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Newspaper Page Textthe mercury. n.tnrrd as Second-class Mutter at t^Siindcrsvtlle Voslofliec April 87, 18S0. Sandersville, Washington County, Ga. PUBLISHED BY A . j. JKENIGAN, Proprietor anil Publisher. Subscription: $1.00 Per Year. THE MERCURY. THE MERCURY. A. J. JKRNIQAN, Proprietor, DEVOTED TO UTHBATUBE, AGRIOULTOBB AND QBNKBAL INTELUCHNOE. SUBWCRIPTION: $i.80 Pm- VOLUME VII. SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY. JANUARY 4. 1887. NUMBER 36. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. NOTICE! Ail CommunicaIlona intended for this Paper must be accompanied by the full name of the writer—not necessarily for publication, but as a puaranfee of good faith. We are in no way responsible for the views or opinions of correspond- onto. City of Sandorsvillo. Mayor, J, N. Gilmore, JO! A LOGAN. Aldermen, W. R TniQPBN, 15 E. Rouoiiton, J. B Roberts, A. M. Mayo. S. G. Lano. Sudden Dentil of the Senator From Illinois. man ns lion»l or tlio Fifteenth army corps in 1803. When (tenoral McPherson was killo l I.ogan succeeded him as commander of the Army of tho Tennessee. Ho was with Sherman in his “March to the Sea/’ remain ing with him until the surrender of Johnston. His military enroor ended with his nomina tion in 1800 by the Republicans of Illinois to ropresent tho State as Congressman at Largo in the Fortieth Congress. He was Vivid Account of His Last Moments 5? and Sketch of His Oareor. Clerk, 0. 0. Brown. Treaturer j. A. Irwin. Marshal. J. E. Wkddon, A. C. WRIGHT, attorney at law, 105 Buy St., Savannah, Ga. jerwiM. rnAOTICB in all tiie oourtb. E. S. LANGMADE, Johnson tho post of Minister to Mexico, but declined. He was later one of the managers on the part of the House of Representatives in tho impeachment pro ceedings which wore Instituted against John- tp®. In 1*33 ami in 1870 he was re-elected to tho IIouso, but bofnro ho had finished his t Tin under tho lust election ho was elec ted to tho United Ktatos Nenntu to sue, cecil Senator Yatet In 1877 the Repub- 11 aus in the Illinois Legislature hud only two majority, and with the help of a few 1 lomocratlo votes David Davis, an independent, was elected to Senator Logan's seat. In 18ill, however. Senator Ixignn was re-elected to tho Senate, and hus since then in his ollloinl capacity boon very active in promoting (ho interests of the veterans of the war. Ho was one of the founders of tho (Irand Army of tho Republic, which Imd its origin at Decatur, Illinois. One of H"nntor Logan’s momorablo efforts in tho Senate was his four days’ speech In opposi tion to tlio reinstatement of Fits John lxirtor. Ho took an aetlvo part in tho last Tresidon- TEE NEWS IN GENERAL. THE GROWING SOUTH. HAPPENING8 OF INTEREST FROM ALL POINTS. EASTERN AND MIDDLE STATES. tail campaign, when he and Mr. Blaine woro Dilate; ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, Ga. II. D. KvaVS, Jh EVANS & EVANS, ATTORNEYSAT LAW SANDERVILLE. GA. FTH SAFFOLD, attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Will pesotioo in nil the Courts of the Middle Circuit nml in the eountje* nirro,imling Washington. Special at- tuition given to commercial law, / T It. Hwe O. 11 . llooEns, JOIL'J ALEXANDER LOU AN. Ooneral Jolui A. Logan, Senator of the United States from Illinois,died at his liohso In Washington at 3:51 o'clock on tho aftor- noon of tho 26th of Docembir. HU death was <|utot an i painless. Tiioro wore with him at tho eml Mr<. Logan, his two chil dren, Mrs. Tucker, Manning logan, Major 'fucker, Ills sou in-law; General P. II. Sheri dan, General Greon B. Baum, of Illinois; Judge ( ymmos, of Colorado, nud several of his luunediate friends and servants. General Logan's dentil cnine ns n great shock because there lind been no warning of iiiimodiato danger. It wns known Unit Geucrnl l.ogau was «il'.ariiig from an unusually sevore ntla k of rhomiin- tlsin, and that this alia k Imd run into rheu matic fovor, hut every one thought lie would pull through. llo had had similar attacks nearly every year for tho last tin years, and in l*7ti ho catne very near dying. Several years ago li the candidates on the Presidential tickot. General Logan was married in 1855 to Miss Mary Cunningham, of Shawnee town, Illi nois, a Indy of extraordinary force of char acter nml tact, to whom ho is reputed to have been much imlobted for his political suc- ce-ses. Ho leaves two children, Manning Logan and a daughter, who is married to Paymaster Tucker of the rogular army. A STORMY PASSAGE, A STEAM Ell NARROWLY ESCAPES WRECKAGE. visited the Hot Kpriu^s of Arkansas and re ceive 1 great reliof. If lie liu I gone to Ar knn.-at thli t nst fall ho probably would havo ......... «..! I. ...1.: I U . HINES & ROGERS; Attorneys at Law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Will practice in the counties of Washington, Jeffer;"ii, Johnston, Emanuel and Wilkinson, sml in tlio U. 8. Courts for tho Sontheru Dis- i W of Georgia. Wid set as agents in buying, soiling or vent- ■.; It kl F. Into. OBUai nn West aide of Public Squaro. Octll-tf G. W, H, WHITAKER, DENTIST, SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA. TERMS CASH.— KT Office at his residence, on Harris streot. Api 20-'80 H. S. HOLLIFIELD, Pliysician & Surgeon, esea od tlio atta k which proved fatal. Ho would undoubtedly liuvn recovered this time if it had not boon for the brain complication, Tlio fovor reached bis lirniu toward the lust and produced congestion. The family had nearly ns llUlo warning us tlio public. They know Hint ho was very ill h.it ho had b'on through so many similar attacks that they could not realizo liiat his iron constitution would not pull him through. Tlio deathbed seeno was painful mul dra matic. General Isigun has always lived t ho centre of a group of admiring friends. H> rarely knew a moment of privacy. When he died his room was crowded with others than.tlio members of his family. General Phil. Sheridan stood nt til > foot of tho bed, with his bauds clasped behind, looking stern ly and sorrowfully upon the face of his old comrade, llackot film wns Geu. 1! -ale,Grant s most iiitlumto frioud. Mrs. Logun knelt nt tier husbands side, her fuce drawn nud white, nud as near as possible to tlio color of lior snowy hair, liy her si lo weie her two children, Manning, n splendid, swarthy boy of a pure Spanish nppcarnn o, mid Mrs, Tucker, his sister, a slim dark-eyed brunette, tearless and pule, who watched alternately her mother mid her dying father. Major l'u kor, her husband, stood at the .General’s bend rea iy to run to his assigtauce. About tho room woro other groups from tlio callers bolow, who liad tiptoed up to the loom, which was uni t ally darkened. It A Qunrtrrinnstrr Klllnl and Three .lion Redly Wounded. Tho steamship I,a Champagne, of the French line, recently loft Havre for New York, on wliat proved to bo a most ovontful voyage. For tho Unit throo days, says the New York llcrald, slio experienced heavy storms nml head sens, but the fourtli day out tlio wiud veered, tlio weather wns bright nml clear, nil 1 the thousand souls oil board began to congratulate themselves on tho probability of the remnindur of their trip bo- Aluik Uoi.ubmitil tho famous horseman who brought out nn l dovolopo l tho great trottor Goldsmith Maid, died tlio other day nt Blooming Qrovo, N. Y., in his sixty- soventh yonr. The 23tith anniversary of tho inn ling of tho Pilgrim Fathors was celebrated in Boston by the Congregational Club, tho principal speakers being flovornor Robinson ami Hon. Jamos O. Blaine. Banquets in celebration of tho day also took place in New York, Brooklyn nnd other cities. Governor Hill, of New York, has granted a rosplto until Kobrunry 38 to Mrs. Druse, sentenced to bo lmnged for husband murder. A New York firm has boen fined $500for violating the law against oleomnrgnrino, selling it ns butter. A tie-up on th > Brooklyn horse- 'ar rail roads lasted ono dav. during which a striker was shot by n policeman, several strikers were sovorely clubbed uud others arrested. In tlio evening tho strikors and tho compa nies adjusted their differences. A youno man namod Warner shot and killed Mrs. Kiln Lynch nt Newtown. Conn., and a few, hours Infer entered tho house where her body Iny ami committed suicide. Warner was ennmorod of Mrs. Lynch, who bad separated from hor husband. One man was killed and three were badly injured by an oxploslon of fifty dynamite cartridges which tlmy were wanning at a railroad cut near EU/.abothtown.Poiiu. THE DEVELOPMENTS MADE DUR ING TillS YEAR. Nearly BIBO,(100,000 Invested In New En. terprlws During the Year—Alabama Again I.ends. In its annutil review of tlio industrial progress of tlie South, tho Baltimore Man ufacturers Record says that 1880 has been tho most remarkable year in many rc- spcetH in the history of tho Southern Sitiles and more has been accomplished for the prosperity and progress of the whole south than ever before in any year. Tins is shown in the enormous In vestments of capital in industrial enter prises and in the growth of confidence among Northern and European investors in tin; stability of tho South’s iron and other manufacturing interests. The amount of cnpital, including the capital stock of incorporated companies, repre sented by new manufacturing nml mining enterprises organized or chartered at the South during 1880,including the enlarge ment of old plants and the rebuilding of mills, aggregate $1211,220,000, against $00,812,000 in 1885, divided among tliu States as follows; Hlstes. 1880. Alabama $10,848,000 Arkansas 15,240,000 BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. No Possible Hope—A Gentle Hint— v ot a Manufactory—How George Was Captured — A Sweet heart’s Ingenuity. Etc. At night upon the porch roof, flat, Tho felines make a clatter, Tho sleepless boarder yells out ’’ scatl” 7 they—don’t scatter. And t And then bo throws out a brick bat, But It don't batter, And when he shies out the door mat It—doesn’t matter; And then he gets a great big gun, Well filled with shot aud powder, And flros; but they do not run, They lie there and yell louder. —Detroit Fret Press. SOUTH AND WEST. Vilonia, Ark., Ins boon partly destroyed by fire, tho work of iuceudltirios. Counterfeiters aro flooding the North- wsst with bad money. William Mussel was taken from the Eaton (Ohini jail by a crowd nnd haugod. He had killed Darnel Christman, an agod farmer. A recent movement is said to havo been started in Chicago to depose Uenoral Master rd( SANDERSVILLE, GA. Office next door to Mrs. Bayne’s Millinery 8"fon Harris stivot. JERNIGAN. (Mono genuine without our trade mark.) ON HAND AND POil SALE SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. Watches, Clocks JEWELRY REPAIRED BY JEK,3sria.A.3<r. ns feared that the General's death would lie j painful. IDs heavy breutbing and occasional j choking madu every ono fear a 1 d-ath from suffocation. At ton minutes of three, iinild tho sound of woeping, tlio deep sonorous voico of Dr. Newninu wns heard in prayer. Ho prayed with nn eio iiieii o flint moved every one in tlio sight of the death which was so slowly steuling down upon the sufferer. The Doctor prayed i that the bravo spirit might cross in 1 safely to tho world whoro pain is unknown. 1 lie besought humbly a welcome for this bravo soul now to start on its last journey, while ho besought Iho Great Ruler of All to sustain with his grant strength tho stricken ones left behind. As tlio deop voico of tlio pastor resounded through the -great room General Logan died. Suddenly his painful breathing cauio quicker and in great pants Thru Jamos, tlio colored servant, wished to lift him up. As lie lifted him up there was a choking rat tle in tho throat, a strong effort to clear it from tho accumulation of mucus, but Iho ef fort was a failure. There was astoppage of the breath, tlio eves half opened, their pupils enlarged to the full sun of the ball, and then tlio General fell bn k lifeless. l)r. Newman said solemnly: "Heis gone.” Mrs. Logan became wild with grief. Klin foil upon the b'd with hor arm about her husband’s body crying, sobbing, wailing, calling out: “Oil, darling! Oh, darling!” Her abandonment to grief was ovon more sorrowful than tho sight of the General's death. Mrs. Logan remained In this pros trate condition so long that it was felt neces sary to call her to herself. With great dif ficulty slie was torn away from the bed. DEPARTMENT 1 "applied with all the requisites for doing *11 kiwis of Job and Book work in First* Class Btylo, Promptly and &l Ito»r suuabta Prices. WEDDING CARDS, VISITING CARDS, BUSINESS 0ARD8, BALL CARDS, POSTERS, handbills, PROGRAMMES, STATEMENT'S, LETTER HEADINGS, dodgers. PAMPHLETS, m mo Got oral Logon's Career. General John Alexander Logan was born on February 0, 1820, in Murphrysboro, IB., mul wus tho oldest ot eleven children, li'# father, Dr. John Logon, was nu Irishman and < ante to this o< untry in 1821. ni\A Bonn al ter married Kli aibeth Jenkins, n Tennessee ladv, and settled to practise medicine in the town whoro General Logan was born. Di- l.ogun was a man of good education, and for'a tinm personally took charge of Ins sons early instruction, but sulise iuently sent him to the Dost schools tho community afforded, ami afterward to tho Shiloh Academy. The Mexican war broke out when voung l.ogau wns but twenty years ,, nnd ho nt once enlisted and wns m i In ii l ieutenant in ono of tile Illinois reg- i;loots Ho returned homo in 1858 ami coin- nio ieed the study of law in tho office of his u CM' Alexander M. Jenkins, who had for- ii oi ly been Lieutenant-Governor of the State. 1)1841, before he had completed his law 0 II1-0 he was elected clerk of Jackson . O liltv, and at the expiration of his term of i nt)’ e wont to Louisville. Ky., where he at- i to tied law lectures, and wns admitted to tlio ! bar in the spring of 1351. In the fall of j the same year ho was elected to represent Jackson and Franklin couu- ! ties ill the Illinois Legislature, and I from that time has been almost unintor- ; rnntedly in the public service, either civil or military. Even before ho went to the i ..Mslnture ho lind beon made Prosecut ing Attorney for the Third Judicial li tri t of his Slute. Ho was twice re-elected ■ to the Legislature, and m 1854 was a.Demo- ci-atio Presidential elector, and cast his vote i for James Buchanan. The \ oar of i860 saw Logan serving his 1 second term in Congress as the representa tive of the Ninth Illinois Congressional dis trict Mr. Logan was then a Democrat, and an ardent supporter of Stephen A. Douglas, M I i l lj | ViVy* * 's'tb 1 f/li ° "eft his seat in the oxtra of Congress and joined tho Federal their way to the disastrous battle ' “ llim He was made Colonel of the : Thirty-first Illinois Infantry, and in March, lKli was appointed Brigadier-General of vol unteers. But they Imd re -koned without tho “Roar- ihg Forties,’' tJn tiio 15th heavy clouds loomed up on tlio horizon, the barometer fell rapidly, nml the wind began to blow with great violence till at four o'clock in the afternoon a whole gale was blowing nnd the bond seas were very heavy. The ship wns in that region known to ;nil- ors ns the ‘‘bearing Forties,” about latitude north forty degrees und longitude west forty degrees. As tho night wore on tho gale in crease I to a hurricane, nnd Captain Truub was obilgi d to lower tlio spoo l of tho good ship so ns to keep only enough steerage way un her to point Ii r h ad to tho wind. In fact sho bad to llo to in tlio sumo way a sail ing vessel would. Tills, considering tho fact Hint Ln Cham- I ngtio Is oie of flielargi stand tin nt steamers alloat, should ghos iino idea of the force of tho hurricane nud the si.ool tho waves. While tlic storm wns at its worst, about nine o'i h ok I’. ono of those sa l accidents occurred which will happen in spite of all the .nr" and . igi'nn " of n.'ib'ers. Tlio ninst- houd light lind is on slowed around to leeward by the force of tlio wind, ami a couple of linixis were scut forward on tlio turtlebuck to adjust it. Ow ing to the darkne ss nnd tlio tossing of the vessel they wore a iiltlo slow in this, nud tho boatswain's mate and a quartermaster went forward to hurry tliom up ami to assist them. Wlillo all four wore standing logotlior on tho forward turtlchnck tlio vessel made a dip an I a mountainous wave rushed over her, carrying tlio men off their foot nnd grinding tliom against the dock fixtures, so Hint wlicii, immediately afterward, assistance rea lied them, tlio quartermaster was found to bo dead and his companions not mu li bet ter off. All night tho storm continued to increase in violence, until at 5 o'clock Captain Trnub a Imitted that in all his oxi orlonco nt sen lio lind never before seen anything like it. Ono wavo in particular is declared by all who witnessed it to lie a phenomenal one und to iustly merit Die title Monarch of Occau Waves. It wns d seoruible a long distance ahead lifting its w hite crest many feet above its follow s. It wns tlio supremo effort of the storm, and shortly after tho wind was perceived to bo abating und l.u Champagne was soon pur suing her wny nt tho ii-ual rate of snood. ()n tlio morning of tho 17th burial servieos were reud over tho body of tho unfortunate quartermaster, and it was then consigned to its water grave. The quartermaster's iinme was Jean Marie I liillippo, and lie lenvos a widow and s noral children, for whom agen- erous subs i iption was nt once tukon up by tho cabin passengers. Tlio remainder of tlio voyago was unusual- lv pleasant and La Champagne reached New York on tho 20th without further mishap. Ln Cliami ngno is the crack ship of the lino and one of the largest and most handsomely appointed of transatlantic steamers. Fre quently she carries from twelve to thirteen hundred jiassengors. Workman l’owuorly, of tlio Knighti of Labor, for doclariug too recent pork pa kors’ strike off. Enoinkkr IIuntrr nud four Chinamen were fatally burned by an explosion i f gas in tlio coal buukors of an English ship lying at Now Orleans. Tiirek men in a sleigh drove up to a jew elry store in Minneapolis, Minn., and white ono of them broko iu the large plate glass window with a stick and seized all the watches and jowolry available, the other two kopt the crowd nt bay with cocked revolvers. After securing tiieir booty tho bold robbors drove rapidly away. INTER-STATE COMMERCE, SENATOlt WILSON*.1 Si* EE i.'II FAVOR OF TliE RILL. I'ronprrtfl of llio 3Ipn«im* ttnll* rond Trnlllr. BUSINESS DISASTERS. Among tho most important measures be fore Congress this session is the Inter-State Commerce bill, which provides for the super vision of railroads and freight rates ln the various States. Tho bill lias boen bofore Congress sevoral years, but its promoters have boen tumble heretofore to secure its passage. This session tho Conference Com' mlttees of both Houses agreed upon a repot 1 in its favor, und on tlio last day before the holiday recess it came up in the Senate, but after n speech in its favor had been madoliy l-enator Wilson Hie bill went over until af ter t lie holidnvs. Sountor Cullom announcing that he would then ask the Koimte to take it up daily, and keep it up until a vote was reached. A Washington special said of the bill: While it is ovi lent that the views of many representatives have changed since tho Ben gnu Intor-Ktato bill passed tho House at the iu-t session, it does not seam pro'able that tho report of the Conference Committee will bo rejected. A few extreme members complain that the IIouso conferees yielded too much and, threaten t > vote a .ninst tho report, but it is not likely Hint many of them will do so. Some of tlio Western members who wrre among the most earnest supporters of the bill, now say that they are iu doubt as to whether tlio measure will not injure rather than 1 enelit the farmers and stock growers of the West, but that the seutlmentiu their districts is so strong in favor of action by Congress that they w ill be constrained to vote for tho coufereuce report. The truth is that when the bill passed the House not olio man in three understood its previsions or care I to. One thing which gives many of the sup porters of tlio conference report considerable nensiness is the suggestion that tho "long haul and short haul" provision, If enforced, will bo likelv to divert the transcontinental t.rnflc, as well as a large part of the grain Florid*.. Gi'oigin Kentucky Louisians Maryland Mississippi Nortli Cai nlins South Carolina Tennessee Texas .. Virginia 8,514,004 West Virginia 8,865,000 1.658.000 3.588.000 2.844.000 2,240 000 8.765.000 774,000 8.676.000 1.208.000 а, 194.000 б, 084.000 1885. $7,841,000 1,220.000 2,018,100 2.500.000 1,833 200 ,2118.500 6,668 800 761,500 3,230,100 866,00) 2.682.000 8,282,004 3,314 HOB 1,205,000 Totals $128,226 000 $60,812,000 The development of iron manufactories employs tire bulk of this now cnpital. Other interests ns well ns iron, however, me being rapidly developed. Included in the list of new enterprises oignni/.ed in the South during 1H80 were 28 iron furnaces, 50 ice fnctorics, OH foundries and machine shops, mnuy of them of largo size; 1 Bessemer steel rail mill, 20 miscellaneous iron works, including iron pipe works, bridge nnd boll works, etc.; 8 stove foundries, 24 gns works, 34 elec tric light companies, 11 agricultural im plement fnctorics, 174 mining and quar rying enterprises, 10 carriage and wagon fuctoricB, 0 cotton mills, 28 furniture fnctorics, 42 water workR. 58 tobacco factories, 02 flour mills, 448 lumber mills, not counting small portable snw mills, including saw nnd planing mills, wish nud door factories, stove, handle,shingle, hub nnd spoke, shuttle block factories, etc., iu addition to which there was a number of miscellaneous enterprises. One of the most gratifying features of the South’s industrial progress is the wine diversity of new indiislries that arc dr veioplng nil through that section. A Gentle Hint. He had been courting her a long time, so long that sho began to get tired ; so one night sho said to him: “John, who is author of tho phrase, “Mnn proposes?” “I’m suro I do not know," answered John. “Why do you nsk?” “Oh! I nioroly wanted to know who ho was.” “For what reason (” “Becauso I guess he didn’t know what he was talking about.” Fivo minutes tutor the wedding day was set.—Boston Courier. smilo wns upon his face ns lie took hold of tho gas-check, and sighted a lino for the bed, when ho wns eo ithqunkod by a ringing laugh, nnd tho query from Mrs. Jenkins: “Why didn’t you take of! your hat?" —Puck. Taken In. A saloonkeeper up Gratiot streot sat nt his door tho other afternoon wonder ing why it was thnt so many m"n in Detroit preferred buttermilk to beer, when two strangers camo along. One of them placed a penny on tho sidewalk, placed his right hcol on the penny, and then bont over to sco liow far ho could reach and mark tho flagstone with u nnil. As he reached out he lifted his heel off tho penny, nnd the other man picked up tno coin, slipped it into his pocket nnd winked nt tho snloonist. “That.s n long reach,” said No. 1, as ho straightened up. "Yes, but you lifi TAKEN FROM THE GUARD. h nom nation for Congress,saying he preferred te remain in tlio field. For-sarviees performed l during Grant's Mississippi movements he waa VMajor-GwaniL aadauaoeadad Bh«n ( lini-les II. Uuymond, of New York, Falle- Otlier l-’nllnres. (Jlinrlcs II. Raymond, dealer in sup plies at 121 Chambers street and 103 Kendo street, has mndo an assignment for the benefit of creditors, to James M. Oakley, with preferences amounting to $200,009. Raymond has dealt in hard ware supplies for twenty-five years, hav ing for his heaviest customer the United States government. lie dealt mainly by sample, carrying no stock worth men tioning. His warehouse was at 103 Kende street, and up to about a yenr since lie was reported to be very wealthy, and his credit was of tho best. But since theu lie has been lax in his pay ments. lie once owned sixteen or eighteen pieces of real estate iu Brook lyn. Ilis assignment to James M. Oak ley, of Jamaica, L. L, was filed in Brooklyn. The amount of his liabilities is unknown, but they are estimated to lie near $500,000. Raymond is a silent partner with George H. Creed iu the supply business, and at their establish- ni' nt nothing was known regarding the financial troublo of Raymond. Tho failure of the J. Kellogg Printing company and stationery firm,Little Rock, Ark., is' announced; liabilities $20,000; assets $30,000. At a meeting of the creditors of A. P. .Martin & Co., Boston, Mass., boots and stioes, Wednesday, it was unanimously voted to accept 35 per cent cash, and 5 per cent in Bix months in Murtin’s own notes unindorsed. Martin was unable to state at present whether he would accept the offer or not. The assignee of the cattle firm of Pea cock, Brocket- & Co., Colorado, Texas, has tiled a statement of assets and liabil ities of the firm. Tho total indebted ness of the company is $255,350, while tlio assets, at a very low calculation, amount to $855,500. Two Nesrors Himplclnnrd of .Murdvr In tb« llamU ol' u .Hob. Some time ago two negroes, Robert IlcuMcv mid Raymond Murphy, were ar rested on suspicion of murder near Vicksburg. Mis*. As a constable Wed nesday evening was about to board a train with these prisoners, ot Glass cross ing, a moli of seventy-five persons, white nnd colored, surrounded the constable an d took the prisoners from him. As the train started off the crowd were taking the men to n telegraph pole to hang them. It is said that the only testimony icuinst the men was tho evidenco of a boy, aged fourteen years, who says he lieid the horses of tho men while they went to tlio storo on the night of tlio murdpr. Not a Mann factory. A etrangor who had, upon arriving in Little Rook, met a friend, waa walking along tho street with him. “This seoms to be a pretty lively town,” said tho stranger. 'It appears rather dull to me,” the friend replied. “I don’t soo tow it can be when your manufactories run full blast st night.” “My dear follow, there are no manu factories running.” “What, don't you hoar the noise of that boilor factory ovor tlierol” “That’s no boiler factory." “Well, what makes that awful clamor?" “A performance at tho Opera IIouso. Look, see that fellow tumblo out!” “Yes: whAt’s tho matter?” “Nothing, only tho” gallory boys havo ted your heel off the cent.” “No, I didn’t.” “Hot you a dollar I" "I’ll lako it!” “Hold on, shontlemcns,” snid tho beor seller, as ho rose up; “I liko to make some bets myself.” 1 ‘I’ll bet you $2 my lieol is on n penny,” Baid No. 1. “I tnko dot bet awful qucck,” replied tho saloonist, nnd a couplo of $2 bills were handed to No. 2. No. 1 sat down oil tlio walk, pulled off his shoo and held it up that tho saloon keeper mi'-'ht sco n penny screwed fast to tlio heel. IIo replaced his shoo after a moment, roso up nml bowed court eously, nnd the pair walked off. They were at least half a block away before tho victim recovered sufficiently to say: “Vhell! Vlielll I pays taxes in two wards und goos twice to Chicago, but yet I vkns some lunatics who ought to be led around mit a ropo I”—Detroit Dree Press. A Terrible Episode. Hungarian papers announco tho death ! of old Feroncz Kcnyi, a hero of ono of j tho most terriblo episodes of the Hun garian war of independence In 1818. , For thirty-six years Leuyi lias been a lunatic in a Buda-Fcsth asylum, and tho | history of ids Bufferings is recorded after ••nounug. on.y rue gu.iory ooys nave ' d«Uh by tho Petit Parisien. 1•Yrencz thrown tho policeman down stairsj"—.'lr- |’ 0n y! was a young echool-m ot 7v* ] twonty-soven years at tho beginning or kansme lravcler. the w J ar| „ r0 ud, handsome ami Hid of How Gcortfo Was Captured. I bu °y» nt llfo - , Ilis P u P ilfl “You look very much excited, donr,*’ | *1$ * 10 Wft ^ , a . 8 ' vc ».•’ violin he said, when slu. entered tho parlor tQ play to t , ieir donec8 or whether his voico was heard among tho patriots where ho was waiting for her. “ Well I should think I ought to look X?Ung“th?^ “of2 country, excited,” she answered. “I've just had .. ..J ... >. mn , ll0r , .. . -i . „ Ho lived with his mother and sister, and the most awful argument with m».”, , bright youn , i| tl nga- ‘.fore/'IJ- a nr I Han gblfwhcn tho government, after „ lyky’ what is the mutter, my | proclaimin'.' the independence of the lmg? he inquired, ns ho slid his arm ^ d oU goo( { p U triots to arms, around her waist and endeavored to ° J } his school' and enlisted in 80 "<)b k'w I ran £•. arg m“ ei .« H 1 the ranks. Onedav. after having fought Oh, how tan I tell you? 8ho said vn |, ftnt j y at t j 10 ]lcftd 0 f „ detachment of you were only trilling with me, and thnt i,„ ti, n you would never pop tho question; and A I.IUKIIAI, REQI’KHT TO IIAHVAltll. nml meat truffle, from the United Ktatos to ( nnnda. But there seems to lie no reason to expect that nny or all of the considerations involved will receive weight enough to de feat the conference report. In the Senate to-day Mr. Cullom called up tho conference report on the bill, aud Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, thereupon addressed tlio Senate in favor of the adoption of tho report. He referred to an in terview published In the New York Tribune, in which President King, ot tho Erie, roronimendod five boards of com- nvssioners to examino all the questions in volved. That, he said, simply meant a delay. Tho publio demanded action. Nothing, said Mr. Wilson, had been done more to demor alize railroad managers, ofllcers and agents ilian pools Under tho preseut system lossos on through businoss were unloaded on the business of the intermediate or local points. This pioetice was, in itself, an outrage. As the lull came from the House it authorized, by implication, railroad companies to charge os much for a short os for a long haul. But not so under the conference report: because it provided that nothing in the bill should l,o construed as authorizing a railroad company to charge and te-eivo as great compensation for a short as for a long distance. The people recognized the healthful aid which fail roads had given to tho development aud progress of the country; b it they insisted on tho enactment of a law which would aid them in the recovery of some of their lost rights. They were wil ing that the railroad companies should proqer aud should be reasonably paid for their ser vices; but they did not recognize them as their masters. .... ... As au illustration of the injustice of the present system, he stated that on the ltith of this mouth corn was selling in Western Iowa, whore it had boon a good crop, at from 30 to 24 ceuts a bushel, in Chicago at 38 cents a bushel, and in Southeastern Iowa, where the crop bad been a failure, at 40 to 42 cents a bushel; so that Western Iowa corn was being sold in Chicago at from 4 to fi ■ ents a Harvard College receives some $400. 000 from tlio will of J. Q. A. Will-limns, which has been filed in tlio BuffolU coun ty Probate Court. The estate is left in trust, and after the bequest of several legacies,when the rest shall have reached $400,Oi0, it is to be given to the presi dent and fellow- of Harvard College. The sum of $200,000 is- to lie set part and known ns the Abraham Williams fund, in memory of the testator's father und grandfather, the latter being a mem ber of the class of 1844. A fund of $40, 000 is to be used in aiding needy and meritorious students,who are to consider such aid ns debts of honor, and also for the library of the college. In ease the college refused to accept the trust, the estate is to go to the society for old men in Boston nnd the society for old females in Newburyport. I told her sho d d you a great injustice for I believed that you would pop t he question to-night. Shu said you wouldn't and I said you would, and wo had it hot nnd heavy. Dear George, you will not let ma triumph over me, will you?" “Wh—hy, certainly not,” answered Georgo. “I know it, my darling!” the dear girl exclaimed; “como let us go to mn and tell her how much mistaken she was'.’ soldiers, ho was taken a prisoner by tlio Austrians. Brought bofore General llay- nau, Renyi refused to indrento t o place who:e the rest of his regiment lay hid den. On learning that ills homo was in a neighboring village tlio General sent for tho mother und si-tcr, and brought them into tho room where tlio prisoner was kept. “Now give mo tho informa tion I require, if the lives of these two women are dear to said General Havnau to him. you Renyi trembled, his eyes filled with tears, but he remained silent. “Do And they did, and ma didn’t seem to ^ my a0I)| „ cric(1 tho ol( , mot h- * — t . 1 . 1 .. 1 .. « h -I Alt I !.- nz,f aF 114 A be so very much broken down over affair after all. — Boston Courier. or, "do your duty, and think not of mo, | for at the best 1 liavo only a few days to A Sweetlionrt’g Ingenuity. , ’ “.H y° u betray your cn 'J. n .^J “A minister who used to live here in : ^VwitTSbamrai'd ‘ wbat is life Uitcd Iy anotber y minhfer h o'n a~y! | witho-t honor? Do not speak, Fenmoz. so he killed two ducks mid ordered his ! 1 s . hftl a few hired gisl to dress and oookt ^ D ? ! minute's later th.f two women woro dead. Another trial was to come. General and mndo her a call. Being hungry tempted by tho smoll of tho sizzling fowl ho seized ono of the ducks and ate it, the ducks wero.roasting, her beau came n'aynau suite for lienyi's future wife, UUtl 41 raoOiaa nnrt BURNED TO DEATH. A l.wdy Falls Ilown Hlulrs With « Lightcd l.nmp, Which Explodes. Monday evening Mrs. John Burke, of Scranton, Pa., while going up stairs with a lighted lamp, fell to the bottom and was stunned. Tne lamp exploded and set her clothing on fire. Before slm could be rescued she was burned iiliiio-., to n crisp. Her husband, who is blind, was unable to render assistante, lmt his erics brought help to the house w hicli, however, arrived too late. who was weaker than his mother and sister. With wild erics the girl flung hciself at her lover's feet, plead ng: "Speak, speak, Ferenc/, bee, I am young. I lovo you; do not let mo be killed. You will save yourself and mo if you speak out. Wh n you are free wc will go far away nnd he hnppy. Speak, my Forencz, nnd save your future wifo.” with visiting Minister Jones, the girl had iuppo^ Hungarian was choked with •Tho girl was driven to hor wits end by this unlucky incident. She was rather glad her beau had such a nice dinner, but despaired of finding an excuse to tell the minister—lot’s call him Mr. Brown— to account for tho missing duck. When Minister Brown came homo to dinner hit upon a schome. She asked her em- Uts II ^/Ull li OlzMVIllUl gt*lw liOliVVi ilVI oils ,p, ployer to go out to tho grindstone which l n “ y0 ^f BU d^only ho pu lied the girl stood in the yard und sharpen the carving ^ n „d turned away. Once more she knife. He went to work on the knife at . ,. ,. , , , . . “Be cureed™’ sho Mirfekod; "be cursed, Once more she not hoed her. mained silent. girl stole upstairs and asked tho visiting minister to look out of the window. “ ‘Kee there!’ said she. ‘I came up to cut your throat. _ ..«« him « shnlran till after Hungary you who let me die; you who will kill t0 me; who are my assas-in.” Renyi ro- j -m-_. mi.. g j r j W118 ghot, ana "The girl succeeded in thoroughly gave him a shelter, noncees- ®. . ■ 13 . was once more suppressed ana pence es arousing the visitor and h. hastiljr put t u cy obbvned a place for him s last ns insicgs coma • 4 l. ...i,,- w ui.h m has rccentlv on his hat and run as take him. “When he had ran several roads, the girl called her master and asked him what kind of a man he had brought homo to dinner. The minister inquired why she asked, when, pointing to the fly ing brother, the girl exclaimed: ‘There he goes, running away with ono of your ducks 1’”—Lewiston (Me.) Journal, n tho asylum in which ho has recently died. CLUVKRIDS’S efforts for. life. bushel less than in Eastern Iowa. ANOTHER BOND CALL. l'lie Secretary of Ilia Treasury Galls for Ton Million* of Three For Cents. The Secretary of tho Treasury issued the ono hundred and forty-fifth cull for the redemption of bonds last Tuesday. The call is for ten million dollars of the three per cent, loan of 1882. It matures February 1st. The bonds called can be redeemed upon presentation at option pi the holder. Cluverius, tho condemned murderer of Fannie Lillian Madison, has sent out cir culars to members of the general assem bly for the purpose of getting them to sign u petition asking the governor to grant him a reprieve until they meet. When tho legislature meets, Cluverius hopes that they xvill recommend the gov ernor to commute his sentence to life im prisonment. Unless the governoi calls nn extra session, which, however, it is probable that he will do for the consid eration of important state matters, the legislature will not meet until it assem bles in regular session in December, 5887. A RAILROAD DEPOT BURNED. Something Ho Forgot. When Mr. Jeukins went io his bed room ut half-pnst one, it was with the determination of going to sleep,and with another determination that he would not bo interviewed hy Mrs. Jenkins. So, as soon as he had entered the door,and de- g osited his lamp upon tlio dressing-table, e commensefl his speech: "I locked tho front door. I put the chain on. 1 pulled the key out a liitie bit. The dog is inside. I put tho kit ten out. I emptied tho drip-pnu of the refrigerator. Tie cook took the silver to bed with her. I put a cane under tho knob of the back-hall door. I put tile fastenings over the bath-room windows. The parlor lire hus coal on. 1 put the Where to Rasido. A good place for anarchists—Bombay. No ring there—Belfast. Free from riots—Concord. A rurul resort for milkmen—Cowes. A retreat for scolding women—Shrews- bury. Affords rare facilities to fugitives es caping from justice—Hyde Park. A desirable place for inquisitive peo ple—Pekin. Where one may find plenty of game— Lyons. A popular resort for gamblers —Luck now. The first in importance —Leeds. It has no fascination for dogs—Bo logna.—Life. Lincoln’s Mother. There is something very pathetic in the story of Abraham Lincoln’s loss of liis mother when but a litt o boy, as told in N’icolayand Hay's l ife of l.iucolu. It Tho depot at Akron, Ala., on the A. (>. 8. R. «., was burned by incendiaries Tuesday night. This is the second time within two months. A large quantity of merchandise was destroyed, amounting to over $5,000. cake-'box back in the closet I did not i happened in tho unhealthy backwoods drink all the milk. It is not going to settlement where they lived The collin rain. Nobody gave me any me- age for was made out of green lumber cut with you. I mailed your letters as soon a I a whip saw. and she was buried, with got down-town. Your mother did n it scant, ceremony, in a little clearing of call at the office. Nobody died that we . the forest. It is related of little Ahra- are interested in. Did not hoar of a ham, that lie sorrowed most of all that marriage or engagement. 1 was \cry his mother should have been laid away busy at tho office making out hills. I with such maimed rite, and .that ho have hung my clothes over chair-bucks 'tried several mynlh; later to have a I want a new egg for br akfa-t. I thi k wandering preacher, named 1 avid Likin, that Is all, and I will now put out tfl i brought to the settlement, to deliver a light.” funeral seim iii over her gra c, already Mr. Jenkins felt that he had hedged still and white with the early winter against all inquiry, and a triumphant • snows.—Siftings.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, January 04, 1887, Image 1