Are llrinf Ap¬ pointed lo Position*, Etc., Etc, .- DEBT STATEMENT. The debt statement shows the decrease of the public debt, during the month of May, to be $8,888,097.05, a decrease of the debt since June 30, 1880, of $92,854, 02 , 21 ; cash in Treasury, $406,209,526, 05; gold certificates outstanding, $90, 060,977; silver certificates outstanding, $139,143,328; certificates of deposit out¬ standing, $ 8 , SMiO, 000 ; legal tender* out¬ standing, $340,481,010; fractional cur¬ rency, lost not destroyed, including the amount estimated est-bearing as or debt, $6,947,322 87; inter¬ which interest $1,008,024,075.51;debt on has ceased, $0,737,403, 08; debt bearing no interest., $592,707,- 773.37; total debt, $1,097,542,151.00. SOUTIIEUN COHPOR AT IONS. The interstate commerce commission has received a communication from G.S. Brookerville, of Dublin, Va., complain¬ ing that the-NOrfolk & Western Railroad company arc making unreasonable rates. J. W. Bryant, of New Orleans, appear¬ ed before the commission, and, represent¬ ing the steamboat interests of the Miss¬ issippi river, denied the statements of railroad representatives that they were forced to cut rates at all points where water the competition existed. He said that, on contrary, the steamboat companies tion \vc.ie obliged to cut rates to meet reduc¬ by railroads. NOTES. Clark Howell, post-office inspector at Atlanta, Ga., has resigned. The police regulations during tho Drill were very faulty, and came near causing a riot on several occasions. The Light Infantry,^of Washington, protest against the award of a prize to the National Rifles of the same city. Gold holdings in the United States treasury have increased six millions since May 1. There has been very little change in silver circulation during the past month. Prof. Spencer F. Bairu, a well-known scientist, and secretary of the Smithson¬ ian Institute, is dangerously ill at his residence, of an affection of the heart and kidneys. The disappointment of the general public did is great because tho Toledo, O., Cadets not get a prize. The judges reply of that the company drilled on a sys¬ tem their own, and not according to regulations. The appropriation for printing small silver certificates is well-nigh exhausted, and nothing can lie done to meet the large orders constantly coming in, until the appropriation for the next fiscal year becomes available. ,, . . ,, 7 ,, 111 al „ t . l nu.titln* 1 U reasury in . r tl.o accounts of the superintendent of the naval academy, has disallowed ail items of expenditure ton ing whisky, bran.Iv, and other intoxicat liquors, furnished t<> members of the annual board of visitors AJL . l" “! G L 7 ’ “ ” been appointed a postolheo inspector on mail depredations. Ca pt. Andrew J. Terry, of. Smithville, Va. has been appointed custodian of the Interior Department. * The President lias appointed E. Henry Laeombe, diuonal of New. \ork City, to be ad circuit judge in the Second Judicial Circuit; L. W. Reid, of Vir grim, Assistant Register of the Treasury. Tho Treasury is advertising in South Carolina papers for the claimants to the loot captured at Camden, S. C., by Gen. Sherman during the war. It consists of spoons, knives, silver pitchers, and 246 silver and brass watches, these last being taken from prisoners of war at Elmira, and Point Lookout. Tho interstate commerce commission has record from tho “Street Stable Car Line,” 60 ff^Chicago, Western railroads, a complaint against over with unlawful discrimination charging in refusing them to permit the use of improved cars for speetive the carrying of live stock over their re roads from one state into or through another, unless upon payment of unreasonable and exorbitant chargos of freight. •' ’ The first prizes at the National Drill were handed over to the winners by Gen. Sheridan, commanding the United States Army, and were as follows: Best com panv, Lomax Rifles, of Mobile, battalion, Washington Light ir.fa itry, of Washington, Virginia I). Guard; C.; regiment, banmy, First National B, of Indianapolis; zouaves. Chicago Zouaves; cadets, Michigan Military Academy; in dividual drill, Pnvato H. S. Staeke, of Baa Antonio Rifles, Galveston, Tex. LYNCHING IN INDIANA. T»vn crini”, 7 lllr „ _______ . ______ ... ’ « d , Walter and Charles Davie, brothers, of bad retmto, visited John FUu neon's residence, 8 miles from Louisville, Ky., in Perry county, Ind., and and finding brothers a 14 veer old daughter her two alone, they fold, the Flannegnn b 6 ys that some stray atock was breaking into the farm, a milo away from the house. No sooner had .they left to than look the after Davis the supposed stray stock, boys carried the young daughter of Flan negatf Into a neighboring wood, and there outraged her. The girl was gagged, tied, beaten and left for dead. When the boys returned, they searched for their sister, but she was not found until the next morning—still alive. Walter Davis escaped, but Charles Davis was caught, taken to the girl’s presence, giveu two miuutcs in which to pr»y, .(whieh he did), and was then hung to a stout young tree, which was bent over> an a which in its rebound tossed Davis in the air and broke his neck. Hi* body was riddled with bullets by the crowd, aud was! allowed to hang there unt '* yesterday morning, when it wa* ^ t j own by hi* father aud given burial. %t Jus tec e to All, Malice for None. 0 SOUTHERN NEWS. been^old The Atlanta, Ga., Evening Journal has Ao a stock company, and will be Improved and enlarged. A negro, but 10 years old, committed suicide at Charlotte, N. C., because his mother intended to whip him for stealing. Rev. James F. Webster, a white man, who was born in India, and at one time the rector of Sli Episcopal Church, now residing at Greenville, 8 . C. , has become violently insane. He will be sent to an asylum. A novel boycott was begun in Chatta¬ nooga, Tenn., by the Knights of Labor. A movement Was inaugurated to ck>so all the stores at 7 o’clock, and nearly all the merchants had signed the agreement. However, some refused, and in conse¬ quence the Knights of Labor will-boy¬ cott those who will not give their em¬ ployes a rest. W. W. Ellis, baggage master and ex¬ press messenger of the Piedmont Air Line road, went into the office of the Southern Express company, at Atlanta, Ga., to report. Just after he entered the office, the tin box in which he carries his mail matter and revolver, accidentally opened and his revolver fell to the floor. It was discharged just as it struck the floor, the ball passing through tho calf of Mr. Ellis’s leg. Gov. Gordon, of Georgia, says Smith, of Heard county, the condemned murder¬ er must hang. A book agent named A. S. Hill called at the bouse pf Mr, Terri, at Corsicana, Tex., and insulted the daughter of the house, and was killed by her father for it, Sumter F. Nichols, the slayer of Wil¬ liam Jordan, who was adjudged a lunatic • at Baker court, Ga., died from injuries received in attempting suicide while in Albany, Ga. William Echols, a young white man, living at Cornelia, Ga. ; one of the best known young men in that portion of the state, was foully murdered by persons unknown. Rev. L. II. Humphries, a well-known - colored preacher, so annoyed the teachers of the Girls’ High School, in Atlanta, that he was arrested and jailed. He is thought to be insane. For a drug joke, George Denelson, a clerk in the store of Burge & Roscoe, of Nashville, Tenn., challenged John G. Bernard, an elderly man, to drink an ounce of aconite. The words hardly es¬ caped his lips before Bernal swallowed the poison. A number of physicians tried to savo him, but ho died. The recent heavy rains has caused an increase of yellow fever cases at Key West, Fla, The Nashville Union, which begun publication two years ago as a daily news¬ paper, has stopped. There lias been a new post-office es¬ tablished m Iiabun county, between Tal¬ lulah and Clayton, Ga., and by the name of Tiger, and J. C. Cannon has been appointed postmaster. Tobacco is not doing so well in North Carolina. A great deal was killed by cold weather. In some sections the farmers have abandoned tobacco, plowed 1 „ th(! | aml , lt in cor „ ton S 4^ 8 P \ hu9 E Pi^P a ^te, , l church , sustained . in . Charles¬ _ , its ’ ' ^rosentativea who withdrew from the Diocesan convention on account of the attempted admission of colored delegates. Prof. John II. Miller, professor of matlreulatica in Krekinc has bccn elected president of the Due West Fo male resigned College, 8 . C., vice J. P. Kennedy, who on account of failing health. „ne of the most popular societies in Charleston, S. C., is the Philatelic 80 - ciety. The society will give a course of lectures on “Postage Stamps” as soon as thr services of a competent lecturer can be secured. The Alice Clarke, one of the steamers running suffered between Augusta and Savannah, Ga., slightly the other day by fire, while about eighty-five miles down the river. Fifty-four bales of cotton caught fire and were thrown overboard, The Charleston & Savanuah, and the ! Savannah, Florida «fe Western railway companies will put on between New York and Jacksonville an express train that will make the run between the two cities in thirty hours, leaving New York about 10.30 a. m., and reaching Jack j sonville about 4.30 p. in, the next day. ! ! A LUNATIC VISITS GOV. HILL. , , E. O. Dieffcnbacher, an escaped lunatic I from Herkimer comity, a large, powerful man, pushed his way into the executive chandler at Albany, X. Y., until lie f beside* Governor Hill's desk an i de manded an immediate hearing, llis ae tions created some uneasiucas, but lie was quietly carried away by a policeman without offering any resistance. , PECULIAR ACTION OF LIGHTNING. j i J. A. Sewell, of Garlandville, Ga., had a valuable ox standing under some | j sweetgum lightaing struck bushes in bush the »l»ut pasture, 20 when feet « ; lush. » allowing a downward court" | about 8 feet it jumped to another ueur . { e ft 'the^mr'aml struck the'ox * AilUno h i J- - char ley Ross IN jail. - | Recently, Christian K. Ross said _ to a , reporter, at his residence, "W alnut Lane j Station, Germantown, near Philadelphia, ' Pa., that a man claiming to know the j whereabouts of bis missing son, Charley, , bad called upon him. The stranger gave j his najue as Harrington, a keeper in the State Prison of Connecticut, and assured Mr. Ross that Charley Ross is in that in¬ stitutiou undergoing a sentence of im j prisomnent. GONE WRONG. - The cashier of the Ilechetaga Bank, L. , f). Parent, of Montreal, f an., has ab sconded. He drew checks to the amount G f $12,000, signed them “L. D. Parent, on tru>t f<u Dr. Valade,” and succeeded j n prevailing upon R ty, the ledger keeper, to acc<*pi them for the bank, Then he cashed them and left the city. “ ALL QUIET! ” DECORATION OF THE GRATES OF THE FEDERAL DEAD. Fraternization of the Gray and the Blue Patriotic Addresses and Impressive Services—Sauthern Military Companies Take Part in the Exercises. Never since the War closed, has Me¬ morial Day under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic been mora impressively celebrated than this year, and the capital of the nation—Washing¬ ton—witnessed a sight which deeply im¬ pressed all who were there to witness it, particularly sides. the veterans who fought on opposite The first division the procession of was made up as follows: Vicksburg South¬ rons and band, Belknap Rifles, Lomax Rifles, Bullene Guards of Kansas City, Louisville Legion and drum corps, American Cadet baud of Milwaukee, eighth separate company of’ New York; company D, Thirty-second New York: Grand Rapids Guards, of Michigan, ana Custer Guards, of Michigan. The sec¬ ond division yras composed of local mil¬ itary companies and Grand Army of the lington Republic posts. The ceremonies at Ar¬ were very impressive. the The exercises at tomb of Gen. Lo¬ gan, in Rock Creek cemetery, were pic¬ turesque and interesting. The Loga* Guard of Honor had charge of the services, and were assisted by suggestions from Mrs. Logan. Such a profusion of floral tributes as decorated the last resting placo of the dead general has rarely beeu seen. New York city made it a close holiday and a great many went to River¬ side park to take part in the special ser¬ vices at Gen. Giant’s tomb. Here 20,000 or more people gathered. from At the Chattanooga, Tenn., a delegation 24th Illinois Volunteers from Chicago, Ill., decorated the grave of Col. Mihilotzy of that regiment. At Richmond, Va., Winchester, Va., Galveston, Tex., and Jacksonville, Fla., Confederates and Federal veterans had joint exercises, and at other points in the South, Confederate veterans took a prominent part. At Marietta, Ga., the exercises were most impressive, and Ful¬ ton tion County had Confederate Veterau associa¬ Cemetery. a delegation at the Government Rev. Dr. George Leonard Chaney, of Atlanta, was the orator and his remarks were patriotic in the highest degree, and gave great satisfaction to the great throng of people who attended. BANDITS SURPRISED. Mexican Cavalry ami .American Deputy Sheriffs Rout a Gang of ltascatn. At dawn of day, recently, in the midst of a driving rain, the Balsh cut-offjibove Santa Maria, Mexican territory, on the American side of the river and the refuge of about thirty desperate bandits, thieves and smugglers, was raided by a force from both sides of the river. Sheriff Brc tof and Deputy Clausucr, of Texas, with about ninety ranch,*r<#s and deputies en¬ tered and drove out the bandits, who met with a warm reception on the other side from a detachment of the Mexican 3d cavalry under command of Coi. Nieves Hernandez. A sharp light en¬ sued, in which Col. Hernandez was wounded, one of his men killed and an¬ other wounded. One bandit was kilhd, several wounded and a number captured, several of whom are well known mur¬ derers, and were executed on the spot. EXCITEMENT IN FRANCE. The Yoiin* Men of I’arfu Demand General lloiilniitfer’a Retention In Olffee. On retiring from give the place position his of secre¬ tary of war, to to succes¬ sor, Gen. Ferron, Gen. Boulanger, the present idol of the French people, made a short address. Riotous demonstrations rtt outre took place. Fifty policemen were stationed at the Britidi embassy. During the night cries of “a L’Eiysce” were raised by the crowd,and full}’ 1,000 young men formed a procession and marched at a swinging pace in the direc¬ tion of the palace, shouting as they went, “We want Boulanger!”’ Before they ar¬ rived arthc Ely sec, however, two strong bodies of police appeared and dispersed them. LOCKED OUT. T|w Master Association, of n hia- P;i Gutters, decided to lock out all , hl;ir and refuse theta hirti'er employment until they cease in terferinf? will, non-union employes, About three hundred men will work on usual, and such of the union employes '* V } 11) pledge themselves not to interfere with non-union bauds, will be restored to their old piaco*. - ENGLISH PLUCK. Twelve hundred coal miners at Bach mul, Russia, out on a strike, attempted to rob a brewery owned by a firm of English¬ men. Fifty English workmen attached to the brewery mounted horses and dur¬ ing the light which occurred, three of the workingmen were killed. gilt CiiKRDiw. Complaint . made because the . cherubs’ , . , is heads on 8 t. Michael’s steeple, in Charles ton, S. C., have been painted white, in¬ stead of beiug gilded astheywereform erly. There is a tradition that these hea ls were made by Guillotin, a brother of the inventor of the guillotine. BUSINESS PROSPERITY. The South Reaping the Benefit of Large Capital to Develop Railways, lilts, Foundries, Etc., Etc. K ey Weat, Fla., is to be lighted by el Greensboro, railroad. Ala., is to have a “dummy” street A hotel to cost $80,000 will be erected in Petersburg, Va. the Dayton, Ky., has adopted electricity as motive power for street railroad. bonds Chattanooga, for Tenn., issued $50,000 of sewerage and street improve¬ ments. The Morgan County Asphalt and Oil Co. with $150,000 capital has started at Hartseile, Ala. The Young Men’s Christian Associa¬ tion of Charlottesville, Va., has started a $40,000 building. The Birmingham & Atlantic Air-Line Railroad Co., will extend their railroad from Greenville, Ga,, to Savannah. manufacturing Memphis, Tenn. items: A saddlery company with $ 100,000 capitul with $ has started; also, a brick company 100,000 capital. Sheffield, Ala., notes: The Sheffield Land Company will erect 100 houses; the First National Bank has contracted for a $85,000 building. E. B. Moon, of Richmond, Va., has purchased about 50,000 acres of timber and mineral lands in Smythe, Washing¬ ton and Grayson counties. The Chattanooga Land, Coal, Iron & Western Railway Co. will build the Chattanooga Railroad from Chattanooga to Walden’s Ridge, about 8 miles. The Alabama Midland Railroad Co. capital stock $3,000,000, will be incor¬ porated to build a railroad from Mont¬ gomery, Ala., to Bainbridge, about 175 miles. The Eufaula & Southeast Alabama Railroad Co. with a capital stock of $ 1 , 000,000 to build a railroad from Clayton to Blakely, Ala., with a branch to Geneva, has been chartered. The Georgia Central Railroad & Bank¬ ing Co. will extend the Mobile & Girard Railroad from Troy to Elba, Ala., the Eufaula & Clayton Railroad from 25 to 30 miles, and tho Fort Gaines branch from Blakely, Ga., to Columbia, Ala. Bills have been introduced in the Flor¬ ida Legislature to incorporate the Central Railroad & Steamboat Co.; a company to build a railroad from St. Lucie to Wah neta or Lakeland; the Key of tho Gulf Railroad Co., and the Memphis & Pensa¬ cola Railroad Co. A New York syndicate have purchased 4,000 acres of mineral lands, at Collins¬ ville, Ala. An English company has K urchased an immense area of coal land the same locality and will ut once pro¬ ceed to develop it, and will build a 100 - ton blast furnace. The Atlanta & Chattanooga Railroad Co. capital stock $1,000,000, has been organized with H. S. Chamberlain as president; E. J. Sanford, Knoxville, vice president, R. H. Hood, Knoxville, secre¬ tary, and Mr. Mitchell, treasurer. The object of the company is to build a rail¬ road to Stevenson, Ala., via South Pitts¬ burg, Tenn. W. At Va., a meeting George lately T. held at Charleston, York, Stearns, of New made the statement that “a com¬ bination had been formed, with a capital of $ 12 , 000 , 000 , to build a railroad from the Pennsylvania line down the Elk, up the Coal and on to Big Sandy, through Kentucky and on to Nashville, Tenn., and that he represented that com¬ bination.” FWnERMEN KILLING EACH OTHER. There is war among the salmon fisher¬ men on.the Columbia river, near Astoria, Oregon. The seiners and gillers have banded together to stop all trap fishing. A. E. King, owner of a cannery at II wac, and Albert Green and Archie Ross, owners of traps, started out armed with guns is used to guard a large lot of web, which in the traps, and which had been tarred and was lying in the open air to dry. This was in a field not far from the beach, surrounded by small timber. While on the watch they discovered men moving in the darkness, whom they challenged. shots. The reply wag a volley of Mr. Ross was killed, and Mr. King received three serious wounds. Green was unhurt. COST I,Y SEATS. Americans in Loudon, Eng., are pay¬ ing as high as $250 rent for windows, to be used the day Queen Victoria goes from Buckingham palace to Westminster Abbey, where the jubilee services will take place. ATTACKED niS EMPLOYER. Dock Gay residing near Fairburn. Ga., had a difficulty with a negro boy about rations, which terminated in his being stabbed in the neck with a knife, The negro fled. INTERESTING MILITARY EVENT. The friends of the Toledo, O., Cadets have offered $5,000 as a prize, if the cel¬ ebrated Lomax Rifles will drill in Toledo next September. UNION DEPOT. The merchants of Charleston, 8 . O., are agitating for a new union railroad depot. WENT AWAY. Tho Salvation Army at Columbia, 8 . C., found that place unprofitable, and deserted their barracks. LUCKY OMEN. On the first anniversary of his wed¬ ding, President Cleveland caught a fine mess of large trout in the Adirondacks, No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more tluin she can be witty only by the help of speech. LATEST NEWS. President Cleveland sent $10 as a sub¬ scription to start the popular fund now being raised to build a monument to Gen. U. 8 . Grant. Mr. Bright, tho English statesman, strongly condemns Editor O’Brien’s mis¬ sion, and the refusal of Irish Mayors to celebrate tho Queen’s Jubilee. A strange disease, communicated by contact, has caused dreadful havoc among horses in DcWitt county, Ill. It is be¬ lieved to have been communicated from imported French stallions, and is said to lie common in France. Probate Juilge Lyman Follett, of Grand Rapids, Mich., has been missing for sev- 1 eral days. Inquiry shows a large short¬ age in liis accounts. Nearly every estate in the probate court is suffering where funds passed through Follett’s hands. Maj. Elbridgc McCotikey, resident clerk of the Pennsylvania House of Rep¬ resentatives for several sessions, and who has been prominently identified with tho state board of agriculture, committed suicide by hanging, at HHTrisburg, Pa. Fire broke out in the Huebenor quays, in Hamburg, Germany, and they were speedily destroyed. Six large slieds were next gutted. The flames communi¬ cated to two British vessels, the City of Dortnund and the Gladiator, and de¬ stroyed them. New York was astonished to learn that a project was on foot to build in that city a mammoth Protestant Episcopal Cathedral, a second Westminster Abbey, or St. Paul’s Cathedral, in fact; and even more astonished lo learn that tho scheme has been on foot for over 14 years, and the reporters didn’t find it out. In one week, 1,590 emigrants left Queenstown for America. Lieut. Clarke, U. S. Navy, committed suicide at Panama recently. The Troy, N. Y., stove molders have gone to work again, and the strike is at j an end. The yacht Thistle sailed a race of about 50 miles in England, and develop¬ ed remarkable speed and “all around’’ qualities. A distinct earthquake shock was felt in Jamestown, N. Y. The shock hist d only a moment, and seemed like an under¬ ground explosion of great severity. It seems impossible to empanel a jury to try Jake Sharpe, the great briber of New York City; nearly all the citizens summoned are prejudiced against him. During a service in the Cathedral at Pressburg, Hungary, an alarm of fire was raised. A panic ensued, and many in tho congregation were killed and injured in the crush which resulted from the frantic endeavors of the people to reach the By the explosion of a boiler in Court landt, N. Y., three men were killed. The grain porters employed at Avon mouth docks, Bristol, England, have struck against the use of elevators in un¬ loading vessels. Townsend Johnson and his brother confessed that they set fire to Palmer’s oooperage, in Williamsburg, N. Y., on April 2 d. They claim to have had a grudge against Palmer. France is in a feverish state of excite¬ ment over the attempt to form a cabinet. The military bill appears to be the snag, and if it is withdrawn by the govern¬ ment, trouble will ensue. Recently in the palace of justice, at City of Mexico, where courts sit, tho roof fell in. Luckily the room was unoccu¬ pied at the time. The earthquake shook has created fresh alarm about the safety of roofs in buildings of great ago. A wooden cross has been erected at Bodyke, Ireland, where the work of evic¬ tion had to be stopped on account of tho sheriff being seized with a fit, upon which are inscribed these words: “Praise the Lord I Here the Tyrant’s art was para¬ lyzed.” The Reformed Episcopal council in session at Philadelphia, Pa., adopted resolutions that the council recognizes evangelistic services, as a potent fact in the aggressive work of the church, and indorses the utility of evangelistic union, whenever practicable, for the more sys¬ tematic and efficient conduct of such matters; also, ono recommending a dis¬ continuance of the committee on work among freedmen. ‘able with the Curriculum. First Omaha Dame—“How is your son getting on at Omaha college Dame—“Splendidly, Second but I am afraid he studies too hard. I got a private note from his room-mate advising me to send for my son, as lie was beginning to toss around nights and see snakes and things.” “Dear me!” “Yes, isn't it awful! I have written to the faculty to ask them to excuse the poor boy from any further attendance at the lectures on zoology .”—Omaha World. John Anson and his wife of Bennetts ville, Ky., lived happily together for cided thirty that years, Bhe and wanted then Mrs. cabinet Anson de¬ a organ. John the wife declined tried to drown buy one, herself and thereupon by ing into the to of the Muddy plung¬ waters Fork. She Was fished out unlia'rraod, and John was home, so and disgusted be has that been he at onoe there quit not seen sinoe. NUMBER 2. PARABLES. Earth sings her parables of loss and gain In boldest speech. Yet heights sublime which spirits shall attal She cannot reach. Aerial whispers float o'or land and sea— “It doth not yet appear what we shall ba.* . , Her royal purples and her crowns of gold, Her white attire. J The sceptred lilies which her summers hold,; With flames afire— All fail to show the glory we shall see— ** ; “It doth not yet appear what we shall be.” Who from unsightly bulb or slender root Could guess aright, The glory of the flower, the fern, the fruit, In summer’s height? Through tremulous shadows voices call to me, “It doth not yet appear what wo shall be.” Triumphant guesses from the seer and sage * Through shadows dart, And tender meanings on the poet’s page i Console the heart. O songs prophetic! though sweet are ye, “It doth not yet appear what we shall be." —Clara Thwailes. PITH AND POINT. Always seedy—The fig. In a tight box—Sardines. A suit of mail—Will you marry me f He does a driving business—the cab¬ man. When dentists arc partners they ought to pull together.— Siftings. After all, the greatest fishery trouble is when they won’t bite.— San Francisco Alfa. t If you want to see a wildcat, simply hold up the domestic article by the tail. —New ILiven News. An exchange remarks: “Honesty fears nothing.” But it docs, though. It fears dishonesty .—Boston Post. A New York firm advertises “umpire suits.” We believe tin y are manufac¬ tured at a foundry in Pittsburg.— Stales man. A Fireman’s Toast—“Cupid and hit torch, the only incendiary that can kin¬ dle a flame which the engines cannot quench.” It is premature to tell any woman that she is an angel until it is seen how she can cook a steak and boil a potato.—Pall Biver Advance. “What an outrage to cram so many into this railway coupe.” “I should say sot Why,a sardine is a hermit in comparison.' V —Fliegende Blaetter. He (at a Boston inusicale)—“What a glorious interpretation!” She (a Waldo, Chicago I young woman)—“Yes, Harper's Mr. call that good fiddling. ”— Bazar. The man who down the avenue In brand-new hat doth jant,, May feel that he’s filling a long wanted.felt, As well as a long felt want. —Merchant Traveler. Trembling suitor—“Will you allow me to ask your daughter to share my hand?” Irate father—“No, but I will ask you to share my foot.” Curtain .—Boston Ga¬ zette. “Mr. Brown,” said Dunley, “I call to request your daughter's hand in mar¬ riage. ” “Her hand?” “Yes, sir.” “Wliat's the matter with asking for the girl?”— Pittsburg Dispatch. The little brother who persists in hang¬ ing around the parlor when his big sister is entertaining her best young man is committing a heinous offense. It is de¬ fiance of the court. “What arc the prospects of Home Rule now?” a correspondent asks. Really, my dear fellow, we can’t tell you, unless you let us know when the old lady is going home .—Somerville Journal. A woman doesn’t know half as much about voting as a man does about rocking a cradle, yet there are more women who want to vote than men who want to rock cradles.— Washington Critic. An Indiana man sat down on a keg of powder with a pipe in his mouth, and some superstitious people in the vicinity think they can see two men in the moon now .—Burlington Free Press. The innermost, unexpressed thought of every man is about this: “If every other man had been created as nearly right as I am, the millenium might come almost any day .”—Dansville Breeze. “ Tell your mother, Johnny,” said his kind maiden aunt, as she placed a piece of cake in his hand, “that I was very sorry your sister couldn't come.” “And what will I say,” replied little Johnny, with an air of strategy, “ if mamma ask* where is sister’s piece of cake ?”— Judge. A Convict’ i Peculiar Suicide. A strange story of a convict’s suicide comes from Coahoma County, Miss. Last Wednesday agang of convicts were clear¬ ing land on Fisher & Ycrger’s planta¬ Point, tion, some distance back of Friar’s They hud just chopped a large tree until its stately head was tottering in the air and the woodland giant commenced to fall, when the word was given retreated to run. The convicts and guards all but one—a negro named Muse Smith sent up six months before from Panola County to serve a ten years’ sentence. Smith was on the side toward which the tree was falling and made no attempt to run. He threw down his ax, folded his arms and with a half smile playing about his features, gazed steadily upon the fall¬ ing tree as it bore swiftly down directly on him. The guards and other convicts shouted at the doomed man, but lie heeded them not. The towering mass of wood reached the ground, there was a crash of broken boughs, and all was still except the echoes which reverberated through the forest. The immense weight of the tree had crushed Smith’s body out of all shape, and when the tree was rolled away only a flattened pile of blood stained clothes, flesh and bones remained of the ten year man .—Memphis Ledger. Doctors at the English Court. I saw a list of the household of Queen Victoria the other day, and I am aston¬ ished that she has lived to celebrate her jubilee. 8 he has three physicians in ordinary, five physic ians extraordinary, two sergeant surgeons, three surgeon* extraordinary, a physician to the house hold, a surgeon ditto, a surgeon apothe cary, two surgeons and apothecaries at Windsor and two at Osborne, dentist a surgeon oculist, a surgeon dentist, a and to the household and two chemists druggist*.— Pittsburgh Chronicle,