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VOLUME V.
SANDERS VILLE, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1884.
NUMBER 18.
THE MERCURY/
Entered ae eeeond-elaae matter at the Baa
denrtlle FoetoOee, April 27, IKE
BaalemlUe, Wuklafton Coaaty,
A. J. JERNIGAN,
raeramea aaa rnuma
Bobaerlptloa.
..I1JI par Tear
MUSIC, MUSIC
—ao to—
JERNIGAN
Luo)
Bows, Strings,
Rosin Boxes, Etc.
E. S. LANGMADE,
Attorney at Law,
8ANDISU3V1LLE, 01.
MAYOR.
O. H. ROGERS.
CLBHIC ,C 3JiLASU7iBH.
D. E. R, WELLS.
MA7tWALL.
J. E. WEDDON.
ALLffft.
W. H. LWVKON,
Wm. RAWLINGS,
S. O. LANG,
A. M. MAYO,
M. If. ROYER.
a C BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Bandererllle, Ua.
Watches, Clocks
And JEWELRY
REPAIRED ■¥
JSB.XTXGAXT.
Dr. H. B. Hollifield,
fstsicias m snmi,
Having recently graduated at the Univer
sity «f Minyliiiitf mid returned home, now
oners ills prnfPbHloiml services to the citizens
ol HnndciMvillo and vicinity. Office with
Dr. II. N HolllflelU, next door to|MiB. Bayne's
mlllluery •tore.
0. W n. WHITAKER,
DENTIST,
Handcrsvllle, (is.
TKIIMS CASH.
H. N. HOLLIFIELD,
Physician nrul Surgeon,
MaiwUrivllU, G*.
Offlei neit door to Mra. Bajdi^i millinery
itor* ou Harris iimct
BUYYOUB
FROM
JERNIGAM,
Rene genuine without our Trade lfark
On baud end for sale,
SPECTACLES. NOSE CLASSES, ETC.
r, K. Him O. H. Knot as
HINES & ROGERS,
Attorneys at Law,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.,
Will praotlcs In tho counties of Washington,
Jeriorsoo, Johnson, Emanuel and Wilkinson,
snd In the U. S. Courts for the Southern Dis
trict of Georgia.
Will set <IH agents In buying, soiling or
renting itoal Estate.
Ofllee ou West aid# of Publlo Square,
Oot 11-tf '»
Machine Needles,
Oil and Shuttles,
FOR ALL KINDS OF MACHINFB, for sale.
1 will also order parts of Machines
that get broken, for which new
pieces are wanted.
A. Ji. JEBNIGAN.
Knrly State Moot Ion*
Arkansas will elect State ofllcorv and Legisla
ture on Monday, Sept. 1.
Georgia will elect Governor and Legislature
on Wednesday, Oct. 1.
Maine will elect Governor, Legislature and
Congressmen Sept. 8.
West Virginia will eleol State officers, Legis
lature and Congressmen ou Tuesday, Oct. 14.
Ohio will elect minor State officers and Con
gressmen on Tuesday. Oct. 14.
Vermont will elect State ofiicers, Legislature
tnd Congressmen ou Tuesday, Sept. 2.
Art In Itomc.
Mr. Burno Jones has just completed a tie-
Mgn for the doooratioij of tho apse in the
American Protestant Church in Homo. The
contro picture will represent Christ soatod and
holding the world in his left hand. Arch
angels are pictured around tho Saviour and an
angelic host is represented above, with the
rivers of Revelation rolling beneath. Tho on-
tire design is of Venetian mosaic and covors a
circumference of 900 feet of tho dome.
nnlter Will Run.
. A letter from Gen. B. F. Butler says: “I do
intend to stand by the nominations oi the
Greenback and laboring men and tho Anti-
Monopolists, and I hope everybody will vote
for me who thinks that it is tho best thing to
no. I will give tl.o reasons for rny action,
winch are controlling, to the public as soon as
J can have the bonefit of Mr. Cleveland’s let-
w»r of acceptance, so that whore X dlwwrel
W ’tiro f xavj 40 41c* no Injuniico,"
EDITORIAL NOTES.
A Illg Ranch.
An enormous ranch in Mexico has just boon
purchased for £200,000 by a syndicate of Eng
lish and Scotch speculators, of whom Lord
Iwcodmouth is one. It extends ovor sixteen
hundred square miles.
ninailug Paper.
Blasting paper is a rccont Austrian inven
tion. It is ilcsoribcd as being unsized or ordi
nary blotting paper, coated with a mixture of
prussiato of potaBli, of charcoal, saltpetre,
potassium chlornto and whet stsrcli. On its
being dried it is cut into strips, wliloh are
rolled into cartridges.
Cholera and Consumption.
Tho point is made that if cholera woro as
common as consumption it would attract as
littlo notice. Its raro appearance and its mys
terious work causes people to regard it with
fear, Oonsumption is moro destructive than
cholera and Is always with us, killing annually
its tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands.
Epidemics do not greatly ralHo tho rate of mor
tality. About tho same number of pooplo die
every year, and during an epidemlo there is
generally a decreaao in tho deatha from ordi
nary diseases.
The Liquor Trade.
lteccnt figures show that tlio consumption of
liquor in tho United Htstcs has far outstripped
tho growth of population. Tho number of
gallnna of liquor consumed yoarly sinoo 1840
bas increased as follows: 1840, 71,000,000 j
I860, 04,000,000 j 1800, 202,000,000 ; 1870, 203,-
000,000 i 1880, 600,000,000 i 1883, 055,000,000.
While tho population Iisb only trcblod in the
iast forty years, the oonsumption of intoxi
cants is nearly ten times greater than it was in
1840, and tho amount of monoy expended in
the purchase thereof is twenty or thirty times
greater. Our annual expenditure for liquor
now cxcocds $880,000,000.
A Novel Invention.
Ono of tho most romnrkablo uses to which
paper lias l>een put of late years is the manu
facture of xylonite, a subitanco which, at tho
will of tho manufacturer, may be mailo in imi
tation of horn, rubber, ivory, tortoise shell,
amber and oven glass. The uses to which xylo
nite arc adaptable are almost infinite, but por-
liaps tho most extraordinary is tho manufact
ure of cathedral windows. Tho discovery was
made about fifteen years ago, but it is only
within tho last two years that a company has
been formed for its manufacture. Tho basis
of xylonite is a plain wliito tissue paper made
from cotton or cotton and linen rags. It is
much moro flcxlblo than cither horn or ivory
and less brittle. Combs nr otlior articles mado
of it in imitation of tortolso alicll are said to lie
so perfect in appenranao st to dcoeivo tho cyo
of tho most practiced workman in tbat sub
stance.
Cheating In Whisky,
Information has been received at tho treas
ury department that tho international distillery
company, of DoaMnines, Iowa, ia shipping dis
tilled Kpirits to Canada undor export bond, and
without unloading it from the cars, attempt
ing to bring it back into tin United States at
tho inoro eastern ports. Tho laws of tho do
minion of Canada do not permit tho import*,
lion of distilled spirits in packages of less
capacity than ono hundred gallons, and as
domestic spirits are put up in packages of less
than that size, tho foreign custom houso cer
tificate necessary to cancel tho export bond
could not bo secured. Instructions have ac
cordingly issued to refuse bond and clearanoo
in such caseB, and in event tho spirits may
have gono across border the custom house offi
cers are instructed to hold them over to the
propor ofilocr of tho internal rovenuo for tho
payment of tho tax.
A Valuable Receipt.
Tho Mannfacturor'a Oazutto gives a valuable
rccipo for building up the system, physically
and mentally, during tho heated term. Taka
carbonate of ammonia, one drachm ; loaf sugar,
gum arabio, equal quantities; dissolvo in
twenty-four ounces of water, lot it stand twen
ty-four hours, and then filter. This mixture
will kcop flvo years. A man who does mental
labor and feels exhausted will find a wine-
glassful of tlds mixture two or three times a
day in half a glaaa of water an agreeable stimu
lant. It bas more aotuul stimulating property
than the samo amount of French brandy, and
its effects are permanent, without anyreaetion.
It is good for consumptives and the weakest
invalids. Its cost is next to nothing, and it is
in itself food and can be given in a form more
or Icbb concentrated or diluted, oa tho occasion
requires. Tcoplo who are in tho babitof UBing
liquor prefer this mixture aftor they bsvc once
used it.
The Ocean’s Wenlth.
Soldom or uover lias the enormous Import
ance of the harvest of the soa been more forci
bly represented than it was tho othor day by
Professor Huxley in tho address which lie de
livered at tho international Fisheries Exhibi
tion. An aero of good fishing ground, bo
pointed out, will yield moro food in a week
than an acre of the best land will in a year.
Still more vivid waB his pioturo of tho moving
"mountain of cod," 120 to 130 feet in height,
which for two months in every year moves
westward and southward past tho Norwegian
coast. Every square mile »f this colossal col
umn of flah contains 120,000,000 fi»h, consum
ing overy week, when oil short 'rations, no
fewer than 840,000,000 herrings. The whole
catch of tho Norwegian fisheries never exceeds
in a year moro than half a square mile of this
"cod mountain," and ono week’e supply of
tho herrings needed to keep that area of cod
from starving. London might bo victualed
with herrings for a yc»r on a day’s consump
tion of the countless shoals of uncauglit cod.
Chinn and Franre.
China and Franco are doing a great deal of
talking about fighting, but there is very littlo
probability of a fight. They had their differ
ences all patched up, when the skirmish at
Langson took place about a month ago, where
upon Franco demanded the immediate with
drawal of all Chinese troops from Tonquin,
and tho payment of a large sum ae indemnity.
The Langson affair came very unexpectedly,
Ind it does not seem to bo dear that it was au
thorized in any way by the imperial govern
ment of China. Franco did not, however,
await an investigation, before she coupled her
demands with threats of the bombardment of
Foo-chow. But there will bo no war. Either
both parties will consent to refer their olaiins
to America or somo other nation for eottlc-
ment, or elso China will grant Franco aomo
trado privileges in the provinces adjoining
Tonquin, or failing to secure peace in these
ways, she will pay tho indemnity demanded.
Franco is in no haste to disturb tho trade rela
tions of other European powers, and there will
doubtless soon bo peoco where there is now
simply tho bluster of war.
Tobacco*
Tobacco is now grown in eighty-seven of the
ninety-six counties of North Carolina, but it is
a staple in perhaps not more than a dozen of
these, Rockingham, Person, Osswoll god
Or#iivi)Jq counties noqstttiitO tho f)W|t t'aq
tobacco belt, each raising in 1879 aliout 4,500,-
000 pounds, and this year tho crop in each ono
of tlirso is estimated at 5,000,000 to 6,250,000.
Tho wliolo acreage of the State in 1882 waa 04,-
(82, end it is estimated that at least 70,000
teres arc in cultivation this year. Tho wliolo
tobacco crop in 18,82 amounted to 32,275,792
pounds. All the leading authorities now agroo
mat tho crop of 1884 will approximate 05,000,-
X)0 pounds. But tho host feature in tho rais
ing of tobacco there is that North Carolina
leads tile tobacco States in tho averago prices
obtained for tho loaf. Aa shown by tho census
tho average price paid for North Carolina to
bacco is 114.10 per hundred pounds. Deduct
ing $9.33, tho actual cost of production there,
k net profit of $4.77 Is left to tho producer,
'.lie White Burley district in Ohio yields an
tverago profit of only $4.30, while 1’ennsyl-
tania gives $4.13, Connecticut $3.89, Wiscon-
Itn $3.53, New York $3.12, and ao on down tho
iat Tliis annual profit to tho North Carolina
Farmer of more than 51 per oeut. would indi-
tate that tho growing of tobacco is tho most
profitalilo agricultural work dono on a largo
icalo In America.
July Cotton.
Tho report of tho cotton crop of tho United
dtatos, for tho month of July, by tho national
totton exchange, says that tho month of July
lias, on tho whole, been more favorablo for tho
cotton crops, and lifts r> suited in an improv. -
mont of about ten points, bringing it to eighty-
levcn as against oighty-fivo for June, and
eighty-four for May. Ou tho Atlantic soa-
Isiard, tho rainfall was somewhat excessive,
particularly in Booth Carolina, and tho better
ment is mainly in Georgia, Tho low tempera-
lure mid the continued rains during tho first
half of tho mouth proved a disadvantage to tho
orop in Nor.li Carollnn. In Alabama tho plant
lias Buffered from ruin mid deficient eultiv
lion. Tho crop in Mississippi lias suffered
materially. West of the Mississippi valley tho
condition continued to advance witli timely
cliowcrs, hut Toxas, owing to tho protracted
drouth, lias not made any progress. In that
great rtate tho situation is now very critical,
for while th? plant lias stood tho dry woatiie
cxtraordinarly well, It is now losing ground
and suffering for want of moisture. Fruiting
has progressed very well, considering tho
backwardness of tho plant, and tho fields »ro
lr. a good stato of cultivation, except in por
tions of Alabama mid South Carolina, and lo
calities in Mississippi, Over a very largo area
tlio plant is in a critical condition, and liahio
to unusual damage from extremes of weather.
In the Atlantic Statea and Alabama and parts
of Mississippi, it has grown rapidly, is very
sappy, and exposod to tlio loss of fruit from
tlio hot and dry spell. In Texas tho continu
ance of tho drouth will provo very disastnras,
General showers, witli considerable Intermis
sion of warm sunshine during August, would
bring out tlio crop over ncnrly tlio wliolo belt,
and go far towards compensating for tlio pres
ent backwardness. Worms are reportod in e
good many counties of Alabama, but they are
better than last year, and liavo done no dam
age as yet. A few are also noted ill Florida,
Louisiana, Texaa and Georgia, but no special
importance Hecins to lio attached to them. It
ia to lie said that while tlio July growtli of tho
weed lias boon good over moat of tlio bolt and
the lateness to some extent overcome, it is still
much behind, and therefore subject to damago
from an early frost or oven ono at nn averago
date. In connection with tho national cotton
cxcliango crop report for July, mado np from
mail advices, it may bo stated that during tlio
just few days telegrams have been received
from various points in Toxas reporting sea-
sonahlo rains in all directions in the cotton
producing section! of that state.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
General Benjamin F. Butler will bo
sixty-nix years old in November.
The coincidence is noted that Mr. Blnino
was born in Brownsville,Penn.,and Mr. Logan
in Brownsville, III.
United States Senator Anthony’s diofc
(or about six months hits l>ccn Graham bread
and sweet skimmed milk.
Florence Marryatt, tho English novel
ist, jioet, vocalist and musician, is coming to
America on a lecturing tour.
Kind John, of Abyssinia, has determine^
on abolishing slavery and prohibiting th°
slave tralVc in his dominions.
The health of Florence Nightingale is very
poor. She is sixty-four years old, and lias
done a vast amount of work for suffering
humanity.
Francis Murimiy, tho temperanco agitator,
after an absence of eight years, locturod re
cently in Pittsburgh, and wns greeted with
tlio old-time enthusiasm.
In Washington it is considered probable
that Lieutenant Greelv will, next winter, l>o
given a place in tho signal sorvico, with the
rank of major or colonel.
Moody and Sankey are announced to bo-
gin work at Cincinnati in October, after
which they will proceed to Richmond and
itart a campaign at tlio South.
John Kelly is said to have dono mason
work on quite a number of solid structures
that stand in New York. To-day ho owns
ono of the finest residences in tho city, is
worth $500,000, and is tlio sachem of Tam
many.
Captain James Buchanan EADS.theAmor-
ican engineer, designer of tho proposed ship-
railway over the isthmus of Panama, and
prominent as tl.o engineer in charge of tho
improvements of tho Mississippi waterways,
has been awarded the Albert medal by the
Society of arts of England, in recognition of
the valuable aid which his services nave ren
dered to the commerce of tho world.
LIBERTY'S CORNER STONE.
Owing to tho heavy rain on Tuesday, only
about 600 people assembled ou Bedloo’s Island,
in Now York harbor, to witness tho laying of
tho corner stone of tho pedestal of tho Bar
tholdi statuo of Liberty. Tho ceremonies
were imposing.
Prayer was first offered, and then the band
played the French and American national airs,
tho "Marseillaise” and "Hail Columbia.”
When tho echoes of tho stirring music had
died away tho Masons began their pecul ur
ceremonies. Tho inward significance of tho
rites that were observed was doubtless
appreciated by nearly all who were there,
as nearly all were Masons. Ono
hundred members of tho Grand Lodge of tho
State of New York were there, as well as dele
gates from nearly every State in tho Union.
Past Grand Master Elwood E. Thorne, who
represented, he said, no less than five States,
had traveled 400 miles to be press nt. After
the stone had been lowered to its place,
speeohes were made on the part of F ranee and
of the United States.
CHINA REFUSES TO PAY.
♦Var in Itli France Believed to be Inevitable
—Native* and Foreigners Leaving Foo
C'lioo.
Tho London Times has a dispatch from Foo
Clioo, dated July 81, which says: "China has
refused to pay tho indemnity demanded by
Franco. The time granted to China by Franco
to decide has been prolonged beyond Aug. 1,
A secret edict lias been issued ordering tho
Chinese not to molest foreigners. French
civilians and mandarins, however, assert that
the lives of foreigners are not safe. Tho Eng
lish flagship is landing sailors to act in defenoo
of the foreigners in Foo Choo. Hie China
merchant fleet has been sold to an American
firm for nearly 6,260,000 taels—nearly $7,300,-
000. War to all appearances is imminent.”
A later dispatch from Foo Choo to Reuter’s
Telegram Company asserts that the general
impression in that city is that war between
France and China is inevitable. Both natives
and foreigners are leaving the city. Marines
landed from tho British corvette Champion.
Mslated by tho gunboat Merlin, aro gwtUng
(be forest) settlement,
LATE SOUfHERN NEWS.
Tlio Finances of Oconee.
Athens, Ga.—Tho grand jury presentments
of Oconeo county show that their tax receipts
last year were $3,162.67; expenditures $1,-
781.82. It is clear of debt and has a handsome
balance in tho treasury to devote to building
new bridges.
Tlio Fire Record.
WiuzLixa.W. Va.—-A fire which originated
In 1 atton’s Bros, warehouse at Catlettsburg,
Ky., spread to flvo brick buildings, which were
entirely destroyed. Tho walls of Andrews’
store fell in during tho fire, burying N. P.
Androws, Chas. Bherritt and Jas. Mackenzie.
The two first mentioned were rescued, hut tho
last named was killed. Whilo tho rescuing
K wero at work tho other walls fell, and
d David Kinnor, jr., and John Graham.
Their bodies were recovered this afternoon,
burned to a crisp. Robt. Miller and Samuel
Kelloy, colored, wero fatally injured. Tlio loss
is $76,000
An Assignment In Fiwlt*.
Baltimore, Mu.—William L. Bird’ and
Franklin Weoms, trading as Bird ,V Wooins,
foreign fruits, made an assignment tills after
noon to William F. ltoach, for tlio henofit of
their creditors. 'Ilia bond of tho trustee it
215,000.
Muirerln. fl»r Work.
l’KTr.nsnuiio, Va.—Tho suffering among th.
residents of Mochanicsvlllc, a villsgo of Olios-
terfled county, near thin iilaco, where reshlo
tho operatives of tlio Swift creok cotton fac
tory, which closed operations several weeks
ago, has bcooino so great that an appeal for
relief lias been mado to tlio county court.
This court meets to-morrow, when it Is proba
ble soma steps will bo taken to allovlato tlioir
distress.
((old Minin. In C’nrrntl,
oX"’, 1 ,'* Il ! 0A ’ (,A ' Mr - w - ' v - Williams, of
Villa lliea, lias sold his littlo farm near hero,
to a mining enniiiany of Isiuisville, Ky., for
$4,500. This makes the third cumpanv that
will soon lie at work here. M. N. Webster has
bought a big engine an I put to his mill of 18
•■*"*1*. ft od is running it to its full extent. J.
1. Miller A Co. aro creeling a very Inrgs mill,
lliey have seem d about 00,000 feet of lumber,
and a good deal of their machinery lias arrived,
Itrilurlnir Tlioir Itntrs.
Savannah, Ga. Tlio Southern Telegraph
Company lias announced a reduction In tlio
night rate for fifteen words from Savannah to
all points on their lines, to nnc-iiair ine day
rale for ten words, anil all words over fifteen
are charged at ono cent a word without regard
lo distance. Thu day rate for additional words
over ten is reduced to ono cent a word to all
p«»itits to which the ratu now is under thirty-
flvo cents.
Tho Murder of Mormons.
Nashville, August 12.—At a Mormon moot
ing in the house of a Mr. Condor, on th* east
fori of Cano crock, Lewis county. Tenn., Sun
day, at which three Mormon eiders were pres-
J band of ten or twelve masked men went
into the house, killed two of the elders and
wounded Mrs. Condor, behind whom ono of
tho elders hid. J ho party pursued the third to
the woods where tiring was heard. A fourth
e .lcr was caught and killed at the house of ono
Garrett, in the neighborhood. One of tho
party at Condor’s killed ono of tho masked
men, who proved to he David Hinson, of Hick
man conuty.
An Amrrlcnn Kaliimr.
New York, August 12. A gentleman re
cently returned from Europe says the project
of an exhibition of American products, nrts
and manufactories in London two years from
now, is received with great favor in England,
and if the exhibition is a creditable one it will
do more to extend American markets and com
merce than could be done in any other way,
because it will show tlio people at a glaneo
what tho Americans have, and what they make.
Regarding the success of tho project tho gen
tleman says it will depend on how tho Ameri
can manufacturers reajjond with exhibits. If
tho exhibit is good, the attendance would 1>o
very largo. Izomlou has a population so im
mense, and tho curiosity and interest felt in
anything American, is so great that such an
aflair would bo certain to draw a largo patron
age. The project is in the hands of men of
abundant means, who aro determined to make
a success of it.
Tlio Cholera In Europe.
London, August 12.—The heat yesterday in
London sent the mercury up ninety-three de
grees Fahrenheit. It was tho most intense ex
perienced in twenty years. Work was partially
suspended. He vend deaths from sunstroke oc
curred. In Toulon there woro no deaths from
cholera last night, although many persons
wero under treatment. Fivo fresh cases of
cholera have occurred at Castuel Nuevo, Italy,
ono of which proved fatal. Two fresh cases
at Hebongo, ono of which was fatal. Ono
fresh ease at Pancaliori, and ono death at Onas-
sio.
In tho twelvo hours ending at fi o’clock this
morning thoro were four deaths from cholera.
Thero is a continuous decrease in tho number
of deaths in tho outlying districts. Tho
weather continues intensely hot.
Reducing Wages In Full River.
Fall River, Mash., August 12.—The notices
of a reduction of 6 per cent of the wages of
tho weavers in tho Barnaby gingham null, in
this city, have been posted. The reduction
goes into effect on the 16th inst., and is mado
on account of tho depression of tho market
for their goods, which have had a downward
tendency for some time past. Thero is no ap
parent danger of a strike of tho weavers on
account of the reduction.
Investigating the Book*.
New York, August 11.—The directors of the
suspended Wall street bank held a long session
this afternoon at the bank building, investiga
ting tho books and accounts. President Evans
said tlio condition of aflairs was very coufuscd,
and it would bo very doubtful if a report or
statement could bo mado for several days
Tho directors refused to say anything what
ever in regard to the discoveries made. All
disclosed thus far is that the failure is due to
tlio abstraction hy tho ca hi r of collaterals
lodged with tho bank as security for its call
loan.
Tlio New York Extra Company.
New York. -The certificate of incorporation
ot tho New York Extrn Company, which is to
print, publish and sell lnioks, pamphlets and
newspapers, was illed in court to-day. It has
a capital stock of $100,000, and tho term of ex
istence <«f tho company is flfty years. Tho in
corporators, who aro also tho trustees for tho
first year, are Murat Halstead, Henry Edwar
Krohbiel and Hugh Frazer.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Happenings of Interest to All,
At Home and Abroad.
—Tho Mahdi has reinforced Osman Dlgna.
—Excitement continues at Foochow. Tho
Taris Tempn believes that tho French will
postpone hostilities until the Chambers roas-
scmblo.
—Mr. Bright has written a lotter condemn
ing American protection.
—Tho mooting of the Congress at Ver
sailles, France, was again marked by violout
scenes.
—Thero will lie a deficiency In tho postal
revenue for tho last fiscal year of nearly
$3,000,000.
—Tho Pennsylvania Railroad depot and
ferry house in Jersey City was destroyed by
fire on Monday night. The cause whs the ex
plosion of a gas tank. Many frame buildings
adjoining the depot were burned, and tho loss
is very heavy.
—A magnificent demonstration in honor of
Lieutenant Greely, his comrades and his gal-
innt rescuers took place at Portsmouth, N. H.
In the evening thero was a crowded meeting
in Music Hall. Hecretarv < ’handler recounted
tho history or tho expedition and compliment
ed the rescued and tho rescuers.
—The Prohibition State Committee of Mas
sachusetts met mid changed tho date of the
State Convention of that party from August
20 to September 10.
—The election of a shot iff nt Lexington, Ky.,
was attended with numerous brawls ending in
bloodshed. Two nu n wero killed and suvurul
severely wounded.
—The Congressional committee appointed
to investigate tho numerous charges against
tho management of tho Holdiors’ Homo, at
Day ton, Ohio, liavo cominonoed tlioir labors.
—Tho Green Mountain House, at Bar Har
bor, Mo., was totally consumed Saturday night
by a lire that broke out in the roof ami mado
such short work of tho building that scarcely
anything was saved. Fortunately it occurred
at such an early hour that no lives were lost.
I hr railroad and watch-towers aro uiiitijurrd,
and trains arc running regularly; hundreds of
guests liavo visited the ruins A large tein-
pur*ry tent shelters visitors. Another hotel
will bo immediately built, the observatory
being used to accommodate night guosts for
the present. Tho insurance was only about
$0,000.
—Matters wero quiet at Portsmouth Sunday.
Lieutenant Greely and the otic r survivors aro
slowly gaining strength. Monday's demon
stration was imposing In nunite is and ap
pearance. Tho survivors were prosent and io«
viewed tho parade.
—Tho rear portion of tho United Htatos Ho
tel, at Washington, 1). (J., fell, burying several
IKirsons beneath the ruins. A female servant
undnboyweto extricated, both having sus
tained severe injuries. Fivo of the hotel em
ployees were missing, and it was feared that
tlioy had lost their lives by being crushed un
der tho debris
—Wilnier Brothers’ Bank, at Suspension
Bridge, N. Y., failed ou Hattmlay.
—Tlio schooner Marcena Munson. Jr., waa
run down and sunk hy tho Hounu steamer
Pilgrim.
—Whilo practicing with a pistol one of a
party of young men shot and seriously
wounded another at Fall Uivor, Mass.
—The Contral Lai Kir Union intends to hold
a monster procession of 40,009 workmen on
the 1st of 8. ptcinber.
- Tlio United States forces aro concentrating
In iargo numbers in Western Kansas for tho
purpose of ejecting every white squatter on
Iudmti Territory.
—Tho Common Council granted tho applica
tion of the Broadway Kurfaco Itnilronu Com
pany to construct a line on Broadway, New
— George W. Funk, a New York brewer’s
collector, saw in the dark a head pressed
against tho window shutters of his rosidunco,
and, thinking it a burglar’s, fired two shots.
A girl named Louise llab/.innn was soon aftor
found near hy with two bullets in her bruin.
—The Now York, Ontario and Western Rail
road Company obtained an injunction restrain
ing the Western Union Telegraph Company
from interfering with the wires owued by tho
railway along the lino of its roads.
—The election of a chief of tho Osage tribo
of Indians took placo Monday.
—While crossing a ford in Arkansas an en
tire family of six persons were carried down
the stream and drowned.
— A. largo portion of the villago of Afton,
N. Y., was destroyed by tiro.
—An insect which oats into tho stalks of
growing corn is damaging tho crop in Canada.
— Settlors in the Canadian Northwest com-
Pin in of tho depredations of cowboys and
Indians from the United States.
—Large seizures have been mado by Cana
dian customs ofllcials from prominent jewelers
of Montreal and other places.
—A largo part of tho town of Emporium,
I a., was destroyed by firo on Saturday.
-Walker, tho mate of tho ichoonrr Julia
Baker, has noun arrested at Key West. It is
believed that tie and the cook, Gomez, poisoned
Captain Lewis. After the latter’s death tho
schooner cruised around the Bahamas, Walker
and Gomez disposing of tho cargo aa best they
could* Gomez Anally dieappi ured with some
$2,000, and Walker brought tho ship into Key
Best, personating Captain Lewis himself.
—Oarsman John Tecmer, of Pittsburg, Pa.i
beat Oarsman Wallace Ross, of New Bruns
wick, in a four milo raco at Oak Point, Now
lork. Hanlan’a record waa cut down nearly a
minute and a half.
—Fifty Apache braves encamped on a cattle
dealer’s ranch in Texas. United Btatea troops
started to pursue them.
—The steamer Eagle, an old-time Hudson
rivor boat, plying between Ncwbuig and Al
bany, was burned near Milton, N. Y.
Mexican cattlo destined for an American
port may bo shipped through Canaria in bond.
—One young man of a party engaged in
robbing an orchard at Eati Claire, Wis., was
fatally shot by a son of the proprietor.
—An incendiary flro in the business part of
Akron, Ohio, destroyed several frame build
ings occupied os stores. Loss, $22,000; in
surance, $8,000.
Throe packages of dynamite woro fouy.d in
a lotter box at Nottingham.
—The Texas fever still exists among tho cat
tlo in the Western States, and it is proposed lo
schedule all infected districts to prevent the
spread of the disease.
—A series of violent thunder storms passed
> v «r Lancaster county, Pa., on Tuesday after
noon and evening doing much damage. ?.Lny
buildings were struck by lightning and several
barns wore destroyed by tire. Hail stones of
large sizo accompanied tho rain in some sec
tions, badly cutting the growing tobacco, now
nearly ripe and in largo leaf.
—Whilo impressing on his wife the necessity
for carrying out recommendations in regard
to .'ho care of their children, Charles II. Vogt,
of No. 118 South Fifth avmuo, New York,
pounded a table with his fist. The shock
broke a plate and throw a fragment of it on
his youngest child’s neck, cutting tiie jugular
vein.
—Mr. Bright made a brilliant speech at Bir
mingham, and denounced the Lords as the
spawn of the corruption of tho dark ages of
England’s history.
—Tho credit in tho House of Commons for
tho relief of Gen. Gordon was passed by a
vote of 174 to 14.
—Lord Northbrook is going to Egypt as
High Commissioner, with special powers,
—The royal palaoo at Athens. Greece, was
burned. Several firemen and sailors were in
jured whilo fighting tlio flames.
—The English steamer Diono, from London
for Middles borough, has been sunk in a col
lision in the Thames. Bovonteen persons wero
drowned.
—Mr. Daly’s company is prnHcd by the
London papers for the freshness and tiutluiil-
ness of its performances.
—Despite tlio opposition of tho Parncllito
members of tho English House of Commons
to certain provisions in tho Irish Constabulary
bill the measure passed.
—Michael Davitt, it is said, ia likely to
prove a formidable opponent to Mr. 1’arnell’s
schomes in the event of a general election.
—There is no cholera in the principal towns
in Italy, but in several of tho villages the dii*-
easo has carried off some victims.
-James Garland, a teacher of music, com
mitted Suioide at liis home in New Brunswick,
N. J., early Wednesday morning, by shooting
himself four times in the head. He had pre-
Hliot in n Cattle Quarrel. | viously made some desperate efforts to kill his
Fountain City, Minn., August 12.—William w ^ e an ^ himself.
Hunt and Jasper Keller, two farmers, quar« I —It is said that the Greely survivors are to
relied about cattlo to-day,, when Hunt shot tho | be promoted. Lieutenant Greely is said to
other dead. The murde er ww to AJlflg i have refused to acoept the promotion to •
\o jWYMjl ItfiPjj lynchfld, r ’ Wnojr outoido of the ordinary W«r«. f 1
Yellow Fever at Muzatlan.
Washington, August 12.—The Marino Hos
pital Service has received a report concerning
the existence of yellow fever at Mazatiin, Mex
ico, from which it appears that thero were four
deaths from that disease in May, eight deaths
in Juno and fourteen deaths in July up to the
22d. On the 19th of July tho board of health
of Mazatlan decided that as the disease was
not epidemic or general in its character, to
continue tho issue of clean bills of health to
vessels trading at that port. Steamers touch
ing there, bound for the United States, exer
cise tlio caution of communicating with the
port as consistent with the safety of tb« H hip
and passengers.
Murder of a Family.
Waciuta, Kan., August 12.—A special to tho
Eaglo from Platto county says . About day
break on the 9th J. Daniels got up, dressed
himself, took a revolver, went to the bod
where his wifo was sleeping and deliberately
blew her brains out. Turning to a bed in tho
saino room occupied by two of his daughters,
ho shot the oldest, inflicting what ho supposed
to be a fatal wound. Ho then blew his own
brains out
A Preacher’* Crime.
Chicago, August 12.—Information lias just
been received hero from the northern suburb
of Lake View that Rev. Hill Co’lison, pastor of
the Fullerton Avenuo Presbyterian church,
sliot his wife and then himself this afternoon*
Both are death
NEWS SUMMARY.
Eaatem an! Middle state*
Appropriate ceremonies nccompAnied tho
laving of the comer stone of tho |>edcstal on
ivhich Bartholdi’s statue of Liberty Enlight*
ming the World, presented by the French
l eople to the American people, is to stand.
1 he exercises took place on Bedloe’s island,
New York bay, and consisted of addresses and
Masonic rites.
Two men—Elmer E. Murray and Theodoro
L* Murray (no relations)—quarreled at
oonsocket, 11. I., over a horse trade. Theo
dore shot Elmer with a shotgun, inflicting a
fatal wound and then killed himself.
Tub national executive committee of the
American Political Alliance, in secret session
at Boston, ordered all tho councils in tho
country to ninko nominations for President
and Vice-President of the Unit<>d States, tho
nominations to lie forwarded to tho nationa
council to bo acted upon iu convention.
Governor Cleveland and Hamuel J. Til-
den have Imd a conference at the latter'* sum
mer residence near Yonkers, N. Y.
A letter from General B. F. Butler to
Charles A. Dana, editor of tho New York
Sun, tins been published in which Butler says
ho intended statiding by the nominations of
llie Greenback and laboring men and tho Anti-
MomuMilists, and hopes that everybody will
voto for him who thinks that it is tho best
thing to do.
A monument to General Herkimer, of
Revolutionary fame, was dedicated tho other
day on the imttlefleld of Orlskany, near
Utica, N. Y. Congressman Dondiuimer do-
ivered the dedicatory oration.
At tho New Jersey Republican Htato con
vention in Trenton nn electoral ticket was
nominated bonded by Frederick A. Potts and
John Taylor for electors at large.
At nn encampment of the Maine O. A. R*
In Old Orchard, aNnifc *35,000 )wrsons, in
cluding 5,000 soldiers, wore present. Mr*
lllnine, Republican candidate lor President'
made an address.
Governor Cleveland, Democratic candi
date for President, has taken a vacation trip
to tho Adirondueks.
Philadelphia Is to liavo a national elec
trical congress.
Part of John Roach’s great ship yard nt
Chester, Penn., has boon destroyed by lire.
Tho total loss is estimated at moro thin
$1360,000.
Tiik national committee of the two promi
nent political parties aro now in full blast at
New York Mending out campaign documents by
tho cartload ami employing a wind»army of
clerks in their cormqiomiene© and mailing
business.
The Greely relief fh*et, consisting of the
steamers Thetis, Boar and Alert, arrived at
New York with the Isslies of »1 *ven mem-
lmh*h of the Greely party who |H*rished in
the far north. They were received with
military boilers nt. Governor's island by Sec
retary Lincoln and Generals Hheridau. Han
cock and Ha/eu. From Governor’s island
the bodies were tnken to tho homes of tho
dead men in vurious parts of tlio country for
final iiitormont
Ah Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, tlioir two children,
and a man nanus I Cuff wero crossing the
railroad track nt Connor station, Penn.,
in a carriage, the vehicle was struck by
u locomotive. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, one
child And Mr. Cuff were instantly killed, the
hoi-si's cut to pieces and tho vehicle demol
ished. The driver and an infant child of tho
Dixons «sen|M*l with slight injuries. Tho par
ty was returning from a funeral.
Tiik Kemble Coni and Iron company, of
lliddlisburg, Penn., has fuilol; estimated lia
bilities, $700,0 M).
ftouIII and West*
County elections in Utah have resulted in
the success of tlio Mormon ticket in eTory in*
stuueo.
United States troo|>s in large numlion)
have been concentrated in Western Kansas
for tho pur|Mise of driving out overy white
splatter from the Indian Territory. About
2A 00 jiersons have entered tlio Territory for
tho pui'iNisc of seizing tho land.
Nineteen Chineso lepers woro shipped back
‘ ~ i Francisco.
to China u fow days since from Han t
Tiik grand jury at Petersburg, Va.,
i etishiei
indicted tho cashier, paying teller and l>ook-
koejier of the huhikmhIod Planters’and Me
chanics’ bank for felony, and tho president
and two directors of the institution for mis
demeanor in connection with tlio bank's ad
ministration.
About 3,000 Piegan Indians aro reported
to bo starving at one of the agencies in Mon
tana.
Three men were killed and two othors fa
tally injured by falling walls at a fire in
Wheeling, W. Va.
Washington*
The number of emigrants who arrived In
tho various customs districts of the United
Htatos during tho past fiscal year was 509,834,
being 82,400 less than during tho preceding
fiscal year, and 200,680 less than during the
■’ear ending June IX), 1882. The principal do-
rease was in emigrants from England,
Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Gormany, Italy,
Norway, Canada and Sweden. The only in
crease was from Austria.
On account of the prevalence of yellow
fever in Northern Mexico, orders have been
given by tho treasury department to inspect
All trains coming to the United Htatos from
that region.
The total oxporto of Petroleum from the
United States during the last, fiscal year
amounted to 513,070,093 gallons of the valueof
$47,101,248, being an increase of 7,738,470 gal
lons and $2,100,199 us compared with tho ex
ports for the preceding fiscal year.
In order to avert as much as po A Blb’ntho
continued decroaso in tho gold reserve, which
now’ amounts to a littlo ovor $117,000,00 ), as
compared with $142,000,000 on tho 1st o r May,
it has lKH«n decided to restrict tho further
payment of gold certificates from tho treas
ury, and where possible t<> make payments in
other funds than gold or its immodiuto pu:>or
representative.
A Wafiiinoton telegram statei that the
agricultural department estimates the wheat
Top for this year at ul»out 485,000,000 bushel*
In 1883 suits were brought by the United
States government against 113 delinquent
officiate Claiming $197,083. Judgments were
recovered for $112,727 und $51,204 collected.
The Washington monument is completed
and ready for the roof. About three montlis
will Ik* occupied in putting that up. The
shaft is 593 feet high.
President Arthur has sent a valuable
gold watch and chain to Captain Brien, com
mander of the British Imrkcntine Susan, in
recognition of hi < conspicuous bravery in
rescuing the officers and crew of tho A meri
no ship Tennessee, whilo tlnU vessel was
burning at sea.
Foreign.
The total numl>cr of cholera victims in the
south of France since the outbreak is put by
the official record at 2,209.
The sultun of Morocco has caused the mas
sacre of a whole tribo in Angara Kubila.be-
•nuso ttiey asked for French protection. Tho
men were killed and tlio women and children
made slaves.
Emperors William, of Germany, and
Francis Joseph, of Austria, have had a
friendly meeting at Ischl.
A Halifax (N. S.) disjiatch says that the
Dutch steamer Amsterdam, while on her pas
sage from Amsterdam for New York,
grounded on a bar and was wrecked. There
were 280 souls on board. Passengers and
crew took to tho boats, and all v/ero safely
landed on Sable Island except four persons—
two gentlomen and one lady passenger and a
fireman—who were drowned by tho swamp
ing of one of the boats.
During a regaita on Lake Quidividi, New
foundland, a race boat was swamped undthres
of her crew wero drowho 1, while tlio coxswain,
who was takon from tho water alive, died the
next day.
Stellmacher, an anarchist, convicted of
the murder of two men—a banker and o
broker—has been hanged at Vienna.
Many persons woro injured and a large
number of buildings washed away during a
violent hail storm in Austria.
Ninety houses were destroyed by a firo at
Villard-Lurin, a village in France.
Active preparations are still being made
by the English government for tho autumn
expedition for Uenorul Gordon’s relief at
Khartoum.
Vienna is almost In a state of pqnic in
consequence of tho largo number or incen
diary fires which have recently occurred,
Hardly a day now p^ses without some note*
oonfiagrttUop,
AN EARTHQUAKE.
Cities and Towns on tlio Atlantic
Coast Shaken.
A Rumbling Roar, Rocking B.tid
ings and Terrified People.
Cities and towns on the Atlantic coast
have been shakoti by An earthquake shock
such ns was never experienced b efore in the
section of tho country, in which tli3 convul
sion of nature occurred. From Wash
ington, in tho South, it was felt through
Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Eastern New York and New
KnglAiid. It was felt in its greatest strength,
probably, along tho New Jersey and Long
Island coast, but nowhere was any serious
damage ro|)nrted. From many places two
shocks wero reported, tho first
being generally reportod at a fow
minutes aftot fe o’clock F. m. , followed by the
other, with an intermission of only a fow sec
onds. A rumbling sound nccomimnied the
shaking of the earth. Tho direction of the
disturbance was given differently by tho va
rious observers.
Consternation was created throughout New
York city by the visitation of the earthquake.
" he shock was tho severest one ever known
there. Buildings of every description were
shaken on tlioir foundations and in many
(luarters intense excitement prevailed. The
shock was accompanied by a low rumbling
sound, and oommence.l at 3:11 o’clock, lusting
ten seconds. People who wore tiking their of ter-
noon nap were startled from their shun-
liers. From tho Battery to High Bridge tho
alarm was general. Tho occupants of build
lugs rushed |MMiic-strickon into the streets,
and everyone was asking everybody else what
it was. Many women fainted from fright,
whilo others who wero more I'ollectcd turned
Dale in the anticipation that tho worst was still
to come. Many remained in the streets some
time, fearing to go bock into tho r house*.
People on tho streets felt tlio vibrations, but
did not hear the rumbling. Even some who
wore in their carriages say they noticed tho
shock. Iu tho lower and more lightly con-
btnictel dwellings, tho rocking motion was
distinctly felt, but was not sufficient to move
largo articles of furniture. In residences,
crockery and glassware wero thrown from
their shelves and broken.
In Priiitiug House ntpiure, Now York city,
tho shock was pronounced. Persons who
have Imd simUiar experience* romarkwl that
they had never known so distinct a vibration.
On •Sunday afternoons Park Row Is always
crowded with people passing to and fro over
the brldgo and by street car* from all |»arts of
the city. Men aud women stoppel sud
denly at the strange sensation und looked
nt one another in amazement. The flint
instant the jar was faint and distant, but a*
it increased into a heavy rumble and tremor
pedestrians rushed from th) sidewalks into
tho middle of the street and gazed with ex
pressions of fear and wonder at the tall build
ings. Tiie real nature of the shock did not
at first ap|M*ur to be realized, but as it came
with afterthought some of tho moro
cautious ones hurried into the City
Hall park, until a considerable
crowd gathered there discussing the cause of
the phenomenon. Janitors and families oc-
cupyiiig the office buildings presently mule
their np|M'urnuce at the wiudows.and alarmed
hy tho shock mid the looks of the crowd,
rudiod into the streets. The general impres
sion prevailed at first that thero had been an
explosion iu the neighborhood, and it wns nt-
vributisl to some or tlio boilers In the large
printing establishments. As tho real cause bo
came known the excitement seemed to spread.
l’he shock was also experienced in many
Villages, towns and cities of Now Engluml,
Pennsylvania, Muryland an 1 Delaware. In
some places it is reported as having been very
severe,although it was not accompanied by any
serious damage to property, or injury to life
or limb. At several i>oiiit* two shocks, one
quickly succeeding t! e other, wore ex-
iieriunccd, causing gro it consternation and
driving the people into the streets. Home ro-
murkahlH phenomena were oteerved in the
Housatonic river, which rose in the form of
two waves which Hturted from tho shores, met
in the center of tho stream and fell to a dead
level with tho roar like that of an explosion.
From almoHt every city and town on tlio At
lantic coast and the Htatos us far west as Ohio
came ru|>orts of tho earthquake's visitation
Re|M>rts varied os to the extent of the earth
quake, but iu many places it was sufficiently
strong to set houses rocking, and it wus
accompanied by a rumbling sound that lasted
for at leust ton seconds.
The great dining room of the Ixing Beach
hotel, near Now York, was cleared of its
three hundred occupants in less than two
minutes by the earthquake Hiiuday.
Tiie guests wero first startled by a pro
longed rumbling sound, m if some heavy ob-
Ject was being drugged along tho floor over
head. Then the buiTdiu<; began to rock, nml
tho floor seemed to undulate. Home or the
waiters dropi>od their trays und stood open-
mouthed with fright. Several ladies uttered
low screams and "Oh, mys!” and started to
ward the main door of the dining room. A
few men lost their heads, pushed their
chairs over on tiie floor, aud dashed
toward tho partially barred doorways leading
out upon the veranda A general panic fob
lowed, and during tho next two minutes Inde
scribable confusion reigned. Guests and
waiters joined in a frantic rush for doors and
windows. Tiie stout bam a toss the veranda
doorways were broken down, and the bewil-
dorod crowd poured out upon tho veranda and
down tiie broad «tops toward the beach.
Home of the people thought that the building
was coining down, and others believed there
*. id’ h**"’ a boiler explosion.
Himilar experiences to the foregoing
were reported from Coney Island, Long
Branch und other seaside resorts. The urea
lubjoctod to setemic influence seeias to liavo
extended as far wost us the Alleghanies, and
as far east os Portland, Maine. Tlio Htatos
of Now York. New Jersey, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Dela
ware, Massachuseta, pari of Maine
und tho District of Colum
bia aro included in it. No
serious or ox tensive damage is rejiortod. how
ever, und tho eurthquuko in Eugl'uid last
spring was much more serious and severe.
That destroyed many buildings completely,
injured much property and caused some loss
of life. Tho earthquake of 18<W hi California
w/u again much more severe than that in the
Witateoyed many buildings,caused loss
or me, did a great deal of damage to interiors,
cracked many buildings it did not throw down,
throw some of tho streets of Hun Francisco
into rjdges resembling sea waves solidified,
uiul in Contra Costa mid Alameda counties,
in the latter of which it appeared to center,
produced effects in many reHjxK'tH strikingly
unalugouK to tho work of tlio electrical storms
or tornadoes which liavo wrought such havoc
m the West. These effects consisted mainly
in the evidence of u gyratory motion, shown
in the twisting of trees, houses and chimnies.
A New York paper concludes its editorial
comments on the earthquake by saying: “The
public of tho States affected by the late shock,
may console themselves with the reflec
tion that no really severe earthquake
has occurred in this part of the world dur
ing the historical jieriod, and that such shocks
as that of yesterday aro incapable of doing
any dumage, however alarming they may
seeni to nervous persons. One Western tor
nado is indeed more to be feared than very
manv such rumblings and tremblings of the
NINE OUT oF foURTEEN,
tVliolcaalo Staiio-liler of Horn Thluve*
by Montana Cowbop.
A dispatch from Holena, Montana, says that
particulars liavo been received of anothor
slaughter of horse thieves in the MuscU Shell
region, 150 miles northeast of Helena,hy cow
boys, while in pursuit of stolen hors. s. A log
house was discovered In tho timber on tlio
mountain si le. It was secretly watched for a
day or two, during which time soveral small
parties of men came and wont, some by day,
others by night, having in their poss.ss 0:1
horses which were evidently stolon. It be
coming evident that it wa< a hoi ss thieves’
rendezvous, the cowboys congregate I, and at
night crawled up close to the house and at-
tacked tho horse thieves who were about tho
premises at the time. Nina were killed and
five escaped. The cabin w as then set on fire
and buru sd.
Never was there n period in the history of
the Territory when there was so much horse-
thieving going on, and tue citizens are now
determined to effectually atop it. Fully fifty
Mionfdf or shot in the put
SOUTHERN NOTES.
Rice and sugar crops are doing well in Lon*
Islana.
Alabama Is happy over its prospects for corn
and cotton.
The cotton exchange, of Littlo Bock, Ark.,
has been ruined.
After Hepteniiier it will cost $8,000 per an
num tax to sell whisky in Berrien county,
Georgia.
James Hall, tho oldest man in Carroll county,
Ala., died a few days ago. He was one hun
dred years old.
There are twenty-five saw mills in operation
between Lynchburg and Danville, near the
Virginia Midland railway.
On the pension rolls of revolutionary sol
diers, there are tho names of forty-eight wid*
ows in the Houthern Htatos.
A large percentage of tho grape crop in the
vicinity of Chattanooga, Tenn., has been de
stroyed by tho constant rains.
Over $90,000 has been obtained without any
improved mining machinery, and at a nominal
expense, from tho Halo gold mino in Lincoln
county, Ga.
Important coal fields havo been discovered
along the line of the Littlo Rock A Fort Smith
railroad, said to bo a scmi-antliracitc, burning
without siuoke.
An old gentleman In Talbot county, at the
Buukly place, had corn hard enough for milling
on July 19, raised this year, and he hadmeu
made from it on that day.
The estimated resources of Augusta, Ga.,
for this year are $322,000.84, and the expendi
tures this year will lie $340,521.75, showing an
excess of expenditures over tho resource! equal
to $23,861.91.
Mississippi has 101,772 farms ; 14,456 art
under 20 acres, tho rest more than 20 seres*
The average size of the farms is 150 seres.
The Htate lias 40,000,000 acres of land—value
of farms and farming implements about $100,-
000,000.
Atlanta and Havannah Are both stirred upon
tho water question. A Huvamiah paper telle
Atlanta that she will probably never havo real
f ;ood water, and plenty of it. until tho Chatto-
loochee canal is dug, and that Atlanta ought
not to rest until it is done.
The woman silk culture association, of Phila
delphia, propose to manufacture from Florida
cocoons, a IinmlHomu ting for the Htato of
Florida. It is to lie regulation sizo and tho
presentation will take placo at tho inaugura
tion of the next chief magistrate of Florida.
Tlio importance of tlio fishing interests on
the coast of North Carolina is shown in a
statement of an Elizabeth l ity paper that tho
seines In Allieniarle Hound make about flvo
hauls every twenty-four hours, and that the
usual eatcli in an ordinary good season la from
15,000 to 25,000 herrings each haul. At a fish
ery on tho Chowan River as many os 400,000
herrings have beeu taken at ono haul.
Tlio Month In all quarters is awakening to
tlio importance of eliminating tho question of
education from )H>)itics. Iii a public speech a$
Spartanburg, Dr. Orr, superintendent of edu
cation in Georgia, suggests that its solution
lies iu tho election or appointment of intelli
gent, conservative property-holders to all
school offices, sud prevent their being filled by
mere politicians or incompetent people.
Representatives of the Union Pacific Railway
in tho city of Chicago join in declaring tliafe
tho scare over Tex a- fever has ceased. All
cattlo along tho entire lino sf tho road havo
been renovated and fumigated, which is also
truo of every car used for tlio transportation
of cattle. The company lias also notified the
Wyoming Cattle Growers’ Association of tho
trail taken by every herd from the southwest,
to enable them to warn all drovers, aud thus
to prevent any possibility of any spread of con-
tagiou.
Farmer* from the southern portion of Mont
gomery county. Ala., roport that tho oropB in
r 11 that section have improved to a gr. at degroo
since the recent rains fell. Tho corn crop,
however, was already mado, especially that
which was planted early. Tho great and only
trouble feared now hy the farmers of that por
tion of the country is the cotton worm, which
are becoming numerous. But thus far the
pests have done very littlo damago. The farm
ers all speak very hopefully of tho outlook for
a fair average crop, unless the worm* cuiue in
force.
Col. Bennett H. Young, president of the
Houthern Exposition, has announced r/i*t tho
Exposition will ho formally opened August 16
by Gov. Knott. (Joppa’s and GUniore * banda.
or New York, will furnish th^ music. The ori
gallery will comprise the choicest seleetioua of
American pictures ever collected. The Uvo
stock exhibit will cclipso anything tho world
ever saw. Loudon's great stock show led any
thing of the kind previously made, but Louis
ville’s Houthern Exposition will hereafter head
the list of stock exhibits. Oue million dollars
worth of hoVses will stand in a line less than
an eighth of a mile long. James Paine, of
London, furnishes tho fireworks. Thero is to
be a great competitive military drill and other
features of no less merit.
There is an enormous maraet ready for
Alabama coal. New Orleans uses about 400,-
000 tons a year, and since they have got deep
water at the mouth of tho Blississippi tho car
rying trade has changed rapidly from sailing
vessels to steam vessels, so that the demand
for coal at that point has largely increased.
Havana uses about 400,000 tons or coal a year,
and there is a large number of points in the
West Indies that use coal largely. The island
of Santa Cruz uses 50,000 tons a year to make
rum. Galveston is another point that uses
coal largely. A large amount of the coal that
comes to dnlveston now is English coal. Ves
sels coming to Galveston for cotton bring ovor
coal as freight, as they cannot got much else
to carry. Atone tirno the Pratt mine supplied
coal at Galvejton aud Han Antonio, Tex., for
gas-making purposes, and had demands for
coal from Matanzas ami Havana, and ono ship
load was sent to Vera C'ruz, in Mexico. Home
years ago they sent a scliooner-load of coal to
Cuba, and it was pronounced fine, and they
received in one week orders for moro coal than
could be supplied in a year.
Thero are a number of women planters In
Madison parish. La. Mrs. M. A. Gibbs lives
on the Hecla plantation, which she manages
with great success. Miss Lu Lucas manages a
large estate, and personally superintends a
largo force. She spends most of her time in
the saddle, and looks after her plows, hoes,
drains, levees, stock and mill. Madame Ames
is regarded as the best woman in the parish,
owns a tract of 1,000 acres, aud has 800 acres
in cultivation this year.
The remarkable growth of the various towns
along the lino of road was tho subject of con
siderable comment among tho railroad officials
of the Mississippi Valley railroad, who passed
over it, aud they were enthusiastic in the evi
dence of prosperity noticeable everywhere
along the line. None of the towns were over
six months old-in fact, six months ago not a
house had been built at any of the stations
between Baton Rouge and Vicksburg, save tho
isolated farm houses of the older residents.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
There are over 38,000 locomotives in thte
country.
For oysters at wholesale New York city an
nually pays $3,000,003.
Wool-raising is becoming an important
industry in the Black hills.
The crop and livestock products of Illinois
for 1883 were valued at $250,599,000.
It is estimated that 2.500 people woro dam
aged physically on the "glorious Fourth.”
A general fee.'i lg prevails among cattle
men of the West against barb-wire fences.
The father of Charlie Ross has spent $60 -
000 in tho search for his son, and examined
aver 700 coses of boys sup; o*k1 to be his.
A rose bush nt Chnmbersburg, Penn., has
yielded over 16,003 buds in t he past three veal's,
which have beeu sold at $15 per hundred.
A Sad Incident.
A sad Incident in connection with the chol-
era panic happened recently near Arles, Franco.
A lad at work on a farm was seized with
vomiting. The farmer refused to al
low him to enter the house, and tho
poor fellow died in the field without care and
alouo. When the father of the lad arrived
he waa not permitted to place his son’s body
in the stable, but was forced to
leave it in the open air while he went
wt town to proenre a coffin. He then convoyed
die bodv on a wheelbarrow to the burial
authorities, who refused to give him assist-
Md tb$ father wm finally compelled lo
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