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[tE MERCURY. Sccond-olaae Matter at ^gZndcrsvltle Vostofflce April 27, /ISO. /ISO. judersvllle, Washington County, Gl PUBLISHED BY . r. JERNIGAN & CO. **' Proprietor* end Editors. : $1.50 Per Yen, THE MERCURY. r4i J, JBRNI GA X (( cO,, l*roprietora. DEVOTED TO. LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUIISCRIPTIOX: $1.00 rev Annum VOLUME VIII. SANDERSV1LLE. GA„ TUESDAY, MAY 10. 1887. NUMBER 2. E. S. LANGMADE, attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, Ok. B. D. Iuhi, Ja EVANS & EVANS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW sanderville, ga. P. H. SAFFOLD, ATTORNEY at law, SANDEBBVniiE, GA. Will practice in all the Courts of the Middl* Circuit and In the counties grounding Washington. Special at* (fiition given to commercial law. H.N.HOUIFIELD, SANDERSVI|jLE, GA. Office unit door to Mr*. Bayin'* Millinery pnrr, on Harris * treat. HUY YOUII w -FROM- cTER.isrxo-A.isr, KenuindWi^iXlt i O,V IIA XU?A XI) Foil SA LE (Non* Kconin^WiGiWit bur tra<l<< mark.) spectaclesTNOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. Watches, Clocks JEWELRY repaikbd bv JBE/lsria ait. FENIANISM. Wken (tliiiletoiiB lli-mnir n llumr-Hu'er. The libel suit brought in London, Eng., against William RiJgwny, publi-lii-r of the Piradilly, for ifG.1,000 for im-crting in the lilnr-k |>nm/ililet on the Ii isli one-lion, recently 'issued by him, (lint-Sir John llrennoti, plniutiff,^ farmer li.'inc mlo /somber of Perl lament, >vus n I'tqiian and .nlly of tlio Invincible* The ('i)ifrt rno,nv «ucrowded in antici|mtiiin of■_develop ments, Mr. Itidgway, defnndr.nl, being celled,.pleaded tlinl tilt* allege I libel was true. Ilrennon, tli-j plaintiff, being ■worn, Raid ho never was ii I'Vi i in' lie left the blind.Iflonjeiiq, lii* Vniii, in .Nine, 1880, n ft I-r a quarrel with’its iniimgers for opening liiTTelegraiiiR, ,Mo had nut lime lbut time joineiVuny Irijtii league or iSHiriation, or any Fenian'1bagji6 be m-so- nation. Ho bail never interfered with the work of tracing d'yniimi<ern. Sir.John declared that Sir Lyuii l’| ay fair i.ulij him flint \!i. V'l.wlo*-. 1. .1 . . * . .... ... 1 that Mr. ‘Oladstiine lud'in'eoine son verted to the home ruln’tljomy in 18711, and that liedc-irod Mr, I’.ii heli to accept the olHcc of chief secretory fur Ireland. A8.SAII.INH A dll KdlllAN. Henry (teorgo’R Standard recently Hiiid: "Archhisliop Corrigan, who, ns bishop of New York, presumed-by secret circular to instruct Catholic citizens-ho’iv they should vote, represents that wing of Catholics who are to make the church in this country a political machine, while "hat Dr. McGlynn stands for; is I lie Political independence of the clergy and laity.” The paper also informs its lend ers that tfye archbishop of the diocese gels a salary of $‘10,000 a year for his own use. A headline in the '■{rtaj\dard asks: “ What dues the archbishop ido with his $10,00(1?” It is reported in Catholic cir cles and the report comes from. i\ni ifp-. parontly reliable .source—that the. fai th• coming statement • defining 'Archbishop Corrigan's attitude tOwitrd the.Catholic Herald, and describing bis stand •on tl.ia jwsiii t phase of the McGlynn•matter and’ other topics that are uppermost in the minds of Catholics,' will contain pass of a startling uaturo. mssnges 111l’l.OII ITH (|ITAKill'l lN(J. Considerable friction nod bad’ fqfiling’ exists between tire United Stateslegation sod consulate general,-at London, Eng., Hm cause!being tile failure on the part of the legation to include either the consul general or his family in tim'.'ofil'eial iisl furnished hy. Mr. Phelps to the lord chamberlain for court outertaiumehts. ”bs. Waller tho wife of tho consijl geli- Cral and her daughters are leaving for ■ l0 Upitcd States, am}'will be absent from London throughout tho whole of the jubilee festivities. It is asserted that the consul general thoroughly disa-proves °f the repeated efTorts of Minister Pfe-lps t° tlirow cold water on the -Artieticau Mhibition. THE MERCURY. ranusHBii twit non. NOTIOKI Ail OammsntcatlotM intenieffjbr (Mi Paper must be accompanied Ate Me full name of the wrtter-ael necessarily fbr publication, but ae • guarantee of good faith. rTeareSnno way rerponeible ftr Me «Mw er opinion* of eerreepend ■ ABOUT MONUMENT*. Chinese Gordon is to hata colossal hrmi/e statue in Trafalgar square, ,I.on- ~ on - Ynmo Thomycraft is tlio designor. . 0 will represent Gordon in a patrol jacket, unarmed, with a-Biblo in his right hand and his foot resting on- .it hroketi ,'cannon. , Io Atlanta, Ga., Mi the Wel kin Ring with Protests Against Coercion. NOTABLE JUDGES, STATESMEN, SOLDIERS, CLERGYMEN AXD LAWYERS ORATE MOST ELOQUENTLY. SOUTHERN NEWS. Lovely Ladle* Turn Ont In Great Foroo to Hmoo the Occasion* Governor Gordon had boon requested lo preside over the meeting, recently Imld in Atlanta, Ga., to protest against tlie proposed English coercion bill, and, although seriously indisposed, consented lo do so. In calling the meeting to order, he snid that the vast assemblage was present to express deep sympathy for a great cause; a great cause grandly maintained by a great ixrople, “My physical condition,” said ho, “ie such that but for tho very great sympathy I feel in the enuse I would not be hero to night. I request Mayor Cooper to pro- side over the meeting.” Mayor Cooper uiado a very short and timely speech in assuming tho chair, and presented as tho first orator, Col. Albert Cox, who presented tho following res olutions: “As part of tho Anglo Saxon race, Im bued with tho principles of English law and liberty, we resolve, 1. That tho policy propounded by Pornoll-1 Gladstone nnd I’arnoll—home rule for Ireland—has our profound sympathy. Our own experience has taught us, and we submit it to tho world, that local self- government is the keystone of tho arch of civil liberty and sufety. 2. Wo sympathize with all English and Irish statesmen and patriots who op pose the policy embodied in the “coer cion bill,” viewing that policy ns sub versive of those ancient English princi ples, that men accused bo tried by a jury of peers of the vicinage; that the freedom of tlie press be preserved; that the right peaceably to nsscmble, discuss grievances and petition for redress be inviolate; and that tho writ of habeas corpus bo sacred, so that an honorable judiciary may promptly adjudicate whether personal liberty be restored or bo forfeited to just laws. 3. Wc express the hope that the signal failure of all other policies will induce tlie statesmanship of England once to try the policy of a generous justice toward Ireland. ” Gen. Colquitt, U. 8. Senator, said, in a most eloquent address, that tho princi pal appeal of thu Irish is, that they shall have the privilege so dear to all Ameri cans as their birthright, to bo tried hy tlmir peers. We love what is just and wlmt is light. There is hopo that Ire land will be rescued from tlie blow which is is intended to bo dealt her. Ip the ease of Ireland tho moral sentiment of the world will stnnd by nnd applaud Parnell and Gladstone. Tlie gem of the evening was the mag nificent speech of Judge Howard Van Epps, anu .it was said by competent judges to bo one of the most eloquent addresses ever heard in Georgia. After a long introductory speech, which wns brimful of information about Ireland and grinding laws. Judge Van Epps traced the sources of Irish discon tent, the remedies proposed, English ob jections to these remodios, and the remedy —-coercion, now proposed l>y England. Irish discontent he said finds its source in tlie infamous ngrarian laws of tho coun try, snd in the aspiration of the Irish j people for local self-government. llenry W. Grady made a short but stir ring speech, and was followed hy llev. Dr. Hawthorne. Lettors wero ready from Senator Brown and others, and tho subjoined message was sont by cable to Gladstono: “Gladstone and Parnell, London, Eng land.—The pooplg °f Georgia, at a mass- .mooting, presided over by Governor Gor don, and participated in by both tlie United States .Bcnntors as well as judges and clergymen, protest ngninst the coer cion of Ireland, and wisli you godspeed in your struggle for Ireland aiid human ity” When tho Baltimore & Ohio Express Co. gained the franchise of tho Queen and Crescent routo and invaded the territory of the Southern Express Co., a war of rates was predicted, and it has come. The latter company made a cut of thirty- five per cent in rnteB on fruit and vegeta bles to all western points. The Richmond & Danville Railroad has assumed control of the East Tennes see, Virginia A Georgia railroad. E. B. Thomas, general manager of the Rich mond & Danville Co„ will have charge of tho East Tennessee Co., irl the Bnme capacity, with head quarters in Washing ton. Henry Fink lias been appointed vice president of the consolidated com pany, with office at Knoxville. Nows of a torriblo accident at Coosa tunnel, on the extension of the Columbus andWestcrn railroad, Ala., is at hand. A whito foreman and seventeen negro la borers were at work in tlie tunnoT, get ting ready for a large blast. While ram ming the blast with nil iron bar a strata of Hint was struck with tho iron, making a spnrk, which ignited tho powder. Of tlie eighteen men only six came out alive, and nil of thorn were moro or less in- iured. The annual parade of the fire depart ment of Columbus, Ga., was a gra^d af fair. Champion No. 0 won tlie flrsA-prlzc in the colored companies’ contest. Deputy United States Marshal John Knox, at Lexington, Ga., arrested onu Adam Pope, colored. Adam is accused of cheating and swindling, though- lie claims to ho blind. Fire hugs in Macon, tia,, are ojtilhg tlie police plenty of anxiety. Recently Policeman Wntkins caught Jim-Williams starting a firo under a house, hut two companions of tho incendiary escaped. Capt. Dawson, of the Charleston, S. C., News and Courier, lias just returned from Europe where he was decorated hy tho Pope for using his iullucnce as a journal ist ugainst dueling. Ilis first action on landing from the steamer was to sue the Now York Sun for libeling him. Tlie coroner of Cartersvillc, Ga., hold un inquest over tho body of a negro, Babe Stafford, who died from tho effects of a blow on the head inflicted with a post of a chair by ono Doo 'Stafford. This was a most unprovoked murder, and the accused will doubtless suffer thu ex treme penalty of the laiv. A shock of earthquake was felt at El Paso, Texas, recently. It was percepti ble in every portion of tho city and so alarmed the citizens thnt only invalids snd the helpless wero loft within doors. For probably two minutes proceeding the shock, many persons recognized the dis tinct and offensive smell of sulphur. While the vibrations lasted, many-urticles hanging on walls oscillated nnd some fell to tlie floor, while plastering fell from tlie fronts and codings of ninny dwellings and husinsss houses. An elevator at Louisville, Ky., owned hy Brown, Johnson A Co., containing hay, bnrlcy, rye, corn and oats, wns re cently destroyed by fire. Loss $100,000; insured. WILLING TO MARRY ALL John C. Breckinridge is to have' a inoimtnent, too. It will be unveilod ht Lexington, Ky., next Octobor. IIOBSB thibTbm. .Felix Griffin, a notorious outlaw, was killed recently near Webber Falls, Ark., w >'ile stealing horses. Felix wits leader of an organized band of horse thieves. Robert Vann, ownor of the horses, heaid “^ Griffin wns lurking around his place adlaidinwnit for him and shot him dead nen he entered the stables with two companions, The other* escaped, though u bkdly wouud*d. IIo Oliilinod to Haro 100 Wlveo. • A handsomely dressed young man boarded'an elevutod train in New York recently. As soon ns it pulled out from the stntion lie bogiui wandering from oar to car, looking nt every lady with such closo scrutiny thnt some of them became incensed and complained to tho guards. Whon ho readied the last ear lie turned and was about to return, when a guard told him him he was drunk, and if he did not sit down and behave he would lie put off at the next stati -n The young man sat down, but as noon 11s the .con ductor left the car he arose and addressed tho crowd, saying: “That mnu has accused me ot being drunk nnd I wish to deny tlie allegation I am a member of tlie church and a teeto taller. I neither smoko nor chew, I have but one weakness, and that is an inor- • dinatc for the beautiful. I consider wo men the mostbeautiful tilings Oil « ui tli. I adore tliom all and would like to mnr.y them all. If there is uuy lady in the car who will have me I will get off at tho next station and make her my wife Bv the time the young man had finish ed the people in the car had .concluded he was crazy and a general % tush was made for the forward, cm*. On being Questioned he said his name was Wallace $$ he lived iu West Thirty-fourth i He claimed he had 100. wives and was getting new ones every day. An officer took him homo. CA*TBR8Vn.L.B»* BOOM. The Etowah Iron and Manganese com- nanv have entered into an agreement with the Cartersville Land company by virtue of which the location of the woiks of the former are assurred to the town, and tiie immediate erection of a 150 ton lurnace promised. A pnrty of eighty-three survivors of tho 57th and 50th Massachusetts volun teers, who served in the army of the Po tomac during the late War, went to Nor folk, Va., recently, by a Boston steamer. Tho party was entertained by commit tees of military and citizens. Patrolmen Moss nnd McCullough of Atlanta, Ga., succeeded in reconciling a husband and wife. They were approach ed by Henry Hood, a negro who com plained thnt Ills wife had eloped with Jim McGinnis, nnd thnt tlie pair had come to Atlanta. Later in the day they came upon tho woman at a house near tho cometery, on Gullott street. Hood wns notified thnt his wife had been found, and called at'the city prison. The meet ing resulted in a reconciliation. A sensational wedding occurred near nolly, Tcnn. James Smith some months ago married the daughter of a widow lady named Lea, and film being a poor woman, everybody said it was a good thing for her, ns Smith wns considered an industrious man. They lived togeth er peacefully a month or two, whon their connubial bliss faded away. They sepa rated, and a divorce was applied for and granted nt tlie last term of the court. Sevornl weeks ago, Smith again came in tho neighborhood, nnd hovered around the scene of his withered affections. 1 hoy were this time, however, centered on tlie mother of his former wife. They were made husband and wife. UNCERTAIN EARTH AR1/.OXA AND CALIFORNIA EAR LY SHAKEN. A Volcano Appears on n Mountain Crrst In Aticono. An onrthqudke occurred at Tucson, Ariz., nnd considerable damage was done to buildings. Goods were thrown from tho shelves of stores, and many houses were more or less cracked. Tlie shoes was accompanied by n rumbling sound. Many clocks were stopped nnd the entire population of the city took to the streets, terror-stricken. The courthouse cupiilo swayed like tho mast of ii ship in a tur bulent sen, and the building itself seemed ss though it were toppling over.- When tho shock strnck Santa Catlmlina moun- LABOR'S AGITATION tain, great slices of the mountain were torn from its side and thrown to ifs Iwse. Vast clouds of dust arose above its crest, 7,000 feet abovo tlie sea level, at ^liiee different points, from three to four in$lj's apart. -v A volcano broke out at a point twenty- two miles south of Tucson, in Total Wreck mountains, nnd a volcano is in active operation in San Jose mountains, on tho border of Sonora, Mexico, south west of Tucson. A severe shock was felt at Wilcox Tho vibrations were from north to south and lasted one minute and forty-live see- finds. ■ Ten miles from Tombstone, nlnke cov ering nn ncro of ground wns completely dried up in twenty minutes. Embank ments along tho New Mexico nnd Arizona railroad were moved from their former positions in mnny instances as much us twelve inches. A severe shock occurred, which extend ed from Centerville, Cal., through Ari zona and Now Mexico to El Faso, Texas. PERSONAL, Patti taxed New York $80,000 for six concerts. Ruv, J. W. Lee will preach tho com mencement sermon at Hiwasscc College, Tcnn., and will also deliver tho annual address. The popular fund for Mrs. J. A. Logan lias been closed. One hundred thousand dollars was asked and $07,000 was given. Hon. S. S. Cox is writing a hook which ho will call “The Diversions of a Diplo mat," It will deal with his brief experi ence in Turkey. Rev. George White, who was rector of Calvary Episcopal church, in Memphis, Tcnn., from 1858 to 1870, died recently in tho 85th year of his age. J. C. Latham, of Latham, Alexander & Co., New York, has erected a boauti- ful monument of Scotch granite ot IIop- kinsvillo, Kentucky, in honor of tho Confederate doud who arc ot rest there. At tho great anti-coercion meeting in Hyde Park, London, Eng., a huge coffin, beariug Mr. Balfour’s name, was paraded about and fmnlly set up behind Mr. Sex ton as a sounding hoard duriug his ad dress. Mauy Andejison, tho actress has de veloped such vocnl talent recently that her friends arc urging her to introduce music into somo of her well-known role*, while some oven advise the operatic stage. JonN S. Looan, who had charge of the printing department of tho railway mail service, in the United States court house nt Atlanta, Ga., is dead. The re mains were enrried to Opelika, Ala., for interment. Ciiahi.es Kohler, who died recently in San Francisco, went to California in 1852 ns a musician, and in 185} founded tho wino industry of that State, •which lias grown to an annual consumption of 7,000,000 pounds of grapes. Vienna hns decided to erect a bronze statue to Joseph Haydn, the execution of which has been intrusted to tho Aus trian sculptor, Natter. It will he un covered on the 81st of May, the seventy- eighth anniversary of the composer’s death. Strike* Ordsred all Ovar The Canatry. Bricklayers, bricklayers’ laborers and carpenters, to the numbor of two hun dred, bavo gono on strlko in London, Ont., for an increase of wages. House painters in all Wilmington, Del., (hops struck for $2.50 per day, a raise of 25 cents. Two of tho lnrgest employers have granted the increase, and aha it Is probable that others will follow. All the carpenters in Washington, City, numboring,ncarly 800, quit work to-day, because employes refused to give them the same wages for nine hours work us they rocelvod last season for ten hours. A large number of carpenters struck at Hamilton, Ont., for on increase in wages to 22$ cents an hour nil around. Printers in the llamiltoqtPAUadiuiu office are to be called out beeafise the proprie tors refuso to discontinue the use of stereotype plate mnttcr. The Palladium is a labor paper. Tho gloss mixers and teasors, of Pitts burgh, Pa., who struck two weeks ago for ton per cent advance, returned to work at their old wages. Tho recent decision on the coke question was tiie principal argument against’ arbitration, and the fact that tho Knights of Lnhor did not support the Btrikc, left tho men without resources. A goncral strike of the coko workers of Conncllsvillc, Pa., region ii ccrtaiu. One-half of tho men refused to go to work, and others it is thought will strike. Tho operators issued their ultimatum in which they refused to make any conces sion nt present, but promised to consider the matter as soon as there is an advunce in ooko. They are preparing to close down for a long and hitter fight. Some of tlie hands employed hy Mo- Glnty & Co., on tlio public school build ing at Athens. Ga., demanded nil incrcasu of wages. Toe demand arose from tlio fact that tho hnnds employed by R. L. Bloomfield on his Clayton street improve nients wero getting higher wages. Mc- Ginty & Co., acceded to tho increase, stipulating however, that work should begin earlier in the day thnn heretofore, ana that the stopping time should ho inter. NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES, Gossip About the President, His Cabinet and Other Notables. tVhnt Bouthern M*a are tlrlni II»co(bIs*4- I utcrrallnc Ham* Abaat (he Nallaaal Brill, Hie., Kir. During tlie reign of Queen Victoria, 7 0,500 Dennis Maher wns shot and killed in New Orleans, La., recently by ids son-in- laiv, Richard Creely. Family trouble is assigned as tlio emise of the crime. John R. Bright, a young commission merchant, left Birmingham, Ala., leav ing, it is alleged, about $2,000 of indebt edness. lie came from Atlanta, and by his pleasant address made many friends, and was a favorite in society circles. Tlie question of using tho organ in tlie Methodist church at Sparta, Gu., wns carried before tlio quarterly conference by appeal, but the presiding elder decid ed that lm had no jurisdiction in the matter, so that instrument will be here after used in the regular church services. The wine dealers of Milledgeville, Ga., have relented und Friday night wns tho Inst night tiiut the wine Dibbers were permitted to cut the dust from their throats with the ardent. The wine men have done no business at all since the prohibition committee begun their war against them. George Ayers and Henry Lindsay quar relled about nn indebtedness of $5, at Bowling Green, Mo., recently, nnd the hitter wns killed. Lindsny was on horse- bnck when the quarrel began, nnd as ho dismounted Ayers seized him by the throat and quickly drew a knife across it, cutting it from ear .to ear. Two wife heaters were arrested in Ma con, Ga., recently. The first was Theo dore DeLouis, from sunny France, who whipped liis wife terribly, and the sec ond w as Thomas Reid, a colored citizen, who used his authority to an excess. He heat his wife unmercifully, and was caught and caged along with his whito brother. A nihilist printing press has been dis covered at Odessa, Russia, and thirty-two rfttEato have h«n amitad. there hnvc been erected 0,500 buildings for worship in the Church of England, ns against 3,000 by all other religious com munications put together. Seven new dioceses have been founded at home, and sixty-two in the colonies. Te Hen IIen has pre»ented to the New Zealand government for a public park the “wouderlund” of that country, including the volcano Tongariro, tlio ex tinct •volcano Ruapehu, Mount Ngarun- hoe, nnd tho hot-Inkc district. Te lien Hen is a great chief of the Ngututaw- bareton Maories. The late Mrs. Catherine Van Renssel aer, of Mobile, Ala., wns the last surviving daughter of Gen. Philip Schuyler. Left an orphan in childhood, she was adopted by her aunt, Mrs. Alex ander Hamilton, and after the fatal Hnm- ilton-Burr duel she went to live with her uncle, the Patroon Stephen Rensselaer. Canon Liddon, replying to some com ments on ids refusal of tlie Edinburgh bishopric, writes: “I can sincerely say that my motive in declining tho See of Edinburgh was that which has led me before now to decline higher English preferment than I hold at present, name ly, the belief that I could serve God and His church better by declining it." John Ruskin is not a friend to the bi cycle. He says: “To walk, to run, to leap and to dance are the virtues of the liuinau body, and neither to stride on stilts, wriggle on wheels or dangle on ropes, and nothing in the training of the human mind with tho body will ever supersede the appointed God’s way of slow walking nun hard working. Rev. D. H. Webster, who is now a preacher ia Illinois, is tho author of .the famous song, “Lorena.” It was sung everywhere on its appearance fifteen years ago. Its origin lay in the refection by Miss Blockson, of Zanesville, Ohio, of Webster’s addresses. Miss Blockson afterward married Judge Johnson, who lately resigned from the supreme bench of Ohio owing to incurable ill-health. THE PRESIDENT'S INTENTION. United States Marshal McMahon, of New York, says: “1 had a pleasant chat with the President nnd invited him to attend the meeting of the Society of the Army of the Potomac in Suratoga on June 22. He did uot make a direct prom ise, hut gave mo to understand that he would certainly go, if possible. Wo are going to build a now Homo in California, in Napa valley, nnd the President thinks of going out there witli us in September. In fact, ho snid he desired to visit all the Homes, and if ho could fl id time this summer or fall, would make tlio trip." GUILTY OP BRIBERY, Urinli Cornoll Allen pleaded guilty in tho criminal court to two indictments charging him with .having offored a bribe of n certificate of stock in the Pratt manufacturing company, valued at $500, to James B, Rogers, an examiner in tho patent office, with a view to influencing his official action. Judgo Hugner sen • tonced Allen to pay a fine of $1,500 and to imprisonment in jail for eighteen days. DEATn OP IlPoQUAPHEtt Frank IJ. Alfriend, assistant libnrinn of tin- Senate, died aged forty-seven years. Tlio deceased was born in ltieli- mond, Va., and for many years was a prominent politician and journalist. He was a personal friend of Jefferson Davis, Secretary Lamar and other eminent south erners. Mr. Alfriend was the first bio grapher of Jefferson Davis. VISIT OF A QUEEN. Queen Kapiolani, of Hawaii, and her suite, nrrivod recently. At Baltimore they wore met by the Hawniian minister, Mr. Carter nnd Sovollen Brown, Cspt. D. M. Taylor, nnd Lieut. R. P. Rogers, who were detailed by tlio state, war and navy departments to extend the courte sies of tlie government to the distin guished guests, nnd were escorted to Washington. THE PUBLIC DEBT. The comptroller of the currency has authorized the Chnttnuooga National bank to begin business with a capital of $300,000. Tlio debt statement, just is sued, shows the decrease of the publio debt during tlie month of April to be $13 053,008.75. Decrease of the debt since June 80th, 1880, $88,005,023.58. Cash in treasury, $400,105,800.41; gold certificates outstanding, $04,484,485; silver certificates outstanding, $187,740,- 430; legal certificates of deposit out standing, $8,850,000; legal tenders out standing, $34(1,081,010; fractional cur rency (not including amount estimated as lost or destroyed), $0,048,472,87. Total interesi bearing debt, $1,108,450,- 308.72. Total debt, $1,704,174,057.88. Net gold in treasury April 80th was $180,002,431 or $ 037,410 less than on March 31st. Circulation of standard silver dollars April 80th was $155,785,- 205 or $1,000,450 less than March Slat. MESS iOl. Honey Pouring into the South for Hi! Foundries, R&llvays, Etc. ▲ brewery is to lie started at Florence, Ala. The Fountain Head Railroad Oo. will build a dummy railroad at Knoxville, Tenn. .. Solon Dean, a young man about thirty years of age, of Elktou, Va., was found dead near the Greene county lino. His body ahowe&fiat ha had been killed -by Note*. The comptroller of the .currency lias declared a third dividend'Of ten per cent in favor of the creditors of tlie Exchange National bank, of Norfolk, Va. This makes in all forty per cent on claims proved, amounting to $2,888,086. It is reported that Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland, the President’s sister, .will, be come a teacher in a prominent private sahool for young ladies in New York. POIMON IN MILK. The Atlanta Gas Light Economiser Co., capital stock $100,000, haa been in corporated. The Birmingham, Ala., Water-Wocki will build a reservoir with 1,000,000 gallons capacity. Tho Georgia Pacific Rnllroad Co. are building a Branch road from Birming ham, Ala., to Bessemer. Many men doing business at Sheffield, Ala., aro now living in tents, and somo in tlie adjoining town of Tuscambia. A company has been formed to build a rolling mill at Florence, Ala. Asito haa been selected and work will so in begin. Tho Marietta & North Georgia Rail road Co. will change their road to the standard gauge, and extend it to Knox ville, Tenn. Robert McCarroll has received the con tract to build a pier for the U. S. gov ernment at Charleston, S. C. It will coat $88,000. The Missouri Paciflo Railroad Co. will build a union depot and machine shops at Fort Bmitli, Ark., and a bridge acres* the Arkansas river. Bush Bros, lire testing their olay at Clrauncey, Ga., and will, if it ia satisfac tory, erect a plant with a capacity of about 80,000 daily. The Falls of Ncusc Manufacturing Co., at Raleigh, N. C., have built nn ad dition 40x75 feet, to their cotton factory and added 40 plaid looms. A number of furnacos will be built during 1887 and 1888. A number of oompanius have lately been organized to build furnacerin Southwest Virginia. The East Alabama Railroad Co. hnvo increased their capital stock from $2000,- 000 to $400j000, and have let tlie con tract to grniJolhQ.extension of.their road to Roanoke,’’ 17'lllWft. Mr. Slovens, .a large builder and con tractor of Birmingham, Ala., 1ms secured ground nt Cboccolocco, 8 miles from An niston on the Georgia Pacific railroad for a large brick plaqt. Tho Armour Packing Co., of Chicago, havo signed a contract with the Sclmn., Ala., Land, Improvement & Furnace Co., and work will commonce immediate ly on a large packing concern and refrig erator there. The Clinch Valley Railroad Co., re ported as inaugurated, 1ms been organ lied with Joseph 1. Doran, of Philadel phia, Pa., ns president. Tho object of the company is to build tho extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad from Graham, Tazewell county, to a connec tion of .tho Louisville & Nashville Rail road, now being extended eastward from Corbin, Ky. The wholesale milk poisoning which occurred at Long Branch last summer has conclusively , shown for the first time, that milkwarm from the cow, when placed in tight cans under conditions which greatly retard the dispersion of its heat, will undergo change, witli the de velopment in .the course of five, hours of a poison called tyrotoxicon. LATEST NEWS. Tho anti-German feeling is so strong in Paris that tha proposed performance of Lohengrin ha* been prohibited. Tho Chinese government lms ordered that every foreign missionary mint hold a passport from hii own government, in order that hia nationality may he ahown.' All other passports aro declared invalid. United States Marshal Mood has arrest ed three men charged with robbing tlio express car near Tucson, Ariz. They are named Barrock, Swain nnd McCussifek. All fhrcO'woro saloon keeper*. Rev. Charles W. Ward, the Engle wood, N. J., tcctor, recently accused of attempting to murder his wife, was found dead nt tho homo of Judge Drew, hia counsel, nt Rockland Lake, from an over dose of chloral. Wm. H. Vanderbilt used to return his personal property at $1,000,000. Shortly after his death tho snmo property wns as sessed at $10,000,000. The executors offered to pay on $5,000,000 or move out of New York. A compromise of $8,000,- 000 has just been agreed upon. FIGHTING POVERTY. Wkal Henry Gear** and Rev. Dr. MeGlyna are D*li(. The nnti-Povorty society, of which Rev. Dr. McGlynn is president nud Henry George vice-president, held their first public meeting at Chickoring hall, New York. The hall was packed to overflow ing, and on tho platform wero a largo number of leaders of the united Labor party. The oxercisos opened with sing ing by a chorus of fifty voices led by Miss Mullier. Henry George presided, and Dr. McGlynn, in addressing tlio vast audience, said: “I am intensely con scious that wo stand here to-night on a historic platform. The founders of this society, in years to come, will look hack upon to-night’s meeting with pleasure. It is said a priest of Christ should not stand here to speak of a cause which pro poses to abolish this horrid crime of pov erty, which is the injustice of man, in violation of tho laws of God. I would b« recreant to my sacred priesthood if I should falter to speak the word which I am commanded by my Lord and Master to apeak.” At the closo of tho services an anthem wns sung hy the choir.and audience. The society proposes to hold a meeting every Sunday night. The storekeeper of the warehouses known as Almocons do Deposits at Ila- vanna, Cuba, lias disappeared and is said to be n defaulter in the sum of $500,000. The Glasgow steamship, John Knox,' laden with liquor, brick and rolling stock, struck tho reefs near Channel har bor, at St. John's, N, B., and sank in half an hour. Evqry soul on board per ished. The Hounslow gunpowder mills, at Hounslow, England, were destroyed by an explosion, which occurred in the mill ing room. One man was killed. Much damage was dono to property in the neighborhood. The royal commiaalon at Dublin, Ire land, for arterial drainage'has recom- nien led tho expenditure hy tho govern ment of $1,325,000 in improving the river Shannon; $825,000 iu improving the Barrow, and $100,000 in improving thu llann. Advices from St. Petersburg, Russia, state that tho nihilists set fire to a police station in that city and that eight police men perished in thu fiernes, while nine teen othcra were moro or less injured. The day following a timber yard was de stroyed by fire and several workmen and firemen wore killed. Caspar ii. Borgess, Catholic bishop of Detroit, has resigned. Tho resignation was sent to Rome six weeks ago, and a formal acceptance was received. Bishop Borgess was consecrated bishop April 24th, 1870, and during his seventeen years, incumbency has had many troubles, especially with tho Poles and Freucb. Before sending in his resignation, tho bishop promulgated a sentence of ex communication against all who were con cerned in tho Polish riots in connection with tlie Stalbcrt’s church troubles a year ago. Six men escaped from the county jail at Worcester, Mas*., recently. George A. Barton, who was serving a term for polygumy, hud been trusted to work in the corridors and cells and had a cell key during the day. He had a fight with George French nnd both of them were put in solitary confinement, in which was also another prisoner. Tlie fight was a part of a plot. Three men by tho use of Barton’s key, which had been concealed iirone of tho solitary cells, opened the doors nnd attacked the grated windows, pried tho bars apart, got into the yard and over the fence and made their es cape. D1ATHB HARVEST htOtkl Mine Loomed Iu British Colombia. A terrible explosion of gas took place recently in a shaft of the Vancouver Coal Co.’s mine, in which there were upwards of 150 miners at the time. Tho .first in timation those on tho surface had of the explosion was a terrific shock, followed by an outburst of thick, black smoke, through the air shaft. The first explos ion was quickly followed by a second one, stronger than the first. It carried pieces of wood, miners’ lamps, etc., hun dreds of feet in the air. In a few minutes flames began to issue through the air shaft with a loud, roaring noise. The fan house soon caught fire and was quickly consumed. The scenes around the shaft head were most heartrending. Friends of those imprisoned below are looking for the missing, but little hopes arc en tertained for the safety of about 150 miners who. are in'the pit. FORGOT HIS KINS’FOLKH. The will of Alexander Mitchell, the millionaire bahker who died at Milwau kee, Wis., recently, has been made public. No approximation of the value of tbe estate is made,' and the terms of the will will avoid the filing of an .'inventory, so that tlip exact wealth left by Mitchell will never be known. It is Believed to be from fifteen to twenty.,five millions. The. entire property, real and personal, is. left to his only son, John L. Mitchell, after deducting several trifling legacies, leaving but small sums to the rest of his relatives. ‘ • CHICAGO STRIKE. . Over 5,000 hod-carriers of Chicago quit work because they cannot get an increase in wages from tweuty-nve to l i. ty cent* per nour. - ■ ■ . A west bound passenger train on the Atlantic A Pacific railway, which left Albuquerque heavily loaded with passen gers, wo* derailed fifteen miles west of Coolidge, N. M., and the train badly wrecked. Several persons were killed and injured. Advices from St. Petersburg, Russia, ■ays that after a fortnight’s quietude, the country is again in a state of uneasiness. Large armaments are being pushed for ward with feverish activity. An order of the war ministry points to the concen tration of great masses of troope on the frontiers of Russia. Mrs. Herman Lyons was murdered on her ranch near Napa, Cal., in February, by a farm hand, Peter Olsen, who esoaped and for whose capture a large reward is outstanding. A report reached there that Qlsen was recently killed while resisting arrest, near Bakersfield, Col. An inves tigation made Ihowed, however, the wrong man had been killed, the viotim being W. H. Beibeit, a Burner, who late ly settled near Bakersfield. Judge Hilton, of New York, has given Meissonier’s painting of Friedlond, 1807, to the Metropolitan museum of art. He has also presented the museum with “DetaiUe’s Defense of Champaigny.” The first was bought by Judge Hilton at the sale of A. T. Stewart’s collection for the purpose to whieh it is now devoted.' Judge Horace Russell, Hilton’s son-in- law, has also presented to the museum Piloty's painting of “Thusnelda at the^ Triumph of Germaricus,” purchase*}^ tha sale of the Stewart collection.-'''^