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About Schley County enterprise. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1886-1??? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1886)
SCHLEY COUNTY ENTERPRISE. A. J. HARP, Publisher. THE NEWS IN GENERAL. HAPPENINGS of interest from all points. eastern and middle states. Gcntractor M A CHICK B. Flynn hasbeea frxpeired from the New York County Demoo- racy organization for his pledge of four Al- dorineu to vote for the confirmation of 5CE 1 '“ b '“ their .....ployei August that their Augurt place would be do ,o I from Hth to 30th, and that upon res.lm tion of business all their workmen must sign a certificate that they do n t bedng to nu i will not join any laoor o. ai ation while n the firm's employ. By thecxplo i n of an old condemned boiler in a machine shop at Lanford, Fenn., four won were killed and eight seriously injured. The bui din ; was thoroughly wrecked. James A. L Whittier, the Boston law- ver charged with emho :z!ing $125,000 of the property of Harriet Reid, which was in his iare, has confessed and been lodged in jail. S.vow fell on the 3d in parts of Northern Now England. Serious labor riots have occurred at Cam¬ bridge, Muss., pork-packing growing out of a lockout in S juire's great establishment. A a i lboat capsize 1 ill the harbor at Port- land, Me., and seven members of a family were drowned, as follows: Wellington Mas¬ ters, aged seventy years; Jane Masters, his wife, aged sixty-nine years, and five chil¬ dren. <L urn) inachiAe orted. P s X hons ive °was'evenV^eThln at diet re, l men were killed and prtbably twenty seriou-ly fatal injured, seven of them with result. The New York City Trades Unions have re¬ solved to take iudopendent political action in future elections. SOUTH AND WEST. During a sham fight at the Indiana State ea.a ii'imen one militiaman was mortally wounded and twenty-five were prostrated with tho heat. T ie Citizen’s ticket has triumphed in the Lrii-viiie (Ky.) municipal election. The Ala'ama State diction has resulted mt iesu cess of the entire Democratic Stats t eke . hen le i by Seay for Governor, by a large ma,onty. Five children bathing in the river at Ot- tumwa, Iowa, were all drowned. Near Brookfield, Mo., John Gamer was arrested for a misdemeanor, when his brother Edward killed tho constable, nearly chopping h s head of "with an axe. As a neighbor came to h ip the constable Garner killed him also a ;d linn escaped, pursued by a crowd beat u x n lynching him when c aptured The California Legislature has voted for nl nited States Senator to succeod the lata : * s 11 a tor M Her, whose position has been tem- I , , ,;? ri! y t ' enat ? r Hearst, a Demo- ■ i ,. at, A. 1 . Williams, who was nominated i at the Republican caucus, received a major- ity of the votes in both Houses. The Dem- ! n rats nominated Senator Hearst I livfa. • i 1"* Sna^af Cote ra *s C heS ^ ' chardson for (rover The National Encampment of the G. A. R. in Ban Frail' i -CO was largely attended. Gen¬ eral Sherman was the hero of the occasion. Thomas Moonlight for Governor heads tho list of candidates nominated by the Kansas Democrats at their State Convention in Leavenworth. The platform warmly en¬ dorses Cleveland’s administration. JunGE Shields, a prominent member of the Natchez iMiss.) bar, while laboring under nien’al aberration committed suicide. U. C. Cunningham for Governor heads the list . of c nudidates just nc minated in Arkan-as by the Democratic Executive Committee. WASHINGTON. Tim Naval Const, u.tion bill wliieh passed mi a'l l l, tious^ ions of 8 vessels vessels S to theNavy Cv wilh ri ?h?S^rv.^n?SSJdW anvst of Cutting, the Texas editor, was sub- ; mitte.i to Congress-on tho 2d. Mr. Bayard d< m inded the release of the imprisoned jour- j ' ! i i'CR more private . pension . bills . were j vetoed on the 2d by the President The Senate in executive session on the 2d disposed business. of' a larg-< amount of unfinished R. S. Dements nomination as : Su. veyor-G-eneral of l tah, was re ected, as were the nominations of J. W. Free¬ man for Umted States Marshal le Tennessee, T. H. iunman fbr Postmaster at «’a ksoavil’o, Fla, and O. B. Porter for V'h^'r) RyinaUv^or Aseu “ The nominations tTr cltn of Fite i i h Odle arid'Mr! for the Vermont d strict, McGrow for Internal i evenue Collector in West Vir- ginia, were confirmed. Miss Alice E. Mukleham, the great- grand-dau-liter of Thomas Jefferson, who was dis charged fl om a derkdiip in the Pat, ent Office, has been reinstated. Leading Republican members of the House, just before the close of the session, presented Mr. Carlisle with a handsome silver service, costing $500, in token of their high Speaker. aporeciatioa of his administration as The nomination of Herbert F. Beecher, son of Henry Ward Beecher, to an office in tln> lar West was withdrawn during the clos¬ ing days of Congress, as it was understood he would be reje ted by the Senate. Prominent nominations confirmed by the Senate in its last hours are as follows: Na- thuii 1 H. K. Dawson, of Alabama, Com¬ missioner of Education; Thomai C. Bach, ! Associate Justice cf the Supreme Court of Men:aim: I E. Spencer Pratt, of Alabama, 1 iiited States Minister Resident and Con¬ sul; General to Persia; Owen McCarr, of Colorado, Ecuador. United State! Consul General in I California, Consuls: Bethold Greenebaum, of Mexico, at Apia; R. H. Jonas, of New of Manzanillo, at, Chibu ihua; Richard M. Studden Devlink, of Michigan, Mexico, at at Windsor. Manzanillo: John gi'stus M, Ont.; Au- 'stmasters: Boyd, of Tux pan, at Tuxpan. I Robert Newell Palem N. J.; Copland, Detroit, Oriando VV.T A?T Hum- piirey, Nyack, N. Y Mich.; The nomination of " imam L Bancroft, to be Collector of Cus¬ toms for tho district of Huron, Mich., was re ected. A bout forty nominations were left unacted upon. foreign- FOREIGN hAccording denials’ exuste Iu to Labrador advices from in 8 ' Quebec ute 0 much The Republicans have retained their ma- jority elections. , over the Monarchists iu the French Ireland, , Further rioting is reported from Belfast, the the mob at first triumphing over ayo;.ug police. The latter finally fired, killing j then man and wounding seven. Soldiers streets. charged Mauv havonetr and wounded. cleared the policemen were The Brit sh Parliament reassembled on the the'iVj'SSS!; cheerily bench °audIhakJng * "SfnS with friend or foj. A fire the Austrian village of Ulanoff destroyed , 150 houses. j* Tartar has attempted to assassinate the Grand Vizier of Turkey, shooting at him drawtf^word? ^ airested. The factious at warin Belfast, Ireland, re- newedthe r riot ng on the 5 th, and bothsid s attacked the polio*, who attempted to que 1 Many riotere were severely wounded. BASE BALL NOTES. The Southern League is reported to be going to pieces This Washington Club has tried twenty- four players so far this season. Detroit and Chicago each won eleven out of the twelve games of their last Western series. Thk 112,000 expended by the Detroit Club for the big four has already netted them $10,000. *fg*Sii&6Z1t£!9ggil AUninav c. i tweaty-sere 73/’,,,' meS V Gerhardt, of the M New v A orks, , , has , been P la y ln S ® cud base longer than any other 1,Iaum t li! country. Mans Twain is a baseball enthusiast, and ™utribjtei liberally to tht support of the 1 d at mna in Hartford, Conn Over 20,000 persons witnessed the last three games played in New York between tho New-Yorks and the Chieagos. But two men—Anson ana Brouthers— have led the League batsmen for more than j ' one average season, wu and eh has the former been in 1879 equaled, made viz., an never 4 17. It is a singular fact that Cross, Louisville's catcher, in a recent game with the Mets did not put out a tingle player, nor did he have aa a base hit, or a passed ball, but he made a hit A phenomknaL baseball pitcher, who re¬ cently struck out twenty-seven men in a ga no, says the secret of curve pitching can be learned by watching a woman trying to hit a hen with a stone. j ^ra T,IE greatest o^Buffalo^gaLt number of runs ever made in 6 bia, alio Club,’ the’Colnm of that city, the latter making only leu. The Niagaras made forty in their first inning and fifty-eight in their eighth. In Louisville, Ky., July 8, 1876, the Louis¬ ville and Mutual clubs, after playing fifteen innings and making five runs each, agreed July to postpone the game until Monday, 10, when they met again aud were compelled to play winning sixteen more innings,the Mutuals finally this tbirty-oae-inning gam© by a score of eight to five. ^ noteworthy game in the history 17,1882. Not a run was made till the eight- eenth inning,and then Radboumhit over the left field fence, making a home run and win- n ing for Providence by a score of one to nothing This was one of the longest pro- fessional contests on record. Ur to recent date the greatest number of games won in succession by any Lengue club this season is fifteen, by Detroit; and the greatest by Washington. number lost in succession is twelve, Boston has not won nor lost any moro than five straight; Chicago, ten won in succession, two lost: Detroit, fifteen Md three; Kansas City; three and nine: New and four: Phbadelphia, seven and three and ten; Washington, q ‘ rlTCHERS and catchers , h are alike , , in ■ one particular,” Mats, said Manager Ferguson, of the Ire ly lately. they “Whenthe former get batted have sore arms, and when the hands amalways * ioZLe *eatcW hands get very sore. The great trouble is with the knuckles, which become bruised,and the slightest touch causes the most intense pain, i^ven the big gloves do not deaden the h- ow - I have known catchers; hands to be- come have good a nu of staved finger,or ^Sg’S^StS the joint care a water will gather into one spot and becomea callous te'^t U rid of a ,h" K is to^'nlTrh JtenisiKl pari fre |uently. I have removed several lumps from my fingers in that way.” NEWSY GLEANINGS. Rabbits are bo oming . a nuisance . in -ct Col- ° ,ado - gewin^maehinS. , 0 ^ ^ ^ OT Thf°rk r£ are “lid to be now in Yellowstone xellowstene Pa V«Bfrto 3 been favored with blue aud rose colored hailstones. A great ^"areity of fish has existed re- cently in the New York market. employment The new law in children New York in prohibiting factories will the of force 30,UOO children out of employment. A German land league has been formed. Its object is to bring about the gradual Pans- fer of private property in the soil to the State. John Hiner, once the wealthiest and “°waS Inmate oTthepoShouse ^Keokuk? ’ j owa Jaks^f^York^yTju^y T as c resa t e resources of the wererf- savings 1 7-8,2 )7.tri, being an increase of $11,210,376.09 8 U 0 danuar ^ Although he is ninety-nine years old, Joseph Root, of FanfaxV illage, \ t., drives a stag© coach over eighteen miles of mad route every day. Rii-k and palatable bananas have been grown in a Sacramento garden this season without any sort of artificial protection, and fully exposed to the air. medicine man, was clubbed to death, be- headed and cremated recently for allowing too many of his patients to die. A Pennsylvania mau has a collection of 200 live rattlesnakes. He caught them in JSSJa?* ^ THKRK i. . mother in Richmond, Mich., who has a regular orchard of olive branches, consisting of seventeen healthy children, th« oldest being but nineteen years of age. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. J°E Jefferson , ,, t „ rrin „ tour “ of weeks at Denver, August 30. The ballot of the Pans Opera comprises 1,027 women and costs $901,000 a year. Ex-United States Senator Bruce (col- 0 red) will begin a lecturing tour in October. MlS s Emma Vaders will be the lea ling lady for th ° Edwi “ B °° th COmpaDy MXt sra- son ' Rose EvrrNOE has left the rtage-she the says lit- forever—and has determined to enter er j B NNY Lind has given up her London it 0 ^n^t&r. tontod ret,rement Mme. Minnie Wauk has left Baden-Baden and will Empress of Germany, to AmericaAugust 14. It is said that Gilbert and Sullivan’s new opera .rThe KteKlive,'^liased “ called Ages Ago by Mr. ana mrs. the ^me FncdWh actor ag<7hy who “*??-rmmtess vears f lo P. l ? B "S t h t^« Desart will come to this a country r r as a member me cfMiss Fortes- cues company. . Hermann, the magician, who ScKte nos >mr- ^ r, ot’SdU^ttoS- own weeks in Amer- ica beginning “ °. m f twen^-four September. •'tEJtTSZSft since oners b^Q at Naples last year, and who has very sick from a cold contracted at that time, has now recovered, and, with her widely ^ WU1S °° n ^ Gounod has finally completed his new opera, which isentitled “Maitre Pierre,” and is founded upon the story of “Abelard aud H'doise. ” It is described as a dramatic sketch S^SSJSTRSilwJSSWiS' Paris Opera naxt season. ELLAVILLE. GEORGIA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 12, 1886. SAMUEL J. TILDEN DEAD, THE GREAT CHIEFTAIN PASSES PEACEFULLY AWAY. Flan* at Ilair.innet nil Over the t'oantry 111 llespeet lo Ills Memory—Sketch of His Eventful Life. r - li I > mm mm I . - r * F 1 I Vh NT 1 j * y ' m mm m m Samuel J. Tilden died at Greystone Wednesday morning at ten minutes be¬ fore nine o’clock. He had been enjoying bis usual good health up to last Saturday evening. While sitting on the stoop of his residence after sundown on that eve- nmg he was taken with a slight chill, which settled on his stomach and bowels, producing ‘ inflammation, from which he suffered , r A all night. ... On „ Sunday - , he was | slightly better and was able to ride out. On Sunday evening he felt much worse, j and U nt ' 1 continued Tuesday ni to ht grow »£ weaker. ^ But ! * rc ™'l ”° I ' pi f the it became consequences. apparent M that ednesday the end morn- mg was near at hand. 3J,, ]),- Charles E Simmonds Sn and Miss UOUK1, a a relative re lative of Ot 1 Helen, were were at at the tne bedside a few minutes before Mr. Tilden died. He tried to speak, but only moved his Ups, failing to make any sound. He passed awav Quietly and peacefully. a. SO soon nn »« as the tilt news news nf 01 Jlr. Air Tilden’s lliaens death was received there was intense ex- citement over it. Instantly the flags of the city buildings and newspaper offices were displayed at half mast and expres- sions of regret .A heard on all sides at the tleatn .... of the eminent . , statesman, , , j Samuel Jones Tilden was born in New Lebanon, Columbia county, New York, February 0. 1814 where his grandfather , John Tilden, settled in 1790. Samuel I entered Yale college in 1833, but soon left that institution and graduated at the tj ^X[ • f -vr TTp - prSe and 1 t o t , c bar yU in cJv 1841 ’ began in New j Morning News, a daily paper, was estab- Rghed in New York to advocate the elec- tion to the presidency of James K. Polk. Mr. Tilden invested capital in this enter- prise, and became the editor of the journal, which position he held until after the election. In 1845 he was elected to the New York assembly, and in 1864 was chosen a member of the constitutional conventi where he wa8 made a mcm- her of the committee on finance and canals. In 1855 he was defeated as the “Soft Shell” democratic candidate for t U n l f N y To k M Tilden devoted himself his pro- ! fession. His practice was very extensive, and by it he amassed considerable wealth, | Besides other important cases he was counspl ’ in 1856 ’ for Azariah O Flae'O’ in the , . out of - the contested . case growing ! election for the controllership of New York city. Mr. Tilden became chair- man of the democratic state committee in ! i860. He became an indefatigable la- borer in tbe cause of j ud j c i a ] and po- litieal reform in the city of New Y r and in 1869-70 was active in the organi- zation of the bar association. When the contest was waged against the mem- bers of the “Tammany ring” holding with j city offices, and who were charged defraudin the city treasury of many million m iJij on dollars aouars. Mr jur. Tilden iiiaen rendered renaercu in- in valuable service to the cause of reform ! by his famous analysis of the accounts of 1 t b g Broadway bank, showing conclusive- j j jy how the alleged culprits had shared their spoils, and furnished legal proof for con- viction. In 1842 he was again elected to the general assembly, where he continued his exertions in the cause of reform. In 1874 he was elected governor of New -W Y ork by a plurality (rep!) of 50 317 votes over anil Myron H. Clark, (P'»-) He -u .o.ugurMcd 1, 1875, and soon after declared war against the “canal ring,” which resulted in the overthrow of that organization. convection When the national democratic as- sembled at St. Louis in June, 1876, Gov- ernov Tilden was the leading candidate for the first p'ace on the ticket. On the first ballot he received 403} of 713 votes cast. When the vote for the second bal¬ lot was finally announced, Governor Til- den had 535 in a whole vote of 738. The nomination was made unanimous, and he was declared the candidate for the pres- a^brief speech'em acceptance, Tulv nth^Tlis^formal ^. l written under date ()f Ju] 31st , ftS c01 sidcred onc of the ablest of the kind ever given to the pub- people 1 1 . the president’s sympathy. The president sent the following tele- gram to Colonel Samuel J. Tilden, Jr., Greystone, Yonkers, NY. I have this moment learned of tho sudden death of your illustrious iciative, Samuel J. Tilden, and hasten to express my individual 'oriow in an event by which the state ef New York has lost her most distinguished son and ih - nation one of its wisest and most patriotic j Grover Cleveland. Business men throughout the principa. cities of the Union lost no time in paying , respect to the statesmans memory by Sv f' el 7 ffim^f bulging Ol promiu^had prominence naa 0% its nag lowered to half-mast. I ags were also displayed at half-mast on all public build- bgS &S 8 °° n “ th c death waa v erified ~ * It may be. possible to form an alliance w itli the devil and realize upon the in- veR t men r bu t more probable that you -«•« cency. THE GRAND ARMY. SAN FR ANSI SCO’S GREAT STREET PARADE. ThonnnndN of Veterans March Throu.h ilie fStre<‘ti*~Ov«*r Tlir**e Thousand People Applaud Them. XT iScvcr before hare . so many persons been seen on the streets of San rancisco as on luesday. The greater number of then were, of course, Californians, but all came to sec the Grand Army of the Republic parade. Close estimates place the number of men in line at 11,000 while 350,000 others looked on. The time occupied in passing a certain point was two hours nnd seventeen minuts, but as there were frequent stops, some of them of long duration, the exact march¬ ing time would be aboul one hour and a half. The demand for seats on Market street was so great that five dollars was asked for standing room on stands that had been erected, and in some cases this sum fin's was the paid. march From the start to the ’1 was a triumphant one. Ei stern delegates were especially mark- ed as objects of attention, nnd all along the line, when an eastern band was dis- covered it was greeted with hearty and prolonged cheers. The New York bullet shot flags were especially favored in be- ing not only cheered, but reverently sal- ■ited. ion, Oiie and unexpected which result serious of the to process- was very many, was the rush to the restaurants immedi- ately after the parade was over. Three hundred thousand persons had been stand- ing from eight o'clock to 2:40 without eating. As the soon half as the famished cry, “Its all over,” went up spectators rushed to the restaurants, and so great was the crush that within live minuts the proprietors had to close the doors, or it would have been impossible for the wait- ers to serve those who had secured places. Several women fainted from hunger and fatigue. Those who had to wait until the first rusn was over, made a descent upon the bakers and street fruit stands and cleaned up every thing in sight To make the matter worse most of the large restaurants, supplies, although they had both laid bread in large and and ran short of closed meat, as the markets were it was found impossible to replenish the larders. All sorts of devices were resor- ted to and with such success that every- one managed to get something to eat. cidents As the resulting day was delightfully occurred. cool no ac- from heat CAPTURING BURGLARS. fhe PartT Tnkcn », Fifteen Masked Men. At late hour Friday night,at . , Binning- a Ala., Detective A. J. Sullivan cap- tured at Woodlawn, Jack Beard, John ^^ and ** Har ris ' de8 P^ te negro burglars , who have for f some time P ast robbing citizens of Binning- F Jr. Till ‘ ‘ Tdeantet ' P ' rob a hoT.se and while they wore entering . the . house , de- . tective Sullivan and deputy Sheriff Gill- espie raptured Sullivan Beard and Gillespie Lee. Harris l 'sc«ped • surrounded and were 8U ddcnly by fifteen maske “ en - " h< ? 8 P ran F from J" roadside with lcv, ‘ led shot F uns ' Lay down yol lr »rms!” was their command, Gillespie . dropped his gun. Sullivan had his gun across his shoulder. Instantly three masked party Zl took charge ehaUoflhrir of t r pnN pr s oners and their late cap.ors, proceeding a few yards away from the road, Gillespie, while sotne took care of Sullivan and The others took Beard aside and whip- ncd ],i nl sever retiirnintr elv with a hickory switch ' T ,artv armlto fhe delivered their ! lf,ontrrt “ 1 10 le officers ’ warn them to not touch , the .> triggers . . of , "’K th «U' weapons until they got out of sight, KILLED ON THE RAIL, Terrible Dentil ol' Dobbins at Cen¬ tral, Month Carolina. Jesse Dobbins, an employe of the Richmond and Danville Air-Line railroad, met with a horrible death at Centra!, South Carolina, Tuesday, For six years past Dobbins has been working for the road, and was a faithful and trusty man. Some time ago he was given the position of hoftier at Central. l uesday he attempted to get on an en- ginc while in motion. He made a misstep a id fell under the ponderous wheels, which passed over his body, cutting him Mire,,™,,,, A. puickl, m p„«l,fc the .ngm.er Monpcd the eugine, but it was too late. 1 he sight was a sickening one. The poor man's body was horribly mangled. He leaves a wife anji three children who live at Central. The wife was almost crazed w hen the remains of her husband tunate were belonged carried to home. two The benevolent unfor- j man I societies, A SAD ACCIDENT Five Little Children Drowned While In Bathing. Three children of William Hauck, H^ng^ree rniles from Kcssauqua^owa, » grandchild of Hauck’s and two chll- &ve of them went in bathing. One fell in a d^p hole in the nver and trying to extricate the strug- f ghng ^ one, all five were drowned. A lit- le irI on 8hore W as so confused she lost her way home and it was not until eight o’clock that she reached the house of a neighbor and told her tale. The children’s ages ranged from five to twelve years. TWO CAMELS KILLED. A " r i. D h«at». Fatal Work In a Circa. C.r while Robbin - scircU8 was on the way Tue8c]a {rom Manor to Sag Harbor, & ^ , ^ eteph8nt ^ ln a L car °“ g with ti' two ^ canids attacked the latter, and killed them both, The elephant* keeper who attempted to quiet the was driven from the car, nar- rowly escaping with his life. The noise made by the elephant excited the lions and tigers to such an extent that they attempted to break out of their cages, -I—«•-«« ft»““ time. THE TEXAS TROUBLE. The People M lllln* lo Or.anlv.r nnd Make War Without GoTcrmcnt Aid. The voice of Texas is for war with Mexico. The citizens of Texas have been outraged in Mexico at frequent intervals since Texas declared her Indenendance c f the “bond of God and Liberty.” 7 The imprisonment • , of f Cutting n and the assass- illation of Rassures lias incensed the Leo- pie of Texas. The Governor of Texas been deluged, with telegrams and letters offering 4c to raise companies ^ and regiment8 fol companies war> and all the organ . ized militia in the state have served notice on the commander-in-chief that they are awaiting orders. If the down, Washington authorities should now back the Cleveland administration would become extremely unpopular in Texas. THE DRILL IN GALVESTON. The $15,000 inter-statedrill inaugurated prizes, approxima- Camp ting was Galveston, Texas. m Some Magruder companies at in The city is fifty draped are with cainp. flags, banners beautifully of all nations. In the and streamers pools in the inter-state drill, the Houston Light Guards are the first choice, the Branch Guards are the second, and the True Blues third. Brevet Colonel Rose is in command of the encampment. Be- j sides the militia, four companies battery of United States infantry and one of flying artillery and two military bands are in attendance, j j EXPLOSION OF A BOILER. J I A large boiler in use at the shops of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation with company, terrific at i Lansford, Pa., exploded Wednesday. The j force at about noon on | shops employ four hundred hands and j forty machinists work in the building So far in 1 which the boiler was situated. as heard fourteen men were injured, one killed and two others are expected to die. The boiler was put in fifteen years ago when the shops were built and has been condemned several times. The ma- chine shop is a total wreck and the black- smith shop is partially destroyed. The loss will be heavy. ; HIM MKUI.L CRUSHED. Wash. Barfield, a worthy colored man, me (; b ; a death instantly, three miles south j ! c f Hampton, Ga., in a very singular way. Joe. jj e was down in a well on Mr. Qnflin’s plantation, cleaning it out, and b j s gon was drawing off a load of mud. i The windlass broke and the bucket fell back fifteen feet, striking the unfortun- ate victim on the head, crushing body the skull and breaking his neck. The was recovered by means of a party going down and attaching a rope. t’OL. SCHLATTER'S DEATH. Colonel Charles L. Schlatter, late gen era i manager and vice-president of the Brunswic £ 8ud Western railroad, and formerly chief engineer of the .Ute of Pennsylvania, died at Brunswick, Ga., on Wednesday, in the seventy-ninth year of 0 f his age. Colonel Schlatter was otic the oldest civil engineers of note in the Unitcd gtatcs CONTRACTS SIGNED. - Edward Sidel, architect of Caldwell Hotel Co.,Birmingham, Ala., has returned f rom the north, where he of.the signed a con- tract for the iron work handsome new 81X g$ory hotel building now will in course of erection. The building be completed in twelve months. - JUDGE shields KILLS ...,, HIMSELF. Jlldge T J T ° 8 epl1 Sh , ‘ . d dS , ’ r > , f Natcbez AT , , - Miss., a prominent - member , of , the u bar and author of “The Life and Times of 8. 8. p rentis3 .i committed suicide by strang¬ ulation last night. The loss of his wife some months ago had effected his mind. HANGED AT FORT SMITH. Kit Ross, a quarter breed Cheroke”, was hanged at Fort Smith, Ark., on Friday, for the murder of Jonathan Daws, a white man at Dechoteau, Indian Terri¬ tory, the 20th of last December. KILLED BY A TRAIN. * la “>’, named nal ".®^!.Lx Miss Bartlett, was . the railroad t rack at , li o. grossing . r°rge, Cnarlottsviile va.,, w n was * truck by a passenger train and killed. The bod, w„. o.t.» two. - PERSONAL MENTION. ines Otto, the crazy Prince of Bavaria, imag¬ himself an eagle. General John C. Faemont, assisted by his wife, is writing the history of his life. A member of Plymouth Church is writing a novel in which Henry Ward Beecher fig- ures as the hero. Mr. Blaine addressed the since Chautauqua the camp at Portland a few days on subject of education. The Queen of Spain’s baby is not a flue child, but small ana puny. His complexion is fair, and his eyes are blue. The Bishop of London is the greatest drinker of tea that has been known in Eng- land since the death of Dr. Johnson. Ex-Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, adheres to his determination to leave public life to spend the remainder of his days on his farm. Mrs. General Grant entertains no com¬ pany at her Long Branch residence, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Childs, her next-door neigh¬ bors, excepted. It is reported that Mr. Powderly, Master Workman of the Knights of Labor, receives about 200 letters a day and answers half of them. Most of them come from cranks. Mrs. Cleveland has been admitted to membership in the First Presbyterian let Church at Washington. She brought a ter from the Central Presbyterian Church of Buffalo. Queen Victoria proposes to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of her reign by a royal progress through her realm. Sne thinks her visit to Ireland will tend to conciliate the Irish people. John W. Keely, the motor man, accord¬ ing head to a story waiter from Altoona, Wildwood Penn., was once a Cambria at and also Springs, member in local County, was a of the orchesira. General Harney, of the United States Army, is the oldest man 1818, on the regGter. He became a soldier in and participated in every war in which the country has engaged since that time. He is eighty-six years of ace an^rery rich. The Eire of the Home. I hew them tell of tar off climes,- And treasures grand they hold— Of Minster walls where stained light falls On canvas, rare and old My hands fall down, my breath comes fast, —But ah, how can I roam ? My task I know: to spin and s sw, And light the lire of home. Sometimes I hear of noble deeds; Of words that move mankind; Of willing hands that to other lands Bring Eight to the i>oor and blind, i dare not preach , I CAnnot write , I fear to cross the foam; Who, if I go, will spin and sew And light the fire of home ? My husband comes, as the shadows fall, From the fields with my girl and boy; His loving kiss brings with it bliss That hath no base alloy. From the new plowed meadows, fresh and j brown, I catch the scent of the loam; “Heart, do not fret, ’tis something yet j To light the fire o: home.” } —George Worater. The Colonel’s Umbrella, BY H. B. KELT. Eli. Colonel, why don , t you marry? If a cyclone had struck the sharp fea- tured man who sat with his boots cleva- ted upon the iron railing of the veranda, it could not have caused him to start up more quickly. He snapped the ashes from his cigar, paced to the farther end of the veranda, and returning to the questioner’s side he said: “Harry, what made you ask me that question?” The young man upon whese shoulder the colonel's hand rested lightly lifted his eyes in astonishment. Evidently the colonel is deeply moved. As evidently the ° man ig at his wit , 8 end8 to find OS8lble ... for . the other . . , honest P reMOn 8 - toned voice, which seems to have search¬ I ed out the motive for asking the question which opens my story. “Why, all men marry; that is, men ef means, or, at least they should marry.” “You have not.” “And for a good reason, I am not able.” “You could keep up a very comforta¬ ble household if you were not—well, what you are,” said the colonel as he j moved away, “Ah, hold on, colonel! Don’t leave me in that matter-of-fact manner,” said 1 the young man. But the other paid no attention to his words. He went down the steps and w. y way nte moonlight. “I know what he means. He might M well have told me in so many words that I was a spendthrift. Hang it all! I know I am very careless about money matters. If I had been forced to win my way up from the ranks it would have been different. I would then know the value of a dollar. Ah, well! Life Is short, my dear colonel, and here she comes.” Was it tho tap-tap of the tiny shoes or the frou-frou of the snowy skirts that made Harry Lancaster’s heart throb tu¬ multuously? It was both, and the know¬ ledge that the woman he loved better than all the world was approaching. Rising, he lifted his hat, tossed his cigar over the rail and offered this charming creature in white his chair. “Do not get up, Mr. Lancaster; I merely came out for a short walk up and down the veranda. Isn’t it a lovely eve¬ ning 1” There was a witchery in the tones of that low, sweet voice. Harry Lancaster's heart pumped away more vig¬ orously than ever in his bosom. If the veranda roof hadn’t been eave-fringed with ivy, the moonlight would have dis¬ posed the hot flush that mantled the young man’s face. Bowing low, he was one of the most polite men alive, he said: “It is, indeed, a delightful evening. If you will not accept my chair, will you permit me to offer you my arm for the stroll?” She laid her pretty white hand upon his arm. When they reached the other end of the veranda they turned to retrace their steps. “Ah, was that not a fire-fly? Over there among those bushes to the right? Bee—there it is again. Now it has dis- appeared." “It may be a fire-fly, but it is my opin- ion ... that, the colonel ... is smoking a cigar there among the shadows,” said Harry. “Is that charming old beau here?” she suddcnly asked, allowing her hand to glip v from the other - g arm. “He came this afternoon.” "And as 1 was not down to tea I did not meet him.” “You seem to be well acquainted with the colonel, Miss Lisle.” “Fairly. Really I ought not to have spoken so shamefully about him. He is a perfect gentleman—but ., TJ I detest . --u- that quaint idea of his strange umbrella.” “Umbrella! . ... What umbrella, may I j inquire?” asked Harry. ,,,,,, Wh L , have you _______ never ,_____„v heard about . j the colonel’s umbrella?” “Never ” * “Colonel Stone possesses a blue, old- f a8 hioned umbrella which is supposed to be a very potent love charm; or, in other words, when he invites a lady to share his shelter against the rain the lady’s heart is won forthwith, Strange, is it not?” “I should dislike you to accept its shelter,” softly said Harry, lifting the white hand and pressing it to his lips. VOL. 1. NO. 46. If the lady understood his meaning she was coy in acknowledging his words, purport. But she quickly disengaged her hand from his, slipped it over his arm, and the pair resumed the stroll just in time to meot the colonel as he ascend¬ ed the steps. Tho latter lifted his hat and passed on into the hotel, while Harry and Leona continued to murmur sweet nothings under the friendly shad¬ ow of the ivy-trellised veranda. * * ♦ The next morning Hurry’s heart wafl like lead when he looked from the win¬ dow nnd saw tho leaden clouds scurry¬ ing along the angry horizon. “Rain I And I was to take her out for a drive 1 Well, I suppose I must make the best of it aud while away the time in tho parlors,” muttered he as ha performed his toilet When he entered the dining-room he saw Miss Lisle’s place was vacant. Ah, the colonel’s chair, too, is vacant! Over the coffee Harry made the resolve to make or break before night. He will ask her for that dainty, white hand. He feels in his heart of hearts that she doo* not dislike him. On the contrary, there is something in those lovely blue eyes that tells him she rather is pleased with his presence. He went to the gentlemen’s smoking room, lighted a cigar and seated himself near a window overlooking the whit* stretch of sand, the curling wavo crest* and lowering sky. Ah I A couple approach from tho beach. The gentleman carries—a blue umbrella\ As the pair drew near, Harry’s heart boat wilder and wilder. It must be the colonel’s umbrella. It is thc colonel! But who is the lady? Only Mis* Leona Lis'.e! “Pshaw! I’m a fool to think anything strange about this! What do I care about the colonel’s umbrella and its potent charm? But I wish it was some one else than Leona,’ mused Harry as he tossed about his cigar and went out upon the veranda. Leona went indoors. Tho colonel closed his quaint, blue umbrella with a click of satisfaction and passed Harry with a polite bow and a good morning. Two hours later, Miss Lisle blushed ss Harry asked her a question. She softly said : “Thc potency of the colonel’s umbrel¬ la is not a fiction. He is a charming man, and—I thank you for your offer -but I suid ‘yes’—under the blue umbrella.— Yonker'a Gatette. The Science of Silence. He who has learned the science of si¬ lence may hide ignorance and even ac¬ quire a reputation for knowledge and wisdom. A story is told of tho painter Zeuxis, how he reproved a certain high priest of Great Diana of the Ephesians, who discoursed of pictures in the artist’s studio with so reckless an audacity of ig¬ norance that the very lads who were grinding colors could not refrain from giggling, whereupon Z iuxis said to his to eloquent friend, “As long as you kept from talking you were the admiration of the boys, who were all wonder at your rich attire and the number of your ser¬ vants; but now that you have ventured to expatiate upon the arts of which you know nothing, they are laughing at you outright.” Denouncing the vapid ver¬ biage of shallow praters, Carlyle exclaims, “Even Triviality and Imbecility, that can sit silent, how respectable are they in comparison 1” It was said of one who has taken for a great man so long as ho held his peace: “This man might have been a councillor of State till he spoke; hut having spoken, not the beadle of a ward." Lord Lytton tells the story of • groom married to a rich lady, and is consequent trepidation of being ridiculed by the guest in his new home. An Ox¬ ford clergyman gave him this advice: “Wear a black coat, and hold youi tongue.” The groom was soon consid¬ ered the most gentlemanly person in the country. Silence is an excellent foil foi conversation. A clever person makes his talk far more delightful by interposing occasional flashes of silence, as Sydney Smith said Macaulay did on his return from India.— Quiver. Drying Tomatoes. In Italy an extensive business is curried on in drying tomatoes to use during those portions of the year when fresh fruit can¬ not be obtained. According to the Ru¬ ral Record, tomatoes are grown, for ths most part, between rows of grape vines. Sometimes the tomatoes are trained ou the lower bars of the trellis to which the vines are attached. The tomatoes are allowed to remain on the branches until they are quite ripe. They are then pick¬ ed and pressed in bags m dc of coarse cloth, which allows the pulp to pass through, but which retains the seeds and skins. The pulp is then thinly spread out on cloth, boards, or in shallow dishes, and exposed to the sun to dry. When it has become quite dry, it is broken up fine, or ground, and pu into boxes or bags and sent to market. A large part of it is used for soups, but a considerable portion is employed as we do tomatoes when preserved in tin or other cans. It is soaked for a few hours in warm water, and then cooked in the ordinary manner. There is a great prejudice against canned tomatoes, many being unwholesome. The acid juice which they contain unitos with the solder of the tin cans and forma a disagreeable compound.
