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Newspaper Page TextTHE MERCURY. PUBLISHED EVEBY TUESDAY NOTICE. sr All oomrannleatlon* intend'd Ibr this paper most be aooompanled with th* foil name of the writer, not necessarily Ibr pnbll. eaUon. but m a guarantee of good faith. We are In no way reeponalble for the views *r opinions of correspondents. MERCURY. A. J. JERNIGAN, Proprietor, E- S. LANGMADE, Attorney at Zan> } SANDERSVILLE, GA. MAYOR,. O. H. ROGERS. CLEfRK A ZJtZASD^JtZJt. D. E. B, WELLS. MAZtSBAZZ, J. E. WEDDON. AZ&ZXMZA', w. H. LAWSON, Wm, RAWLINGS, 8. G. LANG. A. M. MAYO, M. H. BOYER. * 2own o/ Scnnille. Mayor—John C. Harman. A Idermcn — W. P. Davie, ,T. W Smith, P. J. Pipkin, T. J. Beck. Clerk—8. H. B. Maeacy. Marshall—J. C. Hamilton. MUSIC, MUSIC —QO TO— JERNIGAN -FOR — — 11 Bows, Strings, Rosin Boxes, Etc* C- C- BROWN, . ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bandenrrllle, Oa. £ Will practice In the State and United State! Oourta. Office In OourUbooaa. Watches, Clocks And JEWELRY REPAIRED BY J EH ITXC AIT. Dr. H. B. Hollifield, PH7SICIAI HD milEDI, Having recently graduated at the Univer sity o, Maryland and returned home, now (mere Ills professional eervloea to the cltisenn ot MaudersvlUe and vicinity. Offioe with Dr. H. N Holllfleld, next door to|Mrs. Bayne's millinery store. G. W H. WHITAKER, DENTIST, Bandenvllle, Cl a. TERMS CABO. Office at lile Residence, on Harrls'etreet. Aorll 8d. 1180. h. n. hollituld, Physician and Surgeon, HaadssvvUte, •*» Office neit doer to Mm Baynet mtlUnery •tore on Harris street. BUY YOUR FROM JERNIGAM, Hone genuine without our Trade Mark On liaud and for sale, SPECTACLES. NOSE . GLASSES. ETC. Machine Needles, Oil and Shuttles, rOR all KINDS or MACHINES, for sals. 1 will sUo order ports of Machines that get broken, for which new pieces are wanted. A. J. JEHNIGAN. VOLUME V CURRENT COMMENTS. UttDgg tho operation of the Ilaruor hid, lioenra, 'th Ch . iC * g ° hw is,uod ».000 liquor iZ n , f WUh *«"*«• receipts amounting to 1400,000, The majority of the ted «Tt n° f ° r f ?" r m ° nth "’ * nd “ i R estiraa- T \ r ! Ceil,t8wiU no ‘ * than *1,500,000. About 600 ealoou. have been fro- ecu out. PEVOTRD TO IiITIRATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GMN1RAL 1NTRLLIG1N0E. SANDERS VILLE. GA., TUESDAY, MAY flU884. Tna BoBton Journo „ y , that the weekly Mlee of oleomargerine in that city amount to aoo.ooo or 160,000 pounds, that all tho regular Jobbing stores down town koep itforaalefor junt what it ie at prices rangiug from twelve to twenty cents per ponnd. A choice article can be bought far fifteen cent., and it ia largely need in mannfactnring communities. The silk culture industry is growing in the Un ted States. There are at present twelve as- eociations, numerous stock companies, a colony of Italians in Texas, a Gorman colony in North Carolina, a settlement of Norwegians in Geor gia and several colonies of M.nnonites in Kan sas engaged in feoding choppod mulborry leaves to tho dainty silk worm. lita establishment of a oanoer hospital in Now York was a magnificent idoa, and its suo. cess has been assured by a gift of *300,000 from John Jacob ABtor. Other generous gifts have been received, one of *26,000, oneof *20,- °00, another of *15,000, besidos five amounts of *5,000 each, and four of *1,000 each. A vacant lot worth *06,000 was presented by a lady. Work will lie begun as soon as plans can bo drawn and tho coutracta niado, The French mode of executing criminals by tho guillotlno is rapid enough to satisfy any one. When tho criminal's neck Is fairly under tho knife a lever is touched, tho blado llaBhoi downward, tho head falls into a zinc case standing in readiness to rocclvo it, tho body is thrown into a tumbril, and tho romalue are galloped off to tho Turnip Field, tlioro to bo buriod witli paupers and unclaimed inmates from tho morgue, Tho spectators at these ex ecutions comprise dandiuB, loose women, jour nalists and the riff raff. Everything goes off quietly. In tho middle states slnco 1874 farming lands have decreased in valno fully fifty per oont, Tho depreciation is not due to any general and heavy fall in the prices of farm products. The explanation given by a recent writer is that tlie taxes lovied by tho general government ainco tho war are vastly hoavior than they were before the war. As tlie burden of all taxation falls ultimately on productive indus try, it follows that land, which is the founda tion of that industry, must fail in value aa tho tax burden is made hoavior, and riso in prico whenever this burden is made lighter. $1.10 par Imam NUMBER /f THE MERCURY/ A. J. JERNIGAN, Sincb tho departure of Mr. Henry Irving tho newspapers are comparing his receipts with thoso of other talentod dramatic artistes. Bernhardt's total earnings hero for 26 neeks wero *.860,000. Mrs. Langtry's total was $229,- 003. Irving’s receipts wero *405,604. Mr. Irving's greatest success was in Boston. Thero in ono week ho played heforo 27,000 hoarert. Tlie week's roceipts wore *24,087. It must be recolloctcd that Mr. Irving began with quali fied success and ended by eclipsing all com petitors. Utah has now 10,000 small farms avorsging twenty-five acros, and tlie wholo must be irri gated. There ia only ono largo faym in tlie territory, and it is owned by a compauv. Tho Great Halt Lake, according to Eldor Cannon, contains enough salt to supply America for conturioa. All that ia necessary in preparing it for the market is to drivo to tlie odge of the lake with a wagon and a nun with a pair ot rubber boets can load it with a shovel. Tho salt lies on the bottom of tho lake in small coarse crystals. After loading It Is takon to a grinding machine and being run through it ia fit for tho table. In aix years Henry M. Stanley has succeeded in establishing a chain of international atation a serosa tho African continent. In 1880 he foun ded Yiva, the first of tho series of stations in western Africa, Before the end of the third year Leopoldville, a station on Stanley Tool, at tho head of tlie lower cataracts, and the key of the upper Congo, was founded, and four steam ers wore launched on the great rivor. In 1883 tho station of Stanloy Falla, 1,000 miles up the rivor, was founded. About 2,600 miloa of rivor transit of tlie Congo and its tributaries are oponod to oommorco by this chain of atationa. Tho Imports to tho west coast of Africa laat yoar were over *22,000,000, while the export were over *27,000,000. * Rinas. HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, SANDEUSVILLE, GA., Will practice in ti e counties of Washington, Jefferson,Johnson, Emanuel and Wilkinson, i, he U. S. Courts for the Southern Dte- trt « l °f Georgia. v.mi "JS 1 *** ucents in baying, selling or * nJi n * 11881 Estate. 09&°V r * , ‘ •“** * PUWi ° mtUn ‘ Accordino to Mulhall's Dictionary of Statis. tics murder is a cause of doath: In England to 237 per 10,000,000 In Belgium to 240 “ In France to 265 “ In Scandinavia to 266 “ In Gormany to 279 “ In Ireland (1879) to 294 “ In Austria to 310 “ In Bussia t» 323 “ In Itally to 504 “ in Spain to 533 “ In tho United State* to 820 “ The exceedingly unfavorable reoord of the United States is the natural result of alow con dition of public sentiment on tho subject of murder. The American climate is not so much respon sible for diseaso as damp homes caused by bad drainage, tho use of tobacco, tlie drinking of whiskey at all times and especially between meals, the cicossivo use of strong tea and cof fee, the frying pan, the soda baking powder, and patent purgative pills. Overwork is rarely the diseaso. Tho present hot water craze i“ capable of doing as much harm as good While hot water may be UBod with advantage in a limited number of cases, it has not been without its disadvantages. It has helped the strong tea and coffee drinkers whose nervous systom will not stand the strong stimulant. A cup of hot water tinged with English breakfast tea and a little sugar makes a beverage that cheers but does not stimulate. Some time there will be a regular system of soientifio diet for disease. In the better days of the ropublic onr great statesmen wero generally impecunious. For many years the friends of Daniol Webster put *100 000 at intorest for him, and if it had not been for this provision of *6,000 a year Web star would have retired from the senate, for ho deol&red he could not give his life to his coun try for *8 a day. The friend* of To» Corwin came to his relief at least onoe and paid his debts. Henry Olay was the recipient of a sim ilar testimonial from his friend*. He *p»nt a whole generation in congress, lived beyond hi* means, and the mortgage on his Ashland place would have boon foreclosed if it had not been privately cancelled by his whig friends just after his defeat for the presidency. Benton was thirty years in eongress hut lie never be- camo a rich man, and never, while in offloe, availed himself of any opportunity to make money. Th« ohief of forestry of the agricultural de partment at Washington, has published a pam phlet advising the planting of forests in ordor to restore the balance of the loet foroee of na ture. On all the hUl-iidee and elopee of the aorth and eaet and of the Paoiflo states, where the original forest growth hat been removed, it Is advisable to restore it. Very steep and high hillsides should be permanently covered with trees, and so should lowland tracts that are stoney, sonr, sandy or otherwise wanting in fortuity. Tho answer to “What to plant," must bo determined by olimato, soil, bus iness purposes am) other things. Sovoral states have established forestry departments, Journals of forestry are now published, and the matter is discussod oven in tho publlo schools. A great treeplanting movement is likely to •weep all over the country. Tu* future of wheat raising is attracting attention. Within a few years American farm ers will have to meet strong competition in tlie grain markets of the old world. Wo must now admit that India oan produce eno ugh wheat to soriously affect prices in America. Already with a crop of 85,000,000 bushels Bliort the prico of wheat has gone 18 coats below that ol the time whon our wheat crop was the largest evor kuown. In future when Egypt, India and central Africa pour their wheat into tho mar kets tho farmers of this country will abandon all hopo of profitable competition. Tho Amor, lean farmer must now adopt mothods of farm ing which will mako him comparatively inde pendent of tho world’* wheat markot. Tho lesson taught by tho East India experiment with wheat is onough to open our eyes, and now that England is preparing to open * short road to tlie vast fertile districts in Africa tlioro is no estimating tho outcome, Grinnill is tho pioneer temperance city of Iowa. Thirty years ago a few families settled on tho Grinnoll tract and went to work to build up a town. Tho owner of the land incor porated a provision in every deed to the effoct that any lot on which liquor was sold should rovert to the first owner or hi* heir*. There has never been a reversion, and nevor a saloon in the place, and no lioldor of real estate has been known to favor the sale of spirits. Tho town has now botween 3,000 and 4,000 people, threo railways, and manufacturing industries which employ scvoral hundred men of various nationalities and ovory shade of religious and political beliof. Tlioro Is no desire to change tlie presont order of things bec&uso taxes are low, real eHtate is advancing, and a good class of people come to the placo. There are five churches. Of tho inhabitants from first to last not ono ever went to jail, to prison or to tlie poor house. Tlie cyclono of 1882 dostroyed all the collogos, 100 dwellings and 40 lives, hat tbore has been a full recovery from Dio effects of ono of tlie most disastrous storms on record. Grimiell enjoys an enviable reputation for good ordor, entomriso and prosperity. Tho temperance people may well be proud of it, and aftor thirty years it oan hardly be called an ex periment. It is an accomplished faot. Ir onr consular repor s are to be bolleved, Mexioo is no place for men of energy unless thoy have abundant capital. Enterprising Americans of largo means oan make money in Mexico, but it is no country for poor men. Everything in Mexico is now in a transition atato and it is diflloult to prediot the outcomo. Tho govornment is autooratio, tho prosident possessing greater power than any potentate in Europo. Tho governors of tho soveral statos ire responsible to the oentral power whioh ox •rcises a preponderating influence ineleotions. Public education ia now pushed for all it is worth. Thero has been a groat advance in the condition of the cities. Beal estate has doub led and in some instances trebled in value. The Capital is now gridironod with mule railways leading out into the country for miles in every direction. Agricultural lands do not advance in proportion. The cost of irrigation in almost every soction is a big item and keeps agricnl. turo in the background. Ono groat drawback t* the progress of the country is the condition of society. There are only two oiassos in Mox- •o, the highest and the lowest. Thero is no middle class. Tn* wealthy, educated non-pro ducers never mingle in any way with the oom- mon people, and it is not at all surprising as the latter are the lowest and most degraded specimens of humanity to be found anywhere in tho world. Tho Americans who have swarmed into tho country are in tho main a bad lot, composed of bordor ruffians, filibusters, speculators, coarso adveuturers and broken down professional mon. The Mexicans fear and suspect these new-comcrs and it must bo admitted that until we send a better class of settlers thore wo can not expect onr flag, our civilization and our citizen* to he respected. The Floiuda EvsboiiAtjes.—A oorro epondent of the Boston Journal says ol tho Florida Everglades: “If he deserves praise ‘who makes two blades of grass grow where one was before,’ what shall be said of the men who bring as by a now crention a territory larger than some of tho States from beneath tho waters? Strangest of all is that this postilential swamp, this breeder of fever and homo of the alligator and rattlesnake, is in fact n perfect sanitarium, swept by fresh and constant breezes, the thermometer never rising above 96 deg. in the shade, nnd in a gang of 160 men employed in the Bwamp constantly two years not a ease of serious siokness has ooourred,” On* fob Boston—New Yorker (who has been “stuck’’ more than an hour with an intellectual young lady from Boston): “You say you despise New York men. Then why do you come to New York, and why do yon go to Now parties?” Young lady from Boston: “For a oomplete intellectual rest.”-- Life; Smiths.—The new directory of Phila delphia contains the names of nearly 3,000 Smith*. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Xaataru and Xlddls fitatss Dn. WlLLIARD 1'ahker, one of the mat famous surgeons in America, a native of Now Hampshire, but a rest lent of New York for ninny years, died in fiat city a few day* since ill his eighty-second year. Consider ah t.k ex ■itement nnd one failure resulted from a m d n n Ivanovo four cent, ab i-| el in the pii e of wheat at thj No.v York produce eichange. The Mnssachus tts Greenback State con vention at Lynn e'.o ted delegates at large to tho hid ana oils national convention, and adopted ruolutions favoring General Butlor for President, declaring that el ht hour.! (ho’ild constitute n da- s work, demanding a graduate) incom- tux and asserting that the struggle for greenback money would bo con tinued. MA.mp. OENFinr, Emerson Opdyckk died at his 1 esideiu e in New Y'ork from the effect* of a wound r-celvo 1 l.y the accidental uls- charge of a p.st« 1 which h > w as ch nning. Gei oral Opdyvke was (If.v-flv.i you sol I, and had bo m n prominent Federal officer fro.n Ohio in the fate w ar. Ex-Govehnor Marcus I,. Ward, of New Jersey, died at Ids home in Newark, tho other day, aged 71 years. Ho was elected governor of New Jorse.- in 1865, in 18(13 was chairmnn of the l.o. ubli an n it onal < otn- mit toe, and in 1812 was elo ted to Congress. George E. Ewino, a piominont Philadel phia BculpUir. enme to New Y’ork for th* purpose of model ing al or liovo modols of llcnry Irving, tlie English actor, and hi* principal support. Mtss Ellen Terry. A tow mornings a^o, Mr. Ewing was found dead tn bod at, liis hotel. Ho hnd turned on tho unlit ? a nnd been asphyxiat d. Mr. Ev ing came rom Scotland two years ago and had ac quired considornhio reputation in art article'. A National Conference of Colored Men met In Pittsburg, with delegation* from nil J inrt< of the country in n! tends no \ The ob- ct of the conference, on stated by a delcgat •, was to secure to tho colo ed people. North ami South, tho ro (ignition under the lawB to w hich they are entitled. Various i-o]x>rs )ier- tlncnt to the occasion wero read and dis- cussed. Ciiari.en I,. Vose, a retired Now Y’ork mcr limit, mid Antonio Morouo, a metropoli tan comni slon merohnnt, were impelled a few days ago by pliysi 'al suffering and in somnia to ihoit themselves to death. A kihk ut, Ulcn'B Falls, N. Y’., destroyed both opera houses, the Presbyterian c h r h, and Gi dersleevo s Union hall building, en tailing a total loss of about *200,000. A fire in tlie great dry goods district of Now Y'ork city destroyed projierty vab ed al *2d0,0 0. During t ie progress of tho lira a ladder fell on a grouo of n-wspa)icr re porters injuring ono of them—Samuel F. Donmlly,(mployod on tho .S’uii—dangerously. The stenmor Falmouth was burned at her wharf in Portland (Med h rbor. Three of the crow p rld.od in thu flames, lhe esti mated h *. is *175,000. B. F.-DonnellY, tho New York ropirter strip k by a falling ladder at a fire, died from tlie cl Vo t( of his injuries. James H. Keene, tin great New York stock operator, lias failed to meet ills obliga tions a! tor losing same *4,000,'**) in tho past six months. Mr. Keene came from Ban Fran cisco to Now Y ork about six years ago with n fortuno estimated at from *1,(00,000 to *5,000,000. He went into Wad Hi root, specu lated heavily, and recently has been engaged in sailing stock privi ogos. A heavy fall in the maiket led to Ills dowrfad. ■onth ana West. Later ret unn put. the vote in Louisiana about ns follows: Democratic htnto ticket, 81,10': Republican State ticket, 42,MSI. Tin icgislaturu will stand 112 Democrats to thirty all otln is. Miss Ida Davth, a yonog lady of high so cial standing, while out ridiug on horseback in 1 olb ar county, Miss., was attacked by John Hander on, n colored man, druggo 1 from her h-rsoand assmllcd with probably fatal re sult. Henderson wns caught by neighbors, slowly strangled, and when nearly dead wa* riddle d with shot and tom limb from liinli. IV. J. Buchanan has been mminntcd for governor by the Tinne soi Groonlnu k rs. Many p rams were kil'el, alio it NO in jure 1, an i an immense am unt of da nag : to J iropeny wik don • by a lormdo in tho v c n- ty of Dayton, (dio. The town of Jainei- to.vn was entirely d-wtioyei. Dudiev Francis, of MobavI'Ii, HI., nnd two of his clilldro i wero d.own d by tha up setting of a rowboat. Moses FraI.ev, nn eit nslvo Rt. lout* spec dator in gnin. lias fated for about *1,- 0 0,0- 0 By a sudden rise In wheat he lost *260,000 in .'Ois than iui hour. Thomas L. Thompson and Daniel Jone* (white), Jack YVomankiller (Cherokee', John Davis iCh ie'awi nnd Fanny Ecdiols (negress), (onvictcd in the United R- ntui Court of mur der in tlie Indian Torrit ry, nnd Mat Musio (negro', coiivi"tcd of criminal assault ill the In-flan Territory, hnvo beo.i senteacsd tj be bnngo l o i Friday, July 11. Ex-Governor Henry M. Matthews, of V r e t Virginia, died at his home in I.owis- l urg, W. Va, aged fifty years. lie hod servo i in th • Conti derate army, was do t-d attorney-g. no al of We t \ irglnia, and gov ernor in 18.6. An cxnh sion of dynamite at a sto le quarry neir J 1 ett-nille, Ind., burled huge ti nberi nnd pieces of iron in every direction, kill (1 nnunan an 1 injured twelve, suveral with fatal eTe •!. One nicht recently Hiram Jefferson wa* tako.i from li's homo at Audohon, Ia., 1 y t! reo men and lmngod. Ills son, Cicero JoTor- son, bus (onlcssed that ho and his broth ‘rs- in-law, J. J. Wilson an l J. A. Rmyth, were tho murderers. Wii.t.iam Neal, (hi Inst of the three m-n Imp i Tited i i t'le ns a iltand murder of three enudren at Ash'an-I, Ky., has 1 e n sent n ed to death. It wa tlie attempt 11 lynch th ■* three mon wh ch l"d 11 a edlisiin with tin Kent, c't.v militia and a (r„wl, nn 1 the dumb of several mon. A hue at IlmCo-d, Mich., destroyed th* Van Buron County poorhouse, a:id flft.on in mates lost tlioir lives Washington. The ITo iso , ommu oo uu pistoH e: anl post road iiis die'tala mb committee to prop ro a bill providing for a contra.'t sys tern of postal t-olography. The Hous: committee on military affair will ask for tho nppointmontof a - p 'ciul com- ni ttco to investigate the management of tho Rcl liers’ home at Dayton, (>h!o. General 1’atrick, governor of the h -in >, h is be n charged with being overbearing and inhu man in his treatment toward th j innat s. Representative Stewart, of Texas, hi* been directed by the House Commit tee on foreign affair! to pr -pari a hi 1 providm ; for the appointment o three com- ml-fi' neru tn visit Mexico aril Central and Ho th t' mprica to so-ure information re a- tivo to ine easing tlie comm rrcia.1 interest! between those countr'es nnd the United Bta'os. The bill is to i ontai i on appropria tion of $:o,o< 0. The ll< u e committee on appropriations arne l to iv|nnt Mr. Ellis's bill, with ameud- li enti pio’icdig for a'oan of *1,(XX),000 to the New in leans expo it o i. This sum is to te returned o ho gov r. men' a’ter the pny- u cut of cuno t expen es. nnd before a iy div.der.cl is paid ' o stockholders. Mr. Nimmo, chief of tho bureau of statli- t cs. leioiti that the to al value* of the impel' b cf morchand si f ir tho twelve months em.e 1 March 31, 1884, were $ 183,858,612, end for the tw .dve months cn led March 31, 1-83, *.'42,508,870. The veil-sol the expul t: of mcrcliuudiie for the twelve montiiK ended March 31, 1384, weie *701,738,431, i ml for the twelve months ended March 31, b'-h :, *808,727,811;’. Tme consular and diploma 1 ic appropriation b 11, ai repoit;d-n the House, appropriat?* *6(7,770, which is *367,275 1 si than tho c* i- inntes, and *318,985 less than tih) spproprift- *ion lop tUo present year, .. Jacob Cole, tiontswain of the Joanne'tv, died the other day in Rt Elizalieth s Hos pital for tho Insane, at Washington. Ho ha l boo mo insane from hardship* endure.) after the wreck of the Joannette. In t ie contested election cane of Wallace rs. McKinley, of Ohio, s sub-committee of the House committee or elections, by a vote of tlireu to two, decidol to report to tho full committee In favor of the sifting member, Mr. McKinley. The work of laying stone on the Washing ton monument has bo n ro-uined at s height Of 41u foot, t ic point rencliod at the susp n- tton of wor^ last fall. A course cs.-h day will be laid during favorable weather. Rtone I* f repnred to rniso the struct ire to s height of 0 feet. Enuinerr Melville appeared before tha House committoe of investigation and gave hi* version of the life nn tho Jeannette, re- (ojntiiig i he various little differences between the ottl, cm. Ho said ho hnd never been in a vessel whore thei-o wns less quarreling. The 1'resident lias sent to Congress a com munication from tho secretary of state ex plaining tho need of tho consular and diplo matic service and advising against any re duction of tho appropriations. PirntNn th* present Congree* 0,858 billi hnvo be n introduc'd in tho House of ltepre- resontntlvo . In the last Congre-s during tho sumo period tho nu nber of bills Intro duced was 6,0 1. In tlio criminal court at Washington the case of thi Unit, d States against William l’itt Kellogg wns begun. Mr. Kellogg was charged with having received money while a Unit'd Rtates Senator for sir- vhes rend ere i In relation to s oontrnt with the Unite! Rtates in violation of section 1.18?, revised atatut-a. Contractor I’riro tosti led that bo had paid Kellogg *:.’0,0(K) for obtaining tho i xnedition of service u|ion Ids il rice’s; liutcs (rom th* du*:o!I1(* dopurt- ment. Foralgn. Tiie British government ha* adopted a w 'itlng policy in tlie Houdan, and will prob- nb'y not attempt to rcscuo ( e.ioral Go-d^ at Khartoum until the autumn. Several person* wero killed and twonty injuied by un uccid nt through which ara f- w'ny ti ain was thrown from a bridge into the river near Cuid-d Real, Spain. llr the upsetting of a ya ht nt Midland, Ontario, thivo moil wero ai owned. Fiitr. in I nmlnn burned out William Whito- loy, a largo dealer in goixl* of every descrip tion, causing a loss of • 1,000,000. Many persons are dying continually of yellow fever on tho Isthmus of l’anama. The king end queen of Italy opened th* international exposition at Turin. A fire at l’anama dostroyed two block* of houses, causing 1 bsjj which aggroguti *500,0(X). During its progress a large mob ef arm d plunderom were fired tlpon by own ers of buildings and soveral killed. The ministerial party has been sueveesful in the elections in Spain. Thirty com let* were Injured by tho mid den fnll of a pan of the new barracks in pro cees of erection nt Porteinouth, England. A grf.A'IER loss oi life than was at first re ported re-uit-il from the tumbling of a train o' cars tlir.iu;h a bridge in ar Cuidod-Real, Spa n thirty eight cirpics having been taken from the wr-ok. Fifty soldiers wore reported missing. A French fishing schooner was run down by a Norwe i in bark off t c bnrl t o' New- foundlcnd during n fog. Twelve of I heel h- to n fislicrinen on board the schooner lost tlioir ivos. Two fcnnp-iwder innga/ln-s at Havana were bloavn up with terrific effect. A num ber of artillerymen and the men guarding tho stick were killed. Ill Havana balconies, windows and >hutt rs fell to the gr mnd in aln.o.tevjry street within the custom home wall. Queen Victoria led the bridal nroceaslon •t the marriage of hor grand daughter, Prin cess Victoria, of Hen*, to Prinoe Louis, of linttenborg, in Darmstadt, Germany. By the powder magaiine explosion* in Ha vana twenty-one portions were killed aid Bjventy-nlno i"j irel PROMINENT PEOPLE. ‘ Patti, the singer, plays billiards a'mo it a* well as sho warbles. The lata duke of Bucclouch owned the groatcr part of three Scotch counties. United Htateb Senator Ixkjan’h fathei was an Irish doctor, and came to America in 1823. General Gordon is said to be tlie only Christian who is iirayed for in tho mosques at Mecca. Mrs. Frances Hodoson Burnett, the novelist, is a tenant in Washington of Gener al Grant. Edward Eooi.eston’s daughter, Allegra. Is claimod to bo the best woman woo l carvor in America. The empress of Austria sets type with the grace and skill which uiuractorire an intelli gent tomposi.or. Dom Pedro, having ascended tho thron* ot Bros 1 at the age of six, lias no w roigued longer th in any other living so. e.'elgn. President Jewett, of tho Erie rea l, is a cons ant sufferer from rheuuati m, anil hii affliction i i said be telling on bis otherwise rugged constitution. The Earl of Aylcsford, who his paid *75,' 000 for a ranch in Texas, nnd his nought a hotel at Big Springs, in that State, is heir to un estate of *i8,0(M),0(X). Verdi, the composer, is an impressive, look ng old man, with suow-wbito hair and nms ucho. Hi ( spirit! and health have been (ailing ever since tho death of Wagner. Neither of tho two living daughters of Gon- ral Robert E. Leo married. They both live with tli ir brother, who succeeded his father as prosident of Washington university. Ex-Senator David Davis wears his mar- riazu w ill, and is said by his friends to tie jovial, social an l even sprightly—more like a boy of tw enty than a man of 376 or there abouts. CoNiiRKSKMAN O’Hara, the colored mem ber from North Carolina, is a graduate oi Harvard and a lawyer by profenion. He lives in go-xl stylo and lias a wliito tutor for bis four children. President Arthur favors bu lding anew mansion o i Lafayette sjuaro, opposite the V\ hit/) House, for the strictly private homo ot the chief magistrate, and letainlug the old White Hous • for the executive ofll 'es und for ho ding o licial and public receptions, din ners, etc. The poet Whittier has attempted little lit erary work ot late. At long intervals ho sta\ s for a day or two in Boston, but spen's most of liis time quio ly in Danvers. H • has loug been far from s ro:ig, and iinle.s he gains new strength during the summer he anil i ease writing altogeth r. Kino John, of Abyssinia, is cruol. On re turning from an interview with him General Gord m saw forty S u lan soldier t mutilated together and sent to Bog s, w th a mes ape tbit if his high ie s wanted on metis ho cou d huv • them Two thousand Egyptians, t ikon K riso era, wore i rd rot ti march. Ben; msrry and faint, they ro usid. The Abya- sinians shot at them ai at targets. In a speech at a hotel warming in Wisconsin, Peck, of the Sun, said that in his opiuion there was a great aflinity between newspaper and hotel ruen. He • remembered when he was acting as olerk in a hotel, many years ago. His experience there had taught him a principle invaluable if applied to the newspaper business—to make peo ple pay is advance. POUTIOAL CONVENTIONS. Clsrtlea 1st Vavion* StstM mt Dale* late. I* Xat'easl CenvsaUeaa At the Massachusetts Republican State convention, held in Boston, Messrs. Hoar, Crapo, Long and I .odge were chosen del* gates to the national convention. They are for Edmunds and Lincoln. 'The tariff plank of the platform adopted was as follows. “We advocate tariff laws whioh, while fur nishing ne -essary revenue, shall favor the labor and industrial ent-rprlie i of thi conn try nnd not oaiail them. Whilo we intis* upon n roduotiou of cus om duties been n e o* the dangerous surplus In the treasury re' ccints, at the oame time we doOm it essen tial that this reduction ihould bo male with the least possible Injury to the la x>r ami manufacturing interests of the country, and we o uidemn tho arbitrary per centage redu tio i proposed by t.h# prosenr, Democratic lions i of Representa tives, liecmisi it lade to reform any ine.|uuli- ties of taxition, illsregnrds the buslne-s want! of tho countrv. and. if adopted, would crqiple many industri -s and nt tho same tlini would probably increisotho revenue." Presi dent Arthur's administration is w.irinlv com mended, but no pitiforcnci is oxprj-e -il as to |il i suco.wsqr, except to deminil that tlie can didate shall bo “aman o" prove 1 fidelity in public life, and win si relations tothepirty nro such tliat all o' its memtiei s can heartily unllo in hiB support." The Mnasai-hiiiietts Democra'io State con vention. held in Worcester, balloted for dile- gn ei at la go tithe national cony, nt on w.th tho following result: BenjuninF. J>ut- Irr, 064; Josiah G. Abbott, 608; M. J. McGaf- forty, 7.1; Janes Delaney, 353; and them were dec'aml ole to I. A motion waso rriod un-iuiinously that it was tho senes of th i <on- vontion that Ui-noral Butler should tio nominate I for 1’ieddent of tha Unite 1 Rtates at the national Demoomtl: C invention in Cffiicagn, Another motion that tho delegates at large be instructed to vote at the Chicago convention on every ballot for General 1). F. Butler for o mdi late for iff cel ient wan tahled. Tho platform adopted deprecat * all tondonoiee to class distm,t ons or toward the mention of monopolies; nilvoeatee iroquent o'ectioniand limited tenures of office: ro itlirms the resolu- t ons of tho last national I 'omo ratlo conven tion; o)i|iosos cxt.ravngnnca of Ropulillcan expenditures, and dououncee the accumula tion of a surplus revenue from the taxation of tliepioplo; demamls tho recognition of the rights of thi working piople by govom- mcn'.s, both Btate and Federal; uenounces Ropubl'cau neglect of the flshoric* indus try and commercial navigation; de nounces the official abuses of patronage an i the ro'.ton conditio i of the public service aa demonstrated by tho Htar route frauds, and demands reform; doinaiids a nidui tion of the tariff, and declare* that tho bunion of taxntl m sh iuiil lie re noved from the necessi.ioi of life, anil not from whisky and tolxuoj; tender! thanki to Gov ernor Butler for his able an l fcarl s* ndm n- | tra ion, and commends his energy in public life. New Hampshire Hrpub'l 'an*, at their Btate convention m Concord, eliotea a* delo-atai at largo: Charles K. Paivycr, George U. How ell, l-.dw&rd H. Rollins and Joseph II. Clark. Two of theso de o ates are uudor too 1 to be lor Arthur, ono for 1 draunda and cni for Hlalne. The platform edoptod congratulates the Republl ans o. other Rtates on the (tat tering prospects for another triumph of Republican priuci les, i om mends Ar thurs administration, demands inch ex. ercisa of power b > tno national g >v. eminent as will insuro tlie enjoyment ot hii constitutional rights to overy citi on in tin Bouth, condemns the hori Dalai reduct'on ol duties an 1 maintn ins the do-trine of nrotoc- t on, favors a redact on of duties on the nec essaries ot life an i in roaae of those upon luxuries, urges tho eradication of p fiygainy and a reform in the civil servi e,demands the susp nxion of the cilnaco of tho silver dollnr, and approves tho national education bill passed bv the Renata. '1 ho Maine Republican Btate convent'on, held in Bangor, ronomina ol Froderhk Robis for governor, by no-lamat on General John H. Cn*',of Rockland nnd Weston F. Mllllk n, »f Portland, wore chosen presl lonttal elector*, tho follow.nj (lelegaU-B at targe to Chip igo wore chosen: J. R. Ilodwell, George C. Wing, Jos. H. Wheolright. and J. II. Drummond. Theptatfo'iii anoptid favors the pr T active jKilicy: urges a pru-ient, tie High firm, foreign iMillcy; presents tho name of Jain 1 * tl. Bluino s* tin Ir I’lioi .'o for tlie presidency; a iprovei tie p.-eient iidminUtration expross'issevcro di>ajiproval of the notion of tho Dnmoorntlc major!'y in Congress up-m tho Jlorrison 'iarilf bill and on the shipping bil’.s, and reaffirm* approval of the policy of prohlb tion. Tho Maine Btrnlghtout Greenback conven tion at Augusta nominated W. F. Eaton, of Cup-i Ellzal eth for governor. Delegates to tho Nationnl tiroenhack convention and two prci dentia' elect an wero olios in. A motion to ii s ruot tho dt-logatos for Uenoral Butler was defeated. At the Vermont Repub'l 'an State conven tion in Moutpellar the following delegates ut large lo lhe na'ii nal conVeml in worech is n: .1. Gregory Sml li, Ho Ifield Proitor, FreJer- I k Biltiii’f*. Broughton D. Harris The dolo- gitien sch i e is Edmunds. Tho platform adopted reaffirm' all-glinco to the gnat par.y, and re ol os that lhe party cannot rest on L.s pas', but mu* lea pirty of progrn*. It d.i \are! ih.it Con rr asmen and offl e- hildor.! must h? relieved from 1 ho iinpirtmltj of office t eekers. The s . stem of pro- te 'io i wdii h ha* developed na tional in'uilrloi, made labor ri h and Ji ing ch- p, is approved, and a desire is eiproswd for the rei istateuiunt ot the duti s on w. ol and woolens, mi l a call I* made 'or a reduction of taxa ion on nocts a- ri s rather than luxuries, tieo g.) F. Ed muuils is i resented as a representative ot what i: best in th ■ Itep ilfii an party, nnd ai on i wh »: high and unsol ish | ub'i : :ervii e, aggros ive iiitogrily, abilftv. lagv.city, rtitcs- mmishi'i anil unblemsliid nv o:d, fit him above all other i for t e ch of magistra y of the nnti n. The ndniini trutlon of Prosi'tent Arthur i i heartily i omtnunded ns freo from re'iron h. It in tru ts the dil' ga'O! ti vote for Edmun is as long os he stands bifore the national c. n ent.on. Tlie Iowa Repnbli an State convention at Dei Moines c):o e a solid Blaine delegation for the national i onvent'ori m.d a (opted resolutions which declaro strongly in favor of t e R' publican iiositi ,n o:i the 'ariff.demand that C-ingrc s s iall lialt in tlie d stractive work pi o lose l liy the Morri -ou t ill an 1 ile- c'are tliat Jnm s G. Blaine i< the choice of tlie Ropuiilicans ot Iowa for Presid nt. Kansas Republicans, at their State conven tion in Topeka, elected four delegates at la-ge favorable to Blaine and choes two pre-idential cle tore Thercsolutioni adopted B'rongly lommei d Arthur s adminisfnit.on a-d favor nati inal logis at on to regu ate Intor-Htate commeri e. The Wes'. Virginia Republi -an State*conven tion at Martinib irg elec .iyl four de'egates at largo to the national convention anil passed a rerol ition instructing th i delegate! 11 vote for Rlaine as long ns there was a rju»inable chance of his nomination. Virginia t-t aigutout Republicans, at their convintion in l ichmond, cl cted nn unin- * ru:te)dd l'gaion to tie national - onven- tion. but declar. d in their rcso utions t at tho nomination of Blaine nnd Lin'oln would in- •piri courage among tne Republicans of toe bouth. The Michigan Greenback State coi vent Ion at Detroit was attended by Govt mo • B gole and prominent Gre nback.rs. T. e detara es chosen to th-i nat onal c nvent'on at Indian apolis were instcu t d to vote for Butl ir lor President. At tlio Wisconsin Republican State con vention in Mn libO'i uninstru-.tod delcgat •* to the i ational convention were chosen. Fairchild is the first choice of the delega es for Pra-iden . Nebraska Republicans, at their State con vention iu Oman i, ele tcd a Blaine delegation to tbe Chicago convention, ANIMAL INDUSTRY. Prwrtalan* mt tkw Ssaal* ■III Bilal* Ihkla* Ida lereaa. A* amended end pa*wd by tha Unit d States Senate, the bill providing for the **- tablishment of a bureau of animal industry anil the extirpation of contagion* cattle die- eaeee provide* that the commimiooer of agri culture shall organic* In h * department a bureau ot animal industry, with a ch'af who ahall be a competent veterinary *argaon,aiid who ahall inveetigata and report the condition of the domestic animals of tha Unitsd State*, and the cause of contagion*, infectious and communicable dFecaee among them. Ha shall also collect * .ch oth r information on these subje -ta a* may be valuable to the agricultural and commarcial In tr et* or the United State*. For the ptlrpoiea of tho bureau the commMonar of agricul ture is authorised to employ a force not to exceed twenty person* at one time. The • fi ery of th* chief of the bureau ia fixed at f3.(HX); that of the o'.erk at $1,501. The com missioner is to appoint two competent agents, who shall be pract'oal raiser* of or men ex perienced in oommer iel transaction* affe.-t- ing live stock, who shall report th* best man ner of tramqiorting and caring for animal*, and tho means to be a loptsd to mip ires* and extirpate pleuro-pneumonla and other dan gerous contagious nr (ommunlcabl* dl*ea**a. The comi e isatinn of such agents tl fixed at $10 per day. The commissioner ia to prepare a* early aa pomible such rules and regulation* a* may be necessary to extirpate the d tare see named and certify su h rules, etc., to the exe utlve authority of each 8tat* and Territory, and Invite the oo-operation of such eXcoutiv* authority in the execution of the act of Con- Kiras. When the rule*, et\, shall have been accepted by su-h nxecutii* authority, the <x mintailom-r may expend in the State to •Opting ro much money a* may be neoee- xmy I'ur thi purpose of tbe inrestigatlonu contemplated by too act and for auoE disin fection and quarantine measures as may be neccs- ary to prevent the epread of the dtaeoa* from one State or Territory into another. In order to promote exportation o? lire stock special invd'igatlon shall bi made nu to the exiitrnoe of contagious dis-aea s ong the dividing line between' the United Htites and foreign countries, and a'ong the trans portation lines from all parte of th* Uni'ei States to ) orts from which cattle are ax- K rtod, and reports ma le to th* secretary of e treasury, who shall cooperate with th* lationsfor the safe oonvoyanoe of Ihecitt'e, and preventing the sprra lof direiee; and the secretary of the treasury is authorize i to take such steps as may be ne ternary, not inconsistent with the act, to pre vent the exportation of cattle affected with any contagious disease, especially pleu ropneumonia. Transportation companies are forbidden ti transport cattle affe ted with any contagious disease from one State or Ter ritory to another, but the so-oaUed splenetic or Texas fever is excepted from tha category of communicable diseases, so far aa regards tbe transportation of cattle to market Vio- lntfo i of the act by railroad companies or ves sels is de dared a in' slcmeanor on the part of the manager or captain, punishable by fine not to exceed $5,030, or Imprisonment not to exceed one year, or by both. It is made the duty of the United States district attornej s to prosecute the caste. The su ii appropriated for the purposes of the act ta $150,00 >. The comm mioner of ag riculture Is nn |!ilred to re ort annually to Congress a full ac -ount of tha opirntlons o ' the bureau, a lint of all perrons employed, their compensation, et \ AT OHIOAQO. Use Delegate* tn the ■enssbltcM Presidential C'enventlms Stand. As a matter of genera' interest we give the fol ow ng eitlmxto, made in New York, of tho way i-i wli'o'.i most o' thi dolegatei tori to tYu Pop ib ic in Prcsid'-ntlal c -nvention in Cliicn; o, will vota on tlie first ballot: For Arthur—Alabama, '.0: Arkansas, 14; Delaware. 1; Florida, 8; Goorgli,24; Illinois, 0; Indiana. II; Kansas, 3; Kentucky, In; 1 o.i Minna, I I; Mur/tand, 2; Maesa- chnsatt:, 12; MlsHiBsi)i'ii, 17; Missouri, 10: f u.iraskH, 2; New Ham;shire, 8; New Jersey, 6: New Vork. 2n; North Carolina. 16; Pennsylvania l<: Rh'ide Irland 4; Routh Carollnn, 8 Toil nonce, 8; Texas, 11; Vir- pi i i, :.4: Wisconsin 7; I 1st dot ot Columbia, 2; Wyoming, 2; t t.ih, 2. Total. 323. For Blaine -California, 16; Delaware. 5, Indiana, 7; Iowa, 26: Kansas, 14; Kontncky, 4: M- ine. 12; .Ynr land, 11; Michigan, 18; MinnosoUi, 10; Muaiisippi, 1; Missouri, 11; N b ns’ n, 4; New Hampsh're, 1; Now Jeisov, 12: Now Y'ork, t0: N voda, 6; North Car.Tiua. J; Oho, 27; Oregon, 6; i'etmxylvunia. 43; Rhode Bland, 2; 'ionnossio. 4; Texas. 15; Wet Virginia, li; Wicmsii, 2: Arizona, 2; Dakota, 2; Wsnl ingto i 2. Total, 311. For i.uni mds—Massac'msotts. Iff: Michi gan, 8: Miim Rota. 4; New Hampshire, 4; Now Y'ork, 14; Kl.o Ie Islun 1, 2; Tennessee, 1; Vermont. 8; W.scjii: i i, 6. Total, 6). For Itegan—’ll no s 8 ; Indiana, 7: Kan sas, 2; Miisouri, 7: Tonnow e, 1. Total, 55. For John Sherman—Indiana, 4; Oh.o, 19. Total, 21. For Joseph R. Hawley—Connecticut, 12. For Gresham—Indiana, 0. For Fa'rchlld—4. Fi r Gi ant—Maryland, 1. Doubtful—Colorado, 0; Ke t tcky,4. Total, 10. Arthur RECAPITULATION. 823 1 Hawley .... 12 Plains 311 [ Grediam Edmund.!.. 63 | Fairchild 4 lAigaii 55 I I Grant. Rhenium... 23 | Do ibtful 10 Total .. ....80S Not r.'i«)ttid 12 Total 820 Necesary ti a choice 411 Tlie s'x dou'itful delegate* from Colorado an believed to be for Blaine. Tbe four from Kentucky are against Arthur. Preparations for tbe Arctic. Lieutenant Emory, commander of the Artie steamer Bear, says : Yon would be surprised at the number ot ohrilUns who want to go on the Greely relief ex pedition. Most of them are attracted simply by a love of adventure. Of course we cannot take them. On an ex pedition of this kind there should be no more men than are absolutely neocseary, and every man on board should be abb, if the emergency arose, to pull his share on a sledging expedition. Gaptain Schley with the Thetis and I with the Hear will go ahead, and the .Alert will act as a reserve ship. Captain Schley has snbmitted to tne Secretary of the Navy his plan of action. Tbe details, of course, will be modified by the exi- f enoiee whioh may arise in fne Arctic. am at work on tne Bear now getting her ready, A deck-home is being erected forward and the quarters for the men are being fitted up, The board ap pointed to examine her have not yet made their survey. As soon ss they do it wilt be decided what will be done to strengthen her. We shall take on board provisions for officers and crow saffimsnt to last two years. Of oonrse we do not expect to be gone that length of time, but we must provide against possibili ties. . ' -M '

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, May 13, 1884, Image 1