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MUSING8.
11V FEED LCCt'A HQCTFIIS,
When the stars—mystic lights!—from the bcav-
e , 1B Kx)k (town,
Ami the moon (ills the soul with its pnin—
Shall we long—but to long 1—shall fruition ne'er
crown? embers burn low but in
Can tlio vain?
When the ashes of matter unite with the soul,
When the fuf ltive, Hope, turns to fly—
Ciall wo eease then to care ?—shall wo burn the
scroll?— unheeded,
Let our sorrows, pasB by?
shall wo cllre - wll0n we re old, that our life's
curly dream
Clmsoil a phant'sy alone but of thought?
Shall we care that our love, though our love it
miiht Boom, tlio lovo
Proved, ill time, not that we sought'
Kay, I guess that our guerdons sometime como
to us,
Wl.in tlio !' a l u or the bliss is first felt;
V in tliev woo or its no is tho best, 'tia oft thus
That u saint iu a martyr hath knelt?
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“OR,—
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A Story of the War in
the Southwest.
BY ARVIDE 0. BALDWIN.
CHAPTER XIII.—Continued.
“The Ik use, the house! Quick or they're
IcMl” m d John, springing over the brush
ami living to Ihe dwelling. The others fob
lowed, nod arrived ju st in time to see John
giasp tho si zing fuse, tear it from its
fastening and thiow it from h : m. In an¬
other moment tho house would havo been
blown to pieces, for the vil ains hod pried
from the foundation a stone and placed in
the cavity a keg of powder, and when John
reached the burning fuse it was almost be¬
yond his reach.
Ourherobndbut little time to think, after
he had dis; osed of this great danger, when
two guns appeared determined around the corner of
bui'd ng, and two men were
backing them up. here
John, at a glance, saw another dan¬
ger that he and his companions were in.
They were likely to bn mislaken for ene¬
mies aud shot by their friends. The muz¬
zles of the guns were not ten feet away,
and i olnted directly at him. Up went his
hamis as ho commanded them not to shoot.
“We are friends, Henry! Dont shoot!”
he cried.
A dark figure shot past him iu the dim
light, and stopped between him and tho
deadly guns. At that instant Ihe crash
came, one of the guns had vomited
forth its deadly charge, and tho d irk form
fauk, with a groan, to the ground between
(hem.
have “My God! What have you done! What
you done!” cried John, forgetful of
everything been hut that a terrible tragedy had
enacted there.
CHAPTER XIY.
A HERO’S DEATH.
He bent over the prostrate form before
him, and there, iu tho darkness that should
of envelope such a scene, he beheld ihe form
bis faithful slave and friend. Jeff, tho
negro. As he recognized the fast friend
who had been so faithful to him and bis
family, and knew that he had deliberately
stepped between him and mortal danger,
and was now to lose his life for the net. his
form shook with emotion, and the sobs of
the strong man broke mournfully over tho
scene.
“Poor “My God, what an affliction!” he moaned.
Jeff! Poor Jeff!”
“Is ycr safe, Marse John?”camo the ques¬
tion faintly from the poor negro.
dead “Yes, yes, Jeff. But T would rather ba
than have life at such a cost,” wcb the
Answer.
“!’■ a happy niggar, den! I kin dio in
peace.”
John felt his pulse, and at once saw
that the last hours of the noble negro wero
at hand.
“Marse John?”
“Yes, Jeff. Wliat is it?”
“Please took me ter Sylva. ’
“Can you bear to be moved?” asked jonn.
“1 kin stand it ter see her,” was tb.4
end They tenderly raised him from the ground
carried the limp form in and laid il
quietly The on the bed.
entire household was stricken with
grief at this terrible affliction, for there w •)*
none about the mansion who was loved
niore than was this poor negro, who cheer¬
fully laid down his life for his master.
Sylva’s grief was heartrending. She
eould not believe that her dusky lover, to
whom she had given her best nffections,
could bo so near death's door.
John led her to the bedside, and tlierd
*ne stood quaking and shivering with un¬
bounded grief.
“Jeff, A 1 have brought Sylva. ”
clasped dusky hand reached out and wait
in tho two hands of the weeping
“egress.
“God bress yer, honey!” came slowly and
painfully ■fbe from the dying man.
ecu left people went away for a few minutes
>'bat the two alone with their grief.
last passed between the negro lovers at
mat pai jfnl interview no one but those
directly family interested ever knew, but when
me returned both were calm aud re¬
ined. Murso John, nigger?”
Jon asked. has I been a good
“asgot.” Jeff, a better heart than yours no man
And John took his hand.
„* 8 l (lood, Marse John, good'"
that °° ur8e you are Jeli - We al * kno; ’
” *
Is I good enough ter git ter hebbin?”
, f believe you are. If any oi.e goes ta
lv en, I believe you will, Jeff, for you hava
always i been church member, and tried to
“e a
a consistent one. ’’
Could yer read for me a little in da
■“'bio, Marso John?”
John opened the family Bible, and some--
“ow it happened that it was at the Epistle
0 Johucommenced John, fifteenth chapter.
the to read. Tho lines front
stricken people. When~John reached the
Passage where it says: “Greater love hath nt
than this, that a man lay down his lift
Ior “is friends,” a look of great happinesl
0v j rspread the face of the dying negro.
1K Ritin’ col’, Marse John, but I’s ready
ter
He then called each of the family up and
ook an affectionate farewell. 'While tbs
rtendB about wero weeping, a calm, re-
8, Rued look overspread his countenance.
. Miss Lillie,” ho said, as the two fail
“finds clasped his cold, clammy one, “youl
fi^’rs Quid bin hev dono a good died chile for and dis ole time, niggei but
8 nearly yer any sometime!
gone now. Please
wnember yer olo nigger frien’, Jeff,”
Tears and sobs eame in spito s-a her
g ft orts to control 1
only exclaim: could
"God bless you Jeff! God bless youl'*
bai “
“Marse John.”
“What, Jeff?”
ye ^ d ? rkenin ' <!>• winder?”
«v ^Ko, Jeff, no one is in
Den Is the light.”
mo nearly gone! I can't see no
..o;-** *wvL\rr, c ?? 1 do nt f <>ryou, a,,ked Jeff?” ,or Li| she >io. asked.
please US ' ' Ubb6r ob thy soul,’
For nK r ,a nt tke words trembled
lh« the fur girls lips, , and then on
broke the air, the molodv
on and the rich voice of the
girl, aud the peculiar circumstances, gave it
Ct aS llever n K uin experienced
hv y the people there u on that sad
Ileal occasion.
tho sick, and lead tho blind.
As the last word sank awav, Jeff parti?
raised himself up, and reaching out hie
hunds, looked rapturously up:
“I's er cummin’, blessed Lawd! I's ei
cummin.
These were the last words that the lips
or the noble colored man ever uttered. He
fell back upon the bed; bis eyes closed-
his hnuds rested calmly on his breast- he
was dead!
The loss of such a friend, and at such a
time, our friends knew was a great calam¬
ity, and it was truly a mourning people
that w atched at the bedside of the dead Ihul
night.
The next day the household assembled
in the little family burying-ground, to pay
the last sad tribute to the memory of the
noble Jeff, and deposited the remains in
the ground.
John read tho burial service, and a fer¬
vent prayer was offered. Then there was
that nothing left above the earth of the negro
was faithful unto death but the mem-
ory of him in the hearts of his friends,
which was ns irrevocable as the stars ol
The m’a in the mansion now knew that
they had the advantage of the bushwhack¬
ers, and they determined to follow it up.
they made preparations to go to the rivor,
aud on the following morning early they
started. They took an untniveled route,
and reached the river again below the camp.
Everything of the was Btill except the chirping
trees. squirrels in the branches of the
Soon they reached a point from where
Ihcy could look into tho camp. The fire
was out, and not a being in sight. They
went closer and soon saw that the camp was
deserted.
In looking about they boo 1 found a
large, freshly built mound. Our friends
knew why it hid teen built, and what it
rontained. Ilocks had been piled on top to
keep out Wild animals, for there were
several now inoffensive bushwhackers
buried beneath.
Our friends could not tell how many of
their foes were lying there, but the number
appeared quite respectable.
The men continued on up the rivor,
thinking that the remaining men might
have established their cimp at the place
where Lillie had been held a prisoner, but
when they arrived there they found noth¬
ing but a smoldering ruin. The prison
had been fired when the men vacated the
camp.
John and his frieuds were confident that
the bushwhackers had left the locality, they
hoped never to return. killed late
Who of them had been in the
encounter none could tell, but that there
was only a small number left no one could
doubt, for at least half the attacking band
had been buried by the plantation hands,
back of the Eddies mansion, the next day
afier the fight had hopes of short
They now felt relieved some they retraced a
pence, and as
their steps homeward. Of course they
feared that they were likely to again be
bothered by these brush-thieves, who were
robbing others of their property to enrich
themselves.
The Eddies people were the only ones in
this whole region who had successfully re¬
sisted the robbers; and they had either
gone for assistance to try and destroy them
or had become dispirited at their many
repulses and great loss of life, and given
(hem up as invincible.
Timo passed monotonously by at the
mansion. There then began to be rumors
of the approach of soldiers. It seemed now
that this part of Arkansas was to see some
of tho severe effects of war.
CHAPTER XV.
CONCLUSION.
The news reached our friends at the
Eddies mansion that a battle between the
Confederate and Union troops had been
fought at Wilson's Creek, Confederates near Springfield, had
in Missouri, and that the
won, and slain the Union General, Lyon.
In the following month they learned that
Price had captured Lexington, in the same
State. After that straggling bands of sol¬
diers began to pour into Northwestern Ar-
kansas, and the people at the plantation
then learned that the Union forces had
driven the entire Confederate force out of
Missouri. .
Horses and were away of
the plantation by soldiers, or gangs
thieves who followed in tho wake of the
army. had been seen of Edom
Nothing ever the fatal fight back of the
Woodsley since wounded then,
mansion. Whether he was
and died of his wounds, or whether he was
one of the small band ’’’ba left the river
camp so suddenly, immediately after,
none could tell; but that his hateful pres¬
ence was never seen again by our hero and
friends was a fact that had great consola¬
tion in it. surprised . , his
One day Henry Arno .
friends bv telling them that he had made
up his mind to cast his fortunes with the
Confederate army. blow to all, especially . „
This was a severe not word.
to Lillie, hut she said a
“1 had almost made my mind up to do
tho same thing on the Union side, as soon,
os thev give me a chance, said John; but
I will send the ladies through the lines
Not a word had been said in regard to the
matter, for each knew the feelings of
the other, and so one day when llenry
told the folks that he had joined the forces
of Van Dorn, the Confederate General, it
was taken as a natural consequence.
There were enough soldiers in the vicin¬
ity to protect life, so there was no excuse
f °As spring^was approaching Henry was al¬
lowed a short furlough. Of course he
passed it at the mansion, His manner was
restrained, and he did not seem natural.
Afier a little John aud ho took an arm-in¬
arm walk around the premises. absolutely
‘•John, it is necessary, neces¬
sary, ” said Henry. believe I must act at
“ Well, if you so,
0DC true,” said Henry, “and I would
U is right sooner than
suffer the loss of my arm
betray a friend, and such a friend
“But where shall we go? asked John.
“You and Gunn and hisfriend can go
into tho cuvo on Prairie Creek I think we
are tho onlv ones who know where it is, so
you will be safe. I^will see that no harm
comes to tho ladies. circumstances,
ohn told tho ladies the
, how matters stood.
mid when they saw and jt ,e f‘i ed 1
tbev were resigned, they should #a8 A take suffi¬
vhen evening came etc., and repair to the
cient food, baskets,
pave.
ELLAVILLE, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. AUGUST 10.1888.
be -Sirjs-siiSS; would certainly be conscripted ssssjsj&l the
into
Confederate army, and compelled to fight
or die, he did what he never could hava
been persuaded to do under any other cir¬
cumstances, hide away.
As his two friends were of his opinion
and inclination, they shared his cave hos¬
pitably with thankfulness.
The seventh day of March came, and
early in the day our friends began to hear
the roar of artillery, and ns thunders rever¬
berated from hill to hill, our friends, in
their retreat, knew that a terrible battle was
raging. When
at the break night eame the noise ceased, but
of: day it once more began but
I’G aud small « r ^n nbe particles i f ^ y - of Thegroundtrembled stone rattled from
the sides of the cave in which were our
friends.
The battlo of Tea Ridge was being fought.
In the evening two lithe female figures
entered the cave.
”°kn- ’
Lulie! Laura! he exclaimed, “how does
it come that you are here aud at this late.
hour?”
“ Como, ” all sho said,
we can go now, was
nnd toward they prepared to depart. As they went
the plantation the ladies told of the
battie and its disastrous consequences to
the Confederate forces.
“They are retreating to ward Fayetteville,”
said Laura, and lleury only he.d time to
stop nnd sny good-by. He remembered
you with his regards.’’
Little did they then think that it would
be three long, weary years before they
would again see ihe face of their loved
friend aud brother.
John and his friends held a consultation
In the mansion that night. It almost broke
Ihe hearts of tho foml mothers to be separ-
ated from their two faithful sons, but men
“fight and women woep” in war.
John told tho Indies that here was a chance
to safely pass through tho lines North, aud
that it would not do to longer remain,
unprotected, in such a turbulent country,
and that he would, on the morrow, get
passes for them.
“After you are once tfirough, go to Uncle
Norton’s, in Ohio, ” John suggested, “and
he will assist you in buying such a home as
you may desire. There you will be quiet
and unmolested."
“I am so giatsful to get away from these
exciting scenes, but it is terrible to leave
my son here!” the poor mother said as the
tears trickled down her sorrowing face.
Two days later the Eddies and Arno
ladies left' the State of Arkansas forever.
John accompanied them safely through tha
lines, and returning joined bis regiment it
Fayetteville.
It is now a little more Jinn three years
since we have seen our fn a4s. We May, fiud the
mouth of flowers, has come. now
ourselves ia a thriving little city in the
Stale of Ohio. Me go up ouo of (hose
lovely shaded avenues, where Borne of the
nicest cottages iu the city arc found, aud
we come to one of the most spacious and
elegant ones on the street. Here we stop.
Hark! That sounds like music! We will
step in. Thus it is that we find ourselves
oi ee more iu the presence of our friends.
“ What God hath joined toge ther let no
man put asunder. ”
We are just in time to see John Eddies
and Laura Arno step from under the mas¬
sive, flowery marriage hell and receive the
congratulations of th- ir friends. Henry
Arno and the lovely Lillie now step forward,
and we again behold two more of our friends
“bound by tho fetters of love,” and, as the
pastor slowly and solemnly aske the bless¬
ings of heaven on their heads, we heartily
say, “Amen."
It is with unspeakablo pleasure that the we
see the smiles of joy on the faces of
mothers of the happy couples as they lov¬
ingly kiss the quartette.
This happy day has made all recollections
of former trouble fade away, and they do
not look a day older than when we last saw
them.
There is Sylva, looking with unfeigned
joy upon the great happiness of the young
people before her, hut occasionally a look
of pain flits across the dark face.
It may be that she is thinking of the past
—of a noble-minded, brave negro, who was
buried on the Eddies plantation, down in
Arkansas, during the eventful times of ’61.
Yes, there in a corner are our friends,
companions in trouble, William Gunn and
Sira Dorn. Their faces are wreathed in
smiles, and they are so finely dressed they
seem disguised.
Perhaps that is why we did not recgmze
them sooner.
While they are all so happy and content¬
ed let us leave them.
We have now only one more place to
visit, aud then we are done.
A few years since we were passing
through Northwestern Arkansas, and we
stopped at a private cemetery, a few rods
from the Wire Road. Near one of the
graves was a massive tablet, and carved ou
its face was this simple inscription:
*
To tlie Memory cr
. JF.1F
This Stone Ia Sacred.
•‘Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man will lay down his
life lor his Iriends."
I THE END. J
houlb Cnrollon.
Charleston has instituted a close quar¬
antine against the Florida infected ports
„n account of yellow fever. The quat-
antine is not only by sea, but on land.
Detective Henry Wetlierhorn, of
Charleston, left town suddenly, on the
publication of the confession of Trank
Ilamilton, a colored man, alleging that
the officer induced colored men to steal
and then fastened the crime on innocent
men. of
Reports from 262 correspondents show
the state agricultural department, improved during
that cotton lias greatly aud particulariy the
the last month, in
upper and middle sections. The crop,
however, is still late. The staple cotton
the sea island is very fine, the condi¬
on reported from hundred to
tion fi being one
hundred and ten. Corn is reported the at
79 for the state against 99 last yeai,
average of rice for the state is 8o against
97 last year, The area in rice is about
tlie same as last year. Labor is satis-
factory.
YELLOW FEVER.
Surgeon-General Hamilton, of fhe Ma¬
rine hospital bureau at Washington, D.
O received the following telegram on
Wednesday: “Jacksonville, Fla.-Two
eases of vellow fever were discovered ■ this ■
morning. One of them had been in the
citv six days from Orlando when taken
s’ck the other liad not been out of the
-
’ The other two suspicious cases are
citv store where others
traceable to the same authorities
were e taken sick. The health
taking active steps in the matter. All
are to Sandhills hospital.
cases will be sent
i fear this is the beginning of the out
break. Guileras.”
j south land items.
j j
* PARAGRAPH8, SAD, PLEASANT
AND TERRIBLE.
INDUSTIIIAL progress—the excursion
FEVER—RAILROAD ACCIDENTS-SUIClDIOS
DEFALCATIONS—COTTON REPORTS, ETC.
Alabama.
| 1 branch The Pullman shops at Car Ensley Company City, will locate
] j, Watlington, a lawyer of Birm-
, inKham " lcft gdddcnlv after being lit
cl rge j with forgery. In two years
has spent $25,000.
Julius Calson Davis, a leading colored
politician, at Eutaw was killed on Tuesday
by Madison Coleman, also colored. Davis
WI1S a man 0 f bad character and antece-
dents ’
A seii'-ation . was . developed , , , in Mont-
gomery by the action of three fur com-
panics, members of the city flro depart-
inent, in a joint meeting, appointing a
committee to institute impeachment pro-
ceedings against Chief Wm. K. Jones of
the department, on the ground of .drunk-
enness and general incomiietcncy. 1
W. D. ^ Brown & „ Co., public . printers,
filed a bill in the Montgomery city court
and obtained an injunction against R. F.
Kolb, state agricultural commissioner,
< 0 restrain him from having tho printing
lor the department done outside of the
state aud by others than the public 1 r print-
m
A west-bound passenger (rain, from
Birmingham, Road, derailed on the Georgia Thursday Pacific
was on at
Cook’s Springs, twenty-live miles of" Bir¬
mingham. Every car left the track and
turned over on their sides down a slight
embankment. M. J. Carlisle, of Eden,
Ala., a passenger, was severely cut about
the shoulders and head. The other pas¬
sengers and train men escaped with a
few slight bruises. A defective switch
frog caused the rails to spread.
A terrific thunder storm parsed over
erable Birmingham damage. on Thursday, A number doing of telephone consid¬
wires were cut, breaking tome of the
large circuits. T|io residence of Dr.
Brewster, on damaged. Fourth avenue, was struck
aud badly Ilis daughter, Miss
Fanny, and a colored servaut were badly
shocked, the coloretl woman being ren¬
dered unconscious for several houis. The
handsome residence of Dr. A. Godder
was struck and badly damaged. At Eist
Lake, six miles from the city,the elegant
icsidcnce of Mr. II. M. Ilorton was tom
to pieces and tlie furniture broken into
kindling wood by a bolt of lightning.
Florida.
Mr. White, of St. Augustine, has
growing on liis place in Retina Ezperan-
za, four species of the castor bean plant.
One of the trees measures thirty-five
inches around its trunk. The beans of
this plant are worth $2 a bushel.
The farmers around Plant City havo
made fine crops, and vegetables are to he
planted on hundreds of acres. New
lands arc being put in order, and new
groves set out. There are about 100,000
boxes of oranges on the trees near that
place to be shipped the coming Fall and
Winter.
Marcus Diamond was accidentally
drowned in the Cascade near Tallahassee.
While bathing with a small companion
he ventured into deep water, and beforu
assistance could be had from town, be had
been under water nearly an hour and
could not be resuscitated, He arrived
there less than two months ago from Ger¬
many, was about 18 years old, and a
brother of Julius Diamond, a prominent
merchant.
Georda.
Jonathan Norcross has presented 20
acres of land near Atlanta, to the Geor¬
gia Baptist Orphans’ Home.
Col, Harrison, of Gov. Gordon’s staff,
report that been 1,033 pensioned, maimed veteran entailing sol¬
diers have an
expenditure of $25,825.
Brunswick and Savannah have de¬
clared a strict quarantine agaiust Jack¬
sonville, Fla. The action of the Board
of Health of Savannah was overruled by
Mayor Lester of Savannah, in order to
have some trains to pass through, and it
is feared trouble may come from it.
At a meeting of melon-growers held nt
Camilla, the following resolution was
passed: “That it is the sense of this
meeting that unless the railroads grant a
substantial reduction in freight rates,
that the growing of melons in this county
will necessarily be abandoned.”
The surveyors started work on Monday
laying off the lands donated by the Car-
tersville Land Company to the Cartcrs-
ville Furnace Company. Tho elevations,
depressions, etc., will be taken, and the
furnace site laid off. Work will be be¬
gun at once, lt is said that will a shortly strong
company formed in Atlanta
begin the erection of a rolling mill at
that point. engaged in paint-
Several painters building were mile from Rome,
n<e lit a frame a Thursday,
j beyond East Rome, on Light¬
when a thunder shower came up.
ning struck a chimney and the fluid dc-
reuded lo the grouud. L. P. A. YVul-
k r was instantly killed, James Bagwell and
and Ruben Mulkey were paralyzed injured, bott
Robert Ramsey was in
di'S.
.Missouri.
Late news from the'Indian territory
says that a company of the Fifth United
States cavalry are now engaged Cbickasw in eject¬
ing non-cit zens of the nation
who have resisted the payment of the
cattle tax. On Tuesday a large number
of these men were sent across the Red
river into Texas, with the injunction not
to return. All their crops and other pos¬
sessions were left behind and will proba¬
bly be a total loss to them.
A bold mail robbery was committed on
the Missouri Pacific Road, between Jef-
f-rson City and St. Louis, in which over
$17,000 was stolen, of which $5,000 was
from the state treasury. The discovery
„f the crime was accidental. Two
farmers near suspicious-looking Washington, were ap-
preaching a man on
a highway, "hen he b came frightened,
and, in attempting to flee, secured dropped it, a
large package. The farmers
am d at once discovered that it was plun¬
der from a mail robbery.
THE WOULD OVER.
CONDENSATION OF FACTS BY
’PHONE AND TELEGRAPH.
SOMETHING ABOUT CONVENTIONS, RAIL¬
ROADS, WORKING PEOPLE, CAPITALISTS,
EUROPEAN CROWNED HEADS, ETC.
The market reports from New York
show that Southern fruits nnd produce
brought liberal prices.
Advices from Home, Italy, state that the
emption estate at the voLanoes continues and
an bus belonging been destroyed. to an Euglish com¬
puny
Col. George Gibson, of the 6th U. 8.
infantry, commandant at Ft. Bliss, died
N. very M., suddenly on Tuesday at Las Vegas,
where he had been for rest.
Seven socialists of Berlin, Germany,
have been sentenced to imprisonment for
terms for varying from two months to three
years in-ulting the imperial house.
Emperor William will sojourn in Al¬
sace-Lorraine for ten days, making the
palace will at Strasburg his headquarters,
lie visit Metz and other large towns.
The car drivers and conductors of New
York City will not support their striking
brethren of Green Point, Long Island.
They say that the step was ill advised
and uncalled for.
Terrible damage has been done to the
crops iu Germany and many head of cat¬
tle have been lost near Koenigsburg,
Elbing, aud bagan. Railways are inter¬
rupted at Gorlenz and Bromberg.
Lawrence Donovan, who successfully
Xe *‘ ag r d r °i IU
JJ T 1 ™ T J V ? on Wh T Tuesday 1Ch 1 t« ‘°. J r in i,U the ?
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the Lightning Cincinnati struck the main _ building of
day and Exposition on Wcdnes-
produced a counter current on
tbe electric dynamos and stopped the
machinery aud put out the electric
light*. No one was hurt.
The main building of Wells College,
New York, where Mrs. President Cleve-
land graduated, was burned on Thursday
with the entire contents. The loss is
$130,000. There was an insurance of
$75,000 on the building.
A four-story tenement house at 1,020
Avenue A, in New York, caught fire, and
the family of Gustave Berg, who lived on
the top floor were burned to death. They
were Gustave Berg, 40 years old; his'wife
36; his mother-in-law and his 12-year-old
daughter Gertie.
James O’Neil, an employe of an elec¬
tric company, was repairing a lamp in
the city hall at Hoboken, N. J., onTues-
day, when the current was turned on aud
lie was instantly killed. There was a long
red mark on his right side. The flesh
wits broken at the waist.
„ 1 mills ... of , Graff, ,, _ Bennett _ .. & .
wo iron
Go., ut Pittsburg, Pa., were »old at nuc-
tion on Ihursday for $i-,S),000 to satisfy
be < ’Y j
the New York Life Insurance Company,
and the other for $100,000, held by local
parties. |
An east-bound passenger train on the I
Santa Fe railroad left the track near
Lawrence, Kansas, on Tuesday, while
running forty miles an hour. All the
Cars except the sleepers went off the
truck, several of them being demolished, j
Martin Meyars, the engineer, was killed
iastantly, and John Ilarff, accident the fireman,
was badly scalded. The was
caused by a broken rail. j
Almost a riot took place at the meeting
of the National Temperance Society at j ■
Ocean Grove, N. J., on Wednesday,
Col. G. W. Bain, of Kentucky, Alice Osborne, delivered
an address, nnd Mrs of
Boston, Mass , sang a solo so sweetly that
an encore was demanded. The Society
people would not allow it, but the aud¬
ience insisted and the sweet singer tri¬
umphed.
A tremendous rain and wind storm
burst over Springfield, Ohio, and raged
for five minutes. Iu that brief time,
thousands of dollars’ worth of damage
was done. The magnificent Arcade
hotel building was and struck by lightning |
during the storm badly wrecked.
The wind lifted the wrecked roof and
hurled it with tremendous violence on
tho sky-light, and it fell with u crash
that wms heard for blocks.
Fifty thousand people turned out to
view the funeral of Gen. Eudes, the
communist of Paris, France. A display
of red flags being made, the civil guard
captured them after a severe fight. Fif¬
teen thousand persons marched in front
of the hearse bearing tho remains and
they wore bouquets of red immortelles.
M. Basly, member of Chamber of Depu¬
ties, was present, and lie and Rochefort
were greeted with cheers and shouts of
“vive la revolution” and “vivo la com-
mune.” Shots were exchanged between
the police and the mob at several points
on the route of the fuueral.
Virginia-
Gapt John T. Wise has made arrange-
meets to leave Richmond and settle -a
New York.
The Gray National Company has been
chartered by the circuit court at Rich-
mond, with a capital stock, not to,exceed
$15 000 000. The principal offices will
be located in Richmond. The officers
are : President, Thomas M. Logan; vice
president, Charles E. Coon, of New
York; secretary, David I. Carson, of
New York. Among the incorporators nnd
pj are United Starts Senators Plumb
Hale; John II. Inman, George S. Scott,
<:. 8. Brice, J. B. Pace and .Tames 11.
Dooly. The company will engage in the
general telegraph and telephone business
mi ii r the system invented by Prof.
K isha Grgv.
TVxri.
On Thursday morning, six miles from
\V aC o, on the Texas Central road, apiece and
of timber was fastened to the track
the night express was derailed, the loco¬
motive demolished and several cars
badly damaged. Engineer Moses Will
His fireman terribly _
killed outright. half dozen passengers was in
scalded and a scouring
jured. The sheriff's posse is
the country for the criminals.
QEN. 8HERIDAN’8 FUNERAL,
Tho special train bearing tho body of
Qcn. Sheridan nnd tho funeral party ar¬
rived at Washington Schofield, on Thursday. It
was met by Gen. and a guard
of honor from tho District of Columbia
Troop military order of 4th Loyal cavalry, Legion and
I), of tho As the
train slowed into the s'ntlon, eight ser¬
geants of the 3d nrtilley, under com
maud of Lieut. Danes, marched up the
platform and formed a Hue. Soon after
the train stopped, Mrs. Sheridan stepped
out, leaning on the arm of Col. Sheridan.
They were met by Gen! Kueker, Mrs.
Sheridan’s father aud sister. As they
left the sjutiou tho artillery sergeants
took tho casket from the car in which it
had made the journey from Nonquitt
and bore it to a caisson belonging to the
fil'd artillery, which was draped with
flags festooned with crape. As the cais¬
son Troop bearing the body left the fell station,
lino 1), of the 4th cavalry, into
iu front and escorted the procession!
up Pennsylvania avenue to Fifteenth Fol-j
street and St. Matthew’s church.
lowing Schofield the caisson in carriages were Gen.
nnd guard stuff, Dr. O’Kcilly, Col.
Blunt nnd tho of honor from the
local command ry of the Loyal Legion.
As the body re .ched the church door,
it was met by a procession of clergy and;
sanctuary After boys singing the “Miserere.”|
tho casket had been placed upoji
the catafalque, the preliminary burialj
service was recited, tho choir singing the
funeral hymn. The interior of the church)
was effectively draped, a feature of thJ
decora'ions being the American colors
blended with the somber shade of heavy
folds. The coraph fronts of both gnlle-
1 rieg wepa serv0ll with h fl caaght
«P j intervals with broad bands of
, b ack . Above the eutrance on tllu frollt
of the organ loft were grouped regiment-
al and cavalry flags, fastened waf together by
fi knot of black. Tho aliar heavily
draped. The candelabra and marble
figures black. on either side were draped with
Two silk American flogs hung
f rora the wall ab ive the altar. The car-
dinal’s throne on the left of the altar
of was the appropriately covered, nnd the front
black pulpit was concealed by heavy
velvet, with deep silver fringe.
had been made in front of the
altar by the removal of four pews on
either side of the main aisle, in the cen-
ter of which stood the catafalque, tlio
same that was used in the funeral obse-
'lutes of King Alfonso, held in this
fiburch on the death of the king sever l
years ago. It is about four feet high and
rests upon a broad base which is covered
w ‘tk national colors bordered with a
band of black velvet. The upper portion
’ s covered with an American flag, on
which the casket was placed. At
the head of the casket was planted a gen¬
eral’s headquarters flag. The service
concluded, the little company immedi¬
ately left the church. On Friday morn¬
ing the requiem mass was celebrated by
Father Kervick. This service was for
the convenience of the family and friends
of the iH uglri ous dead.
The executive departments were closed
on g a t ur day as a mark of respect to the
memory of Gen. Sheridan, and all public
business was suspended on that day.
Tiwgi) invited to the funeral were the
p re8 ident and Mrs. Cleveland, membors
of the cabinet and the ladies of their
families, judges of the supreme court,
judges of Ihe local courts, members of
the diplomatic and House corps, members of the Sen-
a te of Representatives and
elective officers of both houses, all mem-
bets of the Catholic clergy in Washing-
ton, all officers of tho army, navy and
marine corps stationed in Washington,
twenty-five of the Grand Army of Re-
public, twenty-five of the Loyal Legion,
eighty members of the press and a large
number of personal friends of the family.
The total number of invitations issued
was 1,500, and no person was admitted
tQ the church without a card of admision.
The fuueral was strictly in Accordance
with army regulations, and the impres¬
sive services of the Church were under
the direction of the local clergymen, ab¬
solution being given by Cardinal Gib¬
bons.
North Carolina.
Montgomery Wygatt, a colored hand
employed on the Wilmington & Weldon
Railroad, died from sun-stroke. He was
on a hand-car near Wilmington.
A remarkable accident occurred in
Richmond county. While a negro
woman was standing near an open well
she was struck by lightning and knocked
iuto the well. She was dead when taken
out.
Dave Lowe, of Alamance county, com¬ He
mitted suicide in a rather novel way.
contrived to climb a large tree, and stand¬
ing in one of its forks, fifty feet above
'ground, his sprang head foremost, died in¬ lie
broke skull and spine and
stantly.
Dr. F. H. Glover, one of the ablest
physicians iu the state, died suddenly
on Tuesdi-y at his home at Charlotte. He
was a native of South Carolina, but for
twenty years had lived at Charlotte.
He was a prominent Mason and Knight
Templar.
i Members of the Farmers’ Alliance are
up in arms ou account of the cotton bag-
gmg trust. They are holding meetings
and pledging themselves not to exorbitant purchase
"“J bagging at the present other
advance in price, but to use some
material for their cotton, if it be only
four-cent cottonade.
I James McCurry, of McDowell county,
observing a dog running after his sheep,
took his gun and followed in pursuit. had
When he overtook the dog the latter
caught and killed a sheep. McCurry
shot and killed it, but in so doing the
gun hurst, breaking his neck and
causing instant death.
Carl Dabbett, a German at Wilming¬
ton, committed suicide on Wednesday.
He went to tho boarding house, with his
clothes wet and remarked that he had
fallen out of a boat. Subsequently he
acknowledged he had jumped into the
river with the intention of drowning
himself. Being a good swimmer, he be¬
gan swimming and his resolution failed
him. Lat< r he borrowed a razor from a
friend. The latter went out, and return¬
ing in a few minutes, found Dabbett ly¬
ing on tlie floor with blood spouting from
a wound across the throat.
The Austrian government has announced
that it will join the Sugar Bo inties Conven¬
tion if the United States and Brazil do.
VOL. III. NO. 4T.
NATIONAL CAPITAL
WHAT THE SWELTERING PUB¬
LIC OFFICIALS ARE DOING.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS—IMPORTANT
ACTS OF PRESIDENT CLEVELAND—AP¬
POINTMENTS AND REMOVALS, ETC.
CONURESSIONM.
On Thursday, after the past of
several hills on the calendur, the Senate
proceeded to the consideration of the
fisheries treaty in open executive session,
and Mr. Evnrts resumed his speccl» hadj
against its ratification. After he
spoken for two hours, Mr. Evarts yielded!
the floor temporarily to allow Mr. Haw¬
ley to introduce a concurrent resolution 1
tlmt members of both houses shall attend)
the funeral of Gen. Sheridan on 8atur-l
day next at ten a. m., and that, as a fur¬
ther mark of respect to fhe memory of.
the deceased, the twa houses, when they,
adjourn on Friday, shall adjourn to meet)
on Monday next. Resolutions were
agreed to, and Mr. Evarts resumed his
argument against the fisheries treaty....
In the House, the message from the Sen¬
ate announcing the passage by that body
of a concurrent resolution declaring that
members of both houses would attend!
the funeral of Gen. Sheridan on Saturday
next, and that as a mark of respect to
the memory of the deceased, when the!
twj houses adjourn on Friday, it wi.ll be
to meet on Monday next. It was con-'
ctirrcd in.
Chinese In tho Senate, bill on Wednesday, taken and the)
protection division. was The up
passed proceeded without the consideration Senate of
then to
the fisheries treaty in open executive ses¬
sion and was addressed by Mr. Evarts in
opposition to its ratification, After
speaking over two hours, on the sug¬
gestion of Mr. Frye, that the day was
hot, Mr. Evarts ceased speaking, and
postponed Thursday. the remainder of his speech hav¬
till The fisheries treaty
ing been laid aside and legislative bus¬
iness taken up, Mr. Edmunds suggested publio
that, in view of the exlreine heat,
business would be better attended to by
an adjournment than by continuing in
session In the House, Mr. Shaw, of
Murylaud, from the committee on ac¬
counts, reported the resolution appro¬
priating $5,000 to meet the expenses of
committee on manufactures in investi¬
gating the subject of trusts, Mr.
Springer then asked for immediate con¬
sideration of his trust bill, but demand
for the regular order from Mr. Long,
of Massachusetts, operated as an
objection. The House went into
committee of the whole on the deficiency
bill. Debate on the renewed. French spoiliation Pending
claims section was
debate the committee rose. Mr. Outh-
waite, of Ohio, entered a motion to re¬
consider the various votes by which tha
House amended the Senate Columbus
Exposition bill, by providing for Rich¬
mond, Augusta, Atlanta and Kansas City
Expositions. The House adjourned.
The resolution offered in the Senate on
Monday, by Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, in¬
structing the committee on finance to
make an investigation of the cotton adopted. bag¬
ging pool, was taken up and
The Senate bill to remove the political
disabilities of Julian Myers, of Georgia,
was reported from the judiciary com¬
mittee and passed. The Senate then re¬
sumed consideration of the fisheries treaty
in open executive session.
MOB8IP.
The proposition to give government
aid to the Colored Exposition at Atlauta,
Ga., and the Richmond, Va., and Au¬
gusta, Ga., Expositi o ns was loaded
down with so many « mi merits, that
it looks now as though these three Ex¬
positions will get nothing ftom Uncle
Snm.
Tenfiesspo.
Mi«s Daisy Judd, New of Nashville, Middleton com¬ by
mitted suicide at
blowing out her brains with a pistol.
Unrequited love was the cause.
A fire broke out on Thursday in the
.Griffith--Caldwell building on Market
street in Chattanooga, nnd a loss of
$460,000 whs sustained before the fire
was extinguished. The hi aviest losers
were: Bradt Printing Co.; Gibson, Lee
& Co., china dealers; N. Deitzer & Bro ;
•Block Drug Co.; L. Rosenheim, cloth¬
ing dealer; A. Tschopik,confectioneries;
Baltimore Clothing Co. Three meu,
among them J. P. McMillan, a promi¬
nent citizen, were buried in the falling
walls.
While two boys, Jackson Moore and
John Harvey, of Memphis, aged about
seventeen y. ars, were hunting squirrels
across the river in Arkansas, they dis¬
covered a large rattlesnake coiled upon
a rock apparently asleep. Moore said he
would capture the snake alive. He
crept up to the deadly rattler, and by a
quick movement caught it firmly below
the head and held it at arm’s length coiled it- in
triumph. Suddenly the snake
Eelf around the boy’s arm. He became
frightened and attempted to throw it off,
when the reptile struck him. He then
fell in a swoon, while his friend fled for
assistance. The nearest house was two
miles distant, and when help arrived the
poor lad was past help and died in ag¬
ony.
Two men had made ready a bluff very
heavy blast in the face of the high
at the mouth of Smith’s forks, near Lan¬
caster. It was composed of quite a num¬ and
ber of holes about twenty feet deep,
with nine or ten kegs of powder to the
hole. Everything had been made ready
to touch the blast with electricity by
means of a wire connected with the bat¬
tery. A cloud came up in the meantime,
and as it was lightning, the men con¬
cluded to wait until the cloud pas-.ed
over. A flash of lightning, however,
came running along the wire from tho
battery exploding the blasts with a tre-
mendous noise. The whole side of tho
bluff was blown off and it tumbled with
a tremendous crash down below. At
tho time the blast occurred, two laboring
men were seen coming along down
under the bluff. They were vigilantly
- earched for after the exp’osioo, found. but no
tiace of them could be
Forty-eight armed men rode into the
camp of Collector Me List at Ardmore.
Indian Territory, Wednesday, and forced
him to surrender the cattle bo had seized t'qr
non payment of ta^e*