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Newspaper Page Text— „.i ,,o jipconti-eiam juiiiicr ai pn J r Zri"'> iilo l'ostojflce April 27, the c<” * l $S0' — Sundersville, Washington County, Ga. PUBLISHED BY ji., j.J KBN IGr A. 1ST, proprietor and PubliBher. $1.50 Per Year. THE MERCURY. A. J, JERXIOAK, Proprietor, DEVOTED TO LITERATUBE, AORIOULTUKE. AND OENEBAL INTELLIGENCE, SUBSCRIPTION: $l.BO Per Annum. VOLUME VII SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1886. NUMBER 34. THE MERCURY. PUBLISHED EYERY TOESDH. NOTICE I All Communication* intended fbv this Paper must be accompanied by ■ ill name of the xoriter—Ml the fn.v ... ...v ... — necessarily for publication, but at a guarantee of good faith, IVe are in no nay responsible for the views or opinion* of corresponds ents. City of SandeiwlHe. Mayor. j, N. Gilmore, Aldermen. W, R Thiopen, B E. RotJutfTON, j. B RontsitTs, A. M. Mayo. 8. G. Lano. BOLD TRAIN R0BSER8, Clerk. C. 0. Biiowm. Treasurer j, A. In WIN. Marshal. j, E. Wbddon, A. C. WRIGHT, attorney at law, 105 Bay St., Savannah, Ga. PBAOTICIK IN ALT, THE COTJUTA Three Men Capture n Train In Broad Daylight, Intimidating Federal Soldiers and Robbing tho Passengers. LOUISIANA FINANCES. DESTROYED BY FIRE, LEAPING FROM A MOVING TWAIN. THE YEA.R 1887. ( E.S. LANGMADE, Attorney at law, * I SANDERSVILLE, Ga. «1) t.iksr. I). O. KVANi, Jn “ EVANS Si EVANS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW SANDERVILLE, GA. __ F H. SAFFOLD, attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. In broad daylight a few days since the mall and exprejs train on tho Fort Wo ■ and Denver Railroad, stopped at a water tank just north of Bellevue station, soventy-llvo mifcs north of Fort Worth. A few mlnutor before the train arrlvod. three inon lmd ridden up to a li mijo two hundred yards from tho tank, tlod thoir tor,os and ordered dinner. They "nl|foil leisurely toward tho tank, and about Unit timo tho train pulled in. One of tho robber* withdrawn pistol ordered Englnoor Ayers and his llrenmn and 0. G. Miller, an other engineer who wai riding in the cab, to ullight which they did. Ho then man-lie l , U,i , rt >’ le " t from tho tram and ilw.v.i l U ll 'i’n t ! 0: oi nkin « “I' tbu valuable) m )) ,lllu this was going on tho other non went through the train. One of the I assuugers, who wni looking out of tho win* dow uni saw the operation with tho train men, divining the situation, went Into tho forward earn and exclaimed: ...in i tt "'W y°nr money and valuables: wo ' 1 I i /‘mh ' At onto the passengers to. rotod till they could and awaited results In thesiuoking-car wore live United Btnt s floe tiers m'-groos) belonging to the Twenty- fourtli 1 nl antry, under command of Cap- tain Connors in charge of two deserters who S’o'°!?: "8 ,altcl ‘ tu Leavenworth from Fort hill. hen it was seen that tho soldiors were going t > light, several passengers went t • d hr The Lonlalmia lliink Will Not Ca«h tke Uen- rrnl Fund W’nrmnt*. The Louisiana National bank, of New Orleans, will not agree to cash the gener al fund warrants of the state throughout the year, and advance such sums as the state may require for future interest on the houds. After the meeting of the hoard of liquidation and associated hunk presidents, Treasurer Burko stated that the January coupons would ho promptly cashed as usual. The question of state’s deposits which aro quite valunble, would he determined after further consultation with the hunks. The collections for last year have repaid all advances, and show a surplus to tlic interest fund of 1885, with six per cent of collectable taxes to come in. The assessments of 1880 arc 3,000,000 in excess of those of 1885. The treasurer states thnt ho enn pay all the general fund warrants for the expenses of the state government for the year of 1887 without advances. Tho board is anxious to take all state warrants for public insti tutions off the sheet for futuro years and as the appropriations for 1887 arc within revenues, it is confidently believed that they can he paid in cash from tho state treasury. .I V AIVFUL DISASTER TO A MIS SIS S DPI STJEA MU OA T, The Fluent Boat on llio Hirer llurneil, Wltk Tlilri v or Forty of ller I’amengera. J The steamboat J. M. White, from I Vicksburg for New Orleans, was burned at Blue 8tone, Point Coupe, three or j four miles above Baton Rouge. She hud j a number of passengers on honrd. llci cargo consisted of 2,100 hales of cotton and 0,000 sacks of seed. Several lives were reported to have been lost, butCapt. James T. Muse, who was in command, O. B. Jcnue, a retired merchant, of Elgin, 111., accompanied by his wife and brother-in-law,F. L. McClure, proprietor of the Elgin Canning Works, started on u trip list week for the benefit of his health. He had been suffering from melancholy and it was feared that his mind would lnenk down. lie was watched carefully, however, and nil went well until hist Thursday, when the train was passing through Indian Terri tory and running down grade at thiity miles an hour. Suddenly Mr. .Tonne sprung through the ear window. His wife caught his clothing, but could not 1 hold him and he dropped to the truck di graphs that only one person, tho pot - j n u jekl V the train was stopped and hacked or of the boat, is known to he lost. 1 lie j f 0 tho spot. Mr'. Jenne, strange to boat and her cargo are a total loss. The J. M. Wl-ite was built in 1878 at a i i-ost of (1925,000. She was regarded by p _ say, was still alive and could speak, lie id suffered internal injuries from which Will practice in all the Courts • of the Middle Circuit nnd in the counties inrro Hiding Washington. Special at- t-'tjtioa given to commercial law. O. 11 . Rob tits. F. K. ihsK.s. HINES & ROGERS, rneys at Law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. t oiiuors and boggod him to submit tamely, Faying tlio women and children were greatly alarmed and that all the valuables were bidden away.i Connors reluctantly con sented to do ns i e pics ted. Hy tills time tho two men had rca lied tho s ddieiD, and cover ing.them with revolvers, demanded thoir pLtols, which the soldiers sui renderod. '■How much money have you gotr a-ked ,onc of tho robbers. “Unly $50 to feed my prisoners with,’ an swered Connors. “A’ou can keep it, then,’’ami thy robbers passed on. They said to ladles in the lust coach: “Ladies, you uoed not bo afraid, wo won't take anything trom you.” And they did not .-: Many of tho passengers rocretod thoir money in various ways, giving most of it (with their diamonds) to several ladior aboard. Miss Kate Haas. 0 f Fort Worth, ALABAMA’S LEG INI, ATI RE. Will prsotl.v in the counties of Wi\shingtqi»,< Jill r-isi, Jnliiibton, Enmnucl'and 'Wilkinson, uni in tbo U. H. Ooufta for tbo Southern Dis ci,i ofOoorgis. Wi.l art i ngents in buying, selling or’rent- mg It si F.usto. Uffi o on West sido of Public Squaw, tktll-tf • • G. W. H. WHITAKER, SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA. —TERMS CASH. -~ KT OflW at his residence, on Harris street. ApriW'80 took chargo of $3,000 mui other valuables. Mis. Chambers, of PotUlam, N. Y.. re- reived t.i,0Ut) nnd somo diamonds, and Mrs. Wittlck, of Carthago, Mo., took her Inis- hanil’s geld watch and several hundred dol lars. Mrs. Wittlck was greatly Incensed at tho proceedings nml boldly stood up in the car and askod ii the forty men wore goingto sub mit to such nuoutrago at the linn Is of two highwaymen. About tie,000 in money and Sl.nt 0 worth of diamonds nnd other valuables were left by tho robbers in thou- baste to get through the train, and becauso they did not search tho Indies. They were evidently novices in The Alabama legislature has adjourned till February 1. Nearly 1,000 unllnishcd hills ice left over in both houses, mostly of a local character. Tho appropriation and revenue bills passed both houses and were approved by the Governor; nl-o,lhe report of the senate and house joint com mittee, who . agreed upon a reduction of tlie license tax on dealers in futures from (5,000, as passed by the house, to $;!00, which was passed by both houses; also, the drummer’s tux, which the house re pealed, stands now at $10 annually for the state only, with a penalty that all contracts by drummers without having a license are void. Tho governor vetoed the bill making county officers of Lowndes county ineligible to succeed themselves, being a bad policy, and, in the governor's opinion, unconstitutional. Both houses sustained the veto. Numer ous prohibit! in hills for counties nnd precincts were passed. FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. tho business, mid wont away with tho paltry nun of 8105, tin co gold watches, ton t K. s. hqlufield, man nco gold wnt lies, toll silver watchoi, (lvo revolvers and one gold ring. Tho robbers loft tbo train nt tbo rear of tho shoper, mounted horses standing near by ami rodo nq idly a-.rnv. Tho train was then hurried onto Bellevue, whoro telegrams were sent to Superintendent Frost, at 1-ort Worth, wtio immediately so- plied, offering o roe aril for each robber In less than an hour live pos es of officers nnd cltirons woio in pursuit uuder Sheriff McLain, of Montague; Marshal Black, of Biiwio, and othois The men w, re all dressed in cow lioy style, . rnngo I from ttvo loot seven inches to six loot in lioiglit. and all had sandy Isinrilsof about threo weeks’ growth. Tlio tallest innu hud a s pilot in Ii s left eye. Tnoy made no effort to conceal thoir faces, and talked and jolted with the pas ongors as they robbed thorn, Four men Killed limliintlv lit .li-rser (shore. I'n. Tho Beach crock rnilrond engine, which had iust left the shops and eame to a standstill near the station, exploded from an unknown cause Thursday, killing Phil II. Knight nnd James Wearuer,engineers, Allen Ramsey, fireman, and J. C. Field, machinist. J. 11. Stapleton, machinist, was seriously injured. All of the men were young and recently married, with the exception of Knight, who leaves^ a wife und five children. The body of En gineer Knight was gathered up in small piece-, nnd tho bodies of tho firemen were also badly mutilated. The body of Fields had been thrown a distance of 1,500 feet. It is thought that the steam gauge of tho locomotive did not work properly, as it only registcicd U0. many as the finest nnd fastest ever run on the Mississippi river. Site was owned by Oapt. John W. Tobin. Her cargo was valued nt (00,000. Tho insurance on the boat is $20,000, and her cargo is ' undoubtedly fully insured. When the White took fire she was ly ing at Point Coupe taking on cotton. She had on honrd 3,500 hales of cotton ami 8,000 Micks of seed. This makes a | cargo valued id $150,000. Thomas Barry, 1 second engineer of the White, was on | duty when the lire broke out iff the cotton 1 nmidship. Hu says that for a time In; | thought the tiro was under control, hut j it finally gained such headway they could j do nothing with it. Bnrry states that the ' fire spread so rapidly that tho hont in a few minutes, was wrapped in flames. He thinks there were ten or a dozen L lives lust, including a colored fireman * and two colored chambermaids, one of them named Marllin Washington. The second cook, colored, was also lost. He I nl mi reports the loss of Captain Bird , l-’loyd, superintendent of the Yidalinrail way, with his wife and daughter, who ! were passengers. He knows nothing as i to the number of passengers that were aboard, hut thinks there wero not. very ! many. He believes there were some wo men und children on deck. Evidence is accumulating that their were many more lives lost than the story : of tlie engineer given above would indi cate, notwithstanding the reassuring tel- ! gram from the steamers captain. Tlie following is a list ns far as ascer tained of white persons missing; L. H. Stafford, wife nnd daughter, of Vidnlia; (i. ’Wash Floyd, a well known steamboat I lie died. know in Till-: tu The Home, Ga., Courier narrates that in tlie lost tliirty years there have only been ten Jlmes that the ground has been tovered with snow three inches and more deep. In 1850 there was -i threo inch Sjiow; in 1807, three and one-quarter inches; in 1872, threo inches; in March, 1872, live und one-hnlf incites; in 1S70, three inches; tlie heaviest, snow that lias ever before fallen was in 1877, when eight incites fell; in January, 1882, three inches fell, and iu November of the same year four inches fell; on tho 11th of February, 1885, a three inch snow covered tlir ground. Jan. HILVKIl CERTIFICATES. Limited quantities of two dollar silver ocititlcutes have been put in circulation. So far they have been issued by tlie treas ury only in redemption of one nnd two dollar United States notes. When the supply is sufficient they will ho distrib uted £'IO iO.17 m Feb.I 7 1 ■ M 13 jaolaijaa : sa'os'ifear’aS 79 31 ■■ ■■■ July 3! 4 3 Aug I 6' 71®! 9 10:11 1a 13 14 13 16 17116 19 ao.aqaa 23.34,35 ,6 17|a8 ... ...|... Mar. .'... 1 2; 3 I 6, 7' 8;®' Sept Apr. May June 23 *'4 © ia 13 14 lOiao at 36127)38 iii £10 AN AUTUMH DAY. F,cllpses for INST. t'lnr,- will bo fmir Eclipses Hits year—two of the Snn amt two of tho Moon. .... ... I lie Urol t. a Partial Eclipse of tlio Moon. Febru ary S.h, thus o'clock In the morning, vtslblolntho I Hilo I States no a partial ecllpso, ami also In tbo Far ills Oconn anil Asia. The second la an Annular hcllpso of the Hun, February Md, 8:58 o'clock in thoartornoon; Invls- lb i- in tlio United Statoa; vl-lblo In South Fieldc Urcnii and western coast of Sontli America. I he third Is a Partial Eclipse of tho Moon. August he tiuril is a ruruai nciipso 01 mu niuun, miguc at 3:53 o'clock In tho afiurnonn; Invisible In the United siatea; visible In Western Asia and Eau ^Tho fourth Is a Total Eclipse of tlio Sun. August 18th, 1t:lit o’clock In ttie evening, end Is Invisible In tho Unite,1 States. Tho ocllpsn will bo total at 1 l.-rlIn In Uormany, Konlgsborg, YeddO In Japan, and ltlc 1 do nro In tho l'nclllc uce.111. Min-nine Star*. Venus, offer Sept. ‘itst. Mars, after April 34th. Jupiter, until April 20 after Nov. 8. Hat urn, until Jan.9, after July 18, Mercury, nutII Fob. 7, after Mar. ill, July 28, Nov. 7. F.veninir Stars. Venus, until Sept. 21st. Mars, until April 84th. Jupiter, after April 20, until Nov. 8. Saturn, after Jan. 9, un lit July 18. Mer ury, aftor Feb. 7lh, May 2ith, Sept luth. utea among the sub-treasuries and put in general circulation in tlio santo manner as was adopted in ease of tlie one dollar silver certificate. Work on tlio new cer tificates lmn been very much delayed. Tho live dollar certificate will uot ho ready for somo timo yet. Flniii’la Brightest. Mercury, March 5th, July lot, sotting thou Just after tho Snn; April 18th, August 17th, llocombor th, rising ilicn fust before tho Hun. Vonus, Augii-t mill, October Mill. Jupiter, April 20tb. Mars, not Is year. Saturn, Jnnuary Otli. A SUIT FOB TEN THOUSAND DAMAGES. A ten thousand dollar suit is entered by Florence Elmoro, of Montgomery, man; Mrs. Murray, from Natchez; Mist. Ala., against the Western Union Tele- Agnes McCuhc, of West Feliciana, ant! 1 graph Company, on account of delay in two other lady passengers, names un- J delivering an important message toiler known. Three men nnd one woman were i agent in this city, which caused her great 1 tlie 1 inconvenience mid necessitated tho cancel- walking on the hurricane roof when tlie POSTAL FREE DELIVERY: In the South Which Will Ilaro the IIi-lli-niH III' tho Extension. THE IltP-.lt DIITIl l LTI SANDERSVILLE, GA. Offiro next dpor. to Mni. Bayne's Millinery •"f", ”11II irt'i-t street. -1 . The order of business in tlio coining session of the British Parliament will probably ire as follows; Tlio session will open with tho introduction of a Coercion —FROM • Nemo genuineSviHjout our tratio mark.') °-V lIANlfANI) FOIl SALE SPECTACLES) .NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. Clocks jewelry • ' IUtrAiniD BY J’HLR/JNriGKAHSr. oum hill, including special provisions for the suppression of boycotting. It was de cided that local Government measures affecting England nnd Scotland shall 1111 vo prcccdonco over legislation on the same subject for Ireland. The result of this will be that no Irish business except such ns relates to coercion and to the hill extending tlie scope of the Ashbourne Land act will be transacted. It A ILltOAD SIKH’S DESTROYED. Fire broke out in the cur department of the Chicago, Burlington nml Quincy railroad shops nt Aurora, 111., Monday morning, and destroyed the building, in which arc tlio wood machine shop, cab inet shop and pattern shop. Another building, equally as large, in winch freight cars arc repaired, was also in Panics, but was extinguished. The burn ing of first shop entnils a loss of over $00 000. Only the utmost exertion upon tho’part of the firemen saved the other five large shops and the immense Corliss engine. The following named cities will come under the provisions of the bill recently passed by the house of representatives, relating to tlie extension of tlie free de- livciy service, provided that, iu addition to a population of 10,000, according to the last census, or an annual revenue of $10,000, they have tho other require ments, such*ns paved or planked side walks, numbered streets and houses, and the general characteristics of citios: Selma, Ala.; Pensacola, Fla.; Colum bus, G11.; Jackson, Meridian nnd Vicks burg. Miss.; Charlotte, N. C.; Columbia, S. C.; nnd Alexandria, Danville and Staunton, Vn. roof fell in, and all disappeared in tlie flumes. They wore doubtless burned to ! dc th. Two white men, names unknown, iu charge of a premium ox, jumped over board and were drowned. Airs. Dr. Wade, of West Feliciana, made a most miracu lous escape, but is almost frantic with grief at the loss of her sister, Miss Mc Cabe. She speaks in glowing terms of the heroic and gnllnut conduct of G. Wash Floyd, who sacrificed his life in trying to save the lady passengers. All the officers of tlio Wldto were saved. Among ttic saved are J. F. Cared and wife, of Ottown, Ills. Captain Henry C. Brown, State engin eer, who was 11 passenger on tho White, estimates the loss of life at thirty-six. He gives the names of tlie following per sons who were saved, but were all slightly injured nnd were left nt Point Coupe: John Stahl, pilot; Hortonse Smith, Mrs. Smith, of Racine, Wis., nnd a gentleman and his wife, from Chicago, names unknown. There were about thirty cabin passengers and a number of negro cabin piissengcis in tlio “bureau." Thu number of deck passengers is un known. Mr. Brown says:“Wash Lloyd, formerly a clerk on the Willis Ilaycs, ran through the ciihiii calling up the passengers, nnd nobly lost his life trying to save others ing of several important engagements. Her brother, Senator Browne, and a prominent law firm, are her attorneys. DISCOVERY OF IRON ORE. A special from Meridian, Mifi., says Enterprise, a town twenty miles south of this place, on tlio Mobile nnd Ohio and New Orleans and Northeastern railroad,! • in 11 state of intense excitement over tin- discovery of iron. A negro who had formerly worked in the iron fields at Bir iningliani was tlie first to make the dis covery. OPENING LETTERS. Ml ( 7.iiiles D. Loud, a In wye Vernon, Ga., lias been arrested nl the in -lance of Inspector Griffin, charged with Inking letters fiom the postotlirc direetei to another with the purpose of inlcrfcr ing with the correspondence and prying into the secrets of the other person. Tin ease is pending before the United States commissioner. TnF.Y CLONED THE CONTRACT. DIVIDED. A Reported Movement Among tlio Knights of Labor. SUICIDE OF A RANK PRESIDENT. department anpplied with all tho requisites for doing Au kinds of Job and Book work in Firotr CUhb btyle, Promptly and at Rolf Bouabta rricoa. Wl’.'DDTNO cards, VISITING CARDS, BUSINESS CARDS, BALL CARDS, POSTERS, HANDBILLS, PROGRAMMES, STATEMENTS, LETTER HEADINGS, DODGERS. PAMPHLETS, Oscar A. Simons, President of the First National Bank, of Fort Wayne, Ind. has been suffering for some time from nervous prostration, tlio result of overwork. His ailment became unbeara ble and telling his hrothor-m-law, Mr. Esmond, ho could endure it 110 longer, Mr Simons jerked a revolver ironi a lm- roaii drawer and shot himself through the temnlo The dead man was tlio wealth- e l citizen of Fort Wavno. EXPOSITION. \ COLORED WORLD'S \ number of imminent colored people • A “ “lias of the aro endeav - 111 various pints.01 tut people’s tiring• to organize a . in Mont- Worid’s Exposi-on. ^ q') 10 enter- or Birmingham, prise has ^ eu l^^'designecl to illustrate colored men, aU1 ' 1 “i.icvemeuts of the the progress an department of life, colored race in tvciy A report from Chicago says a move ment of considerable importance is going on within the ranks of tlie Knights of Lnlior, which will have a great effect 111 lessening tho power and importance of district assemblies. It is the formation of national trade district assemblies which arc essentially after a plan of the various international unions. Machinists assembly, No. 5,124, voted to withdraw from district assembly No. 57, to which it has been attached since its organiza tion, in order to join in the machinists trade district, recently organized at Cin cinnati, tlie recommendation of its dele gates to convention at that place being concurred in. ENGLAND IN EGYPT. France nml Turkey Want Engliiml to Ev unto. Bir William White, British minister at Constantinople, lias received from Lord Iddesieigli a dispatch saying that the porte lias intimated very distinctly the desire to discuss the subject of t-e evacuation of Egypt by the British, and that ho has promised to consider tlie porte’s intimation. Count D’Aunny, the French a Cairo, lias informed the public debt coin- mission that his government will decline to enter into any arrangement looking to Egyptian administrative reforms until the day has been fixed for the British to evacuate Egypt. out at The Montgomery, Ala..Iron Worksha 'C ' closed a contract to build and orcct anew . . j ice machine of a capacity of fifteen tona Captain Muse, commander of tlie White, 1 thiily at a cost of fifteen thousand dollars bad been ill all day and was in bed when ; f,,, the ice works. It is a homo enter the fire broke out. The chief mate was in prise, nud tlie largest contract ever let b> charge of tlie steamer. I hud about ten | maciiinery to lie manufactured and cret t feet start of the fire, and although I ran j t , ( i j„ Montgomery. rapidly forward, when I readied tbo bank __2 the liro wus within twenty-five feet of me. < ollihion in Virginia, 1 had on only my underclothing when 1 reached the bank. I did not see a soul in the cabin ns I ran through. The cabin was in full blaze at the time, and the flames were rapidly eating their way to the hurri cane deck. DR. MoGLYNN SUSPENDED. A collision occurred 011 tho Norfolk and Western railroad, near Crippl Creek Junction,Tuesday morning, when by two engines were wrecked and one ex ploded. No lives were lost, but out gineer, named S. J. Roberts, wounded. Six freight cars were burned i.oss, $00,000. Ordered to <Je*ae tlie Exerelae of Ills Frlestly Functions, The fact thnt Rev. Dr. Edward Mc- Glyuii did not officiate tit high mnss nt St. Stephen’s Church, New York, last Sunday morning, or again at vespers in the evening, did not excite remark among the attendants nt those services, as it has not been his custom to cele brate those services himself except at Christmas or Easter. lie lias left his iliac assistant priests free to alternate in the celebration of mass,and consequently when tlie Rev. Benjamin O’Callaglian appeared ns celebrant nt high mass prob ably not half a dozen persons in the con gregation suspected that there was any special reason for the absence of Dr. Mc- Glvnn. Yet there was, for Dr. McGlynti lias, by order of Archbishop Corrigan, lxen suspended from saying mass or ex- THE WILDK-IIAYNU MONUMENT. George W. Childs has sent a contrihii tion of five hundred dollars to James R Randall, chairman, for the Ilnyne nnd Wilde memorial monuments to be erected in Augusta, Ga. Childs accompanies his gifts with a sympathetic and patriotic letter. Tlio Four Nenuttni. Winter bouln* December 21, 1*80, and lasts B* days prliig ’* March 20,1SS7. “ " 03 4t Summer “ Jane 21, “ ' M Autumn “ Soptomber 28, “ “ 82 Leaden skies and a lonesome shadow Where Summer has passed with gorgeous train. Bnow on the mountain nnd frost on th* moadow— A white faco pressed to the window pane. A cold mist falling, a bleak wind calling, And oh I but life seems vain. Rain is better than golden weather When hearts aro chilled with a dumb despair. s Dead leaves He where thoy walked together; The hammock is gone nnd tho rustic chair, Let bleak snow cover the whole world over, It will never again seem fair. Why should the boautiful, pasdonate sum mer Always leave pain where her footsteps have trod, Hopes that were brought by this treacherous comer, Chilled like lier roses, lay crushed, on the sod. Yet lovo dead with sorrow may spring up to-morrow, And bloom like tho gardon of God. Timo laughs lightly nt youth’s sad ‘‘never,’’ Hutnmor shall come again smiling one* more; High o’er tho cold world the sun shines for ever— Hearts that seem dead are alive at the core. Oh! hut the pain of itl oh! but the gain of it— After the shadows pass o’er. —Klla Wheeler Willoox. PITH AND POINT. FIVE SAILORS LOST. Tliuir Boat Ovortnrttotl Wltllo Help* ins a Disabled Btcauicr. Wliilo performing an act of heroism First officer Bartholomew II. Henry, of the steam- (•hip Knickerbocker of tlio Cromwell line ol ►tenmers, and four bruvo niouibers of the ves- s;-l's crew lost their lives tlio other morning in tlio terrible storm of wind nnd blinding snow which swopt tlio New Jorsoy const. Tho Knickerbocker arrlvod at New York fr.on Now Orleans after a tempestuous vnyn ;e'of novon days. When tlie Five Fathom Lighthouse li-ui boon roue hod. which is ILO mile) distant from Now York city nnd off the coast of Now Jors-y. th > lookout sighted a la go schooner in the distance with tuo dis tress signal flying. First 0,11 or Hoary prop soil to tho Cap tain that men 1 o -out to her relief. Hoproni- ised to go himself, ami askod that four mon of tho row lie detailed 11 accompany him. TV hen tlie crew learned what was wnntod four of the most experienced of tho sailors vol unteered theirs -rvi eg With great difficulty nud danger the liloboat, which was a now one and of tho most improved pattern, was lowero l. Officers and men jumped in and pulled away on their errand of merey to the dhnblod schooner in the distanco. Nearly nu hour it t.ok the boat to roach tho s ho mer. nod every now nud then on her trip i4;o was lust to the lireathlois passengers nnd crow, who were watching her from the steini"!' re -king in tho trough of tlio son. At last tlie schooner was reached. She proved 1., bo tho Mary D. Creamer, bound t - l’hthid -Iphia. llor captain said that her rudder hail broken, and that she was liolp- She wanted to lie towed to 1 hiiadol- A weather report—A tliundor clap. Country tiinoof rising—In dow time. “To bo shaken before takon”—The ap ple on a lofty bough.—Rambler. There is one placo where busybodies seldom “stick theirnoso in,” nnd thnt i) a hornet’s nest.—Danville Rre>:e. “Every Insslo lias her laddie" To whisper words of lovo,— But every lassie has a daddy To knock on the floor above I —Life. Til* proposed railroeds in Africa arer not likoly to be overloaded witn freight, hut there will ho a groat saving in tlio mnttcr of snow plows. — Courier- Journal. . Tlio hoy who qunils at tlie sight of a mustard plaster is tlio same lad I lint goes fenrlc'Sly forth to tackle a boo’s nest with a handful of willow switches.—Meicliant- Traveler. A correspondent writes to ask what ngc has done the most for journalism. You can’t “stick’ us on that, friend. The mucilage, by long odds.— Yonkers Statesman. Baid a voting doctor to a lady pntient- ‘You must take exercise for your health, jiv dear.” "All right,” she said, “I’ll jump at tlie first offer ” Thoy were mar ried in about six months They ■ til! it a romantic marriage in Minnesota when a couple of tlio neighbor* get the bride's father into a back room and sit on him to prevent his interrupt ing nnd breaking up tho wedding. There arc six poets iu the British House of Lords. It is suspected tunt they were selected under the belief that their new positions would prevent them from writing poetry. — Sfcrrutoien Herald. She limy bo an nngel at nil other times But you’d liciter keep still us a mouse, nloss vou’re prepared for an ola-fashjoue 1 pha. Th so on board tho Knickerbocker then luiwitlilcor liciirv take a line from tho cruiser an I s iw tho boat’s crow pull townrd tlie Kirokcibooker. As tho crew rowed nwav tho lino from tho schooner was payed ont. htile by little. Finally, whoa about Uulf the distance had been accomplished, a wave liko a moiiutam canto aud struck the life boat broipLi !o. Tlio towlino parted ill twain, the lifeboat capsized and her commanding officer nud crow wore seen struggling in the water. It seemed horn's, but it was iu reality only j Disgusted With tlio Eight Hour Bus inoss. “Fm nil out of patience with these la- hoiing men," • aid the tinin hoy us he 1 stood with his hnck to the stove, Hipping - peanut shells at a bald-headed aiulslcop- I ing passenger near by; “tlio fact is they 1 make me tired talking about their eight , hours nnd their refo: ms nnd things. 1 m disgusted.” three of those struggling with were seen to clamber into her. two wero never seen again. Again tho boat proceeded laboriously on its Journey. First officer Henry took tho placo of olio of tlio sailors at tuo oars and palled with tho remnant of bis crow. Tho passengers on tlio steamer saw him ceaso rowing once. He nt that time lashod him self to tho soat on which lie sat Tho wind still continued to blow tho tre mendous galo, and tho billows seemed higher than ever boforo. But on and on tho boat came with a progress hardly perceptible until it was within "easy hailing of the anx ious wntcbei-8 on tlio steamer's docks. Then there rolled a threatening wave from tlie northwest, liiglior by farthnn any which had preceded it, nnd struck the life boct u terrific blow. Unco more she cainsized, and the three men could bo distinctly soon bat tling tlio waves. Tlio noxt wave that camo took tbo boat on its crest, and with tremendous force (lung it against tho hall of tho steamer. It was stove in in an instant and sunk out of sight. Scarcely had tlio life-boat gone to tho bot tom when tlio body of a lima was soen float ing near tho steamer's side. It was that of First Uliicer Henry. Lines wore thrown aud tlio remains wore brought on dock. They woro put in the state-room ho occupied in life, and w.-re brought to th t city. The bodies of tho sailors wore not found. Unless you’re prepare row When tho lime comes for cleaning up house. , . _ , —Merchant-Traveler. Dr. Gimlet returns empty-handed from a day s hunting and, in response to his wife's inquiries, candidly confesses that he kill'd nothing. “Why,” retorts Mrs. O. slowly, “you could havo done hotter than that had you stayed nt home and attended to your regular business. -l/nodl Cituen. “How high the bonnets are this fail. Bald Jack to pretty Nell> “They’re high in slnt)*, but thats not all— They're high in price as well. “Yes, Jack," the maid replied, “that’s so,” And then glanced irp at him; “Bat still you always stoop, you know, To cot beneath the brim. ’ —Coiambus Dispatch. und ■ising any of tlie functions of 11 priest, 1 “YNhiits 1 1 ii the Rev. Dr. James T. Curran is now ' the hrnkeinan. What's the mntter now?” queried TO RELIEVE EMIN BEY. •eminent has upproved The British QV p^fo/the re- “ r ; f'vmin lF'y, tlie African explorer, bet of Bmin uej, fltted out and tlio 'government has promised to ^assistance in its power. ATTACHED H1N SON’N PROPERTY. STATE GUARD MUTINY. Trouble in tlie Louisville Legion of tlio Kentucky Ntnte Guard. B M. Tubb, merchant ut Bmithville, I Miss, Xm 8T0 «TO- | by his When * :,i . his prop l'ty being attached ' His liabilities are esti. mated at $9>000, There is a big row iu tho Louisville Legion, Kentucky State Guard, which promises to result in the mustering out of company F, well and favorably known throughout the South as ono of the crack drilling corps. A general battalion drill was ordered. When tho hour arrived Major Coen ordered Capt. Griustead and Company F to full into line. Capt. Qrinstead, who was present in citizen’s clothes, refused to obey, aud encouraged bjl man to refuse to obey the order. acting, by appointment of the same au thority, ns rector of Bt. Stephens. His connection with tlie labor movement is tlie cause given for liis suspension. Oh. nothing much, only I’ve got 111V eves open, that s all. 55 hy, last night THE BOSTON ELECTION. O’Brien, Democrat, is elected mayor oi | Boston by a plurality of 4,008 and a ma jority over the Republican and Labot candidates of 1,104. The majority in favor of license is ;i,437. Lowell gi'e- 584 majority for license and elects the mayor nnd all the alderman. FANNING COUNTERFEIT MONEY. Iii the United States District Court at New Orleans tlie jury in the ease of Jacob i Goldman, charged with passing counter feit United States notes, returned a ver- j diet ef guilty on two counts. Tho pen alty is uot less vhun five years at bard la- ’ bor, was my off night, und I improved tlio op portunity to call on my girl iu tlie Town of Lake 1 ot to tlie house about live in the afternoon and had supper, nndstayed fora nice long vi it during the evening. Her father’s a butcher at Armour’s, you know and a nice man, too, if lie didn't have so much of the eight hour nonsense about him. What do you suppose that man did.' \hv, about one o'clock in the morning ho came into tiio front parlor, where Mary and I were, glanced at the clock, and said , . *• 1 1 ou cam • hero at five c> cloc«i m the afternoon, didn’t you?’ “Ves, I replied. ‘ 1 \Voil, it i- now one iu tlie morning. Flint makes eight hours you have been here. 5Ve can't make eight hours win out ut the yards hut I'm blessed if I don’t make a g . of it here in my own house. 7,0 tv, you git l’ . • And I got. This eight hour agitation make* me weary.”— CIhicayo PLEUR0-PNEUM0NIA. National Aid Invoiced to Stump Out tlio Cattle Scourge. Tho Committeo of the Consolidated Cattio Growers’ Association of the United States, appointed to prepare and present to Congress a bill l'or the extirpation of conta gious pleuro-pneumonia and liko dis eases among cattle, have boon iu eon- foreuoo at Washington, with Members of Congro-s aiul government officials. They havo perfected a bill, the leading features of which propose tho appointment, by the Pres ident of a commission of threo, to bo men of executive ability, whose functions and pay dod by tlio President wheu- are to t o saspou over the public safety will permit anil stored whenever he dooms necessary; the conferral on the Commission of ample powers amide powers to discover, iiuarantino, appraise, slaughter, and puy for diseased and exposed catt.e anil to establish rules and regulations therefor, to havo the force of law wlieu approved by the President; the imposition of penalties fur ob struction of officers or concealment of dis ease, an I the power to employ the best veterinary skill to bo found, with other noedod assistants, and to make necessary ex penditures. The bill calls for tfie appropria tion of 81,000,000, r * The Polite Children of Norway. The villago of Egorsuud beneath us nestles close to the bar.o of tho hill as though frightened by tlie threatening bowlders ull about, writes u correspond ent of the Boston Derail. Tlie day is cloudy; the wind is strong, but not un comfortably cold, and wo sit in a shel tered nook nnd write a letter to tlio home folks, or gather some of tho wild flow ers, blooming luxur.iintly everywhere. But a few drops of rain fall by and by, and wc do not wish to risk a wetting, so we descend leisurely to the town, and on tlie way meet numbers of school chil dren. The hoys politely do ! their caps, while the girls shyly drop a demure cour tesy to the. “Inglisiuan," for ull strangers are “IngUsmen" until known to be of another nation. Tliecluldren have been well t night in tho school of good man ners, ns ail Norwegian children are, and recalled to our minds an incident that happened in a suburb of Hamburg, where tho streets are only narrow lanes, twist- in"- in and out between tlie tiny red-tiled house- on tlio steep hillside. Down one of these byways we were walking slowly, when a little golden-haired Gretchen met us, and in tlie most winsome way hold out hor hand aud greeted enoli one, not saying a word, but very grave, and as if giving us a cordial welcome to the vil lage. Letter Mail Long Ago. jo interesting Post Museum at Berlin lias lately received 11 noteworthy addition in the shape of a letter cover d it.ng front lust century. The letter was sent front Philadelphia to th ■ great- grand father of the late possessor of the cover. The cover bears tho postmarks of Philadel phia, London, Calais, Brussels, the Hague, Amsterdam and Hamburg, so that tlio route adopted in those days was evidently it very circuitous one. Tho date of the missive is between 17U0 nnd 178b, hut the actual year cannot he de termined, as t’. e cover gives no date. The oust of transmission was no lei's tin,it five thalers—twelve schilling of Meck lenburg money, or eighteen mark ninety pfunuig of modern GtifEiau thOdSy. _

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, December 21, 1886, Image 1