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THE MERCURY. ~ZZt7vr(l <w Second-class Hatter at a fsnwlcv8VtUc Postoffice April 27, 1880. Sindersville, Washington Connty, 6a. PUBLI8HED BY i j. JERNIGAN & CO. **’ proprietors and Editor*. Subscription: $1.60 Per Year. THE RCURY. THE MERCURY. A, J, JEllNUiAN «e CO., Proprietors, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AOHICULTUlllC AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SU1ISC111PTIOX: $i.ao Per /l»mu in VOLUME VIII. SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 14, I88T. NUMBER 7. E. S. LANGMADE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, On. g. |). liVANi, B, D. Rvani, J* EVANS Si EVANS, attorneysat law SANDBRVILLB. OA. F. H. SAFFOLD, attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, OA. Will practice in all the Courts of lbs Middle Circuit and in the countiei ,unwinding Washington. Special ai* tontion given to commercial law. H. N. HOLLIFIELD, SANDERSVILLE, OA. Ofliro nnxt door to Mr*. Dunn's Milliner, ju-r-, on Harris street. HUY YOUR sc. -FROM- crER,2srxa-A.isr, (None gennlno without our trade mark.) ON HAND AND FOR SALK SPECTACLE^ NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. Watches, Clocks JEWELRY IlKPAIRIO BY JBX^XTXQ Aisr. lir.NTA.NH4 THE OSTRICHES. Miilmils Dmploycil by Aruba <if tbo bcNi'rt. to Cntcb tbo IJig Birds. Before starting o(T tlio hunters nseer- tnin where a largo number of ostriches nr to l>e found. They are generally met with in the places where there is a great ileal of glass, and rain has recent ly fallen. The hunters cmnmenoo their journey early in the morning. After mieortv.o days’ traveling, when they lime arrived near the desired spot and begin to sou traces of their game, they hull and camp, After settling, two in telligent slaves tiro sent out to recon noitre. They carry a goat skin at their side and a little bread. They walk on until they find the ostriches, which are generally on elevated places. As soon us the game is in view one lies down to watch and the other returns to convey the information to the camp. The birds ore found in troops, consisting often of ns many as sixty. The horsemen, guid ed bv iln, fo.m't, travel cautiously to- 'vurd the game. The nearer they ap proach the spot the greater is their enil- tion, and when they reach the last ridgo "iiicli hides them from the ostriches they dismount and creep forward to as certain whether the birds are still there. If simh is the ease, a moderate quantity f>f wider is given to the horses, and each mini mounts again mid proceeds. The tervants and camels follow a little dis tance behind, carrying with them corn and water. The horsemen divide and form a circle nround the ostriches at such a distance ns not to lie noticed by them.' The ser vants halt when the horsemen separate, and ns soon as they see their musters in j'osition, they walk below their prey. Hie ostriches flee, blit are met by tlio uniters, who at first only drive them hack into the circle. They nro made to fun around the ring, and in this way their strength is exhausted. At tlio first sign of fatigue in the birds the horses unsli in, and the flock separates. Tlio niTriglitod birds open their wings, which js a sign of great exhaustion, and the hinder, now fooling sure of his prey, Meets ids bird and runs it down, and Ihushes it with a blow' oil tlio head with tlio olive stick. The moment the bird falls the man Quickly dismounts and cuts its throat, taking cure to hold the bend at some dis- timcc from the body, so as not to soil “jo plumage. It is said the main bird utters loud moans while dying, but tlio Joninle dies in silence. When the os- man is on tlio point of being taken by lmnter, if ho does not wish to kill ■t he can easily drive it with the stick to ''here the camel is, it is in suoli an ox- ijuisted condition. After the birds are ’t' d to death they are carefully skinned, 1" t but the feathers may not become in- juvod, and the skin is stretched upon a j r,, o or a horse, and salt is well rubbed '. 0 't. Then a fire is built and the fat PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. iOTIOEl WASHINGTON DOTS, INTERESTING NOTES ABOUT PRESIDENT CLEVELAND AND OTHER NOTABLES. »Ho Operation* or the Departments, and Wlinl Nontliern Men Are llein* Ap. 'pointed to I’oftlilon*, Ktc., Kto. SOUTHERN NEWS. DISMISSED YOU CAUSE. W. II. Groon, tlio only colored man ever added to the signal Bervico, has been dismissed from that service without char acter. The only significance in this order lies in the fact that he is a colored man and is the man over whom Qen. Ilazen and Secretary of War Lincoln had a con troversy. Groon was n graduate of a Now York college und was highly recom mended, and the secretary overruled Hnzcn. Green, soon after appointment, was assigned to duty at Pensacola, Fla. The sergeant in charge of the signal of fice tliero refused to accept Green as his assistant and was court-marilided and reduced to privato ranks for disobed ience of orders. Green was placed in chnrgo at Pensacola, but did not give satisfaction, either to the signal ofllco nor to tho community be served. He was sent to Rochester, N. Y., whore his re cord has been very unsatisfactory, and it is stated that had ho been a white man, his connection with tlio signnl service would have boon summarily cut short long boforo this, but tho desire to give a ojlorod mini overy possible indulgence, led to his retcution uulil his own conduct necessitated his disraissul. President Cleveland’s country trip is at an end and he will soon bo found nt his post of duty in tho Whlto House. Chief Engineer G. W. Melville, of Arc tic fame, has just performed an unprec edented pioee of work. In less than two weeks' time ho lms prepared designs for "ve different vessels of ?! tlio bird is boiled for a long time. ) V ['? n it is very liquid it is poured into _ .ties made of tho skin of tlio thigh Mid leg Hint strongly fastened nt the hot- torn. The fat of one bird is generally ,'ulieiont to fill two of these eases, and Jt >8 said the fat would spoil in any 1 tier vessel. After the trying out pro- tlm flesh is prepared anti eaten by 10 ‘"inters, who dross it woll with pe.p- P® r “J"! flour. While all this is going , , tn° horses are carefully tended, filtered, and fed with corn, and the ! Mlt .v remains quiet for forty-eight hours , *est the animals, wn to After that they re- camp or seok more game. I ,° the Arab, tlio chase of the ostrich n, V 1 « "nt'! 0 attraction—that of pleasure "t, profit. The price obtained for n ° Rtm '" ell compensates for tho ex- L;, B0 - Not only do the rioh enjoy the L R1,lt > >mt the poor, who know how to k f" 1 !? for us well. Tlio usual plan Rfu. 01 * 10 P°°r Arab to bargain with nf'v® °'. 10 who is well to do for the use the machinery of fiv the new navy. When ho begun his task expert engineers said lie was attempting mi impossibility. The pluns nro for tho machinery of tlio Newark, two nineteen- knot vessels and two gunboats. Tlio redemption of trade dollars to (Into amounts to about $7,000,000 and Treas ury oflleiiils say that very few more aro outstanding. Upon recommendation of Gen. Sheri dan, the Secretary of War, has decided that two companies of cavalry shall ho permanently stationed atFoit Mycr, Vn., which lms been abandoned siuco last summer, when it was used us a school of instruction for tlio signal service. Rear Admiral Chandler, commanding the Asiatic squadron, reports that a search along the Formosan coast for tho crow of an American vessel, supposed to bo tho Abbio Curvor, shows that a throe- masted vessel flying no colors, was seen oil tho coast ono evening in July last. Sho was lost sight of in tho galo and darkness, and tbo next morning tho bench was strewed with wreck ago. No other particulars wore obtained. Anderson Weaver, of Social Circle, Ga., while hoeing cotton, was struck by lightning mid killed. His hat and shoes wore torn from him and destroyed. P. J. Meehan, a citizen of Atlanta, Gn., was recently chloroformed and robbed of $400 in money by burglara who entered his sleeping apartment. Prof. Mngath, of Oxford, Ga., heads a party who will make a tour of Ireland, Scotland, England and France. They leave in July and return In September. Dr. W. F. Brnner was sent to Florida by tho Sanitary Board of Savannah, Ga., to examine into the trustworthiness of the quarantine at Jacksonville, Tampa nnd other points. No pnsNcngcrs will he received on board the ships of the Savannah Line at Ha vana or Key West. Until further notico the steamers will lie at nnrhor off Key West, and nil freight to and from that port will be transferred by lighters at tho cost of the shipper or consignee. The oily sanitary bpnrd at Savannah, Ga., have taken sttps toward the placing of an inspector nt Way cross or somo point north of that station oil tho lino of the .Savannah, Florida & Western Rail way to examine all persons coming from infected places and to soo that they are in no way capable of endangering tho public health. A cyclone, near Marshall, Mo.,destroy- cd much property. Tho workmen on tho Lookout Moun tain railroad, near Chattanooga, Tenu., have struck for moro pay. M. E. Farley, manager of tho City HAND IN HAND. Conn-rioi-nlc nnd Feitrral (tenoral* Unite In u Uonfialoratd Memorial Celebration. Tho largest crowd uver seen in Staun- on, Vie, numbering over 10,000 people, assembled to attend the celebration of the Confederate Memorial Association. The hief attraction was tlio presenco of Geii. W, W. Avi-rill, orator of the occasion, nml n well-known cavnlry leader in tho Federal army during the War. The col umn was a mile long, consisting of mili tary nml civil organizations, etc. In an elegant carriage, drawn by four black horses, rode Gov. Loo and Qen. Avorill, and as they passed they were frequently cheered. ‘ After the parade, speaking took place in tho opera house, which was crowded to suffocation. In introducing Gen. Averlll, Gov. Leo referred to their long acquaintance, beginning when both were boys at West Point, and to tlieir subsequent association in tho old army. Their commands had met face to face in battle during tho war that followed, nnd ho was prepared .to testify that no braver man contended on cither side than tho troops commanded by that gallant officer. Inclosing, tho governor referred to the obliteration of sectional lines and the re union of the people, as shown by tho presence of a Federal general joining with the Southern veterans in honoring the dead. Qen. Avorill was greeted with ringing chcors ns ho stopped forward, anil from time to time during his speech he was enthusiastically cheered. Brief addresses were made by Gen. J. D. Iin- boden, lion. A. J. McCall,of New "York, and Carlton McCarthy, of Richmond. A PROMINENT MAN DEAD. Hon. nonry Buist, one of the most prominent lawyers and citizens of South Carolina, died at Charleston. He was born in Charleston in 1829; was gradu ated from South Carolina college m 1847, and was admitted to the Bar in 1851. Ho entered tlio Confederate service at tho beginning of the war os a captain in the 27th South Carolina regiment llaguod s brigade. Ho was captured while charg ing the breustworks nt Petersburg in 1804 and held as hostage, on Morris island under the fire of Confederate guns. After tbo War he tesumed the practice of law anil achioved large success, lie was elec ted State Senator from Charleston county in 1805, and was a prominent Masoi, having attained the highest degree. He was Grand Chancellor of the Supreme Council, Scottish rite, and inspector general of that order lor South Carolina. Eloctrio Light Works, ut Dnuviile, Vn., Ik:" ' ~ — - shot and killed Gcorgo W. Garner, a young man of 18, who had been charged with misconduct with Farley’s wife. “Clicrokco Sam” a saved Indian is tho latest enrd of tho Atlanta, On., Salvation Army. Moses Polito, a Charleston, 8. O., no- gro, had his nose smashed in a base-ball game and nearly bled to doath. Governor Gordon, of Georgia, hon ored tho requisition . of Governor Richardson, of South Carolina, asking for tho' extradition of John H. King, tbo uogro school tenchcr and preachor, clinrg ed with forgery in Oconco county in thut state. Reports from many parts of Georgia contain tho information that tho ox-cycd daisy is causing u lot of troublo to farmer*, i ot It is said to be moro troublesome than nut grass or Bermuda. In tho neighbor hood of Atlanta the ox-eyed daisy is very common. Tko Salvation Army hnvo moved on Opelika, Ala. Jerry McCurdy, who re cently struck his mothor in tho mouth with a rock and was given ten days with tho work gang, has been an attendant at .their meetings, and signalized his advent as a “recruit” by throwing down a small boy and biting off his under lip nnd otherwise demolished his countenance. WILLIAM A. WHEELER, B. H. Phelan, a dealer in cotton fu tures and head of the Atlanta, Ga., Pro duce and Cotton Exchange, has failed for $300,000, and with scarcely any as sets. Borne negro children woro playing with a shotgun at Dawson, Ga. Lowgono Williams, a girl about fourteen years of ago, grabbed tho gun, pointed it at Sol Wes on, a boy eleven years old, nnd fired. The boy fell doad, with a load of buckshot in his broast. Four little negroes, who havo been liv ing on Mr.Wm. Harrell's place, at Tliom- asville, Ga., eat somo of tho wild jessa mine vino and chewed somo of tbo stalk, and wero poisoned. Two of them have died and another expected to die. There is n ohanco for the recovery of the fourth one. At Union Springs, Ala., old Adam Owens, a negro, aged 80 years, hud a young and handsome quadroon girl for a wifo, Ho was recently found murdered, nnd his wifo and Henry Roberts ure sus pected. Henry confesses to having quar relled with the old man, which resulted in his pushing Adam into a burning brush heap. T. 0. Cragin died of yellow fever at Key West, Fla. The board of health has declared the fever epidemic, nnd will no longer insist on removing patients to the hospital. This action will probably be very beneficial, ns many cases occur in privato houses where patients enn have comforts and nursing not to bo found in tho hospital. One of tho most enterprising officials in tho South is Chief Joyner, of tlio At lanta, Ga., firo department, and tho en ergetic way he puts out for n fire kindles tho enthusiasm of all wjio behold him. IIo had a chemical engine come for his department the other day, and within one-half a day after its receipt, tho ap paratus was ready for duty. Engine No. 60 ran into engine 58 on tho Western & Atlantic railroad nt Mc Daniel Station, Ga.. both engines were badly demolished. The engineers and firemen on both engines escaped with hardly a scratch. Engine No. 50 was the bend section on that schedule going North, and was followed by three other trains. These were stopped nimost by a miracle before they ran into tho head (action. A NEW TYPE MEASURE. SOUTH CAROLINA PROHIBITIONISTS. The executive committee of the Prohi bitionists oi South Carolina, met at An derson. Tho object of tho meeting^ was to ascertain what progresses been made by those persons who were appo nted to circulate petitions for the signatures of landowners desiring an eflection to be hold in August in_ accordance ^withjhe thii-’i H 101S0 > camel, harness, and two- Im,' S °l the necessary provisions. The and °*r r * ur "i 8 hes the remaining third, in tu 0 resn lt of tlio chase is divided "6 same proportion. revisions of tkp.-Murray prohibition biff. something serious. At the session of the International Typographical Union at Buffalo, N. Y, Mr. McKellar, typo founder of Philadel phia, presented a now systom of measur ing type. It would abolish the em quad measurement now universally in use and substitute tho letter “m” and twenty-six letters of tho alphabet must make fifteen letter “ems.” Standard fonts would no longer exist. Mr. McKellar received a vote of thanks. WHISKY DISTILLING STOPS. HI* Dentil nt Malone, N. Y., After n Lour Illness. William A. Whooler died Saturday morn ing nt liis homo in Malone, N. Y., after a long Illness. His death was painless, and life went ont so gradually and qulotly that It was hard to mark tho exact moment of its flight. Mr. Wheeler lmd no near relative in the world to minister to him during his illness or to watch by his sido at death, Dut the rola- YELLOW FEVER. ENERGETIC ACTION OF THB UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. A Key Weal Pkyalclan Denle* that the Di sease Is Yellow Fever—Kl*ld Quaran tine Iteaniatlnn* Unforced. Acting Surgeon-General Stoner, of the Marino Hospital service, telegraphed tho president of tho board of health at Tnm- p«, :Fla., for information ns to what measures lmvo been adopted at that city to prevent the spread of yellow fever. A reply was received, saying passengers from the infected districts were detained in quarantine fifteen days ami their ling- gage. disinfected. Tho const Counties south of Tampa havo also established a quarantine against Key West. In order to insure a thorough fumigation of the tires of his deceased wifo and friends, who have been bound to him from boyhood by tlio closest tii<s of affection, wero grouped With liis pastor and physician about him when tho iliinl summons came. Tho following tologram from Tremont, Ohio, signed “K. B. llayos,” was received ai Mr. Wheeler's homo a few Uou hour* after hi* death. “Mrs. Hnyes nml I have heard with deepost sorrow of the death of our friend, Mr.. Wheoler. I will attend tho funeral with my fon.” William A. Whoolor, LL. D.. ex-Vio*- President, was born Juno !I0, 1810, In Malone, Franklin county, N. Y. He ontsrod tlio Uni versity of Vermont and afterward com menced the study of law with Colonel Asa Hoscall. He was mado District-Attorney for Franklin county, anil was its Super intendent of Schools. In the years of 1850 and 1851 Mr. Wheoler reprosenti'd that county In tho Now York House of Assembly, and was a momlior of tho Sonato of Now York in 1858 anil 185(1, anil tho 1’rosidont pro tom of that body. Ho was a member nnd tlio Presi dent of tho Now York Constitutional Conven tion in 1807 and 1808, ami was elected a Re publican in Congress to tho Thirty--seventh, Forty-llrst, Forty-socond, Forty-third, Forty fourth Congresses. In the political complications which arose in Louisinna dur ing tho session of tho Forty-third Congress Mr. Wheeler was conspicuous, lie having boon Chairman of the Special Commit- tho of the House of ltoprescntatlves that visited Louisiana anil finally ad mails nt Tampa, the employment of extra ‘sed. BUSINESS PROSPERITY. The South Reaping the Benefit of Largo Capital to Develop Railways, Mills, Foundries, Etc., Eto. Brunswick, Ga., dock. is to havo a dry Tuscaloosa, Ala., is to havo an electric light plant. A grooved picket fence factory has started at Macon, Ga. A broom factory is tho latest manufac turing concern started nt Maryville, Tonn. Michigan capitalists havo purchased 84,000 acres of timber lands near Bron son, Fin. Parties from Paterson, N. J., aro look- help lms been authorized A Jacksonville paper says: “There is no yellow fever in Florida,except at Ivey West, which is on an isolated island, nearly two hundred miles south of Tam pa, nnd nearly ono hundred miles from tho nearest point on the mainland which borders the everglades. There lias been no yellow fever at Tampa, or any other place of the uiaiulnud. Tho health au thorities aro vigilant in nearly every county in the state. The genernl health is excellent, nnd snnitnry conditions de cidedly good. Tbo weathor is simply delightful, the heat being tempered by constant cool sea breezes. A rigid quar antine is maintained against Key West nnd Hnvann, and to mako assurance doubly sure, certificates are required of travelers to show that they nro not from the infected localities. There is no dan ger whatever in any ono coming to Flor ida and going anywhere in the state, ex cept to Key West.” The secretary of tho treasury author ized tho employment of six nurses to attend tho sick in the barracks hospital at-Key West, and four guards to protect tbo property of persons removed to tho hospitnl. Dr. Moreno and other physioians of Key tne pr justed tho difficulties existing therejin the basis isis of what is known ns the “Wheeler Compromise.” In June, 1870, Mr. Wheeler was unanimously nominated for the Vice- Presiilimcy of tlio United Htntes by the Re publican National Convention at Cincinnati, on tho ticket with llutborforil B. Hayes., After serving liis term of four years, Mr. Wbeelor returned to Mulono, where, his health having given way, lie lived quietly and in re tirement until liis death. Hu was ono of the organizers of tho Bank of Malone, anil held tho imsition of cashier and chief managing director. Ho was Trustee of the New York Railway Company. HBR0I0 FIREMEN. Mat Peake end Henry Her, of the Chatta nooga Fire Deportment Killed mt Their Pont. An explosion took place on the prem ises of tho Standard Gas Machine and Gnsolino Company in Chattanooga,Tenn., caused by a leak in a tank. Tho firo coinmunicuted to tho Morgan Houso, ad joining, and the inmates barely escaped with tlieir lives. The fire department worked heroically to stay tho devouring flames and by direction of Chief White- side, Mat Peake nnd Henry Her, two gal lant members of Lookout Fire Company, ascended to tho top of tho building and were doing excellent service with a lino of huso, when a rear wall fell in, burying them beneath tlio debris. Iier was dead when the rescuing party reached them, nnd Peake’s injuries were so serious that lie died a fow hours afterwards. James Rcynoldsand W. D. Miller, of Washing ton, D. \)., two white men, nnd Peter Jones (colored), inmates of the hotel, wero all badly burned. Tho hotel was nearly destroyed. West deny positively the prevalence of yellow fover, and assert that tho disease is merely an acclimating fever of a pecu liarly fatal typo unless properly treated. Secretary of thoTrcnsury Fairchild has issued a circular in regurd to contngious diseases, in which ho snys: “In order to assist local authorities in tlio maintenance of quarantine against the Introduction of Infectious diseases, ns provided in suction 4,792, Revised Statute*, Act of April 20, 1878, and appropriation acts authorizing the President to maintain a quarantine at points of danger, tho President has de termined to establish, by means of ves sels of tho revonue service, a national patrol of the coast of the United Slates, ing up a sito in Now Orleans, La., for a factory. Capitalists have subscribed money for a new cotton factory in Columbus, Ga., with 400 looms. Tho sandstone quarries near Wadesboro, N. O., wiU be developed with the aid of a $50,000 plnnt. Ail Communications intended Av this Paper must be accompanied M Die full wapiti of the writer—not necessarily for publicalUtn, out as m guarantee of\ good faith. We are <n wo way responsible for Iks views or opinions of correspond’ ents. LATEST NEWS, Cliivis & Kingsley, of Tullapoosa, Ga., a brick-yard and are pro- bavo started Jecting a furniture fuctory. Tho capital stock of the Pawnoc Land A Mineral Go. of Ashville, Ala., has been increased from $200,000 to $1,000,000. Thu Jacksonville, Tampa & Koy West Railroad Co. will build a soven-milo rail road from Lake Worth to Juniper, Fla. Parties from Cincinnati. O., and James- rm iiio i ruin Vyiuuiuuaui* u., uuuuuiuou* town, N. Y., have started a rolling mill at Birmingham, Ala., with a capital of so far as it may be practicable under ox- ‘ ' d i * ' isting laws and consistent with the per formance of other duties confined to that service.’’ Ho has ordered tho revenue cutters to commence an activo cruise upon their al lotted stations, and to nid tho quarantine authorities to the extent of their power. Quarantine affairs will be recognized as follows: “Medical officers or acting assistant surgeons of the marine hospitnl sorvico in charge of the Gulf, Bouth Atlantic, Cape Charles, or Delnwuro Crookwatcr quarantine, or any officer ol said service on duty at any port on interior rivers, great lakes, or tho AN ABSURD SCHEME. Expedition Fillln* out nt Savannah, Ga., to IiivimIo the Republic of llomlurM. Tho United States secretary of tho treasury, Mr. Bayard, has sont official notice to Gen. Gordon, governor of Georgia, thnt an expedition is titling out ut Savannah,with the intention of invad ing tlie republic of Honduras, in Central America. The latest advices from Sa vannah state that the report seems to have started from the Spanish consul. The customs officials have received in structions from the department mid place no credence in the rumor. The Spanish consul stated in his letter to the collector of the port that information of the expe dition came from Cuba. TnE KNIGHTS OF LABOR. The Kontucky distillers resolved to stop making whisky until October 1, 1888. An officer of the association-stated Unit tliero we're now in bond in Kentucky 80,000,000 gallons of whisky, of which 18 000,000 gallons were distilled in the last year. There are 5,000,000 gallons in foreign ports belonging to Eentuoky men, and all this makes the supply great enough to last three years. Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, Md., it is said, will soon issue n letter to Cath olic Knights of Labor stating, that the right of laboring men to combine for the common benefit will bo conceded, and all such lawful combinations will receive the blessings of the church. But Catholics will bo forbidden to take part in boycotts or infringements of the rights of citizens, and they will be forbidden to join any organization which practices intimida tion, whether of a violent or other char acter. Pacific coast, and all quarantine officers acting under proper state or local authority. Special regula tions to aid bad quarantine authorities will be promulgated hereafter should oc casion require.” Tho mnrino hospital bureau is in re ceipt of numerous applications from tho lower counties of Florida for govern mental aid to prevent tho spread of ycl low fever and for the stationing of phy sicians connected with tho service ut points whoro tlio fover is likely to break out. Theso applications arc evidently based on tho idea that the government may be called upon to act at ar.y time; whereas, according to the terms of ap propriations for tho prevention of the spread of yellow fever, the marine hos pital servico cun only act in connection with and in nid of local authorities, in case of necessity. No such necessity is deemed to exist at present in Florida ex cept Koy West and Tampa. Tho bureau has no information of the existence of an epidemic at any point except Key W est. $200,090. Tlio Moinphis & Little Rock Ark., Railroad has been sold to parties who will, it is said, extond it to Hot Springs, ana thoncc to somo point in Texas. The llopo Manufacturing Co. of Fay- ettovillc, N, O., aro adding to their cot ton factory a weaver room, 100x150 foot. Fifty additional looms will bo put in. A Philadelphia, Pa., company have leased maugaiieso lands in Smyth oounty, Virginia, and propose to build a railroad from tlio Norfolk & Western Railroad to their ere bunks. Tlio largo mill in Dodge county, Ga., 48 miles south of Macon, ou tho East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad, at Empire, Ga., valued at $80,000, is nearly completed. Messrs. Wiley. Davis & Hoad have sold their mineral lands in Ringgold, Ga,, to a Pennsylvania syndicate, who con template building ono or moro furnaces lit or near Tunnel Hill. L. A Dunham, E. Orinsby and Ruth B. Fay lmvo incorporated tho Tempest Mining & Milling Co. at Louisville, Ky. to buy and sell and develop all kinds of mines. The authorized capital stock is $2,500,000. A oontraot has been given to build tho street railroad for tho Union Passenger Railway Go., Richmond, Virginia, nnd havo commenced work. Thu cars will bo run by electricity if permit enn be securod, A oompany has been organized t3 build a bridgo across tho Ohio river nt Paducah, Fy., with B. K. Bullock, of New York, ns S resident; G. C. Thompson, vice-prcsi- ont; II. 8. Houston, secretary, and E. Waltmnn, treasurer. Tho Georgia Bleachory Co. of Augusta, has been organized with Charles Estos ns president, nnd James V. Vordery, secre tary. A committee has been appointed to select a sito for tlieir plant, which is to lmvo a daily capacity of from 50,000 to 75,0 )0 yards of cloth. CONFEDERATE MEMORIALS. A SIGNIFICANT WARNING. \ JUDGE’S CRIME. Tliomas Lamb, county judge of Mnv- ' .Illi ' Tlio Autliorltle* Gottln* Ready for an Up- rlolii* of Anarchist* and Socialist*. From mnny points in the United Statos, notably from tho West, comes intelli gence that tho anarchist leaders mean whut they say, that some stirring scenes will by enacted all over tlio United States within tlio next fow weeks. A general uprising has been planned with a view to revolutionizing tho present state of society, and burying in one common ruin all existing institutions. This tremen dous undertaking is to bo accomplished by a sudden revolt. The torch is to be applied in a hundred cities, and tho cap italists oi tho country, their wives and children are to be murdered—sacrificed, ns tho anarchists say— in tho cause of liberty. The terrible scenes of the French Revolution, when “the streets of Paris were re I with blood;” the massacre attending the uprising against the Carl- i-ts of E .gland in 1830. and tho riots in tlio streets of Paris ill 1848; the uprising in Europe in 1871; the rioting nnd burn ing of property in the United States dur ing the great railroad strike of ’77, und, later still, tlio Haymarkot riot in ’88, were all uprisings of the anarchists, and unsuccessful attempts to achieve their aims. Confederate Memorial Day was colo brated at Winchester, Va.. with much spirit, though rain fell nearly all day. A large crowd from tlio surrounding coun ties came to tho city, und the decoration of graves and shafts in the State lots in Stonewall Cemetery were profuse nnd handsome. Confederate Memorial sorv ices, the decoration of graves and the un veiling of the Col. Harry Gilinor Monu ment at Baltimore, Md., were very inter esting. A lecturo was delivered at Ford’s Opera Houso by Lieut. Gen. O. L. D. Hill, of Georgia, on tho “Old South.” Emperor William, of Germany, is down with neuralgia. Tho Apachcn of Arizona are again on (the warpath, and killed Michael Grace at Tompova Guloh. Boveral troops of car- iulry are scouting tho country in pursuit f the savages. The Grant Momorial Association avo invited artists to submit designs for a monument or memorial building to bo erected over the general’s remains at Riverside Park, New York. Tho leading rubber manufacturers of tho country halve for several weeks been agitating tho question of forming a com bination or rubber trust, modelled some what after tho well-known monopoly, tho Standard Oil Trust, The Masonio fraternity of Missouri is greatly agitated by a decree promulgated by tho Grand Master, setting forth that at tlio meeting of tho Grand Lodgo in 1882, it was decided that the business of selling -liquor is unmasonio and »hould not be tolerated. Several Master Mason* havo boon suspended on account of it. Two judges at Oamdon, N. J., had a quarrel whilo sitting at a trial, because a liquor licenso had been granted to a wo man who keeps a saloon. Archbishop Walsh, of Dublin, Ireland, has transmitted to tho Irish National Loaguo, $200, which had boon forward ed to him by tho Irish residents of Kim berley, Africa. M. Saburoff and M. Tatiscliicfl, for merly Russian ambassadors at Ilorlin, have been disimiuod from the diplotualio service of Russia, for publishing secrot official documents. The municipal authorities of Paris, Franco, adopted a resolution, granting theatres, cafes and concort balls throo months within which to substitute elec tric lights for gas. A waterspout, ncar'lloovorsvilto, Pa., caused great destruction of property, and 900 people Wero temporarily rendered homeless and dependent for shelter ou the charity of their moro fortunate neigh bors. Mrs. D. Z. Murrell died from heart disoaso, produced, it is supposed, by excitement,caused by water surround ing her house. Ool. James M. Cooper, a waalthy and influential citizen of Coop- ersdale, also dropped dead from over ex citement. Now York lliotol keepers recontly hold a meeting to devise some mothod of es caping from tho Sunday liquor-soiling law. Committees were appointed and moaBurcs taken to raise funds for tlio further agitation of the matter. Sentence of death waa imposed on Mrs. Clara Oignaralc, in New York city, convicted of murder in the first dogreo for shooting her husband. Sho was condemned to be hanged in tho Tombs orison yard, Friday, July 22d. Tho National Convention of colored men culled to< meet in Indianapolis, Iud., for tlio purpose “of considering tho poli tical bondage in which the race has been hold since tho War,” was but slirnly at tended, and adjourned without transact ing any busiticss of importance. An earthquake swept over tho greater portion of Nortliorn California and Western Nevada. At Sacramento it shook houses, making them rumble as if windows were being slammed by gusts of wind. At Carson City, Nevada, pictures and plastering foil from walls, and a large amount of plastering fell from tlio‘Su premo Court iroom in tho capitol building. THE BELL PUNCHER’S GAME. The Kansas City, Mo., Cable Railroad company found a conspiracy among con ductors to knock down fares. H. C. Jills n, a discharged gripman, discovered the combination of the bell punchers, and rented a room near tlio lino of the road where the conductors took their meals. They would punch slips until perhaps ono hundred were registered, after which they would simply ring tho bell. They would then take tho punchers to Jillison, who would Open them uml make them corres pond with the slip. WOULD TAKE IT. erick county, Texas, killed his brother, Joseph Lamb, a wealthy ranchman, ou Mexican soil. Thomas Lamb drove iuto Piedrus Negras, intending to cross to Texas, but he was arrested. Tho broth ers had quarreled over a division of their property. Troops had to bo called out to keep tho Mexicans from lynching tne criminal. A LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES. SHOOTING A SHERIFF* The boiler of one of tho Baltimore & Ohio railroad engines exploded at dies- ter, Pa., killing two men, and wreck/# | i , ; /''' ut rn the railroad station. 4, °” 1 Capt. John Mannin was directed, to serve a warrant on John and William Logan, well-known as desperate charac ters in Morehead'Oounty, Ky. They are the sons of Dr. Ilcnry D. Logan, who is now in Lexington jail for murder. When tho sheriff was told the brothers wero not in, he attempted to search the house, when the two boys came out of their hiding place and shot Capt. Mannin. The sheriff’s ■lisso returned the fire and killed the A French socialist namod Victor Delnhoye, during an address at Chicago, 111., said that the workingmen oi France were asking the government for a loan of six million francs with which to pay tlio money back in sixty years. He naively added, that if the government did nut enable them to get the machinery they would have to take it unyway, and a vote of thunks rewarded the speaker. wil.r. NOT YIELD. Five boys were drowned atMaquoketa, Iowa, by going beyond their depth in tho Maquoketa river. Highwaymen boarded a Texas & Pacific railroad train near Fort Worth, Texas, and robbed the express car. Beventy-Miren South Carolina newspa per men, members of the press association of that state, are on a visit to New York city. The contractors of St. Paul, Minn., will not accede to tho demands of the 1,200 carpenters who struck for nine hours. PANIC STRICKEN. During services in the cathedral nt Chihuahua, Mexico, a caudle fell on tho altar ornaments, setting the place on fire. Many people wore kilted—mostly child ren. A neqbo cook at tlio Los Angeles, Cal., jail kept eighty-live prisoners at bay the other day and prevented their esoapo. Fifteen desperate characters overpowered the jailer and got away 'bo- fore the cook heard the disturbance. Ho faced the remainder with a carving knife, which he threatened to use with all his skiff on tho first convict that oaxno within his reach. Hundreds of people were killed and injured at Neschen, in Germany, by tho blowing down of a circus tent, which was set on flire by petroleum lamps. Six years ago, masked burglars tortured the family of' Allen Fairbanks of Wheaton, 111., into telling whero $10,000 in bonds were concealed. William Murray, a Chi cago, HI., saloon keeper, offered one of the bonds for sale recently and was ar rested. Farmer Thomas McKee, of Wilkins, Pa., has a first-class sensation on his premises in the shape oi “a something” thnt sets clothing on fire, empties cream jugs, moves heavy goods at night into the garden, and makes bis dwelling a pandemonium. Before leaving for Ireland, Editor O’ Brien was bsnquetted at a hotel in Now York. Many distinguished priests and laymen attended, and letters of regret were received from distinguished men, among them Governor Hill, Mayo; Hew itt, Gen. Sherman, Roscoe Conkling, Gov. Lounsberry, of Connecticut, Judge Noah Davis, ex-Gov. Hoadley, and Pres ident Fitzgerald, of the Land Leugue of America. O’Brien bears to Ireland a ietter from Eugene Kelly, president of tho Parliamentary Fund association to Mr. Parnell,, inclosing $95,000, •m