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THE MERCURY. Entered as Second-class Matter at the Sandersvllle Post office April 27. 1SS0. ' Sandersville, Washington County, 6a. PUBLISHED BY A. J. JICRNTGAN, Proprietor and Publisher. Subscription: $1.00 Per Yew, THE MERCURY. A, JT. JXRNIGAN, Proprietor, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.50 Per Annul*. VOLUME VII. SANDERSVILLE, GA„ TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1886. NUMBER 13. 'City of Sandersvllle. Mayor. J. N. Gilmore, Aldermen. W. R Thioprn, 33. E. Houghton, *T. B. Roberts, . A. M. Mato. 8. G, Lako. Marshal. J. E. VVbbdoh, =T$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. HUY YOU It SPECTACLE! FROM JIEIELIsriGKAJSr. ‘ None genuine without our trade mark.) . ; ON HA \D A ND FOR SALE SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc, j Watches, Clocks AND JEWELRY 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- m