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Newspaper Page Textthe mercury. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY NOTICE. IT All communications Intended kt thii p»p« most ba accompanied with tha tall name of tha wrltar, not naoeaaarUy tar publl- cUon, but aa a fnarantaa of good faith. yf t ar* In no way raaponalbla tar tha Tlawa or opinion* of eorraapondanla. E- S. LANGMADE, Attorney at Law, 8ANDKR-JVILLE, GA. MAYOR. O. H. ROGERS. LEV K <€• 2X/?ASVXI?ll, D. E. B, WELLS. MARSHALL. J. E. WEDDON. AZ&ffXMtf*. W. H, LAWSON, Wm. RAWLINGS, S. G. LANG, A. M. MAYO, M. H. BOYER. MUSIC, MUSIC GO TO— JERNIGAN Bows,! Strings, Rosin Boxes, Eta \ o. 0- BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BandaravUla, Oh S Will praotloa In tha Btata and Ualtad Mataa Courts. Offloe In Oonrt-honaa, Watches, Clocks And JEWELRY UPAIRH BT JERXTIGAIT. Dr. H. B. Hollifield, FSTS1CIAI HD SMI, Having recently graduated at the Unlver- alty of Mnrylana and returned home, now lifters lila professional aervlcea to the citizen* ol Hamlerevllle and vicinity. Office with l)i . II. N Hollineld, next door toflira. Bayne’s millinery atore. 0. W. a. WHITAKER DENTIST, BanderavUle, Oa. TERMS CASH. Office at his Residence, on Barrla street. Aurll 8d. 1880. H. N. HOLLimU), Physician and Surgaon, Offiaa antdaat ta M note ta Wanrta ffirash BUY YOUR SPECTACLES, SPECTACLES, FROM JERNICAFJ, Hone genuine without onr Trad* Mark on band and for sail, SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES. ETC MERCURY. A. J. JERNIGAN, Proprietor, VOLUME V~ DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. $1.60 per Annan, SANDERSVILLE, GA„ TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1884. NUMBER 11. THE MERQJJRX Entered aa aaaond-elaa* matter at tha Baa daravlUa Postofflc*. April ■, UMt Banderaville, Washington CfiBBty, St, munnii JL. J. JERNI O'A;N, PaorauroB in PonnaHah, . Babaorlptlon. ..tlJtlfr Taat modifier virus, M. Pasteur, tho Parisian scientist, hae re fused to Inoculate human being, with the mod- Wod virus to ho used as a aafeguard against hydrophobia, until ho has completed his expe riment* upon animal*. A NKW It III,WAV. Capitalists on tho Pacific coast arc endeav oring to forma company to construct a railway to the oxtremity of Alaska, where cars could be ferried forty-fivo miles across to Behring strait to tho Russian railway, CREMATION. During the last twenty-flva years 2,000,000 of human bodies liaro been buried within the limits of tho London postal circle, and the peo ple aro changing tlioir minds regarding crema tion, regarding it with increased favor. TIIK MOUTH. The month la tho frankest feature of the human face. It cannot in tho least conceal its leading and characteristic sensations. Wo can neither htdo ill temper with it, nor conceal a good disposition. Wo may affect what wo please, but affectation will not help us, COLLECTION OF CITUIOH. A company has recently been formed in San- franciaco, with a capital of 125,000, having for its object the collection and sale of curios from tho petrified forests of Arizona. Tho region in question is rich in chalcedony, amethysts, jas per, cornelian, agato, and other stones, and abounds in rare geological specimens and Indian antiquities. LEMON AN A HEALTH PRESERVER. At this season of tho year a lemon is worth untold gold as a health preserver. The way to got tha hotter of a bilious syHtem without blue pills or quinine is to tako tlio Juico of two or three lemons in Just oneugh water to mako it pleasant to drink without sugar, before going to bed. In tho morning, beforo breakfast, repeat the doeo. WITH HER FEET. Ann E. I<eak, an armleas woman, was mar ried about ten years ago to Win. Thompson, a leamship cugincer. Tho couplo went to Atis_ trnlia, and made a great deal of money in con. ncction with the allow business. Mrs. Thomp son can crochet, knit, acw and write, using her feet aa well aa moot people who perform such work with tlioir hands. 1IORIC ACID. Recent experiments in London have demon strated the antiseptic properties of bone arid in a most astonishiug manner. A sheep ex perimented upon with boric acid was eaten by party of gentlemen two months after it waa killed, and the flavor was found to bo that o| purs, tender mutton. Not tha slightest trace of putrescence was obaarvod. PROLIFIC. ' We find the following in the Scots Magazine, March, 1755: "Thcro was lately presented to the empress of Russia a laboring man who had two wives, the flrat of whom brought him four times four children at a birth, aeven times threo, and ten time* two. Tho second wife onoe brought forth throe children, and the other six times two. The whole number of children by the two wives amount to Berenty- two.” A K. Hiivis. O. H. Room* HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, 8ANDERSVILLE, GA„ Wni practice in the ooontlea of Washington, Jefferson, Johnson, Emanuel and Wilkinson, fjd in tlie U. 8. Court* for the Southern Dla- trlctof Georgia. Will act ns ugenta In buying, soiling or re ,'!il n K Heal Estate. Office on West eld# of Publlo Square. oot im Machine Needles Oil and Shuttles, foil ALL KINDS OP MACHINES, for sale. I will also order parts of Machine* that get broken, for wblob new pieces ar# wanted. J. JEHNIGAN. A DEVIL-Flnn IN OHIO WATERS. Mr. Geo. Stryker, of Highland township, Bear Defiance, O., went to the dam fishing a few days since, and while there observed a pe culiar looking object floating in shallow water. Approaching it cautiously ho scooped it up in his hat, and found to his horror that ho had an ugly looking fish or animal, with a body likoa P'occ of liver, a bead with a bill like a bird, and largo eyes. Its tail was diamond shaped, and from its body projected ten tcntaclos or foelers, which were covered with suekors. Tho longest tontaclo was ten inches long. Tho whole fish waa about twelve inches in length. Mr. Stry ker kopt the flnli several days and then took it to Defiance, whore many persons linvo viewed it. It was pronounoed to bo a veritable devil fish. A WANDERING TURTLE. In the summer of 1840 A. R. Warnor, of Guilford, found In tho Unadllla Valley a largo turtlo. The shell showed the marks whero in itials had l)con out in, but tho initials of only one person and tho dato could bo mndo out— “E. R. J., 1835." Mr. Warner cut ‘‘A. R. W., 1840,” in the shell, and released tho turtle. In 1880 tho turtlo was discovered in tho same lo cality by somo boyB. Tho “E. R. J., 1835," and A. R. W., 1840," were still distinct. In addi tion wore “H. J. H., 1870," "E. B., 1875,” and “8. B., 1880.” Tho turtlo was again turned looBC. A few days ago it was found again in ! the field whero it was Been in 1840 by Mr. War- i nor. No additional CArvingH were on tho shell. ' The turtle was no largor than it was forty yonra I ago, allowing that it must have been fully grown at tlint time. .. AN ANCIENT TRAPPER. Up a tributary of tho Pond d’Oretilo river on which iB situated Thompson's Falls, iH a i Frenchman named llaptisto Ducharno. lie is I 103 years of ago, and first saw a railway car | last fail when a train crossed the Coriacan dc- | flic, over which is tha highest wooden bridgo in tho world. This man lias a half-blood daughter at Corville 70 years old, of whom ho always speaks as “my baby." Ducharno was a member of Col. Ashley's expedition in 1802, and trapped for tho company all that season. After that be trapped and sold furs to both the Hudson Bay and American Fur Companion Ho ascended the Yellowstone in 1804, and saw the geysers, but liko tho other trappers who saw portions of tho wondorful scenery of tho park, ho was more interested in furs than in scenery, and never told any capable writer of what lie bsw. A NOSE SHOW. A moot remarkable allow was recently hold in Anstrla. It was an exhibition of noses. Eighty persons competed for tho prize offered for the most extraordinary nasal protubcranco in form, size and color. The jury decided that only three out of the wholo could bo admitted aa competitors for tho prize. It was finally ad judged to a competitor from Vionna, who is the proud and happy possessor of wlint is said to bo a gigantic noso of deep violet blue. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Eastern and Middle Mates. A non.sn used In pumping an oil well near Butler, Penn , exploded, killing Richard Walker, fatally injuring his son, and demol ishing everything in the vicinity. Senator John A. Logan visited Mt Blaine at his resilience in Augusta, Ma, and the two had a long conference, presumably regarding the most effective plan of conduct mg the campaign. GEneRaL B. P. Butler has written a long letter from Boston, accepting the nomination for President tendered him by tho National Greenback Labor convention at Indianapolis. He says the questions presented by that con vention nre “higher and grander than any moro political measure;” praises tho financial system which sprung up during tho war nml endorses the platform of the Groenlmck party At tho Maine Democratic State convention Bangor 8811 delegates were present. Mayor John B. Rodman, of Ellsworth, was nornl Mated for governor. The British brig G. P. Sherwood, bound for Halifax, was wrecked off the Uajios of Delaware, nnd nil but one of tho ton men on board wore drowned. Tho survivor was picke l up in a small lioat by n passing vessel and taken to Now York. The Vermont Republicans, at their Btata convention in Burlington, nominated a full ticket, headed by Samuel 12. Pingreo for gov ernor. At tlio Now York Democratic State conven tion, bold in Snratogu, Judges Andrews ami Rapnllo were renominated for the court of u|>- |H'als nenrly unanimously, and presidential electors for each of the thirty-four districts were appointed, with Oswald Ottendorfer and William Purcell for electors at largo at th* bend. Contesting delegations from New York city wore placated by tlio admission of thirty- one County Democracy delogaU-s, thirty-one Tammanyites and ten of tho Irving Hall fac tion. Cuaiu.es Francis Adams, Jr,, wns chosen president of tho Union Pacific railroad at a meeting of directors in New York, Sidney Dillon having resigned tho office. A rtatuk in honor of William A. Buck ingham, Connecticut’s "War Governor," was unveiled at Hartford in presence of a lurge assemblage. Birhop Matthew Simpson, the well-known Methodist divino, died in Philadelphia, aged 73 years. He was born in Ohio, and wns elected and ordained bishop at Boston in 1862. Bishop Simpson wns tho nuthor of “A Hun dred Years of Methodism,” “Yale lecture* on Preaching,” and was tho editor of the “OyalopiBdta of Methodism.” In 1870 ho wna selected to offer tho opening prayer at the Centennial Exhibition. Ho was the most noted orator in tho Motluxlist Episcopal Church. fnovAs Hot,i,OWAY, the pill mam, is (lead. Hd was worth $10,000,000. Ho ‘p'ver took any of liis own pills, and died ftl t,H - age of eighty-four years, (ally convinced that there is more dollars in if j® l’'^ s ^ban ^tero i 8 cents in taking u 'Di. Render, go. thou and do like wise. l’ONTAGE ON NEWSPAPERS Tho bill reducing the rata of postage on tran •lent newspapers when sent by others than the publishers, to one eont for each four oun- oes or fraotlonal part thereof, has become a law. This reduction ie equal to qpe-half, os the law heretofore exaoted one cent for two ounoes. It Is not a diffloalt matter to discern the fingers of the blanket sheet publishers in this matter, as on* cent will now pay the post age on a newspaper “big as a bed quilt." For eign postage remains unohanged. EIGHT HUNDRED MILES ON FOOT. Among the sojourners at the Grand Hotel Viotoria, Mentone, In the yoar 1872, was the Arohduehess Marie Regnier, who. during the three months- stay there, toon such a liking to the proprietor’s handsome dog Pietrino that she begged it of him, and carried her prize with her to Vionna. In less than a fortnight after reaching the capital Pietrino was back in his old quarters again, having traveled 800 miles across strango countries, over mountains, through towns and villagos, only to die at hi 8 master’s feet five days after bis coming home. SELF-MADE MEN. All American correspondent writes Hint "self- made men” are about as common in England as they are in this country. Many great En. glish merchants and manufacturers rose from tho very humblest walks of life, and they are frequently to bo found in parliament, and sometimes in the cabinet. It is not an uncom mon thing to hoar a famous membe r of parlia ment tell ids constituents of the days when lie was a laborer working in the mines at twenty shillings a week. Of course it is easier for a man to rise in the United States than in Eng land, but in every country under the sun first- class ability and pluck wiU win their way. ENGLISH CAPITALISTS- Tlio increasing demand for land in this country has induced many capitalists to com bine for the purpose of reclaiming the large acres which have been under water for ages past. At present an effort is being made on a large scale to redeem a large traot of land in southwest Louisiana. Tha matter ii in the hands of an English company, with a capital of $2,500,000. Some of the machinery has been imported from England, and when the land is reclaimed it is understood that a Urge Euro pean colony will be looated there. The re sources of niodern engineering will be utilized in such a way aa to revolutionize the physioal geography of the south in the oourse of the next few yevw OUR CURRENCY. It is an astonishing fact that the south adopted baked beans nml codfish balls beforo she took tho nimble penny into her good graces. The latter still remains under the ban, and is not likely to bo regarded with favor for some time to come. Now Orleans is makiug an effort to get tho penny started in circulation in time for the exposition. While tlio south con tinues to resist the introduction of a smaller ooin than the nickel tliero is an increasing do- tnand at the north for tho coinago of half- eonts. Nearly every country but eurs has a smaller coinngo. The French centime is only one-fifth of ono cent, tlio Portuguese roi only ono-tenth, and tho Chincso cash or sen, oven of less value. Many small articles in tills conn try are sold at tlio rate of two or more for a cent, but when a customer does not want as much ss a cent’s worth he feels the inconveni enoe and injustice of being compelled to buy more than ho wants simply because the gov emment has failed to provide us with small oolns. There is room for reform in this direc tion. TELEGRAPHING WITH TEETH AND EYELIDS. J. T. Norris, of Springfield, 0,, the detect ive, does a triok that probably no other man in the country can imitate. He takes a silver coin, usually a dollar, and places it on his tongue between his teeth. With his tongue he strikes it against his teeth with the sound of a tolograpliing instrument, tho opening and closing of the circuit being oxaotly imitated, Norris used to bo an operator, and by means of ihe coin can telegraph words so distinctly that iny telegrapher oan easily read tho message, in this manner ho telegraphed fifty words a mtnuto. A Republican reporter wrote out a message on a Western Union blank, and hand ed it to tho detective. Tho two operatives in charge at the Boutliern took down the words as fast as Norris produced them with the coin, Mr. NorriB can stand up before a telephone, and in this novel manner telegraph a message which any telegrapher can road with facility. But tho most wonderful thing is to see him tele graph with his eyelids, The dots and dashes if the telegraphic alphabet he indicates by more or less rapid opening or shotting of tho eyelids. In this manner he can oonvorso with an export without uttering a word. DYNAMITERS AGAIN AT WORK. An Ennlish Town Slink en Up by nn Explo ■ton on Monday Mornlno* The citizens of Greenwich. England, wero startled on Monday morning by a loud explo sion which occurred in a house there, badly shattering the building and breaking consider able glass in tlio immediate vicinity. A largo force of police were booh on the spot. In tlio building they found a man with bis left band blown oft’ and otherwise badly injured. The wounded man was taken to the hospital where, when being questioned, bo stated that while engaged in mixing chemicals for the purpose of experimenting, an explosion oc curred, and that wiih all that lie remembered until found by tho police. He was very reti- cent and refused to converses further on tho subject. The police profess to have made an important discovery, anil claim tlint the man was engaged in the manufacture of dynamite when tlio explosion occurred. They state that they found on the promises large quantities of chemicals such aB aro used in tho manufacture of dynamite, and a suffi cient quantity of the latter article which had escaped the effects of the explosion to blow up a block of houses. They havo no doubt but that the wounded man was engaged in manu factoring dynamite for the Irish dynamiters, an d express the opinion that the accidental ox- plosion saved London from a worse outrago than any that has yet been perpetrated. A Railroad Accident. At five minutes to nine Saturday morning, the seven o’olook accommodation train f rom Atlanta) City collided with a special excursion train from Camden, bound for Lakeside Park, at a point midway between Haddonfield and Ashland station, on the Camden and Atlantic Railroad. Eight persons wero killed and sev eral more or less soriouBly Injured. One of the machinists connected with tho wrecking train that went to the scene of the disaster was struok by a flying piece of iron while engaged in clearing qway the wreck ~ the afternoon and fatally injured. An old friend ta better than two new ones. South and Went, A gang of counterfeiters which has been operating extensively in Michigan has been broken up by tho arrest of the principal mem bers—nn old man named Daniels, nt Flint, nnd Asa Davis and wife, at Corunna. Daniels waa sentenced to ton years’ imprisonment. Hit ports from the Southwest. indicate that, thoYattle drive this season will bo equally as large, if not greater than that of 1883. Care ful estimates put tho number of cattlo to be taken from Toxns alone nt 400,000 head. A dispute nroso between a Crow Indian and a cowboy’ at Fort McLeod, Northwestern Territory. The latter shot I ho Indian, who. In tho throes of death, raised himself and shot his slayer with n rovolvor. Beforo dying tlie cowboy put ftvo more shots into the Indian’* body. A tug-boat near New Orleans sank sud denly, carrying down a pilot and two en gineers. Colonel Edward R. Platt, United States army, ndjutnnt-goneral of the department of tho Missouri, died at Fort l-eavenworth, Kansas. President AnTliun hns liron honoris! by ’rinccton college with the degree of LL. D.; tho snni(> degree was also con fin-rod upon Gov ernor Abbott, ol New Jersey, nnd Justice llm Inn, of tho United Slates supremo court A rise in the Rio Clrunde lias flooded sev eral border towns anil emued much damage. The National Homeopathic convention met in annual session at Deer Park, Md. • A passenger train wliich'was crossing a bridge iienr.Hubl) -I, Kansas, was derailed,nnd tho jolting of (hoi ars cnusofl the structure to ivo wav, (nerving down the ontiro train, ['bo engine, smoking-car, day coach and Sleeper were completely wrecked. About thirty persons were injure I, several fatally. ~ ain wreckers wore at tho bottom of the ac cident. The Indiana Republican State convention at Indianapolis nominated a ticket headed by Congressman William II. Calkins for gover nor. Considerable feeling was expressed by omo of tlla delegates at the refusal of the con vention to insert a prohibition plank in th* platform, Fr .M Sonora, Cal., como tho particular* of one of the most complicated tragedies tha* u-obabiy over o xurred. Edmund Gallagheri wonty-two year* old, shut Mrs, Otta Green wood, widow of a prominent lawyer, in th# face and bi-cait wit i a doubl i-bar.-eled shot gun. llorson Oils rnn after Gallagher and ired twice nt him without effect. Rob ert Watson then pursued Otis Green wood. Tho latter turnod on Wateon nnd shot him twice in the neck and back, AVatson fell, whereon AVats ill's son opened fire on Green wood, but tho latter os -apod. Gallagher nnd Greenwood were both arrested. Mrs. Green wood nnd Wntson died. The tragedy is th* result of a dispute about AVdtson’s running water across Greenwoo l’s mining claim. Washington. The House committee on public lands ho* directed Representative Payson to report fa vorably a bill appropriating I 150,030 to reim burse persons who settlod upon or purchased lands within tlie grant made to tho Northern Kansas Railroad company, and to whom patents for such Innd wore issued, hut against whose l ight to the land decisions wero ren dered by the United States court on account of the priority of the grant to tlio railroad company. A meeting to ratify the nominations of Blaine nnd Ixigau, hold in front of the court house at tho capital, was addressed bv Sena tors Sherman, Hawley, Frye and Mahone, Ri-prcs'-nlati ves Hasps, Bayne and IIoit, and Governor Dingley, of Maine. The joint, commission to iiiT.ingo for the reivinn'iiie. upon tin liipletion of the Wash ing! o > m > mm mt oi-g-inized by electing Kciintoi- Slii-i-imiu i biiii niaii. A committee consist ing of Sonnier Morrill, Congressman Tucker, Dr. Toner, Professor Welling and Colonel Casey wns appointed to tako charge of the preliminary work of the commission. The committee will report, to tho commission in I December. It is pn posed to invite the gov. ernors of all States,military and civic organi zations and tho public at large to take a part in the ceremonies. MISCELLANEOUS. —A tugboat and three men are reported lost in the delta of the Mississippi. —The taxes on railroads and other corpora tions in New Jersey pay the entiro expenses of the State government and leave a surplus in the treasury. —The entire buslnoss part of the town of Pinos Altos, Mexioo, wm destroyed by fire on May 20. The loa* is $800,000; no insurance. —Tho gamblers of Dallas, Texas, aro leav ing the town rather than pay the heavy fees demanded by the authorities for carrying on the nefarious business. —A dissipated fellow in New London, Con necticut, finding his wife unfaithful, killed her on Monday night with an ax. —Luke Phipps was hanged at Sandwich, Ont, for the murder of his wifo. —Baldwin, the elotliier, failed in Now York dty, with one million dollars in liabilities —Three thousand employees of the worsted mills in Bradford have struck forhighorwsges. JiN,’."'”" ""d .”7.' Great disorder occurred, and the windows of | ii„ said Mr lmmlls* tho mills wero smashed by tho strikers. Tlio Mr ’ stonemasons in Bradford liavo also struck. —Several members of the “Black Hand" havo been executed in Spain. —Tlie marriage of the Princess Elizabeth, of Hesse, and tho Grand Duko Sergius, of llussia, look placo at St. Petersburg. —A fire in Bidileford Mo., destroyed a hotol and soveral other buildings. —Frost lias greatly ditmngcd tho growing crops in New England. —It is reported tlint Texas will semi over 400.000 beeves to market this year. — A violent wind storm in Iowa occasioned considerable damage to property. —Tlio Mayor of Omaha ami ills marshal have been indicted for bribery nml perjury. - Burglars win) were working on tlie safe of a bank hi Bennington, AT., were frightened away by Odd Fellows on their wsy home. Egyptian advices state that an Arab lias ar rived nt Koro-ko who claims to Ihi tlie sole sur vivor of the Berber gnri ison. He says he was present when tlio rebels attacked Berber on May 23. Tlie garrison defended Ihe town for two hours of severe lighting, but tlio rubola wero too strong for them, ami forced their way iuto tlio city, whero they immediately mnsaa- ored Hie 1,500 men of Hie garrison and 2,000 of tlie male pop illation. Tlio women and children were spared. Tills story is lielieved by Major Kitchener and tlie sou of Hussein Pacha Khalifa, Governor of Berber. El Malidi is inarching toward Dongola with 35.000 troops. Tlio psssago of tlio Filz John Porter bill tliiougli tlie House of Representatives, with the Senate''amendment concurred in, closes all consideration of tills' nm-stion except that to lie given to it by tlie President, to whom the hill goes for signature. As-the hill stands, Porter is, by its enactment, purged of all tho charges which wero made against linn before the original court martial which tried and oon- victed him. It restores him to tho rank of colonel in tlio regular army and relieves Ids character of the stigma which has attached to it during twenty-one years of punishment. It simply withholds from him unearned back pay for those years. —Two American and twelve Moxioan la borers were killed by the promature explosion of a blast on the Tompico railroad In Mexico. —The equestrian statno of Gen. Bolivar, presented to the city of New York by the Gov ernment of Venezuela, was uuvoiled with elaborate oeremonles. —General William MeOandleai. at one time commander of the Pennsylvania Bucktails, died in Philadelphia. —After a long ahaso and a bloody fight one horse thief was killed and four captured in Montana —New Zealand advices are to the effeot that the British iron ship Syria, from Calcutta for Fljia. having on board 480 coolies, rcoently ran on the Nasalie Reef. Seventy coolies were drowned. AR the crew but threo are missing. —A Tekke Turkoman attempted to strike Gen. Komoroff with a sword while being car ried to prison. The Turkoman's own brother cut him down. —Advices from Greenland state that the Danish brig Elena haa boon crushed ill tlie ice and that ten of her crew wero drowned. — The French Chamber of Deputies lias re jected by a vote of 283 to 118 an amendment to the Threo Years’ Military Service bill grant ing immunity to the pupils in the Htate schools. The government cupportcd the amendment. It is said at tho War Department of Wash ington that In the ten yoars prior to the ap pointment of Paymaster General Rochester there were 170 cases ot duplications ef pay ac counts by officers in the army. In the past two years there were but about a dozen of such cases. Commissioner Evans haa addressed a letter to Benator Allison, ohalrman of the State Ap- S robriatlon Committee, on the proposed re* uctloh of internal revenue alitrlota and objecting to the House Appropriation bill because It* provisions cannot be carried out without crippling the service, SUMMARY OF CONGRESS. DraMe. Mr. Plumb, from the committee on appro, print ions, reported the army appropriat ion hi! ro tho Senate. As agreed lijsiii hv the com mittee the bill appropriates 1,530,4.71. being an increase over the House bill of ESri.OOO, ami a decrease from the estimates of ♦2,35tl,« 653....The Senate debated, without action, tho resolution providing for nn examination ot anks... .Senate amendments ta TMB UTAH BILL. ft Pass** th* Ualte# Mates ■aaata-tt* PravtsteB*. Foreign. Three boats ixilonging to tlie whaler Chief tain while in puisuit ot u hales off the coast of Greenland became separated from the ves sel nnd wero lost. Fifteen men ih * three boats. EARL SPENCER, lord lieutenant of Ireland, unveiled a portrait of Queon Victoria in Bel fast,. Tlio largo crowd which viewed the pro, cession was silent all along tho route, and at tlio town hull Karl Spencor was greeted with minded ebeojn nud eroiuiK. A Massachusetts man by the name of Darling, who has been married ten years, says he can’t for the life of him tell whether his wife means “duokj” or “you there,” when she addresses hug, Th* Utah bill waa paaaad by the United State* Benat*. It provide* that the lawful husband or wife may be compelled to teatify in proaeontlona for bigamy, polygamy or unlaw ful cohabitation. Prosecutions may be commenced within fire years after the commission of the offense. Every marriage oeremony in any territory of the United States shall be certified In writing whioh writing shall atato the full name* of « K rsons taking part in tlie oeremen y and shall signed by them, and shall by the officer or priest solemnizing the marriage be filed with and recorded In the Probate Court. Buoh oertifioat* shall be prima fade ev- ldenoe of the foots stated in it. Any violation of thlo provision Is punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprison ment for not more than two yeara, or both. Every such cortifioete and reoord shall be at all reaoonable times open to inspection of the officers of Jnstioe of the United Btates, under like penalty for refusal to exhibit for inspec tion. Women shall not be entitled to vote in Utah. The bill prescribes the penalty for the crime of adultery to be imprisonment in the penitentiary for not exceeding three years. Kavtiu of the Frost. Reports from various parts of New England state that tlie heavy frost of Saturday night caused considerable damage to growing crops. Tlie Cape Cod district reports that the cran- beriy crop is entirely ruined. Potatoes and corn and vines of all kinds were alBO seriously Affected. Much of the corn will have to be re planted, and owing to the lateness of the season a short crop will be the result In Nor folk county, Mass., entire crops of vegetables were destroyed. In nearly all sections the growth of the crops was retarded, and it is an ticipated that the frost will resnlt in putting high prices on all garden products. In Now Hampshire beans and squashes suffered the most severely. Liability nt BteekhoMera. Washington B. Williams, reoeiver of the de funct City Bank of New Jersey, aued the stock holders of that concern to recover amount* re ceived by them as dividends from January 9, 1888, until the failure of the bank, suoh div idends having been paid while the bank wm insolvent. The defendants filed a demurrer alleging that the directors and not the stock holders were the parties liable. The Chan cellor overruled the demurrer, and his opinion said that the stockholder who has received part of the capital by way of dividend, with legislative authority, hae no right to do it as against the creditors of the corporation, and no wrong is done him if he be compelled to ro- S ay it when it is required to pay the debts of te corporation. New York banks, the postoflice anpronrlatinn bill were insisted upon.. ..The Utah (till wns further debuted. An nngry controversy took place between Benator Ilrown, of Georgia, and .Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, during which Iwith were called to onler by the chair. The trouble grew out of Benator Ingnlls charging Senator Brown with having iutorpolntcii a sentence in the printed records in some remarks mm is by the latter derogatory to the former. Mr. Brown replied to Mr. IiicuIIh' remarks of tlio previous (lay concerning Mr. Brown's revision iis-nrod in the Ilrmril. 1 mgungo wns a deliber ately planned insult. There was a sharp re ply from Mr. Ingalls, wlm insisted that, tlio Itrcord was Intended to Ih-iiu exaet verlintiiu re|sirt., and should not ln-ehaiigod. Consideration of tlie Utah bill was resumed. Various amendments were pro|niHcd nnd de bated, Rome of which were adopted nnd somo rejected. Debate wns |mrtleipnted in by Messrs. Bayard, A’est, Ingalls, Hoar, Beck, Call, Slater, Dnlph, Brown, Maxey, 1-npham nud McPherson. Among the umeiidmetits offered was one by Mr. Hoar to strike out the clause abolishing woman suffrage in Utah, which was reject-si liv ii veto of 17 yeas to31 nays. All amendments ls-ing dis|s-s<sl of, the hill wns rend n third timeimd passed by a vote of 33 yens to 15 nays. The 8-unto passe I lulls to prevent tlie im portation of tea dust into the 11 nlt-sl lutes mill to equalize tlie rank ol Unite I States naval academy graduates The Mexican |« iihinn bill wns considered further without action, ■louse- Mr. Douster. of Hie foreign affairs eommlt- tee, intr-slueed a lull to prevent nnd punish tlio prowx'Ulion, under the protis-tioli of the United Htutes, of fraudulent claims apainst foreign government*. Th. hill provide* a I H-imlty of fine and Imprisonment similar to hat prcarrilied for making or presenting fraudulent claims against the I lulled Hiates ....Mr. I/iwry, from the committee onele- tlims. submitted a report on the contested election case of t'amplx-ll ngnlnst Morey, de claring tlie contestant entitled to tlie rent 1-uid over for future action. I Tlio Hons" ugived to llm conference ii-jiort on tlio Fitzjolm Porter bill, striking out ot the hill the words “together with nil the rights, titles, nnd privileges," nnd inserting tlie wonts “provided that Hie said Kitzjohn Porter sluill ro clvo no pay, compensa tion, or n'lownnco whntivx-vcr prior to Ills nppolnlninnt under thi.i act,” in stead of the following words in tlio liillt “But tills net sluill not lie construed as au thorizing imy, compensation, or allowance prior to Ills ii11|Kiintim-tit under It.”—Tha deficiency appropriation hill w as pnanod, nn amendment by Mr. Hmidnll aimed against political uKscKHUicntH being ruled out... .Mr. A. H. Hewitt presented a lo^sirt from tha committee on ways and memisin favor of the bill to carry into effeot the new treat v with Moxlco, Mr. Miller, of Pennsylvania, offered, m a question of privilege, a resolution de-daring James It. Chalmers entitled to tlio seal from tho Heeonil district of Mississippi. Mr. Thompson, of Kentucky, raised the quest Ion of consideration nnd the House rcfns<-d to eon- aider it now. Yens, IW; nays, 1(11. Til-Ohio contested election case of Camplx-11 against Morey lieing called up, the question of con sideration wns raised by Mr. Thonqisoii, of Kontneky, and tho House also refused to con sider it. Mr. llopkii s from the comniitbs' on labor, called up the bill to prohibit the iui|mrtation and migration of foreigners nnd aliens under contract to perform labor. It. makes it un lawful to enter into nn ngreement or contract with any foreigner or alien to perform tabor or service of any kind in tho United Hiates, or to preiiny tlie trnns[K>rtation or in any way assist or encourage the imported m or migra tion of any alien or foreigner under coni met or agreement, parole or sixs-inl, or express or implied. It. declares all such contract* void anu of no effect It makes it a crime pun ishable with flno nnd imprisonment for any master of a ship to land such aliens or for eigners, so under contract, in nny United States port. Tlio net iH not to apply to con tracts for skilled workmen in any now indus try not at present established hero, provided that skilled labor for that purpose cannot ba otherwise obtained; nor professional actors, lecturers or singers. Mt. Jones, of AViseon- *in, offered an amendment, which waa adopted, providing that nothing in this act shall bo construed as prohibiting any indi vidual from assisting any member of hi* family or any relative to migrate from any foreign country to tho. United State*, The bia waa then passed without division. A FnfMttbs Net Aamttte*. In the U. B. House, when the consideration of th* Deflolenoy bill in Committee of the Whole had been eonolttded, Mr. Randall (pern.), of Pennsylvania, moved M an addi tional section, a proposition against political Mseasraouta, making It unlawful for any Sen ator, Representative or D«legate, or any clerk or employee of the government or any con tractor with the government to contribute, dl- reotly or indlrcotly, for any political object whatever. , . Mr. Cannon (Rep.), of III., made the point that tho amendment wee not In order under this rule. Mr. Kasson (Hep.), of Iowa, argued that the amendment was objeotionable, not only as be ing ageiDot the rule, but m being against good poliojr. If an Iowa farmer sold a hundred bushels of oats to an army oommissary he could not use any of tlie money for dineml- natlng political information or for the printing of tiokets. A member of Congreee desiring re-election woold not be permitted to epend any of hi* own money for the ordinary pur- pooes of his election, while his oompetitor (not being a member) might expend any amount lie otiose. The chairman, expressing his regret that inch a wholesome proposition and one so con ducive to public morals was out of order, felt restrained to sustain the point of order. The proposition was therefore not admitted. HHOT BY A CRANK. THE JOKER’S BUMET. WIIAT WB FIND TO RMII.K OVUIt IN TUB HUniOltOUH 1‘At’UU.S. . THE CAUSE OF TUB DEMAND. 'Tron will havo lo ordeV 'Sofflo inoro woolen stockings,” sniil a Now York dry goods clerk to his emplujct,_-» “Why, what’s the matted?' AYo htul an overstock a day or two ago.” “I know it, but wo Lftvcu’t ( nny loft. I sold the last pair only a few moments »go.” “It is strango,” said tho proprietor, “that there should bo such A donihuil for woolen stookings at this -oitson. You aro sure yon hnve mndo no mistake?” “Yes, I ant sure. Tho panic on Wall street is the enttse of it. Sin\fw*ipton80 them in tho placo of banks.”— livening Call. DRAWING THE LTNH. “What is the matter with -Tim Har mon?” asked a grain merchant, of a countryman who Lad just “got inUiwith somo corn. “He’s got himsolf into troublewas the reply. “Bo I hear. But what was the mat ter ?” “Well, Jooms got too pros’protW.*’ “How can a mau be too prosperous?” “Well, Jeems wam’t satislicd with raising the host co’n an’ oats, an’ tho best horses an’ cattle; he ha’ to-Tniso notes. That’s whero the trouble begun. I tell yon, unless a rann’s in polities, ho wants’to draw the lino on raisin’ notes.” —,Scissors, ■mu dog iB m. A Barnard mnu who was reproached by his wifo for his inhospitable disposi tion, promised to nmotid. “Well, how will you gonbont it?”«ho demanded. “I will put a notice on tlio frontdoor,” ho replied, “whore all tho neighbors can sec it.” Tlie mnttor was allowed to drop at Ibis point. Tho next day, as the good lady of the house was going out to make somo calls, she found the following placard pasted conspicuously on jfcUji front door: “Notioe I The latoh string is ont, but the dog is in,”—Burlington Free Frees. Araoros. O vot is all dis earthly bliss, And vot is man’s soocoess ? And vot is varions odor dings, And what is happinesa? Wo make deposit* In a pank, Straightway tho pank is prosit; We fall and inwh onr outside* in, Yere w* a dan adrlko make. Haxa Boutman. ms SAFE. “My boy,” he said to the young man who won about storting out in life, “when yon hear a man telling about, a backward spring, too much rain, cold waves and all that, remember that ho is trying to bull the wheat market.” “I sec.” “And when yon hoar another hurrah ing over an opposite state of nflnirs you oan sot him down for a bear who wants to smash prices and rip up things. Trust neither, bnt strike n medium.” “Exactly, sir—that’s just what I have done,” replied the young mau. “I’vo just put nil my money into a giuo fac tory.— Wall St. News. * Hnnkf-r Fatally Wounded Without Ap parent t.’auue. William H. Cooper, a wealthy and promi nent citizen, was shot l>y Joseph Drinker, a peculiar character, of Montrose, Pa. There was no cause for the deed except that Drinker was not sane at tho time, aB no ani mosity existed botwoen them. Drinker’* mother suicided with ether a year or two ago, and his brother, a prominent physician of Gib son, Pa., committed suicide a snort time ago in a like manner, and his elder sister, Anna, lias been in nn insane asylum for a number of years. Tho father and mother are said to have been cousins, and being possessed of consider able property their children were brought up in ease and without work, though Joseph is said to have rnn through moat of his and with out drinking. Mr. Cooper is seriously wounded. A Cunuul Fired At. A balloon ascension at Bordeaux, France drew together a large throng of people in the Place Qnincane.' Among the number were Mr. George W. Roosevelt, United States Con sul. and his wife. Suddenly a French soldier aimed his pistol at the Americans and fired. The bullet passed through Mr. Roosevelt’s hat, contused his head aud knocked him over. The wounded man pointed ont the sol dier who fired the shot, but the latter, with two companions, esoapeid daring the excite ment. It is supposed that the soldier mistook the ooasttl for an officer in civilian’s dress, against whom he had a grudge. General Du mont, the commander of Bordeaux, has or dered an inquiry to b* made THE PEDDLERS. An elder in one of the churches wns lost week making tip a club of subscrib ers for a Sunday sohool paper. Ip his rounds he called at a house where ho found a little girl of Beven nt homo. Ho explained his errand to her, hoping to get her name on the list, and site re plied : “Well, I’ll ask mother, and I’m quite sure she’ll give me the money, for sho says we must patronize the peddlers who come along or they will be driven to ptea’ and rob I” He hasn’t gone back to see if she suc ceeded.—Detroit Free Frees. A DEBATABLE QUESTION. Mrs. Finks-—“Do you remember Mr. Blinks?” Mr. Finks—“Perfectly.’’ “Well, he went to Europe because he wished to avoid a probable leapyear proposal.” “Well, what of it?” “He got caught in one of the recent disasters and was lost. Just think what a fool he was. If he hod married he oonldn’t have been worse off than he is now, oonld he ?” “Well, my dear, that depends on whioh plaoe he went to,”—Philadelphia Call. AN EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL. Elizabeth is a Buffalo girl about eight years old. When asked how far she had got in geography lesson, the little wo man said: “We are in the Alps now. And what do you think? Tho girls there were short red skirts nnd a sort of green jacket laced In front and behind with puffed sleeves. I don’t just remem ber what kind of stockings they wear, but I think they are blue.” “Well,” exclaimed the parplyzed parent, when she could recover breath, “but where are the Alpe, child?” “I don’t know,” was the artless response. “It doesn’t say anything about that.”—Buffalo Commercial. AN UNPROFITABLE BUSINESS. “Well, how’s trade?” asked pno Cin cinnati florist of nnotiter. “Dead,” wns the reply; “I haven't gold a bouquet in a weeit.' ,< > ( “Nor 1,” responded tlie other,jia"And here there are thirty or forty : ip«i^crers in jai). This mob business is a. terrible thing.” Decorated in an Instant.the Paterson, N. J., Deoora'iop. .Dm, pro- oespion there were over a thq.usandgayly dressed school girls in large tnickp|encLi carrying a flag and a boutjvtfefc" J Bi the cemeteries two ohiktaeft, a floral tribute, stood over each ■soldior’n grave, and at the firing of ajUahhon all the graves wero simultaneously i|ecor- ated. . Kt tipi The dude has always-*! . .. single to his business. . But thenyhe has no business, fc:*J$«w‘

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, July 01, 1884, Image 1