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- 4 i ,,,, Entered an Second-class Hatter at the SandevsvlUe Vastofftce April 37, tnso. Sudersvllle, Washington County, Go. PUBLI8HED BY A. J. JERNIGAN & CO, Proprietors and Editors. Subscription: $1.60 Per Yew. 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 - THE MERCURY. A, J, JERftTGAff ,C CO., Proprietors. devoted to literature, agriculture and general intelligence. SUliSCUirT 1 ON: $i.Qo Per Annum VOLUME VIII. SANDERSV1LLE, GA.. TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1887. NUMBER 15. THE MERCURY. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. AU Commit it teat Inns intended JtsP this Pajicr must be_ arcompanted Jtg the full name of the write necessarily for ptibl tea tton, but a* m guarantee of good faith. We are in no way responsible fie* Iks views or opiniona of corr—y w4» ente. 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