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Newspaper Page TextijfTTS MBROURY. PUBLISHED EVEBT TUESDAY NOTICE. grVi aommunlaatlona intended lit this tr v mnit *# aacoatpanlsd with th* foil »*• wri*«. ■«* nso*«*rlly tor p«bU- „„on. but *» • «*»“*•• °* t™* “«*• Wt , rl )n no way reaponalbl* tor th* tUw* K opinion* of eorrsapoDdsnt* THE MERCURY. A. J. JERNIGAN, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. $1.50 per Annnin, VOLUME V. SANDERSV1LI.E, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1885. NUMBER 44. Til 10 MKRcJURY. renterdd e* ««coud-class tnstttr M lb# I Jtfrtvl.it Poitofflc©, April 27, iHfc fiunflernTlIle, VTAsliiuglOn Coonty, to. rom.u'Hon It A. J. JKRNIGAN, raopBirrom and PunLiSHWfc BuViecrlptlon MUNICIPAL,, Mayor. Wm, Gai.laiiro. AWofv^n. Wm. Rawlinm, A. M. Mato.|w W. H. Lawson, R. T. Walkob, MorBis Hai*p. Clerk and Treasurer. G. W. H. Whitansb. Marshall. %i$ J. E. Wkddgil - I OWN OK TE^fUJjK. ■Wtn/oipf* ’ S§ <ORK 0.' UjriWf AN. Aldermen. P. J. rii'Kin, J. F. Meukek-on, J. N. Rogers, W. J. JOYNEIL * Clerk. S. H. D. Mapbry, Marshal/, 3. O. II a Mir Ton. E. S. LANGMADE, ftttofri.effM l$W SANDERSVILLE, GA1 !i. n. kvans, :X EVANS A EVAftS, Attorney** At Law, a^NnEBBYILLE, a A, HOB t till AlWlo] A NEW TRRATMBNT *»r Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dp*. papalt, Catarrh, Headieho, Debility, Bh.n- ■ttiim, Nenralgia, and all Chronlo And Nervous Disorders. JL CARD, uainipnii r it, cnnaldpr it a iluty which vro oko tith inrpif* th* inlMlowit %Jj" U V" 1 M,r * ona , 1 knowlrdf® of Dm. 8t*rk.\v sod ™ Tkst.sfw Mucn *4. TTtMHg. nt, oDowlenim»» l>ta> Moil da. who »| 1 nnfc wt nnt »©r*, tnik* any »t *t«. fH^AVabAhw^Anltl'n** Horn. M.imtin.," A IIEAYY GALE. OBEAT DAMAGE DONE AtONP THE ATLANTIC COAST. Elooda Cause Grant Iteatrnctlon of Prop, rrty at Varlnna Pulnta. V. I,. COltIUl), .0 tli.ran Ulmrypr." 1’hUadalphla. A Editor rmtapamii*, Pa, l tnonl.rte Intel siuter.l inquiry In tu.ril to pmM.)onfcl »d> r«»..niU .Uii lln#, .n,i t, rl.n in. ninnikal.lu tnr.tl.o U.nl, .ml • larim nn nil of nit- AImbm*, \*tU bo Bent fit*. Addreat DRS. STAB KEM A PAT.EN, 1109 and till Girard St, rhllatlalphla. Fa. MUSK, MUSIC JERNIGAN R. I. HARRIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BANDLRSV1 LI.F,, GA. Will praotloo in all tho Courts of tho middle rireiiit, and in tlm co’iptics suiroAliding Wm liincbm. Sptciai attentiuu givrn to emu- nu rcisl law. -i F. H SAFF01D, attorney at I .aw. 8AHDEU6VILLE, GA. \TIM pin* i et In All thr Ortprf* of the Mhhlle rirnth r.ud ’ In thn cotlntice enironnding Mi.rljiugt ii. Special Attemion given to oern* inei<\ tl law. €• C BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ■andanrilla, ae. « Will pmrtloaln tb.HInln and Untlad BUIdd Corn la. omca lb Oourt-Uonaa. NEWS OP THE DAY. OLD WOULD NOTES. Bows, Strings* Rosin Boxes* Etc. BUY YOUR mim, sirniM, FROM JERNIGAM, Sana (euulnn wtthont onr Trada Mark. On band and for aala. WBOTACI/RS. NOSE OLASSES. ETC. HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at law, BANDERSVILLB, OA„ Will araottoa In tba aonntlea of Waablagton, Jeffaraon, Jnhnaon, Emanuel and WllklnBan, and In tba V. U. Court* for Ilia Boutham Dla- iriotof Gaorgla. Will aot na «rauU la bnylB*, aallia* •> LATER NEW& A heavy gnlo along the Atlantia coast and Heing rivers nnd crocks in the interior have wrought an immense amount of damage to property. Reports from various points itr« as follows: In Now York city tho rain came clown for hours in tdrronts, tho wind blew with extra ordinary velocity, nnd hundreds of cellars woro flooded. Kevernl persons wore fatally Injurod by falling shutters nnd signs. In Brooklyn and on Staten Island tho clamngo inflicted by wind and rain was largo, the ■hipping sufToring hoavily, nnd at€onny Island the ragiug buri caiTicd away or do- Ijroyo^^uch^proporty, causing an estimated In New Jersoy the rain, with the accumu lated ice in tho Passaic and Hackensack riv ers nnd Newark bny, caused a fl*'Od outlie miuidows bobmsi'n Jersey City nnd Newark. From tho base of Bergen Hill, just buck of the former city, all tho way to Newark, noth lug woa to bo seen but a brond expanse of Water. Portions of Newark wero floo*l*Nl. At Belleville,and other, points above Nownnk tlm meadows were also floedeejiand people living adjacent to the river were driven out or obliged to tuke refuge on tho upper floors. At Jersey City ull the low lands wine ilopded. nnd In tho neighborhood of urftfta street iniKdi dnmngo was donoto furnituroln bate Tnettts widen tonanttluin tliat section were "compelledto desert. A*Cnpo'Mtfy (N; J.) fllispAtch sftyi Dmtxhb fearful storm which struck the coast there at night cause L considerable loss of praporty. Similar rep Me come from Atlantio city an i other points along the New Jersey scnDoar.l A New Haven dispatch reports that n fierce oasterly galo prevailed all day, an*l caused much damage at variotiS poinie alon tko shore on the Hound. | The wind at pn*> tmio attained a Sfraod of fifty-one miles mi hour, and raised great waves in the Hotiu 1. Along the beach at W&t Haven tho rollers swept almost up to some of the cottages, and did groat d imago. Bath houses were swop' away nnd shore .road* wore badly wash'd out. At Philadelphia tho tide in tho river was tie highest known since February, lb7ib nnd in many pla* es thp water ovorfluwod the wharves and did considerable damage. The flood was due to tho h* nvy mow ana rains of the past few days and the Immense quantity of ico in tho Hvor. Along Delaware avomi in some pia(k» tho water was soVoral inch- s deep. In Camden tho water wtu run nlng over tho floor of tho Federal ferry. Many wharves on tho Jersey pldo withmlMinTged, and at Starr's wharf ecu Bidcruhlo lumU.T was afloat. The Schuylkill river was rinin ? very fast, and ice gorgos wero anliciputid. In Wilkesharro. l'ittslon, and other Pennsylvunia towns tho fiercest storm of wind, rum atid snow ever witnessed took place. At Fittston tho ro*»f of tho Casino Skating rink, a mammoth structure, fell in, and wu4 entirely demolished. At YonkeiK, N. Y., bout houses w 01*0 flooded, u coni pier was submerg'd, mul tho coal sheds damaged. Tho water and ice de stroyed Iwmts ami summer houses on tin rivor front nt Tarrytown, Sing fSiug, FeekMdll nnd otlier rtver towns. Eleven coal bnrges wero wrecked on the Green Flat*, off New Rochelle, N. Y. Near Trenton a train on tho. Rouding roml was derailed by tho submerged track. Tho cars wero thrown down tho emlwmk- ment mid the imssongeni bruised, but none seriously injured. Tnefireman wua thrown down tho bnnk and badly hurt. At Wilmington, Del., Mary MrCnfforty, aged olghtccn, was drowned wnilo trying to cross a swollen crook. A North Adams (Mass.) disnatch says thnt A torriblo galo accompanied by heavy snow provnilod in that vicinity all duy. A cyclone was reported troin Stamford and Hartwell- vllle, Vt Evory whor* jxioplo were reported to 1)6 snowbound. renting ilaal EutaU. oUmceOB^a. H FabUo B*B*r* H. N. HOLLIFIELD, Physician and Surgeon, BudMTrlU., I one. a.it do*r to Mm Bsratk BtUlUor •to,, ua M.rrU BrMk Dr, II. B. HollifieW.: M.lying rceenlly grncln.l.rt Mill* Unlrer- roc.nlif crcuu.t. lly ol IhuU ,iiiU rokurn.il home, now (tL-is liD{\ifo/Os,lonftJ .orylc cikmfi'finkKrsaioua' urVlcea to tho clttoono ni H»uder»»IU« and. vicinity. Offloo with Dr. II. N Dolllflol'J|U«*ldoort “ milllnory itoro. r tufUro. Buyno’. O. w. H. WSITAKBB, DENTIST . BandonvlUo.flhk. TERMS dASH. "* DR. J. H. MAY, BANDERSVILLE, GA. UfTer. bia .ervlcea to tho oitizon. of Sander.- villc and*djao*nt,country. All calls, day or night, will Do promptly responded to. OlRce nt his residence on Mrn. Pittman', lot, ooruor Harris and Chnroh street.. j»nl5-1884tf. J. S. WOOD t BRO.. SAVANNAH, ha. No commission or other expenses charged on consignments of Wool, Highest market price guaranteed nt time of sale. . Bepy’Mrdy Machine Needles, Oil and fUrattles, FOR all KINDS OF MACHINES,'for nl*. I will aUo order part* of Machine. that get broken, tor which new pleOMar* wanted. A. jr. JBBNI&AN. Watches, Clocks And JEWELRY Dr. HrlurOlu, or "Biteliu” fame, lih> lawn relonocd from u I'hllndeiphla liisino asylum alter «mio yi uiV. lugureorntlon, 1111“ will resume httsiueasiu Now Y„rk. Nakot Cabs Wil»ioki, jroputod to ho 11# y*ora old, died a few day. ago In Wilming ton, 111. Mn. IlKWDRicitB, Vi'-o-PresIdont-nleot, w.is one of tho guests nt n banquet glvi n by III* Chinese residents of Indianapolis', Ind., id honor of the Chinese New Year. Wiluab W. Massiv, toiler of the Bank of Commerce, Baltimore, has horn senh ucoi to flvo years In the )>oiiiteiitlary, with hurd labor for eiulier.rleniont. ElOirrY thousand visitors woro present during tlia .aun.uul Mnrdi Gras fest*vnl in N*w Orleuua king Carnival^nailo ids usual triumphant entry iftto tho city at tho head off* procession, end nt night tho streets wero bHlliantly llfmrrlnntrd. The coinage of minor coins—one und livo- cont pieces—has boon suspended. Tub inodieal library and museum con nected with the surgeon-gonoralV, olliro is to have * flro-proof l.uildmg erectod for the storage of valuable books, documents, etc., at a cost of f 200,0)0. WoMBN In Osman Digna's camp are botng armed and drilled to ojiposj tlio British advance In the Soudan. Sbvkhtren men—eight soldier* and nine civilians—were killod by a powder oxplosion in Gibraltar. Russia has ordered 2,000 Krupp guns of largo size to aid in strengthouiqg.its p js^l ion in Central Asia. W. W, Astoh, Amorican minister to Italy, has naifDBd hi* position, and his resignation has been aeoepted. Edward flerropdnt wdl act as charge d’affaires until a now ministor «*Mi ....... —A oftble dispatch from Faris announces the death of 11. B. Hotohliiss, tho famou. gun in- ventor. lie was about 65 years of age, and was born in Connecticut. —Cardinal McCabe', pastoral, read In tho Dublin chinches, Himday, denounced dyna miters, its vigoj makipg quite a scnsalloq. , —The new British expedition to Bcypt will, it is thought, reaoh Berber about the laitor end of April'. - A mortgage was placed on record by whloh General U. 8. Grant and’wife secure W. H. Vanderbilt in the sum of *160,000 upon tho holmes 1,213 O Btreet and 1,600 Vermont ave. —Tho House amended and passed the Post Ofllce bill. The (list amendment incressed- from *4,100,000 to *4,635,000 the appropria tion for the letter oarrier service, and it was agreed to—yew 151, nays 98. The smend- montlncreJing by *200,000 the appropriation for the star route jeryioe na. agreed fe-yeas 166, nays 94. Tho ne»* amsBdmentjms that eirillng ont the elauae granting additional ooropen*»tlon to American rt.um.hip. for e»r- rying the mails. It was agreod to- yeas 120, navi 113. The other amendment, were agteed to without division and the bill was passed carnival at New Orleans was initiated by to. usual entrance of. IBs Majesty Box, to whom th* keys of the city were surrendered by the Hayor, and a parade. • —The statistic* of Canada’s merchant mar- i n. sh° w * ‘toady falling pit in tonnage.. —’Eraae Is looking up in Ohio, and many rolling mills are resuming. „ —Mrs. Bharon, known in oonneotion with- the Bharon dlvoroo ease, gets *2,600 a month alimony. * ■Tho storm of Monday was very severe , -i _ ...4.,, • A efnnvftvi WAS Rtil«m nnd mi <141* UtEtao* lias 1»oen rroatwlln Efio couuty, N. Y., by rich oil difu’overiea. Thou- Bonda of acres of land have been quietly loosed by oil Bpoculators. An enormous l»v« will result froiU a Ore fu tl»o Eborvalo o »al mines ab Wilkesbarre, Ponn. Q&hgsbl in*n fought the firo from four dllTwent points. Tiik latest tralflc of tho smugglers botwoon nuffafo and - Oniada in dund bodies for Canadian dissoetion rooms. Bx-MAYOR i^ANKMN FdRON, of NOW York, was sentenced lo fifteen dnvs impris onment aud oondeunuxl to pay beside a lino of ?'2. r >iJ for contempt of court in disobeying nn injunction granted by Judgo Miles Reach, of tho courf of common plea.*, on December HO last, restraining him from nominating suc cessors to a commissioner of public works nnd a corporation couuaol, whose terms had ex pired on December 10. The ex-ihayor will carry tho caso to tho court of appeals. TitniB men woro blown to pieces whilo at work m a quurry near Harrisburg, Penn., by the lioilor’s exploding. A fire in tho Gencsoo Browing company’s works, Rochedor, N. V., was followed by an uxplosion which severely injurod live men and caused an osliumtod loss ol $100,000. Tw'o oxecutious occurred, in Pennsylvania tho oilier day. At Philadelphia Richard Trunks was hanged for murdermg Mr*. Au gusta /.mini, tlio wife of hin friend and bene factor, duving a mMUTvl.And at Hollidays- burg I >r. Ia. M. Reach suffered a similar fata tor wife murder. A RobTON dif-piftch says that ■ooiolistio ideas are sprcaoing throughout Massachu- letl*. A Fat.t. RiW.u (^inss.) mill corporation is sbout to l muster its entire plant to Mexico, where it will manufacture print cloths, em ploying Mexican hftlp. Ovin, N. Y., hns lost itabtisinesssection by flro. Abram (Jovert, tlio wealthiest mer chant in th» place, was ho allootod by hi louses that ho became insano nnd cut his throat, inflii ting a bail wound. Tbk British steamer Gladiolus arrived at New York port, hrui£uig with her the thirty mon comprising the oilloors nnd crew of the itemner nonWoll Towor, which they had been compelled to abnn Ion at sea. It wna tho Ben well Tower’s Arab voyugo. Late a reports put the total number of vic tims by tho Philadelphia almshouse flro at ‘wonty-eight. Of the 0HI lunatics Confined dieramuny were missing, but it is thought that most of them wandered away during ilia Ure. A mnnlier of them were recaptured in the streets of Philadol|)hio. The Maine lower house line passed a bill spprupriut iug t l<),u0j to aid in entertaining the aaiioiml encampmoitt of tboG. A It, which la to inset at Portland. Many proiniuont Republicans were pree int at a reception given by the Now York union League club to United btatos Benator- ileot William M. Kvarta. A congratulatory Bddrem was read to Mr. £vart% w|^node ■ long spooch in reply. fleuth mul Wilt* Frank AnNKH. a llfteon year-old boy, re siding near Rock Crook, 111., being ropri- tnauded by his grandmother, waited until the was asleep and thun brained her with an ax. A orbat snow storm In the West has caused a partial suspension of business In nmny places. Most of the railroads were blockaded by huge snow drifts. In some •actions the bli/./ard wns accompanied by thundor and lightning. In Chicago the snow drifts caused nn almost complete cessation of MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM OTHER LANDS. Gen. flerdon’i Death Made Bur© by New Evidence. FRIGHTfUL COLLISION ON THE VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILWAY. A Passenger Train llnna Into a Freight. Throwing the Gars Off the Track• Killing Fonr Men nnd Burst ing Thirty t’ars* From the past week’s mass of cable dis patches wo have sifted the following collec tion of special matters of luterost: NEW NEW* OF GORDON’8 DEATH. The Mudir of Dongola is now convinced that Khnrtnum lias fallen aud that Genera] Gordon is dead. A cavass of Ibrnham Bey Ruchdi, who loft Khartoum a fortnight ogc, states tlmt Farng admitted tho rebels to Khartoum. Tho cnvnss, with his master, wont to tho Govornment bouHO and met Gordon coming out armed, with Mnhomod I3ey Mustapha and twenty OAvasHes. Whilo proceeding to the Austrian consulate they mot a pnrtv of rebels, who flred a volley. Gordon anu Mahomed Mus tapha foil dead. THE LONDON DYNAMITERS. When tho Bow Street (London) Pollen court wns opouod for the ro-examination of Cunningham mul Burton on tlio clmrgo of having caused tho explosion nt the Towor of London, surprise wns occasioned to tho public by notices conspicuously posted upon tlio court doorways that no ixmioii carrying a bag would be pcruiiLUxl to enter the building. In ud-Ution lathis the noUcoe warned ovory one that tho police would search all persona whose appearance or conduct induct'd those olllciala to place them under suspicion. .Be fore tho proceeding* wero formally begun against the prisoners, Mr. Quilkiam, of the counsel for Cunningham, announced that Burton was sick and too ill to defend him- soiL und, that Cuuuinghum's counsel would doTemi noth prisoners. Testimony tending to connect the prisoners with the Under* groun 1 railway explicits was token. TREATY HETNVT.BN FldScil'AND HU III! ATI. Advices from Rangoon plate tluit a treaty has l>cen couchuled between Durmah anil France, widen cedesto France the Hhnn states and tho Mogoung rut»y y mines. Five liuudied Fronch Roldiei-s wtll bo nllowcil t > guard tlio minors, lturinah furthor permits the impor tation of arms and munitions of war through Tonquin. A Burmese ambassador is to re- lido at Paris, and tlwi’O will bo a French re*i- dent at Mandalay. Fram e promisoj in re turn to afford Buimph protection ugainsb tho oncroochmonts of Hixml Iiriiniu. TWO HTRAMEUS BUNK. Tlio Belgian pteamer Westornlnnd, Captain Randle, from Antworo for Now York, lias f ait in at Plymouth, Kuglmid. bho luis boon n coilinion with the stentfler Holmflui*st, which was sunk. Four of the liolinhurst's crew woro drownod. Tlio Westornlnnd Is se riously damaged. . Tho steamer Ahihonso, bound from Cadi* for Havana, has loundored ut Grand Canary Island. Tho passengers, crow, and treasure wore saved. The cargo and mails wero lost. TERRI ni.K FOWDKH EXPLOSION. A terrible explosion hot occurred in a pow dor inugaxiuu at Gibraltar, killing seventeen men and doing considerable dnnmge other wise. Of the seventeen men killed by the explosion eight wero soldiers nnd nine were civlHfthfl. The explosion occurred in one of tho small powdor magazines belonging to tho fortifications. RIOTS IN LONDON AND TAIUS. f\ Great excitement was occasioned by demonstration of unemployed workmen. A deputation of workingmen, escorted by a procession of 3,000 unemployed laborers, no companiod by bands and carrying bannors, marched to the offices of tho local govern traffic, and nt Dcs Moines, lown, ths ill teen ment , board. Arrived Ihero. Iho*' deni railroad!* centering there were blockaded, tntion entered and demanded relief The storm was followod by extremely cola j f or t j l0 unemployed of London through tho institution of public worka Tho AROT10 WEATHER, Great Fall In Tom prrntiire All Ovsf tlio Couuiry* A cold weather wave which started in the Northwest, spread nonrly all over the coun" try. The tempera turn was below fretzing point as far south ns Toxos and Florida, and it fell from 20 degrees to 40 degrees below that of the day-previous in tho Middle Atlan tic Hiatos and New England. Tho mercury ranged below the freezing point through out the Southern Slates, and fell from 10 degrees to 20 degroos from tiio lake district south of the Gulf const. In New York tho tUonnom«*ter registered 1 deg. below zero. In Philadelphia tlio rocord was zero; in Albany it wns 1 dog. below; in Al bany it w^s 1 dug. below: in Washington, D. C,, 2 dogs, abovo; in Boston 8 degs. nhoye; in Baltiinbn* ii drgs.‘above. Mount Wash ington was tho cohiost place in tho country, the mercury showing 2* deg, bolow z<*o. Other points at which the record was bolow zero were Port Huron, Mich., 24 dog.: Du luth, 2:3 dog., Clovolnnd, 15 dog.; Buffalo, 12 deg.; at Indianapolis, ID deg.; Cin cinnati, 9 deg. ; und at Pitts burg, Penn., fi deg. Tho warmest plaoe in the united Htates was Koy West, Fin., Whoro tlio thermometer showed 50 deg. in the shade, and Galveston, Texas, revelod in a temper ature of 40 dog. * , Tho intonAo cold weather left its marks on the incoming steamships, all of which were completely covered with ico when they ar rived iw New York and other northorn ports. In the West there was intenso suffer ing; . many railroads were blockaded on ao* courtt of rho heavy snow fall, and cattle per* Ishsd by thousands. . THE OBEELTEZFEDmOH. Lina*. Kiilteilnf. 1>U»«T •l.wla, ill At ItlAOh It Ad FmUA|T Prl.AUrta Th* .diary of Lieutaqnat Ktallncbary, of tlio Grertjr party, which haabaw oopiad to tha (lgn*l oRlca atWnshinftpa and thrown open to ioapaction, covers 160 pafaa of fpolicap and begins August, 9, 1881L, attar the aban- jdonutoFitVpf Fort Conger,'’wlure the party had spcnt'tvvo'wioters. It appear* from the diary that lieutenant Xisliugbury was suspended from duty by Lieutenant Groely on the 20th of August,1881, just two week, after the arrival of the exp*- Sition at it* destination. He waa virtually under arret from that time until Apjdl 9, 1884, whon he was returned to duty and notified by Lieutenant’ Groely that ho was next in rank and should command In th e event of tho latter’s death. Under data of the loth of May, 1884, Lieutenant Kieling- bury writes tha^ Lieutenant lireely came to him and-sahl they had misimdcrstood each other for three years, that his (Kislingbury's) conduct had barn manly aud (jpmmendable throughout, and he (Groely) begged pardon. Only a lew days later, however; the com manding officer, according to Lieut. Kisllng- bury’s account, insulted him by calling him a liar, and their personal relations again be came hostile. The greater part of Llout Kto lingbnry’s diary is taken up with criticiso*. and enmplnints of Lieut. Groely, toward whom tlu writer nc-onis to have entertained a feeling of hitter rcasntmect. Among theacta of the commanding .i.iUcpr whjch are, unfav orably commented upon are tho putting under arrest of Dr. Pavy. whom Kislingbury char- a. t-,rices as "tho most *en.,ible nnd nardeat- working man we have along;” the swearing at tho liien and tho threatening to shoot one of thorn (Gross) without any reason whntover. Tha whole diary is a rceord'of bickering, bad feeling and dissension. In Enrol*,-'Cato, dnrffig' a rfot between Ohineic a stray iTullot. killed David'Kendall, a member of tha Clity Oonndl, and another ’ ' “sBi weatlier. Cum rt.ETi: darkness suddenly following a thunder storm iu tlio daytime caused many people in Ijouisvlllo, Ky., to think that tha Ind of tlio world w as near. HinAtt Atkins, a wealthy old farmer, and his tlireo cliildron were burned to death in their handsome "house near Norwich. Ohio. No traces of Me-. Atkina, a young wife and itep-jnothur to tho children, nor of Iimanuol Portoi', the lined man. could bo found; und hrvesttgntlnrt l-t to the belief thnt tho two, together with Mrc Atkins' mother, hud Urod Uiu building nn 1 then fled. Ice gorges caused an overflow of rivers ami crocks iu Now Jersey and rennsylvauia, and thy damage resulting therefrom to prop- »rty nggregatei inany.tnousnnds of doilnrs. Ki.vvi n coal comtanlei nt a meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, decided to insist upon re ducing the pn e of,mining. Wn.mm i'n kkh. of Wooster, Ohio, shot and fatally wcuuilmj his swoothoart, Miss Laura Chester, ns she wns lenviugn roller- ikating l ink with anothor young man; thou Peters inflicted a fatal wound upon himself. A Ti rue Haute (Ind.) dispatch says that the boiler of a rolling mill at Urnrll, twenty miles away, exploded while about fifty men were gathered m ound wurmiug thomaelvos. Ten men wore reported kllhsl, nnd about twenty more injured, Pick men at work In n Chicago seworwert .vercomo by noxious gasos an 1 smothered to death. A DOl’Bl.E cxeciltidn look n!aco a few days llnce at l.ittlo Reek. Ark., the victims boing Rush John on i n l Ligo Parker, colored mur derers of two white men. A day ufn r iliss Mary Cox, who lived In Bpringlieltl, W. Vn., was buried her grave was c penal by friends and it wm'dlseovorod •he had been but iod alive, the girl’s liody and tlio coflin showing ovldonco of a terribli Arugg’iO that she had imtdo to escape. UANKono Jackkow. a colored man, waa tanged in Atlanta, On., for tho murder of a colored fellow workman named Rufus Gill during a tfuarrol, and on the samoday James W. Murray oxpintod the murder of his brothor-in law. Alfred Ycnke, on tbo gallows at l'ortland, Oregon. All the coal mines iu Uliuois, Indiana, anil Ohio have rh it down becDU 8 ® the railroads cannot handle tho stook. , William Haiuumiton, a white resident »f Abbeville, Ia, diod a few days since at tho age of 199. The Texas legislature has enacted a law making it compulsory on heads of all depart ment* to give at least half the clerical posi tions In their respective offices tofeuiules. Colored Thomas Bufohd, who won no toriety in 1877 as the slayer of Judgo Elliott, of tho Kentucky court of appeals, died the other morning nt the Anchorage (Ky.) Lunatic asylum, after a long illness. He kUled Judge Elliott for rendering a decision against his sister in a law suit. The collision occurred at a point on the lino of tho B. * T. B. R., about four miles smith of Washington, D. C., whero tho Chesapeake and Ohio canal orosaoa tho track by a v iaduct. Tlio rood forms a curve with a pretty steep embank ment on tho inner shlo and a ldll on tho outer sldo. Tlio passenger (rain, whloh waa going liotth, was passing under the arch of tlio via duct, ami met tho freight train Jnst at tho northern entrance of a ridgo. Tho curve Is auch at this point that neither engineer could sen the light of the othcr'B train nnlil tho en- ginea were within ten yards of oaoh other, Tho engines canto togothcr with auch a shock that heavy pieces of Ivon from both wero thrown twenty or thirty feet up the sldo of tho hill. Both rolled over on tho inner side of tho curve, nnd tho mall car of thepasaenger train was tel- ©Hooped oh tho tciulor of tho ougino In Trout of It. The following jwrsona woro killed : (loorgo Freer, engineer of the freight; Tom Darloy, ilramau of tlio paaacuger; Andrew Augar, con ductor of the passenger; Bruce, engi neer of the passenger. The name of the mail agent who wob injured could not lio learned. After tho collision the wreck look flro, nnd tho mail car, fmtr freight cars and tho oabooae of freight train were burned. None of Iho pas sengers were seriously injured. All wero taken book to Alexandria after tho collision. IM It l! IN ltd PAULA. Heavy Flro lit wlilrli tho Losses Are St 50, dob. A apeela) dispatch atatea that Knfatila, Ala., haa been viiitou by a disastrous flro in which *159,900 worth of property waa destroyed. The Grange wareliouao, with 1,400 hales of cot ton, 40 tons of guano, 10 or 16 gins aud other iroperty stored In It wns consumed. The total niurahoo foots up *86,0011. The warehouse was one of tho largest in tho elate. It waa owned by H. M. Comer, of Savannah, nud In. lured tor *7,000. F00TLIQHT FLASHES. UPAIKU BY JERXTXGATT, throughout the country.’ A woman waa - “Sogeaw atoltemeut that a mass meeting drowned in the Brandywine and a bain was j vu nRedandover one thousand ohizens re- derailed at Langshorne Btatioi, Pa, i apohdad. Resolutions of Indignation at. tho —Two train wreckoi a were found by J oxajt Iawleu aoti 0 [ the Guinea* were adopted, and in time to prevent disaster. -the Executive Committee of the Now Yot k Rtnto Agricultural Booiety has decided to hold the nexTannual fair in Albany, commencing Bept, 10, and dosing Sept. 16. , -ff to A^fJmlo SSlrood. with the etideat iutentlon of wrecking tho approaehiug train. Both wero ah(4 Waaliinfftone Bynator Palmer’s recent address favor ing womniymU'njjg# ie the first set speech ever delivered in Congress on the subject. Ti is boom ol directors of tho Garfield Me morial hospital at ■Washington have asked Congress for mi appropriation of $15,000. The hospital is supported by charitable con- tributtons, but is now inuoU in nood of funds. Foreign* The French troAps in Tonquin bav© de* Itroyod five Chinese forts. Their losses dur* log two days’ 11 ;hting wore 21 killed and 102 wounded. The Brilish government has substituted a charge of high treason for tho previous charge of cousnjrac N again>: tbo alleged dyuamitim, Qmnlughnm au^Bin tun. Cn :A r miliir-.ry t are b ipg mode in England-to refn^roe Lord WolseJey in Kgypt., The British'force under 8ir Cliarloe Wil - son which wua hLramled on an island in tho Nile att«r its ivturn from Khartoum was rescued b^ a bcKiy of Kngllsb troops from nsse they must »U ioav© the city. ’Groups of citizens visited each’Chinese houso and com pelled the occupants to pack up their effects and then marenod tiiomwa large warehouse where they were imprisoned to await the do- 8 arture of the steamer for San Francisco or 10 following day. A second ma»s meeting, attended by 2,000 persons waa held. A stand ing committee waa appointed and empowered to prevent any Chinese from looating in Eu reka in the future. (lubnt. the Arabs poure«T n constant flro into tbe English troops, but wore repulsed. ' Through a Bridie. Al train No. 8, west bound, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quinov Railroad approached a bridge across a small stream, near < CreHton, Iowa, it struck a broken rail ana lilted along outlie ties until it ran upon the bridge, wkteh went down,'Carrying with it two coaches and a sleeper, containing from twenty to twcnty-ilv* ' passengers. Three passengers wero killed aud ’ a number seriously injured. The engineor of tbe train was killed »{ hhi post. Mns. LAFAYrrr* S. Foster, of Connecti cut, lias presented to tho United fatatea Senate a fine marble portrait bust of her lata husband, who wns a member of that text* from 1866 to 1687. ollkiaTH in Hmrgo of tlm bourd-rooins woro somewhat dismayed by tho demonstration, but informod the*doputatJ*m that no official answers to tho doinund could at that tim© ho f iven liocnuso.tho Higlit lion. Bir Charles )ilko, Ltho president of tlm lx>urd, was away, and during his nbBcnoo nothing could bo done. Thin roply wns received in huIIqii silence and tho crowd ruKhod in a body into Downing street, dos pile all the efforts of tho police to provent thorn, nnd, until di»q>enw;d, stood yelling around tho official residence of the prime ministor. A large mooting of unemployed workmen was held later oil, and when the crowd hecamo demonstrative they wero chnrgod by the polit e and dispersed. Forty thousand pconio in Paris wore iu tho funeral procesaion of M. Valles, tho well- known socialistic journalist. A number of German socialists in the procession carriod a Gorman flag. This provokod Urn Frenchmen in tho streots, who snouted “ Down with tho German flag I” Tho opposition soon extended to tho Frenchmen in tho procession. Whon the flag wns not lowered in answer to those shouts it was stoned. Then 4 free light j occurred betwoen the supporters of tlm tier- man banuor and the Frenchmen. A party' of students made a rush and endeavored to seize the obnoxious German emblem. During tb© scuffle which ouaued two students wore injured. TIIE FALL OF KHARTOUM. A telegram was received at tlm War Oflloo from General Wolsoloy, in which that oflicor sends an account of the fall of Khartoum ns given by a native who was an eye-witness to tho entrance of tho rebels into tho town. Khartoum, this informant says, whs entered by El Mnhdi's forces at daybreak on tho morn ing of January 2G. Gordon was killed by a volley from Arab rillomon whilo ho was on his way from his headquarters to tho Aus trian consulate. Tlio Austrian Consul was killed in his residence, and tho Greek Consul is held a prisoner by the Maluli. It is now settled that General Graham, with liis staff, will leave London for Cairo, going by \yay of Brindisi, Upon his arrival at Cairo ho will moet Gouerul Stephenson, Genoral Dolmor and other military officials iu council, and will subsequently proc ed to Suakim. Tho expectation of tho war officials is that tho forces whloh are to start from Buakim will reach Berber, if tho march proves successful, by April 25. Tlio government has decided to accept tho offer or a contingent from New South Wales to co-operate in the Soudan ox- podidon. REVOLT IN HATUlAn. A dispatch from Asaab Biy states that tho Hoinall natives havo revolted against tho Egyptian government in Harrar, which is tho most Important territory in the Homili region aud was annexed by Egypt during tho reign of Ismail Pacha. The Italian traders and colo nists in Harrar have made a claim upon tho Italian government for protection. LATE CONGRESSIONAL NOTES. 9©nnte# Th© postoffice appropriation bill was laid before tho Benate and referred to the com mittee on appropriations... .The biff to quiot the title of settlers on tho Des Moines ri vor lands came before tho Somite as unfinished business. Mr. Shorman said that long dis cussion of the bill would defout its object, owing to lack of time, and he moved to lay tt on the table. His motion was votod down by 23 nays to 17 yoas. Upon motion of Mr. Dawes tbe Dos Moines bill was temporarily laid aside and tho Indian appropriation biff taken up, and after discussion wns passed. 1$ appropriates for all purposes $5,064,135.80, Mr. Hawley presented the credentials of re- election of Mr. Platt, and Mr. Bowen the credentials ofHenry M. Teller, tho Senator- elect from Colorado. Ylouse. Mr. Slocum under instructions from- the military committee, moved to suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill for the retire ment of General Grant. This is the first bill passed by the Senate, nnd specifically names the officer to bo retired. The thirty-minute dobato allowed under tho rules was opened by Mr. Slocum in bohalf of tho bill. Mr. Ilorr opposed the bill in its present shape, on the ground that it waa drawn for tho purpose of preventing General Grant from being put on th© retired list. Messrs. Thomas and Ho. sencrans also opposed to the bill. Messrs. Cox, of New York, and Randall favored the bill. The motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill was lost—yeas, 158; nays, 103—not the necessary two-thirds voting in the aiflrma* ttm Fanhy Davenport has not had R losing house this season. Stoutnush, In Balvini’s opinion kif* hh» Ramlot Ho will not play it again, GnwiN "BoOTR and TnWren 0 Barrett h^vo been playing successful engagements In New York city. Tony Pastor will probably enter the bur lesque opera Hold, wltu Hilda Thomas in prin* eipal role* Mm Januschowsky Is singing J**1j}y* Motbrnutlem’s part in Boston with the Mo* Oaull company. Maurice bniAKoaori will bring Fides Devries, the groat dramatic soprano, to this, country next season* Mrs. Lamjtry is angry with the Ixradon press bemuse it has condemned her ntw play and her manner of acting. Boston i.h to have a now theatre that will •out .rom 8, *00 to 4aUU0 persons. It will cost $500,(XX) exclusive of th# lot Bret Haiite is writing a play depicting life in the lur West, tni'uus tho adjuncts of bowlo knives ami shooting irons. Liszt has arrived at Rome. Tho groat pianist is in perfect health; ho is said to hav# luemwod in lloah in the post year. Mme. Nilsson has been decorated by King Alfonso with the cross of tbs L vil Order of liouoilcuiico, founded by his mother. Carrie Gum hey will bo tho prhna donna of the Thompson Opera company next sea* son. bho has lw«n very successful in Austra* lia. Among the working women of Paris thsre are 1,027 who earn their living as ballot dan cars at tho opera, receiving wages varying from $225 to $5«'5 a year. ltuEINSTEIN, who is now at Peterhof, his villa on tho Gulf of Finland, is going to Eng land alter Faster for six weeks, for tlio nur- jk»o of producing his oratorio, “ Paradis# Mrs. Aones Bonn was married recently at Boston, for the fourth time. Her now husband is John B. Bchoeffel. She is to live in Now York and will not retire from ths stage. It is now settled thnt Signor Balvini will return t o this country next soaaon under Mr. Ohlzzola’s management, he having consented to play four nights ami oao matinee in ouch week. ' There is a rule in tho German theatres worthy of gouerul udoptum. No one is al lowed to move about tlio theatre, leave or enter it while tlio music is playing, aud the man who says ho will is sent, as if by pneumatic tubo, to the nearest police station. Laura Sohihmer, the pretty Bostpn comio opera singor, has boon in Italy studying for four yours, but will como homo und Bine in New York with MeCflull tins summer. Em ma Komeldl is anothor American singer just back from Italy who wants to slug u lot of the dramatic roles in itulian opera. WASHINGTON NOTES. Below will be found n Intoh of lato notes of interest from WnsMnRtoiu MF.UDRiisnir or tuf. sisNATr Brine Moa of tlio pornmuoney of the mem bership of tlio Boimto may be formed by tho fact that whilo Iwuuty-six senatorial slccllons woro held to fill terms bogin- uing I he 4th of Mnrcli, only eight uew members woro chosen, so that of tlis leventyslx memlsT. of the next Konst., sixty-six ol least will bo old mom- bora, tlio clodion in Illinois and Oregon not having taken place. Tho new memliers will bo Mr Spooner,of Wisconsin; Hanford, of Gdifornlu; Wilson, of Maryland; Kustls, of Ijouisiana; lSvarts, of Now York; Payne, o( Ohio; Jones, of Arkansas, and Blackburn, of Kentucky. Mr. C'hnco, Of Bhode Island, Is already a member of tbe Benate, and Mr. Teller, of Colorado, Mr. Hill’s successor, returns to tbo seat vacated throe years sgo to become it member of President Arthur’s cabinet. The election of s Republican from Illinois and Oregon will jlvn the Republicans forty-two moniners, In cluding Benators Mahono and Rlddleborgsr, »ud the Demojrats thirty-four. At presont tlioro nro forty-four committee* of tne 8en- ste. Tho chairmanship of seven of thorn Is ailed by Democratlo Benators, and thirty levon by Republicans, CONDITION OF TIIE TUFASCBT. A statement iirogiared by tbo United States .ronsurer shows the condition of tbo treasury u follows! Reserve *148,088,8C« Net gold, 183,8(1;),072 Not rtlvor 41,430,034 Net United States notes 10,098,478 On January 88, lt-84, the reserve wo* *183,- 204,889; not gold. *174,807,318: net silver, *87,114,893, und not United Btato* notes, *34.007,879, i). Ian statement shows an increase of 113, 794,577 111 the reserve, a decroa-o of *00,943,. HO in net gold, an Increase of *17,831,143 In net silver aud a decrease of *18,699,401 iu th* not United States notes. Tlio pension pay* ment* will be heavy this month. MUTILATED LKOAL TENDER NOTItH. The acting treasurer of tho Uuited Btotc* lies received a package of mutilated legal ten der note* and Kilver certificates of tbo denom inations of *10 and *30 amount ing to *810, which wero pre sented at the sub-treasury at New York for redemption, and as there was soma ques tion as to their value they were forwurdud to Washington. Only on* qimrter of eacli noto Is missing, and therefore tboy will probably be redeemed at tbelr full value under the law which provide* for the redemption of notes in full Where less than two- Ilftlw of the note Is missing. An examination shows that tho notes wero torn in such a way that the fragment fiom each of four not** could be Used lu making an entirely now und complete note. Tb* notes manufactured in this wuy wore put into circulation, and the notes from which they bud been made wore sont to tho trensury for redemption. While the pnlciied notes would perhaps escape detection by the general public, there ar* numerous ways of rocagnlslug th* fraud. It is impossible to secure tho right nuuibors on tba mails notes, while the silk thread running through the paper boing of different colors and In different places, furnishes unmistaka ble proof On* corner of a nalokod note in circulation wa. found to belong, without dmiht, to ono of th* mutilated notes. A cret service ofllcer has been dotolled to look the mutter up. INDIAN LANDS OPEN TO SETTLEMENT. The President bos, by executive order, opened to public settlement after May 15, 1885, all of the Inn.ls within tho Niobrara or Baiitco Sioux Indian reservation in the Kioto of Nebraska remaining unallotted to aud un settled by tho Indians, oxcept such as are occupied for agency, Bchool and missionary purposes. PROTECTING PUBUO LANDS. The House agreod to the Sonate amend ments to prevent unlawful occupancy of tho public iunds, and It wns sent to the l'rosldout for approval. The bill declares lo bo unlaw ful and prohibits ull iuclosura of any publio lands by any person, assoolntlon or corpora tion which 1ms no claim or color of title thereto acquired In good faith with a view to entry, or an asserted right thereto by or under a riaim made In good faith in tho projicr laud ofllce. l’onulties are provided for a violation of the law. According to data furnished tho House committee Dy Becrotury Teller millions of scrcB of the public lands in Colorado and Ne braska, as well us in a number of tho Terri tories, have lirn fenced iu aud occupied by "rancho companies" and cattle companies to the exclusion of intending settlers. Beveral of these companies nro controlled bv foreign capitalists exclusively. A GREAT DISASTER. AN AVALANGIIH IN UTAH BURtE-t SIX THUN PERSONS. A .llountnU Minin* Town Nearly Swept ant nf Existence. A Balt Lake (Utah* dispatch says: Tha startling news was brought here this evening that tha town of Alta wa* nearly wiped ont by on avalanche. Tt has been snowing for a woek and is now twelve feet doep on a level, With the storm still raging. Last night, soon after eight, a tremendous volume of snow swept down over the Emms Mine works, doing no damage thuro except taking the smokestack along. Then It struck the town, crushing about throe-fourths of It, but fortunately many of the houses were deserted for tha winter. This place is built at the foot of converging gulches and the slldos had a fair mark. Tucker’s boarding houso was swept away and his hotel crushed. Tho Vallejo work*, including buildings and tramways, wero crushed. Two men at this mine happened to be in the drift and escaped Injury. Btrick- ley’s, Tucker's nnd Wnlleoe's (.tores wore Injured slightly. Power’s butcher shop and Hlmpjon’s drag store were the only buildings that eeaaped entirely. A large portion of tbe victims woro in the imarillng house nnd hotel. Twenty-eight In all woro burled, but twelvo were dug out alive this morning, Tho men from the City Rocks and the Evergreen mine* formed a digging force to got out tho bodioe. Three ■ _ P L?... i.l M .t „*■ la .4- S/vvMint* N fit I ft HLAIN IIV AN EXPLOSION. At six o’clock Tuesday morning tho littlo town of Brazil, twenty miles east of Terre Haute, Ind., in the center of tho Indiana coal region, was rhnken as though by an earth quake by a torriblo explosion: Ono of tlio boilers at tho Central lrun and Ktcel Com pany’s rolling mill bad exploded while between fifty and seventy-live men wero in Its imme diate vicinity. Tbo wri ckngo uf the surround ing structure was piled twenty foot high. Mon ran out of tho spacious buddings of tho mill, somo bearing marks of wounds und so fright ened that tor a few minutes they acted like madmen. Tho awful roar of escaping steam which followod the first report terrified tlio inhabitants nf the place who had boon roused from tlmlr sloi p by the noise. The ohaugo from tbe night to the day turn was being made when the boiler exploded. Tbo building, covering 75 by 69 feet, was in ruins. Tho other boilers and tholr brick foundatious wore heaped in tho mass, and on top of all bad fallen tlio Immense brick smoke- stock. As the men dng into the debris the moans of their fullow-workmeu could be board nbovo tho roaring of the galo. Hero anil there was seen the form of a man, and as ono wus removed another woe found. A half dozen wounded were taken out of tho splintered timbers of tlio fallen building, and wore carriod to neighboring bousos. Under tho masB of boilers and brick woro found four roasted aud scalded bodies of meu whoso doath. judging from tlio posi tions In which tho bodies wero found, and their condition must havo been instantaneous. Ono was that of a puddlor who had Jnst gous to work. In lifting him tbe flesh with the clothing fell away from the bones, aud ollsom- Failures In the Cannrrr. Tlio commercial agencies givo the following figure- of tbo failures iu tbo cuuutry during tlio-post year: IS NEW TOllK CITY. Year. Number. Assets. Liabilities, 1HHI... . 891 $3,1)02,000 *11,130,090 HR2... . 869 6,803,000 13,323,000 1HH3... . 478 13,043,000 27,078,990 1884... . 638 88,615,000 71,643,990 IN THE MIDDLE STATES. 1834... . 2,003 *57,004,000 *107,025,000 IN TOE EASTERN STATES. 1884... . 1,661 *8,235,000 420,508,000 IN TUB SOUTHERN STATES. 1884... ,. 2,801 817,963,000 *06,757,000 IN THE WESTERN STATES. 1884.. .. *,901 *43,987,900 *78,367,000 IN THE PACIFIC STATES. 1884... .. 830 *5,819,000 *8,607,000 IN TOE TERRITORIES. 1884.. .. 271 $1,462,000 *2,518,000 IN TnB UNITED STATES. 1883.. .. 10,299 $90,804,000 *176,968,00# 1881.. .. 11,820 134,020,000 248,000,000 IN CANADA. 1884.. .. 1,863 •9,074.000 *17.128,00* ON TIIE RIO CIHANDE. blance of a human form wns lost. Tho little heap fell from tho bands of tbe workmen. The remains were gathered into a box aud carried vay. Another body was rdasted alraoBt beyond recognition, fhe other two were recognizable —ono as a workman and uuotber us a tramp. Soon a fifth was unearthed, with signs of life ... bis Honldcd and bleeding flush. This mun died within a half-hour. Boven men are now dead and-three more are expected to die. Tlireo employees woro killed, the remainder being tramps. Light others wi re seriously Injnred. Tlio French' Lose 183 Alon. Genoral Brioro de l’lslo telegraphs to tlie French Clnvornmtnb from China, r.s fo'Jows: ••On Friday and Saturday v.o destroyed flvo forts belonging lo the Chinese. The enemy had evacuated them without lighting. Iu tlio fur Is wo found immense sioreu of provisions, gunpowder snd other ammunition. Worecou- noiterod twelvo kilometres aud found that tho Cliintso woro retreating hastily toward|Lnng- snn. Our losses during the engagement on Friday and Saturday were 91 killed snd 103 w ounded,"'_ ‘ nurnln* In Mid-Ocean. The British steamer Welbury, Capt. Patton, from Baltimore, Jem. 17, lias arrived at Fal mouth, England. One of lior boats was smashed and slio was damaged in various ways during the voyage. Rho reports that on Fob. 3 she passed the British bark Kriunu, Captain Smith, from Now York, Jan. 17, for Antwerp, which was on lire, lior rudder and musts wero gone and part of her stern bad boon burnt away. A Pnrlv nf 60 Texas Ranaern Attached „ nan* ef l&O Maxlean Call la Thlavss an the Kin Uraud*. The rangers wore armed with Wincliet/.er rifles and Colt’s revolvers, and were led by Otp- tain Blielley and Hheriff Tomlinson. They opened firs when within shooting distance, and at the first vullsy a half-a-dosen Mexicans fell, aud those who woro mounted put spurs to their horses snd fled. Tlio others returned the fire of tho posbo snd wounded flvo. Tho Texans emptied their revolvers, after their rifles were fired, aud the result was that ten Mexicans were killed outright, and it is believed that fif teen othors were wounded. Several of llio wounded were captured by the Toxans, und a horrible story is told regarding tbelr disposition. It is stated that many were shot to death on the field. TWO TRAIN SECTIONS COLLIDE. Intelligence has Just boon roceivod of a col lision botween two stook trains near Cono- liiaugb, Pa., on tho Pennsylvania Railroad Sunday morning, by which two Chicago drovers were killod und a tramp stealing a ride seriously injured. It appears tnat the first sec tion of the train stopped at South Fork on ac count of au obstruotion on the track, and be fore it could Bend a lluguian book to notify tho Bdcond sect inn, it camo thundering along and crashed into the rear of the first section, com pletely demolishing tho cabooso. William Keelor and Joseph Erb, two drovers who woro sleeping in tho caboose, were both killed In stantly, and au unknown tramp, who waa riding on tho rear, was badly, but not fatally, hurt. lint* boon tnkon out nt last account*, amid much dilllculty, tbs rescuers liattling with a Imavy storm nnd low temperature. Timothy Madden was not dead when brought out, but died soon after. The bodies of Janies Watson nnd Mrs. John Ford wero taken out quito dead. The following is a correct list of tlioBO whose bodies have no* yut liecn recovered: Andrew B. Wldio, Baraev CHlion, Fred Collin-on, Mattie Hickey. Charley Volk and lllg Jinf, both Chinese, Jerry Regan, David P, Evans, a child of Mrs. Ford, and four children of Ed. Ballon. . , .. A rescuing party starts from here In tho morning, and It is possible that some of the above umy bo uavou, ns on i former occasion nonm poonle wero found Rliv# after haying boon burled three days. _ . The lowos are celininted as folio**: Tuck er’s hotel, *3,609: Bmlth’s browery, *3.000; Vallolo mine, *;]o,ooo; Casa house, *500; O'neilly’s store, *3,000; Baldy Fritz’s saloon, $500; John Btriekloy, $5,000; Jackson Jonss* $500; other buildings, $80$, PERSONALJiBNTlbH. Carl Bcuunz is lecturing In th* South. Rihmaiuuc isagalu 111 aud has beau ordsrM to leave Berlin fur rust. Bamuel J. Tilden’m writings and I are about to bo punlished. Mn. Hitt is the richest oongi Illinois. Ue Is rated ut *3,900,909. P. T. Babnum has given to Bridgeport^ Conn., a thirty-acre addition to tho publio park. UovEitNon Alger, of Michigan, receiver *1,090 a year, while liis private secretary get* *1,999. Hl'ban B. Antdonv bogan life as a school- tea her nt *8 a month, aud in fifteen years saved *990. Miss Lulu Hurst, the Georgia wonder, fans made *50.090 within a year our of her "magnetism. The Uuited Btutos Senate, after March*, will have three gentlemen named J ones, bus not u single ISinith. General McClellan, like Genoral Han cock, dooliuod to be chief marshal of the in auguration pai ado m Washington. Mil. Moody, tho otaugeUst, want lrune to Nortutioid, .Muss., to cerebrate liis inothor’s eightieth birthday anniversary, which oc curred recently, lie is presoutly going to luwu, Ivanna- uml Nebraska. A very rich old lady wont to bear Mr. ’ V 1 " U 1 Washington. Bho was so pleased .. ,7n -9 that when she went home ab* changed her will and provided that *10,009 should be given to hiui upon bor death. TBK queen of Belgium is described as stolidly insolent, without a grace or u charm to reason the defect. Horses are her passion, and us she grows older she becomes more In sympathy with them aud less with the human Robert G. Inurrsoll nnd his client Dor sey are going to Europe for u year or two. They uru uuth, says a Washington dispatch, rich from tlio profits ut the Dorsey ranch in Now Mexico, which yielded a net profit lost year of *990,000. Iugersoll owns n one-sixth interest, given him by Dorsey as a tee in tho Klur-rouLo trial. There are uow 66,U0J cattle on tile range, nnd the profits are expected to evonigo liai r it Million a year. Dorsey says lie win lie absent until u year from tins fail, ami ingorsoii proposes lo givo up ids entire law practice and slay tlireo or four years. TRAGIC DEATHS IN TIIE PIT Thirteen flllnere Killed by a Colliery Ex" Illusion lu Novu Ncaliu. N. B., was, on Wednesday mglit, tbo seme of an appalling calamity, involving tlio doatb of thirteen turners and tbe mangliug of soverai otlieis. Tlio difsaster Mi oausid by a frightful explosion, Slid liud it occurred duriug thu day tlio less of llfo must havo been frightfully large. There wero only twenty-two men at wurk Wednesday night toiling with their picks 3,000 foot below the surface of the earth when a low rambling sound startled fhe mining set tlement, followed by a report resembling an earthquake. . .... Tlio explosion had taken placo in tho new slope of the colliery which was being sunk at tho MeBeum seam. As soon us possible Man ager Greene descended tbe shaft, but found it impossible to get near any of tlio imprisoned miners, who werefast being suffocated m ilioir living tomb. After soverai efforts a rescuing parly succeeded in reaching a purty of seven men who wero with great difilculty brought to the sm face alive. The uoxt attempt at rescue resulted in bringing to tlio surface the black ened corpses of tlireo miners. Many hour* lmd bceu consumed in these efforts and it was —Ariielss of lmpsachment have boon served upon the Mayor or Troy, N. Y. —Major Steinberg, tho army surgeon, who has bean experimenting as to the best method of treating cargoes supposed to be infected with cholera germs, m»de a report to Oolleotor liobei tson, of New York, favoring the UBe of superheated steam. —Anti-Irish societies of Rochester are said to bs about to aid Mrs. Dudley in her defence in the ltoasa shooting ease. —It is said that the Chicago dynamitors are expecting to inaugurate a boom on March 4. Robert Emmett's day, and that they have invited O’Donovan Itossa to assist —Rinderpest is reported in u herd of cattle at Poughkeepsie, H. X. now neatly daylight. Later in tlm day tho rescuers reached the foot of the shaft, where to their horror they found ten more corpses and two men in an al most dying condition. They were all brought to die suifuco as nuicldy as possible, the in jured cared for tenderly, and tho dead pre pared for burial. Tbo scenes around the mouth of the shaft as thu cages beariug the bodieB rose slowly to tbe surface were lieartendiug In tbe extreme. Ono of the survivors Rave a thrilling account or tho catastrophe. While tbe work wis pro gressing as usuul tlio workers were Btartlod by a low rumbling sound, followed almost imme diately by a tei rule explosion. All the light* were extinguished by tbo concussion and tbe twenty-two men were hurled in vurious direc tions. Homo woro killed outright, but tbe ma jority or deaths was caused by suffocation. The groans of tho dying and tho appeals for help that could not reach them wero Hightful to near, but gradually the sounds ceased as one after another of the thirteen mon breathed his last and tlio remainder abandoned all hope of rescue. „ , , ,, , iho managers of tlie mine and others at tribute tlio c-xploBion to the sudden opening of or coming upon a heavy feeder of gas, which, rushing out, was at once ignited by the lamps carried in tho caps of the mon. The Landon Dynamiters. The examination' of James G. Cunningham and Harry Burton, oharged under the Explo sives Aot with conspiracy cauBing the mali cious explosion at the Tower of London on January 24, is now taking place. Mr. Poland, Solicitor for the Treasury, opened the ease,for tho Crown. He created a sensation by immediately announcing that he would withdraw tbo charge of conspiracy and substitute that of high treason felony against both tho prisoners Jointly. Ho said the sto-y told by Cunningham had been found false. The truth was that Cunningham did not leave Now York city nn- tii December 10. Ho reached Liverpool aboard the Adriatlo on Doeember 20. He re mained in Liverpool but a short lime, and then came to London, and brought the brown trank of American manufacture along wit* him.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, February 24, 1885, Image 1