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Newspaper Page Textthe mercury. entered as Second-class Matter at the SatulersvWe Postojltce April 87, 1880. SandersYille, Washington County, Ga. BY PUBLI8HED A. J. JERNIGAN & CO. Proprietors and Publishers. Subscription: $1.60 Per You. THE MERCURY. .1, iT, JEllNlOAN t f CO., Proprietors, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.50 Per Annum, VOLUME VII. SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY. JANUARY 25. I88T. NUMBER 39. THE MERCURY. PUBLISHED EVERT I0ESDH. NOTIOE! Ml Ait Communications intended ft* this Paper must he accompanied by the full name of the writer—nol necessarily for publica tion, but as m guarantee of good faith. We are in no way responsible for the views or opinions of sorroopsnd* onto. City of Sandsrsville, THE NEW SOlifH, Mayor. J, N. Gilmore, Aldermen. W. R Thiophn, B E. ItouaiiTON, J. B. Robrrts, A. M. Mayo. 8. G. Lano. WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION NEW8 NOTES GATHERED FROM VARIOU8 8ECTION8. NOUTII CAROLINA. A liorso was bought for two dollars i Lnurinburg Inst Saturday. Clerk. 0. 0. Brown. Treasurer J. A. Irwin. Marshal. J. E. Wkddon, A fow years ago Mr. A. A. Wntsou, of Robeson county, bought a guinea cow for $20 that now gives thirteen quarts of milk at a milking. In Newberne work on Hotel Albert is progrossing. Steam pipes for heating, for water and for gas, have been put in, nnd the plastering will soon bo com menced. The President Tender* n Uccoiitlon to the Dlplomntlo Uorpa. At tho white bouse on Thursdny even ing, the long corridors nnd largo high rooms were brilliantly ligiitcd, while in every niche were placed tropical plants of all varieties. In tho east room tho decorations were supplemented by n great profusion of choico cut flowers, while gilded columns were wreathed with fern nnd palm leaves and tho largo chnudclicrs twined with smilax. Tho Murine band, stationed in tho corridor, furnished tho music. The gaily decorated rooms were crowd ed from 0 till after 11 o’clock with con gressmen, diplomats, judges, department officials, army nnd navy officers and other THE CRIMES OF A DAY. CLEVELAND, OHIO, LIST. HEADS THE A. C. WRIGHT, attorney at law, 100 Bay St., Savannah, Ga. JfarwtU, PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURT!. ^ In Durham, the large factories of H.T, Eaucett and Pogue & Cameron consoli dated Tuesday under the name nnd style of tho Faucott Durham Tobacco and Bnuff compnny, with n cnpitnl stock of $100,000. prominent people with their wives nnd la' Mr. ^Adolphus Hopson lives sit rhnm. Last Saturday morning miles i, S. LANGMADE ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, Ga. B. !> Kvanb, B. D. Rtaibi, J* east of Durham. . his two little daughters were playing in tho tire with a pieco of paper, wllen the dress of the elder girl caught fire nnd she wns so badly burned that she died before night. Miss Parker attended divine service at Juniper Primitive church, in Smithficld, last Sunday morning, nnd, with other EVANS &EYANS, young ladies, was sitting around a tire built in ATTORNEYSAT LAW SANDERVILLE, GA. F, H. SAFFOLD, attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. the church grove, when her elothcs caught fire, and alio was fatally ; burned before her clothes could lie cx- j tinguished. A number of petitions nre being circu lated, one petitioning the legislature to allow the county of Buncoinbo to vote on the liquor question, including Asheville in tho county vote; another petitioning iady friends. Tho receiving party consisted of the president nnd Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Man ning nnd Mrs, Vilas. Marshal Wilson made tho presentations. Behind the re ceiving party in the blue room stood Secretaries Bayard, Manning, Endicott and Whitney and Postmnstcr Vilas; Mrs. Charles W. Goodyear nnd Airs. George J. Sioard, of Buffalo, and Miss Hustings, tho President’s nieces, who nre now guests nt the white house; tho young ladies of the cabinet, and Colonel and Mrs. La- mont. Mrs. Clevelund wore a trained gown of ruby plush, cut square in front with a moderately high and pointed back; short lnco sleeves, a single rosebud, diamond necklace with pendant, and diamonds in her hnir nnd tan gloves reaching to the shoulders. RISING FAWN RIOT. Will practice in all the Courts of th« Middle Circuit and in the couutiee unrounding Washington. Speoial at* tuition given to commercial law. the legislature to urge congress to pass dsti" the Blair education bill; and still another to estnhlish a reform school or a school of correction in Asheville. SOUTH CAROLINA. F. K. Hikes. O. II. Honan*. HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, SANDER8VILLE, GA. Will practice in tho counties of Waihingto i, JdTorion, Johnston, Emanuel and Wilkinson, nnd in tlio U. 8. Courts for tho Southern Dis- Piet of Georgia. Will sot u« spent! in buying, selling or rent ing Ileal E-Unto. Office on West side of Pablic Square. Octll-tf A Dcsprral* Negro Nliot nnd Kitted by Guard. G. W. H, WHITAKER, DENTIST, SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA. TERMS CASH. WOfflcs at his residonoe, on Harris street. Apr20-’80 H. S. HOLLIFIELD, ician ‘" SANDERSVILLE, GA. Bayne's Millinery Office neat door to M Btore, on Harris street. BUY YOUlt M -FROM- (None genuino without our trade mark.) ON HAND AND FOR SALE SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. Watches, Clocks JEWELRY IlKl’AIRKD BY JERNIGAN. OUE DEPARTMENT supplied with all tho requisites for doing *11 kinds of Job nivl JJook work in First* Class Style, Pro nyit'y nnd at lloft* amiable Prices. WEDDING CARDS, VISITING CARDS, BUSINESS CARDS, BALL GARDE POSTERS, HANDBILLS, PROGRAMMES, • STATEMENTS, BETTER HEADINGS, DODGERS, PAMPHLETS, TO, STO,. RTO The legislature has passed a law to pro- ! liibitthe stealing of fruit and melons. The. Winnsboro national hank has de clared n semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent. About one hundred and fifty negroes have left Strother’s and the vicinity to i 6eek their fortunes in the West. In Greenville there were 28 tires for 1 the year 1880, just double tho number during 1885. The lire losses were $1)0,- ' 220 nnd tho insurance on the building : and property $89,820, 1 A former citizen of Winnsboro, writ ing from Mississipi, wants to exchange his Mississippi property for property near his old homo. He claims that South Car olina is the best State in which to live. A letter from Rossville, Chester conn ty, states that the whites nnd blacks are in a destitute condition. A meeting of noth races has been called and resolutions passed asking the government for help Abbeville has n postmistress who car ries off the palm as a practical nnd ener getic womnn. Sho recently slaughtered three hogs, whose combined weight wns eight hundred nnd seventy-four pounds General M. L. Bonham, Jr., has sold out his interest in tho Abbeville Messen ger to J. S. Perrin, who will hereafter conduct it himself. General Bonham will hereafter devote himself to the prac tice of law, and tho discharge of his du ties ns ndjutnnt general. The Aiken Recorder thinks that the refusal of the last legislature to allow nn appropriation for the Columbia canal a great mistake. Tho ennui having been begun and tho sum of $200,000 having been already expended, the Recorder be lieves, nnd with justice, that tho only way in which the State can realize on the Investment is to complete tho work. Mr. J. W. Creech, of Elko, lias a cane patch of 7,400 square feet. It costs him one fourth to have the syrup made, leav- in him 77 gallons net, which would make the value per acre three hundred dollars ' . at sixty-five cents a gallon. The cane was be '- n 11 ftm P. ' manured with broadcast compost and acid phosphato nnd cotton seed in tho drill, nt the rate of 20 bushels of seed and 200 pounds of acid to the ncrc. MISSISSIPPI. There was quite n number of private dwellings in Gloster burglnrizcd last week. It seems that there is nu organ ized band of night thieves of this charac ter traveling from station to station on the raihoad. William Boehmer, a German, aged about fifty years, and in Hie employ of Dr. Thurber, on his place at Back Bay, was found dead in tho yard by a lady neighbor, who immediately gave tlio alarm. Upon investigation by a coroner s iury they found a verdict of death trom nppoplexy. He leaves no family. From the condition of the body he is supposed to have been dend about thirty-six hours. A meeting of tho members of the Meri- dan bar was held at the courthouse, which adopted resolutions asking for the introduction of a bill in the house of rep resentatives providing for the establish ment of a United States court at Meri dian, to he known ns the eastern division of the southern district, and lion. John W Fewell was appointed us a delegate to proceed at once to Washington to urge and assist in tho passage of the bill. LOUISIANA. Oantaih Mnrston’s ginhouse at East Point on Bod River, wns destroyed by J r °e in ’Loss, $3,000 to $4,000; no insur- '"Through error, the Reveille, of St. ftnvflle state ! that the operations of •*» Such is not the case „„t,(ion for the pardon of Dr. h 1 r now iu the peuitenna- perjury, I. beta, circulated iu Shreveport. Itle.s received hut a few signatures. For some weeks pnst Captain Conner, who is in charge of tho convict camp lo cated at Rising Fawn, Ga., lias suspected that, two convicts named Jim Holt and William Jackson were planning an escape, lie succeeded in getting satisfactory evi dence that Holt was tho leader, nnd de cided to punish him. In attempting to do this Conner wns stubbed in the left shoulder. With a view to disabling A Druperaie Woman Kill* Five of Her Ulill- ilri-n and Then Hitlclilen—A Triple Tragedy—Mexican Horse Thieve* —Ollier Crime*. CONSTITUTION’S CENTENNIAL. THE LABOR WORLD. The l*re*ldent Bead* a Mes*n** ltr*nr<1l*i It* Celebration. James Cabaleke is a well-to-do carpen ter, of Cleveland, Ohio. llis wife was out of temper at the breftkfast table Thursdny morning and refused to taik to her husband. After he and his oldest son went to work, the mother sent two sons, aged fourteen and fifteen, on er rands. .When they returned they could not get into the house. In the hack yard they found a younger brother bleeding^ from ninny wounds They speedily called help and broke into the house and found their two little sisters, aged five and three, and a brother, aged three, dead from ninny stabs. A girl of eight wns seriously hurt, and she with tho boy found in the hack yard will probably die. A bloody pair of shears told the story. A hunt wns made for the mother. She was found in the cellar hanging from a rafter, dead. She had killed her three children, mortally injured two others and lmd then suicided. The two children who were still alive were removed to n neighbor's house. No cause for the terrible deed is given. The husband does not think that his wifo was insane. A TRIPLE TRAGEDY. Holt, Captain Conner thereupon shot at him twice, hut merely grazed the skin. The friends of Holt who were in the building In came very much oxcitcd, and a mutiny was threateued. A had state of affairs continued up to Sunday, when William Jackson, figuring ns lender, was so effectual iu keeping up tho strife, that it was thought advisable to punish him. Accordingly, ho was ordered out, hut re fused to come, saying ho would die first. Date in tho evening guards yvere stationed at the door, nnd Captain Conner, accom panied by two trusties, entered to remove Jackson. Jackson resisted, using a knife, and several of the convicts taking sides with him, hurled bottles and other missils at the guards nnd trusties. At this stage tho excitement became intense, and one of the guards seeing Jackson furiously brandishing his knife, shot at him with tho intention of disabling him, but (tie hall hitting his arm, severed nn artery, from which ho died. This had the effect of subduing the others. No blame is at tached to tho net«of the guard; and no further trouble is apprehended. THE RIDE TO DEATH. Four Tramps Btsrncil to Death In a Looked Freight Car. As a special freight train of nineteen ears, loaded with cotton was pulling into Paducah, Ivy., on the line of the Cliesa- peak, Ohio and Southern railroad Mon day, one of the cars wns discovered to Is on tiro. It had been taken on ned locked nt Memphis, being transferred from the Louisville, New Orlcnns and Texas rail road nt that point. Tho engineer hacked on tho side track nnd the crew endeav ored to extinguish the flames with hose attachments. All tlioy succeeded in doing, however, was to prevent tiie fire from spreading to other cars. While removing tho debris of the burned ear, four dead bodies, charred beyond recognition, wejje discovered. They nre supposed to have Whether white or black it is impossible to say. The car was locked at Memphis, hut tho men must have en tered to their horrible fate through a window in the end, which could have been opened from tho outsido. A LAND GRANT DECISION. The Alabama and ClhnUnnooaa Itnilrond Cannot Condemn Certain Land* In tho case of the Alabama and Chat tanooga railroad company against the Tennessee nnd Coosa railroad company, the secretary of the interior has nffirmed the decision of Commissioner Spniks, of Yw» Nlrance Men As*n**lnnte a Young Man and are Afterward* Killed. William E. Mead, aged 27, was mur- dared in cold blood Thursday evening, being shot through the head while stand ing on the stoop of his father's store, on Railroad Avenue, in AA’hito Plains, N. Y. Two men were seen running away from tho store after u pistol shot lmd been heard, and Chief of Polico Lee, with two officers, nt once followed them. After tho shooting the two men jumped into a sleigh and drovo away, hut having mistaken their way returned to the vil Inge nnd wore fired nt by Chief of Police Lee and both of them killed. Great ex citement prevails in tho village over the tragedy. The murdered man wns highly esteem ed by all who knew him, and wns not known to have an enemy. He leaves a wife and child. No motive for the mur der cun yet be assigned. On the bodies of the murderers were found two new sheath daggers with ten-inch blades, one new mask, four heavy revolvers nnd time tables of the Harlem and New York city railway. Both men were strangers here. MEXICAN HORSE THIEVES. Lust Nanttr «f llmei (Stolen—Two Men Murdered. The report that Jack McLunc and Fred Aberdeen had been murdered at Fnriner’s rnnche near Hudson, in Grant county N. M., has been confirmed. A neighbor going to his rancho found McLane lying dead on the ground near the house with three bullet holes in his body. Just in side the house Aberdeen’s corpse was found on the floor. He had a bullet hole through Ilia head, from which blood and brains had oozed. The bodies of both men had been stripped of all valuables, including clothing, boots and weapons, and the murderers lia<l also ransacked the house, carrying away everything of value. After completing their work the thieves stole the horses owned by McLane, and then went to Indian Springs where they gathered in six more horses belong ing to Mr McLane. The excitement caused by the affair is intense nil through Grant county. The perpetrators of tho outrage are believed to be a part of the same gang of Mexican thieves and rob bers who Were concerned in the killing of Deputy Sheriff Hall some time ago, and if they are caught they will certainly be lynched. The President hns sent tho following message to congress: To the Senate nnd House of Represen tatives: As n mat ter of national iutcrcst, ml one solely within tho discretion and ontrol of congress, I transmit tho no- ompnnylng memorial of the executive committee of tho sub-constitutional cen tennial commission, proposing to cclc- lirate, on the 17th of September, 1887, in the city of Philadelphia, ns tho day upon which ami the place where tho conven tion tlmt framed the Federal constitution occluded their labors and submitted tho (•suit for ratification to tlio thirteen fates then composing the United States. The epoch was one of the deepest interest and events worthy of commemoration. I am aware that as each state acted inde pendently in giving its adhesion to tlio new constitution, the dates nnd nnniver- raries of their several ratifications are not coincident, so action looking to a national expression in relation to the celebration of tiie close of the first century of popu lar government under the written consti tution has already been suggested, nnd whilst stating the great interest 1 shnre in tiie renewed examination by tho Amer ican people of tho historical foundation of their government, I do not feel war ranted in discriminating in favor of or against the propositions to select one day or place in preference to nil others ; and therefore, content myself with convoy ing to congress these expressions of pop ular feeling and interest upon the subject, hoping that in a spirit of patriotic co-op eration, rather than of local competition, fitting measures may b* enacted by con gress which will give the amplest oppor tunity all over these United States, for n manifestation of tile nffcction nnd the con fidence of a free and mighty nation in tho institutions of tho government, of which they are the fortunate inheritors nnd under which unexampled prosperity has been enjoyed by all classes and condi tions in our social system. Guovkr Cleveland. REPORT OF NEW YORK BUREAU OF STATISTICS AND LABOR. Inve*tlfl*tlea and Inqnlrlra Into the Work- Inamnn’* Position. New York State Commissioner Peck, In the “Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor,” says: The year 1886 has witnessed a more pro found nnd far more extended agitation jimong tho members of organized labor than any previous year in the history of our country, and whtlo such agitation in onr own State has not boon characterized by the wholly unwarranted and criminal excess** that startled with horror tho populace of sev eral of tho Western cities, it has neverthe less Loon earnest and pronounced. With TWO FRIENDS. We have beside us ever two close friend*, , Who walk on either hand thro’ all onr live*, One with gay laughter takes our eager hand, And loads u* through youth’s wondroas Pleasure Land— Which with a tale of fabled glory vies; Then guides us to the shade of sylvan grove, Where love is blushing in the twilight sweet, And all the air is filled with Bong of birds— And heavy with tho weight of tender word* From lips that melt together as they speak but rnro exceptions, organized labor has ‘in this State, with greater euo- contlnued in this State, with gi (ess and vigor than over before, to tato, to strtko nnd to boycott during the pnst year, and 1886 will be remembered as one of tho greatest importance in tho battle waged bjtweon capital and labor, tho signal failures nnd guocosses of which will not be lest or fail to servo ns lesions of vnluo to the But with us, In our journeying with one, The other walketh with his head bowed low, A guest unwolcorae is he, and unsought, And when, by chance, we turn with merry thought, A glance from him fall* on our hearts like snow. ' On our shrinking student of social nnd oconomlc quo ;tions. Tho subject of apprenticeship is treated at :n« groat longlh and in a most exhaustive man- nor. Among other tilings the Commissioner avs, in discus-lug tho question: "As n very prominent feature of the labor question, it hns boon femnd expedient and necessary to look into our apprenticeship ' baud of renowing ana i hr ' system—the means nt i erpetunting our lab ir supply. The broad result is that wo aio largely dopondeut upon Our foreign skilled labor. Our supply of native mechanics is daily nngmontod by the skilled labor of Europe, nnd while this foreign ele ment is not equal to tho skillod labor which is retaino I in Europe, it is In the main vastly *u pci-ior to t tint produced In our own country, Wile" — OUR BIG BOOM. Farther Evidence* of the Influx of Northern Capital Into the Heath. Tho boom in Alabama continues. Bir mingham is to have n large coal storage house, Sheffield bus its sixth furnace. Decatur four new furnaces. East Bir mingham, the largest foundry nnd ma chine works in tho South. Mobile nn anti-friction mettl foundry. Florence a hundred ton furnace. Elyton a $100,000 dam. Gadsden two one hundred ton fur naces and water and gns works, and the new town, Bcsemer City, a $500,000 roll ing mill. The influx of Northern capital continues unabated, and a majority of the heavy capitalists now developing the re sources of Alabamn and Tennessee are officered and conducted by well known Northern men. Iu Arkansas, the DeSlia Lund and Planting Company, headquarters nt Ar kansas City, nnd owning 05,000 acres of cotton and lumber land, aro putting up a $100,000 saw mill and engaging over 1,000 hands in planting. An immense brewery is to he arected in Little Rock, and copper and gold in paying quantities have been found near Golden City. A fourteen feet thick vein of fine coal lifts been struck at Bartlevillc, Indian Terri tory. Two fifty ton charcoal furnaces are to be erected at once near Nashville, Tenn. A DOUBLE MURDER. July 23 1885, which held that a tract of land within the six miles granted limits was arrested by Deputy Sheriff T. S. before Judge Y? 8 aid committed'to Baton Rouge -t on the charge of assault with u kmio of J;ho grant to the state of Alabama by the act of June 8, 1850,to aid in tho con struction of the Tennessee and Coosa railroad is not subject to selection by the Alabama and Chattanooga railroad com pany, us indemnity, notwithstanding the tho fact that the Tennessee and Coosa railroad has not been constructed. The decision is made on the ground that the grant in question hns never been forfeit ed by congress. The case involves sev eral thousand acres of laud in the Hunts ville, Ala., district. Particulars of a double murder near Murfreesboro, Ark., have been received. Arthur Miller nnd Miles Wallace, while returning to their homes in the country, were attacked from ambush. The nssas sins numbered three persons and were armed with rifles. Wallace nnd Miller attempted to defend themselves, hut without effect. Miller was shot three times and fell to the ground, dying al most instantly. Wallace escaped, but is believed to be mortally wounded. The assassins were uninjured. Miller hnd lived in the country many years and wns unpopular, having shot a number of men with whom he had personal encounters ROAD AGENTS ATTEMPT A ROBBERY. A hold attempt at train robbery of a St.Louis train, on the Chicago and Alton railroad, took place Thursday, three mile east of Independence, Missouri. Th THE DROUTH SUFFERERS. Appropriation for Relief Recommended by a Legislative Committee. Tffie special committee appointed to investigate as to sufforkg from the drouth prevalent over a largo section of Texas has submitted to its report to the legislature. The coramitte state, that there is a large section of tho state west and north of the Brazos river, aud ex train wus brought to n standstill by a violent pulling of the hell cord. The bronkmen and conductor rushed through the forward part of the train to ascertain the cause of stopping, when they were fired on by ft mnn standing on tiie front platform of the smoking car aud ordered back into the cars. They barely escaped injury by dodging hack into the car Four or five shots were fired. The would-be robbers then jumped from the car and escaped in the darkness. MURDERED BY HIS VICTIM’S HON. tending far down the river edge to Ham ilton, which has been visited by o one of the most destructive drouths ever known in Texas. The reports state that in this region there are at least 80,000 persons who are, or soon will ho, absolutely des titute, and who can not possibly subsist ■without immediate assistance. The com mittee recommends an appropriation of $200,000 for the relief of the suffer ers under such provisons as may be deemed best, until the crops can be grown. The action on tho report will be total W-BMWrOYf, The dead body of Nelson Borden was found near Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Three years ngo Borden killed John Letcher during a quarrel. Lester’s son Abner, then 12 years old, told his mother and others that when he wns big enough he would kill Borden. The fact that he waa hunting yesterday io the woods where Borden was found dend gives color to the belief that he hns car ried out his throat. TROUBLE AT NIAGARA. A Large Mui of Rock Falls on (he Cana dian Hide. Over 228,000 Quebec yards of lime stone and slate roek of the bank of Nin- nra river, near Horseshoe falls, on tho Innada side, fell out Thursday. The mass fell with a tremendous crash, which was heard and felt for miles around. The break has considerably changed tho ap pearance of the bank, and now a dark chasm can bo seen behind tho falls from the bank above. The mass of rock which fell was sixty feet long nnd one hundred and seventy feet deep. Its fall from the main rock has left a perpcndiculnr wall. Tho tremendous weight of the’ icc which has accumulated during the past three weeks, with steady frosty weather nnd low water was tho cause of the break. A WOMAN ON FIRE. Iietlier unrestricted emigration he lio cot a national blessing may be disputed, but a visit to the workshops of the State will demonstrate tho truthfulnossof tho statement that ttie largo majority of our tradesmen and mechanics are foreigners. Indeed, in tnnny trade and industrial establishments there is not a single American at work. Nearly all positions of trust and responsi bility in the me haul a* dtquitmenli aro in tho hands ( f foreign-horn workers, nnd most of the 1 oyg and young men learning trades nro either foroign born or tho sons of foreign-born workers. And tho opinion is now vory generally oxprossod aud ac cepted, that most of tho labor troubles of th* last few years have boon precipitated, not by whole’ trades, but by sections of them, and that those sections wero largely con trolled by foreigners, or’natives who had from i saociation -imbibed foreign ideas on tho labor question.” The Commissioner nrguos in favor of man ual training as a means of keeping up the Bupply of tralnod labor and preventing the coming man from becoming the slave or th* machine. Tho conclusion at which the Commissioner arrives in regard to "Shorter Hours of La bor" aro thus summed up:—‘ As predicted in tho last roport of this bureau, a very general movcinont was made on the first uuy of May last looking to the reduction of the hours of labor from ten to eight per day. The organizations of New York and Brooklyn seemed t > have actod more in eon cert than those of other cities in the States, aud were by fnr moro successful, having won a majority of tho cases whero demands wero mnde. It is true that whilo a large percentage of all engaged iu the movement askod for a reduction of two hours a i'av, very many of the organizations did it with a view of compromising on nine hours as n day’s work.” Yet, silent walks ha hearts H# lays no hand until his hour has coma Then leads he even to the valo of Death, And in Mre"shadows there, with shuddering breath, We recognize his foatures and aro dumb I Tho name of on* Both friends I Ah I yea is Joy— Our heart strings quiver with his note* •• g«y- But ore the wondrous symphony's complete, Pale Sorrow’s haud across the chords must sweep To tune In perfect time life’s melody. —Grace D. Roe, In Detroit Free Press. PITH AND POINT. Ho next gives brief histories of the leading i In the strikes in the Htato during tho year, notably those in tho Troy laundries, tho Bugar rotlneries, and bu the streot rail roads. The losses by these different strikes, boycotts, Ac., ho is unable to give in total, but fifty-eight firms alone roport an aggregate of $3,000,000. On the other hand thi einptovos »r« ropri-gnnte.d losses of wages to striking presented by vie sum of $9,- ui. HB HAD TWO WIVES. Lee Ayers alias J. H. Moore, a young white man who was formerly a brakesman ou the Louisville and Nashville railroad, wns arrested at Birmingham, Ala., Thurs day for forgery. Ho had succeeded in getting two checks, one for $875 and on* for $276, cashed at the Berney National hunk, He was identified as the man who had presented a forged check for $250 at the First National bauk Monday, and slipped out while the caahier was exam ining tlio signature. During the search of Ayers the police found that he has two wives living in tho city, neither of them being aware of the existence of the other. A FATAI. EXPI.OHION. Mrs. Butler, an old Indy living with her family, at Athens Gn., was standing near an open fire Tuesday, when sho dis covered that her dress was ablaze. She was by herself in the house. Sho rushed out of doors to go to the river, but before she hnd gotten out of the yard was enveloped in flames from her clothing. Frantic with pnin and fright she began tearing them from her and when first seen was sitting on the frozen ground trying to pull off her stockings nil that was left on her. Dr. Benedict wus at once summoned, and reached there in about fifteen minutes. When it was found that sho wns literally blistered all over, nnd some places the burn extends through the skin. Her left hand is badly burned. The boiler at tho saxv mill of Mr. Skel ton, four miles west of Anniston, Ala., exploded Monday.^ Charles Demsey, en gineer of Milton county, Ga., was in stantly killed, his head crushed and scalded. Perry Ford, a neighbor, was killed, his head severed from his body by a portion of the boiler. J. W. Skelton, th* proprietor, was slightly wounded in th* hand. John Sheron, of Atlanta, lnd his right leg broken and otherwise in jured. Buck Shearer wns slightly wound- Di ev slightly wounded in the head. Charley Demsey was blown a distance of forty feel. TnB GLANDERH IN ATHENS, GA. A YOUTHFUL MURDERER. Elsie Walker, a fourtcen-yc&r-old girl living on Sapello Istnud, near Darien, Ga., was shot and killed by a playmate, Anthony Handy, aged twelve yenrs. The boy confessed tho crime but said lie did not intend to kill her. Tho scene of the murder was hideous to behold, blood and brains being scattered about over the floor and the walls. ... - Dr. AV. II. Rose,the veterinary surgeon of the agricultural department, Washing ton. D. C., finished his investigation nt Athens, Ga., Tuesday. He. dug up the bodies of two horses which had died from the prevalent disease, and split ting open their noses found evidences oi glanders. He recommends the destruc tion of the stables formerly occupied by the street car stock, the burning of the manure and the quarantine of the ani mals. Dr. Rose does not think there is danger of a spread of a disease, which though contagious, is not at all infect ious. LUMBER DEALERS COMING SOUTH. The fourth annual convention of the Union of Associated Lumber dealers, af ter session just held at Cincinnati, loft by a specinl train over the Louisville, and Nashville railroad for Nashville and other points whero they will visit nnd in spect some mills in the lumber regions of the south. The visit will exteud to Bir mingham, Mobile, Pensacola and Ruox. Til)!, TIIE MAD DANCERS. “This beats mo,” ns the egg romarkod when it saw tho spoon.— Button Bulle tin. It is said that tho coming cow will 1 hnvo no horns. In that enso tho coming man will tako nono.—Piatt/unc. There is no oleomargarine about A 1 goat, llo is genuino butter ovory time, nnd gives tuff weight.—Brake's Moga' cine. “Nerve Food" is ndvortbod in differ ent papers. AVo suppose it forms tho chief diet of book agents.—Pith and Point. “How many women marry a good, sonsiblo man?" asks Kato Field. Only one, if tlio man can help it.—North American. It is the silly mnn who slings nsido his paper witli tho comment that “half of It isn't worth reading.”—Tho wise man reads tho other hnlf.—Philadelphia Call. “Every lassie lias lier Indilie ” To whisper words of love— But every lassie tins n daddy To knock on tho floor abovo. — Ufa. A Western farmer has had his infant son christened with twenty-six name*. It is seldom we hear of a man cherishing such bitter enmity against his offspring, — Graphic. I Whene’er tho small hoy makes n racket Or annoys his mnthor with his tuneq Bho is sure to say she’ll warm Ids jacket, Though she always warms his pantaloon*,’ —.ludye. j • Why do we always talk about putting on a coat and vest; Who puts on a chat before tho vest? Wo also say shoes and •tockings. AVhat’s the matter with ua, anyhowt—Philadelphia Call. Kate Field says sho is tired of tho world, and “would liko to live apart from tho fashionable bustle.” AVhy don’t you take it off, tlion, Kato, and give it to tho hired girl?—Minneapolis Tribnne 1 That the oyster is nutritious, Quite exquisitely delicious, Is a statement that can nover l>o denied^ But ho suddenly grows vicious; Toward your stomach quite malicious* AVhen he’s friod. —Merchant Travelers >, Bricks That Will Float “Floating palaces” are often spoken A sad outbreak of insanity is reported from Whiteday, W. Va. AVnshington Lake has fivo grown daughters. Two weeks ago Tabitha got married nnd the young people of the neighborhood, in cluding her four sisters, celebrated the event, by dancing all night and nearly nil tho next day. On tho evening of the second, Martha, one of tho sisters, lost her reason and developed into n raving maniac- and four days later the bride went stark mad. Since then the three other sisters exhibited evidences of in sanity and the worst is fenred. THE STRIKE AT OXMOOR, The Supcrintendent’of the Eureka fur naces at Oxmoor, Alabama, hns secured one lruudred and fifty men who do not belong to the Knights of Labor, nnd put them to work in place of the strikers. The strikers, who are Knights of Labor, notified the Superintendent that the scabs would not be allowed to work. The Sheriff was notified of the impending trouble, and put four deputies at the furnaces, and so far tho strikers have made no effort to iuterfere with the new men. IRON SHIPMENT FROM CHARLESTON. The steamship Seminole sailed from Charleston for New York Saturday with one hundred and eight tons of iron from Birmingham, Ala. This is the first cargo of pig iron ever shipped from Charleston, and is the beginning of a trade which promises to make Charleston tho most important shipping port for Alabama 'i (.H) on tho ftotyth Atlantic const. - of, but mostly by a figure of speech to- describe certain splendid steamships. But now it seems that modern improve ment has mndu it possible to build a brick house on the sea (?). l'loatingi bricks are now successfully produced in 1 France, the material of which they aro composed being a kind of eartli found in Tuscany, consisting of fifty-live parts of sandy earth, fifteen of magnesia, fourteen 1 of water, twelve alumina, throe lime, onei iron. It exhales a clay-like odor, and,' when sprinkled with water, throws out * light, whitish smoke. It is infusible inj tho firo’.and though it losoi nbout an eighth part of its weight, its bulk is scarcely diminished. Bricks composed of this substance, either baked or un-: baked, float in the water, and a twen tieth part of clay may be lidded to their composition without taking away theiri property of swimming. ThAse 1 ricks re sist water, unite perfectly with lirno, arei subject to no alteration from the heat orl cold, and the baked differ from tho un-' baked only in tlio sonorous quality which they acquire from the fire. Their strength is a little inferior to that of common bricks, but mueli greater in proportion to their weight. Thus a floating brick, meusuring seven inches in breadth, and j one inch eight lines in thickness, is said 1 to weigh only fourteen and onc-fourth ounces, whereas a common French brick was found to weigh five pounds and nearly seven ounces.—San Frantistp Call. Wi S3 Burial Plnco of the Booth Family. Tho burial place of th: Booth family is Grcenmount cemetery, Baltimore, aud Edwin Booth always visits tho spot when ho is in that city and lays flowers on the graves of his mother and sister. A plain monument stands in tho lot. One sida of it has these words: “In tlw same grave with Junius Brutus Booth is buried tho body of Mary Ann, bis wife, who, survived him thirty-three years.” On the opposite side is inscribed: “To the memory of the children of Junius Brutus- and Atary Ann Booth—John AVilkefl, Frederick, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Henryi ■ Byron.” On the east side is found:!. .'S& “Junius Brutus Booth, born May _ 1, 1796," and ou the opposite side, “Died !November 30, 1852.” Close to tho mon ument, on ’the south side, is a grave cov-‘ ered with ivy, said to mark the spot; ' where lie the remains of John Wilkes Booth. One small rose bush-is growing nt the .head of the grave and mother at tho foot. Edwin Booth defrays the ex pense of keeping tho lot in order. Ml About 100 babies have been namoct after tho present, president of the UaUfl^ ptttof. • ^ Sf® m * \ r - ;

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, January 25, 1887, Image 1