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XEWS.
ttonworm is reported in a nnm
The co Wilkinson county, Miss.,
iri
fearon will do the crop much
jjd it is
inspectors at New York siezed
Tee termelous, shipped from Savan-
30,000 The w fruit was said to be rotten
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unfit for use.
Oiio capitalist wishes to start a
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mill in Atlanta, Ga., and has been
despondence regal'd with to Mr. the Nat. matter. Haven,
d that city, in
Tm; Coal burg Coal and Lake Compa
of Alabama, ow n 13,000 acres coal
lands. T be company has already begun
v^ions, and is getting out 300 tons
JjosUday, possible. and will increase the out
t . as fast as
Tse military telegraph lines have been
at San Antonio, Seven hundred
V thirty-five miles of line were sold,
realizing a total amount of $71,444,50.
PtfErie Telephone Company was the
principal purchaser.
A number of citizens of Oxford, Miss.,
lave engaged in the business of buying
shipping cattle. The cattle are
^pp a l to Arkansas, Texas and Missou
^ xhe business seems very profitable,
jnd should encourage stock raising.
A gentleman living in Florida Eas
patented a process for making sugar
md syrup from cassava, and, after ex¬
K tent, writes t T, at he has no don b
that cassava cultivation will, in a few
jesrs. lie tin most profitable employ
afflt of the people of that State.
I Great excitement prevails in Russel
l|tk. over the discovery of a gold mine
a few miles west of that place, which as
j says $10.23'in silver and $11.03 in gold
t per ton. It is thought the ore extends
all along the' divide b< tween Red and
Ifhite rivers. It crops out at Saledo,
Greenbrier and near Buck Horn.
R. W. Harrison, of Melrose, is the
loneyfarmer of Rockingham Co., Ya.
This year from 150 liiveB he will Beucre
a crop of over 2,000 pounds of honey, for
which he will get about $400. This,
besides the increase of his bees, which
will be fully eighty hives, thus adding
to his “working” capital.
After shooting at it eight or nine
times, Mr. W. H. Richardson finally
I killed with the ninth shot, a few days
ago, a milk-white deer in the forests
near Bigliee, Ala. Tlie negroes think
that white deer are akin to witches, and
are probably delighted that one of them
has been laid low. Two more of them
have been seen recently in the forests of
Washington county.
Abound Gainesville, Fla., the raising
and shipping of the turbine squash has
become an industry. It finds a ready
sale at Boston, and is used almost exclu¬
sively for making pies. In shape it re¬
sembles a turbine wheel, whence it takes
its name. It has the color of a pumpkin
and looks like a kershaw, but is finer
and has a more delicate flavor. The
vines bear heavily, and continue bearing
nntil about the first of August. The
Prices vary from $4.50 to $5 per barrel.
The four wing dams at the “Upper
Rats ’ of the Savannah river have been
completed. The effect of these works
npon the channel is already perceptible,
and it is the opinion of tlie engineers
that there will be within a short time a
depth of twenty-two feet of water at this
Point, an increase of six feet. The COll
structien of the wing damhs at te “Cab
bage Trees,” or “Lower Flats,” has been
commenced, and it is expected the work
’rill bo finished in two months.
Capitalian (La.) Advocate : The in¬
cessant rains are working injury to the
growing crops, particularly cotton, which
i j 8 Priding in some places and lusting
others. It is feared the little cotton
the rain leaves will be finished by the
caterpillars, although this destructive
“sect has not appeared in this vicinity
88 yet. Cane is not looking as well
as
would like to see it, the continued
“iks being anything but favorable to
ks growth, while the grass in pla
some
ces is about to take complete possession
of the cane fields.
A large mining enterprise of North
tm Alabama is the Lady Ensley Mining
^ Manufacturing Company. Its in
koiporators are chiefly Memphis gentle
“sn, and it is named in honor of a Mem
Pnis lady, who met a tragic death last
■'' ear 011 a Nashville street in
accident. a runaway
These gentlemen with the
assistance of agents, have quietly been
njing lands along the projected
““Ingham and Northwestern railroad
I “ril they are now in possession of 75,
@00 acres of the finest mineral lands in
-Orth Alabama. Mining operations
' e toseadv commenced.
W week in the northern part of
Henry county, Tenn., while some boys
er - in a mill pond belonging to Mr
a ys, the} were making such a disturb
ce that Hays came out and ordered
e tti out of the pond. A boy named
• McConnell took a pistol from his
rother s pocket and shot Hays,
■ j instantly. °i the Both hills, boys started off
er and about a
.
a the scene of the murder Rui.
1 eiJ - v st °PPed and fell dead. No
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VOLUME VI.
thought that his death occurred from
fright and exhaustion, the day being very
warm.
Georgia seems to be pre-eminently
the place of unique experiences. The
Sumpter Republican tells the story of a
young man down near the river who was
to be married on a certain night. He
had seen and loved the girl and w as too
uaslifnl to do the courting so it had to
be done by proxy. The day had arrived
the guests assembled, the license pro¬
cured, the parson on hand and tne bride
ready, but the youthful groom did not
turn up. The friend who had done the
courting went out, and, after looking
around, found him sitting or lying in a
horse trough. On asking him why he
did not go to the house to be married,
he said: “Oh, I can’t go thar and stand
before them folks.” “Oh, yes, you can;
everybody in there is married but your
girl. Come on.” “Get her to come out
doors and we’ll marry finder the shed,
but let the old folks stay in the house. ”
The friend went back, got the girl and
parson out without exciting suspicion,
and they were married. The company
waited two or three hours, and, on being
invited to supper, were introduced to
the bride and groom. They became so
indignant that all left without partaking
of the supper.
Thebe is a good deal of complaint
along the line of the Mobile alld Ohio
railroad in Alabama about the depreda¬
tions committed on the lands belonging
to the road. Mr. Danner, President of
the Danner Land and Lumber Company
says he found hundreds of people depre¬
dating on the lands, especially in the way
of getting turpentine and rosin. The
people who do the actual work of cutting
the timber belong to a class of pool' and
ignorant men, who al'e encouraged by
men of means and respectability. “For
instance, persons of means have built
turpentine stills at points near the lands
which were the property of the railroad
company—lands which are now in our
possession—and would then give out
that they would buy crude turpentine
when brought to them. They would at
the same time furnish these laborers
with provisions, tools, etc., show them
tbe railroad lands, and induce them to
work on them and bring the produce to
them.” Those who have been engaged
in these transactions are to be prosecu¬
ted, and a company has been organized
for the purpose of inducing parties to
move their mills there from the East and
West and s aw up the timber.
Tobacco. —A 1 though tlie Scotch are
•router smokers than the English, yet
less tobacco is smoked in Scotland tuau
.a England. This is due, according to
the Loi don Truth, to the canny char¬
iot! r of Scotchmen. Owing to the large
quantity of water in the before ordinary tobacco tobacco
sold, a pipe g >es out the
in it is smoked out. The Englishman the
throws away this damp tobacco;
Scotchman carefully extracts it from his
pipe, and then, when it has dried, re¬
places it.
^ ______
Reforming Bad Boys. —The Rev. Dr.
Wayland,-of the National Baptist ,has
been investigating as to the morals of
persons who were inmates of the Elmira
Reformatory. He claims that their ex¬
perience in that institution has a ten¬
dency to work genuine reformation in
them. As a proof of this he states that
ninety-three per cent, of them have
shown after leaving the Reformatory
that their reformation is smeera. L»r
Wayland says that he suspects that not
many ot our colleges could show that
ninety three per cent, of the graduates
had turned out well.__
The Dog Show.— The New York Dog
Show was one of the most successful af¬
fairs of the kind ever given. “A fine lot
of dogs with less trash than ever be¬
fore,” said the judge. The most be¬
wildering competition was in bird dogs,
there being no less than 149 English set¬
ters, 56 Gordon setters, 97 Irish setters,
and 112 pointers. The display of bt.
Bernards and mastitis was large and tine,
as was al so the pngs .__
Close Figuring. —Patti, at $5,000 a
night, will get about $5 a breath in
“Lucia.” She is on the stage, by the
watch, just sixty-two minutes during the
three acts. This gives her $80 and some
odd cents every minute. The average
rate of respiration is about eighteen paid a
minute, so that for each breath is
$4.44. In “Lucia” there are 1,200 words
and 2,800 notes, so that Patti is paid
$4.16 a word and $1. 75 a note.
“iTis remarkable ’’says the Norris
town Herald “ how rapidly wealth. some Mr. news- Jay
paper men accumulate proprietor
Gould has been a newspaper
S onlvafew with Years, and is now about to
a fortune of $100,000,000.
He evidently conducted business on a
ss
which has au area of 5,000 square milea
The contract has been put out for a wir«
CON YERS, GA.. AUGUST 3. 18S3.
THE HDH0MJS PAPERS.
WHAT b,Lv^THfc T0 SMILE
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CABVING a tub key.
The best way to carve a turkey, says
Burdette, is: First—Buy a turkey that
died a natural death at the age of ninety
six years. The bluer the meat the
tougher the turkey. Second—Roast it
until you can strike fire out of its breast
with a whet-stone. Third—Use the
carving knife all year for splitting kind¬
ling wood, opening fruit cans, joining
stove pipe, potting home plants, digging
fish worms and scraping knife brick.
Fourth—Put the turkey on a platter two
sizes smaller than the bird. Fifth—Set
the gravy close to the fowl on one side
and something else easily spilled on the
other. Sixth—Then invite your guests
and then invite a young man who has
not yet learned to swear, to carve the
sacrifice. He will learn in six minutes.
To carve ? Oh, the gods pity you, no,
no, no; not to carve. *
4U3T LIKE SOME OF THEM.
At noon yesterday there were half a
dozen idlers at the foot of Woodward
avenue, some asleep, some looking des¬
pondent, and two who had just assured
a pedestrian that they must have work
at some price or starve. A gentleman
suddenly stepped out of an office and
approached one of these menand said:
“You look like an honest man.”
“Yes, sir, I do.”
“And you are a hard worker.”
“I am that.”
“I presume you could be trusted in
any capacity.”
“Oh, I know I could.”
“Well, I have a job for you. Our
porter at the Sixth National Bank has
left us and we must fill his place. The
only thing—that is—you see—”
* ‘Do you want a recommend ?” asked
the man, as the other hesitated.
“Ob, no, no, no ! You see, we have
been paying the other man $4,000 per
year, and—and—”
“And what, sir ?”
“Well, the board has decided to out it
down to$3,5 00.”
“Then don’t you take it!” said the
man’s partner.
“Then I won’t 1 If I ain’t worth as
much as the other man was, the board
can do its own sweeping !”
The gentleman walked back into the
office tbe winner of a box of cigars. He
had wagered that he would *ffer tlie
man $3,500 a year, and that it would be
refused .—Detroit Dree Press.
PECK’S SUNBEAMS.
“It has cost over one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars per year to main¬
tain the pleasure yachts for the queen
and princes of England.” If it costs as
much as that to run a pleasure yacht,
Jay Gould is not going to make much
by selling his newspaper and going into
the pleasure yacht business. He could
lose more than that with his newspaper,
and besides have a good deal more fun.
The suit brought by a New York man
against a Pennsylvania railroad for thir¬
ty thousand dollars, for the loss of a leg 1
in an accident was decided against the
man because he rode on a pass. If the
railroad company think they can frighten
newspaper men into paying their fares
by any such means they will get left.
Editors have rode on passes too many
years to be frightened off by one suit c!
this kind.
It is reported that a vast amount ot
money will now have to be spent in re¬
pairs of the Atlantic cable. The great
strain npon the cable ip sending over
such a large number of Russian names
averaging from six inches to four feet in
length, for that long and exciting period
during the coronation exercises has, it is
supposed, nearly ruined the entire cable
system.
Joke on a Commissioner.
A train on the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad stopped below
Spuyten Duyvil a few days ago on ac
count of a hot journal, which was blaz
ing up and threatened to set fire to the
car. The moment the car stopped the
rear brakeman ran back with a red flag
to stop any coming train. The conduc
tor went to the last ear to see that the
brakeman was doing his duty, and then
set to work to cool the journal. While
he was occupied with this task a man of
dignified appearance approae i x
“What did that man go back with t a
red thing for ?” he asked. The conduc
, no attention lestion. to him and he re
peated toe to q Finallv he re
nnmin dful conductor
-r T„e coe
»’■« “as*'
The conductor, nothmg dauxi ,
torted that toe Commissioner o g
TOO MUCH COMPETITION.
“Yon have always had the reputation
of being an honest man—how, then, is if
that yoti have been guilty of theft ? *
asked an Austin Judge of a man who
had been arrested with stolen property
in his possession.
“It is not my fault, Judge. It is the
fault of the age in which we live. The
upright man who strives to make an
honest living now-a-days, can’t do it,
unless he steals. There is too much
competition ."'—Texas Siftings.
CLIPPINGS.
On the platform —“And to yon, kind
teachers, who have watched over us
with such solicitous care, and have so
carefully trained us to love the beautiful,
the true, and the good, we bid an affec¬
tionate, though a sorrowful farewell.”
At home—“Well, I’m just glad school
is over, for if any girl was tortured to
death with useless lessons and merciless
teachers, I was that girl. Oh what a re¬
lief to think that m‘y education is fin¬
ished .”—Oil City Derrick.
An Equal Division.— An uncommon
step in the division of the property was
taken by the legatees of the late Amasa
Stone, of Cleveland, Ohio, They found
that one or two of Mr. Stone’s relatives,
and ones to whom he was especially par¬
tial, had been forgotten in his will. A
meeting was called, the matter talked
over, and it was finally agreed that
every one should set aside some portion
of his or her bequest and thus make up
an equal amount for those not provided
for. Such was done, and as an unusual
occurrence in such matters deserves
’special mention.
The latest “American” story going
the rounds of the European press is
that of a traveler of that nationality who
found it necessary to excuse his inability
to join in the hilarity of other traveler,-,
beeause of his poverty. “Gentlemen,’
said he, “I know I am more or less of a
saturated blanket on this party; but the
fact is I am a very poor man—steeped
to the lips, I may say, in impecuniosity.
When I tell you, in strict confidence,
that this is my wedding tour, and I have
been compelled to leavemy wife at home,
you can form an idea of the narrowness
of resources. ’’
my
Merchant —“The article is first class
madam; mid $1.50 a yard is very cheap.
If we hadn't got four months’ time on I
—if we hadn’t bought it on credit—we
couldn’t sell it to you at that price. It
we had paid cash, it would have cost $2
a yard, madam.” Mrs. Brown—“Yes.
I know it must be cheaper to buy oi
I ime. My husband tells me to purchase
,111 can get on credit. I think IT
take sixteen yards, and you can just
•barge it to Mr. Brown ."—Texas Sift¬
ings.
A package containing 1 wo drafts, one
for $1,000, another for $2,000,,and a five
dollar gold piece, belonging to a lady in
Beauregard, Miss., was found 110 miles
from that place, having been blown
there by a cyclone. It takes a cyclone
to “raise the wind,” and you will always
find more or less breeze where there is
a draft. —Norristown Herald.
Mamie having been helped twice to
everything on the table, slid down, when
the coffee came in, from her chair, with
a sigh. “Therenow,” said her mamma,
“I suppose you have eaten so much that
you feel uncomfortable.” “Don’t,” re
plied Mamie, quickly, with a toss of her
little head, “I only just feel nice and
smooth. ”— Harper'8 Bazar.
“Say, Pat, what ever made you go to
work for Uncle Dan ? He’s the meanest
man in the country.” “Mane is it?”
said Pat; “why, sure an’ he’s the foinest,
aisyest-goin’ master iver I had, bedad;
he gives a man fifteen hours to do a day's
work in.”
The Apache Indian, it is said, can
march from thirty to forty miles a day
Without becoming tired. It is really a
pity that the Apache cannot be civilized,
[or he would be just the fellow to accom¬
pany his wife on a shopping excursion.
Thb Marshall (Texas) Herald, refer
to the trouble the flies give the
bald-headed, says: “We saw an account
0 f a man similarly situated who secured
j mmun ity from the flies by painting a
]arge S pi<j er in the centre of the bold
p ce. ”
g a
t EAC hek— “In the sentence, ‘Mary
Jrhn) > w ; ia t does ‘John’ agree
Bright scholar—“With Mary.”
«, _“With Mary! How do you
^ ^ outr Bright scholar- -
„ ’Cause Mary wouldn’t love him if h(
didn > t w ith her.”
Brotlier H * weI1 ret ired to his cornel
»11 broken up, and , tea , . first . move waste was te
offer to trade a handkerchief with a red
i e T7J:z
i
^ Heaben; but gib de po’
i chance an’ see how quick he’d
NUMBER 19.
A Mother’s Desperate Act.
SHE KILLS HEB TWO CHILDBEN AND
HERSELP ,
The details of an insane woman’s ter¬
rible crime are given in an Ohio paper:
A farmer named Robert J. McMillan
came to Ohio several weeks ago with his
family, consisting of a wife and two
small children, from Garland, Warren
comity, Pa., and settled in the town of
Lindenrille, in Ashtabulla county. His
wife, a woman about forty years of age,
has been in failing health for some time
past, and within the last week has been
the victim of spells of insanity, which
at times has assumed violent forms.
Several times she has made desperate
attempts to take her own life, but was
unsuccessful. She had been in better
health than usual for the last few days,
and Monday morning McMillan left the
two children in her charge and started
to work in the neighborhood. It was
not long after his departure that his
wife became suddenly insane, and while
the in oldest child, a girl of eight years,
was the front room the woman picked
up her baby boy, aged two years, and
going out into the yard proceeded to an
old well on the premises, and after kiss¬
ing and embracing the child threw him
into the and well, which is forty-live feet
deep contains ten feet of water.
The child sank immediately and was
drowned. The woman then returned to
the house and taking the little girl by
the hand led lier to the well and pushed
her into the opening. A neighbor, who
was watching her queer action, hurried
into the yard and endeavored unsuccessful. to rescue the
the girl, but was McMillan In
meantime Mrs. returned to
house and swallowed several ounces of
bedbug poison. when found She and was her in a dying
condition recovery
is impossible.
Great Bridges of the World.
The following interesting figures of tlie
l ngth of notable bridges of the world are
given:— Teel.
Chelsea, suspended.................... 700
Cincinnati and Covington (over tlie
Ohio), suspended, built 1807........ 1,967
Clifton (over Niagara suspended......... River), suspended. 1,268
Friborg, built 1832, 870
Hungerford, suspended................ 1,350
Kieff, suspended....................... 2,562
Menai, built 1819-25, suspended........ 1,050
Niagara, built 1855, suspended......... suspended........ 2.220 1,362
Pestli, built 1840-49,
NOT SUSPENSION.
Victoria, over St. Lawrence River,
wrought iron.... 9,437
Bombay (Madras). Drogheda, wrought iron 3,730 1,760
Boyne, at
Lisbon Aqueduct, stone........... 3,805
Louisville, Ky .................... 5.310
Maintenon Aqueduct, stono....... 16,367
Harlem Aqueduct, stone.......... 1,450
Montpellier Aqueduct, stone....... 3,214
P rketburg, W. Va., iron.............. 7,045
Potom-c........................ •••• . 5,300
Quincy (over Mississippi River), iron.. 3,200
Omaha (over Missouri River)........... 2,80C 1,792
•Stockport, stone.........
Strssbnrg, stone........7............. 3,390
C tarles, Mo., iron.................. 6,530
Susquehanna, stone................... 3,500
Albanv, N. Y.. extreme length......... railway 4,800
Albany, N. Y., double track
bridge (largest draw span in the
world)............................ M00
Vistula River, Germany, iron.......... 2,750
Firth of Tav, length nearly .two miles or 10,321
Brooklyn Bridge...................... 6,389
He Was Forgiven.
The Philadelphia Press tells the fol¬
lowing amusing story of the late Dean
Richmond, President of the New York
Central R. R., a well-known railroad and
steamboat man: One of his sons was at
the time a conductoron the Central, and
very strict orders had been issued, ema¬
nating from the old gentleman, should it was
supposed, that no passenger be
“deadheaded” on any excuse whatever
without showing a pass from some officer
named. Mr. Eicbmoud, the elder, was
one day on his son’s train, when the
young man was collecting tickets, ticket and
making no move to show a or a
pass, was plumply asked by the boy for
a ticket, “Goa way, I haven’t got any, ”
said he. “But,” said the conductor,
“my orders are stricc to let nobody ride
without a ticket or a pass.” president “Well, no of
matter,” said Dean, “I’m
this road, and don’t need either.” “Can’t
help it, father; you see how I’m fixed.
Shall have to put you off if you don’t do
one or the other.” The old man looked
at him square in the eyes, but as the son
didn’t quail aud looked a look that meant
mischief, the president deemed it best
o come down with the “spondulics,”
and did, amid the merriment of those
around. But, as it showed the young
man’s mettle in the line of duty, he was
soon forgiven.
Protecting Use Troops.
The Texas Indians have always had a
thorough contempt for tlie blue coats.
In 1875 tbe railroad boom began. Tbe
builders ran their lines with an army of
men in advance to drive Lack the sav
^Vxiue ^ The railroads have done more to
the Indians in Texas than any
other influence. Lo can’t stand steam,
The State in 1874 began to prepare for
from Uncle Sain, the Legislature,
equipped the Frontier Battalion of Shite
Rangers. This handful of scouts attacked
the marauders wherever found, and
^ . Q Bix yeals wh at the United States
tro0i; , 8 hud attempted for twenty years—
dy— «,:,s
were mu t out for frontier protection.”
<«toti. “So they were, and the rangers
m>ops ”
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THE FIRST LOCOMOTIYE.
Forty-nine Year* Old. and Still In Use ot
the Baltimore and Oliio Hoad.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway Com
pany will send to the Chicago Railway
Exposition, among other articles of their
exhibit, the first locomotive engine built
for their road which proved successful.
This locomotive is the celebrated “Ara¬
bian,” No. 1, which like all family prominent his¬
objects in Baltimore, has a
tory, It is not, as is generally supposed,
either the first engine built by the com¬
pany or the first engine road, but that pulled the a
train on a curved it was
first successful American locomotive. It
was built at the company’s shops under
the supervision of its designer. It went
bite service June, 1834. It has been
carefully taken care of and repaired, and
with very little difference is precisely the
same engine that it was forty-nine years
ago. It is claimed to be the oldest effec¬
tive locomotive engine in the United
States, and perhaps in the world. It is
a geared engine, having a vertical cylin¬
der, with walking beam. It has four
driving wheels, each thirty-six inches in
diameter, or nearly one-half the size of
the drivers used on modern passenger
locomotives. The weight of the Arabian
is thirteen tons, about one-third that of
the modern locomotive. Its tractive
power is 6,000 pounds. It used to have
fans connected with the exhaust, but
those became broken, and no attempt
has been made to restore them. With
this exception it is the same engine as
when first made. It is in active service
at the Mount Clare yards, and works as
well now as when first put on the road.
Tt was for many years a passenger en¬
gine, drawing trains on both the Wash¬
ing branch and the main stem.
As far as could be learned it had never
met with an accident, never jumped a
rail, or ran off the track, with one excep¬
tion. That exception was a notable
one. Before it was finished Mr. Davis
promised the workmen engaged in the
shops, some 300, to take them and their
families on the train drawn then by the Ara¬
bian as far as it went, to go to
Washington and have dinner at Brown’s
(now the Metropolitan) Hotel. The
Washington branch was then opened
nearly to Bladensl >nrg. The trip was
made, William Duff being the engineer.
Just west of Jessup’s cut, thirteen and a
half miles this side of Baltimore, the
Arabian ran off the track. Mr. Davis
was sitting with Mr. Duff when the ac
cident occurred, Tbe engine rolled on
its side. Neither Duff or anybody else
in the train was hurt, but Mr. Davis.
He was killed. There seemed to be a
special fate in the matter. Nobody
could ever tell why the Arabian ran off
the track. There was no evideuce ever
shown, although the fullebt investigation existed
was made, that any cause to
throw it off. As the Bullock press,
which, the first time it was put to work,
caught tlie inventor and printed him into
its first impression, so the Arabian on
its first trip killed its designer and with mak¬
er. An imaginative man. gifted think a
little superstition, imbued might with intelli¬ that
matter had been
gence that rsaented its creation thus
fiercely on its creator. will be engineered to
The Arabian
Chicago by Mr. Thomas Galloway.
The Chicagoans will thus see the oldest
effective locomotive engine in the world
run by the oldest living railway engi¬
neer, an incident in railway history that
deserves a more lasting record than that
of a newspaper article.
England’s Greatness.
La France, says that England’s jeal¬ that
ousy of France is caused by her fears
in ease of war the Chinese tea ports will
be closed and the Ohinese compelled to
use their own opium, and then the jour¬
nal goes on to show wliat England gains The
from her colonies and dependencies.
figures are calculated indeed to inspire
France to exert herself in the same di -
rection. Thus La Dance tells ns that
England has 7,917,000 square miles of
colonies and possessions beyond all the Europe, seas,
in extent twice as large ns
with 218.000,000 inhabitants, of which
200,000,000 are in Lidia, 5,000,000 and in
Canada, 3,000,000 ill Australia
1,000,000 at the Cape, all of which form
for England a vast army of consumers,
giving to her commerce and navigation
prodigious activity. In 1881 England’s
trade of exports and imports with the
colonies and her possessions amounted to
nearly 5,000,000,000f., and her total ton¬
nage of shipping leaving her colonial and
foreign possessions was 50,000,000 out of
the 63,000,000 tons registered. “Noth¬
ing,” adds 1m France, “shows so
strangely as the above figures how much
England’s commercial prosperity is due
to her colonial possessions. ’ It concludes
by urging France to develop herself be¬
yond her own limits, as she has com¬
menced on the Congo, in Madagascar
and Tonquin.
A Thieving Paymaster.
Quite a sensation was created by the
confession of Major Wasson, who Paymaster alleged
United States Army, was to
have been robbed of $24,006 on a train
near Fort Worth, that the whole transac¬
tion was a fraud to cover his short ac¬
count with the government. Wasson is
now at headquarters in San Antonio,
Texas, under arrest. Having failed to
obtain a clue to the robbers, W asson was
ordered to San Antonio, Texas, to turn
over the balance of funds in his hands
to Chief Paymaster Terrell, and settle
his accounts. An examination by Col.
Terrell exhibited shortages confessed amounting defioit, to
$5,500. Wasson the
but claimed to have made up the
amount and to have been robbed of
$24,000. On being further questioned
he finally made a clean breast of the
whole affair, stating his that he doings. had put He up
the job to cover evil
was immediately placed under arrest and
heavily guarded by soldiers. It is said
his Iowa bondsmen are good for the in¬
debtedness to the government of $5,500.
He has designated the hiding place of
the remaining $18,500 and officers have
gone for it.
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