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Newspaper Page TextTHE MERCURY. PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY ■) NOTICE. PAU aommunleatlons Intended (tor thli C‘P“ must-toe accompanied with the foil name of th* writer, not neoesearllr (tor pobll. cation, bat ai a (uarantee of good faith, W* are In no way responsible for the Tlewi or opinions of oorreapondenta. MERCURY. A. J. JKRNIOAN, Proprietor, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. $1.50 per Annum. MUNICIPAL, Mayor, Wai, Gam.aher. A Mi MICH, AV'm, Rawi.inoh, A. M. Mayo. W. IT. Lawson, R. T. Walk mi, Morris Hai-p, (Irrk 0111/ Treasurer. <1. W. II. Whitaker. Mam/inll. J. E. Wkddon. TOWN Ole TJCNNILIjUI. Mayor,-, -'oils O. Harman. A tclcrmcn. 1’. .1. I’ipkin, J. E. MeiikrR’On, .1. N. Rookrs, W. .1. Joyner, Clerk. S. II. H, Massey. Mar*/irtl>, J. U. Hamilton. f. S. LANGMAOF, iA'tloTiicy ht I(kiY SANTIKRHVILLE. GA: EVANS & EVANS, Attorneys At Law, HANDE118VILI.K, (1A. If. I. HARRIS, ATTORNEY at law, HAN'DKHHVlLLE, OA. Will prnctico in nil tlio Courts of tlio middle i«r V11 ,,n ^ *" ^ ,0 counties HurrounriiiiK W»«nIt)Rton. Kpoclal attention given to com- inercml lew. F. H SAFFOLD, ’ ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAHIJlUtSVH.I.H, (|A. WTI |iiiu'I co in all tlir r.mi lH of tlir Mlilille ( ii,.|mI w. 1 in th it.!>)• s Min-oiiiiiling wm-liu.qt II. Sprcinl Otlmtii II I v ( n to ii.in- men- .! law. c. C BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Handeravllle, (Jo. O. H. Rodina HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, BANDERSVILLE, GA„ Will practice In tlie counties of Washington, Jefrcmon, JolitiHon, Kiimnuel and Wilkinson, and In tlie U. H. Courts for tbe Bouthern Dis trict of Georgia. Will sot ns ii c on Is In buying, soiling or renting Ileal Kstute. ^Iflloe on Weal aide of Publio Square. H. N. HOLLIFIELD, Physician and Surgeon, BendersrUle, ds Dr. H. B. Hollifield, nniiiu in innoi, Having recently graduated at tbe Univer sity of Maryland and returned borne, now oflera bis proleaslonal services to the cltlseiia of Handersvllle and vicinity. Offlco with Dr. H. N. Hollifield, nszt door to|Mrs. Bayne’s ■nunnery etore. 0. W. H. WHITAKER, DENTIST, Bandersvllle, 8a. TKRM8 CASH. DR. J. Ii. MAY, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Offers liis services to the citizens of Sandcrs- Ville and adjacent country. All calls, day or Might, will ho promptly responded to. Office nt his residence on Mrs. Pittman’s lot, corner Harris and Church streets. ja»15-1884tf. J. S. WOOD & BRO., General Coimnission Ie:cMnls, SAVANNAH, GA. No commission or other expenses charged on consignments of Wool, Highest market price guaranteed nt time of Hcp2’81-ly sale. HE MR IB. Savannah, Ga. Is conceded to be the most comfortable and oy far the best conducted Hotel in Savannah. Rates, $2 00 Per Day, M. L. HARNETT. Machine Needles, Oil and Shuttles, for ALL KINDS OF MACHINES, for sal*. * WU1 also order parts of Machines that get broken, for which new pieces are wanted. A. .t, jEimjQAisr. VOLUME V. SANDERSVILEE, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1884. NUMBER 23. THE MERCURY. Entsrsd as second-el sm matter at the I dsrsvllle Foetofflce, April 27, IMS editorial notes. fork llrlolu. Bricka mado or cork now constitute one of Mio German induslri™. Tl,o u.ual size Is ten by four and three-fourths and two and a half niches. They are prepared from small corks, refuse and cement, and have not only boon used for certain building purposes on account of their Ugliness and Isolating properties, but sro also employed as a covoring for boilers lq preventing tho radiation of heat. The Oyster nnd the II. Scientific persona have tried in vain to as certain why oysters arc fit to eat only In months that contain an "r." They liavo found that the oyster in May or in August docs not dificr from the oyster in April or September In any perceptible way. Tho oy.ter is all right, and it Is the public stomacb wlilch is wrong. Ilorso beef is perfectly wholosomo, but we do not eat it, not bocauso thero is any pictcuoo tliat it is unfit to cat, but bocauso ws do not want it. Early in May the Unman stomacb rises in revolt against oysters, au4 continues in that condition until September. Tlio I'eiinut Crop. With profoundcst satisfaction wo aro cna* bled lo inform our readers that tho American poamit crop thisyear promises to bo enormous, in fact the largest ever raised, amounting at a moderate estimate, to 8,000,000 bushels, wlillo, If tho weather continues favorable, it may mount to tho unprecedented figure of 4,000,- 000 bushels, a gain of thirty-three and one- third per coni, upon the beat yiold of any pre vious year in our industrial history. Tho American poanut oiorls an important influ ence upon tho American peoplo, and the larger tlio crop tlio more potent, naturally, would bo tbe Infiucuco. The.. Pled of T.ntiglitcr. Chalets, tlio aooth-sayer, died of laughter at the thought of his having outlived thet'.mo predicted for his death. A fellow in rags had told him that he w ould never drink tho wine ol tlio grapea then growing in bis vineyard) and added: “If there words do not como true, you may claim me for your slave.” When the wins was made, Chalcas held a feast, and sent for tho fellow to seehow bis predictions had failed. When ho appoared tho sooth-sayer langhed so immuderately at tho woatd-be prophet that it killed him. Craasus died from laughter on aesing an aaa cat thistles. Margute, tbo giant, in tlio Morgantc Maggiore, died of laughter on seeing a monkey pulling on his boots. Zauxls, the Grecian painter, died at aigbt of a bag he had Just depleted. A peculiar death was that of Flacut, who dropped dead in tho sot of pay ing a bill. There are many men to-day, how- over, who wonld probably die of anrpriaa, If they found thcmselvca doing tbo aamo thing. Tbe I.oeonintlnn of Nhella. Tlie great conch or strombns, lias a verltabl. aword that it thrusts out, atleka into tlie ground, and by a muscular effort Jerks Itself along, making a decided leap, Tho squids, that aro tho brightest forma of molluiks, leap entirely olear of the water, ofton several feet. They aro tbo ink-boarers, and from their ink bags conns tho sepia used by artists, while their bone is tbo cuttle-fish bone of commerce. Many of tlio cookies have a, method of flying through the water tliat is quits novel. They aro generally beautifully colored, and have long, streaming tentacles, and suddenly, with out warning, they dart up from the bottom, and by a vlolout opening and abutting of their valros rush away with their long, reddish hair streaming after them, presenting a very euri- oue appearance. Tlio shell known as the Lima Nians is particularly remarkable for these flights, and all tho scallops aro jumpers and loapcrs. When placed in a boat they have been knawn to leap out, and tho ordinary scal lop has been known to Jump nut of a pot when placed upon a stove. A description of the dif ferent methods by which shells move would fill a volumo. Tba Bull Bor of Chinn. One of tlio had little heathen boys who eatoh small birds on the trees In tho settlement was fined 91, with the alternative of seven days' imprisonment, In tho JlUed Court this morning. Of courso he never had a dollar in his possession, and it was ouly a mockery to givo him tho option of a fiuo. Mr. D. C. Jan- aen, last year, when lie was Curator of the Shanghai Museum, called the attention of the Municipal Council to tlio wholesale destruction of small birds by these small hoys. It would now appear that since tlio police liavo been down on these juvenile fowlers, the hoys liava improved on their limed bamboos, not in any way to make them any more effective in cap turing birds, hut to elude detection by the police. Instead of having simply a bamboo of from fifteen to twenty fcot, with hird’i-limo on tlio end of it, tlio boys have a:loptod tho fishing rod patent. A Rmall piece of bamboo, qpvcred witli bird's-limo, is fitted into the hol low of tlio long bamboo, and thoy uso this rod in catching tlie birds on brandies of trees. But if a policeman is seen—and thoy can keep as sharp a lookout for policemen as for bird3— they withdraw the small piece of bamboo cov ered with lime and throw it aside; and whon tlio policeman comes up tlio hoys aro only playing with a long piece of bamboo that hasn’t get any more points about it than any other bamboo. I.uh.ir mill Longevity. Errlcsson, the veteran inventor, was 81 years old recently, lie is in excellent health, and works, it is said, sixteen hours a day, proving an exception to tlio general rule, like many others tliat aro received without quostion, is a fallacy, l’crhaps it might he fairly asserted that busy man livo In-wor Ilian idle men; that work is, after all, the truo elixir of life. Many noteworthy instances where longevity coin cides with remarkahlo mental activity will aasily occur to the reader. Was not Sophoolsa more than 00, when, to prove tliat he wsb not in his dotago—aa his heirs claimed, in order to get his money—ho wrote one of his greatest tragedies? Did not Humboldt do more work at forcscoro than many bright men do at forty? Goethe, as every ono knows, died with pon in hand at tho ago of 82. Von Ranko, tho fore- moBt of living historians, has just published another volumo of his Universal History; ho will he 89 years old next Docomber. Carlylo and Emerson lost nono of their rigor until they readied threescore years and ton. And to-day, who imagines that Oliver Wendell Holmes, already on tho verge of 76, ia old? Longfellow did some of his best work ahortly before his death, at 75, and Whittier 1s now two years older than that. The vaat energies, whoso sum in many directions are known as Victor Hugo, show no sign of decrepitude, al though it is now more than eighty-two years since Victor Hugo was bom. Historians, it may bo remarked, have usually been long lived. Voltaire died at 84. Thierry and Mioh- let at 76; Magnet and Guizot at 87. George Bancroft i» now 84, and George Tiolmor lived to ho 80. In publio life we have had several recent examples of great men whole power for statesmanship did not diminish through age. Gladstone is nearly 75, and Palmerston was Prime Miniater at the timo of hie death, two days before he had completed 81 ye«», Ben jamin Franklin, in the last cegtajr, lived to MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC, IIkuu Rvbkxbtkin, ns London Truth in ikus note, lms engaged to givo twenty con certs in America Mmk. Janauschkok’s is said to l)o an adapt at ion of new play, “Mv ' BcniHei f s Lifl “Love and Intrigue. Maud Banks, tho daughter of Gon- ®f«l 1 • Banks, is not to go upon tho stage. Rumor had it contrariwise. Mmk. CatiIsOtta Patti is to star at the head of a concert company during tho com tho English provincial cities NEWS SUMMARY. I'll stern nml middle Stntate Maui.ON Runyon, the self-slain president of tho Now Brunswick National bank, loft a note declaring that ho had not robbed tho Institution. ing so and U . Maude Stuart, who played tho blind gir 1 In ‘ \ oung Mrs. Winthrop,”lms recovered her sight, which was injured by fixed gazing to simulate blindness. An American prodigy, Ernest Seholling, aged eight has,by t hohoipof Ambroso Thomas, entered tho Paris Conservatoire to loarn pianoforte playing. The Philharmonic society of Loudon has offered a prize of twenty guineas for tho host concert overture. Foreign artists aro ad mitted to competition. Augustin Daly's New York Comedy company mado so favorable an impression in London, that all tho papers call upon Mr. Daly to return next si Vienna has given $50,000 for tho erection or a monument to tho memory of Mo/.nrt—a sum greater than tho aggregate amount re ceived by tho composer for all his produc tions. The company sunnortlug Mm®. Bistort ’ ’ tins country will not bo tig her tour of ^ , 1VV w Irom England, ns heretofore announced, but will bo carefully selected from tho bed American artists. Among tlio now projects in view la New \ oi k istho building of a large theatre, which It is the intention of Messrs. Mallory and Palmer to render as perfect in every rest act as a theatre can bo. Berlin 1ms produced a novelty in the ■hnito of a Lilliputian o|s*ra company. The urtlsta range from twenty-two to thirty seven years of age and from twenty-threo to thirty- two inches in height. “Lkk-LI-nau,” tlio new American opera, written by Earl Marble and cnmiKwxi by Richard .Stahl, is nlrondy in rehearsal by tho Wilbur Opera Company, by whom it will he '' Himr Opera ( ompany, by w hom it will bo given nt tho Aendemy of Music in Baltimore. November 10. McKee Rankin 1ms introduced women ushers ut his Third Avonue (N. Y.) theatre, and, according to tho local press, bis innova tion bus turned out a succors. Thoy are neatly uniformed, treat people jiolitely and tnko visitors to their seats quickly and with out any noise or fuss. Nilsson says Patti’s voice holds out re- ell ‘ marknbly well for a woman of her ago. l’atti onlyJiopos that slio may l>o ahlo to Ring as well as Nilsson whon sho is ns old. Gsrster remembers tho ple&suro both these singers gave her when slio was a little girl. Speaking of the decadence of tha taste of Shakespeare, Edwin Forrest said: “When there shall como a timo when an actor can look and net ‘Antony,’ and a woman who can look and act ‘Cleopatra,'and tho play got up il exper with thoRamo care of detail on* \ expe rise us tho ‘Bluck Crook,' it will run a thousand nights.' NEWSY _GLEANINGS. visited Connecticut ovory Frosts ha month this y ( ii in a proposes to adopt postal cards on and alter January 1, 1885. J r coits tin* United States $5,450,389.31 to take care of tho Indians this year. Trim year’s crojw in tho Unit<yl States are estimated to bo worth fU,000,010,000. l.UAbvit.LR Ims now a population of about 2,<mii, a dooreaso of 2,U00 within the last A prayer hospital for tho performance of faith cures has been established in Erie, Tiie year 18M, according to present prom- \ will have distinction as the year of great I 'HUtE are now about .'125,000 f tensioner* of all c.itiNiet, and ol those 225,000 aro the sol diers th m eb Petroleum has I ecu found in Palermo so pur-* that, it can 1 to burned in lamps without Further figures put the Republican pin rality in Maino nt about 17.(KK). Tho .State senato will stand thirty-one Republicans and no Democrats. Tho house will liavo 11? Re publicans and thirty-four Democrats, a Re publican gain of seven. There was an immenso attendance nt the late Secretary Folger’s funeral in Genova, N Y. President Arthur, Governor Cleveland nml staff, members of the enhinot nml other prominent government oflicials nml distin guished friends of tho deceased wero present. Muott suffering has boon causod in New York by tho torrid heat, ami numerous cases of sunstroke and prostration occurred, many ot lucm resulting in death. Two more tragedies nearly remiltod from tho double Ruiddo of President Runyon and Cashier Hill, of the Now BruiiRwielc (N. J.) National bank. A daughter of tlio former at tempted to throw horself (low’ll a well, nml tho wife of tho latter tried to shoot herself with a pistol; but lioth were fnistrabnl by relatives in their attempt to kill themselves. Another banking institution has gono to tho wall, tho Ktnto Lank at Fort Edwuml, N. v.. cloning its doors. The oashior stxttid do* positors would l>o paid in fulL The Now Ilnmiwliiro Prohibitionists liavo nominated Larkin 1). Mason for governor, to gether with an electoral ticket. The Massachusetts Prohibit ion State con vention at Boston put a full tickot in the Held, headed by President Julius II. Meelye,of Am herst college, for governor. New Hampshire Democrats, nt their State convention in Concord, placed John M. llill for governor nt tho head of their tickot, nom inated presidential electors and endorsed Cleveland ami Hendricks. At tho Connecticut Greenback Htnte con vention in Meriden, Juntos L. Curtis was nominated for governor, together with a full ticket and presidential electors who aro piedgod for Butler. Bitting Bull, tho renowned Indian chief, accompanied by Ids niece and eight of tho principal chiefs of tho Sioux Indians located at tho .Standing Hock agency in Dakota, ar rived in New York a faw days since. Thoy have been brought East) for purposes of odu- purpc_. ntion and exhibition, and alter through tho Atlantic otales will go to Eu rope. A dispatch from Augusta, Me., says that tho total vote of tho tttato roaches 142,410, and that tho majority of Robie for governor over Redman is 20,015. J. If. Barit/, a promising young Phila delphian, accidentally hung hititself while trying to illustrnto tho method by which “Bill Sykes,” tho villain of Dickens' “Oliver Twist” boc-nmo Ids own executioner in attempting to escaiKj from tho police. Dissatisfied with tlio action 'of tho Na tional Democratic convention, tho Tammany Hall wing of tho Now York I^emocrats has hitherto romained passive in tho polith al conflict; but nt a mooting of tho Tamms.ny general commit too in New York, a few os on R hi ■■ i. .j ill nun AV/in.ii ren Uf Ul|- lugs ago, it was resolved, by 81u yens bo 87 nays, to support Cleveland mid Hendricks. William W. Messer, 74 years okl, a wealthy resident of Hoonton. N. J., w h»io at breakfast table, suddonlv sotzad a revolver and shot his daughter Mary, 20 years old; then ho shot his wife, and wound up tho dreadful series of tragedies by killing him self. The two women wore fatally wounded. Tho old man was eccentric to tho verge of in sanity. Smith and West* A desperado named Orton was'discovered at Little Rock, Ark., in tho act of setting tiro to a building w ith the intention of burning t he town. 1 lo was arrested and kxlgod in jial. A crowd of men took him out of juil and hanged him to u tree. Eta < of deposits in tlio of tho country has anil! 'til rollninp i n 1880 tho incroc and saving), bank) en nearly $500,000,000. Tiik Ohio penitentiary has discarded tho striped convict suits, and the prisoners now > distinctive clothing, olorod race in the United States is estimated at 7,( 0 >.0)0 strong, and their prop- ty holdings exceed $10'.),OCO,000. 'J he Nava ins of New Mexico aro said to bo ryricb. These Indians own largo droves and about 1,000,000 sheep. cattlo an*I hoi’s*•: American milk ami cream have lx*en suc cessfully shipped from New York to Louden by steamers, arriving in n perfectly fresh and palatable condit ion. The grand total of appropriations for tlio niing fiscal year is $180,100,470. Tliat is, it takes over $.‘>00,0)0 per day to grease tho wheels of government. J\ Southern Mexico and Yucatan, thou sands of families, it is said, will have to bo supported by the government, on account of damages to crops from‘locusts and di ought PROMINENT PEOPLE, Ex-Seeaker J. Wakrk.n Keii kr will do- voto his attention to law ia Washington. j Senator Danves, of Massaohinotts, Ims >en making his annu/U visit to the Indian agoncies of the far 'West. Thirty years ago General Phil Sheridan was a lieutenant and known as tho bod song- an l-dnneo man on tho Texas frontier. During tho throe years' stay at Constan tinople of Consul-General Lew Wallace ho only saw tho American Hag on two vessels. B. B. Comer is tlio richest of tho Alabama cotton planters. Ho runs 225 plows on his lands near Spring Hill, and hosts of hands pick 2,000 halos of cotton every year. Ben: Per ley Poore, as the life-long friend of Henry B. Anthony, received by w id from ,ho lute Senator tho Charles .Sumner silver pitcher and cup and $3,500 in money, making Pooro loss poor than ho was. James Payn, tho novelist, says of Ins brothel’s and sisters of tho pen: “Mycj jx i i- ouce of mon and women of letters, which luu boon continuous and extends over thirty years, is that for kindness of heart they have no equals." The late Mrs. Caroline E. Brown, ol Water ford Mo., left $500 to bo expended in the erec tion of a monument to her son, Charles F. Brown—tho whole world’s “Artcmus Ward." The Jittlo grave is now marked by a b» • moss-covered slab. General AV. S. Hancock’s wife luu com* posed a piece, arranged for an orchestra, to do dedicated to Bir Moses Montoflore, tho Jf *-| brew philanthropist, of Lon ion, in honor «>f his coming centennial birthday, when also the entire Masonic fraternity, of which Sir Moses is an honored member, will take aj>- propriate action commemorativo of the day. Upon order of tho President tho following letter was addressod by Acting-Secretary of State Davis to tho members of tho cabinet: “Witli deep rogrot I announce to you that tho Hon. Charles J. Folger, secretary of the treas ury of the United States, died yesterday at his home in Geneva, N. Y. Thus bus closed the life of a distinguished and respected citizen, who by his services as an execu tive officer of tho United States, and as a legislator and judge of his own State won tho esteem and regard of his fellow country men. The President directs that all depart ments of the executive branch of the govern ment, and the offices subordinate to them, shall manifest duo honor for tho memory of tLw eminent citizen in*a manner consonant with the dignity of tho office thus made 'va cant. and with the upright character of him who held it. To this end, the President di rects that the treasury department and its dependencies in this capital ahull be draped in mourning for a pjriod of thirty days; the several executive d jpartmonts shall be closed on the day of tho 1'unori.l of tho deceased, and that on all publio buildings of the gov ernment throughout the United Btatcs tha national flag shall be draped in mourning and <U,pl*yed Rt General Butler mado a political speech at the Nebraska State fair iu Oinalia. The Missouri Republican State convention ut Jefferson City, eudorsud tbo nomination of Ni Lolas Ford, Greenback candidate for governor, and divided with the Grocnhackors on tho remaind*'!’ of the ticket. Two convicts at work on tlio waterworks reservoir near Lexington. Ky., became ro- bollioiiR, and wore horribly beaten to death by the guards. An important gold discovery 1h reported to have l»vn made in the Little Rocky Moun tains, 100 miles northeast of Bonton, Montana, and a regular stampede for the auriforous region is going on from various points in the surrounding country. Portions of AVisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa have been ravaged by terrific torna does, resulting in sovere loss of Lifo and great destruction of property. Tho town of Clear Lake, AVis., was laid in ruins, nis i throe i>or- kous killed. Many houses in Clftvyton, Avis., were demolished in a few minutou. The town of Mitchell, Dakota., has been swept by n tire. Tlio losses wili aggregate $200,000. A sudden explosion resulting from some defect in tho apparatus blew ui# the Enter prise distillery at Pekin, 111. l!he building fell to pie os and several persons wore killed. The AVisconsin Democratic State conven tion at Madison nominated AV. D. Fratt for governor. A Cincinnati paper has l>oen investigating tho country’s corn crop, and finds the yield will bo about 1,810,000,000 bushels. This esti mate implied an avorago increase of. seventeen per cent, over last year and a (trop larger than any previous ono. Colorado Republicans have nominated* Hon. Ben II. Eaton for governor. 4 iVllMllllIgtOlt, J. IT. Rquikr, the so-called Washington banker and petroleum dealer, who paid ten percent, interest on do posits and fulled two months ago, has committed suicide by cut ting his threat. Tho result of his operations had been .the complete ruin of a number of innocent nml worthy families. lie had been 6Uod and was desperate. The report of the hoard appointed some timo since for the consideration of a scheme for tho founding of a nat ional war school for naval officers lias been submitted to tho sec retary of tho navy, and the recommendations made therein approved by him. The Chinos liavo made a foreign, government is reportod to eclaration of war against manifesto fro France in tho form ot emperor to the people. More than three hundred deatlis by cholera took plm o in Naples in ono day. Hon. John A. ICasson, tho new United States minister to Germany, presented his credentials to the emperor at Berlin. Great crowds of! Europeans and natives welcomed General AVoLHey iq»on his arrival at Cairo, Egypt, fr.tu England, to take clmrgo of the military open*Mon** summer »b.* Falsa FropheL. An unpreccdontedtrLse of rivers in AViscon- sin succeeded tho tornadoes, and wrought a heavy loss in property. At Chippewa Falls the river rose twenty root and swept every thing before it. At Luu Claire ten bridges and 200 houses wereiswe{jfc away. In and be tween Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls the total loss was estimated at $1,500,000. JAV. B. Connor, a contractor of tho Lexing ton (Ky.) waterworks, and R. *S. Perkins, one of the guards, have been arrested and lodged in jail for beating tlio two convicts to death. Tho foreman of the gang of convicts, also im plicated in tho brutal beating of the two men, disaoDcared. The Alaska exploring expedition, under Lieutenant Stone}’, in the schooner Oiin* aloska, has been heard from. The exploration* are progressing favorably, TCin<; Humbert, of Italy, has contributed $00,030 for tho relief of tho Naples cholera sufferers. The American minister subscribed $1,000 to the relief land. In two - lays there was a total of 758 deaths from cliolera in Naples. Mr. John M. Francis, tlie new American Minister to Austria, presented hi* craduntiahi to Emperor Francis Joseph A Naples dispatch says there Is a com plete breakdown there on the part of tho au thorities in relation to help for tho cholera victims, owing to the want of me deal com* forte and stretchers. The side are loft aban doned In the streets, ur» \ mttijuftM aro i*)fom9Yirb$aoml( SOUTHERN NOTES. The tramp has disappeared from tho South. Cotton picking has been inaugurated at Car lisle, Miss. Tho Natchez, Miss., ice factory will ccasi operations this week. “Aunt” Polly Albert died near Timbarville, v - Thursday, aged 111) years. Tho Mississippi Valley Railroad is giving cx cursions to the cities along its route. The Abe deen Fair nromiees to ho a big aao- cess. Hi) say all the Mississippi papers. A false value is given out in real estate sales in Birmingham, Ala , that will do the town no good. During tbe past year Brandon shipped 434S bale# of cotton, and Haxelhurst more than 8(506.- The Vicksburg Opera Homo is assuming beautiful proportions. It will be a great addi tion to tho city. At this moment tho cotton fields have ate sorted tho thousands of idle negroes in small Southern towns. The death by starvation of an aged negrois in EufAiila, Ala., has given riso to u Ladies Belief Association. It is estimated that 15,000 mules are sold in Atlanta every year, at a cost in round numbers of about $2,000,000. Winona talks of utilizing the $10,000 ante se.iibed for the State Fomaki.College by build ing on*) of their own. The Illinois Central has subscribed $1,000 to ths good work of building a bridge over Pearl Hirer, near Cauton, Miss. A combination of tho lending business me* of Raleigh has teen formed to build up the tobacco trade of tliat town. A gentleman in Franklin, N. 0., has had a valuable collection of tho rare stone of that Htnte cut by a Philadelphia lapidary. The cotton receipts at Galveston, Tex., oi the 0th inst., amounted to 932 bales. Tin stork on baud amounts to 4483 bales. Montgomery stands third among Alabama counties in point of cotton acreage thin year, having 113,000 acres devoted to the stuplo. Mr. J. A. Martin, of Oktibbeha, Miss., hat a vineyard of twelve acres, from which lie will make thirty-five gallons of wine to the acre Ono hundred bales of ixtls and ono hundred head of horses were among the items of inter est which arrived at Laredo, Texas, from Mex ico on Tuesday last. Count Von Dorcke, a Prussian gentleman who served on tho stall of Oen. J. E. B. Stuart during tho war, is visiting the Southern Htutrs, ami is now at Uendersonvillo, in West ern North Carolina. Htrychnino and ulootino must he among the very slow poisons, sin no an old fellow in North Carolina, one hundred and fourteen years old, •has teen a slavo to whisky and tobacco for the last ninety-four years. Tho construction of sixty miles of railroad between Grenada and Htarkvillo, Miss., ia highly probable. This will complete a direct line from Mobile to Kansas City, and will te of incalculable benefit to that portion of tha State. Owing to tho continued drouth In South western Texas tho shipment of great quanti- titw of stock from Ootulla 1ms commenced. ]tellable reports from Eueinai county say that I At i.-l- .. .... A gentleman in Birmingham, Ala., received a few days ago a letter written in Paris from Ht a n ley, tlio groat African explorer, in which ho said: “Alabama and Florida would yearly receive many thousands of thrifty French mid Italian immigrants were any inert made to turn them thither. Crops iu Medina county, Tex., are good this season. 'J ho coni cron ia turning out even better than oipcotod, tlio yield being greater than last year. For corn ami small grain there is no better county in Texas than Medina. The • Jimate and soil aro peculiarly adapted to tho production of wheat, oats, rye, barley, corn, *>tc. Peaches, grapes and finite do well also 'when cultivated. Tho acreage in tobacco this year in the south ern counties of Virginia is by common opinion twenty-five percent, greater than ever before. Tho hill crops, particularly, are uahl to ho Jiio mil crops, particularly, are uahl to ho magnificent. Corn, too, both on tho uplands and bottoms, is very good. Most of tho to bacco factories in the towns, having worked up their stocks, have closed for tho season. We learn from Now Orleans that consider* ble uneasiness is being experienced in railroad Circles in regard to tho cheap freight rates on cotton existing between Texas and Southorn points and tho East, via Cairo. Tlio railroad companies there are unable to conipoto with the Northern roads, owing to the excess charges for ocean freights. Tho rate per halo from Cairo, HI., to Liverpool. England, by rail and steamship via New York is $2.50, whilst there the charges by steamship alone are from $2.(55 to $2.70 per bale. Another se rious drawback to tho commerce of tho city ia the high prices paid to laborers. According to tho statements of parties interested in handling freight there, tho laborer in New Oflbans is paid higher wages than iu any city in iho world. According to tlio reports from sovcral of tho railroads the expenso per car at Ht. Louis averages $1.13. 'Jimrinuati 95o. Louisville 70o, MemphiH70c. *- <th villa 67c, Mobile 67o and Pensacola 71c, while there the expenses are $1.61. From tho same sources it is secortkined that li borers at Cincinnati aro paid -n.'iO per day, Mobile $1, 8t. Louis $1.25 Montgomery 90c, Nashville $1, Memphis $1.10, Evansvillo $1.25 ami New Orleans $1.50. This excess in charges for labor, as well as tlio ad vanced rat.*s of ocean freights, over those of tho,'Northern seaports, tends to divert trade from New Orleans, aud iu caso of strikes in the future, such as now are spokeu of, tho Crescent Clip will havo endangered much of her trade. A BROKEN HANK’* THAU BUY. President Itunyo Tlio immense crowds that gathored around the doors of tho National Bank of New Jer sey, at New Brunswick, on Monday, were anx- "*vi *•*» bji iiiinmon. uii uiuuunj, nnio niu- ious and excited enough, but when ton o'clock passed, with tlie doors still closed, and * rumor going around that President Mahlon Runyon had committed suicide within tho bank, the excitement was intense. When Mr. Hill, cashier of the bank, was found dead and was supposed to have com mitted suicide, ugly rumors about the bank began to gain circulation. It was charged that the bank’s funds hod been lost in specu lations. and the bank was ruined. President Runyon had been informed soon after ho arrived at tho bank Monday morning that his arrest would follow some time during the day. Whon ho received this news he accepted it as tho inevitable, and without changing a musolo said it was what he expected. Boon after he stepped into a closet, a room not largor than 4 by 6, with a window on tho north side. He took off his coat, having previously left his waistcoat in tho Directors’ room, owing to the sultriness of the day. Then he deliberately rolled up his alcoves and took from his pocket a email black-handled penknife and opened ono of tho blades—a dull, hacked blade, an inch and a quarter in length—and with this out his throat and blod to death. The ratalt of the whole affair is the National Bank of New Jersey is dosed, the president and cashier are suioides, two directors pros trated, and the oity of New Brunswick, which entrusted its whole funds to the bank it bank rupt. Hie amonnt stolen from ths fond is •aid to bt nsarly $800,000. r„ORD Duxfkrin, nt prenont British art. bossador ut Constantinople, has been un pointed vicoroy of India. ' A freight train on tbo Mexican Ce itr.il railroad mis wrecked near Calura on aeo nut f c ,‘ l washout Tlio engineer and firemen, both Americans, and seven other iiersoiu were killod. Koun coilego students,all residents of Cana da, while rowing on tlie Welland canal at Anigara h nils, Ontario, were run down by a j_®G'yboat find drowned. A companion was Fully a thousand ai-rests of suspected per- boiu were made in Warsaw during the czar’s tdsit. notwithstjuiding tbesu precautions thousands of copies of a threatening circular ssys.ajf«* TT’lfB WEDDED IlKIt FATIIRIt’* COACHMAN. Th« Quirt rerrmnnv In n Grrmnn Aletli* odist Chnrch—'l In* Kntlirr’s liidlsnutlon itnil tJimvnlllns Hrnrcii. Yonkers, N. Y., has had a sensation. T!’jt meagre details or tho disappearamo of Vic toria Agnes Mnrosini, tho 'laughter of tlm well-known broker ami partner or Jay Gould, with hor father's concliman, which could te gathered late on Tuesday night, did not satisfy tho gossips and they were hungry for more in formation. Meanwhi'e, Chict of 1'olico Mau- gin, of Yonkers; Detective Deacon, of King’s Bridge, and Giovanni P. Mnrosini, Jr., elder brother of tho misguided girl, were engaged searching all tho hotels and hoarding houses of Yonkors. nml as many of thono in New York oity na tlio two latter men could reach. It wah settlod beyond doubt, however, that they had boon married in New York eity. There is a small brick German Methodist Church lit East Filly-fifth streot, a few doom from First avenue, New York. Rev. Gustav Ilaussor. Pastor of tho church, lives In tho ad joining house. Wlillo Mr. Hausnei’s children wore coming home from school, Tuesday aftor- womnn’s attention to the sign, and thou m tho door bell of tho minister's house. Mi ilausHor admitted tho couplo and sont a child out to fiiuT Mr. llausBcr, who came homo in half an hour. Tho young man suhl, in Ger man, that hn wished to ho married to tho lady with him. Tliore was nothing iu tho young couple's appearance to arouse tho olergymun’s suspicions, llo Induced two German women in tlio ltouso to act as wit in h-cu, and began to read tlio Methodist form of mnrringu servico in German. Tho tiuwly-uiado husband said his name was John Ernest liillsknmp. living at No. 139 West Tbit ty-second street, Now York city, a nativo of Germany, and 80 years old ou his next birth day. Tho young woman’s name ran half way across tho narrow page of tho rooord book— Victoria Agues P. Morosini. Tho coachman was originally a pianomakor, but changed his occupation when advised by a physician to sook outdoor work for his health, and become ouuchuiuii for tho broker at You- ktrs. llo was about 3(5 years old, ulthough ho oallcd him.-elf 25. llo was not thu handsome and attractive fellow that bus h en pictured. Tho unattractive follow tegirn to court tho favor of his employer's daughter soon after entering Mr. Morisiui's service. Uor father gavo hor tlio horse and told hor to te kind to tho animal and try to win his affec tion. Ho suggested to hor that it would bo wiso to visit ilio horse frequently in his stall aud feed him with lumps of sugar. Hho followed her fathor’s advice. When sho visited tho stable tho coachman w as always there, and ho novur missed an opportunity of holding convocation r, llo always entered tlie stall of tho with her. horso with her, ovidoutly desiring to couvuy the Impression that thoy were talking about tbe hoi so. Tho older brother, GiovanuL saw tlie.ic frequent conversations and iiulicud that the ooachman was placing himsolf upon a foot ing of familiarity with the girl. Giovanni kept an oyo on the proceedings mid always strolled down to the stable after ids sister bad gono. When lie approached the coachman always moved silently uwuy; but iu various ways he o»mtrived to show the young man that ho re sented tho ospiouago. Giovanni told his father that tho uiau was too laiutliar, but Mr. Moro- siul, who was not suspicious, laughed aud paid no attention to his son's words. Tho freijuuut horseback exclusions of Miss Morosini were also lavorublo to thu coacbmau. lie mounted a horse and rode forth as attend ant groom. It is now remembered ti.at he was constantly scon riding close up to Miss Moro sini, pie lending to ai range her riding habit. When she rode out in the carriage sho fre quently tlrop|ied something. This gave tho coachman au opportunity to stop his horses ami Oichaugo a few words or cxpror>sivo glances with her. Unco, wbeu her younger brother, A. P. Morosini, was riding witli her, she boggod him not to sit so closo to her, at tlio same time watching the coachman apprehen sively. The brother now believes ti.at tlio giri was afraid of Hchelliug. Now* of the luu.i*y c uld give any reason why a gil l of Miss Moiosiui's accomplishments should be captivated by Holiellmg. it was as certained, however, tliut Mr. Morosini was m tbe habit of keeping Ins duugbtars in the strictest seclusion, lie allowed ilium no male society at alb Hignor C'uiitoui, bis bunker, said: “it may bo that Victoria's having been kopt so much aloot from young men's society was one of the reasons for her becom ing infatuated with thu coacliiiiuu.” The members of tho family said that Miss Vic toria's mental condition was perfectly hrulthy. While Victoria Morosini was a student at Mount Ht. Vincent sho was the star at the publio exhibitions. Hho was an uduiiiahlo singer, und her skill us a performer on musical instruments was phenomenal. As it pianist she ranked far above all the other pupils, and she played tho harp und violin. Aft-r leaving school, ii is said, she learned to play the cornet nud, strangest of all, tlio trombone. Surpassing till in music, site did not Loop pneo with her elu»siimlo.i iu other studies, und ho, year after year, rim failed to gnidustu. Her father ha l long boon the busmens adviser of thu Hinteis of Charity at Mount Ht. Vincent, hut Ins in terest iu their welfare began to wiiliu on tho day slm failed to graduate with tho clans with whose members she hud en tered tho school. llo funoied that au in justice was done to her and lo him: that as he was wealthy und paid wtil for hor advancement in music, tlm Sisters were intent on retaining her us a source of income. Ills ex postulation with thorn having no effect, ho took his daughter away from their euro, and ho has since teon very hitter in his denunciation of the cupidity of “those women with tho big hats,” After leaving school Vic toria studied singing under Agrumoutc, but Ims bad little opportunity to displ.iy tlm quality of her voice owing to tbo domestic lmbits of her father und bin unwillingnora to allow bin children to depart from bis neighbor hood. Victoria was tho light of her father’s cyos. While she was at school ho visited her two or three times a week, and wrote to tier BometiiueH twice n day, addres-ing her as “My adored angel.” When lie visited her she would skip over a balustrade to meet him, und lm would greet her with kisses on her mouth, oyes, cheeks, ears, and hands. Their mootings wore a source of wonder to all the girls, und a sourco of not a little irreverent uniuscuicut to some of STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS’S DEATH. •Perley” Describes tlie *ccne- u Tsll Then to Obey the l.n wn unit support ths t'oa. atltnilon of the Untied *tntea«” When Stephen A. Douglu lay strick en with dentil nt Chiengo, his wife, who wns a devout llomau Catholic, sent for Dishop Duggan, who asked him wheth er ho lind ever been baptized according to tlio rites of auy elmrcli ? "Never,’’ replied Mr. Donglaa. "Do yon desire to liavo mass said af ter thu ordinances of tho Holy Catholic Church ?” inquired tlie bishop. "No, sir I" answered Mr. Donglaa; "when I do I will cummnnioate with yon freely." Tlio bishop withdrew, bnt the next day Mrs. Dougins Bent for him again, nnd going to the bedside he said: "Mr. Dougins, you know your own condition fully, and in viuw of your own dissolu tion do you desiro tlio ceremony of ex treme unction to bo performed?" "No I” replied tlio dying man. "I liavo no time to discuss these things now." Tho bishop left the room, and Mr. lihodcB, wlio wns iu attendanoe, said: "Do you know tbo clergymen of this city ?” "Nearly every ono of them.” "Do yon wish to hnvooither or any of them call to convorso with yon on re ligious topics ?” “No, I thank yon,” was tho deoided answer. Boou after tills, about 6 o’clock, he desired to liavo ilia position in bed changed, tlio blinds oiioned and the windows raised. Mr. Rhodes lifted him io au cnHlor posture, where bo could look out upon the street and drink in tho fresli morning air. For a few moments ho seemed to gain new life. Then he began to aink away; his eyes partially oiosed, and iu alow, measured cadencos, witli considerable pause between each accent, lie uttered: "Dentil t Dentil I I Death I I I" After this ho Boomed to revive slightly, Mrs. Douglas asked if lie had any mes sage for his sous, Robbie and Stevie. He replied: "Tell them to obey tho laws and sup port the Constitution of the United States.” At about live o’clock Dr. Millar came into tho room nnd, notioing the open windows nud shnttera, inquired: "Why havo yon tlieso windows raised and so much light?” Mr. Douglas answored: "So that wo can have fresh air.” At Mr. Douglas’s request Mr. Rhodos changed the dying man’s position again in the bed, for tbe last time. He now lay rathor down in the middle of the bed npon his left sido, his head slightly bent forward and olT the pillow. Hla wife sat beside him, holding his right hand in lioth of hers and leaning tenderly over him, sobbing, Mr, Rhodes remaked to Mrs. Dougins: "I’m afraid lie does not lie oomfort- ah)e.” In reply to whioh Mr. Dongias said: is—vo tin TUE NATIONAL GAME. Tall pitchers aro becoming the fashion. !’• T. Barxu.m inis presented a fine lot to tlio Bridgeport (Ct.) club. Great interest is taken in basoball in To ronto und other large Cunadian towns, Mon treal excepted. At Galena, III., a couple of weeks ago, a Youth, while ut bat, had his right arm broken below tho elbow by being struck with a pitched bull. Davis, the successful young pitcher of the St. Isouis Browns, is said to owe much of his effectiveness to a wonderful down curve, which is very deceptive. Cork hill, right tiehler of tho Cincinnatisi h/is only dropped throe ily balls this season* I wo of tho muffs were made in l’hiladelphia? his old homo, during the last Eastern trip of tho club. Ho had a sore hand at tho timo. Boston lends tho League in fielding, being followed by Providenco. Buffalo, New York, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland and Philadelphia. Chicago leads in tho butting, followed by 13 illalo, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Cleveland and Detroit. In Savannah, Ga., n Ind named Roberts, about fourteen years old, whilo attempting to throw a curve ball, fractured his right arm between tho ulbow niul shoulder. A doctor was called and attributed tho uccident to the fact that Roberts, in attempting to give the ball the curve line, brought into play tho two muscles of tho arm at tlio same instant, when tho bone of tho arm being remarkably brittle for a boy of Roberts' age it was fractured. Umpire Bon Ferguson is the oldest pro fessional ball playor before the publio this year, llo has wrestled with forty-three gon- tio summers aud as many tough winters. Joe Start. Uii»t base of tho Providonce nine comes next in poiut of servico, and is forty years old. Nelson, 0 f Metropolitans, is not a spring cliickon, and has been a voter for the last nineteen years. Dave Force and Deveon, Jim White, of tho Buffalos, Cassidyand Hem- son, of the Brooklyns, York and Barnio, of tho Bultimores, and Fulmer, of the St. Louis Americans, nLso played ball away back in the sixties. An important gold discovery u reported to have been made in the Little Rocky Moun tains, 190 miles northeast of Benton, Montana, end a regular stamped 6 for tlie auriforous region is going pn from various point# iq tU$ surrounding 4 'Ho is—very comfortable.’' Those were liis butt intelligible words. From five o’clock he was speeohless, but evidently retained bis consciousness. When, a few moments before his death, his wifo leaned lovingly over him ana sobbingly asked: "Hnsband, do you know me? Will yon kiss mo?” he raised bis eyes and smiled, and though too weak to speak the move ment of the muscles ot his mouth evinced that he was makiug an almost dying straggle to oomply with her re quest. His death was calm and peace ful; a few faint breaths, a slight rattling of his throat, a short, quick, convulsive shudder and Stephen A. Dongias hod passed from time into eternity. He was buried near the lak6 shore in the sub* urbs of Ohieago, where a monument marks the spot. CANNIBALISM AT SEA. A Dying lloy Killed and Ills Flesh iCatcu by Shipwrecked lKen* A caso of frightful suffering afc sea has been brought to light by tho arrival at Falmouth, England, of tlio German bark Montezuma from Rangoon, having on board the survivors of tlio wreck of the yacht Mignonette. The yacht, which was of only thirty-three tons burden, suilod from Southampton fo p Australia on t ho lUthofMay. Ou tho 11th of Juno, whon noor the equator, in the In dian ocean, slio encountered a storm whioh sent her to tho bottom. Four of her com pany escaped iu a dingey. Thoy were tho * « Ijuuloy, ‘ commander, Captain two seamen and a boy named Parker. All tho pro visions they wore able to throw tlio boat before tho vessel sank con sisted of a few tins of turnips. They were absolutely without water. They subsisted for live (lays on tho canned turnips, and on tlio fifth <i/iy thoy caught a small turtle. Thoy were terribly tortured by thirst By tho twelfth day the turtle, including its skin, hud Ikm*ii consumed, and there wits absolutely nothing left to eat in tho little boat. The lwy, Parker, was tho weakest of thu four sufferers, and it was evident that he was slowly dying. The oth ers hungrily watched his symptoms of disso lution. On the twentieth day, after the entire party hod been without a particle of food for eight duys. tho captain hastened young Parker's death by opening a vein in Ids arm. The throe survivors eagerly drank of the boy’B blood, aud cut his flesh from his bones and ate il;, uncooked, the Captain keeping possession of tho body nnd serving out to himself and tho two suilors only such daily rations as were neces sary to preserve their lives. Thoy prolonged their existence in this way until July 5, when they were soon and rescued by the Monte zuma. During tho twenty-four days tliat had elapsed since the sinking of tho yacht, tho dingey had drifted 980 miles. The three survivors liavo been placed un der arrest, and the death of the boy will bo investigated. The Maine Elections. The citizens of Maine on Monday elected a (iovernor, four members of Congress, thirty- one State Senators, 151 Stato Representatives, and full boards of officers in tlio whole sixteen counties. Tho Gubernatorial voto in 1880 stood: Plaisted, Fusion, 73,718; Davis, Re publican, 78,541; scattering, 5*15; total, 147,802. Tlio Presidential vote tliat year stood: Garfield, 74,052; Hancock, «65,211; Weaver, 4,409; Neal Dow, 92; scattering, 189; total. 143,903. Bhowing a Republican plurality of 8,841; against a minority of 169 in the Gubernatorial election in Hopteraber. The vote at tho last State election, iu 1882, stood: Robie (Rep), 7J,481; Plaisted (Fusion), 63,921: Clmse (Gtoonbuckor) 1,824; Vinton (Inde pendent Rep.), 269; Eustis (Prohibition), 881; scattering, J02; total, 138,478. A Republican plurality of 8,560. At tlie olection Monday the Republicans swept tho State. Gov. Ruble's majority will mount up to about 15,000. All tlie Republican Congressmen aro elected. Reed’s majority in the First District will be about 500. The Minotlng of Henry Described. Sergeant Julius Fredericks, of tho Greely party, is in Indianapolis, visiting his brother, J. W. Fredericks. In an interview he gives the particulars of the shooting of Henry under the orders of Lieut. Greely, saying toe son- toiioo was executed by himself and Borgeants Brainard and Long. They shot Henry in the b’lck, two balls taking effect and producing In- riant death. One gup. was not loaded. They were compelled t > this courso because Henry wns hm strong and active as ever, and, had he suspected their imiwjp, oooia dwily bay# ■ SAndersTllle, Washington Coaitjf Its muam bt a. j. jernigan; PaoruaroB add Fb'iunn. Subscription.... ODDS AND ENDS. Gkoimik Wamunoton President of tho United States from 1789 to 1797. John Adorns, 1797 to 1801. Thomas Jefferson, 1801 to 1809. James Madison, 1809 to 1817. James Monroe, 1817 to 1826. John Qninoj Adams, 1825 to 1829. Androw Jackson, 1829 to 1837. Martin Vnn Buren, 1837 to 1841. William Henry Harrison. (Died April 4, 1841.) Succeeded by John Tyler, April 4, 1841 to 1844. James Knox Polk, 1845 to 1849. Zachary Taylor, 1849. (Died JuIy-9, I860.) Bneoeededby Millard Fillmore, Taylor’s death to 1853. Franklin Pierce, 1853 to 1867. James Bnohanan, 1857 to 1861. Abrahnm Lincoln, 1801. (Died April 18, 1805.) Succeeded by Androw Johnson, April 15,1865 to io 18(H). Ulysses 8. Grant, 1809 to 1877. lluthorford B. Hayes, 1877 to 1881. James A. Garfield. (Died Septembet 10, 1881.) Succeeded by Chester A. Arthur. Turcnu are 40,000 news Tenders In England. Women who aro worth 120 are allowed to voto in tho Isle of Man, At Slmtmta, Miss., the boys take the girls ont riding in buggies drawn by oxen. Of ninety-six railroads in the State of Now York, only fifteen paid dividends in 1882. Hkniu RomrEFouT is st present the idol of Bellevillo, tlie centre of radicalism in Paris. It is said that tbere are only five gen* nino signatures of Shakespeare in ax is tonco, Parisians havo disoorded the word "Indy,” and speak in all instanoes of "woman." Tiirrr aro 550,811 mtlos of telegraph in tbo world, of whioh 168,940aro In the United States. Frualr students are to be allowed to compete for positions os surgeons in the Paris hospitals. Norway is froe from oholers, quaran tine and neonsations of dynamite oarry- lng to travelers. Tiirrr are about 60,000 Italians In Now York. Most of them speak tho Euglisb lnnguago, It is said that ouo-qnarter of the vis itors to Saratoga aro made ill by too mnoh mineral water. Tint Czar abhors pipes of all kinds, bnt gets through four packages of cigarettes every day. In Now York tlio permits issued this year for new bnildings are about 28,000; In Brooklyn, 20,080. Titurb is more snow on the Bierraa than has Men known at this time in tha season for twenty years. BnoTnan Moody thinks ho has been instrumental in converting 85,000 En glish sinners this season. A Grrman company with a capital of 8400,000 is ubuut to engage in the angora goat btisiuoss in Texas. Tnn Chesapeake Bay frog hantom aond 8100,000 worth of their commodity to Northern markets every year. A California Indian recently took over 87,000 from a “pocket” he fonndin the mountains of Shasta county. An odd sort of straw hat is mode from sea grass. Tho maker says that rain strengthens and improves tuo fabric. Captain Groroe N. Stone, the original owner of Maud S, thinks that sho oan trot a milo "in 2.08, aud mny be less.” Between Boston nnd Portland aro a hundred beaches and famous places of resort much frequented of late by New Yorkers. Within a year and a half four news papers havo perished in Cincinnati, and and on the last one 8250,000 had been expended. Tor main building of the Now Or leans Exposition is oomplotod. Ma chinery Hall has a total length ol nearly two miles. Journalist and Newspaper "I do not see,” remarked the Journal ist, “how I am going to get through my work to-night. 1 am wearied, over strained, and exhausted already.” And be sank wearily into a chair and essayed to place his feet npon the table, "Yon look tired,” said the newspaper man, looking up from his work. "Yon mnst not attempt to do three men’s work every day.” And there wns a pitying accent in his voico that touched tho wearied Journal ist deeply. "You ore right,”he said; "I should not do it, bnt X must. So muoh is ex pected of Me now; bo. many oyes ore fixed upon the Journal, every line is scanned with criticul iutent, every word We say is weighed, every idea We ad- vnneo is discussed. Our friends are ex pecting and demanding mnoh of Us, Our enemies are vigilant and aggres sive. I Deed rest, without it I may die at this desk, but what can I do? I mnst really ask you to help Mo ont with the paper to-night.” "1 think i may bo able to help Yon a little,” said tbe newspaperman, hanging a handful of copy on tho hook, "i am a littlo busy just uow on that convention artiole, and i have au appointment with Governor Sherman and Senator Allison this evening, and oxpeot to oomplute a financial article before midnight, if tho telegraph matter doesn't tako too mnoh of my timo, but i have three columns of editorial already written and that, with other articles now under way, and a few editorial paragraphs i can make do for the editorial i>age, and then, after i look over the markots and get up the com mercial review for the week, i eon do something for Yon. What have you to do?” "I?” asked the Journalist, holding his throbbing temples with his hands. "You may well ask what. I have to go down and get tho real estate transfers, and find ont what boat goes down the river to-night.” If it wasn’t for the assistance he is compelled to render the Journalist, a newspaper man wouldn’t have enough to do to keep him awake.—Hawkeye. “hullo, Jones, where are you going ?’’ said Smith, os he saw Jonee hurrying down the street with his grip sack in his hand. "Going to take the steamer for Europe.” "Going to Eu rope ! Why, man, they’ve got the ohol- era there thisyear.” "I know it, but they haven’t got a Presidential election there this year; good by.” A pdou Insane man walks about the streets of New Orleans with a cornot in his hand. In justice to the brass band people it should be stated that the cor net did not make him insane, bnt aa sodn as he wpnt oxazy he pommonoej •daring it. ' f

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, September 23, 1884, Image 1