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Newspaper Page TextThe Mercury. Entered at teeond-olatt matter at the Sanderttville Pottofflce, April 27, 1880. SANDERSVILLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, GEORGIA —PUBLISHED »T— A. J- JERNIGAN. PROPRIETOR AND PUBLISHER. Subscription SI-BO per Year A. J. JKllMGAN, Proprietor, VOLUME vT THE MERCURY. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SANDER8VILLE. GA„ TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1886. 91.50 per Anniini. NUMBER 48. The Mercury. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY ^>ALL COMMUNICATIONS in tended for thii paper most bo nccompti- nied by tho full name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. We are in no way responsible for tbs views or opiniona of correspondents. City of. Sandersvllle. Mayor. J. N. tin,MORE. Aldermen. \V. it. Tmkipkn. 11. E. ItOlIOHTON. J. 11. liolIKItTB, A. M. Mayo. S. O. Lano. Clerk. 0. 0. Brown. Treamrer, J. A. Irwin. Afarthnl. J. E, Weddon. Townof'unnllli. Intendnnt. John C, Harman. A Idermen. J. F. Mi'.rkihon. J. O r ,1 , J. M. Brown. J, It. Pritchard, Clerk. 8. H. B. M asset. Martha!!, J. O. Hamilton. It is a hopeful sign, indicating a de , rided revival of business, tliat the rev enues of thirty of the prominent post ofliees during the lu>t six months of 1885 increased $537,11)1, or 7 1-4 per cent, over those of the previous year. 1 From English mortality statisties cx- ! tending over a eonsidsrahle period, Dr William Ogel finds tliat the death rate . among clergymen is lower than tliat in other occupations, if the mortality for 1 tile three years 188082 among ministers lie represented 55(1, that among farmers will lie denoted by 031, among lawyers , by 841, and physicians by 1,127. The high mortality rate among the doctors is I ' a source of nlnrin to an eminent medical STRIVE ON. What though an undertaking Reach but a fruitless end. Wouldst thou, thy toll forsaking, To disappointment, hend? Droop not lieneath disaster, More sternly face the gale! Then yet mayst prove a master, And o'er calm waters salt. —Melville Milne A LINE FENCE. A. C. WRI6HT ATTORNEY AT LAW 105 Bay St., SttvainMi, Ga. Beg*Will practice in all the Courts E. S. LANGMAUt, (ey ht L(kw HANPKKSVILLK, Q\. IVANS. 9, 1). KVASS, :U. “If tiierc ain't tliein hens again," said Elias Long, setting down the milk-pail on the kitchen porch with a jerk. The stout, pleiisant-fneed woman to whom he ... ,, ... ,, -poke paused in the doorway with her authority, and is regarded as demanding | mrc ftrtns twisted into her ealiro apron, tho most thorough investigation. and regarded the offenders mildly. ' i —— They were straggling through one of the numerous gaps in the broken-down fence which separated Mr. Long's garden from that of his ncighlmr, Alvin Tateott —a procession of nine, chicking in a crooning wav and stepping high. They came on with composed deliberation, pausing among the cucumbers with a contemplative air, skirting the radishes after a dissatisfied survey, and settling down nt last among tho tomatoes with ii t horns of victorious clucks. Vermont for the postehaises which he "R ain't going to do,” said Mr. Long , , ' , ,,, | wiping a disturbed face with hia old red used so much, ns General Fleury, bis silk handkerchief. "I ain't going to matter of bones, found thorn much sti-: stand it." The French have looked with alarm upon tile steady export of Pereheron horses to the United States,lint tlie most prominent brooders there now say that he progeny of these horses, raised in the United States, are an iinprovcmoincnt on their sires, anti that it is profitable to re import. It is known that Napoleon III. used to import Pereheron horses from ®ttofru EVAN8 A EVAN8, Attorno.yR At 1 ,aw. BANDE1IBVILLE, CIA. F. H SAFFOLD; ATTORNEY AT l.AW, HANDEllHVH.t.E, OA. Will pmot cs ii all the Courts of tl.r Mi-Mi. C'liviilt mil in Hie enmities »mrounding lYs.liingt in Hnt-eial nttcnlinn t'vi n to et ni- nicn- it law. perior to the Mecklenburg horses more generally in use. Regarding the growth of cremation, the Modern Oremttli.l says that the lluf- fulii Crcmatloii society has erected a furnace on tlio Italian plan; that a cre mation furnace has been completed at Pittsburg, where natural gas will he the fuel; that ('inelnnati has an organization that is building a furnace; that a society has been organized in San Francisco, and will build soon; that Baltimore has a live organization, embracing many promi nent citizens; that Philadelphia's society is several years old, and composed large ly of German business men; tliat New Orleans lias one of the oiliest societies in this country; that San Antonia will soon build a crematorium, and tliat Daven port, Iowa, Detroit, I .os Angeles, Sacra- “It nin't likely lie's thought of it,” said his wife, tranquilly. “He can't think of nothing but that pesky eroouet business," rejoined Mr. Long, jerking his head toward his neigh bor’s yard, from which the sound of voices and thecliekof mallets proceeded. “I ain't going to stand still and get ate out of house and home by nobody's hens, if you be." “Oh, laws, Elias i" Mrs. Long began, in easy remonstrance; but her husband had seized an old tin dipper from the porch-shelf, and was making for the to mato-patch iis fast nshissixty years would permit. There was a wild cackling and scattering as lie threw his dipper into the midst of tlie scratching flock, pursued them unrelentingly to the furthest possible point, and leaned exhaustedly against the sunken gate of the dilapidated fence. It was sunken with the weight of tin- many friendly chats held across it since the long-ago period of its erection ; chats held nt nil times of day and upon all sub jects—polities, mowing-machines, fer tilizers, sewing societies,crochet patterns. fence," said Mr. Long, as ho turned stiff ly away. Mrs." Tnlcott had come out of the house with a little bowl in her hands; a thin woman, with pleasing remains of sandy- haired prcttlness. "I want you to take in some of my ris ing to- Hannah," she said. They had known each other by their first names for some fifty years. When Mrs Long opened the kitchen door at tl o'clock tho next morning, and stood looking out at the early August day in tlie moment before the fried pork had sizzled itself ipiite brown, and the coffee come to a boil—her faculties concentrated themselves upon nti unexpected circum stance just beneatll her eyes. “Elias,” she said, “lie's tearing down the line feme. lie’s got -loll Dwyer helping him." Him was devoid of sus picions concerning the fact; her voice was merely inquiring. Mr. Long eiime to the door rather slow Iv. lie stood there rubbing his chin doubtfully; and then went down the steps, nnd toward his neighbor's yard. Mr. Tnlcott was working energetically. A pile of worm-eaten posts, pulled up by the roots, and broken pickets, lay before him. A little further down Job Dwyer was amassing a similar heap. Mr. Tnlcott appeared unaware of his neighbor’s presence. He snapped off an other picket without speaking. He wore a forbidding look which set strangely on liis ordinarily good-humored face. “I thought likely you’d think hotter of it,” Mr. Long observed, with his eyes fixed warily on tlie other. “This fence lias been wanting fixing for quite a spell. I don't, know as it's worth while tearing it down; I thought, niehbc, a little fix ing up'd do it. But I'm willing to do my share, if you be calculating to build a new one.” After an unresponsive pause: “ynu’ro calculating to build a now one, I s'pose 1" “Yes, 1 be," Mr. Tnlcott rejoined, with acrimonious promptness. ‘‘.lest fetch up tliat crowbar, Job. This post seems ton- took root." Something in his voice shook his neighbor's composure. But ho carried off his discomfiture creditably. had flourished powerless for harm during the last month or two. nnd which now stood black nnd frozen; a few dead bushes cut down, nnd the fruit-trees trimmed here and there, it was late in November when the pile lay ready, low down in the garden in a corner of the plundered |Hitatopat< Ii. Ill some of its rough hollows lay the remains of a thin snow. Mr. Tnlcott lighted it directly after supper. Now nnd then lie replenished it: at 8 o'clock it was still burning, lie sal down on an old stump to look at it as it leaped nnd flick ered itself out, lighting up a broad space around it nnd shining on the high fence, ills wife had conic out with a shawl over her bond and watched it a few minutes, nml gone in. A spark from the subsiding lire simp ped into n little pile of dried stalks half a rod distant, nnd tiny flamed up. A twig took tire from them and burned to its end, and a loose splinter blued in its turn. Ho watched tlie curious little line of light as it ate its flickering way along. Thcro was a small deposit of dcadleavcB drifted up against the tall fence; they took tlie alarm, nnd glowed and crackled smartly. And then the flames mounted tip, nml grew broader and red der—tho fence lind caught fire. Mr. Talcott got up ami walked over to it. Then he turned, with scarcely tho hnstc which might have been looked for, and started for tho pump. II# seemed THE NEWS. Interesting llappeiiiiu s from all Points eantkrn and .hiiiiii.k mtatkb. Tint entire collection of the lato Mrs. Mor gan's pictures, specimens of oriental art, modern ceramics, liooks, etchings and en gravings, sold at auction In New York, realized 81,207,052. Tnx total losses incurred by the sinking of II MISSISSIPPI TRAGEDY. * STEAMBOAT COLIISION, A DOZEN < 01,011 Ell .HEN NIIOT DOWN BY A MOB IN A COURT HOO'I. ■ M WHICH THE 0RIB08, #1 THI CUIIARD LINK, BOM DOWN. Nlnleitirtlls ol' both While nnd Colored Men Iteaardlna the Origin nr the Altnlr. Details of the tragedy nt Carrollton, Miss.. tho Cunard steamer Oregon In a collision with i ,,,. w | 1 i c | 1 Bt twelve negroes were killol aschooner off the I/ong Island shore, are esti- , . . , , mated nt over $3,000,000. I * nd " IUB or ,<m 0,1,11 rH ,(11 '- m K ' n in A telephone now connects New York i a speclnl dispatch ns follows: city with Washington, the distance be- From statements of white nud tween the two cities being 228 miles. sllko, It shows that the Immedlat - Mira. Bancroft, wife of the aged hlstor- i thenfTnlr was, tlmt a short tlnv Ian, George Bancroft, ts dead. TniJGrnnt national monument fund com mittee so far has received $120,000. The Connecticut assembly has passed a bill prohibiting the employment of children under thirteen years of age. colored -ause of since, a untv, while visits Laura A. Mu.i.er, a pretty nineteen-year- old girl of Buffalo, N. Y., committed suicide because sho was not |iermttted to attend a skating rink. Tint New York senate peasad resolutions favoring the passage by Congresa of a bill to reimburse tile State to the amount of $5,000,- 000 for canal improvement, Ht. Patrick's day was celebrated by the New York Irishmen this year with an unusu ally lnrga procession, banquets and sneechee. In other places, too, tho day was observed more than ever on account of the present agitation for Irish home rule At.Herman H. W. Jakhne, of the New , . York tsiard of aldermen, has been arrested rather to linger on the way; when he I upon the district attorney’s complaint that reached it, he stood for a moment with-' he had taken a bribe of **,000 tor voting to out doing anything in particular before I he tilled a wooden pall, which lay near, „/ legislator* committee's investigation and went back with it. The frnco was into charges of bribery against several alder- flaming brightlv: but be stooped to pick men and ex-aldermen,a number of whom left out n chip which lmd got stuck into tho its ' mento, Boston and Worcester have or- ^ gnnizntious, and are contemplating tlie 1 raised cake recipes, etc. building of crcnintoi iiiins. Ion..-’ He (Hilled n „„,l el,.wed II 'T'JT.W 2l , , —Welire.dUl. w le. .lie eel the -Id „ U.eflr-w.. . |.legue.l ,, , - .. . .... a..u’ j never knew want it was going to do; ‘ “H.-'sretout to build a new line fence," >“ couldnT feci safe with one if you said Mr. Long, taking Ids seat and shov- lll<1 " W “ U ;', " evKt l ‘ ", cl ‘ ing his knife tin and down between the | “ t l le J inP ® cu, ^. 0 [ .fJi* 1 tines of his fork. the Htate to avoid examination. The arrest , , , i , , , - r , . . of Jnehtie was made msm what was oonstd- sole of his boot, and tied the old woolen #red conclusive evidence of his guilt It took luullier lie wore around ids neck witli place on the 18th, and other arrests wars hands which were not quite steady, then imminent. Then he peered alt about him, in an Thhkk oil tanks on a freight train near oddly guilty wav, emptied bis pail of! lUadlng, Pann., caught fire and six employes water on the ground, and went and sat ot th « w.r.jjv.rahrtalurad. down on the stump again. Ho looked cold and cross and uneasy, and anything but heroic; but there was anew-found warmth within him. There was quite a crowd about tho lilnce half an hour later, looking at the hluckenud remains of the lino fcncc- • a. ii is m. O. II. KiSIIU HINES & ROGERS. Attorneys at Law, sanukusviu.b. OA., Will prnctlu* In • * j counties of Wiifthlngtntj, Jtffen-on, Joli'iNon, Kinuiinol ami Wilkinson, • ml Id llie IJ S. Court* for lh«Houll)0ru I>1» trlot of Ueoi t^lit. \V«II Ift MA ujdiu in buying •oiling or rmilng Ilf:*I Ortlco on Wmi aid* of fubllu sguoio 0< i itir •1 w n. wai TAKER. jEN Tl ST, H*nd«r«vlll0, U* HASH. tl. S. HOlllGELD, Physician and Surgeon, HANDKRSVIMsB, OA. Ofllco iiflxt iloor to Mih. Ilftyno'H Millinery Uor« (iii IlnrriH Htrcot. DUY YOUH sPEmcLBs, mmm, JERNICAro, 1VMi 9 g*nutun without our Trad* ftUrk On hand and for •»!*. *PECTA( I.K**, NOSF. GLASSES. ETC. Watches, Clocks Aod JEWELRY lirAIRU M JERUIC AT“ OUB An interesting fact with regard to damage from lightning has Ik»<m evolved from a study of insurance statisties in Germany. It appears tliat during the yours between and 1880 tlie light ning risks have increased threefold: that is. out of any given number of buildings three times as many would be struck by lightning during 1880 ns were struck during 1850. Two onuses for this extra ordinary increase suggest themselves: A change of meteorological conditions, ycd acroHi from or I lie more common use of met nix in constructional. Investigations have, however, failed lo develop u satisfactory nUl'TII >NI1 WEST. Kx-Govkbnob William Krwin, of Cali fornia, (lied at Ids Inline In Hun Francisco u few days since He was born in Ohio, went to California In 1852, nnd wax elected gov ernor on tba Democratic ticket in 1875. Captain Jamkx I. WAnnKLi., commander of the Confederate cruiser Hhennndoah, died tlie other day at Annapolis, Md., aged sixty- two years. A New Ohi.eanh dispatch of the 17ttl said the strike on the Gould system of railroads was likely to be settled tiy arbitration. A Cahrou.ton (Miss.) dispatch says that during a trlnl there in the J. M. I/sddell case flftv while men rode up to the court linn sc and fired iuto the room, Killiug instantly ten His wife turned to look at him. Her ' •'"‘PD’ l»»‘ ’ wlu ro it luy ontln ground, , | m a bean wounded in a quarrel with I nut th« tiark side I 11 tM)nc u ,8,v *‘ proof of the point. ^ ^ Home ne^r(M*H weeks before in which shots were exchanged. Govkhnoh Muhrat, of Utah, has resigned at the President’s request. Tub wife of Kugene Boliriiiaii, of Avon dale, Ohio, while deranged, killed her four teen-year-old son, Allwrfc, dangerously •wounded another son, nnd then committed suicide. ^ 0111101111)11 from Ija Flon .. ..... ig Carrollton, being decidedly under the influence of drink, was hit, over tha head by Kd. Brown, one of the deceased, with a jug of molfiHses, iiillirtiug ft dangerous blow on ft man not able to take cure of himself. At n meeting lust after this between lawyer Liddle uni Edward Brown some harsh words |Missed. Hutv- sequently Llddlo was ambushed by tho Brown brothers, shot nnd slightly wounded. The two Brown brothers nnd John Johnson wore arrested nnd gnve bonds to appear for trial. On last Friday, Edward and Uhorlea Brown made nflldavit before the mayor, ngaimt Mr. biddle and six others for aasaiilt with intent to kill nml murder thorn on tho 18th day of February, n< stated abovo. The u < im< d in th* nlfl ’ .vlt in cluded Some of the IhmL i'i;i.. *ns. who were not present at the time of the shooting and knew nothing whatever of the difficulty. All the parties were arrested and tho case cam* up for trial yesterday. On the mornlngot the trial, and lieforethe court convened, Kd Brown Isiast'd on the streets that he would carry his Innly guard with him in court, and true to his word, when the ease was called the court house was filled with negroes. The cnee being called at 1J o’clock. Messrs. Somerville and Askew, and Capt. D. N. listen appeared as attor neys for tho defendants, and wore proceeding to Investigate the chargee against Llddlo. Just at 1 o’clock altout one hundred well armed men rushed Into tewn on horseback, heavily armed with Winchester rifl**. At this time Kd, see ing the crowd from the window, arose from his seat, drew his pistol, and began firing on The Passenger* and Crew io the Number *1 84A Nonle Token OIT Safely. The magnificent ocean steamship Oregon of the Cunard line, one of the largest and fast est of all the ocean candors, was lost in col liston with a schooner while proceeding under a full hend of steam and when near her Jour ney’s end. Details of her loss aro as follows: Tho Oregon left Liverpool for New York on the morning of Saturday, March fl. Bhe had oti Inward 185 first cabin passengers,sixty- six in the second cabin, and .'W0 in the steer age. She had a crow of 205 men. At the Itcginning of the voyage she had to deal with fresh winds from the north and east, but fairly fine weather. It Ixvatne stormy off the Newfoundland banks, with a high swell and brisk southwest winds. While midway between Rhinneeook, Long Island, and Fire Island, about 4:20 a. m., on the 14th. nnd distant alnmt five miles from shore, the few passengers on tho Oregon’s deck noticed the lights of a vessel npnrooch- Ing on tho northeast, tack. The lights were visible.a* conllngtothesto y *f the passengers, ten minutes before the collision occurred. Captain Cottier was beloyr and Chief Officer Matthews was in charge of the bridge. The decks were piled with baggage, which was being taken from the hold in anticipation of the vessel’s entry Into port. No onn paid much attention to the ap proaching vessel, and it was not until tho un known coasting schooner struck tho mam moth steamer on the t>ort side, directly abaft the foremast, that the passengers were aware of their danger. The shock was tremendous, and with a rebound the schooner shot back from the iron sides of the doomed Onnnrder, and drifted off Into the darkness. Captain Cottier rushed up from below and nssumod command of the deck. Heallxlng the character of tho lnlurles inflicted, he at once sent no rocket* to attract the attention of passing vessels, and these were apparently seen by two ocean steamers wld< h passed by without deviating mu,„pw .... p.ni*.., » U x. - „„ , from their course. Tho water poured In Mr. Liddle. That caused great consternation through the huge rent In the vesrel’s side, and excitement and tho firing became pro- putting out tho fires and raising a tremendous miscuous. : cloud of steam. so dense and Th* room was at once completely on veloped I thick that the firemen in the flre- ln smoke. The crowd, consisting of 100 room dropped th»ir shovels and rushed to armed men, with every conceivable kind of I the deck, where all the tmssenger* had been firearms, double-barrel breech-loading shot i summoned, many clad In their sloeolng gar- guns, Winchester rifles, pistols of all calibres, j ments. With but few exceptions all behaved Including tho long lionso pistols, with | admirably, and with scarcely any trouble their immense twills, had ridden Into ; ordor was quickly restored. Tho partly town at the same moment from different i directions. Dismounting, they pro- | needed to surround tlie court-house, placing | themselves in between the fence nnd the court house to prevent anyesca|>e, atid as the Browns tried to escapo n portion of tho crowd which had l»een stationed in the hall dressed passonger* were ordered to put on their clothing, and ooflfeo was nerved to all. The officers, tinder command of Captain Cottier, proceeded to launch eight, ltfeboata, which was done with some difficulty, but successfully. Tlio women were first put In the lioftta, and then the other passengers, first- Mr. Talrolfa croqui t-around wax t»o- "I'KrP Intuition rooted nut tlra dark side ! Mr . j, 0I , K | 1H( i (omc out and watched ■« 1.:... vi. 'P..L...U .....i ...... nr tin* st nt 1‘ini‘nt . _ “ . .. ... I . ^ | . , j .111. JiUliH II1HI t Will BIIM u Bl< lid* fore him. Mr. Talcott himself stood near, " r lie statement. i ihe conflagration from u discreet distance, leaning the weight of his small and wir.v ll " fl ,™ 1 ' h . ! But he Tad drawn gradually closer, till person on hia mallet; his hnt over one car, I W»aa# she said, n quick alnrm in her ( . v » (>G( i » M) kinLr over the warm E " - * - making tol’atde free in my garden, aud Ly gr* 8* ,lls ' 1 l,f <j> 1 G • the fem e Letter he fixed up. If he's H “Went down jest tko paper he »ai ■ 2/r fzssft Sr:«as know ns it s any of mv concern. ... - r ,7. * rjl eagerness, liis whole attitude expressive > treubla with him yesterday about them of watchful nnd profound absorption. hens?’’ Ilis eyes were fixed upon the long tig “I told him, said Mr Long, reaching ure of Hurt Coll lent, tlie champion ( f ,,r the coffee pot “ 1 1 croquet-player of the town, •- win, stood at the other cud of the ground in tlie act of striking. Old Dr. Blair, upon whose I,nil lie was preparing to operate, regarded liini se riously from Ids retirement on the well- stone; little Mr. McQnirk, who had step- hls grocery to lake a fourth hand, and who wus keeping an j turn before," she said eye on that edifice, fidgeted about inner- ■ any breakfast. vousapprehension and dangerous prox- Mr. Talcott and Job Dwyer worked ^..., ^ imity to tho upraised mallet. , first. By night tlie nlil fenco had been . "composed ami evoii eon demolished and carted into the wood- 1 - K ^--’ 1 tie took a swallow from his cup. tits wife watched him wistfully. She looked dn/.cd. "You h'liin’t ever liad no trouble with Stic did not eat against it—nothing nt all!" He felt that In gained by this some of (tie dignity lie had lost in his own conception; lie looked relieved. Ilis neighbor did not reply directly. The darkness hid his softened perturbed expression, and lie was not the per son to make it manifest. Histone, when xplanntinn. Prof. Holtz fails to find ! Mr. Long surveyed the scene with di 1 - I pleaHuro. lie bad, originally, strongly bouse, and now boards stood leaning DEPARTMENT tl .iipnlityl wit Ii nil lie* requisites for (4 tuft •II kinds of Jeti mi I It.ink work in F l.k- U.4.S Style. Pro i pi y nnd »t ltea- ■nnntde 1’rices. WEDDING CARDS, VlhiT NG CARDS, BUSINESS CARDS, I’,all lauds POSTERS, HANDBILLS, PROGRAMMES. STA L’E MENTS. LETTED HEADINGS, DuDGKKS. PA M i Tl LETS, a'jpg,. ma. etc. from meteorological returns any proof a* to inereiuo of storms, but produces sta- tistieK lo show that, in those districts where most metal is used about build ings the largest number of lightning strokes are recorded. Du tire other hand, Prof. Bozold finds that in Bavaria thunder storms have increased both in number and inteqsity. An investigation of the subject in this country would bo interesting, particularly in regard to the safety afforded by lightning-rods. Me teorological changes are continually going on, nnd whether danger from lightning Inis increased three-fold, us in Germany, would be worth knowing. In a pamphlet received from Charles \V. Garfield, Grand Rapids, the secretary of tlie Michigan Horticultural society, lias been collecting interesting informa tion relating to the State legislation in the interests of horticulture. From this reliable little pamphlet is lenrned how much assistance is rendered to the vari ous horticultural societies by their re spected Slates. Tlie Massachusetts Hor ticultural society, although one of the most useful as well as tlie most prosper ous organizations devoted to horticulture in tire country, lias never received assist ance from State legislation. Tlie Massa chusetts State Board of Agriculture, however, which devotes a goodly share of attention to horticulture, is supported by the State. New York gives nothing directly to horticultural societies, but appropriates $20,000 per annum toils ex periment station. It is very fair to add that at the station much time and money are expended in the interests of horticnl- tuvalists. The New Jersey experiment station receives $8,000 annually, and u portion of this amount goes to sustain horticultural interests. Tho Michigan horticultural society, while accomplishing efficient work, lias done this without other direct aid from tlie State legislature than tlie publication of its report. Its agricultural college hai received due support, and tire horticul tural department has received much at tention. Vermont has an annual allow ance of $2,500 for agriculture, horticul ture and forestry. The Illinois liorti , nlturnl society lias $2,000 per annum and Indiana from $300 to $500. Iowa gives $1,000, $200 of which is awarded in premiums for growing forest trees. The government of Kansas makes suflv cient appropriation to cover the expense if publishing the annual report and forestry manual in goodly numbers. It has also been of assistance in the aid of forestry. Nebrasku gives $1,000. Ohio gives $1,000. The Horticultural society of Georgia is an old one. aud lias dour valuable work by increasing the variety of fruit products and encouraging till organization of local societies. I'li.- •Hat* bus not given direct utd 1" its hofli-nd- I tural societies. tVAHIIIMlTIIN. Hkv. ('iia at.km Dewitt Huntley, chap lain of tlie United Htntes Senate, lias resign ed. having been appointed pastor of a church in another city. Kx-Govkhxoh Michael Hahn, thomily Ri-piitillcnn member of Cougrem fr.an tsrutsl- aim.wns found dead til tits room at Willtard s hotel, Washington, on the 15tti, dentil result ing from the rapture of u blood vowel. He waaborn In Bavaria In 1831. The coet to tlie government of the conduct of the funeral of tlie late Senator Miller, of California, ts estimated at $2(1,(NX). The House committee oil agriculture njt- opposite the court house niahed up tho stops class and steerage. and last of aud filed "down tlie right aisle, which Is on all tho crew. Captain Cottlor anil Dr. Ber the east side, and then fired on tlie southwest dsn tielng the Inst to leave tlie steamer. The corner where tlie negroes were. I mats remained In the vtelntty of the The negroes nearest tilts army were Inno- wrecked vessel until daybrenk, when pilot cent men who fell a prey, falling four or five boat No. 11 nnd the s hoonnr Fanny A. Oor- on top of eacli other. The Browns were ham. Captain Mnhnnoy, hound from .Tack- reached nnd went down tu tlie twinkling of sonvllle to Boston, wero seen approaching, an eye before the volley of musketry in tho and nt 8 o'clock tho work of hand! of tlie determined men. transferring tho passengers and crew There was n general stanqiedo of to the decks of tho small those who would esci(|s> the missiles of tho vessels was begun. This work lasted until crowd, thinking to rearli the window, thirty It o'clock. When all had been transferred feet high, and jump to the ground; hut the both vessels boro up for New York, but were crowd around tlio court to,use all being overhauled at noon by the Bremen steam- strangers, aiipimand eacli man trying to escape one of the Browns. Peyton Hemingway, n confederate In the plot and one of tlio leading tmckeri of the Browns, jtim|ied from Hie second storv of the eourt-house, mid running toward Mrs. Rlngk, In-bound, in turn added to ship Fuldn. Captain and the paseengers were the already full list of the Ger man steamer, making In all over 1,800 souls on board. As soon as all wero safely re moved the Fulda steamed to Kandy Hook, Aldure, had twenty-five or forty shots tired reaching tho bur nt 11:2. r >, where -lie anchored calved ono slight wound until 1 o'clock tills morning,when sho rrosnod disapproved of Mr. Talcott's croquet- against the well stone. By noon tlie ground. He hud not been sure that cro quet was not on a level with “keerds” and gambling; ami that n deacon of tho church and u member of tlie town coun cil should countenancennd encourage such iniquity was a subject for grave reflec tion. "* From this—after frequent glimpses and occasional considerations of tlie game, over the fence—lie had softened to the next day (lie posts and scantlings were up and a yard of the fence done. Mrs. Long got up from tho dinner table to look at it. and turned n blank face upon her husband. •‘Elios.” she said, “lie's got it luoriTn two yards high.” Mr. Long stared at her. Then ho re covered himself. It don't make no sort of difference to opinion tliat it was a waste of time and a me how high lie’s got it,” he snapped, pack of foolishness; falling gradually “I don’t know what to make of it,” Into the habit, despite ids convictions, of she said, coming buck to the table, anx- observing it regularly—graduating from iously. “I don’t know why a little low tho fenco to Mr. Tulcott'a doorstep, and : picket like tlio old one wouldn’t done y|j wfl> , lM)l >ul . thus acquiring u tolerable knowledge of | jeat. us well. You eoufd look right fb-st. thing they dots to blumo the (let its baleful methods, lie lmd even been through it jest as though there wasn’t t j y( . Then, a year or two perhaps after- known to manifest an interest in tlio nothing there; and it was handy j wurcl, they hear that Ihe man lias been descending. proves of an item in the appropriation bill “According to law,” he said, “I s pose of $250,000 for the destruction of diseased I'm called on to put up the next one. I rattle. s'pose I might do it any time; I ain't Out of tlie 7,000 bills Introduced in the so terrible busy jest as present.” present Congress three up to recent date “Well," said Mr. Tnlcott, looking bad become Taws, down the garden, “I ruthcr guess you , The Preeldeut haaoompletod the rjorgan- i , ..i, i - ..i„i.’„, r ..nUi.ni M Uatlon of the civil service comirjMion by the better build a picket. I guess a picket appointment of John H. Oberly, of lllinols,to do full iis well. A oil h am t luiaru how ■ fill the vacancy '.*aiuwxl by the nomination of old l.cm Pearson is, liavo you?”—Emma \ Commissioner Treiiholm to the comptrollor- A Oiiper ; ship of tho currency, and by the appointment * 11 ’ M of Charles Lyman, of Connecticut, toboclvil 'Criminals and Their Homes. »rvlce comnibsdouer In place ot Dorman B. • ... , j , i Eaton, resigned. hvery once in u while people read in The secretary of the navy has disniiwssl tlio papers how some men who has just ; / ollr ,. a ,| e ts from the uavul academy at An- done a job has skipped, leaving no trace ! nnpolls for "hazing" another cadet, behind him," said a Central Office detoc- President Cleveland celebrated his five ton Herald reporter yesterday. "Tho forty-ninth birthdayon the 18th byatleniUng «'• V. • v* 1 b imrfiiriiinnBA nr 8 performance ofMikado” at the New Na tional theatre. Tho Henate, in executive Hcssion, on the game, to tender advice in n crisis, to give j hand things across. ’ | enught. Then thov praise the detectives I John ^^ndeiiwn t^^'^pension'agent ^at his opinion upon a disputed point, to Siie went nbout the Iiourc that day fur Hkntandperecveninecusmuehas they Augusta, Me.; Cornolius Voorhts to be col- join in applause of n good stroke. I with an uneasy apprehension in her face. ui, imPl i them before Thev were wroni? lector of internal revenue, fourth district of But he hiil always considered that Ids j “I don’t know what In make of it," she : I’,, detocHvcs in tL first placet I John W^ner of Texas to bn presence was something ot a reproof and kept thinking, in a troubled way. , lmi j- m not sure that tl.ey were right in £ ) ™ , , m |>e nttoraiy for tlio Western restraint. Just now, as lie stood frown-, bhc know by the next night. rhe nnl i„j nlr them so highly afterward. In district of Teuuessea; William C. Jones Stern 1,11,1 (Ill-Ill tlie police get to know who did tho I Texas, to be secretary of legation and ron- F , , ,tc ' . 11 | job us well as they know who stoic Broad- Bogota ; Brigadier-General proval. tho barn-roof, it rose tall and stern and I declare for it. said Mr. iaicott, j forbidding. Aud tlu.rc (i , i juij us wen as i-uey aiiuw whodia.iv uiv..- i ... , —w . cxultingly. as the doctor's ball camo was a hostile, uncompromising barrier, j , )Ut t , Kct the evidence, I w bowling into the corner; "we’re getting It was-an effective monument to Mr. lal- (UU { so thcy lio low H „d wait. In a few ^Twrilfh toberoUMtorofiZ^l’ rev- right along ! Come in, lie went on affably, j cottas wralli and resentment. ^ ^ ,, exceptional cases it’s best not to punish ! enue for the sm-ond district of Illinois. A turning to Mr. Long. “It looks as though we’d fix ’em tliis time, eh?" and the full became raw and windy, and Mr. Long shifted liis position. eventually snowy. “You’ll have to keep them hens of Mr. Talcott nnd Mr. Long did not yourn to home," said. “They’re spoiling speak to each other when they met ill my garden jest about us fast us they can the street or tlie postoflicc or the black- manage it.” ! smith shop; they passed each other grim- Mr. Talrott’s smiling face hardened. It . ly. When Mr. Tuleott was appointed to The summer passed on into tlie fall, ! i* j v .1 il.n («1I luuiomn foui i.ml nitn/lu uiwl I - “If a man runs away tho police can pinch him nine times out of ten just by watching his home. Shakespeare never said a truer thiug than when lie said, ‘There’s no place like home.’ It was j Shakespeare, wasn't it? Well, evory mun, no matter how bud lie is, bus a i so much decision. tion. When Mr. Long was put on a ; lim y’i am i i,,,,, j„ state prison for twenty on’t really know as it's any of my church committee of wmeb Mr. Iaicott | ve ., r3 a „ ( l* U s soon as he, thinks the coast II," lie said; “you can't jest ex- was one, he refused to act. !'is clear lie’s going to that home. All the was not the first time liis neighbor had ! the school board, of which Mr. Long was ] ) lom ’ u 0 f >ome kind tliut lie is going to mentioned the hens; though never hither- already a member, he sent inn rcsigna- j v j s j ( n |(| )0U wh he knows that the visit to with so much decision ,,n — vl " ' — “ ' ’ ■ ' “I don concern, pect for me to be chusiug hens everlasl It became rapidly known that the two ingly.” old neighbors were “not on speaking “I don’t know but what you better be terms;” and the causes and circumstances chasing liens than wasting time over j of the rupture were not a mystery. Peii- tliis here,” responded liis neiglilior, sur- pic came on varying pretexts to look at veying tho croquet-ground with sternness the fence, from one side or the another, in his long featured face. and hear the story in detail. Often they Mr. Talcott’s small,.bright eves snapped, went, thence over to tin- other side, and “You h’uin't no call, us I know of, to listened with interest lothe complemcntal give no opinion whatsoever,” lie retorted version. The whole affair, perhaps, was Mr. Long turned liis eyes upon liis welcomed as a break in tlie monotony of irate countenance. lie was slower to the general amicublenrss. anger than IliH neiglilior. “About them It was known, too. that Mrs. Long liens,” he said; “1 ruthcr quess this line and Mrs. Talcott were not active partici- fence better be fixed up; needs it. They pants in tlie quarrel. Their old pleasant couldn't get in then unless they should companionship seemed virtually ended; go round by the orchard, and that ain’t their backyard intercourse was necessa- likcly.” l ily cut off, und they hud ceased to run in “I h’aint been calculating to lay out j of an evening. But this was because anything on fences jest nt present,” said neither felt "free to enter her neighbor’s Mr. Tnlcott. bracing himself on his house, as matters stood; and because, in short legs defiantly. their timid womanly submissiveness, “The laws allows,” rejoined his they obeyed the unspoken commands of neighbor “that a man’s obliged to pay their husbands rather than face the dis- h»lf toward fixing up a fence that’s been pleasure which would have followed a dc- complained of.” j iiance of them. “I hadn’t been calculating to layout! They smiled when they met each other: no money on fences,” Mr.Taleott repeated, thev lingered in the church vestibule to his voice rising to a sharp pitch. Mr. Long's tliiu face grew grim. “I don't know ns I ever heard that the law makes exceptions of people that are a little clus," he observed. Mr. Talcott gasped. His hard, round checks were red with resentment; his sharp eves blazed. “Your strike, Talcott," said Mr. Me- Quirk, shortly; lie lmd spent several moments in aiming for the middle wick et, and lmd failed to go through.- “You better jest think over about this they lingered in exchange good-morning. Once Mrs. Long sent in a dish of fresh fried cakes by a neighbor’s boy. He told her that Mrs. Talcott had burst out crying. She had emptied the dish, and sent it back full of apple sauce. The autumn days tilled the air with the dim blue vapor aud not unpleasant odor of bonfire smoke. Mr. Talcott was lute with his. He hud put it off till his fall clearing was done—the garden freed of the dried und empty bean vines, and raked off; the weeds pulled up which going police have to do isto find out tliat home, watch it and nab their man when lie shows up. “There's that man who sliof the nt-jgro janitor, lie got west and was doing well and nobody knew where he was. But he had to come back to New Y ork to see his friends. There’s Jimmy Riley, lie broke seven of the strongest jails in the country—Sing Sing was the lust of them. What did lie do when he got out of Sing Sing? lie went straight to Tenth avenue, where everybody knew him. Now he’s back to Sing Sing. Talk to Captain Washburn about Hell’s Kitchen aud other places m t he foot of West Thirty-ninth und Fortieth streets in his precinct. He'll tell you thut whenever he wants one of the crooks who hang out there he has only to go there to get him. They never try to hide in any other part of tlie city. Do you remember that burg lar who killed a policeman way back in the sixties, when he was caught breaking into an arms store in Broadway? Well, he thought it safe to come back to New Y’ork after nearly twenty years, aud the first thing he knew lie wus on trial foi his life. He would have come back sooner, too, if he hadn't been prevented by being locked up iu different prisoui out West.—New York Herald. number of postmasters were also confirmed. FOREIGN. Despehate election riots have occurred at Huacho, Pera, thirteen iieisons being killod or wounded lu a straggle for jiohsoksIoii of the voting tables. A disruption of the Kugllsh cabinet Is threutenod on account of the oiqiosition of sonio members to Premier Gladstone’s Irish policy. The Irishmen iu all parts of Great Britain celebrated Ht. Patrick’s (lay with parades, banquets anil addresses. At the banquet lu London, iiiuny Parnell ite members of par liament puti.-ipnte<I. but Parnell wasabsent, owing to Illness. THE treaty of |ieaeoJiet(veeu Servia and Bulgaria lias been ratified by the powers in terested. Ireland’s Confidence. at him, but only re nnd recii|x*<l. Ouo younu jumped from tho nrvowl Htory Jury room, fttriking tho ground without Injury and ran away with xevoral ruiih turned on him, only ono idiot Htriking him anywhere, aud that in i half of hiH shoo solo. Halls wore lodged in tho walls, celling, doom, and window-nosh, pierc ing the glass nnd mutilating the tranches. AH this occurred in 1cm than ten min utes. The armed forces retreated down stain, hoard two remaining shots, and hur ried hack to find that Captain D. N. Ksten, who was addressing the court when the firing Iragan, was trying to assist several old faithful negro friends in their last hours, and that Kd Brown, who was miprrased to nave been killed.waH resting on his olhows.not hav- ing strength to rise further, and had uimed tw'odeaiUy shots nt Captain Kston. who was unhurt, no doubt, owing to the feeble and dy ing condition of the loader, who in hi* lost extremity had this bitterness in his heart. These shots brought track those who were slipping away, but they found their work in complete, anti turned a whole volley into the body of Kd. Brown, riddling him from bond to foot. Tho Browns received not less than ton shots each. A number of negroes jumped from the socond story of tho court-house and escaped without a bruise from jumping, and wore un hurt from tho flyinij missiles. Iu ten minutes all this occurred, and those who rode by the city limits into town re turned by tho same route in twonty min utes. They "ore not citizen* of Carroll county, for there were throe good old negroes killed whom all the while people of that county respected nnd would have protected. Hut these strnngers, friends of the parties on trial, coming from a dis tance und supposed to Ira swampers, knew not who tho man was who attempted to jump from the window, unless it was one of th* Browns, or u friend who had gone there armed to shield nnd protect them, nnd thence they traeame a prey to the indiscriaiinating shot*. Twelve negroes wero killed and nin* wounded, one or two fatally. Carrollton is a small interior town, with a dozen or more merchants and about 800 people, and the home of United Htatos Sen ator George and State Treasurer Heming way, of Mississippi and came up to quarantine, in New' York Iray. Next day the jrassengers were takeu to tho city. After the collision tho Oregon drifted sea wards and at noon the operators at Fire island, who hod, at d o'clock, noticed the S ieer behavior of tho vessel, estimated that e hod drifted fully fifteen miles from the shore. She sank in eighty foot of wuter at 1:40 r. m., and at nightfall it was noticed that her foremast had been carried away. While the main, mlzzen and jigger masts were still standing, and apparently uninjured, she sank by tbe head, the bow pointing seaward. Nono of tho rescued passengers or crew saved Anything oxrept tho clothes they wore, or irarhaps a handbag. No timo was afforded lo save anything, and little was done after the passengers had come on deck than to get them safely iuto the boats and await daylight. Of tho 020 sacks of mail matter, 00 lrags were trans ferred to tho boats and brought up to quar antine by the Fuldn. There wero no acci dents in the doublo transfers of tbe passengers, the sea from the time of the acci dent up to tho arrival of tho Fulda at tho bar having been as smooth ns n ball-room floor and enabling the work to be done with but little trouble. All the passengers and crew quietly obeyed the orders oi tho ottlcors, whose conduct mot with universal praise from nil tho rescued people. The Oregon wns built for the Guiou line ai Glasgow, in 1883, costing $1,250,000. She waa built for speed, and her trip from Queens town to New York, finished on August 23, 1884, was mode in six days and ten hours, breaking the best record made up to that date. Since then better time has been made, the Cunarder Etruria covering the same distance in six days, five hours and forty-four minutes. The Etruria's big record was ma ie ou a trip ending August 22, 1885, aid is the fastest. PERSONAL MENTION. to NEWSY GLEANINGS. A Sad-Eyed Man's Effusion. IMKNKIX’N POSITION IN THE BRITISI* PAKMAMKNT. The prominent members of the Nationa party held their annual lranqnet iu honor oi Bt. Patrick at Jraiulou on tho I «th, 250 persons being present. Many tele grams of congratulation an I expres sing confidence iu Mr. Purnell and his colleagues were received from all jrarts of tbe Umtod Kingdom and America, an l the r reading provoked the wildest en thusiasm. Mr. Parnell's absence, Iracause of illness. was much regretted. Mr. Edmund Dwyer Gray, M. P., replying to the too.st T aroused the enthusiasm of the gathering to tho highest pitch by declaring that Ireland was never more determined than now to obtain her lights, and predicting that the day was not fur distant when Ireland would take her place amoug the independent nations of the earth. Jn conclusion, Mr. Gray expressed tin- hoira that Mr. Gladstone might speedily be enabled to solve the Irish problem, but said that its solution could not much longer be deferred. Mr. William O’Briou, M. P., presided over a mooting of 4,000 Irishmen held iu St. George’s Hall, Bradford, Eugland. In taking Dom Pedro, emperor of Brazil, Is sfouud a big fine ai ts academy at Kio. Major-General Pope, of the United States army, has been put upon th* retired list. Uonqkkllow’b rod recently submitted to a very elaborate tattoo decoration at Yoko hama. Henry B. Courtney, the Delaware mutch manufacturer, recently deceased, leaves an estate worth $5,000,000. The Duke of Portland, with a million and a quarter unuually from ground rents alone, is the richest nobleman in Britain. Senators Saw yer, Ingalls aud Saulsbury are going to Cubu as the guests of tho com bined rail and steamship line which carries the muils to Havana. Mrs. Mary Grant Cramer, sister oi General Grant, is lecturing in Massachusetts under the auspices of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes will go abroad April. 21, with his daughter, Mrs. Sargent, to be absent ull summer His last visit to Europe was iu 1835. Bishop Peterkin. of West Virginia, has undertaken to found a hospital, orphanage and home iu the Kanawha valley, the heart ol the great mining region of West Virginia. Secretary Lamar is credited with having lately rebuked Colonel Ingersoll for his ag- f jressive infidelity, aud expressed a hope that ie will some duy become a Christian preacher. Henry Ward Beecher’s earnings during the last forty years are estimated as follows. Salary as preacher, $.320,000: lecture fees, $240,(XX); sundry publications, $100,000, wed ding fees, $50,000; incidentals, $40,000; total, $750,000. Miss Ella Breckinridge, daughter of the Congressman from Kentucky, is a bril liantly beautiful brunette, now completing her college life at Wellesley. Bhe will enter tho chair Mr. O’Brien “said that Ire"- the law oitlre o? her lather as soon as her A tad-eyed young man handed this one laud , s p r0S1>e cts were never brighter studies are completed. ■’ ’ ' ~ 5 than now, and it w ould not Admiral Daniel Ammen, the naval offi- he the fault of the purnellites if the most cer, is now living iu quiet retirement at a ’octoiHlitt- beautiful country pluce called Aiumoudale. in over the back fence the other morning As life is full of woes aud woes And death is not much better, I’d marry a girl with u million, straight— If her dad would only let her. —Merchant- Traveler. 1 promising chllU”0 of effecting U roc ll‘ mu- ucmiiiiui wuhwj latieu niumuuuiuu. tion Iratween the Irish and tlio English peo* -near Beltsville, Md. His brother, GeueraJ pies which had over Iraen presented should be . Ammon, who distinguished himself at th* » madly and wickedly destroyed. ' battle of Shiloh, lives near the admiral, The colleges of this country contain 18,000 female students. A new census shows the population of Rome to be 346,035, of whom 11,105 are sol diers. Mils. Klizabkth Shiblky, who died at Walnut, Iowa, a few days ago, had lived mu years. Silver has been discovered aud mines partially worked in twenty-one counties m Texas. The claims for damages during the recent Loudon riots amount to $400,000, with inoi e in sight. Seaweed has beeu the main dejrannence of ‘many famine-stricken Irish islanders at Innisbofiln. There are in twenty-two States 308,4(8 more women than men. Dakota has 20,4l-» more men than women. The total production of copper in this country last year was 105,826^700 pound*, ughiust 144,940,053 pounds in 1884. It has just been discovered that the green sands which are very plentiful in Georgia have valuable fertilizing qualities. It is stated that a citizen of Reading,Penn., has invented self-winding clocks, oue or which has been running for five years. It is estimated that fifteen cars a day for a period of four months will be required to market the orange crop of Southern Cali fornia. At Budapest, Hungary, the Austrian gov ernment has a model uairy school, where from 10.000 to 15,000 quarts of milk are daily manipulated. According to the report of its State Dairy association, Iowa has 1,200,000 cows, pro duces annually $50,000,000 of dairy products aud annually ships $21,000,000. A plan for rendering paper as tough as wood or leather has been devised in Europe. It consists of mixing chloride of zinc with the pulp in course of manufac ture. Blonoin, the rope-walker, who is now sixty-two j r ears old and living iu Loudon, contemplates another professional tour in this country to recruit his unbalanced for tunes. Makers of brooms report an extraor dinary scarcity of broom corn, which now brings an extremely high price in the whole sale market, and they predict that the pric* of brooms will soon be doubled. The largest steel rifle ever made iu thi* country has just beeu finished at the Wash ington navy yard. It is of eight-iuch bore, thirty feet long, and throws a ball weighing 250 pounds with 175 pounds of powder*

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, March 30, 1886, Image 1