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VOLUME VII.
SANDERSVILLE. GA.. TUESDAY. MARCH 29. 188:. NUMBER 48.
E. S. LANGMADE
FROZEN NORTHWEST.
POST-OFFICE BURGLARIZED.
TUG COMMISSIONERS
IN THE FLAMES,
BUDGET OF FUN.
attorney at law,
sandersville, o».
glTirAi^ B. D. Kvari, ft
EVANS & EVANS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
banderville, ga.
fTh. saffold,
attorney AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Will practice in all the Court* of the
Middle Circuit and in the oountiei
lurroumling Washington. Speoinl at*
tention given to commercial law.
H. N. HOLLIFIELD,
Physician & Surgeon,
sandersville, ga.
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AND
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REPAIRED BY
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Tin*> Mnungf to Kconp tlio Hnnt
Syatciu.
S.VOtK melting and flooding
the niVEll VALLEYS,
Terrible Hcenca In I>nkotn._Enil*rnnti In
th© Snow—A Brave Rouen©.
A dispatch from Bismarck Dnkotn,
under date of last Sunday soys: There
is a furious blizzard raging to-night, and
the air is so thick with snow that it is
impossible to sec across the street. Relief
parties which were sent out this morn
ing, mid about whose safety the greatest
concern was felt, cuine bnck this after
noon, one boat bringing “Dutch Mike"
and Thomas Whitley,taken from a shuck,
where they hnd been for nearly twenty-
four hours, and the yawl bringing II.
McCarty and wife and C. A. Beal, found
on u little mound opposite Fort Lincoln
wiili water within six inches of them. In
such a.blinding storm the return of the
boats is little short of miraculous. The
report of the drowning of Superintend
ent Graham, on the Mandan side cannot
be verified here, as there is no communi
cation. There is no ice running in tin:
river, which indicates that, the gorge is
still holding nbove. The Buford rise of
thirty feet rnnnot get here beforo tomor
row. The train from the cast to-duy
brought more emigrants, and there are
now over 100 here. The Northern Pacific
is returning enst passengers, who desire
it, free.
Tint WBATDRU flltOWINO COI.DKH.
The published statement that the
Northern Pacific river warehouse in Bis-
jnnrek was full of goods for the up river
is a mistake, the goods having been re
moved in anticipation of tho high water.
The high trestle of the Northern Pacific
bridge will require but three or four days
to repair. Word readied Bismarck to
night that a whole family hnd probably
perished, or is still held captive at a point
20 miles above. Parties at Painted
Woods have been telegraphed to go to
the rescue. It is getting colder.
The Missouri river is still on tho ram
page. The Buford rise readied Bismarck
to-day, and the water is (lowing over the
prairie at a greater depth and more ter
rible speed than ever. The stream lias
risen a foot here to-day, which is equal
to rise of over twenty feet in the upper
river, as the water is spread out over a
stretch of country six miles wide.
The fearful blizzard has abated and
left over six inches of snow throughout
the Northwest. This will add to the
flood, nnd as the sun lias come out warm,
the tributaries of the Missouri are already
growing from the melting snow.
it is oflicially announced that the Bal
timore nnd Ohio Express company have
trooped the express franchise of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Geoigia sys'em.
Several weeks since a trusted agent of
die Baltimore and Ohio came south and
made u careful examination of the ex
press Im ,incss on the East Tennessee sys
tem, When lie made his report, negotia
tions were at once begun, which culmi
nated in ttic deal being closed, and
mi May l-t the Baltimore nnd Ohio ex
press will be placed on all the lines of
the great southern railway system, and
the Southern Express company will
withdraw.
'The scoop of the franchise was a great
victory for the Baltimore nnd Ohio, and
will give them 2,200 miles of road on
which their express will operate. It will
give them entrance to nil the leading
fontlu i ti cities, and their hold in (lit
smith is now firmly established. This
senop gives color to the rumor relative h
the consolidation of tho Richmond ami
West I’i int Terminal system with lint of
the Baltimore and Ohio, and leads to tin
l« liet that the latter deni lias been con-
Minuted.
CUTTING THE WIRES.
Tlis Wuslrrn I'ninn and llio Freiicli fnlil*
Cuinimny’* Wrangle.
As a result of somo misunderstanding
between the Western Union telegraph
comp,my and the French cable company,
n gang of linemen employed by tho latter
company are now going over the route of
Hie American union lines, now part of
the Western Union system, between Now
V[>rk ami Boston, cutting in two those
wires at every place where they have
J'ceii run into Western Union oflices.
I he French cable company lms opened
hst oflices nil along the route, and
will, ii is generally understood, soon
Jt'rsiige to compete witli the Western
1 niini for local cable business Rcpru-
fPiitniivcs of the Western Union aro
watching Hie French cable company’s
tmm, ami at every place tho wires are cut
' 'iter a protest, but do not interfere. The
matter will evidently lie litigated. The
trouble between the companies grew out
m the French company’s withdrawal
n°m the cable pool. The French cable
company claims two wires from New
'"rli to their Cape Cod olllce and nro
oow taking forcible possession by cutting
these wires wherever they aro run into
Western Union offices.
■NTHUNAI, RK.VHNUE UOl.T/dCTIONH.
I ' ^huigton D. C.,—Collections of in-
l,,| i revenue during tho first eight
°f die fiscal year ending June 30,
Wi.wera $74,248,808, being $917,007
. , ban the collections during the cor-
rn. Ponding period of the last fiscal year.
Here was a decrease of $3,735,590 in
< eipts from spirits, an increase of $989,-
'oon tobacco, nil increase of $1,378,-
*, - ‘"t mfmented liquors, an increase of
i ’08 on miscellaneous objects and a
ei-hT'r 6 °f $54,794 on penalties. Re
1( ,;l 11s for February, 1887, were $80,003
jS4|. lan receipts for the same month of
I.IVEH IjOHT AT HEA.
A dispatch from Washington D. C.,
J "ays: Commander Davis, of the
rminiig ship Saratoga, reports from
"it Spain, Trinidad, that vvh'lc at San
ernancliiio anchorage, February 24, a
"mil boat swamped oil La Brae point,
?, . c paymaster’s clerk, Albert Taylor
„ (, ."ie; Joseph Oates, apothecary; H. H.
c ’ s ?e, armourer, and Wm. Foster, boat
■ w#in, lost their lives.
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what makes you ask that
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got awfully bitten when
she had a fortune in lioi
, “Pa, have
*'°i Bertie;
question J” 1
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you thought
°wn name.’’
TI1B PERIL OK THE PEOPLE.
The reselling parties that made the
wonderful journey into the lowlands yes
terday, and sa-ed the lives of six men
and one woman who were perched upon
the tops of houses nnd in trees, are the
heroes of the day. A telegram from Fort
Lincoln yesterday announced tlint the
people could be seen from that point
standing on the hay stacks and in the
trees, and unless they were rescued they
would perish in the flood. If is referred
to in the Lincoln dispatch, although
many claim that the country directly op
posite the fort is settled, and numerous
inhabitants of the Hooded district are
still in danger, if not swept away. A re
port also comes from the north to the ef
fect that at Painted Wood, the settlers
have been in the trees and on the liny
stacks for two days and relief parties
have been sent to that point. The report
that Superintendent Graham, of the
Northern Pacific road,has been drowned,
lias been denied, and it is learned that
the rumor grew out of his attempt to
come to Bismarck Friday evening. The
gorge at Sibley Island remains firm, nnd
all efforts to remove it aro vain. If the
present state of nUiiira should remain a
week, the Missouri would have a perma
nent channel cut across the county at
least two miles cast of its old course.
'Pile ice is flowing freely today, and io lie-
lodged in blocks of from a rod to a quar
ter of a mile in length on the farms and
meadow land of the settlers. The North
ern Pacific trestle has not been repaired,
and it is impossible for the company to
work upon the structure on account of
the floating ice.
KUNNINO FKOM THE WATERS.
So rapidly did tho flood rise nt Painted
Wood tlint two families, including five
children, started to pack their household
goods preparatory to moving back from
the stream. Their houses were located
on the low land, and before they got
ready to start the water was within six
feet of their houses. They then started
but were compelled to go through the
low land a quarter of a mile before they
could reacli Buttes, their house being on
the highest point in the locality. No
sooner did the water reach that height,
thun it swept down into the low land,
and for overt! quarter of a mile tho hor
ror stricken people were pursued by the
rushing waters. Before they reached
the higli land, they were overtaken, and
for the last four rods were compelled to
wado through three feet of water. One
of the children had to be carried a long
distance.
Another train loud of passengers ar
rived in from east today, and will be
sent back free if desired. .
THE ANNISTON LAND CO.
nut to lfenr the Nnm©—
unction Case.
tiled in the city court
Alu., by the Anniston
linst Roden et al., who
la laud company some
anized another corpora-
ume of Anniston land
in the defendants from
on the ground that the
rty of the complainants
older that name some
nd because such other
it in fact an Anniston
identified nt all with
putting oil its stock on
rer its actual values, is
mniston land company
nd a wrong to the pub-
iiiants corporation is not
y land company which
iiized in Anniston, but
J some years ago by
f Talladega who bought
erty in Anniston and so
h Anniston, while the
vas bought and is still
Birmingham.
The Albany, <ln„ Po.t-yifllco ttobbril of
money nnd Hlnnipa,
A special to the Atlanta Constitution
Irom Albany, On., Tuesday says; Our
city was considerably excited this morn
ing when it was reported that a bold and
daring burglary hnd been perpetrated nt )
the post-office some time during the
night. An investigation soon revealed
tho truth of the rumor and led to a dis
covery of the amourt lost. The safe was
bored into, the drill being placed in such
a position as to break the combination,
and the draweis were rifled of their con
tents. 1 he vault containing tho money
was carried away with the stamps nnd
registered letters. Six hundred or $700
in money and $800 or $1,000 in stamp*
were taken by the thieves.
Besides these, about thirty registered
letters, the exact vnlue of which is not i
known at present, were stolen. An en
trance into the post office was effected
through the back door, which was locked
and barred securely when the otlico was
closed for the night. Early this morning
tho broken vault and the papers wero
found on the banks of thu river, where
they hnd been left by the thieves after
rilling them of their contents. The work
is evidently thnt of professionals, who go
prepared for their work, mid strenu
ous efforts will he made to bring them to
justice and retribution. Captain Y. G.
Rust, tho clever and efficient postmaster,
telegraphed immediately to the authori
ties at Washington nnd 'to Inspector
Booth, of yttlnnta, notifying them of the
robbery.
DEFYING OFFICERS.
Three Men It <••1*1 Arreat and Are Shot
Down.
A special from Montgomery, Alabama,
last Sunday to the Atlanta Constitution
says: Further particulars of the bloody
tragedy which occurred at Mount Meigs,
Friday morning, have been received.
The sheriff’s posse of six officers went to
the home of James S. Sidney, colored,
who was wanted for grand larceny, nnd
who had previously openly defied the
officers. The posse found Sidney nnd
his two stepsons barricaded in their house
nnd armed with shotguns and axes.
Deputy Parks, who led the posse, cnlled
Sidney and told him to surrender quickly
ns the officers wero determined to take
him. Sidney replied that he would kill
or be killed before lie would surrender.
The officers then forced the door open,
and the shooting began. Two of thu
officers shot Sidney and he fell dead. Tho
two stepsons were both wounded, one in
the face nnd the other in the thigh.
After the melee ended, it was found tlint
the negroes were armed with two shot
guns nnd five axes. Neither of the offi
cers were hurt. The boy shot in flic
face will lose an eye, nnd the other’s
wounds are various. An iuquest was
held nml the officers released, Sidney's
family was a terror to thu community
where they lived.
BEECHERS SUCCESSOR.
Dr. Joseph Parker, of London, Talked el
for Pljrmonth.
The question of who is to succeed Mr.
Beecher in tho Plymouth church pulpit
bus already obtruded itself upon the
minds of the congregation, and in many
instances given rise to conjectures upon
tlie ultimate selection of the trustees. The
major preferences nt present seem to be
Dr. Joseph Parker, of London. Dr.
Parker was a friend nnd admirer of Mr.
Beecher, and for years there was the
strongest bond of sympathy between the
two, who in many ways resembled each
other. During Ids visit to England Mr.
Beecher was tlie guest of Dr. Parker,
and preached in his church, the City
Temple, in llolborn. Four years ago Dr.
Parker come over to til's country and de
livered a few of his sermons in Plymouth
church. Those who heard him wer*
much impressed by his brilliant oratory.
It is snid that General Horatio King
lias a liking for Dr. Parker, while John
T. Howard, one of the founders of the
church, would be pleased to sec Dr. Ly-
nau Abbot t in tho Plymouth pulpit. Mr.
I limans G. Shciwood thinks it would bo
a wise plan to select a minister who is to
tally different from Mr. Beecher, so that
no disparaging comparisons can be
drawn.
A TOWN BURNED.
Blackvlll* Houlli Cnrolioa It Visited by a
a Deetruetlve lire.
The entire business portion of the
little town of Blackville, 8. C., was
burned Wednesday. The fire originated
in the rear of the general merchandise
sforo of P. W. Farrell and had gained
considerable headway before it was dis
covered and notwithstanding the efforts
of tho entire town to check the fire in
a remarkably short time the flames hnd
spread to adjoining buildings, and in less
than half an hour almost the entire town
was one mass of flames and nt night tlie
other portion of the town oast of the rail
road was one mass of ashes, twenty-seven
houses having been consumed.
Among tlie buildings consumed were:
P. W. Farrell’s and Martin & Son's gen
eral merchandise store; J. L. Buse’s large
brick grocery house; D. K. Brigg’s drug
store; W. A. Jarrell’s general store; Simon
Brown’s new brick general store; Martin
Keeler’s grocery store and bar; Brown’s
livery stable and a handsome residence;
the large warehouse of the South Carolina
railroad; half a dozen small stores and
many residences. The depot was one of
the few buildings in town that escaped
the flames. The loss is estimated at
$200,000. Insurance about $50,000.
FIRE AT LAURENBURG S. C.
About four o’clock Wednesday morn
ing, a fire broke out in Leggett's hotel,
at Laurenburg, and the building together
with all contents, was destroyed. The
loss is estimated at $10,000; insurance
$5,000. The Carolina Central railroad
depot and ft largo cotton platform was
100 feet distant, and was for a while iu
great jeopardy, but by the determined
exertion of tlie citizens was saved. No
oilier property destroyed. There was no
loss of life, hut the inmates of the hotel
barely hud time to escape in their night
clothes. Tho fire is said to have been in
cendiary.
.4 VPOINTED UNDER THE INTER
STATE COMMERCE RILL.
Tlie Nnmc* at' Ills Alan Appointed nnd (lie
Term* Wlileli They are to Hervo—Hhort
Hkeirtar* of Tbelr Lire*.
The president has appointed the fol
lowing interstate commerce commission
ers: Thomas M. Cooley, of Michigan, for
a term of six years; William R. Morrison,
of Illinois, five years; Augustus Schoeu-
maker, of New York, four yenrs; Aldncc
F. Walker, of Vermont, three years;
Walter L. Bragg,of Alabama, two yenrs.
SKETCHES OK THE COMMISSION,
The fact that Mr. Cooley’s nmno heads
thu list does not necessarily indicate that
lie will be chairman of the commission,
as it must elect its own chairman. Tlie
following is a sketch of the public careers
of tlie men composing the commission,
excepting Mr. Morrison, whose public
services nre so generally known ns to
need no description.
Thomas M. Cooley was born at Attica,
N. Y., in 1824, studied law in thnt state
and removed to Michigan in 1843, where
he has since resided. In 1857 he Wns
elected compiler of tho state laws nnd in
1850 reporter of tho supremo court. In
185?) 1 - was chosen by tho regents as
commissioner to organize thn law depart
ment of the university of Michigan, and
ho has ever since been connected with it.
In 1804 he was elected justioo of the su
premo court and was re-elected in 1809
and in 1877; he was nominated by tlie
republicans for ro-election in 1885, and
was defeated. He is author of a number
of ® ntidnrd legal works. He was recent
ly appointed by United States Judge
Gresham receiver of tho Wabasli railroad
company.
Aldacc F. Walker is a Vermont lawyer,
about forty-four yenrs old, n republican
in politics, who studied law with Sena
tor Edmuds. lie served ns colonel in tlie
union army and has since been practicing
law at Rutland. In the Vermont somite
lie lias tukeu a leading part in framing
legislation to solve tho railway problem,
and lias given much study to tho ques
tion.
Augustus Shoemaker, of Kingston, N.
V., was born in Ulster county, N. Y.,
March 2, 1828, and is n lawyer in active
practice. He bus always been a democrat
in polities. He has been judge of his
county, and candidate of his party for
supreme court judge. Ho was a slate
senator during Governor Tilden’s term as
governor, and was one of.the leaders in
tlie legislature. He was always a close
personal nnd political friend of Mr. Til-
den. Mr. Shoemaker was attorney gen
eral of New York state in 1878 nnd '79,
succeeding Sir. Fairchild, thn present
acting secretary of the treasury. In 1880
lie was presented by tho anti-Tammany
delegation from New York, in tlie demo
cratic state convention in 1875 and in
1880, and also thu Gbicngo convention in
1884. Mr. Shoemaker is now a member
of (lie civil service commission of Now
York state, having been appointed by
Governor Cleveland undretained in office
by Governor Hill.
Walter L. Bragg was born in Alabama
in 1838, but resided in Arkansas from
1843 to 1801. lie was educated nt Har
vard university and the Cambridge law
school, and practiced law in Arkansas for
some years. At tho close of tlie war lie
settled in Alabama, and was for some
years the luw partner of Senator Morgan,
lie lias been a leading democrat in that
state for some years, and has served as
liationnl delegnte, presidential elector
and a member of the democratic liutionnl
committee. In 1884 he was rondo presi
dent of tlie Alabama state railroad com
mission, and served in thnt position four
years, during which time ninny impor
tant questions arising between the rail
roads nnd their customers were satisfac
torily adjusted.
A WEALTHY CELESTIAL.
Il« Wenr* Ml.000,000 Wnrili of Diamond*
While being Pliotogrnplied.
Mr. Chang Yen Hoon, Chinese ministci,
sat for some photoganphs Thursday. He
was accompanied by his interpreter and
two or three lady friends who were anx
ious to see tlie operation. His servants
carried up to the photographer’s room
two or three trunks nnd several smaller
eases, in which were ten or a dozen
chnngcs of costume. The minister was
“done” in eacli of these and in as many
different positions. He wore a silk cap,
in the center of which was a large dia
mond, nbout the size of a hazel nut. Thu
cap fitted so closely that the diamond
looked like a huge star set in his skull.
From the cap floated a long peacock
feather.
Around his neck was a necklace of
three chains, each of whicli was nbout a
yard long composed of precious stones,
every sixth of which was a diamond.
Ilis interpreter, one of tho party, said
the aggregate value of the jewels which
adorned tho person of the representative
of the “flowery kingdom” was about u
million dollars. The different costumes
were composed of the richest silks and
satiuB embroidered with solid gold and
trimmed with the richest furs. Mr.
Chang Yen Hoon is said to be the richest
man in China.
CELESTIAL (-AMBLERS.
Lieutenant Walton, of the sixth police
district of Philadelphia, with a squad of
twenty-four officers, Sunday night raided
six of the lending Chinese gambling
laces and succeeded in capturing one
undred and thirty-three Chinamen, to
gether with a large quantity of gambling
paraphernalia, opium smoking outfits
and other fixtures. All the places raided
arc iu the immediate neighborhood of
Ninth and Race streets, and the vicinity
is the rendezvous of almost the entire
Chinese population on Sunday. The
fact that gambling having been carried
on so openly, and the noise created by
such u large congregation of celestials,
has been a source of frequent complaint
to tho authorities, and upon these, war
rants were sworn out and placed in the
hands of tlie sixth district officers, with
the result above stated. In one house
alone, on Race street, a two-story struc
ture, ninety-seven people were captured,
and iu others various numbers, from sixty
$own.
APPALLING SCENES AT A FIRE IN
BUFFALO, N. Y.
Over Thirty Live* l.o«t In lira Fire—Tlie
March Wlnil* Fan the Mnd Flame*—
Partial Mat of tho©© Killed.
Fire was discovered nt 3:30 o'clock
Friday morning in tlie Richmond hotel,
nt Buffalo, N. Y. The building was sit
uated nt the corner of Maine and Eagle
streets, extending through to Washing
ton. Tho origin of the tire is not ns yet
known. Wm. H. Alpert, night clerk,
says:
“The tire started iu the cloak room
under tlie main stairway at 8:50 o’clock.
There -was nobody up but inysolf, Joe,
tho night porter, and Plummer, and hell
boy. I pulled all four of tlie fire alarms
on the different floors, and tho people
enmo flying down stnirs in their night
clothes. The fire followed the stairways
and elevator, and inside of five minutes
reached tlie toop floor. 1 rushed out of
doors after doing all I could.”
The spread of the flames is said to have
been frightful in its rapidity. The ele
vator shaft served as a flue for tlie Annies
nnd they rushod up it to the top floor.
The house contained u inrge number of
guests, nnd their heartrending shrieks
could plainly bo heard. Ladders wero
raised (and ns many ns possible saved.
A largo number of guests wero unable to
effect their escape. At 4 o’clock the eu-
tire Richmond hotel, St. James hnll and
other property in tho block were doomed
to speedy destruction. The wliolo place
burned like a tinder box, tho corridor in
tlie center of tlie building acting as a
great funnel nnd the flumes streamed up
wards. Tho guests found themselves
IMPRIBONED BY A WALL OK KI1IK.
The screams of thu guests could be
heard for blocks. At many windows
could be seen the guests iu their night
clothes, calling loudly for help. At third
story window two guests were seen by
tho crowd to fall back into tlie flames.
One man jumped from tho fifth floor to
the roof of a two story wooden building
adjoining. Ho was seriously injured.
The wife and daughter of Sir. Mann,
one of the proprietors, were badly burned,
but nre in private quarters. A number
of other injured persons nre ulso being
cared for nt privato houses. There were
many narrow escapes nud a number of
instances of pcrsonnl bravery nnd self-
sacrifice by both inmates of the hotel and
firemen rescuers.
The following is a list of those known
to have perished in the flames:
Katie Kent, servnnt; Minnie Kelly,
servant; Katie Pierce, servant; Wilson
Purcell, of R. G. Dun & Co.;' Mark Os
borne, tiny clerk at the hotel; Johnson,
a Toronto, railway man; Kate Wolf, of
Lock port, servant.
The dying are:
Jacob Kalin, New York; Henry B.
Rumsey, New York; Maggie Muhlnch,
Buffalo; Stary Nolan, Buffnlo; Edward
Whelan, Newburgh.
Sluny others wero lost, lint it is impos
sible to get a full list of their names.
It is nu undoubted fact thnt at least thirty
persons perished. The total damage to
property is estimated at about $400,000.
REFUSED ADMITTANCE.
( nlnretl Men (Jail on NUerinnn but a Hotel
t'lerk Refnaea to Admit Them.
Tuesday morning a party of colored
men walked up to tho register, iu tlie
Florence hotel, Birmingham Ala., aud
asked if Sir. John Sherman was stopping
there. Receiving an affirmative reply,
tlie “brother in black” stated that he
desired to call on the Hon. John. Man
ager Thomas Cowan, of tho hotel, told
him that no colored people, except serv- j
ants, were allowed up stairs. Tho negro I
went away, but iu a little while several '
others came for the purpose of seeing !
Sir. Sherman. Slanager Cowun told them !
very emphatically they could not go up j
to sec Mr. Sherman, or any one else, j
Mr. Sherman heard of the matter, and j
sent General Warner, who was in his ;
room, down to tho office to seo about it.
Mr. Cowan told General Warner that
Senator Sherman or no one else could re
ceive negroes in tlie rooms or parlor of
that hotel.
Mr. Sherman and General Warner at
once paid their bills nnd went to another
hotel. The Evening News, editorially
condemns tho action of Manager Cowan.
The Age and Chronicle will have little
to say.
ACCIDENT AT CHURCH.
4 Platform (Jive* Wav nml Mnnv l’er»on*
are Wounded.
A panic occurred at the Roman Catlio- i
lie church of Nativity, corner of Dnshiel
and Thirty-ninth streets,Chicago, Thurs
day afternoon. Tho church was com
pletely crowded,nud outside on tlie steps
lending up to tho church was a vast
crowd unable to gain admittance. Sud
denly there was a sharp crack, followed
by a grinding crash, and fully 200 men,
women and children were precipitated
ten feet, the front door platform having
given wav. Twenty-three persons in nil
received more or less serious injuries.
Mrs. Bermm, an aged woman, had her
bnck broken; P. O’Connor had botli legs
broken. Many people were injured by !
being tramped on. People inside the
church were nt first inclined to rush for
tlie doors, blit were calmed owing to the
words of the officiating priest.
VIRGINIAN INDEBTEDNESS.
At Richmond a caucus of the demo- |
cratic members of legislature of Virginia |
was held Monday night and spent three
liours in the discussion of various meas
ures presented at this session, looking to
a settlement of the state debt. The cau
cus agreed not to take a vote on any
question till all who wished had an op
portunity to express their views on the
subject. A majority of those who spoke
Monday night favored the constitutional
amendment proposed by Senator Rhea,
which provides that all bonds not funded
in new threes by tho time such amend
ment is ratified by the people shall be
forever barred, and prohibiting all future
legislation looking to their payment.
The caucus adjourned till Wednesday.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FKOM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
A Wine Provision—No Thermometer
Needed—Tlie St. Louis Girl's
Way—Sarcastic—All In
the Faintly, Etc.
Two old men lamenting tho changes
that have taken place. First old man
(sadly)—“I cannot enjoy myself now as
1 could when I was a boy. * I can't eat
half as much.”
Second old man—“I cannot eat as
much now ns I could when I wna a boy,
but I regard that as rather a wise pro
vision.”
“Why so?”
“Becauso I haven’t half as much to
eat.”—Arkansas Traveler.
No Thermometer Needed.
“Must he pretty cold out your way,”
lie observed to a farmer who had just
come into market with his whiskers full
of frost.
“Yes, tolerable.”
“What did vour thermometer regis
ter?”
“.I haiu’t got none.”
“I should think you'd want to know
how cold it was.”
“No, I don't keer much. I kin alius
tell by touching by tongue to the axe
whethor it’s last summer or this winter.
—Detroit Free Preen.
Tlie Si. Louta Girl's Way.
At the toboggan slide:
St. J.ouis girl—“What are these love
ly caps, or hoods thnt tho girl’s wear?”
Cleveland girU— “O, these are toeques.
Ain’t they pretty?"
St. Louis girl—“Yes. But they
wouldn’t becoino fashionable in St.
Louis."
“Why not?"
“O, because we could just as well pin
our ears over tho tops of our heads.”—
Cleveland Sun.
All in tlie Family.
Some ten or twelve days ago u digni
fied and respectable appearing woman
visited tho Gratiot avenue police station
to secure ndvico in a rather delicate mat
ter. As she stated tho case:
“A man lias been paying his atten
tion to me for two yenrs past, and we
have been engaged for over six months.
Ail at once 1 discovered n coldness; he
comes nt longer intervals; he is not the
same man. 1 reproach him, and now he
seems to havo skipped. Can’t I have him
arrested for broach of promise?”
She wai given somo sound ndvico
aud went her way. Yesterday one of the
officers met her on the stroot and asked
her how the matter stood, and she cheer
fully replied:
“Oh, that's all right. He has acted the
part of a perfoct gentleman!”
“Thon ho lias married yon?”
‘ ‘Oh, no; ho has married my daughter.
It seems that, lie was loving her all the
time instead of me.” - Detroit Free, Press.
Sarcastic.
“Did I leave my false teeth in here ?”
asked a red-headed man, us ho rushed
into a Madison street restaurant.
“Haven’t seen them,” replied one of
the waiters.
“Arc you sure about thnt?”
“Ves. sir.”
“Well, you see, continued tho red
headed man, “I wout to sleep in tho
ticket-scalper's office across the way, and
when I awoke my teeth wero gone. I
didn’t know but what I had left them in
the piece of steak I tried to eat over
here; but seeing you don’t know any
thing about them it is barely possible
those ticket men were mean enough to
take them. — Chicago llerald.
Reiter Locking Girls ut Home.
It is narrated of a distinguished Amer
ican journuLst that when lie visited
Egypt for the liist time he rode out one
mourning to take a look at tlie pyra
mids. Mounted up in a bony Assyrian
mule he had inspected these mammoth
chefs d’lvuvro of tho lost arts, when
suddenly lie was brought face to face
with tlie sphinx..
“Gosh!” said lie, in tones of astonish
ment. “What's this?”
“That,” explained 1 Bissau Ben Ali,
the faithful Muracluke guide, “that is
tho famous sphinx, emblazoned in song
and illumined in story.”
“Humph,” ejaculated tlie journalist,
after a critical icview of the placid
dame’s features, “so this is the sphiux,
eh? Well, I don’t think she amounts to
very much; we’ve got girls iu our office
100 per cent better looking than she is.”
— Chicago News.
Two Maine .Judge*.
During a recess from business in tho
Maine Executive Council the other day
Councilor Warren told a story about a i
Justice of the Fence in Hancock County,
before whom a culprit was nrraigned for
drunkene9s and disturbance.
A trial was an unusual occurrence in
the little village, and a large crowd dime
to hear it. The Justico, a heavy gaited,
thick-skulled old fellow, desired to make
a profouud impression. After lie heard
the case he arose, and holding a copy of
tho Revised Statutes before him, aud
peering over his spectacles al the trem
bling respondent, delivered himself as
follows:
“Considering the importance of this
ease and the enormity of the offense
with which you aro charged (ahem!) the
Court fines you one dollar and costs—
aud may God have mercy on your soul.”
This reminded Councillor Lord of a
story about a Justice of tlie Peace in
Cumberland County, who had a similar
case.
“Prisoner at the bar, be you guilty or
not guilty?” ho asked.
“Guilty,” said t e respondent.
“Gentlemen,” said the Justice, “we
will now go on with the ease."
Tho inference was that the Justice de
sired to prove whether the mail lied or
not.—Lewiston Journal.
Reedier Was Alive.
There are probably but few newspaper
reporters in this city that havo not inter
viewed Henry Ward Beecher. The Ply
mouth pastor enjoys great popularity
among the roporters, for he is accessible,
gcniul, and, as a rule, talkative. He is
always ready to engage in a harmless bit
of chaff with the newspaper meu, but he
will not brook insqlence. The la-t-
meuiiontd fact was recently impressed
upon the alleged mind of u swaggering
THE MERCURY.
PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY.
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onto.
youngster who snid thnt he represented
a Brooklyn paper. A rumor that Mr.
Beecher was dead got started in some un
accountable manner nnd spread like
wildfire. Reporters by tho score hurried
to Mr. Beecher's house nnd were there
confronted by tho famous preacher halo
and hearty. After awhile along enmo a
young inaii who snid to Mr. Beecher with
nn impudent grin that ho had been sent
by tho city editor of the Brooklyn
“to find out whether Brcclicr was
alive or dead.”
"Well,” said tho Plymouth pastor,
“I smiposo you know who I am .'”
"Oil, yes,” answered tho fellow pertly,
“hut I would like to have it directly
from you that you arc not dead.”
“An,” murmured tlie stalwart pastor,
as ho laid a heavy hand on the funny
young man’s coat collnr. The next in
stant the young man was held up in the air
and shaken as a dog would shako a saw
dust doll. Mr. Beecher set him down
on the sidewalk not any too gently and
quiotly remnrkod: “Now. you can go
to your city editor and tell him that you
havo received actual proof thnt I am
alive.”—New York 'limes.
Early American Milling.
Tho first uccount of mining in wliat is
now the United States, is found in tho
histories of the Spanish conquests. Only
thirty-three years aftor tho discovery of
America, tho Spaniards mined gold and
silver in what is now Now Mexico, but
the records of their work nro incomplete.
Gold mining was tried in New England
225 years ago by Governor John Win-
throp. Ho opened mines near Middle-
town, Conn., then, and look out gold.
Ono vein was opened lo the doptii of
125 feet, aud a good deni ol drifting
done. The mino wns abandoned, and
the location forgotten until thirty-four
years ago, when it was rediscovered,nnd
several attempts linvo bcon matlo sinco
to work it, but they wero not successful.
Tho ore contains gold, but it is of too
low grade to pay now.
Gold mining lins boon conducted
profitably iu Virginia, North and South
Cnroliuin and Georgia since tlie early
part of the present century. The gold dis
coveries in Colorado wore made by a gold
miner From Georgia. Before tho over
shadowing discoveries in California and
“Pike’s Peak," there wero frequent min
ing excitements in these States, similar
to what we have of lato yenrs becomo nc-
enstomed to. We remember ono onco
when thousands of men rushed to tlio
Great l’eedee River of South Carolina,
and they obtained a good deal of gold.
And we remember when men used to
say “there is ore in Virginia which runs
$10 a bushel, uml you can’t see n bit of
gold in it!” That was considered a
wonderful thing. Thon, as it ever is,
tho host things were a good ways off.
Tho finest collection of gold spccimons
iu thu United States came from North
Carolina mines.
Milling in limestone was conducted in
AVisconsin, what is now Illinois. Iowa,
Missouri nnd Arknusas in tho early part
of the present century. Sixty years ugr<
Dubuquo was a mining cuinp of 2,001)
population, and tlio min s were wholly
in limostono, with ninny features like
those of tho limestone in Colorado, Now
Mexico, Utah and Nevada. Tho princi
pal difference is that the lead ores of tho
Rocky Mountains regions contain inoro
silver than those of I ho Eastern States.
Mining litigation was conducted in those
days, and as long ns thirty-three years
ago the United States Supremo Court re
duced a decision involving tlio titlo to
tho limestone ore in ms of Dubuque.
Tho mines in the limestone on tho St.
Francis Rivor, Missouri, were worked in
prehistoric times, mid were productive
whilo Spain owned that region of
country. Baron Caroudclot, for whom
Cnrondclet, near St. Louis, is named,
purchased annually for several years, nn
amount of lead which was produced
thoro which was equal to one-third tho
annual prod net of Colorado at t'lo pres
ent time. — Denver Depublican.
Hotels in Mexico.
“Tlie Mexican hotel proprietor does
not show tlie lenst anxiety as to wliother
you stop witli li in or not. I asked tho
proprietor of the hotel I went to what ho
charged per day. lie snid $4, and that
without board.
“Why don’t you run a restaurant in
connection i” 1 inquired.
“Oh, it would be a bother,” replied
the landlord.
“Why don't you give meals with
board, American style, and make the
profits yourself?”
“It would be too much bother,” lie re
plied, shrugging his shoulders.
Actually, the proprietor is so afraid of
being bothered lie don’t care a straw
whether anyone stops with him or not.
1 asked for a wash list to give out somo
linen to be washed, and was informed
ihat they never furnished lists for wash
ing nor had anything to do with liuindry-
ing clothes, because it was a bother.
Some of the servants lmd kin people,
though, who might wash for me, 1 was
itilormed. A tourist, I was told, came
on ahead and said to tlie proprietor of a
hotel that lie had eighty in his party,
who would arrive next day, and wanted
to know if any reduction would be made
from the regular charge of $4 per day oil
account of tlie large number. Tlio pro
prietor, with a languid Sigh, informed
tlio astonished tourist that lie would
charge each of his party $t.50 becauso
he would have so much bother.—Boston
llerald.
A Young Mother’s Grief.
A pretty little story is told of one of
the prettiest and sweetest little women
iu Englewood. She has been a wife
seven years, nnd three times a mother.
Not long ago one of her bnbes—her
youngest—died, and was taken on a
cold day to Oakwoid for burial. Tho
young mother was half dived with grief,
but proved sufficiently strong on tlie day
of the funeral to ride to tho cemetery.
After the services were over at tho vault
she requested that the coffin be once
more opened, and the undertaker grat
ified her wish. Being left almost aiono
with her dead for a moment the poor
mother suddenly took the lifeless littlo
body in her arms, pulled from beneath
her cloak a warm aud tieccy cheese cloth
child’s quilt, and carefully wrapped it
about the form of the infant, murmur
ing: “There—there—my little darling
shall not bo cold. This will keep her
warm.”—Chicago Herald.
The silk weavers of the United States
are forming a national organization that
will join the workmen and women of
England.
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