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ltAHTIiltN ANI> MIDDLE HTATK8,
A bill hoa passed the lower house of th*
Vermont Legislature which allow? women
amfWu'iJb |‘S “i””*'
nuTl'tli! r l f“i! ll ‘ bor '' ls ,' v «ro Instantly killed
co^Pon^^t'Y l ' y a f,eigl,t trai “
Hona't .v?n lch W ta Lo K t ' ,aturo stands:
House irni }*°l )u 1 j caIvi and 15 Democrats:
I Independen^^ U ^ CaD9 ’ TODomocr, ‘ t3 ' ,
Both parties elniin the Now Jersey leg.
rvtut m Senator Howell (Hep.).
A1 T" E l Mas , s > huhlug schooner
sennf n .fL^ 0ll,, e her L’nptoin and olio
seaman by tho capsizing of a dory.
thn 0 *ciniV K . ro » tllr ‘)? r '"' Connecticut make
tho total vote for (lovornor 13t,058, divided
ns follows; Cleveland (Dom.), 58,074; Isnmu-
Fmbos (Pro), 4,810;
linker (Lab ), 3,74:1. Cleveland lacks 5,710
|,,,“. nu J orl 1 t 3'. and IsMinsbtiry will bo elected
Jin '®, WLIatmo Tho Legislature, which
wlnns?.? 1 otllcors aula United States
Hnatoi, stands: Heuato—Ilepulilicans, 14;
Democrats, 10. 1 louse—Republicans, 188;
Democrats, lull; Labor, 8.
ono of the Now York Aldermen
of I '4 chargod with bribery, bns been ad
judged Insane.
The twelvo-yoar-olds.nl of Josopli Doolger,
fi tfiillionairo Now York brmvor, died mid-
Uetilv, as was snppoaedof heart disease,while
playing In the street. An autopsy showed
that ho had boon strangled by n collar but-
tou, w ik i lie bad been carrying in his mouth
nud which had lodged in the windpipe.
1 he will of the late Henrietta Lenox, of
New i ork, which dlspososof an estate worth
from $(,000,000 to $10,()0ii,<K)0, is to Ik> con-
tcslcd by s .mo of the heirs on tho ground of '
undue iiilluence,
Diii.awaue odlcint returns complete foot
VJ’• ror Uovernor -Higgs (Dem.l, Id,Of.’;
Jioflookor (Pro ), 7,882. For Congress—
Icnnington (Deni.), 13,836: Cooper (Pro.),
o.ilSO. t he Legislature Is solidly llomocratie.
IIahvaiid University on tho 5th began
a four ilnys’ celebration oi lier 850lh birth
day with a ro-nulon of tho Law School grad
uutos.
The followors of Henry Goorge, tho de- |
fonted cnndidnto of the workingmen for the
New York Mayoralty, hold an enthusiastic
mooting a id organized a new party tiuder .
•h» name of tho I regressive Democracy.
ISL'p-, Im o also boon la ken to form a now
labor party in 1 liiladel; h a.
'Vim the exception of M. Bartholdi, nil
tie.' i epcoseutatives ol the French Govern
ment win took nut in tic u ivcilin' of
Lib .Tty's Statue have sail d for Franco.
KOUTII A Nil IVEwT.
The Georgia Is-gisiaturo mot in Atlanta
on tho .M and elocte I J. S. l av.ds ai Presi
dent of t!c Senate mid \V A. Lilt o Speaker
of the House. On tho 4th Uovernor Me-
Daniel dollveiod his luo-sage.
James It. Tvi.ek, of \ irgintn, a giandsou
of Pro i lent Tyler, has I eon appointed a
watchman in the Interior Department.
Georuk He Haven, engineer, nod Charles
Given, luakenittn, we; e killolby the explo
sion of n locomotive boiler near Davis Sta
tion, La.
Chief Ma'inus.omo .1 thoenpturod Apnrhs
loaders, made n desperate bl eak for liberty
wlillo being taken turn igh Colorado on Ills
way t) I’u:t Marian, Fla., and when recap
tured s nhbrd himself many timeY, indicting
serious wounds.
The Hopiibli an Ktato ticket in Indiana
has u plurality of about 00 ). Both sidos
clnl a tho Logisluttiro.
Captain IIenrv JoltnAV, just olected
Tronsuror of I,nsa!lu county, Texas, was
killed by tho a cidental dls nurge of a rille
which a friend was handling.
A desperate fight octiiTcd botweon a
gauged' riotous tramps and a number of citi-
zens at Anuville, Penn., in which revolvers
and knives were freely use i. Four citizens
and two of their ns uilnuti wore wounded,
and ono of tho latter capture 1 by tho polico.
Coiirk.' I Eli returns from all Hie towns and
cites of Ma sn liu It. give for Governor
Ames (itep.) 181,1.58; A'tdi'ew, il)om.) 118,-
‘8.58; Lothrop (Pro.) 8,10'.
In California tho Demo rat-have a major
ity of about thirt ■on in tin Legislature, and
will probably 10 elect Senator Hearst to tlio
United States Homito. The veto for Governor
was so dose it was thought tho result could
only be decide .! by an odlcint count.
The Indiana I.ogi lature is Democratic by
alio it thirt' on majority on joint ballot, wlitdi
Bocures ii DcmorTftti * successor to L nitetl
Htiite- Senator Harrison.
The otllcial count in t''e Sixth Kentucky
Congressional Distri t was completed ou tho
5th, and shows a majority i f 7i!S for Speaker
Carlisle over Mr. Tlioebe, the Labor nommoo.
The dead body of Sheriff Forney, of Lake
county, I ml., was fouu I in ft dump of woods
near Plymouth, riddled with bullets. The
assu-sin is supposed to bo ono Perrin, who
was wanted by the Sheriff.
Kdward Kelly, while repairing an o oo
tri ■ light wire at Cleveland, Ohio, inadver
tantly touched a | ortlou of the uncovered
conductor and was instantly killed.
Geohoe Thoerk, candidate ngaiusd
Speaker Carlisle for Congress in the Sixth
Keutucky district, nnuotmeos his intention
to contest the election of Mr. Lnrlisleonthu
ground that the returns wore doctored.
WASHINGTON.
The French visitors, M. Bartholdi, Bo Ives
sops and their companions, munboriug
twenty-two in nil, called at tho W hito House
and paid thoir respocts to tho 1 resident.
A party of diplomats the other day ivit-
nessod tlio successful uso of the telephone be
tween Washington and New \ ork. Umivei -
satiou was successfully carried on between
the two cities, u distance of about 180 miles.
Chief Graves, of the Bureau of Kiigrav-
ing and Printing, in Ins annual report stntos
that tho ouo dollar silver eortiflcates a™ now
b 'ine Drill ted in great numbers, while the
plates for the two dollar and ilvo dollar
sues aro nearly completed. A Inigo saving
in salaries has been ejected.
It cost the government *«3,T97,833 to pay
the pensions of 1105,ibJ poisons last yea .
roUHIGN.
Hfavv storms hnvo prevailed throughout
Scftlaud 'tn Kdinburg P h the gabto of a now
building was overthrown, and th.ee work
men were killed and live mju e l.
Twenty-seven persons who J, rov ?)lt
on ted in the ro. out M'-dr.' military n,v mu
havo boon sentenced to vat ions tot ms or nu
prisonment at hard labor. . .
The town of Miu ?fe 'poOwS! ’ A police
attacked and burned by 000
on theKyer-
Gwetn river.
three men killed.
Hy theC'apiilztngol A Truck ut, n hi
Haltlmorc.
ur F i ro b . rokc . out shortly before noon
Wedncsdny, in tlio drug warehouse of
Burroughs Brothers, on Camden street,
Hour Slmrpe, which was entirely burned
out. The dntnmtige istestimated ut Add, -
000, which is covered by instirniice. The
building adjoining, occupied by Wool-
lord & Shilberg, straw goods manufac
turers, was damaged iu stock and machi
nery by smoke and water to the amount
,,f JMM00, which is also fully instiled.
'V kilo the firemen were ut work the truck i
of one of the ladder company's capsized I
and fell backward into the street. There
were ou it at the time Captain Murston,
Charles L. Grand, Frank Kerr nml
llenry Ryan. Captain Marston caught
on tlio edge of the roof of a two story
house adjoining and, escaped serious in -
jury. Grund, Rynn and Kerr, fell with
•ho ladder, which broke in its fall nml
all nro supposed to ltnve had their bucks
broken. Grund and Kerr are reported
to havo died since and no hopo for
Ryan's recovery is had.
AUTOMATIC LETTER BOXES.
Tha Convenient Postal Contrivance to be
Tried In Brooklyn*
An automantic box in being put on tho 1
lump posts in Brooklyn, N. Y., to supply I
the public with postage stamps, postiil j
cards, a pencil ana postal letter envelopes.
At nny hour in the day or night n citizen
may go to one of these boxes and drop a j
penny into it at which there will nppcnra
postal card and a pencil with which to
write n letter. If he has a letter already
written and merely wants a postage
stamp to mail it lie may drop two pen
nies ttt the box at which, presto, a two
cent postage stump will come out of the
box. These convenient boxes aro already
in tiRG in London and are much liked
there. The boxes In Brooklyn are an im
provement on tlto.se in Loudon. They
look like writing desks, and arc 75 incites
high by 17 inches deep. Every box is
divided into several drawers—ono for
stamps, one for postal cards, onc for
stamped envelopes and one for letter pa
per. There is u slit for dropping i. coin
over each drawer. When the proper
coin drops in it sets in motion a hit of
machinery which pushes out tho article
wanted.
TWO HOYM ni itNRO A8IIKH.
Henry Rune and Daniel Scott, two ne
gro hoys near Orangeburg, S. C., met a
most terrible death at the plantation of
Daniel Green, on Saturday night lust.
John Green occupied a house in tho
yard of his father, Daniel Green. Rune
and Scott left Orangeburg on Saturday
evening with tlie intention of visiting
John Green, and went to his house, ar
riving some time after dark. On Sunday
morning John Green left ltis house about
d o'clock for tile purpose of attending u
camp meeting at some distance, leaving
Kane and Scott asleep in a shed room of
the house. Before daylight tlio house
took fire, nud »cott and Rime were both
burned to death, being consumed to ashes,
except about half the trunk of their bod
ies. The head and arms and feet and
legs of both were totally consumed.
There was lmt one window in tho room
in which they slept, and that had some
time before been securely nailed up. It
is supposed that the tire originated in tlio
body of tlie house, and having reached
the door of the room in which the boys
were asleep completely cutting oil all
means of escape.
ATTEMPT TO POISON A FAMILY.
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
TrylliM lol’olsoil l'lillllp 1>. Armour’* Fami
ly In u Hniuplu ol' Riickwboat.
An attempt lias been discovered to
poison the family of Phillip 1). Armour,
by means of what appeared to bn a
sample package of buckwheat Hour,
heavily charged with srichuitio. The
attempt failed because tho family make a
point not to sample packages left for ad
vertisiug purpose's. Philip Armour
confirmed the correctness of the report,
but refused to talk of the matter.
A COSTLY CHILL IN AN IKON FURN
ACE-
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED
UP IN PARAGRAPHS.
Isaiah Armstrong, the mail carrier
from Owens Ferry to Saltilla BlufT, was
arrested Wednesday charged with robbing
the mails.
The Alabama fever 1ms struck iomc of
the citizens of Campbell. They will find
it difficult to find a state in the union
that will equal old Georgia.
Wednesday night about forty negroes
passed through Augusta, bound for a
point near Charleston, to engage in the
mining of phosphate rook. They ltnve
been working on the Atlantic, Greenville
and Western narrow gauge, and want to
enter a new business.
Mr. J. 1). Gilmer, while fishing on the
Oconee teii miles below Gainesville, on
Wednesday last heard a woman scrcnnt.
On looking in the direction from whence
tho voice ctime lie saw a woman lenp into
the river where the water wus about ten
feet deep. Site lose and sank three
times. Tho river was dragged but the
body was not found. There is no clue
ns to who she was.
On Tuesday a loving couple from
Thompson, flying before the wrath of nn
irate father, arrived in Augusta. After
renching Augusta very little time was
wasted, and at Magistrate Vaughan's of
fice the golden knot was tied with short
but serviceable ceremony. The groom is
Mr. Joel T. llolleyman, while the bride
is Miss Lula Belle, a daughter of Mr.
Minor Jones, of Wrightsboro, nbont
eight miles from Thompson. This makes
tlio third daughter of Mr. Joues to elope.
The deaths in Savannah for the past
week were 82.
Rev. J. II. Dixon, of Nortli Carolina,
lias accepted the call of tho Presbyterian
church of Gainesville.
The election on the water works ques
tion at Dalton, was defeated by a vote of
250 against, 04 in its favor,
C. S. Plant, cashier of the Southern
Express Co., at Augusta, for over thirty
years, died on Saturday last.
There are two applicants for the judge-
ship of Macon county court, Judge M.
II. Fish, the present incumbent, ana Col.
W. II. Hmmison, Sr.
Cobh county has an old gentleman umJ
wife wiio are 80 years old, been married
nearly sixty years, raised t) children, and
never had u death in their family.
The scenery for the new opera house at
Dalton lias arrived, and will lie placed ir.
position at once. The building will soon
bo in readiness for theatrical perform
ances.
Joint Davison of Augusta, whose es
tate is valued at $100,000, left an tin
signed will nt ltis death, which is of no
avail. The hulk of his estate goes to
relatives in Ireland.
Mr. Peter Johnson of Eastman,
went down under tbc saw at his saw
mill Friday last, and the saw struck his
head, cutting two had gashes and tenring
oil a piece of the skull bone.
The giuhouso of James F. Smith, near
Irwin’s cross roads, Washington county,
was burned with two bales of cotton and
n thousand bushels of seed. There was
no insurance.
The remains of Mr. Andrew Low, who
died in London about six months ago,
have arrived nt Savannah, and were
plnced in tlio family vault at Laurel
Gtove cemetery. His estate was valued
ut $8,000,000
Air. Dan W. Floyd, of Eastman, and
Mr. W, J. Defoor were engaged in cutting
down a pine tree, near the residence of
the latter, when Mr. Defoor’s axe flew
off the handle, the blade of which stria k
Mr. Floyd on the calf ol' tho leg, laying
it open to the hone, inflicting a vory
painful uud serious wound.
The Gem Iron Furnace in Page coun
ty, Vn., on the Shenandoah Valley rail
road, has chilled, and it will require
three months to remove its contents. Tim
furnace chilled in August last, and ope
rations had just been resumed when the
second misfortune befell it. Hon. Wm.
Milnes, Jr., manager, has gone to Phila- !
dolphin with a view to arranging for re- i
sumption of work. Between 500 and |
000 hands will be thrown out of employ- !
meat by the accident.
A BIO CLOCK.
The Seth Thomas C'look Co., of Tliom-
nston, Conn., have prepared drawings for
the great clock which is to he placed in
the tower of the new city hall nt Phila
delphia, and which, if completed in ac
cordance with their blnns, will be the
largest in the world' The bells upon
which it will strike the hours and quar
ters will weigh fifty thousand pounds,
and the glass dials, as contemplated,
measure 25 feet in diameter.
300 MEN OUT OF EMPLOYMENT.
The Erie breaker, opperated by th«
Hillside coal and iron company, Scranton,
Pit., was totally burned Tuesday night.
The loss will amount to over $100,000,
which is partially covered by insurance.
The fire throws 850 men and boys out of
employment. The breaker has been in
been in operation for sixteen years, and
hud a daily capacioy of seven hundred
tons. The origin of the fire is unknown.
AGAINST CONVICT LABOR.
KlSBdorivU-W^gSSS
t his hydrophobia mOj.ul t-<u| on wbom
,4!)U patients, a vabt V' <d J’ of tho entire
of
2,'.
had
hydrophobia moj-um q of wll0 ,„
patients, a vast_ U* I of tbo ou tire
been bitten by mad dogs,
umber only ten succumbed. ^ ^
in a ycal ' -
creased iu value &u,wu, •
Six persons were ’‘''iffJJerVboller atkew-
by tho explosion of a steamer B noner
A heal gentleman is as polite to a
little girl ns to » woman.
An official canvass of Cook county’!
(111.) election returns shows that the con
stitutional amendment against convict
contract labor received enough votes to
overcome tho heavy opposition among
the rural communities of the state. Sc
close was the vote that the estimates
made two days ago declared the amend
ment defeated. Only 2,684 votes were
cast against it in tbe county.
A boiler iu the sugar house of Guindry
tfc Bro., in St. James parish, La., cxplod- j
ed recently, killing two negroes and ,
fatally injuring a white man mimed
Nicholas Powers.
Last week Mrs. Judge J. Witherspoon
Smith of New Orleans, pnssed her nun-
dretli birthday, which was duly cele
brated some days later' cn the arrivul of
descendants from California for that pur
pose. She is of historic lineage. Her
maiden namo was Ducr. Her mother
was a daughter of Major-General Lord
Sterling, of the Revolutionary war.
Sunday about 0 o’clock over two huu-
lired foot of the river bank at Plaque- (
mines, including Bull street, caved into
the river. Several buildings were des-1
troyed. This is the fifth cave-in which
has taken place in the river front this
season. This list cave-in has approach
ed so near the new levee, which was built
by tho citizens as to render its completion
useless. It is now thought that thi*
latter cave in, and the one below, will
continue to widen nud extend until the
whole business front of the river, xvill be
engulfed.
BOUTII CAROLINA.
The official count in the Seventh Con
gressional district has been completed
and gives the election to William Elliott,
democrat, over Smalls, republican, by o
majority of 288.
Dr. C. II Miott, onc of the oldest
druggists in South Carolina, died at his
home in Columbia Sunday, after a short
sickness. For nearly forty years the de
ceased was a lending citizen of that
place.
A grand entertainment took place at |
San Francisco on Saturday, for the bene
fit of (he Charleston earthquake sufferers.
The building was filled with ono of the
largest and most fashionable audiences
ever seen in a San Francisco theutcr.
Those who secured proscenium boxes
paid $100 apiece for them. The cnt*T-
tfu’nmegt netted about $5*050.
Jefferson Davis arrived iu Clarksville
ou Friday or Saturday last. He was tbs
guest of M. 11. Clark, chief ami confiden
tial clerk in Mr. Davis's office duriug
the war, nud hence his warm personal
friend. Mr. Davis will attend the dedi
cation of Bethel Baptist church, built
upon the site of his birthplace in Fair-
view, Todd county, Ky., twenty-five
miles northeast. Tiic lot on which this'
house of worship is built, Mr. Davis
gave to Bethel church as a thanks offer
ing to God. At Fuirview Mr. Davis will
be the guest of Mr. Wm. Jesup. lie is
now fast approaching his seventy-ninth
birthday, and this visit ifthi* cherished
friend nnd to the place or his birth may
be the last time that he will leave the
comforts of his southern home for so
long a journey.
About sixty of the striking Chicago
butchers are in Chattanooga in search of
work.
A young man named Tuc'ser was ar
rested for illegal voting at Chattanooga,
in tho recent, election. Ho confessed the
crime, nnd urges in extenuation ignor
auee of the law.
Arthur Dixon, a fireman on tlio Cin
cinnati Southern, met a horrible death
while looking out of the cab window ol
his engine. He was struck by the end ol
the brilge, nnd was so badly injured that
he was attacked with lock jaw, and hit
his tongue off before death relieved him.
•
NOHTII ( AliOMNA.
Immense oyster beds have hcen dis
covered off the Forth Carolina const, op
posite Dnro county.
The cotton mills of the slate are doing
the best business they have enjoyed for
many years.
Ten days have passed without the
slightest earthquake shock being felt in
Columbia, and the people nro beginning
to feel easy.
St. Mary’s college, in Gaston county,
which wus recently dcdccuted as a mon
astery, is now crowded with students,
and a contractor is at work enlarging the
main building.
The corn crop is the best ever gather
ed iu the state, so says the Person county
Courier. In some cases the crop is four
times as large ns last year, uml not a few
men declare that they have made ns
much corn this season as in three or four
seasons past, all counted together.
Mr. T. Y. Pomeroy, a miner from
Colorado, who arrived at Charlotte
several weeks ago, has made arrange
ments to establish nn important mining
plant in Charlotte. lie proposes to
erect works for the treatment of the gold
ores of the North Carolina mines, and
liis plant will consist of chlorinating and
reduction machinery.
There is a feeling of unrest and n
roving disposition Hiking hold of many
of tho colored people in uml around
Charlotte. It has been but a short
wfiilo since a large number left this sec
tion for Liberia. The subject of immi
grating to California is being discussed
among them now, and a colony proposes
to start nbout the 20th of December for
that state. A colored man by the name
of J. D. Sheppard is working in the
interest of this movement, and ho say*
that many coloeed people talk of going.
A snake at Sanford recently swallowed
a darning egg, thinking ho had found
something rich.
A statu prohibition paper is to bo
started in Orlando soon by n stock com
pany, with It. J. Morgan at the helm.
More corn has been gathered in Col
umbia county the prescut year than has
ever been before in a single year.
Receipts ut the cotton warchousus in
Tallahassee arc steadily increasing nml
the staple is of unusually fine quality.
The orange business in Alcnhuu coun
ty is getting brisk, tho dry, warm weath
er causing the fruit to ripen very rapidly.
Hands iire at work completing the F.
It. and N. spur to Lake Griffin. After
this is completed the steamer Emmie
will ply between Leesburg nml Silver
Springs.
It is stated that it took 1,700 ear loads
of sand to repair the breach in the Puna-
soffkco trestle. At this rate, it may re
quire a million car loads to fill iu the
whole trestle.
The leading nurserymen of the state
formed at Pnlatka last Wednesday n
Florida Nurserymen’s association with
the following officers: President, A. I.
Bidwell; vice-president, F. S. Cone; sec
retary, G. L. Tidier; treasurer, J. B. An
del-son. The object of the association is
for the benefit of all nurserymen, and to
so agree that there will be a uniformity
in prices nnd tho description of fruits.
The association will meet semi-annually,
and the first incvting will be in Jackson
ville nt tiie time of the state fair, or nt
Orlando during the south Florida fair.
Joseph Clark, a white section employe
of the Mobile and Montgomery railroad,
fell between moving cars at Gcurgianna
nnd was instantly killed.
To meet the requirements of the law
hv which tho trustees got tho property,
the “Alabama State Land Company” is
to lie organized, and the unsold Alabama
and Chattanooga railroad lands, held by
Swann nud Billups, as trustees, are to be
made over to it. A declaration has nl-
lcady been tiled in the probate office nt
Birmingham putting down tiie capital
stock at $877,000. Tho property com
prises some 000,000 acres. It will soon
he on the market again, having been
necessarily taken off last May when the
trust expired.
THE NEW YORK COUNT.
"JIM CUMMINGS.
A OnrlM* Bobber Worllir or Jack (:■*•>■
Fellnn-alilp.
There probably never wits a more hu
morous nnd recklessly daring highway-
mnii than the individual who recently
robbed the Adams Express car on the
St. Louis nnd San Francisco railroad of
over $75,000, and who i* plensdil to be
known ns "Jim Cummings.” He captur
ed one of the largest amounts of money
ever lost by nn express company, and
despite the fact that tho wealthy corpo
ration nnd the most skilled and exi>eri-
enced detectives in 1 lie country are doing
all that money ami brains can do, to run
him down, Cttmmiug occupies his spnro
time in defying his pursuers, and inf ur-
liishing them with fulsc cities upon which
to exerciso their ingenuity, lie seems to
feel so absolutely assured of his own
safety that ho dares to have a little
amusement with the express company.
The Republican is in receipt of a fresh
letter, dated Topeka, signed “Jim Cum
mings.’’ In tho letter ho states Unit ho
regrets that suspicion should rest upon
Fotheringlmm, aud asserts that tlio mes
senger did all in liis power to protect
the company's property. Ho requests
that the package which accompanied
tin; letter, and which contained property
valued nt $10,000 iu notes, mortgages,
eta;., be returned to the express company.
Upon one receipt for money, to tlio First
National Bank of Eureka, Kan., appear
ed the following signature; “Jim Cum
mings, for First National Hunk of Eure
ka.” “1 have no complaint to make
whatever.” The postscrip says: “I
sent that hank note to Frank James for a
joke, not for nny desire to get him into
trouble.”
Upon the letter from IV. II. Daiusol,
manager of tho company, to nu ngcut,
calling upon the latter to procure a
second bondsman, tlio robber wrote, “In
order to give the bloko a chance to see
if lie’s any good on earth,! will goon
liis bond. Jim Cummings—value of
property $58,000 in cash.”
FLAMES IN DURHAM. N. C.
THE SUMMER IS DEAD
“•Tha summer is dead,”
A soaring lark said
Singing up in the blues afar,
“ I’m chanting her dirge •
Where golden clouds surgo
In the wake of the tnoruing star.”
“ The summer isdead,”
A damask roso said,
In tbe light of her smiles I grew
And warm with the bliss
Of her parting kiss,
I shall glory in my dying too.”
" The summer Is dead,"
A honey boo said,
To tho red roses still aglow.
11 But her honey is mine, ' —*'•
I need not repine
When your beauty lies under the snow."
"Tlio summer is doad,”
A butterfly said
” Lot tho honey boo live—I stippoz*
Thoy are prudent and wise,
But work I dospiso
Lot mo die on tho heart of tha raze.”
*' The summer is dead,"
A fair maiden said,
As sho hied to the trystlug ttvs.
“ But where autumn loaves lie,
Cometh one by nnd by
Whoso love Is lifo’s summer to me."
11 Tho summer Is dead,”
A sad woman said,
‘ Yet I mourn not Its vanished flow,
For ttmo cannot bring
Tho joy of youth’s spring
As tho summors of long ago."
“ The summer is dead,”
An aged man said, J
' But what is one summer to met '*
A shining drop cast
In tho stream of the past,
While l stmxl by Eternity’s soa."
—Horn Vcrtner Jeffrey, in Graphic.
Tlio Whole Town Beniroycil In n Mhorl
Time.
Firo originated nt 8 a. in., Tuesday,
in the grocery store of It. H. Atwater
anti burned a large part of the buslnut*
portion of tlio town. The loss is esti
mated nt $500,000. Among tho indi
vidual lessors arc: Jacob Levy, dry good*
$8,000; Insurance$2,500. A. M. liiggt-
by, general merchandise, loss $4,000,
fully insui ?d. It. W. Atwater, grocoriw,
loss $-1,000, insurance $2,000. Lombe,
Slater & Gorman, loss $10,000, insurance
$8,000. Shelburne's nrt gallery, lost
$2,000, no insurance. E. A. Whitaker,
music; Goldschicder, general merchan
dise, full insurance; S. It. Perry, general
merchandise, loss $11,000, insurred
$5,000; (’. C. Taylor, hardware, $5,500,
insurtd $1,000; G. E. ltawls, dry goods,
loss $8,000, insurance $4,000; M. G.
Herndon & Co., furniture, loss $12,000,
insurance $7,500. Tho postofHcn is a
total loss. E, P. Ashley, jeweler, not
insured. Ada Smith, millinery ; Wesley
& Mciiny, merchant tailors; I’nrrish'a
warehouse and prize house, a total loss,
insurance $150,000. The ban.: of Dur
ham, Morehend'sprize house oi.d J. C.
Lyon's residence were also burned.
A STRANGE ACCIDENT.
A llroTe of llags Full TlirtiUfb n Bride* Oa
u Traill.
At half past ten o’clock Tuesday morn
ing a singular accident occurred in
Chicago. A drove of hogs were being
driven across a bridge loading to Aller-
ton’s packing house. At tho moment a
passenger train was being drawn along
under the bridge. The structure broke
with the weight of the hogs, nnd the
whole drove was precipitated on the roof
of one of the ca s. Some of the nuimals
broke through the roof nnd a number of
others fell on the tracks and were run
over and killed. None of the passen
gers in the car suffered injuries, though
the sudden onslaught of the hogs occa
sioned a great commotion.
PITII AND POINT.
Long-winded—Tho cyclone.
A fruitful source of debate—A disputo
over a tinrrcl of apples.
The phrase, “in duo time,” probably
means tho first of the mouth, for that is
when tlio bills coine in.—Rambler.
Thirteen is nu unlucky number at a
bonrding house table where there is only
dinner enough for twelve.—Pi:ayune.
Judging from the tightness of the ar
ticle, it isn’t every girl who can laugh in
her sleeve nowadays.—Rochester Post-Ex
press.
Thu I’assnic river twists about so much
in its course that young men sail on it in
order to become effective curve pitchers.
—Pack.
An Ohiomnu claims to havo invented
a mncUinc that will continue to run with
out stopping until it runs itself out. It
is evidently nn infringement on a book
agent's tongue.—JYorrittoirn Herald.
With tho two biggest insurance com
panies in the Territory nnd fourteen
churches in active operation Sioux J'alls
ought, to be able to rcduco loss or dam
age by fire here or hereafter.—Sioux Hulls
(Dakota) Press.
THK SI’KCTHAL (OMl'I.KXlO.V.
They were lovers, uml fain they would wed;
On Ills breast she had nestled hor head,
He (dullcod down and fainted,
Her cheeks they ha l painted
His only dean shit t bosom red.
-Life.
Lord Palmerston’s good humor as a
distinct clement of his character is well
known. Wo find it even during liis last
illness, when his physician was forced to
mention d- alb. “Die, my dear doctor,
that is the last thing I shall do.”-- Roles
mid Queries.
NOT THK CYCLONE.
Aud I ho maiden shrieked In (error,
Tis tho fierce nnd dread cychmo;
1 ran hear its dreadful mutter
And its weird, wild, wofnl tone !”
But tho youth, though pale, was fearless;
And he said; “Uh hour thy pain;
’Tis tho village ban I who practice
•lVhon the Robins Nest Again.'”
—Musical Herald.
nitlTISII ANARUIIIHTS.
A meeting of the British Anarchist*
lins hcen called to assemble in Cleveland
Hall, London, on tho 88d inst., to pro
test against the action of tho Cliicngo
court which tried nnd sentenced Spies
uml liis colleagues. The circular calling
the mooting denounces the jury that con
victed the Chicago Anarchists as a brib
ed and packed body, and condemns
Judge Gary for refusing the prisoners a
new trial. Hon. Auberon Herbert,
brother of the Earl of Carnarvon, will
probably preside ovor the meeeting.
A NEW REPUBLIC SCHEME.
A party of gentlemen, somewhat noted
in Texas politics, arrived in St. Louis,
Tuesday, and were laden with a grand
scheme to form a new republic. They
are commissioners from the “Socialistic
Republic of the Rio Grande.” They
state their object is to take advantage of
the excitement produced on the Mexican
border by tlio Cutting incident, and to
invade the three northwestern provincon.
COTTON DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Fire Tuesday afternoon partially des
troyed 100 bales of compressed cotton
lying in tho street in front of the Cham
pion cotton press. Tho loss is about
$4,000 and is covered by insurance in
foreign companies.
107 .Mil.US IN N1NTY.FIYE MINUTES.
The board of county canvassers have
made their report of the result of the late
election. The figures do not alter tho re
sult as furnished by the press returns on
election night. Tho official figures for
mayor are, Hewitt 00,552, George, 68,-
110, Roosevelt 00,485, and Mardwell
682.
i On Tuesday tho Michigan Central
train on the Canada Southern division,
having on board a number of director!. 1
| nnd officials, ran from St. Clair Junction
: to AVindsor Dock, 207 miles, in ninety-
live minutes. ,
A rtlVLSH VILLAGE DESTROYED.
The village of Trimstein, in the canton
of Berne, Switzerland, has been destroy
ed by fire. A number of inhabitant*
Some FnmoiH Kisses.
In tho “Midsummer Night's Dream”
Shakespeare calls the lips “those kissing
treasures." Titanin “kisses tiie fair,
largo cars of her genii: joy,” aud sfoms
to take much pleasure in it, while further
on come the quaint kissing of Pyrninus
and Thisbo through tlio chinks of Tinker
Snont’s fingers. There is the kiss of
Potruchio:
“Ho took the bride about Hid nock.
Aud kissed hot lips with such a rluuiurous
smack,
That, at the parting, all tho church did
echo. ”
Then, there is Romeo's kiss in the vault
so tender nnd tad, niul Othello's farewell
kisses that almost did persuade Justice
to break her sword, ai d Anthony's dying
kiss:
"Of so many thousand kisses, tho poor last
I lay upon thy lips.”
And tho grand kiss of Coriolanus:
"Long as my exilo, sweet as my revenge.’’
And Bassunio uud Portia’s kiss, full of
such wealth and loyalty of love,
Byron’s widi
“That womanhood had but ouo rosy month
To kiss them nil ut once from north to
south,”
Docs not particularly commend itself to
tho connoisseur of kissing.
Leigh Hunt says:
“.Stolen sweats nro ul ways sweeter.
Stolon kisses much oompletor.”
One of the most famous kisses in his
tory is that ot Georgianna, Duchess of
Devonshire, when she was canvas ing
for Fox’s oloction. A butcher said Im
would vote for Fox if the lady would
kiss him, which sho thereupon did,
thereby making tbe kiss, the butcher
and herself immortal iu histoiy. The
Duchess of Gordon, in Scotland re
cruited a Highland regiment in the samo
way. “
Pie.
I jike the pies that Nellie bakes.
The light, crisp crust, tho heart delicious
Of spiced fruit between the flakes—
All this seems heulthy and nutritious.
While tasting one the otbor day,
lly teeth struck something not o’astic;
And soon within my palm thero lay
A golden ring saved from the gastric.
“From Nellie’s linger,’’ murmured I.
Then looking o'er the metul mellow,
J nearly fainted, to descry j
Th’ initials of (mother fellow I
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