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SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1887.
NUMBER 42.
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Manor.
J, N. Oilmobb,
Aldermen.
W. R Tmamr,
B. E. Rough-ton,
J. B. Roberts,
i If. Mato.
i. a. lavo.
Clerk.
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Treasurer
J. A. iRWnr.
Marshal.
J. 1. Wsddob,
A. C. WRIGHT,
attorney at law,
106 Bay St., Savannah, Ga.
MTWIIX PRAOTICR IN AT,I, TUB OOUBTA
B, S. LANGMADE
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BANDERS VILLE, Ga.
B. U. Ktihi, B. D. Btiki, A
EVANS & EVANS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SANDERVILLE, GA.
F. H. SAFFOLD,
attorney at law,
SANDEBSVULE, GA.
Will praotice in all the Court* of the
Middle Circuit and in the counties
unrounding Waehington. Special at
tendon given to commercial law.
F. K. Htxss.
0. H . Roosni,
HINES & ROGERS,
Attorneys at Law
SANDER8VILLE, GA.
Will practico in tho countlci of Washington,
Jeltcrion, Jol.unton, Emanuel and Wilkinion,
»nd In tho U. 8. Court* for the Southern Die-
tiict of Georgia.
Will netiiH agenti in buying, idling or rout
irg Real F,,lato.
OAiee on Went side of Public Square.
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G. W. H. WHITAKER,
DENTIST,
SANDERSVILL.E, GEORGIA.
TERMS CASH.—
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
NEWS NOTE8 GATHERED
FROM VARIOU8 8ECTION8.
Miss Hose E. Cleveland, sister of the
president, is expected in Orlando some
time time this winter to visit a Mrs.
Duncan residing there.
A resident of Orlando has a Mexican
choclio on exhibition. It is similar to an
egg plant, and it is hie intention to ex
periment with tho seeds on Florida soil.
The Methodist college north will be lo
cated at Orange City. Twenty-two thou
sand dollars have been raised. The
prospects aro bright for a prosperous in
stitution.
BOUTII CAROLINA.
A SHOCKING AFFAIR.
Taylor Warren, colored, is in jail at
Yorkvillo awaiting trial for breaking into n,. t;onl „ y get orGilmcr County, Ga., n*.
tho Btorc of Herndon Bros., at Yorkvillo. I a shocking Honsniion.
Ho lias confessed his guilt.
ACROSS THE WATERS.
A big sensation lias been developed in
Incendiaries attempted to destroy tho Sllijay, Go. On Sunday night the fnm-
cornhouso of T. L. Cave, of Hampton ilyofJohnE. Newberry was reposing in
sleep, and the first intimation lie had of
county. Tho fire was discovered and ex.
tinguished before any great damage was
done.
Black, Carpenter & Davies, at Black's
in York county, have modo an assign
ment, Dr. John G. Black being tho as
signee. The assets of the firm are stated
at $7 ,200, with liabilities amounting to
$0,600.
An attempt was made to burn the corn
house of. Sir. W. 8. Gocley, Snider’s
cross roads, in Colleton county. Tho fire
was discovered in time to bo extin-
the impending danger was the unlooked
for appearance of three burly men, dis
guised, with a lamp, a double-barrel
snotgun and a thirty-eight Smith &
Wesson pistol. IIo jumped out of lied
and Uioy proceeded to beat him with a
largo hickory stick about four feet long,
twisted nt one end, tho other end being
about as large as a man’s wrist. During
the melee which ensued Newberry’s wife
toro away tho masks of two of them, and
saw who thoy were. Ho told them if
thoy would let him go he would not tell
guished bofore any great damage could ! who they were, whereupon they replied
be done.
John Wiley, a notorious negro, jumped
out of a railroad car window in Alnchua
county recently while under arrest.
There was a ropo about his neck. An
cud caught in tho car and ho was choked
to death.
Figures from tho tax books of Florida
show the total value of all kinds of prop-
ortp to be $70,010,042. Tho railroad
companies pay taxes on $12,762,331
worth of property, Tho total stato tax
is $328,038, and the county tax is $000,-
870.
I. S. Giddeons & Co. will commeneo
work on their brick building at Tampa
next week. It is to bo a handsome two-
story building. General J. B. Wall says
that ho will havo tho handsomest front on
his new brick building in the city. Work
is progressing nicely.
Tho wife of C. L. LeBaron, of Pensa
cola, while looking over some letters was
surprised to find a valunblo document
musty with age, which her fathcr-ln-luw
had given her in 1840. It was a certifi
cate for $500 worth of vuluablo stock.
The estate not yet having been settled
up, alio will como into tho possession of
tho sum called for by tho certificate. She
had forgotten tho gift until after nearly
forty yenrs had elapsed. She was re
minded of it by the document falling
from a bundlo of chocolate colored let
ters.
Considerable indignation exists among
the bar pilots at Pensacola over the fact
that the barkentino Cushing Blipped into
port Wednesday without pilotage. Thin
is said to be only tho second instnneo of
the kind for the past two yenrs, known
to tho pilot’s association, and steps are
likely to bo taken to compel the Cushing
to pay tho pilotage she avoided, and if it
is not attempted it will be because of the
frequency of her visits to that povt, as ■ j”““‘
alio goes there throe or four times annu- \
ally. The Cushing will be remembered | The military company organized by
ns tho vessel iu which Brown, ttie Swed- the young Indies of Crystal Springs will
Colonel Hice, state superintendent of
education, does not aim to stay in Col
umbia only when it is licccisaryto attend
to ofllcinl duties. He will spend most of
bis time visiting different countiei and
inspecting the schools.
It was rumored on tho streets of
Greenville that a negro was iu town who
had just been brought down from the
mountains, and who did not know until
lie was told that the negroes lia 1 been
freed from slavery. A correspondent
traced the rumor and succeeded in inter
rogating tho alleged reclaimed slave,
lie found a negro, black, shabbily
dressed and with a dull, senseless look,
below that of the ordinnry darkey. The
story he tells is that since the war he hae
been working for a mail named Holly,
away back in ono of tho narrow valley*
around “Hog Back’’mountain; that he
was not allowed to come buck to hiskins-
people, and that he was flogged by his
innater, who never paid him any money
ami gave him but little clothes. Hig
name is Calvin Gurmany. His brother
lives near this city. Ho says that after
tho war Calvin strayed off to the moun
tains, and was not heard of by his family
until last Christinas, when he heard
that ho was being kept as a alavo by a
man in that section. He went after him
and claims that ho found him treated,
whipped and confined just as in slavery
tiinoa.” His story created some excite
ment among tho negroes, who firmly
beliovotlio man lias been kept these long
years iu the solitary mountain fastnesses
in ignorance of his raco’s freedom else
where.
MISSISSIPPI.
Work on the street railway in Green
ville lias commenced.
with an oath that they would kill him.
His wife seized the gun and wrenched it
from tho man who held it, when he
grabbed her by tho hair of the head and
jorked her down. They then seized
1 Newberry by the hair of his head and
i drnggod him some twenty steps from tlie
house nnd knocked him down with a
The last beer license lias expired in
Durant, and tlic town is as dry as a
«r OfTtoo at liis residence, on Harris strest,
A pi 20-'S0
H. N. HOLUFIELD,
SANDERS VILLE, GA.
's Millinery
Office next door to Mrs. Bay
Store, on Harris street.
HUY YOU 11
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(None genuine without our trade mark.)
ish suicide, nrrived about two weeks ago. ,
Tho South Florida exposition will lie
held at Orlando, beginning on Tuesday,
February 16. The grounds, which huve
been tondcred by the citizens of that en
terprising city, will comprise a race
course, including a lake, nnd also ample
accommodation for the display of vnrted
exhibits of tho growth and products of
Florida, especially thoso of the counties
of Orange, Volusia, Sumter, Folk, Hills
boro, Hernando, Brevard, Wade, Mana
tee and Monroe. The exhibits will also
embrace mineral, mochanical and such
other articles or productions as may lend
interest or value to the exhibition.
ON RAND ANI) FOR SALE
SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc.
Watches, Clocks
JEWELRY
J'ERisrxa.Aisr.
OUR
Dr, King Wylly, of Sanford, has nn
arango which he lias just received from
Messina, Sicily, which came from tho fa
mous orange tree planted by Pope Ilon-
oriuB III. in the 8t.. Sabina convent gar
den 005 years ugo. It is firmly believed
by the monks of tho Dominican order to
flourish or fail with tho fortunes of the
order, bo that it has lately been greatly
the worse for the suppression of tho con
vent in Northern Italy, though tho resi
dence of Pcro LaCordairo within the con
vent proved exceedingly beneficial to it,
and his visit has even caused now
suckers to sprout. The trunk of the tree
is about twelve inches in diameter, and
about twenty feet high The orange
was sent to Dr. Wylly by Wallace S.
J ones, of Monticello.
Property has advanced somo in and
around Scottsboro.
The Talladega warehouse company has
declared a dividend of 8 per cent.
DEPARTMENT
h supplied with all tho requisites for doing
all kinds of Job nnd Book work in Fust*
Class Stylo, Promptly and at Rea
sonable Prices.
WEDDING CARDS,
VISITING CARDS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
BALL OARDL
POSTERS,
HANDBILLS,
PROGRAMMES,
STATEMENTS,
I-ETTIR BIASINGS,
BOBMRS,
PAMPHUnS,
■era. no
The GndBden News and Times have
consolidated and will publish a daily.
Dr. B. B. Smith, of Larkinsville, lost
about $5,000 by the firo which burned
bis storehouse and stock some days ago.
Coal has been discovered in Calhoun
county, in Alexandria valley, near An
niston. It is believed that this mine is
extensive.
The Incandescent electric light com
pany is locating its poles in Birmingham,
nnd work will begin on the plant imme
diately.
A party of 125 Northern tourists
reached Tuskaloosa last Saturday, and
spent three or four hours looking at
points of interest in and around tho
town.
Gadsden held an enthusiastic railroad
meeting last Friday night. In twenty
minutes $25,000 was subscribed to the
Anniston and Cincinnati railroad. The
prospect is flattering for the early com
pletion of the road.
Mr John Lawrence Louratta, one of
Mobile’s oldest and wealthiest citizens,
was sand-bagged while at Biloxi, Mis*.,
Saturday night. Ho had gone down to
the Mobile bound tram to give to the
-dTctor of the train the key to the
be called “the Mikado,
Eight thousand bales of cotton arc
held in tho warehouse at Aberdeen,
waiting for n rise before putting it on
the market.
Two negroes swapped wives in Cal
houn county recently. Articles of agree
ment were drawn up to clinch the bnr-
gnin.
At tho recent term of tho circuit
court in Pike county the graud jury in
dicted tlie Illinois Central railroad for
working its men in the shops atMcComb
City on Sunday.
The hooks of the Louisville, New Or
leans and Texas railroad show that over
500,000 bales of cotton havo been
shipped over that road in the past four
months.
Friday evening last, Mr. Wm. Pibus,
living near Chewalls, started home on
iiis mule. It was intensely dark and
the rain poured in torrents. His mule
came home without the rider, when,
upon search being made, he was found
speechless from cold and exposure. lie
died shortly after being discovered.
At a concert given by Professor Er
rington at Brier Hill, liankin couuty,
Mr. Willie Manning, one of tho per
formers, about twenty-tivo years of age,
was shot by another performer while
both were on the stage, and seriously
wounded. The revolver used was thought
to havo been properly loaded for the occa
sion, but it contained a heavy charge of
powder tightly wadded with tallow. It
maul, nnd, thinking him dead, skipped
t ttes-
out. Newberry and his wife fought
pcrately for their lives, and when they
dragged him out of the house her
screams brought Mr. David Fowler, a
brother-in-law of Newberry. He found
Newberry in an unconBcious condition,
bis shoulders, tho back of his neck terri
bly beaten mid bruised. His body Mon
day morning was bloodshot and black
looking, and his neck swollen larger than
a man’s double fist.
Newberry was accused of reporting
men in that community to the revenue
department, nnd this affair is supposed
to be the outgrowth of malice towards
hint from some parties who suspected his
reporting. A brother of Newberry Muted
to mi attorney that some other party had
been reporting and gave his brother’s
name as a witlicss, and when required to
lie swore what lie knew ns a truthful
Bxotteaeat la Ik* Lsslts Stack Kachan**--
Panic la Lanina mad Parts,
There was intonso excitement on tho
stock exchange all Thursday afternoon,
nnd at the oloso of the market a panicky
feeling prevailed. The unfavorable state
of the market waa due chiefly to reports
of heavy failures on the Paris bourse and
to a rumor that a large banking institu
tion in Berlin had collapsed.
Panie on the atook exchange set in
with the greatest fores in tho afternoon.
Earlier in the day English buying met
the continental rush to sell, but later
alarm seized English operators, and tho
torrent of aellera became so great that
dealers rsfused to make prices. The
wildest rumors were credited, and tho
host home and foreign seourietios wero
largely sold. Business continued active
in tho street until “petito bourso’’ quota
tion* were received, which showed tho
pnnic waa intensifying on the continent
and caused depression and anxiety. At
the close the reckless selling of railroad
securities was partially chocked by Now
York buying, besides England, Berlin
and Paris threw large mosses of stock on
the market.
LABOR STRIKERS.
AT PARIS.
At Parii throe per cent rentes declined
and were quoted nt 70 francs, a fall of 2
fruncB and 45 centimes from tho closing
quotations of the dny previous.
Bourso opened depressed. Besides po
litical rumors nnd gonornl financial mis
trust, the suspension of all credit modo
the transaction of business almost an im
possibility. An opinion prevails that un
less tho banks and great capitalists como
to the relief of the market, disastrous
failures are inevitable.
EVICTING TENANTS.
A nisody Haul* Take* Plaea In Texan In
Which Four Men are Killed.
A deadly battle was fought four miles
of Dekalb Texas Tuesday. Four urnlo
members of a family named White wore
pitted ugainst Colonel John E. liosscr,
his son Willie, aged flfteon years, nnd a
hired man named Mullens. The affray
resulted in tho killing of threo of the
Whites and Colonel Rosser, and the
wounding of Rosser’s boy. The affray
occurred at tho home of the Whites. Ros
ser, after being shot through tho neck
and having, as he supposed, Been all of
his cnomies killed, mounted his horse
and rode half a milo to his house, dying
as ho entered his own door. Iiis son
Willio was left with tho dead men at the
house of White. Rosser had sold to
White and his sonB a tract of land for
which they had not paid. A suit for
evictment was brought and docided in
Rosser’s favor. Rosser thought the writ
had not been enforced promptly enough,
and lie started with his son nnd a hired
man to enforce it himself. Informally.
Rosier and the party were invited in when
they reached the houso of Whito, and
after a few words, firing began. J. O.
Whito and his two sons, Walter and Law-
son, wero killed. Young Rosser was
inside and his version of the affair is as
follows: Tho elder Whito shot him and
his father, and he shot old man White
once and then turned his Winchester on
the Whito boys to keep them from shoot
ing his father. About fifteen shots were
firod and with deadly effect, The hired
man, Mullens, has not yet been found,
and it is not known what part he took in
the awful tragedy.
A STEAMER ABLAZE.
storeroom of h« restaurant, wAhs&
be delivered; then he started up the
track toward Wantreas hotel, lowing
the trsin remaining at the station. Pres
S/he found himself followed by three
U one of whom got in front of him
while the other two assaulted him behind
.’ u , i. Th* man in front struck
took effect in the shoulder, inflicting a
painful won id which may prove fatal.
LOUISIANA.
Over $400 has been subscribed for the
building of tlio Young Men’* Christian
association at Minden.
The St. Gabriel levee is now completed
It measures seventy feet base and twelve
feet high and contains about 85,000 cubic
yards of dirt.
Alexander Young and Nathan Surgon,
alias Mickons, escaped from the Terre
bonne parish jail last thursday night by
breaking one of the iron bars in the lin
tel or transom over the outer door.
Last Thursday, at William’s mill, eaat
of Tangipahoa river, Mr. Alfred Hughei
was killed in a fight with two men named
Parks and Carpenter. Hughes had ac
cused the others of hog stealing, and the
matter was brought up when the parties
met at the mill and led to a fight. While
Hughes was engaged with one opponent,
the other came up and boat him on the
head with a wagon spoke, breaking hii
skull. He died that night. The two
men were arrested and lodged in jail,
The Amite City regulators have not
disbanded it seems, though they have
been quiet of late. The Gazette says:
“At about 0:30 o’clock Wednesday night
while there were yet a number of persons
out of their beds, an equestrian masquer
ading party was observed parading the
streets of our town. A dance wa# in
progress at a residence, and as the party
rode by one of them called out “balance
all I" This attracted the attention of the
dancers, and some of the young men
went out to get a look at the strangers.
It is said that they numbered thirty-two
and were all in uniform, the horse* bcinj:
draped in white. Their presence createc
no little excitement.”
The Hteanuhlp Cherokee, of the Clyde
1.1m-, Slightly Damaged by Fire.
The steamship, Cherokee, of the Clyde
line, bound for New York, caught lire
after leaving the dock st Charleston.
Tuesday morning. The fire broke out
in the afterhold in cotton. The steamer
^nailed tugs and was quickly redocked.
The firo department responded promptly
to the summons and the fire was soon
under control. There was no panic on
board, although there were about forty
passengers, including a number of ladies.
Tho damage was slight. The fire was
completely extinguished in a few hours.
It occurred in a watertight compartment
of the afterhold and was confiued to the
spot where it started. The cause of the
fire is unknown. The damage to the
ship and her cargo was trifling. While
flooding the hold, James Warren, the
ship's quartermaster from Norfolk, Va.,
was struck by a falling box and seriously
injured. The passengers, with their
baggage, were sent north by rail.
Lawrence fell unconscious on the
Mr. Lawie _ then proceeding
^relieve Mr. Lawrence of $400 he had
in his person when the passenger train
came along.
LULA HURST MARRIED-
Miss Lula Hurst, the electric girl of
Georgia, was married on Wednesday
night last at Cedartown, Ga., to Mr,
Paul Atkinson, of Chattanooga, Tenn.
IRISH ITEMS.
The Limorick municipal council lias
refused to celebrate tho Quocn’s jubilee,
on the ground that tho Queen has visited
Ireland only twice and has never assisted
Irish charities.
Michcal Davitt nnd his wife arrived at
Dublin Thursday, and wore enthusiastic
ally greetod. They woro escorted to their
hotel by a torch-light procession and
bands of music.
A BIG FIRE IN MOBILE.
Property Considerably Dnm«#rd-On« Mon
Klllod and Other* Ml**ln*.
A fire at Mobilo, Ala., Monday morn
ing destroyed the wholesale drug house
of M. T. Sprague & Co., at No. 14 N.
Water street. The building and stock
nro a total loss. Tho loss on the build
ing is $8,000; insured for $5,000, nnd on
stock $20,000; insured for $12,000. Ad
joining buildings wero slightly damaged.
A. Barnstein & Co’s stock of boots and
shoes was damnged considerably by
water, nnd is insured for $7, 500. Dur
ing tho progress of tho fire, tho rear wall
of tho Sprague building fell upon the
two-story brick next cast and broke in
tho roof and walls, which fell upon a
number of men ongaged in removing a
stock of liquor therefrom, belonging to
James McDonnell. The heavy barrels
nnd mass of brick which fell covered Mr.
McDonnell and killed him instantly.
Mr. McDonnell was head of the firm of
wholesale grocers of thnt name doing a
largo business for a number of yenrs on
Commerce street. Frank McLnrny, mora-
ber of tho same firm, was seriously but
not fatally injured. Others nre thought
to bo under tho mass of biick.
Boston, Massachusetts. Mint Owe Tie*
Up by Then.
Tho employes of the South Boston
horse railroad, .at a meeting Monday
morning, voted unanimously to tie up the
roads, nnd in pursuance of the vote no
ears were tnkon out that morning. The
men aro opposed to tho present superin
tendent, and want ten hours’ work of a
twelve hour dny. Thedifficulty seems to
1)0 chiefly in making out tables. The
company claims that it is impossible to
nrrnngo them so as to ffivo ten hours in
side of twelve and tho proper time for
meals.
The track layers and car repairers of
the South Boston road havo jotnod tho
strikers. After tho determination to tie
up .tho road committees were at once ap
pointed to patrol the streets and notify
ull patrons-o‘f the rond that there were no
ears running thnt morning, and to watch
tho stables nnd inform all of the employes
who nppeared to go to work that their
brothers had docidod upon a tie up.
Every man who voted to tie up also took
a pledge to abstain from all intoxicating
liquors whilo the tie up might laet.
During tho morning every stable was
guarded by employes of the road to pre
vent morning cars being taken out. A
detachment of policemen was sent to the
stables to protect the property of the
road, and any men who might undertake
to run out a car. Up to noon not a non
union man had appeared upon the scene
nt cither stabio to tnko out a oar.
rho directors of tho company met and
decided to advertise for men at onco to
fill tho places of strikers. The directors
expressed thomselves as determined to
fight the matter to tho last.
AT WOROBSTER, MASS.
All members of the Knights of Labor
now working in boot and shoo shops at
Worcester, Mass., tho proprietors of
which refuse to treat with committees of
labor organizations and state that they
will make terms with employes only ns
individuals, havo been ordered to quit
work to-morrow by tho joint executive
board of tho Knights of Labor. Tho or
der is intonded to get out workmen who
aro now at work on shoes filling orders.
If these orders aro not filled on time con
siderable loas will be caused, and to pre
vent this tho executive board expect the
manufacturers will como to terms. The
manufacturers will wait, howover, to see
how strong the organization is before
thoy call for a conference.
MUTINY AMONG CONVICTS.
At tho stockade for convicts on the
Asheville and Spartanburg railroad, at
Gash’s creek, four miles from Asheville,
N. O., a mutiny of tho prisoners occurred
Monday night. About forty of the hun
dred convicts stationed there refused to
retire for the night, nnd the officers who
went inside to adjust matters were stoned
from a bariel of rocks they had for some
time been accumulating. Tuesday morn
ing when ordered out to work they re
fused to do so, and defiantly cursed the
guard, composed of only ten men. Sixty
of tho convicts came out, the other forty
refusing. This placed the guards iu a
dilemma. They fired over the heads of
the defiant convicts, but this only en
raged them tho more, nnd they swore
they were not nftaid of blank cartridges.
Small shot was procured and the guards
fired into the mutinous crowd and
wounded a number of them in tho legs.
This brought them to terms, nnd several
of them were taken to tho hospital.
THB SITUATION AT MASHOWAn.
BURNED TO DEATH.
William Farris, employed by the Dela
ware iron works, Wilmington, Del, was
made the victim of a practical joke
Thursday, by his fellow workmen, which
cost iiis life. He was dozing nt noon,
when one of his companions threw some
blazing cotton waste in his face. It set
iiis clothes on fire, and lie was burned so
badly he died in a couple of hours. He
refused to tell who wus responsible for
iiis death, nlthoughhe knew.
The Republlque Fiancaise of Paris,
publishes a dispatch from the Suez, which
states that in tho battles between the
Abyssinians and Italians, near Massowah,
January 25th and 26th, tho Abyssinians
enptured all the guns possessed by the
Italians, It also says that of 148 Italians
who were engaged in the fights, not more
than fifty escaped. The dispatch adds
that tho Italians havo evacuated all their
advanced positions, and that tho AbysB-
iuians have already attacked and carried
the first line of Italian entrenchments
around Massowah Tho latter success, it
is stated, was achieved by the Abyssin
ians on Hie 27th of January, the day after
the destruction of tho Italian forces in
the field, and tho latest intelligence re
ceived indicated that it was doubtful
whether the Italians would be able to
hold out at Massowah until the arrival of
reinforoements.
A TRIPILE HANGING.
A mob of masked men, about thirty-
five strong, entered the jail at Scguin,
Guadalupe couuty, Texas, Wednesday
morning, and after overpowering the
jailer took three negroes, Coly Thomp
son, Andy Williams and Warren \\ ilson,
and hanged them to treos in full view of
the town. On each victim was tacked
this notice: “Killed for murder and
arson.” None of the mob hns been ar
rested.
OUR GOLD EXPORTS.
The gold exports this year was ordered
Tuesday by Heidelbach, Ickellicimer &
Co., who have taxon $800,000 in gold
bars from the assay office for shipment to
Europe. This was a decided surprise.
There is no apparent reason for such a
slrpment, and it is concluded it was to
serve some special purpose.
LOOKOUT AT PHILADELPHIA.
Monday morning the Clothing Ex
change of Philadelphia, Pa., carried out
its threat and the Clotliing manufactur
ers composing that body closed the doors
to cutters who are Knights of Labor.
The latter are defiant, and are determined
to fight the employers to the end. The
lockout throws 1,000 cutters out of cm
ployment and fully ten times that num
ber of others who depend on them for
employment.
NO HORSES TO BE EXPORTED.
The government of Russia has forbid
den the exportation of horses from tlin
country.
The French government has
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
SOLDIEFIS ASLEEP.
HlaNewWarVeecele to be Conetructod-Tho
Pectofltce Appropriation Hill.
As a result of the consideration of the
various bills lookitig to the construction
of new naval vessels, the sub-committee
of the houso committee on naval affairs
hns drafted a bill which was laid before
tho full cominittco, providing for tho
construction or two stoel cruisers of 40,
000 tons burden of tho Newark typo;
cost, exclusive of armament, of not more
titan $1 ,800,000 each; to bo equipped
witli tho best type of modortt engines,
boilers nnd machinery; four steel gun
boats of 1,700 tons displacement. All of
tho vessels are to be built as far as may
be in compliance with the terms of the
act of August 8, 1886. The bill appro
priates $2,400,000 to begin tho work.
Tho postofflee appropriation bill was
reported by tho seuato committeo on ap
propriation*. Tho committeo made but
two amendments. Tho first was Mr.
Frye's proposition for tho foreign mail
service so changed as to appropriate
$500,000 for tlio carriage of mails to
Brazil, Argentine Republic, Uraguay and
Paraguay. The contracts for this service
are made subject to tho approval of con
gress. Tho other amendment gives au
thority to put letter boxes in buildings
whioh are freely opened to the public
during business heurs, modifying to that
extent tho house jpiovision limiting the
authority of the department in this re
spect.
The president has accepted the resigna
tion of Gen. P. M. B. Young, of Georgia,
consul-general at St. Petersburg, but 1ms
not yet selected his successor.
A NEW PUNISHMENT
A Lyons, Mich., Scheelmuater’a Oeculatorj
performance,
A school teacher of Lyons, Mich., named
Israel Guinn Rounds, has been having *
high time with his young lady pupils.
He prescribed a new punishment in his
school, and inflicted it on the girls for the
slightest infraction of the rules. It con
sisted in kissing them. Some of the fair
pupilB objected more than others, nnd
these Rounds encircled with his arms, by
way of extra punishment, and gave them
a harder kissing. Mr. Rounds’ fun lias
now been stopped. The trustees of tlio
school (out of envy, Rounds says) havo
preferred seven different charges against
tho osculatory teacher, who will be re
moved. He admits tne kissing and says
it was all done for fun.
A BIG PAPER MILL FAII.8.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
The voice of the wind as It passe*
Makes mustoel hniuV,
But barkl through tho rustle of
The beat of the drum—
A sob and a low vote# that tremble*)
A down-drooping head.
The morning of Maytime dtomnM(%
We meet by tho dead.
But all are as one in their i
No sound of t|p strife
Comes up from the dust that is blending
To fashion the Ilf*
Of grasses and sweeteoented brim,
And deep-tinted bloom*
That born out their delicate Urea
By numberless tomb*. .:
The maiden who moan* for bar lover
Or friend for his friend
Learns here that the battles are over;
That this is the end,
And mothers who meet in their weeping^
With quivering mouth
Ask not if their sons that are sleeping
Came Northward or South.
—Wilson J Orosv ener.
PITH AND POINT.
A sign of proiperity—$.
A tea party—The Chinese.
Bofore the Mast—The boweprit.
Darwin must havo had the toboggan
slide in mind when ho wrote “The De
scent of Man.”—Tid-Biti.
Tliero is no reliable and trustworthy
receipt for making a man a millionaire,
oxcept to get the millions.—Siftings.
A real estate transfer—Tho mud you
dragged from the road on your boots, to
your wife’s carpet.—Danville Breeze.
A mind reader—The child who reads
determination in its parent’s eye and
miuds accordingly.—Philadelphia Ohron-
icle-Uernld.
A physician says “If a child doe* not
thrivo on frosh milk, boil It." This is
too severe. Why not spank it?—Phila
delphia Call.
Whatever you do, my boy, begin at
tho bottom and work up.” “But,
father, suppose I were going to dig a
well?"—Chicago Newt.
There passed from earth on a bitter cold day.
The man who oft in our office would stray.
And his noblest epitaph’s here, I say:
“He closed the door when he went away.”
—Qoodall's Sun.
“This is my off day," remarked a
portly Burlington merchant, after having
been thrown from the festivo toboggan
for tho third time.—Burlington Free
Press.
Whon you say that you don’t know
which are the fattest letters iu the alpha
bet, you will be told OBOT, where
upon you aro expected to exclaim OIO.
—Call.
An Illinois citizen became enthusiastic
upon first seeing the Atlantic Ocoan.
“Why,” he said, “it’s immense! grandl
What a prairie it would make if it would
only keep still I"—Harper's Bazar.
Why duos tho beauteous maiden seom
Ho wearied and so vevedi
She’s juBt found out the tale will be
“Continued in our next"
—Merchant Traveller.
Landlady (examining a fugili.o
boarder’s trunk)—“Why Bridget, his
trunk is full of bricks I How could thoy
have got there?” “Sure ( ma’n' ho
brought one home in his hat iv.-ry
night.”—Life.
He waa a youth of high degree,
His collar monstrous tall:
He tittered a pretty little lltlip,
... f (
And danced at every ball;
He ogled every girl he saw,
His nerve was mostly gall:
He had a bad cold in hii
head, \,
And that was all.
— VFcishintdoa Critic.
The Dennison Paper Company, of Me
chanics’ Fnlls, Me., has suspended. It
is supposed that the liabilities amount to
$460,000. The assets are the plant, mills
and pulp mill at Canton. Two years ago
the Dennisons got an act through the
the Legislature allowing them to form a
stock company and issue bonds. Since
then their condition lias been preenurious,
but the thing which hastened suspension
was a strike in tho pulp mill at Canton.
A shock of earthquake about 4 o’clock
Sunday morning is reported from St.
Louis, Springfield, Torre Haute and else
where. It appears to havo been very
generally felt throughout central and
Southern Illinois, and Indiana, Dis
patches from twenty different points give
substantially the same account as to hour
and duration of shocks. No damage
done at any place as f ir as heard from.
IRON ORE NEAR NATCHEZ, MIGS.
Fashionable Finger Rings.
“I sell fingor rings from $2 up to
$5 ,000,” said a Brooklyn jeweler to a
Brooklyn Nagle reporter. “Of course
the most interesting class of rings are
thoso known as engagement rings.
There are but few varieties of the latter,
tho meat popular boingplain gold bands,
with diamond settings. Sometimes a
ruby is preferred, but diamonds have
the call. No I don’t suppose it is really
necessary for a prospective groom to
give his fiancee an engagement ring, but
custom has decreed it and in conse
quence we keep them for sale. Wed
ding rings are not so expensive as they
were when I was married. I paid’$18
for tho ring with which I mnrricd my
wife twclvo years ago. I could now buy
a similar ring just as heavy for $11. No
man should regret tha sum b.o pays for a
•wedding ring r.s tho sensation experi
enced in buying it seldom cames to one
more than once in a lifetime. A fine
good-sized ruby is oven more costly than
a diamond of the same size. Their
value depends wholly on their color 1 •
Opals ? No we sell but few opals, prob-
ably because thoy are considered un
lucky. Cats’ eyes, greenish brown
stones with a light running through
them, were formerly very popular with
ladies. Serpent rings are now but sel»
dom worn. Of course, some men will
load themselves down with jewelry
whether it be fashionable or not. To
buy diamouds judiciously one must bo a
pretty good judge of those stones. Hera
is a diamond which I sell for $25 which
nn inexperienced buyer could not distin
guish from this stone (holding up a dia
mond of a similar size) which is worth
$125. One is very much off color while
the other is pure white, and as clear as a
bell. In fact the cheaper of the two
stones makes the best showing, is more
dazzling to the eye nnd is seen to much
better advantage by gaslight. Its de
fects, however, are easily distinguishable
to the eye of the experienced jeweler.”
Iron ore in paying quantities and evi
dently of splendid quality has been dis
covered near Natchez, Miss. Samples of
the ore are being assayed, and if it
— _ — . | proves as good as it looks to local ex-
large purchases of Russian oats for tho ^rts a company will be formed to de
rive of the French cavalry and has chait- | ^ ^ le ^ J which if many miles in
ered a number of steamers to convey them ’
rom B altio ports to France.
Igrri.. i
extent.
The Unlucky Tom-Tit.
A certain Tom-tit, feeling himself
somewhat swelled up by the Balubrious-
ness of a fine morning, thought he would
go ahead and puff out his plumage to
such an inordinate extent, that his fel
low-tits would mistake him for an Owl.
and scurrying away, afford him much
amusement of a refined and intellectual
character. His little racket would havo
worked all right, had it not happened
that, just as he was indulging in tho
preliminary chuckles over his success in
frightening his comrades, a Philadelphia
gunner came along, nnd, mistaking
him for a partridge, bowled him over
without further ceremony.
Moral.—This fable teaches that safety
does not lie necessarily in insignificance,
unless the latter receives the undivided
attention of the individual.-Tid-BU*.