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« the mercury. PUBLISHED EVEBY TUESDAY NOTICE. gg-All ooaimunlMtloni Intended for thli paper mnet be nooompenled with the fall name of the writer, not neoeaearlly for pnbu. aation, bat M » (twrantee of food faith. We ere In no way reeponetble for the Tlewt »r opinions of correspondent. THE MERCURY. A- J. JERMoan, Proprietor. bEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. VOLUME V. MUNICIPAL, ifayot\ Wk> Galt.aiier, A-ldcniien. IVm. Rawi.inos, • A.'M. Mayo, W. II. 1 AVfeON, R/T. .WaY.ker, MoltRis Happ, CUrk mid Treasurer, G. W If. Whitaker, Marshall, .T. E. Wbddom. iowk on; 'rir.NNiXjC.Hi, Mayor, WHY a I/MtMAN. AltlcrmeH, r. J. Pipkin, J. F. MebkeR‘®n, ‘ .T. N. Rowers, ' W. «T. JovNitn. Clerk, *>?.. II. R. Massey. • . March'll', J. C. Hamilton. E. $. LANGMADE, Sttoi^ey hi l^kw SANDERSVILLE, GA. ». 1). r.VANs, .-a. E.VASV8 & EVAKS, Attorneys At Eatv, BANPEItRVTT.I.E, OA. 1?. I. HARRIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDEitSVlIXE, GA. Will practice) in nil tlio Crturls of tbs middle circuit, imd in the counties surrounding W/iHliington. Special attention given to com mercial J&w. P. H. SAFFOLD, ATTORNEY AT UW. RANDEilSVII.LE, GA. Wl'l practice in all Hie fnnrla of tlie Middle CJrrntt and’ In * llto connfie. anrronndlng tl’in-Ulngt n. . Bpceinl attention fiven to ccm- mere 11 low, o. 0 BROWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Bandertrille, Ga. Will pmeiUeln the State and United BUtei Oourta. OUK’e In Oourl-lioiine. r. K. Minna. O. H. RodXM HIMES & ROGERS. Attorneys at Law, 8ANDERSVILLE, GA„ Will practloe In tl o countlea of Wnahtngton, 3.(Tenon, Jolinaon, llmnnuel anil WlUdiia m, euil In Hie U. S. four la for the Bonthein DU- trletof (ioorgla. Will not mi nrenla In buying, aolllng or renting Real Kxtate. onice on Weat aide of Pnbllo Bqnare. Oct ll-tr H. N. HOLLIFIELD, Physician and Surgeon. Bandenrille, On. Dr. H. B. Kollifield, rsTsici&i ei smioi, Having recently graduated at the Univer sity ol Maiylttud and returned home, now niters Ills profesftionnl services to the citizens of Handeisvllle and vicinity. Office with Dr. H. N llolllfield, next door to|Mrs* Bayne's millinery atore. G. W. H. WHITAKER, DEN Tl ST, Bamlerirllle, Ga. TIt RMS CASH. DR. J. H. MAY, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Offers his services to the oit-izens of Sanders- ville and adjacent country. All calls, dny or night, will bo promptly responded to. Office »t his residence on Mrs. Pittman’e lot, corner Harris and Church streets. jau!5-1884tf. J. S. WOOD & BR0„ 1SS10 SAVANNAH, G-A. No commission or other expenses charged en consignments of Wool, Highest market price guaranteed at time of Mlo. sop2’81-ly Machine Needles, Oil and Shuttles, FOR all KINDS OF MACHINES, for eale. 1 will also order parts of Machines that get broken, for which new pieces are wanted. A. J. JEHNIGAN, Watches, Clocks And JEWELRY REPAIRED BY JERNICATT. nog A' RiriifflHfag'fr^rr:-. P ». A NUIV TREATMENT For CohinmpUnn, Asthma, Bron.hlHi, Dy,- I'l psin, CaUrrli, Headache, Debility, nhen- nmti.m, Neuralgia, and all Chronlo and Nervoiu Disorder., A GAUD. W *' ' h * “K-UrawoH. -IH,,» ••rallFfj “incurable" d,i eMo Hu v'-* ufidenc uul to inipirn the put lie with "" ll ’ v * ”' r * nn J„'! , ' , .n 1 ’'’I*' SlMk-7 «nd iiyniuiailH, nnri «rj | )Pnt which they do •'ll tub Mijr tpitiiuoii Rwnnlne. udnntion i to bn >t caann wlUoh ars W.M. i . KKI.I.KY >f Ongrrra from I’htfadalphla. Edit AURTHim, nd 1 nbliaher “Aurthur'a Horn* rUlledcIpliU V. L. CONRAD. i t . .. ' v •<■ vJUNRAD, L,,Uor Lutheran Obwnrer," Ptilladslphla. . I’flILADELrau, Pa., Jut.nl, 1R8J. natural inquiry in ra*ard toe "onal Ktnndirfr, —•* * ■ ■»l «P'I I- i nod the gnn- - "• *:«*••», we n won nnd widely pi .nt Inn ebovii ceid from K^ntluinni u jV'' n ?.V ' ’ 1 Hinlicat porwi.11a 1 rlmrncter. niat.'r, of IVio'(lilrn , *rw ,, i" , , un i* n *'F" , h” Containing a p nit «.*.«•»»’* in f, nlarrh, Neurelf da nid nge of clirunio llrffAma, will b< A.KIrew l»KH. NTARKIJY dr. PAI.EN, I UlllniKl 1111 (.Irnril M., I'hlludelntiln, Pa. MUSIC, MUSIC JERNIGAN Bows, Strings, Rosin Boxes, Etc* BUY YOUR SPECTACLES, SPECTACLES, FROM JERNIGAM, None genuine without our Trade Mark. On hand and for sale* SPECTACLE, NOSE GLASSES. ETC. (»FNERAIj NEWS. Items of Interest Here, There and Everywhere, -—A strike among tho employees of the Wabash Kuilroad was inaugurated at Spring* Bold. IU. —Tho profits of tho Montreal carnival after paying last year’s deflolt of $180 wero only $74. — 1 The striking carpet weavers of- Philadel phia indulged in a riot. Tho police charged and put tho weavers to flight beforo damage was uono. —Tho Prohibition party of Rhode Island mot in convention at Providence, and nom inated a Btato ticket with George H. Slado for Governor. —Mail advices from Nassau, N. P., state that a dynamite scaro is prevailing, and tho public buildings arc being carefully guardod day and night. —A couple who olopod from St. Louis, Mo., wero so conscience stricken whou they camo to rcalizo their act that thoy committed sui cide. Mr. llobert Ponnor, in a letter in reply to i application from Mr. Elbridge Cushman, csiaent of tho Plymouth County (Mass.) Agriouftuial Societv, to let Maud H. trot at that society’s annual fair, says that Maud 8. cannot trot for money. — Five prisoners escaped from tho city jail at Helena, M. T. — 1 Tho Massachusetts Btato Senato passed to do engrossed tho resolution providing for bl- onniul soesions of the Legislature, —A Washington dispatch says John T. Fraelv, tho colored postal clork injured in tho collision at Four Milo Run, Thursday night, is dead, making tho seventh life lost from that accident. —Frank James, tho noted outlaw, has been rolea-ed from jail at Boonovillo, Mo., tho chief witness against him having died. —At Abbeyfoalo, a villago in Limerick comity, Ireland, eleven farmers, with their families, wero evicted for non-payment of rent. Many policemon wero present, so that all at tempts at disorder wero prevented. —It has been decided that the marriago of Pi incoss Beatrice to Princo Henry of Baiteu- berg rdiall take place at Whippinghum Church, on tho Isloof Wight, in July, while the Queen is at Osborne. —The Senate passed tho Post Oflloo Appro priation bill with an amendment embodying what is known as tho steamship subsidy clause. Tho amendment was offered by Mr. Fryo, of Maine, and was adopted by the vote of republican Senators. The amendment pro vides for the appropriation of $800,000 for the transportation of foroign mails, including transit uomse the Isthmus of Panama, and authorizing tho Postmastor General to con tract with tho lowest responsible bidder for the carriage of bif Jiails at not to exceed fifty cents a nautical mile on the trip eaoh way ac tually traveled between terminal points, but providing that such mails shall bo carried on American steamships and tho aggregato of such contracts shall not exceed one-half tho gum appropriated by the amendment. —The Massachusetts House debited tho bill prohibiting tho sale of liquois between the hours of eh ven o’clock p. m., and six o’clock a. m., and after all amendments had been re jected it was put upon its passage. Tho Speaker declared tho bill defeated. —Diphtheria is epidemic in many towns and villages of eastern Connecticut and western Rhode Island. The disease has made frightful ravages among tho children of Norwich and New London, and in tho village of Westerly, R. I., there are 100 cases. —A journalist and a physician, both well known in tho City of Mexico, had a duel with swords over trouble originating at a masked ball on Sunday. Tho physician was wounded. —Tho House adopted an amendment to the Sundry Civil bill providing that the money ap propriated to aid in tho New Orleans Exposi tion shall .bo used, first, in the payment of in debtedness now outstanding of tho Exposition which is duo to persons living outside of Lou isiana, including debts to foreigners or foreign nations and such aB are duo to States and Ter ritories; and second, in tho payment of all premiums awarded by the Exposition. —Mr. Willis, of Kentuoky, moved to suspend the rules and put upon its passage a bill appro priating $5,OOU,0()0 to bo expended under the direction and with tho approval of the Secre tary of War for tho continuation aud comple tion of works designated in the last River aud Harbor law. After a long debate tho bill was 20886*1—VdO to 88. SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1885. $1.50 per Annum. NUMBER 40. THE MERCURY.-' EnUred u (Mond-elua mnttfr at tM I dertvlU* PMtofflc*, April tl, IM SnndewIUe, Washington Coutft fln» nniLtsmiD BY A.. J. JER:NTGLA.Ny fwrurol AM PCBLIMMh Rnbiorlptlon. ....It.M par Taw NEWS OF THE DAY. Eartnm nnd middle Rtntee. BnUyli C v V -v' ! ' KnnAf '’/.' ie l” lty Pretmnster at In., a’ i I >““imiltoAsiilcido by shoot- • .a* A defalcation bad been discovered in urn accounts. ,°} >n h Su,1Iv “ n . thonotoriou* ! U V S iTought BUit for .livono brutal treatment. druuko '" 10 » “» d HiJ.t. h8 T Unlt i. St " tw district court nt Now M ' , M '‘ ei h ' Charles IVebbaud of Norwich, pleaded pullly !n. h M Cba r g0 c »>l«ziding ot the funds oC National and Slietucket ks in , thnt of which they laW a\ nt } wor .° Bei >tcncod to hard If.mLt . ‘ 8 ato P rison - Tho tw «> Hrst- j a, . n ®r wof 0 , aonUneed to live years and tho last-named to four years’ Imprisonment. w? 1 ??, w ’ ?«»*«»«*, captain of a canal b^bo£ n .L a l a n, 6 " t?L k >L ier 1 *»* “““.SW 1 IwUS 8 \ ;: 6 "' i or « pier, was annoyeu ng lllln i ami tired otr Ids piatol The bullet struck Rati ‘ “ >™« i atrlok Dugan, nS. nineteen, a laborer on tho pior, causing Instant dentil. Hubrlght was arrested. «w T,l, ? N0 weavers and about 200 I’hilndal- pnia pollCTmcn camo into collision with tho result that Mvoral of the formor received nroken heads and seven wore arrested, while or tho latter a number wero knocked down. Noremac, a professional po- uestrinn, has llulshod a long trnmp In Now York city, having covered f>,100 milog In 100 days on n wuger of *2,'XXI. . r i | ' K Maino house hus passed a bill chang- Novetnlm* 1 * ° f **"' gu ’ JI ' nmtor i a ' alactlon to A ai’EriAi, dispatch from Philadelphia says iftt notwithstanding thn rrKn.PDlmin/1 »•». 7/ . .7 uoin x n that notwithstanding the rose-colored re port of General Grant’s health port of General Grant’s health recently given in a medical journal, tho truth Is he is a very itck inaii, and his death apparently not far mstant. Tho public have no conception of the shattered condition of his physical iys- tam. This docs not agree with the official roport" of General Grant’s health. Koiitlt mid West* Great destitution, arising from drought and ruined crops, prevails in Gilmer, Braxton and Calhoun counties, W. Va_, which are roinote from railroad communication. Cattle are lieing killed for food and much sickness exists among the pcoplo. Prank James, tho noted outlaw, has been released from jail in Missouri,the chief witness against Uni having died. The trial of Joseph C Mackin, William J. Gallagher, Arthur Gleason and Henry Biehl, onthem barge of coaspiring to a (Tec t the re sult of an election for State senator in Chica* goat the presidential election in November, resulted in the conviction of Mackin, Gal lagher and Gleason and tho acquittal ot Biehl. The trial kistad two weeks and aroused groat public interest. The Oregon legislature adjourned without having elected a United States Senator to succood Senator Slater. Tho failure was duo to tho inability of two factions of the Repub lican members, who are in a majority, to agree upon a candidate. This for the prosont leaves Oregon without ono representative in tho national Senate. Irving Lano (colored) was hanged at Greenville, N. C., for the murdor of Moses Barrett during a quarrel. Tho murderer and his victim wore farm hands. State Senator W. C. Montgomery, one of tho wealthiest and most prominent citi zens of Southern Indiana, committed suicide at Gosport. Cause, ill health. Two passenger trains close together wero rim into by a freight train near Chebanso, 111., and a fearful crash followed. One passenger v&i instantly killed, ana eight or nine others injured more or less severely. Michigan Democrats nnd Green backer* have fused on a Stoto ticket, tho principal nominees being two caudidatos for supreme court judge. A strike among the employees of tho Wa bash railroad was inaugurated at Springflold, 111., and extended to other cities. Representative Robert Logan, a Re publican member of tho Illinois legislature, dropped dead of honrt disease while on his way to tho houso chamber ut the capitol in Springfield. It will he remembered the Illi nois legislature has boon a tie in joint conven tion, and in consequence of the death of Mr. LogAti it will be necessary for tho Republi cans to refrain from voting if they wish to prevent the election of a Democratic United States Senator. Mosk Caton, a farmer living near Smith’s Mills, Ky., assisted by his sous, hanged his wife, a widow whom ho had married four years ago. Hho had refused to doed to him a tract of land which, slm owned. A posse attacked tho Caton liou83 aud shot Moso Caton in the ankle, John Caton through the lung, and Annie Caton in the stomach. Wanliliigton* According to Librarian Si>oiYord’s an- nual report tho library of Congress contains 644,087 volumes and 185,000 pamphlets, an incroaso of 31,240 volumes ovor thn provious year The findings of the court martial in the case of Judge Advocate General Hwnim, charged with conduct unbecoming an officer ana a g entleman, and with negloct of duty were: If tho first charge, not guilty, but guilty of conduct to tho prejudice of good order and military discipline, in violation of the sixty- second article of war; of the second charge, not guilty. Upon these findings tho court sentenced tho accused “to bo suspended from rank, duty nnd half pay for the period of twelve years.” The court’s sentenced was ap proved by President Arthur. Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. Morrow, Sixth cavalry, who was tried by court-mar tial on tho charge of triplicating his pay ac counts, has been sentenced to forfeit all right to advancement in his grade for tho period of two yenrj, s • that at the end of that time ho shall Hill bo tho junior lieuten ant-colonel of cavalry. The two safes of tho Adams Express com pany, which weFe in the car that was burned at the recent railroad collision near Wash ington wero opened in the ofiieo of the Uni- tea States treasurer. The charred money which they contained amounted to more than $110,0 )0, most of which has boon identified and will be redeemed. President Cleveland wrote a reply to a latter sent him by a number of members of the outgoing Congress respecting legislation repealing the coinage of tlio silver dollar. The President is understood in the letter to havo expressed himself in favor of such legislation. The National thentro, the most prominent place of amusement in Washington, has been destroyed by fire. The loss ou the building and contents is put at $150,080. rorclgn. Letters of the lato General Gordon from Khartoum have been made public, and show that he did not, os was reported, express con- that he did not, as was reported, express con fidence in his ability to bold tho city indefi nitely against the False Prophet’s followers. Six paupers perished in the destruction by fire of the poornouse at Wohlen, Switzerland. During the debate in the British house of commons ou Sir Stafford Northcote’s motion of censure against the government for its Egyptian policy there was a noisy exhibition of ill feeling. Upon motion of Pi emier Glad stone Mr. O’Brion, the Irish editor nnd home rule member, was suspended for a week. A number ot artillery officers and scien tists wero testing a new patent fuse at the Royal School of Gunnery at Sboeburyness, England, when a t riible explosion occurred. Three men were killed outright and several others were fatally wounded. Among the latter wore somo of tho most prominent offi cials of the government laboratory at Wool wich. Tho scone of tho explosion presented a sickening sight. Somo of the wounded had their faces carriod away, others had their legs torn off and men were lving about in everydiroctiorf - groan ingin their dying ag onies. At Abbeyfeale, a village in Limerick coun ty, Ireland, eleven farmers, with their families, were evicted for non-payment of rent. The marriage of Princess Boatrice, Queen Victoria’s youngest ^au^luter, to Prince Hen ry of Battenberg, will take place on the Isle of Wight in July. Three more men havo died of wounds re ceived by tho oxplosion in tho school of gun nery nt Sboeburyness, England. Six officers in all, including Colonel Btrongways, the commandant, and Colonel Lyon, inventor of tho fuses which were being tried when the explosion occurred, lost their lives. THE BRITISH GARRISON AT HAS- NAIjA repulsed with HEAVY LOSS. War Between Russia and England Immi nent. Despatches received in London state that tho garrison of Kassalu, who have been ilo. fending the place for a year, recently made a s ortio, but wore repulsed by the Arabs with a loss of twenty-eight officers and (130 privates killed. According to advices from Mnssownh tho garrison at Knasnln, tho town in the Soudan next in importance to Khartoum, is reduced to an effective force of 000 men. Tho town is clofeely besiegod and tho garrison is short of ammunition. Tho Egyptian troojw aro discontented. Tho government at Cairo has abandoned all hope of rolloving tho town. The Turin Gazette says that, notwith standing tho declaration of *Sig. Npucini to tho contrary, tho conclusion of a treaty lav tweon Italy and England regarding o|iern- tions in the Soudun is certain. It says the Italians will attempt to relievo Kassala as soon ns tho third Italian contingent arrives at Mnssowah. General .Sir Redvors Duller has pointed out the places between Gnkdul Wells and Korti suitable for tho establishment of depots lor water supplies for tho retiring troops. Tim depots near Korti will, of course, be supplied thonco, nnd tho othors by camel transports from Gnkdul. It is reported that tho Britidi troops will roumm in tho vicinity of Korti during tho ruimnor and bo lodged in straw huts. Tho greatest fears arc entertained concerning tho effects of tho torrid heat, and the most conservative think Hint tho mortality among the troops will ho largo, although perhajH not. ns groat as it would bo during a continued retreat under tlio desert sun. The Arabs undoubtedly are fully awaro of the existence of numbers of hiddon wells in tho ihswt, and this knowledge, it is thought, will enable them, ditpito the destruction of the public wells by General Hiilier, to follow and harass tho British with largo forces. Messengers havo arrived nt Korti from Omdurman, who report that tho followers of the Malnli wero much disappointed at the .‘■mall amount of plunder which they found at Khartoum. Tho privations of tho rebels havo boon increased by the addition to their numbers of the garrison at Khartoum, whom thoy nro now compelled to support, Tho rebels do not appear ot all willing to encounter tho English troops, nnd tho inahdi .s in constant fear of treachery on tho part of his chlofs, among whom groat disson- -ion oxists. Despatches from Korti stnto that tho in- tonse neat hus caused a:i outbreak of typhoid fovor among tho British troops. CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. GEN. GRANT DYING. Non ate* On motion of Mr. Plumb tli® Senate re sumed tho consideration of tho postoffice aj>* ropriation bill. The Senato retained in bill (contrary to tho recommendation of the appropriation committee] the legislativa pro visions inserted by the House of Representa- *: fixing tho postage on noWHpa]>era sent tiv England** Trouble AVilli IHimIa, A London dispatch says that it is not doubted in some circles that war with Rus sia hangs by a throad. Tho negotiations be tween Russia and England respecting tho llusso-Afghan frontier a re so id to have renchod a very deiicato stago. M. Lessor, the Russian commissioner, has urged mch swooping de mand* that England cannot nccopt anything approaching them, and a complete collapso of tho delimitation project an I an early udvaiico of tho Russiau troops toward Ilorut are ex pee to 1. Teheran advicos say that Sir Peter Lums- den, tho British special commmissioner on tho Afghan frontier question, has reached Gnlr in, or Girlin. Tho Russians have ad van cod their pickets south of Puli KhatumtoZulfugar and renjdeh. A Persian paper says that tho Ameer of Afghanistan has boon ordered to havo tho road from Merat to Peshawar by way of Cabul immediately put in repair to. facilitate tho inarch of an Indian corps to occupy Cabul. F00TLIGHT FLASHES. IRftRE are not less than 250 tolegrapa offi ces in New York city. Next 6onson Emma Novada will hood an English opora company. Hans Von Bulow is now making a sue- :ossful concert tour in Russia. Congressman W. E. English, of Indiana, owns an opera houso in Indianapolis. The Mormon church has more missionaries than the American board of foreign missions. “Household Gods,” a jiosthuinous play by Lord Lytton, has been produced in Lon don by Mr. Wilson Barrett. M. Dupont, of Brussels, has just compleUvl a new operu entitled “Oliver Cromwell,” of which report spouks highly. At Washington there aro 100 negroes worth over $25,000, at least fifty worth $10,- 000 and nearly 1,000 worth $5,000. Australia has ninety-three species of snakes, and of tho 1(M varieties in the Uuitod 8tales only twenty-two are venomous. Mr. Irving’s average receipts in Loudon, at the Lyceum theatre, aro $8,000per week, nnd in the United States over $14,000. Bv a unanimous vote, Walter Damrosch has been elected to succeed his father as mu sical director of the New York Symphony so ciety. To play upon the violin, the fluto or the banjo is developing into a craze among the younger of tho fashionable ludios in Now York and abroad. Sir Arthur Sullivan does most of his writing—musical composition, rather—bo- tweeu midnight and sunrise, lie selects tLat time because it is quiet, Abrams Aurauokp, the Russian basso, has boon engaged by Walter J. Damrosch for tho German Opera company. He made his first appearance in Chicago us the Herald in “Lohengrin. ” Mus. Langtry’s failure in London seems to have been complete and overwhelming, and the critics aro more generous in express ing sympathy with Mr. Abbey, her manager, than merciful to the ambitious star. Chief Justice Daly, of Now York, has made tho interesting discovery that tlio first American thoaire was opened in Now York December 0, 1732, with a performance of Far- quhor’s old comedy,* “Tho Recruiting Offi cer,” which has beou recently revived at Daly’s theatre. Dom Pedro, of Brazil, maintains as a part of his establishment one of tho finest military bands in tlio world. When tho court is at Rio this imperial band plays in tho tropic nights in tho Biuck Horse Square, while tho dusky Brazilians stroll about the walks or out ices and drink wino at little tables under tho palm trees. The prospects of a uniform musical pitch in England and Europe have besn considerably improved by a command of Queen Victor from the office of publication to regular flub* scritiers at ono cent a pound; but cut out tho discrimination against sample copies, making tho rate mentioned a uniform rate for all newspapers sent from tlio office of publication whether samplo copie i or otherwise. Business wus then suspended for tho ceremonies at tending tho dedication of the Washington monument. Tho navy appropriation bill was discussed. An aniomfmout appropriating $1,780,000 to build a stool cruiser was adopted. On mo tion of Mr. Boutelle, of Maino, an amend ment was adopted providing for the return of tho steamer Alert used in tho Oreely relief expedition with the thanks of this govern ment, to tho government of Great Britain ; for tho transfer of tho steamer Boar to tho treasury department to bo used ns a revonuo cutter in Alaskan waters, and for tho use of tho steamer Thetis in 4honavy hb a survey ing vessel. In this shapetho bill was passed. ... Tho postotllco appropriation bill was noxt liscussod. On motion of Mr. Brown, tho Senate retained the Houso provision permit ting newspaper articles to bo marked with- imt increase of postage. Tho bill was then ►end a third time and passed without divi lion. It then wont to tno Houso of Repre sentatives for concurrence or nonjoncurremt In tho Senate amendments. Tho chair laid beforo tho Senate a memori al from tho legislature of Wisconsin urging tho placing of Genernl Grant on tho rotired list of the army....After discussion Mr. JlftWes* bill was passed authorizing the Presi dent to negotiate for tho purchase of tho re maining rights of tho Seminole, Creek, nnd Chorokco nations of Indians to tho Okla homa lands....A number of pension bills wore passed, after which Mr. Cockrell called up tho House bill already favorably reported iuw of officers nnd enlisted men of the army, for loss of privato property destroyed in tho military service of tho Unite l States. Mr. Cockroll said that tlio bill would notoover such tilings ns enrpots, watches, etc., but only articles doomed useful, neces sary nnd reasonable ior officers and soldiers to have when on duty. Ou tho suggestion of Mr. Shorman tho time for presenting such claims was limitod to two years; us so am ndod it was passed. In debate on tho army appropriation bill tho scntenco of tho court martial against Judgo Advo ’ftto General Kwaim whs de nounced by Messrs. Ingalls, Dawes nnd Hoar, ami defended by Mr. Halo Mr. Allison rev ported tho legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, and asked its iinmodi* ato consideration. Tho bill was taken up and its reading proceeded with.... — Mr. Morrill reported favorably from the cominitteo on public buildings ami grounds a bill to provido for tho erection ot a fire-proof building in tho city to contain the records, library and museum of the modical depart ment of tho* army at a cost not to excocd $200,000. . Mr. Hhsrman reported to tho Sonata an amendment to tho sundry civil bill to pro vido for tho erection in the District of Colum bia of a statue to tho memory of General La fayette ut a cost of $50.0 H).... Tho naval appropriation bill was reported'to the Senate. As it camo to the Senate'from the coinmittoo on appropriations it called for an aggregate of $17,080,837, whfcli was a not increase of $L304,’0 ) over the aggregato of tho House bill nnd an increase of $i,<08,805 over the amount appropriate 1 last year. Tho navy appropriation bill was passed.... A number of |>onsion bills wero pis-ied.... Mr. Morgan asked unanimous consent to take up tho bill for tlio relief of I^titia Tyler Nomple. daughter of the lata President Tyler. Tho bill would give her a pension of $50 a month. Tho lady named, Mr. Morgnn said, is now blind, ami dependent on tho cliaiity of W. W. Corcoran; in tho oitv of Washington. Messrs. Riddloborger and Cockrell objected. Mr. Morgan cited instances of Presidents' widows uud daughters who had received pensions. lie thought it would gratify tho people of the United States to provide for thfs poor blind lady— a lady who, In her day. had been the lady of tho White House, ami had flllod that place with credit to the peopls of the country. A vote on tho bill resulted: Was, 11; nays, 17. lionee* Mr. McKean, of New Jersey, called up tho bill appropriating $25,050 for tho impr Unproved by a command of Queen Victoria, who has ordered that the pitch to bo adopted by her privato band shall bo henceforth tlio so-called diapason normal of France. It will soon be in order to bogiu agitation for a uni form standard in this country. V ... : ITEMS OF NEWS. There are 1,200 professional wrestlers in Japan. The lumber cut of Michigan in 1784 was 4,175,339,210 feet. A gambling house in Helena, M. T., pays a license of $3,380. Fertile land can be purchased in Mexico at thirty cents an acre. Ten negro residents of New York city mar ried white wives last year, Trere is n widow in Birmingham, Ala , thirteen years old, and she attends the public school. Mme. Patti occupied a box at Kansas City one night recently, and for tho first time board Mile. Nevada sing. There are nearly 11,000 officers and subor dinates in tho departments of the New York city and county government. England’s navy estimates for 1886 provido t or the construction of sevpnty-throe new yes sels, including eleven iron-ciods. Practical anatomy is taught in somo of the schools iii New Haven, Conn,, by thedis section of dead cats and rabbits. San Jose is the only city in California with a population exceeding 10,000, that is' not in debt. There are but five such in the United States. It is estimated that ft will cost $400,000 to repair the damages from dynamite to tho British house of commons, Westminster hall meat of Washington’s headquarters at Mor ristown, but it wus objected to... .On motion of Mr. ray son, of Illinois, the Senate amend ments wore concurred in to Houso bill for feiting tho Texas Pacific land grant....On motion of Mr, Hopkins, of Pennsylvania, R?nata amendments wero concurred in to House bill prohibiting tlio importation of contract labor — Mr. Perkins, of Kansas, introduced a bill t » open up the Oklahoma ljuuls for homestead h' ltlomenfe Tlio sun dry civil appropriation Dill was reported. It appropriated $22,201), 177, a reduction of tho estimate of $10,120,225. A section of tho bill authorized tho secretary of tlio treasury to suspend in whole or in part tho coinage of silver dollars from July 1, 1885, to June 80, 1880. Mr. Buckner called up the Sonata bill authorizing tlio Commercial National bank of Chicago 1 to increase its capital stock to $2,00),000. In opposing the bill, Mr. Weller, of Iowu, attacked tlio national bunking system, declaring that it was tho duty of every patriot to strike it a death blow. Tho bill was passed Discussion on tlio river and harbor bill was resumed. Mr. Holman offered an amend ment providing that the money appropriated for t4ie improvement of the Mississippi river shall bo expended under tlio direction of the secretary of war and in accordance with tho plans approved by him. Alter a short and noisy discussion the amendment was adopted. The Speaker laid before tlio Houso a com munication from the secrotary of tho treas ury recommending the appropriation of $25,000 for tlio revenue marine sorvice in Alaska... .Tho deficiency appropriation bill was passed with amendments... Another sceno occurred in tho Houso during debate on tlio river and harbor bill....Mr. White, of Kentucky, secured tho floor on a motion connected with tlio call of tho Houso. His presence was tho signal for cries of “louder,” “leave to print,” “vote,” etc., and general shouts nnd confusion, wbilo Mr. Weavor, of Nebraska, iti tho guise of a par liamentary inquiry, askod whether tho man with the most mouth was entitled to all tlio time of the House. 'I hero was an interchange of remarks between Mr. White and other members, and a scone of noisy eon- fusion followed. Finally Mr. Browne, of Indiana, moved that in the judgment of tho House language used by Mr. Gibson, of West Virginia, was unparliamentary and in viola tion of its rules, and tliat he is subject to the censure of tlio Houso. Tho motion was tabled by 132 yeas to 60 nays. By a vote of 150 nays to 118 yeas the House decided that it would not discuss tho amendment in the sundry civil appropriation IIR .11AY l)IR HITDDRNLY. OH I1R illAY LIVE SIX MONTHS. An Incnrnblo Cancer of tlio Throat tlio ('nunc of III* Hnflrt ititf Recent favorable reports which wore mads public in Now York regarding General Grant’s k»alth provo to linve boon Orronoous. The disensc from which I10 is suffering Is a cancer at tlio root of the tongue, brought on by ox- i ess in smoking. Its earliest symptoms wore developed while the ox-President was at liong Branch last, summer; and at first he paid little attention t<» Ibo trouble, thinking it only a severe cold. An examination made by Dr. Douglass, a New York specialist in cancer dfsoases, showed the true nature of tho trouble, and since then bo hus been almost continually under the care of physicians. Tlio house nt No. 3 East Sixty-sixth street, New York, where General Grant lives, has boon overrun with visitors anxious to learn the truth ns to his condition. To a reporter Colonel Frederick Grant said: “ My father is a very sick man. There is no use in longer denying tho faet. Wo havo made ovory ef fort to keep (ho true facta from tho public, boettuso wo know that as soon ns It should bo- como known that ho was dangerously ill, there would lie hundreds of letters coining in 'with ovefy mail, and this would only excite him nnd make his euro loss hopeful. The doc tors who aro attending him nro Dr. Fordyce Barker, Dr. J. H. Douglas, and Dr. 11. B. Hands, of this city, and Dr. J, M. Markoc, of l’hilndolphia.” Dr. Douglas made tho following statement to a reporter: “General Grant D a very sick man. As soon ns 1 saw his throat ►was confident ns to tho nature of the disease, but I told him that it was a dhoaso of an epltho ial character, I did not enlarge upon its Into nature, as I lid not want to alarm him. its fatal charuc- ter 1 was convinced of at the start, and so mformod the General’s family. I think there » littlo or no hope of his recovery. His grip md energy are noarly gone, nnd ho cannot resist tho oncroachinein of tho diseaso. He has no desire for food, but forces liimso f to lake it by his indomitable will. Hnioking was tho exciting cause of this cancer, though there have been many contributing causes since. When ho first camo to me uo had a severe pain in his left ear. Ho had a laid tooth Unit I ordered to ho reinovod. Ho af- orward had a number of other teoth taken <>ut, that rendered him unable to use his false tooth, and all his food li.nl to bo prenmo I for him. lie cats terrapin, chopiKxl meats- and liquid iiourLbmont, but it is a petite. Tfio general iiisisie I upon coming to my office for treatment, ns he snid lie wanted to got the air. 1 told him I was sorry when he came Inst Monday, as tho day was raw ahd chilly. Ho caught a severe cold then and his symptoms took an alarming clinrnc* ior. On February 18 1 observed a perfora tion of a fold of the membramo which con stitutes the liorder of tho tansillnr cavity, where the cancer hud oaten through tlio tis sue. 1 was alarmed, and the next day Drs. Sands, Markoo, Barker and myself held a • onsultation. I had been alarmed all the 1 lino that i have been treating th) general; so this rapid spread of the diseaso did not surprise mo. Tho cancer is btiil eating through tho tissue and in time will create a large hollow sjiaco oxten ling upward iu tlio roof of tho mouth. If the cancer wore any where else it could l»e cut out, if it was confined to tho tongue could bo re moved. No operation has been performed, and in all probability there will be‘nono. Tho 18 are just above tlio root of the w Derations are jusi longue, on tho soft palate, and are rapidly extending. Binco the bill for General Grant’s relief in Congress failed the diseaso has been making great headway. On February 20, the day attar tho consultation, a rosy report ap peared in a modical journal about tlio gen eral’s case, that con voyodtbo Idea that I10 was all right uud would soon bo well. Tho gou- oral’s family saw it and wero elatad, thinking that it was tho report of the consulting phy sicians. It was, however, entirely falsa The mind has a vast effect on the progress of this disease. Anything that will buoy up his spirits will prolong his life, ami if everything was arranged now in than ho did two months ago, because the ulceration has loosened some of tho binding muscles. J to slopt quite a numlier of hours last night. He cannot take any alcoholic stimulant because of its irritating effect. Cocaine relieves his throat and enables him to sleep. The General lias boon quite cheerful all along. He ban pluyed whist every evening with his family. On Wednesday night ho suffer?,) a great deal of pain in the rigid oar niu>: Aid not sloop until near mornlug. Ho was jjisier (luring Thursday and slept quite well ut night. On Friday night ho was comfortah'o ana did not have U10 usual paroxysm in the throat. “I do not think ho can recover and lmve not thought so since I first saw him. His physical exhaustion is very great an 1 in creasing! though not sufficient to confine him to bed. Warm flannels arc kept on his bond to reliovo tho pain, llis face has not chunged much in appearance, but his body and hands nro much emneiutod. Ho is gradually grow ing woakcr and losing flesh. Ho Is imxiou3 and worriod now .and has lost Ms usual cheer fulness, though his mind flemnins . lear. Ho delights in his literary work, nnd takes ad vantage of every moment to work on his boolc. His death will bo caused by physical exhaustion. it may come in three months, or ho iner, but 1 do not believe I10 can live bo- yond six months. 1 have known similar cases whero iho patient hus died su Idonly. oven w hen their condition was comfortable.^ THE 001 Cf AGE OF SILVER. G'lorelnml’fl Views oil thg Nllver .Coinage. Shortly bofore his inaugaration Prosldent- elect Cleveland was written to by’ a.number of Democratic Congressmen concerning hi 9 views on tho suspension of silver coinage, Tho following is tho reply addressed by Mr. Cleveland to tho silver advocates in Con gress: . “To tho Hon. A. J. Warner and others, mem bers of tlio Forty-eighth Congress: .. “Gentlemen: Tlio letter which t havo had tho honor to rbcoive from* ^oU invites, uud; indeed) obliges me to givo expression to somo grave public necessities, although frt ad- vanco of the moment when thoy woqjd be-' come th6 objects of my official caro and partial * responsibility. Your solicitude that my judgment shall' * have ' ’ly am A LIVING BAROMETER. bqen carefully and deliberately formed ifl entirely just and I accept tlio^ sug gestion in tho sftino friendly spirit in whi has been mado. It is also fully justified by tho nature of tho financial crisis which, un der the operation of tho not of Congress of February 28, 1878, is now close at hand. By a compliance with tlie requirements of that law pH tho vaults of the Federal treas ury have been and aro hoapod full of ‘illlvor coins which nro now worth loss than ’eighty-five por cent, of tho gold dollar pro scribed ns “tho unit of value” * ” in seotion 14 of tho act of February 12, 1873, and which, with the silver certificates representing such coin, nro receivable for all public duea Being thus receivable, while also constantly increasing in quantity at tho rate of $28,000,- (KX) a yonr, tt has followed, of necessity, that the flow of gold into the treasury has .been steadily diminished. Bilvor and silver certificates havo displacod and are now dis- P tAcing gold, nnd tho sum of gold in the '0 loral treasury now available for tho pay ment of she gold obligations of tho United Htutas nnd for the redemption of tho United States notos called “green backs,” If 11 >t already encroached upon, is perilously near such encroachment, 'Jlieso are facts which, ns they do not admit of diffomico of opinion, call for no argument 1 hay havo been forewarned to us in the official reports of overy sp^rotary of tho treasury from 1878 till now. They nro plainly affirmed in tho last Decem ber report of tho present secretary of tho treasury to . the Hpnnkor of tho present House of Representatives. They ap- (war in the official documents of this Con gress, nud In tho records of the New York clearing-house, of which the treasury is a member, mid through whith the bulk of the rccoipts and payments of tho Federal gov ernment. aud of the country pass. These being tho fonts of our orosent condi tion, our danger 11 ml our duty to avorfc that danger woukiKeem to bo plain. I hope that you concur with mo and with the grout ma jority of our fellow-citizens in deeming it most desirable at the present juncture to maintain nnd continue in use the mass of our gold coin ns well as the muss of silver already coined. This Is possible by a prosont suspen sion of the purciiaB > and coinage of silver. 1 am not aware that by any other method ti is possible. It is of momentous importance to prevent the two metals from parting com pany; to prevent the increasing displacement of gold by tho increasing coinage of silver; to pro von t tho disuso of gold in tho custom houses of the Unite 1 States in the daily buxi ne «s of tlio peoplo; to prevent tho ultimate* expulsion of gohi by silver. Kuril a financial crisis as these ovontH would certainly precipi tate w< re it now to follow upon so long a |«riod of commercial depression, would Involve the pooplo of every city unu overy Btato in tho Union iu a prolonged and disastrous trouble. Tho revival of business enterprise nnd prosperity so ardently desired and apparently so near would be hopelessly poetpoued. Gold would bo withdrawn to iia hoarding -pin ‘cs nnd un unprecedented con traction in tho ucluul volume of our currency would speedily take place. Huddest of all, In every Vorkshop,mill, factory, store, on overy ral’road nnd Inrm, tho wages of labor, al ready depressed, would Buffer still further depression bv a Healing down of the purchas ing power of overy so-called dollar paid into tho hand of toil. From these impending ca lamities it is surely a most patriotic and grateful duty of tho representatives of the people to deliver then?. I um, gentlemen, with sincere respect, your fellow-citizen, Grover Cleveland. LABOR RIOTS- GORDON’S LETTERS ... . . Blntin bill authorizing tho secretary of tho treasury • Boy is well treated, but kept in chains. The F.xtrncff Shotting ifmt He Antici pated a Cuta«troplie« Tho English papers havo been publishing oxtracts from tho telegrams and letters of General Gordon, written while cooped up in Khartoum. Ono of these letters, dated De cember 4, 1884, recounts many incidents of tho siogo, and has tho following narrativos : “Once the river rose. AVo (lrovo off tho Arabs in four lights. Wo fired their towns. Wo sont two expeditions to Bennaar. We had a fight on September 4. We wero do- foafced with heavy loss, our square get ting always broken. It has been quiet since. Wo fired 3,000,0U0 rounds in these different fights. Tho Arab lvrupp guns often hulled our steamers. Wo havo lost throe steamers and built two. All tho captives with tho Mabdiaro well. to suspend in whole or in part the coinage of silver dollars. Tho amendment was there upon withdrawn by Mr. Randall... .The for tification appropriation bill was reported to the House. It provided for an appropriation of $955,000. PERSONAL MENTION. “Mark Twain” is going to England in May next to givo readings from liis own works. Frank Davis, the tallest man in tho Mis souri legislature, stands saven feet in hiy stockings. A house has been engaged at Aix-le-Bains, France, for occupation by Queen Victoria in the latter part of April. Frederick Charles, of Prussia, the fa* mous ‘‘P.ed Prince,” is the latest royal author having published his diary in India. George Augustus Sala, tho English journalist, thinks Mr. Gladstone lacks the de cision required in dealing with great crises. Mu, Tilden’s food is said to bo fruit main- like out of season is being built at Grey stone. The czar of Russia is said to lie growin* quito gray and to bear on his face ti- wrinkles of premature old age, induced b ; worry and anxiety. Senator Frye is said to be the only Con gressman who drosses in homespun—that is to say, his clothes aro mado of goods manu factured in his own woolen mills at Lewis ton, Me. nuns among the captives ostensibly married tho Greeks in tlio party in order to save themselves from being compelled lo marry Arabs. There is a mysterious Frenchman front Dongola with tho Muhdi. Don’t lot tho Egyntion soldiers come. Take direct command of tlio steamers at Metemneh and turn out tho fellaheen.” In a loiter to a friend at Cairo, dated Do* cember 14, General Gordon wrote: “It is all up with us. I expect a catastrophe within ten days from the present time. It would not have been so if our people hud kept me better informed of their intentions. My adieux to all.” The queen has sent an autograph letter to .Miss Gordon, sister of Genoral Gordon, ex pressing her majesty’s sympathy with the lady iu her bereavement by the loss of her haroio brother. Month of February* The last public debt statement shows tho decrease of tho National debt during tho 1 month of February to bo $3,204,975. Decreaso of debt sinco Juno 30,1884, $14,126,886. Cash iu the Treasury $104,466,-557 00 Gold certificates outstanding.. 153,110,220 00 Silver certificates outstanding 141,410,831 00 Certificates of deposit cut-* standing 30,580,020 CO Refunding certificates out- g standing 257,850 00 Legal tan*lore outstanding 81Q,08J,010 00 Fractional currency (nob in cluding amount estimated as lost or destroyed. 6,968,306 00 A Philadelphia dispatch says that tho situ- at ion in tho mill districts of Kensington and Munayunk is growing serious. At night there was another riot, more formidable than tho ones that Have preceded it. Tlio two dis tricts are far apart. Ono is up tho Delaware rlvor, and the other up the Bohuylkill. In both aro thousands of porsous almost on th* verge of starvation. It has boen tho hardest winter experienced for yearn. Tliuso starving unemployed workmen ftmllly join iu the cry of the .strikers of tho Wirpot mills, a id nro desperate. Tho long fctrike of tho weavers of Kensington began in Novombor. A month later tlio manufactur ers, finding that the strikers wore determined, began lo look around for 11011-unioa weavers, and gradually got lo work again. It is against those “scabs” that all the fuss if :ido. “The main point of attack is tho carpet mill of Thomas Lcodotn & Co., at Howard and York streets. Tho two men against whom the strikers vent their greatest hatred are Waitor Cameron and Morgan Stevens. Both were formerly Knights of Labor, but aro now renegadej, nnd have botn using their influence to bring weav ers from Full River, Lowoll and Providence. Fivo thousand men generally collect about tlio Leedom mil! at short notice, but no violenco was attempted until two days ago, when tho oi>cnit.ivos wero dismissed. Last night Cameron alone camo out, and was Hamilton Jay, in n letter from Florid*, says: “Xlmrs died in a little negro aet- . tlemeut at tho bend of the river * black man who had a Bomewhat remarkable hixtory and who was noted for a physi cal peculiarity pnzzltng to medical and Boicutiflo moil. Tho name of thin negro was Zenith rinknoy. bnt ho went by th* cognomen oi Unole Zone, and was nearly eighty years old. Ho was of median* lioight, very blaok, with prononnoed Af rican features, and strong and hearty oven, nt his advanced age. “Undo Zeno was bora a slave about 1800; ' He grew up with his master’s family,' and when only 6 yonrsof age was capturod by the Semiuolo Iudiaus. When arriving at tho Indian villago be was turned over to tho Indian children, as thoir toy and plaything. These little redskins smused themselves by saturat ing his mat of wool with water in spots, and then firing the dry portions with fat pine splinters. This destroyed tho tol- Holes in tho burned places. No katr re appeared, and to his dying day his bead, with its littlo irregular tufts of gray wool, resembled a war map moro thar anything else, "Zenith came back to civilisation with Jackson's defeat of tho Indians, went to Mexico with bis master, was oaptnred, mode his esoape, and mode his way to or English vessel lying off the coast, "Now conu s the strangest part of this old Afrioan’s history, Whilo tlie vessel was at Panama he contracted the terrible Ohagrcs fever, and for weeks and weeks was raving in the strango, weird land of delirium. Agnin he was a little boy tumbling in the dirt of Tennessee; then surronmlod by ilorco, wild faces, shiver- .ing iu tho horrid diu of savago warfare; then toiling io the heat aud gloom of foreign mines, eating the bitter bread of uuceusing labor. Good nursing and a stroug constitution brought him around agaiii, nnd ho wns once more at his poet, ooncooling savory messes for the British sailors. About a week after he returned to duty ho noticed a small white spot on the ulnor muscle of his left forest m. It wub about the size of a pea, and seemed to move in a hiddon groove. He notioed that it seemed susceptible to all fluctua tions oi the weather, and called the Cap tain's attention to it 'I guess you bare turned into a barometer/ said that worthy, and gave the matter no more at tentiou. "Ou the vessel was an old sailor, very fond of tattooing, and having all tire necessary implements with him. Bor rowing the Captain’s barometer he pro ceeded to. make a duplioato on Uuole Zeno’s arm, marking it out in red ink, tho whito spot masquerading as the mer cury iu the bulb. His work was done iu a masterly. manner, and the result showed that the negro had Indeed be- come a hnmau barometer: He foretold Btorms nnd weather changes with aoen- racy, tho whito spot moving with aa much precision, rising and falling with tho soioutiflo marvel that hung in th* Captain's cabin. "Uuole Zone returned to this country in 1870, and having traoed np some of his people who wero living in thla State, built a littlo oabinuear them, and earned a frugal living by fishing and doing odd jobs in tho neighborhood. Ho was quite an oraole among the ne groes, and took great delight in re counting to them his wonderful adven tures, and in exhibiting his tattooed arm. The negroes wero somewhat afraid of this, and avoided him on stormy daye, entertaining a vague heltbf that ho conia lmve prevented the storm if be so de sired. His death waswlue to what the doctor’s politely call alcoholism, and woe caused by a laudable but injndioions ef fort on his part to drink up all the whisky in the countrv, in tho small space of twenty-four hours. After bis (tenth the tattooed arm turned a deep soddon black, and the whito spot sank iu, leaving a depression into which the cud of u finger could be placed.’’ mailt Uuinron alum camo out escorted homo by tho jxilico after strugRlo. Two departments of the mill nro affected by tho strike, and aro being operated by twonty bands. After Co moron loft tlio mill last night and was assaulted by tho strikers, those twenty moil and women derided to remain in tho building all night. Suppor was accord ingly furnished thorn by tlio firm, and they slopt on cots. Thoir breakfast and dinner wero also served iu tho mill to-day. This morning Cameron appeared in court against eight rioters arrested last night, and they wore all hold for trial. “Moro trouble was anticipated to-night,and overy preparation was mado for it. This af ternoon tho chief of police issued a proclama tion commanding the rioters to disperse, and followed it up by sondiug 603 policemon to surround tho mill. Thoy took possession of Howard street, leading from tho mill to Cam eron’s house, a few squares away, and for a tinn kept back tho immouso mob that choked every street in the neighborhood. To ward 5 o’clock a party of men broke into Howard street, and then like magic the mob assaulted the long lines of nolicemen. Then followed a struggle in which tho policemen charged the rioters with their clubs. Heads were cut, and blood flowed freely. Two or three times the assaults were repeated. Five men wero arrested and sent off in in a patrol wagon. At about 6 o’clock Cameron came out r •* the mill es corted by special policemen in rough clothes. Amid jeers and hoots and threats they pro ceeded for a short distance, when the police men were taken for strikers and charged upon by the polico. Tho rioters took advantage of the break, and closed in on all sides. A fierce struggle ensued, in which men were knocked down and tramped upon in all directions. ..Tho polico finally fought their wav out, and landed Cameron in his home. Most of the other ‘scabs’ did noli dare to come out, and will remain in tho mill to-night. A renewal of the sfci uggle is looked for. “There was a riot at Schofield’s mill in Manayunk to-day. This afternoon an im mense crowd gathered for un attack .on the ‘scabs,’ hut tho latter wore sont home an hour earlier thuu usual, and the trouble was averted for tho day.” Six Persons Injured. An accident occurred on the Chariton anil Indianola branch of tho Chi ago, Burlington and Quinoy Railroad Saturday ovening. Pas senger train No. 51, bound for Iudiauola, lumped the track uud plunged over an em bankment eight oi ton foot high, resulting iu tho injury of six persons.. Tlio passenger coach was completely upset.' tho baggago oar hurled on its side, but pulled buck un tho truck and then plunged over the other side. Mrs. Gordon’* Trctly Pistol* PERFORATES A TIIAMP S IIAT AND MAKES HIM DROP A SILVER BUTTER DISH* The Head of a Seminary shot Dead ■by a Doctor. llichter became exasperated aud procured > pistol. IJe came behind Smith and shot him iu the back. Smith was able to reach the street and then died. Richter left fife house aud proceeded to tho Cottage hotel, where bo was soon in formed of tho d«*ath of his victim. The pub lic excitement af ter tho shooting was intense mid th” tis of lynching wuro hturd on all sides, ue, Richter was arrested. 3 Mrs. Archibald Gordon lives in Oastle- ton, 8. I. On Thursday a tramp knocked at her door and begged for a meal. He got plenty to eat in the kitchen. Mrs. Gordon aud her maid were alone in tho house. After the tramp had finished eating he pulled his chair close to the fire aud stuck his feet up near tho grate. Mrs. Gordon then told him to go. Ho picked up a silver butter dish from tho tabic, put it into tho pnokot of his ragged coat, and seated himself again at tho grata, remarking, with an oath, that Ue would get out whou ho got ready. Mrs. Gordon happened to have a pretty pearl-handled rovolver in the pantry. The tramp did not see her as slio took iho weapon from a shelf. She stopped up behind him and sent a bullet through both sides of tho crown of Ilia hat. Tlio bullet flattened itself against the fireplace and dropped at the feet of the astonished intruder. His hat was knocked off by tho foroo of the powder and fell beside tho bullot. Tho tramp jumped to bis feet. Ho found Mrs. Gordon standing near him, and tho muz zle of her tiny woapon directly on a lino with his eyes. Mrs. Gordon quietly said : “The next shot will go right throngh your eyo. It might kill you, unless you put bnok that butter dish and get out as I told you.’* Tho tramp did not stay long enough to piok up his perforated hat. He threw the butter dish on the table and fled. The hat hangs outside of Mrs. Gordon’s back door, where the tramp eon get It if be wants it. A Little Falls (N. Y.) dispatch says there is much excitement throughout the county over the brutal murder of Professor C. S. Smith, principal of tho Fairfield seminary, who was shot and killed by Dr. Richter at Middlofield. The circumstances are as follows: Some time ago Dr. Richter separated from his wife. The latter has f requently requests I a division of the personal property but Dr. Richter persistently refused to givo her any thing. 8ho then determined to recover a grew out of the attempt lessor Smith was acting for Mrs. Richter in tho case, he being married to her niece. About 4 o’clock Professor Smith, accompanied by an officer, went to Richter’s house. They searohe 1 through the house, Smith identifying to tho officer the goods which Mrs. Richter daimed.