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About Schley County enterprise. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1886-1??? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1886)
SCHLEY COUNTY A. J. HARP, Publisher. The statistical statement just issued for the Society of Friends in England „l l0V ,s that for the first time for many care thero has been a decrease in the membership of the body in Great Britain, 'j'lic number of numbers reported in great Britain is 15,380, which is one less than in the preceding year. The deaths in the past year numbered 270, which is about 17.03 per thousand. General , Hosccrans, Register • ,i„ r of . the Treasury, certifies the cost of our four rent wars as follows - " ■fi lS.!.! " ’ inon’qixi’d/i* m ooo’ooo Between ourselves............ o,ioj,w„o,ouo Total....... .........$6,441,3.0,905 „ » » '—y tbat W A wlien we had to share it . with Other peo- ,do i ' some economy was practiced. But whon wo had | it . all .. to ourselves . it waa conducted regardless of expense. ______ '1 lie Hon. J. Sterling Morton several . yntrs ago, as (governor of Nrhraska, started the practice of setting apart a par- ticular day each spring for the planting of trees. , lie TT» cade r-nllprl it t “ArtinrUnv * orD.w, “ and a. nnw the mime and the day glod are known all over Ihe 1 rattice l»„. cently gone eastward, where the dcstruc- tion of the forests has created a demand for tree planting. ... la r Nebraska tn-v 1 1 the day j l Anril 22j is by law a holiday. The schools .1. bank, .but their i.o„, muchol ordinary business is suspended, in order that the planting shall not be in¬ terfered with. For a number of years past there lias been a steady flow of 40,000 to 50,000 Scandinavians into this country, The great bulk of them settle in the North- western States. Minnesota, especially, swarms with Norsemen. The census of 1880 shows that there were then 181,729 Norwegians, 194,337 Swedes, and 04,106 Danes in the United States—a total of 440.172. Since then—six years ago— fully a quarter of a million 1 as been added to these figutes by emigration, and Dakota lias attracted not far from 50,000 of them. In a few years Dakota will be as full of Scandinavians as Min- j nesota, if the present rush continues, They are also beginning to flow into Montana . and , Idaha, T , , Oregon , , and , Wash- ... 1 ! ington. For some time the Hydrographic j Office has been collecting and publishing information about the use of oil upon I j waves at sea. Reports ,, . furnished , . . j , by Captains from all parts of the world have been printed on the monthly pilot charts, , and at the end of the last calendar year the reports for twelve months were issued in a pamphlet. The dissemina¬ tion of the f: cts narrated by these ob- eoricrs appears to have convinced many mariners that lives and property can be saved by the use of a few cents’ worth of oil, for in some of the South shoe , ship chandlers’ stores oil especially pre- pared for use in gales is now advertised and sold, and the dealers say that it has become “the fashion’’ to carry j oil on board ship, and to use it when vessels j are threatened by heavy seas. i T In Germany _ the , , hours o ,, a ,___________ 1 • ‘8 per week, in textile factories, 72; in ma- chine factories, 60. In France, in textile factories 72- in machine factories, 00. In Austria, ’ 66 in each. In Russia, in textile factories, . from , _ 2 to , o 84, 4 * 1 - n m (bine factories, 72. In Switzerland, 66 hours in each. In Belgium, in textile factories 72; in machine factories, 62. In Italy, in textile factories, 69 to 90; in machine factories, 72. In Holland, in textile factories, 72; in machine factor- ies, 64. In the United States, 60 in each. In Great Britain, ’ in textile factories, 56; in machine ,. factories, „ . 5*. „ . In - .ig. , factories generally close at 5:80 o’clock in the evening, and at 1 on Saturday nf- ternoon'while in the silk factories of Northern Italy the factories are open from 5 a. m. to 10 f. m., the hands woi k ing 94 1-2 hours per week, or 15 3-4 hours per day, exclusive of meal hours. Since the arrival of warm weather the medical journals have come out in force with hygienic rules. The leading medi¬ cal journal of France has publi bed a pamphlet protesting against the extrava¬ gant use of artificial mineral waters, which, it; ets forth, do the double dam¬ age of chilling the stomach, thus laying ti e foundation for gastric catarrh, while the limestone held in deposit in the car- bonified waters finds its way to the kid¬ neys and eventually produces Bright s disease. The pamphlet also protests against ice-water as a provocative of catarrh in the stomach. It further says: “Water should be drank cool, but not iced, with the juice of a quarter or half a lemon in it. Mineral water should always be swallowed slowly. It is not the stomach which is dry, hut the mouth and throat. If you toss off a drink of tvatcr you throw it through your mouth and throat into your stomach without doing the former any good, while you injure the latter by loading it with what it does not require. Drink slowly, and beep the water in your mouth for a mo¬ ment when you begin. If you work in a hot room in hot weather tie a dam]) cloth around your temples, and you will not experience half the c.avings for drink you otherwise would.” ANARCHISTS C0NY1CTED. V/Ttf.V TO HAAG AND ONE Mil THE PEN I TEAT IA It V. in curs Innlilo nml Outside the Court llomc — What the /.citim* nays of the Ver¬ dict—To Appeal the Decision. At i) :20 Mrs. Parsons entered the court room with her reticule, accompanied by ;t woman who has attended her through- out the trial. She was given a seatin'- t ween two policemen, and with t wo po- iicemen immediately in her rear, w™", 0 ." not,- of course is not known, but tile IL sent accorded the femah anarchist was deemed significant. The court was culled to order at 9:54 flic prisoners were not observable to the ^ -T* T*/ j o? }^ | Spies I !, ' U1 <1 U FU^dn ischu r Tokeil looked 1 lent lily pale, the jury ■ arrived D:oo. I’here was an impressive silence as they filed in. When the jury appeared, Judgt Gary enjoined absolute si’euee. Then the was judge a whispered and consultation between read follows: clerk, when the verdict was as We the jury find the defendants, Au £V s t S P ,cs - -Michael Schwab, Samuel ^ R ' Wen , , i Albert It. Parsons, Adolph miiltv Fischer, George Engle and Louis Lingo S’.SS of murder as rhnrfrpd in the indict- We find tJie defendant Oscar W. Neebc guilty of murder in the manner and form as charged ^ in the indictment, and fix thi* lt at imprisonmeilt ia the peuiten jarv c4j,™ for fifteen Dl^kUed years that the jut, he polled. The jurymen answered with firm A MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL. Captain Black said he would desire to make a motion for a new trial. State’s Attorney Grinned said it would during be impossible to dispose of the motion the present term, but by agree rnent, the motion could be argued at the the September defense. term. The This was agreed to by court let the motion be entered and continued until next terra. The defendants were taken back to jail. The court then arose and addressed the jury as follows: Gentlemen of the jury: You have finished this long and very arduous trial, which has required a very considerable sacrifice of time and some hardships. 1 hope that everything has been done that could possibly be done to make these sacrifices and hardships as mild as might be permitted. It does not become me to say anything in regard to the case that you have tried or the verdict you have rendered, ’ but men compulsorily serving as juror8 a9 you have done, deserves some recognition of the service you have per¬ formed beside the meagre compensation you have received. The foreman of the jury said: *' lu: -ffiT deputed to meet only the agreeable duty that it is ottr p rov i nce to perform, and that is to thank the court and counsel for the defense and the prosecution for your kindly care to make us as comfortable as possible dur¬ ing our confinement. We thank you. The court responded very briefly. The prisoners had filed out during this interim under the guidance of baliffs. Mrs. Schwab, wife of one of the pris oners fainted when she heard the verdict, diet Th? Arbeiter-Zeitung tae anarchist says “The of the ver- in case: news j s conveyed in the above head linos was communicated by Mr. Osborn, foreman of the jury, to Judge Gary, ‘Spotters,’ which mingled among the crowd in the street, broke into a hurrah when the announcement was made, but (h e judge became quite pale. Not even he himself had expected it. Mr. Grin- nell awaited it openly—presumably he had his reasons for so doing. Marshal Field and men of his stripe have much— unlimited money. What do people say to verdict? It considers it impossible, We also could not believe the first news confirmed later. I Captain Black at once moved for a new j ; Judge trial. Mr. Grinnell will did not object, and j September Gary hear Should the motion at the term. he refuse it, then there remains nothing but appeal. ' ' V ' e ourselves too much excited to say more to-day.” The excitement of the crowd in front i of the coift house was something intense { while There the verdict of the was joking being and awaited. laugh- « s none nig that is heard on any other occasion brings the mob to a stand without t iio.se dreary walls—the execution of a convicted criminal. Each man seemed to beholding his breath. Such conversa- conviction of the eight prisoners who W( , re waiting for the hour which was to mean life or death to them. There was a cordon of police stretched along the side¬ walk in front of the outer stairs of the building. A dozen blue coats mingled with the crowds, and more stood guard over the little gate in the alley that leads to the jail yard. Detectives and police- men in citizens’ clothes were every where to be seen. There was also a regular p imrd at the street entrance of the build¬ ing, and a deputy sheriff and two officers were stationed on the iron stairway lead¬ ing to the court verdict room. announced When the was to the waiting people outside, cheer after cheer went up and continued for some time. YELLOW FEVER AT QUARANTINE. At a meeting of the board of health ■11 Monday, a telegram was read report¬ ing the arrival of the bark Scotian at the lower quarantine She lost station, two of nineteen her days from Colon. crew on the passage from fever, and had four eases on board. The sick were removed to the hospital, and two of the cases were pronounced yellow fever. The vessel will be detained at the lower quarantine station or sent to Ship island. A DEFAULTER’S SUIUIDE. Gray the defaulting treasurer of the Atlantic and Indian Orchard mills, of Boston, Mass., committed suicide on Wednesday. His body was found at Blue hills. Gray had unbuttoned his vest and placing a 32 calibre revolver to his heart, fired. ELLAV1LLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 26, 1886. DEKALB'S STATUE. GREAT CROWDS AT TDK UNVEIL- I AO IN ANNAPOLIS. Unveiling oftlae llronzn statue at Annnpo- II*. Aid. caused Md., to the awaken historic from old the city lethargy of Annapolis’ which it is with 10,000 usually enwrapped. Fully '-lie city strangers were in attendance and the occasion. was gaily decorated in honor of The statue is considered ^ven by ex-Secretary Frelinghuysen. It cpresents a German soldier in Conti- uental uniform with a sword upheld and is nine a magnificent bronze work, measuring feet in height, mounred on n granite “! nltTe and'faces ° Vhe house muse grounds erounds and faces due < 1110 south south. Hie ceremonies opend with a parade, m which a part was taken by United States naval iticers, cadets and mariners; all the date militia, the Knights of Pythias German societies and other organizations, The unveiling was according to the solemn dual of the Masonic order and was in 'barge of the grand lodge of Maryland Ihomas J. Shryick, grand marshal, with Beausant commandery Knights Templar, SlXll'.S as drawn a guard half of honor. The veil was with- at nast 7 two °a oVlork when a re .cademy. Secretary of State Bayard, who waa accompanied by the Turkish '.Minster, received the statue from sculp- tor Keyser. _ THE BA8DRES CASE. -- An Inve«fl*atlon S>hows It to Ilave Been a Brutal Murder of an American Citizen. Colonol John A. Baker, a prominent lawyer, writes Colonel H. H. Bee, ol Austin, Texas, saying he has been inves¬ tigating in Mexico and Eagle Pass tho Rasures murder by request of the mother and widow of the unfortunate man. Offi¬ cial search was made for charges against Rasures and none could be found. Be¬ fore he was shot his murderer said: “This is the same spot where you ar¬ rested and disarmed them,” alluding to the Mexicans; “do you remember itf” I don’t think, however, this changes the question, as he was kidnapped, and de¬ manded a trial as a citizen of Texas, and as such entitled to her protection, and through her to the protection of tho nited States. I shall put in a claim for widow .*100,000 damages in the name of the and heirs of the murdered Ras- ures. Governor Ireland authorized the fol¬ lowing reply: “If he heirs or family were living in Texas at the date of the murder, the damages is proper, and hesitation the governor of Texas will have no in indors¬ ing it.” CARRIED OUT HIS THREAT. A Nebraska Farmer Kills a Neighbor for Serving a Writ# Enoch Young was shot and killed by a man named Vinson, in Cottar valley, Neb., on Wednesday. A dispute lmd arisen between Vinson and a settler about a piece of land. The settler attempted io serve a summons on him in legal pro¬ ceeding to stop him from cultivating the land, and Vinson ran him off with a shot gun,’ attempted and said he would the kill any one Young, who to serve summons. who was on good terms with Vinson, then volunteered to serve it, and was ac¬ companied by several neighbors, who hid in a cornfield to see the fun, as they termed it. When Young announced to Vinson his errand, Vinson fired at him, killing him instantly, twenty-five buck shot entering his body. Vinson fled to the hills, but afterwards surrendered and he was placed in jail at Broken Bow, under strong guard to prevent mol) violence. FIVE PERSONS KILLED. Fatal Kesuits of a Boiler Explosion iu Wisconsin. At Oakland, Wis., on Monday a ter- riffic explosion occasioned by the burst¬ ing of a boiler in the carpenter shop of Petinier & Webster. The boiler bouse was utterly demolished and five men and boys instantly killed. Nelson Pero, foreman of the working crew, was slightly wounded in the leg, and B. F. Bailey, severely. He is now in the hospital with a fair show to recover. The cause of the explosion was a lack of water in the boiler. Saturday the boiler was blown off and pumped up after cleaning. As usual, the fire was built, when it was found that the injector would not work. While trying to fix it the explosion occurred. HYDROPHOBIA IN BAY CITY. \ Young Mu 11 Bitten by a Pet I>og in tha Throes of Death. Ethelbert Smithson, aged 19, of Bay City, Midi., had a finger bitten by a pet dog, which died, It hydrophobia had exhibited tm- mistakablc signs of No attention was paid to the wound retired until Tuesday. The his young man had apparently in usual health, but soon awakened the family with his barking aud growling. Physicians were sum¬ moned and at once pronounced the ease hydrophobia. His paroxysms were so violent and desperate he had to be chloroformed. He has been removed to the county jail and manacled to his bed. WESTERN STORMS. I .Ti'lonn 1*1 living Havoc in Mlnneaeta aad Dakota. Reports from various Minnesota and Sunday Dakota points show and that night the storm of afternoon was unusu¬ ally severe. At Fargo visited there is a rumor that a cyclone Breckenridge, Minnesota, with disastrous the results to down life and property, but wires are and the report cannot be verified. A cyclone was seen at Albert Lea, hut it too high to be dangerous. At Elk- ton. Dakota, the depot was unroofed and the Catholic church blown from its foun¬ dations. At Larimer, Dakota, the Pres¬ byterian church was blown down: loss ji'3,000. A number of smaller into frame the buildings and cars were blown fiver at Dalton, Minn. HEWSY GLEANINGS. Gold is at a premium of 34 }{ in Buenos Ayres. bodied Himpm asters complain of the lack of able- seamen. Owing to recent rainy weather in Russia, ^r^rm^tS-reakbrnt isa new j^!'‘ V i^the • -n t G 'gold and silver mbbag companies Black Hills. I.n a museum in an Arizona town ere pr»- served the heads of seventeen Apachos. Tub customs duty on one picture recently brought to New York by Hermann Sehaus benefactors of their race. Professor Patterson, of San Francisco, wants *12, OOD with which to complete his air «h‘P- It is 180 feet long. The Treasury Department ^05^X2^ at Washington SS-SM “ Seven tramps were recently taken forcibly from the jail at Salula, Colo., by members of the Citneus’ League, flogged and set free. The Chicago makers of butterine and . lo- margarine have resolved to test the constitu- ^1, tionalttyof the Uleomargariue Act passed Coug [, ess :. ouulmd cjfad imSaking , a^Miiion^tSS'oMt’w.oS^ „ . f . uses fired tl.UW worth of amuniUon every time it is Mm^thantwo the Russian per cent, of all punished the private court-martial in .lastyear. army were Among the by offonoas were '>» uuu trich farm worth fifty pounds of feathers were ob- tained $100 per ponnd, or $8,00J for the pick. In Brazil the liberated slaves show k an un- ST of tZ&SSZiSAX.'&’SH supply for agricultural laborers. sourc# - THE ___ BELFAST BIOTS. The Magistrates Puzzled Vbout the Verdict Against the Policemen- The magistrates of Belfast are in a quandary as to how to proceed in view of the verdict of wilful murder found against charged nine policemen. They are with unnecessarily firing upon citizens during the recent riots. The policemen have been arrested and sent to jail. They intend to apply to the court of queen’s bench for permission to give bail. Two mobs gathered to-day and indulged dispersed. in stone throwing, but were soon Affairs here have al¬ most resumed their normal condition, and no more serious rioting is feared. Military precautions have been relaxed. A VERY SAD STORY. A Young Lady I>ie» From Fright and Ex- haustion. A singular and very sad story comes from Morgan county, Tenn. Miss Louisa Voss, daughter of one of the leading families of the county, was teaching a school near Kismet, Friday after- noon she received word that her mother had been taken dangerously ill. The young lady would not wait to secure a conveyance, and ran rapidly home. Just as she reached the doorstep at home she fell dead from fright and exhaustion and her mother lived but a short time. THE FISHERIES 1JUESTION. Lord Iddsleigh, foreign secretary, has written to the International Arbitration association, lief saying he concurs in the be¬ of his predecessor. Lord Roseberry, that the moment is inopportune to re¬ ceive a deputation to discuss the subject of opening negotiations with the United States for the establishment of an Anglo- American tribunal, whose duties shall be to consider international questions. Lord Iddsleigh says that the fishery question which the arbitration associa¬ tion refers to, Is at present a subject of diplomatic negotiations, and expresses the hope that results may be favorable. DEFEAT OF THE KNIGHTS. The striking cigarmakers of New York returned to work on Monday as union¬ ists. The strippers, of whom there are nearly five huudred, also returned to their shops. The bunebers went back to work Tuesday nnd the rollers on Wed¬ nesday. J. Brussel & Co. and Ottenberg Bros, are the only firms now bolding out and still employing Knights of Labor In the shops. The fight between cigar makers and Knights of Labor bad been on for several weeks, and the knights have been defeated. SUICIDE OF AN ARTIST. A Waldo Guest, of Baltimore, an ar- fist, entered a saloon on Baltimore street and after taking a drink, sat down. But in a few minutes fell to the floor. He was taken to the hospital, where he DM. A note in his pocket askeil that li.toth nii K hl l« t.k r pb«i to hi. father, Albert Guest, Dexter, Mich., and evidence of him having taken laudanum witli suicidal intent. He formerly lived in Chicago, and has of late been much depressed ', because of his wife’s intemper- ‘ ate tiaDits. ... A CRAZY BARBER’S ACT. Patrick H. McCarron, a barber, of^ Providence, R. L cut the throat of James' Crosby while shaving him on Wednes¬ day. Crosby ran into the street, but died on the sidewalk. McCarron has been cian subject to fits of advised dementia, and a physi¬ last month that he be taken to an asylum for treatment. FAILURE OF A DRY GOODS HOUSE. The large Dry Goods House of Samuel R. Payson, of Boston, failed on Wednes¬ day. His liabilities are estimated at |350,000. His financial difficulties were caused by the defalcation of treasurer William Gray. ENVOY SEDGWICK IN MEXICO. Envoy Sedgwick arrived Friday at El Paso, Tex., went across the river and was closeted with American Consul Brig- barn, and afterwards left for the City of Mexico. It isn’t because good advice is want¬ ing that many easier people “go wrong,” but because it is to “let ’er slide” than to take the medicine. NEWSY TOPICS, VARIOUS QUARTERS. ’ . _ ~ K^.t ^..... Tb* Arm V and mp V KegUUr publtshe* the following: Secretary Whitney has de- terxuined to include in the list of new cruis- era for which proposals ara to be invited the large unarmored cruiser authorized by the bill passed two weeks ago to increase tho ua- rtructor White, of England, for the ship known as “No. 27,” be used. These plans con" template a vessel of greater power an 1 speed than any cruiser now aioat—in fact, the _ th/world m v i ,i 1Mtmwm at" j visw | of the kind in the time of completion. The principal dimensions of the vessel are as fol- lows . Length ovor all, 3-35 f,-et; beam, ex- trama, 48 feet 8 ln"he*; draft, mean, 19 feet 6inches; load displa Lo. ement, .VAl, 4,413 tons; indi- rated horre power, forced coinhus- tion; twin screws; estimated speed, nineteen | ^'xho shin has two military coafcapacity masts, no sail power except storm sails; about aOiltons. & The complement of men U 320 Ths j eight C -Sng‘ s ’rifle^secondmy Hotchkis-| bat- te r , 7 . siU gi e sh ot guns, tw - ( , y,. revolver machine guns aud one sk ort Gatling. The huU will be con- of steel throughout, with double WN)* The outer plating ^5 varies from thirty pounds owy »o savenl^n we^ht bjiag'twenty on^half pounds j^^d^ the ordi- 18 r “?1 “ 0 ™ ^ foi? CS puSS W r r d erk nail lncnes on tno nonzoniai pari amnssnips. A Feat In Surgery. A remarkable surgical operation has just been performed at the Massachusetts Uen- ei al Hospital, that city. Boston, About by Dr. M. H. Richard¬ son of a year ago John McCarthy swallowed a set the of artificial teeth, lodged which passed in the through cardiac oesophagus orifice and the of stomach. Some months ago an attempt was made by a surgeon to remove the obstruct ion by the introduction through of the an instrument into the oesophagus mouth, hut to no purpose. The passage of food to the stomach being became almost much wholly emaciated prevented, the patient very an twery weak, aud it was evident that unless relief was soon had he must die. After having had the casi under observation at the hospital for a short time Dr. Richardson determined upon opening the stomach, He mads a transversa cut in the left side of tho abdomen, through which when the stomach was dra wn and then opened, Dr. Richardson washable to reach and remove the teeth. The internal opening was then closed with line silk and the stomach replaced, the external cut being also closed completed with stitches. in forty-five The whole min- j operation The was his utes. patient is is doing considered well, and com¬ plete recovery now certain. The Great Forest Fires. A Fort Howard (Wis.) dispatch says: Re¬ ports from ths great fires have not been at ail exaggerated. Fort Howard and Green all Bay around are enveloped the outskirts in dense of smoke, tho and town can be seen the llama) as they burst from the distant woods. Every¬ thing is as dry as tinder, and the fence) and grass along burning. the tracks North are either burned or are now of Little Creek is a large all cranberry fire and swamp burning in which tho bushos of the are most on peculiar offe at the fiercely. fire is ( the n; ts ac¬ tion of the animals, whi b seem to be appre¬ hensive of some great danger. J'be ttag cattle and feed, horse) and stamp huddle the together, restively. forget- to ground Around Green Bay the damage has been heavy, but the greatest loss has been suf¬ fered in the Oconto region. Last Monday night tho lire reached Depero, and burned fifty-one buildings, The including a church nnd several stores. tiros, according to the latest reports,aro rapidly dying out, and un¬ less a gale of wind should spring up will cause littlo more damage. Hurricanes in the West. house Duriug a win 1 storm a large double ice¬ at Mitchell, Ma lison County, Ill., was bl >wn down, and four tramps who had taken refuge iu tho building were killed. 1 he buil iing was about half full of ice, aud was ra e i to the ground. At the afternoon performance of a circus in Edina, Mo., a tremendous wind torrn came up, poles. tearing The whole the immense fell canvas from the to the ground, burying great numbers of men, women and children ben-ath the canvas and creating a panic which resulted in a number of persons being seriously injured. A hurricane passed over Keokuk. Iowa, do¬ ing great damace to buildings aud leveling fences and trees. Numbers of business houses wore unroofed and the spire o tho Fir-t Baptist Church was blown down. Ct n- siderable loss was entailed in the lumber dbtr.ct. Throughout violent Iowa and in portions of Illi¬ nois a storm has greatly injured crops. PERSONAL MENTION. Senator Jones, of Florida, is to open a law office in Detroit, Hrnry Ward Beecher is to lecture in this country next winter on Ireland, Ben: Perlet Poor, the veteran Washing- possessing a fortune of $20,009,090. Ex-President Arthur continue) to itn- prove in health nnd appearance. He has now got his weight up to 175 pounds. It is stated that the profits already re- ceived by Mrs. Grant from the sale of the “Grant Memoirs” amounts to $o.J0,U09. M r. Thomas Ewing Sherman, son of Gen¬ eral Sherman will be Professor of Rhetoric in Detroit College during the next year. Mrs. Vilas, the wife of the Postmaster- daughter General, is going abroad with her eldest for the sake of the latter’s health. Lord De Clifford, who is now traveling in this country, dares his borrowed title ba k to 1269. Ha is fifty years old, married aud child ess. Mrs. Cleveland is said to write on an average about twenty letters a day, most of them in reply to communications from entire strangers. Martin Irons, the Knight of Labor who took so prominent a part in the recent rail¬ road strikes in the Southwest, is running a re-taurant and saloon in Kansas City. Thk mother of General Phil Sheridan is still hale ami hearty, though eighty-seven years old, and is living at Morner.-et, Ohio, where her “boys” visit tier every summer. Shortly after Lord Lonsdale came into his estates he traveled all over England w.th his lriends. Lieutenant A. T L Howard, „ of „ Connect!- „ cut, who commanded a Gatliug gun platoon in the war agamst Lou s Riel, Las 10 eived from the Canadian Goverume it several med- als commemorative of his services. Mrs. F. GROTON i“Ida Gleuwood”), the lecturer and serial writer, though blind aud sixty much years her of age, uses a type-writer for of worn, equaling an ordinary per- sou in the neatness and accuracy of the writ- ing. BASE BALL BOTES. The Now- Yorks say Bhaw, of Washington, has wonderful curves. Denny, of the St. Louis League nine, has T^^tSt'Ta home run h “ iVMsolT^'gti'u'ab^ttbs in best i 0U g-di,tam e thrower the profession. Each of the Boston pitchers has disposed of an opposing nine for one hit this season. The Boston pitchers have a better batting record than any corps of pitchers in the 1 Grounds. In the last three games with the Brooklyns the Louisville) made fifty-eight runs and fifty-eight h.ta ^ph"^ Hinks, of the Washingtons, scored all the * ** ^ ^ Connor of the New Yorks, has had the unusually large number of forty-four assists at lirst base this season. A foul ball knocked into a crowd of men a for. t Topeka hit a negro in the eye with such e that Ins eyesignt was destroyed. Mink Kelly is only oue-nigth of the oue-^th ‘^a'n tTieruus inad^by’h^rlub™ lined The Kas'tern Newark club M^g has been *200 bv the i-eague the aggressor in a quarrel with the Waterhuiys about an umpire. 8t. Hart, of the Athletics, and Hudson, of th Louis Browns, are t.h% youngest pitchers ^ Johnson, the professional runner, savs him that Sunday, of the Chicago club, gave ono of the hardest races in tns life. He says that little Buuday can run too yards in 101-5 w * conds - home ruus wise, of Boston, the most three- baggers and Anson, of Chicago, and Brouth- ers, of Detroit, the greatest number of dou- bles. What a thrilling struggle tho Baltimore and Metropolitan clubs are having for the “honor” of being the association's taii-ender. It is by no means certain, however, that the Athletics may not yet take a hand in that fight. Curious coincidences exist in the New York Chicago series thus far played. The New-Yorks have won six games and one was a tic. ha h club has made sixty-six runs, earned twenty-nine and made 111 errors. The hits sta.id in New-York's favor—119 with a total of 155, to 102 with a total of 153. Dan Leahy, the well-known ball player, said two years ago that the day would come when 20,000 spectators would see a g ame at ono time. Dan thinks that baseball is still in its infancy, and that if it grows in the next ten years as it has in the past ten, noth¬ ing will be thought of a crowd of 50,000 spectators watching a game. The batting and fielding rank of the League Clubs up to late date was as follows: New Yorns........... Batting. ftiMlag. 1 -c Bostons................ 4 *5 Chii agos.............. 3 Detrorts.............. 2 rM Kansas Citys.......... .... 6 sc Philadelphia*......... St. 7 ca Ixmis.............. .... 5 oo Washingtons......... b e» MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. {Jn a Faris theatre the ushers are all ladles- Remknyi is playing his violin in Hindustani AVilliam W. Astor is reported to W writing a play. 1 A granddaughter of Charles Dickens aa) gone on the stage. Mrs. Scoit-Siddons will make a profes lioual tour in this country during the coming tea Mm. , Mr. Dion B iUCICault, dramatist and actor, will return to America in the latter part of October. Herr Kichi\i, one of the actors of the! Vienna Opera House, still appears in panto¬ mime at tue age of eighty. \ “Will” Carlkton, the author of “Betsy 1 and 1 Out,” is going to lecture and read to English audiences this autumn. Miss Helen M. Levitt is the richest un¬ married girl in the (Juaker City. She is worth $5,000,09(1 and is young and attractive. Mmk. Minnie Hauk is going to return to this country next month, anil duriug aud the comiug season will be heard in concerts opera. It is claimed that Mr. Gillette's new play, “Held by the Enemy,” is the strongest clay with an American motive that has ever been written. Jknny Lind’s daughter, who is said to possess a flue voice, though not as marvelous visit this as that of her mother, is going to country. Mr. Joseph Wheelock is to be the Na¬ poleon and Mrs. D. P. Bowers the Josephine for a drama to be presented this season, deal¬ Emperor ing with a chapter in the life of the great of the French. greatest Miss Margaret of Mather her has in San rnado_ Fran¬ the success career cisco. Her Juliet is called “Shakespeare's legitimate ideal,” and the critics pronounce Neiison. her the successor of Miss Miss Louis Parker, a young American singer and a pupil of Mme. de la Grange of Paris, has been engaged by Colonel MeCaull for his opera troupe. She was educated for the Italian stage, and is said to possess an ex¬ quisite voice. The three greatest tenors in the world, Gayarre, be found Masini in and Spain. Tamugao, An are generally to engagement at the Royal Opera of Madrid is regarded as a higher honor than one at any of the great Italian theatres. A REMARKABLE LIFE. Career of Manricce Flynn, the Convicted New York Contractor. The following t) an epitomized account of the life of Maurice B. Hytia, the New York contractor who has heen jointly indict d with Commissioner of Public Works Squire for conspiracy. Squire male Flynn is the agreement man with whonj a written prac¬ tically the permitting the contractor to Works: control office of Commissioner of Public Born, Came Malden, Columbia county..Nov.3,1848 to New York 1805 Was worth then..... ; 15 E nployedai clerk in grocery.. .$3 per week Three weeks later in Noveity Iron Works................... $5 per week One week later employed as bookkeeper for Guy C. Hotch- kiss & Bon.................... $8 per week Made junior partner.......... 1861 Made equal partner...... •••• -•■ 1871 Graduated from Cooper Institute 1870 Entered politics in Brooklyn...... 1876 Y ■* ‘ m..... 1875-76 $ 10,000 D77 ment of Public Works.................. 1878 Mafle under Thompson’s regime.... $1,000,000 Made Made under Squire’s aqueduct regime.........$790,009 Number on new contracts. hand.............50 .$1,009,010 of contracts on Will make out of these...........$4,000,009 Made from dredging harbor........ $ 100,000 Will make out of Subway Commis- Is sion worth.......... .$2,000,000 Indicted now conspiracy . $3,000,000 for ... Aug. 33 Will be tried............ .,.. Sept. 7 VOL. 1, NO. 48. THE HEWS 1H GENERAL. HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM ALL POINT8. j EASTERN ANI> MIDDLE STATES. I A Mall boat containing five Swedes tip- nl tin Raritan Bay. opposite Perth Amboy, ' N . J. Three of the Sw.des—a man uu i i two wonwu-were drowned. ! st " ^"f h ' n hHectri? Light v Causing i Company Twelve a loss of about $130,000. hundro i lights went out, an 1 part of ths city was in darkness. Ken Shjffimi exandned by chemicalex- pert*. Bigns of poison were discovered. Mayor 8<iuire’from Grace of New York has removed Rollin M the position of Com- missioner of Public Works, subject to the ap- ^l^^Tin^e case of Gray, the defaulting Treasurer of two Boston null red cor- the poratmns, show that ho so ami. stolen money, together with nis wife’s for- tune, on the support of a fleet of yachts, Delaware Democrats at their State Con- vention in Wilmington J' Hof nomiunted ex-Con- i S ’(w 'aud^ohu r ™r B. Pennington, a lawyer, for Congress, The lifeless body of Gray, the defaulting ^Sod^SSfitT"^ ’[9^ * “henThot He bid driven d#1 ^nd hi raseif. Ex- animation of tlm books of the two corpora - ttons dis-losos a deficit of about tt,K),<XXL ?S™" in-- "I 3 i“ nmnnmtio tfon- h„ i<«^vot s to 129 for d Wallace, Dechert, twelve The for ticket McCormick, ftn one for was com- pleW by the nomination of RobrntB. Rick- etts for Lieutenant Governor, MaxweUSto- W. J. Brennan Auditor-General. TttJ.Ji The for platform endorses Cleveland’s administra¬ tion; favors a just and fair revision of the revenue laws, and expresses sympathy with the cause of labor. Part of a train went through a bridge near Brattleboro, Vt, falling into the river sixty feet below. Two railroad employes wore killed, a third was probably fatally in¬ jured, and five or six other persons were badly hurt. Treasurf.r Samuel G. Knelling, of the Lowell Bleacherv, has been arreste 1 in Boston charged with a defalcation of $40,000. The Grant Monument Association lias re¬ ceived eleven model) of Tile design estimate for the of dead the General’s monument. sculptors range from 450,001, to $90,000. SOUTH AND WBST. The Oeddes and Bertrand mining mill, in Secret Capon, Nev., has been dostroyed by fire; lorn, $200,000. Fifteen thousand people witnessed, at An- erected Dapelis, Md., the unve ling of the statue in honor of Baron De Kalb, the Ger¬ man soldier who fought on the side of lib¬ erty during Lloyd the and Revolutionary War. and Gov¬ ernor staff were present, Sec¬ retary Bayard made a speech. Three ranchmen were killed and two wounded in a desperate fight with Indians In Arizona. The whole country north of tho Missouri River in the vicinity of Fort Benton, Mon¬ tana, has been burned over by great prairie fires. Immense damage has been inflicted. Four persons were killed nnd one fatally lafured by a storm at Newark. Dakota. Mrs. Culver was frightened to death the same day by a storm at Chicago. Striking switchmen at Chicago have at¬ tempted freight to wreck several passenger nnd trains. A train of Raven cars filled with passenger* narrowly escaped disaster. General Arthur M. Manigault, a vet- ernof the Mexican war aud auex-Confeder¬ ate officer, died a few days ago on South Island, 8. C. The Democrats of Ohio have nominated a full State ticket headed by John McBride, endorses aud adopted tha a administration platform which of “cordially President Cleveland. ” State Conventions of the Michigan Dem¬ ocrats and the Greenbaokers have been held simultaneously effected, the at Grand naming Rapids, candidates and a fusion latter for Governor, Trea-urer, Commissioner of the Land Office and Superintendent of Public In- stru tion, aud the former naming the rest of the ticket. The Irish American Land League Conven¬ tion, the members of which are Parnell’s American allies in the effort to obtain home rule for Ireland, opened at Chicago on the 18th with an immense attendance. John Davitt and Mrs. Parnell were present The steamer St. Paul, which has arrived •t San Francisco from Oonalaska, three Alaska, British bring) new* of the seizure of schooners by the United Stat s revenue cut¬ ter Corwin for violation of the seal fishing laws in Behring's Sea Farvell’s peace policy of was Irish-Ameri¬ sustained at the second day's meeting the can Land League Convention in Chicago. This result was due to the efforts of Michael Davitt and the other foreign delegates. Reso¬ lutions warmly endorsing Parnell’s policy were adopted. elected John President, Fitzgerald, receiving of Nebras¬ 703 ka, was McCaffrey, votes to 244 The for Hugh unanimously of Penn¬ sylvania. latter was elected Vice-President. The financial state¬ ment showed that in the past two years $320,282.57 had been collected, of of which Treas¬ only $5,000 were still in the hands the urer. A Chicago special of the 30th says that the jury in the trial of the eight Anarchists charged witn killing policemen Dy throwing a bomb during the recent riots rendered the following verdict at 2 a. m. : Editor Kr ie 5 Lingg and Fischer to be hanged; imprisoned Paasons, Fieiden, Schwab and Engel to bo for terms ranging from fourteen to seven¬ teen years, au 1 Neebe acquitted. Eliza Woods, a colored cook imprisoned In the jail at Jackson, lady’s Tenn., death on the by poison, charge of causing a white was forcibly taken from confinement found by a mob aud hanged. Arsenic had been in the dead woman’s stomach. Neukaska Prohibitionists have nominated H. W. Hardy for Governor. Four persons were killed in a tornado which nearly destroyed the village of New¬ ark Dakota. WASHlN«TON. President Cleveland made the follow¬ ing appointments before he left for the Adi- rondaeks: John T. Doyle of New York, to be Secretary of the Ci vii Service commission: Henry A. Ehniuger of New York, to be United States Consul at Cienfuegos, vice Wm. P. Pierce, suspended. Acting-Surgeon General Stoner, of the Marine Hospital, says that the United States is in a very jgood state of health at present, and is entirely few free from yellow contagious diseases, except a case- of lever now under treatment at the Ship Island quarantine station, off the coast of LouDiana. Forelsn. A» aged and imbecile widow named Lebob living in Paris, has met with a horrible death. Her sons endeavored to obtain ad¬ mission for her iu a madhouse but failed. They did not want to support her, aud so they tied her to a stake, b lilt a fire round her, and burned her tj death. A strange calamity is reported from Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands. An im- ^ n c ^ “ ir ^k fr sudd W e h niy teoL a e toS5E£ p o n the town, carrying away and houses every- thing in its course. Many boats were swept away, and two lives were lost.
