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Hamilton Journal,
HAMILTON, GEORGIA.
This is the season of drowning acci
dents, and numerous cases are being re
ported every day. But boys will go
swimming and boating in warm weather,
and the most that can be done is to im
press upon them the necessity of the ut
most carefulness while about the water.
It is estimated that there are .'1,000,000
working women in England, about one
half of whom are in domestic employ¬
ment. Further, that half the working
class families of the land are maintained
by the work of women’s hands, at ridicu¬
lously low wages, The British Wed-/;/
suggests that jubilee year is a good time
to make some efforts looking to a better¬
ment of their condition.
A $ 1,200-clerk in the Surgeon-Gen¬
eral’s office, War Department, has been
dismissed under peculiar circumstances.
In order to make a little extra money he
hired a post-office box, and issued to dis¬
tant points a circular offering to secure
government employment for those desir¬
ing it for a consideration. In answer to
inquiries he fixed the price at $10, and
appearances indicated that he would
have done a thriving business, but for an
investiliation by post-office officers. The
facts were reported to the Secretary of
War, who ordered the clerk’s summary
dismissal. He protested that he intended
no offence, as his plan was simply to for¬
ward, in answer to remittances, copies of
the civil service rules.
The work of beautifying and improv¬
ing the national capitol in every direction
goes on without interruption, Brick
houses are giving way to stone, and the
variation is pleasing to the eye. No
where in the world is more beautiful
stone found than in the neighborhood of
Washington. A rich, warm red mottled sand-j
stone and a finely veined and
tcnals r; used. In combination with dark
red brick and tile work the effect is very j
striking. The marble terrace work at’
the capitol is rapidlv ~.i‘.i nearing iT completion, i
i •
us nnprov .... onu n 1 v m \ us u<n gou
, 0
on for two years, is an extension of the
! ase of the capitol above ground so as to
add to the symmetry of the great pile
and at the same time "ive a needed ad
du.on of over one hundred ill rooms t to rUn the
building. In the distant future, if need
be, a second story can be added to this
basement extension.
Evidence continues to pour in showing
tint that whoever u,, m ovule ma le the the statement statement that that
Mrs. Langtry was the first alien woman
to become a citizen of this country was j
.juito far from the facta Judjic Thomas
Moran, of Chicago, the Associate Jus
tice of the Appellate Court, says that his
mother. a native of Ireland and subject
of Great Britain * took out papers and be
came a naturalized . citizen . of New l ork
State as far back as 1836 or 1887. ,— le
says that prior to the adoption of the Re
vised Statutes, about 1830,an alien could
not inherit . . . or hold . ,, title . , to land , , in . Isew „
York. **My mother,” he said, “came
here as a child, and her father acquired
property in New York, It was probably
to enable her to retain her right and title
on this that she became naturalized.
Very likely many other ladies in a similar
position in the original States and col
onies did the very same thing: so I im
agine the occurrence is much less rare
than the papers * think. Until the Legis- **
latures , of , the different Mates changed , .
the law it had to be done.”
CURRENT NOTES.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE NEW
AND OLD WORLDS.
Pen PhatogrnpliletK of Interesting Events In
Europe, Asia,Africa, the Dominions, and
the Islands of the Sea.
A speci al cable from London, England,
says that John Ruskin, the famous
j author THe meeting and art of critic, the national is insane. ttee
j i nc meeting oi me nawouai comm euru t
called M w for r ’ r November v T P ^ 16 th, h „'I at rLir Chicago,
HI., has been postponed to November «.
The largest comet that lias Indianapolis, appeared
for many years, was visible at
Ind., in the northern sky. Its outline
was somewhat dim, but perfectly plain to
the naked eye.
Samuel Fabyan, of Philadelphia, Pa.,
stole $10,000 from his father and went to
New York for a spree, but Inspector
Byrnes nabbed him and recovered all but
$50 of the stolen money.
Archibald Forbes, the well known wai
correspondent, who was to lecture in this
country this fall, cabled bis manager from
England that his health was wrecked
and all his engagements must be cancell¬
ed.
Two men, Levree and LaFleur, accom¬
panied by three ladies and four children,
were crossing the river near Boucherville,
Canada, when their boat upset. The men
swam ashore, but the women and chil¬
dren were drowned.
An affair arose between Belgian and
English fishermen at Ostend, and
gendarmes were summoned to quell the
disturbance. The gendarmes charged seri¬
upon the mob with bayonets and
ously wounded many.
Thos. McFerran, a prominent standing grocer in
of Alleghany City, Pa., was large
front of his store when a iron letter
fell from the sign above the door and
struck him on the head, crushing his
head. He died in an hour.
The Governor-General of Cuba re¬
cently made a personal inspection of the
custom house, and the result has been
the discharge of all the employes. Tel¬
egrams from Spain announce that the
government has approved the governor’s
action.
Paymaster Watkins, of the United
States navy, has been sentenced at San
Francisco, Cal., to three years, imprison- tried
ment at hard labor. Watkins was
on board the ship Ossippe, at Okohama,
and found guilty of fraud, embezzlement,
desertion and other offenses,
Immigrants at Castle Garden, New
jasr„sass£6.tsu5 Hege The imitation of Uni
C0 currency. especially
ted States money was close,
the back of the note. The currency was
1K) t issued to deceive, but for the use of
business colleges.
Forest fires have been numerous and
destructive in Winnepeg. Destitution at
Fort Chippewa last winter was terrible
and several cases of cannibalism are re
ported. One old woman at Little Red
river is said to have killed and eaten her
whole (amily starvation and cannibal
i sm are reported from McKinzie river.
The schooner Clara was driven ashore
at Miller, Ind. The vessel was bound for
Chicago with a cargo of hard lumber,
She left Manistee with a light wind, but
toward night a squall swept down on
from the nortbea s t ’ jerking J her head sails
Qut of tbe bolt a nd crippling her so
sbe becarae unmanageable. Capt. Oloson
and one of her crew were drowned.
The completion of the Manitoba road
to Fort Benton, Dakota, has ruined river
traffic outheuppei Missouii. The steamer
1>e ? t0l \ ba f l” ,sscd S °?„ to Lo ?Jf
and other boats are following. . All
except four will enter the sugar and cot
ton trade on the jower Mississippi and
the only river traffic that will amount to
“V- v ,h ’"S vrtU be lH-tw«cn Bwuwrck and
Sioux City, with headquarters at Pierre.
In the mountains near ^ ban p Carlos, ar] „ a
Mexico, a party of thirty bandits, umier
one Marione Resindez, were overtaken routed
after a chase of fifteen miles and
by a force of customs police and troops
under Senors Felix James and Joaquin
Ct. Castilla and Capt. Romero, of the
5 th Mexican cavalry. The tight was
quite lively and resulted in the capture
ten mules and horses laden with smug
^ ed £ 0CK ^
Bic philantlnop.st before o
Philadelphia, J was the complainant
the Lon Brauch authorities against John
Moss, a tramp. Mr. Childs stated that
M-w askc ([ aim* of him find was given
twenty-five cents. The beggar was dis¬
appointed ut the smallness of the amount
and threw the money at Mr. Childs, who
seized him and held him until an officer
arrived. Moss was given sixty days in*
jail.
Rev. Fathers Ryan, of Memphis, Tenn.,
and Brenner, of New Orleans, La., have
gone to New York to present a memorial
signed by many Cathodes of the South
to Rev. Father McGlynn. Ihe papei
tenders the latter their sympathy and
express * the hope « that ne will soon be re
tliJ i t] d Fathers
H Kwmantlf Brenneralso visit Arch- r “
^.mnicffiion o
Judge Potter granted a stay of pro
ceedings in the Jacob Sharp, convicted ;
of bribery in New York, on the ground
that there is a reasonable doubt that the
judgment reached in the court of oyer
and terminer should stand, and he orders j
a stay in the execution of such judgment, ;
until an appeal shall be decided by the
general term. If the aged prisoner is !
admitted to bail, the District Attorney,
Martine, says he will ask that the bail
bond be fixed at $1,000,000.
Germans in Chicago, Ill., and through
out the northwest generally, are very j
indignant over the alleged attitude of i
the Irish clergy in regard to the coming j
convention of German Catholics in Chica
go. Interviews with Irish-American j
priests and bishops and extracts from
semi-official church organs, in which the !
opinion that the in German Catholic language churches j
should be prohibited have been !
and schools is expressed, re¬
produced there and have drawn out bit¬
ter comments from the German news- i
papers.
A singular accident occurred at a fu
neral in Nashville, Tenn. The father of
Lee McGar, who was accidentally shot
and killed, lives at 22 North First street.
The lot is below the level of the street,
and the house is elevated about seven
feet on posts. About fifty people were
in the room where the coffin was, when
suddenly the floor gave way and all were
precipitated into the cellar beneath. The
wildest confusion prevailed. children The shrieks
of women and the yells of were
terrible. Finally matters were quieted
down, and it was found, strange enough,
| that no one was hurt' at all. The remains
| were Labor' followed to the grave by the Knights
of and the Salvation Army, of
both of which he was a member.
TOM WOOLFOLK’S CASE.
A Fair of Bloody Socks Found in a Well—
Tlie Frisouer , s Agitation.
tllc jttats&z'gx pi f late Capt. Woolfolk,
res once 0 the
who was so brutally murdered with, his
family. Alter going down pretty deep
a p. dr 0 f socks was found all blood
stained, which were identified as the
socks commonly worn by Tom Woolfolk.
This adds another lick to the chain which
is already drawing about the neck of the
murderer. 1'he searchers hoped to find
liis pistol in the well, but they failed,
as it had been either sold or committed. panned m
Macon before the deed was
Shortly after the discovery of the mur
ders, a photographer took a large and
life-like picture of the horrid scene,
which was shown Tom Wolfolk in his
cell at the Atlanta jail b} a fello\v prisoner.
His eyes came in contact with it but
i j they rested there quickly but a second and only. about Then the
rolled away
cell. As quickly, however they re
turned to ^.picture, en away
^ 'ri ^
ards it a9 rapid i y as co ome unexplained
feeling carried them away. The fasciua*
; t j on mustered tbe situation, and in less
I time than it takes to tell it, the prisoner’s
eves were riveted UDon the picture The
,; aze was inteut and steadv and as the
outlines began to be defined, Woolfolk
be^an to tremble. The tremble soon be
came „ shak and raising botb hands to
} - Iace , 11 jf ^ t u tbe e borr i b i e
bloody , he turned , his . . heels, , ,
, vision, upon
saying: ‘-Oh, my God! that is horrible I”
j HARD ON A TEXAN.
,
j In formation has reached Galveston,
1 Texas. that Richard Stewart, living in
the state Chihuahua, Mexico, and having
large interest* in Mexico and Texas, has
been immured during the past four
months, in Ojeniga, upon a charge of
fraud. He appeals for government ac
tion in his benalf, representing his con
dition as deulorable in the extreme.
SOUTHERN BRIEFLETS.
ITEMS FROM HERE AND THERE,
! THAT INTEREST PEOPLE.
The Travel by Steamboat and Car-Social
Religious and Temperance Matters—
Midsummer Madness.
The late Col> MorreH of Atlanta, Ga.,
]eft a $25> m be t to tbe Youncr
Library of that place.
Germany has agreed a £ reea to to support support Russia’s i.ussia s
Bulgarian . policy, . on condition that Rus
sia will bind herself to remain neutral,
in the event of difficulties between
and Germany.
^ rst new s y ru P Louisiana
^ ue * hls season’s crop was received at
New Orleans, from New Iberia. It was
^9; . * or seventy-five cents per gallon,
Cms is the earliest report on record,
As the Georgia Pacific passenger train
was entering Atlanta, the tracks spread
near the old exposition grounds, and the
whole train was derailed. The passen
gers were terribly jolted up, but no one
was hurt,
A. B. F. Yeal, of Stone Mountain,
Ga., had a difficulty in the Kimball
House in Atlanta, Ga., with Samuel
Venable; in the altercation, a Mr. Horn
was killed by Yeal accidentally and he is
now held in $10,000 for trial,
J. H. Garner & Sou, Glenn Addie mer
chants, were found guilty under eight
charges of violating the prohibition law
in the sale of brandy peaches. They were
fined $50 in each case by Mayor Huger,
of Anniston, Ala.
The barn of Alfred Tyler, at Anniston,
Ala., was destroyed by file recently,
His horses, vehicles and other valuables
were saved. Spontaneous combustion is
the supposed cause from new mown hay
stored in the loft,
Governor Gordon, of Georgia, hearing
complaints about C. C. Bingham, super¬
intendent of the convict camps at Griffin,
investigated them and promptly dis¬
charged Bingham and directed that the
matter be investigated by the grand jury
of Spaulding county.
A powerful syndicate of American cap¬
italists is negotiating with the Russian
government for permission to work the is
Ural gold mines. The syndicate, it
said, will pay a yearly rental to the gov¬
ernment and will greatly increase the
production of the mines.
The prohibition election in Gordon
county, Ga., ended with victory for the
antis by 250 majority, notwithstanding
the unflagging energy and influence of
the ladies. They were everywhere to be
seen, and played the most conspicuous
Milwaukee, Wis., the boys of the neigh
borliood pelted the house with stones,
when August Duak, one of the guests,
attempted to disperse them, the crowd
set upon him and belabored him with
sticks and stones. His lifeless body xvas
found on the street with bis neck broken.
John L. Bacon, who has been president
of the stc*te bank of Virginia since 1851,
and who for more than thirty years pre
v j 0 us to that time was engaged ° “ in mer
cantile business in Richmo d V a., died,
aged 76 He was also president of the
Virginia State Insurance company, and
G f the Marshall Paper Manufacturing
0 om pany.
COLORED MASON8.
The Colored National Masonic conven
. . L ; This is
' he fr _ ter .
^ ^ Mascms all over the
United States have manifested great in
terest in its deliberations. The dele
gates are representatives of the grand
lodges of the various states and most of
them are grand masters of their respect
ive lodges. The fraternity numbers
nearly 100,000 members, but the order
lias never been recognized by the white
-Masons of the United States.
NASHVILLE’S FIRE.
A fire started in one of the tanks at
the Standard Oil Company's warehouse in
NaOiville, Term., and tlie dense volumes
< f bln k smoke that rolled up soon drew
thousands of people to every neighbor
in--hilltop to see. Being out of the city
iur-its. the only water available was from
, ,>n s and c isterns, and this was practi
rally useless, so hot was ‘he fire. The
fi avs spread distillery, to Swan's which marble works
and Pearce's were both
entirely destroyed. Loss about $100,000;
not insured.
