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THE MERCURY.
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VOLUME VII
THE MERCURY.
City of Danderarllle
Mayor,
J, N. Gilmore,
Aldermen.
W. Ri Thigpen,
B E. Houghton,
J. B Roberts,
Ai M. Mayo.
SL O, Land.
• Clerk.
C. 0. Brown.
Treasurer
J. A. Irwin.
Marshal.
J. E. Weddon,
BY THE STORM.
X2YPIANOLA, TEXAS, COMPLETE•
LY SUBMERGED.
A. C. WRIGHT,
Iattorney at law,
105 Bay St., Savannah, Ga.
■will practice in ali. the courtb.
-Is, LANGMADE,
lTTORNEYAT law,
SANDERSVILLE, Ga.
B. D. Evani, Jn
EVANS 4 EVANS,
.TTORNEYS AT LAW
SANDERVILLE, GA.
fhTsaffold,
kTTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Will practico in all the Courts of the
diiiillo Circuit and in the counties
lirrouuding Washington. Special at-
pntion given to commercial law.
K. Himes, 0. It. IlooEna.
HINES & ROGERS,
QUICK RETRIBUTION.
it FLEEING BURGLAR KILLS HIS
PURSUER.
ANARCHISTS C0N1ICTED.
THE NEWS IN GENERAL
SEVEN TO HANG AND OND DOR
THE PENITENTIARY.
HAPPENINGS OT INTEREST
FROM ALL POINTS.
SVILLE, GA.
practice in lhu counties of Washington,
^ITcrscin, Johnston, Emanuel and Wilkinson,
Id in tlio U. 8. Courts for the HoiUlit-rii Dis-
■ct of Georgia
1 Will act an agonts tn buying, selling or rent-
|g Heal Eilnto.
loflico mi West aide of Public Square.
Irtll-tf
W, H. WHITAKER,
DENTIST,
|SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
TERMS CASH.
’ Ortlce at his rcaiilonoe, on Harris street.
Apr20-’80
H. S. HOLUFIELD,
Ibysician & Surgeon,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
I O'!': ce nest door to Mrs. Bayne's Millinory
pre, on Harris street.
HUY YOLK
-FROM
| (None genuine without our trado mark.)
ON HAND AND FOR SALE
[ECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc.
atches, Clocks
—TtAK!)
JEWELRY
Terrible Destitution Among tbe Whites
and Negroes—.tinny Houses Washrd
Away and Many Lives Lost.
• From Indianola comes Bad news
about the storm whiclt occurcd on Satur
day. During the height of the storm
the signal, ofhcc was blown down, carry
ing with it Captain I. A. Reed, signal
oiheer, and Dr. II. Rosoncrans, both oi
whom were lost. The fire broke out
nmong the ruinR, which extended fot
blocks on both sides of the street, des
troying thirteen houses, nmong which
were D. II. Rcgnu’s largo dry goods
store and Dr. Bonds's extensive druges-
tnblhlimcnt. Dr. Lewis was in the
building ut the time ii took fire, lie cs-
i upid being burned to death, but was
Hibscquently drowned, his body being
found yesterday. So far ns can bo learned
the following is a complete list of the
lives of the white people lost:
Captain I. A. Reed, signnl officer.
Dr. (hooker, Dr. II. Hosencrans, of
Elgin, Ills.; formorly resident of Indi
nnoln.
Mrs. Hodges nnd two children, of Dr,
Hodges’ family, of Cucro.
Mrs. Henry Sheppard.
Mrs. Crookcr.
Two children of MrseMax Luther, of
Corpus Christi.
Dr. Damslicnds,
A German, unknown.
Beside the above, the bodies of ten
colored persons have been found. The
body of Dr. Crooker, the twenty-second
victim, was found Monday". Four
miles of tho track is washed away,
rendering it impossible for trains to
approach Indianola. Thcro is much
destitution there among the poor classes,
who lmvc lost everything they possessed.
Tho depth of tho water is reported as
great as it was during the grent storm of
1875, when Indianola lost nearly two
hundred of her citizens, who wero swept
awny. Friday tho flood of water over
the doomod town was so rapid that with
in two hours after tho first npprehensions
wero felt every Htrcct wns submerged
many feet.
The lower end of the peninsula is com
pletely washed away. Tho storm came
in the shape of a hurricano. Tho wnters
of the gull rose up and in three hours the
whole peninsula on which ludinnoln is
situated was under ten feet of water.
Tho total loss, ns far as now known, to
Texas from tho gulf storm, is as follows:
Ilumnn lives lost, 38; loss to crops, $1,-
000,000; lose to city«and town property,
|3,400,000; loss to shipping and harbor
improvements, $000,000.
Tins LOSS IN BAN ANTONIO.
The damage to this city by tho terrific
cyclone of Friday is estimated at $2,500,-
000. No loss of life lins been reported,
and tho work of reparation is nlrcady in
progress. From the surrounding country
come reports that tho cotton crop was
seriously injured. . The plant was broken
down and tho stuplo boaten out by tho
rain nnd blown away. Passengers on tho
Arnnzua Pass railway, from Bevillc to
Florcsville, report great ravages by the
storm at both points. At Bovillc many
houses in the courso of construction were
demolished and old ones were unroofed
or otherwise injured. Two churches at
Florcsville wore completely ruined, while
several stores and dwellings were dam
aged soriously. An aged couple, in at
tempting to cross a swollen stream in a
wagon, a quarter of a mile from Florcs-
ville, jvore swept down tho stream, and
the woman was drowned.
Diptarrl and Unngrd Within Two Hoars
, After Ills Victim's Death.
A terrible tragedy was enacted the other
morning at Huron, Ind., a quiet llttlo ham
let of two hundrod inhabitants, on tho Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad. Hosidents of the
place wore startled about ono o’clock in the
morning by crios for' help. Dr. W. C. But
ler’s wife heard tho crios and awoko her hus
band, who immediately went to tho rescue.
He was soon joined by others, who, on ar
riving near tho point from which tho orles
camo, perceived two men struggling, but
failed to rocognizo either.
As they approached ono man drew a knife
and plungo.l it Into tho other, after which he
fled, Tho crowd passed tho fallon man and
pursuo 1 tho murderer. Alter a short race,
and bring sovornl shots, ho was brought to
bay in the grass near tho railroad culvert.
Returning to whoro the fallon man lay they
discovered it was Mr. John T. Davis, a
highly respoctablo citizen, nnd agont of
the Ohio and Mississippi Itnilroad
at Huron. Ho was then without the
E iwor of spooch. Tlioro wns a cut about four
ehes long in tho musclo of the right arm,
which had soverod the main artery; a cut iu
the neck under the law, and n bruise on tho
forchoad as if lie hat been struck by a rock.
Dr. Hutlor endeavored to savo his lifo, but
Scenes Inside and Ontaldn the Csnrt Hoses
—What the Zeltnna ears af thn Ver
dict—To Appeal the Decision
EASTERN AND MIDDLE STATES.
As o.on vr- n . ... . A Wall boat containing five Swede* up-
At 9.20 Mrs. Parsons entered the court K t tn Earltsu Hay, opposite Perth Amboy,
room with her reticule, accompanied by N. J. Three of the .Swedes—a man and
a woman who has attended her through- two women—were drowned,
out the trial. She was given a seat he- A nn* in New York tha other night de
tween two policemen, nnd with two po- th# P 1 *^ of th , 8 Bru # sh
I • * Company, causing a loss of about $130,000.
immediately in her rear. [ Twelve hundred lights went out, and part of
Whether this precaution was to guard j the city was in darkness,
against any extraordinary exploit m the
court room or not, of course, is not
known^ but the seat accorded the female
anarchist was deemed significant.
Tho court was called to order at 9:54.
The prisoners were not observable to the
eyes of but very few in the court room.
They presented about tho usual appear
ance, though SpicB and Fischer looked
deathly pale. The jury arrived 9:55.
There was nn impressive silence as they
filed in. When tho jury appeared, Judge
Gary enjoined nbsoluto si'cnce. There
was a whispered consultation between
the judgo and clerk, when the verdict
was read as follows:
We the jury, find the defendants, Au
gust Bpics, Michael 8chwab, Samuel
Ficldcn, Albert R. Parsons, Adolph
Tn* body of the sevon-year-oRI Freeman
uoy, alleged to be one of the victims poisoned '
by Mrs. Robinson, of Somerville, Masa, haa
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Wanted Spectacles or Tonga—A
Scene in Court—Selling the Farm
—A Solitary Horaeman — He
Had Out-Traveled Him.
he had passed boyoud human aid, having I 1 isclicr, George Engle and Louis Lingg
bled to (loath. Mrs. Carrie King was tho guilty of murder as charged in tho indict
ment nnd fix the penalty at death.
We find tho defendant Oscar W. Necbe
guilty of murder in tho manner and form
us charged in the indictment, and fix the
penalty at imprisonment in the peniten
tiary for fifteen years.
Captain_BIack asked that tho jury be
pollea.
voices.
Tho jurymen answered with firm
first person to roach tho victim, and his lost
words wero: “Carrie, I am dylug. That man
murdored me.”
After securing tho murderer tho crowd
brought him hack to whoro his victim lay
and asked him if ho had killed thnt man. Ho
answered "No.” Tho shirt sloovo from tho
loft arm of the murderer was missing and
parties wont out to search for it. They wero
successful, and it was soakod in blood.
After finding lie would bo captured he had
torn it off and cast it away. They also
found Mr. Davis’s clothes in tho stock pen,
with his gold watch in tho vost pocket.
James Btrungo, Constable of Spice Valley
township, Lnwronee county, arrived on tho
•ceno and took charge of tho prisonor. When
searching him they found a (luo burglar saw,
spectacles and cases, two combs, a pair of
rubber shoos, a ensoknifo withost any stains
of blood, a brick mason’s hammer and some w.u,, uu„ uj
other articles. It was lenruod that ho had , ment, the motion could bo argued at the
A MOTION FOn NEW TRIAL.
Captain Black said ho would desire to
mako a motion for a now trial.
State’s Attorney Grinncll said it would
bo impossible to dispose of tho motion
during tho present term, but by agree-
boon lingering around tho depot nnd hud
asked several suspicious questions.
When Mrs. Davis heard of tho arrest *tho
desired that slio might soo tho man. Ho was
taken to tho residence, nnd she said:
“Wicked wretchl you nro tho man who
klllod my husbnuill” Slio then said: “That
man entered our bodroom, which is in tho
part of tho house facing tho street on tho
first fioor, through tho front door. Ho tried
MINNEAPOLIS’ EXPOSITION.
RKPAIBED BT
iERNIG-AIT.
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September term. This was agreed to by
tho dofenso. Tho court let the motion
bo entered and continued until next term.
Tho defendants were taken back to jail.
Tho court then arose and addressed the
jury as follows:
Gentlemen of the jury: You have
finished this long and very arduous trial,
which has required n very considerable
sacrifice of timo and some hardships. I
hope that everything hns been done thnt
could possibly be done to make these
1 sacrifices and hardships as mild as might
,------- - .. . . . ! bo permitted. It does not become me to
1 ho prisoner’s shoes wero found in front of 1 nnvthimr in rpirard to thn oarc that
tho Davis House, nnd he acknowledged that sn y n »y tnin g »> regard to me case that
thoy wore his. He was thon taken back to you^hnvc tried or the verdict ^oil have
bean exhumsd anti examined by chemical ex
perts, Signs of poison ware discovered.
Mayor Grace,of New York, has removed
Rollln M. Squire from the position of Com
missioner of Fublio Works, subject to tho ap
proval of Governor llilL
Developments in the case of Gray, the
defaulting Treasurer of two Boston mill cor
porations, show that ho squandered tho
stolon money, together with ills wi'e’s for
tune, on tho support of a floet of yachts.
Delaware Democrats at tholr State Con
vention in Wilmington nominated ex-Con-
grotsman B. T. Higgs, a wealthy farmer
and peach grower, for Governor, and John
B. Pennington, a lawyer, for Congress.
Tns lifeless body of Gray, the defaulting
Boston Treasurer, was found on tho 18th in
tba woods at Milton, Mass. Ho had driven
into tbo woods and then shot himself. Ex
amination of tho books of the two corpora
tions dlsclosos a deficit of about (000,000,
The Pennsylvania Demooratio Slate Con
vention, held in Harrisburg, nominated
Cbauncey E. Black for Governor on tho
first ballot, he receiving 108 vot-w to 189 for
Ex-Senator Wallace, twelve for McCormick,
and ouo for Dnchert. The ticket was com
pleted by the nomination of Robert B. Rick-
otts for Lieutenant-Governor, Maxwell Ste-
vonson for Cougrossmnn-at-Largo, J. 8.
Africa for Secretary of Internal Affairs, and
W. J. Brennan for Auditor-General. The
platform endorses’ Cleveland’s administra
tion; favors a just and fair revision of tho
revenue laws, nnd expresses sympathy with
the cause of labor.
Part of a train wont through a bridgo
near Hrnttleboro, Vt., falling into tho rivor
sixty feet below. Two railroad ornnloyes
wero klllod, a third was probably fatally in
jured, and live or six other persons wore
badly hurt.
Treasurer Samuel G. Snellino, of the
Lowell Bleachory, has been arrested in Boston
charged with a defalcation of $10,000.
The Grant Monument Association hns re
ceived eleven models of design for the dead
General’s monument. The estimate of the
sculptors rouge from $50,000 to $00,000.
Judge Peters once observed that undis
tinguished Maino lawyer, who prided
himself on his good eyes, held a paper
which he wns reading at arms’ length.
“I guess you’ll have to come to spec
tacles,” remnrkcd the judge.
“Oh, ml I can see well enough,” re
plied tiP learned counsel, porststcntly
reading along with the document nearly
three loot from his nose, w-
“'Well, ’8 |Uire,’t*-retortfl® Judge
Peters, “yon will have to get either a
pair uf glasses ora pair of tongs, soon.”—
Lewiston (J/e.) Journal.
Heono in Court.
Tho Into Judge Des Barres of the Su
premo Court of Nova Beotia was not
much given to joking.
lie was a big man, of slow and delib
erate manner, nnd always on the bench
woro a deep ba«s voice.
On ono occasion, however, in the an
cient Town of Sydney, C. B., ho caused
a smile. The pr. thonotary was swear
ing in a jury in n in e to be tried, and
thcro seemed to be a hitch.
Thn judge, who was rendy to begin,
asked what was the matter.
l’rothonotary—“IIo won't be sworn,
my lord.”
Juryman—“Pin no wool, ma lnrd.”
Judge—“What ails you?"
Juryman—“I'vo got ta each, malard.”
Judge (in very low tones)—“Scratch
him olf, Mr. Prothonotnry."—Free Press.
to socuro tire money under my pillow anil
awakened me. 1 was too frightened to cry
out; yet, seeing mo awake, lie took Mr.
Davis 8 trousers and vast from tho foot of tbo
bed and fiod. I awoke Mr. Davis, who im
mediately started In pursuit of him. That is
the last time I saw him nlivo.”
whore tho victim lay, when a )xirty of six or
eight masked men appenro i ami took him in
charge without any resistance. They took
him to a walnut tree at tho oast side of
Crim’s store on Main street. When asked
what bis mu no was ho said William Dunn,
of Ciuciunati, Ohio, nnd that hu was fifty-
four years old. He wns asked if ho hml any
thing else to Bay aud answered “No.” A
rope wns qulokly thrown ovor a limb and
tho inurdorer was swung iuto mid nir at 3
o’clock.
The body wns cut down nnd a Coronor’s in
quest hold. The verdict read: "Came to
nis (loath by tbo bands of jiartios unknown.”
Ho was placed in a rude imitation rosowood
coffin and tbo remnins wero b.iriod iu a Hold.
While returning from tbo scene on tho pas
senger train L. P. Stophons, son of tho Coun
ty Clerk, anil O. P. Pierce, both of this place,
became involved iu a quarrel. Stephens
struck Pierce with a pair of brass knucklos,
and I’lorco drew a knife, stabbing Stephens
in the side aud abdomen, inflicting fatal
wounds.
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sonable Prices.
Mrs. Cleveland Sets tho Machinery In Mo
tion.
Tho industrial exposition opened here
on Monday nt Minneapolis, Minn., amid
great enthusiasm. A procession was
made up of officers of tlio exposition
six alters of the occasion, municipal offi
cials of the twin cities, Brigadier General
Huger and stall from Fort Snelling, nnd
ut I ici military, judicial nnd political dig
nitaries, nnd marched through tbe prin
cipal streets, which were handsomely
decorated. Business houses were closed,
and the general interest evinced on the
occasion wns only paralleled by Villnrh
day in 1883. The exercises at the build
ing were opened with a governor's salute
of seventeen guns. The music was fur-
furnished by a Mexican band of fifty
pieces, a military band from Fort Snell-
ing and a local orchestra. Prayer was
offered by Bishop Ireland, after which
tho mayor tendered the hospitality of the
city to visitors and guests of the exposi-
tian.
Hon. W. D. Washburn, president,
rend a tcleg ram to President Cleveland,
stating that the board of directors of the
exposition, now ready to open, desired
Mrs. Cleveland to set the machinery in
motion. Ex-Governor C. K. Davis,
then delivered an oration. At the con
clusion of the address, telegraphic con
nection was made between the building
and tho Minneapolis office of the West
ern Union, then throughout Chicago,
Cleveland and New York city with upper
Barranac lake and at 4:80, responding to
the pressure of the lady’s finger, many
hundred miles away, the machinery sud
denly awoko into life, the great steam
whistle blew deafingly, everybody
heered and the exposition was opened.
SUICIDE, of an artist.
Editor t'nttlos Rclonsed by the Mexican
Government.
At 11.80 on Monday morning, Cutting
wns taken once more boforo Judge Cas-
tenda’s court, when tho official minutes
of the Chihuahua supreme court, which
hail arrived this morning, wero read
to him, which recited tho decree, releas
ing him from further custody. The de
rision of court is based entirely upon the
fact that Medina, tho offended party, had
waived his right to civil suit for dam
ages, the court holding that this ended
proceedings of state. When released by
the court, Cutting replied:
“As long as I nin not further detained
a prisoner, I accept liberty, and I request
thnt a copy of the decree, of tho supreme
court he given me for my future use.”
This the court consented to do, in
Spanish. Judge Cnstenada sent a copy
of the decree to Jefe Politico, who sent
hack word that he, in person, would give
Cutting his liberty, accompanied with
some wholesome ndvice.
Cutting said: “Well, I can’t under
stand what all this has to do with my
card in the El Paso Herald, for which I
was solely arrested, for four week incar
cerated, nnd wns being tried at the timo
my government made a demand for my
immediate release.”
It is said on the other side of tho river
that the Mexican constitution, prohibit
ing the residence of agitators and other
dangerous characters in the republic, will
be enforced against Cutting.
THE RASURES CASE.
S'EDDINQ cards,
\VISITING CARDS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
„ BALL CARDS
fOSTERS,
HANDBILLS,
PROGRAMMES,
STATEMENTS,
pETTER HEADINGS,
dodgers,
PAMPHLETS,
ETO,. ETO.. ETO
A Waldo Guest, of Baltimore, an ar
tist entered a saloon on Baltimore street
and’ after taking a drink, sat down. Rut
?n a’few minutes fell to the floor. He
s taken to the hospital, where ho
, . bis nocket asked that
died A note in liis pocket
l is death might be telegraphed to his
father Albert Guest, Dexter, Mich., and
father, aiuc . t ken laudanum
u,, ' a
with suicidal lULcuf. ~ . tnrougn ner to tne protecuui
in' Chicago, and has o late be^ “uch , , Jnitc | States . f sbai/ put in a
depressed because of his wi P ; i^ioo,000 damages in the nan
deprosse
ate habits.
An Inveatlffntlnn Shows It to Ilnve Been
a Brntal Murder of an American Citizen.
Colonol John A. Baker, a prominent
lawyer, writes Colonel II. II. Bee, ol
Austin, Texas, saying he lias been inves
tigating in Mexico and Eagle Pass the
Rasures murder by request of the motliei
and widow of the unfortunate man. Offi
cial search was made for charges against
Rasures and none could be found. Be
fore he was shot his murderer said:
“This is tho same spot where you ar
rested and disarmed them," alluding to
the Mexicans; “do you remember it?”
I don’t think, however, this changes the
question, as ho was kidnapped, and de
manded a trial as a citizen of Texas, nnd
ns such entitled to her protection, aud
through her to the protection of the
claim for
name of the
widow and heirs of the murdered Raa-
ures.
Governor Ireland authorized the fol-
rendered, but men compulsorily serving
ns jurors, as you havo done, deserves some
recognition of tho service you havo per
formed beside tho meagre compensation
you have received.
The foreman of the jury said:
The jury have deputed to meet
only tho agreeable duty that it is oui
province to perform, and that is to thank
the court and counsel for the defense nnd
the prosecution for your kindly care to
make us as comfortable as possible dur
ing our confinement. We thank you.
Tho court responded very briefly.
The prisoners had filed out during
this interim under the guidance of bnlitls.
Mrs. Schwab, wife of ono of tho pris
oners fainted when she heard tho verdict.
Tho Arbciter-Zeitung says of the ver
dict in the anarchist case: “The news
which is conveyed in the above head
lines was communicated by Mr. Osborn,
foreman of tho jury, to Judge Gary.
‘Spotters ’ which mingled among the
crowd, in the street, broke into a hurrah
when tho announcement was made, hut
the judge becamo quite palo. Not oven
he himself had expected it. Mr. Grin-
nell awaited it openly—presumably he
had his reasons for so doing. Marshal
Field and men of liis stripe have much—
unlimited money. What do people say
to verdict? It considers it impossible.
We also could not believe the first news
till it wns confirmed Inter.
Cnptnin Black at once moved for a new
trial. Mr. Grinnell did not object, and
Judge Gary will hear the motion at the
September term. Should lie refuse it,
then there remains nothing but appeal.
Wo are ourselves too much excited ti
sny more to-day.”
The excitement of tho crowd in front
; of the court house was something intense
while the verdict was being awaited.
There \\: s none of tho joking nnd laugh
ing that is heard on any other occasion
that brings the mob to a stand without
those dreary walls—the execution of a
convicted criminal. Each man seemed to
be holding his breath. Such conversa
tions ns wero held were in n low tone and
related solely to one topic, probably the
conviction of the eight prisoners who
were waiting for the hour which was to
mean life or death to them. There was a
j cordon of police stretched along the side
walk in front of the outer stairs of the
building, A dozen blue coats mingled
with the crowds, and more stood guard
over the little gate in the alley that loads
to the jail yard. Detectives and police
men in citizens’ clothes were every where
to he seen. There was also a regular
guard at the street entrance of the build
ing, and a deputy sheriff and two officers
were stationed on the iron stairway lead
ing to tho court room.
When the verdict was announced tc
the waiting people outside, cheer aftci
cheer went up and continued for some
time.
SOUTH AND WEST.
Tub Geddes and Bertrand mining mill, In
Bocret Canon, Nov., has boon destroyed by
lire; loss, $200,000.
Fifteen thousand pooplo witnessed, at An
napolis, Md., tho unveiling of the statue
erected in honor of Baron De Kalb, the Ger
man soldier who fought on the side of lib
erty during tho Revolutionary War. Gov
ernor Lloyd and staff were present, and S*o-
retary Bayard made a speech.
Three ranchmen were killed and two
weunded in a desperate fight with Indians
In Arizona.
The whole country north of tho Missouri
River in the vicinity of Fort Benton, Mon
tana, has been burned over by great prairie
fires. Immense damage has been inflicted.
Four persons were killed and one fatally
injured by a storm at Newark. Dakota. Mrs.
Culver was frightened to death the same day
by a storm at Chicago.
Stbikino switchmen at Chicago have at
tempted to wreck several passenger and
freight trains. A train of seven cars filled
with passongers narrowly escaped disaster.
General Arthur M. Manioault, a vet-
em of the Mexican war nnd an ex-Confeder-
•te officer, died a few days ago on South
Island, S. O.
The Democrats of Ohio have nominated a
full State ticket headod by John McBride,
and adopted a platform whi
platform
oh "cordially
adopted i
J dorses the administration of President
teveland.”
State Conventions of the Michigan Dem-
prata and the Greenbackers have been held
(multaneousiyat Grand Rapids, and a fusion
effected, the latter naming candidates for
Governor, Treasurer, Commissioner of the
Land Office and Superintendent of Public In
struction, and the former naming the rest of
the ticket.
The Irish American Land League Conven
tion, the members af which are Parnell's
American allies in the effort to obtain home
rule for Ireland, opened at Chicago on th*
18th with an immense attendance. John
Davitt and Mrs. Parnell were presont.
’ The steamer St Paul, which has arrived
At San Francisco from Oonalaska, Alaska,
brings news of the seizure of three British
Khooners by tbe United States revenue cut-
isr Corwin for violation of the seal fishing
laws in Behring’s Sea.
Parnell’s peaco policy was sustained at
the second day’s meeting of the Irish-Ameri
can Land League Convention in Chicago.
This result was duo to the efforts of Michasl
Davitt and the other foreign delegates. Reso
lutions warmly endorsing Parnell’s policy
were adopted. John Fitzgerald, of Nebras
ka. was elected President, receiving 703
votes to 244 for Hugh McCaffrey, of Penn-
3 ’Ivania. The latter was unanimously
ected Vice-President. The financial state
ment showed that in the past two years
$320,282.57 had been collected, of which only
$5,000 were still in the hands of the Treas
urer.
A Solitary Horseman
Captain Nigglcaworth, who is a candi
date for the Legislature, stoppod nt tho
unpretentious nouso of old Sara Saber.
After supper, while tho candidate was sit
ting on the porch, smoking n cigar, Sa
ber’s little boy shyly approached.
“Come hero, iny son. Sit on my kneo.
Now you’re fixed. Do you goto school?''
“No, but mo an' Dick killed a water
moccasin vistidy."
“You did.”
“Ah, huh.”
“Were you not afraid he would bite
you?"
“IIo, ho couldn’t bite me. I could git
outcii his way an’ hit him with a rock."
“My little man, after awhile you can
tell the people thnt you sat on Captain
Niggles worth's kneo.”
“Ho, thnt nin't nothin’ ter tell. I sot
on my pap’s knee yistidy, an’ he’s big
ger’n you
“Yes, it would bo something to tell,
for I a-n going to tho Legislature.”
"I-’apsnys you ain't."
“Wiintf” putting tho boy down.
“Yes, when he seoil yer cornin’ ho
said, 'yonder comes that blamed fool
He thinks he’s goin’ to tho Legislatur’
but lio ain’t got sense enough to holler
when he’s dog bit. Thats what my pap
snid."
“Get away."
A few moments later, had tho night
not been so dark, a solitary horseman
might hnvo been seen riding along the
old military road. —Arkansaw Traveler,
Selling the Farm.
A young mnn near Estelline was re
ccntly negotiating to sell his farm, when
his father,an old settlor in the Territory
enme to him nnd snid:
“William, tryin’ to sell this land of
yourn?"
“Yes, father.”
“Eastern spoe'Iater?"
“I believe so."
“What are you tolling him?”
“Good land, big crops, well] watered
nnd all that kind of thing.”
“That’s very good, William, as fur as
it goes. Why not have the indications
of silver on the further corner?^
“It might he a good thing."
“What's the mutter with havin’seen
specks of gold in the crick?”
“Perhaps it would best.”
“Is’pose it never o’curred to you that
there wus signs of oil all over this hul
place?”
“Don’t believo it did.”
“Didn't think to tell him ’bout strikin’
coal when you dug yer well?”
“No.”
“Not a word concernin’ the water
power down on the stream or the splen
did buildin’ stun in thnt knoll?”
“N-o o, fnthor, I guess not.”
“Probably forgot to mention you wus
sellin 1 to get money to support apoorold
crippled mother?”
“I believo I did.”
“William, I’m afraid all the teaching
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Constitution.
A Queer Occupation.
A Journal reporter was out on the
river one night tnis week and missed tho
midnight car. Forced to walk home, he
stopped to talk with a police roundsman,
a it was 1 o’clock when ho resumed
his way. Just then a bull’s-eye lantern
was seen moving along tlio Woodward
avenuo car track, and soon two men wore
opposite the store In the portico of which
tho reporter and officer stood chatting.
What do you find this morning?"
asked tlio officer of tho man carrying the
bull’s-eye.
Dis vos not a worry .good morniny
was the answer; “youst a gouple of
liankorchief, von pair of glove, von gane
und two dollar. Maybe wo gets more,
but dots all now," aud the curious pro
cession tnovod on.
What are those fellows doing?”
queried tho reporter.
"Seeking what they may find. That’s
pnir of old regulars. Thoy nre on
deck every morning, good weather or
bnd. They liustlo along the street rail
ways and put everything of valuo they
can find into thnt hag thoy carry. That
is, they profess too; but once in a while
wo take the liberty of examining their
clothes and havo lilt upon a bracelet, a
watch, ring, charm or necklaco that tho
owner is very glad to have returned.
Thoy do a thriving business. Young
fellows thnt catch the last car nro often
three sheets in the wind, hilarious and
uufit to transact business with prudence.
Thoy drop money, a canc, ahnndkcrchief,
a pair of gloves, an umbrella, sometimes
a liat, and occasionally a watch when too
stupid to have any realization of what is
going on. Ladies from tho tlicntresdropa
shawl or other wrap, a bracelet^ nnd
frequently other articles of jowelry.Thcse
chaps make a elenn sweep of their route
and very often glean a good harvest. A
fair reward generally induces a return of
any valuable to its rightful owner, but
if that is not forthcoming t’..o rule that
finders nre keepers’ is entorced. There
nro a number of men and boys in tho city
that are in tho snmc business. A good
many stores aro swept out nt night, and
boforo dnylight these swoepings have
been gono through as carefully us if it
wore known there was a gold dollar in
every shovelful. Hag piles nro picked ovor,
and every gutter along tho business
streots is scanned with the same care.
All-night houses aud gambling resorts
are regarded as bonanzas nnd they are
looked after front and rear. Ail tho fel
lows in tho business seem to be doing
fairly well, and I nevor learned of but
two that attempted to load their bags
with anything they hadn't a right to
pick up.”—Detroit Journal.
er poor old father has give you hasn’t
’mounted ter much. Now you just crawl
Eliza Woods, a colored cook imprisoned I under ti e house and lay low anrl when
in the jail at Jackson. Tenn., on the charge | that ICastcrn man shows up this afternoon
THE BELFAST RIOTS.
failure of A dkygood*house.
n _ Goods House of Samuel ! lowing reply:
The l ftr 8 e , ^? o . t0n failed on Wednes- j “if he heirs or family
R. Payson, ’ estimated at Texas at the date of t
The Nnffiilratea Puzzled About the Verdict
Against the Policemen.
The magistrates of Belfast aro in a
quandary as to how to proceed in view
of the verdict of wilful murder found
against nine policemen. They are
charged with unnecessarily firing upon
citizens during the recent riots. The
policemen havo beon arrested and sent to
jail. They intend to apply to the court
of queen’s bench for permission to give
ithi
bail." Two mobs gathered to-day and
indulged in stone throwing, but were
soon dispersed. Affairs here have al
most resumed their normal condition,
were living in
! liabilities -— — murder, the _ ___
fiOO His financial difficulties were damages is proper, and the goveinor oi an( j no m ore serious rioting is feared
caused by th® defalcation of (reasurer Texas will nave no hesitation in indors- Military precautions have been relaxed^
William Gray. ing lt ’
of causing a white lady’s death by poison,
Was forcibly taken from confinement by a
mob and hanged. Arsenic had beon found
in the dead woman’s stomach.
Nebraska Prohibitionists have nominated
H. W. Hardy for Governor.
Four persons were killed in a tornado
which nearly destroyed th* Tillage of New
ark Dakota.
you jest keep yer cars open nnd find out
’bout the good p'ints of your own farm.
I’ll sling a few mines ’round promis’eus
like and you see ef 1 don’t down him for
an extra thousand.”—(Estelline (Dakota)
Bell.
WASHINGTON.
President Cleveland made the follow
ing appointments before he left for the Adi-
rondacks: John T. Doyle of New York, to
be Secretary of the Civil Service commission;
Henry A. Ehninger of New York, to be
United States Consul at Cienfuegos, vice
WmP. Pierce, suspended.
Acting-Surgeon General Stoner, of
the Marine Hospital, says that the United
States is in a very (good state of health at
present, and is entirely free from contagious
Siceaeet, except a few ca»es of yellow fever
now under treatment at the Ship Island
quarantine station, off the coast of Louisiana.
Foreign.
An aged and imbecile widow named leboli
Jiving in Paris, has met with a horrible
death. Her sons endeavored to obtain ad
mission for her in a madhouse but failed.
They did not want to support her, and so
they tied her to a stake, built a fire round
her, and burned her to death.
A strange calamity Is reported from Port
Stanley in the Falkland Islands. An im
mense peat bog, from which the laboring peo
ple cut their fuel, suddenly broke loose and
rushed upon the town, carrying away every
thing iu its course. Many boats and houses
were swept away, and two lives wero lost
Serious riots have occurred at Nagasaki,
Japan, between Chinese and Japanese. Five
Chinese were killed and 100 wounded.
Two more adventurous Alpine climbers—
Professor Migotti, of Poland, and an English
youth of fifteen—have just lost their live*.
He Had Out- Traveled Him
A traveler called late for breakfast at
a hotel kept by Dr. Thompson, of At
lanta, <!a., who was a celebrated joker.
The meal was hurriedly prepared and
Thompson, feeling that the feed was not
quite up to the mark, mado all sorts of
apologies all around the eater, who
worked on in silence, never raising his
head beyond the affirmative influence of
his fork or by an act acknowledging
even th% presence of mine host.
The sulky demeanor rather annoyed
the doctor, who, changing the range of
his battery, stuck his thumbs in his vest
arm-holes, expanded his chest by robbing
the room of half its air and said:
“Now mister, blame me if I hain’t
made all the apology necessary, an’ more
too, considering the breakfast and who
gets it; and now I tell you I have seen
dirtier, worse cooked, worse tasted,- worse
looking and a heap sight smaller break
lasts than this is several times.”
The weary hungry one meekly laid
down his knife and fork, swallowed the
bite in transit, placed the palms of his
hands together and modestly looking up
at the vexed and fuming landlord shot
him dead with the following words:
“Is—what—you—say—true?’’
“Yes, sir,” came with vindictive
promptness.
“Well, then, I’ll be shot, old man, ii
David Davis and the Scamp.
By ono of the Judge’s friends I am told
a story which has not appeared in print
yet, I beliuve. It is, I think, character
istic of him, and showed thnt ho was not
entiroly deficient in humor. A confidence
man, no doubt thinking that the bulky
form of tho justice would mako him nn
easy prey to his wiles, stepped up to him
in the Metropolitan Bank, ono day, while
Mr. Davis was depositing a largo amount
of money in bills. It was an attempt at
the old trick of dropping a bill, draw
ing the victim's attention to it in tho
hope of diverting his watchfulness
from the bigger pile of notes about to bo
deposited by him, and mako away with
them at the opportune moment. The
scamp dropped his ?5 noto on tho _ floor,
nudged tho Justice in tho side with his
elbow, and whDpored: “You’ve dropped
something.” “All right," quietly re
marked Mr. Davis, who knew n thing or
two about the gentry to which his offi
cious friend belonged; “I’ll take care of
it.” With that he planted his ponderous
foot and whole weight on tho note, while
ho handed in liis deposit. That done, ho
leisurely asked tho confidence man to
pick up tlio note for him. Tho latter
could not but grant the request. _ It was
witli a twinkle of liis eye that it disap
peared in Judgo Davis’s pocket to find
its way on tho following day into tlio
treasury of some charitable institution. -
New York Tribune.
Reign of English Parties.
The following shows the political rep
resentation to tlio British Parliament
sinco 1832, tho date of tho first reform
biil: - . ,
Number of
Party. members.
Liberals 4TO
Conservatives 179
Liberals. 385
Conservatives 27o
Liberals 349
Conservatives. 300
Liberals 989
Conservatives 388
Liberals ...329
Conservatives. 327
Liberals 323
Conservatives 331
Liberals 373
Conservatives 231
Liberals 347
Conservatives 307
Liberals 380
Conservatives 298
Liberals 382
Conservatives 2i8
Liberals 249
Conservatives. 352
Home-rulers. 61
Liberals 350
1880.. .. ■{ Conservatives 238
Homo-rulers ( >-t
Liberals 335
1885.. .. ■{ Conservatives 249
Home-rulers 60
Year.
1832.... ■
1835.. .. ■
1837.. .. -
1841.. ..
1847.. .. ■
1852.. ..
1857.. ..
1859.. .. ■
1865.. .. ■
1868.
•I:
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Duration of Lifo iu Animals.
The duration of life in various animals,
birds, fish, etc., is thus stated: Ele
phant, 100 years and upward; rhinoceros,
20; camel, 100; lion, 25 to 70; tigers,
leaparJs, jaguars aud hyenas (in confine
ment), about 25; beaver, 50; deer, 20;
wolf, 20; fox, 14 to 16; llamas, 15:
chumois, 25; monkeys and baboons, 10
to 18; hare, 8; squirrel, 7; rabbit, 7;
swine, 25; stag, under 50; horse, 30;
ass, 30; sheep, under 10; cow, 20; ox,
30; swans, parrots and ravens, 200;
eagle, 100; geese, 80; hens and pigeons,
10 to 10; hawks, 30 to 40; crane, 24;
blackbird, 10 to 12; peacock, 20; peli
can, 40 to 50; thrush, 8 to 10; wren, 2
to 3; nightingale, 15; blackcap, 15;
linnet, 14 to 23; fioldfinch, 20 to 24;
redbreast, 10 to 12; skylark, 10 to 30;
titlark, 5 to 0; chaffinch, 20 to 24; star
ling, 10 to 12; carp, 70 to 150; pike, 30
to 40; salmon, 16; codfish, 14 to 17; cel,
10; crocodile, 100; tortoise, 100 to 200;
whale, estimated, 1,000: queen bees live
100 to 200; drones, 4 months; worker
bses, 6 months.