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j JnmfS II. Macdonald, the new Liou-
itonnnt-Govcrnor of Michigan, 1ms nit in-
rtomoof $10,000 n yenr on nn investment
which cost him less tlmn $350. When
Cnptnin Mooro discovered tho Colby
inino in tho great Gogebic iron rnngo ho
sold n third iDtorost to Macdonald for a
few dollars^ Tho land is now worked by
a company which pays n royalty of forty
cents a ton. The royalty for tho present
year ft’,counts to $120,000,a third of which
yocs to Lieut.-Governor Macdonald,
A singular phenomenon was lately wit
nessed near Grccnvillo, Ala. A whirl
wind about tiftccn feet wide passed over
n pond, forcing tho water up for about
two or two and a half feet its entire
width, then twisting it into a pillar about
afoot in diameter. This stein was per
pendicular for about six feet, when it
gradually widenod until a height of
about sixty or seventy foct was attained.
The water then fell In a spray. Those
who witnessed it say shut the’whirlwind
formed a hugo goblet of the water, aud
it was one of tho prettiest sights they ever
6<"Ys
• The agricultural Department has issued
u import to show that 10,000,000 acres of
Crests arc used yearly in this country for
•'fuel and lumber. Fires, it is calcu
lated destroy about 10,000,000 acres
more. Tho forest urea of this country is
less than 450,000,000 acres. At this rntc
we will in a quarter of n century have no
forests. Whatever relief may como in
the future from a change in the fuel
question the demand for timber will iu-
icrcftse us tho country increases in popula
tion, The whole thing seems to point to
jrboriculturo on a largo scalo systemati-'
•cally, and in no long time either.
It was supposed that tho death of tho
late Captain Eads would end the Tc-
hauntepcc ship-railway project, of which
lie was the originator. It seems not.
The stockholders in tho enterprise,
twenty-flvo or thirty of whom, repre
senting $15,000,000 of stock, reside at
Pittsburg, havo determined to continue
the work, and have selected one of their
number, Colonol James B. Andrews, to
take clmrgo of it. llo is a brother-in-
law of the deceased engineer, and said to
ho entirely competent to carry on the en
terprise. The stockholders have aban
doned tho idea of asking for a Govern
ment loan, and will prosecute tho work
on its merits.
Columbia collogo, New York, has its
first lady “bachelor” in tho person of
•-Miss Mary Parsons Hankoy, who has re
ceived her decree after having pur-
M, ed ftthomc tho college course of study.
She has shown rcmnrkablo capacity for
absorbing knowledge, and her studies
included eight languages, and various
•donees, or altogether thirty distinct
subjects. But this is not all, says the
.■Tribune, quoting a friend of tho lady:
Sllc > s nn excellent draughtsman, skil
ful with tho pencil and tho brush, and a
uniaician of good tnsto and execution.
to housewifery, she has, I believe
shown President Barnard something, and
d <he proof of tho pudding be in tho
eating I do not think ho had cause to
c »iuplain, but that is a very small part of
lcr CJ[ ccllonce in that department; in
ac h I have never known a better
example of a fiuely-proportioned and
"(dl-roundcd education for a woman,
uud that woman a lady, than Mary pos-
tosses.
hand.
seven.
seven, becomes a youth at twice
a mun at three times seven and
‘•“lies the grand climacteric at
fifties
- 8 8uvon - But who doubts that acci-
j —* wuu uuuino Limb ,
sisr' 8 k |lvo befallen railroad trains „—
j, ln f> of seven cars, or to human beings
u ier ways identified with the number
l ' |J < Great is Buperstitionl”
It is an Interesting fact that every
member of the recent General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church South who
served in the war was strongly in favor
<uf uuion with the Northern Church.
Thcro aro now over 1,000 Young Men’s
Christian Associations in this country,
with a membership of 140,000, expending
for Christian work $785,000. The ag
gregate of property in buildings, libra
ries, otc., is over $5,000,000.
The Now York Chincso mission has
between 4,0u0 and 5,000 Celestials in its
Sunday-schools. About sixty hav3 joined
tho various churches. The first Sunday-
school for these pooplo was founded in
New York eighteen years ago.
I he Troy Times thinks that beliovcn
'u the unlucky number thirteen will find
11 confirmation of tho theory in u recent
“evident which befell a New York Cou-
bal train at tho metropolis. It says:
* hero were thirteen cars in line and on
i°ard thirteen undertakers, who were re-
urning homo from a convention held at
! - I 11 lll euse. Belief in the sinister character
! S widespread, many intelligent people
1 !‘ lin g an awe of it which they would not
'' 1 lin 6'y acknowledge. It has been said
! ,lt President Garfield had an undue fear
0 the number, but rumor may have mis
represented him. He is reported to have
0 l’ccially disliked to sit in a company of
f' ° zen and one at table. On tho other
^ , seven is the lucky number, because,
,°‘ ""dance, a human being 'sheds his
teeth at -
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VOLUME VIII.
SANDERSV1LLE, GA.. TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1887.
NUMBER 15.
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SOUTHERN BRIEFS.
COy ^f^SATl°y op TUB BUST
HAl I PM NOS OP A WEEK;
A *" n rr«l-sncliiU Itellaloua .nil
ZZT Uu ' her li, K n-tl,iaA „ own
itiHiii,-Country Generally Healthy.
The Methodist Church at Conyers, Ga„
ovum” ''d'y dmuagod by being rc-
moud from its foundation by the flood.
Hie First Baptist church at Osvka.
Miss, was struck by lightning, tearing
tlic whole of tho north sido of the steeple
to piccn. r
A fine of the ammonia chamber of tho
Lcntrid City Ice works blow out at Ma
con, Un,, creating a great deal of conster
nation among the employes.
Charles It. Jones, proprietor of the
Daily Observer at Charlotte, N. O., mudo
an assignment for tho benofltof his cred
itors. lie places his liabilities at $0,600.
Reports received from Manchester, Clay
county, in the southeastern cornor ’of
Kentucky, state that a riot occurred dur
ing the election in which six men wore
killed,
Hon. E. W. Robertson died at Baton
Houge, La., ngod sixty-four. He servod
Hirer torn,! in Congress and wns elected
in November last a member of the 50th
Congress,
Margaret Hav.s, nn old and well-known
Colored woman of Atlantn, Ga., who was
injured at I’renclio/ CTemmon’s funeral at
the time the floor gave way in tho church
from the crush, died of her Injuries.
, Gen. Gcorgo 8. Black died at Romo,
Ga. llo was ono of tho early settlers of
h loyd county, and was for a long time a
prominent figure politically ana othcr-
Ho wns over eighty yenrs old, had
led a blameless life, and was universally
beloved.
The Cliattanooga, Romo & Columbus
Railroad have located its line and work
will be begun on tho road within tho next
ten days. Tho lino will bo 142 miles long
and will pass through a rich country.
The capital will be furnished by New
York and Loudon bankers.
At a depth of 000 foct, a small flow of
gr.s lias been struck at tho Logan well,
MX miles from Chattnnooga. Tonn. The
gas was lighted and blazed up five foct
high, and the flow is continuous. There
is considerable excitement, and n stock
company with a capital of $20,000 lias
been organized to sink five more wells.
Tho son of John Player, of Kershaw
county, 8. C., aged 6 years, accidentally
shot liis little brother, aged 8, inflicting
a severe and perhaps serious wound. A
gun had been loaded without the know
ledge of the fnthcr, and while the older
boy wns playing with it, it wont off witlk
tho result stated.
By tho breuking of a brake beam on a
freight car on the Georgia Pacific Rail
road, near a station called Henry Ellen,
several cars were derailed while on the
Cahawba mountains. Tho cars went down
tho mountnin side and were knocked
about badly. Conductor Dooley and
Brakcman Tucker of Atlanta were badly
hurt.
Dr. TV. H. Saunders, tho physician ap
pointed to make examinations of locomo
tive engineers and other railroad em-
jiioycs, under tho new law which wont
into effect recently, abandoned his work
nt Stevenson, Ala. lie was nrrestod on
a writ, of mandamus, which requires him
to complete his test as to color blindness.
His reason for abandoning bis work is
said to be trouble with railroad men, 20,-
000 in number, who disliko tho now law.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
TrnurHer, Illinois noil Alnbiinin (let n He-
▼rro Slinking lip.
Nashville wns visited by nn earthquake
shock which lusted six seconds and
passod from south to north. Fourteen
vibrations were felt and tho rumbling
noiso was distinctly heard. Houses in
nil pnrts of the city were perceptibly
shaken nnd hundreds of pooplo were
awakened from their sloop ana rushed
into the streets. Tho plastering in the
signal office was cracked and nrticles in
the room were misplaced. An earth
quake shock was felt nt Clnrksvillo,
Tenn. Tho direction seemed from
southwost to northeast and the duration
was forty or sixty seconds. There
Boomed to bo only one shock and a suc
cession of waves. It was tho severest
ever felt there nnd created much alarm;
from somo buildings the ladies rail
screaming into the streets and many
others vacated their houses for the time
being. The shocks were felt at Colum
bia, Murfreesboro, Franklin, Gallatin,
Tul’lahomn, nnd other places in Tennes
see. A slight earthquake shock was felt
nt St Louis, Mo. It woke up the occu
pants of houses, but no dnrango is re
ported. Tho movement was from south
to north, nnd tho vibrations lasted from
five to eight seconds. News from Jack
sonville, Centrnlia and Jonesboro, 111.,
indicate that the early earthquake shocks
noted at Nashville, Tenn., St. Louis and
Evansville, IncL, wore general through
out southern and central Illinois. At
Jacksonville the vibrations seemed to be
from the east to tho west, but at Jones
boro from tho northwest to south. A
rumbling noise was heard, and the
shooks were of sufficient force to
cause picture frames to fall from
the walls. The time was 12.40 a m
A severe shock of earthquake was felt at
Cairo 111, in the morning at 12:30,
producing nausea with several per
sons K distinct earthquake shock
was felt in Huntsville, Ala.,, arousing
sleepers by the noise and motion. The
vibration was from south to north, and
was followed by a protracted tremor,
having a duration of about twelve sec
onds.
CHINESE BANK.
The earl of Roseberry, in the House ol
Lords asked Prime Minister Salisbury to
confirm or contradict the report tele
graphed from Shanghai that an American
company of financiers (Jay Gould and
others) had established a bank in China,
with t!capital of $200,000,000, and had
obtained from the Chinese government a
franchise which secured to the corpora
tion exclusive control of the financial de
velopment of the empire. Lord balisbury
denied that such was the case.
DEFENDING THE FLAG.
Thu Way In Which an ItUliMnn In NoW
York HhoWcil hi* 1‘ntrlmUnt.
RAIN) WIND! FIRE! HEAT!
SOUTHERN POULTRY YARD,
At 12 o'clock, boon, nn attempt was
in ad n to hum tho British steamship
Queen, while she was lying nt her dock
nt tho foot of Houston street, Now York.
There were 200 people on board tho
steamer, and she was loaded witlin cargo
worth half a million dollars, The crow
were getting tho vessel ready to start,
when suddenly n bottle of phosphorus
was thrown from the river on to tho
steamer, and instantly after the deck wns
enveloped in flames. _ Tho flro was quick
ly subdued, but not until it hiul burned
a hole in the deck twenty feet long and
ten feet wide. A man on the pier volun
teered the information that he had seen a
man throw the bottle on tho steamer. He
pointed out tho man, who wns rapidly
rowing over tho liver. George L. An
il lews and Detective Vnil, of tho Nation
al line, boarded a steam tug and followed
the mail. lie was caught and taken to
court, where lie described himself ns
Thomas J. Mooney, 87 yenrs old, of 207
Warren street, Brooklyn. Andrews
charged him with having attempted to
burn the steamship Quoon. Capt Noland,
of tlie barge Echo, said that he saw
Mooney in tho row boat with three bot
tles wrapped up in papor. Tho captain
asked what was in the bottles, and was
told thnt it was whiskey for tho officers
of the Quoen. When tho prisoner wns
searched there was found on him n Smith
& Wesson revolver, dagger, new, ana n
number of clippings from newspapers re
lative to tho fishery question in Canada.
There was also found upon him a West
ern Union Telegraph blank, upon which
was written the AVclch song, "Men of
Harlech, march to Battle.” Mooney said
that he was born in County Glare, Irc-
Innil, and had been in this country fifteen
years. At ono time he was in the cloth
ing business in Sixteenth street. When
asked why ho tried to sot tho ship on tiro
he said: “Tho fact of tho mutter is I
neither admit nor deny anything till I
have legal advice. I should like to know
if it is iawlul to haul down tlioAmericuu
flag in Canada, why it is not lawful to
haul down the English ting in America.”
AlL combined, make the life
OF MORTALS UNHAPPY.
AIDING THE SOUTH.
Important Freight ArrusmiiM, Wklcli
Hire* Tlirco Throagh Uuti >arth.
Frank Thomson, vice-president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, has made ar
rangements with the managers of the
important railway Hues leading South
from Washington for ouo of the most
important railway tariff arrangements
over entered into by the Pennsylvania
Railroad. Tho arrangements embrace
tho formation of three through Southern
lines in order to overcomo the expense
and delays by the numerous transfers in
cident to tho shipment of freight from
the cities and interior pointsinthe South
destined to points North readied by the
Pennsylvania Railroad system. Tho
throe through freight lines are arranged
to cover all tho important Southern ter
ritory reached by the roads out of Wash
ington, and will run as follows: One
line to run via tho Virginia Midland
Railroad nnd the Richmond & Danville
Railroad, tho second to run via tho At
lantic Coast Lino, nnd tho third via
Wilmington, Norfolk, Richmond and
Portsmouth. Euch of tho companies in
terested will furnish its quota of cars,
and tho lines ns established will provide
mi all-rail connection which will undoubt
edly have a great influence in promoting
the business interests of tho South.
A DA.11 Hit E l i(“
A dam burst on the side of tlic moun
tain not far from Wilkcsbnrrc, Pa., let
ting water down into the village of
Parsons. Tho whole town was flooded
and the people had to flee for their lives.
A little girl named Anuic Quinn was
caught in the current and drowned, and
her body was found five miles away.
Four bridges were washed away and 600
feet of the Jersey Central Railroad track
carried off. The Melrose House wns car
ried down stream, but the inmates were
rescued by a party of men in boats. At
Laurel Run the mad waters caught fifty
loaded coni curs on a side track and
dashed them down the mountain like
kindling wood. The loss to the railroad
company is about $1)5,000; to town prop
erty, about $00,000. The wntora of Coal
Brook carried off two bridges in the
northern part of tho town, betwoen
Wilkesbarie and Parsons.
DENOUNCE TIIK MEASURE.
A large meeting of white and colored
citizens was held in North Russoll street
Methodist Episcopal Church, in Boston,
Mass., to protest against the enactment
of tho bill recently passed by the Georgia
House of Repren'-nt-itivcs, prohibiting
the mingling of white and black pupils
in the schools. Addresses were made by
tho Rev. Dr. Wood-worthy, trustee of At
lanta University, against which it is said
the bill is principally aimed, and E. C.
Carrigan, of the State Board of Educa
tion. Resolutions were adopted declar
ing tho bill unconstitutional, and likely
to call down the judgment of Heaven
upon tho heads of t-hc people of Georgia.
A CRAZY MOTHER.
Mrs. W. H. Lisle, of Lansingburg, N.
Y., with two small children, left for
Glen’s Falls. The train stopped at Fort
Edward, and something occurred to ex
cite tho lady, and she attempted to jump
from the coach to tho platform. She
threw one of the children first nnd thou
sprang after it with the other child. She
foil under tho cars nnd wns killed, with
tho child she had in her arms. The othor
child was hauled out from under the mov
ing 9ars just ahead of the wheels.
A JUG FRAUD.
Recently a man went among the negroes
of Atlanta, Ga., nnd canvassed them for
the sale of jugs of whiskey at $1 each.
He urrtinged to meet thetti at night in a
wagon yard on Docatur street, and on ac
count of the vigilance of tho police—At
lanta being a strict prohibition city—he
arranged to pass the jugs through a hole
at the end of a stall. After many of the
negroes had paid for and taken the jugs
homo, they found the liquor was muddy
water instead of whiskey.
I'bo Report* Whirl! tlic IVIru* I'in-h or I lie
Phenomenal Wentlior All Over
tho Country.
Ahww storm in the mountains Ins
caused a big rise in the Upper Tennessee
Ri.vsff. Thousands of logs lying in the
river havo oscapcd. The steamer Gitico,
a mail boat plying between Kingston And
Loudon, wns caught by a raft nt S lino’s
Bluff, nonr Loudon, nnd dashed against
tho bhiff with suoli force ns to burst tlic
cylinder Load and tear away the smoko
stacl* and pilot bouse. Copt. William
Allison and officer Deaimond were
thrown into tho river. Dearmond Ins
boon badly scalded by the escaping
steam,
Tho Armstrong Furniture company’s
lumber yards nnd works ut Evansville,
ind., were discovered on fire and were
destroyed, together with several million
feet of lumber aud a number of cars.
The loss is over $500,000. Tho water
supply became exhausted and tho fire had
little opposition. Ton curs of wheat,
tlour ana grain were totally destroyed
nnd several empty cars, and one section
of the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville
Railroad round house,
A severe wind, rain and hail storm
swept over Louisville, Ky. It rained in
torrents, nnd largo hail-stones fell, cov
ering tho streots. The storm on tlic
river did oonsidernblo dnmngc nnd life
saving crews and harbor boats were kept
very busy,
A terrific rain storm swept across
YallobuBhn county, Miss., leveling both
cotton and corn to the ground. Young
corn is almost totally destroyed.
The trestle nt Mount Madison, on the
Air-Line railroad, 110 miles from Atlan
ta, Ga., was washed out and the passen
ger trains wore badly delayed.
A Pittsburg dispatch says thnt n fire
occurred by which tho glass manufactur
ing firms of McKcy & Go. nnd King, Son
& Co. sustained licnvy loss®. The local
loss is estimated at $150,000, of which
Mcltey & Co. lose $100,000 ai.d King,
Son & Co. $50,000. Tho insurunoo was
about $75,000.
During a honvy thunderstorm ono of
the tanks of tho Atlantic Oil Refinery,
ut Point Breeze, near Philadelphia, Pa.,
was struck by lightning, and 500 barrels
of oil were destroyed.
The month of July goes on record as
the hottest ovor known in Philadelphia,
l’a. Tho highest number of deaths from
tho effects of tho heat in any ono dny
was thirty-three, on tho 10th, and there
have been but few days when there was
none reported, tho numbers ranging
Irom three to a dozen,
Tho stenmor Umbria, of tlie Canard
Lino, renched her pier in New York in n
very dilapidated condition. Her for
ward decks were swept clean and her
bridges were washed away. While go
ing at full speed, in heavy sens, two
liugo waves, said to bo nbout fifty feet
high, struck her and broke over the deck
ahead of tho foremast. The cabinB and
steerage were flooded and a panic oc
curred. The passengers put on life bolts
and prepared for the worst. The vessel
trembled violently when the masses of
water deluged her docks.
Union City, S. C., reports a singular
circumstance of a cloudburst, described
as follows: “Tho wind, when first noticed,
wus from northwest to southeast and ex
tended nbout a mile wide across tlio
country; blew ovor the country nbout
two miles, thou turned exactly in tho
oppo.-itc direction, southeast to north
west, blowing down considerable corn
in opposite directions nnd in the differ
ent localities through whieh it passed,
iujuring it in somo places seriously. The
same cloud came down suddenly while
tho ground was dry, the cotton withered,
nnd tho suu was so hot that tho cotton
was literally scalded, from top to bottom.
The oldest inhabitants say they never
know anything like it, and there arc
wbolo ncres that apparently look dead,
presenting the appearance of frost having
fallen on it. It is really a curiosity, and
is worth coming from Union to see.
What will be the outcome of it is uncer
tain. Tho forms and stalks seem alivo,
Lui ihe leaves are as crisp as when frost
falls on them. Our crop looked unusually
fine before this and it would have been
best for us not to have had the rain nt
the time it came."
At Haledon village, two miles north
from Patterson, N. J., John W. Camp
bell, a wealthy milkman, sat in his ele
gant parlor, surrounded by his family.
They were so much alarmed that they
closed the windows and pulled down the
curtains. Then came u crash more fear
ful than all tho others combined. Mr.
Campbell, who weighs 270 pounds, was
picked up and thrown bodily through
the French window in front, through
sash, curtain and all. He landed twenty
feet off, out on the lawn. Mr. Campbell
thinks the bolt came thro- gh the rool
and down the chimney, and then went
out of the window along with him, foi
it tore off a corner of tlic piazza in mak
ing its exit.
lL the,fowls haven’t free access to wa
ter th&t is pure, do not fiiil to supply it.
Poultry cannot thrive in hot weather if
neglected in this particular.
If young chickens are inclined to
crowd into corners nt night, provide them
roosting boards, so there will be no
crowding aud smotboring. If they do
not sniother they nfe likely to get
stunted.
To make a roosting board, drive four
stakes in the ground, if the floor is dirt,
let them stick up about two feet, and
on these lay nn old door or a platform
made expressly for tho purpose.
The egg ehell is porous, nnd any filth
on it very soon affects tho meat. Eggs
should be cleaued ns soon as gathered, if
at all soiled, and those to be put up for
GENERAL NEWS.
VUnltEXT EVENTS ON THIS CON
TINENT AND ACBOSS SEAS.
winter should bo eggs which have boon
a j is la'' “
THE DUKE’S RELATIVES STARVING.
A young woman of refined and pleas
ing manners applied to the Now York
police for lodging for herself and two
children. She gave her maiden nnrne,
Mary Morton, but investigation reveals
that she is tho wife of Arthur Wellesley,
a distunt.relative of tho great Duke of
Wellington. Wellesley’s father owns a
large sheep ranch in Loanceston, Aus
tralia, and his family is wealthy and well
connected. Young Wcllesloy married
the daughter of a well-to-do captuin who
lived near his father’s ranch, aud then
removed, with his wife, to New Zuulnnd,
thence to England nnd afterwards to
New York, lie is said to be acting as a
cook in Boston, Mass.
gathered as soon as laid. Eggs Wet bv
rains are difficult to keep fresh.
Rats are liable to bother young chicks
at night. To rid tins place of them, ef
fectually, make n box ono foot wide,
thras feet long aud a foot high. Threo
inches from the bottom, on both ends,
bore two-iuch holes. One foot from tho
ends, on the insido, put in paitition
boards, three inches high. In this center
apartment or box, within a box, put poi
son in moul or checso or anything ruts
will ent. Hinge n lid on tlio box and
eOrew it down, to prevent accidents.
Place this box nbout or in your hennery,
add another ono liko it at tho barn and
you will not see a rat as long Os you keep
it well baited. It is a fact.
A distinct, separate breed of poultry is
not, however, as easy to fonn as many
breeders suppose. It is often the enso
that beginners get nn idea into their
heads that they can establish somo new
vaiiety with but very little trouble, and
generally they are very desirous of linv
lug this honor. Cases have come under
observation, whore tho beginner starts
with glorious expectations and thinks ho
can form u new and popular variety by
experimenting two or three yours and
oroMing somo of the breeds we now
havo, but in moat oases, instead of pro
ducing anything valuable and distinct,
the result is generally a vory mixed flock,
both in looks and reality.
The hen changos its plumage once a
year, and while this process is going on,
egg production is necossarily suspended.
The making of a new coat of leathers
Usually occurs in tho fall after the lion
has been busily engaged in layiug eggs
through the summer. Unless well fed
Unless well fed nt
this t lme, cold weatber comes before the
new coat is on, and there will be no eggs
until spring. Otherwise, with warm
quarters and good feeding, liens in full
feather should lay in winter as well ns in
summer. The large fowls which look
ragged about midsummer will probably
proVo good winter layers, while tlioso
iV.i 3 it. ... i it
that produced their egg a day all through
the warm weather will bo wi ' —
— — .;orth little or
nothing until spring brings their laying
tesaon again.
MUST IIAYK RECOGNITION.
An invitation has been issued to all
Gcrmiin-Amciican Catholics to meet at
Chicago, September 0th. National Cath
olic conventions arc nn old custom
in Germany, but tlie ono hold next
September will be tho first one in
the United States. Tho object of the
convention will be, it is said, tho consid
eration of differences existing between
Gorman and Irish Cntholics. It lias often
been the complaint of German Catholics
in this country that they are neglected or
ev n intentionally slighted by the highest
dignituries of tho church. Complaint
has been made at Rome and tlie propa
ganda lias recently decided thnt Gcrmnn
C ntholics in the United Stntis must be
treated as equal to tlio Irish. The object
of the convention is to demonstrate lire
strength of German Catholics and take
‘.eps to secure recognition. It is claimed
,hut there are abo it 2,000,000 Gcunnn
Cut holies in the United Stales.
GREAT ANTI-PROHIBITION MEETING
An auti-proliibitiou stato barbecue wu-
held at Fort Worth, Texas, and was t lie-
occasion of bringing together tho largest
gathering of people over scon in Tcxn-
since the Alexican war. Thirty thousand
people visited the barbecue grounds din
ing the day. After all the special trains
had pulled into the depot, a procession
was formed headed by Gen. W. S. Ross,
the venerable father of Gov. Ross, in a
handsomely decorated carriage drawn by
four horses, and proceeded through the
city to the barbecue grounds. Speeche-
were made from two platforms by Con
gressman Rogers Q. Mills and Seth Shep-
urd, of Dallas.
MADE PUBLIC.
The Observatore Romano says that thi
circular addressed to Cardinal Rampolli
was not intended for publication, and wai
only given him for his personal instruc
tion on assuming the office of papal sec
retary of state. He was empowered t<
allow copies of it to the nuncios at th<
various European courts os setting fort!
the policy to be pursued by tho Pope it
fillure. There is considerable irritatior
and regret at the Vatican over the pub
licity which has been given to tho docu
mem, which in many ways will bo in
jurious to papal diplomacy. It is com
plained that all Eure pc is now cognizant
of the future policy of the Vatican.
THE COTTON PROSPECT.
A BISHOP'S TROUBLES.
Bishop Loughlin, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
has been ordered to Rome to explain why
he has disobeyed a papal mandate. The
trouble was caused by the removal of
Father Crimmins from the pastorate of a
Williamsburg church several years ago,
and the disobedience of Bishop Loughlin
consisted in his refusal to reinstate him
when oidered to do so by the Vatican.
Dr. W. L. Jones, of Athens, Ga., tlie
well-known writer on agricultural sub-
i ects, says that upland corn was injured
mt slightlyand on branch bottoms it was
not materially hurt, but on the rivers and
creeks it is disastrously damaged. As to
cotton, Dr. Jones said, he thought all the
blooms that have appeared since the rain
began will fall off, a id as the crop lias
but about two weeks longer to make, he
thought that farmers could only safely
’ount on the fruit already on the stalk.
The Piutes.—Capt. Johnson Sides,
an intelligent Piuto Indian, Kvya that
the idea prevalent among tho whites that
the Piutes are gradually diminishing in
numbers is incorrect. Tho census re
turns of 1880 show that there were nt
that time only 8,700, but he says many
of them were not oounted, and that there
werefnllv 8,000. He estimates tlie pres
ent number of the tribe at fully 9,000,
rad probably 9,500.
Ell.tin nf Hoi Wmlhi-r—tlt-Swnlns*, Silts’-
hunt mid Hallrnnri Accident*-'Tbs
llcudiy l.lHlilnlns, etc., etc.
An earthquake shock occurred early in
tlio morning nt Evansville, Ind. It was
very pronounced nnd lnsted about eight
! seconds.
There hnve been five eases of cholera
I and ono d'atli from cliolcra at Malta,
: Teh days’ quarantine against that place
; has been established nt Gibraltar.
At n meeting of tlio board of trusteos
i of the New York Soldiers’ and Sailors’
I Home at Bath, N. Y., TrcuBuror Rubio
I was ousted. Ilis accounts were $00,000
short, which friends made good.
All tho Swiss commanders havo boon
ordered to pny the strictest attention to
tho effectiveness of tho troops, in order
to ensure n proper working of the army
in tlio event of nn outbreak of war in
Europo.
Tlio bill to allow tlie construction of a
tunnel under tlie English Channel con
necting England with Franco wns reintro
duced in the House of Commous by Sir
Edward Watkln, wns defeated by a vote
of 158 to 107.
George 8. Peters, United Stntes attor
ney for Utah lias filed suit against the
trustees and managers of the Mormon
Church in behalf of the United States to
disincorporate the said church aud wind
up its business.
A valuable herd of sixteen “pedigree"
Holstein aud Jersey cows, owned by
Geo. W. Rolfc, of New Brunswiok, N. J.,
were killed by order of tho United States
inspectors to prevent tlic spread of pleu-
10- pncumonin, the herd being infected
with that disease.
During the festivities nt a picnic of tho
hod carriers’ union ut Arsenal park, in
Pittsburg, Pa., a gasoline lamp sus
pended from tho ceiling of the dining
Imll exploded, scattering tho burning
fluid over a number of people, many of
whom were seriously injured.
Mrs. Fannie Hainowas gored aud tram
pled to death by a mnd bull at Tuscola,
111., wliilo attempting to drive the brute
out of the front yard. Sho fought the
animal as long as her strength held
nut, but as no onu enmo to her assistance
she wns killed bofore the eyes of her
little children.
There are now seven Canadian cruisers
oil tlio mackerel grounds in Nova Scotia,
looking after tho American fishermen.
Tho innckcrel are very plentiful in-shore,
and Americans very dnring, but with the
presence of so many cruisers on the look
out, opportunity for them to get Canadian
11- li are not many.
Janies S. Martin, a painter, seventeen
years old, was at Work painting on the
Brooklyn, N. Y., bridge, when ha acci
dentally fell iuto tho river below. He
eomphiined of pain in his side, when he
struck tho water, but apparently was not
seriously injured. Tho distance ho fell
is about 100 feet.
A disastrous tornado passed over the
town of David City, Nebraska, and one
man was killed and over half tho build
ings in town demolished, including the
Union Pacific and Burlington & Missouri
depots, a large brick school-house, Meth
odist and Congregational churches, sev
eral stores aud many dwclling-housos.
Harrison Stone nnd tho Fletcher broth
ers (pals of tho Josse James gang) stole
some horses in Polk county, Missouri,
and were arrested. After their arrest
one of the Fletcher boys got possession
of n pistol when near Forest City, and
killed Anthony DcLoug and Gidoon
Jlostwick, two deputy sheriffs. Tho
threo thieves escaped.
Prince Krow Luung Dovawougsi Vnro-
prakuw, half brother of tho king of
Siam, and suite havo arrived in New
York. Tho party consists of, besides the
Prince, his cousius, Priuces ICiliya Robi,
Prauit and Clurn; the new Siamese Min
ister, Count Phra Disun Rnksn, several
aids, three tutors, Nai Chit, a student
and nn interpreter. The prince iH nbout
31 yenrs old, and speaks English readily.
Three children of Martin Dnpp, a
German shoemaker of Harrisburg, Pa.,
were poisoned by eating sausage which
their father hud purchased in the market.
The youngest child, John, died in two
hours, and the others were snved with
great difficulty. The father, who took
some of the meat to his shop for lunch,
noticed the queer taste and did not cat
it.
Billy Moloney, the man who acted as
Jake Sharp's tool in bribing the New
York aldermen, wliilo out in his yacht
with a party of friends at Montreal,
Canada, saw two men struggling in the
water just above Luchino rapids. Their
boat had capsized on account of the
strong current, and they were in great
danger. Moloney headed his yucht for
them and succeeded in getting them
aboard and landing them ut Lnchine.
While worship was progressing nt St.
John’s Catholic Church, at Scranton, Pa.,
Mrs. Steele, whose home was near by,
rushed from the dwelling with her cloth
ing in flames, and somebody in the con
gregation seeing her, shouted, “See the
woman on fire.” At tho mention of “fire"
the congregation was in an uproar. A
wild rush for tlic doors ensued, aud many
people were trampled upon and severely
hurt. Mrs. Steele died soon after in
great agony.
Delegates to the seventeenth general
convention of the Catholic Total Absti
nence Union of America at Pbilndelphiti,
Pa., before entering upon business which
drew them together from all-parts of tho
country to that city, proceeded in a body
to tho cathedral to engage in the solemn
services of high mass. Tho delegates
numbered nbout tour hundred, nnd
among them were many priests who aro
active members of the Total Abstinence
societies.
NATIONAL CAPITAL DOTS.
WHAT IS DOING AT THE WHITE
HOUSE AND DEPAHTMENTS.
PraMra) Olanlud Bair Rrcelvlna I nil-
UUIan*—laturfttatn Comnl**l«n—Uav-
•rnne*t Affair* G*I*e Well.
M. L'Hoste, the French aeronaut, recent
ly fell with bis balloon into the sea sane
leagues away from the British coast, lie wus
rescued after twenty hoars’ struggle to keep
afloat by a passing steamer.
WATERWORKS DEFALCATION.
At a meeting of citizens resolutions
were adopted asking tho President to re
move tho District Commissioners for re
fusing to make public, inforuu tion about
the admitted defalcation in the watei
department, and for using public funds
for private purposes. Tlio committee of
ouo hundred of the District also adopted
resolutions calling on tho President to
investigate the reported water depart
ment defalcation, nnd to remove the
engineer officers in chargo of tho water
works.
APPOINTMENTS.
The President has appointed the fol
lowing named persons special agents of
tho Interior Dopartmont to make allot
ments of lands in severalty to tho In
dians: James R. Howard, of Washing
ton, D. O., to tho Grow Indians on the
Crow reservation in Montana; Henry It.
West, of Woodsfleld, O., for thelndfnna
on the Yankton reservation in Dakota;
Miss Alice O. Fletcher, of Washington, D.
0., for the Indians ou tlio Winnebago
reservation in Nebraska; Michael C.
Connelly, of Potorsburg, 111., for tho
Indians on the Silctz reservation in Ore
gon; Maj. Isaiah Lightner, of Nebraska,
for the Indians on tne Sisscton reserva
tion in Dakota.
IMPROVINa SOUTHERN RIVERS.
Ool. A. Gilmore, United States en
gineers, in his annual report says of the
work of improving tho cntrauco to
Charleston, B. O., harbor, thnt tlio ap
propriations have been inadequate to an
absurd degree, for the successful prosecu
tion of operations, having fn view tho
completion of tho project wifbin tho
present century. llo recommends an
appropriation for tho noxt year of $7:10,-
0 :0. He asks for $10,000 for Wnppoo
Out, S. 0., $10,000 for Edisto river, 8.
O., and $8,000 for Salkahatchio river, 8.
O. He oaks for $78,000 for next year’s
expenditures in Savannah harbor. Of
the projected improvements of Savan
nah nver between Augustn and Snvun-
nah, the original estimate of $01,000 will
have to be increased to $170,000. . This
is owing to meagre appropriations in tho
put. Ho is confident that if tho pros
pect be now carried out, a channel of five
feet depth at low water will be secured.
He uks $21,000 for next year. lie esti
mates that $4 ,088 can bo profitably ex
pended next year nt Romney Mursh, Ga.;
$8,000 in Althnmahu river, Ga.; $75,000
in Brunswick harbor, Ga., and $000,000
on trance to Cumberland sound, Fla.
Capt. W. M. Black, United States on-
§ inecr, submits the following estimates
or expenditures during the next fiscal
year: Upper St. Johns river, Fla., $10,-
000; Key West, Fla., $80,000; Culoosu-
hatchie river, Fla., $13,000; Manatee
river, Fla., $10,000; Tampa Buy, Flu.,
$78,000; Withlaoooehee rivpr, Flo., $20,-
000; Cedar Key, Fla., $15,000; Suwo-
nee river, Fla., $20,000.
NOTES.
Mrs. Clevolnnd has gono to Marion,
Mass., where she is the guest of the fam
ily of Gen. A. W. Greely.
It is estimated that the reduction of
tho public debt during tlio month of July
will amount to $5,000,000.
E. W. Warfield, division superintend
ent of the Railway Mail Service, sta
tioned at St. Louis, Mp., has resigned.
Tlio Secretary of tho Treasury lias ap
pointed Mansfield B. McClellan to be
United States gauger at Lexington, Mo.
A number of new free delivery post-
offices will bo established. Only three
in tho South—Columbia, S. C., Shreve
port, La., nnd Charlotto, N. C.
The Secretary of tho Treasury has up-
pointed William B. Jarrett to be store
keeper in Harfftrd county, Md., and
James J. Barry to bo storekeeper aud
gauger at Blackwator, Va.
Mrs. John A. Logun has arrived at her
homo. Sho is reported to bo in a serious
condition. It is snid that her shoulder
blade, which was dislocated, will liuvoto
bo reset, as tho first operation wns some
what of a failure.
Tho Interior Department has informa
tion that the law of February 5, 1885, to
prevent the maintenance of illegal fences
on public lands hns been generally com
plied with throughout tho West, espe
cially Ariaonn nnd Now Mexico.
NEWS FROM CHINA.
Over 1,000 telegraph poles belonging
to the Munaman-Mintzng district and the
Kweichow Lane line, in China, have been
pulled down by the people, who say the
telegraph is a diabolical European artifice.
Eighty-eight persons wore summnrily ex
ecuted near Shanghai for belonging to
secret societies. The most harrowing
accounts are given of floods at Chu Chu
Fu, up tho Wenchow river. Over 1,000
persons were swept away, and tho de
struction to the growing crops is im
mense. 8. S. Popoff, Chinese secretary
to the Russian legation to Pekin, has just
published a pnmphlet on the Cluucso
population, in which he states it to bo
882,000,000 against 418,000,000 in tlie
year 1842. A plague of Budden dentil is
ranging at Nanking, The people mo
dying in every quarter, and there aro
many instances of very sudden deaths.
The people are apparently well in the
morning aud dead in the afternoon.
NOVEL-HEADING ROBBERS.
Two young men, named Robinson and
Briiinloy, still in their teens, were ar
rested on the charge of robbery at Be-
guiu, Tex. Bramley turned state’s ev-
'll’.e population of the United States
for 1890 is calculated by a San Fran
cisco paper at 62,775, 000,
ldeucb and confessed that he, Robinson
aud a man named Henry, belonged to t
baud of robbers which rendezvoused
in u cave. He said that one day
last May, while at tho cave, Rob
inson shot Henry, who was cap
ture of tho baud through the head,
killing him instantly, and he helped Rob
inson conceal the body in a cave Bramley
conducted officers to the cave and they
found the body as represented, and varioui
relics of the marauding expeditions. Rob-
iuson is about seventeen years old, and
in explanation of the deed he says. h<
wanted to rival the record of Jesse Ja
