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Mayor.
W*. Ouunu,
Aldormen.
Wm. Rawunm,
A. M. Mato.
W. II. 1 AW80N,
B. T. Walker,
Morris Here,
dark and Treaawrar.
G. W. H. Whitakeb.
ManhalL
J. E. Weddon.
TOWN OB’ THNKILLB.
I ? l . ,,ln '‘ Cllmntos In Mexico.
*»***»« Mfixio ° contains sti area ot
741,000 square miles, or 474,024,000 square
ecroa, ami e population of over 11,000,000
, ami enjoys four distinct climates : The
tropical, from the coast to the foot-hill, ■ the
semi-tropical, from the foot-hills to ths wide
level plateau ; the tempersto, from tho plateau
to the higher plans, such as tho plateaus of
Aunhuao, Toluca. Durango and Chlohahua •
tho cold, among tho mountain valleys of the’
States of the interior, vrhoro hailstorms are
frequent, and where the Inhabitants require
aitificial warmth during the night.
Mayor.
ohm C. Harman.
Alderman.
P. J. Pipkin,
J. F. Mf.rkeido.x,
J. N. Roans,
W. J. Joyner,
Clerk.
8. H. B, Marrby.
Manlial’,
J. C. Hamilton.
E. $. LANGMAUF,
Sttoi < i|ey kt I^kw
8ANDER8VILLE. GA.
9. V. KTAMB,
B. I). 1CVAKB, .*3,
EVANS & LVA5V8,
Altorneyn A.t I.hw,
BANDER8VILLE, OA.
J?. 1. HARRIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HANDERHVILLE, OA.
Will practice in all the Courts or the middle
moult, and In tho onnntlea Mirrotindintr
>\ nBmnfjtou. Special attention given to com
mercial Jaw.
F. H. SAFFOLD,
ATTORNEY AT T,AW,
SAifnRitHVILLE, OA.
V,TI prsel cc in all the Courts of the Middle
(t rim md in .the counties surrounding
"r.hingt n. Kpccial attention t;vest to ccm-
morc d law.
c. C BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Banderavllte, On.
nd United State*
HINES & ROGERS,
Attorneys at Law,
BANDKRSVILLE, OA.,
Will practice In the oountlea of Wnahtngton,
J jV* 011 * JoUneon, Kniuunal and WRklnann,
• *1 tlia U. 8. Conru for tha Houthern Dla-
trtet of Qaorgla.
Will *<a uranta in buying, taUlng or
r »»U n « K«t*ta.
Om«a on Waat aid# af Public Bqanm
*Hi mi Kunetlnir.
,K ft thing often unknown to
"orm. •• I Uu-t, is much pain that is quite
noisitas and >tl>tutions that nmlto hiimun ago-
Hies are often mete whispers in tho roar of
tnrrj ng'.\istenoe Thoro are glances of ha
iled Dial HiltC
hertes ll.nt let
Miaut tin lit rin
ict lame no cry of murder; rob-
fUMi mid woman forever beg-
gsrrd of peace nil.I joy, bnt (lint arc kept secret
by tlio sufferer-committed to no sounds et-
-•opt ol Imv moans in Urn nlglit-socn in no
writing except that made on the faco hy tho
How months of suppressed anguish and early
morning tears. Many an inherited sorrow that
nas marred a Mfo has been breathed into no
tiumau car
Tho Tobnreo Woovll.
A destructive enemy to tobacco it alarm-
dig I he dealers in the eastern SlsteB, It is
calleil tho tobacco weevil, and is a hug alumt
half the alg • of a fly, with a eharp-polntod
head, a hard iliell haok, small wings, and is a
dark brown color. It feeds and thrives on to
bacco, especially on cigarettes anil finc-ent for
chewing, while it has also h en recently dis
covered in natural leaf plug. In Philadelphia
it has bred so enormously that all tho tobacco
stores ire alive with the inecol, causing a great
loss to the dealers. Box after box of cigar
ettes and fltio ping tobacco have to ho thrown
sway.
Y.lfe’a DUrlplln*.
It is not the host things—that Is, ths things
that wo call best—that mikes men. It is not
pleasent things, it is not tho calm experience
of life. It is lifo's rugged experiences, its
temposts, its trials. Tho discipline of llfo is
hero good and there ovii, boro trouble and
thoro Joy, hero roughness and there smooth
ness, one working with tho other; and tho
sltorations of tho ono and tha other which ne
cessitate adaptations constltnlo a part of that
education which makes man a man in distinct
ion from an animal, which tins no education.
The successful msn invariably bears on his
brow tho innrka of tho etmgglo which ho had
to undergo.
A Ptnnt that Produces Ink.
There is In New Oransda a curious vegetable
product known under the nanio of tho ink-
pis,it. Its Juioo can lie used in writing witli-
1 previous preparation. Tho letters
traced with it are of a reddish color first, bnt
turn a deep black in a few hours. Tills Juioo
also Hpoilsstecl pens less than common ink.
The qualities of tho plant seem to havo been
l ed under tho Spanish administration.
Tilings intended for tho mother couii-
0 wot through with sea-water on tho
1 while tlio papers written with common
e almost illegible, those written with
the juice of tlte plant were quite unscathed,
■aweio given in eouieqiiunco that this
»blo Ink was to lie used for all public
The Goldsboro Firs,
Goldsboro, N. C., Nov. 17.—Tho following
are tho late particulars of ths fire here yester
day: At 2:30 r. it. yesteday, a destructive fire
Lroko out In the cotton yard In this oity. Ow
ing to tho almost entire absence of water, due
to the prolonged drontli, the firemen were not
alilo to uso their aparatns( and aided by the
west wind tho fire spread rapidly. After de
stroying 300 bales of cotton, Denmark’s flour
ing mills and Kornegay’s troll works, it swept
away throe blooka of the finest business houses
in town. In stl 27 buildings were destroyed
causing a loss of *300,000. Tho insurance is
estimated at two bnndrod thousand dollars,
lint for n change in tho wind the entire town
would probably havo been destroyed. Tho
liouses in parts of the place caught lire, tho
• coils in tho Yioildty were ignited, and masses
■f leaves in tho itroets rapidtv spicad tho
•hilues, so that half tho population had to fight
(tin to savo their homes. Twenty-fonr of tho
buildings destroyed were of briok, and two to
threo stories high.
ItliDlNilNO WAGES.
Threo Successive cm., Which Amount .to
Forty Per Cent.
Fall River, Mas*., November 17.—The Old
Colony and Mount linpo companies, of Homer-
sot, have posted notiei a of a ruination often
per cent m tho proa lit wages or all their cm-
ployea, tl,,. reduction to go into effect Deecm-
st 1. This U said by tho employes to be tho
Hunt reduction made l»y the works in two
yearn, tho Unit time being fifteen percent
ea«*h, nnd that when the new prices btconio
operative it will ho n i duct ion of forty per
cent less for their work than is marked oil tho
CHid prices. The manufacturers say that the
overstocked market, caused by tho middle nnd
western districts, bus lorctd than eitiur to
. shut down or mnko the reduction, and thov
choose tho later course in order to keep their
employes at work. 'J im Old Uolony mill nt
Bomorset is a branch of the Old Colony compa
ny at launton, which is oneof tho largest con
cerns in tim enstcin district. Tho nailors will
now get about i2.25 p< r day, tho helpers about
*1.26, nnd tlm ptuldlers about *1.70. No
trouble will ensue irom tho reduction. Tho
mm are anxious to work, preferring reduced
pay to idleness.
Iron CninpniittN It educing.
Boston, Novt mUr 17.—Tho nuil and iron
manufacturers of New Jersey and eastern
Pennsylvania, it is claimed, nro now selling
their products in New Eugintid markets nt
lowor prices than New Kiiglaud manufactur
ers can ut present produce them. 'These oth
ers haviug, us they claim, exhausted nil other
resources to cheapen tim cost of production,
uow feel obliged to make a reduction of 10 per
cent in wu^es to *nko effect Decembor 1st,
1HHI. Notices to tlmt effoot wero posted to
day in the mills of tho following companies :
Tho Bridgewater iron company; the Wev-
mouth iron company ; tho Robison iron com
pany; the Wareham nail company; tho East
Bridgowater iron company; th Tremont nail
company, and tho Fail 1th
pany.
liver iron works coin-
cuts
Re
H. N- flOLLIFIELD,
Physician and Surgeon,
■aixJenrrtlle. (1*.
Or. H. B. Hollifield,
i
Having recently gradnatsd at ths Univer
sity of Maryland anil returned home, now
offers bis professional services to tile eltlsenv
ol Bondsrsvllte and Tlelnlty. Ofltoe with
Dr- H N Holltasld,next doorto(Mra. Bayne’s
■allllusry (tor*.
a. whTwhitaker,
DENTIST,
Handorsvllle, Go.
TKRAfS CASH.
Office «t his Raiildence, on Harris street.
u AI mill»
A very pleasrint imhit for homo life is that of
'cadmg alou samo pluasnut hook in tho cyc
lings. anil if the selection of the hook is wiso,
t «•( riainly makes the* homo cirolo very attrac
tive. and lightens tho drudgery of tho mother,
who often hits after tea with her baskot of
stockings to ho darned, ami who bus u droury
time if each nu mb i of tho family, who does
uot go out, talu s his or her paper or hook, as I
ittvo often seen, and 'subsides into their own
nteresting reading, h aving her to her own
meditations. A book read aloud at homo gets
i charm, apart from itself sometimes; its very
tamo will conjure up in our memories scones
*n tho far past—tho ploasant family circlo, then
)erhaps unbroken; tho choorful flreside, and
requently, too, the comments upon what is
being read which a Ida to tho interest, and giro
a newer insight. Tho samo association applies
to a piece of work which is in operation whilo
any book is being read.
DR. J. H. MAY,
SANDERBVILLE, OA.
Offers his services to the citizen, of Hander,-
v *Uf “*>d adjacent country. All culls, dsv or
night, will 1)6 promptly responded (n. Office
»t hi, residence on Mrs. I’ittmau’i lot, comer
Herns and Church streets. Jaul6-1884tf.
~j.s.woog & broT,
Genenl Commission Ms chains,
SAVANNAH. O-A.
No coramiRsion or otiier expenses charged
»u consignments of AYool,
Highest market price guaranteed at time of
Rep2’84-ly
Savannah, Ca.
Is c '"’°'ded .to be the most comfortable and
v f»r the best conducted Hotel in Savannah.
Kates, $2.00 Per Day.
M. L. HARNETT.
line Needles,
Oil and Shuttles,
F0, l AMs KIND3 0F MACTIINFH. for ants,
will el so order ports 01 M ulilnes
'b itgei broken, for wnl( b now
Jilf Cou «ra wanted
A • .J K.H jN Hi A TS.
The Amrrirun Silver I’rndiict.
From the days of Cortez, in 1521, down to
no beginning of this century, and even to tho
present tiino, cxcopt when intorruptod by tho
••evolution, iho Mexican silver mines havo
•oured forth au unooa'dug stream of silver such
AB tho world has never seen. It is estimated
that tho vnluo of tho silvor coin and bullion of
tho country since tho conquest is ovor *300,-
000,000 and it is well known tlmt some of tho
mines have been profitably worked almost
without interruption from that timo to this,
ami that ono of them, at least, is still running
out silvor at tho rato of *3,000,000 per yoar.
California has yielded about *1,100,000,000 of
gold and silvor. Nevada has turned out some
thing liko *300,000,000—possibly more. Sup
pose that all precious metal was silver dollars,
and that each dollar contained 412j^ grains,
and that sixteen such dollars would weigh ono
pound, and that *70,000,000 per annum for
thirty years lias been secured hy tho people of
tho U. S. It would weigh 131,250,000 lbs.
Now h t us load this vast amount into wagons.
Allowing 3,000 pounds for each wagon, it would
tako 10,760 wagons. Allowing eighty wagons
per mile, it would mako a train of wagons 640*
7-8 miles long.
8leep.
Sleep in a well ventilated bedroom if you wish
to spend healthful, happy days. Tho lied ami
•edclothcs have a deal to do with the amouu to
icp ono obtains. It would be impossible to
• y down rules that would suit the cases of all
•ay readers, hut I may j tint say that pooplo in
good health ought to sleep on a not-too-soft
mattress. The feather bed is not hy any
means a healthy one, nor, unless it ho put un
der the mattress, is it one that is conductive to
sleep. Tho bedclothes should novor be heavy,
hut they ought to ho warm. Au eider down
quilt is a capital thing, but it is too hot for tho
summer months. Paper quilts can now be had,
and they are very excellent in thoir way. The
nillows on a bed should bo particularly well ar
ranged for comfort. One ougt to be very largo,
so as to support tho shoulders, and it should
be elastic) and not too yielding; it is an uncom
fortable feeling that of sinking in a pillow. A
warm bath, or a tepid, or ovon a Turkish hath,
taken beforo going to bed/ is an excellent and
very^safe means of procuring sleep. Both tli*
former act by determining the blood from tho
brain towards the skin, and also by caliming
tho nervous system. Tho mind should be as
calm as possible boforo lying down to rest,
therefore ono should undress leisurely, wash
tho feet and hands and face, the latter in cold
water, then read and contoir.pUto for some timo
before lying down. Tho light ought to bo put
oat immediately after if not boforo lying down,
Isorktmlttis on a Ntrlks.
New IIavf.n, Ct^ November 17.—Between
threo hundred nnd four hundred omployes of
tho Branford lockworka went out on a strike
to-day owing to a reduction of ten per cent of
their wages. They say they will not return to
fwork until they aro paid tho old price. Tho
company claims that fiorce competition has
forced it to make tho reduction, amt that if tho
employes do not accent tho offer tho shops will
ho closed altogothi r for somo weeks.
Out on a Strike.
Denver, Col., Novemlier 17.—About 200 cool
miners employed in tho Waldenhurg mines
by the Colorado coal and iron company of this
city, wont out on a strike this morning. These
miners took part in the recent general striko
and only returned to work hint Thursday. As
they are members of the miners’ union, seri
ous troubles and complications throughout aro
among tho probabilities. Tho present gritr-
auces are uuknown.
Striker* Returning to Work.
PiTTHiiono, Pa., Nov. 17.—Tho wire drawers
hi Oliver A Roberts’ wire mill, who struck sov-
11 nl weeks ago, against a cut in wages of 16 per
o< nt, returned to work to-day, having compro
mise.l on io pt*r cent, reduction.
'I ho strikiiig coal miners resumed work at
«) > -d, Wilson .V Wood’s mines to-day, and be-
i- i e ’he dose of the week it is expeotod that all
i ho m.nos along the river will be in operation
it i\ reduction. . • •
Down In the Coni Field*.
LT’MHERLAsVD, Md., Nov. 17.—Nolices wero
posted throughout tlio Cumberland coal region
this morning, by all tho companies, that on
and after Dec. 1st next, the price of mining
coal would ho reduced from fifty to forty cents
per ton. It cannot yet bo ascertained what tho
a»‘ ! ion, if any, of tho minors will take regarding
tli proposed reduction.
The Ausuatn Strike Elided.
Augusta, Ga.,Nov. 17.—[Special.] Tho strike
of thirty hands in the card room of tho Augusta
factory ended to-day by tho strikers returning
to work. Tho ringleaders ware discharged and
tlio mill is running all right again.
\ Itoducilou of Seven Per Cent.
Taunton, Maks., Nov. 17.— 1 The Eagle cotton
company ha* notified its employees of a reduc
tion of 7 per cent on tlio 24th instant.
The Cholera Ncourfo of I860.
New York, Nov. 17.—At a meeting of the
county medical society to-night Dr. Charles A.
Tenlo read a paper on the cholera scourge of
I860. His arguments wont to show that cleanli
ness, fumigation and propor sanitary precau
tions wore in nqarly every instance tho means
of checking tho spread of tlmt disease.
A Cholera-Infected Ship.
iho Dr Janebio, Nov. 17.—Tho steamer
Matti Bruzzo, which left Monti video with
cases of cholera on board, has arrived hero.
The authorities refuses to receive the steamer
on account of its sanitary condition. It is
stated tlmt during tho voyage from Moutivideo
to Brazil ten persons died from cholera.
PANIC IN PAR%
Annual impart •( the Osnnlsslsiel
of Pensions.
7 ho Aiinunl report of t ho commissioner of
pensions for the fiscal year endoil June 80,
shows that thoro wpio at tho close of tho
year 322,750 pensioners, clnastfled as
follows; 218,050 army invalids; 75,830
army widows, minor children, nnd dependent
relatives; 2,010 navy invalids; 1,038 navy
widows, minor ehildron, and dependent rola-
tivos; 8,80.8 survivors of tlio war of 1812, nnd
10,512 widows of tlioso who served In that
war. There wora addod to tho rolls
“Onoff 'he yenr the nnuies of Ut,
IV 3 , P™" lo " c ''"' '»><! tlio names
ol J,*.21 whoso pensions had boon previously
dropped wore restored to the roll, making an
nguregnto of 35,418 pensions added during tho
\ ear. 1 ho imines of til,815 wore droppod
from tlio rolls for various causes, leaving a
M9 08&**** 10 tbU l,umbur 0,1 11,8 roU of
The nvertigo annual value of each ponson at
tho close of tho year was $100.75, and Iho
annual value of all pensions was
R-i 1,4.10,000, an Inm'nso ovor tlio ni'o-
vimis year of $2.211.407.02. Tho amount
l'", l ,'Lo, r ., l ™ Bl0 " s during the year wns
r->0,l«J8,.nl7, exceeding the niimial valno
of pensions Bovornl millions of
dollars, which represent* tho first payment*,
generally on now claims, an t known as ar
rears of iioiisions. Tlio amount pnld during
~S y«« r t( ’ 31,207 now pensioners was $23,-
415,815, and thoro remainod in the bands of
tho several itonsions agents 7,201 cases of tills
jdass unpaid, in which there was duo $4,040,-
The nets of 1871 and 1878 provldod a pon-
8, ’ c " u "tof servico during Iho war of
181A biniy the former date 78,1110 claims of
tills class have boon filed, ,31,04(1 l,y the
surviving soldiers and sniiois nnd 48,400
hy the widows of tlioso who served in
kIV 1 ,llls ntunlKT 50,424 have
)0c 1 n flowed—-6,058 to tho survivors
mid .38,ilk) to tho willows. In tlio
aggregate, sinco 1801, 027,922 claims have
leeii filed mid 549,130 have I ecu allowed.
Iho commissioner says that nt tlio rate
clnfnisliavu isicii filed for tile past tow Neal's
the close of the year 1880 will undoubtedly
show Olio million claims tiled for pensions
since 1801, Since Hint year tho total amount
disbursed is $878,840,884.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
’* Ivaniioff” is tho i unto of tho now great
*o; ioty melodrama.
Mary Anderson's Juliet ims captivated
London, according cable rc|x.i fa.
A Gkiiman translation of Sliakoapenro's
“ Coriolanus’ 1 was plnyofl in Munich with
('onsidernldo success.
JIkmiy (’HANFUAU, R m of thn Into nctor,
Frank Chniifrnu, ha* nindo a failure as his
father's succ ssor as “ Kit.”
Ovkh fifty combinations havo alrrady col-
la|MKMl this season, and tim largo cities nro
throngtxl with unemployed actors and ac
tresses.
A pivk-iiundhbd dollar diamond flag fast,
nod to a iKspiot was thrown to Lott a hy a
Spanish lady who occupied a box in Tliilftt 1
dolphin.
Owing to tho subsidence <»ftlie comic opera
craze, many good vocalists and other artists
nro l»eiiig forcod into burlesque and sejni-vari-
ety companies.
Coloni*i. Matlkhon'h contract with Pattt
for tho liOiuhm season limits her salary to
f V-’M nightly, and that ot Nilsson to *1,750
for ea :h performance.
Mil Gladstone, Kngland's premier, is
said to hav« a very sweet tenor voice, nnd to
sing English, Irish and Hcotch hallails, and
ovon negro iuolo«licH, with groat taste and
fooling.
Conthauv hi usage, all tho witches in
Macbeth, ns produced hy Uistori, will be
played by women. Tho repertoire consists of
Tour plays. A now ono may bo added boforo
tho season is ovor.
Victoria Mouosini Sciiellino, whoso
elopement wit h her fat lior’s coachman created
so much excitement in Now York some lime
ago, has signed an engagement to slug in
New York. Her liusbund will collect r~*'
eta.
Tna Conservatory of Music in Mexico has
over 2,000 pupils, and a high degree of musi
cal tnlont, with all necessary moans for its
cultivation oxisfc in that country. Nearly
ovory house has a piano, initsic is taught in
tho schools, and the military bands are un
surpassed in exeollonca
Mauy Anderson will rdap]>oar in Now
York, October 12, nnd in Boston on the
‘Akl of tlio following Novcmlier. lfor reper
toire will ho “ ltomoo and J allot,”'*Pygma
lion ami Galatea,’ “ Comedy and Tragedy,”
and'* Ingomar,” nnd thoro' is a clianco that
4 Cymliolino” will ho added.
'Trashy music, tlio London Timesdoclnros.
h is taken the place of their own hoautiful old
moIodioHwitli the English lower clasps. It
wiys: “In out-of-tho-way places which the
‘march of ci\ilization’ has not yet reached,
and especially in Scotland and the north ot
England, this is different. Thoro popular
song is still a living force called into action
hy cotton famines and other events of public
or domestic intcro*t, and Lancaster more
especially can point to Mr. Edwin Wnugll as
<*no of tho few modern poets who, in ‘Comn
whoam to tho childer and me,’ has produced
a gonuiuo 4 Volkslie<l.’ In London, on the
other hand, folksong is as dead ns tho great
Pan; even its Inst echoes nro rapidly dwind-
l ling from ijojiular conscdouaneas,”
8LA Cfi HTi:it AT A It (INF I UK.
'B lioiiwandN
City on Ac-
Tho fnsh outbreak of cholera in Paris lias
created great alarm among all classes. Many
deatlis occur daily and tho hospitals aro filled
with patients. A dispatch says that ‘‘the
epidomic soems unquestionably to bo spread
ing gradually throughout tho city. Procau
tions of ovory kind aro being takon by
tho public and by individuals, to im
pede tlio progr(*ss of tho plague.
On Monday ono warehouse sold 20,00.) yards
o! r. I flannel, tho wearing of which issup-
p; s d by many to be e.Ilcient in guarding
against contagion,
polu omen ns are di
• have
excslus
Hudi of tho troops and
bled for night duty aro
) ‘ ruin in their coffoo.
already left tho city. Tho
mj increasing lately, and
a continual-. >fring of veliiclos can
now he :li in tho streets loading
to the various railway sin;ions. Phy
sician- arc of the opinion that people who
nro stroii.; anil healthy need have s nail fear
of being a Backed. N-in of the attendants
at tlio hospitah I avo so lar boon wizod with
the m iM.Iy. M my consider tho d's also not
contagious. IDTort aro being made to put
better sanitary condition b;
tho slums
flushing tl/om
’it.li water and carbolic
I ion by
j ncia.
Wlint Nteel Crulaeru Cost*
Washington, Nov. 17.—The chiefs of the
Oiua auHof construction and repair of ord-
nanco, of uteaTn engineering and of equipment
and recruiting have submitted tho lolloiving
estimated of tho expenses to ho incurred by
their respective bureaus in completing the pro-
d twelve new steel crui-ers: CJonsli notion,
*4,101 000; (nginrering, *2,6'. 1,000; arina-
m nt, *2,001,DIN, and equipment, *7(10,000;
‘otnl ChtimnUKl cost. *9.443,018.
Kpidemlc InK’anndn.
An epidemic of a fata! nature having broken
out among the swine in Temnletou township,
in Ottawa couniy, Qnt., Veterinary Burgeon
Coleman has been Instructed hy the Depart
ment i»f Agriculture to make a personal in
spection «nd report upon the matter with a
Yiow to ascertaining the naturo of the dkaase
and pro von ting ila ravages.
Children In n K.tlo nt licit.(lot Ntaven*
Chicago, Nov. 10 In honor of Olovoland’s
ehcti.n a group of li th children, hoys and
giils, about sixteen in number, started a bon-
tiro in the streets shortly after dusk. Fur somo
came or another tho fir did not burn us fierce
ly as the little ones winlu-1 uiid finally oneof
them went in ut inch of au emptied oil barrel
while another went to hi* home and secured au
oil-can containing four gallons of kerosene.
The oil-can was pii.c d m- dc tin* barrel, which
whs then rolled end upon the fire aiul the lit
tle ones danced about it in great glee.
One ol the party was in the act of jumping
ovi r the fire, n well-known boyish prank, when
h terrific explosion that could lie plainly heard
and fett a long distance occurred. The barrel
with rent asunder, and tho fiercely burning hut
heavy barrel .-t .ves Hew in every direction
among tlio little ■ ups, knocking them down
and killing sev n instantly.
The clothing on all of them caught fire and
a wilder or more In ui trending scene was never
ecru in this city. iho seven killed felt
not thoir burns, hut four of tho re
maining nine had been crippled hy the barrel-
staves and could not run away. lhc.se
lay on the ground, rolling over and over in
thoir teirihle agony, and shrieking for help.
The fivo uninjured by the Hying barrel-staves
ran off in every direction, scaring horses and
pedestrians.
The firemen who had been called * out fol
lowed in pursuit of the suffering little ones,
■hut fear lent thorn wings, and it was only when
they dropped from sheer exhaustion that their
rescuers woro aide to catch them and put out
the flames. Tlio four crippled children will
also proLably die before morning, while tlio
remaining fivo aro so seriously burned that if
they survive they will be useless for life.
When the parents of tlio children arrived on
the scene of the explosion tlio sfglit was
terrifying. The mothers shrioked aud tore
out their hair in agony. Tho children in
ninny cases were so badly burned as to bo un
recognizable. Even tluir clothing had been
consumed. Btroug men wept and womeu, at
tracted by ouriosity. fainted when they wit
nessed the sight. The bodies wero taken to a
neighboring undertaking establishment where
they were at once placed in metallic eoifins and
will he buried early to-inorrcw. The living
sufferers were taken to a hospital, and tho
best physicians, when they heard of tlio terri
ble occurrence, volunteered their services.
A Stuto’n Money Lost In Hambling.
Arthur G. January, Deputy State Treasurer,
a son of ill#* State Treasurer of California, wan
arrested Friday evening, for appropriating
*39,600 which had been deposited for safe keep
ing with the State Treasurer hy various coun
ties. The monov was lost at gambling. Tito
prisoner acknowledges his guilt.
Wreck of n C<nnliont.
The Spanish gunboat Bazun { Commander
Don Leopoldo Hondo, which sailed from Ha
vana "November 1 tor Ornon,* struck on Colo
rado Hoys, near Cape San Antonio, and will
probably be a total loss. A tugboat from Ha-
vann, and the gunboat Jorge Juan, from Cion-
fuegos, woro sent to her assistance.
There are 126,690 negroes in tho State of
Florida.
' Atlanta ia getting her electrio lights ready
for the street«.
Tin* demonstration in Savannah, in point o.
earnestness, was without & parallel thoro.
In Charleston a negro procession made
murderous assault upon an unoffending white-
man.
An Appalachicola, Fla., sportsman recontly
killed ono hundred and seventeen ducks one
morning.
Wild turkey, bear and dear aro more nnmer
ous in tho mountains of Tennessee than have
been known for years.
Mississippi will mako a splondid exhibit ot
grasses, hay and grass seed at tho New Orleans
Exposition.
Tlio late election in Missisippi was ono of
the moat quiet that ever occurred in that oi
any other titate.
A petition from all tho Atlanta churches foi
relief from tho aidowalk law has been rojected
by the City Council.
Boston has 24,000 female music scholars.
This partially accounts for tlio fact that tliero
aro 27,000 moro women than mon iu Boston.
A now process for curing tho long gray
tnoss in tho Louisiana forests lias boon put iu
operation, and promises to increase tho com*
incrcial value of that article.
After an honorablo career of nearly sixty-
two veara the old New Orleans Price Current
hns boon merged into an evening dally and
wtokly commercial journnl.
Not sinco 1870, when hayonot iuIo was over
thrown and tho poonlo of tho Stato regained
their liberties, has Nuw Orleans been so pro-
foundly moved ub ou last Saturday night.
• Tho merchants of Charleston express a con
viction that the election of Cleveland means an
era of prosperity, tlio liko of which, ssys one,
*'J hellovo this country lias never boforo seen.”
One of tho most remarkablo telegraphic
feats on record was tho rcoont delivery of a
message from Melbourne, Australia, to I
don, iu iwuuty-thrco minutes. It went hy laud
aud sea over 13,308 mile of wire*
Thore aro immonso trnctq of cotton wood
along tho Mississippi and tta,irihiitftrios. Tlio
cotton wood two rcaottiH tlvWicight of seventy
feet, nnd plunks from four to six feet wido are
easily cut from it. It is ]>orfectly freo from
knots nml pith.
There nro throo and n lmlf pounds of cotton
seed to every pound of fiber. Tho aunual pro
duction in tim south is 4,000,000 tons or more.
Only about ten per ce nt, is utilized in tho mills.
A ton yields ninety-live gallons of oil. twenty*
two pouuds of cotton aud 75U pounds of cake
usod for fattening cattlo. Tho oUmukrsfino
aoap, and whou refined is very much liko olivo
•oil.
One hundred and threo acres of lnnd affords
sufficient apace for 6.00U orango trees 30 foet
apart, if well cultivate and fertilized tho
product will ba 600 fruit pevtreein 10 years. As
fruit si lls on tho tree nt not less than ono cent,
tho product for each treo would bring *5 per
annum. If tho tree produces *5 per annum,
the vnlue of each tree may bo placed at $60.
h treo is worth $60, the whole glove wf
6,000 trees would ho worth (260,000.
In Now Orleans tlio doors aro not shut tightly.
1 mean this figuratively as well as in fact, for
you can pass along the snoot and frequently
boo straight into and through a New Orleans
home. Nothing closed up, nothing oonceult-d.
It is a hit like the submits of Naples or Vetilce,
where the side of the house next to the sen is
always wido open. Tho door bell down here 18
on tho gate. Tlio old hrsss English knocker is
a feature of tho doors, us d btiiiguisliod from
houses of tho North.
Tho South is building up with groat rapidity,
much moro rapidly than any ono can possibly
believe except by personal, oxtendod observa
tion, and statistical comparison, nnd the need
for more hanking capital is very keenly felt,
Tlio North and Northwest are now, thinks to
continusil abundance of the harvests, almost
in a condition of independence of Now York in
this matter of banking funds, and wo hope that
extra capital may now bo diverted to the Month
wliero so many schemes for its profitable in-
▼esoineut await tho owners.
A marble headstono was recently erected
ovor the grave of Geo. 8. Prentiss, in tho Con
federate) comotery at Tullah<»ma, by Ids brother
Sargent 8. Prentiss, of New Orleans, who saw
it put in position on tho 4th inst. George M.
Prentiss died at Mrs. Moffutt’s residence in
Tullahoina in 1802. Ho was in tho company of
Capt. Moffatt. in General Churchill's division,
was taken sick in tho field and died when only
19 years old. Hargont H. Prentiss, tho great
Mississippi orator, was tho fatiicr of Bargeut
8. and George 8. Prentiss roferred to in this
article. Sargent 8. Prentiss is practicing law
in New Orleans, wliero he has boon very suc
cessful iu his profession.
Home thirty or forty years ago tliero was
much enthusiasm in Georgia over raising the
“inorus multioaulis” for tlio feeding of the
silk worm. This peculiar species of tho mul
berry treo was cultivated in nearly every gar
den spot aliout Macon, Ga., and many silk
worms wore nurtured in their luxuriant foli
age. Bo numerous were tho cocoons that they
were used as play tilings hy tho children. Tho
rich, glossy threads of the cocoons woro novor
utilized to any extent, probably hecauso tho
peoplo wero too much engrossed in tho vast
acres of tho cotton plant. Wo aro glad to no
tice that tho raising of tho silk worm is, after
tho lapso of so many years, again revived, and
the mauufacturo of silk a success.
A woman’s war is imminont in New Orleans.
Long after tho official appointment of Mrs Julia
Ward Howo, of Boston, as president of tho
Woman’s Department in tho coming Exposition
in that city and h r acceptance of tho trust,
it suddenly is discovered, presumed or suppos
ed that some Southern woman should havo
been promoted to tho post, and ladies in New
Orleans declare that there aro plenty of thorn
capable of filling the position with credit, abil
ity and honor. To all of which the secretary
of the Exposition announces tho following co
gent reasons for the appointment of Mrs.
Howe : 1. That a woman of national reputa
tion was needed. 2. A woman unincumbered
and with timo to do tho work. 8. A woman
witli physical ability for the work. 4. A wo
man with executive ability. 6. A woman of
wealth. C. A woman who would unite nil the
women of tlio country and be accepted by all
sections and all classes* And Mrs. Howo is de
clared to fill all tlio requirements of this hill,
and is therefore considered fully competent to
fill the place t© which who is appointed. Tho
fact that she is a Northern and a Boston woman
has nothing to do with the matter, and Mrs.
Howe is assured of u most cordial reception
and all needed support In her oftioial duties.
THE MERCURY.”
Entered s* *sif4 Es*s matter •$ «M ML.
dsrrrill* umipn, April 37, USE
*■ f 7.
SftidemlBa, Washington Court?* Ot*
a. j. jernigan;
THE NEXT CONGRESS.
Edward McPhorson, Secretary of tho Re
publican Congress Committee, says that, from
the most authentic information he has been
able to secure, the next House of Representa
tives will consist of 182 Democrats, 141 Repub
licans, 1 Greenbackor I'Brumm of Pennsyl
vania). aud 1 Fusion is t (Weaver of Iowa). As
compared with the membership of tho various*
partes iu the present House, this estimate
shows a loss of 19 votes to tlio Democrats and
4 to the Independents, and a gain of 23 Repub
lican and 1 Fusiouist voto. »
This classification is subject to a possible
chsngo of two or three votes. The election of
Weaver, of Iowa, a Fusiouist with Democratic
proclivities, is only inferred from a dispatch
published thin morning. One or two of the
Tenno>»eo districts are claimed by tho Repub
licans, hut positive, information has not yot
been received about them. • Tho Fifth Wiscon
sin district, still ?,n doubt, Is conceded by thia
estimate to the Democrats.
—While William and James Burras, father
ami son', who lived near Coal Creek. Tenn.,
wero passing a burniug tree, it fell, killing both
men instantly.
—Tho strijto of the coal miners in Western
Pennsylvania is at au end. Nearly all the
miners have notified the operators ’that they
wero ready to return to work at the latter's
terms. Many of tho miners resumed work ou
Monday,
William B. Fitch, of Kingston, N. Y.,
the largest bluo-stone doator in the State, has
just failed for about $150,000. Mr. Fitch ia
one of tho Democratic providential elector*,
nnd was mysteriously shot in New York city,
a short time ago.
Indignant Republicans have been hanging
St John, the Prohibition candidate for Prosi*
dont, in effigy in various parts of Now York
and other States.
Titofficial returns in NeW Jersey give
Cleveland a plurality of 4,407. The Repub
licans havo one majority in the ssnate, and
Ion iu tho nssjinbly. Tlio ProkihiMOn vote
wns 0,150 and tho ButW vtfte''3,49h Wo
congressional delegation ytends four Repub
Means to t hree Democrats.
* B. 12* itiMdk, n f>#6Ri>eA*ft tntFefcrfht and
shoriff-olect of lAinnr county, TtJms, was
called to tlio door of his residence nt Blossom
Prairio and shot, dying boforo he could make
a statement.
Kirk at Goldsboro, N/ O., destroyed twen
ty fivo business houses, causing a total esti
mated loss of $260,0QU,
Eleven men ougngod in raising machinery
from a sunken ves* I at Pictou island, Nova
Scotia, wore proceeding to tho wrock in a
lifeboat whon it capsized nnd nine of tho mon
woro drew nod.
RAILROAD WRECK IN TEXAN,
Ten PorsouN Killed Ontrlaht nnd Neven*
teen Inlured.
A frightful wreck occurred noar tlio town of
nempsh ad, on Iho Houston and Texas Cen
tral Railroad, at about 4 Friday morning. The
scene of the wreck is about fifty miles north of
Houston, and owing to tho vires getting
tangled up nows of tlio occurrence wns first
brought by Home of the now of tho wlockod
train who came in on a liaml car. Ths story
told by one of Uiohc mon was to tho following
effect s
It was tho north-hound night expressf which
was going at a speed of about twenty miles an
hour. Tliero is a bridge at tho point whore tho
accident occurred. The engine passed over iu
PsfHy, hut tho baggage ami express ears flow
tlio track, going down an oinhankiueiU thirty
feet. Tho smoking ear, two coaches, and two
sleepers followed. The rais wero ermhod and
broken into kindling wood. Tlio wrock im-
n»- diately caught fire, nnd it looked os though
all tho pHHscngi-rs iu the mins would ho roast
ed; hut tlio enginoer and fireman, who wore on
tho englno nnd unhurt, worked !ik« hcroos,
and extinguished tho flames l»eforo they at
tained much headway, thus saving ninny per
sons from a horrible death. Ah it was, ten per
sons were kill d and seventeen injured, soma
of tho latter being mahned for life.
As soon as the (lead wero taken out and ths
wounded ear. d for an investigation Into tho
cause of tlio oco clout was hoglin. It was evi
dent at thn first ginneo that a great crime had
been oommitt d. Home perron or persons had
drawn the spikes and removed two fish plates
evidently for the purpose of wrecking the train,
but who the guilty parties are has uot yotbeon
discovered.
L’OHT OF CARRYING MAIL*.
Washington, Nov, 17—Henry D. Lyman,
Second Assistant Postmaster-General, has
sent in his report, to the Postmaster-
General. -The tost of inlaud transporta
tion on Juno 30 was $20,090,117, di
vided as follows: For 11,720 star routes,
aggregating 220,779 miles, $5,089,041; for
117 steamboat routes, aggregating 16,691
miles, $590,673; for 1,673 railroad routes
aggregating 117,100 milaa, $16,012,003. Com
parison with the last annual statement
shows, for the star sorvice, au increase
of 402 routes, a decrease of HO miles, and
hii increase of $350,403 in annual cost; for
the steamboat hi rvico, uu increase of 2 routes,
a decreaso of 602 miles and of $11,048 in nnnunl
cost; for the nil.road servici au iiiciease of GO
routes, of 0,952 miles, und of $1,121,803 iu an
nual cost. At the close of tho lust Hho d year more
star service was iu opt ration than indicated by
au average for tho five years next prtc ding
and performed at a diminished oo«t. For the
year ending June 30 tho Iranspoitation cov
ered 81,109,052 miles, at u coat of $6,089,941,
an average of 0.28 cents per raiJo. For tlio
five years preceding the servico covered 75,-
000,066 miles, ut a cost of $0,194,820, an av
erage of 8.18 oeuts per rnilo.
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE.
A shock of earthquake was felt about 7:5C
Thursday night in Honkinton, Hillsborough,
l Warner,N. II. It w us particularly
* 9 things were
Bradford
severe in the latter town, where things
generally shaken up. The shock was also felt
in tho northern ami western parts of Concord.
A shock of earthquake was also felt in Col
chester and Kingsville, Essex county, Out.,
Thurday morning at about 10 o’clock. In the
former nlaco it wns quite severe, and greatly
alarmed tho people of tlio villHgo. In Kings
ville glass in windows was broken.
A slight shock of oarthquako was felt at
Cleveland, O., and in various places in north
ern Ohio, Thursday morning. Tho shock is
attributed to tlio powder explosion in Toledo.
Government Employees*
The following reply to uu inquiry sent to
Georgo William Cuitis by u Government em
ployee in Washington, iH published: Mr. Cur
tis i*ays; “I havo your letter of the 12th. Tliero
n* no doubt that Mi. Cleveland will encounter
a treniendbiiM don.and for a cl- an sweep. But
1 think that, while clmngea will ho, and ought
to he, made for perfectly legitimate reasons,
ho will respect the letter and the spirit of tlio
roform law, and tlmt non-politioal officers, who
have boon honest and effective iu the discharge
of duty, and who have not misusod thoir posi
tions for party or political ends, will not be ar
bitrarily dismissed for political reasons. Of
urso, 1 have no authority to speak for Mr.
evoland. My faith i* founded upon sotno
knowledge of his oharaotor aud convictions.”
Killed mi the Rail.
Thomas Deardon and Hannu-1 Bell were mn
cr hy u train on the Canadian Pacific Rail
road near Rat Portage, Man., Hnndny night
and instantly killed. An exuretrain from
Port Arthur Monday morning, on the tame
read, near Rat Port ago. ran into a wood trato.
killing one man and injuring four other?.
A dispatch from Pano, III., says : In a dense
fog Tuesday morning a wild engine, running
on the lime of tho Northwest bound freight
train on tho Ohio and Mlssinidppi Railway, ran
into that train. Roth engineers and the fire
man of the freight tiain wero killed.
HEATING THE RECORD.
i tlio Lexington
The world’s greatest trotter, Maud 8., went
Kentucky wliero she was horn to try to
lower her former record of 2:09%. Thin she
succeeded in doing on Tuesday at Lexington.
Hhe trotted a mile in 2:09#, her best former
record being 2 09%. t-lie made her first
quarter in 32%s • the first half in 1:04, and the
three-quarter pole in 1:87. Bair, of Cinciu-
nati, drove her.
Fourteen Persons murdered by n Mob.
Tho l>iario Official of San Salvador says: a
mob of .-ome 200 inc-n assaulted tlio houses of
Jesus Paredes. Tomas Padilla, and Captain
Pauoho in Nohuezalco, iu the department of
Sonftonate. and nnmh-red them all, with the
wives aba children of Paredes and Padilla.
Subsequently they murdered tho police Captain
and several others. Tho v dims number four
teen. Iho houses of l’ar dos, • Padilla, and
Pancho were burned. The. crimes originated
in a dispute as to tlio proprietorship In some
lands. A nnmber of arrests have been made.
—An American named Christian Christian
sen, from California, died of tho cholera in
Paris on Friday. Ho was the first American
victim. Fewer fresh cohos of cholera are re
ported, but the mortality has increased. There
are now 400 chplcra patiouta iu the hospitals.
—A 8»-vere shock of earthquake, accom
panied with a terrific explosive* report, oo-
f.urrod at Clithoroo, Lancaster county, Eng.
The shock threw down horses and wagons in
tho streets and caused great consternation and
excitement among the inhabitants.
Pont Lao I* on* of th* >tem tom In
Euro;*.
NoniiKmuoLD h preparing to tend anothof
•spodition to the Uoutti Pole.
BANORorr, the historian, ha* given op
horseback riding bacause It I* too fatiguing,
Prmidkut OntvT hs* published a decree
•fating that a universal exhibition in Part*
will open Maj 5, 1889.
Tub mayor of London I* a Methixllit
preacher, and lately delivered th* sermon at
th* opening of • Methodist church.
Kino Alfonno devote* his days to th*
chue and nights to social enjoyment* not
withstanding lie is not In robust health.
Likutbn ant A. W. OrbeLt tins been pre
sented wllh an elegant siteer servle*by tne
Qreely Testimonial committee at dm resi
dence of hi, brother at Nowlmryjmrt, Mass.
W. ir. CouuolUN, <5t Wfcshlngton, lias
given for nubile nnrrxves not lees than♦3,000,-
000. besid* $1,000,000 devoted to charities,
aiul he has at lent $10,1100,00,1 left, as ha it
the largest real estate owner In Wasmngton.
Tna father of General Custer Mvos In Mich
igan. Ha I* dceoribed as being of very ven
erable appearance, with long wliite beard and
hair. Hs is seventy-eight years old, nnd may
be often stsn driving a hoiwo tlmt his gallant
•on rods In Ibe Block Hills.
The diary of Lieutenant Lockwood—ons
of the victims of the Greely oxpoaltioti who
reached tlio point nearest tho North Polo—
which wns written in shorthand, Is now lioittg
transcribed by his fiancee, who Ih tho only
one who undert&nds his system.
Judge Lirriwcorr, ot Ulidin, Montana,
recently caught A mountain tel weighing
seventy-throe pound* nml eleven ounces. Ho
has prertervotl tho Bid.), which ho will have
stuffo<l,and he will rand it to the New Orleans
oxiKwition* na a representative of Montana’s
fisheries,
Th* Prince of Wales i* tho greatest col*
onsl, in n numerical ponra. tho world Iirh ovor
known. To shy nothing of Ids honorary col*
onolciiw in foreign armies, beside Iho leader
ship of tho Rlucuor IntHBar*, ho is tho colonel
of no fewer than sixteen regiment* In his
mother’s armies.
Tu« chief of the Ojibwav tribe of Indinns
has arrived In London. Ho la on ordained
clergyman of the Church of England, aiul has
been a missionary of the Colonial and -Cbtitl*
nentnl Ohnrch society for ovor t wonty-ono
years. Tlio cldePs name is Ru Henry Pah*
tahquahong Chora.
Major-General W. 8. Harnet was
married recently in 8k Louis to his former
hou8okooi>or, Mary L Oyrs. Tlio groom is
eighty-four and the bride forty-five. Harney
is the oldest general on the retired list, and
his marriage in creating a great deal Of com
ment. He is very wealthy. Tho pair leftfof
How Orloan*.
NEWSY GLEANINQ3,
TubRk are 100,000 Qturirare in tho Ualtud
Status.
Nearly 2.000 wntuh** are mad* *v*ry day
Iu Nuw Kngland.
A COLUMBIA ooatity (Fla.,) (arm I* making
vinnr.ar l rum tomatoes.
Minnihriiti has iuenwsat in taxable wealth
over $11,900,000 since 1888.
A father nml am are both uniter shitenco
of death In a Karm' rsvIU*, La., jail.
An ox-governor of Ohio, onto a man of
largo property, la now selling cigars by sam
ple.
Two Boston houses rend about 000,000 gal
Ions of rum to the Congo, Africa, every
year
CniNA la the largest consuinar of pig tin.
It Is chiufly used for the manufacture of
idols.
An eloctrio railway In full operation is
among tho attractions of tho Mochuiilcs' Fair,
Bwtou.
Tub United States 'ship Monococ y ie shut
up in the Min river, China, by tho French
blockade.
Duhino tho lot* cholera visftetlon nt
Naples by far tlie greatest number of vioUuia
were womeu.
It ia said that a flrat-elare doke-e title, In
f ood order, can now bo bought In republican
ranee for about $10,000.
Mary Garfield Lariiabek, a sitter o (
Freahtent Garfield, died at tiolon, Ohio, re
cently, aged elxty yonrs.
England makes 900,000,000 gallons of boor
every year, Germany 900,000,000, nnd tlio
United Kin toe 800,000,000.
Since tha cholera appeared In Europe
about five months ago there bare boon over
13,000 doaths from the disease.
Wituin the past tan years the clam, hith
erto unknown in-that locality, has pnipo-
gati d Itself on Ibe California coast.
Diunkino habits Increase to much in Ger
many that In many place* there lv n liquor
shop to evory thirty-one inhabitants.
A nine-ton lump of coal, claimed ns Iho
largest ever mined, will represent tho coal in
terests of Birmingham, at the Now Urleims
exhibition.
The tramp nuisance I* becoming very ser
ious In Germany. According to ono esti
mate their number laat year was about 200,-
000, aud the extienre they caused tho commu
nity about $18,000,000.
A stkaMzr loaded with live stock struck
on some rocks on her way from Iceland to
Leith, und, to relievo her, over 3,000 sho p
and some jioiiiee had to be thrown overboard!
Twenty-five hundred of these sheop swam
ashore and all but ono of the ponies.
Tiikrk nro in circulation in Boston coun
terfeit stiver dollars so finely executed as to
almost defy detection. They aro of a whiti sh
color, dated 1884, and havo e flue, dear nnd
almost perfect ring. Tho die is excellent,
and tho size and thickness correspond with
tho standard silvor dollars.
THE PATENT OFFICE
Tire Annual Heporl of Shu Commie-
■loner—Uusiness of Use Year.
In his report to tbo secretary of tho into
rior of tho business of the latent office fortho
fiscal year ended Juno 30, 1884, the commis
sioner of |intents, Benj. Butterwortb,submits
the following statement: Number of applica
tions for patents received, 35,204; numlsT of
applications for de-lqn patents received, 1,-
•'122; numlwr of applications for re-issue pnt-
OP.te received, S4-4; numlwr of applications
for registration of trademarks, 1,077;
number of applications for reg-
istmtlon of labels, 975; total, 88,822.
Number of caveats filed, 3,072; number of
patents granted, including re issues and de
signs, 22,823; numlior of trademarks reg
istered, 90.3; number u£ labels registered, 833:
total, 34,558. Number of patenls withhold
for ljon-paymentof flnnl fo24,013; number
of patents expired, 10,230.
The receipts from all sources woro $1,145,-
433, an increase of $19,548 over Iho rocuipts
during tlio preceding yoar. Tho expendi
tures (excluding printing) wero $901,418, leav
ing a surplus of $.'44,019. The increase during
1884 over number at applications for patents,
designs, etc., i-eceived during the preceding
year was 3,085. Tlio number of applications
u waiting uction by the office on June 30,1884,
was 9,180, an increuso of 5,057 over the ac
cumulated applications at the end of the pre
ceding year.
Itstlinnles tor Ibe Nnvj Yard*.
Washington, Nov. 18.—Tho annual report
of Bear Admiral Edward T. NichoD, Uhicf of
the Bureau of Yards and Docks, has been sub
mitted to tlio Secrets lypf tliu Navy. With it
are estimates from the cummandimte for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1880, us follows:
Kor Portsmouth, £133,1)00; Boston, ¥.3,291,942;
New London, SG.SqO; New York, *2,181,000;
Teague Island, $1,150,367: iVasnlngtou,
*261,931; Norlolk, $1,871,859; Mare Island
4947,313; Key West, 523,115: Poe
*21.481; Saekctt's Ilails.r, $1,009;
Asylum, Philadelphia, $98,111. ’
49,481.899.
Naval
Total,
—Mr. Blaine, In an 'lfifervlew with the »•
porter of a Boston peper, attributes tils de*
lest to tlio independents ami prohibitionists*
supplemented by Dr. Burclmrd.
—Goldsboro, N. 0., snd Uruntwiek, Ga,,
wore the ecenee of devaBtatiug fires, which
consumed property valued at nearly hall ■
million dollars.
—A teriible accident occerred et Ploton Xfl-
eml Sunday, resulting in tho death of mn*
men who wore working on the wreck of the
steamer Invcralt, at that p'ooo. Th* wrecker#
were ill a boat, which swamped during a gale.
—A manufacturer of counterfoil silver dole ’
lsrt liss been arrested in Worojster, Mass,.
0 Buffalo wifo murderer, I
Twenty Millions In Gold.
Foreign broiler* in New York #*y lerge ship
ments of gold arc being made on oacli sailing
day hy steamers from Europe. The total
amount received tlds week, and known to have
been ordered, is cut-.mated at $4,000,090.
Bines October 1 tlio receipts and orders for
gold aggregate $8,000,000. It is anticipated
that fully $20 000,OtO will be Imported between
now quit February.
Bullion to the amount of 4170 000, from Hol
land, was bought in open market In London
(hr America.
—Louis.Otto,
trying to fctgtl
—Fire destroyed 1,200,000 pound* of BamM
worth $15,000 at Petersburg, va.
—A Ilian and Ills vfffe, living near IHE
PInine*. 11)., were called out of thoir honso bp
unknown parties, who climbed them to deatls
■ind then i smacked tho bouse for money.
—Alter apolitical precession at Winchester,
Va.. two negroes attuiikM a white yonth, frso*
luring his skull and earning death.
—Canada is about.to ocmpletc tlio Interna*
Monal Pnrk by appropriating territory at Nl*
again Falls WCtwfcn Pmpeusion Bridge and
turret's Island.
—At a mooting of leading Prohlhltlonlsts ol
Wisconsin at MMison, W was decided to per
fect amlctotaln a.BUtc orgauixatlon, and
place au agent in tin* flukl to orgAfilze clubs in'
every part of tho State.
—Bolva Lockwood received 47 Totos in th*
State of New York for President.
—ltev. Honry 8. Williamson, a popular
tiiuistor of Trenton, N. J., killed himself on
tlie street Thursday fuorning.
—Two brskomon wero killed by Uie wreck
ing of a freight train near Ashland, Ohio, oa
Thursday.
'—A passenger train ran into nn open
switali near Vinenniics, Ind., aud an engineer
was killed, Thursday.
—Two ladles named Beekcr-one living a$
I Watertown, tho other at HchonectndyyN. Y.—•
Imd hue bauds III all insane asylum. Oneof
tlie husbands died and tbo remains were sunt
to tipi wrung wife, who oollcctod tho Insurance
money and bnrie'd him.
t —John li. Leland obtained a verdict for
$18,650 against the MotrojHilitan Elevated
flnllroad OMftpM? In Now York for ■ injury to
his property by thu oonstruotlon aud opera
tion of tlio road ft front of It.
—Tliomss llorne, II. ltattray, fl. Watts and
W. Hamilton, af.Wulfo islonil, wero drew net!
on Thursday night, it Is supposed by th*
swamping ’of thcTr boat, while crossing from
Cape Hi. Viucout to Wolfu’a Island, ncur King**
ton, Onh
—Hie officers snd crew of femr American
vossols that wi re wrecked off Turk's I-lond
(luring a hurrioane lost month arrived in New
Yolk uu board tho steamer George W. Clyde
Thursday. .
—Tho widow of a train wtto sms shot on eteo-
•mi day in Uiununati has comuutuid euleldca
—Oulouol Burns,.I;, late illshiiiaiiig clerk ol
the United Htsli'it Post-OlHco Department,
charged with •inbeszleiiient, i* reiiorted to b*
insane.
—President Arihnr appointed OorernaE
Bclmyler Ores by, - of Montana, to be Fins
Assistant Hnstmastnr-Gsneral.
—ft I* estimated that the payments from ths
U. 8. Treasury '(luring the present month, on
account of punsioiit, will amount to nearly
$18,OUO,OdO.
—Hoeimpiry McCulloch said recently in reply
to an inquiry that he did nut (teem It expedient
to call in any more United Htatea bonds afe
present.
—Tho draught of th* past tew months in
Virginia slUl continuis, and the farmers are
unabla to plow tho lauds,
—A serious race riot is reported from Dublin,
an interior town of Georgia. At tha samo
time a fire, supposed to be tlie work of negro
lnceudlarlos, caused an immonno deatruetion
nf properly in Brunswick, in tho same State,
—A dispatch from Limit, Forii, says : Ben
nett, thu enshier uf the ])>iiico do 3 idea. who.
absconded with $60,000, was arrested at Gnay-
equd and Is now aboard a Chilean war ship.
Bis brain is said to tie affected.
—On Tuesday an emigrant train on tli*'
West Shore road near Cornwall, N. Y., broke
In two snd was run into hy a freight train fol
lowing No lives wore lout.
—Tho government has awardod Mr. O. A. J.,
Qiieekbcrney, tlio athlete, a liaudaomo silver
medal for saving sixly-throo lives.
—flashier l’srker, of tho Fifth Avenue Ho
tel, New York, killud himself without a word of
warning, on Tuesday, hy shooting. Overwork,
malaria and quinine, siijipnsed to he tho ratine*.
Ills gocounie were found to ha all Hold
—In ths Storey will earn, at Chicago, th*
Ocnrt refused to admit to prohato the will
drawn by Mr. Storey In 1881, on the ground
that ho was then of unsound miud.
—Homo large glue works at Peabody, Mass.,
wora horned; loss, $90,000.
—In tlio case of tho United States govern
ment against tha Brighton Itanah Company,
Jnilgo Brewer, of tlie United States Circuit
Court In Nebraska, has rendered a decision
setting forth that the defendants have na
right to construot fences upon government
lauds.
—Importation of* rags from Franco and
Southern Europe has been euepeudud hy *
United States Treasury order.
—Tlio National Board of Health of the Uni
ted Htatos lias sont warnings against cholera
infection to tho Oovoraors of all the States.
—Tramps near Cleveland, Ohio, murdered a
man for inonoy aud placed him across a rail
road track boforo an approaching train.
—During Octobor 86,441 immigrants lauded
In the United Htates.
—Two quintal* of dynamite exploded in Vail*
do Angeles, on tho Isthmus, on October 12.
Threo houses were entirely dostroydd and
many athorH injured. Two men wero killed'
and twolve dangerously wounded. The town
of Cieba, in tne department of Colon, hs*
been entirely deitroyed hy fir*.
—Several parsons wero Injured by skyrocket*'
during a political celebration at Wellington,
Mo.
—Hove n soldiers belonging to tlio Fifth
United States artillery, stetionod at Fort Wads
worth, S. L. woro arrested snd brought beforsr
United States Commissioner Allen, in Brook
lyn, for illegal voting.
—Indian i alders in Texas killed a man and
wife nnd carried off their children. Soldier*
are in pm suit.
—Tho captain of a Bchouncr brought in ill*
boat to Detroit alone, his crow of two men
having been knocked overboard and drowned,
—Eight car loads of Maryland exhibits
have left Baltimore fog tire JS'ew Orleans Ex
position.
—Thieves entered tho Texas Express Com
pany’s office at Bryan aud stulo $10,850 from
the safe.
—Milo. Nevada, tho young American prim*
donna, arrived from Italy on tlie Aurunia
—David Davis is again talked of ns a com
promise e audidale fog Senator from it inois.
—Iteports of a general cut in laborers*
wages are received from all parts of tlio coun-
try.
—It is lindoi stood at Alnany that Governor
Cleveland, of Nuw York, will send iu his resig
nation to tlie Legislature as soon ns it con
venes.
—Advloes from Baku stato that early in No
vember conflicts between the Christinas and
Mussulmans, lasting two days, occurred at
Sahali. Firearms were used on both sides, and
many persona were killed. Tlio police were
utterly unable to restore order. Tlio Governor
of Baku has gene to tho sent of tlio disturb
ance.
—A Shanghai 'correspondent telegraph*
that he has learue^, from a European source,
dated Haiphong; Oot. SO, that tlio Annamita
auxiliaries of the French army Lad beheaded
500 Chinese prisoners at Kop.
—A party of brigands in Greece murdered
two Frenchmen, employees of a mining con>-
pany, aud robbed them of $20,000.
—It is understood that the Euglish govern
ment will present the Redistribution bill to
Parliament immediately aftor tho Lords pas*
the Frauohiae bill. ,
—Dispatches from Shanghai say that Tam-
lln has been oaptured by the French.
—Gonoral Wolseiey telegraphs that his tetter
from General Gordon is dated- November 4.
and that oil was well at Khartoum.
numerona losses, especially in the landing party
of soldier a. It la believed that the Chinese
have infected their buildings with poisons?
—Baron Alexander von Stiegiifz. tho most
famous banker iu Russia, ;vho iLed on tin 5tlr
Inst., left a fortune of 100 001,000 roubles, or
nearly $75,000,009. Ho was the actual head of
tha oelobrated Bank of Ut. Petersburg,