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Newspaper Page Textthe mercury. PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY NOTICE. If All oommunloatlon* Intended Ibr Util p«per must be accompanied with the foil pADie of the writer, not neoeawtrlly for publi- m Uod. but H e guarantee of good faith. We are In no war reaponelble for the Tlewi croiilnloni of oorreepondente, E- S, LANGMADE, Attorney at Z,aw, SANDERSVILLE, OA. MAYOR. O. H. ROGERS. °L ETtK ,6 2JtEASUJt£yt. D. E. B, WELLS. MARSHALL. J. E. WEDDON. ALDE7?M£J\\ W. H, LAWSON, Wm. RAWLINGS, S. G. LANG, A. M. MAYO, M. II. BOYER. 2onn c/ 2ennit/e. Mayor—John C. Ilarmnn. Aldermen—W. P. David, J. W. Smith, P. J. Pipkin, T. J. Beck. (Jloik—8. II. B Massey. Marshall—J. C. Hamilton. MUSIC, MUSIC JERNIGAN IJitiU) Bows. 1 Strings, Rosin Boxes, Etc- i, i., G 0* BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bandersvllle, On. S> Will practice in the Stste and United States Courts. Offioe In OoorWhonse. Watches, Clocks And JEWELRY REPAIRED ST JBRSTXGAXT. Dr. H. B. Hollifield, mmm m mum, Having rscentlr graduated at the Unlver- (tty ol Maryland ami returned home, now oners Ills professional services to the citizens ol Hnutlcrsvlllo and vicinity. Oflloe with Dr. H. N Holllfleld, next door lo|Mrs. Bayne’s millinery store. MERCURY. A. J. JEltMOAN, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. $1,50 per Annnm VOLUME V. WI1AT IT M ICANN. An umbrolla carried over a woman, the man Retting nothing hut the drippings of the rain, aiguilles courtship. When the man has the umbrella and tho woman the drippings it IndL CAtt'B marriage, amkrican nii,k. One of tho largest Philadelphia Jobbers says that very nearly one-half of all the silks now sold in the United States aro of home manu facture, spun by Amorican bred silk worms and woven on American made looms. DEATH OF Ul'NJAMIN. Judah P. Benjamin, the distinguished lawyoi and advocate and ex-member of the govern ment of the southern confederacy, is dead. Hs died in hie apartments, avenue Jena, Tarla. Ho had been in failing health ever slnco he fell while descending from a tramway car several years ago. KKI.8 IN JUKI.AND. Thoro are no snakes in Ireland, bnt ths sals inako up for any deficiency in this regard. It is a common tiling to catch eels in Ireland ten feet long and as big around ns a man’s thigh. They arc found only in the deepest water where they lurk uiidor tho rocks. When one la caught he lashes around like a hoaconatrictor, and if ho gate a man’s foot into his mouth ha will not let go until Ida head is cut off. FIGHTING MEXICANS. Mexico has moro bloody, bcnstly fights to tho death among its desperadoes than uuy other country, A Mexican is quick to tako an oflcnce, rrady to fight, and if necessary will treasure his wrong for years until lio haa an opportu nity of wreaking hia vengeance. The courage of these people is moro frequently manifested in their hand to hand encounters than in any other way. A HEAVY GUN, There was successfully csst at the Bouth Boston iron works, in fulfillment on oontract with tho United Htates government, of tlie largest gun ever constructed in this oouutry. When fully completed it w.ll be about 80 feet in length, of twelve inch rifle bore, and will weigh 12,200 pounds. Tho cost of the gun will he 92,800 or about one-half the sum a atcel gun would have cost. It is calculated to throw a projectile six miloa. SANDEKSVILLE. GA., TUESDAY, MAY 20. 1884. NUMBER 5. by frost having been oonftnad exclusively to scattered pointe In the two former eta tee. The plant in Missouri hat evidently been badly climaged by cold weather. Wiseonein reports a falling off in the acreage of epring wheal, aa the fanners are giving greater attention to the dairy. Dakota and Mioneeota have a larger acreage than last year, and there le a prospect : of the largest yield for ycari, no damage from ineccts being reported from any point. NEW THING IN HTATIONEKY. The (hades of fashionable writing paper now in tue are white, drab, cream, golden rod cream, perfection cream, niacorine bine, cof fee, burnt cafe, peach, wild roee, moe* green, eea ehell, old gold, chocolate, ilirimp, tor- quolie and dozeus of others, some new tint coming qp every day. Damaek paper in Unit ia in fair demand to-day, and Irish linen paper both rough and emooth, will always bo popu lar. One of the present etylci known ae tho "Forge” has the appcaranco of having been hammered by * blacksmith, and hence its name. A pen glides over its undulating sur face without any trouble. 0. W- H WHITAKER. DENTIST, Bandersvllle, Os. TKRMS CASH. Office nt Ills Residence, on Harris streak A lu ll 8d. 1880. H. N. HOLLIFIELD, Physician and Surgeon, ■nndanvUte, On. Oflloe next doer to Mm Bayne* atllUnegry store on Harris streak BUY YOUll FROM JERNIGAM, Rone genuine without our Trade Mark On hand and for sal*, SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES. ETC. WKNTEUN 1.1 VK (STOCK. It is oxpootud that 200,000 head of cattle will ho driven from Toxaa into Colorado this year, and that 60,000 moro will come from other western states. Tho calf crop of this year is aliout 250,000, and when all the new cattle are there Colorado etock will amount to 2,000,000. Tlio largest purchasers of Texas cattle have been tho Fryor brothers of Pueblo. Thoy will drivo 45,000 head into Colorado, and to do that it will require a forco of 40 men and 400 horses. The Journey will last from sixty to ninety days HENKKTEI, VILLAGE*. For a now state, California has a greater number of deserted villages than can bo found in any other section of tho country. In somo counties scarcoly a vestigo exists of tho thriv ing towns of a quarter of a century ago. Of tiio 6,000,000 sheep in this state probably ono- lialf are subsisted in tho old mining counties, glaring among tho forgotten camps, cities, gulches, bars and canyons, out of which hun dreds of millions liavo boon taken, adding to the general wealth of tho world, hut impover ishing California. CUBAN FOI.ITICN. Discontent, financial disaster, disorder and revolutionary symptoms are the main features of the situation in Cuba. There are, too, no less evil conditions and forebodings of open outbreaks of violonco in Mexico, nominallv re publican and actually free, but untrained iu either iu republican government or free insti tutions. The worst feature of the Mexicsn situation in tho utter worthlessness of most of the local authorities. Universal distrust pre vails and no wisdom or leadership adequate, for tho crisis seems to exist. OIJH EXPORTS. Tlio valuo of exportaof domestic eattlo, hogs, beef, pork and dairy products for March, 1884, was 95,010,005; for tho same month in 1883, 910,184,326. For tho three mouths ended March 31, 1884, 921,057,682, .against 981,205,- 100 for tho corresponding period last year. Beef and pork products for the five months ended March 31, 1884, 938,421,000, against 948.048.000 for tlio snino time in 1883. Dairy products for elovon months ended Msrcli 31, 1884, 915,204,043, against 912,093,072 for tho corresponding months in 1883. DURATION OF 1,1 FB. According to Dr. Farr, if we take the march of a million children through life, the follow ing will be tlio result: Nearly 150,000 will die tho first year, 63,000 the second year, 28,000 tho third year, and less than 4,000 in the thir teenth year. At tho end of forty-five years 500.000 will have died. At the end of sixty years 370,000 will be still living; at the end of eighty ycarB, 00,000; at eighty-five years, 88,- 000, and at ninoty-flvo years, 2,100. At the end of 100 years thero will be 223, and at ttie end of 108 years thero will bo one survivor. OUR NATIVE WOUDN. There are in tho United Htates 36 varieties of osk, 84 of pine, 0 of fir, 5 of spruce, 4 of hem lock, 2 of persommon, 12 of ash, 18 of willow, and 9 of poplar. Tho New York museum of natural history Is to liavo a complete collection of the native woods of our entire country. Hie logo are being prepared in the arsenal at Con- Iral Park. They arc, for the most part, five feet long. At one end a section of half tho thickness of the log is removed. In this way the longitudinal and transversa grainings are both shown. There is also a diagonal cut ou tho lection, which displays that graining also. The remainder of the log remains in its natu ral condition, with the hark attached. TIN DEPOSIT* IN THE UNITED STATES. There w ill he no need of sending abroad for tin in future. Lost year we imported 24,000,- 000 pounds of block tin, worth more than 46,- 000,000, and of tin plate and other manufact ures we received nearly 920,000,000 worth. The tin deposit! of California, North Caroline end Georgia have been pushed to their utmost, with the exception of the North Carolina de posit, which is a newly discovered one. Re cently, however, an immense field of tin hat been found in the Black Hilla. It is believed that this new Sold is practically inexhaustible- The tin is found in the granite region, and wm discovered by miners who were prospect ing for mica. WASHINGTON MONUMENT. Tlio Washington monument, now 414 feet high, is vislblo at a distanco of milei from the city. The hlocke of white marhlo of which the obelisk is composed are of all sixes and quali ties, and come from all parts of the world. Among sumo of tlio most interesting are a block from Wm. Toll’s chspel on lsko I.uccrns, rcctcd in 1388, one from the ruined palace of Hannibal at Carthage, a largo white ma lile from a temple erected by Augustus on tho Nilo, massive block from Russia, and finely chis eled stones from Braddock's Field, Bunker Ilill, Vesuvius, tlio Buddhist pilo of Siam, the temple of Esculapius in the ielo of Paros, and from other places of interest in evory country under the sun. UOI.ORKD COFFEE. • More than half tlio coffoo sold is artificially colored, and the health oflicorB of New York liavo mado somo s'artling discovorios. They procured samples of tho coloring matter used, and of tho unroastod boms so treated. They found that the coloring mattor contained both arBcnic and lead, also chrome yellow, Prussian blue, yellow ochre, umber, Venetian rod, lamp black, gum Arabic, soapstone and charcoal. The dealers try to make the cheaper grado of coffee resemble tlio genuine Jnva, which has a yellow color produced by the long voyage. Several of the largo coffee houses in New York claim that wliiio they color their coffoo they ubg no injurious dyce. The matter will bo thoroughly investigated. Machine Needles, Oil and Shuttles, FOB ALL KINDS OF MACHINES, for Mia. I will alno order part* of Machines that got broken, for which new pleoes are wanted. A,. J. JEHNIGAN. 9- K. Hinas. O. H. Roaaaa HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, SANDERSVILLE, GA., yjll practice In the oounttea of Washington, Jefferson, Johnson, Enmnuel and Wilkinson, the U. 8. Courts for the Southern Dis trict?! Georgia. Will aot as agents In baying, selling or * e “*lng Real Estate. Oowj-tr 01 ^** 1 * id * •* pubUo TO BUY CUBA. Tho proposition for the purchaso of the island of Cuba lias been revived. In this con nection it is interesting to recoil tho fact that before tho outbreak of tlio rebellion Senator Slidell introduced a bill in Congress nppropria ting 930,000,000 for that purpose. Ho wanted to mako a slave stato of it.- Nothing ever come of the measure. It is interesting to re call also that in 1825 Spain was willing to cede Cuba to tho United States in return for some commercial concessions, but our government would not consont. IN THE BEGINNING. Dr. W, J. Boechor, of Auburn theological seminary, tolls his Btudonts that when lie be gan reading religious newspapers there wore plenty of loaders of religious thought who wore strenuously affirming that, unlesn tho earth and skies were fitted up in their present shape in tho spaoo of 144 hours by tho clock, the Bible was a lie, and all religion was a fraud. ‘‘To-day,” ho says, “nearly every one is con vinced that tho process of bringing our system into being lasted through long ooriods of time, and that this view is entirely consistent with tho Bible and with all Bacred truths.” THE WHEAT CROP- Reports from the various sections of the wheat growing districts of the country state that tlif^winter wheat in UUnois Chio Iowa and Indian* is in excellent condition, tpjury DEMAND FOR FACTS. Tlio erratic journalist who objected to fact* "because they hainpored a writer,” will soon find his occupation gone. People of tho pres ent day want their fiction iu the shape of fic tion, and they will stand a good deal of it, but there never was a time wlion thoro was such a universal demand for facts. In this country the writers who command tho widest circle of readers are practical, well-posted, business-like men who know how to linndlo attractively the salient points of interest about people, places and things. The country is going ahead with such a rush that pcoplo have tlio kccneat, live liest curiosity to keep up with it. This ac counts for the popularity of newspapers. What the modern reader wants epread out before him every day is a map of busy life, it« fluctua tions and vast ooncerns. THE CHOLERA. The periodical pcstilenco scare U familiar to everybody. This year the rumors come early. Well dettnod caseB of cholera are reported in eastern Europe and Asia, and at Marseilles and other French ports active preventive measures liavo been taken. Now there is no sense in a premature alarm. But we have a long sum-, mcr before us, and Egypt tlio nnrBcrv of tlio disenso is giving it a terrible vitality and start ing it out betimes on its death dealing march. While medical men have their doubts as to the pathology of isliolcra itself, there is no doubt that its allies aro famine, filth, cold and dampncsB, and tlio first outbreaks in any coun try are generally in the slnms of the great cities. When the pestilenee onco gets started, however, every wayward breeze carries it into the dwellings of the rich, and into the health iest localities. Prevention is better than cur and it is not too soon to begin tlio work. Vigi lance and cle mlincSH at our seaports, and in our inland cities and towns will preservo us not only from a cholera visitation but from many other dreaded summer diseases. If the sanitary authorities will put in their work wel* during the next tnirty days, all will be well. (THAT THE BREWERS SAY. For somo years the temperance peo ple have been getting the bait of John Barleycorn in a comparison of statistics. This has stirred up the United States Browers’ association, and that body ha recently published a queer volume enti tled "The Real and Imaginary Effects of Intemperance.” It is a statistical sketch of some interest. The author concludes from official figures in the rev* tnue department that intemperance la decreasing. In 1870 the eensumption of distilled epirite in this country wee about five quarts per capita, and in 1880 It was but three and a half. Iu addition to this proof the book apeak* of the oue- tom of fifty years ago, when every house kept liquor on hand, when all visitors were given liquid refreshment*, and when all harvest hands considered a jug of rum awl water os part of the refresh ment* to be furnished by their cmpl jyer, Reports from fifty-four asylums contain ing 86,978 patients ahow that 2,588 in mates were made Insane by intemper ance, or loss than seven per cent of the whole number, that beer drinking lends to spirit drinking is answered by figures showing that in Munich where the annual consumption of beer is 2145 quails per capita, out of 10,000 hospital patients only twenty-one were sufferers from alcoholism. That drunkenoss is the chief cause of poverty is opposed by the statement that, according to tlib Massachusetts census, of 4,342 pauper* only 584 had been intemperate or the children of intemperate parents The Brewers’ association will have a big job on hand if this statistical warfare is to lie kept up. When the medical men,’ prison warden* and judges of tho crimi nal court are board from, the temper ance people will have the best of the argument _ APPROPRIATIONS OF INTEREST TO TUB PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH. ' Among the appropriations in the River and Harbor Bill, oa reported to tho House, aie the following: Big Sandy (W. Va.) 145,000 Great Kanawha (W. Va.) 200,000 Little Kanawha (W. Va.) 81,'00 Monopgahela (W. Va.) 45,000 Pearl (Mias) 12,600 Ynzuo (Miss) 10,000 Red (La.) 76 000 Mouth of the Brazos (Texas).... 10,000 Buffalo Bayou (Texas) 25,000 Arkansas at Pine Bluff 6,500 Black (Ark.) 20,000 Ouachita (Ark.) and Black (La.) 15,• 00 White (Ark.).... 35,000 Cumberland, below Nnahville... 7,500 Cumberland, butweou Nashville and Smith’s shoals 2 000 Tennessee, above Chattanooga.. 3,000 Tennessee, ludow CImttanooga.. 850,000 South Fork of the Cumberland. (Ky.) 4 000 Kentucky (Ky.) 250,000 Ohio rr.... ,6oo,ooo At th Grand rapids of the Wa- bnsh (fnd.) 35,000 Wabash, hetweon Vincennes mid Torre Haute (Did.) 10,0'X) White (ltd.) 10,000 Reservoirs at headwaters of tho Mississippi 60,000 Mississippi, front St. Patti to Des Muiuos rapids 250,000 At Des Moines rapid* 60,000 Mississippi, from Dos Moines rapids to tho Illinois river.... 20,000 Mississippi, from tho Illinois riv er to Cairo 600,009 Mississippi river, below Cairo to the head pusses 125,000 Removing obstructions in tho Mis sissippi 75,000 Removing obstructions iu the Ar kansns 30,000 Continuing the survey of tho Arkansas 21,099 The Ohio at tho Falls 300,000 Among the appropriations for lia hors aro: Charleston. S. C 250 000 Savannah, Ga 150,000 Uumliorland Sound, Ua 75,< 09 Mobile 200,0.i0 Ponnsnenla 50,000 Tampa Bay 20,000 Arkansas Pass and Bay, Texas.. 100,000 Galveston 250 000 Passo Cavalo, Texas 50,000 Sabine Pass, Toxns 150,000 Cincinnati Harbor of Refuge 17,000 Fait port, O 10,000 Mouth of the Muskingum river, Ohio 20,000 There are a largo number of minor ap propriations in the hill for rivers and tint bus in various patts of the country. The hill provides for a Missouri River Commission,5dso no tolls or operating charges shall be levied upoo vessels pas sing through any canal or other work foi the improvement of navigation be longing to the United States. Tho bill as reported, appropriates $12,619,100. The Ocean Highway. The steamer Chatean Marganx lost ner rudder ou the Cth of March. From that morning until tho 22d she was spoken by five steamers and three sailing vessels. From somo of these vessels she received fresh provisions, and to one of them she transferred many of her passengers. Had thero been suffi cient reason for abandoning the steamer there would have been no difficulty in saving all her people. At the time when tho steamer Presi dent was lost the ocean highway was not the crowded thoroughfare that it now is, and oven when tho City of Boston was missing it was thought necessary to send vessels in search of her. At the present time there would be no need to send in search of a missing steamer belonging to any one of tho groat trans atlantic lines, for she would be sure to bo met or overtaken by some other steamer in case of injury to her ma chinery, and, in the absence of such in jury, she could not very well be "miss ing.” The vnst growth of the ocean steam fleet has undoubtedly Increased the danger of collision, but, on the other hand, it has greatly increased the chances that a vesssel in distress will be sighted and relieved. There is thus safety os well ns danger in the crowded ocean path, and there is no doubt, that tho balnnco inclines very decidedly to the side of snfety.—N. Y. Times. A St. Louis girl married a man on fifteen minutes’ acquaintance, because she knew if she waited until she knew him better she’d Rover have him.— Potion Pott. HEWS OF THE WEEK. r* stern nl Kiddle Stain Forint f ree have dune an Imnionra amount of damage in portion* of Now Yo:k. Pina- sylvauia anil lew Jersey. In many dlstri In ths flnmw raged wtih unexamp ed fury, sweeping away everythin* in th ir path for ttillve. '1 he burning wood* >ot tire to n pow- dur company ■ work* near Siituiton, Penn., and by the ei plosion which followed ono workman was killed and two injured. The lumbering village of California, Penn., was almost entire y destroyed by tho flame*. Ulhrr towns were reported to be ablaze or •eriouely threatened by the advancing flames. Several mountains In the three ‘ Slate* were oa fire, and many live* were r ported lost. Two men were instantly killed and five otbere seriously injured by The sudden fall of the raft-av of a building which they wore tearing down In Wtl ianishurg, N. Y. Gilman's Htation, a busy hamlet la Sul- liven county, N. Y., wos destroyed by the fore-t Urea*-In all eighteen buildings, 20,- 000,00.) feet of lunilx-r, and lour cars londoi with hinder w> re fei to the (Inmo. All tho hpildin.s dix-t oycdbeloiiLod to Mr. Uilntan, Whose loss Is 91.7).'00, and many of hi: 161 employe* lost their ai\ A tract of laud ton mi es long nnd two iiilhs wide was bum -d over. Six men were kll’ed by the explosion of a boiler attached 10 the Whitney.Marble com pany’s works m ar (-otivernour, N. Y. George CrorBault, hi* wife and two children were burned to death in a tiro wldoh destroyed several build lug-In Clinton county, Foubtkkn men, Including an Indian and a negro, it irted in the six-day, go-ns-you-t 1 i go pcdeutiiuu uuitch in Now Yoik. Seven men were on . tho, track at, t • end of the s'x li day. having nccim- pUshcU the fS> mile* ndeesaary to obtain n share of the gate receipts. During tho week tin' re was a fierou contest for first place bo- tween lion ell and l-iUgernd. first one an l then the other b -inR ahead, t. n the last day Powell made a dosiM-ra'e effort to rega n hu lost lead, but could not get nearer than t > within four rail'* of F.txgcrahl. i mini ns* ciowd* voc! er, u ly < hcored tho cont stunt* all the we. k. Tho previous highest *"01-0 ou n cord — 000 mflos, mado by Ha ael In If8j — was beaten. Following nre the score* of the seven men who divided the gate money, and tlie amount ns or vet by each: Patrick Fitzgcia'd, of Unntoiw Point, Li ug Island, lilt) miles, $11,900: Chariot Rowell, of England: Ut3 miles, |4,rt)0; Peter J. Panchot, of Buffalo, N. Y-, 534 miles, I),- 800;Gioge D. Noromoo, of Now York, 545 miles, 41,400; D. J. Herty, of Boston, 589 mike, 41 000; Robert Vint, of Brooklyn. 5!I0 miles, 480J, Alfred Eluon, of Connecticut 625 miloa, ffiTO. A Hjavcsk embassy to this country, with Prince Krom Man Nam Vararhldhi. the half brother of King Phrobat Homdctch l'lua Paratnando Mah.th Chulah- longkum, of Kiidu, nt the he id as envoy ex traordinary and mini-tor phmipotent.nrv, were received with naval honors upon tholr arrival in New Yak. From tho nictropolia %bcy pioecoded to Washington. Mem c - rite-rent was ci rated In Now York by th- sun uua-ment that two lifeboat* be- lonp ing to the o eon steamship Htato o Florida, from Now York, bound for f;ln*gow Kro°nnd, had li en picked up at sea. The Ktnto of Florida oanied thirty-fire cobin and fifty Rlccrngc pi.*scngcrs, nnd her officer* on 1 rre'w numbered eighty persons—1«6 so il* ol- % ig< th-r. A sailing vessel which was sighted by another steamship sent out signals indica ting that slio h id some of tho missing steam- thip’s people on board. I.iihSKn fiom the forest flros In Elk conntyi Penn., ere- estimated nt 91,03.1,000. Twenty thousand ix-oplo wore present at tlie formal opening of tho now PioJucj Ex change building iu New York. Hundreds of canines of high an-l low do" greo wore on exhi ition nt the dog show, wh oh follow od the no lestrinn match at the Mrdsm Square gulden, Ni w York. J're-sl d nt Arthur was roprcsrn’cd by a rod most! t, '1 he 1.117 dogs on exliibi ion were vamed at e.cr $'150,000. Hon. Truman Smith, ex-Unitod States Senator, nml for several, successive terms a invmU-r of the lower homo of Congress from Connecticut, dle.l a few days since in Stam ford, Cum., at tl:o rijio old ago of ninety- tliree years. Wild excitement prevail’d In IVnll s'reot flm.ncia! clreJos upon the anno-moment that ♦he Murine Nnti uinl bank, suppose ! 11 bo 0110 of the mils' comorvativo and ieoure.it lam’;* f 1 New Yo k. had closed its doers. About two hours lot r th 1 banka g house of Grant k Ward, of which General Grant is a •]K‘cial, and his mu, Uly.-s-.vs S. Jr , g n Till purtn T, al»’i bust) n lo 1, with Hub lit.es e»li- niaUd nt anywfwie bet wo-n 9 09,000 and 41,000.0,0. Pro idont Fis 1, of the Marine bank, is al-o a s; e dal parln >r in the linn of Grant <v Ward, while the la-1 named iiart- hor, Ferdiuaud Ward, is a d rector in tho bank. Th is tlio bank ami tho firm were so identified tiiinn in ly that the collapse of the one was closely fall owe I by the suspension of the other. The hank had a large amount of ni< noy on dup *it, iucl iding $1.001,000 of city funds, but it was thought tlio do pe itort would be eventually paid in full. It was clnimo 1 that i resi dent Fish and Mr. Ward ha l lost heavily in join’ real estate spe ml ition, ti nt the firm of Giant & Ward hail overdrawn iti a cnnit at the I a-ik t - thextent of more than $709,- 000, and that this caused the bank's sus- eu- »on. Gene a' Grant was reported to b a heavy loser by the d mbloiu pons on Tee two fadures caused u fo l ng of inse.au 1 y and amrm in Wall street ihit l.ai not pis vail d there in years. Some twenty-five fri-nds of Congressman W. E. Robinson, of Brooklyn, in the Hou o, j re euted him the otii -r day with a clock end brass candelubra. in hen Jr of his seven tieth birthday. John F. Slater, the c tton manufacturer and philanthropi .t who gave 41,00 i,ui)0 for tho edu atom of tho colored 111011 of tho South, died the othfir day nt Ills residence in Norwich,, Conn., aged ab <ut re vent y years At the General Con eron 0 of tl e Metho- SUt Epls opil church, held in lhlladeip it, many < uestions of iutjiest to the d n.jmi 1 uv- U m were discus 0 1 by the dele gates. Tux suspense con 'er. ing t e f ete of the survivors of tho s o m li i> btute of Florida, fr< m New York for t-lastow, was relie\ 0 I by a d spatoh re cived in New York from <Jue le 1 annouiKing th - arrival nt that pin e of the Bteain hip Titania with twenty four of the sur\ivorso 11 oar 1. Th ■ 5 totoof 1 lor d 1 had lollid-d n mkloean wi ll tho bir: Po .e nu, and both vessels wont down. Uf ♦ • bark’s crew of lift 011 only the cap ain and two S'nmen were saved. Tue steamer carried thirty-five cabin und fifty stoerngj pus.-enge: r.. and a crow of eighty-0110 men, and a stewardess. Tw nty nine o' t' e crow, Including t ie stewatdsss. und twelve pa s n- gers, were .-aved by a pa sing vessel 11 Itt drifting about in a small boat lor nearly two days. Twenty-four of the forty-four survi vors were afterward trans'e rod to the steam ship Tiln iia, nnd taken,to Quebec. In all about 136 persons were reported los:. Booth and Weak. William McHuhu and Enoch Brown (colored) were hanged for wife murd’r—the former at Cincinnati and the latter at Hali fax Court House, N. C. For a similar crime William Brooks (colored, wa; swung into eternity at Alexandria, La. For stealing 4150, a colored boy eight 'ea years old wes taken out of jail at Burlington. Ky., by a pa: ty of 100 masked men and hanged to a tree. A tornado which struck thi town of Del Rio, Teens, killed one man, budly iijurod five mo e, swept away the nw Epi.cjpal church a d se erul < abuis and damaged many oth r building-. Edward Thompson, of Roland, Iowa, ■struck bis wife with an ax, when his bro her interfered. Struggling together, the two bjw fell, into a well and were both killed. THE MERCURY.' —— Intend m wmmAsltm matter M ■$ danrUte mtofoee, Aprtl g, Ml - Buddmllle, WaaMaftoa CtoQi A- j. JEBNIGANJ FaoranRon a*» Fvnii—» Mi* Thompson wa* mortal y injured Tiie steamer 11. H. Ford caught tiro while at her pier at Chestertown, Md., and wm burned to tlio water’s edge. Kho cost 475,000 to build, nml 450,00) moro had boon ex pended on her in Improvement*. A urahb fro (.tftit'sl for fun by boys In Cecil col nty, Md., tiaversod a ua .t of terri tory eight liiil js long nnd throe wide. A large number of bn ns and oth ir buildings, with much valuable timW, were consumed. A EIRE nt Gninosvtlle, Fin., d stroyod thirty five buildings. The lo’.ul lo s nti esti mate I at fb’0,0 0. Violent sto: ms hivedei tro.ved much prop- eity In portions of Iowa, I.limits nnd Arkan sas. At Lit lo Rock, /rk., a sli d tell on a number of convicts omplo o l In hnck-mak ing. kil ing o..e and s rious y injuring an Other. Josei k F. Murrell, Jr., died nt Mohllo, Ala., the other dav, of a strnnga moiety. Be was tub e t lo te rlblo co.ivuis.un* when »sleep only. * His father or some oth r at tendant was. th-roro e always present night to prevent hi* follln,; m Wen. and the on y rest obtained for u do cn years «as a state of dozing- M. V. WaoN'cr, a pronilm nt business man of Marshall, Midi., hai jiutt been re-oee.ed mayor of that lively <i y by a largely in creased majority. Strong feeling at alnst. tho British govern ment exht 1 among the |m v pie o' luiglund 1 n A' coiuit of the abandonment of General Gor don t) his fate. Charlie Ford, one of the bi-otters who killed Je-ae Jams*, tie notorious Mtaeouil bandit, lommlt'ed sill idoat Rich nond, Mo , with a pistol shot. A i-askengeh car and two sleetierB lielotig- fig to a train were th own Into a ditch by a broken call near l)e< nt r, ill. Tltr e p rsotw were fatally und tw. uly torlmiBly injured. TiiE twenty ninth annual reun'011 oftho Bm.them itapti t eonvcn’iin wai hold lit Rn tinioro, Rev. Patrick li. Moll, of Georgia being 0 e tod president. * At the General Conference of the oolored Methcdists, ill Ra’t’n o c the quadrennial •ddrrew wo* dolivered by Bichop Dickerson, of North Carolina. SUMMARY li CONGRESS. Deasl*- Mr. Van Wyckollerod a resolution, which wos agreed to, calling on the Booretary of the Interior for information aa to what action, if any. had been taken in regard to entries of public lands by the Kotor Park company, or S anlzod tinder the Uwh of Great Britain and olng busbies* in Colo: ado and made in the interest of the Knri of Dunraven and other Englishmen, and which said entrle* aro alleged to - be fraudulent Mr. Van M yck said hi* oblcctlu offering th* resolution wa* not only to liavo action takut by ConffruM to piote.t the publio d main, but to have such a t on taken very sp- edily. Ho n’so wished t hone lion taken in ordert :ftt it ninv serve n< 1 otico to inno.ont poreo is ia foreign countrira who Invest money in l.imis, the title to which they * Jjipo-o to havo bean properly n-'quire I Discussion on the ship ping bill was o intinued. Tiie agricultural appropriation bill wa* reported back to the Senate. The .Senate committee lias Increased the appropriation for sorghum experiment* from 410,010 to 450,000, and ha* oddo l a provision for ar tesian wells to reclaim arid lan Is, 4‘JO.OOO, nnd ono for encou-nging silk ciltuie, $15,0.HI Mr. Plumb introdu i*l a bill 11 proven! the acquisition of rea 1 estate by alien*. It provlura that nlici.s who liavo not declared tl elr intention to become citizens shall not no juiro title to real estate iu any of tlio Territo ries o, - in tho District of (’olumbiii. It pro vides that no foreign cor; hi ration, more* tnnn ton p r cent, of the sto 'k of which is hold by alien*, shnll acquire ti le to any lands in the Territories or in 1 lie District of Columbia, ami t'u t no corporation, native or foreign, except railroads shall acquire more than 5,00.) acres. Mr. Van YVyck nlo introduced n bill to restrict the ownerskip by ol Ions and foreign corporation* and companies of public land ami of any land In 110 Torr.tories. A ter final sp-reins by Messrs. Randall and lvas-011 a ;amst, and by Me-srx. Morr.s.m and lllnckbu u In fa/i r of tlio tail V bill, a 111 ition to s rise out it 1 <n voting clu s', will li pa' i ally ki.l 1 the bill, win ca nod. amid much excite no it by 1'it) ten to 155 nny.t —fort r one Democrats voting in t io a'lir.rmt.vo a id feur Kcpubli T.n: in 1 lie i.oga t vo. Mr. Edmund* Introduced n MU in the Keiiat - n'a ing Oi noi a' 1 r nt on the r tired l it of no or ny with the lull ] icy of a pen- oral. He a roiiip mied tho Int oduction w tli ro nark , in whi n heox) r*o I the h To that tie tomni to- on military a are-would, to' obvious reasons, give tin mat er prompt atteii' ion. Too reasons ro'erred. 10, were Gcuei al Gi nut’s financial los es incurred by the failure of 110 N< w York firm, of which he was a member. Tlio bid wo rld secure to General Grant the pay of a gen rnl, $14,’09, nil I tin emolumints ntte lie.l thuc o, amounting inull t ■ same 410,000... .Tliesnip ping bill wai fiirilio" c lusidored. IlOWWe The Tariff debate wa* continued in tho House, briof speeches being made by Messrs. Eaton, Bohnont, Cox, Vance, Hoblltzell and others An evening session was held for the consideration of pension bills. Tho House derided in the Virginia con- t stod election case of O’Ferrall against Paul tlint G’Ferrall was entitled to the seat, Ha at once took tho oath of office..;.At th* uvoning session speeches were made by Mos*ra. Young, Hulman, Woodward, Mor- gan,Kumncr,Breckenridge and Oates in favor of, and Messrs. Ferr 11, Connelly, Davis, .lames, Hkirmor, Spriggs and Taylor against tlie tariff bill. The report of the committee on privi’eges a id elections in relation to the Copiah coun ty (Mi s.l, election troubles, was lat 1 before the Keimto Tlie bill to provide fora fro® brill-o a ross tlie Potomac river was pass.-d Tlio shipping bill was further debated. Tlio river and harbor bill was reported to tho Housj. The total of the appropriation* is Il f,019,100. The largest appropriation i* for tho Mississippi river, from iti month to its lOjrca, a iiounting to $2,400,000. and not in cluding tho 41,000,000 appropriated hereto fore. Fift 01 ad litional great rivers o: tho country receive 43,40>,. r .0). The total amount recommendel for 135 rivers and twelve channels is $8,074,000. .The appropriation for harbors, ice harbors anl breakwater is $4,0r8,100 Senate amend ment lo the House bill, repealing th-s iron- da i oath, was concurred in.... Senate amend ments to the Fitz Johu Porter bill were non- concurred in. Foreign Sen me 11. A good deni lma been said and printed of late aliout the superiority of non- British over British seamen. Conse quently, British sailors have been hold ing great demonstrations in South Shields against the employment of for eigners to tho exclusion of natives. They allege that foreign seamen are pre ferred because they are, as a rule, of a more quiet disposition, and snbmittobe overworked, half-starved, and ill-used. Moreover, it is said that there is an or ganized gang of crimps who virtually buy and sell foreign seamen, and who become rich by a prooess very closely rosembling slave-dealing. TUE J0KEBS’ BUDGET. A SPRINKLING (IF HUAKKR CITY WIT AND WISDOM. (From tho Philadelphia "Evening Call;’’] ORANQI OF TABTM. Jinks—"What has beoome of Mia* Blank, that beautiful girl of eighteen, who wan the belle of the Spnng Iasi season ?” Finks—"Site still lives in the city." Jinks—"Indeed I I have not met her anywhere, and, by the way, I have not seen her father for some time. What • ® old fellow ho was I His aconmn- I millions did not seem to burden him n bit. Ho iB not dead, is he ?" Finks—"Oh, no I He failod laat fall; lost every cent.” Jinks—‘-You don’t say so I But the daughter; she is as lovely as ever, I sup pose ?” Finks—"Well, she ia not as pretty as she was." Makes a differknci. "My son,” remarked a father,' "what do yon pay for those oigars ?” ••Twelve dollars a box," the young man replied, "and they are cheap at that. Try one." "No," said tho old man, "I can’t afford to smoke snoh expensive cigars. I am compelled to get along on two-for- fivers.” "I am sorry, father,” the young hope ful responded, with some compassion; "bnt you see you have mother and me tosupptft.” QTrU'KNKM OF RIPABTH. "When a man makes a resolution to stop drinking and breaks it," remarked Jones, "it is not alone tho resolution that is broken. He often finds himself •broke' as well.” "I suppose that idea eame' to yon somo morning about 8 o’clock, didn’t it ?" asked his wife. "Yes, it did,” be replied, looking at her fixedly, "and I stopped walking with the baby long enough to make a note of it." A THEORY PROVED. Jones—"Here is something rather startling.” Smith—"What is that?” Jones—"A noted physician says that tobaooo destroys the power of memory. I don’t believe that. Do you?” Smith—"I have proof that It ia so.” Jones—"Indeed !’’ Smith—"Yes; you use tobaooo con stantly." Jones—"Very true. By the way, let mo havo another chew, pleaso. Bnt what has that to do with the qntation ?” Smith—"Why, I notice that, although a great lovor of tobacco, you never con remember to buy any.” A BURNT CmiiD. First Pickpocket— "There is a rioh feller. Yon go for bim, Jake." Second Piokpooket—"No, siree, I know him. He is a Western Oongreaa- man.” ■Well, what of itt” ‘It won’t pay.” ‘Why not; he’s got lota of caah." ■Yes, I know that, but I tried to piok the pocket of a Western Congressman once before. I ain’t going to get oaugkt that way again." 'What hnpponed to you ?” ‘I nearly out off my hand on a broken flask." RATHER KQUiVOOAIh Mrs. C.—‘‘Why, how cau you think nl asking me to start *u a journey on Friday Mr. O.—"And why not on Friday?” Mrs. 0.—"You know that Friday is an unlucky day.” Mr. O.—"You certainly did not con sider it so at oue time," Kirs. O.—“Why?” Mr. 0.—“If you had believed Friday an unlucky day, yon would not have married me on Friday.” Mrs. O.—"It was after that that I chnuged my mind nlwut Friday,” A medical view. Jones—"I hoar your recreant son hns returned.” Doctor—“Yes, he came baok like the prodigal of old. ” .Tones—"Aud you killed the fatted calf, I suppose ?” Doctor—"Well, wo bad veal for dinner that day.” Jones—"And you forgave him, of oourso ?” Doctor—“Ob, yes. His digestion is weak, and I knew the veal would bo punishment en'' 1 ’" 1 ' QUITE A Vis ClbitiSNOE, Mabel—"Is the Quaker marriage cere mony the same as ours, Pa?” Pa—"No, my child, it is very differ ent." Mabel—"In what way?” Pa “Well, in the wording, for in stance.” Mabel—"Of course; but the general terms are tWo same, are they not?” Piv—"No. The difference there is still greater. A Quaker bride does not promise to obey, but she does; a world ly bride does promise tire-Obey, but sh« don’t.” CONVINCING ARGUMENT. Mabel—"You must not say Beth- oven, mnmma, but Beet-oven.” Mamma— "And who told you that, pray ?” Mabel—“My musio teaoher, Herr Von Slochenberg.” Mamma—“Ah 1 he did, did ha?” Mabel—"Yes; ho always says Beet- oven.” Mamma—"Be kind enough to remem ber that your musio teaoher talks very Dutchy, and can’t pronounce th." TnE Mexican War.—Dqr’ng the. Mexican war New York furnist ".I 2,396 troops; Pennsylvania, 2,563; M u-saohn setts, 1,057; New Jersey, 4J5. The Southern States furnished by fur the greater part of the voiuntci rs. The Mormons furnished 585 recruits, TOO MUCH NOSE. Blifkins (who is a hard drinker)— "You see, my dear, a large nose isa sign of character. Now, your nose is so very small tliat—” Mis. Blifkins—"It is large enough, I assure you, Mr. Blifkins; too large, in fact.” Blifkins—“Too large ?” Mrs. Blifkius—"Yes, Mr. Blifkins, I clten wish I hadn’t any at all,”

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, May 20, 1884, Image 1