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the mercury. r.,t/>red as Second-class Matter at IheSandersvtllo Postojjlce April 37, 18S0. SaodersYille, Washington Connty, Ga. PUBLISHED BY A. J. JERNIGAN & CO. 1 Proprietors and Editors, SuhscriPtion: $1.50 Per Year. 'dots FROM WASHINGTON. pikparing fob maud work NEXT WINKER, ■99M ' *1 THE MERCURY. A, J, JERNIGAN i( CO,, Proprietors, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. SUBSCRIPTION! $1.00 Per Annum VOLUME VIII. A COLORED SAVIOR. Ueorals Colored Peoplo Aro Stopped Vroin Prodnolna n Play. In 1088 the villagers of Ober Ammor- gau, in the Bavarian Highlands, on the cessation of n plague which desolated the surrounding country, had vowed to per forin every tenth year the Passion of our Savior, out of gratitude and ns a menus j of religious instruction, u vow which has ever since been regularly observed. It , , was afterwards somewhat remodelled munitions and baggage of such foreign J and is perhaps the only mystery or inira- militnry organizations as may desire to do play which has survived to the pras- nnrticipate m the^ militia encampment • — 1 SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 0. 1881. Appointment* nfHoiulirrn Mon-Intere»tln« Report* or Drpnrlinriit llllleora-Noti h A limit Noted Ofllcliil*. TIIE ClttOAQO CAMP. The President has issued a proclama tion allowing the free entry of the arms, nml drill to be held in Chicago, 111., October next, upon satisfactory as-ur- nnccB being given that none of the ar ticles shall be sold or permitted to iV main in this country. LANDS RESTORED. Acting Land Commissioner Slokslagcr j lias issued the necessary instructions to I carry into died Secretary Lamar’s recent order restoring to settlement and entry certain railroad indemnity lands, among others tho following: Alabama & Chat tanooga road, Alabama, about 2,500 acres, covered by unapproved selections; Vicksburg & Meridian llnilroud of Miss- is-ippi, about 1,500 acres, also covered by unapproved seieotions. the president’s programme. President and Mrs. Cleveland on their arrival at St. Louis, Mo,, Saturday even ing, October 1st, will proceed Immed iately to the residence of Mnj. I). 11. Francis, whose guests they will bo until Monday morning, when they will take (|iiiirters In 0110 of the hotels. The Pres ident and wife will, 011 Sunday, October Uth, in Madison, AVis., be the guests of Postmaster-General Vilas, and will be theguests of Senator Howell E. Jackson, at Nashville, Ton 11., Sunday, October 10th. GEN. CROOK’S MOVEMENTS. Gen. Mcfcolcy, Acting Secretary of AVnr, said that the department had not heard from Ocn. Crook since lie was or dered to go to the sceno of the Indian troubles in Colorado. Gen. Maefeely discredits iho published reports of a fu rious light near Bangley, and reiterates what himself nml other army officers Imve said, that if the civil authorities will leave the sett lenient of the ditHculty to Gen. Crook, the trouble will soon bo ended and the Indians all brought back to their reservation; and that this will all lie done without the United States troops tiring a single gun. AN EXTENSIVE FRAUD. The Pension Olliec lias information that Henry S. Anderson, of Sexton, AVnslii ngtou Co., Ark., has been convict ed in the United, States Court of the Western district of Arkansas of six sepa rate ollenscs against tlio pension laws, namely: Taking illegal fees, one count; presenting fraudulent papers, two counts; and forging evidence, three counts. The special examiner having the case in ehargo reports that material was in hand for convictions almost ad infinitum, hut six convictions afford scope for the iu- tliction of punishment to more than till the measure of fife remaining to the of- fender, these were deemed sutllciont. ■WIIAT TIIE PRESIDENT IS DOING. It is the intention of the President to sptnd the next few weeks at Onkviow. 1 to regards this ns his vacation time, and while lie will spend it near the capitol so that he can attend to actual public busi ness, lie will not feel obliged, when nec essarily called to tlioAN’hilo House, to i!c- Votoauy time to persons seeking places nr merely desirous of paying their re spects. Tho,President appointed- Prof. G. Brown Goodo, assistant director of the national museum, to he commissioner of fish and fisheries, Vice Professor S. F Baird, deceased. Judge McCue, solici tor of tlio treasury who was first tended die oll’ico, declined it because of his lack uf scientific -knowledge. NOTES. Tlio President lias been invited fo be present at an all-day jubilee at tlio East cm Schuetzen Park, Biltimoro. The President lias appointed Robert 0. Crowley, of Mississippi, to be marshal of tlio United States Consular Court at Ningpo, China. The finding of a court martial has been approved,dismissing Cajit. CyrusN. Gray, 25tii infantry, from service for appenr- nig at inspection for duly ns officer of 1 ho while drunk. The British government lias notified •He Department of State that Alio date of receiving applications for space at the Melbourne International Exposition lias been extended from August 81st to Oct ober 81st, 1887. Mayor Hewitt ami a committee of the Board of Aldermen appointed for that Purpose, sent an invitation to Mrs. Presi dent Cleveland to attend the New York firemen’s parade and inspection next month iuid present a stand of colors 011 hint occasion to tho fire department. The Acting Secretary of tlio Treasury niiule the following appointments in tlio Internal Revenue service:- Fulton .T. Williams, gauger, District of Georgia; Winfield S. Morris, Samuel C. Fontnin 'ual Thomas K. Do AVitt, gaugers, Sixth district of Virginia; AVrn. F. Odraplxfil, gaugers, Fifth district of North Carolina; Luke Vcrner, storekeeper and gauger, District of South Carolina. - - .— pres ent day. The last performance in Bnva- X, GENERAL NEWS. PHOTOGRAPHS OP HATTERS AMERICA AND EUROPE, IN SOUTH CAROLINA QUAKES. The nml ria took place in 1880. The persecutor °f Christ considers his part an act of re ligious worship, and ho and the other performers nro said to bo selected for their holy life. There are usually about live hundred plnycrs. Some soven or oght years ago, Salmi Morse, who had visited Ober Auimergau, formed a com pany of nbout one hundred players in San Francisco, Cat, with James O’Neill, who impersonated the Savior, nml gave one performance in the Grand Opera House. The building was packed to suffocation, but immediately after the play tho principal characters were ar rested and lined, and were not allowed to give another performance. Morse then went to New York and made prep arations to present it on a grand scale. Hundreds of performers were engaged, hut the authorities them prevented its presentation. Mors; then gave it up, having lost his fortune in attempt ing to present it, ami shortly alter committed suicide. The lie- gtoes of Summerville, Augusta's Ga., pretty suburb, wire to produce the fur-famed passion play, and at the hour of 8 o'clock a large audience, composed of both wtilto nml colored, congregated at tho ball to witness tho piny. However just before the performance was to lmvo commenced, the iiiar.-lial of Summerville mounted the stage and informed the ac tors that if they attempted to imperson ate tlio Savior lie would arrest them. As to tho other portion of tlio performance they were at liberty to produce it, but lie hud been instructed by tlio commissioners of the village to stop the show immediate ly if any one tried to impersonate Christ. The action of the authorities disconcerted the colored people considerably, ns they had gone to the expense of getting up handsome costumes for the occasion. Most of those who p'ere to take part were bright mulattocs, but the person who was to impersonate the Savior wns as black as tile ace of spades. QUICKLY BEHEADED, Prnnzltii, (lie murderer of Mario Rog- liault, was executed in tlio jail yard in Place de la Roquelte, Pans, France. A crowd of 20.000 gathered during the night, and the police had great difficulty in keeping them within bounds. Tho mnjoiity was of the rougher element, but quite a number belonged to the respect able class. Prnn/.ini emerged from the prison, accompanied by the prison chap lain and guards; he stopped for an in stant and seemed about to break down. He kis.-ed llie crucifix held by the abbo, iuid knelt to receive the knife. An in- slant afterward and Mario Rcguault was avenged. A AIONHTEICS CONCESSION. Jesse Pomeroy, tho boy murderer of Boston, Mass, who has been in prison, several years, us the result of n scries of horrible murders never surpassed for atrocity, has just confessed to 11 crime of which lie was not suspected, lie admits having decoyed a little boy named Hor ace Miller out on the South Boston marshes and cut him almyst to piecis. Pomeroy lnd a mania for cutting people up. lie was only fourteen years old at the time. A number of weak-minded women have been trying to get the boy pardoned, but it is thought this confes sion will put a quietus on their efforts. COOL AVEATIIER. Prof. Foster, of Iowa, and other repu table weather prophets, predict cool weather until about December 1st, after which date, the winter will he rather warmer than usual. The first part of September will bo unusually cool, it is said, and about tho 10th a very heavy storm may bo expected to cross tho continent. This storm will lie accompanied by high winds, rain, hail nml thunder. Its most destructive force will bo expended in the Atlantic States. The middle ton days of the month will prob ably be warm, and the last ten days will by cool. GRAY AND 1ILITK. LINCOLN’S OLD HO ME. Robert T. Lincoln lias deeded the fara- t’y homestead at Chicago, 111., to tlio chile of Illinois, which will formally take possession at once. Robert Lin- e °hi lias owned the house sinco the assnseination. Jinny efforts have been ai'.ule by speculators and ad venturers to j 1 I'chaso the property, but Mr. Lincoln jins repeatedly refused all offers, intend- ln 8 probably to deed it ultimately to tlio R, ate and save it from tlio grasp of the t» nicy makers, TARUET PRACTICE. Elaborate preparations havo been made for tlio reunion of the 28il Georgia in fantry, at Adairsville. A colonel in a Pennsylvania lcgimont, who was for a timo a prisoner of tho'28d, has had mado a largo diamond cross of unique design, valued at $2,500, which lie will present to liis former c aptors as a mark of lus estocm. Tho cross will bo presented by 11 delegation of ten Pennsylvania young ladies, who will coino to Georgia in a special car. At the state line they are to lie met by a delegation of Georgia young ladies and veterans. an express solo. Tho present franchises and business of the Baltimore & Ohio Express Company have been sold to the United States Ex- Company for a period of thirty Thu sale was made directly by fire- years. Another attempt was made to assassi nate the czar of Russia, A nihilist, dis- b'fiised ns an officer of (he guards, ap proached the imperial guards while they were escorting tho czar on his journey Bern St. Petersburg to Kroznoc-Selo, and twice fired a revolver at tlio emperor. • he (list shot wont wide of its mark, but the second perforated the czar’s coat, the assailant was promptly seized and fltarnwfl* the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company no other parties being recognized, the Europe, a million in ca ill di and the balance’ in jailed State! Express Company stock. the' oeuater, ga., riot- From a careful investigation of all the circumstances connected wBji tlui Deca- negro named Pritchett, who has not yet been captured, and » huliiur in Tennessee. ,,e M s in cd Gather and Lovejoy have been arrested and aro now in the ja.lat At- lanta. Homo Knlo Agitation—Hulling l*ot of European Pollile*—Labor Matters at Homo ami Abroad, etc. McGurriglc, the Chicago, 111,, “boo- dler” who escaped to Victoria B. C., has fled to Hong Iiong, China. Isaac Lucas, treasurer of Wnpokettn, Ohio, and $81,000 of the county fund, are missirfg. A reward of $2,000 is of fered for information of tho whereabouts of Lucas. A conspiracy against the Spanish gov ernment has been discovered at Ponce, Porto Ilicc.. Forty persons linvo been arrested, including the president of the autonomist club. Yom PI1011 Leo, tho Chinaman, who recently married an American heiress of Nerv Haven, Conn., lias accepted a posi tion on the editorial stuff of tho Now Ilaven Register. Frank C. McNeally, 19 years of age, employed in tlio Biddoiord savings bank of Saco, Mo., rail away with all the bank’s money and securities amount ing to nearly $300,000. Henry George’s friends in New York havo subscribed $15,000 for the estab lishment of an evening paper to bo called tlio Evening Standard. It will make its appearance on September 15tli. Tho collector of customs nt Suspension Bridge, N. 1’., has seized the Canadian steamer Hastings, for violation of navi gation laws in carrying passengers be tween Lewiston and Olcott, two Ameri can poits. Gen. Forron, the French secretary of war, lias enusod two of liis private sec retaries lo be arrested on a charge of high treason, it is charged that they disclosed to tlio Paris Figaro tho plans of tho war office for the mobilization of French troops. The Loudon Times protests against tlio treatment to which British sealers, in Behring se.a, nro subjected by American authorities in Alaska, and suggest* that the government send a cruiser to Alaskan waters, to secure strictly legal treatment for British vessels. Gcorgo A. Ely, of Pottsville, Pa., docket clerk to the county commission ers, suddenly disappeared. Subsequent investigation has revealed the fact that Ely lias been engaged in forging and ne gotiating county bonds, one of $100 having been traced to him. The police order forbidding the so cialists to celebrate the death of Ferdi nand Lassale nt Berlin, Germany, did not have tho desired effect, ns thousands of the followers of the great labor union organizer made a pilgrimage to Grunau. A serious row occurred during the day, and sevoral arrests were mado by tlio po- lico. Two cnltlc dealers of Wotnelsdoorf, Pa., purchased 11 number of car loads of cuttle at the Buffalo stock yards, which were sold to different farmers. Some of the steers showed signs of alarming sickness, and wero found in their stalls dead. Dr. Bridge, stato veterinary sur geon, snys the disease is Texas fever. Farmers nro greatly alarmed, fearing a spread of the disease. Robert Bonner drove Maud S. on the throe-qunrtcr-milo track on his farm, at Tarry town, N. Y., tho fastest mile that lias every been made to wagon. The first half wns made in 1:08.J, and the lust half in 1:04}, making the mile in 2:18}. Mr. Bonner urged the innre only on the last half, when she mado the marvelous time of 1:04} to a wagon on a three- quarter track. Fresh condemnation of Pasteur lins been stirred up by the dentil of Lord Don- crnilc, in Franco. Doncrnile was bitten by a tame fox, and although I10 under- wont the Pasteur treatment, lie died in frightful agonies, and with all the symp toms of hydrophobia. Pasteur declares that ho did not see Doncrnile until two weeks after the fox had bitten him, and when it was toe late to announce a euro with absolute certainty. Au attempt was made to burn a bridge over ft culvert oil the Wnbnsh Railroad, one mile cast of Lafayette, liul. A freight train came around the curve at full speed and the engineer seeing tho fire, put on stciun and passed over safely. The second section of the train was flagged and stopped before it readied the bridge and the trainmen put out the tire. As tlio engineer of the first (ruin reached the burning bridge lie saw men run out from a hiding place near by and disap pear in the woods. The American ship Ropes, 4,200 tons burthen, the largest ship that ever sailed into Puget sound, arrived in Tacoma, W. T., being 29 days from Yokohoma with 8,771 tons of tea and other mer chandise for Chicago, Boston and Phila delphia merchants. The ship, Alexander Gibson, is due in a few days from the same port. The arrival of the Ropes is the beginning of direct trade between Yokohoma and Tacoma, goes Eastward by 180 cars of the Northern Pacific rail road Tlio value of the cargo of tlio ship is $1,500,000. As a freight tiain 011 the Cleveland & Marietta Railroad neared Oldham's tres tle, four miles north of Cambridge, Ohio, the bridge was seen to be on fire. The engineer called for brakes, but as the trainmen thought it was too late to save the train several of them jumped. I he fireman, Win. Adams, had a leg broken and was otherwise hurt. Other jumping trainmen were severely injured. The engine and all tho train, except three cars passed over the trestle, sixty feet of which fell with tlio three last curs, dropping them forty-seven feet. EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO. A brisk earthquake shock was experi enced in tho City of Mexico, agitating houses and making the people dizzy. In some streets ’the peoplo run out of their liousos and fell on their knees, praying. The shock was not severe, and mostly felt in tlio outlaying portion of the city. The direction of* tho earthquake was from north to south, und its duration was eight seconds. In the eapitnl of tlio stato of Guierro, two arches in tlio ar cade in the main squaro were thrown down. Earthquake shocks wero felt at Qiziba, Flapa and Qttumba, ilSiS *’ People Hoincwlint Frightened Efinrchc* Filled With Sinner*. Three shocks of earthquake occurred in various parts of South Carolina. Tho disturbance was very slight in Charles ton, which would iudiento that the center of the trouble was northwest. Neverthe less the excitement there is very great. A largo number of white people have loft tho city on summer excursions. The ne groes were greatly demoralized, holding nightly prayer meetings iu churches, and uiiiify conversions occurring nightly. Household labor is utterly demoralized. Among tho whites a vague feeling of unpleasantness prevails, but thoro is no interruption to business of any kind. An earthquake shock was felt at Or angeburg. It wns accompanied by tlio usual rumbling nois •, which was quito lengthy and loud. The shock was general ly felt. Columbia must got the full benefit of the earthquake. Houses shook and win dows rattled to a decided degree. Tho trembling lasted about ten seconds. A pronounced cnrtliqunko slufck was felt at Sumter last night about a quarter of 11 o’clock at imrht. The rumbling Hound was particularly heavy and tho tremor very perceptible. A loud roar with a small Bbuko was experienced at Camden. SOUTHERN ITEMS. BUDGET OF NEWS GATHERED HERB AND THEBE. NUMBER 10. RIOT IN FLORIDA. THE MERCURY. PUBLISHED EVUtl TUESD1T. NOTICE! All Communications intended for this Paper must be accompanied bp the full name of the ui'ltcr—not necessarily for puoticatton r but as a guarantee of yowl faith. We are in no way responsible for the v terns or opinions of correspond* cuts. COLOR LINE IN VHUHNIA. The oily of Petersburg, Va., is in a fcverisli stale of excitement, caused by a clash between the colored peoplo and whites. Mrs. Dejarnett wns struck in tlie street by a negro man, while she wns interferring iu lielmlf of her child, who had trouble with n young negro. Tlio negro man wns arrested, fined $50 and sent to jail. Dr. Samuel Hinton, a prominent physician, inturferred in nn alteration between bis young son anil some colored children, among whom was a girl. The girl with a stick threatened liis soil. Hinton expostulated, and tho girl's response was that she would kill the boy. Dr. Hinton then shot the girl. Ho was arrested and brought before tlie mayor's court, and the case was con tinued. The colored peoplo have be come very violent and havo demanded, through a colored lawyer, lliat the sumo punishment bo inflicted on Dr. Hinton that was given in the case of tlio negro wlm struck Mrs. Dejarnett. A card published in tho papers and signed by piomincut colored men, lias incensed tlio while portion of the community. Wur- ranls were issued and the editor of tho Index-Appeal and tho signers of the card were arrested on tlio ehargo of libel. Tlio excitement lias become so intense that tlie mayor ordered three companies of militia to hold themselves in readiness to presorvo tho pence. CUT IN A watchman in tlio employ of Wiescl Bros., nt 0 White street, New York, on opening tlie store discovered n mail inside tlio railing. Knowing tlie intruder had no business thoro, bo quickly locked the door and went for a policeman. When the officer appeared on tlio scene the supposed thief started for tlie front of tlio building, and without hesitation sprang headforemost through tlio plate glass window. A.largo sign outside tlio window impeded his descent, and lie lay face downward on tlie shattered glass, which was fast cutting his body in two.’ He was re; cued from his position, but died in ten minutes afterward witlioTit uttering a word. Ho was identified 11s Jimmie McDavitt, a well-known profes sional thief. O11 the officers searching the promises, a confederate ofMDnvilt’s was found and captured. lie is known to the police as “Rats.” “HETTY AND THE BABY.” Atony ltnllronil Acolilenl*—IVhat 1* Train* plrliialn Temperance .11*ller*—Seelnl Ami l(cll«ioiis (iosulp- The remains of Judge Samuel Hall, of tlio Supreme Court of Georgia, were laid at rest at Albany. I. O. McDaniel, tlio father of cx-Gov- ernor II. D. McDaniel of Altoona, Ga., is dead. Ho was born in South Carolina. The mayor of Savannah, Ga., has or dered the police to arrest overy person displaying swiuging signs or signs erect ed on top of posts. Warren Frazier, a colored brakeinan on tlie Georgia Railroad, fell between two box cars ns the train was passing Grove- town. nml wns instnntly killed by tho wheels passing ovor his body. The extensive works of the St, Louis, Mo., Car Wkoel Company, situated in the western suburbs of tho city, wero destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at about $100,000; fully insured. At Jackson, Miss., Chief Justico Cooper refused lo issue a writ of luibcas corpus in the ease of Hamilton and others, charged with tlie murder of Gnin- broll, the editor of a prohibition paper. Tlio Board of Aldermen, of Albany, Ga., refused permission (o the Salvation Army to parade the streets or make any demons)rations, on tho ground that the army wns a miisaticc, and tho majority of tlie people opposed them. Tho Atlanta, Gu., polico havo got on to tho now racket of tlio drinkers who wish to evade the prohibition law—in dependent clubs. Recently, several ar rests were inode of porters, waiters and barkeepers of such places. A meeting of citizens of Atlnntn, Gn., was held, to consider tlio advisability of holding an election about Nov. 20th, to repeal the picsent prohibition law. One citizen offered $10,000 as a campaign fund to defeat prohibition. Unprecedented rains havo fnllcn throughout North Texas. All tho rivers aro over their banks, anil ninny washouts aro reported. Trains nro all delayed. Eleven persons have been drowned nt Cleburne, seven of whom belonged to n family named Schmidt. Hon. C. G. Meinjniugcr, of Charles ton, S. C., who was secretary of the Coli- federnte States treasury and one of Pres ident Davis’s most trusted friends and confidential advisors, is seriously ill at liis summer residence nt Flat Rock, and not expected to recover. An accident occurred on the East Ten nessee rnilroud, Romo division, ill Long’s, fifty-live miles from Atlanta, Ga. Freight train No. 80 ran into the second section of No. 80. Roth engines were damaged considerably and n delay of three or four hours caused. No lives wero lost. Chester, 8. C., is very much excited over the reported indications of a gold mine there. An expert from Colorado reports that from specimens of ore found there, lie lias faith enough in it to pay a tntion Dml Colored Mon Rim Thing* Their Own Way on n Hiennier; A lot of negro gamblers took passage on the steamer Tnrouatoeska at Apalachicola, Fin. When about twclvo miles from the city they became engaged in a quarrel with a lot of negro raftsmen. Pistols were drawn and a fusilude of shots be gan. The captain of tho steamer, assis ted by liis crow, attempted to quell tlio disturbance. A negro drew a weapon upon tlio officer and told him lo vacate the lower deck. Tlie captain and liis crew being unarmed, retreated to tlio upper deck. The steamer was then put about and headed toward the city. Just before she mado the landing at tlio wharf Capt. Randlotto ordered tho police to lot no mnn como ashore. The negroes then look a small liont, when the officers began firing upon them. Tho lire wns returned, but with po effect. About two hundred other negroes had congregated upon tho wharf, armed with stloJcd and weapons of various kinds, and Several of their number wero urging tho IfltUyks to pitch into the whites. Sev eral urrcsjji -..wero made nml somo thirty shots were tired. Tho militia were or dered-put; and it was only by tlio cool ness and determination of the whites that a serious Hot'was prevented. WILL IIE HUNPENIIKIL The Chicago III*, lie,mil snys, tlie seven condemned anarchists aro to liang. Information 1ms been received through reliable sources, that, the supremo comt will affirm the dentil verdict against the nnarchists when they meet. The opinion in the case will then lie filed by tlio jus tice who made it, and it will roceivo tlio signature of all other justices, who, it would appear, are fully acquainted with its contents. Chief of Police, Ebersold and Sheriff Matson have already received an intimation of what is roming, mid they have been making active preparation to meet any emergency that may arise. That Sheriff Matson also had received di rect intimation of the action of tlio court, h evidenced by tho extraordinary precau tions ho has been taking lately in keep ing suspicious persons out of the jiil Everybody who calls to see tlie anarchist- is closely watched wliilo in j d 1 , and no! v few visitors nro denied l — msion. RIVALLING WOOLFOLK. Frankfort, Ky., was crowded with peoplo from all parts of tlie state, and all was a bustle of excitement, tlio occasion being tlio inauguration of Gen. S. B. Buckner. The grand stand in the stato house yard wns beautifully decorated with flags, festoons and flowers. Seats were provided for the people in front of it, and back of the slate house were 150 tents spread for the use of tho soldiers. A procession composed of tlio stato mili tia, officials, judges of court of appeals nnd superior courts, and tlie city fire de partment and police, escorted Gen. Buck ner to tlie state house, whore tlio oatli of office was administered to him by Chief Justice Price. The retiring governor, J. P. Proctor Knott, will make liis homo in Louisville nnd resume the practice of tho law. It is iiaid one of the first acts of GoV. Buckner will lie to stamp on the lawlessness now prevailing in Rowan county. COLORED BAPTISTS; The American National Baptist Con vention (colored) assembled 111 Mubilo, Ala., in annual session. Delegates were present from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio. Rev. M. J. 1/immon?, of Louisville, Ky., tlie president, made the opening address, showing tlio progress of the work of the colored Baptists. A11 address of wel come was then made by tlie Rev. IV. F. Owens, pastor of tlie Third Baptist Church, in which tlie convention is meeting. Dr. Simmons was re-elected president, and the Rev. Mr. Owens vice- president. CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS’ HOME. One of the most popular movements that lias been started in the South, is the suggestion of Samuel Inman for the es tablishment in Atlanta, Ga., of a Con federate Soldiers’ Home at. Atlanta. The principal citizens of the state of Georgia have expressed their approbation of tlio scheme, and at the Piedmont Ex position, boxes will be placed to receive the donations of those who desire to aid. At tho time the Home was projected, which wns finally located at Richmond, Va., Gen. J. A. Gordon endeavored to have it placed nt Atlanta, and undoubt edly ho will take 0,11 active part in tlie Homo now proposed. A large portion of the money to build tho Richmond Home was contributed by Northern veterana ALUU8TA QUAKE. large amount of money for a plnntat wliqrc the specimens were found. The heaviest rain of tlio season fell at Raleigh, N. C., and extended over a large area. Bnino streams roso at the rate of l.Ir' 1 inches per hour and flooded crops. Laigo quantifies of hay in the low grounds wore washed away. Great damage lias been done to all Ik “'-ground crops. The total voto cast on tlie liquor ques tion in Meriwether ooimly, Gn., wns 2,850. Of this, 1,014 were cast for pro hibition, and 1,880 votes wero cast against prohibition. Tlie prohibitionists make the claim that hundreds of negroqs who voted wero disqualified because non-payment of taxes. Frank W. Harper, of Versailles, Ky,p, lias ordered a beautiful and costly mom jj ment of pure white marble to bo place' t over the grave of Ten Rrocck, the cel’’ 111 brnted trotting lioree. It will bo sevu-l 1 -' feet and two inches high, surmountei ol with an urn. The date of Ten Brocck’ail birth and deatli and liis famous rccordii K will be inscribed 011 the monument. 1( | The rate committee of tho Southertjij Tariff Association, which is composed oi^. nil tlio freight agents in tlie Southern States, met at Atlnntn, Ga. Tiro matters connected with rates and classifications'* were discussed. A new rate was made) on tho goods manufactured in cotton fac-d toiies, and the classification was chnngeilli from tho fifth lo tho sixth class. n A (ire occurred at Brnuchville, S. C., nnd destroyed nine bui.(lings, ns follows :,f Hamilton’s genoral store and. residence, e Black’s general store, A. F. II. Duke’s, general store and residence, J. Knrrish’s” millinery store, Pearlstinc, Karish & Co.’s general store, J. R. Mayes’ general store and D. D. Myers’general store nnd dwell-:’ ing. Loss $10,000; insurance $0,000. 1 Cal Toliver, tho lad 12 years of age who was spared by the Logans during I tlie mnssnero nt Moreliead, Ky., was fired;; 011 from ambush near town. Several of-, Logan’s followers, who have been in-p dieted for supposed participation in the j massacre, are biding in the mountains j near town, heavily armed, and cannot be arrested. Trqops will leave when court j adjourns, and it is expected fighting will) begin then. I A fire broke out in Riggs’s livery stable 1 nt Richmond, Ky., destroyed it, and • then spread to tho business portion of l the city. Arnold’s grocery, Gentry & . Co. ’s hardware, then tlie new opera, house, Neff s produce store, Douglas’s butcher shop, Green’s opera house, the 1 Adam Express Company’s office, Dinned ■ & Co.’s restaurant, and Smith & Belton's’ shop were destroyed. Loss about $00,-» COO; insurance $20,000. t A flic wns discovered in tho kitchen of: the James Hotel at Denton, Texas. The- proprietor seeing the flames beyond con-f trol, had the guests aroused. Col. A. J. t Hitchcock, a Texas veterau, was warned ^ and started from liis room, but lost his way and ran into the flames. After a R long search liis charred remains were j found, in the ruins. He was one of the ‘ survivors of tlio Fiinnin massacre at Go- ’ line! in March, 1837. He was 73 years of age, a native of Georgia, and leaves a largo estate. Albert Meiul did n terrible murder at thoMondville mining camp, at Santa Fo, New Mexico, in which lie was partner. Ho had fallen out with tlie company and went lo tlie camp to secure certain papers. Ho hid in tlie bushes to ambush lus part ners, two of whom were expected to pass in a wagon. When the team was within fifty, yards of tlie camp, Albert stepped from the brush with a Winchester rifle in his hand and ordered a halt. He ordered a Mr. Hands to call Ilarvoy Mend and Joseph Downing from tlie cabin. Mead and Downing enmo out. Albert fired mid Downing fell dead. A second shot killed Harvey Mead and a third fatally wounded Hands. Fred Mead, who was in tho wagon, attempted to fire 011 Albert, hut liis weapon snapped, and the two men clinched and struggled for tlio weap on. Fred securing it, allot Albert through the lionrt. A I’lOUS CAME. Albert Howell, aged 30 years, a letter carrier, was arrested in Boston, Mass., on tlie charge of embezzling letters. lie was held in $1,500 for the next term of court. Howell 1 ever .-tol<; the letters on his own route, but took letters from t. e boxes of other carriers before they had been put in tlio pouches. Howell is a church member and carried his religious / \v‘ ( ,, . t 4‘rtf. !"vleetTii’t -[I'e"l'is,istst'cliur liapsist e Tuesday before tlio lid Sunday, at 4 j>. k in each month. THE METHODIST... l’.irsonago Aid s ciely meets every lst/Tuesday in the Me odist Church at 4.00 ociook p. in. PROTRACTED MEETING...At Smyn M P. Cun, pastor Saturday before tl ■llh Sunday in August. SUPERIOR COURT CALENDER. HON. JAMES. K. MINES, -- Judge COL. >' if. ROGERS, Solicitin' Uencra A. M. MAYO, Clerk, C. A. WALL, Sheriff, CASH PRICES. 13Y Holt A Bro. Conti F.CTI-: 11 AY E EKI.V. Lorillftids Snuff per lb Stick Candy “ “ fin ct; 10 c.ti 25 ct “ “ 7 \ ct “ “ (i (a 7 etH “ 8(«S 10 ct “ “ 25 cts “ “ 5 ct noco per lb 5 per can 10 ct; per cun JOcti per can 10 ct. per gal 30 ct; •• “ 21 (i'j 25 ct 17* cH Tobacco Soda Sugar Lard Powder So aP „ oa il L > Apples Oysters Tomatoes Vinegar Molasses Kerosinc Oil Ribbbon Cano syrup per gal 50 cl Remember we keep all kinds of gro ceries and roll them cheaper than any on else. We aro also headquarters for Glass ware, Tin ware, Crockery wave, Woddenwari notions, Jewelry, nml every tiling else kept in a first class Grocery Store Dont fail ti come to see us when in seaicli of bargains We can lie found at the 10, cent Store ol standj uid oppos to Pringle’s store, Respectfully, HOLT & BRO. Ma 17tli 1887,-3 mo. BEFORE THE DAWN. Tlio silence of tho summer night— A space or two ltefnro its flight', Falls deeper on iho ilowy height And hollow, where nil webby-whlte, Tlio early mists begin to float: And then the peaceful hush is stirred— Tho flwt swoct enrol of a bird From out tho solemn dark Is hoard, A clear, awakening note. We hoar It, rousing from a dream, And know wldle nil things earthly seem Wrapped closo in n'ght, a vague white glean* Is surely broadening to n beam Of flaring light and forvont power; A drowsy fancy of tho dawn Comos to us, in n moment gone— Perhaps n fairy on the lawn Is creeping from each flower. Torbaiis between tho night nnd day, Tho elves do meet nnd dance away Tho mystic hour when mortals stay Enchained by slumber's potent sway, Amt vanish when the east grows red. And in good truth must fairies ply A hundred arts while yet the sky Is dark, before tho planets die, Or the late moon lias fled. They tint tho volvot sward anew, And brim tlio lilybolls with dew, And tlngo the skies with tender blue, And trail white veils of vapor through, Tho treotops nnd tho valleys low; They stir and fail tlio drowsy air, And scatter fragrance everywhere; And pin white blossoms hero and there Like starry flecks of snow. And lol when daylight breaks serene, Upon th* widespread, rndiniit sceno— The bloom of (lowers, the dewy green Of treotops, with white webs between The early glow of lane nnd lawn, AVe look, anil utter words of praise, But reck not of the honvon-sent fays Who set the picture for bur gnz# And flit before the dawn. —I Ini tie Whitney, PITH AM POINT. Old ns tho hills—The valleys. A legal hlnnk—Tlio idiotic lawyer. A largo head is a sign of brains, but a big head is a sign of folly.—Philadelphia Call. A plceo of her cake she'd givo—how kind— Whenever to ask he did see fit.; Now they nro married, it piece of her mind She will glvoSvithout his asking for It. —tloodaWs Sun. A novel under tlio curious name of “Tho Wasp” is jufit published. It must have a had ending.—Life. The small boy in n frolic Hobs the orchard of its apples, And Ids in’nrds cruel colic Subsequently grimly grapples. —Button Courier. “Johnny,” said the minister, rather severely, “do you clicw tobacco?" “Yes, sir,” wns the reply, “but I’m clean out just now; Jimmy Brown's got some, though.”— Washington Critic. Truth, crushed to earth, will rise again, It springeth quickly up; And those who lmve tried tho experiment says It’s the sumo with 11 barrel hoop. —Tid-Blts. Oft In the chilly night, Ero solar rays hud bound us, linvo wo for lient cried out With blankets all around us. But now when Sol has got tlio cal 1 To burn us up like tether, Wo sigh for Ice, with breezes nice, And elvll-servico weather. —New York Journal Short Stories From the Chinese. A young tiger met an old one ami said: “I got hold of anmn to-day whoso upper parts wero so tasteless und his nether parts so sour, that, hungry ns I was, I left him in disgust. I wonder wliatsortof man this could lie?” “A student who has lmd to buy liis degree," was tlie reply. Chang anil Cluing mutually agreed to start a brewery. Said Chang to Cluing: “You supply tho rice and I will furnish tlio water.” “But,” queried Chung, “if the profits are divided accordingly to tho capital embarked, 1 am afraid it will bo difficult to upportioq your share.” “Oh, I’m not afraid,” said Chang; “when tho brow is over, give me tlio water; you can have the remainder.” A man wns seized by a tiger. Tho victim’s son took his bow and pursued. “Hit him in tho leg,” cried tlio father, “else you’ll spoil the mnrkot value of tlio skin.” A bibulous individual, on entering a restaurant, noticed that tlie wine cups were small. After seating himself, lio gave vent to a most demoniacal series of howls and groans. “What is the mnt- . ter?" asked the startled landlord. “Ah,” answered the man, “my father, a hale, hearty mnn, met his death nt a friend's table by accidentally swallowing a small wine cup, so whenever I see similar ones, tlie memory of the sad event overcomes me." It is needless to add that the cup was replaced by a huger ouc. A hard drinker dreamed that he had become possessed of a bottlo of genuine stuff, hut, determined to enjoy it thoroughly, he had begun to beat it. During the heating process lie awoke. “IIoo, hoo,” he groaned. “If I had. known this was to happen, I would havo drunk it cold.” A servant did not fill a guest’s cup to the brim. Tho latter, holding it up, re marked :■ “This cup is too deep, and broke a piece of. “How is that?” cried the host. “If the upper part can’t hold liquor, of whnt use is it?” was the smart rotor;.—Chinese llceicw. Several slight shocks of earthquake; 1 were felt at Augusta, Ga. Go slow in this hot weather anil spa*# tho hearse horses. $100 to $300 A MONTE can be mach working for us, Agents proferrec who can furnish their own horses ani give their whole time to the business Spare mements may bo profitably employed also. A low vacancies towns and cities 1 B. F. JGHNSOI & CO., 1013 Main street, Richmond Vn. 4-23-3m Discipline Must Bo ’Preserved. A cadet at West Point was recently arrested and confined three days in the guard house for brushing a fly off his nose while 011 parade. And that same day the Indians came up to a small fort in Northwestern Dakota and chased tho man on picket duty a mile and a half and then run off twclvo'hcad of horses nnd yelled so loudly that the hair of tho commanding officer, who recently came out from Washington, turned white. And tiie Govcrnmcutnovcrsaida word—not a whisper. You wouldn’t havo known it was anywhere around. In fact.it wasn’t. It was back at West Point running that poor cadet all over the grounds nnd whooping at him till it was hoarse and asking him what ho meant by insulting the flag by brushing that fly oil his nose. —Dakota Bell. Wo ffommonly slander more through vanity than malice. n