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Newspaper Page TextTHE MERCURY. ' entered na Second-clans Matter at sandersvlltc Posiofltce April 87, ilSO. SiadersYille, Washington County, Ga. PUBLISHED BY A J, JERNIQAN & CO, **’ proprietors and Editors. Sobscription: $U0 Per Yew. THE MERCURY 4. JERNIGAX «C CO., Proprietorn. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.00 Per Anndnl VOLUME VIII. SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 21. 1881. E. S. LAHGMADE. NUMBER 8. THE MERGUBY. PUBUSHED EVERY TBRSDAT. NOTICE! All Communications intended Am this Paper mu«l be accompanied ov the full name of the writer—not necessarily fbr publicalien, Out <m a guarantee of good faith. We are in no way responsible for lk« views or opinions of correspond- •nts, WASHINGTON, D. C, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE. Ga. I p, T. rmn, B. D. Kuni, Ja EVANS & EVANS, UlTERESTING rotes from the ha- TIOHAL CAPITAL. ATTORNEY8 AT LAW SANDERVILLE, OA. Wfcat the Drpartin-nt* nre 1)ntn«, nnd Whe Aro Itelna Appointed, live., Hie. FLAGS TO BE RETURNED. Tlio governors of the Southern states have Uo mi notified by Atljt. Gen. Drum, that the President has approved the re- commendation, that nil the flags in tho custody of tho War Department bo re turned to the authorities of the respective . 8tatcs in which the regiments which boro Will practice in all the Oonrts of the ; them were, or ganized, for final disposi- jjidiile Circuit and in the counties I tion. With each flag will bo sent a little jurroiiuding Washington. Special at* I history of its capture. TTh, saffold, ATTORNEY at law, SANDERSVILLE, OA. SOUTHERN NEWS. INTERESTINO HITS OF GOSSIP gatukr'eb all over. Who Aro ((Jetting .Married, and a Pull Ac cniint of lit • Killed, Wounded and MImaIiiii In Iilfo GENERAL NEWS IN THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO PROVINCES AND FAR OPE. Newsy UlnsluiAkoat the Queen’* Jubi lee, Presree* of Ceersloa In Ireland. La bor Trouble*. Warlike Tinners, Bte. tentioa given to commercial law. H. N. HOLLIFIELD. SANDERSVILLE, GA. Bayne’* Mlllinory Offiie next tlnnr to Mia, (ton., mi Karri* xtreel. KUY YOUll DESIGNS FOR TIIK NEW AVAR VESSELS. The board of examiners appointed by , Secretary Wliitnoy to adjudicate upon j the competitive designs for gunboats and : oruisers, liavo finished their examinn- 1 Lions. Less than a dozen designs alto- j gothor, including botli gunboat and j cruiser designs, wore submitted. Two ■ came from France, and two from Eug- i land, and the remainder woro from i American naval architects. The majority j of the designs were for cruisers; only | three of four were for gunboats. A prize 1 of $15,000 is pledged to the best de&igu i in each class. JBE/TTX GKA.l'T. (Non* genuine without our trad'; msrlt.) O.V HAND ANDFOFi SALE SPECTACLES, NOSE GJ/ASSES, Etc., Etc. Walchp; ,3 Clocks AND JEWELRY RBFAIRBD »¥ J.'S R, JSriGKAlsr. GOOD NEWS FROM CURA. One of tho effects of tho commercial agreement made by Secretary Bayard with the Spanisii Government is shown by a dispatch announcing that tho American ship Celina, arrived at Havana with a full cargo from tho River Platte. This is said to be tho first American vessel that lias arrived at Havana direct from the River Platto in sixty years, tho differen tial duties that ruled in favor of Spnnish vessels before tho ngreemont was ratified having excluded American vessels from this trade. Ex-Sheriff Ramey, Rowan county, Ky., and his son wero killed by unknown per sons near Morehead, in that county. The Crnig-Tolliver party are suspected. Governor Gordon, of Georgia, decides that lie cannot interfere with the course of justice in the case of Jacob Leggett, of Rcidsvillo, convicted of murder. Miss Eflic Elder, of Barnesville, Ga., was married to Capt. I. H. Adams, of Eatonton. Sain. It. .Cook, brother-in- law to tlie bride, attended the marriage and was walking down to the train, when, midway between the bunk and D. A. Stroud's store, he suddenly fell ou the sidewalk in an apoplectic tit and died. QUITE AN ADVANCE. The tract of land north of “Washing ton Heights," known as “Clifhoume,” many years ago the home of John Quincy Adams, which was bought by Miss Ellio A. Obcr, tlie late manager of the Boston Ideal Opera Company, for $80,000, has been sold for $110,000. Kcwh for tho Astors. Tlie rural idea of tho manner in which tho Astors and Vanderbilts livo is nmus- mp, ami will doubtless bo highly flat tering to tho pontons named. A man travelling “down in Arkansaw" heard Itroold women talking before n cabin Jour. Duo of them witli a clay pipe bsUvnen her lips, said: "It do beat all nowsomo folksos lias ov’rv - thiug a mortal body could ast for, white ■others like you an’ mo, Mis Potorby, is poorer'n Job's turkey all the born days of (air lives. No you’ve been hoern toll of them Vanderbilts an* Astors thero in Now York, ain't you?” "Dimuo but I havo,"said “MisPotor- by," "Well, I’ve lately heem some things trait how they carry on. My man ho p;t it straight from'Zitnri Porkiu’s an' Ana lie got it from his wife’s brother's tinolu' s nevvy, who takes a printed P°j ir T in Now York, so itmust be true.” "I ain't a doubt of it." “Well, if you’ll b'leevo mo, old Mis Vanderbilt don't purtond to ovon wash nor own dishes. Sho don’t ovon make hi’rmvn bed—her nor Mis Astor noither Mid they both sloop in pink velvet night gowinla, trimmed in lace at a thousand dollars „ yard, and embroidered in dio- thats (lint orist, millions on millions.” "The good land I” . "Yes, sir I An’ Mis Astor’s bed-stid is solid gold witli diamint knobs on it 88 big as gooso eggs, nn' cv’ry time she goes out she 1ms twenty coal-black worses hitched to her solid gold oharyot, Mill she stands up in it dressed all in Yliite satin, with her hair lmngin’ down her Buck, a tlirowin’ twonty-ilollar gold Places to tho beggars.” "Naw?" " 'Deed an’ its true—ov’ry word of it. and when Mr. and Mis Vanderbilt goes cut they have their carriage drawn by j° r U’ milk-white steeds with a ooal- •aiiek nigger with a diainiut ring in his ? ufc, j leadin' ov’ry horse; and Vanderbilt 10 | l y VK buck on his velvet cushion Jo° a ' a F'l’° that cost a olcan bib ’’You don't menu it,” . I do that. Oh, I toll you its a fine mmg tobo rich, Mis Potorby; an’ I lie? alike as you an' me'd carry on JMt like that, if we luul tho menus to do it with." kn Li T C enu ®'> like enuff—anyhow, I mv I'd have mo a good green and red eitigham gown, an’ all tlie salt mack'rel J «mld rut for once." . ' Fd git mo come ginyuine Sootch ■ md sorno rod glass year-bobs, 1 LUCKY CONSUL. JohnP. Campbell, tho newly-appointed consul toTamitave, Madagascar, reports to the Stato Department that he met with a cordial reception upon his arrival at that port. Ho was welcomed by the dig nitaries of tho island and presented with a bullock, six chickens aud two geese as a token of esteem by the Quecu of Mad agascar. been "uuld."—jfVcf Dili. Two of tho District police have complained of because they stole flowers at night from the White House grounds. Tho President lias appointed John C. Luning postmaster at Leesburg, Flu Tlie office recently becumo a presidential one. Attorney-General Garland was fifty- five years old recently, nnd ho celebrated tbo event by going on a fishing expedi tion n Bliort distauco in the country. Mr. Corcoran, the philanthropist, is slowly recovering from his illuess. Tho partial paralysis was caused by u very slight effusion of blood near the junction of tlie blood vessel with the brain. Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt has been transferred to tho coinmnnd of the De partment of the Missouri, and his place as Commandant of West Point will be given to Gen. J. G. Parke, of tho Engin eer Corps. A delegation from North Carolina, headed by Senators Ransom nnd Vance, and Representative Henderson, waited on the President, nnd asked a modifica tion of tho executive order of consolidat ing the internal revenue districts so that the districts in that stato will not bo changed. OLD SOLDIERS ENTERTAINED. Millions found in india. T1 >e Treasure of the Maharajah, of Gwalior, Unearthed and “Dor- toweil." The Financial Secretary of India has 'msed tho government of the discovery “a minimise amount of treasure, esti- Kovitl Welcome Given U. E. c “ ,nl ’ of Confederate Vetrran* In lloeten. Lust October, John A Andrew, Post No 15 G. A. R. of Boston, Mass., vis ited the battlefields of Virginia, and ns this post lias hosts of friends among Confederates beenuse it line done so much to aid the Confederate Soldiors Homo in Richmond, Va„ the post got a hearty welcome from R. E. Lee Camp of Con federate Veterans. A return visit lias been made by R. E. Lee Camp, and at New York, on route to Boston, Steinwehr Post No. 192, were on hand to greet thorn and escort the Southern Veterans to the Fall River boat. A most elaborate programme bad been arranged at Boston nnd" the Grand Army veterans, militia and citizens were on band and gave tho Camp, numbering over 100, a royal wel come Tho escort consisted of the last regiment of militia, the National Lan cers Posts 2, 15 and 20 G. A. R., and thousands of Federal veterans und cite tnousiuiuf « . rni, n Un„of marel The Gate City Guards of Atlanta, Ga.. have not yet choBen a captain to succeed Capt. Burke, who resigned recently. A prohibition club was organized in Romo, Ga. Hon. Seaborn Wriglit was elcctod president, and Mr. J. P. Hillyer, secretary. Willinm Miller, a boy of 18, sentenced a year ago to imprisonment for life for a murder committed in Glynn county, Gn., died of consumption at “Old-time” Camp, in Jefferson county. In tbo south end of Jones chApel, at Macon, Ga., in tho placo formerly occu pied by flic old front door, a memorial tablet lias been placed to the memory of Rev. James Jones, founder of the church. Some reports against the action of the police in Atlanta, Gn., with reference to gambling implements that have accumu lated for many years, caused the author ities to direct that tho whole pile lie burned up.. It was done in the public streets at noonday. Tho commissioners hnvo decided on building a $12,000 jail at Wnyncsboro, Ga. This includes building and lot. They propose applying to the Legislature for the passage of a bill allowing tlie county to issue 7 per cent, bonds at three, six and nine years, each bond call ing for $4,000. The Catholic cathedral at Savannah, Ga., was entered by burglars, and a gold chalice was stolen. The Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers will meet in Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday, August 18. It is expected 1,000 members will be present. At the inspection of tho Columbia, S. O., militia, Gen. Bonham, the adjutant general of the stato, complimented them on their tine appenrnneo nnd discipline. II. C. Hamilton, of Whitfield county, Ga., a Confederate soldier, lias been ap pointed the Clerk of the United States District Court by Judge Newman. His salary will be $3,500 a your. County Jailer Austin, at Birmingham, Ala., discovered a bold plot among the white prisoners to escape. The plot, as revealed by one of the prisoners, was to place a dynnraite cartridge under the outside door of the jail, so it would ex plode when tho jailer opened it. Cooper’s, N. C., has tho grandest curi osity of the age in a two headed negro baby. Tbo child is nn unusually large one, weighing about sixteen pounds, and apparently two feet long. It is almost white, and has features that are rather pleasing when the shaggy forehead and rear head arc concealed. A number of men were in a chamber in tho mines, preparing to fire off a dyn amite cartridge in tho Inman Mines, ucar Chattanooga, Tenu., when it exploded prematurely and five miners wero blown into atoms, nnd ton more were so badly injured that nearly all of them will die. President I. F. Cox, of the Southern Female College at La Grange, Ga., died suddenly of apoplexy. He hud attended preaching, and retired in his usual health. His wife was awakened by hisstentorious breathing, and tried to arouse him. The members of the family wero summoned, but before any of them could reach his bedside lie had passed away. At tho conclusion of District Attorney Miller’s argument in the case of Hamil ton and others, of Jackson, Miss., charged with conspiracy and the murder of (jambiill, Chnncollor Peyton said that Hamilton and Eubanks were not entitled to bail. Albrecht ho bonded in $5,000; Hardy and Figures will bo discharged. Col. Hamilton was taken by the sheriff to jail, where he was confined. LARGE CAPITAL BEING INVESTED SOUTH, IN THE DECLINE IN COFFEE, ORE AT EXCITEMENT IN NEW TOllK CITY ON CHANCE. Mill*, Feandrle* and Railroad* 8prln*ln* V" »*• Unllfcs Trod* Up All Over. 4 Fall-A Full er Bis Cent* a Pound. Never in tho history of the coffee trado A jury has been secured in the case of Jake Sharp, the briber, on trial at Now York, and ho is in custody. The Bay State Company of Now York is about to nbsorb nil the Boston gas companies. Tho amount of purchase money is about $10,000,000. An epidemic of flux is raging in Bed ford county, Vu. A number of deaths have occurred. Scarcely a family in n large uron has escaped the disease, Earthquakes visited La Roche, Stir Yon, in La Vendee, Franco. The poople were frightened into a temporary panic, but no serious damage was done. A slave dhow attacked the launch of a British man-of-war iu Zanzibar nnd wounded an officer nnd five men. Tho dhow was, however, sunk by the force on the launch, and the slnves upon her 43 in number, were rescued. The Voz do Antioqula reports a land slide on the El Pedero farm in Concordia not far from Pannmn, burying Senor Pedro at Resttcpo, his wi.o and nine children, nnd tho sorvunt in tho house. In all, sixteen persons woro killed. Charles Burch, a Jersey City, N. J., policeman, fired three shots at his wife, fatally wounding her. lie then shot himself in the hend nnd died. The couple hnd been mnrricd about 11 years, aud had tlireo children, tho oldest of whom is 10 years. There have been no now cases of yollow fever lately in Key West, Fla., and but one death—that of a Mr. Hoffman, who died iu a private house. There nre fif teen sick persons under treatment nt the present time, four of whom aro declared to bo convalescent, aud the remainder aro thought to be on tlio road to recovory. The Louisiana Ico Manufacturing Co., have asked for an injunction vs. the Mont gomery Ice Co., and the Capital City lee Co., and tho Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Selma, to restrain them from manu facturing icc, alleging infringement of (latent. Montgomery depends entirely on artificial ice, and two companies have a big business. The famous Daniel Dickson will cuso, was decided by tho Goorgiu Stato Su preme Court in favor of Amundn Eubanks, tbo colored legatee. Amanda Eubanks was au illegitimate daughter of Dickson. When dying he willed her $400,000. A contest of the will, thus made, is wlint the Supremo Court decided, holding that whites nnd blacks are on an equality so far as inheritance goes. Tuscaloosa, Ala., la to have water works. Woodluwn, Ala., has contracted foe a now hotel. Gould, Peurco & Co. of Cincinnati, O., will move their cotton factory to Arkan- Columbus, Ga., intends to build anew building for tho boys’ department of tbo public school at a cost of ucnrly $20,090. The Anniston A Cincinnati Railroad Co. uro preparing to build n round-itouse and machine shops at Annistou, Ala. Over $500,000 have been subscribed toward organizing tho conipnny to Imild tlireo 150 ton iron furnaces at Flo;once, of this country has it been so stirred to its uttermost depths as it has within the past few dayi, caused by the failure of Arnold, Sturgis & Co., in Now York, quickly followed by that of Mackay & Small. Mr. Small was formerly con nected with tho largo coffee firm of Small Bros. & Co., with houses in New York, Baltimore, Chicago nnd New Orleans. Gruner, Joseph J. O'Donoghue and other strong houses bought largely at bottom prices, so as to sustain the market and make losses as small as possible. Several other firms went to tho wall, nnd others will follow. Coffeo dropped six cents a pound, aud tho fall represents a drop of about 80 cents on tho dollar. Nothing hut vast capital was nblo to withstand the call created by such a difference, with Don't grumble at every mlafortuasv Don’t fret at each little mishap, Don’t worry because you’ve a neighbor Reclining in luxury's lap. Don't get out of sorts with the weather. If cloudy when you would have fair; The smi will not shine any sooner For those who lose patience and swear. Don't hope to get something for nothin! And still have an honest oxcliaitjD- Tho trade making both parties richer Is something uncommon and strange. Don'tthink from tlie seed of the thistle To harvest a fine crop of wheat. Nor look for the jewel of honor To spring from the germ of deceit. Ala. The Michigan capitalists who bought largo orders out uu immense tract of timber laud at . Bronson, Fla., will erect a plant of i sam small's ideas. $50,000, | Barrett, Denton A Lynn, of Dalton, | Rev, Sam Small received a large num Ga., have purchased machinery with a j bor of callers at his hotel in Washington, capacity of 200 barrels per day for their j D. C. “It is just twenty-one mouths,” flour mills. | said lie, “sinco I was converted. It was Tho St. Mary Central Sugar Factory A • a sermon by Sam Jones tlmt converted Railroad Co. of Franklin, La., capital 1 mo. I was on the stuff of tlio Atlanta j’Goii secreted in thopnlnco of Gwalior by v 0 ‘“hi Maharajah, 'l’lie treasure had sunk in pits under the vaults boneat *> the Zanaua, and tho secret * as intrusted to a few confidential ser- 'ants. bbe Secretary was present when the “nsiiro was unearthed. After remov- tl'c \v<" r 10 a depth of six feet the ?°>km«n uncovered great flag stones. he. Ronth thoKo stones were several pits (. ”11* 0 the brim with silver, cliiefly ™ty ooinod rupees. In eooh pit was W-.. ruu ? r, t> I »g the amount of_ the zons lined tho streets. Tlio line of rrmrch taken up through the principal sen up —- a „ •. streets, aud when they neared _tW State House* a salute of 17 guns was fired by Follett’s celebrated battery of artlll . or Y' The programme, which covered four ( avs ’included a visit to the cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburgli, excursions tv,f the harbor, participation m the The Belgian Chamber of Deputies by a vote of 82 to 41 passed the bill for forti-* fyiug of the Meus. Tho executive committee of tho Trades Union Congrese, in London, Eng., has reported against the holding of an inter national trades congress, on the ground that trades unionism in England has few points in oommon with continental trades unionism. Conductors and brakomen ou the Union Paciflo railroad have been carrying out a systematic scheme of robbery like that exposed some months ago on the Penn sylvania railroad. Several robberies of the same eliuractor have boon committed at Central City, Neb., aud it seems that orews running east from Cheyenne are most deoply involved. Mr. Chamberlain tho Unionist loader in England speaking at a banquet in Lon don, said he rejoiced that the signs of tlie times were favorable to unionists, and tlio game of lawlessness and disorder was up at last. Tho people had examined Mr. Gladstone’s statements for themselves, and the result was their faith in liis judg ment and patriotism had been rudely shaken. Old reactionary toryism was dead and the hope of the future lay in a union of parties to carry out the Dartford programme and other necessary reforms. stock $250,000, has been formed to cs tablisli a sugar factory. As soon as tho extension of the South Florida railroad (office, Sanford,) to Black Point, Fla., is completed, extensive docks and piers will bo built. Tho Montgomery, Ala., Real Estate Co., capital stock $200,000, has been or ganized, Tho conipnny will erect a lnrgo six-story iron-front building. There will bo a wooden bridge built across tho river 3,000 feet, at Ormond, Fla., and u hotel costing from $20,000 to $80,000 will be built this summer nnd lull. Tho Coaldale Brick A Mining Co. of Birmingham, Ala. capital stock $100,000, has been chartered to mine coal aud other numerals aud manufacture coke, tile and brick. Aberdeen, Miss., has by a popular vote decided to subscribe $60,009 to aid in building a 12-milo branch railroud from Aberdeen to the Kansas City, Memphia A Birmingham Ruilroad. Southeastern Kentucky, hitherto knowu as the railroad desert of America, is now attracting tho attention of investors, and Tallrcnd enterprises aro being pushed into thnt almost unknown region of coal, timber and iron ore. The Mountain Shoals water power at Enoree, S. C., hns boon purchased by Charleston parties, who will orgauizo a company to build a large cotton factory and about 100 tenement houses. About $500,000 will be invested. Knoxville, Tenn., notes: The Soate* Warm Air Furuaco Company organized with a capital of $75,000. A apoke and handle factory is to be moved from Bloomington, Ind., to Knoxville. An other street railroad has been organized. Decatur, Ala., is pushing ahead. Con tracts luivo been mudo with tho Mineral Paint and Granite Roofing Co., of Kansas City, by which they contract to locate their enterprise at Decatur. The land sales still continuo with astonishing re sults. The Columbus & Decatur road sold some forty-five acres of land and have realized nearly two-thirds what they paid for tlieir 5,000 acres oftown lands. They have sold in tlie last three daysover two hundred and fifty thousund dollars Worth of property at private sale Constitution at the time, nnd I was in the hnbit of blowing about $2,0u0a year into the bar-rooms. I didn’t want to believe thnt Jones was right, but I couldn’t get over bis sayings by reasoning, so I started out to get drunk, and in that wny to get away from tho subject. But I couldn’t get away from it. It had taken a firm hold of me, I had a two days’ drunk over that sermon of Jones, and at tho end of two days I was converted.” MONUMENT DEDICATED. A monument erected by tho New York Press Club in its burial plot nt Cypress Hill cemetery, on Long Islnud, N. Y., was dedicated in the presence of 2,000 people, including a large number of newspaper men. An eloquent aud sym pathetic address was delivered by Ohauncey M. Depew. The dedicatory ode was rend by Hugh Farrar McDer mott, after which an address was deliv ered by Rev. DoWitt Talmage. Tho closing prayer and benediction were by Rev. W. 8. Rninsford, D. D., and the exercises concluded with the singing of the doxology by the Ampion chorus and the audience. Don’t trouble yourself with dissecting The faults that your neighbors posssse Pcrlmps that the same zealous labor Might mako your own errors tho lcea Don't preach of perfection to others; Unloss you’ve a little at homo, - , And remember a very small pebble Will out weight a bushel of foam. Don’t think that a theme is exhausted Because it tins gone through your brain; A pint may ho filled to overflowing, And yet not a gallon oontain. Don’t think the good Lord is in error When failing with him to agree, Nor blame him for your stupid blunders Because He permits them to be. —H. L. Clinton. PITH AND POINT. SINGULAR COINGIDBNOK. The body of R. W. White, a well known and prominont citizen of Danville, Va., was found iu tho canal. Ho had been unwell for Borne time, nnd wept to the rear of a drug Btore on the canal to get some medicine, but falling to arouse tho clerk, he turned to go, and fell acci dentally into the canal. It is a curious coincidence that Dr. Hutchins, another prominont citizen and brother-in-law of White, accidentally shot himself a short time ago, and itwassomo time before bis body was found, in about the same pluce. A notion-—The Antarctic. Sent A man with polished manners ought always to shine in society.—Boston Bod. An unknown quantity may be de scribed ns wbnt you get when you buy s quart box of strawberries.—Puck. There aro very few brass bands in ■ military parade thnt can play as many airz as the drum-major puts on.—Sho* and Leather Reporter. Mistress (to now servant) s “We have breakfast generally at 8 o’clock. New servant: “Well, mum, if I ain’t down to it, don’t wait.”—Harper’i Bator. In China old women instead of the young are tho belles of society. The mania for old China seems not to be coil* fined to America.—Orange Observer. Dr. Lyman Beecher onco replied to an inquiry of Dr. llawcs, “How are you get ting on?” “First-rate I first-rate 1 first- rate! ever since I stopped trying to run this world.”—Living Church. Minister (to layman)—“But why de you say that Mr. Smith is n good man? He rarely appears at church.” Layman— “I know ho doesn't show up at church very often, but BradstreeV* quotes him A 1."—Troy Press. The man who can now patiently sit on the damp ground and fish for suckers u the same ouo who was affected with rheumatics last winter so that he could not go down cellar for a hod of coaL— Waterloo Obtoner. Now the married man of sense INDIAN WAIt INEVITABLE. CHASED OUT OF TOWN. LONDONERS SCARED. 8n*l>eoi* WatoUeil for Month* In London, Furl* and Now York. elobrntion of the Battle of Bunker Hill, tery'etc CO An g tho M l 0 eadiug U official8 and were highly delighted. .J'^and the nanras of the officials ° hnd assisted in seoreting it. ], 0 Indian government has taken the jnjj a ® a loan from tlie young Moliara- tliia^ - lu nu t'* vo papers protest agaiuBt Bar* ' ( T tion Bie government. They aduH • had the Maharajah been an emo!’ ,V ls , twul of Being under a regenoy by the government, he would Ind] raised u ' u securities. A question will be "inv i ln Parliament as to whether the wizitte en f 100 uot ano ^ er Rome for SOCIALISM IN POLITICS. The Socialistic Labor party is making preparations to enter politics on national issues. A call bus been issued by the national executive board at Chicago, 111., for a convention to be held some time in September, at which individual seo- ti 0 us” aro to be represented. The cal. is at nrcsent being submitted to a vote of thifsevcral sections. The Englisb-speak- j„„ im d Gorman sections held » I ? e «* 1 "S *^1 fhrt mutter was discussed at length. rtoto„° r~. to™""'” •» the convention. Tlie police of London, Eng.,claim that dynamiters liavo arranged to commit an outrage, or a series of outrages, in Lon don, but, having full knowledge of the conspiracy and those engaged in it, they arc confident thnt they will defeat the plotters. For months past, reports of movements of prominent plotters abroad, and their probable accomplices in Eng land, have been received in London al most daily, The chief ports have been watched during the same period, in view of the arrival of certain suspects,without previous notice having been received from British agents abroad. The move ments of Patrick Casey and his associates in Paris, who have been very active late ly, liavo been closely followed by special detectives, and others outside of the Casey ring are also known to have been watched. Dynamiter Rossa, in New York, has also been “shadowed.” Reports from the county of Calhoun, in Florida, state that an epidemic of rabies among dogs and cattle prevails there. Several persons have been bitten by rabid dogs. Much excitement pr :• vails in the county, aud dog and cattle killing parlies have been organized. PEACE WITH ROME, Prince Bismarck has promised th# Pope his moral supp n t in claiming the Leonine City and the stretch of territory to Civita Yecchia as a basis for reconcili ation with Italy. Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Manning received a grand reception on his return to New York from Europe, and has gained in flesh and strength. There was serious rioting at Athlono, Ireland, between the soldiers and civil ians. The soldiers wrecked a number of bouses, and many citizeus were iujured with stones. While speaking in Boston, Mass., Grand Master Powderly was suddenly taken ill, and had to break off his speech. It appears that ho is iilllicted with a lung difficulty wliicn is liable to compel him to cease speaking at any time when ad dressing a public meeting. Tlio Earl of Aberdeen, who was Lord- Lieutenant of Ireland under Gladstone’s administration, was given a reception at Sim Francisco, Cal., where he is on a pleasure trip. There wero present all the justices of the Supremo Court of Califor nia, judges of local courts, the mayor of tho city and a largo number of state of ficials and prominent citizens. The trial of members of the Alsatian Patriotic League on the charge of high treason, for supporting attempts to sepa rate Alsace Lorraine from Germany, was begun at Leipsic, Germany. All of the accused, while confessing that they con tributed to the funds of tho Patriotic League, pleaded not guilty, contending that the league is not a secret society, but merely a society whose aim is to pro mote patriotism in France and raise the efficiency of the French youth by the formation of gymnastic and rifle club. Irish Laborer* at Cloreland, O., Ansanlt N.srov* Who Took Tbelr Place*. A strike on the ore docks of tho New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad cul minated in a riot at Cleveland, Ohio, recently. About a month ago, the men who load ore into cars nt the docks struck for two dollars a day, an advance of 25 cents. Since then their places have been tilled by colored men from the South, mid foreigners brought from Chi cago. For a fortnight the workmen have been given police protection, as the strikers, who are Irish, have threatened to drivo them out of town, and started to do it recently. The police called for as sistance and the patrol wagon was dis patched to the scene and officers dispersed the mob. The railroad company, seeing that It would have to act quickly to pre vent a bloody scene, loaded tlieir import ed colored men into a train, and amidst a shower of bricks and ore, started away to the suburbs. Gen. Miles, tlio celebrated Indian lighter, has taken personal charge of the Indian campaign, as there is every appearance of a prolonged war. Suspicion hns long pointed to In dian settlers on the San Pedro res ervation us being abettors of the San Carlos renegades, and it seems uow to be an established fact. Thoy havo kept the hostiles informed ns to tho movements of troops, and liavo also furnished them with horses to nid them in making their escape from tlieir pursuers. Sneaks over the back yard fence, 'ron* Instead of leaving home by the front "or well he ought to ki For well he ought to know, If the women see him go, They’ll make him wallop carpet* half a OSJ. —Dansville Brttze. WHEAT DEALERS FAILING. Great Bxeltement In the Grant Camera of Western Trade. WASHINGTON'S IDOL. Mn. Cleveland went to Oswego, N. Y., on a visit to tome of her young friends. She made the trip from Albany in an or dinary coadi, one of her fellow-passen gers being Dr. MoGlynn, The sudden drop in wheat at all great grain centers in the West caused intense excitement, and mnny dealers have failed. .Such scenes of wild excitement as were witnessed on ’chnnge have never been known before. When the break came, everybody franticully tried to sell wheat, and nobody wanted to buy. In a short time, July wheat had sold off from 801 to 77$, while September dropped from 79 to 76}. A PRINCE IN DANGER. SHORT IN HIM CASH. Grand Master Engineer Monahan, of Kansas City, Mo., declares that the ru mors of Condon’s shortage ore correct, and that the amount was thus tar ascer tained $70,000, The reports concerning the German crown prince’s condition differ. While the official bulletin is optimist in tone, fears aro freely expressed in well in formed circles that the prince’s condition is serious. Prof. Virchow’s report, it is now said, affirms that the examination furnished no absolute indication that the growth in the prince’s throat is uot miti- gant. VALUAULK BIBLKM. At the sale of Lord Crawford's library in London, Eng., the Muzarin, otherwise the Guttenburg Biblo, the earliest book printed with movable metal types in originul oak boards, was put up at $3,000 and was sold for $18,000. Tyndall's Poiitutcuch in black letter, brought $1,300; Tyndalo’s New Testament, in black letter, $1 ,200; Miles Ooverdale’s Biblo in English black letter with wood cuts, folio, the first English Bible printed, brought $1,200. sli,l.tl IMII.INC. Banks Hill hnd C. D. Little, young men belonging to two of the best families in Macon, Ga., went outside of the city limi.w to tight a duel. Little knew that the pistols were not loaded with bull ts, but HUH took tlie matter seriously, and bravely went through. Two shots were fired, when Little fell, and Hill wanted tlie pistol to kill himself, and wus then told of tlio joke. On their return to the city the men shook hands, und are now friends. “Say, Maria 1" exclaimed Mr. Blobzon tho other day, “I move wo suspend the long-haul clause.” “What do you mean?" demanded Mrs. Blobsou. “I mean, said Mr. Blobson, “that instead of push ing the baby carriage around four blocks we try one block for a while. Otherwise, I shall be obliged to raise the rates of transportation.—Burlington Fret Prus. Queer Things in Persln. A Mr. Neesan lectured in New York' not long ago on Persian life. The young ladies of the audience laughed when Mr. Necsun told how the Persian youth was allowed to take one kiss from his future wife on the eve before their marriage, provided he could find her in a dark room full of other ladies. They wero silent nnd sympathetic when he told how, although he was engaged for three years, he never got one kiss in all that time. Mr. Neesan was forced to confess that the Persian newspapers are rather slow. They are divided into two classes —those published every week snd those published every seventh day—and all Persia has just one of each class. Some time after Cleveland was elected Mr. Ncesau received a copy of some of theae papers. He looked anxiously to see if the election returns had reached the enterprising editor, but tlio only mention he found of America was its discovery by one Christopher Columbus. He doesn’t expect to live long enough for the editor to go through the subsequent history of America ana give his readers some com paratively recent news concerning tho United States. PREFERRED THE U. S. (STYLE. RATHER SLEEPY. Frank T. Ridgeway is on trial before the U. S. Court, at Macon, Ga., for illicit distilling of whiskey, and his lawyer minima he is insane. The defendant tes tified in his own defense, that he had not slept a wink in 8 years! 6 months and 14 days; that he laid down at night and rested, but that he never slept. Red Shirt and Broncho Bill, of the. Wild West show, now in London, Eug., paid a visit to tho llouse of Commons. They were both in war paint ami worn enormous head dresses of feathers. They addressed ttiemsulves to Baron de Worms, who asked them wlint .they thought of Parliament. Red Shirt answered that he didn’t think much of it Laws, he said, were passed much quicker in hia country than iu Englaud. TO BE ARRESTED. The English government intends to proaecute Michael Davitt and Joseph Richard Cox, nationalist, M. P. for past Clare, for inciting the Bodyke tenants in Ireland to resist eviction. A Cloak or Gold Feuthcrs. At the coronation of King Kalakua in 1883, writes a correspondent from Hono lulu, he wore the royal mantle of Kame- bamcha I., one of the most superb em blems of royality ever worn by king or kaiser. As may be supposed, it is care fully kept at the palace. It is a semi circular cloak, about four feet in length, covering an area of twenty-live square feet when spread out, and it is made of the small golden-hued feathers of the O-O. These feathers, each about the size of one’s little finger nail aro fastened to • a fine network of fibre, made from the bark of the olona, overlaying cocli other. There are at least 5,000 of these feather* used in the cloak, there are but two taken from each bird, which has to he snared in the dense woods, the feather* I plucked and the bird released; it waa k crime ro kill them. The birds are by no means abundant, necessarily the value of the cloak is very great, and the keeping of it an endless task. The mantle ia worn only by the reigning sovereign. There are shorter capes and cloaks worn by Alies or chiefs, their length being regulated by tho rank of the wearer. Surcustie. “Oh, dear?” groaned young Mr. Lcatherhead, sinking wearily into an office chair, “oh, dear! my head aches fearfully.” “Possible?” asked old Mr, Hardox, nil unsympathetic! employer, “possible? Then something surely muse have got into it.” And then the atmosphere of the count ing-room socmed to grow at least twenty degree* colder.—Hartford Journal. The books in the British Museum ar* bound on a principle, historical work*, being in red, theological in blue, poetical in yellow, natural history m green'. Be side this, each part of a volume i* stamped with a mark by which it distinguished as museum property, of different colors; thus, red ind that a book was purchased, bliiev came by copyright and yellow was presented. ■ |

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, June 21, 1887, Image 1