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SANDERSVlLLE, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, iM.
NUMBER 24.
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Otty of SandararUle.
FRANK REESE KILLED.
Mayor.
J, N. Gil'mobe,
A T * rr,W * Tr'seed,
•« Madl-
Aldermen.
W. It Tmoraw,
B E. Rouohton,
J. B ItoBaerre,
A. M. Mato.
S. G. Lajto.
Clerk.
0. O. Bhoyyn.
Treasurer
J. A. Iitwnr.
Marshal.
J. E. W»DDon.
A, C, WRIGHT,
attorney at law,
105 Bay St., Savannah, Ga.
gjjrwll.l. PRACTICE IV AI.L THB OOURT8. .
E, S. LANGMADE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, Ga.
B. D. Kvass, J*
EVANS & EVANS,
ATTORNEY8 AT LAW
SANDERVILLE, GA.
F, H. SAFFOLD, I
attorney at law,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the Courts of tin 1
Middle Circuit and in the cnuntiei
lurro Hiding Washington. Special at
tention given to commercial law.
0. 11 . IlOQERI, I
HINES & ROGERS,
Attorneys at Law,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
"Will practice in 11 to oountles of Washington, .
JelTpr»oii, .lot,nHtovi, Emanuel mint Wilkinson, |
nut in tlie U. S. Court, for tho Southern Bit. j
tiict of Georgia,
Will »' t a, agunta in buying, selling or rout-
lug Itaal Eostu.
OlHconn Wcat ricio of Pnblio Square.
Oct 1 Id
ooDsiMod 3 a hSm™ mor ' ,iu Jf• No. 1 a
w,,s '>» train lmml°on No of*!
ing the second section* un'T'T'
switch, left the Imyrl f t}, °
fed, »,1 **>«
"»»ina, t W Sgbfrs
cugor express being also flue, or m atlv
,o- * cc «™ No. 2 started at I,me v , ,
? n e "* c , !!*. d coupled, and immcdiatclv {, "
gau pulhng n , Vfty quite rapitl | u - •
ineo was Back in the cab towards whirl!
it h .resumed ho started. The train was
to He?se’ThnT , by ‘ h<; ' 1,1,0 1,10 , l,l >
wav ami , *1""' WnM wcU head-
y«ml moving nearly up to schedule
n, i , ??’ ,ftutorn in hand, stopprd
n "d as the remind
ei / “V T H,1 h' at the rail, when
. 0 1,i */ 00t pipped or he was too slow
b 11 ! ni V , - At ,,n y rate, he missed his
1,, ;K ,nirk , h r° lf u e ai ""t the car, and
wns thrown full across the track, stunned
ami insensible. Right behind, Horn up,
not over two hundred yards following
the second section, camu the third sec
tion thundering along with its ponderous
engine. A terrible dust was raised by
the second section, so dense and deep
hat the engineer on the lookout in num
ber three could see nothing, for the lnn-
lern of Reese had been extinguished bv
ius full, so that there lay the doomed
man spread out, and upon him rolled tho
wheels, crushing, touring and mangling.
After some of the cars hud passed over
bun, it was discovered tliut something
had been passed over by the engine, and
the train was stopped and the dying man
found and pulled out. Police Officer
Joseph Few was on duty at the time, and
was near the depot. lie at once went to
the place where Reese lav, surrounded
b.v the train hands of No :h Ree«e soon
realized his awful condition, told lmw it
had happened, breathed u prayer and was
lead Reese lmd not been long on tho
railroad. lie lived at the 53d mile ]>ost,
this side of Augusta. The remains were
prepared for burial by Agent R. 11.
” right, placed in a suitable coffin and
sent to Augusta on the dowu evening
train. Reese was about twenty-five years
old.
LYNCH LAW.
0, W. H. WHITAKER,
DENTIST,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
TERMS CASH.—
W Office ai lii. resilience, on Uarrii street.
Apr20-’80
H. S. HOLLIFIELD,
ician & Surgeon,
SANDERSVILLE, GA
onife next door to Mrs. Bayne’s Millinery '
Su*iv, on IfarriH Htrcel. I
BUY YOUR
Hi
FROM
«J"ER,isri<3-A.iNr, 1
Nono genuine withont oar trade mark.) |
°- v HAND AND FOR SALE
SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. j
Tlic Murderer off lie Logan Family IUi|t4
by a Mob.
R. P. Wallace, the murderer of the
Logan family of five persons, father
mother and three children, was taken
fn m jail at Steelville, Mo., Tuc 8tiu y by
a mob ir d lynched. A insBked nl °b of
about one hundred men quietly gathered
around the jail at midnight on Tuesday,
and demanded entrance of the J al * cr -
This was refused and the mol. butt e red
down tlie door. A delegation was sent
to bring out the prisoner, while others
were detailed to guard tlie roads leading
to the scene. Wallace whs wakened from
sleep, dragged out to the infuriated
crowd, and was asked if lie had anything
to say. lift responded by strongly pro
testing Ids innocence, still adhering to
tlw story that it was the negro Vaughn
who was guilty. This angered the mob
more Ilian ever, and with a shout they
produced a rope, one end of which they
placed a round the murderer’s neck and tho
other to the limb of a tree. The prisoner
slih protested his innocence and appealed
f. r mercy without avail. Strong hands
grasped tho rope, and Wallace's body
swung into tho air. Another chance was
not given him to confess, and in a few
minutes his body wus a corpse. The mob
tiien dispersed and the jail officers cut
down and took possession of the body.
There is no dew to tlie leaders of the
participants in the lynching.
Watches, Clocks
A SHAMEFUL OUTRAGE.
JEWELRY
REPAIRID bt
isrxajLisr.
OUR
DEPARTMENT
Prill'd will, op the requisites for doing
joinls of Job and Book work in First-
lass Htylo, Promptly and at Rea
sonable Prices,
tn Old Jinn Clubbed lo Dentil bj a Police*
man.
In Now York city, Mnx Aronson, fifty
years old, a tlcstcr street grocer, was
brutally clubbod by Policeman Wood, of
that city, in his store on Wednesday last,
and died Sunday. The coronor was sum
moned to take his nnte-wortem statement,
but found the old man unconscious and
dying. According to the statement of
his son, and tlie physician, the clubbing
was one of the worst cases of police
brutality reported for years. They say a
boy tried to steal some fruit, but was or
dcred nwny by the old grocer. Tho boy’s
mother interfered, and created a row.
Policeman Wood took the woman s part,
an l accused Aronson of striking her, fol
io i ing his words by clubbing him. His
■ mil was fractured. The two sons in
terfered, and driving the officer away,
called a physician. While the physician
was curing for the old man, Policeman
Wood returned witli another officer, and
brutally clubbed tlie old man again. The
two were driven out, but returned and
took tlie old man away from the
physician and locked him up, with the
whole family, for forty-five hours. The
old man was not ullowed medical attend
ance. After their release on bail, Mnx
Aronson began to sink until he died.
A TERRIBLE CRIME.
wedding cards,
visiting cards,
BUSINESS CARDS,
POSTERS, BALL CAEDS ' !
handbills,
PROGRAMMES,
HTATEMKNT8,
LETTER headings,
DODGERS,
PAMPHLETS. . #
ETC.. BTC.. EIO
A Farmer and Hie llau.hler Wardered lu
Texas-
The story of a fiendish double murder
has been received from Throckmorton
county, Tex. The victims are a farm r
named Urney and his grown up daughter,
Lizzie. The father, who had bee i las
soed and dragged some distance from his
house, was found with his throat cut.
The daughter had been ravished and then
murdered by mutilation: Horses’ tracks
wi re discovered in the yard, which, on
being followed, led to the arrest of a
cowboy, who said he had stopped
a, ifrney’s house for a drink, sad saw tw •
white men entcT the yard as he left. Tar
,core's lariat was missing, and he was
(13
officers have left
CARTERSVILLE’B NEW COLLEGE.
A WIFE’S CONSPIRACY.
The Tewe Will HoAin Now - Meeting of
bll Isons.
A female college at Cnrtorsville, Ga.,
is now an assured fact. Cnrtersville has
thought of it, spoken of It; rtlld acted
about It. Rev. bdm Jones, on Sunday,
after a strong sermon delivered at the
Methodist church before an immense
crowd, raised about $8,000 in subscrip
tions for a fcmnlo college here. The
slinres were placed at $50 each. Mr.
Jones stai ted tho ball to rolling by sub
scribing $1,000, saying that he never
liked to push a man into a hole he would
not go into first himself. The building
to lhi erected is to cost $10,000. Messrs.
John W. Akin, Clnrk Baker, It. M. Fat-
tillo and John II. Wiklt took upon them
selves tho responsibility of procuring the
additional $2,000 In subscriptions.
Among the subscribers at the church
wrh Mr. II. F. Do Bnrdelcben, president
of the De Bnrdelcben coal and iron com
pany of Birmingham, for $500.
At 11 o’clock Mondav a large number
of citizcna met in tho town hall and wore
organized by Rov. Ham Jonca nominating
She lllres Negroes lo Murder Her He
band.
Major 0. II. Bmith (B 11 Arp) an tempor-
>nn
ary chairman, and Mr. John W. Akin
nominating Mr. Frank J. Taylor as tem
porary aecretary. The subscribers all
came forward and signed their names.
The full amount required was subscribed,
besides which were donations in small
sums amounting to about $150.
On motion it was determined to call
the college “Tho Sam Jones college.”
On motion Rov. Ham Jones was re
quested to name tho temporary board of
directors, and that gentleman made the
following selection: Messers. John W.
Akin, t'. H. Smith, Jonn H. Wikle, W.
II. Howard, Clark Baker. R. M. Pattillo,
U. N. Hudson.
The building committee then met
and took steps to immediately confer
w itli architects, invite plans, specifications
ami bids.
FI.OH 111 A NOTH'.
THE PIlF.siII»KNT>8 CONTRIBUTION.
HANGED BY THE NECK.
A TERRIBLE DISASTER
A Ntcninboat’s Boiler Explodes—Many I
I .oat.
The steamer La Mascot exploded her
boilers, killing a large number of people.
She wus u pnssenger boat running be
tween St. Louis and Cape Girardeau.
The disaster occured near the latter place
Reports of the uccidcnt are very
meagre, and a full list of the killed anu
wounded cannot be obtained. No li-t
of passengers can be obtained, as the reg
ister is lost and the excitement was so
iiiieuse among the survivors that no one
could tell who was on board.
KXFI.OBIHN IN CHARLOTTE,
At Charlotte, N. C., on Tuesday Iasi
the boiler of the cotton compress exploded,
demolishing a portion of the building
and wrecking much machinery. Moses
White, foreman, was fatally injured.
Jefferson Hogler was blown many feet
into the street, but was unhurt. Ed
McDonald, a clerk in the office of the
Compress company, sprang through a
window and was severely cut by glass.
The explosion was felt all over the city.
A PRINT KILLED.
Thursday night tho store of A. D.
Owens, of Orcswcll, Mnrtih fcouhtjr, N.
C., was entered by burglurs. Owens’s
dwelling joined the store. lie heard a
noise and ns lie stepped to tho door saw
two burglnrs, one of whom raised n gun
and fired. Forty buckshot entered tho
stomach of Owens, who in a few minutes
was a corpse. Sinco that time the
authorities have been on the track of tho
murderers. Sunday night Sheriff Sprow-
ell arrived at Plymouth with the w fa of
tho murdered man and two negroes.
Another negro, .lames Davenport, alias
Ambrose, was shot and kilted.
One of the negroes made a confession tho
other day, as follows: That Mrs. Owens
had hired them to kill her husband. She
wished them to drown him, and prepared
water in a barrel for that purpose. She
gave him medicine to put him in a sound
sleep, and t e three negrocB actually
stood by liis bedside ready to commit the
crime. Their courage failed them.
Finally, Ambrose, some nights after, en
tered the store aiul when Owens entered
shot him, Ainhrnty' was pursued and,
in making a desperate attempt to kill
members of the sheriff's poise, was shot
through the heart. Mrs. Owens and
two negroes are now in jail ut Plymouth,
to await trial.
I.1FB NKNTENCB.
The dead bodies of F. L. Harris ami a
man named Bucklin, were found early
one morning last week, bunging from the
limb of a tree about five miles cast of
Quincy. Harris was a farmer anil owned
a grist mill. Bucklin was his miller.
Ono week before tho new mill of J. T.
Howard, a few miles from Harris’s, was
burned. Tho supposition is that these
parties weie the incendiaries. The ver
dict is thut the parties met their death
by being hung .by persons uukiuwn.
A project is on foot in Tampa to erect
a 200-room hotel on the buimd district.
The house will be supplied with all mod
ern improvements, including gas, water
works, steam heating apparatus, ele
vators, electric hells, etc, It will cost
between $200,000 nud $300,000.
A. B. Bidivell, the last of the Sarasota
murde era, has been sent to McAlpin,
Fla., to servo out his life seut nee.
A special census of Kissimmee, just
complete i, shows that city to hnve a to
tal population of 1,170, of which 085 are
white und 185 colored. Number of voters
420.
Luther Ellison, who stabbed nnd killed
Bart Wall, in Atlanta, Ga., was tried nnd
convicted.
Just eighteen minutes from tho time
the jury went out they returned, nnd ho
foreman announced that the jury had
mndo their verdict.
“Rend it," said Jndgo Clark
“We, the jury, find tho defendant,
Luther Ellison, guilty of murder and
recommend him to the mercy of tho
court.”
The judge then polled the jury and ali
answered, “It is.”
Ellison and his mother wero sitting
near each other, and when tho verdict
was rend both gave way, and burst into
tea's. Tho scene was an affecting one.
The poor, distressed woman could scarce
ly control herself, wlillo the son looked
as though tho last ray of hope had de
parted from him.
Judge Clarke told the prisoner to si and
up. El'lsou tremblingly arose and with
tears rolling down his cheeks, faced tlie
judge, who sentenced him for life in tho
penitentiary.
Ellison's counsel gave notice that they
would motion for a new trial, and then
Judge Clarke suspended sentence for
twenty days, and Ellison was carried to
jail.
DEAD IN THE MARSH.
A fulling tree at JalTruy, Volusia
county, last Friday killed a young man
named Sam Jordan.
Samuel G. Storey, treasurer of the
Gentlemen’s Auxiliary association of th,.
Confederate home, has received a check
for twenty dollars from President Cleve
land, accompanied by the following
letter:
Executive Mansion, Washington.—
Sam’l G. Storey, treasurer—My Dear Sir:
A circular just received informs me of
the object and purpose of the homo for
the mothers, widows and daughters of
confederate soldiers at Charleston, ns well
as its present need caused by the recent
misfortune. Though constantly applie I
to from all sides and upon all manner of
occasions for aid, I cheerfully enclose a
slight contribution to use in your good
cause. Yours sincerely,
Ghover Cleveland.
How A Hasbnnil DUpnaml of Htaiseir After
Killluf Ills Wife.
Rachel White win shot and killed, at
Che-ter, S. C., by her husband, Charles
White, and the body of the murderer was
found nearby, hanging from a tree. Three
weeks ago the husband attempted suicide.
Several days ago the pair met upon the
streets, when White thrashed his wife
soundly. Later in the day he fired at her
while passing where he stood. He then
made overtures for rcconcillintioii, and
induced his wife to walk out with him.
Her dead body was found near a log rid
dled with bullets, while her husband’s
sui idc placed him beyond the vengeance
of the people.
-ulcld* of a Baslarss Man'of Chari man.
Nauib Carolina.
The dead body of Alexander W. Mc-
Loy was found Fridny afternoon in n
marsh on Cooper river, three miles from
Charleston, S. O. Mr. McLoy left home
and went to the gunpowder magazine,
near which his body was found. When
he reached thcro ho took off his coat and
vest and cut his throat with a knife.
Aft r doing this he walked a distance r>l
thirty feet and tumbled into the mnish,
where he was found, attention being at
tracted to the spot by a flock of buzzards
hovering near. Mr. McLoy was a mem
ber of the lato firm of McLoy, Rice &
Co., which was compelled to cease busi
ness on account of the death of Mr. Rice,
the New York member of tho firm. He
had lost all he owned, and had been in
despair since his business closed. It is
supnosed that mental aberration, brought
on by despondency, caused tho suicide.
Mr. McLoy was nbout fifty-five years old,
nnd one of tho most highly respected
'men in the community. He left a wife
und three children-
UYINO OF A BROKEN HEART.
There is a queer case of broken heart
in Birmingham, Ain., now puzzling tin
physicians. George nnd Mose Clements
are colored twins aged 17 years. Mose
died a few weeks ago, since which time
his brother has refused to |>,- comforted
and will not accept food. He is grndu-
ally wasting away and says he wn ts to
die to he near his broti cr. His flesh is
gradually drying up, and he will not no'
he lm need to take mcdi.ino. He will
die in a few days.
THE TOBACCO CROP INJURED.
Reports from the neighboring counties
in regard to the injury by frost to the to
bacco continue to come in. In Haywood
nnd Yancey counties, N. C'., there is re
ported great damage, but by far the
greatest losses are sustained in Madison,
tho chief tobacco raising county. Many
crops are totally ruined, and will not ho
cut, being entirely abandoned by the
planters. Tho smallest crop eVer raised
ia this section will he that of this season,
CLUVERIUN MUNT HANOI.
Arch-Deacon Kavansgh, parish priest
of Kildare county, Kildare, Ireland, and
formerly president of Bt. Patrick’s col
lege at Carlow, waa instantly killed while
celebrating mass at hi* own altar, by
portions of it falling on him.
The supreme court of Virginia, sitting
at Staunton, Va., handed down the pa
I ers in the case of T. J. Cluverius, who
"lands convicted of the murder of Lil
lian Madison, at the Old Reservoir, ir.
Richmond, Va., with tho indorsement
: hat the petition for a rehearing is denied.
This remands the case to the hust ngs
court of Richmond, by which tha time
II be tixed for the death penalty by
hanging, unless executive clemancy in-
terpo.-es.
EARTHQUAKE IN AUHTRALIA.
Earthquake destroyed every village on
the island of Niapu, near Melburne, on
Tuesday. The inhabitants escaped.
The island is covered twenty feet deep
with volcanic dust and ut oue place a
new hill two hundred feet high has been
formed.
Two shocks of earthquake were felt
throughout Balta, one of the Shetland is
lands Tuesday evening.
A SOUTH CAROLINA VOLCANO.
Several parties from the Ninetv-S!s
section in Edgefield, S. t , stated ihat a
small volcano had b"en discovered some
twenty miles above tbore. Thev state
.that the bind hud fissines jn it and that
smoke tomes out cl it.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mn. Gladstone has but three fingers on
tho left hand.
Sir Reiinald Hanson has just been
doc ted Lord Mayor of London.
Senator Sawyer, of Wisconsin, has just
celebrated his seventieth birthday.
Ex-Attornet Brewster is going to re
sume his law practice in 1 hilndeiphla.
I)n. F.uward Avslino, tho English so-lal-
1st, now In this country, Is n cousin of Henry
Irving, the n-tor.
Minister I’Kxdlkton Is going to return
to t ds eoudtry shortly, and will he accom
panied by his daughter.
E. W. BULL, of Concord, Mass., who orig
inated tlie Concord grape in pifli, stilt flour
ishes iu liis vineyard in that town.
Justin McCarthy, the Irish political
leador and man of lottcrs, is In Nsw York.
He will deliver UK) loctures lu this country.
John A. Logan, Jr.,theson of theSonator.
Is a -lender young mini of medium stature,
with a light complexion and engaging mnn-
ners.
Ex-Sknator Bruce, of Mississippi (col*
ored), 1? going to lo -t iro, and will take for j
his sul>;oct liis oxporiencos in the Uuited
Stntoi Somite.
The King of Orooce lias purchased a largo
mansion ut Copenhagen. It Is generally bo-
liovctl that he route nplutsi abdicating and
returning to Denmark.
Jkkomk Increase Case, tho owner of
Jny-Eyc-Seo, Is worth $.'i,0.K),0J0 and began
IKo ns n blscksin th. lie has just married
tun divorced wife of a mechanic.
Mn. Bartholomew, tho Hnrtfo-d do-
fault -r, wns a mnn of vary simplo halms.
Ho lived modostly and economically, and was
a man who never smoked nor drank.
Philip D. An mock, the Chicago lard king
and railroad manipulator,weighs2-‘>0 pounds,
an 1 at a pinch could s.n<o up $20,000,0)0.
He is n heavy w Iglit in a double sense,
The Representative of Groat Britain at
Constantinople, who su ceods Sir Edward
Thornton, is Sir William White. He Uan
accompli hod Oriental scholar and speaks
twenty-live languages.
Rev. John IIodnky, of Philadelphia, is
the oldest living graduate of Prtncetou Col
iehaving graduated ill 18111. Born In
trod he is also tho oldest clergyman of tbs
Episcopal Church hi America,
BASE BALL NOTES.
TdK Washington Club has ban tinrcy-iive
players un ler contra t thi- s 'as m.
The baseball season of 1887 will probably
bo still more interesting than the presentouo.
It is uu-'erstood that the New Yorks will
have n dupli. ate team next year from which
to draw in caw of sickness or injury to tho
regular men.
It is said that the Southern Leajue next
season will bo computed of Nashville, Mvii.j
phis, New Oilcan-, Atlanta, Charleston, Mo
bile, or possibly Birmingham.
There is somo talk of u league next sea
son that will include Hartf -rd, Meriden,
Waterbury, Bridge.;ort, Dunhury, i’ough-
keoj.sie, NowLurg and Kingston
The St. lsiuis Browns have won the serin i
from every Association eiul} except tho
Louis-illes Tho Cllleagos have won th)
sorios from every League club.
The sahrios to lu paid to Washington's
“Big Five'' next year, ac ordmgtotho Hint-
ford Po-t, are: Mack fr.’.Vm, Kreig * 0 •,
Gilmore #l.7-si. Hchock #1,7.7) nud Henry
jl, s u). Hayes l» re civ ing #loo per month.
The Newark I a tern lA'iigueCliib lias IhU
season met nud detealo l tho Detroit, Boston,
Pl dn lelplun, St. Louis and Washington
].ciig,.o cl.ms, nu I the tit. i, nrs, Cincinnati,
Pit.-burg, Louisville un I AHiletl: \-n.ii ae
A--ocintioii clubs
Peir-mt now lends the l.oaguo iu hntt'ng,
and Now York in fielding. CJil ngo ii sec
ond in laUIng und fourth in fielding, yet is
first lu ilio I o igue io o Fine bnse-ruhnin ;
nud goel work in Ills pit iter's Ini lime
placed Chicago in I lie lend.
The married and -ingle ladies of Oilhnore
Penn., recently played ngau o of ball in nid
of n church tiir.d. :o on inning, were
played, the ma 'iicd cl 'foitini tho single
la lies by a seoio of 25 to 17. Tlie decisions
of tho lady uni) Ire wore not seriously dis
puted.
in i. f.a , e nt P i ins, To ni, between Dnl-
las und Abdeiio Club, Harry lteed, first
bui-eninn of t. o 1 ullns Club, hail both In es
of liis lolt leg broken Letwton tho keen nnd
ankle Ho had I ntto I a unit ground, r lo
third l.nse, whence It was fielded to first tc
old him oir. Berry, tho first I n-o i nn of the
Ab I. in s, stood on the bu o lino rnd trim ci)
Retd.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
Edwin Boom's tour has thus far proved
uuusully sueeosiful and brii lent.
The first a nateur theatre in New York
was opened 133 years ago by Lewis Hal lima.
Mn. F. Jeiiik-Pkume, the eeiebrated Bel
gian violinist, will shortly pay a visit to
America
Rubinstein, the pianist, Rays lie will not
undertake any c mcert tours during the com
ing soasoti.
Charles Santlkv. tho famous English
baritone, has boon engaged to sing in con
certs iu Borliu.
M.ue. PATri-NicoLiNi will give a farewell
concert nt Albert Hall, t-oiidon, Octobor 27,
just boforo she -nils for America.
Manager Henry E. Abbey and Mias
Florence Gerard, tho n'’tress, wero married
a few days since in it Huston church.
A new tenor witli a phenomenal voice has
ie n discovo. ed i i Austria. Ho is a Prague
policeman an i his name is Knockmann.
It is now announced that the new Gilbert
and Sullivau op ira will not bo reudy for pro-
du tion before the 1st of Juuuitry, and possi
bly not then.
Millockkr lias just completed a new
ope a, entitled “The Vico-Admiral," which
will bo tho chief novelty of tho coining sea
son at Vienna.
Philadeli’MIA theatres and other p’aees
of amusement aro sakl ti lie better proviJed
with efficient lire es apes than tlios; of auy
other city in tho Union.
IV. H. C.iii-I'Kndalk, for many yen's re
garded as tho ho-t “old man” on thu English
“t'tge. is no v, nt tho ago of eighty five years,
an i.iinn’o of ail insane nsyluTi.
M. Ovidr Mubin, the celebrnteJ French
violinist, has again turned liis fa e toward
the e shores. Araeri an Uollais overt a pow
erful magnetic inliuciice upon European ar
tists.
The scenes in tlie new piny tlmt Mr. Bron
son Hownr I lias ,|ii-t written for Mias Dau-
vray are laid in tin- Adirondack-. The first act
takes place on a summer hotel piazza in the
mountains.
SLIGHT SHOCKS.
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOttottS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
A Hand for a Huml'-Hlgh Feeding
—Tile Trials of Farming—A
Recipe for a Good Ap
petite, Etc., Etc.
•'I’ve heard of ‘an eye for an cyo,’ ‘a
tooth for a tooth,’ etc.,liut I never hoird
of ~*u hand for a hand’ until to-day,” said
a young man to a friend.
“How did ithappen?”
“I was calling at tho houso of my best
g irl and had mustered up courage to ask
er for her hand.”
“And you got it?”
“Got it! No. Didn’t the old man
come in tho parlor and givo me hist”—
Tid-DiU.
“Oh, he’s been tlmt "«y all summer,”
replied the young woman.
“It's strange he doesn’t try to bite us,
isn't it!” Continued the young man.
“Oh. he wouldn’t bito nnybe iy.” re
marked the young hostess.
“Why, hasn’t he got the hydropho-
blnf” , . , ,
“No,” replied she, “he s got fleas, and
that’s pretty near as bad.”—St. IMvl
Qlobe.
The Trials of Farming.
“1 can’t Imagine what tbo trouble is
with that cow,” said a Now Yorker, who
is giving his attention to amateur farm
ing this season.
“She looks all right,” commented a
neighbor.
“Vcs, she looks all right,” agreed tho
Now Yorker, “but tho doocul critter
won’t givo down her milk. When I
bought her a month ago sho gavo twenty-
four quarts a day; now I’m lucky to get
five. And it isn't beenusu sho doesn't
get milked often enough,” added the
S uzzled nmnteur. “Not n day passes I
on't milk that cow linlf a dozen times
at least. ”—New York Sun.
High Feeding.
“Here,” said a gentleman to a livery
■tableman, “take this horse, curry and
feed him. Don’t bo afraid to feed him
high.”
An hour Inter ho stepped into tho sta
ble to sec how his horso was doing, and
found him standing before nn empty
manger trying to reach n box which wns
above liis bend.
“I thought I told you to feed this
horse,” he said.
“Bo you did, sor, nn’ it’s plenty ho
has.” >
“Where is it?”
“In thnt box.”
“What is it doing up there?”
“Sure ye towld me to fndo him high,
an’ I did tho satno.”—O'oodalis Sun.
Rhymes for Rorrovrars.
Some people havo n strange way of
designating their ownership of books.
Of course you remember, when u school
boy, wlmt ridiculous doggerel some of
tho scholars wrote in their*, is for ex
ample;
“This book is John Smith's
Mv fist is another;
You touch me
And you'll leelthe otlior.”
And Again;
“Steal not this imok, my honest friend,
For fear tho gallows'll bo thy end.”
A great mnny grown-up children hnve
adopted the custom in rt graver mood.
Tho two verses commonly Gicd are:
“If thou art borrowed bv a friend,
Right welcome shall tin he.
To rend, to Btudy, not to lend,
But to return to mo.”
And this:
“Not that imparted knowledge doth
Diminish learning's store:
But books, I find, if often lent,
itoturn to me no more."
There is ono found in a book formerly
belonging to a well-known resident of
New York: “Any one may borrow, but
a gontlemnn returns.” David W. Jayne’s,
books huvo the following Scriptural
quotation: “Go thou rntlujr to them that
soil, nnd buy for yourselves." The fol
lowing rather severe lines were used by
n Massachusetts mnn:
“St- rn power of Justice, lift thy wand
In spite of mercy's look;
Strike him who with presumptuous hand
Purloins this valued book.”
Aaron Putnam, who flouri-hed in Med
ford, Mass., about one hundred yours
ng >, used those lines: “Tho wicked bor
row, but do not rc:urn again, bee thou
art not olio of that numb r.” Dunrnni
O. Pell, of New York, hiul this rather-
churlidi motto, not nt nil in keeping
Ho Prepared Himself.
A largo stout man, who looked os if he
might be n pretty tough customer in a
free tight, entered the operating arena of
n New York dentist. Tho sullcrdr from
toothache had taken a large dose of
whisky to cunble him to bear up under
the nending affliction.
The dentist examined tho tooth, went
into nn adjoining room nnd presently re
appeared with a large pistol strapped to
his person.
“What do you meant" naked the mnn
in the chair.
“O, nothing in particular, except that
I am not going to take any risks.”
“What riskst"
“When a man built l'ke y; u, and his
brpath smelling of whisky, climbs into
that chair, I’m not going to exasperate
him uuprcpnrcd. You may bo John L.
Sullivan, for all I know.”—Siftings.
with his character: “Ho does not lend
his books.” W. J. Snclling, ono of tho-
cnrly editors of the Boston Herald, h id
those instructions: “Do not turn down
the lenves to mark tho place, but put in
a slip of paper. Do not givo tho book
a slip of paper. Do not givo mo door
to children for a plaything. Handle not
with dirty hands. Heturn the book when
you have read it."
Rhymes for “Knlantazoo.”
Well, we sat upon a lovoly piazza.and.
somebody referred to Mich gan, whore-
one of us is soon going, writes Kate
Field in the New York Graphic. Then
somebody else spoke of Knlamnzoo and
wondered whether it had ever beea
dropped into poetry by nny nonsense
rhymer. “Nobody has ever hail the-
ly; “though
A Recipe for n Good Appotilo.
"Your appetite is good enough. You
havo no reuson to complain in the mat
ter of henlth, Evcrcat."
“No. You are correct," replied Evor-
eat. “I havo a recipe,” he adtled; “sure
thing every time.”
“Hey? Hocipe' What is it!
“H—m. Alight toll you. Had to pay
tho doctor for it myself. Coniidcntinlly,
mind!” nnd Kvcrcut loaned over to whis
per impressively in his friotid's ear:
“Two things. Make it n rulo never to
eat them with dinner. Consequence, al
ways sure of good appetite.”
Everest hesitated, tilted bai
back in his
chnir.nnd cautiously scanned his friend's
features, seemingly debating with him
self whether or not to divulge his re
cipe.
“Well—what—what is it vou don’t eat
with your dinner?" inquired the geutlo-
man, somewhat nonplussed.
Evereat leaned forward and again
whispered slowly an t impressively in his
friend's ear: “Brenkfa-t and supper, you
greenhorn!"—Lynn Union.
They Found the Horn.
A pretty young mamma, with a little
girl by her side nearly as pretty as her
self, was being entertained by a male
stranger, who had strucK up an acquaint
ance through the usual and always con
venient mediumship of tho little girl.
The stranger did all the talking. He wus
one of those men who think they know
everything, but only rarely get a good
chance to tell it. The lady answered
only in monosyllables. The little girl
listened patiently and demurely for a
time, and then began to fidget about in
her seat. 1- inallv, ns the stranger stopped
for a breath, she said :
“Mamma, you’ve fouud one, ain\
you?”
“Whnt, my dear?”
“Why, don't you remember what you
told papa when he said you’d he lone
some on the curs? You said you'd And
some bore to talk you to sleep ’
Mamma looked out of the window,and
the stranger suddenly thought he had
better go into the smoking car to find his
friends.—Chicago Herald.
courage,” replied nnotlior bod)
whv not try, sin o Mrs. Browning has
made ‘modena’ rlixmo with ‘God in n’?”
Knlam izoo! Kniamn -co! I ho wo d op
pressed me. I dreamed last night of
Kalumuzoo. Imps wliis| ered rhymes in
my enr nnd drew illustrations on the
foot broad of my bed. The idiotic rhymes
still linger in my memory, but the dlus-
trntions so necessary to their meaning
have faded away. Liston to an imp:
Thoro wns a young indy of Kala-na oo
tVlio never in company dared to say “bool”
But she luo'icd so io -‘utter”
Tlint sho mode people stutter.
Did this un ut-tor-ablo young lady of Kala
mazoo.
Here is another:
Thoro was ouco a woman of Knlamnzoo
Who had so many children sho didn’t know
what to do.
“But, ns they’re boys,
They'll make a great noise
In tbo world," said this woman of Kalama
zoo.
And another:
There was nu old fellow of Knlainazoo
Who uluaya to questions made answer:
“Pooh, pooh I
By thu ei ent mouth of Gosh
All talking is bosh I”
Said tills laconic old fellow of Kalamazoo.
And still another:
There was ani-e a dudelet of Kalamazoo,
Being fully convinced that he everything
knew.
Hti-aightivny hired him a hall,
Alack! nooimatall
Went to hear the wise dudelet of Kalama
zoo.
Famous Gold Minos.
In Normandy, last summer, Gouno I, the
omitiout composer, amused hinisolt’ by mak
ing for one of his little friends a huge kite,
on which hu inscribed a brief sonata coin-
nosed for the iiui-uosj
Clmrlealon and Samraervllle till Quivering
from Tremors.
There was a slight shock in Chat-lesion
about one o’clock Friday morning hut
so slight it was not felt by n majority of
the citizens. There were slight shocks
at Summerville during the night, hut
none of them have been more pete ptibje
than the tremors felt almost every day
since August 81st. All reports of heavy
shocks nnd tidal wares are untrue. The
weather is bright and pleasant. The
city is fqll of workman, aud everything
is as quiet and confident as could be
wi-hed.
Nearly ns Bail.
He was making his first call, and all
the formalities of tlie season were in full
blast. She toyed with her fan as she
conversed about the gayeties of the win
ter timo. Leisurely strolling into the
elegant drawing room came the family
dog, a largo and intelligent type of tho
Newfoundland breed, it was a warm
evening and tho dog came in with his
mouth open nnd his tongue protruding
from liis mouth. He made directly for
the hostess, who manifested great uneas
iness at the first sight of the unexpected
animal. As he came nearer the young
woman dropped iier fan, mounted first
the heavy upholstered chair and then tlie
centre table.
Seeing the unusual performance, tho
young men fallowed suit nnd wns soon
on top of the marble mantelpiece, to
which place of safety lie invited his
hoateu. Meanwhile the dog, the cans-
of the commotion, crawled under the
sofa, preparing himself to take a imp.
“When was he taken:’ asktd the
young man, as he balanced him Self amid
tho mantel ornaments.
Nevada county is tho chief of all the
mining counties of the State of Califor
nia. It lias a middle situation in tho
State, but is generally ranked as a north
ern county. The summit of the Siorra
Nevada runs througli the county, the
towns of Truckee and Boca being east of
those mountains, and within Nevada
county.
The chief industry is mining, although
farming ie carried on with profit in the
western purt of Nevada comity. No
equal area in the world has produced
more gold titan has Nevada county, nnd
no region known lias the promise of au
*cqunl mining permanency. The gold is
found in both quartz ledges and gravel
beds.
Tho grent gold-gravel region of the
county is in tho townships of Bridgeport,
Bloomfield, Eureka, J.ittlo York and
Wa-hington. These are of immense ex
tent and of incalculable richness. These
beds wore worked by the hydraulic pro
cess for the m st part, and enormous
values of gold were washed out of them.
The hydraulic process of working mint s
is now under the ban of tlie law, but:
doubtless a way will bo found :o • law
fully taking the goid from those
gravel beds. There ate dome gravel
mines iu Nevada, Grass Valley and Hough
and Ready townships, but ti oyare not
extensive, excepting at Mooney Fht, in
; Hough and Heady, xvhere is tho exten
sion of the famous gravel leads of Tim
j buctoo, Smartsvillc and Sucker Elat.-*-
j Crass Valley Tidings.
In California they indulge in rose
hedges. The best variety for the pur-
S ose is said to be the hybrid perpetual.
ladnm Charles Wood, a semi dwarf rose
of dose and compact growth, constantly
i in bloom from early spring till winter.
; r Ghe flowers are deep rosy crimson me-
i dium to large size, and very fragrant.
A traveler in the deserts of Southefn
Africa has seen watermelons growing In
sand wMtes, and thinks they could be
raised to great advantage io some of our
j Western deserts.-
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