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the mercury. as Second-class Matter at mSsandersvtlle Post office April 97, itSO. Siodersvllle, Washington County, 6a. PUBLI8HED BY A . J, JERNIGAN & CO. **' proprietor* and Editor*. THE MERCURY. THE MERCURY. ■t. •/. •TERNIGAN «{• CO., Proprietors. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENEHAI. fNTEI.LIQENTE. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.50 Per Annum. Subscription: Si.60 Pet Yeai. volume vii. SANDERSVILLE. GA.. TUESDAY. APRIL 26. 1887. NUMBER 52. PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY. NOTIOE! AU Communication* intended /hr Mia Paper must he accompanied Rv the full name of the icrlter—net necessarily for publication, hut a» a guarantee of good faith. We are in no way responsible fer Ito view* or opinions of eorrespsmd> onto. H. N. HOLUFIELD, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Office next door to Mr*. Bayut’i Milliner; |lorf, on IDrrln etroet. HUY YOUR •j mi from jERirxa-jLisr, (None genuine without our trade mark.) OX HAND AND poll SALE SPECTACLES, HOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. Watches, Clocks AND JEWELRY lBPAimiD BY JB RilTIQkA.3SJ". E. S. LANGMADE ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, Os. B I). RviKt, B. D. Kvanb, EVANS & EVANS, ATTORNEYSAT LAW SANDERVILLE, OA. F, H, SAFFOLD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, OA. Will praot'cein nil the Courts of ths Kiddle Circuit nnd In the counties eurro imliii^; Washington. Special at* tention given to commercial law. AN ARCTIC EXPLORER DEAD. Mnlrlite nl' I.lriilrnnnl Dnnrnlion-or. ot llie Arrilr Exi.lorlna 1'arty. Lieutenant John W. Dnnenhowcr, of Arctic fame, was discovered at 10o’clock Wednesday morning dead in his quarters at the naval academy, Annapolis, Mil., with a bullet hole in his right temple, lie was found lying on his rug in front oftheflro place with a tag tied to his button hole, saying: "Send to my brother nt Washington." Although lie hns had menial trouble since he returned from the Arelicregi ms, "hat immediately led to tho suiddei- thought lo lmvo been the recent ground ing of the Constellation on it,a way to Norfolk, which ho had charge of, and for which it is supposed lie had fearof being courtmnrtialcu. Furthermore, lie was very intimate with young Robert W. Late wood, who recently committed sui cide on tlm Carolina, and whom lie saw 111 dead). It is supposed that Ibis death suggested the mode to him His wife, formally Miss Sloan, of New York, is ?"'*y "’hit her parents. Lieutenant Diuienhowcr leaves two children, lie "as about do years old nnd an intelligent ,ll| d polished officer. LAND GRABS IN MEXICO. I rrirniiN Who Are Soon Ins l.nrg" Tr.irn nr l.nnil. St, Louis, Mo.,—Advices from Mexico stale that the following American invost- menls in Mexican real estate have been dosed recontly, A syndicate compo-ed of Chicago capitalists and Uliitid hiatus mniv ollicers lmvo purchased a tract uf 6,000,0(10 acres lying in the states of Coahulla, Durango and Chihuahua, north era Mexico, The tract is traversed by the Mexican Central, and also by the In ternational road, which Huntington is building from Fugle 1’iish to Larc.lo. Ol this tract 1,000,000 iic-cs is the finest cotton land in the country. It is ihe fatuous Lnipina district. A company composed principally of Hurt final, Conn., capitalises has bought 600,onii acres lying in Sonora mill < Jliiluia- hun, nil grazing i.u 1 ngricnltnr.il luiid, A purchase uf 235,000 acres Ins bee: tnude in the western part of Chihli don a)' Utah men. As this tract is ndj lining the ..Ionium colony, the purpose of the Purchnse can be readily guessed. LEPROSY IN LOUISVILLE. ' 0,lng Man Uoulrnele iIih Loulhaonie Dl*> °n*e nnd Keeps It u Heerel. genuine case of leprosy 1ms lrecn ni t0v ^ c( l * u Louisville. The victim is *°* ln dustings, wlio lives with his pn- ’• Re is of a roving disposition, and v';"* hvc years ago, reaching Hono- ’ u . lu , where re ho was taken sick. When le. tn t l Unproved ho returned home, kn 0vC J°pod after his return. He knn-i"i 1 '''s ailment was. but kept his him/ir » l|U ' ot i «»d has been troating , r two years- The discovery Unde * o U 011 Sund °y l |ls L and he is now dans' | care of two of the best physi- i city. - }> S T !!‘- Last it would be set down us . UCIllO ennui fiilw.L.niL... L..I- ;*■ -Jo n SOUTHERN PROGRESS. THE IMPROVEMENTS IN VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH, ftlNUiirnriui-litu nail Other llaal**** lal*r- It o.i in In | New Hnllroada, Eto. An Ice factory will be establiahed at Durham, N. C. Kolmar Brothers will build an opera house at Troy, Ala. A bucket factory will be established at Greenville, Ala., shortly. - Tho Lutherans will build a $15,000 church at Little Hock, Ark. Air. Eastin will build a large hotel on VValnut street, Lexington, Ky. $10,000 have been subscribed toward building a hotel ut Oxnnn, Ala. Toebclman & Company have started a shoo faotory nt Gnlvcston Texas. James Y. Whittcd has built a new to bacco fnctory nt Durham, N. C. There is tnlk of building one mile of street railroad nt Rockmnrt, Gn. A company hns been formed to build u $50,000 hotel nt Tuscatnbin, Ala. A large cotton factory is to bo started during this yenr at Little Rock, Ark. A carriage fnctory will shortly be built at Owensboro, ICy.,by Indiana parties. The Elyton Land company will build a large planing mill at Birmingham, Ala. New machinery is to bo erected at the Ophir mine in Montgomery county, N. C. Operations nrc to bo resumed nt the Cagle gold mine in Moou county, N. O. A company lias been chartered at Greenville, Miss,, to build a waterworks, A stock company has been formed to boro for oil and gas nt Klcmingsburg, Ky. A tile fnctory has recontly been estab lished nenr Okolona, Miss., by Brown & Bro. The Keystone Lumber company are building a saw mill at Boguc Chitto, A)is*. A candy nnd crnckcr fnctory will be built nt Florence, Ala., by James C. An derson. David Mitchell will start a factory at Columbus, Gn., to manufacture bed iprends. A $100,000 stock compnuy is forming to build n cotton fnctory at Juckson, Ten nessee. Tho Nashville Teuu., Gas company will erect n brick meter-house to cost J10,000. Tho trustees of the Fcinnle academy,of Demopolis, Ala., will erect a $5,000 building. C.W. Collins is rebuilding bis saw-mill that was burned some time since r.t Ca milla, Gn. The Brush Electric Light company lmvo contracted to erect a plant at Talla dega, Ala. The Bear Mountain Mining company have derided to build a stamp null nt Bear, Ark. W. A. Carlton will erect a three-story iron front building nt Athens, Ga , to cost, $10,000. Tho Arkansas Midland railroad compa ny will extend their road from Clarendon to Hot Springe. Arrangements have been tnnde looking to the erection of n large cotton factory «t Columbus, Gil An Atlantu Gn., company have leased tnnrhlc quarries nenr Sparta, Teun.,and will develop them. It is reported that a company lias been formed to develop 75,000 acres of land near Allnrdt, Tcnn. A slock company lias been organized at Paris, Ky., to manufacture a grain slid seed separator. Tito Georgia Midland railroad company is preparing for a round-house nnd de pot at Columbus, Gn. Tho Bessemer (Ala.) Foundry nnd Ma chine works have hecu organized with a capital stock of $25,000. W. II. Griffin will start another brick yard nt Goldsboro, N. C., with a daily capacity of 24,000 bricks. A $10,000 stock company is being or ganized to erect n fish and oyster canning factory at Apalachicola, Fla. It is reported that a stock company lias been formed at Tyler, Texas, to build a cotton factory and an oil mill. Subscriptions are being recul ™‘L t °‘ wards the organization of a company to build a cotton factory at Spartanburg, s c. A Philadelphia syndicate lias purchased .evcral hundred acres of land «"°“.J t0 tol Tenn., with nview.it h «»“. erecting a large iron furnace and lumber manufactories. The De Bardelebeu Goal and Iron com Jiv of Bessemer, Ala., have purchased Jatelv about 50,000 acres more of wincin' land and will build two more iron fur naces and 30J additional coke ovens. The Riverside Land and Lumber corn s&tSf^-ws foct'thut fabrication, but it is a cam borsea in the mountain viJi-.California 1110 Li winter pro- Cit ' r 14 1 KU0W shoes. Tho Nevada ula'c ''"'"Mi’ipt thus describes these £r„i i\ “-C° make one of tho shoes you 12 in i u . l'ieco of rubber belting about Biilonf-i diameter. Fasten to one thn ,ii 11 H b“'‘l plate so perforated that wo calks nf n.„ i •. \ , Ill fit j. ’ l kfj °f the horse’s usual shoe will thi-L. .... 1 by a clump fasten one of Iv t, " i Clw rubber side down, seenre- J 10 each foot of the animal.” J 1 *™- While the Spaniards in Cuba into Amen - i l( „. u 1 '} onUM . a born Cuban bates a J , I’U'uwd with such hatred that, lie " ill UIn 1.... . - ,1 \Vlll I '4' " oil' II Illicit H CIllLH tlm Hvht opportunity. HmlZT,'"™ 8 * st .T iL -ssit:,Munitions tin,,. - over sixty lussussuiations of ftyaimu-ds m Havana last year. \t Murphryville, Texas a jail is to be built, not to cost over $12,000 and a court uouse not to cost oyer $15,000. The Shelby iron company, of Columbi ana. Ain., contemplate erecting one or more iron furnaces at that place. The. Norfolk Terminal company, of Norfolk, will build a large coni and iron pic- at Lambert’s Point, Virginia. M Crawford, of Vicksburg, Miss., will' erect a mill for cleaning the lint from cotton seed, at New Orleans, La. The capital stock of the Gulf Coal and Coke company, or Mobile, Ala., will be increased*from $350,000 to $1,000,000. y The o7°Cl^.o?fe n N. C C.f-nf trect ,H a building to cost from $12,000 to $15,000. The Dallas Tex., Ice company, capital stock $50,000, lias been organized and have nearly completed their .ce factory The Alabama Great Southern railroad , move their machine shops from Chattanooga, Ten,,., to Birmmgh.m, Ala. The Royno, Iron Mountain and St. Louis railroad company hns been charter- I ed to build a railroad from Reyno to Corning, Ark., 20 miles. W. D. Wylio and W. M. Alexander | havo made arrangements for the building j of an elevated railroad nt Dallas Texas, i estimated to co&t about $200,000. Tho Talladega Lnnd and Improvement company, of Talladega, Ala., will hold a meeting Slav 0 to increase tlicir capital stock from $500,000 to $750,000. Tito Morrow Mining company, capital stock $140,000, lias been incorporated nt Birmingham, Ala., by John C. Morrow, W. A. Walker, Jr., nnd Gcorgo M. Mor row. The Newport, (Ark.) Building and Lonn association has been incorporated, and will build an opera house at that place. lvlleves, Kraft & company have re ceived the contract to erect a school building to cost $117,000 at Wheeling, Virginia. * The Cnlcra Shoe company, capital stock $25,000, has been organized nt Gnlern, Ala., nnd will opernto a shoe fac tory at that place. The St. Augiistiuo Improvement com pany have contracted to erect a $40,000 building for the St. Augustine Gas nnd Electric Eight company. Tho Kansns City and Gulf railroad company will build a branch road from Ensley City to Bessemer Ala., nnd have let tho contract to J. W. Worthington A Co. Tho Galveston, Henderson & Houston Railroad compnny have commenced work on a new bridge across the Buffalo bayou at Galveston Texas. It will cost about $80,000. The Fort Smith, Paris and Dnrdancllo rnilrond company, cnpitnl stock $1,000- 000, hns been chnrtcrcd to build a rail road from Fort Smith, Ark., to Darda nelles, 80 miles. Tho Sloss Steel and Iron company, ol Birmingham, Ala., havo purchased the entire property of the Coalbiirg Coal and Coke company. The Sloss Steel and Iron company will only build one new furuncc, and will, it is snid, begin work on a steel plunt nt once. Thu Decatur, Cincinnati and South western Railroad company hns been in corporated to build a railroad from De catur, Ala., to Danville, Cy., and thence to Cincinnati, O. The same company has incorporated tho Decatur, St. Louii and South Atlantic Hnilrond company/" build a railroad to St. Louis. THE POPE S DECISION. A Dlapatch from Kobi G'oncaralae th* Knight* at Dakar. The Catholic News, of New York, re ceived tho following cablo dispntch from Rome concerning the popo and the Knights of Labor: “The pope has decided tho questions of tho Knights of Labor ik favor of that organization. This decision will stand so long as the present metnod pursued in furthering their aims prevails, The doc uments of Cardinal Gibbons have been indorsed. Tito pope further decided that in Canadn, where a mnndamcnt has bccu issued against the knights, members of the order will receive absolution on the promise of obedience to future decisions of the holy see. If the knights identify themselves with theories now being dis seminated by certain agitators, this deci sion in their favor will bo rovoked." ALEXANDER MITCHELL DEAD. A Railroad Magnate Dial of Heart Disease In New York. Alexander Mitchell, president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail road, died last Tuesday afternoon at the Hoffman house, where he has been stop ping for the last two weeks. Since De cember he had been stopping with his wife at Alexandria villa, near Jackson ville, Fla. When ho came to this city two weeks ago, ho was enjoying unusuul- ly good health. For some time ho had been somewhat troubled from impeded action of his heart. Last Wednesday evening he went out and afterwards hud a chill. He caught a severe cold, which developed into bronchial pneumonia, and no doubt directly affected the heart’s ac tion and caused death. Tho remains have been embalmed and will betaken to Milwaukee. A TERRIBLE CASUALTY. Palrstine, Ills.,—While viewing the wreck of the freight trains on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, near this city Sunday, six persons were killed, two fatally and a number seriously injured by the bursting of a large water tank. It is supposed the collision of the freight trains in the immediate vicinity in the morning had jarred the immenso tank, containing one hundred thousand gallons of water, and loosened or cracked the hoops, which gave away while the largo crowd of country people were standing under the structure, when it collapsed and fell, burying people under the wreck age and water. MORMONS NEAR AUGUSTA. Reunion and William Sponccr.of Utah, are nt present located at Goodwin’s chap el, nine miles rrom Augusta, on the Mill- edgoville road, where they are daily preaching articles of faith of tho Latter Day Saints, as founded by Joseph Smith in 1880. Their meetings havo been largely attended, but there is now a movement on foot in that neighborhood to break up their meetings and run them out of the country. VI'BIUNO govkrn.mknt timber. EIRE IN MIDDLETOWN, KY. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. NEWSY GLEANINGS. 1TEMM OP INTEREST FROM OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL, ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM VARI OUS POINTS. What la Beta* Deae by the lleuria af Our GeTernaient-Tlia WarU’u Review. Sheet I’nrnarnpha Thai Will Prare later- talala* ta Oar Headeri. Montgomery, Ala., will (elect city officer* by primaries instead of by a con vention. rnESIDKNTIAL APPtftNTMENTS. The president has appointed Sigourney Butler, of Boston, to bo second comp troller of tho treasury, in place of Judge Maynard, promoted to the assistant sec retaryship of the treasury. Mr. Butler is but twenty-nine years of age. Ho is a native of Quincy, Maas., and a aon of the Hon. Peter Butler, who was a prominent applicant fo£ tho position of collector of tue port o' port of Boston when Saistanstall was appointed. He is a graduate of Harvard college, and is associated in the practieo of law with Richnrd Olney, an eminent nttnrncv of Boston, Ho is a democrat. Senator Wall proposes to amend the constitution so that women can vote on tho liquor question in Fla. Greenville, 8. 0., will be represented before the interstate commerce convention in Atlanta, Ga., on the 96th. Beal estnto continues to change hands in Fort Valley, Ga., and many inquiries are made for both building and storehouse lots. About sunset on Saturday evening last a little colored boy named Alcido Fils, aged nine years, was playing on the rail road track near Jeunnerette, La. A bru tal negro called Bon Williams came along earning a loaded shotgun. He ordeteu the boy to kneel and say his prayers. The terrified little negro obeyed the orders, when the monster drew the trigger of the gun, lodging a load of shot in the neck of the boy, who expired in great ag on? at 8:80 o'clock next evening. On being arrested Williams made the old plea of not knowing that the gun was loaded. MUTINOUS CONVICTS. Mr. MaWorjr’s bill prohibiting free passes over railroads to delegates to po litical conventions will probably become a law in Florida. Hnslewood township.in Cheater county, S.C.,by a voto of 277to 87,decided in favor of a subscription of $14,000 to the cap ital stock of the Chester and Camden railroad company. The money to build a hotel at Oxford, Ga., has all been subscribed and work is WANTS A JUDICIAL DECISION, in relation to the reported conflict in Maine between the stnto nnd United Stntcs authorities respecting the authority of a state court to compel the production of records of tho collcotor of internnl revenue for use in tho prosecution of I to be begun on it at an early dnte. It persons accused of selling distilled spir- 1 will be located near the East Tonnessee, its in violation of tho stnto law, the com- : Virginia and Georgia railroad depot, missioncr of internal rovenuo snys that i„ Fayetteville, N. O. Mr Andrew lus office hns no disposition to interposo , Deal, whilo digging out the foundation any obstacle to the enforcements of stnto ! for the dam and wheelhouso of the elec- laws, but that n provision similnr to that trie light mill, came across a rock wall in the recent Maine law, making the pny- ! and heavy timbers live feet below the bed ' ' of the creek. ment of an internal revenue tax ns a liq uor dealer prinia fncio evidcnco of a vio Intion of slate law, hns beon incorporated in the statutes of several of tho states; that the question in issuo in Maine lias been raised several times in other states, but never settled, and that it is his desiro to obtain a judicial decision for futuro guidance in numerous cases likely to arise. A NEW SET OK HULKS. The commissioner of agriculture has i issued a new set of rules governing the i operations of tho department in tho sup- The general government, at the aolici- tation of Colonel W. H. Yarborough, collector of internal revenue in the fourth district, North Carolina, haa located a bonded warehouse in Fayetteville for the etorage of grape brandy, A Mobile Ala. newipaper aaya at a recent ball a gentleman wora the ewallow tail coat in which he was married fifteen years ago, which aeventeen other bride grooms had worn, and which bad dona duty at forty-three wedding*. The plans of the boys’ school in Annis- TSa Nanh Carallaa fcnltantlarj iba Sum at Great Kxrlteatear. Ralbioh, N.C.—This city was thrown into a state of high cxcltemcut Saturday by the riot alarm being given. The cause of the alarm was a telephone message from the penitentiary Asking the aid of the police and military. The Governor’s Guards, under the command of Captain Englehard, assembled at the armory and thence went to the penitentiary, a half mile west of the city, while the police and many citizens also hastened to the ecene of trouble. Just before seven o’clock, while the convicta were in the yard, a negro pris oner named Jim Lewis, from New Han over county, drew a knife and threatened to kill anybody nnd everybody. The guards surrounded him, and fiually one of them struck him such a sharp blow that he dropped the knife. He was then eeized and taken to the hospital. As soon as Lewis was struck some of the other convicts shouted out that Lewis was killed. Upon this it appears tho convicts made signs as if prepni'ing for a for their i uijcibhuub vi iuu uupiiruuuui in iuu bun- ' *__ * i* < , _ * . ; i . preasion and exterpntion of pleuro-pneu- | been received and DUt in monia and other infectious diseases. Tho *, co .?* r $ c *° r ?i The length chief of the bureau of animal industry tnay cause exposed animals to bo slaugh tered whenever it is deemed necessary to prevent a spread of the disease from one state or territory to another. Provisions is made for tho appraisal of nnd payment for slaughtered animals. Whenever it is deemed necessary by the chief of tho bu reau to supervise and inspect any lines of transportation doing business in more than one state and boats, ears and stock- yards, in connection therewith, he is re quired to designate suitable inspectors nnd make all necessary regulations for the of ths building will bo 138 feet, width 65 feet. It will take the $10,000 donated by Mr. Sam Noble to complete it. Sunday Mr. W. J. Bridges’ saw mill in Fayette county, Ga., was burned to the ground. It caught from careleaenesa in regard to burning saw dust. About $1,- 000 worth of lumber wee deetroyed and about the same amount of damage waa done to the machinery. The Athens council only appropriated about $8,000 this year to the aupport of the city schools, when the board of edu cation asked for $0,600. This will be rush and the guards ran for their guns. It was not desired to kill the convicte, but to overnwo them. The convicts ga thered in therenr of thn yard and blocked tho corridors and shouted and yelled,but refused to enter the cells. Thereupon a call for the police and troops was sent out. The negro Lewis, who started the trouble, is in for life for rape, and is a bad man. An officiul at the penitentiary said that ha was no doubt the ringleader in what wa* a plot for mutiny. The con victs era so well and kindly treated that they have become bold, and the people in the city were greatly nlnrmen. To ndd to the trouble the gas wont out, and altogether it was decidedly an unpleas ant evening. quarantine nnd disinfection of such boats, , supplemented by about $2,000 from the ears nnd stock yards ns are suspected of { state and poll tax, which will be amply being affected with tho disease. Should sufficient for the support of the schools. it be found impossible to enforce rules in any state, the commissioner, if he thinks | creosote wort's at Feruandina, Fla the exigency requires it; will declaro the j put in full operntion alld h8g ^ h ; state in quarantine, nnd any person re moving nnimnls therefrom, except upon a certificate of the inspector of tho bureau, will be prosecuted. aupport Tho sinking of the artesian well at the wet operntion and hae reached the depth of over 100 feet. So far a* the work has gone the contractors find the indications favorable for a speedy com pletion. MUTILATED BANK NOTES. There was received at the United States troasury Thursday for redemption a package of perfectly now United States' notes of small denomination- $1,000- The crib of Mr. Joseph McClelland, full of corn and three horses, was humect to the ground. A few hours later, Mr. Emile Poirot’s crib, situated at Plaisance, La., eight miles north of Opelousas, waa h1s<> burned. The fires are supposed to which wero mutilated by punches | be of incendiary origin, through them, through which a cord had ; Owing to the cold, dry weather which been passed and then sealed on the out- ; has prevailed for several weeks the stand side of the wrapper. The packago wns ' of corn is very poor throughout the en- sent to Washington by express, by a Nn- | tire section around Minden, La. and tional Dank in Texas. The mutilation until it rains cotton will not come up was evidently intended as an additional Even now farm work is vory muoh re- safeguard in transportation. This !b said *arded by the dry, cloddy condition of to be the practice of many of tho south- ! the ground, ern express companies in tho transportn- ™ «P re ” companies in urn iransporia- , Fort Val , Q ig „ oodgite for ton of money to the treasury for redemp- kind 0 f . manufacturingenterprise Oak tion, but the present is tho first instance ; , , _ . goi.v«ipiioc. », i I hickory and ash are found in abundance around that place, and the hickory is said to be of tLe finest and most durable quality of any in the south. where new, uninjured notes lmvo been treated in this wuy. It is not known whether these particular notes were mu tilated by the bank or by the express company, but it is thought at the depart ment that it was done by the bank to se cure exchange on New York nt the ex pense of the government. Acting Treas urer Whelploy refused to receive the notee and directed their return to tho A spoke, hub and axe handle factory is badly need ed there. bank at its expense, with the statement that such mutilation is considered u vio lation of law and will not be permitted by the department. Reports have reached New Iberia, La., of a shooting affray that took place be- fnrr* fit a Pnmnlin dIiiipdIi nf T.iiruniivilln AN INTERESTING REPORT. The quarterly report of the chief of the bureau of statistics is just out, and soows some interesting figures. Seventy or more pages of the report aro devoted to the “consumption of dis tilled and malt liquors nnd wines,” urnl estimates made by recognized authority are given upon various features of this fore the Catholic church of Lorenuville. Pierce Herbert and F. Fournet had a misunderstanding, when one sought re dress by attempting to eowdtiile his ad versary. Aftor a short fight for tho whip, both parties began firing and both were slightly wounded. On Sunday night last, a negro tenant living in a house on Mr. Jake Rhodes’ place about eight miles east of Orcone- ville, Ala.,went off, leaving five children, the eldest eleven years of age, fastened up in the house. While absent the house took fire, and before any one could get there, the children had all buraed to death. Cause of fire unknown. On Monday night of last week Jackson subject. In round numbers the consump- ‘ q Bi) wus visited by burglars. The store tion of distilled spirits, domestic and { 0 f iU-yan & Williams was entered and the imported in/his country, is shown to contents of their iron safe stolen. The Timber Agent Connor, of Florida, has reported to the general land office that a lumber firm in that state has caused to In cut and removed from government, lands in one locality 2,500,000 feet of timber, valued at $20,000. The business portion of north Middle- town, Ky., was almost totally burned on last Sunday. Loss $85,000. have increased from 43,000,000 gallons in 1840 to 72,000,000 in 188(1, Of v im-s I from 4,800,000 gallons to 22,000,1100. , and of malt liquors from 23,000,00 i tn j 640,000,000. The consumption per capita during j the same period decreased, as regards 1 distilled spirits, from ubout two and a half gallons to about one and a quarter gallons; and increased, as regards wines j from twenty-nine bundreths to thirty- ! eight hundretlis, and mnlt from less than | one and hnlf to more than eleven gallons, i An elaborate statement made by F. N. ! Barrett, editor of the New York Grocer, I by request of the chief of the bureau, i- given, which sets forth, among other ; things, that the present average expen diture in the country per nnnum for mnlt and spirituous liquors and beer at retail is $700,000,000. The drinking popula tion is estimated at (in 1886) 14,1)25,417. making an average expenditure per capita of $45.00. AUHOUB‘8 SELMA CONTRACT. The contract under consideration be tween Armour & Co., of Chicago, and the Selma Lund company has been closed, the same having been signed by both parties, and their extensive warehouse. _ with refrigerator, will be erected there j eleven distinct strata of soil, all varying safj) contained $700 in currency and two gold watches. Six hundred dollars of the money belonged the town council. The safe seemed lo have been opened by an expert, as there was no evidence that force was used to open it. Four hundred dollars was offered for the apprehension of the thieves, Judge Sehani'U, of Greensboro, has an Fnglish officer's i-avalry sword, which was found upon the battle ground of • Guilford court house” in the year 1867, . ighty-six years after the battle was fought. It was uncovered by the rains, which washed a deep gully in the field near the spot where the deadly struggle took place between the Scotch Hlghluud- era and the Maryland Continental liue. The sword hns beautiful chasing upon it, und bears the coat of arms of some dis tinguished family. Col. R. J. Brownfield, of Statesboro township, 8. C,, bus the fossil remains of some unknown animal, which has been taken from a well over 75 feet in depth. The fossil consists of the teeth und frag ments of the jawbone of some smull ani mal. The teeth greatly resemble those of a shark, although much smaller. They were embedded in a smooth, dark colored rock, which contained glittering particle* supposed to bo mica. After striking these fossilH, in a distance of a very few feet the workmen met with THE i Hooks entkh. The troops entered the penitentiary about nine o'clock at night. At that hour, all of two hundred nnd fifty con victs were in cells save about sixty, all of whom were negroes. These tore up a part of the brick pavement of the cell corridor, hut imule no attempt at attack. At midnight the gas was again turned on, Hnd the great building was illumi nated. No further attempt wns made to force them into the cells. They wavod red flags fioin ihe windows of the prison which were nb«ervcd by hundreds of g ersons who had assembled near the uilding. The talk they indulged in waa very violent. Adjutant. Gcueral Jones and Wnrdcu Hicks, of the prison, had a conference with Governor Seales, who gave instructions that bloodshed must be resorted only as an extreme measure, but it must follow the slightest attempt to escape or attack. He placed the military under the control of Warden Hick*. The Utter and a member of tho board of directors of the institution spoke to the convicts. Tho latter refused to go in the cells, saying that they wanted eertuin grievances redressed. The authorities informed the convicta that they must surrender and obey tho regula tions, and refused to make any terms. The convicts then promised to obey and enter the cells, which they did at the usual hour for locking up. The excite ment here was remarkable, and was made more intense by the evident sympathy of some outsiders with the mutinuus con victs. WOOl. DEALERS’ MEETING. San Fhancisco Cal. A meetingwus held here Monday by persons interested in tho wool trade lor the purpose of taking such action as would induce the interstate com mcrcc commission to suspend section four of the interstate law so far as it re lates to wool. Under the present inter pretation of tho law the rate ou wool to New York and Boston is $3 .70, whereas the rate was sixty-foui and one-half cents tier 100 pounds. ll was claimed that if tho now rate was maiutuiued the wool industry of California would be destroyed, as the surplus product could not he Bent east with profit. A committee wus up- pointed to collect the necessary informa tion and forward it to Washington ou Wednesday next. The meeting then ad journed subject to the call of the com mittee. THE ENGINEER’S LAST WORDS. “Hays, Fla| Ika Train*!”—A Lnr*e Land- slid* on thn N*w York Cnnirm. A passenger train on the New York Central road at midnight, Monday, ran into a landslide and the engine and seven cars were thrown from the track. The engineer wns killed and the fireman and one passenger badly injured. The slide was 120 feet long, caused by a heavy The conductor of the wrecked train hadl his wits about him. The ex press train from the east was due, and the conductor flagged it just in time to stop it within, seven car lengths of the slide, which covered both tracks. The engineer’s last words were: “Boys, flag the traius!" FATAL CYCLONE IN VIRGINIA. Him*** BUwa Dm oad Nivtnl Live* I.HI. at onot. greatly ia color and quality. Monday night a cyclone visited Suffolk Va., section with fatal and destructive effects. Its track was about one bundled yards wide. The house of John Wright, six miles north of Suffolk, on the Norfolk and Western railroad, wns completely demolished. Wright and his wife und a young sister and James Luke were in the house at the time. Mrs. Wright and Air. Luke were killed, the young girl fatally injured and Mr. Wright seriously hurt. Much other damage was done to property along the path of the cyclone. TROUBLE IN TONGA. .4.V UPRISING IN THE ISLANDS PROMPTLY QUELLED. Tklrly-slx Uanvertvil Wraleynn Native* Uaadeinaeit to Drntli. A steamer which lias just arrived nt Ban Francisco brings the latest particulars re garding tho attempted assassination of Prem ier Baker, of the Tonga Islands, by converted Wesleyan natives. The con-espondent of the Sydney (New South Wales) Herald at Suva, Fiji Islands, writes that Mr. Baker believed that an organized attempt to kill him and to overturn the Government was to be mode by tho Wesleyans. He sent for soldiers, and n large number of indiscriminate arrests were made. Mr. Baker put the prisoners through a form of trial, condemned them to death, and the sentences were executed tho same night. Before tho sentences were carried out tho acting British Vice-Consul, W. E. Giles, used the utmost oxen ions to prevent tho exe cutions. Things wersgrowingmiieter when the newly qipointed Vicc-CniiKuf, It. B. Leefe. arrived •ippoinuHl \ Ice-Consul, It. B. Leefe, arrived at Tonga, and after an inquiry doomed tlint lie hod no power to interfere. Tho storm again hurst forth with redoubled fury. The Wesleyan Mission t.'ollego was in vaded by nn armed mob. Wesleyans were brutally beaten nnd their liousos wrecked. Mr. I,eefe wns again iq>|ienled to. but again refused to interfere. Among tho earliest liei'Honx arrested anil condemned to dentil was an ordained Weslcyuu minister, David I’innn, a man of the highest position ami repute. Many persons were under arrest, and six exe cutions were to tuko place the day after tho departure of the steamer which brought the above news to Suva, nnd thirty mnreuio day following. The French nnd Germans have sent for men-of-wnr, ami urgent representations havo been made to thn Governor of the Fiji Islands to interefero and deposo either Mr. Baker or Mr. Moulton, a Wesleyan missionary. A special to I lie Sydney Herahl from Aucklund, Now Zealand, says: "Further news from Tonga states that Wesleyan* are being mercilessly plundered and maltreated by tho King's soldiers. Tho Premier docs not autici|>ate any difficulty nlxmt French inter ference in Tonga, and is of tho opinion that. German jealousy would be aroused by the uiqiearauce of tho French so close to Samoa The Tonga or Friendly islands form a group in the Southern Pacific Ocean. They were discovered in 1043 and wero visited in 1773-77 by Cook, who gave them the name of Friendly Islands from the amiarently hos with from the in I iitabl* reception ho met lubitanta. It lias since been learned that it was fear alone Hint prevented the natives from attacking Cook, many of the native* being wild and ferocious. There are 1H2 Isl ouds, about thirty of which are inhabited. the population being estimated at from 25,000 to 50,00. They are divided into threo groups, the Tonga being nt tho south. Tho oli- Tonga being mate Is healthy, but humid. Kiirtliquakcs are frequent, but not formidable; hurricanes ure loth fns|uent and destructive. The lia t i v«h cultivates yums,sweet potatoes nnd fruits and a little corn is grown. Missionurii-s in troduced tho cultivation of oranges. Cocoa- nut oil is the only important article of ex port. The port of Bee, on Tongataboo Island, is celebrated as tho place where in 1840 Captain Croker. of the British sloop Favorite, wns de feated by the pagan party. In this engage • • • ' ment, undertaken in behalf of the Christian missionaries ami their native partisans, Croker ami many of Ids officers and men were slain. When |wigan*. tho natives were devoted to war. Tiie natives offered human sacriHcrs nnd out oil’ i heir little lingers und toes u* propitiatory ull'erings to their gods. Their mythology, l,ke Hint of the other Polynesians, was n hnv ty|>e of jiolythoism: the aplrit* of all chiefs go to Bulota; those of the poorer rlnssm. r erii on earth to feed tie* sots and lizards. Nearly all tho people me now Christian*. They were visited ll. bv agents of the Lon don Missionary Society, but in 1827 catne under the care of the Wesleyan Society of Great Britain. There are three main mis sionary stations nnd tin* i mailer islands are intrusted to the suiiervisiuii of native teacher*. The art of printing has been introduced and many of tin- natives can read und write. A king rules all Hie islands. Cstliolic mis sionaries from France liuve established them selvea in the southern group of islands and converted many of the liutives to tliut faith. SHEFFIELD. ALABAMA. Aaaaal Medina *f the I,and aad Uaal * Company. The leading fact doveloped before the annual meeting of the Sheffield Land and Coal company Wednesday was that the stock was worth three and n half to n>ur for one. Superintendent A. H. Aloses, in the absence of the president, A. S. Colyar, took the chair. Col. E. W. Cole reported that the company which he represented, and which was under contract to build three furnaces, bud perfected such arrange ments that they would be erected in one-half the time contracted. The three furnaces would turn out 450 tons of pig iron a day. 100 cars would be loaded Gaily. This immense output is exclusive of that of the other two furnaces tfhich are now nearing completion. He pre dicted thut Sheffield would become to the south what St. Louis is to ths west. His statement was received with strong evi dences of appreciation. The old directors were re-elected, and in turn the old officials were put back in their places. An important action was the passage of an order instructing the board of directors to expend at once one hundred thousand dollars in the erection of one hundred residences, to accommo date the rapidly increasing population. There is strong feeling in the market and much demand for stock. EMPLOYES SHARING PROFITS. I'rvrtsr tfc URinbls, ol Cincinnati, Acre# to Divide with Tlieir Kiuployee. The firm of Proctor & Gamble, manu facturers, has made an elaborate proposi tion for nltowing their employes to share in the profits of the linn. The plan is to appoint three trustees, two bookeepers and a superintendent in the firm’s em ploy, who shall twice u year ascertain the amount of profits during Hie preced ing six months, allowing us expenses six per ceut interest on the capital employed, and reasonable salaries to members of the firm devoting their time to their inter ests, and divide profits between the firm in proportion to the capital and wages earned. The employes have accepted the prop osition with thanks, and resolved to sl- low no outside influence to disturb tho relations between them and their era- ployeis. QUEEN OF THE SANDWICH 1SLAN Queen Kapiolani, of Sandwich Islai has arrived in San Francisco, en routi attend the jubilee of Queen Victo She will visit Washington to pay hei spects to President G’leveland be] going to England.