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Newspaper Page Textthe mercury. PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY NOTICE. ■rAU communication* Intended lbr thli paper must be accompanied with the tall un mo of the writer, not necessarily for publl. M Uon, but a* a «uarante« of good faith. yft are In no way responsible lbr the views w opinions of correspondent*. 1ERCURY. A. J. JKRNIGAX, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. $1.50 per Annum VOLUME V SANDERSVILLE, GA„ TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1884. £• S. LANGMADF, Attorney at Law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. MAYOR, O. H. ROGERS. 'fF'JtK <£ JLE'ASUltLTt. I). E. B, WELLS. At A KXJJAL L. J. E. WEDDON. A LD E7t W. II. LAWSON, Wm. RAWLINGS, S. (J. LANG. A. M. MAYO, M II. BOYER. MUSIC, MUSIC GO TO— JERNIGAN FOR III ACCORDIONS, Bows,' Strings, Rosin Boxes, Etc- c. o. BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bandererllle, Os, £ Will practice in the state and United States Courts. OHlce In Oourt-Uous*. Watches, Clocks And JEWELRY RRPAI11BD BY JEHXTICAIT. Or. H. B. Hollifield, j llavliiK recently graduated at the Univer sity nl Maryland and returned home, now '-tli-i'H tils protesslonnl services to the citizens "I SiunleiKvlIle and vlolnlly. Offlco with Hr. II. N Holllfiehi, next door to|Mr*. Bayne's millinery slors. G. W. H- WHITAKER, DENTIST, Baudersvlllo, Qa. tKRMR CASH. Xflre at Ills Residence, on Harris street. Aorll 3d. 1880. H. N- HOLLIFIELD, Physician and Surgeon, BandarsvUU, da .Office neit door to Mrs. Bayne* millinery •tor, on Harris street. BUY YOUR *, SFECTM FROM JERNICAU, None genuine without onr Trade Mark On hand and for sale, SPECTACLES. NO,SR GLASSES. ETC. 1 K - Rises. O. H. Rooiw* HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, J»lToi-?I R0t J t! '* ln U'e onuntles of Washington, •nd I,. .*!' Johnson, linninuel and Wilkinson, trlri . I Jj 1 ® u - Courts for the Southern Dls- \Vmi Ueor «‘a- ln buylD8 ’ *' uing " Oat U-tf 0u 'Vest side of Publlo Square. SANDERSVILLE, GA., ine Needles, Oil and Shuttles, foil I KINDS OF MACHINES, for sale. Hint 0 80 or< i® r part® of Mnnltinefl hi get, broken, for which new Pieces tire warned. *T. JERNIGAN. Bi'r fij' r 'Ai;v or PiTorrmt.—Mann- Cln|, | 11 "> "I Un* Milw,itikun Baseball Inlcl',,|. l!l 'l f I'l’Drc-fi R T,. (lushing for tii,. ; v :. lU f «»lii'ry nl $11,001). (lushing Tin, u "J 1 iRirt'ilo t.jjiib Inal. your, in,d j'l,^ " u| iKor loam is now complete, tinoin.i'’, ' x ’' lenSf ' s lor tli'o koi,mi,i will iragii e ’’ Fifly-threo regular 8 c enrnes will be played. MEXICO. A gcntloman who has boon to Mellon, and kuowe all about what sort of people lire there, •aye that it was the greatest misfortune that the roccnt cyclone in that oonntry was not at. tended by any mcntionable loss of life. TIIK ALPS. Roberto Taolo considers that the glaciers of tho Alps were developed during a period of a lower mean summer temperature than that of tho present, and that they are retreating not so mttoh, however, by oosmio or tcluric canse, ns through meteorological changes dependiug partly an the prolonged action of man on earth. PUFF YOUlt OLD WEED! A woman who attompted to got off a Michi gan avcnito car and ran against a man Bmuking a cigar on tho platform gnvo him a withering look and said: Sirl doesn't that sign read: ‘No smoking?' 11 Yes nm, but doesn't tho ono inside read: ‘Pay your faro on entering the oar?”’ "Lands I hut I nevor thought of it," she gasped. "Ilcro—put this nickel in for me end go on puffing your old weed !” PUFF MICIIK I KS. A country oditor urges his brethren to "bouneo tho puff-seekers." This would bo a *t°P lb th® right dircotion, and tho next move, incut would bo to give all tho "houorables" and “colonels" a long ami peaceful rest. A gentle- ninn is sufficiently honored by the ohlfauhioned title of "Mr.” The puffery and snobbery com plained of is by no means confined to tho conn, try press; many city dailies bear their full shnre of tho blame. If all the distinguished military heroes, pll tho rare nnd radiant belles of tlie “beautiful and accomplished" typo, all tho "able and eloquent" orators, and "bril liant" statesmen nnd pntriota who crowd tho columns of tho country newspapers could bo gathered into ono company, they would form «u assemblage so distinguished as to throw all the famous soldiers, sages nnd beauties of tho world’s history into oblivion. Rut tho ovil nl- luded to is too ridiculous for serious discussion. It is not a part of journalism, hut merely ono of its blemishes. ukkmation. Bouthern Asia, tho original homo of crema tion, is also tho region wliero it is eolobrated with tho greatest pump and splendor. In Siam when any famous man is cromated, n magnifi cently decorated building is erected specially for tho occasion, and vast sums are expended lit making tho whole spectacle ns gcorgoous as possible. The ooroinonit-s observed at the cro. mat ion of tho lato Regent of Siam tuny servo as a fair specimen of those customary on such occasions. Immediately upon his death, ln March, 1883, liis remains were inclosed in a vast urn of costly material, several yards ln height, which was placed in a large room open ing upon tlie courtyard of his palace, which stands on a crock flowing into tho river that traverses tho capital. Rands of natlvo priests relieving each other in turn, kept repeating prayers night anil day in tlie death chamber, around which were displayed all tho ordors and decorations worn by tho dead man in his life time. Twelve months after his death tho nrn and its contents were carried in state to a kind of temple created for tho purpose, where the cremation was performed in the presenoo of thousands of spectators, including tho King himself nnd his entire court. TIIK MINIMUM LOCOMOTIVE. Following arc some points about tho little locomotive built at Oil City, l’a., tlie smallest engine in tho world, being but eight inches long nnd weighing but a pound and a half, Three yenrs, counting ten hours as a day’s labor, hnvo been devoted to its construction. There nro 685 screws in the engino. The steam gunge is but. one-quarter of an inch in diamo- tcr; tlie pump throws but one drop of water every stroke; the head-light is only one-half an inch in width, seven-eights of an inch high and three-eights of nn inch long. The space in the lamp is so small that it was almost inc possible to get enough oxygen in it to support tho combustion. The fire is kindled by using a gill of alcohol, which runs tho engino for half an hour. Tue stroko of the cylinder is ono inch; bore, 6-16; tho throttle lever is but five-eighths of nn inch long, nrrnnged with » thumb-latch nnd click; tho fire-box « soven- oighths of an inch wide and one inch long; tho smoke-stack ono and onc-fourth inchcB high and five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter; the steam-dome iB nine-sixteenths of an incli in di ameter; the driving-wheels aro one and one- half inches in diameter; the front truck-wheels half an inch, and those of tho tender are of tho same size. The tender is hut three and three- fourths inches long, two and one-eighth inches wide ami two inches high. Tho metals used in its construction nro brass, solid silver, gold and stool. TIIE ORIGIN OF DIXIE. On a Saturday night in 1859, when Dan Em. mett was a member of Rryaut’s Miustrels, Now York, Dan Rrynnt enmo to lnm and said: "Dan, can't you get up a walk around?' I want some thing now and lively for Monday night.' Dan went to work, and by Sunday afternoon he had the words commencing "I wish I was in Dixie.’ Tlio expression was not Southern, hut appeared among tho circus people of tho North. In tlie early fall, when nipping frosts would overtake tho touted wanderers, tlie hoys would think of tho warmth of tho South, and the common ex pression would be, “Well, I wish I was in Dixie.” This gave tho catch-lino, and tlie rest of tho song was original. On Monday morn ing it was rehearsed and highly commended, and at night a crowded house caught up tho refrain and half of them went home singing Dixie. Tho song became the rage, and W. W. Newcomb’s Buckley’s Minstrels and others gave Dan $5 each for the privilege of using it. Mr. Worlcnn wroto to Emmet t to secure a copyright; but without waiting for a reply, published it with words by a Mr. Peters. Pond, of Now York, securod it of Emmett for $600; but Wor- lean sold thousands of copies without giving him a nickel. Not only wns Emmett robbed of the profits of hiB song, but the authorship of it was disputed. Will 8. Hays claimed the au thorship of it. Pond brought the matter before a music publishers’ convention, nnd settled tho authorship; but Dan reaped no ben efit from this tardy justice. AN ODD BANK. If things keep on in this country, the only safe way to keep money will be to spend it. Ranks ore failing, they are selling off old stove* In which your money is concealed, without re moving the wealth, and even if you hide yonr money in a pig pen, as did an Iowa man, it taketh unto itself wings, and 1b fled before you o*n count it again. Even the latest money safe proved unsafe. A Chicago merchant put eighty-five dollars into an old shoe, one ever ning last week, and when ho camo down to business next morning, tho shoe was missing, and so, of cotirio, was tho money. The perspi ration stood out on the merchant's forehead in boads as big as gooBo eggs. Ho called his clerk and asked him if he had seen an old shoe that was laying in a certain placo the night bcforO t Ho had, for the shoe belonged to him, and lie had disposed of it that morning to a rag picker Si order to got it out of tho way. This Infor- Nition paralyzed tho merchant nnd tho clerk to, when ho learned that his old shoo was tbo •avtngr bank of the firm. The clork expected to be arrested on a charge of defalcation, and speculating with depositor's money, and thought Boon of lighting out nnd registering at some first-class hotel, in order to evade tho detectives, and thus esenpo punishment. Rut a sober socoud thought induced him to hunt for tho rag picker, whom ho found, with the old shoe in his suck. Grasping tho old shoo with a firm hold, that defled cHcapn, he jammed bin fist down into tho toe, found tho money, and left tho surprised ragman on a dead run for tlie atorc, where ho proved his innocence of the charge of fraud, defalcation and speculating witli depositor's money. Thu ragman, after kicking himself for scvsinl blocks, is now Inly ing up all the old shoes ho can, nnd dissecting them. An old shoo Ih no safer than any other institution for a savings bank, CALIFORNIA MINING TOWNS. All of tho old California mining towns aro in a decayed or decaying condition. In 1850 there stood an exceedingly lively town known as Mathenas Cro k, a tributary of tho Consumncs which “forty-niners" christcucd by tlie pre tentious nsnic of Aurum City. Tho country was full of cities in those early days. Resides Bacramonto City, tho County of Bncramcnto had a place towards its eastern line called Prai rie City, which lasted till about 1865, and then vanished out of sight, since then out of mem* ory. Folsom was originally called Granite City, and then Granito, so named by Dr. L. Bradley, a gentleman whoso enterprise created tho first considerable mining canal in the Btatci drawing water from tho North E irk of tho Cosnmncs to the dry diggings around Diamond and Mud Springs uml old Weavcrtown, on Weaver Creek. In 1855 the plnco known ns Mormon Island, three miles east of Granite, was nB largo a town as Folsom now is. At pres ent it is a mere shadow of what it was. In 1851 Aurum City contained a population of 1,200, and that in those days implied at Ions) 1,160 active workers in tho mines, at an aver ago of $10 to an ounce per day to tho worker. In 1856 Aurum was in tlie list of decayed towns and ten years later it had "gono glimmering amid Hie tilings that were.” Even tlie name of Mnthetias Creek is now extinct, save in E 1 Dorado County, where it constitutes nn election precinct, or did a few years ago, ami the Co- sttmnes is now tho modern sihstituto for the ancient Macosuma rivor. Nobody from 1849 to 1854 called Placcrvillo by any other name than Hangtown, which it earned at the hands of a mob and by and by exchanged for its present more euphonious name. Within a radius of fifteen miles of Coloma there were existing, in tlie summer of 1860, not less t linn twenty towns, cities nnd campH, tho largest being II ngtowm Diamond Springs, Mud Springs, Georgetown, Uniontown, Spanish Dry Diggings, Ringgold and Wenvertown. All of theso, nave three or four, have gono out of existence, and tho three or four remaining aro now chiefly supported by orchards and vineyards. SUMMARY OF CONGRESS. Senate. Tito Senate passed the IIouso bill fixing the rate of postage on mail matter of tho second close, when sent by persons other than tho publisher or news agent. This bill, as it ciuno from tho House, fixed ono cent as tho rate of IKistage on newspa|Kjrs woigliiug throe ounces or less. Mr. Miircv explained that tho Senate committee on postoffices and post roads luid found that some of tho largo newspapers weighed n little over tliroo ounces, nnd had there fore extended tho newspaper limit of weight forone-cent postage to four ounces....The bill passed tho Senate with this amendment Rills were passed providing for the col lection of statistics of marriage and divorce; for the repression of the opium traffic; to es tablish n forest reservation on the bead waters of tho Missouri river and Clark’s Forks of the Columbia river. A Dill was introduced providing for offer ing a reward of $100,000 to any jicrson who shall discover the true cause or germ of yel low fever Rills were passed granting an annual leave of ulisenoo with pay to letter carriers; granting a pension to the widow of General Jiulson Kilpatrick; to regulate tho payment of Dills of exchange. • Bouse. Mr. Buckner introduced u bill to amend the National banking laws Mr. Hutchins in troduced a bill amending tho act authorizing the coinage of tho standard silver dollar The legislative appropriation Dill was amend ed mul passed. The House passed the bill to prevent tho un lawful occupancy of the public lands. It pro hibits the inclosuro of any public land whon the iKiiwin or corporation making tho inclos- ure lias no claim or color of title to tho laud; ihmI makes in lawful for tiny person to tear down or ih iiioMkIi any sto'li inclosuro when it includes more tiuin It/d acres. TWENTY-ONE infants dead. OnlvTwn Left In the fllonii- U/Gnblliilicd liy Miss Syinciiilie S. Nlvooui. In tho yard of the Nivison Homo, in Hum- niontoii, N. J., the bodies of twenty-one chil dren have been discovered in tilde pino boxes. Tlie homo was stinted by Miss Symentlie S. Nivison in January last. Circulars wore sent out setting forth tlie purposes of tho home, couched in languagoof piety and philanthropy. Nince then twenty-three babies have been re ceived, and of that number only two are alive, Nothing was known of this until two or three days ago, when Ezra M Hunt, Secretary of tho state Board of Health of Now Jersey, made an in ventilation, and difeovotvd that tho children had received no medical attention and hud been buried without pormitH. Dr Hunt laid tho matter before the Prosecu tor of the Pleaa, and un inquest was held. The verdict was that tho children died from neg lect and improper treatment. Nothing could be done with Miss Nivison, except to proceed against her lor violation or the burial laws. Jt is said the in rants wero mostly the children of wealthy‘women. At Quebec, Eno was brought before the Court of Queen’s ’Bench on a writ of habeas corpus. After hearing argument of counsel, tho Court rendered a decision ordering that the accused be liberated. Immediately after ward another warrant was served on Eno, and ho was ordered into the custody of tho High Constable of Quebec, ponding further proceed- inga. NEWS OF THE WEEK. r.tmli-rM nnd Middle Mute*. Fisk it Hatch, tho well-known Now York brokers who fa ik’d during tho recent panic, liavo resumed business. Jesse Carter (colored), convicted of 1 icing accessory to tho murder of John Foster, was banged at 1‘ittsburg, Penn. "Bubo" Jones, tho principal in tho murder, wns hanged last April. Tiie Democratic Stale conventions lu Con necticut, Vermont, and in other t-itntov hold recently, nil declared in favor of tho old presidential ticket of 1876. Month and West. The ent-go of tlm steamer Wave, running lietwoen Wilmington and Fayetteville, N. O., shifted and tlie vessel sank. Ned Beebe, col ored cook; Lucy Graham, (colored), and Km* pie Hill (white), passengers, were drowned. The Fourth Ohio Infantry regiment ha3 Iks-ii disbanded on account of inefficiency dur ing l.lio Cincinnati riots. General O. E. Ba,m:ock, formerly private secretary to President Grant, but of lute ete Linin' of tho Fifth Lighthouse district; Mr. Levi P. Luckoy, his chief clork; Mr. Ron. P. Mutter, of Washington, I). C., and tv seaman were drowned in Mosquito Inlet,, off tho coast of Florida while superintending tho work on tho light,house now building at that point. Hahie Haves, a colored woman* lias tioon Sentenced to death at St,. Louis,for tho murduc of Police Sergeant Jenks. J. II. Wendell, mi old resident of Cald well, Kansas, in a lit of insanity caused by whisky, shot and killed Din wife, mid tlioi) killed hmiKolf, A TEHUiiil.E crime Is reported from Kansas. Min. John Anderson, wife of a poor farmer, ami her four rliililivu were all fotlud unit'- ilrriMl near Plt'iisimbm, nml it was thought, tho lather had met tlie mine fate. Tho Anderson family had knowledge of ti crime committed by ono Ix-wIh W ampler. The two men lefttho house together. Wampler returned alone, saying that, Anderson him petit fur flic family. They started in a wagon, uml on tho way II is supposed that Wampler murdered tlie woman and the four children and fled. The remains of John Anderson, tho sixth victim of tlie Pleiuionton (Kan.) murder, were found concealed in a deserted coal shaft, with u bullet wound 111 t he UuiuL An affray among tho Indlntts at tho Huso bud agency, growing out of tho return to tint reservation of Crow Dog, tlie slayer of Kimllisl Tail, resulted in the killing of Cliiof White Thunder ami the fatal wounding of two otlio. Indians by tho son and friomlsoi H|lotted TuiL, Crow ] Jog Imd been set free by n decision of tlie United States supreme court, A ThaiN was wrecked on a railroadbotwoed Denison nnd Gainesville in Texas, and four teen jieiTims were reported to have been killed uml many others injured. At thu election in Oregon tho Itepnlil leans elected n majority of their legislative candi dates and their eaiuildato lor Congress. Vt’nfcliingioii. Tut: Inst national debt statement issued shows llio decrease of the public debt during May to lie $4,763,Til.20. Decrease of debt since JtlnnflO, 18S3 $91,833,714 R8 Cash in tho Treasury 380,308,637 49 Gold cortifientis outstanding.... {>3,813,260 00 Silver certificates outstanding. .117,300,091 00 Certificates of deposit outstand ing 11,050,000 (JO Refunding certificates 291,100 00 Legal tenders outstanding 340,081,010 00 Fractional currency (not ineiuil- - ing amount estimated ns lost, or dest royed) 0,981,379 30 Cash balance available 147,817,000 33 Government receipts In May aggregated $321,234,040, against $303,371,41:1 during May issi. Government expenditures in May were $229,098,290, against $.'50,047,190 during tho saute peril I Ins;, year. I It: lit mi May tlie various United Hfntes mintsi-oilied24:.’, 1lio gold pieces, worth $2,051,- 4500; 2,620,000 silver pieces, Worth $2,331,006, mid 7,278,000 minor coins, worth $128,600. Total coinage, 10,040, It 0 pieces, worth $5,400,- 100. Secretary Lincoln telegraphed to tho United States signal officer at Jacksonville, Kin., to enuso Hie remains of Gonornl Babcock to bo embalmed and sent to Washington. Foreign, News has been received that a vlolen shock of earthquake occurred on tho island of Kislim, neat- the mouth of tho Persian gulf Twelve villages Were destroyed, 200 pontons killed and many others injured. Sixty persons wero injured during nn elec toral riot in Clauronburg, Austria. Five Mexican states hnvo declared war against the government on account of tho revenue stamp tux. Oscar A\ ii.de, loader of the (esthetes, wns married a few days since in Ixindun. Five persons went killed and aliout thirty more injured by tho precipitation of a train down un embankment near Downton, Eng land. Fourteen of tho crew of the brig Confed erate, stranded on the ice floes of Labrador, hnvo been lost. Ten suicides occurred in Vienna, tho Aus trian capital, in two days. Tiie False Prophot’s followers in tho Sou dan hnvo captured the town of Abu-Haumd. A Eire in London destroyed tho East Lon don Aquarium. A nutnliei- of lions, bears, jackals and monkeys wuro burned to death. A woman who lias lixn anoited at Vutnn- dn, Himyaiy, c inl'o-w s ilia- she poisono 1D ur [unbuilds m a ills > hundreds of woiinn «i. r infill'- | ait Iwoyoirs. A number of a* roliU'li' i s were ulsu i.rresti d MIS' ELLANK0US. — Hurray D. Pnrkor, tlie proprietor of tho Parker House, Boston, nml one of the best known husim ss men ol that city, is dead, lie was born in Maine in 1895. — General Bainncl Graham, who, at tho breaking out of thu w ar, raised tlie Fifth regi ment of New York artillery, is dead. —By tlie foundering of the solioonor Annie Jordon off thu Gem gill coast, four lives were lost. Three of tlie crew were rescued from a raft. ■—A convict in tho Eastern Penitentiary at 1 li'liuh IpliU murdered a keeper. Tlie frost of Friday night caused great damage to fruit and vegetables throughout Now Yolk State and New England. —Tlie defaulting cashier of the First Nation al Rank at Monmouth, III., was arrested. —President Riddle’s (of the Penn Bank) former broker in oil wns arrested m Jersey City and returned to Pittsburg. —The trimblo between the iron manufactur ers anil the Amalgamated Association lias been settled for a year. —Prince Bismarck opposes tlie pardoning of Krazewski, recently convicted at Leipsio of treason. —A farmer was shot dead and two persons wounded in tho county Cork by moonlighters. —A serious electoral riot occurred in Claus- enberg, Austria, Monday. Tlie rioters in dulged in many acts of violence, including stono throwing. Sixty persons were injured. —Twelve villages have been destriyed anil 201) persons killed by an earthquake on tlio Island of Ktslun in llio Persian Gulf. The en tire population of the island is but 5,000. —The boiler on the dredge Norwalk, lying in tho Harlem River, exploded, killing one man and seriously injuring anotlior. —A ticket agent who shot himself in Atlanta on Saturday was $15,000 short. —Tire conviot who nmrdored a keeper iu tlio Eastern penitentiary of Pennsylvania on Sat urday is now shamming insanity. —By the sinking of a steamer in the inland waters of North Carolina three lives were lost. —At Ihe Cleveland Rolling Mills two men lost tiicir lives in a torrent Of molten metal from one of the furnace#. —Tlio Residing Bishop of tho rrotostant Episcopal Church in tlie United States dioil at his reBidenco in Now York city, at tlie ago of ninety. —Brigadier Genornl neni-y W. Bonham, of tho United States Corps of Engineers is dead. He was a native of Connecticut anil when a boy served os an apprentice in the printing oflico of a newspaper in that State. —It was estimated ttiat 60,000 persons at tended tho animal meeting of thu Dimkanls, Hour Dayton, Ohio. —Two boilers exploded in a sawmill, in Mont calm county, Miili., killing tluoe men and severely injuring others. —Tlie rebels again attnrkeil Ruakim. They snoceedcd iu driving in the pickets, when they wore repulsed by the cavalry, who pursued them for sumo distsiico from tlio town. —Precautions liavo been taken in Australia against dynamiters. —A now Atlnntlo calde is proposed between l’ot iitgal nnd America. —Tlio noted Oscar Wilde wns married to Miss Lloyd. —Tho Mussulmans of Morocco display a strong feeling in favor of Franco. —Tlio witness McDonnlil, imprisoned for contempt of a New York Htnte RcnaUi invisti- gatmg committee, lias been released by tlio Supremo Court. —During a trial at Troy, N. Y., ono of tho jury became insane. —The hanking house of Middleton A Co., of Washington, closed Us doors. — A post-mortem examination of tlm Drain of Mis. Bchweifor, who killed herself and her children at Albany, revealed ho truces of insanity. —Tlio French Chamber of Deputies, Dy a vote 396 to 92, iejected tlio Hiiieiidinent of Bishop Freppel lo the Army Recruiting bill ex- elnptliig from military service young men training for holy orders. —'Hu- dynamite explosions in London created alarm in Vienna, especially as it lias been An nounced that the dangerous anarchist Schwarts has left New York fur Ana ria, bearing with him a quantity of dyliAniit'/, —Ruakim advioes stato that rntnors have reached there that Bertier lins fallen and that Osman Dtgna lias collected 3,090 men mid four gtttis. It is further rumoted that ho intends to attaek Sunkim soon. —The East London Aquarium was burned; many of tlie animals perished. —A fire iu Liverpool destroyed a warehouse And 8,666 hales of cotton. —A woman who was arrested at Varamla Hungary, confessed that shehitd poisoned four husbands and also a large number of women during the past two years. A number of ao- Gomphccs were also arrested. —The British gnvernini nt lisa decided not to allow Orange counter doinonstrstions to take place in Ireland at the same time and place na the Nationalist meetings. —Hie authors of the London extdosions aro said to have escaped from England. —Tin- Egyptian rebels are s >id to liavo cap tured Ahn-Hamed. —Ismail l’aclia wsg attacked and beaten try mi unknown man in tin- Paris Palais Royal Gardens. —A HI. Petersburg journal says that Russia in annexing Meiv only wished to define her frontier. —Ten Htileidos occurred in Vienna in two days. —Mr. Vanderbilt has sailed from JJvcrpool for New York. —Extensive fires prevail in tho Di-mal •Swum|>. One fatality is already reported. —An old man oormui ted suicide over his daughter's grave, near ilirmiugham, Ct. —Tlie boiler of u Inirning saw mill in Mount Kisco, Me., exploded, killing one limn and in juring another. —The Mountain House, on Knglowood Cliffs, N. J., which was just ready for guests, was burned on Wednesday morning, with a loss of over $200,000. —All tlie bodies, seven in number, oi tlio killed by tlm fall of a warehouse in Balliinore, are now recovered. —Tlie Methodist Conference at liroekville, Out., condemn foreign missions as detrimental to home intoiests. —7he members of the Msssselmsett- Legis lature have raised llieir salaries $150, over tlie Governor’s veto. —Tlio corner stone of tlm new Episcopal Cathedral at Albany win laid with becoming ceremonies. — President Riddle, of tlie Penn Bunk of Pittsburg, after swearing to Ids published stub merit, assigned all )ii< property for tho benefit of tlie hank's creditois. —Tlio car of a captive balloon containing 20 persons became detached at Liile, F'ranoe, anil tell 40 metres. Ilircoof tlm oceiqianta of tlie car were killed outright anil tiie roundudi r wero seriously injured. The ai culcnt caused a great sensation. —Irish Nationalist meetings wero held in Ireland despite of the government proclama tions, —Tho stables of the Glasgow TramwayH Company on North street. Anderson, wero de stroyed by tiro on Saturday night. Two hun dred horses were burned to death. — I ho City Tan Works, of Edinburgh, have been destroyed Dy fire. Tlm loss wifi bo largo. —There were thirteen deaths in Havana from yellow fever during tho week ended May 30. —Tho long continuance of the present drought throughout England Ib almost unex ampled, no such dry season having been known for over fifteen years. In the Honse Mr. Hiseock of New York moved to suspend the rules and pass a bill re pealing the internal revenue taxes on tobueoo, allowing the uso of alcohol freo of tax in tlio arte and manufactures, and repealing the tax on brandy distilled from fruit. TIIE DYNAMITE EX PLOSIONS. Tlio Excitement Tlicy Unused Throughout Great Britain- Tho excitement caused by tho explosion of dynamite in Scotland Yawl, London, is intenso, and many alarming rumors prevail. Tlie pohco liavo been actively engaged since lim explosion in searching for tlio persona who committed tiie outrages. Tlio fear that more disasters of the same sort are to speedily tollow is so great that a large force of police lias been detailed to guuril all tlie public buildings and principal railway stations, while a number of detectives have been placi d on duty in tho vicinity of each of tlio Cabinet Minister’s liohses, and a couple are at tlie disposal of eaclt Minister to guard hint to and from his residence. Great pressure is being brought to bear on the Government to offer u reward of £5,060 Tor tho capture of the persons who caused tlie ex plosions and £2,500 for information which will lead to their arrest. , Thirteen persons were more or loss injured. Among these are five women. All tlie wounded are in the hospital. Five, including tlie police man, are in a precarious condition. Tho explosion was most destructive on the west side of St. James's Rqtiare. The windows in the Duke of Cleveland’s house and in tho War Office In Fall Mall were shattered. At St. James’s Theatre theexplosioo sounded like two claps of thunder. The audience wero seized with alarm which came near resulting in a panic Several ladies fainted and men started to their feet ready to stampede. Hie audience was finally quieted. Tlio explosions created great havoc in tlie Junior Carlton Club House. Tlio olub will re main closed several days. The dynamite was carried down the iron steps leading to the kitchen nnd collars, it was placed in tlie cel lar under the pathway, with a lighted fuse at- tached. Tlie upward force of tlie (^plosion broke a largo bole in tlie pavement and wrecked the busoC'ent apartments of tlio club. CoLvHnjendie, th.o government inspector of explosives, pronounC®# •b® material used in the explosion to be larg' e *y composed of an atlas powder, recently imports®* 1 ® ntl P rol) ® 1, *Y # sur " plus from an old stopk R&u ntm for a NUMBER 9. THE MERCURY. Bntorad a* *Mond-el*a* matter at ft* I d.rsvlU* Poatofflo*, April f7, IM Baademllle, Washington Conntr* Gfc A.. J. JERNIGAN, F **runron in Poiumn Bub*orlptlon.„.« |i J* pm Y«n MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC Mmk. Modjeska will summer ln Poland. Mr. Edwin Booth is now established iu his new bouse in Boston. Jenny Lind’h oldest son has just married an English girl named DunlclI. John McCullough, it is said, bos mado over $80,000 the present season. Fanny DAVENi-oiiThns cleared $80,000 with "Fedora” during tlio jsist season. Mrs. Langtry 1ms invested $97,010, earned ill Amcriea, in New York real estate. Mi.ijc. Nevada, the Western prima donna, now in Paris, sends all tier floral gifts to tlm hospitals. Patti is said to have tho most unique "crazy quilt” in existonee, It is pronuuucwf "awfully handsome." Tiikiik nro eighty peonlo on tho stage in Tlio I'ti Iso of Nmv York." It requires twenty special stage hands In work tlie scenery. Tim Madison Square theatre (Now York) has had as many as twenty companies on tho road at one time, including Isith regular nnd short season ventures. Mi.i.k. Nevada, tlie American prima donna, will sing in three oratories ut tho Nor wich festival til England. She iiftcrward goes to Madrid. Barcelona nnd Lisbon. Turn year there are three "Silver King’’ companies; next Benson there will isi but two- This year there are four "Lights o’ London’’ companies; next year there will be but one. A Worcester firm is building a siiocial car for Dion Boucieault, which will Accom modate bln entire company of twenty-live INjrsouB, and give Mr. Buuulcnult and his daughter each a slate room. Mary Anderson is making an oven greater Impression iu tlie British provinces thmishedid in Ismdou. At Manchester, for liiHbiiice, she is said to iiuve taken in one week more money than was ever before known in thut city. Charles Mitchell, tho prizo-figlitor, i* O on tho stage. lio says ho wants to _ n at tho lowest round and work up:" light liia way to tho front, so to speak. His idea of beginning at tho bottom seems to bo to tackle Orlando in "As You Like It," and tkia lie will do In England this summer. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Rowell bus nut tin upward of $80,600 out uf tho furious walking matches he has en tered. W. W. Corcoran, the Washington banker, Ins shaken luuuls with every President except Washington. Senator Pat.mkh, of Michigan, has the reputation of giving thu most elaborate din ners iu Washington. James Hurens, a full-blooded Nez Perce Indian, is in tlie East, making addresses oil tlio wrongs of Ids race. Hu s|K-nks English well, and is eloquent. W. W. Ci mi a IRAN, who foundod n homo for aged Women in Washington, supports it entirely from Ids own means, uml tile women tvlio live m it are Ids guests. General Ham Carey Is to travol over Maine tills summer and urge tho adoption of tlie constitutional amendmuiit prohibiting tlie uinmiructliro and sale of liquor. Ex-Hecrktahy Ei.iiiu B. WAsnnunNEox- nocts this summer to carry out a Jong-cher- Isliod liuniosu of making a earrlago tour Hi rough old Oxford county, Mo. Marshal McMahon lives very quietly ln Paris, with u low iinallis every summer in Ids cliateuu near Aiium, wliero ho liss a large coHuctDn of Irish relies ami curiosities. Captain James B. Eads, of Mississippi JetLi-ii fame, received £2,0JJ for au hour's speech liel'oro a committee of tlie house of lords against tho prop.mod ship canal between Liverpool and Manchester. David Davis appears in publlo In a full white board and a black slouch hat, and claims that since lie left his easy seat in the Senate to mingle iu tho turmoils of tho busy world lie hat lost exactly 1(X) pounds. F.x-Govbrnoh Btanitoud, of California, Is about to found a college tor working |ieo- ple in that State, to lie splendidly endowed at the cost of several millions, which Mr. Stan ford can well spare, as he is worth more than $20,000,060. FATAL CLOUD ItllltHTH. A Mcrlnus Lass ot I lie In L’alllornln nnd 4 olorudo. THE JOKER’S BUDGET. THAT WK FIND TO RMlf/R ATM III TUB HUMOROUM I’APRILS. A NAUTICAL DIROOtTRHE. Little Jack—"Wlmt did pa mean by eaying that ho was captain of this ship f’ Ma—"Oh, that is only his way ot saying that ho is the head of the house.” "If pa is captain then what are yon * "Well, I suppose I am the pilot,” "Oh, yes, and then I must be tho compass.” “The compass ? Why the compass P* "Why, the captain and pilot are Al ways boxing tho compass, yon know,” —Ptiila. Call. A young Alexandria miss Wns asked Dy her bean for a kiss, Demurely contented She sweetly assented, And their lips looked exactly Uko this. But tier pa interrupted tho bliss. And said: "Who’s this young follcr, sis?" And without more ado Tlie young fellow flew, And liia cyca looked exactly like this 0 0- A cloud burst near Visalia, California, witli such fury aa to sveep away the house of l’eter Hu wiiit anil all ita inmates, consisting of him self, wife, mother, two cliil.lieu, and It. Weis- ner, a Blieep herder. Tlie bodies wore fright fully mangled, their clothing being torn into shreds. A cattle round-up oamp on Frenchman Cr (k, near tlie Nebraska uud Colorado lino, ivaa destroyed Dy a iloisl Inst Thursday anil eleven cowboys, belonging in Colorado and Nebraska, were drowtiid. The il'/od was caused Dy a cloud burst, which occurred at a point near the head of tlie Cheyenne Indian trail canyon. The water came witli such force that it swept away everything in ita path. Men, iiorsca, wagons, camping outfits, all wuro car ried down tlie stream DROWNING CASUALTY. Gencrul llnbcnek nml Kx-Prlvnlr Secretary Lackey Two ot tlio Victims. A dispatch received ut the Treasury Depart ment says Hint General I). K. Babcock and Levi H. Luckoy, together witli a gentleman named 8uler, have been drowned off thu Flor ida coast. Both Babcock and Luckoy were President Grant’s private seereturieH. General Buhcoek lias t een for some time lighthouse inspector of tlio fifth dim riel, ai d Mr. Lackey, wlio was at one time Becreiary of tlio Terri tory of Utah, was his assistant at tlio White House. Tlie body of General Babcock was re covered. RenreHsInK Ike Opium Trade, Tlie United States Senate passed Mr. Miller's bill, providing for the execution of article 2 of tlie Supplemental Commercial Treuty of No vember 17, 1880, between Hie United States and China, for tlm repression of the opium trail*-. It prohibits Chineae subjects from importing opium into tlie United States, under penalty uf not more than $566 nor less than $66, or im prisonment of not more than six months nor less than thirty days. No vowel owned and chartered by u subject of China, or sa ling under a Chinese Hug. no matter by whom ow ned or chartered, shall be permitted to bring opium to any port of tlio United Slates and all siieli opium shall be seized and forfeited, an t the slop captain ahull lie subject to* line iqual to tlie value of tho opium. Decrenelntr tlie Nntlonal Debt, Tlie monthly debt statement issued from tho Tr usury Department of tlie Unitod Stab s shows a decrease of $4,763,241 in the public debt during May, and $91,823,714 during eleven months of the fiscal year ending May 31. Tlie total debt now, less cash in the Treas ury. is $1,459,267,492, and of this amount $1,244,845,650 is interert-bearing debt. Tho available cash balanco in the Tressury is $147,817,666, a decrease for the month of nearly $5,000,000. Nowthkhenbideth these things which eveiy mau can do better than any o«- due. Poke a lire, put on his own liat, edit a newspaper, tell a story-after another man has commenced it.—end examine a railway time-table.— Chicapo Sun. The men who write oirous bills will bo glnd to learn that the new English dio- wilt 1.0 thirtv-neven volumes loner. A FRIEND TO FELINES. A gontlemnn of Detroit, says the Free Press, who is fond of nsing old sayings and sponking in metaphors, went to look at a house that was for rent; ho was accompanied by the Ger man landlord. "Nice house," said the would-be ten ant;” pleasant location, but the rooms are too small. I couldn’t swing • oat hero I" "Vot vas that?” inquired the land lord. "Rooms ore not big enough to awing a eat in. ” “Vot for yon rauts to sving der oat?” "Why, I might want to, and if I should, there is not room enough,” said the American, laughing. "I likes not der cat ter sving mine house iu,” said tho landlord, ana went homo. The next day the gentleman who wanted to rent received a note : "Mink Fren : I rents my house py a family mitout cuts. Yaour Mmitd.” THEN IIH KISSED HER. "Johnnie,” said a Second street girl to her bashful company, as they occu pied remote ends of the sofa tlie othei night. "I see by the Derrick that a lady in Now Jersey, 101 years old, boosts ol having been kissed by Wash ington." "Yes,” said Johnnie. "I sow it, too.” "Suppose you were to bocomo a great man like Washington.” "Well," said Johnnie. "And I wore to live to be 104 years old.” "Well?” said Johnnie. "I couldn’t say of you what the old lady said of Washington, could I?” Then he kissed her.—Oil City Der rick. BrniNO ON TIIE FAIIM. We’ll graft tlio lobster on tlie hop, Tlio oyster bed we ll gayly weed, Tlio cranberry Jolly tree we’ll flop, And save the liiucaioul seed. /ho beetroot sugar wo will got By tapping of tlie hickory tree. Homo chestnuts in tlio spring ive’ll scf r 'Unit in thu autumn cults wifi be. Wo’ll prmio tho climbing sorghum vine, We’ll dig thu ruta Imga penr, Tlio clam Hliali witli tlio pen entwine, And b itli shall, mingling, blossom there. Tlie Borksliiro goat its wool shall shod, The Bantam cow shall food on hay, We’ll milk tho ducks, all thoroughbred. That steal tlie eggs tho squirrels lay. A KINDLY SPIRIT. “Never’ll speak to him again, never l” said the man in the tweed suit as he shat his teeth together. "Oh, come now, he’s your best friend,” replied the one with the white plug lmt. "He can’t be. He hod a party at his house and never invited me.” "That pioves his friendship beyond question. He ho/, invited no less than twelve of yonr creditors and he realized what your portion would be. ” now TO 0AT2H FISH, “Boy, how ntncli do you want for that string of fish ?" asked nn nmateur fisherman on his way home from a day’s sport. The boy namod his price. "All right, there’s your money. Now just throw me the fish," and ho dexter ously caught them. "Talk aliout catching fish,” he said, ns lie pursued his way a safe place. First Cincinnatian—"What a fearful riot that was. I lost severnl dear friends in it.” Second Cinoinnntian—"Were yon hurt yourself ?” "Yes; I was wonnded while standing la my own doorstep, but only slightly. Were you hurt?’’ “Oil! not at all. I was in a safe place while the rioting was going on.” “Where were you?” "Iu jail.” AN ARISTOCRATIC FAMILY. "Young Mr. Smythe comes from a fine family, does he not ?” "Oh, my, yes; one of the most aristo cratic and exclusive in all New York.” "Is the family of Dutoh or English anoastry, do you know ?” "I don’t know anything about tbeii ancestry. All I know is that old man Smythe made over a million dollars dur ing the war in government oontraots.”-- Phila. Evening Call. life among the mormons. "My dear,” said a Mormon wife tohei husband, “I should think that yon would be ashamed of yourself, flirting with that Mis# B. as you did in church to-day." "Flirting with her?’’ ho replied in as tonishment, "why we lmvo been engaged for more than three months. It’s all over town.” "Oh, I beg your pardon,” said his wife indifferently. “If you are engaged to her, I suppose it is all right. When does the liappy event ocour ? .

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, June 17, 1884, Image 1