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THE MERCURY.
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Sandersville, Washington County, Ga.
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: ^ er ^ ea1, VOLUME VII.
City of Sandoravlllo.
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY,
SAN DERS VILLE, GA.. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1886.
NUMBER 27.
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As views or opinions of correspond*
cists.
Mayor.
j N. Gilmore,
Aldermen,
W. R Tmormr,
B E. Houghton,
J. B Roberts,
A. M. Mayo.
8. G. Lang.
THESOUTHERK STiTEB Ifgg m fiBK ADJOURN. DEATH OF MBS. 8TEWART. . BUDGET OF FUN.
! WSCniPTIox OP THE STATUE 7N
X1>W YORK HARBOR,
The News ol Interest Gathered Up In I'arn.
arnitlis.
j The Gift of the People of France to the
People ef America.
MISSISSIPPI,
Fine iron ore is to be found on Pasca
goula river, and the finest potterv clay
exifitfl in Inrrro nnnniWioo nt \\f~ a iv..
Clerk.
a o. Brown.
Treasurer
J. A. Ill WIN.
Marshal.
J. E. Wbddon,
A, C. WRIGHT,
attorney at law,
105 Bay St., Savannah, Ga.
I^Twll.I. VHA0T10I5 IN ALL TIIE COURT8.
'TTlangmadeT
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, Ga.
B. D. Evans, Jn !
EVANS & EVANS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SANDERVILLE, GA.
exists in large quantities at West Posen-
goula.
Seven confeicnccs and a $10,000 resi-
<lcncc in Dallas, Texas, in part cotnpen-
sate Bishop Galloway, of Mississippi, for
(lie change from this State to Texas.
About two hundred Mississippi hoys
who applied failed to gain admission at
the A. and M. college for want of room,
every available place being occupied.
Sunflower county has only two teach
ers in the public school service who were
ahlo to linss the examination required by
law, and both of those were colored.
TIIE LAST VAT OF THE GOXVES-
* TION.
Nome of the Important Actions That Were
Taken.
Panthers arc very troublesome to the
fanners around Lctherton. Mr. T. J.
Mntthcwson recently had fifty hogs killed
by them. Hunters have been ufter them,
und have succeeded iu killing a number
of them,
F, H. SAFFOLD,
attorney at law,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Tho unveiling of Bartholdi’s great stnSun
of “Liberty Enlightening tho World," nt
Bodice's Island in Now York harbor, October
28, makes tho following description of the
niagnilicont gift of tho French po iplo lo tho
American poopleboth timely and interesting:
'lhis now wonder of tho world, now p‘n -oil
in position <m its pedestal, on Hodloo’s lsluml,
A large Mexican lion was killed about
eighteen miles from Meridian last week by
an old Indian chief of the Choctaws by
tho name of Kewuuce. It was an enor
mous animal, measuring nine feet two
and a half inches from tip to tip and
liiuu inches between the eyes,
ALABAMA.
A largo number of th# negroes of Lime
stone county nrc making arrangements
lo leave this fall for Mississippi and Ar
kansas.
At a called meeting of the Hardee Light
Infantry, held in their nrmory in Selma,
that company changed its tactics from
Upton’s to zouave, also its name to Ala
bama Zouaves.
Subscriptions in Eufaiila to the St. An-
Will practice in all the Courts of tha
Middle Circuit and iu the countiei
lurroHiding Washington. Special at*
tuition given to commercial law.
tho silo selected in Now York hiubor ly j drews Bay road have reached a few hlill-
Uonoral William T. Klioi inan, as authori e l i died over $05,000. It will go above
imdor tho net of Congress, Fabruary, HJ7, *75.000. Tho country below is rine for
r. I Him
O. 11. Itooens,
HINES & ROGERS,
Attorneys at Law,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Will practice in lie comities of Washington,
Jefferwn, Jnlitmton, Emanuel and Wilkinson,
pit in the U. 8. Court* for tlic South' rn Dis*
trict of Georgia.
Will ictus agenti in buying. Belling or rout-
icgltcai E.lntu.
Office on (Vest aido of Pntillc Square.
Octll-tf
deserves more than a 1 as.lng eomnicn', bo
ing tho largest statue of tho anciont or mo I-
i ern woil I. Some idea of its magnitude
, may bo obtained from tho following fae's:
Looming up :’.0"> feet nliovo tide wa or, tlio
height of /no staturo is I 'd foot, 2 inches,
thnt of tlio po l. -tal 111 loot, and tuo founda
tion V.’ foot, IU In ll"S.
The Statue Is con-tructed of coppor shoots
•bib of an inch thick. Tha forefinger meas
ures 8 foot in length nnd 5 foot in circuiu-
ferom 0 at tho reconil .joint Tuo nail meas
ures 14 iuclua in longih by HI in bioalth.
Tho bend is 14 foot high. Tlio eyo is ‘itj
Inches in width. Tlio noso is ft foot U iii lios
long. Tho total weight of this stupondoui
llguro is 440,i)0 1 pounds, of which 170,i 0)
pounds nro copper, tho remainder being
wrought iron.
A) milt forty persons cau find standing
Cf.W. H. WHITAKER,
DENTIST,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
—TERMS CASH.
Office a t his residence, on Harris street,
Apr20-’8O
H. S. HOLLIFIELD,
Man & Stood,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Bayne's Millinery
room within tlio head. A-ix-footmnio land
ing on tho level of tho lips only reaches the
eyebrow! Fifteen people might it arouni
tho tlamo of tho torch, which elevation is
reached by a s,.iral stuircaso within tho out
stretched arm.
Tho manner of properly lighting tho
Statuo by means of electricity tins been care- |
fully studied during the past throe year-, an 1
some of the most eminent electricians n tho j
country have been consulted. Tlio system j
adopted eiubrn es a powerful electric" light
from tho torch, tlio iliuminaliou of the !
Statuo itsolf, and small clusters of lights iu j
tho diadem. The means for pro urmg tho
necessary plant, was \ otod by Congress.
While discussing our godde-s, lot us turn |
for a moment to heathen mythology, three i
centures before tho birth of Christ, The
elder Pliny informs us. that at tho entrance
of tho Port of tlio City of llhodes. there
stood tho most celehrat -I statue of antiquity,
“The Colossus of lih des,’’astatuo of liolioe,
the Sun-Go 1, mode of brass nnd 10") feet
high, tostin': tho sum of :i >■; -alonts, or abo t
$: 1,6, fit hi. After beiu : ere- ted it stood only
INI yonrs, being thrown down by nu taitli-
qimkoU.'l youis before ( lirist, to re nain on
Office next door to Sir
•tore, on Harris streol.
BUY YOUIi
w m
-FROM
JERKIO-AN.
(None genuiii" without our trade mark.)
WHAM) AND FOR SALE
SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc.
Watches, Clocks
JEWELRY
hEl’AinKD DT
JER-dSTXGl-JLliT.
the spot whoio it, fell ' M veil's, bein
sold to u speculator lor old brass.
After tlio Grecian enodi we puss on to
modern tides and hud examples of Colossal
Art, \et nothing that compares in magni
tude with tho Bartholdi “Colossus of Lib
erty."
T his Colossus of tho Colossi of ancient, or
modern art represents an outlay of more
i than a million of francs ($2‘K),no.-), tho indi
vidual subscrii t ions of thuorti/nnsof t rance,
and stands in its mi] osing majesty higher
than tho c ormons towers of tho grout
Brooklyn Bridge, or tho steeple of Trinity
Church- tho loltiost ehur.-h steeple in tlio
I City of Now Yor .. Tlio total eust of statue,
! podestal nnd foundation is nearly olio million
dollars.
| A word hero is apropos as to its artistic
; merit. Tho pose, stride and gesture, with it*
classic fare, are pronounced by art criti mis
| perfect; tho drapery is both massive and
I fine, ami in some parts is deli atonal silky
! in effect, as if wrought with a line 1 his d on
i the smallest 8"ulo.
The convention and execution ol tins groat
1 work of art are due to tlio otl'orts of the end-
1 neut From h sculptor Bartlioldi, wlio has do-
! votoil eight years of his life an I a part of
I his ’private furtuuo to tho completion of a
j task so nobly and generously supported by
the French people.
$75,000. Tlio country below is ripe for
the business nnd will come up heartily.
A two year old heifer belonging to Mr.
; E. T. Gli 1111, of Auburn, showed symp-
- tons of rabbics a couple of dnys ago nnd
| made it lively for every body she met.
She was caught and tied to a tr"c iu n
safe place, and further devclopcsnrc now
awaited. This is the second animal of
tlie kind belonging to Mr. Glenn which
has gone mad. The other die I in a short
time ufter the symptons wore observed,
FI.OIUDA.
Tom Acrefoot is the mime of a Key
Wester whose feet nre sixteen inches
long nnd six and a half inches wide.
The Clinrlotte Harbor und Gulf City
railroad company 1ms been organized
with a capital stock of $150,000, with
$20,000 to be paid in, and t lie balance
held as a reserve fund, Thi* road is to
run from Charlotte barber to Grove City
on Kettle harbor. The $20,000 will
cqnip and build the entire road,
LOUISIANA.
During the recent high water in Lake
Maurepns hundreds of cattle were drown
ed 011 the shore, anil a large number of
doer that w ere driven from the swamp
wercuruthlcssly slaughtered by the peo
ple
A meeting in opposition to tniscegemr
tion lias been called for Novenher Hih at
Trinity, Catahoula pnrish. General at
tention has been awakened throughout
she State, and this increasing evil is like
ly to he largely checked, if not entirely
The gcncrnl nssembly of Knights of
Lnbor has closed its last session of the
convention of 1880.
The committee on co-operation recom
mended that action be taken to put into
effect practical co-operation, and a reso
lution wns adopted thnt ten thousand
dollars lie set apart each three month-
for that purpose.
Tho recommendations of tho general
master workman on co-operation were re
ferred to tho general co-opcrntivc board.
A resolution wns adopted recommend
ing that measures be taken to assist
farmers in returning their lands.
The special committee on financial and
industrial depression submitted a long
essay on the causes that hnva led to this
depression nnd on the proper principle of
production and distribution.
At its afternoon session, the general
nssembly renewed the demands made for
legislation at previous sessions on the
subjects of land, money, railroads, tele
graphs, etc., instructed tho incoming
legislative committee to press the snme
and empowered the executive hoard to
appoint a legislative committee to attend
sessions of congress or any stnte legisla
ture to further tlio objects of tlio order.
Tho various special committees report
opposing convict labor, the importation
of Chinese labor, nnd insurance schemes
,'or the alleged benefit of employes of the
Pennsylvania nnd Baltimore and Ohio
railroad companies
The committee on education was con
tinued until next session.
Tho general executive hoard was au
thorized to purchase a home in Philadel
phia for the family of tho late Uriah 8.
Stevens, founder of tlio order of the
Knights of Labor.
A resolution was adopted donating to
the Little Sisters of tlio Poor, of Rich
mond the tables, trusses and muslin used
in the armory hall during the session of
tlio general assembly.
All business linving been disposed of,
Mr. Powderlv made a brief speech, con
gratulating members of the assembly up
on their good work and urging them to
depart with a determination to push the
work of inculcating the principles of the
order.
T. O’Reilly, of the telegraphers’ dis.
trict of New" York, then sang the‘‘Ode
of the French Proletariat,” tho delegates
present joining in the chorus, and the
general assembly was declared adjourned
sine die nt 5:40 p. m.
The VUsw si the Merchant Prlao* Pstsis
Away.
Mrs. Cornolia M. Stewart, wife of the
late millionaire drygoods merchant, A.
T. Stewart, died suddenly J fond ay morn
ing at 10 o’clock, at her residence on
Thirty-fourth street and Fiftli avenue,
New York, of congestion of tho lungs
and heart troubles. On Friday she took
dinner with Mrs. Henry Hilton and on
her way homo contracted a heavy cold.
On Saturday she was so ill she was com
pelled to go to bed, and Dr. Milner was
sent for. On Sundny Mrs Stawart grew
worse. Dr. Milner remained nt the house
all night. At half past nine o’clock
Monday morning, cx-Judge Horace Rus
sell called at the Stewnrt mansion and*
wns informed that although Mrs. Stowart
spent a restless night, she was feeling
better nnd was able to sit up in bed
without great effort. A few minutes af
ter one o’clock, cx-Judgc Russoll was
surprised to learn from a uiesscngi r thnt
Mrs. Stewart was dead.
Mrs. Stewart was the eldest daughter
of James Church, a pioneer merchant of
New York City, bho wns horn in 18(13
nml was married to Mr. Stewnrt in 1823
by tlio Into Rev. Mr. Mitchell, Since
the death of her husband, she lias led a
retired life. In person she was small and
of slendor form.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
A Lesser Evil—Hair Liflers—Where
They Come From—AV«» Mak
ing: Good Headway—Native
and Drummor, Etc.
Ten minutes later a shrill cry cuts tho
air:
“Tom!”
“Well, what you want,
“Where's them chips;”
“Out liore, I reckon.”
"Well, you'd bettor have them In lioro
now, mighty soon, or you’ll see what
you’ll got.”
Tommy is busily enguged rooting his
nose into the ground •'mumbling the
! peg” when his sensitive nature is shocked
A Lesser Evil. by a frantic yell of:
“Ah, my friend,” said the affable “You, Tom Smith!”
strunger as lie nlightcd and warmly shook “What you want?”
the hand of an honest Dakota farmer, ‘T “Y oil’ll see what I want if I coine out
am glad to meot you. You have a fitio thero with a slick.”
place here, good buildings and a well "Well, what's your hurry for them
cultivated fatm How is tho wife and blamed old chips!”
little ones?” “I’ll hurry you 1 never you mind! You
“Tolre’ble." 1 just keey right on, young man! I’ll tell
“Glad to hear it. By tho way. Mr. your fatter 1 you'll sec!”
Snoo/enbcrry, I see yon havo no light* “Well, I’m coming iu just a minute,
ning rods, I want to sell you a couple “You’d better, if you know what s
for your house and good for you.”
“lie you a Ih’-htnin' rod agent!” cried Ton minutes latertho expectant mother
tho old man with a look of relief. gluncos toward the woodpile. The empty
“Yes sir.” basket is there, nnd she cntchcs a brier
“Gimme yer hand again, then—thank glimpse of Tom nnd his partner in in-
goodnoss it's no worse. Como into the iquity as they disappear far down the
house and sit down—I thought at first road in tho direction of n pool of mud
you was another candidate for soino nnd water in oquul parts called the
county office 1" - EtteHine Bell.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Twn Men Killed an tlm Fast Tesnessea Hull
Hoad wear sliver Creek station.
Ou the Georgia division of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad
about two and a half miles below Silver
creek station, Gcorgin, a terrible accident
occurred Monday morning nt 8:15
o’clock. A rock train wns run into by
freight No. 23, and an engine and several
ears were thrown from the trnck nftd
badly broken up. Two of tlio hands of
the rock train, Henry G. Babb and G. T.
Partridge, wero killed. The former in
stantly. Thu engineer and fireman of
the freight saved themselves by jumping.
The car wheels ran over the thighs of
Bnlib and his neck was broken. Par
tridge received several laceiating wounds
on tlio head and legs, nnd two ribs were
Hair Lifters.
“Yes, sir," snid tho Groat Traveler, “I
have seen, with my own eyes, a wild
Indian take tho scalp of n white mnn—
nctunlly lift tlio hair from his head—nnd
it made my blood run cold.”
“That’s nothing,” said tho Scoptical
Boarder, “that's nothing; right hero in
Lynn, on Market street, I Eeve seen a
limn nctunlly lako throe men in succcs
‘swimming hole."
The mother then comes out and skir
mishcB around pickingupher own chips,
and as she does so her mind dwells long
und fondly on a time soon to come, and
ns she bends over tho basket sho thanks
Heaven that thnt boy will have to come
homo to sleep that night, and then n
smile comos over tho sad face of the
weary woman, her heavy eyes light up,
her breath comos quick and short, and
her lips tremble with delight ns sho says
sion by tho scalp nnd actually lift their
hair from their heads."
Why, the man must have been crazy
drunk or n lunatic, said the G. T.
“Perfectly sane and sober ns I am,” re
plied tlio 8. B.
“Well, who in the name of goodness
was he?”
“lie was a harbor,” solemnly said tho
8. B.—Lynn Union.
'And if he don't git one good, warm
in’ up than my name ain’t Mary Juno
Smith.”—Detroit Free Frees.
Was Making Good Headway.
“Hollo, Harry, where have you been?”
“.lust been down to see my girl’s father
and ask him if I might marry her I”
Why, that’o tlio third time you’ve
broken, which caused internal hemor- Been to sco tlio old uiau on that errand,
hnge, from which lie died in about four “Yes
hours after tho accident. Jack Pruitt, n “Did you got nay cncouragemont;”
ne_>ro brakesman on the rock car, was
badly hurt. His light ankle wns dlslo
cated and crushed under, his lip torn off
and several teeth knocked out, leaving
his face terribly swollen. The work of
clearing tho track took several hours, de
laying both tho north and south bound
trains about nine hours.
Clay-Eaters.
1 have seen "■undhillcrs” iu cortnin
parts of North and South Carolina, nnd
some within ten miles of Columbia, while
engaged in eating their dinner, and have
observed them consume, with ovident
relish, large quantities of clay, and whut's
more, 1 have joined in their frugal repast
and partaken of some of the stuff myself,
says a North Carolina doctor in the At-
lnntn Constitution. It is nearly tasteless,
hut some of the clay-eating epicures pro
fess to enjoy it bccauso of a dolicato lln-
vor it possesses. it is white, devoid O'
Lots of it. ’1 he first time 1 went to 1 grit and not unliko the kaolin of which
AUGUSTA.
NORTH CAROLINA'S FAIR.
Trying In Hrlllc tin- Iliu isirikc-linpor'nnl
1C ill I roii <1 N ego I in Mona.
family j stamped out.
vinoiNiA.
arc suffering
from the
The crops
drouth.
The sumac trade has been nearly sus
pended since frost, nnd merchants arc
experiencing quite a dull and unsntisfac- JBlllullll
tory fall trade, notwithstanding the great 1 „ 1( , |. ltter
and long predicted boom which was to . * Tht , n the Aug
At Augusta, Ga., Committed! at
Wright spent Wednesday auditing nm
arranging tlio indebtedness of the Kt ightu
of Labor. He assures nil holding c 'aims
against the knights hero that the) will
he paid in full mid immediately. The
committeeman says lie will cull on the
mill presidents to-morrow and make nn
honest endeavor to settle the difference.
The directors of tlio Augusta ami Knox
ville railroad company have indorsed the
consolidation of the road into the Port
Royal and Western Carolina. The s’oek-
holders have boon called together to past
on this consoli ration, which places undei
one mat ngement the roads centering in
Augusta controlled by the Georgia Cen-
i tral. The substance of the steps iu eon-
I solidati >11 nre as follows:
The Port Royal and Augusta railroad
! company consented to the abrogation ol
the lease of the Augusta and Knoxville
railroad company, which wus accepted
ItxhlblU Fine and Attendance l.ar*e-Hx-
curalon of Northern Editors.
The twenty-sixth annual fair of the
North Carolina State Agricultural society
began at Raleigh 011 Tuesday. It wus
opened by Governor Scales. The attend
ance was very large and the exhibits,
particularly of cattle, were superb. The
state department of agriculture makes a
remarkably fine and complete display,
which tillB a very large portion of the ex
position buildings and contains many
thousand articles, including ores and
minerals, woods, gems, and all kinds of
crude products. Tuesday eveniug a lurge
number of northern editor* arrived and
were welcomed bv Governor Beales and
Mayor Dodd, of'that city. They met
with the convention of northern-born
settlers in this state. Wednesday night
tlie city of Raleigh gave a banquet to the
northern editor*.
seo tho old gentleman he called in a ecr-
vant and had me thrown out. Tkeaecond
time lie told me I was an impertinent
scoundrel, mid showed me tho door him
•elf. Quito 11 concotslon, wosn’t it?
Well, when I went to seo him to-day he
t-uid lie couldn't think of letting Ids
daughter marry me, and I might as well
give him a rest.”
“Was that nil?"
“Yes, I feol greatly encouraged. I
think we'll get married about Christmas.”
KAll,ItOAl) EXTENSION.
Where They Game From.
The minister’s wife sat on the front
porch mending the clothes of one of hor
numerous progeny. A neighbor passing
that way stopped in for a friendly chat.
A large work basket half full of buttons
snt on the floor of the porch. After
various remarks of a go-eipy nature the
visitor ■ aid:
“)ou seem to he well supplied with
buttons, Mrs. Goodman.”
“Yes, very well, indeed.”
“My gracious! if thero ain’t two of tlie
saino buttons that my husband had on
his last winter suit! I’d know ’em any
where.”
“Indeed;” add tho minister's wife,
calmly, “I’m surprised to hear it, as all
tin so buttons were found in tho contri
bution box. 1 thought I might as well
put them to some use, so I—what, must
you go? Well, he sure and call again
soon. "—Mi reliant Traveler.
strike about this time. It seems rather
an up hill business just now.
NOllTIt CAROLINA.
The Catawba fair is in progress nt
Hickory.
The Cape Fear Baptist association is |
in session at Ahhotshurg, Bladen coun
ty.
Durham coutny now has an “Iude- j
pendent Republican Anti-Prohibition” ;
ticket.
Augusta and Knoxville rail
road company entered into a compact
with the Greenwood, Laurens and Spar
tanburg railroad company, tlio Gicenvillt
and Laurens railroad company, the Sa
vannah Valley railroad company, and the
Port Royal and Augusta railroad com
pany.
A.HKIllCAN VOLCANOES
KKUPTION.
Panama.—The volcano of Tunguragua,
. , n . . , , v.i. „ • in Ecuador, is continuously in activity.
United States deputy marshals made a , Lftyu 1)0Urfl from u nt sh * ort i nt e rva |s,
raid last week in l|ando P J , 1 while clouds of dust and ashes envelop
they destroyed a still and » | tlie summit. The villagers in tlie north
Davidson county, about six miles from j and 80Uth hftve expor i en c e d a good deal
The contract lias been let for the build
ing of the first 27 miles of the Georgia
Central railroad’s extension from Good-
water, Ala., to Birmingham. The com
pletion of this gap with the Memphis
and Birmingham road, now building,
known as tlie Kansas City route, whicli
the engineers suy will be finished by the
first of July next,will give the northwest
a direct short line railway connection
with tlie southeastern gulf coast. Tho
Georgia Central company ha* bought
$00,000 worth of unimproved-property
iu Birmingham udjoining the recent pur
chase by tlie Kansns City road, to he
used for a depot and machine shop sites,
V MERCHANT HILLED.
OUR
CAPTURED.
Merrfits f layer In rbe Tolls.
Waco, Texas.—Detective M. E. Am
mouetishero from Hillsboro where he
scored n good piece of work in the cap
ture of a murderer. Thero are some
people in Waco who remember a large
powerfully built man, who spent most ol
his time hero for two or three weeks,
disappearing about a week ago. <
went under tho name
of W. S. Yar
borough, but was known in some circles
“Tennessee” or “Arkansaw. Some
DEPARTMENT
xll in. a!. . ; n Rl ‘ the reqT
Cl‘ «nd Rook work in First*
8 otyio, Promptly and at Rea
sonable Prices,
Adding cards,
Visiting cards, ‘
business oardb,
posters ball cards,
handbills,
programmes,
STATE MENTB,
■ ErT EB HEADING*,
dodgers,
kAMIYLLETS,
Tennessee ... —
times ho worked as a carpenter ami at
other times lie gambled, lie had a hah .
too, of getting drunk nearly every Satm-
duy. Hoarding House keepers will also
remember him by the facility for evading
meat of board hills. Detective Am-
P'-y>
Coffee, a Georgia
after investigation,
that he was one Jonu „
moonshiner, who killed Urn e< * ■
saw#}® 1 ”'
immediately fled to this sue.
A BEAR EATS A CHILD.
r n Two Year Old GD-I
TboHorrlble^mcof^o,,,,,.
• , a two year old
Monday mormn(- ri j brftckj saloon
daughter of H - L , it)le death, being
keeper, met with a on The littlc
Keeper, mo* bear. -
almost, eaten alive ^ {Rther ' s back yard
one wns P 1 ". v ' I V'’ fence into the yard of
and got through „nrr»ori Knr-
a .neighbored saloon tbe ^ar
named Kor-
of his lot. , Q L-nnekod her down anu
the hear, ^ to £JSher body, which
mmenced de \V e g before she could
"C Vinrrihlv mutu 0 4 ue r of the bear has
as horribly
„e rescued,
beeu arrested on
■
j be rescued. ^ ^° c b a rga 0 f manslaughter.
the former place, they destroyed another
still and 600 gallons of beer.
SOUTH CAltOLINA.
The farmers’ convention will meet in
Columbia November 10th, and remain in
session aboutjhrce days.
The secretary of state has forwarded to
the clerks of court in all the counties
blanks for the general election, with in
structions for their use by managers and
commissioners of election.
One of the famous Mason cotton gins
has been on exhibition in Columbia for
some days. It is much admired because
of the efficient work it does, and of its
absolute freedom from danger. One of
these gins will be on exhibition at (lie
Georgia fair.
Tlie approaching election in this state
promises to be the quietest ever held iu
South Carolina. There is no opposition
whatever to the democratic nominees for
state and county officers, and it is not
likely that the negroes will vote at all
It is certain, too. that an unusually light
vote will be cast by the white*.
of suffering.
The Ulbinas volcano, in the south of
Peru, is showing signs of activity. Al
though smoke has been issuing from tIn-
volcano since the dfiys of Columbu-, still
the inhabitants of the locality are alarm
ed at the increase of the volume of
CONDUCTORS’ NATIONAL AK8EMULY.
A TOWN DESTROYED.
A fire at Pocahontas, Va., destroyed
sixteen houses, including two hotels and
several businoss houses. George Barbe \
of Lynchburg, Va., perished in tlie
flnmes. Several other persons are miss
ing. The fire is the work of an incendi
ary. Heavy rain saved the town. The
loss is $50,000; insurance unknown.
The nineteenth annual convention of
the Railroad Conductors’ Association of
the United States and Canada is in ses
sion at Baltimore. All ex-presidents and
ex-vice-presidents were present, and An
drew Quintin and John Houghtaling, tlie
oldest conductors in tlie country, were
invited to seats on the platform. Mayor
Dodges delivered an address of welcome.
In the absence of A. C. St. Clair, who
was appointed at last convention, Ed-
Burns, his alternate, delivered the annual
address.
Thomas L. Miller, a prominent tobacco
dealer at Stephensport, Ky., was found
dead in bed at Basley’s Hotel, Louisville,
Ky., with a horrible wound just over his
right eye. He had been out Bccing tlie
town till a late hour, and having money
he fell into the hands of a bad character
who got him into a game of . cards and
then knooked him on the head. He got
to his hotel and went to bed und died
during the night. Charles Mull, a saloon
keeper, h&B been arrested, charged with
the crime.
ATLANTA’S NEW ROAD.
The Native and (lie Drummer.
Coming in over the Mouon Route a
few days ago a Chioigo drummer sat
musing bv the open window and wiping
perspiration and coal soot from his brow,
and, of course, occupy.ng two seals.
Down in Indiana some place a native
came in the smoker, und suys:
“Shove along, stranger, an' give u
feller a show. Been killing hogs and
feel all uied up.”
Then I he native sat down, settled
himself comlortably, much to the drum
mer’s disgust, and resumed:
“Say, stranger, killing hogs is hard
work. Did you ever kill any hogs?”
But the drummer did not tondescend
to answer.
“By gosh,” continued the irrepressible
Hoosier, “we Killed the biggest hog yes
terday that was ever killed in Injeany.
I low much do you s'pose thnt hog
weighed;”
Still no answer.
“lie was so tarnnl big that it took
eight of us to I ft him up to the hatn-
stit k, it did, h'gosh. You huin’t no idea
how much that hog weighed, have you,
stranger';"
“No,” I haven’t,” tlie drummer finally
blurted out; “how much did your plagued
hog w.-igh?”
“I don’t know, mister. We didn’t
weigli him?”—Chicago Herald.
plates and saucers are made. Thero is
nothing disagreeable about thisclnv and
it may be taken into the stomnch with
impunity. It is not injurious us an article
of diet, indeed many contend that it in
sures longevity and wards off Bovcrul dis
eases. There nro well authenticated in
stances of wonderful longevity among
“clay eaters.” and it is well understood
by such of the faculty as have studied the
subject that nono of the “sandhillora”
over sutler with indigestion or dyspepsia,
and 1 lia\e never known one to die of con
sumption; in fact, foolish ns it may Beem,
lam constrained to believe thnt this
strange habit exempts the “clay-eaters’'
from niunyof tlioailraouts to which therest
of the human family are heirs. Of course
there is nothing very succulent or nutri
tious about a slice of clay, but it cer
tainly allays the gnawings of hunger.
This is done by distending the walls of
the Moinft 'h. It is not to he expected
that a clay diet will take entirely the
place of bread and meat, hut it does this
t.o a certain extent.
In ray country practice, which occn
sionallv t arries me out into tho sandhills
(occasionally I say, for although the satid-
hillcrs nre tlie sickliest looking, most
cadaverous and woe ho-gono beings iu
tlie world, they are the healthiest), I have
good opportunities to study their pecu
liar habits. Th yean sub-ist on exec <1-
ingly limited quantities of meat: in fact
they get very little lo eat, und tlint fat
bacon, about thrice a week They are
not lazy, but decidedly shiftless They
nre troubled with few wants, however,
and these arc supplied easily.
“Do they e t only one sort of clay.'
“As a general thing, yes,” w.ra th
reply, “hut sometimes their table is gar
nislied by a kind of yellowish marl,some
what scurce, which they consume with a
koen relish. It is said to taste -w et, and
they use it as a des-ert. They, liowe er.
draw tho line iit rod clay. Tuis not even
their ironclad stomachs can digest.
‘Don't you eat red clay ?’! a-ked u gawky
old fellow. ’No, surreo.” was his ani
mated response; ‘1 have occasionally
had cr brick in iny list, hut I’ll be blamed
ef I hanker ufter making my bowels a
brickyard.’ ”
A KAILROAD SYNDICATE.
A syndicate has been formed in New
York for the purpose of paying off $3,-
000,000 floating debt of the Richmond
and (Vest Point terminal company, and
carrying the debt so as to allow that
company to take its property from the
Richmond and Danville system. It is
stated that some of tbe directors are in
favor of paying the debt off altogether
by means of assessing the stock or re
questing contributions from the stock
holders, hut they disagree on this point
CUTTING*!* LATEST SCHEME.
Cutting is at El Paso oeaoooting a
scheme to enlist ten thousand men to in
vade Mexico for the purpose of conquer
ing the three States of Chihuahua, Son
ora and Durango, and erecting a republic.
A YOUNG MOTHER’S DEATH.
Mrs. G. E. Chandler, of Columbus,
Ga.,- died at Bamberg, S. C., last night,
leaving an infant only five days old. She
had been married scarcely twelve mop tbs
and her death is extremely sad.
The Atlanta, Mississippi and Atlantic
railroad has attracted much attention
nnd las aroused enthusiastic inter-
interest. At a meeting of the Sheffield
company, a subscription of $25,000 was
authorized to be made to the road.
There is no sort of doubt but that, the
country between Sheffield and Atlanta
will subscribe liberally.
Colonel A. S. Colgar, of Nashville,
was elected president of the Sheffield
company.
The
Oliedlcnt.
slieerful spirit Hnd the alacrity
Origin of Some First Families of the
Metropolis.
A New Y'ork letter to the Ciucinmif
Engineer says: Tlio genealogical record
of some of the first families is threatened
by an exposure which may make soni"
wince, hut no true American will In
ashamed of an humble origin. in fact
there is but little room for blasting
among the New York millionaires. Fe
tor Gilsey began as a journeyman piano-
forte maker, and Hie founder of Cooper
institute first appears in tho directory an
“Peter Cooper, machinist.” The lire
voorts were market gardeners. Aider-
man Carman, who left a round million,
was a house carpenter. A. T. Stewart,
began by teaching a small school. The
HIGHWAYMEN AT WORK.
A special from Des Arc, Ark.,' suys:
While County Treasurer Ward was going
home from his office a couple of men
seized him, threw a coffee sack over his
head, beat him badly and took hi* keys
and robbed the office of over $11,000.
He was knocked senseless, and when
found his legs were tied together. No
clue to the robbers.
, , . , - . , millionaire Vermilye* were the sons of a
displayed by the average American hoy 8exton of a downtown church. Cyrus
in obeying maternal mandates would I w pieldjirst opened tia leas a dealer iu
have made our I uritan lathers weep jn ( nw L. Hummel began as an er
with; |0 y could they have lived to witness nl £ d boy in 8ame „ rt j ce f n wh i h lie
, .. , is now partner. William Libboy, .or-
ihe modern mother says coaxing ly: merly of ‘ A T Stewart & Co., and nowj.i
ow Tommy, run and get mother a retjr £ d mi u iollairo> wa8 the son of a New-
basket of chips. “ burgh carpenter.
“Don t want to,” says Tommy prompt- T ° he first Astor that (;amo to Ara(;r i c( v
‘J- „ „ ...... was a butcher and had a stall in Fly mar-
“But you must,” says his mother,with ket Hufu8 Story, who is now the mil
some firmness. 1 l onaiie veteran of Front street, begin
^ “V\ hy can t someone else do it I whines ii ere a8 a hard-worked hoy in a cheap
Ioln ™y' . , grocery, .lay Could wax i i early life it
‘ Because there is no one else here to , c i erk j n a country store, and felt that lie
Now you run right along. wus doing remarkably well xvhen he pod-
do it.
NINE MEN DROWNED.
Particulars have been received of the
loss, off Singapore, recently, of a boat
containing nine men belonging to the
bark Earl of Jersey, of Cardiff. The
men were attempting to rescue a boy
■who had fallen overboard, when their
boat swamped, and all ware drowned.
Thus commanded Tommy gingerly ; d [ ed ma pgin Delaware county. Render,
picks up the ba'Ttet and disappears, mut- i jj. wd | no p ,j 0 to dispute the day of small
teriug something about having to “work ’ thing8 _ Why) evel i the Spoffords were
liko a slave all the time. shoemakers, the Stevenses kept tavern,
I ivo minutes, later his mother goes to and t )ie AVolfes can be traced back to a
the door and c.ies out : gin-mill. Let the genealogical fiend do
You, Tom: where 8 them chips? his worst, he will still find that wealth,
‘Y a-as, purtysoon,’ is the reply. Uke charity COV ers a multitude of sins
“I’ll ‘pretty soon you if you don t
march yourself along here in mighty short jhe Island of Chiloe, on the southwest
order! ’ coast of South America, has 300 days of
“All right,” is Tom’s ambiguous reply cold rain and sleet in the year. Yetaca-
as he sits down for a game of “miuaplo- tfvrrhs and pulmonary troubles nre said
the-peg with a neighbor s Ooy who has to tie very rare among the native dwellers
suddenly hove in sight. in’WlS'reraarkablo climate.
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