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: m SSi^vf w I w 1 nss* W > * '« ■pi . 1 om ♦ VOLUME V. EX-SLAVE’S LOCK. A CAROLINA PLANTE IPS WILL SURPRISES HIS RELATIVES. Over Half a Million of Dollar® Left to n N®*re Woman In Columbia—Legml Authority **y It Valid. Considerable excitement has been caused in Sumter county, 8. C., by the discovery that Col. William J. Reynolds, ono of t 4 e wealthiest farmers in the state, who Gied recently, has bequeathed the bid,* of his entire fortune, estimated at »rfX>ut $600,000 to a negro woman, who was -lived formerly for his slave, with whom he many years, and to her children, to whom he is the father. Tho story of Col. Reynold’s life, is an interesting one. Born in Sumter county in 1806, of honest, industrious and frugal parents, after re¬ lie ceiving began a good common school education, life as a planter. Fortune fa¬ vored him from the outset, and every¬ thing that ho touched seemed to turn to gold. he Possessing a genial disposition, was one of the most popular young men of his district. Fifty years ago he became enamored of one of the loveliest •and most gifted young ladies of the eoun ity, and sought her hand in marriage. His isuit at first was looked upon with more than passing favor, and lie had good cause to believe that his love was recip¬ rocated. After awhile, however, the lady influenced by her mother, rejected him. But the ardent young lover would not take “no” for a final answer. He dc tennined to make himself more worthy ‘ of the object of his affections, and to try again. Taking a leading part in all mat¬ ters of public welfare, he was elected to represent his district in the state legisla¬ ture, which in those days was composed of the wealth, talent and chivalry of the state. He at once made a record for him¬ self, and ere the close of his first term lie ,<»f van recognized as one of the leaders the house. Returning home elated hy his sue -cess in the councils of his state, he renewed his suit, for the hand of the lady of his choice and was again repulsed. Nothing daunted by these reverses, after being re-elected the second and third time to the general assembly, he again bvooed the fair one to whom his heart ihad ever remained loyal. This time stie •cess seemed to crown his efforts, Thc parents withdrew their opposition to his suit and the lady finally accepted him, and every preparation was made for the happy event. One day, dispelled however, all his fond hopes were rudely by the reception bride, of a notifying formal note from his nlli nnced him that, in obedience to the wishes of her mother, •die had reconsidered her acceptance of !his hand and fortune, and that she could never, under liny circumstances, become his wife. The blow was a heavy one for young Reynolds, and it changed the en¬ tire course of his life. At first he was grief plunged seemed into the depths of despaii ; his to he greater than he could bear; hr neglected his business, and wan¬ dered listlessly over his plantations and for several years seemingly him, oblivious to •everything around earing not whether ho lived or died, lb* reared a large family of mulatto children and pro¬ vided well for all of them. Several of these children have received liberal edu¬ cations, and are now engaged as teacher* ill the public schools of the state. Two or 3 years before hi* death, his Col. Reynolds •drew his will with own hand, be -queathing almost his entire fortune to his negro concubine and his mulatto chil¬ dren. This will Col, Reynold's sister and other relatives will endeavor to in¬ validate and set aside; but eminent law vers who have looked into the matter give it is a* legal the in r opinion that the instru merit every particular, and that the indignant relatives must swallow their hit it r disappointment. MANY PEOPLE DROWNED Ilrrsnitf a Ynrht Captain Wns Drunk On Herr anil Curried two >Iueli Mail. A nuufber of German families, resi¬ dents of Brooklyn and Long Island City, N. Y., hired the yachts “Mystery” anil “Christiana” tit Cannrsie,N.Y., fora sail. The boats lmd carried out a plentiful supply of beer, which wns served with a free hand. The sun of was the just sinking, when the passengers gathered “Mystery ’.and “i ’hristiana” on the pier at Bar¬ ren Island to embark for Carnasie. So many men of the party ghowed the effects of beer that the skipper thought it best to put the women and children aboard the Mystery, which is a cabin yacht forty feet long, and rates as a much safer boat than her consort. The women protested when they learned that Capt. Hendrick¬ son and his nine-year old were all the men aboard. Their protest went un¬ heeded, and Hendrickson became so angry that some of the passengers no ticed that he had also been drinking too much beer. They got off, and the cap tain said he would get to Carnasie lii't, aud spread all sail, despite the piotest of the women. A squall struck the yacht middle out and upset her, and twenty five people were drowned. MTKANOK I’lCTDKBK. The phenomena of picture® upon win¬ dow panes that has ncen exciting and perplexing the denizens of Milford, Brack rn n ninty, is being repeated at Bache¬ lor's Rest and Pickerell’a school house, iu Kentucky. The window®of a number of private residence® are handsomely ornar mented with red and blue tint®, inter¬ lined with pictures of men and beast®— one pane of glass representing Curiosity a picture i* of animals entering Several an ark. of glass at fever heat. pane® were removed and brought to town, and, after being washed and cleaned, the ill¬ ustrations disappeared. Further inves¬ tigation ceased. The pictures appear the more perfect and distinct just at sunset. The more superstitious and trembling, view the phenom¬ antiai' ena with fear ana Date all sorts of calamities. IlKART-RKNDINft AFFAIR. The family of John Bankhead, consist¬ ing of his wife and three children, were standing on the verandah in their home, three miles from ()|>elika, Alu., were struck by lightning. When Bankhead reached his home he found that two of the children were dead, and the other child and his wife so paralyzed that they q|g hardly recover. EASTMAN, DODGE COUNTY. GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, WASHINGTON NOTES. HOT WEATHER MUSINGS FROM THE NATIONS CAPITAL. Momethinii About tho Karpin®, the Army, tho Nnvy, Civil Appointment®, and Department® Generally. CONGRESS OF PHYSICIANS. Tho International Medical Congress of the World will be held at Washington in September, and will be the greatest gath cring of the profession, both as to num hers and professional distinction, ever seen on this continent. MR. JOHNSON CALLS. A. Among S. Johnson, the President’s callers was J. Knight of Labor. a prominent Tennessee told the Mr. Johnson President that the people of the South were very much pleased with his admin¬ dence istration, and that they had great confi¬ in him, believing that the interests of tho laboring class would receive proper care at his hands. wool question. Assistant Secretary Maynard, of the Treasifi-y Department, gave a hearing to W. M. Whitwell, President of the Na tional Association of Wool Manufactu¬ rers, who made a strong argument in fa¬ vor of a revision of the classification of wool t<rps and worsted clothes as adopted in different parts, which, he contended, gave an unwarranted advantage to the importer over the manufacturer. MUST NOT COMBINE. Postmaster General Vilas has written a letter to one of his clerks, who inquired if a convention of postal clerks in his division would meet the approval of the department. Gen. Vilas says he feels hound to state that in his judgment such a convention is worse than valueless and unnecessary. He says there is no occa¬ sion for it, and that it is forbidden by sound principles. WEDDING IN PROSPECT. Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Jennie, daughter of Secretary Lamar, to her cousin, W. H. Lamar, a rising young attorney of Washington. The ceremony is announced to take place at the old homestead of Mis. Secretary Lamar, at Macon, Ga. Secretary Lamar and many Southern friends of the family will go from festivities. Washington to be present at the WARSHIPS FOR DUTY. Orders have been sent to the United States Baeilie squadron to rendezvous at Honolulu. The squadron include s the Alert, four gains, at Callao; Juniata, eight guns, at Panama; and tho flagship, Vandniia, eight guns, which has already sailed from Peru. The Iroquois has been ordered to San Francisco, Cal., for re¬ pairs before sailing. The Asiatic squad¬ ron, consisting ordered of six men-of-war, will a so he to.Honolulu, if found necessary. IMMENSE PENSION BUSINESS. • The mail of letters received nt the Pension Bureau and sent out from it averages more than 12,000 a day. Tho total number of pension certificates issued during the fiscal year just ended was 112,340, of wh’ch 54,194 were original allowances. This is the largest business ever cleared off the desks in one year. The average number of clerks for the year was 1,530, or about 100 less than in ihe last year of Mr. Arthur’s administra¬ tion. The amount paid out for pensions during the year is not yet fully ascer¬ tained, but will probably exceed $74, 000 , 000 . president Cleveland’s fortune. Mr. Cleveland does not expend more than half his salary, if, indeed, his ex¬ penses exceed 40 per cent, of his income, and lie will have in the neighborhood of $200,000 as a fortune upon which to begin life anew when he leaves the White House. Carefully invested, this would yield him an income sufficient to iake care of him very comfortably for the rest of his days. When he dies his w ife w ill have $20 ,000 from life insurance policies to add to his savings. He has no very heavy insurance on his life, for the reason that w ithin the past two or three years the principal companies have instructed their agents that they do not care for risks on tho life of the President, because of his mode of living and his disposition to apoplexy. NOTES. The “Atlanta” warship, lias at last been placed on active duty, and has now proceeded towards the fishing groundsill Eastern waters. The Navy Department, received infor¬ mation that the warship “Ossipee” could not sail from Boston, Mass., because 22 of her crew deserted. The daughter of Maj. Gen. Worth (one of the most distinguished soldiers who fought in the Mexican war), has just been discharged from a clerkship in the Quar¬ termaster General’s office. The Secretary of the Treasury has ap pointed J. H. Ostendorff to be store¬ keeper and ganger iu tin* district of South Carolina, and Willa Viley to be guager in the Seventh district of Ken¬ tucky. The Marine Hospital Bureau has en¬ gaged a tug Keys, to take supplies and from take Tampa to Egmont Fla., to pas sengers who have been detained at the latter place land for quarantine the period purposes of to the main after 1 deten- 10 ”‘ The __ Navy _ Department . satisfied . ^ , with . , is the plans for dry docks to be built at Brooklyn, N.Y., and Norfolk, Va., which were submitted by bidders under the recent advertisement. Commodore liar mony, chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, will recommend to Secretary Whitney that a re-advertisement be made requiring bids upon plans winch have been prepared by the bureau. A DKMI'KUATK REDDLED. At St. peddler, Henry’s, Ohio. C’a«per Link, a clock got on a drunken spree and commenced to insult women he met on the street. The villagers ordered him to leave town, and undertook to chase him out of town. He turned on them and struck Bernard Brook over the head with a club, mushing iu his si nil j.ud killing him instantly. He ih< n struck Casper Schneid rla rgcr. knocking h-ui insensible and inflicting injuries which may prove fatal, lb* then attempted to escape, but was arrested. “ Justice to All, Malice for None.” SENATOR BROWN’S CLAIM. He AitMiihe® Che Oeargia Legislature With u. Betterment® Claim. The sensation of the hour in the Geor¬ gia Brown, Legislature is ci letter from Senator upon the question of payment for the betterments made upon the Western & Atlantic Road. The claim for improvements is estimated at from two to three million of dollars. The I lease specifics that the lessees shall return j the road to the state in as go >d condi ; tion as when they received it. The lessees will have it inferred that they are en titled to compensation for such improve j ments. deduction. This This is not provision a legal nor is equitable in common every form of lease. It is never pre¬ tended by tenants of lands or houses that it means to confer upon them a during right to indemnity for money expended their term. Imperfect repair, ! ruinous state of road bed, were elements considered in fixing the rental of the , state road at so low a figure as $300,000 I annual rental. The profits have been ; colossal. They are matters of secret Wstory. The road was leased, too, at G 1Hn a more honest legislature would have obtained, POISON CASES. Klngular Effect of Dcravrd M*-at and Bites From a Cat and a Hot. Mr. and Mrs. Crosland and their little girl died at Wilmington, Del., within a few days of each other, of malignant dysentery. fa< An investigation reveals the t that a piece of meat had been hung in the well to keep cool, and had been forgotten. It decayed and dropped into the water, and the death of these three persons was caused hy drinking impure water. Detective F. M. Simpson, of Atlanta, Ga., has a 10 years’ old child suffering from blood poisoning. Mrs. Simpson was sleeping with the child two months ago and was awakened hy some¬ thing passing over her face. She struck a light and saw a large rat running across the bed. The child had awakened and was crying as if in pain. A small bruise was found on the left arm, and the wound was undoubtedly caused by the teeth of the rat. Frankie Bridges,'a lit¬ tle girl eight years of age, of Atlanta, Ga., at Whitehall and Humphries streets, feared whs seriously bitten by a cat, and it blood poisoning will result. A LIGHTNING STROKE In Tennessee Sends Nine Colored People Into Eternity. At a negro funeral at Mount Pleasant, about sixty miles south of Nashville, Tenn., 9 negroes were killed by a single stroke lowed the of lightning. A large party fol¬ remains of Harriet Terry to the grave. Just as the final prayer had been said, a dark,ominous cloud came up from the east. The party had scarcely left the grave when one of the most se¬ vere thunder and rain-storms ever known to that section hurst upon them. Scarcely had those who were killed reached the shelter of an immense oak when a terrific thunder-cloud burst and the tree was struck. The whole party of 9 tumbled down together and died instantly. Their names are as follows: William Burch, pastor of the colored Methodist Episco¬ pal church, and Hattie, his wife; John Hannah, a minister engaged in missionary vork; Emanuel Orr, a Methodist preacher; Tom Rodgers, Hester Terry, mother of the girl who w'as buried, ami her two daughters, Eliza and Rose, and • v*ba Guthrie. WHERE DID IT GO? Liquor Dealers In Kentucky Are Looking lor $76,000 Worth of Whiskey. Crawford, Special Revenue Agent Kellogg and from Washington, with four United States gaugers, examined every barrel of whiskey in two bonded ware houses of the O. F. C. and Carlisle dis¬ tilleries, located at Frankfort, Ky., and owned by the E. II. Taylor distillery company. In 17,000 barrels contained be therein, they found 4,400 which had to her regauged. Fifty barrels of this num were almost entirely empty, while 1,200 were short from ten to thirty-eight gallons each. One barrel, the last one entered in 1884, which at that time con¬ tained forty-four gallons, upon regauging was found to contain thirty-four gallons. Local distilleries, as well as proprietors, claim that the excessive shortage, 12,000 gaJlons, could not have been caused by equalizing, but was stolen. The proprie¬ tors will lose by the affair about $75,000. sTKIItE ON A RAILROAD. At 4 o’clock in the afternoon, engineers and firemen on the Brooklyn, N. Y., ele¬ vated railroad struck, and traffic on ihe line was wholly suspended. Later, a few trains were run hy some of the higher officials in the engineering department of the road. It seems that trouble has been brewing between the engineers and the management for some time. Nine engi¬ neers had been discharged, and the Brotherhood of Engineers at once ap¬ pointed a committee to wait on the man¬ agement and demand that the discharged i j employes be reinstated, refused, {lending urbi tration. Ibis was 1 j SHORT INDIAN WAR. j 1 A . strolling . band of Kickapoo Indians x ,. ! visited South St. Louis, Mo., to sell j , their curiosities. A boy enraged them, f or w hich they attempted to beat him j | an( made j w hen him John Rose knives, interfered, and they at with he shot one of them The Indians were rein forced and arined with Winchester r ifl e8> r osc and several friends fled to a hotel and from a seeond-story window brought down Pawnee Tom, Indian Charley 7 and Little Chief, with revolvers. The Indians will probably die from their wounds. j LOVER OF CATS. ; A case of much interest between the ! health department of Montreal, Canada, j and Mrs. 8tevcnsen Morley, a fashionable i lady is before the courts. Th® lady is a great lover of cats, and keeps in the house all that she can collect. The ( I neighbors house complained to the police; her was raided. Over 200 cats were j found in the house, which was in a ter I rible condition. The lady is very wealthy, l and will fight the case to the bitter end. SOBTHERN ITEMS. VERY INTERESTING DOTS GATH¬ ERED HERE AND THERE. Boiled-Dawn Fact® for n Week of What 1® Transpiring Around l 7 ®, Well Worth Reading. house, Augusta, Ga., is to have a new opera which will cost $50,000. different Slight earthquake tremors were felt at recently. points in lower South Carolina the Logan E. Bleekly, has been elected by Supreme Legislature as Chief Justice of the Court of Georgia. Ex-Governor James M. Smith has been chosen as judge of the Chattahoochee circuit by the Georgia Legislature. E. T. Browning, postmaster at Alliga¬ tor, Ga., has been placed under a $300 bond to answer the charge of making false returns. lenberg, O. B. Thornton, Ky., county judge of Muh¬ has fled the county to escape a mandate of the United States Supreme Court. The local option election, which was held in Stonewall district, in Harrisburg, Va., resulted in a victory for the “wets’’ by something over 100 majority. The volunteer fire department of Char¬ lotte, N. C., disbanded. The trouble arose out of bills made by the department which the aldermen refuse to pay. Atlanta, Many burglaries have taken place in Ga., lately and Bellingford Pnntup, of the a negro, was captured with some stolen property. He had a pistol in his pocket. Richard Dozier, a prominent citizen and planter, died at his home near Col¬ umbus, Ga; the effect of a paralytic stroke. He was about 75 years of age and was one of the best known men in his section. The Atlanta, Ga., police force have arrested the principal liquor dealers in the city for violating the law, and they all agreed to quit selling if the authori¬ chaingang. ties. would not sentence them to the The Salvation Army is the talk of the town, filled at Greenville, S. C. Their barracks was with people anxious to witness the marriage of Captain John Denton to Lieutenant Sadie Sammons. An admis¬ sion fee of 10 cents was charged, which was given to the happy couple. It has just transpired that John W. Greyson, of Scottsboro, Ala., is now serving a life sentence in ihe Alabama penitentiary on a charge of burning a house of one Porter, on Sand Mountain, several years ago, when Adam Freeman was the guilty man. Freeman confessed the crime on his death bed. Rev. Sam Jones is conducting revival by meetings at at New Castle, Ky., assisted Rev. S. Small and Rev. W. H. Millmrn, the blind preacher. The meetings arc being held in the open air on a magnifi¬ cent lawn formerly the property of Gen¬ eral E. Kirby Smith, and was used as a drill ground for his military school in 1869. Dr. J. D. Barbee, of McKcndrce church, of Nashville, Tenn., has been elected book agent of the Southern Methodist Publishing House to succeed Dr. McFerrin. For nearly four years Dr. Barbee has been the pastor of Me Kendree church, in that city, and the judgment is universal that he is among the very strongest men in the church. Maj. Albert White Matthews, of Georgia, Lieut. with Capt. Ella Brucker, and Emma Sage, of the Salvation Army, have secured a hall and opened in Montgomery, ated Ala. Capt. Ella, who cre quite an interest in the Army’s movements in Atlanta, Ga., especially on the Fourth of July, says they have come to “lick the devil out of Montgomery.” Mrs. Craig and her niece, Miss Alice Phillips, were walking down the track of the E. T. V. & G. railroad, at Sugar Valley, Ga., when they reached a long trestle. When just midway, the fast express train dashed around the curve, and before the engineer could stop the train the engine struck the two ladies, killing them both. They resided at Dalton. Miss Viola Meets, daughter of a promi¬ nent citizen of Graham county, N. C., was to have been married to John Am¬ mons. The match was opposed by the father of Miss Meets, who armed himself on the day of the proposed wedding, and swore he would kill Ammons if he ap¬ said peared she on his premises. Ihe daughter preferred to marry with her father’s consent, but would marry Am¬ mon that day or die. Her father vio¬ lently adjoining refusing, she stepped into an room and her father going into the room shortly afterwards found his daughter a corpse and iu her hand a vial labelled “strychnine.” BATTLE OF THE BOYNE. OrRngrmrn Celebrate the Anniversary With Considerable Fervor and Rioting. In Liverpool, England, the ceremonies attendant on the celebration of the Battle of the Boyne, by Orangemen, resulted iu a serious riot. The paraders were at¬ tacked by crowds of Catholics, who threw stones and other missiles at the men in ranks. The police forcibly re¬ moved party emblems carried by the Orangemen. About a dozen persons were arrested. In Toronto, Ontario, the Orange demonstration was a great suc¬ cess, There were 53 lodges and between 4.000 and 5,000 men in the procession. Visiting Catherine’s, delegates were present from St. other places. Napanee, Belleville and The procession was ac¬ knowledged to be the finest of the kind ever seen on the streets of Toronto. In Dublin, Ireland, 50,000 Orangemen met at Lurgen to celebrate the anniversary. The Earl of Erne presided. A policeman fired into the crowd, but no one was hit. Afterwards the police charged upon the Catholics. The latter resisted and many of them were severely clubbed. One policeman was seriously injured in the affray. Rev. Dr.Vane presided over a monster Orangemen, meeting in Belfast, Ireland, of and several severe fights took place between them aud the Catholics. In Patterson, N. J., a very serious riot occurred, and Orange lodges that visited from Newark and Jersey City were very roughly handled. GREAT IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTED AND UNDER WAY ALL OVER THE SOUTH. Forest® Being Levelled and Mill®, Factories, Railroad®, Foundries, Etc., Building Many New Incorporation®. Nixonville, Ala., is to have a starch factory. Cooke Springs, Ala., rejoices that she is soon to have a 200-guest hotel. A hotel will be put up at Daytona, Fla., by E. E. Vaile, of St. Augustine. Parties from fertilizer Georgia are about Oxford, to erect a twenty-ton factory at Ala. C. E. Long, a Pennsylvanian, is ar¬ ranging to put up an extensive glass plant at Chattanooga, Tenn. The Southern Marble Company con¬ template building a railroad from Jasper, Ga., to their marble quarries. The Alabama Granite Company, of Birmingham, Ala., with a capital of $200,000, has been incorporated. The Sparger Steel Compound organized Company of Bristol. Tenn., has been with a capital stock of $100,000. A tract of 13,000 acres of land at Bronson, Fla., has been purchased by a syndicate, who will erect mills, etc. Fernandina, Fla., is to have “a boom,” as Daniel Whitney, of Detroit, Mich., has secured 33,000 acres of timber lands in that vicinity, which will be developed. The Van Depoele Electric Manufactur¬ ing Company, of Chicago, Ill., will estab¬ lish a branch factory at Montgomery, employed. Ala. About 150 men will be Philadelphia, Pa., parties have organ¬ ized the Florida Sugar Manufacturing Co., at Kissimmee, Fla., with a capital of $300,000. A sugar refinery wiil be erected. E. B. Comly, president of the Mother well Iron & Steel Company, of Logan, O., is investigating the merits of several Southern cities with a view to establish¬ ing a manufacturing plant. The great Southern Iron, Brass and Engine Co. will locate in West Nash¬ ville, Tenn., to do general machine work. Capital $300,000. The Fuel Economizer Co. will also build their machines in the same works. A bill has boeD introduced in the Leg¬ islature in Georgia, to incorporate the Anthony Shoals Land Improvement Company of Washington, Ga., to develop mineral lands, quarries, &c., and build railroads, pipe lines, etc. The Bloomfield Water Power Co., with a capital of $300,000 has been organized at Athens, Ga. The company will either build a cotton factory at Barnett Shoals, or erect buildings to be leased out for manufacturing purposes. THE PRESIDENT S OUTING. On Arriving nt Holland N. Y., No Con¬ veyance Being on Hand, He Walks. President Cleveland and wife arrived at Holland, N. Y., an hour and six min¬ utes earlier than they were expected. They came from Utica, by special train, comprising Central hotel one coach and a New York land’s maid car. Only Mrs. Cleve¬ walked from the accompanied them. They station to “The Weeds,” fhe residence of Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, near by, where they were heartily received by the President's sister and his niece, Mary L. Hastings, of Clin¬ ton. The early arrival was a pleasant little surprise, but Miss Cleveland was all ready for her guests. The people of the place had intended to be out en masse to greet and welcome the Presi¬ dent, and it is a matter of general regret that such a pleasure was not had. So well had the secret of their arrival been kept that there was no conveyance wait¬ ing. The President having satisfied him¬ self that no carriage was in attendance, picked up a small bundle and said, “Come on, like good American citizens.” They walked slowly up tho street of the village to “The Weeds” Alias Cleveland’s residence. Miss Cleveland met them at the door and breakfast was soon after served. H. W. BEECHER S SON. A Singular Story ToUl About Him In A San EraliciMt'o I’a pit. The San Francisco, Cal., Chronicle de¬ votes two pages to letters and affidavits found among the effects of the late Ab¬ ner L. lhake, formerly Deputy United States Collector at Port Townsend, Wash tion Territory, who died under what were considered mysterious circumstances, at Chicago last May while on his way to Washington. The article says that Blake, v ho had been removed from the customs v rvice, held to the opinion that IT. F. Beecher, son of the late Henry Ward Beecher, who was collector at Port Town¬ send and who is now Treasury agent there, had defrauded the Government, and in one instance had withheld from an informer the money due him, growing out of a large opium seizure. Blake re¬ ported Washington this and other matters to the authorities, but no attention was paid to him. He then went East with the documents and died in Chicago In one of the letters it is intimated that Blake met J> li Minty, formerly employed on the steamer Evangel, of which Beecher was captain, and was by him induced to remain at Chicago, and that while there Blake met foul play, to prevent his pro¬ posed exposure, resulting in his death. CATTLE DISEASE. few Pleuro-pneumonia days made its appearance g ago in the town of West Chester, N. Y., and the disease has ex¬ tended to the extensive stock farm of William Havemeyer, on Throgg’s Neck, where a number of valuable blooded cat¬ tle have been taken sick. The cows on the farm of George McKettrick, near West Chester village, are reported as riv¬ ing with the disease, as are also those on the farm of J. Timmer. United States Inspector R. A. McLain, of the Depart¬ ment of Agriculture at Washington, has succeeded in thoroughly stamping out the disease in the upper part of West¬ chester county, where he caused the de¬ struction of over 900 cows on various dairy farms. __ TEMPERANCE. The • Fourth of July. God bless our rockbound coast, The land we love the most, Our native land; Land where our noble sires Lit freedom’s beacon-fires And shook with bells the spires, A patriot band. And when they died ’twas well Their starry mantle fell On heroes free; And to their colors true, The red, the white, and blue, The white light shiniue; through On Liberty. ’Tis here our fathers sought The boon their valor bought With bleeding soars. Firm as the granite hills Were their unbending wills, And now sweet freedom fills Our flag with stars. Now let us break the chains And wash away the stains Without delay. Intemperance That is a sin within. strikes the hoart A good day to begin Is Freedom's day. When the saloon is sealed, And broken hearts are healed, And speech is dumb That would, if uttered, be Filth and profanity, Then our glad eyes shall soo God’s kingdom come. —George W. Bungay, in National Advocate. Prohibition Prohibits in Maine. The National Temperance Advocate says: Articles have recently appeared in tho news- 82“£. PW 6 ™ purporting ^£° to l be atte written “pti»B by show pro n \ s 1a ,u ?.’ to that prohibition is • a failure, is not enforced, and not a finger raisod for its enforcement. These articles are freely copied into the liquor C* a gJ “the^humW thousand to defeat the amendment in these States. No one pretends that all illegal sales whohfllln wnoie, outsulo 1 wi U Jw two leS ^ or e ' 1 1i three bufc cities, Iav is a 113 per¬ a manenfc and wonderful success. Wo sent these articles to Hon. Nelsou Dingley, Jr., nA°hi S iL > °i fe n C ;!!7.f aini, He'says'- i ai ' , wi ] rus h t 3 J0 ' v01 ' v ;? iy rkin F? ness in the’case. ‘ “Theletter is a most gross perversion of the facts. As a matter of fact the law was never better enforced than it is now, as a whole-the exceptions being a few cities where the foreign element is very large. The amendments to the law udopted l>v the last he Lewiston (Me.) Journal says: “The more the Maine rumseller " looks over the - amended prohibitory law of Maine the less he is inclined to overlook it. It has the real grip to it. Uur Hockland special gives tho comment of an Eastern Maine rumseller who could stand the fires of the old law but who surrendered to Prima facie. We congratu¬ late him on his surrender. There is prima facie mighty evidence that „ uuu he UH nus has abandoned an . vnaone(l a a mean business. Let him mow start a cold-water mineral spring and go in “ The attempt to evade the law hy import ing ‘original packages' of grog is also fraught with peril. The Augusta find Bar Harbor rumsellers who attempt thus to sell may yet be amenable to the la w; there is som 1 doubt about their right to <lo thus even under judi cial decisions; but it is settled that tliey'ean- 1 P ac kages of less than a dozen bottles ^V' grog e8s shops fourteen in Maiue gallons. are pretty 1 ho 1 act well is, the nered.” oor Nations Destroyed by Drink. Tho e rea <; empires of antiquity might still fcCi&LMSttf bosoms. , , Babylon conquered, SStTSS was Medea not so much by tho arms of the anil Persians. ‘the general long have effeminacy reared of her people, she might her lofty brow among the nations, with her hanging gardens and fair energy and valor of the Greek armies as by the druukenness of her Kings and people S ad ^ pie world. might Greece, still have been a power in th® in her turn, fell not so much by the prowess and of the Roman arms, as by her own discord effeminacy. Save for this, st.li Athens, have in been art, the science worlds and wonder maimers, and might er example. Rome fell, not so much by th® hordes of Goths, Huns and Vandals deseend as ^ by the her careless plains ease and and assaulting sottish indifference her cities, of her people. Wine and spoil took away th® heart of that great nation and unnerved it® mighty arm. But for this, Rome from seven might still have been controlling th® destinies of the world, or at least leading in the van of nations.— Irish World. Science and Drunkards. Last week, at the meeting of the National Medical Association in Chicago, Dr. Quinby, of New Jersey, read a paper on Medical Jurisprudence, “drunkenness in which it is said that was touched on in its aspect as a should disease, license and it was held that tho State tion of not physical depots for the dissemina¬ contamination which may lie come of the hereditary, drunkard.” and advocated punishment Science may yet come forth as a powerful ally to moral and re it Ugioiis will effort in behalf of the drunkard. But not be easy to enforce punishment for drunkenness if being drunk is looked upon as be merely sick without being very being ill. It is bad enough to fined and imprisoned. If punishing the drunkard does him any good, it must be because he is well enough to ap preciate that the pleasures of drink are not worth the price of the penalty .—-New York Observer. The Drink Evil in France. The French Senato recently discussal tho report of the Committee on Consumption of Spirits. M. Claude said that the Committee had come to the conclusion that the drinking of spirits in France had reached such a height as to be a social danger. Alcohol was essen tially a dutiable article, and it behoved tho State to prevent it*excessive consumption, at the same tune securing the utmost profit to the treasury by the suppression of adulteration and Committee’s other frauds. M. He Rouier said the approved Government the would report. discovered, prosecute fraud wherever and that the revenue collectors would be instructed to take vigorous action against imposition. Temperance News anti Note®. Since prohibit ion went into effect over 3,000 miles of railroads have been built iu the State of Kansas. The Second International Temperance Con¬ ference will be held at Zurich, Switzerland, September U and 10. Mrs. Annie Boyd, of Grand Rapids, Mich., has recovered tW damages irom a rum seller w ho sold her husband li juor, under th® influence of which he killed a man and was sjiit/enc j to prison for life. Dr. Pruddan says that an ordinary glass of water may contain hundreds of thousands of bacteria, but nobody should quit drinking water on that account and take up with the other thing. A bushel of bacteria in hi* stomach will play far less havoc with a man’s natural history than ever so small a snake in his boot.— Washington Critic. Mr. C. S. Salmon states fn the Scotsman that two of the four races inhabitating th® Gab £°IL. dlsbr i < ?u A l ricu .’ are ru pidly suppled dying S*!j* Mwwot th® abombn^ .. ink GENERAL NEWS GLEANED FROM MANY SOURCES THE WORLD OVER. Wliat is (ioinx On North, Canada, Mexico, West Indies, Europe. Asia, Africa, Etc. The anti-Mormon element in Balt Lake City elected their candidates in a number of districts. A crowd of citizens of Parkridge, N. J., drove the Evangelist Munson out of town and cut off his beard. Greenhut, the Chicago, Ill., Socialist, says their friends have abandoned hope of a new trial for the anarchists. The Excelsior Fire Works Company’s building, on Park Place, near Broadway in Nefr York, was destroyed by tire. George Bancroft, the historian, was seized with sudden illness, at Newport, R. I., which gave his household great con¬ cern. The authorities of Milwaukee, Wis., are making a strong effort to induce Presi¬ dent Cleveland to visit that city in the fall. Another slight shock of earthquake was felt at twenty-five minutes of six in the morning in several towns in New Hampshire. Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg has gone to Bt. Petersburg, to solicit the Czar’s consent to his acceptance of the I Bulgarian throne. | Ilong Si, a Chinese domestic who mur- j dcred Mrs. Bilyon, at St. Johns, Cal., ' some time ago, was taken from jail and | | hanged ' by ? a mob. France, Everything points to stirring scenes in ; especially Crowds at Paris, within a few i j weeks. parade the streets cheer ng 01 Gen. Boulanger. Canadian cholera is more prevalent in Montreal this season than for many years J sist. „ . Children a, dying f from cholera , are iniantum at an alarming rate. Queen Victoria seems to be rather fee hie. She sat for an hour on the terrace at the Hatfield house, and then took a \ short promenade, leaning on a stick. ■ rp, J he r General , , Executive Board . of , the ,, Knights of Labor do not wish Edward church, McGlynn, late a priest of the Catholic 1 to be a member of the order. , 1 here has been further rioting at Vale- I nica, Spain, in consequence of attempts to [collect the octroi tax. The military j tired into the crowd, killing four persons. A young base-ball player in Pennsyl¬ vania met with a singular death while playing. He was struck in the neck with the ball, which split Ins windpipe, death resulting soon afterward. Because Louisa Eberliue, of Philadel¬ phia, Pa., listened about the houses, and under the windows of citizens and re- i peated the tattle she heard, under an old ! law, she has been indicted. Tlie hotel keepers of Huntington, Pa., | who were refused licenses in February | l-ist lasL nave have agreed *um'pd to to close close their tneir r»lares places till till I their cases are decided. There are no hotels open in that city now. The Peruvian government has invited the republics of Central and South Amer if* American sanitary in congress, the formation to be of held nn in Lima, on November 1st of this year. A terrific tornado and hailstorm paased over the northern portion of Hughes and the southern portion of Sulley counties in Dakota. Stones as large as hens’ eggs heat the eropa out of line, while '.he wind.laid houses low. . The extraordinary and enthusiastic demonstrations at the reception 1 of G.n. 1 .oulanger at Clermont-r errand,in w • t-i I 1 ranee, have caused great irritation in Germany. The newspapers in Berlin contain very severe comments on the affair. Gainbrinus Assembly, Knights of Labor, J of Cincinnati, Ohio, numbering 800 men, 1 rcsolvcd to withdraw from the Knights. * riM 11ns . action ,. was brought , , , about i , . because of the new constitution, which discrimi nates against the liquor interest. They will J join the National Brewers’ Union. Gen. Richard ltoweu, one of the best known residents of Southern Illinois, and a man whose name is familiar in all parts of the country in connection with run¬ ning the turf and the breeding of thor¬ oughbred horses, dropped dead at the Washington Park race track in Chicago, 111 . Superintendent Pennsylvania, Lawler, of issued the Reading notice Railroad, in a to all employes that they must abstain from intoxicants whether on duty or not. Any man reported A drink to him liquor as having been seen taking of or beer will be summarily dismissed from the service of the company. The Meadville, Pa., Theological Semi , has conferred , , the degree . .. bachelor , , , nary of of divinity upon a woman, Marion Mur dock, who is pastor of the Unitarian ; church at Humboldt, Iowa. This is the j first instance of the kind in America. She i is about 30 years old and a very eloquent preacher. A general strike of ice men in the employ of the Knickerbocker, Consum¬ ers and New York Ice Companies in New York occurred recently. The strike only lasted until noon, ’ when the coin pan V , , * granted . the ., mens demands, , and , the . . k-< famine, from which storeke epers and housekeepers had suffered during tho i . forenoon, was brought ” to an end. ! BOY CREMATED. Fire started in Otto colliery, at Potts ville, Pa., Ferguson, and is raging fiercely. Young Eddy sou of the outside boss, the lad who first discovered the tire, met an awful death at the scene. He had brought his father’s dinner to him, and in crossing the floor of the engine room, charred boards gave away and the boy was precipitated into body the burning mine. The recovery of his was impossible, as the outburst of flames caused by the collapse of the engine-house floor ren¬ dered the approach to the opening out of all question. the qubbn arrives. Queen Kapiolani arrived in New York from England by the steamer “Bervia’’ j and was received with considerable cer¬ emony Hawaiian and saluting. She proceeds to the Kingdom at once. NUMBER 8.