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Newspaper Page TextTHE MERCURY Entered as Second-class Matter at the Sandersettle Poatofftce April 37, 1680. Sandersvllle, Washington County, Ga. PUBLI8HED BY A. J. JERNIGAN & CO, Proprietors and Editors. Subscription: $1.90 Per Teat. THE MERCURY. A ' J ' ,TIil ™I()AN ,6 CO., Proprietors, DEVOTED TO LITEllATUBE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.00 Per Annum VOLUME VIII. E. S. LANGMADE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, Oa. B. I>. Stans, B. D. Evaki, J» EVANS & EVANS. ATTORNEYS AT LAW SANDERVILLE, OA. F. H. SAFFOLD, attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, GA, Will practice in all the Courts of the Middl le Circuit and in the countire lurroumling Washington. Special at* tmtioii given to commercial law. ». A HOLLIFIELD Pliisician S Suwon, SANDERSVILLE, OA. Onioe noxt door to Mri. Bayne's Millinery gtor", on Harris sired. HUY YOUli ■ mv> a, FROM (None Kenuino witliont our trade mark.) ON HAND AND FOR SALE SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. Watches, Clocks AHD JEWELRY miPAXRlD BT JE lE^nsriGKAlSr. SHOOTING A (US WLiiL. R Is Exulting, and GIvch tho Senna* lion of a Mild Mart liqiinko 1 I Emm llio Kokomo Dispatch.] “By Georgo, sir, if tlmt stuff was to explode it would blow us nil to kingdom comol” I’.verybody oyod tho hit of white tnr- pnulin and llio four innocent-looking runs it covered suspiciously, mid of ono accord withdrew to u safer distance, l-ioli of the cans contained eight quarts of nitro-glyeenno, fetched overland from Limn, ()., by Jim Caliban, representing mny, of the llereules Torpedo Company, •but place, to shoot the Junction gas Well. A largo crowd lmd gathered at the gas well Saturday morning, watching every movement with an interest born of oun- "Mtv that brooks all danger to satisfy itmdf ill the minutest detail. 'J’ho big drill was withdrawn and fastened at tho point to the easing-head. Lushed to it miis a strong steel pulley, through which run a light line extending from an iron reel made fust to the arm of the great walking beam and terminating ill an iron hook. To this book was attached a large tin vessel, resembling in shape a monster syringe. Here began the most dangerous part of the work, and tho spectators were warned to leave tho ground. Tho cans were brought into •lie derrick and thirty-two quarts of tho terrible explosive, formed by treating glycerine with concentrated sulpliurio id nitric acids, were carefully poured jute the tin torpedo. This was slowly 1 " reel, lowered into tho well by aid of tho great caiv being taken to see that it did >iol jar violently against tho casing and imn e a premature explosion. When the •"’•tom of tho well was reached the hook was swung looso and the line drawn out. f'alilian then tilled another tin vessel of smaller capacity, shaped very much like “ gun cartridge, and attached it udeton- ating fuse. The glyco rino cans contain ing the small residue of tho explosive, were removed to a place of safety. Culi- •iiin then entered tho derrick with his "go devil,” coolly lighted the fuse from ins cigar, dropped it in the well and slov.lv walked a few rods away. Every- nody held their breath and waited, A "'mute passed—two—threo. Inoxperi- eneeil persons thought the shot had meed, and approached nearer tho well. 1 resently there was a dull, heavy thud, "iiirli like striking a meal bug with ono’s closed fist. There was a slight tremor Hie earth, barely perceptible to those nearest tin} well. Then followed ano- "nit, of tlfteon seconds when o great "mime of black colored water shot up, "P away over the derrick a hundred mi't in all, falling with a great shadow s l°’ies and drenching the more ven- jiii'esomo spectators who rushed toward tho well. • he offoct of tho shot was at once dis- ""innhlo. Tho woll was a good one be- hut the deep, sullen roar from the "'e-anil-fivc-eigh th-inch casting an- minced a find perhaps exceeding in miinic any well yet drilled in tho Ko- 01110 fi°ld. When the union was put n ftno connection with a two inoli pipe "s made, the roar increased to a hoarse , l(!llm . almost drowning tho mighty ... “'at went up when the gas was "f lighted, throiving out a flame nearly 10 the top of the derrick. 0T ‘* White’s experiments on the re fill ftl , 1<!0 ^offered by a bank of snow to n 'I '’iillet, which wore made recently at It u ' vn i Canada, were most interesting. „ tound that tho Martini bullets 1 ! n t° a bank of woll packed snow •’ 0 t e ty spent after truversing a dis- },.]ll' 0 . 0 '. n °t more than four feet. Snidei ioe it in ' lari t packed snow mixod with ein, . . n °t hal'd enough to prevent dig- imt^ lu ^° it with a slioet-iron shovol, did Penetrate more than about four feet; driftway ^ Bnow ' packed by natural in H,’ ""Pablo of being easily onished four f lon< t> e bullet penetratod about lftKu ii’ an d ln loose drifted dry snow rifiin J ftn , 8evnn feot > though fired from taut ° U ^ twenty or thirty yards dis- NUMBER 6. WASHINGTON DOTS, INTERESTING NOTES ABOUT PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AND OTHER NOTABLES. T, .«’Opera, I..... or II, o Depart mom., on,I WhRl SoMtliorn Ml.,, Arn llrln. Ap . Pointed In I’oellloiis, Ulc., Etc. debt statement. The debt statement shows tho decrease of tho public debt, during tho month of May to be 18,888,1)117.00, a decrease „f tho debt since Juno 80, 1880, of $92,834,- 02, 21; cash in Treasury, $400,209 320 - &°i d pwtificatos outstanding, $90,- *,ok Sllvcr ccrti| ic»tes outstanding, $189,143,828; certificates of deposit out standing, $8,990,000: legal tendon out standing, $349,481,010; fractional cur rency, not including the amount estimated as lost or destroyed, $0,947,822 37: inter est-bearing debt, $1,008,024,073.51;debt on winch interest ling ceased, $0,737,403, no 1 w . . “■■■vi-uauu, 1.1, - 08, debt bearing no interest, $392 797 - 778.87; totnl debt, $1,007,842,151.90. BOUTHEllN COllI’OHATIONS. 1 lie interstate commerce commission lias received a communication from G. S. llrookerville, of Dublin, Va., complain ing that the Norfolk & Western Railroad company ure making unreasonable rates. J. W. Bryant, of New Orleans, appear- pd before the commission, and, represent ing the steamboat interests of tho Miss- is'-ippi river, denied the statements of railroad representatives that they were forced to cut rates at all points where water competition existed. Ho said that, on the contrary, the steamboat companies weje obliged to cut rates to meet reduc tion by railroads, NOTES. Clark Howell, post-oflico inspector at Atlanta, Uu., 1ms resigned. The polico regulations during the Drill were very faulty, and came near causing a riot on several occasions. The Light Infantry, of Washington, protest against the award of u prize to the National Rifles of tho some city. Gold holdings in the United States treasury have increased six millions sinco May 1. There has been very littlo change in silver circulation during tho past month. Prof. Spencer F. Iiaird, a well-known scientist, and secretary of the Smithson ian Institute, is dangerously ili at his residence, of an affection of the heart and kidneys. The disappointment of tho general public is great because the Toledo, O., Cadets did not get a prize. The judges reply tlmt/fho company drilled on a sys tem of their own, mid not according to regulations. The appropriation for printing smnll silver certificates is well-nigh exhausted, and nothing can be done to meet tho large orders constantly coming in, until the appropriation for tho next fiscal year becomes available. Comptroller llutlcr, of the Treasury department, in auditing the accounts of the superintendent of the naval academy, Ims disallowed all items of expenditure lor whisky, brandy, and other intoxicat ing liquors, furnished to members of tho a iiiimi board of visitors. John B. Riley, of Macon, Ga., has born appointed a postoffice inspector on mail depredations. Capt. Andrew J. Terry, of Smithville, Vn., bus been appointed custodian of the Interior Department, Tho President has appointed E. Henry Lucombu, of New York City, to he ad ditional circuit judge in tho Second Judicial Circuit; L. W. Reid, of Vir ginia, Assistant Register of the Treasury. Tho Treasury is advertising in South Carolina papers for the claimants to the loot captured at Camden, 8. C., by Gen. Sherman during tho war. It consists of spoons, knives, silver pitchers, and 248 silver and brass watches, these last being taken irom prisoners of war at Elmira, and Point Lookout. Tho interstate commerce commission has received from the “Street Stablo Car Line,” of Chicago, a complaint agniust over 50 Western railroads, charging them with unlawful discrimination in refusing to permit tho use of improved cars for tho carrying of live stock over their re spective roads from ono state into or through another, unless upon payment of unreasonable and exorbitant charges of freight. The first prizes at the National Drill were handed over to the winners by Gen. Sheridan, commanding the United Statos Army, and wero as follows: Best com pany, Lotnnx Rifles, of Mobile, Ala.; battalion, Washington Light Infantry, of Washington, D. C.; regiment, First Virginia National Guard ; battery, B, of Indianapolis; zouaves, Chicago Zouaves; cadets, Michigan Military Academy; in dividual drill', Private II. S. Stnekc, of San Antonio Rifles, Galveston, Tex. LYNCHING IN INDIANA. Tivn Young Men Commit n llnoturdly Crime, mat Indignant Citizens Hang One ol TUem. Waltor and Chnrles Davis, brothers, of bad reputo, visited John Flannogan’s residence, 8 miles from Louisville, Ky., in Perrv-county, Ind., and finding a J4 year old daughter and her two brothers alone, they told the Flanuegan boys that some stray stock was breaking into the farm n mile away from the house. No Ser had they left to look after the supposed stray stock, than the Davis boys carried the young daughter of 1- lan- negan into a neighboring wood, and there outraged her. The girl was gagged, tied beaten anil left for dead, vy.ieti tho boys returned, they searched for their sister but she was not found until the next morning—still alive. - , Walter Davis escaped, but Charles Davis was caught, taken to the girl's nreseuce, given two minutes in which to wav (which he did), and was then hung p ray ’ctnnt vounir treo, which was bent over and 'which in . its, rebound tossed Davis in the air and broke his neck. His bodv was riddled with bullets by the crowd and was nllowed to hang there C til vesterdav morning, when it was cut down by hfs father aud given burial. THE MERCURY. PUBLISHED ETE8T THEM!. NOTIOE! AU Communications intended /top thie Paper must be accompanied tog the full name of the writer mil necessarily far publication, but at a guarantee of good faith. We are in no way responsible for the views or opinions of eorrespew<« SOUTHERN NEWS. The Atlanta, Ga., Evening Journal lias been sold to a stock company, and will bo improved and enlarged. A negro, but 10 years old, committed suicide at Charlotte, N. C., because his mother intended to whip him for stealing. Rev. James F. Webster, a white man, who was born in India, and at one time the rector of Mi Episcopal Church, now rosiding at Groenvillc, S. 0., lias bocomo Tiolently insane. Ho will be sent to an asylum. A novel boycott was begun in Chatta nooga, Tonn., by the Knights of Labor A movemont was inaugurated to closo all the stores at 7 o’clock, and nearly all tho merchants had signed the agreement. However, some refused, and in conse quence the Knights of Labor will boy cott those who will not givo their em ployes a rest. W. W. Ellis, baggage master and ox- prcBS messenger of the Piedmont Air- Lino roBd, went into the office of the Southern Express company, at Atlanta, Go., to report. Just after ho entered the otllco, the tin box in which ho carries his mail matter and rovolver, accidentally opened and his revolver fell to the floor. It was discharged just ns it struck tho floor, tho ball passing through tho calf of Mr. Ellis’s leg. f G° v - Gordon, of^ Georgia, sa^s Smith, of Heard county, tho condemned murder er must hang. A book ngent nnmed A. S. Hill called ut the house of Mr. Terri, at Corsicana, Fox,, and insulted tho dnughtcr of the bouse, and was killed by hor father for it, Sumter F. Nichols, tho slayer of Wil liam Jordan, who was adjudged a lunatic at Raker court, On., died from injuries received in attempting suicido while in Albany, Ga. William Echols, a young white man, living at Cornelia, Ga., one of tho best known young men in that portion of the * .. - . state, was foully murdoroa by persons unknown Rev. L. II. Humphries, n well-known colored preacher, so annoyed tho teachers of tho Girls’ High School, in Atlanta, that ho was arrosted and jailed. He is thought to be insane. For a joke, Georgo Donelson, n clerk in the drug store of " * ~ „ Burgo A Roscoe, of Nashville, Tenn., challenged John G. Bernard, nil elderly man, to drink an ounce of aconite. The words hardly es caped his lips before Bernal swallowed tho poison. A number of physicians tried to savo him, but ho died. The recent lieuvy rains 1ms caused an increase of yellow fever cases nt Key West, Fin, The Nashville Union, which begun publication two years ago as a daily news paper, has stopped. There has been a new post-olfico es tablished in Rabun county, between Tal lulah aud Clayton, Ga., mid by the name of Tiger, and J. C. Cannon has been appointed postmaster. Tobacco is not doing so well in North Carolina. A great deal was killed by cold weather. In some sections tho farmers have abandoned tobacco, plowed up the land and put in corn. St.Phillips Episcopal church in Charles ton, S. C.. has by vote, sustained its representatives who withdrew from the Diocesnn convention on account of the attempted admission of colored delegates. Prof. John II. Miller, professor of mathematics in Erskinc College, has been elected president of tho Due West Ro maic College, S. C., vice J. P. Konnedy, who resigned on account of failing health. One of tho most popular societies in Charleston, S. C., is the Philatelic So ciety. The society will give a courso of lectures oil “Postngo Stamps” as soon ns thr services of a competent lecturer enn he secured. The Alico Clarke, one of tho steamers running between Augusta and Savannah, Gil., suffered slightly thootherday by fire, while about eighty-five miles down the river. Fifty-four bales of cotton caught fire anil wero thrown overboard. The Charleston & Savannah, and tho Savannah, Florida & Western railway companies will put oil between New York ami Jacksonville an express train that will mako the run botween tho two cities in thirty hours, leaving New York about 10.80 a. m., and reaching Jack sonville about 4.30 p. m, the next day. A LUNATIC VISITS MOV. IIILL. E. C. Diellciihacher, an o-ionped lunatic from Herkimer county, a large, powerful limn, pushed his way into the executive chamber nt Albany, N. Y., until lie \v;it beside Governor Hill’s desk and do mantled an immediato hearing. His ac tions creatocl souiu uneasiness, but he was quietly carried away by a policeman without ollering any resistance. PECULIAR ACTION OF L1MI1T.NINM. J. A. Sewell, of Garlandvillo, Ga., had a valuable ox standing under some sweetgum bushes in the pasture, when lightning struck a bush about 20 feet high. Following n downward course about 8 feet it jumped to another near tho ox and pnssed down it soveral feet, left the bush aud struck tho ox, killing him instantly. CHARLEY ROSS IN JAIL. Recently, Christian K. Ross said to a reporter, s f bis residence, Walnut Lane Station, Germantown, near Philadelphia, Pa., that a man claiming to know the whereabouts of his missing son, Charley, had called upon him. The stranger gave his name as Harrington, a keeper in tho Stnte Prison of Connecticut, and assured Mr. Ross that Charley Ross is in that in stitution undergoing a sentence of im prisonment. GONE WRONG. The cashier of the Ilechetnga Bank, L. D. Parent, of Montreal, Can., has ab sconded. He drew checks to the amount of $12,000, signed them “L. D. Parent, on trust for Dr. V.dndc,” and succeeded in prevailing upon Ray, the ledger keeper, to accept them for the bank. Then he cashed them and left the city. “ALL QUIET!” DECORATION OF THE GRAVES OF THE FEDERAL DEAD. Frnlnrnlzntlon of iho Gray aud the Itluo l’atrlutlr. Addressee and Impressive KerTloes — Noalhern Military Companies Take Part In Iho Exerelace. Never sinco tho War closed, has Me morial Day under tho auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic been more iinpressivoiy celebrated than this year, and tho capitul of tho nation—Washing ton—witnessed a sight which deeply im pressed all who wero there to witness it, particularly tho veterans who fought on opposite sides. The first division of the procession was made up as follows: Vicksburg South rons and band, Belknap Rifles, Lomax Rifles, Hullcno Guards of Kansas City, Louisville Logion and drum corps, American Cadet baud of Milwaukee, eighth separate company of New York; company D, Thirty-second Now York; Grand Rupids Gunrds, of Michigan, and Custer Gunrds, of Michigan. The sec ond division was composed of local mil itary companies and Grand Army of the Republic posts. The ceremonies at Ar lington were very impressivo. The exercises ut the tomb of Gen. Lo gan, in Rock Creek cemetery, were pic- turesquo and interesting. The Logaa ~ clof Guard of Honor had charge of the services, and were assisted by suggestions from Mrs. Lognn. Such a profusion of floral tributes ns decorated the last resting place of the dead general Lias rarely been seen. New York city made it a close holiday and a great ninny went to River side park to take part in tho special ser vices ut Gen. Grant’s tomb. Hero 20,000 or more people gathered. At Chattanooga, Tenn., a delegation from tho 24th Illinois Volunteers from Chicago, 111., decorated tho grave of Col. Mihilotzy of that regiment. At Richmond, Vu., Winchester, Va., Galveston, Tex., and Jacksonville, Fla., Confederates and Federal veterans had joint exercises, and at other points in the Sou tli, Confederate veterans took a prominent pnrt. At Mnriettu, Gu,, tho exorcises wero most impressive, and Fill- ton County Confederate Veteran associa tion had a delegation at tho Government Cemetery. Rev. Dr. Georgo Leonard Chaney, of Atlanta, was the orator mid his remarks were patriotic in the highest degree, and gave great satisfaction to the great throng of people who attended. BANDITS SURPRISED. illuxlcnn Cavalry ami .\ni(>rluan Deputy* .sheriff* Rout n («uug of Uaxcal*. At dawn of day, recently, in the midst of n driving rain, the Bnls'li eiit-otr above Santa Maria, Mexican territory, on tho American side of tho river and the refuge of about thirty desperate bandits, thieves anil smugglers, was raided by a force from both sides of the river. SherilT Bre- tof and Deputy Clausner, of Texas, with about ninety ranch ros mid doputio- en tered and drove out the bandits, who met with a warm reception on the other side from a detachment of the Mexican 3d cavalry under command of Col. Nieves Hernandez. A sharp tight en sued, in which Col. Hernandez was wounded, one of his men killed and an other wounded. One bandit was killed, several wounded and a number captured, several of whom are well known mur derers, mid were executed on the spot. EXCITEMENT IN FRANCE. The Yiiiuik Men of Furls lleiiiiiml General Iloiiliinair’H Retention In Olllee. On rotiring from the position of secre tary of war, to give place to his succes sor, Gen. Forron, Gen. Boulanger, the present idol of the French people, made n short address. Riotous demonstrations at oueo took place. Fifty policemen were stationed at the British embassy. During the night eries of “n L’Elysco” were raised by the crowd,and fully 1,000 young men formed u procession and marched at a swinging pace in the direc tion of tho palace, shouting as they weut, “We want Boulanger!” Before they ar rived at the Elysee, however, two strong dies of polico appeared aud dispersed them. LOCKED OUT. The Master Masons’ Association, of Philadelphia, Pa., decided to lock out all their union stonecutters, and refuse them further employment until they cease in terfering with non-union employes. About three hundred men will work on as usual, and such of the union employes who pledge themselves not to interfere with non-union hands, will bo restored to their old places. ENGLISH PLUCK. Twelve hundred coal miners at Bach- raul, Russia, out on astrike, attempted to rob a brewery owned by a Arm of English men. Fifty English workmen attached to the brewery mounted horses and dur ing tho fight which occurred, three of tho workingmen wore killed. GILT CIIERUilS. Complaint is made because the cherubs’ heads on St. Michael’s steeple, in Charles ton, S. 0., have been painted white, in stead of being gilded us they were form erly. There is a tradition that these heads wero made by Guillotin, a brother of the inventor of tho guillotine. BUSINESS PROSPERITY. The South Reaping the Benefit of Large Capital to Develop Railways, Hills, Foundries, Etc., Etc. Koy West, Fla., is to bo lighted by eleotnolty. Greensboro, Ala., is to have a “dummy” street railroad. A hotol to cost $80,000 will bo erected in Petersburg, Va. Dayton, Ky., has adopted electricity ns tho motivo power for street railroad, Chattanooga, Tenn., issued $50,000 of bonds for sewerogo anil street improve ment*. Tho Morgan County Asphalt and Oil u —“A $if'' - Co. with $150,000 capital lins started nt Ilartsellc, Ala. Tho Young Men’s Christian Associa tion of Charlottesville, Va., has started n $40,000 building. Tho Birmingham & Atlantic Air-Lino Railroad Co., will extend their railroad from Greenville, Ga., to Savanunh, Memphis, Tenn. items: A snddlory manufacturing company with $100,000 capital has started; also, a brick company with $100,000 capital. Sheffield, Ala., notes: Tho Sheffield Land Company will erect 100 houses; tho First National Bunk has contracted for a $85,000 building. E. B. Moon, of Richmond, Va., hns purchased about 50,000 acres of timbor and mineral lands in Siuythe, ■Washing ton and Grayson countios. Tho Clinttanooga Land, Coal, Iron & Railway Co. will build tho Chattanooga Western Railroad from Chattanooga to Walden’s Ridge, nbout 8 mileB. The Alabama Slidlnnd Railroad Co. capital stock $8,000,000, will bo incor porated to build a railroad from Mont gomery, Ala., to Bainbridge, about 175 milos. Tho Eiifnuln & Southeast Alabama Railroad Co. with a capital stock of $1,- 000,000 to build n railroad from Clayton to Blakely, Ala., with a branch to Geneva, lias been chartered. Tho Georgia Central Railroad & Bank ing Co. will extend tho Stabile & Girard Railroad from Troy to Elba, Ala., tho Eufaultt & Clayton Railroad from 25 to 80 miles, and tho Fort Gaines branch from Blakely, Ga., to Columbia, Ala. Bills have been introduced in tho Flor >da Legislature to^incorporate tho Central Railroad it Steamboat Co,; a company to build a railroad from St. Lucie to Wah- netaor Lakeland; tho Key of the Gulf Railroad Co., and tho SIcmphis & Pensa cola Railroad Co. A Now York syndicate have purchased 4,000 acres of mineral lands, at Collins ville, Ala. An English company has purchased an immense area of coal land in tho same locality and will nt once pro ceed to devolop it, anil will build a 100- ton blast furnace. Tho Atlanta & Chattanooga Railroad Co. capital stock $1,000,000, has been organized with H. 8. Chamberlain as president; E. J. Sanford, Knoxville, vice- president, R. H. Hood, Knoxville, secre tary, and Mr. Slitchell, treasurer. The object of tho company is to build n rail road to Stevenson, Ala., via South Pitts burg, Tenn. At « meeting lately held nt Charleston, W. Ya., Georgo T. Stearns, of Now York, made the statement that “a com bination had been formed, with a capital of $12,000,000, to build a railroad from the Pennsylvania line down tho Elk, up ' ~ “ ' ‘ :k tho Coal and on to Big Sandy, through Kentucky and oil to Nnshvillo, Tenn., and that he represented that com bination.’’ FINIIERMEN KILLING RACn OTHER, There is war among tho salmon fisher men on the Columbia river, near Astoria Oregon. The seiners and gillers have banded together to stop all trap fishing. A. E. King, owner of a cannery at II- wac, and Albert Green and Archie Ross, owners of traps, started out armod with guns lo guard a large lot of web, which is used in the traps, and which had been tarred and was lying in tho opon air to dry. This was in a field not far from the beach, surrounded by small timbor. While on the watch they discovered men moving in the darkness, whom they challenged. The reply was a volloy of allots. Mr. Ross was killed, and Mr. King received threo serious wounds. Green was unhurt. COSTLY SKATS. Americans in London, Eng., aro pay ing as high us $250 rent for windows, to bo used the day Queen Victoria goes from Buckingham palace to Westminster Abbey, where the jubilee services will take place. ATTACKED MB EMPLOYER. Dock Gay rosiding near Fairburn, Ga., had a difficulty with a negro boy about rations, which terminated in his being stabbed in the neck with a knife. The negro fled. INTERESTING MILITARY EVENT. The friends of the Toledo, O., Cadets have offered $5,000 ns a prize, if the cel ebrated Lomnx Rifles will drill in Toledo next September. UNION DEPOT. The merchants of Charleston, 8. O., are agitating for a new union railroad depot. WENT AWAY. The Salvation Army at Columbia, S. C., found that place unprofitable, aud deserted their barracks. LUCKY OMEN. On the first anniversary of his wed ding, President Cleveland caught a fine mess of largo trout in the Adirondueks, No woman can bo handsome by the force of features alone, any more than she can be witty only by the help of speech. LATEST NEWS. President Cleveland sont $10 ns n sub scription to start the popular fund now being raised to build a monument to Gen. U. 8. Grant. Mr, Bright, tho English statesman, strongly condemns Editor O’Brien’s mis sion, and the refusal of Irish Mayors to celebrate tho Queen’s Jubiloo. A strango disease, communicated by contact, has caused dreadful havoc among horses in DoWitt county, 111. It. is be hoved to havo been communicated from imported French stallions, nud is said to ho common in Franco. Probnto Judge Lyman Follctt, of Grand Rapids, Mich., 1ms boon missing for sev eral days. Inquiry shows a largo short age in his accounts. Nearly every ostato in the probate court is suffering whero funds passed through Follett’s hands. Muj. Elbridgo McConkoy, resident clerk of tho Pennsylvania House of Rep resentatives for several sessions, and who hns been prominently identified with tho stnto hoard of agriculture, committed suicido by hanging, nt Ilnrrisburg, Pa. Eire broko out in tho Huobcnor quays, in Hamburg, Germany, and thoy wero speed^y destroyed. Six largo sheds wero next guttod. The flames communi cated to two British vessels, tho City of Dortnund and tho Gladiator, and de stroyed them. Now York was astonished to learn that a project wns on foot to build in that city a mammoth Protestant Episcopal Cathedral, a second Westminster Abbey, or St. Paul’s Cathedral, inflict; mid ovon more astonished to learn that tho scheme hns been on foot for over 14 years, and the reporters didn’t find it out. In ono week, 1,500 emigrants left Queenstown for America. Lieut. Clarke, U. S. Navy, committed suicido at Panama recently. Tho Troy, N. Y., stovo moldcrs hnvo gono to work again, and tho strike is at an end. Tho yacht Thistlo sailed a rnco of about 60 miles in England, nnd develop ed remarkable speed anil “till nrouud” qualities. A distinct earthquake shock was felt in Jamestown, N. Y. The shock last d only a moment, nnd seemed liko an under ground explosion of groat soverity. It seem! impossible to empanel a jury to try Jako Sharpe, the great briber of New York City; nearly all the citizens summoned ure prejudiced against him. During a sorvico in the Cathedral nt Prcssburg, Hungary, an alarm of fire was raised. A panic ensued, anil muiiy in tho congregation wero killed anil injured in tho crush which resulted from tho frantic endoavors of the people to reach tho By tho explosion of a boiler in Court- landt, N. Y., three men wero killed, Tho grain porters employed at Avon- mouth docks, Bristol, England, have struck agninst the use of elevators in un loading vessels. Townsend Johnson and his brother confessed that they sot fire to Palmer’s oooperago, in Williamsburg, N. Y., on April 2d. They claim to have had a grudge against Palmer. France is in a feverish stato of excite ment over the attempt to form a cabinet. Tho military bill appears to be the snug, and if it is withdrawn by tho govern ment, trouble will ensue. Recently in tho palace of justico, at City of Mexico, whero courts sit, the roof fell in. Luckily tho room was unoccu pied at the time. The earthquako shock has created Iresh alarm about tho safety of roofs in buildings of great ugc. A wooden cross has been erected at Bodyko, Ireland, where the work of evic tion had to be stopped on account of the sheriff being seized with a fit, upon which are inscribed these words: “Praise the Lord 1 Hero tho Tyrant’s art was para lyzed.” Tho Reformed Episcopal council in session at Philadelphia, Pa., adopted resolutions that tho council recognizes evangelistic services, as a potent fact in the aggressive work of tho church, nnd indorsos tho utility of evangelistic union, whonover practicable, for the more sys tematic and efficient conduct of such matters; also, ono recommending a dis continuance of the committee on work among freedmen. Tiblo with tho Curriculum. First Omaha Dame—“How is your sou getting on at college?” Second Omaha Dame—“Splendidly, but I am afraid he studies too hard. I got a private note from his room-mate advising me to send for my son, as lie was beginning to toss around nights nnd see snakes and tilings.” “Dear me!” “Yes, isn’t it awful! I have written to the fnculty to nsk them to excuse the poor boy from any further attendance at the lectures on zoology.”—Omaha Wwlil. John Anson and his wife of Bonnetts- ville, Ky., lived happily together for thirty years, and then Mrs. Anson de cided that she wanted a cabinet organ. John declined to buy ono, and thereupon the wife tried to drown herself by plung ing into the waters of the Muddy Fork. She was fished out unharmed, and John was bo disgusted that he at once quit home, and he has not been seen there sinoe. PARABLES. Earth sings her parables of lots and gain In boldest speech. Yet heights sublime which spirits shall attain She cannot reach. Aerial whispers float o’er land and sea— “It doth not yet appear what we shall be.” Her royal purples and her crowns of gold, , Her white attire. The sceptred liliee which her summers hold, With flames afire— All fail to show the glory wo shall see— - “It doth not yetappear what we shall be.” Who from unsightly bulb or slender root Could guess aright, The glory of the flower, the fern, tho fruit, In summer’s height? Through tremulous shadows voices call tome, “It doth not yet appear what wo shall be.” Triumphant guesses from the seer and sage Through shadows dart, And tender meanings on tho poet’s page Console the heaH. O songs prophetic 1 though sweet nrs ye, “It doth not yet appear what wo shall be.” —Clara Thwaites. PITH AND POINT. Always seedy—The fig. In a tight box—Sardines. A suit of mail—Will you marry me f He docs a driving business—the cab man. When dentists arc partners they ought to pull together.—Sifting*. After all, the greatest fishery trouble is when they won’t bite.—San Francisco Alta. If you want to see a wildcat, simply hold up the domestic article by the tail. —Nexc Haven News. An exchange remarks: “Honesty fears nothing.” But it docs, though. It fears dishonesty.—Boston Post. A New York firm advertises “umpire suits.” Wo believo they aro manufac tured at a foundry in Pittsburg.—States man. A Fireman’s Toast—“Cunid and his torch, the only incendiary that can kin dle a flame which the engines cannot quench." It is premature to tell any woman that she is an angel until it is seen how sho can cook a steak and boil a potato.—Fall River Advance. “What an outrage to cram so many into this railway coupe.” “I should say sol rail Why,a sardine is a hermit in comparison.’ —Fliegende Blastter. ’ He (at a Boston musicalc)—“What a glorious interpretation 1” She (a Chicago young woman)—“Yes, Mr. Waldo, I call that good Addling.”—Harper's Bazar. The man who down the avenue In brand-new hat doth jant, May feel that he’s filling a long waftbd^felt, As well as a long felt want. —Merchant Traveler. Trembling suitor—“Will you allow me to ask your daughter to share my hand?” Irate father—“No, hut I will ask you to share my foot.” Curtain.—Boston Ga zette. “Mr. Brown,” said Dunley, “I call to request your daughter’s hand in mar riage.” “Her hand?" “Yes, sir.” “What’s the matter with asking for tho girl?"— Pittsburg Dispatch. The littlo brother who persists in hang ing around the parlor when his big sister is entertaining her best young man is committing a heinous offense. It is de- fianco of the court. “What aro tho prospects of Home Rule now?” a correspondent asks. Really, my dear fellow, wo can’t tell you, unless you let us know when the old lady is going home.—Somerville Journal. A woman doesn’t know half ns much about voting as u mnn docs about rocking a cradle, yet there arc more women who want to vote than men who want to rock cradles.— Washington Critic. An Indiana man sat down on a keg of powder with a pipe in his mouth, and some superstitious people in the vicinity think they can see two men in the moon now.—Burlington Free Press. The innermost, unexpressed thought of every man is about this: “If ivery other man had been created as nearly right as I am, tho iniilcnium might come almost any day.”—Dansville Breeze. “ Tell your mother, Johnny,” said his kind maiden aunt, as she placed a piece of cako in his hand, “ that I was very I." “And sorry your sister couldn’t come.' what will I say,” replied little Johnny, with an air of strategy, “ if mamma asks where is sister’s piece of cake ?"—Judge. A ConvIctN Peculiur Suicide. A strange story of a convict’s suicide comes from Coahoma County, Miss. Last Wednesday agang of convicts were clear ing land on Fisher & Ycrger’s planta tion, some distance back of Friar’s Point. They had just chopped a large tree until its stately head was tottering in the air and the woodland giant commenced to fall, when the word was given to run. The convicts nnd guards all retreated but one—a negro named Mcse Smith— sent up six mouths before from Panola County to serve a ten years’ sentence. Smith was on the side toward which the tree was falling and made no attempt to run. Hu threw down his ax, folded his arms and with a half smile playing about his features, gazed steadily upon the fall ing tree as it bore swiftly down directly on him. Tho guards and other convicts shouted nt the doomed man, but ho heeded them not. Tho towering mass of wood reached the ground, there was a crash of broken boughs, and all was still except the echoes which reverberated through the forest. The immense weight of the tree had crushed Smith’s body out of all shape, and when the tree was rolled away only a flattened pile of blood staiued clothes, flesh and bones remained of the ten year man.—Memphis Ledger. Doctors at the English Court. I saw a 4st of the household of Queen Victoria the other day, and I am aston ished that she has lived to celebrate her jubilee. She lias threo physicians in ordinary, five physicians extraordinary, two sergeant surgeons, three surgeons extraordinary, a physician to tho house hold, a surgeon ditto, a surgeon apotho- cary, two surgeons and apothecaries at Windsor and two at Osborne, a surgeon oculist, a surgeon dentist, a dentist t the household and two chemists an< druggists.—Pittsburgh Chronicle,

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, June 07, 1887, Image 1