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the Sandcrsvtlle Postofftcc April 27,
18S0.
SandersYllle, Washington County, Ga.
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NEWS NOTES GATHERED
FROM VARIOU8 8ECTION8.
FLORIDA.
Tho Tampa Tribune, rising to tbs
growth of the town, lias become a semi-
weekly.
i .» n , lmmcnso hiack hear was recently
killed near Hick’s prairie, not over three
nnlos from Eustis. His enptors hold u
magnificent skin to testify to their prow
ess. 1
There are now in tho course of con
struction nnd in contemplation within the
city limits of Tampa, about seven or
IL C „k blocks, costing from $0,000
to $40 000 each, making nn aggregate of
about $110,000.
Oranges are still being forwardod north
from Palatka, nnd tho returns are very
satisfactory to the growers and shippers.
A better nvorago price lias been received
for tho fruit this season than for sorno
time past.
A meeting of tho citizens of Mantee
couuty lias been called to assemble Satur
day, February 5, at I’iue Level, to advise
with their senator und representatives on
the questions of dividing the county nnd
tho line of tho division.
I he scales, guuges nnd all tho custom-
housa implements linve arrived, nnd tho
preparations uro now completo to put the
immediuto transportation act in force.
In other words, the customs dues on goods
imported into Tamnn will ho collected at
that place, instead of at Key West ns
heretofore.
Johnnie Williams, a whito boy of Pen-
saooln, while out liuning last week, near
Magnoliu Bluff, took deliberate aim ut
what he thought to be a bird in the
bushes, aiul filled tho fnco nnd neck of u
nsgro with what is known as “mustard
seed.” For u two-dollur uoto the darky
signed u contract agreeing to forego his
right to prosecute.
The grund jury of Orange county have
found u true hill for forgery nnd uttering
a forged note against F. H. Black, the
senior member of the now defunct firm of
Black A Nanwny. The deecaso of that
firm resulted in the sudden disappearance
of Mr. Bluck nnd tho leaving behind of a
number of sorrowful friends, lie was
arrested in Turnon n few clays ago, taken
to Orlando and lodged in jail, where lie
is now awaiting trial.
MIRSIBSIFSI.
During the last six months the Vicks
burg Building Association, has made a
profit of $10,331.17 on a capital of $90,-
000, or nearly 23 per cent per annum.
Joe Thomas, who killed ('has. Murphy,
editor of the Bolling Fork Review and
Mayor of (lint town, in 1371, and who
was sentenced to the State penitentiary
for life, lias been pardoned by the gov
Mr. J. E. Carter, living a few miles
east of Biplcv, accidentally dropped a
pistol on Tuesday last, when it was dis
charged, the ball passing through the
buck pnrt of the head of Ills wife, inflict
ing a severe, if not fatal wound. The
indy was alive nt Inst accounts, hut her
final recovery is involved in doubt.
Captain W, II. Edrington, of tho
steamer Phil. Armour, stntes flint two
negro men were drowned near Ben Eagle,
Sunday night, while his boat wits nt that
place. The men were out in a dugout,
and their craft was turned over while a
short distance from the shore. Neither
of the men could swim, nnd both drowned
before help arrived.
Mr. L. C. Dulaney, of Bolivcr, coun
ty, was ambushed and shot from his
horse near llosednle. His wounds from
goose shot, »re dangerous if not fatal.
Two negroes were arrested on suspicious
circumstances. There being much in
dignatiou aroused by the crime, they
were carried to Greenville to prevent
lynching.
The second fire in threo months on W-
W. Johnson’s place, near Red Bone, on
Wednesday evening destroyed his now
steam gin nnd thirteen hales of cotton.
The gin was a new one and valued at
$2,000. It was built hut a short time
ago to replace one wns destroyed about
three months aSo, and was one on the
finest in tho Bed Bone neighborhood.
The dead body of one George Harper
was found on the Loughborough planta
tion, in the northern pnrt of Washington
county, on the 11th inst. Harper wns
from Memphis nnd had been employed ns
engineer ut the Plantation Oil Mill, and
was discharged. His death wns from n
fractured skull, probably with a car-pin.
He was probably killed for the small sum
of money he may have had.
Lom Smith, a well-known planter in
tho Dccr Creek neighborhood, last Thurs
day night was badly wounded by a shot
from ambush, but it is thought that he
is not dangerously hurt. He states that
he started from his home to ride on
horseback to Wutsonin station, on the L.,
N. O. and T. road in Shoikcy county,
and wns still traveling when night fell.
He was in u thinly settled district, when
two men suddenly appeared on the road
side and began shooting at him. Five
shots were tired before lie drew his own
pistol nnd began shooting back. His as
sailants drew off when lie opened on them
nnd escaped. Mr. Smith was wounded
in tho left side lmt managed to stay on
his horse until he reached a place where
ho received assistance.
It is reported that a now oil mill is to
be started nt Vicksburg as an adjunct of
which an improved paper mill will he
built. A new process of making paper
is to be used and a recent patent for mak
ing fine paper of cotton seed hulls will
be introduced. The lint from the cotton
seed has been utilized by paper makers
for somo time, lmt the hulls have hereto
fore been UBed only as fuel. The new oil
mill will have a paper mill connected with
it, and the material used for paper mak
ing will come from tho oil mills, Tho
new use for the hulls will make the mills
an extraordinary good investment, nnd
tho solid business men of Vicksburg are
much interested in the projected mills.
Several of the most enterprising of these
have been organizing a company, which
is to begin oper«tjpqs with 3 capital of
$1,000,009.
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NonTn CAnoi.nu.
Surveyors are nt work on tho Wilming
ton Const-Lino railroad from that city to
Y fightsville Sound, and it is stnted au
thoritatively that within thirty days
grading will begin.
I lie ( iirolina Central railroad company
has under construction nt its depot in
'' ilmingtou a largo building to be used
for the storage of fertilizers, 218 feet in
b-ngth, and 78 feet in width.
Peanuts have ndvnnccd in price, as tho
result of n small "boom” thnt bognn the
1 itter part of last week. The supply in
Wilmington and other markets is repre
sented as light, nnd but littlo stock is
coming in.
TV bile II. A, Neill, of Davidson coun-
t v, wns nt work at his cotton gin last
I relay, his left hand came in contnct
with the saws, nnd tho hand nnd arm,
half way up tho olbow, wero horribly
mutilated, the flesh being torn off and the
leaders t >rn out.
A new find of magnetic iron ore is re
ported near Webster, in Jackson county.
It was found by a miner named Bchrcr-
bor, who lias been exploring in that sec
tion of the Htnte, The ore is said to
form a hod covering a large area, and is
claimed to he highly magnetic.
Two brothers in south Iredell wero
sleeping together last Saturday night,
"ben one of them “dreampt a dream.”
He was licensed of crime and an officer
was after him. Ho resisted arrest and
dealt the officer a stinging blow in the
face. The other brother caught the foreo
ol the blow and is going around now with
a black eve.
W. S. Sisk, of Union Grove township,
ami family, left a collide of weeks
ago for Kansas and carried in a gourd tho
provisions which were to last them
throughout the journey. It was one of
jbese old-fashioned Jacksonian democrat
ic gourds, and a gentleman who
saw them unpack it for supper as they
struck ramp two miles north of town,
observed among other things they took
out of it six cooked chickens.
At Egypt, in Chatham county, u Penn
sylvania company has purchased a largo
area of coal fields, und propose to begin
operations there in the near future They
propose to begin by supplying local de
mands along the lilies of road most con
venient to them, and to gradually broaden
the business. There are also parties con
tracting for the Ore Hill iron property
here, for the'purpose of erecting a fur
mice. The indications for that particu
lar district uro brightening. When
work is once begun there in enruest, a
large and permanent business will result'
There is talk of starting a bank it)
Greenville with $2r>,000 capital,
The Presbyterians of Griffin arc about
to build a new church to cost $3,000.
A widower in Oglethorpe county has
ecoiitly taken unto himself n thirteeu-
oar old bride.
Ordinary Gilliam, of Oglethorpe, sold
one hundred and fifty-three marriage li
censes during 1»8G.
'1 he county commissioners of Houston
have contracted to put new cells in the
jail at an expenso of $t,000.
The town clerk of Fort Valley has pub
lished a notice for an election in March,
to determine whether the council shall
issue bonds to raise money to build a new
school house.
A large land trade wns perfected last
week, in Bcroven county, by which Mr.
I., F. Pfeiffer becomes the owner of about
seven or eight thousand acres of tho Gib
bons lands near the Iiaga Slugs landing,
on the Savannah river. This is the big
gest transaction of the kind tliat has oc
curred in the county in many years. It
was a cash trade.
The first damage suit for injuries re-
i eived against the Borne und Carrollton
railroad lias been tiled in the clerk’s of
lice, in Floyd county. Henry O. Boyd,
a section band, is the plaintiff, nnd be
sets forth thnt on account of a collision
of n lever car and un engine on tho road,
about the 15tli of last December, lie hail
one of his arms fractured, nnd was other
wise injured. Ho cluims damages to the
amount of $8,000.
THE LONGSHOREEfiiNS' STRIKE-
Ocean Mtoainalitps I.lhetr to Ho llalityod for
Wnnt ol’ Coni.
Mr. Hicks, of the Ocean Association of
Longshoremen and Knights of Labor, re
ports that not a pound of coal will put
aboard any ocean steamers in New York,
Brooklyn : n 1 Jersey City Tuesday.
Eleven ; rain elevators have suspended
business, i wo if them are on the Ham
burg an I Bremen piers in Brooklyn, and
six in Brooklyn at Prentice’s stores. The
levator men refuse to load grain into
ships that take Old Dominion freights.
Tho trnns-Atlnntic steamers cannot sail
on time if this continues to-morrow, and
the United States mail will be delayed.
The Wilson Line has advertised for a
large number of men, offering them high
wages, Louis B. Debean, of the Fronch
line, notified a committee thnt called
upon him to-day that lie had no freight
from tho Old Dominion Line, and tliat
the 250 halos of cotton were from ocean
steamers, and the longshoremen went to
work. No coal, however, was got aboard
La Bourgogne.
THE 8 AY AUK AH FIRE.
Th* Flames Destroy Three llrlck Hnllffliig*.
About nine o’clock Monday night a fire
was discovered in the rear of Ruwe’s
steam bakery and candy factory, on Bay
street, Savannah. The flumes spread
rapidly, and in an hour tho inside, with
the whole stock, was completely burned
out. Tho bakery comprises two four
story brick buildings, and will he a total
loss. The adjoining building of the
same block, occupied as a lager beer de
pot and sales rooms, by George Meyer,
caught, and was destroyed. Ruwe had
an insurance for $30,000 and $14,000 on
stock, Meyer has insurance on his stock
for $5,000, M. A. Cohen $3,000, O G
Filligunt $1,000 and J. F Wheaton &
Co. $1,000. It is thought the total loss
will approximate $50,000, about $10,000
of which is not covered by insurance
Tb« origin ol the fire i* unknown,
A TRAIN DEMOLISHED.
STILL WE ARE BOOMING.—NEW
RAILROADS IN TENNESSEE.
I.nnd Naira In Anniston, Alabama.—A Ten
Story Douse for Blrmlnaham.
Bccords of the Secretary of tho State’s
offleoof Tennosscc show that twelve rail
road cliarters linve beon granted within
live weeks, ns follows: Tennessee Cen-
tml, from Brydston, N. C., to Tennessee
points; Knoxvillo and Nashville; Tcn-
ncssco and North Carolina, from East
Tennessee to Murphy, North Carolina;
the Bristol and South Atlantic, from
Bristol cnstwnrdlv; tho Baltimore, Nosli-
villo nnd Memphis, from Bristol to Mem
phis; Chattanooga nnd Southwestern,
from Chattanooga to Columbus, Georgia;
Cumberland Valley and Unoka, from
Cumberland Biver to North Carolina
line; Memphis nnd Nashville, from Mem
phis to Nashville; Cincinnati nnd Bir
mingham, from Chattanooga to Birming
ham. Alabama; the Missouri, Tennessee
and Georgia; Tennessee Midland, from
Memphis to Bristol, nnd tho South Pitts
burg and Scqunlintchio, from the Ten
nessee line to South Pittsburg.
Clinrters have also been granted to four
largo street ruilwny corporations, two min
eral paint companies, four mnrblo compa
nies, one oil compnny, eleven Inrgo man
ufacturing corporations and six land com
panies. Thirty minor manufacturing
companies have applied for charters, hut
have not received them yet.
AT ANNISTON ALA.
The auction sale -Monday was sixty-four
lots, amounting to two hundred and
seventy-two thousand dollars.
Purchasers arc from every state in the
union. There was some delay and de
ficiency in tho way, owing to tho hurry
in getting ready. Tho sale wns publicly
continued Tuesday, nftcr which the sales
were privnto by the ngcut and officers of
the compnny. A noted contractor nnd
corps of surveyors from Minnesota have
gone to work on tho Anniston nnd Cin
cinnati railroad. To realize tho situation
and enthusiasm it is necessary to be
present. Knowing ones enn count up
seven million dollars represented now for
investment in real estate. Ninety-five
cents has been refused for tho company’s
stock. Very little on the market at any
price.
AT CHATTANOOGA.
The sale of 110 feet, corner of Markot
nnd Sovcnth streets, was consummated
Monday, at eighty-four thousand dollars,
to Mississippi pnrtios. They will at onco
erect a one hundred thousand dollar
building.
A compnny has been formed and all
tho stock subscribed for the organization
of a $800,000 national bnnk. The head
of tho institution is-E. E. Watkins,
president of the Mcridiuu National hunk,
and Charles A. Lyerly, president of tho
First National hank of Mcridinn. All
tho money is pledged nnd every detail is
already arranged. Tho bnnk will bo
ready for business ns soon as the charter
can bo procured.
AT BIRMINGHAM.
Josiah Morris, of Montgomery, is hav
ing plans drawn for one of tho finest
buildings in tho south, which ho will
erect in Birmingham at once. It will
contain ten stories and one hundred and
fifty offices, nnd will have all tho modern
improvements.
Tho committco of citizens called by
the probate judge cxnininod tho county
courthouse, and condemned it ns unsafe.
A new courthouse costing $250,000 will
be built.
CHILDREN UNDER WATER.
Ten Minutes tlndrr Witter nnd era lteacned
Alive at Left,
A sewer u quarter of a mile in length,
running under Niagara Fulls Ont., forms
part of tho bed of Muddy Iiun creek,
which, during thaws in winter, is swol
len into a rushing rivtr of largo volume,
which empties itself into Niagara river
over the precipice neur the whirl pool
rapids. This river was running fifteen
miles an hour Saturday evening, when
Bertha Farrel, aged four yeurs, who was
seated in a hand sled, slid into it. Her
sister Blanche, nged tcu, jumped in after
her, nnd both were swept into the river.
A rush wns rnndc for the other end of tho
sewer, and men secured by lopes, jumped
into tho water and waited for the chil
dren to appear. Bertha name first, under
the water, and Blanche followed on top.
When taken out both were apparently
lifeless, but after much difficulty both
were resuscitated. The children were in
the water ten minutes, most of the time
tubmerfwL
THE WHITE PLAINS TRAGEDY.
The Ilodlea of the Two Murderer* Identified
—They Wero Two Now York Hoys.
The two dead bodies of the murderers
of George A. Mead, who committed sui
cide to avoid arrest, have been identified
as Thomas and John Trestham, brothers,
aged 15 and 19. They belong in New
York, where their father and oldest
brother arc respectable manufacturers of
wire goods. The third man who was in
company with the dead boys on the trnin
the night they were killed, and who re
mained ou the train nnd went on past
White Plains, was another brother named
Henry. The eldest brother, James I.
Trestham, who has identified his brothers'
bodies, says they only left home Wednes
day, nnd were only absent one day before
losing their lives.
A STEAMER. HAS A MI8IIAF.
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The Clyde line steamer Delaware, from
New York via Charleston, bound for For
nandina, went on a north breaker off St.
Andrew’s sound, iu a slight fog, at 0 a.
m. Sunday. The sea broke over her, and
when the tide rose sho pounded heavily
The captain sent a boat to Brunswick,
twenty miles distant, and obtained three
tugs. _ Tho ship got off with the aid of
the wind at 7 o’clock Monday morning
just before the tugs arrived. Her rudder
and main boom were lost. The tugs
hauled her out of the breakers, and got
her safe into Fernandina harbor. There
was no panic among tho passengers, nnd
the vessel does not appear to bn material-
injured.
| They DIscum Ike Action of Ihc Unit iff Suites
Scant*—Will There bo Wnr T
Tho London Post, in nn article on tho
passage of the fisheries bill in tho United
States senate, says:
Wo aro sure that Mr. Ingall's outspoken bit
terness against England does not represent the
feeling of oither tho American senate or peo
ple. On tho other hand It would bo foolish to
slmt our oyos to the Impo.tancoof thcqnestlon
involved.
The Chronicle thinks tho fact that Mr,
J Ingall’s splcnitic outburst neither sur
prised nor shocked tho more respectable
senators is u far moro serious matter thnn
■ the dispute itself, and hopes that tho
I Washington authorities will enrly dis-
! clnim any community or feeling" with
j Ingalls. The “Daily News” says:
To,lav’s telegrams from NewYoik, Montreal
and Ottawa aro of a very reassuring character.
Nobody hero regarded tho vlolint spec dies of
Henatois Ingalls, lisle an I Frye sciiniisW.
Ev, n dignilled American si nators are not above
playing to the gallery. It is much to ho Imped
that no slops will he takin to exu-perstethe
quarrel, r 11 1 that the good hi ns.'of Canada
will insist upon a policy of pcacu.
The Standard says:
President OloVolanil will probably I nvo tho
good seiiHn to veto tho measure, or n tree to It
merely in form, as t prt ludo to auiicsblu nsgo-
tlatloiu. We protest against tlio idea oft Ilhor
Englmd or Csnsda being coerced In'o yiel lin.j
a jot or tittlo of their lights by such unp.y
threats. Wo liavo nono ol the ult.rior moliv.i’s
assigned by Messrs. Iognlls, Frye an 1 Hale,
but Americans, by demanding such terms us
those Indicated, ask more Until jus lee. The
dispute, however, ought li it to lie lovi n 1 ilio
power of diplomacy.
Vxploslan *1 Two Hundred Pound* of (Jinnt
Powder on * Missouri Pacific Train.
A DARING BURGLARY.
I A Railroad Acont Compelled to Uulock hU
Hale nt Richmond Texno.
INNOCENT BOYS IMPRISONED.
Whipped Until Willing to Sny Anything,
They Confess to a Crime.
Three years ago, next May, Malilon
McCullough and William Puetz, two
boys connected with some of tho lending
families of Bnyvicw, were sent to stnto
prison for threo years, upon conviction
of linviug shot nnd robbed August
Grothc, u street enr driver. Today
Father Decker, pastor of St. Anthony’s
church, announces thnt the boys nrc in
nocent, and thnt tho guilty man has
Hindu himself known to him through tho
confessional. He refuses, however, to
divulge the name of tho lutter; hut has
asked Governor Busk to pardon Puetz
nu<l McCullough.
T he nssuult on Grothc wns rnndc ono
dark night in the suburbs of Milwaukee
in true highwayman style. Grothc re
fused to surrender his chango box nod
was shot, it is supposed, fntally. At
sight of the bleeding body Mis. Grothc
became n raving maniac, and is now con
fined in nn nsyluin. At the trial, a de
fective testified thnt tho boys confessed
their pnrt in the set nnd robbery. Puetz
nnd McCullough sny that the confession
wns forced from them; thnt for ten days
they were beaten, starved, liung up by
the thumbs nnd otherwise ill treated, nnd
that they confessed to escapo starvation,
T wenty witnesses testified to mi alibi,
but they wero convicted. McCullough
is said to he dying of consumption.
Between ono nnd two o’clock Monday
morning, threo musked men entered the
Gulf, Colorndo and Santa Fo railrond do
pot, ut Bichmoud, Tcxus, nnd under
cover of n pistol compelled n watchman,
named Gregory, to open the doors lend
ing to inner offices. They then attemp
ted to drill through the snfe in tho sta
tion ngont’s office. After drilling for
somo time, tho men became impatient and
two of them went to tho residence of Sta
tion Agent Hngen und roused him out of
bed, telling him the freight liouso wns on
fire. As the agent came out of the house
they seized him and forced him at the
muzzle of a revolver to neeoinpnny them
to tho depot, where, under threats to
tnkohis life if ho refused. IJngcn opened
I the safe. Tho robbers then secured $1,-
400 in money. After rilling tho snfo they
ordered Hagen nnd Gregory to remain
quietly in the room nt tho peril of their
lives. When Agent Hagen finally looked
out tho men bad tied. It is not known
whether they left on horseback or on
foot. There is no clue to their identity.
SMALL-POX IN NEW YORK.
Grent Danger that the Disease Mny Heroine
Epidemic.
GOVERNOR LEE BANOUETTED.
lie Responds to n Toast to tho “New South’ >
at St. l’nul, Minn.
Over one hundred guests snt down to a
reception nnd banquet given by the Mag
nolia and Opossum Clubs in honor of
General Fitz Hugh Lee, of Virginia, nnd
parly, Tuesday night. Senator C. K.
Dnvis and Governor McGill wero among
the guests. Judgo Fiandreau made the
welcoming address, recalling enrly rccol-
Jcetions of ’possumhunting amid the hills
of Fairfax county ; and paying n warm
tribute to Virginin, the “lnnd of brnvo
men nnd fair women.”
Besponding to tho toast “The New
Northwest,” E. V. Smalley thought thnt
all that remained of the grent struggle
was the memory of the courngc und idenl
devotion to duty it called forth. His
toast to the descendant of “Light Ilorse
Harry” was drank standing with mnny
hearty clieurs. i
General Johnson recnllcd somo amusing ]
reminiscences of Gen. Leo’s enrly adven
tures in fighting Indians in Texas, and
called upon Gcncrul Leo himself to re
spond to tho tonst “The Now South."”
General Lee declared meetings of this
sort would do n great deni of good. If
wo lmd known each other belter before
the wnr, that struggle might have been
averted.
Tho health commissioners of New
York city held a special meeting Tues
day to discuss tho danger of small pox.
Doctor Junes, snnitnry superintendent,
nnd his nssisstants nnd Doctor Taylor,
chief of the bureau of contagious dis
enses, each represented that with now a
dozen Centres of Infection on hand
nnd much cold wcntlier yet in store, more
help wns necessary in'Dr. Taylor’s bu
reau to ward off dauger.
The board is short of funds, nnd it was
stated thnt before more could ho demand
ed u formal declaration would have to he
made, in effect that fcmnll pox was epi
demic in New York. The hoard thought
such a statement would cost tho city $1,-
000,000 of trade, and it was resolved to
increase the vaccinating force by using
about seven hundred dollars now on
hand from the sale of virus. Six addi
tional doctors were appointed at once.
OPENING THE COAL FIELDS.
Til Tuaknlootn Ain., I'eoplo In linve An*
other Hond.
PROHIBITION IN IOWA.
Two D01 Moines Brewers Net the Lnw nt
Deflnnce*
Two brewers, Aultman and Mattes, of
Des Moines, Iowa, recently asked Judge
Love, of the Federal court, to discharge
on the habeas corpus proceedings under
Judgo Brower’s decision that antecedent
brewery property should ho compensated
to the owners. Judgo Love notified At
torney-General Baker of the proceedings,
aud ut his request the hearing was post
poned tilt April. It is understood thut
the brewer’s attorneys have advised them
thut they are now wards of tho Federal
court aud therefore exempt from the
Clark law. The begun selling beer again
Saturday. It whs next to impossible to
get near the bar at either brewery. Seiz
ures were mado hourly by constables, but
the amount carried nway was only small.
The two brewers were nrrosted in the
afternoon, and gave bond for appearance.
They are determined to carry on the re
tail business over the bar again, and will
contest the case vigorously,
FROM PITTSBURG, PA.
The coal operators nlong the Baltimore
and Ohio district have been compelled to
close down a number of their works on
account of the scarcity of cars. They say
that it is almost impossible to get cars
from the West, and that sidings at many
of the mills are full of unloaded cars.
The scarcity of cars lias been particularly
noticeable within the last few days.
About 1,000 men are out of work by
these suspensions.
AGAINST THE PINKERTONS.
A bill unanimously passed the lowor
house of the legislature of Michigan
Tuesday direetod mainly against import
ed detectives. It prohibits sheriffs from
appointing any deputy not a citizen and
@leotor of the county wherein appointed,
The board of directors of the Tuska-
loosa Coal, Iron nnd Lnnd compnny met
Tuesday, nnd agreed to take immediate
steps to build n standard gauge railrond
north into tho company's eoul und iron
fields. An engineer lias been engaged to
make tho survey, and the company’s
agents are in the field to secure the right
of way. All other preliminary actions
have been tnken, and the building of thnt
road is now an assured fact. Captain
Enrly Hardaway has been employed to
survey tho five thousand acres of subur
ban land belonging to the company, nnd
to lay this body of land out in lots, and
to make it all thnt an addition to Tusku-
loosa should be. A corps of engineers
have been selected, and both schemes
will bo pushed to completion by tho com
pany.
RAILROAD ."'REE PASSES.
Tlio Trxna liPffialnture l’uasoM m I*nvr Pro
hibiting Tlirlr Use by Htato Ofllriuln.
Saturday a bill passed the IIouss
to engrossment, nt Austin, Texas, milk
ing it unlawful for any judicial, execu
tive, administrative or legislative officer
in this State or of any district or county
in this state, excepting sheriffs, consta
bles or other ponce officers, to accept free
passes or tickets or any device, instru
ment, article or substance that may be
recognized or accepted in lieu thereof,
from any railway company, its agents or
employes, or to use, entry or display tho
same upon any arilway in the state. The
penalty is u tine not exceeding $1,000.
COTTON RAISING IN MEXICO.
A great deal of suffering is reported
among the Chinese in Mazatlan, Mexico,
arising out of differences between the la
borers and companies which brought
them out.
Tho cotton crop in Mexico this year
will amount to about 300,000 quiutals,
and us 100,000 quintals a month uro re
quired to supply the mills of the coirtitry,
a sufficient quantity to make up the de
ficit will have to be imported from the
United States.
A LACK OF TRANSPORTATION,
Coal operators along the Baltimore und
Ohio district have been compelled to
close down a number of their works on
account of tho scarcity cf cars. They
say that it is almost impossible to get
cars from the west, and that sidings of
many of the mills are full of unloaded
ears. A scarcity of cars has been partic
ularly noticeablo within the last few
days. About 1,000 men are thrown ouf.
of «mployn)ept by there suspensions.
SUNSET PIOTUnaS
About two hundred cases of giant
powder exploded whilo in transit over
tho Missouri Pacific road a half mile west
of Fort Scott Texns, at ono o’clock Tues
day morning. It wns being transported
in a magazine car. Tho train consisted
of 23 freight cars nnd 15 of them were
completely demolished. The magazine
car was blown to atoms. The engine was
badly broken up, but not blown off the
track. Scott Hooker, brnkeman, wns in
stantly killed. A grent hole was blown
in tho road bed and rails nnd ties ground
to powder for several rods distant. En-
? ;inecr K. It. Dillon nnd Ficrmnu 8. Shu-
ord, although badly frightened nnd
stunned, wero not seriously hurt. Con
ductor Elliott nnd a rear brnkeman who
were in the caboose were injured. The
shock from the explosion wns simply ter
rific. Ton thousand dollars’ worth of fine
plate glass nnd window glass was broken
in buildings throughout the central nnd
western part of the city. Many thought
it was nn earthquake nnd left their beds
nnd ran from their houses panic stricken.
It is reported that several window glasses
were broken at Nevada, Mo., twenty-five
miles distant, and nlso at Hicli Hill.
Houses wero shaken all over this country.
At eve, when the day is dying
Adown In tho clouded west,
I climb to my lonely carrot,
Athirst for Its peace and rest.
I look from my western window
Away to the sunset sky,
And watch, with a vague heart-aching*
Its pageantry glow and die.
From out of the deepening shadow*,
And up through the rifts of gold,
Troop memory-haunting faces,
And forms that wero dear of old.
And the dismal years sweep backward
Their burden of woo and pain,
Their heartaches and tears and partings
And leave me my past again.
Oh, memory, treasure-laden I
If only your gates would closa
To open no moro, forever,
On our deep, hcart-pierctng wore—
If only tho glad and joyous
Might break from your magio train,
How many would hail you gladly
Who shrink from you now In paint
One face—Oh. the years of dnrknere
That lie 'twlxt its bloom and mel
Beams out of the falling shadows
That darken the sunsot sea.
And tho dear, bright eyes, all smiling,
Are bright as tho sunset’s gold!
Dear oyosl and the sweet bands becEon
Away to the Fathor’s fold.
Another face so sweet and gentle.
With a serious, boyish grace,
Bhinos out of tho flaming splendor,
Ah, this ts my lost love’s face;
But it greots me now, as never,
Save out of some sunset sheen;
For yenrs of rebellious grloving
Lie bis and my face betweon.
I watch thorn with heartsick longing!—
Tlioso two—they wore all my ownf
And my life scum? strangely blighted.
And joyless now they aro gone.
But over thn sunsot bordois,
Adown by the Jasper son/
I shall some dny find my children,
Awaiting nnd watching for me.
—A'elite Watts MoVey, in Oun-ent
PITH AND POINT.
Strange ns it mny seem, when money
is close it is difficult to get vory near it*
—Boston Post.
A fashion journal snys there is n knack
In putting ou gloves. C’omo to think of
it, that's so. 5 ou have to got your liunda
in, ns it wero.— Washington Post.
Thu nineteenth century is ninrchiiigon
apnee, yet nn man lias been able to dis
cover I ow a woman call put thirty ynrda
of cloth into n winter suit. — Caff.
Tho rockets on n clinir never stick out
lmlf so far behind nt nuy other time ae
when a man is prowling nromid in tba
dark harofooti d.—DanvUlc Bret.e.
It is very difficult for n Indy to ontef
or lonvo n carriage properly. It re uirea
practice mul a carriage. The carriage ie
the hardest pnrt to ncquiro.—Pick.
Customer (entoring a notions shop and
pointing out nn urtiuloi—“What is that
for?” Obliging clerk (continuing to
rend n nowspnpor)—“That’s for snlu.”—
J.oicill Citi.cn.
Smith—“My wife wants n new drew
every day in the yenr. Jones—“Sho
must he awfully extravagant Does sho
get it?"’ Smith—“No; that is tho reason
she is compelled to want it."—Bingham
ton Republican.
Father—“You nro a bad hoy.” John
ny—“No, I ain’t.” “Yes you nre, and
if you givo mo any moro impudenco I’ll
punish you severely. I’ll t 1! our si ter
to play a tune on the piano for you.”
Johnny promised to behave himself
li e li ce f o r t li. — Siftings.
A fond father has n fair daughter at
boarding school. An old teacher of the
f h l met tho father und asked : “Is your
nuglitcr making progress in her school
work?” “I should judge she is,” re
plied the fond father. “Why, she has
ono grammnr that cost $11."—Buffalo
Express.
“Oconomowoc!” yelled the brnkeman.
“O’Connor may walk, mny ho?” ex
claimed an Irishman nt tho other end of
tho car. “An’ faith, if yes mane me,
me, you’ll have n foine time milkin’
O’Connor walk when lie’s paid foive
dollars for this bit o’ pasteboard.”—8t.
Paul Uerald,
The Oldest Newspaper. i
The oldo-t newspaper in the whole
wide world is tho King-Pan, or Capital
Sheet, published in Pekin. It first ap
peared A. 1). Oil, but came out only at
irregular intervals. Since the yenr 1351,
however, it hns been published weekly,
and of uniform size. .Vow it nppi ars in
three editions daily, 'i ho first, i-sued
early in the morning, and jiriuted on
yellow paper, is ra 1 d Using-Pau (busi
ness sheet), nnd contains trade prices and
nil manner of commercial intelligence.
The second edition, which comes out
during the forenoon, nlso printed upon
yellow paper, is devoted to o liciol an
nouncements and general news. The
third edition ap] ears Into in tho after
noon, is printed on red paper, nnd bears
tho name of 'Tita .i-Pan {country sheet).
It consists of extracts from the earlier
editions, and is largely subscribed for in
tho provinces. The number of copies
printed d illy varies between 13,000 and
14,000.
Invention of tho Lock.
This is not a modern device. Among
the ruins of the gre it temple of Kunalc
its general principles liavo been discov
ered. From this wo gather that it is
at least forty centuries old. The lock
smiths of Chinn, wo nre told, had, cen
turies before the birth of Christ, per
fected n lock out of which a sharp bam
boo thorn would dart and strike the
hand of any one wrongfully tampering
with it. The end of this barnhoo thorn
was steeped in a poisonous dec! ction,
nnd should the luckless thief escape
denth ho would be maimed for life. But
this story ts hardly entitled to full be
lief, for the reason, as tho Chinese them
selves cla’m thut gunpowder wa. manu
factured by them nt that time, n Celestial
snfo bloivct could cn-ily render tho thorn
hnrmlesby tho aid of "a few grains of
powder.
Boston’s gross city debt has increased
nearly $1,000 000 in the past two yonrs.
The totaUiability is more thnt ' UqoOO,-
i)00, and it Jtoeps g:owing steadily,