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THE MERCURY.
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1880.
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.VOLUME VIII.
SANDERSVILLE. GA.. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1887.
NUMBER 13.
WASHINGTON ITEMS,
pictures or run doings at
TIIU NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Tito lloiiiirtiiiontK Getting Down In
Again—Tlio .NiuIoii’h Flunnrrn—Appolnt-
tiimm nml KtunovaU-fot-gniml*.
UEKU INVESTIGATION.
It is the intention of Qoinniissioncr
Miller, of the Internal Revenue Uuronn,
to tninsmit to Congress the result of ,tlic
investigations ho is about to mitko into
tlie nnrity of the different brands of beer,
]f ik leti riouii adulterations are revealed,
the commissioner will suggest that Con-
gross confer power upon the bureau to
prevent the making of impure beer.
GREEKS COMING,
According to a report received at the
Plate Department, tliorc is in Greece n
rumor that Greek laborers are wanted in
Amerie i, mid that the United , States
(iovernineiit will furnish transportation.
Consular Agent McDowell at Pir.eus cs-
timales that 300 persons have Sailed for
America from that jmrt during the last
two months. lie says these people
tnnrtgagc or sell their possessions, leave
their families uml sail for America.
11KN. HANKS - * AlTOlfNTS.
(Ira. Natlmniel 1‘. Ranks, United
Sluies Marshal at Boston, Mass., has been
very deliiiipient in sending in liis ac
counts In the Depaitmeiit of Justice, and
(special examiner of the department is
limv making an oxnmination of bis ac-
counts, as there is a considerable sum of
in unaccounted for. The result of
llnr\limitation will be forwarded to tho
■part of Justice, nnd if any irrog-
uiiic should appear, the First Comp,
ill* i of the Treasury will cull upon
■a. Banks for an explanation.
ANUS II,1,KHALI,Y 1 IK I, II 11V RAILROADS,
The Co of the General Land 1
li >• has completed the adjustment of
IV 'abroad grants. The adjustment
ors that the Hi. Joseph * Denver City
i p,mi i onipany would ho entitled to
Jd'-V.i a res more thin leepived. lathe
n r r.alit eases till'adjustment shows
it an aggregate of 1,8311,<180 acres have
in eironeoiisly patenleil or eertilieil ia
rvss ol tile amounts due under the
tuts,and ihat tlm same companies lmve
■d li- s of selections aggregating 1,-
;l.:siG acres in addition, making a total
st17,StM aerea received and claimed
excess of the grants.
DUI.'NKKN OFFU'KIIS.
All epidemic of dlimkenness seems to
prevailed in the aimy and navy du-
-iimmer, all', i ting even the mil-
:■ ae nlemy nt West Point, mul the
P avmis of both departments, many
lii offenses of otlieeis in ibis respect
'in : I condoned, to the great dot-
| ' .it el discipline], A pinminent iiriny
i"! 'I Wa-.li.ugton is I’epie ented as
lina in regard to the extent of this
i'. that it eviu'y man who v.as found
'i'k, even while oil duty, is dismissed
ia la service,'our li tile imny will soon
' ” be to a corporal's guard. It makes
a i heal of il fferi'iiee, however,
,• tii'i the olll.cr has inllueaee.
THE 0, A. R, MEET,
St. I.o at j, Alt)., Give* i lie Bolillrm „ Very
(Jonllnl Welcome.
No such crowd was ever handled in St.
Louis, Mo., as appeared at the first day
ol the assembling in annual
THE WORLD OYER.
. .. in annual encampment
of the G. A, R. veterans. Governors nnd
ex-governors reported from time to time,
anil the following were ready to take the
H'V'ewmgstand: Governor Oglesby, of
Illinois; Rusk, of Wisconsin; Stone, of
California; Uelcher, of Missouri; Craxv-
hird of Kansas; Evans, of Colorado;
Hm.dcis of Nebraska; Pierrepont, of
Ue«t Virginia; ex-Govcnor William
I Sprague of Rhode Island ; ox-Vieo-Pres-
i'.ent 1 ritiiiiih.il Hamlin, An extended
progiiitnYhci of receptions, luncheons and
ilmners hail been prepared for their on-
ertainment for the week. Ih the evening
anil Caro:
Ml L mil (
NOTES.
ebb has been appointed
G linger for the lith Yir-
11st riot.
house boat, the first ever
■i vice, is to bo jmilt by
"mb ridge, Linwood, W.
uT Cape ciiurles, Va,
s, of South Carolina, a
etor, and William Wright,
in i, a timber agent in the
Illice, have resigned.
more train-wrecking.
fln'iT Dnntiit'illy Avis liy lliiillsioveri'il VII.
Iiilns-No Lives Lost.
An attempt was made to wreck a St.
mis express train on the Fitchburg,
“W road, about one nnd a half miles
* ll "Vi-‘tin-tiiwnof North Pownal, Vermont.
Lngiuet r I’hilling. in the dim moonlight,
niv an obstruction ou the track about
three train lengths ahead—the train was
Dinning about forty miles nu hour—nnd
heapplii',] tin. die brakes, stopping the
tram with n jerk, but not until tho cn-
8 m ,' : had struck the obstacle. This was
* pile <. f nine ties, (wo of which were
fl l| l' ( ' | l to the track. The engine did not
Ivave tli,' track, though several of the ties
'uni displaced from the pile laid across
me rails. A passenger train on tile Cairo,
hii" inn s a Chicago Railroad ran into a
'ft itp r> n the truck about eight miles
l 1 "f Vincennes. Tho log was as
h‘ r gc as a tliiur barrel, but the engine
nock."I it off. Over a hundred people
"ere on the train and felt considerable
•■inn over their narrow escape. A few
'riiis ago an attempt was made to wreck
I? "h' 0 'V Mississippi train between
■Mis and Hutson, Ohio. On this oceu-
rrossties were piled on the truck, but
ngiiii'er saw them in time to reverse
L '('"gi'.ie. The obstruction was strong
,i" ll "'i lo shake up the passengers and
""" tlie cab. A northbound pas-
"s 1 ' 1 train on tho Iron .Mountain Rail-
, ' "as wrecked near Walnut Ridge,
• "Hsus. Members c 7 Texarkana and
" firings Grand Army Posts were
Uiif' ^ lu pashongors’ on route to St.
Till; COTTON Cl 1(01*.
i-^hard II. Allen & o 0 .,of Now York,
'ii t | l * lc following crop report:
tj \ ew exceptional localities, the eu-
0 belt had beautiful weather for
'"BhiHl chopping out. No fields
li, e , [hhuiiluned to grass, as is usually
jj(li*®' !ll "l stands were perfect. It is
ct '. 1,1 form any estimate of the in-
tti'it 11 Ul llrlv "." <! , but it must have been
tivj,’ Hspoi'iul|y west of the Mississippi
01 J the f. rming population lias
Sri'c' V™' 1 * increased in a marked tie-
akiiig into consideration the p w-
feet St,
W'..| * 10 l ,r °UiibilLtyof little waste,
•Iran I*'' il ' :reH K° and, tlie absence of
IhihIh, we estimate the crop at
l0m 0 0)0.0 0 bales.
tr «l ter^ P " r a 0, 'k supreme ‘court, in gen-
coin;„."nn'med tlie judgment
OOOD.11Y JAKY!
JJ'uylrti,
'fiail
judgment of .the
. ----- of Jacob Hhnrpf
•be jin|,V." :ly ' 'hilroud briber, all four of
i l l l l! ':ili'ii' s Ul,l, p ,,ri hig. The case can be
Snari) ,,-ii, ? tllu court of appeals, but
I»c seut to Sing Sing at onoo.
, , , ...v. evening
loors of tlio Merchants Exchange
were thrown open for the soldiers nnd
tlioir friends, who were wending their
"ay to the reception tendered by tlie citi
zens of Ht. Louis, nnd the immense cham
ber was profusely decorated with bunt
ing, lings and stripes and streamersliang-
nig gracefully from the balconies. A
great banner welcomed tlie boys of 'Cl ,
A .fountain in the middle of the hull, filled
w 'tb lloweis and surrounded by tropical
111 tin lu rlueli...! L.i . - r . . * 1
EPITOME OF THE INTERESTING
NEWS OF THE VAX,
The Irish Troubles—I.nlinr Agitation livery,
where—Wlmt ii Doing North, i:„»u
Weal and Acroan tlie Hena.
M. Grevy will shortly resign the Presi
dency of France.
, Slight shocks of cnrtliqunko were felt
in Snutingo de Cuba. A shock was also
felt in Iiaracoa.
Tho epidemic of scnrlct fever in Lon
don, England, is still spreading. There
are now 1,000 cases in tho hospitals.
Tho Gaulois publishes n report, which
it does not credit, to the effect that the
remains of Napoleon I. have been stolen
from the tomb in the hotel lies Invalidos,
Paris, Franco, and cast to the winds.
Cardinal Gibbons accompanied by Ilcv.
Dr, P, L. Chappell, of Washington, left
Baltimore, Mil., by tho Pennsylvania
Railroad, for Portland, Oregon; but lie
"ill stop on route at Chicago, Milwaukee
mid St. Paul.
A violent storm has been raging
Three children of a farmer named Gad
bout, while playing on tlie island of Or
leans, near Quebec, Canada, where the
artillery competition was held recently,
found a shell and lighted the fuse. The
Loral) exploded uml killed thorn nil in
stantly.
Bailiffs, accompanied by a body of po-
stirringairs, while the crowd awaited tlie
coming of the speakers. Mayor Francis,
accompanied by war governors and oilier
distinguished guests, entered tlie hall
and took places on the platform. A few
minutes later Gen. Sherman entered, ac
companied bv two friends, mnl succeeded
in getting almost on the platform before . . . , ,
l ,p " !ls '"• SC0VlM ’ t,( l by tho veterans. Then j ^ cc > se i zt ‘d ft number of cattle belonging
J 1 s bowt went up and a rousing cheer. to u biniily named Hurley, at Kilbarrey,
I lie general was given an arm elnur in : I 'eland. A crowd at'aekcd the officers
front of the platform near I lie speaker's ! witl1 stones and pitchforks. Tho police
rostrum. | charged their assailants with fixed buyo-
Mnyor Francis arose, and turning to- n, ' ts > hayonetted several, lmt they
wards Gen. Fuirehild extended a hearty I " cre obliged to retreat without tho cut-
welcome to tlie Grand Army of the Re- tlu -
public. He called tile, eoinmandcr-iii- ! Fifty persons, principally Jews, have
elind sal tent inn to the fact that not only ! just been tried at Riga. Russia, on tliir-
i omrades-m-arms wore working imnnoni- i teen different charges of arson. The evi-
onsly side by side by many who, u quur- i deuce showed tlnit an extensive conspira-
ler of a eentury ago, were arrayed against ] cy had been formed to defraud insurance
them in civil strife, and Gen. Fairchild ; companies. Ten of (lie prisoners were
responded to thi* cordial greeting by the ! sentenced to Siberia for life, nineteen
nssiiruneu that when tho invitation was ; were acquitted and tho remainder were
accepted,it was with the belief and knowl- | sentenced to various terms of imprisim-
edge that Ht. Louis would do just ns she incut.
1' ul 'bine, and there Was not a moment
"hen members of the Grand Army
doubted the hospitable reception they
were to receive, ortho moment that they
ever thought of not coming. To nun
wlio More tlie gray he could say,they met
l hem with feelings of love and confidence,
and extend to them the right hand of fel
lowship. The Grand Army did not dig
up tlie hatchet or wave the bloody shirt.
There never hail been, from 1807‘to the
present time, among comrades, a thought
or feeling of malice to die South. Here
to-night were given words of welcome
which would ring out through tho land,
and when tlie Grand Army goes home
they will leave behind a portion of their
hearts. As his voice died out, a call for
Gen. Hhi'i'inatf was followed by a dozen
more ami then a tlood of cheers, but they
apparently fell on deaf ears, for, though
looking directly over tlie sea of luces, the
general gave no sign of response, and
Mayor Francis seized the opportunity of
tin* lull to introduce ex-Viee President
Hannibal Hamlin. Gov. Oglesby', of Ill
inois kept up tlie enthusiasm by a jocu
lar assault upon Gen. Sherman for not re
sponding to the repeated calls. As ho re
tired, the name of Hhermau flew from
mouth to mouth, and an ovation greeted
"l ncle Billy" as lie rose to answer to the
calls. Gen. Sherman found opportunity
to retire, and as tlie echo died out the
band struck up “Marching Through
Georgia.” Tlie veterans quickly caught
the tune anil 4,000 voices rent the air
again and again until the hall re-echoed
A meeting of Federal veterans of the
late War xvus held in New York, and a
labor club organized. Resolutions were
adopted to the end that the Government
should grant western lands to tlie war
veterans aud advance tlie passage money
nnd means for working laud, Tho mov
ers of tho resolution will attempt to se
cure the indorsement of tho union labor
party.
The military and police were present
at the eviction of Michnel Lane and
family, from their holding on Col. Mead
ows’s estate, at Ardnacrusha, in Limer
ick, Ireland. The Lillies made a stub
born resistance, and during tlie struggle
Mrs. Lane, with a poker, split open the
skull of Inspector Riley, xvlio xvas direct
ing tho eviction. Airs. Lane, her husband
and brother were arrested.
George Francis Train spoke for the first
time in many years, nt Webster lmll, in
New York, in favor of the condemned
Chicago anarchists. The proceeds of
admission fees charged were to go to the
support of tlie men's families. Mr.
Train spoke ramblingly for nearly two
hours, the most of the lime not refening
to the anarchists in any way. Train aid
that lie would speak every night for Hie
mmrehists families’support, until Novem
ber 11, tlie date of the hanging.
There was n rousing meeting hoi 1 in
tlie big hall of Cooper Union by the Man
hattan Temperance Association, which
served tlie double purpose of welcom
ing Neal Dow, ihe leader of the prohibi
with their choruses. Gov. Thayer, of ! tiouists, and greeting Dr. McQIynn. Mr.
Dow was introduced and spoke nt some
length. Dr. MeGlynn then responded to
repeated calls, and declared his appreci
ation of his greeting. He said tlie United
Labor party anil the prohibition jmity
were both striving to tlie same end.
In n letter from Wadelai, Africa, Emin
i Bey declares that ho will not return with
Stanley. He says: “I have passed
! twelve years here and have succeeded in
j reoccupying nearly every station in the
A party of five sportsmen and four I country which Gen. Gordon entrusted to
‘liters wore following a path nt Kaon, I me. I have won the trust and confidence
near Surplninc, on French territory, seven | of the people, sowing seed of a splendid
yards from tho frontier, when a person j future for civilization. It is out of the
standing behind a clump of trees on the question to ask ine to leave. All 1 want
German side, 80 yards from tlie frontier, England to do is to make a free trading
way to tlie coast.”
A special from the city of Mexico says,
that Gen. Juan N. Cortilla, xvlio lias been
N* lirnskn, Gov. Hprague, of Rhode Is
land, Gov. Solomon, of California, mnl
oilier honored guests made speeches, and
the evening's reception closed with three
rousing cheers.
DRAMATIC INCIDENT.
Herman Ofl'elnl* Eire on l' , rinrliinrn
JnUnnt Reparation Reninmlrit
tired three shots at them. The first bul
let did not bit anyone, but tlie second
killed one of tlie beaters, and a third se
verely wounded a gentleman named
a government prisoner eleven years, lias
AVanger, a pupil at Saninur cavalry just been released by order of President
school. German officials declare that a ohiz. For many years lie was a terror_ of
Gorman soldier named Kauffman, who tlie lower Rio G.mule. On one occasion
' he crossed that river and captured tlie
city of Brownsville, lie hasTiceii con
nected with several revolutions, nnd was
particularly conspicuous in that of Tux-
tepee, which brought President Diaz imo
power. Ilis restlessness and disturbing
spirit compelled the government to make
him a military prisoner. Ho is now old
ami infirm, and liis popularity is gone
mul he can no longer do harm.
was detailed to assist the forest guards
in preventing poaching, fired tho shots.
Kauffman affirms that lie shouted three
times for the party to halt before firing
oil them. He believed that they were on
German territory. The sportsmen de
clare that they heard nothing. Othcnils
on both sides of the frontier arc mak ng
inquiries into the shooting. Premier
Rovier conferred xvitli the minister of
foreign affairs and tho minister of justice
in relation to tlu incident after the receipt
of tlie official report of affairs, and it was
decided to send a note to Berlin request
in''' tlie German government, in the in
terest of tho continuation of friendly
relations, to institute mi inquiry into the
affair without delay. Count Von Mun
ster German ambassador at Paris, in an
interview xvitli Foreign Minister
Flomens, expressed regret nt tho occur
rence aud gave assurance that justice
would be done by the German govern
ment. Le Paris says: Germany xu llnuluu x ...
lmve to pay lieiwily f°r the shots me h uv isli with Ins money, slapping clown
tlie frontier. Unless Bismarck is >e $ioi) bills for frilling articles and declin-
upon n conflict, leading to a general " nr, j t0 accepit any change. It appears
ne will have to givo France Hill , , 1M ‘ ' ! that he arrived from England a few.
ti 0n . Germany never tights unless sue * mont j ls „g 0 burdened with more money
believes herself the strongest. Unce ^ t j jan | 1(J j- ucw w j la t to do with, and to
more sho xvill have to make amends. gratify a singular freak he made a bee
ri something to find a conqueror com- j ^ ^ T(JX ^ 0ccasi
A LIVKLY CIIAI*.
A young Englishman arrived in Gal
veston, Texas, registered at a hotel as
Garter G. Gordon, from Savannah, Ga.
Shortly afterward he created quite n sen
sation by walking up aud down the
principal streets clad in knee breeches, a
peaked straw hat and a huge capo over
coat, although the xveathcr xvas very
sultry. His eccentric conduct soon at
tracted attention, particularly as lie was
1 ' . .• il I UUtYG YT 11U iuii x*»
entitled to it. Until tho matter is '"i y . j oct ; V( , w(w st. Louis, xvhere bo in-
sifted let us keep our temper.’ Ike j tcu d e( i to be during tho Grand Army
fair has created great excitement in lu- encampment, and xvhere ho intended
rope mul stocks xvero badly affected. | S p 0n di n g bushels of money.
SOUTHERN BRIEFS
HP ADAH LE ITEJfS CARPPtfLLT
GATHERED HITHER AND TON.
Sorlal, Trnipornnoo nnd Ilcllglous IHove-
uicnta-FIrea, llentlia nnd 0tilctdea-ltall-
rond Opcratlona nnd Improveinoiita.
The glass factory in Atlanta, Ga,, de
st roved by tire several months since, has
been rebuilt.
J. B. Marshall, r drummer from Rich
mond, Va., xvas killed at liebnettsvlllc,
S. C., by a fall from a horse.
For fear the harmony of tho stnto fair
will he disturbed, tho Macon, Gn., au
thorities xvill expel tho Salvation Army.
William Henry Bishop, 21 years of
®j?0i xvas killed by n tiam on tlie East
Tenn., Virginia and Georgia Railroad,
near Hamlet, Ga. lie belongs to Dallas.
There xvas a frost throughout tho upper
section of the state of Virginiu, and tliore
are fears of great loss in tlie tobacco crop,
estimated at one-tliird of tlie crop vet in
the field.
Four stores at Seal near Columbus, Gu.,
xvero burglarized. They xvero occu
pied by B, M. Henry, E. F. Pyo and
two xvero vacant. At Henry’s store they
blew open tho safe, but got only four
dollars.
Patrick Kearney, a well-known stone
mason of Atlanta, Ga., it is said, while
under tlie influunco of liquor, was struck
by a Western aud Atlantic railroad truin
at tlie Whitehall street crossing, and had
a leg and arm crushed.
Tlie trustees of tlie II. E. Leo institute
nt Thomnston, Gil., lmve elected Prof. G.
G. Glover, of Atlanta, president of tho
college, to fill tlie vacancy caused by the
resignation of Prof. J. T, Newton, who
resigned to accept an appointment in tlie
War Department at Wasliington, I), O.
A call for a mass mooting lias been is
sued and signed by a large number of
prominent merchants of Nashville, Tenn,,
to consider the new proposition to bo
submitted by tlie Tennesseo Midland
Railroad Company, nnd to protest against
tlie frauds committed by tlie opponents
of the proposition voted on recently.
On the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, near
Jackson, Tenn..nil entire passenger train,
except tlie engine, was hurled from a
trostling while running forty-live mile*
an hour, and over thirty persons were in
jured, though, by xvlnit seems almost a
miracle, none were killed. The conchos
xvero thrown forty feet from tho track
and some turned completely over.
The Indies’ coach nnd sleeper of tho
southbound train on tlie Alabama Great
Southern Railroad, were thrown from tho
track, near Ft. Payne, Ala., by a broken
rail. The conch was badly wrecked, and
eighteen people were badly injured, nnd
some of them seriously. The sleeper was
only overturned and none of tho passen
gers on it were injured,
Tho news that the Macon & Covington
Railroad lias been placed in the hands of
a receiver came upon Alliens, Gn., like a
clap of thunder from a clear sky. To se
cure this road, Athens relinquished her
claims ou the Richmond & Danville to
extend tlie Northeastern to Clayton, Ga.,
and upon a solemn contraot from tliu
former railroad to take $117,500 worth of
bonds on the Macon & Covingtou.
Dr. James A. Gray died in Atlanta,
Gn. lie was a native of Monroe county,
where he was born on tho 20th of De
cember, 1819. He was tho son of Dr.
Joseph Gray, a prominent planter of that
county. He begun the study of medicine,
matriculating at the Atlanta Medical Col
lege, from which lie graduated in tlie
class of ’79. Hu took first honors in a
class which had forty-eight members. At
the time of his death lie was proctor of
tlie facility of tho college. He was u
Master Mason; a member and medical ex
aminer of Gate City Lodge K. of II.; wiu
surgeon of tlie Atlanta Rifles and a mem
ber of tlie Atlanta Society of Medicine.
Asa large excursion enr, on which
were twenty-five or thirty people, started
down Rose hill, at Columbus, Gn., tlie
brake at thu front end broke. The grade
is very steep, ami tlie car began to run ut
such a rapid rate that tlie mules were
soon swept io uiie side and left behind.
There was a perfect panic among the pas
sengers when they saw how rapidly tlie
car was going, and beheld another car at
tlie foot of the hill. A number of them
jumped and several were seriom-ly hurt.
George Layfield jumped xvitli his child
iu his arms, and the latter hud its skull
fractured. Hugh Glaze, a son of Col. \Y.
If. Glaze, xvas dangerously hurt, and it is
thought that his skull is fractured at the
base of tlie bruin.
RACE WAR IN TEXAS.
An insurrection is imminent among tlie
colored people in Mutugimln county, Tex.
The sheriff of Matagorda county sent a
courier to Sheriff Hicloy, of Brazier
county, nsking for immediuto assistance.
The courier stated that over 200 negroes
were under arms in Matagorda, and that
excitement among the xvhites was very
great. Tlie trouble arose over an at
tempt of a colored constnblo to arrest a
white man who resided on Cmtey Greek.
The constable xvas found dead lying iu
tho water of the creek, and tho negroes
believe that ho xvas murdered by white
men of the vicinity, because lie had a
warrant for one of their number. Later
reports stuted that Sheriff Hieley had rais
ed a posse of fifty mounted white men
and started for Matagorda. Whilo tlie
sheriff of Matagorda county xvas on route
to tlie scene of tlie trouble with one hun
dred mounted men, an alarming report
reached Houston, Tex., that the sheriff's
forces had arrived nnd active hostilities
begun. Tlie negroes have been largely
reinforced. The Houston Light Guards
have received orders to leave on a special
train for the town of Columbia, Brazier
county.
TEXAN 1IAND1TH.
A posse was sent from the United
States Marshal’s office to Bio Grande
City, a few days ago, to capture a gang
of smugglers encamped about fifty miles
from Lure Jo, Texas. Tiny found the
camp in iho brush near tlie river, and the
demand for surrender was answered by a
volley from Winchesters. A battle en
sued, resulting in the dentil of four of
ilie smugglers and the capture of tlie
camp and a number of horses. None oi
lie officers were hurt.
VOLUNTEER WINS
TUT! AMERICAN YACHT ItVNS
A H’/l V FROM THE SCOTCHMAN.
( rotril In New York Harbor
I llir Cniiny Moor Knslly Defeated
by Gen. l'alno'a Racer.
The Scotch cutter Thistle and tho
American sloop Volunteer linvo met in
tlie lir-t 1887 contest for America’s cup,
in New York harbor, and the Volunteer
•’eat tlie foreigner so badly, that the lat-
tn s most enthusiastic champions hnvo
only to say that something unexplainable
is the matter with the Thistle. Tlie peo
ple, wlio went down on 51,000 steamships,
liver steamers, tugs, steam yachts, sailing
yachts and boats improvised for the ocen-
xioHi numbered easily 50,000, nnd tho
scene presented by tlie mass of craft be
fore, at, and after tho start, cannot be de
scribed. They covered n vast area nnd
thcry kept up a noise throughout tlie race,
that startled tlie people wlio came from
Europe to witness tlie contest. Incessant
gun firing and steam whistling called
forth the xvialcst kind of enthunustn,
xxmirh interfered with tho duties of offi
cials of the race. Tho great llotilin cov
ered tli*' ground off O’Noal’g Head in a
xvny that made it doubtful if a decent
stm t could ho made, lvhile the elements
indicated “no race. From onrly morn
ing, there was no sign of a breeze, nud •
dirty haze hung over the water, indica
tive of a continuously thick atmosphere,
anil a poor view of liio race.
h itli favorable surroundings, tho rncs
xvould have been started at 10:80 n. in.,
lmt at that hour tliore was not airenough
to Mow a match out, and tho judges, ou
Commodore Gerry's Electrn, waited to
start tlie racers until there should uppeor
a chance of getting tho boats over tlie
course within tlie proscribed soven hours.
At 12.20, the Electrn fired tho prepar
atory gun, and nt 12.30 tlie gun to start.
After the latter, tho yachts had live min
utes to cross tlie line. If either had
taken longer than five minutes, tier timo
of start would have been registered nt
the expiration of tlie five minutes.
The boats crossed as follows: Thistle,
12.33.00; Volunteer, 12.34.58. The
Thistle not only hud the nearer position,
xvhen the order to start was given, but
she also wont through tho xvntor faster.
Ho slie got over tho lino 1 minute 52 sec
onds abend. An cight-mileg-an-liour
wind xvas then from the south-southeast,
and tlie yachts had to sail close on the
xviud for tho first mark, buoy 10, ou
southwest, tlie ship which bore south by
west xvas tlireo and n half miles away.
Tho yachts went over port lack and at
once tlie Volunteer began to overhaul
tlm Thistle. Tlie liist tack was in to
ward Clilton, Button Island, and ou that
tack of fifteen minutes or less, the Vol
unteer showed her superiority over tho
Thistle in weather that had been written
down as the foreigner’s best, that left no
doubt of the result. The Volunteer xveut
by the Thistle us though tlie latter xvas
anchored, and she stayed in front to the
end. Tho Thistle xvas more than a little
bothered by tho excursion boats on that
first tack. Steamers crossed Iter bows,
and gave Iter much swash, but after that
the steamers hung to tlie Volunteer, tlie
lender, and throughout the rest of the
day she suffered three times, nt least, ns
much as the Thistle did, from the way
they kicked up tlie water and shut off
tho wind. It xvas no longer a race. It
xvas a procession. Tito wind varied in
locality and strength. It shifted between
tlie southeast and southwest, and some
times one boat lmd it when the other did
not. And the result xvus a most decisive
victory for the American sloop. Beat
ing, stretching nnd running, with free
sheets, the Volunteer outsailed tlie This
tle.
After tlie race, James Boll, principal
owner of the Thistle, said ho xvas not at
nil satisfied with tlie result. Tho Thistle,
lie declared, linil never moved so slowly
through tho wator. He xvas of tho opin
ion that there xvas “something wrong
with tlie cutter’s bottom,” nnd she would
be hauled out of tho xvatcr at once
xvitli a view tuivnrd finding out whnt it
was. lie did not consider that tho race
had been sailed for that reason and be
cause the wind was »o shifting. Tho
Volunteer often had the advantage of
breeze that tho Thistlo did not feel. Bo-
sides, excursion boats swashed the This
tle, ton damaging extent. Gen. l’uino
and Edward Burgsss, of the Volunteer
took tho victory quietly, but very hap
pily.
Tho London News says: “It is not to
be concealed or denied, that tlie result of
the race is a bitter disappointment. We
hud been led to expect great things of
the Thistle, and tlie Americans themselves
encouraged us in our expectations. Our
disappointment is all tlie more greater
because, though neither boat had the
right wind for a thoroughly good race, a
light breeze prevailed that was supposed
to be in favor of tlie Thistle. The This
tlo lost ill tlie xviud of her own choosing.
We may build a better boat some day
and we have never built such an one
before.”
IlOTIl MUST DIE.
Tho trial of Alexander C. Norton and
his son, A. Richard Norton, for the
murder of J. L. Hamlin, occupying three
days in the Orangeburg, S. C., court of
general sessions, came to an end when tho
prisoners were found guilty of murder in
ilie first degree, and xvere sentenced by
Judge Aldrich to be hanged on tlie sec
ond day of December next. Both father
and sou stood up mid received their sen
tence without the slightest exhibition of
emotion. They are white men, and xvere
joint owners of a steam saw mill near
Eloreo.
ON THE WAR 1*ATH.
Tlie most intense excitement prevails
in Tucson, Arizona, over the outbreak of
the San Carlos Apncho Indians. A cou
rier arrived at Pautonia, notifying all the
settlers in the valley that two bands had
left the reservation and xvere marching
south. This is supposed to he the result
of the killing of Horton, the trader, who
was murdered by Indians. The outbreak
bids fair to be of a very serious character.
Already two bands numbering over 2U0
are reported to be out, and if such is tlie
case the destruction of life nnd property
will be great.
HODEL SOUTHERN FARM.
HANDSOME CROPS MADE DV AN
ENERGETIC CHARLESTONIAN.
An Old Domnin Itonlnlincd From Wniitr,
nndMndo l'rnfltnble by Grit, Iutrlll-
genre and Excellent Judgment.
Tlie “Sensido Stock Farm” is situated
about threo miles from Mt. Pleasant,near
Charleston, 8. C., and is oil the shore, ns
Its nnme indicates, nnd is rated far nud
near as ouo of tho most profitable
farms in the South. Tho owner of the
plantation is N. F. W. Brener,a Charles
tonian, xvlio has long been known ns a
successful dairyman. About throe yenrs
ago ho purchased his present plantation,
which xvas formerly known as tlie Stonoy
Place. It contains 1,100 acres, 109 of
xvhicli nro under cultivation, the remain
ing acres being either pasture lands or
old fields, which latter have boon for
years abandoned to tho common luxuri
ant crop of broom grass. • Tho general
character of tho soil is that of u gravelly
loam, many parts of xvhicli nro underlaid
xvitli a heavy, dark subsoil. The farm is
ou a belt hut ween the outlying forest and
tlie seashore,which is variously estimated
from three iiunrtors to one mile in width
nnd from tlireo to five miles in length.
Three years ago when Mr. Brener be
gun operations, tlie plantation xvas n
wasto. Tho old fields were overrun xvitli
broom gross, hidden liy the undergrowth
of bushos nnd trees of considerable size,
indicating how long ngo it xvas since the
fields wore cultivated. lie wont in nt
once to test his experimental farming,and
a most successful experiment it has been.
Ho began liy laying a network of tiles in
tlie part proposed to he cultivated, and
which as stated, consists of 109 acres.
Mains eight inches in diameter xvero laid
at a depth of from tlireo to five feet, ami
extending from these is n system of lat
erals, each two nnd a half inches iu diam
eter, nud sixty feet apart. The idea of
cultivation was by the rotation of crops.
The land was first plowed, tho broom
grass turned under and two hundred
pounds of cotton seed meal distributed to
tlie acre. Corn was the first crop, and
on spccinlly good spots the yield was
nbout forty-one bushels to tlie acre. In
the second year corn was tho principal
crop, n largo crop of peas having also
been sowed between the rows of corn.
Tho yield of corn for the second year
xvus an average of forty-one bushels to the
ncro, although in some places thu yield
per acre was as much ns sixty bushels.
It i* a fact worth noting, that of the sec
ond year’s crop Mr. Breuer lias one thou
sand bushels in his barn to-day. Tilts
crop was raised ou n field of thirty acres.
The corn is well preserved. It was kept
nil through the winter in the shuck, which
shows, if nothing else, that corn in this
locality has all tho keeping qualities de
sired by the method indicated.
This year Mr. Breuer planted fifty acres
of corn, txvcnty acres in sweet potatoes,
and the rest of tho 109 acres in peas, ryo
and onts. Tho fifty-acre field of corn is
•omething pleasant to look at. Tlie
•talks indicate a very lmrdy aud luxttri-
•ut growth and are of tremendous size.
The estimated yield per acre is from sixty
to seventy-five bushels, which will ou-
•ure a harvest of not less titan 3,000 bush
els. The greater pnrt of this splendid
crop will lie told itt Charleston this fall;
the rest will be fed ground, shuck nnd all,
to the cattle. It xvill come in direct com
petition with western corn, and will
doubtless bo a noteworthy event when
put on the murket. Mr. Breuer figured
up the costof tho crop,and made it out as
follows for the fifty ncres: Fivo tons of
cotton seed meal, $100; for thinning,
$25; for ploxving, $50; for horse-power,
$100; for preparing tho land, $50; total,
$325. liis 8,000 bushels will net him 00
cents a bushel iu Charleston, xvhicli will
amount to $1 ,800, which, less $325, cost
of crop, will leave him $1,475. From
this latter amount, Mr. Breuer deducts a
proportion for tlie interest on the expense
for the tiles, which will still leave u suf
ficient amount to enable him to state,
within a good margin, that the net profit
per acre on tho corn alone xvill be $20,or
on tho fifty acres tho profit xvill he nbout
$1,000.
The other market crop on the farm
this year is on tho twenty acres of sweet
potatoes. Tho yield of this crop on the
same number of ncres last year was four
hundred and sixty-seven bushels. This
year, Air. Breuer expects to make five '
hundred bushels at least, which at tlie
current price of sixty cents per bushel
will make in gross about $300. Tlie ex
pense of tho crop was nbout $5 per acre,
and the cost of fivo hundred pounds of
cotton seed meal. Another crop on
which money will be made is the oats
crop. Of this, he planted twenty acres,
which turned out forty bushels to tlie
acre, or about eight hundred bnshels.
This is worth sixty cents per bushel, or
about $480. On this crop he used bone
meal, of which ho distributed two hun
dred pounds to the acre, worth $3.50.
The cost of the fertilizer xvns therefore
nbout $70, leaving a gross valuation of
tho crop ut about $400.
Only threo years ngo, Mr. Breuer began
the raising of stock with eleven head of
Holsteins, which xvere imported. Now
there arc on the place fifty-three regis
tered Holsteins, six only of which are
grade Holsteins. Mr. Breuer is the
owner of the celebrated Queen of Ash-
Icy, which produced thirty-six nnd
three-fourths quarts of milk in a day and
txvcnty pounds of unsalted butter in
seven days. All that these cattle eat is
raised on the farm, with the exception of
cotton seed meal in January, February
nnd March. Each of them then gets in
addition to the forage mentioned, about
six pounds of cottou seed meul u day,
valued at about six cents.
The proprietor has had much difficulty
in raising the cattle imported from Ger
many nnd other stater, owing to their
susceptibility to splenic fever. He lias,
hoxvover, noticed that the animals raised
on the place become acclimated and arc
not subject to attack by this dangerous
disease. This is the more marked xvitli
th s Inter generation, or those most re
mote from the imported parent stock.
The way that Mr. Breuer makes money
out of his stock at this time is by renting
them out, receiving for them from live to
ten dollars a month according to their
milking capacity. The returns from this
mode xvero not giveu, but, considering
the little expense of raising the cattle,
tho profits must be very large,
THE MERCURY.
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THE CHOLERA HERE.
An Infected Mlilp Arrives In the H nr her off
Now York From Holy.
Tho steamship Alesia, xvhicli arrived
in New York from Marseilles and Naples
xvitli six hundred passengers, had Asiatic
cholera aboard. Eight of her passengers
died on the passage, nnd on hcrarrivnlat
quarantine the health officer found four
cases aboard. Ho sent the Alesia nnd her
passengers to the west bank in the lower
lmy. President Bnyles of tho health
board, is not nt all alarmed about the
outbreak of cholera on tho Alesia. It was
too late in the season to worry. The de
partment is is good shape to deal with
tho disease. In tlie event of an epidemic
tho board xvould hnvo $50,000 at their
command. The present health bonrd was
organized to moot the epidemic of 1800.
The scourge had visited New York iu
1848 nnd 1840, and in 1854-55. Tho
last visitation to New York aided In tho
discovery of tlie true nnturo of the dis
ease and dread gave way to a calmer
view. Nevertheless, tho news in Novem
ber, 1800, of the arrival of n cholera ship
from Havre, caused consternation. Strict
quarantine work kept the disenso out,hut
tho following April brought half a dozen
steamships xvitli cholera-stricken passen
gers. The Virginia wns tho first, with 31
cholera dead, followed by the England
with 250 deaths out of 1,200 passengers.
The latter arrived on April 20, 1800.
Ten days later the first case occurred iu
Now York. In that year tho disease
killed 1,212 persons in that city, nnd that
wns the last visitation. Surgeon-General
Hamilton, of Ihe marine hospital service,
at Washington, has recoivod a dispatch
from Now York confirming the press re
port of tho arrival thoro of the stcninship
Alesia xvlth cholera on bonrd, and says
the quarantine authorities of Now York
foci confident of their ability to stamp
out the disenso without nsking the help
of tho United States health offipers. I)r.
Stoner, of tho mnrino hospital sorvlco,
says that no authority is vested in the bu
reau to interfere in stnto quarantine nf-
fnirs, unless a request conies from tho
health officers of the stnto for assistance.
VANDALISM.
An Illatorical Monument nt Tlelnkiirf,
MIm., Itulneil by Drunken Men.
Relic hunters so mutilated the monu
ment with which tho United States gov
ernment marked tho spot xvhere Grant
and Pemberton held their famous inter
view, that it was deemed necessary to re
move it to a spot xvhere it could lie pro
tected from the ravages of those who
xvero in search of souvenirs, nnil accord
ingly it wns removed to tho Indinn mound
in the National cemetery, just north of
Vicksburg, Miss. It has remained there
several years in perfect safety,
until recently. A Copinh coun
ty man by tlie name of R. B.
Jones xvas in the city on a littlo lark, ancl
lie and B. II. Graves, an cx-Unitod States
postal clerk, took a notion tliut thoy
would stroll out to the cemetery. They
finally reached tho Indian mound where
thu Gront-Pemberton monument stood.
This seemed to excite the ire of the man
from Copiah, nml in spite of the efforts
of Mr. Graves to keep him quiet, he tore
up nil iron tablet on which
was embossed tho act of Con
gress proscribing the penalties for dese
crating United States national cemeteries,
and with it hammered the monument out
nf all recognizable shape. Thu vandal
xv.is loud in his abuse of tho Fedorals,
and when lie passed two ladies who xvero
driving through tlie cemetery, he made a
most insulting remark to them. Cnpt.
W. C. Rmtin, deputy United States mar
shal, found Jones, and when he arrested
him Julies denied having been to tho
cemetery but acknowledged that he had
walked out on tlie cemetery road. Ho
xvas identified ns the one wlio lmd done
the mischief there, nml taken before
Judge Lowenbcrg, United States Com-
mi-sioner, and a charge of malicious mis-
chief was preferred against him. Air.
Graves xvus also arrested as an accessory
and gave bond for his appearance.
BRUTAL POLICEMEN.
In Belfast, Ireland, a mob wrecked an
inn and pelted tho police with stones.
The police were reinforced nnd order was
restored. Several loaguo meetings in
Clare were dispersed by the polico with
out resistance. Tho excitement iu Fer-
moy caused by the police dispersing a
meeting there has been quieted. Several
persons received scalp wounds in the dis
turbance. A priest secured order on the
polico removing their swords. Stones
xvere afterwards throxvn, injuring many
constables. Father O’Callngliau says Dr.
Tanner had been speaking only four or
five minutes xvhen the police appeared.
They did not request the people to dis
perse, nor did they rend the riot act, but,
without notice, they charged upon tho
crowd, batoning the men right aud left;
eight constables clubbed a mnu named.
O'Cary, who xvas quietly proceeding home.
It xvas O’Cary who identified Dornn as tho
constable who shot Lonergan at Alitchells-
town.
CHANGED HANDS.
There has never been in Macon sinco
tho War such excitement as prevailed on
the announcement of the sale of the Ala-
con Telegraph to James H. Campbell, who
has been made president and general
manager. The paper starts out under
excellent management, by changing tho
policy of the paper in every particular.
The price paid xvas $80,000. Col. A. R.
Lamar, the former editor in chief, retires,
also J. F. Hanson, the business manager,
who only a few days ago succeeded his
brother, H. O. Hanson, to this re
sponsible position.
VERY SEVERE.
James A. Stoxvart, of Wichita, Kansas,
was sentenced to seventeen years and
four months in the county jail and fined
$20,800, with costs of prosecution, for
violation of the prohibition law. Ho was
clerk in a west end drug store, and pleaded
guilty to an indictment containing 2,080
counts.
A man might as xvcll try to satisfy the
cravings of hunger from a barrel of Sar
atoga potatoes as to pretend to do busi
ness and not advertise.