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SANDERSV1LLE. GA.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1887.
NUMBER 20.
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onto.
K i s estimated that the nii.mmt of
money spent by workingmen in strikes
lld, country during the last two yonrs
ouM liner paid the wages of 100,000
tn during that period.
The United States owns about $75,000,-
(00 worth of buildings, and has not a
(tnl of iusuranco on nny of them. Most
c (them arc practically tlrc-proof. The
(Jorcrnmcnt believes that it is strong
enough to carry its own insurance. The
mors nml some other largo real cstatu
iwncrs
New York net on the same
policy.
The total wealth of the United King
dom, according to Mr. Mulhnll, lias
doubled sinee 1840, the total now being
11.210,000,000, against 424,100,000,000
ji 1810. It is interesting to note, ns
IrMrfd’* remarks, that white every
dhor item of Grcnt Britain’s nntionnl
tfjllh lias shown an increase, tlio value
,1 land records a heavy decrease from
IJIO.
A Boston man, who has crossed the At-
liatic fifty-two times and been seasick
ercry time except the last trip, explains
that exception by stating Hint he bad a
rubber bug, which lie tilled with ice, and
hr laid down every morning on this,
pressing it against the spine nt the base
of the brain. It had a soothing effect,
imllio frequently fell asleep while repos-
jng on it. Ho afterward felt braced up
lor the day, enjoying every hour and
irery incaI.
The loss of life in India from man-cat-
ing tigers was appalling last year, and
ionic stinly of the tierce beast has lately
ken made by English officers. Tigers,
it appears, do not nttnek human hirings
until they become very large ntul old, and
unable to run down animals that are fleet
of foot. One of these creatures is known
to have killed 108 persons in the course
of three yeart. Another caused thirteen’
tillages to bo deserted. A third is
indited with killing 127 travelers on a
public road.
The Electrical AVriVir thinks many will
beiurprlsed by tlio statement that more'
than 3,501),001) passengers are carried an-
lually in this country on street cars
moved by electric motors. In Mont
gomery, Ala., electricity is used on eleven
miles of road, nnu the cost is reported by
the general manager to lie only onc-lialf
the eost of liorso power. Hoads on which
electricity takes the place of horses arc
found in Baltimore, I.os Angeles, Port
Huron, Detroit, Scranton, Appleton
('Vis.), and Denver. Electric railways
ire in course of construction or under
contract in twelve other cities, and in
thirty-seven,companies have boon formed
or other steps taken for the building of
nidi roads. Upon none of the roads now
in operation in this country, however, is
force supplied 1 iy storage batteries at
tached to the cars. In most cases power
b communicated by an overhead con
ductor.
It is estimated tlmt tlio losses by fire
in the United Elutes this year will
amount to $ltiO,000,000. In 18811 tlio
losa was $105,000,000. During the past
dx weeks no less than four towns in tho
' nited States have been destroyed by
•be, two of them totally. Tlio largest
l as was occasioned by tho burning of
>ha village of Marshfield, Wisconsin, on
.lime 27, when nearly $1,000,000 worth
°f property went up in smoke nml (lame.
Hiis lire was caused by sparks from a
locomotive. Clarendon, Pennsylvania,
"as partially destroyed by fireworks,
"iib u loss of $500,000. New York city
lest upwards of $500,000 from the same
f ause. There is no way to account for
■lie great increase of loss during the
present year except on the ground of an
iuerense of carolesshess on the part of
" lu public. The groat majority of the
disastrous fires of tho year hnvo been
directly attributable to negligence, tho
careless use of matches, wnnt of means
trt prevent or extinguish conflagrations,
a, bl other preventable causes.
SOUTHERN ITEMS.
BUDGET OP NEWS GATHERED
HERE AND THERE.
n, "" r Knllrond Aocldonu-WImt Is Trans*
lilrln* III Trinprrnnno Mailers- Social
And llcllalous Gossip.
Should Atlanta, Gn., go “wet” in tho
proposed election on the prohibition
question, a license to sell will cost $1,500.
Savannah, Ga., has been visited by a
gang of professional burglars, who do
'*P their woik in the most scientific mnu-
ner.
It is well known thnt, for some yenrs
Pwt, a prize of $10,000 has been offered
inventors for the first biiles of jute
gro\\ n nn( ] p rc p arc( i f or market in the
nited States, at a cost which will nd-
nnt of successful competition with that
fru m India. Tho principal and nppnr-
c, ‘tly insurmountable obstacle which con
sents all efforts in tbis direction is tho
l(, k of a machine which will prepare the
J'Ue fibre for use at a eost low enough to
“tTsot tho very cheap hand labor of Indio.
" tne jute plant the fibre lies between
'be pith and the bark, it being necessary,
dicreforo, to remove the latter and sepn-
r,llc " lc juto from tlio pith, it being also
essential thnt this be done without injur*
'"g the fibre, which is one of tlio most
' eliente known. But, ns the natives ol
"din do this work for seven to ten cents
'' dny, a substitute machine would not
n j’*- v have to overcome this matter ol
j 'eapness, but would have to perform
Ills '' >n as perfect a manner as is now
| 1,110 i»y Indian fingers, as well as equal
U ot * 101 ’ stages to tho work of prepare*
A strike of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad brnkemen was started nt Bir
mingham, Ain., for higher pay nnd many
firemen followed suit. 3
The stenmer Avollon, of tho Mnrylnnd
Steamboat Company, was totnlly burned
nt Quoport, Vn., on tlio Great Wyomicn
river; loss $1)0,000; insurance $00,000.
Judge Thomas J. Simmons lias been
chosen by the Georgia Legislature to fill
the judgeship in tlio l’autaula circuit
made vacant by tho death of Judgo Hall.
A fire stnrted in tho engine houso of
the Barren Fork Coal company, near Flat
Rock, Ky., nnd destroy id costly ma
chinery used in mining. The loss is
$200,000.
M. E. Reid nlias James Mcrwin, agent
of tlio National Express Company nt
Glen’s Fails N. Y., was arrested nt Hen
derson, N. C., charged with tlio theft of
$0,000 from tlio company.
Tlio Union Waiters’ Association, of At
lanta, Gn., nt their annual parade, mnde
the best show in appearance, good man
ners nnd marching, of any colored people
that hnvc appeared in public in the South.
Dr. R. B. Adair, of Gainesville, Ga.,
who is stopping nt the St. James Hotel,
in Washington, D. C\, was knocked
down by a liorso nnd wagon while cross
ing Pennsylvania avenue, nnd was in
jured.
Tho corn fields in the Dismal Swamp
of Virginia nro overrun with benrs, and
somo of tho farmers have killed or cap
tured several in a single night. ’1 he
Norfolk markets nro well supplied witli
bear meat.
Roy Sisk nnd Dock Stnt, two boys
aged about 10, were hunting doves near
Huntsville, Ala,. Sisk's gun was acci
dentally discharged, tlio whole charge
striking him in the face, blowing off his
nose and the top of his skull, causing in
stant denth.
At tho last term of the superior court,
in Augusta, Ga., Sirs. Killian got a ver
dict of $12,000 from the Augusta A Knox
ville road on account of her husband be
ing killed while working on it. The road
asked a new trial, but it was refused by
Judge Roney.
At Greenville, Ga., a negro brakemnn
named Dave got into a quarrel with a
negro, Hill Kendall, nnd threw a brick,
struck Kendall on the bend, glanced mid
hit Edgar Mitchell, a white railroad man,
just above the ear. Kcmhtll was not hurt
much, but Edgnr is unable to be about.
E. A. Pledger was run over and killed
by a freight of the Central Railroad nt
Midville, Gn. Mr. Pledger was about
fifty-five or sixty yenrs of age, n mechanic
by trade. His remains were buried in
tlio cemetery by the town authorities,
lie was under the influence of whiskey
at tlio timo it is said.
The fast mail train leaving Richmond,
Vn., for West Point, when nearing Fair
Oaks station on the Richmond, York
River & Chesapeake road, rail into a
mule team, which was crossing the
truck, killing botli mules, demolishing
tlio wagon, nnd so injuring the driver, n
farmer named Vorrell, that ho died soon
after reaching West Point, where lie was
taken.
Tho Committee on Education of the
Georgia House of Representatives lias
reported a school hill authorizing n levy
of ono-tentb of one per cent on the tax
able property of the slate for school pur
poses. This law would raise, it is said,
$300,000 net which, with other moneys
appropriated, would give a total fund of
$800,000, sufficient to keep tho schools
open four months in the year.
The people of Charleston, 8. C., have
just issued an official document showing
tlio wonderful progress mnde in tho
resurrection of a year, since the earth
quake. It shows that 0,050 residences
nnd other buildings xvcrc rebuilt or re
paired; 271 new buildings erected; a
town in itself. The cost of the rebuild
ing and repairs was $4,204,775; Charles
ton spent on this work $3,000,000, the
balance coming from outside the city.
A white man nnmed Houston in Au
gusta, Ga., has engaged lawyers to pros
ecute Bcrrian Rachaels, a county convict
guard, for having his nephew whipped.
Houston stated tlmt his nephew, who is
a small boy, wa's employed on tho Snnd-
Rnr Ferry rond, near where tho convicts
me working, nnd that a few days since
lie refused to do something Rachaels de
manded him to do, when Rachaels had a
burly negro convict to catch and whip
the boy severely.
Two women were caught at work in an
illicit distillery in Habersham county,
Georein. They were Mary Ann Dover
and Sarah Adaline Dover., Deputy Col
lector Strong and Deputy Marshal Nix
were scouring the country near Clarkes-
ville, when they came upon the distillery
in nctivo operation, the women being en
gaged in making corn whiskey and apple
brandy. Tho officers destroyed the still
and other apparatus, but when it came to
arrests, their gallantry got tho best of
them and they let the women go.
When Sherman left Columbia, 8. C.,
on fire, there was but one house on the
principal thoroughfare left, No 243 on
the cast side of Main, between Richland
and Lumber street. This sole ^survivor
was destroyed by fire a day or two since.
The house was a two-story wooden
occurw
DOTS FROM WASHINGTON.
PREPARING FOR HARD WORK
NEXT WINTER,
A|i|iolntineau of ftnnilirm Men—Intrrmllng
Report* of Drpnrlinent Dfllrera-Notts
About Noted Omelul*.
hr..a;uHV.fami.^andwnsown«lhyA.-
llon
inquired before the fibre is ready to
exiiiuler Civil, who built it in 1802. At
*1,,-,. of Sherman’s visit it xvas rented
mill occupied by Theodore Iluchet and
family.
l’LEURO-l’NKUMRNIA.
Thlrtv-throo cows belonging, to John
Cliv ft milkman in Baltimore county,
li t ’ nffm-tod with pleuro pneumonia,
$18 per head tot tbem<
Till? THOEIiE-CAltLISLE IMRE.
The testimony in the contested election
ense of George II. Thoebc against John
O. Carlisle, 0th Congressional District of
Kentucky, was opened by the Clerk of
the House ami ordered printed. Mr. Car
lisle nppeared in his own belinlf nnd
Gen. J. Hale Sypher, cx-membcr from
Louisiana, appeared as counsel for Mr.
Tlioebe.
RESIGNED.
Assistant Secretary Porterlins tendered
his resignation, lie lonves the Depart
ment of State witli tlic best feelings for
all of its officials, nnd is only influenced
to adopt tbit course by reason of Mrs.
Porter's ill health nnd other reasons pure
ly personal nnd private. He will return
to Ilia home in Team
... .eiinessce upon the
linqtiishmcn of his office.t
AMERICAN SCIENTIST IN CHINA.
Tho Department of State 1ms been in
formed that Prof, Church, of Columbia
College, of New York, n distinguished
mining expert, recently arrived at Tient
sin, Chinn, nnd entered the service of the
Viceroy, Li Hung Chang. He lias made
a personal examination of nnd full report
upon tho interior Chinese copper nnd sil
ver mines, in which he deprecates tho
continuance of the old system of hand
labor iu iniucn and recommends tho
adoption of machinery, which will bo
bought in the United States.
LAND OFFICE METHODS.
Chief Clerk Walker, of tho General
Land Office, Ims issued au order t> the
chiefs of the divisions where applications
for land patents are examined, xvhich it
is said will facilitate issuing of (intents
in cases where no questions of irregularity
have been raised. These cases nro to be
pnssed upon ns rapidly ns possible, nml
whore there is nny defect or omissions,
or where an amendment is required, the
necessary steps are to be taken forthwith
to close tho case. The filing nwny in
definitely of suspended cases is expressly
prohibited. The clerks examining tlio
cases are required simply to report tire
facts, and they will be rated for efficiency
on tire record tints made.
TIIF. POCTOHH CALLED.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland
received members of the International
Medical Congress with their wives and
lady friends at the White House. The
timo assigned for the reception was i no
hour, a visit to the Corcoran art gallery
having been planned for the latter por
tion of tho evening. When, however,
the hour had expired, there still remained
a line extending to the west gate anil
tlienco along the entire front of the
White House grounds, composed of la
dies nnd gentlemen still uniting an op
portunity to pay their respects. The
reception was therefore prolonged until
all lmd been presented, it is estimated
tlmt the number received was not less
than 5,000. The reception took place in
the blue parlor, where several of the
lending local physicians, witli their
wives, were stationed.
MRS. CLEVELAND’S ANBWF.Il.
Tho President’s wife 1ms declined the
invitation to present flags to tlio New
York fire department in the following
letter: Executive Mansion, Washington,
September 5th, 1887.—Hon. Abram S.
Hewitt, Mayor of Nexv York City; Hon.
R. Beckman, president board aldermen,
lion. James. K. Fitzgerald,—Gentlemen:
I have received your pleasing note, re
questing me on belmlf of the donors of
certain llagb to lie presented to the New
York fire depnitmcnt, ns well as in behalf
of the citizens of New York generally,
nnd tho executive nnd legislative brunches
of the city government, to deliver the
colors mentioned by tlio fire department
on such a day in September, ns shall suit
my convenience. It would certainly af
ford me a pleasure to contribute, in any
degree, to tlio significance of this occa
sion, nnd to the satisfaction of the brave
and gallant men, whose services are thus
to bo recognized. I hope, however, thnt
I shall not be misunderstood when I
base my declinntion of your kind invita
tion upon my unwillingness to assume
thnt I, ns tho wife of a President, ought
to participate so prominently in a public
ceremony, in which he took no part.
Yours very truly, Francis Folsom
Cleveland." The letter is in Mrs.
Cleveland’s own handwriting.
NOTES.
Tho Acting Secretary of the Treasury
has appointed John R. Milliken to be a
gauger at Pittsboro, N. C.
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury
has appointed William B. Webb to be
United States gauger nt Grnin Valley,
Mo.
Tho Acting Secretary of tho Treasury
has appointed John A. Davis to be
gauger in the 0th district of Virginia,
and David Poindexter to be gauger in
the 5th district of North Carolina.
Tho contract for furnishing* 300,000
pounds of distinctive paper for use in
printing internal revenue stamps has been
awarded to the Fairchild Paper Company,
of East Poppcrell, Mass., at seven and
one-fifth cents per pound.
SINGULAR MISS NELSON.
A rare case of emotional kleptomania
is exciting the scientists of Boston, Mass.
The culprit, patient or victim, whichever
slie deserves to be called, is Minnie Nel-
son, whose age is put down in the police
record as 22. She is a fine-looking wo
man, whose strange mental condition re
sults entirely from excessive use of li
quor. She was arrested recently for
kidnapping the four-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Donovan. The singular part of her
mania is that she never thinks °f steal
ing a child when sho is sober. At such
times any mother is perfectly safe in let-
1 inir her children run arounci whore Miss
Nefsou is without the slightest fear.
Ragged or richly dressed, pretty or
homely, tidy or soiled, all children are
alike to her under those circumstances.
Tho causo of this remarkable mania is a
puzzle to the physicians, and sho will
doubtless bo placed custody soon and
clo.ely watched to *ee if if i» possible to
wive the uyrsteqr. ,
GENERAL NEWS.
PHOTOGRAPHS %F HATTERS IN
AMERICA AND EUROPE,
Home ltule Aaltnllon—Rolling I'ot of
Foroprnn I'ollllc*—Lnbor .Muller*
nt Home nml Abronil, dr.
A razor was found in the cell of A. R,
Parsons, the coudomucd Chicago, 111., an
archist, with which ho intended to com
mit suicide.
E. S. Wheeler & Co., of New Haven,
Conn., failed for $2,000,000. The firm
carries on, among other enterprises, the
New Haven Wire Company.
Tile Liberal League, at a meeting in
Alexandria Palace in London, resolved to
establish branches of that association
wherever National League lodges nro
prohibited in Ireland.
Tho proposed evictions on tlio Ponson-
by estates, in Ireland, hnvo been aban
doned. Under tho provisions of tlio land
net, twenty-six of the Ponsonby tenants
nro protected and cannot bo evicted.
While a big gun was being cast at Viok-
cr's foundry, in Sheffield, England, the
mould exploded, killing four men on I he
spot and injuring many others. The
buildings of tlio establishment were more
or less shattered.
Greemvay, Smith & Oreonwny’s bank
at Warwick, England, 1ms failed. Tlio
bank hurl b en established for a century,
and had the highest reputation for
soundness. It is feared tlmt tho failure
will cause widespread ruin.
Clara Hurton, president of tho Ameri
can National Association of tho Red
Cross, and Dr. J. R. llubbell, general
field ngent of the association, sniled on
Hie steamer Arizona to attend tho inter
national conference of tho Red Cross, to
be held at Carlsruho, Germany.
An official note issued by tlio Brazilian
legation, at Paris, Franco, indicates an
intention on the part of the Brazilian gov
ernment to suppress an attempt made
under tlio auspices of Frenchmen in
Guiana to found a republic in tlio neutral
territory of Coununin, between Brazil nnd
Guiana.
A state of nnnrchy prcvnils at Hono
lulu, nnd tlio llritisli government having
sent several warships there to make de
mands in connection with a loan recently
negotiated in England, it is not unlikely
tlmt the United States government will
assume a sort of protectorate over Ha
waii until affairs are straightened out.
A schooner loaded with naptha was
lying near tlio whnrf opposite John II.
Cunningham's great oil store, near the
Chelsea end of Chelsea bridge, Boston,
Mass. Four men were on deck and one
below. Suddenly there was a pull of
black smoke and then a tremendous ex
plosion, anil a man on the bridge saw the
deck of tile vessel rise into the air. In
tile midst of flume and smoke were tire
bodies of four men. They wero hurled
high above the schooner nnd then fell
back into the flames. Tho fifih man
jumped overboard and was drowned.
The flames quickly spread to Cunning-
li in’s store-house, which wns soon de
stroyed.
TERRIFIC BLOW.
Ohio I* VUIIeil by n Tornmlo, Wlileli (nnsei
Much llnmniie—No Lives Lost.
A tornado struck Sylvnnin, Ohio, blow
ing down two gas well derricks and
wrenching a boiler from its brick foun
dation. Three horses in a pasture wero
killed by falling trees. All tall treie
were leveled. One farmer lmd fifty
acres of fine timber all blown down. A
brick school-house, at Micliie, xvas de
stroyed. The traek’of the tornado was
south by east from there along the lino of
tlm Toledo & Ohio railroad, and is from
one to two hundred yards wide. No
fences or tall trees are standing. Corn
is scattered and houses and barns arc un
roofed for miles. At Wntersvillc, nud
other villages to the southward, much
damage was done. The slate roofs of a
number of buildings wore badly damaged
and the towering chimneys ol the main
building of the insane asylum were blown
down, crushing in the roof. The total
loss to the insane asylum is $8,000. Dr.
Embry, assistant superintendent of the
asylum, wns driving into tho grounds at
the time, llis wife and little daughter
were with him. His buggy was over
turned and all three were thrown out.
The doctor held on to the horse, which
witli tho vehicle, xvas lifted nnd carried
several roils. His xvife and child xvero
carried over a hundred feet and dropped
into a ditch of txvo feet of xvuter, from
xvhich they were rescued unhurt. Tlio
Wabash train met the center of the tor
nado and the smoke stack of the locomo
tive xvas bloxvn off.
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.
At a session of the Catholic University
held in Washington, D. C., xvero present
Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia; Bish
ops Spnulding, of Peoria; Mnrty, of Da
kota; Mase, of Covington; Revs. Dr.
John S. Foley, of Baltimore, and Clinp-
pellc of Washington, nnd Messrs. Eugene
Kelly, of Nexv York, and Thomas Wag-
gaman, of Washington, 'l'lie selection
of n site was determined upon and Wash
ington City selected as the choice of a
majority of tho archbishops and bishops
of the United States. Plans for the build
ings xvere presented and adopted. It
was resolved to begin xvork during tho
present fall. Rev. Dr. Keane, bishop of
Richmond, Vn., xvus elected ns first rec
tor of the university. A building com
mittee, consisting of Archbishop Wil
liams, Bishop Keane, and Thomas Wug-
gaman, was appointed. It is said that
eight million dollars xvill be required to
build and place the university on a solid
basis. Of tlmt amount about $700,000
has been secured, including the $300,000
donated by Miss Caldwell. The theolog
ical department xvill be first to be opened
anil that xvill bo under charge of tho order
of St. Sulpico.
UNEASY I'F.Ol'LH.
The revolutionary force under Bnhomi,
it is reported at Panama, surprised and
took possession of Port Haunion. Tho
garrison was betrayed by two officers.
Thp fight between the revolutionists and
government troops is r< ported to have
Leon very severe. A general rising is
feared in'Sag Salvador, Guatemala mid
Honduras.
ROASTED TO DEATH.
rvrsisq or the theatre roy
al AT EXETER, 1\ ESQ LA SD.
During llu* I’orfftrninnco of “Itomnny llyc M
A Ftr«» llrcnlifl Out, nn<1 I AO IVopIo
Ii«m* Tlit'lr IjtvoM.
The Theatre Royal, nt Exeter, England,
took lire during a performance of “Ro
many Rye.” The occupants of the pit,
after an nwful struggle, osenped, but
ninny of them xvcrc grcntly injured.
There wns only ono exit from the gallery,
nnd the rush there was terrific. Scores
xvero trodden under foot nnd suffocated.
Fire escapes xvero brought to tlio xvin-
doxv and mnny inside xvere rescued.
Sixty corpses liavo been removed. Tlio
injured survivors xvere sent to the hos
pital. Tlio mortality is estimated at 100.
The structure xvas built after the latest
designs, nnd xvas elaborately fitted, being
considered one of the prettiest in Great
Britinn. There xvas a full house, nnd
everything wns all right until tho end of
tho third act, nt hnlf-pnst ten o'clock,
xvhen n drop scene fell nnd in a moment
tho xvliolfi stmjo xvas n mass of fire,
and a wild panic ensued. Occupants of
tlio stalls, ]iit and dress circle escaped
after a dreadful crushing, many being
badly bruised. The actors and nctresscs
xvero in tiieir dressing rooms xvhen the
tiro began, nnd all esenned. The fire
originated in the flies and spread rapidly,
filling tho thentro with a dense smoke.
Occupants of tlio upper circlo nnd gallery
rushed to tlio xvindown scrcnming fran
tically, nnd mnny jumped from the win
dows and xvero injured, nnd others were
rescued with the aid of ladders from tho
verandas. Tlio fire blazed fiercely, light
ing up the xvliolo city. People xvero seen
flocking to tho sceno in thousands, in
quiring fur friends.
The sceno inside tlio thentro when
tho fire broko out xvas an nxvful
ono. Some men implored tlio nu-i
dienco to bo cool, but it was impossi
ble to check the frantic rush. Tho then-;
ter hose xvns brought into use in a fowl
minutes, but tho xvnter hnd littlo effect;
on the flames. Tlio actors nnd nctresscs
xvere taken out from xviniloxvs with the
aid of ladders. They lost everything
except what they xvore nt the timo. Up
to tho press timo ono hundred nnd thirty
bodies hnvo been recovered. They nrci
almost unrecognizable. Thirty injurcij
survivors have been taken to tlio hospi
tals. Fire burned throughout the night.
Search for tho bodies proceeds slowly)
In many eases every shred of clothing b t i
burned off nnd tho bodies look black and
raw. There nro various reports ns to the
origin of the lire. It is only certain limit
tlio llmncs broke out in tho scono-shiftcrs!’
department. Tlio fire brigade arrived
five minutes after the breaking out of the
flames, blit the efforts of the firemen xvere
without effect. A majority of the vic
tims were men and boys. A bout thirty
women xvere burned.
When tho fire stnrted, a drop scene xvas
lowered to prevent the draught. Some
of tho actors opened a door to escape,
causing the fire to burst through tho ilroq
sceno nnd to ignite tlio giTliery. The
flames overtook people xvlio were wedge 1
in an immovable mass nnd roasted them
to dentil, and many xvlio were rescue:1
nlive died soon after being brought out
of tho burning building, Tne occupant s
of tho dress circle escaped xvithout seri
ous barm.
INTERNATIONAL MEIIICAL CONHIIKHW.
One of 1 he most important meetings
of tlio medical profession lias convened
at Washington, D. C., being (lie ninth
session of the International Medical Com-
gress, nud about 2,000 practitioners uiro
on hand. There is but ono female phyis-
cian in attendance, Dr. Fanny Dickin
son, of Chicago, xvlio is the first woman
doctor ever admitted as a delegate Ito
the congress. Among tho eminent den
tists are Dr. G. Wedgewood, of London,
ami I)r. J. G. Youngor, of California,
who xvill read papers on tho implantation
of teeth; Dr. William Wallnce Walker
and Dr. A. L. Northrop, of Nexv York
city; Dr. J. II. McKellops, of St. Louis;
Dr. L. D. Shepherd, of Boston, Mass.,
who xvill give clinics in operative den
tistry. Tho officers are: President
Nathan 8. Davis, M. I)., LL.D., Chicago;
secretary, General John I). Hamilton,
M. ' D., supervising surgeon general
United States marino hospital service;
treasurer, G. S. F. Arnold, M. I).,
M.R.C.S., Newport, II. I.; chairman
finance committee, Richard J. Dunglison,
M. I)., Philadelphia; chairman executive
committee, Henry 11. Smith, M. D.,
Philadelphia; associate secretary, W;m.
If. Atkinson.
HINUULAIt MUiClIlE.
John M. Bramlett, a clerk in the dirug
store of J. W. Posey & Bro., nt Union,
S. C., committed suicide recently, and
xvas found dead in his bed. Ho left this
letteron bistable: “Union, Sep. 3d,1887.
Pin xveary of this xvorlil it lias no
charms for me: I don’t believe thersnny
heaven or hell, I nm a miserable being to
bhold, don’t grieve after me dear friends
& relatives.” On tho back of the letter
and, presumably after he hnd taken the
deadly narcotic, xvns xvritten in pencil:
“What is to bo xvill be. What is not to
be xvon’t be.” lie looked very natural,
anil bis position in bed xvns as perfect ns
if lie had been laid out for the coffin.
Tho verdict of the coroner’s jury wa .
“That John Bramlett came to Ills death
by a deadly poison of a character and
kind unknown to the jury, administered
by his own hands,” It xvas a most de
liberate self-murder. No one can usMign
a reason for tlio deed. Bramlett xvas a
young man of good moral habits—n
member of the Baptist Church, about
txyenty-txvo years old and a native of
Laurens.
TRAIN WRECKING.
LABOR'S HOI,I DAY.
An attempt xvas made to wreck a Chic
ago. Milwaukee anil St. Paul train, con-i
vcying Burr Robinson's circus from Scot-;
land to Yankton, Dak. Old rails and
telegraph poles were placed across thei
track fifteen miles north of Ynnkton, but
as the train xvns running sloxvly tlio ipngi-
necr saw tlm obstruction in time to [Stop,
Three hours later, a southbound fribigiit;
came to a stop before’a largo pile optics,
which had been wedged between the rail*
at the same place,
Tho annual parndo of lnbor orgnnizn-
1 tlon^i xvas moro general this year
tlinn Inst. In Chicago, Boston, Cincin
nati, Detroit, Indianapolis, Baltimore,
'Newark, Now Haven, Buffalo, Albany,
Brooklyn, Philadelphia nml other large
labor centers, tlio ceremonies xvere elab
orate nnd crowds of workingmen paraded
tho streets. At Now York fully 25,000
men, belonging to nearly every tra lo or
ganization in tlio cily, xvero in line. In
the ranks were printiug presses in opera
tion; linker’s ovens In full blast; a num
ber of large safes, sailing boats fully
equipped nnd a group of “squaws’’ rep
resented by cignrotte manufacturing girls.
The proeession xvns bonded by a platoon
of mounted police, nnd the route xvas
down Broaitwny from Thirteenth to
Fourth street, to Fiftli nvonuc, to Union
square. At this point fully IOjOOO peo
ple wore massed, nud the reviewing stand
wns| located there. On tho stand xvero a
largo number of representative labor men
and women. Among them was Henry
Geqrgc, General Mnstcr Workman Pow-
derjy, nml Rev. Dr. McGlynn, who xvero
announced to attend, xvns not; present.
Nojlwitlutnnding tlio tabooing of red
flags, there wero many of them in tho
lint), but the red in each case xvas relieved
by (colors less suggestive which, in letters
of gold, told which labor organization
was carrying it. No distinctly socialistic
flag wns to be seen.
NIMON’N LITTLE GAME.
The county treasurer’s snfo doors at
Greenville, Darke county, Ohio, were
found open nnd $48,000 missing. The
treasurer, John L. Simon, xvns not. nt
borne, but it is rumored that ho only xvont
to iVersnillcs to visit Ids father. Tliecotn-
binntion xvns not injured. Simon gives
no account except to mnkc out that tho
robbery bail been committed unknoxvn to
him. He xveeps nml nppenrs to bo in
grjiat distress, liis shoe store, contain
ing a large itock, lias been closed by tho
sheriff. The commissioners hnvo ordered
an iinvestigation immediately. Treasurer
Simon, and his son Harry, xvero arrested
and brought before Squire Myers, the
former charged with tlio embezzlement
of $35.0t)0 nnd tho son with grand lnr-
eeny to the amount of $40,000. An
examination xvas xvaiveil and tlio treas
urer gave $5,000 bail nml the son $1)00
loir iheir appearance at tho next term of
tlie court.
HUNTING .SILVER MINEAI.
Prospectors are roaming about tho
mouutain country of Tennessee, through
which railroads arc to pass, seeking ore
birds. Lands ran now he bought for
merely nominal prices. Rich lend and
silver lmvo been found in several localities.
It) an immense cave in Putnam county
five distinct veins of lead liavo been
found. Load ami silver nro said to ex
ist in tlie upper edge of Smith nml the
adjoining portion of Jackson county.
The lend ore is said to be the cause of
deadly sick lies'! there, tlio poisonous salts
becoming dissolved in tlio water. There
i«4 large cave on tho premises of Hop
Leo in tlie same section, from xvhich vnl-
uablo specimens of lend ore have been ob
tained. This ore is also tmid to give off
n|oxious gnscs that render tlie exploration
o,f the cave very dnngerous. Three men
xvlio wentinto tho cave recently xvero suf-
f located.
ATTEMPTED INCENDIARISM.
Three detectives from Birmingham,
^la., xvont up to Decatur nnd caught six
men in the act of setting fire to a caboose
in tlie yard. Ono of the strikers gave
away the plot to tlie detectives, stating
tlmt tlie strikers lmd planned to destroy
i|ll tlie company’s ears in tlie yard, six
men xvere detailed to sot fire to them.
Tlie three detectives xvere on tlio spot in
time and captured four of the men as
t hey xvere setting tiro to the second car.
'l’xvo of the six men escaped in tlie dnrk-
jioss, but tlie others xvere lodged in jail.
The men arrested arc John Henry Epaine,
Davy Foreman and A. C. Thomas. The
jirrest of tho ringleaders stopped nil
troubles and the rest went back to work.
One new man xvas ussaultcd by three
(strikers, but xvas not seriously hurt. A
train xvas xvrecked by tho strikers, but no
one xvas hurt.
NAl’DLEON HI.
Arrangements are noxv perfected for
the removal of tlie remains of Napoleon
III, and the Prince Imperial front Chisel-
burst, England, to the nexv mortunry
crypt in the mausoleum on Fnrnborough
Hill, but the date of the ceremony is not
yet stnlcd. Two great ted granite snr-
copbogi, not unlike tlie one at the
Invnliacs, liavo been placed on either
side of tho altar. That of tlie Emperor
xvas the gift of Queen Victoria to the
Empress Eugenie, but tlie miter buys the
other for her son herself. Meanwhile
tlie coffins are in tho church nt Chisel-
hurst. Their removal xvill be the occas
ion of a solemn and magnificent function,
it being Queen Victoria’s command that
full military honors be paid to botli
father and ton, and doubtless an im
mense crowd xvill be attracted from Lon
don.
DEATH OF AN EX-GOVERNOR.
Ex-Governor William Aikiu died nt
his country plnce at Flat Rock, N. C.,
aged eighty-ono. lie xvas governor of
South Carolina ill 1844, and congressman
from 1851 to 1857. Ho xvas before the
War tho largest slave-holder in the state,
and xvas it successful rice planter. He
consistently opposed nullification and se
cession, and took no part in politics after
leaving Congress. He xvns also one of
the first appointed trustees of the Pen-
body fund.
FOUND AT LAST.
Mr. Gamble, a citizen of Anniston,
Ala., who lias just returned from a visit
lo the City of Mexico, reports that ho
saw and recognized in that city Marsh T.
Polk, the defaulting state treasurer of
Tennessee. He says that he knew Polk
well, nnd that he is noxv engaged in bus
iness in Mexico. It xvill bo remembered
that circumstantial accounts of Polk’s
illness, death and burial in Tennessee
v«to publiibed several /ears ago,
THE SOUTHERN FARMER
W
GENERAL PROSPERITY IS THE
RULE ALL OVER THE SOUTH.
What Mwrel Pdnii la the lleat—Trentmrat
el lleraes-FIno Outlook In SntkCan*
Ilna-Ponlirj! Notre*
SWEET POTATOES.
Of the varieties of sweet, potatoes, moot
generally cultivated for tnble use that
known ns tlio Gcorgin yam or sugar
yam is considered best for the Southern
taste which demands a “Wot” potato!*
This variety, boxvever, is not very pro
ductive, nor xvill it hear into planting.
Next in quality, nnd moro productive,la
tlie variety known ns the pumpkin ynm,
which is deep yellow xvhen cooked,
hence its name. Tlie flesh of tho Gcor
gin ynm is of a light yellow when cooked.
For stock, the more productive varieties,
such ns tlie St. Domingo nnd Ilnyti yam,
are preferred. Under identical circum
stances, those txvo varieties will produce
two or three times ns much ss tho Geor
gia ynm.
HOME COMFORT.
Swcot pillows may bo mndo by tho
thou«nnds at very trilling cost by shred
ding, xvith the fingors, or with a wido
prolonged steel fork, out of tho shucks
taken from green corn, and placing them
in tho sun for bleaching. After being
thoroughly dried, without rnin or dew,
they will be white, sxvcet nnd nico nntl
ready for a tick of nny sizo desired. For
summer uso, pillows made in this way xvill
bo found elegant upon xvhich to rest a
xveary head, ns they nro much cooler than
fenthers, moss, or curled hair. Tho
beauty nbout it is that every fnmily can
manufacture their own piiloxvs almost
without cost, and from shucks generally
tbroxvn away.
Bourn Carolina’s prosperity.
Tho outlook for tho planters and farm
ers in South Carolina is especially bright,
in spite of tho discouraging statements
which hnvo been received. Tho special
report.furnished by the Stato Department
of Agriculture, shows in general terms
thnt, iis compared with the crops of last
year, thore will be 000,000 bales of cot
ton, an increaso of 07,000 bales, 0,000,-
000 bushels of corn, 400,000 bushels of
xvhent, ami 450,000 bushels of oats, to
gether with a slight increaso in tho rico
crop nnd nn increase of about twenty per
cent, in sugar enno and sorghum. This
is almost ns encouraging a prospect ns
could be desired, for tho reason thnt tho
planters nnd fnrmors have xvorkod this
year nt comparatively sinnll expense, anil
have but few debts to pny. Their deter
mination to make sure of their meat nnd
bread is marked out in tho enormous in
crease in tho crops of corn and small
grain.
TREATMENT OF HORSES.
Never rido n horse without first mak
ing his ncqunintnnco and securing his
good will. Go to his head, speak kind
ly, pat him, look in his eyes. Whether
you are a friend or foe, lie xvill judge by
your voice, your oyo and your brenth.
Horses judge a man ns quickly as a man
docs a horse. Feed hnd water abundant
ly at night ufter xvork nnd tho animal
lias hnd time to rest and cool off. Feed ;
moderately in the morning or before
work. Pnrtliians nnd Arabs prepare their,
horses for hard drives by fasting rather
than feasting. More horses nro injured
by hard driving on n full stomach than
by any other process. Never let a horse
cat or drink much when ho is hot from
xvork. Study your horse, treat him ac
cording to ids nature, make him your
friend, nud ho xvill do better and safer
xvork.
rOULTRY MATTERS.
A Tennesseo Receipt:—One of the best
cholera preventatives is tlie Dougins mix
ture: One pound sulphate iron,, (copper- •
as) and ouo oz. sulphuric acid, put into
two gallons of water. Put one tabic-
spoonful of this mixture in each pint of
drinking water daily for cure, nnd week
ly ns a preventative.
Exhibit Your Birds:—If you nro a
breeder of fine poultry, you of course aim
to exhibit your fowls nt tlie poultry
shoxv this season, nnd lucky xvill he those
xvlio xvin prizes, for tlie prospective pur
chaser will closely cxnmiuc tho list of
awards to see xvho has xvon first prizes on
tho vnriety he xvishes to purchnso and
will invariably send his order to tho
breeder who has xvon, ns it is good ovi-
ilei ce that said breeder has good stock
and is much more convincing proof than
n flaming advertisement or circular. Any
breeder can get up a fine circular or au
attractive advertisement, but only tho
owner of fine birds can xvin first prizes nt
our poultry shows xvhero competition
is generally keen.—Southern Poultry
Yard.
Feed Board:—For feeding the young
chicks wo urge tlio use of a smooth
board easily cleaned, hence not capable
of enrrying disense to the chicks. Throw
the feod ou the board, xvhich should hnvo
on it some sand and charcoal. Thorough
ly cleanse the bnard at least three times
each week. As tho chicks groxv older
and capable of xvasting the food by trampl
ing it, protect it by a light lattice framo
with the slafc running perpendicularly,
so the chicks can reach through for their
food. At this stage the feed board should
be narrow, so that the chicks can rcuch to
the middle.—Atlanta, Ga., Southern Farm.
Hardy Fowl :-The Wyandotte xvill stead
ily gain favor in the South. It is a me
dium-sized foxvl, hardy, easily confined
in close quarters, but uctive and a good
forager xvhen given range; hcavy-ment-
ed, small-boned, good layer, rapid grow
er, good sitter and mother; clcan-legged,
of high yelloxv color, rose combed, small
crop anil small eater, smnll offal, and
beautiful form and feather.
RUSSIA'S COTTON MILL,
The Russian court chamberlain, Mit-
ehnqoff, Prince Demiiloff and a party of
milliounires, are inspecting (he cotton
fields of Bokhara with a viexv to select
ing a suitable site on tho lino of the
projected Snmnrcand railxvny for a cotton
mill. A large portion of the material
nml the overseers will be Americun. .
Like Poor Fireworks.
“Maria,” said Podgkins, who has a
family of grown-up daughters, “our
girls seem like poor fireworks.”
“Like poor fireworks. JoUa? Howl”
“The/fail to go oft,'*