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The Democrat.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
BY CLEM. C. MOORE.
CP.A WFOIWVILLE, GEORGIA
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Entered *t the pott-otHc* kt Cruwfordwfll*,
Cteorg.x, *» «*eond-clM« tnnil tn*t-ter.
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With an aver sire cl < - ci les a
month in tho German r.’.my, remark*
tho Kow York (iraphSt, France may
eonnt upon r»cttin;f i i her revea^d if
he only has the pattenco to •w.tit *oag
enough.
The a^J^torian t iles that since the
passage of the ex • fort act th Chinese
servants ia Astoria, Oregon, huvo be
/'ome wonderfully ; iUopcndent, and
•‘won’t even think of working at the
former rate of wn;o \ M
The Sultan of Turkey n •» experienced
an attack of patriotism. Knowing that
hi* fleet ought to be stronger, and
.nowing also that tho national excheq¬
uer is empty, he has resolved to build
,i new Iron-clad and pay for it out of
nls own private purse.
Uobcrt Turner <*f G!i •: t county, !vy.,
diod a »hort time 1130. In 1850 ho
Bought two slave* at auction and ma la
11800 by tho transaction, and now hii
will direct* that that amount bo di
vidfiil from hii estate among tho four
A'rlcnn churctio* in Gli/v t.
One of the Irnluro* of the educational
system of Mexico i* tho introduction of
schools of mechanical training for
women, (iirlx are taught carpentry,
wesring, nnd carving just ss they are
instructed in drawitg, painting, and
music. The theory of agiiculturo is an
optional study.
Tho subject of changing the Jewish
ftsbbath (Saturday) to Sunday is agi
tatod. Tho New York Jlobrow Stand¬
ard sad the Rochester JowRh Tidings
favor tho <hinge. Tho latter paper
*sys: ‘'Viewed in tho proper light tho
question can rocoivo but ono decision
the chan go must come."
Sbfiw bbaw nniVQUiiy univcmlv (colored (cenort i) ) of or umoign,
N. 0., i* thoroughly *eif-iupportfng, ann^d, ha*
more than 400 pupih ».«
_
■ tub |lliSU % W» Wt
tog aB-l fscilitlos for f- t a,
.U 1>«* f«ca bktfeiy tsud -wod !>y uortll
orn phi anthropists, and is still domin¬
ated by their Idea*.
English statesmen nit n-.-reo in tho
opinion that tho French republic i. in a
bad fix, mid its downfall Is imminent.
These di-cournging views all appoar to
be based upon tho fact that lioulnigcr
i. growing more popular every day. It
is possible that “tlie liltlo go i of tho
mudchdia" will yet play ft Napoleonic
part* _______________
F’i ance lin* now a national Icaguo for
tho promotion oi physical education,
designed to lit lmr citizens to bo sol
die*. Tho programme which b./* boon
completed includes out-door giun.-a
throughout tho laud, for which tho
local Authorities will se! apart a "groan,"
whereon tho children shall regularly
**pl»D" _—
According to tho Atlanta ( cnstitu
tlon for fifty years our ertv rnment
' *
paid A |800 A a year t for : uaullng i- * th 1..
“Crypt” constructed for Washington’*
romtins In tho nation tl cnpltol. Tho
laetthat \Va*hb . , g ton tit had h c # ,ntcrr e d i
at Mount Nom on d, i not liter cro with
gresstuan ZZ": obj .S“ ett 1 and :,•
It J» Tcrj erident that America i* , fast ,
becoming nation of w riter*. From
Statistic. furnUhed by tho Post Ollico
Xftpnrtmontitl.fi urod out that last
year the postal scrv.ee carried thirl,
"letters for every man, xxoinsn and child
in the country, to say no-hing of postal
rard«s newsnaiHjr* *ad package* of ▼*
riou. , kind*. , e_. This . is a *h. y, A _i. win, _ #i»«# that \» s
truly remarkable, aud greatly exceeds
that ot any o'hcr country.
Twenty—ev. u mi.es aa hour, with no
heated journals nor break down, is a
good record for tho trial trip of any
•tearner f tan * rot that if th« rate the
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United State* dynamite cruiser \csu
*iu» ma ‘ do in » twenty-aino minutes
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trip recently. A fleet of auch vc<-0.s,
hard to hit on account of the co’.erity
which . , they . change w # their i poai
with cm
tion and of their comparative y *tn*U
* 11 % would be a formid iblo defesce for
Atneric.tn turbor*.
A physldi , ..
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Bine lift th t the practice o! bsgmntog
t rc*kfasi w ith oatmeal , , hi* caused , more
d-rereiA 7 P J thin any other stag!* habit
that bt'recall*'. ,, .... L |>tacc*, he *atS
"A liver J Ol Stic *v, n»»tv CArbohACe* ns
, , ,
start gastric secretion*,
ciejjging mass liko tho rocaf, that
day long woika ill until it is gotten
rid ot,"
THE DEMOCRAT, CRAwjFORDVTTLE. GEORGIA.
THE INAUGUABAL BALL.
I I.OltA L III SW\S A\I> IUltri.lt
ms ion rut. i \ isT.
!.!# wri < «r turn An iff Fluvr« ri m»« 1 Exotic*
Will ll«* N>«di’d.
The floral decorations which have been de
t uj■.<'<[ for t he inaugural ball at Washington
pro mir“ to be more plentiful and elaborate
than those of any entertainment ever given
in thifi country.
’I he bail Will l»c K iv#-n in the now entirely
” »mpletwl Pension Budditc^ <n the patio or
inner c Dirt, wliioh w probably by the most feet.
,a< iouH in the world. !■’ 4*0
Tt'.<- roof is iu thr< ♦ **rtiui»s w,th ft
Inttif* in the centre. Fr> n the ceil
w ill (jep*M <J gut uuui* f jJ laurel six
•h<*s jn <i»nmeter. ft will take 5000
irris. At -Hii cpd of tl-.e bal.r om will
u-p* • nriei huge glooem of flowers filteon fe**t
in diameter, around which will be ihHrrWtml
the words; Jnaugur.il Ball, : Those
ar<* arranged U) op n in the centre,
find by mean* of w»r«*s manipulated either by
t(iH 111 ‘l, stationed below on
ihv »u4 the f'rfeHftieiitial party pa-v*s luincath
l.h‘- lr-;.'.rant hcriiisph*u'<*s ivil] the part, and ft
shower l hjo urns will trow path of
the i,.-wiy jrivialiod ruler and his «uit‘\ From
fhe prent ibttnh will ban/a ship of flowers
thirl v toi s ji t»g—the Whip of HU'iti.'—full*
Vi.o tipper gallery are ranged terra
■tit va s. jn winch will Id piuecd tho
pi, him, J ho -."u colurmrs supporting gar.atids of
gui!«ry will be imped with
IfturcJ* :ind Muilax. The eight iurga
colutuns v.iiiuu n’ij>; ort the lofty dome
Will lie t« •d with laurel, having palm
rt i * in' - / AJI the gailer.eH will
I*, !• *U>' "I w.th laurel garian in and
llosvi r n . ill be the gas fixture*end ehande
! i“i .. Su •<t d ld ofii the lower gallery will
. , rie ■ •: mi‘!s »xlU feet, made entirely
<d <■!•<.ice ilnttft , a panel being devoted to
each depat tuien? o' . date, uf>on which will
be uj ought in half relief some nuit tble de¬
Vir., ll o Navy Department will l>e«r
upon n Moral baeWground ft man of war;
He* Dep.irlincnt of the Interior, a pioneer
pi File represent Dig u Jog cabin, ft newly foiled
tie.-, u piow and n sheaf of grain; th * Post
office i lepiirtmenf, a mail bag arid an eti
vejop* duly ^tumped, rK>stiuarkod and ad*
dre-ned in n Mowing hand to “Benjamin
Harrison, Washington, H. (’. ”
Uv«*r each panel will t»n tho name of the
department it *ytuhoU/A-H and a quill of
Mowers.
In the center of the Diwelated pavement by
sjirlngs n fountain. Jt. will I mi covered a
.Japanese pagoda sixty f«*»t high and two
storied. In this will be placed ( he two bands
of niusi '.dans. Pa I ms,tropical pb-mta and Mow
ers wdl cover the entlro structure. Atone ex¬
treme end of the building will be a conserva¬
tory effect arranged with palms and growing
plants, and overhung by the inscription ‘'In¬
augural Ball, lKH'.f, Harrison and Morton,”
in gleaming gas jets. The rccejitmn rooms
in whh^| the IVesijlential party will receive
are lr> bo upholstoreil in Turkish stult'a and
provided with ruga and hangingM of the
rlnliwt ami most co*tly dejoription No
pictures or ornament* will be iritroducoa,
(>ut there will l>e (lowers every where.
In the centre of the residential room f* to
stand m large tete-a-teto chair made of rare
blojisoins, I pon the back of ono will lw» written
"‘Harrison,” and upon choice the other “Morton,”
and a canopy of blossoms will hang
overhead.
Mr. Neal, tie N<*a ^ \ ork dor.st, to whv>m
^ ^ ftwarJe , Um coljtrilct for all these
decoratiomi, *ey* they will cost about $.000,
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
Mm. LAfiomr !■ wridoi l»r
ITALIAN opera .. dead ,n this country
Fred WaRUK, the Florence* and Dixey
are in the West
Thkiik are fewer pantomimes than usual
in London tin* Tear.
Mary Anderson never refuses a photo
grapher’s request for a sitting.
K.Mi-EmtU William, of Germany,its to hear
to ”1" \h> '■ Rtarmi 7‘. , |! 7 l 7i—’U- next MS. I L—ri soil m ill ’a » muNuai nnarice
comedy.
The New Kngl.-md Conservatory of Music
is asking tin- Mas-achum-tt* Legislature for a
giant id z Oft000.
Patti, at the end of her present tour, will
prolwhl} return to the lari* grand opera
and remain therefor good.
Wautfii S. said M athkws, tho ymmg Ix>ni»
▼ill* actor, i* to bnvo memorised "H»m
let” entire when only fourUv n
Thi rk are over “O.orO vming women in
(irout lntaiu studying music «nh the ul»*a
of sonu* day blosmonunsj into stars.
(uctic KlHALrv ulni” will present Kxeelsior.” his spectacular tho City
r.i« ces, *Mu. and ‘ m
4) ^ \j,. X( dur ng the! r. * 11 ■* -on.
An infant pianist, ttve years old,who Haoul Plays
Chopin wonderfully ami is named
K * zal*ki, has npjwared in Bt. Petersburg,
Russia
. 1 ' t> ' ” 'Vw °f " liliam lb.i s * now , 1^*!"^- In . ilk At
^ ^ , won vary, needfully produced at
^ % ( o( ... ...... „ , UI -> ri ng from
ssw.-st ss t, s &?&k
to *m.- wiih her srm in a sling.
Mu u \ is Zxnot. th« American Lisbon. prirna
donn*,lm« had «n inimi tiw> *uc,-e*< in
, T . .. , viU of .| oh „ l.e.rer \\ ..Hack, the
A G ^■ '!u U l h>r l l l
.
h^JrtV^iion a q ai w |* nut de lK
ah tohf. wifo tor
The city authorities of Worcester, Musa.
',-"ViLsheit'Temale hbe *l“!i"r whistle It -7Sun red lliy
contort, uulcts agreed to ^a* v
mufiiQ
Si*. n,.r But*, the wonderful little niagi
,-ian who thirty amuse,! the boys aud by hi* gir.s perform- ot the
country v-s.tia* iu»tVen y.wr* sent ago the insane asylum
on to
at IVnn.
Y- NO tVningsby D.*r t i, tlie nephew and
heir of the late Esri of Mcncon*tield. hss
I e,-ii nchit ving great *m*ce * ** the leading
low vornedy nun of La tv ! olkst,,ue* un»
trnr theatrical entortmnien! in London.
W ikk v urtmuH urv i;. .v uswi t\ ht»n J&mM „
( o'tVuor. tlie “urn-rush. .1 tragedian,"
«( t*vir* on the stage tiire i-rete-t him
from recurringbJi ftivis<>f <i. n,*i»eg.ta
which the gal.wy g.*i> contribute f.-r
In**pre-.al brnetiu
Oi’KRA i* mllier furiously Hungary. performs! M. h t
,; u d» l>*th, vie capital .4 has Iwn sing¬
i J*. thu famous i*anto: o.
ing; iit!a |vtrl m Mevcrb«’r'i‘ ,, L'A(rK'auit‘’ m
T Knenoh tongue, tao prims tion* a in
an. thft t»ihoi prill .pa.» ill Cierntan autl
the ‘ o.’ u-* in C t 'li.
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Tin a.:.* piua. ha* rein* lbe »rg.« samry
ncr el an Ac r-.can a-tor Tie New
V-,rk «’«* no Co titviuv Lane:* de* t ing to have h m
a x. «f 4Vii*on. who leave*
offered the ,>mi,in» next $*VaX> t. star of fitly for himself, weeks
h m a a ear
wiife* zvmrmnU* ot the same (or thr*e?mra>
The oS«-r was refusal, as Goodwin has out
s,,.e mtertsis to attend to,
Uwtkx j -ncunionia »»u£ssr
i diphtheria ire;
time there were
r.agea
NEWS SUMMARY.
Fasiern and Middle States.
The i tin irder Umbria ha* made the east¬
ern voyage across the Atlantic in six days,
t wo hours if, apd forty fire minute* from Sandy
Hook. N. to Iirowhead, thus beating all
previous record?.
The bodies of the dead were all recovered
fh-V* r ' t,,,! ’ . an | d i a r !fi'S it ' iled^bv'the
storm numbered twenty-three.
J. B. M“Kr:ron. a prominent suicide dentist lit of
I’ltiv urg, lenri., inmitted in a
of dyspeptic melancholy.
Samuel Bn Ki th< i resident at an iron
. N. J..
foundry company in Arlington. inhaling com
rnitt-d suii i i-at hi, homo t y ga*.
T,,,,. iru .'r i b'-'inu fr :. j „«• the
mite h»* i-n made over
the lire.-" new 111 veriin. A It .'.airte at u.-laware
water. rm It: was n complete -uc- d*
the • -cl attaining a *f» e-i of 2
afloat. kr.-t , v.f j. b mak. her the fastest war ship
< hvri.D Jutil Crisi- was kiled and Xlrs Herk
inner in lai.illy on the ixiog island
Railroad.
y . Vi ',i.',.,| ( wife of a’linK<-riii"' .Jav Gerald iiieess the
j,.’ after K ' " at
J.
\ -Hi broke k out ir, the five vorv brick
, 1 , .....••P*'*' , , >•"“■■■■ ‘ rft « . j i
rw n A tiaity, N i It was only aft-i a
h'-h; cii lire- hours that the tin- wa, extm
gni.-h-d. The lo*. s alsiutf0
H n.r.iAM Car:; ll and a boy named
Uo»tlev Wajf-r ’A rt' killed bv the fall of an elevator
at the X Wool Mow.-ng Machine
j Work* at l(no*aic Falla. N. V. ti Ahern elevator, and
an80 the other pav enger ■ n e
were ir.t .11 f injured.
A i f.HT oi'fwt'i-n riotous Hungarian and
it,i , .■ i inner, near Scranton. Penn., n
suite i in <!:**■ deaths
L- i.i .AM CUM : R„ II ID- Mile*,
w •! ?p-*si v‘ sasaKtsss
i i \mV"‘ v ... ii\vli \v,rL- Uni dVvl 1 ,' i .,n •„
the - s,el s return from Haj th is<h w a<l.
Tib; Republican caucus of Ma-sn -nu-elts
iiiimiuntod, by acclamation. Ucrg"
Boar to line- I himself as 1 nim . .-iintes
Senator. The Dem .atm caucus nominal , I
Genvrrtl P. A. t'oliin*.
Miss Aha Walker, a teacher in a Sprint
field, (Vt) public school, committed suicide
o. drowning in the Bhv k River. Shown
the daughter of .limn'* it. Walker a well
known tanner anil writer on agricultural
subjects. _
Senator Hoar ha* been re elected by the
Massachusetts beg'slutur,*. The vote stood:
In the Seliate, Hoar thirty-two, General
Collin*, six; in the House, HoarlTl, and Col¬
lin* fifty six
“• ' vtob Frye, of Maine, ha* been re
elected,
i mu K girls lost tlcir liv--> at a fire in a
cigar box factory in Fifth street, New \ork
cm.
South ami West. ..u’i'.fn.aM
An . immeiMe "<-w . atR . tiledIt e fun-eta,
survivor of the "Harper* seventy-four Kerry tragedy, at
I'nx ideun ' CuL He was year,
,,1,1.
A , , ' ! , m ic of diphtheria prevail* at Ar
, Minn
Ak there is neither ice nor sn c*.
*
Faul, AFnii, the projec «r tne ice
und carnival has .alien tnrougn.
Ja.mkn Bahuhu, n prominent farmer
Spring Hill, K»n , has luvn gored to deail
by a Holst in bujJl which he was leading H
the btitu. *,*«?
Kl MKI . g ffAl ^v. Eaton, Ohio,
with hti t er because
U>,J,S wnW 4 lw '’ ° V! ° h ' "
mails! county. _vy * are amoni'tneruill^j 1
paoph- in ;h<
Benwood.W. Va., an unoccupied hoibc j
•» «* detitol shed by an explosion of gunpoy- ;
Tk t, aboi,. —I' 1 "
7' ............J.....IT,......
Jot . kml Urwll in her r.n.m ut am i.u.au
and, satui almg her uloihes with ioiIo...
them on tire. .She was burned to dt.itU
p, U. Driscoll, City Marsha! of Florence,
Mo., » * killed by Isaac Willi, who e- .qi;4
from tall souse time ago. \ Hit w.i* o otvei
and killed.
A rattle took place l^tween over .1 ,
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E||gliRll nu ,j John BIBm, two killed of the leading |
citizen* of Cimarron, were and a score !
of other* wounded. The crowd wag dispersed
by the State militia.
IsnvM G. Harris was nominate.! by the
1 tcnincratir legislative caucus at .Nashville.
Tenn., to succeed lumself as tutted Mates
Fernnor. The nomination is equivalent t.;
election.
Hknatoh Mavdkkson has received th«
unanimous vote stators of tho for HepubUoan Inited States cauoiw «t
Nebraska leg himself. 'I lie also
ator to succeed prehibitiou caucus
resolved to submit the question
to the popular vote.
Governor Alvin I*. HoV*T, of Indiana,
was inaugurated at Indianapolis; Joseph o.
Fifer t*»°k the oath as w-'s'iio
st augutated Springfield, Govortmr « t of -*«. 5.. urt. •“ “
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Umh k 8 t *tia SENAT.tii ‘ ' s ;
cS by • >'h* } H.- a.ivda
vohij lt ,
^ ^
James M> Mtlan.of 1 »r°'. t “j 1 “**" ‘ 8:ato '
t.: States Senator s zz: from i. y Colorado a to *n *• ‘
Thoms* pubm an M. “ l Bowen. f 1 d lu
v ............
Bahn.it, the notorious ha.«
‘.'v.t'kffl’.*l A"' ‘ 1 «k* ^Htorv .Wn:
lb- th- leader of
‘h.eve* and out aw* m th. Crock
Washington
Thk Senate and House of Indiana nwt )»
couvonUon at Indianapolis and iisfrowd
the farewell me*ago of Governor Isaac I
Senator Pi - 'in has been renominate.1 l-y
^ „j n t Republican caucus of the Kausat
D-gis.ature. shepherds
A khiht between cowliojr* an 1
too j, uv ,„,, r Holbrook. Arizona, in which
.
men were kiilesi ami three fatauy
woundred.
<i| N , h AR r,mvn i* hanl at v.vrk at i*
bom- .\\ a ar apd' on his inaugural. issued
i <*vri »;uU Wt T v mum. si haa actr*
« ul»r in ii'car l Tt' Use t»f ti t* it
manV Sftvuurs ami Trust t'ompauy. u » ‘•' h
j, sa v s; “No divi;it*n l has Ivvn titvlar* '“■*
Mav'r*iw 1SN . an t h ' i ts ;ii ' K
n !'v% of ft noth* s it . i< u
l’RKsiDKNT Ci.kvki.and hs« sent t - the
tw-nat'- tile nomination of Hours 1 ■* *■
Will of Ii mo s, to be l U.led Mate* Consul
.
At Mern.ii.ia.
s K rktaky and Mrs. Whitney inauga
■
which the> 1 enterbAmed a disUnguished com
F-* 4
»*f- „ . ,
Over.*XU persons »tu wlo.C
S-kassr Carlin* has apnomtwl a® t.
wwfem-e* d the par* oftho-Hoo* *'
sider the qu st . n of conoirren.'e witn me
tua. Ttnwaas C. Anderson, of Iowa, to b*
ssoeiate Justice J. of Munn the Supreme Collector Court of of
tab, and Henry to t,e
Customs for the Pamlico District of .North
(Carolina.
■ Secretary of the Navy has issued in
The
ruction* to Hear Admiral Kimberly, com
a riding the Pacific station, to proceed in
the United .-tales ship Trenton to Samoa,for
£he purpose of protecting American interests
on that island.
Secretary Vilas has reported to Con
gross &th that a commission, after conference
the Ute, of Southern Colorado, bad in¬
rtuced the U b s to agree to cede their lands
| or a new reservation in Utah, to which they
Lf agreed to remove for a pier capita payment $20 JO
S),000. $29,000 worth of sheep and
to each of the five leading chiefs and the
Establishment of a new agency on the new
reservation. The new reservation will con
Bain tfiV-t.OQQ am-t
? The President has approved the act for
the relief and civilization of the Chippewa
(Indians in Minnesota.
j The Her, ate has confirmed the nomination
of Walter C. Newberry to lie Postmaster at
•Chicago.
Pin: ■ im:\T Cleveland has transmitted
to both houses of Congress a report from the
|Secretary of State, with correspondence ex
hi luting the progress of the disturbances in
j Samoa up to the present date.
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Foreign.
, A »jF AT hr „ " «y u «T*dl m the E. renth
' Arondla ment of Laris. lue school build
i ng g were destroyed.
f The Bank of England rate of discount has
hern 1 reduced from five to four Der ‘ cent
■* r ! aril ®? e wrought . . 'Or . . *« e c > cloI!e , . ln
Canada is estimated at v ,
The Ku-sian budget for lHfiit has been is
sued. It shows a surplus of $2,250,0J0.
The insurgent tribes of the Zanzibar
/Africa, coast attacked the German miss-ion
at Dares-Snlaam. A stout defense was made
and the blaeks were repulsed The losses in
several davs at Lindikeiwa between boat
from the (ierman squadron ami the enemy
Th8 na tive villages * have tsjeu
'
‘ th k h almost totally d .
stroyed - tr v „,i ihe the town town of of (biannre Guanare, X'enezuela. Venezuela.
I’' ' ia has increased her army by from
00,000 to 100,000 men.
The yield of gold in Queenstown for ISSg
was 420,000 ounces, an increase of tiO.OOO
ounces over the yield of 18ST.
Snowstorms are reported in Eastern Eu
rope. Railways in Galicia and Roumania
n r>* blocked by snovi^irifts.
The steamer Phyopeket has been sunk by
a collision with an unknown vessel off Singa
pore, India. Forty-two persons were
drouned.
A duel was fought in Paris between two
journalists, Henri Rochefort and M. Lissa
garv. The weapons were swords. Both
combatants were wounded, if. i.issagarys
wounds were dangerous.
A house at Marseilles, France, inhabited
by Italians, collapsed. Seven nine injured. of the oocu- ihe
pants {, were killed and
u i Mi ng bad been undermined by floods.
The Parnell Commission in London has
resinned its investigation.
While on a shooting excursion at Buckow,
;ha Kinperor of Germany, having by acci
dent wounded a citizen of Berlin, who was
looking on at the sport, expressed arid begged his deep the
regret for the occurrence
v q <? tim of bi* misdirected aim to pay him a
v j s j t as 60 on os he recovered from hi*
WO unds.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
< 3 *
India ha* IS, tar m,.— .
Montreal is building a fine ico palaco.
y,, r jHi e is lower than over before re
.
. ov ,ied
™ “ * — “
, buyer of
francs Ii- Income « large
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ci oinn t i.
Thb rin ,. in nati police arrested 15,997 per
, OIls in j N *s.
p T ... b ns i ne ss failures last year
_. . j, '
. , am carg ca rry annually nearly
’, ’ noil uassetteers.
aairvmen are giving increased
TUB TripoU.of th. Italian navv.ia tlia n.tt
fastest vessel to our \ esuvms.
j uy fishery dispute between France and
Newfoundland is growing bitter.
‘ 1SS8 in
Thj£ jeld of w ine {or the season of
California was 17,090,000 gallons.
J H’he unusually mild weather has upset
calculations m in the 1 ■ butter l u market.
A f i e^islaturc.
iuced 4 in the * c ) - a -» «
hi » .
New Oat kans is going to nave an ex
tion building: constructed or cotton
A.trSTRiAaGerm»ny anil Italy are all adopt
ing the Lee pattern of magazine rities.
There are now sixty-four ‘‘wet’ and
^venty-four “dry” counties m Georgia.
g IX Illinois railroads during 18^8 failed to
earn enough to pay operating expenses
The tobacco crop of the United States
avenwos about 50J,b00,MW pound*»year.
The consumption of tea in Great Britain
Imraasvd over 8,900,000 pounds during ISSt.
T?<v *»xr»orts of apples from American
^ becn i, 0W ,748 bar
re * for
B oxnn or Trade clearing*
1*'. _____________
. .. 1 'to
, freight amounted 191 car
»
°t H e output of American ** copp-r.mines "*“* for
!*fsj?“ M,! " 8 *°“ “ *’
“Massachusetts f Xw banker* has just at 2.9-18 placed per a cent loan
wi h York
.ueeessor
named after President elect Harrisons in
augur ation. International
On the 15th of May an l on
cress of Scotch- Irish will assemble at Co
lur#>ia, Tcnn.
rate of #20 per head.
Owixotothe failure of the rice erc !P j n
Cvrt& the Government has prohibited tne
pxpot tation of other cereals.
The Japanea* Rsnl Cross Society is about
fo 0 „ t.^n-bes thrcusrhoutthe school for Empire and
rst lbUsh a training nurses.
Herr ----of Bonin, Presiden the Ministry - of j
. i-!4 us<K
by dve lew, stufrfn Jr hThunting SUkin^’
fr-tThXr a' f^whereihera-esof of hank failures are reported
inter
r»t have been -en ■ - --•
The cars for frtug and by
mere, by railroad* U.9r • a; , or or *2.190 “V“ in all. » *
Wxty -six , feet . thKk. ■ hasformed
A eield of ice. s ven
f.«a.
Rarkly a week passes without without some AOme
car in the Austrian army committing Auicide,
the almost invariable motive being m»o.v
eocy. joint stockenter- ,
Ire total capital of the tfcepist
nrises recistemi iu Ix^uion viur.n
U w ooo gainst $*41.00 >,«w m
^
t-unm-eu
PROMINENT' PEOPLE.
Henry M. Stanley's real name is John
Rowlands.
The Afar.ill bicyclists^ * of Toma UnW is “ the M latest reCla4t recruit
to the
,, -( .. oaoRessman C. H. Singleton, ol
Mississippi, is dead.
Congressman Laird, of Nebraska, has
softening of the brain.
Lord Wolseley, Con.mander in-Cbief of
the British army, is seriously ill.
Mark Twain hasn't made a funny speech
nor written out a joke tor two or three
years.
The Empress of Austria is said to live
almost entirely on milk, boiled eggs am
biscuits.
Rutherford B. Ha yes is now said to be
one of the most assiduous book readers m the
country.
General Schofield has been re-elected
President of the Military Service Institution
Ui >1 cRiiilCnvUll.
1 !f E Emperor of China , has strong
y°ung a
dislike to missionaries, and will make it un
pleasant for them.
Presidi.nt Cleveland does not bother
about the details of State dinners, but leaves
them all to his wife.
Mr.-. Zegelda Wallace, the venerable
mother of ut General I ew Wallace is sneaking P
woman _ sunrage in p, ArKan^as. irkanSM
Max O’Rell. author of “John Bull and
h^vilv neavny by^he’pananTcanal'Sro" oy the rananm canal nasco. 11 “
Captain James I.ee, the wealthiest steam
boat owner in the United States, died re
cantlv at Memphis, aged eighty-three.
The people of Fortuval call their Queen,
Maria Pi a. “Angel of Pity,'’on account of
the prominent part she takes in the charities
ofherrealm.
The Duke of Portland, .Master of Horse
for lbe Vueen , is the youngest of English
:ss'“ »*** ot * £ °
... The friends of the Pnnce of . Wales . are
. becoming considerab y exercised over the
condition ot his health. He is said to be
very irritable.
Count Herbert Bismarck is very popular
among t! , 0 youn _ officers of Berlin. The
reason may be that he gives recherche
bachelors’ dinner,
Bostoh Corbett, who killed John Wilkes
Booth, and has of late years been confined in
a Kansas lunatic asylum, has escaped, and is
supposed to he in Mexico,
General Albert Pike, of Arkansas,
who is the most advanced Mason in the world,
is seventy-nine years old, and was born on
the same dav as Gladstone,
Edward O. Wolcott, of Colorado, and
Anthony Higgins, of Delaware, their the respective coming
United States Senators from
States, are Yale graduates,
Iris said that Mrs. Harrison, wife of the
p re ,ident-eleet, is in receipt of so many
letters each day that she has been compelled
to employ a private secretary.
Senator Sherman is fond of smoking, but
fiis cigars are small ones and the mildest that
can be obtained. He rarely drinks, beer. although
he occasionally takes a glass of
Ir the House of Commons will consent,
Prince Albert Victor, son of the Prince of
Wales.will soon havean allowance,aseparate
Establishment, with a wife and a Ducal title
The new Governor of Minnesota, William
R, Merriam, is a banker. His chief oppo
nent in the fight for the office was Albert
Schaeffer, also a rival banker, and the third
competitor for the nomination was likewise a
banker.
Mrs. Cannon, wife of the Illinois Con¬
gressman, is a handsome matron, who for
many years has held a capital. conspicuous She position is
in tlie social life of the very
skilful with the needle, and many of the
■v-.es she-wears ere «i*kr 'torod. by her-
p HK young Umperor of Germany, on his
recent visit to Breslau, was shocked to see a
transparency bearing the words: Honot thy
Re made s vow noser w
\^ot lSoS Congress.’ l.’t",;
if the men ...
h« about sixty rears of age, with a strong
and clear-cut face.' He dresses plainly and
a i W avs wears gray trousers an i a navy-blue high
roat j{ 0 one ever saw him with a
hat on.
a fire at Wayne, near Philadelphia, de of
stroyed the house of Robert MeV. atle, one
g), w . Chillis, Mr. MeWade thu proprietor and inform of tho d
sent for
him that his bonse would be rebuilt at once,
t | mt a ][ expenses would be defrayed, and
that h» need have no worry about his loss.
,
LATEST N EWS.
MinsCauiue Platt, a wealthy young lady,
w as killed by the car* at Danbury, Conn.
Joski’h Moorkhouse, aged sixty-eight,
l oss dyer at the woolen mill at Webster,
Mass., an! Id* niece, Ella Cooper, of Wood
ttock. Conn., while crossing the railroad
track were struck by a train and throw n
fifty feet Their skulls were crushed and
both d ied in a few minutes.
n r*-i« R^nita a cowboy, dressed nnd
die Indian, made a descent
Mexican herders in the employ of Don
upon .......- -
wounding one. and
Two m nail boys, Sidney Watson
Hai-pcr, playing on the ice in the
Joseph through pud were
liai V K>r at Chicago, broke
drown, ' d ’
The public schools at Alb rt Ua, Minn.,
have been closed on account of a diphther.a
•pidemic.
The Exchange bank of
failed with -V0,000 liabilities.
The Michigan Senate ml House, in
mMx have formally declare 1 James
^ States Senator to
McMillan etected Untid
,u.,~d Mr. re-r.
AiEURY Evans, a farmer, whose fortune
estimated at $'-0 1.0 0. hanged himseit ai
is lnd.. because of the
his hc-me near Elkhart,
death of his favorite dog.
P Printer Benedi t has tran*
tu.tr the ’
mitred nutted his lus annual annua report * for year - - -
to the Cenato.
The most elaborate rver seen
will mark the inauguration of
thw ,. ouutr v AVa-hmgtom
^ prison in
The President has d.rected the b. ere.a
® 0 # War to order Judge- of
bwami. nowmm n ,w un ler ter court-martial t w sentence be
w?p .. ns; „n. ixffore a ’
;
to to incapacitate in -I him for duty.
nr<HK»ed International Ma. .time . Gon -«».
, TJ* J^Jbeen Sntemler postponed from April Bayard to has the
,nd of beptem Secretary
formed the d _ ecent vernm . n ts of the
tn
-.vunonement i i of thecou.erence.
Upnrv MStanler, the
s -«*<—»*•«**
Indies.
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate.
~~ D Day.—O nly Mr. six Senators moved were present U of
« the opening Butler *
the Senate. The Chair declined to entertain
the motion. After an hour's delav a quorum
assembled.... The Senate then resumed con
sideration of the Tariff bill, the pending
question being on the amendment offered by
Mr. Plumb, to strike out of paragraph.557
the words “except when frozen or packed m
Lad simply “fresh fish” dree). M-s-rs Hoar
and Frye opposed it. After a long debate,
fresh tisli was struck off the free list of the
Tariff bill and made dutiable at one-half
cent a Day.—C pound, onsideration of the Tariff bill
23 d
was resumed. Quite a number of minor
amendments were adopted , After the , read
■“* 'lie protons pnmmittJ? Wholeweiw inlornially Wk
to t which had been
passed i over. _ A number of ~ verbal amend
ments intended to make clear portions of the
till were made totheadministration sections.
34 th Day.—T he Senate proceeded to the
consideration of the Tariff bid. and. Mr. Alli
son, on the part of the Finance Committee,
reported two new sections, which be proposed
to offer as amendments. r lhey related to a
bounty April.' on sugar, shall and provided Lie paid that the until
1000, there to pro
i nf su;r . ir from bints Unite/statea sonrhum or su»ar
grown within the a boun
ty of one cent per pound.... Mr. Hoar intro
duced a concurrent resolution, which was
referred, providing for the counting of the
votes for President and Vice-President in the
House of Representatives, on Wednesday,
February 13.
25 th Day.—T he Senate discussed for five
hours and a half an amendment to the Tariff
bill, which proposed to strike from the free
listatter of roses and substitute salt. No
^".he^amendment^^rtilf 6 wndihe OUn,e4 The
v TO .
bees, Aldrich. Hiscock and Plumb.
o« TH Dav.-T he debate on the Tariff bill
was continued... .The correspondence seizure in the
.Samoan affair and about the of the
steamer Haytien Republic was laid before
ihe Benate.
The House.
2-1th Day.— Chairman Dibble, of the Pub¬
lic Buildings Committee, succeeded in offer¬
ing the conference report on the Milwaukee
Buil ling bill, and it was adopted, as also was
a report on the Omaha Budding hill. Then
Mr. Dibble tried to offer a third conference
report, but Mr. Weaver moved that the
House adjourn, and filibustering was the day en
gaged in over thi? motion until both
and night sessions were consumed without
accomplishing anything. deadlock which has been
25th Day.— The
maintained through ten days by tho fill*
bustering tactics of Mr. W eaver has been
broken... .The Pension bill, Consulate the Military Ap¬
Academy and Diplomatic and
propriation bills were passed.... In Commit¬
tee of the Whole a bill to revive the grade of
Lieutenant-General was reported favorably
from the Committee on Military Affairs.
28TH Day.—I mmediately after tho reading
of the journal. Mr. Randall from the Com¬
mittee on Rules.re) orted a resolution rescind¬
ing the rules requ : ring a dailv adjournment adopted
at five o’clock. After debate this was
by a vote of 155 to 85.... I nder the call of
States, Mr. Cowles introduced a bill em¬
bodying the internal revenue features of the
Mills bill. admission of
27th Day.— The bill for the
South Dakota into the Union was taken up
and discussed until the hour of adjournment and
Chairman followed Springer bv Messrs. opened Cox the and debate, Gifford....
was lie estab¬
The bill which provides that there
lished off Bandy Hook. N. J., a new lightship
■with a steam fog signal, the entire cost 0*
“hail not exec- d >'<! 1,000, was passed.
»y,—The debate in tile House
'^s was (*d*'»•' earnest i e%au)
Joseph, at' -’l' Nctico, i/. ’iv. i-rvl :.u of that
speech in behalf of the admission
Territory. Delegate Voorheer, of VVasning- speech
ton Territory, delivered a strong in
behalf of the admission of his Territory.
29th Day.—T.. e Territorial bill was dis¬
cussed by Reed Messrs. Macdonald, Adams, Gros
venor, ami tVarner. A parliamentary
wrangle over this measure consumed the rest
of the day, and no decisive action was taken
over any of the amendments to the Senate
bill.
LABOR NOTES
TACK machines make 275 per minute.
The coopers are to form a National Trade
Union.
Austrian cotton operatives get $4.30 to
$9.60 per w eek.
Philadelphia’s working people are con¬
tented and prosperous.
New York has a $600,000 order from
South America for locomotives.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad has ceased
almost entirely the use of soft coal.
Thirteen cotton mills in and around
Augusta, Ga , employ-4300 persons.
The boot and shoe mailers produce an
average of five pairs daily per operator.
Arout 150.(100 carbons are burned daily in
the electric lights used in tlie United States.
There are 350 skilled tack workers in
America. They make from $150 to $250 per
month.
National District Assembly 217,Knights
of Labor, which once numbered 10.000 iron
workers, has collapsed.
There are 30,000 men in the Stationary
Engineers’ Association, The union was
formed in New York in 1882.
California fruit growers complain of the
scarcity of fie d laborers since the Chinese
restriction bill went into effect.
Carpenters in Toronto, Canada, get $''.50
to $5 per day, while bricklayers, plasterers
and stone masons are paid $(i per day.
There are about 70,009 lace makers in
Normandy,and in all France there are nearly
200,OT> women engaged in this industry.
The Order of Railway Telegraphers is ex¬
clusively beneficial, and imposes expulsion
upon any member participating in a strike.
An iron factory in Buffalo. N. Y., which
has been shut down for over twelve years,
will soon start up with a force of two hun¬
dred man.
There were three firms in the United
States during 188* w hich built over two hun¬
dred locomotives each, and seven which built
one hundred.
The Chinese are getting lamp chimneys
from the United States. A Pittsburg firm
recently shipped to China 1099 boxes of
them, or 8000 dozen.
Paul Misoknf, a Beigian who recently
died at the are of ninety, had been in the
service of the coal mining corporation of
Amercoeur fc.r seventy-seven years.
Peace has been secured for the year in tb*
mills of Fall River, Mass., by the action of
the Spinners' Union in accepting the new
schedule drawn up fcy the mill owners.
'
HaM[ltov & brown of St Louis demand
n deI)0Slt of *50 irom every workman as a
g-nj-j- ^ week,
sum they hold back *1 per
The Rev. George Guire.v. a Baptist clergy
^an of Paterson. X. J.. recently delivered a
wnJ on in which he advocated tr.e passage of
a -general law fixing the minimum of wages
Ba tiinore the labors of the.r fourteenth a.n
nual convention. Charleston, b. C., was se
Jnuarv, letted as the l*H? place, and the first Monday m
a* the time far the ne^t annual
CLnV enion.
q he Burlington railroad strikers have re
^v-d official copy of tae agreement by
vTbich X the strike was terminated, and were
0 r e I , v the Grievance Committee to re
gyMazr - *-