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Newspaper Page Textthe mercury. 'ZZTrrd as Second-clans Mailer at inilcrsvtUe 1‘ostoffice April 27, l$SO. Siodersvllle, Washington Connty, Ga. PUBLI8HED BY A J, JERNIGAN & CO. **’ proprietors and Editoro. Snhscription: $1,60 Per Yeai. THE MERCURY. THE MERCURY. PUBLISHED EYBRT TDESU1. A, J, JEIINIGAN d; CO., Proprietors. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION: $l.SO Per /tiuimii VOLUME VIII. SANDERSVILLE, GA.. TUESDAY, MAY 24. 1887. NUMBER 4. E, S. LANGMADE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERS VILLE, Oa. I D. Btas*. EVANS « EVANS. B. D. Bvam. Ja ATTORNEY8 AT LAW SANDERVILLE, OA. F. H. SAFFOLD, ATTORNEY at law, sandersville, oa. Will practice in Mil the Courts of ilia Middle Circuit and in the counties grounding Washington. Special at* tentioii given to commercial law. NOTIOE! All Comnvunlcei(tons intended far this Paper must be accompanied bp the full name of the writer-net necessarily for publication, but ae » guarantee of good faith. We are in no way responsible for HU views or opinions of correspond* •nt*. Mono.; Pouring into the South for Mills, Sundries, Railways, Etc. Anniston Ala., is to have cur and lo comotive works. Union, S. C. is to havo a new cotton factory, with a capital stock of $150,000. Angus McQilvray will build the Tech nological Bthool at Atlanta, Ga., for ♦43,250. Chattanooga. Tonn,, is about to have a first-class fuctory for building improved fire n; paratus. H. N. HOLLIFIELD, SANDERSVILLE, OA. Offics next door to Mr«. Bayne's Millinery |toiv, on Harris atrcsl. HUY YOUIi m The new railroad from Strasburg, Va., rill ‘ PERSONAL. Samuel Cousins, R. A., the engraver, is dead. He was eighty-sis years old. Sechetahy ok the Navy Whitney paid $5Q,000 for his Washington D. C., home. Tun widow of the late Gen. Winfield S. Hancock is visiting friends in Albany, ICapiolani wept Many a politician knows leaving FROM jBE/3srxa-A.3sr, (None Renatas witlioal our trade mark.) ON HAND AND FOR SALE SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. Watches, Clocks JEWELRY MTAimiD BT Q-jAHST. CROP BULLETIN luunl by thn Signal Office at Washlagtaa. 'Hie weather lias been warmer than usual in all the agricultural districts cast of the Rocky mountains. Tho excess of the temperature over normal in the wheat and corn regions of Ohio, tho upper Mississippi and tho lower Missouri val leys, rm ged from fifty to seventy-five decrees (a daily average of from about six In eleven degrees above normal). In (lie cotton regions, the excess of the temperature for the season ranges from two hundred to three hundred degrees. A slight rainfall during tho week has nrvni to increase the deficiency already (.‘.listing in the Southern states, where the r.iinfuli since January 1st 1ms been from six to ten inches less than tho average fur the season. Generally, iu the wheat *nd enrn regions of the North, tho week Ins hr n exceptionally favorable for sgrieiiltiirul pursuits. Tho dry, warm xveother continues in the cotton regions c.st of the Mississippi, while rains west of the Mississippi have been favorable to the cot ton crop. Although there is a large deficiency in the rainfall in the cotton region, t lie recent showers have improved ' lion of tho crop in thu lower Mississippi valley, whilo tho weather in Kpnli and South Carolina and Southern Virginia is reported as favornblo for tho growth of the plant. LAID DOWN HIB LIFE >" (tutor (tint III* llabn Might be Bayed •Inlin Yorlmnk’s eightcon-months-old lei'ie hud toddled down to the North- "cs'ern railroad track, near his houso at < liicago, III., and sat doivn b. tween the bucks to play. Tlio whistle from the approaching switch onpino attracted the attention of the father, who was at ivork •a the yard and glancing up ho saw his Hiilil silling on the track, calmly watcli- ln K 'ho swift, -pjiroach of tho ponderous machine. The father rushed toward the truck, and throwing himself directly in front of the engine, seized the child in , 'h hands and throw it safely to one ® u ' e > while he was crushed to death. to tho West Virginia state line, will havo u capital of |1,000,000. The John P. King Manufacturing Co. of Augusta, Ga., has added to its cotton factory 70 looms nnd 8,000 spindles, The authorities of Crowley, La., de cline to build a frame court-houso nnd will erect a substantial building of brick. Muldrur Stution, Miss,, is going in for n creamoty with ull tho modern improve ments. It will bo run on tho co-opera tive plan. Tho Etowah Iron & Mnngnncso Co. Itavee mtrnctcdwjth the Cartersvillc, Ga., Land Improvement Co. to erect a 100-ton furnace (luring the sutnmor. So great is the demand for an extra limlity of brick, that a company with f 100,000 capital starts in Nashville, Tonn., to supply brick machines. Tho contract to build tho 70 miles of the Atlanta & 1 law kinsville Rnilroad iu Georgia, has been let to S. L. James. It is to be completed by January, 1888. Tho Welburn Ilill gold mine, a few miles south of Murphy, N. C., nnd near Queen Washington, just how she felt. Roscore Conklino nnd Col. Ingersoll never walk, even a short distance, if they can find n street car. Rev. John Waldron, one of the most widely known Roman Catholic clergy men in the West, died in Chicago, 111., after a long illness. Italian opera having ceased to be i fasltionablo at 8t. Petersburg, Ruben- | stein intends to establish a national Rus- ! tian opera in that city. | Madame Patti always wears with pleasure two inexpensive bangle bracelets, from which depend small golden disks with Hebrew words engraved thoreon. Queen Victoria, in celebrating her golden jubilee of a fifty years’ reign, is only following a precedent set her by Henry III, Edward III nnd Georg# III. Mr. Parnell, the Irish lender, is sick with cancer of the stomach, the disease which killed the great Napoleon; his condition is causing nnxiety to his friends. tho Georgia Blate lino, is to bo reopened Jin and worked by a company of Chatta nooga capitalists recently organized for thut purpose, Iu Savannah, Ga., a largo amount of building is going on or projected. Tho Union Society nnd the Catholic Library Association will cadi build n 125,000 building, a magnificent hotel is projected, nnd a cotton oil seed company of Phila delphia, will build a mill. The report of the Elyton Lntid Com pany, of Birmingham, Ala., is an account of wonderful progress. Starting 15 years ago with a cash c apital of $100,000, it's show of comparison by last years’ sale of lands of ♦4,800,065, and tho present esti mated value of the property is $15,000,- 000. Under the auspices of the Patrons of Husbandry, of Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and South Car olina an Inter-State Farmers’ encamp ment will be held at Spartanburg, 8. C., from August 2d to Otli, inclusive. The object of this gathering is mainly to bring the farmers of these five states together to consult about tho most improved furrn appliances. NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES, Gossip About tho President, His Gabinel ad Other Notables. What Rntktn Mare Betas Heeog»l«e4- latereettaalteae A Beat the Natteaal Brill, Etc., Etc. PUN1RAL OK JUDGE WOOD*. The funeral of the late Justice Woods took place at Newark, O.; the funeral arrangement* were in charge of the su premo court of the United States, the justices being honorary pall bearers, while tho active pall bearers, in accord ance with the established custom, were the members of the court. Private re ligious service* were at tho house by Dr, Glosy, of tho Epiphany Episcopal Ohurch. Besides the members of the family, Pres ident Cleveland, Gen, Sherman and Sheridan, and justices of the supreme court were present at the services in Washington. PROBPBR1NO. Mrs. Kate Chase, xvho is living quietly SOUTHERN NEWS. One of the grandest affairs that ever took place in Kentucky, came off at Hop & BRAVE OFFICER at Edgewood, has many mnrks of ntton- SU( tlon shown her from Justice Chase’s old friends. Her financial fortunes are re viving with the boom in suburban real estate. She has recently been offered ♦150,000 by a syndicate for tho Edgo- wood property. DROPPED DEAD. Geo. A. Whiting, a printor, who lias Rev. Dr. James T. Curiian, of Now beon employed on The Post, was attacked York, roccntly disciplined by Archbishop with hemorrhngo from the lungs while nt Corrigan, is following Dr. Glynn out of the Catholic Church into Henry Georgo’s. Irving Fisher, n Yale student, has in vented an apparatus for recording the length aud strength of the stroko pulled by each member of a rowing crew. It is already in use. Senor Macedo, Portuguese minister nil WARMLY RECEIVED. A MANIAC'S DEED. Raymond Butseh, overseer of Wood- l " vn plantation, Plaquemine parish, La., xuiSBhot through by an insane man named .f • ibiains, with a musket. The sher- '! 1’hupieinine parish, accompanied by bcorge Osmond, editor of the Plcquemino • rotcctor, started out to arrest the maniiic. When they approached Wil ' ll 'ns he opened fire on them, 'shooting ■smond through the neck, aud, it is ■wight, fatally injuring him. The “lenlT then pursued the maniac, who , , re Lige in his house. Tho house was aml° n ^ r0 * n orc * cr dislodge Williams, "’hen he came out to get water to i ingnish the flames, he was shot dead b Y l he sheriff. 'VON A FORTUNE. Iliinquet 4«lvt*n to Jeflerson l.iir«c AaBOinblitge Him. A public reception was given Jefferson Davis at the residence of Col. J. H. Mc Intosh, at Meridian, Miss, For txvo hours, a perfect stream of people passed through tho parlors and shook hands with the ex-clrioftnin nnd his beautiful daughter. Miss Winnie. Mr. Davis was iu his best humor aud bad n pleasant word for each ono that shook his hand. A banquet and reception was given iu tho court-house grounds. Mr. Davis made a short address, in which he thanked the people of Meridian for their most cordial reception. At this point members of tho press association as cended the platform in a body and pre sented their respects to him. A floral wreath wua brought in and E. H. Dial presented it to Mr. Davis in the name of the women of Meridian. Mr. Davis, in accepting it, said: “God has graced the South with beau tiful flowers aud lovely womeu. The most blessed of women are those of our Southland. With such feeling expres sions, these beautiful flowers which were arranged so artistically by losing hands, are more beautiful than anything that has been given to me.” The second toast was to “Jefferson Davis—tho soldier, statesman, and champion of Southern rights.” It was responded toby Hon. Thomas II. Woods. Mr. Davis apologized for the short ad dress he made, und said that ho was quito fatigued by tho day’s exercises. Con tinuing he said: “With inferior numbers of men we marched onward fighting for our rights, and battle after battle was fought and won, but Northern historians havo never conceded that, and indulged in trh.mphs of mind over matter. But now those scenes and incidents have passed, and they only live iu minds aud history. United you are now, and if tho Union is ever to be broken, lrt tiro other side broak it. The army of tho South will shine forever around cnmp-llros. and will still shine to our children and children’s children. The truth we fought tor, shall not encourage you to ever tight again , but keep your word in good or evil, and God bless you ull.” work at the cuso, nnd died in a few minutes. He wns about thirty years of ago nnd unmarried. By a singular coin cidence, the heading over his last “tako” was “A Life or Death Struggle.” DISTINGUISHED JAVANESE VISITORS. Gen. T. Tani, deputy minister of the Lizzie F. Carew, a sister of J. H. i'o 'p' Williams, jewelers, of Ma- U n > “»•’ has won from tho Secretary of (/ er ' or > her claim to the ownership the old military reservation at Tampa, °iidn. i n 1883, this land wus given . er to the State of Florida, nnd Dr. Care- ' , ew immediately entered the lands aud k possession. Ilis death occurred last : ar >. und his widow fell hc,r to tho gniticent dowry, which is worth at lli 0,10 hundred thousand dollars. FATALITY among negroes. ; ^ysontery has been prevailing epidem- , lll| y in Madison, Ga., for some time. ,' n ” n K the negroes it is exceptionally ■'■I and about two die each day. Since . e , rc port of grave robberies by parties ii ln g to sell cadavers to the medical heges, the negroes have abandoned "tying tlreir dead in the country church Sunnis, und bring them to the town ip , nncs whore they suppose they will J 0 ? 8 liable to be prematurely resur- for dissection. of Marine, has tendered his resignation in consequence of a dispute in the Cham ber with a deputy, who struck tho minis ter in tho face. The deputy has been court-martiulcd. Sir John Abhlet, tho well-known London sporting patron, capturud a stal wart pickpocket lutoly who had stolen his watcli and gave him a severe thrash ing before handing him over to the po lice. Duluth, Minn., boasts among the nnmos of her citizens tho following: Spring,Winter, Summer, Breeze, Rainoy, Dewey, Frost and Suow, The climnto around Duluth is very fickle, it should ho understood. Mayor Hewitt has induced the open ing of the Museum of Nutural History on Sundays. Tho city will pay ♦15,000 a year to meet the extra expenses and the working people will have a place where instruction and entertainment can be combined in their only hours of leisure. Patti says that Americans ought to bo vory proud of Mrs. Clovoland. When the diva ,wns in Washington, sire and the President’s wife exchanged picturos and autographs. Mrs. Cleveland promised to visit Patti at Craig-y-nos some time in the future. Washington Irvino Bisnop, the mind- reader, has added another feature to his public entortainraonts. In Cincinnati the other evening ho opened his performance with a brief lecture on tho rottenness, corruption, and general rascality of tho New York press. It is alleged he skipped his board bill in soveral places. Henry Fink, Vice-President of tho East Tcnnossoo, Virginia & Georgia road, has been elected Vice-President of tho Richmond A Danville, aud in this dual capacity will act as the general operating officer of tho Richmond Tcrminnl system, of which these two lines form a pnrt, and his headquarters will bo in New York. JonN Fitzgerald, of Lincoln, Neb., President of tho Irish League, is having photographs taken of the letters and doc uments in tho handwriting of Pigott, which were submitted to the expert com mittee for comparison with the London Times fnc-similc letter, and will forward copies to Mr. Purnell nnd his friends and to 'lie leading members of the Gladstono pa.ty, so that they may compare the handwriting for themselves with that of the Times letter. Thomas A. Edison, tho great inventor, returned from Florida recently, and is now at his home in Llowellyn Park, N, J., in a condition that excites the live liest anxiety of his friends nnd admirers. His deafness, which has been bad for twenty years, is greatly aggravated, and he is confined to bis room und most of tho time to his bed. He himself, so far from being alarmed, maintains his usual good spirits, and insists that he will be Japanese department of Agriculture nnd Commerce, accompanied by a stall of of ficials, arrived, and will wait on President Cleveland. Tho gallant general, who is a rather elderly man nnd a veteran of sev eral wars, in which ho was severely wounded, is on enthusiastic admirer of Mrs. Cleveland, whose pictures, ho says, excite in Japan a lively interest. fasting society woman. Mrs. Moses, of Dupont Circle, who fasted for twenty-one days, nnd has not in all that timo taken a morsel of nour ishment except n tenspoonful of liquid three times a day, surprised tho guests at n fashionable reception by singing somo exquisite songs in a clear, strong and ex cellent voice, her (laughter, Miss Nellie Moses, accompanying her. and then broke her fast. She says she never felt better in her life. ‘up in a few days.” DENOUNCING IDOLS. MONTE CRI8T0 RIVALED. A„ Eoetern Potentate.» XV..Found by .bn Brltl.b Govern. meiFto India has The financial secretary of discovery of “ . t » 35 QOO,000, which The treasure has by tho l^r^rier* vaults beneath ^ a. i.ma trusted to a been sunk m f- t "" as entr usted to ZcnRia. The s who finally re- few confidential s Aft(;r rC mov- vealcd it to the de p* t h of six feet, ing the earth to' re( j P greft t flagstones, the workmen several pit. jjeneath these |m dl chiefl , Piled to the In C ach pit was a freshly coinod ru^et (jf tie asuro plate recording «. • ; g w ) 10 find ns- and the names^ government loan from the aim * . aisled in secreting >t. has taken tho hoard p ro t e8 t Tlio Irish College of ltmuo lloe. Not He ll,.vo In rnrmtll nnd Gladstone. A memoir is about to bu issued from the Irish college at Rome on the existing troubles in Ireland. The document after repudiating the action of Mr. Parnell, concludes hy saying: The party with whom M r. Gladstone bus now identified himself for the furtherance of the revolu tionary movement which lias for its avowed object tho dismemberment of the united kingdom, have done everything possible of late to persuade Catholics, by their speeches, in and out of Parliament, that tho vicar of Const was in favor of it. Could the English government lie brought to believe this outrageous calum ny, what would they think of the Pope? What would the Emperors of Austria, Germany and China think of him? What would the world at large think of him? What would non-Catholics, who believe in revelaliou, think of the Catholic church if its head dn earth could view, except with profound sorrow, the move ment which is filling Ireland with anar chy and devastation? Woe to the move ment which,unless itsdaysare threatened will leave the land that once flowed with milk and honey, a desert without re li«ion.” NOTES. Henry C. Rotlirock,of North t'aiuliuu, liaa been appointed to a ♦1,(100 clerkship iu the Assistant Postmaster-General's office. Judge T. M. Cooley, chairman of the Lnter-Btate Commerce Commission, is now in Washington, and regular scssious will be reaumea. The President has appointed Byron L. Smith, of Chicago, to be a commissioner to examine thirty-four miles of railroad constructed by the Northern Pacific R. R. Co. President Cleveland received an invita tion from Gov. Taylor, of Tennessee, nnd the Mayor of Nashville to be present at tho oponing of the Industrial Exposition at Nashville. The government receipts have been heavy, and the expenditures less than usual. Tho available surplus, according to the treasurer’s calculations, is now stated at ^42,000,000. Secretary Harrell, of the North Caro lina Teachers’ Assembly, has invited President Cleveland to visit tho assem bly during the coming session at More- head City, June 14th to 20th. President Cleveland, a few days ago, for (ho first time in his life, visited the tomb of George Washington. Arriving nt Mt. Yernon, an hour or so was spent in rambling about the historic spot. The Secretary of War has received news that Leah Diaz, tho Apache Indian chief, charged with thv. murder of Lieut. Mott, U. S. A., on the San Carlos reser vation, has been convicted of murder in the first degree. Gee. Greeley has received through the ^rotary of War the gold medal present- ; to him by the Paris Geographical So ciety in recognition of his valuable addi tions to the knowledge of high latitudes and their flora and fauna. Frederick O. Prince, ex-Mnyor of Bos ton and representative of the Indian Rights Association, had a conference with Secretary Lamar, at the hitter’s re quest, upon the question of the selection of the proper persons to carry into effect the Indian Severalty law. By tho terms of the convention of na tion# for the “protection of industrial property,” recently ratified by President Cleveland, citizens of the United States have the privilege, notheretofore enjoyed by them, of obtaining vnlid patents in any of the countries which are members of the convention, at any timo within the period of seven months after the patent kinsville, nt the dedication of a Confed erate monument. Four colored convicts, nt work on the governor’s house nt Raleigh, N. C., Ilindc a break for liberty; three were shot nnd one escaped. Rev. James W. Payne nn evangelist made a stand at Atlanta, On., and was successful enough to attract the attention of a lovely young lady, who Wedded him. The happy couple will mate Nash ville, Teun,, their permaucut homo. New York capitalists purchased for about 1300,000, the Mobile, Ala., city railroad, twelve miles of track, stables, rolling stock, one hundred ncres of land, farm buildings, etc.; the Dauphin street railroad, two miles track, stables, rolling stock, etc., and Spring Ilill inilroinl, seven miles of track, etc. The purchnso includes all iho street railroads in tho city nnd is a bargain. Tho Virginia Beach railroad and water ing place hole! property on tho occnn, seventeen miles from Norfolk, Va., were sold at miction for $170,000 to a syndi- cu’o headed by Charles W. Mackey, of Franklin, Pa. The annual conclave of the Knights Templar of Georgia, at Atlanta, Ga., was a brilliant gathering, and Mayor Cooper gave an address of welcomo, to which Grand CommanderBnllantyno responded. Public exercises were held nt tho First Methodist Church. At tho instnneo of Inspector Griffin, John B. Buttles, Jr., postmaster nt Red Oak. Campbell County, Gn., wnsnriestod by Deputy United States Mnrslml Ed. Murphy. Buttles is charged with having made false returns of cancellations, his object bciug to increase his salary. A negro reported to tho chief of polico at Birmingham, Ala., that ho had over heard a plot botwoen two strange white men nnd another negro to wreck and rob near Loeds, twelve miles from the city, nn incoming truin on the Georgia Pacific railroad. Tho railroad officials wero notified, aud their dispatches warned tho engineer to keep a sharp lookout for ob structions. Jesse Hart, of Atlanta, Ga., sued the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad company, for ♦10,000 damages. He alleges that ou Februury 28th, 1887, he was riding in a cab attached to a froight train, when tho track spread and threw the cab from tho rails, down an embankment. He was crushed in tho hips nnd spine and otherwise bruised aud injured. The stnte organization of tho Knights of Pythias met at Savannah, Ga. The uniformed rank showed magnificently, nnd Atlanta won the prize. The fol- KILLED AT HIS POST OF DUTY, AUD AHOTHER IAN BADLY WOUNDED. Alnulili, Va. Eaeltad Over tha Devillah* aval af a Gang of Iluralara. Julian Arnold, a policeman, wae killed and Ernest I. Padgett, a companion, was hurt, at Alexandria, Va., while trying to arrest burglars. Near the circus lot is a saloon, kept by Befer Blouse, who had taken in considerable money during the stay of a circus. Between 11 and 12 o’clock, Policemen Arnold and Martin, observing two mon whispering together suspiciously, crept up near enough to overhear them plan the robbery of Blouse's saloon. Whilo discussing what it was host to do, tho officers wero joined lowing officers of tlie grand lodgo were elected: Grand Chancellor—J. M. LATEST NEWS, by another policeman aud Padgett, who i unsuccessful candidate for had beon an olico superintendent at the last election, t was agreed that two of the officers should notify Blouse of the intended rob bery, while Arnold and Padgett should come from the direction opposite Blouse's saloon, aud thus the four should inter rupt tho burglars. In following out this plan, Arnold and Padgett discovered two men lying flat on their backs in the circus They called to the suspected bur- s to surrender, and rushea forwerd to capture thorn. As they did so, the two men drew revolvers, and one of them Rhot Arnold in the breast end escaped, Padgett knocked the other man down with a stick, when a life and death strug gle ensued, tho robber endeavoring to till or disablo Padgett with a revolver shot. Ono of tho bullets fired inflicted a scnlp wound just over Padgett’s car, but lie held on to ids assailant until the other officers arrived and captured him. The murdered mau had been oa tho force six teen yenrs. When but fifteen years of age, ho left home and entered the Con federate service in Stonowall Jackson’s brigado. He leaves a wife and four chil dren. Alexandria is in a state of fever ish excitement, and threats of lynching are mado on ail sides. It is reported that the policemen themselves wero pre vented from lynching Curran, one of the burglars, by their superior officers, 0 BRIEN IN TORONTO. Great Crowtla Assemble, and Manx Hccnee ol* DUorrirr Occur tn tlio Htroeta. is obtained in America. A JERSEY BRUTUS UU8SIAN TROUltljEN. Who lacked Up Ills Wife, Beoaue She Did Not Ilohave. Justice Weiss, of Paterson, N. J., deal* out more Jersey justice than any other member of the judiciary in Passaic county. He has often been called upon to act as judgo on the case of some per son who was his friend, and without flinching, performed the duties of his of fice iu a fair and impartial manner. His wife was arraigned before him tho other morning, and with as much nonchalance as if she had been a stranger, he com mitted her to the county jail. A few months ago the justice was a widower, and, feeling his loneliness, married his housekeeper, the present Mrs. Weis*. Recently Mrs. Weiss developed symp toms of insanity, but the judge took mat ters quietly until Wednesday night, when the domestic trouble reached its climax. Mrs. Weiss made on inquiry of her spouse, Grand Chancellor—J. M. Ilun nicutt, of Atlanta, Vice-Grand Chancel lor—-H. S. Spinning, of Savannah, Grand prelate—II. W. Doscher, of Augusta, G. M. of Exchequer—M. M. Hill, of Au gusta, G. K. of R. it S—James Naylor, Jr., of Savannah, G. M. of A—W. T. Leipold, of Savannah, Grand Inner guard—It. P. Paul, of Darien; Grand outer guard. Tho buildings, etc., of Bluff Spring camp grounds, near Barncsvillo, Ga. were destroyed by an incendiary fire. Atlanta lias started tho Georgia Indian Association, a branch of the Woman' National Indian Association, with Mrs, Dr. William King as President, Rufus Trammel, a contractor on the East Alabama extension of the C. & W railroad, is missing from Opelika, Ala His-100 laborers are anxious to see him ubout three weeks’ back pay. A negro military company picnicked near West End, at Atlanta, Ga., and one of ttie soldiers was placed on guard duty; because a “citizen” came too near the dead lino the soldier stabbed him three times with a bayonet, making three ugly wounds. Jack A. Holbrook, of Grenada, Miss., a carpenter, was stabbed und killed on the public sidewalk, by E. J. Lowen- stcin, a young grocery merchant ui ft proprietor of a restaurant. Only a few words passed between them, when Low- enstein drew a four-inch bladcd knife aiul inflicted tho blow near the collar bone on the leftside, ranging downward. Holbrook remarked, “You’ve got me,'’ walked several ynrds into W. E. Smith’s jewelry store, where he fell and expiied iu a few minutes. Birmingh m, Ain., bus a ful-lfledged Chamber of Commerce. A mad dog made things pretty lively in Atlanta, Ga., until Detective Buch anan laid him low with a pistol shot. Incendiaries tried to fire several houses on Capitol avenue, Atlanta, Ga., but happily failed in their dastardly work. Bomcon I ubiera, national secretary of tlie Cuban federation of cigar makers, who was expelled from Tampa, Fla., by the vigilance committee, for attempting to organize the cigar makers, has gone to Washington D. C. to enter a claim for ♦50,000 against the Spanish government, which lie claims, was at the bottom of his expulsion. Immense congregation? greet Rev. Sam Jones nnd Rev. Sam Small at their services in Rome, Ga. Howell’s compress has been specially fitted up for this pur pose, and will comfortably sent 5,000 people All the railroads and steamboats leading into Rome have given reduced rates of faie, and hundreds are flocking in from the surrounding country. Editor O'Brien who went to Toronto lo assail Lord Lnnsdowne for his treat ment of his Irish tenants, when attempt ing to speak in tho Qucon’s park was in terrupted by a crowd of unfriendly Or angemen who groaned, hissed and sung, “God Save The Queen I” and “Rule Brit- tuunia.” A large force of policemen on foot nnd mounted, under command of , Lieut. Col. Grassctt were present and by their coolness and dotcrniinntionprevented bloodshed. There wero frequout cncoun- ters between Orangemen and nationalists, in which sticks aud fists were frequently used. The Orangemen set up two stump speakers to talk nt the same time ns Mr. O’Brien. They roared themselves hoarse amid the frantic cheers and yells of their littlo coteries, who shouted iu derisive chorus at those on tho plntform: “Pay your rent?” Hurrah for Lnnsdowne!” “God save the Queen!” After Mr. O’Brien had delivered a lengthy address, the Toronto branch of the Irish Nationnl League gave a banquet to Mr. O’Brien at llie Russia house. More than 800 of the most prominent Irishmen in tlio city sat down. When tho speeches begnn another display of Orangemen was made. A flfo and drum band started out and paraded up nnd down King streot, playing “Tlio Protestant Boys,” “Tho Boyne Wnter,” “God Save tlio Queen I” and “Rule, Brittanuia.” A LOVELY YOUNG LADY THU I'OI'U AMI KNIGHT*. The Pope, after having examined Car dinal Manning’s justification of Cardiual Gibbons’s memorial in favor of the recog nition of the Knights of Labor by thu Roman Catholic Church, has instructed Cardinal Simconi, prefect of propagandi, to confer with these cardinals and settle the question in accordance with tho views of the Vatican. GONB DOWN. The American ship Charles H. Mar shall, which cleared from London Decem- A dispute arising at Narva, Russia, be tween the peasants and landowners about and not receiving a satisfactory reply at- j ber 6th, for Philadelphia, has not been the ownership of some woods, a riot took I tacked him, shying a goblet, lamp and ' hoard of since, and has been given up for place and many were killed. > some crockery at the court’s head. ' lost with her orew of twenty-three men. Hubjrctrd to a Moot Cruel Experiment Iu ■ lie City of Parle, France. A sensational hypnotic experiment was achieved ut a private performance at the Filics Bergere, in Paris, France, by a beautiful young lady entering a engo of lions, after she had been hypnotized by M. <le Torcy, according to the methods f l)r. Charcot. De Torcy and the hyp notized young lady entered the cage, the animals being kept in check by the lion tamer. De Torcy compelled the young ladv to fall on the lion’s backs, and to place her head in a lion’s mouth, held open for tho purpose by the lion tamer. The seance wound up by the young lady, who had been put in a rigid acute cata leptic state—resting with her head on ono stool und her feet on another while the lions jumped over her. One lion placed its paws on the patieut’s thighs and caught in its mouth a piece of meat attached to a cord, thereby firing a pis tol fastened to the roof of the cage. The lions all jumped about and roared furi ously, nnd in the midst of the excite ment Do Torcy brought the patient out of the hypnotic traDce and removed her from the cage. TWO NEGROES KILLED Ilecnusn They Murdered a White Mae. A body of urraed men surrounded the Willis, Tex., calaboose, where two col ored men, Andrew McGeche and J. B. Walker, were confined, on a charge of shooting young Granville Powell, while he was assisting some young ladies on a passenger truin. The mob overpowered tlie guard, broke down the door, and told Walker’s wife, who was present, to get out. Then they opened fire on Mc- Geche and Walker, who were chained to gether. Five minutes after the first gun was fired the mob had disappeared. Mo- Gcche was found lying dead in the cell with eight bullet holes in his body, Janauschok, the eminent actress, fell down a pair of stairs in a hotel nt New port, R. I., and was badly hurt. Over 500 people formed an Anti-Pov erty Society in New York city, with Rov. Dr. McGlynn as president and Henry George as vice-president. A Arc broke out in the shanties occu pied by about 800 Italian laborers on the Summit division of the Duluth, South Shore nnd Atlantic railroad, and, owing to the scarcity of wnter, many of the men lost their lives in fighting the flames. Mr. O’Brien the Irish editor had n pretty hnrd tinia in the streets of Toron to, Can. The Orangemen assailed him with mud nnd brickbats, ns lie was walk ing in tho streets and lie got hustled pretty badly. J. M. Wall, a New York Tribuno reporter who wns walking with Mr. O’Brien, got a bad cut on the head. Several policemnn wero injurod in de fending tho assailed men. Five men who took nn nctlve part in the plot to essassinato tho Czar were ex ecuted. Tho Fronch Cabinet, headed by Minis ter Goblet, havo resigned, on nccount of tho rejection of its financial policy. Owing to tho failure of a compromise between the executive of tho Knights of Labor nnd tlie manufacturers’ nsssocia- tion at Haverhill, Mass., in regard to tlio troubles at Chick Brothors’ shoe fac tory, forty manufacturing establishments closed their doors throwing out of em ployment 7,000 persons. R. Nelson Boyd, member of the insti tute of civil engineers, London, who has spent a good deal of timo in personally inspecting tho Panama cnual, says that the immense and difficult work under taken by Count DeLcssops cannot bo ac complished under six years from January 1, 1887. Assuming llmt 1,000,000,000 francs have been absorbed by the exist ing works, interest on capital, eto., tho amount of cnpital required will bo over ♦500,000,000. Mr. Gladstone, tho Grand Old Man of England, has, in recent conversation* with liis personal friends, expressed a de sire to visit America. This has long beon a cherished thought in his mind, but its execution has always presented so many obstacles that it 1ms never, until recently, been expressed. An urgent request 1ms always been mot with tho reply, “1 would liko to, whenever public business per mits.” Tho prospects are that during tho coming autumn there will be a favor able opportunity for a prolonged absenco from Parliament nnd England, If ho comes, he will visit the South. Tho Boston, Mass., working brewers have struck for shorter hours end more pay. Germany will mobilize her army in case the warlike plans of Gen. Boulanger nre adopted by France. Count Herbert Bismarck is visiting the Marquis of London, dorry, the lord-lieu tenant at Dublin, Ireland. Geo. E. Reed, for two years city treas urer of Bismarck, Dak., is missing. It is believed he has gone to Oansda. His account* are said to be $0,000 short. The steamer Arizona, which arrived at New York recently, brought the remaine of Yicar-General O’Quinn, who died while on a visit abroad. It was taken to the cathedral rectory, on Fifth avenue. The authorities of New York have un earthed two scoundrels on Sixth avenue, who have been posing school girls in Black Crook pictures. The men are photographers and named Chapman & Lewis. By the advice of England, the Bulga rian regents are meditating the proclama tion of King Charles, of Roumania, as prince of Bulgaria, thus virtually making of the Danubian-Balkan provinces one kingdom. Archbishop Corrigan, of New York, tn speaking of popular errors, while visiting a church, declared that every man had the right to acquire, by honest means, as much as ho could, and cited the Indians as an example of the disastrous results of the free land policy. He also said that the latter idea was in direct opposition to the decree of the Pope. TRAIN WRECKING Hade Capopnlar In Mexico, by Shooting Thoee Who Obstructed the Hallway. A train on the Mexican National Rail- road ran over and killed a Mexican near Patzeuavo. Friends of the dead man undertook to retaliate, and put a big rock on a curve. The engine of a pas senger train struck it, and an Anierieuu engineer was injured and a Mexican tire- man killed. The Jel'e Politico sent Walker was seriously wounded in three I squad of Mexican gendarmes with in places, but may recover. AMBUSHED HIS FOREMAN. Alexander Bloomfield was several years ago discharged from the employment of the Waterbury, Conn., Brass company for drunkenness, and has always cherish ed a grudge against Foreman Warren S. Frost, whom he held responsible for his dismissal. Ho ambushed Frost as ho was driving with a companion to tlie mill, wounded both, but not seriously, with a double barrel shotgun. Employes of the mill surrounded him in ti e woods, but before they could lay hands on him, Bloomfield had blown eut his brains. structious to bring in every person sus pected of any complicity whatever. Tliiity-thrce arrests wero made. The in vestigation resulted in tho selection of throe victims, und sentence was imme diately passed. Shortly after sunrise on a recent morning the three were marched to tho scene of the disaster, stood up before an udobe wall and a file of sol diers,' at ten paces distance, fired a volley at them, 'lne men tell at the first fire. A sergeant stepped forward to tho bod ies, put a revolver close to oach head and blew out the brains. Tha corpses lay for sonic time where they fell, as a warning agaiust more train wreckipg, and were buried near the scene of the wreck. m '•.. .■ -■ 'i-K

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, May 24, 1887, Image 1