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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.