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DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
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THE MERCURY.
Enter*) a« ssoond-etete matter at ft. I
derivUlt Poftofflc®, April «i
Sandemlile, Washington Co«tJ»
ronnuBBD a*
A. J. JERNIGAN,
PaoraiiToa Ann PunusHEft
• l.so pai Tm
Mayor.
Wm. Gam.aiier.
Aldermen.
Wm. Hawi-inos,
A. M. Mayo,
W. H. Lawson,
R. T. Wai.kkii,
Morris Happ.
Clerk ami Treasurer.
0. W. II. WHITAKER,
Marshall,.
J. E. Weddov.
town of - ir.tjK.
Mayor,
,’oiiN C. IIarmab.
Aldermen.
P. J. -Pipkin,
J. F. MerkkrsOn,
J. N. Rogers,
W. J. Joyner.
Clerk.
8. H. D. Massey.
Marshall,
,T. C. Hamilton.
NEW TUEATMENT
For Commmplion, A.llima, Rronehllli, Dys
pepsia, Catarrh, Headache, Debility, lth.n-
matiam, Neuralgia, and all Chrouio
and Norvoua Dlsorderi.
A. CAltD.
W., th. dnrt.r.icn. h I,'ting rec.lV.rt pr.,1 trO
t* fr '" "oomidund
hSY . N." ,i,„l ,.tnrwtl,yl»n>. KUrkM
id Pah-n. ..I Plnhileltdiia. Mid l.rin* that ,1
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IudhI f. r It, onn*i(|prit n duly which wo owo t .tho
ny tltmioRmlH wh . «n> Mifforiiitt 1 r in chnmi • mid
o*l pd ‘‘iitcuritblo" U poamm to .1oAllth.it wo caw to
k_o U* rirtnot known mid to iuspirn tho pu lie with
Member of (jonirrchA troni I’hif.-ulclphi®,
atui linn,
E. S. LANGMADE,
Sttox^ey ht-I(kw
SANDER8VILLE, QAi
EVANS & EVANS,
Attorneys At Law,
BANPERBYILI.E, OA.
If. I. HARRIS,
atiorney at law
H ANDF.I18ViI.LE, OA.
Will prnrtlco in nil the Courts of t)ie mlddlo
fiicuit, mill in the counties snrroun^inK
-liiiiKton. Special attention given to com
\\i .-lillluU
fin trial la
F. H. SAFFOLD,
UTIOHNEY AT I,AW
BAUDErtBYILLE, OA.
WiU practice in all tho Courts.of tho Middle
firm it Mid in tho. counties surrounding
Wphliiiigt n. Special attention fclvcn to com*
more, il law. A ■
• uf cases which a
WM. T. REM, IT,
ltditnr nnd hithlhlar
riiiU.I. Iphia.
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Editor "Luthetnn Otifervor,” I’hiUdfrlphla.
ritlLADKI PIllA, Pa., June I, ISSa.
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toil of thn dlhcoTcry nl and mmfr of action of tbl*
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Hnnichitis, Asthi ...
*iM*ioox, will bo pent free.
Address
I>IIN. NTAUKUY 4c PAIJ5N,
|0D ntul 1111 (ilrnrtl NL, IMillnili lphln, I'a.
... tUrth, Nrurnlgia,
o., and a wide rango of vhruuio
MUSIC, MUSIC
00 TO—
JERNIGAN
Bows, Strings,
Rosin Boxes, Etc-
JLJLJ V YOUll
SPECTMS. SPECTACLES,
ArronNKY-aRNEnAL George Gray has
boon chosen by tho Delaware legislature as'
United States Senator to suceood Mr. Bayard.
Mr. Goorgo Gray is forty-four years old anil
is serving his souond term ns attornoy gen
eral of Delawaro. Ho was born at Now
Costlo, Del., and was graduated at Prinro*
ton til 1850. Ho is an intimate friend of
Senator Bayard, whom ho nominatol for the
presidency in tho convention of 1884.
Joseph Cohen, ono of the recont con*
testants in tho six-day roller-skating rnco in
Now York, died from tho olTouts of tho ex
ertions mad) in tho match.
Secretary Lamar has ordered that no-
tico bo published that tho Toxas Pacific rail
road lands have been restored to tho govern
ment, and nro forLalcntfJ.ro an aero ns
provided by tho homestead, preemption nnd
otlior land laws.
Senator .Evartr nml t wo other gentlo-
men forming a ommittoo callod upon ox-
President Arthur ami, ns tlie representatives
of 2jQ prominent Now York city business
nion of both politicul parties, invited 1dm to
n banquet to Ik) giv n in his honor at Del.
monico's, in Now York. Mr. Arthur ac
cepted tho invitation.
THE President nominated Mr. Joseph S.
Miller, of West Virginia, to bo commissioner
of internal rovonue, in placo of Mr. Walter
S. Evans, of Kentucky. Roprosentatlvo
Thompson, of Koatucky, had boon strongly
pushed for the placo by Speaker (’arlislo
and tho two Sonato s from Kentucky, while
Mr. Miller s claims hud boen urged by Con*
gres^man Randall.
General Hakes testified before tho court
mnrtinl trying him that his letters to tho
secretary of war woro written to dear him
self of the imputation of being responsible
for tho fate of tho Uroely expedition.
The nominal ion of General John C. Black
of Illinois,to bo commissioner of pensions, lias
been confirmed by tho Senate.
A KIRK lms destroy© 1 tho town hall, six
mills mid several other buildings in Hull
England. One policeman was killed and a
number of otlior jwrsons woro injured.
Dihpatoiirh received from tho various ob
servatories indlealo that successful observa
tions of tho partial edipso of tho sun woro
made.
The revolt In Cochin China Is spreading*
Annmuites have attacked and captured tho
town of Ocnom. mid massacred tho European
residents, burning nlivo tho native prefect
nnd Ids wife. The northorn provinces nro
hold by insurgents, who massacre nativo ad
herents of the French.
TIIK NEW COiMMITTnifH * APPOINTED.
President Cleveland's First Proclamation.
The following Is a complete list of the mem
bers of tho new United States Senate com*
niiteee, tho blanks indicating the positions
tliat are to be filled by the successors of Sena
tors Bayard and Garland:
On Agriculture and Forestry—Messrs MU*
ler, of New York; Biair, Plumb, Van Wyck.
Sawyer, George, Fair, Gibson afid Jones, ot
Arkansas.
On Appropriations—Messrs Allison,Dawes.
Plumb, Hale, Mnhone, Beck, Cockrell, Call
snd Gorman.
To Audit and Control the Contingent Es
pouses or lhe Senate—Messrs Jones, of Colo
rado; Chaco and Vance.
On Civil Service nnd Retrenchment—
Messrs lluwley, Dawes, Mitchell, Miller, of
California; 1 i<e, Hansom, Voorliecs, Wilson,
of Maryltn 1, a el Walthall. t
On Claims— Messrs. Pike, of New Hamp
shire; Hoar, Doiph, Chaco, Spooner. Jock*
son, Fair, Jones, of Arkansas, and —
On Commerce—Messrs McMillan, Jones,
of Nevada; Conger, Fi ve, Miller, of Now
York; Doiph, Cameron. Coke, Hansom,Vest,
Gorina l, and Jonos, of Florida.
On tho District of Columbia—Messrs. In
galls, ltiddleborger, Piko, Palmor, Stanford,
Harris. Vance, Brown and Blackburn.
On Education and Labor—Messrs. Blair,
Muhone, Miller, of Now York; Palmer,
Bowen, Call, Pugh, Payne and Walthall.
On Engrossed Bills—Messrs. Buulsbury,
Three Mwwi. Trjrid,.. | Item8 of i nter68t Here, There and
Everywhere.
FROM
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0- 0 fi&OtyN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BMtd«r«TlU*> O*. C
Will pr.rtk. In them»u end United BUM*
Court*. Office In Ouurl-houw.
JERNIGAM,
Hans genulno without our Trade Mark.
On hand uud for sals,
WF.(T\(’I,1'X NOSR GLASSES. ETC.
HINES & ROGERS,
Attcmeysat Law,
8ANDERSVILI.B, GA„
Will prnctlc* In tl « eountle. of W««hlnRlon,
J.tTcr^oh, Johnson, Mumnuet ami Wllkln*>n,
• ml In il,e U 8. Court* lor th.Houtheru DU-
trlcl <.f Ueoi|{la. . ...
Will „ct *,h urtnt* In bnrlni, Mlllng or
rtmlnt lte»l EaUrt*. , •
1 imee ou West aide #1 Publlo BqoM*
Oilll-lf
H. N. fiOLLiriELD,
Physician and Surgeon,
■udosrUIe, OB.
Ofle* enl doer te Mm. teJMtt mllllawy
■tors tm 11 arris street
Dr. H. B. Hollifield,
F5TSICIAI 1IHMIIII,
Having recsntly gradnated at the Unlver«
itty of Maryland and returned home, now
offers his professional services to the oltlsens
of Handersville and vicinity.’. Ofllce with
Dr. H. N Holllfltld, next dooytolMra. Bayne’s
millinery store.
a. w. h. whitakerT
DENTIST,
BanderiTllle, O.
TXKMS CASH.
Office nt hi. Residence, on Hanl.itrMt.
Anrll Sd. t wo.
“dr. J. H. MAY,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
■OfTers his services to theoitizens .0/ Sanders-
ville and adjacent country. Alf cnlls, d«.v <»i
nifiht, will bo promptly responded to. Ofilce
nt his residence on Mrs. Pittman's lot, cornel
Harris and Church streets. janl5-1884tf.
J. S. WOOD & BRO.,
Gtwl mil!
SAVANNAH. &A.
No commission or other expenses charged
mi con.ignmentB of Wool,
Ilitilicat mark.t ptice guu'ftiilocd “ n ' e
talc. ‘ ,601)2 81-lv
Machine Needles
Oil andShuttles,
for all KINDS or MACHINES, for me.
I will also order part* of MnrUIn*.
that get broken,for which new.,
piece, are wanted.
A. J. JEHNIGAN
ALMOST A HOLOCAUST.
Jnmrn'fi
Watches, Clocks
And JEWELRY
mramnn n
JERSTICAIT.
Tlioy Didn’t Shoot Him,
Years ago, when hut n few whilo men
had seen the Rocky Mountains, nnd
only a very few ol tho Western snvnROs
knew tho ttso of Hro-arm' 1 , a mnn named
Fitzpntriok wrts ono day separated from
liis companions while pursuing game in
the wilderness, nnd was chased by ■
war-pnrty of IndintiB, ■ Tltoro was not
tho smallest clinnco of osoapo for him;
blit tho young hunter made a feint of
turning nwuv, in or.lor, if possible, to
gain time, lie happened to know that
the savages, who as yot were littlo ac
quainted with tho use of Hru-nrms, had
several times, when tlioy hail taken white
prisoners, put t ho muzzles of their ritles
closo to their breasts and tired them, by
way of experiment, to sco what wouid
come of it. Mo therefore thought it
prudent to extract tho bullet from his,
nnd thou continued his (light. Tito In
dians followod, nnd very soon overtook
him. They disarmed hint, and tied him
to a trpe. One of the savages, who, it
appeared, understood how to pull a trig
ger, then seized tho rllle, placed liira-
solf a few paces in front of tho owner
of it, took aim at Ills breast and fired;
but when tho Indians looked eagerly
through tho smoke toward where Fitz
patriek stood, they saw that ho was safo
uud sound in his' place. Quietly tho
hunter took out of his pooket tho bul-
lot, which ho lnul previously placed
there, and tossed it to his enemies, who
wero all amazement. They declared
that he had arrested tho bullet in its
flight, aud was a wonder-working con
jurer; and, what was more, that s me
;rcat misfortuue would most likely he-
.all the tribo if they did not set him free.
Tlioy therefore cut his ■ bonds nnd made.
off as. fast ns possible, leaving Fitz
patriok to go where ho pleased.
Hie Now Orleans Exposition.
NOTES FROM THE 1’OItTFOLIOS OF THU
ltElMItTERS.
The most picturesque building in the
ground is that of tho Chicago and-St.
Paul Railroad, a largo Swiss obalot built
of leaves of grain, the ornaments made of
oorn in tho ear, nnd containing every
vegetable raised in tho distriot. Arizona
sends 50,000 specimens of minerals, gold,
silvor, copper, lead, aud iron,- ns-weli as
flrs of tho fossilized forests of Apaoho
countv, whose petrified woods admit of
a polish in which tho hues of tho jasper,
the onyx, nnd the rnby seem to bleud.
Utnh nlono of the States and Territories
is not represented.
Tho maoliinerv department is on a
sonic equally colossal with thoso assigned
to natural productions. An engine of
1.800 horse-power is required togenernto
the electricity for the thousands of lights
peudflut from tho nores of roof, and
3 000 horse-power more to sot in motion
tho miles of maehinery in Machinery
Hall The Art Collection was not com
pleted in time to admit of pictures being
hung at tho solemu opening of the Im
position on tho 10th of Deoember, but
it is an exceedingly Uuu one, and con
tains speoimeus by tho best artists. A
great deal of work lias still to be done
fn every depnitment; now exhibits are
daily arriving, nnd new objocts of inter-
est displayed. Easier methods of l enoh-
“g the building will soon be provided,
ns^the Mayor has snnetionod the laying
of the Exposition Railroad.,
Against Grain Conspiracies.— State
Senator Doruu has introduced into the
Minnesota Legislature a lull undor the
provisions of which any person, persons
or corporation conspiring or in any way
combining to affect the price o wheat,
okts, corn, or other grRni. ahall e
liable to a flue of not leas than $1,000
nor more ^han $10,000.
III.nl. Illllllllnc, Atlanta. I.nld In
AaUp«j
Tim largo nix ntory building of JatiiCB b bank
block, comer Alabama ami Whitehall strcotH,
ho« lioon laid in anile* by a doitiuotivo fire.
When tho tiro alarm sounded, tho department
at once responded. In a few minute: after the
first alarm, fi-mci began to'eap from tho top
or »no- hurning building, and soon tho whole
structure W&h a masa of fiames. 'llie fire evi
dently originatefl near or in tho elevator on the
east side nml near the south eml of tho build
ing. The elovntor way was a continuous open
ing from tho basement to the top floor and
guvo the blaze a good draft. As to tho exuct
location of tho flro tliero can bo no certainty,
but it is generally believed that it began about
tho second floor and worked its way rapidlv up
tho elevator and gained a grip on each floor.
Many of tho rooms in each floor were occupied
ns sleeping apartments. Families had suits of
rooms elegantly and handsomely equipped.
Tho occupants of those w*oro all asloep, and
when they uwoko tho hallways wero bo densely
tilled with Binoko that BuiTocation would havo
been tho rosult had uny one ventured out. J.
II. Canfield lost his life and B. L. Henderson
was fatally ‘injured. Capt. Ed. Mercer also
ru taiued severe injuries.
POSTAL CHANGES
Important Clmturc 111,11li Will Tak.
Illicit on July 1.
Tho postofli™ department at VVusliington
has rocoivcd inquiries from all quarters as to
toe new legislation in the poitotllce appro
priation bill passed by the last Congross. Tho
following are tho important changes which
will take effort on July 1:
First—Tho weight of all slngle-rato letter,
is liicroiisod from oiio-hulf of ounce each or
I'ructioii theroof to ono ounce each or fraction
thereof. Tho sanio incroaso of weight is al
lowed for drop letters, whether mailed at
stations whore there is n tree delivery or
a here carrier service is not established.
Second—All newspapers sent from tho
ofllce of publication, including sample copies,
oi when sent from a nows -agency to actual
ubsenbors thereto, cr to otlior news agents,
shall be entitled to transmission at the rate
of ono cent i>er pound or fraction thereof, the
i»oHtago to In) prepaid. This is a reduction of
onodiaif from existing rates.
Third—Any article in a nowBjiapor or other
publication may bo marked for observation
exeopt by written or printed words, without
increase of postage. . _ .
Fouitli—A social stamp of tho value or
ten cents may be issued which when attached
to a letter, in addition to tho lawful jxistngo
thereon, shall entitle the jotter t > immediate
delivery at placo containing 4,000 population
or over, according to tho Federal census,
within tho carrier limit of ally freo delivery
office or any oilier-other postolllce coming
within the provisions of this law which may,
in liko manner, bo designated ns n s|iccinl
delivery office, Hint such specially. stenjpod
lottets shall be delivered between 7 0clock
nnd ini'lniglil; Unit
Call and Allisc...
On Kurolh-d Hills—Messrs. Bowen, Babin
and Colquitt
On Kpidmnlo Diseases—Messrs. Harris.
Hampton, Kuslls, , Bewail, Dowunanu
Frya
To Rxnmlnothe Several Bran hes of th.
Civil Service—MessrA Babin, Culloin, Hamp
ton ami .
On Expenditure, of Publlo Money—Mossra
Culloin, ilnrrlson, Plumb, Platt, Deck, Gib
son and Konna.
On Finance—Messrs. Morrill, Gherman,
I ones, of Nevada; Allison, Aldrich, Miller,
jf Now York: Voorliecs, Deck, McPherson,
liurris aud Vane* Senator Sherman de
clined to serve on this conunltloe.
On Fisheries — Messrs. Palmer, Sowell,
Dawes. Miller, of California; Harris, Morgan
nnd—.
On Foreign Rolntions—Messrs. Miller, of
l 'ali fornia; Sherman, Frye,Edmunds, Hvurts,
Morgan, Baulsbury, Payne nml Brown.
Ou the Improvement of tho Mississippi
Hlvor—Sfossrs. Van (Vyck, Mitchell, Cullom,
Pike, Cockrell, George uud Uuslis.
On iielinn A flail's —Mass!.. Dawes, In-
gtdis, Harrisen, Bowen, Babin, Matey, Mor-
g in. H impton ami Jones, of Arkansas.
Ou tlie Ju lldary—Mossra. Edmunds, In
■galls, MeMlllan, Hoar, Pugh, Wilson,Evart*,
Colio, Vest and Jackson.
tm thn Library—Mossrs. Bherman, Hoar
and Voorheos.
Ou Manufactures—Jf -ssrs. Rid'iloborger;
Sabin, Mitcboll, Btanfur,!, Colquitt, Butler
nnd Wnllhall.
On Military AfTuirs—Messrs. Sowoll, Cam-
eron, of Pennsylvania; Harrison, Mandorson,
Hawley, Cockrell, Maxoy, llampton aud
Camden.
On Alines and Mining—Atessrs. Teller,
Jones, of Nevudat Van Wyck, McMillan,
Hampton, Fair ami Camden.
On Nuval Affairs—Mossra. Cnmeron. of
Pennsylvania; Hale, Stanford, Dawes, ltid-
dlebergor, AlcPherson, Jones, of Florida;
Butler mid Blaekliurn.
On Patent*—Messrs. Piatt, Mitcholl, Chaee,
Teller, Jom-s, of Arkansas; Cumdon and
On Pensions—Messrs. Mitchell, Blair, Van
Wyck, Aldrich, Sewell, Jackson, Camden,
Colquitt and Payne.
On Postoffieos nnd Post Rondt—Messrs.
Conger, Sawyer, Atahona, Wilson, of Iowa;
Chine, Aiuxey, Baulsbury, Colquitt, aud
Wilson, of Maryland.
On Printing—Messrs. Manderson, Hawley
nnd Gorman.
On Transportation Routes to the Seaboard
—Messrs. Aldrich, Cameron, ot Pennsylvania;
Mam levs .11. Palmor, Cullom, Uibson, Call,
Vest and Wilson.
On Private Igind Claims—Messrs. Ransom,
Kustls, Colquitt, Ketnunds and Evart*.
On Privileges nml Elections—Messrs. Hoar,
Bherman, Frye, Teller, Evart*, t'aulsbury,
Vance, Pugh and George.
On Public Buildings and Grounds—Messrs.
Mnhone, Alorrlll, Stanford, Jones, of Florida;
Hixxitu-r. Vest nnd Camden.
On Publlo I .ends—Messrs. Plumb, Biair,
Vnu Wyck, Doiph, Teller, Morgan, Cockrell,
Gibson and Walthall.
On Railroads—Messrs. Bnwyer, Hawley,
Sewell, Sabin, Riddlebergor, Cullom, Brown,
Kotina, George, B'n klmrn nml Eustts.
O11 Woman BtilTrnge—Messrs. Cockrell,
Fair, Browu, Blair, Palmer, Chaco and
Buwen.
A Springer (Now Moxleo) spoolnl snys: A
desperate encounter between officers nnd out* I
laws lias occurred boro. I-ast Sunday a noted j
desporado, Bill Todd, was nrrestod horo and
lodged in jail. He immediately telegraphed
tlie fact of his arrest to Dick Rogors, the
lender of ono of the most desperate gang of |
outlaws in tho Southwest
This morning Rogers appeared witli a num- |
Ihh- of follpwers, went to tho county jail,
whore Todd was confined, nnd attempted his
rosette. Tho officers opened flro from within I
tlto Jail, to which tho outlaws replied. A
dospornto battle ensued. The attacking party
dually withdrew, loaving tlireo of tlieir
pnrty—"Dick" Regers, “Ed” King nnd “IUd
River Tom"—dead in the street. Tito re
mainder of tho pnrty hastily left town to
summon re'enforcements. They were I ottrly
expected to reapponr, nml tlie greatest excite
ment prevailed. Tlie citizens uf Spr,tiger np-
P'nled for protection to the district «au-
innndornml ho promptly orilered tho troops
stationed nt Fort Onion to move quickly to
tiu> scone of action.
A special from Santa Fo received snys tho
latest news from Springer was to tho effect
that fifty men surrounded tho jail nml wero
determined to mot) tho officers who Imd tnken
refuge in tho building. Tho soldiers from
Fort Union wore momentarily exported, nnd
their arrival was expected to prevent further
trouble. Compeuy H, of tho Bacoml regi
ment territorial militia, of Santa Fe, was In
rendtnoss to movo nt a moment's uotlco.
—Several American war vessels hsvo boon
ordered to Central Amoriea to watch tho move
ments of President Barrios.
—Preparations are being mado at Washing
ton to secure aocurate photographs of tho
coming annular cclipso of tlie sum
—Dorman B. Eaton ^ays that tho ontleok
for civil sorvico reform is bright, and that tho
rules aru being obsorvod by tho new adminis
tration.
—A private telegram from Snaltlm states
that Kassal* had fallen, aud that tho garrison
hod been m&saae.rml. The report Is not be
lieved, bowovor, l>j tho English Government.
, —An enormous military transport llcot is
'being raplilly colleotod on tho Thames, at
Portsmouth and at Plymouth. Tho size of
tills fleet far exceeds any possible noeds of a
goudan campaign. Tho Woolwiclt Arienal
The Experience •( the namerlet an lilt
(Vert,Una Tear.
“I remembor ono olronmstanoe of
bygone times with groat vividness,"
■aid Mark Twain during a recont lcotnro
in Bnffalo. “I arrived boro after dark
on a February ovening iu 1870 with my
wife and a largo oomtiany of friends,
when I had been a husband for twenty-
four hours, and they put ns two in n
Covered sleigh and drovo us np and
down nnd every whiolt way through all
tho book stroots of Buffalo, until nt last
I got ashamed.
"I asked Mr. Bleo to got mo a olioap
boardiug-honso, bnt I didn’t mcun that
ho should stretch economy to going
outside of tho Btato to flud it.
joke
“Tho fact was, thoro was a praolionl
ko to tho four whioh I didn't know
„„„„„„ , nnything about, aud nil this fooling
workshops are being hurriedly enlarged by tho ftronn ^ WR8 t 0 K i vo it timo to mntnre.
mffihie a^ree" now tU on'doiffieTime; My fathor-in-law tho Into Jervis Langlom
ongaged In preparing aud packing munitions whom many of yon will remember, had
ongaged
ol war.
—Tho Dominion government will not sane,
lion tho British Columbia act restricting Chi
none immigration,
—A decision by Judge Colt holds tho stock
holders of the wrecked Paelllc National Bank,
of Boston, liable to pay a socoml assessment uf
100 per cent, making their loss nearly
*3,01 0,000.
—Thrco men were instantly killed by a pre
mature blasting discharge uoar Wichita Falls,
Toxas.
—In Chicago, a newly married man mado
desperate by ills wlfo's dosortlon, starred him
self to death.
—At Dalton, Mass.. Mrs. Patrick Kano was
Minted to doatli wliilo attempting to build a
lire witii kerosene oil.
—In West Virginia a negro who murdered a
farmer for the purpose nr robin 1 ry was taken
from Jail and lynched by a crowd of exaaporat-
cd citizens.
—The strike of railroad employees on tho
Gnnld system is at an end. At a confotonco
ill Ht. Louis it wa» decided to restore tho old
rate of wages. A circular embodying tlie de
cision was sent out. Tho employes will, how
ever, insi-t upon u legal contract.
—Irtnmi, known as “King of tho Air," a
tlghtrujw walk) r, while giving a performance
in Stockton, Cal., on a cable stretched across
street, fell and broke his neck, causing dentil
au liour later.
—Fourteen persons had a narrow escapo
front death in llaltrax county, N. 0. That
number of people, all colored, were asleep iu a
cabin, and over tho heads of tho sleepers woro
1 000 pounds of moat attached to tho rafters
by willies. Fire liroko ont in tho roof ami tho
soundly sleep ng negroes were awakened by
tlie meat falling upon them as tho wllhoi
burned. All escaped, saving no clothes,
liouso was entirely conaumei
lasL tear uum mi »mi , —A serious accident occurred on tlio Texas
l'a-lia soemoelto have agreed to Ignore tho paat I and Paciflo Railroad at Vlllago Creek. The
ami it was another ol Zebchi'ssoiiH who escorted | through eiprcss truin froin Ban
Gen. Gordon across tho desert
to Abu Itamed. Without tilts escort,
tain that Gen. Gordon w, ttld never liuvo got
tu Khartoum. Now it lias boon discovered by
tlie British Government that Zebehr l’aslta
lias been in continual correspondence witli El
Mnluli both liefore nml since tlie capture of
Khartoum and tho killing of aen. Guidon.
Hevcrnl utlier pontons are about to bo arrested,
including prominent notables. Advices liavo
Been received showing that tlie garrison there
was still holding ont.
UOIIDON’S Tit A ITOIlOtIB FHIUNIL
Zcbrhr Faslm, a Trnated Arab. Arrested
for Trenchcry—The rsoailnn tiamiiftlan.
Ai.exaniiiua, M&rcli 10,-Zcbelir Tosha, whom
Gen. Gordon so trusted and wisliod mado
Governor of Khartoum, lias been arjeslod
under clisrgo of being Implicated in treason
able consplraelcs against i ho authority of tho
Klieibve. liis residence was searched imme
diately after liis arrest and in it were found
many documents proving that Zcheltr wss in
secret league with tho Malidl. I ho prisoner
hushccn plaood in couflncmolit aboard a British
frigate. Hu will lie placed on tho Island of
Cyprus, Zebelir l'asba lias Loen under a sur
veillance, which practically made him u pris
oner, for tho past two ycais. liis wealth,
which wa« mainly acquired in tho slave trade,
was confiscated and ho was allowed a quarter
ly stipi ml on condition that ho should not
Icavo Alexandria without tho consent of
tlie Khedive. G-11. Gordou pleaded that Zo-
bclir slio id lie restored to power in tlie
Smnlan ami said tliat tho ex-slave kill *
was tlio only man who liad cnoit
nerve and | realign to keep the Atabs in si
jcctlon. Geniral Gordon had etioouutered
Zebelir dll ing ids foi liter servieo in Egypt and
imd incidentally hanged ono of Zoliehr'a eons,
who bail been left ns a limdagu aud whose life
bad become forfeited by an act of treachery on
Zebelir'* part. Win n Gun. Gordon was sent
to Khartoum last year botli bo anil Zebelir
boen olnudoBtiuely ■ponding it faro
fortnno npon a liouso nnd furnituro in
Delaware avonuo for us, nud had kopt
hia aocrot bo well that I was tlto only
person this side of Niagara Falls that
badnit found it ont.
"Wo roaobed the Iioubo at last, about
10 o'olock nml wore introduced to a Mrs.
Johnson, tho Ostensible landlady, I
took a glanco around and tbon my
opinion ot Mr. Sloe's judgment aa a
provider of oboap boarding-honscs for
men who had to work for a living foil
below zero. I told Mrs. Johnson tboro
bad been an nnfortnnate mlatako. Mr.
Sloo had evidently snpposed I liad
money, wlioroas I only had talont;
nud bo, by her leave, wo would nbido
with hor a wook, nud then oho oould
keep my trunk and wo would hunt an-
otlior placo.
“Then tho battalion of ambuabod
frionds and rclativoa burst in on ns, eut
of closets and from behind curtains; the
property was dolivorod over to ns and
tho joko rovealed, noeompanied with
much hilarity. Buoli jokes ns thoso aro
all too sonroo in a person’s life. That
was a really admirable joko, for that
house waa so completely equipped in
every dot all—oven io house servants
and ooaelimen—that there waa nothing
to do bnt just sit down nnd livo in it.
“Well, tho house isn’t ours, now, bnt
wo'vo got tho coaobman yot. AU thoso
fifteen years he lias boon a living nnd
constant reminder of that pleasant iest.
Ho was a spruce yonng stripling then,
with bin fnturo all beforo him. He
showed himself worthy of high good
fortnno, and it lias fallen riolily to ills
lot, beyoud his most distempered
dreams; lie’s got a wife and nine children
.... . n ow. I would not discriminate. I
-In an attempt to rnactio nioona tinorrt in w0(J j d „ ot gbow partiality; I wish JT00
orili Carolina ono man was killoil amt two |„„1, D
STRAY NOTES ™
■DUNS Of Ollll EXCHANGES. \ .1 ■ <
Manor In rnllllcn-A Fnllfc *’■/•-**
Dinner Tnblo-llelflnn )•■" Cnnno-T*o
Captain** Dnaabter-At lb* «*
BXTNnnn' soothin’ wanted.
"Father,” ho said, as he rakod th#
last potato onto! tho hill and rested on
his hoe-handle, "tho pap«» *»7 «**•
there is to bo a rise in stooks.”
'"And* Mr. Gould says thb* raUfoad
prospeots aro brighter. ”
“ITm." ,
••And tho leading flooocler* of tht
conn try lcok for aneaay money .
“ITm. William, what Mr. Gould
and tho loading financiers of the oonntry
may think is all right, but when a family
lma taken a forty-acre side-hill farmto
grab a living ont of, and hain’t aeon bn*
five dollars in cash in six months, it
would bo more soothin’ to have some
body predicting tliat coon-Bkins will Us
a dollar a piece and benn-sonp tickle tho
stomach ckal to oyeters. Dig into that
next hill.”— Wall Street Mews.
THIRTEEN AT HIS DINNER TABLE.
Mrs. Winks—"It’s a perfect outrage,
Mr. Winks. Tho idoa of inviting Ihoos
• — you I
from Korosco I Ht. IjOuIb wan wrecked by going through a
icort, it 1h cer- I bridge. Three paBRcngurH woro killed and a
* ‘ 1 ibor of other* injured.
book bhull
President Calrelanil i rirsl Procla-
mat on#
Th® following proclamation baf boon issued
by lToaidnnt Cleveland :
Wliemm, it is alleged that certain Indi
vidual associations of person* nml corpora
tions aro in th® unauthorized possession
of portions of th® territory known
as tho Oklahoma lunds within tho
Indian Territory, which aro designated, do-
scribed and recognized by the treaties and laws
of th® United States and by tho exocuttve
authority thereof as Indian lands; and where
as it is further alleged tliat certain other
porsoiia or associations within th^* Territory
and jurisdiction . of tlio United States
have begun and set on foot prep
arations for an organized and forcible entry
and settlement upon the aforesaid lands, nnd
are now threatening kucIi entry and occupa
tion; and whereas tho laws of the United
States provide for tho removal of persons ro-
sidng or boingfo in l uoon su .’ii In lian lands
and tcuritory without jwrmisslon oxprcsily
01 loyally ojt.ilajl of tlu i itjrior depirt-
iiiont.
Now, therefore, for the purposoof protect
ing the pfihiic interests, as well as tlio inter-
ostH of tho Indum nations a i l tribes and to
tho end that no person or poi sons limy bo in
duced to enter ujion k$ii«l lei'ritory where they
will not bo allowed to remain without tho
permission* of - tlio authority aforesaid, I,
Urover Cleveland, Frosident of the United
Btato-f, do hereby warn and admonish all and
oVory person or persons now in the occupation
| of such lauds, and nil such person or persons
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Russia Its* 15,231 doctors.
There are 89,011 Indiaiis hi British Co
lumbia.
There will be thro. Quakers In th* next
Congress.
Coooanut planting 1* ono of Florida’s
booming lndustrioa
Tiie manufacture of orango win* has been
begun at Banford, Flo.
Vanadium, a white metal discovered In
1830, cost* *10,000 a pound.
Counterfeit emit* aro in exten kive elrcu
lotion in New York and vicinity.
HAVEiumiAW, N. Y., is the greatest brick
manufacturing place in Amoriea.
Boxwood, since tho roller skating craze.
Da* gotto up from to fl'JU a ton.
Aktf.ii Juno 30 a two-cout Btamp will carry
in ounce instead of a half-otmeo luttor.
The manufacture of artifleialivory from
bones and scrap, of Bhoepskin 1* a now indus
try.
Bacramento county. California, claims to
have the only licorice plantation in tho United
b totes.
Norwalk, Conn., ho* a wonder in tho
ibnjie of a year-old baby woiglilng eighty
pound*.
In Germany stonm is often use<l to ex
tinguish flames. ’* '** 1 1
tluin water.
North Caroline 0110 man 1
mortally wouiiilod by tho rovonuo officials.
Mr. Frsuk Touscy, a Now York scuBntlontil
publisher, made an assignment. Tlio prefer
ences amounted to *45,000 ami liabllitloa $UH),-
900. Touscy was boycotted by tho printers'
union.
—Tlio Northwestern Indians aro dj ing in
largo numbers from * singular distune, tlotlrst
symptoms of wliioli arc s iffeuing of the linoos
and a l joints, after which )lealh icon follows.
Chicken-pox and diplitheria liavo taken off
many more, *nd Utcy uro goiiorally in a atarv-
Ing condltiou.
—TI)0 Postmaster of Now York controls an
army of 1,730 ahlo-botlled men, Bella postage
htamps to tlie amount of *1,000,000 annually
and handles *100,000,000 every year,
all the samo luok."
A Story of Goorgo Howie.
A storv I hoard lost night related U
Goorgo fiowio, tho tavoutorof tho Bowl*
knifo, or “tho Arknusnw toothpiok,’’ m
it is also railed, ft iB said tlmt Bowio
was us gentlo and oliivnlrons as ho was
bravo anti regardless of hitman lifo. Ono
night, years ago, wliilo riding in a stngo
toward Ohio, on tho old national piko,
* ’ srBr
it cmiscsanuck less damage
AT a public saloof imported Aldorney cows
In Baltimore tho prices received ranged from
f55 up to $133.
There are over thirty Mormon churches
In Colorado. In Idaho ihoro arc over sixty;
lit Arizona about soventy.
The building of tho poles till for Barthol
di’s btatuo of Liberty, to stand in Now York
harbor, lma boon sUBiwndod for lack of funds,
1C. J. Baldwin bos Imported a lot of
negroes from tho South to lake tho place of
Chinamen on hi» ranch in Southern Cali
fornia.
AcconniNQ to conservative cstimates-thcre
arc 5,030,0 0 colonics of bcos In tlio United
State), which uimuaUy yield 120.000,00'J
jxiunds of honey.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Henry M. Stanley Is about to publish a
1 labors.
be provide 1 in which tho person to whom tlie J „ s tatumling, preparing or threatening
letter is addressed shall acknowledge its re- to enter nnd settle u|xm tlie same tliat they
ceipt; that messengers for this special dohvory
are to lie paid eighty per coot, of face value
of all the stamps received and recorded in a
month, provided tliat tlio aggregate comiien-
satioo paid to any ono person for. such servieo
shall not exceed thirty dollars per month, and
nrovidctl fuftlier that tlie regulations for the
delivery of those specially stamped letters
shall in no way interfere with tlie prompt
delivery of • letters as provided by existing
law or regulations.
F00TLIGHT FLASHES,
Patti likes Ran Francisco. Tho people
tliero pay *0 to hear iter sing.
Tiie National theatre, of Washington, re
cently burned down, is to be rebuilt,
London has 28,000 pooplo who get their
living Liy api>oariug in public on tho stago.
Bartley Campbell, tlio dramatic author,
is bent on opening a new theatre in Now York.
Herr Von AstenIs tlio latest Gorman
tragedian who threatens to do America in
1885-0.
New theatre) aro In contemplation In Now
York, Philadelphia, Ht. Louis, Nashville and
Baltimore.
“Theodora” cost tho Pnris manager $175 ; -
000 liefore tho curtain roso on Bernhardt's
Intuit success.
Ahorse that walks tlio tight-rope blind*
folded, or with open oyes, is tho wonder of
London just now.
“Tiie King of Gygos” is tho title of the
new opera now lit process of construction by
Camille Saiiit-Saons.
The name of Gilbert and Sullivnn’s now
'rune otiero, just produced in London, is
“The Mikado: or tho Town of Titipi.
William Horace Lin-oard and Alice
.Dunning Llrignrd are tlto very latest stars
booked for this country for tlio next season.
Di'RING. the season at tlio Metropolitan
Opera bouse, New York, as many arfH58 peo-
olo liavo bbeu simultaneously under pay
there.
Edwin Booth will go from tlio Boston
(Mass.) museum to Philadelphia closing Ms
season in tho latter city. Ho will rest uqtii
next season.-
will neither la pcrmittol to enter upon
said territory, nor, if already there,
to remain tliercon, nnd tiiat in rnso n
duo regard for ami voluntary obedlonco to
tho laws an 1 trcailos ol tlio United States,
nnd if tills admonition uud svayning ho not
sufficient to effect tlio purposes and inten
tions of tlie government us lieroin dodarol,
tli, military power of tlio Unito l States will
be invoked to abate nil such unauthorized
possession, to prevent such threatened entry
and occupation ami to remove all sucli intru-
dore from tlio said Indian lands.
In testimony whereof I havo hereunto sot
my hand and causod tho seal of tlio United
Bi'ntes to be uffixeil.
Grover Cleveland.
By tiie President, T. F. Bavaud, Secre
tary of State.
a poorly clad old woman nml lier littlo
boy of about ton yoars, woro for miles
. tbo only nassongors. Bowio did not
ul handle® $100,000,000 every your. apeak to thorn, but wrapping himself up
—A coimnittoo of citizen® of DuUm, Texan, . * » , * kionk as well ftfl ho could
dsed several hundro.i doiUr. for the Dali.,, | Wfe * An“our
Inter n big Imrly follow entered tboooncli
at a way station, and immediately took
out a clay pipe, which smelled as though
it had been smoked since tbo days of Sir
Walter Raleigh. This lie filled with to
bacco o 1 tho vilost brand, and Wogan to
smoke. Tbo stngo was soon filled with
his exhalations, nud tlio smoke began to
make tho old lady sick, nnd sho oponod
tho window nnd Bought relief from tho
fresh air whioh potirod in But the
weather was bitter cold, nnd she had to
oloso it. Bho then asked tho boy to beg
tho man to stop smoking. This lio did.
bnt tho man loudly said: "If tho old
woman don't liko it sho cun got out. I
f aid my passago nnd I will smoko whon
please,” In tho meantime Goorgo
Bowio had been awakened and bad Boon
tho whole procedure. As tho man ut-
■entlomen to dinner when you know th#
hotute wan full o! oompany. Why, »
will make thirteen at table.
Mr. Wink*—“Surely yon not
■nperatitlona about that. Having thir
teen it table won’t worry me in th#
16 Mrs. Wink*—"Well, It wUl when yon
■eo what a amall roast the butcher
■ont. "—Philadelphia Call.
TIIE OTHER ONE.
Half a century ago there wm a great
sliipning firm In Now York city—the
brother# Hurlbnt— trading with and oar-
rjing passengers to Southern cities. It
was onstomary when they promoted a
mate to bo captain for the head ot the
firm fo give the now captain a dinner at
bis houso. The morohant had two
daughters, ono a great beauty, and tho
other not so and cross-eyed. The oap>
tain notioed that the beauty recoived all
tho toasts and attentions, and bis Innate
sonso of politonoss and justloo reboiled.
He meant to set it right.
"Your daughter, sir I” he laid to the
meroliant, raising his gloss.
"Whioh one, sir ?” waa tbo responae.
"Tho squint-eyed ono, sir 1" paid th#
polite, though not polished oaptaiu,
FPliflLLDia AH ENGAGEMENT.
Morning—Old darkey (at gentleman’#
ofllce)—"Gnd mawnin’, boss. Can tyer
’■1st an ole man dis mawnin’, sah V
Gentleman—" Not tliia morning,
Charity begins at home.”
Night—Same old darkey (at gentle*
man's hoffi0)“***Oucl svoufn'i bow, I
calloil at yer home fer a little ’alalanoe,
’oordin’ to our prearrougemenl ala
mawnin’. aah I”—N. Y, Sun.
THE CONSOLATION OF BELIOION.
Minister (to yonng man)—"I am very
glad to aoo yon at ohureh so regularly
on Sunday evenings, Mr. Bmitb, bnt I
think yon ait too near the door to fully
enjoy tho Bervioes. It yon like I will
instruot the sexton to show you a seal
^Yonng man—"Well, er—I am muoh
obliged to yon, sir, bnt I liko my present
seat very muob. I did sit np in front
FRIGHTFUL
Several
IIOII.lilt EXPLOSION
Thursday afternoon tlio residents of Middle-
town. I’a., wero thrown into a;*ta|e of great
exciteme nt over the explosion of ono of tho
l.irgo lKiilers in tlie Jiidillotowu Tube Works.
Tlio works are sitnntuclut tlio northorn part of
tliu town and givca^eninjoymcnt to flvo liun-
.oVI ick one of tho largo
z
drod men. At four, .o'ptoo
horizontal boilers.whjpJja.fnrpiBhos steam
run tho immense works jixplwkd with territto
force, throwing timber and debris all over tbs
mill.
At tlio timo of the explosion tho mill was
running full and it ..was.thoughtithat many
workmen had been killed. After tho alcam
liad cleared away tlio superintendent mado an
examination and found tlireo 'men lying pros
trate on tlio floor and othor* bnriod Wftong the
ruins tmribly injured, four of wiioth r, ooived
such Injuries that their recovery is doubtful.
What caused tho explosion Is hard to anr-
mise, lint it is thought the water was allowed
to get too low. The reput of the explosion
waB heard for miles, and tho pooplo of the
village were wild with,excitement. The dam
age to the'mill will aujpuut to thousands of
dollars, and throws oU^ of employment 600
men. Tlie damage dque by tlui accident will
taka some weeks to repair. Part of the ex
ploded boiler was thrown several feet, and in
landing dug (tself deep in the ground.
two-volumo work on liis African
Ex-Senator Thurman, it Ib Baid, pro
poses writing a book ot political reminis
cences.
Secretary Mannino Is tho only member
of President Cleveland’s cabinet who is not a
lawyer.
General George B. McClellan is to
deliver nn address at Antiotum on Decora
tion day.
Qeeen El.lZAnKTH of Houmanla has been
granted a mo lul by tlie Toulouse aeudomy for
literary merit.
Mr. Blaine is contemplating n foreign
tour of a year or two ns soon ns tlto second
volume of liis |Kilitical history is finished.
Secretary Lamar is tlio oldost member
111 tho cabinet, being sixty years of ago.
I’ostnmstor-Gouerul Vilas is forty-flvo, and
tlie youngest.
J. D. Richardson, Congressmnn-eloet
from Tennessee, will bo tho tallest momlicr of
tlie noxt Congress. Ho stands nearly seven
feet high in liis stocking tooL
I’i ixcess Colonna,formerly Miss Mackey,
daughter of tlio California bonnnza king, lias
bought tho Villa Fausillino, near Florence,
ltuly, and is giving crowded receptions.
Lieutenant A. \V. Ghekly lias accepted
tho invitation ‘of tlio Scottish geographical
society to address its mouthers on the oc
casion of his proposed visit to Great Britain.
Ex President Arthur, says a London
pniier, is coming to Europe oarly in July for
several months. Ho intends to stay for soino
weeks iu England lieforo proceeding to the
continent for a lengthened tom - .
raised ,
Railroad strikers, paid all expenses of tlie men
for tho coming week, and deposited *215 In
the bank. They guarantee tlio strikers to
stand by them aa long as may be necessary,
provided tlioy remain as sober and orderly us
they have thus far, The groat strike Is now
at an end, the men going back to work at old
wages.
—Colonel Joseph IL Taylor, U. 8. A., died at
Omaha. He was a nephew of President Tay
lor, ami a son-in-law of General M. O. Meigs.
—A well-known business man of Montreal
lias eloped with a woman who has married
daughters. Tho niBii left behind a wifo
ami two children, aud tlio woman leaves a
number of tradesmen whom she swindled to
tlio amount of sovcral thousand dollars. Bho
oven robbed hor own daughters of their Jewelry
and wedding presents.
—Sir John Maodouald states that the re-
cont antl-Gtilnese legislation r of British
Columbia will not be sanctioned by tlie Do
minion government.
—The Premier of tlie Dominlou lias prom
ised to appeal to tho imperial government to
send war sliips for tlie protection of tho
British possessions on the Pacittc coast.
—A disease among a herd of cattle belong
ing to a wealthy farmer near Towor Hill, III.,
has been pronutiucod the genuine rinderpest
by a reputable veterinary surgeon who has
boen doctoring tho animals. Five havo died
out of about thirty sick ones.
—Tlio Town Hall, six mills and Bovoral
Other building! wero burned in Hall, England.
Ono policeman was killed, and a nurnbor of
other persons were injured by tlio burning oil
—Tlio Chicago Prohibitionists, in conven
tion Monday, nominated a full city tickot,
headed by W. U. Bush, for Mayor.
—A frightful accident occurred on tlio Penn
sylvania Railroad, at Carpenter’s Station, Pa.
Twelve cars attached to a freight ti ain jumped
tlie track, oansing tlio deatli of tlireo persons.
—In tlie second trial to elect a Mayor in
Portland, Mo , tlie total olty vote, lacking tho
island vote, is 0,402. John \V. Dcering (Dem.)
—Zebelir Pasha, tlio ex-s’.avo King, whom
'Gordon wished to bo restored to power in tlio
Boiulau, lias been arrested for treason by tho
Khedive’s government, and is ou board a
Ili-dish frigate bound for Cyprus.
—The Chinese Embassy in London deny tliat
tlie Freneli troops liavo occupied tbo.heights of
Kelung. Tlioy say that tlio Freneli, after
lighting several days and losing 500 men, suc
ceeded in occupying two positions command
ing tlie road across tlio island, between Kolung
ami Tamsui, hut that the Chinese still hold all
tho other foi ls.
—Tho European Union of Astronomers an-
. nounco the discovery of an asteroid by Dr.
Luther. It iB or the eleventh magnitude, and
it* position bn March li, -lb. 52m.; Greenwich
'mean time, was: - Right ascension, lib. i8iu,
48s.; declination north, 6dog. 18 min ; dsiiy
(potion not elated.
received 3,317, which eleetB him by 145 maj ,r-
itv, or 292 plurality over all. John 11. Fogg
(flip.) received 2,910, and A. F. Cox (l’rohth.)
145.
—Benor Romero Rubio, Secretary of tlio In
terior of Mexico, said to tho Associated Press
that tlio Mexican Government liad no inten
tion or becoming involved in tlio Guatemalan
affair any further than was uecossary for tlio
protection of tlio frontier. Tho Secretary
said: "I believe tlio pretensions of President
Barrios mean his certain defeat and ruin.
—Secretary Manning lias- ordorod tho dis
charge of a number of officials in tho Chicago
Custom House. “"'Vice) were
needed.
—General Sheridan rccoivoil a tclogram
from General Hatch stating that, upon receipt
of tlio President’s proclamation concerning I ho
Oklahoma lands, most of those preparing to
invade tlie Indian Territory decided to return
to their homes.
—It is understood tliat General Foster is to
ho retained as Minister to Spain for tlie pres
ent with a view of conducting negotiations for
a more fuvorablo treaty, and tliat ho will prob
ably return to Madrid in the conreo of about a
fortnight.
a HDI’URSIU COURT DECISION.
Award of Prize .Mono/ lor the Capture
al the Rebel Ram Albemarle
Tlio Supreme Court of the United States af-
flrmod tlio judgment of tlio Court of ClairaB
in tlie suit brought by Charles L. -Sleevcr,
third assistant engineer of Lieut. Williams,
Cushing's torpedo bout tiiat destroyed tlio
rebel rain Alhumarlo on October 27, 1864, to
roeovor tlio sum necessary to make up liis share
of tho *251,000 prize money awarded
for tliat capture. Tlie prize court held tliat
tlio sliares of tlio officers and men of tho tor
pedo launch should he proportioned to their
l-ato of pay, and the Secretary of Mar, in
distributing Die award, computed tiie
sliares of Lieut. Cushing aud I lie two
mahtor'B mates on the baflis of pay and
rank to which they had been promoted
whilo' tlio proceedings wero rending.
Tlie Court of Claims afterward decided that
thoso officers had buc-n overpaid and tho rest
of tho crow underpaid lo tlio ajqount of *61,-
708, aud it awarded decrees for tlio balances
due tlio underpaid offieui-H und moil.
The sunis found due tho crew of tho launch
range from about *2,000 due to coal heavers to
pearly *16,000 due to Engineer Steover,
terocl thoso words liowio put hiB hand
at the back of liis nook, and drawing out
ono of his famous bowios, said coolly:
"Yon nro mistaken about your smoking.
You will put out Hint pipe ut once nud
keep your moutli shut, or by tho Eternal
I will ruu you through the honrt I I
wouid hnvo you understand I am George
Bowio, nnd George Bowio menus what
ho snys I” With tlmt ho slowly began
to advance his knifo toward tlio man’s
stomach, nnd the latter frnuticiilly throw
his pipe out of the doer nnd hogged for
hia life. During tho next half hour the
man said nothing, lint looked pule. As
Bowio thought ovor liis aotiou nud noted
tho siokuoss of the old woman ho grow
still more angry, and at tho next station
he forced the smoker to get ont of the
stago nnd ride with tho driver for the re
mainder of his jonrnoy.
one ovening and the result was that be
fore I could reach Miss Jones she wss
half way home with the leader ot Uw
choir.”—N. Y. Times.
ms FAITH OURS.
Wife—John, what is this ”faitl» ome**
I read of so much ?
Husband—Marriage, my dear—mar
riage. . ,
Wife I don’t understand how mar
riage oan havo nnything to do with ii
l’ionso explain yourself.
Husband—Well, before I married yon
my faith led mo to believe that you were
aperfoot angel; sineo I married yon I
have been entirely cured of the faith.
That is what is enUed a "faith oure. —
Vhila. Call,
bpeakino nr tot card,
"What is tho price of this organ!”
asked a geutiomau of a dealer,
"Three hundred and sixty-five do5>
lars,” replied tho latter.
"Phowl” exclaimed the gentleman,
"ain’t tliat ratbor high?”
"Oh, no, sir ; yon oan see for your-
soif, it is card rates,”
"Yos, but what do yon sell them
"Forty-three dollars, sir.”—Platts-
burg Chronicle.
NOT MADE IN POLITICS,
"Didn’t Senator Horsey make hb
money in politics?”
"Why, bloss yon, ne. Politicians
never do. Supporting their party and
devoting time and attention to their po
litical duties is a serious financial tax
npon them.”
"Don’t they get rioh ?”
"Oh, yes, bnt not ont of polities.
"There’s Horsey, for instauoe,
The nnvoo In Spain.
Thn hnvoo wrought by Iho Malaga
and Gruuada earthquakes must havo
shaken tho confidence of tho inhabitants
of Madrid iu their "throned city,”
whioh. planted on a rocky plateau 1,800
feet above the sea, might well appear
beyond tho reach of any such calamity.
Bo firm were the meu of Madrid in this
belief tliat when tho rival oapital, Lisbon,
was laid in ruins by the foarftil earth
quake of Nov. 1, 1755, a famous Madrid
preoohor took for his text, iu allusion
to tho fanoied security of the city: "It
fell not, for it was foandod upon a rook."
Indeed, the very circumstances of tho
Lisbon oatastropho seemed to justify
this confidence, for, whereas the quarter
bosido the Tagus was literally dashed
to pieces, and the great quay swallowed
up bodily with tho 20,000 fugitives who
had taken refuge upon it, tho upper
town, standing upon a rango of rocky
heights, escaped with comparatively
slight injury. But when such firmly
planted cities as Athama and Granada
are shaken to thoir foundations tho
citizens of the Spanish oapital may well
call to mind tho auoiont prophecy that
"Madrid should stand till the earth
itself became her enemy,"
ru
The BusinesR Outlook.
Tho Manufacturers’ Becofd, of B it!
more, in showing some of tho sigLS of
improvement in manufacturing interests
throughout tho oonntry, publishes a
long list of the leading enterprises that
have resumed work during the last four
weeks. It estimates that 100,00b men
havo gone to work in manufacturing
euterprises sinoo January 1. In addition
to this a large number of miners, ten
thousand iu one Pennsylvania county
alone, have oommonccd work within the
same time,
Guarantee politics have hod thousand!
of his monoy. If it wasn’t for running
aoross a job now nnd then to dig a oanal,
or Bell old beats or build now ones, ot
stock mail routes for the Government,
politics wonld ruin lots of people. —
Pittsburg Chronicle.
A MEAN INSINUATION.
He called for gin, and iu a calm, un
embarrassed sort ot way Ailed his gloss
to the brim. ... *
"Bee here, my friend,’ expostulated
the bartender, “Hint is gin you are pour
ing out, not water."
The customer eyed him rebukiuglj
over the top of the gloss, as he slowly
drained its contents.
"Mister,” he said in o hurt tone of
”oioe, "do I look like a mau who would
drink that muoh water ?”—N. Y. Times.
HELPING THE CAUSE.
They wero trying to raise money to
pay off the indebtedness of tho ohnrob.
Deaoon—“Havo yon colled on old
Mr. Moneybags yet?”
Minister—"No. He is very it'd
I thought I would wait until lie gets
better.” _ ..
Deaoon (earnestly)—"Don t you wait
a minute. Strike him while he is very
siok. It will bo too lato when hr gets
better. "—Sun.
LEFT OPEN.
Mistress—There it goes again. Msry,
do you see that door?
Maid—Yessum.
Mistress—Well, you have left it open.
Wero you brought up in a sawmill ?
Maid—Nome; I has always lived with
families as oau afford door-springs.—
Philadelphia Call.
i5f. Paul end Minneapolis are so ieal-
ous of euoh other and are growing so
rapidly that before long there will he s
hostile meeting of the cities. Ana then
there-will he only one city, but the .ques
tion will arise whioh "will bo the pity ?