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Newspaper Page Textthe mercury. PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY NOTICE. jf-jUl tsmmanlMMoni Intended tor thli p*r« mnil tx M*omp*nl*d with th* dm gum* of th* writer, not n*oeamriljr tor pnbll- nuoo. bat u • (tuuvntee of good faith. We tr * In no war ratponalbla for lha view, , f opinion, of correapomlaoU. THE MERCURY. A. J. JERXIQAN, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. $1.60 per Annum. VOLUME V. SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1884. NUMBER 35 THE MERCURY. BntOTwd m •Msnd-elaa matter at tho M dwwrlll* PoaVofflo., April If, IM Baitemllle, WaaklagUm Cwm, A. J. JERNIGAN, rnoruaron an* Pcbi t«—. BnbMriptlon—.._.._ ..IIJI par TMff MUNICIPAL. Mayor. Wm, Gali.ahbk. Aldermen. Wm. KaWI.INOB, A. M. Mato. W. H. Lawbov, R. T. Walk**, Morris Hafp. Clerk and JVeaauror. G. W H. Whitak**, Marshall. J. E. Wed DOW. town op t knnille. Mayor, okn C. Harman. Aldermen. P. J. 1’IPKIW, J. F. Mehkkr cm, J. N. Roger*, W. J. Joinu. Clerk. S. n. D. Macbkt. Marshall, J. C. Hamilton. E. S. LANGMADf, ■SttoT^ey kt I^kw 8ANDER6VILLE, GA. KTAAI. S. I). BTABB, .1 l VANS & ( VAN8, Attorney* At Law, 8ANDER8VILLE, 0A. R. I. HARRIS, AT I ORNEY AT TL.AW, HANDEIlSViLLE, OA. Will practice In all the Court* of the middle circuit, and in the countiea surrounding WaihingtoD, Special attention given to com mercial law. F. H SAFFOLD, ATTORNEY AT I,AW, SANDErtSVILLE, GA. Wi l prnct'ce in ell tho Court* of the Middle 'Mit and in the countiea surrounding • 1 S’ r n. Bpeoial attention given to com- ic • law. C 0 BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Sandararlila, Ob. O. H. Roaiaa HINES & ROGERS, ttorneys at Law, 8ANDER9VILLE, GA., Ill practlo. lu tl o oountlaa of Waablngton, Iwmiii, Jnhuson, Emanuel and Wllklneon, J In llib U. S. Courui for tbaBoutberu Dl»- ol ■ f Oeoigla. "I 11 .cl ,<a urenta In baying, aolllng or Haul Eutiit* ™"U Waal old* of PubUo Square l il-ti H. N. HOLLIFIELD, hysician and Surgeon, Bandererlile, Qa. doer to lire. 8117 at rle eireet. Dr. H. B. Holiifieldy "i MMijriMoa iuiu returneu uuiiib, uuw iin hi* proieselonel aerrloea U» the oltiaena 8anderevlll* and vicinity. Office with •H N Hollifleld, next door topirs. Bayne's dltuery atore. G. W H. WHITAKER, EN T I ST, Bandaravllla, Ob. •KM9 CASH. dr. j. h. may, SANDERS VILLE, GA. .? ffer < hia service, to the oititen, of Samlera- He ami adjacent country. All oalla, duv or ’V". W 1U he promptly responded to. Office 'aaidence on Mr,. Pittman'a lot, corner and Churoh atreeta. J»nl6-1884tf. J. S. WOOD & BRO., nsr 1 Cmmiaoi I0e ! cfcants, 8AVANNAH, GtA. commission or other expenses charged “naignmenta of Wool, 1: gbeat inarkat prlca guaranteed at time of aep2’81-ly IS LATEST HEWS. SUMMARY OF CONGRESS, Chart at <lie Arctic Helen, WAsmnaTON, 1)00. 8,-Tho Hydro,nnhln Offlcc lia< pre pared for exhibition at ihe Hex, Orleans Expoattion a chart of the Arctic re- ktona. from Ruffin Uav to Lincoln 8oa aix foot lm.|ndin,f‘li''“' K ' ho , mn «t recent riuonvoiloi! A llrnvj Verdict. Londoi*, Doc. », 1881. -The *50.000 awarded to th.1 plaintiff in tno Portea uo-Gnmoylo— more acurately, Finney va. C»ii na-br, ooli-of. "“'I 1,1 Pj'olably, ihe iai^eBt amount p 1 "p‘j! “ uol ‘ »" union ovur rooorded in England. The marot uipmn.h to it la a verdict nf *17,600 given In mao u> n sulioitor’s daiiKhtor.wlin , ad been jlltc.1 by a rich lawver. In oailicr tlinca it tvua moru common for jilted men (ban woaien to bring auoli anile, and in *'!,Vm K i".' ,f w,| Ham and Maiy n man obtained $2,L0U Alum mi h for the lo*.-* of * fiunceo whole fortune was $30,900. Savannah, Ca. to ba the moat oomfortabla and r thebaat oonducted Hotel In Savannah. a tee, 82.00 Per Day. H. L. harnett. Machine Needles, Gil and Shuttles, 1 will' 5 IN »SOF MACUINF8, foraole. the, , ord 5 r I’urla or M cliluea '■“at get broken, fbr which new Plvoeaane wanted. j. JE|{NI»AN. Itevenue C olleettona. WaanihOToa, D. o, 8, 181 -Tho collection, of Internal revenue fur tho Oral lour month, J»»» SO, 1886, wore iwl.l’li , , 1 ho collect Inns during tlio same Cn° i,! 18 Prcrioua fiscal year were til),- 0.M.1 0. llm decrease whs *'2,1113.700. T'cro •rsaninereaacof *300,3.11 in the coU, otioua b‘ ru/lii !"" " , "" (l R deer, aac of (»»" -ptrltc. *2-l.W2on tola,,™ and vl >7,8GU on nuaci lInneouB itema. IlieA^Bre- gaio itc« ijitii for October Shh! w»ti* frl 590 076 Iphh than for tho amuo nioiuh of * ' NIM.MO’N PtOUltRB. A Compendium of TarllT Legtalatlon From Ail Time. Wabiiikoton, J). 0.—Mr. Nimmo. chief of the bureau of atatiBtica, hoe handed to tho o oretary of tho treasury hia annual statement, ‘bowing the import* of merchandise, the rato* 3f duty atid tho amount* of duty collected thereon Th'* report exhibit* the result* of tho tariff hgelation in tho United Btate* front tho orgauixation of tho government to the iipoRcnt time. It also constitute* a digo*t of the United Htatc* tariff laws, with the result* tn detail of their operation during the last b ioLa ear, i U •PJ )ParB that the Mt of March J, lwo, reduced the average ad-valorcm rate*, i* follow* : on iron and *teel manufacture* thereof, 8.04 per ecn ; on clothing wool, 11.80 percent; on combing wool, 8.67 per cent; on carpet wool, 2.82 itereont; on manufactures of "til 0 A 7* ac 4»«r ceut, and ou manufacture* of »ilk 0.16 per cont. The aot mentioned also raised the ad-v*loioi n rH ( e ftH follow*: c,n sugar $nd meloda, 1.00 percent, on manufacture* of JOtton, 2.05 per cent; on earthen «nd china- ware, 14.60 per cent: on gla** and glaaHwa»f, ).03 per cent; on ►plrit* and wine*, 14.92 per sent, and on molt liquor* 8.05 per cent. A TKKItlFlC: NTOIt.M. 8«vcr«’ PerNonn Killed nnd Injured by Full. * Inc MImun In Fitt*bi|i'c* PiTTsnuno, l*a.~A terrific wind and rain •torm p*H*ed over western Pennsylvania last Saturday evening, and although it lasted but a ahort time, great damage was done to prop- erty. In Pittsburg telegraph wires, swinging signs, chimneys, * tc., were blown down. One sign, four feet wide, and covering the entire top of a business bouse on tieveuth avenue, was carried away, falling on a woman named Pfaff and hor two children. Willie, aged 0, and Gertie, three years old. Tuc boy was killed in stantly and the mother and little girl wero seriously, but, it is thought, not fatally injured. Thero were rumors of neeUR-nts in other parts of the city and in Allegheny, but nothing deli- dite baa vot been received. At Grcensburg, Westmoreland county tho roof of tho court house was carried off. but no one was injured, Tho wire* arc down in all directions, and tho telegraph companies experience great difficulty in handling business. Waterlnc Telephone Mtock. Boston, Ma**.—The director* of the Amer- ioap Bell telephone compuny have voted a pe tition to tho legislituro for authority to in- crea*° the capital from 810,000.000 to $20,000,- 000. Btreot gossip is that in tho event of tho authority being granted now Block will bo issued at tho rato of 81,000,000 per annum at n«r. The ooiftnany experts to liavo wire* Letwoen Boston and New York open to lease by July, 1885. The Great World’e Fair. N*w OiiLEAhB.— After a thorough inspection of the grounds, buildings, and machinery, tho building committeo have decided that there is no reason for a delay in opening the expo- ■ltin. Two thousand car loads of exhibits have been received, and 150 oar loads aro ar riving daily. Tho buildings aro now lighted by electricity. A train of Mexicun plants have arrived. Hmall Pox lu Canada. rfiLLXViLLE, Ont.-^Tho outbreak of small pox at Uungerford and the vicinity, although under control, is of an alarmiug character, and has frightened the people terribly. Tin num ber of cases so far lias been over one hundred, with a large per centage of deaths. A relief committee has been formed at Belleville, and another is being formed at Toronto. Illtf Reductions in Glims Factories. Wiikelinq, W. Va.—Notice* were posted in the fivo Hint glnss manufactories at Bellaire, 2 at Bridgeport, and three at Martin's Ferry, tbut after December 12 all work of pressers amt ^nishoi B would be paid for by the piece, and at Pittsburg rates. This amounts to a reduc tion of from 25 to 76 cents per 600 pieces of waro. The Btorm in New York. Nkw York.—A storm almost equalling a hur ricane, passed over this city Saturday night, lasting from ninpo'clock until midnight. Tree* were' blown down in the parks, signs wore lifted from their fastenings iu many plaoes, chim neys were toppled over and several glass show cases demolished. No accidents to limbs was reported. Steamer Blown Ashore. Fortress Monroe, Va.—The steamer Jano Msselv, running from Norfolk to Capo Charles city, connecting with the Northeastern Shore route, was blown on Hampton bar in a heavy gale last Saturday night while waiting for another steamer to leave tho wharf. Th© Wllllanmntic Mills to Reduce Wage*. Hartford, Conn.—The Williamautic mills, employing nearly 2,000 hands, will make a gen eral reduction or 10 per cent on January 1st. The Hartford Carpet' company at Thompson- ville, employing 1,500 men, has recently reduced to nearly one half time. Cowboy*’ <• oncronlty« Columbus, O.—A special from Nelsonville, 0,, says : Relief for tho destitute miner* is coming from a wholly unexpected quarter. The cowboys of Texas have sent 8150. Alii* reported quiot at tho mines. DIPTHE1UA AND MEASLES. The Great Throat Scourge Increasing If Violence. . New York.—Tho dipthorla scourge, which never leaves tho city, has taken a fresh start, and is raging very Aorcely. The habitual death rate of fifty per cent of reported cases has been exceeded, and is at presfint sixty per cent and over. Last woek tho deaths from diptberia numbered forty-th. eo to seventy-five reported casdfc. As the prevalence of the dis ease has diminished during the last few' weeks, it has increased in violence, until it has reached its present severe type. The measles has been increasing steadily for a week or two, since the advance of cold weather. It is, however, not of a very *evore type. Last week 155 cases were reported to the sanitary authorities aud 22 deaths. This was ju*t three times the num ber of the preceeding week and the week before. Ain ng the new cases reported were four in the r uudling asylums. Tho patients wero babies from four to eight mouth* old. Dynamite ExploMlon in Chili. Santiago De Chiu, via Galveston.—A ter rific explosion of dynamite occurred in one of the principal streets of this city. Three women aud a boy were instantly killed, lluilu- ings in the immediate vicinity of the explosion were considerably damaged. Opposing llio Mexican Treaty. San Francisco, Cal.—The state board ol viticulture adopted a resolution requesting the California senators and representatives to op- pose the execulion of the Mexican reciprocity treaty. Senate* The second session of the Forty-eighth Congress opened promptly in the Henuto nt noon. Immediat 'ly after prayer, the usual resolution to notify tho President nnd House of Uenftsentativea that tho Senate was ready for businens was adopted. Then a re cess for one hour was taken. Even beforo the motion for a reco.-w was adopted, the Hem- tors loft their seats and began to exchange greetings with each other. It was no- ticeablo that the Democrat* wore espe cially cordial in their greetings to Honator Imogen. Numerous Moral tribute* orna mented the desks of the Senator*. Mr. Gorman, chairman of the Democratic exec utive committee, appeared to be an especial favorite with those who testify their esieotn through gifts of flowers. His desk was literally covered with mammoth designs. Two huge roosters, composed of roues, cur-, nations and pam;>a* grass stood up as if in tho act of crowing. But the design which at tracted most attention was a miniature chair inode of roses and grasses, with an inscrip tion: "Reserved for A. 1 J . U., R87," in im mortelles. This Signified that the scat now oc cupied by Mr* Gorman will bo reserved for him at the next Senatorial oloction in his Btate. Senator Jones was a’9o remembered by Ins Democratic friends with a floral rooster. Senators Harris, Matey, Voorhoos, Ingalls, Laphaui, Conger nnd Babin also recei ved very pruttv floral tribut es. The credentials of Mr. Sheffield, the Senator from Rhode island, to succeed the late Mr. Anthony, wero read, but ho did not appear to take the oath At the expiration of the recess the Somite pro ceeded to the consideration of the usual morning buRinim Bills were introduced as follows; Bv Mr. Culloin—To prohibit here after distinctions being made in the military service of the United States against any das* of American citi/xm*. To enable officers of tho army, who were promoted for gullonl •ml distinguished services in the civil war. fo be retired with the rank and full pay of the grad© to which they were so promoted. To facilitate promotion throiuhouL the army by retiring from active service, upon thefr own application, officers of tho nrmv who •erved in the civil war. By Mr. Dolph —To authorize the transfer of on»* of the vessels of tho Oroely relief expedition to the treasury department for a revenue cutter, nnd tho retention of tho other two for use in the navy....Mr. Ingalls offered a reso lution wnich was agr«el to, iustruoiing the committeo on public lands to re port such legislation us may be neces- lary to authorize tho secretary of the interior to summarily remove all fences illegally con* (traded on tho public domain of the Unitod States... .On motion of Mr. Hawley at 12:55 r. M. another roues* of half an hour wus taken. At 2:35 the rreeident’s message was received by the Senate and its reading was at once procoodod with. „ A ftertho reading of the Journal, Mr. W. I. KhoiUoiu, a... bwbiv Senator from Rhode island, was sworn iu nt.. offered a resolution directing an investigation Dy tho committee on Indian affairs into all least's of lands in the Indian Ter ritory for grazing or other pur|>oseH by th* Ind an tribes, the number of acre* cinbia od in said leases, their terms, and the persons or corporations becoming the lossoos; also direct ing tho committee to investigate all tho cir cumstances under which the louses were made, tho mean* usod in obtaining the lease* rot erred to, and whether such looses were au thorized by law. Til* resolution went over to tho next day. Mr. McFueraon introduced a bill to suspend the coinage of tho silver dollar.... Mr. \ e-t’* resolution to investigate leases made by In dian tribes of lands in tho Indian Territory wa* passed after having boon so umi iuled us to include within the scope of the investiga tion leas** of lands in the Indian reservation. House* When the Houso section of th* Forty- eighth Congress was called to order at noon tlie gal lories were crowded with spectators. Numerous floral designs ornamented the denk* of members, among them a handsome ship of state which Mr. Cox, of Now York, wai the re ipiont An immense bod of chrysan themums covered the desk occupied by J. H. Barbour, of Virginia, and a tasteful basket of flower* adorned the .Speaker’s tablo. Th* members indulged in tho usual greetings, ox changing congratulation* on re-election or condolence on defeat. '1 he Republicans made good-nutured replies to tho equally good- natured elmfling of ihe Democrats on the re sult of tlie Presidential contest, and no bitter ness was manifested on either side. Promptly at noon the Speaker’s gavel called the Houso to order. In ills opening prayor tho chaplain gave thanks that tho members had been permitted to return in heath and safety to their legislative duties. Tho Speakor then directed tho dork to call tho roll. Tho roll disdooed the presence of 22J members, more than aquorum.and the Clerk was directed to inform tho Senate that the House was ready to proceed to business, Tho speakor appointed Messrs. Randull, Cox, of New York, and Brown, of Indiana, as a committeo to wait upon tho President iu con junction with a shui.nr committee from tne So.mto and inform him that Congress was ready to receive any communica tion he may be pleased to m;tl:o .>.r. Holman, presented the credential* of B. T. Shively as member-elect from tho Thirteen'h Indiana District, to succeed W. H, Calkin*, (r 'signed). Mr. Shively appeared at tho bar of tlie Houso and took the oatli of office. At 12:35 the Houso took u recess for fifteen min utes. After recess a communication was re ceived from the President, an l h s message was read. When the rea i n ; »»t the message was finished the House adjourned. Mr. Follett, of Ohio, intro iuced resolutions of investigation and impeachment of Unitod States Mardiul L. M. Wright, of Cincinnati, for usurpation of power an l intimidation of voters alleged to have been perpetrated at the October election in his State. Mr. Keifer aud .Mr. Reed opposed tlie reso lutions on tho point of order that tho House could not bring in articles of impeachment, and under them iiure'.y conduct an investiga tion of the marshal an l his office. They also alleged that it was not a question of privi lege under the rules of tno House. Mcs.rs. Cox, of Now York; Hammond and Follett, urged that it was right and proper for ihe Houso to adopt such a resolution. Speakor Carlisle overruled Mr. Keifer’s point of order and tlie resolution was taken up for general debate, and tinully adopted. The matter will be investigated by Ihocommitted on ex penditures in tlie depar meat of justice TAKEN OUT AND LYNCHED. A Missouri DcAporiulo Dangles from -a Rope’s Eml. St. Louis, Mo.—Charles Stevens, a desperado known as "Omnibus Charley,” who killed Hubert Kratner, at Maryville, Missouri, Decem ber 3, was taken from the jail by a mob and hanged. Sixty masked men wont to the jail and called up Sheriff Anderson, and demanded that ho deliver Stevens to them. This tho sheriff refused to do. and told tho crowd that he would light to the last to defend the pris oner. A committee of three was then sent to consult with tho sheriff, but his reply was the same as before. The mob then mado a rush for the door of the Jail, and notwithstanding the fact that the sheriff tired repeatedly into the crowd, dangerously wounding one man, forced an entrance, overpowered the sheriff, siezeci the murderer and marched him under cover of a soore of cocked revolvers to the rail road bridgo. a mile and a half away, whoro they hanged him. Stevens was pardoned out of the peuitontiary for a previous murder last winter THE MOUNTAIN PLAGUE, Report* Indicate that It I* Lesaenlnx In It* Severity. Louisville, Ky.—The correspondent now visiting tho plague stricken districts of eastern Kentucky and Virginia, telegraphs that a hor rible state of affairs exists in Wise and Leo counties, Virginia. A number of instances are cited in which whole families perished. Tho (liseaso lias caused moro deaths in Letcher county, Kentucky, and Wise county, Virginia, than in any other counties. In the latter countv the deaths have been so numerous that it has been difficult to provide for tbe proper burial of tho victims. THE PLAGUE DKOBEAUIKG. rETEUSBERO, Va.—Information has been received hero, through J. B. Hilton, a mer chant of Wise county, in southwest Virginia, who is now in this city, that ihe plague which has earned such morality in that section of the « ate, i» liovr ou the decrease. He say. that between two and three hundred persons have died of tlie disease. The plague 1b attribn- tid to tho drouth andits effect upoptbe drink ing wtitef, NEWS SUMMARY fiaalerit nntl Middle State* Intense excitement was caused at Middle town, N. Y.,by the failure of tho Middle- town National* bank, organized Under the State banking Inws in 1839 nnd considered one of tho safost institutions in the State. The failure is duo to the president. Thomas King, accepting drafts irregularly tram Ben jamin D. Brown, a Western pl ain speculator, who failed and mado assignment* to the bank. Mart J. Brown, a Philadelphia colored woman, fifty years old, i* gradually turning white. Governor Cleveland has returned with a polite note of declination a fine Newfound land pup sent him by an enthusiastic Brook lyn admirer. The governor has also declined to uttend a grand banquet At the Philadel phia academy of music. Major General Gershom MotT, of Bor- den town. N. J., was walking up Cortland •tree Now York, when ho suddenly fell bac .. ,1 expired of heart disease. At the time of hi* death Genoral Mott was in com mand of the New Jersey militia. Ho wo* born at Trenton In 1822, sorvod In the Mex!*^ can war, took a prominent part in the civil® war and in 1875 was appointed Stat* treasurer of New Jersey to fill a vacancy. Mr. Frank Saunders, an inventor and manufacturer, was *> much affected by«the sudden death of his wife while on a visit in Brooklyn tiiat he killed himself at hor side The bo ly of Laura G. Clancy, an actress, was burned in the new crematory, Lancas ter, Penn. Howard Sullivan,a colored l»oy of seven teen years, was hanged at Salem, N. J., for tho murder of pretty Elia Watson, a fifteen- year-old girl, last August Sullivan crept behind the girl ns she was walking through the wood*, killed her with a slick And then robbed the bo ly. Francis I). Moulton, who came promt nenty beforo tho public as tho "mutual friend” in the celebrated suit of Theodore Tilton ogaiiLst ll«v. Henry Ward Beecher, died the oilier day at hi* residence in New York of paralysis of tlie heart, aged forty- nino years. Mr. Moulton was active in the promotion of dairy farming, and during the recent presidentiul campaign worked hard for the election of General Butler. ••mb and Wetii Official figures of tho vote in Indiana •how that Cleveland ha* 244,992; Blaine,288,- 48i); But lor, 8,716; Sh John, 3,018, Clove- land's plurality, 0,512, Wisconsin’s total vote wo* as follows: Blaine, 101,147; Cleveland, 1411.454; 8t John, 7,049; Butler, 4,597; Blaine’s plurality, 14,093. David L. Payne, tho famous leader of tho Oklahoma Boomers, who is known through out the land a* “Oklahoma Payno,” died sud denly while eating breakfast at a hotel ih Wellington, Kansas. At a i>.«„v-mtic jubilee in Atlanta, Ga., five States—Georgia, North and South Carolina ami Alabama—wero scuted in the torchlight parade. Special trains carried thousands of i>coplo to Atlanta, and at the head of the procession were Governor McDaniel, Senator* Brown and Colquitt, aud tho special guest of the occasion. Hon. Samuel J. Randall, who dolivered an audress. A woman and hor twelve-year old daugh ter, while walking homo from a relative's funeral at Oconto, Wis., lost their way in a swamp and wore frozen to death. Hon. E. W. Wilson, elected governor of West Virginia at the recent election, has been served with a notice of contest by the Prohibition candidate for governor. John Jonduo, alleged to be 121 years old* died tho other day at Arkansaw, Wis. Captain A. H. Murphy, a prominent Now Orleans politician uud su|>orinten<lent of tho city’s workhouse, was shot dead in the street* by fivo men, who made a simultaneous attack upon him. Recorder Thomas Ford, between whom and Murphy there had been bad blood, and all his court officers were arrested. Thomas M. Watkins and John H. Diggs, editors of rival papers in Marios county. Mo., had an encounter in the streets of Vienna, growing oi*t of a personal controversy in their respective shoot*. Watkins was shot twice ^y Diggs and killed. The Farmers’ Nutional bank, of Bushnoll. 111., has suspended. It was organized in 1871 and lmd a paid in capital of $59,900. Governor Hamilton, of Hlinois, has awardod tho certificate of electiou to Leman, the Republican candidate for senator in one of the Chicago districts, where there was a close vote and a contest Tho Chicago grand jury returned a number of indictments for forging election returns iu connection with this case. A mkk at tho Wisconsin State university, Milwaukee, did damage to the extent of $235,- 0J.i A party of men entered Stephen Good will’s houso at Camilla, Go., ami killed him nnd Mrs. Gregory and son in their beds with axes. Oyster pirate* having again begun their depredations in Virginia waters. Governor Cameron sailed with nis stuff for ChesA{>oul(e Bay iu the State gunboat Chesapeake, on hi* third cruise after tho raiders. \%a«liington. The annual report ou the Life Saving ser vice shows that tlie disasters to vessels within tlie field of station operations for the lust year have amounted to 337. Un these vessels wero 4,253 pors ins. of whom 4,2-37 wore saved, nnd * fly sixteen lost The number of shipwrecked person* succored was 532, to whom 1,319 days’ reliet wore afforded. Tho estimated value of tho vessels involved m these dis;isters was $7,075,^75, and that of their cargoes $ 2,454,0 0, making the total value of the property imperilled $10,530,025. Of this uinouut $9,090,134 wus saved, and $1,439,891 lost. Tho number of vessels to tally lost was «ixty-four. There wero 102 cn unities to smaller crafts, such os sailboats, rowb >ats, etc., on which wore 179 persons, 175 of whom were saved and four lost For the payment of pension* the present quarter $17,000,000 will be required A great social sensation lias been occa sioned in Wa-hington by the runaway mar riage of Miss Mary Willard, a society bel e, with William Paxton, a poor young patent lawyer. Tho young lady was engaged to be married to George Simpson, a New York banker, and 1,500 cards hud boon issued for her wedding a week hence. M iss Willard and Mr Paxton ha-1 know each other a long time, uud har approaching marriage to the Now York banker was against her wishes ; hence the elopomont The President has sent to the Senate a large bat h of nominations covering appoint ments made during tlie recess, inclu ling Hugh McCulloch,of Maryl md,to bo secretary of the treasury; Frank Hatton,.of Iown.to bo n^Htmaster-general; John Schuyler Cim by,of Now York, to be first assistant postm tsier- general; James Harlan, of Iowa, to bo presi ding judge of the couifc of commissioners of Alabama claims, and Walter O. Gresham, of Indiana, to bo circuit judge of tho Unitod Sti ites of the Seventh J udicial circuit Several violent earthquake shock* have boon felt at Genova, Switzerland. A tragedy in Paris has created a great sensation. The wife of M. Hugues, a mem ber of the French legislature, shot and killed M. Morin, a prominent official. The la.ly had been slandered by M. Morin, who had been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for the slander, but had managed to have the case postponed from time to time, until, oxas- I ierated by tho law’s delay, Madame Hugues filled him. Her deed is generally applauded by tho Parisians. The boiler of a French man of-war lying off tho coast of Formosa burst, killing thir teen person*. Foreign. A collision ootwo n tho bark Luko Bruce nnd the steamer Durango, in the English channel, resulted in the sinking of the latter and the drowning of twouty persons. Tsvo mounter meetings of natives wero held in Bombay, at which resolutions wore adopted to present an address to tho Marquis of Klpon, tiie retiring governor general of India, and 60,000 rupees ($30,000) were sub scribed on the sjx)t to found an industrial in stitution as a memorial to tho marquis. Cholera is officially declared to have dis appeared from France. The town of Shondy in the Soudan has been captured by the British. Suakim,another important town, lias been besieged by the False Prophet’s troops. TfM£ Buhounor JJary Joseph, hJittj&iug to Newfoundland, weut down off thg (Jpaat of that country with all on \joord. Electoral college, flow tho Vote off New York, tho Pivotal .state, wai Fuat* The electors of tho various States selected by the voters nt the recent election, met nt tho capitals of the different States and cos* their ballots for the presidential candidate* whom thoy represented. Twenty States voted for Cleveland anl Hendrick* and eighteen States for Blaine and liOgan. Outside of New York there was no special in terest attending tho performance of tlie duties of the chosen electors. The twelve ballots cast for Cleveland aud Hendricks in North Carolina’s electoral colloge consisted of miniaturo United Htatos flags made of silk grown in the State. Following is a descrip tion of how tho electoral college of Now York, the pivotal State, coat !t« vote at Albany: Flowers in pretty forms decorat d the desk* of many of the electors when Kiigoue Kelly, of Now York city, called the Elec toral college of New York together. Tho Rev. Joseph U. Mulford, of Troy, offered prayor. Upon the roll l»oing cal le i it was found that John Delinnr was absent,. A re- covsdf half on hour was taken, aud a mes senger dispatchel to the Dele van house, wh.»ro the elector was found in hi* room. Mr. Ufllinar was ushered In at 16-50 o’clock, punting heavily. Secretary Dayton proceeded immediately to call the roll again. When Alvin Dovereux I ailed to re spond a perceptible smile crept over tho faces of tho majority ot the electors, aud the pro ceedings again lapnod. Mr. Devuroux came in in a lew minutes. Meesns. Clark, Dolmur. an l Underhill were appointed to rtM'oive and count the electoral ballots for President and Vice-President. As the secretary ca.led each elector by name he proceeded to tlie desk at which the tollers wero *outod and deposited his bullot. When all wore through Mr. Underhill said: "I beg loavo to utato that wo find thirty-six ballots have boon cast f >r Grover Cleveland for President” IYo.idont Kelly tried to say something, but Ids voice was drowned by the loud and continued applause which followe l the mention of tlie name of tho President-elect "Mr. President, your tellers would report that thirty-oix vote* have boon cast, all of them for Thomas A. Hendricks for Vice-President of tlie United State*,” Raid Mr. Underhill, and deafening applause followed. A recess of twenty minutes was then taken in order to allow the id -*ctoi*s to sign the re turns. On motion of Mr. Black, a committeo consisting of Messrs. Black, Jackson, and Haldano was appointed to deposit tlie returns In tho postoffiuo. Tho Hon. Erastu* Corn ing was delegated as messenger to convoy tne remit of the balloting of tho college to the president of the Unitod States Senate, and Frederick A. Fuller, of Cattaragus county, was intrusted with a like inossage to tho judgo of th* Northern District of New York. TUB PONT OFFH K VtKI'OKT* §0O,OOo : <nn* *u v -• »h« JtaiU lor a Yrar. Tho annual report of the PoatmaBter-Gcneral shows that the expenditures of tho PoHt-Offioe Department during tho fiscal year ended Juno 80, 1881, wero 846,401,960, and the revenue* $43,338,127, leaving an exoeu of expenditure* over receipt* ol $3,066,833. Adding tlie e*ti- inated amount of outstanding liabilities and the amount credited to the Pacific railroads, the expenditures exceeded tho revenues by 85,204,481. In addition to tho cxpoiutilureft mentioned $819,599 wero paid on account of habiliiiort of previous years. For tho fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1886, tho receipts are es timated at $51,272,820, and the expendituros nt $56,090,109, including tho amounts credited to tho i'uoiflo railroads. The amount of postago collected on second- class matter was $1,889,692.14, an increase of $184,414.61, or 10.82 por cont. over tho pre vious year. Of the receipts from this souroo 24 90 per cent, was collected at Now York, 9.41 por cent, at Chicago, 6 42 por cent, at Boston. 6.08 per cent, at Philadelphia, 4.67 per cont. ut Bt. Louis, 3.63 per ceut. at Cincinnati, 1.82 per cent, at Han Francisco, 1.16 por coni, at Wash ington. Th* number of letters and parcel* sent* through tho registered mails during tho year | wan 11,246,:45. The amount of registry fees i collected was $957,050.30, an increaso of $30,- i 609 60, or 3.3 nor cent, over the previous year. Tho actually ascertained losses during the | year numbered 616, or ouo in every 21,795 let- j tors and paicels registered. This is a sandier proportion of loss than in any previous year. I The number of mutes in the Star service was 11,729; tlie length of tlm routes. 224,779 miles; the annual transportation, 81,109,062 mm s, at a cost of $5,089,941, boiug about 6.28 c nts per mile. Ti.e number of routes in tho inland steam- boat service was 117; tlie length, 15,591 nules; tho annual transportation, 3.882,288 in,lea, at an annual cost of $596,573, being about 16.37 conts p«-r mile. Tlie number of routea in Die railroad service was 1,573; tlie length, 117,160 m It s; tne an nual iran»-p<ii tatimi, 142.541,392 mile, ut a coat of $16,012,603 (exclusive of $3,979 862 for railway pusiai clerks), being about 10.64 cents p< r mile. T eio wero 4,908 contractors for carrying ti e mails on inland routes. Tlie rovonue from tbe pott&l money-order system was $35 *,932, giving a net profit of $241,856 f lbo rev. utle horn pi atm notes, wh,ch wore issued to the amount ol $7,111,992, wtt-* $33,893. HECHKTAItY TKIihFlt’H KBPOIIT. The annual report of tlie Secretary of the I Interior begins with an account of tbe work of J the Indian schools during the imst year. Mr. ! T* Her suggests that some employment should | be seemed for tho graduates of these schools, and that those who complete tho regular j course of tlie manual labor schools should re- i ceive the gift of cii zeuslop, without incurring j risk of forie.ting their interest in iribd lauds or funds. He declares that the greatest agency for the civilization of tlie Indian is tho manual labor school, and urges that the Government -liould pay up the four million dollars duo under treaties with tho Indians concerning education. Hu renews his former recommendation that tlie Indians ho disarmed, and points out tho necessity of legislation tor tlie punishment of crime on the reservations. Ho praises the working of tho Court of Indian Offence* es tablished in 1883, aud suggests that the Indian Judges should be paid for thoir services. On tlie subject of tlie public lands, Mr. Tel ler adopts tlie recommendation of the Commis sioner of tho General Land Office that tho Pre emption law bo repealed. lie *ays thero is necessity for some legislation to compel rail road companies which have earned tlio land granted to them to lake a patent therefor, and to regulate lapsed grants. Under tho head of pensions he quotes tho report of tlio Commissioner, showing that at the close of tho last fiscal vear thero wore 822,756 pensioners and that the amount paid (luring tlie year was $56,908,697. He advises tho repeal of tho limitations of the act of 1879. Statistics of tho Patent Office aro given, showing that its business is constantly increas ing. Air. Teller ulopt* tbe idea that Federal ai 1 should bo extended to primary education, on tlie pi m proposed by tbe Commissioner of Education. In conclusion ho speaks a 'ood word for tlio Civil Sorvioe aot. AILLGI) BY AN EXPLOtfION, The explonion of a steam pipe in tho boiler house of the Belmont oil works at Point Breeze. Pa., early Friday eveuiug caused tho death or tho night superintendent, the fatal injury of a boss stiliman and tbe novere wounding of tlio fireman. Night Superintendent John B. Simp son was attempting to screw up tho nut secur ing tho leaking pipe when the explosion oc- ciu red. The nut or wrench struok him in tho head killing him instantly, Stillman Hugh Gautz called to Fireman Joseph Tully to draw the fires. Tully sprang to the furnace door, when there wan a second explosion. Tho fnrnaoc door struck the fireman iu the chest and a fast fol lowing burst of flames enveloped his cheat and shoulders. Gantz sprang to bis rescue iu time to meet a third explosion of firo and steam. He was severely burned about the legs and loins. Tully will die. Buporyitondeut Ohessbiue says that Die men disobeyed order* in attempting to repair the cap when steam wa* up. NEWSY GLEANINGS. —J&mea G. Blaine held an informal roocp Don on Hunclay, at his new home in tho NViii- dom mansion, in spite of hi* desire to avoid publio notice. Ho had a largo number of oallors. —Among those present at the completion of the Washington monument was one of tho master mechanic* who laid the comer atono of this monument mure than thirty-six years ago, and the old watchman of tlio monument, who ha* been oontinnouidy employed in that capac ity during nearly the whole of |thoi ntervening period. —The Hawaiian treaty wa* eignod by Secre tary Frelinghuysen for the United Stater, and Mr. Carter representing the Hawaiian govern ment. —The Ban Domingan treaty ha* also been iigmd by Secretary Frelinghuysen and Don Manuel G*lvau, the Dominican Miuiater. —Tlio Houso Committee ou Education ha* inntructod Representative Willi* to call up the KdtiOKlioii bill as noon a* poHNinle end move to substitute for it tho Blair bill, which ha* passed Die Senate and is now ou tne Speaker’s tab:o. —Representative Foilott, of Wisconsin, ba* properod a bill, to lie introduced at the first opportunity, which provide* or tho repeal of *11 1av\m authorizing the appointment of <speoial deputy mondial* and HUpervhor* of elec toe —Two miner* were fatallv injured by an ex- plosin of firedamp near UomI Bmff, Fa. —In Philadelphian woman wa* Rentenoedto six month** imprisonment on conviotiou of be ing a nti nance and common scold. —Wh le the Salvation Army wero holding a meeting at Uiddeford, Me., some one set firo to the hnll, but all ( Heaped. —Postmaster Ciosar Baznar, of Charoo, Texas, wa* mudeied by Mexicans sud Die oflico was r> bbod. - L. V. Simpson and Dr. Cslhoun Lawrence, of Nechenville, Texas, being unable i« agree upon the settlement of a debt, killod each other. —One of the men employed on the Wa*h- ington Monument wo* •lauding on ouo of tho nnddo scaffold* near tlio top of tlie shaft,whon lie lo«t ilia balance and foil off. Tho sloovo of Id coat caught un a large nail which pro] otod from anottier scaffold about ten feet below, nnd there he hung suspended until rescued by his fel ovv worlwm n. Had tlio nail given wav, be would have fallen a distance of over five hundred tout. —Tho net revenue of tho fo<feral govern ment for tlie loat fiscal year wa* $348,519,869 being $49,767,712 less than Die provlous yean —Crawford county, Ind., is terrorized by a band or ma-korl robbers. —Tlie Amerioano who got into a fight with Mexican* at a mine in Sonora have surrendered to the Mexioan authorities. —Tho Montreal ico palace is larger than an) of those in provion* year* and will cont $6,000. —A brute in New York city, toro out tho hall* of Ids wifo’* eyes with a shoemaker’* awl, blinding hei* for iif*. —Tho Signal Service station at Uhincotcague *aved tho new three-masted schooner, Mar garet A. May, whioh went ashore there in a gale. t .r 4l Mlw, ked robber* captured a train on the *-”tle Rock and Texa* Railroad and robbed Jln.Fi'V ''"".?'?! H000. Tho leader* of the gang were caught wku »| i0 0 f bloodhounds. — Mr. J. W. Foster, Unitou Minister to Spain, say* tho promised Cuban treaty ,.uu Spam will bonefit tlio Unitod States largely by opoiiing market* that aro now closed against us. lie says that tho treaty will not injure the cigar or sugar manufacturer*' hero. —Dr. CyruH Edson, of New York, said th* smull-pox, so prevalent tiow In London and Canada, wa* likelv to break out in New York, but the Board of Health was taking every atop to prevent it* becoming epidomio. — William McCabe, aged 24 years, a minor, foil Into a pit 316 feet doop at WilkoRbarre, Pa. Hi* body wo* crushed into an unrecognizable mass. —Tlio outbreak of smallpox at Hungerford, Ont., and vicinitv, although under control, is of an alarming character. —Three bova wont gunning on Harvoy’s Canal, ncur Now Orleans, and were used a* target* by a party ol mou; two of tho boys lost on eye. —President Arthur doos not favor the pre* sen tn tion of hi* name a* a candidate for uni ted States Senator from Now York State. —The Washington Monument capstone was placed in positiou ou Baturday with simplo coroiufmies. —A heavy rain has fa’len at Petersburg, Va., ending tho drought. —Controller Giant, of New York City, has adjusted tbe claim of the oity against the “L” roads for arrears of taxes aud interest from 1879 to 1884, inclusive. By tho term* of tho soiilement the city is to reoeivo $1,285,533 61, and, in consideration of this payment, with draws al suits aud claims fortho $2,843,611 18 whioh it was claimod these companies owod. —Tlio Siato Legislative Committeo of Penn sylvania have failed to find proof of Dio bribery charges against tho Standard Oil Company. —A large fire occurrod in West Randolph, Vt., on Saturday, destroying a largo pait ol the businos- portion of tho town. —According to tho Columbus Board of Trade, tho business intorr-ts of that city havo mn tiiined lacunae ot tlie strike a diroot Joss o) $3,511,000, wniio tho minors have lost $50u,000 in WagOS. —Tho publio debt for November decreased very little. Ti o pnno pal increase iu t *o dis bursements «as on uccountof pensions, which amounted to « ver $8,000,000. Tho receipts wi iv about $4,000,000 less than for tho same mouth of last year. The Treasury surplus is $14! 000,000. —Tbe Stato Department has received from a consul in Brazil sample* of a drug which i* said to be a euro for cancer. —Secretary of War Lincoln shows that largo saving of expense iu providing horrios and forage for the army has been mado during tho past year. —General Meigs says the now Pension build ing can be arranged for tbe inaugural Ball. It would give a floor 816 by 116 feet, and no trouble about getting it ready and having it gomfurtabl* is feared. Alining Operation* to be Huapended. New York.—Orders havo been issued direct ing a suspension ot mining in the coal district* controlled by the grout trunk line* from De cember 22d to 29th inst., iucliwive. Should tlie weather continue mild it i* feared a further suspension will occur. The manager* of all roads leading out of New York westward agreed to limit all reduced fare tickets to ou© continu ous trip to destination on the train upon which tlio journey was commenced. —Tbree masked men entered the residenco of Qeorgc Broarthead, iu a lonely spot at Port Ewcn, assaulted Mrs. Broadboud, who wa* alone in tlie house with her children, and robbed tlie Iioubo of $62. —Tlie football game between tho freshmen classes of Yale ami Harvard wa* abandoned. —In tlie twenty lnrgeBt cities of New Jersey there are 183,400 school children, and tlie vari ous cities of tho State contributed $1,207,190 for echo >1 purposes. —A little boy at Warrenton, Va., tied his four-year-old brother to a oovr’o tail, aud be foro Dm cow could be arrested in her flight, tho littlo follow was dragged sumo distance and badly bruised. —The boiler of a sawmill near Elizabethton, Ky., explode l, tearing tlie building to pieces and killing seven men. Two others were fatally injured. —Joseph Thorp, who is engaged to Mis* An nie Longfellow, ouo of tho daughters-of tlie late poet, is the son of a wealthy Wisconsin lumbciman. His sister married Olo Bull, the violinist. — Exporting apples to European market* is now being largely .carried on by farmers in Columbia, Greene, Ulster, Dutchess, aud other HiidHori River counties, The farmer* say they can clear from $8 to $6 per barrel on choice fruit. New.on pipping, Baldwins and Northern Spies are tho priuoiplo varieties shipped. —Iu New Orleans Georgiana and Josephine Conway, sisters, aged twenty and twenty-two years respectively, nieces of ex-Mayor Conway, shot two young men on Canal street. Geor- giana shot fatally John D. Logan, son of ex- Alderman M. D. Logan, and Josephine shot Joseph A. Devonshire, United State* Deputy Marshal. Tho young ladies claim that thoy wero betrayed by tho men they shot —It is asserted in Baltimore that Arohhlsho| Gibbons is to be oreated a Cardinal before the new year. —Manufacturers of cigars are alarmed at the proposed reduction of duty on Cuban cigars. —The choleraio epidemic in Virginia and Kentucky is said to be abating. Report* from Lynchburg and Louisville relate the horrible suffering* of the afflicted. - TUB NATIONAL FINANCES, The report of tho Secretary of tho Treasury shows that tho total of the ordinary rovenu** of the Government from all sources for tho fla- oal year ended June 30, 1884, was $348,619,8' 9, ami tho total of tho ordinary expense* for th* sarno period wa* $290,916,413, leaviug a hurplu* of $51,603,896. The requirement* of tho sinking fund for tho past flucal year, including a balance of $623,816.71 from tho preceding year, havo been fully met. It is cRtiiuaied that tho re quirement for tho present iiscuiyear will be $47,- 620,291.16, of which thero ha* huen applied during tho first four month* of the year the *nra of $27,007,060. Compaied with Die previous fiscal year, tho rcoeiptsfor 1884 have decreased $54,044,798, the principal item* of decrease being custom* rovonue, $19,639,007; Internal revenue*, $23,- 184,296: tax on national banka, $6,002,278. hor tlie present fiscal year Die revenue* are oatiu.ated at $330,000,000, and tliuexpuudi- tin oh at $290,620,201, leaving an ©Mtiinated surplus of $39,379,799. For tho fiscal year 1880 tho revenue* are estimated at $330,909,000 and the expenditure* at $323 911,394, loaving an estimated suipiu* of $6,098,boo. The estimate* submitt d by the department* for 18 -6 exceed thoso for 1886 by more than $40,000,090. The redemption* and cancellations of United State* bond* duriug tho twelve in litn* ended Ott 81, 1831, amounted to $97,774,300. Between 1864 and 18^4« ur expoit* to Brazil increas'd from $6,8 4,765 to $8,695,659, ,.ud our import* from lira/. 1 from $14,3*8,839 to $50 2 5.889, For 1884 the «x oru fell off $666,836 a* ootnpared w Ith 1883, while the im port* increased $5,777,430 Our oxp rts to ah the South American State* inorcaikd from $19,625,763 m 1868 to $3l,&i6,- 934 in 1884. The import* from Dioho ntaio* duriug the same p riod mo.eased f.oin $40,- ull.103 to $76,7 >3,900. Thu value of export* from the United Ht de* to foreign commie* during tho year eudod June 30, 1884, wa* a* fodows: Domesuo merchandise. $724 964,852 Foreigu iuerohaudi*e 15,518,767 Total merohandiio. $740,613,609 3pecio 67,133,803 Total export* of merchandise aud spocio $807,046,992 The iin|>orti into the United States duriug the last fiscal year were a* follows: Merchandise $667,697,693 Gold and silver 87,426.262 Total $706,123,955 For 1he threo month* endod Sept. 80, 18S4, the imports, a* compared with tho conc*pond- iug month* of 1883. foil off $9,651,080, ami tho expoits fell off $7,132.980. The revenue from customs in th* lineal year wa* $195,067,489.76, and the value of tho mer chandise entered wa* $667,> 75,889. Receipt* from internal revonue collection* wero $121,- 590,039.88, and the cost of oollecting tho same $6,100,461.84. Since 1865 the publio debt ha* been reduoed $1*847,948,622. The net debt, lea* $484,008,572 •ash in the Treasury, now amount* to $1,408,- 482.948. Tlie annual interest charge is now $47,823,881.60, aud the average rat* paid 892-100 pat c*nt, BILLED IIV A WOMAN. A tragedy which )ia* cnuRod a groat sen sation occurred in l'ari*. Tho wifo of Doptity Clovis Hague* with A revolver shot and killed M. Morin, tho 6omuii*idon agent at the Tulai* do Justice, because lie had slandered iter. Hhe fired bix abut* nt hor victim, four nf winch lodged in hi* chest. M. Ungues, who appiovos of his wife’s action, aud Mnio Hugues woro arrested. Last year M. Hugues and wifo prosecuted M. Morin lor dofamation of diameter aud ob tained a sentence of two year*’ imprisonment M. Morin, however, by a ayatein of dilatory motions, cat riod Die ca*o from court to court. Mine. Hague* became very angrv and hearing that tho A**izu Court of tho Seino would grunt anothor adjournment of a fortnight, hIio went ihero wltli her hus band and counsel. WIhu tlio court took a locos* for luncheon, Mini*. Hugues, in de scending the stnirottHe, mot M. Morin and *hot him. After *ho had heou ai re sted *liu de clined to tlio Commissary of Police that she hoped sho had killod tlie mini who, during tlio jittHt two year*, had I men killing her by inches by hi* atrocious oulumnios. Mme. Hague* is Die beautiful voting wife of M. Clovis Hugues, a prominent Radical mem ber of the Chamber of Deputies. M. Morin bad groflsiy slandered her bv circulating a riory which ohargod hor with infidelity to her mar riage vows. There are many facts winch niukc ids story uuwm thy of belief, ami the genoral opinion is that the slander was tlie mean re venge of a repulsed libertine. Public sympa thy i« entirely with Mme. Hnguos, and it is considered impossible that she can over bo convicted of murder by a jury of Vi onohineu IN A IlIJItNINM CAR. On Friday evening, near Ottawa, Ont., through the expl *iou of a bottle of chemical# placed near the stove, a passenger car on the Kingston mid Pembroke Railway took tire while tlio train wa* running at full speed, and wai only extinguished after the car, in w. icli there woro thirty people, iiad been badly burned. When tiiM alarm of tire was given tho pabsuu- gor* rushed for tlio platform, and in tiying to Hignal tlie engineer to *U>p, the bell rope broke without ringing t ho bell Betwcou tho passenger car andlbeongino there woio u number of plutform cars, and it was with great difficulty that one of the pas sengers climbed over there and made their perilous situation kuowu. Had tlie fire started lu Die front end of the chi all communi* atiou with tlie engineer would havo been cut off, and tlie pas<eng< rs would cither hwo been forced to jump from tbe train or have been roasted alive. Tlie escape of all wore miraculous. Thero wuo several representa tives of the Grand D.vision on board, return ing homo after attending the annual meeting, ■■well as several members of the Chinch of England Mission Board, which had just con cluded its session at Kingston. THE UNITED STATEN NAVY. 8©cr*l*rj Chandler 4 * Report. The annual report of tho Secretary of the Navy shows that tho expenditure* of the de partment in the fiscal year which closed June 30, 1884, were $17,292,601. The estimates for ordinary purposes and public works for tho next fiscal year are $17,860,658. Tlio esti mates for the increaso of the navy ure $15,071 672. In this sum is included $4,232,654 for the completion of the monitors, $4,642,000 for new cruisers aud gunboats, $2,900,000 for armored vessels. $2,001 918 for of this sum for the increase of the navy will bo needed for the coming fiscal year. The expenses of the Greely’ expedition, the Secretary savs, were $762,006. Ho recommends that the Thetis and. the Bear be retained by tho Government for surveying purposes. The report concludes with tho assertion tiiat tlio only way to encourage tho establishment of American ocean steamship lines is through Government aid in tho form of bounties for the construction of vessels or payment for carrying tho mails. MURDER BY WHOLESALE. Dotails reached Omaha, dated Deo. 8th, of ono of tlie most diabolical wholesale butcheries evor committed in Nebraska—the killing of five persons by one man, followed by the sui cide of the murderer. The scene of the slaughter was the town of Walworth, Ouster county. Tho victims of the horrible affair were John Finley, a widower, about sixty years old; Manr Finley, his daughter, aged sixteen Fannie Finley, Mary’s sister, aged eighteen: John Williams, a suitor for Mary’s hand, anu diaries Watkins, Fannie Finley’s suitor. The perpetrator was a rejected suitor of ono of tlie young ladies. He shot the young peo ple as they were returning from a ball; killed the elder Finley with his clubbed shot gnu, and then blew out his own bruins with a revolver JOLLY OLD SANTA GLAUS. HI 10 MOT A NDIBAMCX, AMD DOES MOT TORMIMf AXYOMB. An exchange *ays: "Santa Clan* 1* begin* ning to torment parents. He is a saint; buff ho i* often a nuisance, especially when fundi are low and the family large.” Santa Olau* never torments anyone. Thai Jolly old saint, the very soul of pleasant ro- merabrance*, wuo comes hut once a year shed- diug sunlight and gladness all over the land in no tormentor. The my*terious little old man in hi* coat of fnr, with hi* bag of "nicknacka’* on hi* back driving over tho housetop* on Ohriatmas Eve i* no "nuisance,” but rather * welcomo guest in overy home, from tho paiao* to tlie lowly cot. Who is there who doe* no* regret tho time when the existence of a "true enough” Santa Claus wa* proven to be other thau what our young mind* had always pio- tured him to be ? How early on Christman morning, bofore it wa* fairly daylight tho night-gown brigade of youngsters were np from their dream* of sugar-plums and toy* on a tour of inspection of tho stockings that had been hung up tho night bofore to the mantel* One can all but hear the gladsomo shout off the youngster* of by-gone day*, when they dis covered their wish realized by some toy or book appearing, tho gift of tbe children ■ best friend, Banta Glaus. Fow are the grown men and women, whose hairs may have turned as whito a* the Christmas mows, but what love, on Christmas day, to sit down by tbe fire, closo their eye* and bo a child again for a fow abort minute* and live again If but for a brie* time, in min'), tho happy hour* of their childhood at Christmas time, homo will be awakened from tho delights of such a memory by tho glad shout* and happy songs of thoir own lit tle one* or tlio gladsome voice of their grand children on this golden anniversary. To be sure, Christina* of to-dity 1* some what different than in tbo day* gone by. It mav be more elaborate in its display of gift* and all that goe- to uiako it met ry. but even with all till* Dio feeling- of emotion are just tbo mhiiiq. No mere jot some, no nun* bap- pinoss. The change f*'no greater than tho change in tho way* of tbo world. Christmas is no day to dwoli on other than joyful sub ject*. To be sure, there may be a little pair of ■lockings missing from tbo mantelpiece, the happy vo'oe of a little one that made the Christina* so bright la«t year may be hushed, bm i* it not comforting to feel i iiat the voice that i* stilled to oh 1r singing *weU praise# to Him of whoso birth this anniversary day is ooiobratod ? A Christina* in Hoavcn mast lndoeo be a Joyful occasion. Then there i* atmthor thought that will come up to tho thinking ono*. Are there nob in some home little ones whom Banta Glaus in his hurry ha* overlooked V Has tho poor wid ow and orphan been romombered *8 thoy should on mch a dsv? Have tbe widow*’ children a* warm clothing as they ought to havo at this Reason of the year ? Woro that worn-out suit of clothe* and undorgarmeuts, tho thing* that were of no good except to go in the rag bag, what we ongtit to liavo sent to them? Will they havo a good squaro meal on Christina*? Tiieso and a hundred other such questions will come up and they will never be satis factorily answered unloss wo appoint our- selvos a committeo to sco that theao poor unfortunato one* aro provided for and thab their Christmas is, at least to a certain ex tent, a merry one. No individual can tak* care of tho wholo town, but thero aro fow individnahi who are making prepara tions to enjoy this festival day hut whal can do something for one poor little boy and girl, can do something to mako their heart* merry and make th* m beltevo this is r iot a world altogether void of humane foel- ngs. No true man or woman can look upon Santa Claus as a "tormentor,” but on tho contrary, especially whoro one seek* to mako the Oo« urv i n g unfortunate onoa happy, he is ever a woioimta, though a mythic guest. LIFE HAVING MKK VICE. The general superintendent of tho Life Bav* tog service ^.i hi* Annual report fortho yoar ended June 30, 1884. says tiiat there wero at tho closo of tho last liscul year 201 stations, of which 166 woro on tho Atlantic, 37 on the lakos, 7 on tlio Pacific aud 1 at tho fails of Ohio, Louisville, Ky. Tlio reports of tho dis trict officers sliow tiiat the number of disaster* to documented vessels within tho field of sta tion operations during tho year was 337. Ou thoso voxels thoro wero 4,‘.'53 persons, of whom 4,237 poisons wero saved and 10 lost. Tlio number of shipwrecked poi sons succored at tlio stations was 532, to whom 1,119 dayB re lief in the aggregate woro afforded* 'The esti mated value of the ves-els involved in tiieso disasters was $7,075,975 and (bat of their car goes 43,451,050, making the total value of the properly import lb d $10,530,025. Of this amount $9,090,134 was saved and $1,439,891 loHt. Tho number of vessels totally 1*»st wa-04, Bosldos tin- disasti rs to documented vessels there were during tho year 10; casualties to umallor craft, seen a- sailboats, rowboats, etc., on winch were 179 peraoiis, 175 of whom wero *.»ve«i and 4 lost. 1 he property involved iu these instknees is estimated at about $77,915, of wnich $71,220 was saved and $6,695 loat. Tlie result of all the diHusters in tlio scopoo! tho service thereh ro eggn gate* as foil ws: Total number of dhasters, 439; total valtio of property involved, $10,607,940; total value of propei ty saved, $9,161,351; total vaiuo of property lost. $1,446,586: total number of per sons iuvolved, 4,432, total number oi' uuisous saved, 4,412; total number of persons lost, 20; total number of persons Huccoi'ed &i a stations, 632; total number of days’ succor afforded, 1,319, nomber of vessels totally lost, 64. In addition to persons saved from vessels, there were 21 person* rescued who bad fallen from wharves, piers, etc., and who would have poririiod without the help of tho iifo saving news. Tho following general summary ib given of Die statistics of tbe seivico, from tlio Unto of tho introduction of the present syst. m im 1871 to tlio clone of tlio fiscal year, ihe <oss of life, as s.ated below, included 183 lost at tho wrecks of the Huron and Metropolis^ which tlio report says, iu strict justice, aro nob chargeable to tbo service: Number of disasters, 2,547; value of jn'oper- ty involved, $47,129,814; vaiuo of property saved. $32,898,346; vaiuo of property Joct $14,- 28 *,968; number of persons involved, 23,217: number of persons saved, 22,771; nuuii*er ot persons lout, 446; uumber of persoun n.ccomi at stations, 4.261; number of days’ succor af forded, 11,6*7. — Governor Glick, of hhiuwif as,decidedly op] cfttUtitniL REVENUE MARINE SERVICE. The annual report of the chief of the reve nue marine li vision of tho treasury show* that the vessels of that service now number thirty-eight, the same as last yoar. Of these two are not in commission. They are manned by about 950 officers and men, and are sta tioned in such manner upon tlie sea and lakes ns to cover in their cruising tho entire coast lino of the country. The report says that the work of the ser vice for tho year represents n high average as compared with former yoar*. The vessels have covered in their cruising an aggregate of 317,843 miles. They have boarded and ex amined in enforcing tho customs anil naviga tion laws 26,282 merchant vessels. Of these they found 2,270 violating the law iu some particular. They were either seized or re- ported to the proper authorities for action. The lines ana penalties to which tbe vessels so reported were liable under law amounted to the sum of $083,642. The relief work performed by the vessels af the revenue niarino excels that of any for mer year. They assisted 24G merchant ves sels which were shipwrecked or in distress, valued without their cargoes at $7,015,572. Upon tho vessels thus assisted were 4,310 per sons, many of whoso lives wero imperilled. Bixty-threo persons wero saved from drown ing by being pickod out of tho water. The Strafford Explosion Victims. Doves, N. H.—The condition of the victims of the Strafford victims is as follows: There is no hope of the recovery of Btepheu Young, Mary Ann Young, Z. F. Berry or Joseph May. George Young is slightly bettor. Ella Beany is easier, and Miss Greenfield much improved. The doctors did not expect George Young to rally at all. S 150,000 Failure la Ohio. Mkchavicsbubo, O.—John O. Baker, and J. N. Shaul, leading business men of this placo have made assignments ia consemience of thoir indorsements for the Mochanicsburg yiaobi company, wnich also assigned, with iiabilll

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, December 16, 1884, Image 1