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GENERAL NEWS.
CONDENSATION OF CURIOUS,
AND EXCITING EVENTS.
REW8 FROM EVERYWHERE—ACCIDENTS,
STRIKES, FIRES, SUICIDES, AND HAP¬
PENINGS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Disastrous storms swept over parts of
Austria Saturday. Three persons were
killed.
Lord Salisbury has returned thanks for
America’s congratulations on the escape
of the British man-of-war Calliope.
The large new machine and repair
shops of the Lehigh A Hudson River
Railroad at Warwick, N. Y., were burned
Saturday.
Judge Ermstcn, of the police court of
Cincinnati, dismissed 700 cases of ar¬
rests made last year for violation of the
Owen Sunday closing law.
1 The claims for damages arising out of
the Chefoo riots have been settled by
the Chinese. The English and American
flags have been rehoisted, the Chinese
troops saluting them.
A syndicate of Philadelphia capitalists,
headed by Thomas Cochran, has pur¬
chased grapahone rights for the world
outside of the United States and Canada.
The price paid was $500,000.
Richard Pigott, the forger of the Par¬
nell letters and who suicided in Spain,
had his life insured for $5,000 in the
English and Scotish Law life office. The
fact that he committed suicide does not
affect the policy.
The Spanish steamer Emiliano, from
New Orleans, La., April 25th, via New¬
port News, for Liverpool, has arrived at
Queenstown, England, with cotton in
her fore main holds burning. Three
seamen were overcome and rendered
senseless by smoke and heat.
Rockford, Ill., experienced a Several most
terrific thunderstorm Saturday.
houses were struck by lightning. fish¬ A
young man named Keeler, who was
ing on the dam, was knocked off by a
bolt of lightning and either killed by the
shock or drowned.
Archbishop Feehan, in the presence of
40,000 people, laid the corner-stone of
Dc La flslle institute, at Chicago, Ill.,
the first Roman Catholic institution in
the West designated for exclusive use as
a high sphool. The building will cost
sw,m lapweld and buttweld
Employes of the National Tube Works
departments of the
Co., at McKeesport, Pa., tried for an ad¬
vance in wages of ten per cent. Two
thousand men arc out. Employes of the
galvanizing np(| rolling departments also
thmiFcR Co join flic strikers. Alioul
0,000 men are employee} in this plant.
A disastrous fire broke out Tliursd ly
in Saint Sanveur, in the house of Mrs.
McCann, on Valuer street, in Quebec,
Canada, and spread with great rapidity
through the wooden district which sur¬
rounds it. The streets burned arc por¬
tions of Vallier, Chenel, St. Peter and
Stc Maria. Nearly 500 small houses
K'The were destroyed. family’ * ~
P. Sheretz and W.
V. De-' -» the day fish
‘Y, Fla.
nham
in
reached the elevator, Instead or lana
jug’on the elevator, he fell under it and
was plunged to the ground below, a dis
tance of eighty-five feet, breaking Ids
neck.
WASHINGTON, I). C.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PRESIDENT
AND UIS ADVISERS.
APPOINTMENTS, DECISIONS, AND OTnEIt
MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM THE NA¬
TION’S CAPITAL.
The postal authorities have been noti¬
fied of the arrest of G. G. Dorsey, or
the Greenwood & Jackson, Miss., rail¬
road postoffice line, for rifling a test reg¬
istered letter of $10.
The President made the following
appointments Thursday: Solomon Ilirsch,
of Oregan, to be envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary Clark of lhe E.
United States to Turkey.
Carr, of Illinois, 1o be minister resident
and consul general of the United States
at Denmark. Henry W. Severance, of
California, to be consul general of the
United States at Honolulu. John Jarrett,
of Pennsylvania, to be consul
of the United States at Birmingham.
Thomas H. Sherman, of the District
of Columbia, to be consul of the United
States at Liverpool. John W. Douglas
and L. G. Mine, both of Washington,
to be commissioners of the District fo
Columbia.
ELECTRIC EXPRESS.
AN INVENTION WHICH PROPELS A CAR¬
RIAGE TWO HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR.
A new scheme of transportation is to
be introduced between New York and
Boston, whereby large packages of mail
and even curs containing passengers, another, can
be whisked from one place to
a distance of 200 miles, in less than an
hour. This would be equal to a speed of
four mil< s per minute. An experiment in
with the new machine was held Bos¬
ton in the presence of many scientists,
including Prof. A. E. Dolbcar, of Tufts
college, who announced that he was
thoroughly satisfied of the success of the
system. The machine consists of a mag¬
netic car hanging from a single rail,
where it follows a streak of electricity.
With one horse power it is said that one
ton can be thus transported a distance of
1,440 miles a day at a cost of thirty
cents. 2,880,000 This, in mail letters, matter, and by wou|d tins rep¬
resent sys¬
tem packages of mail could be sent off
evc-ry five minutes if necessary, thus pre¬
venting large accumulations. The sin¬
gly track is to be carried on tri¬
pods some distance above the ground,
and the car will pass through coils experi¬ of in¬
sulated wire at intervals. In the
ments the carriage exhibited was rncunt
ed on ft wooden truck. on posts about
three feet high, with an ascent of six
inches in fifty feet, and it ran on one
wheel at each end. The scientific which prin¬
ciple involved is said to be that by
a hollow coil of insulated wire will draw a
magnet into itself, and in the aerial rail¬
way the car passing through a coil cuts
off the current, which goes on to one
ahead.
COLORED MEN APPOINTED.
The appointment of John It. Lynch,
Scored, of Natchez, Miss., to be fourth
litor of the U. S. Treasury, at Wash
on, D. C., has created some excite
The only other appointment office
state to an important J. Spelman, out
\ went to Hon. J.
n, who goes as special agent
■ Department to Dakota.
Hul seacoast towns, being
orts for New Orleans,
for invalids from the
'z.: Bay St. Louis,
Peartingtou, now
-s, and it is asser
-e the Natchez, appoint¬
or at
x appointed credit of
x
ALLIANCE NEWS.
turpentine yield.
Jeff Lucas, of Dorminy’s mills, NS il
cox county, Ga., got 550 gallons of
fpirits turpentine out of 50 barrels of
crude turpentine and distilled it in two
days.
caterpillars.
a Sumpter county A a S. n C is infested
with small caterpillars which eat the
gum leaves, but do not seem to do any
ha r m._ A gentleman who las observed
these insects states that hogs and fish
are about the only things that will eat
tbem -
GOING TO FIGHT.
The Waynesboro, Ga., Farmers’ Al
liance hag fallen gracefully into line and
has decided to lock arms with their
brothers in fighting the bagging trust,
And, showing that they are in earnest,
they have placed their orders for 5,000
yards of cotton bagging.
SOUTH CAROLINA MOVEMENT.
A meeting of the business agents of
thirty-two Alliances of the Farmers’ Al¬
liance was held in the court-house at
Greenville, S. C. The most important
matter acted upon by the agents was
making a move to establish, in the city
of Greenville, a central business bureau
with a county agent, to arrange the mat¬
ter of prices of supplies between the
merchants and farmers. It is intended
that this action shall take effect at as
early a day as possihle.
FARMERS LISTEN!
We clip this extract from the Chicago
correspondence to a trade paper:
“Oats have improved in value, owing to
an urgent cash and speculative demand.
The South has bought freely and is still
hungry. This has had the effect of re¬
ducing our small stock still fuither, the
reduction being 46,300 bus. for the week,
leaving only 207,126 bus. as total stock
in store. There is a large short interest
still in the May option, and unless hold¬
ers of contracts can get a fair settlement,
we are liable to see higher prices rule for
present month.”
HOW TO DO IT.
Here is our own state of Maryland,
fruitful in hill and stream, but largely attri¬
undeveloped; possessing all the
butes of -^oil and deposit for high cul¬
ture, with a climate which ever her own
wanderers bless on their return. Her
farming, her dairy interests, her cattle
breeding, her mining,her manufacturing,
her fisheries—all her blessings sadly need the
advertising,'to invite emigiation of
better class and the development rf hei
vast opportunities. The coming exposi¬
tion is a strong, searching, entering
wedge, and if properly followed with
sledge-hammer blows will be long re¬
membered by this and coming genera¬
tions, as the initial forceful effort of these
gentlemen, well worthy our prompt and
hearty support,— Baltimore, Md., paper.
ABOUT FLAX.
Prof. Willetts, the Assistant Secretary
of Agriculture, of Washington, D. C.,
has under consideration a letter from
Ireland, which he thinks may offer a so¬
lution of the economic problem: “What
shall take the place of wheat on farms
where it can no longer be raised at a
profit?” The writer, who has been fa¬
miliar with flax-growing and linen man¬
ufacturing since 1840, says in Lis inter¬
esting communication: lltere are only
two establishments weaving—one at
Webster, Mass., and the other at Apple- and
ton, Wis., the latter doing but little,
neither weaving anything finer than
crash. There is nothing in the climate
or soil conflicting with the assertion, that
just as good flax and li. en may be pro¬
duced in every state in the American
Union as in any country. Germany now and
spins and "weaves the linest linen,
she has no essentially differing climate
from America. Many things become
successful in America from the facility
with which the people take up and adopt
any improved processes and appliances,
and this may be the salvation of the
linen industry, of the importance of
which there is no question. There is
every reason why the American farmers
should produce 1,000,000 acres of flax
for both seed and fiber, oyer and above
what is now produced, which would give
12 000 000 to 15,0 r, Q,0OO bmhelsof seed,
orth as many millions of dollars, and
'O.Ol'O to - at f ix straw, worth $50,
which 500,000 tons of
■; obtained, worth
l established, Amer
would, as in all other in
voik up an industry to
".rial. I wish the state
s to grow a small
e, and such private
’d to do the same.
wn on any good, the
been manured
mieal fertilizers
ronable extent.
\t the rate ol
u au acre of
irther atten
t any large
he flax has
, when it
v cd for to
ner as is
taken
OFFICIALS KILLED.
AN EDUCATIONAL ROW IN ARKANSAS RE¬
SULTS IN SEVERAL DEATHS.
For several days excitement has been
high over the proposed and A. school M. Neely election and at
Fort st City, Ark., colored, have been
G. W. Ingram, both
making speeches, advocating the ousting
of the whites from the control of school
afla - rg Nee] hHg been a controlling
ekmcnt - n the litics of that COU ntv for
t - hivi almost absolute "con
^ flf lhe colored J le An e!ectiou
^ C()nmy (meT broke up in a
row that resulted in the death of three
citizens—Sheriff B. M. Wilson, Deputy
County Court Clerk Tom Parham and
Town Marshal Frank Folhre. The last
one killed was A. M. Neely, the negro
wbo s t ai t, e d the whole trouble. Neely,
hig f atber and brother, took refuge in
tbe jj voca t e building, where the killing
jy ^ Wilson, Thomas Parham and
Frank Folbrc occurred the day before.
Every effort w r as made to get at the
Neebs, but they proved unsuccessful, as
the negroes were well barricaded. Sev¬
eral shots were fired into the building,
without avail, in the hope of scaring the
negroes to surrender. Acting Sheriff
Van Belzard persuaded old mun Neely
and h’s other son to come out, promising fair
them a safe conduct to jail and a
trial. A. M. Neely did not appear.
The sheriff’s posse was not more than a
hundred yards distant with the two pris¬
oners, when a number of other members
of the posse raided the Advocate build¬
ing, and A. M. Neely was discoveted se¬
creted under the floor, and was riddled
with bullets, at least ten shots being fired
into him. It was thought that others of
the Neely crowd were concealed under
the floor." The posse made an extended
search, but found no more. This last
killing created a great deal of excite¬
ment, and the people were afraid of a
raid on the town by negroes. The act¬
ing sheriff wired Governor Eagle the
facts and that asked he thought for help. the The.governor civil author¬
replied could the aud he
ities preserve peace, militia
did not want to order out the
unless other means failed. The feeling
was so high against Neely that Ins death
was looked for every moment from the
beginning of the riot, and now that he
has been killed, it is thought that the
feeling will subside.
COURT-ROOM MURDER.
A NASHVILLE MAN KILLS ANOTHER FOR
CALLING IIIM A LIAR.
Jim Turner and Tom Holton, of Nash¬
ville, Tenn., had a lawsuit to be tried,
but Judge Quarles, Turner’s lawyer, was
not present, having been called to the
criminal court. He had been in the office, Jus¬
however, a few minutes previous. himself
tice Brown volunteered to go to
the court-house and see Judge Quarles.
This he did. and returned a half horn
later with the information that he would
continue the case, since Turner’s lawyers
would be unable, on account of other le¬
gal engagements, to be present. Turnei
secured E. T. Holman, and came into
the office with the announcement that he
had secured another lawyer, and. was
ready for trial, but was told by Justice
Brown that the case had been continued,
and that he was not at liberty to do this,
for the reason that his lawyer was not
there at the hour when the case was
called. “Yes, he was here,” replied
Turner, betraying anger and excitement.
“He was not"here at 10 o’clock,” said
Holton, very positively, and this elicited
from Turner the retort: “You are a
liar.” Holton flushed a little, but with
remarkable coolness, said: “You must
take that back.” Turner whipped from like
his bosom a double acting revolver,
lightning pulling the trigger as the muz¬
zle covered Holton, who sank limp, and
apparently lifeless, to the floor. Justice
Brown leaped from behind his desk and
grabbed Turner. As speedily as possi¬
ble the wounded man was placed home, on a
stretcher, and removed to his
wdiere he died.
STATESMAN DEAD.
Allen Thorndyke Rice, the newly ap¬
pointed minister to Russia, hotel, died in .sudden¬ New
ly a t the Fifth avenue
York, where he was a guest. Mr. Rice
had been suffering from throat affection
for a few days past, but was not sup¬
posed to be in any danger. He took his
bed three or four days ago, suffering
from tonsilitis. His tonsils had former¬
ly given him considerable trouble and
had been clipped. Dr. Fuller says the
glottis swelled suddenly and shut off the
breath. Such cases are of very rare oc¬
currence, and this instance was unlooked
for, though every precaution had l een
taken. It is thought that Col. Elliott F.
Shepard, editor of the New York Mail
and Express, will be appointed minister
to Russia to sueceed Mr. Rice. Col.
Shepard will ask for the appointment at
at once.
JUTE BAGGING.
The farmers in session at Birmingham,
Ala., resolved not to use jute bagging,
but, at the request of the representative
" f ! h f n eU g The 1 trust was** anxious "to
->ims, but not enter into a contract
tire season. The original res
tging the farmers to use only
7 , was called up again and
opted. It was further re
state alliances in each
te, would erect, fac
facture of the cotton
~>, of A 1 ask a,
interior of Ids
Dearer Every Day.
They say I would cease to love her
When her freshness showed decay;
They were wrong, f or as the river
Wears its channel more away,
De per grew my love, and clearer
Seemed her beauties in display.
She grew older, she grew dearer—
Dearer every day.
Had I loved her for her beauty,
Had her heart been simply clay,
Then might mine have ceased its worship
But her truth’s resplendent ray
Filled my soul and drew me nearer
To the fount where sweetness lay.
Still the older, still the dearer—
Dearer every day.
Age has laid its hands upon her—
Do I realize it? Nay.
Her youth's bloom my heart remembers—
Years her faithfulness portray,
And it shall be mine to cheer her,
So her winter shall be May.
Still the older, still the dearer—
Dearer every day.
HUMOROUS.
The worst form of writer’s cramp is
being cramped for funds.
The real estate man is not a man of
words, he is a man of deeds.
A dentist refers to his collection of
extracted teeth as gum drops.
Death is like vaccination; it never
takes without leaving a mark.
What the fast young man who has in¬
herited money needs is an heir brake.
Perhaps if the potato didn’t have any
eyes, it would not be so often mashed.
If animals had kings, we would know
what “reigning cats and dogs” meant.
When a man is lost in thought he
really doesn’t care to have anyone look
for him.
The laws regulating the copyright
system,merely provide for a form of pat¬
ent right.
Most babies are given to chewing
gum; but chewing-gum is rarely given
to babies.
The sentence, “There’s no such word
as fail,” can hardly be classified as a
“cant” phrase.
The barber may not have fought and
bled, but he has undoubtedly dyed for
his countrymen.
Pastoral innocence is not all that it is
painted. The gentle shepherds have
crooks among them.
“See how dusty these chairs are,
Mary!” “Shure, mum, it’s because no¬
body’s sot into ’em the day.”
Fine Distinction—Western Tourist—
“Got much stock on hand? ” Ranch¬
man—“Nope, got a light smart bunch
on foot, though. ”
One of the latest fads of the fashiona
ble world is the wearing of watches in
umbrella and parasol knobs. Keeping a
watch on an umbrella is an old fashion,
however, It’s owner would lose it, if
he didn’t.
Miss Britely: “Do you like pork
chops for breakfast, Mr. Nevergo?” Mr
Nevergo: “Pork chops? Oh, ah, yes,
much indeed. ” Miss Britely: “If you’ll
excuse me a moment, I’ll tell mamma to
get some. I think I hear her starting to
market. ”
Wife (reading from paper): “This
paper says that peanuts are injurious to
the voice.” Husband: “Is that so? I
never thought there was so much virtue
in a peanut. I wonder what they cost a
hundred-weight?” Wife: “I'm sure I
don’t know, Why?” Husband: “I
was thinking of laying in a stock of
them. Do you like peanuts, my dear?”
Rabbit Brains for Teething Infants.
The natives of Arkansas have many
curious customs and remedies for the ills
that man is heir to that few people out¬
side of the State would ever think of
adopting. Among others is their relief
for the painful teething through which
every baby has to go. When their
children become fretful on account of
prospective teeth the parents hie them¬
selves to the woods, and, if possible,
catch a rabbit alive. If they are unable
to do this they shoot one, and then they
remove its brains. Taking a large
quantity of the brains, still warm with
the blood of tbe anima ] ) they put it in a
pfece of cheese cloth, which they then
rub over the babies’ gums. This pos
sibly would not appear to t.iose who
have not been educated up to it to be a
desirable method of bringing . . reuef
very
t0 the baby, but it is a very effective one,
and bas never been known to fail. Gen
erallv six or seven mothers who are
blessed with teething infants, get to
gether and go through in unison. This
is supposed to hasten the attainment of
the desired result.