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Entered as Second-clans Matter at the Sandcrsvtlle Postofftcc April 27, 18S0. SandersYllle, Washington County, Ga. PUBLISHED BY A. J. JERNIGAN&CO, Proprietors and Editor?* Subscription: $1,50 Per Yeu, THE MERCURY A. J, JERXIOAX ,1 CO., Proprietors. DM 01 El) TO LITEltATURE, A Gill CULTURE ANI) GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION: $t.GO Per Annum, Mayor. J. N. Qiluobe, Aldermen. W. R Thiophh, B E. Kodohton, J. B. Robbhtb, A. M. Mayo. S. O. Laho. Clerk. 0. 0. Biiowh. Treasurer J. A. IicvriK. Marshal. J. E. Wbddon, A. C. WRIGHT, attorney at law, 105 Bay St., Savannah, Oa. parwn.I, FBAOTICIS IN AI.L TOE COURT*. E. S. LANGMADG. ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, Oa. B. II Kvass, B. D. Kvass, j» EYANS & EVANS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW SANDERVILLE, OA. F. H. SAFFOLD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, OA. Will practice in all the Courts of tin Middle Circuit nnd in the countict lurroinding Washington. Special at tuition given to commercial law. O. 11. Rocieiu, HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Will practlrn in ilio counties of Washington, Jefferson, Johnston, Enisnufl amt Wilkinaon, »mt in ilio U. 8. Courts for the Southern Di«- I let of Georgia, Will art m agents in buying, Boiling or rout ine Heal E-hate. Office on West side of Public Snuare. Octll-lf 6. W. H. WHITAKER, DENTIST, 8ANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA. TERMS CASH.— Air Office at his residence on Harris itreat, Apr20-'80 N. HOLLIFIELD, SANDERSVILLE, GA. <tnico noxt door to Mrs, Bayne's Milliner? Mon*, on Ilarrirt struol. BUY YOUIi S PICT A" -FROM- Jerhio-an, (None Kenuino without our trado mark.) 0\ HAND AND FOR SALK SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc,, Etc. Watches, Clocks AMD JEWELRY repaired bt JjE E,2srxa.A3Sr. OUR Mill department Riipplird with all thn requisites for doing Ml kinds of Job nn»l Book work in Firet- CUhh Stylo, Promptly and at Rea sonable Prices. WEDDING cards, VISITING CARDS, BUSINESS CARDS, BALL OABDL. POSTERS, HANDBILLS, PROGRAMMES, STATEMENTS, BETTER HEADINGS, dodgers, PAMPHUBTS, wo. jwa. NUMBER 40. THE MERCURY. FUBL1SNE0 EVERY TUESD&1. NOTICE! All Communications in tended fat this Paper must be accompanied by the full name of the writer—not necessarily for publication, but ae m guarantee of good faith. We are in no way responsible for the views or opinions of correspond* ents. 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. ■ -ri Ur,:! 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. - - 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,