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Newspaper Page Textthe mercury. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY NOTICE. gg.aU communications Intended tor this p «pei mast be accompanied with the full MERCURY. Bandersvllle, Washington Coutf, flh name of the writer, not neooeearlly for publi. Mtlon. but m » (Darentee of good feilh, We ere In no way reeponelble for the view* or opinion! of eorreepondenla. A. J. JERNIGAM, Proprietor. E- S. LANGMADE, Attorney at Zan>, SANDEttSVILLE, GA. MAYOR. 0. H. ROGERS. <e 2xfas{7j?z , z D. E. B, WELLS. MAftSBAZZ. J. E. WEDDON. AZDJSHRMBAf, VV. H, LAWSON, Wm. RAWLINGS, H. G. LANG, A. M. MAYO, M. H. BOYER. 2own of lenrHlle. M.tvor—John C. Harman. Aldermen- W. P. Davi«, J. Smith, P. J. Pipkin, T. J. Beck Clerk-8. H. B Massey. Mu rehall—J. C. Hamilton. MUSIC, MUSIC GO TO— JEENIGAN Bows, Strings, Rosin Boxes, Etc- a o BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BendeievUle, Ga. Will praetlieln the State and United Mates Court*. Offloe In Ouart-hooee. Watches, Clocks And JEWELRY JEXHTIGAXT. Dr. H. B. Hollifield, nnmi m mom Having recently graduated at the Unlver- •‘D’ of Miiiyl.nrt and returned home, now i.itpi* hi* professional eervloe* to the oltlsen, Ol Nandemvllle and vicinity. Omoe with " r .,. N Hollifield,nextdoortujMr*. Iluyne’* millinery store. U. W. H. WHITAKER. DENTIST, Bandersvllle, Ga. rKRM/j CASH. Ofllc. nt hi* Residence, on Harris street. Aorll 8d. ISHO. H. N. HOLLIFIELD, Physician and Surgeon, ■andecsvlUe, Be. Offloe next doer te Mrx. BayneW tllllaery •tore on Harrla street. UUY YOUM MTMMS, SFECTiCL!”!, FROM J E R N IC AI j, None genuine without onr Trade Mark On band and for sale, SPKCTAH^. NOSE GLASSES. ETC. Machine Needles, Oil and Shuttles, FOR all KINDS OF MACHINES. tor sale. I will alHn order parte of Machines that get broken, for which new piece* are wanted. A. J. JEHNIGAN. • *■ Hi eat. O. H. Rooms HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, P r »°tlee la the eonntles of Washington, .fia i** 0 .*!? Johnson, Emanuel and Wllklueoh, nSi*h Jhe U. 8. Courts for the Southern Die- wm Qe0T K la - “** as agents In baying, eel ling o, re “«ng Rem Oetu-tf 01 * W *“* ,d * of PabUa ■qnare. 8ANDER8VIjLLE, GA., VOLUME IV DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. CURRENT COMMENTS. SANDERSVILLE. GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1884. SknYork hxx nndor lock and key tnhei f rinoiis, ponitontiaries and reformatories an *rmy of convict* numbering 16,600. This i* an luorease of 63 per cent in ten yoare, concnr- ront with an incrcaso of 23 per oent in the to tal population of the state. Without speedy legislation to proteot game In tho wostern states and territories, It is safe to prodiot that in five years from now, at the present rate of destruction, there will he very few elk, buffalo, mule doer, or antelope to hunt. The hide huntera are destroying game In a wasteful and reckless msnner. As an in stance of the wholesale destruction now going on it may be mentioned that in the past year the hido hunters killed more than 26,000 buffa loes between the Yellowstono and the headwa ter* of the Llttlo Missouri Binci Queen Victoria ascended the throne sho lias rocoivod an annual allowance of £885,- 000 for her expenses, but of this amount no less than £131,220 la absorbed in the aelariei paid to the fortunate people whose duty It la to aid in spending her majesty’s handsome ln- oome. Somotimos the Bri.lsh people feel a ripplo of indignation when L. v reflect that •aoh an immense sum is swallowed n« annually by a horde of titled drones, who in reality do nothing to earn tho salaries which they draw with suoh great regularity. It Is claimed that tho population of Florida has doubled since tho consns of 1880. Settle ments aro springing up all over the state with magloal rapidity, and it is behoved that there are now in tho atato fully 100,000 tourist* and pie isnre seekers. Tho real ostate fiend flnnr- .Ishca in Florida like tho greenbaytroe,hehangt ont Ills shlnglo In the wilderness witli as mneb oofldenco as he would feel in the orowded olty. Towns with high sounding names ere spring ing up ah over the atate, and there is no doabt ee to the pcrmancnco and prosperity of thece enterprises. the consumption per edult for drinking purpo ses is probably much lea* than half what it wo* two generations ago. The cans* of this de- oi ease is probably due in not unequal shares to the Influcnoe of the temporanoe organisation and the progress of beer drinking. The fact is that the bulk of the liquor drinking in this country is done by foreigners. Intemporanoo U gradually oeasing to be an American vico. Genuine butter is a thing of the paat. Very little of R la to be found on sale in tho largo cities, and even wealthy people sometimes find it impossible to get the real article. The method of making butter from swine is very simple. Leaf lard U run through a hasher and Dion rendered at a temperature of 140. Next It is deodorised and ooolod in ioe water for from thirty-six honra to four or five days. Af terward It is drained off, melted, churned and mixed with oream butter. The percentage of butter used 1s from twenty to fifty, ordinarily about forty. Oils are used to produco the de sired color. It Is a sottlod fact that the live cow oannot compete with the doad hog in the matter of making butter. Very few retailers admit that they are selling a substitute. They take the oover from a tub of oleomargerine, lay it oh tho coanter bottom side np and set the tub in it. ] hat conooals the oleomargerine brand on the cover. Then tlioy conceal the brand on the tub by putting a "best creamery butter" placard over it and they rotail the stuff for butter. NEWS OF THE WEEK. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC Tmt first coinody wm performed at Ath ens, 5U3 B. O. • Tun New Jorsoy law making It a penal of fence to sell cigars, clgarottos and ohewing tobacco to hoys appear* to work well. The magnitude of the tobacco evil among boys le not sufficiently well understood. The nee of nlootlno In oxooss is very injurious to adults, but it is infinitely worse for youths. Itstunte them physically and mentally, and blnnts their moral perception*. Any law prohibiting the salo of tobacco to children is difficult to enforoe bocause the small shopkeepora are tho worst offenders. The most effective scheme ever suggested was a law empowering every adult to cane on Bight any boy caught smoking. Lieutenant Oauunoton, wh# was in charge of tho government relief steamor, Proteus, last ■ninmer, is possltlvely certain that the Greely party is Bafo. Greoly had plonty of provision! to last him through the winter, and he was stationed where ho could get all the fuel ho needed. Undor theso circnmstances there if no reason why Oreely snd his men should not all lie alive and in the best of hoalth. Of ooursa the oold weather is hard to stand. Lieutenant Oarllngton is anxious to return to the Arotie regions, and will make application to ho permitted to aooompany the Oreely relief party this summer. Tub great sensation of tho day le the new motor. Tide new motor is simply the vapor of bi sulphide of carbon. It has been in practi cal use in driving machinery in New York olty for the last six months, hnt in so quiet a man ner that the general public knows nothing about it. Bi-sulphide of earbon can be manu factured abundantly at a oost of $3 per hun dred woiglit. Tho foroo of this vapor is irro- ■istiblo, and heretofore tho difficulty has been in controlling it. Tho invontor has organized a oompany witli $8,000,000 capital, and the motor will be speedily brought before tho pub lic. Obemation really appoars to be entering npon a boom. New Orleans now has a crema tion society, which is going actively to work, and intends to build a crematory in a short tlmo. Its memhors urge that the publio hoalth domands cremation in Now Orleani above all other oitleB, because of tho low, wet land in and surrounding tho city. Tho society is com posed of tho most prominent and pnblio spiri ted of tho citizeus. Ono thing that it wants to got is an ordinance authorizing tho cremation of all who dlo in smallpox hospitals, and of all who aro to lie be burriod at the public expense. Public opinion seems to be moving more rapid- idly than hitherto towards cremation. Mr. Lawrknck H ahrktt will | lay at the Lyceum, I<ondon, t II tho end of May. Henry Ibvino says that Joe Jefferson is the only foreign actor who has been univer sally aooopted in England. Johann Strauss has agreed to acoept the offer of tho imperial opera of Vienna an d write a genuine comic opera. Mins Auer, an Amorli nn prime donna, will make lior debut in Paris, at the Opera Condone. In Gnumvl'u **Mii-v„ill.. 11 Comlque, In Gounod's "Mirvellle. Mart Andzkhon, at the Lyceum theatre, London, is playing to an avorago of £303 a night; that is close on (11,000 a week. Emma Abbott is said to have made more money in California lhim all tho operatio combinations, big and little, In the country have made this season. Thursday, April 17, has been fixed upon a* "actors’day,” whon special matiuess will h# given In the New York th -atrei for tho benefit of the actors’ fun I. Gertrude O ris wold, one of the Amerioan girls who has been singing in 1’aris, has boon engaged for tho coming opera season at Covent Garden in London. Manager Harris, of tho London Drury Lane, is a bold and skilful advertiser. Hi* latest is to invito the wives and children of all bishops anil clergy to come to see his pantomime without price. A young American laly, Miss Maud Powell, has achieved a sucoe>* in London ns it violinist. She is a pupil of the Paris Con servatoire and hns so far appeared mostly in society concerts. Colonel Maplebon told a Chicago re- S orter the following story as illustrating tho uinandsof onerayc singers: “Max Stra- ‘ibnSTitu kogch at one tlniWnad a number of big peo ple witli him. He bad | mil evoryb idy. Just before a matin e, one afternoon, no was stricken with paralysis. Ono of his singers heard of it, and immediately refused to sing. ‘ But he is very bad an l .s paralyzed,’they told her. ‘Wlint side of him it | aralyzed:’ she asked. ‘The leftside,’ they taid. ‘Then he can sign a mougngo with his right hand, sho replied, and lie nctua ly ha 1 to do it be fore she would sing." Mr. Henry Irving’s sou* show much cleverness in tableaus anil recitations. They recently took the parts of Joseph and CharlM Surface in an amateur performance of “ The School for Scandal.” and are said to have shown dramatio talent of a high order. Charles Barnard, one of the editors of the Century magazine, lias hit upon a new Idea. He has written the books for several A committee of the Mississippi legislators, in reporting upon tho oonviot lease system, says that crimes have been committed under the guiso of tho law more oruel and offensive than in tho Fleet and Marshaisea, under the English system. Tho prison system has bcon run without oxponse to tho state, but this has been done at the expense of the tiros of help less, manaclod creatures, anil tho profit can only be regarded as blood money. Tho com mittee recommonds the greatcstactivity on tho part of the superintendent in ordor to proteot convicts from oruel treatment. In regard to the sub-letting Bystom the report says it is so horrible that the coramitice deem it impropor to make publio its horrors. Only two of the five full gonerals of the con federacy aro living. Thosu are, Joseph E. Johnson, ex-Unitcd StateB sonator, residence, Richmond, Ya., and Goneral P. G. T. Beaure gard, adjutant-general of Louisiana, who lives in New Orleans. Of the 21 lieuteuantgoner- als, bnt nine are living: General Wade Hamp ton, United States senator, Columbia, 8. O.; General Gordon, ex-United States senator, Atlanta, Ga.; D. H. Hill is president of an Ala bama ooliege ; 8. D. Lee is president of a Mis- sissipi college ; A. P. Stewart is president of tho university of Mississippi ; Jubal Early is principal owner of the Louisiana lottery, at New Orleans i S. B. Buokner is a farmer in Kontuoky, and a possible governor, and Joseph E. Wheeler is a ruembor of congress from Ala bama. General Lougstreet is a United States marshal for the state of Georgia. In a rocent artioleinthe New York Indepen dent, Rev. Dr. Dorehester states that the aver age per oapita consumption of spirits in this country sixty years ago was five gallons a head and it is not over two gallons a head now. This may astonish temperance advocates, but it is nevertheless a fact that within the last 60 years the prodnotlon of spirits lias not grown as rapidly as onr population. The use of alco hol in the arte has inore*»5d enormously, and cotnio operas and the music has been supplied by such excellent composers as Alfred Cel- lier, Frank Howson and Dr. Pierce. These works are intended for performance by chil dren or by professional adults for the enter tainment of childron. Barnum’s circus will have 873 names on its pay rolls, U40 in the exhibition depart ment 210 on tho cars and twenty-throe agents the dally expenses being J'i, 810. The tents will seat 21,000 persons, and for the first time doub'e tents will In oirriod, so that while the circus is playing iu one town the preparations will lie made in the next. There are eleven pa’ace car.-., seven advance advertising cars and fifty-four cars for cages and properties. The Chicago New* rays that the other night "a rich aiiner from Neva la. who in in the city, strolls 1 into H iv i-ly's, and watched the ‘ Sliver King ’ wi li a great deal o.' in terest. He win partieularlv struck with the aoting of Mis* Tracy, and became soenthu- s.astio during • lie second act that ho aro^e in his seat, and pulling a *3d gold piuoo from bis pocket, tossed it upon the stage as a token ot his approbation fur her work. His action was noticed by many in the house, andoo casioneil no little ooinmont. Miss Tracy, knowing the customs of the far West, so it ll»«- thanks to the miner, who had gone Unto the lobby, together witli the w ird that siie would keep the money as a souvenir.” NEWSY GLEANINGS, Arkansas is developing valuable coal beds. San Antonio is the horse market of tho South. Texas rates as the sixth -State in railroad mileage. There are nine circusos in the country this season. The asscssoi! property valuation of Texas is. *520,000,000. Mississippi is making rapid strides in the manufacture of wool, Texas plants 200,000 more acres in corn than she does in cotton. The proposed reform bill in England will enfranchise 2,000,000 men. Hundreds of farm houBos in Arkansas have never yet been blessed with cooking stoves. It is said that the Salvation army hi mak ing many converts among the negroes of tho South. • A factory with facilities for making 100,- 000 wooden dishes per day is to be erected in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Russian army consists of: Generals, staff, and superior officers, 28,074, and men, 830,146; in all, 804,219. There are over sixty-five Mormon elders engaged in proselyting in all sections of the) South, and the force will be doubled jn May.; The people of the United States will re-1 cover fully 100,000,000 acres of land by the, recent action of Congress in canceling rail-j road grants. Fence-cutting has been made a felony by the Texas legislature, and the inolosure olt tho property of small land owners In largo 1 astures is prohibited. An American church is soon to be built in Dresdon, the necessary funds having been raised at a series of prlvato theatricals re cently given under the auspices of the, Ameri can colony In that. olty. Eaetern and Middle Statee. John McGinnis was hanged the other dny Philadelphia for the murder of his moth- er-In-law. He first shot his wire, who hod Ipft him and gone back to her mother on ac« count of his intemperate habits, and then put two bullfts Into the elder woman. His wife reoovered, but her motbor died. The I'm ted Slates inspectors at Bouton Who invt stigated the recent City of Columbus “'"af'c,. In their report condemn Captain S. E. Wright, in command at the time the vessel wai wreck-'d, and revoke his license. ' From a circular issued at Pittsburg, Penn., by the United States Brewers’ association, at appenm thattbo brewers and liquor deal ers of the country are taking steps to or ganize politically without regard to'party, , 1 He boiler hi J. T. Trees’ dyeing establish-' ment at Lawrence, Mass., explode I, killing ,. n Jr -i Hie engineer, and fatnlly In juring William Moreland and Miohael Cro- uin.Cyo employes. So great was Hie force of tlie explosion that Tho three building* were shattered Into splintei-s. Piece* of the boiler and debris wero thrown 400 feet, crashing through roofs of dwellings, but for tunately injured no one. Jay Gout,d, the noted New York financier, sailed the other day from Now York in his famous yacht Atalanta for the WestJndtos. Ti?k Iboiler of tho Boston mill, at Bryant’* Pond, jMe., exploded, killing four men, while another was badly injurod. Three of the killed were boiler-makers from Boston, who hail just repaired the boiler, which burst while they were gathering up their tools. A young woman dressed in men's clothea Itop.ied a Voung man early In the morning on one or tho principal streets of Philadelphia, and at the isiint of a leveled pistol compelled him to "s'ond and deliver ” his money in or thodox hlghwaymau fmhi ,n. 1 Couth and West. JKkse Stephens, (coloi-ed) aged twenty- one yqars, was hanged at West Point, Mias., for thje murder of Porch Westbrook, an old colored man who ha I accused the murderer ol stealing Ids mi ions. A c[rowd of me took a prisoner from the constables at Allapha, Ga, defied the civil authorities, and so terrorized the town that the mayor telegraphed to tho governor foi assistance, which was sent to him in the shape of a company of militia. After partaking of canned blaohberrl# tho Guthrie family, prominent residents o Kogersvillo Junction, Eust Tennessee, were takort ill with symptoms of poisoning. Four children died soon alter, anl the mother was not exjiectod to recover. Trouble between a Catholic priest at Corning, Ohio, and a druggist named Mc- Devitt led the latter to cause tne arrest of the former on the charge of running a gaming device at a fair. Tho prleBt de nounced MoDevitt from the pulpit, and at night a body of men proceeded t » McDevitt’s store, led him out, took off all his clothing and com| oiled him to leave town and swear that lie would never return. For this action twenty-five men wero arrested. Martin E. Van Fleet,treasurer of Huron Ooutiity, Ohio, decamped for Canada with about $76,0 X) of the county funds. Hon. Kenneth Rayner, solicitor of the United States treasury, died a few day* since in Washington, aged seven' Y-stx years. He 'i* ‘ ‘ as* V I M^xaa nwiou JJJ* J WW N, HO wn bom in North CaroliiS in 1806, had served two terms in Congress and was author of a life of Andrew Johnson. Ohio Prohibitionists aseembied in State convention at Columbus and appointed dele- eates to the national convention at Pitts burg on May 21. At the Louisiana Republican State con vention. held in New Orleans, a delegation to the national convention and a State ticket, beaded by John A. Stevenson for governor, were chosen. Tho national delegation is un derstood to be for Arthur for first choice. During a quarrel at ban Leandro, Cal., William Scollard drew a revolver ami shot Aleck Dietr.chsen, n saloou-keepor, deoil. Wlion Rcollard’s father wes told of his son’s act, ho exclaimed: “My God, can this be?” ana fell death The California legislature lias been sum- mdnod in extra session for the purpose of taking mid governing the railroads through out tho Ptato. Two men wero killed and a third was fatal ly'Injured by tho explosion of a saw-mi! boiler at Onondaga, Mich John Griffin, a Maryland cattle dealer, an 1 1 ono of the best known- ami wealthiest men in tlio State, was found murdered anti robbed near Frederick. At flmt it was thiiught natural causos had led to his death. Two mon wore arrested on suspicion. Dukino a fire which destroyed the main btisiuess block of tho little town of Memnhls, Mu, three persons were klllod by falling walls, ami three others fatally and four more badly injured. Frank Rande, the notorious desperado and couvlct who madoan attempt upon the lifo of a deputy warden in tho .Slate peni tentiary at Joliet, III., and who was placed in a solitary cell, hungod himself. Rande. whose real name was Charles C. Scott, killed np leas than five mon in 1877,and is supposed to have murdered thirteen persons in Indi ana, Illinois nnd Missouri. I LoNft-coNTiNUED rains have caused muoh damage to property and great delay in travel ip Southern California. A special posse of twelve pioked men, armed to the teeth and commanded by State Constable Richbourg. proceeded secretly from Columbia, 8. C., to the residence of Colonel Casli near Cheraw. Colonel Cash was captured, but his son escaped into the adjacent swamp. A i>osse of fifty men from Cheraw was sent after young Cash. I A snow slide half a mile wide at Alta, 'Col., swept away the works of the New Emma mine, killing Gus Lybecker, foreman; !D. D. Wasson, machinist, and brother; Samuel Prothers, Charles Colgreen and Wife; Edward Crockett, T-ottio Pleon, O. J. Johnson, N. S. Delano, Willard Stephenson and John Richardson. This is the worst slide over known in the Little Cottonwood district. Tho snow was piled forty feet high. The dama re to tho mine is *15,030. Washington! Joaquin Miller has given the House committee on Territories his views on tho Mormon question. He characterized the Mormons os "cranks and Guiteaus," nnd op posed repressive measures as only tending to incite them to further lawless acts instead of subduing them. This, ho said, was the his tory of all such measures. Polygamy, he thought, was on the decrease, atia he pre scribed education ns tbe panacea for ail the ills from which the people of Utah suffered. The Mormons os a people,in his opinion, were •xtramely ignorant persons ; ea'by "cranks” and those who have their own ends to serve, and all that was necessary to bring them back to the paths of morality was to show them their true condition. Woman suffragists- from all over the country attended the sixteenth annual con vention ot the Woman Suffrage association in Washington. Frank Langston, a colored youth, son of the United States minister to Hayti, and employed in the government printing office at Washington, shot and killed Dennis Wil liams and James Spencer, two oolored men. Williams was trying to separa'e a white and * colored man, who were fighting, when Langston interfered and au alteroation arose. Langston pulled out a revolver aud *gan firing, hitting-WiUiams and Sppnoer, a bystander. Ex-Postmaster General James and ex- Attomey General MacVeagh have testified before the House committee giving an ac count of tho initiation of tho star route pros ecution ami the directions of President Gar- eld iii reference to them. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and Henry Irving, the English actor, were among recent sailers on the President. Consuls nonltiiated by the President: Firth Charles Worth, of Kansas, at Funchal; Archer Russell Platt, at Chefoo, China; Wil lis Edwards Baker, at Rosaria, Argentine Republie. Further nominations by the President; Colonel John Newton of the engineer corps, to be chief of engineers with rank of briga’ ' dier-general; Leonnrd E. Wales, of Delaware, I to be United States district judge of thedis- >101 of Delaware. Mr. WlllTK, of Kentucky, was the only member of the Home who voted against the , voRsage of tho naval appropriationbllL ■The Senate committee on Territories hns agreed to give the name Lincoln to the new Territory which it is proposed to make out if the northern portion of Dukota. Si.ncA the introduction of two-cent letter postage there lias been ail unexpected reduc tion In the numlier of |x>stal cards issued and an mcreaae In the number of stamps sold. Busan B. Anthony, Plucbe Couxena, Mrs- Haggert, and other members of the Woman Suffrage association, in session at Washing, ton, made addresses before tho House judioi- ary committee adv. eating the extension of the right of suffrago to their sox. Foreign. Joaquin LtMENooux, president and direc tor of the Havana Savings bank, the only institution of the kind in the city, has com mitted suicide. The bank has suspended payment In consequence. In Tarragona, H[*m, a shoemaker named Perez, nineteen years of age, enter* 1 n cigar •tor* for the purpose of robbing it Moeting with resistance be stabbed and fatally wounded an old woman of eighty, her two daughters and a servant. John Arthur, o prominent banker of Parle, has absconded after stealiniz the sav ings of many persons, aggregating nearly *050,000. Mr. Parnell’s bill amending the Irish land act has been rejected by the British house of Commons—325 to 72. Two members of the firm of Messrs, Parker, London solicitors, have absconded, having misappropriated clients' title deeds. Their liabilities are between |5,<>0,>.0<X)and *10,000,- 000. They had burrowed #2,500,000 for va rious speculations. Another man has committed suloldo at Monte Carlo on acoount or losses at the gaming tabli there, making the nineteenth self-murder at that notorious resort slnoo January. TnE death of Cardinal Camlllo dl Pietro, bora In Rome In 1800, Is annoiinoed. A reward of £10 for each head of a Frenqh soldier, and £82 for the hea l of an officer, has been offore 1 by the coiniuandor ot tbe Blaok Flags in Tonquln. An affray occurred at PresRa, Italy, be tween laborers on the railread and villagers. Carbineers Interfered to suppress the dis turbance, and fired, killing eiglit aud wound ing fourteen of the villagers. The German reiehstag has been opened with the usual formalities. The si*eoh from the throne was read by tbe home secretary of slate and repre-eutatlve of tho chancelor. The speech asserts that the chief task of the reiehstag lies in the domain of sooial and political affairs, and rave that the emperor's wish, which has been solemnly and repeatedly expressed, for the Improvement of the condi tion of workmen, lias met with full apprecia tion on tbo part of the German people. In the Uei man reiehstag, after tbe presi dent ha I been ro-elected, that functionary announced tho deat h of Herr Iasker and of other memliers who had died during tbe re cess. The doputles remained standing as a mark of reflect whilo this announcement was being mude. llerr Rickert, un indepen dent, expressed thauks in tho name of Herr Iosker's friends for tho numerous tokens of symputhy which had bxm reo lived. He was particularly grateful to tho American Con gress for the action of th> House. Heir Hammerstein, in behalf of the conser vatives, protested agalu-t the action of Herr Rickert and against tbe oourso pursue 1 by the American Congress. During tho excit ing dl cussion that onsued remarks de nunciatory of Blsmarok’s action in returning the resolutions to the Amor loan Congress wore made.. Herr Iliokert characterized Bismarck's action as "undistillable Inter ference." whereupon an uproar arose. Two Arab chiefs who arrived recently at Bualcim report that during tho rooout battle with General Graham's tn>o]*s Osman Digna's forces lost (1,001 killed ami wounded. Nearly a hundred persons suspected of complicity in dynamite plots aro being watched by the police in France. Notwithstanding the furious attacks made upon him by the German government press, Mr. Sargent the American minister to Germany, has decided not to resign. The bodies of Jeromo Collins, the meteorol ogist of the Jeannette, anil his mother, woro buried at Cork, Ireland. There was a largo procession on land nnd water, the former consisting of the town cor|»oration, various societies, and merchants and tradesmen. Emperor William, of Germany, and the czar of Russia, .will meet in Juno at Darm stadt. A Berlin dispatch says that a majority cf the houses belonging to Jews in NeustettiD have been destroyed by a mob. One member of the Canadian house of parliament at Ottawa, while intoxicated, sifvagely assaulted another member with a stick in the legislative chamber, but was dis armed before he could do any harm. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Grant.—General Grant has gone to Old Point Comfort, Va.,' for the benefit of his health. Astor.—The Astor family own in New York city 1,200 houses valued at about *40,- 000,000. Spurgeon.—Mr. Spurgeon, the ;r. urn English Baptist preacher, has fallou h ir to a large fortune. Smith.—Ex-United States Senator Ti uinau Bmitli, of Connecticut, is now in his ninety- fifth year, and continues to be active in mind, though weak in body. Pinkerton.—Allan Pinkerton, the head of tho deteotive agency, is a (Scotchman and tho son of a policeman. He employs nearly 200 detectives, men and women. Wolf.—Simon Wolf, ex-consul general to Egypt, dro w up the Lasker resolutions of con dolence introduced in Congress by Represen tative Ochiltree, and returned by Bismarck. Davis.—Jefferson Davis has declined an invitation to address the Mississippi legis lature on the liie of 8. 8. Prentiss. He says that his health (s too feeble for him t > under- take any publio work. Mason.—Mao m Mason, now govornor of Massowau, Egypt, is a Maryland man. A graduate of West Point, he took the losing side in the war of secession, and after Appo mattox sallod for Egypt. Nkwcomi!.—Miss Anita Nowoomb, now studying abroad, has inherited from her father, Professor Nowoomb, of the Naval observatory, remarkable mathematical pow ers, and is competent to calculate eclipses. Stanton.—Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton who reconl!y .returned from a two-years’ so journ iu Europo. lias decided to make Johns town her future residence. There, in the old Cady homestead, where she was born sixty- eight years ago, she will pass the remainder of her days. Palmkb.—Thomas' Palmer, the “lumber king” Senator from Michigan, is a broad- shouldered, heulthy-iookiug man of fifty- three, with a full faoe, a block mustache and restless black eyes. He used to be an amateur artist. When he was in ooliege his #1.60 per Annum A.. J. JEENIGAN* raownoi and Ptum NUMBER 48. Bnbeerlptlon— *1 Jl pet Yew SUMMARY 0* CONGRESS- Rennie. Mr. Sherman introduced the following bill granting copyright to newspapers: ’'Any daily or weekly newspaper, or any associa tion of any daily or woekly newsjiajiers, published iu (hoUnite l Htatos, or any of tho Territories thereof, shall have the sole right to print, issue and soil, for tho term of eight hours dating from tho hour of going to press, the content* of said daily or woeUly'nowspa- imrs, or the collected news of said newsaper association, exceeding ono hundred words. For any infringement of ilia copyright granted by the first section of this a4t the party Injurod may sue. in any ooujt of com petent jurisdiction, and recover in any prop, er action the dama es sustained by him from the iiorson making the Infringement, togeth er with tho costs of suit"....Bills wore re ported favorably! To provide for the Issue of duplicate checks for goverainent officer* in cases of losses of tho originals; dedicating the military reservation of Plattsburg, N. Y., to tho village for a pnb- THE JOKER’S BUDGET. WHAT Tlllt JOKER FINDS IN THE HU. MOItOUN FATEHS TO BE THANK. FUI. FOR. A SHORT CATECHISM. Is genius hereditary ? No. Why not f Because so many sons of United States Senators find employment as olerks of the committees of wtiioh their fathers are chairmen.—Philadelphia Frees. A OOLD SNAP. ' lie park The military apnropriatii lament that bill was passed with an amem cadets at the West Point military academy dismissed for hasing should not be eligible for reappointment. The bill providing tor the protection and government of the Yellowstone park, and adding some 2.000 square miles to the park, was passed A bl'l was reported providing for the collection of statistics of marriage and dlreroe. The rote by which the Mexican treaty had been defeated wan rt consider* l.... A bill was passed appropriating *303,(XX) to E. II. Einnry for the Invention ana construction of a machine for testing Iron and steel....Tho Pendleton bill providing a system of oourte for tho exercise of tho extra territorial Jurle- dlot.lon of the United .States was passed.... A favorable r»|iort was ma le u.i tho bill fixing the rate of |iostage to be paid upon mail matter of choseoonl ola.s, when sent by others than publishers or nows agents. It fixes the rate on transient nnwspapors at one cent for four ouncor; tho present rate sing ono cent f >r tw i ou ic os. The Senate passed a bill a] "I had hnrdly entered the room,” jaid he, witli a tremulona voice, "when a mist suddenly gathered before my eyes. 1 was unable to see an inch in , front of me. I heard the mnrmur of i voices, and thon—” { "You fainted,” quickly put in hia friend. "No; I wiped the froet off my glaseea, "—C.hicapo News. The Benale passed a bill appropriating •*230,000 for a fire-proof hall or reoords in Washington....The bill making a majority of tho judges of tho supreme court a quorum, instead or six judges, ai heretofore, woi passed.... Mr. Pluinli pro onto 1 a majority report from tho committoo on public land! in fnror of tho bill forfeiting the Tnxue Pacific land grant....Mr. Hoar introduced a bill t> pay Edwin Forbes, of Brooklyn, *75,(XX) for nis historical studies, sketches, etc., of hatlles, nmrclins, enmie, Incident* and characters of the army of the Pototnac, mode on the fluid In IMi1. On motion of Mr. Von- -m* the Senate took up and passed various bii.s providing for the o instruction of publio buildings in various cities and at total oasts for sites and build ings, as follows: Augusta, Ma, *160.000; Camden, N. J., *75,000; Carson City, Nev., *100,(XX); Greenville, B. O.. *«0,()iW; Key West, Fla, *100,000; Weco, Texas, *K'0,(XX); Han Antonio, Texas, *200,- 0.X); Ban Francisoo. *400,(XX); Mout- S liter, Vfc., *75.000; Annapolis, #100,000; ac in, Ga. *125,000; Manchester, N. H., *300,000; New Albany, Ind., *100,000; Winona, Minn., *12o,fxx>; Augusta, Ga, •200,000; Oshkosh, IVix, *100,000; Fort Smith, Ark.. *1(X),000; Huntsville, Ala, *100.000; Nebraska City, Neb., *75.000'; ' “ m * ; K ‘ ~ “ — Pueb’o, Col., *XX),000; Fort Bcott, Kan. r *I00,(KX)....Eulogies upon tbe life and chara-ter of the late Representative Has kell. of KnnBas, wore pu-seiL Mr. Shermau Introduced tbe following bill rnttf.iniF fvinvHfrhh In in urati#nfiPfi> beginning at the bottom. An old negro and hie eon called on the editor of a newgpaper. "I wants my son ter work in yer offloe, sah.” "What ean he do ?” "Ob, at fust he kaint do nnthin’ but ediok yer paper, but arter a while, when he learna mo’ eense, he ken black yer t mots an’ aweep de flo’. ”—Arkaruaw Traveler. A GENTLE REMINDER "Will yon be good onough to bring me some butter r‘ said a traveler to a hotel waiter. "You have butter on yonr butter dish, sir," returned the haughty knight ot the ■onp-ladle, in reproachful tone*. "Oh I excuse me,” said the traveler, "I took It for a grease spot.” And then no sound could be heard ex cept the gentle rustic of the dinner gong.—iSlau Franeieoo Poet. cause for annr. "I gavo that girl my heart’s devoted love,” laid Simpkins, in a broken tone of voioe, pointing out a young lady on the street to his friend tbe other day. "Well, what aro yoa blubbering about ?” was tho sympathetic reply. "She returned your love, didn't she ?" "Yes. That's Just the tremble. She did return it. 8ho said she wouldn’t have it. She unfeelingly remarked that my name alone wm enough for her.”— The Judge. evesight failed and ho went to Spain for his ' th, health, with a fellow student. They went on foot all over Spain, taking ptotures of in- te -esting ruins, pretty girls, etc., and thus made up a collection of piotures which the Senator still owns and prises highly. . granting copyright to newspapers: "Any da'ly or weekly newsi ai>or, or any anooia- tion of any dally nr woekly newspapers, published in (he Unite I States, or any or the Territories tho-eof, shall have the sole right to print, issue and sell, for the term of eight hours dating from tho hour of going to prese, the contents of said dally, or weekly newspa- I ieiN, or thecollurted news of said nowaapor association, exceeding one hundred Words. For any infringement of the copyright granted by the first section of this set tho l>arty injured may sue, in any oourt of com petent jurisdiction, aud recover in any prop er action the dama -es sustained by him from tho Tierson making the Infringement, togeth er with the costs of suit"... .Bills were re- | pirted fayorably: To provide for the Issue ‘ of duplicate cheeks for goverainent officers '■ in cases of losses of tho originals; dedicating tho military reservation of Plattsburg, I N. Y., to the village for a pub- ! lie park The military appropriation ’ bill wits passed with an amendment that cod' ts at the West Point military aoademv dismissed for hazing should not bo eligible for reappointment ■louse. v "Will you be home to dinner?" asked a Chicago woman of her husband ae'he was about etartiug for bus blew. "No, I think not.” he answered, "I expect to be very busy. Besides, a new saloon is to be opened just around the corner from my offloe and T will drop in there and got a little free lunch.” "Well,” said his wife, while a wave of fear swept aoross her face, " be carefnl not to get hurt in tho rush.’’—Evening Call. Mr. Ellis roporte 1 adversely from the oom nr (toe on appropriation bills for the relief of sufferers bv tho llo<> I Jit tliolowor Mississippi valley an I tne tornado in North Carolina, anil favorably a resolution roimesuug the secretary of war to furnish the House from time to timo with information of the pro gress of the Moods in the valley of the Mis sissippi, and ro|iort If at any time in his judgment their exists such suffering as to justify measures of relief ou tho part of A FRKR TRADER "Is Congressman Hayseed a free trader ?'* asked the villager on the mack erel barrel the other night, when half • dozen citizens had assembled in the country grocery and wero discussing the record of their representative. "I guess he must be,” replied the grocer, covering up the dried apples to prevent farther depredations in that line, "he never pays fur anything when he oomes home. 1 '— Yonkere Statesman. Congress. The resolution was adopted..,. In occur lance with a ro|>ort from'the elec tions committee, T. Luna wa< unseated as a Delegate to Congress from New Mexico, an d F. A. Manzanares was sworn in in his stead. A debate took placo on tho bill to roti re General Alfred Ploasonton, with the rank of colonel. Tho bill wo* recommitted wltho ut Instructions by a vote of 122 to 115 At its evening session tho Home passed bills 5 ranting a pension to the widow ot General uilsou Kilpatrick, and increasing the pen sion of the widow of Surgeon-General Barnes to *60 a month. Tbe President transmitted to the Hous* the re,->ort of the commssion appointed to exam- ' Ine into the condition ol swine products of I fchis country. Tho secretary of state also sent in a oom mu ideation on the subji'Ct, in which he says the report shows conclusively that hog cholera is not present in meat packed for human food, and in no event is the disease communicable to human beings. As to trichi nosis, tlie reiort is less oonclusive, because less is certainly known of the manner in which the living trichina or their' germs are transmitM. lie advises further fnv. s- tigation of this iioint.... Bll s wars reported to provide for the issue of circulating* notes to National banking associations: to estab lish a board of inter-State commerce and to regulate such coinmeroe; for the payment of bounties due to officers and sailors under Admiral Farragut, anil to increa e certain pensions..... Tho naval appropriation bill was debated without action. Under a susixmsiou of the rules, moved by Mr. Townshend, of IllliioL, the House, by 227 yeas to IU nays, passed the bill pension ing the survivors of tlie Mexican war. The bill is confined exclusively to those who ■erred sixty days iu that war, to whom a pension of *H a month is granted, but excludes persons who are under political disabllit ies. Bill* were introduced as follows: Ta j prevent the unlawful occupancy of the pub- i lie lands; for the construction of additional | steel vessels; for tbe retirement of certain i commodores; providing a retired list ol ; officers for tho revenue marine service; to restrict the issue ot Dcenses to retail liquor dea'nrs first empowered undor State and ' municipal law to engage in that business; to ! promote peace among nations by the estab- tablishmeut of international tribunals; to es tablish a court of appeals, and to prohibit the Importation into the United States of , pauper laborers, lazzaroui and beggars. Among bills reported to the House were , tho following: By Mr. Wempie, from* the i committee on railways aud canals, for the , permanent improvement of the Erie canal, ! and maintaining the same free to the people; I by Mr. Campbell, from the oommittee on , manufactures, for the appointment of a com mission to tesc iron and steel; by Mr. Bou- tello, from the committee on naval affair^ to relieve certain appointed and enlisted me* of the navy and marine corps from the charge of desertion; by Mr. Hewitt, of New York j from the oommittee on ways and means, « prevent the adulteration of teas. ANOTHER LITTLE QUEEN "Wliat shall we name baby sister ?” asked a mother of her little four-year- old daughter. "Gall her Early, mamma; that's a pretty name.” "Early! That’s not a little girl’s name.” "Oh, yes it is. Don’t von remember you read to me about the little girl who was to be tbe May Queen, utd who wonted her mother to call her early.” A SMART MAN. Jones—"That man Brown is tho martest fellow I ever saw. He oan make more money in one month than Jay Gopld oan in a year.” Smiths-"Why, what has ho struck now?” Jones—"You know that tinder the new law in Illinois no authority ean legalize a saloon within two miles of a town." Smith — "Yes, but what of that? Brown is not in the liquor *business. ” Jones—“Certainly not. If he were he would not make so much; but as it is be is on the high road to a fortune that would make the eye* of old Oroesus water.” Smith—"But in what way ?’’ Jones—"He has gone to Illinois t< sell bicycles.”—PhUa. Evening Call. Bells. Bells are said to have been introduced l>y Paulinus, Biidiop of Nole, in Cam- pugna, about. 400, and first known in France in 650. The army of Glothair II., King of France, was frightened from the siege of Sens by the ringing of tho bells of St. Stephen’s Church. The second excerption of King Egbert com mands every priest, fit the proper hours, to sound the bells of his ohnrch. Bells were used in churches by order of Pope John IX, about 900, as a defence by ringing them against thunder and light ning. Bells were first cast in England by Turkeytel, Chancellor of England under Edmund 1. His successor im proved tlie invention, and caused-two first tunable sets to be put up at Gfoy- laud Abbey, 9G0. The celebrated “Song of the Bell,” by Schiller, has been frequently translated. Bells were anointed and baptised in- churches, it is said, from the tenth century. The’bells of the priory of Little Dunmow, in Es sex, were baptised by the names of St. Michael, St. John, Virgin .Mary, Holy Trinifv in 1RH1 Tka swaa# Kali a# Zlr . . * ww ** u i v ugtu Juwjr, Juuij Trinity, etc., in 1601. The great bell <3 Notre Dame, of Paris, was baptised by the name of Duke of Angooleme, 1816, On the oontineut, in Homan Catholic states, they baptise bells as we do ships, but with religious solemnity, „ .

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, March 18, 1884, Image 1