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ft t K / W' I J V I \ v ri \ .u uptime ELLAYILLEIUBLISHING CO. -on. The Mistress Hazelwood. Hjr GERALD CARLTON, CHAPTER XI It “I I.OVE TI1E LOVE I DEAR HM.' We come now tp Will Try-foil's second dbe v, rv, which wo record here because it was sdioiby after saying that lust uood- w* "«■'»- <W EViSSStoSi 1 iSiSS .0 bi. ,o.„ "hAh a- opened *»*. the w.ndow tho room thoughtfully, It dark night, and lo b <1 ou f . was a a very ,1 u k n glit b«t he gazed m the direction of the 1 110 ry, thinking of the first morning ho had seen tho surrounding country by day- l 8 tho window finally, took lle closed (he lamp from the drossmg-table, and placed it on one by the window; cut some note- PM er ha f sh eeta ’. au f, the, b * lth a lgh> . . 8 bCfian * Wilf sat there for nearly an hour writing tait! »r '[nm 1 1 tv “vt •?* a id had translated into written language the language of tho heart. For many minutes he gazed vacantly at the half sheets scattered over tho table, Then collectingth >miu order, he took from a drawer 0 small penknife of Emily’s, and apiece of blue ribbon which had once bound Emily's hair. Securing the half sheets together, he looked at the manuscript for a moment, as he held it in his hand, almost afl'ectionatoly and quite sadly, then placed it in the pock- et of his overrent. This done, he sighed with extreme relief. Thus he chronicled his second discovery, Let us learn what that was by reading some of (he paragraphs contained in the writing, and by so doing, know more of Wiil Trefoil. ills Thus ‘ran half sheets: "In less than twelve hours I shall bid adieu to Hazelwood House forever; in less than fifteen, I shall again meet the good liitle creature whom—not without strong resistance ou my part—I have wronged. If I have sinned by wronging ° her, may God forgive me i When came here, only a few weeks back thou h it seems long years—I loved her far more dearly than my life. Alas! that affection, which I imagined only death conic! end, has passed away within a mouth! “My Emily—still and always mine—shall ne-. or know of this. I will learn to hush the whisperings and conceal the secrets of my heart when she i3 nea". “I will marry her, forsake the truth, and swear to her Ihit sho h is all my affection, and that I am happy. "Let my life from now he a huge lie, sc that hers may be one of joy. I have stolen awa >’the love I gave her in return for hers, and I am too great a coward mnv to blight her life aud own the wretched theft. live “May yon, my blight little woman-child, °u in tlie thought that you retain the fickle thing you prize so much; may you never lose faith in Will, as Will has lost .fv a b ‘ ms rif- "ion found me sorely in need of affec- tiou. aud care, ami kindness, and you gave them to mo. dou have often laughed and called your- ce f my second mother; you, child-like and innocent as you are, gradually taught me to walk on a path which yon lit by your love; and.I will not give yori in return—a blow, But u °. the niy boy’s poor love Emily! tianvi ut. The is dead, dear—it was man’s love is born—it is " nut a great difference there is between J' Loy e! . 11 s affection !l h the fascinations fail; ilco vap which d nothings won bo- tho Ion■ !he graces of the being I now adore. Emily was a pi asmg, prett/girl. She a w oman devoid of woman’s blemishes. Gradually dawned has Ihe knowledge that I lovo icr upon mo—tho formation of Ae mil j iassio;i it-clf, which verges on idolatry, il is been po too- beginning with deep ad- lnuat.oa of her loveliness--from that to ad- ini! ation far more deeply, of tho refined bea " f y of her mind. iris' Bentley! Tho words to me are poetry, and an echo auswers from my heart I speak that name, or hear it spoken. 1 00 k ng at it this it to m upon page, seems as some sweet thought expressed in a mystei ious language, which I alone under- siood. flow irresistible is her power over me! word from her turns certainty into doubt; T* ance “hatters what in the past seemed ni1 '* shows me the true right—right as the sees it. s :o has peopled my brain with now “a 1 n :li '-i * inanimate - s has clothed tilings the in world, fresh humanity, clutbos, "ecteraud purer 1 ban those in which I uew thorn first. She has made mo look ^ ,n .Y ‘ oul—has, in truth, introduced me In J’V.., , / la *° ' 0 l° iniagiue v °d her her with gratitude open eyes—have or pity. -hshly have I thought that I could r ■ n “‘ v bfe io behold those heaven-like ev, '"Iding tear for one me. “' )u h it is kopeloss, and wrong to „ . ‘-'“By, aud though futuie must be rinbiitered, . I my exquisite To think glory in this might have that I without knowing her, and through fl.w* ' hor ’ myself, is a more bitter.re* fashion 1 CTeu “D' <Jee P s ac,ncss ca,! I worship of Miss Bentley is a double I < 1 love tho love I bear h r. Pn-ifV i hnt eud am 1 writing this? The penn/i S U ° f n lv!li,n - Th0 Wl,rd H 1 haVe dis i ribut8d , “ ^ thrcu-.h^i*,*^ chosen, tho ideas which - flit »'y brain come too quickly, and tonxi;^ J? a!l0 ,7 ?°r ! K '££%£%£££ " 1 "’’ilc is roal. I feel that should it, ‘\ er bo perused, I, lovo, and the thou- B 'V «U mv under- vo unwritten here will be M(> In her library there is a book which tells a mma»l Uencdiclino. burned with lovo —bow he confessed it to himself, to God, to r -to liimsolf in his lonoly cell—- vli Rubying ljis Wild, lamenting prayers—to written delations r, 1'" in its Breast the ho deemed unholy. ‘ VU<1 bo buried the storv of his fierce fr? SJ™“ slou under tho .h. ground'on which .!«hi. his I ' ht “ 0t b so I will bury the grand secret j of 1 llfo undOT tlle ground of the l’riory j 1 ;' ' l foi’give if Hove too deeply. I Mr - me *V” ' '“'i rk w Miss atch over and protect His graud- ! ' th th - ”t blessing Bentley!" Will’s strange mnuu- ! 1 ‘l'b ended. j ! ; .p. ■e junction . which to be the me6t- was '>$%*iSSX£Jggi was pus- a 1 trni'n’** tj f ° Ur p ' m ” both bein K express amiber! Uy ' ° : * ° Cuutral fo crr.'-R <‘ lulform the bridge tu ceive hiin. re- Whoa Will's train was about half a m ii e from thg junction it suddenly stopped love Ho dreaded the oorniur me e tmg-hox and hS SfwV 4Ua8tl0ulu « of he r eyes; gemlooVefou! P fnX n ! wav they always do IVIlfL wl.cn unexpected steppage MASSES** oectus “» 1 “"»• l « l h„ «^ l SS 2 T’"‘ te *"*• JSSstESS?*** ■> ■«»»• and other of it, but ho did not see Emdv H know that sho should arrive at pla'tfom 7 number IHree, and concluded that b made some mistake about his (rain and ™ then in of tho waiting-rooms ’ one “Are^ot! em-' 0 ]' 'sir v “r c03ted iim 14 Yes How do you stop here?'’ moment. long “Not a minute, sir. Wore late procSto al-esdr - t Vlearly, Km.lyandhe must K 1 hTst'ifr.a^e'with TffC Sara? Cm 1 • H6 I rm,le f or a ,,, T wo well-dressed „ , ,, ladies of middle lady, little boy, age, a young _ a^ and an old geutle- man—nil of them e.idently of one party, aul1 alt of them very nervous aud scared, descended the staircase, followed by two gu-nds and a porter. After these came two b°° rI y dressed girls aud a young man, also P a |® and frightened, " i’,* 1 a s ‘°ot °n the first stair, , tu rned his , head , aud watched them. He could scarcely define his expectations; his parched “ e began to beat and Ins tongue to foe] , as he watched them. It was so staging that-general paleness and the co 2?)*' 1 he on guards ^^btened assisted expression, each of the well- dressed , party mto fust-class with a car un- usual civility, borne brandy was given to li ul ° bo v * " bose toelb chattered against - ( he glass , as he drank , it. the guards then went to tlie poorly dressed party, and, e< A ,u c * vl ,’ ass,ste d tne girls into an- b e r w llrsl_c ar o ‘ a6a < r - ,. . l 10r,er behi the glass of brandy to <he young man, but he shook his head half foolishly, and joined (he girls, with his feet aImo 1 slipping off I he step as he got into Bie car. It was all over in a few minutes; then the train steamed slowly from the platform and the guards looked at each other congratu¬ latory, as though glad it was gone. From the titst stair Will Tryfoil tried to ca l on ; but be could not speak, not even find words to askthequesiion that trembled j ou his lips. limbs he ascended tho With s inking he reached he ■ stairs, ar.d when the top found that 1 e had no recollection of having mounted them, lie lu ned to tho right, along the wooden bridge, (hen down another flight to plat- fo’in ihree. To h.s surprise he found it empty—a sta- l oamy train having previously hidden it f.oiu him; but how much greater was liis surprise when be beard tbs sounds of many excited voices from platform one, also hid- den from him by stationary cars. lifeless; he liis limbs seemed to be walked to (he only waiting-room ou number (firco. he said, As he turned the kuob of the door almost in an inarticulate voice: “Emily!” answered, No one Tlio waiting-room was empty! fire in the There was a feeble flickering grate, which was rapidly expiring, in the He caught a glimpse of his face looking-glass. deadly pale! It was from tho He walked unsteadily away and waitiug-roo:u, up the staircase across ihe bridge, and descended the stairs which led to platform number one. Once there, there was no need to ask the question he had dreaded to ask. The stoppage of the train, the well- dressed aud poorly dressed parties of per¬ 3011 s returning to London, the deserted platform and tho many voices are all ac¬ iounted for in tho appearance of platform a umber one. aocident! There had been an CHAPTER XIV. THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Everybody on platform number one was laboring under great excitement. There was a small crowd of excited out¬ siders, a group of persons who had each (hat pale frightened look, while the clothes of four or five wero soiled and torn; an engineer talking loudly to throe policemen, station- a knot of startled listeners, nnd tho master, with his hat on the back of ms head, besieged by questions ou ono side and issuing orders to the railway servants ou the other; excitement, fear, and morbid curiosity all mixed together in a strange scene at once life and death-like, and all toiling , thero had been accident. that an Emily was not there; Will saw that at once, so be trembled like a child, feeling powerless and unmanned. Collecting himself ns well as ho could, He beckoned to an intelligent-looking porter to follow him. from the crowd, and , They walked away the man’s hand. Will put some silver into ‘ T ell mo how this happened?” he fear¬ fully asked. him. The porter told It was the old story—a collision with a fl '®’^e™r'' less from the station. “About a mile or and I fancy Th . clearing the lino now, there’s one or two buried under tho shat- tered timber and iron of the cars.” “ Do you know-” “* 4 . k ., Will stormed *•»«* H “ it and “ - question, sothe porter finished nn- "™ l “ h '“ sir? Yes. The “ What train it was, Euston—the five to London twin—from twelve. ’’ “My God!” words , spoken , „„ as , be The two trembling staggered the porter. Flo bad spoken them, for it seemed as caught hold of Will’s arm, if he would have fallen. “Steady, sir; hold up! hat c.ass was your friend a-coming by?” Will l’ryfo 1 showed his tioket. Tho man shook his head. “Th re’s one of three third-class cars & ^ S’.iffrr." iSJS s ,j q ^^y j n q n j r0 for you, sir? You seen. yourself, sir. Get some brandy!” n “Look inffie refreshment bar and wait- ing-rooms, while T’m gone. If your friend ain’t there, nor on the platform—well, i H be back in a minute, sir. Hold up. Cold from head to foot, aud with treno* blmg limbs, Will looked into the waiting- ELLA VILLI], GEORGIA. Till RSDAY. , ILLY 2G, 1888. —also rooms—empty; into the rofreshmont-rooru He mil t.y; no Emily! hied to rouse himself. duced Certainty of tlio worst would liavo pro¬ a less profound impression than that cner.y-svoling that doubt which palled him at moment. The potter came back with all the infer- tuahou he cou d git an. The passengers who had escaped, he said, were then on the platform, lntelli- jcnce had boon received that tho b idie.-i p Jui elderly lady and gentleman had been found on the removal of inn of tho sliat- -ered curs, and that thero wore no other bodies there All hope that Emily was unhurt was goue! His stupor disappeared with tho sns reuse, aud in its placo came a fever of wild excitement. 1 ho man a'most feared Will not", for there etc lines 0:1 his fnca which were not there a moment before, and his eyes seemed twice tho size they were when ho had first spoken lo him. Sho was not ki Led. The porter swore to the truth of that. Theie were nine killed, but Emily was not among them. Two of the nine were young women, b it their bod.es had already been id ntilied. They had been residents in 1 be town. Vi ll! s heart thanked God for that mercy. He questioned tho man as to the injure 1 uud dying, and cunningly framed his ijnes- tiuns so that the porter could answer them in a few words. There were four or five passengers who had sustained slight external injuries. Among them was a young woman who was unknown. There were three passengers, too, seri¬ ously injured. They had been carried to the hotel opposite tho station, whe:e they were now being attended to by the principal doctors of the town. The three seriously injured passengers were a gentleman, his little daughter, aud a 1 oung woman. And this was all the porter had to tell him. “Hupeit’il be all right, rir,” he said, as Will hurried away. Without a moment’s delay the young mar left the slat on, aud, crossing the road, en¬ tered the hotel, Around the opeu door a small crowd had collected. The proprietor happened to be standing in the hall when Will entered. The younr man’s pale face, wild eyes and excited man¬ ner keeper, instantly told his errand to the hotel¬ who said iu a kindly tone: "Follow me, if you please, sir;* nnO Will, obey.ng, was led to tho empty coffee- room. Tryfoil explained, incoherently, that Ik wished to see the young lady who had been injured in the railway accident. The reply was that he could not do so— at least not just then. "Do you know her name?’’ gasped Will. “Can you describe her? For God sake an¬ swer me!’’ The hotel-keeper did not know her name. He believed that her clothes had beau searched, and th it no letter, or card, or ad¬ dress had been found upon them. When ghe had been brought in he had been too excited to observe her appearance: so he con’d not describe her. She was ecr- tally young, and he fancied that her bail was fair. TO BE CONTINUED. LABOR MATTERS. The disagreement in district a seniblv 46, of the Knigli s of Labor, iu New York City, caused by tlie conduct of Mas¬ ter Workman James E. Quinn, which Master Workman Powderly attempted to adjust some time ago, has at laU cul¬ minated in a split. At a meeting held on Sunday, Quinn ri fused to open the proceedings unless four men whom he had expelled for insubordination, left the room. As they declined, Quinn and his friends left the hall and established them¬ selves at another place taking the charter with him. Delegates from 138 local as¬ semblies went with him, and those from 87 assemblies remained. D. A. 49 owns Pythagoras hall, but Quinn’s opponents are in a majority in the board of trustees, and they hold* the fort... .About five hundred men, representing the engineers, the firemen, brakemen and switchmen of roads running out of Chicago, Ill., held a meeting on Sunday tho object of which was to take political action on questions claimed of interest to the order. It was that those in the meeting represented about 30,000 voters throughout the state, nnd they would hold the balance of Jiower, as far as the legislature of the was Brother¬ cou- Oerncd ... At a meeting Engineers and Fire- hood of Locomotive hien held at Pittsburg, Va., arrange¬ meet¬ ments were made for a grand union ing of all lodges iu that section, to be held three days, commencing August 26th. Among those who will be present are i Chief Arthur, Grand Master Sargent, Vice-Grand Master Hannahan, Chairman Hogue and Eugene B. Dobbs. Tlie ob¬ ject of the meeting is not known... . About 2,000 Italians assembled in Kelly’s hall in Philadelphia, Pa., to protest against tlie statements that had been made that they were a pauper class, and that the recently appointed committee proposes to investigate the matter. The following r. solutions were present*, d, with a long introduction in Italian, and went through with a rush: “This meeting condemns tlie nction of the Itnl- inn societies of immigration the in humilia- land of ing the name of Italy as obey¬ slaves and padrones. That we are ing the laws of this glorious ostracism republic, and pray and hope no law of will be passed against our immigration, civili¬ as it is contrary to liberty and the zation of this country.” The circular which called the meeting together had the flavor of revolutionary language about it. THE CHINCH BUG. The senary of , the' Board -r. , of Agri- A the culture has received information of s ’ barley rye for the next any wheat, effort or to exterminate three years, in an the chinch bug. These farmers will ex ert their infiusnne to this end with the farmers of ad joining counties. At Her Tongue's End. .t * e nett f” COir ^ arc interested T. ’ in politics. Hc-Swhi' h side js going from to win?” what 1 sh e _“Well say’ judging Mr. Delegate heard papa last night, ahead ticket, and has got a run on his Mr Convention, of Illinois, if he can carry the Chairman of the gavel-box by a constituent, will--” He— “Just watch Gordon play ten- nisi”— Times. SOUTHLAND items. PARAGRAPHS, SAD, PLEASANT AND TERRIBLE. INDUSTRIAL rnOORESfl—TITE EXCURSION KKVKU—RAILROAD ACCIDENTS SUKffDKH DEFALCATIONS- -COTTON REPORTS,BTC. Alabama. Ground was broken at Bessemer for the foundations for three large furnaces, which are to bo built by a strong syndt- dieiito of Southern capitalists. There are rumors of the inauguration will call of indus- the trial enterprises which for expenditure of over $3,000,000 within the next twelve months. Florida. The annual camp meeting of the M. E. Church* South, will open at tho Atlantic ( amp Grounds, 1’ublo Bench, on August l'"*- Fifteen carloads of steel rails have been delivered for the Sugar Belt Kail- road, and the work is progressing as rap- idly as possible, a large number of bauds being at work. Tlre house of C. C. Singleton of Camp- bell was struck by lightning on Thuisday, almost knocking out one end of the house and passing through it in several ways. Mr. Singleton wns stitick oh the hand, the fluid passing thence up tho arm iind down the bodv and leg to the end of the toes, burning and tearing his clothing completely tearing up one of his shoes. A child 8 years old had his dress torn oil aud burned from head to foot, raising sonic large blisters on his body, and a little girl was w ounded by a large splinter being driven through her leg. CJeoriria. News has been received in Atlanta that 0. C. Nelson has l>een treed at Trenton, Jut., almost opposite Rochester, N. Y. The depositors in his bank will prosecute aim to the extent of the law. C. C. Casey, of Savannah, a member if the Chatham county commissioners, :lii d Sunday. He bad been afflicted for i long time with asthma and heart troub¬ les. He was Lorn in New York state 63 years ago. He was a large contractor ind builder. The graud lodge, of Old Fellows of the state of Georgia, will hold their annual meeting in Gainesville on the 15th and 16th of August. Arrangements have been made to tender the members of the aody an excursion to Tallulah Falls on :lie 17th of August. John Hill, a colored farmer, of Albany, has been experimenting with the mauu- fufcture of syrup from watermelons. Tlie juice is squeezed through a cloth and free irons pulp and seed, is boiled uniii tlie required consistency. The syrup is of a clear, reddish amber color, closely re¬ sembling in taste and appearance, the syrup made from sugar eaner, Keatnsky. A boy named Linnell Combs, 11 yeais of age, lias been sent to the penitentiary murdered at Frankfort, for life, having a three year old sister. North t'nroltnn. Sir. Russell, merchant at Topton, N. C., while riding a fractious mule, was thrown and had all his teeth broken into fragments. Mr. Russell sustained no in jury about the mouth, the teeth being at the time in his pocket on a gold plate. The signal corps observer at Hatteras reports the German brig Anncan, laden with turpentine, und bound from Savau- nub, Ga., to Glasgow, Scotland, ground¬ will ed on Hatteras Shoals. The vessel probably be a total loss. The crew has been raved. The North Carolina State Guard is now in annual encampment on 'Wilmington. Wrightville sound, eight miles from Every company in the state is present. Thousands of civilians and soldiers throng the camp aud vicinity. Wilmington is in a flutter of bunting,, the buildings be¬ ing handsomely decorated. , TenoeBtee. Nashville Las several cases of small- pox. Reuben Hobbs, a well-known citizen of McMinnville, was kicked in tlie head by a horse, the skull being frightfully which frac¬ tho tured, and from the effects of suffer# will probably die. A man named Hawkins got into an altercation in a saloon in Obatlanooga on Wedaesday with a colored man, who shot him through the bowels, from the effects of which ho will die. At a mass meeting, held at Iron City, of the agriculturists of Tennessee, pro¬ tection was demanded for iron, sugar and rice, and a charter asked for the Nica- rauga Canal Company by the national government. An explosion occurred in the Athens court house. Jim Thompson, the couiny register was d ing some dental work in his office, wheu the vulcanizer blew to pieces. Thompson and a Mr. Farring¬ ton, of Calhoun, were thrown down and badly hurt. Virginia. The 11th regiment of New York were the guests of the Richmond Grays, of Richmond. The regiment will visit the battlefield of Bull Run. A collision occurred on the Norfolk A Western Railroad on Sunday, eight miles above Lynchburg, and killing both en¬ gineers, one fireman five of the crews. Both engines were completely demolished. wrecked, aud seven cars J were A ^ , force of i m 8 worked all daj thc wrec k, and the track ha. ■*••*•>««. «*•>»••»«-«-»«»■ MOO.OOO. virg Wmi . niB A suddeu flood from a cloud-burst whelmed Wheeling, on Thursday, aud in a short time swept away thc Baltimore & Ohio Railroad bridge with a number of peopie on it The river rose three feet m fifty minutes. Ihe National road trains, coal chutes, houses and all are gone. The Wheeling and Elm Grove road was swept away for miles, and the road covered with six feet of water. Over the river the ruin is even worse. The storm last ed less than an hour, flooding thc streets from house to house. Nine persons hv- mg on Hill Run are known to be drowned, and muses on Caldwell s Hun are gone. Tho loss m Wheeling will reach $09,000, and the damage to crops m the country is fearful. NATIONAL capital WHAT THE SWELTERING PUB- HQ OFFICIALS ARE DOING. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS —IMPORTANT ACTS OF PRESIDENT CLEVELAND—AP¬ POINTMENTS AND REMOVALS, ETC, COM; It ESSIONAI,. *Dg Senate on Friday took up the Senate bill appropriating one million dollars to reimburse depositors of the Freed moo’s Savings and Trust company lor 1 -*«’• iucurrred by tho failure of that company. Mr. Edmunds moved to strike out the words ‘‘In whole or in part of African descent.” He desired to get rid of the race question. Mr. words, Beck opposed suid, The he had been inserted at the request of Mr. Trenholm, the commissioner, tho object had being to exclude white depositors, who wrecked the bank, and to coniine it specially to the poor colored people who had been defrauded of their little sav- mgs. The amendment was rejected, divisiou. Tliu hill was passed without The Senate proceeded to the considera- ‘‘on of hills authorizing the construction of bridges, and passed the following House bills with amendments; Across Hie Oconee River, in Laurens county, Georgia; across the Tennessee River, at Lamb’s ferry, Alai ama; across the Oc- "mlgee River, Georgia; across the lilack Warrior River, at Foster’s Ferry, and the Tombigbeo, in township twelve, in Ala- bnma; across the Halifax River, at Day- . Florida, pile ton,t - Volusia county, (a j bridge,) across the Hillsborough River, 111 Smyrna, Volusia county, Florida; ftcros s the St. John’s River, between Do Land Landing and Lake Monroe, Fla., across the Tennessee River at Knoxville, Tenn.; across the Oostanoula River at Rome, Ga.; across the Chattahoochee River, Georgia; across the Flint and Cluttahooches Rivers, Georgia; across the Alabama River at Montgomery, Ala. After the passage of several bills ui ion (lie calendar of minor interest, the Sen¬ ate on Thursday passed the House bill supplementary to the Pacific railway acts (with amendments). This is the bill passed by the House ou the third of March, requiring tlie Pacific railway company to construct, maintain and oper¬ ate telegraph lines, and to afford equal facilities to all connecting modified telegraph lines. Mr. Chandler the reso¬ 1 lution offered by him on file 15th of June directing inquiries into the election of Senator Gibson, of Louisiana, and on morion of Mr. Blackburn, the creden¬ tials were taken from the table placed ou file. The resolution was on the table.... In the House, on of Air. Dibble, of South Carolina, Sen¬ ■ ate amendments were concurred in to the House bill authorizing public the condem¬ build¬ nation of land for sites for ings Mr. O’Neil, of Missouri, asked unanimous consent that consideration Tuesday, July 31st, be set apart for the ol bills reported from the commitle on la¬ bor, anil lie withdrew it after some de¬ bate, and offered a resolution which was referred to the committee on rules, as¬ signing the 31st day of July for the con¬ sideration of labor bills. Tlie House then went into committee of the whole on the tariff bill, and Air. Springer made a After long speech short and in ndvocacy sharp of exchange the bill. of a courtesies between Messrs. Reed and Springer, the discussion and considera¬ tion of the bill in committee of the whole closed, and upon motion of Mr. Mills it was reported to the House with favorable recommendation. «;otssir. Melville W. Fuller lias been confirmed ts Chief Justice by the Senate. Surgeon-General Hamilton, of the marine hospital service, received a tele¬ gram, Sunday uiglit stating that there were seven cases of vellow fever at Plant City, Fla. The Police Department has just com¬ pleted a census of the District of Colum¬ bia. Its report shows that the total pop¬ ulation is218,157; white 145,635, and col¬ ored 72,523. Lieut. F. V. Abbott, of the Corps of Engineers, submits the following esti¬ mate for the works under his charge for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890: S.C., Im¬ provement of harbor at Charleston, including Sullivan’s Island, to complete, $1,525,000; for next year $750,000; im¬ provement at Wappoo Cut, 8. C. ( for next year and to complete, $10,000; im¬ provement of Edisto river, 8. C., to complete, $17,385; for next year $10,000; Salkehatchie river, 8. C., for next year and to complete, $8,000. The crop bulletin issued by the Signal Office says: “The weather during the week has been favorable for growing crops in the wliont and corn regions of the northwest.” Reports from Kansas indicate that crops have been considera¬ bly damaged by hail. Reports from Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisi¬ ana, Alabama and Mississippi, show that the crop conditions have been improved by favorable weather needed during North the past ivcek, More ruin is in and South Carolina, although in the latter state the weather was favorable for cot¬ ton.” __ MONSTER BARBECUE, Pearl Park, near Newnan, Ga., was the place where a most notable gathering anniver¬ was held on Saturday, the 27th sary of the first battle of Manassas, Va. About 15,000 people attended, and a re¬ union of tho 1st, 7th and 12th Georgia was held. Generals James Longstreet, made “Tige” Anderson, P. M. B. the Young, speeches, but the gems of day were by President Judge of J the ' T,']''*?. Confederate veterans, ai»d • • ^^’^ng ta ^ means’ th to htful solve the labor tion D“ )n * favorably commented gugge8 ana was vt y j on by the farmers, TERRIBLE MORTALITY. A volcanic eruption has occurred at Makmatos, in Japan, by which 400 per¬ sons were killed and 10,000 injured. The first musical notes were used in 1338. THE WOULD OVKK CONDENSATION OF FACTS BY ’PHONE AND TELEGRAPH. SOMETHING A1IOHT CONVENTIONS, RAIL¬ ROADS, WORKING PEori.E, CAPITALISTS, EUROPEAN CROWNED HEADS, ETC. The tug boat Convoy, blew up at West Port, Ind., on Saturday, and seven of the crew were killed outright. Thomas W. 11 ill, a heavy dealer in wool in Chicago, HI., made an assign¬ ment Thursday, liabilities $150,000; lin¬ nets, $130,000* Four hundred rebels attacked a Sunday. village near Wady Haifa, in Egypt, on Col. Wadohouse, after severe fighting, repulsed the rebels, inflicting severe loss. The Pope in a conversation stated, that lie does not intend to leave Rome. He • xpre-sed regret that liis last note to the Irish clergy in regard to the misinterpreted. political sit¬ uation should have been A cablegram received at Milwaukee, Win., announced the death, at Bremen, Germany, of Millionaire Bre*wer Emil Scbandein, vice president of the Best brewing company. lie had been away but a month. The cane Helds in Cuba exhibit a good appearance, and unless some untoward event occur*, the croji of sugar will be a large one. Seven bun Irrd cigar makers of Havana are on strike. They asked for an increase in wages, and failing to get it stopped work. Joseph Bell, iv fanner living near Youngstown, Ohio, while and ingaged in mixing pnris green lime, ac¬ cidentally inhiiiled a quantity of the poi¬ sonous dust. He soon became uncon¬ scious, und remained in that condition until his death. While repairing tlie Catholic school house at Latonia, Ohio, on Thursday, the foundation gave way and the building fell, killing John McOuite instantly, and fatally injuring James McKenna. There were eighteen men working under the building at the time, but fortunately the men escaped unin jured. The work of bailiff * engaged iu mak¬ ing evictions at Kilrusb, county Clare Ireland, is being obstructed by the pop¬ ulation, who have cut uil the bridges be¬ tween Kilrush and Kilkee, and taken other measures to delay the progreis of evictions. Chapel Lulls are tolling to warn the people of the approach of of¬ ficers. The captain of the steamer Alamadea, plying between Sydney, New South Wales and San Francisco, lias agreed not to employ Chinese in tlm future. The I new act regarding Chinese immigration has received royal assent. It prevents further action by the Chinese, and pio- vides that all Chinese leaving the colony, except those who have been naturalized, shall be subject to the act. The cruiser Charleston, was success¬ fully launched at San Francisco, and is to be one of the most powerful steel ves¬ sels in Ihe world. 8be is 830 feet in length over all; breadth, 46 feet; dis¬ placement ut mean draught about 3,750 tons; indicated horse power of 7,500; speed, 18 knots. Her engines are of English design and are nearly ready to be put into the hull. 81ie 1ms no sail power and is rigged with military masts. eight- Her armament will consist of two inch and six six-inch breech loading rifles, with a secondary battery of Hotch¬ kiss gun*. The disruption of the and Association Nails lias of Manufacturers of Iron 8teel begun at Pittsburg, l’a., und it is stated that it was only a question of time until the organization ceases to exist. Within twenty-four hours twelve firms sent iu their resignations and every mail is in¬ creasing the list. The association was ranging organized yearly in 1883 scale for the of purpose with of the ar¬ a wages employe and not to regulate the gelling price of iron, as has been erroneously stated. Seventy-one firms, employing 100,000men and representing $7,500,000 capital, belonged to the association. A DETECTIVE’S SHOT. Wash Middleton, the noted Bald Knobber of Taney county, Mo., escaped from Forsyth jail last October, and lied to the mountain fastnesses of Newton county, Ark., saying that he would never be taken alive. J. L. Holt, a detective from Colorado, went into northern Ar¬ kansas for a season of rest amoug the mountains of that wild region, and li ear- ing of Middleton and the $000 reward, at once began to plan for the capture disguised ot the outlaw. The detective himself, putting on a suit of Middleton very ragged clothes, and shadowed as closely as possible, the ^seeking his an oppor¬ tunity to “get, drop” on man so that he might take him alive. There was a picnic recently at the head of Buffalo river, ten miles south of Jasper, Newton county. Middleton and bis two sous went to the picnic, all well armed and on the alert as usual. The disguised detect¬ ive was on the ground also, watching his game. Holt resolved to make a bold venture and openly face Middleton in the crowd. Middleton soon became sus¬ picious of the mysterious movements of the ragged stranger who followed him everywhere through the crowd, and told Ids sons that the man meant mischief and instructed them to decoy him 0 ”t of the crowd and he would kill “the »i eaking thief. ” Holt kept closely after his prey, could however, and Middleton, seeing that tie not get his man out of the crowd turned suddenly on the detective and demanded his purpose, saying mind at the same time: “I have made up my to kill you, you sneaking thief.” In an instant Holt’s pistol was glistening a few inches iu front of Middleton’s face and the words, “Hands up; you are my pris¬ oner,” told the fugitive outlaw that his suspicions Holt were well founded. Although had the drop on his man, Middle- ton’s right hand, instead of going up, grasped a revolver at his left side, aud the detective fired, the ball entering the cheek about an inch below the eye, pass¬ ing through the brain and coming out at the back of the head. Middleton fell lifeless to the ground in the midst of a crowd surrounding a lemonade stand. So quickly was the fatal work that the report of the detective’s pistol nnd the falling of the slain outlaw were the first intimations that the gay picnickers, not oyer ten feet away, iiad pi the. affair., ; VOL. III. NO. 44. HOW IT HAf*l'ENKO. I got to thlnkin’ of her—both her parents dead and gone— And nil her sistors married o(T, and nofio but horand John A-livin' all alone them in that lonesome sort o' way, And him a blame old bachelor, conflrmdor ev'ry day! I’d knowed 'em all from children, and their daddy from the time Ho soU1.n1 in the neighborhood, and hadn't ary a dime Kr dollar, when he married, fer to start housokeepin’ on! — do I got to thinkin' of her—both her parent, dead and gono! I got to thinkin' of her, and a wundcrn « hat she done That all her sisters kep’ a-gottin’ married,one by one. And her withont fto rlmnces—and the best girl of the pack— An old maid with her hands, you might say, tied bohind her back! And mother, too, afore she died, she ust to jes' take on, When none of’em was left, you know, but Kvaline and John. And jea’ declare to goodness ’at the young men must be bline To not soe what a wife they’d git, if they get Kvaline! I got to thinkin' of her; in my great afflic¬ tion 'lie Was sioh a comfort to us, and so kind and * neighborly— She'd come, and leavo her housework, for to help out little Jane, And talk of her own mother ‘at she'd never see again— Maybe sometimes cry together—though, for the most part, she Would have the child sj riooneiled and happy- like, at we Felt lonesomer’n ever when she’d put her bonnet on And say she’d railly hat to bo a-gittin’ back to Johnl 1 got to thinkin’ of her, as I tay—and mors and more IM think of her dependence, and the burdens ’at she boro— Her parents tioth a bein’ dead, and all her sisters gone And married off, and her a livin' there alone with John— You might say jes’ a-toilin’ and a-slavin’ out Iier life Fer a man ’at hadn’t pride enough to get bi-se'f a wife— ’[.OSS some one married Kvaline and packed her off some day — iSo I got to thinkiu' of her—and it hapjiene 1 thata way. James Whitcomb h’iley. PITH AND POINT. Vciu expectations—prospecting foi gold. A foot-note—“Please use the door mat.” That things are mixed up slightly When Everybody torn*a, beet” in the garden a “live Of a “deadbeat’’ grows. —Dan.tville Breeze. A law prohibiting the intemperate hoarding of wealth might prevent money from becoming tight. A cradle in a house may or may not be a boycot. It is just as likely to be a girl’s nest.— Picayune. Ilride—“Give me a kiss, Harry?” Harry—“No; that I cannot do; but I will loan you one—if you will return it.” — Tidbits. Although lie covets it from life's birth, And covets it through the earth. brief span, Man never, never gets It is tho earth that gets the man. —Labor Leader. “Have you Browning?” she asked at the village store. blacking “No,” replied whiting, the clerk; “we have and but no browming.”— Life. The Empress of Japan Mikado’s is taking lessons on the piano. The fifty-seven physicians arc giving him every atten- tion.— New Yorl World. “Gentleness cannot be kicked into a cow,” says an exchange. Neither can tenderness cr there wouldn’t be so much tough beefsteak .—Danstille Breeze. “What does menu mean, my dear!” “Food for me an’ you, ’tis clear.” “What does meander mean! Who knows?” “When me and her out walking goes. — Mercury. An Extraordinary Epitaph. Mr. E. T. Viett has furnished the Charleston (8. C.) Ne'» an 7 Courier the following epitaph, which was copied from a tombstone in Hotsleydown Church, Cumberland, England: Here lie tlie bodies of Thomas Bond, and Mary, charitable; his wife. > She was temperate,chaste and But, she was proud, affectionate peevish wife and passionate. and tender She was an a mother; But, her husband and child, whom she loved, seldom saw ter countenance without a disgusting frown. while she reegj ved visitors, whom she despised, with an endearing toward smile. Her behavior was discreet strangers; But, imprudent in her family. 8he was a professed enemy to flattery, commend; nnd was seldom known to praise or which But, she principally excelled the talents in were difference of opinion and discover¬ ing flaws and admirable imperfections. economist, Bhe was an and, without prodigality, in her family, dispenser plenty to every person would sacrifice their eyes to husband a farthing candle. with She sometimes made her qualities; happy her good But, much her more frequently failings. with Insomuch, many years’ cohabitation that in thirty he often lamented that, maugre all her virtues, he had not, matrimonial in the whole, enjoyed two years of comfort At length, her finding she had lost the affection of husband, as well as the regard ol her neigh bors, family disputes having been divulged by scrvfliits she died of vexation, July 28, 1768, aged husband -18 years. survived her four Her worn out months and two days, 1768, and departed this life November 28, in the 54th year of his age. William Bond, brother to the deceased, erected this stone as a weekly monitor to tho surviving wives of this avoid parish, the infamy that they may handed down of having their memories to posterity character. with a (.atollwork