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Rffl the mercury. r.,irrc(l as Scroml-class Matter at lh e sniulcrsvlllv Postoifice April 37, 1SS0. Sandersville, Washington Connty, Ga. PUBLISHED BY THE MERCURY. A J. JERNIGAH&OO. *** proprietors and Editors. •lERNIit i.v «S- CO., Proprietors, DEVOTED TO LITEH.VTURE, AUKlCULTlTiE AND QKNERAI. INTELLIGENCE. SV11SCKIPTION: $1.50 Per Annum, Subscription: $1,6(1 Per Ycai. VOLUME VI1. SANDERSVILLE. GA.. TUESDAY. MARCH 22. ISSl NUMBER 47. THE MERCURY. PUBLISHED EVERT TOESDRT. NOTICE! All Communications intentled-fif Hits Paver must be accompanied by the full name of the writer—not' necessarily for publ tcation, but at m guarantee of pood faith. ircarelnna way responsible fse the views or opinions of comuspond* en Is, E, S. LANGMADE, attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, Ga. SOUTHERN ITEMS, “• D - KvA " ,> J “ EVANS & EVANS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW SANDERVILLE, GA. NEW8 NOTES GATHERED FROM VARIOU3 SECTIONS. F. H, SAFFOLD, attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. TENNESSEE. U. N. Irvine 1ms erected a tobacco fac tory at Dresden. A twenty thousand dollar college is to bo built at Greenbrier. Bmithvillo on the sea coast of this stato, to Bristol, Tcnu. Tho Cliristian Brotliorhood, with head quarters in New York city, are discussing 1 ho project of establishing a tlrst-class school in Hickory for the education of boys and young men. The school would be under Catholic management; and the buildings and grounds of Mt. St. Joseph's academy would probably be purchased by the Christian Brotherhood for the pur pose in view. The society is backed by large capital. Recently a company 1ms been organised in Chicago for tho purpose of developing certain large iron oic beds which aro known to exist in the northwestern part of North Carolina. These iron beds aro immense, and arc traceable for six, eight and ten miles. They arc of a quality to ARKANSAS, A company 1ms been organized at Newport, to develop gold mining prop erty near there. A street railroad and water works aro to bo built at Athens within ono year. »ii A company has been formed at Chntta- Will practice in all the Courts of the nooga to manufacture fence machines. Middle ..Circuit and in the countie. y FcrgU80M) Nashville,lms received j j, us,i f v '. hr ‘’M'™dUure of sums in the contract to build n hotel at Kingston ! ^ olo| "”«...!'": 1 .. Springs. . | A company to build a railroad from tho Nashville nnd Florence railroad to West Point has been chartered. Isaac Boscnsteln, the Hebrew who shot i nnd killed Jessie Harris in Memphis, was ^ admitted to bail in the sum of $5,000. uirro'inding Washington. Special at t.-iitiou given to commercial law. H. N. HOLLIFIELD SANDERSVILLE. GA. Ofllce next door to Sira. Da jut’s Millinery ,tori', oil ll.irri-i at reel. HUY YOUlt from (None genntno without our tiailu mark.) ON llAXI) AND FOll SALE SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. Watches, Clocks JEWELRY REI’AIIIBD nv TEiR/iTxa-jfiLisr. A TOWN BURNED. Hindi \ Vit.Ur by entire •outli Cni’ollnii I u llrMtractive Fire. business portion of tho little town of Blackville, 8. ('., was burned Wednesday. The tire originated in the rear of tho general merchandise if 1’. \V. Farrell and had gained i considerable headway before it was dis cover d and notwithstanding, tho ctlnrts «! the entire town to check tho tire in • remarkably short time tho Humes had spread to adjoining buildings, nnd in less than half an hour almost tho entire town mass of tlnines and at night the other portion of the town east of the rail- mil 'vos one mass of ashes, twenty-seven mo ' having been consumed. Among the buildings consumed were: IP- W. Farrell's uiul Martin A Soil’s gen- nil lacrehandiso store; J. L. Bu-o’s large jhiiik grocery house; I). K. Brigg's drug ‘tore; W, A Jarrell's general stoi c; Simon Brown’s new brick general store; Martin Keeler’s grocery store and bar; Brown’s livery stable and a handsome residence; tlie large warehouse of the South Carolina railroad; half a dozen small stores and ■tuny residences. The depot was one of 1 e few buildings in town that escaped tmi flamib. 'i'he |o-h is estimated at *■■’"0,000. Insurance about $30,000. Chicago company was organized with a capital stock of two and onc-half million dollars, and the entire stock was taken bv six men. Parties are negotiating with Paine ft Montgomery, Dayton, for a foundry building with a viow to establishing a stove foundry. FLORIDA. Tho French bark Palmier, recently ar rived at Ponsacola, has on boaid a cage containing 700 birds from tho wu,t coast of Africa. A company will be organized nt Van Buren, to boro artesian wells to secure water for tire purposes. M It. Denning, of Michigan, 1ms •pur chased about 4,000 acres of coal lauds near Ozark, and will develop them. The Houston, Central Arkansas ft Northern Railroad Co., capital stock $4&0,U00, has been incorporated, to build a railroad from near Pino Bluff to the Louisiana State linn in Ashley county. One of the citizens of Lonoke shot in to a gang of little school children, put ting a number of small shot into several of them, and lie was held over in a bond of $401), nnd further bound to keep tiie pence. The Pino HlulT Athletic association was organized with a capitnl stock of $5,000, Suitable buildings for a boat club, gymnasium, bicycle, baseball nnd all athletic sport will be commenced nt once. A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT, A UKlDOE 1IKEAKS DOWN ON TIIE UOSTON «C PROVIDENCE It. 11. ARRESTED AND JAILED. TIRED OF BEING INSANE. Mrs. Parsons,iln> Frmnle Anarchist,Strikes a Town mid la Not Tolerated, Tt Is said tlmt Dr. J. F. Hicks owns a vein of solid manganese six hundred feet wide, situated on tho road from Bristol to Eliziibothton. There aro no vacant business or dwel ling houses in Bristol. Tho population of Bristol would have been live hundred morn than it is to-day if new-coinors could linvo found residences. A ono hundred thousand dollar stock company lias been organized at Athens to build a cotton factory. F. B. Mc- Klwee, of tho Mount Vcrd Cotton Mills, Athens, will be superintendent. V. 1 r. Staples, one of tlio jurors in the late Goodwin ease in Memphis, is on trial in the criminal court, charged with per jury. lie swore when being examined as to iiis qualifications as a juror that ho was a householder, and a/tor ward stated that ail his possessions in tho world were four dogs. A shocking accident happened nt the Craighead Marble queries Tuesday that cost a laborer his life. Tho unfortunato man, Wash Yarks, was removing some dirt from between a large stone, mid tho u all of the quarry, when the stone became undermined so much us to muse it to topple over and crushed the man against the rock wall. The man was taken out but soon expired. Drs. were summoned, but on arrival found tho unfortunate man beyond'medical aid Citizens of Tallahassee hnvo already subscribed $27,000 in behalf of railroad connections with tho Savannah, Florida nnd Western. A forty-acre Japan persimmon grove will bo set out by a syndicate of fruit growers, which was organized by some of Fort Meade’s live citizens lust week. According to tho city directory just completed, tho population of Pensacola is now 14,220, ail iucreaso in two years of 11,048. Tho number of new surnames is 1,040. Tho hotel question should certainly ha kept going in Tampa until it is built. The moil are now in tho city and tho money ready. If Tampa will buy an $8,- 000 block the hotel will start at onco. Dong TIIEi iiiurUk BUSINESS. Hio Cnllon'i-ril Oil Mill* Co »<’ llullt, Con trary Kciioru Noinlllintniiillnil- flu 1 Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record dulrs ili it it is officially authorize ! to 'iiiiionn;,. Unit new cotton ho.-d oil mills ah mt which there lias been ineuh ui ciis-ioi, w ill positively be built, all re- l m i'ls to the contrary notwithstanding, jl' iiry (’. Butcher, of Philadelphia, pres- ""‘I't of the Southern Cotton Seed Oil foni|tanv, tclogi aplis the Manufacturers’ Ueeor.l as follows: "You can assure tho press and people '4 the S-mtli that this company moans biisim-KH in its broadest sense. We have lulirii hut one position since the start and ! V, H maintain it. We have all the funds 'u hand necessary to accomplish our pur- l'°se and have no favors to ask oil that, ■'cnre. Our company proposes to build “''Is at the most desirable points us fast »the machinery can be turned out nnd ,l) into business on u purely legitimate mercantile- basis and devolop it as it he. Large contracts for machinery “vo already been closed, and the work Building the mills will proceed as ,1 l’"H.v as possible. Tho mills will be of 11,1 less than 150 tons capacity per "city four hours. ic are lliirty-tivo prisoners iu tho terty jail. A canning factory is reported to be .■reeled at Murshallville. J. Taliaferro and others will develop a slate quarry nt l’luinville. A stock company has been formed at Dalton to build a planing mill. E. A. Fincher contemplates develop ing ids black lead mine, eight miles from Canton, T. Tray lias bought an old laboratory at .Macon, and will, it is said, use it for a soap factory. Parties at Romo contemplate erecting a large factory to manufacture buckets, lulls, pails, etc. available Newton county inis more General Finley, the new United States Senator from Florida, is seventy years old and tho hero of three wars, lie is very pious, very popular and a powerful stump spanker, lie is tho originator of two-cent letter postage. Thomas A. Edison, at Fort Myers, 1ms entirely recovered his health, and is buz zing around town as nctivo and strong ns he ever was. Much to the satisfaction of tiie citizens, he will soon have the town brilliantly lighted by electricity. lie is so extremely reticent about his now ex periments and inventions that he posi tively refuses to bo drawn out by inter- viewerr on that subject, Ono of tho largest purchases of land that has been made around Tavares lately luis been by Hon Frnr.k Jones, of Ports mouth, N. II., of tho Seals grove nnd lands connected therewith, comprising about 110 ncrcs. This property was owned by Mrs. F. J. Thomas, of Eufauln, Ala. The land is situated on Lake Eus- tis, within tho town of Tavares, nud has an attractive location, comprising about one-half mile of lake front. Mr. Jones announces his purpose of having tho en tire property cleared. Tho purchase is valued nt $20,000. About live or six miles from Baldwin there lived an old lady who, wlmn alio was about to die, tnado her children proniiso to never put her under tiie ground. She told them if they did she would conic back and haunt them. They faithfully complied with her commands. They made a plain eollin out of the Flor ida heart pine; carried her to the grave yard nnd placed tho coffin east and west $30,000 has been subscribed towards i organizing a $500,000 company nt Fort Smith to build a large cotton factory; a $30,000 company to start a wagon fac tory ; also a $50,000 company to erect a canning factory. Wed icsday, tho Rev. Joliu White,col ored, horn in South Carolina, and aged 112 years July 0, next, obtained from the clerk license to marry Edie Smith, aged between 05 and 75. Rev. \\ liito lias been preaching 81 years. When the stars fell he had several children, nnd thin is his third wife. His age was duly attest ed by a responsible white person, who lias known him many years and is familiar with his history. Thu clerk donated his fee and all hands congratulated him up on his third venture, and great expecta tions exist in tho minds of all as to re sults. Hu lives iu Groonwood township. Tho town nnd neighborhood of Searcy have for weeks past been greatly excited over the running at large of mad dogs. The excitement was increased when it became known that Mrs. Mary l’itts, a well known lady, had been bitten by ono of these rabid canines. Tho animals at tack. d Mrs. Pitts and bit her in scvcrnl places, her arm and ho ly being dread fully lacerated. A mudstone was pro cured and applied to the wounds. It re mained upon each some time and was re peatedly applied. 'I his is tho fourth person who has been bitten by a mad dog in the locality named. All of these treated the wounds with a mudstone. No cases of hydrophobia have yet developed but there is naturally considerable anx iety among all concerned. l.Ot’ISIANA. George W. Bennett will erect a broom factory at Chcncyvillc. The New Orleans Elevated Ruilway company contemplate beginning work on their road shortly. , i,n top of the ground, and built a good water power than any three com.ties in i og p 0n over her, where tho writer saw middle Georgia. her after about thirty years in this posi- Tlio Forestvilie Land and Improvement Co., capital sti ck $30,000, lias been in corporated at Forest vilio. The Eureka Co., Macon, contemplates erecting a three-story building, 70x100 feet to be used in a soup factory. The Rome, Iron, Laud and Improve ment Co., Romo, arc negotiating with Northwestern capitalists for tho location f a large rolling mill at that place. Mr. T. J. Pal I in, of Lowndes county, was chopping lire wood, when a piece Hew up and hit him on the nose, knock ing him down and causing a profuse hemorrhage. Mr. II. Simmons, of Chokco, Loo countv, lias one hundred acres of tho lincst‘oats ever seeu in the State at this season of tho year. The eutirc field is ver two foci high, and are already be. inning to boot. Wednesday night of last week, the commissary of Mr. W. W. Dews, at Wil- imnlmr"', was robbed of a large quantity of merchandise, consisting of dry goods and groceries. Tho burglar is supposed to have been a negro man lately employed bv Mr Dews on his turpentine farm, Imt - ' discharged a few days before. "VA |( IJIIOI SE BUHNER. The i ^yU’auiu railroad, was burned on ‘'"'day morning, about seventy barrels a resi. 1 ,....T .. . , , J 08 . 1 '. 1 a,| d ten tons of guano being con 111 the conflagration. The rosin Jed to Mr. R. Eastman and the ; ® 1(1 -Mr. Z. M. Ziegler. Tho house ' -4 11 Beni a small fire that 11.negro had "in the ground near by. There ii'iVii’ 1 L ’if4lit ear standing on the track 10 platlorm, which would also have j,, ''Mroyed by the flames had it not vl Ziegler’s daughter, who re- "-d die chocks from the wheels and the ear li ving safely to the other end 1 "ic switch tion. That was nearly ton years ago. Tho littlo house was in a good state of preservation, so was-tho coffin, hut curi ous pcoplo had forced the lid oil to sco tho condition of tho body. Most of the Body had decayed, but some parts were in a natural position. Her descendants mot some two years ago and repaired tho place. Sheriff C'ook, of St. Tammany, icports that tho polecats are killing the hogs, sheep mill cattle in his neighborhood. Tlih Petroleum Prospecting company, capital stock $2,000, has been incorpo rated at New Orleans by B. F. Hitchcock and others. A statement has been made in several papers of the state that Governor Mc- Euorv is a native of Virginia. This is an error. He is a Louisianian, horn in tho city of Monroe. by tiie MISSISSIPPI. Olivo Branch has been carried prohibitionists. ft has been discovered that tho title of iviO acres of land in the heart of the res idence part of Meridian has never been acquired from tho government. The en try wns made and not proven. This is from the records at Jackson. No fears »ro entertained that the titles of present Holders will be effected. who was , , where it ran off. There 110 '"surance upon the warehouse. ' defective trestle. Tile (jin,a onaine and tender of the east .““M morning train on ! 0 I„ , mu 11 on the Marietta, esdiiv " IS Northern railroad Wcd- u.,,1 through Vincent trestle, j‘ ClmU » from Marietta, Ohio. j.,. . duunuttu, vsmu. hylic nit « " ail, l Albert Bootliby; engineer 0 V iMu! 1 - 1 ' VL ' I '° kille ‘ 1 ' 11,1(1 Mc- r „a. " '* ffliam Stewart, conductor and were badly scalded. Miclme' 'I,... hsssenger.had his left leir mashed V ’'"finger,had hiw left leg mashed. |U ^ n<! owl been shifting at tho stn 'as hacking to hitch to the il tl'i,.",' 10 " Became derailed nnd ran ■estle, knocking it down, NORTH CAROLINA. W. B. Crews will develop a coal mine at Oxford. The Salisbury Water Works company, capital stock $85,000, lias been incorpo rated at Salisbury. The Salem Water Supply company has contracted for the construction of an iron reservoir ut tlint place. q hc N orth Carolina Millstone company, Parkwood, have purchased two eighty ho se newer steel boilers and a heavy saw mid They will add other machinery and aro making arrangements to bn,Id small roller nulls. w.aii^a«te!r“S5Sfii£ 1 ud i two-story addition to tho Oneida n Ann Mills iu which about 100 plaid Cotton Mi Is, B nindles will he looms and feet, with a At or near Brown’s cross roads 111 Ran- one York, white, hired a dolph ^g’Jflra'to'tho barn of Wil- Tbc analysis received from Birming ham of a specimen of iron ire found at Enterprise shows 51 per cent of iro■ 1 and only .70 of 1 per cent of phosphorus. The assayist pronounced the specimen to or a first-class ore and nearly a hessemer ore. Tho Enterprise Mining and Furnace ’ompauy lias been organized. The incor porators are from New Orleans, Mobile, Enterprise and Meridian. The company owns 0,000 acres of land, ami is capital ized at $750,000. The stockholders and directors of tho Mississippi State Fair Association held a meeting at winch it was determined to hold a State fair at Jackson some time next fall, the date not yet being fixed. The number of stockholders have in creased to fifteen, all of whom are first- class, energetic business men, and who make a success of everything they under take. It is a joint stock company duly incorporated under the laws of Missis sippi. Hon. W111. L. Hemingway is president of the board of directors. negro man - --- mul tho „ e gro was Horn Brown, Ls<U e( , )ut not uut ;i the caught and^ d two horses had bam was in perished. of Richmond county voted rho A’ . 11 for the county subscription down tho bill for the county 8 ° UtU whichAs planned to extend from -end The negro Alex. Crawford, who mur dered Vic Loggins, was captured in Choctaw county and taken to Winona. Crowds came in from tho country, nnd by 10 o’clock tho town was full of peo ple. Quite a crowd assemblod at tho courthouse to decide what steps should be taken, and many of the older citizens tried to stay summary proceedings, but all efforts to stay the infuriated populace were futile. Several hundred men as sembled at tho j dl and by force took the keys from tho jailer nnd unlocked tho cell. Alex resisted, but was soon over powered and was carried about 800 yards to the railroad bridge, whore he was hanged. Ho acknowledged that ho killed Loggins, but would give none of tho de tails. IIo only stated that 110 ono was implicated with him. Tho St. Tammany Farmer says that a large force of men will bo put to work on the l’oituvent railroad in a few days, unil that the road will bo finished to Abita springs by June 1. The Cypress Shingle and Lumber com pany, capital stock $80,000, has been in corporated at Pluqueiuiue to manufacture shingles, lumber,ftc. S. I). Carpenter is prtsident and treasurer. The Kaufman Fibre nnd Manufacturing Co., capital stock $1,000,000, has been organized at New Orleans to manufacture machinery for decorticating ramie, jute, ftc., to decorticate and treat ramio and jute fibre by the Kaufman process nnd to encourage the culivntion of fibrous plants. Messrs. Thompson and Compton, of Texas plantation, Ibeivillo parish, have erected upon their premises a substantial saw and shingle mill, nnd linvc just en tered into a contract to furnish 10,000,- 000 shingles to Cameron, of Wnco, Texas. On the '25tli ultimo they shipped to hingics. Wheeling, W. Vn., 850,000, siting A correspondent of tho Point Coupee Banner advocates the establishment of a cotton seed oil mill at New Orleans in opposition to American Oil Trust. Such a mill, he says, could purchase seed in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee. Alabama and Mississippi, which furnish about 500,000 tons of seed annually. Tho independent mill would only want nbout 80,000 tons, but it is believed that its competition with the Oil Trust would run up tiie price of tiie wholo product about $1 per ton. Oil Trust hns to pay dividends on $40,000,000 of capitnl, and could not afford the correspondent thinks, to fight the now company to the extent it has heretofore done. The capital stock would be $250,000, a portion of which would be held by tho planters, anil a profit of $4 per ’ ton on the product, would result in u dividend of 40 per cent. A deplorable tragedy took place at Slaughter station, on the Mississippi Valley railroad, in which Iko Higgin botham was shot and killed by Captain \V. B. Porter, of East Feliciana. Porter, Higginbotham and a number of others were at Ripley’s store at Slaughter, and had been drinking some during the even ing. After a while Higginbotham left nnd went toward the water tank, at least 150 or 20J yards distant. When Higginbotham g< t ne irly there, Porter said he believed he would shoot at him, and cracked away. Higginbotham turned around and in tho same reckless way shot back. Three or four shots were thus fired from each pistol, when nt the last report of Porter’s pistol Higginbotham dropped dead with a bullet in his brain. Higginbotham was a grandson of John Higginbotham, known for forty years as a devout Methodist minister. Captain Porter is a leading citizen of East Feli- cinno, and was a member of the legisla ture in 1887. l-'lvo t’nrn I.nndml Willi llnmnn Frclaht (•o Down 10 Dontruciltin—Thlrty-tliroo Pemona Killed nnd Twice a* 31nny Injured. One of tho most appalling railroad accidents that lias ever been experienced occurred on the Boston nnd Providence railroad last Monday. The scone of the horror was between Rosendnlo nud For- j restvillo nnd was caused by a defective bridge giving way under a heavy loniled I passenger troth. Five cars fell through i tho hridgo instantly killing thirty-three j persons and horribly wounding nnny I others. Tho train was crowded with 1 working people principally. The engi- i ncor, when liis engine broke'from the train, kept right on to Forest Hill to give tho alarm instead of stopping to ascertain the extent of the damage, and on that account it was impossible to get nny assistance at once. Three enrs went over safely with the engine, but. tho live others lull to the road beneath a distance of thirty foot. Tho last car, which was a smoker, turned completely over nnd struck on top of the others. list killed. Following is a list of killed nnd those who have died of their injuries; Conductor Myron Tiiden, Dedhnm, Alice Burnett, Roslindule, aged 1(1 years, IV. M. Johnson, Roslindule, violinist; Mrs. llormidias Cardinal, Rnaliudnlo; Mr. Clapp, Central station, West Rox- bury, 21 years old; Miss Norris, West Roxlmry; Edward E. Norris, Dodh nn, freight clerk of tho Boston nnd provi dence railroad; Edgar M. Snow, Spring Street Station, V\ est Roxlmry; Waldo B. Luiler, police officer, Spring Street Sta tion; Li/./.lo Mundcville, Dedham, Lizzlo Walton, Dedhnm; William S. Strong, in- nnl injuries, died alter removal to tho city hospital; W illiam E. Durham, badly crushed, died after removal to the city hospital; Stephen T. llaughton, gas fitter, Corinth street Roslindule; Harry Guy, a clerk, Spring street, died after removal to the city hospital; Miss M. L. O’Diorne, Dover, N. II., employed by Salem, Wil der ft Co., Summer street; Miss Ida Adams, Knlridge street; Miss Lizzie IL Price, Dedham; Miss Sarah E Ellis, Med Hold, who was stopping with friends at West Roxlmry; an unknown woman, about 80 years old’ Albert E. Johnson, 40 years of age, employed by George II. Morrill ft Co., jewelers; Peter S. Warren, Central station, about 15 years old, tailor; Emma P. 11111, 25 years of age, worked for R. II White ft Go.; Hattie J. Dud ley, residence unknown; Miss Laura Price. West Roxbury; Miss Rosa llella Welch, 58 years of age, West Roxlmry. Tho remaining parties killed have not boon idcntilb d. Of these there are three men and two women at tiie Morgue. It is impossible to obtain any absolutely correct account of the number of injured, but it will reach ono hundred or more. Of tlicso at least twentydlve are (piilc badly hurt, and tho remainder received only slight bruises. The bridge evidently gave way when the fouith car was passing over it. Tho live rear cars went through to tho road way landing in a mass of splinters in the street. Thu strain of the live falling cars pulled the three cars iu advance from tho rail. They remained on top of the cm binkinent, but were pulled off their trucks and the floor of each was forced nearly to the roof, while seats were jumbled together in great confusion. The end of the second conch was a mass of splinters,caused by a carhead grindin against it when the others went down the embankment. The third conch was flattened to the ground as if it had fallen on its trucks from n great height, although it remained on the edge of the embankment. The roof of the fourth car also remained on tho embankment, 1 laving evidently been torn eiear from its fastenings while the conch went through. The next four ears went down iu a heap, the smoker, which was on tho rear of the train, falling in the midst of tho conches and being actu ally ground into splinters. The inmates of the smoker were all either killed or injured, not one escaping without injury of some kind. Two of the conches went clear across ilio roadway,landing against a stone wall that hounded a largo field nt the foot of the hill. As the cars lio in their present location tiiey present a pic ture of such absolute demolition that it. seems remarkable that any person in them escaped alive. A urious feature of the disaster is found in the fact that the entire bridge went down with the wreck, not leaving a piece of scrap iron attached to the abut ments, and but for the chasm nnd awful wreck beneath there is nothing to indi cate that a bridge had once spanned the abyss. Twenty-seven of tho dead bodies have been identified. At Columbus, O., Friday, Lucy B, Parsons, the lecturing anarchist, was re fused a hall by a local military, whero she proposed to speak. She called 011 the mayor to protest against such notion, and became so abusive nnd dcinonstntivo that slio was locked up. When Sirs. Parsons called on tho man agement of the armory, where the speech was to have been delivered, and found that she could not secure the aimory for that purpose, and also that tho mayor lugl been requested to prevont the meet ing being held, she proceeded to the city prison, and was considerably enraged nt the time. She told tho mayor ompliat- 1 icnlly that she wanted protection nt tho armory, and that she wanted his nssist- nnec in securing the hall, as it had been paid for. She was informed that the police would ho sent to tho armory, and that no meeting of the character would bo held, nnd she proceeded to uprnkl him in tho mime of freedom, saying that I10 w.is a scoundrel mid unlit for tho position he occupied, else lie would extend tho protection asked for; that there would in time bo a revolution nnd a deal, by which tho working people would secure their rights. She finally informod tho mayor that lie was of littlo consequence, nnd and that the meeting would ho held re gardless of him or his police protection. In the height of her excitement tho mayor ordered her to be taken to a cell, nnd refused to let any of tho local sym pathizers sec her, although a number called. Quite a crowd gathered nt tho armory to attend the meeting, not know ing that Mrs. Parsons had boon arrested, but none of them were allowed to come in, being informed thut the meeting would not take place. They held a sort of indignation meeting about the hall, but soon dispersed. Mrs. Parsons war seen in her cell, nud stnted that this tin effort to muzzle free speech; that she hat lectured in seventeen States, ami this'is the first time she lias ever been molested. She sent the following telegram: “A. R. Parsons; County Jail, Chicago' Arrested to prevent my speaking. Am all right. Notify press. Lucy." Jansen, the Wife Murlunr, Riven la 'and ■ and Aelu for a Warm Jlcnl. Henry Jansen, of .Chicngo,who was*'re cently sent to Joliet for life, for the brutal murder of his-wife, has been con fined in the crank cell nt tho prison ever since his arrival, constantly under the eye of a doctor. Jansen stood it for thir teen days. Tuesday last hc fell upon his knees nnd begged for something warm to cat, saying: “My blood is so cold. Give mo a warm meal.” A few questions from tho physician caused Jansen to confess everything and own' up that I10 was not insnne. Hc stated that I10 had not meant to kill his wife, but that when tho fearful deed was dotv his only thought was to snvo himself by playing the insane dodge and possibly ho might escape the penalty of hanging. After his conviction nnd sentence to the penitentiary he determined to keep up the iden, thinking that possibly he might be transferred to nn insane asylum,where ho would be better treated and from which ho might make his escape, but tho mcdicino and diet I10 had been forced to live on was too much. Jansen fairly danced and shod tenrsof joy when a bowl of hot coffco and somo warm incat nnd potatoes were given him. IIo will be placed in tho prison shop tomorrow morning and ho rnado to labor. BOLD ROBBERS. AWAITING THE OBSEQUIES. Jinny Tlior.nniiils of Clilrmo'a Pitoplo Wit. rrai Airs. Nm-liu'a llnrlnl. Extra quiet marked the burial of Mrs. Necbe. Fully forty thousand people shivered three hours in tho bleak wind waiting for the obsequios of tho noiod iinnrchist's wife to commence, and were only awarded by tho sight of a procession tlmt, except in size,differed only in a few minor details from any ordinnry funerals. Saturday evening tho master of corcmon- les estimated that 20,000 sympathizers would bo in line. Whether tho absence of the anarchist widower dampened tho enthusiasm, or the fact tho polico were taking extraordinary precautions to quell disorder, had n like effect, tho demon stration fell fnr short of its promoter’s predictions. Including the persons in one hundred nnd seventy-seven enrringes nml buggies, there were probably 5,000 in the procession. Tho prohibition of the red flags was scrupulously observed. A few banners were carried nnd they were furled and totally hidden in black draping. Not n dozen mourners were in uniform. A single baud furnished the only music in the procession. Tho polico- mcn were almost wholly kept out of sight, and tho entire nffnirwns character ized by sombre decorum. A Texas llnllronil nml Express Ofllce He* llevcil of Over 93,000. , Sunday morning tho Gulf, Colorado nnd Sante Fe railroad office at Coleman, Texas, was the scene of a “hold up," re sulting in n loss to the express and rail road compnnics nnd employes of over $8,000. Jiimcs Muse, tho express messen ger, Ilenry Drcut, 1 ho night operator, and two men were iu tho depot. Muse hud occasion to go out about 8:45 o'clock, and came running back nnd said: “Somo ono is robbing tho cars.” Tho party started to tho cars, when Brent told Muse to run hack and get something t back toward A DEAD OFFICIALS BOOKS. A Doiid l'hiliul«l|»hlti Oincliil l'r«T«n lo be u Drfuiiltcr. THE FLORIDA CIGAR MAKERS, A Report of Tholr Work 31 ado City. Tho Central Labor union, at its meet ing Saturday in Clarendon ball, in East Thirteenth street N. Y., elected a new set of officers. The cignrmakers called attention to a dispatch from Key West, relative to the adventures of Ramon Ru- biern in Florida. Mr. Rubiern is secre tary nnd organizer of the Cuban confed eration of cignrmakers in this city, editor of L i Republics, and delegate to the Central Labor union. IIo went to Flor ida ostensibly to settle the difficulties of the cigar manufacturing firm of Ybor ft Banehczly. Ilayn, with its employes, but really to organize the cignrmakers in Florida. The Central Labor union adopted resolutions that the proceedings of the board of trade at Tampa bet,ays a desire to procipitnto a class conlliet in this republic in that tho expelled citizens were informed that tho only cause of their expulsion was their action in con nection with the labor organization. There is also a story to the effect that the Spanish consul offered the board of trade $50,000 to have the expelled men, who are all Cuban revolutionists, put aboard A considerable sensation was caused by tho rumor that Newman Koitlier, who has been registrar of the water department of Philadelphia, Pa , for several years, and who died on the lid instant, Imd been found to he a defaulter. Keithor had been in the public service about nino years, the major portion of this time in the water department as registrar, where ho handled upward of $2,000,000 per year. When an examination of his books was had, after his death, it was found tlmt live large firms, whoso water rent amount to something Who $8,000 each, had not been credited with payments as they should have been mndo. Investi gation revealed the fact that one of these firms had paid Keithor $4,200 in'two checks, one of which, for $751, lie had placed in the money drawer and taken that sum in cash therefrom, while the other, for $3,449 he had deposited to the credit of his individual account at his banking house. Those fn charge of tho investigation decline to my anything in regard to tiie oilier four firms whose tax appears on the books as unpaid. to shoot with. Miibu went 1 tho depot to get his six-shooter, when tlirco men jumped out from tho south door of tho depot, thrust six-shooters in his face, nud told him with oaths to open the safe. Muse opened it, nnd the rob bers got two express packages, and $2,- ' 500 nnd the other $300, nnd another of $00 of railroad money, and tho pocket book of Muse with $135 iu it, nnd hie gold watch, wortli $125. While this was going on Brent and the yardman wore up tho road a few hundred yards, at tho car which Mtiso saw the man get out of, and which they found had been broken open nnd n load of bran set on tire. After some trouble they succeeded in nuttingf the tiro out. It is believed thnt the rob bers do not live far from Coleman. All tho tnon woro long black masks that con cealed their faces. UNDER WATER. Much Ilnmniiu by Hirer Overflows In Ias* Islnnn. Advices from Richland nnd portions of Mndison pnrisli report tho outlook in that section gloomy. The Epps plantation ie partially submerged, ami tho water ie rising in the Bayou Macon at tho rato of an inch in four hours. Tho I’ugli place, on Jones bayou, is about half covered with water, which is rising there nt tho rnto of nbout three inches iu twenty-four hours. The Cunningham place, ou Ten sas river, is all submerged and the water is rising about six inches a day. Tho Gnsquet place, nt section live, is nlso covered with wuter. The private leyeo, built by .the late Colonel Edward Rich ardson nud other planters, which is about six miles long'aun four feet deep, and ia intended to protect the eust bank of tho bayou Macon, 1ms given away in about twenty places above' AVyloys Monticello place. Although u general overflow is not anticipated, there will be much dnm- nge dope by the water coming through the openings in tho Arkansas front, also by that coming in at Diamond island bcud, and Reid Crevasse. Tho ncwB was reccivod from Reid Crevasse Sunday to the effect thnt tho United States Engineer Corps lmd succeeded in protecting the ends of the loveo, thus arresting a fur ther cutting away of tho embankment. VINCENT CAUGHT. Ike Vincent tho Defaulting Treasurer I® Jail. A YOUNG MURDERER. A Iloy or Twelve Kill. « Whole Family In Kentucky. Nows 1ms been received from a ionoly farming community on Cat’s Fork, Law rence. county Ky„ of a terrible tragedy. Samuel Smith, aged twelve, who had some difficulty with a neighbor, Stephen llammond, Tuesday armed himself witli a revolver and went over to Hammond’s, following him into the house. Hammond then readied for his rifle,‘Hiut Smith tired and killed him. Hammond’s wife and children, a boy and girl, attacked tho murderer, but he sooil fatally wounded Mrs. Hammond, and us tiie children at tempted to escape ho filled them both with balls. lie fled to tho mountains and lias not yet boon caught. Mrs. Hammond will die nnd tho children mny not recover. It was hours after the neighbors came, attracted by the cries of tho boy. A special from Montgomery, Alabama, • ‘ brings the information of tho arrest of Ike H. Vincent, Alabama’s defaulting Stato Treasurer, which was effected at Big Sandy Wood Co., Texas. Most very body is conversant with the story »f hu suddcnHeavo taking on the 20tti o Jan uary 1888, while serving his third term as state treasurer. The arrest was not due to any clover, detective work but is to be attributed to a mere accident. Mr. E. C. Ray now ft deputy sheriff of Wood county Texas,• but who formerly resided in Randolph couniy Ala., and who hod known Vincent for many years previous to his defalcation was ihe one to make the arrest. Thirty tw-o indictments hang over tho unfortu nate man. Mr. Ray delivered liis prisoner to the sheriff of Montgomery county, and taking his receipt for him went and re ceived from Governor Seay the reward of five thousand dollars. Vincent decliucs to talk about his fu ture prospects. Ablo counsel have been employed to defend him. IRON BRIDGE WORKS. Another Industry Roina to Iioeat. la Ilecntur, Alabamn. FIRES IN BRUNSWICK «A. At Brunswick Ga., last Monday night nt 12 o’clock, a fire occurred cle- troying A. E. Wenz, D. . J. Dillon and P. P. Halzendrof’s build ings on Buy street, nnd at 0 o’clock Tues day morning two stores in the Kaiser are an v,u u nu revu.uuuu.^,, — Wock, occupied by Glover ft Dunn and the Spanish gunboat iu the vicinity of, Lloyd ft Adams, were burned. The total Key West. This seems remarkably im- , loss is. about $25,000, insurance $18,000. probable, but the Central Labor union A cigar box full of holies were found in calls tho attention of tho United States authorities to it, and desire that pcaco be preserved in Florida. the debris of the Wenz building, sup posed to be tho remains of Albert Lof- rauco, formerly of Elmira, New York, A large and very important contract lias been made by the Decatur, Alabama, Land Improvement and Furnace com- 'piiny, by which capitalists from Chicago and Birmingham agree to erect at that place a manufactory for tho purpose of mnkiug all kinds of bridge iron, eto. The company has just been incorporated and expect to lmvj their works in full operation within four months. They have a cash capital of $100,000, all tho stock being tukeu by parties in Chicago and Biimin-ham. This industry from the start will give employment to from 150 to 200 skilled laborers, an early in crease in the capacity of the works i$ contemplated.