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■<fs -^ * 4^ :- 1 ill VI \Tl / vf ellavillepjblishing CO. 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? n ■ “OR,— 'l 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 ? ’ w, , 7. l g0 tnrThPuL, iv ( y CallCd Hunger n * ’ ” f 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*