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THE MERCURY. Entered as Second-class Matter at the Sandcrsvllle Postoffice April 27, 1880. Sindersvllle, Washington County, 6a. PUBLI8HED BY A. J. JKRZSriGAN, Proprietor and Publisher. Subscription: $1.(0 Per Tear. City of Saaderarllle. Mayor. J, N. Gilmore, Aldermen, W. R Thigpen, B E. RoUOttTON, J. B Roberts, A. M. Mayo. S. G. Lako. Clerk. 0. 0. Brown. Treasurer J. A. In win. Marshal. J. E. Weldon, A. C. WRIGHT, attorney at law, 105 Bey St., Bereniteli, Ge. fflr*wir,l. PRACTICE IN ALL TIIE COURTS. E. S. LAMGHADE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE. Ge. iT rTltvim, b. D. Rvari.aIa EVANS a EVANS, ATTORNEYSAT LAW SANDERVILLE, GA. F. H. SAFFOLD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, 0A. Will practice in all the Courts of the Middle Circuit And in the countice ■urro Hiding Washington. Special at tention given to,commercial law. F. K. Hines. 0. 11. Honuni. HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, 8ANDER8VILLE, GA. 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AU Communications intended for Mia Paper must be accompanied by the full name of the writer—net necessarily for publication, but ae a guarantee of good faith. We are in no way responsible for the *<e«M or opinions of correspond- THE GREAT RAGE. THE MAYFLOWER WINS AMERICA CUP. THE OUR Prow-da lo Witness the Ureal Knrs-Great Kxrlirmenl at the KloUh-Majlower Two nillei Abends uniter waa one minute thirty seconds in the sloop's wake. With a twenty mile run before them, thcro was an excellent chance to test the Bpccd in a steady breeze. That a stern chase is a long one was never better illustrated than in that twenty mile run. For about twenty minutes the Galatea held her own with the sloop, but after that was practically out of the race, for tho Mayflower was leading her nnnrly a mile when half the distanco to the outer mark was covered. Steamboat captain* regarded past warn ings and kept well away. At 12:00 the outermark hove in night, and in half an hour the fleet of steamers numbering thirteen ii)' all, had gathered around it to await the ^achts. Tlio wind Imd fallen light and had canted a point to the westward. Down they came liko white-winged birds on wing. The Muy- llowcr’s balloon jib topsail came in at 1:41 DO. Four minutes later in came her spin naker, nnd at 1:58 she gtbbed to port and came for the mark close hauled on star board tack, luffing grandly around it a few moments Jatcr. The Galatea gibed at 1:52,80, having housed her spinnaker three minutes before. The time of round ing tho outer mark, with elapsed time, was: Mayflower, turn 1:55,5; elapsed • ime, 2:82,1^6. Galatea, turn, 2:10,20; elapsed time, 2:40,10. The eloop had huitcn the cutter 18:45. The Galatea made a very pretty picture ns she laid down to her souppers and be gan a chase to windward after the sloop Both had about all tha Tit* amiciiica’8 cup. It hns been decided upon which side of the Atlnntic the American cup shall stay, for at lead another yenr. It re sulted in n glorious victory for tho sloop Mayflower. When she finished, at Oh, 1 in,, 40s.,tho Galatea was nearly two miles astern. Tho course was twenty miles to the leeward and return from Scotland lightship. Tho race wns sailed In a breeze tnnt blow fresh from the north west for three hours. Then canting two points to tho westward it fell light, the Inst hour of tho contest being little bet ter than n rift. Tho Mayflower only had eight minutes and twenty seconds spsrc timo when she crossed the finish line, as tho time of limit of the race was seven hours. Tho Galatea was defeated on ev ery point of sailing by the Mayflower. In the run out to tho outer mark, with spinnakers set, she wns beaten thirteen minutes and forty-five seconds, and in tho windward work over half an hour. ’There is great rejoicing among yacht- men here, while tho Bostonians aro fairly wild with delight. 'The judges’ boat, Luckenboch, for tho third time left pier 8, East river; this time a half hour earlier than usual, tho committee, Messrs Chase and Robinson, being anxious to start the yachts early from Sandy Hook. By 8:45 tho Luck- cnbnck and Scandinavian had taken the Galatea and Mayflower in tow and were leaving Bay Ridge for the starting point. As they proceeded, tho breeze freshened, and there wns every indication of enough wind to furnish a fine day’s snort. Off ■Whistling buoy at 10:15 the Galatea was cast oil. Her crew soon made sail, while the Mayflower’s crew did the same, both setting club topsails. When the judges’ boat ran alongside the Galatea, Lloyd Phenix, representing the New York yacht club, told the regatta committee, that Lieutenant Henn was very sick in the cabin and thnt he wished the course to be made fifteen miles instead of twenty, so as to bo sure to finish within a reasonable time. In case it should calm, he wished the Luckenbach to tow tho cutter back, if the race woe not com pleted early, so he could see a doctor. Secretary Robinson said he would con sult with General Paine as to the length ! of the course. That gentleman (aid he would leave the matter in the hands of i the committee. They decided that tha ! course should be southeast twenty miles, nnd steaming back to the Galatea that course was given them. Captain Brad- j ford was sailing the'cutter. Beavoir- ! Webb looked after the sails, while Mrs. Henn peeped out of the companion way with an anxious look in her eyes, for her ' husband’s condition alarmed her. DEPARTMENT h supplied with &1I the requisites for doing all kinds of J’ob end Book work in Firat- Class Stylo. Prompty and at Rea sonable Trice*. WEDDING CARDS, VISITING CARDS, BUSINESS CARDS, BALL CARDS, POSTERS, HANDBILLS, PROGRAMMES, STATEMENTS, LETTER HEADINGS, DODGERS, PAMPHLETS, «m- ET0„ ETC BASE BALL BOTES. IN home runs Dally leads the Philadelphia * N,T#I W « ht H ” M ' Ch "‘* tonm, having scorod four of thorn so far this l *“****‘ year. j A rare sight, which, perhaps, may not Tint Chioagosliavoinadothirly-otghthomo be witnessed again for centuries, wns seen runs already this season nnd the Dotroita in the Read House, in Chattanooga, thirty-three Tcnn., on Tuegday night . Hon . Robt , rt Harry Wiucuit Bays that someth in# will T m ’ have to l>o done with the umpire question democratic nominee for gov- next season. | ernor, nnd his brother, Hon. A. A. lay- Tun Pittsburgs are making a great record. \ ^ nr > republican candidate for the same po- Tliev are playing bolter than oiiy of tho As- j sition, occupied the same room at tho sociation club*. j hotel. About 10 o’clock a crowd of ono Nine out of tho first dozen American hundred democrats nnd republicans called pitches** are youngsters who have developed on tlle gentlemen, and after a general Rl '. ’ vo £*° ' , | , 'hand-shaking two violins wero brought Now that the Southern l eague has dls- , , ,, " n„,u Air nC„ banded, tho crack pitchers of that organize- ,° the room. _ Both Bob and Alf Tn)- tion will bo in demand. j lor nrc fino musicians, and when tho mu- The standing in the Southern League at sical instruments were placed before them, tho close of play wasi Atlanta*, 01 won, 27 . each took a violin and played a number 1o*t; Snvnunabs, 53 won, 29 lost. of tunes together. It was certainly a Detroit ami New York outrank Chicago n0V cl sight—tho two brothers sitting < -“ sr . ■“•!?*►-•»a » <£•? --"'I Thr &mtk»rii I.,™, ,r, H, “ d tin «W1r. an toHk Ui.it dalldou rapidly taken into other clubs. There is a Strains of the ola familiar tunes, the auu- great demand tor pitchers and catchers. icncc of the distinguished brothers knew II Annin Richardson, of the Detroit*, has no bounds, and applauded vociferously, nine homo runs to tits credit, more than any The music was highly enjoyed l>y everv 1 enguo or Association player has made thin on „ Drogen * season, lie has twloo mailo two homo runs , u « lu a game. EARTHQUAKE IN OHIO. Ok the twolvo lending batsmen of the As sociation, Louisville hns two, Rt Louis three. 1 _ , Athletic two, Pittsburgh two, Cincinnati amt \ People living in. tho coal mining re- Motiwpolitau ono each, Brooklyn add Ball l- gions, embracing four towns anil quite u more have none. large range of country, in Akron,O., were of P", 1 ’, 1 *’ Leaguo ftwa ^ cned at four o’clock, Sunday inoni- thlid basemen in Holding. In forty games . , , ... ’ • • ho has made bat ton errors, having put out ing by a low rumbling noise, m * oinpu- sixtv an t assisted seventy timos-tanavorago nied by shocks of earthquake so distinct for Ihese games of 928. j that houses wore terribly shaken, and nr- TirERY will Ijo fow if any changes in tho tides on mantles wero thrown to tho Bt I^uls BYowns for 1887. The team that fi onr Several years ago tho earth set- won the championship in IBS), and will In nil , , t , probability win it again in lh*Ms quite good i tied several feet without apparcti t nui. , enough, Mr. VondorAhe sagely, coucludes, in this region, and the people arc badly to win itagain in 1887. • ' | frightened, fearing they will lie swallow Lynch, the Metropolitan^ ptt’her, has a ed-up. To make matters more nuplciis ' * ant a very large meteor Sunday morning passed over, snaking up a portion of tin- country, traveling close to tho onrth and shoot, or anything else. Jack says the way Blowing off heated particles everv few in which the Staten Island grounds aro laid f cc t,' Themeteorilluminatedthecomi- out prevents good pitibiug. try for a great distance, and Is supposed The International Lengue is certainly on- ( \ struck thn aarth near the ciistcrn titled to the consideration of the big leagues t0 “ av ,® ■* ru “ 100 l “° *“* 11 iVpoir nart of the city, and the shock in thnt list of the different modes of "pitching done bv every pitcher ho has ovor scon. By'one g lance ut uls list lie can tell whether a pitcher as a drop ball, a curve, an out shoot, 'an up in future legislation, as it has piovon itself >to tho * American Association. Every dub will live out tho season nnd will bs again iu the Hold next year. It gives employment to many good players nnd its business is conducted lu She Lest possible manner. Baserai.i. lmi boon introduced in Japan, and Is now rapidly becoming a popular out The J pnrt of the city, and the shock iu locality waa diitinctly felt Iran after the graat fireball passed, iwas one of special prayer by many people. PANIC IN A CHURCH. Sunday a great THE QALATEA. Captain Stone put the Mayflower about at 1:5fi, and stood to the northward. Webb sailed the Galatea. Captain Stone brought the eloop round again. She was a mile on the cutter’s weather beam. Two minutes before going about the sloop took in a club topsail. Both tho yachts went nbout at 4:20 aad stood to tho north. They were off Deal Beach now, tho wind growing lighter. The Mayflower was lucky to hold light sir under land, with Galatea almost becalmed twenty minutes. As the Mayflower slowly approached tho finish the excitement was intense on the steamer*. There woe no fear thnt the Mayflower would be defeated, but it was feared the limit of time would expire; nnd as all hope woe dying out, the breeze freshened and the eloop shot ncroes the finish lino, close hauled on port took, just ae the sun sank to rest, with but eight minutes to spare. The cheering sad whistling lasted fully ten minutes, the crew of the victorious sloop, waving end cheering themselves, until the yacht was long pust the finish. The Boston Herald tug, Henry Roussell,with Stebbins, artist, on board, towed the Muyflower to anchorage. The Gnlnteu finished thirty-one minutes and twelve seconds afterwards. As she came to anchor, the Mayflower’s crew gave her three rousing cheers, which the English men answered. The Galatea is defeated by twenty-nine minutes and forty-eight kcconds actual, and twenty-nine minutes ami nine seconds, corrected time. Fireworks were displayed on nil tho yachts at Bay Ridge. PERSONAL MENTIOH. THE MAYFLOWER. At 10:85 Messrs. Hyslop and Olsen, on board the Scandinavian, were given their couise and told to start as quickly as pos- tlble and log out twenty miles. She start ed from Scotland lightship at 10:40. The preparatory whistle was given thirty minutes later, when she was well down in the distance. As the race was to be dead before the wind and the yachts would carry all the light sails, the com mittee thought it best to give the tug a good start. A fleet of steam and sailing craft, nearly as large os that of Thursday, lind : by this time assembled near the starting point. When the start was given at 11:20, the ; Mayflower was in excellent position, square to the northwest of an imaginary line drawn between Scotland lightship and the Luckenbach, lying a cable’s length to the northward of it. Her spinnaker boom was down to the port, and thirty seconds after the signal the great sail blossomed out amid wild eheers j from thousands on the Grand Republic, j I With her main boom broad off to the i i standard, her pyramid o. f - snowy duck : gleaming in the sunlight and a smother | I of foam at her sides, the Boston beauty ; dashed across the line well in the lead. ; Tho cutter was full quarter of a minute j 1 t0 the westward when the whistle blew. | She came along with the wind abeam till she crossed the bow of the lightship close aboard, then squaring away, her spinnaker was sheeted out exactly on line, and the thixd d»v’s battle had begun. The offi cial time’of the start was: Mayflower, 11, i 22, iO; tbs Galatea, 11, 24, 10. The The wifo of Tresident Diaz, is not yet twenty-six years old. Mu. Ira I). Sankey, Mr. Moody’s musical associate, bos sailed for Europe. Some one accuses the Princess of Wales of enameling to preserve the beauty of hor face. It is said that Cornelius and William K. Vanderbilt get as many as 100 bogging letters every day. Geneiial BooTn, tho Commandor-in-Chief of the Salvation Army, is soon to sail for tiie United Ktatcs. The Czar has presented the Sultan of Turkey with a set of blue fox furs. They aro valued at ff5,0C0. Lieutenant Greely is now In better health than at any time since his return from Lady Franklin Bay. Minister B. S. Cox iB to sail for America on the 2d of October. It is soid ho will run for Congress again from aNew York district. Charles Townsend, of tks Smithsonian Institution is goiug to British Honduras to study the natural history of that country. Rev. Bam Jones claims as his greatest achievement the reclamation of a man who had traveled with a show for six years and played the calliope. SENATon Evarts is recovering Tepidly from the effects of his recent accident. lie sleeps well, eats light food and suffers little from his injured anklo. Alexander H. H. Stuart, who was one of President Fillmore’s Cabinet officers, is still in robust health and has been summer ing at Greenbrier Springs, Va. Gknbkal Sherman and Cyrus W. Fh Id were met by the Mayor and a large do?-uta- tion of citizens on their arrival at Winnipeg, British America, and were driven about the city in < arriages, winding up with a big ban quet in the evening. When Prince Karamoke, the heir to do mains on the Senega), now visiting Paris, visited the Ministry of Marine recently, h« was attired in a tunic ot green silk em broidered with gold and partly covered by a long white robe reaching to the ground. He had on rod leather boots and a turban ornamented with plates of silver. THE CHOLERA IN 1TAL. The cholera returns from Italy during the month of July are: Ravenna, 8 new cases, 5 deaths; Terre Dell Annunziata, 15 new cases, 0 deaths; elsewhere, 46 new cases, 18 deaths. Soveral cases have occurred in Naples nnd Genoa. The total number of oases in Italy since the outbreak, of the cholera is 45,000, and the total number of deaths H,QQ0. door sport. The Japs, however, liavo not got tho game down to quite such a 'scientific point as tho Americans. Borne time since n game wns played betweon a Japanese club and a team of American clerks, In which considerable amusement was afforded those who witnessed It by one of the Yankees run ning out of tho lino of baso and tho entire Jnpnncso nlno joining in hot pursuit nnd chasing him into n t ie- ' olil, wlvfb t'my tri umphantly i ut Ii in out. During the celebration of early inasB in Pilgrimngo church, in lladna, Transylva nia, Tuesday morning, a panic was caused by the accidental burning of the altar curtains, which were set on fire by can dles. Pcoplo rushed from the building, trampling the weak under foot, and num bers of the occupants of the galleries leaped down on tho heads of the crowd below. Several hundred persons were injured, many seriously. ' !• Later particulars from Radna show Mas. Lanothy and her dramatic company that fifteen persons were crushed to doath and thirty severely and ono hundred slightly injured during the panic in Pil grimage church, at Vienna. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. R1LIXF FOR CHARLESTON. Help from th* Graad Army of tha Repsblle. Ex-Governor Lucius Fairchild, of Wis consin, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Colonel E. B. Gray, arrived at Charleston, S. C., and spent the day examining the effects of the earthquake and consulting with the mayor ana the committee on relief. The object of Governor Fairchild’s visit is to see whether it is necessary to make an repeal to the Grand Armv of the Repub lic for assistance for Charleston. The situation has been fully explained to him. At a meeting of the relief committee of the chnmber of commerce, held in Now York on Monday, Treasurer John Crosby Brown reported that he had re ceived subscriptions to date amounting to (50,718, nnd he was authorized to send a further twenty thousands to the mayor of Charleston. Letters wero re ceived from the vicinity of Charleston asking for assistance, and they wero re ferred to the mayor of Chaileston for his consideration. Wm. E. Dodge, ehnir- mnn of tho committee, stated that he had received n letter from Mayor Courtonay, in which ho said that climatic and san itary reasons now compelled a return to such homes on were habitable. They could livo for n timo without plastering and with other discomforts, and tho people wero all cheerful and more calm, nnd added thnt the people of Charleston would hold as beyond price, through all time, their identification with the com mon Amorican citizenship, which came to thorn in their great trials. Strong to help, strong to lift up, Charleston would never forget all that had been done for her. Dr. Simonds, president of the First Nntionnl Bank of Charleston, suggested that n building association should bo formed to loan money at a low rato of interest to the people of Charleston for rebuilding the city, and the suggestion was referred to a committee for consider ation. Colonel Sinn, of the Park theater, Brooklyn, N. Y., states that the benefit performance given at his theater for the Charleston sufferers, realizod the very largo sum of (5,922. Of this sum the sales of tickets by the police brought in (928, while tho efforts of the firemen se cured (498. At Norfolk, Va., an envelope collec tion was made for the benefit of the Charleston earthquake sufferers. Ono thousand, ono hundred and forty-oight dollars and eighty-thres eents were real ized. The fund in Boston for the relief of tho Charleston sufferers amounts to (58,- 298. CONFESSES THE MTTRDRR. PROMISE AND PERFONMANCK "If I wars onlr rich I” she said, "I’d crown the golden days with deads That angels would rejoice to see; I’d scatter far and wide the seeds Of hope and cheer and charity; And they who fathered near my door, Athirst and hungry, sad and sore, Should solace find to roam no mors* ’Tis painful to bo poor," she said. “If I were only rich!” she said. Then, wedded to a nabob great, The world assumed a roseate hue; Enthroned a queen in high estate, No troublous thoughts her mo knew. Want staggered past her castle-gat*; The starving found a wretched fat*; (Her lap-dog supped off silver plat*) " ’Tis tiresome to bo rich I" she said. —Herbert Hall JYin*I*W, are to sail soon for America. A new play is 1mIn.; wrltton by Aloxaudre Dumas iu collaboration with Mollhnc. Miss Mary Anderronannounces that she will spoud tho autumn seusou traveling in Ireland. New York City pays $18,603 for free out door concerts in tho v arious parks this Bon- Bon, and Boston $:i,HOO. Wins Julia Wheeler, late loading Indy w.th Mile. Khea, has been engaged for a liko position with Lotta this season. The Pnn -e of Wales recently attended a th- atre in Hoinborg, and tho price of the sents near his on that occasion wore doubiod. It is said I hat Mr. Wilson Bn rett’s scenery nnd priqierties, which he will bring to tills country with him from London, will occupy a ship space of 2.‘>0 tons. Mi.i.k. Foiihtrom is auuouncel ns Man ager Mnplosou's prlinn donna for tils English AN EPIDEMIC IN GALENA. An epidemic prevails among the in habitants of Avaca, Iowa county, Wis., which has resulted fatally in many casus. The disease is of the nature of dysentery, ending, in cases of children, in spinul meningitis and death. Thus far it hns been confined to the limits of the village, nnd this necessitates the closing of schools and the abandonment of all pub lie meetings. The disease is similur to that which prevailed with such terribly fatal effect in Galena a few ye«rs ago, provincial season, wlth Hlg. Hunfia aiul Hig. nnd j„ Spring Green, Wi*., in 1884. Del 1 ueute as o;hsrs of his leading prineqmR Much alarm is f ' Bernhardt will play but fourteen weeks 1 in this country, and will repent none of her engagements, Rho will present "Fedora,” | "Adrienne,” "Frou-Frou," "Camille" aud "Lo Hphinx." Bartley Camphkll, tho dramatist, still continues to play billiards with Jce D:o:i at Bloo-ningdnle Insane Asylum, Now York City, and till ;s in oliorently about bis plays i felt. KATnitR MALTY. The Canadian government has forward ed to Secretary Bayard, through the Eng lish minister at Washington, a demand for the immediate and unconditional sur render of the sealing vessels recently seized oil the Alaska coast by United States vessels. Accompanying the demand is a full history of the case, with the text of the Mme. Patti recently entertained Henry treaty between England and Russia, as .Abbey, the American theatrical manager, at well as numerous citations. The docu- Rhe kept ths American ity. amt tal;s in oherently i uu-1 dramatic company. Ctnt Leo Tolstoi, the Russian novelist, hns just com pi toi n play which is based upon Kus-ian legends relating to the invention of brandy by the devil, llis Ratanic Majosty plays an important role in the drama. , sue AUil'l *1 her Wolsh castle, flag (lying ull day Sundn in honor of her .. . lv Sunday guest, who says that she lives in royal stylo and hns over sixty seivants to wait upon hor. A uniquh musical organization will lie hoard in Boston this winter in the star course. The Alpine Choir anil Tyrolo-o Compauy will make their first appoaraiu o in America anil present ono of thepccul ar and fascinating programmes that only tho poople of Switzerland can devise. ment covers over fifty pages of foolscap. THE MNAKE AND THE CHILI*. William R. Dodson and Robert Coch ran, Jr., killed on Star's mountain two huge rattlesnakes—one of which had ten rattles and the button. It was found near a chimney at a log cabin, and a two A TrunrMPP 31 ni» Acknowledge* the Mardei of Dlnyor llonmnn, Arthur Arthhuthurst, alias A. L. Pitt man, alius Charles Walker, alias Pnrsons, recently arrested nt Covington, Tcnn., hns confessed to tho sheriff of thai county of huving murdered the late Mayor Bowman, of East 8t. Louis, on the 20th day of last November. The sheriff hns sent the confession to the East St. Louis authorities, nnd it is in substance: "Thnt, while walking in the outskirts of Enst St. Louis, Arthhuthurst was ap proached by tho vice president of one of the riiilronds terminating in East St. Louis, with a proposition to put Bowman out of tho way. The offer was accepted and the price agreed to was (8,000. Arthhuthurst says it was not his inten tion to kill Bowmnn, but to kidnap him and lock him up in a private asylum, with which ho had made arrangements, and use him us a means of extorting money from both Bowmnn and his own employer. lie employed two Now York toughs to assist him. When they at tempted to carry out their kidnapping scheme Bowmnn raised an outcry for the police, and he (Arthhuthurst) shot him with tho intention to disable him, and was surprised to find that ho had killed Bowman. He then escaped, and was S aid the agreed prico on the street a short istance from wnero Bowman fell. He then went to his employer’s house, in St. Louis, nnd spent the remainder of the night. Early in the morning, disguised ns a woman, he took the fint train for Springfield, 111.” The confession then details his travels through the South, and his final arrival at Covington, Tcnn., and hia subsequent arrest. He states that he makes the con fession voluntarily, simply because of a He ki PITH AND_POINT. Simply stunning—A sluhgsliot. "Como to the scratch,” as tha cat said to tho lap-dog. Wheat doctors give n man up his chance for life has gone. When lawyers give one up his money is gone.—Picayune. Those men! "Think I’ll run down to Hastings for a change.” "Take tho mis sus?” "I said, ‘for a change.’”—Judy. Two btupid hunters shot a woman, mistaking her for a bear. A woman should nevor be mistaken for anything but a dear. Policeman—“You have been standing hero for a hour. Move on.” Absent- minded choBs-player—“Beg pardon, sir, it’s your movo."—Judge. Student in want of money sold hi* bqoks nnd wrote home: “Father, re joice ; for I now derive my support from literature."—Neu> York News. A philosophical young man said tha ho had madu a good match, for tho slightost domestic friction made his spouse “flare up."—Siftings. A little girl of two and a half years burned her finger for the first time the other day. She placed her finger on a hot potato, and suddenly d row it back, exclaiming. “Oh, der's a pin in it.”— Poston Courier. “Have you heard Miss Simpson sing since sho returned from Europor' "Sev eral times." "Do you think she has im proved?” “Very much." “In what particular?" "Sho doesn’t sing as much as sho used to.”—Musical Journal. They have some bright pupils in the Tyngsborough schools. At the exam ination tho other day a boy was asked: "What aro the warmth-producing foods?" Ills reply was: "Cayenne pepper and Jamnica ginger.—Lewiston (Me.) Jwrnal. Ho thinks him of the seaside, Tho surf, the glistening sand, Tho nymphs disporting in thorn. By ocean breezes fanned; He secs tho crested billows, Ho feels tho bracing air, And singles out some maiden, With fair nnd golden hair— Aud then the glowing vision, It leaves him like a flash. For ho grasps a yard of dry goods, Aud sadly calls out “cash?” guilty conscience. He knows his em- A comic opera will be produced in a fow yenr old child’not mom than a yard away I Payer's name, his place of residence, and ivocksatthe London Gaiety call xl-'Dorotliy,” ndmirinff its beauty. His snakeship wns i coula easily identify him if he should . v Mr. B. t. Stephenson and A'frod CjII or. . „ ft. I ever see him again. He refuses to de- 1 A feature of this production (wiiich will tie mounted under the enro of Mr. Charles Har ris) will be a chorus of tho oldest and irclii st women to bo found in London, who will bs employed ns n foil and contrast to the well- favored damsels of opera bouffe. NEWSY GLEANINGS. in nn erect position, th* young men say, nnd seemed to be admiring the child. The mother, who was standing near by, rescued the ohild as soon as possible. Omaha’s population is 80.000. There are 725,000more females than mnles in England. Apples aro falling from the trees from premature rot in Indiana. Astrologers are about to pick ont a wife for the Emperor of China. The Church of Rome lias declared itself positively against cremation. , White woodchucks have been seen the post summer in Reddiug township, Ind. Modoc County, Cal., has just paid a bounty on 20,000 rabbit scalps, amounting to $900. In n convict camp in Georgia there ore eighty-six negro convicts, of whom thirty- five are preachers. It is estimated that the proposed bridge across the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie will cost $10,000,000. The drought has caused a large redu tion in nearly all the field crops throughout the Dominion of Canada. Old, But Good. “Yor Honor,” said a visitor in ths Mayor’s offlee, “me name is Patrick Mur phy, aud I live in East Boston. The rain has come into me cellar an’ me chickens are drownin’.” “Ah, indeed!” said the polite Mayor. "The Fire Department will attend to your case.” "Mo name is Patrick Murphy, an’ 1 five in East Boston. Tho rain has como into mo cellar, an’ mo chickens are drownin’," repeated Patrick to the Fire Department. "You should see the Street Commis sioners, Mr. Murphy,” answered the Fire Department. Patrick repeated his case to the Street Commissioners, and after ward returned to the Mayor. “Yer Honor, me name is Patrick Mur phy, an’ I live in l ast Boston.” "Oh, yts,” said his Honor. "I remem ber you perfectly. Didn’t I tell you to j go to the Fire Department?” I did, yer Honor, an’ then I went to ngam. clare the vice president’s name, but promises to do so when the proper time shall arrive. THIRTEEN PERRONS KILLED. Tid-BUe. A serious accident occurred on the Nickel Plato railroad near Buffalo, N. Y. The west bound express train ran into an excursion train from Erie. Twelve per sons nro reported killed and fourteen wounded. The accident seems to have been caused by a misunderstanding of telegraphic orders. The collision was between a Niagara Falls excursion train on the Nickel Plate road, from Erie, un der management of J. W. Butler, excur sion agent, nnd a local freight train. It occurred in a cut on a curve just east of Silver Creek, N. Y. Both engineers and firemen saved themselves by jumping. The excursion train consisted of one bag gage car, one smokor and eleven coaches. Only those in the smoker were hurt, it ; being completely telescoped by the bag gage car. During last yenr, 770,000 carcasses of v „ frozen mutton and 0(W,000 ot domestic sheep the Street Commissioners, were consumed iu Loudon. “And what dul they tell you?” asked ly the Clip mine to Yutna, Cal., a distance of seventy-five miles, in seven hours. The wheat crop of India is reported at 8.000. 000 bushels below the average, aud at i 44.000. 000 bushels less thau last year's fine ; crop. Kev. A K. Nelson, a Presbyterian min- ! ister, who died at Chambersburg, l’a., re- ; the Mayor. “Why. they said: ‘Why in the dick ens don’t you keep ducks?’”—Boston Journal. centl^at the age of ninety-three, hod occu- Somo Resemblance. „ tu - Dumly—" W'«iy a-e the women’s hat* pled Lis pulpit°in that place for more than ' this season like chur h steeples!” Bixty years. | Smartua (sarcastically)—"I really A reach of the late Crawford variety ; don't know.” weighing fourteen ounces and measuring I Dumly (joyfully*—"Because tney ar* eleven and a half inches in circumference, j v;„li ogf.u totraS Vi ‘ le! CfU ” U ° n eX ‘ ?,bitJ01 ’ Tartar, (feebly)-"Oh !”-f W Brest, A FRIGHTFUL MURDER. A fatal and sensational shooting affray occurred in Montgomery, Ala., on Tues day. Joe Rogers shot and killed Cicero Huffman. A shotgun did the murderous work. A woman was at the bottom of the trouble. Huffman’s wife had deserted him and taken up with Rogers. The woman told her husband on Sunday that she would have him killed inside of three I days. She kept the wicked promise, j The men were close to each other when t -.<! shooting took place. The entire charge entored Huffman’s breast, inflict ing a horrible wound and causing instant | death. Rogers escaped and has no? j been caught, Chinese Execution Ground. This is a small, open court nbout forty foot long and twenty-five wide, writes a correspondent from Canton. Is is used’ as a pottery when not needed for execu tions, aud as I strolled in the ground, covered with earthen jnrs and vessels, it seemed to give the place an air of peace ful industry rather than of bloody execu tions. Stepping carefully among the S ots and jure, I stood on a spot colored a ecp, dark red by the blood of prisoners recently dccupitated. Turning with a shudder from this spot, I gazed along the wnlls of tho court, and my eyes rested on a pilo of cage-like boxes stacked up on one side. In each of these a ghastly head of a Chinaman showed through the bars, looking distorted and horrible. Near these cases were the crossed beams to which persons are tied for decapita tion. Thcro are two modes for decapita tion practised. Ono is to make the pri soner kneel, and the head is struck from the body while in this position. This is tho usual mode of decapitation. An other is by tying the prisoner up to a spit of cross ana then striking off th* head. In this position the women ere always executed. One sentence Z* capital punishment is to cut into the eyeforows, cheeks, nnd fleshy j arts of Hie arms and brensts in such a way that the flesh will hang down in strips, nnd then the head is struck off, Tho sontenco is usually in flicted ou women committing adultery, and ou parricides. In the hair of the condemned man is placed a paper on which is written the nature of the crime for which he is being executed. Insured at the Age of 102. A correspondent states that he has just conducted nn insurance upon the life of a man aged 102 years. This cente narian enjoys good health and appears to be in the possession of his faculties. H* states that his father lived to the age ol 110, and met his death from an injury due to the breaking of a millstone. His f rand father was, he asserts, accidentally illed in his mill at theage of 128. His great-grandfather lived to the age ol 133. Tho man in question distinctly re members his gieat-father, and has now living a grcat-great-niece, so that he ha* seen seven generations of his family.—• lancet. Tne Battle of the Choir. Half a bar, naif a bar, Half a bar onward! Into an awful ditch, Choir and presenter hitch; Into a mess of pitch, They led the Old Hundred. Trebles to right of them, Teuors to left of them, Basses in front of them. Bellowed and thundered. Oh, that precentor’s look When the sopranos took Their own time and hook, From the Old Hundred. Dire the precentor’s glare, Flashed his pitchfork m air. Sounding fresh keys to bear Out the Old Hundred. Swiftly he turned his bac.v. Grabbed his hat off the rack. Then from the screaming pack Himself he sundered) Oh! the wild howls they wrought: Quite to the end they fought I Some time tiie.v sang, but not— Not the Old Hundred. -Christian ot Work,