Newspaper Page Text
Ill
the mercury.
PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY
NOTICE.
oommnnlMtloni Intandtd lor thli
paper mn»l *>• MPoinpanled with tha roll
name of the writer, not neooMarlly for pnbU.
•auoo, hot M e foerentee of good faith.
We ere In no wejr reeponetble for the etewe
„ opinion* of correspondent*
THE
A. 0. JEttNIGAN, Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO LITERATURE. AGRICULTURE AND OENEUAlt INTELLIGENCE.
81.50 per Anntitii.
VOLUME V.
SANDERSVILLE, GA„ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1885.
NUMBER 41.
JIUNICIPAI,.
Mayor.
Wh. GAI.I.AHKU.
Aldermen.
Wm. IUwi.inos,
A. M. Mayo,
\V. H. l.AWSON,
It. T, Walker,
Mon ms IIapp,
ClcrJtund Tft'dturen
CD W, U. Whitaker,
Mardiull. •
• tr.*i£ Wife &Sv. '
•low2s' OID TlfiNNILtilC.
' Mayor*
oiin C. IlM'.MAN.
Aldermen.
V. J. Pipkin,
J. F. MiihKhH On,
J. N. Roolilts,
W. J. JorVr.it,
Cla-h.
B. II. H. Massey.
Marshal',
.1. t'. IIamii.io.v.
E. S. LANGMADE,
StVl loi^ey lit I^kw
BANDKIiSVlLLH, CiA.
y\ 1
A’J
• YANK. II. 1». EVANS, .*».
E.VAN8 & EVANS,
torneys At. 1 .n-\v,
' HANPEHKVIU.E, OA.
lU 1. HARRIS,
’ lOliN KV AT LAW,
HANDKRBVlI.LE, (1A.
ill I'lnrtico in nil (lie Courts of tlio niidrilo
sit. mid in tin* count!** Pimoiimling
I'Hi^ton. Hpeeial nttention given to cum-
AT
F. H SAFFOLD,
TOIINKY AT TAW,
RANMEitSVlbl.K, (1A.
: print re in nil (tin Comte nr tin- Middle
nit i o.1 in I ho rnnntica Hirnnniiling
ln;:t n. tnoi'ini ntlciitinn , M n tt> cum*
.! low.
o. 0 BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Bandererllle, On. i,
dt
/. K. nurse. O. H. Room*
HINES & ROGERS,
Attorneys at Law,
BANDER3VILLE, QA.,
Will praetlee In tho oountlea of Washington,
Jefferson, Johnson, Kinunuel end Wilkinson,
and In the U. H. Court* for the Boutheru Ol5~
trlotof Georgia.
Will net mi agent* In baying, telling or
reining Keal Eatate.
umoo on W**t aide ef Pnbllo Bqnere.
Oolll-tf ■
H. N. HOLLIFIELD,
Physician and Surgeon,
BendersTtlle, 8a
Offlee neat doer u> Mr*. Barnel seUllneep
•tore on llerrle street.
Or. H. B. Hollifield,
fstsiciai mi mmi
Haying recently graduated at the Unlver-
illy of Maryland and returned home, now
offer* his nrofeHslonal services to the citizens
of Haudersvllle and ylolnlty. Office with
Dr. H. N. Holllfleld, next door toJUrs. Bayne’s
millinery store.
G. W H. WHITAKER,
OENTI ST,
BendenTllle, fla
TERMS CASH.
DR. J. H. MAY,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Offers his services to tlio citizens of Handcrs-
v 'll* and mljaccnt country. All calls, (lay or
"ij'lit, will bo promptly responded t". Offico
nt hiH residence on Mrs. Pittman's lot, corner
Harris and Church streets. janl5-1884tf.
J. S WOOD & BRO.,
General Commission Me 1 clients,
SAVANNAH, O-A.
mission or other expenses charged
nments of Wool,
market price guaranteed at time of
sep2'8i-ly
NEWS BUMMARY
fotMrm Mil Ddddio ntMo*.
Wnhh",?r n .i “A* 0 " ""<} AsBlstAtif-Cndiior
'Jolib, of tho Merchant*’ bank, of Norwich.
foremboMithig from tlm
a.mwer 0 fumK Both B<*v* bonds tr
III™.!! 101,8 p "'|. I|? F. !o OTer « nomination fo,
aTtrldSrSrf ‘L’" Flbridgo O. Lnpham
I,, 1 N'nntor from Now York
emlul by tl» Jtopuhhunu caucus awarding
t in prire to William M. Kvarts, wlio received
sixty olio vole, to twenty-night for Oliver 1'
Morton an.l tliroo for Chaunccy M. ]w W)
As tuo Hepubllenns linvo a majority in thn
gow Y ork. li'gislaturo, tlm mmirnation of Mr
fvnrt* Wat wialvnlont to an clnetlon.
E' AItTS Was elected Trnitnd
Btnt™ H, tmtor from New York l>v tlm Hlito
legislature, receiving nineteen voli-s in tlio
senate and te veil ty-t liriv in the nssnmbly to
thirteen votoi in the wnatn nml illty-Uvo in
(ho nssombly for Ikhvnrd Cooper, tlio llohto-
cratic causus nominee,
U’ONO IlKB H M A N JONATHAN ClIACR WAS
elect oil l»y thu Hhodo lslunii legislature to the
United iStatch Hon a to ns mnvo>H(jr to the late
oonntor Anthony.
Di.ivkh Buotiikrs A: Pnuxii’s, tlio sus-
pcndwl i’ittshurg iron firm, Imvo inado a
statement to their creditors showing liabili
ties, f 1,603,838.1)3; assets, $3,!RU,U52.4‘J. An
ox tension of flvo years is nskod.
Tmk Connocticnt logislaturoro-olocted lion.
O. II. l’latt to tlio United States Senate.
Die Democratic nominee was W. It. Barnuin,
chairman of the Doinocratio National coin-
in it too.
UndkU instructions from Mayor Grace, the
New York police nro putting a Mop to nil
gambling ami rigidly enforcing tlio liquor law.
I ho other night twelve gambling houses In
tlio city were raided.
Turkic right whales, known to whalemen
as “two cowh ami a calf,” were captured tlio
other day oil' tlio i/mg Island coast by tlio
whaling crows of two villages. The whales
woro harpooned cl<mo to thosliore, but making
a desperak* light for lifotowod the lx>nts fully
ten miles to sea before spouting blood. They
are valued nt nearly A day or two
subsequently another right Wlmlo was cap
tured o(Y the l/ittg Island const. it provod
to Iki the largest yet caught, being seventy
foot long and nine foot broad. Tlio l>ono is
valued at 12,500.
Tmk failure of the Jamestown (Penn.) sav
ings bank was followed by the discovery that
its young cashier, I. Ross Martin, had disap
peared and was a defaulter to tlio tunoof
about $25,ooo. When Inst seen Martin wits
headed for ( nnadn.
HinTF.li Tiikuksa.u niccoof the Hon. Jnnios
G. Blaine, died a few days since in St. Mary’s
Catholic convent nt WiUbubnrro, iVnn.
Ex-Mavoii Gcntmkh, of Now York, onco
a prominent merchant and politician, U
dead.
Title bailor of a portable engine on Simon
Honed id’s farm ill Groton, N. Y., explofUni
with terrific elToct, Mr. iienedict and one Ron
woro fatally injured, a younger son was in
stantly killed, and tlio engineer’s body could
not bo found.
Moi nt Washington, N. II.j has lust had
the coldest wealh'*r ever experienced thoro,
the thermometer rogistcr.ng illty dogrofa be
low zero.
A Mus. E. II. Gheicn, who Is said to betho
richest woman in America, lmd $.*0,0 , .X) l 0()J
in llmt-class bonds and swurities on duinsit
withiho ivcently susiMinded New York bank
ing house of John J. Cisco & Hon. Airs.
Green called for her property the other day,
and u|*on the assignee's refusing to give up
|8()0,(XX) woi tli of the securities, claiming tie y
must bo held ns collateral for the loan of
00 made to Uor husband, the lady made
quite a scene, bursting outcrying, throwing
herself upon the floor and refusing to bocom
fortod or quieted. Him finally left) threaten
ing to appeal to the law.
Piiii.ADEi.rina’s famous old T.Iberty boll
was started on its journey to New Orleans
with imposing ceremonies. All along the
line of march big crowds cheered the revo
lutionary robe as it was convoyed toward tlm
special train which carried it to the New Or
leans Ex position.
Soitfli and West*
Hon. DanikIi VmmiiRRH was renominated
to tlio United Htatoi Hcinlo by tli • Demo
orntic memUns oi th>.) Imbami legislature.
The Democrats in tlm Indiana legislature
have a majority on joint ballot.
Lahuk iron and brn.-s mills in Ohio nro
again starting up, nn.l icjKirtH give a more
favorable outlook lor Urn metal trndo than
has existed in many months.
Senator Vent lias been re elected to tlio
United Stab s Sruulo from Missouri.
Mu. VoouiiK’ K was re elected Unitxxl
States Senator by tlm Indiana legislature,
receiving a majority of forty-five out of tlio
140 votes cast over ox-GoveVnor Porter, the
Republican candidate.
Z. R. Vance wn< re-elected United States
Senator from North Carolina, receiving 128
votea Tyro York, the Republican nominoo
rocoivod twciity-llvo votes.
Wm.kinhon Cai.L lias been ro-eloctod
United btates Senator by tlm Florida legisla
ture.
Timie was a disgraceful fight o’vor pos
session of tlio speaker’s gavel in tlio Illinois
legislature. Speaker 1 lames resigned nt 10
r. m. , saying that it seemed both parties did
not want him, and ho would lmvo to assume
his old por-ition ns tlio lndei>endcnt party.
Immediately there was a free light
for possession of the gavel, members hurling
each other right and h i t in the effort to obtain
tlio insignia of otli e. An extraordinary
scene of turmoil followed, and lustod for
some time.
Govehnor Scales’ inauguration at
Raleigh, N. G., was attended with nn unusual
civic and military display.
During the wedding celebration of Colson
Bninbridgo, an Indian, near Webbor’s Falls,
Indian Territory, lie was killed by unknown
parties, who tired through thn window. Af
ter his death tlio firing became general, and
three of the wedding party—one man and
two women—were wounded.
The Virginia fleet in search of depredators
on the State’s oyster beds lias made one haul
of sixty seven prisoners. Governor Cameron
declares lus determination to continue to
make war upon the “oyster pirates” so long
as they continue tlioir unlawful practices.
The Announcement of J. Donald Camer
on’s re-election to the United States Semite
was read by the clerks of both houses of the
Pennsylvania legislature in joint session at
Harrisburg.
The Colorado legislature lias elected Henry
M. Teller, secretary of tlio interior, ns sue
Sessor to N. I’. Hill of tlio United States Sen
ate.
As C. E. Abbe, postmaster and United
States land commissioner at Sarasota, Fla.,
was walking along the street ho was shot
from behind and killed by two men, whe
convoyed their victim's body away in a boat.
Investigation is said to lmvo resulted in tho
discovery of a secret assassination society,
whose object was tho removal by death ot
all persons objectionable to its members.
Patrick Woods (colored), killed a con
stable at MeComb City. M iss. Forty niaskod
men look Woods out of jail and hanged him.
Tom Du DOING, nn old hunter, was killed
end oaten by wolves near Metropolitan, Mich.
■J |.:_ ii inter killed (hirt cnof tho llerco brut
b loro he succumbed.
A man has just died in Chicago whoso
bones had become quite soft, except tho hips
and knee joints.
in kwh hns been received that 4(X) settlor 8
have taken possession of land in tho Indian
territory contrary to law, that the numbor
is steadily increasing, and that resistance to
Federal authority i* threatened. After n
consultation between tlio President andsoc-
rotary of war orders woro given to remove
the settlers by United Slates troops.
The Senate in oxecutlvo session confirmed
tho following nominations: John Davis, of
the District of Columbia to be judge of the
V nited Slates court of claims: William A,
Richardson to be chief justtefi of tho United
States court of clnimft, nnd Samuel 1\
McCormick lo bo collector of internal rovo-
tluo for tlm district of West Virginia.
A dill lias boon introduced in the Houso to
prohibit aliens and foreigners from acquiring
or owning lands within the United States.
Within four years twelve members of the
House of Representatives—eight Republicans
and four Democrats—have boon promoted to
tho United States Senate.
At a secret session of the National Woman
Still rage association, held in Washington,
Elisabeth Cady Stanton, of New York, was
chosen president, and Susan 13. Anthony
first vice-president.
The wifo of Just tee Stanley Matthews, of
the United States supremo court, died a few
days since.
Collkctionh of internal revonuo in tlio
first six months of the fiscal year ending Juno
Jin, 1881, were $.‘><1,518,5(18, of which *81,004,-
was from spirits, *1 a,702,!W9 from tobacco
$0,570,402 from fei'mouted liquors, and *151,
282 n*om miRcolldneouB sources. The total
receipts are * 1.270,78(1 less than thoy were in
the same Jioriod the previous year.
The Senate has conflrinod Hie nomination
of Carroll I). Wright, 6f Boston, to 1)0 com-
mimioner of labor.
Reah-Admiual H. P, Quackenbubii hns
l>ooti placed on tho retired list of tho United
States navy.
l me electoral returns of nil tho States, both
by mail and messenger, have been received
by the president of the Senate. Tlio returns
from Orogon and Iowa were sent back for
corroetion, and lmvo sinco been received m
proi>or legal form.
The House committee on tho public health
Lab decided to recommend tho appropriation
ot *25.(MK) for tli > national board of iioulth
nil 1 $5 0,00 » to be us«.h1 at tho discretion of
1’resident in provenling tho spread of
)i a should it appear in this country be
fore tlm next (digress assembles.
FtmTiir.ii nominations by the President:
Th-iirv S. ItiudckojHjr to be postmaster at
l’hila lcliiliia; Stanford E. Chaille, of Louis-
tana, t-> bo a in 'inber of the national board
of health; Lucius It. Foote, of California, to
be minister resilient and consul-general of
tho United Smte. nt Corea; Nelson A.
Dunning, of Michigan, to bo consul of
tho United S’a'-s at Auckland;
Auirow S. Draper, of Now York, to bo a
judge of thn court of commissioners of Alu
mna c laims; Joint F. Ilartranft lo bo col
lector of customs for tie* district of Philadel
phia; William A. Baldwin to be collector of
'Ustoms for the district of Newark, N. J.;
nd William S. Steele, of Pennsylvania, to
>o coiner of tlio mint of pliiladolpliin.
Tin: Houso co.n nitto* on ixwtofltcos nnd
% Mst roads adopted a resolution to recoin-
inond to tin* committee on appropriations
that legislation be ombodiod in tlio postollleo
'ofirinlloii bill providing for tho reduction
oi p sPivo (ai newspapers Iromtwo cents to
u cent per pound.
Borrlgii*
A railroad I min strip’k a broken rail
near Vonice, 111. ; (Id- smoker ami baggago
wore thrown into a ditch and many i»oo-
pie were injured, cum fatally.
(» reat RiilTering pinvails among tho victims
of the recent earth piakos throughout Spain.
Native peasants engaged to accompany
tho British army inarching to Gordon's re
lief ere deserting by hundreds.
Tiiom ah Parry was Imaged In Galway,
eland, for murd ■•ring hi'. Hwootheart,
i-s Alicia Burns, who had broken her en
gage meat w ith him and was killed in revenge.
Fresh earthquake shocks, resulting in
omo damage, have bo-m felt in Spain.
Many more villages in Italy nro roportod
s having Iks-ii devaslatod by snow avnlnn-
hiM.and the lmv<H-and Hiaughtur arodoacribod
s appalling. At Frassino 140 jiersoiis woro
killed; tlm village of Valgrano was partly
lostroyed and a large number of persons lost
thoir lives; furtv-two persons were killed at
1 levels; the village of Rabassa was almost
impletely buried under snow, nml the vie
ms there wore counted by tlio score.
An avalm be of npowat Motoull(*s, France,
u-hed a diurch, in which a number of i or-
■iis were worshiping. All were buried
under tho suow.JJns were also twenty men
wore working in a iimrblo quarry' near
Gkrmanv and Russia lmvo agree.I upon
leasin', s for the extradition of persons guilty
f violenco or at tempted violence toward tlio
lumbers of tli£ royal houses of both count
PK0M1N \l NTl’EOPLE.
DYNAMITE IN LONDON.
tku nri^'
Tint hi-: vmtY hi?iuc> -t.\I*mihions-
IIOl NliSOl PAItl.l AOIU.NT DA.IIAGKD.
Savannah, Ca.
Ih conoeded to be tho most ooiAfortsbls and
O' far the. best conducted Hotel in Savannah.
Rates, $2.00 Per Day.
M. L. HABNETT.
Machine Needles,
Oil and Shuttles,
r °B all KINDS OF MACHINES, for ial«,
• will ,i,o order parts of Mnoblue*
that get broken, for which new
pleeea an wanted.
A-- J. JEHNIGAN
TVhhIi illgloil.
Pr is announced that two coloro compa
nies, tho Monumental Guards of Baltimore
and tlio Elliot Hrays of New York, will bo
prosent ut IVasbiiiaton during tlio inaugural
cerotironios.
Reprkhicntativk John D. I.ono, of Mass
adiiisol ts. hns boon chosen by tho managers
of I bo Washington Monument commission to
read tlio address proparoil by Robert C. Win-
tnrop. of Massachusetts, which Mr. Winfclirop
bull expected to deliver at tho ceremony of
dedication. Mr. Winthrop was the orator
wlion tho- comer-stona was laid, and has re
cently been very ill.
Chikf Juhtiue Waite, of the United
Slates supremo court-, has gone toblorida for
the bonellt of his health.
President Arthur sent to the Senate the
nomination of Carroll D. Wl ight, of ^tissa-
chusetts. to bo commissioner of labor; Wil
liam C. hmmott, of New York, to be secre
tary of tho legation at Constantinople ; Bmory
Spear, of Georgia, to be United States dis-
triot judge for Ihe southern district of
Georgia, and a C. Minor, to bo collector of
internal revenue for the district of Louisiana.
The salary of the unq
to la) $8,-jiu,()0 ).
Theodore Tilton e
ponimn -nl horn > in Par
Lkoeold Vi
11 a
oror of Russia is said
(poets to mako Ids
, tho distinguished
completed liis four
German historian, lias
score and ton years.
Conor; s^mw Townsend, of Illinois, who
is describe,! as "talented, irritable and vain,”
was onco a page boy in tlio House.
Among the recant Pjv-idc:its neither Lin
coln or Hayes smoked. Johnson, Gi ant. Gar
field and Arthur did, and Cleveland will.
Sixty-nine army officers, including Gen
era's Pope, Hancock, Augur, Drum and New
ton, will rtach tlio retiring ago during Mr.
Cleveland’s term of office.
Grover Cleveland will lie the fifth presl
dent inaugurated on Wednesday. The others
were Tii.mms Joll'urson, Andrew Jackson,
Miliurd Fillmore and James Buchanan.
John C. Eno, tlio fugutive New York
nank president, is popular in (Juebeo, visit
ing the best pooplo and giving fashionable
dinners. Jle 1ms been made u member of tho
Merchants’ club.
Mr. Vail, tho “cattle-king” of Nevada,
begun business twenty y< ars ago with a cap
ital of * .0». Ho paid *50u for u Durham cow
and from that cow ho lias sold $1U,(XXJ worth
of high-bred calves.
Mrs. General Diaz, wifo of tho president
of Mexico, is only twenty-live years old. Sho
is a tall, sallow-couiploxioned woman, slender
in figure, with a lung, Roman nose and o
pointed under jaw.
Fringe Henry Maurice, who is to be
come tlio husband of Frincess Beatrice,
Queen Victoria’s youngest daughter, is de
scribed as "ono of tlio most handsomest men
ot his ago, which Is twenty-six.”
General Benjamin F. Butler has
Drought suit in tho United States circuit
court to compel Mr. Stephen 13. Elkins to
make u deed conveying to the former 100,000
lures of Now Mexican land valued at $75,000.
Jonathan Ciiace, United Statos Senator
elect from Rhode island, is a strict member
cf tho Society of Friends. He never nomi
nates a cadet to West Point or Annapolis,
and lie never votes for tlio military appropri
ation bills.
Adjutant General Drum agrees with
General O. II. Howard in the opinion that
deserters from the army ought to bo branded.
General Drum says that during tho last fiyo
years 10,001 soldiers have deserted irtnn thv
regular army "
* nearly every other man.
BURIED BY AVALANCHES,
Nows hns been received that villages in the
highlands of Piedmont nnd Savoy, Italy, were
devastated by nvuianches. Three villages in
Piedmont, including tiro important villago of
Frassono, have boon Imriod under avnlanehes
front tho Piodmoritesc mountains. Tho town
of Chaumont in Franco,capital of tho depart
ment of llnuto Marne, at tire foot of tho Vos
ges mountains, is partly overwhelmed with
snow, and ninny people there lmvo been
killv 1. Another fatal avalanche has occurred
at Sparone, on tho Dorn Boltca river, a few
miles soutli of Irrea.
Fifteen persons are known to bo buriod un-
dor lire snow nt Sparone, nnd most of the
other inhabitants nre engaged in digging out
tiro survivors. Tho villagers who have been
made homoless are in great distress nnd have
upponlodfor relief from the royal treasury at
Rome. Troops have been sent from Rome to
assist the villagers
l»o Tower oi London I'nrilv lie.lroyed
l-'.xplonlnii nl Went til I list or IIntl,-TrcniPii-
iIoiih I’oriT ol Hid Nluiclt—hixiimmi Vntlinrs
nt Hid Tnivpv nml u (tellermull nt Hid
Hound ol l,onU Inhirv'? (Ji-cul Kxcltc-
tucm lii I.onilon.
An Alarming explosion occurred at tho
Houses of Parliimit-m on Saturday Afternoon
ut 2 o’clock. Those buildings amt the Govern
ment o file oh wore severely shaken, ami conaid-
rablo damago was done.
The report of the explosion was heard in
Downing at retd, about Ihreo-quarteia of a mile
distant.
Tho explosion occurred closo to tho House
of Lords near Westminster Hall. Tho ox-
ilosivo was placed in tho crypt under tlio hulki
ng. Ono policoinnn was hurt. The force of
tho shock was tremendous, and was felt nt a
great distance. The amount of tho viim/p
done was very girat. An?th<r cxpA."<in.i o<- j
Hired at 2 o'clock in Hie attenibon ai LonaT».. (
Tower. Tho exeitoment increased with every
moment, and tlio city was filled with Hying
unors.
Saturday being tlio usual visiting day at the
Houses of Parliament, the buddings contaliied
5 great number of sightseers at tho time of tho
xplosions. Tho first explosion obourrod iii
ho crypt of Westminster Hall. Tho second
todk place in the strangers’ gallery of tlio
House of Commons.
Immediately before tho first explosion a lady
Visitor, who was alono nnd about to enter the
buildings, beeknm il to a policeman, nnd when
lie went to her she called his attention to 6
package lying upon the steps outside the crypt.
1’ho policeman picked up the package careless
ly, not suspecting anything, and went with it
out into Westminster Hull. Ho had no sooner
ached the hull than the p.ickago exploded.
Tho attack was made on that part of tho
building known ns the “White Tower,” It was
fairly filled with visiters at the time, and most,
if not ull, of those who nre known to have
boon hurt wore moving about at the time of
tho explosion. Thu White Tower was almost
wrecked bv tlio force of tho explosion, and tho
roof was blown clear olV tho structure.
Tlio police, tho moment they realized the na
ture of tho explosion, effectually barred all
I res s from tlio Tower and grounds.
Burgeons were promptly summoned to the
assistance of the wutindcd, who nro now re
ceiving all the attention practicable.
The houses of Parliament, on tlio loft hank
of the Thumos, and between tho river and
Westminster Abbey, occupy the Hlto of tho
•Id palace, which was burned Ootobct
ltith, 1834. Thoy covor an area of rigid
acres, and contain 1,100 apartments, one
hundred staircases and two miles ol
orrldom. Tho foundation stone was laid
April 27, 1840. Tlio House of Lords was
opened in April, 1817. Tho House of Com
mons, which occupies the site of old 8t.
Blephen.-’s Hall, was opt tied February, 1H52;
it is sixty feet long and forty live feet wide.
It, is a more austere building than the House of
Lords.
Westminster Hall, the other building re-
ported damaged, is 200 feet long, llo high,
and 08 wide, and occupies the site of tho old
hall of the royal palace, where some of tlio
early parliaments wero*held. Tlio lnghost law
mts of Great Britain Ale held in this hall.
Tho.Towor of London is tlio most celebrated
citadel of Kuftluud and the only fortress in
London. It is of very ancient origin. It con
tains u renowned collection of armor, and the
regalia of Euglish monarch!. Among its most
memorable spots nre tho traitors' gate,
bloody tower, opposite tlio gate,
where tho sons of King Edward Ihe Fourth
j murdered, and tlio white tower, con
oted by William tho Conqueror, and ex
ternally remodelled by Wrv.;. but almost mi-
nnged in tho interior. This is tlio to.*« r
which was dunmgod by tho explodon. Tlio
or is threo or four miles distant from tho
Houses of Parliament.
A later report says: Three explosions oo-
i red. The first nt ten minutes past two
o’clock in tho crypt of Westminster Hull
and waa followed in a few seconds by
another explosion in tho Stranger’s
gnllory of tno Houso of Commons. Tho
third was in tho Tower of London and
shortly after tho other two. Sixteen
jio were officially reported to liavo been in
jured. Nono of du e is said to have hus-
tained mortal injuiies. Tlio attack was mado
ii that portion of die building known as tho
White Tower.” 'J he visitors wore moving
about in all directions. Tho structure was
badly wrecked by the concu-aion. All the in
jured perrons were visitors.
A large number of children were among the
visitors nt the Tower at the time of the explo
sion, and many of these little ones had their
faces and hands lacerated by the broken glass
and fiying splinters. Tho most piteous sight
in the large crowd of innocent prisoners de
tained in tho building by police orders was
afforded by those weeping little people with
their palo faces nnd bleeding*bonds and hands.
The stories of the injuries to children* roused
the immenso crowds of frenzied pcoplo to a
condition past restraint. In tremendous vol
umes of sound tlio crowd yelled frantically:
Lynch the villains!” “Roast the fiends!”
Colonel Majmulio, Chief Inspector of Explo
sives, said in an interview that the ingredients
used were nitro-glyeeriiio compounds, precisely
similar to those used in the previous outrages
in London.
Tuo explosion in the Towor was on tho Seo
ul floor. Three floors were entirely wrecked
and tho explosion damaged many hundred
stands of arms that were in the part of tho
building employed as an arsenal.
Tho damage dono to Westminster Hall Is
much greater than was at first suspected.
io lobby of the Houso of Commons was
completely demolished, the force of tho at
tack being 60 great that a man 300 yards from
tho scene was Knocked down. In the interior
of the House of Connie ns and on its floor tho
only seat damaged by tho coiicfission, curiously
onougli, was tbo scat usually occupied by
Mr. Gladstone. It was badly broken.
A TALK WITH ONE OF TDK INJURED.
Edward Greon, a civil engineer, who was
terribly injured by the explosion in the House
of Commons ami who was removed to tho
Westminster Hospital in Broad Sanctuary,
uoar the l’arlioment buildings, tho only accu
rate account of tho finding of (lie infernal imi-
chino that exploded. Mr. Green said:
was visiting the House of Commons on
sight-seeing trip xvitli my wife and
sister, who, by the way, are botl
Irish women. As wo were descending tho
stairway leading to tho crypt, my wife noticed
a roll which looked like clothing lying on
of the.stone steps Smoke was issuing from
tho roll. My wifo exclaimed, ‘What’s that?
It looks like dynamite!’ We wore all
frightened and rushed back yelling
first policeman wo saw. His naino is Colo.
He seized the Imndlo and ran upstairs
with it, meaning to carry it out of tho build
ing. Just ns ho reached the top step leading
into tho hall he dropped the bundle, and it ex
ploded with the most terrible report I evci
luard. Both the ladies who were with me
were thrown to tlio ground and bruised. T1
both fainted. I was lmrlod u dozen feet n
dashed violently to the stone floor. Some
my ribs are broken and I am bruised in many
places. My clothing was torn to tatters.”
The letter received by tho police authoritie
is believed to be p. very important document.
In addition to other information, it says that
Ht. Paul’s Cathedral and the office of tho
Daily Telegraph are among tho buildings
which Iho dynamiters threaten to blow up. .
It is now known that tlio infernal machines
used to cause the disaster were ignited by
sulphuric acid, which worked through cotton
wool and ate away the cap beneath. Tho pro
cess occupied twenty minutes, and this allowed
tho conspirator to escape before the oxplosioc
to >k placo.
Tho official estimates made by tho Govern
ment inspectors placo tho amount of the pecu
niary damages wrought by tho explosions ii
Westminster Hall, too House of Commons and
the Towor ut $70,000.
All the indications show that tho explosive
possessed tho downward tendency peculiar to
dynamite. Odors indicating bulphurio or
nitric acid, and unlike tlio smell of gunpow
der, wero noticeable after tho explosion.
At tho Tower between 1,000 and 2,000 l ilies
are believed to have been destroyed. In tho
Council Chamber of tho Tower whole oases
mado of plate glass a quarter of un incii thick
and containing armor wero shattered. The
wall against which tho dynamite was placed is
sixteen feet thick, notwithstanding which tho
plastering on tho opposite side of the wall, for
a radius of several feet, was shaken to tho
floor, leaving the stonework bare.
An American lady, who, with-her father, was
sightseeing at the Tower when tho shock oc
curred, was overcome with flight and went
Into hysterics, frequently bursting into tears
for some hours. The two young women most
seriously hurt, who wero taken to a hospital,
are rapidly recovering. The other persons in
jured by the Tewer explosion were only si'
ly hurl. Tho uninjured visitors were do
until their namos and uddrcsRcs wore taken.
They wsre sllowod to depart after having spent
three hours practically ah prisoners.
James Gilbert Cunningham was arrested on
suspicion, lie is charged, on suspicion, of
complicity in tho explosion at the Tower of
London. The prisoner iH about 28 years of
age, of medium height, with dark hair
and eyes, and sallow complexion, liis cheek
bones are high* and Ids upper lip tvdq*
•ntcuously overhanging, liis taco is cicaii
shaven. In tho street at a hasty gl.uico
ho might be taken for Gorman-Amcricaii. He
lias sharp features ami a somewhat slnistet
expression. He wore a dark suit of clothes,
including an overcoat, and had on a deer.italk-
or’s hat. He smilingly surveyed tho Court and
the crowd which bad congregated to get a
glliup-fc of Lite njlegcd dynamiter. He declared
that lie was an Englishman:
Til It DYNAMITIC IHJNINKSH.
Arll J *'J*Sr»i Hid United State* Heiinle nnd
Hound nml In the New- Yorlt stnto sdiiuId.
In tlio United States Henato Mr. Bavnrd
<*«?> sp tig) resolution which lie introduced
on Saturday relative to tho dynamite outrages
in England. He spoke in favor of the resolu
tion. Mr. lltddlouergor moved to refer tlm
solution. Hb could say that lift received sfldli
ilifortilatloii tVitli 'Hirqfound shrrotv,” blit )i5
epltld not always say that lift received it with
“indignation;”
A lengthy discussion followed, taken part in
by leading members.
Mr, Laphatn moved to so amend the resolu
tion as to cover tho idea that tlio explosions
imperilled tho lives of innocent and unsuspect
ing persons. The resolution as ipnewdou was
agreed to—Yeas, (13; Nigh, 1, tho negative voto
being Mr. Riddlobcrgcr’s.
in the Houso Mr. Hewitt, of Now York,
flered a resolution calling on tho Beoretary of
Htato to inform tho Houso whethor tho depart
ment is in possession if any information
tending to connect ally peivoll or portOnn res
ident in this country witii attempts to destroy
life nnd property within tho dominion of any
foreign power w ith which wo liavo treaties of
peace and amity.
Mr. l)urslieimor,of Now York, Introduced tho
Fdmunds b 11 for the punbhmcnt of crimes
committed by means of explosive compounds.
In the Now York Htato Honnte Henator Gil
bert's anti-dynamito measure was introduced
it makes it a |eriminal olTouoo to make, soil or
transport dynamite without u permit.
NEWSPAPER TOSTAGE,
Argument In favor of is ICcdncilon
—’I lio (flatter lloforit ( on gross,
Tlio question of n reduction in newspaper
postage is now bofore Congress. Tito Now
Yjrk Mail ami Kvpws.rdiscussos tho matter
editorially as follows :
Before tlio year 1871, postage on nowspa-
pors and periodicals—mail matter of tho
second-class-wan paid bv tho RillmcHber at
Dio office of delivery. Mu Ii of this postago
was nover collected, and In 1874 tho present
lAvv was passed, which requires prepayment
nt tlio office of publication. As this clinugo
in titn law came at a time when it was ini-
' Missiblo for publishers to .idvanco their rates
-o mod tho additional outlay, the postago
has always boon practically * a government
tax upon publishers.
Binco 1874 tlio postage on letters and on
transient newspapers and periodicals—such
as are sent by other |xm*hoiib than publishers
—has iKxm largely reduced, but on second-
class matter tho rate stands where it was put
eleven years ago.
In view of there facts, a mooting of news
paper men in tlm West and Northwest was
called at Detroit live weeks ago, and at that
mooting, in which tho principal journals of
Ohio, West Virginia, Western i’ennsylvania,
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa,
Minnesota, Missouri and Tennessee woro
represented, a memorial was adopted, urging
upon (kmgress the expediency and justiceof
reducing the postage on socond-cluss mail
matter to ono half tlio present rates.
Tho subject hns boon agitated for several
years. In April, 1882, tho Houso requested
FoHtninster-tli'iioi’u) Howe for iiilornuiliou as
to tho weight, cost of carrying, and post ngo
collected on second-class mail matter, togother
with his opinion of the propriety of abolish
ing tho poitage oil such maltur. Mr. Howe
replied that, in liis opinion, such abolition
vuh both feasible and advisable, Tho total
•ovouuo to the government from this sou roo
was only aliout *l,.V 0,o;u a your, or between
tliroo and four per cent, of the total postal
revenue. This amount (lie government could
ily afford to lose. At present, falling upon
omparutively small class of business men,
it amounts, in many cases, ton taking a wqy
of tho entire profile of a newspajier.
Asido from all there considerations—and
nil that tie s > puhiidicrs ask is that tlio rate
ocond-clnss matter lie reduced in a ratio
commensurate with tho reduction on first
nnd third-class matter—it might well bnur-
1 that it is scarcely fair, in thl/» land of
liboi'ly and intellectual light, to putaspocial
government tax upon a badness which mare
than any othor tends to tho education of tho
people.
There are already several bills before tho
House looking to romo linl legislation In tho
premises. Il U likely that tho friends of tho
propose 1 re luct i ui will unite on some one of
tln-sj measures, and press for nn early con
sideration of it. Such a consideration it cor-
tainly ought to have.
THE ICE CARNIVAL
Opening Nrnicw nt Roiiluml Tlion-
imiiilh of VihilaiN,
Thousands of sti angers woro present dur
ing tho opening ceremonies of tho ice carni
val at Montreal. Oil tho Flaco D’Arnu s a
monster ice Hon of oxquisito sculpture had
lieoii constructed, which was unveiled. Dur
ing tho afternoon a boulevard on tho ico
was opened. There wero two tracks for
trotting horses nnd one for spectators. Tlio
best H|M»cimoiis of tho Canadian pony wero
exhibited. < )n the island toboggan sleds were
used by many Close by an ancient trnppcr’s
camp added to the nat ural appearance oi ilio
scene. Toboggan slides in all parts of the
city and on the mountain wero opened. 1’re
vision was also mado for children, while
strangers wero heartily welcomed.
Oil tho Champ do Mars. what is called a
condora, rosombllng an old fashioned cairn,
all of ico, was constructed. It was sur
mounted by figures of snow-shoes and by a
trnp|x*r, fifteen foot high, holding a torch, in
the afternoon a highly successful promenade
concert was held in tho Victoria Hkating
Rink, where in the evening u hockey
match on skates to dr place. The rink was
crowded, and tlio best local and out
side talent took part. At night the formal
illumination of the Mount Royal toboggan
slide took place. Tlio governor general ar
rived n* the evening, and was accorded a
hearty reception. At 8 o’c loc k tho ice pulaco
was illuminate ! bp electric light, while the
ico lion and condora woro exhibited under
the same conditions.
Tho ico palace is a much niuch more massive
structure this year than last., tho major axis
being 100 feet long and 120 feet in width.
Tho ground plan is elliptical in form, and on
each end of tho major axis are two oblong
towers, each thirty **ight loot high, with an
entrance to the building. Quito a
new thing ii. this year’s palaeo
are tho two round towers at each
end of tho minor axis, with
arched entrances. The main tower is flanked
on ono side with single towers about seventy
feet in height, and on thn other with double
towem rising to a height of forty utul fifty
feet, respectively. It is exceedingly graceful
in outline, and its proportions nro well bal
anced. It is wonderfully beautiful in tho day
light,but it is not until oveiling that one secs
to perfection t his enchanted castlo of gleam
ing sea-green united ice, when with tho moon
shining in tho heavens abovo with that clear
brilliancy soon only in extremely cold coun
tries, and with tho*electric, illuminations glit
tering through its towers and turrets, it seems
much more like tlio marvelous imaginings of
Homo opium sated dreamer than a real tangi
ble thing, a huge dazzling gem.
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS
Feimfc*
Tho Ronnte devoted tlio day to eulogies of
the Into Senator Anthony. His chair, in tlio
front row on the Republican side of tho
chnmlMT, was draped In black. Mr. Bher*
inauprestJe.il Immediately alter the read
ing of tlio journal Mr. Aldrich delivered a
speech comincmof-rtting the private virtual
mil public scni'.vn of his former colleague.
He was fo h-wc 1 by M-'.^r.-.Edmunds,Bayard,
Mor ill, I’cndlcton, Hear, Garland, Ingalls.
Rul’cr, Hawley and Maulers ii. A short
speech bv Mr. Hhollleld, Mr. AntAony’s sue
(•css ,r. olti.H) 1 the ceremonies.
Mr. Flu nb offer d a resolution calling upon
the ITuddcnt to advise the Henato ns to the
status of the ur.o‘cupic l lands in tlio Indian
I'erritery, nnd upon tho suggestion of Mr.
Hour the iimlnr want «>vor.! . .Mr. Colquitt
un suite l the ereu. ntials Of Joseph E.
Brown, re-elected Senator from Georgia....
Tho Heimto re mir'd consideration of tho
Inter-Stnt j Uomni-'i-eo bill, which was dis
cussed by M *. Beck nnd Mr. Maxoy. Mr.
Coke yielded to n iu< t i«>n to go into cxocutlvo
session.. .A incaeige from the President was
received transmilt mg in <»mmttou relating tc
tho foreign commerce m Mexico, Central nnd
Boutii America, the Spanish West Indies,
Hayli and Hall Domingo, nnd tho slmro of the
United Stab’s tin rein.
The condderatlmi of tin Iutor-Strito Coid-
meice bill was resumed. Mesa’s. Cook, Mc-
I’hervon, Morgan and Harrison continuing
tho discussion.... A mes^ngo was received
from tho House niinoun’ing tho denth of
John Hamilton Kvins. Mr. Hampton offered
nn oiqiroprinto ros'diltion. Mr. Frye nnd
Mr. Butler also spoke, and tho Senate ad
journed out of lesjHjct to tlio memory of Mr
Kvins.
Tho Oklahoma lands question was ngain
diM iH o 1. The resolution of Mr. Vost was
called up, which requests tlm secretary of tlio
Interior to ascertain upon wlmt terms thn
Creek, Cherokoo nnd Seminole Indians will
surrender their remaining int restate those
nnds. Mr. l’lumb offered a substitute, "ddoh
requested tho lToshlent to enter as sj)eedily ns
xtssibte into negotiation with ku< Ii Indian
tribe) as may bo in poaseN-don of more land
llinn onougli to give each Iioad of a family
id i acres, with a view to using such surplus
land for actual settler.) only. After discussion
the r< solutions wi*ro referred to tho commiir
l ‘o on public lands.
House*
Mr. Ilitt moved to suspend tlio rules and
pass thn Senate blil providing for tlio oxer
rise of the jurisdiction conferred on the
United States in places Olit of
their territory nnd dominion. After
debate tlio motion was lost....
Mr. Cox Introduce I n bill to appropriate
*.'.M),ooo for a nine hundred ton gmibout....
Mr. l’holps moved that the President be asked
to furnisn iiiformation as to tho Imprison
ment of ('has. A. Van Bockkclt ut Port-au*
J’Hnco, Hnyti....Mr. 'J’nwnshcnd offorod a
resolution asking tho President to Bond tlio
Houso tlio con© p mdonce on fllo in tho de
part ui"iitx relating to tlio Oklahoma Innds in
the Indian Territory, nnd Information as to
the condition <>f the controversy growing out
of tlio attempted occupation of those lands.
Mr. Oates, of Alabama, from tho com init
io) on public lands, reported a bill prohibit
ing nitons nnd foreigners from acquiring
tit lo to and owning lands in the United States
....Tlio House discussed tho Indian tt|>-
prop lint ion bill. Mr. Ellis, of Lou
isiana, explained that tlio till! ap
propriated *5,004,135, which sum was *1,803,-
014 less than the estimates, an l *105,000 less
than the mini npproprintod^for tho current
year. Tho now legislation in tho bill provided
for tlio punishment of any person convicted of
furnishing firearms to any Indian except
those belonging to tho civilized tribes in tho
Indian Territory,and ira le morestringout tho
law against tho introduotion of ardent spirit
into the Indian country.
The Agricultural Appropriation bill whs
reported ts> tho House. - It cnriiej *540,OHO
wliieli i< about f 1W,<)0) loss t hail tlio apj>ro-
printion for tho current fiscal year — Eulo
gistic addresses upon the private life and
public services of the late Sonutor Anthony,
6f Rhode Island, woro delivered by Messrs.
Chaco and Spooner, of Rhode Island; Kelly,
of Fomisylvnniu; Boland, of Vermont*
Morse, of Massachusetts, and Koifor, or
tin, and then the House, as an additional
irk of respect to tho demised Senator, ad
journed.
Mr. Hurd offered a resolution which led to
long debate. It recited that tho Blair Edu-
ationul bill, nnd other bills appropriating
*y, which had originated in tho Somite,
on tho Speaker’s table, and directed tho
judiciary committee to inquire into the Son
's power to originate such bills. Mr. Ilurd
I, in support, of his resolution, that tho
piestlon directly presented was whether bills
•pri-it in ; money from tho treasury were
nils lor raising revenues, and ho upheld tho
affirmative oi the proposition. A bill for
aising revenue included a bill appropriating
>noy; for until the appropriation had been
ulu it was not revenue to tho government,
riinioiolutiou was finally tabled.
Crop lleport*
Tlio annual report of tlio Department of Ag
riculture at Washington, now in press, makes
the record cf corn production for the year 1884
1.795.000. 000 bushels, that of wheat nearly
618.000. 000, and of oats, 683,000,000. Those
aggregates are the largest over recorded. The
rate of yield is 25.8 lushela for corn, 18 for
wheat and 27.4 for oats. Those are the figures
for permanent record
LATER NEWS
A bill to punish “dynamiters" has 1
introduced in tlm New York senate.
Tine arrival of tho old Liborly Hell from
Philadelphia was mado the occasion of a holi-
lay in Now Ur loans. Jefferson Davis took
part in tho reception ceremonies and mado a
cli. Tho Now Orleans ’streets through
which tho train passod overflowed with spec
tators, nnd at tho Exposition grounds a largo
rowd gathered to witu>’ss tlio arrival of tho
bell.
Several sharp earthquake shocks have
•on felt in Sun Franeisco.
While “wako" services wero being hold
over tho body of Delphhi Cu ke, a colored
woman, at Lynchburg, \ a., tin* supposed
jrpsodisarranged tho preparations for lior
funeral that were going on by suddenly bit
ting bolt upright in her coffin. At last ne-
ouuts sho was alive and well.
The Houso wing of the capitol has had a
narrow eseni>o from destruction hy lire.
Flainos woro discovered lio ir tho roof, but
o extinguished before they had made
much headway. Fart of tho roof was de
stroyed.
The President luu nominated Coniniolore
Samuel F. Franklin to be rear-admiral.
Victorian a Nikvez, nn old Mexican re
siding in Carmen, Mexico, is worth several
million dollars, and has just cclobrato«l hig
golden wedding. In honor of that ovent ho
gave a grand banquet and scattered money
in every direction, sending $5'M),0J0 to tho
locust eaten district in ono lump, and con
tributing *10,01)1 toward paying off tho re
public’s debt.
James Gilbert Cunninoiiam, tho mnii ar
rested in London Towor soon after tho dyna
mite explosions, was committed for trial af
ter examination. Ho is describe l as an Irish-
American, about twenty-live yoars old. The
l/aidon police considered his arrest very
inqiortaiit. All the public buildings in l/m
don aro guarded by police and military, and
special detectives are watching outgoing
steamers, especially those destined for Amer
ica.
At least 300 lives have been lost through
the recent enow avalanches on the Italian
Alps.
AllM'l’iCftll Slll|>il.ll/z.
Tho bill introduced by Senator Fryo to on
courago the American merchant marine au
thorizes the Poatnmstor-Gcnoral to contract
with ships of American registry to curry tho
mails of ihe United States betw een any port of
the United Btates and any foreign port or be
tween ports of tho Atlantio and Pacific in
which tho vessel touches at a foreign port.
The contract prico is not to exceed $T per
uiilo on tho trip each way, and the term of
contract is not to exceed four years. The ag
gregate amount to be expended for such ser
vice is not to exceed tho gross revenues • i the
United Btates on mail matter sent lo and re
ceived from foreign countries during the fiscal
yoar in which such contracts are made, L*?- tlio
umount paid to foreigners for transportation
of tho mail. Other vessels engaged in such con
tacts in time of war are to be subject tc pur
chase or charter by th Riited Btates, and all
foreign vessels or sat >.g vessels carrying, tho
United States rnailB mah be allowed a sum not
•reeding tho soa poBttge now allowed by law.
BURNED AND SUFFOCATED*
A Had l.wss ol ffite In n IlluPlna l.uimlh*
Asylum hi llfinnis.
A terriblo calastropho occurred at Kahlintlcl,
ill. Tho Soiitli Infirmary of tli» Illinois East
ern Hospital for the Insano was btirnod down
nml seventeen patients lost their lives. Tho
fire gamed groat headway at once, and us thA
building was largoly oonslructed of iiitlainnm-
blo Southern pine the devouring flames mado
short work of It. There whs absolutely no
provision mado for extinguishing a lire.
The building destroyed had two stories. It
tYMcofnplctci last August. It was used ns an
infirmary, r*itforty-live insano inmates,
twenty-throe on tho flrai floor and twenty-two
on tho second. Tlio flro brdkfl out near tli©
furnace. Tlio furnaco Hues carried vOlttmcsoi
unoko into tlio second story, in which twenty-
ono patients and tliroo attoiidnnU wore
domiciled. The smoko »ift!»*«lr tilled tlio uppor
portion of the huihlmg bo*ore those on tho
lower story had been removed, mid of W\q
twenty-four poisons on tho floor fifleeu mot
their death In turd they could be reached
Mr. nnd Mis. J. M. ltoso, attendanti on the
fatal floor, escaped by the stairway In tlioir
night clothes. They were tin ili>t persons
who used this avenue of egress and the list,
fora moment biter tho stairway fell with a
crush into tho scorching minis of llanc-s which
enveloped that portion of tho building. Sev
eral patients wore rescued from tho uppor floor
by means of ladders raised to the windows.
Superintendent Dewy was the first to ascend,
breaking out several window© with his linked
hands and assisting two patients to o cape.
From a number of tho windows first readied
with the laddoiH such dense volumes of smoko
poured out us noon us tho glass was broken lu
Hint it was an impossibility t« enter.
Thirteen bodies wore taken Irani tlio ruins,
leaving four still unaccounted for. It is pos
sible these may liavo escaped nnd nre nt largo,
but it is Also possible that tlioir remains will bo
discovered tb® work of excavation,pro-
grosses.
Of tho thirteen bodies dl-oovfliCd only one
boars l estiubluuoe to tho human form. Tho
remainder constate, in many Instances, of heaps
of calcined bones nnd chan oil flesh, which
sould bo easily aontoined m a hat. I heso
’icups of bones and flesh wore carefully
kept separate nnd placed in barrels labelled
with th-*ir supposed names, UlOutiftentioii be
ing determined by tlio location of tbo remains
hs thoy wore found. Tho supposed corpse of
SV. II. Bolden was tho only one which retained
enough of shape to bo laid out. Tlio bead,
hands and feet wefo entirely gone, leaving a
blackened and chai red trunk. Tho legs and
arms were drawn up ns though tho victim bud
died in agony.
Many of the patients on tlio flrst Hot wire
removed by main force, and ns soon as they
were liberated they ran hock into tho burning
building. Ill stnno instances ibis was repeated
three or four time-'.
Tlio entire remains of ten or tbo victims
wero spread on a table two feet sqUAi* *. Friends
aro arriving in search of lost ones. The scenes
on their arrival and view of tlio clurrul
remains was very bear trending.
incidents.
Among tbo incidents told of tlio disaster aro
tbo following : While tbo flames were at their
height, Jack Coy no, an old sailor from Chicago,
who was an inmate of tho Institution, mounted
a ladder, which had been rataod to tho north
dormitory, in order to aronao tho hIoOjmjth
Tlio undertaking seemed hopeless. DciihC
clouds of smoke rolled out of the windows.
'Iho west wing, where (lie tiro was first seen,
was a mass of fire, with tho wind blowing Iho
flames to tho Interior of tho building. Tbo
stairway and tlio floor of tlio ball bod fallen.
Coyno intrepidly went tlnotigh the window at
tlio top of his ladder. Ho crawled along tho
floor and groped Ids way to tbo beds and
prossod tlioir occnpnnts down to tho floor and
to the window, where a breath of air suffi
ciently revived them bo that thoy could go
down the ladder unassisted. Coyno again re
turned to the dormitory, whore lie picked lita
way to other beds nnd rescued others in the
panic manner Thus four times did he return,
each time carrying a patient. With tho fourth
thn smoke proved too great for even the bravo
Coyne. Standing in tbo window bo vainly
called, fts Dr. Dewey bad dono in another part
of the south dormitory, upon the Inmates to
coino to tho window, but Ida calta went without
response.
A patient name l Ilollclmm on being awak
ened, made u ropo out of hta sin els nnd
blankets, which ho let out oi tho window to
the steps by tliu bido of die burning wmg; ho
then crawled down the ropo after tolling an
other inmate to follow him. lie reached tho
steps safely, but the second ono lot go his hold
when part way down, fell, and received Mo
rions injuries. A third ono looked ut tho
flames, and then at the dtatano > bonciitb, and
retreated from tho window. Ho wan not scon
again, and is among tlio lost. Tho patients, us
fast as they were taken from the bnildunr,
wero conducted to tho neighboring detachcl
wards, where the feeble ami injured ones were
cared lor unit tlioir wounds dressi d and stimu
lants administered. Nearly all or the patients
saved their clothing, which tho night before
bad been laid together by tbo side of tlioir
beds. In tho excitement they had not forgot
ten it, but taken it in tlioir bunds as thoy were
told by tho attendants to run for Jife. Une or
Iwo of tho sick ones were considerably
shocked, and it is probable they will die from
tlio effects. Tho remainder of tlio rescued arc
said to be d dug well.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIG
Emm a Abiiutt and her company aro in
California.
ffuvKMLK opera is just coining into fashion
in England.
“A Bunch of Keys” is said to have made
over *12,000 in St. Louis rocontly in ono
week.
The costumes of Frau Mnternn nro said to
he the finest ever worn on tho operatic atago
in New York.
The two oldest artists on thn stago aro
Mrs. Isoely. a god 78, and old Chippendale,
a;;o l 83, both u/w in IxMidon.
Laurence Frost, a Washington journal
ist, has completed a no.v comedy for Miss
Fulmer, which h highly spoken of.
C. II. Hoyt, tho author of tho “Bunch of
Keys and other popular plays, has retired
from the “All Sorts” editorship of tho Boston
/’o /.
The dean of orchestral leaders, and prob
ably tlio oldest musician living, M. Hilf, co
cci illy colobrated his 101st birthday at Baden-
•Baden.
More hard up professionals can now bo
found on tho Square, New York, than over
known before, and reinforcements constantly
arriving.
At Leipsic a musical critic has been son-
teneed to five days’ imprisonment for de
scribing the loader of un orchostra as a “violin
scraper.”
The report that Sig. Salvinl will make an
American tour next season is confirmed by
tho fact that Sig. Chizzola is engaging a com
pany to support him.
IIknry Guy Cauleton, tho author of
“Victor Duran l,” is writing a now play for
Irving. It is said to bo a melodrama, and
will present Irving us a lawyer.
Mr. Lawrence Barrett is mid to liavo
boon long employed on a play of his own, in
tlio construction of which lie has boon largoly
aided by Mr. William I). Howells.
“ Denise,” tlio latest drama by Alexandro
Dumas, was pioducod recently ut tho Theatre
Francois, Funs, in the presence of Frosidout
Grovy and a distinguished audience.
Camfanini, tho retired tenor, is a farmer,
miller, stock miser, tile maker, and koeps
busy at odd times in half a dozen other pro*
duettvo Industries. Everything ho touches
s successful
AT NICW OR DEANS.
Over 40,000 pooplo turned out in New Oi
Jeans to welcome Ihe Liberty B 11. JelTorso
Davis move up in a buggy, looking very weak
hu having risen from a sick bud to join the
party. Mayor Guillotto introduced him to tho
Western and Northern Commissioners.
Davis raid lie considered it a high compliment
lobe invited to participate in this celebration
i-o high that ho had risen from a sick bed
to join in it. Ho felt that lie had
como out and welcome the glorious old bell
which had proclaimed liberty to our fathers, lie
trusted tho anticipations of the good reoults to
the country from its trip South would bo fully
realized, lie hoped for tho peace and har
mony of the whole country, and no ono could
wish otherwise except he was blinded by pas
slon. As a descendant of Revolutionary
ccstors, ho could not do oihonvise than bow to
tho bell. The socech was greeted with loud
applause.
THE MERCURY.
Kutorod m second-ctaAB matter M fb« Baa
dsilvlllt Postoffice, April 87,1M*.
Handers?illo, Washington Count#• Gi*
rOBMBUSD BV
A. J. JEJItTSJTGAN,
pBOfBlBTOB AND PUUUSHlUk
Subscription n ....tl.K0 per TeM
01)J)S AND ENDS.
TtiBY enu eggs iu Ht Louis.
Paws oontniiis 4,300,000 ItilmWtunts.
Tukiib nro 15,000 clorkJ in Washing
ton. •
Tun French lnngungo is dying ont In
Louisiana.
Encit.and has a uali'>ual debt o! S3,- ,
730,000,000. •
MflBHnooM.s avo unusually plentiful iu
England this year.
A TjOtis-fRB yields from 20,000 lo 30,-
000 rggs nnnnully.
Countriipanks isifl pillow sliutus nro
now made of pspor.
A KlFt.B hull travels faster than tho
earth does m its sxis.
Bostom is aliont to eroct a 825,000
ttatnfl to r»ul Eovcro.
A aiiiT, nt Louisville, Ky., has boon
fined for kissing n negro,
PoMPKtN-riH festivalti aro roddotilng
tho social Rky iu Illinois.
pAt-rnnisst is reported lo bo greatly
on tho increaso lu Franco,
Ovnn 21,000 men nro out of employ
ment in Alleghouy county, Pa.
A TnANSATr.Aimci steamship oarrios
twenty tons of ico ou enoh trip.
Ashtaiuila, Fla., hns a hotel for tbo
oxolnsiro nso Df colored people.
Oiin building In Borlin has 130 fami
lies in It, numbering 1,025 souls.
Coooaink is expansive. It oommnuds
g224 an ouneo nu<y»3,500 a pound.
The OnrfWjhJJMonunient will Iks plnocd ’
oast of tho C^nStil in Washington.
A New OhSeans photogrophor ban
succeeded in photographing lightning.
l\rANV Bottlers ou tho frontier livo by
hilling wolves. Tho skins bring S3 onch.
The Confederate tiatllo ting was de
signed by Ooloiiol Wslton of Louisville.
An Arkansas family traveled sixty-flvo
miles to seo n show at Weet Plums,
Mo.
HASB.vrnAs oil which is used for flavor
ing (soup and sodu water costs 81 a gal
lon.
In England now everybody wants to
soil, and nobody wants to buy, real es
tate.
Tub first penny paper published iu
England was tho Daily Telegraph, iu
1865.
The Island of Java is rapidly recover
ing from tho effects of tho reoout vol
cano.
Ueuiium has Oil nowapupors and
magazines; seventy Of tho former are
daily.
IIeney M. Stanley has boon granted
nn uudieneo by tho Emperor of Uor-
many.
A Justice of the penco in Harrison
county, Mins., presides with his coat and
shoos uff.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
is to discharge from 1,500 to 2,000 of ila
employees.
In Tasmania it is proposed to malto it
penal for a enndidato to ask a man to
voto for him.
Tub St. James (lazette Hays lifo was
never so unsafe in London as nt tlm
present time.
Tennyson still wears his soft hat and
comfortable old shabby clothes iu spite
of his peerage.
Thousands of paupers nro now being
shipped from Naples nnd Gonoa to Houth
American ports.
Aciiiicui.tuiie is so depressed iu Nor
mandy that property hns deolinod fully
a third in value.
A viaduct that will coulnin 2,000,000
pounds of iron is in courso of construc
tion in Chicago.
It is claimed that Louisiana sugar
eano will bo of a better flavor this yeiy
than ever beforo.
Tiie best Cashmoro long shawls never
cost loss than six hundred uud titty dol
lars in tho Punjab,
Miss Pea nr. Tyr.uit was married in tho
sumo veil her mother woro wliou married
to President Tylor.
The charters of 721 National banka
will expire in 1885, Tho nggregnto capi
tal is 3189,000,000.
The number of gypsies in tho British
isles is 250,001) and in England uud
America 400,000,003.
Indiana polls 500,000 votes nnd must
liavo 2,500,000 population, au iuorenso
of 500,000 sinco 1880.
Tho Engineer’s Slory.
Homo years ngo I was running a fast
express. Olio night wo were tliroo hours
behind timo, and if there's anything iu
tlio world 1 bate it’s to llnisli a run bo-
hind schedule. Those grade crossings
of one-horso roads aro nuisances to tho
trunk lines, and wo had a habit of foiling
to stop, moroly slacking up for ’em. At
ono crossing 1 had never seen a train at
that timo of night, and so I rounded tho
enrve out of the our at full tilt. I was
astonished to see that n freight train was
standing right over tho crossing, evi
dently intending to put a fow cars ou
our switoli. I gave tho danger wliistlo
and tried to stop my train, hut I had
seven heavy sleepers ou, and wo jU3t
slid down that grade spite of everything
I could do. Quioker than I can tell you
tho brukemau ou Hint freight train un
coupled a ear juBt hack t.f our crossing
and signalled his engineer to go ahoad,
which ho did sharply, but barely in
timo -to let us through. In fuot, the
pilot of my engine took tho buffor offtho
rear oar. Through that little hole wo
skipped, and lives and property wero
saved. Now, that brakeman was only a
oommon railroader, yot ho saw that sit
uation at a glance. Thero wasn’t time
to run his wholo train off tho crossing,
uor even half of it—barely timo to pull
up one car length by prompt, quick
work. Ho kept liis wits about him as, I
venture to say, not ono man in a thou
sand would lmvo dono, and saved my
reputation, if not my lifo. Ho is now a
division superintendent on one of thf
best roads in this country.
Just for the Fun or it.
A groat many people are in tho habit of
having their alarm clocks sot a quarter
or a half hour lieforo they really intend
getting up iu tho morning so that thoy
oan liavo tlio pleasure of lying in bed
and watching the hands go round. When
thoy got old and thero is no longer any
necessity for early rising they take a
simila pleasure iu being awakened. Tlio
writer knows an old chap who apont the
greater part of his life iu tho British
army and every morning regularly ho
has his servant wake him np at a quarter
to six with tho remark in loud and offi
cial tones: “Morning parade, sir, in
filteen minutes.” Tho master awakes
with a bewildered start, thinks for n
minute, and then with a triumphant
smile replies: “That’s all right, John,"
and so rolls over and goes to sleep again,
having extracted an additional amount
of ptoxsuro out of this life, •..-"a.