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VOLUME VII.
SANDERSVILLE, GA„ TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1886.
NUMBER 13.
'City of Sandersvllle.
Mayor.
J. N. Gilmore,
Aldermen.
W. R Thioprn,
33. E. Houghton,
*T. B. Roberts,
. A. M. Mato.
8. G, Lako.
Marshal.
J. E. VVbbdoh,
=T$ss=Si
A. C. WRIGHT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
105 Bay Sfci Savannah, Qa.
JUlY'wir.I, riUOTICW TN Ait TUB COURTS.
e. s.laMade;
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, Ga.
B. J). If.vAHB, " I). D. Btak., Jm
EVANS & EVANS,
ATTORNEYSAT LAW
RANDERVILLE, GA.
F. H. SAFFOLD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, OA.
Will practice ih nil the Courts of th*
Middle Circuit nnd in the counties
surrounding Washington. Special at.
fkentiou given to commercial law.
' A groat many pcttplte iiro unnworl that
there are eight small reservations in New
York State, loented in the egtremesouth-
Vrest portion. The Indians number ovor
6,000, nnd consist of Foil ecus, St.
Regis, Onondagns, Tuscnroras, Oneida*
nnd Cnyugns. The State provides
tho reservations. The general Govern
ment makes ft school nppropria-
tion. General Eli Parker, formerly
of Grant’s start nnd ox-Indiau Commis
sioner, is (ho hereditary chief of the
Senec.is,
Au Indiana aeronaut says that, a balloon
can be mado to carry nn elephant ns
easily as a mouse, 100 men ns easily as
ouo man. 11c projK>ses to construct A
uylinrtcr-shnpod balloon 1 GO or 200 feet
long, with which to make captive and
freensrents. lie is a believer iu the theory
that the north pole may bo reached by a
balloon, and in no other way. His plan
for this project would be to employ a
screw, operated by an cnglno to bo car
ried in the car. By means of this scrow
tho balloon’s course could be controlled,
as alrondy demonstrated by French ex
pel imohts.
In Vienna tho goose is skinned boforo
it is sent to the market, aiul tho skin
garnished with its clown is sold ns swan’s
skin or clown. It is thus effected: Tho
skin of tho back is slit, and the wliolo
is drawn over the head like a shirt with
tho greatest care, so ns not to injure tho
breast. Such a skin sells for two or
three francs, but tho vnluo of tho bird
Is lessened one-fifth The cnrcnsscs nro
sent to Paris, and nro eagerly bought up by
tlie work-people nnd tavern-keepers. At
Poitiers thcro are two houses which pre-
piro annually 40,000 to 60,000 swan
downs, England and America being tho
chief markets.
THE NEWS IN GENERAL
HAPPENMNG8 OF INTERE8T
FROM ALL POINTS.
BOUND FOR CANADA.
A NEBRASKA BANfi PRESIDENT
SKIPS WITH THE FUNDS.
I EA8TKHN AND MIDDLE STATES.
Six of tho seventeen Bohemians Indicted
In New York tor boycotting the bakery of
their oortntry woman, Mrs. Landgrnf, thereby
destroying nor business, were lotted guilty
and sentenced to short terms of imprison
ment.
j 'TnnEB boilers exploded at the colliery of
. the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company,
I near Wilkesbarre, Penn., wrecking the Duild-
! * n B anil fatally injuring tho engineer and
. fireman.
| . Hfcv. Bam JcInes, tho Southern revivalist,
■as boch preaching at Chautauqua, N. Y.
Miqukl Chacon, a young Cuban negro,
; was hanged on tho Uth In tho Now York
■ tombs for the murdor of Mrs. Mnria WU-
I limns.
A great Are has boon raging fn the White
Moil Mining. Eight houses nnd a bug" amount
or cordcvoo I lmvo boon burned. Tim loss |g
estimated at $60,000.
j . A VKNTUlittsOMl! Philadelphian has boon
taking a rldo through tho whirlpools of
Niagara Fulls in a barrel. Ho mado tho dnn-
, geroui trip safely.
n V 0I JT EI . 1 IjK . K - serving since 1883 in the
liuunlo 1 enitontiary on a ton years’sentence
ror embezzling fund* of tho First Notional
uank of Buffnlo, of which he was President,
has beon pardoned by President Cleveland,
who was ono of tho witnesses for the proso-
cution. 1
UBar Admiral Reed Werden, whore-
tired from active service in tho United States
Nuvv in 18,7, died tho other day at Nowport,
R. I., in his sixty-eighth year.
Adrian Crucy nnd his sister Lucie, tho
nst of n dovoted French family that had
lived for many years in one house on Lex-
ngton avenue, Now York, were found dead
in their homo a few days since, having coin-
inittixl sulctdo tiy shooting themselves,
Adrian wus a commission merchant, fifiy-
ono years old; Ills sister was fifty-nino. No
| reason was assigned for tho act.
J. Dk Rivera & Co., a largo Now York
sugar house, have failed for a heavy
amount. J
A STEAMER VREGEED. TERRIBLE RAILROAD WRECK.
THE "GATE CITY" RUNS ASHORE
IN A FOQ,
SEVEN PERSONS KILLED AND
OTHERS WOUNDED.
P. K. Hines.
O. 11 . IlOQERf.
HINES & ROGERS,
Attorneys at Law,
.8ANDER8VILLE, GA.
Will prnotlcn iu tho'counties of Washington,
Jofferson, Johnston. Eumuuel and Wilkinson,
and in tho U. 8. Cjnrts for tho Houthoru Dis-
*i nit of Georgia.
Will uctas Agents in buying, selling or rent
ing Ileal Eslnto.
Otlico on West side of Publio Square,
Oolll-tf
G. W. H. WHITAKER,
DENTIST,
GANDER.8VILLE, GEORGIA.
TERMS CASH.—
W Office at liia resiilouco, on Harris streot,
$pr20-’80
17 s7holufield,
Physician & Surgeon,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Gfiico next door to Mrs. Bayne’s Millinery
Btnrc, on nutria street.
During 1885 tho number of “recep
tions' 1 nt tho morgue in Paris were 858.
Of these 050 were bodies of men, 199 of
women. The busiest mouth was August,
when tho number was 100; the slackest,
I tbrunry, when it was forty-one. Of
tlr.r 858 bodies, 605 were identilied, nnd
the following is tho classification givcu
of professions:
MEN. I WOMEN.
laborers 115 Workingwomen... 37
Kinployes 07 Domestic scrvnnts, 2 !
Drivers 51'Washerwonieu .... 17
Masons 47iFlower girls HI
Mechanics 23 Bookbinders 11
Gentlemen 19 Other professions.. 18
Other professions. .1581
Tho sundry forms of death nro clas-i-
fled ns follows: Drowned, 181; hung,
70: firearms, 103; sidearms, 01; poi
soned, 02; suffocated, 151; falls from
houses, etc., 75; other causes, 58.
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SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc, j
Watches, Clocks
AND
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HKPAIB1D BY
JliH/lTIQAlT.
OUR
Tho stockmcu of Nevada complain of
tho quantities of jack-rabbits which in
fest the enttio ranges and are rapidly de
nuding tho country of all vegetation.
Never since tho settlement of that section
have tlieso animals been so plentiful, and
unless some moans of destroying them
is soon found the exporienccof extensive
portions of Australia bids fair to bo re
peated. Tn many pnrts of California
and Oregon, where tho rabbits hnvo
multiplied so ns to bocomo a pest, they
huvo been thinned out by a combined
move on the part of tho settlers. All tho
residents of a given neighborhood by
common consent have turned out for half
a dozen entiro days, nnd, well supplied
with arms aud ammunition, hnvo waged
successful warfare against the common
enemy. By this means thousands have
been destroyed in a single day.
Apropos of tho warlike feeling in
Greece, a prominent Greek who was in
terviewed ns to what his countrymen are
aiming at, lays: “Wo wnnt Epirus nnd
Crete, and oilier smnller territories, bo-
causo in all respects—historical, geo
graphical, othnological, linguistical and
ecclesiastical—they are Hellenic, inte
gral portions of Greek territory, and by-
natural right tho innlicnablo possession
of the Greek race. The vast majority
i f the inhabitants of those provinces are
our oompatiiots, eaten up and preyed
upon by Turkish banditti who have been
encamped there for. four hundred und
five hundred years. Tho Turks have no
more right to tho possession of those
provinces than lias a band of pirates to
the ship which they have captured by
force or frnud. Epirus, besides, was
ceded to us by tho treaty of Berlin.”
SOUTH AND WEST.
Seven salmon fishermen ware drowned by
the upsetting of their boats during a gale oil
the entrance of the Columbia River, Oregon.
Demino, Now Mexico, has lost its princi
pal business houses by fire.
The Kansas Republicans have renominated
Governor Martin.
Mas. Theresa Turi*in wife of a farmer
living at l’rinceton, Ind., In a moment of in
sanity killod her two young children nnd
hersolf.
Duunkf.N desperadoes took possession of a
train at Somorsot, Ky., intimlduted tho pas
sengers nnd killod tho conductor and a col
ored porter.
Forest fires in Northern Wisconsin have
rlono great damage. Tho village of Romeo
has been entiroly wiped out
A recent hurricane at Apaleehiooln, Fla.,
resulted in tho loss of six lives and heavy
damage to shipping and other property.
Paul H. Hayne, the notod Southern poot
died tho other day at his homo, Copse Hill
Ga. Ho was a native of South Carolina, and
was fifty-live years old.
“Sam” Archor was hanged nt Shonls, Ind.,
for participating in the murder of Samuel
Bur dr. Four months ago Archer's falhor
and two brothers .wore lynched for tho sumo
crime.
Moke than *03,000,000 wasinvosted in busi
ness enterprises iu tho Southern States dur
ing the past six month.
A long-continued drought has seriously
injured crops in the West.
EionTY convicts at work in a brick yard
uear Pine Bluff, Ark., made a sudden break
for freedom. Tho guards fired upou (ho
fleeing prisoners, killing three and mortally
wounding a fourth. None escaped.
Fifty poople in a population of 500, com
prising tho village of Waterford, Wis., are
sick or dying from ah epidemic of tyi L i>l
(over. All snvo tho sick aud tho doctors
have lied from the place.
One man was instantly killed, two fnln’dy
injured and a fourth badly hurt by an ex
plosion In a coal mine at Buchtei, Ohio.
WASHINGTON.
The Senate has rejected the nomination of
Harry Hall to be Postmaster at Catskill, N. Y.
The Senate Committee on Commorco re-
| ported adversely on the nomination of Her
bert F. Beecher, a son of Henry Ward
Beecher, to be Collector of Customs at Port
] Townsend, Washington Territory.
Congressman W. N. Cole, of tho Third
' Maryland District, diod on tho 8th at his res
idence in Washington, aged forty-eight
I years.
Colonel Chaille Long, who was with
General Uordon during the Soudan cam
paign, bos made a written application for
tho Persinn mission. Two appointees to this
position since Cleveland’s election havo re-
1 signed.
1 The Sotthto has rojBfttod the nomination of
John Goode, of Virginia, to bo Solicitor-Gen-
j erul of tho United States, by a vote of 28
j Republicans to 35 Democrats, it has been
; tho most important case before the Senate in
executive session, has occupied more time
than any other, and has been more bitterly
j contested.
The President has vetoed tho Senate bill
to provide for the erection of a public build
ing in tho city of Dayton, Ohio, on the
ground that tho public business doos not re
quire tho $150,0110 asked for.
Further nominations by the President:
Edwin D. Stoele, of North Carolina, to lie
Register of the Land Otlico at Evanston, W.
T.; S. O. Boom, of California, to bo Register
nt Humboldt, Cal.: David W. Hutchinson,
of J’i unsylvnnin, to be Receiver nt Bismarck,
Dak.; S. 8. Smith, of Dakota, to bo Receiver
at Devil's Lake, Dal;.: L. Foster Spencer, of
New York, to be Indian Agent for Rosebud
Agency, Dak.
The bill providing for apublic building at
Asheville, N. C., has been vetoed by the
President
Ills Men’s Cool Announcement of HI*
Pnthcr’e Defalcation.
A bank president's defalcation that is dut
of tluordinary run of such affairs is re
ported from Benkiemnn, Nob. A dispatch
from that place givcB tho subjoined particu
lars:
, i’rosideiit Boltzcr, of tho Dundy County
Bank, of this place, started on Monday for
Lincoln as a director of the Nebraska State
r air Association, to mnko arraukeinonts for
the annual mooting of that institution.
Ho left hm bank in chnrgo of bis son, who
is in tho jewelry business. Tho young
man conducted the affairs of tho hank as
usual for tw^doys, but yosterday ho locked
tho doors and refused to admit the depos
itors or to seo anybody on banking business,
1 no report tlmfctijo liimk lind closed stipend
rapidly, arid soon tlie.o w.-ys gathered a largo
crowd of f. ontiersiiK n, who ordered tab
young man to opon tho doois and explain his
conduct, 1
“Oh, I can do that,” tho young man coolly
remarked, “and rather easily, too. Tho old
man is safe in Canada by tins time, aiul has
taken with him tho money tho bnnk had. I
closed her simply because there was no money
to do business on.”
Tho creditors were astounded at this nh-
tumneemont, and hesitated in a-ccpting it as
true. A committoo which was admitted to
the bank was soon convinced that tho Presi
dent had taken not only tho money, but also
the securities that ho could readily convert
Into cnah. i ho total amount of Ills larceny
L s u,?w.!'.!! nt0<1 , vnr , ioUsl y at from *60,000 to
v100,000, and nothing remains.
.i ls °"°, of the youngest countios in
too Nate and its rasidonts are priordually
hard-working pionoors, many of whom have
not yet completely proved their claims. The
town is now and thrifty and the people aro
progressive, llioy had money, as a rule,
and such as was not iu use they entrusted
to Boltror. Ho oponed tho haul: tlirco
years ago nnd lias conducted its business
in a way to win tho absolute confidence of
the poople. His reputation for Siiunro deal
ing had spread throughout this part of tho
State,and tho surplus funds of several ranches
? a i immediate neighborhood wero
Intrusted to him. Until two weeks ago
ho was tho only banker here; but thou
n now institution wns started with such
favor that it took from Ueltzor’s bank his
•on-in-law, who had been his cashier. At tho
time tho enshlor left the Boltzor Hank, it is
said, its a 11 airs were in good condition and
the cash on hand was about $70,000. Tho
nogotiablo securities and private papers on
deposit for safe kooning would easily run tho
total up to $100,000, and all those Valuables
are missing.
iloltzer came hero from tho United States
army, in which he was Rocond-Idoutonant.
Ho was fifty-four years old, and had a wife
and throe children, upon whom he was lavish
with monoy and abuso. On tho day of his
departure ho whipped his rvifo brutally, nn 1
then to atone for his conduct deoded hornll
Ids property, which, however, was not
much. Ho has left absolutely nothing for
tho creditors. Mrs. Beltzcr has thecontl-
doneo and sympathy of the doludod poople
and they will not ondoavor to disturb her in
1,10 P‘“* nce Bivan her by her husbands lost
o r. The oxeitemont is intongo, and were
Boltzor present he would receive rough treat
ment.
The Passencers nnd Crew Saved—The Ves
sel Probnbly a Total WtttSl.
tlib sleanifititj) “Onto Oityj” erf the
Savannah line, Captain Daniel Hbdge,
weut ashore oh Nanshon Island. Martha’s
Vineyard sound, Sunday night dating a
thick fog. The Onto City loft Savannah
Thursday ovcnlng, nnci was duo ih Boston
Monday morning. She had a miscellane
ous cargo of cotton, iohaecb and hides,
worth $80,000, nud 50,000 wntefinfelons.
She carried 52 passengers, most all in the
saloon, the majority being excursionists
hound north for a pleasure trip. Many
were ladies, and brought some very hamf-
Nanshon
PERSONAL MENTION.
President Cleveland proposes to spond
$10,(100 on tho improvement of his country
cottage.
The daughter of General Gordon, of Geor
gia, is exceedingly beautiful and is callod tho
“Belle of the Bouth.”
M. Pastkub has reroivod from the Rus
sian Govornmont tho gift of 100,000 francs
for h s Paris Institute.
Ex-President Arthur now drives along
tho Now London beach looking as though he
meant to live for years,
Since his journoy to tho Northwest Chief
Justice Waite’s houlth lias shown groat im
provement. Ho will go as far as Alaska.
Miss Rebecca Williams, a Baltimore
belle, recently had her portrait painted by
tho famous Cabauol, of Paris, at a cost of
$(l,G0U.
Mil. Sl’UROKON, tho London preacher, tins
Just issued his 1,900th sermon, which is said
to be nn achievement uurlvalod in tho his
tory of homiletics.
Rev. Henry Ward Beei her is in grout
demand in England. His lectures nro very
popular, aiul ho has more applications for
timo than he can possibly fill.
Mrs. Grant and Colonel aiul Mrs. Fred
Grant aro spending tho summer quietly ut
the Long Braucdi eottago. Mrs. Grant ex
pects to hnvo all bor children oxcept Mrs,
BurtorD with her this summer.
General Sickles has mado a propositfim
for a reunion of tho Army of tho Potomac
and tho Army of Northern Virginia on the
field iu July, 18s7, being the twenty-fourth
anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg.
Joseph Ciiamderlain, tho English Radi-
icnl lender, is described as dudish nnd won
derfully boyish in appoaranco, and though
turned fifty, might well pass for thirty-
five with his light, active figure nnd Igny
dress, docoratod invariably with a rich, fresh
orchid.
King George, of Greece, has nearly fin
ished a splendid nalaeo at Copenhagen, and
has saved enough monoy to give him a life
ineome of $135,000 a your, independent of
any public position. And now lie is only
waiting for a good oxcuso to abdicate and re
tire permanently from tho king business.
Mime wardrobes with them.
island, n (Inliget-ous pldcC) is Just opposite
Guy Head, where the Ill-futeci steamship
j City of Columbus, tho sister ship of the
Gate City, went down with so many lives
in _January, 1883. This makes a curious
c lincidcnco. The particulate ns obtniued
from tho olllcorsand passengers are to the
effect that pleasant weather prevailed
during the entire trip till Sunday after
noon when tlie ship entered the sound
where it lnfi itito a dense fog bnnk.
While cnutldusly proceeding site very
nearly rati oil Qayhoaci shOni*, ttilcre the
bones of the City of Columbia now lie.
Dismayed at his danger, Captain Hedge
steered tho ship off nnd in so doing crossed
tho sound, running ashore on tho other
side. Tlie channel Is very (locoptivo nnd
n moment after tho lendsmnn reported
“no bottom,” the vessel struck n ragged
hole, eighteen inches in diameter, winch
stove in her bottom and she made wntcr
fast. Tlie boulder that Went through
held tlie ship find prevented her from
slipping into deep wnter and drawfling
all on board. Tho shin struck nt sijvcn
o’clock and in a sccontf every ono was on
dec k. They were quieted but refused
to return below. First Mato E. R. Tay
lor went after assistance, returned after
.several hours with n brig, and the pas
sengers were safely landed at Now Bed
ford nnd brought direct to Boston. The
ladies nro grently dispirited nt this mis
hap on their pleasure trip, especially at
it is combined with an expensive loss ol
valuable wearing apparel. Wreckers
left for tho scene nnd reported the
vessel full of water. The “date City”
was built by John' Roach in 1878, nnd
wns vnlued nt $800,000; insured foi
$100,000. The cargo is partially insured.
Tlie pnssengers speak highly of Captain
Hedge nnd tho orderly bohavior of the
crew.
All the officers nnd crew of the steamci
Gate City remained on board tho vessel
when tlie passengers were taken off by n
tug, with the exception of the baggage-
muster, who accompanied tho passengers.
Tlie shock of the boat was not grent,
nnd tho pnssengers were very cool
throughout tho five hours they had to
wait before tho tow boat Brown picked
them up and carried them to New Bedford.
They amused themselves in the best way
they could, conversing, playing tho piano,
etc. There were 62 passengers in all,
most of whom went to New Bedford.
Some twelve or fifteen, however, did not
like to trust themselves in the tow boat,
and therefore remained on board the
Gate City.
Tlie scene of tho wreck is five or six
miles northeast of Devil’s brldgo where
the City of Columbus met her fate.
Thorn is n report to the effect that local
magnetic influence sometimes demoralizes
compasses in that part of Vineyard Sound.
An influence tlmt deflected tho compass
of tlui City of Columbus, which was go
ing southwest, so ns to carry her on Dev
il's Bridge, would lmvc caused Gate City,
bound northeast, to go ashore where she
did.
EXTENT OF DAAMGES.
it is impossible yet to say what is the
extent of the damages sustained by tlie
ui go ot 11m vessel. With the exception
•if tlm melons, it is likely to prove a total
oss. The suit water will not spoil the
melons for some time, nnd, being bouy-
iiit. they will easily float as soon ns the
hatches are removed nnd thus can be
easily saved. The other merchandise,
consisting of cotton and general mixed
t uffs, is believed, us usual, to be fully
insured, especially as at thia season ma
rine insurance rates are very low.
THE NEW TREATY.
Two Trails af the NaehvMIe aa« Deeater
Ma«l*e*4 Celllle, With Fatal Reealte.
Notts has just been received of a ter
rible collision a mile north of Duck River
station, Tennessee, on the Nashville and
Decatur railroad. A special engine going
north ten into the Columbia accommoda
tion, killing six or seven, nmong them
A. L. Robin sob, former ticket agent at
Nashville; Enginecf Beech, of the spec
ial ; Engineer Lanman and Fireman Rob
ert Brown, of tho accommodation, ami
baggage minister, Monroe Wilson.
Conductor Kida, of tho accommoda
tion train, makes the following statement
regarding the collision. He says engine
No. 510 ran into him about one mile
south of Dark’s mill while running in the
time a* his train. Both enginos are a
total wreck. One Of the engines wm
knocked off on one side of the road,
while the other telescoped through (he
baggage car. The following is a list ot the
killed; Henry Lanman, engineer of the
accommodation; Rboeft Brown, fireman
of the accommodation; Thad. Beeeh, en
gineer of No. 61; Pat King, fireman of
No, 09: A. B. Robertson, passengei
agent, formerly ticket agent Louisville
und Narftvillc depot; Monroe Wilson,
baggage master; Henry Whittlmore.
Thoro Wore only two passengers in
jured. Rev. Wm. M. Green, who was in
the smoking car, was thrown against a
scat, cutting a gash over his right eve,
not serious. The other, a colored girl,
name unknown, slightly out in the face.
The collision occurred in a deep cut with
a sharp curve, making it impossible to sec
cncli other—hence tho collision took place
while both trains were going at full speed.
A passenger in the accommodation states
that lie was in the act of looking at his
watch when the engines collided. He
says they had just three minutes to make
Duck river, showing that the accommo
dation was on timo.
The sight is most horrible, the bodies
being torn to pieces and scalded by the
escaping steam. As soon as the terrible
news reached Columbia every available
conveyance that could be secured was en
mute to tho accident. There wore be
tween fifteen and twenty passengers in
(lie Indies’ coach who were uninjured.
Engine 5i0 has been used on the N. & L.
rona and was on its way to Nashville for re-
puirs, Engineer Beech having brought an
engine from Nashville to take its place.
Later information shows that engine
519 exploded, throwing tho tender 150
feet in the opposite direction. Robert
son was killed instantly, being disem
boweled by a pleco of iron. Lanman’s
body was found on tho side of the road.
It is supposed that he jumped from his
engine and was injured internally, his be
ing the only body not disfigured.
Henry Whittimore was found with a
flag in his hand wedged between a cylin
der of the exploded engine end the rock
cut. He lived only about ten minutes
after he was found. It took nearly an
hour to extricate his body. Robertson
got on the engino at Carter’s creek, invit
ing one of his friends to go with him.
His friend declined, informing Robert-
HEWSt GLEBS.
DEPARTMENT
I« supplied with all tho requisites for doing
»U kind* of Job and Book work in First-
Clxns Stylo, Promptly find at Boa-
W socable Prices.
Bedding cards,
VISITING CARDS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
BALL CARDS,
POSTERS,
HANDBILLS,
PROGRAMMES,
STATEMENTS,
dettbr headings,
DODGERS,
PAMPHLETS,
Java ETC BMC
As an evidence of tho growth of thrift
among the colored people of South Caro
lina, tlie Charleston News and Courier
publish! s n statement showing that one
thousand und fifty-seven colored people
of that city have deposits in tlie local
savings banks amounting to $124,936.
The person who has the largest deposit,
$6,747, to his credit, is a pure-blooded
African, but a born financier. He lias
recently bought a valuable plantation for
$10,000 and has paid $7,000 of the pur
chase money. The News and Courier
adds',: “There arc thousands of active
nnd thrifty colored men in the State who
have bought land since the war,und who
arc steadily collecting about them the
comforts and many of the luxuries of
life.- Comparatively few of tho colored
people entertain decided notions of
economy or havo any faith in govern
ment savings banks, but the wealth they
have hidden nway in old stockings and
the money they are investing*>from year
to year in lands and houses, if it could
rightly be estimated, would proveto be*
pleasing revelation.”
FOREIGN.
The hent hns beon so overwhelming in
i Madrid that tho Spanish Cortes—tho natiounl
j legislature—wus obliged to adjourn.
Asiatic cholera Ison the increase through
j out Italy.
| News lias beon recolvod of a destructive
j tornado on the Island of Jamaica. Low
: lands wore inundated, great fields of bananas
destroyed, and many vessels torn from their
moorings. The estimated loss is $500,000.
An immense congregation heard Henry
| Ward Beecher preach his second sermon in
tho City Temple, London.
A political riot at Cardiff, Wales, was
broken up by the police, who charged the
crowd and wounded over 100 persons; twenty
so badly that they bad to be taken to the
hospital.
The” Panama Canal Company hns decided
to issue bonds instead of raising a lottery
loan.
Mr. Bf.echer has been the recipient of a
banquet in London, which was attended by
United States Minister Phelps, Justice Stan
ley Matthews and other notable persons.
Special correspondents in Scotland aud
Ireland, summing up the political situation,
coincide iu tbe conclusion that the defeat oi
Mr. Gladstone will only temporarily inter
fere with the concession of home rule to Ire
land. They intimate that the Tories in tho
next Parliament will be forced into an alli
ance with the Porncllitcs to that end.
This Chiueso uro very actively engaged
in laili cad building.
The Turkish Government has issued orders
to have the army again placed on a peace
footing.
California farmers insure their nops.
Onions from Egypt are being sold in the
streets of Boston.
An ancient law against public shaving is
being enforced in Boston.
The aggregate population of Brooklyn nnd
New York is nearly 2,300,000.
Benjamin Zehner, a rich Indiana farmer,
was recently stung to death by bis boos.
A man in New York committed suicide by
pushing a handkerchief down his throat with
a long ruler.
A large number of quails, prairie chick
ens nnd wild turkeys are sent from St Ixiuis
to England every season.
A youno man at Nevada City undertook
to eat two dozen eggs at one sitting, but gave
up after eating twenty-one.
A Mexican who died recently was fol
lowed to the grave by eighty-soven sons and
daughters, and bad buried tliirteeu.
After September 80, 1880, thore will be
but one superintendent of the recruiting ser
vice of the army, with headquarters in New
York city.
Somebody has figured out that tho South
African diamond crop up to tlie present timo
amounts to six and a half tons, valued at
$200,000,000.
The census returns for Paris have just boen
issued. The population numbers 2,254,800
souls, showiug the small increase of 11,378
since tho lost census takon five years ago, in
1881.
Citizens of an Illinois town made a kite
seven feet long, and sent it two thousand
feet into the air. A windlass was rigged,
and it required the power of three men to
drag the kite back to earth again.
It is said that the best strawberry country
in tho world is a few miles north of Newark,
N. J. Duriug good reasons some ot tho straw
berries raised in that neighborhood aro so
large that it takes only twelve of them to
make a quart.
Terms of the Extradition Treaty Between
the United Htate and England.
Wlmt is said to be the text of the new
extradition treaty between the United
States and Great Britain, now pending
in the Senate, is published.
| The convention extends the provisions
of article ten of tho treaty of 1842 to four
crimes not therein named, as follows:
Manslaughter, burglary, embezzlement oi
larceny involving the amount of $50 or
£10, and malicious injuries to property,,
whereby tlie life of any person shall be
endangered, if such injuries constitute n
crime according to the laws of both coun
tries. It is also provided that the pro
visions of article ten shall apply to per
sons convicted of crimes named in the
treaty of 1842 nnd the new convention,
as well as to those charged before- trial
with the commission of them. The con
vention is not retoractive. No surrender
is to be demanded for political offense,
and no trial is permitted for any other
offenso than one for which the extradi
tion is requested until tho person extra
dited hns had an opportunity to return
to the state by wbfcli he was surrendered.
A HORRIBLE AFFAIR.
a
A Dying Man Coiif'csse* a Prime for Wlilcii
Another Hnllm Death.
At Jacksonville, HI., some time last
year, a man named Fred Hollar was ar
rested on the charge of stabbing Mrs.
William McLaughlin and her sister so se
verely that they nearly lost their lives.
A party of disguised men broke open the
jail ami shot Hollar through the abdomen.
Before Hollar died he insisted that he did
not commit the deed. 'William McLaugh
lin, who had deserted his wife, died re-
.ecntly in a western state, confessing in
iiis last moments that he wus the author
of the crime for which Hollar lost his
life.
accommodation, says they were running
nt least forty miles an hour when thoy
met. m
A. L. Robertson’s watch was broken
in two by the shock, the hand* pointing
to 0:22, showing that thepassenger train
wus exactly on time. Tnere are three
theories of the accident—first, that Engi
neer Beech of the special train looked ut
his watch wrong; second, that he looked
at iiis time card wrong; third, and tlie
most probable, that instead of side track
ing at Duck River, as was his custom, he
arrived at Duck River ahead of time and
t l ied to make Dark’s Mills, the next sta-
tion, three miles.further on. This is the
theory entertained by the railroad offi
cials.
FOURTEEN MARINES DROWNED.
1 lie Frew of u llrltiali Wur-SUIp t'uiigtn iu a
Storm
Nineteen men of the British war-ship
Goshawk went ashore at Fort Royal, Ja
maica, on the 26th ult., nnd while there
u storm arose, They attempted to re
turn to the ship in the storm, and on
nearing tlie vessel the bout capsized.
Tlie next morning three of the sailors
were found in the bottom of the boat,
drifting toward Port Henderson, und two
on ono of tlie royal nnvy jiuoys in Port
Royal harbor, to which they hud swmu.
The other fourteen were drowned.
wsemsHly fPr jraMlcaHia, Sul M ■
$ssrs«fM of good failh.
Wo mro tn no way reoponoible for
mo «<BIM or opinions of esrrssf smi
Truth sat one sultry afternoon
In July, mayhap, or la fans,
A limpid pool bssidA
And in tho rich adiou of day
Hs put his princely suit away
And ploaftd into ths tide.
Then from concealment lightly Isa
A nimble rascal, Lis yclept,
Who seised Troth’s panoply.
And said: ••ItismystylsMdslas,
At oaea an armor and disgdtm
That Luck vonchsafoth I
And presently, when freeh and ood,
Truth issued from the placid pool
Bhakiug hie radiant hair, a
He found hi lieu of vestment whits '
Wherewith hie form wss ent bedighfc
Deceit's apparel there.
“Alas!” he cried, "my gaih Msona
And this I never shall pat on,
Not I, let blush who mayl n
And thus it is the Lie, forsooth,
Goee robed right royally, while Truth
Is naked to this day.
—Gftorgs K. Camp, in Texas Siftings.
PITH AND POINT.
Kidnappers—Soothing syrups.
A lay-figure—The price of eggs.
Business is dull in New York now,hut
the chiropodist always hss something on
foot.—New Ter* News.
“I will appear in print to-morrow,”
said the young lady as she put the last
stitch in her calico frook.
“Truth is mighty, but doesn’t prevail
here,” is what a Philadelphia man has
tacked above his gas meter.—Philadelphia
Herald.
Of nil the labor agitations the most
severe is that observed in the tramp when
some one usks him to saw a few sticks of
wood.—Boston Post.
“Give us, O give us a man who singa
at his work,” says Carlyle. Oh, yes; give
him to us; deliver him into our hands.
Ho occupies the next office, and we can’t
get at him.—Boston Post.
Book Agent—“Now, then, here is
Bunysn'i Pilgrim’s Progress.” Aunt
Busan—“No, sar; I’se got two bunions
already, and dey’s never Dcen no help to
disyer Pilgrim’s Progress.”—L\fs.
IK BIS OLOBY.
Where'er he goes ths people bow,
And doff their bate with reverent sign;
And ladies say: Just see him now—
The famous pitcher of our nine I”
—Tid-Bits.
“Now, Mis3,” concluded a pompeu.
young Pittaburger, “Pro given you -
bird’s-eye view of the whole subjeet-
Hsve I not?” “You have,” was the bes
wildering response; “a gooee’s.”—Pittsss
burg Rambler.
No, Selina, this fishery quarrel be
tween the United States and Canada
isn’t a disputo as to whether it was a
Yunkoo or a Canuck that caught the big
gest cod. Some playful pelican has boea
imposing upon your credulity.—Somer
ville Journal.
Young Genius (who has had the talk
to himself, and, as usual, about himself)
—"Well, good-bye, dear Mrs. Meltham.
It always does me good to oome and sea
youl I had such a headache when I
came, and now I’ve quite lost it.” Mrs.
Meltham—“Oh, it’s not lost. Fvegot
it.’’—Puruh.
OUB MUTING,
Her eye* met mine
Nor turned away in fear,
' i their depths so ola
I could aellna
As in their <
A minute image of my vary self.
And yet 1 know
She had no thought of me,
For she was wax, you see,
A form to show
New styles of bonnets on a wiadow shelf.
—New Havoa Ninos.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
THE STORM IN NEBRASKA.
A Church Blown Dawn and Hevernl Peo
ple Killed.
Dispatches from Minden, Kearney
county, Neb., say: Monday’s storm in
this county was very severe. There was
a heavy rain storm. The wind blew
down a Danish church, three miles south
of Fredericksburg, nnd killed an old lady,
Mrs. Ncls Monk. Three miles south of
Minden the lightning struck a house,
killing Rasmus Dillctson, a German far
mer, his son, aged seventeen years, nnd
a daughter of fourteen years, instantly,
and severely injured another child.
TWO WAD ACCIDENT*.
Amos Clurk. a well known young man
living in Dade county, Ga., Saturday
evening playfully pointed his gun at hi*
ten-year-old brother. The weapon was
discharged, killing the little fellow in
stantly. *
Dave Parks and Granville wells, two
well-knoiyn painters, were thrown from
a swinging scaffold Saturday in Chatta
nooga, Twin., by the rope breaking, nnd
Parks received internal injuries which
caused his death. Wells was so badly
injured that he will be crippled for life.
llll.T.ltn by lightning.
During a storm which passed over ths
Clovis ranch, twenty miles south of Pans,
Texas, a house in which four women
were sleeping, was struck by lightning,
on Wednesday, and all were instantly
killed.
Much danger makes groat heart* reso
lute.
When all else ia lost, the futon re
mains.
’Tis on ill thing to be ashamed ot one’s
poverty.
Truth is aa impossible to bo soiled bj
any outward touen aa thp sunbeam.
You cannot dream yourself into a
character; you must hammer and forge
yourself into one.
The love of singularity proceeds from
a restless mind, possessing some por
tion of genius aud a large portion of
Ysnity.
There can be no study without time;
and the mind must abide and dwell upon
things, or be always a stranger to the in
side of them.
He that procures his child a good
mind makes a better purchase for him
than if he laid out the money for an ad
dition to his former acres.
There is no American boy, however
poor, however humble, orphan though
he may be, who, if he has a clear head, a
true heart, a stout arm, may not rise
through all the grades of society, and be
come the crown, tho glory, the pillar of
the State.
Sorrow is not an accident, occurring
now and then—it is the very woof which
is woven into the warp of life,and he who
has not discerned the divine sacredness
of sorrow, and the profound meaning
which is concealed in pain, has yet to
learn what life is. The cross, manifested
as the necessity of the highest life, alone
interprets it.
Dear Bought Knowledge.
This is the size of a strawberry box,
Supposed to hold a quart;
But by looking at the picture just below,
You will see why it will fall “short."
The ^roceiymen now will have to say
A deaf man could see that we’ve got ’em;
In fact are right on to their little game—
' That dotted line is the bottom.
—Detroit Free Press.
Norway spends about $100,000 a yea;
in fighting leprosy. There are a number
of asylums for patients. Borne live for f
thirty or forty years after admission aud
reach on advanced age-
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