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Newspaper Page TextTHE MERCURY. 'entered as Second-clans Matter at M SandcrsvUlq 1‘oatoRlcc April S7, \»80. SiBdersvillS, Washington County, Ga. PUBLISHED BY » J, JERNIGAN&CO. Proprietor* and Editor*. Subscription: $1.60 Per Year. SOUTHERN DOTS. T] HI 4 MERCURY. -4. </. JERNIGAN ,2 co., Proprietors. DEVOl’BD TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE, . SUBSCRIPTION! $l.BO Per Annum. VOLUME VIII, SANDERsVILLE, GA.. TUESDAY, JULY 8(1. 1887. NUMBER 13. THE MERCURY. PUBLISHED EYERY TUESDAY. NOTICE! All Communications intended fee this Paper toms? hr accompanied by the full name of the writer—not necessarily far publication, 6nt a* a guarantee of pood faith. We are in no way responsible far the views or opintons of correspond* ents. ISTERESTINO NEWS PVT INTO A CONDENSED NORM. TliP .linns' lliM>pnnlii*B «*r a Week 1’nt Inin n I'li-mniat, Ri-nrialilo Porn For lltny I'rnplt*. lion. Primus Jones, the renowned “llrst-lMile” until of Gcorgin, presented Ciiiv. Gordon with fi 04-pound water melon. The llebrow order of the B’nni Brith, ,jf Atlnntn, Un., hits a fund of #40,000, which they wilt devote to building an rtrplmim’ Home. The Georgia Legislature intend to pass a liill fixing flic license of all retail deni er, in domestic wines at #10,000; it lms nnsM'd nut* Itmnch, The principal men of Memphis, Tcnn., have put out un authoritative denial of any urtlnw fever being tliere, as Reported tuSVw York papers, I Oiilninlms, Ga., mid Enfnuln, Ala., isjriitnl i*-t-> have determined to put Hires hosts on tho Ohnttahooehe river to make Hally trips Itctween Columbus and Kufnulii. President Prlntup, of the Home & Decatur Railroad, reports that the road will l»c finished and trains running to Cellar lllnir, Ala,, by August 20th, and te Gadsden, Ain., by Septombor 10th. II. L. Burlier, one of the oldest citizens of CohimlAis, Ga., died. Mr. Booher was in tin* it'ih year of his age, and was for many ‘years n prominent grocery tner- elinut of that city. About twelve years ago his eyesight failed and he retired fro/ n I u'siness. It has been many years since the crop out Imik for Georgia was us favorable as it present. Prom all parts of the state ciai's the same report. All the indica tions point to a most successful! season, and tlie fntinrrs ufid iibmters lire happy. U . W. Johnson, foreman of the foundry ‘l. the Nlishville, Chattanooga & St.Louis railroad simps, at Nashville, Tonn., died suddenly. lie was sitting in a chair at the slir.ps when lie suddenly fell forward anil dii d almost immediately, lie leaves a u; fe and six children, A small negro girl about live years old, n siding near the gas-works at Macon, Ga., ‘mil daughter of Mattie Gray, died rc- •ccutly and ilie mother of the child claims Hint a companion of her daughter liud rnmpclled Iter to swallow u lot of broken glass, causing her death. Aihiirsvillo, Gn,, was completely par- ah ml by the death of Mis. Alexander liy hei mvn hands. She fastened a shotgun to ah'dpost mid put the barrel to her head nut |mHod the trigger. Her head was ►■Mirely blown oil, scattering her blood ami brains, arid making a horrible pic ture. '•liver ltceil, who went to Americas, Go., about two months ago from Tnlln- •■ • 1 . Kla., to take charge of the Wcs- II io i’nioi^ telegraph olHce, in the iiliseiii'i' of (bo reguhir operator, who was :min un sin hi vacation, was suddenly lake" iff in the morning and died of cou- gesViYm of tim brain. W. K. I). Alfriend cl led very suddenly w Sparta, On. He bail been sick only 'bout 21 hours. His death was caused ■by congestion of tlie lungs and brain. He married Miss Mary Pierce, the next b; tlie, youngest (laughter of the lute liisliop Pierce; but at the time of bis deutJi bad been a widower for sonic J'ews. lie left no children. , Ilie Benevolent Home in Atlanta, Gu.. ** to be, investigated, The bill of fare is given by a widow with a babe of three •souths, and is as follows: “Two small liiscyiis and uhnlf cup of coilco has been ■ny break fust; a piece of sour corn bread uod a small slice of fat bacon, with a plate of boiled beans, lias been my dinner, iuuI supper consists of a halt cup of weak oolTee and a piece of cold, sour bread. 1 fire broke out on the upper Hour of •I"' Hsrnluirdt hotel, a 2-story wooden MiniDire, at Bessemer, Ala., and destroy- v 1 ' l mid tweuty-onc adjoining houses of tbe same character. Thirteen persons yc i'i hurt bad enough to need the ser- 'U's of physicians; the injuries of one, mi engraver named Frederick Peterson, "" '"ml to he fatal. The buildings lio- "" L -‘' 1 to tlie Carolina, or the New Or- U'liiisaiul Natcliez Real Estate and Improv- t" 1, ft Company. It is thought a candle started the lire. marving to death. Tfce left i LIGHTNING IN U 11(01,INA. 'V, Gardner, while, living near lorkville, S. O., was insimitly killed by « stroke of lightning. He was standing 111 b s back yard wlien a bolt struck two {fees, apparently at the same time, one J 11 front, and tlie oilier in lhe rear of the •"’Use. Ik* also received the full force of tbe shock from head to feet. His son "as live or six feet from him with u rn Zl) r in his luind, engaged in shaving, and "'iw also severely shocked. Frames l'civell, a negro woinnn, living in York ''•lb', S. C., was also severely stricken by lightning. ,She was ill her yard washing clothes when the bolt struck, taking el- fvet mainly in tlie right shoulder, which, jflili tlie arm and right tide of the face, • s paralyzed. At Winnsboro, S. C., lightning entered the composing room of the News and Herald newspaper. Wyatt Probst, a compositor, who was work- ln g near a fircpliiee, was knocked down, stunned and had his left side paralyzed. 1 wo other typos were knocked down and stunned. invitation TO TUB Fit RSI hunt. N,in ‘ , rli.« or I lip RoVfc-Klitbril I,mill of Labi-uilor. t * riudl W. Colley, missionary to Labrador, gives a graphic account of tht heart-rondingdestitution prevailing there, llo lms travelled the whole coast ami dc clares that words cannot describe the Buf ferings of tlie poor. lie tells of families of helpless old people and equally help less children enduring the rigors of the lfttu win tor with the themometer 38 dc- grcoa below zoro, living in huts, sleeping ou tlie bare ground, covered only with old sails and subsisting on rock cod, the poorest kind of codfish kuowu, and on hardtack supplied by tlie Government. To catch the lish the perishing people have to travel live miles over bare rocks. Broad, tea, molasses, Hour, meat of any kind or any of tbo necessities of life are unknown to them. Slow starvation lias driven tlie fathor of one family mad, and the poor wretch had been trying to eat I his own boots. The puny cod for break fast, dinner and supper, weeks upon ! weeks and mouths upon months, while ; keeping the poor wreUihos from actual death, only served to be a daily torture : to thorn, uud was of itself enough to drive the whole populatioiTinto raving inani ties A largo portion of the coast is t- sealed up by ieo all winter long, naviga tion closed in October last and remained so until tho middle of June. It is im possible for the few who have money to get supples in winter. The missionary inmself accompanied two men one hun dred miles over the rocky wilderness to get two barrels of flour, but could not got them. Twenty miles further on they got one barrel of tlie commonest kind as a great favor by paying #1)5.0. The official organ of tlie Government of Newfoundland comments on the mis sionary's revelations as un honest and truthful account by ouo who inis shared tho terrible privations of tlie people in tlie exercise of bis sacred railing. This paper, which a few months ago relent lessly denied Hint any unusual distress existed at Labrador, is “now tilled with astonishment" to And that human beings should be able to prolong existence amid such suffering and want. A DARING PLOT To Mnnulitrr I’lnlirrlon Ootcctlvr* In the Fcnimylvnnln 1'nko It ('Klmm. A murderous plot bail been laid by the striking Hungarians at and near tlie Leis- enring Works, near Pittsburg, Pa., to surprise the Pinkerton detectives at that place and drive off all now men working tliere. All the details of tlie attack had been arranged by a llunguiian who form erly held a high position as an officer in the Aiistiiaii in my, and who lias been for tlie past few months drilling the striking Hungarians in tlie Austrian manual of arms. The strikers, consisting mostly of Hungarians, 11 tlYousand strong, were to have proceeded to the Leisenrmg Works at tlie break of day and draw off all the detectives, and men working there, and to kill anil wound nil who resisted them. The Hungarian officer, becoming fright ened, gave tlie whole thing away to one of the officers at. the coke works and bought, a ticket at Scottdalo for Now York and left tliere for tlie east. Ho informed an officer just as lie mounted the train that his life would pay the pen alty for his treachery to his countrymen if lie remained; so lie left. IMS i INGUISIIRD VIRGINIAN lit:All. Hun. R. M. T. Hunter died at his home, Fount Hill, Essex county, Vir ginia. Mr. Hunter was ono of Virginia’s m ist eminent citizens for many years before and during tlie late War. He was bom in 1801), and served several terms in the national House of Representatives, being elected speaker of that body in I83D, Subsequently lie was elected Unijcd States Senator and made chair man of the Senate finance committee, in 1841). which position ho held till the opening of the War. During the War lie served us Confederate Secretary of Slate mid Senator. He was also a mem ber of the peace commission whieli met Abraham Lincoln in Hampton Ronds. After the War lie was elected treasurer of Virginia, holding that office for sev eral lei'in-, after which lie retired to pri vate life. WASHINGTON GOSSIP. midsummer notes prom mi: capital op the nation. CURRENT NEWS GATHERED prom ALL PORTIONS OP THE tlLODh. Mayor Francis, of.St. Louis, Mo., has /appointed, a committee to carry an invita- | t !°n to Prosidont Cleveland to visit that l clt .V during tho fall festivities. On this jCeimnitteo are tho presidents of the va rious associations having in charge tho •nil festivities, and many prominent citi zens representing Union nnd Confederate soldiers and business men. The colored o'tizens aro represented by one of tlieii race. UIIII.lMtUN SWEPT OFF. The mortality among children in Pitfs- burg and Allegbeney county, Peiinsylva- nia, during the past six weeks, is some- thing appalling. In June 509 children, under live years of age, died, and sinci the 1st inst. tliere have been 508 deaths, making a total of 1,487 in six weeks. Ol •his number nearly 75 per cent wen child is:n under two years of uge. CATHOLIC BISHOP, Formerly o« llnlllmore, Mil.. Murdered by n .servant In tin* Wlltln of Alnuki** Information from Onulaskn is to the effect tlmt Bishop Seghcrs, a Catholic missionary, xvns murdered by Ins com panion one night in November last. I he scene of tbe tragedy was on the banks of tlie Yokon River, about live hundred miles from its mouth, and fully sixty miles from any habitation. 1 he murderer is Frank Fuller, a young man from Port- hind, Oregon, who accompanied the Inshop as companion and servant, anti He K ave himself up. No cause for the deed [s iriven. The bishop was formerly of Baltimore, Md., and prior to being named bishop of Alaska was archbishop of Ore- eon and Washington Territory. Ho left for Alaska last summer to perform mis sionary work among the Indians, but xvus allowed by the Papal See to rot am h.s honorary title as archbishop. EFFECTS OK IJUUTNINU. During a thunderstorm the lightning struck a 8 telephone wire on Capitol av enue, Atlanta, Ga., and running into a-fSS'srAsajsa through the floor before reaching Inn . s gro- from Carlett’s, two 3 knocked down and stunned. Tho same ouo. >** *■* , , telephones close by Completely, bn up tlie inside works. In 1 osier s eery store, one block Tint SALOON WKNT. A building occupied by Ira J' Smith, as a saloon, which he just opened up in the town -of Fairmont, Ind., x\ns com- Setely destroyed by dynamite. Several adioinino buildings were also mined. a - - ' hdi-haudcd act. was tbe result ot a Whnt Is Belli* Odnn In At tlie Or|)ttrtinrnts tlf the Government—Ul*ld Beon- . »iii) tho line. UARHACKB for NEWPORT, KY. Gen. Sheridan and Col, Blunt, of his stuff, left for the West. They xvill v.sit Newport, Ky., to look over the sites olTorcd by bidders for tlie now barracks to lie erected there. Twelve sites have been ollorcd, and the Secretary of War, in order that he may wisely dispose of tlie #00,000 appropriated by Congress for a new site for the barracks, requested Gen. Sheridan to inspect all the sites and make a selection, CASH AM, 1110HT. I'lio count of the cash and securities in the Treasurer’s office, which began May '*', is finished. Tlie funds oil hand 'mounted to #05,600,000. In examining he silver vault several bags containing standard silver dollars were found to be -liort two or three pieces each. These were gradually recovered, however, as the count progressed, until all were found. Not a single penny’s deficiency w as found. OVBHIIAJUMNQ the books. By direction of Acting Secretary Thompson, an examination of tlie books and accounts of the disbursing officers of the Treasury Department will be made at "lice. A count of tlie cash actually lit Id by each will bo made. No notice of tlie examination was given to tlie disbursing "llicers. So far everything lins been found to lie correct. An examination of ilie books and accounts of 1 lie disbursing officers of tlie Department of tlie Interior will also be made. MEXICAN PENSION ACT. Tho Commissioner of Pensions an nounces, in answer to a number of in quiries, more especially from the South, that, under tho Mexican pension act, pensions can be paid from the date of the pnssuge of tlie act, Janunry 20, 1887, only when they were sixty-two years of age prior to that date. In other cases, tho payment will date from the date tho pensioner reached the age of sixty-two. This does not apply to ap plicants for pensions on the ground of disability or dependence. VAGItANTH AIlUESTKD. Acting ou instructions from high au thority, tho District police have been or dered to clear the city of all loafers and suspicious characters who hang around the hotels, saloons and gambling rooms. Many of these men are regular gamblers, uml to all appearances have plenty of money, but tlie laxv against vagrants and suspicious characters is so comprehensive tlmt they ure all liable to fine and impris onment, unless able to siiow sonic legal menus of support. Tbe officers arrested twenty-four swell characters, who were well dressed, but come within the pur view of tlie vagrant law. BTOPP1NO THE CHINESE. The Treasury Department is informed that n number of blank Chinese certifi cates were recently stolon from the cus tom house at Fort Townsend, Washing ton Territory, and that many of them have boen sold or otherwise disposed of for the purpose of enabling Chinamen to enter tne United States in violation of law. Instructions have been sent to the custom officers to carefully scrutinize all certificates presented by Chinamen en tering their districts by way of the Cana dian Pacilie Railway, and if any of tbe stolen ccrtillenteB arc found among them to deny entry to tlie holders. RKWAKDS TO IIIIAVE MEN. The Secretary of State lms received, through the Qcrmim Minister at Wash ington, from the Emperor of Germany, n cheek for #1,000 and two handsome gold watches, embellished with the likeness and monogram of the Emperor, with a request that the money be divided equally among the families of live members of tlie life-saving crow at Dam Neck Mills Sta tion, Va., who lost their lives in attempt ing to rescue tbe crow of tlie German ship Elizabeth, on the 8th of January last, and-tlmt tbo watches be presented to Frank Todford and Joseph K. Ethridge, tlie only survivors of the life-saving crew. The money and watches hove been turned over to General Superintendent Kimball for distribution. NOTES. Tho President has appointed W. A. Fisk to be postmaster at Portsmouth, Va., vice Ambrose Lindsay, removed. Tlie Comptroller of the Currency lms authorized tbe Oglethorpe National Bank of Brunswick, Ga., to begin business with a capital of #100,000. Commodore J. A. Greer, president of tho Examining Board, lias been selected to command tlie European Station, in place of Rear Admiral t handler, who will be placed ou Un* retired list. Tlie accounts of tlie post-office depart ment for three-quarters of the pa-t fiscal year show a deficiency of #2,580,858. During tlie same period for the fiscal year ending 1880, tlie deficiency was #4,890,- 494, and for 1885, #5,241,017. Mr. Lapseomb, who was Assistant Sec retary of State of South Carolina, when Mr. Thompson, now Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, was Governor, xvill be appointed Chief Clerk of tlie Patent Cilice in place of Duryee, resigned. The salary is #2,250. The Commissioner of Pensions is in formed of the conviction at Knoxville, Tenu., of Thomas G. Barry and John J. Ball, ohurged with making false certifi cates, and of a plea of guilty made by Samuel L. Sussong, to tlie charge of forging an affidavit. Oscar J. Harvey, the Treasury Depart ment forger, was arraigned in tbo District Criminal Court and pleaded guilty to tlie charge sot forth in tlie indictment. Ho xvas sentenced by Judge Montgomery to twelve years' imprisonment at hard labor in the Albany penitentiary. Items Ilrlefrd For n Work About (.'nnniln, Ruropr, Auto, Melon, the West luiltn iBlnnda, etc, Ollicer Adams, of Cincinnati, Ohio, clubbed a prisoner to death. At Dumferline, Scotland, a monument to King Alexander III was unvoilod. At Joliet, III., state prison, muuy con victs were overcomo by tbo heat, and sev eral died. At Chicago, III., ovor 800 babies, less than a year old, fell sick aud died from tho heat. A collision ocourred oil Spithcnd, England, between the iron-clad Ajax and the Devastation. Tho latter was badly damaged. Chicago, 111., has thus far returned the greatest fatalities from the heat; 47 fatal sunstrokes in two days and 00 deaths from heat prostration. Beonuse tlie Philadelphia & Reading railroad directed their train employes should be examined for color blindness, 1,100 of their men quit work. The French Chamber of Deputies lms ordered 80,000 more men added to the army, to be formed into new regiments, four of cavalry and eighteen of infantry. Ollieinl returns show that 0,420 persons were evicted in Ireland during tlie quarter ended June 80th. Of those 188 were re admitted us tenants and 5,787 ns care takers. The Citizens’ Committee in charge of tho G. A. R. reunion at 8t. Louis have ap propriated #10,000 fordccorntion. Among these will be a Grand Army arch erected at tbe expense of #4,000. Trustworthy privato information comes from Europe that the Emperor William is alive, but liublo to die ut any moment. The official reports are said to be untrue about his taking horseback rides, strolls, etc. Firo broke out ot tbe Standard Gil Company’s warehouse at Constable Hook, near Bergen Point, N. J. The cause is unknown. The barrel factory, supply bouse uud warehouse weio entirely con sumed. The loss will be over #1,0U0,000. Serious damage was done to tho docks of tho warship Atlanta by firing her eight inch guns during the recent tests oi Annapolis, Md. It is proved tlmt guns j of that enlibro xvill bo too largo for use : ou tlie Atlanta and her sister siiip, Bos ton. Snow storms luivo been raging in Switzerland among the mountains, and news lms been received of the loss of a party of six tourists, including the sous of the directors of tlie Zurich College. Tlie purty was lost in a storm on Jung Frau. A cycloue xvreckcd the opera-house in Wai*ipagui,Wis., unrooted two hotels, blow down the Episcopal church steeple and caused other havoc. The l urriin House xvus struck hy lightning, hut no one was injured. Farmers in tlie vicinity sullered heavy losses. Six cases of small-pox have been re ported in New York city. A seventh case was discovered in the police head quarters' building. The patient is a baby found on tbe streo'. The child re mained at headquarters two hours before it was discovered tlmt it lmd small-pox. Mrs. A. Little, member of tlie Salva tion Army at Janesville, Wis., is charged with inhuman treatment to her iniatit children, ami they have been tuken from her by the police. Her husband was driven from home by her, uud tbo woman i^ believed to be cruzcd by religious ex citement. A movement is on foot in New York for Catholic societies of that and sur rounding cities to appoint delegates to a general council, at which steps will he tuken to make arrangements for a publ c meeting and parade in the metropolis in honor of the golden jubilee of Pope Leo's priesthood. At u reception given to President nnd Mrs. Cleveland at Cuzcuovin, N. Y., Kuuwlton Post, G. A. It., hud charge of afifiiiis. Just before tlie reception began .Mrs. Cleveland was presented with a solid oaken box, silver-mounted A SOUTHERN BELLE Tn Ailoilt tlie 8ta*o for tt ProfeMlon, anil Will Attpcitr Moon, Mis. Frank Ilolthcido, a society ticllo of Louisville, Ky., has gone to Nexv York to finish her studies preparatory to milk ing her debut upon tbe Btage. H<>r mind lms been made up however, and she linfl been taking a preparatory course of study for several months. Her mauager has been selected, or at least an oiler lias been made, and arrangements are nearly com pleted for tlie production of a play in which sin: is to go beforo tlie footlights. SOUTHERN PROSPERITY. MANY IMPROVEMENTS UNDER WAP AND CONTEMPLATED. I.nrsn Tracts of l.nml llou#lit By Cn|ll(Slliti —Nrxr HnllroniU I’rojrctcd—Fnotorloo, i Hotels, oto., Ileln* llullt. Sanford, is to havo a Union 1 depot. | A new hotel is to be built soon at McMinnville, Tcnn. Murphy, N. C., is about to get a brick I j Charles \V. t'lmso is to write a play for - yard and pinning mill. ! her. Thu ideas, however, are Mrs. IJol* j A ra i| ro ad is to ho built to Selma, Ala., '■ | thcldc's own. Tho plot is to be laid in to bo known us the Bessemer and Sclmi i the famed regions of the Blue Grass, nnd n a ilrond. i the heroine i* to Re n rollkklng Ken-1 Tli(j Mcchnnicsville Land Company, ; tucky. gul, with an interest in racing end it j t k | 90 ,000, has been orgunized I i sporting life generally, horseback ruling, ™lT, ’ ’ 8 | i dancing, banjo playing and ilie pictur- | Bt Anniston, Ala. L esque out-door life of an old-fashioned Henry T. Collins, of Cleveland, Oh o, Kentucky home, giving the star an abun- will eroct at Asheville, N. C., a rollci i flant opportunity for display of soubrettc fl° ur mill nnd icc factory. graces. Mrs. Holtheiue is a brunette, | Tlie Morning Herald Publishing Com- ! with a magnificent form and splendid puny, capital stock #00,000, has been voice, and almost regal beauty and accom- organized at Birmingham, Ala. ( pHshments, nnd is mid to bo in every »|>| 10 Cornwall Iron furnnee, at Codnr way superior to Mrs. Langtry or Mrs. | Ala., xvill be put in operation by SUMMER. Sweet summor leaning o’er a rustic fonco, With marigolds beneath her frecklod chin, How fair thou art, a pitying Pr'ovidenco Hath sont thee to this xvorlil of toil and sin. What though tho sxm that folloxvs thy brown feet, Too lavish may bo xvith its glowing heat. What dawns thou bringest, bright xvith scarlet fire, * To tempt us from our downy couch of sleep, And lure us on to pleasure where the brier Doth gayly through tho breathless thickets creep, And busy hornets hide within the bush, And nimble snakes coil neath tho blossom’s blush. What throbbing stars to peer through the green trees, | Wlint witching moons to light tho perfumed caves, j Where cooing lovers Bit In blissful ease, , Amid the dim, mosquito-haunted lcavos, I What restful nights mado timeful by the trill i Of festive crickots In tho grasses still. Potter. Her maiden name xvas Blanclio Metcalfe, and she was a granddaughter of tin* late Michael Keen, the founder and proprietor of tho Louisville Hotel. 1 She xvas left a fortune by him, and Hlar- i tied Jerry Clemens several years ago. Mr Clemons xvas one of the host known young business men in Louisville, and | lie mid Ids charming xvife xvere great fa- I vorites in sicicly. They resided at tho Louisville Hotel for a long time, xvhero , | What peace of mind, what watermelons cool, * Wlint languid sails, xvlmt seas of swoot ico I cream, Samuel Noble, of Anniston, and others'. What doctor’s bills, what fishing In n pool The Fishervillo Nntionnl Gas & Mining Company, with a capital stock of #1,000,- 000, has been organized nt Louisville, Ky. The Davy Crockett Mining nnd Smelt ing Company, of Hot Springs, Ark., lias been organized xvith a capital stock of #8,000,000. Tho money has been raised for build- lie died sevcinl years ago. Two yean ing another charcoal furnneo in Gadsden, lIttSlim""'’!’” |»r* of I*"!' 1 " sssctrtLtiSKp since Mrs, Clemens moved to the Galt House, nnd a month later married Frank lloltlieiiie, whose father lms been connec ted with the Louisville Hotel. 1IANURK8 OF ItOVAl.l’Y. A band of religious fanatics attempted to murder tlie Grand Duchess Elizabeth* Mnvrikiovn, tlie wife of the Grand Duko I’onstnntiu Constaiitiiioviteli, son of tlie Brand Duke Constantin, who is tbe un- :le of tbe Czar. The attempt at. assas- linntion xvas made at tho Pnulovsk pal- tee, xvhero tho lady and her husband were stopping. The cause given for the tttaek was that tho grand duchess, who is a Lutheran, refused to modify tho terms of her marriage covenant, which sco ids her the privilege of remaining u i.utliornn, nnd join tlie Greek Church. A previous attempt was also made to kill tbe Grand Duct,ess Elizabeth Foordo- rovua, wifo of tlie Grand Duke Serge. The lady is also a Protestant, being the daughter of tho Grand Duko Louis IV, of Ilesso. CltRMATBU BY TtTHPKNTlNK. A horrible accident, whie.lt cost two men their lives, occurred at Hilliard Goodwin’s turpentine distillery, in Lex ington county, S. C. Tlie distiller, a white man, named Thomas Griffin, ac companied by a negro luborer, went into the . till-houso with a kerosene lamp, and by careless handling, overturned n bar rel of spirits and set lire to its contents. Tho two men made des)ierato efforts to extinguish the burning fluid with suiid from tlie floor, but the flames soon com municated with tlie hot spirits in the still; a terrific explosion ensued. Griffin and his companion were enveloped in a sheet of flame, and in an incredibly short time wore xvith tho entire establishment, liter ally hurtiad up in sight of Mr. Goodwin uml several others, who were powerless to render them any assistance. Ain., and one-third of it was subscribed by Gadsden Indies. Tbo Btnndnrd Machine Company, of i Buy City, Mich., xvill shortly remove i their machine xvorks to Chattanooga, | Tonn., and enlarge their cnpaclty. Tbe contract for the msido wood work of tho new cnpitol, nt Atlnntn, Ga., hns been let to tlie Mitchell Furniture Com pany, of Cincinnati, O., lit #50,750. An investigation is being mnde of Pen- Simula, Fla., as to its adaptability for accommodating a large plant for building Iron steamships and heavy machinery. John W. Bishop, J. A. Poxvo, J. A. Iluey, George P. Amici ton and J. T. Dumas have organized u company to build an iron furnace nt Talladega, Ala. Jackson, Tcnn., wants a #200,000 cot ton mill. Her citizens havo subscribed #80,000 and will donate a valuable site toward the enterprise. Tlie entire product of the mill can, it is snid, bo sold within a radius of 00 miles of the city. .The Printup Lnud & Improvement Company, of Romo, Ga., is contemplating the building of a street-car lino for printup City, near Rome, Ga., at tho junction of Romo & Decatur Railroad and East Tennessee, Virginia and Goorgin Railroad, to connect Prlntup City (a su burban tillage) xvith Rome, nnd also to erect an “inn hotel" at l’riutup City. When all the fish have vanished like a dream, What sudden wave* of tender sentiment, What strange forgetting all you ovor meant. Vacation is the huppy word that rings Through thy beet days so fairy like and fair, Oh. that’s the timo when to tho old world clings An ampler ether, a diviner air. A littlo space it is, wliilo sweet hours whirl, : To court ml libitum a summer girl! —Susan Hartley, in Doslon Courier. corin'. 11 uo.ll TUAURIIY. TIIK IIIIRWKits QUIT. Cumbrians Assembly of the Knights of Labor of Milwaukee, \Yis., will quit tlie order on account "f tlie temperance views hold by General Master Workman Powdcrly. The Gnmbriuus assembly is Ihe most numeious and xvculthk-st organi zation of tho order in Milwaukee, mid lms from 10,000 to 15,000 members. At a recent nice ling a committee xvas appointed to confe r with the brewers and ii-eertuin whether tlie contract for one year in May would be affected if they left the order. There is li'tie doubt that tlie desired as surance xvill be given, and when it is, the issembly will step out and form an indo- xendent organization. FAURNTAI. INHUMANITY. containing a teacup and saucer of n breakfast set used by George Washington. Mrs. Langtry, tbo actress, is now en- i A man living near Riverside, Ark., bad gaged in inspecting land in Los Angeles. ! a step-son, live years old, xvbom ho The reports reach 'Frisco that tlie strife greatly disliked. Ho was known to over the “Jersey Lily” among the luud treat him cruelly, beating him in a torri- ngents lius reached such proportions that bio manner, mice putting ono of the lit- several men engaged in booming villa tie fellow’s eyes oui, while whipping tracts have offered her lots free lor the him. A few days ago lie beat the child sake of advertising tbe oeauty as a future in a horrible manner, then tied him by resident of their towns. tbe w rists to a stake in tlie hot sun, A committee composed of Gen. New- ! willl0Ut food or watcr un,il hu berry, A. M.Wright, J. B. Drake, J. C. Cregcr aud M. W. Fuller, of Chicago, 111., culled upon Mayor Roebe in the in terest of having tbe City Council extend an invitation to President Cleveland to visit that city during his proposed Wes- ! tern trip, und at tlie time of tlie soldiers encampment iu October, if possible. j It seems that P25 of tlie Third avenue car company’s horses have been poisoned t by cyanide of notussium, instead of 20, ; as at first stated. Twenty-nine horses ! have died, and several more are unable to xvork. The Society for the Preven tion of Cruelty to Animals say that they havo ovidence to show tliut the poi soning xvas intentional, and done by one of the stuble bunds. Four people xvere shot during tlie Wild West performance of a circus at Clinton, lown. George Harrington, aged seven teen, xvus shot fatally; Sirs. W. A. Lambston, dangerously, Wallace Phil lips, aged sixteen, seriously. One qf the Indians xvas shot, but immediately taken axvay. Tlie shooting was done during an encounter of coxvboys and Indians in tho ring. It is supposed tliut som" of llie cowboys got the wrong revolvers. Just how long tlie child xvas tliere is not known, but tlie cords at his wrists bad cut in two, and the flesh and wounds were filled xviili xvorms. The fiend, finding his victim xvas dead, armed him self and took to the woods. Tbe child’s mother seems to be indifferent over the affair. UN1TKB IN IIRATI1. At Union City, Ind., a negro named John Thomas, xvas charged xvith a horrid crime. A posse xvas organized, and after a long search, ho xvas found at Humboldt and brought back. His preliminary ex amination was held, and u large angry and determined crowd tilled tlie court room. He xvas positively identified by his victim. At this point some one in tho crowd shouted: “That's enough. Let’s put him where lie’ll do no more of tbe devil’s work.” Tho entire court room of men, numbering p limps two j hundred enraged citizens, then rose to their feet aud xvith all impulsive rush surged over tlie posse of officers sweep ing them aside and despite their efforts to save Thomas, tlie maddened throng seized tlie trembling wretch. In an in stant, a good rope was produced aud n uoose, deftly prepared, slipped about the* prisoner’s neck. Willing hands threw tlie end of tlie rope over a beam in the court-room and then the* crowd walked axvay, leaving the body swinging. COMHINIi OF DlKTII.I.KIlS. A large number of distillers met in Chicago, 111., to discuss the organization of u whiskey trust on tlie plan of the Sltinilurd Oil Company, tlie plan being to unite in a monopoly of all distillers west of tlie Ohio River, it is understood that tlie scheme will be in full operation in a PITH APPOINT. • j Out of sight—-The blind man. Tho cheapest tiling in straw hats tills icoson is the head of a dude*.—Picayune. Tho reason figures won’t lie is because they always stand for something— Tezas 8{ftii<o>. A poet writer: "I know sweet songs I cannot sing.” Tlmt poet has our grati tude.—Somerville Journal. It was tho lady who thought slie xvas going to sxvoon who had a faint sus picion.— Yonkers Statesman. Orpheus was a musician whose music had power to draxv rocks, etc., toward him. Tlie modern street musician lues tho same power.—Till-Jilts An exchange says: “Mary, in tlie poem ‘Mary had a little lamb,’ is mnv seventy years old and still bale and hearty.” Tlie lamb, however, is dead. We ate a piece of it lost week.—Newman Independent. A Philadelphia woman, not yet40 years old, draws salaries amounting to upwards of #15,000 uyenr. Sit down, ladies; sit down. Slio draxvs tlie salaries as cashier to pay off tlie hands.—Detroit Free Press. Manufacturers of silverware deplore the senreety of silver-chasers in this country. Wo supposed tliere were plenty of them. About everybody that we know is pretty busy chasing silver.— Boston Post. Within tlie clasp of a fair maiu Assuringly my hand I laid, I felt a pressure, soft and sweet; Her eyes and mine did chance to moot; A blush spread o'er tier cheek so fair, •« My other hand wus hold out tliere; But neither of us thought of lovo— She was but fitting on a glove. —Puck. “Well, I never quarrel xvith anyone,” remarked a quiet but crossgraincd and sarcastic individual in u doxvn town oiliee tho other day. “No, perhaps nut,” re marked a gentleman seated near, “but you give others plenty of opportunity of quarreling with you." Diu you ever havo such an acquaintance?”—Philadel phia Call. Phillips Brooks declurcs that Webster, Lincoln and Beecher xvere tlie three great est Americans of the century. Now, the superstitious xvill please observe that eaeli had seven letters in his name, and xvlmt is more remarkable, that three times seven arc twenty-one, aA xvhicli age Beecher, Webster and Lincoln all attained their majority.—Life. The Tarantula. The tarantula, or wood spider, rccei.es it name from Taranto, Italy, xvliere it is very common. It makes no web, but month, and that tlie name adopted is hides in holes and crevices of rocks, xvhieJi A I*A\V AT I.A8T. The British House of Commons went formally in a body to the House of Lords, where the royal assent xvas given to the Irish crimes act amendment bill, .md it thus xvas made the law of the realm. KAKTIIQUaKR IN RUROPR. Severe earthquake shocks were felt at Malta. A serious shock was also exper ienced at Cairo, xvliere one man was kill ed and several injured. A number of mosques were iujuied. Shucks were also felt nt Ismnilia aud Alexandria. A slight shock of earthquake was f?lt at Sicily j They Wt . r o working for 37j.conts a day, and ulong the Italian coast. Alt. Etna j U nd carry mg out 50 cents worth of silver i* in a state of eruption, on the solo of each sandal," Giles Luther, an aged resident in the outskirts of Warren, Rhode Island, left his invalid wife at 11 o’clock at night to get a neighbor to go to town for a doc tor, as Mrs. Luther xvas failing. On hit, return lie walked into the Kickimint rivet, four feet deep at that place, uud being much fatigued and partially blind, was unable to get out. Searching par ties found his body in tho morning, and Ids wife died while they were bringing it into the house. Mays a Mexican mino owner: “ We usually have trusty men xvho uot as de tectives uqd xvork around iu tho min* picking up information. In this way nr discover many at range devices to smuggle out the mineral. One day a detective came tome and snid when such and such m<*n came out to examine their sandals, 1 had that douo. Ou tlie bot toms of tlie sandals was what appeared to lie mud, but when it was sornped into a pan and worked J found that it ran nt tin* rate of $3,000 to tho ton. My miners bail plastered a thin layer of mud from the mine over the leather and then sprinkled on (lie particles of silver, ami *r all hail put another layer of mud. The Western Distillers and Cuttle Feeders’’trust.” Block is to bo appor tioned among tile members according to tin- values of their plant, instead of ilu-ir capacity. The amount of stock to be is sued, it is said, xvill be about four times the valueof the cumhim d plant, which is estimated at #10,000,1100, aud it is to be listed on the New York and Chicago stock exchange. The trustees xvill have absolute control of production. KAIMKIt IN DANURIt. it line* with silk, and wanders for its prey, running it down with great swift ness, Its poison i* active, and causes troublesomo symptoms, but is not neces sarily fatal. In the Southwestern States it is destroyed by tlie largo red-xvinged wasp. The tarantula sometimes haunts bunches of bananas, and fatal instances are not uncommon from tbe Lite of the insidious spider. The latest case was ! that of a kitchen girl in a Chicago Hotel, i who was soverely stung in tlie thumb while cutting some bananas from a bunch. The Paris lutranzigoant announces that tin; police ut Grosgeren, Germany, have discovered documents which give evidence of the existence of a socialist Killed on Ilie Kail. The number of small animals nnd birds killed on railroads is surprising, and it is , . . , ,, „ . odd to see game which limiters find most plot to murder Emperor William of Ger- difflou , t to capture meet death under tbe many while journeying to Gostciu. Ar- j whee i 8 ol the often slow-moving coal and rests have been made of persons charg- | {reigbt trains. Woodchucks, skunks, ed with being implicated iu the plot. Slips of paper had been found iu soveral ; places, through which tho imperial train ! would pass, indorsed, “To-night at about ! midnight the emperor’s train passes. • Be ready,” A fictitious special train was dispatched before tlie emperor’s route from MayencetoDarmstadt, and was lined ; with police aud and gendarmes. Both • trains passed safely xvitliout incident. ' RABIES IN A HORSE. * George Scott, employed by tbo Wes tern 'Transit Company, at Chicago, 111., was bitten and fatally injured by a hoi si which, it is supposed, lias gone mad through tbo intense beat. Tlie horse had been out in the sail during the (lay, and being driven into tlie covered dock ot tin rompauy, ho acted as though tired, drop ping his head and remaining very quiet Suddenly lie commenced to tear and kick, at the same time snapping viciously. Several men, nmo ig them Scott, rushed up to quiet tlie animal. Tho boast caught nearly all kinds of squirrels, raccoons, and even fleet-footed rabbits are fre quently victims of the rail. Telegraph wins, too, are deadly to winged game, and quail, woodcock and smaller birds are often killed by striking them.— Globe Democrat. To Get Plenty of Leisure. Fist Merchant—^“Warm, isn’t it?” Second Merchant— “ Very sultry. I Makes me think of tlie seashore or tlie mountains; but I can’t get axvay.” “i’ll tell you how you can get plenty of leisure time.” | “How?” | “Take your advertisement out of tlie paper."—Philadelphia Call. According to tlie mint reports, Cali fornia has dropped to tho third place among the State." and Territories as a pro ducer of precious metals. It still ranks ■ first iu tlie production of gold, but b _ _ away behind Colorado uml .Montana in Scott *by the chin, cutting the lip to the i the production of silver aud in Ue -otat bouo and tearing his throat badly, value of the output.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, July 26, 1887, Image 1