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the mercury. ZT,„,. r d as Secontl■-rlass Hatter at XfcrsvUte Vostoffloc April 27, 1880. S&odersville, Washington County, Gi PUBLISHED BY a j, jernigan & CO. **' proprietors and Editors. Subscription: S1.50 Per Yeai. THE MERCURY. /l, JEUNHtAN (0 CO., Proprietor*. ctrftcfif 1 f*T!OXt &ls30 Vet* Annum DEVOTED TO LITERATURE. AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. ' VOLUME VIII.. SANDERSVILLE, GA.. TUESDAY. JULY 5. 1887. NUMBER 10. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESD1T. Ail Communication* 1 uded /bf Wifs Paver must he a cco ttnlod** the full name o/ the i Iter—not necessarily fo r publ lea t but guarantee of good faith. We are in no way re sslblefwT the views or opinion* oj rroapotm* cut*. E. S. LANGMADE, ATTORNEY at law, SANDERSVILLE, Os. B I). KVA**. B. D. Rvani, Jb EVANS & EVANS, CURRENT NEWS, a ATnEnF.it it mi r; ann twee e ALL or EH THE WOULD. TOWN DESTROYED. THE SOUTH. ATTORNEY8 AT LAW SANDERVILLE, OA. F. H. SAFFOLD, attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, OA. Will praotloe in all the Courts of th« Middle Circuit and in the counties unrounding Washington. Special at tention given to commercial law. H. N. HOLLIFIELD. SANDERSVILKE, OA. Oflleo next iloor to Mm, liavini’s Millinory j|..r ■, "ii H.irrl-. *tru*l. r * tbbbi.1i Pallilml and lllnaraphlcnl Note*, NumnarUcd In n Few Word*, of ShB Wtak’a Lvanta. A body of police was nttackud tiy a mob on St. Stephen’s jrreon, Dublin, Ire land, Stones and other missiles wero thrown at the ofllcors, who, however, soon dispersed their assailants. Mrs. Langtry, the actress, renounced her allegiance, at Sail Francisco, Cal., to Great Britlan, and took out her first papers declaring her intention to bcootno n citizen of tho United States. Four HUY YOUIi from tiER.isrxa-A.isr, ( None genuine williont our trade mark.) O.V HAND AND FOll SALE SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. Watches, Clocks AND — JEWELRY nKl’AMBD DT TE3 H/lsTIG AN. am Jones Answers Questions. A gi'!itlemiin wlto recently mot Sara Jon on a railway train repeats part of thee eiversatiou as follows:—• Said I-—“Adam and Evo wore tho first two people on earth. According to the lHblt they lmd two sons—Cain and Abel. Cain slew Abel and then fled in to the laud of Nod and took unto himself n wife. Adam and Eve, tho first Cain and Able, next Cain lied. Wo under stand from ‘(led 1 that ho ran and got away from his awful crime ns quickly ns lii.s legs would carry him. Tlion," I con tinued, excitedly, “right in the snme ■ eiiteneo the Bible suys ho took unto himself a wife. Wlloro did she oomo from?” I sank back thinking I had giv en him a poser. liis eyes twinkled, his lips parted in a siuilo, ‘‘An’ navy ono of thorn preaohers could toll you'" he asked. "No, sir, not olio." “Well," ho continued, “that’s funny, fer that’s a mighty easy question.” Ho Mailed again and said:—“Why Cain got his wife from his father-in-law." 1 w as done up. ‘‘Where is lu ll that you preachers talk so much about,I asked. " I dunno," bo said. “I don’t want to know. I aint beadin’that way. I’m go ing to lot thorn fullers as are goin’ thur And out." “What’s your idea of backsliders!” “Well,” ho said, “tliar was a man walkin’ along a country lanoiu Arkansas unco with a pitchfork on liis shoulder, and a very vicious dog jumped ovor the Teuco and miulo at him. Ho jabbed the piehfork through tho dog and impaled it to tho earth, Tho dog’s owner came nnimin out:—‘Wlmt d’ye mean, sir,’ lie shouted, ‘by stiekin’ yo’ pitelifawk through my (log?’ ‘Ho was goin’ to bito me,’ siii- 1 tho other, ‘Why didn’ you hit him with the other cud then?’ ‘Why didn't lio coino at me with the other end?' was tho answer.” After I had cousod laughing tho Rov. Mr. Jones said: . ‘‘Just liko tlio dog, baokslidors are go ut’ wrong end to, and consequently got into troublo."—Kansas City Times. Englishman, named William ICullow,William Pingilly, Jamos V.mdor- slyua and Paul Hustings, wore instantly lulled in tho Vulcan initio nt Norway, Mich. They wore coming out of the mine in u cage. Some men above allowed Iho tram-car to get uwny, and it went thundering dowu the shaft and fdruck i he cage. h'lflin & Hand’s powder mill utWayno, N. .1,, exploded, instantly killing Charles 1 ier, aged 45, ntid John Cures. August Knruuso, married about nine months ago, w as near the mill mid lias not been seen sinco. He is undoubtedly killed. James If. Garner, foreman, was struck on tlio hnid with a missile, but will recover. Several men wore slightly injured. Sigs. llneeolli and Iloughi, ex-ministers f public instruction, will present in ii the Chamber of Deputies, at Homo, Italy, a bill providing for the preservation of ancient Homan remains hi the vicinity of the Forum, tho Buths f Cirncalln and the Via Appa by mentis f an urchnhdogieul promenade inclosing hem. The estimated cost oT tlio work i $8,000,000. The Archbishop of Cologne, Germany, has excommunicated Huron Soleninchcr for challenging Baron Sckorlemer to light >cntly VI««1 f tlm Itilifibltnntfi of a M'tutrrii Town I>!a«!n lloitit'lori* l»y Fire*. There is a lamentable state of iitTnirs in the town of Marshfield, Wis. A tire started in the main portion of the town, and us there was a high wind, the flames were carried with remarkable rapidity, seeming almost to leap from house to house. Twelve boilings were blown up with dynamite in the vnin cilort to cheek the flames. So rapid was the spread of the tire that little could bo saved. Frantic men and wo i.cn used vehicles of every description to save goods w hen the lire reached the residenre part of the town. The loss w ill exceed $1,000,000, mill the total insurance will reach $300,- 000. The burned district embraces eight blocks, hounded as follows: A street on the north, Fourth street on the south. Maple street on the eas', and Chestnut strict on the west. I'pluun Manufac turing Company lost their saw mill, Itimle r yard, lion mill, elevator, 15,000 bushel i of grain, 1,000 barrels of flour, planing mill and furniture factory. Their loss is $350,000. Sanger, Rock well & Co., of Milwaukee, tire heavy losers, having an entire season’s cut of line lumber. There lire not enough roots left standing to shelter the homeless, and the people camped in the fields and woods. Over half the people of the town were rendered homeless. ITEMS OP INTEREST GARNERED ALL OVEll THE LOT, Vat**, Fancies u< Poraoanl Data Briefs < Far Ilnar ruplt-A Week'* •■■■>>; ef lstareellM News. WASHINGTON NOTES. HONEY INVESTED aossirr gleanings about our N l TIONAL OPEIG1ALS, Rcmclhlas Aknnt tka FraalSent’a Move- aicnla—Kssnrta tke llamrliiii uts, I.WI sf As»nlat«#a»e, Ktc., K«c. John M. Barclay, alias Bartlett, who traveled through tho country mounted mule, getting spurious money imaged into good coin, was sentenced rs’ ii 4 LUNATIC'S WORE. a duel. Queen Victorin, in conimcinmoration of her Jubilee, gave gold medals to her royal visitors, and silver medals to their attendants. In a 50-mile race between tho Thistle and Itex, from Rothesay, Scotland, tlio former won by 12 minutes. She is the lavorite in Great Britain. The Russian Nihilists have discovered nn ingenious method of distributing pam phlets, by introducing them into cigar ette boxes, which are sold throughout the country. It is announced that Ovid’a tomb lias been discovered. The location is ut Anadolkioi, near Kustendnmi, in Greece. The stone miuking tho tomb represents Ovid’s arrival at the Island of Tami,when lie was banished thither by Augustus, A. D. 8. The North Atlantic squadron, com manded by Admiral Luce, und consisting of the flagship Richmond and tlio cor vettes Ussipeo, Galena and Ynntic, ar rived at Newport, R. 1. The Ossipee sails direct foi the Canadian fishing banks, and tho Galena, Richmond and V,mtie will continue their eastern sum mer cruises, so as to be ill supporting distance from her. RIOTOUS WORKINGMEN. A Slrtke Oronr* In llocliosler, N. Y.-Tlio Fallen HLoot Several For so iis. A Fourth of July Remand. The masons, helpers and laborers em ployed on tlio sowers ami street im provements in Rochester, N. A., struck for $1.75 per day, of nine hours’ work. The strike was ordered by the local as sembly. In two or three instances, non union men employed by tho contractors on the street works were driven away by the strikers. The union men comprise less than one-third of the total number of laborers. At a sewer on Goodman street the strikers tried to stop an cti gincer, when a cloud of steam was thrown on them from tlio pipe of a hoisting engine, and after a sharp light they were driven off. At another point a mob of over two hundred strikers as sembled, and began to intimidate the men at work there. Tho mob began stoning the police officers ^ho, finding their clubs useless, opened lire with thur revolvers, finally clearing the street-. 1 m fight lasted only ten minutes, but, dur ing that time, Policemen Moran, Burns aud Farmer, wero severely injured by ttones. Three of tho strikers were badly clubbed and wero arrested. Several men were shot by the officers, but were car ried homo by their friends. lie Uses To A Field And Kills A Man At Work. Ncrlah P., son of Job Lewis, living near Franklin, Ky., a young man, 80 years of age, lins shown signs of derange ment for the past four years, though not thought to be dangerous. Recently, ho mounted his horse and armed with two Navy pistols, rode into town, rema ning only a short whiles. Ho started in tho direction of William Roach’s farm, nnd on reaching his field, in which his two sons were resting under tlio shade of a straw stack, lie slipped up from behind and fired, shooting John Roach, a young man about twenty years of ago, in tho back. He jumped and ran a distance of about one hundred and thirty yards, nnd fell dead. Lewis continued to fire on tlio fleeting brother, one ball passing through his clothing. Tlio sheriff was at onco notified, amt with a squad of men, hastened to tho scene. In the meantime, Lewis had repaired to tho home of liis father, saying lie would not surrender, and when tho sheriff’s posse arrived, he opened tire upon them, which they returned. They were held at bay some hours before they heard n pistol shot in tho house, followed by groans us coming from a dying man. They entered and found him lying on tho floor shot through the right side, from which he died. to four years 1 imprisonment by Judgo Speer, nt Macon, Ga. Tho ono hundred nnd eleventh anni versary of Fort Moultrie was generally celebrated in Charleston, 8. O. The military organizations of tho city turned out, public offices were closed, and flags were everywhere displayed. C. R. Carter, Tom M. Killon and three other prisoners killed tim deputy sheriff and escaped from the jail nt Mt. Vernon, Mo., and a reward of $400 has been offered for Carter’s arrest. Ho whs convicted of murder in tlio first dogroo and sentenced to bo hanged at Mt. Vernon in a few days. In a collision between trains at Bar- nu ksville, W. Va., on tlie Baltimore <Sr Ohio Railroad, Engineer Jennings was killed. August- Beriiung, of Louisville, Ky., only nun tied live months, killed liis wife in a III ol jealousy and then suicided. J. \Y. Erwin, ono of the editors of (lie Atlanta, Ga., Evening Journal, lias been appointed a U. S. post-office inspector. Macon, Gn., has started a new crusade against- liquor drinking, in the shape of an anti-treating society. Tlio society has n printed pledgo card. Judgo Duffy, at Baltimore, Md., sen tenced Charles L. Owens, Isaiah Wuters, John Brandnn, John B. Banner and Win. J. Byrne, judges nnd clerks of election, to two years each in jail for election frauds. James 11. Ilntnlin, judgo of elec tion in the 18th ward, was sentenced to two years in jail, and to pay a fine of $1,000. IN LABOE AMOUNTS IN SOU I'll Ell N STATES. Rollrnnil*. Fnclorlei, ItnllliiK .11111*. Etc., Betas Ilnllt, Fureat* I.CTcllril nnd Now Industrie* Fontorad. THE CAPTURED FLAGS. There lire upward of 1,000 flags in wlmt is for tlio present tho flag-room os tlio War Department, Of these nearly 000 nro “rebel flags,” so named in tlio record book bearing tlio title, “Record of Rebel flags captured by the Union troops since April 10, 1801.” Over 200 are Federal colors taken by Confederate troops nnd found in Richmond after the evuetnation of that city. The buhtnee are also Federal colors, regimental flags turned over to tlio War Department by tlio vniious state organizations. Tho real history of tlio Confederate flags would bu more interesting than tlio few lines each one gets in tlio record book. Home of these nro made of women’s dresses. Whore cashmere or other wool- ! material was used, as in sovernl, they j have been eaten into slireds by moths. ( They wero, no doubt, worn out when placed in the department 20 years ago, but now they are literally in tatters. Blues have faded into whito, nnd red in to faint pink. Tlio stars have dropped out, and when unfurled little hits fall to the floor. The largest flag in the lot is SONS OF AMERICA. A COOL RECEPTION. Smart Boy (whoso father is a printer) —“Say, paw, if you want to make a lor- tune, got up a boy’s calendar, with sev enteen Fourth of Julys every yean And tnake one this week while you’re* about please.”—Chicago Herald. Princes Albert Victor and George, sons of .he Prince of Wales, proceeded from I cmdon to Dublin, Ireland to attend the iul.ilce exercises, but rcceivod rather a reception. Tho corporate authori ties of the city did not meet them, but a ndlitary escort and a number of crown officials and prominent people won- to Kingstown to await their nriival. 8 oral steamers went down the buy to moot nud escort t ho royal boat The princes arrived ut Kingstown at the appointed time and wore received with great cn- The Marquis of Londonderry, I’ntrlotlo Order Advocating “America for Americana” and llononiicc* Agitator*. The Patriotic Order of the Sons of America held a national convention in Chicago, 111. Tho most important act of the convention was passed when the platform and principles of tho order were rend and adopted, ns follows: “I*or the welfare, prosperity and liberty of all American citizens and their descendants, wc de-ire to protect our form of govern- mont and to preserve it from tlio influ ence and control of any foreign power. By a discriminating sentiment of loyalty and establishing a fraternal feoling among all Americans, wo hope to inuke it im possible for any one to livo under tho protection of tho stars nnd stripes who docs not honor find rovcrc them. AN ** me opposed to the occupancy of any part of our country by foreign speculators o- ndvonturers who do not wish to become citizens, and wc believo that ail of tho resources and privileges of the country should bo reserved for the exclusive u«o and lintivo born naturalized citizens. \Y o arc in favor of crushing out Hint foreign clement which conics here to advocate communism and nihilism, aud which does not identify itself with our country and docs not respect our flag.” IMPORTANT LAND DECISION. In the United States Circuit Conrt at Macon, Gu., in ttie case of J. K. O. Sher wood against Rebecca Rountree, Judgo Speer rendered a decision in lus charge to tlio jury which is regarded by leading members of the bar as one of the most far-reaching nnd important in its conse quences which 1ms been made in this cir cuit for years. The pendency of an im mense number of suits against lund own ers in Georgia, in which the principle de cided is applicable, gives it this import ance. The testimony in the enso was that the agents of tlio money-lenders di ducted twenty per ceut. by way of commissions, and counsel in argument stated that iu all the borrower had paid forty-three per cent, interest. This, of course, under the Georgia law, would be usurious, and the usury would render void any deed or mortgage made to secure such a debt, provided that the true lender of tlio money had notico of the usury, and tlio court decided against tho mortgage com pany of New York, who loaned the money. The most widespread effect of the decision will bo tliut such usury would render void the deeds and mort gages executed to these usurious loans. the garrison ting of Fort Tyler, West Point, recaptured by tlio 1st Wisconsin, 1 Indiana and 7th Kentucky regiments. Tlio smallest is a tiny guidon taken from the First Irish brigade, or (llltli Now York in that brigade. No. 2110 is a Union flag, “made by Mrs. Hetty Mc- Ewon, floated from her house nt tho time tho city of Nashville, Tenti., was in pos session of the South, und found still waving there when Gen. Buell’s army took tlio city.” A’flag captured from Gen. Longstrect's corps had these re marks on paper pasted on the staff: “Mr. Yankee, you will plcnse turn this flag, staff and shoulder belt ovor to tho 0th Maine; was captured at St. Gilmore on 20th October, 1804, by Third Forks Regt. Vol.” (Signed) “Big Rebel.” A LADY WON. Antony those examined for pro motion in tho quartermaster general’s offico by tlio Civil Service board, was but one lady-clerk, and she neither went in to hysterics nor exhibited any excitement whatever. She was cool anti placid, and passed with higher percentages than most of the men. Tho three gentlemen who failed to piiBs the examination, fulled upon tlio very matters that were of prac tical, every-dny importance in the offices in which they were serving. DECLINE TO PAY TAXES. United States Marshnl Grosa visited Taylor county, Ky., to collect taxes for tlie payment of county railroad bonds of the Cumberland & Ohio Railroad, in ac cordance with judgments issued by tlio United States Circuit Court, lie re ports the citizens of that county in vory bad temper and determined not to pay the taxes. The threat was made that the mandate of thee, urt would tie executed ut the loss of many lives. Tlio amount of taxes involved is $18,000 ill this par ticular case,though the total amount due the bondholders from other counties amounts to about $250,000. Thu road was never built. CONSOLIDATING TKKAHUHY DIVISIONS. The vaeanoy in tho offico of Chief of the Division of Mercantile Marino, Treas ury Department, caused by tlio resigna tion of Mr. Lyman, will not be filled, as Secretary Fairchild tins decided to con solidate that division with tho Division of Captured and Abandoned Proporty, and to retain David Okie, now chief of the latter division, as chief of tho consol idated divisions. Rome, Ga., is to have a $200,000 cot ton factory. A $250,000 stock conipauy is being formed at Crowley, La., to erect a rico I mill. Tho Henrietta Mills is tho name of n new cotton mill corporation who nro building nt Rutherforuton, N. 0. The Southern Snap Co., lias been in corporated nt Louisville, Ky., to mnnu fncturo sonp. Tho authorized capital stock is $50,000. Damascus is the name of a new town started in Virginia, 14 miles from Abing don. Manufacturing enterprises will bo inaugurated nt onco. Durham, N.C., is booming with a now factory, half a dozen storehouses, n church and now court-house, nnd a new fcninlo seminary is projected. Pittman & Baker, of Thnmnsville, Gn., have contracted to build bridges and trestles and furnish cross-ties for the Georgia Southern & Florida Railroad. Tho Atlanta Brown Stono Co., nt Wndosboro, N. C., has been reorganized ns tlie Wadosboro Brown Stone Co. Tlio capitul stock bus been increased to $250,- 000. Sinco October, 1880, there hnvo been 40 business enterprises chartered in At lanta, Ga., with n capital stock of $8,- 183,000, tlio limit of whose stock aggre gates $21,465,000. These companies are all in operation. Moses Bros., of Montgomery, Ala., who purchased 158,000 acres of land nt und near Cullman, to start towns and de velop tlie lands, hnvo organized ns tlie North Alabama Land & Immigration Co. The capitnl stock is $2,500,000. Fred Bnlcom, of Harrisburg, Pa., and otliors interested in tlio Rod River Land Company, will build a 5-ton ice fi^tory nt Natchitoches, La. Mr. Unicom con templates erecting factories ut other points in the South, A construction nnd improvement com pany has been organized nt Biistol, Tonn., to build furnaces, manufacture lumbor, quarry marble, etc. The capi tal stock is $4,000,000. F. W. Iluldo- koper, of Washington, D. C., is presi dent, and John II. Inman, of New York, vico president. The company own about 1,200 acres of lnnd nt or near Bristol, bosido coni niul iron lands. The Mobile & Dauphin Island Railroad Harbor Co., Ala., hnvo commenced work on their railroad, which will bo 85 miles long. Tlio Neil McDonald Now York Railroad Supply Co. hnvo tho con tract to build tho railroad, nnd tho Phco- nix Bridge Co. of Plimuixville, Pa., tlio contrnct to build tlio bridges. Lnrgo cotton warehouses, docks, and a cottou compress will bo built nt Dauphin Island. Tho King can drink tho best of win#, So can I; And has enough whorl L® would dins, So havo I; And cannot order rain nor shlno, Nor can 1. Then whoro's the difference-—lot mo see-* Bowixt my lord tho kiiiR and mot Do tnisty friends surround Ids thron Night nnd day? Or mako his interest thotr ownt No, not they. And that's one difference which I so. Betwixt my lord the king and mo. Do knaves around lfio lie and wait To deceive, Or fawn wild flatter wlion they hate, Aiul would griovel Or cruel pomps oppress my state By my leave! No, Heaven be thanked I and here you soo Moro differences ’twixt tho king aud me. He has Ills fools, with jests and quips, When lio’d play, He has his armies and his ships— Great are they. But not a child to kiss liis lips— Wett-a-day And that’s a difference sad to soot Betwixt my lord tlio king and mo. I wear a cap and he tho crown— What of that! I sloop on straw and ho on down— What of that? And he'» tho king and I’m the clown— What of that! Happy I and wretched ho. Perhaps the king would chango with me. —Charles Maclcay. PITH AND POINT. RIOT IN LOUISIANA. In Arresting n Negro, Hover* I Ofllcer* are Killed anil Wounded. the Irish viceroy, met them, and the town commissioners of Kingston, presented them with an address. The princes then proceeded to Dublin, and upon their ar- ' they were presented with an ad- A riot occurred at Oak Ridge, La., in which one white man and six negroes were killed, and several white men wore dangerously injured. It appears a negro man assaulted a white woman, and when tlie deputies were taking him to Hie cal aboose, they were fired on by Jerry Bald win, colored, his two sons, and three other negroes, wounding Deputies Baker nnd Gardner, They then dispersed, and later rendezvoused nt a negro cabin two miles from town. On looming their whereabouts tho officers went to arrest them. On approaching the cabin they were fired upou, and ono of their num ber, G. W. Higginbotham, was instantly killed, and Constables John Conger, Gardner and Coker dangerously wound ed. During tlie melco which followed, Jerry Baldwin and ono of liis sons, and .four other.negroes, were killed. liOILEit EXPLOSION. A terrible boiler explosion occurred on tho farm of Andrew Hudson, near Har mony Grove, Ga. J. A. Sugar’s engine aud separator wore at Mr. Hudson’s threshing bin wheat, and G. B. Whitehead was in charge of both when the boiler exploded. The force of the escaping steam blew tlio engine sixty-five yards in tho air. It was blowu over tlio separator and ono comer of a stable. Whitehead was killed instantly, and four others were seriously injured by the ex plosion. POSTAL REVENUES. A statement prepared at the Post-Office Department shows that during the month of May last, tho salo of postage stamps, stamped envelopes and postal cards ut the 70 first-class post-offices, aggregates $1,- 783,080, which is an inerenso ovor the same month last year of $155,583, or 0.80 per cent. Fifteen offices, including Washington, D. C., show a decrease. SPECK OF-WAR. Franco Bond* A TUrciitcnlnu Nolo To Tjir- Uov— Unulitn Troop* Moving. Tlio French government lias sent a lioto to tho Sultan of Turkey in which it distinctly refuses to accept tho situation which will result from the signing of (lie Egyptian convention with England, nnd says that if tho convention bo ratified, Franco will take measures necessary to protect her interests, which will be en dangered by tlie disturbance of tlio equil ibrium of the Mediterranean, On the other hand, Franco offers formal assur ance that she will protect and guarantee tlie sultan against whatever consequences may result, if lie will refuse to ratify the convention. By so doing, tlie note says, the sultan will strengthen tho ties of friendship between Franco and Turkey and protect liis couniry from the en croachments and ambition of England Russian troops are advancing from Kars as a menace to Turkey. WHIPPED TI1U MAGISTRATES. RETURNING A FAVOR. TERRIBLE STORM. rival dress of welcome by some conservative citizens. — BOGUS TICKET SWINDLERS. For the last three years it very modest Mins Francis E. Willard nnd Miss Anna uordon left on June 18 for a trip to the ) rovi UC es of Manitoba, where they will hold ! ’,• C. T. U. Temperance Convention p 1 the far Northwest. They will stop at St. Duluth, Bismarck, Fargo and other “Whig towns « n route. TheW. O. T. T. of Massachusetts sent an earnest personal letter to each member of the House of R — Representatives, urging liis presence, attention anil vote In favor of the Consti tutional Prohibitory Amendment, ut the Special suasion called for tlio consideration o that measure Judge Orr, of KanTiakee, IU., bM • Ifost which runi hi* Uwn moiwr. with bogu —of tho victims, put One of tho most destructive storms ever known occurred recently, _ twenty miles below Long View, Texas and carried dentil nnd destruction in its course. At New Prospect five men were lulled out right. At Fairplny, (a small hamlet), one woman and two children were killed, having taken shelter in an old house on which a very large tree fell, crushing them In tho track of this tornado noth in" was left. Tho country is thinly set tled, which accounts for tho few lives lost. A party of gentlemen and land-owners and many of them local magistrates be longing to tho County of Westmoreland in England, while out riding near the boundnry line separating that county from Yorkshire, offended some Yorksliire- men, aud were forbidden to cross tho line. They crossed, and a bloody en counter eusued, in which clubs and lists were freely used. A number were in jured on both sides. GEN. I.EH'N STATUE. It is snid in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hint tho financial collapse of E. L. Harper, of tho Fidelity Bank, is tlie outcome of n plan for revenge made by Phil Armour, of Chicago, III , who was severely injured some years ago in a “deal in which Har per displayed great treachery." In the Wrong Place. 6S5SSSjK".fW2 „„ nrv information led them to regard agency. a eiifmiftion. nnd tlio *P u * w« ohoD with suspicion, ana tn< PR -a P colored pencil metallic stamp, etc. acids, colored penw » WO rk. They Two of the men 1 ^ B jgnatnro could counterfeit eny km l g cQ “ ld flU and by nieans of i-aeir st P n ticUct $800,000. TDE PREACHER'S COMPLAINT. The Leo monument board of Virginia, of which Governor Fitz Hugh Leo is chairman, awarded a contract for tho erection of an equestrian statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee to tho eminent sculptor, Mercior, of Paris. It is expected that tlie corner stone of the monument will be laid in t Do latter part of October next, during the state fair. The monument will be erected in tlie extreme west end of the city of Richmond. • IMMENSE CASTING. W. II. Heard, colored pastor of the Mt. Zion M E. Church, of Charlotte, N. O., has complained to the Interstate Commerce Commission that he and seve ral members of his congregation, having based first-class tickets over the pur Georgia Railroad, fi’om Atlanta, Ga., to Charleston. S. C., wero forbidden entry to tho Jirst olnss conches, and compelled to lido in a dirty and uncomfortable car, onu-hulf of which was tho smoking car. Tho steel stern post for tlio war ship Charleston was successfully cast, at San Francisco, Cal. The post is twenty-two feot long on the keel, with nn upright of twenty feet, aud weighs upwards of 15,000 pounds. NEGRO TEACI1EUM. The Atlanta, Ga., Board of Education has decided that in all colored schools only colored teachers shall be employed. A burglar goncrally makes his homo run after he readies tlio pinto.—Lowell Citizen. It was a farmer caught by a prairio tiro who ran through Ills proporty rapidly.—, S(ftings, A poor paymaster Is like a boiling cof fee pot, because ho will never settle.-— Dansrille Breeze. A Now York paper says there is con siderable bustle in the dry goods market, but then there ulwnys is when tho ladies go shopping.—Pittsburgh Chronicle. Wife—“Dear, I wish you would invite young Professor Y. some day. 1 hear ho fs so dreadfully absent-minded; perhaps Cecelia."—German Joke. he will take out i A society journal states Hint girls oan hnvo their lips cleared of incipient mous- | tuclies by electricity. A surer method tlinn this is nn Irate parent’s number nino boot.—Siftings. Old lady (to wicked little boys who are playing marbles on Sunday)—“Littlo boys, wlmt are you playing marbles Sun day for?” Little boys—“Wo’re playing for ’keeps.’ ”—Life. Bella Jones, a young Indy of Dol., Of tho fashions was not vory wot., Bo a handkerchief red ; Bhe wrapped round her head, And this rig to the ball did Miss Bel. —Life An agricultural exchange asks “howto STARTLING WEATHER I'HOPIIECY. Prof. Couch, tho well-known meteo rologist of Nebraska, is out with a start ling programme for July. Tlio month, lie says, will be characterized by phe nomenal weather. It will open fair with wind, clouds nnd local rains up to tlio 5th. There will lie higher temperature with cloud nreus and local rains near tlio Oth, followed by cool, northerly winds. It will be warmer by the tOHi and 12Hi, After local thunder storms, it will be hot from tlie lfltli to the 18th, when thero will bo a cold rain wave from tho north west. Between the 20th nnd 25th, frosts may bo expected, but after the latter date the woatlior will ho cloar nnd fair. mako hogs pay.” This is a linrd question to answer. The best way to avoid tho ditliculty is not to sell a hog any tiling un less ho paysforit iu advance.—Traoeler's lleeord. Emperor William is reported to have said that “it is tho ono button left un buttoned which is tho ruin of an army.” Too true, and it is tho one button left u use wed tlint is the ruin of a honeymoon.- — Omaha World. How doth the tuneful Thomas cat Improve each moonlight night. And olimboth on tho back-yard fenoe To spit, and yowl, and fight. EXPELLED COLORED PEOPLE. The action of cx-Mayor James A. Bradley, ef Asbury Park, N. J., in ex cluding colored people from the privilege of tho pavilion, board, walk and beach has caused great indignation among tlio negro population of Now York city. Rov. Jesse S. . Cowles, of Zion African Methodist Church, Rev. Dr. Derrick, of Bethel Church, and other colored minis ters protested in energetic languago against Mr. Bradley’s order. A NEW TRIAL. And how tho spldor-leggod dude Improves tlio moonlight, too; Ho climboth on tho front-yard fence To sweetly bill and eo. —Peck's Sun. Humoring A Patient. Dr. Crawford of Baltimore is related to have udvised a path'iit, who fancied ho was dying of liver disuaso, to travel, says tlie Philadelphia News. On return ing lie appeared to bo rjuito well, “but upon receiving information of tlio death of a twin brother, who had actually died) of a scirrhous liver, lie immediately staggered, and, falling down, cried out 1 that ho was dead, and had, as lie always expected, died of a liver complaint. Dr. Crawford being sent for, immediately at tended; uud, ou being informed of tho notion which had seized tlio hypochon driac, exclaimed: “OU, yes, the_ gentle-, man is certainly dead, and it is more Tho Supreme court of Illinois has de cided to give the condemned anarchists a now trial, as the judges sitting on the Supreme bench decided in favor of tlio points submitted by Capt. Black and Leonard Swett, why tlie sentence pro nounced by Judge Gary on tlio liny- market assassins should not be executed, at least, before another hearing was al lowed the condemned. DERELICT COLLECTORS. The Berks County Pa., grand jury, which has been in session investiga ting frauds among tlie tux collectors, re turned bills of indictment against eleven collectors, all prominent citizens, for misappropriating and misusing public funds ranging in amount from $500 to $10,000 nnd aggregating nearly $30,000. About thirty others will in all probability bo indicted. SUSPENDED THE MAYOR. in consequenco of the action of tlm Mayor of Cork, Ireland, iu hoisting the bluck flag on the occasion of tho jubilee and because of his having shown favor to nationalists, Mr. Plunkett, divisional magistrate, has superseded him and has ordered that only a resident paid magis trate shall try the prisoners. than probablo his liver was tho death of him. However, to ascertain tho fact, I will hasten to cut him opon before putre faction takes place.” Ho called for a carving knife, and whetting it, as a butcher would when ubout to cut open a dead calf, he stepped up to the patient nnd begun to open his waistcoat. Tlio hypochondriac became so terribly fright ened that ho leaped up with the agility of a rabbit, and crying out: “Murder! murder! murder!” ran otf witli n. speed that would have defied a score of doctors to catch him. After running a consider able distance, until lie was almost ex hausted, he halted, und not finding the doctor at his heels, soon became com posed. From that period this gentleman was never known to complain of his liver, nor had ho for more than twenty years afterward any symptoms of this disease. BIG CniEFM TO ASSEMBLE. Customer from Texas—“I’ve busted my head-gear, young feller, what’s th’ tax on that ono up there?” Clerk—“That ain’t a hat. That’s a bath-tub.” Customer—“You don’t say so! Now I look at it, though, I see the brim is a little narrer fer the size of the head-hole.” —Tid-Bitt. Chief Joyner of the Atlanta, Ga., fire department, who has been North to make arrangements for tho convention of the Chief Engineers of flic departments, re ports that over 400 will attend tho At lanta Convention, September 20th. An old-fashioned Georgia barbecue will be the principal attraction offered the visi- , tors. Superstitions of Speculators. Tlie whims of speculators are illus trated by a story told by the Atlanta Constitution, of some Georgians who were trading in cotton in tho New York market. “The market was fluctu ating without apparent reason, and they were speculating briskly, but blindly. They finally selected, so tlio story goes, engine No. 42 on tlie Third avenue ele vated. Upon reaching the offico in tho morning they would watch for .that engiue. If, when first seen, it was going down-town, they would sell, and if going up-town when first seen they would buy. By following this course they made nearly $300,000, when one tine morning the engine betrayed them, and they lost uearly double that amount. In one of the French schools there is a natural magnet capable of lifting four times its weight. China has the fastest torpedo boat iu the world.