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Newspaper Page Textthe mercury. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY NOTICE. If All communication* Intended tor thli pnper wunt be accompanied with the toll Bfl me of the writer, not necessarily tor publl* nnllon, bnt u a guarantee of good faith. arc In no way reaponatble tor the view* or opinion! of corraepondenta. MERCURY. A., t. JERNIGAN, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. $1.50 per Annum THE MERCURY. i matt arm the l dsnvllte IWaMee, April W, MM Saademllle, WuklifUi Canty# Sh A. J. JERNIGAN, fcownw ana rvium. I S. LANGMAOE, Attorney at Zaw, BANDERSVILLE, GV MAYOR. 0. H. ROGERS. CLEXK A 2XJPASPXJ?Jt, D. E. B, WELLS. MAXSEAZZ. J. E. \\ EDDON. AZ&EXMEjy. W. H, LAWSON, Wm. RAWLINGS, 8. G. LANO. A. M. MAYO, M. II. BOYER. 2own o/ 2cnnilte. Mayor—John C. Ilarman. Aldormon-W. P. Davis, J. \V, Smith, P. J. Pipkin, T. J. Book. Clerk-S. II. B. Maney. Marshall—J. C. Hamilton. JERNIGAN Bows, Strings, Rosin Boxes, Etc. a c BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bandererllle, Oa. t Will pmctios In the State and United Stated Oourte. OOlce In Oonrl-bouae. Watches, Clocks And JEWELRY aaraiKBn bt JBRITICAXT. Dr. H. B. Hollifield, FiTSICI&l ill SUEHEOI, Having reoenlly graduated at the Univer sity ol Jtaiylancl ami returned homo, now I'Oarti bin proleulonnl aervloM to the oltlaant ol Kandenrvllle and vlolnlty. Offloe with Dr. H. N Holllflald, next door to|Ura. llayno’i millinery atore. O. W H. WHITAKER DENTIST, Banderavllle, Oa. TERMS CASH. Offloe at lila Realdence, on Harris itrtel. Aorll 3d. 1880. H. N. HOLLIFIELD, Physician and Surgeon, SandenrUla, ea. oaice neat doer to lfm Bayne* millinery •tore on Benia street. BUY YOUR SPECMES, SPECTACLES, FROM J E R N IC A fJ , •lone genuine without our Trade Mark On hand and for sale, SPECTACLE*. NOSE GLASSES. ETC. Machine Needles, Oil and Shuttles, FOR all KINDS OF MACHINES, for sale. I will also order parts of Maotilnea that get broken, for which new plioes are wanted. A. .T. JEBNIGAN. • K. Hiabs. O. H. Roan, HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, bandersville, ga„ Jelri P rnct J°o In the oountlea of Washington, anrt ^ohnaon, Emanuel and Wilkinson, trirtV. JJ ,e U ’ 8 - Uourut for the Bonthern Dls- Wi?| f Qe . 0r S la ' '"“DnE Real^EjSF^ bUylD «‘ MU ‘“ 8 " OctU-tf°“. t W “ l ■w* 0f Ps,bUo 8 * aAra - CURRENT C0XXBNT9, Csarlis OAHBaro, of Aakburnhata, Haas, now do yoara old, had hia Ufa Insured tor $lj. 000 In 1848. Having roachod the extreme limit of life, according to the table of mortality on which the iniuranoe oompany doee bush neae, tho proeideut lent him the other day a fheok for the amount of hie polioy. It ie be. lleved to ho the only one on record where## man lias beaten an iusuranco company by out* living a doath policy, Wa now mako ouo-fifth of tho iron auo ono* fourtli of the stool in the world and wo furnish one-half of the gold and ono-lialf of the silver of the world’s supply, 1 aking all the mining industries of the world, tho United Btatos rop. rcsoct 30; Groat Brittian, 83, and all othor na tions 31 por cout of tho total. Anglo-Bnxon- dom, thoreforo, roprosouts CO por cent of the mining industry of tho earth. Tin Chicago Live Stock Exchange naa ro-' •o.vod that tboro la no such disoaso as conta gious pluuro-pnoumonia in tho Unitod Ststos, no foot and mouth disoaso in Illinois, Iowa or Kansas, and that at no time within twenty years have tho eattlo, hogs and sheep of this oeuutry boon eo healthy ns now. It has also sent a dulogation to Washington to lobby against all eattlo disoaao legislation. Tun disousalon of tho rod aunnota continues. Probably the voloanio dust theory has the lar gest uumbor of foilowors. As a rccont scien- tiflo wiltor expresses It, a tremendous voloanio eruption hurls into space dust, Btcam and gas, and this mighty mass hangs liko a cloud over tho oartli. How long this dust is to onvolope tho globe is a question, but it is suggested that iftho clouds owo tliolr olovatlon to electrical rupulalon there is no reason why thoy should not stay iu the upper air for years, bnt if they are slowly settling to lower lovols tho aotlon of ths rain drops will drag them down. In Now York, Philadelphia, and otnor com mercial contort, the merchants havo Inaugura ted a war on tho druggists; and pliyaio has dropped fully forty por cont below tho regular rates. The cut rates apply mainly to tho pat ent medicines. Tho grocers and other mer chants «ho are competing with tho druggis a aay that ths average merchant haa to he sat- isflod with flvo or ton per cent profit, and there U no roaaon why the druggist should reap any more. Of course tho druggists aru mad, but what can thoy do about it? Tho war may he only a flurry aftor all, or it may result in a pormanout roduotlon iu tho prices of patent medlulncs. The matter will shapo itself accord ing to the laws of trado. • Tub ontlro winter packing of pork in tho west is 0,402,064 hogs, against 0,132,212 last year; average wolght 251.44 pounds, a decreaso of 15.53 comparod with last year. Tho de- eroass in tho yield of lard per hog was 2.18 pounds. Tho pork production shows 273,858 pounds loss than last year. Blocks of meat in the west, ineluding barreled pork, wore 113,- 000,000 pounds less than a year ago. Exports lluoo November 1 are 47,000,000 pounds less than a year ago, and 145,000,000 pounds less than the averago of tho seven previous years reported. Ths outlook for hog supplies indi cates about 15 per cent shortage for tho sum mer. The total packing for tho twclvo months ending March 1 was 9,183,100 against 9,342,- 899 the provioua year. Oun preparation) for a more cfilolont navy will cause tho public to foci iutorcstcd iu the progress of Krnpp’s latost ventures in tho gun line. Several trials havo been mado with Krupp’i six inch guns, thirty-five caliber length. A target representing tho sides of an Iron man-of-war was constructed of ton-inch hardwood timhors, with iron plates soven inch- os thick on oach sido, making fourteen inches of iron and ton inches of wood. The rango was 160 motres and tho projoctilo paused en tirely through tho targot and buriod itso'.f in tho sand hill beyond. It is understood that Krtipp is now at work on n gun that is expected to accomplish a* ill greater results. It goes without saying that even tho most heavily armed vessels cannot withstand guns of tho ICnipp stamp. In future ships of war will not ho relied upon very largely in attacking a well fortified soaport strongholds. Considering tho quantity of tea used in this country, on# would naturally supposo that our people would know something about tea, but tho fact is, they know noxt to nothing Most of onr toa comes from Ciiina, but it is tho infe rior grades, the spurious stuff which has boon artificially colored. Tho really good tea ii either consumed in China or is sold abroad at fancy prices. Tho oraperor of Russia imports tea at $40 per pound, and it lsn common Hung for wealthy people to pay $10 por nound for it. When good tea is secured you should ufc ono full teaspoonful for each pers in and (lie for tho pot; boil the water ir. a clean kettle, and when it bolls put the required quantity in a teapot and pour on tho boiling water, allowing It to stand abonWiftocn minutes. Then pour into a fine china teapot to servo at the table. Never mako tho tea in anything but a china or brown stone pot. With roforenco to tho oarly life of Usman Digna, tho Buakim corresponi’cirt of the Lon don TimeH writes that lie was originally a bro ker and trader, and principally a slave trader, in Buakim and Jeddah, where ho received a severe financial blow, when, some six years ago, a British cruiser captured two slave dhows full of victims on tho way to Jeddah. Osman Dig- na’s trade then fell from bad to worse, his bouse property in Buakim was all mortgaged, and ho beeamo hopelessly involved. Being of no great distinction by birth, bis selection by tho Malidl to lead a religions rebellion is attributed to tho accident that Osman Digna met tho Mahdi, aho formed a high estimate of his ability and influence, acquired through successful trading, If this history bo trustworthy, passions for other objects than holiness are the key note of Osman Digna's character and motives, and it is against all probability that ho will cast his goods and hia position into tho broken balai.co of battle, no is uo ignorant fanatic, and ho cannot himself believe the myths which ho multipli s in order to control his foilowors. In 1890 there were 6,239,058 persons over ID years of age who could not writo. There are probably now 7,000,000. Over nine per cont of the whites in this country can not write; 70 per cent or colored persons in tho United btatos cannot writo. Of males over 21 there arc 2,- 150,000 that can not writo. Ono voter in soven, in othor words, cannot write his own name. Not ever three-fourths of tha voting popuiattoa is capable of reading and writing, lays Sonator Biair, with such faollity as to make these aria a sonres of intelligent enffraga. About thres- fourths of tha llllterata voters an found in ■tatee that have a largo colored population. In Georgia out of 821,438 male# ovar 21 years of age, there are 28,671 whitei aud 110,818 blaoka who can not writo. A little over 45 of every ono hundred are illiterate, although the ratio f illiteracy In thli state i« not as high at it is in Alabama, Louisiana, South Carolina or Mississippi. This state has 145,087 illiterate voters. Thor# an in the state 448,688 persons over 10 yoan of aga who can not read. Then figures of course largely represent the illiteracy that exists among the negroes. There are, howover, 128,934 white illiterate# in the Mate of the age of lSyeara and upwards. PROMINENT PEOPLE, Holmes.—Jurtgo Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., will douvor tlio Memorial Day address iu keono, N. II. Langtry.—-Mrs. Langtry is ovldontly nros- pering. lilio lms mortgages on New York real estate amounting to 893,000, to sny noth ing of othor investments. iAnoit.—Mr. Tabor, the millionaire ex- nonator, is in luck again. Ho has stmek another rich vein in one of ids mines. It is said that ho wants to bo governor of Col. orndo. BoNNEn,—Robert Bonnor, proprietor of the New York Iritper, is sixty-two years old. Jus wealth is estimated at over <7,000,000. His interest in tho Ledger is worth $50,000 a year. CtJLLOM.—United Btntos Senator Cullom of Illinois, is no society man. Ho prefers to sit in his own cosy room, iu dressing-gown anil slippers, instead of going to stiff and ttarchoa receptions. Ruhkin.— John Buskin, the eminent Eng lish art critic, is described ns being flvo foot flvo Inches tall, with an iron-gray lioard ex tending up to his eyes, a low nnd retreating forehead nnd long unkompt hair. Halstead.—Murat Halstead, editor of the Cincinnati Commcvcial.Cluxette,improves tho occasion of tho recont Mississippi flood to formulate his views as to wbnt should be done to tho rivor: ‘‘It must he lighted aud have tlie snags pulled out, Imvo its natural outlet* restored, lie humored occasionally with dredges, nnd then lot alone. Vanderbilt.—W, H.Vanderbilt owns 930,- olOshnreHof railrond stock, worth $83,756,- 000, railroad bonds worth 820.357,420, govern ment bonds worth 870.580.000, nnd other se curities worth 85,000,000. Hia wealth equals the $200,000,000 of tlio duko of Westminster, and tlio ineomo from it is six ]ier cent., while that of the duko is but two, so that he it t’early tho richost man iu tho world. first visit to tho realms of civilizatkm. and ro- tently got so far east ns 8t. Haul. Tno other night the chief and Ills nephew visited the J'ioncer /’/vs* office nnd were surprised, though they didn’t show it, by tlio telegraph, telephone, fire-alarm gong, stenm heaters,eto. Tlie chief sent n telegram to bis soil iu Chicago, having that ho lind Been si k, but was much better, and received nn ms .rer right away. Tlio telephone broko him idl up, nnd forced I he first exclamation from him, and ho laughed for tlio flint timo in many moons. Tlie nephew w as placed nt an instrument in ono room and ■ hi; Bull iu nnothor room, 100 fret distant. 1 lie cliiut listened, Marled, grinned, nnd thou exclaimed: ‘‘Wnukunl” (ovll spirit). In the composing room nn accommodating proof- tnkcr took proofs of various millinery cuts nnd othor pictures, which elicited grunts of satis faction from the old chiof, and ho carrlod off tlio nictures as great prizes. ■ MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC Mark Twain is dramatizing ills story, "Tlio Prince nnd tho Paupor.” Miss Ellen Terry, who is Henry Irving’s loading support, is said to get 81,000 a week. Sims Reeves, tho English tenor, proposes to mako an American tour, us a close to Us artistic career. Peck, tho author of tho “Rod Boy” storios, rocoivos a wreoutogo from tho receipts of tho drama of that uamo. The opera company ongngod by Townsend Percy for tho Spanish Fort, New Orloans,will play there twenty weeks. ' Ristori’s repertory for America consists of Medea, Lady Macbeth, Mario Antoinette, Elizaboth ana Marie Stuart. Will C. Cowper and Lucian G. Chaffin, of tlio Buffalo Krjiress. hnvo jointly written a play on tho “Fedora” ordor. Critics of Florence, where Anna Dons,la Danish singer, rocontly mado tier debut In opera, find Tn hor another Christine Nilsson. Miss Jennie Young is winning in London much kindly appreciation of her concert-Ioc- turos, especially thoso on “Burns” and “Long fellow." Allison and Qoorgo Rignold have taken tho International thoatro, London, and will mako a spociulty of American plays and playors. Edwin Booth’s new home in Boston wil not bo finished until late in the spring, and na tho actor spends his summers at Newport he will not occupy it until fall. Mli.e. Nevada, tho prima donna, achioved a brilliant success on making her debut at the Theatre des Italians in Paris recently. Tho audience was large and distinguished. Joachim, the violinist, will direct tho per formances of some of the more important works of Johaim Sebastian Bach at tho un veiling of Bach's statuo at Eisenach in June. “Gasparone," the last production of Carl MOlocker, composer of “The Beggar Stu- dont,” having made a decided hit in Boriin, line been socured for production in this coun try by Manager Duff of New York. The country mnnngors have called so per- sistwtly for a company ploying M. H. Gil- lett's farce named “Tho Professor" that tho Madison Square management have dotermin- pd to nut it upon tho road again next season, with the author in tho principal port, as be fore. There are reports of wonderful excitement in California over the Mapleson opera. Four thousand people, it is said, wore turned away from tho doors wbon Gerstersang in “Faust,”| and the clamor for admission was so great, that seats were arranged on the stage in the' wings. How Devil’s Bridge Got Its Namo. An old sen captain of tho Vineyard tells tho following story to a Boston Globe reporter in relation to ihe namo Devil’s Bridge : “It was going when I was a youngster. Many years ago my father told mo about tho island being visited by the devil, and the people in those days believed what I am telling you, ‘Tho old follow,’ said my father, ‘lauded on the east side. There, right over yonder—you see that point of land — well, that is where he first landed. He was seen several days by the few natives who reside on tho southern Bide, when it is said ho took his departure, and os a memento ho left one of his footprints on tlio rook where tho City of Columbus struck.’ My father, I can remember, ono beautiful summer’s day took me in his smack out to Devil’s Reef Bridge and pointed out to mo, which on a calm day can quite distinctly be seen, the foot print upon ono of tho most prominent rocks.” MSW8 SUMMARY ■MtMK Ml Mill. Stall R*v Henry Moroas, a wall known Bos- to i preacher and leoturar, is doad. A ELBE In New York destroyed tho Eloetrio, Candle company* factory, causing a loss of about 1300,000/ Six children wore poisoned near Mead villa, Penn., by sipping thu juice of a treo Which they had topped. Two of Ihe litUo ones died. John J at Cisco, a prominent New York banker, and for eleven years assiatant United States treasurer at New York, died the other day aged eeventy-cight yoara He loft an estate valuod at |2|000,000. I The Uliodo Island Democratic State Cen tral commitUw lillul .the varanciia left in the Slate ticket by the resigns’.ion of Aniaou Sprague and C. K. Gorman by tbo nomina tion of Elisha MutUiewson, for lieutenant- governor, and Francis L. O. Reilly for attor ney general. A hill providing for tlio public whipping of wife boaters wus defeated in tho Massaebu- setta House. James Pratf, a ceanmn, arrived in New York a few days sinco on board a l’addo Mail steamer. Ho was tho only survivor of a brig's crow of eight men who had been wreckod in tlio Gulf Stream. Pratt wus Mcond mote of tho brig, nnd was rescued after almost incredible hardships, his com panions dying in a small boat ono liy ono. James Nutt, the slayor of Dukos.at Union- town, Foun., has gone to Ix'avenwortli, Kan., to tako chargo of liLs mot]sir's farm. A wild scene of disorder occurred In tha Now York State assembly at Albany during consideration of the nine bills ralatlnc to Nmv • Vnob «4tv L . ■ ~ - - .. —. ».,V ■••••<> S'llll I'llUIII^ IA» ISUtT •York city, kor some uiim a terrific uprour e iovai, ——' —i”-- ■ -■ >i jR) * - »•••« »• ivi imv uin uai niod, member# yolling at the top of -* **■ * ’■ to have -•oir voices, and tlio soono is said ,mt, boon unparalollcd in tho annals of legislation. Augustus Schell, "for many years a iproiuinout figure in tho social, business and Ipolttical lifo of Now York, ox-colloctor of thnt port, and during tho Greeley campaign chairman of the national Democratic com mittee, died the other day iu hia soventy-soo* ond year. By tho bursting of a dam about a mile and a half abovo Ansonia. Conn., an immensa body of water waa flood aud swopt down ths Talley with a deafening roar and a fore* which carrlod away everything In its path. Fortunately tha people in tlio factories and houses in the course of tha flood had received •uffleiant warning of tho impending disaster ito seek safety on high ground. Tho torrent it burst from tho dam opening was fiv# SSU’ ifouso, that any M.ldgeiu **«,« icu nuu away, and an estimated pecuniary damaxe of $350,000 was caused. : Five men at Clarion,.Penn., started in a rowboat with a largo circular saw -X Whon passing ovor the big falls ths mouth of the Clarion river thu boat capsized and Hamilton Walker, William Watson and David Fair were drowned. At a salo of Jersey cattle in New York eighty-two imported animals brought $41),- 880, or an averago price of $U01.07 for each animal. Tlie solo was mad. notoworthy by tha fact that $6,300, tho highest prico ovor re ceived for a Jersey animal at auction, was paid by tlie Hon. Henry L. Fierce, of Boston, for ft cow four years old, by Htoko Pogis III., out of Bessy of St. liOinlicrt. Mr. Pierco Also paid $3,800 for a cow by Ntoko Pogis III., out of Jessamine of tit. Lambert. During a flro near Boston a nuinbor of fancy pigeons, valuod at $5,000, wore roasted alive. One pair of a fancy brood had just been sold for $250. Desire Boudoir, who returned to Dover, N. H.. and pleudod guilty to killing a man, for which erfmo his father whs awaiting sen tence to death, was sent to (State prison for throe years. Barnum’s much talked about whito olo- pliant arrived iu Now York a few days since on nn ocean steamer. Ho is described us » slate-colored animal, with pink spots. Washington. The pension appropriation bill, ns reported by tho committee on appropriations to ths [iriatos $20.08-1,400, ninl provide# anco of the appropriation for the current fiscal yoar that may remain unexpendod on June 30 shall bo ronppro- printed. This balance is estimated at $60,- 600,000. A package of burnt monoy representing $3,0!K) wus recoivod by tho United Mates treasury department, u fow days ago, for redemption. It wns tho property of Thomas Dowling, a quarryman, living noar Mcn- osha, Wis., and represented tbo savings of twenty-three years of liard work. His cabin was destroyed by flro on March 0, and with it all his monoy, which wns in tbo form of greenbacks and natioiml bank notes. Tho charred remains of the money was submitted to tho ex amination of a committee of tho treasury exports and all tho legal-tender notes, to the amount of $1,050, were identified. They wore redeemed at onofl. Tho remainder will bo transmitted to tbo hanks of issuo for their action, and the result will bo that the entire amount of tho burnt monoy will bo restored to its owner. This is only ono of many cases of this kind acted upon by the treasurer. Further nominations by the President: David J. Brower, of Kansas, to bo Unitod Btatos circuit judge for tho Eighth judicial circuit; Julius C. Burrows, of Michigan, to bo solicitor of tho treasury: Colonol David S. Btanley, Twenty-second infantry, to be brig adier-general; Major John M. Wilson, corps of engmoers, to bo lieutenant-colonel of engin eers; Chauncey B. Babin, of Texas, United States district judge, eastern district of Texas. At a prolonged caucus of tlio Democratio Congressmen a resolution was passed that the Morrison tariff bill should bo taken up for consideration at tho earliest practicable (lay nnd reasonable time for debate allowed, and after such debate a bill should be passed for the reduction of duties and war tariff .axes. Tho resolution was declared not to bind the individual action of Democrats. 'Out of the 191 Democratic mombera of the Houso 171 were present, and tho caucus lasted intil midnight. The Senate confirmed the nominations of William M. Bunn, of Philadelphia, to bo governor of Idnho Territory, and Sumner Howard, of Michigan, to bo chief justice of the supreme court of the Territory of Ari- tona. Both houses of Congress passed tho joint resolution, reappropriating for the aid of sufferers by tho Mississippi river floods the $125,000 not expended on the sufferers by the loods of the Ohio. The supervising inspector-general of steam vessels reports that 5.441 steamers were in spected during the calendar year ended De cember 31, 1883, being an increase of 275 over the number inspected tho previous year. Tho number of officers licensed was 24,278, an increase of 1,907. Tho loss of property by accidents amounted to $2,998,318, an increase of $1,322,806. The number of lives lost was 177, which was 134 less than were lost the previous year. A great surprise was given to tho Sonato in the shapo of a message from President Arthur nominating A. A. Sargent, United States envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Germany, to till tho same position in Russia ns succes sor or tho into Minister Hunt. Tho nomination was not sent in witli tho mes sage containing names of nominees for a number of small positions, but was made tho subject of a special communication; hence, some of tlio Senators did not know of tho proposed transfer of Minister Sargent until tlio message was laid before them. In tho executive session, late-in the afternoon, with only a brief dis cussion. tho nomination waa confirmed with- M MBrrtoff B to * toattffftlas to consider nnd rspart. Mr. Bnrganl had boon aavaguly nttnekad recently by tha Oannau govern- mant organa, and hia rslatinna with that gov- crniuant had beeoaia slraiuod and unfriendly. President Annum haa oant to Oongros/a tneaMga ranommoEding appropriations for jtlie construction of naval vooMla. Hu sug- goats that proviaion ho made for the lmihlin f of three uew steel cruisers four gunboat*, aud the completion of the four douhlu- turretod monitors. Hs suggests guch action ns will enable the government to constnicl its 'ordnaiug on its OFtt twrUyjf. South and Wait Prominent vetartaary surgeons, In consul- totloc at Neosho Falla. Kansas, unitod in de claring that the trouble with the cattle in that State is not the dreaded foot and mouth .disease. A tornado near Columbia, 8. C., demol- IsIhxI several residences and a largo number ;of barns and outhouses, uprooted trees, and destroyed everything in its track. Tho storm ‘extended into the adjacent county of I«xing- ,ton, where groat dninapo was also done. Great damage to property has beon done by tho bursting of loveee along the lower Mio- sisaippl. nnd many telegrams hare boon sent to Washington from the overflowed region appealing to tho national government for More than twenty loveee along the lower Mississippi have given way, amt tlie •tate of affairs wns reported as tho most dis astrous known since thu war. The bleaks In the various levees lot in Inrgo volumrn of water, whicli overspread the country, inun dated plantations, and rubied the cotton and •Ogar crons. The national government wns appealed to for aid, as many people wore loft entirely destitute. A number of persons’ were killed, many more were injured aud groat damago wns done to property by tornados in portions of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. In Ken tucky alone tlio damago was cuthnatod at $500,600. San Francisco lias just experienced the •eyoreet shock of oarthquuko sinco 1808. Tlio people were very much alnrmod and rushed out of their houses. Tho shook initted fifteen seconds, and several buildings wore badly damagod. A heavy fall in wheat at Chicago caused an excitement almost amounting to n panic. Nearly 100,000,0(0 bushels of wheat changed -hands during thu day, Durino tho recont heavy tornados Mrs. 'Broughton and two children were killed in a cabin at London, Kv., and a brakemnn’s neck wns broken; at Build, Ky., several per sons wuro^ killed and mairy more injured, - IIIUIV ill Jill (.Ml, and nt other points in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, the Carolines and Georgia, more or leas lives were lost and great damage wus leas lives were lost and great damage wm caused to projiorty. Several small village* in tho vicinity of Dayton, Ohio, were literally tom to pieces. OrrosiTioN to tho sale of liquor in Kansas ,is well Illustrated by au incident which 00 curred recently in Canton. A man named Harold opened a liquor store in that plm-o on a Friday, and on Monday got into a quarrel with one of ids drunken customers aud was (hot by tlie constable. A band of woiuun en tered his place on Tuesday and poured all tlio llaunr iuto tlio streot. Five children of James Wilson (colored), living near Brunswick, Gn., ate pork for din ner, subsequently beenmo ill ami after linger ing in great agony soveral hours died. Their parents claimed that they were the victims of trichina ip tlio pork, and tho planters in tlie county were much exercised iu couscquonco Many, however, were inclined to the boliof that the children were poisoned by their parents, and this theory was strengthened by Ills fact that tho parents persistently rofusod to divulgo where tho pork was obtained. A great crowd of 10,600 persons attacked tlio Jail at Cincinnati iu an attempt to lym-li William Bemor, whose trial for the self-confessed murdor of William Kirk had ouded in a verdict of mere man slaughter. Au imincnso indignation meeting ended by tho crowd's marching to the jail and attempting to forco an ontraneo. The militia was called out, and in the firing which fol lowed 0110 man wns killed niul otliera injured. Such oxcllemeut which prevailed in Cincin nati has not been known there in a long time. foreign. Emperor William’s nighty-sevonth birth day was celebrated in holiday fnshion in Ber lin. Many buildings throughout tlio city were gaily decorated, and thousands of peoplo thronged tho streets about tlie palace, und S rooted tho emperor’s npjiearanco nt tho will ows witli prolonged cheat's. At a consistory hold in Romo tho pope cre ated two cardinals nnd twenty-ono bishops. The whole country surrounding Khartoum was reported to be in tho hands of the Falso Prophet’s followers. The imperial tribunal at lelpzig lms se questrated tho pro[icrty of tho Polish poet Kraszewski until tho chai charges of high treason against him havo beon trloil. United States Minister Sargent, in pro- posing tho toast to Emperor William at the dinner given on tho occasion of tho oiicning of tho American Exchange in Berlin, a row days ago.snid: “Emperor William is entitled to the veneration of all foreigners who livo around him. Ho will continue immortal in history. Ho is already ndmirod by mankind irrespec tive of territorial boundaries." A gambling house for womon has been un earthed in Paris by tlio police. Twenty-six women wore discovered in tho place gam bling. Anarchy prevails In Crete, and numerous murders of Christians by Moslems and of Moslems by Cbristians are reported from various ports of the country. A prince of f#io royal family of Annam has *>ecn hanged for promoting the mass.ier# of Christians. The Canadian government has been in formed that oxtremo destitution oxists among tlio Indians in tho northwest territory, and that twenty deathf from starvation have oc curred there sinco February 1. It is officially stated that last yoar at Ermsleben, a small town of Prussian Saxony, 403 persons were seriously ill and sixty-six .died from trichinosis. The disease was caused by eating raw pork, which all came from one hog. General Graham’s force advanced on Tamanieb, near which the recent battle with Osman Digna's Arabs took place. The Arabs offered a brief resistance, firing upon the British squares from behind rocks and then fleeing to the open ornntry. General Graham moved into Ti mmieband burned it. After exploring the neighborhood it wns stated he would return with his troops to Buakim. The campaign waa declared at an end. ^ Tied Up. Sir Arthur Wellesley Peel, who succeeds Mr. Brand iu the honors and emoluments of the Speakership of tho English House of Commons, is the youngest son of the late Sir Robert Peel, who was twice Premier, and was born in 1829. The present baronet, Sir Robert Peel, elder brother of the new Spoaker, is without a seat in the House of Com mons at present, having been defeated as tho conservative candidate for Graves end in July, 1880. Ho is a political free lunse, liberal and conservative by turns, and Is always changing his politics. Ho was such a spendthriit in early life that Premier baronet, who had paid tens of thousands of his dobts, tied up his estate as tightly ns possible, aud left his heir and namesake in a staffs of chronio irn- peouniosity. SUMMARY OF COMPRESS, Senate. Mr. Harris moved to make ths MU to ad mit Dakota into tlie Union as a atoxs made a special older for the following Thursday. Mr. \ cat, of Missouri, said the friends of the bUl spoke of Dakota as au olysium, but he would be able to show that it was nothing of the tort, aud that tho conditions did uot exist which would warrant its admission into the Union. Several Senators said thoy understood that the question . of ad mitting Dakota wns regnrdod ns n political ono. Mr. Harrison's motion wns lost..,.Tho to $5,000 a year and on tho education bill. Mr. Coko opposed the education bill, regarding it as centralization in its most concentrated form. Messrs. Vance. Riddlobcrgei and others spoke in favor of it. A bUl was reported favorably for tho read justment of compensation for tho transporta tion of mails on railroads A bill was intro duced for tho adjudication of pension claims ... .Tho bill fixing at $5,000 a yoar tho salar ies of Unitod Btatos district judgos wns pn/wod — A joint resolution was passed providing for tlio payment of laborers In government employ tho samo wages for holidays ns for othor days Tho Sonnte passed tho bill reported from tlio commtttoo on Indian affairs for the allot ment of land In soveralty to Indians on the reservations to extend the laws of tho Btatos and Territories ovor the Indian*.... Bills wore introduced to establish a bureau of fluo arts in the Bmlthsonian institution; to regulate the fonns of bills of lading, and the duties and liabilities of ship-owners and others, and to provide for tho sanitary inspection in mates 0 * ra ® sto •kippoa to the United Tho Senate passed Mr. Hawloy's bill offor- ng $25,000 reward for the recovery of the Groely party, with an amendment exempting tho Unitod Btatos from any responsibility for the jiarty undertaking tlio task.... Mr. Brown introduced a bill to require tho paymont of $35,655.43 In cash to ^reimburse tho State of Georgia for.'cxpendituros made for the com mon defense in 1777.... Mr. Palmor, from the committoo on woman suffrage, reported fav orably a resolution proposing nn amendment to the Constitution giving women tho right to vote. House. Mr. Ellis asked and was rofusod consent to Introduce a joint resolution appropriating $300,000 to bo immodlqtoly available, to bo expended to prevent tlie overflow of tho city of Now Urloans. Several members opposed tlio resolution on constitutional grounds. The resolution was lost by 95 to 115, but by unan imous consent it was reintroduced by Mr. Ellis and refoiTod to tho committoo on appro priations. ... Bills wore introduced to promote the efficiency of tho revenue mnrino service; providing a uniform rating for invalid pen sions; to socure choiqior correspondence by tolograph; to regulate the carriago of pns- ; for tho revision of tho pat- A bil^reported back and passed, making it a felony for a person fnlsoly and fraudulently to assume to bo on officer or employed of the United States The House passed a Senate bill authorizing the State of Colorado to tako lands in lion of tho sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections, found to bo mineral lands, and to secure to thnt Stato tho benoflt of tho act donating public lands to the several States End Tomtoriee which may provide college^ for the benefit of agriculture. Mr. Dowd spoko in favor of his bill pro viding for tho retirement and rocoinago of tho trade dollars. Tho bill providos that un til June 1, 1880, trado dollars shall ho re ceived at their faco value iu payment of all duos to tho Unitod States, and ■ball not bo again paid out. Holders of trado dollars ou the presentation of tho coin to any treasurer or assistant treas urer will receive in oxchango dollar for dollar, standard silver dollars of tlie Unitod States. Tho trade dollars received in any national depository are to bo recoined into stand ard dollars. The trade dollars ore to be regarded and treated, when received at tho mint, os silver bullion, aud their bullion value shall be deducted from the amount of bullion required to lie purchased and coinod by the act of Fobruary 38, 1878. Tho bill was unanimously reported by the committoo. Mr. Millor. of California, reported favor ably from tho committoo on naval affaire, with nn amendment, the joint resolution authorizing tho secretary of the navy to offer a reword or $25,000 for rescuing or ascertain ing tho fate of tlio Groely expedition A memorial was presented from the legisla tive assombly of Utah, protesting against leg- “ M ‘ " mva " sengere by sea snt laws. five islation by Congress without full Investiga tion, and making accusations ngainst Gover nor Murray.... Tho Blair educational bill wns debated, Mr. Hampton making an oxtendod address in its support. Mr. Anderson offered a resolution provid ing that Congress should adjourn on tho 2d of Juno. It was referred to tho ways and means committee....At its evening ses sion tlio Houso passed twenty-throe jieusion bills. Among thorn wns ono giving a pension of $50 nor month to tho widow of Major-Genoral James B. Rtecdman, nnd n bill granting a pension to Mm. Sarah E. E. Soelye, who served ns a soldier for three years undor tlio assumed namo of Franklin Thompson, and, whon sick and about to he sent to tho hospital, deserted to escapo the detection of hoi- sox. N£WSY GLEANINGS. There are GG9 Baptist churches iu BoHth Carolina. Chicago in 1883 killed 8,012,000 hogs and 1,183,000 cattle. The I/ondon Times has become a convert to cremation. Florida is shipping largo quantities of •trowberries North. The cost of maintaining the Brooklyn bridgo is about $280,000 a year. Over 100,000,000 feet of (lumber have been logged in Maine tho present season. Last year in London 124 persons disap peared of whom no traco bus ever been found. 1 At present about 19,000 to Siburia annually, aud al are nobles. A Lawrence, Kansas, irsons are exiled mt sixty per cont nogro ate flvo iozen eggs, a pound of bacon and a loaf of rye broad, on a wager. Du. Herman Kerr, a celebrated statisti cian, says that the annual mortality from in- to:nporauco iu Great Britain is 40,500. England bought 160,000,000 bushels of wheat during tho last crop year, but she oply took ono-third of it from the Unitod Stato3. The number of prisoners brought bofore tho Now York city police courts last yoar was 70,701, an increase of 6% per cent., or 3,884 people. Massachusetts courts Imposod 48.876 sen tences last yoar against 28,149 In 1880. Tho prison population per day averaged forty-five bore than during 1882. France offers $10,000 reward, open to ail oompetitors, to any ono who successfully and economically applies electricity to tho heat ing and lighting of dwellings. James Riley, a telegraph messenger, was found in the streets of New York a raving maniac. Ho kept crying constantly: “lam Butts, the boy detective.” His brain was turned by boy novels. Small.—The smallest invontion some times proves tho most luorative. A San Francisco lady, inventor of a baby car riage, received 814,000 for her patent. The paper pail, tho invention of q Chicago lady, yields a largo income. The gimlet-pointed screw, tho idea of a little girl, has realized millions of dollars to its patenteo. BATTLE B0BNE8 AT TEB. Haw ih# him Prvhite Aral# r#(|hl III* British ■•Wm. A correspondent present at the battle of Teh, eays: 80 hotly do the Arab* preas for ward that the troop# pauae In their steady advance. It become# a hand-to-hand fight the aoldler# meeting tho Arab spear with cold steel, their favorite weapon, andbeatttig them, at It Thera Is not much shouting, and only a short, sharp exclamation, n brief shout, or an oath as the soldiers engage with their foes. At this critical moment, for the enemy are rushing up thickly, the Gardner -guns c pen lira, and their leaden hail soon decides the matter. At this instant, Admiral Hewott who, with Mr. Lovlaon, his private secretary, is present as a spectator, joins the Naval brigado and leads them on ovor the dead bodies of the Arabs, lying thickly strewn on thoir front, into tho work, whicn proves to be but a bank of sand. Colonel Burnaby hero has his horse shot under him, and a bullet pnssos through his arm. StIU with tho double-barreled fowling picco ho carries ho knocks over tin Arabs who assail 1dm. But ;thoy press on, and he Is only saved from being speared by one of tho Gordan Highlanders bayoneting an Arab who attacks him when both barrels of Ills gun are empty. Several fierce personal encounters take iilaoo os tho troops rush into the entrenchments. Tho first feeling of nor- vousnoss has passed away, their blood is up now, and the enthusiasm of battlo Is upon thorn. More and more shrillffhe pipes skirl out, and tho mon are eager to eloso with thn foe. As single Arabs rush down the bravo soldiers stej ip singly ft and moot, bayonpt to sgoar, In almost every forward from tho ranks Instance vanquishing them by the bayonet alone, without firing. A soldier who had singlo-hmidod engaged two of .the cnomy would hnvo got the worst of It had not Cap tain Wilson, of the Heola, come to his aid and mn ono of his assailants through tho body, breaking his own sword and receiv ing a wound across tho face as he did so. Khar or two of .. _ _ ono Kruo irp as the fight Is, it lasts but a minute ftor tho troops have passed over the snnd bank. Tho work contains ono Krupp gun, which, of couree, falls Into our hands. Tho bush grows thickly all about where we are now formod up, and numbers of the enemy are lying concealed lu It These con stantly leap to their feet and rush at us. singly or by twos and threes, with fanatical vnlor, often coming on till thoy fall doad almost at tho muzzles of tho rifles. During the halt tho cavalry havo moved rauud behind us, anil wo cun now boo thorn advancing toward a largo mass of the enemy, who are making off Inthedlstanco. They are manifestly quicken ing their pace. Faster and faster they go; tliolr sabres are flashing in tho sunlight, anil thoy dash intq the mass of the enemy. Right through them thoy cut their way, and thou turn sharp back again. The Arabs do not fly, but stand and fight stubbornly and gal- against ie horsomon corns on; and the cavalry, although cutting down many, go by no means •cathless through them. Old soldiers to wnom I have spoken on tho spot said thoy never met a more resolute toa in tho courso of all their service. ' Tho zoom of the battlofleld, which I again rode over on Saturday, justified this description of savage valor. The walls of El Teb are protected by two earth-works and.a semi-circular line of entrenchments, including the rifle pits, which ’ * ‘ dug wide ana deop behind ovory which each contained a number of spearsnu literally had been dug bush, and wbi< I sjarsmeiL Tho eutrenchmoute and pits were torally crammed with dead bodies, many already half buried in the eand. The object of the defenders was to spring up suddenly on tho advancing line, and in the oonfusion caused by their sudden appearance and rush, to iiruak Inside tho square. Had we advanced mum thoir front thoy might have bad soma ck.Tiico of more or less partial suooeas; but tha Arnlm, attacked in their rear, were them selves surprised. Judging from what 1 saw, riinuld think tho estirtisto of $000 killed ou Uni side ol tne enemy ratuur unuer than over tho mark. Tho spooo inside the intrench- merits was thickly strewn with bodies, espe cially about tbo fow ruined brick buildings. Near tho building which Colonol Burnaby helped dear with Ids double-barreled rifle charged with buckshot, I counted among a great heap of bodies thoso of (even boys, not ono of whom was more than twelve. They fought ns desporatoly even as the adults. Home time after the battle, and when tha troops were searching about tho lnclosure, n youth lying unobservod among a crowd of dead and dying started up, and rushed with a drawn knilo on two of our men. who, taken aback, ran for somo distance, and then, turn ing around, shot him. The adventure caused a brief commotion in the camp, (or more might be lurking unseen. At some distance outside an Arab sprang like a cat upon the hack of ono of our soldieni, and tried to cut his throat. An officer rushing up pistoled the Arab through the heart, barely in time to save tho soldier's Ufa A BRIGHT WOMAN DETECTIVE. A day or so ago one of the most prominent and elegant ladies of the city went aboard au Illinois ptreet car. By the timo slio was seated and had se lected a nickel to pay her faro a well- dressed, good-looking man entered the ear, and, seeing that she wished the change deposited in the box, received it from hor for that purpose. The lady noticed that the well-dresaod, good- looking gentleman dropped her niokcl iu tho box, bnt dropped none for him self. She was, of coarse, surprised and disgusted at the meanness and dishon esty of the transaction. She saw tho driver look several times at the box and then into the car, and she imagined ho was looking at- her. She was uncom fortable, and formed a resolution. When the car arrived opposite her resi dence she stopped it, and calling the attention of the driver, pointed out the well-dressed, good-looking gentleman, and said in his nearing: “I handed my fare to this gentleman and he put it in the box, bnt put in nothing for him self." The driver answered : “It’s all right, Mrs. ; that’s Colonel John son, the president of the street-ear company.”—Indianapolis. Times, -■ r*- -r * A Robbers’ Nest. A very snug nnd strong robbers’.roost was recently discovered by, a «ouple of Denver citizens in a guloh near, Webster, Col. They had been visiting Jn the neighborhood, and on returning' homq had lost their way, and in traveling about came across a cabin. In it was a rude table, some chairs, a large stove, a good supply of fuel, six loaded revol. vers, cartridge-belts, and several spars. Thoy took possession of it for the night, nnd fastened the heavy door with a huge bolt that fitted into sjota in the logs. About midnight they were awakened ny sounds outside. The owners’ had re turned. One of the meif wanted to kuow s in tbo of his companions who was in the cabin, and asked if be shouldn’t force tho door open. The answer -was that it was no use, as the door would stand as long ns the cabin itself. About noon the next day tlio occupants vontnred out, ami going to the stable, discovered' several mail-bags that had been * opened, aud other evidences of highway robbery. Several Unitod States officials ‘are now searching for tho robbers, - ■

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, April 08, 1884, Image 1